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Thu, 21 Apr 1994
Government To Intensify Information campaign on AIDS
Government To Intensify Information campaign on AIDS JAKARTA (JP): President Soeharto yesterday called for a more intensive information campaign by religious and community leaders to prevent the spread of AIDS (Acquired Immuno-Deficiency Syndrome).
Thu, 21 Apr 1994
Despite Gorazde, U.S. backs Russian diplomatic role
Despite Gorazde, U.S. backs Russian diplomatic role By Carol Giacomo WASHINGTON (Reuter): Despite the humiliating debacle of Gorazde, the United States says Russia's Bosnia diplomacy has been "careful and appropriate" and it seems committed to support Moscow's need to reassert a prominent role on...
Thu, 21 Apr 1994
Malaysian government willing to sell Bank Bumiputra
Malaysian government willing to sell Bank Bumiputra KUALA LUMPUR (AFP): The Malaysian government is willing to divest all of its stake in Bank Bumiputra Malaysia Bhd., the country's second largest bank, to an appropriate party through proper procedures, officials said.
Thu, 21 Apr 1994
Lessons from Medan
Lessons from Medan If the latest reports from Medan are correct, then the ban on further labor protests, which the North Sumatra security authorities issued late last week in the wake of some ugly rioting, has been of limited effect at best.
Thu, 21 Apr 1994
31 orders for made-in-Malaysia aircraft
31 orders for made-in-Malaysia aircraft KUALA LUMPUR (AFP): A Malaysian-German joint venture that will begin local production of an amphibious aircraft early next year has already secured 31 orders, officials said yesterday.
Thu, 21 Apr 1994
JP/3/BASOEKI/0
JP/3/BASOEKI/0Prosecutor asked 20 years jail term for killer of Basuki JAKARTA (JP): Prosecutor Agus Sutoto held to his earlier indictment yesterday and asked the South Jakarta district court to sentence Aminudin, the burglar-turned-killer of Indonesia's master painter Basuki Abdullah, to a 20...
Thu, 21 Apr 1994
Tansil proposes deal to handle Bapindo losses
Tansil proposes deal to handle Bapindo losses JAKARTA (JP): A lawyer for Eddy Tansil said yesterday that his client has offered several of his companies, which he claims to be worth about Rp 1.5 trillion (US$698 million), as compensation for the losses caused by his default on loans from the state...
Thu, 21 Apr 1994
Jakarta trip continues Vietnam's ASEAN flirtation
Jakarta trip continues Vietnam's ASEAN flirtation HANOI (Reuter): Vietnamese President Le Duc Anh's talks in Indonesia next week continue an increasingly steamy affair between communist Hanoi and its non-communist neighbours, diplomats said yesterday.
Thu, 21 Apr 1994
Tax reform to expand withholding tax system
Tax reform to expand withholding tax system JAKARTA (JP): The planned reform in taxation will expand allowable withholding and offer more transparency and fairness, Minister of Finance Mar'ie Muhammad said here yesterday.
Thu, 21 Apr 1994
JP/3/Kedaung/0/12 MB
JP/3/Kedaung/0/12 MBRobbers shoot man to death, injure another in Ciputat JAKARTA (JP): A group of masked men gunned down a 30-year-old man and seriously injured his brother in a robbery yesterday in the Kedaung township of Ciputat, Tangerang.
Thu, 21 Apr 1994
Boutros-Ghali to chair May meeting on East Timor
Boutros-Ghali to chair May meeting on East Timor GENEVA (AFP): UN Secretary General Boutros Boutros Ghali will chair a meeting next month of the Indonesian and Portuguese foreign ministers on the former Portuguese colony of East Timor, UN spokeswoman Therese Gastaut said yesterday.
Thu, 21 Apr 1994
Port promises to end illegal levies
Port promises to end illegal levies JAKARTA (JP): PT Pelabuhan Indonesia II, the state-owned company managing the Tanjung Priok port, has promised to eliminate illegal levies for the transportation of goods with containers into and out of the port.
