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Thu, 11 Jul 1996

JP/Death sought for murderer

Death sought for murderer SURABAYA, East Java: The relatives of three women who were hacked to death demanded that the suspected killer, Mrs. Ast., receive the death sentence.

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Thu, 11 Jul 1996

American Language Center In reference to the English Course letter that was published on July 7, the ALC (American Language Center) located on Jl. Barito II/5 and Jl. Gajah Mada 123, has no connection whatsoever with the ALC (American Language Council), which was the subject of the letter.

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Thu, 11 Jul 1996

JP/Barrier to exports

Barrier to exports Anyone intending to exploit the huge potentials of the export business in Indonesia may want to ask themselves if they have the strength and stamina to overcome the frustration they will encounter from mounting bureaucracy.

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Thu, 11 Jul 1996

JP/Hingis well prepared for Fed Cup match

Hingis well prepared for Fed Cup match JAKARTA (JP): Martina Hingis, the youngest Wimbledon winner in history, claims she is well-prepared to beat Indonesian tennis queen Yayuk Basuki in their Federation Cup second-round playoff here this weekend.

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Thu, 11 Jul 1996

JP/On unleaded gas

On unleaded gas I refer to the recent debate on the cost-benefit of introducing unleaded gasoline to Indonesia to help reduce pollution. A coincidence here.

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Thu, 11 Jul 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.

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Thu, 11 Jul 1996

JP/Seperate but equal

Seperate but equal I find Ms. Kallman's letter quite provocative (East and West, The Jakarta Post, July 6, 1996), although I wouldn't know what really provoked her to write it. I must say, though, she does have a preacher's spirit.

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Thu, 11 Jul 1996

JP/Soeharto set to leave hospital today

Soeharto set to leave hospital today JAKARTA (JP): Doctors who examined President Soeharto at a heart hospital in Germany reaffirmed yesterday that there was nothing wrong with the 75-year-old leader and that he would be discharged on Thursday.

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Thu, 11 Jul 1996

JP/Bulog raises flour prices

Bulog raises flour prices JAKARTA (JP): The National Logistics Agency (Bulog) has raised flour prices to Rp 704.44 (US$0.30) a kilo, including value added tax, from Rp 681.91 due to increasing wheat prices on the world market.

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Thu, 11 Jul 1996

JP/RI and U.S. seek input on future of relations

RI and U.S. seek input on future of relations JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia-United States relations toward the 21st century was discussed in a seminar at the Indonesian Ministry of Foreign Affairs yesterday.

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Thu, 11 Jul 1996

JP/Levies reach 30 percent of building consultancy costs

Levies reach 30 percent of building consultancy costs JAKARTA (JP): Construction consultants complained to the House of Representatives yesterday that illegal levies, on top of legal fees, account for 30 percent of the fees for their services.

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Thu, 11 Jul 1996

JP/Foreigners arrested for drug deal

Foreigners arrested for drug deal JAKARTA (JP): Police have arrested three foreigners and a local for their alleged roles in a drugs transaction, believed to be heroin.

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Thu, 11 Jul 1996

JP/Reporters' libel case adjourned

Reporters' libel case adjourned JAKARTA (JP): Lawyers representing seven dismissed Suara Pembaruan journalists were granted more time yesterday to prepare their reply to the daily's management.Presiding Judge Willyarto adjourned the session at the East Jakarta District Court until next Wednesday.

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Thu, 11 Jul 1996

JP/People's sorrow is also ABRI's

People's sorrow is also ABRI's UJUNGPANDANG, South Sulawesi: Chief of Wirabuana Regional Military Command Maj. Gen. Sulatin said the Armed Forces (ABRI) are "from and for the people", and that when the people face a difficult time, ABRI empathizes.

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Thu, 11 Jul 1996

JP/Hundreds moved from flood

Hundreds moved from flood KENDARI, Southeast Sulawesi: Hundreds of residents of Lepo- Lepo and Asera districts in Kendari regency have been evacuated after a flood hit the area, Antara reported yesterday.

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Thu, 11 Jul 1996

JP/Tourist buses to have GSM telephones

Tourist buses to have GSM telephones JAKARTA (JP): PT Telkomsel plans to install later this year car-mounted telephones in tourist buses for the exclusive use of foreign visitors holding Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) cards for the Global System for Mobile (GSM) communications system.

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Thu, 11 Jul 1996

JP/Tourist has all his belongings taken

Tourist has all his belongings taken JAKARTA (JP): A Danish tourist lost all his belongings only a few hours after he stepped into the country for the first time.His taxi driver is the suspect.

