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Sun, 07 Jan 1996
Brief profile of successful Tolai farmers
Brief profile of successful Tolai farmers TOLAI, Central Sulawesi (JP): Hard work has transformed Tolai from a wild jungle into a successful agricultural area. From morning until dusk Tolai villagers work in the rice fields. Some have become rich and own cars, and fine houses with satellite dishes.
Sun, 07 Jan 1996
Hocus-pocus and all that jazz
Hocus-pocus and all that jazz Believe it or not, black magic, which has its roots in animism, is still very much alive in these modern times. It is practiced in many parts of Indonesia under different names.
Sun, 07 Jan 1996
World rally champion team braces for 1996 season
World rally champion team braces for 1996 season JAKARTA (JP): There is no real enemy but interest, a classic doctrine in politics says.It proves to be true for a new pair of world rally champion team, Subaru's Colin McRae and Kenneth Eriksson, who last season locked horns bitterly but who have now...
Sun, 07 Jan 1996
TV today
TV todayTVRI 7:00 a.m. Morning News 7:30 Healthy and Fit 7:40 TV Series: Speed Keteers 8:05 Around Us 8:35 Children Stories 9:00 People and Events 9:30 Comedy: Ria Jenaka 9:45 Music: Album Kita 10:45 Youth Program: Temu Remaja 11:15 Music: Minggu Gembira 11:45 Sports: Dari Gelanggang ke Gelanggang...
Sun, 07 Jan 1996
Colonarang has special place in Balinese daily life
Colonarang has special place in Balinese daily lifeBy Putu Suasta and Intan Petersen DENPASAR (JP): "The witch hobbles forward, clutching her stick in both hands, doing a cramped, old woman's dance, taking one step with one foot drawn up, bending forward with stiff neck and back, moving in...
Sun, 07 Jan 1996
Balian penengen: Black magic medicine man
Balian penengen: Black magic medicine man DENPASAR (JP): The clock strikes twelve. It is midnight, but nobody wants to go home yet. Some small children are sleeping soundly in their mothers' laps, still clad in their prayer attire complete with an Udeng (a head band used when praying and in...
Sun, 07 Jan 1996
What religious leaders say about black magic
What religious leaders say about black magicBy Rita A. Widiadana JAKARTA (JP): Religions recognize good and evil things, the visible and the invisible world. The Jakarta Post interviewed a number of religious leaders for their comments on black magic and how to avoid it.
Sun, 07 Jan 1996
Cashier robbed of Rp 30m
Cashier robbed of Rp 30m SOLO, Central Java (JP): Thieves ran away with Rp 30 million (US$13,043) when they snatched a bag containing the salaries of a cigarette company carried by its cashier on Friday.
Sun, 07 Jan 1996
Try cancels Soreang trip
Try cancels Soreang trip SOREANG, West Java (JP): Minister of Health Sujudi had to abruptly open the Village Information Week here yesterday after Vice-President Try Sutrisno's departure from Jakarta was delayed for over three hours due to bad weather.
Sat, 06 Jan 1996
Qian to make African tour
Qian to make African tour BEIJING (AFP): Chinese Foreign Minister Qian Qichen is to make a 10-day African tour this month, Xinhua said yesterday, two days after Senegal shifted diplomatic recognition from Beijing to rival Taipei.
Sat, 06 Jan 1996
Photographs of forgotten humanity on display
Photographs of forgotten humanity on displayBy Amir Sidharta JAKARTA (JP): In the early 1980s, I heard of an overpainted Rembrandt. An X-ray analysis revealed another layer of paint depicting an earlier version or composition of the rendering, or an entirely different image altogether.
Sat, 06 Jan 1996
Canada eyes Indonesian wheat market
Canada eyes Indonesian wheat market WINNIPEG, Canada (Reuter): Canadian Wheat Board commissioner Gordon Machej said on Thursday he will join the Canadian Prime Minister's trade mission to Indonesia and other South East Asian countries in a bid to expand his agency's market share in the region.
