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Tue, 25 Jul 1995
167 trawlers destroyed
167 trawlers destroyed BELAWAN, North Sumatra: The Navy destroyed 167 trawlers they seized during a crackdown on the Sumatran waters over the weekend.Chief of the Bukit Barisan military command Maj. Gen. Arie J. Kumaat torched the trawlers in a ceremony at the local navy base in Belawan.
Tue, 25 Jul 1995
Hasan Basri re-elected as MUI chairman
Hasan Basri re-elected as MUI chairman JAKARTA (JP): Moslem scholar Hasan Basri was re-elected for a third consecutive five-year term to the helm of the influential Indonesian Council of Ulemas (MUI) last night.
Tue, 25 Jul 1995
E. Timor delays inauguration of Jesus Christ statue
E. Timor delays inauguration of Jesus Christ statue JAKARTA (JP): East Timor has delayed the inauguration of a large statue of Jesus Christ in Dili, capital of the province, until President Soeharto could find time to visit, probably next year.
Tue, 25 Jul 1995
Fifty employees get punishment
Fifty employees get punishment JAKARTA (JP): The local government has punished about 50 City Development Supervision Agency officials over the last three years due to bad conduct, including collusion and corruption.
Tue, 25 Jul 1995
Policemen, official testify for soothsayer
Policemen, official testify for soothsayer YOGYAKARTA (JP): Two policeman and a civil servant testified yesterday that soothsayer Permadi Satrio Wiwoho did not actually call Prophet Muhammad a dictator in a seminar as prosecutors have alleged.
Tue, 25 Jul 1995
Vehicle sales up 29%
Vehicle sales up 29% JAKARTA (JP): Sales of automotive vehicles in Indonesia increased by 29.23 percent to 181,747 units in the first six months of 1995, as compared with 140,638 units during the same period of last year, an executive said yesterday.
Tue, 25 Jul 1995
KL banks have new scheme
KL banks have new scheme KUALA LUMPUR (AFP): Malaysia's top six banks said yesterday they have established a scheme to finance indigenous Malay businesses and complement government efforts to develop Malay entrepreneurs.
Tue, 25 Jul 1995
Films can have positive impact on nation: Soeharto
Films can have positive impact on nation: Soeharto JAKARTA (JP): Films can have a positive impact on the life of a nation if they're done correctly, President Soeharto said yesterday.In a speech before the delegates of the 40th Asia-Pacific Film Festival, Soeharto said that because of their...
Tue, 25 Jul 1995
French nuclear test (2)
French nuclear test (2) The French Ambassador's response (The Jakarta Post, July 22, 1995) to Ms Yulia's letter dated July 19, 1995 is ridiculous. How can he make us believe that nuclear tests are harmless to the environment? Why then does he not ask Monsieur Chirac to carry out the tests on one of...
Mon, 24 Jul 1995
Kahfi says apartment construction to go on
Kahfi says apartment construction to go on JAKARTA (JP): The Central Jakarta mayoralty will allow the developer of the Park Royale apartments on Jl. Gatot Subroto to continue construction as soon as the problems disturbing people living nearby are overcome.
Mon, 24 Jul 1995
Truth is winner in S'pore-RP relations
Truth is winner in S'pore-RP relationsBy J. Soedjati Djiwandono JAKARTA (JP): Findings of another autopsy on the remains of the victims of the Flor Contemplation murder case have turned out, in effect, to confirm the justice of the judgment by the Singapore court.
Mon, 24 Jul 1995
Rich should help poor children
Rich should help poor children SEMARANG: Wealthy people should help the poor and neglected children that roam major city streets, especially in Java, a social observer said yesterday.Diponegoro University's Soewono said that the number of poor and neglected children is rising and that the rich...
Mon, 24 Jul 1995
Govt support needed
Govt support needed JAKARTA (JP): Indigenous entrepreneurs will hold a two-day national workshop in Semarang, Central Java, this week at which, they say, they will ask the government to support their efforts to enlarge their role in Indonesia's economic development.
Mon, 24 Jul 1995
Apartment permits withheld
Apartment permits withheld JAKARTA (JP): The city administration is withholding building development permits for two towers of the Taman Rasuna Said apartments because the developer has not fulfilled barter agreement obligations.
Mon, 24 Jul 1995
Myanmar's transition raises Asia's democracy stakes
Myanmar's transition raises Asia's democracy stakesBy Jonathan Power LONDON (JP): Myanmar's wickedly corrupt generals have finally taken a significant step back towards where they were in 1990. Then Miss Aung San Suu Kyi, at last freed from house arrest last week, won over 60 percent of the vote.
Mon, 24 Jul 1995
RP and China to hold talks on Spratlys
RP and China to hold talks on Spratlys MANILA (AFP): Philippine and Chinese diplomats are to hold talks next month on the disputed Spratly islands, Chinese embassy spokesman Zhang Tiegen said here yesterday.The meeting has been scheduled for Aug.