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Thu, 11 Jul 1996

JP/Crackdown on Ecstasy criticized as ineffective

Crackdown on Ecstasy criticized as ineffective JAKARTA (JP): The recent crackdown against the banned Ecstasy trade at discotheques and other nightspots in the city was an ineffective and inappropriate way to stop the drug's circulation, said a prominent criminologist Mulyana W. Kusuma.

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Thu, 11 Jul 1996

JP/More funds needed for SEA Games

More funds needed for SEA Games JAKARTA (JP): The underwriting consortium for the Southeast Asian Games next year is facing the uphill task of raising Rp 40 billion (US$17 million) to fulfill its set budget.

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Thu, 11 Jul 1996

JP/Indofood acquires Nissinmas

Indofood acquires Nissinmas JAKARTA (JP): PT Indofood Sukses Makmur of the Salim Group announced yesterday that it has signed an agreement to acquire a 49 percent stake in PT Nissinmas, an instant noodle producer.

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Thu, 11 Jul 1996

JP/Hodgson leads BNI chess meet

Hodgson leads BNI chess meet JAKARTA (JP): English grandmaster Julian M. Hodgson took the sole lead after the third day of an 11-round chess tournament sponsored by the government-run bank BNI at the Kartika Chandra hotel yesterday.Hodgson now has 2.

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Thu, 11 Jul 1996

JP/PDI and JFK

PDI and JFK Even as an outsider, not being a member of the Indonesian Democratic Party, I am sad that the Party is having trouble, and to be honest I do not really know what it is all about.

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Thu, 11 Jul 1996

JP/Police pledge to fight against illegal drug trade

Police pledge to fight against illegal drug trade JAKARTA (JP): Police said yesterday that they will continue with their massive operation against discotheques, pubs, motels and other places suspected of illegal drug and sex transactions.

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Thu, 11 Jul 1996

JP/Protection for aromatics firm criticized

Protection for aromatics firm criticized CILEGON, West Java (JP): A business leader expressed his worry yesterday about the possibility of the government setting up a new tariff structure to protect a politically well-connected aromatics firm.

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Thu, 11 Jul 1996

JP/Indigenous Irianese youths demand more jobs

Indigenous Irianese youths demand more jobs JAKARTA (JP): Indigenous Irianese youths pressed their demand yesterday for more jobs in both the government and private sectors as a way to ease social tension in the esternmost province.

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Thu, 11 Jul 1996

JP/Resettlers want houses on stilts

Resettlers want houses on stilts JAYAPURA, Irian Jaya: Around 300 families who are about to be resettled have asked the transmigration authorities that they be provided with houses on stilts because their destinations are swamp areas.

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Thu, 11 Jul 1996

JP/Foreign companies to make car parts here

Foreign companies to make car parts here JAKARTA (JP): As many as 53 companies from South Korea and 22 from Taiwan plan to establish factories in Indonesia to produce automotive components, says Minister of Investment Sanyoto Sastrowardoyo.

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Thu, 11 Jul 1996

JP/Four RI researchers to join Antarctic team

Four RI researchers to join Antarctic team JAKARTA (JP): The Agency for Technology Application and Assessment (BPPT) is planning to send four of its researchers on the South-Arctic Expedition next month.Two of the four Indonesian candidates are Muhammad Evri, and Fadli Syamsuddin.

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Thu, 11 Jul 1996

JP/'No easy solution to air pollution'

'No easy solution to air pollution' JAKARTA (JP): A researcher suggested yesterday that the government take a holistic, rather than a technical, approach to reducing air pollution, before worrying about using unleaded or leaded fuel.

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Thu, 11 Jul 1996

JP/Court defends plan to fire Adi Andojo

Court defends plan to fire Adi Andojo JAKARTA (JP): The Supreme Court defended its plan to dismiss whistle-blower Justice Adi Andojo Soetjipto, saying that to have him around would ruin the court's reputation even more.

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Thu, 11 Jul 1996

JP/Muliakeramik secures $100m loan

Muliakeramik secures $100m loan JAKARTA (JP): PT Muliakeramik Indahraya, a ceramic tile producer owned by the publicly-listed PT Mulia Industrindo, yesterday signed a five-year term loan worth US$100 million.

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Thu, 11 Jul 1996

JP/Stock Exchange

Stock ExchangeStock prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (in rupiah) on July 10, 1996: Shares Close Change Trading Volume ------------------------------------------------------------ Ades Alfindo ...

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Thu, 11 Jul 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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Thu, 11 Jul 1996

JP/Students arrested for inciting labor protests

Students arrested for inciting labor protests SURABAYA (JP): Police detained two student activists and arrested 11 others yesterday on charges of inciting massive labor protests here on Monday and Tuesday.

