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Tue, 19 Aug 1997

JP/Scholarly freedom under political attack

Scholarly freedom under political attackBy Mochtar Buchori JAKARTA (JP): The Aug. 6, 1997 edition of The Jakarta Post carried an article by Andrew Higgins discussing a possible threat to academic freedom in Hong Kong. Higgins mentioned two events which denoted this possibility.

Tue, 19 Aug 1997

JP/EVA Air and Merpati to link Bali and Taipei

EVA Air and Merpati to link Bali and Taipei JAKARTA (JP): State-owned Merpati Nusantara Airlines and EVA Air of Taiwan have signed a commercial agreement expanding both passenger and cargo services linking the tourist island of Bali in Indonesia and Taipei.

Tue, 19 Aug 1997

JP/PTPN to build sugar mill

PTPN to build sugar mill JAKARTA (JP): A consortium comprising five state-owned plantation companies (PTPN) plans to build and operate a sugar mill in Kendari, Southeast Sulawesi.

Tue, 19 Aug 1997

JP/More haj pilgrims from S. Kalimantan

More haj pilgrims from S. Kalimantan BANJARMASIN, South Kalimantan: The quota for South Kalimantan's haj pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia next year has been increased by 140 to 7,340, an official said yesterday.

Tue, 19 Aug 1997

JP/Where to go in Jakarta:

Where to go in Jakarta:Exhibitions * Doll Exhibition: by Siana Kristiani, at Galeri TC, Jl. Kemang Raya No. 24A South Jakarta, 11.30 a.m. to 12 a.m., until Sept. 13.

Tue, 19 Aug 1997

JP/Rupiah hits new low against dollar as share prices fall

Rupiah hits new low against dollar as share prices fall JAKARTA (JP): The rupiah hit another low yesterday surpassing the 3,000 level against the U.S. dollar as share prices slumped 3.2 percent, dealers said.

Tue, 19 Aug 1997

JP/Police bill goes ahead despite criticism

Police bill goes ahead despite criticism JAKARTA (JP): The House of Representatives has completed its deliberation of a controversial police bill and plans to endorse it early next month despite public criticism over some of its articles.

Tue, 19 Aug 1997

JP/Do we need a foreign policy board?

Do we need a foreign policy board?By Aleksius Jemadu JAKARTA (JP): The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) recently held a seminar about the performance of Indonesia's foreign policy.

Tue, 19 Aug 1997

JP/Poor villages become fewer

Poor villages become fewer BANJARMASIN, South Kalimantan: The number of villages that qualify for the government's special grant for poor villages in South Kalimantan has declined from 765 in the 1996/1997 fiscal year to 298 villages in the current 1997/1998 fiscal year.

Tue, 19 Aug 1997

JP/Soeharto awards dedicated model citizens

Soeharto awards dedicated model citizens JAKARTA (JP): The "common person" got a day in the limelight yesterday as 1,407 selected exemplary individuals, many of whom are low-ranking civil servants from the country's most remote areas, were awarded for their dedication and achievement.

Tue, 19 Aug 1997

JP/Foreign tourist arrivals recover after decrease

Foreign tourist arrivals recover after decrease JAKARTA (JP): Foreign tourist arrivals through seven major entry points in Indonesia recovered in June after continuous decreases in April and May.

Tue, 19 Aug 1997

JP/Fourteen arrested for staging rally

Fourteen arrested for staging rally BOGOR (JP): Police have arrested 14 street protesters for criticizing the government during an Independence Day anniversary rally here Sunday.Another protester, identified as Sinaga, is still at large.Bogor Police Chief Col.

Tue, 19 Aug 1997

JP/PT DSTP cooperates with Bank DKI to sell shares

PT DSTP cooperates with Bank DKI to sell shares JAKARTA (JP): PT Dua Satu Tiga Puluh (DSTP), a company assigned to support the N-2130 passenger national jet aircraft project, signed an agreement yesterday with the city-owned Bank DKI to facilitate the public offering of its shares.

Tue, 19 Aug 1997

JP/Chinese doctors released

Chinese doctors released JAKARTA (JP): Five Chinese doctors who were arrested last month for allegedly violating their work permits have been released and allowed to continue practicing traditional Chinese medicine, government officials announced yesterday.

Tue, 19 Aug 1997

JP/Kapuk residents reject eviction

Kapuk residents reject eviction JAKARTA (JP): At least 25 residents of Kapuk subdistrict, West Jakarta, visited the National Commission on Human Rights office yesterday, protesting the West Jakarta Mayoralty's plan to evict them from their homes for an expansion of a pig stable.

