Archive: 27 February 1996
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Tue, 27 Feb 1996, 00:00 WIB
New building should bolster House performance: Speaker
New building should bolster House performance: Speaker JAKARTA (JP): A new office building, once completed next year, should bolster the performance of legislators in representing the people, Speaker of the House of Representatives Wahono said yesterday. Wahono met with President Soeharto at the latter's Bina Graha presidential office to discuss the final preparations for the construction of the Rp 116 billion ($50 million) 24-story building in the House's huge complex in the Senayan district.
Tue, 27 Feb 1996, 00:00 WIB
TV today
TV today TVRI 2:30 p.m. Travel: My Country 2:35 TV Series: Kid's Songs 3:05 Children's Program: Taman Bermain 3:30 Film: Road to Avonlea 4:00 News: Lintasan Berita 4:05 Film: Road to Avonlea (continued) 4:30 Science Film: The Great Days of Century 5:00 Regional News 5:30 English Lessons: Verb Preposition 6:05 Nusantara, the Beloved Country: Timor Timur 6:15 Village Program 7:00 Evening News 7:30 Nationality: Gema Pancasila 8:05 Modern Drama 9:00 World News 9:30 Music: Profile and Song 10:30...
Tue, 27 Feb 1996, 00:00 WIB
12 people die in bus crash
12 people die in bus crash PEKANBARU, Riau: Twelve people were killed and 15 others injured when a bus carrying 60 people plunged into a river in Dalu Dalu village, in the Kampar regency, on Sunday, Antara reported. The bus, belonging to PT Riau Andalan Pulp and Paper, had been chartered to carry employees of the company and their families to spend Idul Fitri in North Sumatra. However Kampar Police Chief Lt. Col. Edy Erwin said that none of the victims were associated with the company.
Tue, 27 Feb 1996, 00:00 WIB
PDI reluctantly approves budget
PDI reluctantly approves budget JAKARTA (JP): Members of Indonesian Democratic Party's (PDI) faction in the House of Representatives yesterday agreed to accept the 1996/97 state budget plan proposed by the government despite finding fundamental flaws in it. The decision was made after a protracted and heated debate held behind closed doors. It means that the House will pass the government's budget bill without significant changes on Thursday.
Tue, 27 Feb 1996, 00:00 WIB
Police arrest second suspect in murder case
Police arrest second suspect in murder case JAKARTA (JP): The West Jakarta police have arrested another suspect charged with killing and robbing his gay partner, a former official of the attorney general's office. Machfudin, alias Ferry, 22, who was hunted by police for more than 40 days, was arrested in the early hours of Sunday in a barbershop at Cikarang market in Bekasi, 35 kilometers west of here. "He went under the name of Yuni," City Police spokesman Lt. Col.
Tue, 27 Feb 1996, 00:00 WIB
Cooperatives to help secure national rice stocks: Official
Cooperatives to help secure national rice stocks: Official JAKARTA (JP): The Ministry of Cooperatives and Small Enterprises will prepare 2,583 village cooperatives (KUD) and Rp 144 billion (US$62.88 million) to assist the government in building up national rice stocks, an official says.
Tue, 27 Feb 1996, 00:00 WIB
Coastal bus route
Coastal bus route From Republika Every Idul Fitri the north coast road becomes congested. The situation is worse when a vehicle stalls. This is mainly because the road is only two lanes, one each way. Accidents occur when cars try to overtake other cars. The alternative road is even worse, and the distance longer. Because the number of vehicles increases every year, the government should consider widening the present north coast road.
Tue, 27 Feb 1996, 00:00 WIB
Asia-Europe forum can be as big as APEC
Asia-Europe forum can be as big as APEC JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia says Asian and European leaders meeting in a summit for the first time in Bangkok this week can bring the forum into equal eminency as the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum. This is possible provided that the two groups avoid discussing issues which are considered "irrelevant", Minister of Foreign Affairs Ali Alatas said yesterday.
