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Fri, 08 Apr 1994
Inco will not exploit SE Sulawesi's nickel
Inco will not exploit SE Sulawesi's nickel JAKARTA (JP): PT International Nickel Corporation Indonesia (Inco), a major Canadian nickel company operating in South Sulawesi, will only exploit nickel deposits in Soroako, one of the company's mines in Sulawesi, as the other mines were declared not to...
Fri, 08 Apr 1994
ASEAN At A Glance
ASEAN At A GlanceGerman arrested on drug charges BANGKOK (AFP): Thai authorities arrested a German national at Bangkok's international airport yesterday morning, after they found seven kilograms of heroin in his luggage, an official said.
Fri, 08 Apr 1994
Police still questioning bus crash suspect
Police still questioning bus crash suspect JAKARTA (JP): North Sumatra police are still questioning a man they suspect of having been the driver of a minibus that crashed fatally in Jakarta last monthHornas Silitonga has been in detention at the Dairi police precinct in Dairi regency since his...
Fri, 08 Apr 1994
Focus on Jakarta
Focus on JakartaThug nailed at local pub EP, alias Edy, who has allegedly been involved in a series of robberies in Jakarta and Ambon, was arrested by police at a Central Jakarta nightspot on Wednesday, police said yesterday."The man was arrested at the Green Pub, Jakarta Theater building, on Jl.
Fri, 08 Apr 1994
Lesson from
Lesson from Bapindo caseFrom TempoIn my childhood days my grand-father used to be mad if I happened to leave our water bucket in a hallway and not in its proper place.He was angry because he occasionally tripped over it. But he would do the same if it was me who happened to fall over it.
Fri, 08 Apr 1994
Investigation into genereal's murder ends
Investigation into genereal's murder ends JAKARTA (JP): Police announced yesterday that the investigation of the killing of Brig. Gen. TMF Tampubolon on Monday evening has been completed."We've no more words to comment on the case because all three main elements in our investigation, namely...
Fri, 08 Apr 1994
Journalists banned from Sihanouk homecoming
Journalists banned from Sihanouk homecoming PHNOM PENH (Agencies): Journalists have been banned from covering King Norodom Sihanouk's homecoming today after prolonged medical treatment for cancer in Beijing and a traditional spring trip to North Korea.
Fri, 08 Apr 1994
Hamas tells Palestinians to prepare for war
Hamas tells Palestinians to prepare for war JERUSALEM (Reuter): The militant Islamic organization Hamas vowed yesterday to step up attacks against Israel and told Palestinians in the occupied territories to prepare for war.
Fri, 08 Apr 1994
Share prices mixed in Asia, Europe
Share prices mixed in Asia, Europe TOKYO (Agencies): Share prices closed higher yesterday in thin trading on the Tokyo Stock Exchange, bolstered by a rapid rise in futures toward the end of the session. The 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average closed 194.24 points or 1.0 percent higher at 19,890.98.
Fri, 08 Apr 1994
Common factors lead to East Asia's economic growth
Common factors lead to East Asia's economic growth JAKARTA (JP): A set of common fundamentals has powered East Asia's tremendous economic growth over the past three decades despite the wide range of specific institutions and policies in each country.
Fri, 08 Apr 1994
Keating proposes free trade links with ASEAN countries
Keating proposes free trade links with ASEAN countries BANGKOK (AFP): Australia and Thailand will create a bilateral trade commission and explore ways to link ASEAN and the Australia-New Zealand free trade zones, Prime Minister Paul Keating said here yesterday.
Fri, 08 Apr 1994
Malaysia's SEAL Inc in a reverse takeover deal with Indonesian
Malaysia's SEAL Inc in a reverse takeover deal with Indonesian firm KUALA LUMPUR (AFP): SEAL Inc, a listed Malaysian timber firm, will be 58.4 percent held by Indonesian and foreign entities in a reverse takeover, officials said yesterday. But the 345.6 million ringgit (US$138.
Fri, 08 Apr 1994
Tax office
Tax office building wanted The general public remains confused over where they should pay their vehicle tax, as the promised new tax office has yet to be built.The administration has repeatedly promised a new office would improve service to tax payers.
Fri, 08 Apr 1994
Putting it briefly
Putting it briefly Nigeria, Zambia to African final TUNIS (UPI): Nigeria will meet Zambia in Sunday's African Nations Cup soccer final after contrasting semifinal victories Wednesday. Nigeria progressed with a penalty shoot-out victory over Ivory Coast after the teams were deadlocked at 2-2 after...
Fri, 08 Apr 1994
Low cost apartments planned at industrial estates
Low cost apartments planned at industrial estates JAKARTA (JP): The government announced yesterday that it is requiring industrial states in the Jakarta area to provide land at discounted rates and also providing financing for the construction of 2,000 low-cost apartments.
Fri, 08 Apr 1994
Indonesian observers to monitor S. African elections
Indonesian observers to monitor S. African elections JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia is currently in the final stages of preparing a team of observers to oversee the first non-racial elections in South Africa."I still have to check on the team's preparations but it is certain that we will be sending...
