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52 articles.
Wed, 04 Sep 1996

JP/Mayor dismisses lawsuit as irrational

Mayor dismisses lawsuit as irrational JAKARTA (JP): South Jakarta Mayor Pardjoko has said through a spokesman that the law suit filed against him by a trader over land appropriation in Srengseng Sawah, South Jakarta, was irrational.
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Wed, 04 Sep 1996

JP/Pet vaccination free of charge

Pet vaccination free of charge JAKARTA (JP): Dogs, cats, monkeys and other pets are welcome to receive free rabies vaccine shots from the city's animal husbandry agency and its mayoralty offices.The free services, provided from Sept. 1 to Nov.
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Wed, 04 Sep 1996

JP/Gedung Kesenian to hold Festival Schouwburg II

Gedung Kesenian to hold Festival Schouwburg IIBy T. Sima Gunawan JAKARTA (JP): Don't be surprised if you see people in glittering outfits flocking to Gedung Kesenian Jakarta from Sept. 6 to 14.
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Wed, 04 Sep 1996

JP/Cement producers have no reason to raise prices: Tunky

Cement producers have no reason to raise prices: Tunky JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Industry and Trade Tunky Ariwibowo assured the public yesterday that there would be adequate supplies of cement on the domestic market even though prices for the commodity have recently been on the increase.
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Wed, 04 Sep 1996

JP/From basic literacy to information literacy

From basic literacy to information literacyBy Mochtar Buchori JAKARTA (JP): During its 51 years of existence, Indonesia has been confronted with four national problems of literacy: basic literacy, functional literacy, science and technology literacy, and very recently, the problem of information ...
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Wed, 04 Sep 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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Wed, 04 Sep 1996

JP/Election image needs improving: Rudini

Election image needs improving: Rudini JAKARTA (JP): A truly fair and honest general election next year will help dispel the growing popular perception that the event is a mere formality to justify the inveterate rule of the status quo, former home minister Rudini said yesterday.
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Wed, 04 Sep 1996

JP/Confucianist couple lose case

Confucianist couple lose case SURABAYA: Budi Wijaya and Lanny Guito, a couple of Chinese descent who were married in a Confucianist ceremony, lost their case yesterday against a regional civil registry office which had refused to recognize their marriage.
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Wed, 04 Sep 1996

JP/RI ready to face Japan's indictment over car policy

RI ready to face Japan's indictment over car policy JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia will not change its national car policy and is ready to face any moves Japan makes toward taking the issue to the World Trade Organization (WTO), Minister of Industry and Trade Tunky Ariwibowo said yesterday.
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Wed, 04 Sep 1996

JP/RI's high deficit still acceptable: WB official

RI's high deficit still acceptable: WB official JAKARTA (JP): Dennis de Tray, the representative of the World Bank here, said that Indonesia's widening current account deficit remains under control.
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Wed, 04 Sep 1996

JP/Bali-Jakarta yacht race begins Saturday

Bali-Jakarta yacht race begins Saturday JAKARTA (JP): Twelve nations are scheduled to participate in this year's six-day, 600-kilometer (324 nautical miles) Bali to Jakarta yacht race. It starts from Benoa, in south Bali, Saturday and finishes at Peniki, one of the Seribu Islands in Jakarta.
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Wed, 04 Sep 1996

JP/New tragedy for the Kurds

New tragedy for the Kurds Saddam Hussein's move to pull out of Kurdish areas in northern Iraq may have come too late to prevent a delay in Iraq's much needed oil-for-food deal with the United Nations.
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Wed, 04 Sep 1996

JP/Moslem women conference

Moslem women conferenceFrom RepublikaThe recent World Conference of Moslem Women was held in Khartoum, Sudan from July 31 to Aug. 3 and was attended by 150 participants from 85 countries.
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Wed, 04 Sep 1996

JP/What is public service?

