Archive: 2 February 1996
55 articles found
Fri, 02 Feb 1996, 00:00 WIB
Prison riot causes Rp 30m losses
Prison riot causes Rp 30m losses DILI, East Timor: An official said yesterday that the riot at the Bekora Correctional Institution on Tuesday, in which one person was killed and several others injured, caused an estimated Rp 30 million (US$13,129) in losses. The head of the East Timor office of the ministry of justice, Benny J. Matthaus, was quoted by Antara as saying yesterday that a sentry post, the polyclinic and a few other rooms were damaged in the riot.
Fri, 02 Feb 1996, 00:00 WIB
Soeharto stops beer levy
Soeharto stops beer levy JAKARTA (JP): President Soeharto yesterday ordered Minister of Industry and Trade Tunky Ariwibowo to stop the private company PT Arbamass Multi Invesco (AMI) from collecting levies on beer sales on the tourist island of Bali. "It is against the law for a private company to collect levies from the public," Tunky told the press after an unscheduled meeting with President Soeharto yesterday.
Fri, 02 Feb 1996, 00:00 WIB
Where to go in Bali:
Where to go in Bali: Music and entertainment * Grand Hyatt Bali, Nusa Dua: Pasar Senggol - Balinese Arts & Crafts, daily. Sunset Procession, daily. Ramayana Dance, Thursday. Legong Dance, Saturday. Arjuna Wiwaha Dance, Sunday. Rejang, Puspawresti, Belibis and Jaran Teji dances, Monday. Kecak Dance, Friday & Tuesday. Jegog Dance, Wednesday. Pesona Lounge - Live music by Philipino Guitar duo, Medi & Boy, daily. Lila Cita Fun Pub - Rakata Disc Band, Friday & Monday.
Fri, 02 Feb 1996, 00:00 WIB
TV today
TV today TVRI 2:30 p.m. My Country 2:35 TV Series: Amazing 3:00 News: Lintasan Berita 3:05 Science Film: Dublin, Ireland 3:30 Education Quiz: Cerdas Cermat 4:00 News: Lintasan Berita 4:05 TV Series: Al Jamalludin Al Afghani 5:00 Evening News 5:25 My Country 5:30 News Feature: Exodus as a tradition 6:00 News: Lintasan Berita 6:05 Nusantara, the Beloved Country: North Sumatera 6:15 Village Program 6:30 Information: Prostitution Problems 7:00 Evening News 7:30 News Feature 8:00 News: Lintasan...
Fri, 02 Feb 1996, 00:00 WIB
Extra food for students
Extra food for students LHOKSEUMAWE, Aceh: Beginning in July, elementary school students outside Java and Bali will be given extra food to improve nutrition, announced Minister of Home Affairs Moch. Yogie S.M. Speaking to the community leaders of Matang Puntong village in North Aceh, Yogie said the extra food will be distributed at school and managed by local chapters of the Dharma Wanita women's organization.
Fri, 02 Feb 1996, 00:00 WIB
Indomobil sets up venture
Indomobil sets up venture JAKARTA (JP): PT Indomobil Investment Corporation signed a joint venture agreement here yesterday with Fuji Univance Corp. and Marubeni Auto Sales Corp., both of Japan, to set up a joint venture company to produce automotive components. The joint venture, to be called PT Univance Indonesia with an investment of US$5 million, will be 75 percent owned by Fuji Univance, 15 percent by Indomobil and 10 percent by Marubeni.
Fri, 02 Feb 1996, 00:00 WIB
Sports Academy receives car
Sports Academy receives car JAKARTA (JP): The newly established Indonesian Sports Academy received a Toyota Kijang station wagon from President Soeharto on Wednesday. Mien Gondowidjojo, a lecturer at the academy, said after the handing-over ceremony at the National Sports Council office that the wagon will be used to help academy staff carry out their jobs.
Fri, 02 Feb 1996, 00:00 WIB
Asian rates may not be swayed by U.S. cut: Analyst
Asian rates may not be swayed by U.S. cut: Analyst SINGAPORE (AFP): Battling high current account deficits and inflation fears, most Asian central banks are unlikely to match the latest U.S. interest-rate cut, analysts said yesterday. The impact of the Federal Reserve's move on regional bourses was limited and the U.S. dollar was stable against Asian currencies as market players had largely discounted the decision, they said. The U.S.
