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Tue, 14 Jun 1994
City is always thirsty
City is always thirsty The rapid population growth and the high migration rate from rural areas into Jakarta has led to acute shortages of drinking water in the capital city every year, a study conducted by the School of Technology at the University of Indonesia says.
Tue, 14 Jun 1994
More firms sought for student holiday jobs
More firms sought for student holiday jobs JAKARTA (JP): Deputy governor in charge of welfare affairs RS Museno yesterday called for a greater number of private firms to provide apprenticeships to high school students during the holidays.
Tue, 14 Jun 1994
Australia's `invasion' of Indonesia aims to please on every front
Australia's `invasion' of Indonesia aims to please on every front JAKARTA (JP): The news has been in the air for quite some time now... the "invasion" of Indonesia by Australia on all fronts.Worry not. It isn't an invasion that involves bombs, guns, and other means of destruction.
Tue, 14 Jun 1994
Asian cable accord sought
Asian cable accord sought TOKYO (Kyodo): KDD has filed for permission to join with telecommunications firms in 27 other countries to build an underwater fiber-optics communication cable system, stretching some 12,000 kilometers in the Asia-Pacific region, the Japanese international...
Tue, 14 Jun 1994
Replacement at City Police
Replacement at City Police A number of top officers at City Police Headquarters will formally assume new posts in a ceremony Thursday.They will assume charge of the offices of financial affairs, the traffic directorate, crime investigation and information affairs.Head of the Financial Affairs Brig.
Tue, 14 Jun 1994
Dragon-boat team cuts tour short
Dragon-boat team cuts tour short JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesian dragon boat team, whose winning streak was extended after a victory in the Singapore World Invitational Dragon Boat '94 championship over the weekend, were forced to cut their international tour short due to insufficient funds.
Tue, 14 Jun 1994
Government plans tighter control on soybean prices
Government plans tighter control on soybean prices JAKARTA (JP): The government will tighten control of soybean prices on the domestic market in a bid to encourage farmers to intensify and expand production to reduce dependence on imports, an official says.
Tue, 14 Jun 1994
Ten points on the environment for Indonesian business executives
Ten points on the environment for Indonesian business executivesBy Bruce E. Marsh JAKARTA (JP): Indonesian businesses and industries are being bombarded with environmental jargons such as the Bapedal Business Performance Rating, WALHI, HIDUP, eco-labeling, clean production, green products, ISO...
Tue, 14 Jun 1994
Panggang Islet remains isolated
Panggang Islet remains isolated The people of Pulau Panggang and its neighboring islets remain isolated from Jakarta due to a lack of transportation.The boats which connect the islets with the city depart from Muara Karang harbor in North Jakarta without a schedule because they wait for enough...
Tue, 14 Jun 1994
Sudjana estimates upsurge in oil prices will continue
Sudjana estimates upsurge in oil prices will continue JAKARTA (JP): Oil prices, which have been increasing this year, are expected to continue rising due to better compliance by OPEC members with their output quotas, a minister says.
Tue, 14 Jun 1994
Bank Bira offers 20 million shares to the public
Bank Bira offers 20 million shares to the public JAKARTA (JP): Bank Bira, one of Indonesia's oldest private banks, will offer 25 percent of its enlarged 80 million shares to the public in early July.The bank's president, Frans Limas, said in a presentation for securities analysts and brokers...
Mon, 13 Jun 1994
Police warn of dangerous car items
Police warn of dangerous car items JAKARTA (JP): A senior city traffic police officer has called on vehicle owners to no longer install useless additional items on their cars which could only endanger other road users.City Police Traffic Directorate Head Col.
Mon, 13 Jun 1994
Indonesia, Vatican will defend traditional view about sex
Indonesia, Vatican will defend traditional view about sex JAKARTA (JP): In the current run up to the world conference on population in Cairo this September, Indonesia has joined forces with The Vatican and many Latin American countries to defend the view that sex should only be for the purposes of...
Mon, 13 Jun 1994
Suspected killer of Marsinah faces 20 years
Suspected killer of Marsinah faces 20 years JAKARTA (JP): Government prosecutors are demanding 20 years imprisonment for the businessman who they believe masterminded the murder of labor activist Marsinah in May of last year.
Mon, 13 Jun 1994
U.S. to help stem drug flow from Golden Triangle
U.S. to help stem drug flow from Golden Triangle KUALA LUMPUR (Reuter): The United States has expressed willingness to help countries in the Asia-Pacific region stem the flow of drugs from the Golden Triangle, Malaysian newspapers reported yesterday.
Mon, 13 Jun 1994
Steady Safe plans to offer 11.65 million new shares
Steady Safe plans to offer 11.65 million new shares JAKARTA (JP): PT Steady Safe, a company operating taxicabs and buses in the greater Jakarta area, will offer 11.65 million new shares accounting for 19.75 percent of its enlarged common stocks to the public later this month.
Mon, 13 Jun 1994
House members blast lobbysts for power projects
House members blast lobbysts for power projects JAKARTA (JP): Amidst the lingering controversy over the March awarding of three power plant projects to foreign contractors, legislators have attacked the lobbyists and brokers who they say inflated the prices of the projects and undermined...
