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Searching for all articles published on 1995-08-28 ...

46 articles.

Mon, 28 Aug 1995

JP/Funds for tsunami victims embezzled

Funds for tsunami victims embezzled SURABAYA, East Java: Police are following up on reports that a local businessman embezzled Rp 700 million (US$309,000) from the fund raised for last year's tidal wave victims."We are in the process of collecting preliminary information," said Maj. Gen.

Mon, 28 Aug 1995

JP/Squatters still refuse to move from Kapuk

Squatters still refuse to move from Kapuk JAKARTA (JP): Some 700 squatters in Kapuk subdistrict, West Jakarta, are still reluctant to move from the area despite repeated warnings from the West Jakarta authorities.

Mon, 28 Aug 1995

JP/Ancient daggers on show

Ancient daggers on show SURABAYA, East Java: Around 100 krises, ranging between 150 years and 1,000 years old, are being exhibited at Mpu Tantular Museum until Aug. 29.The 1,000-year-old "Bethok Budha" dagger from the 9th century Airlangga Kingdom in Kediri is the oldest kris being exhibited.

Mon, 28 Aug 1995

JP/Sahwali Awards for Branta

Sahwali Awards for Branta JAKARTA: In line with its successes in a range of fields, PT Branta Mulia has so far collected four national-level awards from various institutions.

Mon, 28 Aug 1995

JP/RP Moslem youths call for solidarity

RP Moslem youths call for solidarity JAKARTA (JP): A Philippines delegate at a gathering of ASEAN Moslem youths here calls for solidarity of Islam's younger generation in Southeast Asia, against what he calls "de- Islamization" in his country.

Mon, 28 Aug 1995

JP/Chicken slaughterhouse

Chicken slaughterhouse JAKARTA (JP): The largest chicken slaughterhouse in the country with a slaughtering capacity of 32,000 chickens per day will be built with an investment of Rp 17 billion (US$7.5 million) on a 10-hectare area in Salatiga, Central Java.

Mon, 28 Aug 1995

JP/Pertamina to sign deal

Pertamina to sign deal JAKARTA (JP): State-owned oil company Pertamina will soon sign a new technical assistance contract with a foreign company for oil and gas exploration and production.

Mon, 28 Aug 1995

JP/Ometraco, Siemens tie up

Ometraco, Siemens tie up JAKARTA (JP): PT Trafindo Perkasa, a subsidiary of the publicly-listed Ometraco Corporation, has signed a joint venture agreement with Siemens Aktiengesellschaft of Germany to manufacture fiber optic telecommunication cables.

Mon, 28 Aug 1995

JP/PT Branta Mulia gaining excellence through quality

PT Branta Mulia gaining excellence through quality JAKARTA: Ten years old is quite young. Nonetheless, as the first and leading tire cord manufacturer in Southeast Asia, PT Branta Mulia is a mature establishment.

Mon, 28 Aug 1995

JP/Strong earthquake jolts Flores

Strong earthquake jolts Flores JAKARTA (JP): A tectonic earthquake measuring 5.6 on the Richter Scale jolted Flores in East Nusa Tenggara yesterday but there were no immediate reports on damages or casualties, an official said.The earthquake occurred yesterday at 16 minutes past midnight.

Mon, 28 Aug 1995

JP/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.

Mon, 28 Aug 1995

JP/South Sulawesi holds East Java

South Sulawesi holds East Java JAKARTA (JP): Home favorite East Java tied South Sulawesi 3-3 in the final group of the Under-15 soccer championship in Surabaya yesterday.The tie put both East Java and South Sulawesi into the next round at the expense of North Sumatra.

Mon, 28 Aug 1995

JP/No new private social sciences universities allowed

No new private social sciences universities allowed JAKARTA (JP): The coordinating office for Jakarta's private universities will freeze the establishment of new private universities with social science programs next month.

Mon, 28 Aug 1995

JP/Branta benefits fishermen in Pelabuhan Ratu

Branta benefits fishermen in Pelabuhan Ratu PELABUHAN RATU, West Java: As the waves rush eagerly to Pelabuhan Ratu's pebbled shore, so the fishermen hasten to the town's fish auction center with their catches.

Mon, 28 Aug 1995

JP/Houses for retired officers

Houses for retired officers MANADO, North Sulawesi: A great number of retired servicemen or their widows do not have houses of their own, a spokesman of the local chapter of the Indonesian Retired Armed Forces Servicemen said.W.E.R.

Mon, 28 Aug 1995

JP/City holds painting expo

City holds painting expo JAKARTA (JP): An exhibition featuring 50 paintings by 17 of Indonesia's most prominent painters from three generations will be held at Santi Gallery, South Jakarta, beginning today.

