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Tue, 06 Feb 1996

Floods in Riau subside

Floods in Riau subside PEKANBARU, Riau: Waters 2.5 meters deep which have covered the road to West Sumatra since Saturday have started to subside but several villages are under threat of landslides, Antara reported yesterday.

Tue, 06 Feb 1996

Police use masks

Police use masksFrom Media IndonesiaI learned from a TV broadcast that traffic police in Jakarta are equipped with masks while on duty. This is to stop them inhaling polluted air which is mainly caused by the exhaust fumes emitted by cars.

Tue, 06 Feb 1996

Pencak silat proposed for Asiad

Pencak silat proposed for Asiad JAKARTA (JP): Vice President of the Olympic Council of Asia Mohammad Hasan has proposed that Indonesian martial arts pencak silat be included in the 13th Asian Games in 1998 in Bangkok.

Tue, 06 Feb 1996

CN-235 displayed at S'pore air show

CN-235 displayed at S'pore air show SINGAPORE (JP): The Asian Aerospace '96 show is scheduled to open here today with some 70 aircraft from around the world on display, including the Indonesian-made CN-235 turboprop.Managing director of Asian Aerospace Pte. Ltd.

Tue, 06 Feb 1996

Hostage crisis drags on, special troops withdrawn

Hostage crisis drags on, special troops withdrawn JAKARTA (JP): The military withdrew some of the Army's Special Forces from the Irian Jaya town of Wamena yesterday, in another sign that the hostage crisis is likely to drag on for some time.

Tue, 06 Feb 1996

Lightning kills five in Irian Jaya

Lightning kills five in Irian Jaya MERAUKE, Irian Jaya: Lightning killed five inhabitants of Jasa Mulia village in the Semangga Tanah Miring transmigration resettlement Sunday afternoon."The five victims were a mother and her four children. They were hit while working in the field close to a statue.

Tue, 06 Feb 1996

Obituary

Obituary Muhammad Zamroni, a former youth activist who was involved in the 1960s students' uprising against the Old Order administration of the late president Sukarno, died of a stroke in Jakarta yesterday. He was 60 years old.

Tue, 06 Feb 1996

Groups protest over election preparations

Groups protest over election preparations JAKARTA (JP): The general election is still more than one year away, but two organizations held separate protests yesterday, one in Jakarta and another in Semarang, about the way the election is being prepared, one even calling for a postponement.

Tue, 06 Feb 1996

U.S. appeases Seoul over aid to N. Korea

U.S. appeases Seoul over aid to N. Korea SEOUL (AFP): U.S. presidential security advisor Anthony Lake yesterday tried to ease South Korean jitters by playing down Washington's unilateral decision to give two million dollars in new aid to North Korea.

Tue, 06 Feb 1996

Australia, Asia and the new regionalism

Australia, Asia and the new regionalism The following article is an excerpt of Australian Prime Minister Paul Keating's "Singapore Lecture" on Jan. 17. This is the first of two articles. SINGAPORE: The nearly forty percent of immigrants to Australia who now come from Asia are playing their part in...

Tue, 06 Feb 1996

TIM renovation not to halt art activities

TIM renovation not to halt art activities JAKARTA (JP): Governor Surjadi Soedirdja has asked the Taman Ismail Marzuki Art Center not to halt art activities completely while the complex is renovated.Speaking at the breaking of fast dinner with artists on Sunday, Surjadi said that the renovation was...

Tue, 06 Feb 1996

Labor or Liberal, no difference to Indonesia

Labor or Liberal, no difference to Indonesia JAKARTA (JP): While Australian party leaders continue to jeer at one another over the other's foreign policy approaches, analysts here believe the outcome of the Australian election will have little bearing on relations with Indonesia.

Tue, 06 Feb 1996

Adrianus to fight Nasarov in Japan

Adrianus to fight Nasarov in Japan JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia's Adrianus Taroreh has signed a contract to fight World Boxing Association lightweight champion Orzubek Nasarov in Tokyo in April 15.The contract, signed over the weekend, ended months of doubt about the title fight caused by a dispute...

Tue, 06 Feb 1996

RI archers to enter Asian meet

RI archers to enter Asian meet JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesian trio of women who won the bronze medal in the world championships last year will spearhead their team in the Asian Championships in Bangkok, Thailand on Feb. 24.D. E.

Tue, 06 Feb 1996

BA Asia to advise RI firm

BA Asia to advise RI firm HONG KONG (Reuter): BankAmerica subsidiary BA Asia yesterday announced it has been named as financial adviser for a major US$700 million telecommunications project to build land-based telephone lines in Indonesia.

Tue, 06 Feb 1996

Glodok shopping bridge finally evacuated

Glodok shopping bridge finally evacuated JAKARTA (JP): The authorities finally evacuated the Glodok Metro Bridge shopping strip yesterday, one week after a deadline imposed by the West Jakarta mayor.The evacuation brought to a climax a prolonged dispute involving 60 shop owners, PT Binacitra...

