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Wed, 11 Dec 1996
Sandyawan receives Yap Thiam Hien award
Sandyawan receives Yap Thiam Hien award JAKARTA (JP): Ignatius Sandyawan Sumardi, a Jesuit Catholic priest who made headlines for sheltering wanted activists charged with inciting the July 27 riots, received the Yap Thiam Hien human rights award yesterday.
Wed, 11 Dec 1996
Indomobil to make ACs
Indomobil to make ACs JAKARTA (JP): Indomobil Investment Corporation, Anugerah Idealestari and Japanese firms Zexel Corporation and Itochu Corporation agreed here yesterday to establish a joint venture to produce automotive air conditioners.
Wed, 11 Dec 1996
Broadcasting law
Broadcasting law At long last, Indonesia will soon have its first broadcasting law, following the House of Representatives' decision to endorse the government-sponsored bill Monday. The sweeping law provides a legal framework for the industry to operate within.
Wed, 11 Dec 1996
Belo, Horta receive Nobel prize
Belo, Horta receive Nobel prizeBy Lela E. Madjiah OSLO (JP): Dili Bishop Carlos Felipe Ximenes Belo accepted the Nobel Peace Prize yesterday with a call for the Indonesian government to release all East Timorese political prisoners in step towards peace in the former Portuguese territory.
Wed, 11 Dec 1996
UAE stagger into Asian Cup quarterfinals
UAE stagger into Asian Cup quarterfinals ABU DHABI (Agencies): An unimpressive United Arab Emirates qualified for the Asian Cup quarterfinals when they beat Indonesia 2-0 in their final Group A match here yesterdayGoals from Hassan Ahmed and Adnan Al Talyani ensured that it was the end of the...
Wed, 11 Dec 1996
Thailand to shun ceremony in Oslo
Thailand to shun ceremony in Oslo BANGKOK (AFP): Thailand will not send representatives to the award of the Nobel Peace Prize to two East Timorese, reports said yesterday.The Thai ambassador to Norway, where the Peace Prize was handed yesterday, told the Bangkok Post that he had turned down an...
Wed, 11 Dec 1996
FSPSI sets up team to handle bank dispute
FSPSI sets up team to handle bank dispute JAKARTA (JP): The All-Indonesia Workers Union Federation (FSPSI) has set up a special team to handle the lingering HongkongBank labor dispute, the union's chairman, Marzuki Achmad, said yesterday.
Wed, 11 Dec 1996
Next year's Jakarta Fair promises a new look
Next year's Jakarta Fair promises a new look JAKARTA (JP): Next year's Jakarta Fair will undergo a major facelift with many new facilities, an organizer said yesterday.Rudi Hendra, the deputy general manager of PT Jakarta International Trade Corporation (JITC), said the facelift would include a new...
Wed, 11 Dec 1996
'Oki had business problem with victim'
'Oki had business problem with victim' JAKARTA (JP): A United States detective testifying in the trial of an Indonesian charged with a Los Angeles triple murder said yesterday one of the victims had a business problem with the suspect.
Wed, 11 Dec 1996
Nuclear power plant is safer, official says
Nuclear power plant is safer, official says JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia's future nuclear power plants will be "99.9999 percent safer" than any other source of power, new chief of the Nuclear Energy Agency, Iyos S. Subki, insisted yesterday.
Wed, 11 Dec 1996
Language and discipline
Language and disciplineFrom Pikiran RakyatIn the framework of our effort to uphold discipline in using the national language, I would like to put forward some suggestions.It should be realized that mistakes in spelling are quite often found in the mass media and in subtitles shown on TV, as well as...
Wed, 11 Dec 1996
PLN to launch 'zero interruption' next year
PLN to launch 'zero interruption' next year JAKARTA (JP): The Jakarta and Tangerang distribution branch of the state-owned electricity company, PT PLN, is to apply a program called "zero interruption" to reduce electricity blackouts from January next year, an official said yesterday.
