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Tue, 26 Nov 1996
Indonesia Finance Expo
Indonesia Finance Expo JAKARTA (JP): The monthly magazine InfoBank and PT Pro Asia Centra Cikal announced yesterday a plan to hold the Indonesia Finance Expo to educate companies and the public on the country's wide range of financial services.The four-day exhibition, to open Feb.
Tue, 26 Nov 1996
BNI makes successful capital market debut
BNI makes successful capital market debut JAKARTA (JP): State-owned Bank Negara Indonesia (BNI) made a successful debut on the Jakarta Stock Exchange yesterday, gaining nearly 50 percent on the first day of its listing.
Tue, 26 Nov 1996
Political temperature heats up: Feisal
Political temperature heats up: Feisal JAKARTA (JP): Armed Forces Chief Gen. Feisal Tanjung said yesterday that with the approaching 1997 general election, political temperature has been heating up."The heated political and security situation is not only caused by maneuvers of the political parties...
Tue, 26 Nov 1996
Where to go in Jakarta:
Where to go in Jakarta:Music * Hotel Dai-ichi, Jl. Senen Raya 135, Central Jakarta. - Morgan's 1072 Classic Disco, Asian Force Band, Tuesday and Thursday, 9 p.m. to 12:30 a.m., Saturday: 9:30 p.m. to 1 a.m.; Acid Speed Band, Friday, 9 p.m. to 12:30 a.m.; Platinum Band, Wednesday, 9 p.m. to 12:30 a.
Tue, 26 Nov 1996
Govt miscalculates with meddling in PDI rift: Observer
Govt miscalculates with meddling in PDI rift: Observer SEMARANG (JP): The government may have made a mistake when it backed Soerjadi to snatch the chairmanship of the Indonesian Democratic Party (PDI) in the June rebel congress, an observer said yesterday.
Tue, 26 Nov 1996
Myanmar to attend meeting in Jakarta
Myanmar to attend meeting in Jakarta YANGON (AFP): Myanmar's military leader Senior Gen. Than Shwe will attend the informal meeting of ASEAN heads of government to be held in Jakarta on Nov. 30, the state press reported yesterday.
Tue, 26 Nov 1996
PLN refuses to sell Paiton power plant
PLN refuses to sell Paiton power plant JAKARTA (JP): President of the State Electricity Company (PLN) Djiteng Marsudi said yesterday the firm would not sell its coal- fired power station at Paiton, East Java, because it generated great revenue.
Tue, 26 Nov 1996
Archers expect clean sweep in SEAG
Archers expect clean sweep in SEAG JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia hopes to continue its domination at the SEA Games archery tournament when it hosts the 19th edition of the biennial sports gathering here next year.
Tue, 26 Nov 1996
New bill pushes for local collection of gasoline taxes
New bill pushes for local collection of gasoline taxes JAKARTA (JP): The government has introduced a bill which would, for the first time, allow local administrations to collect gasoline taxes at a maximum rate of 5 percent.
Tue, 26 Nov 1996
Alumindo to go public
Alumindo to go public JAKARTA (JP): PT Alumindo Light Metal Industry (Almi), a subsidiary of the Surabaya-based Maspion group, plans to sell 30 percent of its common stocks next month to increase its aluminum sheet production."We will sell 92.
Tue, 26 Nov 1996
76,000 ha of forest disappear annually
76,000 ha of forest disappear annually MANADO, North Sulawesi: A forestry official revealed Saturday that the forest in North Sulawesi decreases by 76,000 hectares a year due to natural disasters and the opening of forest areas to plantation.
Tue, 26 Nov 1996
Ranati plans mega resort for Belitung island
Ranati plans mega resort for Belitung island TANJUNG PANDAN, Belitung (JP): This tin mining island in South Sumatra will have a huge tourist resort if PT Putra Ciptawahana Sejati (Ranati) -- controlled by President Soeharto's youngest son Hutomo Mandala Putra -- has its way.
