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Fri, 30 Jun 1995
Establish 'twin cities' to redress gaps: Soeharto
Establish 'twin cities' to redress gaps: Soeharto YOGYAKARTA (JP): President Soeharto has called on people in the western part of the Indonesian archipelago to establish "twin city" relationships with cities in the less developed eastern region as a means of closing economic gaps.
Fri, 30 Jun 1995
Observers call for laws to protect former presidents
Observers call for laws to protect former presidentsBy Haryoso SEMARANG (JP): Two political observers have called for the establishment of laws to protect former presidents and vice presidents.Riswandha Imawan, a political scientist at the Gadjah Mada University in Yogyakarta, told The Jakarta Post...
Fri, 30 Jun 1995
Thrill of Victory...
Thrill of Victory... * Indonesia's Yayuk Basuki is one of the two Asian women to have reached the final 16 at Wimbledon during its 111 years.Yayuk and Japan's Naoko Sawamatsu both made the fourth round in 1992, and Yayuk repeated this feat in 1993 and 1994.
Fri, 30 Jun 1995
Where to go in Bali:
Where to go in Bali:Music and entertainment * Nusa Dua Beach Hotel: Budaya Stage - Ramayana Buffet Dinner, Monday. Legong Buffet Dinner, Friday. Poolside - BBQ Night with Hawaiian Band, Wednesday. Coffee Shop - Indonesian Night with Joged Dance, Saturday. Village Night with Frog Dance, Tuesday.
Fri, 30 Jun 1995
Police vow not to drop cases
Police vow not to drop cases JAKARTA (JP): City Police Chief Maj. Gen. Dibyo Widodo gave assurances yesterday that no criminal cases would be "frozen", as many have feared.Dibyo was responding to concerns that the long interval since police last made announcements regarding major investigations,...
Fri, 30 Jun 1995
'Blast could have leveled town'
'Blast could have leveled town' ZAMBOANGA, Philippines (AFP): Zamboanga could be devastated if all the southern city's ammunition dumps exploded, officials told an investigation yesterday into blasts last week that killed a 12-year old boy and injured 33 people.Capt.
Fri, 30 Jun 1995
Monitoring of NGOs should be eased: Emil
Monitoring of NGOs should be eased: Emil JAKARTA (JP): A former state minister has advised the city administration to ease up on its mistrust of Non-Governmental Organizations and, instead, embrace them as partners in development.
Fri, 30 Jun 1995
Jakarta to help Cambodian military
Jakarta to help Cambodian military PHNOM PENH (Reuter): Indonesia is willing to help Cambodia restructure its military and has offered to provide Phnom Penh with non-lethal military aid, visiting Foreign Minister Ali Alatas said yesterday.
Fri, 30 Jun 1995
More work needed on rights: Barry
More work needed on rights: Barry JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia must continue to improve its human rights record as it faces increasing scrutiny, resulting from the country's ascendancy in the international arena, the United States Ambassador said yesterday.Robert L.
Fri, 30 Jun 1995
Tommy pledges best showing in Medan
Tommy pledges best showing in Medan JAKARTA (JP): National leading driver Hutomo Mandala Putra vowed yesterday to steal a little bit of thunder in the Indonesia Rally Championship in Medan, North Sumatra, next week by besting his Asian rivals.
Fri, 30 Jun 1995
Bank PDFCI's divestment in Bank Papan for profit
Bank PDFCI's divestment in Bank Papan for profit JAKARTA (JP): The president of Bank PDFCI, Bistok Hutasoit, said yesterday that the sale of its 11.13 percent stake in Bank Papan Sejahtera was purely based on a business reason.
Fri, 30 Jun 1995
National monument under restoration
National monument under restoration JAKARTA (JP): Restoration of the famed national monument, Monas, in the heart of the city, is 60 percent completed, project officials say.To complete the project, workers are racing against time to beat the Aug.
Fri, 30 Jun 1995
Develop writing skills and city
Develop writing skills and city JAKARTA (JP): The city administration is sponsoring a writing contest in connection with the 50th anniversary of Indonesia's independence in August.The administration aims to seek input on the development of the city and is encouraging the public to participate in...
