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Sat, 05 Jul 1997
Rubber futures close lower
Rubber futures close lower SINGAPORE (AFP): Rubber futures prices in Singapore closed lower yesterday on reduced turnover, dealers said.Volume for the four contracts traded on the Singapore Commodity Exchange Ltd. dipped to 13,240 tons from 23,040 tons a day earlier.
Sat, 05 Jul 1997
ASEAN confident about U.S. ties
ASEAN confident about U.S. ties MANILA (DPA): The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) wrapped up a two-day meeting in the Philippines yesterday, confident that Myanmar's entry into the regional group would not jeopardize investment ties with the United States.
Sat, 05 Jul 1997
Thai stock exchange sets new limits
Thai stock exchange sets new limits BANGKOK (AFP): The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) announced yesterday new limits for share movements on the bourse, permitting a 30 percent fluctuation each way in a stock price during a single day's trading.
Sat, 05 Jul 1997
Moslems out of shows
Moslems out of shows KUALA LUMPUR (AFP): Kuala Lumpur modeling agencies are barring Moslem models from fashion shows because of new religious rules on indecent dressing, reports said yesterday.Andrew Tan of Andrew's Models said he would limit Moslem models to traditional costumes and not allow them...
Sat, 05 Jul 1997
Suspected killer tiger 'held' in Taman Safari
Suspected killer tiger 'held' in Taman Safari BOGOR (JP): A Sumatran tiger believed to have devoured two people in Lampung is now in a cage in Taman Safari.The male tiger, aged about three years, was trapped in a Lampung jungle Tuesday and shipped Wednesday to Taman Safari in Cisarua, about 80...
Sat, 05 Jul 1997
Danamon loans for farmers
Danamon loans for farmers JAKARTA (JP): Bank Danamon agreed yesterday to provide 61 chicken farmers with Rp 21.35 billion (US$8.72 million) credit.The bank, through PT Sumber Subur, will lend Rp 350 million to each of the 61 farmers.
Sat, 05 Jul 1997
Sumatran dancers star in festival
Sumatran dancers star in festivalBy K. Basrie CIREBON, West Java (JP): This week's festival celebrating Indonesia's royal courts featured glamorous dances and wedding ceremonies from two former kingdoms in Sumatra and Kalimantan yesterday.
Sat, 05 Jul 1997
Almost 17,000 Timorese jobless
Almost 17,000 Timorese jobless DILI: Finding work for the 16,897 job seekers registered at the local manpower office here remains a major headache for the local government.Office chief Mudjihartono said last year the registered jobless numbered almost 18,000 and only a small percentage of those...
Sat, 05 Jul 1997
Mandela to visit Jakarta this month
Mandela to visit Jakarta this month JAKARTA (JP): South African President Nelson Mandela's planned state visit to Jakarta from July 14 through 16 was confirmed Thursday by an embassy official.This will be the third visit by the Indonesian batik lover, after unofficial visits in 1990 and 1994.
Sat, 05 Jul 1997
One rebel killed, 14 captured in E. Timor
One rebel killed, 14 captured in E. Timor JAKARTA (JP): One East Timor separatist rebel was shot dead and another 14 captured in a gunfight near Baucau, about 130 kilometers east of Dili, on Wednesday, the military said yesterday.East Timor military chief Col.
Sat, 05 Jul 1997
Debating: A true Indonesian pastime?
Debating: A true Indonesian pastime?By Ruli Manurung SINGAPORE (JP): A debate is a clash of concepts, a war of words or an intellectual equivalent of boxing. In a debate, two or more parties argue to champion their own case, while disproving the ideas of others. We all know that.
Sat, 05 Jul 1997
Eight suspected bookies held over world youth matches
Eight suspected bookies held over world youth matches KUALA LUMPUR (AFP): Malaysian police have arrested eight suspected bookies during the world youth football championship matches here, reports said yesterday.
Sat, 05 Jul 1997
Uruguay calls Shah Alam stadium 'home' for final
Uruguay calls Shah Alam stadium 'home' for final SHAH ALAM, Malaysia (AFP): Uruguay has "home" advantage here today as it bids to win its first world youth football title against defending champion Argentina.
