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Thu, 09 May 1996

JP/Most job seekers unskilled

Most job seekers unskilled TANGERANG, West Java (JP): Most job seekers in Tangerang do not meet the requirements for industrial job opportunities, an official says.
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Thu, 09 May 1996

JP/Pino needs 30-day rest to heal spinal injury

Pino needs 30-day rest to heal spinal injury JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia's ace middleweight boxer Pino Bahari needs to take a full month's rest to heal a spinal injury if he is to run his bid for the Atlanta Olympic Games this July.
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Thu, 09 May 1996

JP/365 firms seek exemption from minimum wage rule

365 firms seek exemption from minimum wage rule JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Manpower Abdul Latief yesterday disclosed that 365 companies have applied to be exempted from the government minimum wage policy which came into force on April 1.
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Thu, 09 May 1996

JP/One shot dead and four arrested in Central Jakarta taxi robbery

One shot dead and four arrested in Central Jakarta taxi robbery JAKARTA (JP): Police shot to death a suspected taxi robber and arrested four other people, including a 16-year-old female, during a midnight raid in Central Jakarta, says a police officer.Jakarta Police spokesman Lt. Col.
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Thu, 09 May 1996

JP/Bank NISP profit up 27%

Bank NISP profit up 27% JAKARTA (JP): The publicly-listed Bank NISP announced yesterday that its net profits rose 27 percent to Rp 17 billion last year from Rp 13 billion the previous year.
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Thu, 09 May 1996

JP/Rock guitarist Carlos Santana in action tonight

Rock guitarist Carlos Santana in action tonightBy Oscar Motuloh JAKARTA (JP): Carlos Santana, a veteran rock guitarist, will perform at the Jakarta Convention Center tonight.
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Thu, 09 May 1996

JP/Passenger buses fear vandals

Passenger buses fear vandals BANDA ACEH, Aceh: A local organization made up of privately- owned public transportation companies is asking that their passenger buses plying the Banda Aceh-Medan route in North Sumatra be given protection against groups of vandals often found along the route.
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Thu, 09 May 1996

JP/'World Voice' concert at Ancol

'World Voice' concert at Ancol JAKARTA (JP): Following its successful evening concert in March, the Ikapari Country Music Association will stage the Voice of the World music concert at the Ancol Art Market on May 12, from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m.
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Thu, 09 May 1996

JP/Indosat to set up new cellular phone venture

Indosat to set up new cellular phone venture JAKARTA (JP): The country's international telecommunications carrier PT Indonesian Satellite Corporation (Indosat) plans to set up a new subsidiary which will operate an improved digital mobile cellular telecommunications system.
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Thu, 09 May 1996

JP/North Jakarta mayor leads kiosk demolition

North Jakarta mayor leads kiosk demolition JAKARTA (JP): North Jakarta Mayor Suprawito led an operation yesterday to tear down 200 kiosks standing along a riverbank and on a railway track in Pademangan.
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Thu, 09 May 1996

JP/Tribesmen to be 'civilized'

Tribesmen to be 'civilized' SAMARINDA, East Kalimantan: About 6,000 families from isolated tribes have yet to be "developed" and introduced to civilization, Antara reported.Benny L.
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Thu, 09 May 1996

JP/Educate the public

Educate the public Two important developments related to television took place last week. First, the proposal by the minister of information, supported by the minister of education and culture, for private television stations and theaters to dub all foreign films into Indonesian by Aug.
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Thu, 09 May 1996

JP/Rights abuses found in Ujungpandang

Rights abuses found in Ujungpandang JAKARTA (JP): The National Commission on Human Rights announced yesterday that there were rights abuses during the clashes between security officers and students last month in Ujungpandang, South Sulawesi.
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Thu, 09 May 1996

JP/Bintang gets 34 months for insulting the President

Bintang gets 34 months for insulting the President JAKARTA (JP): Controversial politician Sri Bintang Pamungkas was sentenced yesterday to two years and 10 months imprisonment for calling President Soeharto a dictator.
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Thu, 09 May 1996

JP/'Antara' joins the Internet

'Antara' joins the Internet JAKARTA (JP): Antara announced yesterday that it has begun relaying some of its news and photo services on the Internet.
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Thu, 09 May 1996

JP/Pertamina signs contracts with foreign firms

Pertamina signs contracts with foreign firms JAKARTA (JP): The state-owned oil company Pertamina yesterday signed two production-sharing oil contracts and two agreements to set up asphalt and lube oil blending plants worth $75 million with foreign and local companies.
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Thu, 09 May 1996

