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Searching for all articles published on 1996-10-07 ...

41 articles.

Mon, 07 Oct 1996

JP/The growing nuclear disarmament clamor

The growing nuclear disarmament clamorBy Brahma Chellaney NEW DELHI (JP): Once the nuclear powers conclude their test- ban celebrations, pulling off a second consecutive nonproliferation coup in two years, they are likely to confront a world less than patient with their ruses to indefinitely hold ...

Mon, 07 Oct 1996

JP/Street urchins

Street urchinsFrom RepublikaI have wanted to air my grievances about activists for a long time. When the public was still reeling from the incident of July 27, in which several social organizations were involved, the public was hit with news of the cruel killing of eight young street boys.

Mon, 07 Oct 1996

JP/NTT may have two more HIV cases

NTT may have two more HIV cases KUPANG, East Nusa Tenggara: East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) Governor Herman Musakabe said over the weekend that he has not seen a report issued by the health ministry last week citing the discovery of two HIV-positive prostitutes."I haven't received any official reports.

Mon, 07 Oct 1996

JP/RI chess teams receive quiet welcome

RI chess teams receive quiet welcome JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesian men's and women's chess teams touched down here Saturday after two intense weeks at the 32nd Chess Olympics in Armenia.

Mon, 07 Oct 1996

JP/Strike ends after SPSI meeting

Strike ends after SPSI meeting BEKASI, West Java (JP): The management of a diesel engine manufacturing company in Cikarang has agreed to the demands of 200 of its workers following their two-day sit-in.

Mon, 07 Oct 1996

JP/Brazilian team wins final of beach volleyball c'ship

Brazilian team wins final of beach volleyball c'ship JAKARTA (JP): Brazil's Roberto Lopes da Costa celebrated his 30th birthday with a victory in the ninth leg of the Men's World Beach Volleyball Championship final yesterday.

Mon, 07 Oct 1996

JP/Jambi students told to watch TV series

Jambi students told to watch TV series JAKARTA (JP): Junior and senior high school students in Jambi have been instructed to spend a portion of their coming vacation watching a local television series about a child who struggles triumphantly to continue with his studies.

Mon, 07 Oct 1996

JP/Britain's Labor Party recovers

Britain's Labor Party recovers Only a few years ago, Britain's Labor Party seemed locked into a decline as inexorable as that of the coal mines and smokestack factories whose workers built its ranks.

Mon, 07 Oct 1996

JP/Symbolism significant in Australian aboriginal dance

Symbolism significant in Australian aboriginal danceBy Yenni Kwok JAKARTA (JP): Symbolism, particularly color symbolism, is the main element in Ochres, a contemporary Aboriginal dance performed by Bangarra Dance Theater at Taman Ismail Marzuki, Jakarta, last Friday and Saturday.

Mon, 07 Oct 1996

JP/Indonesia's plywood exports to Japan up 11%

Indonesia's plywood exports to Japan up 11% JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia's plywood exports to Japan saw an 11 percent increase in the first nine months of this year and are expected to continue rising until next year, an international researcher says.

Mon, 07 Oct 1996

JP/Hitachi to export mini excavators to holland

Hitachi to export mini excavators to holland BEKASI, West Java (JP): PT Hitachi Construction Machinery Indonesia, a Japanese-Indonesian joint venture producing hydraulic excavators, plans to manufacture other heavy equipment and expand marketing to Europe, company executives said.

Mon, 07 Oct 1996

JP/RI to buy gas-fueled buses

RI to buy gas-fueled buses JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Transportation Haryanto Dhanutirto has invited the French car-maker Renault to bid for the supply of 700 gas-fueled buses in Indonesia next year.

Mon, 07 Oct 1996

JP/Outdated law destroying local cultures: Study

Outdated law destroying local cultures: Study JAKARTA (JP): A 1979 law on village governance threatens rural communities' traditional autonomy and cultures because it makes village chiefs answer to the government instead of to the people who elect them, a study has found.

Mon, 07 Oct 1996

JP/HK endgame in transfer of authority

HK endgame in transfer of authority LONDON: The last stage of Hong Kong's reversion to Chinese sovereignty began in January 1996 with the establishment of the Preparatory Committee (PC).