Fri, 08 Apr 1994
Kooijmans explores RI's human rights condition
Kooijmans explores RI's human rights condition JAKARTA (JP): Dutch Foreign Minister Kooijmans met with leading activists in Indonesia, including a number of vocal critics of the government yesterday, to explore the human rights condition here.
Fri, 08 Apr 1994
British loan extension accord signed
British loan extension accord signed JAKARTA (JP): Great Britain signed an agreement here yesterday for the extension of a soft loan of 80 million pounds (US$117.6 million) for Indonesian development projects, including modern transportation systems, educational equipment and environmental...
Fri, 08 Apr 1994
United and Chelsea wary of F.A. Cup underdogs
United and Chelsea wary of F.A. Cup underdogs LONDON (Agencies): The form book points to a glamour English F.A. Cup final between Manchester United and Chelsea, but underdogs Oldham and Luton are growling out a warning ahead of this weekend's semifinals that this is their year.
Fri, 08 Apr 1994
Philippine officials, rebel leader see peace deal
Philippine officials, rebel leader see peace deal ZAMBOANGA, Philippines (Reuter): Philippine government and Moslem rebel negotiators ended two days of talks yesterday optimistic a permanent solution to the 22-year separatist war on Mindanao island was close.
Fri, 08 Apr 1994
Serbs shell Gorazde ahead of Bosnia truce talks
Serbs shell Gorazde ahead of Bosnia truce talks SARAJEVO (Reuter): Warring Serbs and Bosnians prepared to open UN-mediated talks on a Bosnia truce yesterday just hours after the Security Council demanded an immediate halt to Serb attacks against the enclave of Gorazde.
Fri, 08 Apr 1994
Singapore imposes new tax policy for foreign tourists
Singapore imposes new tax policy for foreign tourists JAKARTA (JP): Indonesian tourism executives are urging Singapore to revise its newly-implemented three-percent general sales tax, which they claim has burdened Indonesian tourists.
Fri, 08 Apr 1994
France puts its African troops on alert
France puts its African troops on alert PARIS (Reuter): France has put soldiers in former African colonies on alert following the killing of the leaders of Rwanda and Burundi, but has no plans to send troops to the two countries, military sources said yesterday.
Fri, 08 Apr 1994
RI against inclusion of social clause in world trade agreement
RI against inclusion of social clause in world trade agreement JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia is opposing industrial countries' efforts to link trade with labor conditions in the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) that will be signed in Morocco next week.
Fri, 08 Apr 1994
JAKARTA (JP): A Rp 50 million (US$23,500) bonus awaits each
JAKARTA (JP): A Rp 50 million (US$23,500) bonus awaits each Ujungpandang player if the South Sulawesi squad manages to retain its title at the intercity amateur soccer championship which swings into full action today.
Fri, 08 Apr 1994
Metro strike paralyzes Paris
Metro strike paralyzes Paris PARIS (AFP): A transport strike totally paralyzed Paris and the surrounding region yesterday, causing massive traffic jams as people used their own cars to try to get to work.
Fri, 08 Apr 1994
Your Letters
Your LettersSingapore Saga continues I just returned from Singapore where the sentencing of the young American lawbreaker Michael Fay has become one of the biggest stories of the year. The story seems to keep growing, not only in Singapore, but especially in this part of the world and back in the U.
Fri, 08 Apr 1994
Where to go in Jakarta, April 8
Where to go in Jakarta, April 8Music * 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.
Fri, 08 Apr 1994
Israel, PLO to resume talks Friday, Shaath says
Israel, PLO to resume talks Friday, Shaath says CAIRO (AFP): Israel and the PLO are to reconvene talks today to try to meet an April 13 deadline for launching Palestinian autonomy, chief PLO negotiator Nabil Shaath said, rejecting current Israeli proposals.
Fri, 08 Apr 1994
This Odd World
This Odd WorldNew censorship, S'pore style SINGAPORE (UPI): Self-censorship in Singapore has reached a new stage, literally. The Straits Times newspaper Wednesday reported a new play that features "a little bit of nudity" will provide a "revolutionary system of self-censorship.
Fri, 08 Apr 1994
State firm to set up plants
State firm to set up plants JAKARTA (JP): The state-owned PT Pupuk Kalimantan Timur (Pupuk Kaltim) fertilizer company in Bontang, East Kalimantan is investing US$9.5 million in ammonia bicarbonate and hexamine- producing plants."The new $5.
Fri, 08 Apr 1994
Companies told to think it through before going international
Companies told to think it through before going international JAKARTA (JP): International financial analysts foresee great interest among investors in New York in buying shares of high- quality companies from Indonesia.
Fri, 08 Apr 1994
Philippine sugar barons struggle to survive
Philippine sugar barons struggle to survive By Rene Pastor HINIGARAN, Philippines (Reuter): Rolling fields of sugar cane stretch to the horizon on either side of a narrow road in the central Philippine island of Negros.
Fri, 08 Apr 1994
Police post in Galur attack
Police post in Galur attack JAKARTA (JP): Hundreds of local residents in Galur district, Central Jakarta, destroyed a police post and threw its contents into the Kali Sentiong river yesterday afternoon.
