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Thu, 07 Apr 1994
JAKARTA (JP): The city police strongly denied yesterday
JAKARTA (JP): The city police strongly denied yesterday reports that the Metromini driver whose bus plunged into the Sunter river in North Jakarta on March 6 had been arrested."The man arrested in Dairi, North Sumatra, was not the wanted driver," Lt. Col. A.
Thu, 07 Apr 1994
China's move against dissident shows power of ideas
China's move against dissident shows power of ideas By David Schlesinger BEIJING (Reuter): China's latest move against its most prominent dissident shows Wei Jingsheng's potency as a symbol of democratic pressures.
Thu, 07 Apr 1994
ASEAN At A Glance
ASEAN At A GlanceBetter protection for rebels urged MANILA (AFP): Philippine President Fidel Ramos told the police yesterday to provide better protection to former communist guerrillas following the assassination of a former top rebel leader who had surrendered.
Thu, 07 Apr 1994
TV Today: Thursday, April 7
TV Today: Thursday, April 7TV todayTVRI 2:30 p.m. TV Series: Tarzan 3:05 Children Program 3:30 TV Series: The Sword of Tipu Sultan 4:30 Scouts' Program 5:00 Regional News 5:30 Arabic Lessons 6:05 Nusantara the Beloved Country: Bengkulu 6:15 Village Program 6:25 Koran Recital 6:35 Religious...
Thu, 07 Apr 1994
JAKARTA (JP): Dozens of families remain living in and
JAKARTA (JP): Dozens of families remain living in and defending their war-zone-like neighborhood in Guntur sub- district, South Jakarta, amid escalating tension between the residents and the area's developer, PT Kuningan Persada.In a bid to construct the 24-hectare Empire Tower on Jl.
Thu, 07 Apr 1994
Jakarta's preservation efforts enter 21st year
Jakarta's preservation efforts enter 21st year By Amir Sidharta [10 pts ML] JAKARTA (JP): Twenty years have passed since restoration work on Taman Fatahilah and the Jakarta History Museum was completed.
Thu, 07 Apr 1994
Tanjung rules out conspiracy behing general's murder
Tanjung rules out conspiracy behing general's murder JAKARTA (JP): Armed Forces (ABRI) Commander Gen. Feisal Tanjung insisted yesterday that there is no evidence of a conspiracy behind the killing of Brig. Gen. TMF Tampubolon.
Thu, 07 Apr 1994
Harmoko must work hard for clean government: Politicians
Harmoko must work hard for clean government: Politicians By Santi WE Soekanto JAKARTA (JP): Golkar chairman Harmoko may have set himself too ambitious a task when he pledged that the ruling political group will fight for clean government.
Thu, 07 Apr 1994
Shanghai wreckers shift 'old China hand' Johnston
Shanghai wreckers shift 'old China hand' Johnston By Andrew Browne [10pt ML] SHANGHAI (Reuter): The Shanghai wreckers have finally caught up with Tess Johnston. No sooner did her book on Shanghai's vanishing Western architecture reach the shops than this colorful American "old China hand" was given...
Thu, 07 Apr 1994
Jobless rate expected to ease interest rate fears
Jobless rate expected to ease interest rate fears By David Williams SYDNEY (AFP): Australia's impending jobless figures should calm jittery financial markets by delivering the sought-after news that economic growth is not accelerating, analysts said yesterday.
Thu, 07 Apr 1994
Your Letters
Your Letters Tourist industry I would like to bring your attention to the prevailing economic situation in Indonesia and how we can all help to improve it.Tourism, as we all know, is quite an important industry in Indonesia.
Thu, 07 Apr 1994
India's 'death barrage' nightmare for Bangladesh
India's 'death barrage' nightmare for Bangladesh By Nadeem Qadir DHAKA (AFP): Rivers dry up, trees wither and fields become dry and useless as dust: this is the ecological nightmare that now haunts Bangladesh, already one of the world's poorest countries, after the building of a dam in neighboring...