Tue, 06 Feb 1996

Beer levy dispute needs inter-ministerial solution

Beer levy dispute needs inter-ministerial solution JAKARTA (JP): Director General of Domestic Trade Djoko Mulyono said yesterday that the best way to solve the beer levy dispute in Bali is for several ministries to discuss it.

Tue, 06 Feb 1996

Preachers not to be screened

Preachers not to be screened JAKARTA (JP): The City Military Commander Maj. Gen. Wiranto said yesterday that his office will not screen preachers who are scheduled to deliver sermons during Idul Fitri prayers on Feb. 20.

Tue, 06 Feb 1996

Civil servants need education and training

Civil servants need education and training JAKARTA (JP): A weakening sense of morality is just one sign that more needs to be spent on the education and training of the city's lower level civil servants, said a councilor of the Indonesian Democratic Party.

Tue, 06 Feb 1996

Journalists hurt in East Java accident

Journalists hurt in East Java accident JAKARTA (JP): A group of journalists touring cities in East Java were involved in an accident yesterday in Purwosari village, Magetan regency, some 190 km southwest of Surabaya.

Mon, 05 Feb 1996

The case of emerging hills

The case of emerging hills JEMBER, East Java: Geography books said there are 43 hills here, but aerial photos taken recently by experts at the Jember University revealed there were 100 more, Antara reported.Rector K. Santoso said on Saturday that the hills in Jember were rich in minerals.

Mon, 05 Feb 1996

Domestic rates to remain high

Domestic rates to remain high JAKARTA (JP): The drop of interest rates in the United States will not affect interest rates at home, according to analysts.The analysts said recently that interest rates in Indonesia will remain high as banks will continue to compete to raise funds in the tight market.

Mon, 05 Feb 1996

RI businesspeople in Hanoi

RI businesspeople in Hanoi JAKARTA (JP): Indonesian businesspeople in Vietnam agreed last week to establish an association in a bid to promote their business activities in the country.The entrepreneurs also agreed to elect Hernowo of the Prima Comexindo trading house as chairman of the new business...

Mon, 05 Feb 1996

Fidal Ramos orders hunt for abductors

Fidal Ramos orders hunt for abductors MANILA (Reuter): President Fidel Ramos yesterday ordered a manhunt for kidnappers of a wealthy Filipino-Chinese architect seized by gunmen in a Manila street three days ago, the presidential palace said.

Mon, 05 Feb 1996

SPA-TSM established

SPA-TSM established JAKARTA (JP): Thome Ship Management Pte. Ltd. of Singapore and PT Samudra Petrindo Asia announced on Saturday that they have jointly established SPA-TSM, a shipping management company based in Jakarta.According to a statement, the new company, which started operating on Jan.

Mon, 05 Feb 1996

Japan's double track policy pays

Japan's double track policy paysBy Eiichi Furukawa TOKYO (JP): It has been five years since Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad proposed the formation of an East Asia Economic Caucus (EAEC), a group comprised of the seven member of ASEAN countries and China, Japan and Korea.

Mon, 05 Feb 1996

Bank NISP joins BAFT

Bank NISP joins BAFT JAKARTA (JP): Bank NISP has been approved and accepted as a member of the Bankers' Association for Foreign Trade of the United States (BAFT).Bank NISP announced in a statement over the weekend that it is the second Indonesian private bank after Bank Central Asia to be accepted...

Mon, 05 Feb 1996

Harmoko says anti-poverty fight successful

Harmoko says anti-poverty fight successful JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Information Harmoko, fresh from a whirlwind tour of 48 districts, said on Saturday that the government's poverty alleviation drive is showing encouraging results.

Mon, 05 Feb 1996

Eco-tourism is thriving in Sabah state

Eco-tourism is thriving in Sabah state KOTA KINABALU, Malaysia (JP): Sabah, despite its sprawling forests, seems determined not to let forest-harvesting become its only source of income.In a remote spot in the heart of Sabah's vast tropical forests, some 90 kilometers west of the small town of...

Mon, 05 Feb 1996

Music for flood funds

Music for flood funds JAKARTA (JP): The Jakarta-based Slank pop group has raised funds for flood victims during a performance at the Hard Rock Cafe on Jan. 28.In 20 minutes more than Rp 1,500,000 (US$745.16) was collected from the audience which included many artists.

Mon, 05 Feb 1996

NU leader calls for reconciliation

NU leader calls for reconciliation JAKARTA (JP): K.H. Jusuf Hasjim, a senior ulema of the Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) Moslem organization who has been reportedly involved in its leadership conflict, has called for a reconciliation.