Wed, 11 Dec 1996
Hero Supermarket
Hero Supermarket On Dec. 3, I did some shopping at Hero Supermarket in Plaza Senayan. Apart from candies and matches, I wanted to buy a telephone card. Complications arose when I could not use my credit card, because telephone cards must be paid for in cash.
Wed, 11 Dec 1996
Golkar is a powerless grouping: Observers
Golkar is a powerless grouping: Observers DEPOK, West Java (JP): Golkar, despite its majority, is a weak political grouping because it is controlled by the military and dictated by the president, political observer Arbi Sanit said yesterday.
Wed, 11 Dec 1996
Malaysians told not to eat seaweed
Malaysians told not to eat seaweed KUALA LUMPUR (DPA): Malaysia's Health Ministry has warned the public to stop eating "sarer" seaweed imported from southern Thailand after it was found to contain excessive lead levels, newspapers said yesterday.
Wed, 11 Dec 1996
Soeharto vows to continue efforts towards openness
Soeharto vows to continue efforts towards openness JAKARTA (JP): President Soeharto said yesterday efforts are continuously being made to turn Indonesia into a more open society, one which upholds democracy and human rights.
Wed, 11 Dec 1996
Spotlight
SpotlightPhoto A: HealthPapandayan HotelHEALTH MEETING: Minister of Health Sujudi (left) receives a warm welcome from Edgar Solenthaler, the general manager of Bandung's Papandayan Park Plaza International Hotel.
Wed, 11 Dec 1996
Hoyer-Larsen out for revenge over Fung in World Cup
Hoyer-Larsen out for revenge over Fung in World Cup JAKARTA (JP): Olympic gold medalist Poul-Erik Hoyer-Larsen of Denmark is hoping for revenge over World Grand Prix champion Fung Permadi, a former Indonesian shuttler who now plays for China Taipei, at the Sanyo World Cup Badminton Championship...
Wed, 11 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.
Wed, 11 Dec 1996
TV today
TV todayTVRI 2:30 p.m. Travel: My Country 2:35 TV Series: Fun House 3:50 Talk Show: Gita Wicara 3:30 TV Series: Just the Ten of Us 4:00 News: Lintasan Berita 4:05 TV Drama: Diantara Kita 4:30 Documentary Film 4:55 Filler and Trailer 5:00 Evening News 5:25 Travel: My Country 5:30 Indonesian Lesson...
Wed, 11 Dec 1996
Megawati's loyalists file Rp 1.1 billion lawsuit
Megawati's loyalists file Rp 1.1 billion lawsuit SURABAYA (JP): Local leaders of the Indonesian Democratic Party (PDI) under the government-backed Soerjadi are facing a Rp 1.1 billion (US$470,000) law suit filed by their foes Monday.
Wed, 11 Dec 1996
Bapepam cannot regulate asset-backed securities
Bapepam cannot regulate asset-backed securities JAKARTA (JP): The Capital Market Supervisory Agency (Bapepam) has no specific rule to regulate the trade of asset-backed securities, agency chairman I Putu Gede Ary Suta said yesterday.
Wed, 11 Dec 1996
Javanese opera faces extinction
Javanese opera faces extinction SEMARANG: President Soeharto called on the mayor yesterday to save a traditional Javanese opera group, Ngesti Pandowo, which is severely threatened by modern entertainment.
Wed, 11 Dec 1996
Seoul bourse bailout urged
Seoul bourse bailout urged SEOUL (AFP): South Korea's ruling party yesterday urged the government to intervene with a comprehensive package to rescue the ailing stock market, officials said.The bailout steps recommended by the New Korea Party (NKP) include allowing 14 public and pension funds to...
Wed, 11 Dec 1996
Japanese films at Summitmas
Japanese films at Summitmas JAKARTA (JP): Six Japanese films will be screened from Dec. 17 to Dec. 21 at the Summitmas I building on Jl. Jend. Sudirman, South Jakarta.Japanese Film Week, which will show films produced in 1994, is being organized by the Japanese Cultural Center.Entrance is free.
