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Sun, 09 Jul 1995
Supporters boost Amien Rais' chances
Supporters boost Amien Rais' chances BANDA ACEH, Aceh (JP): Supporters of incumbent Muhammdiyah chairman Amien Rais made a last minute dash to rally support for him as the congress of the Moslem organization began the long process of electing its new leaders.
Sun, 09 Jul 1995
Local kite makers still favor bamboo frames
Local kite makers still favor bamboo frames JAKARTA (JP): What makes Indonesian kites different from their foreign counterparts? Their frames. While most kite makers from overseas have started using fiberglass, Indonesian kite makers still favor bamboo.
Sun, 09 Jul 1995
AIDS victims need family members' support
AIDS victims need family members' supportBy Chris W. Green JAKARTA (JP): The scourge of AIDS has hit Indonesia. Although only 309 people have been diagnosed as being HIV positive, experts estimate that more than 200 times that number are actually carrying the virus that causes AIDS.
Sun, 09 Jul 1995
Working with NGOs can be rewarding
Working with NGOs can be rewarding JAKARTA (JP): Rita Serena Kalibonso, a lawyer at the Jakarta chapter of the Legal Aid Institute (LBH):It's nice to work with people who have the same vision. We work for the public interest.
Sun, 09 Jul 1995
Guess What? Harmoko
Guess What? Harmoko When Minister of Information Harmoko came for his scheduled hearing with the House of Representatives' Commission I on foreign policy, information and security, it was expected that the issue of the paper crisis would be among the most debated topics.
Sun, 09 Jul 1995
Arbi survives heat to lead RI charge
Arbi survives heat to lead RI charge KUALA LUMPUR (Reuter): World champion Heryanto Arbi sweated his way to a 15-6 12-15 18-17 victory over South Korea's Lee Kwang-jin on Friday in quarter-final action at the star-studded Malaysian Open badminton championships.
Sun, 09 Jul 1995
'Bina Swadaya' excels in cooperation spirit
'Bina Swadaya' excels in cooperation spiritBy Johannes Simbolon JAKARTA (JP): The office you first see once you get into Bina Swadaya's headquarters in Central Jakarta, does not look that interesting, except for the notice attached to the counter, which reads, "Leader in Alternative Tourism".
Sun, 09 Jul 1995
Holf circuit tournaments offer attractive cash prizes
Holf circuit tournaments offer attractive cash prizes JAKARTA (JP): Handsome cash prizes totaling about Rp 250 million are on offer in a golf circuit to be staged on four courses around the greater Jakarta area starting next week.
Sun, 09 Jul 1995
Can NGOs achieve their destiny?
Can NGOs achieve their destiny? JAKARTA (JP): Achmad Baskara, 29, an employee of a Jakartan public relation consultancy, channels his socio-political concerns through two NGOs, which he and friends finance themselves.
Sun, 09 Jul 1995
Indonesia commits to economic reforms
Indonesia commits to economic reforms Reza Y. Siregar examines Indonesia's success with its various economic reform programs. From the end of the era of the oil price boom in the early 1980s up to 1994, Indonesia has attempted about 23 economic reform packages.
Sun, 09 Jul 1995
Royal staff search for blessings
Royal staff search for blessings YOGYAKARTA (JP): Working as abdi dalem (kraton personnel) clearly doesn't pay the bills, but 600 abdi dalem work at Kraton Surakarta for between Rp 20,000 and Rp 50,000 a month. The Mangkunegaran Palace of Surakarta provides a maximum of Rp 100,000.
Sun, 09 Jul 1995
Cemetery available for beloved pets
Cemetery available for beloved pets JAKARTA (JP): A bouquet of fresh red roses lay on top of a tiny grave. The lovely bouquet had been placed there by the bereaved owner of the grave's occupant.Owner? Yes. The grave was that of a dog buried in the Jakarta Pet Hospital's animal cemetery.
