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Immigration arrests nine foreigners

Immigration arrests nine foreigners JAKARTA (JP): Seven foreigners with Korean passports, and two with Nigerian passports, were arrested in South Jakarta this week by immigration officials.The immigration department's director of control and supervision Zaiman Nurmatias, said yesterday the Koreans...

Police's assistant program ends

Police's assistant program ends JAKARTA (JP): About 50 house foundations were laid and hundreds of people received free medical treatment during the police's two-week civic mission which ended yesterday.

Intikeramik to sell shares

Intikeramik to sell shares JAKARTA (JP): Intikeramik Alamasri Industri, one of Indonesia's major porcelain tile makers, will issue 100 million shares or 29.5 percent of its equity in an initial public offering.The company said yesterday it expected to raise about Rp 85 billion (US$36.

15 more NGOs voice objection to new labor bill

15 more NGOs voice objection to new labor bill JAKARTA (JP): Fifteen non-governmental organizations from around Java are opposed to the controversial bill on manpower because it neglects the rights of migrant workers.

Bank Pikko trade does not violate trading rule: JSX

Bank Pikko trade does not violate trading rule: JSX JAKARTA (JP): The Jakarta Stock Exchange (JSX) said yesterday that trade in Bank Pikko shares on April 8 did not violate any trading rules despite the stock's astronomical 207 percent rise from Rp 1,300 to Rp 4,000.

Indonesia to host agribusiness meet

Indonesia to host agribusiness meet JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia will be the first Asian country to host the annual congress of the International Food and Agribusiness Management Association (IAMA).The chairman of the congress' planning committee, Bungaran Saragih, said yesterday the four-day convention...

Singgih welcomes aid team for electioneering victims

Singgih welcomes aid team for electioneering victims JAKARTA (JP): A group planning to provide legal aid and other support to victims of election campaigning was welcomed by Attorney General Singgih yesterday.

Local shuttlers under pressure

Local shuttlers under pressure JAKARTA (JP): Indonesian shuttlers can't handle the pressure in critical points, the Indonesian Badminton Association's chief, Soerjadi, said yesterday."Look at our players during deuce or rubber sets.

Fences-free on Jl. Thamrin

Fences-free on Jl. ThamrinFrom Media IndonesiaAs a lover of open spaces in beautiful settings, I emphatically support the Jakarta Administration's policy of making the Jalan Thamrin area free from fences.

Workers ask for dismissal

Workers ask for dismissal UJUNGPANDANG, South Sulawesi: Nineteen workers at PT Rotan Sulawesi, a subsidiary of the Poleko group of companies owned by business tycoon and human rights campaigner A.A. Baramuli, have asked to be sacked and demanded compensation.

Soeharto signs nuclear power law

Soeharto signs nuclear power law JAKARTA (JP): President Soeharto has signed into law a bill on nuclear power which allows studies to begin on the country's first nuclear power plant, Minister of Research and Technology B.J. Habibie said yesterday.

Four people killed in separate incidents

Four people killed in separate incidents JAKARTA (JP): Four men were killed in four separate incidents Monday morning in West Jakarta, South Jakarta and North Jakarta.City Police Spokesman Lt. Col. E. Aritonang said Monday that in the first incident on Jl.

Deforestation shrinks animal habitat

Deforestation shrinks animal habitat TANJUNG PUTING, Central Kalimantan (JP): From the window of the noisy twin-propeller plane, the most striking feature of the land below was not the legendary virgin forests of Kalimantan, but the lack of them.

Jakarta's Gapensi wants jobs on Manggarai project

Jakarta's Gapensi wants jobs on Manggarai project JAKARTA (JP): The Jakarta chapter of the Indonesian Builders' Association (Gapensi) wants to be involved in the planned Manggarai Integrated Terminal project.

NatSteel-LKN tie up

NatSteel-LKN tie up SINGAPORE (Reuter): NatSteel Ltd and construction based Lim Kah Ngam (LKN) and two other partners have set up a marketing and management company, Unimar Marketing Pte Ltd, a NatSteel statement said yesterday.

Seminar on 'Nawaksara'

Seminar on 'Nawaksara'From JayakartaOn March 31, 1997, the city media published a news item that Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports Hayono Isman was planning to hold a seminar on Nawaksara, a speech delivered by Bung Karno in April 1966, as an accountability of his government, which was rejected...

Preachers urged not to incite violence

Preachers urged not to incite violence JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Religious Affairs Tamizi Taher called on religious leaders yesterday to refrain from delivering inflammatory sermons that may incite violence.

National park project involves locals

National park project involves locals TANJUNG PUTING, Central Kalimantan (JP): Even after the orangutans have arrived at Tanjung Puting, they are not entirely beyond the reach of human need or greed.Recognizing that the park's borders are threatened by the lack of economic development in the...

