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34 articles.
Tue, 31 May 1994

JP/Tokyo again closes at 1994 closing high

Tokyo again closes at 1994 closing high HONG KONG (Reuter): Japanese share prices again closed yesterday at a record high for the year, though the performance of Tokyo's key market index was modest compared with bourses in Manila and Taipei.
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Tue, 31 May 1994

JP/Toray to produce resin for plastic bottles

Toray to produce resin for plastic bottles JAKARTA (JP): PT Indonesia Toray Synthetics announced yesterday the establishment of a joint venture company which will build Indonesia's first polyethylene terephtalic (PET) resin for plastic bottles in Tangerang, West Java.
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Tue, 31 May 1994

JP/GATT benefits Indonesian sugar producers

GATT benefits Indonesian sugar producers JAKARTA (JP): The recently signed General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), which will force European countries to end protectionist policies for their sugar industries, will benefit Indonesian sugar producers, a plantation executive said.
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Tue, 31 May 1994

JP/Land agency to help banks recover bad loans

Land agency to help banks recover bad loans JAKARTA (JP): State Minister for Agrarian Affairs Soni Harsono pledged here yesterday that he would help commercial banks recover non-performing loans in which land was used as collateral.
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Tue, 31 May 1994

JP/Broadening tax base demands clean govt

Broadening tax base demands clean govt JAKARTA (JP): Tax Director General Fuad Bawazier said yesterday that the broader the tax base in the country is, the stronger the demand for clean government will be.
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Tue, 31 May 1994

JP/Vocal scholar resigns in protest

Vocal scholar resigns in protest SALATIGA, Central Java (JP): Scholar Arief Budiman, known for his outspokenness, announced his intention to resign from the Satyawacana Christian University in Salatiga, Central Java, in protest at the recent nomination of the rector.
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Tue, 31 May 1994

JP/PPP gears up for chairmanship election

PPP gears up for chairmanship election JAKARTA (JP): Top leaders of the United Development Party (PPP) yesterday sought to play down the race for the chairmanship that will be decided at its upcoming congress in August.
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Tue, 31 May 1994

JP/Concern over banks

Concern over banks There was indeed a strong reason for President Soeharto to personally address this year's national conference of the Association of Private Banks (Perbanas) that convened last week.
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Tue, 31 May 1994

JP/Real measures badly needed to uphold law (2)

Real measures badly needed to uphold law (2) ________________________________________________________________This is the second of two articles examining various aspects of law implementation in Indonesia.
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Tue, 31 May 1994

JP/Maman's trial exposes weaknesses in Bapindo's control

Maman's trial exposes weaknesses in Bapindo's control JAKARTA (JP): According to court testimony given yesterday, Maman Suparman handled the credits for businessman Eddy Tansil almost single handedly when he was deputy manager of the Jakarta branch of Bapindo, acting with little effective ...
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Tue, 31 May 1994

JP/Australia's Keating to open business forum here

Australia's Keating to open business forum here JAKARTA (JP): Australian Prime Minister Paul Keating, accompanied by 10 federal ministers and a number of state ministers, will visit here next month to open a business forum aimed at promoting bilateral trade.
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Tue, 31 May 1994

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JAKARTA (JP): After gaining ground last week, share prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (JSX) closed marginally lower in a thin market yesterday.The Composite Index, which broke the 500 psychological barrier last Wednesday, closed slightly lower at 504.48 yesterday from 504.97 on Friday.
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Tue, 31 May 1994

JP/Saudi Arabia

Saudi ArabiaBy Richard Pedler JAKARTA (JP): Within just 20 years petro-dollars, combined with fanatical patronage by the ruling Royal Family, have put the previously anonymous Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on the Asian and world football map.
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Tue, 31 May 1994

JP/Focus on Jakarta

Focus on Jakarta Police seize 5,653 prescription pills Police on Saturday confiscated a total of 5,653 pills, including various prescription drugs, at a number of illegal drug stalls in the city.
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Tue, 31 May 1994

JP/The Listening Post

The Listening Post "Drive South" says Suzy Bogguss; this country tune spices up "The Listening Post" at 9:15 this morning on Radio Sonora FM 100.9.You should also have last Friday's edition of The Jakarta Post in front of you when you tune in: it's your textbook for "The Listening Post.
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Tue, 31 May 1994

JP/300 striking workers demand a better working environment

300 striking workers demand a better working environment JAKARTA (JP): Around 300 workers from a textile factory in the Pulo Gadung industrial area, East Jakarta, picketed the Ministry of Manpower yesterday to bring attention to what they call bad conditions and compensation at their place of ...
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Tue, 31 May 1994

JP/Friends dedicate book to ousted HKBP bishop

Friends dedicate book to ousted HKBP bishop JAKARTA (JP): Bishop S.A.E. Nababan, who heads one of the rival camps in the strife-torn Toba Batak Protestant Church (HKBP), had something to cheer about on his 60th birthday yesterday.
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Tue, 31 May 1994

