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Fri, 10 Mar 1995
Bogor housing projects threaten water supply
Bogor housing projects threaten water supply BOGOR (JP): Housing construction in Bogor has grown uncontrollably and could affect the supply of groundwater to Jakarta if preventive measures are not taken.
Fri, 10 Mar 1995
Spotlight
SpotlightPhoto A: HiltonIDUL FITRI GESTURE: In conjunction with Idul Fitri celebrations, the management and staff of the Jakarta Hilton International paid a charity visit to the Al Furqon Orphanage to donate various items and food.
Fri, 10 Mar 1995
Asia-Pacific to import more oil from Mideast
Asia-Pacific to import more oil from Mideast MANILA (AFP): Rapid oil consumption and dwindling production in the Asia-Pacific will increase the region's dependency on oil from the Middle East, an industry scholar said here.
Fri, 10 Mar 1995
French-RI satellite deal
French-RI satellite deal PARIS (AFP): French satellite company Canal France International has signed a deal with an Indonesian firm to boost its coverage into Southeast Asia, the firm announced Wednesday.
Fri, 10 Mar 1995
Golkar reassigns another legislator
Golkar reassigns another legislator JAKARTA (JP): Another prominent legislator of Golkar will soon be withdrawn from the House of Representatives (DPR) as part of the ruling group's ongoing mid-term reshuffle.
Fri, 10 Mar 1995
Implications of the Liquisa tragedy
Implications of the Liquisa tragedy A military council is probing the deaths of six people in the Liquisa regency in East Timor on Jan. 12. Law expert T. Mulya Lubis examines the issue from both national and international points of view.
Fri, 10 Mar 1995
Surjadi approves plan to improve public cemeteries
Surjadi approves plan to improve public cemeteries JAKARTA (JP): Governor Surjadi Soedirdja has given the go- ahead to a plan to standardize cemeteries in the city, which will make them function as scenic areas, greeneries as well as areas that will retain groundwater levels.
Fri, 10 Mar 1995
Revival of RI military training in U.S. favored
Revival of RI military training in U.S. favored JAKARTA (JP): The visiting commander-in-chief of the U.S. Pacific Command, Admiral Richard Macke, reiterated yesterday his support for the resumption of a training program for Indonesian officers in the United States.
Fri, 10 Mar 1995
Paintings explore dreams of Indonesian women artists
Paintings explore dreams of Indonesian women artistsBy Sarah Murray JAKARTA (JP): What are the dreams of Indonesian women? Australian artist Janis Somerville carried this question with her to her four-month residency in the Fine Arts Department of the Bandung Institute of Technology.
Fri, 10 Mar 1995
Indonesia not happy with UN handling of Timor talks
Indonesia not happy with UN handling of Timor talks JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesian government has expressed discontent with the United Nations preparations being made for an all-inclusive intra-East Timorese dialog, with Timorese leaders now threatening to withdraw their participation.
Fri, 10 Mar 1995
Water customers reject fee hike
Water customers reject fee hike WONOSOBO, Central Java: Thousands of families are fiercely rejecting the local government's policy that has increased drinking water fees by 100 percent.Many people have vented their anger by vandalizing the water distribution systems or refusing water supplied to...
Fri, 10 Mar 1995
War on 'preman' declared
War on 'preman' declared JAKARTA (JP): The city police and military officers have vowed to fight street hoodlums throughout Jakarta following the recent killing of one police officer and the wounding of another.
Fri, 10 Mar 1995
Where to go in Bali:
Where to go in Bali:Music and entertainment * Nusa Dua Beach Hotel: Budaya Stage - Legong Buffet Dinner, Friday; Ramayana Buffet Dinner, Monday. Coffee Shop - Indonesian Night with Joged Dance, Saturday. Village Night with Frog Dance, Tuesday. Notte Italiana with Capo Dastro Quartet, Thursday.
