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Sun, 08 Jun 1997
Restaurants hold promotion for school vacation
Restaurants hold promotion for school vacation JAKARTA (JP): June is probably the best time for family picnics as school vacations arrive in the next few days.The Amigos Restaurants in Jakarta and Cilegon, West Java, is holding a special barbecue promotion until the end of June to celebrate the...
Sun, 08 Jun 1997
Spending school holidays in style
Spending school holidays in style With the month-long school holidays just around the corner, many students have been planning to make them unforgettable. But many poor families cannot afford to send their children on holidays; these students will, as usual, stay home to help their parents earn a...
Sun, 08 Jun 1997
RI sends 36 athletes to Universiade
RI sends 36 athletes to Universiade JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia is sending 36 national athletes, part of the team being groomed for the 19th SEA Games here in October, to compete in six of the 10 events at Universiade in Sicily, Italy, from Aug. 19 to Aug. 31.
Sun, 08 Jun 1997
God willing, please don't confuse us
God willing, please don't confuse us JAKARTA (JP): Insya Allah, the Arabic expression meaning "God willing", is in popular usage in Indonesia. When you ask someone whether he or she can come to dinner, the usual answer is Insya Allah.
Sun, 08 Jun 1997
Everything is green and religius in Madura
Everything is green and religius in MaduraBy Dini S. Djalal SAMPANG, Madura (JP): I was half asleep when the ferry arrived at the port town of Kamal, but even in my midnight stupor, I could make out the silver dome and crescent-moon glimmering in the dark.
Sun, 08 Jun 1997
Reaching Everst peak from the north remains a dream
Reaching Everst peak from the north remains a dreamBy Rudi Nurcahyo KATHMANDU, Nepal (JP): Sgt. Sunardi, chief privates Tarmudi and Gunawan "Ogun" Ahmad left the last camp at an altitude of 8,300 meters. The summit of Mount Everest was clearly visible.
Sun, 08 Jun 1997
America regrets Indonesia's decision on F-16s
America regrets Indonesia's decision on F-16s WASHINGTON (Agencies): The United States expressed regret Friday over Indonesia's decision to drop its plan to purchase nine F-16 fighter planes, but agreed that bilateral cooperation on other issues should continue.
Sun, 08 Jun 1997
ASEAN membership defended
ASEAN membership defended SINGAPORE (AFP): ASEAN has not reached a stage where the principle of human rights can dictate membership in the regional club, Singapore Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong said in remarks released here yesterday.
Sun, 08 Jun 1997
A quizzical view of Bali's mystique
A quizzical view of Bali's mystique Bali: Cultural Tourism and Touristic CultureBy Michel PicardArchipelago Press, Singapore1996, 231 pp. JAKARTA (JP): Bali's wondrous culture and the fawning attention paid it by outsiders have been both boon and bane.
Sun, 08 Jun 1997
Below the Baliem sky
Below the Baliem sky The two lofty mountains standing between a vast field in this Baliem valley of Irian Jaya are so beautiful because they look like huge women's breasts. New visitors to this central highland will find the view fantastic.
Sat, 07 Jun 1997
Stock Exchange
Stock ExchangeStock prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (in rupiah) on June 06, 1997: Shares Close Change Trading Volume ---------------------------------------------------------- Ades Alfindo 1,425 75 211,000 AHAP Insurance 2,675 0 0 Alter Abadi 1,000 -150 500 Alumindo Light Metal 1,125 0 99,500...
Sat, 07 Jun 1997
Views differ on how to tackle Jakarta's air pollution
Views differ on how to tackle Jakarta's air pollutionBy John Aglionby AS a location for a breakfast interview recently, the person I was meeting suggested we eat in the Shangri-La hotel's dining room on the 23rd floor so we could enjoy the view. That proved wishful thinking.
Sat, 07 Jun 1997
Eratex's profit declines
Eratex's profit declines JAKARTA (JP): PT Eratex Djaja Limited, a publicly listed clothing and textile company, last year made a profit of Rp 1.9 billion (US$778,050), far lower than 1995's profit of Rp 3.1 billion, an executive said yesterday.Eratex' president Julian W. Wong said here that the 37.
