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Mon, 13 Nov 1995
Jakarta stocks under foreign selling pressure
Jakarta stocks under foreign selling pressure JAKARTA (JP): Share prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (JSX) dropped significantly last week, following the heavy selling pressure from offshore investors on the last day of trading.
Mon, 13 Nov 1995
Is it Padang, or Java?
Is it Padang, or Java? PADANG, West Sumatra (JP): Minister of Tourism, Post and Telecommunications Joop Ave declined when a Sedona Bumi Minang Hotel waiter offered to him a plate of a brown-colored delicacy called serikaya during a visit there on Saturday.
Mon, 13 Nov 1995
Security in Bumi Serpong Damai
Security in Bumi Serpong DamaiFrom Media IndonesiaOur motto in Bumi Serpong Damai is "comfortable in a fresh environment". Almost all facilities needed for the convenience of the complex's residents are available. However, the condition of the complex's security is beginning to concern us.
Mon, 13 Nov 1995
Religious-based groups should hold more dialogs
Religious-based groups should hold more dialogs JAKARTA (JP): The Armed Forces (ABRI) has called on all five religious-based intellectual organizations to hold regular dialogs to strengthen the national culture.
Sun, 12 Nov 1995
Reflexology cures a wide variety of illnesses
Reflexology cures a wide variety of illnesses JAKARTA (JP): Edo grimaced as Sahibi Mudasir massaged his left foot. Edo shook his head, closed his eyes and then opened his mouth. Nothing came out.Mudasir was massaging the young man's foot to cure him of myopia. No ordinary masseur.
Sun, 12 Nov 1995
Ministers stay away from PCPP initial congress
Ministers stay away from PCPP initial congress YOGYAKARTA (JP): The Association of Intellectuals for Pancasila Development (PCPP) opened its inaugural congress here yesterday without the presence of a single cabinet minister.
Sun, 12 Nov 1995
Guess What?
Guess What? Three things bother Daniel Bahari, father and coach of Indonesian boxing champion Pino Bahari, about the coming SEA Games in Chiangmai, Thailand."First, Chiangmai is a mountain resort, and that means the air pressure is different than here, but the national boxing team is training in...
Sun, 12 Nov 1995
Traditional medicine cures cancer
Traditional medicine cures cancer JAKARTA (JP): Ten years ago, a doctor told Risma Abednego that she had cancer. The doctor said she need a hysterectomy because there was no other way to cure the disease. But Risma refused to undergo the operation.
Sun, 12 Nov 1995
Rummenigge visits Surabaya
Rummenigge visits Surabaya JAKARTA (JP): Former German team captain Karl Heinz Rummenigge suggested that Indonesia invite foreign trainers here to better its soccer, instead of sending players off on overseas stints."It's good to train junior player overseas.
Sun, 12 Nov 1995
Catalog launch a relief for film buffs
Catalog launch a relief for film buffsBy T. Sima Gunawan JAKARTA (JP): Most people love movies. Some watch them only once in a while, others everyday. Movie lovers might occasionally watch two or three films in one night, but what do you call someone who watches three films a night all year...
Sun, 12 Nov 1995
Wild rafting with 'Scorpions' on Ayung River in Bali
Wild rafting with 'Scorpions' on Ayung River in BaliBy Johannes Simbolon JAKARTA (JP): Supergroup Scorpions from Germany had never gone white-water rafting before. But they got the chance during the recent "Pacific Music Rainbow" songwriters meeting in Bali.
Sun, 12 Nov 1995
Athletes hard-pressed to hide drug usage
Athletes hard-pressed to hide drug usage JAKARTA (JP): "He tested negative for drugs but was three- months pregnant" is an old joke of dope testers. But it still made Dangsina Moeloek, the first Indonesian woman specializing in dope testing, laugh when she told it to The Jakarta Post recently.