Tue, 27 Feb 1996, 00:00 WIB
Experts call for thorough solution to flood crises
Experts call for thorough solution to flood crises BANDUNG (JP): Experts are calling for comprehensive, well- planned water management as a way to solve the problem of flooding in big cities. Arwin Sabar, a professor of hydrology at the prestigious Bandung Institute of Technology, seconded an earlier call made by ecology expert Otto Sumarwoto at Padjadjaran University for the government to establish a ministry or special agency in charge of water management.
Tue, 27 Feb 1996, 00:00 WIB
Hero's profits up 50% last year
Hero's profits up 50% last year JAKARTA (JP): PT Hero Supermarket, a publicly listed retail company, reported a 50 percent increase in its net profit to Rp 23 billion (US$9.9 million) last year. Hero's president, Ipung Kurnia, announced after an extraordinary shareholders meeting yesterday that the profit increase was supported by a 22 percent rise in revenues. "Based on our unaudited report, we booked approximately Rp 778 billion in revenues as compared to Rp 638 billion in 1994," Ipung said.
Tue, 27 Feb 1996, 00:00 WIB
Alatas: No official ties with Israel
Alatas: No official ties with Israel JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Foreign Affairs Ali Alatas said yesterday that although contacts between people in Indonesia and Israel are growing, diplomatic relations remain unlikely in the near future. "Yes, presently there are personal contacts. Maybe soon there might be trade relations," Alatas said when asked about reports of increasing ties between the two states.
Tue, 27 Feb 1996, 00:00 WIB
Terminals and bus stations normalize
Terminals and bus stations normalize JAKARTA (JP): Conditions at city bus terminals and railway stations are expected to return to normal soon as the number of the Idul Fitri travelers arriving in Jakarta from their hometowns began to decrease yesterday. Polma Tobing, an officer of the city's Land and Transport Control Agency, said 72,414 Jakartans arrived from their hometowns in 1,578 buses as of yesterday afternoon.
Tue, 27 Feb 1996, 00:00 WIB
Indonesia to take four months to prepare for Olympic Games
Indonesia to take four months to prepare for Olympic Games JAKARTA (JP): Indonesian sporting executives decided yesterday not to intensify the country's preparations for the Atlanta Olympic Games until early March, thereby raising many eyebrows about its desire to better its 1992 performance. The National Sports Council announced the decision after a closed-door meeting with its training director Mochammad Hindarto. Chairman of the council Wismoyo Arismunandar presided over the meeting.
Tue, 27 Feb 1996, 00:00 WIB
Veteran producer bemoans small documentary film mart
Veteran producer bemoans small documentary film mart JAKARTA (JP): Documentary films, especially those about Indonesia's independence struggle, are hard to sell to local TV stations which seem to have strong preference for Indian and Chinese films, veteran film producer Des Alwi said yesterday.
Tue, 27 Feb 1996, 00:00 WIB
Satya Wacana rector says only 20 lecturers quit
Satya Wacana rector says only 20 lecturers quit JAKARTA (JP): The rector of Satya Wacana Christian University said only 20 staff lecturers have resigned from the college, not 50 as previously reported. John JOI Ihalau, speaking by phone from the campus in Salatiga, Central Java, was responding to yesterday's report in The Jakarta Post regarding the mass resignation. "I don't want to give any comment on the matter because the matter is over," Ihalau said.
