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Tue, 27 Feb 1996
Kia of S. Korea to produce cars in Indonesia
Kia of S. Korea to produce cars in Indonesia JAKARTA (JP): Kia Motors Corp. is joining two other South Korean car makes, Hyundai and Daewoo, in the Indonesian market which already contains more than 18 other makes.
Tue, 27 Feb 1996
More celebrations coming up
More celebrations coming up SEMARANG: Around 10,000 residents of Demak, a city 60 km northeast of here, are expected to gather today for a traditional, very local-in-nature Idul fitri celebration which will be marked by the floating to the sea of yellow rice cones.
Tue, 27 Feb 1996
Traders complain about levies
Traders complain about levies JAKARTA (JP): Traders at Jakarta's Ragunan Zoo have complained about the high rent and levies charged by the management during Idul Fitri.They claim the management asked them each to pay between Rp 500,000 and Rp 1 million as a prerequisite for opening businesses in...
Tue, 27 Feb 1996
Sempati in final stage of its go-public plan
Sempati in final stage of its go-public plan JAKARTA (JP): Preparations for the initial public offering of PT Sempati Air's shares has reached its final stage, the company's president Hasan Sudjono announced yesterday.
Tue, 27 Feb 1996
Forestry ministry to join campaign to remove levies
Forestry ministry to join campaign to remove levies JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Forestry Djamaludin Suryohadikusumo affirmed yesterday that his office would join in the government's drive to remove excessive levies imposed on businesses.
Tue, 27 Feb 1996
Many farmers live in poverty
Many farmers live in povertyFrom JayakartaThe Minister of Population/Chairman of the National Family Planning Board, Haryono Suyono, declared that Bali is the first province to eradicate poverty. The minister made the statement in Sebatu village in Gianyar.
Tue, 27 Feb 1996
Stemming urbanization
Stemming urbanization As expected, an influx of newcomers arrived in Jakarta together with returning Idul Fitri holidaymakers. The newcomers were brought here by relatives who work in Jakarta. It's been estimated that at least 200,000 newcomers have come to settle in this city.
Tue, 27 Feb 1996
$5.4m set aside to fight floods
$5.4m set aside to fight floods JAKARTA (JP): The National Planning Board has earmarked around Rp 12 billion (nearly US$5.4 million) of the coming 1996/1997 budget for flood control projects in Greater Jakarta.
Tue, 27 Feb 1996
New teachers posted to Aceh
New teachers posted to Aceh BANDA ACEH, Aceh: A total of 290 new teachers will soon be posted to elementary schools in transmigration settlements and remote areas in Aceh province, Antara reported.A spokesman of the provincial administration, M.
Tue, 27 Feb 1996
Satya Wacana rector says only 20 lecturers quit
Satya Wacana rector says only 20 lecturers quit JAKARTA (JP): The rector of Satya Wacana Christian University said only 20 staff lecturers have resigned from the college, not 50 as previously reported.John JOI Ihalau, speaking by phone from the campus in Salatiga, Central Java, was responding to...
Tue, 27 Feb 1996
New building should bolster House performance: Speaker
New building should bolster House performance: Speaker JAKARTA (JP): A new office building, once completed next year, should bolster the performance of legislators in representing the people, Speaker of the House of Representatives Wahono said yesterday.
Tue, 27 Feb 1996
Indonesia to take four months to prepare for Olympic Games
Indonesia to take four months to prepare for Olympic Games JAKARTA (JP): Indonesian sporting executives decided yesterday not to intensify the country's preparations for the Atlanta Olympic Games until early March, thereby raising many eyebrows about its desire to better its 1992 performance.
Tue, 27 Feb 1996
Terminals and bus stations normalize
Terminals and bus stations normalize JAKARTA (JP): Conditions at city bus terminals and railway stations are expected to return to normal soon as the number of the Idul Fitri travelers arriving in Jakarta from their hometowns began to decrease yesterday.
