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Mon, 25 Jul 1994
Soeharto may have found his `match'
Soeharto may have found his `match' JAKARTA (JP): President Soeharto, Indonesia's long-time leader who has ruled almost unopposed, may have finally found his match.During a rare dialog with the 73-year old President on Saturday, several children, all top of their class, said they wanted his job --...
Mon, 25 Jul 1994
Gullit look-alike
Gullit look-alike MATARAM, West Nusa Tenggara: Local hairdressers around the Senggigi Beach have found a new and very profitable business -- hair-braiding tourists to look like Ruud Gullit, the Dutch soccer star.
Mon, 25 Jul 1994
Alternative for school drop outs
Alternative for school drop outs BANDUNG, West Java: The local authority is offering an alternative to primary school graduates who cannot be accommodated at junior high schools.Governor R. Nuriana proposed that these children consider enrolling in special, non-formal education programs that offer...
Mon, 25 Jul 1994
Ismail Hasan, Matori urged to step down
Ismail Hasan, Matori urged to step down JAKARTA (JP): A vocal legislator from the United Development Party (PPP) says that party chairman Ismail Hasan Metareum and secretary general Matori Abdul Djalil should step down and make way for others to run the party.
Mon, 25 Jul 1994
Lampung suffers brain drain
Lampung suffers brain drain BANDAR LAMPUNG, Lampung: Young people living in the province prefer other regions over their hometowns for trying their luck in the workplace.Chief of the provincial office of the National Family Planning Coordinating Body Maman Sundjana said many young people who are...
Mon, 25 Jul 1994
U.S. embassy official in East Timor
U.S. embassy official in East Timor DILI, East Timor (JP): An official from the United States embassy in Jakarta was here during the weekend to look into the demonstration at the East Timor University early this month.The embassy's second secretary Phillip L. Anteweiler on Saturday met with Col.
Mon, 25 Jul 1994
Not to insult
Not to insult I'd like to respond to Mr Roland Larsson's letter in The Jakarta Post, on July 22, 1994. In your letter I can sense that you've been insulted by two pictures in The Jakarta Post. But I think the Post didn't mean to insult Swedish athletes or make fun of them.
Mon, 25 Jul 1994
Obsolescence in computer technology
Obsolescence in computer technologyBy Y. Prasetyo DECATUR, Georgia (JP): I purchased my first computer in 1985 in Bandung, an Apple Ile, and expected to use it for a long time. I used primarily the word processor, limited spreadsheet, the Multiplan and Supercalc, and some games.
Mon, 25 Jul 1994
Unscrupulous practices affect housing brokerage
Unscrupulous practices affect housing brokerage JAKARTA (JP): Unscrupulous housing brokerage practices, which lure buyers with elite images of property on sale, have hampered the growth of the housing business.
Mon, 25 Jul 1994
Regional experts meet to review social problems
Regional experts meet to review social problems JAKARTA (JP): Experts from the Asia-Pacific will gather in Bandung beginning today to review the social problems encountered by countries in the region and discuss ways of overcoming them.
Mon, 25 Jul 1994
ASEAN thinks of expansion but neighbors not ready yet
ASEAN thinks of expansion but neighbors not ready yetBy Pandaya BANGKOK (JP): The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is thinking about extending membership to cover all the 10 states in Southeast Asia, as the six founding member nations initially intended.
Mon, 25 Jul 1994
Low prices key to stop software piracy
Low prices key to stop software piracyBy Zatni Arbi JAKARTA (JP): It was indeed a funny coincidence that I should receive a 14-page news release faxed directly from a major software vendor in Singapore right after I presented my personal views on software piracy in my article last week.
Mon, 25 Jul 1994
Bee experts get together
Bee experts get together JAKARTA: The Asian Apicultural Association (AAA) will hold its second conference in Yogyakarta this week, the Ministry of Forestry said.The July 26-29 conference to be held at the Gadjah Mada University, will focus on bees and beekeeping for social welfare and sustainable...
Mon, 25 Jul 1994
Bintan to accommodate one million visitors
Bintan to accommodate one million visitors JAKARTA (JP): The development of tourism facilities will enable Bintan Island in Riau, currently inhabited by some 100,000 people, to accommodate up to one million visitors annually in the year 2000, a minister says.
Mon, 25 Jul 1994
Surjadi complains municipal policy misunderstood
Surjadi complains municipal policy misunderstood JAKARTA (JP): Governor Surjadi Soedirdja complained over the weekend that the administration is often misunderstood and erroneously termed as "cruel" by the public for demolishing the makeshift homes of squatters.
Mon, 25 Jul 1994
Cry for justice often isn't heard in Indonesia
Cry for justice often isn't heard in Indonesia JAKARTA (JP): The cry for justice is rarely heard in Indonesia -- not because there is no cause for it -- but because the culture does not encourage people to indulge in such practices, according to a seminar on social justice.
