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Searching for all articles published on 1996-12-13 ...

56 articles.

Fri, 13 Dec 1996

JP/WTO continues tradition of all talk and no action

WTO continues tradition of all talk and no actionBy Gwynne Dyer LONDON (JP): Two weeks ago it was the Asia Pacific Economic Conference (APEC, also known as the American Plan for European Collapse), meeting in Manila and plotting to freeze the Europeans out a Pacific Rim common market.

Fri, 13 Dec 1996

JP/Rumania aids silkworm farm

Rumania aids silkworm farm JAKARTA (JP): Rumanian state forestry company Sericarom S.A. agreed here yesterday to assist a silkworm breeding project of Perum Perhutani, an Indonesian state plantation company.

Fri, 13 Dec 1996

JP/Govt to submit bill on futures bourse

Govt to submit bill on futures bourse JAKARTA (JP): The government will submit a bill on futures commodity trading later this month to the House of Representatives, Commodity Exchange Board chairman Arifin Lumban Gaol said yesterday.

Fri, 13 Dec 1996

JP/16 Indonesian skaters competing in Singapore

16 Indonesian skaters competing in Singapore JAKARTA (JP): Sixteen local ice skaters are taking part in the Skate Singapore '96 tournament today and tomorrow, an organizer said.Mrs.

Fri, 13 Dec 1996

JP/Stock Exchange

Stock ExchangeStock prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (in rupiah) on Dec. 12, 1996: Shares Close Change Trading Volume -------------------------------------------------------- Ades Alfindo 1,000 ...

Fri, 13 Dec 1996

JP/Seminar on multimedia

Seminar on multimedia JAKARTA (JP): State-owned PT Indosat will host a seminar, Multimedia Technology in Internet Services in the Coming Second Millennium, next Tuesday.

Fri, 13 Dec 1996

JP/'Deluwang': An ancient form of Javanese paper

'Deluwang': An ancient form of Javanese paperBy Rosa Widyawan JAKARTA (JP): Paper has long been the most important medium for writing. But before the introduction of paper, people wrote or engraved their messages on cave walls, stones, wood or leaves.

Fri, 13 Dec 1996

JP/Pedicab driver gets death for massacre

Pedicab driver gets death for massacre SURABAYA (JP): A 19-year-old pedicab driver was sentenced to death yesterday for massacring a family of four in February.

Fri, 13 Dec 1996

JP/Mapping tomorrow's political horizon

Mapping tomorrow's political horizon Stability has always been the catchword in the development process, especially now, with the general election around the corner. But Cornelis Lay says the bureaucratic elite is playing with fire in their attempt to preserve power.

Fri, 13 Dec 1996

JP/EU-ASEAN ties above bilateral disputes: Soeharto

EU-ASEAN ties above bilateral disputes: Soeharto JAKARTA (JP): Differences between two countries should not disrupt the good relationship already established between ASEAN and the European Union (EU), President Soeharto said yesterday.

Fri, 13 Dec 1996

JP/Hendropriyono urged to stay as KTI chief

Hendropriyono urged to stay as KTI chief JAKARTA (JP): A leading national fight promoter has asked Indonesian Pro-boxing Commission (KTI) chairman A.M Hendropriyono to reconsider his intention to step down from the top post of the organization.

Fri, 13 Dec 1996

JP/Army to hold 'marathon' operation

Army to hold 'marathon' operation JAKARTA (JP): The Jakarta Municipal Agency for the Coordination of Support for National Stability is ready for a marathon operation to secure this year's Christmas, New Year's Eve and Idul Fitri festivities plus the May general election, the agency chairman said.

Fri, 13 Dec 1996

JP/12 killed in bus crash

12 killed in bus crash MEDAN, North Sumatra: A bus plunged into a deep ravine in Labuhanbatu regency, some 360 kilometer southeast of here, killing at least 12 people and injuring 14 others, Kompas reported yesterday.

Fri, 13 Dec 1996

JP/Demolition plan upsets residents

Demolition plan upsets residents JAKARTA (JP): Ten people representing 120 Gunung Sahari Utara families in Central Jakarta went to the City Council yesterday to complain about the local mayoralty's plan to demolish their homes for a river and road project.

