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Mon, 04 Sep 1995
Mayoralty to seal old warehouses
Mayoralty to seal old warehouses JAKARTA (JP): The West Jakarta authorities have sealed 34 out of the 53 old warehouses in the Kota downtown area due to the reluctance of their owners to relocate their storage sites.The sealed warehouses are located on Jl. Roa Malaka, Jl. Tiang Bendera, Jl.
Mon, 04 Sep 1995
Yogie wants closer ties with ulemas
Yogie wants closer ties with ulemas JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Home Affairs Moch. Yogie S.M. has called for greater understanding between the government on the one hand and the ulemas and leaders of other faiths on the other.
Mon, 04 Sep 1995
Satelindo hits record sales
Satelindo hits record sales JAKARTA (JP): PT Satelindo, a major operator of global system for mobile (GSM) communications, announced over the weekend that its sales of hand phones in August reached a record high of 12,266 units.
Mon, 04 Sep 1995
New phone lines in East Jakarta
New phone lines in East Jakarta JAKARTA (JP): The East Jakarta office of the state-owned telecommunication company PT Telkom will be marketing 18,641 new telephone lines this month.Rizal Saat, head of the office, said the marketing will be conducted door-to-door under a program called Kerling '95...
Mon, 04 Sep 1995
TV today
TV todayTVRI 2:35 p.m. TV Series: Voltron 3:05 Children's Program: Riang Ria 3:30 TV Series: The Crystal Maze 4:30 School Quiz: Cepat Tepat 5:00 Regional News 5:30 Technology 6:05 Nusantara the Beloved Country 6:15 Village Program 6:30 Religious Teachings: Hinduism 7:00 Evening News 7:30 TV Drama:...
Mon, 04 Sep 1995
Australia and PNG relations bind despite some problems
Australia and PNG relations bind despite some problems Papua New Guinea's relationship with its former colonizer Australia suffers a 20-year itch. Kunda Dixit of Inter Press Service reports. PORT MORESBY: The ties between Australia and its former colony, Papua New Guinea, sometimes resemble the...
Mon, 04 Sep 1995
Jakarta hopes SPSI more representative
Jakarta hopes SPSI more representative JAKARTA (JP): Members of the Jakarta branch of the All Indonesia's Workers' Union (SPSI) hope the new form their organization is taking will make it more representative despite the still strong government influence.
Mon, 04 Sep 1995
State firms hampered by complex bureaucracy
State firms hampered by complex bureaucracy SEMARANG, Central Java (JP): State-owned enterprises will have difficulty facing free market competition due to sluggish performance caused by a complicated bureaucratic system, a prominent businessman said here Saturday.
Mon, 04 Sep 1995
University of Indonesia sees 50% more freshmen
University of Indonesia sees 50% more freshmen JAKARTA (JP): The number of freshmen students at the University of Indonesia (UI) has increased by almost 50 percent this year, compared to last year, UI rector M.K. Tadjudin said.
Mon, 04 Sep 1995
Government urged to aim for higher growth
Government urged to aim for higher growth JAKARTA (JP): The government needs to set higher economic growth targets for the current 25-year development program, to be ended in 2019, by involving small and medium enterprises as the prime growth movers.Joseph Manurung, S.
Mon, 04 Sep 1995
Panin Bank's profits up
Panin Bank's profits up JAKARTA (JP): Panin Bank, a publicly-listed private bank, announced on Saturday a 16.15 percent increase in its after-tax profit; to Rp 30.22 billion (US$13.49 million) in the first half of this year, as compared with Rp 26.02 billion during the same period of last year.
Mon, 04 Sep 1995
Philippines and Indonesia begin talks this week
Philippines and Indonesia begin talks this week MANILA (AFP): The Philippines and Indonesia are to hold bilateral talks this week to discuss issues ranging from trade, maritime boundaries to the recent developments in the South China Sea, official sources said here yesterday.
Sun, 03 Sep 1995
Reflections on the golden Balinese 'barong'
Reflections on the golden Balinese 'barong'By Amir Sidharta JAKARTA (JP): The importance of numerology often gets exaggerated around anniversary celebrations, which is especially true about the golden one Indonesia is celebrating this year.
