Search Indonesian News Archive - 1996/02

Sun, 18 Feb 1996

Homecoming obliterates memory of nightmare trip

Homecoming obliterates memory of nightmare tripBy Johannes Simbolon JAKARTA (JP): It was dark. The only sound came from the train's wheels rolling along the track and the ceaseless rain pounding the carriage roof.Night was advancing. Ali Al Husein, 31, heaved a sigh of relief.

Sun, 18 Feb 1996

Servants: Can we rely on them all of our lives?

Servants: Can we rely on them all of our lives?By Myra Sidharta JAKARTA (JP): One of the city's leading newspapers recently carried an article to prove that servants bring profit to their employers. Having relied on servants all my life, I was happy that this article, illustrated with tables of the...

Sun, 18 Feb 1996

Trisutji finds herself in religious songs

Trisutji finds herself in religious songsBy Rita A. Widiadana JAKARTA (JP): The adzhan reverberation from nearby mosques may be heard as just the routine call for Moslems to perform their prayers, but for Trisutji Juliati Kamal, a prominent Indonesian composer, it inspires her music compositions.

Sun, 18 Feb 1996

Guess What?

Guess What? Never leave your wife behind when you travel, especially if you are on medication.That was a lesson Sudwikatmono, the president of PT Indocement Tunggal Prakarsa, learned last year.The tycoon had a stroke two months after he attended the Jimbaran meeting in Bali in August l995.

Sun, 18 Feb 1996

Going for broke on Idul Fitri

Going for broke on Idul Fitri JAKARTA (JP): It's that time again. Idul Fitri is a day away and households are doing without maids, bosses without drivers, and Jakarta will be traffic free as 3.2 million people jam Central Java's roads instead.

Sun, 18 Feb 1996

SE Asia linked to Tigers

SE Asia linked to Tigers COLOMBO (Reuter): A Sri Lankan rebel arms ship blown out of the water by the navy and air force on Wednesday is believed to have come from a Southeast Asian country, a senior naval officer said yesterday."We firmly believe it came from that region," the officer told Reuters.

Sun, 18 Feb 1996

Lifters want to take part in Olympics

Lifters want to take part in Olympics JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesian Weightlifting, Powerlifting and Body Building Association has asked the National Sports Council to send lifters to the upcoming Olympic Games in Atlanta if they meet the qualifying requirements, despite proposals to send only...

Sun, 18 Feb 1996

Dutch artist displays 'Indonesia Memories'

Dutch artist displays 'Indonesia Memories'By Parvathi Nayar Narayan JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia Memories at the Erasmus Huis is based on just that -- the memories of Paul Husner and his wife, and the trips they took in Indonesia.In 1983 and 1985 they visited Sumatra and Bali.

Sun, 18 Feb 1996

Quake, tidal waves kill 10 in north Irian Jaya

Quake, tidal waves kill 10 in north Irian Jaya BIAK, Irian Jayapura (JP): At least 10 people were killed when an earthquake measuring 7.0 on the Richter scale shook several coastal towns in north Irian Jaya yesterday.

Sun, 18 Feb 1996

Indonesia to struggle through Year of the Rat

Indonesia to struggle through Year of the Rat JAKARTA (JP): A local Chinese astrologer forecasts darkness for Indonesia during the Year of the Rat in 1996."The Rat symbolizes winter and darkness. The Rat is an animal that always lives in the dark," said Asminur Soffian Uddin.

Sun, 18 Feb 1996

Guess What?

Guess What? Guess who hit Bali recently?None other than Ejler Bille, the Danish painter who helped found the CoBrA (Copenhagen, Brussels, Amsterdam) group of international Expressionist painters.Bille, 68, has been to Bali for eight times and has written a book about Ubud.

Sun, 18 Feb 1996

No 'ketupat' for many Indonesian abroad

No 'ketupat' for many Indonesian abroadBy T. Sima Gunawan JAKARTA (JP): Moslems across the world are busy with their spiritual and physical preparations for Idul Fitri which falls on Feb. 20 and Feb. 21 this year.The Idul Fitri atmosphere is strongly felt in every corner of Indonesia.

