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Tue, 31 Jan 1995
LA murder probe findings compile
LA murder probe findings compile JAKARTA (JP): City Police have started compiling all findings in connection with the Los Angeles triple murder to question more people domiciled in Jakarta."All findings uncovered by Los Angeles Police Department officers and our police detectives currently...
Tue, 31 Jan 1995
Workers stage protest over unclear status
Workers stage protest over unclear status JAKARTA (JP): Over 70 workers of Tangerang-based spinning company PT Putra Indah Makmur (PIM) staged a protest at the Ministry of Manpower yesterday over their unclear status.
Tue, 31 Jan 1995
First comic strips bring Lunar New Year to Indonesians
First comic strips bring Lunar New Year to IndonesiansBy Amir & Myra Sidharta JAKARTA (JP): The most effective comic strips are definitely those which present social commentary on current issues with much wit, and many contemporary Indonesian comic strips have reached quite a level of...
Tue, 31 Jan 1995
107 tourist guides arrested
107 tourist guides arrested DENPASAR, Bali: The authorities have arrested 107 tourist guides, including an American, for violating government regulations on tourism.The guides were caught in a special operation that the local administration launched to catch people without permits and guides...
Tue, 31 Jan 1995
Troops kill two rebels
Troops kill two rebels DILI, East Timor: Troops killed two rebels, seriously injured another and seized one rifle in a skirmish in Bobonaro, about 80 kilometers west of here Saturday, the military announced yesterday.A spokesman for the local military command, L.
Tue, 31 Jan 1995
Soeharto still irreplaceable: Political scientist
Soeharto still irreplaceable: Political scientist SEMARANG (JP): President Soeharto is irreplaceable as the figure responsible for uniting Indonesia and should therefore be re-elected when his current term ends in 1998, a political scholar says.
Tue, 31 Jan 1995
Govt restructures for autonomy in regions
Govt restructures for autonomy in regions JAKARTA (JP): The government yesterday revealed a plan to restructure Indonesia's regional administrations, giving them greater autonomy and responsibilities.The local legislative assemblies -- whether at provincial, regency or city levels -- will be given...
Tue, 31 Jan 1995
A tale of bloodless military operation in Irian Jaya
A tale of bloodless military operation in Irian Jaya JAKARTA (JP): Anyone who only equates military operations with the use of force is advised to get a copy of Maj. Gen. (ret.) Samsudin Pergolakan di Perbatasan (Chaos along the border).
Tue, 31 Jan 1995
Elections no threat to India's reforms
Elections no threat to India's reformsBy V. Anjaiah JAKARTA (JP): The recent results of state elections in India may have caused some alarm for the ruling Congress (I) Party and even concern about the fate of India's embryonic economic reforms.
Tue, 31 Jan 1995
Luck brings prize
Luck brings prize JAKARTA (JP): When lady luck smiles on you, you can even turn misfortune into millions of deutsche mark (DM). It happened to Toto Raharjo, a photographer from Yogyakarta, who won the first prize of a photography contest held last year by the German embassy with the theme...
Tue, 31 Jan 1995
Life in the midst of Jakarta's urban society lacks a basis in logic
Life in the midst of Jakarta's urban society lacks a basis in logicBy Zatni Arbi JAKARTA (JP): My wife and her friend recently went shopping at a large supermarket for a family party. After they had bought everything they needed, they went back to get some balloons.
Tue, 31 Jan 1995
Radisson hotel in Yogya
Radisson hotel in Yogya YOGYAKARTA (JP): A new four-star hotel will open here soon, in spite of fiercer competition in the hotel industry in the province.The 129-room Radisson Plaza Hotel Yogyakarta will be located on a 2.3-hectare plot of land, formerly the site of the Colombo swimming pool.
Tue, 31 Jan 1995
Talks on telecom services
Talks on telecom services JAKARTA (JP): A meeting to be held later today will discuss preparations for the introduction of two new telecommunications services in Indonesia: the Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN) and the Intelligent Network (IN).
