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Tue, 27 Jun 1995
Telecom acquisition planned
Telecom acquisition planned SINGAPORE (AFP): Singapore Telecom, the largest publicly- listed company in this city state, is to acquire a 24.5 percent stake in Australia's long distance telephone company AAP Telecommunications Pty. Ltd. (AAPT), it was announced here.
Tue, 27 Jun 1995
International kites to fly in RI sky
International kites to fly in RI sky JAKARTA (JP): It remains uncertain when, exactly, the tradition of kite flying began in Indonesia. There is no historical record found concerning this meaningful pastime.
Tue, 27 Jun 1995
Women's dress
Women's dress Lenah Susianty's letter Why not regulate men's dress? (The Jakarta Post, June 5, 1995), prompts me to make some comments. Lenah Susianty was responding to an earlier letter by Zamroni Mahsun published in Gatra magazine and reprinted in The Jakarta Post on June 1, 1995, under the...
Tue, 27 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, Tuesday and Wednesday from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m.; Lost Morenitos, Monday Thursday and Sunday from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m. Los Paraguas, Friday and Saturday from 7 p.m.
Tue, 27 Jun 1995
My car stolen
My car stolenFrom Pikiran RakyatOn Wednesday, April 5, 1995 at about 2.30 a.m. my Saloon car, Corolla SE, was stolen from the parking lot of Asia-Afrika Plaza (Discotheque) on Jl. Alkateri, Bandung. Following a careful examination, I found that the theft was masterminded by my friend, who shared...
Tue, 27 Jun 1995
Bukaka, Singtel win E. Indonesia contract
Bukaka, Singtel win E. Indonesia contract JAKARTA (JP): The government has selected a consortium led by Indonesia's Bukaka Group and Singapore Telecommunications Ltd. as the winner of the joint operation contract for the telecommunications network in Indonesia's eastern islands.
Tue, 27 Jun 1995
Middle class will stay quiet until crisis
Middle class will stay quiet until crisis JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesian middle class is an established, albeit latent, political force that will remain dormant until prompted by a national crisis, noted political thinker Jusuf Wanandi said yesterday.
Tue, 27 Jun 1995
'50% of paper, pulp plants polluters'
'50% of paper, pulp plants polluters' JAKARTA (JP): The Environmental Impact Management Agency (Bapedal) has reported that half of the 62 paper and pulp plants here routinely pollute the environment.Deputy chairman Nabiel Makarim told a hearing with the House of Representatives (DPR) here yesterday...
Tue, 27 Jun 1995
Golkar aims to win over women to retain majority
Golkar aims to win over women to retain majority JAKARTA (JP): After months of extensive campaigning for the support of villagers and the poor, including beggars and shoe polishers, Golkar is now targeting women.
Tue, 27 Jun 1995
Separatism fears haunt regional autonomy plan
Separatism fears haunt regional autonomy plan JAKARTA (JP): Fears of renewed separatism and the trauma of federalism have continued to haunt the government as it launched this year a long standing plan to give the regions greater autonomy, experts said yesterday.
Tue, 27 Jun 1995
Sumarecon cancels sales
Sumarecon cancels sales JAKARTA (JP): PT Sumarecon Agung, a publicly-listed real estate developer, has canceled its plans to establish more apartments due to weakening demand, the company said in a repot yesterday.
Tue, 27 Jun 1995
Waste dumped in Aikwa river
Waste dumped in Aikwa river JAYAPURA, Irian Jaya: The provincial Jaya administration has decided to allow PT Freeport Indonesia, a copper mining company, to dispose of its waste into the Aikwa river in the Mimika subdistrict, Fak-Fak regency.
Tue, 27 Jun 1995
Vehicle office's new move not a blow for brokers
Vehicle office's new move not a blow for brokers JAKARTA (JP): City police may have simplified the notoriously complicated procedures for renewing registration of motor vehicles, but for the brokers who have long been involved in the registration process it is business as usual.
Tue, 27 Jun 1995
ASEAN formula could work elsewhere: Experts
ASEAN formula could work elsewhere: Experts JAKARTA (JP): After its successful adoption by the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), the concept of "regional resilience" should now be touted as a possible paradigm for regional security arrangements in other parts of the world, Indonesian...
Tue, 27 Jun 1995
KONI designs another fund-raising program
KONI designs another fund-raising program JAKARTA (JP): The National Sports Council (KONI) is designing a new fund raising program to replace Tapornas, the controversial bank savings account scheme, in order to come up with the huge budget set for national sports development.
Tue, 27 Jun 1995
Environment and mass transit interlink
Environment and mass transit interlinkBy Dr. Bambang S. Pujantiyo JAKARTA (JP): In selecting and determining a type of mass public transportation, there is much to be considered. But the most important matter is selecting which type has the biggest positive impact and the smallest negative impact.
Tue, 27 Jun 1995
Gus Dur supports progressive tax
Gus Dur supports progressive tax WONOSOBO, Central Java (JP): Noted Moslem scholar Abdurrahman Wahid, popularly known as Gus Dur, said yesterday that he supported the idea of introducing more progressive tax rates, whereby the wealthy contribute more to state coffers than the less well to do.
