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Fri, 01 Sep 1995
'Developer must be held to promise'
'Developer must be held to promise' JAKARTA (JP): The city council urged the city administration yesterday to closely monitor the use of the third floor of a 28- story shopping center in Mangga Dua, West Jakarta, which has been set aside by the building's owner for small-scale traders.Abdulgani H.
Fri, 01 Sep 1995
Military police get new chief
Military police get new chief JAKARTA (JP): City Military Chief Maj.Gen. Wiranto installed Col. Djasri Marin yesterday as the new chief of the City Military Police replacing Col. Imamul Achyar.Djasri, a 1973 graduate of the Military Academy, is former chief of the Armed Forces Strategic Command of...
Fri, 01 Sep 1995
Bappenas' role comes into question
Bappenas' role comes into question JAKARTA (JP): Chairman of the National Development Planning Board (Bappenas) Ginandjar Kartasasmita hinted yesterday that it might be necessary to review the role of the board as the government loosens its grip on the private sector.
Fri, 01 Sep 1995
Surmounting disparities
Surmounting disparities The Bali Declaration made public on Aug. 27 contains the views and hopes of our big entrepreneurs. Through it we will hopefully be able to realize the conglomerates' potential to promote the growth of economic democracy in accordance with Article 33 of our Constitution.
Fri, 01 Sep 1995
Coal firm gets grant
Coal firm gets grant JAKARTA (JP): State-owned coal mining company PT Tambang Batubara Bukit Asam (PTBA) received a US$400,000 grant yesterday from the Trade and Development Association (TDA), a U.S. government agency, and SGI International, an American company, to conduct a feasibility study on...
Fri, 01 Sep 1995
Harmoko's error 'human': Moslem groups
Harmoko's error 'human': Moslem groups JAKARTA (JP): Seventeen major Moslem organizations announced jointly yesterday that they fully understand the recent slip of the tongue made by Minister of Information Harmoko, but urged him to ask forgiveness from God.
Fri, 01 Sep 1995
Irian youths press govt to further probe into Timika
Irian youths press govt to further probe into Timika JAKARTA (JP): Pressure is mounting on the government and the National Commission on Human Rights to further investigate allegations of human rights abuses by military personnel in Timika, Irian Jaya.
Fri, 01 Sep 1995
TV today
TV todayTVRI 2:35 p.m. TV Series: Good Vibration 3:05 Langka & Unik 3:30 Science Program 4:05 Student Quiz: Cerdas Cermat 4:30 Youth Program 5:00 Regional News 5:30 Living in Harmony 6:05 Nusantara, the Beloved Country 6:15 Village Program 6:45 You Should Know 7:00 Evening News 7:30 Dinamika 8:05...
Fri, 01 Sep 1995
'Don't be unrealistic about big cats meeting!'
'Don't be unrealistic about big cats meeting!' A huge assembly of Indonesia's largest businessmen took place in Bali last week. What is to be expected from this unprecedented gathering? The Jakarta Post looks at the issue in an interview with prominent economist Mari Pangestu.
Fri, 01 Sep 1995
Where to go in Bali:
Where to go in Bali:Music and entertainment * Nusa Dua Beach Hotel: Budaya Stage - Ramayana Buffet Dinner, Monday. Legong Buffet Dinner, Friday. Poolside - BBQ Night with Angklung and Kolintang music entertainment, Wednesday. Notte Italiana music by Capo Dastro, Thursday.
Fri, 01 Sep 1995
Garment makers told to use local brands
Garment makers told to use local brands JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Trade Satrio B. Joedono urged yesterday garment manufacturers to promote domestic brand names, particularly at department stores which are now dominated by sales of products with foreign names.
Fri, 01 Sep 1995
Besakih nightmare
Besakih nightmare I would like to bring to everyone's attention (especially the Tourist Bureau of Bali) a most unpleasant incident which took place on my recent trip to the Besakih temple in Bali.At the entrance, I was forced to register my name and donate some money. I donated Rp 10,000.
Fri, 01 Sep 1995
Hotel Indonesia
Hotel IndonesiaCorrection: The heading "HII plans hotel expansions worth Rp 16.9b" on this page of yesterday's newspaper should have read "HII plans hotel expansions worth Rp 800b". The references in the accompanying article to millions of rupiah should have been to billions of rupiah.
