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Searching for all articles published on 1996-07-02 ...

43 articles.

Tue, 02 Jul 1996

JP/Warner Bros to open in Indonesia

Warner Bros to open in Indonesia JAKARTA (JP): Warner Bros Studio Stores of the United States and PT Putra Warner Perkasa, a subsidiary of PT Putra Surya Perkasa (PSP), signed an agreement yesterday allowing the latter to open stores in Indonesia under the name of the former.

Tue, 02 Jul 1996

JP/Why are letters censored?

Why are letters censored? On June 19, 1996, I mailed a letter to Mr. and Mrs. Sri Bintang Pamungkas, whose address is Jl. Merapi D-1, Komplek Bukit Permai, Cibubur, Jakarta Timur 13724.According to a very reliable source, my letter was censored by a powerful institution.

Tue, 02 Jul 1996

JP/Lasolo hydro-power plant to be built soon in Sulawesi

Lasolo hydro-power plant to be built soon in Sulawesi JAKARTA (JP): PT Iroda Mitra Corporation and two state-owned companies will start early next year the construction of the Lasolo hydro-power plant in Pomalaa, Southeast Sulawesi, with a generation capacity of 96 megawatts.

Tue, 02 Jul 1996

JP/Danish teen shuttlers eye double's medals

Danish teen shuttlers eye double's medals JAKARTA (JP): Denmark will try to surprise Indonesia's teen shuttlers at the Bumiputera Open Badminton Championships, which start at Senayan Badminton Hall today.

Tue, 02 Jul 1996

JP/Change your sexual behavior

Change your sexual behavior YOGYAKARTA: If Indonesians do not change their sexual behavior, the state may have to spend Rp 33 trillion (US$15 billion) to control AIDS beginning in the year 2000, an expert warned yesterday.

Tue, 02 Jul 1996

JP/Boeing to help market RI jets in N. America

Boeing to help market RI jets in N. America JAKARTA (JP): The America-based aircraft manufacturer Boeing Co. pledged yesterday to help Indonesia's state aircraft maker PT Industri Pesawat Terbang Nusantara (IPTN) market its N-2130 jets in North America.

Tue, 02 Jul 1996

JP/Soeharto's plan on National Police welcomed

Soeharto's plan on National Police welcomed JAKARTA (JP): Former senior police officers have warmly welcomed President Soeharto's plan for the continuation of the police force's development.

Tue, 02 Jul 1996

JP/House passes law endorsing archipelagic state concept

House passes law endorsing archipelagic state concept JAKARTA (JP): The House of Representatives passed a law yesterday that gives legitimacy to Indonesia's claim to be an archipelagic state.

Tue, 02 Jul 1996

JP/24 billboards pulled down

24 billboards pulled down TANGERANG, West Java (JP): Twenty-four billboards in Tangerang were pulled down in the months of May and June, Suwardjono, the head of the Local Street and Park Illumination Office, said after a field survey yesterday.

Tue, 02 Jul 1996

JP/Administration to restructure parking authority

Administration to restructure parking authority JAKARTA (JP): The city administration plans to restructure the management of the city's parking agency, BP Parkir, to improve its performance and increase its contribution to city coffers.The deputy governor for economic and development affairs, TB.

Tue, 02 Jul 1996

JP/Asphalt production halted

Asphalt production halted JAKARTA (JP): PT Amerta Mardayasa Aspal, an Australia- affiliated firm producing asphalt in Buton, Southeast Sulawesi, has terminated production due to difficulties to market its products, an executive said.

Tue, 02 Jul 1996

JP/Irian tribes to reject Freeport's trust offer

Irian tribes to reject Freeport's trust offer JAKARTA (JP): Leaders of the Amungme and Komoro tribes in Irian Jaya said yesterday they would reject the 1 percent trust fund offered by PT Freeport Indonesia.

Tue, 02 Jul 1996

JP/Lufthansa increases services

Lufthansa increases services JAKARTA (JP): German flag carrier Lufthansa plans to introduce its sixth weekly service for the Jakarta-Frankfurt route beginning today.

Tue, 02 Jul 1996

JP/Govt to speed up fixed line development

Govt to speed up fixed line development JAKARTA (JP): The government will accelerate the development of telecommunications networks to reach a ratio of 20 fixed telephone lines for every 100 people by the year 2020.

