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Mon, 27 May 1996

JP/Indonesia retains Thomas Cup crown

Indonesia retains Thomas Cup crownBy Arif Suryobuwono HONG KONG (JP): Indonesia certified its grip on world badminton when it won the Thomas Cup crown for a record 10th time yesterday.
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Mon, 27 May 1996

JP/600 houses to be demolished

600 houses to be demolished TANGERANG, West Java (JP): Local authorities will today pull down 639 houses located on state land in Dadap village, Kosambi District, an official here said Saturday.
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Mon, 27 May 1996

JP/World rankings determine seeds and draw, says Lu

World rankings determine seeds and draw, says LuBy Arif Suryobuwono HONG KONG (JP): The International Badminton Federation (IBF) agreed at its council meeting here on Saturday to immediately use the latest world rankings in seeding and drawing players in any tournament it sanctions.
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Mon, 27 May 1996

JP/Topnotch lawyers create legal aid institute

Topnotch lawyers create legal aid institute JAKARTA (JP): Good news for hard up justice seekers: Some of Indonesia's topnotch lawyers have created a non-profit legal aid institute.Harjono Tjitrosoebono, Mohammad Assegaf, Luhut M.P.
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Mon, 27 May 1996

JP/Arbitration seen as last resort in cotton dispute

Arbitration seen as last resort in cotton dispute JAKARTA (JP): Textile companies which were recently hit by defective cotton imports from the United States have decided to deal with the issue on a bilateral basis, considering that the use of an arbitration body may be disadvantageous to them.
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Mon, 27 May 1996

JP/Farming college passes 768 new graduates

Farming college passes 768 new graduates BOGOR, West Java (JP): Economic independence can be reached by strengthening the economic base of the majority of people, the rector of the Bogor Agriculture Institute said Saturday.
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Mon, 27 May 1996

JP/Symposium explores seriousness of humor

Symposium explores seriousness of humor SEMARANG (JP): Noted cultural observer Umar Kayam expressed concern that civilian and military officials, as well as Indonesia's educated elite, offer society only "colorless and humorless" jargon.
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Mon, 27 May 1996

JP/Italy's Lazio crushes RI's Super Stars team 6-2

Italy's Lazio crushes RI's Super Stars team 6-2 JAKARTA (JP): Italian serie A team Lazio proved too much for the Indonesian Super Stars soccer team, thrashing them 6-2 in a friendly match at the Senayan stadium yesterday.
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Mon, 27 May 1996

JP/Prisoners escape Medan prison

Prisoners escape Medan prison MEDAN, North Sumatra: Police and justice officials will question 25 employees of Tanjung Gusta penitentiary over the recent escape of eleven inmates, Antara reported yesterday.
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Mon, 27 May 1996

JP/Bosnia

Bosnia I don't have sufficient words to describe the outrage and disgust I feel about the accord the Western "powers" have reached in Bosnia with Radovan Karadzic and Ratko Mladic. "Distasteful," one official said. "The only alternative available," whined another.
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Mon, 27 May 1996

JP/Police send 25 women to Social Services

Police send 25 women to Social Services JAKARTA (JP): Twenty-five women were turned over to the Social Services office over the weekend, after one night in police detention.
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Mon, 27 May 1996

JP/Children take part in making TV drama

Children take part in making TV drama JAKARTA (JP): A session of a Children's Art Festival on Saturday took youngsters behind the scenes of a television drama.
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Mon, 27 May 1996

JP/Military's support of Golkar blasted

Military's support of Golkar blasted JAKARTA (JP): The minority Indonesian Democratic Party (PDI) lambasted yesterday top military officials' open support for the ruling Golkar group, a support that flies in the face of the Armed Forces' supposed political neutrality.
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Mon, 27 May 1996

JP/On art and pornography

On art and pornography I am compelled to respond to Mr. Kim Bergenser's letter Art and pornography in the May 9, 1996 edition of The Jakarta Post.
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Mon, 27 May 1996