Fri, 13 Dec 1996

JP/'PDI, PPP should be in 1998 cabinet line-up'

'PDI, PPP should be in 1998 cabinet line-up' JAKARTA (JP): Indonesian Democratic Party (PDI) chief Soerjadi proposed yesterday that minority parties be represented in the 1998 new cabinet line-up.

Fri, 13 Dec 1996

JP/Police to take stern action on student brawls

Police to take stern action on student brawls JAKARTA (JP): Jakarta Police Chief Maj. Gen. Hamami Nata ordered his subordinates yesterday to take stern action against student brawls which were becoming more violent.

Fri, 13 Dec 1996

JP/Australia seeks a financial future

Australia seeks a financial futureBy P. Usmanto Njo PERTH, Western Australia (JP): The financial system of Australia, having recovered from the "post-deregulation blues" of the late 1980s and early 1990s, may undergo further fundamental surgeries in the years ahead.

Fri, 13 Dec 1996

JP/New tax bill expected to slash business cost

New tax bill expected to slash business cost JAKARTA (JP): Legislators started their first round of debates yesterday on a government-sponsored bill on local taxes, user levies and service fees which they expect will slash high business costs.

Fri, 13 Dec 1996

JP/Feisal downplays border conflict with Malaysia

Feisal downplays border conflict with Malaysia JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia and Malaysia agreed yesterday not to let the armed border conflict in September sour the good relationship between the two countries.Indonesian Armed Forces Chief Gen.

Fri, 13 Dec 1996

JP/Study reveals middle class wants change, but not risk

Study reveals middle class wants change, but not risk JAKARTA (JP): Jakarta's middle class wants political and social change but does not want to take any risks, a study has found.They care more about economic growth than political freedom, researchers from the Kompas daily concluded.

Fri, 13 Dec 1996

JP/WTO settles new issues, except labor standards

WTO settles new issues, except labor standardsBy Riyadi SINGAPORE (JP): Delegates at the inaugural World Trade Organization (WTO) ministerial conference here have finished negotiating new issues, except core labor standards.

Fri, 13 Dec 1996

JP/Pedophile case lacks evidence: Lawyer

Pedophile case lacks evidence: Lawyer JAKARTA (JP): A 25-year-old street sweeper charged with pedophilia must be exonerated because no medical reports supporting the charges have been available so far, his lawyer said yesterday.

Fri, 13 Dec 1996

JP/Reflections on 1945

Reflections on 1945 A troop of soldiers enacting a scene in which members of the Indonesian Navy in 1945 were marching with their rifles on their left shoulders was recently shown on TV. The actors-soldiers were training for Armada Day on Dec. 5.

Fri, 13 Dec 1996

JP/Textile-exporting nations lose at WTO conference

Textile-exporting nations lose at WTO conferenceBy Riyadi SINGAPORE (JP): Textile-exporting countries failed to secure their interests yesterday at the end of the fourth day of the inaugural World Trade Organization (WTO) ministerial conference because developed countries opposed speedy ...

Fri, 13 Dec 1996

JP/Lawyers protest Dibyo

Lawyers protest Dibyo YOGYAKARTA (JP): The legal teams representing relatives of slain journalist Fuad Muhammad Syafruddin and his suspected killer sent letters of protest yesterday to National Police Chief Lt. Gen. Dibyo Widodo.

Fri, 13 Dec 1996

JP/Oki denies press consul's testimony

Oki denies press consul's testimony JAKARTA (JP): The defendant in the trial of an Indonesian charged with a Los Angeles triple murder denied yesterday an Indonesian embassy official's testimony about on one of their meetings.H.A.

Fri, 13 Dec 1996

JP/Five missing in East Timor floods

Five missing in East Timor floods DILI, East Timor (JP): Five people are missing, presumed dead, and almost 160 houses have been destroyed by floods which swept through Covalima, about 200 kilometers south of here yesterday.

Fri, 13 Dec 1996

JP/RI meets nations on national car

RI meets nations on national car SINGAPORE (JP): Minister of Industry and Trade Tunky Ariwibowo took time out from the World Trade Organization (WTO) ministerial conference yesterday to meet U.S., Japanese and European Union officials about their complaints over Indonesia's national car policy.

