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Thu, 10 Oct 1996
GE Lighting chooses RI as regional production base
GE Lighting chooses RI as regional production base JAKARTA (JP): GE Lighting, a unit of widely diversified General Electric of the United States, has chosen Indonesia as its main production base to serve Southeast Asian countries, the company's top executive said yesterday.
Thu, 10 Oct 1996
Myanmar may exhaust ASEAN's patience
Myanmar may exhaust ASEAN's patience SINGAPORE (Reuter): Myanmar's governing generals must move towards political pluralism or risk exhausting the patience of ASEAN and others investing in the country, Singapore's leading newspaper said yesterday.
Thu, 10 Oct 1996
Three-in-one bike riders die in crash
Three-in-one bike riders die in crash SEMARANG: Three high school students died yesterday afternoon after their motorcycle slammed into a mahogany tree.According to witnesses, the three teenagers, students at the Muhammadiyah technical high school in the Boja village, were speeding as they rode on...
Thu, 10 Oct 1996
Telkom directors 'adopt' quintuplets
Telkom directors 'adopt' quintuplets BANDUNG: The five members of the board of directors at the state-owned telecommunications company, PT Telkom, will become the foster parents of Indonesia's first quintuplets born here on Monday.
Thu, 10 Oct 1996
House hopes to deliberate drug bill soon
House hopes to deliberate drug bill soon JAKARTA (JP): The House of Representatives hopes to begin deliberating the long-awaited bill on psychotropic substances next month as soon as it ratifies the 1971 UN Convention on Psychotropic Substances.
Thu, 10 Oct 1996
Pressure mounts against govt on alcohol bill
Pressure mounts against govt on alcohol bill JAKARTA (JP): Pressure is mounting on the government to scrap a bill that would impose a fee on alcohol distributors and regulate the number of places allowed to sell alcohol as well as the amount allowed to be sold.
Thu, 10 Oct 1996
Incentives needed to improve environmental awareness
Incentives needed to improve environmental awareness JAKARTA (JP): People residing near a reserve forest deserve incentives to improve their awareness of preservation, an environmentalist said yesterday.
Thu, 10 Oct 1996
Hasan welcomes falling pulp prices
Hasan welcomes falling pulp prices JAKARTA (JP): Falling pulp prices on the world market benefit Indonesian pulp producers, chairman of the Indonesian Forestry Society, Bob Hasan, said yesterday."The drop in pulp prices is advantageous for us, not only because we can profit from lower prices but...
Thu, 10 Oct 1996
Marine resources may be overfished
Marine resources may be overfished JAKARTA (JP): Many marine resources across the world will be overfished in the next decade, while many countries will apply stricter trading rules on fishery imports, an executive of the Association of Indonesian Fishing Companies (Gappindo) predicts.
Thu, 10 Oct 1996
City flooding under control: Public works
City flooding under control: Public works JAKARTA (JP): The head of the maintenance division at the public works agency, Leo Y. Sianturi, said the levels of the city's main rivers, the Pesanggrahan and Ciliwung, are normal.
Thu, 10 Oct 1996
Indonesia and Vietnam said to face AIDS epidemic
Indonesia and Vietnam said to face AIDS epidemic SINGAPORE (Reuter): More than one million people in Indonesia and Vietnam may be infected with AIDS by the turn of the century, raising the number of people afflicted in Southeast Asia to more than two million, reports submitted to a regional task...
Thu, 10 Oct 1996
Two percent of Jakartans illiterate
Two percent of Jakartans illiterate JAKARTA (JP): The number of Jakarta's illiterates is now just 2 percent of the city's population of nine million, a decrease from 21 percent previously.Governor Surjadi Soedirdja said yesterday that the drastic drop is surprising and it indicates a great...
Thu, 10 Oct 1996
'Kramat Tunggak will become industrial zone'
'Kramat Tunggak will become industrial zone' JAKARTA (JP): The notorious Kramat Tunggak rehabilitation center for prostitutes will be turned into an industrial area, North Jakarta Mayor Suprawito said yesterday.
