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Wed, 04 Sep 1996
Election image needs improving: Rudini
Election image needs improving: Rudini JAKARTA (JP): A truly fair and honest general election next year will help dispel the growing popular perception that the event is a mere formality to justify the inveterate rule of the status quo, former home minister Rudini said yesterday.
Wed, 04 Sep 1996
Confucianist couple lose case
Confucianist couple lose case SURABAYA: Budi Wijaya and Lanny Guito, a couple of Chinese descent who were married in a Confucianist ceremony, lost their case yesterday against a regional civil registry office which had refused to recognize their marriage.
Wed, 04 Sep 1996
RI ready to face Japan's indictment over car policy
RI ready to face Japan's indictment over car policy JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia will not change its national car policy and is ready to face any moves Japan makes toward taking the issue to the World Trade Organization (WTO), Minister of Industry and Trade Tunky Ariwibowo said yesterday.
Wed, 04 Sep 1996
RI's high deficit still acceptable: WB official
RI's high deficit still acceptable: WB official JAKARTA (JP): Dennis de Tray, the representative of the World Bank here, said that Indonesia's widening current account deficit remains under control.He said that the deficit still poses no serious problem because it is largely the result of increases...
Wed, 04 Sep 1996
Bali-Jakarta yacht race begins Saturday
Bali-Jakarta yacht race begins Saturday JAKARTA (JP): Twelve nations are scheduled to participate in this year's six-day, 600-kilometer (324 nautical miles) Bali to Jakarta yacht race. It starts from Benoa, in south Bali, Saturday and finishes at Peniki, one of the Seribu Islands in Jakarta.
Wed, 04 Sep 1996
Sponsors told to use local contactors for telecom projects
Sponsors told to use local contactors for telecom projects JAKARTA (JP): The government will require sponsors of telecommunications projects to procure no less than 30 percent of equipment and services from domestic sources, Minister of Tourism, Post and Telecommunications Joop Ave said yesterday.
Wed, 04 Sep 1996
Moslem women conference
Moslem women conferenceFrom RepublikaThe recent World Conference of Moslem Women was held in Khartoum, Sudan from July 31 to Aug. 3 and was attended by 150 participants from 85 countries. It is strange that there were no participants from Indonesia which has the largest Moslem population in the...
Wed, 04 Sep 1996
What is public service?
What is public service? To serve or be served, that is the question state employees and officials should be asking. The perennial question was raised once again by President Soeharto on Monday when he presented awards and trophies to various government agencies for their service to the public.
Wed, 04 Sep 1996
Gen. Feisal confirms reshuffle in ABRI intelligence agency
Gen. Feisal confirms reshuffle in ABRI intelligence agency JAKARTA (JP): Armed Forces (ABRI) Chief Gen. Feisal Tanjung yesterday confirmed reports of a big shake up in ABRI's Intelligence Agency, but said the changes were not linked to the July 27 riot.Feisal has appointed Maj. Gen.
Wed, 04 Sep 1996
Soerjadi ready to settle PDI conflict in East Java: Governor
Soerjadi ready to settle PDI conflict in East Java: Governor SURABAYA (JP): The new executive board of the Indonesian Democratic Party (PDI) is ready to negotiate and settle the leadership conflict in the party's East Java provincial chapter.
Wed, 04 Sep 1996
Tiger Cup giants cruise past minnows
Tiger Cup giants cruise past minnows SINGAPORE (AFP): Indonesia and Thailand both had comfortable wins in their opening matches in the 1996 Tiger Cup scoring five goals apiece on a day when torrential rain took the edge off competition.
Wed, 04 Sep 1996
'Lack of fairness, transparency may lead to favoritism'
'Lack of fairness, transparency may lead to favoritism' JAKARTA (JP): Pil-Gon Rhee, vice chairman of South Korea's Samsung Corp., stressed the need for transparency and fairness in the selection of private infrastructure developers and investors; otherwise, accusations of political favoritism are...