Denada and her orangutan

Denada and her orangutanFrom Media IndonesiaA news item in Media Indonesia, on March 25, informed readers that Denada is keeping an orangutan as a pet, which goes by the name of Bejo. The article did not explain, though, if Denada has a license to keep an orangutan.

Yemen satisfied with 0-0 draw against RI

Yemen satisfied with 0-0 draw against RI JAKARTA (JP): Yemeni soccer coach Hazim Jassam said he was satisfied with his team's 0-0 draw against Indonesia in Sunday's World Cup Asian zone qualifier at the Senayan stadium.

PT Amsteel to launch two mutual funds

PT Amsteel to launch two mutual funds JAKARTA (JP): PT Amsteel Securities Indonesia will launch two mutual funds by the end of the year.Amsteel's director, Eric Y Nasution, said yesterday the company aimed to collect about Rp 200 billion (US$84.

New flood controls for N. Jakarta

New flood controls for N. Jakarta JAKARTA (JP): Residents in North Jakarta can look forward to an end to the constant flooding in their area thanks to three new flood control projects to begin this week.

Workers' burnt bodies arrive

Workers' burnt bodies arrive SURABAYA: The charred bodies of two Indonesian women workers arrived here last night from Hong Kong, Antara reported yesterday.Sunarlik, 29, was a resident of Trenyang village in Sumber Pucung, Malang, while Rukayah Dul Basir was from Sumber Rejo village in Sanan Kulon,...

Golkar to spend Rp 1.5b for artists

Golkar to spend Rp 1.5b for artists JAKARTA (JP): The city-chapter of the ruling Golkar estimates it will spend Rp 1.5 billion (US$652,173) to pay the 300 artists participating in Golkar's nine campaign rounds.

President delays contract of work for Busang mine

President delays contract of work for Busang mine JAKARTA (JP): President Soeharto has delayed the issue of the contracts of work (COW) for Bre-X and its partners to develop its Busang gold mine in Kalimantan, the minister of mines and energy, I.B. Sudjana, said yesterday.

7,500 trees planted in Jember

7,500 trees planted in Jember JEMBER, East Java: Hundreds of youth organizations, teachers, musicians and other members of the community worked together Sunday to plant 7,500 trees along the Bedadung River.

KL to use spies to curb corruption

KL to use spies to curb corruption KUALA LUMPUR (DPA): Malaysia's Home Ministry will appoint "spies" in several of its departments in a bid to curb corruption especially among police and immigration officials, news reports said yesterday.

Stock Exchange

Stock ExchangeStock prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (in rupiah) on April 14, 1997: Shares Close Change Trading Volume -------------------------------------------------------- Ades Alfindo 1,025 0 0 AHAP Insurance 2,675 0 0 Alter Abadi 1,175 0 0 Alumindo Light Metal 1,025 -25 1,014,000 Alumindo...

The Jagorawi robbery and murder trial begins

The Jagorawi robbery and murder trial begins BOGOR (JP): The trial of two men charged with being accessories to robbery and murder on the Jagorawi toll road last October began yesterday.The trial is being conducted at the Bogor District Court in two separate rooms with the same prosecution teams.

Sugar plant in Sulawesi

Sugar plant in Sulawesi JAKARTA (JP): PT Sumber Madu Bukari will build a Rp 200 billion (US$82.6 million) sugar plant in Southeast Sulawesi later this month.The head of the provincial administration's plantation agency, Soewondo, was quoted yesterday by Antara as saying the company had secured...

Rp 4.6t for mutual fund

Rp 4.6t for mutual fund JAKARTA (JP): PT Astek, the state-owned social worker insurance company under Ministry of Manpower supervision, will invest about Rp 4.6 trillion (US$1.93 billion) in mutual funds.The company has assets of Rp 7 trillion.

FAST FACT FILE

FAST FACT FILE Name of golf club : Finna Golf and Country ClubAddress : Jl. Raya Barsari Prigen, Pandaan 67156, Ja-Tim, IndonesiaTelephone : 62 343 632153-5 Fax: 62 343 632156Developer : Pacific GolfCourse Designer : Peter Thomson, Michael Wolveridge, Ross PerrettDate Opened : 12 December 1993Total...

Tight security urged for election campaigns

Tight security urged for election campaigns JAKARTA (JP): The United Development Party (PPP), which has denied triggering recent unrest in Central Java, urged the Armed Forces yesterday to secure the April 27 to May 23 election campaigns.

Kalimantan Madurese may be resettled

Kalimantan Madurese may be resettled JAKARTA (JP): Thousands of Madurese migrants may be moved to another province in the wake of the recent ethnic clashes in West Kalimantan, a cabinet minister said yesterday.