Sat, 05 Jul 1997
Toll road to build
Toll road to build SEMARANG: A 45-kilometer toll road linking Surakarta and Yogyakarta in Central Java will be built soon to reduce traffic congestion, an official said yesterday.The head of the provincial public works office, Bambang Kuswidodo, was quoted by Antara as saying a feasibility study...
Sat, 05 Jul 1997
Internet link-up for ASEAN states
Internet link-up for ASEAN states MANILA (AP): Doing business in Southeast Asia, the world's most economically vibrant region, will be speeded up through an Internet link-up connecting 10 countries in the region, officials said yesterday.
Sat, 05 Jul 1997
Where to go in Jakarta:
Where to go in Jakarta:Music * Cafe Batavia, Jl. Taman Fatahillah, West Jakarta: Live jazz music, Tuesday to Saturday, 9.30 p.m. * Champions Sports Bar & Restaurant, Jl. Kemang Raya No. 10 South Jakarta: Lemon Tea Band, Thursday. Kin/Deja Vu, Friday.
Sat, 05 Jul 1997
Habibie in Moscow for arms info
Habibie in Moscow for arms info JAKARTA (JP): The state minister of research and technology, B.J. Habibie, visited an aircraft maker in Moscow on Thursday to get first-hand information on Russia's defense industry.
Sat, 05 Jul 1997
RP to help local auto parts makers
RP to help local auto parts makers MANILA (AFP): The Philippine government is to draw up a plan this year for the auto industry to aid local manufactures of spare parts, Trade and Industry Undersecretary Melito Salazar said here yesterday.
Sat, 05 Jul 1997
HIV sufferers marry today in S. Sulawesi
HIV sufferers marry today in S. Sulawesi UJUNGPANDANG, S. Sulawesi (JP): Three women infected with the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) are getting married today despite ulemas' call to cancel the wedding.One of the grooms is also HIV-positive.
Sat, 05 Jul 1997
Tigers rebels hand over two Indonesians
Tigers rebels hand over two Indonesians COLOMBO (AFP): Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger guerrillas freed yesterday the two Indonesian crew members seized from a civilian ferry that was eventually destroyed by the rebels, the International Red Cross (ICRC) said.
Sat, 05 Jul 1997
Dong quits Malaysian Open
Dong quits Malaysian Open KUALA LUMPUR (AFP): Chinese world number one badminton player Dong Jiong has withdrawn from this month's US$180,000 Malaysian Open due to injury, the organizers announced yesterday.
Sat, 05 Jul 1997
RP defends destruction of markers in Spratlys
RP defends destruction of markers in Spratlys MANILA (Agencies): Senior Philippine officials defended yesterday the destruction of Chinese markers on a shoal claimed by Manila in the disputed Spratly islands and said they would continue removing them despite a sharp rebuke from Beijing.
Sat, 05 Jul 1997
Soeharto tells people to love local products
Soeharto tells people to love local products JAKARTA (JP): President Soeharto said yesterday that a strong national economy was the key to dealing with stiff competition in the free trade era which will start early next century.
Sat, 05 Jul 1997
AEBC set to discuss non-tariff barriers
AEBC set to discuss non-tariff barriers JAKARTA (JP): Asian and European businesspeople will meet here next week at the 1997 Asia-Europe Business Conference (AEBC) to discuss the removal of non-tariff barriers to the European markets to give wider access to Indonesian products.
Sat, 05 Jul 1997
Bank robbers stab police officer
Bank robbers stab police officer JAKARTA (JP): Two men who tried to rob a bank customer of Rp 24 million (US$9,840) yesterday stabbed the victim and a police officer in the process.City Police Spokesman Lt. Col. E.
Sat, 05 Jul 1997
Pressure on baht begins to ease after its flotation
Pressure on baht begins to ease after its flotation SINGAPORE (AFP): Pressure on the Thai baht eased two days after it was floated even as other Southeast Asian currencies came under pressure yesterday amid rumors of capital tightening in the region, dealers said.The baht closed higher at around 28.
