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Mon, 03 Oct 1994
Locals get honor of torch ceremony
Locals get honor of torch ceremony HIROSHIMA, Japan (Reuter): Two Hiroshima athletes achieved what is likely to be the high point of their sporting careers yesterday -- but it had nothing to do with their speciality events.
Mon, 03 Oct 1994
Vietnam's oil bonanza, the dream and reality
Vietnam's oil bonanza, the dream and realityBy Philippe Agret HANOI (AFP): After getting high on the hopes of striking black gold off the shores of Vietnam, the world's oil giants have now glumly awoke to the hazards -- the immense cost of investment and, so far, the meager rewards.
Mon, 03 Oct 1994
Police to probe burning of records
Police to probe burning of records MANILA (AFP): President Fidel Ramos has ordered the Philippine National Police to form a special task force to investigate the burning of the records of a suburb of this city, a palace statement said yesterday.
Mon, 03 Oct 1994
Traffic jam on Jl. Diponegoro
Traffic jam on Jl. Diponegoro Hundreds of vehicles heading in the direction of Jl. Salemba Raya, a major road in Central Jakarta, were trapped in a massive traffic jam on Jl. Diponegoro Saturday afternoon due to poor work of a contractor doing road repairs near the Metropole 21 cinema.
Mon, 03 Oct 1994
Adrianus gets big welcome at home for retaining title
Adrianus gets big welcome at home for retaining title JAKARTA (JP): Adrianus Taroreh, who successfully defended his Orient and Pacific Boxing Federation (OPBF) lightweight title on Thursday for the second time, returned to Sam Ratulangi airport and was paraded in an open car to his hometown, the...
Mon, 03 Oct 1994
Where to go in Jakarta:
Where to go in Jakarta:Music * The Aryaduta Jakarta, Jl. Prapatan 44-48, Central Jakarta: - Ambassador Lounge: Amir (pianist) Monday to Friday 7:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m., Saturday 8 a.m. to 10 a.m.; Boece (pianist) & Rima Monday to Thursday 7 p.m. to 11:30 p.m., Friday & Saturday 7 p.m. to 12:30 a.m.
Mon, 03 Oct 1994
Strong yen spurring Asia growth
Strong yen spurring Asia growthBy Yoshitake Shimizu TOKYO: The yen's recent appreciation has contributed greatly to the booming economies of Asia.The sharply increasing direct investment by Japanese companies in Asian countries helps strengthen their production bases and boosts their workers' wages.
Mon, 03 Oct 1994
PPP recruits scholars as political advisers
PPP recruits scholars as political advisers JAKARTA (JP): The Moslem-oriented United Development Party (PPP), which last week completed the line-up of its executive board, means to embrace academics as its advisers.
Mon, 03 Oct 1994
Agents appointed to market analog mobile telephones
Agents appointed to market analog mobile telephones JAKARTA (JP): PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia (Telkom) Saturday appointed eight companies to market advanced analog mobile telephones in 18 major cities in the country.
Mon, 03 Oct 1994
Elephant problem is human problem: Forestry official
Elephant problem is human problem: Forestry officialBy T. Simawati Gunawan PEKANBARU, Riau (JP): A senior official of the Forestry Ministry is calling for a coordinated effort by government agencies and private institutions to contain the problems of recurrent raids on villages in Sumatra by wild...
Mon, 03 Oct 1994
Bush fires raging on Flores
Bush fires raging on Flores KUPANG, East Nusa Tenggara: Bush fires have been raging on Flores and on its surrounding islands, destroying food crops of local farmers.Thick haze has blanketed most of the eastern part of Flores and the islands of Adonara, Solor and Lembata, Antara reported yesterday.
Sun, 02 Oct 1994
JAKARTA (JP): Unwanted pregnancies frequently lead to
JAKARTA (JP): Unwanted pregnancies frequently lead to abortions in Indonesia, despite the controversy over the legal and moral implications.To have an abortion in a slum area by an old dukun (traditional midwife), or in a modern gynecological clinic or hospital outfitted with sophisticated medical...