Thu, 10 Oct 1996
Govt to set up agency to handle geothermal power
Govt to set up agency to handle geothermal power JAKARTA (JP): The President is expected to issue a decree later this year to establish a one-stop regulatory agency for the geothermal industry, to encourage power generation using geothermal steam.
Thu, 10 Oct 1996
Property market guided by banking policy
Property market guided by banking policy JAKARTA (JP): Changes in the country's property market are due more to monetary policy than the riots that broke out in the city last July, an international property consultant said yesterday.
Thu, 10 Oct 1996
Stoned train
Stoned trainFrom Media IndonesiaI assumed it would be convenient to take an Argo Bromo or Sembrani train. On Oct. 5, I traveled by Sembrani train from Jakarta to Surabaya, East Java, at 5:40 p.m..I really looked forward to a good rest on the train after having had a few restless nights.
Thu, 10 Oct 1996
PON winners to go international
PON winners to go international JAKARTA (JP): The 16 gold medalists from the 14th National Games (PON) taekwondo competition will don the national colors in the ASEAN Taekwondo Championships in Ho Chi Minh City from Oct. 23 through Oct. 27 1996.
Thu, 10 Oct 1996
Where to go in Jakarta:
Where to go in Jakarta:Music * Hotel Dai-ichi, Jl. Senen Raya 135, Central Jakarta. - Mezzanine Lounge: The Praise Vocal Group, nightly except Sunday, 8 p.m. to 11 p.m. * Hotel Aryaduta, Jl. Prapatan 44-48, Central Jakarta: - Ambiente Italian Restaurant: Los Morenitos Vocal Group, Monday, Thursday,...
Thu, 10 Oct 1996
Dutch police slammed for seeking scapegoats
Dutch police slammed for seeking scapegoats JAKARTA (JP): Indonesian Ambassador to the Netherlands J.B. Soedarmanto Kadarisman has complained bitterly that the Dutch police were seeking scapegoats when they accused Indonesian diplomats of being involved in Ecstasy trafficking.
Thu, 10 Oct 1996
Jailed corruptor dies
Jailed corruptor dies MATARAM, West Nusa Tenggara: D.J. Sambara, 57, who was serving a three-year jail sentence for corruption, died of a heart attack at Mataram hospital over the weekend."The convict was brought to hospital on Sunday morning and died later that evening.
Thu, 10 Oct 1996
Megawati's supporters go on trial
Megawati's supporters go on trial JAKARTA (JP): Sixty-four supporters of Megawati Soekarnoputri were charged in Central Jakarta District Court yesterday with assault during a battle over the headquarters of the Indonesian Democratic Party (PDI) in July.
Thu, 10 Oct 1996
City plans hearing with Ulemas over decree on alcohol
City plans hearing with Ulemas over decree on alcohol JAKARTA (JP): The city administration is scheduled to hold a hearing with ulemas to explain the controversial decree on alcoholic beverages, a deputy governor says.
Thu, 10 Oct 1996
Rain prevents Soeharto inaugurating Ciamis plant
Rain prevents Soeharto inaugurating Ciamis plant JAKARTA (JP): Heavy rains barred President Soeharto from inaugurating yesterday an integrated phosphate mining and processing plant owned by PT Istana Kanematsu Indonesia (IKI) in Ciamis, West Java.
Thu, 10 Oct 1996
Japanese fund for villages
Japanese fund for villages NABIRE, Irian Jaya: Twenty coastal villages in the Paniai regency, Irian Jaya, will receive a combined Rp 2.5 billion in developmental aid from the Japanese government.Apart from the foreign aid, the Indonesian government is also contributing over Rp 78 million from its...
Thu, 10 Oct 1996
Sprint rally grand final
Sprint rally grand final JAKARTA (JP): Defending champion Roy Nirwan will head a field of 83 drivers at the national sprint car rally grand final at the Bumi Serpong Damai circuit in Tangerang, West Java on Sunday.
