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Fri, 09 Sep 1994
Broken public telephones
Broken public telephonesFrom MerdekaI am disappointed because some public telephones in Central Jakarta do not work. If the problem is disrupted cables the telephone company should immediately repair the damage. This also goes for other kinds of damage.
Fri, 09 Sep 1994
Mehta prevented Indo-Israeli embarrassment
Mehta prevented Indo-Israeli embarrassment NEW DELHI (AFP): Conductor Zubin Mehta recounts in an interview to be aired here today how he stepped in to prevent a musical embarrassment when India and Israel recently established diplomatic relations.
Fri, 09 Sep 1994
China warns about visit by Taiwan's president
China warns about visit by Taiwan's president BEIJING (Reuter): China yesterday warned of serious political consequences if the president of rival Taiwan attended next month's Asian Games in Hiroshima.China's Foreign Ministry spokesman stopped short of saying Beijing would boycott the games, as...
Fri, 09 Sep 1994
Pizza answers complaints
Pizza answers complaints In response to G.S. Edwin's letter published in The Jakarta Post on Sept. 3, the management of Pizza Hut Indonesia extends its sincere apology for the incident occurring at Pizza Hut Pasaraya that caused him and his friend inconvenience.
Fri, 09 Sep 1994
Merapi hurls more lava
Merapi hurls more lava SEMARANG, Central Java: Mt. Merapi hurled lava more than 2,000 times last month with a maximum range of 1.7 kilometer.The office for the monitoring of Mt. Merapi said in July the volcano belched 1,282 times.In August Mt. Merapi was rocked by tectonic quakes 34 times.
Fri, 09 Sep 1994
Business and culture meet in Indonesian Moscow tour
Business and culture meet in Indonesian Moscow tourBy Melanie Morrison MOSCOW (JP): The Indonesian business community's interest in expanding into Russia was directly reflected by the number of top Indonesian business people at the "Indonesian Culture in Moscow" festival.
Fri, 09 Sep 1994
Koja resident sues governor over land compensation rate
Koja resident sues governor over land compensation rate JAKARTA (JP): A resident of North Koja district in North Jakarta is suing the governor of Jakarta, the North Jakarta mayor and the state-owned PT Pelindo seaport company for fixing the compensation for his land prior to consulting him.
Fri, 09 Sep 1994
Where to go in Bali:
Where to go in Bali:Music and entertainment * Nusa Dua Beach Hotel: Budaya Stage - Legong Buffet Dinner, Friday; Ramayana Buffet Dinner, Monday. Coffee Shop - Indonesian Night with Joged Dance, Saturday. Village Night with Frog Dance, Tuesday. Notte Italiana with Capo Dastro Quartet, Thursday.
Fri, 09 Sep 1994
Biography of Gobel launched
Biography of Gobel launched The Gobel Management Group and Rachmat Gobel, director of PT National Gobel electronic company, will launch a biography on the founder of the group, Thayeb Mohammad Gobel, on Monday evening.
Fri, 09 Sep 1994
Harsh measures planned against balky commuters
Harsh measures planned against balky commuters JAKARTA (JP): City Police plan to take harsh action against commuters who enter or exit public vehicles at prohibited places."A violator will face a maximum imprisonment of three months or a fine of Rp 50,000 (US$23) as stipulated by City Regulation No.
Fri, 09 Sep 1994
Lavish ceremony for 3-day development award event
Lavish ceremony for 3-day development award event JAKARTA (JP): A total of 500 performers will present an operatic show to 20,000 spectators during a ceremony to mark the presentation of the highest development award, the Parasamya Purnakarya Nugraha, by President Soeharto to Governor Surjadi...
Fri, 09 Sep 1994
Manpower launches own program of apprenticeship
Manpower launches own program of apprenticeship TANGERANG, West Java (JP): The Ministry of Manpower is introducing industrial apprenticeship programs using vocational training centers it runs as the basis.
