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Thu, 30 Nov 1995

Malaysia palmoil prices increase

Malaysia palmoil prices increase KUALA LUMPUR (Reuter): Malaysian palmoil prices rose in late trading and closed higher yesterday as rumors of tight supply in Indonesia and buying by some Pakistan private parties prompted shortcovering, traders said.

Thu, 30 Nov 1995

Indocitra report surge in profit

Indocitra report surge in profit JAKARTA (JP): PT Indocitra Finance, a multifinance company listed on the Jakarta Stock Exchange, reported yesterday a more than 100 percent increase in its pre-tax profit for the first nine months this year.

Thu, 30 Nov 1995

Petrokimia ties Bellmare 1-1

Petrokimia ties Bellmare 1-1 JAKARTA (JP): Petrokimia Putra's dream of making it to the third round of the Asian Winners Cup was shaterred after a 1-1 draw against Japan's Bellmare Hiratsuka in Gresik on Sunday.

Thu, 30 Nov 1995

Health ministry to study Ecstasy

Health ministry to study Ecstasy JAKARTA (JP): As the media hype on the danger of the rave- scene stimulant Ecstasy increases, the government announces it will examine whether the synthetic drug should be classified under narcotics or dangerous drugs.

Thu, 30 Nov 1995

Tanjung Duren more chaotic

Tanjung Duren more chaoticFrom Bisnis IndonesiaRapid development has apparently not solved squatter problems and chaos in the Tanjung Duren area, West Jakarta.The City Water Company is still digging channels, with PT Lampiri subcontracted to do the job.

Thu, 30 Nov 1995

Where to go in Jakarta:

Where to go in Jakarta:Music * Hotel Arya Duta, Jl. Prapatan 44-48,Central Jakarta: - Ambiente Italian Restaurant: Bonauli vocal group, Monday and Wednesday from 7 p.m. to 1.p.m.; Los Morenos, Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday from 7 p.m to 11 p.m. - The Tavern Pub: Yeah Yeah Boys, Sunday and Thursday,9.

Thu, 30 Nov 1995

Political temperature rises

Political temperature rises The Minister of Home Affairs, Moch. Yogie SM, has admitted that the political temperature is rising pending the 1997 general elections. The minister called the phenomenon natural and even positive for being a token of animation in our political life.

Thu, 30 Nov 1995

ASEAN sets up database

ASEAN sets up database BANGKOK (AFP): Investment officials from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) agreed yesterday to establish a mutual database and to work together to promote investment in the region.

Thu, 30 Nov 1995

Britain gives special present to Indonesia

Britain gives special present to Indonesia JAKARTA (JP): The National Library of Indonesia is now home to one of the most comprehensive collections of drawings depicting Indonesia in the nineteenth century.

Thu, 30 Nov 1995

Forex speculation calls for concerted action

Forex speculation calls for concerted action JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Finance Mar'ie Muhammad called on members of the Jeddah-based Islamic Development Bank (IDB) yesterday to cooperate in dealing with volatile foreign exchange markets.

Thu, 30 Nov 1995

New organizations must first fulfill legal requirements

New organizations must first fulfill legal requirements JAKARTA (JP): Minister/State Secretary Moerdiono said yesterday that all recently established organizations must fulfill legal requirements before their existence can be recognized.

Thu, 30 Nov 1995

Civil servants free to vote for any party

Civil servants free to vote for any party JAKARTA (JP): Government employees are free to vote according to their personal choice in general elections, Minister of Home Affairs Moch. Yogie S.M. said yesterday.

Thu, 30 Nov 1995

Istiqlal Festival a crowd pleaser

Istiqlal Festival a crowd pleaserBy Aswab Mahasin JAKARTA (JP): The Istiqlal festival is over. For almost two months was the center of attraction, an entertaining learning experience. About 11 million people reportedly visited the Istiqlal Mosque, the center of the festivities.

Thu, 30 Nov 1995

House's rights should be activated

House's rights should be activatedFrom JayakartaRCTI's Aneka Dialog on Nov. 14 had Fahmi Idris, a prominent student activist in 1966 and now a successful businessman, as one of its four guests.Fahmi Idris made the remark, if I am not mistaken, that the House of Representatives should maximize its...

Thu, 30 Nov 1995

Sales of Telkom shares

Sales of Telkom shares JAKARTA (JP): PT Telkom's global underwriters -- Goldman Sachs, Lehman Brothers and Merrill Lynch -- announced yesterday that they will exercise the Green Shoe option which allows them to buy more shares of the state-owned telecommunication firm.

