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39 articles.

Tue, 12 Sep 1995

JP/Impudent message

Impudent message Sometimes certain people's behavior puzzles me. I am referring to Mr. Meidinger's letter (The Jakarta Post, Sept. 8, 1995). It's neither a letter, nor a poetry, nor an aphorism; it's practically nothing more than a distorted mind's nonsense.

Tue, 12 Sep 1995

JP/Time for thought

Time for thought It is certainly good to hear from the military and civilian authorities that order was as of Sunday restored in Dili, the capital of East Timor, where bands of youths went on a rampage late last week.

Tue, 12 Sep 1995

JP/PDI and PPP should keep tabs on govt

PDI and PPP should keep tabs on govt SEMARANG (JP): Although his recent proposal that opposition parties be allowed in Indonesia has been dismissed by President Soeharto, intellectual Nurcholish Madjid continues to insist that the nation needs some form of control over the executive branch of ...

Tue, 12 Sep 1995

JP/Hengky, Eddy stay top at trial round

Hengky, Eddy stay top at trial round JAKARTA (JP): After playing 880 boards, veteran pair Hengky Lasut and Eddy Manoppo have found themselves unchallenged with 680 victory points during the ongoing home selection for the Bermuda Bowl Open Team Bridge Championships in Beijing, China, slated for ...

Tue, 12 Sep 1995

JP/Widayat reveals unknown life in exhibit

Widayat reveals unknown life in exhibit He is trying to prove that his hands are translating his innermost emotions, his love for art, his imagination. -- Hari Budiono & R. Badil JAKARTA (JP): No other words can better introduce the ceramic paintings exhibition by H.

Tue, 12 Sep 1995

JP/TVs damaged by high voltage

TVs damaged by high voltage JAKARTA (JP): Hundreds of television sets and lamps were damaged when the electricity voltage was immediately leaping on Sunday morning in Tangerang.The residents planned to ask for compensation for their damaged goods to the state-owned electricity company PLN.

Tue, 12 Sep 1995

JP/Well-known legal expert joins PDI

Well-known legal expert joins PDI AMBON, Maluku: Outspoken legal expert Sahetapy will campaign for the minority Indonesian Democratic Party (PDI) in the upcoming 1997 election, a local party official said yesterday.

Tue, 12 Sep 1995

JP/'Drivers involved in thefts'

'Drivers involved in thefts' JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Transportations Haryanto Dhanutirto yesterday reminded companies which are shipping their products for export to investigate the background of their drivers.

Tue, 12 Sep 1995

JP/Susi faces old foes at World Cup c'ship

Susi faces old foes at World Cup c'ship JAKARTA (JP): Almost all of world's best shuttlers have set foot here for the US$180,000 World Cup badminton championships, with all eyes set on the thriller that awaits defending women's singles champion Susi Susanti.

Tue, 12 Sep 1995

JP/Scientists hold key to RI's industrialization

Scientists hold key to RI's industrialization JAKARTA (JP): Scientists hold the key to Indonesia's current drive to become a modern industrial society, equal to any developed country in the world, President Soeharto said yesterday.

Tue, 12 Sep 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.

Tue, 12 Sep 1995

JP/Plane leaves without Sarwono

Plane leaves without Sarwono JAKARTA (JP): If Garuda Indonesia once complained about senior government officials keeping Garuda flights from leaving on time, Minister of Environment Sarwono Kusumaatmadja now has a bone to pick with the flag carrier: It left him on the tarmac of the Soekarno-Hatta ...

Tue, 12 Sep 1995

JP/Komselindo improving services

Komselindo improving services JAKARTA (JP): PT Komunikasi Selular Indonesia (Komselindo), a private cellular telecommunications operator, announced here yesterday a free-of-charge administration service for its subscribers.

Tue, 12 Sep 1995

JP/Opposition and paternalist leadership

Opposition and paternalist leadership Every so often certain political thinking re-emerges that can be classified into two categories. The first could be called democracy by consensus, or paternalist democracy.

Tue, 12 Sep 1995

JP/Residents ask for compensation

Residents ask for compensation JAKARTA (JP): About forty residents of Cipinang Besar Selatan in Jatinegara district, East Jakarta, went to the City Council yesterday to request help in obtaining reasonable compensation for their land.

Tue, 12 Sep 1995

JP/German tourist dies in Aceh

German tourist dies in Aceh BANDA ACEH, Aceh: Police are investigating the death of a German tourist who was found dead at a tourist resort in West Aceh last week.Spokesman for the provincial police command, Capt. P.

Tue, 12 Sep 1995

JP/Asia's best set for track and field championships here

Asia's best set for track and field championships here JAKARTA (JP): The 11th Asian Track and Field Championships next week could bring back to Indonesia some of the World Championship limelight from Gothenburg, Sweden, organizers say.

Tue, 12 Sep 1995

JP/Stock Exchange

Stock ExchangeStock prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (in rupiah) on Sept. 11, 1995: Shares Close Change Trading Volume ------------------------------------------------------------------ Ades ...

Tue, 12 Sep 1995

JP/Permadi gets seven months for blasphemy

Permadi gets seven months for blasphemy YOGYAKARTA (JP): The Sleman district court sentenced controversial soothsayer Permadi Satrio Wiwoho to seven months jail yesterday after convicting him of blasphemy for describing Prophet Muhammad as a "dictator" during a seminar here last year.

Tue, 12 Sep 1995

JP/Forestry ministry raises royalty rates by 9-27%

Forestry ministry raises royalty rates by 9-27% JAKARTA (JP): The forestry ministry has decreed an increase in forest royalties by a range of nine percent to 27 percent, to keep up with price rises on the world market and inflation.