Fri, 08 Apr 1994
Majerle sets 3-pointer season record as Suns beat Spurs
Majerle sets 3-pointer season record as Suns beat Spurs PHOENIX, Arizona (Reuter): Dan Majerle scored 21 points while setting an NBA season record for 3-pointers and Kevin Johnson handed out a team record 25 assists as the Phoenix Suns cruised past the San Antonio Spurs 107-95 on Wednesday.
Fri, 08 Apr 1994
Dutch company helps PLN reduce electricity losses
Dutch company helps PLN reduce electricity losses JAKARTA (JP): The State Electricity Company (PLN) has assigned a consortium of three Dutch electricity companies to resume assistance in order to reduce electricity losses in Indonesia.
Fri, 08 Apr 1994
Textile exports expected to keep declining
Textile exports expected to keep declining JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia's textile exports, which started falling in the forth quarter of last year, will likely continue declining in the coming months due to decreased competitiveness of its products and weaker demand in industrial countries.
Fri, 08 Apr 1994
Former central banking chief cleared in banking scandal
Former central banking chief cleared in banking scandal JAKARTA (JP): Adrianus Mooy, the former governor of the central bank, has been virtually cleared of involvement in the Rp 1.3 trillion ($620 million) scandal at Bank Pembangunan Indonesia (Bapindo), at least by President Soeharto.
Fri, 08 Apr 1994
Texan band sings of cowboy tradition
Texan band sings of cowboy traditionBy Paul W. Blair JAKARTA (JP): "When I was going to high school in Sanford in the Texas Panhandle oil country," says Red Steagall, "one radio station you could hear in our town -- KDDD, broadcasting from Dumas -- broadcast a one-hour country music show called...
Fri, 08 Apr 1994
Sampras leads seeds into quarters
Sampras leads seeds into quarters TOKYO (UPI): Pete Sampras administered a well-received tennis lesson to a Tour rookie yesterday to lead the top quartet of seeds into the quarterfinals of the US$1.2 million Japan Open. The runaway World No.
Fri, 08 Apr 1994
Three die, some 60 hurt during Bangladesh protest
Three die, some 60 hurt during Bangladesh protest DHAKA (Reuter): Three people were shot dead and about 60 injured, many by gunshots, when some 15,000 opposition activists marched to the government secretariat in Dhaka yesterday in defiance of a ban, police and doctors said.
Fri, 08 Apr 1994
Israel, PLO to resume talks Friday, Shaath says
Israel, PLO to resume talks Friday, Shaath says CAIRO (AFP): Israel and the PLO are to reconvene talks today to try to meet an April 13 deadline for launching Palestinian autonomy, chief PLO negotiator Nabil Shaath said, rejecting current Israeli proposals.
Fri, 08 Apr 1994
Three die, some 60 hurt during Bangladesh protest
Three die, some 60 hurt during Bangladesh protest DHAKA (Reuter): Three people were shot dead and about 60 injured, many by gunshots, when some 15,000 opposition activists marched to the government secretariat in Dhaka yesterday in defiance of a ban, police and doctors said.
Fri, 08 Apr 1994
Tear gas fired as police, guards transfer Viet detainees
Tear gas fired as police, guards transfer Viet detainees HONG KONG (AFP): Prison guards fired tear gas at defiant Vietnamese yesterday in an attempt to end weeks of protests at Hong Kong's biggest detention camp for Vietnamese boat people.
Fri, 08 Apr 1994
Around The World
Around The WorldChemical plant fire kills six SHANGHAI (Reuter): Flames ripped through a chemical plant in central Shanghai, killing six people, injuring seven and temporarily halting production, officials said yesterday.
Thu, 07 Apr 1994
Skittish whites run scared as election approaches
Skittish whites run scared as election approaches By Susan Thomas JOHANNESBURG (AFP): The anxiety level among white South Africans is mounting steadily as they fear the worst following the country's first all-race elections later this month.
Thu, 07 Apr 1994
Time ripe for NU to return to politics: Scholar
Time ripe for NU to return to politics: Scholar JAKARTA (JP): A political observer feels that the time is right for Nahdlatul Ulama (NU), Indonesia's largest Moslem organization, to return to the political arena which it abandoned 10 years ago.
Thu, 07 Apr 1994
Post-Cold War nuclear proliferation
Post-Cold War nuclear proliferation By Marty Natalegawa Jakarta (JP): The continuing uncertainty over North Korea's suspected nuclear program has shown how unfounded were the hopes that the end of the Cold War would reduce the world's preoccupation with nuclear issues.
Thu, 07 Apr 1994
All teams arrive for soccer c'ship
All teams arrive for soccer c'ship JAKARTA (JP): All seven visiting teams have arrived for the intercity amateur soccer championship finals, which kick off tomorrow, while a flux of fanatic supporters are not far behind.
Thu, 07 Apr 1994
Jakarta gets
Jakarta gets 250 more taxis The city-owned Greater Jakarta Taxi Drivers Cooperative, Kosti Jaya, has added 250 new taxis and 100 refurbished ones into its fleet, making the total number of its operating vehicles 1,250.