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Sat, 22 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.
Sat, 22 Jul 1995
Seminars on Islamic values
Seminars on Islamic values JAKARTA (JP): The organizing committee of the second Istiqlal festival on Islamic culture to be held here in September will hold a series of seminars on interaction between Islamic values and local culture.
Sat, 22 Jul 1995
Police as part of ABRI need role clarified: Experts
Police as part of ABRI need role clarified: Experts JAKARTA (JP): A national seminar on law enforcement recommended yesterday that police be given greater autonomy to enable them to carry out their jobs more effectively.
Sat, 22 Jul 1995
ABRI image on decline: Scholars
ABRI image on decline: Scholars JAKARTA (JP): Armed Forces favoritism of the wealthy will worsen social problems unless the government repositions the army as the guardian of all citizens, intellectuals warned yesterday.
Sat, 22 Jul 1995
Susi remains world number two, IBF says
Susi remains world number two, IBF says JAKARTA (JP): Olympic champion Susi Susanti will have to wait some months to regain her world number one tag, with the International Badminton Federation keeping her in second place in the latest rankings.
Sat, 22 Jul 1995
New officer of jurisdiction case
New officer of jurisdiction case JAKARTA (JP): Chief Military Prosecutor of the Armed Forces, May. Gen. Augustin Setiawan, installed army Col. Imanuel Achyar yesterday as the new team leader in charge of investigating the interconnection of jurisdiction cases in the city.Imanuel replaced Col.
Sat, 22 Jul 1995
Two firms get rights to operate int'l calls
Two firms get rights to operate int'l calls JAKARTA (JP): The government, under a decree, is handing over the exclusive rights to international telecommunications services in the country until the year 2005 to PT Indosat and PT Satelit Palapa Indonesia (Satelindo).
Sat, 22 Jul 1995
Museums to exhibit wedding dresses
Museums to exhibit wedding dresses BANDA ACEH, Aceh: A grand exhibition of traditional wedding dresses will be held in the Aceh State Museum next month.To be joined by eight museums in the eight provinces of the Sumatra Island, the week-long exhibition will also display traditional wedding customs.
Sat, 22 Jul 1995
Baskoni the real suspect, police finally say
Baskoni the real suspect, police finally say JAKARTA (JP): City police finally announced yesterday that Baskoni Wahab, a 63-year-old high school teacher who has been in police custody for four days, is the only suspect in the murder of a senior police officer in East Jakarta last week.
Sat, 22 Jul 1995
Moslem group condemns Serb aggression in Bosnia
Moslem group condemns Serb aggression in Bosnia JAKARTA (JP): An influential Indonesian Moslem movement yesterday accused the Western world of conspiring to destroy the predominantly Moslem Bosnia-Herzegovina and called on the Indonesian government to sever ties with Belgrade.
Sat, 22 Jul 1995
Priok rail station to be expanded
Priok rail station to be expanded JAKARTA (JP): Plans are in the making to expand facilities at the Tanjung Priok railway station by adding a new route for passenger trains, an official of state-owned railway company Perumka said yesterday.
Sat, 22 Jul 1995
Church Services
Church Services * Catholic Church, University of Atmajaya, Jl. Jend. Sudirman: Saturday 5:30 p.m., Sunday, 9 a.m., 10:30 p.m. (with songs) and 5:30 p.m. * First Church of Christ, Scientist, Jl. Teuku Cik Ditiro 48, Menteng, Central Jakarta: Services on Sunday at 9:30 a.m. (in Indonesian) and 8 a.m.
Sat, 22 Jul 1995
Soeharto counting on ulemas' assistance
Soeharto counting on ulemas' assistance JAKARTA (JP): President Soeharto said yesterday that he is counting on the help of ulemas and other spiritual leaders to build the character and moral strength of the Indonesian people to cope with the challenges of the 21st century.
Sat, 22 Jul 1995
Award-winning films to be screened here
Award-winning films to be screened here JAKARTA (JP): Taiwanese film Vive l'amour, which won the Golden Lion award for best picture at the Venice Film Festival September last year, is among the feature films being screened at the 40th Asia-Pacific Film Festival to open here tomorrow.
Sat, 22 Jul 1995
Twelve forest concessionaires fined US$6.8m
Twelve forest concessionaires fined US$6.8m JAKARTA (JP): The twelve forest concessionaires that failed to pay mandatory forest royalties and reforestation fees last year will be required to pay a total of US$6.8 million in fines, a government official says.
Sat, 22 Jul 1995
E. Timor produces ten doctors
E. Timor produces ten doctors DILI, East Timor: During the 19 years since its integration into Indonesia, the province has produced ten medical doctors.The number may not be great, but it is impressive compared to none during the 450 years of Portuguese's colonization of the territory, according to...
Sat, 22 Jul 1995
Income tax on foundations
Income tax on foundations JAKARTA (JP): Social foundations are subject to income tax only when their taxable gross incomes are larger than their operation costs, Tax Director General Fuad Bawazier announced yesterday.
