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Mon, 31 Jul 1995
Skepticism surrounds Bulog's CPO plan
Skepticism surrounds Bulog's CPO plan JAKARTA (JP): The setting up of a crude palm oil (CPO) buffer stock started earlier this month by the National Logistics Agency (Bulog) is drawing criticism from many observers who call it an ineffective way to bring down cooking oil prices.
Mon, 31 Jul 1995
On U.S. policy
On U.S. policy Although the proposals for Bosnia by James Baker III (The Jakarta Post, July 26, 1995) mirror my earlier "ideas" in a previous letter, there are some glaring inconsistencies which beg comment.
Mon, 31 Jul 1995
ASEAN nations deplore French nuclear tests
ASEAN nations deplore French nuclear tests BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Brunei (Reuter): Southeast Asian nations ended a two-day meeting yesterday deploring nuclear weapons tests in the South Pacific and expressing optimism about lowering tensions with China over disputed islands in the South China Sea.
Mon, 31 Jul 1995
Revamp city-owned firms: Councilor
Revamp city-owned firms: Councilor JAKARTA (JP): The United Development Party (PPP) faction of the City Council is demanding that city-owned companies be restructured to improve their efficiency.Muhammad Rodja, a representative of the faction, reiterated in the plenary session of the council over...
Mon, 31 Jul 1995
Oil firm installs executives
Oil firm installs executives JAKARTA (JP): The president of the State oil company Pertamina, Faisal Abda'oe, has appointed Legowo Dradjat as chief executive of the firm's property subsidiary PT Patra Jasa, replacing H.J.C. Mochtar.
Mon, 31 Jul 1995
Symposium on computers
Symposium on computers JAKARTA (JP): A four-day symposium beginning Wednesday at the Jakarta Convention Center will discuss computer software technology and will feature Indonesian and foreign experts.Eko K.
Mon, 31 Jul 1995
RP's reserves hit record
RP's reserves hit record MANILA (AFP): The Philippines' gross international reserves (GIR) hit a record high of US$8.3 billion, Central Bank governor Gabriel Singson said here.The figure, posted on Wednesday, is equivalent to more than three months worth of exports and is significantly higher than...
Sun, 30 Jul 1995
Nias: Between waves and stone age
Nias: Between waves and stone age Nias hosted an international surfing championship between July 19 and 23. Located west of Sumatra, Unspoiled beaches, traditional houses and stone jumping are among the main tourist attractions of the island. Ibnu Basori gives the following account.
Sun, 30 Jul 1995
Tears of joy for the Omar Dhanis
Tears of joy for the Omar Dhanis JAKARTA (JP): "I want to be a child again," said Dian Sri Indrapuri, 37.Such a simple wish from a daughter who has been separated from her father by prison walls for nearly 30 years.
Sun, 30 Jul 1995
ASEAN wants end to Bosnian arms-ban
ASEAN wants end to Bosnian arms-ban BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN (Reuter): Foreign Ministers of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) called yesterday for an end to what one described as the "unjustified and illegal" arms embargo against Bosnia.
Sun, 30 Jul 1995
Dr. Kahin is no ordinary historian
Dr. Kahin is no ordinary historianBy Endy M. Bayuni JAKARTA (JP): If there's one historian who can reminisce about the Indonesian revolution in great detail, objectively and passionately, it's American Dr. George McTurnan Kahin.Now 77 years old, Kahin is no ordinary historian.
Sun, 30 Jul 1995
What do really we get in life?
What do really we get in life? JAKARTA (JP): Life if full of the threats of punishment, especially so for Indonesians. Even as babies they are faced with all kinds of punishment.Take the famous Indonesian lullaby entitled Nina Bobo, which closes with this sentence: Kalau tidak bobo digigit nyamuk...
Sun, 30 Jul 1995
State universities admit 63,090 people
State universities admit 63,090 people JAKARTA (JP): The government announced yesterday the 63,090 people who passed the entrance exams for the 89 state universities nationwide.The announcement, made through some local newspapers and lists distributed at the Senayan Sports Stadium, was greeted with...
