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Tue, 03 Oct 1995
No change in sight
No change in sight Public debate about the role of the military in the realpolitik of this country used to emerge only before general elections or around the time of Armed Forces Day. Now it is becoming more frequent.
Tue, 03 Oct 1995
Choice plans to open two hotels this year
Choice plans to open two hotels this year JAKARTA (JP): The U.S.-based hotel chain, Choice Hotels International, will open a hotel here and one in Yogyakarta later this year as part of its expansion program in Indonesia.I.D.
Tue, 03 Oct 1995
Businessman to be tried for keeping protected animals
Businessman to be tried for keeping protected animals JAKARTA (JP): A businessman will soon be tried for keeping 40 protected animals at his Puncak weekend resort villa in West Java.The Forest Protection and Nature Conservation Agency director general, Soemarsono, said here yesterday that the...
Tue, 03 Oct 1995
A five-day work week
A five-day work week The trial period for the five-day work week for civil servants is over. Through Presidential Decision No. 68/1995, the government has made the five-day week, for government offices, official.
Tue, 03 Oct 1995
Boonchu goes to top of Asian PGA
Boonchu goes to top of Asian PGA HONG KONG (AFP): Boonchu Ruangkit's victory in the Langkawi Open at the weekend boosted him to the top of the Asian PGA Tour Order of Merit.The 39-year-old Thai has now won US$76,594 and goes ahead of Taiwan's Lin Keng-chi, who was joint 23rd in the Malaysian event.
Mon, 02 Oct 1995
Euro-Nevada enters RI
Euro-Nevada enters RI TORONTO (Reuter): Euro-Nevada Mining Corp. Inc. said it acquired an interest in the Mt. Muro project in Indonesia for US$18.5 million.It said the interest, held by a major resource company, is in the form of a deferred purchase payment based on a sliding scale percentage of...
Mon, 02 Oct 1995
ASEAN law schools plan tie-up
ASEAN law schools plan tie-up JAKARTA (JP): ASEAN's members may have different legal systems, but law educators have begun efforts to develop a common curriculum for the law schools of the seven countries.
Mon, 02 Oct 1995
Normal sex after stroke is possible
Normal sex after stroke is possible JAKARTA (JP): The 42-year-old Roy thought life would never be the same again after he had a stroke two months ago and had to spend four days in hospital.Despite his recovery, he had difficulties moving his left hand, had problems speaking and felt that he had...
Mon, 02 Oct 1995
Reading habit should be taught at home: Experts
Reading habit should be taught at home: Experts JAKARTA (JP): One expert suggests Asterix and Donald Duck, while another suggests Doraemon. The message to parents is the same: Give your children any comic strip to get them started reading and, hopefully, they will acquire the habit of reading as...
Mon, 02 Oct 1995
Policeman fires on soldier
Policeman fires on soldier DILI, East Timor: Local military chief Col. Mahidin Simbolon confirmed yesterday reports of an armed clash between a police officer and a soldier over a prostitute.Simbolon said the incident, involving an officer of a mobile police brigade and an officer of Army Company...
Mon, 02 Oct 1995
Dyno buys out subsidiary
Dyno buys out subsidiary OSLO (Reuter): Norwegian chemicals company Dyno Industrier A/S said it had bought the remaining 26 percent stake in its Singapore operations from the Development Bank of Singapore for S$32 million (140 million crowns).
Mon, 02 Oct 1995
10m tons of coal exported
10m tons of coal exported JAKARTA (JP): PT Kaltim Prima Coal, a company owned equally by British Petroleum and CRA Limited of Australia, plans to increase coal exports by 15 percent to 10 million tons this year, a company executive said on Saturday.
Mon, 02 Oct 1995
Fire kills two RI crew
Fire kills two RI crew BANGKOK (Reuter): Two crew members on the Indonesian- registered MT Candra Dewi were killed in a fire on board the methanol-loaded ship at the south eastern Thai industrial port of Mabtapud.Jirachai Naiwattanakul of Thai Tank Terminal Co. Ltd.