Sun, 18 Feb 1996

Family Law

Family LawBy Dewi Anggraeni Simon steps into the chambers still elated from the weekend spent in close proximity with his new love. Paramita is not only beautiful, she is also intelligent. And what warms his heart even more is, she has a social conscience.

Sun, 18 Feb 1996

Guess What?

Guess What? Being a human rights activist requires patience.Activists often face patience straining situations when dealing with unsympathetic government officials.Abdul Hakim Garuda Nusantara, the chairman of the Institute for Policy Research and Advocacy, had to wait more than an hour before he...

Sun, 18 Feb 1996

Being literary about ethnic Chinese

Being literary about ethnic ChineseBy Laurel Means There are thematic similarities in the literature produced by ethnic Chinese writers in two countries -- Singapore and Canada. What first attracted me to a study of Singaporean post- colonial literature in English were striking similarities of...

Sun, 18 Feb 1996

Challenged Roosters, Enriched Rats in 1996

Challenged Roosters, Enriched Rats in 1996 JAKARTA (JP): What will the Year of the Rat bring to both the Rat and the other 11 animals of the Chinese zodiac?Neil Somerville, in his book Your Chinese Horoscope 1996, provides a glimpse into the future.

Sun, 18 Feb 1996

Ramadhan time for Jakarta

Ramadhan time for JakartaSunday Maghrib 6:17 p.m.Monday Imsak 4:31 a.m. Subuh 4:41 a.m.

Sun, 18 Feb 1996

Hepburn: A more complete, compelling figure

Hepburn: A more complete, compelling figure Katharine Hepburn By Barbara Leaming 549 pp Crown Publishers, Inc. Rp 110,000 (US$27.50) JAKARTA (JP): Hollywood's spin doctors could learn a lesson or two in image maintenance from Katharine Hepburn.

Sun, 18 Feb 1996

Thousands of Idul Fitri revellers stranded

Thousands of Idul Fitri revellers stranded JAKARTA (JP): Eleven people have been killed in series of traffic accidents on Java's northern coast (Pantura) routes as motorists struggled to reach their hometowns to celebrate Idul Fitri.

Sun, 18 Feb 1996

Boyfriends, a wife's privilege

Boyfriends, a wife's privilege JAKARTA (JP): I would not have realized the vivacious wit of my garbage man, or what an interminable, unflagging walking and talking encyclopedia my gardener was, had Idul Fitri not rolled around and taken my maids to their hometowns.

Sun, 18 Feb 1996

Impolite policeman

Impolite policemanFrom KompasOn the afternoon of Feb. 16, after my office, located on Jl. Damai, Daan Mogot, West Jakarta, was closed, my two friends and I decided to go home by bajaj (three-wheel motorized pedicab) using an alternative road because the main road to our home in Grogol was inundated...

Sun, 18 Feb 1996

Chinese New Year is a family affair

Chinese New Year is a family affair In conjunction with Chinese New Year's Day, The Jakarta Post is running a series of articles on tomorrow's celebrations in Jakarta. Related stories and Chinese horoscopes follow on Page 6. JAKARTA (JP): Tomorrow is Chinese New Year's Day.

Sun, 18 Feb 1996

KL plans Asia's biggest cycling race

KL plans Asia's biggest cycling race KUALA LUMPUR (Reuter): Malaysia will hold Asia's biggest cycling event, a tour around peninsular Malaysia offering US$400,000 in prize money, organizers said yesterday.Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad will flag off Le Tour de Langkawi on Feb.

Sun, 18 Feb 1996

Local products

Local productsFrom NeracaIt is impossible for the Indonesian government to stop the flood of foreign products by imposing high import taxes. Such an effort is out of date.Encouraging the public to love local products and buy fewer foreign items is a better policy.