Sun, 03 Sep 1995
Hermawan sees a big leap in world ranks
Hermawan sees a big leap in world ranks JAKARTA (JP): If the badminton world rankings list were a sea, the U.S. Open concluded on Aug. 13 in Atlanta, Georgia would have caused only a ripple.Winning the Open's men's title was a great leap for Indonesian Olympic bronze medalist Hermawan Susanto.
Sun, 03 Sep 1995
Cataracts cure not popular
Cataracts cure not popular JAKARTA (JP): Health Minister Sujudi estimates that, of the 250 new cataract patients in Indonesia each year, only 50 can afford to undergo surgery for the condition.The minister says there are now 1.
Sun, 03 Sep 1995
Further enlargement of ASEAN not a dream
Further enlargement of ASEAN not a dream Bilson Kurus looks at a future with an ASEAN of 10 members. On July 28, Vietnam was formally welcomed into the ASEAN fold as its seventh member. A regional rival of staunchly anti- communist ASEAN up to the late 1980s, Vietnam's entry paves the way for a...
Sun, 03 Sep 1995
Foundation to hold timed rally
Foundation to hold timed rally JAKARTA (JP): The foundation of Manunggal Karsa Nusantara will hold a timed rally called Margarana Pelabuhan Ratu on Oct. 21-22.The organizing committee's chairman, Ktut Suwardana, said on Friday that the 500-kilometer timed rally will offer a total of Rp 10 million...
Sun, 03 Sep 1995
Be prepared for rains in Jakarta, otherwise...
Be prepared for rains in Jakarta, otherwise...By Julie L. Litchfield JAKARTA (JP): As much as I am enjoying my time here in Indonesia, I must admit to experiencing a bit of culture shock. I came to Jakarta from a small town -- about the population of two Jakarta-bound buses from Bogor on a Sunday...
Sun, 03 Sep 1995
Film censorship a must to retain certain norms
Film censorship a must to retain certain norms JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesian government rules that all films and commercials must be censored to protect the public from any possible negative impact of the productions.Under the tight censorship, certain scenes must be omitted.
Sun, 03 Sep 1995
Foreign land ownership erodes Bali's cultural identity
Foreign land ownership erodes Bali's cultural identityBy Bulan L. DENPASAR (JP): Indonesian regulations encourage foreign investors to develop houses and apartments but prohibit foreign ownership of land.
Sun, 03 Sep 1995
Young Designers Contest stuns audience
Young Designers Contest stuns audienceBy Dini S. Djalal JAKARTA (JP): The hip brigade has landed and immersed itself among Indonesia's fashion students. At the 1995 Indonesian Young Designers Contest last Friday, the audience was given an unexpected education on the newest version of cool.
Sun, 03 Sep 1995
Between moral stimulus and severe libel
Between moral stimulus and severe libelBy Limas Sutanto JAKARTA (JP): There is a close association between progress and criticism in life. Paul Karl Feyerabend, an Austrian philosopher and the pioneer of epistemological anarchism, says that most standards of criticism are found outside ourselves.
Sun, 03 Sep 1995
Bored
Bored I am a junior member of the expatriate community in Jakarta. My parents compel me to read The Jakarta Post everyday. But it doesn't interest me at all! Could you introduce a separate column for school children which contains stories, drawings, poetry, quizzes and science articles? This could...
Sun, 03 Sep 1995
Is pornography a threat to society?
Is pornography a threat to society? What is pornography? Different people have different views on the subject. What one country considers art might be banned in another which views it as pornography. Religions, too, influence the way people perceive things.
Sun, 03 Sep 1995
Pornographic literature sold everywhere
Pornographic literature sold everywhereBy Johannes Simbolon JAKARTA (JP): A group of junior high school girls walk past a book street vendor in Pasar Minggu, South Jakarta.Seeing the girls glance at his merchandise, the vendor, Yudi, a man in his 20s and clad in shabby clothes, goads them to come.