Mon, 02 Oct 1995
16 foreigners killed in first nine months
16 foreigners killed in first nine months MANILA (AFP): At least 16 foreigners have been shot or stabbed to death in the Philippines in the first nine months of the year and the killings could dampen foreign investor interest in the country, a senator said yesterday.
Mon, 02 Oct 1995
U.S donates drug detectors
U.S donates drug detectors JAKARTA (JP): The U.S. government donated a set of drug detectors to the Indonesian Police and Customs on Friday.U.S. embassy press officer Craig Stromy said the grant was aimed at helping Indonesia to fight international drug syndicates.
Mon, 02 Oct 1995
Tariff exemption
Tariff exemption JAKARTA (JP): The Ministry of Finance announced over the weekend that imports of certain raw materials and appliances for automobile bodies and heavy equipment are exempted from duties.The ministry, under a ministerial decree effective since Sept.
Mon, 02 Oct 1995
Ramos visits KL to boost ties
Ramos visits KL to boost ties KUALA LUMPUR (Reuter): Philippine President Fidel Ramos arrived yesterday for a brief working visit to Malaysia, aimed at strengthening bilateral and business ties.Ramos delivers a keynote address today at a seminar and exhibition in Kuala Lumpur on legendary...
Mon, 02 Oct 1995
Operation against illegal billboards starts again today
Operation against illegal billboards starts again today JAKARTA (JP): The municipal administration will launch, starting today until Oct. 31, an operation to dismantle billboards which do not have permits, or whose permits have expired, and billboards which still use a foreign language.
Mon, 02 Oct 1995
'Soeharto still needed after 1998'
'Soeharto still needed after 1998' JAKARTA (JP): The youth wing of the ruling political grouping Golkar has asked that President Soeharto allow himself to be nominated for the presidency again in 1998.Ais Anantama Said, chair of the Generasi Muda Gabungan Karya Rakyat Indonesia, made the call...
Mon, 02 Oct 1995
Nation commemorates crushing of coup attempt
Nation commemorates crushing of coup attempt JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia commemorated yesterday the 30th anniversary of the crushing of the bloody coup attempt, blamed on the Indonesian Communist Party, with one official repeating warnings about the latent danger of communism in the country.
Mon, 02 Oct 1995
Labor activist Mochtar acquitted by Supreme Court
Labor activist Mochtar acquitted by Supreme Court JAKARTA (JP): Indonesian Prosperous Labor Union chairman Mochtar Pakpahan, who was sentenced to four years jail in January in connection with the 1994 labor riots in Medan, North Sumatra, has been acquitted on appeal to the Supreme Court.
Mon, 02 Oct 1995
Soeharto to inaugurate automated trading system
Soeharto to inaugurate automated trading system JAKARTA (JP): President Soeharto is scheduled to inaugurate the Jakarta Automated Trading System (JATS) of the Jakarta Stock Exchange (JSX) at its building tomorrow.
Mon, 02 Oct 1995
ADB aid for China, RI
ADB aid for China, RI MANILA (AFP): The Asian Development Bank (ADB) said Saturday it had approved about US$593.9 million in loans and grants to China, Thailand, Cambodia and Indonesia.The biggest aid, amounting to $386.9 million will go China.
Mon, 02 Oct 1995
Where to go in Jakarta:
Where to go in Jakarta:Music * Hotel Aryaduta Jl. Prapatan 44-48, Central Jakarta: - Ambiente Italian Restaurant: Bonauli vocal group, Tuesday and Wednesday from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m.; Lost Morenitos, Monday Thursday and Sunday from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m. Los Paraguas, Friday and Saturday from 7 p.m.
Mon, 02 Oct 1995
More land needed for cemeteries
More land needed for cemeteries JAKARTA (JP): The city administration plans to expand the area designated for public cemeteries from 557.5 hectares to 700 hectares by 2005.Head of the City Cemetery Agency Syafril Zainuddin said over the weekend, "Although this is a projection for 2005, the current...