Mon, 28 Aug 1995

JP/Permadi

Permadi Thank you for printing my letter (Aug. 25, 1995) about the Permadi case.However you significantly undercut the force and foundation of argument when you misquoted the Criminal Code. Article 156a relates to someone who "sows" enmity and hatred against a certain group or religious community.

Mon, 28 Aug 1995

JP/Ministers to attend trade workshop

Ministers to attend trade workshop JAKARTA (JP): Four cabinet ministers and the central bank governor will present their keynote speeches at a three-day workshop of the Ministry of Trade, which is to begin today.

Mon, 28 Aug 1995

JP/People told to buy local products

People told to buy local products JAKARTA (JP): Vice President Try Sutrisno called on Indonesians yesterday to love, buy, use and promote locally produced goods and services to enhance economic growth.

Mon, 28 Aug 1995

JP/ANERA postpones port surcharges

ANERA postpones port surcharges JAKARTA (JP): The Asia North America Eastbound Rate Agreement (ANERA) group of shipping lines announced over the weekend that it will postpone until Oct. 1 its threat to impose congestion surcharges on users of its services at the Tanjung Priok port.

Mon, 28 Aug 1995

JP/ISO certificate for Gizindo

ISO certificate for Gizindo JAKARTA (JP): PT Gizindo Prima Nusantara, a manufacturer of baby food, received Saturday an ISO 9002 quality certificate from SGS International of Switzerland.

Mon, 28 Aug 1995

JP/Over 100,000 Jakartans watch national parade

Over 100,000 Jakartans watch national parade JAKARTA (JP): Over 100,000 Jakartans crammed the capital's main thoroughfares yesterday to catch a glimpse of a parade of colorful floats.By 7:00 a.m., the streets stretching from the staging area around the National Monument to Jl. MH Thamrin and Jl.

Mon, 28 Aug 1995

JP/Resettlers isolated by floods

Resettlers isolated by floods POSO, Central Sulawesi: As many as 964 resettled families in the Longge and Dataran Bulan transmigration units have been isolated in the jungle by floods for a month.

Mon, 28 Aug 1995

JP/Dutch Royal family in Balikpapan

Dutch Royal family in Balikpapan JAKARTA (JP): The Dutch Royal Family, currently on an 11-day state visit to Indonesia, continued their tour of the former Dutch colony yesterday in Balikpapan, a regency in East Kalimantan province.

Mon, 28 Aug 1995

JP/Daiwa Bank

Daiwa Bank We refer to the article Foreign banks plan more loans to RI, which was published in your newspaper Aug. 25, 1995.We would like to re-affirm that the remarks quoted in your article were not raised by The Daiwa Bank, Limited.

Mon, 28 Aug 1995

JP/Environment

Environment I would like to comment on Ms. Royo's public relations (Your letters, The Jakarta Post, Aug. 12, 1995). Tackling a complex issue such as environmentalism within the limited space that The Jakarta Post cedes us to expose our ideas is tough.

Mon, 28 Aug 1995

JP/Aids claims fifty lives here

Aids claims fifty lives here JAKARTA (JP): Coordinating Minister for Social Welfare Azwar Anas said over the weekend that 50 people have died of AIDS in Indonesia and 77 others are registered as suffering from the deadly disease.

Mon, 28 Aug 1995

JP/TV today

TV todayTVRI 2:30 p.m. TV Series: Voltron 3:05 Children's Program: Riang Ria 3:30 TV Series: The Crystal Maze 4:30 School Quiz: Cepat Tepat 5:00 Regional News 5:30 Family Program 6:05 Parlementaria 6:15 Village Program 6:30 Hankamnas 7:00 Evening News 7:30 Documentary Program ...

Mon, 28 Aug 1995

JP/Stock prices almost stable

Stock prices almost stable JAKARTA (JP): Share prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (JSX) closed mixed across the board last week, amid generally weak market sentiment.The JSX Composite Index closed the week at 500.60, falling by only 0.1 points from the week's opening of 500.65.

Mon, 28 Aug 1995

JP/Flag burning

Flag burning I'm a tourist here and I would like to respond to two letters published in The Jakarta Post (Aug. 23, 1995) which referred to the series of flag burnings abroad.Naturally, any human being would be depressed or even upset at having his country's national flag burned by demonstrators.

Mon, 28 Aug 1995

JP/Hospital urged to clarify statement on AIDS case

Hospital urged to clarify statement on AIDS case JAKARTA (JP): The government regrets the ambiguous statement Medistra hospital recently issued about an AIDS case, an official said.