Sun, 09 Jul 1995
Vet recommends monthly checkups
Vet recommends monthly checkups JAKARTA (JP): To make sure that your pets are safe from any disease, regular checkups are essential, veterinarian Wiwiek Bagdja, the director of the Jakarta Pet Hospital, advises."At least, once a month a checkup should be performed.
Sun, 09 Jul 1995
Stop littering at the zoo, it can kill animals
Stop littering at the zoo, it can kill animalsBy Jim Plouffe JAKARTA (JP): The Komodo dragon lay motionless, which isn't unusual. However, early in January last year, the native lizard hadn't moved for days.
Sun, 09 Jul 1995
Semsar takes the system to task in life, art
Semsar takes the system to task in life, artBy Lela E. Madjiah JAKARTA (JP): I was quite unprepared to see the rented house that well-known sculptor turned painter Semsar Siahaan lives in.It is a very simple house but with a large garden.
Sun, 09 Jul 1995
Alatas in Geneva for Timor talks
Alatas in Geneva for Timor talks GENEVA (Agencies): Indonesian Minister of Foreign Affairs Ali Alatas met with United Nations' Secretary General Boutros Boutros-Ghali yesterday at the start of the latest round of talks to discuss the future of East Timor.
Sun, 09 Jul 1995
Raw deal
Raw dealFrom RepublikaI am one of the 2,000 Indonesian workers hopeful to depart to South Korea. I deposited the Rp. 1,100,000 application fee and attended training at PT Binawan Group's overseas workers' training center in Cianjur, West Java in July, 1994.
Sun, 09 Jul 1995
Kite history stretches back over 2,000 years
Kite history stretches back over 2,000 years JAKARTA (JP): Although they were probably independently developed in many areas of the world, kites almost certainly first originated in China more than two thousand years ago.
Sun, 09 Jul 1995
Guess What? Ali Alatas
Guess What? Ali Alatas Some people feel tremendous pressure when being bombarded by a barrage of questions but not, apparently, Foreign Minister Ali Alatas.During his announcement on the withdrawal of the appointment of Mantiri as ambassador for Australia, journalists blitzed the minister with...
Sun, 09 Jul 1995
Kraton festival boosts tourism but fails to help palaces
Kraton festival boosts tourism but fails to help palaces The week-long National Royal Palace Festival, which involved 20 palaces from all over Indonesia, has just ended. Behind the glamor of the festival, the kratons are actually facing various problems, which have yet to be solved.
Sun, 09 Jul 1995
Can Asia-Pacific security vacuum really be filled?
Can Asia-Pacific security vacuum really be filled? Denny Roy looks at whether the prospective vacuum created in the Asia-Pacific in the wake of a U.S. military withdrawal will actually be filled by another power. The assumption that a withdrawal of U.S.
Sun, 09 Jul 1995
Citra Usadha campaigns against AIDS in Bali
Citra Usadha campaigns against AIDS in BaliBy Dini S. Djalal Kuta, Bali (JP): It is midnight in Kuta, Bali. The packaged tourists and their families have retired to their air-conditioned hotel rooms. Taking their place are single travelers and surfers, and the prostitutes, male gigolos, drug...
Sun, 09 Jul 1995
Souvenir sales up in Dili
Souvenir sales up in Dili DILI, East Timor (JP): As East Timor opens up to the world, inhabitants with an eye for business have turned to selling souvenirs.One shop, right in front of the Dili Sports Stadium on Jl. Bispo Medeiros, is called "Toko Dili".
Sun, 09 Jul 1995
Government to reduce ABRI representation
Government to reduce ABRI representation Nazaruddin Sjamsuddin analyses the reasons for and the likely impact of the proposed reduction of the Indonesian Armed Forces' representation in the House of Representatives.
Sun, 09 Jul 1995
It's a game of musical maids
It's a game of musical maidsMusical maids JAKARTA (JP): If someone was to procure a statistic on the favorite topic of conversation among housewives in Jakarta, I can say the topic of maids would win hands down.