Mon, 02 Oct 1995
Indonesia's Paian chairs ICO
Indonesia's Paian chairs ICO LONDON (Reuter): The International Coffee Organization (ICO) Council has elected as chairman Indonesia's Paian Nainggolan, the chief of the country's Trade Research and Development Agency.
Mon, 02 Oct 1995
Irian Jaya to have 'Pancasila village'
Irian Jaya to have 'Pancasila village' JAKARTA (JP): A village community in which life is organized in true conformity with the state ideology Pancasila may exist in the province of Irian Jaya.A pilot project is underway in Aimbe in the Kemtugresi district to establish what is being described as...
Mon, 02 Oct 1995
Diners respond
Diners respond In response to the letter by D. Champel to The Jakarta Post concerning the case of his friend Rav Suzie Adiyana BSc., we herewith would like to explain as follows:1. According to the data available to us, the credit card of your friend was canceled on July 31, 1995.
Mon, 02 Oct 1995
Garuda Indonesia reroutes flights to European countries
Garuda Indonesia reroutes flights to European countries JAKARTA (JP): The country's flag carrier, Garuda Indonesia, announced Saturday new direct routes to and from Europe, after slashing the number of stopovers at Abu Dhabi from 16 times a week to only six times a week.
Mon, 02 Oct 1995
Jakarta, W. Java gain softball championship titles
Jakarta, W. Java gain softball championship titles JAKARTA (JP): The Jakarta men's team routed West Java 9-2, while the West Java women's team stunned Jakarta with a 2-0 win at the National Softball Championships, which concluded on Saturday at Senayan's Cemara Tiga diamond.
Mon, 02 Oct 1995
RI shooters seek better ranking
RI shooters seek better ranking JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia is set to better its position from 12th to 10th at the Asian Shooting Championships, due to be opened today at the Senayan shooting range.Tomorrow will be the competitions' first day, featuring the men's free pistol and the women's air rifle...
Mon, 02 Oct 1995
Thirty years after
Thirty years after It is perhaps a bit ironic that of late, three decades after the Army crushed and outlawed the Indonesian Communist Party (PKI) for its part in the bloody coup of October 1965, many people here are still wondering if the PKI has actually been wiped out at all.
Mon, 02 Oct 1995
Telkom applies to NYSE
Telkom applies to NYSE NEW YORK (Reuter): PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia (Telkom), the nation's telecommunications company, said it filed a registration statement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission regarding an offering of American Depositary Shares in its global offering of stock.
Mon, 02 Oct 1995
High interest rates hit property projects
High interest rates hit property projects JAKARTA (JP): High interest rates and banks' reluctance to finance property development have forced developers to either delay construction of "strata-title" apartments or redesign their projects for hotels and office buildings.
Mon, 02 Oct 1995
Restriction on taxi operations draws criticism
Restriction on taxi operations draws criticism JAKARTA (JP): Officials at the Jakarta office of the Ministry of Transportation and Bekasi administration have expressed concern over a decision to prohibit taxis from the capital's outskirts from operating in Jakarta.A.
Mon, 02 Oct 1995
Indonesia eyes two golds in bowling at SEA Games
Indonesia eyes two golds in bowling at SEA Games JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesian Bowling Association has set a target of two gold medals at the 18th Southeast Asian Games in Thailand, even though the National Sports Council has projected that the bowling team will win only one.
Mon, 02 Oct 1995
Danayasa's low-cost housing development wins support
Danayasa's low-cost housing development wins support JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Public Housing Akbar Tanjung has warmly welcomed a decision of PT Danayasa Arthatama, which is developing the Sudirman Central Business District (SCBD), to build low-cost housing for low-income people.
