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Tue, 04 Oct 1994
RI visitors to Hong Kong
RI visitors to Hong Kong JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia has become an increasingly important market for Hong Kong's tourism industry in the last few years, said Penelope Byrne, Acting Manager of the Corporate Communications Department of the Hong Kong Tourist Association, here yesterday.
Tue, 04 Oct 1994
ABRI marks birthday in simple fashion
ABRI marks birthday in simple fashion JAKARTA (JP): A simple but respectable ceremony will be the highlight of this week's celebration of the 49th anniversary of the Armed Forces (ABRI), the organizers said yesterday.Chief of the organizing committee Maj. Gen.
Tue, 04 Oct 1994
Alatas to meet separatist leader of East Timor
Alatas to meet separatist leader of East Timor JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Foreign Affairs Ali Alatas will meet with Fretilin leader Ramos Horta in New York on Thursday while his Portuguese counterpart will meet with an East Timorese pro- integration delegation in Luxembourg today.
Tue, 04 Oct 1994
New chief asked to protect foreigners
New chief asked to protect foreigners JAKARTA (JP): City Police Chief Maj. Gen. Mochammad Hindarto has asked the newly-installed chief of the South Jakarta police precinct to pay greater attention to security in residential areas where many foreigners live.
Tue, 04 Oct 1994
Sukarno defended communism after botched coup: Book
Sukarno defended communism after botched coup: Book JAKARTA (JP): President Sukarno may not have been involved in the communist plot to undermine the state in 1965, but a new government book maintains that he defended the Indonesian Communist Party (PKI) in the coup's aftermath to the point of...
Tue, 04 Oct 1994
Greek businessman's accusation denied
Greek businessman's accusation denied JAKARTA (JP): Businessman R. Adji Asmoro Suryodipuro denied yesterday that he was arraigned at the South Jakarta District Court on Sept. 28, as reported in a news story entitled Greek shipping tycoon sues local businessman for fraud in the Sept.
Tue, 04 Oct 1994
Baduy people rejects govt aid
Baduy people rejects govt aid LEBAK, West Java: The indigenous Baduy tribe in Kanekes village have refused to accept government aid, stressing that it goes against their traditional beliefs.Head of the local village development office Zainal Arifin Sastramihardja said he had already reported the...
Tue, 04 Oct 1994
Korea buys more LNG from Indonesia
Korea buys more LNG from Indonesia JAKARTA (JP): The State Oil Company Pertamina and Korea Gas Corporation (KGC) have signed an agreement on an additional sale of six million tons of liquefied natural gas (LNG), Pertamina announced yesterday.
Mon, 03 Oct 1994
Poet Emha and ABRI
Poet Emha and ABRIFrom Bisnis IndonesiaI was surprised when reading a news item in the paper that poet Emha Ainun Nadjib was invited by Regional Military Commander/Diponegoro Major Gen. Soeyono to read a poem in Semarang, Central Java, in observance of the anniversary of the Armed Forces (ABRI).
Mon, 03 Oct 1994
Nine inmates escape
Nine inmates escape MEDAN, North Sumatra: Police are tracking down nine inmates who escaped from the their detention house in Pangkalan Brandan last week.They broke out by sawing the iron bars of a ventilation window, scaling a four meter high wall and climbing down a rope made from blankets,...
Mon, 03 Oct 1994
Experts, traders not upbeat about `Zebra'
Experts, traders not upbeat about `Zebra' JAKARTA (JP): Experts and vendors question a plan of the police to ticket jaywalkers, undisciplined commuters and street vendors, saying that poor traffic infrastructure have forced people to commit the offenses.
Mon, 03 Oct 1994
KL builds metro system
KL builds metro system MONTREAL (AFP): Canadian engineering firms Bombardier and SNC- Lavalin have won a contract to build a metro system in Kuala Lumpur with the first stations scheduled to open in 1998.
