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Tue, 04 Jul 1995
Live is the price of a hen
Live is the price of a hen LAHAT, South Sumatra: A man accused of stealing hens was beaten to death by an angry mob after he was allegedly caught in the act in a village here.The man, identified by Antara as 27-year-old Asia, was killed when an entire neighborhood, alerted by screams from the hens'...
Tue, 04 Jul 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 Rural Program 6:30 Religion 7:00 Evening News 7:30 Talk Show: Wawasan 8:05 Drama 9:00 World News...
Tue, 04 Jul 1995
Thieves steal Rp 70 million
Thieves steal Rp 70 million JAKARTA (JP): Thieves broke into secondary bank BPR Purna Loka Bhakti, Bekasi, during the weekend and took Rp 70 million in cash and other bank credential letters, police said.
Tue, 04 Jul 1995
Probe on Aussie trade in paedophilia sought
Probe on Aussie trade in paedophilia sought MANILA (Reuter): An Australian state legislator yesterday sought an investigation into what she said was the increasing involvement of Australians in prostitution and possibly paedophilia in the Philippines.
Tue, 04 Jul 1995
Language needs new words to survive (2)
Language needs new words to survive (2)By John Philips This is the second of two articles on the recent raid on foreign names in Jakarta. YOGYAKARTA (JP): Surely, the Indonesian word pasar (market) has significant cultural implications which are not enhanced by the use of the word swalayan...
Tue, 04 Jul 1995
Ramos aide meets Misuari
Ramos aide meets Misuari MANILA (AFP): President Fidel Ramos' chief aide held unannounced talks with the top leader of the Moslem insurgency in the southern Philippines last weekend in an attempt to speed up peace negotiations, government officials said yesterday.
Tue, 04 Jul 1995
Yayuk's journey to quarterfinals halted
Yayuk's journey to quarterfinals halted LONDON (Agencies): Indonesia's Yayuk Basuki bid to make history at Wimbledon was dashed yesterday as she was beaten by 15th seeded Brenda Schultz-McCarthy of the Netherlands 6-3 6-1 in the fourth round.
Tue, 04 Jul 1995
Institute of Technology in Bandung observes anniversary
Institute of Technology in Bandung observes anniversary JAKARTA (JP): The Institute of Technology in Bandung celebrated yesterday the 75th anniversary of the beginning of higher learning in technology in Indonesia by dedicating a monument in the memory of its fallen heroes.
Tue, 04 Jul 1995
Manila on alert against ABB
Manila on alert against ABB MANILA (AFP): The Philippine police chief yesterday put all units on alert to guard against possible terrorist attacks after communist assassins threatened to go after executives of foreign oil firms.
Tue, 04 Jul 1995
Tiger kills Riau woman
Tiger kills Riau woman PEKANBARU, Riau: A woman was killed by a tiger over the weekend in a forest near Pekanbaru as her parents and brother looked on in horror.Antara reported that 27-year-old Nuraini and her family had been on their way to work in a field when the tiger attacked them.
Tue, 04 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.
Tue, 04 Jul 1995
AIPO to save marine resources
AIPO to save marine resources JAKARTA (JP): Parliamentarians from member countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) are deliberating on a proposal to urge the creation of an agreement on safeguarding the marine environment and the establishment of a center for marine studies.
Tue, 04 Jul 1995
Fund to buy unlisted firms
Fund to buy unlisted firms HONG KONG (AFP): HSBC Asset Management Hong Kong Ltd. said yesterday it is launching a US$250 million fund that will invest in unlisted companies in China and Southeast Asia.Known as the HSBC Private Equity Fund intends to acquire minority stakes in medium-sized companies...
Tue, 04 Jul 1995
Sugar in tomato chutney
Sugar in tomato chutney There is a slightly disturbing error in my article entitled How to make Indian breakfast fare like 'masala dosai' published in the Sunday issue of The Jakarta Post of June 18, 1995.
Tue, 04 Jul 1995
Pedestrians second class citizens
Pedestrians second class citizensFrom Berita BuanaUnlike in many other countries, pedestrians in Indonesia seem to be regarded as second class citizens. Can you imagine, we pedestrians must give way to sidewalk vendors who sell their merchandise on the pavement? Besides, motor cyclists sometimes...
Tue, 04 Jul 1995
City military launches civic missions
City military launches civic missions JAKARTA (JP): The City Military Command yesterday launched a new series of civic missions across the Greater Jakarta area, this time to support the construction of public facilities funded by a special presidential fund.
Tue, 04 Jul 1995
Stock Exchange
Stock ExchangeStock prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (in rupiah) on July 3, 1995: Shares Close Change Trading Volume -------------------------------------------------------- Ades Alfindo 2,250 0 0 AHAP Insurance 3,275 0 0 Alumindo Perkasa 1,100 0 0 Andayani Megah 3,225 25 179,000 Aneka Kimia...
