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Mon, 16 Jun 1997
26 arrested over Bangkalan violence
26 arrested over Bangkalan violence SURABAYA (JP): Twenty-six people were arrested during fresh rioting in the Madurese town of Bangkalan Saturday night, police said yesterday.East Java Police spokesman Lt. Col.
Mon, 16 Jun 1997
RP cuts Yankee offering
RP cuts Yankee offering MANILA (AFP): The Philippines will lower the amount of Yankee bonds that it plans to launch later this year, Central Bank of the Philippines governor Gabriel Singson has said.Yankee bonds are bonds issued in the United States by foreigners.
Mon, 16 Jun 1997
Prisoners need more humane treatment: Experts
Prisoners need more humane treatment: Experts JAKARTA (JP): Last week's rioting in a Surabaya high-security prison has provoked fresh calls for the government to improve the treatment of inmates.Legal expert Harkristuti Harkrisnowo, social worker Ade Rostina Sitompul, former correctional...
Mon, 16 Jun 1997
High school graduates nabbed for selling heroin
High school graduates nabbed for selling heroin JAKARTA (JP): Two fresh high school graduates were arrested for illegally possessing and selling heroin to schoolmates, police said.City Police Spokesman Lt. Col. E.
Mon, 16 Jun 1997
12,000 Australians learning Indonesian
12,000 Australians learning Indonesian SEMARANG: Visiting Queensland Premier Bob Borbidge has said at least 12,000 Australian students are learning Indonesian.At a dinner hosted for the premier by Central Java Governor Soewardi here Friday, Borbidge said that in the Australian Federal State of...
Mon, 16 Jun 1997
Fire razes chicken restaurant
Fire razes chicken restaurant JAKARTA (JP): A traditional fried chicken restaurant on Jl. Dewi Sartika, East Jakarta, was razed in a fire Saturday night.Witnesses said the fire started around 8:30 p.m. in the kitchen of the Ny. Suharti two-story restaurant.
Mon, 16 Jun 1997
Where to go in Jakarta:
Where to go in Jakarta:Music * Hotel Horison, Jl. Pantai Indah, Taman Impian Jaya Ancol, North Jakarta: - The Anging Mamiri Garden: Fantastic Group from Philippines, Ever Green Hawaiian Band/Orkes Keroncong, Hula-hula Dances, every Saturday Night, 7 p.m. to 10:30 p.m.
Mon, 16 Jun 1997
Higher local contents 'won't 'reduce' car prices'
Higher local contents 'won't 'reduce' car prices' JAKARTA (JP): Increasing the local content of locally assembled vehicles would not automatically result in lower sales prices and competitiveness, experts said at the opening of an auto expo here Saturday.
Mon, 16 Jun 1997
Taiwan orders oil tanker
Taiwan orders oil tanker TAIPEI (DPA): Taiwan's China Petroleum Corp (CPC) and a Singapore company ordered an oil tanker from Japan's Mitsubishi Shipbuilding Corp Saturday to ship Indonesian liquefied natural gas (LNG) to Taiwan.
Mon, 16 Jun 1997
UNDP praises Indonesia
UNDP praises Indonesia Indonesia has predictably scored much better in the 1997 United Nations Development Program's (UNDP) Human Development Index (HDI) than it did in 1996, rising from 102nd place last year to 99th of the 175 developed and developing countries surveyed this year.
Mon, 16 Jun 1997
Bogor government cancels demolition
Bogor government cancels demolition BOGOR, West Java: Buckling under public pressure, the mayoralty canceled over the weekend a plan to demolish an Islamic boarding school built on state land.The authorities instead asked the management of Nurul Imdad school to obtain the necessary license, land...
Mon, 16 Jun 1997
Japanese aid
Japanese aid State Minister of National Development Planning/Chairman of the National Planning Board, Ginandjar Kartasasmita, was in Tokyo last Wednesday to find out how much aid Indonesia can expect from the Japanese government.