Government mulls tax incentives for timber estates

Government mulls tax incentives for timber estates JAKARTA (JP): The minister of forestry, Djamaluddin Suryohadikusumo, said yesterday he was looking at tax incentives to encourage investors to develop industrial timber estates.

Few rescued orangutans go back to natural wild

Few rescued orangutans go back to natural wild TANJUNG PUTING, Central Kalimantan (JP): Before Gistok was brought to Tanjung Puting National Park and orangutan rehabilitation center, he wore clothing over his long red hair and ate tea and cakes with the children of a family in Central Kalimantan.

Holidays, weak demand to hit SE Asia rubber prices

Holidays, weak demand to hit SE Asia rubber prices SINGAPORE (Reuter): A string of holidays in Southeast Asia along with soft demand will keep rubber prices in the doldrums this week, regional traders said yesterday."It's going to be a terrible week.

200,000 welcome victorious team

200,000 welcome victorious team DHAKA (AFP): About 200,000 people packed central Dhaka yesterday to welcome the Bangladesh cricket team that produced the country's greatest sporting moment by winning the ICC Trophy.

Death knell sounded for Asia's only coffee contract

Death knell sounded for Asia's only coffee contract SINGAPORE (AFP): Two years after its high-profile launch, Asia's sole coffee futures contract is on its death bed amid poor support from traders whose links with liquidity driven Western exchanges are firmly rooted.

TV today

TV todayTVRI 2:30 p.m. News: Lintas Nusantara 2:40 Travel: My Country 2:45 Children's Film: Berenstain Bears 3:00 News: Lintasan Berita 3:10 Teenagers' Program: Remaja Indonesia 3:35 Music: Lagu Pop Daerah 4:00 Regional News 4:30 Science and Technology Program 5:00 English Lessons 5:25 Variety Show...

Where to go in Jakarta:

Where to go in Jakarta:Music * Hotel Horison, Jl. Pantai Indah, Taman Impian Jaya Ancol, North Jakarta: - The Anging Mamiri Garden: Fantastic Group from Philippines, Ever Green Hawaian Band / Orkes Keroncong, Hula-hula Dances, every Saturday Night, 7 p.m. to 10:30 p.m.

SembCorp may offer shares for Jurong

SembCorp may offer shares for Jurong SINGAPORE (Reuter): SembCorp Ltd said yesterday it was considering offering new SembCorp shares and cash as an alternative to just cash in its takeover offer for Jurong Shipyard.

Telkomsel or not Telkomsel

Telkomsel or not Telkomsel On March 28, I bought a Kartu Halo handphone card (No.823239) from a Telkomsel promotion stand in Bintaro Plaza. I produced all required identification and took my new card home, assured by the sales staff that it would be active that evening.

Marubeni funds RI coal

Marubeni funds RI coal TOKYO (Reuter): Marubeni Corp and Sumitomo Corp said yesterday they would provide US$100 million for Indonesia's P.T. Indominco Mandiri's coal mine project in Kalimantan.A statement said each of the Japanese companies would provide $35 million in 10-year loan and acquire $15...

Anthony Salim to join reclamation project

Anthony Salim to join reclamation project JAKARTA (JP): Deputy Governor for Economic and Development Affairs Tb.M. Rais said yesterday that Anthony Salim of the widely diversified Salim group would join the reclamation project in the Jakarta Bay.

Singapore rubber quiet

Singapore rubber quiet SINGAPORE (Reuter): The Singapore rubber market was largely quiet at the close yesterday although some consumers were said to have done some spot deals for SIR20 rubber from Indonesia, dealers said."I heard there was some buying for SIR20 rubber from Indonesia," a dealer said.

Plan to review ABRI's role meet mixed reactions

Plan to review ABRI's role meet mixed reactions JAKARTA (JP): Army generals want the Armed Forces (ABRI) to give Golkar greater independence, a military analyst said yesterday.J. Kristiadi of the Center for Strategic and International Studies said the generals were concerned by ABRI's partiality...

Stiffer penalties for criminals

Stiffer penalties for criminalsFrom RepublikaCriminals are increasingly becoming vicious, without any regard to who their victims are. Among their victims are officials. Just take, for instance, the fatal incident in which a resort police chief of Mamuju district, South Sulawesi, lost his life,...

'Governor a model for subordinates'

'Governor a model for subordinates' JAKARTA (JP): Inspector General of the Ministry of Home Affairs said that Governor Surjadi Soedirdja was an exemplary model for his subordinates.Soedardjat Nataatmaja, however, said that Soedirja was not supported by officials of equal quality.

PDI members told to cast their votes

PDI members told to cast their votes JAKARTA (JP): The government-backed leadership of the Indonesian Democratic Party (PDI) joined the chorus yesterday against calls for a boycott of the election.The PDI chairman Soerjadi said in a speech delivered in the party's 24th anniversary celebration in...