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Tue, 06 Jun 1995
TV today
TV todayTVRI 2:35 p.m. TV Series: Hassai Sensei 3:05 Children's Program 3:30 TV Series: Willing And Abel 4:30 Science Program 5:00 Regional News 5:30 English Lessons 6:05 Nusantara, the Beloved Country 6:15 Village Program 6:30 Religious Teaching: Kepercayaan Terhadap Tuhan Yang Maha Esa 7:00...
Tue, 06 Jun 1995
Suspected kidnappers detained
Suspected kidnappers detained JAKARTA (JP): City police have detained a number of suspects in connection with last month's kidnapping and beating of businessman Sulaiman Ramli, better known as Han Seng, which was apparently intended to extract repayment of a debt which a private bank claims the...
Tue, 06 Jun 1995
Serang seaport work must start soon: Soeharto
Serang seaport work must start soon: Soeharto JAKARTA (JP): President Soeharto called yesterday for the immediate commencement of work on the construction of a commercial seaport in Serang, West Java, to support the rapid growth of industrial activity in the province.
Tue, 06 Jun 1995
Timor dialog ends, more talks ahead
Timor dialog ends, more talks ahead JAKARTA (JP): East Timorese leaders with opposing views on integration ended their meeting in Austria yesterday one day earlier than scheduled, while agreeing to convene for more talks in the future.
Tue, 06 Jun 1995
Super League strengthens grip
Super League strengthens grip SYDNEY (Reuter): Media tycoon Rupert Murdoch's Super League has strengthened its grip on international rugby league by signing up Papua New Guinea, chief executive John Ribot said yesterday.
Tue, 06 Jun 1995
Indonesia rules Singapore's waves
Indonesia rules Singapore's waves JAKARTA (JP): The national scullers earned a morale-boosting win ahead of the Southeast Asian Games in Chiang Mai when they clinched victory in the Singapore international invitational dragon boat race on Sunday.
Tue, 06 Jun 1995
Computers in the year 2000
Computers in the year 2000 I read with interest Mr Alex Wolvesperges' recent letter to The Jakarta Post (May 27, 1995) regarding the year 2000, as it applies to computer technology.First, I would like to note that perhaps if Mr Wolvesperges is using original copies of Lotus, Excel or Quattro Pro,...
Tue, 06 Jun 1995
RP bay a showcase of ecology protection
RP bay a showcase of ecology protectionBy Mynardo Macaraig BAIS BAY, Philippines (AFP): A bay in the central Philippine island of Negros has been held up by environmentalists as a showcase of how local communities, municipal government and non- government organizations can work together to protect...
Tue, 06 Jun 1995
Presiden Soeharto calls for quicker licenses
Presiden Soeharto calls for quicker licenses JAKARTA (JP): President Soeharto instructed yesterday related ministries to help speed up the processing of licenses for the construction of a large integrated terminal project at Manggarai, South Jakarta.
Tue, 06 Jun 1995
Singapore offers Asia environmental training
Singapore offers Asia environmental training SINGAPORE (AFP): Singapore, which will spend $2 billion by 2000 on environmental programs, offered yesterday to become a source of environmental training and technology for developing Asian nations.
Tue, 06 Jun 1995
Repression not a solution to demonstrations
Repression not a solution to demonstrationsBy Mulyana W. Kusumah JAKARTA (JP): Rallies denouncing certain government policies have been increasingly in vogue in the last few months. During the month of May alone, we witnessed various kinds of demonstrations.
Tue, 06 Jun 1995
Indonesian publishers cry out for paper supplies
Indonesian publishers cry out for paper supplies JAKARTA (JP): Both newspaper and book publishers appealed to the government yesterday to take immediate steps to ensure a steady supply of affordable paper.
Tue, 06 Jun 1995
Industrial estates open
Industrial estates open JAKARTA (JP): The Suryacipta industrial estate at Kutamekar near Karawang town in West Java has opened to investors, said Basroni Rizal, the president of PT Suryacipta Swadaya, the owner and manager of the facility.