Sun, 12 Nov 1995
Dangsina, Indonesia's first female dope tester
Dangsina, Indonesia's first female dope testerBy Arif Suryobuwono JAKARTA (JP): Only a privileged few have the authority to watch champion athletes urinate and, when necessary, examine their genitals.One of the few is Dangsina Moeloek, the first Indonesian woman ever to specialize in testing...
Sun, 12 Nov 1995
Saturday night out on the town for a chat, drink and snacks
Saturday night out on the town for a chat, drink and snacksBy Claudine Frederik JAKARTA (JP): Jakarta's nightlife has grown a lot more varied through the years. Witness the sprouting of pubs, discotheques, music rooms and karaoke bars, not to forget the number of new eateries.
Sun, 12 Nov 1995
Solichin uses art, faith and logic to heal patients
Solichin uses art, faith and logic to heal patientsBy T. Sima Gunawan JAKARTA (JP): Art transcends consciousness to allow people to find peace and spiritual happiness.For Ahmad Afif Solichin, an artist and healer, art means love and is the source of happiness.
Sun, 12 Nov 1995
Guess What?
Guess What? Famous poet and playwright W.S. Rendra celebrated his 60th birthday last Tuesday.The flamboyant poet, popularly known as si Burung Merak (peacock), said he rarely stages a birthday party but this time was different."For a Javanese man, 60 is an important age.
Sun, 12 Nov 1995
Old soldier Wismoyo retires but he is not fading away
Old soldier Wismoyo retires but he is not fading away MAGELANG, Central Java (JP): Gen. Wismoyo Arismunandar and 60 other senior ranking Army officers were given a fitting military farewell at the National Military Academy yesterday as they formally began retirement from service.
Sun, 12 Nov 1995
TV today
TV todayTVRI 7:00 a.m. Morning News 7:30 Healthy and Fit with Berty Tilarso 7:40 TV Series: Space Keteers 8:05 Children's Program: Panggung Gembira Anak 8:35 Children's Stories 9:00 People and Events 9:30 Comedy: Ria Jenaka 9:45 Music 10:45 Youth Program 11:15 Tata Rias 11:45 Sports: Dari...
Sun, 12 Nov 1995
Is technology really the best way?
Is technology really the best way? JAKARTA (JP): It seems that I created an uproar the last time I was in the U.S. You see, I had heard that I could get the old fashioned kind of gramophone needles in the antique shops there.
Sun, 12 Nov 1995
Indonesia strives to dominate rowing
Indonesia strives to dominate rowing JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia plans to maintain its winning streak at the 18th Southeast Asian Games traditional boat races despite the unfamiliar sculls."There is no reasons for a humble showing, although we will use longer and heavier sculls," chairman of the...
Sun, 12 Nov 1995
Security tightened as strike cripples Bangladesh
Security tightened as strike cripples Bangladesh DHAKA (Reuter): Heavily armed security men chased protesters and took up position across the Bangladesh capital Dhaka yesterday as a day long strike virtually paralyzed this city of nine million, witnesses said.The strike, which began at 6 a.m.
Sun, 12 Nov 1995
Assessing Taiwan's 'southward policy'
Assessing Taiwan's 'southward policy' Samuel C.Y. Ku analyses whether Taiwan has bitten off more than it can chew in striving for a diplomatic breakthrough in Southeast Asia. In November 1993, Taiwan launched its "Southward Policy".
Sun, 12 Nov 1995
Traditional healing: Is it effective?
Traditional healing: Is it effective? As the appeal to get back to nature grows stronger, more and more people are turning to alternative healing and medicine. Does this truly heal? The Jakarta Post discusses this issue in conjunction with National Health Day, which falls today.
Sun, 12 Nov 1995
Boarding houses make a fortune for the Betawi people
Boarding houses make a fortune for the Betawi peopleBy Imran Rusli JAKARTA (JP): Room and board. Just the space dedicated to it in the city's classified ads gives the two words a familiar ring. The Pos Kota daily, for example, runs an average of 40 ads a day.
