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Sun, 05 Feb 1995
Tasmanian ceramics display, from Padang to Surabaya
Tasmanian ceramics display, from Padang to SurabayaBy R. Fadjri YOGYAKARTA (JP): Australia is a unique continent. Its isolation symbolizes its uncertain relations between East and West. When throngs of immigrants arrived from Europe, it took them a long time to mold an identity, at least compared...
Sun, 05 Feb 1995
'Feng shui' trend catching on in Indonesian society
'Feng shui' trend catching on in Indonesian society JAKARTA (JP): Many Indonesians nowadays practice Feng shui, which was imported from China a long time ago, not only because this Chinese teaching of the secrets of wind and water is considered apt, but also because Indonesians, like many other...
Sun, 05 Feb 1995
Guess What?
Guess What? When did tourism start?Director General of Tourism Andi Mappi Sammeng observed that tourism commenced when ancient peoples started to look around their world.Tourism, therefore, will continue as long as humankind exists.
Sun, 05 Feb 1995
Keeping up with the Jonses: HI undergoes renovation
Keeping up with the Jonses: HI undergoes renovationBy Jim Plouffe JAKARTA (JP): The long neglected grandmother of Jakartan hotels has undergone some much needed surgery.One wing of rooms, a restaurant and a business section have been totally redone at Hotel Indonesia in the center of the city.
Sun, 05 Feb 1995
What are the press rules?
What are the press rules? Of late there have been complaints about too much sex and violence in the media. There have also been complaints about vague reporting. One may argue that it's due to the omnipresent threat of a press ban that results in safe-style reporting.
Sun, 05 Feb 1995
TV today
TV todayTVRI 7:00 a.m. Morning News 7:30 Healthy and Fresh 7:40 TV Series: Vicky The Viking 8:10 Around Us 8:40 TV Series: Voltron 9:00 People and Events 9:30 Comedy: Ria Jenaka 9:45 Music 10:45 Youth Program 11:15 Search For The World 11:45 Sports: Dari Gelanggang Ke Gelanggang 12:45 p.m.
Sun, 05 Feb 1995
Guess What?
Guess What? The philosophy of taxation in Eastern Asia is much better than in Western countries, said Mohammad Sadli, who has twice held ministerial posts under the New Order administration."When you give half of what you earn to the government, that's a Western philosophy, and it is not upheld in...
Sun, 05 Feb 1995
RI press in the midst of on identity crisis
RI press in the midst of on identity crisis JAKARTA (JP): After years of tight government control, the Indonesian press is unsure of its identity.The Jakarta Post asked three people to comment on the state of the press and the role of reporters.
Sun, 05 Feb 1995
'Feng shui': Living in Harmony with nature
'Feng shui': Living in Harmony with natureBy Lenah Susianty JAKARTA (JP): Call it mysticism, superstition or whatever you like. Still, the fact that hundreds of people willfully paid Rp 300,000 (US$179.
Sun, 05 Feb 1995
Extravagance among rich normal in garish Jakarta
Extravagance among rich normal in garish Jakarta JAKARTA (JP): My friend Nora has a great affinity for hotels. Every time a new five star hotel is opened in Jakarta -- and there have been lots of them in the last decade -- she has to try it out.
Sun, 05 Feb 1995
Thailand's tourist jewel, Pattaya, fades
Thailand's tourist jewel, Pattaya, fadesBy Ken Barrett PATTAYA, Thailand (UPI): With a beach-bound European tourist ranting in his face, the director of Thailand's Tourism Authority in Pattaya becomes a placater, a keeper of the peace, a listener. It is a role he has played before.
Sun, 05 Feb 1995
Moslem attire show not just about fashion
Moslem attire show not just about fashionBy Dini S. DjalalBusana Moslem show JAKARTA (JP): In an age where the barely-there slip-dress is the trendiest garment to wear, the Indonesian Fashion Designers' Association staged a show to address the wardrobe needs of Moslem women.