Sat, 22 Jul 1995
Homeless children roam the streets
Homeless children roam the streets BANJARMASIN, South Kalimantan: The province has an estimated 20,000 homeless and neglected children roaming the streets, according to an official.Head of the provincial office of Ministry of Social Services, Sedyo Mulyo, told Antara Thursday that the problem of...
Sat, 22 Jul 1995
Lawyer prohibited to meet Ershad
Lawyer prohibited to meet Ershad DHAKA (Reuter): Bangladesh's Home (Interior) Ministry has refused to allow one of former President Hossain Mohammad Ershad's lawyers to see him in jail.Ershad, deposed in a popular opposition-led revolt in December 1990, is serving a 23-year prison sentence for...
Sat, 22 Jul 1995
Vietnam's ASEAN entry to lure investors
Vietnam's ASEAN entry to lure investorsBy Tim Johnson HANOI (Kyodo): Vietnam's entry next week into the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) should give a psychological boost to ASEAN businesses contemplating investments in the country, according to a top Vietnamese business official.
Sat, 22 Jul 1995
Pulp producers to raise prices next September
Pulp producers to raise prices next September JAKARTA (JP): An industry executive warned yesterday that paper prices are very likely to rise in the coming months because the world's major pulp producers intend to raise their prices in September.
Sat, 22 Jul 1995
NGOs accused of masterminding worker strikes
NGOs accused of masterminding worker strikes JAKARTA (JP): The government and PT Great River Industries have accused several non-governmental organizations (NGOs) of masterminding the recent massive strikes of the garment company's workers in order to further their own political interests.
Sat, 22 Jul 1995
Design for subway in the work
Design for subway in the work JAKARTA (JP): The government has chosen an Indonesian-Japanese-European consortium to prepare a basic design for the construction of country's first subway system connecting Blok M in South Jakarta and Kota in West Jakarta.
Sat, 22 Jul 1995
Play challenges children and adults alike
Play challenges children and adults alikeBy Achmad Nurhoeri JAKARTA (JP): If you think every play by children is sweet, cute and funny, you should have seen Be be last Saturday at Taman Ismail Marzuki. The children talked about serious things, suitable for adults to reflect on, but apparently...
Sat, 22 Jul 1995
Bintang won't take case to world body
Bintang won't take case to world body JAKARTA (JP): Former legislator and staunch government critic Sri Bintang Pamungkas denied yesterday that he had ever planned to lodge a complaint with the International Human Rights Commission in Geneva, Switzerland.
Fri, 21 Jul 1995
Assembly permits: A question of rights
Assembly permits: A question of rightsBy Muladi SEMARANG (JP): Freedom to assemble and freedom to speak have been hot topics of discussion lately.A review of the permits that regulate these rights, currently being carried out by the government, calls for utmost caution because their implementation...
Fri, 21 Jul 1995
Hatta's house rebuilt
Hatta's house rebuilt PADANG, West Sumatra: The reconstruction of the house of the late Mohammad Hatta, Indonesia's first vice president, in Bukittinggi is now almost completed.The Pendidikan Wawasan Nusantara Foundation, which is financing the project to rebuild the home from scratch, is spending...
Fri, 21 Jul 1995
Open manhole kills two
Open manhole kills two BATAM, Riau: Two children were killed when they inadvertently cycled over an open manhole concealed by flood waters.Antara reported that the body of Prajudi, 14 years, and his niece Windah (7), were found inside the huge drainage system a few hours later.
Fri, 21 Jul 1995
RI still novice on intellectual property rights
RI still novice on intellectual property rights JAKARTA (JP): If foreigners keep on pressing Indonesia about its failure to adequately protect intellectual property rights, that is largely because Indonesia is still a novice when it comes to the concept, a government official said yesterday.
Fri, 21 Jul 1995
Anti-corruption drive struggles for efficacy
Anti-corruption drive struggles for efficacy JAKARTA (JP): Attorney General Singgih conceded yesterday that the government's anti-corruption drive will only be effective once coordination among related institutions is improved.
Fri, 21 Jul 1995
Police tight-lipped on officer's alleged killer
Police tight-lipped on officer's alleged killer JAKARTA (JP): City police have yet to make a formal statement on the results of their interrogation of a man arrested three days ago for his alleged role in the killing of a senior police officer in East Jakarta last week.
Fri, 21 Jul 1995
Public phones damaged
Public phones damaged TANGERANG (JP): Most of the few public telephones in Curug, Cimone, and Karawaci areas in Tangerang have been out-of-order for some time, without the local PT Telkom telecommunication doing anything to rectify the problem.
Fri, 21 Jul 1995
City assures safety of Queen Beatrix
City assures safety of Queen Beatrix JAKARTA (JP): Maj. Gen. Wiranto yesterday gave his personal assurances over the safety of Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands when she visits Indonesia next month.Wiranto, who as chief of the Jakarta Military Command is responsible for Queen Beatrix's safety in the...