Thu, 07 Apr 1994
Share prices increase on major markets
Share prices increase on major markets TOKYO (AFP): Share prices closed slightly higher on the Tokyo Stock Exchange yesterday as investors were heartened by an overnight rally on Wall Street and the yen's easing against the dollar. The 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average closed 133.53 points or 0.
Thu, 07 Apr 1994
This Odd World
This Odd World Dogs used to find drowned persons HELSINKI (AFP): Dogs have been trained in Finland for years to find drugs and mushrooms but now Finns are using them to find drowned persons. Police sergeant Eero Wetzell of the police department of the city of Kuopio in Eastern Finland said in an...
Thu, 07 Apr 1994
Import tariffs restructured
Import tariffs restructured JAKARTA (JP): The government has fully adjusted the classification of import goods into the new version of the Harmonized System Convention.The Ministry of Finance announced yesterday that the adjustment on the classification of import goods was made in line with the...
Thu, 07 Apr 1994
Wijetunga now tough-talking Sri Lankan president
Wijetunga now tough-talking Sri Lankan president By Feizal Samath COLOMBO (Reuter): Nearly a year after becoming a makeshift replacement as Sri Lankan president, mild-mannered Dingiri Banda Wijetunga is proving people wrong about his intentions. Some Sri Lankans expected him to be non-controversial.
Thu, 07 Apr 1994
Uruguay Round: No time for celebrations yet, economists say
Uruguay Round: No time for celebrations yet, economists say By Jan Kristiansen PARIS (AFP): Four months after the conclusion of the long- awaited GATT world trade pact, to be signed in Marrakesh next week, international economists are taking a more realistic view of its immediate impact.
Thu, 07 Apr 1994
Accounting standard introduced for forest management
Accounting standard introduced for forest management JAKARTA (JP): The draft of an accounting standard specially designed for forest concessionaires has been introduced to businessmen to supplement the general principles of accounting which have been applied by the Association of Indonesian...
Thu, 07 Apr 1994
Suicide bomber kills eight in Israel
Suicide bomber kills eight in Israel AFULA, Israel (Reuter): A suicide car bomber believed to be from the militant Islamic group Hamas killed at least eight people and wounded 50 at a bus stop in the northern Israeli town of Afula yesterday.
Thu, 07 Apr 1994
Warning on Indonesian debts
Warning on Indonesian debts Coordinating Minister for Economy and Finance Saleh Afiff's warning on Indonesia's foreign debts which have reached a total of US$90 billion is quite encouraging. That note of caution leaves us assured that the government is fully aware of the potential danger of...
Thu, 07 Apr 1994
Rabin testifies before Hebron massacre inquiry
Rabin testifies before Hebron massacre inquiry JERUSALEM (AFP): Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin gave evidence behind closed doors yesterday to Israel's official inquiry into the massacre of 30 Moslems at a Hebron mosque on Feb. 25, officials said.
Thu, 07 Apr 1994
PM Chuan says no early elections in Thailand
PM Chuan says no early elections in Thailand By Michele Cooper BANGKOK (AFP): Thai Prime Minister Chuan Leekpai says he has ruled out early elections despite a series of embarrassing setbacks in parliament where the opposition and the Senate joined hands to block his legislation.
Thu, 07 Apr 1994
A 10 pt. metrolight cap
A 10 pt. metrolight cap DINGIRI BANDA WIJETUNGAB 10 pt. metrolight cap WEI JINGSHENG C Reuter Two Yakovlev brothers, Vitya, 13, (center) and Volodya, 10, (left) sit in a Moscow police station as they wait to be interrogated by a police officer.
Thu, 07 Apr 1994
Across the Archipelago
Across the ArchipelagoBalinese celebrate Galungan Day DENPASAR, Bali: Indonesia's Hindu community, especially those living in Bali, celebrated Galungan, marking the victory of good over evil, yesterday.
