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Wed, 18 Dec 1996
Late treatment main culprit in maternal mortality
Late treatment main culprit in maternal mortality JAKARTA (JP): Late medical treatment is one of the main reasons for Indonesia's high maternal mortality rate, a gynecologist said Monday.Siti Dhyanti Wishnuwardhani, a lecturer at the University of Indonesia's School of Medicine, said most...
Wed, 18 Dec 1996
4.9 kg of dried marijuana seized
4.9 kg of dried marijuana seized JAKARTA (JP): Police seized 4.9 kilograms of dried marijuana worth about Rp 10 million (US$4,291) Monday from minibus passengers in East Jakarta.East Jakarta Police Chief Lt. Col.
Wed, 18 Dec 1996
Row over Ramos drowns Xmas cheer in Manila
Row over Ramos drowns Xmas cheer in ManilaBy Ruben Alabastro MANILA (Reuter): Christmas cheer in Asia's only largely Roman Catholic nation is being pushed to the sidelines by a row over whether to extend the term of President Fidel Ramos, barred by the constitution from seeking re-election.
Wed, 18 Dec 1996
Sibling jailed for fraud
Sibling jailed for fraud JAKARTA (JP): The West Jakarta District Court jailed a businessman for one-and-a-half-years and his sister for six months yesterday after they were found guilty of fraud.The court found Hendrik Tatang, 35, and Vivi Sumawati Tatang, 33, guilty of defrauding six businessmen...
Wed, 18 Dec 1996
Internet helps journalists
Internet helps journalists JAKARTA: In this competitive information age, the Internet has become one of the most complete sources for journalists, authors of a book on the Internet said yesterday."Journalists could gather information from the other side of the world more quickly, efficiently, and...
Wed, 18 Dec 1996
Arianespace opens office in Singapore
Arianespace opens office in Singapore SINGAPORE (AFP): European space transport giant Arianespace opened a Southeast Asian representative office here Tuesday to tap the explosive growth in the region's satellite communication needs.
Wed, 18 Dec 1996
Scholars urge biosafety precautions
Scholars urge biosafety precautions JAKARTA (JP): Scholars questioned yesterday whether Indonesia was ready to face the repercussions of an oncoming era of genetic engineering, distant though the prospect may seem.
Wed, 18 Dec 1996
Bantul regent's involvement in mystical deal confirmed
Bantul regent's involvement in mystical deal confirmed JAKARTA (JP): The Ministry of Home Affairs yesterday slammed a Central Java regent for allegedly promising a local soothsayer Rp 1 billion (US$420,700) if he helped him get re-elected for a second term.
Wed, 18 Dec 1996
House members question Sudjana's appointments
House members question Sudjana's appointments JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Mines and Energy I.B. Sudjana, who has been cleared by the President from the controversy over why he ordered a transfer of coal funds, was subject yesterday to another wave of tough questions from House members.
Wed, 18 Dec 1996
Minister defends RI's participation in info-tech deal
Minister defends RI's participation in info-tech deal JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Industry and Trade Tunky Ariwibowo defended yesterday Indonesia's participation in a pact to liberalize trade on information technology products as the right move to protect its interests.
Wed, 18 Dec 1996
Govt to act on money laundering
Govt to act on money laundering JAKARTA (JP): The government wants to draft rules to stop money laundering, Bank Indonesia (the central bank) director Heru Soepraptomo said yesterday."Money laundering has been haunting our banking system," Heru told a seminar at the Jakarta Fairground.
Wed, 18 Dec 1996
Small industries in the regions
Small industries in the regions As the capital city of Indonesia, Jakarta is thought to be a place which promises a better livelihood for a newcomer. Many fortune seekers are dreaming of going to Jakarta, although they lack the skills that may be required for doing certain jobs.
Wed, 18 Dec 1996
Bogor residents protest over low compensation
Bogor residents protest over low compensation BOGOR, West Java (JP): Over 100 families from the Cibentang village in Bogor, 30 km south of Jakarta, protested Monday the low compensation they would get for their properties which they have to give up to make way for an electrical installation project.
Wed, 18 Dec 1996
Polgar, Utut draw first blind chess game
Polgar, Utut draw first blind chess game JAKARTA (JP): Hungarian Grandmaster Judith Polgar and Indonesia's GM Utut Adianto's first blind chess match ended in a draw yesterday.With the draw, Polgar leads Utut 3-2. They will play blind chess again today in the last of the six games of their duel.
Tue, 17 Dec 1996
Abandoned babies still not claimed
Abandoned babies still not claimed JAKARTA (JP): None of the parents of the seven babies abandoned at the Cipto Mangunkusumo General Hospital have come to claim their babies despite widespread media coverage, the hospital's director said yesterday. Director M.
Tue, 17 Dec 1996
Prosecutor wants lecturer to be jailed
Prosecutor wants lecturer to be jailed JAKARTA (JP): A state prosecutor asked the East Jakarta District Court yesterday to sentence a lecturer to two years jail for misusing Rp 196,900,000 (US$82,041) of college funds.
