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Tue, 30 Jul 1996
Stocks and rupiah plunge following weekend unrest
Stocks and rupiah plunge following weekend unrest JAKARTA (JP): Stock prices and the rupiah plunged on the local market yesterday as jittery investors lost confidence in the aftermath of the weekend riots.The Jakarta Stock Exchange (JSX) lost 3.
Tue, 30 Jul 1996
Horror bus driver's trial postponed
Horror bus driver's trial postponed BOGOR (JP): Yesterday's planned trial of the Kramatdjati bus driver charged with causing the deaths of 31 passengers, who were incinerated inside the bus, has been rescheduled to Monday at the Bogor District Court.
Tue, 30 Jul 1996
More tourists in S'pore
More tourists in S'pore SINGAPORE (AFP): Singapore's tourist arrivals in January-June increased 5.1 percent over the same period last year to 3.55 million, the Singapore Tourist Promotion Board (STPB) said yesterday.Arrivals in June alone grew 6.
Tue, 30 Jul 1996
Averting a harmful impact
Averting a harmful impact The incidents that occurred in Jakarta over the weekend have affected one of the pillars of our development efforts, namely political stability. A thorough study is needed to limit their negative effect on the national economy.
Tue, 30 Jul 1996
Where to go in Jakarta:
Where to go in Jakarta:Music * Hotel Dai-ichi, Jl. Senen Raya 135, Central Jakarta. - Mezzanine Lounge: The Praise Vocal Group, nightly except Sundays, from 8 p.m. to 11 p.m. * Hotel Aryaduta, Jl. Prapatan 44-48, Central Jakarta: - Ambiente Italian Restaurant: Los Morenitos Vocal Group, Monday,...
Tue, 30 Jul 1996
Indonesia-Africa relationship
Indonesia-Africa relationship Be ready for a shock: Indonesia, despite its geographical distance, has been known in Africa for ages. The island of Madagascar in Southern Africa was populated by immigrants from various parts of the Indonesia archipelago. Their migration was continuous until 1511.
Tue, 30 Jul 1996
Experts discuss organ transplants
Experts discuss organ transplants JAKARTA (JP): Islamic medical experts are discussing crucial questions on health technologies, including whether religious laws permit uterus transplants and transplants of animal organs.
Tue, 30 Jul 1996
Two firms secure loan facilities
Two firms secure loan facilities JAKARTA (JP): PT Pramindo Ikat Nusantara and PT Eternal Buana Chemical secured US$400 million and US$43 million respectively yesterday in syndicated loan facilities.Pramindo Ikat announced that its loans were pledged by 31 financial institutions, with Banque...
Tue, 30 Jul 1996
Smoking in hospitals and buses
Smoking in hospitals and busesFrom NeracaBasically I do not care if a person smokes close to me. It is his right and his money. What I object to is people smoking in public places like buses and hospitals.One day I saw a bus passenger smoking quietly next to a fellow passenger's baby.
Tue, 30 Jul 1996
SAEAGA to acquire plane
SAEAGA to acquire plane LANGKAWI, Malaysia (AFP): Malaysian-based SAEAGA Airlines Sdn. Bhd. said yesterday it planned to buy 10 medium-sized aircraft from Boeing Co. or Airbus to expand to international routes.
Tue, 30 Jul 1996
Rights body open to all complaints
Rights body open to all complaints DILI, East Timor: The National Commission on Human Rights office recently opened here will take any complaints of rights violations and will try to seek the best solutions, the office chief said yesterday.
Tue, 30 Jul 1996
No decision yet on party-line ads
No decision yet on party-line ads JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesian Association of Advertising Agencies has yet to accept the appeal from the state-owned communications company Indosat to block a foreign telephone service's advertisements promoting a "party-line".
Tue, 30 Jul 1996
RP to float oil prices
RP to float oil prices MANILA (AFP): The Philippines is to partially lift price controls on domestic oil products from Aug. 12, which should initially increase gasoline prices and reduce those for other refined products, a government statement said yesterday.
