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Tue, 10 Dec 1996
RI SEA Games basketball win forecast
RI SEA Games basketball win forecast JAKARTA (JP): Indonesian Basketball Association Chairman Harmoko said he was confident that the country's men's team will grab the gold medal at the 19th SEA Games here in October next year.
Mon, 09 Dec 1996
Garuda increases cargo tariffs up to 35 percent
Garuda increases cargo tariffs up to 35 percent JAKARTA (JP): Flag carrier Garuda Indonesia raised its domestic cargo tariffs by a range between 30 percent and 35 percent as of Dec. 1.Chandra Giri, the head of the airline's cargo division, said the tariff increase was made to compensate for the...
Mon, 09 Dec 1996
PT Selamat Sempurna posts US$6.17 million net profit
PT Selamat Sempurna posts US$6.17 million net profit JAKARTA (JP): Publicly-listed PT Selamat Sempurna booked a net profit of Rp 14.31 billion (US$6.17 million) for the year's first nine months, a 125 percent increase over the same period last year.
Mon, 09 Dec 1996
NZ First weighs choice of partner
NZ First weighs choice of partner WELLINGTON (Reuter): Politicians said yesterday they hoped to announce a government within two days as the nationalist New Zealand First party met to choose its coalition partner.
Mon, 09 Dec 1996
Belo arrives in Oslo to receive Nobel Prize
Belo arrives in Oslo to receive Nobel Prize OSLO (AFP): Bishop Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo of East Timor arrived early yesterday in Oslo, where he will receive the 1996 Nobel Peace Prize.Belo, who flew in from Singapore, was met at the airport by Francis Sejersted, the head of the Norwegian Nobel...
Mon, 09 Dec 1996
LG opens outlets in Vietnam
LG opens outlets in Vietnam SEOUL (UPI): The cosmetics subsidiary of South Korea's LG Group has opened stores in Vietnam, a spokesman said Friday.LG Household and Healthcare Co. Ltd. has opened a cosmetics store and two counters in department stores in Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi, spokesman Kim...
Mon, 09 Dec 1996
Arrests of illegals worry factory owners
Arrests of illegals worry factory owners BANGKOK (DPA): Factory owners in northern Thailand near the Myanmar border have warned that they may be forced to close if immigration officers continue to arrest unregistered Burmese workers, the Bangkok Post reported yesterday.
Mon, 09 Dec 1996
RI's views on verifying disarmament
RI's views on verifying disarmamentBy Agus Tarmidzi and Imron Cotan GENEVA (JP): The United Nations Headquarters' conference last week was vital in determining the course of the international community in its constant endeavors to contain the proliferation of nuclear weapons and other weapons of...
Mon, 09 Dec 1996
Dengue fever kills 165
Dengue fever kills 165 SEMARANG: Dengue fever has killed at least 165 and sent 7,500 people to hospital between January and September this year, a health official said Saturday.The number of dengue victims is higher than during the same period last year, when 122 people died and another 5,527 were...
Mon, 09 Dec 1996
Competition in cell phone services gets fiercer
Competition in cell phone services gets fiercer JAKARTA (JP): The competition in cellular telephone services is getting fiercer, with almost all of the country's Global System for Mobile (GSM) operators promising not only better services but more advanced technology.Julius S.
Mon, 09 Dec 1996
Mahathir supporters quit opposition state
Mahathir supporters quit opposition state KUALA LUMPUR (Reuter): Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad's party members said yesterday they had left their political posts in opposition-ruled Kelantan after failing to make headway in the northeastern Malaysian state.
Mon, 09 Dec 1996
Comments on Belo's explanation
Comments on Belo's explanation Bishop Belo's explanation regarding his interview with Der Spiegel has led to a variety of comments. The Kompas daily says the government's response to the explanation is correct and wise. We respect the newspaper's response.
