Bank Dharmala gets loan JAKARTA (JP): Bank Dharmala has signed a US$20 million term
loan consisting of a series of offshore bilateral.A statement Thursday said the facility was arranged by
Deutsche Morgan Grenfell Ltd. More ...
Timor and Maleo to jointly develop local suppliers KARAWANG, West Java, (JP): State Minister of Research and
Technology B.J. Habibie said yesterday PT Timor Putra Nasional
and PT Maleo, respectively the producers of national cars Timor
and Maleo, will cooperate in developing spare parts vendors. More ...
31 shuttlers named for Sudirman Cup JAKARTA (JP): The Badminton Association of Indonesia named 31
players Thursday to represent the country at next month's
Sudirman Cup and world championships. More ...
Liverpool, United clash in crucial PremiershipBy Vic Mills LONDON (JP): All roads lead to Anfield today for the crucial
Premiership clash between Liverpool and Manchester United. More ...
Food poisoning disturbs schooling BANDAR LAMPUNG, Lampung: The Sabuk Indah II primary school has
kept its doors open despite the food poisoning incident that
killed two students last week. More ...
Astra management institute receives ISO certification JAKARTA (JP): PT Astra International's Management Development
Institute has received two 9001 ISO certificates for quality
management design. More ...
Relocation site needed for Kemang businesses JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Tourism, Post and Telecommunications
Joop Ave wants the city administration to provide new sites for
Kemang businesses which have been forcibly closed. More ...
Visa card Dealing with high finance is all new to me. So, I've made a
few mistakes. It could very well be that everybody out there
already knows this, but on the off-chance there's another novice
out there...I got a Visa card through the bank I have been with for some
10 years now. More ...
Orangutans lure tourists to BohorokBy Sugianto Tandra BUKIT LAWANG, South Aceh (JP): A group of orangutans race
silently down from the treetops when they spot their caretakers
approaching the feeding platform, loaded with bags of bananas. More ...
Twelve die in diarrhea outbreak SEMARANG: Twelve people have died and 412 others have been
hospitalized in an outbreak of diarrhea in Kebumen regency from
early February to April.Dr. More ...
TV todayTVRI 2:30 a.m. News: Lintas Nusantara
2:40 Travel: My Country
2:45 Children's Film: Animated Classic
3:10 Teenagers' Program: Vokal Group SLTA
3:25 Soccer: Kansas League (live)
4:15 Regional News
4:30 Soccer: Kansas League (live)
5:55 Music
6:00 News: Lintasan Berita
6:05 ... More ...
Unibank to sell 70m new shares JAKARTA (JP): Unibank, a banking arm of the Garuda Mas
business group, plans to offer 70 million new shares to
strengthen its capital structure.The bank's president Odang Kariana said Thursday that the
shares to be offered to the public would account for 34. More ...
Firm to manage reclamation project set up JAKARTA (JP): The City Council set up Thursday a joint-venture
company to carry out the reclamation project in the North Jakarta
coastal area. More ...
Dayak tribesman wins environmental award JAKARTA (JP): Before April 14th, few people had heard of Dayak
tribesman Lois Botor Dingit of Bentian, East Kalimantan -- let
alone associated his name with the concept of sustainable
development. More ...
Indonesian diplomacy suffers a setback: Rights official JAKARTA (JP): The United Nations' resolution criticizing
Indonesia's human rights performance in East Timor has dented
Jakarta's diplomatic efforts to resolve the East Timor question,
an official of the National Commission on Human Rights ... More ...
Study says NTT has 398 bird species KUPANG, East Nusa Tenggara (NTT): The province of NTT has 35
native bird species and 363 other bird species, Deputy Governor
Piter Alexander Tallo said yesterday. More ...
Indostar ready for launch SENTUL, West Java (JP): The European aerospace consortium
Arianespace will launch the Indostar-1 satellite, a direct
broadcast television spacecraft owned by PT Media Citra Indostar
on July 15. More ...
Mamberamo project Irian Jaya has an undeniably high potential for hydroelectric
power. It has 51 rivers with an estimated capacity of 22,121
megawatts or an energy of 135,036.8 kilowatt-hours. None of that
potential has been utilized so far. More ...
Unscom fears what it has not seen in Iraq Despite the efforts of UN weapons inspectors, Iraq may still have
long-range missiles with biological and chemical warheads that
could "devastate any city in the region". Alan George reports. More ...
Saudi-U.S. relations: The partnership draws closer The economic relationship between the U.S., the world's lone
superpower, and its biggest oil exporter reaches back decades.