Tue, 04 Jul 1995
Govt to increase forest royalties by 10 percent
Govt to increase forest royalties by 10 percent JAKARTA (JP): A government official confirmed yesterday that royalties for wood products would be increased by an average of 10 percent to compensate for inflation.
Tue, 04 Jul 1995
Muhammadiyah congress heats up in Banda Aceh
Muhammadiyah congress heats up in Banda AcehBy Santi WE Soekanto and Wisnu Pramudya BANDA ACEH, Aceh (JP): Heated arguments became the order of the day at the preliminary election of candidates for the chairmanship of the Islamic Muhammadiyah organization, especially concerning the involvement of...
Tue, 04 Jul 1995
Indonesia and Vanuatu establish relations
Indonesia and Vanuatu establish relations JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia established diplomatic ties yesterday with Vanuatu, a tiny South Pacific country which was once critical of Jakarta, particularly in relation to Irian Jaya.
Tue, 04 Jul 1995
Pertamina gets loans for LNG unit
Pertamina gets loans for LNG unit JAKARTA (JP): Pertamina, the state-owned oil and gas company, announced yesterday that it has obtained US$969.5 million in loans from Japan to build a natural gas liquefaction unit in Bontang, East Kalimantan.
Tue, 04 Jul 1995
Dili paper back to normal
Dili paper back to normal DILI, East Timor: Suara Timor Timur, the only daily newspaper published in East Timor province, went back to 12 pages yesterday as the newsprint crisis came to an end.Managing editor Yosephus G.
Tue, 04 Jul 1995
Cambodia clears the way to ASEAN
Cambodia clears the way to ASEANBy Matthew Lee PHNOM PENH (AFP): When Cambodian Foreign Minister Ung Huot signs the ASEAN Treaty of Amity and Cooperation this month in Brunei, yet another block will have been removed from the country's wall of isolation.
Tue, 04 Jul 1995
Jakarta Fair exit needs widening
Jakarta Fair exit needs wideningFrom NeracaI have visited Jakarta Fair a number of times, and I feel sad because I always notice the large crowd has to elbow their way out of the fair ground. This is caused by the fact that the exit gate is too narrow.
Tue, 04 Jul 1995
Vehicle inspections for owners' good: Police
Vehicle inspections for owners' good: Police JAKARTA (JP): A proposed requirement that police physically inspect vehicles before issuing renewals of registration documents has sparked a new controversy.Police deputy chief of operational affairs Maj. Gen. M.B.
Tue, 04 Jul 1995
Rare phone cards on auction
Rare phone cards on auction JAKARTA (JP): Rare telephone cards from all over the world are to be sold at an auction on Sunday at Gedung Joang 45.A number of collections, including Indonesian products from the late 1980s to early 1990s will be sold in the auction, which is sponsored by the Telegeris...
Tue, 04 Jul 1995
Businessman named as honorary consul
Businessman named as honorary consul SURABAYA: Leading businessman Alim Markus, president of Maspion Group, has been appointed as honorary consul for Canada by Prime Minister Jean Chretien, according to a press release by his company.Canadian Ambassador Laurence T.
Tue, 04 Jul 1995
Jakarta is as exciting
Jakarta is as exciting My Jakarta is as exciting as I want to make it, even with those un-laundered flags, the mobile telephone exhibitionists, the sometimes bad, ugly, wicked cab-drivers, the unpredictable rains and the macet (traffic jams).
Tue, 04 Jul 1995
American seeks long lost mother
American seeks long lost mother JAKARTA (JP): An American is currently seeking the whereabouts of his long lost mother, identified as Dasinie Rosier, whom he believes is still alive and living in Indonesia.
Mon, 03 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.
Mon, 03 Jul 1995
Indonesia needs new concepts on foreign policy
Indonesia needs new concepts on foreign policy JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia must formulate new concepts in managing its foreign policy to enable the country face the growing challenges and trends in world politics and sustain an active role world diplomacy, leading scholar Juwono Sudarsono said on...
Mon, 03 Jul 1995
Infrastructure discussed
Infrastructure discussed JAKARTA (JP): A seminar on infrastructure innovation, jointly organized by the Indonesian and French governments, will present managers of major French construction companies and principal contractors and their Indonesian counterparts.
Mon, 03 Jul 1995
Mantiri appointment may still face opposition: Evans
Mantiri appointment may still face opposition: Evans JAKARTA (JP): Australian foreign minister Gareth Evans said on Saturday that he remained doubtful whether a recent comment made by Lt. Gen. (ret.) H.B.L.
Mon, 03 Jul 1995
Tourism to become third biggest foreign exchange earner by 2000
Tourism to become third biggest foreign exchange earner by 2000 JAKARTA (JP): A survey predicts that by the end of the century, the tourism industry will become the third biggest non- oil foreign exchange earner after textile products and wood, reaping US$8.9 billion a year from 6.
