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Thu, 27 Feb 1997
Musician Yusi Ananda finds satisfaction in going solo
Musician Yusi Ananda finds satisfaction in going soloBy K. Basrie JAKARTA (JP): Like other businesses, the booming music industry in Indonesia is concentrating on Jakarta and other big cities in Java.It's a rocky expedition for musicians from Sumatra, Kalimantan, Irian Jaya and Sulawesi hoping to...
Thu, 27 Feb 1997
Burglary in Klender
Burglary in Klender JAKARTA (JP): Five men burgled a house at Kampung Tanah, Klender, East Jakarta, yesterday making off with a car, cash and almost the entire contents of the house, about Rp 40 million worth of goods.
Thu, 27 Feb 1997
ITCI plan to build $500 million pulp mill
ITCI plan to build $500 million pulp mill JAKARTA (JP): PT International Timber Corporation Indonesia (ITCI) is planning to construct a US$500 million pulp mill in Balikpapan, East Kalimantan, starting next year, an executive said yesterday..
Thu, 27 Feb 1997
Conference on diarrhea held
Conference on diarrhea held YOGYAKARTA: More than 200 local and foreign health experts are attending the three-day Eighth Asian Conference on Diarrheal Diseases.Sunarto, the conference president, said diarrhea was highly prevalent in many countries, especially developing ones.
Thu, 27 Feb 1997
Going nuclear
Going nuclear Objections from environmentalists and other concerned groups notwithstanding, the House of Representatives yesterday passed a government-sponsored bill on nuclear energy which levels the way for the government to build Indonesia's first nuclear power plant on the Muria peninsula on...
Thu, 27 Feb 1997
Volleyball body expects clean sweep at Games
Volleyball body expects clean sweep at Games JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesian Volleyball Association is aiming for a clean sweep at the 19th SEA Games here in October, after failing to win any golds at the last Games in Chiang Mai, Thailand.
Thu, 27 Feb 1997
NZ, Australia launch tourism campaign
NZ, Australia launch tourism campaign JAKARTA (JP): The New Zealand Tourism Board (NZTB) and Tourism New South Wales and Ansett Australia will launch advertising campaigns next month to attract more Indonesian visitors to Australasia.
Thu, 27 Feb 1997
PT Ciputra to open Taman Burung estate
PT Ciputra to open Taman Burung estate JAKARTA (JP): After launching a housing project set in flower gardens, publicly-listed developer PT Citra Development is now planning another next-to-nature site with some 810 birds as its feature, the company's president said yesterday.
Thu, 27 Feb 1997
Argentina, RI trade ties
Argentina, RI trade ties JAKARTA (JP): Argentina and Indonesia yesterday agreed to intensify their economic and trade cooperation after the second two-day meeting of their joint commission here.The Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement that based on the agreed minutes signed here...
Thu, 27 Feb 1997
Councilor queries building project
Councilor queries building project SEMARANG: A Central Java councilor is protesting the planned construction of a building for local women activities which will cost the province Rp 3.5 billion (US$1.8 million)."I don't think it's necessary. It's not urgent.
Thu, 27 Feb 1997
Youths miss Hayono, Amien
Youths miss Hayono, Amien MEDAN, North Sumatra: Muhammadiyah Moslem Students began their four-day congress yesterday without scheduled guest speakers State Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports Hayono Isman and Muhammadiyah chairman Amien Rais.
Thu, 27 Feb 1997
Archery team hampered by schools and employers
Archery team hampered by schools and employers JAKARTA (JP): Some schools and employers continue to ignore a recommendation from the National Sports Council that they grant leave to athletes called up for the national training program for the 19th SEA Games, scheduled to take place here in October.
Thu, 27 Feb 1997
'Several interests behind withdrawal on land-use ban'
'Several interests behind withdrawal on land-use ban' JAKARTA (JP): The loss of profit and power from issuing land permits is one probable reason behind the withdrawal of a policy stopping the issuance of land-use permits, a researcher said.
Thu, 27 Feb 1997
Germany worried about new govt ruling on customs
Germany worried about new govt ruling on customs JAKARTA (JP): Most German businesspeople here are concerned about the government's plan to replace preshipment import inspections with on-arrival import inspections, a foreign official said.
Thu, 27 Feb 1997
Where to go in Jakarta:
Where to go in Jakarta:Music * Mandarin Oriental Jakarta, Jl. MH Thamrin, Central Jakarta: - Chequers; The World Premier Band from USA, daily (except Sunday), 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. * Millennium Sirih Jakarta, Jl. Fachrudin 3, Jakarta: - The Lobby Lounge; Sahata Group, daily, 7 p.m. to 10.30 p.m.
Thu, 27 Feb 1997
Shares close mixed in Asia-Pacific
Shares close mixed in Asia-Pacific TOKYO (AFP): Japanese share prices closed 0.4 percent lower on profit taking yesterday while other Asia-Pacific markets were mixed, brokers said.The leading barometer of the Tokyo Stock Exchange fell 79.15 points to finish the session at 18,990.