Fri, 09 Sep 1994
More diesel fuel ordered for fish port
More diesel fuel ordered for fish port JAKARTA (JP): The Bina Graha presidential office has requested the state-owned Pertamina gas and oil company to provide more diesel fuel for trawlers operating in Muara Baru, Jakarta, in an effort to boost the volume of fish production for export.
Fri, 09 Sep 1994
Gambling lord faces a year in the cooler
Gambling lord faces a year in the cooler JAKARTA (JP): The North Jakarta District court prosecutor, H.P.W. Soekewi, yesterday demanded that defendant Taslim Bianti, a gambling lord whose den was closed down in June, be sent to jail.
Fri, 09 Sep 1994
Where to go in Jakarta:
Where to go in Jakarta:Music * The Aryaduta Jakarta, Jl. Prapatan 44-48, Central Jakarta: - Ambassador Lounge: Amir (pianist) Monday to Friday 7:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m., Saturday 8 a.m. to 10 a.m.; Boece (pianist) & Rima Monday to Thursday 7 p.m. to 11:30 p.m., Friday & Saturday 7 p.m. to 12:30 a.m.
Fri, 09 Sep 1994
`Indonesian culture in Moscow' feature another world
`Indonesian culture in Moscow' feature another worldBy Melanie Morrison MOSCOW (JP): "Welcome to the Twilight Zone" would have been an apt banner at the entrance to the Indonesian cultural festival in Moscow's Kino Center.
Fri, 09 Sep 1994
PT Telkom plans to construct tower to improve service
PT Telkom plans to construct tower to improve service JAKARTA (JP): The state-owned domestic telecommunications operator PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia (Telkom) will construct a tower at its Jakarta office to improve telecommunications service, Minister of Tourism, Post and Telecommunications Joop Ave...
Fri, 09 Sep 1994
Lampung boars on the rampage
Lampung boars on the rampage KALIANDA, Lampung: Residents have waged a war against boars which have devoured some 700 hectares of banana plantations in this district.They said the boars flocked to their farms in herds and that it required an equal size of people to repulse them.
Fri, 09 Sep 1994
Over 100 craftsmen to exhibit works
Over 100 craftsmen to exhibit works Over 100 craftsmen from the country's 27 provinces will exhibit their works during the fourth Handicraft Week, which runs from Sept. 16 to Sept. 25.The exhibition is organized by the National Handicraft Council, Dekranas, and will be held at their offices at Jl.
Fri, 09 Sep 1994
Aussies dominate Jakarta track and field meet
Aussies dominate Jakarta track and field meet JAKARTA (JP): Australia added seven gold medals, bringing its tally to 11, after the second day of the Indonesia Open track and field championships at Senayan Madya stadium yesterday.
Fri, 09 Sep 1994
Ten pharmaceutical groups dominate market
Ten pharmaceutical groups dominate market JAKARTA (JP): Ten large groups continue to dominate the domestic pharmaceutical market, contributing almost half of the country's total sales of Rp 1.5 trillion (US$693 million) last year, a survey says.
Thu, 08 Sep 1994
Rights group blasts Malaysian sect arrests
Rights group blasts Malaysian sect arrests BANGKOK (Reuter): A Thai human-rights group yesterday condemned the arrest in Malaysia of members of a Islamic sect deported from Thailand last week.Thailand's Union of Civil Liberty (UCL), in an open letter to Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad,...
Thu, 08 Sep 1994
Millions stranded as drivers strike enters third day
Millions stranded as drivers strike enters third day JAKARTA (JP): Millions of commuters were stranded here yesterday and had to struggle to reach their destinations in the capital as a sit-in protest of minibus drivers continued sporadically.
Thu, 08 Sep 1994
Chicken pox breaks out
Chicken pox breaks out DEMAK, Central Java: The local health office has appealed for calm in face of an outbreak of chicken pox, now affecting dozens of people.Hawik Pudjohastuti, head of the health office, said although there is no cure for the disease, it is not fatal.
