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Mon, 07 Nov 1994
Share prices closed higher across the board last week
Share prices closed higher across the board last week JAKARTA (JP): Driven largely by good performance in the regional bourses, share prices closed higher across the board last week. Buoyant trading by bargain hunters on a number of blue chip stocks boosted the JSX (Jakarta Stock Exchange)...
Mon, 07 Nov 1994
APEC members urged to adopt customs reforms
APEC members urged to adopt customs reforms JAKARTA (JP): The Brussels-based World Customs Organization urged members of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum to support broad-based customs reform in the region instead of relying on pre-shipment inspection.
Mon, 07 Nov 1994
Bus firms warned to discipline drivers
Bus firms warned to discipline drivers JAKARTA (JP): The Land Transportation and Traffic Control Agency is threatening to revoke the operation licenses of bus companies and other public transit vehicle firms whose drivers frequently violate route regulations.
Mon, 07 Nov 1994
The APEC summit
The APEC summit Jakarta's main roads are much cleaner these days. Perhaps for the first time in history flowers are arranged at many strategic points, particularly along the city's major thoroughfares. Beggars and street vendors have vanished overnight from crossroads.
Mon, 07 Nov 1994
Soeharto halts tryout of 5-day school week
Soeharto halts tryout of 5-day school week JAKARTA (JP): Trial five-day school weeks in some elementary and junior high schools will be abolished by the end of the year as President Soeharto believes they pose overly heavy burden to the students.
Mon, 07 Nov 1994
Police still investigating Blok M firecracker blast
Police still investigating Blok M firecracker blast BOGOR, West Java (JP): Police have not yet identified the culprit in the firecracker explosion at a bus terminal near the Blok M Shopping Mall in South Jakarta on Wednesday morning.A security guard was injured in the blast.
Mon, 07 Nov 1994
RI to host 2nd meeting of APEC ministers
RI to host 2nd meeting of APEC ministers JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia plans to host the second meeting of finance ministers of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation forum (APEC) in April 1995 to discuss financial ties among members.
Mon, 07 Nov 1994
Duty on methanol lowered
Duty on methanol lowered JAKARTA (JP): The government has lowered the import duty on methanol from 10 percent to five percent. Methanol is used for the production of glue for plywood, from 10 percent to five percent.Decree No. 542/KMK.
Mon, 07 Nov 1994
Seven killed in rain storms
Seven killed in rain storms GROBOGAN, Central Java: Rain storms killed seven people and injured four more here last week. In addition, at least 200 houses, mosques, school buildings and government offices were damaged in the process.The storms also destroyed a Rp 11.5 billion (about US$5.
Mon, 07 Nov 1994
BLIB produces first class instructors
BLIB produces first class instructorsBy Ridwan M. Sijabat BANDUNG (JP): Name the most prestigious college in this city and every one will agree it is the Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB). But Bandung is also home to dozens of top notch colleges to stake the city's claim as one of Indonesia's...
Mon, 07 Nov 1994
Singapore may import gas from Indonesia
Singapore may import gas from Indonesia SINGAPORE (Reuter): Singapore may buy natural gas from Indonesia to meet its fuel needs for power stations which will more than double by 2004, a minister said on Saturday.
Mon, 07 Nov 1994
Contaminated premium gasoline
Contaminated premium gasoline I herewith enclose a copy of my report at the South Jakarta Police Precinct on Nov. 3, 1994.In short, the gas station at Fatmawati No. 4 was (is?) selling contaminated premium. I let my driver fill up with 35 liters early in the morning on Nov.1, at about 6:45 a.m..
Mon, 07 Nov 1994
Steady Safe joins Volgren
Steady Safe joins Volgren PT Steady Safe, a publicly listed transportation company, has acquired a 70-percent stake of PT Volgren Indonesia, a producer of aluminum bus bodies.A spokesperson of Steady Safe told The Jakarta Post over the weekend the share takeover was aimed at strengthening the...
Mon, 07 Nov 1994
Orderly succession expected
Orderly succession expected JAKARTA (JP): President Soeharto, currently in his sixth five- year term, reaffirmed over the weekend that Indonesia already has a well established mechanism for choosing its president based on the 1945 Constitution.
Mon, 07 Nov 1994
Don't blame Singapore
Don't blame Singapore I refer to the letter by Carl Chairul (The Jakarta Post, Oct. 31, 1994) entitled S'pore's complaint.Being a Singaporean, I am here for some business reasons and I am not pleased to hear Mr. Chairul complaining against his neighboring country.
Mon, 07 Nov 1994
Extinct species ignored
Extinct species ignored JAKARTA (JP): Most governments in the world have failed to fully implement the international convention on the protection of endangered species.The World Wide Fund (WWF) said on Saturday that 124 countries, which signed the Convention on International Trade of Endangered...
Mon, 07 Nov 1994
PT Karwell to offer 20m shares
PT Karwell to offer 20m shares JAKARTA (JP): PT Karwell Indonesia, a textile producer, will offer 20 million new shares that will account for 30.77 percent of its total common stocks early next month, the company's executives say.