Tue, 12 Sep 1995

JP/Deliberation may end in consensus: Mongella

Deliberation may end in consensus: MongellaBy Santi WE Soekanto BEIJING (JP): The United Nations is optimistic that its Fourth World Conference on Women, now at the half-way stage, will conclude "successfully" and that discord among participants over sexual and reproductive rights will be ...

Tue, 12 Sep 1995

JP/Workers protest over severance pay

Workers protest over severance pay JAKARTA (JP): Over 150 workers of the Tangerang-based spinning factory PT Putra Indah Makmur staged a protest at the Ministry of Manpower yesterday over the company's refusal to pay severance money in line with a proposal from the ministry.

Tue, 12 Sep 1995

JP/Five firms in West Java sued for polluting

Five firms in West Java sued for polluting JAKARTA (JP): The North Jakarta District Court began hearing a lawsuit yesterday filed by 5,000 residents of Serang, West Java, against five factories on charges of polluting a river.

Tue, 12 Sep 1995

JP/Legislators wants small business to be protected

Legislators wants small business to be protected JAKARTA (JP): Small businesses not only have limited access to government facilities and protection, but have even become victims of economic policies, the Indonesian Democratic Party's (PDI) faction at the House of Representatives said yesterday.

Tue, 12 Sep 1995

JP/Five new star-rated hotels in N. Sumatra

Five new star-rated hotels in N. Sumatra MEDAN (JP): North Sumatra will have five more star-rated hotels next year to accommodate the growing number of tourists visiting the province.

Tue, 12 Sep 1995

JP/U.S. open to UN Security Coucil reforms

U.S. open to UN Security Coucil reforms JAKARTA (JP): The United States is open to the idea of a new membership formula for the United Nations Security Council which would allow countries such as Indonesia to serve more frequently as non-permanent members, a senior U.S. official said yesterday.

Tue, 12 Sep 1995

JP/Govt denies delaying executions

Govt denies delaying executions JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Justice Oetojo Oesman denied allegations yesterday that it was inhumane for the government to leave inmates on death row in jail for more than twenty years before being executed.

Tue, 12 Sep 1995

JP/City sets up 9,546 polio vaccination centers

City sets up 9,546 polio vaccination centers JAKARTA (JP): The municipal administration has prepared 9,546 polio vaccination centers and trained about 20,000 volunteers to carry out the city's part in the national polio immunization drive, which begins tomorrow.

Tue, 12 Sep 1995

JP/Foreign investment approvals reach $30.1b

Foreign investment approvals reach $30.1b JAKARTA (JP): State Minister of Investment Sanyoto Sastrowardoyo said yesterday that this year's foreign investment approvals have reached US$30.1 billion for 546 projects, up by 63.6 percent over the same period of last year.

Tue, 12 Sep 1995

JP/Tri Agus gets two years for insulting leader

Tri Agus gets two years for insulting leader JAKARTA (JP): The Central Jakarta District Court yesterday sentenced Tri Agus S. Siswowihardjo, an activist of human rights group Pijar Foundation, to two years imprisonment for insulting President Soeharto.

Tue, 12 Sep 1995

JP/TV today

TV todayTVRI 2:35 p.m. TV Series: Hassai Sensei 3:05 Children's Program 3:30 TV Series: Singen 4:30 Science Program 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 Talk Show: Wawasan ...

Tue, 12 Sep 1995

JP/N. Sulawesi has new military chief

N. Sulawesi has new military chief MANADO, North Sulawesi: Chief of the Wirabuana Sulawesi Regional Military Command, Maj. Gen. Sulatin, swore in Col. Achmad Yahya yesterday as chief of the North Sulawesi military command, replacing Col. Soetrisno.

Tue, 12 Sep 1995

JP/Investigation continues into mobile phone scam

Investigation continues into mobile phone scam JAKARTA (JP): The head of the City Police's General Crimes Directorate, Lt. Col. Gories Mere, said that the investigation of four men allegedly using copied hand phones is still going on."There are no other suspects so far," Gories said.

Tue, 12 Sep 1995

JP/Soeharto plays down Dili riots

Soeharto plays down Dili riots JAKARTA (JP): President Soeharto has dismissed the weekend riots in East Timor as bearing no relation whatsoever to the question of the territory's integration into Indonesia.At a meeting with American Ambassador to the United Nations Madeleine K.

Tue, 12 Sep 1995

JP/Human rights key in Simpson trial

Human rights key in Simpson trial The refusal of a key police witness in America's celebrated O.J. Simpson trial to answer critical questions has reopened old wounds and is dangerously close to making new ones.

Tue, 12 Sep 1995

JP/Businesses urged to hire disabled people

Businesses urged to hire disabled people JAKARTA (JP): An expert has urged businesspeople to employ disabled persons in their companies.

Tue, 12 Sep 1995

JP/Multipolar's profit up

Multipolar's profit up JAKARTA (JP): Multipolar, a publicly-listed service company, yesterday announced a 40 percent increase in its net profit to Rp 7.9 billion (US$3.5 million) during the 1994/1995 fiscal year, which ended on June 30, from Rp 5.6 billion in the previous fiscal year.

Tue, 12 Sep 1995

JP/Escapees captured

Escapees captured BANDAR LAMPUNG, Lampung: Three of the eight prisoners who escaped from the Kota Agung prison last week have been captured.Chief of the Bandar Lampung police precinct, Col.

Tue, 12 Sep 1995

JP/State teachers to remain in private schools

State teachers to remain in private schools JAKARTA (JP): State Minister for Administrative Reform T.B. Silalahi gave his word yesterday that the government will not withdraw teachers on the state payroll from private schools.