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Thu, 20 Jul 1995
Thousands join family planning
Thousands join family planning MATARAM, West Nusa Tenggara: During the last three months, as many as 14,500 people have agreed to join the family planning programs here, a local official says.Head of the provincial office for the National Family Planning Coordinating Board Dr.
Thu, 20 Jul 1995
Banned writer Pramoedya gets Magsaysay award
Banned writer Pramoedya gets Magsaysay award JAKARTA (JP): Pramoedya Ananta Toer, a prolific novelist whose books have been banned by the government, has been elected to receive the 1995 Ramon Magsaysay Award for Journalism, Literature and Creative Communication Arts.
Thu, 20 Jul 1995
Auto rally organizers eye world class status
Auto rally organizers eye world class status JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia's success in organizing the recently concluded Asia-Pacific auto rally championship's first round in Medan, North Sumatra, may put Indonesia closer to world rally championship status.
Thu, 20 Jul 1995
U.S. to close consulate in Medan
U.S. to close consulate in Medan JAKARTA (JP): The United States plans to close its consulate general in Medan, North Sumatra, as part of on-going efforts to downsize its overseas administrative facilities and cut spending.
Thu, 20 Jul 1995
Waste pollutes residents' wells
Waste pollutes residents' wells JAKARTA (JP): Residents of the Krankit neighborhood of the Rawa Buaya subdistrict in West Jakarta are complaining that industrial waste is being dumped in their area by a silk-screen printing factory.
Thu, 20 Jul 1995
Dossiers on Bintang sent to prosecutors' office
Dossiers on Bintang sent to prosecutors' office JAKARTA (JP): As police reached the final stages of their efforts to bring Sri Bintang Pamungkas to court for allegedly insulting President Soeharto, discussion of the possible international ramifications has also intensified.National Police Chief Gen.
Thu, 20 Jul 1995
U.S. army seeks Filipino cooks
U.S. army seeks Filipino cooks ANGELES CITY, Philippines (AFP): The U.S. army is seeking 60 Filipino cooks on one-month contracts during its military exercises with South Korea, a U.S. army officer said yesterday.Pamela Hastings, U.S.
Thu, 20 Jul 1995
RP to normalize ties with S'pore
RP to normalize ties with S'pore MANILA (AFP): President Fidel Ramos yesterday said the Philippines was taking steps to normalize relations with Singapore after the apparent settlement of the dispute over executed Filipina maid Flor Contemplacion.
Thu, 20 Jul 1995
Indonesia gets $5.36b in new aid
Indonesia gets $5.36b in new aid PARIS (Reuter): Indonesia won US$5.36 billion in aid for the next year from donor countries and development agencies yesterday, the World Bank said following a two-day meeting at its Paris office.The sum is an increase from the $5.2 billion pledged in 1994.
Thu, 20 Jul 1995
Qantas to expand Indonesian services
Qantas to expand Indonesian services JAKARTA (JP): To cope with the increasing number of Indonesians visiting Australia, the continent's flagship airline Qantas Airways will launch more services to and from Jakarta starting October this year.
Thu, 20 Jul 1995
Police arrest suspects in murder of cameraman
Police arrest suspects in murder of cameraman JAKARTA (JP): Police have arrested two of three men whom they believe carried out last week's murder of a cameraman who worked for the TPI television network.Deputy chief of the Palmerah police in West Jakarta, Capt. Endin K.
Thu, 20 Jul 1995
Jakarta eggs
Jakarta eggs The first time I noticed that eggs in Jakarta supermarkets are not kept refrigerated, I was shocked. Being a student in Dietetics at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada, I want to make egg buyers aware of the dangers of unprocessed eggs, and what to do to decrease...
Thu, 20 Jul 1995
Bankers Trust international in landmark derivatives case
Bankers Trust international in landmark derivatives case LONDON (Reuter): Bankers Trust International is taking Indonesia's PT Dharmala Sakti Sejahtara to London's High Court over losses on derivatives in what lawyers and banking officials describe as a landmark case.
Thu, 20 Jul 1995
SAR exercise opens today
SAR exercise opens today JAKARTA (JP): The final training drills of a combined sea, land and air Search and Rescue (SAR) team, to be called Lumba- Lumba (Dolphin), will be held today at Edam Island in the Seribu Island group off Jakarta Bay, Jakarta Governor Surjadi Soedirdja said.
Wed, 19 Jul 1995
Alatas denies ban on Roeslan speech in the Netherlands
Alatas denies ban on Roeslan speech in the Netherlands JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Foreign Affairs Ali Alatas denied yesterday that the Indonesian embassy in The Hague has prevented senior statesman Roeslan Abdulgani from making a public speech before Indonesian students in the Netherlands.
Wed, 19 Jul 1995
Experts query exclusion from nuclear preparations
Experts query exclusion from nuclear preparations JAKARTA (JP): The Association of Nuclear Medicine Experts queried yesterday its exclusion from Indonesia's preparations for the construction of the country's first nuclear power plant.