But it has entered a new stage in the 1990s. This is the last in
AP Special Correspondent Charles J. More ...
PT Polyfin secures DM134 million loan JAKARTA (JP): Polyester chip and yarn maker PT Polyfin
Canggih, a sister company of integrated textile maker PT
Artostex, has secured a DM 134 million (US$77.9 million) loan to
finance its expansion program. More ...
RI fighter Suwito defends WBF title JAKARTA (JP): Suwito Lagola of Indonesia defended his World
Boxing Federation welterweight title by outpointing Leroy Owens
of the United States with a unanimous decision.The three ring judges from the U.S. More ...
Where to go in Bali:Music and Entertainment * Grand Hyatt Bali, Nusa Dua: Poolside - Pasar Senggol, daily,
6.30 p.m. Kecak Dance, Friday and Tuesday, Legong Dance, Saturday
and Wednesday, 7 p.m. Arjuna Wiwaha Dance, Sunday, 7 p.m. More ...
Govt approves local switching exchanges SENTUL, West Java (JP): The government has approved a
telephone switching exchange produced by PT Elektrindo Nusantara,
making it the fourth "official" product in Indonesia. More ...
Duta Anggada Realty to split its shares JAKARTA (JP): Shareholders of the publicly listed PT Duta
Anggada Realty have approved the company's proposal to split the
company's shares by reducing the stock's nominal value to Rp 500
from Rp 1,000. More ...
Hundreds of job seekers cheated JAKARTA (JP): Two hundred and eighty-eight people went to the
Ministry of Transmigration on Thursday to start work only to find
that their letters of appointment had been forged, Antara
reported. More ...
Oracle, NEC tie up JAKARTA (JP): Oracle Asia-Pacific, a division of the world's
leading information management software vendor, and NEC Corp.
announced Thursday a partnership for the Asia-Pacific region. More ...
I'm healthy, Soeharto says JAKARTA (JP): "I'm in good health," seventy-five year old
President Soeharto pronounced on Thursday, Antara reported. More ...
Tasmanian tiger nears extinction JAKARTA (JP): Snow mice (Neo Phascogale Lourentzii) and
Tasmanian tigers in the Jayawijaya glacier, Irian Jaya, may be
wiped out because their habitat is shrinking, an environmental
activist says. More ...
Government denies plan on nuclear power plant KARAWANG, West Java (JP): State Minister of Research and
Technology B.J. Habibie reiterated Thursday that the government
had no intention of building a nuclear power plant this year. More ...
South Sulawesi's firm sells cocoa to Brazil UJUNG PANDANG, South Sulawesi (JP): South Sulawesi provincial
government firm CV Multi Jasa has exported 4,000 tons of cocoa
beans worth US$4.6 million to Brazil. More ...
Book piracy must be stopped Not only cassettes are being illegally copied. Book piracy has
also been on the rise of late. Several publishers have made this
complaint to the news media. More ...
Texmaco set to make PTA in Karawang KARAWANG, West Java (JP): Texmaco Group's publicly listed PT
Polysindo Eka Perkasa will start making purified terephthalic
acid (PTA) by the end of April at its plant in Karawang, West
Java.Texmaco's president M. More ...
The Mina disaster How does one describe how Moslems feel about Tuesday's fire
that ravaged the haj camp at Mina, near Mecca? As of Thursday,
more than 340 pilgrims were reported to have died in the
disaster, while about 1,290 more were injured. More ...
Soeharto defends big business in cement projects JAKARTA (JP): President Soeharto denied yesterday that he was
bias in licensing cement plants and other capital-intensive
factories. More ...
Stop illegal levies JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Forestry Djamaludin Suryohadikusumo
instructed officials of his ministry and executives of state-
owned forestry firms Thursday to stop collecting illegal levies
as soon as possible. More ...
Telkom extends payment deadline JAKARTA (JP): People in Greater Jakarta can pay their most
recent monthly telephone bills by Tuesday without penalty because
PT Telkom has delayed its payment deadline by two days.The payment deadline usually falls on the 20th of each month. More ...
The Listening Post Byron Black uses his column, The Listening Post, to emphasize
the strange and uncommon parts of English. For more than eight
years he has written about the exceptional (the odd, the weird,
the curious, the extraordinary) parts of the English language. More ...
Nuansa Klasika group improves its performanceBy Gus Kairupan JAKARTA (JP): Viola, clarinet, oboe and piano is a combination
that has never occurred to any composer before the year 1996. More ...