Fri, 10 Mar 1995
Buses for return of holiday makers
Buses for return of holiday makers JAKARTA (JP): A total of 690 reserve buses have been sent to the Central Javanese towns of Purwokerto and Tegal to help the buses already available transport people who are returning to Jakarta after celebrating the Moslem Idul Fitri holidays in their home towns.
Fri, 10 Mar 1995
Sempati receives new Fokker 70s to expand service
Sempati receives new Fokker 70s to expand service JAKARTA (JP): Sempati Air, one of the country's six scheduled air carriers, will be able to expand its domestic services with the arrival of six new jetliners.
Fri, 10 Mar 1995
Three killed in bus accident
Three killed in bus accident CIREBON, West Java: Three people were killed and dozens injured when a bus carrying 34 workers slipped into a ravine here yesterday, a press report said yesterday.The accident happened when the driver of the bus, coming from the Central Java capital of Semarang to...
Fri, 10 Mar 1995
Stock Exchange
Stock ExchangeShare prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (in rupiah) on March 9, 1995: Shares Close Change Trading Volume ----------------------------------------------------- ADES ALFINDO 2,700 0 AHAP INSURANCE 3,350 0 ALUMINDO PERKASA 1,100 0 ANDAYANI MEGAH 2,350 300 337,500 ANEKA KIMIA RAYA...
Fri, 10 Mar 1995
Thamrin defends building of small apartments
Thamrin defends building of small apartments JAKARTA (JP): Director of city-owned construction company PD Sarana Jaya Thamrin Djamain defended yesterday the city administration's determination to build 18-square-meter low cost apartments.
Fri, 10 Mar 1995
Bureaucrats routine snag in research
Bureaucrats routine snag in research SEMARANG, Central (JP): Scientific research on the Indonesian electoral system has historically been complicated by byzantine bureaucratic procedures and tight-lipped bureaucrats, an academic confided yesterday.
Fri, 10 Mar 1995
Visa, work permit and human rights
Visa, work permit and human rights I refer to the letters of Kevin J. Dunphy (Feb. 28, 1995), George Goring (March 2, 1995) and the "answer" of Hario Subayu (March 6, 1995) to The Jakarta Post and to myself, married to an Indonesian woman since 1977, staying with my family in Indonesia without...
Fri, 10 Mar 1995
No reference for ban of 'Tempo': Press Council
No reference for ban of 'Tempo': Press Council JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesian Press Council, the country's mass media watchdog, did not recommend that the government ban Tempo magazine in June last year, according to the testimony of one of its executives in court yesterday.
Fri, 10 Mar 1995
Derivatives trading is unavoidable
Derivatives trading is unavoidable JAKARTA (JP): Developing derivatives trading remains a priority in the long-term program of the Jakarta Stock Exchange (JSX) despite growing concern over its negative impact on investors, says the exchange's top executive.
Fri, 10 Mar 1995
Toilet fee
Toilet feeFrom NeracaRecently I was shopping in Pasaraya Blok M and I needed to go to the toilet. I was shocked to be required to pay Rp 300 for the facility.I know that in all other big department stores using the toilet is free. For Rp 300 I could pay for an ordinary bus fare.
Thu, 09 Mar 1995
Balinese dance
Balinese danceFrom RepublikaIn response to the letter of I Gusti Bagus Sutarta Bagong Kussudiardja: Memperkosa Tarian Bali? (Balinese dance is badly improvised) in Suarapublika column (Feb. 6, 1995), I hereby would like to thank him for his remarks.
Thu, 09 Mar 1995
Cultural, political factors obstruct women's progress
Cultural, political factors obstruct women's progress JAKARTA (JP): Cultural and political factors hinder efforts toward empowerment of women to the extent that it appears that women collaborate with their own oppression."This is not an issue of men versus women...
