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Wed, 04 Dec 1996
Ricky and Rexy ready for hardest post-Atlanta test
Ricky and Rexy ready for hardest post-Atlanta testBy Primastuti Handayani NUSA DUA, Bali (JP): Indonesia's men's doubles stars Ricky Subagja and Rexy Mainaky see the Lipton World Grand Prix Badminton Finals as their greatest test since their victory at the Centennial Olympic in Atlanta, Georgia.
Wed, 04 Dec 1996
Prospects of a greater ASEAN
Prospects of a greater ASEAN Considering the situation currently prevailing in the Asia- Pacific region, a broadening of ASEAN's membership is indeed a most appropriate move. The joining of Laos, Myanmar and Cambodia will have considerable political and economic significance, although that does not...
Wed, 04 Dec 1996
Myanmar releases protesters after brief detention
Myanmar releases protesters after brief detention YANGON (Agencies): Myanmar's military government said it had briefly held hundreds of students yesterday after they staged night-long street protests in the capital Yangon, the biggest such demonstrations in several years.
Wed, 04 Dec 1996
Children die of dengue fever
Children die of dengue fever SEMARANG: Dengue fever has killed 11 children in the two- months it has been spreading in the Klaten regency since October.More than 70 people, mostly children, have been hospitalized.
Wed, 04 Dec 1996
Catchment area filled for housing
Catchment area filled for housingFrom KompasAs residents of Villa Cinere Mas, we are concerned about PT Indokisar's misleading advertisement in Kompas (Nov. 8) on its new project, "Cinere Mas". The project is actually located at Pisangan, Ciputat, Tangerang in West Java and not in Jakarta.Jl.
Wed, 04 Dec 1996
BI chief predicts slowdown
BI chief predicts slowdown JAKARTA (JP): Bank Indonesia Governor J. Soedradjad Djiwandono predicted yesterday economic growth would slow down next year but remain above 7 percent.Soedradjad said next year's economic growth would be similar to this year's, but slower than the 8.
Wed, 04 Dec 1996
Businesspeople groan about bribery again
Businesspeople groan about bribery again JAKARTA (JP): Businesspeople are complaining again about problems in getting business licenses, illegal levies and the country's poor market information system."BKPM (The Investment Coordinating Board) has already improved its services, but it is still a bit...
Wed, 04 Dec 1996
Navy's elite force to be reorganized
Navy's elite force to be reorganized JAKARTA (JP): The Marine Corps, the Navy's special force, will be reorganized to increase its effectiveness in meeting the increasing challenges of naval security operations.
Wed, 04 Dec 1996
Levi's forms subsidiary
Levi's forms subsidiary JAKARTA (JP): Levi Strauss and Co announced the establishment of its new Indonesian affiliate, PT Levi Strauss Indonesia, yesterday.The new company is wholly owned by the San Francisco-based Levis Strauss and Co, which sells its clothes in more than 60 countries.
Wed, 04 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, 04 Dec 1996
Influence from Dutch
Influence from Dutch Recently, two people (David Jardine :Pidgin language, Nov. 29, 1996 and Robby Susatyo: Kondomisasi needed to fight AIDS, Dec. 2, 1996) have addressed the pidginisasi of the Indonesian language.
Wed, 04 Dec 1996
Ambition blamed for visionless city development
Ambition blamed for visionless city development JAKARTA (JP): Indonesian cities are facing several major problems, including a visionless over-development driven by an ambition to catch up with other cities in the region, a scholar says.
Wed, 04 Dec 1996
Governor says masterplan key to urban growth
Governor says masterplan key to urban growth JAKARTA (JP): Consistency and improvement of Jakarta's masterplan is the key to control the city's growth, Governor Surjadi Soedirdja said yesterday in response to President Soeharto's call to control urban growth.
Wed, 04 Dec 1996
Andrian survives scare in tennis selection event
Andrian survives scare in tennis selection event JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia's Davis Cup players look certain to be reunited in the national elite team after scoring second successive wins in their respective group matches at the selection tournament yesterday.
Wed, 04 Dec 1996
Prevention vital to free youth from drug abuse
Prevention vital to free youth from drug abuse JAKARTA (JP): An official of the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports Makmuri Muchlas stressed yesterday the importance of preventing Indonesian youths abusing drugs and other substances.
Wed, 04 Dec 1996
House to question Premix price rise
House to question Premix price rise JAKARTA (JP): The House of Representatives would ask the Ministry of Mines and Energy about the Rp 50 increase in the price of premix gasoline, a Commission VI member said yesterday.
Wed, 04 Dec 1996
Rudy plans badminton clinics
Rudy plans badminton clinics NUSA DUA, Bali (JP): Former eight-time All England winner Rudy Hartono plans to establish badminton clinics throughout the country's 27 provinces."I hope by establishing the schools, I can help develop badminton in the country," Rudy told reporters yesterday.
Wed, 04 Dec 1996
TV today
TV todayTVRI 2:30 p.m. Travel: My Country 2:35 TV Series: Fun House 3:05 Travel: Tanah Airku 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 Lessons...