Sun, 30 Jul 1995
Feasting on king cobra: Danger of delicacy?
Feasting on king cobra: Danger of delicacy?By V. Anjaiah JAKARTA (JP): We have read stories about blood-sucking vampires. We have seen people eating fried chicken, goat, cow and pig blood. But have you ever seen anyone drink fresh cobra blood?If not, go to Jakarta's busy Jl.
Sun, 30 Jul 1995
Disgusting, barbarous
Disgusting, barbarousFrom KompasDisgusting, barbarous, insane, sadistic... It seems that there aren't any more appropriate words to describe the rape of the wife and children of the Acan family in Bekasi.The rapists must be arrested.
Sun, 30 Jul 1995
Persib to play Petrokimia in national soccer league final
Persib to play Petrokimia in national soccer league final JAKARTA (JP): The long, grueling and tense competition pitting 34 soccer teams will climax in today's match at the Senayan stadium when Petrokimia Putra plays Persib Bandung for the President's Cup, the symbol of national league supremacy.
Sun, 30 Jul 1995
Indonesians rank among top ten foreign spenders
Indonesians rank among top ten foreign spenders SINGAPORE (JP): An Rp 250,000 exit tax and an abundance of sprawling shopping centers at home don't deter Indonesian shoppers from hunting for bargains abroad.They still swarm into Singapore, particularly on the weekends.
Sun, 30 Jul 1995
The coast of Nias: A paradise for surfers
The coast of Nias: A paradise for surfersBy Ibnu Basori NIAS (JP): The International Surfing Championship which ended on July 23 turned the quiet coast near Sorake on Nias into a fiesta.The competition, with the officious name Indonesia Open-Nias Pro, was actually a round of the Australian...
Sun, 30 Jul 1995
Environmental hazards of biotech, patents
Environmental hazards of biotech, patentsBy Hira P. Jhamtani JAKARTA (JP): Biotechnology is essentially technology that utilizes life forms (organisms) which are engineered to provide goods and services for human beings.
Sun, 30 Jul 1995
Ruwiyati slumps to second defeat
Ruwiyati slumps to second defeat JAKARTA (JP): National champion Ruwiyati of Central Java had to eat humble pie again after being outpaced by her hometown rival Hanny Melon, this time in the women's 10,000m, on the third day of the Indonesia Open Track and Field Championships at the Senayan Madya...
Sun, 30 Jul 1995
Hariyanto, Susi skip U.S. Open c'ships
Hariyanto, Susi skip U.S. Open c'ships JAKARTA (JP): The Badminton Association of Indonesia has decided not to include Hariyanto Arbi and Susi Susanti in the team for the U.S. Open badminton championships in Atlanta.
Sun, 30 Jul 1995
The art of bargaining in Bukittinggi
The art of bargaining in BukittinggiBy Carl Chairul BUKITTINGGI, West Sumatra (JP): Skipping Bukittingi in a journey to West Sumatra is just like going all the way to San Diego without seeing the Sea World.
Sun, 30 Jul 1995
Honda riders take lead pole positions
Honda riders take lead pole positions YOGYAKARTA (JP): Michael Machio of France led the Honda riders, with Jimmy Button of U.S.A. and Brian K. Jorgensen of Denmark making it one-two-three at yesterday's practice for today's World Motocross Championship.Machio clocked two minutes 34.
Sun, 30 Jul 1995
Tears fill my eyes
Tears fill my eyesFrom Berita BuanaMy heart bled when I read the newspaper article on the rape by a group of burglars of a mother and her two daughters in Bekasi on July 24.Although I am a man, unconsciously, tears filled my eyes when I read the news.Their act is barbaric. I can't imagine the agony.
Sun, 30 Jul 1995
Guess What? Djisman Simanjuntak
Guess What? Djisman Simanjuntak Have you ever heard Djisman Simanjuntak talk about press freedom?Probably not.Simanjuntak is the executive director of the Prasetiya Mulya Graduate School of Management and he is popular for his sharp analysis in the field of economics.