Tue, 27 Feb 1996
Alatas: No official ties with Israel
Alatas: No official ties with Israel JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Foreign Affairs Ali Alatas said yesterday that although contacts between people in Indonesia and Israel are growing, diplomatic relations remain unlikely in the near future."Yes, presently there are personal contacts.
Tue, 27 Feb 1996
Hero's profits up 50% last year
Hero's profits up 50% last year JAKARTA (JP): PT Hero Supermarket, a publicly listed retail company, reported a 50 percent increase in its net profit to Rp 23 billion (US$9.9 million) last year.Hero's president, Ipung Kurnia, announced after an extraordinary shareholders meeting yesterday that the...
Tue, 27 Feb 1996
Experts call for thorough solution to flood crises
Experts call for thorough solution to flood crises BANDUNG (JP): Experts are calling for comprehensive, well- planned water management as a way to solve the problem of flooding in big cities.Arwin Sabar, a professor of hydrology at the prestigious Bandung Institute of Technology, seconded an...
Tue, 27 Feb 1996
Asia-Europe forum can be as big as APEC
Asia-Europe forum can be as big as APEC JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia says Asian and European leaders meeting in a summit for the first time in Bangkok this week can bring the forum into equal eminency as the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum.
Tue, 27 Feb 1996
Coastal bus route
Coastal bus routeFrom RepublikaEvery Idul Fitri the north coast road becomes congested. The situation is worse when a vehicle stalls. This is mainly because the road is only two lanes, one each way. Accidents occur when cars try to overtake other cars.
Tue, 27 Feb 1996
Cooperatives to help secure national rice stocks: Official
Cooperatives to help secure national rice stocks: Official JAKARTA (JP): The Ministry of Cooperatives and Small Enterprises will prepare 2,583 village cooperatives (KUD) and Rp 144 billion (US$62.88 million) to assist the government in building up national rice stocks, an official says.
Tue, 27 Feb 1996
Police arrest second suspect in murder case
Police arrest second suspect in murder case JAKARTA (JP): The West Jakarta police have arrested another suspect charged with killing and robbing his gay partner, a former official of the attorney general's office.
Tue, 27 Feb 1996
PDI reluctantly approves budget
PDI reluctantly approves budget JAKARTA (JP): Members of Indonesian Democratic Party's (PDI) faction in the House of Representatives yesterday agreed to accept the 1996/97 state budget plan proposed by the government despite finding fundamental flaws in it.
Tue, 27 Feb 1996
12 people die in bus crash
12 people die in bus crash PEKANBARU, Riau: Twelve people were killed and 15 others injured when a bus carrying 60 people plunged into a river in Dalu Dalu village, in the Kampar regency, on Sunday, Antara reported.
Tue, 27 Feb 1996
TV today
TV todayTVRI 2:30 p.m. Travel: My Country 2:35 TV Series: Kid's Songs 3:05 Children's Program: Taman Bermain 3:30 Film: Road to Avonlea 4:00 News: Lintasan Berita 4:05 Film: Road to Avonlea (continued) 4:30 Science Film: The Great Days of Century 5:00 Regional News 5:30 English Lessons: Verb...
Tue, 27 Feb 1996
Veteran producer bemoans small documentary film mart
Veteran producer bemoans small documentary film mart JAKARTA (JP): Documentary films, especially those about Indonesia's independence struggle, are hard to sell to local TV stations which seem to have strong preference for Indian and Chinese films, veteran film producer Des Alwi said yesterday.
Tue, 27 Feb 1996
WTO issues dominate Bangkok's ASEM agenda
WTO issues dominate Bangkok's ASEM agendaBy Jeerawat Na Thalang BANGKOK: There are no permanent friends -- or foes -- in politics. That axiom aptly described the relationship between Asians and Europeans during the Uruguay Round of multilateral trade talks.
