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Sat, 14 Dec 1996
Tangerang wants airport parking fees
Tangerang wants airport parking fees TANGERANG, West Java (JP): The Tangerang Mayoralty wants 25 percent of the parking fees collected at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport, the mayoralty spokesman said Thursday.Nurhayat Satjadipura, the spokesman, said West Java provincial decree No.
Sat, 14 Dec 1996
28 countries to liberalize trade on info-tech products
28 countries to liberalize trade on info-tech productsBy Riyadi SINGAPORE (JP): Twenty-eight member countries of the World Trade Organization (WTO) agreed here yesterday on the United States' initiative to liberalize trade on information technology products.
Sat, 14 Dec 1996
Minister Yogie refuses to mediate in PDI rift
Minister Yogie refuses to mediate in PDI rift JAKARTA (JP): Home Affairs Minister Moch. Yogie S.M. refused to mediate yesterday in the conflict between top leaders of the Indonesian Democratic Party (PDI).
Sat, 14 Dec 1996
Depok today
Depok todayFrom JayakartaWe are residents of Depok district, and are quite proud of the region since its transformation into a shopping and trade site.We cannot but marvel at the development of coffee shops, restaurants and shops, along Jl. Margonda Raya in particular.
Sat, 14 Dec 1996
Drama bridges RI-Japan cultural gap
Drama bridges RI-Japan cultural gapBy Bakdi Soemanto YOGYAKARTA (JP): A play was performed on two consecutive days here last week at the Hidang Kesenian arts center, which once housed a Yogyakartan nobleman. The performance took place in the center's pendhapa (hall) over two days, Dec. 6 and Dec.
Sat, 14 Dec 1996
Aceh becomes chaotic
Aceh becomes chaoticFrom RepublikaAs a resident of Aceh, I should be proud of our town Banda Aceh, being an Adipura award winner. This must be attributed to the hard work of its citizens. However, it is ironical that a day of rainfall is enough to cause flooding throughout the town.
Sat, 14 Dec 1996
Biennale X to close with auction
Biennale X to close with auctionBy Amir Sidharta JAKARTA (JP): The works from Biennale X, Jakarta's tenth fine arts biennial, will be auctioned off tomorrow at 10:30 a.m. at the Taman Ismail Marzuki arts center in Central Jakarta.
Sat, 14 Dec 1996
JakJazz needs govt, private sector support
JakJazz needs govt, private sector support JAKARTA (JP): The A Mild JakJazz festival '96, dubbed the country's biggest musical event, was held last weekend.Thirty-six local jazz bands and seven foreign groups performed this year.
Sat, 14 Dec 1996
Coca-Cola, Subway tie up
Coca-Cola, Subway tie up JAKARTA (JP): Coca-Cola Amatil Indonesia (CCAI) signed a five- year agreement with the Subway restaurant chain here Thursday to exclusively supply soft drinks to Subway.The agreement was signed by CCAI's organizational and development director, Vince Monterola, and Subway's...
Sat, 14 Dec 1996
Log theft cases settled secretly
Log theft cases settled secretly BENGKULU, Bengkulu: Head of the Prosecutors Office TN Syamsah said yesterday he suspected many of the log theft cases here have been resolved out of court by the culprits and corrupt officials.
Sat, 14 Dec 1996
Freer trade promised in next century
Freer trade promised in next centuryBy Riyadi SINGAPORE (JP): Trade ministers from 128 countries yesterday settled contentious issues at the closing of the World Trade Organization (WTO) ministerial conference and adopted sweeping measures to develop freer international trade in the 21st century.
Sat, 14 Dec 1996
Protection for migrant workers called for
Protection for migrant workers called for JAKARTA (JP): Women's rights activists urged members of the Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) yesterday to do more to legally protect the migrant workers in their respective countries.
Sat, 14 Dec 1996
President okays Sudjana's move on coal funds
President okays Sudjana's move on coal funds JAKARTA (JP): President Soeharto said yesterday the government's 13.5 percent share of private coal-mining contractors' output belonged to the public who were represented by the government.
