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Chandra Asri wins ethylene contract

Chandra Asri wins ethylene contract JAKARTA (JP): PT Chandra Asri Petrochemical Center, the country's first olefin manufacturer, has secured a five-year contract for the sale of ethylene to PT Yasa Ganesha.Peter F.

Photographer nabbed with drug

Photographer nabbed with drug NUSA DUA, Bali: A photographer at the ongoing world medical assembly has been arrested on charges of possessing marijuana, a press report said yesterday.The suspect, identified as 33-year-old JKM, was arrested on Monday, the opening of the five-day conference.

Portugal's TV plan in E. Timor to be checked

Portugal's TV plan in E. Timor to be checked JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Foreign Affairs Ali Alatas said yesterday that the government will look into press reports that Portugal will broadcast television programs into East Timor.

Taman Mini has new bus terminal

Taman Mini has new bus terminal JAKARTA (JP): The new bus terminal at the Indonesia in Miniature Park (Taman Mini) in East Jakarta is scheduled to start operating on Sept. 12.The new terminal is located five kilometers from Kampung Rambutan bus terminal, which is used by both city buses and...

Two civilians killed in E. Timor

Two civilians killed in E. Timor DILI, East Timor: Local military chief Col. Mahidin Simbolon said yesterday that he has ordered an investigation into news that troops killed two civilians in Viqueque, 200 kilometers east of here, on Aug. 24.

Telecoms summit ends with declaration

Telecoms summit ends with declaration BANDUNG, West Java (JP): A three-day international conference on telecommunications ended here yesterday with a pledge to remove inequalities in telecommunication and information access and to support the creation of a global information infrastructure in the...

Letters subject to editing

Letters subject to editing I know that letters sent to The Jakarta Post are subject to editing, but I never knew that they may change your idea. This is regarding to my letter which was printed in "Your Letters" dated Aug. 4, 1995.

Coal development faces many problems in Indonesia

Coal development faces many problems in Indonesia JAKARTA (JP): Expanding the use of coal in Indonesia still faces several problems related to regional spatial plans and environmental issues and lack of inter-ministerial coordination, a senior official said yesterday.

Students protest against immunity

Students protest against immunity SEMARANG, Central Java: A group of students staged a demonstration at the legislative council's premises yesterday, demanding that all regulations that give government officials legal immunity be scrapped.

Thailand invites Gen. Khin Nyunt

Thailand invites Gen. Khin Nyunt BANGKOK (AFP): Defense Minister Chaowalit Yongchaiyudh has invited Myanmar's intelligence chief, Lt. Gen. Khin Nyunt, to visit during a Sept. 14-16 military hardware show, a Thai official said yesterday.

Thousands brave rain to hear Hillary's speech

Thousands brave rain to hear Hillary's speechBy Santi WE Soekanto and Carla Bianpoen HUAIROU, China (JP): An estimated 40,000 activists, coming from non-governmental organizations all over the world, braved the rain yesterday, spending hours waiting in line for the chance to hear the United States'...

Operation on social insurance

Operation on social insurance JAKARTA (JP): State-owned manpower insurance company PT Astek is launching a large-scale operation on workers' social insurance at companies throughout the city.Freddy P. Taumelly, head of the Jakarta office of the Ministry of Manpower, told reporters that the...

Mulialand receives triple B plus rating

Mulialand receives triple B plus rating JAKARTA (JP): PT Mulialand, a publicly listed property developer, has received a triple B plus grade from the credit rating agency Pefindo for its five-year bonds.Mulialand announced here yesterday that the bonds worth around Rp 100 billion (US$45.

Singamip workers take their complaint to DPR

Singamip workers take their complaint to DPR JAKARTA (JP): Some 200 workers of the PT Singamip Jaya Enterprise Electronic company on the third day of their strike yesterday expressed their grievances to the House of Representatives.

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.

Jakarta court agrees to try Bintang's suit

Jakarta court agrees to try Bintang's suit JAKARTA (JP): The Jakarta State Administrative Court agreed yesterday to try a lawsuit filed by controversial politician Sri Bintang Pamungkas against President Soeharto for dismissing him from the House of Representatives.

Police bust gangs suspected of stealing export products

Police bust gangs suspected of stealing export products JAKARTA (JP): Police over the past two weeks have arrested members from two gangs suspected of having stolen over US$1.5 million in local company products bound for export.The head of Jakarta Police Criminal Investigation Department, Col.