What is public service? To serve or be served, that is the question state employees and officials should be asking. The perennial question was raised once again by President Soeharto on Monday when he presented awards and trophies to various government agencies for their service to the public.
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Wed, 04 Sep 1996

JP/Quality of legislators

Quality of legislators Many people are of the view that even now, the position of the House of Representatives is not on par with that of the government. The executive branch is still seen to overly dominate our system of government.
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Wed, 04 Sep 1996

JP/Bismar calls for best justice nominees

Bismar calls for best justice nominees JAKARTA (JP): Former chief justice Bismar Siregar has called on the House of Representatives to carefully screen candidates seeking positions as Supreme Court justices before passing on their names to the President.
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Wed, 04 Sep 1996

JP/Gen. Feisal confirms reshuffle in ABRI intelligence agency

Gen. Feisal confirms reshuffle in ABRI intelligence agency JAKARTA (JP): Armed Forces (ABRI) Chief Gen. Feisal Tanjung yesterday confirmed reports of a big shake up in ABRI's Intelligence Agency, but said the changes were not linked to the July 27 riot.Feisal has appointed Maj. Gen.
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Wed, 04 Sep 1996

JP/Soerjadi ready to settle PDI conflict in East Java: Governor

Soerjadi ready to settle PDI conflict in East Java: Governor SURABAYA (JP): The new executive board of the Indonesian Democratic Party (PDI) is ready to negotiate and settle the leadership conflict in the party's East Java provincial chapter.
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Wed, 04 Sep 1996

JP/'Lack of fairness, transparency may lead to favoritism'

'Lack of fairness, transparency may lead to favoritism' JAKARTA (JP): Pil-Gon Rhee, vice chairman of South Korea's Samsung Corp.
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Wed, 04 Sep 1996

JP/Dining with the Chaine des Rotisseurs

Dining with the Chaine des RotisseursBy Parvathi Nayar Narayan JAKARTA (JP): Men in chains (albeit small ones with medals against different colored cloths), women in diamonds and fine evening wear, waiters who serve water only on request and wine as a matter of course, and of course, course upon ...
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Wed, 04 Sep 1996

JP/Detectives hunt girl's killer

Detectives hunt girl's killer BEKASI, West Java (JP): Bekasi police vowed to arrest a man they believed to have raped and killed a 13-year-old school girl, whose body was found in a vacant house here over the weekend.
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Wed, 04 Sep 1996

JP/Musim Mas wins 5th Primaniyarta award

Musim Mas wins 5th Primaniyarta award JAKARTA (JP): The Medan-based PT Musim Mas palm oil industry has set a new record for government recognition of national level export performance by winning the Primaniyarta award five consecutive times.
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Wed, 04 Sep 1996

JP/Democratization key election issue: Scholars

Democratization key election issue: Scholars JAKARTA (JP): Political scientists yesterday identified democratization, succession and dissatisfaction with the status quo as the key issues challenging the country as it prepares for the 1997 general election.
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Wed, 04 Sep 1996

JP/Driver complains

Driver complainsFrom MerdekaDrivers of public transport plying the Grogol-Pluit and Grogol-Kota route, are enraged over the way their vehicle licenses are being withheld by a certain official for no apparent reason. Every day some 30 vehicle licenses are confiscated in this way.
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Wed, 04 Sep 1996

JP/Telecoms contract signed

Telecoms contract signed SEMARANG, Central Java (JP): PT Mitra Global Telekomunikasi Indonesia, a private firm expected to install 400,000 lines in Central Java, signed here yesterday a US$32.55-million contract with PT Erindo Utama, the supplier of equipment made by Ericsson of Sweden.
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Wed, 04 Sep 1996

JP/ABRI dismisses findings' variance

ABRI dismisses findings' variance JAKARTA (JP): The Armed Forces (ABRI) yesterday dismissed the differences between the findings of the National Commission on Human Rights' investigation into the July 27 riot and that of the government as "natural".ABRI Chief of Sociopolitical Affairs Lt. Gen.
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Wed, 04 Sep 1996