Wed, 04 Sep 1996
Dining with the Chaine des Rotisseurs
Dining with the Chaine des RotisseursBy Parvathi Nayar Narayan JAKARTA (JP): Men in chains (albeit small ones with medals against different colored cloths), women in diamonds and fine evening wear, waiters who serve water only on request and wine as a matter of course, and of course, course upon...
Wed, 04 Sep 1996
Detectives hunt girl's killer
Detectives hunt girl's killer BEKASI, West Java (JP): Bekasi police vowed to arrest a man they believed to have raped and killed a 13-year-old school girl, whose body was found in a vacant house here over the weekend.
Wed, 04 Sep 1996
Musim Mas wins 5th Primaniyarta award
Musim Mas wins 5th Primaniyarta award JAKARTA (JP): The Medan-based PT Musim Mas palm oil industry has set a new record for government recognition of national level export performance by winning the Primaniyarta award five consecutive times.
Wed, 04 Sep 1996
Democratization key election issue: Scholars
Democratization key election issue: Scholars JAKARTA (JP): Political scientists yesterday identified democratization, succession and dissatisfaction with the status quo as the key issues challenging the country as it prepares for the 1997 general election.
Wed, 04 Sep 1996
Driver complains
Driver complainsFrom MerdekaDrivers of public transport plying the Grogol-Pluit and Grogol-Kota route, are enraged over the way their vehicle licenses are being withheld by a certain official for no apparent reason. Every day some 30 vehicle licenses are confiscated in this way.
Wed, 04 Sep 1996
Telecoms contract signed
Telecoms contract signed SEMARANG, Central Java (JP): PT Mitra Global Telekomunikasi Indonesia, a private firm expected to install 400,000 lines in Central Java, signed here yesterday a US$32.55-million contract with PT Erindo Utama, the supplier of equipment made by Ericsson of Sweden.
Wed, 04 Sep 1996
ABRI dismisses findings' variance
ABRI dismisses findings' variance JAKARTA (JP): The Armed Forces (ABRI) yesterday dismissed the differences between the findings of the National Commission on Human Rights' investigation into the July 27 riot and that of the government as "natural".ABRI Chief of Sociopolitical Affairs Lt. Gen.
Wed, 04 Sep 1996
Baby swap caused by breakdown in employee communication
Baby swap caused by breakdown in employee communication JAKARTA (JP): Police said yesterday that the recent case of two babies being swapped at a hospital in East Jakarta was caused by a breakdown in communication between two employees.
Wed, 04 Sep 1996
Batam ferry
Batam ferry Commenting on the complaint made by the Secretary of Singapore Bike Hash (The Jakarta Post, Aug. 30), may I, as the general manager of the Teluk Senimba Ferry Terminal in Batam, give the following explanation:1. The group from Singapore with return tickets arrived on Aug.
Wed, 04 Sep 1996
IMF plan to disburse gold reserves opposed
IMF plan to disburse gold reserves opposed JAKARTA (JP): The World Gold Council is opposing the International Monetary Fund's (IMF) proposal that central banks cash in some of their gold reserves to help the world's least- developed countries.
Wed, 04 Sep 1996
Stock Exchange
Stock ExchangeStock prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (in rupiah) on Sept. 3, 1996: Shares Close Change Trading Volume ------------------------------------------------------------ Ades Alfindo 1,000 0 0 AHAP Insurance 2,700 0 0 Alumindo Perkasa 650 0 31,500 Andayani Megah 1,050 -25 884,500 Aneka...
Wed, 04 Sep 1996
Plywood exports expected to rise
Plywood exports expected to rise JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia's plywood exports are expected to increase slightly this year due to rising demand from Japan, Taiwan, the United States, the Middle East and European countries, an industry executive said yesterday.
Wed, 04 Sep 1996
Sunda Kelapa mosque
Sunda Kelapa mosqueFrom PelitaMy office is on Jl. Jenderal Sudirman, Jakarta, and I pray in the Sunda Kelapa mosque on Fridays. The mosque has better facilities compared to others as it is more spacious.