Firms briefed on Natuna

Firms briefed on Natuna JAKARTA (JP): State-owned oil company Pertamina opened a three day meeting yesterday on the giant Natuna gas project for potential Japanese participants, the company said in a statement here.

Pre-qualification proposals

Pre-qualification proposals JAKARTA (JP): Contractors of city administration projects are required to submit six additional documents to be eligible to take part in the pre-qualification of tender processing.

Best athletes warm up at Asian meet

Best athletes warm up at Asian meet JAKARTA (JP): Asian Games gold medalists will test their mettle at the 11th Asian Track and Field Championships to be held at the Madya Senayan stadium from Sept. 20 to 24.

Yogie rejects call to set up opposition parties

Yogie rejects call to set up opposition parties JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Home Affairs Moch. Yogie S.M. yesterday firmly rejected the proposal to turn the two minority political parties in Indonesia into opposition forces from their current role as "partners" of the government.

National Logistics Agency confirms losses Rp 1.66b

National Logistics Agency confirms losses Rp 1.66b JAKARTA (JP): Chief of the National Logistics Agency (Bulog) Beddu Amang confirmed auditors' findings yesterday that the agency lost more than Rp 1.66 billion (US$748,000) between 1993 and 1994 from the sales of rice and soymeal.

Police probe funny leaflets

Police probe funny leaflets SEMARANG, Central Java: Police are investigating the Proklamasi III leaflets, which contain mockeries of the government and have been widely circulated.The leaflets, many of which have been seized by the authorities, twist the wording of the historic 1928 pledge by...

RI-Korean financial firm

RI-Korean financial firm JAKARTA (JP): The publicly listed Bank Dagang Nasional Indonesia (BDNI) and Saehan Merchant Banking Corporation (SMBC) of South Korea commenced the operation of their joint venture firm here yesterday.

RI suffers trade deficit

RI suffers trade deficit JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia's trade in June ran a deficit for the first time in several years due to increasing imports of machinery and auxiliary materials for industrial production, Minister of Information Harmoko announced yesterday."Our exports reached US$3.

Four telecom consortia sign joint venture deals

Four telecom consortia sign joint venture deals BANDUNG, West Java (JP): Executives from the four consortia which won contracts to build some two million telephone lines in various parts of Indonesia signed joint venture agreements yesterday which will enable them to start construction early next...

Study of nuclear reactor project nearly complete

Study of nuclear reactor project nearly complete JAKARTA (JP): The government has commissioned two foreign consultancy companies to give a one-last overview of the various feasibility studies conducted for Indonesia's first commercial nuclear power plant.

Firms agree to drop the names of heroes

Firms agree to drop the names of heroes JAKARTA (JP): Ten companies who use the names of national heroes have agreed to omit the names of the heroes from their companies' titles.Priyono, an official of the City Security and Order Office, said that the agreement was reached in a meeting with 10...

Maestro & Cirrus member

Maestro & Cirrus member JAKARTA (JP): MasterCard International announced yesterday that Bank Universal has joined the Maestro on-line, point-of-sale debit program and the MasterCard/Cirrus ATM Network.MasterCard said in a statement that Bank Universal plans to issue 75,000 of FLEXI-SAVE debit cards...

Airshow '96 to highlight national aviation capability

Airshow '96 to highlight national aviation capability JAKARTA (JP): Besides aerobatics and a major exhibition, the Indonesian Air Show '96 will offer the nation an opportunity to showcase its potential in the field of aviation, the chairman of the show's organizing committee said yesterday.

Outstanding athletes to receive top honors

Outstanding athletes to receive top honors JAKARTA (JP): A thanksgiving ceremony will be the highlight of the 12th National Sports Day celebrations on Sept. 9, with the government to award special medals to Indonesia's 32 leading sportsmen and women.

Apartment project protested

Apartment project protested JAKARTA (JP): About 15 residents of Bendungan Hilir subdistrict in Central Jakarta filed a complaint yesterday with the City Council over PT Sari Lembah Hijau's development of the Park Royale apartment complex.

Surgery activities at RSCM resume

Surgery activities at RSCM resume JAKARTA (JP): The operating room of the Cipto Mangunkusumo General Hospital (RSCM), which was closed down on Monday after being burglarized, returned to normal yesterday.Thieves reportedly broke into the operating room early Monday.

Claim on W. Irian in 1950s

Claim on W. Irian in 1950s This is a response to Mr. B. Ubany's letter published in The Jakarta Post on Sept. 4, 1995. I still stand firm by what I said in my previous letter (Aug. 31, 1995) that during the many years Indonesia was conducting a campaign to regain West Irian from Dutch control, I...