Mon, 09 Dec 1996
Political analysts debate stability after Soeharto era
Political analysts debate stability after Soeharto era JAKARTA (JP): The political stability in the "Post-Soeharto" era envisioned by B.J. Habibie is not something the nation should take for granted, two political analysts say.
Mon, 09 Dec 1996
Moslems assert need to revive spirit of science
Moslems assert need to revive spirit of science JAKARTA (JP): Moslem intellectuals from countries around the world ended their three-day conference yesterday, affirming the need to revive the spirit of scientific research and technology.
Mon, 09 Dec 1996
Texmaco to start producing PTA next February
Texmaco to start producing PTA next February JAKARTA (JP): The publicly-listed PT Polysindo Eka Perkasa will start producing purified terephthalic acid (PTA) in February at its industrial complex in Karawang, West Java.The company's president M.
Mon, 09 Dec 1996
Three Germans deported
Three Germans deported UJUNGPANDANG, South Sulawesi: Immigration authorities deported three Germans over the weekend for illegally working as diving instructors in a recreation resort of Tanjung Bira Beach.The three Germans were identified as T.B. Breseel, H.L. Goring, and Hilpert.
Mon, 09 Dec 1996
Alatas, Latief hail rights commission
Alatas, Latief hail rights commission JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Foreign Affairs Ali Alatas and Minister of Manpower Abdul Latief say they rely on the support of National Commission on Human Rights in their respective cabinet jobs.
Mon, 09 Dec 1996
BDNI's profit rises 30%
BDNI's profit rises 30% JAKARTA (JP): Bank Dagang Nasional Indonesia's (BDNI's) net income for the year's first nine months rose 30 percent to Rp 123.4 billion (US$52.7 million) from Rp 95.1 billion for the same period of 1995.
Mon, 09 Dec 1996
Disney at Lippo Mall
Disney at Lippo Mall JAKARTA (JP): To commemorate Lippo Supermall's first anniversary, Lippo Financial, Disney and the supermall's management will run holiday programs and stage live shows under the theme 101 Dalmatians at the mall from today to Dec.24.
Mon, 09 Dec 1996
Rain dampens spirits of JakJazz fans
Rain dampens spirits of JakJazz fans JAKARTA (JP): Rain on the first two days of the three-day Jakarta International Jazz Festival kept the crowds away and left an audience of only true aficionados.There was only about 5,000 visitors on the first two nights and fewer people turned up for the...
Mon, 09 Dec 1996
'Parents react too slowly to child abuse'
'Parents react too slowly to child abuse' JAKARTA (JP): Parents and educators react too slowly to reports of child abuse, until it is impossible to prosecute suspected abusers, a criminologist said.Purnianti, who heads the Criminology Institute at the University of Indonesia, said Saturday this is...
Mon, 09 Dec 1996
Andrian KOs Thai to retain title
Andrian KOs Thai to retain title JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia's Andrian Kaspari pounded out an impressive third-round knockout victory over Thailand's Sairung Suwannasin to retain his International Boxing Federation Intercontinental bantamweight title in Surabaya Saturday.
Mon, 09 Dec 1996
Indonesia takes two titles in Grand Prix finals
Indonesia takes two titles in Grand Prix finalsBy Primastuti Handayani DENPASAR, Bali (JP): Indonesia took two of the five titles at stake in the Lipton World Grand Prix Badminton Finals here yesterday, courtesy of Susi Susanti and the pair of Ricky Subagdja and Rexy Mainaky.
Mon, 09 Dec 1996
No paper
No paper We deeply regret our failure to inform our readers and agents beforehand that The Jakarta Post was not to appear yesterday, a public holiday marking the Ascension of Prophet Muhammad. We apologize for any inconvenience caused. -- Publisher
Mon, 09 Dec 1996
Sunkyong enters Mexico
Sunkyong enters Mexico SEOUL (UPI): South Korea's Sunkyong Engineering and Construction Ltd. has signed a US$24.6-million contract to build an oil refinery plant in Mexico, a spokesman said Friday.State-run Pemex (Petroleos Mexicanos) plans to extract 80 tons of sulfur a day from crude oil,...