Wed, 19 Jul 1995
Home economics education not yet developed: Observer
Home economics education not yet developed: Observer JAKARTA (JP): Home economics education in Indonesia remains underdeveloped, despite the fact that it was introduced here 44 years ago, an observer said yesterday.
Wed, 19 Jul 1995
Seven boat people hospitalized in KL
Seven boat people hospitalized in KL KUALA LUMPUR (AFP): At least seven Vietnamese asylum-seekers, remanded in a Malaysian jail last month for rioting, have been hospitalized following a hunger strike, Bernama news agency reported yesterday.
Wed, 19 Jul 1995
Stocking cooking oil
Stocking cooking oil We don't see any urgent reason compelling the National Logistics Agency (Bulog) to build up 75,000 tons of olein and crude palm oil buffer stocks to bring down the cooking oil price to Rp 1,400 (US$0.62) from about Rp 1,550 per kilogram now.
Wed, 19 Jul 1995
Australian army says Nomad unsafe
Australian army says Nomad unsafe CANBERRA (Reuter): The Australian army has recommended that its locally-built Nomad planes, used widely by air forces in the Philippines, Thailand and Indonesia, are unsafe for military use, it was reported yesterday.
Wed, 19 Jul 1995
Garment firm disrupted by massive workers' strike
Garment firm disrupted by massive workers' strike BOGOR, West Java (JP): Production at two factories of the giant garment company PT Great River Industries was disrupted yesterday when most of its 13,000 workers went on strike to demand wage increases.
Wed, 19 Jul 1995
Sugar, flour brokers in chili business
Sugar, flour brokers in chili business JAKARTA (JP): The Association of Indonesian Sugar and Flour Distributors (Apegti) will assist the National Logistics Agency (Bulog) in stabilizing the prices of chili and onions, which have largely contributed to the country's inflation rate.
Wed, 19 Jul 1995
ASEAN: Moving on the right track (2)
ASEAN: Moving on the right track (2)By Vitit Muntarbhorn This is the second of two articles examining the path the Association of Southeast Asian Nations has taken thus far. The 1995 ASEAN Ministerial Meeting will take place at the end of this month.
Wed, 19 Jul 1995
Extensive use of artesian wells causes land to sink
Extensive use of artesian wells causes land to sink JAKARTA (JP): The city public works office has discovered ground subsidence in some 300 parts of the city which it says is due to the extensive use of artesian wells along with other aspects of the development process in those areas.
Wed, 19 Jul 1995
Policeman denies torture of suspected killers
Policeman denies torture of suspected killers JAKARTA (JP): A policeman testifying in last year's murder case of an entertainment tycoon denied a key witness' claim that he tortured suspects to extract confessions.First Lt.
Wed, 19 Jul 1995
Indonesia must revise its laws constantly: Try
Indonesia must revise its laws constantly: Try JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia should stick to the 1945 Constitution in facing rapid global change but should also be prepared to review laws which are no longer applicable, Vice President Try Sutrisno said yesterday.
Wed, 19 Jul 1995
Tracking the jungle of Indonesian business info
Tracking the jungle of Indonesian business info JAKARTA (JP): Foreign businesses intending to enter the Indonesian market or seek local partners for joint ventures have often discovered how extremely difficult it is to get reliable information on local companies.
Wed, 19 Jul 1995
Minister wants Priok railway station to be reactivated
Minister wants Priok railway station to be reactivated JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Transportation Haryanto Dhanutirto asked the state-owned train company Perumka yesterday to reactivate the now idle Tanjung Priok railway station for use as a freight and container railroad transport terminal.
Wed, 19 Jul 1995
Le Mayeur's works in danger: Artist
Le Mayeur's works in danger: Artist JAKARTA (JP): As many as 89 paintings of the Belgium-born master Le Mayeur are in danger of being damaged due to poor storage and exposure to the weather.The Antara news agency quoted painter Diany Asmina Sinung as saying that among the maestro's works (currently...
Wed, 19 Jul 1995
Overseas importers threaten to give up on Indonesian goods
Overseas importers threaten to give up on Indonesian goods JAKARTA (JP): Overseas importers are threatening to seek alternative sources of manufactured goods if congested conditions at Jakarta's Tanjung Priok port do not improve, an official says.
Wed, 19 Jul 1995
Indonesia loses out to Vietnam in coffee exports
Indonesia loses out to Vietnam in coffee exports TOKYO (Reuter): Japan, the world's third largest coffee importer after the United States and Germany, is accelerating imports from emerging producer Vietnam at the expense of Indonesia, traders said yesterday.
Wed, 19 Jul 1995
State-owned transportation firms make Rp 331b to June
State-owned transportation firms make Rp 331b to June JAKARTA (JP): State-owned companies overseen by the Ministry of Transportation gained total profits of Rp 331.6 billion (US$147.3 million) in the January-June period, Minister of Transportation Haryanto Dhanutirto said yesterday.