Thu, 08 Sep 1994
Hartarto to speak at Melbourne forum
Hartarto to speak at Melbourne forum JAKARTA (JP): Coordinating Minister for Industry and Trade Hartarto is expected to speak at an international conference on city development and the new economic era to be held in Melbourne, Australia from Nov. 20 to Nov. 23.
Thu, 08 Sep 1994
City to hold fireworks show
City to hold fireworks show To celebrate being awarded the Parasamya Purnakarya Nugraha by the central government, the Jakarta city administration will hold a fireworks fiesta at the Monas Square Saturday evening.The display will be held in cooperation with Lippo Life insurance company.
Thu, 08 Sep 1994
Singapore to press for APEC free trade timetable
Singapore to press for APEC free trade timetable LANGKAWI, Malaysia (AFP): Singapore would press for a timetable for an ambitious plan to create an Asia-Pacific free trade zone by 2020, its prime minister, Goh Chok Tong, said yesterday.
Thu, 08 Sep 1994
Kanindotex has another problem
Kanindotex has another problem SEMARANG: Kanindotex, the giant textile business group widely rumored to be facing financial difficulty, faces a problem on a different front -- its factories are now the subject of an official investigation for allegations of pollution.
Thu, 08 Sep 1994
Telkom-AT&T telecom deal
Telkom-AT&T telecom deal JAKARTA (JP): The state owned domestic telecommunications company, PT Telkom, has awarded four contracts to American Telephone and Telegraph (AT&T) for the supply and installation of digital switching and transmission equipment, fiber optic cables and operation systems...
Thu, 08 Sep 1994
Clamp down on car exhaust
Clamp down on car exhaust SEMARANG: The city administration will soon clamp down on owners of vehicles which emit thick exhaust.Four facilities to measure the exhaust have already been installed in the most busy streets and the administration is now drafting a regulation which will include severe...
Thu, 08 Sep 1994
Heavy equipment distributor plans to sell shares
Heavy equipment distributor plans to sell shares JAKARTA (JP): PT Hexindo Adiperkasa, a distributor of heavy equipment under the Hitachi brand, plans to sell around 25 percent of its 40 million shares to the public in the near future, the company's president said yesterday.
Thu, 08 Sep 1994
49% of Barito shares to go to government
49% of Barito shares to go to government JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Forestry Djamaludin Suryohadikusumo threatened yesterday to deny PT Barito Pacific Timber extensions to its forest concessions unless the largest company listed on the Jakarta Stock Exchange handed over 49 percent of its shares to a...
Thu, 08 Sep 1994
Police question 35 in relation to drivers's strike
Police question 35 in relation to drivers's strike JAKARTA (JP): City Police are questioning 35 people believed to have committed criminal acts related to the massive strike by city bus drivers over the past three days.The ongoing strike has left millions of people stranded.
Thu, 08 Sep 1994
Pasar Jaya refuses to see traders
Pasar Jaya refuses to see traders The management of PD Pasar Jaya, the city-owned market authority, has refused to meet traders from the Ampera market in Kampung Ambon, East Jakarta.Security officers informed the traders of the rebuff on Tuesday when they went to the PD Pasar Jaya office.
Thu, 08 Sep 1994
Santa Fe finds oil
Santa Fe finds oil JAKARTA (JP): The state oil company Pertamina, in cooperation with the U.S. Santa Fe Company, have found a new oil resource with an estimated output capacity of 2,020 barrels per day in the Tuban block in East Java.
Thu, 08 Sep 1994
Merapi named decade's volcano
Merapi named decade's volcano BANDUNG: Mt. Merapi in Central Java has been named as one of this decade's volcanoes by the United Nations agency for International Natural Disaster Reduction, officials said.
Thu, 08 Sep 1994
About 1,500 houses to be demolished
About 1,500 houses to be demolished JAKARTA (JP): The West Jakarta administration will demolish around 1,500 illegal houses in seven subdistricts on Oct. 24 to pave the way for a river improvement project and green belt construction.