Sat, 14 Dec 1996
Man devotes his life to repairing 'delman'
Man devotes his life to repairing 'delman'By Joko Sarwono BOGOR, West Java (JP). It is hard to believe that in this modern era few people can profess to running a repair shop for horse-drawn buggies. The more so when the repair shop only works on delman (traditional horse-drawn carriage), the...
Sat, 14 Dec 1996
Lombok loses 131,000 people
Lombok loses 131,000 people MATARAM, West Nusa Tenggara: The provincial government has resettled 131,265 people from Lombok island through state- sponsored transmigration over the past 30 years.Head of Transmigration Office Mudjijo announced Thursday that Lombok people have been relocated in East...
Sat, 14 Dec 1996
'Ritusamhara' at JIS
'Ritusamhara' at JIS JAKARTA (JP): After the success of last month's Hindi play, the Jawaharlal Nehru Indian Cultural Centre plans to perform a music and drama extravaganza titled Ritusamhara on Dec. 15.B.N.
Sat, 14 Dec 1996
Pertamina cuts gasoline price
Pertamina cuts gasoline price JAKARTA (JP): State oil company Pertamina has cut the prices of unleaded Super TT gasoline and 35 lubricants, the company announced yesterday.Spokesman Didi Sunarwinadi said Pertamina had cut Super TT gasoline's price from Rp 1,000 (US$ 0.
Sat, 14 Dec 1996
Hitachi delays KL plant
Hitachi delays KL plant TOKYO (AFP): Japan's Hitachi Ltd. and partner LG Semicon Co. Ltd. of South Korea are to delay construction of a 130 billion yen (US$1.2 billion) semiconductor plant in Malaysia, a Hitachi official said yesterday.
Sat, 14 Dec 1996
Church Services
Church Services * Catholic Church, University of Atmajaya, Jl. Jend. Sudirman: Saturday 5:30 p.m., Sunday, 9 a.m., 10:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. * First Church of Christ, Scientist, Jl. Teuku Cik Ditiro 48, Menteng, Central Jakarta: Services on Sunday, 8:30 a.m. (in English), and 10 a.m.
Sat, 14 Dec 1996
PSP group opens food stores
PSP group opens food stores JAKARTA (JP): PT Putra Serasi Pioneerindo, a subsidiary of the Putra Surya Perkasa (PSP) Group, has opened five Bilo food discount stores in greater Jakarta.The stores are in Narogong (East Bekasi), Taman Galaxy (South Bekasi), Lorong (Rawa Badak, North Jakarta), Tebet...
Sat, 14 Dec 1996
Unadulterated music for NY-based Mike Stern Trio
Unadulterated music for NY-based Mike Stern TrioBy Devi M. Asmarani JAKARTA (JP): This year's JakJazz highlight was the electrifying performance of the New York-based Mike Stern Trio.More than a thousand jazz fans flocked to the main stage at the Gelanggang Mahasiswa Sumantri Brodjonegoro youth...
Sat, 14 Dec 1996
Kennedy to visit Indonesia
Kennedy to visit Indonesia JAKARTA (Antara): United States Congressman Patrick J Kennedy will make a brief visit to Indonesia this Christmas, when he is expected to meet Dili Bishop Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo in East Timor.
Sat, 14 Dec 1996
Concessionaires short timber provision
Concessionaires short timber provision JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Forestry Djamaludin Suryohadikusumo said yesterday forest concessionaires had provided only 36 percent of the timber they should have allocated to locals in their concession areas.
Sat, 14 Dec 1996
Flooding keeps students away from school, kills elderly man
Flooding keeps students away from school, kills elderly man JAKARTA (JP): Major floods hit Riau and Aceh yesterday, drowning one villager, destroying dozens of houses and forcing hundreds of families to flee their homes.
Sat, 14 Dec 1996
Three intellectual property bills given to House
Three intellectual property bills given to House JAKARTA (JP): The government submitted Thursday three bills on for revising the current laws on copyright, patents, and trademarks to the House of Representatives for its next deliberation session.