Fri, 21 Jul 1995
China missile tests seen as a warning to Taiwan
China missile tests seen as a warning to TaiwanBy Kevin Chen TAIPEI (Reuter): China's planned missile tests near Taiwan are intended to push this island's "panic buttons" and force it into abandoning a drive for greater international recognition, analysts in Taiwan and China said on Wednesday.
Fri, 21 Jul 1995
China seeks closer dialog with ASEAN
China seeks closer dialog with ASEAN BEIJING (Agencies): China wants greater dialog with ASEAN nations, Foreign Minister Qian Qichen told his Indonesian counterpart Ali Alatas, while dismissing concerns over China's nuclear testing program.
Fri, 21 Jul 1995
Garuda, Mandala sign maintenance agreement
Garuda, Mandala sign maintenance agreement JAKARTA (JP): The national air carrier Garuda Indonesia has signed an agreement with Mandala Airlines, a private scheduled airline, on aircraft maintenance.Under the agreement, signed Wednesday by Garuda's president Soepandi and Mandala's president...
Fri, 21 Jul 1995
Utut to take part in $40,000 Biel Master
Utut to take part in $40,000 Biel Master JAKARTA (JP): Grand Master Utut Adianto will again take part in the US$40,000 Biel Master, an invitational meet for super grand masters from July 22 to Aug. 5 in Biel, Switzerland. But this time he himself is one of the super grand masters.
Fri, 21 Jul 1995
Timorese urged to bury hatchet
Timorese urged to bury hatchet DILI, East Timor (JP): A rally of thousands marked East Timor's integration into Indonesia yesterday in front of the gubernatorial office complex here.Students, civil servants, youths, community leaders, members of the Armed Forces (ABRI) and pro-integration leaders...
Fri, 21 Jul 1995
BNI scholarships for 100 students
BNI scholarships for 100 students BANJARMASIN, South Kalimantan: The local branch of Bank BNI has provided scholarships to 100 students of the Darussalam Pesantren (Moslem boarding school).Each of the santri (students) has received Rp 600,000 (approximately US$ 272) for a year.
Fri, 21 Jul 1995
Visa application
Visa application I was amused to read Mr Hugh Paul Bishop's letter of righteous indignation regarding the visa application procedures at the Australian Embassy (The Jakarta Post, July 14, 1995). I have no idea what nationality Mr Bishop holds, but we Asians are quite accustomed to the policy...
Fri, 21 Jul 1995
Can Australia becomes part of Asia? (1)
Can Australia becomes part of Asia? (1)By Gred Sheridan This is the first of two articles on Australia's position in the Pacific century. CANBERRA: In the mid-1980s Bob Hawke called the Malaysian government's actions barbaric when it refused to stop the executions of convicted Australian drug...
Fri, 21 Jul 1995
Be nice to tourists please
Be nice to tourists please PEKANBARU, Riau: Provincial tourism authorities have urged the people in Dumai, a major oil port city, to treat visitors nicely, saying that many tourists have been put off by the way they have been treated.
Fri, 21 Jul 1995
Jaya acquires 70% stake in Jaya Garden
Jaya acquires 70% stake in Jaya Garden JAKARTA (JP): The shareholders of publicly-listed PT Jaya Real Property agreed yesterday to the company's plan to acquire a 70 percent stake of PT Jaya Garden Polis for Rp 91 billion (US$41 million).
Fri, 21 Jul 1995
Where to go in Bali:
Where to go in Bali:Music and entertainment * Nusa Dua Beach Hotel: Budaya Stage - Ramayana Buffet Dinner, Monday. Legong Buffet Dinner, Friday. Poolside - BBQ Night with Hawaiian Band, Wednesday. Coffee Shop - Indonesian Night with Joged Dance, Saturday. Village Night with Frog Dance, Tuesday.
Fri, 21 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.
Fri, 21 Jul 1995
Political control needs wisdom
Political control needs wisdomBy Mulyana W. Kusumah JAKARTA (JP): Government actions in restraining political discussions and other gatherings have caused concern among those who fight for more democracy.
Fri, 21 Jul 1995
President expresses relief over CGI aid
President expresses relief over CGI aid JAKARTA (JP): President Soeharto expressed relief yesterday that the World Bank-chaired group of creditors remains confident in Indonesia as reflected in its new aid commitment of US$5.36 billion.
Fri, 21 Jul 1995
Ulemas target social ills
Ulemas target social ills JAKARTA (JP): Around 350 leading ulemas from across the country will begin a meeting here today to discuss strategies to fight social ills, most notably sexual promiscuity and rampant violations of oaths of office by government officials.
Fri, 21 Jul 1995
The implications of China's growth
The implications of China's growthBy Juwono Sudarsono This is the first of two articles examining the rapid economic growth of China and its repercussion to its politics and security in the region. JAKARTA (JP): No country is more important to the future course of the Asia Pacific region than China.
Fri, 21 Jul 1995
ASEAN bankers discuss strategies in globalization era
ASEAN bankers discuss strategies in globalization eraBy Hendarsyah Tarmizi NUSA DUA, Bali (JP): Bankers from the countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) began a three-day conference yesterday which will focus on strategies for facing the trend towards the globalization of...