Archive: 2 April 1995
27 articles found
Sun, 02 Apr 1995, 00:00 WIB
Guess What? Emil Salim
Guess What? Emil Salim What is the most useful plant in the world? "Bamboo," insisted Emil Salim, former minister of population and environment. All parts of bamboo are beneficial. It can be used for building, thatching roofs and as a cure for asthma.
Sun, 02 Apr 1995, 00:00 WIB
Reptile fever strikes Jakartan pet owners
Reptile fever strikes Jakartan pet owners By Johannes Simbolon JAKARTA (JP): Bintang, a 21-year-old university student, found out that reptiles were good pets after visiting a display by reptile sellers held early in January at Pondok Indah Mall. Now he has three snakes at home; a 1.
Sun, 02 Apr 1995, 00:00 WIB
Three-in-one kids
Three-in-one kids I have watched with interest the latest action against the "3- in-1" kids and now read in your newspaper that they may be partially controlled by preman and, even worse, contributing to the dreaded social unrest.
Sun, 02 Apr 1995, 00:00 WIB
Media relations should not be overlooked
Media relations should not be overlooked By Wisaksono Noeradi JAKARTA (JP): Institutions are continuously expanding their operations, developing new products and services, or opening up promising markets, both at home and overseas.
Sun, 02 Apr 1995, 00:00 WIB
Vegetarian dishes with an Indonesian twist
Vegetarian dishes with an Indonesian twist By Syamala Monie JAKARTA (JP): On a recent holiday in Bali, my husband, my two grown children and I were relaxing on the little balcony outside our cottage. Each had a cup of kopi Bali, which is strong and tangy and best with a dash of sugar and lime and...
Sun, 02 Apr 1995, 00:00 WIB
Beware of brain infection
Beware of brain infection LONDON (Reuter): Doctors recommended on Friday that tourists visiting the Indonesian island of Bali should get vaccinations against Japanese encephalitis, a severe brain infection carried by mosquitoes. In a letter to the Lancet medical journal Dr.
Sun, 02 Apr 1995, 00:00 WIB
Govt increases reference prices of cement
Govt increases reference prices of cement JAKARTA (JP): The government, under pressure from producers, raised the reference prices of cement across the country by an average of 40 percent over the weekend in an effort to attract more investment in the cement industry.
Sun, 02 Apr 1995, 00:00 WIB
Guess What? Daniel Sahuleka
Guess What? Daniel Sahuleka Ambonese singer Daniel Sahuleka, who is now a citizen of the Netherlands, graced the stage at Erasmus Huis, the Dutch Cultural Center, early this week. But instead of singing, he searched his jeans's pockets and then his shirts' pockets.
Sun, 02 Apr 1995, 00:00 WIB
India-RI ties: From estrangement to cooperation
India-RI ties: From estrangement to cooperation Dipankar Banerjee sketches some emerging trends in the relations between India and Southeast Asia through the rubric of Indonesia. "Estranged neighbors", is how one would describe India and Indonesia.
Sun, 02 Apr 1995, 00:00 WIB
Guess What? Asrul Sani
Guess What? Asrul Sani Prominent scholar and film director Asrul Sani, who was invited to talk at the launching of Prahara Budaya (Cultural Calamity) in Jakarta last week, objected to the term "lecture" used by the organizing committee. "I won't lecture.
Sun, 02 Apr 1995, 00:00 WIB
TV today
TV today TVRI 7:00 a.m. Morning News 7:30 Healthy and Fresh 7:40 TV Series: Vicky The Viking 8:05 Around Us 8:35 Children's Program 9:00 People and Events 9:30 Comedy: Ria Jenaka 9:45 Music 10:45 Youth Program 11:15 Search For The World 11:45 Sports: Dari Gelanggang Ke Gelanggang 12:45 p.m.
Sun, 02 Apr 1995, 00:00 WIB
Communist cultural calamity has gone, but ...
Communist cultural calamity has gone, but ... By T. Sima Gunawan JAKARTA (JP): Little Taufiq Ismail had a big dream of becoming a great writer, but he enrolled in the veterinary and farming department at the University of Indonesia because he realized it was hard to earn a living as an author.
Sun, 02 Apr 1995, 00:00 WIB
RI ambassador dies
RI ambassador dies JAKARTA (JP): The body of Indonesia's ambassador to Hungary, Soelaeman Pringgodigdo, who died in Budapest on Thursday, is scheduled to arrive at Jakarta's Sukarno-Hatta airport at 2:30 pm today on a Garuda Indonesia flight.
