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Tue, 16 Apr 1996
Asia-Pasific needs U.S. presence
Asia-Pasific needs U.S. presenceBy Jusuf Wanandi JAKARTA (JP): Since the end of the Cold War and during negotiations on U.S. bases in the Philippines at the end of the 1980s and early 1990s, there has been speculation about the continuity of United States military presence in the western...
Tue, 16 Apr 1996
Indonesia told to follow example of Seoul Olympics
Indonesia told to follow example of Seoul Olympics JAKARTA (JP): The 1988 Seoul Olympic Games should become an essential point of reference if Indonesia hands the organization of the Southeast Asian Games next year to the private sector, a former sports official said yesterday.
Tue, 16 Apr 1996
Banks told to prepare for free trade
Banks told to prepare for free trade JAKARTA (JP): Bank Indonesia Governor J. Soedradjad Djiwandono told local banks yesterday to outline long-term development strategies, and consider restructuring, to prepare themselves for free trade in services both in regional and global markets.
Tue, 16 Apr 1996
Daily wage system must go, says Latief
Daily wage system must go, says Latief JAKARTA (JP): The government promised yesterday to take a hard line on companies who pay workers by day for an unlimited period, and keep workers in a limbo of unclear employment status.
Tue, 16 Apr 1996
Fire hits North Jakarta
Fire hits North Jakarta JAKARTA (JP): Some 2,600 people have been left homeless after a fire destroyed their homes in Penjaringan, North Jakarta, late Sunday night. No fatalities were reported.A source at the mayoralty Fire Department told The Jakarta Post yesterday that a candle in a house is...
Tue, 16 Apr 1996
Stock Exchange
Stock ExchangeStock prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (in rupiah) on April 15, 1996: Shares Close Change Trading Volume ---------------------------------------------------------- Ades Alfindo 1,025 25 98,000 AHAP Insurance 2,800 0 0 Alumindo Perkasa 1,150 0 2,500 Andayani Megah 1,650 -25 70,000...
Tue, 16 Apr 1996
Security guard killed by mob
Security guard killed by mob JAKARTA (JP): A security guard was killed by people who mistakenly took him for a thief on Jl. Permata, Kebon Pala, East Jakarta.An officer at the Kampung Makasar police subprecinct said the police are still investigating the killing of Jenton Jackson Tampubolon, 23.
Tue, 16 Apr 1996
Bank Danamon Cibinong
Bank Danamon CibinongFrom NeracaThe marketing of new telephone lines for Bojonggede, Depok Baru, at Puri Nirwana Estate on April 12 to April 13 was rather chaotic. This was because it was mandatory for prospective subscribers to open an account at Bank Danamon's Cibinong branch.
Tue, 16 Apr 1996
Viscose expands capacity
Viscose expands capacity JAKARTA (JP): PT South Pacific Viscose, a joint venture of Lenzing AG of Austria, Ashok Birla of India and Pura Golden Lion of Indonesia, will increase the annual production of its staple fiber rayon plant from 75,000 to 100,000 tons in June.
Tue, 16 Apr 1996
Clinton trip to help promote Korean peace
Clinton trip to help promote Korean peace ELMENDORF AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska (Reuter): U.S. President Bill Clinton said yesterday as he flew to East Asia for talks with South Korean President Kim Young-sam that the United States was promoting an "ultimate reconciliation" between South and North Korea.
Tue, 16 Apr 1996
TV today
TV todayTVRI 2:30 p.m. Travel: My Country 2:35 TV Series: Kid's Songs 3:05 Music: Dilentasia 3:30 Science 4:00 News: Lintasan Berita 4:05 Science: IPTEK 4:30 TV Drama 5:00 Regional News 5:30 English Lessons 6:05 Nusantara, the Beloved Country: East Nusa Tenggara 6:15 Village Program 7:00 Evening...
Tue, 16 Apr 1996
Five injured in toll crash
Five injured in toll crash JAKARTA (JP): Five people were injured in an accident involving an inter-city bus and a container lorry on the Cikampek toll road yesterday.In the course of the accident the lorry fell on its side in the middle of the road but no fatalities were reported.
Tue, 16 Apr 1996
PT Telkom to boost performance
PT Telkom to boost performance BANDUNG, West Java (JP): State-owned PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia (Telkom) launched yesterday a self-drive transformation program, called T-2001, aimed at boosting its performance to become a world-class operator by the year 2001.
Tue, 16 Apr 1996
Suspect was asleep: Witness
Suspect was asleep: Witness JAKARTA (JP): A witness for the defendant in the cold-blooded murder of a housewife and her three children told a court hearing yesterday that he was the first to inform the defendant about the killings.
Tue, 16 Apr 1996
Donor countries?
Donor countries? I object to calling the World Bank a donor when it is in fact a lender. Global donors gather in Brussels to rebuild Bosnia (The Jakarta Post, April 10, 1996.A bank does not donate. A bank lends money to make money.
Tue, 16 Apr 1996
Hotel catches fire, guests flee in panic
Hotel catches fire, guests flee in panic BANDUNG, West Java: The nine-story Panghegar Hotel on Jl. Merdeka caught fire yesterday, causing hundreds of guests and employees to flee in panic.Antara reported that some guests suffered light injuries, but there were no fatalities.
