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Searching for all articles published on 1996-07-09 ...

48 articles.

Tue, 09 Jul 1996

JP/Why has Megawati grown in stature?

Why has Megawati grown in stature? Why has the embattled chief of the Indonesian Democratic Party, Megawati Soekarnoputri, been able to contain pressure on her since the controversial government-backed congress of the Indonesian Development Party in Medan last month? Political observer Riswandha ...

Tue, 09 Jul 1996

JP/Cash registers needed for 10% city sales tax

Cash registers needed for 10% city sales tax JAKARTA (JP): Cash registers must be used at all public eateries to enable the recording of development taxes paid by consumers, a councilor said.The chairman of the commission in charge of city income, Helmy A.R.

Tue, 09 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.

Tue, 09 Jul 1996

JP/Telkom launches info service for customers

Telkom launches info service for customers JAKARTA (JP): State-owned domestic telecommunications provider PT Telkom launched Siska yesterday, a computerized customer information service designed to improve the company's efficiency and customer services.

Tue, 09 Jul 1996

JP/Financing state schools

Financing state schools Who should fund our schools? The question has resurfaced once again with the current controversy over admission fees now being charged by government-run junior and senior high schools. Parents have a valid complaint.

Tue, 09 Jul 1996

JP/Firm to be warned on mega rice project

Firm to be warned on mega rice project JAKARTA (JP): The government is planning to reprimand PT Sumatra Timur Indonesia for working behind schedule and meddling in the government's affairs on the giant Kalimantan rice field project.

Tue, 09 Jul 1996

JP/Reading pleasure

Reading pleasure Novelist Harold Robbins is on to his latest story -- this time, it's going to be his own biography (The Jakarta Post of July 5, 1996).The master storyteller claims that all the characters in his novels were indeed real but the books written as fiction to protect the guilty.

Tue, 09 Jul 1996

JP/No new permits for discotheques: City official

No new permits for discotheques: City official JAKARTA (JP): The municipality announced it will not issue new permits for discotheques for an indefinite period, given several violations of permits discovered during a number of raids.

Tue, 09 Jul 1996

JP/Draws mark 1st day of chess meet

Draws mark 1st day of chess meet JAKARTA (JP): Lackluster draws marked the first day of the 11- round chess tournament being sponsored by the government-run bank BNI at the Kartika Chandra hotel in South Jakarta yesterday.But Indonesian number one grandmaster Utut Adianto broke the trend.

Tue, 09 Jul 1996

JP/Stock Exchange

Stock ExchangeStock prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (in rupiah) on July 8, 1996: Shares Close Change Trading Volume ------------------------------------------------------------- Ades Alfindo ...

Tue, 09 Jul 1996

JP/Journalists are powerful

Journalists are powerful The press is a powerful institution. Through their media reports, journalists can influence, dramatize, shape opinion, exaggerate, insinuate, sensationalize, speculate, slant news, sow discord, downplay events, engage in hype, or even revise history (if they so wish).

Tue, 09 Jul 1996

JP/Antique trader killed

Antique trader killed JAKARTA (JP): Police have identified three men who allegedly stabbed to death an antique goods trader in front of his friend's house on Jl. Kalibaru Timur, Senin district, in Central Jakarta.Central Jakarta Police Chief Lt. Col.

Tue, 09 Jul 1996

JP/Gus Dur laments attack on churches

Gus Dur laments attack on churches KEDIRI, East Java: Chief of the Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) Moslem organization Abdurrahman Wahid said last month's attacks on 10 churches in Surabaya were triggered by economic, educational and sociocultural disparities.

Tue, 09 Jul 1996

JP/Govt to issue new franchise regulation

Govt to issue new franchise regulation JAKARTA (JP): The government will soon issue a new regulation on franchises that will include a local content requirement for foreign franchises, Minister of Cooperatives and Small Enterprises Subiakto Tjakrawerdaya said here yesterday.

Tue, 09 Jul 1996

JP/277 Cambodians repatriated

277 Cambodians repatriated GALANG, Riau: Indonesia repatriated 277 more Cambodian refugees from this island on Sunday, Antara reported yesterday.The refugees sailed for home on KRI Teluk Sampit, a tank- landing ship belonging to the Indonesian Navy, after a farewell ceremony led by Maj. Gen.

Tue, 09 Jul 1996

JP/Residents complain about Tangerang sand quarrying

Residents complain about Tangerang sand quarrying TANGERANG, West Java (JP): Residents of the Gintung village in the district of Mauk have been futilely complaining about illegal sand quarrying which started one month ago.

Tue, 09 Jul 1996

JP/Soeharto lands in Germany for treatment

Soeharto lands in Germany for treatment JAKARTA (JP): President Soeharto arrived yesterday in the northwest German town of Bad Oeynhausen for medical treatment, an international news agency reported.Quoting Indonesian Minister for Research and Technology B.J.