Thu, 30 Nov 1995

Suriname's natural resources

Suriname's natural resources I am a Jakarta Post reader and I am Surinamese by birth. I welcome Stephen K. Grecik's call to support the NGOs in Surinam to use their democratic right to appeal to the National Assembly to intervene in the handing over of three million hectares of land to Indonesian...

Thu, 30 Nov 1995

Greater Jakarta train network

Greater Jakarta train networkFrom Media IndonesiaThe problem of stone-throwing school children has spread to the Manggarai-Lenteng Agung stretch of the Greater Jakarta train system.It takes place nearly every afternoon.

Thu, 30 Nov 1995

Road works neglected

Road works neglectedFrom NeracaThe construction under the M.T. Haryono overpass (from Jalan Supomo to Jalan Raya Pasar Minggu) appears to have been abandoned for over a month.The unfinished work, which is to widen the road, is causing additional traffic snarls at the intersection.

Thu, 30 Nov 1995

Short due here for chess duel

Short due here for chess duel JAKARTA (JP): Grand Master Nigel Short of England is scheduled to arrive here on Dec. 17 for a six-round duel with Indonesia number one GM Utut Adianto from Dec. 21 to Dec. 28.

Thu, 30 Nov 1995

Company introduces GSM telephone rental

Company introduces GSM telephone rental JAKARTA (JP): The rapid development of digital cellular mobile telecommunications in Indonesia has created a new business opportunity -- telephone rental service.

Thu, 30 Nov 1995

Islamic books on display

Islamic books on display JAKARTA (JP): An exhibition of Islamic books and technology will be held at the Jakarta Hilton Convention Center from Dec. 3 to Dec. 8.Mahmud F. Rakasima, spokesperson for the organizing committee, said yesterday that as well as books on Islam, books on the results of...

Thu, 30 Nov 1995

Subway project to start in 1997

Subway project to start in 1997 JAKARTA (JP): The construction of the first city's subway system, linking Blok M in South Jakarta with Kota in West Jakarta, will start in 1997, an official says.The head of the city development planning board, Budihardjo Suksmadi, said yesterday that the financial...

Thu, 30 Nov 1995

Pekalongan man dies in custody

Pekalongan man dies in custody JAKARTA: A man whose alleged tearing of the Koran led to a riot in the Central Java town of Pekalongan last week died in a hospital while under police custody on Monday, a newspaper reported yesterday.

Thu, 30 Nov 1995

PPP ends leadership meeting

PPP ends leadership meeting CIPAYUNG, West Java (JP): The United Development Party (PPP) denounces the practice of a certain political grouping of mobilizing civil servants and school students for its cadre meetings.

Thu, 30 Nov 1995

Does history repeat itself?

Does history repeat itself? The birth of new organizations continues with the setting up of Majelis Syarikat Ummat Muslimin Indonesia (Masyumi) last week. Many of these groups bear acronyms similar or identical to well- known political parties of the past. Political analyst J.

Thu, 30 Nov 1995

IDB urged to ease terms for certain members

IDB urged to ease terms for certain members JAKARTA (JP): President Soeharto urged the Islamic Development Bank (IDB) yesterday to relax the terms of its assistance for heavily indebted countries.The President said that heavy debt burdens have hampered economic growth in many of the bank's...

Thu, 30 Nov 1995

Phone card exhibition

Phone card exhibition JAKARTA (JP): Phone card collectors can fulfill their dreams in viewing various phone cards from all over the world in a display at Gedung Telkom, Jl. Gatot Subroto Kav. 52, South Jakarta.The four-day exhibition, called Indo-Phone Cards '95, will be open on Dec. 1.

Thu, 30 Nov 1995

Rest week for athletes prior to Chiang Mai Games

Rest week for athletes prior to Chiang Mai Games JAKARTA (JP): Indonesian athletes are resting their muscles but pumping up their spirit this week prior to their departure for the 18th Southeast Asian Games in Chiang Mai, Thailand.

Thu, 30 Nov 1995

Moerdiono says no new sports center planned

Moerdiono says no new sports center planned JAKARTA (JP): Minister/State Secretary Moerdiono yesterday categorically denied rumors that the government is planning to build a new sports complex which will be bigger and more complete than the existing one in Senayan.

Thu, 30 Nov 1995

BASF to recycle used cassettes

BASF to recycle used cassettes JAKARTA (JP): PT BASF Indonesia, a cassette producer, plans to recycle used cassettes in its effort to help the government clean up the environment.BASF spokesman Asharie Effendy said in a release made available to The Jakarta Post yesterday that cassette buyers can...

Thu, 30 Nov 1995

Drug reports may close down Hard Rock Cafe

Drug reports may close down Hard Rock Cafe JAKARTA (JP): The city administration is threatening to close down the Hard Rock Cafe Jakarta if reports on drug deals among the visitors are true, a deputy governor said yesterday.R.S.