Mon, 07 Oct 1996

JP/Bambang Triantoro defends stance

Bambang Triantoro defends stance JAKARTA (JP): Bambang Triantoro, who is known as a critic of the government, denied that outspoken retired generals were striving to undermine the state ideology Pancasila and the 1945 Constitution when they criticized government policies.

Mon, 07 Oct 1996

JP/Nuclear test ban

Nuclear test ban The letter from K.B. Kale printed in your Sept. 30 paper raises important issues, namely will the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) assist in the process of nuclear disarmament and is Australia's support for the CTBT consistent with its past condemnation of nuclear testing?On ...

Mon, 07 Oct 1996

JP/Analysts predict stock prices to be firm

Analysts predict stock prices to be firm JAKARTA (JP): Stock prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (JSX) are likely to remain firm this week as foreign investors are expected to stay in the market, though many would prefer to be more choosy, several analysts said over the weekend.

Mon, 07 Oct 1996

JP/Bali activist gets professor of peace

Bali activist gets professor of peace DENPASAR, Bali: A social activist from this tourism haven was recently inaugurated as a world peace professor by the Instituto Superiore Accademico in Palermo, Italy.I Wayan Mertha Sutedja was inducted at the Royal Agriculture College in London on Sept.

Mon, 07 Oct 1996

JP/Indonesian efficiency

Indonesian efficiency Recently I posted a registered letter from Jakarta to Brisbane, Australia. My letter was lost within Australia, after safely arriving in Sydney on a Garuda airlines flight.

Mon, 07 Oct 1996

JP/U.S. pedophile wanted in Bali

U.S. pedophile wanted in Bali DENPASAR, Bali: Police are tracking down an American social worker wanted for sexually harassing 180 local children of both sexes over the past two years.

Mon, 07 Oct 1996

JP/Children of retired servicemen pledge loyalty to Golkar

Children of retired servicemen pledge loyalty to Golkar JAKARTA (JP): Leaders of an association grouping children of retired service personnel have pledged their allegiance to Golkar and ordered all their members to vote for the ruling political group next year's general election.

Mon, 07 Oct 1996

JP/Jakarta's top executives discuss the Internet in detail

Jakarta's top executives discuss the Internet in detailBy Dean Carignan JAKARTA (JP): When 90 of Jakarta's top executives gathered last Monday to discuss the future of Information Technology, the result was a shock: no discussion of databases, financial software, or even management information ...

Mon, 07 Oct 1996

JP/'The First Wives Club' to top box office

'The First Wives Club' to top box office HOLLYWOOD (UPI): The third weekend of revenge comedy The First Wives Club and the opening of comedy-drama That Thing You Do! should top the nation's box office with about US$10 million each during the Friday-Sunday period.

Mon, 07 Oct 1996

JP/TV today

TV todayTVRI 2:35 p.m. TV Series: Saber Rider 3:05 Children's Program: Anak-Anak Indonesia 3:30 TV Series: Major Dad 4:05 Science Film 4:30 Education Quiz: Cepat Tepat 5:00 Evening News 5:25 Travel 6:00 News: Lintasan Berita 6:05 Travel 6:15 Village Program 6:30 Nationality ...

Mon, 07 Oct 1996

JP/Timor to Geneva

Timor to Geneva The launching last week of the Timor car on the domestic market was seen by Japan, the United States and the European Union as the opportunity to accuse the Indonesian government of violating basic rules of the World Trade Organization (WTO).

Mon, 07 Oct 1996

JP/Cardex Genesis: Graphics cards get better and cheaper

Cardex Genesis: Graphics cards get better and cheaperBy Zatni Arbi JAKARTA (JP): My Pentium 90 MHz, which I mainly use for playing around with new hardware or software, had a Cirrus Logic GD5430 graphics accelerator card on it. Everything worked well when I was still using Windows for Workgroup.

Mon, 07 Oct 1996

JP/MKGR solves conflict, reinstates Tantyo

MKGR solves conflict, reinstates Tantyo JAKARTA (JP): The leadership conflict within MKGR, a faction of the nation's dominant political organization, Golkar, ended yesterday with the swearing in of Tantyo A.P. Sudharmono as chairman of its youth wing.