Fri, 01 Sep 1995
Our industrial strategy
Our industrial strategy The Center for Strategic Economic Studies at Victoria University in Melbourne, Australia, recently released data about the technology composition of Indonesian industrial exports.
Fri, 01 Sep 1995
Express train to Bogor
Express train to Bogor I live in Jakarta and commute daily to Bogor. I travel by car and use the Jagorawi toll road. As many people who use this road, it is not an easy drive. Some cars travel extremely fast in the slow lane or use the emergency lane to pass. A feeling of danger is ever-present.
Fri, 01 Sep 1995
Manila to get ADB loan
Manila to get ADB loan MANILA (AFP): The Asian Development Bank (ADB) said here yesterday that it had approved three loans totaling US$60 million for various projects in the Philippines.A $30-million loan will support a project to improve public health standards and the urban environment in seven...
Fri, 01 Sep 1995
'Program good, but shouldn't include torture'
'Program good, but shouldn't include torture' JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Education and Culture Wardiman Djojonegoro told reporters yesterday that the program known as Higher Education Orientation -- a special orientation program for freshmen students -- is good but must be reported to the police if...
Fri, 01 Sep 1995
Govt asked to simplify procedure for land permits
Govt asked to simplify procedure for land permits JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesian Consumers Foundation (YLKI) has demanded that the city administration simplify the arduous procedures for obtaining land appropriation permits.
Fri, 01 Sep 1995
Govt simplifies procedure for logging permits
Govt simplifies procedure for logging permits JAKARTA (JP): The Ministry of Forestry, in a bid to end collusion between government officials and private concessionaires at the local level, has decided to reduce the number of steps necessary for procuring logging permits from 24 to 11.
Fri, 01 Sep 1995
The Permadi case
The Permadi case In connection with Mr. Dan Adams' letter (The Jakarta Post, Aug. 28, 1995), I am pleased to send you a copy of Mr. Permadi's talk, given during the "Panel Forum on the Indonesian Presidency," held on April 27 and April 28, 1994 at the Gajah Mada University campus.
Fri, 01 Sep 1995
Hold-up at zebra crossing
Hold-up at zebra crossing Pedestrians are often faced with hold-ups when crossing the overpass in front of the Harapan Kita hospital at around 10 p.m. A group of teenagers usually wait at the bridge and are ready at any moment to attack a passer-by.
Fri, 01 Sep 1995
Companies pledge to manage waste
Companies pledge to manage waste JAKARTA (JP): Around 100 companies in Jakarta and West Java are expected to sign a commitment to improve the way they manage their waste, after the government environmental watchdog explained the rules on hazardous waste to them.
Fri, 01 Sep 1995
Bank Indonesia tightens commercial paper ruling
Bank Indonesia tightens commercial paper ruling JAKARTA (JP): Bank Indonesia has issued a tighter ruling in the issuance of commercial papers in the money market to protect the investing public.One of the important points in the ruling, issued on Aug.
Fri, 01 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.
Fri, 01 Sep 1995
Champ Boy to take on mighty Kawashima
Champ Boy to take on mighty Kawashima JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia's Boy Aruan is going out of his way to seize the world title when he challenges World Boxing Council super flyweight champion Hiroshi Kawashima in Tokyo on Nov. 8.
Fri, 01 Sep 1995
Labor lawsuit is legal, lawyers say
Labor lawsuit is legal, lawyers say JAKARTA (JP): Lawyers of the Teater Buruh Indonesia (Indonesian Labor Theater Group) told the Jakarta State Administrative Court judge yesterday that their lawsuit against the head of the City Directorate of Social and Political Affairs is legal.
Fri, 01 Sep 1995
Environmentalists protest overseas forest concessions
Environmentalists protest overseas forest concessions JAKARTA (JP): Environmentalists demanded yesterday that the government take action against two Indonesian companies for "tarnishing" Indonesia's image with their dubious huge forest concessions in Suriname.
Fri, 01 Sep 1995
Bank Muamalat introduces plan for young people
Bank Muamalat introduces plan for young people JAKARTA (JP): Bank Muamalat, Indonesia's first Islamic bank, introduced a special savings plan yesterday for young people as part of the national savings campaign to be launched by President Soeharto tomorrow.
