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Tue, 10 Jan 1995
Bus owners stage protests
Bus owners stage protests BENGKULU, Bengkulu: Owners of buses from the province staged a protest yesterday at the West Lampung office of the Land Transportation and Traffic Control Agency over the seizure of their vehicles' documents.
Tue, 10 Jan 1995
400 transmigrants go to Irian Jaya
400 transmigrants go to Irian Jaya SORONG, Irian Jaya: The KM Dobonsolo ferry left off carrying tourists on Sunday to leave Surabaya with 400 Javanese transmigrants heading for Irian Jaya.Adnan Sembiring, head of the Irian Jaya provincial transmigration office, said yesterday that the transmigrants...
Tue, 10 Jan 1995
Better pay urged for lecturers at university
Better pay urged for lecturers at university JAKARTA (JP): Low university salaries are impeding the abilities of lecturers, thus affecting the number of engineers trained well enough to meet the demands of the industrial sector, experts say.
Tue, 10 Jan 1995
Domestic plywood industry maybe dying, analist says
Domestic plywood industry maybe dying, analist says JAKARTA (JP): A foreign securities analyst warned yesterday that Indonesia's plywood industry, which experienced a significant drop in export revenues last year, might not have a sustainable future in the long run.
Tue, 10 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, 10 Jan 1995
Pondok Boro residents protest rent hike
Pondok Boro residents protest rent hike JAKARTA (JP): Around two hundred residents of the Pondok Boro low-cost housing complex in the Pulo Gadung area, East Jakarta, marched to the City Council building yesterday to protest against the city administration's doubling of the daily rent on their...
Tue, 10 Jan 1995
RI gets aid from Japan
RI gets aid from Japan JAKARTA (JP): The Japanese government yesterday extended a grant of some Rp 49.4 billion (US$22.45 million) for the development of two projects in the eastern provinces of Indonesia.
Tue, 10 Jan 1995
12 seaports suffer losses last year
12 seaports suffer losses last year JAKARTA (JP): PT Pelabuhan Indonesia (Pelindo) III, the state- owned firm managing 41 ports in the central part of the country, was forced to subsidize 12 ports in 1994 due to their losses.
Tue, 10 Jan 1995
Businessmen told not to pay bribes
Businessmen told not to pay bribes JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Manpower Abdul Latief encouraged businessmen yesterday to have the courage to refuse to pay bribes in order to minimize "invisible costs" so they can pay their workers more.
Tue, 10 Jan 1995
Gina and Oki -- two names that steal the headlines
Gina and Oki -- two names that steal the headlines JAKARTA (JP): Gina and Oki are names that are the talk of the town today. The former belongs to a woman, known as bright and vibrant, who was found, murdered, in Los Angeles.
Tue, 10 Jan 1995
Surakarta braces for PDI fiesta
Surakarta braces for PDI fiesta SURAKARTA, Central Java: This town braced yesterday for the 22nd anniversary of the Indonesian Democratic Party (PDI) at the Manahan Sports Stadium here today.Security authorities said they would see to it that the celebration of the conflict-ridden party would...
Tue, 10 Jan 1995
Students in food expo
Students in food expo JAKARTA (JP): A group of 25 students from the Bandung-based Tourism Training Institute will demonstrate their catering skills during a food and hotel exhibition to be held at the Jakarta Fairground on Jan. 12 to Jan. 14.
Tue, 10 Jan 1995
Home favorites fall in 1st round
Home favorites fall in 1st round JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia waged a bleak campaign at the US$300,000 Indonesia Men's Open tennis championships as its three top players crashed to first-round defeats yesterday.
Tue, 10 Jan 1995
`Tiras' magazine finally obtains publishing license
`Tiras' magazine finally obtains publishing license JAKARTA (JP): A group of former employees of the defunct Editor weekly announced yesterday that they have obtained a publishing license for their new weekly magazine, Tiras, which will hit the streets on Jan. 26.
Tue, 10 Jan 1995
No harm in teens' craze for rap music
No harm in teens' craze for rap music JAKARTA (JP): Rap music may be devoid of aesthetic value, but that is no reason to condemn Indonesia's young people for catching up with the phenomena, let alone banning rap, a leading artist said.
Tue, 10 Jan 1995
Govt to stay out of KONI chief election
Govt to stay out of KONI chief election JAKARTA (JP): The government vows not to mix into the National Sports Council (KONI)'s chairmanship election at the congress scheduled for Jan. 23-Jan. 25, the Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports Hayono Isman told reporters yesterday.
Tue, 10 Jan 1995
Police seize dirty magazines
Police seize dirty magazines JAKARTA (JP): Kemayoran police have arrested two suspects and seized a total of 4,000 pornographic magazines at their house in Cempaka Baru, Central Jakarta.Central Jakarta Police Chief Lt. Col.