Mon, 16 Jun 1997
Gen. Edi tells people to be more restrained
Gen. Edi tells people to be more restrained JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Defense and Security Gen. (ret) Edi Sudradjat called on people to remain on the alert and resist provocation."I'm calling on all parties ...
Mon, 16 Jun 1997
African doctors visit Mataram
African doctors visit Mataram MATARAM, West Nusa Tenggara: Ten doctors from several African countries will visit the Mataram General Hospital here as part of activities in the fellowship program sponsored by the World Health Organization.
Mon, 16 Jun 1997
Foreign doctors 'only consultants'
Foreign doctors 'only consultants' JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Health Sujudi said over the weekend that only Indonesian doctors be allowed to practice medicine here in the next century.Appeasing fears that trade liberalization would mean an influx of foreign doctors to the detriment of local doctors'...
Mon, 16 Jun 1997
GMBI to market Cadillac
GMBI to market Cadillac JAKARTA (JP): General Motors Buana Indonesia (GMBI) will market luxurious Cadillac sedans in Indonesia next year to cater to the country's growing amount of wealthy people, the company's chief commissioner Probosutedjo said Saturday.
Mon, 16 Jun 1997
Ramayana scholarships
Ramayana scholarships JAKARTA (JP): Publicly listed retail chain PT Ramayana Lestari Sentosa has joined the poverty alleviation program by providing scholarships to help 197 children of poor families enroll at primary and junior high schools.
Mon, 16 Jun 1997
KIPP activists to be questioned
KIPP activists to be questioned UJUNPANDANG, South Sulawesi (JP): The police has issued a second summons against four activists of the Independent Election Monitoring Committee (KIPP) to appear for questioning today.
Mon, 16 Jun 1997
Scots giants the highlight at annual Highland gathering
Scots giants the highlight at annual Highland gathering TANGERANG (JP): Imported giants tossed tree trunks around, men wore skirts and danced with each other and musicians played instruments that on any other occasion would have sent people running in the opposite direction.
Sun, 15 Jun 1997
Bonit clinches top player title in national selection tournament
Bonit clinches top player title in national selection tournament JAKARTA (JP): Old-timer Bonit Wiryawan clinched the title of the country's best tennis player yesterday after finishing first in the national selection tournament.
Sun, 15 Jun 1997
RI art gains ground in Japanese exhibits
RI art gains ground in Japanese exhibitsBy Amir Sidharta JAKARTA (JP): Two important exhibitions which included Indonesian art were held in Japan recently. The Fukuoka Art Museum hosted The Birth of Southeast Asian Art, while Art in Southeast Asia 1997 was exhibited at Tokyo's new Museum of...
Sun, 15 Jun 1997
Traditional theater groups struggle to make a living
Traditional theater groups struggle to make a living JAKARTA (JP): There were no glittering lights, no stereo sound system, and no air-conditioned room with comfortable seats. Only humble stages with kerosene lamps and bamboo seats could be seen.
Sun, 15 Jun 1997
Ballet Philippines brings Filipino touch to Jakarta
Ballet Philippines brings Filipino touch to JakartaBy Yenni Kwok JAKARTA (JP): Does ballet, often considered a well-heeled, bourgeois art from the established West, have a place in a developing Southeast Asian country?Ask the dancers from Ballet Philippines, and they'll say, "Of course".
Sun, 15 Jun 1997
1990s fashions' comeback is good for Gucci
1990s fashions' comeback is good for GucciBy Dini S. Djalal JAKARTA (JP): A fashion moment is tricky to define, but you know it when it happens. And when, at a recent Gucci fashion show at the Grand Hyatt, a model -- hair dripping in oil, eyes dipped in kohl, gaze dropping to below zero temperature...
Sun, 15 Jun 1997
Try opens Jakarta Fair, stressing its importance
Try opens Jakarta Fair, stressing its importance JAKARTA (JP): Vice President Try Sutrisno underlined yesterday the importance of making this year's Jakarta Fair a means to evaluate whether Indonesia is ready for free trade, which is scheduled to start in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations...
