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RI vows to win SEA Games crown

RI vows to win SEA Games crown JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesian National Sports Council (KONI) reiterated yesterday its goal of retaining the overall championship title at the 18th Southeast Asian Games in Chiang Mai, Thailand, in December.

Boycott French goods: YLKI

Boycott French goods: YLKI JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesian Consumers Foundation (YLKI) is calling for a total boycott of French products in protest over Paris' total disregard of world objection to the French government's latest nuclear test at Mururoa atoll.

RI building boom could mean big business for Australia

RI building boom could mean big business for Australia SYDNEY (AFP): An Australian minister yesterday urged the country's building firms to tap into Indonesia's housing boom."To guarantee the ongoing viability of an industry which employs, directly and indirectly, 500,000 Australians, it is...

Elephants sell well in Lampung

Elephants sell well in Lampung BANDAR LAMPUNG, Lampung: Orders to buy "graduates" of the Way Kambas elephant training center are streaming in, according to a senior local official.Chief of the provincial forestry office ASM Panjaitan said most orders come from forest concession holders who need the...

Communist, leftist activity seen increasing: Feisal

Communist, leftist activity seen increasing: Feisal JAKARTA (JP): Armed Forces Chief Gen. Feisal Tanjung has advised all regional military commanders to raise their alertness to what he says is are increasing communist and leftist activities in Indonesia.

Farmers demand fair compensation

Farmers demand fair compensation JEPARA, Central Java: Dozens of farmers protested to the regency legislative council yesterday to press their demands for higher land compensation. Their land is to be acquired for a steam-generated power plant.The project will have to resettle about 500 farmers.

ASEAN moves towards freeing trade in services

ASEAN moves towards freeing trade in services BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN (AFP): Members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) took steps yesterday towards freeing up trade in services and protecting copyrights to beef up economic integration, officials said.

TOEFL test

TOEFL testFrom Media IndonesiaOn Sept. 2, 1995 I took the TOEFL test prepared by the National Development Planning Board. I was just curious to know what score I would achieve from such a test, which cost me Rp. 45,000.

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.

Golden Year: Not Javanese tradition

Golden Year: Not Javanese traditionFrom KompasIn a letter published in Kompas on Aug. 14, 1995 entitled 50 Tahun Sama Dengan Emas (50 years is identical to gold), it was said that the Javanese celebrate their 50th anniversary of their marriage as a golden marriage.

Inadequate fund and skill impede envoys

Inadequate fund and skill impede envoys JAKARTA (JP): Legislators identified more funding and diplomatic skill as the keys to help the foreign ministry improve the country's image.Abu Hasan Sazili from the Golkar-faction said yesterday that a lack of funds often stops diplomats from informing...

Delegation to leave for U.S. to promote trade, culture

Delegation to leave for U.S. to promote trade, culture JAKARTA (JP): A group of 78 business executives and 60 artists will leave tomorrow for a 10-day visit to the United States to enhance bilateral trade, investment and tourism, an executive said yesterday.The secretary of the U.S.

Stock Exchange

Stock ExchangeStock prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (in rupiah) on Sept. 6, 1995: Shares Close Change Trading Volume -------------------------------------------------------------------- Ades Alfindo 2,450 0 0 AHAP Insurance 3,250 0 0 Alumindo Perkasa 1,100 0 0 Andayani Megah 1,850 -25 16,000...

New waste treatment center in West Jakarta

New waste treatment center in West Jakarta JAKARTA (JP): The city administration has another waste treatment center in Duri Kosambi, West Jakarta, to treat waste from septic tanks in West and South Jakarta as well as several parts of North and Central Jakarta.

TV today

TV todayTVRI 2:30 p.m. TV Series: Horrible Honchos 3:05 Talk Show 3:30 TV Series: Harapan Nan Sirna 4:30 Boy Scout Program 5:00 Regional News 5:30 Arabic Lessons 6:05 Nusantara, the Beloved Country 6:15 Village Program 6:25 Koran Recital 6:35 Religious Teachings: Islam 7:00 Evening News 7:30 TV...

Singing a human tragedy

Singing a human tragedy Readers who have not encountered local cultures and traditions might wonder how comedian Benyamin Suaeb, who died here on Tuesday of a heart attack, became a legend. Fame followed Benyamin, who was a Betawi (indigenous Jakartan) by birth and a comedian by profession, from...