Thu, 10 Oct 1996
Fertilizer firm to build new plant worth $104.2m
Fertilizer firm to build new plant worth $104.2m JAKARTA (JP): PT Pupuk Kalimantan Timur, a state-owned fertilizer firm, signed an agreement here yesterday with a consortium of PT Rekayasa Industri and Chiyoda Corporation of Japan to build new production unit worth US$104.2 million.
Thu, 10 Oct 1996
Maj. Gen. Hendropriyono gets civilian posting
Maj. Gen. Hendropriyono gets civilian posting BANDUNG (JP): Once an army rising star, Maj. Gen. A.M. Hendropriyono will be given a civilian posting as secretary of Development Operations, Army Chief of Staff Gen. R. Hartono said yesterday."That's our plan.
Thu, 10 Oct 1996
Cannabis grower arrested
Cannabis grower arrested PEKALONGAN, Central Java: Nurdin, 35, was arrested Tuesday for planting and selling marijuana in his yard in Domiyang village.Nurdin admitted his crime and said he had brought the seeds from his hometown in North Aceh.
Thu, 10 Oct 1996
'ASEAN won't create closed trading bloc'
'ASEAN won't create closed trading bloc' JAKARTA (JP): Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Secretary-General Dato Ajit Singh asserted yesterday that greater integration of the group's economic activities would not create a closed trading bloc.
Thu, 10 Oct 1996
'Military and civilians have equal chance at presidency'
'Military and civilians have equal chance at presidency' JAKARTA (JP): Recent calls to give civilians and military personnel an equal opportunity to be nominated as presidential candidates were supported by a minister and a former vice president yesterday.
Thu, 10 Oct 1996
Proud Mastrans enjoys cash bonus bonanza
Proud Mastrans enjoys cash bonus bonanza JAKARTA (JP): Whopping cash bonuses have poured into Mastrans Bandung Raya's coffer following its triumph in the Indonesian soccer league championship Sunday.The winning team was received by West Java governor Nuriana in Bandung at his office and left with a...
Thu, 10 Oct 1996
Twisting the wrong arm?
Twisting the wrong arm? This refers to the letter from the Australian High Commission published in The Jakarta Post on Oct. 7, 1996, in response to my earlier letter on the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty.
Thu, 10 Oct 1996
Wang survives net practice
Wang survives net practice SURABAYA, Indonesia (AFP): Defending champion Shi-Ting Wang of Taipei survived a cascade of wayward volleys to defeat Israel's Hila Rosen 7-5, 6-3 and advance to the second round of the US$107,500 International Open on Tuesday.
Thu, 10 Oct 1996
Ericsson to set up facility in Indonesia
Ericsson to set up facility in Indonesia JAKARTA (JP): The Swedish telecommunications group LM Ericsson AB plans to set up in Indonesia a facility to provide software for the development of telecommunications equipment, said the company's top executive.
Thu, 10 Oct 1996
Observer calls for minimum penalties for drug abusers
Observer calls for minimum penalties for drug abusers JAKARTA (JP): A noted sports observer threw his weight yesterday behind the National Sports Council's appeal for minimum punishments against six athletes who failed dope tests in the recent National Games.
Thu, 10 Oct 1996
Decaying body found at boarding house
Decaying body found at boarding house JAKARTA (JP): A decomposing male body was found yesterday morning in a room at a boarding house on Jl. Mangga Besar IV, Taman Sari, in West Jakarta.Local police identified the fully-clothed body as Denny Agus Setiawan, a 21-year-old university student.
Thu, 10 Oct 1996
Made Wianta is the soul of Balinese abstraction
Made Wianta is the soul of Balinese abstractionBy Jean Couteau JAKARTA (JP): "Art is a win-win activity." Such were the words of Minister of Education and Culture Wardiman Djojonegoro on Oct. 3 when he opened Made Wianta's exhibition at Santi Gallery in Jakarta.