Sat, 05 Jul 1997
Warder held over prison escape
Warder held over prison escape SEMARANG: A prison warder is being questioned for allegedly helping two prisoners escape from a high security prison on Nusa Kambangan island last month.Chief of the Central Java justice ministry office Soeroso said Wednesday that the warder had allowed the convicts,...
Sat, 05 Jul 1997
FM denies France, RI asked to help Cambodia
FM denies France, RI asked to help Cambodia JAKARTA (JP): The minister of foreign affairs, Ali Alatas, denied yesterday a report that ASEAN had asked Indonesia and France to help defuse Cambodia's political crisis.
Sat, 05 Jul 1997
Govt drops planned changes to mining COWs
Govt drops planned changes to mining COWs JAKARTA (JP): The Ministry of Mines and Energy has canceled its planned changes to new mining contracts of work (COW) which, among other things, would have obliged contractors to give the state 10 percent of their mining ventures.
Sat, 05 Jul 1997
PT Ciputra is developing luxury housing in Cibubur
PT Ciputra is developing luxury housing in Cibubur JAKARTA (JP): Publicly listed property firm PT Ciputra Development is developing a 300-hectare luxury housing complex in Cibubur, East Jakarta.Ciputra Development's director Harun Hajadi said yesterday that the housing complex, called Citragran,...
Sat, 05 Jul 1997
Merpati drops plan to terminate 80 routes
Merpati drops plan to terminate 80 routes JAKARTA (JP): State-owned Merpati Nusantara Airlines has dropped its plan to terminate its 80 unprofitable routes following an objection from the ministry of transportation.
Sat, 05 Jul 1997
Ruben upsets Edhi in Bali Jeff chess tournament
Ruben upsets Edhi in Bali Jeff chess tournament JAKARTA (JP): IM Ruben Gunawan caused a major upset here Thursday by defeating GM Edhi Handoko in the 12th round of the Bali Jeff-RCA Grandmaster Chess Tournament.
Sat, 05 Jul 1997
Consolidation leads banks to sound growth: Experts
Consolidation leads banks to sound growth: Experts JAKARTA (JP): Banks remain among the best reflectors of Indonesia's sustained and economic development, with gross domestic product (GDP) forecast to grow at over 7 percent a year in the medium term, securities analysts and bankers here say.
Sat, 05 Jul 1997
Turkish Airlines serves Jakarta
Turkish Airlines serves Jakarta JAKARTA (JP): Turkish Airlines's maiden flight to Jakarta, an Airbus A340 carrying 105 passengers from Istanbul via Bangkok and Singapore, landed yesterday at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport.
Fri, 04 Jul 1997
Thai stocks surge, Asia-Pacific markets fall
Thai stocks surge, Asia-Pacific markets fall BANGKOK (AFP): Thai share prices surged yesterday as foreign investors snapped up stock after the plunge of the baht but Hong Kong fell on its first day of trade under Chinese rule, as did other Asian bourses.Thai shares jumped 8.
Fri, 04 Jul 1997
High abortion rate in Vietnam
High abortion rate in Vietnam HANOI (AFP): Nearly two thirds of married Vietnamese women undergo abortions, according to health service estimates cited in a local report yesterday.The health service estimates that between 58 percent and 65 percent of married Vietnamese women practice birth control...
Fri, 04 Jul 1997
Satelindo billing
Satelindo billing It has been astonishing to note that after receiving Satelindo's notice they are processing GSM customers' bills with more care and accuracy. But despite this, I have received a statement of my monthly bills which includes additional roaming charges to Austria, Belgium and Jordan.
Fri, 04 Jul 1997
Silk Air-C.Java deal
Silk Air-C.Java deal JAKARTA (JP): Central Java's tourism office has signed a cooperation agreement with Silk Air, an affiliate of Singapore's flag carrier Singapore Airlines, to promote the province.A Central Java tourism official, Harsumi, said both parties would benefit from the cooperation...
Fri, 04 Jul 1997
Digital gas pumps
Digital gas pumps JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesian Consumers Foundation (YLKI) has urged state-owned oil company Pertamina to take action against gas stations which operate gas pumps without digital meters.