Mon, 25 Jul 1994
Rubber output likely to fall by seven percent
Rubber output likely to fall by seven percent JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia will fail to take advantage of the currently surging prices of natural rubber on the world market because a lengthy drought will probably slash its production by seven percent this year, an industry executive says.
Mon, 25 Jul 1994
Traffic
TrafficFrom Bisnis IndonesiaJakarta's streets are prone to traffic congestion including its toll roads. This is exacerbated by the fact that too many motorists are ignorant about traffic regulations.The recent shooting, involving an immigration official and the Jakarta military commander, on the...
Mon, 25 Jul 1994
Fine photo shows held in Jakarta
Fine photo shows held in Jakarta Local photography lovers will have a special opportunity to observe fine photos at two exhibitions to be held this week in the capital.The first exhibition, called Kota Jakarta, is jointly organized by the French Cultural Center and the Jakarta Art Institute.
Mon, 25 Jul 1994
ASEAN: No social links to trade issues
ASEAN: No social links to trade issuesBy Pandaya BANGKOK (JP): ASEAN foreign ministers declared on Saturday that they rejected the inclusion of workers rights, labor standards and environmental issues in international trade agreements.
Mon, 25 Jul 1994
City detectives to testify in Guam drug tribunal soon
City detectives to testify in Guam drug tribunal soon JAKARTA (JP): Three Indonesian officials, including two police officers, and two Dutchmen charged with drug trafficking in the Central Jakarta District Court will go to the United States soon.Maj.
Mon, 25 Jul 1994
Govt studying demands to ban Moslem sect
Govt studying demands to ban Moslem sect JAKARTA (JP): The government says it is studying the demands made by a number of Moslem organizations to ban the activities of the Darul Arqam, a flourishing Moslem sect with headquarters in Malaysia.
Mon, 25 Jul 1994
RI vows to win transponder leasing race
RI vows to win transponder leasing race JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia, with its 27 years of experience in satellite telecommunications technology, expects to come out on top in the competition in satellite transponder leasing in the Asia-Pacific region.
Mon, 25 Jul 1994
Children see X-rated films
Children see X-rated films SEMARANG, Central Java: Many movie house operators in the city are violating the age limit by allowing children under 17 years of age to watch X-rated movies, according to a consumer protection agency.
Mon, 25 Jul 1994
Vietnam finally wins the confidence of ASEAN
Vietnam finally wins the confidence of ASEANBy Robert Templer HANOI (AFP): After decades of being seen as a Marxist peril with an expansionist eye, Vietnam's patient diplomacy has finally won the confidence of its once virulently anti-communist Southeast Asian neighbors.
Mon, 25 Jul 1994
UN to help return ethnic Vietnamese back home
UN to help return ethnic Vietnamese back home CHREY THOM, Cambodia (Reuter): Some 6,000 ethnic Vietnamese stranded at Cambodia's eastern river border for more than a year after fleeing Khmer Rouge massacres are suffering a growing sense of despair, a UN official says.
Mon, 25 Jul 1994
Where to go in Jakarta:
Where to go in Jakarta:Music * 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. to 12:30 a.m.
Mon, 25 Jul 1994
ASEAN ministers meet 3 hours to discuss `anything under sun'
ASEAN ministers meet 3 hours to discuss `anything under sun' BANGKOK (JP): ASEAN foreign ministers will discuss regional security and political issues with their counterparts from 12 countries for the first time ever today.
Mon, 25 Jul 1994
Over 350 junior lifters at Jakarta meet
Over 350 junior lifters at Jakarta meet JAKARTA (JP): More than 350 lifters from five continents are expected to meet in the 20th world junior weightlifting championships, scheduled to start tomorrow.The competition will include musclemen from 13 countries throughout Eastern Europe, dubbed the...
Mon, 25 Jul 1994
Law enforcers told to focus on illegal logging, fishing
Law enforcers told to focus on illegal logging, fishing JAKARTA (JP): The Attorney General's office, which has been preoccupied by the massive loan scandal at the government-owned Bapindo for the past six months, has been told to take a look at the forestry and fishing industries where there are...
Mon, 25 Jul 1994
Civil servants and discipline
Civil servants and discipline Military discipline is admittedly tighter than civil servants' discipline. In this relation the Minister of Administrative Reforms, T.B. Silalahi, opines that civil servants' discipline needs to be enhanced.
Mon, 25 Jul 1994
New office slated for Kalideres
New office slated for Kalideres Governor Surjadi Soedirdja said the city administration would build a new subdistrict office for the Kalideres subdistrict, West Jakarta, to replace the present one which is in a dilapidated state.
Mon, 25 Jul 1994
PPP and elections
PPP and electionsFrom RepublikaA popular political theory which gained currency several years ago held that a Moslem party would always get a second place in every general elections. It still holds today when we find that the Moslem-based PPP United Development Party is still suffering from...
Mon, 25 Jul 1994
Greater Jakarta area faced with cement shortage
Greater Jakarta area faced with cement shortage JAKARTA (JP): Prices of cement in building materials stores across the Jakarta greater area remained high as of Saturday due to continued shortages.Many building material dealers in the greater Jakarta area, comprising the capital, Bogor, Tangerang...