Tue, 26 Nov 1996
Student tried for trafficking Ecstasy
Student tried for trafficking Ecstasy JAKARTA (JP): A student appeared in the Central Jakarta District Court, Friday, charged with trafficking 120 Ecstasy pills.The 21-year defendant, a resident of Gang Puri Mas in Gambir subdistrict, was arrested in May while counting the Ecstasy pills in a car,...
Tue, 26 Nov 1996
Architect says old town project needs support
Architect says old town project needs support JAKARTA (JP): The old Jakarta revitalization project needs the private sector and the community's greater involvement and participation, a Dutch architect said yesterday.R.W. Heringa, the author of an architectural book Ir.F.J.L.
Tue, 26 Nov 1996
Sheraton to manage four more hotels
Sheraton to manage four more hotels JAKARTA (JP): The ITT Sheraton Corporation plans to manage four more Sheraton hotels in Indonesia within the next two years, an executive of the hotel chain said yesterday.
Tue, 26 Nov 1996
City needs 700 ha for cemeteries
City needs 700 ha for cemeteries JAKARTA (JP): The city has set a target of having 700 hectares for public cemeteries by 2005, the head of the city's cemetery office said yesterday."At present due to limited spaces, the practice of burying bodies on the graves of other family members is still...
Tue, 26 Nov 1996
Driver refuses to use meter
Driver refuses to use meter In October, I alighted from a Damri Airport bus at Bulungan, Blok M, South Jakarta, with a view to getting a taxi home. People standing around immediately whisked my two bags off to a waiting President taxi, giving me forebodings of impending doom.
Tue, 26 Nov 1996
Hillary praises Thai efforts
Hillary praises Thai efforts CHIANG MAI, Thailand (AFP): U.S. First Lady Hillary Clinton yesterday praised Thai efforts to deal with refugees, AIDS and the sex trade, but stressed the importance of government action.
Tue, 26 Nov 1996
Journalists warned of misreporting drug cases
Journalists warned of misreporting drug cases JAKARTA (JP): Journalists must be more careful when reporting illegal drug cases because incorrect reports might promote drug abuse, Southeast Asian drug experts and officials said.
Mon, 25 Nov 1996
Racial issue upsets business tycoons
Racial issue upsets business tycoons JAKARTA (JP): Businessman Sofyan Wanandi called on the public over the weekend to stop raising the Chinese-Indigene racial issue because it could discourage tycoons from helping small- scale businesses and cooperatives.
Mon, 25 Nov 1996
APEC agenda still vague
APEC agenda still vague Two years after setting its lofty goal of lifting all trade and investment barriers by 2020, a group of 18 Asia-Pacific economies is facing the toughest test yet of its free-trade mettle.
Mon, 25 Nov 1996
Soeharto meets Ramos and Goh
Soeharto meets Ramos and Goh MANILA (JP): President Soeharto met Philippine President Fidel V. Ramos and Singapore Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong separately here yesterday on the first day of his two-day visit.
Mon, 25 Nov 1996
Clinton in Bangkok to boost ties
Clinton in Bangkok to boost ties BANGKOK (Reuter): U.S. President Bill Clinton's brief visit to Bangkok this week is seen as an opportunity for him to show America's interest in Asia and help boost trade in Thailand, Thai and U.S. diplomats said.
Mon, 25 Nov 1996
TV today
TV todayTVRI 2:30 p.m. Travel: Wajah Negeriku: Ambon 2:35 TV Series: Buck Rogers 3:05 Children's Program: Anak Anak Indonesia 3:30 TV Series: Fresh Prince of Bell Air 4:05 Science Film: Legend Of Lockness 4:30 Education Quiz: Cepat Tepat 5:00 Evening News 5:25 Travel 5:30 Karya Tepat Guna 6:00...
Mon, 25 Nov 1996
Bali hotel gets warning
Bali hotel gets warning JAKARTA (JP): Bali's governor, Ida Bagus Oka, has ordered the Sol Elite Paradiso Hotel in Kuta to reduce the height of the concrete roofs of its main building and pavilions to comply with the province's regulation on building and construction.
