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Thu, 14 Sep 1995
Batan must honor consultations
Batan must honor consultationsFrom PelitaIt is shameful indeed that an official of the National Atomic Agency (Batan) said that the House of Representatives and the community did not have enough knowledge on nuclear energy technology and so discussion on the matter was irrelevant.
Thu, 14 Sep 1995
Permadi released from jail, reunited with his family
Permadi released from jail, reunited with his family JAKARTA (JP): Controversial soothsayer Permadi Satrio Wiwoho was reunited with his family yesterday, a day after he was sentenced to seven months jail for blasphemy.
Thu, 14 Sep 1995
Stock Exchange
Stock ExchangeStock prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (in rupiah) on Sept. 13, 1995: Shares Close Change Trading Volume ------------------------------------------------------------------- Ades Alfindo 1,950 200 6,500 AHAP Insurance 3,250 0 0 Alumindo Perkasa 1,100 0 0 Andayani Megah 1,850 100...
Thu, 14 Sep 1995
Walter Spies' works on show at Jakarta's Wisma Seni Rupa
Walter Spies' works on show at Jakarta's Wisma Seni Rupa JAKARTA (JP): J'ai deux amours: Paris et mon pays (I have two loves: Paris and my country), says a popular song. For German artist Walter Spies (1895-1942), the lyrics would have read Ich habe zwei Liebe: Bali und mein land (I have two loves:...
Thu, 14 Sep 1995
Asthma foundation to start raising funds
Asthma foundation to start raising funds JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesian Asthma Foundation is aiming its latest fund-raising activities at golfers and domestic flight passengers in October, November and December.Chairperson of the Foundation Mrs.
Thu, 14 Sep 1995
Fire destroys a hotel
Fire destroys a hotel CIREBON, West Java : A hotel and a machinery store were burned down Tuesday night, causing material losses of around Rp 1 billion (US$445,000), Antara reported yesterday.There were no casualties in the fire.
Thu, 14 Sep 1995
Govt debt burden set to decrease
Govt debt burden set to decrease JAKARTA (JP): The negative net transfer of official capital from Indonesia increased last fiscal year but is expected to decrease in the current fiscal year, Minister of Finance Mar'ie Muhammad said yesterday.
Thu, 14 Sep 1995
Center helps detect cancerous cells
Center helps detect cancerous cells JAKARTA (JP): Cancer may be curable if detected at an early stage, says Mrs. Umar Wirahadikusumah, chairperson of the Indonesian Cancer Foundation."Many people suffer from cancer in advanced stages without even realizing that their bodies are affected by deadly...
Thu, 14 Sep 1995
Foundation eases the burden of cancer patients
Foundation eases the burden of cancer patientsBy Rita A. Widiadana JAKARTA (JP): Cancer is an indiscriminate disease, a leading killer worldwide, second only to heart diseases. It strikes the rich and the poor.In Indonesia, cancer affects about 100 out of 100,000 people annually.
Thu, 14 Sep 1995
Soeharto launches national anti-polio drive
Soeharto launches national anti-polio drive JAKARTA (JP): President Soeharto launched yesterday a national anti-polio drive which aims to immunize 21.7 million Indonesian children below the age of five.
Thu, 14 Sep 1995
Hartarto assures American investors of investment ease
Hartarto assures American investors of investment ease JAKARTA (JP): Coordinating Minister for Industry and Trade Hartarto is inviting U.S. investors to do more businesses in Indonesia, pledging that the government will continue improving the baseness climate through deregulations.
Thu, 14 Sep 1995
Forest destruction
Forest destructionFrom Media IndonesiaMost residents of the Maria and Ntori villages, in the Bima regency, West Nusa Tenggara, have cleared the forest there (mostly government forest preserve) and do illegal farming. This has been going on since 1990.
Thu, 14 Sep 1995
Fire razes 130 kiosks
Fire razes 130 kiosks BANDUNG, West Java: Fire razed all 130 kiosks of the Bale Endah market in southern Bandung on Tuesday evening. Firefighters managed to extinguish the fire, which started around 10 p.m., seven hours later.
Thu, 14 Sep 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.
Thu, 14 Sep 1995
Djajanti Group urged to raise responsibility
Djajanti Group urged to raise responsibility JAKARTA (JP): Members of the House of Representatives yesterday questioned the Djajanti Group, which has widely diversified operations in the eastern provinces, and its commitment to meeting social and environmental responsibilities.
Thu, 14 Sep 1995
Video game center closed down
Video game center closed down JAKARTA (JP): The city administration closed down yesterday a video game center on Jl. Rute E, Jatinegara subdistrict, East Jakarta, for operating without a permit.Head of the community order department of the city public order office, Toha Reno, said that the center...
Thu, 14 Sep 1995
Opportunity missed
Opportunity missedFrom Media IndonesiaI was overjoyed to experience the joy of the Indonesian independence jubilee. But not long afterwards, I was disappointed to learn that the West Java government reneged on a promise to help disabled athletes participate in the International Abilympics in Perth,...