Tue, 27 Jun 1995
TV today
TV todayTVRI 2:35 p.m. TV Series: Hassai Sensei 3:05 Diletansia 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 Economic News 7:00 Evening News 7:30 Talk Show: Wawasan 8:05 Drama 9:00 World...
Tue, 27 Jun 1995
Use gas for fuel
Use gas for fuelFrom Bisnis IndonesiaJakarta city buses are always overcrowded. This is accepted as an ordinary daily phenomenon by commuters, as long as they can get to their place of work on time. The condition is worsened by cigarette smoke puffed out by bus passengers.
Tue, 27 Jun 1995
Apartment dwellers demand compensation
Apartment dwellers demand compensation JAKARTA (JP): Former occupants of the low-cost Rawabilal residential and business apartments in Tebet, South Jakarta, demanded that city-owned developer PD Sarana Jaya compensate them for the homes the company illegally demolished.
Tue, 27 Jun 1995
Canada consulate open in Surabaya
Canada consulate open in Surabaya SURABAYA, East Java: Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chretien has appointed Alim Markus, president of an Indonesian plastic goods manufacturer, an honorary Canadian consul in Surabaya.
Tue, 27 Jun 1995
Laborers' case adjourned
Laborers' case adjourned JAKARTA (JP): The hearing of a law suit filed by laborers against the city government was adjourned yesterday, with the judge saying that the plaintiff's dossier was imprecise.Presiding judge Benjamin Mangkoedilaga said the session would be reopened after the plaintiff,...
Tue, 27 Jun 1995
Discotheque catches fire
Discotheque catches fire JAKARTA (JP): All shops at the Glodok Jaya shopping center in Mangga Dua, West Jakarta, were closed yesterday after a fire at the Regent Discotheque on the 9th floor of the building in the early hours of the morning.
Tue, 27 Jun 1995
SE Asian fund endorsed
SE Asian fund endorsed MANILA (AFP): Senior officials from Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines have endorsed the proposal for a special fund for an East ASEAN Growth Area (EAGA), Philippine Finance Secretary Roberto De Ocampo said yesterday.
Tue, 27 Jun 1995
House calls for action on port
House calls for action on port JAKARTA (JP): House members voiced concern yesterday over the havoc at Jakarta's Tanjung Priok port, saying that privately- managed terminal operators should be dissolved, if necessary.
Tue, 27 Jun 1995
Kazakhstan President ends visit
Kazakhstan President ends visit DENPASAR, Bali: Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev and his wife Sara concluded their official five-day visit here yesterday, departing for home from the Ngurah Rai Airport.
Tue, 27 Jun 1995
Taxi passenger assaulted
Taxi passenger assaulted On Tuesday afternoon, June 6, 1995, at approximately 2.30 p.m., a colleague and I hailed a President taxi on Jl. Pecenongan in Central Jakarta. Our destination was Jl. Lautze near Pasar Baru.
Tue, 27 Jun 1995
Chase closes financing for Poiton
Chase closes financing for Poiton JAKARTA (JP): Chase Manhattan Bank, N.A. of the United States announced yesterday that the syndication has closed for the financing of two coal-fired power units with a combined generation capacity of 1,230 megawatts in Paiton, East Java.
Tue, 27 Jun 1995
Police arrest naked couples
Police arrest naked couples JAKARTA (JP): A dozen of uniformed police officers stormed the Tonight Bar, which is allegedly also used as a massage parlor, and arrested four naked couples last week, police said yesterday.Police also detained a suspected panderer.
Tue, 27 Jun 1995
Jakarta needs strict, consistent law enforcement
Jakarta needs strict, consistent law enforcement JAKARTA (JP): The city administration should improve law enforcement to overcome the numerous social problems emerging along with rapid economic development, two observers say.
Tue, 27 Jun 1995
Seoul-Denpasar direct flights open
Seoul-Denpasar direct flights open DENPASAR, Bali: Governor Ida Bagus Oka says the direct flights from Seoul to Jakarta via Denpasar to begin next month are expected to increase the number of South Korean visitors to the island.
Tue, 27 Jun 1995
Malaysia's robots to go on duty
Malaysia's robots to go on duty KUALA LUMPUR (AFP): Malaysia will produce its first robots in two years to tap rubber and harvest oil palm, Bernama news agency reported yesterday.The acute labor shortage in local plantations spurred the authorities to set up a 12 million ringgit (US$4.
Tue, 27 Jun 1995
Alatas says no to talks on South China Sea border
Alatas says no to talks on South China Sea border JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Foreign Affairs Ali Alatas dismissed yesterday an offer from a Chinese official to discuss border delineation in the South China Sea, saying that Indonesia and China did not share any border in the area.
Tue, 27 Jun 1995
Rice import depends on stock: Beddu
Rice import depends on stock: Beddu JAKARTA (JP): Inadequate domestic production will force the National Logistics Agency (Bulog) to continue importing rice this year to strengthen its stocks, which fell to low levels earlier this year.