Fri, 02 Feb 1996, 00:00 WIB
Jailed banker sues woman for defamation
Jailed banker sues woman for defamation JAKARTA (JP): Former banker Dicky Iskandar Di Nata, who is serving an eight-year jail term for bank fraud, has filed a lawsuit against a woman who claims he sexually assaulted her. "We filed the lawsuit with the City Police today, accusing the woman of defamation," Dicky's lawyer, Henry Yosodiningrat, said yesterday. The lawyer said he has strong evidence and eyewitnesses to testify that the woman fabricated the story for the police and the press.
Fri, 02 Feb 1996, 00:00 WIB
The rent seekers
The rent seekers To protect the public, governments often intervene with measures which seem to limit business or restrict a particular group of people. For example, the Indonesian government collects Rp 250,000 (US$108.5) every time an Indonesian resident travels overseas. This discourages wasting foreign exchange, and prevents people from entering neighboring countries illegally.
Fri, 02 Feb 1996, 00:00 WIB
Four Timorese families 'repatriated' to Lisbon
Four Timorese families 'repatriated' to Lisbon JAKARTA (JP): While dozens of East Timorese have resorted to scaling embassy walls to attain political asylum in Portugal, 29 more left with little fanfare on Wednesday under a joint repatriation program between Indonesia and Portugal. The four families have taken advantage of a 15-year-old program which allows former East Timorese employees of the Portuguese colonial administration to return to Portugal.
Fri, 02 Feb 1996, 00:00 WIB
PPD bus drivers complain over ambiguous status
PPD bus drivers complain over ambiguous status JAKARTA (JP): Some 40 people, mostly drivers, from the state- owned bus company PPD filed a complaint with the House of Representatives yesterday to seek help over their uncertain status and poor working conditions.
Fri, 02 Feb 1996, 00:00 WIB
ADB gives aid to private schools
ADB gives aid to private schools BANJARMASIN, South Kalimantan: The Asian Development Bank will give Rp 15 million (US$ 6,564) each to 43 private junior high schools in the regency of Banjar and in the Banjarmasin municipality, Antara reported. The funds, the first in a five-stage assistance program for private schools here, will be arranged and handled through the provincial 1996/1997 budget.
Fri, 02 Feb 1996, 00:00 WIB
Palapa-C1 blasts off into orbit
Palapa-C1 blasts off into orbit By I. Christianto CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida, U.S. (JP): The Atlas IIAS rocket lit up the night sky as it thrust the Palapa-C1 satellite into orbit at 8:15 p.m. on Monday (8:15 a.m. Jakarta time yesterday), 25 minutes later than scheduled. Some 500 people, including Indonesians from various cities in the United States, watched the launch from a viewing area eight kilometers from pad 36-B at the Cape Canaveral Air Station.
Fri, 02 Feb 1996, 00:00 WIB
Homebuyers wary of developers
Homebuyers wary of developers By Wahyudi M. Pratopo JAKARTA (JP): Many people have been cheated by developers who do nothing after accepting down-payments for houses they have offered to build. Many people have also been cheated by developers who claimed that the housing complexes they are building are located in flood-free areas. However, many people like to flock to housing exhibitions and listen to the information given by the developers' sales and marketing staff.
Fri, 02 Feb 1996, 00:00 WIB
Inti Indorayon gets management certificate
Inti Indorayon gets management certificate MEDAN, North Sumatra (JP): PT Inti Indorayon Utama, one of Indonesia's largest producers of pulp and rayon, accepted an International Organization for Standardization (ISO) 9002 certificate yesterday as international recognition of the overall quality of its management system.
Fri, 02 Feb 1996, 00:00 WIB
RI thanks PNG for helping free hostages
RI thanks PNG for helping free hostages JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesian government thanked Port Moresby yesterday for helping to release two Indonesian high school students who were abducted by Irian Jaya separatist rebels and taken across the border to Papua New Guinea. The hostages, Marwiyah Abubakar and Basyir Kadir, were held hostage from Nov. 22 to Jan. 29 in the Papua New Guinea province of Sandaun near the two countries' border.
Fri, 02 Feb 1996, 00:00 WIB
RI golfers to better SEA Games performance
RI golfers to better SEA Games performance JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia struck its worst showing in the Southeast Asian Games ever in Chiang Mai, Thailand last year, an official admitted yesterday. Taufik Aziz, secretary general of the Indonesian Golf Association said after a hearing with the National Sports Council yesterday that the poor outcome was unanticipated before. "It was beyond our reach. Our opponents played extra ordinarily well that they left us empty handed," Taufik said.