Fri, 30 Jun 1995
Punishment too light
Punishment too lightFrom KompasImagine how parents feel when they are faced with the fact that their under-age daughter is raped. Their grief will be even more intense knowing that the rapist is only lightly punished.Our neighbor Cua C.H.
Fri, 30 Jun 1995
Former top goalie dies from cancer
Former top goalie dies from cancer JAKARTA (JP): Former Indonesian Olympic goal keeper Paidjo died at 59 at the Tebet Hospital in South Jakarta from prolonged cancer yesterday.Paidjo, a native of Malang, East Java, joined the national soccer team for the 1956 Olympic Games in Melbourne as the...
Fri, 30 Jun 1995
Eighty graves to be relocated
Eighty graves to be relocated JAKARTA (JP): In this rapidly-developing city of about 10 million people, even the dead have to make way for development.The construction of a drinking water facility in the Karet Bivak public cemetery in Pejompongan, Central Jakarta, will require the removal of the...
Fri, 30 Jun 1995
New masters expected
New masters expected JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia is expecting to produce three more international masters during a two-week competition in Yogyakarta now gets underway."It's realistic that our players could make it," Indonesian official Sunder Sundriyo said during the championship's opening ceremony on...
Fri, 30 Jun 1995
40 films to enter Asia-Pacific festival
40 films to enter Asia-Pacific festival JAKARTA (JP): Organizers of the forthcoming 40th Asia-Pacific Film Festival announced that 30 movies and 10 documentary films from 13 Asia-Pacific countries will participate in the festival to be held here from July 23 to 26.
Fri, 30 Jun 1995
Delta Djakarta building new brewery in Bekasi
Delta Djakarta building new brewery in Bekasi JAKARTA (JP): PT Delta Djakarta, a publicly listed brewery, is building a 16-hectare plant in Bekasi of West Java with a total investment of US$62.8 million for the relocation of its Jakarta plant.
Fri, 30 Jun 1995
Big banks' lending rates use as JIBOR's basis
Big banks' lending rates use as JIBOR's basis JAKARTA (JP): Bank Indonesia is using the lending rates of 24 major commercial banks as the basis for the newly-launched Jakarta Inter-bank Offered Rates (JIBOR).
Fri, 30 Jun 1995
Juveniles send to adult jail for petty crime
Juveniles send to adult jail for petty crime JAKARTA (JP): The Legal Aid Foundation (LBH) office in Bandarlampung, capital of Lampung province, discovered yesterday another case of juveniles convicted of a petty offense being sent to an adult prison.
Fri, 30 Jun 1995
Not Hotel Indonesia
Not Hotel Indonesia A somewhat carelessly written headline in your June 19, 1995 (Hotel Indonesia deep in the red) might misled some readers, since the story which follows details the finances and future prospects of our owning company (PT Hotel Indonesia International/Natour), rather than those of...
Fri, 30 Jun 1995
Bechtel to build Humpuss' aromatic plant
Bechtel to build Humpuss' aromatic plant JAKARTA (JP): PT Humpuss Aromatic has selected Bechtel of the United States to commence engineering, procurement and construction works on an US$850 million grassroots condensate processing and aromatics petrochemical facility in Aceh.
Fri, 30 Jun 1995
Indonesia placed in the limelight
Indonesia placed in the limelightFrom Forum KeadilanOur country has been independent for 50 years. We have complete liberty to determine our domestic, as well as foreign policies. We have the freedom to establish diplomatic relations with certain countries.
Fri, 30 Jun 1995
Diarrhea claims four lives
Diarrhea claims four lives SURABAYA: Four people have died and more than 100 others have been hospitalized as a result of an outbreak of diarrhea in three villages in the Lumajang regency, East Java.Regency spokesman Soedjadi told Antara the three villages affected were Ranuyoso, Klakah and Senduro.
Fri, 30 Jun 1995
RI, Singapore to set up tourist promotion body
RI, Singapore to set up tourist promotion body JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia and Singapore agreed yesterday to set up a joint marketing group, consisting of businessmen and government officials, to identify tourism trends, potential markets for tourist promotion and product development.