Thu, 14 Sep 1995
RI lured to fish in Myanmar
RI lured to fish in Myanmar JAKARTA (JP): Myanmar is inviting Indonesian companies to catch fish in its water areas, Minister of Agriculture Sjarifudin Baharsjah said here yesterday."We will hold a discussion with Myanmarese Minister of Poultry and Fishery Brig. Gen.
Thu, 14 Sep 1995
TV today
TV todayTVRI 2:30 p.m. TV Series: Horrible Honchos 3:05 Dance 3:30 TV Series: Harapan Nan Sirna 4:30 Women's Program 5:00 Regional News 5:30 Arabic Lessons 6:05 Nusantara, the Beloved Country 6:15 Village Program 6:25 Koran Recital 6:35 Religious Teachings: Islam 7:00 Evening News 7:30 TV Drama...
Thu, 14 Sep 1995
Ferry crashes into tanker
Ferry crashes into tanker SERANG, West Java: A "Super Jet" ferry carrying 42 passengers across the Sunda Strait from Merak to Bakauheni crashed into a tanker on Tuesday.Despite extensive damage, the "Super Jet-3" continued its journey to the Bakauheni port in Lampung and all passengers were brought...
Thu, 14 Sep 1995
Terry Fox's spirit reaches Indonesia
Terry Fox's spirit reaches IndonesiaBy Jim Plouffe JAKARTA (JP): Although cancer is monstrously effective at killing, one thing it cannot do is shatter hope. No one has proved this better than a young Canadian named Terry Fox, who fought the dreaded disease without pause for the last four years of...
Thu, 14 Sep 1995
Refugees get polio vaccine
Refugees get polio vaccine PEKANBARU, Riau: Some 404 Vietnamese children in the refugee center on Galang Island were given polio vaccines yesterday.The Vietnamese were among 433,923 under-five-year-olds in Riau vaccinated in yesterday's mass immunization campaign.
Thu, 14 Sep 1995
Road collapse due to human error
Road collapse due to human error JAKARTA (JP): PT Citra Marga Nusaphala Persada (CMNP), a company owned by Siti Hardiyanti Rukmana, better known as Tutut, said yesterday that the collapse of a section of raised freeway on Thursday was due to "human error.
Thu, 14 Sep 1995
Conservation not incorporated in maritime laws
Conservation not incorporated in maritime laws SERPONG, West Java (JP): Conservation interests are relatively new in Indonesia's maritime laws, most of which were enacted in the 1960s chiefly to protect Indonesia's territorial sovereignty and its economic resources, a top expert in maritime laws...
Thu, 14 Sep 1995
Beach reclamation
Beach reclamationFrom KompasI refer to the article by Head of the Research and Development Center of the Department of Public Works (Kompas, Aug. 8, 1995) concerning the dredging of Jakarta's beaches. The writer said that this could cause a tsunami -- I disagree.
Thu, 14 Sep 1995
Scholars attack government for favoring ruling Golkar
Scholars attack government for favoring ruling Golkar JAKARTA (JP): Two intellectuals slammed the government yesterday for favoring Golkar and "marginalizing" the other two political parties, despite legal guarantees for equal treatment of the three organizations.
Wed, 13 Sep 1995
PLN will soon operate two new subsidiaries
PLN will soon operate two new subsidiaries JAKARTA (JP): The state-owned electricity company PT Perusahaan Listrik Negara (PLN) will operate its two new subsidiaries, called PT Pembangkitan I and Pembangkitan II, by the end of this year, the company's president said yesterday.
Wed, 13 Sep 1995
Renovation of school building
Renovation of school building JAKARTA (JP): The City Council urged the city administration yesterday to renovate state junior high school SMP 43 in Mampang Prapatan, South Jakarta, as soon as possible because the delay has caused the school's students and teachers to suffer.
Wed, 13 Sep 1995
NU leader ready to quit
NU leader ready to quit MAGELANG, Central Java: The controversial leader of the 30- million strong Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) Moslem organization, Abdurrahman Wahid, says his re-election last year has yet to be recognized by the government.
Wed, 13 Sep 1995
Chandra Asri is on its own
Chandra Asri is on its own JAKARTA (JP): The government will give neither tariff protection, tax incentives nor regulatory protection to the country's first olefins plant, the Chandra Asri Petrochemical Center, Minister of Industry Tunky Ariwibowo announced yesterday.
Wed, 13 Sep 1995
$55.4b targeted for agricultural funding
$55.4b targeted for agricultural funding JAKARTA (JP): The government has set an investment target of Rp 125.2 trillion (US$55.4 billion) for the agricultural sector during the sixth Five-Year Development Plan period, which ends in 1999, in order to achieve an annual growth rate in the sector of 3.
Wed, 13 Sep 1995
Human resources the key to development: Ginandjar
Human resources the key to development: Ginandjar SERPONG, West Java (JP): State Minister for National Development Planning Ginandjar Kartasasmita predicts that over the next 25 years human resources will replace natural resources as the main asset in economic development.
Wed, 13 Sep 1995
Persib ready for Champions Cup
Persib ready for Champions Cup JAKARTA (JP): Indonesian league winner Persib Bandung, shrugging off its irksome warm-up match against Jakarta, has vowed to fight it out in its Asia Champions Cup debut at Bangkok on Saturday.
