:: jawawa.id :: Indonesian Business and Finance News

Thu, 05 Dec 1996

JP/'Importers prefer pre-shipment inspection system'

'Importers prefer pre-shipment inspection system' JAKARTA (JP): Most importers prefer pre-shipment to post- shipment import inspections, according to a survey by the Indonesian Importers Association.The survey, conducted from Oct. 1 to Nov.

More ...

Thu, 05 Dec 1996

JP/Govt can control conglomerates, Soeharto says

Govt can control conglomerates, Soeharto says JAKARTA (JP): President Soeharto denied yesterday the Indonesian economy was being run by powerful big businesses.The President defended the presence of conglomerates, which he said were a consequence of national development, Antara reported.

More ...

Thu, 05 Dec 1996

JP/Wild animals

Wild animals I am here on vacation to visit my sister, who lives in Jakarta. During my visit, we've had the opportunity to experience some of Indonesia's natural splendor.I have always had a love for wild animals, so I was very excited to learn of Taman Safari in Bogor, West Java.

More ...

Thu, 05 Dec 1996

JP/Journalists association supports press licensing

Journalists association supports press licensing JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesian Journalists Association (PWI) said yesterday it fully supports the present licensing system as a way of regulating the press industry.

More ...

Thu, 05 Dec 1996

JP/Volunteers find intangible rewards

Volunteers find intangible rewards JAKARTA (JP): Very few people in Indonesia feel the urge to take up the strenuous challenge of volunteer work. Many here regard volunteer work as something for those who are extremely generous or unable to find other professional careers.

More ...

Thu, 05 Dec 1996

JP/Polgar-Utut chess duel beckons

Polgar-Utut chess duel beckons JAKARTA (JP): Hungarian Grandmaster Judit Polgar is expected to arrive in the capital Sunday for a chess duel with Indonesian GM Utut Adianto.Polgar's entourage includes her sister Sofia and two other people.The players will vie for US$10,000 (Rp 23.

More ...

Thu, 05 Dec 1996

JP/Bali to get pilot drug prevention program

Bali to get pilot drug prevention program JAKARTA (JP): Bali has been chosen as the province for a pilot drug addiction prevention project in Indonesia, a medical expert said yesterday.

More ...

Thu, 05 Dec 1996

JP/Japanese rhythmic gymnasts to hold exhibition here

Japanese rhythmic gymnasts to hold exhibition here JAKARTA (JP): Japan is sending a team of rhythmic gymnasts to Indonesia for a two-day exhibition beginning Dec. 6, it was announced yesterday.

More ...

Thu, 05 Dec 1996

JP/Where to go in Jakarta:

Where to go in Jakarta:Music * Hotel Dai-ichi, Jl. Senen Raya 135, Central Jakarta. - Morgan's 1072 Classic Disco, Asian Force Band, Tuesday and Thursday, 9 p.m. to 12:30 a.m., Saturday: 9:30 p.m. to 1 a.m.; Acid Speed Band, Friday, 9 p.m. to 12:30 a.m.; Platinum Band, Wednesdy, 9 p.m. to 12:30 a.

More ...

Thu, 05 Dec 1996

JP/Attorney General to summon 'problematic' NGO activists

Attorney General to summon 'problematic' NGO activists JAKARTA (JP): The Attorney General's Office will begin summoning 32 "problematic" non-governmental organizations (NGOs) for questioning next week.

More ...

Thu, 05 Dec 1996

JP/Habibie predicts lasting stability

Habibie predicts lasting stability JAKARTA (JP): Chairman of the influential Association of Indonesian Moslem Intellectuals (ICMI) B.J. Habibie yesterday appeased concerns about the possibility of political instability when President Soeharto is no longer in power.

More ...

Thu, 05 Dec 1996

JP/Politicized strikes on the increase

Politicized strikes on the increase SURABAYA (JP): A local unionist predicts an increase in the number of politicized labor strikes next year and says it will be partially due to circumstances heating up close to the general election next May.

More ...

Thu, 05 Dec 1996

JP/Official slams old philosophy

Official slams old philosophy JAKARTA (JP): A senior official of the Ministry of Home Affairs says it's high time civil servants dropped the old Javanese tradition of being "slow but sure" in their work.

More ...

