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49 articles.
Sat, 15 Oct 1994

JP/SBSI treasurer jailed

SBSI treasurer jailed MEDAN, North Sumatra: Hayati, the treasurer of the city branch of the Indonesian Prosperous Labor Union (SBSI), was sentenced to seven months imprisonment on Thursday for helping plan a workers demonstration last April.
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Sat, 15 Oct 1994

JP/More campaigns needed on apartments: Surjadi

More campaigns needed on apartments: Surjadi JAKARTA (JP): Governor Surjadi Soedirdja said that city administration officers should intensify public presentation on apartments and their benefits.
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Sat, 15 Oct 1994

JP/Double standard in education

Double standard in education This letter refers to Mr. de Kort's letter in The Jakarta Post on Oct. 13, 1994.Come on Mr. de Kort, you know better than that. Even if we substitute "International" for "European" everything has changed for the better in Indonesia.
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Sat, 15 Oct 1994

JP/Plywood exports reach $2.24b

Plywood exports reach $2.24b JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia's plywood exports increased by 2.53 percent to US$2.24 billion during the first semester of this year from the same period of last year, the Association of Indonesian Wood Panel Producers (Apkindo) says.
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Sat, 15 Oct 1994

JP/Stock Exchange

Stock Exchange JAKARTA (JP): The Jakarta Stock Exchange (JSX), which recorded dull trading over a couple of days of this week, yesterday strengthened due to profit-taking activities.The broad-based Composite Index increased by over three points to close at 510.33 yesterday from 507.18 on Thursday.
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Sat, 15 Oct 1994

JP/Fire razes university campus

Fire razes university campus YOGYAKARTA: Five buildings that house the post-graduate studies of the Gadjah Mada University were razed by fire yesterday.Strong winds fanned the fire, which began at 12.30 p.m. in the main building, and spread to neighboring buildings.
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Sat, 15 Oct 1994

JP/Police catch snatchers

Police catch snatchers YOGYAKARTA: Police yesterday caught two "big time" bag snatchers barely twenty minutes after they carried out their latest grab and run action in the street.Their latest, and probably last victim for sometime, was Mrs. Tunojo, a resident of Surabaya, East Java.
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Sat, 15 Oct 1994

JP/Reform is up to Ukraine

Reform is up to Ukraine Ukraine, deeply divided, still has not fully made up its mind about economic reform. Its president, Leonid Kuchma, this week urged Parliament to relax controls and let the country move toward open markets. But the Parliament has resisted.
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Sat, 15 Oct 1994

JP/City prepares flood control

City prepares flood control The city authorities are launching a number of flood control preparations on major rivers throughout Jakarta in anticipation to the upcoming rainy season, which is predicted to start next month.
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Sat, 15 Oct 1994

JP/Bali, Lombok shaken by quake

Bali, Lombok shaken by quake DENPASAR, Bali: An earthquake measuring 5.0 on the Richter scale shook the islands of Bali and Lombok yesterday morning, sending residents on the two islands fleeing from their homes.
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Sat, 15 Oct 1994

JP/Forest fires

Forest fires I have followed the discussion on forest fires in Sumatra and Kalimantan with great interest. I would like to point to a situation here on Java, where so few tracks of nature are left. Baluran National Park in East Java used to be a very good area.
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Sat, 15 Oct 1994

JP/Road workers toil one day at a time

Road workers toil one day at a timeBy Arief S. Suditomo JAKARTA (JP): What is life? For two seasonal migrant laborers working on the toll road project in Pondok Pinang-Cikunir, it's all work, work and more work.
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Sat, 15 Oct 1994

JP/City to sweep vendors for APEC

City to sweep vendors for APEC JAKARTA (JP): The city administration will soon deploy law enforcement officers to expel street vendors from main roads in the run-up to next month's Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum's meeting to be held here and in Bogor, some 70 kilometers south of ...
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Sat, 15 Oct 1994

JP/E. Timor braces for foreign journalists

E. Timor braces for foreign journalists JAKARTA (JP): The authorities in East Timor are bracing themselves for the arrival of hordes of foreign journalists -- one estimate puts it at as many as 1,000 -- to the territory next month.
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Sat, 15 Oct 1994

JP/Companies question telecom tenders

Companies question telecom tenders JAKARTA (JP): Telecommunication companies yesterday questioned the government's openness concerning qualifications to bid for contracts on the installation of two million telephone lines over the coming five years.
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Sat, 15 Oct 1994

JP/Pertamina extends LNG sales contracts for Japan

Pertamina extends LNG sales contracts for Japan JAKARTA (JP): The state oil company Pertamina yesterday announced that it has extended two contracts for the sale of 12 million tons of liquefied natural gas (LNG) per annum to a consortium of companies operating on the western coast of Japan.
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Sat, 15 Oct 1994