Tue, 31 Jan 1995
Netherlands troubled by own dark colonial past
Netherlands troubled by own dark colonial past AMSTERDAM (Reuter): The Netherlands, often quick to find fault with other countries' conduct, is currently preoccupied with a dark episode from its own colonial past.
Tue, 31 Jan 1995
College catches fire
College catches fire SURABAYA : Fire swept through the three-story head office of the Surabaya Institute of Technology yesterday morning, causing the postponement of the swearing in of its new rector, Sugiono.
Tue, 31 Jan 1995
Illegal logging rife in Jambi
Illegal logging rife in Jambi JAMBI, Jambi: Ironwood theft is rife in Batanghari regency although the government has tightened security in the forest, Antara reported yesterday.The widespread illegal logging, which is believed to involve gangs with strong backing from people in powerful positions,...
Tue, 31 Jan 1995
Police ticket traffic violators
Police ticket traffic violators JAKARTA (JP): Police have ticketed 6,674 traffic regulation violators since the new law enforcement system, known as Kawasan Tertib Lalulintas (Traffic Control Zones), came into effect on Jan. 1, on selected roads.
Tue, 31 Jan 1995
Parallel bourse, SE will be merged: Ruru
Parallel bourse, SE will be merged: Ruru JAKARTA (JP): The Capital Market Supervisory Agency (Bapepam) has approved of the planned merger of the Surabaya stock exchange (SSE) and the over-the-counter market.
Tue, 31 Jan 1995
Shorter time for night life during fasting month
Shorter time for night life during fasting month JAKARTA (JP): The municipal administration is limiting the business hours of entertainment places in the capital during the Moslem fasting month of Ramadhan.
Tue, 31 Jan 1995
More join cause to check officials' wealth
More join cause to check officials' wealth JAKARTA (JP): The call for legislation to check the wealth of top government officials by the Moslem Students Organization (HMI) received a warm welcome among a number of political commentators yesterday.One of them was Gen. (ret.
Tue, 31 Jan 1995
Unemployed graduates
Unemployed graduatesFrom SinarI am happy with the government's efforts to improve the welfare of the people and eradicate poverty. This is evident from the recent government action to raise the salaries of the civil servants, members of the Armed Forces and pensioners.
Tue, 31 Jan 1995
Geologists face fraud lawsuit
Geologists face fraud lawsuit JAKARTA (JP): Jakarta Prosecutor Office is now preparing to file a lawsuit against nine geologists who allegedly falsified the results of a reclamation survey for Pantai Kapuk, a coastal area in West Jakarta.
Tue, 31 Jan 1995
Fire guts book warehouse
Fire guts book warehouse JAKARTA (JP): Fire gutted a warehouse of PT. Gunung Agung, a book and publishing company on Jl. Kwitang No. 37-38, Central Jakarta, yesterday.City Police Spokesman Lt. Col. Bambang Haryoko told reporters that the fire started at 9:15 and was extinguished at 10:30 by six...
Tue, 31 Jan 1995
AIDS kills four in Irian Jaya
AIDS kills four in Irian Jaya JAYAPURA, Irian Jaya: Four of the 12 people known to have full-blown AIDS in Merauke have died over the past three months, the local health office announced yesterday.The spokesman for the provincial health office, Gunawan, also told Antara that a total of 52 people in...
Tue, 31 Jan 1995
Nothing wrong with academics in politics, say scholars
Nothing wrong with academics in politics, say scholarsBy Pandaya KUPANG, East Nusa Tenggara (JP): Should scholars be allowed to enter politics, or should they distance themselves from it to maintain their integrity as members of the intelligentsia?There was a time not so long ago when scholars,...