Sat, 06 Jan 1996
Legal intervention sought in Haryanto affair
Legal intervention sought in Haryanto affair SEMARANG, Central Java (JP): The allegations of misconduct against Minister of Transportation Haryanto Dhanutirto have been so widely politicized that the only way to resolve the matter once and for all is through a court of law, political observers say.
Sat, 06 Jan 1996
Shootings rank third in murder methods
Shootings rank third in murder methods JAKARTA (JP): Shootings ranked third in the commonest methods of murder in the city during 1995, says a noted forensic doctor.Most victims were killed by sharp weapons, such as knives, while the second most common murder method was by blunt objects, such as...
Sat, 06 Jan 1996
Deputy PM's supervision of Thai finance minister hailed
Deputy PM's supervision of Thai finance minister hailedBy Thomas Fox BANGKOK (AFP): A decision by Prime Minister Banharn Silpa- archa to place Thailand's embattled finance minister under the supervision of another senior cabinet member was welcomed by financial analysts Thursday.
Sat, 06 Jan 1996
Volleyball body needs strong leader: Kunarto
Volleyball body needs strong leader: Kunarto JAKARTA (JP): The first part of a fish to decompose is its head, or so a Dutch saying goes."The same holds true for a sports organization like the one whose chairmanship I am about to give up," Gen.
Sat, 06 Jan 1996
Embrace successes, ulemas told
Embrace successes, ulemas told JAKARTA (JP): Indonesians should make the best use of the country's accomplishments and not destroy them out of dissatisfaction, President Soeharto said yesterday.Addressing some 80 Moslem leaders visiting from Kalimantan, Soeharto said that pushing the development...
Sat, 06 Jan 1996
Bogor zoological museum to be renovated
Bogor zoological museum to be renovated JAKARTA (JP): A private company has agreed to become the fund raiser for the renovation of Bogor Zoological Museum.The signing of the deal between PT Ayuta Samarthya and the National Institute of Sciences (LIPI) was made on Wednesday, with Soetikno...
Sat, 06 Jan 1996
Administration to review decree on developers
Administration to review decree on developers JAKARTA (JP): The city administration is reviewing a loop-hole riddled gubernatorial decree stipulating that developers must build low cost apartments.The Assistant City Secretary for Administrative and Development Affairs, Prawoto Danoemihardjo, said...
Sat, 06 Jan 1996
Shipwreck victims' wives seek House intervention
Shipwreck victims' wives seek House intervention JAKARTA (JP): The House of Representatives will urge a Singapore shipping company agent here to pay insurance money to the heirs of crews who were killed in a ship wreck.
Sat, 06 Jan 1996
Obituary
Obituary K.H. Shohib Bisri, a respected Moslem scholar and leader of the Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) organization, died of kidney failure on Thursday in Jombang, East Java. He was 66 years old.Bisri, who is son of NU leader K.H. Bisri Syansuri, is survived by nine children and 15 grandchildren.
Sat, 06 Jan 1996
Floods claim 18 lives
Floods claim 18 lives BANDA ACEH, Aceh: This week's floods that swept East Aceh regency inflicted more than Rp 200 billion ($86 million) in material losses, a provincial administration official said yesterday.
Sat, 06 Jan 1996
Ex-Im Bank to help RI upgrade power plant
Ex-Im Bank to help RI upgrade power plant TOKYO (Kyodo): The Export-Import (Ex-Im) Bank of Japan said yesterday it will join a 6.9 billion yen lending program for Indonesia to boost the capacity of a power plant to help meet local electricity demand which has been soaring on recent...
Sat, 06 Jan 1996
Govt must show greater unity, YKPK says
Govt must show greater unity, YKPK says JAKARTA (JP): A group of respected statesmen yesterday urged the government to show greater unity, saying that recent discord among cabinet members is undermining the integrity of the entire administration.
Sat, 06 Jan 1996
Central Sulawesi forests unproductive
Central Sulawesi forests unproductive JAKARTA (JP): The Ministry of Forestry has decided not to extend any forest concessions in Central Sulawesi, the province's Governor Azis Lamajido said yesterday.Lamajido told journalist after meeting with President Soeharto that the decision had been made...