Mon, 03 Oct 1994
Thai-Saudi ties may be severed: Saudi envoy
Thai-Saudi ties may be severed: Saudi envoy BANGKOK (AFP): Saudi Arabia may sever relations with Thailand if Thai authorities are unable to solve the Saudi jewelry case and the murders here of four Saudi diplomats and a businessman, Riyadh's envoy said last Saturday.
Mon, 03 Oct 1994
More import players in 1995 Kobatama
More import players in 1995 Kobatama JAKARTA (JP): The semi-professional national basketball league Kobatama plans to draft 22 more foreign players into the league next season to shape up the balance of power among participating clubs.
Mon, 03 Oct 1994
Malaysia, S'pore to discuss pollution
Malaysia, S'pore to discuss pollution SINGAPORE (AFP): Malaysia and Singapore will hold a two-day meeting to discuss the forest fire pollution currently affecting both countries, the Ministry of Environment said.
Mon, 03 Oct 1994
Foreign exchange rates omission
Foreign exchange rates omission To be frank, it was very disturbing to read Capt. R.W. de Jong's letter in The Jakarta Post on Sept. 27. I cannot refrain from expressing my opinion.He criticized The Jakarta Post for not publishing the Foreign Exchange Rates and complained about the paper's apology...
Mon, 03 Oct 1994
Share prices weaken across the board on JSX
Share prices weaken across the board on JSX JAKARTA (JP): Sporadic selling throughout last week continued to weaken share prices across the board. As predicted, the Jakarta Stock Exchange (JSX) Composite Index broke the 500 points psychological support level, closing lower for a third week at 497.
Mon, 03 Oct 1994
Hong Kong is biggest investor in Vietnam
Hong Kong is biggest investor in Vietnam HANOI (Reuter): Asian companies continued to dominate foreign investment in communist Vietnam in the first nine months of this year, with Hong Kong firms in the lead, the government said on Saturday.
Mon, 03 Oct 1994
Blood transfusion center inaugurated
Blood transfusion center inaugurated JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesian Red Cross chief, Ibnu Sutowo, inaugurated the new Rp 12 billion (US$5.5 million) blood transfusion center located at Jl. Joe No. 7 in Lenteng Agung, South Jakarta, late last week.
Mon, 03 Oct 1994
ABRI officers linked to extortion
ABRI officers linked to extortion SEMARANG, Central Java: Ten officers of the Armed Forces (ABRI) suspected of extorting money from potential recruits will be questioned soon, the local military chief said Saturday.
Mon, 03 Oct 1994
RP wared over economy
RP wared over economy MANILA (AFP): The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has warned the Philippines of emerging imbalances that threaten to derail its fledgling economic recovery, a confidential document published here Saturday showed.
Mon, 03 Oct 1994
`Underway' is underway in Tanah Abang
`Underway' is underway in Tanah Abang JAKARTA (JP): The nagging traffic problems in Tanah Abang, Central Jakarta, might be partly solved with the construction of an "underway" which will connect Jl. KH Mansyur and Jl. Fachrudin.
Mon, 03 Oct 1994
Battling forest fires
Battling forest fires As a neighbor to Singapore, Malaysia and Brunei Darussalam we must listen to and heed their grievances over the haze caused by the forest fires in Kalimantan and Sumatra. None of their complaints should be construed as interference in our domestic affairs.
Mon, 03 Oct 1994
TV today
TV todayTVRI 2:30 p.m. TV Series: Peter Pan & the Pirates 3:00 Riang Ria 3:30 TV Series: Unsolved Mysteries 4:30 Students' Quiz: Cepat Tepat 5:00 Regional News 5:30 Science and Technology 6:05 Nusantara, the Beloved Country 6:15 Village Program 6:30 Religion Teaching: Hindu 7:00 Evening News 7:30...
Mon, 03 Oct 1994
Conversion rates
Conversion ratesAnnouncement: Bank Indonesia, which started to implement a five- day working system last month, no longer provides the list of conversion rates for foreign exchange on Saturdays. This newspaper, therefore, no longer publishes foreign exchange conversion rates in its Monday editions.