Thu, 21 Apr 1994
Sudjana Kerton recorded history of modern Indonesia
Sudjana Kerton recorded history of modern IndonesiaBy Astri Wright JAKARTA (JP): Sudjana Kerton, internationally known Indonesian painter of national revolutions, street entertainers and small town culture, passed away in Bandung on April 6 at the age of 72.
Thu, 21 Apr 1994
A revolution of good taste at the "Bastille"
A revolution of good taste at the "Bastille"JAKARTA (JP): At a party not too long ago, amid the young diplomats and other impresarios of Jakarta-chic, a bearded, cigar-smoking man strode about in a grease smattered chef's uniform, apparently unconcerned with the power chatting he was missing.
Thu, 21 Apr 1994
JP/2/peacekeepers
JP/2/peacekeepersIndonesian peacekeepers released JAKARTA (JP): The six Indonesian peacekeepers in the custody of the Bosnian Serb forces since April 14 were released at midnight on Tuesday, the Armed Forces (ABRI) headquarters announced yesterday.
Thu, 21 Apr 1994
Harmony with natives key to successful transmigration program
Harmony with natives key to successful transmigration program JAKARTA (JP): A demographer has urged the government to promote efforts to create harmonious relations between the natives and the new settlers in the transmigration sites to avoid social conflicts.
Thu, 21 Apr 1994
TV Today: Thursday, April 21
TV Today: Thursday, April 21TVRI 2:30 p.m. TV Series: Tarzan 3:05 Dances 3:30 TV Series: The Sword of Tipu Sultan 4:30 Women's Program 5:00 Regional News 5:30 Arabic Lessons 6:05 Nusantara the Beloved Country: North Sulawesi 6:15 Village Program 6:25 Koran Recital 6:35 Religious Teachings: Islam...
Thu, 21 Apr 1994
JAKARTA (JP): Share prices continued declining on the Jakarta
JAKARTA (JP): Share prices continued declining on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (JSX) yesterday as many foreign investors took sales positions.The broad-based Composite Index dropped to close seven points lower at 458.67.The narrower-based GTDBS-50 Index also lost ground to close at 108.
Thu, 21 Apr 1994
1. Cleans --- 14 Metro Medium, 3 lines, 3 cols, l/c
1. Cleans --- 14 Metro Medium, 3 lines, 3 cols, l/cHendro rebuts reports on plan to impose curfew 2. Crime --- 28 Helvetica Bold, 2 lines, 3 cols, l/cSurjadi blames crime on overly dense population 3. Basuki --- 28 Metro Medium, 2 lines, 3 cols, l/cProsecutor holds his ground to demand for Basuki's...
Thu, 21 Apr 1994
Governor defends decision to punish 11 real estate developers
Governor defends decision to punish 11 real estate developers JAKARTA (JP): Governor Surjadi Soedirdja, in response to the decision of East Jakarta Mayor Sudarsono to suspend the permits of 11 real estate developers, told reporters that while he is not well acquainted with the decision that he...
Thu, 21 Apr 1994
Trend of women's projects - how beneficial for women?
Trend of women's projects - how beneficial for women? By Nori Adriyani [10 pts ML]JAKARTA (JP): In two villages in Klaten, Central Java, there are at least two groups of women involved in projects which the organizers say are improving the women's welfare.
Thu, 21 Apr 1994
JP/3/Focus/0 set 12pts U75 1 col 2 lines
JP/3/Focus/0 set 12pts U75 1 col 2 lines Organda protests bus impoundment The City Land Transport Owners' Organization (Organda DKI Jaya) is protesting the impoundment of 20 city buses by the City Land Transportation and Traffic Control Office (DLLAJR).
Thu, 21 Apr 1994
Singapore to invest up to 30 percent of capital reserves in Asia: Goh
Singapore to invest up to 30 percent of capital reserves in Asia: Goh LONDON (AFP): Singapore, traditionally an investor in established capitalist economies, is targeting developing Asian nations for 20-30 percent of its reserve capital, Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong said here.
Thu, 21 Apr 1994
Writing Contest for Teachers
Writing Contest for Teachers JAKARTA (JP): The Book Center Office of the Ministry of Education and Culture is holding the 6th writing contest for teachers of elementary, junior and senior high schools, using the environmental issue as the theme.
