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Tue, 11 Oct 1994

JP/Container terminal simplifies procedures

Container terminal simplifies procedures JAKARTA (JP): The container terminal at Tanjung Priok port in North Jakarta yesterday introduced a model of integrated service which will simplify procedures for customers.

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Tue, 11 Oct 1994

JP/Lawyer wants one trial for three drug dealers

Lawyer wants one trial for three drug dealers JAKARTA (JP): The lawyer of an alleged drug dealer asked the Central Jakarta District Court yesterday to try his client and another two alleged dealers at the same time.

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Tue, 11 Oct 1994

JP/ABRI counters harmful books

ABRI counters harmful books JAKARTA: The Armed Forces (ABRI) yesterday vowed to counter any publications it considers is distorting its history or undermining its past contributions to national unity.Armed Forces Commander Gen.

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Tue, 11 Oct 1994

JP/Political will needed to prevent forest fires

Political will needed to prevent forest fires Apart from disturbing air traffic and polluting the environment, the forest fires in Kalimantan and Sumatra also caused a loss of life when two ships collided off the province of Riau recently.

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Tue, 11 Oct 1994

JP/Periodic increases in electricity cost planned

Periodic increases in electricity cost planned JAKARTA (JP): There will be no more shocking hikes in electricity costs in the future. Instead, increases will be phased in at frequent intervals, an official of the Ministry of Mines and Energy said yesterday.

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Tue, 11 Oct 1994

JP/Reconciliation offers path to end East Timorese division (2)

Reconciliation offers path to end East Timorese division (2)By Dino Patti Djalal This is the second of a two part article on the former Portuguese colony of East Timor based on the second meeting between Timorese from Indonesia and diaspora.

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Tue, 11 Oct 1994

JP/`True Lies'

`True Lies' I am very encouraged by two articles I read in the newspapers recently. The first was by Maher Hathout and Salam al-Marayati of the Moslem Public Affairs Council in Los Angeles. (Yes, there are many Moslem Americans).

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Tue, 11 Oct 1994

JP/Police seek Thai for heroin distribution

Police seek Thai for heroin distribution JAKARTA (JP): The City Police are seeking a Thai for his alleged role in the local distribution of heroin brought into the country by a Nepalese, who was arrested after swallowing three heroin filled condoms.

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Tue, 11 Oct 1994

JP/House agrees to ratify WTO bill tomorrow

House agrees to ratify WTO bill tomorrow JAKARTA (JP): Commission I of the House of Representatives (DPR) recommended yesterday that the DPR pass a law on the ratification of the World Trade Organization (WTO).

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Tue, 11 Oct 1994

JP/Stock Exchange

Stock Exchange JAKARTA (JP): The Jakarta Stock Exchange (JSX) yesterday began the week with lethargic trading.The broader-based Composite Index, which surpassed its psychological barrier of 500 early last week, dropped by over three points to close at 511.86 yesterday from 515.04 on Friday.

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Tue, 11 Oct 1994

JP/Angry mob kills Navy officer

Angry mob kills Navy officer JAKARTA (JP): A member of the Navy met a tragic death on Sunday night while attempting to quell an intense war between two neighborhoods in Central Jakarta.

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Tue, 11 Oct 1994

JP/ASEAN urged to form common security system

ASEAN urged to form common security system JAKARTA (JP): A prominent former army general has called for the establishment of a common regional security system in southeast Asia to diffuse potential problems in the rapidly growing region.

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Tue, 11 Oct 1994

JP/Swiss aid for RI railway

Swiss aid for RI railway JAKARTA (JP): The Swiss government, under a memorandum of understanding signed here yesterday, will provide technical experts to smoothen the operation of the new Padang-Ombilin double track railway system in West Sumatra.

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Tue, 11 Oct 1994

JP/Where to go in Jakarta:

Where to go in Jakarta:Music * Borobudur Inter-Continental, Jl. Lapangan Banteng Selatan, Central Jakarta: - Kintamani Pavilion: Traditional Dances & Songs Friday, Italian Night Wednesday, all from 7 p.m.. - Pendopo Tea Lounge: Monika Rosca, pianist from Poland, daily 4 p.m. to 7:45 p.m.

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Tue, 11 Oct 1994

JP/New school week must not reduce information

New school week must not reduce information JAKARTA (JP): The five-day school week, now being tried out in elementary schools countrywide, should aimed at improving students' social life, a pedagogue said yesterday.

