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Sun, 27 Aug 1995
Primavera to go on, PSSI chairman says
Primavera to go on, PSSI chairman says JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia's junior soccer team, PSSI Primavera, will be rejuvenated, not totally dissolved as announced previously, according to Azwar Anas, chairman of the All- Indonesia Football Association.
Sun, 27 Aug 1995
South Koreans find Cuba still too tough to beat
South Koreans find Cuba still too tough to beat JAKARTA (JP): For Cuba, it took two to have South Korea foraging for just two points in the fourth and deciding set at this year's Women's World Volleyball Grand Prix's second leg at Istora Senayan yesterday.
Sun, 27 Aug 1995
Sunda Strait harbors Mother Nature's mysteries
Sunda Strait harbors Mother Nature's mysteries Today marks the 112th year since the deadly eruption of Mt. Krakatau. It is one of the most violent explosions known to man and brought about global environmental changes in the 19th century, including a 0.
Sun, 27 Aug 1995
Guess What?
Guess What? "I don't agree with the opinion that it is a woman's way of dressing which provokes men to rape," said top Indonesian fashion model Kintan Umari.Wearing a mini skirt and a black blazer, Kintan clearly expressed her argument on rape in Tuesday's talk on the subject held by Kalyanamitra,...
Sun, 27 Aug 1995
Guess What?
Guess What? The United States is not the only country which produced famous husband and wife writers like Alvin and Heidi Toffler. Indonesia joined the ranks when Henry A. Rudolf and Martha Tilaar publishing their books recently.
Sun, 27 Aug 1995
Guess What?
Guess What? To laymen, the famous expressionist paintings of Affandi may look "scrawly", done carelessly. The question is: Why did Affandi scrawl on his canvases, instead of making "good" works like Basuki Abdullah's? The late Affandi and Basuki were both Indonesia's leading painters of different...
Sun, 27 Aug 1995
Kerkhof Peucut, Dutch war cemetery in Aceh
Kerkhof Peucut, Dutch war cemetery in AcehBy Lila Fitri Aly BANDA ACEH (JP): Directly in front of Blang Padang Square, a popular housing estate exhibition areas in Banda Aceh, is the Dutch war cemetery known as Kerkhof Peucut.
Sun, 27 Aug 1995
Tycoons reminded of greater social resposibility
Tycoons reminded of greater social resposibility DENPASAR (JP): Minister/State Secretary Moerdiono reminded Indonesia's largest-scale businessmen yesterday of their increasing social responsibility in line with their expanding role in the economy.
Sun, 27 Aug 1995
A century after eruption, Krakatau still dangerous
A century after eruption, Krakatau still dangerousBy MMI Ahyani BANDUNG (JP): Captain FCP Vereker had just dropped anchor off of Banquey Island in Kalimantan on Aug. 27, 1883 when he suddenly heard a series of distant explosions.
Sun, 27 Aug 1995
Child prostitutes overwhelm RP
Child prostitutes overwhelm RP MANILA (AFP): Teenagers Myrna and Raquel were among 200 young girls arrested last week in a huge police operation in Manila ordered by President Fidel Ramos in an attempt to stamp out child prostitution in the Philippines.
Sun, 27 Aug 1995
Climber death in Mt. Ciremai
Climber death in Mt. Ciremai CIREBON, West Java (JP): A mountain climber was found dead yesterday in a ravine of Mt. Ciremai crater in Kuningan regency, eight days after he went missing.Kuningan police said Juhana, 18, a resident of Cikaso village, Jalaksana district, Kuningan regency, fell 200...
Sun, 27 Aug 1995
Bimantara to display paintings
Bimantara to display paintings JAKARTA (JP): A number of big names in Indonesia's painting world will take part in a ten-day exhibition called "Citra Realistik Indonesia" (Realistic Image of Indonesia), which opens on Sept. 1.
Sun, 27 Aug 1995
Amusing piece in 'By the Way'
Amusing piece in 'By the Way' Thank you, Jak Jaunt, for your highly amusing piece Making The Man Mightier Than The Word in your By The Way column in The Jakarta Post, Sunday, August 6, 1995.I have clipped out the article and it will probably be found among my possessions when I depart this world.Mr.
Sun, 27 Aug 1995
Bus accident kills eight
Bus accident kills eight JAKARTA (JP): Eight passengers were killed and 16 others were seriously injured Friday evening when their bus plunged into a ravine in Madura, an island north of East Java.Spokesman of East Java police Lt.Col.
Sun, 27 Aug 1995
Tolerance vital to maintaining unity: Soeharto
Tolerance vital to maintaining unity: Soeharto JAKARTA (JP): President Soeharto underlined yesterday the importance of tolerance, brotherhood and mutual cooperation among Indonesians in a bid to help maintain national unity.
Sun, 27 Aug 1995
Scars of war: Missing toenails
Scars of war: Missing toenailsBy Carole Biniasch JAKARTA (JP): When we were growing up, one thing about our father puzzled us greatly... his toes simply looked different. Like most Chinese fathers, ours was a man of few words, and one would not broach a subject as delicate as ten toes that looked...
