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Sat, 28 Jun 1997
Teachers need help in handling trouble makers
Teachers need help in handling trouble makers JAKARTA (JP): A government official defended on Thursday school teachers' inaction in dealing with problematic students."Who can guarantee the safety of teachers outside school after they reprimand or punish undisciplined students," said Sri Sudono,...
Sat, 28 Jun 1997
Rumors of riots rock Surabaya
Rumors of riots rock Surabaya SURABAYA: The military played down yesterday rumors of impending riots on July 7 in Madura, Jember, Situbondo, Pasuruan and other parts of East Java.Provincial security spokesman Lt. Col. S.
Sat, 28 Jun 1997
Asian countries are masters of their regional security
Asian countries are masters of their regional securityBy Eiichi Furukawa TOKYO (JP): In 1993, the World Bank published a report called "The East Asian Miracle", which predicted that East Asian countries would achieve spectacular economic growth in the next 20 years or so.
Sat, 28 Jun 1997
Junior high school let down by Egyptian minister
Junior high school let down by Egyptian minister JAKARTA (JP): About 400 junior high school students in national dress or uniform were disappointed yesterday after their guest of honor, Egyptian Minister of Education Hussein Kamel Bahaa Eldin, failed to show up.
Sat, 28 Jun 1997
Police nab 13, seize drugs in recent raids
Police nab 13, seize drugs in recent raids JAKARTA (JP): Police have arrested 13 alleged drug dealers and confiscated 4,600 Ecstasy pills, 10 kilograms of marijuana, and 525 grams of heroin in a series of raids over the past two weeks, an officer said Thursday.Chief of City Police Detectives Col.
Sat, 28 Jun 1997
E. Timorese rebel leader buried without incident
E. Timorese rebel leader buried without incident JAKARTA (JP): David Alex, the separatist rebel who died in hospital Wednesday after a shootout in Baucau, has been buried in Dili without incident, reports said yesterday.Local military chief Col.
Sat, 28 Jun 1997
Hamdani in second place
Hamdani in second place JAKARTA (JP): NM Hamdani Rudin moved into second place behind Filipino GM Antonio Regilio at the Bali Jeff-RCA Grandmaster Chess Tournament on Thursday.Hamdani's win came in the sixth round when he beat GM Edhi Handoko in the 19th move of the Scotland opening.
Sat, 28 Jun 1997
Four die in toll road accident
Four die in toll road accident JAKARTA (JP): Former Jakarta Military Command Spokesman Lt. Col. Didi Supandi, his wife, and two children died, while two other children were injured, in a traffic accident on Kebun Jeruk toll road yesterday.City Police Spokesman Lt. Col. E.
Sat, 28 Jun 1997
WB loan Bangkok
WB loan Bangkok BANGKOK (AFP): The World Bank said yesterday it had approved a US$145 million loan to Thailand's Metropolitan Electricity Authority (MEA) to upgrade the efficiency of the distribution system in Bangkok.
Sat, 28 Jun 1997
EU sees no talks with Myanmar yet
EU sees no talks with Myanmar yet BRUSSELS (Reuter): European Union (EU) foreign ministers have said that the human rights situation in Myanmar was worsening and that Yangon's membership of the ASEAN trading bloc did not imply it could take part in EU-Asian talks.
Sat, 28 Jun 1997
PWI plans new press center
PWI plans new press center JAKARTA (JP): The Jakarta chapter of the Indonesian Journalists Association (PWI) is planning to build a press center.Jakarta PWI chairman Tarman Azzam said earlier this week that the 14-story building would include a training and education center for journalists and a...
Sat, 28 Jun 1997
Hero Supermarket apologizes
Hero Supermarket apologizesFrom Pikiran RakyatI am writing in reference to Mr. Verdi's letter (Pikiran Rakyat June 24).On behalf of Hero Supermarket's management we would like to apologize for the misconduct of our employee while you were shopping at our outlet situated on Jl.