Mon, 07 Oct 1996

JP/Land usage rules relaxed in Jagakarsa

Land usage rules relaxed in Jagakarsa JAKARTA (JP): Residents of Betawi kampongs in Jagakarsa, Lenteng Agung, Lebak Bulus, Cinere and Fatmawati subdistricts who have less than 1,000 square meters of land are now allowed to use 40 percent of their land to build on.

Mon, 07 Oct 1996

JP/Painting display at TIM and HI

Painting display at TIM and HI JAKARTA (JP): Painter Rudi Isbandi is holding a solo exhibition at the Taman Ismail Marzuki arts center in Central Jakarta.The event runs to Oct. 12.

Mon, 07 Oct 1996

JP/Soeharto meets Mahathir in KL

Soeharto meets Mahathir in KL JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia's President Soeharto and Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad of Malaysia will hold a 90-minute meeting in Kuala Lumpur this morning to discuss issues of mutual concern, including the overlapping claims over Sipadan and Ligitan islands.

Mon, 07 Oct 1996

JP/Common virus hides in immune cells: Experts

Common virus hides in immune cells: ExpertsBy Lidia Wasowicz PALO ALTO, California (UPI): A virus so common it affects nearly 100 percent of some of the world's populations and so dangerous it can prove lethal hides in cells basic to the disease-fighting immune system, researchers said last week.

Mon, 07 Oct 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, 8 p.m. to 11 p.m. * Hotel Aryaduta, Jl.

Mon, 07 Oct 1996

JP/Expert warns of new types of harmful drugs

Expert warns of new types of harmful drugs JAKARTA (JP): An expert has warned teenagers, parents and law enforcers of the possibility of new types of drugs and new forms of drug abuse.Tony Setiabudhi, a doctor at the Navy Hospital on Jl.

Mon, 07 Oct 1996

JP/City Council against new gasoline tax

City Council against new gasoline tax JAKARTA (JP): City Council is apparently against the idea of introducing gasoline and diesel fuel tax.The chairman of Commission C for revenue, Helmy AR Syihab, said over the weekend vehicle owners are already burdened by various taxes and fees.

Mon, 07 Oct 1996

JP/Police to play greater role in internal security

Police to play greater role in internal security JAKARTA (JP): Armed Forces Chief Gen. Feisal Tanjung promised over the weekend to give the National Police Force greater responsibility in security matters.

Mon, 07 Oct 1996

JP/Getting rid of land mines worldwide

Getting rid of land mines worldwideBy Gwynne Dyer LONDON (JP): "The movement of countries on this issue is like a landslide," said Jody Williams, coordinator of the International Campaign to Ban Land Mines. "It's breathtaking.

Mon, 07 Oct 1996

JP/Mastrans breaks jinx with league win

Mastrans breaks jinx with league win JAKARTA (JP): Two early first-half goals thrusted Mastrans Bandung Raya to its first league championship title with a 2-0 win over PSM Ujungpandang yesterday.

Mon, 07 Oct 1996

JP/Mystery behind the stolen paintings

Mystery behind the stolen paintings JAKARTA (JP): The news of at least 25 paintings stolen from the National Museum and the alleged role of a Singaporean collector as the fence of the valuable art works have made headlines of many newspapers here.

Mon, 07 Oct 1996

JP/Frans Seda stresses dignity

Frans Seda stresses dignity JAKARTA (JP): In a collection of articles to celebrate his 70th birthday, former cabinet minister Frans Seda notes the importance of human dignity in developing a skilled and productive labor force in Indonesia.

Mon, 07 Oct 1996

JP/Courts favor the rich in land disputes: Lopa

Courts favor the rich in land disputes: Lopa JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia's courts of law have a tendency to favor the rich and powerful in land conflicts, the Secretary- General of the National Commission on Human Rights said.

Mon, 07 Oct 1996

JP/Moslems protest liquor regulation

Moslems protest liquor regulation BOGOR, West Java (JP): More than 500 Moslems attended over the weekend a mass prayer session at the Al-Huda mosque in the Timah Kelapa housing complex of Cimanggis, Bogor, to protest a provincial regulation on alcohol distribution fees.