Tue, 31 Jan 1995
TV today
TV todayTVRI 2:30 p.m. TV Series: Hassai Sensei 3:05 Dilentasia 3:30 TV Series: Willing & Abel 4:30 Science Program 5:00 Regional News 5:30 English Lessons 6:05 Selingan 6:15 Village Program 6:30 Artists Profile 7:00 Evening News 7:30 Wawasan 8:05 Traditional Drama 9:00 World News 9:25 Koran...
Tue, 31 Jan 1995
A fight for existence
A fight for existence The 42-year-old Moslem Students' Association (HMI) was an easy target of criticism from both within and without as it held a chaotic congress in Surabaya last week. The congress was closed early morning yesterday after electing a new chairman, Taufiq Hidayat, 29, a...
Tue, 31 Jan 1995
Soeharto wants wood exports boosted
Soeharto wants wood exports boosted JAKARTA (JP): President Soeharto yesterday urged Minister of Forestry Djamaludin Suryohadikusumo to boost the country's exports of plywood and pulp, without sacrificing the forests' sustainability.
Tue, 31 Jan 1995
BI issues four new regulations
BI issues four new regulations JAKARTA (JP): Bank Indonesia (BI), the central bank, yesterday issued four new regulations in a move to ensure a more healthy and reliable banking sector and to curb unhealthy competition.
Tue, 31 Jan 1995
Night golf is now available in Jakarta
Night golf is now available in Jakarta JAKARTA (JP): Golf lovers in Jakarta can now play their favorite game in the evening, from 6 p.m. to 10:30 p.m., under lights at the 80-hectare Modern Golf Course, situated in the center of the Modern Land residential estate in Tangerang, West Java.
Tue, 31 Jan 1995
Officer dies in highway accident
Officer dies in highway accident JAKARTA (JP): A senior officer of the National Police Headquarters died when a truck hit his sedan on the Jagorawi toll road yesterday morning.Col. Djoko Soesilo, 47, sub-unit chief of the communications and electronics agency at headquarters, was on his way to his...
Tue, 31 Jan 1995
India shut out of ASEAN Regional Forum
India shut out of ASEAN Regional ForumBy Ganganath Jha NEW DELHI (JP): The ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) came into existence in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations' post- ministerial conference on July 25, 1993.
Tue, 31 Jan 1995
Wanted murder suspect arrested
Wanted murder suspect arrested JAKARTA (JP): Pancoran, South Jakarta, detectives have arrested Teguh Ristanto, 20, on suspicion of having killed a friend one month ago.The suspect was arrested by a team at his home on Jl. Polowijan, Blimbing district, in Malang, East Java, on Jan. 23.
Tue, 31 Jan 1995
Private firm expands bus fleet
Private firm expands bus fleet JAKARTA (JP): The government has allowed PT Steady Safe to operate another 200 air-conditioned buses under the name of Masstrans.Jopie Widjaja, president of PT Steady Safe, said in a statement yesterday that with the operation of the new buses, the company now has 248...
Tue, 31 Jan 1995
Astra steps up business diversification
Astra steps up business diversification JAKARTA (JP): PT Astra International has been stepping up its business diversification into agribusiness and infrastructure such as power generation, telecommunications and toll roads to reduce its vulnerability to the highly volatile car market.
Tue, 31 Jan 1995
Stock Exchange
Stock ExchangeShare prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (in rupiah) on Jan. 30, 1995: Trading Shares Close Change Volume ------------------------------------------------------- ADES ALFINDO 2,400 0 AHAP INSURANCE 3,350 2,500 ALUMINDO PERKASA 1,100 0 ANDAYANI MEGAH 2,300 0 ANEKA KIMIA RAYA 5,000...
Tue, 31 Jan 1995
Forum set up for military, students
Forum set up for military, students DILI, East Timor: The military and the students of state-run East Timor University have established a periodic discussion forum in a bid to improve communication.The local military, which took the initiative to set up the forum, means to exchange ideas with local...
