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Thu, 16 Jun 1994
Bank Bali to expand service network
Bank Bali to expand service network JAKARTA (JP): PT Bank Bali, a private bank listed on the Jakarta and Surabaya stock exchanges, will expand its service network by establishing new branches and add to its Automated Teller Machine (ATM) system.
Thu, 16 Jun 1994
Homestays for Koranic recital
Homestays for Koranic recital PEKANBARU, Riau: About 2,500 houses are now being prepared to accommodate visitors to the 17th national Koranic recital competition Musabaqoh Tilawatil Qur'an here later this month.
Thu, 16 Jun 1994
Health authorities clear instant noodles
Health authorities clear instant noodles JAKARTA (JP): The Ministry of Health yesterday ruled out instant noodles produced in South Sumatra as the cause of the cases of food poisoning that have claimed five lives and hospitalized 22 others throughout the province.
Thu, 16 Jun 1994
SBSI gets supports from students groups
SBSI gets supports from students groups JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesian Prosperous Labor Union (SBSI), which has been struggling for official recognition, has won the support of two prominent student organizations.
Thu, 16 Jun 1994
Military seizes slot machines from betting dens
Military seizes slot machines from betting dens JAKARTA (JP): The military-sponsored Operation Cleansing team has confiscated 178 slot machines from several shops and amusement centers throughout the city.The team, however, did not arrest any of the operators of the one-armed bandits.
Thu, 16 Jun 1994
French film festival goes retrospective
French film festival goes retrospectiveBy Jane Freebury JAKARTA (JP): A prominent name in contemporary French cinema is the subject of a retrospective at Teater Tertutup, Taman Ismail Marzuki, this week: Francois Truffaut.
Thu, 16 Jun 1994
Ramos makes first move at damage control
Ramos makes first move at damage controlBy Ati Nurbaiti JAKARTA (JP): Philippine President Fidel Ramos has made the first move to heal the rift between his country and Indonesia caused by Manila's hosting of a controversial conference on East Timor earlier this month.
Thu, 16 Jun 1994
Law set to protect apartment buyers
Law set to protect apartment buyers JAKARTA (JP): The government is preparing a decree to protect apartment buyers from any delay of delivery, State Minister of Public Housing Akbar Tanjung said yesterday.
Thu, 16 Jun 1994
Higher prices for foreigners
Higher prices for foreigners "Foreigners are regarded by many Indonesians as walking bank accounts, from which they would like to make a withdrawal." So says our Lonely Planet travel guidebook to Indonesia. We thought it was quite funny when we read it before coming to Indonesia.
Thu, 16 Jun 1994
Direct sale system needs major change, says expert
Direct sale system needs major change, says expert JAKARTA (JP): American marketing expert Dan Ginsburg observed here yesterday that a trend to sell and promote products directly to the customers in a personal way through direct advertising is needed these days because of changes in many aspects of...
Thu, 16 Jun 1994
Sahid Hotel in Irian Jaya
Sahid Hotel in Irian Jaya JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia's largest private national hotel chain, Sahid Hotel, expanded its services to Irian Jaya on Tuesday under a management contract with PT Marian Mitra Tunggal in Sorong.
Thu, 16 Jun 1994
Wedding turns into total mess
Wedding turns into total mess JAKARTA (JP): A wedding ceremony in East Jakarta dissolved into disarray when the parents of the bride where informed that a mayoralty wrecking crew had arrived at their nearby home.
Thu, 16 Jun 1994
Ratification of UN pact on environment sought
Ratification of UN pact on environment sought JAKARTA (JP): The government has submitted proposals to the House of Representatives (DPR) to ratify two United Nations conventions on environmental preservation which were signed at the first Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro two years ago.
Thu, 16 Jun 1994
Fare cuts for night flight
Fare cuts for night flight JAKARTA (JP): Mandala Airlines is offering fare discounts of 20 to 25 percent for passengers for its night flight services from Jakarta to Semarang."We hope the discount will encourage travellers to use our night flight service which at present performs rather poorly with...
Thu, 16 Jun 1994
Yayuk win puts her in for some rough water in England
Yayuk win puts her in for some rough water in England JAKARTA (JP): Indonesian tennis queen Yayuk Basuki went smoothly through to the third round of the traditional Wimbledon warm-up at Eastbourne, England with a wrecking of South African Elna Reinach 6-2, 6-4 on Tuesday night.
Thu, 16 Jun 1994
Five golds hoped from powerlifting
Five golds hoped from powerlifting JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia expects to snatch five out of the 88 gold medals up for grabs at the world junior powerlifting championships to be held in Bali next week.Budiono Kartohadiprodjo, executive chairman of the Indonesian Association of Powerlifting,...
Thu, 16 Jun 1994
Ancient mural found
Ancient mural found UJUNGPANDANG, South Sulawesi: The local Archeology Research Agency found a mural of pigs, monkeys, dwarf buffaloes and human palms in the Leang-leang caves in Maros regency.Chief of the Historical and Ancient Remains Conservation Agency, Darmawan Ma'shud Rachman, said the team...