JP/Lepers on the roads as beggars

Lepers on the roads as beggars PADANG, West Java: A senior local official has sensed something fishy about the many beggars roaming the city streets.
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Mon, 27 May 1996

JP/Hotel nabs bag snatchers

Hotel nabs bag snatchers JAKARTA (JP): Two Peruvians were detained after allegedly snatching a bag from two guests visiting a money changer in a star-rated hotel, Antara reported yesterday.Col.
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Mon, 27 May 1996

JP/Alleged sorcerer hacked to death

Alleged sorcerer hacked to death PROBOLINGGO, East Java: Police have arrested three people suspected of killing a 68-year-old man on suspicion that he practiced sorcery.
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Mon, 27 May 1996

JP/Student killed in fight

Student killed in fight JAKARTA (JP): A 15-year-old junior high school student was killed by a mob on Jl. Kampung Gabus, Tambun district, in Bekasi on Friday evening.An officer at the Bekasi Police precinct said the victim, M.
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Mon, 27 May 1996

JP/Lazio wants Tenerife's Pizzi to replace Boksic

Lazio wants Tenerife's Pizzi to replace Boksic JAKARTA (JP): Lazio wants to sign Tenerife's Juan Pizzi to replace Croatian Alen Boksic, who is heading for European- champion Juventus next season, Lazio's president Dino Zoff said on Saturday.
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Mon, 27 May 1996

JP/Where to go in Jakarta:

Where to go in Jakarta:Music * Hotel Dai-ichi, Jl. Senen Raya 135, Central Jakarta. - Mezzanine Lounge: The Praise Vocal Group, nightly except Sundays, from 8 p.m. to 11 p.m. * Hotel Aryaduta, Jl.
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Mon, 27 May 1996

JP/Indonesia has many potential leaders: Roeslan

Indonesia has many potential leaders: Roeslan JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia, with a population of over 195 million, has a large base of potential leaders, and thus should not be dependent on one figurehead alone.
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Mon, 27 May 1996

JP/Quarterly results may attract investors

Quarterly results may attract investors JAKARTA (JP): An analyst with a Hong Kong-based securities company foresees the Jakarta Stock Exchange (JSX) performing softly this week on lack of fresh issues."I do not expect any significant price movements of stocks next week.
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Mon, 27 May 1996

JP/Hong Kong and China autonomous in badminton

Hong Kong and China autonomous in badminton HONG KONG (JP): The Hong Kong Badminton Association (HKBA) and its players will continue to run under their own banner after the official return of the British colony to China in July next year.
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Mon, 27 May 1996

JP/National economic interest

National economic interest The Minister of Home Affairs, Yogie S. Memed, repeatedly warned Indonesian Chinese businessmen in December 1995 against taking part in the World Chinese Entrepreneurs Convention, an organization founded by Singapore's former prime minister, Lee Kwan Yew, in 1991.
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Mon, 27 May 1996

JP/A split personality?

A split personality? During the past week we witnessed the debate over the participation of the Indonesian beauty queen, Alya Rohali, in the Miss Universe contest in the United States. And as observers of social affairs we found an interesting aspect in the controversy.
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Mon, 27 May 1996

JP/Visitors find good time at Highland Gathering

Visitors find good time at Highland Gathering JAKARTA (JP): The 22nd Jakarta Highland Gathering was a success yesterday, judging by the smiles on the 6,500 visitors' faces.
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Mon, 27 May 1996

JP/Beggars banned at Air Show

Beggars banned at Air Show JAKARTA (JP): The city administration is determined to keep street vendors and beggars from roaming city streets during the 1996 Indonesia Air Show scheduled for next month.
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Mon, 27 May 1996

JP/Little compassion left for boat people in HK

Little compassion left for boat people in HK In the fourth of his occasional series of Letters from East Asia, our correspondent Harvey Stockwin reflects on the many- sided problem of the boat people, and how hostile Hong Kong Chinese have become to fellow Chinese from Vietnam.
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Mon, 27 May 1996