Wed, 04 Sep 1996
Concessionaires warned
Concessionaires warned JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Forestry Djamaludin Suryohadikusumo threatened yesterday not only to revoke the licenses of forest concessionaires which violated environmental protection regulations but also to sue them for breaching the regulations and the civil code.
Wed, 04 Sep 1996
Teenager jailed for three rapes
Teenager jailed for three rapes JAKARTA (JP): A 15-year-old boy was sentenced to four years in prison by a court yesterday for raping three girls, two of whom were five years old and the other seven.At the Central Jakarta District Court, presiding Judge Nurhayati based his sentence on article 287...
Wed, 04 Sep 1996
Sarwono calls for new ways of measuring GDP
Sarwono calls for new ways of measuring GDP JAKARTA (JP): State Minister of Environment Sarwono Kusumaatmadja called on economists yesterday to come up with new ways of measuring the national income, taking into account both natural resource depletion and environmental degradation.
Wed, 04 Sep 1996
PON flame lighting to echo 1992 Olympics
PON flame lighting to echo 1992 Olympics JAKARTA (JP): The 14th National Games Organizing Committee promised yesterday to present the best opening ceremony ever, with the lighting of the Games flame a reenactment of the 1992 Barcelona Olympics spectacle.
Wed, 04 Sep 1996
South Korean stands trial for overpass incident
South Korean stands trial for overpass incident JAKARTA (JP): The trial of a South Korean superintendent in charge of the construction of a flyover that collapsed and killed three workers in March began yesterday at the West Jakarta District Court.
Wed, 04 Sep 1996
Obituary
Obituary Retired police general Roekmini Koesoemo Astoeti Soedjono, a member of the National Commission on Human Rights, died of cancer complications late Monday. She was 58.Survived by her husband, Mas Soedjono, and four children, Roekmini died at the Gatot Subroto Army Hospital around 11:00 p.m.
Wed, 04 Sep 1996
Baby swap
Baby swapFrom PelitaThe allegations of baby swapping at the East Jakarta Pasar Rebo Hospital could have been dealt with immediately. We are bewildered as to how the situation could have gotten so far out of hand that it has been covered so widely by the press.
Wed, 04 Sep 1996
Titi leads ladies golf open
Titi leads ladies golf open JAKARTA (JP): Titi Puryanti, the 1992 Indonesian Ladies' Amateur Open champion, took the lead at this year's Open after posting a three-over-par 75 in the first round yesterday.
Wed, 04 Sep 1996
'Indonesia Raya' colleagues sought
'Indonesia Raya' colleagues soughtFrom Forum KeadilanIn my efforts to keep in touch with former colleagues, I have failed to locate 15 of the staff members of the daily Indonesia Raya which was closed down 22 years ago in Jakarta.
Wed, 04 Sep 1996
PON organizers hope for record-breaking year
PON organizers hope for record-breaking year JAKARTA (JP): The success of the 14th National Games (PON) will be measured by the number of records set, organizers said yesterday.The chairman of the organizing committee, Surjadi Soedirdja, said at a rally at Senayan stadium yesterday that the Games...
Wed, 04 Sep 1996
Internet service launched
Internet service launched JAKARTA (JP): Bisnis Indonesia has put its news and database on the Internet in the hopes of increasing its advertising revenues.Abdul Karim Sudibyo, assistant to the minister of industry and trade, launched the new service in a ceremony here Monday evening.
Wed, 04 Sep 1996
Oki's trial adjourned
Oki's trial adjourned JAKARTA (JP): Yesterday's session of the trial of Harnoko Dewantono, alias Oki, was adjourned when three persons lined up by the government prosecutor to stand as witnesses failed to show up in the court.Prosecutor J. Kamaru told the court, presided over by I.G.K.