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Tue, 11 Oct 1994

JP/Bank Indonesia warned of export credit scam

Bank Indonesia warned of export credit scam JAKARTA (JP): Business analysts warned Bank Indonesia, the central bank, yesterday to improve its control over the use of its subsidized export credit facility and to impose stern punishments against commercial banks found in violation of the loan ...

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Tue, 11 Oct 1994

JP/RI's foreign aid likely to exceed original target

RI's foreign aid likely to exceed original target JAKARTA (JP): New grants and loans accrued by the government from foreign creditors for development projects will likely exceed the original target of Rp 10.01 trillion (US$4.

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Tue, 11 Oct 1994

JP/NZ apartments exhibited

NZ apartments exhibited JAKARTA (JP): The development of a hotel and apartment complex in the heart of the central business district of Auckland, a major city in New Zealand, will be exhibited here from Oct.

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Tue, 11 Oct 1994

JP/Complexity of housing problem

Complexity of housing problem Forcible eviction has occurred again in a recently fire-razed area. This time in Bendungan Hilir in Jakarta.The configuration of the problem is similar to that of past evictions. The land belongs to the state.

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Tue, 11 Oct 1994

JP/Suryadi warns officials not to abuse housing subsidies

Suryadi warns officials not to abuse housing subsidies JAKARTA (JP): Governor Surjadi Soedirdja threatened yesterday to dismiss officials who are found guilty of abusing house rent funds provided by the city administration to residents of Bendungan Hilir in Central Jakarta.

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Tue, 11 Oct 1994

JP/The Listening Post

The Listening Post * The need for precise punctuation has been discussed in this column several times before; it is even a problem for native speakers, when they write English, as well as a frequently humiliating experience in high school English class.

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Tue, 11 Oct 1994

JP/Interpreting old laws

Interpreting old laws While national Constitution has since the first day of the republic guaranteed freedom of expression and of association how to regulate the use of the freedom is still a problem here.

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Tue, 11 Oct 1994

JP/Hunting threatens N. Sulawesi's macaques

Hunting threatens N. Sulawesi's macaquesBy Fachruddin Mangunjaya JAKARTA (JP): Hunting is having a devastating effect upon the wild population of the crested black macaque (Macaca nigra) outside of the Tangkoko Nature Reserve in North Sulawesi.

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Tue, 11 Oct 1994

JP/TV Today

TV TodayTVRI 2:30 p.m. Special News: Asian Games XII 5:00 Regional News 5:30 English Lessons 6:05 Nusantara, the Beloved Country 6:15 Village Program 6:30 Open University 7:00 Evening News 7:30 Insight 8:05 Traditional Drama 9:00 World News 9:30 Asian Games Journal 10:00 ...

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Tue, 11 Oct 1994

JP/One killed in Maluku earthquake

One killed in Maluku earthquake JAKARTA (JP): One person died and more than 50 others were injured in the powerful earthquake which hit Obi island in North Maluku on Sunday, the Antara news agency reported yesterday.

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Tue, 11 Oct 1994

JP/British bomber getting repaired

British bomber getting repaired BANDAR LAMPUNG, Lampung: The British, twin-engine aircraft which crash-landed due to engine failure Sunday is expected to continue its journey to Sydney as soon as the engine is repaired.

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Tue, 11 Oct 1994

JP/North-South inequity deplored

North-South inequity deplored JAKARTA (JP): President Soeharto, in his capacity as chairman of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM), deplored the uneven economic relations between industrial countries in the North and developing nations in the South despite the end of the Cold War.

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Tue, 11 Oct 1994

JP/City abandons bus shelters

City abandons bus shelters The city administration was criticized over the abandonment and the "disappearance" of many bus shelters in East Jakarta.

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Tue, 11 Oct 1994

JP/Italian minister due here

Italian minister due here JAKARTA (JP): The Italian Minister of Foreign Trade Giorgio Bernini is expected to arrive here today for a two-day visit to discuss bilateral economic relations as well as the Uruguay Round of the General Agreement of Tariffs and Trade (GATT).

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Tue, 11 Oct 1994

JP/Gulf tensions affect Asian bourses

Gulf tensions affect Asian bourses HONG KONG (Reuter): Stock markets closed down but off their lows around the region yesterday, with the escalation of tension in the Gulf as a major factor.The blue chip Hang Seng Index closed 36.48 points down at 9,248.40. Preliminary turnover was HK$2.

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Tue, 11 Oct 1994

JP/No U.S.-Japan trade war

No U.S.-Japan trade war What is most important about the recent trade agreement between the United States and Japan is not what happened but what didn't. The United States and Japan decided not to start a big trade war. They decided to leave key issues open for future negotiations.