Mon, 03 Oct 1994
12 investigated for smuggling
12 investigated for smuggling PROBOLINGGO, East Java: The municipal police are investigating twelve people suspected of smuggling electronic goods into Probolinggo."The smuggling case will be processed in accordance with the law," Antara quoted municipal police chief Lt. Col.
Mon, 03 Oct 1994
Good old colonial days?
Good old colonial days? This is my instantaneous reaction to Mr. de Jong's suggestions, asking The Jakarta Post to teach the readers about the good old colonial days and his pretension of knowing better about what's going on in this country than 99 percent of the pure Indonesians (The Jakarta Post,...
Mon, 03 Oct 1994
PGI seeks new rule on church building
PGI seeks new rule on church buildingBy Imanuddin JAKARTA (JP): The Communion of Churches in Indonesia (PGI) is seeking to change the regulation on where it can establish its houses of worship in the future, taking the power away from local community leaders and putting it into the government's...
Mon, 03 Oct 1994
East Timor leaders agree to expand forum
East Timor leaders agree to expand forum JAKARTA (JP): Leaders from East Timor still residing in Indonesia, along with others living in exile, agreed to expand their forum to include other overseas Timorese factions in hopes of bringing about total reconciliation.F.X.
Mon, 03 Oct 1994
Taxi company to sell 37% of its shares to public
Taxi company to sell 37% of its shares to public JAKARTA (JP): PT Centris Multipersada Pratama, a taxi operator, will sell 37 percent of its expanded shares through the Jakarta and Surabaya Stock Exchanges at the end of this month.
Mon, 03 Oct 1994
East Pademangan residents sue city in land dispute
East Pademangan residents sue city in land dispute JAKARTA (JP): Twenty-seven families living in East Pademangan subdistrict, North Jakarta, have filed a lawsuit with the State Administrative Court over a land dispute.They have sworn not to move until a court verdict is achieved.
Mon, 03 Oct 1994
IBM goes OEM with its Cobalt AT 486BL motherboard
IBM goes OEM with its Cobalt AT 486BL motherboardBy Zatni Arbi JAKARTA (JP): All right! Finally, I've happily gotten rid of my old albeit faithful 386 PC. Well, partly. I still have most of its components, including the case, the two floppy disk drives, the Orchid Fahrenheit 1280 graphics...
Mon, 03 Oct 1994
Kalimantan, Sumatra forest fires turn into blaming game
Kalimantan, Sumatra forest fires turn into blaming game JAKARTA (JP): The government blames the nomadic tribes. The Indonesian Environmental Forum (Walhi) blames the forestry concessionaires. Now the concessionaires are blaming the weather.
Mon, 03 Oct 1994
Malaysia stops issuing visas to Indian citizens
Malaysia stops issuing visas to Indian citizens KUALA LUMPUR (Agencies): The Malaysian High Commission in New Delhi has stopped issuing visas to Indian citizens in a move to prevent the plague outbreak there spreading to Malaysia, local newspapers reported yesterday.
Mon, 03 Oct 1994
KL strengthens ties with CPC
KL strengthens ties with CPC KUALA LUMPUR (AFP): Malaysia's ruling National Front coalition said yesterday its strengthening of ties with the Communist Party of China (CPC) would not lead to a revival of socialism at home.
Mon, 03 Oct 1994
White book on 1965 PKI coup attempt published
White book on 1965 PKI coup attempt published JAKARTA (JP): The government has published the long-promised white book on the communist coup attempt in 1965. The 293-page book, which was published on Oct.
Mon, 03 Oct 1994
Indonesian film wins top prize
Indonesian film wins top prize KYOTO, Japan (AFP): The seventh annual Tokyo International Film Festival ended here yesterday, with top prizes going to features directed by Hong Kong's Yim Ho and Indonesia's Garin Nugroho.
