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Mon, 28 Aug 1995
Sahwali Awards for Branta
Sahwali Awards for Branta JAKARTA: In line with its successes in a range of fields, PT Branta Mulia has so far collected four national-level awards from various institutions.In 1991, Branta received the Sahwali Award from the Indonesian Environmental Management and Information Center (PIPLI) for...
Mon, 28 Aug 1995
RP Moslem youths call for solidarity
RP Moslem youths call for solidarity JAKARTA (JP): A Philippines delegate at a gathering of ASEAN Moslem youths here calls for solidarity of Islam's younger generation in Southeast Asia, against what he calls "de- Islamization" in his country.
Mon, 28 Aug 1995
Chicken slaughterhouse
Chicken slaughterhouse JAKARTA (JP): The largest chicken slaughterhouse in the country with a slaughtering capacity of 32,000 chickens per day will be built with an investment of Rp 17 billion (US$7.5 million) on a 10-hectare area in Salatiga, Central Java.
Mon, 28 Aug 1995
Pertamina to sign deal
Pertamina to sign deal JAKARTA (JP): State-owned oil company Pertamina will soon sign a new technical assistance contract with a foreign company for oil and gas exploration and production."This will be the 14th production sharing contract this year," Zuhdi Pane, Pertamina's chief of foreign...
Mon, 28 Aug 1995
Ometraco, Siemens tie up
Ometraco, Siemens tie up JAKARTA (JP): PT Trafindo Perkasa, a subsidiary of the publicly-listed Ometraco Corporation, has signed a joint venture agreement with Siemens Aktiengesellschaft of Germany to manufacture fiber optic telecommunication cables.
Mon, 28 Aug 1995
PT Branta Mulia gaining excellence through quality
PT Branta Mulia gaining excellence through quality JAKARTA: Ten years old is quite young. Nonetheless, as the first and leading tire cord manufacturer in Southeast Asia, PT Branta Mulia is a mature establishment.
Mon, 28 Aug 1995
Strong earthquake jolts Flores
Strong earthquake jolts Flores JAKARTA (JP): A tectonic earthquake measuring 5.6 on the Richter Scale jolted Flores in East Nusa Tenggara yesterday but there were no immediate reports on damages or casualties, an official said.The earthquake occurred yesterday at 16 minutes past midnight.
Mon, 28 Aug 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, 28 Aug 1995
South Sulawesi holds East Java
South Sulawesi holds East Java JAKARTA (JP): Home favorite East Java tied South Sulawesi 3-3 in the final group of the Under-15 soccer championship in Surabaya yesterday.The tie put both East Java and South Sulawesi into the next round at the expense of North Sumatra.
Mon, 28 Aug 1995
No new private social sciences universities allowed
No new private social sciences universities allowed JAKARTA (JP): The coordinating office for Jakarta's private universities will freeze the establishment of new private universities with social science programs next month.
Mon, 28 Aug 1995
Branta benefits fishermen in Pelabuhan Ratu
Branta benefits fishermen in Pelabuhan Ratu PELABUHAN RATU, West Java: As the waves rush eagerly to Pelabuhan Ratu's pebbled shore, so the fishermen hasten to the town's fish auction center with their catches.
Mon, 28 Aug 1995
Houses for retired officers
Houses for retired officers MANADO, North Sulawesi: A great number of retired servicemen or their widows do not have houses of their own, a spokesman of the local chapter of the Indonesian Retired Armed Forces Servicemen said.W.E.R.
Mon, 28 Aug 1995
City holds painting expo
City holds painting expo JAKARTA (JP): An exhibition featuring 50 paintings by 17 of Indonesia's most prominent painters from three generations will be held at Santi Gallery, South Jakarta, beginning today.
Mon, 28 Aug 1995
Ministers to attend trade workshop
Ministers to attend trade workshop JAKARTA (JP): Four cabinet ministers and the central bank governor will present their keynote speeches at a three-day workshop of the Ministry of Trade, which is to begin today.
Mon, 28 Aug 1995
People told to buy local products
People told to buy local products JAKARTA (JP): Vice President Try Sutrisno called on Indonesians yesterday to love, buy, use and promote locally produced goods and services to enhance economic growth."We all have to be proud of and love our own products, which represent Indonesia's identity and...
Mon, 28 Aug 1995
ANERA postpones port surcharges
ANERA postpones port surcharges JAKARTA (JP): The Asia North America Eastbound Rate Agreement (ANERA) group of shipping lines announced over the weekend that it will postpone until Oct. 1 its threat to impose congestion surcharges on users of its services at the Tanjung Priok port.
Mon, 28 Aug 1995
ISO certificate for Gizindo
ISO certificate for Gizindo JAKARTA (JP): PT Gizindo Prima Nusantara, a manufacturer of baby food, received Saturday an ISO 9002 quality certificate from SGS International of Switzerland.Gizindo's general manager, Andi Setiady, said the Swiss superintending company awarded the certificate after...