Sun, 05 Feb 1995
Diamond exhibition displays rare and antique pieces
Diamond exhibition displays rare and antique piecesBy Rita A. Widiadana JAKARTA (JP): "When subjected under intense female heat, a male will usually produce a diamond."This theory was one entry in a contest on theory making published in Reader's Digest.
Sun, 05 Feb 1995
Malaysia hounded by social maladies
Malaysia hounded by social maladies Samsudin A Rahim looks at some disquieting social trends in Malaysia. Malaysia's economic growth is expected to exceed 8 per cent in 1995. The Prime Minister, Dr. Mahathir Mohamad, should have been elated with this figure. Yet he did not appear so.Dr.
Sun, 05 Feb 1995
Sjahrir: Great due to failure
Sjahrir: Great due to failure Sjahrir: Politics and Exile in Indonesia; Rudolf Mrazek; Published by Cornell Southeast Asia Program; Ithaca, New York; 525 pages. JAKARTA (JP): At last there is a complete biography of Sutan Sjahrir, a central figure of Indonesia's intellectual circle during the...
Sun, 05 Feb 1995
Understanding handwriting for better relationships
Understanding handwriting for better relationshipsBy Ati Nurbaiti JAKARTA (JP): Your handwriting, graphologist Ness Shirley asserts, illustrates your personality.A disconnected horizontal bar of a "t" reveals impatience, small characters show modesty and a downward line indicates discouragement.
Sun, 05 Feb 1995
Press bans under New Order era
Press bans under New Order era There is no comprehensive data on press bannings under the New Order government. The largest number of highly political bans issued was recorded at 46 in the aftermath of the 1965 abortive PKI communist coup.
Sun, 05 Feb 1995
Art tourism packages have no standard
Art tourism packages have no standardBy Bagong Kussudiardja YOGYAKARTA (JP): The decline in the quality of performances, especially dancing, has become a hot issue. The problem is mainly seen at performances included in tourist packages. The low salaries of the artists is a main concern.
Sun, 05 Feb 1995
Ramadhan time for Jakarta
Ramadhan time for JakartaSunday Maghrib 06.20 p.m.Monday Imsak 04.26 a.m. Subuh 04.36 a.m.
Sun, 05 Feb 1995
Fasting not detrimental to health, experts say
Fasting not detrimental to health, experts sayBy Dian Utami Soekanto BOGOR (JP): "Not eating or drinking a whole day? Your children will dehydrate," an Australian school principal commented to an Indonesian mother who told him that her two children, both under the age of 10, would be fasting during...
Sat, 04 Feb 1995
Where to go in Jakarta:
Where to go in Jakarta:Music * The Aryaduta Jakarta, Jl. Prapatan 44-48, Central Jakarta: - Ambiente Italian Restaurant: Bonauli vocal group, Thursday, Friday and Saturday from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m.; Lost Morenitos, Sunday, Tuesday and Wednesday from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m.
Sat, 04 Feb 1995
Jakarta-Cirebon flights
Jakarta-Cirebon flights JAKARTA (JP): The privately-run airliner PT Deraya Air Service reported yesterday that it has resumed twice-a-week flight service between Jakarta and Cirebon, West Java, after a one-year suspension.
Sat, 04 Feb 1995
Kuwaitis unhappy over allies' overtures to Iraq
Kuwaitis unhappy over allies' overtures to IraqBy William Maclean KUWAIT (Reuter): Kuwait is watching uneasily as Arab and western allies show signs of readiness to do business with Iraq four years after they waged war to end Baghdad's occupation of the Gulf emirate.
Sat, 04 Feb 1995
Military offers PDI helping hand
Military offers PDI helping hand JAKARTA (JP): Armed Forces (ABRI) Chief Gen. Feisal Tanjung has offered to help the rift-ridden Indonesian Democratic Party (PDI) solve its notorious internal bickering.Gen.