Tue, 27 Feb 1996, 00:00 WIB
New teachers posted to Aceh
New teachers posted to Aceh BANDA ACEH, Aceh: A total of 290 new teachers will soon be posted to elementary schools in transmigration settlements and remote areas in Aceh province, Antara reported. A spokesman of the provincial administration, M. Natsir Aly, said that more than 130 of the new teachers will teach religion or be physical education instructors. Along with the teachers, a number of school guards will also be posted to the remote places. (16)
Tue, 27 Feb 1996, 00:00 WIB
$5.4m set aside to fight floods
$5.4m set aside to fight floods JAKARTA (JP): The National Planning Board has earmarked around Rp 12 billion (nearly US$5.4 million) of the coming 1996/1997 budget for flood control projects in Greater Jakarta. Minister of National Development Planning/Chairman of the National Planning Board Ginandjar Kartasasmita said yesterday that the money would be used to fund short-term programs, including dredging, enlarging, and cleaning the 13 rivers of rubbish, and also removing illegal squatters.
Tue, 27 Feb 1996, 00:00 WIB
Stemming urbanization
Stemming urbanization As expected, an influx of newcomers arrived in Jakarta together with returning Idul Fitri holidaymakers. The newcomers were brought here by relatives who work in Jakarta. It's been estimated that at least 200,000 newcomers have come to settle in this city. The fear, therefore, that Jakarta's population will reach 16 million by the year 2000 appears justified. Given those facts, it seems that it is practically impossible to stem the tide of people coming to live in Jakarta.
Tue, 27 Feb 1996, 00:00 WIB
Many farmers live in poverty
Many farmers live in poverty From Jayakarta The Minister of Population/Chairman of the National Family Planning Board, Haryono Suyono, declared that Bali is the first province to eradicate poverty. The minister made the statement in Sebatu village in Gianyar. The statement was reported by the local media on Feb. 7, 1996. Bali can be proud of this achievement. Bali's success is questionable, as Wayan Padang of Peraya Padangkerta village in Karangasem can attest.
Tue, 27 Feb 1996, 00:00 WIB
Forestry ministry to join campaign to remove levies
Forestry ministry to join campaign to remove levies JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Forestry Djamaludin Suryohadikusumo affirmed yesterday that his office would join in the government's drive to remove excessive levies imposed on businesses. Djamaludin said his office was currently making a list of such levies, both on local and national levels, to determine which were unnecessary and thus could be eliminated. He did not give details as to when his office would finish its inventory process.
Tue, 27 Feb 1996, 00:00 WIB
Sempati in final stage of its go-public plan
Sempati in final stage of its go-public plan JAKARTA (JP): Preparations for the initial public offering of PT Sempati Air's shares has reached its final stage, the company's president Hasan Sudjono announced yesterday. "We hope to complete the preparation within the next two months," he said at a post Idul Fitri gathering of the Humpuss Group which controls Sempati.
Tue, 27 Feb 1996, 00:00 WIB
Traders complain about levies
Traders complain about levies JAKARTA (JP): Traders at Jakarta's Ragunan Zoo have complained about the high rent and levies charged by the management during Idul Fitri. They claim the management asked them each to pay between Rp 500,000 and Rp 1 million as a prerequisite for opening businesses in the zoo's vicinity for the ten days beginning Feb. 20, Media Indonesia reported yesterday. A cap seller said he was charged Rp 600,000.
Tue, 27 Feb 1996, 00:00 WIB
More celebrations coming up
More celebrations coming up SEMARANG: Around 10,000 residents of Demak, a city 60 km northeast of here, are expected to gather today for a traditional, very local-in-nature Idul fitri celebration which will be marked by the floating to the sea of yellow rice cones. The Antara news agency reported that the Syawalan ceremony, which is believed to bring prosperity to local fishermen, will take place at the Moro beach of Demak.
Tue, 27 Feb 1996, 00:00 WIB
Kia of S. Korea to produce cars in Indonesia
Kia of S. Korea to produce cars in Indonesia JAKARTA (JP): Kia Motors Corp. is joining two other South Korean car makes, Hyundai and Daewoo, in the Indonesian market which already contains more than 18 other makes.