Thu, 30 Nov 1995

Stock Exchange

Stock ExchangeStock prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (in rupiah) on Nov. 29, 1995: Shares Close Change Trading Volume --------------------------------------------------------- Ades Alfindo 925 0 0 AHAP Insurance 3,200 0 0 Alumindo Perkasa 1,150 0 0 Andayani Megah 1,625 75 742,500 Aneka Kimia...

Thu, 30 Nov 1995

Top ranked men's pair withdraw from Grand Prix

Top ranked men's pair withdraw from Grand Prix SINGAPORE (Reuter): Top ranked men's doubles pair Ricky Subagja and Rexy Mainaky of Indonesia have pulled out of the World Grand Prix Finals starting yesterday, badminton officials said.

Thu, 30 Nov 1995

Street named for Benyamin

Street named for Benyamin JAKARTA (JP): The name of the late Betawi (indigenous Jakartan) artist H. Benyamin Suaeb will be eternalized in a road name in Jakarta.Deputy Governor for People's Welfare RS Museno said yesterday the road is located around Benyamin's old hometown, between Jl.

Thu, 30 Nov 1995

'Tempo deserved to win'

'Tempo deserved to win'From KompasI was happy to read in Kompas of Nov. 22 that the Tempo magazine's legal victory had been upheld by the high state administrative court.The banning of Tempo magazine last year attracted a great deal of public attention.

Thu, 30 Nov 1995

Third World seeks aid for resettlement

Third World seeks aid for resettlement JAKARTA (JP): Eighteen developing countries led by Indonesia appealed to the international community yesterday to extend aid for human resettlement programs which, they say, are crucial in to their efforts to alleviate poverty.

Thu, 30 Nov 1995

Storm damages 56 houses

Storm damages 56 houses PALEMBANG, South Sumatra: A violent storm destroyed 11 houses and damaged 45 others yesterday in a village in Ogan Komering Ilir, 80 kilometers from here.Eleven people were injured, four of them seriously, said Oemar Boerniat, the chief spokesman of South Sumatra provincial...

Thu, 30 Nov 1995

Prosecutors press on with Bintang's trial

Prosecutors press on with Bintang's trial JAKARTA (JP): State prosecutors urged the Central Jakarta District Court yesterday to proceed with the trial of former legislator Sri Bintang Pamungkas on charges of slandering the head of state, saying that his interrogation met with all proper procedures.

Thu, 30 Nov 1995

Salomons sees mixed Asia equities earnings growth

Salomons sees mixed Asia equities earnings growth SINGAPORE (Reuter): Salomon Brothers said yesterday that the earnings growth outlook in 1996 in equity markets in southeast Asia and parts of Asia differs significantly for each market.

Thu, 30 Nov 1995

ICMI leadership

ICMI leadershipFrom Media IndonesiaIt is undeniable that under B.J Habibie's leadership the Association of Moslem Intellectuals of Indonesia (ICMI) has thrived. He has given a great deal to the development of Islam in this nation.

Thu, 30 Nov 1995

Coffee producing countries expect higher prices

Coffee producing countries expect higher prices JAKARTA (JP): The Association of Coffee Producing Countries (ACPC) expects higher prices for this coffee year, which began last month, due to association's control over the supply.

Thu, 30 Nov 1995

Talks with Moro rebels off to good start: Ramos

Talks with Moro rebels off to good start: Ramos MANILA (AFP): President Fidel Ramos said yesterday that peace talks with Moro rebels were "off to an auspicious start" in Jakarta, voicing confidence progress could be made in settling crucial issues before the weekend.

Thu, 30 Nov 1995

Govt not against Aussie probe of journalists' deaths

Govt not against Aussie probe of journalists' deaths JAKARTA (JP): Australia is free to hold an inquiry into the death of six foreign journalists in East Timor 20 years ago, but Indonesia will not conduct one of its own, an official said yesterday.

Thu, 30 Nov 1995

Many buildings have no seismic resistance

Many buildings have no seismic resistance JAKARTA (JP): Many of Jakarta's buildings built before 1960 should be reinforced in anticipation of an earthquake, a construction expert warned.All buildings constructed before that year are not earthquake resistant, Gideon Hadi Kusuma told The Jakarta Post...

Thu, 30 Nov 1995

Man mobbed to death

Man mobbed to death ATAMBUA, East Nusa Tenggara: A man was beaten to death after attending a mass at a Roman Catholic church, apparently because he had been seen refusing to eat the host during holy communion.Hendrikus Leto died in hospital on Sunday.

Thu, 30 Nov 1995

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