Wed, 04 Sep 1996
Police deny raiding NGO's headquarters
Police deny raiding NGO's headquarters JAKARTA (JP): Police insisted yesterday that none of their personnel were involved in Saturday's raid on the headquarters of a women's organization in Cipinang Cempedak, East Jakarta.
Wed, 04 Sep 1996
TV today
TV todayTVRI 2:30 p.m. Travel: My Country 2:35 Game Show: Fun House 3:00 News: Lintasan Berita 3:05 Children's Program: Arena 123 3:30 TV Series: Just The Ten Of Us 4:05 TV Drama 4:30 Documentary Film 5:00 Evening News 5:30 Indonesian Lesson 6:00 News: Lintasan Berita 6:15 Village Program 6:45 TV...
Wed, 04 Sep 1996
Consortium urged to involve city in Manggarai project
Consortium urged to involve city in Manggarai project JAKARTA (JP): City Council Speaker M.H. Ritonga has called for better communication among the central government, private developers and the Jakarta municipality in development projects in the capital city.
Wed, 04 Sep 1996
Rescue of hostages obstructed
Rescue of hostages obstructed JAKARTA (JP): Recent poor weather has prevented the Rajawali Military Command's special forces from intensifying their searches for the three logging workers still being held hostage by separatist rebels in the jungle of Irian Jaya.Col.
Wed, 04 Sep 1996
Do not forget General Yusuf
Do not forget General YusufFrom Forum KeadilanThe article about Lt. Gen. Achmad Kemal Idris in Forum recently was quite interesting, especially the information about his recently published biography. The life story of one of the best sons of the nation should be read especially by those born after...
Wed, 04 Sep 1996
'Infrastructure needs private investment'
'Infrastructure needs private investment' JAKARTA (JP): State Minister for National Development Planning Ginandjar Kartasasmita yesterday restated the importance of private sector involvement in the development of Indonesia's infrastructure.
Wed, 04 Sep 1996
Deported boy leaves for S'pore
Deported boy leaves for S'pore SURABAYA: Four-year-old Andreya Masaru Miyakoshi and his Indonesian mother, Atik Kristia Yuliani, flew to Singapore yesterday where they are to stay two days before returning to Indonesia.
Wed, 04 Sep 1996
ACeS to sign deal with Russian firm
ACeS to sign deal with Russian firm JAKARTA (JP): PT Asia Cellular Satellite System (ACeS), a Jakarta-based satellite telecommunications provider, is to sign a contract on Sep. 24 to launch its satellite in 1998 with Russia's Krunichev Enterprise.
Wed, 04 Sep 1996
Thailand's rating downgraded
Thailand's rating downgraded BANGKOK (Reuter): A downgrade of Thailand's short-term rating by Moody's Investors Service was negative for the country and could affect future prospects for its borrowers, financial analysts said yesterday.
Tue, 03 Sep 1996
MNLF-RP pact aimed at boosting stability
MNLF-RP pact aimed at boosting stability MANILA (JP): Indonesia says it hopes the peace agreement between the Philippine government and Moslem-secessionist Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) signed here yesterday will boost stability in Southeast Asia.
Tue, 03 Sep 1996
Sinyo Aliandu calls for more junior soccer tornaments
Sinyo Aliandu calls for more junior soccer tornaments SEMARANG, Central Java (JP): Indonesia needs more soccer tournaments for young players that run regularly, both at home and abroad, to contribute toward better performances at the international level.
Tue, 03 Sep 1996
Dutchman denies trafficking Ecstasy
Dutchman denies trafficking Ecstasy JAKARTA (JP): A 51-year-old Dutch businessman standing trial on charges of producing and selling Ecstasy pills yesterday refuted the testimonies of two witnesses that he was caught red- handed selling the pills to."I was not selling the pills.
Tue, 03 Sep 1996
Listing mining firms
Listing mining firms Almost four years after the delisting of the first mineral prospecting company ever traded on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (JSX), the government is again prodding mining ventures to raise funds from the capital market.