Tue, 02 Jul 1996

JP/Sleepy bus rider

Sleepy bus rider It was 3:30 p.m. when I took a bus to Senen. I found only one available seat in a long seat in the front. Four people sat next to me.Everything seemed fine in the first few minutes after the bus left the bus stop.

Tue, 02 Jul 1996

JP/RI to build stronger police force

RI to build stronger police force JAKARTA (JP): President Soeharto has hinted that the government will continue to strengthen the national police force so that it can fight both conventional and hi-tec crime more efficiently.

Tue, 02 Jul 1996

JP/Poll suggested to resolve PDI leadership crisis

Poll suggested to resolve PDI leadership crisis JAKARTA (JP): A referendum of all PDI members should be held immediately to resolve the dual leadership crisis within the Indonesian Democratic Party (PDI) if it wants to improve its performance in next year's election, it was suggested yesterday.

Tue, 02 Jul 1996

JP/Int'l Dance Fiesta to be held here

Int'l Dance Fiesta to be held here JAKARTA (JP): Jakarta will host the fourth International Dance Festival (IDF'96), July 25 through July 31.

Tue, 02 Jul 1996

JP/Deregulating fisheries

Deregulating fisheries Indonesia has 5.8 million square kilometers of sea. It has been estimated that Indonesia's waters are capable of yielding 6.7 million tons of a variety of fish as well as other marine products, although in the past few years only about half that amount has been collected.

Tue, 02 Jul 1996

JP/Int'l volleyball tourney planned

Int'l volleyball tourney planned JAKARTA (JP): The city administration will hold a sister city volleyball tournament for the second time, from July 15 to July 21.

Tue, 02 Jul 1996

JP/Executives use Ecstasy

Executives use Ecstasy YOGYAKARTA: Detective chief Brig. Gen. GPH Rusdihardjo said yesterday that 78 percent of Ecstasy users are young business executives.People from lower income brackets and the less educated constitute only 12 percent of the drug users, he told journalists.

Tue, 02 Jul 1996

JP/New sport entertainment facility coming to town

New sport entertainment facility coming to town JAKARTA (JP): Jakartans desperately in search of a family recreation place are about to receive a new sports entertainment arena at Carita Beach, West Java, about 160 kilometers west of Jakarta.

Tue, 02 Jul 1996

JP/Put 'halal' labels on food seals: YLKI

Put 'halal' labels on food seals: YLKI JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesian Consumers Foundation (YLKI) said the government should exercise strict control over food and drink packages labeled halal, or suitable for Moslems to consume.

Tue, 02 Jul 1996

JP/Causes of widow

Causes of widow I am working as a volunteer for the American Studies Center in Medan, North Sumatra.

Tue, 02 Jul 1996

JP/G-7 in a changed world

G-7 in a changed world Now that the G-7 summit in the French city of Lyon has ended, the question that is bound to be asked around the globe is what the possible impact of the three-day meeting will be on other countries.

Tue, 02 Jul 1996

JP/Stock Exchange

Stock ExchangeStock prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (in rupiah) on July 1, 1996: Shares Close Change Trading Volume ---------------------------------------------------------- Ades Alfindo ...

Tue, 02 Jul 1996

JP/Prostitutes face repatriation

Prostitutes face repatriation KUPANG, East Nusa Tenggara: The mayoralty government has threatened to take tough action against civil servants who frequent brothels.

Tue, 02 Jul 1996

JP/Security guards complain to House

Security guards complain to House JAKARTA (JP): Hundreds of security guards working for the International Trade Center on Jl. Mangga Dua marched to the House of Representatives yesterday to protest what they called the impartial dismissal of 25 of their colleagues by the center's management.

Tue, 02 Jul 1996

JP/A seafaring nation needs a merchant fleet of vessels

A seafaring nation needs a merchant fleet of vesselsBy Dirk Vlasblom This is the second of two articles based on an interview with prominent shipowner Soedarpo Sastrosatomo. Question: It seems you were once jailed for weapon-smuggling.

Tue, 02 Jul 1996

JP/Two arrested for killing newly-wed woman

Two arrested for killing newly-wed woman JAKARTA (JP): Two construction workers on Jl. Amal, East Jakarta yesterday stabbed to death a newly wed woman who refused to pay Rp 200,000 (US$85).The Chief of Duren Sawit Police sub-precinct, Maj.