Sat, 07 Jun 1997
Jasindo rated BBB
Jasindo rated BBB JAKARTA (JP): Rating agency Standard and Poor's (S&P) has given state-owned PT Asuransi Jasa Indonesia (Jasindo) a BBB rating, reflecting Jasindo's "leading market position, good financial structure and profitable earnings track record and the benefits of ownership by the...
Sat, 07 Jun 1997
Aussie firm enters RI tourism business
Aussie firm enters RI tourism business JAKARTA (JP): PT Banten Tourism Development Corp. has set up a joint venture with Axiom Properties Ltd. of Australia to build tourism facilities at the Tanjung Lesung tourism resort, Banten, West Java.
Sat, 07 Jun 1997
Heavy selling drags down palm oil prices
Heavy selling drags down palm oil prices KUALA LUMPUR (Reuter): Heavy selling pressure in spot futures month, a bearish crop report and technical selling dragged down Malaysian palm oil prices, traders said.
Sat, 07 Jun 1997
Indonesia cancels F-16 purchase from U.S.
Indonesia cancels F-16 purchase from U.S. JAKARTA (JP): The government said yesterday it was canceling the purchase of nine United States F-16 jetfighters and declining participation in the American-run International Military Education Training program (IMET) in response to growing Congressional...
Sat, 07 Jun 1997
Banjarmasin residents clean up, bury their dead
Banjarmasin residents clean up, bury their deadBy Johannes Simbolon BANJARMASIN, South Kalimantan (JP): A procession of hospital morgue cars entered the Karang Peci cemetery, some 30 kilometers outside of Banjarmasin, and halted near a huge grave.
Sat, 07 Jun 1997
Fires gut buildings
Fires gut buildings JAKARTA (JP): Two fires gutted a car workshop on Jl. Intan, in Cileduk and a restaurant on Jl. Mampang Prapatan Raya, in South Jakarta, yesterday. No fatalities were reported.A police sergeant at the South Jakarta Police precinct said the owner of the workshop, Darta, suffered...
Sat, 07 Jun 1997
Hartono's rise 'proves political unpredictability'
Hartono's rise 'proves political unpredictability' JAKARTA (JP): President Soeharto's surprise appointment of Army Chief of Staff Gen. Hartono as minister of information confirmed the unpredictable nuance of domestic politics, an analyst said yesterday.
Sat, 07 Jun 1997
Italian deported for misusing visa
Italian deported for misusing visa CILEGON, West Java: Immigration authorities have deported an Italian national for misusing his tourist visa to open a restaurant with a local businessman.Klemenz Livio, 49, opened an Italian restaurant, Musang Itali on Jl.
Sat, 07 Jun 1997
A helping hand for PDI
A helping hand for PDI Reading the article Govt to help PDI in House representation on page 2 of The Jakarta Post (June 6), I was surprised at the government's move.In my opinion, an election is meant to find out the people's political conscience, so that the most trusted political organization...
Sat, 07 Jun 1997
45 RI karateka sent to Japan and Australia
45 RI karateka sent to Japan and Australia JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesian Karate-do Federation plans to send 45 athletes for overseas stints in Japan and Australia in July and August as a preparation for the 19th Southeast Asian (SEA) Games here in October.
Sat, 07 Jun 1997
RI's cellular market continues to increase
RI's cellular market continues to increase JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia's cellular telecommunications industry will continue to grow significantly in the coming years, according to telecommunications experts.
Sat, 07 Jun 1997
TV today
TV todayTVRI 2:30 a.m. News: Lintas Nusantara 2:40 Travel: My Country 2:45 Children's Film: Road to Avonlea 3:10 Environment Program: Kebun Bibit Desa 3:35 Tour and Travel: Wisata Nasional 4:00 Regional News 4:30 Sports 5:25 Science Program: Science World 5:30 TV Series: A Writer Exchange 5:55...