Mon, 03 Oct 1994
Hadson discovers gas
Hadson discovers gas JAKARTA (JP): Hadson Bentu Limited, one of Pertamina's production sharing contractors, has discovered gas and condensate reserves in Riau.Pertamina, the state-owned oil company, announced here Saturday that the gas and condensate were discovered in the Seng- I field in the...
Mon, 03 Oct 1994
Pressure mounts to sue senior columnist Manai
Pressure mounts to sue senior columnist Manai JAKARTA (JP): Pressure mounted during the weekend to sue senior columnist Manai Sophiaan for suggesting that student leaders in the 1960s received funding from the American Central Intelligence Agency to stage street protests against president Sukarno.
Mon, 03 Oct 1994
Auditing state accounts
Auditing state accounts The four-day government conference on the auditing of state financial accounts which opened on Thursday has disclosed the enormous difficulties encountered by the Supreme Audit Agency (BPK) in properly executing its tasks and the inadequacy of the financial accountability of...
Mon, 03 Oct 1994
450 midwives for rural areas
450 midwives for rural areas PALEMBANG, South Sumatra: The provincial government has contracted 457 midwives to work in remote areas of the province.Secretary to the provincial administration Djulkip Siregar, who met with the midwives at his office last week, said the policy aimed at improving the...
Mon, 03 Oct 1994
Council calls for vigilance against plague
Council calls for vigilance against plague JAKARTA (JP): City councilors have insisted that the government take anticipatory measures to avoid any possible spread of pneumonic plague which has afflicted 1,500 people in India over the last two weeks.
Mon, 03 Oct 1994
Fire victims face eviction
Fire victims face eviction The Central Jakarta Mayoralty gave Saturday a final option to 80 families living on the old fire site in Bendungan Hilir subdistrict to take the compensation offered by the government or face demolition.
Mon, 03 Oct 1994
Rapid development changes Tangerang
Rapid development changes TangerangBy K. Basrie TANGERANG (JP): Tangerang has rapidly changed. The changes can be noticed in all aspects of development, such as buildings, public and social facilities and population but, along with the development, Tangerang has also seen a rise in criminal acts.
Mon, 03 Oct 1994
RI art troupe cancels India tour over plague
RI art troupe cancels India tour over plague JAKARTA (JP): An Indonesian art troupe from Bali has canceled it's planned two-week tour in India due to the deadly pneumonic plague epidemic there.The cultural group consisting of 35 Balinese dancers, folk singers, painters and sculptors was slated to...
Mon, 03 Oct 1994
Actor to sue 'Citra' magazine
Actor to sue 'Citra' magazine Film star Ratno Timoer, 52, is threatening to file defamation charges against Citra, a tabloid published by Jakarta-based Gramedia Group.The 52-year-old actor late last week took the defamation claim to the City Police.
Mon, 03 Oct 1994
RI provides visa-free facility for E. European countries
RI provides visa-free facility for E. European countries JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia, aiming at attracting more tourist arrivals in the coming five years, is now providing visa-free entrance facilities for visitors from four countries in eastern Europe.
Mon, 03 Oct 1994
Traveler ambassador is going home
Traveler ambassador is going homeBy Meidyatama Suryodiningrat After a three-and-a-half year posting in Jakarta Ambassador Karl Walter Lewalter finally bids his friends farewell tomorrow. Calling his experience here the "most interesting period" in his life, the well-traveled envoy will become...
Mon, 03 Oct 1994
Bad loans
Bad loansFrom Suara KaryaThe government has taken effective measures to deal with bad loans involving both state-owned banks and private banks. The cases have been taken to court and the debtors are blacklisted and banned from leaving the country.
Mon, 03 Oct 1994
Haze causes boat collision
Haze causes boat collision PONTIANAK, West Kalimantan: Thick haze from forest fires caused a ferry and two boats to collide in the Kapuas River last week, a press report said yesterday.There were no casualties in the accident although two tug boats did sink, Antara said quoting the Pontianak port...