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Thu, 16 Jun 1994
Government urged to include non-tax revenues in budget
Government urged to include non-tax revenues in budget JAKARTA (JP): Members of the House of Representatives (DPR) Budgetary Commission yesterday criticized the government for not accounting for non-tax revenues in the state budget.
Thu, 16 Jun 1994
Tommy leads Indonesian businessmen into Myanmar
Tommy leads Indonesian businessmen into Myanmar JAKARTA (JP): Hutomo Mandala Putra, chairman of the widely- diversified Humpuss Group, has been appointed the chief of Indonesia House, a business service agency in charge of coordinating private investment and trade with Myanmar, a minister says.
Thu, 16 Jun 1994
FINA suspends Surya and Bai
FINA suspends Surya and Bai LAUSANNE (Reuter): China's Bai Xiuyu, who set a world best for the women's 50 metres backstroke at the World Cup in Malmo, Sweden this year, has been suspended for a month for using the stimulant ephedrine.
Thu, 16 Jun 1994
Where to go in Jakarta:
Where to go in Jakarta:Music * 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., Friday & Saturday 7 p.m. to 12:30 a.m.
Thu, 16 Jun 1994
Students drown in estuary
Students drown in estuary JAKARTA: Fifteen girls, all students of a Moslem high school, drowned in an estuary on the southern coast of Central Java while looking for fish during a biology class project.
Thu, 16 Jun 1994
Used hypodermic needle
Used hypodermic needleFrom Pikiran RakyatI would like to warn housewives to be watchful for used hypodermic needles that are sold to school children by vendors. The children like to use the used devices for spraying games.
Thu, 16 Jun 1994
Govt to get World Bank aid for ADP
Govt to get World Bank aid for ADP JAKARTA (JP): The government will get $30.25 million in loan from the World Bank this year to help finance the government's accountancy development project (ADP) as part of its effort to improve the management of state finances.
Thu, 16 Jun 1994
Korean bullet train system
Korean bullet train system Seoul (UPI): The Korea High-Speed Rail Construction Authority and the builders of the French high-speed Tgv train have signed a formal contract on a D2.1 billion project linking Seoul and Pusan with a 267 mile (430 km) bullet-train system by 2002.
Wed, 15 Jun 1994
ABRI means to uphold control in politics: Crouch
ABRI means to uphold control in politics: Crouch JAKARTA (JP): Most Armed Forces (ABRI) officers mean to maintain the military's dominant direct role in the government despite increasing open criticism, according to a respected Indonesia watcher.
Wed, 15 Jun 1994
Six die in measles outbreak
Six die in measles outbreak KUPANG, East Nusa Tenggara: Six people died and 400 others fell ill when a measles outbreak swept through Waijewa Bara subdistrict.Chief of the provincial office of health, Agus Berek, said the epidemic, first reported in May, has stricken mostly children under 14 who...
Wed, 15 Jun 1994
Australia is kicking off big promo
Australia is kicking off big promo JAKARTA (JP): Australian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Gareth Evans and Coordinating Minister for Industry and Trade Hartarto launched Australia's biggest ever trade and cultural promotion program, Australia Today Indonesia 94, last night.
Wed, 15 Jun 1994
Hoteliers encouraged to lodge formal complaints to tax offices
Hoteliers encouraged to lodge formal complaints to tax offices JAKARTA (JP): Director General of Tourism Andi Mappi Sammeng yesterday prodded hoteliers to lodge formal complaints against provincial tax officials who deter them from installing computerized adminsitation systems at their hotels.
Wed, 15 Jun 1994
Businesses, gamblers may be too excited about World Cup
Businesses, gamblers may be too excited about World CupBy Hidayat Jati JAKARTA (JP): While World Cup 1994 is about to kick off in the football-agnostic United States, Indonesian businessmen, gamblers and law enforcement authorities are growing anxious about the inevitable consequences of the...
Wed, 15 Jun 1994
Rudy Hartono nominated as referee at Malaysia Open
Rudy Hartono nominated as referee at Malaysia Open JAKARTA (JP): Indonesian badminton great Rudy Hartono was nominated the official referee of the US$180,000 Malaysia Open in Johor next July.Malaysia's New Strait Times daily reported on Sunday that the organizing committee of the Malaysia Open...
Wed, 15 Jun 1994
ASEAN considers program to counter AIDS virus
ASEAN considers program to counter AIDS virus KUALA LUMPUR (Agencies): Fast-growing Southeast Asian countries are considering a five-year program to counter AIDS, fearing the killer disease could hinder their economic prosperity, officials said yesterday.
Wed, 15 Jun 1994
Stock Exchange
Stock Exchange JAKARTA (JP): Share prices, which leapt aboard a downward trend a half month ago, continued to close lower on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (JSX) yesterday.The broad-based Composite Index lost 0.67 point to close at 482.35 from 483.02 on Monday.The narrower-based GTDBS-50 Index closed 0.
Wed, 15 Jun 1994
Customs man gets 16 years for wife killing
Customs man gets 16 years for wife killing JAKARTA (JP): A high-ranking official of the Customs and Excise Office was sentenced to 16 years in jail Monday for masterminding the killing of his wife, Sri Sukarsih, on June 15 last year.
