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Mon, 22 May 1995
TV today
TV todayTVRI 2:30 p.m. TV Series: Voltron 3:00 Children's Program 3:30 TV Series: Unsolved Mysteries 4:30 School Quiz: Cepat Tepat 5:00 Regional News 5:30 Family Program 6:05 Nusantara, the Beloved Country 6:15 Village Program 6:30 Hankamnas 7:00 Evening News 7:30 TV Drama 8:05 TV Series: Santa...
Mon, 22 May 1995
'Yogya Post' reappears
'Yogya Post' reappears YOGYAKARTA: The Yogya Post daily, which stopped publishing in 1992 because of financial difficulties, has resumed as a weekly with a circulation of 10,000.Yahya Ombara, president of the daily's publisher PT Citra Masa Kini, said on Saturday that the paper plans to appear...
Mon, 22 May 1995
Amien tells Moslems not to be easily provoked
Amien tells Moslems not to be easily provoked SEMARANG (JP): Moslems should be more discerning and not be drawn into polarizing debates on sensitive issues such as human rights and social gaps, a prominent Moslem leader said yesterday.
Mon, 22 May 1995
Results of research
Results of researchFrom KompasI was saddened to read the report about Dr. Mochtadi in Semarang, Central Java (Kompas, May 13, 1995). He will be stripped of his position because he unveiled the outcome of his research on the sexual behavior of teenagers in Semarang.
Mon, 22 May 1995
Korean man makes maid sex model
Korean man makes maid sex model SEMARANG, Central Java: The provincial legislative council is taking reports that a Korean worker has photographed his maid in the nude seriously.The council has called for an investigation into the reports that have been circulating among local newspapers.
Mon, 22 May 1995
Indovision
Indovision Correction: The eighth paragraph of an article on Indovision on Page 9 of the Saturday edition should have read: In order to relay the programs, subscribers need to own a parabola antenna and a decoder worth Rp 1.24 million (US$559) -- instead of Rp 4.35 million, as printed.
Mon, 22 May 1995
26 people injured in quake-hit C. Sulawesi
26 people injured in quake-hit C. Sulawesi JAKARTA (JP): The number of people injured in a weekend earthquake in the Central Sulawesi capital of Palu has reached 26.The earthquake, measuring 5.8 on the open-ended Richter scale, also damaged or destroyed hundreds of buildings.
Mon, 22 May 1995
DBS Bank opens branch
DBS Bank opens branch SHANGHAI (AFP): DBS Bank, one of Singapore's Big Four banks, officially opened a branch office here Saturday, becoming the 35th foreign financial institution to do so in China's financial center.
Mon, 22 May 1995
Relations with Israel
Relations with IsraelFrom ProspekOpening diplomatic channels with Israel would be tantamount to an unconstitutional act since our Constitution is against any form of colonialism and imperialism. If we do this, it means that we indirectly approve of and support Israel's imperialism against the...
Mon, 22 May 1995
Economic plan for Mindanao
Economic plan for Mindanao ZAMBOANGA, Philippines (Reuter): President Fidel Ramos yesterday launched a 15-year development plan for the Philippines' most politically volatile region but said it had little chance of success unless Moslem extremism was curbed.
Mon, 22 May 1995
Publishers insist on lower book prices
Publishers insist on lower book prices JAKARTA (JP): Soaring newsprint prices have forced publishers to once again pressure the government to exempt books from numerous taxes in order to make books affordable.
Mon, 22 May 1995
Traffic chaos
Traffic chaosFrom Media IndonesiaIt would be more appropriate to welcome the "National Discipline Movement" by first focusing our attention on the traffic problem. In spite of the traffic lights, traffic continues to be congested at several intersections like Jl.
Mon, 22 May 1995
Implementation of Constitution discussed
Implementation of Constitution discussed JAKARTA (JP): Observers have bemoaned shortcomings in the implementation of the 1945 Constitution, including the concentration of capital in the hands of a privileged few.