Sun, 27 Aug 1995
Professionalism of radio announcer
Professionalism of radio announcer I venture to question the professionalism displayed by one of the local radio stations, 107.85 FM, otherwise commonly known as radio DMC. Last Saturday night I happened to tune my radio to DMC, listening to what was, apparently, a combination of rap and soul music.
Sun, 27 Aug 1995
Monitoring system for Krakatau
Monitoring system for Krakatau BANDUNG (JP): To develop a physical or mathematical model of a volcanic system, scientists rely on monitoring systems to continuously provide them integrated information.Waluyo, a seismologist and volcanologist at the Physics Department of the School of Mathematics...
Sun, 27 Aug 1995
Credit cards, a boon or a bane?
Credit cards, a boon or a bane? JAKARTA (JP): One reason I avoid people is that most of them are unbearably loquacious. Recently, I had an occasion where I had to put up with a lot of yap on credit cards.
Sun, 27 Aug 1995
Guess What?
Guess What? Indonesians are losing their ability to use the language of symbols, said psychologist Sartono Mukadis."Look at how our mass media exposed the news on the rape of Acan's wife and two daughters in Bekasi recently. Heartless.
Sun, 27 Aug 1995
King Sihanouk wins Russian film award
King Sihanouk wins Russian film award PHNOM PENH (Reuter): The organizers of the recent St. Petersburg film festival have presented Cambodia's King Norodom Sihanouk with a bronze award for his latest film, a royal assistant said on Tuesday.
Sun, 27 Aug 1995
AIDS shatters a would-be bride's dream
AIDS shatters a would-be bride's dreamBy T. Sima Gunawan JAKARTA (JP): Ria's dream to marry Tio in July this year has been shattered. Her fiance died, three months before the big day of AIDS.Her life will never be the same, not just because Tio has gone but also because Ria herself has been...
Sun, 27 Aug 1995
Personal attack
Personal attack What Mr. Abdul Rachman wrote in his letter (Ill-advised presumptions, Aug. 13, 1995) seems to have been a personal attack on Ratih, Teguh and myself. However, since the letter was made public through the Post, I feel that I should respond as such.First of all, it appears that Mr.
Sat, 26 Aug 1995
Magazine names Asia's most powerful women
Magazine names Asia's most powerful women HONG KONG (UPI): Chinese Foreign Trade Minister Wu Yi, Nobel Peace Prize Winner Aung San Suu Kyi of Myanmar and Hong Kong publisher Sally Aw Sian joined three prime ministers Wednesday in Asiaweek's list of Asia's most powerful women.
Sat, 26 Aug 1995
Reform coming to Indonesia
Reform coming to Indonesia Until his removal from office following a coup attempt 30 years ago, Indonesia's first president, the charismatic Sukarno, was a living symbol of the country's fight against imperialism.
Sat, 26 Aug 1995
Marsinah's remains buried again
Marsinah's remains buried again SURABAYA, East Java: The remains of labor activist Marsinah were buried again in her home town of Nganjuk yesterday, a month after the police exhumed her body for another forensic test in Jakarta.
Sat, 26 Aug 1995
Indonesia's diplomats have tough job
Indonesia's diplomats have tough job Indonesian diplomats have come under fire recently, with critics berating them for everything from poor mastery of foreign languages to a lack of assertiveness. Noted political scientist J. Soedjati Djiwandono takes a look at the issue from another point of view.
Sat, 26 Aug 1995
Cellular phone price likely to decline
Cellular phone price likely to decline JAKARTA (JP): The price of cellular phones will likely continue to decline on the world market over the next few years due to mass production and new innovations, an executive said.
Sat, 26 Aug 1995
Four-year prison term sought for journalists
Four-year prison term sought for journalists JAKARTA (JP): The Central Jakarta District Court was urged by the prosecution yesterday to sentence each of two activists accused of insulting the government to four years imprisonment.
Sat, 26 Aug 1995
Water level drops in dams
Water level drops in dams SEMARANG: The water level in a number of dams in Central Java has dropped due to the dry season.The dams include the Bade and the Kedung Ombo in the Boyolali regency, and the Ketro in Sragen.
Sat, 26 Aug 1995
Sihanouk to visit Indonesia
Sihanouk to visit Indonesia JAKARTA (JP): Cambodian King Norodom Sihanouk will pay a state visit to Indonesia from Aug. 31 through Sept. 2, on President Soeharto's invitation."The visit aims at strengthening the relations between the two countries because Indonesia has played an important role in...
Sat, 26 Aug 1995
REI can punish erring members
REI can punish erring members JAKARTA (JP): City administration has urged the Jakarta branch of the Indonesian Real Estate Association (REI) to take firm action against developers that have failed to fulfill their obligations to build low-cost apartments.
Sat, 26 Aug 1995
Kahin's book translated into Indonesian
Kahin's book translated into Indonesian JAKARTA (JP): Intellectuals applauded the launch of a translation of Indonesian observer George Mc Turnan Kahin's dissertation on the country's revolution.Entitled "Reflections of a Republic's Struggle at Birth - Nationalism and Revolution in Indonesia", the...
