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Mon, 23 Jan 1995
Finnish firms to invest here
Finnish firms to invest here JAKARTA (JP): Two Finnish firms will invest in Indonesia by cooperating with local firms.Enso of Finland agreed last Friday to cooperate with PT Gudang Garam, a listed cigarette maker, and the state-owned forestry firm, PT Inhutani III, to invest almost US$1 billion in...
Mon, 23 Jan 1995
Winner of technique contest
Winner of technique contest JAKARTA (JP): The Technical Vocational School STMP DKI Jaya has been chosen as the first winner of the technique competition held by the Jakarta's office of the Ministry of Education and Culture.
Sun, 22 Jan 1995
High mountains and moving hospitality on trip to Flores
High mountains and moving hospitality on trip to FloresBy Angela Ee JAKARTA (JP): "Nama?...Agama?" Our names and religion were the only formalities needed to break the ice. We were at Kampong Pemo Baru -- a village built to replace one destroyed in the 1992 earthquake in Flores.
Sun, 22 Jan 1995
Fears over conglomerates dismissed
Fears over conglomerates dismissed JAKARTA (JP): President Soeharto dismissed yesterday fears over the growing dominance of a score of conglomerates in Indonesia's economy.The President said that Indonesia has solid regulations to protect the interests of the people from the growing activities of...
Sun, 22 Jan 1995
Brouwer enjoys historic Dutch-RI ties
Brouwer enjoys historic Dutch-RI tiesBy Meidyatama Suryadiningrat JAKARTA (JP): As Indonesia celebrates its golden anniversary and progresses towards the next millennium, one cannot escape the fact that the Netherlands is embedded in the nation's history.
Sun, 22 Jan 1995
Kampong Improvement Program: Providing basic services
Kampong Improvement Program: Providing basic servicesBy Dean Carignan JAKARTA (JP): Call it growing pains. Indonesia's cities, among the most rapidly expanding in Asia, are attracting new residents at a dizzying pace.
Sun, 22 Jan 1995
Hindarto looks forward to more freedom
Hindarto looks forward to more freedomBy K. Basrie JAKARTA (JP): Merdeka!!!The word, which means freedom, is the instant response given by Maj. Gen. Mochammad Hindarto to a question about how he views the completion of his term this week as chief of the Jakarta Police.
Sun, 22 Jan 1995
Ragunan school grooms national athletes
Ragunan school grooms national athletesBy Arif Suryobuwono JAKARTA (JP): Plants need special treatment to grow. Talented Indonesian athletes get that special treatment at Ragunan.Harvest time is an endless season for the 18-year-old Ragunan school.
Sun, 22 Jan 1995
Jakartans get older by the day
Jakartans get older by the day Siblings used to fight each other for the honor of taking care of their beloved parents; but now seniors fear dependence and rejection. Government officials stress homes for the elderly must be the last option for those who are too poor to take care of their elderly...
Sun, 22 Jan 1995
Guess What?
Guess What? When singer and designer Ida Royani began to cover herself from head to foot in the Moslem fashion in the 1980s, many of her friends jeered."My only rivals were grannies from the kampong," she said.Few women turned up at parties or hotels in Moslem clothes.
Sun, 22 Jan 1995
Losing
LosingFrom JayakartaAs if awakened from a slumber, Indonesian soccer is stirring back to life. It seems that the appearance of the Liga Dunhill, combining the potential of Association and Galatama soccer, has been able to animate the national soccer scene.
Sun, 22 Jan 1995
Fashion's future as seen by Indonesian designers
Fashion's future as seen by Indonesian designersBy Dini S. Djalal JAKARTA (JP): Five years until the new millennium, and, by the looks of recent collections, the fashion world is waiting anxiously for its arrival.
Sun, 22 Jan 1995
Massage proven beneficial after sports: Experts
Massage proven beneficial after sports: ExpertsBy Hario Tilarso JAKARTA (JP): Massage manipulates the body's muscles and is usually performed after tiring physical activities. Systematic massage essentially relieves soreness, but intensive research by experts has shown that massage is very...
Sun, 22 Jan 1995
Nursing home: The option for nobody's elderly
Nursing home: The option for nobody's elderlyBy Ati Nurbaiti and Rita A. Widiadana JAKARTA (JP): Suharti, 72, never dreamed that she would spend the last years of life in a nursing home.She always fancied herself as a happy grandmother living in a comfortable house, surrounded by naughty but cute...
Sun, 22 Jan 1995
Seminars, in a way, wasteful
Seminars, in a way, wasteful JAKARTA (JP): President Soeharto recently appealed to government officials to hold working conferences and seminars at government premises rather than at hotels or convention centers.
Sun, 22 Jan 1995
NY diamond manufacturers in Jakarta
NY diamond manufacturers in Jakarta JAKARTA (JP): If the well-being of a nation's economy was measured by the number of European jewelers infiltrating the domestic market, then Indonesia is indeed be gaining affluence.From Jan.
