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Fri, 30 May 1997
The ups and downs of a tollgate attendant Nina Andriani
The ups and downs of a tollgate attendant Nina Andriani JAKARTA (JP): After an unknown woman appeared in a TV commercial program in 1994 as a tollgate attendant, many women in the profession have been teased by passing motorists.
Fri, 30 May 1997
Hayono praises Surjadi's step on Games stickers
Hayono praises Surjadi's step on Games stickers JAKARTA (JP): State Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports Hayono Isman has supported Jakarta Governor Surjadi Soedirdja's call to stop the use of the 19th SEA Games donation stickers.
Fri, 30 May 1997
USDA raises exports credits
USDA raises exports credits WASHINGTON (Reuter): The U.S. Agriculture Department on Wednesday said it increased by US$100 million the amount of credit guarantees available to U.S. exporters for sales of U.S. farm goods to Indonesia under the GSM-102 program.
Fri, 30 May 1997
Negligent AC passenger-bus owners warned
Negligent AC passenger-bus owners warned JAKARTA (JP): The City Land Transport Agency has threatened to revoke permits of air-conditioned (AC) limited passenger buses owned by bus companies which decline to fully operate regular buses.
Fri, 30 May 1997
Japan's April coffee imports rise
Japan's April coffee imports rise TOKYO (Reuter): A rush to buy coffee by local roasters amidst tight global supplies and rising prices was behind the increase in Japan's April bean imports, coffee traders said yesterday.Japan's green coffee imports in April totaled 31,059 tons, up by 13.
Fri, 30 May 1997
Overzealous voters spoil ballot papers
Overzealous voters spoil ballot papers JAKARTA: Ballot counting officials couldn't believe their eyes yesterday when they found a ballot paper with Golkar's symbol cut out instead of being pierced with the nail they had provided.
Fri, 30 May 1997
Where to go in Bali:
Where to go in Bali:Music and entertainment * Bali Cliff, Pecatu: Frog Dance, Saturday. Balinese Theater, Ramayana Ballet, Monday. Kecak Dance, Tuesday and Saturday. Legong Dance, Wednesday. Mask Dance, Thursday. Jegog Orchestra, Friday. Tektekan Calonarang, Sunday, from 8.30 p.m.
Fri, 30 May 1997
TV today
TV todayTVRI 2:30 p.m. News: Lintas Nusantara 2:40 Travel: My Country 2:45 Children's Film: Kelly 3:10 Children's Program: Dances 3:35 Talk Show: Sambung Rasa 4:00 Regional News 4:30 Student's Quiz: Cerdas Cermat 5:10 Film: Home Green Home 5:30 Music: Paket 27 6:00 News: Lintasan Berita 6:05...
Fri, 30 May 1997
Holiday mood grips capital as people go to the polls
Holiday mood grips capital as people go to the polls JAKARTA (JP): Holiday mood gripped the capital, which is well-known for its notorious daily traffic jams, as most of its citizens went to the polls yesterday.
Fri, 30 May 1997
Indah Kiat to sell Rp 2.5t new shares
Indah Kiat to sell Rp 2.5t new shares JAKARTA (JP): PT Indah Kiat Pulp & Paper will issue rights shares this year to raise about Rp 2.5 trillion (US$1.042 billion) to finance expansion projects.Indah Kiat, listed on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (JSX), will sell about 2.
Fri, 30 May 1997
Mother and son join forces in dance project
Mother and son join forces in dance project JAKARTA (JP): There is no denying that mother and son Gusmiati Suid and Boi G. Sakti have established their own unique foothold in Indonesian dance.Taking the traditional martial art of pencak silat and the dance forms of their Minangkabau culture of West...
Fri, 30 May 1997
End of Games stickers welcomed
End of Games stickers welcomed JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesian Consumers Foundation has welcomed the municipality's decision to stop selling SEA Games stickers.The chairperson of the foundation, Tini Hadad, said on Wednesday the municipality should be praised for listening to people's complaints.