Tue, 16 Apr 1996
Towards a more effective legislature
Towards a more effective legislature While meeting with leaders of the newspaper Kedaulatan Rakyat, President Soeharto asked the press to put straight the public misconception that the government's power exceeds that of the House of Representatives.
Tue, 16 Apr 1996
Canberra vows constructive diplomacy on RI
Canberra vows constructive diplomacy on RI JAKARTA (JP): Alexander Downer, on his first trip abroad since being installed as Australia's foreign minister, said here yesterday that Canberra advocates "constructive diplomacy" on human rights issues such as East Timor.
Tue, 16 Apr 1996
Halt rice field conversion: Soeharto
Halt rice field conversion: Soeharto JAKARTA (JP): President Soeharto yesterday emphasized the need to maintain technically-irrigated rice fields and prevent them from being converted to non-agricultural uses.
Tue, 16 Apr 1996
Private concessionaires lack qualified personnel
Private concessionaires lack qualified personnel JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Forestry Djamaludin Suryohadikusumo yesterday criticized private forest concessionaires for their lack of qualified staff, saying this could make them unfit to comply with ecolabeling requirements.
Tue, 16 Apr 1996
Public phones out of order
Public phones out of orderFrom NeracaThe state of public phones in Jakarta is not in keeping with the telephone company's current drive for better service and increased sales of new telephone lines.Last week I used the public phone on the ground floor of the manpower ministry on Jl. Gatot Subroto.
Tue, 16 Apr 1996
Jaya Holdings in S$60m link with Hasko
Jaya Holdings in S$60m link with Hasko SINGAPORE (Reuter): Shipping company Jaya Holdings Ltd said yesterday it had signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Indonesia's Hasko Group for a joint-venture project that will guarantee a minimum of Singapore $60 million in freight revenues over...
Mon, 15 Apr 1996
Kopaja cooperative says new fares no help
Kopaja cooperative says new fares no help JAKARTA (JP): Owners of minibuses claim that the increase in transportation which was announced by the government early this month does not benefit them.Rasmani, an official of the Kopaja minibus cooperative, said over the weekend that the fare increases...
Mon, 15 Apr 1996
Sentani culture under threat
Sentani culture under threat JAYAPURA, Irian Jaya: The culture of the Sentani tribe, one of around 250 ethnic groups in the province, is on the brink extinction due to the influx of people from other provinces, a youth leader said Saturday.
Mon, 15 Apr 1996
Liberalization will affect APEC members differently
Liberalization will affect APEC members differently Contrary to what advocates of trade liberalization say, some APEC members will benefit more from free trade than others, says Martin Khor in this Inter Press Service analysis.
Mon, 15 Apr 1996
Senen Inpres market lacks basic fire equipment
Senen Inpres market lacks basic fire equipment JAKARTA (JP): If a fire broke out at the Central Jakarta Inpres market in Senen, the thousands of merchants from the 2,204 kiosks would have to depend on a handful of security guards with access to 20 fire extinguishers to save them.
Mon, 15 Apr 1996
Women question sexism in tourism industry
Women question sexism in tourism industry JAKARTA (JP): Women leaders from around Asia and the United States ended their three-day convention yesterday hoping to draw greater attention to the sexual discrimination that still prevails in most industries, especially tourism.
Mon, 15 Apr 1996
FM Downer begins regional tour
FM Downer begins regional tour SYDNEY (Reuter): Australia's new conservative government will launch its drive for closer bilateral ties with Asia this week when Foreign Minister Alexander Downer makes his first overseas trip since last month's polls ended Labor's rule.
Mon, 15 Apr 1996
RI workers in Malaysia not abused: Activists
RI workers in Malaysia not abused: Activists JAKARTA (JP): Human rights activists, just returning from Malaysia, have refuted reports that 6,000 Indonesian workers are locked up and being abused in the neighboring country's detention centers.
Mon, 15 Apr 1996
VD on Bali causing concern
VD on Bali causing concern DENPASAR, Bali: Sexually transmitted diseases on the tourist island are drawing concern from the local office of the Indonesian Family Planning Association.Association chairman Made Molin Budiasa attributed the high prevalence of venereal and reproductive diseases to...
Mon, 15 Apr 1996
Developers want review of housing subsidy policy
Developers want review of housing subsidy policy JAKARTA (JP): Private developers are pressuring the administration to review its policy on low-cost apartment funding, saying that they can no longer subsidize the cost.
Mon, 15 Apr 1996
Is a shopping street needed?
Is a shopping street needed?From MerdekaCiputra, the president director of PT Pembangunan Jaya, reportedly explained the need for Jakarta and other large cities in Indonesia to have shopping streets such as Ginza in Tokyo, Japan, and Orchard Rd in Singapore.
Mon, 15 Apr 1996
Lampung pupils lack chairs
Lampung pupils lack chairs BANDAR LAMPUNG, Lampung: The public elementary school in the Tulangbawang subdistrict does not have enough chairs, forcing pupils to take turns sitting down.Sudirman Subing, chief of the education and culture ministry's local office, said here on Saturday that the...