Sun, 18 Feb 1996

Two die as boat overturns

Two die as boat overturns CILACAP, Central Java (JP): Two people were killed and seven are still missing after a barge carrying 15 passengers overturned when it was hit by a strong current while crossing the Cimeneng River, near Sitihinggil village, yesterday.

Sat, 17 Feb 1996

Indonesia to field 40 Olympians

Indonesia to field 40 Olympians JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia's will send a small team of 40 athletes to the Olympic Games in Atlanta, Georgia this July.National Sports Council spokesman Ishadi SK said yesterday the council would restrict itself to only sending athletes with a chance of winning medals.

Sat, 17 Feb 1996

Final ferry death toll is 338

Final ferry death toll is 338 JAKARTA (JP): The final death toll of last month's Gurita ferry tragedy reached 338, including seven foreigners, Minister of Transportation Haryanto Dhanutirto said yesterday.

Sat, 17 Feb 1996

Police arrest drug dealer with 6000 Ecstasy pills

Police arrest drug dealer with 6000 Ecstasy pills JAKARTA (JP): The city narcotics squad have arrested suspected drug dealer with 600 pills of the popular Ecstasy drug in his possession.The head of the Jakarta narcotics squad, Lt. Col.

Sat, 17 Feb 1996

Bintang sues PPP over dismissal from House

Bintang sues PPP over dismissal from House JAKARTA (JP): Politician Sri Bintang Pamungkas, already facing three different court battles against the government, has started another litigation: this time against the United Development Party (PPP) which he represented until May last year.

Sat, 17 Feb 1996

Anti-pickpocket police deployed

Anti-pickpocket police deployed BANDUNG, West Java: More than 100 police officers, members of a newly established anti-pickpocket team, have recently been deployed at popular Idul Fitri celebration sites such as shopping and entertainment centers.

Sat, 17 Feb 1996

Eliminating levies

Eliminating levies The problem Indonesian businesspeople complain most about is the countless and burdensome levies. The levies, both official and unofficial, occur at virtually all government agencies.

Sat, 17 Feb 1996

Alleged housewife killer arrested in Tangerang

Alleged housewife killer arrested in Tangerang JAKARTA (JP): The suspected murderer of a pregnant housewife in West Jakarta has been arrested at his relative's house in Tangerang after five days of being on the run.West Jakarta Police Chief Lt. Col.

Sat, 17 Feb 1996

Bank Bira profits up 68%

Bank Bira profits up 68% JAKARTA (JP): The publicly-listed Bank Bira reported yesterday a 68-percent increase in its net profits to Rp 30.3 billion (US$13 million) last year.The bank's net interest income, including credit-based fees and commissions, rose by 69 percent to Rp 92 billion with a net...

Sat, 17 Feb 1996

Harsh sentence for alleged rapists

Harsh sentence for alleged rapists JAKARTA (JP): Relatives of the 11 defendants being tried for a gang rape and robbery in Bekasi became outraged and hurled shoes at the prosecutors when the lawyers demanded the court sentence the defendants to 16 years imprisonment.

Sat, 17 Feb 1996

Thousands stranded as exodus intensifies

Thousands stranded as exodus intensifies JAKARTA (JP): Thousands of people failed to get out of the city as the Idul Fitri exodus gained momentum yesterday.Although additional trains and buses were deployed to take home the Idul Fitri revelers, they were barely sufficient as thousands of people...

Sat, 17 Feb 1996

SEA Games medalists awarded

SEA Games medalists awarded JAKARTA (JP): A total of Rp 348 million (US$ 150,259) in cash was given yesterday to 51 Jakartan athletes and 28 coaches who won medals in the 18th Southeast Asian Games in Thailand last December.

Sat, 17 Feb 1996

Freeport sees strong Indonesian sales

Freeport sees strong Indonesian sales SYDNEY (Reuter): Freeport McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc said it expects strong gold sales during the 1996 year from its unit PT Freeport Indonesia Company (PT-FI)."PT-FI has obtained commitments for essentially all of its expected 1996 concentrate sales which are...