Sat, 28 Jun 1997
Election money frauds
Election money frauds KENDARI, Southeast Sulawesi: Kendari Regent H.A. Razak Porosi promised to punish an unscrupulous employee who had allegedly stolen Rp 187 million (US$77,916) of general election funds, Antara reported.
Sat, 28 Jun 1997
IPTN moves to produce engine in grand aviation designs
IPTN moves to produce engine in grand aviation designs PARIS (JP): If building airplanes is like doing a giant jigsaw puzzle, then putting together the engine has got to be one of the largest and most important pieces.
Sat, 28 Jun 1997
Bill 'must protect' indigenous people
Bill 'must protect' indigenous people JAKARTA (JP): The future environment law should better protect indigenous people's land rights, sociologist Loekman Soetrisno said yesterday.At a discussion on the environment bill at the Indonesian Legal Aid Foundation, Loekman of Gadjah Mada University said...
Sat, 28 Jun 1997
Stock Exchange
Stock ExchangeStock prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (in rupiah) on June 27, 1997: Shares Close Change Trading Volume --------------------------------------------------------- Ades Alfindo 1,875 -75 49,500 AHAP Insurance 2,700 0 0 Alter Abadi 1,025 0 0 Alumindo Light Metal 1,075 -25 1,284,500...
Sat, 28 Jun 1997
The audit board's report
The audit board's report While presenting the State Audit Board's findings for the first half of the past budget year to House of Representatives chairman H. Wahono earlier this week, Audit Board chairman Prof. Dr. J.B. Sumarlin said he hoped the document could be of good use to legislators.
Sat, 28 Jun 1997
Fabricated quotation
Fabricated quotation Several articles in the Indonesian press on Tuesday, June 24 and a page two story in The Jakarta Post (Thursday, June 26) draw on an Antara report which referred to Alex Refialy, as "Head of the East Timor Chapter of the National Commission on Human Rights." Mr.
Sat, 28 Jun 1997
Test pilot gives thumbs up to N-250
Test pilot gives thumbs up to N-250 PARIS (JP): "We had a smooth flight. The plane was in top shape."That was the verdict from Indonesian Air Force pilot Lt. Col. Sumarwoto who, along with 12 others, flew the Gatotkoco, the initial prototype of the N-250, all the way from Bandung, West Java, to...
Sat, 28 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 Filler 3:20 Soccer: Kansas League, Petrokimia vs Surabaya (live) 4:00 Regional News 4:30 Soccer: Kansas League, Petrokimia vs Surabaya (contd.
Sat, 28 Jun 1997
Corporate shareholders meetings' reports
Corporate shareholders meetings' reports JAKARTA (JP): Shareholders of publicly listed PT Van Der Horst Indonesia approved yesterday the company's plan to increase its paid-up capital Rp 120 billion (US$49 million) to Rp 160 billion.
Sat, 28 Jun 1997
Body found in trash container
Body found in trash container JAKARTA (JP): A body of a female was found in a garbage container on Jl. Lenteng Agung, in Jagakarsa, South Jakarta yesterday.A police sergeant at the South Jakarta Police precinct said the body was found by an officer of the city sanitation office, Tarjo, at about...
Sat, 28 Jun 1997
Jet-powered N-250 is just the beginning
Jet-powered N-250 is just the beginning PARIS (JP): The N-250 twin turboprop aircraft is the first of a family of airplanes, both propel and jet powered, that PT IPTN plans to produce as Indonesia bids entry into the global aviation industry.
Sat, 28 Jun 1997
RI rice output set to increase 2%
RI rice output set to increase 2% JAKARTA (JP): Indonesian unhusked rice production this year is expected to rise 2 percent over last year's 50 million tons despite forecasts of a drought worse than the one in late 1994 which ended Indonesia's self-sufficiency in rice, a minister said.
Sat, 28 Jun 1997
RI immigration alert ahead of HK handover
RI immigration alert ahead of HK handover JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesian Immigration Office will increase its alertness against possible attempts by Hong Kong nationals to immigrate into Indonesia ahead of the British island colony's handover to China next week, Immigration Director General Pranowo...