Thu, 21 Apr 1994
Labor union demands firm measures against rioters
Labor union demands firm measures against rioters JAKARTA (JP): The All Indonesian Workers Union (SPSI) has demanded firm measures be taken against the workers who looted shops and burned cars during a series of demonstrations in North Sumatra's provincial capital of Medan.
Wed, 20 Apr 1994
Police secure suspicious box at U.S. embassy compound
Police secure suspicious box at U.S. embassy compound JAKARTA (JP): Police secured a package believed to contain an explosive device which caused concern among staffers at the American embassy compound yesterday."The object is being further examined at the squad's headquarters," Col. Heniyoso G.
Wed, 20 Apr 1994
A and B: Operation
A and B: Operation CLEAN SWEEP: The results of the first ten days of Operation Cleansing were put on display yesterday afternoon at the East Jakarta military headquarter. Some of the operation's personnel were studying the haul which was displayed on the front lawn of the headquarter.
Wed, 20 Apr 1994
Indovest Bank's bad investments cost it Rp 1b
Indovest Bank's bad investments cost it Rp 1b JAKARTA (JP): Indovest Bank, a joint venture bank listed on the Jakarta and Surabaya stock exchanges, suffered a financial loss of Rp 1.08 billion (US$502,793) from its securities trading on the capital market last year.
Wed, 20 Apr 1994
Indonesia is ADB's top borrower
Indonesia is ADB's top borrower MANILA (AFP): Indonesia was the top borrower of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) in 1993 with US$1.293 billion in loans, while energy and infrastructure got the lion's share of funds, the bank said yesterday.
Wed, 20 Apr 1994
NCO orchestra starts hopeful note with British pianist
NCO orchestra starts hopeful note with British pianist By Gus Kairupan JAKARTA (JP): Rachmaninoff. Together with Liszt, this Russian composer has produced the most fiendishly difficult works for the piano. But pianistic fireworks do not music make.
Wed, 20 Apr 1994
American and Asian exporters benefit most from Japanese import
American and Asian exporters benefit most from Japanese import boom TOKYO (AFP): Exporters from the United States and Asian countries, notably China, are benefiting most from the current boom in Japanese imports, leaving their European competitors largely behind.
Wed, 20 Apr 1994
Operation Cleansing nets 500 people
Operation Cleansing nets 500 people JAKARTA (JP): The city authorities have captured almost 500 people and seized five firearms, more than one hundred sharp weapons and 40,000 bottles of alcohol in the first ten days of the ongoing Operation Cleansing crime crackdown.
Wed, 20 Apr 1994
Indonesia blasts UN, NATO over slow action in Bosnia
Indonesia blasts UN, NATO over slow action in Bosnia JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia attacked the United Nations and NATO yesterday for their hesitance to take firm actions against the Bosnian Serbs, who violated a peace accord by attacking the Moslem enclave of Gorazde.
Wed, 20 Apr 1994
Govt to assign underwriter for Indosat soon: Ministry
Govt to assign underwriter for Indosat soon: Ministry JAKARTA (JP): The government will appoint this week an international financial firm as the lead underwriter of PT Indosat's public offering to be launched both on local and overseas markets later this year.
Wed, 20 Apr 1994
Khmer Rouge now kidnapping westerners - police
Khmer Rouge now kidnapping westerners - police PHNOM PENH (Agencies): Khmer Rouge guerrillas have begun a new policy of kidnapping westerners in Cambodia to raise money and scare off foreign investors, a police commander said yesterday.
Wed, 20 Apr 1994
ASEAN At A Glance
ASEAN At A GlanceDepressed teacher kills family BANGKOK (Reuter): A Thai schoolteacher, depressed by mounting debts, killed his wife and two children and then hanged himself, police said yesterday. Police in the southern province of Nakorn Si Thammarat said the teacher strangled his wife,...
Wed, 20 Apr 1994
New Method of Contraception Introduced
New Method of Contraception Introduced JAKARTA (JP): A new form of contraception is more effective than old methods because it has no significant side effects and has a high level of reliability, an expert said here yesterday.
