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Mon, 25 Nov 1996

JP/Soeharto meets Ramos and Goh

Soeharto meets Ramos and Goh MANILA (JP): President Soeharto met Philippine President Fidel V. Ramos and Singapore Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong separately here yesterday on the first day of his two-day visit.

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Mon, 25 Nov 1996

JP/TV today

TV todayTVRI 2:30 p.m. Travel: Wajah Negeriku: Ambon 2:35 TV Series: Buck Rogers 3:05 Children's Program: Anak Anak Indonesia 3:30 TV Series: Fresh Prince of Bell Air 4:05 Science Film: Legend Of Lockness 4:30 Education Quiz: Cepat Tepat 5:00 Evening News 5:25 Travel 5:30 Karya ...

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Mon, 25 Nov 1996

JP/Bali hotel gets warning

Bali hotel gets warning JAKARTA (JP): Bali's governor, Ida Bagus Oka, has ordered the Sol Elite Paradiso Hotel in Kuta to reduce the height of the concrete roofs of its main building and pavilions to comply with the province's regulation on building and construction.

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Mon, 25 Nov 1996

JP/Witnessing the launch of Fall COMDEX 1996 in Las Vegas

Witnessing the launch of Fall COMDEX 1996 in Las Vegas LAS VEGAS (JP): Last Monday morning this desert gambling town really felt a little different.Since early morning the hustle and bustle had been escalating. By eight o'clock cars were lined up at intersections.

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Mon, 25 Nov 1996

JP/Brazilians outgun Germans

Brazilians outgun Germans JAKARTA (JP): The Brazilian pair of Adriana Behar and Shelda Bede outgunned the German pair of Maike Friedrichsen and Danja Muesch to win the 11th World Women's Beach Volleyball Championships at the Senayan clay tennis courts yesterday.

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Mon, 25 Nov 1996

JP/United Nations secretary-general

United Nations secretary-general Is The Jakarta Post sure that the American diplomats and others are just "playing a little game at the UN" these days? You state that: "the U.S.

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Mon, 25 Nov 1996

JP/Capping share ownership

Capping share ownership The controversy and confusion caused by Minister of Cooperatives Subiakto Tjakrawerdaya's remarks, after a meeting with President Soeharto, about the need to limit share ownership in listed companies should be a good lesson for officials, and everybody else, to be more ...

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Mon, 25 Nov 1996

JP/Italian spikers beat Japan at World Super Challenge

Italian spikers beat Japan at World Super Challenge TOKYO (AFP): World champion Italy whipped Japan in three sets for its fifth straight win to finish atop the six-team World Super Challenge men's volleyball tournament yesterday.

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Mon, 25 Nov 1996

JP/Tigers have enough to eat

Tigers have enough to eat BANDAR LAMPUNG, Lampung: Sumatran tigers in the Way Kambas national park have enough prey to survive, a forestry official said Saturday.

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Mon, 25 Nov 1996

JP/Ministerial meeting adopts APEC action plans on tariffs

Ministerial meeting adopts APEC action plans on tariffs MANILA (JP): Ministers of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum on Friday adopted action plans which for the first time clearly describe member country's individual timetables for trade and investment liberalization.

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Mon, 25 Nov 1996

JP/Pakpahan ruling disappoints rights activists

Pakpahan ruling disappoints rights activists SEMARANG (JP): Two National Commission on Human Rights members have questioned the legal grounds in the Supreme Court's recent decision to put labor leader Muchtar Pakpahan back in prison after it acquitted him of all charges two years ago.

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Mon, 25 Nov 1996

JP/Attack on churches politically engineered

Attack on churches politically engineered SURABAYA (JP): The Oct. 10 attack on churches in the East Java town of Situbondo was "politically engineered" to appear like a conflict between local Moslems and Christians, a discussion here has concluded.

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Mon, 25 Nov 1996

JP/Aid agencies need disasters to survive

Aid agencies need disasters to surviveBy Jonathan Power LONDON (JP): I do not say with Nietzsche "There are whole peoples who have failed" and close my eyes. But this humanitarian aid business is in danger of becoming something of an industry.

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Mon, 25 Nov 1996

JP/Soerjadi-Megawati meeting proposed

Soerjadi-Megawati meeting proposed JAKARTA (JP): A well-known political analyst proposed Saturday that Soerjadi and Megawati Soekarnoputri, key figures in the rift-riddled Indonesian Democratic Party (PDI), meet to bury the hatchet.Gen.