Wed, 09 Oct 1996
Telecom cooperation signed
Telecom cooperation signed JAKARTA (JP): PT Satelite Palapa Indonesia (Satelindo), a private telecommunications firm belonging to the Bimantara Group, yesterday tied up with the association of telecommunications kiosks to reach more customers.
Wed, 09 Oct 1996
Alleged illegal drinking water firm closed down
Alleged illegal drinking water firm closed down JAKARTA (JP): The South Jakarta police have closed down a company believed to be illegally producing and selling fake mineral water, and arrested the owner.
Wed, 09 Oct 1996
TV today
TV todayTVRI 2:30 p.m. Travel: My Country 2:35 TV Series: Fun House 3:05 TV Drama: Ciung Wanara II 3:30 TV Series: Just The Ten of Us 4:05 TV Drama: Masih Ada Jalan 4:30 Documentary Film 4:55 Filler 5:00 Evening News 5:30 Indonesian Lesson 6:00 News: Lintasan Berita 6:05 Travel: Jakarta 6:15...
Wed, 09 Oct 1996
Jakartans told to use their right to vote
Jakartans told to use their right to vote JAKARTA (JP): City Police Chief Maj. Gen. Hamami Nata called on all Jakartans yesterday to exercise their right to vote in next year's general election."We hope all residents will be willing to cast their ballots properly in the upcoming election," he told...
Wed, 09 Oct 1996
Beware of new protectionism by developed states: Alatas
Beware of new protectionism by developed states: Alatas JAKARTA (JP): Indonesian Minister of Foreign Affairs Ali Alatas has reproached a new form of protectionism being exercised by developed states which threatens to adulterate the World Trade Organization (WTO).
Wed, 09 Oct 1996
Exporter offers help to Mentawai islanders
Exporter offers help to Mentawai islanders JAKARTA (JP): PT Hiureksa Perkasa, a fish exporter, is trying to persuade other investors to help deliver tens of thousands of Mentawai islanders in West Sumatra from poverty.
Wed, 09 Oct 1996
ASEAN discusses AIDS problem
ASEAN discusses AIDS problem SINGAPORE (AFP): The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) opened talks here yesterday on battling the rising AIDS problem in the region, which officials said was increasingly linked with the illegal migrant labor problem.
Wed, 09 Oct 1996
South Korean defendant denies workers' testimony
South Korean defendant denies workers' testimony JAKARTA (JP): The defendant in the trial of the Grogol flyover accident denied he told workers to remove bracings supporting a section of the construction."I came to the location at around 8:20 a.m.
Wed, 09 Oct 1996
Ramayana opens in Depok
Ramayana opens in Depok JAKARTA (JP): The publicly-listed PT Ramayana Lestari Sentosa retail chain opened a new store at the Plaza Depok shopping center at Depok town, 25 kilometers south of the capital, yesterday.
Wed, 09 Oct 1996
Govt to protect copyrights in forestry sector
Govt to protect copyrights in forestry sector JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Forestry Djamaludin Suryohadikusumo signed an agreement with the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) yesterday endorsing Indonesia's commitment to protecting intellectual property rights on forest-based research...
Wed, 09 Oct 1996
Mom says Oki 'was violent'
Mom says Oki 'was violent' JAKARTA (JP): The mother of 32-year-old Harnoko Dewantono, the triple murder suspect better known as Oki, once told the police that her son was violent as a child, a court heard yesterday.
Wed, 09 Oct 1996
Irian Jaya gets 3 more regencies
Irian Jaya gets 3 more regencies JAYAPURA, Irian Jaya: Minister of Home Affairs Moch. Yogie S.M. inaugurated three new regencies and installed the regents yesterday.The three new regencies are Puncak Jaya, Paniai and Mimika with the new regents Ruben Ambrauw, Januarius L. Dow, and Titus O.
Wed, 09 Oct 1996
Commercial crimes
Commercial crimesFrom NeracaCrimes rates have risen drastically of late. Thefts, robberies and murders continue to grow strongly as usual, and there is an upward trend in economic or commercial crimes.The government loses up to billions of rupiah from commercial crimes.