Tue, 17 Dec 1996
Soeharto stresses business partnership
Soeharto stresses business partnership JAKARTA (JP): President Soeharto yesterday stressed the importance of partnerships between small and big companies to develop the industrial sector.The President said big and small companies could not survive or develop fruitfully without helping each other.
Tue, 17 Dec 1996
Stock Exchange
Stock ExchangeStock prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (in rupiah) on Dec. 16, 1996: --------------------------------------------------------- Shares Close Change Trading Volume --------------------------------------------------------- Ades Alfindo 1,000 0 0 AHAP Insurance 2,675 0 0 Alumindo...
Tue, 17 Dec 1996
Sumitro proposes investment trust for cooperatives
Sumitro proposes investment trust for cooperatives JAKARTA (JP): Senior economist Sumitro Djojohadikusumo proposed yesterday the funds collected from state enterprises to help cooperatives and small enterprises be pooled in a trust.
Tue, 17 Dec 1996
Bogor hospital cuts old trees
Bogor hospital cuts old trees BOGOR, West Java (JP): Bogor's PMI Hospital has cut the branches of six large trees standing along the hospital's entrance to protect the hospital from storms.The cutting project's supervisor, Aday, said yesterday the hospital decided to have the old mahoni (Swietenia...
Tue, 17 Dec 1996
Vaccination targets 22 million
Vaccination targets 22 million JAKARTA: The government will target 22 million children under five in next year's vaccination program.Hadi Maryanto Abednego, director general of communicable diseases control, said the drive would be divided into three phases, with the first phase, an anti-polio...
Tue, 17 Dec 1996
Historical buildings attracts tourists
Historical buildings attracts touristsFrom MerdekaConserving historical buildings for tourism has recently been revived abroad. We therefore plead with government to conserve Jakarta's historical buildings, as well as those of other cities.
Tue, 17 Dec 1996
Iraq loads first crude in six years
Iraq loads first crude in six years BASRA, Iraq (AFP): Iraq announced Sunday it began for the first time in six years to load crude at its Gulf terminal under a contract with two U.S. firms, in line with a humanitarian deal with the United Nations.
Tue, 17 Dec 1996
Legendary Tanamur still sizzling after 26 years
Legendary Tanamur still sizzling after 26 years JAKARTA (JP): Diskotik Tanamur, the oldest discotheque in the country, celebrated its 26th anniversary last Thursday by providing its faithful patrons with a light dinner and lots of drinks.
Tue, 17 Dec 1996
Road turned into shopping site
Road turned into shopping siteFrom NeracaPeople are used to the traffic problems in Jakarta, and they have learned to cope with them. The condition is due to the capital's road network, which has become totally inadequate to accommodate the increasing traffic flow each year.
Tue, 17 Dec 1996
Fuel conversion for cars urged
Fuel conversion for cars urged BANDUNG (JP): Conversion from gasoline to natural gas will reduce emission from cars by over 50 percent, State Minister of Environment Sarwono Kusumaatmadja says.Sarwono said Saturday he realized alternative fuel was in demand in Bandung when he heard that some 50...
Tue, 17 Dec 1996
Three labor activists charged with subversion
Three labor activists charged with subversion SURABAYA (JP): Hundreds of police officers guarded the Surabaya district court building, and 16 truckloads of soldiers were stationed nearby, as one of the biggest political trials ever to come to the city began yesterday.
Tue, 17 Dec 1996
Local taxes, fees bill 'to boost revenues'
Local taxes, fees bill 'to boost revenues' JAKARTA (JP): The local taxes and fees bill aims to provide legal certainty and raise local administrations' incomes, Minister of Finance Mar'ie Muhammad said yesterday.
Tue, 17 Dec 1996
Alatas does not expect much in East Timor talks
Alatas does not expect much in East Timor talks JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Foreign Affairs Ali Alatas said yesterday that a meeting with his Portuguese counterpart Jaime Gama at the United Nations to discuss the East Timor conflict this weekend would be simply to review the situation.
Tue, 17 Dec 1996
Foreigners enter Bank NISP
Foreigners enter Bank NISP JAKARTA (JP): The main shareholders of publicly listed Bank NISP, PT Suryasono Sentosa and PT Udayawira Utama, have sold some of their shares to foreign fund managers, Bank NISP announced yesterday.
Tue, 17 Dec 1996
AIDS threatens truck drivers
AIDS threatens truck drivers YOGYAKARTA: About 78 percent of the estimated 20,000 truck drivers working the Jakarta-Surabaya route visit brothels, making them highly vulnerable to the deadly AIDS, a survey has found.
Tue, 17 Dec 1996
Unleaded gas sales jump after price reduction
Unleaded gas sales jump after price reduction JAKARTA (JP): Unleaded gas sales have been creeping up since the price per liter was lowered from Rp 1,000 to Rp 975 last Monday, but a lack of gas stations selling it makes it difficult to become popular.
Tue, 17 Dec 1996
PAL starts cargo ship
PAL starts cargo ship JAKARTA (JP): State-owned shipbuilding company PT PAL Indonesia started the construction of a 42,000-deadweight-ton open hatch bulk carrier yesterday.Company production director Arief Aini said the ship, ordered by German firm Egon Oldendorf, was the third ship to be made by...