Mon, 05 Feb 1996

State firms urged to manage 50% of RI forests

State firms urged to manage 50% of RI forests JAKARTA (JP): State-owned forestry companies should manage at least 50 percent of the country's productive forests to ensure sustainable management, which is increasingly demanded by global society, according to an environmental analyst.

Mon, 05 Feb 1996

Producers hail plan to ax beer levy in Bali

Producers hail plan to ax beer levy in Bali JAKARTA (JP): Indonesian beer producers welcomed the government's plan to resolve the dispute on levy stickers in Bali and hoped that it will be realized as soon as possible.

Mon, 05 Feb 1996

Mass media not truthful about AIDS: Experts

Mass media not truthful about AIDS: Experts JAKARTA (JP): Most media reports about AIDS fail to give all the facts which the public is entitled to know about, distorting public perception about the syndrome and the related virus, experts said during a dialog on Saturday.

Mon, 05 Feb 1996

FDA approves Ciba plant

FDA approves Ciba plant BASLE, Switzerland (Reuter): Ciba-Geigy AG said the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had given its new contact lens manufacturing plant in Batam, Indonesia manufacturing site premarket approval.

Mon, 05 Feb 1996

Workers protest over dismissal

Workers protest over dismissal SEMARANG: Hundreds of workers at a textile company in Ungaran crowded into buses and other public transportation on Saturday to make the 20 km trip to Semarang, seeking legal help against their employer.

Mon, 05 Feb 1996

'Look at us, we're poor'

'Look at us, we're poor' PADANG, West Sumatra: People used to be embarrassed to admit that they were poor.Soon after the government launched the poverty alleviation program, in which poor villages are given financial assistance to establish economic units to achieve self-sufficiency, suddenly many...

Mon, 05 Feb 1996

Shifting cultivation goes on in Sabah

Shifting cultivation goes on in SabahBy Prapti Widinugraheni KUCHING, East Malaysia (JP): Sabah and Sarawak, two of Malaysia's largest states, have sprawling tropical forests similar to their next-door Indonesian provinces of East and West Kalimantan.

Mon, 05 Feb 1996

Thailand, Myanmar to increase flights

Thailand, Myanmar to increase flights BANGKOK (AFP): The national flag carriers of Thailand and Myanmar will be allowed to fly more passengers between Bangkok and Yangon under an agreement expected to be approved this week by the Thai cabinet.

Mon, 05 Feb 1996

Driver killed in scuffle

Driver killed in scuffle JAKARTA (JP): An Angkot (public transportation minibus) driver, Alpian Harahap, was beaten to death by about 15 ojek (motorcycle taxi) drivers in Cipendawa district, Bekasi, West Java, over the weekend.

Mon, 05 Feb 1996

SilkAir gearing up for bid to promote RI tourist sites

SilkAir gearing up for bid to promote RI tourist sitesBy Riyadi SINGAPORE (JP): SilkAir does sell Indonesia. The country has been the backbone of the airline's business and will be for some time in the future.

Mon, 05 Feb 1996

Artists lead Idul Fitri shows

Artists lead Idul Fitri shows JAKARTA (JP): A number of popular artists who are also known for their ability to deliver sermons will be the main stars in the Idul Fitri package of the private Televisi Pendidikan Indonesia.

Mon, 05 Feb 1996

Five city railway stations ready for possible passenger onslaught

Five city railway stations ready for possible passenger onslaught JAKARTA (JP): Five railway stations in the city have taken measures to cope with the onslaught of passengers on the days leading up to Idul Fitri which falls on Feb. 20 and Feb. 21.

Mon, 05 Feb 1996

TV today

TV todayTVRI 2:30 p.m. Travel: My Country 2:35 TV Series: Saber Rider and The Star Sheriff 3:00 News: Lintasan Berita 3:05 Children's Program: Riang Ria 3:30 TV Series: Crystal Maze 4:30 Quiz: Cepat Tepat 4:00 News: Lintasan Berita 4:05 TV Series: Al Jamalludin Al Afghani 5:00 Evening News 5:25...

Mon, 05 Feb 1996

Sarawak's indigenous people not happy with Bakun project

Sarawak's indigenous people not happy with Bakun project It is going to be one of Asia's largest hydro-electric projects. But Sarawak's indigenous people are not impressed. Kalinga Seneviratne of Inter Press Service reports.

Mon, 05 Feb 1996

Indonesia stands slimmer chance at next Uber Cup

Indonesia stands slimmer chance at next Uber Cup JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia's chance of retaining the Uber Cup, the world women's team badminton championship, in Hong Kong next May, is getting slimmer, according to Indonesian badminton's living legend Rudy Hartono.

Mon, 05 Feb 1996

Dam project in Serang

Dam project in Serang The construction of the Pamayaran dam in the Serang regency, West Java, was enthusiastically welcomed by the local communities. We should appreciate and praise the government contractors for their success in acquiring the people's land with acceptable compensation, and the...

Mon, 05 Feb 1996

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