Mon, 03 Jul 1995
Garuda resumes flights
Garuda resumes flights PALEMBANG, South Sumatra: The chairman of Garuda Indonesian Airways, Soepandi, said over the weekend that the national flag carrier will resume the shuttle flight from Jakarta to Palembang in South Sumatra, to Padang in West Sumatra, and to Banjarmasin in South Kalimantan,...
Mon, 03 Jul 1995
Educators urge equal access to good education
Educators urge equal access to good education JAKARTA (JP): The government's "education for all" program, while successful, is no longer sufficient, education experts say.They are now pushing for "quality education for all".
Mon, 03 Jul 1995
Javanese opera opens at TIM
Javanese opera opens at TIM JAKARTA (JP): Thirty groups of wayang orang, or traditional Javanese opera, are taking part in the fourth national festival that opened at the Taman Ismail Marzuki on Friday night.
Mon, 03 Jul 1995
National prosperity lies on human resources: Soeharto
National prosperity lies on human resources: Soeharto JAKARTA (JP): The key to Indonesia's prosperity lies in its ability to develop strong and skilled human resources, President Soeharto said on Saturday.
Mon, 03 Jul 1995
RI businessman buys 5.11% stake of Amcol
RI businessman buys 5.11% stake of Amcol JAKARTA (JP): Prominent Indonesian businessman Henry Pribadi has acquired a 5.11 percent stake in property and trading group Amcol Holdings for US$59.42 million.
Mon, 03 Jul 1995
Subway
Subway The article Environment and Mass Transit Interlink (The Jakarta Post, June 17, 1995) prompts me to write this. Since Jakarta will build a subway, allow me please, to share with your readers my experience in a large city which built a subway.
Mon, 03 Jul 1995
HP DeskJet 1200C still a champ despite age
HP DeskJet 1200C still a champ despite ageBy Zatni Arbi JAKARTA (JP): Once in awhile we encounter products that remain the champions longer than anticipated. In the old XT days, for example, there was this Leading Edge Model D that was surely one of them.
Mon, 03 Jul 1995
Weekly Stock Exchange Review
Weekly Stock Exchange Review JAKARTA (JP): Mixed market sentiment kept shares on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (JSX) within its narrow path, with the Composite Index ending last week at 492.28 points, a marginal 0.62-point (0.13 percent) increase from 491.66 in the previous week.
Mon, 03 Jul 1995
Syafii denies internal rifts, intervention
Syafii denies internal rifts, intervention BANDA ACEH, Aceh (JP): As thousands of Moslems began streaming into the spruced up town to attend Thursday's opening of the Muhammadiyah congress, leading members of the organization heatedly denied reports of internal rifts and outside intervention in the...
Mon, 03 Jul 1995
Erratic builders face dismissal
Erratic builders face dismissal JAKARTA (JP): The Jakarta chapter of the Indonesian Builders Association (Gapensi) has threatened to dismiss members who produce substandard work."We mean to offer quality service to boost our image in the public.
Mon, 03 Jul 1995
Why this interrogation?
Why this interrogation?From RepublikaIf the report published in Republika (June 14, 1995) about the police interrogation of Prof. Dr. Robert Hefner is true, it is indeed a shameful and deplorable action. According to the report the professor was interrogated for about six and a half hours.
Mon, 03 Jul 1995
See boxing at Jakarta Fair
See boxing at Jakarta Fair JAKARTA (JP): To woo visitors, the ongoing month-long Jakarta Fair at Kemayoran, Central Jakarta, has organized a two-week boxing tournament which opened yesterday.R.G. Harahap, the chairman of the organizing committee, said Saturday all boxing clubs in Jakarta, Bogor,...
Mon, 03 Jul 1995
Apkindo to help govt in marketing
Apkindo to help govt in marketing JAKARTA (JP): The Association of Wood Panel Producers (Apkindo) said Saturday that it is ready to cooperate with the government in evaluating the widely-criticized plywood marketing system.Apkindo's executive chairman, A.
Mon, 03 Jul 1995
Lampung to host kite festival
Lampung to host kite festival BANDAR LAMPUNG, Lampung: At least 250 participants from 13 countries will participate in the four-day Lampung Kite Festival which starts today."Participants from the United States, Australia, France, the Philippines, Singapore, Japan, the Netherlands, Italy, Austria,...
Mon, 03 Jul 1995
Rival church groups clash, 5 injured
Rival church groups clash, 5 injured JAKARTA (JP): At least five people were injured in a clash involving two rival camps of the rift-ridden Sumatra-based Toba Batak Christian Church (HKBP) on Saturday, church and police sources report.
Mon, 03 Jul 1995
Development contests proposed
Development contests proposed JAKARTA (JP): A senior official proposed yesterday that the city administration sponsor regular contests at the subdistrict level to encourage people's participation in development activities.