Sun, 30 Jul 1995
Architecture only surviving key to Nias origins
Architecture only surviving key to Nias originsText by Ibnu Basori Photos by Arief Hidayat NIAS (JP): The origins of the Nias people are uncertain. But the elders of the island are convinced that one place, Gomo in Central Nias, is the origin of their ancestry.
Sun, 30 Jul 1995
Guess What? Koos Arumdanie
Guess What? Koos Arumdanie Collector of traditional Indonesian textiles Koos Arumdanie couldn't hide her disappointment upon seeing that the Borobudur Inter-Continental Hotel's Flores room -- where a one-day seminar on Indonesian traditional woven cloths was held on Thursday -- was almost empty.
Sun, 30 Jul 1995
Rendra: When love borders ruin, failure and death
Rendra: When love borders ruin, failure and deathBy Johannes Simbolon JAKARTA (JP): Rendra, "The Peacock", strutted out of his socio-political garden to read his collection of love poems this week."Amidst the uncertainty over the social, economic and political life nationally and internationally,...
Sun, 30 Jul 1995
ASEAN told to move faster on free trade
ASEAN told to move faster on free tradeBy Oei Eng Goan BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN (JP): Brunei leader Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah urged the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) yesterday to move faster in implementing free trade in the region.
Sun, 30 Jul 1995
Asia-Pacific Film Festival lacks focus and direction
Asia-Pacific Film Festival lacks focus and direction JAKARTA (JP): The Asia-Pacific Film Festival (APFF) must develop a specific focus in order to become respectable.Indonesian film critic Marselli Sumarno said the APFF does not have any particular character or theme.
Sun, 30 Jul 1995
Guess What? Toeti Adhitama
Guess What? Toeti Adhitama Some people are against lotteries, which are considered gambling. But not Toeti Adhitama, editor of Eksekutif, a business monthly.She organized a special lottery during the launching of the two volumes of The Eksekutif Interview Friday in conjunction with the magazine's...
Sun, 30 Jul 1995
Grief hangs heavy over Bekasi farmer's modest home
Grief hangs heavy over Bekasi farmer's modest homeBy Johannes Simbolon BEKASI (JP): Grief hangs over the house which stands a stones throw away from the dirty river that separates the Bekasi and Bogor regencies.
Sun, 30 Jul 1995
Rape, violence rock the country
Rape, violence rock the countryBy T. Sima Gunawan and Rita A. Widiadana Reports on the brutal rape of a mother and her two teenage daughters in Bekasi, east of Jakarta, on Monday had not yet died down when police announced they had arrested four teenagers several hours after allegedly raping a...
Sat, 29 Jul 1995
Vietnam's ASEAN membership
Vietnam's ASEAN membership Vietnam's membership in ASEAN brings us closer to the ideal which was expressed at the time the association was founded: to unite all the 10 countries of the Southeast Asian region.Two countries, Cambodia and Laos, are already recognized as observers.
Sat, 29 Jul 1995
City threatens to force builders into obligation
City threatens to force builders into obligation JAKARTA (JP): The city administration will continue pressuring the private developers reluctant to build low-cost apartments in return for the issuance of land appropriation permits, Governor Surjadi Soedirdja said.
Sat, 29 Jul 1995
Four missing in boat accident
Four missing in boat accident KUPANG, East Nusa Tenggara: Four people are missing after a speedboat carrying nine government and Unesco officials capsized in rough seas on Thursday, an official said yesterday.The boat was on its way from an island west of Flores to Komodo Island park.
Sat, 29 Jul 1995
'Be more selective in hiring foreigners'
'Be more selective in hiring foreigners' JAKARTA (JP): Even though the number of expatriates employed by companies in Greater Jakarta is falling, firms are urged to remain selective in hiring foreign workers, an official at the Jakarta office of the Manpower Ministry said yesterday.
