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Tue, 17 Sep 1996

JP/TV today

TV todayTVRI 10:00 a.m. Sports Games (PON) Report from the National Sports Stadium (live) 12:00 a.m. Travel: My Country 12:05 TV Series: Kid's Song 12:30 Music: Dilentasia 1:00 TV Series: Beyond Tomorrow 1:30 Science and Technology 2:00 Culture: Pelangi Budaya 2:30 Sports Games (PON XIV) ...

Tue, 17 Sep 1996

JP/Three provinces rule in 14th Games track and field

Three provinces rule in 14th Games track and field JAKARTA (JP): The 14th National Games' track and field competitions ended yesterday with nine new meet records, yet the most-awaited new national records failed to fall.

Tue, 17 Sep 1996

JP/East and West Java share volleyball glory

East and West Java share volleyball glory JAKARTA (JP): East Java and West Java both won gold medals in volleyball at the 14th National Games yesterday, taking radically different routes to victory.

Tue, 17 Sep 1996

JP/Election committee rejects Megawati's list of candidates

Election committee rejects Megawati's list of candidates JAKARTA (JP): The National Election Institute rejected yesterday a list of prospective legislators from the ousted chief of the Indonesian Democratic Party (PDI), Megawati Soekarnoputri.

Tue, 17 Sep 1996

JP/Anticipating free trade

Anticipating free trade The coming free trade era will provide opportunities but also impose limitations. It will also raise the prospect of uncertainty.

Tue, 17 Sep 1996

JP/Allocate funds to save nature

Allocate funds to save nature SORONG, Maluku: A Sorong councilor from the United Development Party (PPP) has requested the Sorong municipality to provide funds to preserve the environment.

Tue, 17 Sep 1996

JP/Government to simplify food export assessment

Government to simplify food export assessment JAKARTA (JP): The government is at work on a plan to simplify and standardize the quality control policies for exported food currently used by three ministries, the state minister of food announced yesterday.

Tue, 17 Sep 1996

JP/Ex-aides' criticism

Ex-aides' criticism I am referring to the story on Sept. 13 on page 2 which reported about the displeasure of the President with his former aides, who have been criticizing the government.I cannot believe that the President actually said such a thing.

Tue, 17 Sep 1996

JP/Lists of candidates submitted

Lists of candidates submitted JAKARTA (JP): Golkar presented the names yesterday of its candidates who will run for next year's general election, a list that includes artists and ulemas; one which is usually more closely associated with the Indonesian Democratic Party (PDI), and the other with ...

Tue, 17 Sep 1996

JP/Police apologize for chasing reporters

Police apologize for chasing reporters JAKARTA (JP): The National Police apologized yesterday for the behavior of its members who intimidated journalists and searched the office of Kompas and Surya newspapers in Ujungpandang last week.Chief spokesman Brig. Gen.

Tue, 17 Sep 1996

JP/School 'donation' not mandatory: President

School 'donation' not mandatory: President JAKARTA (JP): President Soeharto warned school principals yesterday that they do not have the right to ask for "donations" when parents are paying their children's tuition fees.

Tue, 17 Sep 1996

JP/E. Java keeps up pressures on W. Java

E. Java keeps up pressures on W. Java JAKARTA (JP): With the overall title already determined, the bitter rivalry between West Java and East Java, the country's most populous provinces, grew fiercer yesterday at the 14th National Games.

Tue, 17 Sep 1996

JP/Man admits molesting infant

Man admits molesting infant BEKASI, West Java (JP): A 25-year-old man admitted sexually molesting a three-year-old infant in the village of Srengseng Ilir, Sukatani, 75 kilometers east of here after he spied on a woman bathing in a river."I admit my wrongdoing.

Tue, 17 Sep 1996

JP/Political parties urged to avoid internal rifts

Political parties urged to avoid internal rifts JAKARTA (JP): The three political organizations have been told to avoid internal conflicts which might emerge after submitting the names of their legislative candidates.