Tue, 19 Aug 1997

JP/Activists appeal to Supreme Court

Activists appeal to Supreme Court JAKARTA (JP): The leader and activists of the unrecognized Democratic People's Party (PRD) convicted of subversion filed an appeal to the Supreme Court yesterday.

Tue, 19 Aug 1997

JP/Repulsive weaponry

Repulsive weaponry The world's dirty little secret is becoming increasingly public. A growing number of countries have what a military analyst describes as "biological aspirations". This means they want to build up stockpiles of chemical weapons.

Tue, 19 Aug 1997

JP/Hari, Joko may reach Sanyo semis: Coach

Hari, Joko may reach Sanyo semis: Coach JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia's Hariyanto Arbi and Joko Suprianto have a good chance of reaching the semifinals of the 1997 Sanyo World Cup Badminton Championship in Yogyakarta this week.

Tue, 19 Aug 1997

JP/City cracks down on illegal groundwater use

City cracks down on illegal groundwater use JAKARTA (JP): The Jakarta administration has sealed off artesian wells sunk illegally at 246 houses in its latest effort to control the use of ground water.

Tue, 19 Aug 1997

JP/Sempati stops Dili flights

Sempati stops Dili flights DILI, E. Timor: East Timor Legislative Council chief Armindo Soares Mariano appealed to Sempati Air to reconsider its decision to terminate its flight services between Jakarta and Dili.

Tue, 19 Aug 1997

JP/Observers call for govt role in PDI reunification

Observers call for govt role in PDI reunification SEMARANG (JP): Two leading observers called yesterday for government arbitration if rival factions within the Indonesian Democratic Party (PDI) agree to discuss much-awaited reconciliation.

Tue, 19 Aug 1997

JP/Three drowned in boat accident

Three drowned in boat accident PALANGKA RAYA, C. Kalimantan: Three employees of state-owned PT Hutama Karya drowned and twelve others are still missing in the Kapuas River, Central Kalimantan, when a motorboat ferrying them home hit the Kapuas Murung bridge and capsized Saturday night.

Tue, 19 Aug 1997

JP/TV contributions

TV contributions The explanation given last week by Jakarta's military commander Maj. Gen. Sutiyoso, about the use of Bakorstanasda personnel to help state TV networks collect compulsory "contributions" from TV owners, may satisfy some people.

Tue, 19 Aug 1997

JP/Stock Exchange

Stock ExchangeStock prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (in rupiah) on August 18, 1997: Shares Close Change Trading Volume -------------------------------------------------------- Ades Alfindo 750 ...

Tue, 19 Aug 1997

JP/Councilors, YLKI query resumption of TV tax

Councilors, YLKI query resumption of TV tax JAKARTA (JP): City councilors and the Indonesian Consumers Foundation (YLKI) have strongly questioned the justification for state-owned television station TVRI to resume collecting fees from television owners in Greater Jakarta later this month.

Tue, 19 Aug 1997

JP/Currency crisis hurts PC sales

Currency crisis hurts PC sales JAKARTA (JP): The plunge in the rupiah's value has hurt the personal computer business in Indonesia, with sales dropping by 25 percent to 50 percent in the last two weeks.

Tue, 19 Aug 1997

JP/Balikpapan offshore oil rig explodes

Balikpapan offshore oil rig explodes BALIKPAPAN, East Kalimantan (JP): An off-shore oil rig owned by Unocal Indonesia Co. exploded here after a fire razed it at dawn on Sunday, but no fatalities were reported.

Tue, 19 Aug 1997

JP/Friend of Africa

Friend of Africa Certainly, I am one of those who believe that man, generally, is innocent unless proven otherwise. Similarly, I also believe that no members of a group, society or nation may "all" be bad. Further, I've seen this indisputable fact within the framework of U.S.

Tue, 19 Aug 1997

JP/Semen Padang raises output

Semen Padang raises output JAKARTA (JP): PT Semen Padang will begin operating its fifth production plant in June, next year, raising its total production to 55.6 million tons of cement per year.

Tue, 19 Aug 1997

JP/Fire guts Kodak film warehouse

Fire guts Kodak film warehouse JAKARTA (JP): A fire gutted a warehouse yesterday which was used to store chemicals for Kodak film products in Sunter, North Jakarta. No casualties were reported.The fire which started at about 11:15 a.m.

Tue, 19 Aug 1997

JP/Islamic students association told to remain outspoken

Islamic students association told to remain outspoken SURABAYA (JP): The Association of Islamic Students (HMI) must maintain its critical attitude toward those in power, an activist said here yesterday.

Tue, 19 Aug 1997

JP/Indonesian team stranded in Sicily

Indonesian team stranded in Sicily JAKARTA (JP): Teams from Indonesia, Russia, Ukraine and Australia were stranded not long after they arrived at Catania, Sicily, Sunday to take part in the world student games.