Fri, 30 May 1997
Domestic airport taxes
Domestic airport taxesFrom KompasI am a tourist guide for a travel agency and I would like to pose a question to PT Angkasa Pura at the Soekarno-Hatta International Airport.On April 9, 1997, our guests arrived in Jakarta on flight TG 413 at 4:25 p.m.
Fri, 30 May 1997
Corruption at customs
Corruption at customs Let me assure you from personal experience that corruption is back in the customs process in a big way and that virtually nothing is computerized. I recently tried to clear a small package through customs at the Soekarno-Hatta International Airport, and it took all day.
Fri, 30 May 1997
Complaints about voting hitches pour in
Complaints about voting hitches pour in JAKARTA (JP): Complaints about voting hitches poured in yesterday from several quarters but mostly from the minority Indonesian Democratic Party (PDI) and the United Development Party (PPP).
Fri, 30 May 1997
Nonvoters throw karaoke party
Nonvoters throw karaoke party SURABAYA: Students here seem to have unlimited ways of demonstrating their opposition to yesterday's general election.As people queued and perspired at polling stations, about 100 members of the Golput Students Movement fished in the Rolak Ketintang river to attract...
Fri, 30 May 1997
Basofi better known as singer
Basofi better known as singer SURABAYA: The flamboyant Basofi Soedirman found out yesterday that most local people knew him as a dangdut folk singer rather than as their governor.While visiting a polling station near the city, he was treated like a pop star.
Thu, 29 May 1997
Party supporters destroy street lamps
Party supporters destroy street lamps UJUNGPANDANG, South Sulawesi: Vandalism of street lamps during the campaign has cost the mayoralty an estimated Rp 600 million (US$270,000)."The street lamps are among many public facilities vandalized by party supporters during the campaign," mayor Malik B.
Thu, 29 May 1997
Rolls-Royce says Garuda to continue operating A330s
Rolls-Royce says Garuda to continue operating A330s HONG KONG (AFP): Rolls-Royce, the British manufacturer, said in a statement here yesterday that it had solved the design problem which had caused the incidents and led to the grounding of the 15 A330-300s of Cathay Pacific and Dragonair.
Thu, 29 May 1997
From ballot box to final results
From ballot box to final results JAKARTA (JP): The long process of counting 124.7 million ballots will begin this afternoon, only hours after election committees from the capital's center to the remotest island close their ballot stations.
Thu, 29 May 1997
City Council's position hindered by 1974 law
City Council's position hindered by 1974 law JAKARTA (JP): When 5.7 million Jakartans go to the polls today they may hardly have a clue who will represent them on the City Council. A proportional election system in which people vote for a party instead of certain people renders councilors rather...
Thu, 29 May 1997
RI backs ASEAN expansion this year
RI backs ASEAN expansion this year JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia gave its backing yesterday to the admission of Cambodia, Laos and Myanmar into the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) this year, saying that all three had fulfilled the technical requirements for membership.
Thu, 29 May 1997
BI denies directing Gunung Agung in Arta Prima deal
BI denies directing Gunung Agung in Arta Prima deal JAKARTA (JP): Bank Indonesia, the central bank, yesterday denied it had directed PT Gunung Agung and Group to enter negotiations with Kim Johanes Mulia on a Bank Arta Prima deal which led to a promissory notes scam.
Thu, 29 May 1997
Bakrie Finance Corp takes over Swadinamika
Bakrie Finance Corp takes over Swadinamika JAKARTA (JP): Publicly listed PT Bakrie Finance Corporation (BFC) has taken over a majority stake in PT Swadinamika Multi Finance (SMF).Company's corporate secretary Sri Yudaningrum said that BFC acquired over 57 million shares of Swadinamika last week for...
Thu, 29 May 1997
Stock Exchange
Stock ExchangeStock prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (in rupiah) on May 28, 1997: Shares Close Change Trading Volume ----------------------------------------------------------- Ades Alfindo 1,425 75 1,757,000 AHAP Insurance 2,675 0 0 Alter Abadi 1,125 0 2,500 Alumindo Light Metal 1,075 0 57,000...