Sun, 02 Oct 1994
Susi looks for missing piece in golden jigsaw
Susi looks for missing piece in golden jigsaw JAKARTA (AFP): Indonesia's ace shuttler Susi Susanti will be fishing for the title that got away at the Asian Games badminton contest.Susi, and world number one ranked male Joko Suprianto, will lead a likely Indonesian clean sweep of badminton medals in...
Sun, 02 Oct 1994
Diarrhea kills 50 in W. Kalimantan
Diarrhea kills 50 in W. Kalimantan JAKARTA (JP): Up to 50 people have died from diarrhea in West Kalimantan with limited access to clean water cited as the major cause, the Antara news agency reported yesterday.
Sun, 02 Oct 1994
Indonesia sets badminton standard.
Indonesia sets badminton standard.By Dwiatmanta JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia may remain a small dot on the world's sports map, but badminton has at least given it distinction.All the major titles, including a treble of Olympic gold medals, world championship laurels, and the Thomas and Uber Cups, have...
Sun, 02 Oct 1994
Siliwangi upsets
Siliwangi upsets Hadtex 64-59 JAKARTA (JP): American Dan Gray romped with 24 points and Ronald Median added 23 to end Siliwangi's losing streak with a come-from-behind 64-59 victory over fellow West Javanese Hadtex in the final day of the first leg of semi-professional basketball league yesterday.
Sun, 02 Oct 1994
JAKARTA (JP): You think your 14-year-old child is studying,
JAKARTA (JP): You think your 14-year-old child is studying, but you find him reading a pornographic magazine instead.What do you do? Grab the book, throw it away, and preach? Or lock him in his room for the rest of the day?Right? Wrong!The best thing to do, according to psychiatrists, is to join...
Sun, 02 Oct 1994
Diarrhea kills 50 in W. Kalimantan
Diarrhea kills 50 in W. Kalimantan JAKARTA (JP): Up to 50 people have died from diarrhea in West Kalimantan with limited access to clean water cited as the major cause, the Antara news agency reported yesterday.
Sun, 02 Oct 1994
Teens remain sexually active, while parents remain negative
Teens remain sexually active, while parents remain negative_______________________________________________________________ The prolonged, heated and often painful debate on abortion at the international conference on population in Cairo last month is still fresh in our minds.
Sun, 02 Oct 1994
Good day Mom, Dad, ...
Good day Mom, Dad, ... JAKARTA (JP): Or uncle or auntie... even little brother (or sister). Not, however, gramps or granny.Now what is this all about? Forms of address, that's what.When you took your first hesitant steps on the rocky road towards mastering Indonesian, your teacher probably told you...
Sun, 02 Oct 1994
Conflicts inside and out on the legality of abortion
Conflicts inside and out on the legality of abortion JAKARTA (JP): The recent international conference on population judged that the most feasible way to escape prolonged conflict over the abortion issue is by surrendering the necessary implementation directives to individual countries.
Sun, 02 Oct 1994
1. Clinic --- 48 pts Metro Medium l/c 9 cols 1 line
1. Clinic --- 48 pts Metro Medium l/c 9 cols 1 line Jakarta's clinics cater to abortion demand 2. Conflict -- 36 pts Helv Bold Cond l/c 5 cols 1 line Complexities abound around abortion 3. Hotline --- 24 pts Century Bold Italic l/c 1 col 3 lines Hot lines for teens in a bind4.
Sun, 02 Oct 1994
Nation renews vow to defend Pancasila ideology
Nation renews vow to defend Pancasila ideology JAKARTA (JP): It was a brief but solemn ceremony at the Lubang Buaya Museum in East Jakarta yesterday, but it had deep meaning for those present."We are committed and resolved to defend and implement Pancasila," read Ismail Hasan Metareum, the deputy...
Sat, 01 Oct 1994
Currency restrictions due to take effect in Vietnam
Currency restrictions due to take effect in Vietnam HANOI (AFP): The Vietnamese government will introduce strict currency regulations this weekend to back up its decision to restrict the use of foreign currency in the country, reports said yesterday.