Fri, 01 Sep 1995
Soeharto urges active Cambodian role in ASEAN
Soeharto urges active Cambodian role in ASEAN JAKARTA (JP): President Soeharto said yesterday he looked forward to Cambodia's participation of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in the near future.
Fri, 01 Sep 1995
190,000 new cancers each year
190,000 new cancers each year JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia registers more than 190,000 new cancer patients each year, and a fifth of these will die because they are incurable, a senior Ministry of Health employee said yesterday.
Fri, 01 Sep 1995
Indonesian crafts: A new dimension
Indonesian crafts: A new dimensionBy Sheila Natesan JAKARTA (JP): Craft is the tangible product of craftspeople. In Indonesia it is a combination of religious beliefs and ancestral culture, coupled with inherent expertise, which has been handed down through the generations.
Fri, 01 Sep 1995
RI envoys to forum on women divided
RI envoys to forum on women divided JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesian delegation to the Non- Governmental Organizations (NGO) Forum on Women, which opened in Beijing on Wednesday, has split into two camps because of differences on various issues to be raised at the meeting.
Fri, 01 Sep 1995
Drought hits 13 regencies
Drought hits 13 regencies PURWOKERTO, Central Java: At least 13 of the 35 regencies in Central Java have been hit by drought, causing rice prices in the affected areas to go up, an official said.Central Java Governor Soewardi said despite the drought, rice stocks in the affected regencies were more...
Fri, 01 Sep 1995
City Council to probe into troubled project
City Council to probe into troubled project JAKARTA (JP): The City Council will investigate the construction of a condominium project that was built on the city administration's land in Pluit, North Jakarta, without their approval.
Fri, 01 Sep 1995
Workers fail to cross border
Workers fail to cross border PONTIANAK, West Kalimantan: Four hundred and fifty people who were planning to enter Malaysia illegally were netted on Wednesday during a clean-up operation led by Pontianak mayor R.A. Siregar.
Fri, 01 Sep 1995
Expo heralds birth of Indonesian 'realist tendency'
Expo heralds birth of Indonesian 'realist tendency' JAKARTA (JP): It is time to declare the birth of Indonesia's genre of realist paintings. A painting exhibition entitled "Indonesian Realist Image", to be held from Sept. 1 to Sept.
Fri, 01 Sep 1995
Stock Exchange
Stock ExchangeStock prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (in rupiah) on Aug. 31, 1995: Shares Close Change Trading Volume ------------------------------------------------------------------ Ades Alfindo 2,400 0 0 AHAP Insurance 3,200 0 0 Alumindo Perkasa 1,100 0 0 Andayani Megah 1,800 -50 107,500...
Fri, 01 Sep 1995
Maluku ready for repatriation
Maluku ready for repatriation AMBON, Maluku: Seventeen people of Maluku origin will be repatriated from the Netherlands and resettled in the province next month.Maluku Director of Village Development, Sahala P.
Fri, 01 Sep 1995
Priests blamed for overpopulation
Priests blamed for overpopulation MANILA (AFP): President Fidel Ramos' wife, Amelita, blamed Roman Catholic church leaders and their opposition to birth control for the population explosion in the Philippines."We just have too many people.
Fri, 01 Sep 1995
Carol Welsman: Lucky to be her?
Carol Welsman: Lucky to be her? JAKARTA (JP): "Ladies and gentleman, please put your hands together for Sea Jamz recording artist Carol Welsman!"From the left hand of the small and crowded stage of the Jamz pub, a tall blonde woman with a beautiful smile suddenly appeared on the stage, dancing...
Fri, 01 Sep 1995
PT Duta Anggada gets $69m syndicated loan
PT Duta Anggada gets $69m syndicated loan JAKARTA (JP): PT Duta Anggada Realty, a property developer listed on the Jakarta Stock Exchange, signed here yesterday a US$69 million loan syndication, an executive said.
Fri, 01 Sep 1995
Video game with Mao's picture
Video game with Mao's picture BANDAR LAMPUNG, Lampung: The provincial prosecution office is currently investigating reports that a video game containing the picture of communist Chinese leader Mao Zedong has been circulating in the area.
Fri, 01 Sep 1995
Govt urged not to hire dodgy contractors
Govt urged not to hire dodgy contractors JAKARTA (JP) A member of the City Council urged yesterday the City Administration to choose contractors, to build city projects, based on their performance, which will prevent poor quality buildings.