Mon, 07 Nov 1994
Govt urged to consider relations with Israel
Govt urged to consider relations with Israel JAKARTA (JP): Abdurrahman Wahid, the chairman of the Nahdlatul Ulama organization and a controversial politician, has said that the time has come for Indonesia to consider diplomatic relations with Israel.
Mon, 07 Nov 1994
RI to host banking meet
RI to host banking meet JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia will host the fifth biennial conference of the Asian and Pacific Association of Banking Institutes in Bali this week.The Indonesian Bankers Institute (IBI), the host of the four- day conference, said over the weekend Bank Indonesia (Central Bank)...
Mon, 07 Nov 1994
Simpler procedures sought for church building permit
Simpler procedures sought for church building permit JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesian Roman Catholic Conference (KWI) is urging local administrations to simplify application procedures for church building permits so as to maintain a harmonious relationship between different religious believers.
Mon, 07 Nov 1994
Civil servants making sure Bogor is clean
Civil servants making sure Bogor is clean JAKARTA (JP): The Bogor city administration has deployed 1,500 personnel from various government institutions to clean the parks around Bogor Presidential Palace and to tidy up the city's foliage.
Mon, 07 Nov 1994
Arief's firing is internal problem of the university
Arief's firing is internal problem of the university JAKARTA (JP): The government has no intention of intervening in the internal conflict currently roiling the Christian University of Satya Wacana, Minister of Education and Culture Wardiman Djojonegoro says.
Mon, 07 Nov 1994
Faldo disqualified as Kay wins Dunhill Masters
Faldo disqualified as Kay wins Dunhill Masters JAKARTA (JP): Unaware of breaking the local rules of golf cost the runaway leader Nick Faldo of England the Alfred Dunhill Masters title and disqualification from the championship at Bali Golf and Country Club yesterday.
Mon, 07 Nov 1994
CorelFLOW!: For serious jobs and sheer fun
CorelFLOW!: For serious jobs and sheer funBy Zatni Arbi JAKARTA (JP): Corel Corporation seems determined in becoming the leader in the Windows-based graphics world. Here's one of its products that I briefly mentioned some time ago in my review of new products in the PC world.
Mon, 07 Nov 1994
Will next century be Asia-Pacific era?
Will next century be Asia-Pacific era?By Yasuhiko Shibata TOKYO: The Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum, which groups some of the world's fastest growing economies, is to hold a summit in Indonesia next week.
Mon, 07 Nov 1994
Where to go in Jakarta:
Where to go in Jakarta:Music * The Aryaduta Jakarta, Jl. Prapatan 44-48, Central Jakarta: - Ambiente Italian Restaurant: Bonauli vocal group, Thursday, Friday and Saturday from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m.; Lost Morenitos, Sunday, Tuesday and Wednesday from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m.
Mon, 07 Nov 1994
Research on Jambi dwarves
Research on Jambi dwarves JAMBI, Jambi: Deborah Martyr, is a British scholar conducting research on the existence of dwarf people living in Kerinci Seblat national park.For many people in Jambi, the dwarves exist in fairly tales and some even claim to have seen them.
Mon, 07 Nov 1994
Ngada to have new airport
Ngada to have new airport KUPANG, East Nusa Tenggara: The regency of Ngada plans to build an airport in Marapokot next year when its capital is moved from Bajawa to Mbay.Spokesman for the Ngada government Thimtius Mesakh Hermanus said Saturday that Minister of Transportation Haryanto Danutirto had...
Mon, 07 Nov 1994
Donation to WWF fund
Donation to WWF fund We would like to express our thanks for the generous donation we received on Nov. 3, 1994, from The Jakarta Post on behalf of those readers who completed their Life Style Survey. The donated funds will help us continue work at our project sites located in protected areas...
Mon, 07 Nov 1994
Vietnam applies for ASEAN membership
Vietnam applies for ASEAN membership BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN (Reuter): Hanoi has formally applied to join the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, the staunchly anti-communist group formed at the height of the Vietnam War, senior ASEAN officials said.
Sat, 05 Nov 1994
Out-of-town students find it hard to settle in city
Out-of-town students find it hard to settle in cityBy Yoko N. Sari JAKARTA (JP): Adjusting to life in Jakarta is not as easy as you may think. Although the Indonesian capital is the most metropolitan city in the country, with almost every culture and lifestyle represented, fitting in can be...
Sat, 05 Nov 1994
Link between education and industry
Link between education and industryBy Sg. Ferryanto SALATIGA, Central Java (JP): Our tertiary education institutions are subject to serving as research and development centers. They are expected to play a major role in technology transfer programs, together with ministerial and non-ministerial...
Sat, 05 Nov 1994
Twelve drowned in flash flood
Twelve drowned in flash flood MATARAM, West Nusa Tenggara: Twelve people drowned and 12 others went missing in a flash flood that swept the Aikmel subdistrict on Thursday, officials said yesterday.The Tanggik River overflowed following a two-hour downpour, spokesman for the East Lombok regency...
Sat, 05 Nov 1994
Joko, Susi into Thai Open semis
Joko, Susi into Thai Open semis BANGKOK (AFP): Indonesia's top seed Joko Suprianto gave his Chinese opponent little chance in a classy display on his way into the semifinals of the Thai Open here yesterday.