Tue, 17 Sep 1996

JP/'No PKI remnants in Russia'

'No PKI remnants in Russia' JAKARTA (JP): Indonesian ambassador to Moscow Rachmat Witoelar said yesterday there were no longer elements of the banned Indonesian Communist Party (PKI) in Russia."There are no PKI remnants as far as I know.

Tue, 17 Sep 1996

JP/Five police precincts to get new chiefs

Five police precincts to get new chiefs JAKARTA (JP): Five of the nine chiefs of police precincts in the city will be officially replaced in ceremonies lead by Jakarta Police Chief Maj. Gen. Hamami Nata beginning next week.

Tue, 17 Sep 1996

JP/East Java reigns supreme on national archery field

East Java reigns supreme on national archery field JAKARTA (JP): East Java preserved its long-time supremacy in archery at the National Games when it took two of the four gold medals at stake yesterday.

Tue, 17 Sep 1996

JP/Howard and Soeharto upbeat on bilateral ties

Howard and Soeharto upbeat on bilateral ties JAKARTA (JP): President Soeharto said yesterday that social, cultural and political differences should not hamper the friendship and cooperation between Indonesia and Australia.

Tue, 17 Sep 1996

JP/Welltekindo's joint venture

Welltekindo's joint venture JAKARTA (JP): PT Welltekindo Nusantara, a company specializing in the maintenance of oil-mining facilities, said yesterday that it will sign a joint venture agreement here tomorrow with Specialty Machine and Supply Inc. of the United States.

Tue, 17 Sep 1996

JP/Chemical accidents rife in Indonesia

Chemical accidents rife in Indonesia JAKARTA (JP): Chemical related accidents are becoming more commonplace in Indonesia, from the consumer level up to the industrial sector, a health official said at a seminar yesterday.

Tue, 17 Sep 1996

JP/Indonesians win U.S. immigration lottery

Indonesians win U.S. immigration lottery JAKARTA (JP): The United States government has announced the result of its diverse immigration visa lottery that includes Indonesian winners.The U.S.

Tue, 17 Sep 1996

JP/The U.S., China and Asia

The U.S., China and Asia The following are excerpts of a speech given by former U.S. secretary of state Dr. Henry Kissinger at the 21st Century Forum in Beijing.

Tue, 17 Sep 1996

JP/Family values build children

Family values build children I am reading Hillary Rodham Clinton's book It Takes a Village. The title means to say that it takes a village to raise a child.

Tue, 17 Sep 1996

JP/15-year-old boy robs taxi driver

15-year-old boy robs taxi driver TANGERANG, West Java (JP): A 15-year-old boy was thrashed by angry residents near the Bumi Serpong Damai (BSD) housing complex, Serpong, yesterday morning after he tried to rob a taxi driver.

Tue, 17 Sep 1996

JP/Small birds are big news for national conservation

Small birds are big news for national conservationBy John Aglionby BOGOR, West Java (JP): Like most discoveries it happened by accident.

Tue, 17 Sep 1996

JP/Computer class failings

Computer class failings I'd like to thank Mr. Zatni Arbi for his great article ("The failings of computer classes in local schools" The Jakarta Post, Sept. 9).I had my son in what are considered some pretty ritzy swasta schools and they did not have either mouses or sound cards.

Tue, 17 Sep 1996

JP/Textile export target lowered from $12b to $10b

Textile export target lowered from $12b to $10b KARAWANG, West Java (JP): Slow export growth has forced the government to scale back the country's textile export target from US$12 billion per annum to $10 billion by the end of the Sixth Five Year Development Plan period in 1999, a minister said.

Tue, 17 Sep 1996

JP/Solar energy becoming competitive

Solar energy becoming competitiveBy Dewi Anggraeni MELBOURNE (JP): The world community is becoming increasingly aware of the need to maintain the ecological balance of the environment we live in. However, this awareness rarely chimes with our ever increasing thirst for energy.

