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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.
Sat, 02 Sep 1995
National anthem 'Indonesia Raya' can be orchestrated ...
National anthem 'Indonesia Raya' can be orchestrated ...By Sri Wahyuni JAKARTA (JP): Bogor Palace will once again make history. After the APEC forum last year, the palace will host, for the first time in its history, a concert by Twilite Orchestra, one of the few such groups in the country, which...
Sat, 02 Sep 1995
Questioned raised over Ancol reclamation work
Questioned raised over Ancol reclamation work JAKARTA (JP): A member of the City Council questioned yesterday a reclamation project being conducted along the East Ancol shoreline, North Jakarta, by a private company because the work is being done at a time when a decree on reclamation in the area...
Sat, 02 Sep 1995
Musical poetry contest to be held
Musical poetry contest to be held JAKARTA (JP): The Directorate of Culture of the Ministry of Education and Culture will hold a musical poetry contest for adolescents as part of its activities designed to develop human resources.
Sat, 02 Sep 1995
Silence TV better?
Silence TV better? I refer to the letter by Mr. Piero Ronci in your newspaper dated Aug. 31, 1995.I have over the past six years of living in Jakarta, resisted any temptations to write a letter to your readers column, even in answer to some of Mr. Ronci's ridiculous statements over British sports.
Sat, 02 Sep 1995
Soccer and commentaries
Soccer and commentaries On Aug. 31, 1995, Mr. Piero Ronci wrote to say foreigners should have to view their televised soccer programs with commentaries in Bahasa Indonesia rather than in English. I have no argument with that. But because Mr.
Sat, 02 Sep 1995
New service from Telkom
New service from Telkom JAKARTA (JP): The Regional Division II of the state-owned telecommunications company PT Telkom will open a special phone number -- 162 -- next month to give customers installation information.
Sat, 02 Sep 1995
Abolition of permit act shows govt cognizant
Abolition of permit act shows govt cognizant The government is planning to abolish the notorious gathering permits which have allowed a number of discussions and cultural performances to be banned in recent months.
Sat, 02 Sep 1995
Sempati changes schedules
Sempati changes schedules JAKARTA (JP): Sempati Air, one of Indonesia's six scheduled air carriers, set several new schedules yesterday, which are targeted to make travel more convenient for passengers.
Sat, 02 Sep 1995
Award upholds human rights: Pramoedya
Award upholds human rights: Pramoedya MANILA (Reuter): Indonesian novelist Pramoedya Ananta Toer says his winning of a prestigious Southeast Asian award was a triumph for human rights in Indonesia and will inspire change in his country.
Sat, 02 Sep 1995
PSSI insists on continuing Italian stint
PSSI insists on continuing Italian stint JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesian Football Association (PSSI) insisted on dispatching junior players to Italy for a second successive period yesterday, despite the failure of their predecessors to meet their targets.
Sat, 02 Sep 1995
Bapepam to be empowered to break banking secrecy
Bapepam to be empowered to break banking secrecy JAKARTA (JP): The Stock Market Supervisory Agency (Bapepam) is set to receive authority to examine the files of publicly-listed banks in the course of investigations of stock market related crime.
Sat, 02 Sep 1995
Students protest over fee hike
Students protest over fee hike JAKARTA (JP): More than a hundred students of the state-owned Technical High School for Aviation Studies in South Jakarta refused to attend classes yesterday in protest over a recent increase in their school fees.
Sat, 02 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.
Sat, 02 Sep 1995
... but, learning Japanese is not that easy
... but, learning Japanese is not that easy JAKARTA (JP): Learning Japanese may bolster one's resume, but unless one has a knack for mastering foreign languages, Japanese is probably one of the most difficult tongues to master.
Sat, 02 Sep 1995
Another 34 labor exporters licensed
Another 34 labor exporters licensed JAKARTA (JP): The government will not limit the number of labor export companies in the country as long as they comply with regulations, Minister of Manpower Abdul Latief said yesterday.
Sat, 02 Sep 1995
Signs of non-compliance
Signs of non-compliance If newspaper reports are to be believed, the Jakarta city administration has moved one step forward and two steps backwards in its present campaign to mandate the use of Indonesian on all billboards and signs in the city.
Sat, 02 Sep 1995
Church Services
Church Services * Catholic Church, University of Atmajaya, Jl. Jend. Sudirman: Saturday 5:30 p.m., Sunday, 9 a.m., 10:30 a.m. (with songs) and 5:30 p.m. * First Church of Christ, Scientist, Jl. Teuku Cik Ditiro 48, Menteng, Central Jakarta: Services on Sunday at 9:30 a.m. (in Indonesian) and 8 a.m.
Sat, 02 Sep 1995
Polio immunization
Polio immunization JAKARTA (JP): The City Health Office will provide polio immunization services for about 928,100 children under five years old throughout the city on Sept. 13 and Oct. 18.Aslan Lasman, head of the office, said yesterday that the city's immunization services are part of the...
Sat, 02 Sep 1995
Strict rules on AIDS needed
Strict rules on AIDS needed JAKARTA (JP): In the wake of a scandal involving a private hospital's refusal to treat AIDS patients, the Forum for HIV/AIDS Awareness is calling on the government to veraciously pursue and implement regulations against such discrimination.