Sat, 29 Jul 1995
Batak people celebrate Independence Day
Batak people celebrate Independence Day JAKARTA (JP): Batak people living in the greater Jakarta area have organized several cultural activities to take place over two days, starting today, celebrating the 50th anniversary of Indonesia's independence.
Sat, 29 Jul 1995
Ministers to feature at export seminar
Ministers to feature at export seminar JAKARTA (JP): Thirteen ministers will outline government policies, business possibilities and export opportunities at a two-day seminar at the Jakarta Fairground on Aug. 14 and Aug. 15 to coincide with an export product exhibition.
Sat, 29 Jul 1995
Hasjim joins with British company to produce olefin
Hasjim joins with British company to produce olefin JAKARTA (JP): PT Trans-Pacific Petrochemical, an Indonesian- British joint venture, will establish an integrated olefin and aromatic center with a total annual production capacity of 2.2 million tons in Tuban, East Java, a reliable source said.
Sat, 29 Jul 1995
55 companies fail to protect night-shift workers
55 companies fail to protect night-shift workers JAKARTA (JP): The city administration has discovered that the rights of night-shift employees at 55 companies in the city are being violated.Head of the Jakarta Office of the Ministry of Manpower Freddy Tuamelly said that the violations were...
Sat, 29 Jul 1995
Overnight operation nabs 631 people
Overnight operation nabs 631 people JAKARTA (JP): City police arrested 631 people, including 65 women and eight transvestites, in a massive overnight security- and-order operation in Jakarta, Bogor, Tangerang and Bekasi on Thursday.
Sat, 29 Jul 1995
Bazaar at Istiqlal Festival
Bazaar at Istiqlal Festival JAKARTA (JP): The second Istiqlal Festival on Islamic culture, to be held from Sept. 23 to Nov. 23, will feature a handicraft and food bazaar.The food bazaar will feature various kinds of traditional edibles from all 27 provinces across the country.
Sat, 29 Jul 1995
Top model's wedding became a hometown extravaganza
Top model's wedding became a hometown extravaganza NGAWI, East Java (JP): She was no Lady Di, but Indonesian top model Ratih Sanggarwati created a royal atmosphere last Saturday when she waved back to a crowd which lined the streets of Ngawi, a small town in East Java.
Sat, 29 Jul 1995
Four teenagers arrested for rape, two others at large
Four teenagers arrested for rape, two others at large JAKARTA (JP): Police have arrested four of the six teenagers believed to have raped a girl on Thursday morning in an empty house on Jl. Hankam in Ragunan South Jakarta.
Sat, 29 Jul 1995
Minister reshuffles Danareksa's management
Minister reshuffles Danareksa's management JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Finance Mar'ie Muhammad reshuffled the management of the state-owned Danareksa securities company yesterday following mass dismissals at the firm.
Sat, 29 Jul 1995
Clemency granted to political prisoners
Clemency granted to political prisoners JAKARTA (JP): President Soeharto has granted clemency to three political prisoners linked with the abortive 1965 communist coup, the government announced yesterday.Under the clemency, Soebandrio, Omar Dhani and Raden Soegeng Soetarto will go free on Aug.
Sat, 29 Jul 1995
ABRI to monitor freed prisoners
ABRI to monitor freed prisoners JAKARTA (JP): The Armed Forces, accepting President Soeharto's decision to release three political prisoners linked with the 1965 communist coup, said yesterday that it will continue to monitor their activities once they are out of jail.
Sat, 29 Jul 1995
Persib sets up final showdown with Petrokimia
Persib sets up final showdown with Petrokimia JAKARTA (JP): Persib Bandung and Petrokimia stormed into the grand final of the Indonesian soccer league championship after surviving hard fought semifinals yesterday.
Sat, 29 Jul 1995
Bank Bira gets IC and LC ratings
Bank Bira gets IC and LC ratings JAKARTA (JP): Publicly-listed Bank Bira has won an intra- country issuer (IC) rating of B/C and a short-term local currency (LC) rating of LC-2 from Thomson BankWatch of New York.