Wed, 13 Sep 1995
U.S. gains support for UN reforms
U.S. gains support for UN reforms MANILA (AFP): The United States has secured Philippine support for its initiatives for "serious reforms" to the United Nations (UN), its chief delegate to the world body, Madeleine Albright, said yesterday.
Wed, 13 Sep 1995
Timorese say no to apprenticeship
Timorese say no to apprenticeship DILI, East Timor (JP): Many of an estimated 2,000 newly-recruited civil servants have rejected the government's plan to send them to other provinces on apprenticeships.
Wed, 13 Sep 1995
Malaysian mission due here
Malaysian mission due here JAKARTA (JP): A business delegation from Malaysia, led by Minister of International Trade and Industry Rafidah Aziz, is due here on Saturday for a four-day visit, the Malaysian embassy announced yesterday.
Wed, 13 Sep 1995
Garuda apologizes to Sarwono
Garuda apologizes to Sarwono JAKARTA (JP): Garuda Indonesia's president Soepandi has apologized to Minister of Environment Sarwono Kusumaatmadja for an embarrassing incident that left the minister stranded on the tarmac of the Soekarno-Hatta airport on Monday.
Wed, 13 Sep 1995
Ten people arrested for torching market in Dili
Ten people arrested for torching market in Dili DILI, East Timor (JP): Police announced yesterday that they have arrested 10 people believed to be the main culprits behind the arson that razed the Komoro market last Saturday.East Timor Police Chief Col.
Wed, 13 Sep 1995
Injury forces Hariyanto to quit World Cup c'ship
Injury forces Hariyanto to quit World Cup c'ship JAKARTA (JP): Top seed and defending men's singles champion Hariyanto Arbi pulled out of the World Cup badminton championships yesterday with an injury that threatens Indonesia's campaign for a clean sweep.
Wed, 13 Sep 1995
Nobel laureate calls for attention to slow learners
Nobel laureate calls for attention to slow learners SERPONG, W. Java (JP): Compulsory education must have a flexible curriculum to ensure the advancement of all students, including slow learners, according to Nobel laureate Yuan Tseh Lee.
Wed, 13 Sep 1995
'Data on child prostitution in RI difficult to obtain'
'Data on child prostitution in RI difficult to obtain' BEIJING (JP): Unicef has cited the difficulty of obtaining data on child prostitution in Indonesia as one of the factors hampering its efforts to deal more effectively with the growing problem, an organization official said.
Wed, 13 Sep 1995
Olefins denied protection
Olefins denied protection Industry Minister Tunky Ariwibowo's announcement yesterday that the government will not be granting tariff protection to the US$1.6 billion olefin plant of PT Chandra Asri Petrochemical Center came as a pleasant surprise.
Wed, 13 Sep 1995
McKinsey opens office
McKinsey opens office JAKARTA (JP): McKinsey & Company, a U.S.-based international consulting firm, has opened its first Southeast Asian office in the Midplaza II building, the company announced yesterday.
Wed, 13 Sep 1995
Govt teachers in private schools
Govt teachers in private schoolsFrom Pikiran RakyatI agree with the statement by Amien Rais in Yogyakarta on Sept. 5, 1995 in response to the circulation of Minister of Administrative Reforms TB Silalahi, concerning the withdrawal of government teachers from private educational institutions.
Wed, 13 Sep 1995
Resettlers neglected
Resettlers neglected BANJARMASIN, South Kalimantan: At least 40 families resettled here from other provinces have been living in uncertainty in Banjar since the company which brought them failed to give them employment as promised.
Wed, 13 Sep 1995
RI faces early exit in bridge meet
RI faces early exit in bridge meet JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia has been placed in the same group as the world's odds-on favorite for the Bermuda Bowl Open Team Bridge Championships, the Indonesian Bridge Association announced yesterday.
Wed, 13 Sep 1995
Sustainable development still elusive: Academic
Sustainable development still elusive: Academic JAKARTA (JP): The concept of sustainable development in Indonesia is still fiction rather than reality, prominent academic Mubyarto said yesterday.Speaking on the second day of the sixth Indonesia National Science Congress, Mubyarto said sustainable...
Wed, 13 Sep 1995
Government to maintain trade restrictions
Government to maintain trade restrictions JAKARTA (JP): The government will continue to regulate the trade in a number of commodities to ensure continued marketing and price stability for the benefit of farmers, producers, traders and consumers, Minister of Trade Satrio B. Joedono said yesterday.
Wed, 13 Sep 1995
Partial reporting dangerous
Partial reporting dangerous In The Jakarta Post of Sept. 5, 1995, on page two, I read PPP, PDI should become opposition parties. Nurcholis Majid was reported to have said: "If the two parties function as opposition parties, control over the executive branch of government would become truly...
Wed, 13 Sep 1995
Sultan unhurt in car crash
Sultan unhurt in car crash MUSCAT (Reuter): The ruler of Oman, Sultan Qaboos Bin Said, left hospital in good health yesterday after a car accident that killed a deputy prime minister of the Gulf state, the Oman news agency said.