Mon, 22 May 1995
Govt pressed to ban imports of toxic waste
Govt pressed to ban imports of toxic waste JAKARTA (JP): Seventeen environmental, consumer and legal aid organizations joined hands this weekend to pressure the government to reimpose the total ban on importing toxic and hazardous waste.
Mon, 22 May 1995
'Rice fields not to disappear'
'Rice fields not to disappear' JAKARTA (JP): Governor Surjadi Soedirdja says that the rapid development of the capital is not being carried out at the expense of rice fields.The governor made the remark in a speech on Friday to mark the beginning of the harvest of rice planted under an agriculture...
Mon, 22 May 1995
Student on silence and hunger strike
Student on silence and hunger strike JAKARTA (JP): A student entered his second day of hunger and silence strike on Saturday at the University of Indonesia's campus in Depok, in protest of various human rights abuses.He began the strike on Friday at the House of Representatives building.
Mon, 22 May 1995
The go-nuclear issue
The go-nuclear issue Last Friday, for the third time in six months, a public debate on nuclear energy organized by the Indonesian Forum for the Environment (Walhi) was canceled. This was reportedly because the Ministry of Home Affairs refused to issue a recommendation for the organizers to enable...
Mon, 22 May 1995
Bambang Wiyogo elected as new Hipmi chairman
Bambang Wiyogo elected as new Hipmi chairman JAKARTA (JP): Executives of the Association of Indonesian Young Businessmen (Hipmi) elected Bambang Atmanto Wiyogo, son of former Jakarta governor Wiyogo Atmodarminto, as the association's chairman for the 1995 to 1998 term at the end of their congress...
Mon, 22 May 1995
Golkar for review of Tapornas
Golkar for review of Tapornas JAKARTA (JP): Golkar chairman Harmoko said that the government's plan to fund-raise for national sports development with a savings scheme next year should be studied and discussed in the House of Representatives and with mass organizations.
Mon, 22 May 1995
Pluit to have mega-mall by end of year
Pluit to have mega-mall by end of year JAKARTA (JP): Megamall Pluit, a new exclusive shopping center being built at a cost of about US$100 million in Pluit, North Jakarta, is scheduled to open this December.
Mon, 22 May 1995
Vietnam gets help with English for ASEAN countries
Vietnam gets help with English for ASEAN countries HANOI (Agencies): Friendly governments are helping Vietnamese officials learn English before the country becomes a member of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in July, diplomats said yesterday.
Mon, 22 May 1995
BNI to float shares
BNI to float shares JAKARTA (JP): State-owned Bank Negara Indonesia (BNI) has announced that it will offer shares to the public by next year."Minister of Finance Mar'ie Muhammad has agreed to this plan and we expect BNI to float its shares by 1996," Winarto Soemarto, the bank's president, was...
Mon, 22 May 1995
Promotion of democracy hits obstacle: Scholar
Promotion of democracy hits obstacle: Scholar YOGYAKARTA (JP): Efforts to strengthen the House of Representatives as the pillar of democracy in Indonesia have hit a wall, an academic says.Ichlasul Amal of Gadjah Mada University said during a seminar last week that the House's internal rules are far...
Sun, 21 May 1995
18 injured in Palu quake
18 injured in Palu quake JAKARTA (JP): An earthquake measuring 5.5 on the Richter scale hit Palu, Central Sulawesi, at dawn yesterday, injuring at least 18 people.J.R. Pua, an officer at the Palu command post which accommodates reports on developments related to the earthquake, told The Jakarta...
Sun, 21 May 1995
Sumarah Adhyatman rescues ceramics for posterity
Sumarah Adhyatman rescues ceramics for posterityBy T. Sima Gunawan JAKARTA (JP): Nationalism moved Sumarah Adhyatman to become an expert in ceramics.It was back in 1969 when there was no books on ceramics in Indonesia and people didn't care about earthenware.