Fri, 30 Jun 1995
Bakrie Sumatra Plantation to acquire PT Multi Jaya
Bakrie Sumatra Plantation to acquire PT Multi Jaya JAKARTA (JP): Bakrie Sumatra Plantation, a publicly listed company, has signed a memorandum of understanding with the West Kalimantan administration and Bank Pembangunan Indonesia to acquire a palm oil plantation firm, PT Multi Jaya Perkasa.
Fri, 30 Jun 1995
Eva Air serves Surabaya
Eva Air serves Surabaya JAKARTA (JP): Eva Air of Taiwan made its inaugural flight from Taipei to Surabaya yesterday, carrying 226 tourists on a Boeing 767-200 aircraft with a capacity of 240 passengers.Eva Air's regional manager for Indonesia, Paulus K.
Fri, 30 Jun 1995
Police to probe examination scam
Police to probe examination scam BANDUNG: City police say they are prepared to investigate allegations that school administrators and teachers have been "fixing" the grades awarded in relation to the national elementary school final examinations in return for money from parents.Bandung Police Col.
Fri, 30 Jun 1995
Where to go in Jakarta:
Where to go in Jakarta:Music * The Aryaduta Jakarta, Jl. Prapatan 44-48, Central Jakarta: - Ambiente Italian Restaurant: Bonauli vocal group, Tuesday and Wednesday from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m.; Lost Morenitos, Monday Thursday and Sunday from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m. Los Paraguas, Friday and Saturday from 7 p.m.
Fri, 30 Jun 1995
TV today
TV todayTVRI 2:30 p.m. TV Series: Kabuto 3:05 Langka & Unik 3:30 Science Program 4:00 School Quiz: Cerdas Cermat 4:30 Culture Program 5:00 Regional News 5:30 Economy Program 6:05 Karya & Upaya 6:15 Village Program 6:45 You Should Know 7:00 Evening News 7:30 Parlementaria 8:05 Music 9:00 World News...
Fri, 30 Jun 1995
Stock Exchange
Stock ExchangeStock prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (in rupiah) on June 29, 1995: Shares Close Change Trading Volume ------------------------------------------------------- Ades Alfindo 2,250 0 0 AHAP Insurance 3,275 0 0 Alumindo Perkasa 1,100 0 5,000 Andayani Megah 3,200 0 446,000 Aneka Kimia...
Fri, 30 Jun 1995
More students demand Tunky resignation
More students demand Tunky resignation JAKARTA (JP): Dozens of students and newspaper vendors protested yesterday the government's inability to resolve the newsprint crisis, demanding that Minister Tunky Ariwibowo resign.
Fri, 30 Jun 1995
Use of Bahasa Indonesia
Use of Bahasa Indonesia A mistake frequently made by foreigners with rudimentary Indonesian is to refer to the Indonesian language as Bahasa. It is unfortunate to see a quality newspaper like The Jakarta Post make the same mistake (Bahasa must coexist with other languages, The Jakarta Post, June...
Fri, 30 Jun 1995
Fictitious bank reports
Fictitious bank reports Tax Director General Fuad Bawazier's disclosure on Tuesday that several banks had filed fictitious financial reports was not a complete surprise. The findings of the tax auditors only serve to confirm pervasive rumors that many banks and companies, notably those which have...
Fri, 30 Jun 1995
'Piracy on high seas becomes a major threat'
'Piracy on high seas becomes a major threat' KUALA LUMPUR (AFP): Indonesian ports, East African waters and the triangle between Hong Kong, Luzon in the Philippines and Hainan in China are becoming hotbeds for piracy, which is increasing worldwide, a top maritime official said yesterday.
Fri, 30 Jun 1995
Prajogo to pursue bid for CASH, despite rejection
Prajogo to pursue bid for CASH, despite rejection JAKARTA (JP): Prajogo Pangestu, the majority shareholder of the publicly-listed timber giant PT Barito Pacific Timber, said yesterday he will pursue his bid for Malaysia's Construction and Supplies House (CASH) despite a rejection over the deal.
Fri, 30 Jun 1995
Permadi trial set for July 6
Permadi trial set for July 6 YOGYAKARTA: The authorities have set July 6 as the first day of the trial of popular mystic Permadi Satrio Wiwoho on charges of blasphemy.The trial is widely expected to draw a huge crowd because of Permadi's popularity and the nature of the controversy.Lt. Col.