Mon, 25 Nov 1996
Brazilians outgun Germans
Brazilians outgun Germans JAKARTA (JP): The Brazilian pair of Adriana Behar and Shelda Bede outgunned the German pair of Maike Friedrichsen and Danja Muesch to win the 11th World Women's Beach Volleyball Championships at the Senayan clay tennis courts yesterday.
Mon, 25 Nov 1996
Ministerial meeting adopts APEC action plans on tariffs
Ministerial meeting adopts APEC action plans on tariffs MANILA (JP): Ministers of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum on Friday adopted action plans which for the first time clearly describe member country's individual timetables for trade and investment liberalization.
Mon, 25 Nov 1996
Pakpahan ruling disappoints rights activists
Pakpahan ruling disappoints rights activists SEMARANG (JP): Two National Commission on Human Rights members have questioned the legal grounds in the Supreme Court's recent decision to put labor leader Muchtar Pakpahan back in prison after it acquitted him of all charges two years ago.
Mon, 25 Nov 1996
Attack on churches politically engineered
Attack on churches politically engineered SURABAYA (JP): The Oct. 10 attack on churches in the East Java town of Situbondo was "politically engineered" to appear like a conflict between local Moslems and Christians, a discussion here has concluded.
Mon, 25 Nov 1996
Soerjadi-Megawati meeting proposed
Soerjadi-Megawati meeting proposed JAKARTA (JP): A well-known political analyst proposed Saturday that Soerjadi and Megawati Soekarnoputri, key figures in the rift-riddled Indonesian Democratic Party (PDI), meet to bury the hatchet.Gen.
Mon, 25 Nov 1996
RI lifters win 6 medals in Seoul
RI lifters win 6 medals in Seoul JAKARTA (JP): Indonesian lifters chalked up a creditable showing in the just-concluded Asian Junior Weightlifting Championships in Seoul by grabbing three golds, one silver and two bronzes.
Mon, 25 Nov 1996
IMB seeks info on hijacked ship
IMB seeks info on hijacked ship KUALA LUMPUR (AFP): The International Maritime Bureau (IMB) appealed yesterday for information on a Malaysian gas-oil tanker, the Suci, which was hijacked by six armed pirates and is now believed to be sailing under the name Glory II.
Mon, 25 Nov 1996
PLN urged to sell assets to improve financial soundness
PLN urged to sell assets to improve financial soundness JAKARTA (JP): The government has suggested that the State Electricity Company (PLN) sell its 800-megawatt coal-fired power station at Paiton, East Java to improve its financial soundness.
Mon, 25 Nov 1996
Timor cars sold to agrarian ministry
Timor cars sold to agrarian ministry JAKARTA (JP): PT Timor Distributor Nasional (TDN), the distribution arm of PT Timor Putra Nasional, has sold 12 Timor cars to the Ministry of Agrarian Affairs.Gurhadi Kartasasmita, a TDN executive, said over the weekend the sale of the controversial cars to the...
Mon, 25 Nov 1996
Progressive parking fee plan debated
Progressive parking fee plan debated JAKARTA (JP): Councilors are divided over progressive parking fees in city-owned parking lots.The chairman of the Indonesian Democratic Party faction, Lukman F. Mokoginta, said imposition of the progressive fees was urgently necessary in order to curb the use of...
Mon, 25 Nov 1996
Lab School holds its annual int'l festival
Lab School holds its annual int'l festival JAKARTA (JP): Hundreds of students from Jakarta's international schools celebrated yesterday in festivities at the Lab School in East Jakarta.The annual event was held by the private-run School owned by the Jakarta Teachers Training and Education Institute...
Mon, 25 Nov 1996
U.S Exim lends $400m to RP project
U.S Exim lends $400m to RP project MANILA (AFP): The U.S. Export-Import Bank on Saturday signed a memorandum of understanding to extend more than US$400 million in political risk guarantees and term financing to a power project in the Philippines.