Tue, 02 Jul 1996

JP/300 workers continue strike

300 workers continue strike JAKARTA (JP): Some 300 garment factory workers from PT Centra Busana Jaya Persada on Jl. Cilincing in North Jakarta continued their strike yesterday, demanding minimum wages and welfare improvement.

Tue, 02 Jul 1996

JP/NGOs form pressure group

NGOs form pressure group JAKARTA (JP): Activists formed another pressure group yesterday, demanding that the government lower prices, uproot corruption and overhaul the political system.

Tue, 02 Jul 1996

JP/Debussy's Pelleas et Melisande

Debussy's Pelleas et Melisande The little that we hear of western classical music in Jakarta is compensated by TOP FM Radio Klasik's programs. A whole range of music can be heard from Renaissance and Baroque up to contemporary, with a heavy emphasis on Baroque.

Tue, 02 Jul 1996

JP/City needs 10m kiloliters of fuel

City needs 10m kiloliters of fuel JAKARTA (JP): The nine million capital's gas (BBM) consumption in the year 1996/1997 is estimated to reach ten million kiloliters (KL) with the largest need of approximately 3,7 KL for diesel, said an official yesterday.

Tue, 02 Jul 1996

JP/Russia's intolerance

Russia's intolerance Former Gen. Alexander Lebed, a rising figure in Russian politics, this week has given the world a view of that side of his character that has long made him unpalatable to Russian liberals.

Tue, 02 Jul 1996

JP/Where to go in Jakarta:

Where to go in Jakarta:Music * Hotel Dai-ichi, Jl. Senen Raya 135, Central Jakarta. - Mezzanine Lounge: The Praise Vocal Group, nightly except Sundays, from 8 p.m. to 11 p.m. * Hotel Aryaduta, Jl.

Tue, 02 Jul 1996

JP/Radio in the car

Radio in the car Your Sunday, June 30, 1996, feature on radio in Jakarta was enjoyable. I much prefer listening to radio in the car because streets in Jakarta are so rough that most music system played in a car are severely tested.

Tue, 02 Jul 1996

JP/Economic analysts hail new loan writeoff plan

Economic analysts hail new loan writeoff plan JAKARTA (JP): The government's plan encouraging banks to writeoff problem loans is an appropriate way to deal with bad debts says analysts and economists.

Tue, 02 Jul 1996

JP/Alatas' refusal of Gama's visit endorsed

Alatas' refusal of Gama's visit endorsed JAKARTA (JP): A senior East Timorese leader said yesterday that he backs Foreign Minister Ali Alatas, who has rejected his Portuguese counterpart's demand to meet an East Timorese separatist leader jailed in Jakarta.

Tue, 02 Jul 1996

JP/BDNI to launch mutual fund

BDNI to launch mutual fund JAKARTA (JP): The Capital Market Supervisory Agency (Bapepam) granted a license yesterday to the country's first open-end mutual fund, which will be called the Reksa Dana Money Market Fund (MMF) and sponsored by Bank Dagang Nasional Indonesia and PT BDNI Securities.

Tue, 02 Jul 1996

JP/Timber fencing and smuggling still rampant

Timber fencing and smuggling still rampant JAKARTA (JP): A government raid has discovered more than 200,000 cubic meters of sawn timber being illegally transported and bought by wood-processing companies, proving that timber smuggling and wood fencing are still rampant practices.

Tue, 02 Jul 1996

JP/TV today

TV todayTVRI 2:30 p.m. Travel: My Country 2:35 TV Series: Kid's Song 3:05 Library 3:30 TV Series: Beyond Tomorrow 4:00 News: Lintasan Berita 4:05 Science Film 4:30 Variety Program: Tari Kondo Buleng 5:00 Regional News 5:30 English Lessons: Your Letter 6:05 Nusantara, the Beloved ...

Tue, 02 Jul 1996

JP/Water supply cut in N. Jakarta

Water supply cut in N. Jakarta JAKARTA (JP): Water supplies in the areas of Podomoro, Pademangan and Ancol in North Jakarta will be stopped for two days starting today, an official said yesterday.