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Mon, 25 Nov 1996

JP/RI lifters win 6 medals in Seoul

RI lifters win 6 medals in Seoul JAKARTA (JP): Indonesian lifters chalked up a creditable showing in the just-concluded Asian Junior Weightlifting Championships in Seoul by grabbing three golds, one silver and two bronzes.

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Mon, 25 Nov 1996

JP/PLN urged to sell assets to improve financial soundness

PLN urged to sell assets to improve financial soundness JAKARTA (JP): The government has suggested that the State Electricity Company (PLN) sell its 800-megawatt coal-fired power station at Paiton, East Java to improve its financial soundness.

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Mon, 25 Nov 1996

JP/Timor cars sold to agrarian ministry

Timor cars sold to agrarian ministry JAKARTA (JP): PT Timor Distributor Nasional (TDN), the distribution arm of PT Timor Putra Nasional, has sold 12 Timor cars to the Ministry of Agrarian Affairs.

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Mon, 25 Nov 1996

JP/Progressive parking fee plan debated

Progressive parking fee plan debated JAKARTA (JP): Councilors are divided over progressive parking fees in city-owned parking lots.The chairman of the Indonesian Democratic Party faction, Lukman F.

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Mon, 25 Nov 1996

JP/Lab School holds its annual int'l festival

Lab School holds its annual int'l festival JAKARTA (JP): Hundreds of students from Jakarta's international schools celebrated yesterday in festivities at the Lab School in East Jakarta.

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Mon, 25 Nov 1996

JP/33 NGOs demand bans on sexist ads

33 NGOs demand bans on sexist ads JAKARTA (JP): Thirty three non-government organizations demanded yesterday advertisements insulting women's dignity be banned.

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Mon, 25 Nov 1996

JP/People friendly road for Kuningan: City planner

People friendly road for Kuningan: City planner JAKARTA (JP): Pedestrians along Jl. Prof. Satrio in Kuningan, South Jakarta, will be protected from rain and heat in new plans for the road, the head of the city architecture team said yesterday.

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Mon, 25 Nov 1996

JP/Business leaders upbeat on APEC after 2-day forum

Business leaders upbeat on APEC after 2-day forumBy Prapti Widinugraheni and Meidyatama Suryodiningrat MANILA (JP): Business leaders from the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum ended a two-day business forum here Saturday with a renewed vision on APEC.

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Mon, 25 Nov 1996

JP/Where to go in Jakarta:

Where to go in Jakarta:Music * Hotel Dai-ichi, Jl. Senen Raya 135, Central Jakarta. - Morgan's 1072 Classic Disco, Asian Force Band, Tuesday and Thursday, 9 p.m. to 12:30 a.m., Saturday: 9:30 p.m. to 1 a.m.; Acid Speed Band, Friday, 9 p.m. to 12:30 a.m.; Platinum Band, Wednesday, 9 p.m. to 12:30 a.

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Mon, 25 Nov 1996

JP/Reporters get course on drugs

Reporters get course on drugs JAKARTA (JP): A course on illegal drugs for journalists from ASEAN countries will start today.The week-long course, which runs until Nov. 30, focuses on the media's role in preventing and combating drug abuse.

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Mon, 25 Nov 1996

JP/Domestic investors' base needs to be broadened: Seminar

Domestic investors' base needs to be broadened: Seminar NUSA DUA, Bali (JP): Securities analysts and businesspeople have reaffirmed the important role of domestic investors to strengthen the capital market, which is still dominated by foreign investors.

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Mon, 25 Nov 1996

JP/Emotion runs high after Senen fire

Emotion runs high after Senen fire JAKARTA (JP): Emotion ran high yesterday among the store owners whose kiosks and goods were razed by fire at the Senen shopping center on Saturday, with some accusing the center's management of negligence and others suggesting sabotage.

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Mon, 25 Nov 1996

JP/Student tried for Ecstasy

Student tried for Ecstasy JAKARTA (JP): A student was accused at the Central Jakarta District Court on Friday of trafficking in 120 Ecstasy pills.

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Mon, 25 Nov 1996

JP/'Tofu producers should move'

'Tofu producers should move' JAKARTA (JP): Around 80 tofu makers currently operating in several districts in the Bogor regency should be relocated to one place for better control of waste disposal, an expert said.

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Mon, 25 Nov 1996

JP/General Motors says Asia still protective

General Motors says Asia still protective MANILA (UPI): U.S. automotive giant General Motors Corp. Saturday criticized persisting protectionism in some Asian countries, blocking Western car manufacturers from tapping the region's potential markets.GM chief economist G.