Thu, 29 May 1997
SE Asian cocoa prices mixed against NY fall
SE Asian cocoa prices mixed against NY fall KUALA LUMPUR (Reuter): Cocoa prices in Malaysia rose yesterday, fueled by strong demand for cocoa beans, while Indonesia quoted lower in tandem with an overnight fall on New York CSCE cocoa futures.
Thu, 29 May 1997
Govt employees flee in panic after bomb threat
Govt employees flee in panic after bomb threat JAKARTA (JP): More than 2,000 employees of the Ministry of Education and Culture fled the ministry's 20-story building on Jl. Jend. Sudirman in Central Jakarta in panic yesterday after two employees received a series of phoned-in bomb threats.
Thu, 29 May 1997
Ban on foreign palm oil investment to stay
Ban on foreign palm oil investment to stay JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Agriculture Sjarifudin Baharsjah ruled out yesterday the possibility of lifting the ban on new foreign investments in the oil palm plantations.
Thu, 29 May 1997
RP to seek extension of IMF supervision
RP to seek extension of IMF supervision MANILA (AFP): The Philippines may have to delay its planned exit from International Monetary Fund (IMF) economic supervision for three months until around September, economic officials said here yesterday.
Thu, 29 May 1997
Poverty eradication efforts
Poverty eradication efforts The number of poor Indonesians has been declining each year. The Central Bureau of Statistics, using the 1996 National Social- Economic Survey as a reference, has estimated that the number of poor people in Indonesia is currently 22.5 million, which is 11.
Thu, 29 May 1997
Singapore denies border jams
Singapore denies border jams SINGAPORE (DPA): Singapore Customs and Immigration officials denied press reports yesterday that they had caused traffic jams in Malaysia by stepping up checks against Malaysian drivers entering the country.
Thu, 29 May 1997
Where to go in Jakarta:
Where to go in Jakarta:Music * Dai-ichi Hotel, Jl. Senen Raya 135, Central Jakarta: - Morgan's 1072 Classic Disco: Lemon Tea Band/Time Motion Band, Tuesday, 9 p.m. to 12.30 a.m.; Smart Band, Wednesday, 9 p.m. to 12.30 a.m.; R and Co Band, Saturday, 9.30 p.m. to 1 a.m.
Thu, 29 May 1997
Iranian faces 17 years in jail
Iranian faces 17 years in jail JAKARTA (JP): A state prosecutor asked the Central Jakarta District Court yesterday to sentence an Iranian to 17 years imprisonment for possessing and trafficking 155 heroin pills.
Thu, 29 May 1997
Where to go in Bandung:
Where to go in Bandung:Music and Entertainment * Horison Hotel, Jl. Pelajar Pejuang 45 No. 121, Maskumambang 8 Buah Batu: - Spec's Music Lounge and Karaoke, at 7 p.m. to 2 a.m., P&P Band and Flower Power Band, Wednesday, Saturday; Organist and Singer, daily.
Thu, 29 May 1997
State transportation firms asked to improve services
State transportation firms asked to improve services JAKARTA (JP): State Minister of Administrative Reforms T.B. Silalahi urged state transportation companies yesterday to improve their poor service."State-owned transportation firms are slower to improve service than other firms like (the...
Thu, 29 May 1997
Mobil's petrochem project
Mobil's petrochem project SINGAPORE (DPA): Mobil appears poised to go ahead with plans to build a multi-billion dollar petrochemical complex in Singapore, a news report in the island republic said yesterday.
Thu, 29 May 1997
Mandarin's new director
Mandarin's new director JAKARTA (JP): Surabaya's Hotel Majapahit, a Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group property, has appointed Daniela Grendene its director of sales and marketing, an executive announced.The hotel's general manager, Martin Rinck, said here yesterday that Grendene, who has also worked...