Sat, 28 Jun 1997
Franchising of traditional food
Franchising of traditional food JAKARTA (JP): The growth of traditional Indonesian food franchises significantly pales compared to those of foreign franchises due to discrimination from shopping center owners, says a businessman.
Sat, 28 Jun 1997
Power project delayed due to agreement failure
Power project delayed due to agreement failure JAKARTA (JP): British Gas International has yet to start developing a proposed US$350 million gas-fired power plant in Serpong, West Java, because it has been unable to secure a power purchase agreement with state-owned electricity company PLN.
Sat, 28 Jun 1997
Pollution in Bekasi
Pollution in BekasiFrom RepublikaRecently, thick fumes resembling fog with a strong smell have been noticeable in Bekasi. At first, I thought a resident must have been burning his garbage. But that was not the case.The fumes appear in the morning and may reappear at dusk.
Sat, 28 Jun 1997
Illegal levies haunt public bus drivers
Illegal levies haunt public bus drivers JAKARTA (JP): One complaint of drivers who staged sporadic strikes in the past two weeks was the many official and unofficial fees they are subjected to.There is a kind of fee which is not clearly defined as official or not -- those collected at terminals.
Fri, 27 Jun 1997
Trihamas Finance gets Rp 100b loan
Trihamas Finance gets Rp 100b loan JAKARTA (JP): Multifinance company PT Trihamas Finance secured a Rp 100 billion (US$41.66 million) syndicated loan from eight banks yesterday.Trihamas Finance's president Hendri Sudiyarto said the four year loan would carry an annual interest of about 19 percent...
Fri, 27 Jun 1997
Government denies policy changes in mining contract
Government denies policy changes in mining contract JAKARTA (JP): State Secretary/Minister Moerdiono denied yesterday that new foreign mining contractors would have to give the government a 10 percent share of their ventures on a free carried-interest basis.
Fri, 27 Jun 1997
Ministers and departments
Ministers and departmentsFrom MerdekaArticle 17 of the constitution, paragraph three says that ministers are the head of departments. Now, there are many ministers not heading a department. Isn't this contrary to the article?If a minister ends his function before the end of his term, is this...
Fri, 27 Jun 1997
Bali to have tourism school
Bali to have tourism school DENPASAR, Bali: Bali's Indonesian Tourism Management Institute (MAPINDO) has established a cooperation with Australia's Western Melbourne Institute of Tafe, La Trobe University and South Bank Tafe to set up an institute of higher learning in tourism.
Fri, 27 Jun 1997
Rights campaigner blasts arson
Rights campaigner blasts arson MEDAN, North Sumatra: A human rights campaigner condemned yesterday the burning of a house belonging to shaman Ahmad Suraji, who is accused of murdering 42 women, Antara reported.
Fri, 27 Jun 1997
Shuttlers 'need better future'
Shuttlers 'need better future' JAKARTA (JP): The 1992 Olympic singles gold medalist Alan Budikusuma has urged the Badminton Association of Indonesia to start considering national shuttlers' future after they retire.
Fri, 27 Jun 1997
Chevron and Texaco steam up in Indonesia
Chevron and Texaco steam up in Indonesia SAN FRANCISCO (Reuter): Chevron Corp and Texaco Inc said their Amoseas Indonesia joint venture had hit dry steam in a geothermal well at Darajat, Western Java, Indonesia which is sufficient to power one third of a 20 megawatt power station.The two U.S.
Fri, 27 Jun 1997
The Listening Post
The Listening Post "Building English Skills Through Newspaper + Radio" Produced by American Language Center in cooperation with The Jakarta Post and Radio Sonora FM 100.9 Mhz * Bre-X's Indonesian moose pasture has turned into a quagmire of grief and disappointment, for all those mislead people...