Sun, 22 Jan 1995
Guess What?
Guess What? State Minister for Administrative Reforms T.B. Silalahi expressed his disappointment at seeing Bandung, West Java become a forest of buildings."In 1957, when I came here for the first time, I immediately fell in love with the city. Everything was very beautiful.
Sun, 22 Jan 1995
'KONI boss needs President's nod'
'KONI boss needs President's nod' JAKARTA (JP): The National Sports Council must ask for President Soeharto's approval of its elected chairman, the council's top official Surono said."Sports cannot be separated from our national development program as a whole.
Sun, 22 Jan 1995
Ugly scenes spoil Asian Cup semifinals during match
Ugly scenes spoil Asian Cup semifinals during match SHARJAH, UAE (AFP): Ugly scenes after a 90th minute equalizer by host club Al Shaab from Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates marred its Asian Cup Winners' cup semi-final clash with Saudi Arabia's Al Ittihad Friday.
Sun, 22 Jan 1995
Guess What?
Guess What? Noted painter A.D. Pirous was soaking wet after a short trip in the rain. Although his gracious host, Mrs. Astari Al Rasjid, offered him a change of clothing, he preferred his dripping wet shirt instead."I just hope I don't get sick," he said.
Sun, 22 Jan 1995
Culture and time bridged through art of batik
Culture and time bridged through art of batikBy Barbara Healy YOGYAKARTA (JP): Someone once said that artists are "people whose gift of seeing transcends the world of appearances" and whose "sight signifies insight".
Sun, 22 Jan 1995
Seaworld provides costly education and recreation
Seaworld provides costly education and recreationText by Rita A. Widiadana photos by Mulkan Salmona JAKARTA (JP): Aquarium mania hit Jakartans when Seaworld, the first real marine aquarium in the country, opened last year.
Sun, 22 Jan 1995
'Pergeri' helps elderly people fulfill themselves
'Pergeri' helps elderly people fulfill themselvesBy Rita A. Widiadana JAKARTA (JP): Elderly, happy, active and creative! That is the motto of the Indonesian Society of Gerontology, a non-profit organization for the elderly."Getting old is a natural process.
Sun, 22 Jan 1995
Two held over heroin
Two held over heroin BANGKOK (Reuter): Thai police charged two men with drug trafficking after seizing 44 kilos (97 lb) of heroin, officials said.The two Thai men were arrested late on Friday on the outskirts of Bangkok as they were about to hand over the heroin, narcotics police said yesterday.
Sun, 22 Jan 1995
Guess What?
Guess What? Who is the funniest cabinet minister? Minister of Health Sujudi strikes again.His target, this time, was the state pharmaceutical company PT Sincona Indonesia Lestari in Bandung. It has just exported the first batch of Quinidine Sulphate, a medicine for heart disease patients, to the...
Sat, 21 Jan 1995
Garuda told to be fully transparent
Garuda told to be fully transparent JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Transportation Haryanto Dhanutirto asked the national flagcarrier Garuda Indonesia yesterday to solve its liquidity problems and to be fully transparent to the government.
Sat, 21 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.
Sat, 21 Jan 1995
Church activists sue regent
Church activists sue regent MEDAN, North Sumatra: Protestant church activists have filed a law suit with the local administrative court against the regent of North Tapanuli for barring their reverend from leading a mass this week.The regent banned Rev.
Sat, 21 Jan 1995
Indonesia needs more warships
Indonesia needs more warships JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia needs to build up its fleet of warships if it is to protect its vast sea territory, Armed Forces Chief Gen. Feisal Tanjung says.The 39 corvettes, frigates and tank landing ships recently purchased from Germany are barely sufficient to protect...
Sat, 21 Jan 1995
Talks on clean technology
Talks on clean technology JAKARTA (JP): A team of eight Australian experts will be involved in a major energy workshop next week, with 60 key Indonesian representatives from government, industry and research fields.
Sat, 21 Jan 1995
Indocement boosts output by 1.3m tons
Indocement boosts output by 1.3m tons JAKARTA (JP): PT Indocement Tunggal Prakarsa will expand the production capacity of its cement plant in Cirebon, West Java, by 1.3 million tons per annum with an investment of US$142 million.
Sat, 21 Jan 1995
Defection report causes confusion among PDI leaders
Defection report causes confusion among PDI leaders JAKARTA (JP): Many leaders of the Indonesian Democratic Party (PDI) were still perplexed yesterday by the report that Secretary-General Alex Litaay has defected to a rival camp which has been challenging the leadership of Megawati Sukarnoputri.
Sat, 21 Jan 1995
Pedicabs still needed in Bintaro Jaya
Pedicabs still needed in Bintaro JayaBy Arief Suditomo JAKARTA (JP): The becak (pedicabs) still provide a valuable means of transportation for residents in Bintaro Jaya although their presence has now begun to irritate the real estate management and motorists.