JP/Bapindo chiefs refute Sumarlin's testimony

Bapindo chiefs refute Sumarlin's testimony JAKARTA (JP): Did Sjahrizal meet with Sumarlin on June 2, 1992?Sjahrizal, who is on trial along with other former Bapindo directors, is still insisting that he did meet with the former finance minister on that day.
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Sat, 15 Oct 1994

JP/Don't miss Sunday issue

Don't miss Sunday issue How bad is the water crisis in Jakarta? The Sunday edition of The Jakarta Post explores this question in our cover story and other in-depth reports.
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Sat, 15 Oct 1994

JP/Police will summon Manai for libel charge

Police will summon Manai for libel charge JAKARTA (JP): National Police headquarters will summon columnist Manai Sophiaan following a formal complaint by former student leaders who say he has tarnished their image.
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Sat, 15 Oct 1994

JP/Lesson for all concerned

Lesson for all concerned The Jakarta administration really got tough this week when the squatters in the fire-razed Bendungan Hilir area in the central part of the city challenged its authority to evict them.
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Sat, 15 Oct 1994

JP/Hurricane sweeps 80 houses

Hurricane sweeps 80 houses SEMARANG: A hurricane destroyed more than 80 houses in six villages in the Pekalongan regency on Thursday evening, the Antara news agency reported.Some villagers were injured but there were no fatalities, Pekalongan regency spokesman Moch. Asfar Wahab said.
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Sat, 15 Oct 1994

JP/`Trijaya' FM Radio denies talk show censorship

`Trijaya' FM Radio denies talk show censorship JAKARTA (JP): Trijaya FM Radio denied allegations yesterday it scrapped its live radio talk show due to censorship.
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Sat, 15 Oct 1994

JP/Dollar lower in Europe

Dollar lower in Europe LONDON (UPI): The dollar was sharply lower in Europe yesterday, extending losses sustained in Far Eastern markets overnight in nervous trading ahead of the release of a batch of key U.S. economic figures later in the day.
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Sat, 15 Oct 1994

JP/Indonesia, Iran form joint team to bolster trade

Indonesia, Iran form joint team to bolster trade JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia will establish a special team aimed at enhancing commercial ties with Iran, a potential gateway to the Central Asian market.
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Sat, 15 Oct 1994

JP/Better cooperation sought to tackle crime

Better cooperation sought to tackle crime JAKARTA (JP): City Police Chief Maj. Gen. Mochammad Hindarto yesterday advised newly-installed Tanjung Priok police chief to intensify cooperation with officers of related institutions to fight crime in one of the country's vital port.
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Sat, 15 Oct 1994

JP/Training program for jobless youths

Training program for jobless youths JAKARTA (JP): The government, anxious over the growing rate of unemployment, particularly among university graduates, is introducing an entrepreneurial training program for educated youths without employment.
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Sat, 15 Oct 1994

JP/TV today

TV todayTVRI 8:00 a.m Special News: Asian Games XII 5:00 p.m. Regional News 5:30 Science Film 6:05 Nusantara, the Beloved Country 6:15 Village Program 6:30 Karya Inovatif 7:00 Evening News 7:30 Dianrana 8:05 TV Series: Midnight Caller 9:00 World News 9:30 Asian Games XII ...
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Sat, 15 Oct 1994

JP/Housing board to get tough with delinquent developers

Housing board to get tough with delinquent developers JAKARTA (JP): The newly established National Housing Board announced that it plans to get tough with cunning developers.The board has plenty of homework to do. Many developers have neglected the obligation of building low cost houses.
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Sat, 15 Oct 1994

JP/Detectives go to S'pore to uncover Beng Seng's murder

Detectives go to S'pore to uncover Beng Seng's murder JAKARTA (JP): City Police have assigned two senior detectives to Singapore to find the man behind the brutal killing of businessman Nyo Beng Seng last April.
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Sat, 15 Oct 1994

JP/Integrated service system launched

Integrated service system launched The Jakarta mayoralty has decided to use the integrated service system to process land and building permits that has been in use in the South Jakarta mayoralty as a model of city planning.
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Sat, 15 Oct 1994

JP/Most practical language

Most practical language After reading Ambassador Olsa finds it easy to study Bahasa (The Jakarta Post, Sept. 25, 1994) I am tempted to add a few comments of my own.I believe the Indonesian language is the most practical one in the world.
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Sat, 15 Oct 1994

JP/`Vokal' editors speak out

`Vokal' editors speak out SEMARANG: Dozens of students of the IKIP PGRI teachers training institute held a protest on their campus yesterday, denouncing the local military leaders for suggesting that their school magazine, Vokal, was spreading communism.
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Sat, 15 Oct 1994