JP/RI finds it difficult to get funds for power projects

RI finds it difficult to get funds for power projects JAKARTA (JP): Business uncertainty and long investment recovery time make it difficult for Indonesia to obtain funds to finance privately sponsored power projects, an expert said.
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Tue, 31 May 1994

JP/Indonesia has 113 million hectares of forest

Indonesia has 113 million hectares of forest JAKARTA (JP): The latest satellite photographs show that Indonesia currently has 113 million hectares of forest, including 81 million hectares of productive forest holding 2.4 billion cubic meters of timber, a minister says.
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Tue, 31 May 1994

JP/Milan here for friendly matches

Milan here for friendly matches JAKARTA (JP): Local soccer fans will find their long-time dreams of having a close encounter with AC Milan come true as the Italian giants arrive here this afternoon for two friendly matches in Indonesia.
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Tue, 31 May 1994

JP/RI to send army medics and engineers to Bosnia and Somalia

RI to send army medics and engineers to Bosnia and Somalia JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia will send a detachment of army medics to Bosnia-Herzegovina and another detachment of army engineers to Somalia, the government announced yesterday.
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Tue, 31 May 1994

JP/Across the Archipelago

Across the ArchipelagoQuake kills three in Irian JAYAPURA, Irian Jaya: Three people were killed by Wednesday's powerful earthquake in Apouwo village in Paniai regency, the Antara news agency said.This is the first report of casualties from the quake, which measured 5.8 on the Richter scale.
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Tue, 31 May 1994

JP/Debates on Pancasila Day resumed

Debates on Pancasila Day resumed JAKARTA (JP): Debates on the birth of the state ideology Pancasila, which have taken place periodically for the last several years, resumed yesterday in a discussion among historians and former revolutionary fighters.A.B. Koesoemo and historian G.
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Tue, 31 May 1994

JP/Integrity of Indonesia

Integrity of Indonesia and young generation (PRIORITASKAN 3 SURAT PERTAMA)From KompasI am a member of a young generation baffled by the fact that Indonesian intellectuals have set up organizations that discriminate against certain groups of people, such as the one that discriminates based ...
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Tue, 31 May 1994

JP/Sempati to fly to Myanmar

Sempati to fly to Myanmar JAKARTA (JP): Sempati Air, one of the country's six scheduled air carriers, will likely begin serving Myanmar later this year based on a recent agreement designed to improve economic ties.
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Tue, 31 May 1994

JP/Daughter claims rector charged with sexual harassment innocent

Daughter claims rector charged with sexual harassment innocent JAKARTA (JP): The daughter of the rector of a private institute now on trial for sexual harassment charges says her father is innocent.
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Tue, 31 May 1994

JP/JP/3/Focus

JP/3/Focus DPR refuses to grant land to shooting range (PRIORITAS) The House of Representatives (DPR) flatly rejected the government's request yesterday to give up a plot of land on its premises in Senayan to make way for a shooting range project.
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Tue, 31 May 1994

JP/Official concedes corruption cases smear government image

Official concedes corruption cases smear government image JAKARTA (JP): State Minister of Administrative Reforms T.B. Silalahi conceded yesterday that the recent major corruption cases involving bureaucrats have left the government's image badly tarnished.
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Tue, 31 May 1994

JP/NAM ministers meet to discuss crucial issues

NAM ministers meet to discuss crucial issuesBy Oei Eng Goan CAIRO (JP): International economic cooperation, the role of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) in a changing world and the selection of a new chair will be the main topics at NAM's 11th ministerial meeting.
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Tue, 31 May 1994

JP/Indonesia did not intervene in Manila, Soesilo says

Indonesia did not intervene in Manila, Soesilo says JAKARTA (JP): A senior government official yesterday denied that Indonesia had intervened in domestic Philippine's business when it asked Manila to stop a controversial conference on East Timor from going forth there.
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Tue, 31 May 1994

JP/TV Today: Tuesday, May 31, 1994

TV Today: Tuesday, May 31, 1994 TVRI 2:40 p.m. TV Series: Full House 3:05 Dilentasia 3:30 TV Series: Huckleberry Fin 4:30 Science Film 5:00 Regional News 5:30 English Lessons 6:05 Science film 6:15 Village Program 6:30 Music 7:00 Evening News 7:30 Horizon 8:05 Youth Drama: ...
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Tue, 31 May 1994

JP/JP/3/Caption/0

JP/3/Caption/0 JP/msa MASTER THESBIAN: An actor from Dutch group AAPTHEATER gives an expressive performance in a play titled "Waterwiel".
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Tue, 31 May 1994

JP/Jakarta and NSW sign sister provinces accord

Jakarta and NSW sign sister provinces accord JAKARTA (JP): Jakarta and the Australian state of New South Wales yesterday entered a new era of cooperation with the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on becoming sister- provinces.
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Tue, 31 May 1994

JP/BMI to give dividends

BMI to give dividends JAKARTA (JP): Bank Muamalat Indonesia (BMI), the country's first Islamic bank, will distribute 65 percent of its 1993 net profit of Rp 2.9 billion (US$1.3 million) as dividends for its shareholders.
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