Sat, 06 Jan 1996
Crimes on the road
Crimes on the roadFrom Media IndonesiaI would like to warn motorists to be vigilant when passing the Coca Cola crossroads, intersection of Jl. Perintis Kemerdekaan/Jl. Letjen. Suprapto, Cempaka Putih and Jl. A. Yani/Jl.
Sat, 06 Jan 1996
Church Services
Church Services * Catholic Church, University of Atmajaya, Jl. Jend. Sudirman: Saturday 5:30 p.m., Sunday, 9 a.m., 10:30 a.m. (with songs) and 5:30 p.m. * First Church of Christ, Scientist, Jl. Teuku Cik Ditiro 48, Menteng, Central Jakarta: Services on Sunday at 9:30 a.m. (in Indonesian) and 8 a.m.
Sat, 06 Jan 1996
Pollution drives local fishermen to other jobs
Pollution drives local fishermen to other jobs JAKARTA (JP): Most traditional fishermen in the Seribu Islands have moved here and surrounding towns because they could no longer eke out their living in the polluted sea, chairman of the Network for Forest Conservation in Indonesia has said.
Sat, 06 Jan 1996
TV today
TV todayTVRI 2:30 p.m. Travel: Wajah Negeriku 2:35 TV Series: Ninja Turtles 3:05 Sports: Marathon World Champions 4:00 News: Lintasan Berita 4:05 Sports: Marathon World Champions (continued) 4:55 Filler/Trailer 5:00 Regional News 5:25 Travel: Wajah Negeriku 5:30 Science Film: Bill Bixby's Wonderful...
Sat, 06 Jan 1996
Six students admit their role in brawl
Six students admit their role in brawl JAKARTA (JP): Six students being tried in the South Jakarta District Court yesterday admitted their role in a brawl which caused another student's death.The six students, Abdur Rohman, Nandan Mulyadi alias Penjor, Hendi Hendarsyah, Heryansyah alias Yayang,...
Sat, 06 Jan 1996
Employers don't always get their way
Employers don't always get their way JAKARTA (JP): Employers don't always have their way when it comes to disputes with workers, contrary to what labor activists and union leaders claimed, according to a leader of the association of employers (APINDO).R.
Sat, 06 Jan 1996
Import curb sought to ease account deficit
Import curb sought to ease account deficit JAKARTA (JP): The government should take down-to-earth measures to curb import growth and drive up exports to reduce the growing current account deficit, executives suggested yesterday.
Sat, 06 Jan 1996
German tried in Bali
German tried in Bali DENPASAR, Bali: A German travel executive was arraigned in the Denpasar District Court on Friday on charges of defrauding Rp 147.50 million ($64,130) from eight hotels in Bali.Antara reported that the defendant, identified only as NJA, a 45-year-old general manager of the...
Sat, 06 Jan 1996
Stock Exchange
Stock ExchangeStock prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (in rupiah) on Jan. 5, 1996: Shares Close Change Trading Volume --------------------------------------------------------- Ades Alfindo 750 -50 1,000 AHAP Insurance 3,200 0 0 Alumindo Perkasa 1,375 0 0 Andayani Megah 1,675 25 1,353,500 Aneka...
Sat, 06 Jan 1996
Bank Bali announces profit rise
Bank Bali announces profit rise JAKARTA (JP): PT Bank Bali announced yesterday that its gross profit increased by some 35 percent to about Rp 130 billion (US$56.5 million) last year and its total assets increased by 38 percent to about Rp 6.5 trillion.
Sat, 06 Jan 1996
Deer chase turns fatal
Deer chase turns fatal JAKARTA (JP): The manager of the Medan zoo and one of his employees drowned in the Deli River while chasing a deer that escaped from its enclosure on Thursday, Antara reported yesterday.