Mon, 13 Jun 1994
Govt keeps transportation tariff control
Govt keeps transportation tariff control JAKARTA (JP): The government will maintain control over the pricing of transportation-related services even though foreign investors are allowed to take majority shares in these sectors, Minister of Transportation Haryanto Dhanurtirto said.
Mon, 13 Jun 1994
Some wave victims are still waiting for disaster relief
Some wave victims are still waiting for disaster relief JAKARTA (JP): As massive relief aid poured to East Java for the victims of this month's devastating tidal waves, reports began to emerge that some of the intended recipients were left hungry because food is not reaching them fast enough.
Mon, 13 Jun 1994
Anti-poverty program launched for least-developed areas
Anti-poverty program launched for least-developed areasBy Johannes Simbolon JAKARTA (JP): The quietness of Tidung, a coral island in the Seribu Island chain, was broken last Sunday by the arrival of Governor Surjadi Soedirdja and entourage, who came to launch the so-called "Inpres Desa Tertinggal"...
Mon, 13 Jun 1994
Half of pilgrims have returned
Half of pilgrims have returned JAKARTA (JP): Over 50 percent of 165,000 Indonesian pilgrims have returned home from Mecca aboard 210 flights, the Ministry of Religious Affairs said yesterday.Today, 10 flights of wide-bodied planes are expected to land in Jakarta, Surabaya and Medan, North Sumatra,...
Mon, 13 Jun 1994
Westinghouse opens nuclear engineering center in Indonesia
Westinghouse opens nuclear engineering center in Indonesia MONROEVILLE, Philadelphia (UPI): Westinghouse Electric Corp. said it will open its first overseas nuclear engineering center in Indonesia that will provide detailed engineering for an advanced nuclear reactor in that country.
Mon, 13 Jun 1994
Citra celebrates in its oil output
Citra celebrates in its oil output JAKARTA (JP): PT Citra Patenindo Nusa Pratama (CPNP) has succeeded in increasing the production of its three oil fields in South Sumatra from 1,600 barrels per day in 1993 to 2,000 barrels today.
Mon, 13 Jun 1994
Jazz musicians seeks official appreciation
Jazz musicians seeks official appreciation JAKARTA (JP): Jazz music is slowly receiving more appreciation from the public and the mass media, but none whatsoever from the government, according to one of the country's leading jazz players.
Mon, 13 Jun 1994
Bourne-Sircombe put first in Medan
Bourne-Sircombe put first in Medan JAKARTA (JP): Defending champion Possum Bourne of New Zealand was placed on top of the seeding list issued by FIA, the world automotive governing body, for the Medan Rally due to start on Friday in this North Sumatra capital.
Mon, 13 Jun 1994
S. Asia boosts rice output
S. Asia boosts rice output LOS BANOS, Philippines (AFP): South and Southeast Asia's less hospitable rain-fed lands are likely to start in efforts to boost rice harvests and ease a projected supply crunch by the turn of the century, scientists say.
Mon, 13 Jun 1994
Ciputra awards bonuses to Uber, Thomas Cuppers
Ciputra awards bonuses to Uber, Thomas Cuppers JAKARTA (JP): The Badminton Association of Indonesia (PBSI) said they will not interfere in the internal policy of each club who are giving rewards to its shuttlers who were on the winning Thomas Cup and Uber Cup squads.
Mon, 13 Jun 1994
Kalimantan's bridge pair won
Kalimantan's bridge pair won JAKARTA (JP): Indonesian bridge virtuosos Jusuf and Henry from Pontianak, West Kalimantan came unchallenged with a score of 1,755 in the Indonesian leg of the Ninth Epson Worldwide Bridge Tournament for 1994, the world's biggest bridge tournament to date.
Mon, 13 Jun 1994
KL to build large port
KL to build large port KUALA LUMPUR (AFP): A Taiwanese company has announced plans to build a large port in southern Malaysia's Malacca state, in what local officials said yesterday could be a major boost to the state's industrial fortunes.
Mon, 13 Jun 1994
Farm commodity producer to go public
Farm commodity producer to go public JAKARTA (JP): PT Prasidha Aneka Niaga, an agriculture commodity processor and exporter, will offer 30 million shares or 25 percent of its total common stocks to the public later next month.
Mon, 13 Jun 1994
Unemployment conflicts with Operation Cleansing
Unemployment conflicts with Operation Cleansing JAKARTA (JP): The ongoing Operation Cleansing will not be able to completely crack down on crime as long as unemployment prevails, Governor Surjadi Soedirdja says.
Mon, 13 Jun 1994
Education vital to alleviating traffic-jams
Education vital to alleviating traffic-jams JAKARTA (JP): A former police traffic director has identified community training and education as the most effective ways to ease Jakarta's traffic problems.Brig. Gen. (ret.
Mon, 13 Jun 1994
The government's debt
The government's debt Indonesia is known to be very prudent in spending its foreign debt, i.e. it is mainly used to finance projects which will increase national productivity and enhance the quality of human resources.