Sun, 12 Nov 1995
Less euphoric about APEC's Osaka summit
Less euphoric about APEC's Osaka summit The distracting domestic political agendas of the United States and Australia have brought a new sober reality to the notion of economic cooperation in the Asia-Pacific. Stephen Leong analyses the issue. Japan is in a quandary over APEC.
Sun, 12 Nov 1995
Tracking back the years: A catalog of local films
Tracking back the years: A catalog of local films Katalog Film Indonesia 1926-1995 J.B. Kristanto PT Grafiasri Mukti, Jakarta, 1995 xvii, 425.; 21x27 cm, index JAKARTA (JP): "Film is a social document," according to J.B. Kristanto.
Sat, 11 Nov 1995
Police bust Ecstasy ring
Police bust Ecstasy ring SURAKARTA, Central Java: Police have arrested three people during a raid on a syndicate that has been supplying drug abusers with the "designer drug" Ecstasy.Surakarta Police Chief Lt. Col.
Sat, 11 Nov 1995
Archbishop Leo Sukoto quits
Archbishop Leo Sukoto quits JAKARTA (JP): Pope John Paul II accepted the resignation of Jakarta's archbishop yesterday.Purbo Tamtomo, secretary of the Jakarta diocese, said in a statement yesterday that Monsignor Leo Sukoto SJ's successor has yet to be appointed.
Sat, 11 Nov 1995
Good sales at Istiqlal Festival
Good sales at Istiqlal Festival JAKARTA (JP): The souvenir and food stands at the ongoing Second Istiqlal Festival of Islamic Arts and Culture are each making approximately Rp 3 million (US$1,311) per day, according to one of the organizers.
Sat, 11 Nov 1995
Bank Bira's profit rises
Bank Bira's profit rises JAKARTA (JP): Bank Bira, a private bank listed on the Jakarta Stock Exchange, yesterday reported a 48.59 percent increase in its net profit in the first nine months to Rp 20.83 billion (US$9.1 million) from Rp 14.02 billion in the same period of 1994.
Sat, 11 Nov 1995
Harjono takes top Ikadin post again
Harjono takes top Ikadin post again YOGYAKARTA (JP): Incumbent chairman Harjono Tjitrosoebono was re-elected yesterday to lead the Indonesian Bar Association (Ikadin) for a third consecutive five-year term.
Sat, 11 Nov 1995
Council agreement sought
Council agreement sought JAKARTA (JP): The postponed reclamation of the Mutiara coast, in northern Jakarta, will resume only if the City Council approves, the developer said yesterday.According to the developer, PT Harapan Indah, the city administration has ordered it to delay the project, which...
Sat, 11 Nov 1995
Bus for women
Bus for womenFrom NeracaTraveling in the city by public bus -- either Metromini, Kopaja, limited passenger bus, or air-conditioned bus -- is not very comfortable because, more often than not, the buses are exceptionally crowded.
Sat, 11 Nov 1995
Sex tourism not tolerated
Sex tourism not tolerated KUPANG, East Nusa Tenggara (JP): A local tourism official has declared a fight against sex tourism in the province.Head of the provincial office of the Ministry of Tourism, Musa Tarigan, called on hotel managers and owners not to let their hotels become venues for "the sex...
Sat, 11 Nov 1995
RI stars lose in China Open
RI stars lose in China Open JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia suffered one of its heaviest blows in badminton this season when its top singles players flopped in the China Open semifinals in Chengdu yesterday.Women's singles world number one Susi Susanti was without her characteristic stubborn style when she...
Sat, 11 Nov 1995
Beware of pickpockets
Beware of pickpocketsFrom Pikiran RakyatOn Oct. 31, 1995 at about 1:30 a.m. I took an Angkot bus from the Research and Development Office, Jl. Raya Timur, heading for Kebon Kelapa terminal, Bandung. I must start off that early to catch the bus to Jakarta, where I work.
Sat, 11 Nov 1995
Judges told to be ready for officials' wrath
Judges told to be ready for officials' wrath JAKARTA (JP): Judges of the State Administrative Court must be prepared to bear the wrath of the government over their decisions, the court's chief judge said yesterday.