Fri, 02 Feb 1996, 00:00 WIB
Businesses set up foundation to fund Sports Council
Businesses set up foundation to fund Sports Council JAKARTA (JP): Eleven of Indonesia's business heavyweights signed a historic agreement yesterday to set up a foundation to collect funds to finance the country's sports activities. The agreement, signed by Sudono Salim and Sudwikatmono, who represented the group of conglomerates, says that the foundation will provide the National Sports Council with ready-for- disbursement funds.
Fri, 02 Feb 1996, 00:00 WIB
Pusri denies allegation of urea crisis
Pusri denies allegation of urea crisis JAKARTA (JP): PT Pusri, the sole authorized distributor of urea fertilizer on the domestic market, denied yesterday that the recent shortage of urea supply was caused by an increase in exports. Pusri's president, Suhadi, said the allegation that fertilizer producers exported most of their urea to benefit from higher prices on overseas markets was groundless. "Not a single producer exported urea in the last two months.
Fri, 02 Feb 1996, 00:00 WIB
Goodyear Plantation's stake sold
Goodyear Plantation's stake sold JAKARTA (JP): PT Berdikari, a state-owned business group directly overseen by President Soeharto, has taken a 20 percent stake in Goodyear Sumatra Plantation. Bustanil Arifin, an executive of the company, said here yesterday that the President has approved the US$22 million- takeover deal.
Fri, 02 Feb 1996, 00:00 WIB
E. Java to build technology park
E. Java to build technology park SURABAYA: The East Java provincial administration has picked a 40 hectare lot on the campus of the Surabaya Institute of Technology for its Technology Park, Antara reported. The head of the city planning and development agency, Moehtadi, said yesterday that construction will start next month. The park, he said, will resemble a technology park in Perth, Australia. East Java and West Australia were declared "sister province/state" in 1990.
Fri, 02 Feb 1996, 00:00 WIB
State company takes over 22 forest concessions
State company takes over 22 forest concessions JAKARTA (JP): The government has assigned state-owned PT Inhutani III to take over 22 forest concessions covering 1.6 million hectares from private companies in Central Kalimantan whose licenses have been revoked.
Fri, 02 Feb 1996, 00:00 WIB
Labor needed for Asian ties: Keating
Labor needed for Asian ties: Keating SYDNEY (AFP): Australian Prime Minister Paul Keating said yesterday Asian leaders such as Indonesian President Suharto would not take seriously a government led by his election rival, John Howard. Southeast Asian nations did not believe Howard's conservative coalition was serious about forging close regional ties, he said. This was because the opposition still looked to the United States and Britain as Australia's main allies.
Fri, 02 Feb 1996, 00:00 WIB
Astra Nusantara records 24% growth
Astra Nusantara records 24% growth JAKARTA (JP): Digital Astra Nusantara, owned by Digital Equipment Corporation of the United States and PT Astra Graphia of Indonesia, recorded a growth rate of 24 percent last year, the highest since it was established in 1993. "Our growth here is particularly driven by the Alpha 64-bit system which last year grew by 52 percent," Warwick McLisky, a director of the company, told The Jakarta Post yesterday.
Fri, 02 Feb 1996, 00:00 WIB
Rioters volunteer to leave Malaysia
Rioters volunteer to leave Malaysia KUALA LUMPUR (Reuter): All 84 people identified as instigators of a riot at a Malaysian transit camp for Vietnamese boat people last month have volunteered for repatriation, the national Bernama news agency reported yesterday. Camp Commandant DSP Lim Boon Boo was quoted as saying the 84 had enough of fighting repatriation and had given up hope of being resettled in third countries.
Fri, 02 Feb 1996, 00:00 WIB
RP anti-terrorism bills put on the back-burner
RP anti-terrorism bills put on the back-burner MANILA (AFP): Bills intended to curb terrorism and crime have been put on the back-burner until economic bills are passed despite reports of possible threats from Moro rebels, Philippine Justice Secretary Teofisto Guingona said yesterday. President Fidel Ramos however said that countering terrorism without such laws was like "fighting a championship bout with a very hardened ...