Tue, 10 Jan 1995
Danger of disintegration
Danger of disintegration Speaking at a meeting of the Association of Indonesian Moslem Intellectuals on Saturday, the State Minister of National Development Planning/Chairman of the Indonesian National Planning Board, Ginandjar Kartasasmita, warned that the factor that endangered the nation's...
Tue, 10 Jan 1995
Blind man behind rigged games
Blind man behind rigged games KUALA LUMPUR (AFP): A blind man with no interest in football has been identified as the mastermind behind scores of Malaysia's fixed soccer games, officials said Monday.The 50-year-old man, among more than 50 underground bookies and players arrested since August in a...
Tue, 10 Jan 1995
16 smuggled cars seized
16 smuggled cars seized DILI, East Timor: The recent smuggling of 16 cars and eight motorcycles into this town has caused the local administration to suffer losses due to Rp 1 billion in unpaid taxes.A reliable source at the local office of customs and excise said that a company imported 16 Unimob...
Tue, 10 Jan 1995
No more transit fare hikes!
No more transit fare hikes!From JayakartaI have strong objections to any plan to increase the transit fares. I always use the public transit system to go to work and I have to change buses three times. Besides, I often have to stand passenger through the whole ride because the buses are packed with...
Tue, 10 Jan 1995
Time to learn to be good loser
Time to learn to be good loserBy Mochtar Buchori JAKARTA (JP): I think hooligans in soccer games and rebel members in political parties share common characteristics.Both are groups of people who cannot accept defeat.
Tue, 10 Jan 1995
Esso clinches US$35b Natuna gas project
Esso clinches US$35b Natuna gas project JAKARTA (JP): Esso Natuna Inc. of the United States clinched a deal yesterday with the state oil firm Pertamina for the construction of a US$35 billion gas liquefaction project in Natuna, Riau.
Tue, 10 Jan 1995
Pertamina offers 28 oil exploration areas
Pertamina offers 28 oil exploration areas JAKARTA (JP): The state oil company Pertamina yesterday announced that it has opened bidding for 20 oil and gas exploration areas under production-sharing arrangements and a further eight areas under a technical assistance scheme.
Tue, 10 Jan 1995
RI examines LA Police plea to extradite Oki
RI examines LA Police plea to extradite Oki JAKARTA (JP): The National Police Force is considering a request by the Los Angeles Police Department to extradite Harnoko Dewanto, alias Oki, who is wanted in connection with the murders of his brother, a young Indonesian woman and an Indian citizen...
Tue, 10 Jan 1995
Seminar on convention
Seminar on convention JAKARTA (JP): The Directorate General of Tourism will hold a seminar on the meeting, incentive convention and exhibition industry this month in cooperation with the Asian Association of Convention and Visitors Bureaus.
Tue, 10 Jan 1995
Stock Exchange
Stock Exchange JAKARTA (JP): Share prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (JSX) fell yesterday due to the number of bluechips booking significant losses in active trading.The JSX Composite Index, the market's main trading barometer, declined by 4.18 points to close at 477.04 yesterday from 481.
Tue, 10 Jan 1995
No fences between buildings
No fences between buildings JAKARTA (JP): The municipality is launching a pilot project to eliminate fences between various high-rise buildings situated within one city block, in an effort to redesign the areas and to make greater way for pedestrians.
Tue, 10 Jan 1995
Portugal and Indonesia renew East Timor talks
Portugal and Indonesia renew East Timor talks GENEVA (Reuter): Portugal and Indonesia resumed talks about East Timor yesterday but Portuguese Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Durao Barroso said the two countries were still "in completely opposite positions" over the territory's future.
Tue, 10 Jan 1995
Inmates need exhibition space
Inmates need exhibition space AMBON, Maluku: Head of the provincial justice office Shidarto asked yesterday that all regency administrations in the province allows inmates to build spaces to show their craft products near their respective prisons.
Tue, 10 Jan 1995
S'pore earmarks $10 billion for RI infrastructure
S'pore earmarks $10 billion for RI infrastructure JAKARTA (JP): Singapore has allocated US$10 billion out of its foreign exchange reserves of some US$80 billion for infrastructure investments in Indonesia, according to an official.
Tue, 10 Jan 1995
Clear and present danger?
Clear and present danger? Communism may be dead in Eastern Europe, or temporarily stored in the attic in China or Vietnam, but, ironically, here in Indonesia it is still believed to pose a clear and present danger. At least, its specter continues to haunt us.
Tue, 10 Jan 1995
24 apprehended in E. Timor protest
24 apprehended in E. Timor protest DILI, East Timor (JP): Local police chief Col. Andreas Sugianto said security authorities arrested 24 people in a new pro-independence demonstration here yesterday.Several dozen people staged the demonstration at the East Timor University, where police also seized...
Tue, 10 Jan 1995
Govt asked to review new telephone rates
Govt asked to review new telephone rates JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesian Consumers Institute (YLKI) has called on the telecommunications authorities to review their recent decision to raise the rate for telephone calls made within the city.