JP/Hartono for Juwono's business proposal

Hartono for Juwono's business proposal BANDUNG (JP): Army chief Gen. Raden Hartono gave a positive response on Saturday to a scholar's advice that senior military officers with dim career prospects switch track to business.
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Mon, 27 May 1996

JP/Presidential promise of fair election

Presidential promise of fair election SEMARANG (JP): President Soeharto has given his much-awaited guarantee to dissatisfied critics that the 1997 general election will proceed smoothly and fairly, an analyst said.
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Mon, 27 May 1996

JP/Stand-off in Yangon

Stand-off in Yangon With the huge majority of those expected to attend under arrest as the weekend started, it seemed clear that the planned meeting of Myanmar's opposition National League for Democracy (NLD) was doomed to failure even before it began.
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Mon, 27 May 1996

JP/Nine companies ready to go public soon

Nine companies ready to go public soon JAKARTA (JP): Chairman of the Capital Market Supervisory Agency (Bapepam) I Putu Gede Ary Suta confirmed over the weekend that at least nine companies are now ready to go public with estimated total offering funds of Rp 1.2 trillion (US$512 million).
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Mon, 27 May 1996

JP/Cultural underlay in management

Cultural underlay in managementBy Ignas Kleden JAKARTA (JP): Management has been the darling discipline at higher education institutions for the urban middle class in Indonesia for more than one decade.One of Indonesia's top managers, Peter F.
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Mon, 27 May 1996

JP/Wild elephants haunts villagers

Wild elephants haunts villagers BANDAR LAMPUNG, Lampung: The west Lampung regency wants to catch wild elephants that often go on the rampage in the area because they endanger residents.
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Mon, 27 May 1996

JP/Toll road potholes fixed

Toll road potholes fixed I would like to thank the toll road officials for promptly fixing the pothole which I recently wrote about. Not only has the pothole been repaired, but the remaining potholes on the other side are in the process of being repaired.
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Mon, 27 May 1996

JP/AIT boss blasts RI's traffic management

AIT boss blasts RI's traffic management JAKARTA (JP): President of the Alliance Internationale de Touring (AIT) Paul A. Nouwen on Saturday criticized traffic management in Indonesia.
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Mon, 27 May 1996

JP/Cathay tops Delaneys at ISCI 10s

Cathay tops Delaneys at ISCI 10s JAKARTA (JP): Two Hong Kong rugby teams, Cathay Pacific and Delaneys, met in a rematch of last year's ISCI 10s final, on Saturday, with Cathay Pacific outperforming their rivals to win 19-7.
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Mon, 27 May 1996

JP/TV today

TV todayTVRI 2:30 p.m. Travel: My Country 2:35 TV Series: Saber Rider and The Star Sheriff 3:05 Children Program: Anak Anak Indonesia 3:30 TV Series: Major Dad 4:00 News: Lintasan Berita 4:05 Science: Animal Odyssey 4:30 Quiz: Cepat Tepat 5:00 Regional News 5:30 Family: ...
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Mon, 27 May 1996

JP/Several sectors perform well on the JSX

Several sectors perform well on the JSX JAKARTA (JP): The Jakarta Stock Exchange (JSX) remains attractive for investors as most companies listed on the market posted significant increases in net profits last year and promised better growth this year.
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Mon, 27 May 1996

JP/New storage technology, ThinkPads from IBM

New storage technology, ThinkPads from IBMBy Zatni Arbi JAKARTA (JP): For many years, Big Blue (IBM) has been among the contributors to the Olympic Games.
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Mon, 27 May 1996

JP/ICRC holds seminar on humanitarian law

ICRC holds seminar on humanitarian law JAKARTA (JP): The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), in cooperation with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, will hold a two-day seminar to help disseminate the importance of and foster an understanding of International Humanitarian Law.
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Mon, 27 May 1996

JP/'Productivity level low at private universities'

'Productivity level low at private universities' JAKARTA (JP): The productivity level at Indonesia's private universities is only half that of the state universities, Minister of Education and Culture Wardiman Djojonegoro said Saturday.
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