Tue, 30 Jul 1996
FM Gong begins talks in Hanoi
FM Gong begins talks in Hanoi HANOI (AFP): South Korean Foreign Minister Gong Ro-myung began a day of official talks here yesterday that were expected to focus on economic links and tensions on the Korean peninsula.
Tue, 30 Jul 1996
EVA Air carries more passengers
EVA Air carries more passengers JAKARTA (JP): The number of passengers transported between Taiwan and Indonesia by EVA Air of Taiwan during the first five months of this year increased by 58.13 percent to 68,000 over the same period of 1995.
Tue, 30 Jul 1996
Consumer institutions asked to do more
Consumer institutions asked to do more JAKARTA (JP): Consumer groups should do more to defend the public from the adverse effects of advertising, an anthropologist said at a seminar on women and advertising in Surabaya yesterday.
Tue, 30 Jul 1996
Herb intensifies as it nears RP
Herb intensifies as it nears RP MANILA (Reuter): Typhoon Herb gathered strength yesterday and weathermen said it was likely to intensify as it roared closer to the Philippines.Herb was raging over the Pacific Ocean, 810 kilometers east of the northern tip of the main Philippine island of Luzon,...
Tue, 30 Jul 1996
More protests over Tangerang nightspots
More protests over Tangerang nightspots TANGERANG (JP): Thirty youths from the Balaraja regency in Tangerang marched to the local council yesterday, protesting that local nightspots have become sites for drug transactions and illicit prostitution.The protest is the latest of several in the area.
Tue, 30 Jul 1996
Corn self-sufficiency may cost US$81.89m
Corn self-sufficiency may cost US$81.89m JAKARTA (JP): The government's target of reaching national self-sufficiency in corn will require the intensive development of 456,150 hectares of hybrid-corn fields, costing Rp 188.34 billion (US$81.89 million) in farmers' credit funds.
Tue, 30 Jul 1996
Local runners win cross country
Local runners win cross country JAKARTA (JP): Local runners sped to a double victory yesterday in the Arafura Youth Games' cross country at the Somba Opu Fort in Ujungpandang, South Sulawesi.M. Idris won the men's 5,000-meter gold medal in 15 minutes and 14 seconds.
Tue, 30 Jul 1996
Era of cheap cars
Era of cheap cars Putting the controversy aside for the moment, the government's national car policy may have ushered in a new era of cheap cars in Indonesia. Local car manufacturers may question the fairness of a policy that favors a complete newcomer, and Japan and the United States may make good...
Tue, 30 Jul 1996
Stock Exchange
Stock ExchangeStock prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (in rupiah) on July 29, 1996: Shares Close Change Trading Volume -------------------------------------------------------- Ades Alfindo 1,275 0 0 AHAP Insurance 2,700 0 0 Alumindo Perkasa 650 -50 15,000 Andayani Megah 1,250 -25 2,217,500 Aneka...
Tue, 30 Jul 1996
Ever Shine's bonus shares
Ever Shine's bonus shares JAKARTA (JP): PT Ever Shine Tex, a textile producer listed on the Jakarta Stock Exchange, will distribute bonus shares and split its stocks.The company said its shareholders, during their extraordinary meeting yesterday, approved the management's plan of a stock split and...
Tue, 30 Jul 1996
143 Jakartans now infected with HIV/AIDS
143 Jakartans now infected with HIV/AIDS JAKARTA (JP): The number of people infected with HIV/AIDS in Jakarta has increased from 140 people in May to 143 in June.An official of the city health agency, Rasyid Piarah, said yesterday that according to a report collected from the hospitals,...
Tue, 30 Jul 1996
Garuda delays
Garuda delays I nearly fell out of my chair in disbelief reading that "Soepandi told reporters that Garuda had never been involved in delayed flights" (The Jakarta Post, July 19, 1996). To give just a few examples, flight 958 to Manila on Feb.
Tue, 30 Jul 1996
Time to rejuvenate court's image
Time to rejuvenate court's imageBy Frans H. Winarta JAKARTA (JP): The plight of the Supreme Court began with Justice Adi Andojo Soetjipto's suspicion of collusion between a justice and a former justice.The justice was in charge of the Gandhi Memorial School case.