Thu, 07 Apr 1994
Serbs asks Rose to set up truce talks with Moslems
Serbs asks Rose to set up truce talks with Moslems SARAJEVO (Reuter): Bosnian Serbs have asked the United Nations to set up a meeting with the Moslem army commander to discuss a general truce in Bosnia, Lt. Gen. Sir Michael Rose, UN commander in the country, said yesterday.
Thu, 07 Apr 1994
Bundesbank cuts money market rate, but pace slows
Bundesbank cuts money market rate, but pace slows FRANKFURT (Reuter): The Bundesbank gingerly nudged German money market rates lower yesterday but the tiny cut reflected a slowing in the pace of recent declines.
Wed, 06 Apr 1994
Across the Archipelago
Across the ArchipelagoMany jobless in C. Java SEMARANG, Central Java: Some 350,000 people in Central Java are registered as out of a job, including 20,000 university graduates and 240,000 high school graduates, the head of the provincial Manpower Office says.H.R.
Wed, 06 Apr 1994
China's 'country bumpkins' invade cities
China's 'country bumpkins' invade cities By Philippe Massonnet BEIJING (AFP): Wang Xiaoming does not have a cellular phone nor does he play the stock market. He is not on the cover of a magazine as a shining example of China's new entrepreneurship.
Wed, 06 Apr 1994
Tokyo stocks rebound in lean trading
Tokyo stocks rebound in lean trading TOKYO (Agencies): Relief at a lower-than-expected drop on Wall Street carried over to Japan yesterday helping propel stock prices up sharply in meager trading. The key Nikkei average of 225 selected issues zoomed up 440.99 points -- 2.3 percent -- to 19,563.
Wed, 06 Apr 1994
Asean at a glance
Asean at a glanceMalaysia may ban (Sangat prioriytas, Please) film on East Timor KUALA LUMPUR (Reuter): Malaysia will consider an Indonesian request to ban a film on East Timor, deputy home (interior) minister Megat Junid Megat Ayob said yesterday.
Wed, 06 Apr 1994
Eyes have
Eyes have it in Japan TOKYO (AFP): The operation lasts between five and 10 minutes, but its success is guaranteed and changes the patient's life forever -- a few snips around the eyes and they look rounder, more western.
Wed, 06 Apr 1994
Heed ecolabeling rules, manufacturers told
Heed ecolabeling rules, manufacturers told JAKARTA (JP): Both the current and the former environment minister are warning industrialists that if they do not heed the trend of the global market and begin producing environmentally friendly goods, they will loose out in the arena of international...
Wed, 06 Apr 1994
8 pt. univ. 55 2 col.
8 pt. univ. 55 2 col. Reuter 6 pt. italic Migrant workers fill the waiting rooms at Beijing's main railway station where tens of thousands find shelter. They are mostly from poor rural areas.
Wed, 06 Apr 1994
Guarantee wanted
Guarantee wanted in rubber supply SINGAPORE (AFP): As talks open in Geneva on a new natural rubber agreement, industry sources said yesterday they expect the European Union (EU) to press for assurances from producers that they will maintain future supply.
Wed, 06 Apr 1994
Rights commission's report gets mixed reactions
Rights commission's report gets mixed reactions JAKARTA (JP): The National Commission on Human Rights has won plaudits from the legal community for its bold report about irregularities in the controversial trials of people charged with involvement in the murder of labor activist Marsinah.
Wed, 06 Apr 1994
Minister warns of excessive foreign borrowing
Minister warns of excessive foreign borrowing JAKARTA (JP): Coordinating Minister for Economy and Finance Saleh Afiff warned yesterday that Indonesia's offshore debts now stand at US$90 billion. "Of the total borrowing, around $36 billion is owed by the private sector and $54 billion by the...
Wed, 06 Apr 1994
ASEAN At A Glance
ASEAN At A Glance Boy sent to home in vandal case SINGAPORE (Reuter): A Singapore juvenile court yesterday remanded a Malaysian teenager to a boys' home for two months on charges of vandalism and mischief, his lawyer said.
