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Sun, 18 Jan 1998
Why people take dietary supplements
Why people take dietary supplements JAKARTA (JP): We all know what it takes to keep in tip-top physical shape.Eat healthful foods, get plenty of sleep and maintain a regular exercise routine.For some of us, this standard fitness equation has expanded to include regular doses of dietary supplements.
Sun, 18 Jan 1998
Human failings
Human failings One sultry hot afternoon, Mrs. Amin (not her real name) was dozing off, perhaps because the oppressive weather of Jakarta had made her sleepy.Suddenly, the telephone rang. With a yawn to suppress her drowsiness, she took the telephone receiver and said in a sleepy voice: "Hello".
Sun, 18 Jan 1998
TV today
TV todayTVRI 6:00 a.m. TVRI News 6:25 Morning News 6:45 Religious Teachings: Hikmah Pagi 7:15 Healthy and Fit 7:30 Children's Program: Arena Kami 8:00 Brudy and Family 8:30 Cartoon Film 9:00 People and Event 9:30 Cooking Program: Indonesian Food 10:00 TVRI News 10:30 Music: Album Minggu 11:30...
Sun, 18 Jan 1998
Dietary supplements sell with promises of good health
Dietary supplements sell with promises of good healthBy Rita A. Widiadana JAKARTA (JP): It could be called the shortcut to better health for those loathe to make hard sacrifices.The "Back to Nature" movement, which reached Indonesia from Europe and the United States in the 1980s, preaches a...
Sun, 18 Jan 1998
Will APEC honor pledge on development?
Will APEC honor pledge on development?By Xavier Furtado APEC, associated mainly with trade and economic liberalization and development cooperation, is also interested in sustainable development. SINGAPORE: The much-touted "East Asian miracle" has exacted a high price.
Sun, 18 Jan 1998
Alicia Silverstone clueless in 'Excess Baggage'
Alicia Silverstone clueless in 'Excess Baggage'By Dini S. Djalal JAKARTA (JP): Thank God for little girls. Or so Hollywood thinks.Every year, a new roster of rosy-cheeked nymphets slither their way into Tinseltown's floodlights, squeezing sighs out of slick studio execs lounging in their casting...
Sun, 18 Jan 1998
Ramadhan time for Jakarta
Ramadhan time for JakartaSundayMaghrib 6:18 p.m.MondayImsak 4:19 a.m.Subuh 4:29 a.m.
Sun, 18 Jan 1998
Sex workers turn a naked lens on their lives
Sex workers turn a naked lens on their livesMenghadang Mentari pun tak Peduli: Cerita tentang perasaan- perasaan oleh Pekerja Seks Komersial (They Do Not Even Care to Face the Sun: A Story About Feelings of Commercial Sex Workers) A photo sketch by Bandungwangi Kepustakaan Populer Gramedia, 1997...
Sun, 18 Jan 1998
Thai hotels want payment in dollars
Thai hotels want payment in dollars BANGKOK (AFP): The Thai Hotels Association (THA) has appealed to the government following threats by tour operators to blacklist hotels which quote dollar rates for rooms, a report said yesterday.
Sun, 18 Jan 1998
Swimmer Elsa back home to be coached by father
Swimmer Elsa back home to be coached by father JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesian national women team's leading swimmer Elsa Manora Nasution is expected to return home today from the United States, where she had been practicing for the last three years.
Sun, 18 Jan 1998
How ASEAN should attract investment
How ASEAN should attract investment The Chinese challenge to ASEAN in the area of foreign direct investments will intensify, not weaken, says Susumu Awanohara. SINGAPORE: Some officials and businessmen in South-east Asia seem to be clinging to the hope that ASEAN would attract more foreign direct...
Sun, 18 Jan 1998
Christensen wins dream match against Arbi
Christensen wins dream match against Arbi TOKYO (AFP): Peter Gade Christensen emerged victorious in his "dream" match against Indonesian star Hariyanto Arbi yesterday to secure a final berth at the Yonex Japan Open badminton tournament.