JP/Soeharto encourages shuttlers

Soeharto encourages shuttlers JAKARTA (JP): President Soeharto yesterday called on Indonesia's Thomas and Uber Cuppers to consider their title defense mission in Hong Kong from May 16 to May 26 a national duty, not as a burden.
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Thu, 09 May 1996

JP/Adi Andjojo told to be quiet over bribery case

Adi Andjojo told to be quiet over bribery case JAKARTA (JP): Deputy Chief Justice for General Crimes Adi Andojo Soetjipto has been instructed to stop talking to the press about allegations that a group of Supreme Court judges accepted Rp 1.4 billion (US$600,000) to acquit a defendant last July.
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Thu, 09 May 1996

JP/RI's account deficit predicted to grow to $8.5b

RI's account deficit predicted to grow to $8.5b JAKARTA (JP): Economist Sjahrir estimated yesterday that Indonesia's current account deficit for the current fiscal year will expand to US$8.5 billion, far higher than the government's projection of $6.9 billion.
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Thu, 09 May 1996

JP/Morgue receives 105 bodies

Morgue receives 105 bodies JAKARTA (JP): The morgue at the Cipto Mangunkusumo General Hospital in Central Jakarta received 105 people last month, killed in various accidents, the morgue records indicate.
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Thu, 09 May 1996

JP/City gets solar clocks

City gets solar clocks JAKARTA (JP): The state-owned Pertamina oil company has donated three solar-powered clocks to the municipality.Pertamina President Faisal Abda'oe symbolically presented the clocks to Governor Surjadi Soedirdja at City Hall recently.
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Thu, 09 May 1996

JP/TV today

TV todayTVRI 2:30 p.m. Travel: My Country 2:35 TV Series: Ultraman 3:00 News: Lintasan Berita 3:05 Dance Show 3:30 Travel 4:00 News: Lintasan Berita 4:05 Science Film: Here Comes The Stars 4:30 Women World 5:00 Evening News 5:30 Arabic Lessons 6:00 News: Lintasan Berita 6:05 ...
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Thu, 09 May 1996

JP/Seminar to discuss coal

Seminar to discuss coal JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia and the Netherlands are to jointly host a seminar on clean coal technology for electricity supply on May 14 and 15 to explore the possibility of cooperation between the two countries in the energy sector.
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Thu, 09 May 1996

JP/Stock Exchange

Stock ExchangeStock prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (in rupiah) on May 8, 1996: Shares Close Change Trading Volume ----------------------------------------------------------- Ades Alfindo ...
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Thu, 09 May 1996

JP/RI firms need revamp to survive free market

RI firms need revamp to survive free market JAKARTA (JP): Indonesian companies will need to restructure themselves if they want to survive in the upcoming free market era, a management consultant says.
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Thu, 09 May 1996

JP/Alleged killers face seven months

Alleged killers face seven months JAKARTA (JP): A prosecutor asked the East Jakarta district court yesterday to sentence two men to seven months each for allegedly beating a man to death.The prime suspect, identified as Iman, is still at large.On Dec.
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Thu, 09 May 1996

JP/Pasaraya Nusakarya to go public soon

Pasaraya Nusakarya to go public soon JAKARTA (JP): PT Pasaraya Nusakarya, a retail company owned by the ALatieF Corporation, is to offer its shares to the public through the Jakarta Stock Exchange to raise funds of over Rp 100 billion (US$42 million) to finance an expansion project.
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Thu, 09 May 1996

JP/Police pledge to solve blocked account case

Police pledge to solve blocked account case JAKARTA (JP): Police promised yesterday to solve rapidly the dispute between the Standard Chartered Bank office here and its foreign customer whose Rp 1 billion (US$435,000) account has been frozen by the bank since January.
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Thu, 09 May 1996

JP/Motorola and Indolink First Pacific sign contract

Motorola and Indolink First Pacific sign contract JAKARTA (JP): PT Indolink First Pacific, a nationwide beeper operator, yesterday signed a US$1.8-million contract with Motorola, a telecommunications giant of the United States, for the purchase of Flex, a new transmission system.
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Thu, 09 May 1996

JP/Blueprint for stock mart

Blueprint for stock mart JAKARTA (JP): The Capital Market Supervisory Agency is scheduled to announce today a five-year stock market development blueprint.
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Thu, 09 May 1996