Wed, 06 Apr 1994
Photo
Photo JP/alxBILATERAL TIES: President Soeharto (left) with Dutch Prime Minister Ruud Lubbers (right) at the Merdeka Palace yesterday. Lubbers arrived here on Monday for a four-day visit. JP/kodALI'S WAY: Former Jakarta Governor Ali Sadikin gestures as he speaks about presidential succession and...
Wed, 06 Apr 1994
Arkansas win US college crown
Arkansas win US college crown CHARLOTTE, North Carolina (AFP): US President Bill Clinton's dreams of a national college basketball title for his home state came true here Monday night, thanks to a clutch shot by Scotty Thurman.
Wed, 06 Apr 1994
Indonesia, China trade cooperation vital: exec
Indonesia, China trade cooperation vital: exec JAKARTA (JP): Improved trade and investment relationships between Indonesia and China is needed to support economic growth in the Asia-Pacific region, an executive says.
Wed, 06 Apr 1994
Fighting rages in Gorazde, 50 dead so far
Fighting rages in Gorazde, 50 dead so far SARAJEVO (Reuter): Serb and Bosnian forces clashed anew around Gorazde yesterday as the Serb assault on the eastern Bosnian town went into its second week. The Serb artillery and tank attack on the Bosnian government enclave which began on March 29 has...
Wed, 06 Apr 1994
ASEAN to set up new policy over overseas funds
ASEAN to set up new policy over overseas funds KUALA LUMPUR (AFP): Capital market regulators of Southeast Asia's free-wheeling economies agreed yesterday to set up a forum to evolve common procedures for tapping overseas funds and beef up enforcement of laws governing their fledgling markets.
Wed, 06 Apr 1994
JSX rules out limiting the listing of new shares
JSX rules out limiting the listing of new shares JAKARTA (JP): Hasan Zein Mahmud, the president of the Jakarta Stock Exchange (JSX), yesterday ruled out limiting the listing of new shares on the market to stop continued falls in stock prices.
Wed, 06 Apr 1994
Turning a new leaf
Turning a new leaf The current visit of Dutch Prime Minister Ruud Lubbers to Indonesia marks a new stage in Indonesian-Dutch relations. Why is this so? And what colors this new approach?This new phenomenon is colored by the fact that the two countries are determined to respect each other.
Wed, 06 Apr 1994
Putting it briefly
Putting it brieflyEast German medalists exposed BERLIN (AFP): Kristin Otto, who won six swimming gold medals at the 1988 Seoul Olympics, tested positive for the male hormone testosterone the following year, the Berliner Zeitung reported Tuesday.
Wed, 06 Apr 1994
United stay three points clear of Blackburn in title race
United stay three points clear of Blackburn in title race LONDON (Reuter): Manchester United stayed three points clear of Blackburn Rovers in the race for the English title when both sides scored contrasting victories in local derbies on Monday.
Wed, 06 Apr 1994
RCTI expanding coverage of stock exchange
RCTI expanding coverage of stock exchange JAKARTA (JP): The private Rajawali Televisi Indonesia (RCTI) will provide more information about trading on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (JSX) through a business feature and a teletext service beginning in September.
Wed, 06 Apr 1994
City councilors blast shoddy road conditions
City councilors blast shoddy road conditions JAKARTA (JP): City councilors yesterday questioned the quality of many of the city's roads which had not held up after being soaked by incessant rains over the past few months.
Wed, 06 Apr 1994
More dental care facilities planned
More dental care facilities planned JAKARTA (JP): The government plans to boost dental care facilities throughout Indonesia despite the lack of awareness of basic dental hygiene among the general public.
Wed, 06 Apr 1994
GM to begin assembly here
GM to begin assembly here JAKARTA (JP): PT General Motors Buana Indonesia, an American- Indonesian joint venture, will start assembling Opel passenger cars later this year and Chevrolet light commercial vehicles next year, says the company's president, Leonard L. Brownfield.