Mon, 02 Oct 1995
TV today
TV todayTVRI 2:35 p.m. TV Series: Voltron 3:05 Children's Program: Riang Ria 3:30 TV Series: The Crystal Maze 4:30 School Quiz: Cepat Tepat 5:00 Evening News 5:30 Technology Program 6:05 Nusantara the Beloved Country 6:15 Village Program 6:30 Religion Teachings: Hindu 7:00 Evening News 7:30 TV...
Mon, 02 Oct 1995
Obituary
Obituary JAKARTA (JP): Mahbub Djunaidi, a renowned journalist and veteran politician, died early yesterday at his home in Bandung, West Java. He was 62 years old.He is survived by his wife Asmawati, 54, their two sons, three daughters and three grandchildren.
Mon, 02 Oct 1995
Measures needed to boost equity investment
Measures needed to boost equity investment JAKARTA (JP): A survey conducted by the Association of Indonesian Securities Companies reveals that a number of measures are needed to make equity investment more attractive than fixed- income investment.
Mon, 02 Oct 1995
River banks cleared for sport, recreation
River banks cleared for sport, recreation JAKARTA (JP): City authorities demolished 33 shacks along Ciliwung riverbanks between Jl. Perwira and Istiqlal Mosque on Saturday as part of the Central Jakarta mayoralty's plan to build sports and recreation sites.
Mon, 02 Oct 1995
AIDS patients not insured
AIDS patients not insured SEMARAMG, Central Java: The local branch of the state-run insurance company PT Astek is refusing to cover people with AIDS, as well as drug and alcohol addicts, even if they are participants in the health insurance program.
Mon, 02 Oct 1995
Visa card access to ATM
Visa card access to ATM JAKARTA (JP): Bank Internasional Indonesia (BII) announced on Saturday its joint cooperation with Visa International, to open access for Visa/Plus card holders to its automated teller machine (ATM) network.
Mon, 02 Oct 1995
PM Banharn visits Vietnam
PM Banharn visits Vietnam HANOI (Reuter): Thai Prime Minister Banharn Silpa-archa, on his first overseas trip as premier, held talks in Hanoi yesterday with his Vietnamese counterpart, Vo Van Kiet.He arrived three hours late from the Philippines for a scheduled six-hour visit, and was due to attend...
Mon, 02 Oct 1995
Small-capped shares under spotlight on JSX
Small-capped shares under spotlight on JSX JAKARTA (JP): Small issues were under the spotlight on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (JSX) last week, with local players speculating on small-capped counters, most of which were trading under par.
Mon, 02 Oct 1995
Fake land titles found in N. Jakarta
Fake land titles found in N. Jakarta JAKARTA (JP): The North Jakarta office of the National Land Agency has uncovered 118 fake land certificates, North Jakarta Mayor Suprawito said over the weekend.Suprawito told reporters the fake certificates are duplicates of legally issued titles.
Mon, 02 Oct 1995
Handicapped children hampered by denial
Handicapped children hampered by denial JAKARTA (JP): The difficulties faced by mentally-handicapped children are often compounded by parental denial that a problem exists, a psychologist said on Saturday.
Sun, 01 Oct 1995
Dr. Sundhaussen has an affection for ABRI
Dr. Sundhaussen has an affection for ABRIBy Dewi Anggraeni MELBOURNE, Australia (JP): Dr. Ulf Sundhaussen, the author of The Road to Power: Indonesian Military Politics 1945-1967, is genial and oozes compassion.
Sun, 01 Oct 1995
ABRI, from war machine to big business bureaucrats
ABRI, from war machine to big business bureaucratsBy Johannes Simbolon JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesian timber industry recently experienced an important event. In June, PT International Timber Corporation Indonesia (ITCI) took over 280,000 hectares of forest concessions from PT Kayan River Timber...
Sun, 01 Oct 1995
ABRI's political role to decline in degree
ABRI's political role to decline in degree Noted political scholar Juwono Sudarsono, who is also the deputy governor of the National Resilience Institute (Lemhanas), was recently guest speaker at a discussion on the future of the Armed Forces' Dwi Fungsi (Dual Function) held at The Jakarta Post.