Sun, 21 May 1995
Score Roundup
Score RoundupSoccerFrench league Bastia 2 Nantes 2Bundesliga Leverkeusen 0 Munich 2 Hamburg SV 0 Cologne 4BadmintonSudirman Cup South Korea 2 China 3 Indonesia 3 Denmark 2 France 3 Belgium 2 Kazakhstan 4 Hungary 1 Slovenia 2 Mauritius 3 Cyprus 3 Italy 2 Morocco 0 Brazil 5 Malta 1 Slovakia 4 Sweden...
Sun, 21 May 1995
S'pore seeks UNSC seat
S'pore seeks UNSC seat SINGAPORE (Reuter): Singapore has applied for a non-permanent seat on the UN Security Council for the period 2001-2002, a government statement said yesterday.The candidature was formally announced by the Charge d'Affaires of Singapore to the United Nations at a meeting of the...
Sun, 21 May 1995
TV today
TV todayTVRI 7:00 a.m. Morning News 7:30 Healthy and Fresh with Berty Tilarso 7:40 Cartoon: Vicky The Viking 8:05 Culture Program 8:35 Children's Stories 9:00 People and Events 9:30 Comedy: Ria Jenaka 9:45 Music 10:45 Youth Program 11:15 Science Program 11:45 Sports: Dari Gelanggang Ke Gelanggang...
Sun, 21 May 1995
Matching Asia's politics with its economics
Matching Asia's politics with its economics James Cotton looks at the increasing mismatch between economic performance and political institutions in Asia-Pacific countries. According to the World Bank, the "High-performing Asian economies" (HPAEs) of Asia are the four tigers (South Korea, Taiwan,...
Sun, 21 May 1995
Jakarta Convention Center
Jakarta Convention Center On behalf of the Jakarta Convention Center I would like to thank The Jakarta Post for publishing a story in the Guess What column on Sunday, May 14, 1995.However, I would like to clarify one thing in the story.
Sun, 21 May 1995
Indonesia and S. Korea set for early meeting
Indonesia and S. Korea set for early meeting LAUSANNE, Switzerland (Agencies): Nail-biting final group matches cost favorite Indonesia an early meeting with title holder South Korea in the Sudirman Cup mixed team badminton championship here on Friday.
Sun, 21 May 1995
Korean film festival to open at Taman Ismail Marzuki
Korean film festival to open at Taman Ismail MarzukiBy Jane Scott JAKARTA (JP): Koreans are prodigious movie goers and have wide ranging tastes. A recent film, Sopyongje, by veteran Korean director Im Kwok-taek, broke 1993 Korean box office records, drawing over one million viewers.
Sun, 21 May 1995
Guess What? Paquita
Guess What? Paquita All over the globe models are jumping off the catwalks and going into music, literature, television, films and gossip columns.Jamaican-born Naomi Campbell has started her career as a novelist, while Claudia Schiffer finds being a gossip columnist an interesting job.
Sun, 21 May 1995
Bumpy road to a 'multicultural' New Zealand
Bumpy road to a 'multicultural' New Zealand JAKARTA (JP): It was a sunny, but puzzling May morning at the New Zealand Maori Arts and Crafts Institute. Signs pointed toward the main entry, but other notices declared the site was closed due to "inconvenience".
Sun, 21 May 1995
Guess What? Addie M. Sumaatmadja
Guess What? Addie M. Sumaatmadja "I am so glad to be selected as a participant of a prestigious conducting workshop in the United States," gushed Addie M. Sumaatmadja, more popularly known as Addie M.S., the conductor of the Twilite Orchestra.
Sun, 21 May 1995
Guess What? Slamet Abdul Sjukur
Guess What? Slamet Abdul Sjukur Leading contemporary musician Slamet Abdul Sjukur went around telling everyone he was pregnant."I am due in August," said the 74-year-old at the opening of a new gallery Thursday in Cilandak, South Jakarta.
Sun, 21 May 1995
'4848' taxis: One tire in the junkyard?
'4848' taxis: One tire in the junkyard?By Johannes Simbolon JAKARTA (JP): Is the Bandung-based 4848 taxi company obsolete after decades of fame and service?Not if Irawan Saringi, the company's owner, can help it.