Mon, 28 Aug 1995

JP/Pakpahan launches critical book

Pakpahan launches critical book JAKARTA (JP): The recently-freed leader of an independent trade union, Muchtar Pakpahan, called on the Armed Forces (ABRI) to take a neutral stance and withdraw its support for the ruling political grouping Golkar.

Mon, 28 Aug 1995

JP/Environmentalists not ignorant

Environmentalists not ignorant It is unfair for Mr. Coelho (The Jakarta Post Aug. 4, 1995) to depict environmentalists as superstitious and ignorant. Although some people are indeed swayed by the photo of a "cuddly animal," their sentiments are justified by scientific documentation.

Mon, 28 Aug 1995

JP/Saddam Hussein's fort is cracking

Saddam Hussein's fort is crackingBy Riza Sihbudi JAKARTA (JP): Saddam Hussein's grip on power, which apparently was as solid as ever following the 1991 attack by the Allied coalition forces, now seems to be crumbling.

Mon, 28 Aug 1995

JP/Bill Gates' carnival

Bill Gates' carnival Hand it to Bill Gates. The canny chairman of Microsoft orchestrated one of the noisiest product introductions in Madison Avenue history with the debut this week of Windows 95, the new operating-system software for personal computers.

Mon, 28 Aug 1995

JP/Unbeaten Cuba conquers China's volleyball team

Unbeaten Cuba conquers China's volleyball team JAKARTA (JP): World champion Cuba lived up to its famed prowess by beating arch rival China in the second leg of Women's World Volleyball Grand Prix yesterday.

Mon, 28 Aug 1995

JP/Lippobank's profit up

Lippobank's profit up JAKARTA (JP): Publicly-listed Lippobank announced on Saturday that its consolidated net profit for the fist six months of this year grew by 39.5 percent to Rp 45.9 billion (US$20.27 million), compared to Rp 32.9 billion in the same period of last year.

Mon, 28 Aug 1995

JP/Takeovers in Singapore

Takeovers in Singapore It is perhaps too early to view the flurry of company acquisitions by Indonesian businessmen in Singapore over the last few months as a major trend which may lead to significant capital flight.

Mon, 28 Aug 1995

JP/Adobe Premiere 4.0 makes video editing easy

Adobe Premiere 4.0 makes video editing easyBy Zatni Arbi JAKARTA (JP): Video editing is not exactly for the fainthearted. However, if you're equipped with good video editing software, such as Premiere 4.0 from Adobe, MediaStudio from Ulead, and Razor 2.

Mon, 28 Aug 1995

JP/Four robbed at Hotel Indonesia

Four robbed at Hotel Indonesia JAKARTA (JP): Four people lost their purses Saturday afternoon outside the Reog Room on the eighth floor of Hotel Indonesia.

Mon, 28 Aug 1995

JP/Freeport not involved in Timika case: Rights body

Freeport not involved in Timika case: Rights body JAKARTA (JP): Not one witness of the alleged murder, torture or disappearance of civilians in Timika, Irian Jaya, mentioned any involvement by PT Freeport, a giant American mining company, the National Commission on Human Rights said over the ...

Mon, 28 Aug 1995

JP/Indonesia's Balkans peace effort

Indonesia's Balkans peace effort As chairman of the Non-Aligned Movement, President Soeharto has fulfilled his responsibility. After his historic and dramatic visit, his judgment was that the crisis in Bosnia called for a new approach aimed at attaining a comprehensive settlement.

Mon, 28 Aug 1995

JP/UI hosts language congress

UI hosts language congress JAKARTA (JP): A total of 136 delegates from 22 countries, including Indonesia, will attend an international congress on teaching Indonesian to foreigners, from Monday to Wednesday, at the campus of the University of Indonesia in Depok, about 30 km from here.

Mon, 28 Aug 1995

JP/Business partners

Business partners On behalf of our client Plaza Senayan I would like to thank you for the article on them in the Aug. 25, 1995 issue of The Jakarta Post.However, there were two oversights that we would be grateful if you could mention in the Post.

Mon, 28 Aug 1995

JP/Venture capital reflects economic democratization

Venture capital reflects economic democratization JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Finance Mar'ie Muhammad said Saturday that the establishment of venture capital companies is one step in the important process of attaining democracy in the economic field.

Mon, 28 Aug 1995

JP/ICMI to hold congress to elect new leaders

ICMI to hold congress to elect new leaders JAKARTA (JP): The influential Association of Indonesian Moslem Intellectuals (ICMI) will hold a congress in December to elect new leaders for the 1995-2000 period.President Soeharto will open the four-day congress on Dec. 6.