Sun, 18 Jan 1998
Senior expert frowns on dietary supplements
Senior expert frowns on dietary supplementsBy Aloysius Unditu JAKARTA (JP): Dietary supplements are very popular with Indonesians who can afford to buy what they believe will help them stay young to better enjoy their worldly goods.
Sun, 18 Jan 1998
Former lieutenant shapes an army of clay 'wayang' figurines
Former lieutenant shapes an army of clay 'wayang' figurinesBy Ahmad Solikhan SURAKARTA, Central Java (JP): Under the glare of the sun, miniature terra-cotta figurines, each representing a character from the wayang tradition, stand at attention in the front yard of a house on Jl.
Sun, 18 Jan 1998
Penny-pinching measures
Penny-pinching measures MANILA (AFP): Philippine President Fidel Ramos yesterday ordered government agencies to implement various cost-cutting measures in a bid to cope with the regional economic crisis.
Sun, 18 Jan 1998
The full dish on food supplements
The full dish on food supplements They cost a pretty penny and their inflated claims may be dubious, but dietary supplements have still scored a hit with well-heeled consumers. Or rather they had -- local agents grumble that the monetary crisis has taken a big bite out of business.
Sun, 18 Jan 1998
Humor is at the heart of Joger's handicraft success
Humor is at the heart of Joger's handicraft successBy Putu Wirata DENPASAR, Bali (JP): "Buying or not buying, still thank you!" This is one of the colorful mottoes of Joseph Theodorus W., better known as Pak Joger, director of Joger Handicraft Center in Kuta.
Sun, 18 Jan 1998
Local dubbing agencies find talk in English is not cheap
Local dubbing agencies find talk in English is not cheapBy Yogita Tahil Ramani JAKARTA (JP): In a dingy box of a dubbing studio, a young woman drums her fingers on a tattered seat.With headphones over ears and a bad translation of a Hindi movie script in hand, Siska gives voice in...
Sun, 18 Jan 1998
Website address
Website address On Dec. 21, 1997 you published my article Website helps expats get the inside track. The article was about an Internet website designed for expatriates living in Jakarta or planning to relocate to Indonesia.Unfortunately, the website address listed was incorrect.
Sun, 18 Jan 1998
Swapping vegetables for pills in search of the perfect body
Swapping vegetables for pills in search of the perfect bodyBy Christiani S. Tumelap and Ivy Susanti JAKARTA (JP): Health is more precious than all the money in the world, the wise man says.And these words are a good reminder for us to take good care of ourselves.
Sun, 18 Jan 1998
National assets to pay debts?
National assets to pay debts? JAKARTA (JP): Bank Indonesia, the central bank, has announced that the country's total foreign debt amounted to US$118 billion as of September last year. The government was responding to media speculation about the actual size of the debt, alleged to be about $200...
Sun, 18 Jan 1998
Many dubbers speechless after English-only TV rule
Many dubbers speechless after English-only TV rule JAKARTA (JP): Mention programs dubbed in English, and housewives irritated at having to scan Indonesian subtitles once again are not the only ones scowling.
Sun, 18 Jan 1998
Former top badminton players to help groom their juniors
Former top badminton players to help groom their juniors JAKARTA (JP): The Badminton Association of Indonesia is inviting the sport's former national greats to become involved in an ambitious athletic development program, a top association official said.
Sun, 18 Jan 1998
Idealistic fires still burn in Semsar Siahaan
Idealistic fires still burn in Semsar SiahaanText by Emmy Fitri, photos by IGGP Bayu Ismoyo JAKARTA (JP): Semsar Siahaan is not a new name on the country's fine arts scene.The 46-year-old artist is well-known for harsh but realistic depictions of society.