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Mon, 25 Nov 1996

JP/IBM scientist utilizes human body as data conduit

IBM scientist utilizes human body as data conduitBy Zatni Arbi LAS VEGAS (JP): The terms LAN and WAN must be familiar to you, but hardly anyone has heard of PAN. PAN stands for Personal Area Network; a network that connects all of the data devices people carry on their body.

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Mon, 25 Nov 1996

JP/No other suspects in Marsinah case

No other suspects in Marsinah case SURABAYA, East Java: Police have not found any new suspects in their investigation of the slaying of labor activist Marsinah since the Supreme Court exonerated several suspects last year, a police spokesman says.

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Mon, 25 Nov 1996

JP/Poor countries and hunger

Poor countries and hunger D. Chandramouli's Food for thought (Nov. 21) was touching. He writes that "one-quarter of the world's population lives in extreme poverty, deprived of the means of fulfilling their material needs of food, clothes and housing".

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Mon, 25 Nov 1996

JP/RI riders set to end Japan's domination

RI riders set to end Japan's domination JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia will fight tooth and nail to end Japan's domination in the Second Asian Mountainbiking Championships in Taipei from Nov. 30."Japanese riders ruled the roost in last year's event.

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Mon, 25 Nov 1996

JP/Worker killed, another injured

Worker killed, another injured JAKARTA (JP): One worker was killed and another was seriously injured when they fell while working at an apartment project in West Jakarta.The accident took place Friday night at the Taman Anggrek Mall project.

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Mon, 25 Nov 1996

JP/Police reject Zarina's request for city arrest

Police reject Zarina's request for city arrest JAKARTA (JP): Police have turned down a request from lawyers of Zarina, the Ecstasy-case escapee, that she be placed under city arrest.

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Mon, 25 Nov 1996

JP/Few firms have labor union

Few firms have labor union SURABAYA: About only 32 percent of East Java's 27,000 companies are strike-free because they already have a Federation of Indonesian Labor Union (FSPSI) unit.

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Mon, 25 Nov 1996

JP/RI gets $260m from World Bank

RI gets $260m from World Bank JAKARTA (JP): The World Bank has approved loans totaling US$260 million to finance infrastructure projects in Sulawesi and improve railway networks in Java.

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Mon, 25 Nov 1996

JP/New avenues to growth, security

New avenues to growth, securityBy Juwono Sudarsono The following article is based on a paper presented at the Australia-Indonesia Defense and Science Technology Seminar in Nov. 20, 1996.

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Mon, 25 Nov 1996

JP/Workers report exploitation

Workers report exploitation TANGERANG, West Java (JP): Dozens of workers, mainly women, have reported to the local chapter of the Indonesian Journalists' Association that their employer has denied them their full salaries and has forced them to work overtime without pay.

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Mon, 25 Nov 1996

JP/Scholars lament pressure on judges

Scholars lament pressure on judges SEMARANG (JP): Indonesian judges find it hard to remain impartial because too many parties intervene in cases, a law professor at the Yogyakarta-based Gadjah Mada University said yesterday.

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Mon, 25 Nov 1996

JP/Man dies in fire

Man dies in fire PALANGKA RAYA, Central Kalimantan: Fire gutted hundreds of houses, a hotel and a motel in the densely populated Pahandut district yesterday morning.Antara reported the fire razed the houses and buildings on Jl. Halmahera and Jl. Jawa.

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Mon, 25 Nov 1996

JP/25,000 watch Bishop Belo bless giant statue of Christ

25,000 watch Bishop Belo bless giant statue of Christ DILI, East Timor (JP): About 25,000 Catholics thronged the Fatucama peninsula, seven kilometers east of Dili, to watch the blessing of a giant statue, Christ the King, yesterday.

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Mon, 25 Nov 1996

JP/APEC leaders meet today

APEC leaders meet todayBy Prapti Widinugraheni and Meidyatama Suryodiningrat MANILA (JP): Leaders of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum in their meeting today are expected elevate the role of the private sector in achieving the forum's goals of regional free trade, officials said ...

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Mon, 25 Nov 1996

JP/'Curbs on Bank's activities in bourse are understandable'

'Curbs on Bank's activities in bourse are understandable' NUSA DUA, Bali (JP): Businessmen understand the reasons behind the restrictions imposed by Bank Indonesia (the central bank) on commercial banks' involvement in the stock market, the chairman of the Association of Indonesian Issuers, ...

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