JP/Baby swap caused by breakdown in employee communication

Baby swap caused by breakdown in employee communication JAKARTA (JP): Police said yesterday that the recent case of two babies being swapped at a hospital in East Jakarta was caused by a breakdown in communication between two employees.
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Wed, 04 Sep 1996

JP/Batam ferry

Batam ferry Commenting on the complaint made by the Secretary of Singapore Bike Hash (The Jakarta Post, Aug. 30), may I, as the general manager of the Teluk Senimba Ferry Terminal in Batam, give the following explanation:1. The group from Singapore with return tickets arrived on Aug.
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Wed, 04 Sep 1996

JP/IMF plan to disburse gold reserves opposed

IMF plan to disburse gold reserves opposed JAKARTA (JP): The World Gold Council is opposing the International Monetary Fund's (IMF) proposal that central banks cash in some of their gold reserves to help the world's least- developed countries.
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Wed, 04 Sep 1996

JP/Stock Exchange

Stock ExchangeStock prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (in rupiah) on Sept. 3, 1996: Shares Close Change Trading Volume ------------------------------------------------------------ Ades Alfindo ...
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Wed, 04 Sep 1996

JP/Plywood exports expected to rise

Plywood exports expected to rise JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia's plywood exports are expected to increase slightly this year due to rising demand from Japan, Taiwan, the United States, the Middle East and European countries, an industry executive said yesterday.
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Wed, 04 Sep 1996

JP/Sunda Kelapa mosque

Sunda Kelapa mosqueFrom PelitaMy office is on Jl. Jenderal Sudirman, Jakarta, and I pray in the Sunda Kelapa mosque on Fridays. The mosque has better facilities compared to others as it is more spacious.
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Wed, 04 Sep 1996

JP/Concessionaires warned

Concessionaires warned JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Forestry Djamaludin Suryohadikusumo threatened yesterday not only to revoke the licenses of forest concessionaires which violated environmental protection regulations but also to sue them for breaching the regulations and the civil code.
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Wed, 04 Sep 1996

JP/Teenager jailed for three rapes

Teenager jailed for three rapes JAKARTA (JP): A 15-year-old boy was sentenced to four years in prison by a court yesterday for raping three girls, two of whom were five years old and the other seven.
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Wed, 04 Sep 1996

JP/Sarwono calls for new ways of measuring GDP

Sarwono calls for new ways of measuring GDP JAKARTA (JP): State Minister of Environment Sarwono Kusumaatmadja called on economists yesterday to come up with new ways of measuring the national income, taking into account both natural resource depletion and environmental degradation.
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Wed, 04 Sep 1996

JP/PON flame lighting to echo 1992 Olympics

PON flame lighting to echo 1992 Olympics JAKARTA (JP): The 14th National Games Organizing Committee promised yesterday to present the best opening ceremony ever, with the lighting of the Games flame a reenactment of the 1992 Barcelona Olympics spectacle.
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Wed, 04 Sep 1996

JP/South Korean stands trial for overpass incident

South Korean stands trial for overpass incident JAKARTA (JP): The trial of a South Korean superintendent in charge of the construction of a flyover that collapsed and killed three workers in March began yesterday at the West Jakarta District Court.
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Wed, 04 Sep 1996

JP/Obituary

Obituary Retired police general Roekmini Koesoemo Astoeti Soedjono, a member of the National Commission on Human Rights, died of cancer complications late Monday. She was 58.Survived by her husband, Mas Soedjono, and four children, Roekmini died at the Gatot Subroto Army Hospital around 11:00 p.m.
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Wed, 04 Sep 1996

JP/Baby swap

Baby swapFrom PelitaThe allegations of baby swapping at the East Jakarta Pasar Rebo Hospital could have been dealt with immediately. We are bewildered as to how the situation could have gotten so far out of hand that it has been covered so widely by the press.
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Wed, 04 Sep 1996