Sun, 03 Sep 1995
Balancing power in and outside the ARF
Balancing power in and outside the ARF The recent progress made by the ASEAN Regional Forum might well be reversed by a combination of factors, institutional and geopolitical. Amitav Acharya examines the subject The second meeting of the ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF), held in Brunei on Aug.
Sun, 03 Sep 1995
Guess What?
Guess What? Music can cure illnesses. Don't believe it? Just ask folk singer Ully Sigar Rusadi."Indonesia is rich with traditional music. In some regions there is music of which the rhythm is believed to have the power to heal some diseases," said Ully after singing a medley of her songs in an art...
Sun, 03 Sep 1995
Harry composes a melody with audience
Harry composes a melody with audienceBy Johannes Simbolon JAKARTA (JP): Harry Roesli surprised the rock music lovers packing the Classic Rock Pub near the Blok-M Bus Terminal in South Jakarta on the eve of Independence Day by involving them in the composition of a melody to be dedicated to the...
Sun, 03 Sep 1995
President's gifts find a home in Taman Mini museum
President's gifts find a home in Taman Mini museum JAKARTA (JP): A peek inside the Purna Bhakti Museum at Taman Mini Indonesia Indah in East Jakarta reveals what heads of state receive as gifts from their own people and other heads of state.
Sun, 03 Sep 1995
Soeharto launches savings drive
Soeharto launches savings drive JAKARTA (JP): President Soeharto yesterday urged the public, including students, to save more money so the country could lessen its dependence on foreign aid to finance its development programs.
Sun, 03 Sep 1995
NAM's call on poverty, women included in Beijing Message
NAM's call on poverty, women included in Beijing MessageBy Santi WE Soekanto BEIJING (JP): The Non-Aligned Movement, led by Indonesia, adopted a resolution yesterday calling for a concerted global effort to combat poverty and violence against women.
Sun, 03 Sep 1995
Missing bulbs
Missing bulbs I read By The Way..., lighten up please... (The Jakarta Post, Aug. 20, 1995) with laughter and tears in my eyes.In fact, the missing bulbs occurred not only in Jakarta but also here in my small town of Probolinggo in East Java.
Sun, 03 Sep 1995
F. Widayanto tracks down the enigmatic 'ukelan'
F. Widayanto tracks down the enigmatic 'ukelan'By Hartoyo Pratiknyo JAKARTA (JP): Ukelan: A hair bun? A chignon? In the purely descriptive sense of the word, perhaps both "hair bun" and "chignon" do correctly denote the object: head hair, done more or less in the shape of a bun and normally worn at...
Sun, 03 Sep 1995
Marking time until the final gong in Indonesian jails
Marking time until the final gong in Indonesian jailsBy Tina Gue What is life like behind bars? Only those who have been prisoners know the agony of waiting for time to pass until the day freedom is allowed once again.
Sun, 03 Sep 1995
Special tree makes long journey to Jakarta
Special tree makes long journey to Jakarta JAKARTA (JP): The carved inverted tree in the middle of the Struggle Exhibition hall of the Purna Bhakti Pertiwi Museum took a long and interesting journey from its natural home in East Java to the President's museum.
Sun, 03 Sep 1995
Forest fires on Mt Agung
Forest fires on Mt Agung JAKARTA (JP): Forest fires are incinerating the tropical forest on Mount Agung in Bali, a forestry official said yesterday.Gede Arya Latihan, head of the provincial office of the forestry ministry, said the fires have razed dozens of hectares of forest.
Sun, 03 Sep 1995
Seoul's trade deficit surges
Seoul's trade deficit surges SEOUL (AFP): South Korea's trade deficit ballooned to US$8.6 billion in the first eight months this year, with both exports and imports sustaining vibrancy, the Ministry of Finance and Economy (MFE) said yesterday.In August alone, the country's exports surged 39.
Sun, 03 Sep 1995
MLM destroys ties among close friends
MLM destroys ties among close friends JAKARTA (JP): The emergence of Multi-Level Marketing ruined a friendship. MLM companies such as CNI, Amway, Avon, Sara Lee and Fortune have crept into established companies and usurped the loyalty of their employees.