Sat, 01 Oct 1994
Forced marriages prevail
Forced marriages prevail JEMBER, East Java: Arranged marriages are common in this city in spite of the statistics showing that many of them ended up in divorce, a court official says.Syamsul Hadi of the local religious court, said many parents still insist on deciding the spouse of their offspring,...
Sat, 01 Oct 1994
Only Rp 50,000 for hitting pedestrian
Only Rp 50,000 for hitting pedestrian JAKARTA (JP): A panel of judges from the North Jakarta District Court, apparently unaware of the existing high traffic fines, has sentenced a water tank truck driver who hit a pedestrian to pay a fine of Rp 50,000 (US$23).
Sat, 01 Oct 1994
Sujudi says no bans on Indians
Sujudi says no bans on Indians JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Health Sujudi said that Indonesia will not bar visitors arriving from India as the death toll rose to 58 yesterday due to the spread of the pneumonic plague which has afflicted 1,500 people in India in the last two weeks.
Sat, 01 Oct 1994
Investigation of Kim Johannes progresses
Investigation of Kim Johannes progresses JAKARTA (JP): The Attorney General's Office yesterday said it is making major progress in its investigation of fraud allegations involving businessman Kim Johannes.Deputy Attorney General for Special Crimes A.
Sat, 01 Oct 1994
S'pore making its radio, television more competitive
S'pore making its radio, television more competitive SINGAPORE (AFP): The government-owned Singapore Broadcasting Corp. (SBC) yesterday said it was reorganizing under a new holding company in a planned privatization to better compete against Malaysian and Indonesian broadcasters and cable...
Sat, 01 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 yesterday took the defamation claim to the City Police.
Sat, 01 Oct 1994
State publishing firm told to get its act together
State publishing firm told to get its act together JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Education and Culture Wardiman Djojonegoro ordered state-owned Balai Pustaka to strive to regain its past glitter as the nation's leading publishing and printing company.
Sat, 01 Oct 1994
Former student leaders deny fresh allegations of CIA link
Former student leaders deny fresh allegations of CIA link JAKARTA (JP): A group of former student leaders who played a pivotal role in toppling president Sukarno in 1966 denied yesterday fresh allegations that they were paid by the American Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) to take to the streets.
Sat, 01 Oct 1994
Luxury mall turned into ash
Luxury mall turned into ash PEKALONGAN, Central Java: Police are investigating the cause of a fire that destroyed a Rp 3 billion (US$1.4 million) three- story shopping mall on Tuesday.Chief of the Pekalongan police precinct, Lt. Col.
Sat, 01 Oct 1994
Watanabe's album often inspired by local music
Watanabe's album often inspired by local music JAKARTA (JP): "I was staring out my window and I saw a butterfly fluttering by. It was so moving that I started to hear a new tune in my head. The tune finished and I looked at the butterfly again.
Sat, 01 Oct 1994
Jakartans prefer industrial transmigration
Jakartans prefer industrial transmigration JAKARTA (JP): Governor Surjadi Soedirdja said that Jakartans should be trained and sent to other provinces in Indonesia as industrial transmigrants rather than asking them to join the traditional transmigration programs.
Sat, 01 Oct 1994
Purchase of `Kiblat' building is `lawful'
Purchase of `Kiblat' building is `lawful' JAKARTA (JP): The former owner of the building housing the offices of Kiblat magazine said that PT Technodev Inti Utama legally purchased the building following the failure of the magazine to execute their working agreement.
Sat, 01 Oct 1994
Where to go in Jakarta:
Where to go in Jakarta:Music * The Aryaduta Jakarta, Jl. Prapatan 44-48, Central Jakarta: - Ambassador Lounge: Amir (pianist) Monday to Friday 7:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m., Saturday 8 a.m. to 10 a.m.; Boece (pianist) & Rima Monday to Thursday 7 p.m. to 11:30 p.m., Friday & Saturday 7 p.m. to 12:30 a.m.
Sat, 01 Oct 1994
Eltingh and Woodbridge through to semifinals
Eltingh and Woodbridge through to semifinals KUALA LUMPUR (Agencies): Second seed Jacco Eltingh took only 59 minutes to beat Malaysian Adam Malik 6-3, 6-2 and reach the semifinals of the US$400,000 Malaysian Open men's tournament yesterday.