Sun, 09 Jul 1995
Well equipped veterinary hospital caters to pets' needs
Well equipped veterinary hospital caters to pets' needs JAKARTA (JP): When the veterinarians of Jakarta's Pet Hospital in Ragunan, South Jakarta, decided to put Astor, an ailing, handicapped Doberman, to sleep, the facility's kennel boys got angry, protested and cried.
Sun, 09 Jul 1995
Two Pattimura teams to meet in final
Two Pattimura teams to meet in final JAKARTA (JP): Pattimura One and Pattimura Two, both from the Pattimura Club of South Jakarta, were scheduled to meet in the final of the National Inter-club Bridge Championship on Saturday in Kuta, Bali.
Sun, 09 Jul 1995
How to teach mathematics to your children
How to teach mathematics to your childrenBy Novita Tandry JAKARTA (JP): Your child's first experience with numbers has little to do with math. Your child may have learned to chant them in order without really knowing what the words mean.
Sun, 09 Jul 1995
Resistance and memory in the visual field
Resistance and memory in the visual field Astri Wright prepared this article on a special publication of a terracotta art exhibition featuring the works of Dadang Christianto, which took place between June 24 and 30 in Bentara Budaya, Yogyakarta.
Sun, 09 Jul 1995
TV today
TV todayTVRI 7:00 a.m. Morning News 7:30 Healthy and Fresh with Berty Tilarso 7:40 Cartoon: Vicky The Viking 8:05 Children's Program 8:35 Children's Stories 9:00 People and Events 9:30 Comedy: Ria Jenaka 9:45 Music 10:45 Youth Program 11:15 Music 11:45 Sports: Dari Gelanggang Ke Gelanggang 1:15 p.m.
Sat, 08 Jul 1995
Asia could follow suit with rate cut
Asia could follow suit with rate cut SINGAPORE (AFP): The U.S. Federal Reserve's decision to cut interest rates for the first time in three years was seen by analysts yesterday as a possible signal for Asian central banks to move towards softer rate regimes.
Sat, 08 Jul 1995
RI to seek $22.5b from CGI
RI to seek $22.5b from CGI JAKARTA (JP): The government will propose 686 development projects worth around US$22.5 billion during the meeting of the World Bank-chaired Consultative Group on Indonesia (CGI) in Paris later this month.
Sat, 08 Jul 1995
Single bar association still a distant dream
Single bar association still a distant dreamBy Imanuddin JAKARTA (JP): A realization of the government's dream of bringing all lawyers into one umbrella organization seems as distant as ever at the conclusion of a three-day gathering yesterday, designed to bring them together to resolve their...
Sat, 08 Jul 1995
Population data base planned
Population data base planned JAKARTA (JP): The Office of the State Minister of Population plans to launch an on-line data base service supplying information about the Indonesian population.The service will also integrate data from other information systems, Loet Affandi, the secretary to the State...
Sat, 08 Jul 1995
Two journalists face prosecution for trespassing
Two journalists face prosecution for trespassing JAKARTA (JP): Two journalists of the Sinar news magazine are facing prosecution for allegedly sneaking into the home of a daughter of former president Sukarno in search of evidence that she was having a love affair with a senior police officer.
Sat, 08 Jul 1995
ASEAN to curb reinsurance
ASEAN to curb reinsurance KUALA LUMPUR (AFP): ASEAN insurers should step up cooperation to enhance capacity and retain within the region reinsurance premiums that formed a significant outflow of invisibles, Malaysia's top banker said yesterday.
Sat, 08 Jul 1995
Illegally-cut wood set aside for low-cost housing
Illegally-cut wood set aside for low-cost housing JAKARTA (JP): A joint ministerial decree was signed here yesterday to allow the use of wood confiscated from illegal logging for the construction of low-cost and medium-cost public housing.
