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Searching for all articles published on 1995-07-09 ...

35 articles.

Sun, 09 Jul 1995

JP/Supporters boost Amien Rais' chances

Supporters boost Amien Rais' chances BANDA ACEH, Aceh (JP): Supporters of incumbent Muhammdiyah chairman Amien Rais made a last minute dash to rally support for him as the congress of the Moslem organization began the long process of electing its new leaders.

Sun, 09 Jul 1995

JP/Local kite makers still favor bamboo frames

Local kite makers still favor bamboo frames JAKARTA (JP): What makes Indonesian kites different from their foreign counterparts? Their frames. While most kite makers from overseas have started using fiberglass, Indonesian kite makers still favor bamboo.

Sun, 09 Jul 1995

JP/AIDS victims need family members' support

AIDS victims need family members' supportBy Chris W. Green JAKARTA (JP): The scourge of AIDS has hit Indonesia. Although only 309 people have been diagnosed as being HIV positive, experts estimate that more than 200 times that number are actually carrying the virus that causes AIDS.

Sun, 09 Jul 1995

JP/Working with NGOs can be rewarding

Working with NGOs can be rewarding JAKARTA (JP): Rita Serena Kalibonso, a lawyer at the Jakarta chapter of the Legal Aid Institute (LBH):It's nice to work with people who have the same vision. We work for the public interest.

Sun, 09 Jul 1995

JP/Guess What? Harmoko

Guess What? Harmoko When Minister of Information Harmoko came for his scheduled hearing with the House of Representatives' Commission I on foreign policy, information and security, it was expected that the issue of the paper crisis would be among the most debated topics.

Sun, 09 Jul 1995

JP/'Bina Swadaya' excels in cooperation spirit

'Bina Swadaya' excels in cooperation spiritBy Johannes Simbolon JAKARTA (JP): The office you first see once you get into Bina Swadaya's headquarters in Central Jakarta, does not look that interesting, except for the notice attached to the counter, which reads, "Leader in Alternative Tourism".

Sun, 09 Jul 1995

JP/Holf circuit tournaments offer attractive cash prizes

Holf circuit tournaments offer attractive cash prizes JAKARTA (JP): Handsome cash prizes totaling about Rp 250 million are on offer in a golf circuit to be staged on four courses around the greater Jakarta area starting next week.

Sun, 09 Jul 1995

JP/Can NGOs achieve their destiny?

Can NGOs achieve their destiny? JAKARTA (JP): Achmad Baskara, 29, an employee of a Jakartan public relation consultancy, channels his socio-political concerns through two NGOs, which he and friends finance themselves.

Sun, 09 Jul 1995

JP/Indonesia commits to economic reforms

Indonesia commits to economic reforms Reza Y. Siregar examines Indonesia's success with its various economic reform programs. From the end of the era of the oil price boom in the early 1980s up to 1994, Indonesia has attempted about 23 economic reform packages.

Sun, 09 Jul 1995

JP/'Radio Wars': Radio Australia's struggle

'Radio Wars': Radio Australia's struggle Radio Wars: Truth, propaganda and the struggle for Radio Australia; Errol Hodge; Cambridge University Press, 1995; 324 pages, A$29.95 MELBOURNE, Australia (JP): Now, I understand how I ended up living in Australia.

Sun, 09 Jul 1995

JP/Royal staff search for blessings

Royal staff search for blessings YOGYAKARTA (JP): Working as abdi dalem (kraton personnel) clearly doesn't pay the bills, but 600 abdi dalem work at Kraton Surakarta for between Rp 20,000 and Rp 50,000 a month. The Mangkunegaran Palace of Surakarta provides a maximum of Rp 100,000.

Sun, 09 Jul 1995

JP/Cemetery available for beloved pets

Cemetery available for beloved pets JAKARTA (JP): A bouquet of fresh red roses lay on top of a tiny grave. The lovely bouquet had been placed there by the bereaved owner of the grave's occupant.Owner? Yes. The grave was that of a dog buried in the Jakarta Pet Hospital's animal cemetery.

Sun, 09 Jul 1995

JP/Fluids crucial to man's survival

Fluids crucial to man's survival WASHINGTON: Nothing refreshes like an ice-cold drink on a hot summer day.Fluids replenish the body's cooling system, enabling it to survive sweltering heat or elevated body temperature due to exercise.

Sun, 09 Jul 1995

JP/Vet recommends monthly checkups

Vet recommends monthly checkups JAKARTA (JP): To make sure that your pets are safe from any disease, regular checkups are essential, veterinarian Wiwiek Bagdja, the director of the Jakarta Pet Hospital, advises."At least, once a month a checkup should be performed.

Sun, 09 Jul 1995

JP/At US$10 million, its not your average boat

At US$10 million, its not your average boatBy Bob Burgdorfer MANITOWOC, Wisconsin (Reuter): A 130-year-old boatyard in this Lake Michigan port town in the United States is running at full steam these days -- turning out yachts that sell for as much as US$10 million.Burger Boat Co.

Sun, 09 Jul 1995

JP/Stop littering at the zoo, it can kill animals

Stop littering at the zoo, it can kill animalsBy Jim Plouffe JAKARTA (JP): The Komodo dragon lay motionless, which isn't unusual. However, early in January last year, the native lizard hadn't moved for days.

Sun, 09 Jul 1995

JP/Semsar takes the system to task in life, art

Semsar takes the system to task in life, artBy Lela E. Madjiah JAKARTA (JP): I was quite unprepared to see the rented house that well-known sculptor turned painter Semsar Siahaan lives in.It is a very simple house but with a large garden.