Idul Adha observed on different days JAKARTA (JP): Indonesian Moslems celebrated Idul Adha,
Sacrifice Day, on two different days due to different calendar
calculations, a fact which did not dampen nationwide festivities. More ...
Comfort women threaten suit against minister JAKARTA (JP): Almost 250 Yogyakarta World War II comfort women
have threatened to sue Minister of Social Services Inten Suweno
for accepting Rp 9 billion (US$3.7 million) of compensation from
Japan, their lawyer said yesterday. More ...
Megawati supporters sue Soerjadi over takeover JAKARTA (JP): Megawati Soekarnoputri supporters are suing the
Indonesian Democratic Party's (PDI) government-recognized top
executives for ordering the violent takeover of the party's
headquarters last year. More ...
Stock ExchangeStock prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (in rupiah) on April 17, 1997: Shares Close Change Trading Volume
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Ades Alfindo 1,025 ... More ...
East Asia must beware of equity trap?By Dr Bharat Jhunjhunwala NEW DELHI (JP): The Asian Development Bank has asserted that
the deteriorating external payment situation among the Asian
Tigers "need cause no alarm about an impending Mexico-like
crisis". Maybe. More ...
Police arrest Singaporean JAKARTA (JP): Police have arrested a Singaporean man for
allegedly possessing more than 2,000 Ecstasy pills at a hotel in
West Jakarta.City Police Spokesman Lt. Col. E. More ...
Clinton aides play down impact of WhitewaterBy Laurence McQuillan WASHINGTON (Reuter): President Bill Clinton is trying to focus
on the "public's business," as his aides seek to play down the
impact that Whitewater is having on his policies and performance
in office. More ...
Rhinos seen in Kalimantan park SAMARINDA, East Kalimantan: Locals claim to have seen several
two-horned rhinoceroses roaming the Kayan Mentarang National Park
near the border of East Kalimantan and Malaysia's Sarawak state
earlier this week. More ...
UK mission due here JAKARTA (JP): Representatives of the London Chambers of
Commerce and Industry trade mission will visit Indonesia from
April 21 to April 25 to explore opportunities of working with
Indonesian businesses in a wide range of products and services. More ...
Indonesia's history of financeBy David C. Cole and Betty F. Slade Following is the last of two articles dealing with Indonesia's
success in building a modern financial system. The first appeared
yesterday under the heading Indonesia's modern financial system. CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, U.S. More ...
Zarina's Ecstasy counted JAKARTA (JP): For two hours and ten minutes the three judges,
the prosecutor, her assistant and court clerks counted 29,677
Ecstasy pills Thursday at the West Jakarta Court. More ...
Protestants urge fear-free election JAKARTA (JP): The Protestant community has been told to vote
in the upcoming general election without succumbing to pressure,
fear or lures from others. More ...
Dynaplast's dividend set at Rp 50 a share JAKARTA (JP): The annual shareholders' meeting of the publicly
listed Dynaplast yesterday approved a proposal to pay a dividend
of Rp 50 (around 2 U.S. cents) per share for 1996. More ...
Probe into Sofjan's case continues JAKARTA (JP): The probe into the fatal shooting of the North
Jakarta police officer Sofjan Sani continues, with two officers,
believed to be the shooters, still being intensively questioned.City Police Chief Maj. Gen. More ...
Where to go in Surabaya:Music and Entertainment * Elmi Hotel: Jl. Panglima Sudirman No. 42-44:
- Qemi Club: Karaoke/Disco, Sunday, 8 p.m. to 11 p.m., Master
Band, Monday and Wednesday, 10:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m., Atlantic
Band, Tuesday and Saturday, 10:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. More ...
BI pursues electronic clearing, joint ATMs JAKARTA (JP): Bank Indonesia, the central bank, will introduce
an electronic clearing system later this year and a single joint
Automated Teller Machine (ATM) system next year to improve
payment system efficiency. More ...
Vita Daya's power plant SEMARANG (JP): PT Vita Daya Harapan plans to build a power
plant, with an 100-megawatt (MW) capacity, in Bawen, near
Semarang, Central Java. More ...
Where to go in Jakarta:Music * Hotel Horison, Jl. Pantai Indah, Taman Impian Jaya Ancol,
North Jakarta:
- The Anging Mamiri Garden: Fantastic Group from Philippines,
Ever Green Hawaian Band/Orkes Keroncong, Hula-hula Dances, every
Saturday Night, 7 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. More ...
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