Mon, 28 Aug 1995
Over 100,000 Jakartans watch national parade
Over 100,000 Jakartans watch national parade JAKARTA (JP): Over 100,000 Jakartans crammed the capital's main thoroughfares yesterday to catch a glimpse of a parade of colorful floats.By 7:00 a.m., the streets stretching from the staging area around the National Monument to Jl. MH Thamrin and Jl.
Mon, 28 Aug 1995
Resettlers isolated by floods
Resettlers isolated by floods POSO, Central Sulawesi: As many as 964 resettled families in the Longge and Dataran Bulan transmigration units have been isolated in the jungle by floods for a month.Head of the local office of the Ministry of Transmigration, Almudjir Gani, told Antara on Friday that...
Mon, 28 Aug 1995
Dutch Royal family in Balikpapan
Dutch Royal family in Balikpapan JAKARTA (JP): The Dutch Royal Family, currently on an 11-day state visit to Indonesia, continued their tour of the former Dutch colony yesterday in Balikpapan, a regency in East Kalimantan province.
Mon, 28 Aug 1995
Daiwa Bank
Daiwa Bank We refer to the article Foreign banks plan more loans to RI, which was published in your newspaper Aug. 25, 1995.We would like to re-affirm that the remarks quoted in your article were not raised by The Daiwa Bank, Limited.
Mon, 28 Aug 1995
Environment
Environment I would like to comment on Ms. Royo's public relations (Your letters, The Jakarta Post, Aug. 12, 1995). Tackling a complex issue such as environmentalism within the limited space that The Jakarta Post cedes us to expose our ideas is tough. (Greenpeace types have half a page every week).
Mon, 28 Aug 1995
Asian marts in limelight: S'pore aide
Asian marts in limelight: S'pore aide SINGAPORE (Reuter): The search for alternatives to mature markets in developed countries is boosting the newer markets of Southeast Asia, a senior Singapore economic official said on Saturday.
Mon, 28 Aug 1995
Aids claims fifty lives here
Aids claims fifty lives here JAKARTA (JP): Coordinating Minister for Social Welfare Azwar Anas said over the weekend that 50 people have died of AIDS in Indonesia and 77 others are registered as suffering from the deadly disease.There are 316 HIV infected people scattered over 15 provinces, he said.
Mon, 28 Aug 1995
Stock prices almost stable
Stock prices almost stable JAKARTA (JP): Share prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (JSX) closed mixed across the board last week, amid generally weak market sentiment.The JSX Composite Index closed the week at 500.60, falling by only 0.1 points from the week's opening of 500.65.
Mon, 28 Aug 1995
Hospital urged to clarify statement on AIDS case
Hospital urged to clarify statement on AIDS case JAKARTA (JP): The government regrets the ambiguous statement Medistra hospital recently issued about an AIDS case, an official said.Fahmi Saifuddin, assistant to the State Minister for People's Welfare for health, religious affairs, population and...
Mon, 28 Aug 1995
Pakpahan launches critical book
Pakpahan launches critical book JAKARTA (JP): The recently-freed leader of an independent trade union, Muchtar Pakpahan, called on the Armed Forces (ABRI) to take a neutral stance and withdraw its support for the ruling political grouping Golkar.
Mon, 28 Aug 1995
Philippines teaches migrant brides survival techniques
Philippines teaches migrant brides survival techniques An increasingly worried Philippine government is arming Filipina migrant brides with advice on how to survive married life abroad. Johanna Son of Inter Press Service reports.
Mon, 28 Aug 1995
Saddam Hussein's fort is cracking
Saddam Hussein's fort is crackingBy Riza Sihbudi JAKARTA (JP): Saddam Hussein's grip on power, which apparently was as solid as ever following the 1991 attack by the Allied coalition forces, now seems to be crumbling.
Mon, 28 Aug 1995
Unbeaten Cuba conquers China's volleyball team
Unbeaten Cuba conquers China's volleyball team JAKARTA (JP): World champion Cuba lived up to its famed prowess by beating arch rival China in the second leg of Women's World Volleyball Grand Prix yesterday.
Mon, 28 Aug 1995
Lippobank's profit up
Lippobank's profit up JAKARTA (JP): Publicly-listed Lippobank announced on Saturday that its consolidated net profit for the fist six months of this year grew by 39.5 percent to Rp 45.9 billion (US$20.27 million), compared to Rp 32.9 billion in the same period of last year.
Mon, 28 Aug 1995
Takeovers in Singapore
Takeovers in Singapore It is perhaps too early to view the flurry of company acquisitions by Indonesian businessmen in Singapore over the last few months as a major trend which may lead to significant capital flight.
Mon, 28 Aug 1995
Adobe Premiere 4.0 makes video editing easy
Adobe Premiere 4.0 makes video editing easyBy Zatni Arbi JAKARTA (JP): Video editing is not exactly for the fainthearted. However, if you're equipped with good video editing software, such as Premiere 4.0 from Adobe, MediaStudio from Ulead, and Razor 2.
Mon, 28 Aug 1995
Four robbed at Hotel Indonesia
Four robbed at Hotel Indonesia JAKARTA (JP): Four people lost their purses Saturday afternoon outside the Reog Room on the eighth floor of Hotel Indonesia. The four young women were assigned to receive guests entering the Reog Room, where a meeting among Moslem youth of Southeast Asian countries...