Mon, 09 Jan 1995
ABRI ready to hunt for communists
ABRI ready to hunt for communists JAKARTA (JP): The Armed Forces (ABRI), if asked, is ready to conduct screening operations to weed out leftist elements from all political parties.ABRI Commander Gen. Feisal Tanjung said here over the weekend that such an investigation is always possible if it is...
Mon, 09 Jan 1995
Bukaka expands core business
Bukaka expands core business JAKARTA (JP): PT Bukaka Teknik Utama will use 50 percent of the Rp 128 billion (US$58.21 million) fund it generated last month from share sales to the public for the expansion of its core business, says a company director, H. Suratman.
Mon, 09 Jan 1995
Two arrested for duping teenagers into prostitution
Two arrested for duping teenagers into prostitution JAKARTA (JP): Central Jakarta police detectives have arrested two senior high school girls for allegedly duping a number of other teenage girls into prostitution.
Mon, 09 Jan 1995
Photo credits
Photo creditsCorrection: Due to technical errors, the credits for five pictures on page 10 of the Sunday edition of The Jakarta Post were missing. The credits should go to Audy Mirza Alwi (Menanti Clinton), Maha Eka Swasta (Tangis Bahagia), Saptono (Tangis Robby), Zarqoni Maksum (Kembang Bintang)...
Mon, 09 Jan 1995
BNI ups deposit rates
BNI ups deposit rates JAKARTA (JP): State-owned Bank BNI will raise its short-term rupiah deposit rates today by a range of 0.5 to 1.25 points.Muchlis Harun, a director of Bank BNI, announced on Saturday that the interest rates on both one-month and three-month deposits will be raised by 1.
Mon, 09 Jan 1995
Weekly Stock Exchange Review
Weekly Stock Exchange Review JAKARTA (JP): Share prices advanced across the board during the first trading week of the year on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (JSX).Selective foreign buying on several undervalued big capped stocks gave fresh leads to the market, which had taken a beating for quite...
Mon, 09 Jan 1995
Milla's debut helps Pelita crush Kudus 5-0
Milla's debut helps Pelita crush Kudus 5-0 JAKARTA (JP): Pelita Jaya's too-easy 5-0 win over minnow Persiku yesterday might not have been a real challenge for Cameroon soccer star Roger Milla, Pelita's newest acquisition, who played in a duet with goal-minded Buyung Ismu.
Mon, 09 Jan 1995
$450 million earmarked for plantation projects
$450 million earmarked for plantation projects JAKARTA (JP): The government has licensed 20 firms to establish plantations aimed at promoting transmigration to the country's less densely populated areas.
Mon, 09 Jan 1995
TV today
TV todayTVRI 2:30 p.m. TV Series: Rude Dog & The Dweebs 3:00 Children's Program 3:30 TV Series: Unsolved Mysteries 4:30 School Quiz: Cepat Tepat 5:00 Regional News 5:30 Educational Program 6:05 Nusantara, the Beloved Country 6:15 Village Program 6:30 Foreign Reports 7:00 Evening News 7:30 TV Drama...
Mon, 09 Jan 1995
IAIN campus land may go up for sale
IAIN campus land may go up for sale JAKARTA (JP): The huge complex of the Syarif Hidayatullah State Islamic Institute (IAIN), which is strategically located on Jl. Ciputat Raya on the outskirts of South Jakarta, may soon be up for sale.
Mon, 09 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.
Mon, 09 Jan 1995
Planning state investments
Planning state investments Government investment, which is itemized under the development budget in the treasury accounts, will put up only Rp 30.7 trillion (US$14 billion), or 26.4 percent, of the Rp 113.
Mon, 09 Jan 1995
'Openness' must be seen in cultural context
'Openness' must be seen in cultural context JAKARTA (JP): Armed Forces Chief Gen. Feisal Tanjung asked the powerful Association of Indonesian Moslem Intellectuals (ICMI) to share the responsibility for safeguarding national unity.
Mon, 09 Jan 1995
E. Timor to deport jobless migrants
E. Timor to deport jobless migrants DILI, East Timor (JP): The territory, which has been rocked twice by ethnic violence over the past couple of months, will draw up a regulation aimed at reducing the number of migrants from other provinces.
Mon, 09 Jan 1995
Donation for Merapi victims
Donation for Merapi victims JAKARTA (JP): The Jakarta Office of the Ministry of Education and Culture has donated Rp 65 million in cash to victims of the eruption of Mount Merapi in Central Java.In addition to the money, the office also donated rice, instant noodles, sugar, soaps, toothpaste,...
Mon, 09 Jan 1995
Donation for elderly, poor
Donation for elderly, poor JAKARTA (JP): The Jakarta chapter of the Persit Kartika Chandra Kirana, an association of wives of Army members, has donated Rp 100,000 in cash to each of 100 elderly people and 100 children from poor families.