Wed, 04 Dec 1996
Stock Exchange
Stock ExchangeStock prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (in rupiah) on Dec. 3, 1996: -------------------------------------------------------- Shares Close Change Trading Volume -------------------------------------------------------- Ades Alfindo 1,075 0 0 AHAP Insurance 2,675 0 0 Alumindo Perkasa...
Wed, 04 Dec 1996
Malaysia's growth expected to moderate
Malaysia's growth expected to moderate KUALA LUMPUR (AFP): Malaysia's robust economic growth is expected to moderate over the next year before picking up in 1998, the Malaysian Institute of Economic Research said yesterday.The country's gross domestic product (GDP) is expected to ease to 8.
Wed, 04 Dec 1996
Post-shipment checks will be smooth: Customs
Post-shipment checks will be smooth: Customs JAKARTA (JP): Customs officials at Tanjung Priok port and Soekarno Hatta airport have assured businessmen the post-shipment inspection of Indonesia's imports, starting April 1, will run smoothly.
Wed, 04 Dec 1996
Arms controls talks in ASEAN proposed
Arms controls talks in ASEAN proposed MANILA (Agencies): A proposal to include arms controls talks in the agenda of the ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) has been made at a regional security conference in the Philippine capital, an official said yesterday.
Wed, 04 Dec 1996
Kuwait boycott threatens Asia Cup quarterfinals
Kuwait boycott threatens Asia Cup quarterfinals ABU DHABI (AFP): A possible threat by Kuwait is casting a cloud over the Asian Football Cup which kicks off here today.Kuwaiti officials have warned they will pull out of the tournament, the showcase of Asian soccer, if they find themselves drawn...
Wed, 04 Dec 1996
Ramos urged to name successor
Ramos urged to name successor MANILA (AFP): President Fidel Ramos was urged yesterday to name now the candidate he will support for the presidency, to assure the business community of continued reforms.
Wed, 04 Dec 1996
White House to release Mochtar Riady's letter
White House to release Mochtar Riady's letter WASHINGTON (Reuter): President Bill Clinton said on Monday the White House will release a 1993 letter to him from Indonesian businessman Mochtar Riady and suggested there was nothing wrong in Riady having given him policy advice.
Wed, 04 Dec 1996
Bishop Belo reveals his Oslo travel plans to Alatas
Bishop Belo reveals his Oslo travel plans to Alatas JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Foreign Affairs Ali Alatas yesterday revealed that Dili Bishop Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo has sent a letter outlining his planned trip to Oslo to receive the Nobel Peace Prize next week.
Wed, 04 Dec 1996
Vietnam's sugar imports
Vietnam's sugar imports HANOI (AFP): Vietnam is to curb refined sugar imports from next year as domestic production is sufficient to satisfy demand, a senior Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development official said yesterday.
Wed, 04 Dec 1996
'Yen correction weakens ASEAN economies'
'Yen correction weakens ASEAN economies' TOKYO (AFP): The competitive position of Southeast Asian economies has been "somewhat weakened" by the recent correction of the yen against the dollar, a senior official from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) said yesterday.
Wed, 04 Dec 1996
Capella Amadeus going from strength to strength
Capella Amadeus going from strength to strengthBy Gus Kairupan JAKARTA (JP): The program book for the most recent concert of the Capella Amadeus String Ensemble lists five instances of having appeared in Indonesia, but surely there have been more.
Wed, 04 Dec 1996
Customs officers seize Ecstasy at a post office
Customs officers seize Ecstasy at a post office JAKARTA (JP): Customs and excise officers have found a package containing tens of thousands of Ecstasy pills at a post office, Director General of Customs and Excise Soehardjo Soebardi said yesterday.
Wed, 04 Dec 1996
Indonesia beyond the headlines
Indonesia beyond the headlinesBy Wimar Witoelar The following article is based on a paper presented at the annual meeting of Sinclair Knight Merz, a leading Australian engineering company, in Brisbane on Nov. 23, 1996.
Wed, 04 Dec 1996
Govt programs benefit few disabled people
Govt programs benefit few disabled people JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Social Services Inten Soeweno said yesterday that less than 10 percent of Indonesia's six million disabled people benefit from government assistance.
Wed, 04 Dec 1996
Night trains to start next month
Night trains to start next month JAKARTA (JP): The state-owned railway company's (Perumka) greater Jakarta office will start operating night commuter trains on the Jakarta-Bogor route next month.The office's head, Eddy Sasongko, said these night commuter trains would cater to workers who started...
Wed, 04 Dec 1996
Boy arrested for sexual assault
Boy arrested for sexual assault JAKARTA (JP): Truck drivers could help contribute their ideas to combat AIDS by painting slogans on their trucks to remind themselves and others of the deadly virus, local AIDS Day organizers said yesterday.This has been going on since Nov.