Mon, 09 Dec 1996
S. Korea ends Indonesia's Asian Cup soccer fairytale
S. Korea ends Indonesia's Asian Cup soccer fairytale ABU DHABI (AFP): Indonesia's Asian Cup fairytale was rudely ended here Saturday when it was crushed 4-2 by South Korea in their Group A match.The no-nonsense Koreans showed no mercy to the Indonesians, playing in their first ever Asian Cup finals.
Mon, 09 Dec 1996
Hanoi tightens grip on private, foreign firms
Hanoi tightens grip on private, foreign firms HANOI (Reuter): Vietnam's elite politburo has issued instructions for the establishing and strengthening of a nationwide network of Communist Party "cells" and organizations in foreign and private firms, state media said on Saturday.
Mon, 09 Dec 1996
Taiwan's FM visits Europe in secrecy
Taiwan's FM visits Europe in secrecy TAIPEI (AFP): Taiwan's foreign minister and air force commander are making secret visits to Europe, sources and reports said here yesterday, in a move expected to anger China.
Mon, 09 Dec 1996
Manila legislators to visit Spratlys
Manila legislators to visit Spratlys MANILA (UPI): Philippine senators have decided to visit the disputed Spratly Islands to check into alleged Chinese build-up on a reef claimed by the country, reports said yesterday.
Mon, 09 Dec 1996
Amnesty still holds for Fretilin rebels, says Col. Simbolon
Amnesty still holds for Fretilin rebels, says Col. Simbolon DILI, East Timor (JP): President Soeharto's amnesty for East Timorese separatist rebels scattered in the territory's jungles is still on the table, a military officer said Saturday.East Timor Military Chief Col.
Mon, 09 Dec 1996
Police shoot dead taxi driver's robber
Police shoot dead taxi driver's robber JAKARTA (JP): The robber of a taxi driver was shot dead by police Saturday after trying to escape from police custody on Jl. May. Jend. Sutoyo, in Cawang, East Jakarta.
Mon, 09 Dec 1996
Open debate
Open debateFrom RepublikaOn Monday evening, Nov. 25, I watched ANteve's open debate broadcast. I was very happy with the program. Previously, we frequently read news about the curtailment of democracy in our country, and the foreign press blamed our government for being undemocratic.
Mon, 09 Dec 1996
Coca-Cola, Jaya sign deal
Coca-Cola, Jaya sign deal JAKARTA (JP): Coca Cola Amatil Jakarta (CCAJ) won yesterday a five-year contract to supply soft drinks to the Dunia Fantasi and Taman Impian Jaya Ancol recreational parks.CCAJ general manager Phil Baldock said the agreement would strengthen the relationship between Coca...
Mon, 09 Dec 1996
Miniskirts frustrate Lampung teachers
Miniskirts frustrate Lampung teachers METRO, Lampung: Female students' skirts just keep getting shorter, and high school teachers have given up hope in their bid to stop hemline creep.Many students go to school wearing tight miniskirts despite teacher warnings that the attire is "no good to look...
Mon, 09 Dec 1996
APEC asked to set the pace in WTO talks
APEC asked to set the pace in WTO talks SINGAPORE (AFP): Asia-Pacific economies should set the pace in making commitments to accelerate the pace of global trade liberalization, an influential think tank said Saturday ahead of the a key World Trade Organization (WTO) meeting here.
Mon, 09 Dec 1996
HIV/AIDS cases reach to 466
HIV/AIDS cases reach to 466 JAKARTA: This month three more people -- two Jakarta residents and a West Java resident -- have been infected with HIV/AIDS, an official from the Ministry of Health said this weekend.
Mon, 09 Dec 1996
TV today
TV todayTVRI 2:30 p.m. Travel: My Country 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 Educational Quiz: Cepat Tepat 5:00 Evening News 5:30 Puppet Show Review 6:00 News: Lintasan Berita...