Sat, 14 Dec 1996
RP trade deficit rises
RP trade deficit rises MANILA (AFP): The Philippines' trade deficit for October 1996 was up 27.6 percent from a year earlier at 944 million dollars, the National Statistics Office (NSO) said here yesterday.The trade deficit in the first 10 months of 1996 was up 41.2 percent at US$10.
Sat, 14 Dec 1996
Cement plant in Minahasa
Cement plant in Minahasa JAKARTA (JP): PT Sulenco Bohusami Cement plans to build a cement plant in Minahasa regency, North Sulawesi, the company president said yesterday.Tidarwono Soedirman said in the province's capital, Manado, that his company planned to invest around Rp 300 billion (US$127...
Sat, 14 Dec 1996
Island dispute to go to court in the new year
Island dispute to go to court in the new year JAKARTA (JP): Indonesian and Malaysian officials will meet in Kuala Lumpur in the first weeks of 1997 to resolve technical details before jointly submitting the Sipadan-Ligitan dispute to the International Court of Justice (ICJ).
Sat, 14 Dec 1996
Hundreds want to adobt abandoned babies
Hundreds want to adobt abandoned babies JAKARTA (JP): Hundreds of people expressed their willingness yesterday to adopt seven babies abandoned by their parents at Cipto Mangunkusumo General Hospital, Central Jakarta.
Sat, 14 Dec 1996
Unleaded gasoline
Unleaded gasolineFrom NeracaThe government's effort to reduce air pollution in larger cities is to encourage use of compressed gas and unleaded gasoline. Consequently the government's program, known as the "Blue Sky Program", should receive full support from the society.
Sat, 14 Dec 1996
Dispensaries and medicines
Dispensaries and medicinesFrom Republika Referring to the numerous complaints and writings doubting the right of dispensaries to substitute other medicine for doctors' prescriptions, I would like to inform the public as follows:* In line with good dispensing practices, dispensaries are allowed to...
Sat, 14 Dec 1996
Sanrio show at Ciputra Mall
Sanrio show at Ciputra Mall JAKARTA (JP): Japanese Sanrio cartoon characters appear today at the Ciputra Mall, West Jakarta, on the first day of the Japanese Sanrio Festival.The festival, part of the mall's end-of-year celebrations, will run until Dec. 23.
Sat, 14 Dec 1996
Our middle class
Our middle class It is probably not too far off the mark to say that the findings of an ongoing study being made on this country's middle class only affirms what many Indonesians have always known, or at least have guessed.
Sat, 14 Dec 1996
RI firm to broadcast with Mindanao govt
RI firm to broadcast with Mindanao govt JAKARTA (JP): The government of the Autonomous Region in Moslem Mindanao, southern Philippines, and Indonesia's PT Ariobimo Ekakarma signed a cooperation agreement here yesterday to develop local and transnational television broadcasting services.
Fri, 13 Dec 1996
Rumania aids silkworm farm
Rumania aids silkworm farm JAKARTA (JP): Rumanian state forestry company Sericarom S.A. agreed here yesterday to assist a silkworm breeding project of Perum Perhutani, an Indonesian state plantation company.
Fri, 13 Dec 1996
Govt to submit bill on futures bourse
Govt to submit bill on futures bourse JAKARTA (JP): The government will submit a bill on futures commodity trading later this month to the House of Representatives, Commodity Exchange Board chairman Arifin Lumban Gaol said yesterday.
Fri, 13 Dec 1996
16 Indonesian skaters competing in Singapore
16 Indonesian skaters competing in Singapore JAKARTA (JP): Sixteen local ice skaters are taking part in the Skate Singapore '96 tournament today and tomorrow, an organizer said.Mrs. Dolly Haryanto said yesterday 150 skaters from Indonesia, Singapore, Hong Kong and Philippines will participate in...