Sat, 06 Jan 1996
General Motors gears up for Asian car market
General Motors gears up for Asian car market WASHINGTON (AFP): General Motors Corp. has set a goal to win 10 percent of the Asian auto market by 2005 to gain a stake in what GM chairman John Smith said could soon be the world's biggest automobile market.
Sat, 06 Jan 1996
Open debate
Open debateFrom Media IndonesiaANteve station has progressed one step further by introducing the "Open Debate" program. This program seems to be intended as an alternative to the much loved telenovela serials and violent films.
Sat, 06 Jan 1996
Awards for businessmen
Awards for businessmen JAKARTA (JP): President Soeharto will present the Upakarti industrial awards on Jan. 8 to 63 businessmen and local administration officials who have contributed greatly to developing small enterprises and craftsmanship.
Sat, 06 Jan 1996
Asian oil firms discover benefits of globalization
Asian oil firms discover benefits of globalization SINGAPORE (Reuter): Asian national oil companies are becoming more involved in all aspects of their industry, stretching from upstream exploration to downstream refining and retailing.
Sat, 06 Jan 1996
PT Telkom told to improve service
PT Telkom told to improve service JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Tourism, Post and Telecommunications Joop Ave urged state-owned domestic telecommunications firm PT Telkom yesterday to connect a new fixed-telephone line in the Greater Jakarta area within just three days.
Sat, 06 Jan 1996
Atlantic Starr to perform
Atlantic Starr to perform JAKARTA (JP): The pop R & B band Atlantic Starr from the U.S. are going to perform tonight at the Seomantri Brodjonegoro hall in Kuningan.It will be the first performance of their two-week tour to 11 cities across the country.
Sat, 06 Jan 1996
RI top athletes brace for Olympics
RI top athletes brace for Olympics JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesian Swimming Federation will prepare swimmer Richard Sam Bera and diver Temmy Kusuma for the Atlanta Olympic Games in July.Wardojo Kusumo, the federation's training director, said here on Thursday that the association would seek approval...
Sat, 06 Jan 1996
Japan's new leader more positive on RI
Japan's new leader more positive on RI JAKARTA (JP): The new leadership in Japan under the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) is likely to be even more positive towards Indonesia, an international relations expert said yesterday.Hero U.
Sat, 06 Jan 1996
City office calls for professionalism
City office calls for professionalism JAKARTA (JP): The Jakarta Public Order officers must improve the professionalism of public servants.The office head, Kusaeni Budiantoro said in his address at the office games to celebrate its 46th anniversary on Friday that improvement of the quality of human...
Sat, 06 Jan 1996
Entertainment hubs closed down
Entertainment hubs closed down JAKARTA (JP): The City Public Order Office closed down temporarily three entertainment centers for violating New Year's eve regulation.An official from the office, Toha Reno, said yesterday that the three entertainment centers are Bunny Scorpion bar on Jl.
Sat, 06 Jan 1996
PPP criticizes Golkar, govt, political scene
PPP criticizes Golkar, govt, political scene JAKARTA (JP): The Moslem-based United Development Party (PPP) commemorated its 23rd anniversary yesterday, lashing out at the ruling Golkar, the government and the political scene in general.
Sat, 06 Jan 1996
'Super schools' making inroads into RI society
'Super schools' making inroads into RI societyBy Mochtar Buchori JAKARTA (JP): I am using the term "super school" here as a translation of the Indonesian term 'sekolah unggul', a name chosen by the Ministry of Education and Culture to denote schools which carry out a "quality education" program.
Sat, 06 Jan 1996
Palm oil drops sharply in Europe
Palm oil drops sharply in Europe LONDON (Reuter): Palm oil prices in Europe opened sharply lower yesterday as sentiment in Europe and the Far East turned against the material.Crude palm oil cif European opened US$7.50 to $12.50 lower following losses of $12.50 to $15 a ton at Thursday's close.
Sat, 06 Jan 1996
The Tavern
The Tavern In reference to the article in The Jakarta Post on Jan. 2, 1996 that The Tavern, Aryaduta Hotel, was charging Rp 139,000 per person cover charge without permission, we would like to clarify and correct the report.