Sat, 08 Jul 1995
Diplomatic gaffe
Diplomatic gaffe The Indonesian government's decision to withdraw the nomination of Lt. General (Ret.) Mantiri as Indonesia's next Ambassador to Australia is a wise and right one, though a little too late.
Sat, 08 Jul 1995
RP confident for peace with Moros
RP confident for peace with Moros MANILA (AFP): Philippine government negotiators expressed confidence yesterday that an agreement to end Moslem insurgency in the country's south would be reached later this month despite the threat of Moslem extremist factions.
Sat, 08 Jul 1995
Candidates jockey for Muhammadiyah positions
Candidates jockey for Muhammadiyah positionsBy Santi WE Soekanto and Wisnu Pramudya BANDA ACEH, Aceh (JP): Candidates for the Muhammadiyah chairmanship undertook last minute behind-the-scenes lobbying yesterday to canvas support for today's election.
Sat, 08 Jul 1995
Decorative lamps
Decorative lampsFrom RepublikaTo celebrate the 50th anniversary of Indonesia's independence and the 486th anniversary of Jakarta, Jakartans are decorating their houses with colorful electric lamps as instructed by the Governor of Jakarta.
Sat, 08 Jul 1995
Merpati opens two new routes to Malaysia
Merpati opens two new routes to Malaysia JAKARTA (JP): PT Merpati Nusantara Airlines, a subsidiary of the national flag carrier Garuda Indonesia, will begin new flight services to Tawau and Johor Baru in Malaysia.
Sat, 08 Jul 1995
Bukaka wins Malaysian airfield deal
Bukaka wins Malaysian airfield deal KUALA LUMPUR (AFP): Two consortiums made up of Malaysia's Sime Darby Bhd unit, an Indonesian firm and two local firms won two contracts yesterday to provide passenger loading bridges and apron services at Malaysia's second international airport.
Sat, 08 Jul 1995
One drowned after ritual
One drowned after ritual YOGYAKARTA: A woman drowned and two of her friends went missing after they were overcome by a huge wave during an outing at the Parangtritis beach near here, Antara reported.Soepardjan, an official of the local Search and Rescue agency, said a group of six people were out...
Sat, 08 Jul 1995
Prospects bright for Indonesia's advertising industry
Prospects bright for Indonesia's advertising industry JAKARTA (JP): Alan Fairnington, President of J. Walter Thompson, one of the world's biggest advertising agencies, sees the prospects of the advertising industry in Indonesia as very positive with good growth potential.
Sat, 08 Jul 1995
Small-scale industries
Small-scale industriesFrom MerdekaIndonesia can indeed be proud of the fast economic growth in the past decade. Our economy seems to have been able to follow the rhythm of globalization.But, even though greatly pleased by the convincing economic growth, the government should not forget the role of...
Sat, 08 Jul 1995
Reform reflects vow of liberalization
Reform reflects vow of liberalization JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia's deregulation package announced in May reflects its commitment to the liberalization of trade and investment in the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum, a Japanese executive said on Thursday.
Sat, 08 Jul 1995
'Si Unyil' to make television comeback
'Si Unyil' to make television comeback JAKARTA (JP): Si Unyil, the popular children's program taken off the air in 1991, plans to make a comeback in the near future."I don't know exactly what the program will be called, maybe Si Unyil with a new style and an added flair," Minister of Information...
Sat, 08 Jul 1995
City plans to tear Yabeka school down
City plans to tear Yabeka school down JAKARTA (JP): The city administration plans to demolish a senior high school built on government property in Kalibata, South Jakarta, next week for failing to voluntarily vacate by the set deadline.
Sat, 08 Jul 1995
Bird park
Bird parkFrom Media IndonesiaThere is a bird park on Jl Enggano, Tanjung Priok, North Jakarta. It is situated precisely between Entrance Seven and Entrance Eight of the harbor. I was told that the park was initiated and established by the North Jakarta Administration.