Sat, 04 Feb 1995
Vietnamese FM arrives in Manila
Vietnamese FM arrives in Manila MANILA (Reuter): Vietnamese Foreign Minister Nguyen Manh Cam arrived in Manila yesterday for a three-day visit expected to include talks with Philippine officials on the disputed Spratly islands."I'm very happy to come over to Manila.
Sat, 04 Feb 1995
EU to hold talks with ASEAN in '96
EU to hold talks with ASEAN in '96 BRUSSELS (Reuter): The European Union no longer expects to hold a summit meeting with ASEAN leaders this year, but expects the event to take place in early 1996, according to EU sources.
Sat, 04 Feb 1995
State budget secured by forest funds
State budget secured by forest funds JAKARTA (JP): The forestry ministry has transferred Rp 596 billion (US$270.90 million) of its reforestation funds to the finance ministry as contingency state budget reserves, a minister said yesterday.
Sat, 04 Feb 1995
Attention Telkom
Attention TelkomFrom Bisnis IndonesiaThousands of complaints may have been made to PT Telkom. And I have the impression that this company still cannot reduce the number of public complaints. The "Customers are Kings" slogan seems to be of little meaning to PT Telkom.On Jan.
Sat, 04 Feb 1995
Timorese in exile sets the record right straight
Timorese in exile sets the record right straight JAKARTA (JP): A senior East Timorese politician now living in exile in Lisbon gave details of Portuguese atrocities and of the Fretilin, an East Timorese political party, against its own people in the 1970s, during a debate in London on Wednesday.
Sat, 04 Feb 1995
ADB to lend $42m to RI's small businesses
ADB to lend $42m to RI's small businesses JAKARTA (JP): The Manila-based Asian Development Bank (ADB) will provide US$42 million in loans to support small businesses in Indonesia.Bank Indonesia Governor J.
Sat, 04 Feb 1995
Students protest knitting firm
Students protest knitting firm BANDUNG: Students at the Bandung Institute of Technology yesterday staged a rally in their campus to protest the sacking of hundreds of workers by a local knitting company.
Sat, 04 Feb 1995
Debt traps 6,000 teachers
Debt traps 6,000 teachers BOJONEGORO, East Java: Some 6,000 elementary school teachers in this regency are so riddled with debt that they cannot do their jobs properly, a local official said.Chief of local education and culture office Muh.
Sat, 04 Feb 1995
Reorienting NAM in the 1990s (2)
Reorienting NAM in the 1990s (2) This is the second of two articles excerpted from a paper presented by Indonesian Ambassador-at-Large Nana S. Sutresna at an international seminar in Colombo, Sri Lanka, last week.
Sat, 04 Feb 1995
Flood cuts off highways
Flood cuts off highways PEKANBARU, Riau: A major flood cut off the highways connecting Java, Riau and West Sumatra on Thursday, a press report said yesterday.The flood, triggered by incessant rains, inundated a vast area in Riau and West Sumatra. It has so far claimed at least six lives.
Sat, 04 Feb 1995
Welcome in Indonesia
Welcome in Indonesia Bill de Ruiter, it's with pleasure that I read your letter (The Jakarta Post, Feb. 2, 1995). Although I am not in a position to extend an official invitation to you and your friends, be assured that people like you are always welcome in Indonesia.
Sat, 04 Feb 1995
Nias gets a new power generator
Nias gets a new power generator GUNUNG SITOLI, Nias: A long-awaited Rp 234 million (US$105,000) rural electrification project went into operation this week on Nias Island in West Sumatra.The project in the Siforoasi village was dedicated on Tuesday by Siti Hardianti Rukmana, a deputy chairman of...
Sat, 04 Feb 1995
Bollettieri offered here
Bollettieri offered here JAKARTA (JP): Local tennis lovers may follow in the footsteps of star-studded Andre Agassi or Mary Pierce in improving their skills under the tutelage of legendary trainer Nick Bollettieri.