Thu, 05 Dec 1996

JP/Pelni hospital denies negligence caused rape

Pelni hospital denies negligence caused rape JAKARTA (JP): The Pelni Hospital's management denied yesterday the alleged rape of a 17-year-old patient last week was because of its negligence.

More ...

Thu, 05 Dec 1996

JP/Time of troubles in Algeria

Time of troubles in Algeria With its constitutional referendum last week, the Algerian government went far toward finishing the wrecking job on democracy it began nearly five years ago.

More ...

Thu, 05 Dec 1996

JP/Retailers urge government to simplify licensing

Retailers urge government to simplify licensing JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesian Retailers Association called on the government yesterday to simplify licensing procedures for retailers.

More ...

Thu, 05 Dec 1996

JP/Balancing views on human rights

Balancing views on human rights In commemoration of Human Rights Day on Dec. 10, noted political scientist Juwono Sudarsono underlines the importance of the Bangalore Declaration, which reminds nations that economic, social and cultural dimensions of human rights are just as urgent as civil and ...

More ...

Thu, 05 Dec 1996

JP/Poll says Australians are racist

Poll says Australians are racist JAKARTA (JP): Many business leaders in Asia say Australians are racist, according to the latest Asian Executives Poll.The poll, carried by the Far Eastern Economic Review and Asia Business News, said 44.

More ...

Thu, 05 Dec 1996

JP/Shoe and leather goods show opens

Shoe and leather goods show opens JAKARTA (JP): Some 90 local and foreign competitors in manufacturing shoes and leather goods are currently displaying their wares at a three-day exhibition at the Jakarta fairground.

More ...

Thu, 05 Dec 1996

JP/Court jails five over Gambir riot

Court jails five over Gambir riot JAKARTA (JP): Five more supporters of Megawati Soekarnoputri, the ousted leader of the Indonesian Democratic Party (PDI), were jailed yesterday for their part in the Gambir riot last June.

More ...

Thu, 05 Dec 1996

JP/PSN buys M2A satellite

PSN buys M2A satellite JAKARTA (JP): PT Pasifik Satelit Nusantara (PSN), listed on the United States' Nasdaq capital market, has signed a US$350 million contract with Space System/Loral of the U.S. to buy a satellite.

More ...

Thu, 05 Dec 1996

JP/Where to go in Bandung:

Where to go in Bandung:Music and entertainment * Chedi Hotel: Jl. Rancabentang 56-58: Job (Piano), Monday to Wednesday, 5:30 p.m. to 8 p.m.; Irven (Guitar), Monday to Wednesday, 8:30 p.m. to 11 p.m.; Mixed voices Accapela singer and Andi (Pianist), Thursday and Saturday, 8:30 p.m. to 11:30 p.m.

More ...

Thu, 05 Dec 1996

JP/Drivers help anti-AIDS drives

Drivers help anti-AIDS drives JAKARTA (JP): Truck drivers could help contribute their ideas to combat AIDS by painting slogans on their trucks to remind themselves and others of the deadly virus, local AIDS Day organizers said recently.This has been going on since Nov.

More ...

Thu, 05 Dec 1996

JP/ISSI, Pertina yet to get training money

ISSI, Pertina yet to get training money JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesian Cycling Association (ISSI) and the Indonesian Amateur Boxing Association (Pertina) have yet to receive money from the SEA Games training budget, more than a month after it was promised.

More ...

Thu, 05 Dec 1996

JP/Aneka Tambang wins $61.6m gold loan

Aneka Tambang wins $61.6m gold loan JAKARTA (JP): State-owned miner PT Aneka Tambang won US$61.6 million in credit yesterday in the form of 160,000 troy ounces of gold from a syndicate of five foreign banks to help it produce more gold from its Pongkor mine in West Java.

More ...

Thu, 05 Dec 1996

JP/A Mild JakJazz festival returns to its roots

A Mild JakJazz festival returns to its rootsBy Johannes Simbolon JAKARTA (JP): The A Mild JakJazz festival '96 has returned to its roots.

More ...

Thu, 05 Dec 1996

JP/Police submit Zarina's dossier

Police submit Zarina's dossier JAKARTA (JP): Police submitted yesterday the dossier on actress Zarina, who is accused of distributing 29,677 Ecstasy pills, to the Jakarta Provincial Prosecutors' Office.The Chief of the Jakarta Detectives, Col.