Tue, 27 Jun 1995
Businessman wants police to investigate assault
Businessman wants police to investigate assault JAKARTA (JP): A businessman has asked the police to immediately summon for questioning three executives of Panin Bank whom he believes were involved in his being kidnapped and beaten last month.
Tue, 27 Jun 1995
Stock Exchange
Stock ExchangeStock prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (in rupiah) on June 26, 1995: Trading Shares Close Change Volume ------------------------------------------------------------ Ades Alfindo 2,250 0 0 AHAP Insurance 3,275 0 0 Alumindo Perkasa 1,100 0 0 Andayani Megah 3,200 -25 224,500 Aneka...
Tue, 27 Jun 1995
Unique functions of defense institutes
Unique functions of defense institutesBy Juwono Sudarsono A unique workshop on the role of national defense institutes was held at the National Resilience Institute on June 20 to June 21. Jointly sponsored by the institute and The Asia Foundation, the workshop explored in general terms many issues...
Tue, 27 Jun 1995
Bank service
Bank service As a client of Jayabank, I transferred Rp 300,000 to Gunawan Santosa's bank account at Lippo Bank, Jl. Jendral Sudirman, Salatiga, Central Java, on June 5. The transfer fee was Rp 7,500.After more than two weeks, I was informed that the money had not reached the recipient.
Tue, 27 Jun 1995
RI, Kazakhstan sign banking deal
RI, Kazakhstan sign banking deal JAKARTA (JP): Commercial banks in Indonesia and Kazakhstan can now arrange banking transactions and exchange information under a banking agreement signed here to support economic cooperation between the two countries, the central bank announced yesterday.
Tue, 27 Jun 1995
BRI's non-performing loans reach Rp3.72t
BRI's non-performing loans reach Rp3.72t JAKARTA (JP): Non-performing loans of the state-owned Bank Rakyat Indonesia (BRI) reached Rp 3.72 trillion (US$1.69 billion) or 19.05 percent of its outstanding loans as of April, a senior executive of the bank said.
Mon, 26 Jun 1995
Jakarta coast cleaned up
Jakarta coast cleaned up JAKARTA (JP): The government invites city residents to help clean the city's coasts, especially around the Tanjung Priok port, in preparation for the upcoming Arung Samudera international sailing race.
Mon, 26 Jun 1995
Newsprint crisis
Newsprint crisis The Indonesian press industry has over the past weeks complained about the shortage of newsprint. Newspaper publishers and book printers, in facing the crisis of newsprint supplies, asked the government to intervene.
Mon, 26 Jun 1995
Environmentalist call for end to work on Bakun dam
Environmentalist call for end to work on Bakun dam KUALA LUMPUR (AFP): Green groups demanded yesterday an immediate halt to work on a giant dam proposed to power Malaysia's energy-guzzling industries after a report confirmed their "worst fears" on the project's threat to the environment.
Mon, 26 Jun 1995
India may let power project deal pass
India may let power project deal passBy Clarence Fernandez BOMBAY (Reuter): Differences between the rightwing Hindu parties ruling India's richest state may enable the country's largest power project to squeak through despite threats to scrap it, political analysts and newspaper editorials said...
Mon, 26 Jun 1995
Weekly Stock Exchange Review
Weekly Stock Exchange Review AS OF JUNE 23, 1995 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Company Name Price Previous Change Volume Value Market PER P/BV week Cap.
Mon, 26 Jun 1995
Middle class, democracy link unclear: Scholar
Middle class, democracy link unclear: ScholarBy Endy M. Bayuni JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia has a strong middle class, but, a noted Australian scholar says, this does not necessarily mean that they will push for the establishment of democracy like their counterparts in some other parts of the world.
Mon, 26 Jun 1995
Astra expands partnership programs
Astra expands partnership programs CEPER, C. Java (JP): The business partnership program that PT Astra International launched in 1991 to develop small casting firms has now expanded to the point of attracting foreign attention.
Mon, 26 Jun 1995
KL sets rules for listing new projects
KL sets rules for listing new projects KUALA LUMPUR (AFP): Malaysia's Securities Commission said Saturday only firms developing major projects in the country could be listed on the local bourse without a track record, as the government announced moves to liberalize the capital market.
Mon, 26 Jun 1995
TV today
TV todayTVRI 2:30 p.m. TV Series: Voltron 3:05 Riang Ria 3:30 TV Series: The Crystal Maze 4:30 School Quiz: Cepat Tepat 5:00 Regional News 5:30 Family Program 6:05 Nusantara, the Beloved Country 6:15 Village Program 6:30 Hankamnas 7:00 Evening News 7:30 TV Drama 8:05 TV Series: Santa Barbara 9:00...
Mon, 26 Jun 1995
Things to look for in choosing your PC keyboard
Things to look for in choosing your PC keyboardBy Zatni Arbi JAKARTA (JP): Two important components that computer buyers rarely pay attention to when they purchase their PCs are the display system and the keyboard.