Wed, 11 Dec 1996
Father gets five years for rape
Father gets five years for rape JAKARTA (JP): A father who raped his daughter since she was a child is serving a five-year sentence in a Tangerang prison, a lawyer said on Monday.Titi Yunus of the Parayuwana Foundation, which focuses on neglected children, said the girl, now 18, had been expelled...
Wed, 11 Dec 1996
Mar'ie denies transfers to ministers illegal
Mar'ie denies transfers to ministers illegal JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Finance Mar'ie Muhammad said yesterday the transfer of state revenue, outside the state budget, to ministers' bank accounts was legal if it was based on government regulations.
Wed, 11 Dec 1996
Minister promises to investigate NU member's death
Minister promises to investigate NU member's death JAKARTA (JP): Coordinating Minister for Political Affairs and Security Soesilo Soedarman said yesterday that an East Java Moslem's death in custody last week will be investigated.
Wed, 11 Dec 1996
Mount Lokon highly active
Mount Lokon highly active MANADO, North Sulawesi: The government called yesterday on residents living near Mt. Lokon (1,689 meter) to stay away from it because volcanic activity has been on the increase over the last few days.
Wed, 11 Dec 1996
Myanmar airline launches maiden flight to Jakarta
Myanmar airline launches maiden flight to Jakarta JAKARTA (JP): Myanmar Airways International's maiden flight to Jakarta, a Boeing B-757-200ER carrying 105 passengers from Yangon and Singapore, landed yesterday at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport.
Wed, 11 Dec 1996
Human rights violations lamented
Human rights violations lamented JAKARTA (JP): The newly-established Indonesian Legal Aid and Human Rights Association (PBHI) took note yesterday of power abuses as it concluded its end of year evaluation on human rights.
Wed, 11 Dec 1996
Rivers dredged in preparation for coming floods
Rivers dredged in preparation for coming floods JAKARTA (JP): Jakarta is ready to face the season's peak downpours once dredging of the city's three main rivers is finished, a top official of the Ministry of Public Works said.
Wed, 11 Dec 1996
RI gunning for overall SEAG title
RI gunning for overall SEAG title JAKARTA (JP): A national sports official says Indonesia will go all out to regain the overall title from Thailand at next October's 19th SEA Games (SEAG), but refuses to predict how many gold medals the country will collect in the biennial celebration.
Wed, 11 Dec 1996
Turkey becomes first country to by Iraqi oil
Turkey becomes first country to by Iraqi oil ANKARA (Reuter): Turkey yesterday snapped up the first batch of Iraqi crude on the world market for six years under a United Nations deal allowing Baghdad to sell a limited amount of oil to buy humanitarian supplies.
Wed, 11 Dec 1996
WTO wrangles with several contentious issues
WTO wrangles with several contentious issuesBy Riyadi SINGAPORE (JP): Talks on competition policy, investment treaty and textiles grew heated on the second day of the inaugural World Trade Organization (WTO) ministerial conference yesterday.
Wed, 11 Dec 1996
Stock Exchange
Stock ExchangeStock prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (in rupiah) on Dec. 10, 1996: Shares Close Change Trading Volume ---------------------------------------------------------- Ades Alfindo 1,000 -75 1,000 AHAP Insurance 2,675 0 0 Alumindo Perkasa 750 0 8,000 Andayani Megah 1,000 -25 86,000...
Wed, 11 Dec 1996
Mass wedding, planned next week
Mass wedding, planned next week JAKARTA (JP): A mass wedding and mass circumcision will highlight the Islamic Culture Display scheduled to take place at the Istiqlal Mosque in Central Jakarta from Dec. 19 to 22.
Wed, 11 Dec 1996
New tools for measuring ozone
New tools for measuring ozone PADANG, West Sumatra: The agency for meteorology and geophysics has installed sophisticated equipment for monitoring global atmosphere in Agam regency.The station called Global Atmosphere Watch which opened over the weekend is the first in Indonesia and the sixth in...