More ...

Thu, 05 Dec 1996

JP/Man arrested for stealing truck

Man arrested for stealing truck JAKARTA (JP): Police have arrested a shop employee for allegedly stealing a truck loaded with Rp 150 million (US$64,377) of steel rods in Cikupa, Tangerang.Central Jakarta Police Chief Lt. Col. M.

More ...

Thu, 05 Dec 1996

JP/Telephone not functioning

Telephone not functioning My telephone (phone number 7434270) has been out of order since Monday, Dec. 2. I can neither make nor receive outside calls. I contacted Telkom 117 on Dec. 3 at 8 a.m. and made another call later in the day. Again on Dec. 4, at 11:30, I reported the mishap.

More ...

Thu, 05 Dec 1996

JP/Twenty-percent share ownership

Twenty-percent share ownership Minister of Cooperatives and Small Enterprises Subiakto Tjakrawerdaya has quoted President Soeharto's appeal to limit the purchase of shares of companies which have gone public to 15 percent, in order to prevent someone or a certain group from becoming a majority ...

More ...

Thu, 05 Dec 1996

JP/Legislative candidate announced on Dec. 20

Legislative candidate announced on Dec. 20 JAKARTA (JP): Politicians who failed the candidature screening tests carried out by the military until Nov. 30 will have their names dropped from the list of next year's candidates for the House of Representatives.

More ...

Thu, 05 Dec 1996

JP/Japan's ODA

Japan's ODACorrection: The U.S. dollar conversion of Japan's Overseas Development Assistance (ODA) loans published in the Japan hands over $1.96 million loans story on Page 12 yesterday should have read US$1.96 billion instead of US$1.96 million as printed. We apologize for the inconvenience.

More ...

Thu, 05 Dec 1996

JP/Soedradjad's caution

Soedradjad's caution The likely success in checking the inflation rate at less than 7 percent this year, compared to 8.65 percent last year, should not create too high expectations among businessmen of a significant easing of the tight monetary policy.

More ...

Thu, 05 Dec 1996

JP/Pos Indonesia to go public after reforms

Pos Indonesia to go public after reforms JAKARTA (JP): The state-owned postal service, PT Pos Indonesia, plans to float some of its shares after completing a series of reforms by 2003.

More ...

Thu, 05 Dec 1996

JP/Hoyer-Larsen worrying about Bali's weather

Hoyer-Larsen worrying about Bali's weather NUSA DUA, Bali (JP): Dane Poul-Erik Hoyer-Larsen sees the Balinese weather as his main problem at the Lipton Grand Prix Badminton Finals here.

More ...

Thu, 05 Dec 1996

JP/Teachers stage demonstration

Teachers stage demonstration PADANG, West Sumatra: Dozens of teachers are angered by the government's decision to revoke a decree raising their employment status from part-time to full-time.The government's change of mind also means the teachers lose their status as civil servants.

More ...

Thu, 05 Dec 1996

JP/Two tried for rioting

Two tried for rioting NABIRE, Irian Jaya: Two men were charged in court yesterday for their role in a riot in July in which several government buildings were set on fire.Prosecutors said Decky Ikomari, 22, and Yosia Pakage, led an attack on the Nabire regency government buildings, Antara reported.

More ...

Thu, 05 Dec 1996

JP/Minister calls halt to Krui oil palm estate

Minister calls halt to Krui oil palm estate JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Forestry Djamaloedin Soeryohadikoesoemo has asked PT Karya Canggih Mandiri Utama to stop developing its oil palm plantation in Krui, West Lampung.

More ...

Thu, 05 Dec 1996

JP/Hotel Majapahit reopens

Hotel Majapahit reopens JAKARTA (JP): The historic Hotel Majapahit in Surabaya, East Java, officially reopens today after a US$35 million, two-and-a- half-year renovation.

More ...

Thu, 05 Dec 1996

JP/Military to wages war against drug syndicates

Military to wages war against drug syndicates JAKARTA (JP): The military has promised to wage war on drug syndicates, a senior officer said yesterday.Chief of the Jakarta Agency for the Coordination and Support for the Development of National Stability Maj. Gen.

More ...