Tue, 06 Jun 1995
Habibie's dream: Rivalry a problem
Habibie's dream: Rivalry a problemBy Michael Perry SYDNEY (Reuter): A senior Indonesian minister's dream of an Asia-Pacific defense industry is likely to be shattered because of historical rivalry and a disparity of industrial development in the region, defense analysts said.
Tue, 06 Jun 1995
Court hears Freeport case
Court hears Freeport case JAKARTA (JP): The Jakarta State Administrative Court began hearings yesterday on the lawsuit filed by the Indonesian Forum for the Environment (Walhi) against the government over copper mining by PT Freeport Indonesia, an American joint-venture company, in Irian Jaya.
Tue, 06 Jun 1995
Telecom seminar planned
Telecom seminar planned JAKARTA (JP): The Ministry of Tourism, Post and Telecommunications will hold a major seminar on human resources development in the telecommunication sector at the Bandung Institute of Technology in West Java."The five-day seminar, scheduled to start on Sept.
Tue, 06 Jun 1995
RI's team sails into Bermuda Bowl c'ship
RI's team sails into Bermuda Bowl c'ship JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesian men's team is assured of a place in the Bermuda Bowl world bridge championship in October after it downed Chinese Taipei 20-10 in the penultimate round of the Far East championship in Perth, Australia, on Sunday.
Tue, 06 Jun 1995
Officer wins in Malang race
Officer wins in Malang race JAKARTA (JP): A low-ranking city military officer has won first place in a 10-kilometer marathon race, and third place in a 42-kilometer marathon race held in Malang, East Java recently.Private Sutarman reported his wins to the City Military Chief of Staff Brig. Gen.
Tue, 06 Jun 1995
Amien Rais likely to retain Muhammadiyah post: Scholar
Amien Rais likely to retain Muhammadiyah post: Scholar SEMARANG (JP): Amien Rais has secured the support of a well- known scholar, Afan Gaffar, who was initially believed to be one of his contenders in next month's race for the top spot in the influential Moslem organization Muhammadiyah.
Tue, 06 Jun 1995
Myanmar leader here to boost ties
Myanmar leader here to boost ties JAKARTA (JP): The head of Myanmar's ruling military junta, Gen. Than Shwe, arrived here yesterday for a four-day state visit to enhance economic and trade ties with Indonesia.
Mon, 05 Jun 1995
Technology facilitates father-child relationship
Technology facilitates father-child relationship JAKARTA (JP): Rapid advances in technology are robbing fathers of their traditional excuse for avoiding their share of parenting -- lack of time.The telephone, E-mail and the facsimile machine can be put to good use in improving communication between...
Mon, 05 Jun 1995
Timorese attend mass together in Austria
Timorese attend mass together in Austria JAKARTA (JP): East Timorese leaders of opposing factions yesterday put their differences aside and for the first time in nearly two-decades stood side by side for Sunday mass before the second-day of talks in the Austrian town of Stadtschlaining.
Mon, 05 Jun 1995
Security tightened as students revel
Security tightened as students revel JAKARTA (JP): Many police and military officers were deployed to prevent incidents arising when high school students, who were celebrating the end of their final school year, went wild on Saturday.
Mon, 05 Jun 1995
Seminar on airports
Seminar on airports JAKARTA (JP): Minister for Transportation Haryanto Dhanutirto and British Ambassador to Indonesia Graham Burton will open a one-day seminar on airports here next week.The seminar, to be held at the Nanggala Hall at the Ministry of Transportation, will feature presentations by a...
Mon, 05 Jun 1995
10 soldiers tried each month
10 soldiers tried each month DENPASAR, Bali: An average of 10 soldiers under the Udayana military command go on trial each month, commander Maj. Gen. Adang Ruchiatna said on Saturday.The Udayana military chief oversees security in Bali, Nusa Tenggara and East Timor.