Thu, 27 Feb 1997
State treasury to control reforestation funds
State treasury to control reforestation funds JAKARTA (JP): Forestry Minister Djamaludin Suryohadikusumo announced plans to tighten control of the use of reforestation funds yesterday by counting them in the state budget.
Thu, 27 Feb 1997
House approves nuclear power bill
House approves nuclear power bill JAKARTA (JP): The government pledged yesterday not to build a nuclear power plant in the near future despite the House of Representatives' endorsement of the nuclear power bill.State Minister of Research and Technology B.J.
Thu, 27 Feb 1997
Primasel waits for approval
Primasel waits for approval JAKARTA (JP): An advanced handphone system called Personal Handy-phone Service (PHS) due to be launched in Surabaya in March is still awaiting government approval.The system, being developed by telecommunication joint venture PT Primasel, ends its trial development phase...
Thu, 27 Feb 1997
Civil servants need political freedom: LIPI
Civil servants need political freedom: LIPI JAKARTA (JP): A government-commissioned survey by the Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI) has recommended that civil servants should be allowed to join any political organization.
Thu, 27 Feb 1997
Car stickers
Car stickersFrom KompasI wish manufacturing companies and related business firms would maintain ethics, especially when promoting a product or distributing advertorial information about a company. This should also be the case for stickers on parked cars.
Thu, 27 Feb 1997
'Riot won't affect migration'
'Riot won't affect migration' JAKARTA (JP): The ethnic conflict in West Kalimantan has nothing to do with the state-sponsored transmigration program, a minister said yesterday.Minister of Transmigration Siswono Yudohusodo said the conflict between indigenous Dayaks and migrants from Madura would...
Wed, 26 Feb 1997
Bukaka clarifies WB deals
Bukaka clarifies WB deals JAKARTA (JP): Publicly listed engineering and design company PT Bukaka Teknik Utama stated yesterday it got no projects directly from the World Bank.The company clarified its role in World Bank projects in Indonesia after newspaper reports said the company had been awarded...
Wed, 26 Feb 1997
Analysts upbeat about Malaysia's economy
Analysts upbeat about Malaysia's economyBy M. Jegathesan KUALA LUMPUR (AFP): Malaysia's economy has slowed to a healthier pace, according to the government's 1996 economic data, but analysts warned Sunday inflation and a weak trade balance were still major concerns.
Wed, 26 Feb 1997
Motul has no synthetic base: Research
Motul has no synthetic base: Research JAKARTA (JP): Motul lubricants, which are widely sold in Indonesia, have no synthetic base and are purely mineral lubricants, research conducted by a foreign company has found.
Wed, 26 Feb 1997
Business as usual in Pontianak, says governor
Business as usual in Pontianak, says governor JAKARTA (JP): West Kalimantan Governor Aspar Aswin said yesterday the provincial capital Pontianak had returned to normal and residents had resumed daily activities.
Wed, 26 Feb 1997
Toyo wins Chandra deal
Toyo wins Chandra deal TOKYO (Reuter): Toyo Engineering Corp (TEC) said yesterday it had received a 14 billion yen contract to revamp an ethylene plant owned by Indonesian petrochemical firm PT Chandra Asri.
Wed, 26 Feb 1997
Vietnam's oil output up
Vietnam's oil output up HANOI (AFP): Vietnamese crude oil production totaled 1.2 million tons in the first two months of this year, a record for the period, a newspaper reported here yesterday.Ngo Thuong San, general director of monopoly state-owned oil company Petrovietnam, said 1997 output was...
Wed, 26 Feb 1997
Color war escalates in Surakarta
Color war escalates in Surakarta SURAKARTA (JP): Trees, fences, telegraph poles, sidewalks, zebra crossings and bus shelters changed color for the sixth time yesterday as the political war of colors here reached new heights.
Wed, 26 Feb 1997
Telephone consumers among most critical
Telephone consumers among most critical JAKARTA (JP): The classic complaints about telephone services keep cropping up because telephone users are among the most critical of consumers, a consumer advocate said.Zoemrotin K.
Wed, 26 Feb 1997
Oki admits to killing his brother, woman friend
Oki admits to killing his brother, woman friend JAKARTA (JP): The defendant in the Los Angeles triple murder trial admitted here yesterday to killing his brother and one of his business partners.Harnoko Dewantono, better known as Oki, told the Central Jakarta District Court he retracted a statement...
Wed, 26 Feb 1997
More people suffer from dengue
More people suffer from dengue JAKARTA (JP): The number of dengue sufferers in Jakarta rose again recently although there had been a marked decrease earlier last year, an official said yesterday.The city administration's head of public relations, Soesila Darmoadji, said yesterday the number of...
Wed, 26 Feb 1997
Where to go in Jakarta:
Where to go in Jakarta:Music * Mandarin Oriental Jakarta, Jl. MH Thamrin, Central Jakarta: - Chequers; The World Premier Band from USA, daily (except Sunday), 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. * Millennium Sirih Jakarta, Jl. Fachrudin 3, Jakarta: - The Lobby Lounge; Sahata Group, daily, 7 p.m. to 10.30 p.m.