Wed, 11 Dec 1996
Accused killer declares his innocence
Accused killer declares his innocence YOGYAKARTA (JP): The man accused of killing journalist Fuad Muhammad Syafruddin insisted he was innocent and refused to continue with a murder reconstruction the police staged Monday.
Wed, 11 Dec 1996
RI, Mauritius sign tax deal
RI, Mauritius sign tax deal JAKARTA (JP): The governments of Indonesia and Mauritius signed an agreement here yesterday on avoiding double taxation.The agreement was signed by Minister of Foreign Affairs Ali Alatas and Mauritius Minister of Finance Jacques Chasteu De Balyon on the sidelines of the...
Wed, 11 Dec 1996
Dynaplast to set up packaging plant in India
Dynaplast to set up packaging plant in India JAKARTA (JP): Publicly listed PT Dynaplast plans to set up a packaging plant in Hyderabad, southern India, and a local joint venture to produce cubic printing products with a Rp 28 billion (US$12.07 million) total investment.Company president Tony T.
Wed, 11 Dec 1996
Patrako's satellite services
Patrako's satellite services JAKARTA (JP): PT Patra Telekomunikasi Indonesia (Patrako) has launched a satellite communication system for oil companies to reduce their communication costs and improve their efficiency.
Wed, 11 Dec 1996
Permit requests exceed quota
Permit requests exceed quota JAKARTA (JP): Local fishing companies' applications to import fishing boats had exceeded this year's quota of 240 vessels, a senior official at the Ministry of Agriculture said yesterday.
Wed, 11 Dec 1996
Taman Harapan gets loan
Taman Harapan gets loan JAKARTA (JP): PT Taman Harapan Indah, a subsidiary of PT Dharmala Intiland, has secured a Rp 37 billion (US$15.6 million) syndicated loan for its Pantai Mutiara housing project in North Jakarta.
Wed, 11 Dec 1996
Helgemo mixes charm, craft
Helgemo mixes charm, craftBy Djanwar R. Madjolelo JAKARTA (JP): In the course of the last 18 months Geir Helgemo has won the World Junior Pairs (with Boye Borgeland), the Cap Volmac Pairs (with Tor Helness) and the General World Men's Individual.
Tue, 10 Dec 1996
East Timorese demonstrate
East Timorese demonstrate YOGYAKARTA: About 300 East Timorese students from universities in Java and Bali demonstrated yesterday in support of Nobel peace laureate Bishop Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo.They gathered at a soccer field in northern Yogyakarta where some played soccer for a "Nobel Cup" and...
Tue, 10 Dec 1996
Buton Island, Indonesia's bird paradise almost lost
Buton Island, Indonesia's bird paradise almost lost Scientists assisted by volunteers from around the world have been collecting data on birds found in Buton Island's rain forests as well as the coral reef of the nearby Wakatobi islands.
Tue, 10 Dec 1996
Kathikeyan wins Formula Asia race
Kathikeyan wins Formula Asia race JAKARTA (JP): India's Narain Kathikeyan emerged as the winner of the final round of the Formula Asia series at the Sentul circuit near Bogor.Kathikeyan won the weekend race on points after completing the 13 laps with a total score of 198 points while Piers Hunniset...
Tue, 10 Dec 1996
Accident disrupts railway system
Accident disrupts railway system PURWOKERTO, Central Java: A train carrying 3,220 bags of cement went off the rails near here early yesterday, throwing railway traffic into chaos for over 13 hours.Railway Officials said the accident happened at 1:05 a.m.
Tue, 10 Dec 1996
Philippine hopes to buy HK's boats
Philippine hopes to buy HK's boats HONG KONG (Reuter): The Philippines hopes to buy three naval patrol boats as Britain slashes its military presence and sells off Hong Kong military hardware ahead of the colony's 1997 return to China, a newspaper said yesterday.