Mon, 13 Jun 1994
Seven foreigners busted in gambling sting
Seven foreigners busted in gambling sting JAKARTA (JP): Five Malaysians, a Hong Kong and a Taiwanese man, along with 231 locals were arrested in gambling dens in Pluit North Jakarta. They were nabbed in raids carried out by a joint, city military-police team in the wee hours of the morning,...
Mon, 13 Jun 1994
Freedom is never absolute, says Wardiman
Freedom is never absolute, says WardimanBy Riyadi SEMARANG (JP): Freedom is never absolute and this goes for academic freedom too, according to Minister of Education and Culture Wardiman Djojonegoro."Academic freedom is strictly for the intelligentsia, that is, those who have a higher intellectual...
Mon, 13 Jun 1994
Watch the spelling
Watch the spelling Since I started coming to Indonesia, which is about 13 years ago, I've been a regular subscriber and reader of The Jakarta Post. I found the contents--domestic as well as international, very informative.
Mon, 13 Jun 1994
SOM ends with Jakarta Declaration
SOM ends with Jakarta Declaration JAKARTA (JP): The Asian Pacific senior official meeting (SOM) on the role of women in development ended here Saturday with the approval of a draft plan of action for the region and declaration for the advancement of women.
Mon, 13 Jun 1994
Indonesia intensifies tourist promotion drive in 15 states
Indonesia intensifies tourist promotion drive in 15 states JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia will intensify tourism promotion in 15 major countries in order to reach the target of 6.5 million visitors with total spendings of US$8.
Mon, 13 Jun 1994
56,000 sign up for college entrance test
56,000 sign up for college entrance test JAKARTA (JP): Through Thursday 56,000 students had applied for the state university entrance test (UMPTN) in Jakarta's Region A, Minister of Education and Culture Wardiman Djojonegoro announced Friday.
Mon, 13 Jun 1994
RI, German banks develop small firms
RI, German banks develop small firms JAKARTA (JP): Indonesian small and medium-scale firms are invited to make use of a business advisory service jointly provided by the state-owned Development Bank of Indonesia (Bapindo) and the German Investment and Development Company (DEG).
Mon, 13 Jun 1994
UI will get new professor
UI will get new professor Dr. Suprapti Sumarmo Markam, 56, a senior lecturer at the faculty of psychology at the University of Indonesia (UI) will be inducted as professor at a ceremony at the university's auditorium in Depok this week.
Mon, 13 Jun 1994
APEC business meeting
APEC business meeting SINGAPORE (Reuter): Business leaders from 16 Asia-Pacific economies discussed ways to come up with a unified vision of the region's future during two days of talks here which ended on Saturday.
Mon, 13 Jun 1994
Singapore oil product exports may fall
Singapore oil product exports may fall SINGAPORE (AFP): Singapore's oil product exports are likely to drop by 10-to-15 percent in the second half of the decade as domestic consumption rises, according to an oil trade publication.
Mon, 13 Jun 1994
Openness
OpennessFrom Media IndonesiaWe the boards of the student senates of Kertanegara Colleges and Academies express our concern over the fate of our friends--students in Bandung, who joined the "Alliance of Youth and Students Movement of Bandung.
Mon, 13 Jun 1994
Public telephones
Public telephonesFrom NeracaThe efforts of PT Telkom (telecommunication company) to anticipate the need for telecommunication facilities deserve our appreciation. Besides servicing customers in various areas, the company continues to install public telephones in various strategic places.
Mon, 13 Jun 1994
More people hunted over Basuki case
More people hunted over Basuki case The South Jakarta police are still hunting several people believed to have sold or received valuables stolen from the late painter Basuki Abdullah."Since the killing of Basuki in November, we've been ordered to find out as much material evidence as we could and...
Mon, 13 Jun 1994
Dubbing system
Dubbing system Nowadays, our television has made a great advance. On of the advances is dubbing. All foreign series and films (except Western ones) have been dubbed in Indonesian.In my opinion, this system is not always good and suitable for all people, especially for someone who studies foreign...
Mon, 13 Jun 1994
Bearish sentiment on JSX prevail in 2nd week of June
Bearish sentiment on JSX prevail in 2nd week of JuneBy Sigma Batara JAKARTA (JP): Bearish sentiments continued throughout the second week of June. The JSX (Jakarta Stock Exchange) Composite Index lost 3.68 points from the previous week to close at 483.05.
Fri, 10 Jun 1994
Peregrine, Sewu jointly set up investment firm
Peregrine, Sewu jointly set up investment firm JAKARTA (JP): The Hong Kong-based Peregrine Investment Holdings, the largest Asian investment bank outside of Japan, is expanding its business here to participate in the growing economies of South East Asia, Chairman Philip Tose saysTose said in a...
Fri, 10 Jun 1994
`Black Monday' highlights China's aviation woes
`Black Monday' highlights China's aviation woesBy Philippe Massonnet BEIJING (AFP): A "Black Monday" that within hours saw China's worst airliner disaster followed by the new hijacking of a domestic flight to Taiwan cruelly expose the problems riddling the country's aviation industry.