Tue, 03 Dec 1996
Singapore woman overstays visa by 10 years: Police
Singapore woman overstays visa by 10 years: Police JAKARTA (JP): Police have handed over a 42-year-old woman, believed to be Singaporean, to the Immigration Office for overstaying her Indonesian visa by about 10 years, police said yesterday.Head of the City Police's Control of Foreigners unit Lt.
Tue, 03 Dec 1996
Indosat to raise phone rates to S'pore
Indosat to raise phone rates to S'pore JAKARTA (JP): International telecommunications provider PT Indosat is waiting for a government approval to raise billing rates to Singapore, the company announced yesterday.
Tue, 03 Dec 1996
Control the growth of cities, Soeharto warns
Control the growth of cities, Soeharto warns JAKARTA (JP): The growth of cities needed serious attention to prevent more problems, President Soeharto said yesterday.Although urban areas are expected contribute up to 80 percent of Indonesia's national income, the expansion has created several...
Tue, 03 Dec 1996
'Inaccurate news could worsen drug problems'
'Inaccurate news could worsen drug problems' JAKARTA (JP): An international conference on the prevention of drug and substance abuse opened here yesterday with President Soeharto warning that inaccurate media reporting could worsen the country's drug problems.
Tue, 03 Dec 1996
Tower firm seeks foreign equity
Tower firm seeks foreign equity BANDUNG (JP): PT Menara Jakarta, the private consortium planning to build the country's tallest tower in Kemayoran, Central Jakarta, for US$560 million, has invited foreign firms to join its project.
Tue, 03 Dec 1996
N. Sumatra needs rubber
N. Sumatra needs rubber JAKARTA (JP): At least 11 private rubber makers in North Sumatra are suffering because of a shortage of natural rubber.The deputy of the Indonesian Rubber Producers Association's provincial chapter, Fauzi Hasbalah, said in Medan yesterday that local rubber makers should buy...
Tue, 03 Dec 1996
Dashboard thieves arrested
Dashboard thieves arrested TANGERANG (JP): Police arrested yesterday three men suspected of stealing car dashboards in an operation named Kilat Jaya on Jl. Gatot Subroto in Tangerang.Tangerang police chief Lt. Col.
Tue, 03 Dec 1996
Danareksa opens outlet
Danareksa opens outlet JAKARTA (JP): State-owned fund manager PT Danareksa Fund Management opened its second retail outlet yesterday at the Jakarta International Trading Center in Mangga Dua, North Jakarta.
Tue, 03 Dec 1996
'No big impact on S'pore tourists'
'No big impact on S'pore tourists' SINGAPORE (AFP): Australia has expressed regret for attacks against Singaporeans and vowed to take steps against racial harassment directed at Asians, Foreign Minister S. Jayakumar told parliament yesterday.
Tue, 03 Dec 1996
RP awakens to the potentials of its neighbors
RP awakens to the potentials of its neighborsBy Mynardo Macaraig DAVAO, Philippines (AFP): After courting investors and traders from the United States, Europe, Japan and the so-called tiger economies of Asia, the Philippines is finally awakening to the potential of its nearest neighbors, Brunei,...
Tue, 03 Dec 1996
Soldiers to have $7m shopping center
Soldiers to have $7m shopping center JAKARTA (JP): The construction of an Rp 18-billion (US$7.64 million) shopping center to serve mainly soldiers started at the Marine Corps complex in Cilandak, South Jakarta, yesterday.
Tue, 03 Dec 1996
Philippines asks for RI badminton coaches
Philippines asks for RI badminton coaches JAKARTA (JP): The Badminton Association of Indonesia had the honor of being visited by the chairwoman of the Badminton Association of the Philippines, Amelita M Ramos, at its headquarters in Cipayung, East Jakarta, yesterday.
Tue, 03 Dec 1996
AIDS lurks in East Timor
AIDS lurks in East Timor DILI, East Timor: Increasing human traffic has exposed the province to the deadly Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS), chief of the provincial health office Samuel Munaiseche said yesterday.
Tue, 03 Dec 1996
Bhuwanatala Indah lists on Surabaya bourse
Bhuwanatala Indah lists on Surabaya bourse JAKARTA (JP): PT Bhuwanatala Indah Permai, a shopping center and hotel operator, cross listed its shares on the Surabaya Stock Exchange (SSX) yesterday.BIP president Benny Soetrisno said yesterday the company, which had been listed on the Jakarta Stock...
Tue, 03 Dec 1996
Big power rows could burst Asian bubble: RP
Big power rows could burst Asian bubble: RP MANILA (Reuter): Big power conflicts could "burst the bubble of stability" in the Asia-Pacific region and wreck APEC's potential as the world's biggest free-trade area, Philippine President Fidel Ramos warned yesterday.
Tue, 03 Dec 1996
Stock Exchange
Stock ExchangeStock prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (in rupiah) on Dec. 2, 1996: -------------------------------------------------------- Shares Close Change Trading Volume -------------------------------------------------------- Ades Alfindo 1,075 0 0 AHAP Insurance 2,675 0 0 Alumindo Perkasa...