JP/Titi leads ladies golf open

Titi leads ladies golf open JAKARTA (JP): Titi Puryanti, the 1992 Indonesian Ladies' Amateur Open champion, took the lead at this year's Open after posting a three-over-par 75 in the first round yesterday.
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Wed, 04 Sep 1996

JP/'Indonesia Raya' colleagues sought

'Indonesia Raya' colleagues soughtFrom Forum KeadilanIn my efforts to keep in touch with former colleagues, I have failed to locate 15 of the staff members of the daily Indonesia Raya which was closed down 22 years ago in Jakarta.
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Wed, 04 Sep 1996

JP/PON organizers hope for record-breaking year

PON organizers hope for record-breaking year JAKARTA (JP): The success of the 14th National Games (PON) will be measured by the number of records set, organizers said yesterday.
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Wed, 04 Sep 1996

JP/Internet service launched

Internet service launched JAKARTA (JP): Bisnis Indonesia has put its news and database on the Internet in the hopes of increasing its advertising revenues.Abdul Karim Sudibyo, assistant to the minister of industry and trade, launched the new service in a ceremony here Monday evening.
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Wed, 04 Sep 1996

JP/Oki's trial adjourned

Oki's trial adjourned JAKARTA (JP): Yesterday's session of the trial of Harnoko Dewantono, alias Oki, was adjourned when three persons lined up by the government prosecutor to stand as witnesses failed to show up in the court.Prosecutor J. Kamaru told the court, presided over by I.G.K.
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Wed, 04 Sep 1996

JP/Police deny raiding NGO's headquarters

Police deny raiding NGO's headquarters JAKARTA (JP): Police insisted yesterday that none of their personnel were involved in Saturday's raid on the headquarters of a women's organization in Cipinang Cempedak, East Jakarta.
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Wed, 04 Sep 1996

JP/TV today

TV todayTVRI 2:30 p.m. Travel: My Country 2:35 Game Show: Fun House 3:00 News: Lintasan Berita 3:05 Children's Program: Arena 123 3:30 TV Series: Just The Ten Of Us 4:05 TV Drama 4:30 Documentary Film 5:00 Evening News 5:30 Indonesian Lesson 6:00 News: Lintasan Berita 6:15 ...
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Wed, 04 Sep 1996

JP/Consortium urged to involve city in Manggarai project

Consortium urged to involve city in Manggarai project JAKARTA (JP): City Council Speaker M.H. Ritonga has called for better communication among the central government, private developers and the Jakarta municipality in development projects in the capital city.
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Wed, 04 Sep 1996

JP/Rescue of hostages obstructed

Rescue of hostages obstructed JAKARTA (JP): Recent poor weather has prevented the Rajawali Military Command's special forces from intensifying their searches for the three logging workers still being held hostage by separatist rebels in the jungle of Irian Jaya.Col.
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Wed, 04 Sep 1996

JP/Do not forget General Yusuf

Do not forget General YusufFrom Forum KeadilanThe article about Lt. Gen. Achmad Kemal Idris in Forum recently was quite interesting, especially the information about his recently published biography.
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Wed, 04 Sep 1996

JP/'Infrastructure needs private investment'

'Infrastructure needs private investment' JAKARTA (JP): State Minister for National Development Planning Ginandjar Kartasasmita yesterday restated the importance of private sector involvement in the development of Indonesia's infrastructure.
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Wed, 04 Sep 1996

JP/Deported boy leaves for S'pore

Deported boy leaves for S'pore SURABAYA: Four-year-old Andreya Masaru Miyakoshi and his Indonesian mother, Atik Kristia Yuliani, flew to Singapore yesterday where they are to stay two days before returning to Indonesia.
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Wed, 04 Sep 1996

JP/ACeS to sign deal with Russian firm

ACeS to sign deal with Russian firm JAKARTA (JP): PT Asia Cellular Satellite System (ACeS), a Jakarta-based satellite telecommunications provider, is to sign a contract on Sep. 24 to launch its satellite in 1998 with Russia's Krunichev Enterprise.
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