Tue, 27 Feb 1996, 00:00 WIB
Green law lacks international credibility
Green law lacks international credibility By Stefanus Haryanto BANDUNG, West Java (JP): When an angry mob attacked a company in the East Java town of Pasuruan last year for allegedly polluting the environment, many were surprised since the company was given a "green" rating by the government. The government says the riot was masterminded by university students. However, before the riot, the media reported that local authorities had not responded to local grievances about pollution in the area.
Tue, 27 Feb 1996, 00:00 WIB
Govt allows two more radio phone operators
Govt allows two more radio phone operators JAKARTA (JP): The government will license two more firms to provide telecommunications through the radio trunking system, bringing the total number of such operators to seven. Director General of Post and Telecommunications Djakaria Purawidjaja said yesterday that the three firms operating radio phone services in Indonesia are PT Mobilkom Telekomindo, PT Jastrindo Dinamika and PT Maesa Nusatama.
Tue, 27 Feb 1996, 00:00 WIB
Malaria outbreak kills eight
Malaria outbreak kills eight KENDARI, Southeast Sulawesi: An outbreak of malaria has killed eight people and affected 700 others on Kadatua island in the Buton regency, Antara reported. The Ministry of Health has sent a six-person team from the Directorate General for the Control of Communicable Diseases to investigate the case, the news agency said. Ferdinan Y.
Tue, 27 Feb 1996, 00:00 WIB
Lebaran traveler robbed
Lebaran traveler robbed JAKARTA (JP): A man, who just come back from his home village in Kebumen regency, Central Java to celebrate Idul Fitri, was robbed on Monday by three men who made off with an unspecified sum of banknotes, a necklace, clothes and sandals. First Lt.
Tue, 27 Feb 1996, 00:00 WIB
TV dramas
TV dramas From Neraca Although foreign film serials seem to dominate our TVs, viewers are no less enthusiastic about watching programs produced by national producers. Some of our TV programs have good enough plots and are directed well. However, it should also be admitted that some of the Indonesian programs are nauseating, styleless and illogical garbage. Family feuds almost invariably start with abductions. Why abductions? I don't think our culture is that bad.
Tue, 27 Feb 1996, 00:00 WIB
ICRC optimistic of meeting with hostages
ICRC optimistic of meeting with hostages JAKARTA (JP): Officials of the International Red Cross yesterday emerged from yet another meeting with leaders of the separatist rebels holding 13 hostages in Irian Jaya optimistic that they would soon be able to meet the captives.
Tue, 27 Feb 1996, 00:00 WIB
Hastin raises capital
Hastin raises capital JAKARTA (JP): PT Asuransi Hastin Utama, a general insurance firm, announced yesterday an increase in its capital to Rp 7 billion (US$3.05 million) from Rp 3 billion previously. The insurance company's president Frits Triman said that the additional capital of Rp 4 billion was provided by two existing shareholders, PT Global Mega Investindo and PT Minsuco Inti Finance and a new shareholder PT Puri Dana Mandiri.
Tue, 27 Feb 1996, 00:00 WIB
Moody's ratings of state banks seen as unfair: BRI
Moody's ratings of state banks seen as unfair: BRI JAKARTA (JP): The poor ratings given by Moody's Investor Service of the United States to Indonesia's seven state-owned banks are unfair, said a senior banker here yesterday. A senior executive of the state-owned Bank Rakyat Indonesia (BRI) said that Moody's failed to include the role of the government in its assessment.
Tue, 27 Feb 1996, 00:00 WIB
RI boxers move closer to Atlanta
RI boxers move closer to Atlanta JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia got off to a flying start in its bid for more Olympic berths in boxing at the third Asia Zone qualifying tournament in Bangkok on Sunday, when its two boxers advanced to the second round in style. Rachman Kili-kili relied on his experience to take total control of his bantamweight three-rounder against Laotian Southone. It was easy work for the lefthander Rachman who scored a thumping 16-0 point decision win.