Tue, 30 Jul 1996
Plane makes emergency landing
Plane makes emergency landing PALANGKA RAYA, Central Kalimantan: An F-28 Merpati Nusantara aircraft failed to land yesterday morning at the Tjilik Riwut airport and was forced to make an emergency landing at the Syamsuddinoor airport in Banjarmasin, South Kalimantan.
Tue, 30 Jul 1996
More women work but are still paid less
More women work but are still paid less JAKARTA (JP): Over 45 percent of all the world's women aged 15 to 64 earn money but they are paid on average 25 percent less than men, the International Labor Organization (ILO) says.
Tue, 30 Jul 1996
BNI defies shaky market with plan to go public
BNI defies shaky market with plan to go public JAKARTA (JP): State-owned Bank Negara Indonesia (BNI) 1946 will go ahead with its initial plan to float shares on the local capital market later this year despite the jitters felt after last week's rioting.
Tue, 30 Jul 1996
Cabin crew recruitment
Cabin crew recruitment Singapore Airlines was said to be looking for Indonesian women between 18 and 25 years old during its cabin crew recruitment session here on May 1 and May 2.In the August edition of the airline's Cleo Magazine they advertised for Singaporean women 18 to under 26 years old as...
Tue, 30 Jul 1996
Megawati may be questioned over riot
Megawati may be questioned over riot JAKARTA (JP): While the government blamed the weekend riot squarely on the Democratic People's Party (PRD) yesterday, senior government figures did not rule out the possibility of questioning Megawati Soekarnoputri over the unrest.
Tue, 30 Jul 1996
Riots may affect RI investment, economists say
Riots may affect RI investment, economists say JAKARTA (JP): Economists have raised concerns about investment in Indonesia following last weekend's riots, but differed on the magnitude of the impacts.Sri Mulyani I.
Tue, 30 Jul 1996
Talk about transvestites
Talk about transvestites SEMARANG, Central Java: The Muhammadiyah Moslem organization is calling on religious leaders, psychologists, medical practitioners and the public at large to discuss the role of transvestites in society, Antara reported yesterday.
Tue, 30 Jul 1996
Latest rape in Bekasi studied
Latest rape in Bekasi studied BEKASI (JP): Police say the latest report regarding Friday's rape of a 35-year-old wife of a teacher was still under investigation.Reporters yesterday waited for five hours before Bekasi Police Chief. Lt. Col. Alex Bambang R. said that no progress had been made.
Tue, 30 Jul 1996
1. PDI (50) -- 72/80pts MB l/c 5 cols 2 lines
1. PDI (50) -- 72/80pts MB l/c 5 cols 2 lines Megawati may be questioned over riot 2. Situation (48) -- 36pts HB/HBC l/c 5 cols 1 line Hoax bomb threats hit Jakarta 3. Bourse (50) -- 36 pts NCSB l/c 4 cols 2 lines Stocks and rupiah plunge following weekend unrest 4.
Tue, 30 Jul 1996
Cheap cars may push up current account deficit
Cheap cars may push up current account deficit JAKARTA (JP): An economist warned yesterday that the introduction of cheap cars on the domestic market, following the government's national car policy, was likely to encourage more imports and increase current account deficits.Sri Mulyani I.
Tue, 30 Jul 1996
OLYMPIC MEDAL TALLY
OLYMPIC MEDAL TALLY Position as of Monday 23.00 Indonesian Western Time. G S B U.S.A. 20 26 9 Russia 16 11 9 France 12 6 12 Italy 10 6 8 China 9 11 7 Germany 8 11 18 Australia 7 7 15 Poland 5 5 3 Rumania 4 4 4 Hungary 4 3 5 Cuba 3 4 7 Japan 3 4 3 S. Korea 3 4 2 Greece 3 3 0 N.