Thu, 29 May 1997
Pertamina raises fuel supply
Pertamina raises fuel supply JAKARTA (JP): State-owned oil and gas company Pertamina said it had raised its fuel stocks to guarantee supply throughout the country during and after the general election."We have set up task forces, as we do ahead of Christmas and Lebaran holidays, to secure the...
Thu, 29 May 1997
Art Agenda
Art AgendaExhibition: Seniwati Sanggar Muda at Gallery of Art by Women, Banjar Taman, Ubud, Ph. (361) 975485; June 1 - July 18The annual student exhibition of Seniwati Sanggar Muda, whose members' ages range from 6 to 17 years.
Thu, 29 May 1997
N. Korea sells gold for birthday bash: Traders
N. Korea sells gold for birthday bash: Traders SEOUL (Reuter): Hungry North Korea sold a huge batch of gold to the South last month, not to buy food but to fund a lavish party to mark the birthday of the late "Great Leader" Kim Il- sung, traders said yesterday.
Thu, 29 May 1997
Indictment in riot case inconclusive
Indictment in riot case inconclusive JAKARTA (JP): Defense lawyers told Central District Court yesterday that the prosecutor's indictment read last week against defendants in the Tanah Abang riot case was inaccurate.
Thu, 29 May 1997
Bintang, Xanana banned to testify
Bintang, Xanana banned to testify JAKARTA (JP): Jailed politician Sri Bintang Pamungkas and East Timorese rebel leader Xanana Gusmao were forbidden to testify yesterday at a youth activist's trial at the South Jakarta District Court.
Thu, 29 May 1997
Disco visitor nabbed with gun
Disco visitor nabbed with gun UJUNGPANDANG, South Sulawesi: Police have arrested a man for threatening discotheque patrons with a pistol.The man entered the town's M night club at about 11 p.m. Tuesday.Eyewitnesses said he yelled, "Freeze or I will shoot you", Antara reported.
Thu, 29 May 1997
Why is the 'jilbab' still forbidden?
Why is the 'jilbab' still forbidden?From RepublikaMy sister, who is a junior high school student in East Jakarta, is being treated unfairly by the school management. It started when she had to take national exams, which requires a recent photograph.
Thu, 29 May 1997
Saluting Solihin
Saluting Solihin I could not agree more with Bapak Solihin GP's view on the effect of the 1997 election campaign published in the May 27 Kompas under the headline Jangan salahkan rakyat (Do not blame the people).
Thu, 29 May 1997
Group of youths seeks Soerjadi's arrest
Group of youths seeks Soerjadi's arrest JAKARTA (JP): A group in support of the deposed leader of the Indonesian Democratic Party (PDI), Megawati Soekarnoputri, called for the arrest of Soerjadi yesterday for alleged involvement in the takeover of the party's headquarters on July 27 last year.
Thu, 29 May 1997
Decks on croc river dismantled
Decks on croc river dismantled SAMARINDA, East Kalimantan: Villagers in Sanga Sanga, Kutai regency, have dismantled wooden platforms used for washing dishes and clothes in a river after a crocodile tried to eat a girl on one of them last week.
Thu, 29 May 1997
S'pore tempts overseas property developers
S'pore tempts overseas property developers SINGAPORE (AFP): Singapore invited overseas developers yesterday to explore opportunities in this land-short city-state and offered to be a strategic partner in joint ventures elsewhere in the Asia-Pacific region.
Thu, 29 May 1997
Fishermen, beware of stolen pants
Fishermen, beware of stolen pants LARANTUKA, East Nusa Tenggara (JP): Fisherman Michael Musi kept losing his pants while he was away at sea until he struck a brilliant idea to catch the thief last week.
Thu, 29 May 1997
Australia copes with yellow peril
Australia copes with yellow perilBy Ganewati Wuryandari and Ikrar Nusa Bhakti JAKARTA (JP): Over the past year, Australia's public racism debate has not shown any flagging signs. The issue, triggered by the Independent Party representative for Queensland, Pauline Hanson last September, is...