JP/400 students pledge allegiance to Golkar

400 students pledge allegiance to Golkar SURABAYA (JP): Hundreds of senior high school students in the Mojokerto regency have pledged to vote for the ruling Golkar group in the general elections next year.
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Thu, 09 May 1996

JP/Students stage protest

Students stage protest SEMARANG, Central Java: Dozens of students from the Ibu Sukirah School of Marine Technology held a protest yesterday at the provincial legislative council, saying the school's administrators have yet to register the school officially.
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Thu, 09 May 1996

JP/Board recommends heroine title for the late Mrs. Tien

Board recommends heroine title for the late Mrs. Tien JAKARTA (JP): The Central Board for the Supervision of Heroes yesterday endorsed appeals to confer the award of national heroine on the late First Lady Mrs. Tien Soeharto.
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Thu, 09 May 1996

JP/Soeharto wants Tansil captured

Soeharto wants Tansil captured JAKARTA (JP): President Soeharto yesterday called for the swift recapture of business tycoon Eddy Tansil who, allegedly with the help of insiders, escaped from prison on Saturday.
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Thu, 09 May 1996

JP/Art and pornography

Art and pornography I am a regular subscriber to The Jakarta Post, which I enjoy reading. I congratulate you on your fair and also critical commentating.The April 15, 1996 edition of Newsweek ran an article on the famous Spanish painter Goya.
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Thu, 09 May 1996

JP/Japanese Americans

Japanese Americans Masli Arman is entitled to the opinions he wrote in his letter about the Indonesian Chinese superiority complex (The Jakarta Post, May 3, 1996).
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Thu, 09 May 1996

JP/Regencies hit by earthquakes

Regencies hit by earthquakes TERNATE, Maluku: The cities of Ternate and Soasio in the regencies of Central Halmahera and North Maluku were hit yesterday afternoon by an earthquake measuring 5.5. on the open Richter scale, Antara reported.
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Thu, 09 May 1996

JP/Eddy Tansil's escape

Eddy Tansil's escape Once again the name of Eddy Tansil in on everybody's lips. On Saturday last week the man who hit the headlines in 1994 by defrauding the state-owned Bank Pembangunan Indonesia -- the Development Bank of Indonesia or Bapindo -- to the sweet tune of Rp 1.
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Thu, 09 May 1996

JP/Radarsat leaders due here

Radarsat leaders due here JAKARTA (JP): Executives from Radarsat International Inc. (RSI) of Vancouver, Canada, and several Canadian firms engaged in satellite data utilization, application and analysis, will start a three-day visit here next Tuesday.
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Thu, 09 May 1996

JP/Golden Key Group boss Eddy Tansil rarely travels alone

Golden Key Group boss Eddy Tansil rarely travels aloneBy Endy M. Bayuni JAKARTA (JP): When businessman Eddy Tansil fell from grace, he did not go down alone.
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Thu, 09 May 1996

JP/Banks told to stimulate local capital market

Banks told to stimulate local capital market JAKARTA (JP): The Capital Markets Supervisory Agency (Bapepam) has called on custodian banks and fund managers to establish mutual funds to help inject badly needed "blood" into local capital markets.
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Thu, 09 May 1996

JP/Pasar Festival to be ready

Pasar Festival to be ready JAKARTA (JP): A new retail and food center in the Soemantri Brodjonegoro sports complex on Jl. HR Rasuna Said in Kuningan, South Jakarta, is nearing completion, with more than 40 retail and food outlets scheduled to open.
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Thu, 09 May 1996

JP/Argha Karya's profits up

Argha Karya's profits up JAKARTA (JP): PT Argha Karya Prima Industry, an integrated manufacturer of flexible packaging in the NAPAN Group, yesterday reported an 8-percent increase in net profits to Rp 25 billion last year from Rp 23 billion (US$9.8 million) in 1994.
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Thu, 09 May 1996

JP/ASEAN senior officials discuss Pacific Concord

ASEAN senior officials discuss Pacific Concord YOGYAKARTA (JP): Senior officials from the Association of Southeast Nations (ASEAN) yesterday explored the possibility of ensuring even greater regional security by establishing a Pacific Concord and a Code of Conduct for the Spratlys.
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Thu, 09 May 1996

JP/The chances for peace

The chances for peace The cease-fire in Lebanon comes after the deaths of at least 160 civilians, 13 Hizbollah fighters, one Syrian soldier and zero Israelis.
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Thu, 09 May 1996

JP/Real Indonesians

Real Indonesians Reading the letters on "racism in Indonesia" in response to Arief Budiman's article, I would like to comment.
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Thu, 09 May 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.
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