Mon, 05 Jun 1995
Abused maid stays on in S'pore
Abused maid stays on in S'pore SINGAPORE (AFP): A Filipino maid whose Singaporean employers were fined and jailed for abusing her is staying on in the city- state despite her harrowing experience, The Straits Times reported yesterday."I'm happy this is over.
Mon, 05 Jun 1995
A second soldier charged over Liquisa
A second soldier charged over Liquisa JAKARTA (JP): A military tribunal in Denpasar, Bali, charged a soldier on Saturday with unlawfully killing six people in Liquisa, East Timor, on Jan. 12, 1995.First Class Private Rusdin Maubere is the second soldier to be charged in connection with the Liquisa...
Mon, 05 Jun 1995
Singapore sees fewer visitors
Singapore sees fewer visitors SINGAPORE (AFP): Tourist arrivals in Singapore declined in March due to a stronger local currency, stiff competition from other Asian destinations and the Kobe earthquake in Japan, the Singapore Tourist Promotion Board said.
Mon, 05 Jun 1995
Habibie offers help to small enterprises
Habibie offers help to small enterprises JAKARTA (JP): State Minister of Research and Technology B.J. Habibie has given assurances that his office is ready to provide assistance for the technological development of small and medium enterprises.
Mon, 05 Jun 1995
Irian Jaya has 73 HIV cases
Irian Jaya has 73 HIV cases JAYAPURA, Irian Jaya (JP): Official statistics show that the number of people in the area with the Human Immuno-Deficiency Virus, which causes AIDS, has reached 73.A spokesman for the provincial health office, Gunawan, told Antara that most of the HIV carriers are Thais...
Mon, 05 Jun 1995
Timor meeting in Austria
Timor meeting in Austria On Friday, June 2, 30 East Timorese leaders began a meeting in Bur Schlaining Schloss, a small town in Austria about 100 kms of Vienna. The participants include 16 East Timorese leaders from Indonesia, like the Bishop of Dili Carlos Felipe Ximenes Belo, who came as an...
Mon, 05 Jun 1995
Singapore airlines responds
Singapore airlines responds I refer to the letter in The Jakarta Post on April 22, 1995 by Edward N.H. Abraham.Under the General Condition of Carriage which is printed on the ticket, we are not liable for the loss of valuables kept in the checked baggage.
Mon, 05 Jun 1995
Coal seen as viable source of energy
Coal seen as viable source of energy JAKARTA (JP): Director General of Electricity and Energy Development Zuhal suggested on Saturday that the target of energy diversification in Indonesia will be best served by maximizing the use of coal, without an excessive impact on the environment.
Mon, 05 Jun 1995
Dual development policy
Dual development policy State Minister of National Development Planning/Chairman of the National Development Planning Board Ginandjar Kartasasmita has of late been promoting the main components of what he sees as the ideal development paradigm for Indonesia.
Mon, 05 Jun 1995
Government shies away from anti-smoking drive
Government shies away from anti-smoking drive JAKARTA (JP): The government has conceded that it has not been active in discouraging smoking in Indonesia because of the huge contribution made by the local tobacco industry to the country's employment and to state revenues.
Mon, 05 Jun 1995
Textile exhibition
Textile exhibition We were very pleased to have a very nice article A closer look at old textiles of Indonesia (June 1, 1995, page 7) appear in your newspaper, but we were a disappointed as there were some errors and significant omissions.
Mon, 05 Jun 1995
11 suspects rounded up
11 suspects rounded up MAGELANG, Central Java: Police have arrested 11 people they suspect of involvement in several acts of theft in various parts of the province.In Magelang police arrested three people who allegedly robbed and stabbed a 34-year-old man named Liauw Ping An.