Sat, 04 Feb 1995
Municipality still studying proposed parking system
Municipality still studying proposed parking system JAKARTA (JP): The municipality is still studying a proposal made by a private company for the implementation of a parking- with-prize system in the city, Governor Surjadi Soedirdja said.
Sat, 04 Feb 1995
Malang marathon keeps going on
Malang marathon keeps going on JAKARTA (JP): The Malang international marathon remains one of the major events in this year's agenda of the Indonesian Track and Field Association, an official says.Mas Soemarto of Malang, East Java sports governing body (KONI) said on Thursday that the 42-kilometer...
Sat, 04 Feb 1995
Ramadhan time for Jakarta
Ramadhan time for JakartaSaturday Maghrib 06.20 p.m.Sunday Imsak 04.26 a.m. Subuh 04.36 a.m.
Sat, 04 Feb 1995
Indonesia to join Aussie war games
Indonesia to join Aussie war games SYDNEY (Reuter): Australia said yesterday that troops from neighboring Indonesia would take part in a joint military exercise this year in northern Australia, further cementing defense ties.
Sat, 04 Feb 1995
Bambang's fate is in the House speaker's hands
Bambang's fate is in the House speaker's hands JAKARTA (JP): The fate of Bambang Warih Koesoemo, the Golkar legislator recently dismissed for being "too outspoken", is now in the hands of House Speaker Wahono.
Sat, 04 Feb 1995
Barber struggles to make a living
Barber struggles to make a livingBy Yoko N. Sari JAKARTA (JP): Many people see Jakarta as a place to escape from the endless pain of living in poverty in their home towns.The number of people migrating to the capital city rises steadily every year.
Sat, 04 Feb 1995
Tennis tours to be televised worldwide
Tennis tours to be televised worldwide JAKARTA (JP): The Association of Tennis Professionals and the sports television station ESPN have reached a new multi-year agreement to bring nine of the most prestigious men's events and season-end singles and doubles World Championships to tennis fans...
Sat, 04 Feb 1995
Two lady golfers share lead
Two lady golfers share lead JAKARTA (JP): Going into today's final round Taiwan's Huang Yu Chen surged ahead yesterday with a 2-under par to a joint lead with England's Lisa Hackney at the Indonesia Ladies Open Championship at Pantai Indah Kapuk yesterday.
Sat, 04 Feb 1995
Bogor needs waste dumps
Bogor needs waste dumps JAKARTA (JP): The Bogor administration has come under fire for its carelessness in building inadequate facilities at the final waste dump in Pasir Jambu village.The Antara news agency reported on Thursday that the facilities still lacking are an asphalted road leading to the...
Sat, 04 Feb 1995
BI increases key rate by 0.25 percentage point
BI increases key rate by 0.25 percentage point JAKARTA (JP): Bank Indonesia, the central bank, yesterday raised the discount rates of its short-term securities by 0.25 percentage point in a fresh move to curb speculation in the money market following the 0.5 point hike in the U.S. interest rates.
Sat, 04 Feb 1995
Djamaludin denies blocking cement plant
Djamaludin denies blocking cement plant JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Forestry Djamaludin Suryohadikusumo denied accusations that he had hindered the construction of a new cement plant by PT Eraska Semen Indonesia on 800-hectares of teak forest in Central Java.
Sat, 04 Feb 1995
The meaning of 'Lebaran'
The meaning of 'Lebaran' Although Idul Fitri -- the end of the holy month of Ramadhan -- is still more than three weeks away, President Soeharto's directive to government officials this week to make sure that private business employees are paid their holiday allowances well before the holiday...
Sat, 04 Feb 1995
Japan's aid for boats
Japan's aid for boats JAKARTA (JP): Japan will provide 1.625 billion yen (US$16.36 million) and Rp 10.37 billion ($4.68 million) to aid Indonesia in its procurement of four navigation boats, an official says.