Thu, 16 Jun 1994
Indonesia needs to study Australia, scholar says
Indonesia needs to study Australia, scholar says JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia needs to study Australia because it is one of Indonesia's closest neighbors with whom it will always come into contact, a scholar said.
Thu, 16 Jun 1994
100 packagers to attend TIM
100 packagers to attend TIM JAKARTA (JP): Almost 100 international travel packagers have confirmed their attendance at the first Tourism Indonesia Mart (TIM) which will be held in Jakarta from Sept. 29 to Oct. 3.
Thu, 16 Jun 1994
ABRI sends officers for overseas duty
ABRI sends officers for overseas duty JAKARTA (JP): Fifteen officers of the Armed Forces' Garuda XVI contingent reported to ABRI headquarters prior to leaving for their assignments in war-torn Mozambique.
Thu, 16 Jun 1994
Lea Salonga promotes her album
Lea Salonga promotes her album If you say Princess Jasmine from Aladdin or Kim from Miss Saigon, there is instant name recognition. But who is Lea Salonga?Lea Salonga is the talented 23-year-old performer from the Philippines who is the voice behind these memorable roles.
Thu, 16 Jun 1994
Mt. Gamalama coughs again
Mt. Gamalama coughs again AMBON, Maluku: Mt. Gamalama on Ternate island, North Maluku, emitted volcanic ash on Wednesday, forcing an Ambon-bound plane to delay its flight."The plane was delayed because the ash has reduced visibility," an officer of the Bouraq airliner said.
Thu, 16 Jun 1994
Seminar tears deregulation package to pieces
Seminar tears deregulation package to pieces JAKARTA (JP): A seminar of the Indonesian Legal Aid Foundation (YLBHI) yesterday scrutinized the government's controversial economic deregulation package opening the flood gates to foreign investors.The main speakers gave a thumbs down.
Thu, 16 Jun 1994
Manila's oil search could incite conflicts
Manila's oil search could incite conflictsBy Martin Abbugao MANILA (AFP): The Philippines' frenzied search for oil has led it into potentially dangerous waters with the grant of an exploration contract around the disputed Spratly islands, analysts said here Tuesday.
Thu, 16 Jun 1994
Police release pregnant `gambler'
Police release pregnant `gambler' JAKARTA (JP): Police have released a pregnant woman who was arrested along with over 200 people during a recent raid on gambling dens in Pluit, North Jakarta.City Police Chief Maj. Gen. Mochammad Hindarto cited police compassion as the reason for the release.
Thu, 16 Jun 1994
Keating tells Alatas to get well soon
Keating tells Alatas to get well soon JAKARTA (JP): Australian Prime Minister Paul Keating flew to Melbourne from Canberra yesterday to see Minister of Foreign Affairs Ali Alatas who was recuperating after quadruple bypass surgery, Indonesian ambassador to Australia Sabam Siagian said.
Thu, 16 Jun 1994
Hero to open five more retail outlets
Hero to open five more retail outlets JAKARTA (JP): PT Hero Supermarket, one of the country's largest retail chains, will open five more outlets this year in Jakarta, Bandung and Yogyakarta.Hero's Director Anton Lukmanto told a press conference after the company's annual shareholder's meeting that...
Thu, 16 Jun 1994
Officer charged in bomb attack
Officer charged in bomb attack BANGKOK (AFP): A Thai naval officer implicated in an April bomb attack in the coastal city of Phuket has been charged with illegal possession of arms and explosives, police said yesterday.
Thu, 16 Jun 1994
Managing state assets
Managing state assets Minister of Finance Mar'ie Muhammad should be commended for his efforts to have the nation-wide inventory of state assets completed. Although the job was completed almost 23 years after the issuance of the Presidential Instruction on the inventory of state assets throughout...
Thu, 16 Jun 1994
Sheraton's new director
Sheraton's new director JAKARTA (JP): ITT Sheraton Asia Pacific, one of the leading international hotel networks and managements, has appointed Lanna Mukim as the director for the company's Jakarta Sales office.
Thu, 16 Jun 1994
Mistress sent to jail for having rival murdered
Mistress sent to jail for having rival murdered JAKARTA (JP): Cecilia Suwati, 42, a beautician and mistress of a high-ranking official of the Customs and Excise Office, was sentenced to 16 years in jail yesterday for masterminding the killing of the official's wife on June 15 of last year.
Thu, 16 Jun 1994
Ometraco to sell shares to public
Ometraco to sell shares to public JAKARTA (JP): PT Ometraco Realty, a property development, management and investment company, will offer 35 million shares worth between Rp 2,000 (US92 cents) and Rp 2,250 ($1.04) per share to the public next month.
Thu, 16 Jun 1994
Stock Exchange
Stock Exchange JAKARTA (JP): Share prices, which have been on a downward trend for more than half a month, continued to fall on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (JSX) yesterday.The broad-based Composite Index lost 0.26 points to close at 482.09 from 482.35 on Tuesday.