Sat, 07 Jun 1997
Two detained in passport scam
Two detained in passport scam JAKARTA (JP): Immigration officials have detained two Pakistanis who tried to use black market Canadian passports to leave the country.Immigration director for supervision and control Zaiman Nurmatias said yesterday Muhammad Shahid Rathore, 25, and Sajjad Ahmad...
Sat, 07 Jun 1997
Students flock to college entrance exam registration
Students flock to college entrance exam registration JAKARTA (JP): New senior high school graduates yesterday crowded a registration center for the state university entrance exam in Salemba, Central Jakarta.The crowd on the second day of registration at a high school on Jl.
Sat, 07 Jun 1997
Gen. Hartono gets cabinet post
Gen. Hartono gets cabinet post JAKARTA (JP): In a surprising cabinet reshuffle, President Soeharto appointed retiring Army Chief Gen. R. Hartono minister of information yesterday, replacing Harmoko, who led Golkar to a landslide victory in last month's general election.
Sat, 07 Jun 1997
Golkar's win a consent for change?
Golkar's win a consent for change?By Aleksius Jemadu JAKARTA (JP): Compared to the results of previous elections, Golkar's recent victory is particularly meaningful. It has gained people's consent for political power at a time when the nation is desperately seeking more openness and political...
Sat, 07 Jun 1997
Law on contempt of court needed: Adi
Law on contempt of court needed: Adi JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia is badly in need of a law on contempt of court to uphold the authority of the judiciary, experts have said.Former deputy chief justice Adi Andojo Soetjipto said that such a law could elaborate the meaning of contempt of court.
Sat, 07 Jun 1997
PPP delays statement on general election results
PPP delays statement on general election results JAKARTA (JP): United Development Party (PPP) executives failed to agree yesterday whether to accept the results of the general election, which they alleged was rife with cheating.
Sat, 07 Jun 1997
Credit card overcharge
Credit card overcharge In September, 1995 my parents stayed at the Arcadia Hotel on Jl. Wahid Hasjim for one night and they paid with their credit card. After receiving the credit card statement, we unfortunately did not check the charges made by the Arcadia Hotel, and only did so a year later by...
Sat, 07 Jun 1997
Goods stolen from Saudi
Goods stolen from Saudi JAKARTA (JP): A next-door neighbor stole goods from a Saudi Arabian man in a hotel on Jl. Raden Saleh, Central Jakarta, yesterday when the victim was sleeping with a woman.A police sergeant at the Central Jakarta Police precinct said Paih al-Farath was sleeping with a local...
Sat, 07 Jun 1997
Italian mission due here
Italian mission due here JAKARTA (JP): A trade mission from Padova, Italy, is due here next week to explore trade and investment opportunities, the Italian Trade Commission said yesterday.The commission said that executives from 27 Italian firms would meet with interested Indonesian counterparts at...
Sat, 07 Jun 1997
Athletes fail to join squad
Athletes fail to join squad JAKARTA (JP): More than a thousand of Indonesia's 1,777 athletes have not yet come for Southeast Asian (SEA) Games training, the head of national training, Togi Hutagaol, said Thursday."We have not yet heard whether the 1,008 athletes will attend training.
Sat, 07 Jun 1997
SE Sulawesi to be main base for cocoa exports
SE Sulawesi to be main base for cocoa exports JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesian Cocoa Association (Askindo) wants Southeast Sulawesi, a major cocoa producer to become a main base for cocoa exports, an association staff member said .
Sat, 07 Jun 1997
Indovest to issue rights
Indovest to issue rights JAKARTA (JP): Publicly-listed Bank Indovest plans to issue right shares to increase its paid-up capital to at least Rp 100 billion (US$41.06 million) by 1999 from Rp 76.6 billion now, the bank's president Enap Surjatman said yesterday.
Sat, 07 Jun 1997
Rioters freed from custody
Rioters freed from custody SAMPANG, East Java: Four people arrested for rioting on the May 29 election day were released from police custody Thursday but confined to house arrest, police said yesterday.