Tue, 27 Feb 1996
ITF to train PPD bus drivers in labor rights
ITF to train PPD bus drivers in labor rights JAKARTA (JP): The London-based International Transport Workers' Federation (ITF) has vowed to support workers, mostly drivers, of state-run PPD city bus company and form a workers' union to defend their rights.
Tue, 27 Feb 1996
Earthquake disrupts education in Irian Jaya
Earthquake disrupts education in Irian Jaya JAKARTA (JP): The Feb. 17 major quake that claimed more than 100 lives in northern Irian Jaya has thrown local education out of kilter in Biak Numfor, the worst stricken regency.
Tue, 27 Feb 1996
Where to go in Jakarta:
Where to go in Jakarta:Music * Hotel Dai-ichi, Jl. Senen Raya 135, Central Jakarta. - Mezzanine Lounge: Solo Pianist, daily from 7:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m., opening hours Monday to Sunday 11 a.m to 1 a.m. * Hotel Aryaduta, Jl.
Tue, 27 Feb 1996
Pelni's passengers
Pelni's passengersFrom KompasI am referring to the news published in Kompas on Feb. 5, 1996, concerning the supervision of boat passengers in Makassar harbor. The article stated that the system to protect passengers has failed.
Tue, 27 Feb 1996
Stock Exchange
Stock ExchangeStock prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (in rupiah) on Feb. 26, 1996: Shares Close Change Trading Volume ------------------------------------------------------ Ades Alfindo 800 25 3,000 AHAP Insurance 2,800 0 0 Alumindo Perkasa 1,375 0 0 Andayani Megah 2,200 0 255,500 Aneka Kimia...
Tue, 27 Feb 1996
Businessman found dead in hospital grounds
Businessman found dead in hospital grounds JAKARTA (JP): The corpse of Tjandra Tjandra, a 58-year-old businessman, was found with three stabs to the neck and stomach in the compound of the Husada hospital in Central Jakarta yesterday morning.
Tue, 27 Feb 1996
Merak harbor
Merak harborFrom Pos KotaOn Saturday Feb.17, three days prior to the Idul Fitri holiday, my family and I went to the Damri bus terminal in Jakarta at 6:00 a.m. to catch an early bus to Palembang in South Sumatra. There was not one single bus at the terminal.
Tue, 27 Feb 1996
China-ASEAN trade up 41%
China-ASEAN trade up 41% BEIJING (UPI): China's trade with Association of Southeast Asian Nations jumped 41 percent to reach a record US$19.48 billion in 1995, boosted by exports of steel and finished products, an official newspaper said yesterday.
Tue, 27 Feb 1996
RI firm enters Solomons
RI firm enters Solomons HONIARA (AFP): A consortium of Indonesian companies plans to develop a multi-million dollar tourism project here through a vehicle known as Metropolis Pacific Ltd., Finance Minister Christopher Columbus Abe said yesterday.
Tue, 27 Feb 1996
Disasters claim seven lives
Disasters claim seven lives PURWOKERTO, Central Java: Five people were killed in three separate sea accidents, while two others were buried alive in a landslide. All occurred on Saturday.Rianto and Sarwono, both students from Bandung, West Java, were caught by huge waves at the Jatimalang beach and...
Tue, 27 Feb 1996
Govt allows two more radio phone operators
Govt allows two more radio phone operators JAKARTA (JP): The government will license two more firms to provide telecommunications through the radio trunking system, bringing the total number of such operators to seven.
Tue, 27 Feb 1996
KL to boost science in schools
KL to boost science in schoolsBy David Chew SINGAPORE (JP): Malaysia has the abundant natural resources, the requisite manpower and the good connections to become a developed nation within the next 20 years as envisaged by its Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad.
Tue, 27 Feb 1996
Caltex finds oil wells
Caltex finds oil wells JAKARTA (JP): PT Caltex Pacific Indonesia, a production sharing contractor of Pertamina and an affiliate of the Chevron Corporation and Texaco Inc., has made two new oil discoveries in its Rokan Block in Riau with initial productions of 1,198 barrel oil per day.