Sat, 17 Jan 1998
Kunarto favored to chair audit body
Kunarto favored to chair audit body JAKARTA (JP): Deputy chairman of the Supreme Audit Agency Kunarto looks set to fill the top position of the body left vacant by J.B. Sumarlin since December last year.
Sat, 17 Jan 1998
Bulog ready to compete with private companies
Bulog ready to compete with private companies JAKARTA (JP): The State Logistics Agency (Bulog) is ready to compete against private firms in sugar and wheat trading after the government revoked its monopoly over imports of the commodities, agency chairman Beddu Amang said yesterday.
Sat, 17 Jan 1998
Cartel-like associations to be scrapped
Cartel-like associations to be scrapped JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Forestry Djamaludin Suryohadikusumo said here yesterday that he was ready to dissolve all cartel-like associations under his ministry as part of the government's commitment to abolish all monopolistic practices in the country.
Sat, 17 Jan 1998
Soeharto pledges IMF sweep economic reforms
Soeharto pledges IMF sweep economic reforms The following is a letter accompanying the memorandum of Indonesia's reinforced economic reform program signed in Jakarta Thursday.Mr. Michel Camdessus Managing Director International Monetary Fund Washington, D.C. 20431Dear Mr. Camdessus: 1.
Sat, 17 Jan 1998
Ramadhan time for Jakarta
Ramadhan time for JakartaSaturdayMaghrib 6:18 p.m.SundayImsak 4:19 a.m.Subuh 4:29 a.m.
Sat, 17 Jan 1998
General Motors keen on Indonesia again
General Motors keen on Indonesia again SINGAPORE (Reuters): General Motors (GM) said yesterday it was ready to make new investments in Indonesia now President Soeharto had removed tax exemptions on Jakarta's national car project.
Sat, 17 Jan 1998
'I love profit'
'I love profit' In an attempt to help alleviate the shortage of dollars in Indonesia due to the current economic situation, people are being encouraged to exchange personal dollars to rupiah in the "I Love Rupiah", campaign.
Sat, 17 Jan 1998
Job seekers urged to be entrepreneurs
Job seekers urged to be entrepreneurs JAKARTA (JP): Hundreds of thousands of unemployed workers are being urged by Minister of Manpower Abdul Latief to hone their enterprising spirit by becoming small-scale entrepreneurs.
Sat, 17 Jan 1998
Suspected hoarders released by police
Suspected hoarders released by police JAKARTA (JP): Police have released four men suspected of hoarding basic food items during recent spates of panic buying here saying that there was a lack of evidence to charge them.City Police Spokesman Lt. Col. E.
Sat, 17 Jan 1998
Student mistakenly shot by police during street brawl
Student mistakenly shot by police during street brawl JAKARTA (JP): A junior high school student died of a gunshot wound to the head believed to have been mistakenly fired by a police sergeant during a street brawl in Cempaka Putih in Central Jakarta Thursday.
Sat, 17 Jan 1998
New Indonesia pact still leaves creditors waiting
New Indonesia pact still leaves creditors waiting HONG KONG (Reuters): Indonesia's new agreement with the International Monetary Fund offers little cheer to foreign creditors waiting to be repaid by the country's borrowers, financial sources said yesterday.
Sat, 17 Jan 1998
KL won't recall students in Jordan
KL won't recall students in Jordan KUALA LUMPUR (AP): Malaysia scrapped a decision yesterday to recall 150 state-sponsored university students from Jordan after its government promised to review their tuition fee.
Sat, 17 Jan 1998
Support, criticism pour in for reform package
Support, criticism pour in for reform package JAKARTA (JP): Senior economist Emil Salim said yesterday he was optimistic the government's economic reform package, to be conducted under the supervision of the International Monetary Fund, would give Indonesia a competitive edge necessary to face the...
Sat, 17 Jan 1998
New Blazer leads expanding SUV market
New Blazer leads expanding SUV marketBy John Aglionby "Never believe anything until it has been officially denied," is the advice given to an incoming minister by his private secretary in the British comedy TV series Yes Minister.