Tue, 27 Feb 1996, 00:00 WIB
Two bus firms grounded for week
Two bus firms grounded for week JAKARTA (JP): Two city-owned bus companies have been put out of business for a week because they broke an agreement to provide additional buses during the recent Idul Fitri exodus. The head of the city land transport control agency, JP Sepang, said yesterday that the companies, PT Arion and P.O. Giri Indah Andalan, were not allowed to operate for a week.
Tue, 27 Feb 1996, 00:00 WIB
Pope calls for E. Timor harmony
Pope calls for E. Timor harmony JAKARTA (JP): Pope John Paul II has called on the Roman Catholic Church to stand on the front line in the effort to bring reconciliation in East Timor. The visiting papal envoy, Cardinal Roger Etchegaray, delivered the message to some 5,000 congregation attending a mass held in Vilaverde Cathedral, Dili, East Timor, on Sunday. He said that the pope also called on church and society members to build respect for each other.
Tue, 27 Feb 1996, 00:00 WIB
KL protests over U.S. drug trafficking list
KL protests over U.S. drug trafficking list KUALA LUMPUR (AFP): Kuala Lumpur has protested the U.S. President's inclusion of Malaysia in a list of 31 countries accused of supporting drug trafficking, claiming it had only just been praised for its tough stance on drugs, reports said yesterday. "I wish the U.S. government would make up its mind," Deputy Home Minister Megat Junid Megat Ayub was quoted saying by the Sun daily.
Tue, 27 Feb 1996, 00:00 WIB
Caltex finds oil wells
Caltex finds oil wells JAKARTA (JP): PT Caltex Pacific Indonesia, a production sharing contractor of Pertamina and an affiliate of the Chevron Corporation and Texaco Inc., has made two new oil discoveries in its Rokan Block in Riau with initial productions of 1,198 barrel oil per day. The company said yesterday that the first exploratory well, Ami No.1, is located about 35 kilometers northwest of Minas Field and five kilometers north of Asia Field with total depth of 6,010 feet.
Tue, 27 Feb 1996, 00:00 WIB
KL to boost science in schools
KL to boost science in schools By David Chew SINGAPORE (JP): Malaysia has the abundant natural resources, the requisite manpower and the good connections to become a developed nation within the next 20 years as envisaged by its Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad. Despite these advantages, however, top government officials fear that Dr. Mahathir's "Vision 2020" may continue to be an empty agenda so long as Malay secondary students lack interest in science and mathematics.
Tue, 27 Feb 1996, 00:00 WIB
Int'l hotels urged to hire locals for managerial posts
Int'l hotels urged to hire locals for managerial posts JAKARTA (JP): The government will require international hotel chains operating in the country to hire Indonesians for managerial positions, Minister of Tourism, Post and Telecommunications Joop Ave said yesterday. "I will ask the overseas hotel management firms which run star-rated properties in the country to hire more Indonesians for their management," Joop told reporters after swearing in three officials at his office.
Tue, 27 Feb 1996, 00:00 WIB
Disasters claim seven lives
Disasters claim seven lives PURWOKERTO, Central Java: Five people were killed in three separate sea accidents, while two others were buried alive in a landslide. All occurred on Saturday. Rianto and Sarwono, both students from Bandung, West Java, were caught by huge waves at the Jatimalang beach and drowned. Kristanto and Suryono, residents of Kutawinangun, Central Java, died in a similar accident at Ambal beach, Kebumen district, while Warisman was killed at Srandil beach, Cilacap district.
Tue, 27 Feb 1996, 00:00 WIB
RI firm enters Solomons
RI firm enters Solomons HONIARA (AFP): A consortium of Indonesian companies plans to develop a multi-million dollar tourism project here through a vehicle known as Metropolis Pacific Ltd., Finance Minister Christopher Columbus Abe said yesterday. It will be developed outside the Solomon Islands capital on Guadalcanal where wreckage from World War II still litters the reefs, beaches and bushes. Abe said representatives of the company were here to finalize the leasing of land.