10,000 need cataract operation

10,000 need cataract operation JAYAPURA, Irian Jaya: About 10,000 people with cataract throughout the province are badly in need of surgery, a local official said yesterday.Chief of the provincial health office Slamet S.

Should our intellectuals shun politics?

Should our intellectuals shun politics?By Mochtar Buchori JAKARTA (JP): On July 28 a new organization for intellectuals was set up in the Central Java town of Purwokerto. Persatuan Cendekiawan Pembangunan Pancasila (The Union of Development- oriented Pancasila Intellectuals), a rather complicated...

Portugal broke with East Timor 20 years go

Portugal broke with East Timor 20 years goBy Dino Patti Djalal LONDON (JP): Twenty years ago, on Aug. 27, 1975, the most significant historical event in East Timor occurred completely unnoticed. On that fateful night, the Portuguese governor in East Timor shipped his entourage, the whole governing...

Bogus ages shadow youth soccer

Bogus ages shadow youth soccer SURABAYA (JP): Booters pretending to be younger than they actually are is a rampant problem at many under-so-and-so soccer tournaments, according to Max Boboy, the man in charge of the All-Indonesia Football Federation's competitions and matches.

Private players in the economy

Private players in the economy Gradually deregulating the economy without taking measures in other fields has led to the emergence of strong players. There is no need to try to argue about where the fault lies.

Govt to issue guidelines on confiscated wood

Govt to issue guidelines on confiscated wood JAKARTA (JP): State Minister of Public Housing Akbar Tandjung said in a hearing yesterday with the House of Representatives' Commission V that the government will issue technical instructions on the use of wood confiscated from illegal logging.

Winning 10th Coke Cup will be a question of luck

Winning 10th Coke Cup will be a question of luck SURABAYA (JP): Neither West Java nor Jakarta are burdened with a target to win the final match of the 10th National Coke Cup Under-15 soccer tournament, held at the Gelora November 10 stadium today.

Court review on rejected clemency bid allowed

Court review on rejected clemency bid allowed JAKARTA (JP): Chief Justice Soerjono is supporting a bid to allow a court to review the case of three prisoners convicted to death in East Java, whose clemency plea has been rejected by the government.

Probo rejects Bali Declaration

Probo rejects Bali Declaration JAKARTA (JP): The coordinating board of 12 associations of medium and small businesspeople rejected yesterday any direct assistance from big businesses, urging the government to impose a wealth tax of 2.5 percent instead.

Buaran II water treatment plant to operate soon

Buaran II water treatment plant to operate soon JAKARTA (JP): The city-owned water company PAM Jaya will soon operate a new water processing plant -- Buaran II -- with a production capacity of 3,000 liters per second in Kalimalang, East Jakarta.

ASEAN shelves idea of freeing trade faster

ASEAN shelves idea of freeing trade faster BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN (AFP): The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) decided yesterday to put in cold storage a proposal to speed up the creation of a regional free trade area by 2000, officials said.

Five boxers to go to Tashkent

Five boxers to go to Tashkent JAKARTA (JP): In a bid to win Olympic berths, the Indonesian Amateur Boxing Association will send five President's Cup medal winning boxers to the Asian Championships in Tashkent, Uzbekhistan, from Sept. 28 to Oct. 10.

Ulujami, South Jakarta

Ulujami, South Jakarta This is just to advise that there is an error in the article entitled Indonesian Craft by Sheila Natesan which appeared in The Jakarta Post on Sept. 1, 1995, page 7.The photo caption should read Ulujami, South Jakarta, and not East Java.Thank you for your attention.

Siswono encourages creativity among bureaucrats

Siswono encourages creativity among bureaucrats JAKARTA (JP): It was an unusual party. Instead of the expected festivity, the evening was filled with speeches, poems and songs about democracy, conscience, grassroots sympathy, and condemnation of the mushrooming avarice, greed and injustice found in...

Businessman jailed for major tax fraud

Businessman jailed for major tax fraud JAKARTA (JP): The Central Jakarta District Court sentenced Thariq Salim Abdul Azis, 47, to nine years in jail and fined him Rp 30 million (US$13,636) for embezzling Rp 15 billion in tax payments.

Chandra Asri wins ethylene contract

Chandra Asri wins ethylene contract JAKARTA (JP): PT Chandra Asri Petrochemical Center, the country's first olefin manufacturer, has secured a five-year contract for the sale of ethylene to PT Yasa Ganesha.Peter F.