Sat, 17 Jan 1998
Imelda lays claim to Swiss deposits
Imelda lays claim to Swiss deposits MANILA (AP): Imelda Marcos owns nearly all of the more than US$500 million in Swiss bank deposits said to belong to her late husband, and no one can claim her money, a Marcos family lawyer said yesterday.
Sat, 17 Jan 1998
Currencies defensive despite IMF cheer
Currencies defensive despite IMF cheer SINGAPORE (Reuters): Asian currencies firmed late yesterday but were crouched in defensive positions, reacting only mutely to a slew of positive comments from U.S. and IMF officials on the progress of financial reform in Asia.
Sat, 17 Jan 1998
A reminder worth noting
A reminder worth noting When, in January 1994, the National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) came into being, observers were quick to question its independence while many activists chose to keep their distance from the newly established organization.
Sat, 17 Jan 1998
TV today
TV todayTVRI 2:00 p.m. News: Berita 14 2:30 My Country 2:35 TV Series: The Crystal Maze 3:10 Teenager's Program: Vokal Group SLTA 3:35 Tour and Travel: Wisata Nasional 4:00 Regional News 4:30 Sports 5:30 TV Drama: Perbuatan yang Merusak 6:00 News: Lintasan Berita 6:05 Nusantara, The Beloved Country...
Sat, 17 Jan 1998
Motorcyclist killed in street racing
Motorcyclist killed in street racing JAKARTA (JP): A motorcyclist died in the early hours of yesterday after skidding out of control in a street race against another motorbike on Jl. M. Saidi in Petukangan Lama in South Jakarta.
Sat, 17 Jan 1998
El Nino's effects to go on until May, Agency predicts
El Nino's effects to go on until May, Agency predicts JAKARTA (JP): The National Meteorology and Geophysics Agency has predicted that the El Nino phenomenon would continue to affect weather patterns in much of Indonesia until May.
Sat, 17 Jan 1998
Businesspeople await implementation of reforms
Businesspeople await implementation of reforms JAKARTA (JP): Businesspeople agreed yesterday that the reform program set out by the government Thursday was good, but warned that negative sentiments would remain until the election of the country's new president in mid-March.
Sat, 17 Jan 1998
Where to go in Jakarta:
Where to go in Jakarta:Exhibitions * Painting Exhibition: Kumuh by Margono at Galeri Cipta III, Taman Ismail Marzuki Arts Center, Jl. Cikini Raya 73, Central Jakarta, 10 a.m. to 9 p.m., until Jan. 18. * Photo Exhibition: 100 old photos from Indonesia and Singapore, at Galeri TC (Twilight Cafe), Jl.
Sat, 17 Jan 1998
Commander lucky with gold find
Commander lucky with gold find MEDAN, North Sumatra (JP): The commander of the Bukit Barisan military command, Maj. Gen. Rizal Nurdin, while helping to carry a bag of a fellow passenger on board a Jakarta bound flight, discovered that it contained 34 kilograms of gold bars.
Sat, 17 Jan 1998
Boxing body challenges Tourino in court hearing
Boxing body challenges Tourino in court hearing JAKARTA (JP): A dispute between two promoters over who has the right to stage an international boxing bout intensified when one insisted he would still take the matter to court.
Sat, 17 Jan 1998
Govt urged to draft antimonopoly law
Govt urged to draft antimonopoly law JAKARTA (JP): Agriculture analysts hailed yesterday the government's decision to scrap the monopolies so far enjoyed by the State Logistics Agency (Bulog).But they called on the government to prepare an antimonopoly law soon to ensure fair-trading practices.
Sat, 17 Jan 1998
Short-term survival the priority for local carmakers
Short-term survival the priority for local carmakersBy John Aglionby GOVERNMENT ministers struggling with limited job security, International Monetary Fund economists stuck between the beads on their abacus and numerous visiting dignitaries have spent all week talking up Indonesia's long-term...