Mon, 24 Jul 1995
Bourses sign merger pact
Bourses sign merger pact JAKARTA (JP): PT Bursa Efek Surabaya, the manager of the Surabaya Stock Exchange (SSE), signed a merger agreement on Saturday with PT Bursa Paralel Indonesia (BPI), the manager of the Jakarta-based parallel market, after five months of intensive negotiations.
Mon, 24 Jul 1995
'Cooperatives need to focus on profits'
'Cooperatives need to focus on profits' JAKARTA (JP): Cooperatives need to focus their operations on making profits rather than on social ends in order to increase their contribution to the country's economic development, experts said on Saturday.
Mon, 24 Jul 1995
Joko triumphant in Singapore badminton
Joko triumphant in Singapore badminton SINGAPORE (AFP): Former world champion Joko Suprianto had a timely second wind to beat fellow Indonesian Hermawan Susanto yesterday, winning the men's singles title in the Konica Cup Singapore badminton championships.
Mon, 24 Jul 1995
Lava threatens Lumajang
Lava threatens Lumajang LUMAJANG, East Java: Fearing that the heavy rains would wash lava down from Mount Semeru, the local government evacuated 850 people in the Pronojiwo subdistrict to safer ground Saturday.
Mon, 24 Jul 1995
Fee for visa to Britain
Fee for visa to Britain Thank you for publishing my letter Visa application in The Jakarta Post, July 21, 1995. However, there is a typographical error which makes my assertion that you have to pay a large amount of money for a tourist visa to the United Kingdom rather inappropriate.
Mon, 24 Jul 1995
Street vendors' welfare
Street vendors' welfare JAKARTA (JP): The City Council has criticized the city administration for failing to improve the welfare of street vendors operating in the city.Lukman F. Mokoginta, chairman of the Indonesian Democratic Party (PDI) faction of the council, said over the weekend that the...
Mon, 24 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, 24 Jul 1995
Transparency on govt firms' data called for
Transparency on govt firms' data called for JAKARTA (JP): A member of the Indonesian Democratic Party (PDI) faction of the City Council urged the municipal administration on Saturday to make a full disclosure of city- owned companies' profits.Faction chairman Lukman F.
Mon, 24 Jul 1995
Care goes from caring to empowering
Care goes from caring to empoweringBy Ati Nurbaiti JAKARTA (JP): A spray of water gushed from new pipes in an arid East Java village recently."We did it!" screamed the villagers, joyously proud of their 18 months of hard work to bring water to their village.
Mon, 24 Jul 1995
Israel, Portugal not to use their flags, anthems at c'ship
Israel, Portugal not to use their flags, anthems at c'ship JAKARTA (JP): Senior government officials have confirmed that Portugal and Israel will not be using their national anthems and flags in an international archery championship here next week.
Mon, 24 Jul 1995
Strategic acquisition
Strategic acquisition The acquisition by state-owned PT Semen Gresik of two other state cement companies, Semen Padang and Semen Tonasa, last week is a strategic move to help the government better manage the cement market which over the past few years has often puzzled consumers with questionable...
Mon, 24 Jul 1995
Consortium to build new rayon plant in Sumatra
Consortium to build new rayon plant in Sumatra JAKARTA (JP): A consortium of eight textile companies has agreed to build a US$720 million rayon production plant in southern Sumatra to help reduce costs in the textile industry, which has recently been hit by rising raw materials prices.Bambang R.
Mon, 24 Jul 1995
Mayors asked to speed up warehouse relocation plan
Mayors asked to speed up warehouse relocation plan JAKARTA (JP): The city administration has instructed the West and Central Jakarta mayors to see that businessmen in three districts in the two mayoralties relocate their warehouses.
Mon, 24 Jul 1995
Dwarfs present in Jambi
Dwarfs present in Jambi JAMBI: Dr. Yanwar of the National Institute of Science, in cooperation with an English researcher Deborah Martyr, is still conducting research on the reported presence of dwarfs in the Kerinci Seblat National Park.
Mon, 24 Jul 1995
KL threatens to sell arms to Bosnian govt
KL threatens to sell arms to Bosnian govt KUALA LUMPUR (AFP): Malaysia is willing to sell arms to Bosnian government forces to back the Organization of the Islamic Conference's (OIC) stand that the embargo was "invalid," Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said."We will sell (weapons)...
Mon, 24 Jul 1995
ASEAN attorney generals set for cooperation
ASEAN attorney generals set for cooperation JAKARTA (JP): Attorney generals from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) will sign a landmark cooperation agreement on crime fighting this week.
Mon, 24 Jul 1995
ASEAN to meets to admit Vietnam, study prospects for Myanmar
ASEAN to meets to admit Vietnam, study prospects for Myanmar KUALA LUMPUR (AFP): ASEAN is to study "positively" Myanmar's request to join the grouping during next week's meeting in Brunei which will see Vietnam admitted as the group's seventh member, a top diplomat said yesterday.
Mon, 24 Jul 1995
Indonesia protests release of East Timorese
Indonesia protests release of East Timorese JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesian embassy in Canberra is strongly protesting the Australian government's decision to release 18 illegal East Timorese immigrants from a detention center and for allowing them to become residents.