Sat, 17 Feb 1996

Muladi calls on intellectuals to end war of words

Muladi calls on intellectuals to end war of words SEMARANG (JP): Respected scholar Muladi has called for an end to the war of words between prominent intellectuals over their role in society, saying they ran the risk of confusing the public.

Sat, 17 Feb 1996

Domestic worries block lower rates in Southeast Asia

Domestic worries block lower rates in Southeast Asia SINGAPORE (AFP): Domestic concerns will prevent interest rates from trending down in key Southeast Asian economies, but 1996 could be a better year than 1995 for emerging markets, a report obtained here yesterday predicted.

Sat, 17 Feb 1996

Skephi opposes Siberut resettlement

Skephi opposes Siberut resettlementBy Stevie Emilia JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesian Network for Forest Conservation (Skephi) warned yesterday that the government's plan to open resettlement areas on Siberut Island off the coast of West Sumatra could destroy the local culture altogether.

Sat, 17 Feb 1996

CSIS organizing writing contest for silver jubilee

CSIS organizing writing contest for silver jubilee JAKARTA (JP): The Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) is holding two writing competitions, one on strategy and international relations, the other on Indonesian philosophy and wisdom, with a grand prize of Rp 10 million.

Sat, 17 Feb 1996

State budget for 1996/1997 approved

State budget for 1996/1997 approved JAKARTA (JP): The Budgetary Commission of the House of Representatives (DPR) yesterday approved the government's budget plan for 1996/1997 without making any changes but with a strong appeal for the improvement of discipline in its implementation.

Sat, 17 Feb 1996

Gurita tragedy and responsibility

Gurita tragedy and responsibility In his official report to the House, transportation minister Haryanto Dhanutirto said the Gurita ferry, which went down between Sabang and Banda Aceh, was not overloaded. The manifest listed 210 passengers, well within the limit of 220 passengers.

Sat, 17 Feb 1996

Indonesian center offers disputes settlement

Indonesian center offers disputes settlement JAKARTA (JP): Companies with civil disputes can now turn to the newly-established Alternative Dispute Resolution Center (ADR) to settle their disputes.The chairman of the Indonesian ADR, I Nyoman Moena, said yesterday that in the near future companies...

Sat, 17 Feb 1996

Civil liability

Civil liability I refer to Peter A. Bell's article on the civil liability system published in The Jakarta Post, Feb. 10.Many public transportation accidents have taken place besides the Gurita ferry catastrophe.

Sat, 17 Feb 1996

RP's biggest enemy is political instability: Ramos

RP's biggest enemy is political instability: Ramos MANILA (AFP): The threat of political instability is the Philippines' "biggest enemy," President Fidel Ramos said here yesterday, citing recent grenade attacks in the capital's financial district.

Sat, 17 Feb 1996

Foreign lawyers get shaky foothold in communist Vietnam

Foreign lawyers get shaky foothold in communist Vietnam HANOI (Reuter): Vietnam opened a door to foreign lawyers this week, granting a batch of firms branch office status, but kept a much bigger door firmly shut by barring them from advising clients on local law.

Sat, 17 Feb 1996

Agliculture ministry suspends ruling on pesticide labeling

Agliculture ministry suspends ruling on pesticide labeling JAKARTA (JP): The Ministry of Agriculture has officially suspended the implementation of a ruling on pesticide labeling after sticker and pesticide producers failed to agree on an implementation system which would not burden farmers.

Sat, 17 Feb 1996

Foreign promises disrupting E. Timor stability

Foreign promises disrupting E. Timor stability JAKARTA (JP): Foreign campaigns and idle promises from abroad are disrupting stability in East Timor and its integration with Indonesia, international relations expert Jusuf Wanandi said.

Sat, 17 Feb 1996

China's ASEAN trade soars 41 percent in 1995

China's ASEAN trade soars 41 percent in 1995 BEIJING (AFP): Trade volume between China and the seven ASEAN nations soared 41 percent in 1995 and the "strong momentum" is expected to continue this year, Xinhua quoted an official as saying yesterday.Volume last year hit US$19.

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