JP/Church Services

Church Services * Catholic Church, University of Atmajaya, Jl. Jend. Sudirman: Saturday 5:30 p.m., Sunday, 9 a.m., 10:30 p.m. (with songs) and 5:30 p.m. * First Church of Christ, Scientist, Jl. Teuku Cik Ditiro 48, Menteng, Central Jakarta: Services on Sunday at 9:30 a.m. (in Indonesian) and 8 a.m.
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Sat, 15 Oct 1994

JP/Atlantic Star to perform in Jakarta

Atlantic Star to perform in Jakarta New York-based Atlantic Star, known in Jakarta for their songs Always, I'll remember you and Secret lover, will perform at Hailai International Executive Club tonight.
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Sat, 15 Oct 1994

JP/More sidewalk construction planned

More sidewalk construction planned The City Parks Office plans to refurbish sidewalks along Jl. Sabang and Jl. Thamrin, one of the city's major thoroughfares, an official said on Thursday.
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Sat, 15 Oct 1994

JP/Sukarno's children hail govt merit for Fatmawati

Sukarno's children hail govt merit for Fatmawati JAKARTA (JP): Children of Indonesia's first-ever first lady, the late Fatmawati Sukarno, welcome the government's plan to confer on her the Bintang Mahaputra, the highest medal for meritorious service."We are glad.
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Sat, 15 Oct 1994

JP/Jakarta police chief declares war against organized crime

Jakarta police chief declares war against organized crime JAKARTA (JP): Jakarta Police are determined to crush the growing number of gangsters and racketeers whose methods of operation are similar to those used by notorious organized crime groups.
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Sat, 15 Oct 1994

JP/Iraq sanctions winning the war, need to be extended

Iraq sanctions winning the war, need to be extendedBy Jonathan Power LONDON (JP): Sanctions do work. Perhaps too well and with a vengeance. Saddam Hussein's rush to point his troops at Kuwait was the stratagem of a very desperate man, who understands he is almost at the moment of checkmate.
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Sat, 15 Oct 1994

JP/A night of nostalgia with `The Girl From Ipanema'

A night of nostalgia with `The Girl From Ipanema'By Dini Sari Djalal We are reprinting this article under the same heading on this page today due to the fact several paragraphs were improperly placed because of technical problems in the pre-press process.
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Sat, 15 Oct 1994

JP/Tax rate cut makes RI more attractive to foreign investors

Tax rate cut makes RI more attractive to foreign investors JAKARTA (JP): Business analysts hailed yesterday the reduction of the income tax tariffs, describing the move as the most effective way of attracting foreign investment.
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Sat, 15 Oct 1994

JP/Airport reopens as haze clears

Airport reopens as haze clears JAMBI, Jambi: Flight services in and out of Jambi have resumed after a one month hiatus caused by a thick haze from forest fires.
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Sat, 15 Oct 1994

JP/Inco to pay dividends

Inco to pay dividends JAKARTA (JP): PT International Nickel Indonesia (Inco) reported yesterday that its board of commissioners has approved the company's proposal to pay interim dividends of five U.S. cents per share.The dividends, which will be payable on Dec.
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Sat, 15 Oct 1994

JP/Water distribution stopped temporarily

Water distribution stopped temporarily The City Water Company (PDAM Jaya) will temporarily halt distribution to a number of areas throughout the capital to enable them to install new pipes.Starting today, the stoppage will last for three days between the hours of 10 a.m. and 5 p.m.
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Sat, 15 Oct 1994

JP/Rice production to grow by 6% next year: Official

Rice production to grow by 6% next year: Official JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia, hard hit by this year's protracted drought, will boost rice production by six percent next year by improving productivity, a senior official at the Ministry of Agriculture says.
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Sat, 15 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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Sat, 15 Oct 1994

JP/`Blown Away' -- It happened in poetic Boston?

`Blown Away' -- It happened in poetic Boston?By Sean Cole JAKARTA (JP): In all of the time I have lived in and around Boston and Cambridge, I have never seen the city look as captivating, rich and intriguing as it is depicted in this film. I know I'm biased, but it is more than that.
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Sat, 15 Oct 1994

JP/Golkar rejects PDI call to amend electoral laws

Golkar rejects PDI call to amend electoral laws JAKARTA (JP): The government-backed Golkar political organization has flexed its muscles by rejecting calls from the minority Indonesian Democratic Party (PDI) for political reforms, including changes in the electoral laws.
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Sat, 15 Oct 1994

JP/New reservoir in Lombok

New reservoir in Lombok MATARAM, West Nusa Tenggara: The arid area of southern Lombok will have irrigation available with the completion of the Rp 40 billion ($19 million) Pengga dam. The dam is capable of providing water for 3,600 hectares of rice fields.
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Sat, 15 Oct 1994

JP/Seven years for pouring acid

Seven years for pouring acid Prosecutor Endang Sukesi asked the judge of Central Jakarta District Court on Thursday to sentence Cepy, 39, to seven years in prison for pouring acid on his wife's face and body.The ill-fated woman, Gerry, is the mother of Cepy's two children.
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