Sat, 01 Oct 1994
Agency denies firing employee arbitrarily
Agency denies firing employee arbitrarily JAKARTA (JP): The chairman of the Pluit Coordinating Agency has denied accusations he transferred an employee for reporting irregularities in land reclamation projects."That is not true. He was transferred because he failed to do his job.
Sat, 01 Oct 1994
Jaywalkers, street vendors targeted in Operation Zebra
Jaywalkers, street vendors targeted in Operation Zebra JAKARTA (JP): Jaywalkers, undisciplined commuters and street vendors will be ticketed by a joint team of the ongoing Operation Zebra beginning on Monday.The Chief of the Traffic Investigation Unit of the City Traffic Police Directorate, Lt. Col.
Sat, 01 Oct 1994
TV today
TV todayTVRI 8:00 a.m "Hari Kesaktian Pancasila" (live) 2:30 p.m. Sports 3:30 Gatra Cerita Anak 4:05 Gatra Pariwisata 4:30 Youth Drama 5:00 Regional News 5:30 Science Film 6:05 Nusantara, the Beloved Country 6:15 Village Program 6:30 Jazz 7:00 Evening News 7:30 Dianrana 8:05 Actress Profile 9:00...
Sat, 01 Oct 1994
RI to celebrate Food Day
RI to celebrate Food Day JAKARTA (JP): President Soeharto will inaugurate a dam in West Nusa Tenggara as a celebration of the fourteenth World Food Day on Oct. 16, says Minister of Agriculture Sjarifudin Baharsjah.
Sat, 01 Oct 1994
Three-in-one in Denpasar
Three-in-one in Denpasar DENPASAR, Bali: In a bid to ease the notorious traffic congestion, the city government plans to close several thoroughfares to cars carrying less than three passengers.The city authorities are now finalizing the "three-in-one" scheme, first applied on Jakarta's main roads,...
Sat, 01 Oct 1994
Notorious pimp Hartono to be tried soon
Notorious pimp Hartono to be tried soon JAKARTA (JP): The South Jakarta district court has said that Hartono Setyiawan, one of the most notorious pimps of high-class callgirls in Indonesia, will be tried soon.
Sat, 01 Oct 1994
Ulemas on the censors' board
Ulemas on the censors' board The controversy that has been raging during the past fortnight over the film True Lies touches another, more essential, dimension: that of the role of the ulemas (Moslem religious leaders) as an institution, particularly in minimizing the negative impacts of...
Sat, 01 Oct 1994
Expats need to learn Indonesian customs
Expats need to learn Indonesian customs JAKARTA (JP): Never give or take with your left hand. Never pat someone on the head even if it is well intended. And never point with your foot.These are some of the don'ts which foreign managers should know when working in an Indonesian environment.
Sat, 01 Oct 1994
Govt to award power projects to 7 private firms this year
Govt to award power projects to 7 private firms this year JAKARTA (JP): The government plans to award contracts for the establishment of seven power projects with a total capacity of 2,615 megawatts (MW) to private companies by the end of this year.
Sat, 01 Oct 1994
Last victims of Pelita plane crash come home
Last victims of Pelita plane crash come home JAKARTA (JP): The last two bodies of the victims of the Pelita Air Service plane crash in Hong Kong were flown to Indonesia yesterday, one week after the accident.
Sat, 01 Oct 1994
Nasution says he never intended to unseat Sukarno
Nasution says he never intended to unseat Sukarno JAKARTA (JP): General Abdul Haris Nasution, Indonesia's most senior surviving military figure, says he never had the slightest intention of wresting power from president Sukarno during the political turmoil of the mid-1960s.
Sat, 01 Oct 1994
Lippo introduces new card
Lippo introduces new card JAKARTA (JP): LippoBank yesterday introduced a new multi- function debit card called Lippo Star Card, which can be used to pay transactions and to withdraw savings."The card is designed to be within the reach of small-income customers since it only requires a minimum...