Thu, 05 Dec 1996

JP/Will Thai poll bring change

Will Thai poll bring change In theory, the leader defeated in an election immediately hands in his resignation to the head of state, who, in turn, calls upon the leader of the winning party to immediately form a new cabinet.

More ...

Thu, 05 Dec 1996

JP/Top seed shuttlers crash on first day of GP Finals

Top seed shuttlers crash on first day of GP FinalsBy Primastuti Handayani DENPASAR, Bali (JP): Top seeds Poul-Erik Hoyer-Larsen of Denmark and China's Dong Jiong surprisingly crashed against little-known opponents on the opening day of the round-robin matches in the Lipton World Grand Prix ...

More ...

Thu, 05 Dec 1996

JP/TV today

TV todayTVRI 2:30 a.m Travel: My Country 2:35 TV Series: Family Matters 3:05 Children's Program: Sehari Bersama Pak Dokter 3:30 Tour and Travel: 13 Wonder 4:05 Science Film: Here Comes the Star 4:30 Student's Program: Bina Pramuka 4:55 Filler and Trailer 5:00 Regional News 5:25 ...

More ...

Thu, 05 Dec 1996

JP/Stock Exchange

Stock ExchangeStock prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (in rupiah) on Dec. 4, 1996: -------------------------------------------------------- Shares Close Change Trading Volume ...

More ...

Thu, 05 Dec 1996

JP/The poor dictate Asia's future, experts say

The poor dictate Asia's future, experts say JAKARTA (JP): The future of Asia's cities lies in their poor people who provide cheap goods and services, an international conference was told yesterday.

More ...

Thu, 05 Dec 1996

JP/Rights body warned over its mission

Rights body warned over its mission JAKARTA (JP): The government warned yesterday the National Commission on Human Rights for allegedly overstepping its boundaries, and told the body to stick to its mission.

More ...

Thu, 05 Dec 1996

JP/General election seen as no threat to business climate

General election seen as no threat to business climate JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia's business climate is not likely to change much after next year's general election as the results have been predicted, business executives and analysts said yesterday.

More ...

Thu, 05 Dec 1996

JP/UN program helps development at the grassroot level

UN program helps development at the grassroot level Eleven years ago today, the United Nations General Assembly established Dec. 5 as International Volunteer Day.

More ...

Thu, 05 Dec 1996

JP/Robbers still on the loose

Robbers still on the loose PADANG, West Sumatra: Police admitted yesterday they were still in the dark about the whereabouts of robbers who snatched over Rp 100 million from two government employees in Bukittinggi Monday.Col. J.

More ...

Thu, 05 Dec 1996

JP/Habibie brushes off meeting with Gus Dur

Habibie brushes off meeting with Gus Dur JAKARTA (JP): B.J. Habibie, chairman of the politically well- connected Association of Indonesian Moslem Intellectuals (ICMI), brushed aside suggestions yesterday that he meet with Abdurrahman Wahid of the Nahdlatul Ulama, Indonesia's largest ...

More ...

Thu, 05 Dec 1996

JP/Spokesman denies Sudjana's $21 million fraud

Spokesman denies Sudjana's $21 million fraud JAKARTA (JP): The Ministry of Mines and Energy's secretary- general, Umar Said, yesterday denied press reports that his boss, Minister I.B. Sudjana, had channeled Rp 50 billion (US$21.

More ...

Thu, 05 Dec 1996

JP/RI told to tackle problems outside WTO

RI told to tackle problems outside WTO JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia must address its investment, competition and environmental problems despite rejecting their inclusion on the agenda of the coming Word Trade Organization (WTO) meeting, experts said yesterday.

More ...

Thu, 05 Dec 1996

JP/Traders urge city govt to manage Aldiron plaza

Traders urge city govt to manage Aldiron plaza JAKARTA (JP): Traders in Aldiron plaza in the Blok M shopping complex asked yesterday the city administration to manage the building because the current management failed to accommodate their needs.

More ...

Thu, 05 Dec 1996

JP/No compensation money for Karet fire victims

No compensation money for Karet fire victims JAKARTA (JP): Fire victims of the gutted Karet Tengsin slum area in Central Jakarta would get only land in a coming apartment project as compensation, an official said yesterday.

More ...

Find news items by date