Tue, 17 Dec 1996
Soesilo clarifies critical comments
Soesilo clarifies critical comments JAKARTA (JP): Coordinating Minister for Political Affairs and Security Soesilo Soedarman backed down yesterday on his earlier critical comments about the National Commission on Human Rights.
Tue, 17 Dec 1996
Banned author awarded
Banned author awarded JAKARTA (JP): Banned author Pramoedya Ananta Toer found at his home yesterday the UNESCO-Madanjeet Singh prize for promoting peace, tolerance and non-violence.The award came as a surprise to 71-year-old Pramoedya, with none of his family knowing who had delivered it or when.
Tue, 17 Dec 1996
Mgr Belo to return home on Christmas eve
Mgr Belo to return home on Christmas eve DILI, East Timor (JP): Dili's Catholic community is bracing itself for the homecoming of their Nobel laureate Bishop Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo who is scheduled to return on Christmas eve.
Tue, 17 Dec 1996
City to summon ad agency over billboard
City to summon ad agency over billboard JAKARTA (JP): The city administration urged yesterday the advertising agency be held responsible for a billboard collapsing in East Jakarta Sunday. One person died and four were hurt in the accident.
Tue, 17 Dec 1996
Minister calls for alternatif energy
Minister calls for alternatif energy JAKARTA (JP): State Minister for Environment Sarwono Kusumaatmadja said yesterday Indonesia should never stop seeking alternative sources of energy to ensure sustainable development.
Tue, 17 Dec 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, Wednesdy, 9 p.m. to 12:30 a.m.
Tue, 17 Dec 1996
'Love motherhood Drive' to begin
'Love motherhood Drive' to begin JAKARTA (JP): President Soeharto will launch a nationwide campaign to curb the maternal mortality rate during the national Women's Day celebrations on Dec. 22.Cholil Abdullah, assistant to State Minister for Women's Roles Mien Sugandhi, said yesterday the campaign,...
Tue, 17 Dec 1996
Govt serious on revealing truth about July riots
Govt serious on revealing truth about July riots JAKARTA (JP): Coordinating Minister for Political Affairs and Security Soesilo Soedarman said yesterday the government was serious about revealing the truth behind the July 27 riots.
Tue, 17 Dec 1996
Five Situbondo residents tried over October riot
Five Situbondo residents tried over October riot JAKARTA (JP): Five people were charged in the Situbondo district court yesterday for their role in the massive riot in the East Java town in October in which five people were killed.
Tue, 17 Dec 1996
Deficit warning sounded
Deficit warning sounded JAKARTA (JP): The current account deficit has reached an alarming level, senior economist Sumitro Djojohadikusumo said yesterday."We should therefore work harder to bolster exports while curbing import growth," Sumitro said after the Federation of Civil Servant Cooperatives'...
Tue, 17 Dec 1996
Pertamina to develop LNG market in India
Pertamina to develop LNG market in India JAKARTA (JP): The state oil company Pertamina and Coastal Corp. of the United States have agreed to develop a market in India for Indonesia's liquefied natural gas (LNG).Pertamina spokesman M.A.
Tue, 17 Dec 1996
BSP's profit up
BSP's profit up JAKARTA (JP): Publicly listed PT Bakrie Sumatera Plantations (BSP) expects to book a Rp 41.2 billion (US$17.4 million) net income this year, up 23 percent on its Rp 33.3 billion net income for 1995.
Tue, 17 Dec 1996
A compulsory contribution
A compulsory contribution There will no longer be any doubts as to the obligation of big taxpayers to set aside 2 percent of their incomes to help poor families. This contribution, which major taxpayers have so far been asked to make on a purely voluntary basis, has now been made compulsory.
Tue, 17 Dec 1996
TV today
TV todayTVRI 2:30 p.m. Travel: My Country 2:35 TV Series: Berenstain Bears 3:00 News: Lintasan Berita 3:05 Teenagers' Program: Guitar and Flute 3:30 Science Film: Beyond Tomorrow 4:00 News: Lintasan Berita 4:05 Science and Technology Film: Science World 4:30 Culture: Pelangi Budaya 5:00 Regional...
Tue, 17 Dec 1996
Govt seeks to limit expats' role in hotels
Govt seeks to limit expats' role in hotels JAKARTA (JP): The government will ask tourist-industry associations to help it draft rules to restrict foreigners managing four-star or lower-rated hotels, an official said yesterday.
Tue, 17 Dec 1996
RI gymnastics body eyes 5 SEAG golds
RI gymnastics body eyes 5 SEAG golds JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesian Gymnastics Association expects to win five gold medals in the SEA Games (SEAG) to be staged here next October.Sri Hastuti Merdiko, the association's secretary-general, told The Jakarta Post and Kompas yesterday that the country is...
Tue, 17 Dec 1996
Frost Hansen to coach Malaysia
Frost Hansen to coach Malaysia JAKARTA (JP): Former top shuttler Morten Frost Hansen of Denmark is to coach Malaysia, replacing Razif Sidek, who retired in September.The Badminton Association of Malaysia's chairman, Dr.