Thu, 16 Jun 1994
TV Today
TV TodayTVRI 2:30 p.m. TV Series: Tarzan 3:05 Music 3:30 TV Series: The Sword of Tipu Sultan 4:30 Sports: Taekwondo 5:00 Regional News 5:30 Arabic Lessons 6:05 Nusantara the beloved country: East Nusa Tenggara 6:15 Village Program 6:25 Koran Recital 6:35 Religious Teachings: Islam 7:00 Evening News...
Thu, 16 Jun 1994
RP vice president to visit Beijing
RP vice president to visit Beijing MANILA (AFP): Philippine Vice President Joseph Estrada said yesterday he would make a nine-day official visit to China from Saturday at the invitation of Chinese Vice President Rong Yiren.
Thu, 16 Jun 1994
Testimony given under duress: Dutchman
Testimony given under duress: Dutchman JAKARTA (JP): Dutchman Christian van den Bosch, who is being tried on charges of distributing illicit drugs, told the court yesterday that he was coerced into making a confession to police.
Thu, 16 Jun 1994
Australian ANU offers Asian business course
Australian ANU offers Asian business course CANBERRA (Reuter): The Australian National University (ANU) yesterday launched what Trade Minister Bob McMullan said was the world's first Master of Business Administration course in Asian business.
Thu, 16 Jun 1994
Seattle group eyes Surabaya
Seattle group eyes Surabaya SURABAYA, East Java: The Central Area Motivation Program (CAMP), a Seattle-based non-governmental organization (NGO) which focuses on eradicating poverty among minority groups in the United States, is seeking a partner in Surabaya.
Thu, 16 Jun 1994
Jakarta shuns investment by big industries
Jakarta shuns investment by big industries JAKARTA (JP): Jakarta has turned down investments of big industries which require a large plot of land and waste treatment plants in its bid to become a "service city", an official said yesterday.
Thu, 16 Jun 1994
Indocement plans to further raise cement output
Indocement plans to further raise cement output JAKARTA (JP): PT Indocement Tunggal Prakarsa, already the largest cement producer in the country, will double the capacity of its plant in Cirebon, West Java, to three million tons, and construct another plant in Batu Licin, South Kalimantan with a...
Thu, 16 Jun 1994
UI gets another professor
UI gets another professor Lily Ismudiati Rilantono will be inducted as professor at the University of Indonesia (UI) Medical School during a ceremony to be held next Saturday.Lily acquired her medical degree from the same school in 1960 and went on to specialize in pediatrics in 1963 before moving...
Thu, 16 Jun 1994
Evelyn Glennie, deaf artist who drums with the best
Evelyn Glennie, deaf artist who drums with the best JAKARTA (JP): Evelyn Glennie, percussionist supreme, will soon be featured in concert at the Jakarta Hilton Convention Center together with a gamelan ensemble.
Thu, 16 Jun 1994
Ulemas to proceed with Rembang gathering
Ulemas to proceed with Rembang gathering JAKARTA (JP): Moslem leaders will go ahead with their controversial gathering in Rembang, Central Java, later this month to discuss the future of the Moslem-oriented United Development Party (PPP).
Thu, 16 Jun 1994
U.S. tells Japan it opposes EAEC proposal
U.S. tells Japan it opposes EAEC proposal SINGAPORE (Kyodo): The United States has formally informed Japan it opposes the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) plan for an East Asian Economic Caucus (EAEC), official Japanese and ASEAN sources said yesterday.The U.S.
Thu, 16 Jun 1994
Taxi robbery
Taxi robberyFrom KompasI was shocked to read the article in the Kompas daily on June 14, 1994, entitled "Be careful when taking a taxi", in which the passenger complained that she was robbed by a taxi driver on her way home from Melawai Plaza, Kebayoran Baru.
Thu, 16 Jun 1994
Accused of manipulation
Accused of manipulationFrom PelitaI have worked with the Jakarta Islamic Hospital (RSIJ) for 12 years. I have been suspended from work since Feb. 1, 1994 on charges that I manipulated the data which resulted in the disappearance of certain amount of drugs from the hospital's dispensary.
Thu, 16 Jun 1994
New Order faces legitimacy crisis: Scholar
New Order faces legitimacy crisis: Scholar JAKARTA (JP): The New Order government of President Soeharto will face a legitimacy crisis unless it proceeds with democratic reforms, an academic said yesterday.
Thu, 16 Jun 1994
Moerdiono for more openness
Moerdiono for more openness JAKARTA (JP): Minister/State Secretary Moerdiono, while defending the record of President Soeharto's New Order government, agreed yesterday that the time has come for Indonesia to adopt a more open political system.
Thu, 16 Jun 1994
U.S. visa denied
U.S. visa deniedFrom Media IndonesiaI was very disappointed because the United States embassy has rejected my visa application without any reason, although I had completed all the requirements.Here is the story. I wish to take my kids to Los Angeles and visit Disneyland during their school holidays.
Thu, 16 Jun 1994
Champion Bourne set to regain Rally title
Champion Bourne set to regain Rally titleBy Dwiatmanta MEDAN, North Sumatra (JP): Defending champion Possum Bourne is poised to pay tribute to his long-time partner, the late Rodger Freeth, by winning the 1994 Indonesia Rally championship, the first leg of the Asia Pacific championship series,...