Tue, 09 Jul 1996

JP/Experience South Africa's wildlife

Experience South Africa's wildlife JAKARTA: Three Indonesian students will be taking part in the Cathay Pacific-sponsored Lapalala Wilderness Experience between July 14 and July 23 in which they will attend a one-week ecological course.

Tue, 09 Jul 1996

JP/Scholar says MPR must strengthen its power

Scholar says MPR must strengthen its power YOGYAKARTA (JP): A scientist has proposed that the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR), the highest law-making body in Indonesia, expand its power to help promote democracy.

Tue, 09 Jul 1996

JP/Romana improves in Fed Cup run-up

Romana improves in Fed Cup run-up JAKARTA (JP): Indonesian second best player Romana Tedjakusuma claimed yesterday to have made improvement on her form as she geared up for the clash with Switzerland at a Federation Cup match this weekend.

Tue, 09 Jul 1996

JP/Indonesia's 'three musketeers' face the nation's problems

Indonesia's 'three musketeers' face the nation's problemsBy Mochtar Buchori JAKARTA (JP): Three names have come under limelight lately: Megawati Soekarnoputri, Sri Bintang Pamungkas and Judge Adi Andojo Soetjipto.

Tue, 09 Jul 1996

JP/Megawati accuses govt of trampling over democracy

Megawati accuses govt of trampling over democracy JAKARTA (JP): The embattled leader of the Indonesian Democratic Party (PDI), Megawati Soekarnoputri, said yesterday that the government had trampled over democracy when settling political disputes.

Tue, 09 Jul 1996

JP/'Infobank' ranks Bank Tiara as most sound bank

'Infobank' ranks Bank Tiara as most sound bank JAKARTA (JP): Publicly-listed Bank Tiara was ranked by Infobank magazine as one of the soundest large banks in the country.

Tue, 09 Jul 1996

JP/ABRI does what people desire: Legislator

ABRI does what people desire: Legislator JAKARTA (JP): "Politics and the Armed Forces in Indonesia are so close while in many other countries the two are separated.

Tue, 09 Jul 1996

JP/The river runs dry

The river runs dry A letter Unprofessional business in July 8, 1996 "Your Letters" from a man whose camera got soaked during a white-water rafting trip from Cikidang gets no sympathy from me.

Tue, 09 Jul 1996

JP/City haj hospital has double management

City haj hospital has double management JAKARTA (JP): The Jakarta Haj Hospital, inaugurated by President Soeharto in late 1994, is running under dual management because the joint ministerial decree authorizing a foundation to run the hospital has yet to be signed.

Tue, 09 Jul 1996

JP/TV today

TV todayTVRI 2:30 p.m. Travel: My Country 2:35 TV Series: Kid's Song 3:05 Music Performance: Musik Angklung 3:30 TV Series: Beyond Tomorrow 4:00 News: Lintasan Berita 4:05 Science Film 4:30 TV Drama: Tamu Istimewa 5:00 Regional News 5:30 English Lessons: Apologizing 6:05 ...

Tue, 09 Jul 1996

JP/Four suspects shot dead for resistance

Four suspects shot dead for resistance JAKARTA (JP): City police yesterday shot four suspected criminals who were resisting arrest.Jakarta Police spokesman Lt. Col. Iman Haryatna said that the shots fired by the Ciracas and Pancoran officers were within police procedure.

Tue, 09 Jul 1996

JP/PT PAL asks govt to pay its liability

PT PAL asks govt to pay its liability JAKARTA (JP): State-owned shipbuilder PT PAL has requested that the government pay its obligations to the company soon so that the company can start making money.

Tue, 09 Jul 1996

JP/Stability priority in Nabire

Stability priority in Nabire NABIRE, Irian Jaya: Military chief Col. Marlyn Nainggolan said that the military's priority now is to ensure stability and security in the town.

Tue, 09 Jul 1996

JP/RI bodybuilder wins Asian title

RI bodybuilder wins Asian title JAKARTA (JP): Indonesian bodybuilder I Gusti Agung Rai Kusumayudha won the seventh Pro-Am Classic Bodybuilding Championship in Macao on Sunday and pocketed US$4,000.

Tue, 09 Jul 1996

JP/18,000 moved as flood hits Aceh

18,000 moved as flood hits Aceh BANDA ACEH, Aceh: More than 18,000 people have been evacuated to safer ground since floods hit the capital following several days of incessant rains.The residents are being accommodated in mosques, schools and other buildings, Antara reported yesterday.

Tue, 09 Jul 1996

JP/'UN should dump Boutros-Ghali'

'UN should dump Boutros-Ghali' It now seems clear there will be diplomatic blood split over the selection of the next secretary-general of the United Nations. The man who holds the post, Boutros Boutros-Ghali, says he wants another five years in office.