Sun, 02 Apr 1995, 00:00 WIB
Here 'prosciutto' means salami
Here 'prosciutto' means salami JAKARTA (JP): Guess what? I went to Pondok Indah Mall for the first time ever. Me, who's been giving you the impression that all I do is jaunt around this fair capital. But it's true, I've never ever been to the mall because I would have to travel through kilometers...
Sun, 02 Apr 1995, 00:00 WIB
Gusti Made Karya on the art of duplicating
Gusti Made Karya on the art of duplicating DENPASAR (JP): The house in the village of Bonakaja in Gianyar regency looks like small-scale factory. An open space in the garden for sun-drying the thread, a small, one square-meter cement pond in a corner for dying thread, and a big space, walled on two...
Sun, 02 Apr 1995, 00:00 WIB
Virtual museum a door to ASEAN collections
Virtual museum a door to ASEAN collections By Amir Sidharta JAKARTA (JP): Those familiar with "the corridor" in Michael Crichton's Disclosure will be able to imagine the ultimate experience of accessing museum exhibits through a computer.
Sun, 02 Apr 1995, 00:00 WIB
Rain delays Indonesia's Davis Cup victory
Rain delays Indonesia's Davis Cup victory JAKARTA (JP): Rain should be blamed for delaying Indonesia's Davis Cup victory celebration. With a resounding 2-0 lead over Chinese Taipei, Indonesia could have wrapped up the Davis Cup Asia Oceania play-off matches with an unassailable lead, when a heavy...
Sun, 02 Apr 1995, 00:00 WIB
Copying: Development strategy in garment business
Copying: Development strategy in garment business Text and photos by Benito Lopulalan DENPASAR (JP): Garment copying is big business in Asia these days. Hong Kong and South Korean industrialists started the trend in the 1970s and ever since profits have been impressive; so much so that garment...
Sun, 02 Apr 1995, 00:00 WIB
Soeharto begins visit in Germany
Soeharto begins visit in Germany JAKARTA (JP): President Soeharto arrived in Hannover yesterday to start a six-day state visit to Germany aimed chiefly at promoting economic and trade relations between the two countries.
Sun, 02 Apr 1995, 00:00 WIB
Singapore's 'Straits Times' celebrates 150 years
Singapore's 'Straits Times' celebrates 150 years By Lenah Susianty SINGAPORE (JP): No one would think that a newspaper published by an Armenian merchant to carry commercial news on cargo ships to the port of Singapore 150 years ago could survive and become one of the oldest and richest newspapers...
Sun, 02 Apr 1995, 00:00 WIB
Bali shuts down on Day of Silence
Bali shuts down on Day of Silence JAKARTA (JP): The Island of Bali, Indonesia's most famous holiday destination, virtually turned into a ghost town yesterday as the predominantly Hindu islanders observed the Day of Silence.
Sun, 02 Apr 1995, 00:00 WIB
Orlane, for a wedding no one will forget
Orlane, for a wedding no one will forget By Dini S. Djalal JAKARTA (JP): Glitz and glamour, pomp and circumstance: that's what weddings should be all about, according to bridal salons. People also often add that one's wedding should be "something you will always remember.
Sun, 02 Apr 1995, 00:00 WIB
Indonesia still dreams of a new architectural paradigm
Indonesia still dreams of a new architectural paradigm By Bambang Eryudhawan JAKARTA (JP): Indonesian cities are still being built according to the old paradigm of horizontal city development. This decentralized pattern causes urban sprawl and, sooner or later, the borders of cities will overlap.
Sun, 02 Apr 1995, 00:00 WIB
Doohan gears up Malaysian GP bid
Doohan gears up Malaysian GP bid SHAH ALAM, Malaysia (AFP): World champion Michael Doohan set a new lap record and took provisional pole during Friday's practice for the Malaysian motorcycle grand prix here.
Sun, 02 Apr 1995, 00:00 WIB
More about workers' future
More about workers' future I am writing regarding the letter of Mr. Roland Pertler (The Jakarta Post, March 26, 1995). There they come again. Five minutes out of the plane and they already know (and have the solution for) all the problems of the developing country they just arrive in.
Sun, 02 Apr 1995, 00:00 WIB
Picking winners or subsidizing losers?
Picking winners or subsidizing losers? Hal Hill examines Indonesia's experience with industrial policy. One of the most important intellectual challenges of the late 20th century is to understand the bases of East Asia's rapid economic growth.
Sun, 02 Apr 1995, 00:00 WIB
Even castaways frown on junk mail
Even castaways frown on junk mail By Myra Sidharta JAKARTA (JP): Life on a small island can be very lonesome with the only link to the outside world being the mail. I experienced this as a little girl. Mail then meant surface mail, not airmail and certainly not E-mail or facsimiles.