Fri, 02 Feb 1996, 00:00 WIB
Tokyo's Nikkei leads way as Asian bourses gain
Tokyo's Nikkei leads way as Asian bourses gain HONG KONG (Reuter): Tokyo stocks hit a 19-month high yesterday as most Asian stock markets gained, buoyed by the U.S. Federal Reserve's interest rate cuts overnight. The Hong Kong, Taipei, Seoul, Manila and Jakarta bourses rose, but inflation worries kept Bangkok subdued, dealers said.
Fri, 02 Feb 1996, 00:00 WIB
Stock Exchnage
Stock Exchnage Stock prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (in rupiah) on Feb. 1, 1996: Shares Close Change Trading Volume ------------------------------------------------------- Ades Alfindo 700 0 11,000 AHAP Insurance 3,000 0 0 Alumindo Perkasa 1,375 0 0 Andayani Megah 2,150 75 714,500 Aneka Kimia Raya 5,950 0 46,000 Anwar Sierad 1,150 0 221,000 Aqua Golden Mississippi 1,600 100 1,000 Argha Karya Prima Industry 2,150 25 114,500 Argo Pantes 1,800 0 0 Asahimas Flat 2,700 -25 877,500 Asiana IMI...
Fri, 02 Feb 1996, 00:00 WIB
Prostitute outwits playboy con-man
Prostitute outwits playboy con-man PURWOKERTO, Central Java: A wanted con artist who posed as a playboy and preyed on rich girls ended his love adventures in police custody yesterday. Amin Muhamad, 33, was outwitted by a 23-year-old prostitute he went with to a cheap motel in Kebumen. The woman said she sensed something fishy when he asked her to hand over all of the jewelry she was wearing.
Fri, 02 Feb 1996, 00:00 WIB
Bazaar held for office workers
Bazaar held for office workers JAKARTA (JP): Office workers in one of Jakarta's business centers should be able to fit in some more shopping time next week. A bazaar at the World Trade Center from Feb. 6-9 will cater to hundreds of employees working in buildings along one of Jakarta's business sites, Jl. Sudirman. Winny Sumpeno, the public relations officer of the Center, told The Jakarta Post this is the first bazaar held in conjunction with the Ramadhan fasting month.
Fri, 02 Feb 1996, 00:00 WIB
PDI can't sue government over leadership rift
PDI can't sue government over leadership rift SEMARANG (JP): The Indonesian Democratic Party (PDI) has no legal ground to settle its conflict with the government over the East Java leadership rift, an expert says. Soehardjo, a professor of constitutional law at Diponegoro University here, said yesterday that should PDI decide to sue Minister of Home Affairs Moch. Yogie S.M.
Fri, 02 Feb 1996, 00:00 WIB
University to form culture laboratory
University to form culture laboratory JEMBER, East Java: Jember University will soon set up a laboratory to study the local cultures of the Tengger on Mt. Bromo, the Maduranese, and the Osing in Banyuwangi, Antara reported. Rector Kabul Santosa said yesterday that experts and researchers at the university are ready for deployment. He did not say when the projects will commence, but explained that he has contacted a number of community leaders and has received a favorable response.
Fri, 02 Feb 1996, 00:00 WIB
Banks invited to join $350m Pramindo loan
Banks invited to join $350m Pramindo loan HONG KONG (Reuter): Banks have been invited to join a US$350 million loan facility for PT Pramindo Ikak Nusantara, arranger Chase Manhattan Bank Asia said yesterday. The company is a consortium including Indonesia's Astra Group and France's Cable et Radio. Pramindo last year won a tender to install some 460,000 phone lines in Indonesia's Sumatra. It is one of several companies that won tenders to install two million telephone lines in Indonesia.
Fri, 02 Feb 1996, 00:00 WIB
Transportation Ministry to store Bulog's rice imports
Transportation Ministry to store Bulog's rice imports JAKARTA (JP): The Ministry of Transportation said yesterday that the National Logistics Agency (Bulog) can use the port's warehouses to store its rice imports which have been held up on waiting vessels and causing congestion in local seaports.
Fri, 02 Feb 1996, 00:00 WIB
Managing firms in ASEAN
Managing firms in ASEAN By Bob Widyahartono The following article is based on a paper presented at the opening of the Magister Management program at the Institute for Management Development in Indonesia on Jan. 27, 1996. This is the first of two articles.