Mon, 25 Nov 1996
33 NGOs demand bans on sexist ads
33 NGOs demand bans on sexist ads JAKARTA (JP): Thirty three non-government organizations demanded yesterday advertisements insulting women's dignity be banned.Spearheaded by the Indonesian Consumers Agency (YLKI), they lodged their petition with the Ministry of Information, the office of State...
Mon, 25 Nov 1996
People friendly road for Kuningan: City planner
People friendly road for Kuningan: City planner JAKARTA (JP): Pedestrians along Jl. Prof. Satrio in Kuningan, South Jakarta, will be protected from rain and heat in new plans for the road, the head of the city architecture team said yesterday.
Mon, 25 Nov 1996
Business leaders upbeat on APEC after 2-day forum
Business leaders upbeat on APEC after 2-day forumBy Prapti Widinugraheni and Meidyatama Suryodiningrat MANILA (JP): Business leaders from the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum ended a two-day business forum here Saturday with a renewed vision on APEC.
Mon, 25 Nov 1996
Where to go in Jakarta:
Where to go in Jakarta:Music * Hotel Dai-ichi, Jl. Senen Raya 135, Central Jakarta. - Morgan's 1072 Classic Disco, Asian Force Band, Tuesday and Thursday, 9 p.m. to 12:30 a.m., Saturday: 9:30 p.m. to 1 a.m.; Acid Speed Band, Friday, 9 p.m. to 12:30 a.m.; Platinum Band, Wednesday, 9 p.m. to 12:30 a.
Mon, 25 Nov 1996
Reporters get course on drugs
Reporters get course on drugs JAKARTA (JP): A course on illegal drugs for journalists from ASEAN countries will start today.The week-long course, which runs until Nov. 30, focuses on the media's role in preventing and combating drug abuse.
Mon, 25 Nov 1996
Domestic investors' base needs to be broadened: Seminar
Domestic investors' base needs to be broadened: Seminar NUSA DUA, Bali (JP): Securities analysts and businesspeople have reaffirmed the important role of domestic investors to strengthen the capital market, which is still dominated by foreign investors.
Mon, 25 Nov 1996
Emotion runs high after Senen fire
Emotion runs high after Senen fire JAKARTA (JP): Emotion ran high yesterday among the store owners whose kiosks and goods were razed by fire at the Senen shopping center on Saturday, with some accusing the center's management of negligence and others suggesting sabotage.
Mon, 25 Nov 1996
Student tried for Ecstasy
Student tried for Ecstasy JAKARTA (JP): A student was accused at the Central Jakarta District Court on Friday of trafficking in 120 Ecstasy pills.The 21-year defendant, a resident of Gang Puri Mas in Gambir subdistrict, was arrested in May while counting the Ecstasy pills in a car, prosecutor...
Mon, 25 Nov 1996
APEC business leaders make $2b worth of deals
APEC business leaders make $2b worth of deals MANILA (Reuter): Asia Pacific businessmen emerged from a two- day meeting on the fringe of the annual APEC summit with a rich haul -- business deals worth over $2 billion and contacts to bring more business.
Mon, 25 Nov 1996
Clinton's zealous security
Clinton's zealous security MANILA (Reuter): Security was so tight when U.S. President Bill Clinton flew into Manila for an Asia-Pacific summit that his minders stopped the Philippine vice-president when he went to welcome the U.S. leader at the airport.
Mon, 25 Nov 1996
'Tofu producers should move'
'Tofu producers should move' JAKARTA (JP): Around 80 tofu makers currently operating in several districts in the Bogor regency should be relocated to one place for better control of waste disposal, an expert said.
Mon, 25 Nov 1996
U.S. official grilled over high tech plan
U.S. official grilled over high tech plan MANILA (AFP): Acting U.S. Trade Representative Charlene Barshefsky came under sharp questioning here Saturday after what appeared to be a clear U.S. climbdown on a high tech trade proposal.
Mon, 25 Nov 1996
General Motors says Asia still protective
General Motors says Asia still protective MANILA (UPI): U.S. automotive giant General Motors Corp. Saturday criticized persisting protectionism in some Asian countries, blocking Western car manufacturers from tapping the region's potential markets.GM chief economist G.