Sat, 05 Nov 1994
UNDP aids Indonesia
UNDP aids Indonesia JAKARTA: The United Nations Development Program has granted $1.53 million in grant to help strengthen Indonesia's disaster management capacities.The cooperation agreement was signed on Wednesday between UNDP resident representative C.
Sat, 05 Nov 1994
Where to go in Jakarta:
Where to go in Jakarta:Music * The Aryaduta Jakarta, Jl. Prapatan 44-48, Central Jakarta: - Ambiente Italian Restaurant: Bonauli vocal group, Thursday, Friday and Saturday from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m.; Lost Morenitos, Sunday, Tuesday and Wednesday from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m.
Sat, 05 Nov 1994
Thieves make specialization
Thieves make specialization SEMARANG, Central Java: Three "specialists" in shoplifting women's underwear were arrested after one of the partners, unhappy with the distribution of their lacy loot, revealed their activities to the police.
Sat, 05 Nov 1994
Consumer group to probe gasoline sold in Jakarta
Consumer group to probe gasoline sold in Jakarta JAKARTA (JP): The chairperson of the Indonesian Consumers Protection Foundation said yesterday that the foundation plans to sample and survey the gasoline and diesel fuel sold in Jakarta.
Sat, 05 Nov 1994
Jakarta streets blossom for APEC
Jakarta streets blossom for APEC JAKARTA (JP): Jakarta will greet delegates of the upcoming Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) meeting with flowers, banners and decorative lights.Chief of the City Parks Office Syamsir Alamsyah told reporters after a meeting at City Hall yesterday that his...
Sat, 05 Nov 1994
Malaysian actor asked to leave for visa abuse
Malaysian actor asked to leave for visa abuse JAKARTA (JP): Malaysian Nand Kumar Bhagwandas, 30, who is well-known for his role as Hans in the famed television serial Si Doel Anak Sekolahan (Si Doel, the Schoolboy), has been asked to leave Indonesia for working illegally.
Sat, 05 Nov 1994
Govt defends hikes in seaport service rates
Govt defends hikes in seaport service rates JAKARTA (JP): Directorate General of Sea Transportation Soentoro yesterday vowed to improve efficiency of port services following the recent rise in rates of five port services.
Sat, 05 Nov 1994
Traffic and APEC
Traffic and APEC A suggestion has been made to declare Nov. 14 and Nov. 15 as public holidays in Jakarta to ease the traffic for the convenience of delegates to the meeting of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum.
Sat, 05 Nov 1994
Nissho Iwai Corp approve $260m loan for Humpuss
Nissho Iwai Corp approve $260m loan for Humpuss JAKARTA (JP): Nissho Iwai Corporation of Japan yesterday approved an offshore loan worth US$260 million for PT Kaltim Methanol Industri (KMI), a subsidiary of Humpuss Group, for the construction of its $330 million methanol project in Bontang, East...
Sat, 05 Nov 1994
Poor service hampers insurance businesses
Poor service hampers insurance businesses JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia's insurance industry needs to improve on the services their companies offer, the Director of Insurance at the Ministry of Finance, Sophar L. Toruan, said here yesterday.
Sat, 05 Nov 1994
RI is ready to respond to environmental charges
RI is ready to respond to environmental charges JAKARTA (JP): Alarmed by international criticism of the country's environmental record, the Indonesian delegation for the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) meetings will be armed with an information package on environmental management.
Sat, 05 Nov 1994
England's Nick Faldo hits 63 for a new course record
England's Nick Faldo hits 63 for a new course record JAKARTA (JP): England's world number three Nick Faldo overcame the heat and the layout to fire a blistering eight under-63 and set a course record at the half-way stage of the Alfred Dunhill Masters golf championship at the Bali Golf and Country...
Sat, 05 Nov 1994
Dharmala's profit up
Dharmala's profit up MANILA (AFP): The Philippine affiliate of the Dharmala Group of Indonesia posted a 44-percent increase in net income for the first three quarters of 1994, documents obtained here yesterday said.Dharmala Philippines Inc.
Sat, 05 Nov 1994
Soeharto's offer on E. Timor gets mixed reactions
Soeharto's offer on E. Timor gets mixed reactions JAKARTA (JP): President Soeharto's offer to hold reconciliatory talks with exiled East Timorese opposing the integration of their homeland with Indonesia met mixed reactions from politicians yesterday.
Sat, 05 Nov 1994
Mini vans to serve Kamal
Mini vans to serve Kamal Around 20 mini vans of Wahana Kalpika cooperation (KWK) will soon be used as rural transportation to serve Kamal subdistrict, West Jakarta.Suara Pembaruan evening daily reported yesterday that the West Jakarta office of the City Land Transportation Control Agency (DLLAJ) is...
Sat, 05 Nov 1994
Minibus drivers go on strike
Minibus drivers go on strike JAKARTA (JP): Tens of driver of minibus plying the route of Bekasi bus terminal-Rawalumbu area in Greater Jakarta went on a strike yesterday to protest the operation of new minibuses with no proper licenses.