Sun, 21 May 1995
Wianta broadens language, content of abstract art
Wianta broadens language, content of abstract artBy Jean Couteau DENPASAR (JP): The international image of Bali owes much to painting. But this image is, paradoxically, the source of the painters, and particularly Balinese painters.
Sun, 21 May 1995
Ignoring KUHAP means trampling suspects' rights
Ignoring KUHAP means trampling suspects' rights JAKARTA (JP): The Criminal Code Procedures, which embody the principles of the presumption of innocence, respect the basic rights of people suspected of committing crimes.
Sun, 21 May 1995
Vietnam blasts 'silat'
Vietnam blasts 'silat' JAKARTA (JP): The Vietnamese press has called for the pencak silat event to be withdrawn from the 17th Southeast Asian Games after a spate of injuries during a recent national competition in Hanoi.
Sun, 21 May 1995
Pure music with no frills at Jamz jazz club
Pure music with no frills at Jamz jazz clubBy Lela Pello JAKARTA (JP): Squeezing through the wood doors, you feel you are about to enter a dark but convivial wine cellar. Instead, as your eyes adjust, you find you're at the main bar on the upper level of Jamz.
Sun, 21 May 1995
Catering firms creative in making in-flight menus
Catering firms creative in making in-flight menus JAKARTA (JP): Ever wondered how you can be faced with so many choices of food while flying? Ever wonder who cooks the food, and where and how?The Jakarta Post found the answers when visiting the state- owned catering service, PT Aerowisata, at the...
Sun, 21 May 1995
Soeharto launches national discipline campaign
Soeharto launches national discipline campaign JAKARTA (JP): President Soeharto launched a nationwide campaign yesterday to encourage people to use the Indonesian language correctly and to observe basic elements of discipline, ranging from queuing to maintaining punctuality.
Sun, 21 May 1995
Guess What? Henry Pribadi
Guess What? Henry Pribadi When this man gave up his hoop dreams, by quitting Indonesia's basketball team years ago, few expected that Henry Pribadi would be playing another game on another level, in international finance and the petrochemical trade.
Sun, 21 May 1995
Singing justice handles Marsinah's case
Singing justice handles Marsinah's caseBy T. Sima Gunawan JAKARTA (JP): "I'm crazy for feeling so lonely/ I'm crazy for feeling so blue/ I knew you'd love me as long as you wanted me/ but you left for somebody new.
Sun, 21 May 1995
Taxi drivers' behavior
Taxi drivers' behavior I take Mr. Adwani S.L.'s letter (May 2, 1995) as a starting point to further protest the behavior of Jakarta's taxi drivers.More and more often, it happens that before taking in a passenger, a taxi driver will first ask the destination.
Sat, 20 May 1995
KL supplies gas to Taiwan
KL supplies gas to Taiwan KUALA LUMPUR (AFP): Malaysia's national oil and gas firm, Petronas, said yesterday it had started a long-term supply of liquefied natural gas (LNG) to Taiwan under a 20-year agreement.The first cargo of LNG for Taipei's Chinese Petroleum Corp.
Sat, 20 May 1995
IPTN chooses Alabama city as investment site
IPTN chooses Alabama city as investment site JAKARTA (JP): The president of PT Industri Pesawat Terbang Nusantara (IPTN) B.J. Habibie said here yesterday that the government has finally settled on a site for the state-owned aircraft manufacturing's assembly plant in the United States.
Sat, 20 May 1995
Cafe Sejati spices up NAM art exhibit
Cafe Sejati spices up NAM art exhibitBy Amir Sidharta JAKARTA (JP): Those who have visited the Contemporary Art of the Non-Aligned Movement Countries exhibition would agree that the existence of Cafe Sejati is a crucial element of the Gedung Pameran Seni Rupa gallery.
Sat, 20 May 1995
A threat to the environment
A threat to the environment The Seribu Islands in the Bay of Jakarta once again became the focus of the public's attention when Minister for the Environment Sarwono Kusumaatmadja submitted a report to the President on Friday.