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Sat, 25 Feb 1995
Legislator's job
Legislator's jobFrom Bisnis IndonesiaI take offense with Minister of Finance Mar'ie Muhammad's emotional "appeal" at the House of Representatives asking journalists to write and report more responsibly. His attitude is shameful and proves that he is incapable of exercising self- control.
Sat, 25 Feb 1995
Educational expert says 1994 curriculum too tough
Educational expert says 1994 curriculum too tough JAKARTA (JP): An expert on education warns that the new school curriculum introduced nationwide last year is so tough that only a handful of students are likely to make it through.
Sat, 25 Feb 1995
Political forces are partners, not enemies: Feisal
Political forces are partners, not enemies: Feisal JAKARTA (JP): When the Armed Forces (ABRI) carries out its socio-political role, there are no enemies. The other political forces are seen as partners, ABRI chief Gen. Feisal Tanjung says.
Sat, 25 Feb 1995
Beware of negative information
Beware of negative information JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Information Harmoko warned yesterday of an influx of "negative information" that is being beamed in by foreign broadcasting networks, especially to rural areas.
Sat, 25 Feb 1995
Bali denies cholera claim
Bali denies cholera claim DENPASAR, Bali: The Bali provincial administration has sent an official letter to the Japanese government, denying Japanese tourists' claim that cholera was spreading on the tourist island.
Sat, 25 Feb 1995
Money-losing high-tech industries
Money-losing high-tech industries The State Minister of Research and Technology and Chairman of the Board for the Study and Application of Technology, B.J. Habibie, has admitted that five of the ten state-owned enterprises under the management of the Management Board for Strategic Industries are...
Sat, 25 Feb 1995
Lost luggage
Lost luggage Both my husband and I came to Indonesia full of best intentions and goodwill. Before we left Australia we bought many books on Indonesia, and we came with immense interest in the country, its culture, its history and its people.
Fri, 24 Feb 1995
Taiwan, Singapore join forces for investments
Taiwan, Singapore join forces for investments TAIPEI (Reuter): Taiwan and Singapore have agreed to a joint investment strategy for third countries, a Taiwan spokesman said."We agreed that we will jointly develop industrial zones in Paraguay, Uruguay, Vietnam, Indonesia and the Philippines," he said...
Fri, 24 Feb 1995
Donations for the poor
Donations for the poor JAKARTA (JP): The Jakarta Family Welfare Movement's chairperson, Mrs. Suryadi Soedirdja, donated on Wednesday foodstuffs and a sum of money to 560 poor people living in West Jakarta.The donation was part of Mrs. Soedirdja's Ramadhan tour of Jakarta.
Fri, 24 Feb 1995
Pakistan's refinery project
Pakistan's refinery project KARACHI (AFP): Work started here yesterday on the country's first hydrocracker refinery project, jointly sponsored by Pakistan and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), officials said.
Fri, 24 Feb 1995
Mari'e warns on loans in Kanindotex takeover
Mari'e warns on loans in Kanindotex takeover JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Finance Mar'ie Muhammad has warned the potential buyer of the debt-ridden Kanindotex not to use loans from state-owned banks to finance the takeover of the textile company.
Fri, 24 Feb 1995
Underwriters to 'cooperate' on share prices
Underwriters to 'cooperate' on share prices JAKARTA (JP): The Association of Indonesian Securities Underwriters agreed yesterday to "cooperate" in maintaining stock prices above their Initial Price Offering (IPO) levels.
Fri, 24 Feb 1995
Garuda cancels sale of aging aircraft
Garuda cancels sale of aging aircraft JAKARTA (JP): Garuda Indonesia has canceled its plan to sell nine idle Airbus A300-B4 aircraft because it has failed to find a buyer who will pay for them in cash.Garuda's president, Soepandi, told reporters last night that the airline planned to refurbish the...
Fri, 24 Feb 1995
Rice output to increase this year
Rice output to increase this year JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia's rice production, which fell four percent in 1994, is expected to expand some this year, but remain lower than 1993's level."According to the latest projection of the Central Bureau of Statistics, this year's rice production is likely to...
Fri, 24 Feb 1995
The Bambang Warih case
The Bambang Warih case The report which appeared in this newspaper yesterday that House Speaker Wahono endorsed the expulsion of Golkar legislator Bambang Warih Koesoemo from the House of Representatives (DPR) was inaccurate and a clarification is therefore due.
Fri, 24 Feb 1995
Is there freedom?
Is there freedom?From Bisnis IndonesiaOn Aug. 17, 1995 Indonesia will celebrate 50 years of independence. In less than half a century of freedom, Indonesia has achieved economically what has taken other free countries hundreds of years.
Fri, 24 Feb 1995
Priest advises govt to review E. Timor policy
Priest advises govt to review E. Timor policy JAKARTA (JP): The government was advised yesterday to review its development strategy in East Timor or face prolonged conflict with the indigenous people.Gregor Neonbasu, an East Timorese Roman Catholic priest, told a seminar that the more acceptable...