Sat, 07 Jun 1997
Demolition threatens boarding school
Demolition threatens boarding school BOGOR, West Java (JP): A demolition threat hangs over the Nurul Imdad Islamic boarding school, which has 400 students, because the mayoralty claims it is built on state land.
Sat, 07 Jun 1997
Mochtar appointed as new chairman of Lippo Bank
Mochtar appointed as new chairman of Lippo Bank JAKARTA (JP): Shareholders of publicly listed Lippo Bank approved yesterday Mochtar Riady's appointment as chairman replacing Rudi Bachrie.Mochtar, who had been the bank's vice president commissioner, said Lippo bank would look after shareholders'...
Sat, 07 Jun 1997
Rape stats defy trend
Rape stats defy trend JAKARTA (JP): Rape was the only exception as the crime rate fell drastically nationwide during the nearly month-long campaign, the police reported yesterday.Overall incidence of general crimes plummeted during the campaigning period from April 27 to May 23, National Police...
Sat, 07 Jun 1997
State revenue from oil exports may beat target
State revenue from oil exports may beat target JAKARTA (JP): Favorable world market prices for Indonesian crude oil, Minas, are likely to push state earnings from oil exports above the current (1997/1998) fiscal year target, Minister of Mines and Energy, I.B. Sudjana says.
Sat, 07 Jun 1997
Rights violations in Jepara
Rights violations in Jepara SEMARANG: The National Commission on Human Rights plan another investigation into the alleged violation of human rights during election campaigns in Jepara last month.Commission member Muladi said yesterday the first probe conducted in Jepara on May 30 was not adequate...
Sat, 07 Jun 1997
Little personal space and TV violence causes aggression
Little personal space and TV violence causes aggression JAKARTA (JP): Teenagers are destructive because of factors ranging from lack of personal space to excessive exposure to television violence, observers say.
Sat, 07 Jun 1997
Press welcomes new minister of information
Press welcomes new minister of information JAKARTA (JP): Local journalists welcomed yesterday President Soeharto's appointment of retiring Army Chief of Staff Gen. R. Hartono as minister of information, hoping that the rare ministerial change would bode well for the national press.
Sat, 07 Jun 1997
Int'l arts festival to be held here soon
Int'l arts festival to be held here soon JAKARTA (JP): The 8th Jakarta International Festival (Jakfest'97) will be held from June 23 to June 29.Dance shows, music and handicraft exhibitions will be presented by 17 countries including Indonesia at the cultural exchange forum.
Sat, 07 Jun 1997
Two shot, eight others arrested for burglaries
Two shot, eight others arrested for burglaries JAKARTA (JP): Police have arrested ten men in the last two days, two of them after being shot, for their alleged involvement in burglaries.City Police Spokesman Lt. Col. E.
Sat, 07 Jun 1997
Feed makers prefer imported corn
Feed makers prefer imported corn JAKARTA (JP): Feed producers prefer imported corn because of its good quality and the precise delivery time and not its lower price, an official said yesterday.Secretary for the extension services of the ministry of agriculture, Syamsudin Abbas, dismissed earlier...
Sat, 07 Jun 1997
Proud Bugis survives in old Sunda Kelapa port
Proud Bugis survives in old Sunda Kelapa portBy Deborah P. Hutauruk JAKARTA (JP): For skinny, dark-skinned Jamal, ferrying a few passengers in his own sampan around the heavily polluted and smelly estuary near the old colonial port of Sunda Kelapa is a much better job than working on a big fishing...
Sat, 07 Jun 1997
Where to go in Jakarta:
Where to go in Jakarta:Music * Le-Meridien, Jl. Jend. Sudirman Kav. 18-20, Central Jakarta: - Lounge and Lobby Bar: Le Rendez-Vous, Venus Quartet, Monday, 8 p.m. to midnight; Docjames, American pianist & singer, nightly, except Monday, 8 p.m.