Tue, 27 Feb 1996, 00:00 WIB
China-ASEAN trade up 41%
China-ASEAN trade up 41% BEIJING (UPI): China's trade with Association of Southeast Asian Nations jumped 41 percent to reach a record US$19.48 billion in 1995, boosted by exports of steel and finished products, an official newspaper said yesterday.
Tue, 27 Feb 1996, 00:00 WIB
Merak harbor
Merak harbor From Pos Kota On Saturday Feb.17, three days prior to the Idul Fitri holiday, my family and I went to the Damri bus terminal in Jakarta at 6:00 a.m. to catch an early bus to Palembang in South Sumatra. There was not one single bus at the terminal. We then went to the Kalideres terminal in West Jakarta and boarded a bus which only took us as far as Merak. Massive traffic congestion held us up at Cilegon.
Tue, 27 Feb 1996, 00:00 WIB
Businessman found dead in hospital grounds
Businessman found dead in hospital grounds JAKARTA (JP): The corpse of Tjandra Tjandra, a 58-year-old businessman, was found with three stabs to the neck and stomach in the compound of the Husada hospital in Central Jakarta yesterday morning. Two knives were still stuck in him while another was found not far off. Tjandra lived in nearby Tangki subdistrict, Taman Sari, West Jakarta. The staff of the hospital on Jl.
Tue, 27 Feb 1996, 00:00 WIB
Stock Exchange
Stock Exchange Stock prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (in rupiah) on Feb. 26, 1996: Shares Close Change Trading Volume ------------------------------------------------------ Ades Alfindo 800 25 3,000 AHAP Insurance 2,800 0 0 Alumindo Perkasa 1,375 0 0 Andayani Megah 2,200 0 255,500 Aneka Kimia Raya 5,850 100 40,500 Anwar Sierad 1,775 50 549,500 Aqua Golden Mississippi 1,600 0 0 Argha Karya Prima Industry 2,625 175 1,258,000 Argo Pantes 1,800 0 0 Asahimas Flat 3,150 25 3,067,000 Asiana IMI...
Tue, 27 Feb 1996, 00:00 WIB
Pelni's passengers
Pelni's passengers From Kompas I am referring to the news published in Kompas on Feb. 5, 1996, concerning the supervision of boat passengers in Makassar harbor. The article stated that the system to protect passengers has failed. My experience with PT Pelni show that the failure is not due to mismanagement on land, but caused by the fact that the sailors rent mattresses to the passengers. The control of mattresses and boat tickets is done after the ship has left the harbor.
Tue, 27 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.
Tue, 27 Feb 1996, 00:00 WIB
Earthquake disrupts education in Irian Jaya
Earthquake disrupts education in Irian Jaya JAKARTA (JP): The Feb. 17 major quake that claimed more than 100 lives in northern Irian Jaya has thrown local education out of kilter in Biak Numfor, the worst stricken regency. Education officials said yesterday hundreds of students will have to take their classes in the open air because their school buildings were devastated by the quake measuring 7.0 on the Richter scale.
Tue, 27 Feb 1996, 00:00 WIB
ITF to train PPD bus drivers in labor rights
ITF to train PPD bus drivers in labor rights JAKARTA (JP): The London-based International Transport Workers' Federation (ITF) has vowed to support workers, mostly drivers, of state-run PPD city bus company and form a workers' union to defend their rights.
Tue, 27 Feb 1996, 00:00 WIB
WTO issues dominate Bangkok's ASEM agenda
WTO issues dominate Bangkok's ASEM agenda By Jeerawat Na Thalang BANGKOK: There are no permanent friends -- or foes -- in politics. That axiom aptly described the relationship between Asians and Europeans during the Uruguay Round of multilateral trade talks. European Union members and Asians were good partners during the negotiations on financial services, joining forces and isolating the U.S. from the interim agreement of the World Trade Organization (WTO).