Sun, 15 Jun 1997
Cirebon puts best face on for 'Keraton' festival
Cirebon puts best face on for 'Keraton' festival The second Keraton (palace) Festival will be held in Cirebon, West Java, from July 1-7. The Jakarta Post's reporter K. Basrie interviewed officials and residents about preparations for the event during a recent trip to the ancient town.
Sun, 15 Jun 1997
'The Wind in the Savanna'
'The Wind in the Savanna'From KompasThe TV film, Angin Rumput Savana (The Wind in the Savanna), shown by TPI on May 29, 1997, at 8 p.m., was evidently a combined effort of National Family Planning Board, TPI and John Hopkins University.
Sun, 15 Jun 1997
Developing nations must master technology: Soeharto
Developing nations must master technology: SoehartoBy Kornelius Purba ISTANBUL (JP): President Soeharto said here yesterday that developing countries were struggling to master sophisticated technology, and this could only be done through hard work and intensified cooperation between themselves.
Sun, 15 Jun 1997
Sampan tries to preserve traditional arts
Sampan tries to preserve traditional artsBy I. Christianto JAKARTA (JP): Torn between idealism and the reality of life, choreographer Sampan Hismanto chose the latter in trying to preserve one of Indonesia's traditional performing arts.
Sun, 15 Jun 1997
Traditional artists fight for survival
Traditional artists fight for survival The popularity of western and modern entertainment has affected the traditional performing arts. Urban people, especially the young, prefer to forsake most local art forms for more contemporary and appealing entertainment.
Sun, 15 Jun 1997
Guess What?
Guess What? Karina Soekarno, the younger sister of Megawati Soekarnoputri who lives in New York, is in town. She will be here for two months for holiday, business and family affairs.On June 6 she attended a family gathering in observance of the birthday of her late father and the country's founding...
Sun, 15 Jun 1997
Five die in chopper crash
Five die in chopper crash KUALA LUMPUR (Reuter): A helicopter crashed outside Kuala Lumpur yesterday killing five people, including a pregnant woman and her daughter walking along a street, police said.The helicopter crashed in the Sri Damansara industrial area, a police spokesman said.
Sun, 15 Jun 1997
Tourists dodge nuisances at Borobudur Temple
Tourists dodge nuisances at Borobudur Temple YOGYAKARTA (JP): The government may have transformed the Borobudur Temple complex in Central Java into a tourism park, but other problems which intrude on visitors' comfort have arisen.
Sun, 15 Jun 1997
Volcano eruption kills three
Volcano eruption kills three JAKARTA (JP): Three people have died and hundreds of hectares of fields and plantations have been damaged since the initial eruption of the Karangetang volcano in Sangihe Talaud regency, North Sulawesi, last Sunday.
Sun, 15 Jun 1997
TMII keeps up the preservation of national arts
TMII keeps up the preservation of national artsBy Dwi Atmanta JAKARTA (JP): Traditional performances are an unlikely cultural survivor in the melting pot society of metropolitan Jakarta.While downtown throbs with jazz, rock and pop, hundreds of unknown artists wander the city's outskirts to obtain...
Sun, 15 Jun 1997
Indonesian shot dead in KL
Indonesian shot dead in KL KUALA LUMPUR (AP): A 23-year-old Indonesian man detained last month on suspicion of committing a series of rapes was shot dead by police when he attempted to escape yesterday, police said.
Sun, 15 Jun 1997
Fire guts in Bappenas building
Fire guts in Bappenas building JAKARTA (JP): A fire gutted a meeting room on the second floor of the National Development Planning Board (Bappenas) building on Jl. Taman Surapati 2, Central Jakarta early yesterday.One of the building's security officers Kabul Adi Cahyono said that at around 12:05 a.
Sun, 15 Jun 1997
New analysis: We are what we throw away
New analysis: We are what we throw away JAKARTA (JP): Last month, a certain TIS came up with the question: "Are you what you are?" (Sunday, May 4). TIS gave several possibilities on how to reveal your identity: your car, your food and the programs you watch on TV.