Fri, 02 Feb 1996, 00:00 WIB
Govt fails to control aid for NGOs
Govt fails to control aid for NGOs JAKARTA (JP): The government has admitted defeat in its drive to control the flow of foreign aid to local non-governmental organizations, including those critical of state policies. Minister/State Secretary Moerdiono said yesterday the assistance cannot be controlled because the money is transferred to the personal accounts of NGO activists.
Fri, 02 Feb 1996, 00:00 WIB
Competitiveness: Reforms and quick fixes
Competitiveness: Reforms and quick fixes The government introduced a new reform package last week to boost the country's exports. Economist Mari Pangestu argues that quick fixes to improve the nation's competitiveness are no longer the answer since more fundamental issues are at stakes. JAKARTA (JP): The Jan.
Fri, 02 Feb 1996, 00:00 WIB
Where to go in Jakarta:
Where to go in Jakarta: Music * Hotel Dai-ichi, Jl. Senen Raya 135, Central Jakarta. - Mezzanine Lounge: Solo Pianist, daily from 7:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m., opening hours Monday to Sunday 11 a.m to 1 a.m. * Hotel Aryaduta, Jl. Prapatan 44-48, Central Jakarta: - Ambiente Italian Restaurant: Bonauli vocal group, Monday and Wednesday from 7 p.m. to 1 p.m.; Los Morenos, Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m. - The Tavern Pub: Yeah Yeah Boys, Sunday and Thursday, 9:30 p.m. to 1 a.m.
Fri, 02 Feb 1996, 00:00 WIB
Indonesian bank in India
Indonesian bank in India BOMBAY (AFP): Indonesia's Bank Internasional Indonesia (BII) plans to open a branch here by the end of March, the Economic Times newspaper said yesterday. Bank chief executive officer Raghu Palat told the daily the Indonesian bank would offer corporate banking services as well as target the middle-class saving population, offering retail banking services as well.
Fri, 02 Feb 1996, 00:00 WIB
Ramadhan time for Jakarta
Ramadhan time for Jakarta Friday Maghrib 6.20 p.m. Saturday Imsak 4:26 a.m. Subuh 4.36 a.m.
Fri, 02 Feb 1996, 00:00 WIB
Motorbike force intensified
Motorbike force intensified JAKARTA (JP): The City Military Command's Chief of Staff Brig. Gen. Sutiyoso has said the activities of his motorbike force are being intensified during the fasting month of Ramadhan and the Idul Fitri holiday. Sutiyoso said on Wednesday the intensification is aimed at combating street criminals who also intensify their operations during the season.
Fri, 02 Feb 1996, 00:00 WIB
Kempes vows to upgrade Indonesian football
Kempes vows to upgrade Indonesian football JAKARTA (JP): Mario Alberto Kempes, whose skills helped Argentina lift the 1978 World Cup, yesterday pledged an all-out effort to lift Indonesian soccer to a new high. "As both player and coach, I will do my best to improve Indonesian soccer," said the 42-year-old striker upon his arrival at the Soekarno-Hatta airport yesterday evening.
Fri, 02 Feb 1996, 00:00 WIB
Dutch painter to hold expo
Dutch painter to hold expo JAKARTA (JP): A Swiss-born Dutch painter, Paul Husner is to display his works at Erasmus Huis, Jl. H.R. Rasuna Said, Kuningan, Jakarta, from Feb. 7 to March 8. Dr. Toety Heraty is scheduled to open the exhibition. Husner, who has been living in the Netherlands since 1964 studied graphics art from 1965 to 1967 at the Gerrit Rietveld Academie in Amsterdam. Between 1967 and 1969 he did a free painting course at the Rijksacademie voor Beeldende Kunsten, also in Amsterdam.
Fri, 02 Feb 1996, 00:00 WIB
Electricity and nuclear
Electricity and nuclear From Jayakarta That the European community has downright rejected the nuclear project reflects the political impact of the Chernobyl disaster on the European region. With this new awareness, the European community is totally opposed to the policy which concerns development of nuclear power stations in their respective countries through referendum. Those who are in favor of the development of nuclear energy in Indonesia have kept this information from the public.
Fri, 02 Feb 1996, 00:00 WIB
S'pore upgrades defense capability
S'pore upgrades defense capability SINGAPORE (AFP): Singapore's defense chief said in remarks published yesterday that the city-state was determined to develop a strong and modern security force that may include submarines, but ruled out a regional arms race. Ex-banker Tony Tan, in his first press conference since being named deputy premier and defense minister in August, also said a continued U.S. presence in Asia and China's integration into the world community would boost regional security.