Sat, 21 Jan 1995
UNDP helps small business
UNDP helps small business JAKARTA (JP): The Bandung-based Indonesian Cooperative Management Institute, in cooperation with the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), set up a business incubator yesterday for developing small and medium enterprises.
Sat, 21 Jan 1995
Church Services
Church Services * Catholic Church, University of Atmajaya, Jl. Jend. Sudirman: Saturday 5:30 p.m., Sunday, 9 a.m., 10:30 p.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, 21 Jan 1995
RP, S'pore to expand exercises
RP, S'pore to expand exercises MANILA (AFP): Defense Secretary Renato De Villa and visiting Singaporean Defense Minister Lee Boon Yung confirmed here yesterday that expanded joint military exercises will be held in the Philippines.
Sat, 21 Jan 1995
Mangrove forests destroyed
Mangrove forests destroyed PROBOLINGGO, East Java: Probolinggo regency has lost at least 25 hectares of mangrove forests in the past 10 years due to development of fish hatchery ponds.Regent Pamoedji said his administration has been facing the dilemma of giving priority to the need to raise funds...
Sat, 21 Jan 1995
Dead Dutchman flown home
Dead Dutchman flown home AMBON, Maluku: Police yesterday arranged for the return of the body of Johannes Ditzal, a 64-year-old Dutch tourist who died while on a mountaineering trip last Saturday, to his country.Ambon Police Chief Lt. Col.
Sat, 21 Jan 1995
Puncak environmental damage upsets minister
Puncak environmental damage upsets minister JAKARTA (JP): State Minister of Environment Sarwono Kusumaatmadja yesterday demanded that West Java Governor take stern measures against delinquent developers that are clearly destroying the environment in the Puncak hill resort.
Sat, 21 Jan 1995
Liquor producers against obligatory labeling move
Liquor producers against obligatory labeling moveBy Hidayat Jati JAKARTA (JP): Liquor producers say they are opposing a move by a private firm trying to control the industry through compulsory labeling.
Sat, 21 Jan 1995
Brithis school to expand quality education
Brithis school to expand quality educationBy Yoko N. Sari JAKARTA (JP): The British International School in Bintaro Jaya at the outskirts of Jakarta strives to offer the highest possible standard of education.
Sat, 21 Jan 1995
The Carpenters and Yesterday, Once More
The Carpenters and Yesterday, Once MoreBy Jason Tedjasukmana JAKARTA (JP): Angst, edge, pain and sexuality. While these may not be the terms that come to mind when one thinks of the music of the Carpenters, a new tribute album makes plain the cauldron of emotions seething beneath the persona of...
Sat, 21 Jan 1995
Japanese OEDF opens office in Hanoi
Japanese OEDF opens office in Hanoi HANOI (AFP): Japan's powerful Overseas Economic Development Fund (OEDF), which has lent Vietnam US$970 million since 1992, opened an office in Hanoi yesterday.OECF president Akira Nishigaki officially opened the office while on a six-day visit to Vietnam during...
Sat, 21 Jan 1995
Can smoking be healthy?
Can smoking be healthy? JAKARTA (JP): Smoking won't affect your health if it is done the right way. Wanna find out how? Enlist yourselves for a seminar in Jember, East Java, this March on the healthy way to smoke.
Sat, 21 Jan 1995
N. Jakarta prone to land disputes
N. Jakarta prone to land disputes JAKARTA (JP): Head of the Jakarta Provincial Prosecutors Office Suyoto said that the legal area of North Jakarta is prone to land disputes due to the high levels of growth in industry and population.
Sat, 21 Jan 1995
Moslem Student Organization in identity crisis
Moslem Student Organization in identity crisis JAKARTA (JP): The Moslem Students Organization (HMI) will face nothing less than an agenda of crisis when it begins its twentieth congress today in Surabaya.
Sat, 21 Jan 1995
142 violators apprehended
142 violators apprehended JAKARTA (JP): A total of 142 people have been apprehended in 10 subdistricts in South Jakarta during a law and order operation which was launched this month.South Jakarta Mayor Pardjoko announced that most of the violators were street vendors operating along pavements of...
Sat, 21 Jan 1995
Rp 1 billion house demolished
Rp 1 billion house demolished JAKARTA (JP): The Bogor administration started demolishing a Rp 1 billion (US$454,338) house on Thursday on Jl. Terusan Bukit Tunggul due to the lack of a building permit.The demolition began after the house owner, Mrs.
Sat, 21 Jan 1995
3.9% of population in the city poor
3.9% of population in the city poor JAKARTA (JP): An executive of the Jakarta office of the national family planning board said on Thursday that 3.9 percent of Jakartans are living below the poverty line.
Sat, 21 Jan 1995
Dengue already kills 13
Dengue already kills 13 PALEMBANG, South Sumatra: Thirteen of the 630 patients treated for dengue fever in the province this month have died, head of the South Sumatra Health Office Anwar SKM, said.Fourteen others died in December when the disease first broke out.