Fri, 27 Jun 1997
Seven-day-old headless body
Seven-day-old headless body JAKARTA (JP): A forensic expert said yesterday a headless body found Wednesday night in Cakung, East Jakarta, was about seven days old.Mun'im Idris of Cipto Mangunkusumo General Hospital said he believed the boy, found on Jl. Raya Bekasi, was killed the night of June 19.
Fri, 27 Jun 1997
Students protest against bashing by soldiers
Students protest against bashing by soldiers JAKARTA (JP): More than 350 students from Indonesia Christian University marched to the office of the National Commission on Human Rights yesterday in protest against soldiers who bashed students at the university's Cawang campus Monday night.
Fri, 27 Jun 1997
Deceitful cab driver
Deceitful cab driverFrom Media IndonesiaI am a Japanese citizen and I arrived on Singapore Airlines June 15, 1997, about 7 p.m. at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport.The driver who was supposed to fetch me did not show up. After a long wait, I decided to take a cab to the office guest house.
Fri, 27 Jun 1997
Work starts to change House rules
Work starts to change House rules JAKARTA (JP): After weeks of heated polemics, legislators began work yesterday on ways to change the House of Representatives' internal rules.The 500-strong House has set up a special team to come up with a proposal on rule amendments by July 22.
Fri, 27 Jun 1997
Govt firm on no pay for striking workers
Govt firm on no pay for striking workers JAKARTA (JP): Striking workers will not be paid, the government said yesterday, referring to the "no work no pay" principle stipulated in an International Labor Organization convention.
Fri, 27 Jun 1997
Daya Sakti to double profit
Daya Sakti to double profit JAKARTA (JP): Publicly listed timber company PT Daya Sakti Unggul Corporation expects to double its net profit to Rp 18 billion this year from Rp 9 billion in 1996.The company's president Njoto Suhardjojo said yesterday after the company's shareholders meeting that sales...
Fri, 27 Jun 1997
New entertainment hall opens next week
New entertainment hall opens next week JAKARTA (JP): A state-of-the-art entertainment center, which will feature a mixture of entertainment, will be opened on Jl. Sudirman on July 3, the center's deputy general manager said yesterday.
Fri, 27 Jun 1997
RI need to draft competition policy, say analysts
RI need to draft competition policy, say analysts JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia has undergone substantial trade reform and deregulation and now needs to draft competition policy to give it a more competitive economic structure, experts said here yesterday.Mari E.
Fri, 27 Jun 1997
Bogor back to normal after strike
Bogor back to normal after strike BOGOR (JP): Bogor was back to normal yesterday after a four- day strike of all 13 routes that began June 17, while drivers were waiting for authorities' to curb the addition of new vehicles as was promised.
Fri, 27 Jun 1997
Anniversary events spotlight obscure cultural gems
Anniversary events spotlight obscure cultural gemsBy Yenni Kwok JAKARTA (JP): In its anniversary month, Jakarta does not lack for international festivities. Different institutions are continuing to organize interesting events as the celebratory mood of June 22 lingers on.
Fri, 27 Jun 1997
HK democrats upset as boycott plan dropped
HK democrats upset as boycott plan dropped HONG KONG (Reuter): Hong Kong's pro-democracy camp, angry and feeling abandoned, heaped scorn on the United States and Britain yesterday for dropping a planned boycott of inaugural ceremonies for a new Beijing-picked legislature.
Fri, 27 Jun 1997
Riots blamed on growing sectarianism
Riots blamed on growing sectarianism JAKARTA (JP): The widespread violence that marred this year's general election is a sign of worsening domestic sectarianism, a political analyst said yesterday.Amir Santoso of the University of Indonesia said that he did not agree with the widely-held belief...
Fri, 27 Jun 1997
Holiday Inn's service
Holiday Inn's serviceFrom Pikiran RakyatI had reserved an executive suite for June 21 to June 22 at the Holiday Inn in Bandung for a guest of mine from Jakarta. The total cost of Rp 508,200 was paid in advance by credit card.