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Thu, 11 Jul 1996

JP/Peace at hand in the Philippines

Peace at hand in the Philippines Twenty years after Imelda Marcos and Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi brokered an agreement in Tripoli to end a Moslem separatist rebellion in the southern Philippines, peace appears to be at hand in the long-troubled region.

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Thu, 11 Jul 1996

JP/Infrastructure blocked by low land compensation

Infrastructure blocked by low land compensation JAKARTA (JP): Vital infrastructure in Greater Jakarta will remain unrealized as long as inhabitants are not paid enough compensation to give up their land.

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Thu, 11 Jul 1996

JP/American Clubs opens here

American Clubs opens here JAKARTA (JP): American Clubs International Limited, a hospitality business company, is scheduled to open its newest branch, The Jakarta American Club, soon.

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Thu, 11 Jul 1996

JP/Healthy environment

Healthy environment I have been living in Indonesia for the past five months and have traveled extensively from Aceh to Timor, and love it here. There is such great beauty, friendly people, and diversity of every kind.

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Thu, 11 Jul 1996

JP/Call for female governor

Call for female governor JAKARTA (JP): The wife of Home Affairs Minister Moch. Yogie S.M.'s has proposed that her husband appoint the first woman governor in 1998, when many of the 27 governors' term of office ends.Emmy Yogie S.M.

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Thu, 11 Jul 1996

JP/Many oil and cement projects delayed

Many oil and cement projects delayed JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Investment Sanyoto Sastrowardoyo said yesterday that most companies licensed by his office to build new cement factories and oil refineries have delayed their investment projects.

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Thu, 11 Jul 1996

JP/TV today

TV todayTVRI 2:30 p.m. Travel: My Country 2:35 TV Series: Family Matters 3:00 News: Lintasan Berita 3:05 Dance 3:30 Travel 4:00 News: Lintasan Berita 4:05 Science Film: Here Comes The Stars: Milton Berle 4:30 Female World 5:00 Evening News 5:30 Arabic Lessons 6:00 News: ...

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Thu, 11 Jul 1996

JP/Election agency gives Soerjadi candidate forms

Election agency gives Soerjadi candidate forms JAKARTA (JP): The government reinforced its support of Soerjadi as chief of the Indonesian Democratic Party (PDI) by providing him yesterday with forms to submit his candidates for legislative bodies.

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Thu, 11 Jul 1996

JP/Duta Pertiwi's profit up

Duta Pertiwi's profit up JAKARTA (JP): PT Duta Pertiwi Nusantara, a publicly-listed manufacturer of chemical products, yesterday reported an increase of 19 percent in its net profit to Rp 4.3 billion (US$1.8 million) last year and a 25 percent in sales to Rp 40.4 billion.

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Thu, 11 Jul 1996

JP/Presidential seal counterfeited

Presidential seal counterfeited JAKARTA (JP): The Central Jakarta Police have apprehended four members of a syndicate believed to have illegally produced and traded watches and souvenirs bearing the Presidential Palace seal.Chief of the police precinct, Lt. Col.

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Thu, 11 Jul 1996

JP/Govt critics seek public support

Govt critics seek public support SEMARANG, Central Java (JP): Prominent government critics are seeking greater public support for their petition expressing concern over current political developments, known as the "July 1st Statement".

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Thu, 11 Jul 1996

JP/Beeper rivalry leads to price war

Beeper rivalry leads to price war JAKARTA (JP): Even though the government has set minimum subscription fees for radio paging services, several beeper operators are currently attempting to cope with the increasing competition by offering lower fees.

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Thu, 11 Jul 1996

JP/Seven Wonders of the world

Seven Wonders of the world I fully agree with John Mark apropos his letter published in the July 6, 1996 issue that Borobudur, though indeed a great work of art, is not among the seven wonders of the world.

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Thu, 11 Jul 1996

JP/Motor vehicle thieves nabbed

Motor vehicle thieves nabbed JAKARTA (JP): Police have arrested a group of motor vehicle thieves who operate in South Jakarta, Central Jakarta and Tangerang.

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Thu, 11 Jul 1996

JP/Land certificates to be handed over

Land certificates to be handed over JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Agrarian Affairs/Chairman of the National Land Agency Soni Harsono and Governor Surjadi Soedirdja will hand over 3,000 land certificates to individuals and social and religious institutions next Wednesday.

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Thu, 11 Jul 1996

JP/New rights office gets 100 clients

New rights office gets 100 clients DILI, East Timor: Only a day after it was opened, the Dili office of the National Commission on Human Rights is already swamped with grievances.

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