Fri, 30 Jun 1995
Pembangunan Jaya Ancol to reclaim 300 ha coast
Pembangunan Jaya Ancol to reclaim 300 ha coast JAKARTA (JP): PT Pembangunan Jaya Ancol plans to reclaim 300 hectares of the Ancol coast over the next 10 years to expand its famed Ancol Dreamland, the company announced yesterday.
Fri, 30 Jun 1995
Horas bah?
Horas bah? Having read Aloysius Haryono's letter Javanese language (The Jakarta Post, June 1, 1995) in response to a reader's opinion about his mother tongue, I think it is not fair for him to use a mistaken expression from another local language as a comparison.Mr.
Fri, 30 Jun 1995
Govt tells PDI leaders to end bickering
Govt tells PDI leaders to end bickering JAKARTA (JP): The government, professing neutrality in the endless bickering within the Indonesian Democratic Party (PDI), urged party leaders yesterday to resolve the conflict before Indonesia's 50th anniversary of independence on Aug. 17.
Fri, 30 Jun 1995
Indonesia defends appointment of envoy to Australia
Indonesia defends appointment of envoy to Australia JAKARTA (JP): The Ministry of Foreign Affairs yesterday defended the appointment of Lt. Gen. (ret.) H.B.L. Mantiri as Indonesia's next ambassador to Australia after criticisms were voiced by some parties in Australia.
Fri, 30 Jun 1995
Malaysian, S'porean bosses raise wages of RI workers
Malaysian, S'porean bosses raise wages of RI workers JAKARTA (JP): Malaysian and Singaporean employment agencies finally agreed yesterday to raise the minimum wages of Indonesian workers hired in their countries.
Fri, 30 Jun 1995
N. Jakarta police gets new chief
N. Jakarta police gets new chief JAKARTA (JP): City Police Chief Maj. Gen. Dibyo Widodo yesterday installed Lt. Col. Abu Bakar Nataprawira, 44, as the new head of the North Jakarta police precinct.Abu Bakar replace Lt. Col.
Fri, 30 Jun 1995
Medco Energi to buy Lasmo's Malacca Straits
Medco Energi to buy Lasmo's Malacca Straits JAKARTA (JP): Publicly-listed oil company PT Medco Energi Corporation is acquiring a 23.4 percent interest in the Malacca Straits Production Sharing Contracts area from Lasmo Oil (Malacca Straits) Ltd. of Britain and its affiliates.
Fri, 30 Jun 1995
Postmaster named as tourism minister
Postmaster named as tourism minister MANILA (AFP): President Fidel Ramos yesterday named Eduardo Pilapil, the Philippines' postmaster general, as the new secretary of the Tourism Department, replacing incumbent Vicente Carlos who has resigned.
Fri, 30 Jun 1995
Man makes oath of silence
Man makes oath of silence JAKARTA (JP): A 36-year-old man in Tangerang has made an oath of silence to last 50 days to demonstrate his concern over corruption, soaring paper and cement prices, as well as the suppression of the freedom of expression.
Thu, 29 Jun 1995
Hanil leasing sets up joint financial venture
Hanil leasing sets up joint financial venture JAKARTA (JP): The Hanil Leasing Company Ltd. of South Korea and its Hong Kong-based Hanil Leasing & Finance Ltd. affiliate have joined with PT Bakrie Capitanindo Corporation to establish a financial company, PT Hanil Bakrie Finance Corporation.
Thu, 29 Jun 1995
Bekasi bus terminal expansion necessary
Bekasi bus terminal expansion necessary BEKASI (JP): The notorious traffic congestion in and around the 1.3 hectare bus terminal has reach such a level that the Bekasi administration plans to expand the terminal.
Thu, 29 Jun 1995
Three killed by pesticides
Three killed by pesticides BOGOR, West Java: An elderly woman and two children from Sinangbhakti village died after taking a drink of coffee contaminated by pesticides.Mrs. Acih, 50, and her grandchildren, Fitri, 5, and Rudi, 3, were found last Friday in bad condition by neighbors, who then took...