Tue, 31 Jan 1995
Mechanism of tax law formulation criticized
Mechanism of tax law formulation criticized JAKARTA (JP): Business leaders criticized yesterday the government on its failure to involve private sector parties in formulating the newly introduced tax laws, which according to them have less diversified tax bases.
Tue, 31 Jan 1995
Eka Tjipta's success comes under the New Order
Eka Tjipta's success comes under the New Order JAKARTA (JP): Tycoon Eka Tjipta Widjaja acknowledged yesterday that his success in building his business empire was attributed, in part at least, to the political stability of the New Order administration.
Tue, 31 Jan 1995
Moslem rebels, RP make progress on tough issues
Moslem rebels, RP make progress on tough issues ZAMBOANGA, Philippines (Reuter): Moslem rebel chief Nur Misuari said yesterday he and government negotiators were making good progress in tackling tough issues standing in the way of a peace accord in the southern Philippines.
Tue, 31 Jan 1995
School building collapses
School building collapses The collapse of a primary school building in Tangerang, near Jakarta, on Jan. 25 may have seemed trivial news, but, in fact, it is not.The collapse, due to the poor construction of the building, occurred when the students were doing exams. Twenty students were hospitalized.
Tue, 31 Jan 1995
Soerjono proposes changes in RI's judicial system
Soerjono proposes changes in RI's judicial system JAKARTA (JP): Chief Justice R. Soerjono warned yesterday that the huge backlog of appeal cases in his office will keep mounting unless the laws regulating the judicial system are amended.
Tue, 31 Jan 1995
More witnesses testify against bus driver
More witnesses testify against bus driver JAKARTA (JP): Judge Soemarjono of North Jakarta District yesterday questioned two more witnesses in the trial of Ramses Silitonga, the bus driver of a Metro Mini bus which plunged into a river in North Jakarta last March, killing 33 passengers.
Tue, 31 Jan 1995
Where to go in Jakarta:
Where to go in Jakarta:Music * The Aryaduta Jakarta, Jl. Prapatan 44-48, Central Jakarta: - Ambiente Italian Restaurant: Bonauli vocal group, Thursday, Friday and Saturday from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m.; Lost Morenitos, Sunday, Tuesday and Wednesday from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m.
Tue, 31 Jan 1995
Ramadhan time for Jakarta
Ramadhan time for JakartaWednesday Imsak 04.25 a.m. Subuh 04.35 a.m.
Tue, 31 Jan 1995
Jakarta-Bogor road damaged
Jakarta-Bogor road damagedFrom Media IndonesiaThere are far too many gaping holes along the Jakarta-Bogor road. This presents a danger to motorists, especially at night. Some of the holes result from excavations by the PAM water company to repair leaking water pipes.
Tue, 31 Jan 1995
Indonesia sends plywood to Kobe
Indonesia sends plywood to Kobe JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia is sending 100,000 pieces of high quality concrete plywood to Japan to help in the reconstruction of several Japanese cities that were devastated by a powerful earthquake this month.
Tue, 31 Jan 1995
U.S. deplores increase of Pakpahan's sentence
U.S. deplores increase of Pakpahan's sentence JAKARTA (JP): The United States yesterday deplored the lengthening of the jail term of labor activist Muchtar Pakpahan, saying it will consider the verdict in assessing Indonesia's labor record.A statement issued by the U.S.
Tue, 31 Jan 1995
It's official, Queen Beatrix is coming
It's official, Queen Beatrix is coming JAKARTA (JP): Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands and her husband Prince Claus will be coming to Indonesia to take part in the 50th independence anniversary of the former Dutch colony.
Tue, 31 Jan 1995
Indonesian embassy explains
Indonesian embassy explainsFrom KompasThe Indonesian Embassy in London highly appreciates Insan Budi Maulana for his great concern over the tendency of foreign media to present a negative picture of Indonesia, mainly concerning the issue of human rights (Kompas, Dec. 24, 1994).