Tue, 27 Feb 1996
KL protests over U.S. drug trafficking list
KL protests over U.S. drug trafficking list KUALA LUMPUR (AFP): Kuala Lumpur has protested the U.S. President's inclusion of Malaysia in a list of 31 countries accused of supporting drug trafficking, claiming it had only just been praised for its tough stance on drugs, reports said yesterday.
Tue, 27 Feb 1996
Pope calls for E. Timor harmony
Pope calls for E. Timor harmony JAKARTA (JP): Pope John Paul II has called on the Roman Catholic Church to stand on the front line in the effort to bring reconciliation in East Timor.The visiting papal envoy, Cardinal Roger Etchegaray, delivered the message to some 5,000 congregation attending a...
Tue, 27 Feb 1996
Two bus firms grounded for week
Two bus firms grounded for week JAKARTA (JP): Two city-owned bus companies have been put out of business for a week because they broke an agreement to provide additional buses during the recent Idul Fitri exodus.
Tue, 27 Feb 1996
RI boxers move closer to Atlanta
RI boxers move closer to Atlanta JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia got off to a flying start in its bid for more Olympic berths in boxing at the third Asia Zone qualifying tournament in Bangkok on Sunday, when its two boxers advanced to the second round in style.
Tue, 27 Feb 1996
Moody's ratings of state banks seen as unfair: BRI
Moody's ratings of state banks seen as unfair: BRI JAKARTA (JP): The poor ratings given by Moody's Investor Service of the United States to Indonesia's seven state-owned banks are unfair, said a senior banker here yesterday.
Tue, 27 Feb 1996
Hastin raises capital
Hastin raises capital JAKARTA (JP): PT Asuransi Hastin Utama, a general insurance firm, announced yesterday an increase in its capital to Rp 7 billion (US$3.05 million) from Rp 3 billion previously.The insurance company's president Frits Triman said that the additional capital of Rp 4 billion was...
Tue, 27 Feb 1996
ICRC optimistic of meeting with hostages
ICRC optimistic of meeting with hostages JAKARTA (JP): Officials of the International Red Cross yesterday emerged from yet another meeting with leaders of the separatist rebels holding 13 hostages in Irian Jaya optimistic that they would soon be able to meet the captives.
Tue, 27 Feb 1996
TV dramas
TV dramasFrom NeracaAlthough foreign film serials seem to dominate our TVs, viewers are no less enthusiastic about watching programs produced by national producers. Some of our TV programs have good enough plots and are directed well.
Tue, 27 Feb 1996
Lebaran traveler robbed
Lebaran traveler robbed JAKARTA (JP): A man, who just come back from his home village in Kebumen regency, Central Java to celebrate Idul Fitri, was robbed on Monday by three men who made off with an unspecified sum of banknotes, a necklace, clothes and sandals.First Lt.
Tue, 27 Feb 1996
Malaria outbreak kills eight
Malaria outbreak kills eight KENDARI, Southeast Sulawesi: An outbreak of malaria has killed eight people and affected 700 others on Kadatua island in the Buton regency, Antara reported.The Ministry of Health has sent a six-person team from the Directorate General for the Control of Communicable...
Tue, 27 Feb 1996
Int'l hotels urged to hire locals for managerial posts
Int'l hotels urged to hire locals for managerial posts JAKARTA (JP): The government will require international hotel chains operating in the country to hire Indonesians for managerial positions, Minister of Tourism, Post and Telecommunications Joop Ave said yesterday.
Mon, 26 Feb 1996
Shareholders in JSX subordinate to government
Shareholders in JSX subordinate to government JAKARTA (JP): Those holding shares in PT Bursa Efek Jakarta, also known as the Jakarta Stock Exchange (JSX), must understand that the JSX is an unusual limited liability company, over which the government has the highest authority and not the...