Sun, 03 Sep 1995
Guess What?
Guess What? You have to talk before the public, but you are nervous. What should you do?"Take a deep breath," suggests Pia Alisjahbana, chairwoman of the Indonesian Ceramics Society."Just talk the way you do when you chat with your friends," she told The Jakarta Post on Wednesday after giving a...
Sun, 03 Sep 1995
Beach volleyball queens due here
Beach volleyball queens due here JAKARTA (JP): The world's queens of beach volleyball, including the Australian pair of Anita Palm and Liane Fennick and the Brazilian team of Tavares Pires Sandrinha and Jacky Silva Jacqueline Louise Cuz will be in Bali for this year's World Beach Volleyball...
Sun, 03 Sep 1995
Preventing the pressure of pornography
Preventing the pressure of pornographyBy T. Sima Gunawan JAKARTA (JP): Sex and pornography are two different things, but pornography has everything to do with sex. Accordingly, people's perception of pornography relates to their views on sex.
Sun, 03 Sep 1995
The tune
The tuneBy Dewi Anggraeni The music started and I moved. I felt unnatural at first, sort of forced, and the music seemed to play on its own, detached from the flow of my movements. I was grateful for the anonymity provided by the yellow silk veil that covered my hair and the lower part of my face.
Sun, 03 Sep 1995
Keeping your maids
Keeping your maids This letter is an addendum to an article published on July 9, 1995, in The Jakarta Post. Here are some do's and dont's in keeping a maid.First of all do find out how many names your maid has. Dewi, who worked for me was earlier Lily.
Sun, 03 Sep 1995
Crossword Puzzler
Crossword Puzzler Starting this month The Jakarta Post's Sunday edition will publish a new, more challenging but equally fun crossword puzzler. The cryptic puzzler will appear the first week of every month. We hope this new element will be a welcome addition to our readers. -- Editor
Sun, 03 Sep 1995
'Kangaroo 95' brings neighbors together
'Kangaroo 95' brings neighbors togetherBy Dewi Anggraeni MELBOURNE, Australia (JP): Kangaroo 95, or the K-95 defense exercise in Australia which involved 17,000 navy, army and air force personnel, 16 ships, 110 aircraft and large numbers of wheeled and tracked vehicles, just ended.
Sat, 02 Sep 1995
Rains to start in October or November: Weather office
Rains to start in October or November: Weather office JAKARTA (JP): Although the dry season began late this year by approximately one month, the rainy season should begin in most parts of Indonesia around October and November, according to the weather forecast agency.
Sat, 02 Sep 1995
Coke Cup marred by referee decision
Coke Cup marred by referee decision JAKARTA (JP): Aceh refused to continue playing against host East Java during the second round match of the National Coke Cup Under-15s soccer championship at the Tambak Sari stadium in Surabaya yesterday.The score was 3-0 for East Java when Aceh quit the match.
Sat, 02 Sep 1995
Two journalists imprisoned for sowing hatred
Two journalists imprisoned for sowing hatred JAKARTA (JP): Two journalists were sentenced to 32 months imprisonment each yesterday after the Central Jakarta District Court found them guilty of sowing hatred against the government through a publication they helped publish and distribute.
Sat, 02 Sep 1995
Govt agrees to land-barter deal for giant property project
Govt agrees to land-barter deal for giant property project JAKARTA (JP): Indonesian Armed Forces Commander Gen. Feisal Tanjung has given a green light to a multi-billion rupiah land barter agreement between the National Police Headquarters and PT Mandala Pratama Permai (MPP), National Police Chief...
Sat, 02 Sep 1995
Citra Lamtoro to start $1.6b road project in RP
Citra Lamtoro to start $1.6b road project in RP JAKARTA (JP): Citra Lamtoro Gung, the business group chaired by President Soeharto's eldest daughter Siti Hardiyanti Rukmana, will soon start the first phase of its US$1.6 billion toll road project in Manila.