Fri, 13 Dec 1996

JP/Austrian businessmen asked to invest more in Indonesia

Austrian businessmen asked to invest more in Indonesia JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Kadin) has asked Austrian businesspeople to invest more in Indonesia, chairman Aburizal (Ical) Bakrie said yesterday.

Fri, 13 Dec 1996

JP/Few Balinese want to resettle

Few Balinese want to resettle DENPASAR, Bali: The densely-populated tourist island of Bali is finding it difficult to resettle its people to the less-dense provinces of East Timor and Irian Jaya, Antara reported yesterday.

Fri, 13 Dec 1996

JP/Bekasi launches electricity raid

Bekasi launches electricity raid BEKASI, West Java (JP): The state electricity company's (PT PLN) Bekasi office has launched a crackdown on electricity current theft.Rusdi Lubis, a member of the crackdown team, said raids had found many cases of electricity theft.

Fri, 13 Dec 1996

JP/Asia needs good U.S.-Sino ties

Asia needs good U.S.-Sino ties Not least of the achievements of Richard Nixon, America's most accomplished foreign-policy president since World War II, was the rapprochement with China, so it is gratifying to observe that Bill Clinton is beginning to see the importance of renewing ...

Fri, 13 Dec 1996

JP/Jeffer surprises under-the-weather Hoyer-Larsen

Jeffer surprises under-the-weather Hoyer-LarsenBy Primastuti Handayani JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia's Jeffer Rosobin, with the help of a dodgy burger, caused another upset yesterday by eliminating Olympic gold medalist Poul-Erik Hoyer-Larsen on the second day of the round-robin matches in the Sanyo ...

Fri, 13 Dec 1996

JP/RI, Guinea-Bissau open diplomatic ties

RI, Guinea-Bissau open diplomatic ties JAKARTA (JP): Indonesian foreign minister Ali Alatas and his counterpart from Guinea-Bissau, Fernando Delfin da Silva, signed a joint communique yesterday establishing diplomatic relations between the two countries.

Fri, 13 Dec 1996

JP/Utut and Polgar draw in 1st match of rapid chess duel

Utut and Polgar draw in 1st match of rapid chess duel JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia's Grandmaster Utut Adianto shocked Hungarian Grandmaster Judith Polgar by obtaining a draw after 44 moves in the first match of their duel yesterday.

Fri, 13 Dec 1996

JP/Levi's seeking bigger share in Indonesian market

Levi's seeking bigger share in Indonesian marketBy Yenni Kwok JAKARTA (JP): The young models were dressed as gold-rush cowboys, rebel-without-a-cause look-a-likes, flower generation kids, rappers and punks.

Fri, 13 Dec 1996

JP/Belo's burden

Belo's burden Dili's Bishop Carlos Felipe Ximenes Belo formally received the 1996 Nobel Peace Prize Tuesday. Together with him, number-one East Timorese separatist Jose Ramos Horta also received the thus- far highly respected award.Worthy of discussion is Bishop Belo's position.

Fri, 13 Dec 1996

JP/Pakpahan, Budiman trials starts

Pakpahan, Budiman trials starts JAKARTA (JP): The first sessions of trials charging 10 activists with subversion against the state went smoothly yesterday, but raised eyebrows for failing to refer to previous allegations that the activists had masterminded the July 27 riots.

Fri, 13 Dec 1996

JP/Free trade and developing countries

Free trade and developing countries David Ray's Is free trade good for innovation? (Dec. 10, 1996) is good. He explodes the myth that developing countries can improve access to international flows of technology by free trade.

Fri, 13 Dec 1996

JP/Belo thanks Soeharto for his understanding

Belo thanks Soeharto for his understandingBy Lela E. Madjiah OSLO (JP): Dili Bishop Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo thanked President Soeharto yesterday for showing understanding toward his difficult position in receiving the Nobel Peace Prize.

Fri, 13 Dec 1996

JP/Economist warns of growing deficit in service sector

Economist warns of growing deficit in service sector JAKARTA (JP): Continued growth of the service sector deficit will kill the national economy if no immediate action is taken to curb it, senior economist Dorodjatun Kuntjoro-Jakti warned yesterday.

Fri, 13 Dec 1996

JP/Mayor denies compensation irregularities

Mayor denies compensation irregularities JAKARTA (JP): North Jakarta Mayor Suprawito denied yesterday mayoralty officials had committed irregularities when distributing land compensation to Ancol residents.Suprawito denied officials got residents to sign blank receipts when evacuating the 4.