Wed, 15 Jun 1994
NTT, Itochu and Sumitomo eye RI telecom
NTT, Itochu and Sumitomo eye RI telecom TOKYO (AFP): Japan's Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp. (NTT), the Itochu Corp. and the Sumitomo Corp. plan to jointly bid for a two billion dollar telecommunications project in Indonesia, company officials said yesterday.
Wed, 15 Jun 1994
Indonesia may lend rice to Senegal
Indonesia may lend rice to Senegal JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Agriculture Sjarifudin Baharsjah said yesterday that Indonesia is considering lending rice to Senegal to help remedy its food shortage.Sjarifudin said that Senegal's visiting Minister of Fishery and Sea Transport, Abdourrahmane Sow, had...
Wed, 15 Jun 1994
Singapore-German tannery
Singapore-German tannery SINGAPORE (AFP): A leading Singapore leather furniture manufacturer and one of the largest tanneries in Germany Tuesday set up the city-state's first tanning plant, it was announced here.The joint venture plant, Hwa Tat Lee Leather Pte. Ltd.
Wed, 15 Jun 1994
Where to go in Jakarta:
Where to go in Jakarta:Music * 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., Friday & Saturday 7 p.m. to 12:30 a.m.
Wed, 15 Jun 1994
Shoe factory catches fire
Shoe factory catches fire SERANG, West Java: Shoe factory PT Nikomas Gemilang, which employs about 8,000 workers, caught fire on Sunday, leaving one employee wounded and causing untold damage.Witnesses said the fire started in the factory canteen in the early hours following an explosion of a...
Wed, 15 Jun 1994
Pertamina to ink three contracts this month
Pertamina to ink three contracts this month JAKARTA (JP): The state-owned oil company Pertamina will award two new contracts for technical assistance and another for oil and gas exploration and exploitation later this month, a Pertamina executive says.
Wed, 15 Jun 1994
President Soeharto visits disaster stricken village
President Soeharto visits disaster stricken village JAKARTA (JP): Another powerful earthquake rocked the southeastern tip of Java yesterday only hours before President Soeharto flew to Banyuwangi, which was severely devastated by massive tidal waves early this month.
Wed, 15 Jun 1994
Natural gas supply from Arun estimated to run dry in 2014
Natural gas supply from Arun estimated to run dry in 2014 JAKARTA (JP): PT Arun Natural Gas Liquefaction (NGL), a subsidiary of the State-owned Oil Company (Pertamina) located in the northern tip of Sumatra, may have to stop production by 2014 when its supply from the Arun gas field runs out.
Wed, 15 Jun 1994
Non-governmental organizations
Non-governmental organizationsFrom TempoI was moved to write this letter after reading the article "Appeal to the Indonesian non-governmental organizations" (Tempo June 4, 1994) by Drg. Abraham Ilyas St. Marajo.
Wed, 15 Jun 1994
RI joins Malaysia's Islamic Festival
RI joins Malaysia's Islamic Festival JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia will send a delegation to the World Islamic Civilization Festival 1994 which opens in Malaysia this Friday.Various examples of Indonesian culture and art will be sent, both historical and contemporary, reflecting Islamic influences.
Wed, 15 Jun 1994
RP oil wells increasing production
RP oil wells increasing production MANILA (AFP): The Philippines' only commercially-producing oil site has increased production to 6,600 barrels per day (bpd) and hopes to be back to 7,500 bpd by the end of the month, Energy Undersecretary Rufino Bomasang said here yesterday.
Wed, 15 Jun 1994
Philippine church refuses to pay ransom for priest
Philippine church refuses to pay ransom for priest ISABELA, Philippines (Reuter): A Roman Catholic bishop yesterday flatly refused to pay ransom to Moslem fundamentalists holding a priest hostage in the southern Philippines and an army general said a rescue operation was under way.
Wed, 15 Jun 1994
Garment makers from 20 nations meet in Bali
Garment makers from 20 nations meet in Bali NUSA DUA, Bali (JP): President Soeharto opened the 10th convention of the International Apparel Federation here yesterday, with a hope that the textile and garment trade would gradually be freed from non-tariff barriers under the new multilateral trading...
Wed, 15 Jun 1994
Singapore refiners switch output products
Singapore refiners switch output products SINGAPORE (AFP): A shortage of land and changing demand are forcing Singapore oil refiners to switch output to higher value- added products instead of expanding primary production, industry officials said yesterday.
Wed, 15 Jun 1994
APEC leaders to see rolling out of N-250 aircraft
APEC leaders to see rolling out of N-250 aircraft BANDUNG (JP): Fifteen leaders of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum will witness the rolling out of the first N-250 aircraft, fully designed and engineered by the state- owned Nusantara Aircraft Industry (IPTN), in Bandung on Nov. 17.
Wed, 15 Jun 1994
TV Today
TV TodayTVRI 2:30 p.m. TV Series: Prince Valiant 3:05 Children's Fantasy: Panji Sakti 3:30 Science World 4:05 Comedy: Nasib 4:30 Documentary Film 5:00 Regional News 5:30 Indonesian Lessons 6:05 Nusantara the Beloved Country: West Nusa Tenggara 6:15 Village Program 6:45 Langka Tapi Nyata 7:00...