Fri, 02 Feb 1996, 00:00 WIB
Darya Varia buys stake
Darya Varia buys stake HONG KONG (Reuter): First Pacific Co Ltd said yesterday its Indonesian pharmaceutical unit PT Darya Varia Laboratoria had acquired the 40 percent it did not already own of PT Pradja Pharin for Rp 43.8 billion (US$18.9 million). First Pacific added that PT Wigo acquired 100 percent of pharmaceuticals distributor PT Pradja Farma Hoslab for Rp 17.1 billion. Both deals were approved by Darya Varia shareholders at an extraordinary meeting on Jan. 26, it said.
Fri, 02 Feb 1996, 00:00 WIB
'Private hospitals tend to do unnecessary tests'
'Private hospitals tend to do unnecessary tests' JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesian Medical Association asks the government to grant it the authority to revoke the license of profiteering doctors who subject their patients to unnecessary tests.
Fri, 02 Feb 1996, 00:00 WIB
Rights body offers to mediate in hostage crisis
Rights body offers to mediate in hostage crisis JAKARTA (JP): The military yesterday gave the go-ahead to the National Commission on Human Rights to try to mediate with Irian Jaya separatist rebels for the release of 13 people, including six Europeans, held captive since Jan. 8. Armed Forces Chief Gen. Feisal Tanjung during a meeting with leaders of the commission however warned that any delegation sent to meet the rebels could itself be held captive.
Fri, 02 Feb 1996, 00:00 WIB
Sibalec to set up plant
Sibalec to set up plant JAKARTA (JP): PT Sibalec, a lamp producer, signed a joint venture agreement yesterday with two Japanese companies -- Toshiba and Kanematsu -- to establish a glass component plant with an investment of Rp 25 billion (US$10.8 million). Sibalec's president, Soepono, said that Sibalec will take 30 percent of the plant's total equity, Toshiba 55 percent and Kanematsu 15 percent.
Fri, 02 Feb 1996, 00:00 WIB
Ministerial consistency
Ministerial consistency From Neraca When Soedomo was the minister of manpower, hawkers were chased away from trading in the streets or intersections. The minister then introduced a program named Esok penuh harapan (Tomorrow is full of hopes), to train hawkers for certain jobs. When Soedomo left the ministry, the program was forgotten. Consequently the hawkers are back to their old business.
Fri, 02 Feb 1996, 00:00 WIB
Manpower ministry vows to drop various levies
Manpower ministry vows to drop various levies JAKARTA (JP): The Ministry of Manpower plans to phase out various levies it has been imposing on companies in the hope of allowing them to pay their workers more as well as making them more competitive. Yudo Swasono, the head of the ministry's Planning and Development Agency, told reporters in his office yesterday that the ministry currently charges no less than 37 different levies in connection with workers' safety and health.
Fri, 02 Feb 1996, 00:00 WIB
Irianese killed by mob
Irianese killed by mob JAKARTA (JP): Irianese Yuda Bongus Ibo, 33, was beaten to death by about 30 people in Kampung Srengseng, Kebayoran Lama district, South Jakarta. According to Yuda's cousin, Eric, Yuda was attacked by seven unknown people, one of whom held a knife, on Wednesday evening in front of Yuda's rented house in Kampung Srengseng.
Fri, 02 Feb 1996, 00:00 WIB
City needs 9,300 tons of beef for Ramadhan
City needs 9,300 tons of beef for Ramadhan JAKARTA (JP): The City Husbandry Agency projects that the city will need at least 9,300 tons of meat, or 46,500 heads of cattle, during the fasting month of Ramadhan until the Idul Fitri festivities. The agency head, Sumitro, said on Wednesday the need will be fulfilled by ranches in 13 provinces which are fattening up imported cows, and by imported frozen meat.
Fri, 02 Feb 1996, 00:00 WIB
Government waives permit for 'umrah' pilgrimage
Government waives permit for 'umrah' pilgrimage JAKARTA (JP): One permit was abolished yesterday, but this has nothing to do with cumbersome business permits. This one is the permit required for people intending to perform umrah -- a minor haj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia. Minister of Religious Affairs Tarmizi Taher announced that President Soeharto has agreed to waive the rule obliging people to obtain the permit from the Directorate General of Immigration if they go during the Ramadhan month.