Fri, 24 Feb 1995
Troops build emergency bridge
Troops build emergency bridge PEMALANG, Central Java: Troops have been called in to build an emergency bridge on the Limus river, in substitute for the one which collapsed early this week, a local senior military officer said yesterday.
Fri, 24 Feb 1995
Press council not informed of 'Tempo' closure
Press council not informed of 'Tempo' closure JAKARTA (JP): The government closed the Tempo weekly in June without prior consultation with the Press Council as the law requires, a council member testified in court yesterday.
Fri, 24 Feb 1995
Japanese doctors asked to prove cholera claim
Japanese doctors asked to prove cholera claim JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Health Sujudi challenged Japanese doctors yesterday to go to Bali and see for themselves if cholera exists as Japanese tourists have claimed.
Fri, 24 Feb 1995
Sanitasi program plagued by problems
Sanitasi program plagued by problems JAKARTA (JP): The city's sanitation program is hindered by many problems, mainly the limited availability of garbage trucks, large-scale waste dumps and the imbalance between the rising number of new housing complexes with good waste disposal facilities.M.
Fri, 24 Feb 1995
Trade unions are part of social infrastructure
Trade unions are part of social infrastructure JAKARTA (JP): Free trade unions are an important part of an industrial society's infrastructures, director of the International Labor Organization's Jakarta office, Herman van der Laan, said yesterday.
Fri, 24 Feb 1995
Aussie tourism seminar here
Aussie tourism seminar here JAKARTA (JP): The Australian Tourist Commission and the British Tourist Authority announced yesterday that they had chosen Jakarta to be the venue for the Travel Australia Britain Seminar (TABS) 1995.
Fri, 24 Feb 1995
Legal expert fears consequences of Liquisa probe
Legal expert fears consequences of Liquisa probe JAKARTA (JP): Legal expert Muladi has urged the Army not to be too harsh on its members who were responsible for the recent death of six people in East Timor, saying it could affect the morale of other troops posted in the troubled territory.
Fri, 24 Feb 1995
Water stoppage on Saturday
Water stoppage on Saturday Jakarta (JP): The city-owned water company PAM Jaya will temporarily stop the supply of water to a number of areas in the city tomorrow.The company announced yesterday that the stoppage has been caused by the construction of an electricity project in Pulogadung production...
Fri, 24 Feb 1995
Investigators return to E. Timor for more facts
Investigators return to E. Timor for more facts JAKARTA (JP): The National Commission on Human Rights has deferred announcing the result of its investigation into the deaths of six people at the hands of the military in East Timor, saying that it needs more evidence.
Fri, 24 Feb 1995
Malaysia, RI sign car, military aircraft agreement
Malaysia, RI sign car, military aircraft agreement KUALA LUMPUR (Reuter): Malaysia and Indonesia yesterday signed a military aircraft and car deal which they said could lead to formation of a Southeast Asian consortium to manufacture commercial aircraft.
Fri, 24 Feb 1995
Bambang's fate is now in Soeharto's hands: Expert
Bambang's fate is now in Soeharto's hands: Expert JAKARTA (JP): By passing on Golkar's demand to have Bambang Warih Koesomo removed from the House of Representatives, the House leaders have placed the legislator's fate in the hands of President Soeharto."It is now up to President Soeharto," M.
Fri, 24 Feb 1995
Rubber prices close higher
Rubber prices close higher SINGAPORE (AFP): Singapore rubber futures prices ended higher yesterday as the local market took the cue from an afternoon surge in Japan where speculators pushed prices up.Dealers said prices dropped in the morning as many manufacturers had already stocked up over the...
Fri, 24 Feb 1995
S'pore coffee contract targets Japan
S'pore coffee contract targets Japan TOKYO (AFP): The Singapore Commodity Exchange (Sicom) said yesterday it was "confident" of attracting interest from the Japanese coffee and futures industry in Asia's first coffee futures contract to be launched next week.
Fri, 24 Feb 1995
City finds it hard to control offices
City finds it hard to control offices JAKARTA (JP): Governor Surjadi Soedirdja said yesterday that a lack of supervision has caused many irregularities in the management of the city administration.Speaking to reporters after inducting the new board members of the Jakarta Academy, Surjadi said the...
Fri, 24 Feb 1995
Less S'poreans visit Batam
Less S'poreans visit Batam BATAM, Riau: Most visitors to Batam island are still Singaporeans, but their numbers have continued declining over the past several years, a local official said yesterday.But the number of tourists from South Korea and Taiwan have been on the rise since 1990, chief of the...
Fri, 24 Feb 1995
Future bringht for life insurance: Executives
Future bringht for life insurance: Executives JAKARTA (JP): Executives say the Indonesian life insurance industry has a bright future, given growing public awareness of the importance of risk insurance.