Mon, 28 Aug 1995
Freeport not involved in Timika case: Rights body
Freeport not involved in Timika case: Rights body JAKARTA (JP): Not one witness of the alleged murder, torture or disappearance of civilians in Timika, Irian Jaya, mentioned any involvement by PT Freeport, a giant American mining company, the National Commission on Human Rights said over the...
Mon, 28 Aug 1995
Indonesia's Balkans peace effort
Indonesia's Balkans peace effort As chairman of the Non-Aligned Movement, President Soeharto has fulfilled his responsibility. After his historic and dramatic visit, his judgment was that the crisis in Bosnia called for a new approach aimed at attaining a comprehensive settlement.
Mon, 28 Aug 1995
UI hosts language congress
UI hosts language congress JAKARTA (JP): A total of 136 delegates from 22 countries, including Indonesia, will attend an international congress on teaching Indonesian to foreigners, from Monday to Wednesday, at the campus of the University of Indonesia in Depok, about 30 km from here.
Mon, 28 Aug 1995
Business partners
Business partners On behalf of our client Plaza Senayan I would like to thank you for the article on them in the Aug. 25, 1995 issue of The Jakarta Post.However, there were two oversights that we would be grateful if you could mention in the Post.
Mon, 28 Aug 1995
Venture capital reflects economic democratization
Venture capital reflects economic democratization JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Finance Mar'ie Muhammad said Saturday that the establishment of venture capital companies is one step in the important process of attaining democracy in the economic field.
Mon, 28 Aug 1995
ICMI to hold congress to elect new leaders
ICMI to hold congress to elect new leaders JAKARTA (JP): The influential Association of Indonesian Moslem Intellectuals (ICMI) will hold a congress in December to elect new leaders for the 1995-2000 period.President Soeharto will open the four-day congress on Dec. 6.
Sun, 27 Aug 1995
AIDS: What kind of disease is it?
AIDS: What kind of disease is it? JAKARTA (JP): The Ministry of health reported that as of July this year the number of people infected by Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) has reached 316.
Sun, 27 Aug 1995
Indonesia beats Hong Kong 4-1
Indonesia beats Hong Kong 4-1 JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia's junior soccer team picked up a consolation win by crushing Hong Kong 4-1 in their last Asia- Oceania Zone Olympic qualifying round match played on rain-soaked pitch in the Mong Kok stadium in Kowloon, Hong Kong, yesterday.
Sun, 27 Aug 1995
Arung Samudra '95: Smooth sailing and high spirits
Arung Samudra '95: Smooth sailing and high spiritsBy Mulkan Salmona BENOA PORT, Bali (JP): A pistol shot was fired from the Indonesian navy ship Teluk Banten just as the sun was setting overhead. Other shots, fired by Navy Chief of Staff Admiral Tanto Koeswanto, followed, marking the start of Arung...
Sun, 27 Aug 1995
Guess What?
Guess What? Queen Beatrix's visit to the Jakarta Art Institute revealed another reason why she wears gloves. Her Majesty, a sculptor, was working on an alabaster stone from Zimbabwe prior to her trip to Indonesia.
Sun, 27 Aug 1995
Sex workers get crash course in health basics
Sex workers get crash course in health basics JAKARTA (JP): Tears and laughter occupied a small but tidy room at a North Jakarta clinic, where more than 20 young women took part in a special health program recently.
Sun, 27 Aug 1995
Indonesian women face growing threat of lethal AIDS
Indonesian women face growing threat of lethal AIDSBy Harry Purnama JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia's safe motherhood plan was still struggling when the country was confronted with a new public health problem -- Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome.
Sun, 27 Aug 1995
Doctor's dealings with AIDS patients
Doctor's dealings with AIDS patientsBy T. Sima Gunawan JAKARTA (JP): "I am not an AIDS doctor. I am an internist," Dr. Sjamsuridjal Djauzi said.But it seems impossible to discuss the issue of AIDS in Indonesia today without mentioning his name.
Sun, 27 Aug 1995
Holy Communion
Holy CommunionBy Sitor Situmorang It was three o' Clock in the morning. Our Land Rover crawled in the dimness of the dying moon over the steep and winding road towards Prapat. The huge island in the middle of the lake looked like a reclining giant.
Sun, 27 Aug 1995
Gombloh: The composer of 'unofficial' anthem
Gombloh: The composer of 'unofficial' anthemBy Johannes Simbolon JAKARTA (JP): When patriotic feelings fill the air and national pride occupies the hearts and minds of the Indonesian people, millions proudly sing the song Kebyar-Kebyar (Sparkling Lights).
Sun, 27 Aug 1995
TV today
TV todayTVRI 7:00 a.m. Morning News 7:30 Healthy and Fit with Berty Tilarso 7:40 Cartoon: Vicky the Viking 8:05 Around Us 8:35 Children's Stories 9:00 People and Events 9:30 Comedy: Ria Jenaka 9:45 Music 10:45 Youth Program 11:15 Cooking's Program 11:45 Sports: Dari Gelanggang Ke Gelanggang 12:45 p.