Wed, 15 Jun 1994
Religious tolerance crucial to maintance peace: Minister
Religious tolerance crucial to maintance peace: Minister JAKARTA (JP): Tolerance between the various religious communities in Indonesia has played a major role in dampening the potential for religious conflicts here, Minister of Religious Affairs Tarmizi Taher said yesterday.
Wed, 15 Jun 1994
Bank Bali introduces debit card
Bank Bali introduces debit card JAKARTA (JP): Bank Bali introduced yesterday a card that allows its holders to purchase goods in designated stores while their spending is deducted directly from their accounts.
Wed, 15 Jun 1994
Job replacement at City Police
Job replacement at City Police A number of top officers at the City Police Headquarters will formally assume new jobs in a ceremony Thursday.The replacement will include heads of the financial affairs, traffic directorate, crime investigation directorate and information affairs agency.
Wed, 15 Jun 1994
Streamline bureaucracy
Streamline bureaucracy The World Bank has predicted that Indonesia's economic growth during the sixth five-year development plan will reach at least eight percent annually if bureaucratic constraints on the economy are eliminated.This sounds promising indeed.
Wed, 15 Jun 1994
Voyage to Kalimantan's rivers to start today
Voyage to Kalimantan's rivers to start today JAKARTA (JP): A 40-day expedition to explore the natural and cultural richness of the regions along the Kapuas and Mahakam rivers which cut across Kalimantan from west to east will start today.
Wed, 15 Jun 1994
22 hydrocarbon areas remain untapped
22 hydrocarbon areas remain untapped JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia has yet to explore 22 of its sedimentary basins which are believed to hold hydrocarbon resources, the state oil company, Pertamina, said yesterday"The 60 sedimentary basins are estimated to hold 71.86 billion barrels of oil and 212.
Wed, 15 Jun 1994
Political parties are becoming more independent
Political parties are becoming more independent JAKARTA (JP): Indonesian political organizations are becoming independent despite the bureaucracy's reluctance to loosen its grip, a political analyst said yesterday.
Wed, 15 Jun 1994
On the right track
On the right track Early this week, when it was announced that Foreign Minister Ali Alatas would undergo heart bypass surgery in Melbourne, Australia, some people joked that it was further evidence of the sound relations between the two countries.
Wed, 15 Jun 1994
Indofood offers shares
Indofood offers shares JAKARTA (JP): PT Indofood Sukses Makmur, one of Indonesia's largest food processing companies and the largest producer of instant noodles, launches today a public offering of 21 million shares at a price of Rp 6,200 (US$2.8) apiece.
Wed, 15 Jun 1994
RP protests transplant ads
RP protests transplant ads MANILA (AFP): The Philippines has asked Japan to put a stop to advertisements promoting cheap kidney transplants in the Philippines on ethical grounds, the Foreign Affairs Department here said yesterday.
Wed, 15 Jun 1994
Women' conference issues `Jakarta Declaration'
Women' conference issues `Jakarta Declaration' JAKARTA (JP): The following is the text of the Jakarta Declaration adopted by the Second Asian and Pacific Ministerial Conference on Women and Development on June 14:The participants in the Second Asian and Pacific Ministerial Conference on Women in...
Wed, 15 Jun 1994
Bekasi police nab and shoot four thieves
Bekasi police nab and shoot four thieves JAKARTA (JP): Bekasi police arrested four suspected burglars after shooting them in the legs as the five-member group tried to escape.The group was being pursued for their alleged involvement in a robbery in Serang.
Wed, 15 Jun 1994
Lousy taxis
Lousy taxisFrom KompasOn June 4, 1994, at about 7 p.m. I took a President Taxi from Melawai Plaza, Kebayoran Baru to Pondok Karya, Jl. Mampang Prapatan, South Jakarta. But I did not look at the taxi plate number.Taking Jl.
Wed, 15 Jun 1994
Police promise not to release alleged gamblers
Police promise not to release alleged gamblers JAKARTA (JP): City police officers assured reporters here yesterday that none of the 235 people arrested during a recent raid on gambling dens have been released."We hope that all of them will be charged in court soon.
Wed, 15 Jun 1994
Indonesia to cut log output to 37.67m cubic meters
Indonesia to cut log output to 37.67m cubic meters JAKARTA (JP): Amid growing international concern over rain forest preservation, Indonesia plans to harvest 37.67 million cubic meters of logs a year during the next five years.
Wed, 15 Jun 1994
Councilor questions private management of city property
Councilor questions private management of city property JAKARTA (JP): A city councilor raised objections, yesterday, to private management of public facilities at a housing complex in North Jakarta.Ismunandar, a deputy city council speaker, told reporters that according to existing regulations,...
Wed, 15 Jun 1994
Controversial issue of land compensation
Controversial issue of land compensationFrom DetikA controversial issue of land compensation in South Lampung which was reported by Detik weekly recently shocked me.I fail to understand why the company could hurt the farmers by paying only Rp 5 per square meter.