Mon, 09 Dec 1996
200 rowers prepare for SEA Games
200 rowers prepare for SEA Games JAKARTA (JP): A total of 200 rowers are currently undergoing intensive and rigorous training at the Jatiluhur dam in preparation for the 19th SEA Games to be held here next October.
Mon, 09 Dec 1996
Friends and foes share Nobel Peace Prize
Friends and foes share Nobel Peace Prize JAKARTA (JP): Commoners and presidents, humanitarians as well as revolutionaries, a baroness and a nun are among those who have been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
Mon, 09 Dec 1996
Road needs serious repair
Road needs serious repair BOGOR, West Java (JP): A Bogor road which has been repaired three times in the past year needs repairing again, locals said over the weekend.Local residents said Jl. Pajajaran, which stretches a kilometer from the North Bogor Police subprecinct to the Warung Jambu junction...
Mon, 09 Dec 1996
Bill on building to be tabled soon
Bill on building to be tabled soon JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Public Works Radinal Mochtar said yesterday the government would introduce building laws within the next few months.The minister said a draft of the laws had been submitted to the House of Representatives for approval.
Mon, 09 Dec 1996
Garuda's new Airbus A330-300s will arrive on time
Garuda's new Airbus A330-300s will arrive on timeBy Soeryo Winoto TOULOUSE, France (JP): The people standing around the runway clapped as the new Airbus A330-300 took off, breaking through the chilly air at Blagnac airport, about 600 kilometers south of Paris.
Mon, 09 Dec 1996
IMF merges Asia offices
IMF merges Asia offices WASHINGTON (DPA): The International Monetary Fund will start to merge its three departments dealing with various regions in Asia into a single unit in the new year and will soon establish a field office in Asia, the Fund's director announced Friday.
Mon, 09 Dec 1996
Telephone repaired
Telephone repaired I would like to thank Telkom for their attention to my complaint on Dec. 2. ("Your Letters", Dec. 5).On Dec. 6, two of their staff came to examine our telephone, and it took them only five minutes to put it back in order. Client No.743-4270Jakarta
Mon, 09 Dec 1996
A host of new computer technologies and products
A host of new computer technologies and productsBy Zatni Arbi JAKARTA (JP): First of all, here's a quick fix for a virus attack that I've just learned about and would like to share with you if you don't know it already. If your DOS or Windows 3.
Mon, 09 Dec 1996
Govt warned to be careful in Busang mine contract
Govt warned to be careful in Busang mine contract JAKARTA (JP): An economic advisory group has warned the government to be careful in its dealings over the disputed Busang II gold mine in Kalimantan.Arif Arryman, the managing director of Econit, said yesterday the government should not make the...
Mon, 09 Dec 1996
Nobel Peace Prize brings jubilation and resentment
Nobel Peace Prize brings jubilation and resentmentBy Lela E. Madjiah JAKARTA (JP): "War is the father of all things," said the Greek philosopher Heracleitus.Indeed, the history of mankind has been blazing with wars. In modern times there have been more wars than peace to prove Heracleitus' thesis.
Mon, 09 Dec 1996
Rights body welcomes role dialog
Rights body welcomes role dialog JAKARTA (JP): In the face of criticism from the government and the military, the National Commission on Human Rights says it is willing to discuss the future of its role with authorities.
Mon, 09 Dec 1996
Hoyer-Larsen confirms place in World Cup
Hoyer-Larsen confirms place in World CupBy Primastuti Handayani NUSA DUA, Bali (JP): Olympic gold medalist Poul-Erik Hoyer- Larsen has confirmed his participation in the Sanyo World Cup Badminton Championship in Jakarta this week."I hope I can play a little better there.
Mon, 09 Dec 1996
Seventeen killed in plane crash
Seventeen killed in plane crash JAKARTA (JP): Seventeen people were killed and four critically injured when a Cassa-100 light aircraft crashed near the South Kalimantan capital of Banjarmasin on Saturday.