Photographer nabbed with drug

Photographer nabbed with drug NUSA DUA, Bali: A photographer at the ongoing world medical assembly has been arrested on charges of possessing marijuana, a press report said yesterday.The suspect, identified as 33-year-old JKM, was arrested on Monday, the opening of the five-day conference.

Portugal's TV plan in E. Timor to be checked

Portugal's TV plan in E. Timor to be checked JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Foreign Affairs Ali Alatas said yesterday that the government will look into press reports that Portugal will broadcast television programs into East Timor.

Taman Mini has new bus terminal

Taman Mini has new bus terminal JAKARTA (JP): The new bus terminal at the Indonesia in Miniature Park (Taman Mini) in East Jakarta is scheduled to start operating on Sept. 12.The new terminal is located five kilometers from Kampung Rambutan bus terminal, which is used by both city buses and...

Two civilians killed in E. Timor

Two civilians killed in E. Timor DILI, East Timor: Local military chief Col. Mahidin Simbolon said yesterday that he has ordered an investigation into news that troops killed two civilians in Viqueque, 200 kilometers east of here, on Aug. 24.

Telecoms summit ends with declaration

Telecoms summit ends with declaration BANDUNG, West Java (JP): A three-day international conference on telecommunications ended here yesterday with a pledge to remove inequalities in telecommunication and information access and to support the creation of a global information infrastructure in the...

Letters subject to editing

Letters subject to editing I know that letters sent to The Jakarta Post are subject to editing, but I never knew that they may change your idea. This is regarding to my letter which was printed in "Your Letters" dated Aug. 4, 1995.

Coal development faces many problems in Indonesia

Coal development faces many problems in Indonesia JAKARTA (JP): Expanding the use of coal in Indonesia still faces several problems related to regional spatial plans and environmental issues and lack of inter-ministerial coordination, a senior official said yesterday.

Students protest against immunity

Students protest against immunity SEMARANG, Central Java: A group of students staged a demonstration at the legislative council's premises yesterday, demanding that all regulations that give government officials legal immunity be scrapped.

Thailand invites Gen. Khin Nyunt

Thailand invites Gen. Khin Nyunt BANGKOK (AFP): Defense Minister Chaowalit Yongchaiyudh has invited Myanmar's intelligence chief, Lt. Gen. Khin Nyunt, to visit during a Sept. 14-16 military hardware show, a Thai official said yesterday.

Thousands brave rain to hear Hillary's speech

Thousands brave rain to hear Hillary's speechBy Santi WE Soekanto and Carla Bianpoen HUAIROU, China (JP): An estimated 40,000 activists, coming from non-governmental organizations all over the world, braved the rain yesterday, spending hours waiting in line for the chance to hear the United States'...

Operation on social insurance

Operation on social insurance JAKARTA (JP): State-owned manpower insurance company PT Astek is launching a large-scale operation on workers' social insurance at companies throughout the city.Freddy P. Taumelly, head of the Jakarta office of the Ministry of Manpower, told reporters that the...

Mulialand receives triple B plus rating

Mulialand receives triple B plus rating JAKARTA (JP): PT Mulialand, a publicly listed property developer, has received a triple B plus grade from the credit rating agency Pefindo for its five-year bonds.Mulialand announced here yesterday that the bonds worth around Rp 100 billion (US$45.

Singamip workers take their complaint to DPR

Singamip workers take their complaint to DPR JAKARTA (JP): Some 200 workers of the PT Singamip Jaya Enterprise Electronic company on the third day of their strike yesterday expressed their grievances to the House of Representatives.

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.

Jakarta court agrees to try Bintang's suit

Jakarta court agrees to try Bintang's suit JAKARTA (JP): The Jakarta State Administrative Court agreed yesterday to try a lawsuit filed by controversial politician Sri Bintang Pamungkas against President Soeharto for dismissing him from the House of Representatives.

Police bust gangs suspected of stealing export products

Police bust gangs suspected of stealing export products JAKARTA (JP): Police over the past two weeks have arrested members from two gangs suspected of having stolen over US$1.5 million in local company products bound for export.The head of Jakarta Police Criminal Investigation Department, Col.

Firms briefed on Natuna

Firms briefed on Natuna JAKARTA (JP): State-owned oil company Pertamina opened a three day meeting yesterday on the giant Natuna gas project for potential Japanese participants, the company said in a statement here.

Pre-qualification proposals

Pre-qualification proposals JAKARTA (JP): Contractors of city administration projects are required to submit six additional documents to be eligible to take part in the pre-qualification of tender processing.