Thu, 09 Mar 1995
TV today
TV todayTVRI 2:30 p.m. TV Series: Wide World Of Kids 3:05 Culture Program 3:30 TV Series: Dibawah Kilatan Pedang 4:30 Women's World 5:00 Regional News 5:30 Arabic Lessons 6:05 Nusantara, the Beloved Country 6:15 Village Program 6:25 Koran Recital 6:35 Religious Teachings: Islam 7:00 Evening News...
Thu, 09 Mar 1995
No more tax relief for foreign-funded projects
No more tax relief for foreign-funded projects JAKARTA (JP): In a government attempt to support locally- funded projects, all contractors, suppliers and consultants involved in government projects financed by foreign loans will no longer be exempt from income tax.
Thu, 09 Mar 1995
11 men questioned over land dispute
11 men questioned over land dispute JAKARTA (JP): Police are questioning eleven people who where involved in a recent physical clash over a highly disputed 30 hectare plot of land at Cijayanti village in Bogor, West Java.Bogor police chief Lt. Col.
Thu, 09 Mar 1995
Brokers at police office
Brokers at police officeFrom NeracaIt is true that the intervention of middlemen at the Jakarta Metropolitan Police Headquarters is still rife. They are there ready to bribe the police in charge of issuing driving licenses and car documents in order to speed up the process.
Thu, 09 Mar 1995
Dollar's fall may dent SE Asian exports
Dollar's fall may dent SE Asian exports SINGAPORE (AFP): The booming Southeast Asian economies may have their export competitive edge dented by the weakening U.S. dollar even as most of their currencies appreciated against the greenback in Singapore foreign exchange trade, some analysts said...
Thu, 09 Mar 1995
East Timor's reguest for right branch office hailed
East Timor's reguest for right branch office hailed SEMARANG, Central Java (JP): East Timorese's request for a branch office of the National Commission on Human Rights shows that people in the territory mean to settle their problems without foreign intervention, a rights activist said yesterday.
Thu, 09 Mar 1995
NBC Asia leases satellite
NBC Asia leases satellite JAKARTA (JP): PT Pasifik Satelit Nusantara (PSN) announced yesterday the lease of an extended C-band transporder on the Palapa C1 satellite to the Hong Kong-based NBC Asia Ltd., NBC's newly-established Asian affiliiate.
Thu, 09 Mar 1995
RP, S'pore open joint exercises
RP, S'pore open joint exercises LAUR, Philippines (AFP): As the Philippines and Singapore opened joint military exercises here yesterday, Philippine officials announced plans to go "shopping" in Singapore for Manila's military modernization program.
Thu, 09 Mar 1995
South Jakarta police hunt for cop killers
South Jakarta police hunt for cop killers JAKARTA (JP): South Jakarta police detectives are still searching for at least four other street hoodlums allegedly involved in an attack of two police officers, with one fatally stabbed in the abdomen.
Thu, 09 Mar 1995
Agro-tourism center built in Ragunan
Agro-tourism center built in Ragunan JAKARTA (JP): The city administration is currently building an agro-tourism center in the Ragunan area, South Jakarta, in line with the municipality's determination to maintain the southern part of the city as a catchment location.
Thu, 09 Mar 1995
Rainstorm hits Liquisa
Rainstorm hits Liquisa LIQUISA, East Timor: Rainstorms sweeping the area over the past four days have destroyed five houses, damaged crops, and knocked down a bridge and a dam.There has been no word of casualties but the disaster has disrupted land communication between Dili and Atambua, East Nusa...
Thu, 09 Mar 1995
Names of tax dodgers to be revealed TV
Names of tax dodgers to be revealed TV JAKARTA (JP): West Jakarta Mayor Sutarjianto said yesterday that his office will announce the names of those who failed to pay property tax last year.Sutarjianto said this announcement will be made on television and in newspapers next month because about 1,500...
Thu, 09 Mar 1995
Land speculators start their work in Natuna
Land speculators start their work in Natuna JAKARTA (JP): Land speculators have begun to swarm Natuna, the northwestern-most island of Indonesia which the government plans to develop into an economic center, the Riau governor reported.