Wed, 20 Apr 1994
Jababeka's factory buildings sold out
Jababeka's factory buildings sold out JAKARTA (JP): In only three months PT Kawasan Industri Jababeka (KIJ), the owner of Cikarang Industrial Estate (CIE), has succeeded in selling 152 "Three in One" factory buildings, which role a factory, an office and a house into one.
Wed, 20 Apr 1994
JAKARTA (JP): After strengthening on the last four days, the
JAKARTA (JP): After strengthening on the last four days, the Jakarta Stock Exchange (JSX) slipped back again yesterday, with the broad-based Composite Index losing 10 points to close at 465.75 from 475.77 on Monday.
Wed, 20 Apr 1994
Bapindo trial
Bapindo trial According to the Attorney General Singgih, the dossiers on the Bapindo credit fraud will be submitted to the court by the end of this month. It is to be noted that the government has the political will to take concrete steps toward a clean and respectable administration.
Wed, 20 Apr 1994
Compulsory Education Program Will Begin on May 2
Compulsory Education Program Will Begin on May 2 JAKARTA (JP): President Soeharto will officially mark the beginning of the new nine year compulsory education program on May 2 at the Jakarta Hilton Convention Center.
Wed, 20 Apr 1994
MEDAN, North Sumatra (JP): Striking workers went on a rampage
MEDAN, North Sumatra (JP): Striking workers went on a rampage again yesterday, throwing stones at factories and overturning parked cars.The chaos kept most business activities in the downtown area at a complete halt.
Wed, 20 Apr 1994
Where to go in Jakarta, April 20
Where to go in Jakarta, April 20Jangan hapus: Dai-ichi Hotel, JAMZ Musico The Aryaduta Jakarta, Jl. Prapatan 44-48, Central Jakarta: - Ambassador Lounge: Amir (pianist) Monday to Friday 7:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m., Saturday 8 a.m. to 10 a.m.; Boece (pianist) & Rima Monday to Thursday 7 p.m. to 11:30 p.m.
Wed, 20 Apr 1994
Bandung footballers receive enthusiastic welcome party
Bandung footballers receive enthusiastic welcome party JAKARTA (JP): Thousands of Bandung soccer enthusiasts joined a deafening celebration yesterday to toast the heroes who brought home the President's Cup from the amateur soccer championship.
Wed, 20 Apr 1994
PATA against European ruling that allows travel agent suits
PATA against European ruling that allows travel agent suits By I. Christianto SEOUL (JP): The Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) is opposing the European Union's (EU) plan to issue a ruling that will allow European tourists to sue travel operators that violate their promises on tour packages, a...
Wed, 20 Apr 1994
JP/3/Levina/set 2 cols Box
JP/3/Levina/set 2 cols BoxPolice develop new theory on Levina murder JAKARTA (JP): Police said they believe that six-year-old Levina Dwisy, whose body was found at Ancol Dreamland in North Jakarta, was murdered by hired killers paid by a lover of the girl's father.
Wed, 20 Apr 1994
Yayuk seeded third at Indonesia Open
Yayuk seeded third at Indonesia Open JAKARTA (JP): The country's number one player and defending champion Yayuk Basuki is seeded third at the Indonesia Open women's tennis championships starting here on Monday.
Wed, 20 Apr 1994
Foreign households find convenience in having helpers
Foreign households find convenience in having helpers By Chris Supangkat JAKARTA (JP): Although Jakarta cannot be compared to romantic Paris or picturesque San Francisco by the Bay, most expatriates seem to like it here just fine.
Wed, 20 Apr 1994
Rupiah depreciation
Rupiah depreciation Foreign exchange officials at several banks have noted a new wave of dollar purchases in recent weeks due to the higher pace of the depreciation of the rupiah. Although the buying has not reached the point of "being a rush" to the greenback, some analysts have begun to nurture...
Wed, 20 Apr 1994
Indonesia has time to adjust itself to GATT guidelines
Indonesia has time to adjust itself to GATT guidelines JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Trade Satrio B. Joedono is convinced that Indonesia will be ready to comply with all the provisions of GATT when the World Trade Organization (WTO) is activated next year.