Women's rights are human rights: Hillary

Women's rights are human rights: HillaryBy Santi WE Soekanto BEIJING (JP): Thousands of women activists and official delegations to the ongoing Fourth World Conference on Women gave United States First Lady Hillary Clinton a standing ovation after she asserted yesterday that "women's rights are...

World's top doctors meet in Bali

World's top doctors meet in Bali JAKARTA (JP): Some 600 doctors from 60 countries are currently meeting in Bali to discuss ways of enhancing their profession.Vice President Try Sutrisno addressed the participants of the 47th World Medical Assembly held at the Nusa Dua resort yesterday, Antara...

Filipinos dig way out of tons of mud and ash

Filipinos dig way out of tons of mud and ash MANILA (Agencies): Filipinos started yesterday digging their homes and roads out from under tons of volcanic debris washed down from Pinatubo volcano by heavy rains spawned by tropical storm Nina when it hit the Philippines.

Freeport commissions environmental audit

Freeport commissions environmental audit JAKARTA (JP): Giant American copper mining company PT Freeport Indonesia has commissioned two U.S.-based consultancy firms to conduct independent environmental studies of its operations in Irian Jaya.

Asian stock markets close weaker

Asian stock markets close weaker HONG KONG (Reuter): Most Asian stock markets weakened yesterday although Tokyo shares closed marginally stronger on the back of the dollar breaking through the 98-yen barrier, brokers said.

Traffic police overwhelmed

Traffic police overwhelmed JAKARTA (JP): Traffic in the city is so bad that the police have conceded "defeat" in their struggle to ease congestion in many areas."We will raise our hands (in a gesture of powerlessness) whenever the people raise the demand that we make traffic flow freely...

Building expo opened

Building expo opened JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Public Works Radinal Moochtar opened a five-day building and construction exhibition yesterday at the Jakarta Fair grounds.About 550 companies from various countries are taking part in the exhibition, called Building and Construction Indonesia '95.

Asian must break taboos to fight AIDS

Asian must break taboos to fight AIDSBy Thomas Fox BANGKOK (AFP): Conservative societies in Asia and the Pacific must broach the taboo subject of sexual relations to change the risky behavior of men and halt the spread of the regional AIDS epidemic, experts said.

Protests rock two cities

Protests rock two cities DILI, East Timor: The cities of Liquisa and Maliana were rocked by protests on Monday after the results of a recruitment drive at the respective regency offices was announced.In Liquisa, hundreds of youths attacked the regency office after not finding their names on a list...

APEC meeting to be held here

APEC meeting to be held here JAKARTA (JP): Government officials and business leaders of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum will meet here this month to discuss problems in the infrastructure sectors, an executive said yesterday.

Beijing talks enter tough phase

Beijing talks enter tough phaseBy Santi WE Soekanto and Carla Bianpoen BEIJING (JP): As world leaders at the World Conference on Women discussed the need to respect and promote women's rights, delegates began haggling behind the scenes over the wording of some of the documents and resolutions to be...

Jakarta, West Java to clash in Coke final

Jakarta, West Java to clash in Coke final SURABAYA, East Java (JP): Young West Java looks set to follow in the winning steps of its senior team Persib Bandung as it marches into the Haornas Coke Cup under-15 soccer championship final after beating home favorite East Java 4-3 yesterday.

Comedian Benyamin S. dies of a heart attack

Comedian Benyamin S. dies of a heart attack JAKARTA (JP): Thousands crowded the Karet Bivak cemetery in Central Jakarta yesterday for the funeral of noted Indonesian comedian/actor/singer Benyamin Sueb, who died of a heart attack at the Harapan Kita Cardiac Hospital at 5:20 a.m. yesterday.

1,600 factories guilty of dumping toxic waste

1,600 factories guilty of dumping toxic waste JAKARTA (JP): Jakarta City Deputy Governor for Economic and Development Affairs Tb. M. Rais said yesterday that at least 1,600 factories in Jakarta are guilty of dumping poisonous waste.

Military training for civil servants

Military training for civil servants DILI, East Timor: The provincial administration has introduced basic military training courses for its employees in a move to strengthen their discipline.Governor Abilio Jose Osorio Soares warned that those who refused to take part in the course would be...

Rating commercial paper

Rating commercial paper The central bank's ruling imposing stricter requirements on the issuance and trading of commercial paper has at least two main objectives: To protect both investors and banks and to bring Indonesia's commercial paper market up to international standards.