Mon, 15 Apr 1996
Freeport's Lesson
Freeport's Lesson Due to extensive news coverage, the rioting by indigenous Irianese last month at PT Freeport Indonesia earned the American Freeport-McMoran Copper and Gold subsidiary a bad image worldwide.
Mon, 15 Apr 1996
Surjadi meets Maluku people
Surjadi meets Maluku people JAKARTA (JP): Governor Surjadi Soedirdja asked all Maluku people living in Jakarta to help make the coming general election a success.Represented by his deputy on public welfare, Moeseno, Surjadi said over the weekend that the general election would start with the...
Mon, 15 Apr 1996
Small-scale developers losing property war
Small-scale developers losing property war JAKARTA (JP): A scarcity of long-term finance, coupled with an oversupply in the property market, is the bane of small-scale housing developers, a property executive says.
Mon, 15 Apr 1996
OmniForm allows your forms to go electronic
OmniForm allows your forms to go electronicBy Zatni Arbi JAKARTA (JP): When helping a friend set up his SOHO (Small Office Home Office) computers last year, I learned that forms can be created, filled in and then printed easily on a computer.
Mon, 15 Apr 1996
Asian labor flows now regional affair
Asian labor flows now regional affair MANILA (AFP): Despite tight restrictions, Asia's massive migrant labor force is increasingly being absorbed by the region's high-income economies, the Asian Development Bank said.
Mon, 15 Apr 1996
Vietnam raises air fare
Vietnam raises air fare HANOI (Reuter): Vietnam Airlines, clawing back part of a whopping domestic air fare rise that was canceled by the government last year, has raised the price of an economy class ticket on its main Hanoi-Ho Chi Minh City route by 14.3 percent.
Mon, 15 Apr 1996
Gamblers busted in morning raid
Gamblers busted in morning raid JAKARTA (JP): At least 117 gamblers, including 26 women, were arrested early Saturday morning when police raided their illicit den in downtown Jakarta.The raid was the second big bust after officers raided a nearby gambling den Friday morning, rounding up 228...
Mon, 15 Apr 1996
JSX flat due to dearth of fresh foreign funds
JSX flat due to dearth of fresh foreign funds JAKARTA (JP): Several analysts predicted that prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (JSX) will be flat this week as there will be no new inflows of foreign funds.
Mon, 15 Apr 1996
Land disputes top list of social problems: NGOs
Land disputes top list of social problems: NGOs JAKARTA (JP): Activists asserted over the weekend that land disputes have grown more complicated in the past several years and now top the list of social problems in Indonesia.Zoemrotin K.
Mon, 15 Apr 1996
University rector bans seminar
University rector bans seminar SEMARANG (JP): Diponegoro University rector Muladi banned politicians from holding a seminar on his campus Saturday, fearing they would use the forum for election campaign purposes.The politicians were Burhan Magenda from the ruling Golkar party, Aberson M.
Mon, 15 Apr 1996
JSX to elect new board of directors today
JSX to elect new board of directors today JAKARTA (JP): The Jakarta Stock Exchange (JSX) is scheduled to elect new boards of directors and commissioners today despite continuing debates on the new nomination and election procedures.
Mon, 15 Apr 1996
KL cracks down on arms smuggling
KL cracks down on arms smuggling KUALA LUMPUR (AFP): Malaysian authorities are cracking down on an arms smuggling said to involve policemen, and have even frozen new gun licenses and recalled arms.Since the arrest of a prominent Malaysian businessmen in Taiwan last month on suspicion of smuggling...
Mon, 15 Apr 1996
Golkar to assign youths to monitor general election
Golkar to assign youths to monitor general election JAKARTA (JP): Harmoko, chairman of the ruling political organization Golkar, said on Saturday he would mobilize thousands of Golkar youths to monitor the 1997 general election.
Mon, 15 Apr 1996
Telecom industry enters multimedia services
Telecom industry enters multimedia servicesBy I. Christianto JAKARTA (JP): Through the rapid development in information and telecommunications technologies, people have started to change the way they communicate by applying multimedia, which is now controlled by the country's telecommunications...
Mon, 15 Apr 1996
Association bids for chess inclusion in SEA Games
Association bids for chess inclusion in SEA Games JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesian Chess Association wants to see chess included in the 1997 Southeast Asian Games to which Jakarta will play host.The reason, according to the association's deputy chairman Cholid Gozali, is that except for the Philippines...
Mon, 15 Apr 1996
Flu knocks out Yayuk from women's final
Flu knocks out Yayuk from women's final JAKARTA (JP): The flu finally got the best of Yayuk Basuki yesterday, ending her six-day run and keeping her from competing in the final of the US$164,250 Danamon Indonesia Women's Open tennis championships.
Mon, 15 Apr 1996
Lippo Life to split stocks to improve liquidity
Lippo Life to split stocks to improve liquidity JAKARTA (JP): Lippo Life Insurance, a publicly listed life insurance company of the Lippo Group, will split its shares to improve their liquidity.The company announced here over the weekend that the stock split -- to be effective on April 19 -- will...