Sun, 15 Jun 1997
Traditional performances find place in changing times
Traditional performances find place in changing timesBy Prapti Widinugraheni and I. Christianto JAKARTA (JP): It is dinner time. A couple of Balinese dancers prance energetically onstage to the sound of lively traditional music.
Sun, 15 Jun 1997
PM Erbakan opens D-8 summit
PM Erbakan opens D-8 summit ISTANBUL, Turkey (Agencies): Turkey's Prime Minister Necmettin Erbakan yesterday opened a ministerial meeting of eight developing countries here in preparation for a summit which he has masterminded.
Sun, 15 Jun 1997
ASEAN finalizes 2020 economic vision
ASEAN finalizes 2020 economic vision JAKARTA (JP): Economic ministers of the Association of Southeast Asian nations (ASEAN) put the final touches to recommendations for the grouping's economic vision for 2020 yesterday.
Sat, 14 Jun 1997
Jakarta Great Sales '97 opens throughout city
Jakarta Great Sales '97 opens throughout city JAKARTA (JP): Jakartans can find more tempting discounts now because Jakarta Great Sales '97 begins today at 50 shopping centers and malls in conjunction with the city's' 470th anniversary.
Sat, 14 Jun 1997
Matahari to cooperate with 1,000 small firms
Matahari to cooperate with 1,000 small firms JAKARTA (JP): PT Matahari Putra Prima, one of the country's major retail chains, said yesterday it would have established partnerships with 1,000 small entrepreneurs in Java soon.
Sat, 14 Jun 1997
Mayor's mansion plan criticized
Mayor's mansion plan criticized PONTIANAK, West Kalimantan: Community leaders are criticizing the municipality's plan to construct a Rp 2.5 billion (US$1.037 million) official residence for the Pontianak mayor.
Sat, 14 Jun 1997
PDI holds out on endorsement of poll results
PDI holds out on endorsement of poll results JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesian Democratic Party (PDI) is maintaining its threat not to approve election results because its protests over electoral violations have gone unheeded, a party official said yesterday.
Sat, 14 Jun 1997
Soeharto arrives in Istambul for D-8 summit
Soeharto arrives in Istambul for D-8 summit ISTANBUL, Turkey (JP): Indonesian President Soeharto arrived here yesterday afternoon to attend a summit of eight developing nations tomorrow on economic cooperation projects aimed at alleviating poverty.
Sat, 14 Jun 1997
'Beware of risks to MPR assembly'
'Beware of risks to MPR assembly' JAKARTA (JP): The Armed Forces (ABRI) chief, Gen. Feisal Tanjung, told the Army yesterday to prepare for the general assembly of the People's Consultative Council (MPR) next March.
Sat, 14 Jun 1997
Jababeka's profit rises
Jababeka's profit rises JAKARTA (JP): Publicly listed industrial estates firm PT Kawasan Industri Jababeka posted a net profit of Rp 67 billion (US$27.91 million) in the first quarter of 1997, up 191 percent from Rp 23 billion in the corresponding period last year.
Sat, 14 Jun 1997
Where to go in Jakarta:
Where to go in Jakarta:Music * Hotel Horison, Jl. Pantai Indah, Taman Impian Jaya Ancol, North Jakarta: - The Anging Mamiri Garden: Fantastic Group from Philippines, Ever Green Hawaiian Band/Orkes Keroncong, Hula-hula Dances, every Saturday Night, 7 p.m. to 10:30 p.m.
Sat, 14 Jun 1997
SEA Games consortium has to rent Senayan at Rp 3.5b
SEA Games consortium has to rent Senayan at Rp 3.5b JAKARTA (JP): The troubled 19th Southeast Asia (SEA) Games consortium has been struck another blow by having to pay Rp 3.5 billion (US$1.45 million) to the Gelora Senayan Management Board for renting the Senayan Sports Complex.