Fri, 13 Dec 1996

JP/Three die in floods

Three die in floods SEMARANG, Central Java: Heavy rains over the past two days have caused floods in several parts of the province, killing three people, injuring two others and damaging dozens of houses, Antara reported yesterday.

Fri, 13 Dec 1996

JP/Govt promises open tenders for electricity

Govt promises open tenders for electricity JAKARTA (JP): The government plans to make the electricity business more competitive by holding open tenders for private power generators.

Fri, 13 Dec 1996

JP/Mass prayer arranged

Mass prayer arranged SURABAYA: A number of consuls of foreign missions here will attend a mass prayer organized by the provincial branch of Indonesia's largest Moslem organization Nahdlatul Ulama (NU), Antara reported yesterday.

Fri, 13 Dec 1996

JP/New OIC secretary-general elected

New OIC secretary-general elected JAKARTA (JP): The Organization of Islamic Conferences (OIC) yesterday elected Moroccan Azeddine Laraki as the new secretary- general of the 54-member grouping.

Fri, 13 Dec 1996

JP/OIC agrees to help solve refugee problems

OIC agrees to help solve refugee problems JAKARTA (JP): The Organization of Islamic Conferences (OIC) in their joint communique today are expected to affirm their commitment to tackle the growing problem of refugees in member countries and forge a new cooperation with the United Nations High ...

Fri, 13 Dec 1996

JP/Challenges for the OIC

Challenges for the OIC Indonesia assumed the chairmanship of the Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) this week by calling on its 54 members to tackle two major challenges facing the Islamic world: raising the standard of living of Moslems, who make up quite a sizable portion of the world's ...

Fri, 13 Dec 1996

JP/BP-7 told to mend course methods

BP-7 told to mend course methods JAKARTA (JP): The Agency for Pancasila Propagation was advised yesterday to invigorate its course methodology or keep on boring people with its dry lectures on the state ideology.

Fri, 13 Dec 1996

JP/OIC members urged to protect workers

OIC members urged to protect workers JAKARTA (JP): Women activists are calling on Azzedine Laraki, the newly elected secretary-general of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC), to insert into the agenda of member countries the protection of migrant workers.

Fri, 13 Dec 1996

JP/Dollar trades tightly in Europe

Dollar trades tightly in Europe LONDON (UPI): The U.S. dollar was confined to narrow trading ranges across Europe yesterday morning ahead of the afternoon's release of U.S. retail sales and consumer prices figures.In London, the U.S. currency was quoted at 1.

Fri, 13 Dec 1996

JP/TV today

TV todayTVRI 2:30 p.m. Travel: My Country 2:35 TV Series: Animated Classic 3:05 Teenagers' Program: Remaja Indonesia 3:30 TV Series: Emergency Call 4:05 Comedy: Komedi Situasi 4:30 Students' Quiz: Cerdas Cermat 4:55 Filler 5:00 News: Siaran Berita TVRI 5:30 Creative Program: ...

Fri, 13 Dec 1996

JP/Garuda plans alliance with foreign airlines

Garuda plans alliance with foreign airlines JAKARTA (JP): National airline Garuda Indonesia plans to set up operations with several Asian and European airlines, Garuda president Soepandi said yesterday.

Fri, 13 Dec 1996

JP/Where to go in Bali:

Where to go in Bali:Music and Entertainment * Grand Hyatt Bali, Nusa Dua: Pasar Senggol - Balinese Village, daily, Kecak Dance, Friday and Tuesday, Legong Dance, Saturday, Arjuna Wiwaha Dance, Sunday, Balinese dance parade - Rejang dance, Puspawresti Dance, Belibis Dance & Jaran Teji Dance, Monday, ...

Fri, 13 Dec 1996

JP/The Listening Post

The Listening Post * Indonesians study English for a number of reasons, and foremost among them is to become qualified for study abroad.

Fri, 13 Dec 1996

JP/'Magic' to come next year

'Magic' to come next year JAKARTA (JP): Former NBA legend Earvin "Magic" Johnson is expected to visit Indonesia early next year for a friendly match, a source said yesterday.