Tue, 30 Jul 1996
Common misperception on mental illness lamented
Common misperception on mental illness lamented JAKARTA (JP): An expert has lamented the common misperception that people have about mental illness and mental institutions."Many people think, mistakenly, that mental hospitals are only for 'crazy people'," Slamet Oetomo Gardjito from the Ministry of...
Tue, 30 Jul 1996
Students and employees stay at home
Students and employees stay at home JAKARTA (JP): A number of schools, mainly in Central Jakarta, remained shut yesterday following the weekend riots, to avoid risk to students, while some offices and shops closed early.
Tue, 30 Jul 1996
Dompu to host
Dompu to host surfing c'ship JAKARTA (JP): Lakey Beach in Dompu, West Nusa Tenggara, will host the fourth leg of the International Surfing Championships from Aug. 27 to Aug. 31.Event organizers said that 97 surfers from Australia, New Zealand, the United States, France, South Africa and Indonesia...
Tue, 30 Jul 1996
Government stand on Confucianism sparks anger
Government stand on Confucianism sparks anger JAKARTA (JP): Lawyers and experts are lambasting the government's ambivalent stand on Confucianism, questioning its authority to exclude Confucianism from the original list of six religions recognized in Indonesia as guaranteed by laws.
Tue, 30 Jul 1996
Hoax bomb threats hit Jakarta
Hoax bomb threats hit Jakarta JAKARTA (JP): Several areas of the capital, still nursing wounds from two days of street violence, were disrupted by hoax bomb threats and rumors of fresh waves of riots yesterday.
Tue, 30 Jul 1996
Rp 2.8t available for clove industry
Rp 2.8t available for clove industry JAKARTA (JP): The National Federation of Village Cooperatives (Inkud) is sitting on more than Rp 2.8 trillion (US$1.2 billion) in assets that are allocated for the buffer-stocking and marketing of cloves, an official says.
Tue, 30 Jul 1996
Yachts to reach Ambon tonight
Yachts to reach Ambon tonight JAKARTA (JP): The first yacht in the 20th Darwin to Ambon International Yachting Championships is scheduled to cross the finish line this evening at Amahusu Beach in Ambon, Maluku.
Tue, 30 Jul 1996
RI survives elimination round
RI survives elimination round JAKARTA (JP): Indonesian female archers Hamdiah, Dahliana and Nurfitriyana survived the Olympic Games elimination round at Stone Mountain Park in Atlanta on Sunday.After the round, which sorted out 64 archers for the main draw, Hamdiah ranks 25th with 639 points,...
Mon, 29 Jul 1996
Police raid nets village chief
Police raid nets village chief SEMARANG, Central Java: Police arrested three people including a nearby village chief during a raid on a house which had been used for gambling on Saturday.The 42-year-old village chief of the Pilang Wetan Dempet in the Demak district, was found at a house on Jl. W.R.
Mon, 29 Jul 1996
Indonesia names Olympic Chess team
Indonesia names Olympic Chess team JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia named yesterday six male chess players for the 32rd Chess Olympiad in Yerevan, Armenia, from Sept. 15 to Oct. 3 this year.The team roster was completed after four players -- Ivan Jonathan Situru, Salor Sitanggang, Cerdas Barus and Danny...
Mon, 29 Jul 1996
100-ha land in
100-ha land in Puncak cleared BOGOR, West Java (JP): Local authorities have taken back from developers at least 100 hectares of state-owned land being used for buildings in the tourist resort of Puncak, Bogor.
Mon, 29 Jul 1996
Quick end to kidnapping drama
Quick end to kidnapping drama JAKARTA (JP): The 3.5-hour kidnapping drama of a nine-year-old schoolgirl in South Jakarta ended last Friday with the girl's parents agreeing to give up US$85,000 in ransom, though the money has not been lost.
Mon, 29 Jul 1996
Garuda's toll-free lines
Garuda's toll-free lines JAKARTA (JP): The state-owned air carrier Garuda Indonesia has set up a toll-free number.A Garuda spokesman, Arif Hartanto, said on Saturday that travelers can dial 0-800-21747 to make reservations.