Tue, 17 Sep 1996

JP/Ex-patient's lawyers file evidence on malpractice

Ex-patient's lawyers file evidence on malpractice JAKARTA (JP): Lawyers representing a woman who is suing a doctor at Husada Hospital over an alleged case of negligence submitted a list of evidence yesterday in connection with their client's case to Central Jakarta District Court.

Tue, 17 Sep 1996

JP/Indonesia needs long-term vision, say economists

Indonesia needs long-term vision, say economists JAKARTA (JP): Economists yesterday stressed the importance of a long-term vision for the country's economic policies and strategies to face ongoing global-trade liberalization.

Tue, 17 Sep 1996

JP/S. Korean investors brave Sri Lankan war

S. Korean investors brave Sri Lankan warBy Moon Ihlwan COLOMBO (Reuter): South Korean business executives who built an economic powerhouse from the ashes of the Korean War are now in the vanguard of foreign investment in war-torn Sri Lanka, Colombo officials say.

Tue, 17 Sep 1996

JP/Bosnia votes

Bosnia votes Measured against the destructive military conflict still raging less than a year ago, Saturday's national elections in Bosnia marked a clear advance.

Tue, 17 Sep 1996

JP/New book on Soeharto issued

New book on Soeharto issued JAKARTA (JP): President Soeharto yesterday received a copy of a new 250-page book that extols the virtues of his managerial skills.

Tue, 17 Sep 1996

JP/Visa difficulties

Visa difficulties My son, who planned to visit an Italian company for business purposes, went to the Italian Embassy on Jl. Diponegoro to obtain a visa, as advised by the travel bureau. He failed to get the visa two days running.On Sept. 4 at 7 a.m.

Tue, 17 Sep 1996

JP/Bantul regent to be questioned

Bantul regent to be questioned YOGYAKARTA: The chief of the Yogyakarta police precinct, Col. Darsono said yesterday that Bantul Regent Sri Roso Sudarmo may be questioned in connection with the recent murder of a local journalist.

Tue, 17 Sep 1996

JP/Neighborly visit

Neighborly visit Australian Prime Minister John Howard will certainly have plenty of things to talk about, including bilateral problems, in his meetings with President Soeharto and other Indonesian leaders during his current visit to Indonesia.

Tue, 17 Sep 1996

JP/Banks allowed links with China

Banks allowed links with China JAKARTA (JP): Indonesian banks face no barriers in establishing correspondent relationships with banks in China, according to a central bank official.

Tue, 17 Sep 1996

JP/Companies urged to participate in subregional areas

Companies urged to participate in subregional areas JAKARTA (JP): Coordinating Minister for Production and Distribution Hartarto said that the government plans to give top priority to new projects in the 18 provinces linked to subregional cooperation areas in order to attract more ...

Tue, 17 Sep 1996

JP/Late paper

Late paper Due to technical problems during the printing process, The Jakarta Post reached some of our readers late yesterday. We apologize for the delay.

Tue, 17 Sep 1996

JP/Indonesia needs internal security act: Military

Indonesia needs internal security act: Military JAKARTA (JP): The military is drafting an internal security act in anticipation of escalating disturbances to national stability in the future.Lt. Gen.

Tue, 17 Sep 1996

JP/Plan for prostitute relocation criticized

Plan for prostitute relocation criticized JAKARTA (JP): Plans to move the city-sanctioned red-light district in North Jakarta to the Seribu Islands might lead to a new cycle of arrests for prostitutes, say sources close to the issue.

Tue, 17 Sep 1996

JP/Stock Exchange

Stock ExchangeStock prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (in rupiah) on Sept. 16, 1996: Close Change Trading Volume ---------------------------------------------------------- Ades Alfindo ...

Tue, 17 Sep 1996

JP/Garuda suffers losses of Rp 2.65b

Garuda suffers losses of Rp 2.65b JAKARTA (JP): Fourteen of the 17 state-owned transport-related companies recorded a total profit of Rp 298.08 billion (US$127.7 million) in the first half of the year, while the other three, including Garuda Indonesia, suffered a combined deficit of Rp 14.