Mon, 05 Jun 1995
Teachers' salaries stolen
Teachers' salaries stolen JAKARTA (JP): Two school employees were robbed on Friday afternoon of Rp 11.6 million (US $5,170) by two people on a motorcycle in Tangerang, 30 kilometers west of here.To date police have no clues about the case.
Mon, 05 Jun 1995
World retailers to meet
World retailers to meet JAKARTA (JP): The Intercontinental Group of Department Stores will hold its 49th general assembly here between June 11 and June 14, where topics concerning retailing will be discussed, their president said.
Mon, 05 Jun 1995
Indonesia willing to add to Bosnia force
Indonesia willing to add to Bosnia force JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia announced on Saturday that it is prepared to commit more troops to the United Nations' peacekeeping missions in Bosnia-Herzegovina despite the deteriorating situation in the former Yugoslav republic.Armed Forces Chief Gen.
Mon, 05 Jun 1995
Kota warehouses will undergo transformation
Kota warehouses will undergo transformation JAKARTA (JP): The city administration is striving to make the downtown, Kota, area in West Jakarta a major tourist site, by changing the function of old warehouses to entertainment centers, including discotheques and restaurants.
Mon, 05 Jun 1995
Where to go in Jakarta:
Where to go in Jakarta:Music * The Aryaduta Jakarta, Jl. Prapatan 44-48, Central Jakarta: - Ambiente Italian Restaurant: Bonauli vocal group, Thursday, Friday and Saturday from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m.; Lost Morenitos, Sunday, Tuesday and Wednesday from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m.
Mon, 05 Jun 1995
Indonesia Still unknown in the world of soccer
Indonesia Still unknown in the world of soccer JAKARTA (JP): Despite a population of 193 million people and a 65-year acquaintance with soccer, Indonesia remains unknown in the soccer world -- if Joe Royle, manager of FA Cup winner Everton, is any indication.
Mon, 05 Jun 1995
Stock Exchange
Stock Exchange As of June 2, 1995 --------------------------------------------------------- Company Name Price Previous Change Volume week (Rp) (Rp) (+/-Rp (shares) --------------------------------------------------------- Ades Alfindo PS ''' 2,200 2,650 -450 5,000 AHAP Ins.
Mon, 05 Jun 1995
Water meter registration
Water meter registration JAKARTA (JP): A councilor has questioned a decision made by the city-owned water company, PAM Jaya, to hand over the water meter registration contract to a private company without a tender process.
Mon, 05 Jun 1995
ICRC ship blasted by mine
ICRC ship blasted by mine COLOMBO (AFP): A cargo and passenger ship chartered by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) was blasted in northern Sri Lanka leaving one Indonesian crew-member missing, official sources said.
Mon, 05 Jun 1995
Three arrested over car registration fraud
Three arrested over car registration fraud JAKARTA (JP): City Police arrested three people believed to be involved in falsifying car registration data, which caused losses amounting to hundreds of millions of rupiah, a police officer said on Saturday.Col.
Mon, 05 Jun 1995
TV today
TV todayTVRI 2:30 p.m. TV Series: Voltron 3:00 Children's Program 3:30 TV Series: The Crystal Maze 4:30 School Quiz: Cepat Tepat 5:00 Regional News 5:30 Technology Program 6:05 Nusantara, the Beloved Country 6:15 Village Program 6:30 Religious Teachings: Hindhu 7:00 Evening News 7:30 TV Drama 8:05...
Mon, 05 Jun 1995
First Aid: A knowledge base you will appreciate
First Aid: A knowledge base you will appreciateBy Zatni Arbi JAKARTA (JP): In my job as an end user consultant, I've always tried to find software programs that will help PC users learn more about their own machines -- hardware and software -- so that they can become more independent.
Mon, 05 Jun 1995
Weekly Stock Exchange Review
Weekly Stock Exchange Review JAKARTA (JP): A massive overnight rally in Wall Street and a firmer U.S. dollar pushed the Jakarta Stock Exchange (JSX) Composite Index up by 19.73 points to 493.42 last week.