Wed, 19 Jul 1995
New Casas to replace Merpati's Twin Otters
New Casas to replace Merpati's Twin Otters JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Transportation Haryanto Dhanutirto said yesterday that the government would replace aging aircraft operated by the state-owned Merpati Nusantara Airlines with new Casa-212s in order to minimize accidents.
Wed, 19 Jul 1995
Reproductions to be sold
Reproductions to be sold JAKARTA (JP): Thousands of reproductions based on the works of the late Indonesian painter Affandi are being sold at an exhibition at the Enteos Club until July 25.Reproduction specialist Urbain Dirix said the reproductions are being sold for between US$50 and US$2,500"We...
Wed, 19 Jul 1995
Indonesia in French expo
Indonesia in French expo JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia, the partner country at the Hannover Messe '95 fair last April, will be the guest of honor at the SITEF '95 high technology exhibition in Toulouse, France, from Oct. 24 to Oct. 28, 1995.
Wed, 19 Jul 1995
Japan, Germany may set up training centers in ASEAN
Japan, Germany may set up training centers in ASEAN SINGAPORE (AFP): Japan and Germany are considering setting up training centers to hone the skills of managers from small- and medium-scale industries in the booming Southeast Asian economies, officials said yesterday.
Wed, 19 Jul 1995
Seminar urges equal chance for all groups
Seminar urges equal chance for all groups JAKARTA (JP): Efforts to reduce the dominance of Indonesia's ethnic Chinese over the country's commercial activities should be accompanied by measures that allow all ethnic groups to enter any field of activity, says a leading figure in the campaign to...
Wed, 19 Jul 1995
Step up efficiency
Step up efficiency From Paris it was reported yesterday that the World Bank--one of the donors in the Consultative Group on Indonesia--warned of three challenges that face the Indonesian economy as it strives to maintain its high growth.
Wed, 19 Jul 1995
Australian not Italian
Australian not Italian In the July 17, 1995 issue of The Jakarta Post my letter was published in the "Your Letters" column under the title East Timor.Unfortunately there is an error in your publication of the letter which referred to me as an expatriate Italian, while actually it should be as an...
Wed, 19 Jul 1995
Water catchment rule hard to uphold
Water catchment rule hard to uphold JAKARTA (JP): The city administration has found it difficult to keep South Jakarta as the city's water catchment area because the government's rules on housing development do not support the policy.
Wed, 19 Jul 1995
Stock Exchange
Stock ExchangeStock prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (in rupiah) on July 18, 1995: Shares Close Change Trading Volume ------------------------------------------------------ Ades Alfindo 2,250 0 0 AHAP Insurance 3,250 0 0 Alumindo Perkasa 1,100 0 0 Andayani Megah 3,375 0 124,500 Aneka Kimia Raya...
Wed, 19 Jul 1995
Ambassador and press
Ambassador and press I was astonished to read a report in The Jakarta Post on July 14, 1995, attributing comments to me in a casual conversation during the lunch break at an Indonesian Institute of Sciences seminar.
Wed, 19 Jul 1995
Senior teacher arrested over murder of police officer
Senior teacher arrested over murder of police officer JAKARTA (JP): Police arrested yesterday the man they believe is responsible for the death of a police major, ending days of speculation about who fatally stabbed the officer.
Wed, 19 Jul 1995
Mayor promises better service
Mayor promises better service JAKARTA (JP): West Jakarta Mayor Sutardjianto has asked his staffers to improve public service."Render good service and don't give people anymore trouble," the mayor said when installing Sofyan Hadi as head of the office overseeing development and Mohammad Djunaidi as...
Wed, 19 Jul 1995
Korean car firms to erode Japanese market share
Korean car firms to erode Japanese market share JAKARTA (JP): South Korean car companies, Daewoo and Hyundai, will join force to weaken the market shares of Japanese automobiles which now dominate the domestic market, an automotive businessman said yesterday.
Wed, 19 Jul 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.
Wed, 19 Jul 1995
RI, Kyrgyzstan sign investment memo
RI, Kyrgyzstan sign investment memo JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia and Kyrgyzstan, a former state of the dissolved Soviet Union, signed a memorandum of understanding yesterday on the promotion and protection of investments.
Wed, 19 Jul 1995
Bank Industri under BRI control
Bank Industri under BRI control JAKARTA (JP): State-owned Bank Rakyat Indonesia has been assigned caretaker manager of Bank Industri, a private bank controlled by Hashim S. Djoyohadikusumo.Bank Industri's president, M.
Wed, 19 Jul 1995
Indonesia Open track and field c'ship to start July 27
Indonesia Open track and field c'ship to start July 27 JAKARTA (JP): This year's Indonesia Open track and field championships will be held at its usual venue, the Senayan Madya stadium, from July 27 to 30.
Wed, 19 Jul 1995
No-Nukes incident
No-Nukes incident Many of us in Indonesia--from government to opposition alike--are chagrined by the fact that often the West does not practice the democratic principles that it professes to espouse. My most recent experience with this was during the celebration of the French Bastille Day on July...