Sat, 11 Nov 1995
EAEC initiative lacks clear future
EAEC initiative lacks clear futureBy Takehiko Kajita TOKYO (Kyodo): Despite nearly five years of warming up exercises, the East Asia Economic Caucus (EAEC) proposed by Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad shows no sign of getting up and running any time soon.
Sat, 11 Nov 1995
South Korean prosecutors may summon Roh again
South Korean prosecutors may summon Roh again SEOUL (Reuter): State prosecutors said yesterday they were considering summoning disgraced ex-president Roh Tae-woo again after questioning heads of South Korea's top business conglomerates over his US$654 million slush fund.
Sat, 11 Nov 1995
Police bust syndicate of adulterated fuel
Police bust syndicate of adulterated fuel JAKARTA (JP): City police arrested yesterday two men and seized 50,000 liters of adulterated diesel fuel they had produced in the Pamulang district, Tangerang, about 25 kilometers south of here.Capt.
Sat, 11 Nov 1995
Manila, Bangkok big losers in Asian market
Manila, Bangkok big losers in Asian market HONG KONG (Reuter): Asian stock markets again failed to take their lead from Wall Street yesterday with most bourses recording losses, but the closely-watched Tokyo index gained slightly.
Sat, 11 Nov 1995
Koran reciters join international contest
Koran reciters join international contest BANDUNG, West Java: Four local reciters of the Koran, who won the national competition in July, will soon take part in international Koran-reading contests in several countries.
Sat, 11 Nov 1995
TV today
TV todayTVRI 2:35 p.m. TV Series: Ninja Turtles 3:05 Sports 5:00 Regional News 5:30 Film Series: Bill Bixby's Wonder World Of Magic 6:05 Nusantara, the Beloved Country 6:15 Village Program 6:30 Music: Pop Daerah 7:00 Evening News 7:30 Lemhanas 8:05 Film series: Hati Yang Mendua 9:00 World News 9:30...
Sat, 11 Nov 1995
Most RI kids not healthy
Most RI kids not healthy JAKARTA (JP): Only 1.8 percent of Indonesia's 29 million elementary school children, between the ages of six and nine years, are physically healthy, a recent survey shows.The figure slightly rose to 6.8 percent among children of between nine and 12 years old.
Sat, 11 Nov 1995
Ex-minister warns of technology pitfalls
Ex-minister warns of technology pitfalls JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia should learn from the developed countries that have suffered from the domination of technology so as not to suffer the same negative effects, an ex-minister said yesterday.
Sat, 11 Nov 1995
KL to promote Proton
KL to promote Proton KUALA LUMPUR (AFP): Malaysian industrialist Yahaya Ahmad, who has assumed control of former state-owned HICOM Holdings Bhd., said yesterday he had plans to make the country's national car industry more profitable.
Sat, 11 Nov 1995
PCPP starts congress without Yogie's presence
PCPP starts congress without Yogie's presence YOGYAKARTA (JP): The Association of Intellectuals for Pancasila Development (PCPP), a group which has become a source of public controversy, begins its first congress today.
Sat, 11 Nov 1995
Four large banks agree to help Bank Lippo
Four large banks agree to help Bank Lippo JAKARTA (JP): Bank Danamon, Bank Bali, Bank Internasional Indonesia and Bank Central Asia have reached an initial agreement to help Bank Lippo with its alleged financial problems, reliable banking industry sources said yesterday.
Sat, 11 Nov 1995
Councilors question governor's mansion
Councilors question governor's mansion SEMARANG, Central Java: Councilors are still debating the proposal for the construction of a Rp 7.07 billion (approximately US$3.128 million) official house for the provincial governor."The committee in charge of the budget...
Sat, 11 Nov 1995
Power plants for India
Power plants for India SEOUL (AFP): South Korea's Daewoo Corp. would invest US$1.47 billion to build two steam power plants with a combined capacity of 1,000 megawatts in Madhya Pradesh, India, a company spokesman said yesterday.