Sat, 26 Aug 1995
Academic freedom on campuses
Academic freedom on campuses According to a recently issued regulation, university rectors have the authority to either permit or ban academic activities, whether they be seminars, discussions, symposiums or any other activity.
Sat, 26 Aug 1995
Miss Universe to visit here
Miss Universe to visit here JAKARTA (JP): Miss Universe 1995 Chelsi Smith of the United States is scheduled to visit Jakarta to attend the Total Beauty Trends 1995 exhibition to be held from Oct. 20 through 23.
Sat, 26 Aug 1995
Yayuk to defend title in Beijing
Yayuk to defend title in Beijing BEIJING (AFP): Indonesia's Yayuk Basuki will defend her title next month in the Nokia Open here when she takes on Li Fang of China and Australia's Kristin Godridge, Xinhua news agency said.
Sat, 26 Aug 1995
S'pore, Microsoft discuss Internet access
S'pore, Microsoft discuss Internet access SINGAPORE (AFP): Singapore Telecommunications Ltd. said yesterday it was holding talks with U.S. software giant Microsoft Corp. on an Internet access venture that could give the local company a head start over its rivals.
Sat, 26 Aug 1995
LIPI conducts study on poisonous red tide
LIPI conducts study on poisonous red tide JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesian Institute of Sciences is conducting research on certain species of algae, which can fatally poison marine life and people who consume infected shellfish.
Sat, 26 Aug 1995
City holds religious meet
City holds religious meet JAKARTA (JP): About 18,000 Moslems, including some two hundred foreigners, are attending a three-day gathering in Tanjung Priok, North Jakarta, which started yesterday, to listen to a series of sermons and speeches and to broaden their knowledge of Islam.
Sat, 26 Aug 1995
Tariffs on farm goods set to fall
Tariffs on farm goods set to fall SINGAPORE (Reuter): ASEAN agriculture ministers agreed yesterday to lower tariffs on 62 percent of commodities traded in the region from January 1 1996 to help realize the grouping's plan of free trade in the region by 2003.
Sat, 26 Aug 1995
Students protest Harmoko
Students protest Harmoko JAKARTA (JP): About 30 students demonstrated outside the Moslem-based United Development Party's headquarters yesterday, criticizing party chairman Ismail Hasan Metareum's "lenient" stance on Minister of Information Harmoko's alleged insult to Islam.
Sat, 26 Aug 1995
Students press demand for apology from Dutch
Students press demand for apology from Dutch JAKARTA (JP): As Queen Beatrix reveled in a tour of the Yogyakarta Palace, students here in the capital held another demonstration calling on the Dutch to apologize for the colonial past.
Sat, 26 Aug 1995
Acer's revenues up 67%
Acer's revenues up 67% SINGAPORE (Reuter): Acer Computer International (ACI), which is currently seeking a listing on the Stock Exchange of Singapore, said its revenues grew 67 percent to Singapore $402.8 million in the first half of 1995.
Sat, 26 Aug 1995
Gas Negara to complete $1.1b pipeline project
Gas Negara to complete $1.1b pipeline project JAKARTA (JP): State-owned gas company PT Gas Negara will complete 1,040 kilometers of natural gas pipelines worth US$1.1 billion in Sumatra by 2000.The company's president, Qoyum Tjandranegara, said the first pipeline, spanning 540 kms from southern to...
Sat, 26 Aug 1995
China shuttlers primed for $180,000 World Cup
China shuttlers primed for $180,000 World Cup JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia's long-standing badminton rival, China, will field its best shuttlers for the US$180,000 World Cup Badminton Championships being staged here between Sept. 13 and Sept. 17.
Sat, 26 Aug 1995
Facing the AIDS scare
Facing the AIDS scare According to official figures the number of HIV/AIDS cases in Indonesia as of July 1995 was 316. But to judge by the experience gained in other countries the actual number is most likely to be many times that.
Sat, 26 Aug 1995
Ruling on foodstuff shipping slammed
Ruling on foodstuff shipping slammed SINGAPORE (AFP): The European Union (EU) came under fire yesterday from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) for requiring bulk foodstuffs imported from this region to be transported by dedicated vessels.
Sat, 26 Aug 1995
Strict policy needed in dealing with foreign funds
Strict policy needed in dealing with foreign funds JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia should have a strong monetary policy in dealing with the harmful impact of the massive flow of foreign funds into the country, says Robert M. Stern, a senior economist of the United States.
Sat, 26 Aug 1995
Kareem visits town for a 3-on-3 championship
Kareem visits town for a 3-on-3 championship JAKARTA (JP): Six-time NBA Most Valuable Player Kareem Abdul Jabbar, is in town for the Adidas 3-on-3 championship at the Pondok Indah Mall over the weekend.The winner will be honored by receiving a trophy from Kareem at the closing ceremony.
Sat, 26 Aug 1995
'Subsidies given occasionally to flour industry'
'Subsidies given occasionally to flour industry' JAKARTA (JP): A former chief of the National Logistics Agency (Bulog), backing his successor, affirmed yesterday that subsidies to the flour industry were given only on an occasional basis.