Thu, 09 Mar 1995
Optic fiber warehouse burnt
Optic fiber warehouse burnt BANDARLAMPUNG, Lampung: The police are investigating the cause of a fire which destroyed a warehouse full of optic fiber cables worth several hundred million rupiah on Monday.The storehouse belonging to PT.
Thu, 09 Mar 1995
Merapi spews volcanic ash
Merapi spews volcanic ash SEMARANG, Central Java: Mount Merapi, at the border of Central Java and Yogyakarta, spewed burning ash again on Monday but there has been no reports of injuries, an official said.
Thu, 09 Mar 1995
Forensic agency probes the Ancol fire
Forensic agency probes the Ancol fire JAKARTA (JP): A team from the National Police Forensic Laboratory Center is investigating the cause of the fire that gutted the Mystery Castle in the Fantasy Land complex at Ancol Dreamland recreation center in North Jakarta last Sunday night.Lt. Col.
Thu, 09 Mar 1995
Soesilo's office issues clarification on meeting
Soesilo's office issues clarification on meeting JAKARTA (JP): Coordinating Minister for Political Affairs and Security Soesilo Soedarman had his office issue a statement yesterday to address rumors about a meeting he led with 17 cabinet-level officials on Tuesday.
Thu, 09 Mar 1995
Stock Exchange
Stock ExchangeShare prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (in rupiah) on March 8, 1995: Shares Close Change Trading Volume -------------------------------------------------------- ADES ALFINDO 2,700 0 AHAP INSURANCE 3,350 0 ALUMINDO PERKASA 1,100 0 ANDAYANI MEGAH 2,275 -25 25,000 ANEKA KIMIA RAYA...
Thu, 09 Mar 1995
60 small airports to be expanded
60 small airports to be expanded JAKARTA (JP): The government will expand 60 small airports, mostly in the eastern region of the country, to enable them to accommodate aircraft of up to the N-250 airplane.
Thu, 09 Mar 1995
Govt firm on greater regional autonomy
Govt firm on greater regional autonomy JAKARTA (JP): The government is steadfast in its plan to delegate, for a trial period, greater autonomy to 26 selected regencies despite several ministries' objections, a senior official said yesterday.
Thu, 09 Mar 1995
SilkAir to serve Sumatra
SilkAir to serve Sumatra JAKARTA (JP): The SilkAir of Singapore will begin later this month direct services to two cities in Sumatra, Padang and Pekanbaru, three times a week with Fokker-70 jets.The airline's executive in Jakarta Tintin Sophia told The Jakarta Post here yesterday that service to...
Thu, 09 Mar 1995
Texmaco to make car parts
Texmaco to make car parts JAKARTA (JP): Texmaco Perkasa Engineering (TPE), a subsidiary of the Texmaco Group, will expand into automotive component industry in cooperation with BTR Engineering of Australia.
Thu, 09 Mar 1995
India recognizes Indonesia first
India recognizes Indonesia first In the article President sets up committee for RI anniversary (The Jakarta Post, March 7, 1995), Emil Salim is quoted as stating that "Saudi Arabia and Egypt were the first countries to recognize Indonesia."Surely that is not correct.
Thu, 09 Mar 1995
Malaysia bans 80 players
Malaysia bans 80 players KUALA LUMPUR (Reuter): Eighty players implicated in match- fixing by police have been barred from the Malaysian League this season, the Football Association of Malaysia (FAM) announced yesterday.
Thu, 09 Mar 1995
Soeharto off to Copenhagen for UN Summit
Soeharto off to Copenhagen for UN Summit JAKARTA (JP): President Soeharto and his entourage left last night for Copenhagen to attend the ongoing United Nations World Summit on Social Development.The trip will also take him to the Croatian capital of Zagreb and to Sarajevo, the besieged capital of...