Tue, 19 Aug 1997

JP/Firms to build Rp 1.4t toll road in Central Java

Firms to build Rp 1.4t toll road in Central Java JAKARTA (JP): Construction company PT Sumber Mitra Jaya signed a joint venture agreement yesterday with state-owned toll road operator PT Jasa Marga and two other partners to build a 91- kilometer toll road worth Rp 1.

Tue, 19 Aug 1997

JP/TV today

TV todayTVRI 2:00 p.m. News: Berita 14 2:30 Travel: My Country 2:35 Children's Film: Lucan 3:10 Teenagers' Program: Ramaja Indonesia 3:35 Music: Lagu Pop Daerah 4:00 Regional News 4:30 Science and Technology 5:00 English Lessons 5:25 Variety Show: Music City Today 5:30 ...

Tue, 19 Aug 1997

JP/Hospital refuses patient

Hospital refuses patient BANDAR LAMPUNG, Lampung: The head of Lampung's Ministry of Health office, Deddy Ruswendy, has criticized a private hospital here for its refusal to treat a dying patient because his family could not provide Rp 2.5 million in cash for the cost of his surgery.

Tue, 19 Aug 1997

JP/Teenager killed for robbery

Teenager killed for robbery JAKARTA (JP): A teenager was mobbed to death in Bekasi after being caught attempting to rob a building materials shop on Sunday morning, a City Police spokesman said yesterday.Lt. Col. E. Aritonang said that Iptikar, 17, died of his injuries on the way to the hospital.

Tue, 19 Aug 1997

JP/BISTEC determined to forge regional powerhouse

BISTEC determined to forge regional powerhouseBy Baladas Goshal NEW DELHI (JP): In new international economic relations, and the regionalization of the world order in the post-Cold War period, formation of regional economic blocs have become the order of the day.

Tue, 19 Aug 1997

JP/Couple die in traffic accident

Couple die in traffic accident JAKARTA (JP): A young man and his lover died in a traffic accident in North Jakarta Sunday afternoon.The man, Yosneal Feriston Radja, 24, and Yusnelli, 19, fell from the motorcycle they were riding at high speed on Jl. Yos Sudarso.

Tue, 19 Aug 1997

JP/Australia offers 300 scholarships

Australia offers 300 scholarships JAKARTA (JP): The Australian government is offering 300 scholarships for postgraduate study in Australia in 1988.

Tue, 19 Aug 1997

JP/SEA Games sharpshooters go for overseas stint

SEA Games sharpshooters go for overseas stint JAKARTA (JP): National sharp shooters, training for the 19th SEA Games, will go to Taiwan for a series of trials from Aug. 21 to Aug. 29.

Tue, 19 Aug 1997

JP/Analysts criticize state economic management

Analysts criticize state economic management JAKARTA (JP): Observers spoke out yesterday against what they called the growing clout of capital owners in the country's social, economic and political scenes.

Tue, 19 Aug 1997

JP/Former police officer killed

Former police officer killed JAKARTA (JP): A retired police officer was killed in a chain collision on Jl. Wiyoto Wiyono toll road in Jatinegara, East Jakarta, yesterday.Brig. Gen. (ret.

Tue, 19 Aug 1997

JP/Manpower bill talks in progress

Manpower bill talks in progress JAKARTA (JP): Legislators deliberating the widely-criticized manpower bill claimed yesterday they have achieved progress by including a provision that the establishment of workers' unions is to be regulated by a separate law.

Tue, 19 Aug 1997

JP/Taking stock

Taking stock President Soeharto, in his speech before a plenary session of the House of Representatives on Saturday, emphasized the importance of prudence on the part of both the government and the community in braving the current monetary developments.

Tue, 19 Aug 1997

JP/School principal's bank account

School principal's bank account According to Sri Sudono Sumarto, the head of the Jakarta regional office of the Ministry of Education and Culture, it is wrong for parents' association (BP3) funds to be deposited into the personal bank account of a school principal.

Tue, 19 Aug 1997

JP/Ebony seized in Ujungpandang

Ebony seized in Ujungpandang UJUNGPANDANG, South Sulawesi: The city administration has confiscated 1,959 cubic meters of ebony believed to be illegal.Authorities are investigating the manager of a Japanese joint venture company. The ebony was discovered at the company's storehouse.

Tue, 19 Aug 1997

JP/Piercing distrust with new defense white paper

Piercing distrust with new defense white paperBy M. Riefqi Muna JAKARTA (JP): Much has been happening in Indonesian defense circles in the last three months: the release of the second Defense White Paper (DWP); the opening of the country's largest military training center, in Lampung; the plan ...