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Tue, 11 Oct 1994

JP/No conflict of interest in Golkar-LBH

No conflict of interest in Golkar-LBH JAKARTA (JP): Justice Minister Oetojo Oesman says he does not see any conflict of interest arising out of the establishment of a new legal aid institute (LBH) by Golkar, the country's ruling political organization.

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Tue, 11 Oct 1994

JP/Yorrys finally indicted at W. Jakarta court

Yorrys finally indicted at W. Jakarta court JAKARTA (JP): After failing to appear in court two times, Yorrys Raweyai of Pemuda Pancasila, a powerful youth organization, showed up yesterday under tight security at the West Jakarta District Court to be indicted on gambling charges.

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Tue, 11 Oct 1994

JP/Yogya builds $20m dam

Yogya builds $20m dam YOGYAKARTA: The government has started building a Rp 41 billion (US$20 million) multi-purpose reservoir in Kulonprogo, 40 kilometers west of here.The 1.

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Tue, 11 Oct 1994

JP/Shrimp ponds drying out

Shrimp ponds drying out SEMARANG: Over 5,000 hectares of shrimp ponds -- almost one- fifth of entire ponds in the province -- are badly in need of water due to the prolonged drought, which has inflicted a total financial loss amounting to Rp 4.9 billion (US$2.24 million).

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Tue, 11 Oct 1994

JP/Sumarlin rebuts Bapindo charges `defamation'

Sumarlin rebuts Bapindo charges `defamation' JAKARTA (JP): Former finance minister J.B. Sumarlin calls the allegation that he influenced Bank Pembangunan Indonesia (Bapindo) in its lending policies "vicious defamation" against him and the late Oskar Suryaatmadja, the former director general of ...

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Tue, 11 Oct 1994

JP/Two girls commit suicide

Two girls commit suicide Two girls were believed to have committed suicide by drinking insecticide in separate instances on Sunday.Santi, 17, a resident of Ciledug, South Jakarta, was found dead in her room with foam coming from her mouth, Suara Karya reported.

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Tue, 11 Oct 1994

JP/Traffic

Traffic At 7.00 a.m. on Oct. 7, 1994, the traffic lights on the cross- roads to the Jl. Sudirman underpass were still inoperative, and there were still no policemen controlling the traffic.That state of affairs, had by that time lasted, to my certain knowledge, for at least 72 hours.

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Tue, 11 Oct 1994

JP/Rafsanjani to visit Indonesia

Rafsanjani to visit Indonesia JAKARTA (JP): Iranian President Hashemi Rafsanjani will arrive here Thursday for a three-day state visit, Minister/State Secretary Moerdiono announced yesterday.

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Tue, 11 Oct 1994

JP/Trash problem

Trash problem I'm a Japanese traveler and Indonesia is one of my favorite countries -- I could say my preferred destination. Though my last visit was my fourth I must say I was terribly surprised this time because of all the trash. I saw so many people discarding rubbish in the streets.

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Tue, 11 Oct 1994

JP/Dollar higher in Europe

Dollar higher in Europe LONDON (UPI): The dollar was slightly higher in European trading yesterday, boosted by its perceived safe-haven status in times of international tension.The greenback was trading at 1.5512 German marks and 100.60 Japanese yen against Friday's European closes of 1.

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Tue, 11 Oct 1994

JP/Army medics hard at work in Bosnia

Army medics hard at work in Bosnia JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesian medical detachment sent last month to join the UN Protection Force (UNPROFOR) has begun humanitarian operations in war-torn Bosnia-Herzegovina.

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Tue, 11 Oct 1994

JP/E. Timor police reshuffled

E. Timor police reshuffled DILI, East Timor: Provincial police chief Col. S. Sugiarto Andreas yesterday inaugurated Maj. Iwan Galih as new chief of the operations control department , replacing Lt. Col. Malelak.

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Tue, 11 Oct 1994

JP/One killed in road accident

One killed in road accident One person was killed and six others seriously injured when an inter-city bus overturned on the Jakarta-Cikampek toll road on Sunday.The bus plying the Jakarta-Semarang route was overcrowded with passengers, Pos Kota reported.

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Tue, 11 Oct 1994

JP/JICA to increase aid to RI

JICA to increase aid to RI JAKARTA (JP): The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), the Japanese government's arm in extending technical cooperation to developing countries, stated here yesterday that it will increase assistance to Indonesia by 22.

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