Sun, 09 Jul 1995

JP/Raw deal

Raw dealFrom RepublikaI am one of the 2,000 Indonesian workers hopeful to depart to South Korea. I deposited the Rp. 1,100,000 application fee and attended training at PT Binawan Group's overseas workers' training center in Cianjur, West Java in July, 1994.

Sun, 09 Jul 1995

JP/Kite history stretches back over 2,000 years

Kite history stretches back over 2,000 years JAKARTA (JP): Although they were probably independently developed in many areas of the world, kites almost certainly first originated in China more than two thousand years ago.

Sun, 09 Jul 1995

JP/Guess What? Ali Alatas

Guess What? Ali Alatas Some people feel tremendous pressure when being bombarded by a barrage of questions but not, apparently, Foreign Minister Ali Alatas.

Sun, 09 Jul 1995

JP/Canada moves toward Asia-Pacific region

Canada moves toward Asia-Pacific region Brian L Job outlines the reasons for Canada's increasing orientation towards the Asia-Pacific.

Sun, 09 Jul 1995

JP/Kraton festival boosts tourism but fails to help palaces

Kraton festival boosts tourism but fails to help palaces The week-long National Royal Palace Festival, which involved 20 palaces from all over Indonesia, has just ended. Behind the glamor of the festival, the kratons are actually facing various problems, which have yet to be solved.

Sun, 09 Jul 1995

JP/Can Asia-Pacific security vacuum really be filled?

Can Asia-Pacific security vacuum really be filled? Denny Roy looks at whether the prospective vacuum created in the Asia-Pacific in the wake of a U.S. military withdrawal will actually be filled by another power. The assumption that a withdrawal of U.S.

Sun, 09 Jul 1995

JP/Citra Usadha campaigns against AIDS in Bali

Citra Usadha campaigns against AIDS in BaliBy Dini S. Djalal Kuta, Bali (JP): It is midnight in Kuta, Bali. The packaged tourists and their families have retired to their air-conditioned hotel rooms.

Sun, 09 Jul 1995

JP/Souvenir sales up in Dili

Souvenir sales up in Dili DILI, East Timor (JP): As East Timor opens up to the world, inhabitants with an eye for business have turned to selling souvenirs.One shop, right in front of the Dili Sports Stadium on Jl. Bispo Medeiros, is called "Toko Dili".

Sun, 09 Jul 1995

JP/Government to reduce ABRI representation

Government to reduce ABRI representation Nazaruddin Sjamsuddin analyses the reasons for and the likely impact of the proposed reduction of the Indonesian Armed Forces' representation in the House of Representatives.

Sun, 09 Jul 1995

JP/It's a game of musical maids

It's a game of musical maidsMusical maids JAKARTA (JP): If someone was to procure a statistic on the favorite topic of conversation among housewives in Jakarta, I can say the topic of maids would win hands down.

Sun, 09 Jul 1995

JP/Well equipped veterinary hospital caters to pets' needs

Well equipped veterinary hospital caters to pets' needs JAKARTA (JP): When the veterinarians of Jakarta's Pet Hospital in Ragunan, South Jakarta, decided to put Astor, an ailing, handicapped Doberman, to sleep, the facility's kennel boys got angry, protested and cried.

Sun, 09 Jul 1995

JP/Share love between living beings

Share love between living beingsFrom Neraca"It's strange, in a country as civilized as Japan there are still people that enjoy watching an organized cooking contest such as that," said upik (a little girl), when watching on TV a live fish being sliced into thin pieces until only the bones, tail and ...

Sun, 09 Jul 1995

JP/Two Pattimura teams to meet in final

Two Pattimura teams to meet in final JAKARTA (JP): Pattimura One and Pattimura Two, both from the Pattimura Club of South Jakarta, were scheduled to meet in the final of the National Inter-club Bridge Championship on Saturday in Kuta, Bali.

Sun, 09 Jul 1995

JP/How to teach mathematics to your children

How to teach mathematics to your childrenBy Novita Tandry JAKARTA (JP): Your child's first experience with numbers has little to do with math. Your child may have learned to chant them in order without really knowing what the words mean.

Sun, 09 Jul 1995

JP/Resistance and memory in the visual field

Resistance and memory in the visual field Astri Wright prepared this article on a special publication of a terracotta art exhibition featuring the works of Dadang Christianto, which took place between June 24 and 30 in Bentara Budaya, Yogyakarta.

Sun, 09 Jul 1995

JP/TV today

TV todayTVRI 7:00 a.m. Morning News 7:30 Healthy and Fresh with Berty Tilarso 7:40 Cartoon: Vicky The Viking 8:05 Children's Program 8:35 Children's Stories 9:00 People and Events 9:30 Comedy: Ria Jenaka 9:45 Music 10:45 Youth Program 11:15 Music 11:45 Sports: Dari Gelanggang Ke ...

Sun, 09 Jul 1995

JP/New York: After Midnight

New York: After MidnightBy Akhudiat 1983. Five Blacks on an open-air stage played New York: After Midnight as the final number. The rhythm of jazz was raging.

Sun, 09 Jul 1995

JP/Malnutrition rampant among South Asian infants

Malnutrition rampant among South Asian infants Undernourished women give birth to underweight babies and sap public health across Asia. Sudhamani Reghunathan reports for Inter Press Service. New Delhi (IPS): Kanti's mother-in-law was watching her carefully as she munch down an apple.