Thu, 08 Sep 1994
Abortion compromise attempt lingers
Abortion compromise attempt lingers CAIRO (AFP): Efforts to resolve an abortion controversy at the UN population conference ran into trouble yesterday as Latin American nations joined the Vatican in opposition to a compromise proposal, delegates said.
Thu, 08 Sep 1994
U.S., Japan and S. Korea told to ratify GATT
U.S., Japan and S. Korea told to ratify GATT JAKARTA (JP): The United States, Japan and South Korea have to give commitments ratifying the Uruguay Round before attending the second summit of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) leadership meeting in Bogor in November, economist Mari...
Thu, 08 Sep 1994
Car rent agencies establish union
Car rent agencies establish union JAKARTA (JP): At least 250 car rental businesses have set up an organization in an effort to improve services and avoid unhealthy competition among them.The chairman of the Association of the Indonesian Car Rental Businesses (Hipermi), Sabaruddin S, said in a...
Thu, 08 Sep 1994
Discipline on the road
Discipline on the road As far as we can recall, no recent bus strike has inconvenienced so many Jakarta commuters for so long as the one which has occurred over the past three days. The strike began on Monday when an undisclosed number of minibus drivers went on strike to protest the hefty increase...
Thu, 08 Sep 1994
Mt. Lawu's forest razed
Mt. Lawu's forest razed KARANGANYAR, Central Java: Some 45 hectares of forest near the peak of Mt. Lawu have been razed by fire originating from a camp fire.Forest rangers, working with local villagers, tried to contain the fire with little success as the strong wind helped spread the blaze.
Thu, 08 Sep 1994
U.S. not to raise human rights issue in APEC Summit
U.S. not to raise human rights issue in APEC Summit JAKARTA (JP): The U.S. administration will not raise human rights or democratic questions during the meeting of leaders of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) here in November, says a visiting U.S. official.U.S.
Thu, 08 Sep 1994
House expresses concern over widespread, unchecked pollution
House expresses concern over widespread, unchecked pollution JAKARTA (JP): The House of Representatives (DPR) expressed concern yesterday over pollution levels in Java and Sumatra, and urged the government to tighten control over waste dumping.
Thu, 08 Sep 1994
Chandra Asri's expansion
Chandra Asri's expansion TOKYO (AFP): Japan's Marubeni Corp. and Showa Denko KK are considering plans to boost output by some 20 percent in an Indonesian ethylene venture, a spokesman said yesterday.The plan to increase annual ethylene output capacity to 675,000 tons by mid-1996 from the initially...
Thu, 08 Sep 1994
High food prices cause inflation to remain high
High food prices cause inflation to remain high JAKARTA (JP): The high prices of food caused the consumer price index to remain high last month, bringing the country's inflation to 6.85 percent in the first eight months of this year, Minister of Information Harmoko said.
Thu, 08 Sep 1994
Indonesian swimmers join upset Asiad sideliners
Indonesian swimmers join upset Asiad sideliners JAKARTA (JP): Women's swimmers turned out to be among the 12 athletes dropped from the Indonesian team for the 12th Asian Games in Hiroshima when the national sports governing body (KONI) announced the team yesterday.
Thu, 08 Sep 1994
Law taken into own hands
Law taken into own hands The tendency to take the law into one's own hands is now more apparent than ever.One recent example was the burning down of a city bus in Jakarta by an angry mob after it hit a mikrolet public transport vehicle, severely wounding its four passengers.
Thu, 08 Sep 1994
TV today
TV todayTVRI 2:30 p.m. TV Series: Tarzan 3:05 Children's Creativity 3:30 TV Series: Gunsmoke 4:30 Women's World 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 8:05 TV...
Thu, 08 Sep 1994
Hospital for AIDS patients
Hospital for AIDS patients Referring to a letter published on Aug. 29 in The Jakarta Post we would like to inform the readers that the hospital designated to treat AIDS patients is not the Koja Hospital as mentioned in the letter but the Sulianti Saroso Hospital which specializes in infectious...