Mon, 24 Jul 1995
Hasan Basri favored to stay at top of MUI
Hasan Basri favored to stay at top of MUI JAKARTA (JP): Sideline talks at the ongoing congress of the Indonesian Council of Ulemas (MUI) indicated that incumbent chairman Hasan Basri is still the most favored figure to sit at the helm of the 20-year-old council.
Mon, 24 Jul 1995
Barito to start pulp production in 1997
Barito to start pulp production in 1997 JAKARTA (JP): The Barito Pacific Group announced over the weekend that it will establish a medium density fiberboard (MDF) factory and pulp plant, both of which are expected to start production in 1997.
Mon, 24 Jul 1995
Saddam Hussein sues police
Saddam Hussein sues police JAKARTA (JP): A citizen in Pekalongan, Central Java, who shares a name with Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, is suing the police for false arrest.Thirty-year-old Saddam Hussein, who professes to be an admirer of both the Iraqi leader and late Indonesian president Sukarno,...
Mon, 24 Jul 1995
'Producer' lets you create your own movie on PC
'Producer' lets you create your own movie on PCBy Zatni Arbi JAKARTA (JP): Back in 1992, I attended a presentation of AVID, a desktop video publisher that used a Macintosh Quadra. I was especially dazzled by the Quadra's capability to capture video and audio and mix them with animation to create...
Mon, 24 Jul 1995
Fire destroys storage space
Fire destroys storage space JAKARTA (JP): Fire has destroyed impermanent wooden structures used to store goods for the construction of a project owned by the state-owned Bank BNI 46 near Jl. Sudirman in Central Jakarta.The fire occurred at around 7 a.m.
Mon, 24 Jul 1995
U.S. may end GSP facility
U.S. may end GSP facility JAKARTA (JP): The Ministry of Trade is warning that Indonesia might lose preferential treatment from the United States under its Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) trade facility if Congress fails to extend it after its expiration date of July 31.
Mon, 24 Jul 1995
Five up for best film at Asia-Pacific festival
Five up for best film at Asia-Pacific festival JAKARTA (JP): The panel of judges at the 40th Asia-Pacific Film Festival nominated five films in the Best Film category yesterday.They surprised observers by postponing the announcement of the nominations for 11 other categories until the night of...
Mon, 24 Jul 1995
Military enlists students in discipline drive
Military enlists students in discipline drive JAKARTA (JP): The Jakarta Military Command has enlisted high school students in the National Discipline campaign launched last month mainly to motivate people to obey laws.Jakarta Military Chief Maj. Gen.
Mon, 24 Jul 1995
More property firms may seek offshore financing
More property firms may seek offshore financing JAKARTA (JP): More property developers will likely seek offshore loans to finance their projects as a result of the increasing local interest rates and the government's call for limited credit expansion for the property sector.
Mon, 24 Jul 1995
Moslem leaders want MUI to side with people
Moslem leaders want MUI to side with people JAKARTA (JP): Moslem leaders are calling on the government- sponsored Indonesian Council of Ulemas (MUI) to be more independent and to ward off the push and pull of politics.
Mon, 24 Jul 1995
Japanese soybeans in RI
Japanese soybeans in RI JAKARTA (JP): An agribusiness company in Jember, East Java, is pioneering the cultivation of a high-yielding Japanese variety of soybean, called Edamame, for export purposes.Minister of Agriculture Sjarifudin Baharsjah, who inspected the cultivation of Edamame soybeans in...
Mon, 24 Jul 1995
TV today
TV todayTVRI 2:30 p.m. TV Series: Voltron 3:05 Riang Ria 3:30 TV Series: The Crystal Maze 4:30 School Quiz: Cepat Tepat 5:00 Regional News 5:30 Family Program 6:05 Nusantara, the Beloved Country 6:15 Village Program 6:30 Hankamnas 7:00 Evening News 7:30 TV Drama 8:05 TV Series: Santa Barbara 9:00...
Mon, 24 Jul 1995
Give extortionists the boot
Give extortionists the boot A few days after visiting the Jakarta Fair (PRJ), when I was going home I was obliged to face Jakarta's usual problem of transportation. No way to get a taxi (my destination was judged not far enough by taxi drivers), and therefore the only choice was to go back by bajaj...
Mon, 24 Jul 1995
Summarecon told to speed up
Summarecon told to speed up JAKARTA (JP): North Jakarta Mayor Suprawito has ordered private housing developer PT Summarecon Agung to speed up the construction of public and social facilities in its housing projects.
Mon, 24 Jul 1995
Indian school's principal acquitted of all charges
Indian school's principal acquitted of all charges JAKARTA (JP): The Supreme Court has ordered the restoration of Ram Gulumal, 56, to the position of principal of the Gandhi Memorial School, after acquitting the Indian national of all charges of giving false information and manipulation of school...
Mon, 24 Jul 1995
Share prices on JSX rise slightly
Share prices on JSX rise slightly JAKARTA (JP): Despite mixed market sentiment on the regional stock markets, the Jakarta Stock Exchange (JSX) Composite Index climbed by 2.7 points (0.52 percent) to close at 510.93 last week.