Fri, 24 Feb 1995
Gump's simplicity brings some cheer
Gump's simplicity brings some cheer JAKARTA (JP): This is the image of the 1990s hero: IQ 75, simple, slow-witted (stupid is too strong), slow-talking, but innocent, kind, optimistic, generous at heart and a true lover.
Fri, 24 Feb 1995
KL ranks second in ASEAN labor costs
KL ranks second in ASEAN labor costs KUALA LUMPUR (AFP): Malaysia, facing a shortage of workers, has the second-most expensive labor force after Singapore in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), a government study showed yesterday.
Fri, 24 Feb 1995
Indonesia rejects U.S. request for Oki's expulsion
Indonesia rejects U.S. request for Oki's expulsion JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia has rejected the United States government's request for the deportation of Harnoko Dewantono, alias Oki, the main suspect in the Los Angeles triple murder currently in Jakarta police custody.
Fri, 24 Feb 1995
Student regiment members attach court observers
Student regiment members attach court observers JAKARTA (JP): Members of the National University's student regiment commandeered a Kopaja mini bus and beat up a student yesterday, according to a student representative.
Fri, 24 Feb 1995
Thugs prey on bus drivers
Thugs prey on bus drivers SLAWI, Central Java: About 60 city bus drivers pleaded with police for protection yesterday from gangs of thugs who extort money from them.They told chief of the Slawi police precinct, Lt. Col.
Fri, 24 Feb 1995
Adrianus to fight Thai to defend his OPBF crown
Adrianus to fight Thai to defend his OPBF crown JAKARTA (JP): Adrianus Taroreh is set to defend his Orient and Pacific Boxing Federation (OPBF) championship belt against Thailand's challenger Singtong Nontachai in his hometown Manado, North Sulawesi on April 1.
Fri, 24 Feb 1995
Ramadhan time for Jakarta
Ramadhan time for JakartaFriday Maghrib 06.16 p.m.Saturday Imsak 04.31 a.m. Subuh 04.41 a.m.
Fri, 24 Feb 1995
Australia reviews PNG aid
Australia reviews PNG aid CANBERRA (AFP): Australia's chief diplomat has warned Papua New Guinea and other Pacific island states they must take hard economic decisions or face a loss of investor confidence and lowering of living standards.
Fri, 24 Feb 1995
Free fast breaking meals
Free fast breaking meals JAKARTA (JP): Some 1,000 Jakartan Moslems, and 6,500 from several other cities, have been getting free fast breaking meals in mosques every day during this Moslem fasting month of Ramadhan.
Fri, 24 Feb 1995
RI's coffee exports licely to drop by 67 percent
RI's coffee exports licely to drop by 67 percent JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia's coffee exports are likely to drop by 67 percent to 14,000 tons during the first three months of this year from 43,500 tons in the same period of last year, an executive said.
Fri, 24 Feb 1995
Savings in BRI
Savings in BRIFrom KompasI am the youngest child in my family. When my parents died the inheritance was divided among the children (there are six of us). Since I was still a small child at the time, the money was kept for me by my elder sister Lisna Juwita.
Fri, 24 Feb 1995
Railway equipment producer progress
Railway equipment producer progress MADIUN, East Java (JP): PT Industri Kereta Api (Inka), the state-owned railway equipment producer, established in 1981, has reported significant business progress after making a profit for the first time in 1992.
Fri, 24 Feb 1995
Towards political deregulation?
Towards political deregulation? President Soeharto has instructed the Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI) to suggest a general election system that would best suit Indonesia in the future. The head-of-state also asked LIPI to ponder on how many Armed Forces (ABRI) representatives should sit as...
Fri, 24 Feb 1995
Susi is Asia's best athlete
Susi is Asia's best athlete JAKARTA (JP): Badminton queen Susi Susanti is included in the list of Asia's top 10 athletes of 1994 and is entitled to the Kungfu Family Cup, a Chinese sports journalists association announced on Wednesday.
Fri, 24 Feb 1995
Idul Fitri not an extravagance
Idul Fitri not an extravaganceFrom Suara KaryaThe end of the fasting month of Ramadhan is drawing near. During the Ramadhan month Moslems refrain from eating and drinking and other activities which are considered contrary to the Ramadhan values.
Fri, 24 Feb 1995
Teachers' wages embezzled
Teachers' wages embezzled KUPANG, East Nusa Tenggara: Governor Herman Musakabe urged the Alor branch of Bank Rakyat Indonesia to repay the salaries of 30 elementary school teachers, allegedly embezzled by its employees.
Fri, 24 Feb 1995
City Police arrest middlemen
City Police arrest middlemen JAKARTA (JP): Not a single unauthorized middleman could be seen at the vehicle document processing unit office at the City Police Headquarters yesterday.During an operation on Wednesday, the military police arrested 78 middlemen, among them, two police sergeants and...