Mon, 25 Jul 1994
Markets rally at the JSX falls short of expectations
Markets rally at the JSX falls short of expectationsBy Sigma Batara JAKARTA (JP): The market rally triggered by the listing of Indofood fell short of expectations, as the market slowed down with the JSX (Jakarta Stock Exchange) Composite Index losing 2.76 points to close at 459.07 last week.
Mon, 25 Jul 1994
More Islamic banks needed to promote Moslem entrepreneurs
More Islamic banks needed to promote Moslem entrepreneurs JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia needs to set up more interest-free Islamic banks to help promote Moslem entrepreneurs and allow them to compete better with the powerful conglomerates, noted economist Sri Bintang Pamungkas says.
Mon, 25 Jul 1994
Water supply down 5%
Water supply down 5% UJUNGPANDANG, South Sulawesi: The water supply of the city water company in Lekopaccing has fallen by five percent because of the drought, the Antara news agency said.Director P.A. Tanriajeng said the city might be facing a water crisis if the decline persists.
Mon, 25 Jul 1994
Water supply turns salty
Water supply turns salty BANJARMASIN, South Kalimantan: Water from the Barito and Martapura rivers running through the city have been contaminated by salt, causing problems to the local water supply company.
Mon, 25 Jul 1994
Cement dust polluting
Cement dust pollutingFrom Media IndonesiaThe cement dust discharged by a concrete factory company located in Serpong, Tangerang, West Java, is heavily polluting our residential area in Kademangan village. Even though we have reported the problem to the regent, the private company, P.T.
Mon, 25 Jul 1994
Madura workers are AIDS free
Madura workers are AIDS free SURABAYA, East Java: The local health authorities say a number of Madura women workers who were deported from Brunei have been tested negative for AIDS.The workers were given the boot by the Brunei government because they were believed to be carrying the human...
Mon, 25 Jul 1994
Ministers set up fund for ASEAN
Ministers set up fund for ASEAN BANGKOK (JP): ASEAN foreign ministers signed an agreement Saturday on the establishment of a Fund for ASEAN that will pool member countries' contributions for collaborative projects.
Mon, 25 Jul 1994
UMNO official condemns Al-Arqam's founder
UMNO official condemns Al-Arqam's founder KUALA LUMPUR (AFP): A senior member of Malaysia's ruling party yesterday condemned a local Islamic leader, living under self- exile in Thailand, for claiming to be more popular than Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad and proposing a national referendum to...
Mon, 25 Jul 1994
Pros and cons linger over govt plan on foreign ownership limit
Pros and cons linger over govt plan on foreign ownership limitBy Hendarsyah Tarmizi JAKARTA (JP): The government's plan to ease restrictions on foreign share ownership of companies listed on the capital market has raised questions about the pros and cons.
Mon, 25 Jul 1994
Indonesians get ASEAN achievement awards
Indonesians get ASEAN achievement awardsBy Meidyatama Suryodiningrat KUALA LUMPUR (JP): Two Indonesians have emerged among the 10 prominent people receiving awards from the ASEAN Business Forum for their distinguished achievements in certain sectors.
Mon, 25 Jul 1994
Osaka to host APEC meet
Osaka to host APEC meet TOKYO (AFP): Next year's Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum summit will probably be held in November in Osaka, western Japan, it was reported here Saturday.Japan will chair the 18-member grouping next year.
Mon, 25 Jul 1994
Schizophrenic man dies at healer's treatment
Schizophrenic man dies at healer's treatment JAKARTA (JP): Police said over the weekend that they have arrested a traditional healer following the death of a male schizophrenic under his treatment."Kemayoran district police have picked up the healer for questioning," said Lt. Col.
Mon, 25 Jul 1994
Yen rise drives attention away from Japanese products
Yen rise drives attention away from Japanese productsBy Andreas Harsono JAKARTA (JP): The sharp appreciation of the Japanese yen against major currencies and the rupiah has made a number of economists and businessmen turn their attention to non-Japanese products.
Mon, 25 Jul 1994
Challenges to PPP
Challenges to PPPFrom RepublikaThe challenges facing the Moslem based United Development Party (PPP) are not unlike those facing other organizations. They are, among others, the need for more openness, the fight against human rights abuses and the widening gap between the rich and the poor posed by...
Mon, 25 Jul 1994
Family planning
Family planning I was amazed to read the headline in The Jakarta Post, on July 8, 1994 that Vatican accuses West of biological colonialism. In terms of the development tendency of new biology, I totally agree with it.
Mon, 25 Jul 1994
Red Cross to train medical assistants
Red Cross to train medical assistants JAKARTA (JP): The Jakarta Chapter of the Indonesian Red Cross in cooperation with the Ministry of Health will train 25 high school graduates to work as blood transfusion assistants starting this year."They will be educated until they are capable of taking blood.