Fri, 13 Dec 1996
Stock Exchange
Stock ExchangeStock prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (in rupiah) on Dec. 12, 1996: Shares Close Change Trading Volume -------------------------------------------------------- Ades Alfindo 1,000 0 0 AHAP Insurance 2,675 0 0 Alumindo Perkasa 725 -25 8,000 Andayani Megah 1,025 0 61,500 Aneka Kimia...
Fri, 13 Dec 1996
Pamulang housing complex
Pamulang housing complexFrom KompasDuring the past two years, the traffic to the Pamulang housing complex has become increasingly congested and chaotic. The situation is getting worse because new houses are mushrooming in that area.
Fri, 13 Dec 1996
Seminar on multimedia
Seminar on multimedia JAKARTA (JP): State-owned PT Indosat will host a seminar, Multimedia Technology in Internet Services in the Coming Second Millennium, next Tuesday.Indosat said yesterday the seminar to discuss the development, technology and regulation of multimedia, would feature domestic...
Fri, 13 Dec 1996
'Deluwang': An ancient form of Javanese paper
'Deluwang': An ancient form of Javanese paperBy Rosa Widyawan JAKARTA (JP): Paper has long been the most important medium for writing. But before the introduction of paper, people wrote or engraved their messages on cave walls, stones, wood or leaves.
Fri, 13 Dec 1996
Pedicab driver gets death for massacre
Pedicab driver gets death for massacre SURABAYA (JP): A 19-year-old pedicab driver was sentenced to death yesterday for massacring a family of four in February.A panel of three judges found Sugianto, alias Sugik, guilty of murdering Soekardjo, his wife Hariningsih and their children Eko Hari...
Fri, 13 Dec 1996
Boeing wins $486m contract
Boeing wins $486m contract SEATTLE, Washington (AFP): U.S. aircraft manufacturer Boeing Co. on Wednesday said it had won a contract worth US$486 million to supply 10 of its 737 aircraft to Jet Airways of India.
Fri, 13 Dec 1996
Mapping tomorrow's political horizon
Mapping tomorrow's political horizon Stability has always been the catchword in the development process, especially now, with the general election around the corner. But Cornelis Lay says the bureaucratic elite is playing with fire in their attempt to preserve power.
Fri, 13 Dec 1996
EU-ASEAN ties above bilateral disputes: Soeharto
EU-ASEAN ties above bilateral disputes: Soeharto JAKARTA (JP): Differences between two countries should not disrupt the good relationship already established between ASEAN and the European Union (EU), President Soeharto said yesterday.
Fri, 13 Dec 1996
Hendropriyono urged to stay as KTI chief
Hendropriyono urged to stay as KTI chief JAKARTA (JP): A leading national fight promoter has asked Indonesian Pro-boxing Commission (KTI) chairman A.M Hendropriyono to reconsider his intention to step down from the top post of the organization.
Fri, 13 Dec 1996
Army to hold 'marathon' operation
Army to hold 'marathon' operation JAKARTA (JP): The Jakarta Municipal Agency for the Coordination of Support for National Stability is ready for a marathon operation to secure this year's Christmas, New Year's Eve and Idul Fitri festivities plus the May general election, the agency chairman said.
Fri, 13 Dec 1996
12 killed in bus crash
12 killed in bus crash MEDAN, North Sumatra: A bus plunged into a deep ravine in Labuhanbatu regency, some 360 kilometer southeast of here, killing at least 12 people and injuring 14 others, Kompas reported yesterday.
Fri, 13 Dec 1996
Demolition plan upsets residents
Demolition plan upsets residents JAKARTA (JP): Ten people representing 120 Gunung Sahari Utara families in Central Jakarta went to the City Council yesterday to complain about the local mayoralty's plan to demolish their homes for a river and road project.
Fri, 13 Dec 1996
'PDI, PPP should be in 1998 cabinet line-up'
'PDI, PPP should be in 1998 cabinet line-up' JAKARTA (JP): Indonesian Democratic Party (PDI) chief Soerjadi proposed yesterday that minority parties be represented in the 1998 new cabinet line-up.Under president Soekarno, between 1945 and 1966, cabinet ministers were chosen from different political...