Wed, 26 Feb 1997
Electrindo and Alcatel form international joint venture
Electrindo and Alcatel form international joint venture JAKARTA (JP): Indonesian telecommunications firm PT Elektrindo Nusantara has set up an international joint venture to install and maintain underwater cables.
Wed, 26 Feb 1997
China asked to arrest fugitive Tansil
China asked to arrest fugitive Tansil JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia asked China yesterday to arrest Eddy Tansil if the fugitive businessman was indeed living in China as many have speculated.Minister of Justice Oetojo Oesman and Chinese Vice Justice Minister Xiao Jianzhang also discussed a possible...
Wed, 26 Feb 1997
The dynamics of peace in society
The dynamics of peace in societyBy Ignas Kleden JAKARTA (JP): Peace is a nice word and also a beautiful reality. "Peaceful" is related to being "blissful". In socio- political life it is usually seen as a precondition for living together.
Wed, 26 Feb 1997
Boat people return to Lombok
Boat people return to Lombok LOMBOK, West Nusa Tenggara: Seventy Indochinese boat people expelled from Lombok last week returned to the island Monday evening for engine repairs, officials said yesterday.
Wed, 26 Feb 1997
Strong governance needed to maintain economic growth
Strong governance needed to maintain economic growth JAKARTA (JP): Asian countries need to maintain their strong governments but improve their accountability to maintain their high economic growth momentum, an expert said yesterday.James R.
Wed, 26 Feb 1997
Expert hails Soeharto's contribution to ASEAN
Expert hails Soeharto's contribution to ASEAN JAKARTA (JP): An American political scientist has hailed President Soeharto for unceasingly promoting the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and allowing it to grow into a preeminent global organization.Frederick Z.
Wed, 26 Feb 1997
The wonders of Thai food served up at Grand Hyatt
The wonders of Thai food served up at Grand Hyatt There is good news for connoisseurs of fine Eastern cuisine, tired of Jakarta's local fare. Grand Hyatt Jakarta's Grand Cafe is promoting Thai food, serving an array of authentic Thai food prepared by guest chefs from Grand Hyatt Bangkok, led by...
Wed, 26 Feb 1997
Citizens have freedom to vote or not to vote, says observers
Citizens have freedom to vote or not to vote, says observers JAKARTA (JP): Voting in a general election is every eligible citizen's basic right and people breach no law if they do not exercise it, observers said yesterday.
Wed, 26 Feb 1997
Moro rebels resume peace talks with RP
Moro rebels resume peace talks with RP SULTAN KUDARAT, Philippines (AFP): Moro guerrillas yesterday resumed preliminary peace talks with the government here and agreed to a common agenda for proposed formal negotiations, a lawyer who represents the insurgents in the talks said.
Wed, 26 Feb 1997
Myanmar urged to join trans-Asian rail system
Myanmar urged to join trans-Asian rail system KUALA LUMPUR (AFP): Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad urged Myanmar yesterday to join a proposed trans-Asian railway network that would stretch from Singapore to China.
Wed, 26 Feb 1997
Sofyan rejects Kadin's affirmative action idea
Sofyan rejects Kadin's affirmative action idea JAKARTA (JP): Businessman Sofyan Wanandi supported the idea of empowering indigenous people but rejected what he called a partisan proposal put forward by the Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
Wed, 26 Feb 1997
U.S. most popular foreign study destination
U.S. most popular foreign study destination JAKARTA (JP): The United States is the most popular destination for Indonesian students wishing to study abroad, according to coordinators of overseas education.
Wed, 26 Feb 1997
15 hurt in attacks in Philippines
15 hurt in attacks in Philippines COTABATO, Philippines (AFP): A bus and a jeep were ambushed and a grenade was tossed into a house in separate attacks in the southern Philippines which left 15 people wounded, police and witnesses said yesterday.
Wed, 26 Feb 1997
Spotlight
SpotlightPhoto A: PoliceJP/SuyotoNEWS GATHERING: Seventy police officers from all over the country pay a visit to The Jakarta Post's editorial office on Jl. Palmerah Selatan in Central Jakarta. During their tour Thursday the officers, from the police information department, were informed about the...
Wed, 26 Feb 1997
Indonesian, RP illegals allowef to stay in Sabah
Indonesian, RP illegals allowef to stay in Sabah KUALA LUMPUR (AFP): Malaysia's Sabah state and Labuan island will allow about 400,000 undocumented workers from Indonesia and the Philippines to legitimize their status but will ask other illegal aliens to leave by April 1, it was reported here...
Wed, 26 Feb 1997
Probe into doping at Asian Cup begins
Probe into doping at Asian Cup begins KUALA LUMPUR (AFP): Asian football supremo Peter Velappan said yesterday an investigation was underway into the results of doping tests on players of four top teams at the Asian Cup in December.
Wed, 26 Feb 1997
ISO certification for two more firms
ISO certification for two more firms JAKARTA (JP): Publicly listed telecommunication provider Indosat and PT Krakatau Engineering Corporation received yesterday ISO certification for their services.Indosat, which is listed on Jakarta and New York stock exchanges, received ISO 9002 certification...