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Searching for all articles published on 1996-10-13 ...
17 articles.
Sun, 13 Oct 1996

Sifting through pieces of Indonesian maritime historyText and photos by Bambang Budi Utomo JAKARTA (JP): My forefathers were people of the sea. Conquering the wide open seas was their passion...This song was popular years ago with school children and villagers.
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Sun, 13 Oct 1996

Tsao or Grass style is derived from Hsing The skill of Chinese brushwork is demonstrated best in the Tsao (Grass) style, which is derived from Hsing but is a sketchier and more simplified script, almost like shorthand.When Dr.
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Sun, 13 Oct 1996

The culminationBy Satyagraha Hoerip Mas Hari Sumardjo was out. His wife told me that he would be gone for only a few minutes. At least that was what he had told her. So I waited. I told her not to bother with making me a drink and that I would be grateful to be left alone in the front room.
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Sun, 13 Oct 1996

TV todayTVRI 6:00 a.m. Religious Teachings: Hikmah Pagi 6:25 Morning Focus 6:45 Healthy and Fit 7:00 News 7:30 TV Series: Grandizer 8:00 Talks 9:00 English News Service 9:30 People and Events 10:00 Music: Album Minggu Ini 11:00 Children's Stories 11:30 Comedy: Ria Jenaka 11:45 ...
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Sun, 13 Oct 1996

Guess What? Journalists don't give up easily and when they press their interviewees for an answer, they often end up irritating them.That happened on Wednesday of Oct. 9. Actually it was a great day for journalists, who were covering two Army events in Bandung -- the installment of Maj. Gen.
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Sun, 13 Oct 1996

More people use services of 'satpam' A high crime rate and robust economic growth have led many wealthy people to hiring security guards to protect their lives, families and properties. The Jakarta Post reporters Gedsiri Suhartono, K.
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Sun, 13 Oct 1996

Jakartans differ over services of 'satpam' JAKARTA (JP): Some might say that hiring a satpam or a personal bodyguard is just a waste of money. But they will change their mind when their family or property is attacked.The Jakarta Post asked people what they think.
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Sun, 13 Oct 1996

'The New Yorker' celebrates 70 years of the smart life The Art of The New Yorker 1925-1995 By Lee Lorenz Published by Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. New York, 1995 208 Pages JAKARTA (JP): Surely everybody interested in the arts is familiar with the weekly magazine The New Yorker.
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Sun, 13 Oct 1996

ITB grants Hartarto honorary doctoral degree BANDUNG, West Java (JP): Hartarto Sastrosoenarto, coordinating minister for production and distribution, was awarded an honorary doctoral degree yesterday by the prestigious Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB).
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Sun, 13 Oct 1996

Scratch my back, and I'll scratch yours JAKARTA (JP): I had been driving around the parking ground of a government building for fifteen minutes, desperately trying to find a parking space, when my lady-friend pushed the horn and held up two fingers. To my surprise, it worked magic.
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Sun, 13 Oct 1996

Basic training course a must for city's 'satpam'By Prapti Widinugraheni JAKARTA (JP): The rise in brutal crime has put the fear of God into many Jakartans.Many households and most offices in Jakarta already employ security guards, known as satpam.
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Sun, 13 Oct 1996

Erby pulls no punches for the starsBy K. Basrie JAKARTA (JP): Guarding celebrities is still an unusual profession here.Many local dignitaries feel safe enough walking around, even in big cities like Jakarta, without "Rambos" to fend off bothersome fans and make sure they don't get hurt.
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Sun, 13 Oct 1996

Nobel prize for Horta sends the wrong message: Alatas JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Foreign Affairs Ali Alatas says the decision to award exiled East Timor separatist leader Jose Ramos Horta the Nobel Peace Prize has sent the "wrong" message to Indonesia.
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Sun, 13 Oct 1996

Government intervention in economy still neededBy Prapti Widinugraheni MEDAN, North Sumatra (JP): The 13th congress of the Indonesian Economists Association (ISEI) closed here yesterday with its participants agreeing to the inarguable need for government intervention in the country's economic ...
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Sun, 13 Oct 1996

Dr. Lucid proves the sky's not the limit of our dreamsBy Hillary Rodham Clinton When I was 14, I dreamed of becoming an astronaut. Inspired by Alan Shephard's pioneering 15-minute trip into space, I wrote NASA to find out what I needed to do to see the stars up close.
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Sun, 13 Oct 1996

Right body reaffirms findings on July 27 riot JAKARTA (JP): The National Commission on Human Rights announced yesterday that one of the five fatalities in the July 27 riots resulted from a gunshot wound.
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Sun, 13 Oct 1996

Motorcyclists in JakartaFrom Bisnis IndonesiaA growing number of motorcyclists in Jakarta ignore traffic signs, thereby endangering other road users.They drive on the sidewalks of Jl. Matraman, Sudirman and Tomang, depriving pedestrians of their right of way.
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