Tue, 09 Jul 1996

JP/Favorites shuttlers flop in badminton championships

Favorites shuttlers flop in badminton championships JAKARTA (JP): The Bumiputera Badminton Championships at Senayan Badminton Hall on Monday was marked by a fall of favorites.

Tue, 09 Jul 1996

JP/Teenager held for divulging exam

Teenager held for divulging exam PALU, Central Sulawesi: A teenager was detained over the weekend for allegedly divulging the answers to the high school's national chemistry examination in May.South Sulawesi Provincial Police Spokesman Maj.

Tue, 09 Jul 1996

JP/Independent poll watchdog wants elections called off

Independent poll watchdog wants elections called off JAKARTA (JP): An independent poll body has called on the government to cancel the 1997 general elections, citing government interference in the political contestants' affairs which renders the process "legally defective".

Tue, 09 Jul 1996

JP/Russia's great drama rolls on as Boris Yeltsin returns

Russia's great drama rolls on as Boris Yeltsin returns The Jakarta Post's Asia Correspondent Harvey Stockwin focuses on the most exceptional aspect of Russia's recent presidential election -- the fact that Yeltsin conjured up victory out of what was a seemingly lost cause.

Tue, 09 Jul 1996

JP/Faith and freedom

Faith and freedom July 4 marks the anniversary of the Declaration of American Independence. Two hundred and twenty years ago, 13 little American colonies made the perilous decision to wage war with the world's strongest superpower.

Tue, 09 Jul 1996

JP/Olympic team's departure delayed

Olympic team's departure delayed JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesian Olympic team was forced to delay its departure for Atlanta by a day because its flight was canceled yesterday.Eight athletes and 10 officials were scheduled to fly to Los Angeles on Garuda Indonesia Airways' flight GA 800 at 15.

Tue, 09 Jul 1996

JP/New realities change warfare

New realities change warfareBy Sayidiman Suryohadiprojo This is the first of two articles on global security based on the advancement of technology in warfare equipment. JAKARTA (JP): The development of technology has always improved the conduct of warfare.

Tue, 09 Jul 1996

JP/Nuclear debate untimely: Sarwono

Nuclear debate untimely: Sarwono JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Environment Sarwono Kusumaatmadja said yesterday that the nuclear energy controversy is "premature" since the government has not yet decided to go ahead with its plan to construct a nuclear power plant.

Tue, 09 Jul 1996

JP/Rethink peat-area project, Walhi says

Rethink peat-area project, Walhi says JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesian Environmental Forum (Walhi) called on the government yesterday to reconsider its plan to convert one million hectares of peat moss areas in Central Kalimantan into rice production areas, saying the megaproject is both off-target ...

Tue, 09 Jul 1996

JP/Kiosk demolitions postponed

Kiosk demolitions postponed JAKARTA (JP): The demolition of about 60 kiosks along the Angke railroad tracks in the Jembatan Lima subdistrict, West Jakarta, was postponed for the second time yesterday after last Wednesday's plan was aborted by kiosk owners.

Tue, 09 Jul 1996

JP/'National' cars hit the market

'National' cars hit the market JAKARTA (JP): The Timor Sedan, free from luxury taxes and import duties and made in South Korea but dubbed Indonesia's "national car", made its market debut here yesterday, challenging the Japanese domination of the country's growing car market.

Tue, 09 Jul 1996

JP/Soerjono's bid puts Soeharto in tricky position

Soerjono's bid puts Soeharto in tricky position JAKARTA (JP): Constitutional law expert Yusril Ihza Mahendra said yesterday that Chief Justice Soerjono's request for an honorable dismissal of Justice Adi Andojo, who blew the whistle on collusion and bribery at the Supreme Court, has put ...

Tue, 09 Jul 1996

JP/U.S. interests in Turkey

U.S. interests in Turkey Turkey, a key U.S. military ally straddling Europe, Central Asia and the Middle East, now awaits parliamentary confirmation of its first Islamic-led government since Mustafa Kemal Ataturk overthrew the sultans and proclaimed a secular republic in 1923.

Tue, 09 Jul 1996

JP/Three more testify against bus driver

Three more testify against bus driver BOGOR, West Java (JP): Three more witnesses testifying in the trial of a Kramatdjati driver charged with the deaths of 31 people told the Bogor District Court yesterday that the bus appeared out of nowhere and slammed into three stationary cars.

Tue, 09 Jul 1996

JP/Stock prices continue to fall, but rupiah stable

Stock prices continue to fall, but rupiah stable JAKARTA (JP): The easing of concerns over President Soeharto's health failed to boost trading activity on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (JSX) yesterday.Share prices continued falling in line with the decline in the regional markets.