Fri, 04 Jul 1997
Where to go in Bali:
Where to go in Bali:Music and entertainment * Bali Cliff, Pecatu: Frog Dance, Saturday, Balinese Theater, Ramayana Ballet, Monday, Kecak Dance, Tuesday and Saturday, Legong Dance, Wednesday, Mask Dance, Thursday, Jegog Orchestra, Friday, Tektekan Calonarang, Sunday, from 8.30 p.m.
Fri, 04 Jul 1997
Bank scam suspects' seek rights body's help
Bank scam suspects' seek rights body's help JAKARTA (JP): Lawyers acting for five businessmen being held over the Bank Arta Prima scam said yesterday their clients should be freed and police should investigate the two people who reported the case.
Fri, 04 Jul 1997
Cerdas leads Bali chess tournament
Cerdas leads Bali chess tournament JAKARTA (JP): IM Cerdas Barus has taken the lead in the Bali Jeff-RCA Grandmaster Chess Tournament with 9.0 Victory Points (VP).Cerdas, who scored 8.0 VP Tuesday to share the lead with Filipino GM Rogelio Antonio, now leads in his own right after beating IM Danny...
Fri, 04 Jul 1997
Daihatsu to boost production in RI
Daihatsu to boost production in RI TOKYO (Reuter): Daihatsu Motor Co Ltd said yesterday it will boost production at its affiliated companies in Indonesia and Malaysia in 1997/98.Daihatsu, owned 33.4 percent by Toyota Motor Corp, will also aim to boost its exports to 137 billion yen in the current...
Fri, 04 Jul 1997
Students protest escape of Bogor inmate
Students protest escape of Bogor inmate BOGOR (JP): Around 25 students, calling themselves the Bogor Communication Forum for Moslem Students, demanded yesterday better management of the Prosecutor's Office, which they said was responsible for the escape of a prisoner.
Fri, 04 Jul 1997
ASEAN to seek French and RI help in Cambodia
ASEAN to seek French and RI help in Cambodia BANGKOK (Agencies): The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is to ask France and Indonesia for help in defusing Cambodia's political crisis, a Thai Foreign Ministry official said yesterday.
Fri, 04 Jul 1997
Multicultural jazz band in Bali
Multicultural jazz band in Bali DENPASAR, Bali: A multicultural jazz band which travels and performs aboard its bus is scheduled to give a free concert here on July 31.The group will perform at the Taman Budaya Arts and Culture Center aboard their bus which it converted into a stage, the head of...
Fri, 04 Jul 1997
Where to go in Jakarta:
Where to go in Jakarta:Music * Cafe Batavia, Jl. Taman Fatahillah, West Jakarta: Live jazz music, Tuesday to Saturday, 9.30 p.m. * Champions Sports Bar & Restaurant, Jl. Kemang Raya No. 10 South Jakarta: Lemon Tea Band, Thursday. Kin/Deja Vu, Friday.
Fri, 04 Jul 1997
PPP cautious on plan to cut House commissions
PPP cautious on plan to cut House commissions JAKARTA (JP): The United Development Party (PPP) is opting to wait and see what happens to an unprecedented plan to cut the number of House of Representatives commissions, a party official said yesterday.
Fri, 04 Jul 1997
TV today
TV todayTVRI 2:30 p.m. News: Lintas Nusantara 2:40 Travel: My Country 2:45 Children's Film: Kelley 3:10 Children's Dances 3:35 Talk Show: Sambung Rasa 4:00 Regional News 4:30 Students' Quiz: Cerdas Cermat 5:10 Film: Science World 5:25 Variety Show: Music City Today 5:55 Music 6:00 News: Lintasan...
Fri, 04 Jul 1997
Where to go in Surabaya:
Where to go in Surabaya:Music and Entertainment * Tunjungan Crystal Hotel, Jl. Tunjungan 102-104: - Lounge Bar: Stief's Band, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, open at 8 p.m. to 12 p.m. * Mirama Hotel, Jl. Raya Darmo 58-76: - Mirama Bar: Desire Band, Monday. Cigma Band, Tuesday.