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Sat, 02 Jul 1994
ADB raises rates
ADB raises rates MANILA (AFP): The Asian Development Bank (ADB) yesterday raised its rates for U.S. dollar loans by a 0.01 percentage point, but cut them by a 0.05 percentage point for multi-currency loans.The new rates, effective for the second half of 1994, are 6.
Sat, 02 Jul 1994
TV Today
TV TodayTVRI 2:30 p.m. World Cup 1994: Argentina vs Bulgaria (rerun) 4:30 Drama Remaja 5:00 Regional News 5:30 Science Film 6:05 Nusantara the Beloved Country: North Sumatra 6:15 Village Program 6:30 Jazz 7:00 Evening News 7:30 Fashion 8:05 TV Series: Midnight Caller 9:00 World News 9:25 Journal of...
Sat, 02 Jul 1994
Vietnam's postal service
Vietnam's postal service HANOI (AFP): Ho Chi Minh City is planning to set up a private post and telephone service in a further step towards shaking up Vietnam's lumbering state communications monopoly, a report said yesterday.
Sat, 02 Jul 1994
PATA talks
PATA talks The Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) will organize separate meetings with its senior members, youth leaders and senior journalists to seek input for the group's development to adjust itself with rapid changes in the world.
Sat, 02 Jul 1994
17 Vietnamese stranded
17 Vietnamese stranded KUPANG, East Nusa Tenggara: Some 17 Vietnamese boat people have been stranded on the eastern part of Sabu Island, about 115 miles from the capital.According to the Antara news agency, the Vietnamese, who were on their way to Australia, landed on the island on June 22 after...
Sat, 02 Jul 1994
Game first, election later
Game first, election later DILI, East Timor: The election of a new regent for Dili has been postponed until in the middle of next month because the city has been chosen to host a regional sports competition from June 27 to July 7.The local legislature however has already selected their nominations.
Sat, 02 Jul 1994
PAM to stop water supply to Kuningan
PAM to stop water supply to Kuningan The City Water Company, PAM Jaya, temporarily cut off the water supply to the ministers' housing complex in Kuningan, South Jakarta, and the surrounding area, yesterday.The stoppage was due to the repair of water main in the area.
Sat, 02 Jul 1994
Plain-clothes policemen
Plain-clothes policemenFrom Suara PembaruanThe police chiefs are always complaining about the shortage of personnel to maintain security and order. Their complaints are justifiable when we consider the vastness of our archipelago and the large population of the country.
Sat, 02 Jul 1994
Family killed in crash
Family killed in crash SEMARANG, Central Java: A family of four were killed last night in a road accident when their sedan crashed into a minibus in Sruwen village near Salatiga.Three passengers, all relatives of the deceased, were also injured in the accident.
Sat, 02 Jul 1994
Church Services
Church Services * Catholic Church, University of Atmajaya, Jl. Jend. Sudirman: Saturday 5:30 p.m., Sunday, 9 a.m., 10:30 p.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 Jul 1994
President to open conference on capital market activities
President to open conference on capital market activities JAKARTA (JP): President Soeharto is scheduled to officially open an international conference on capital market activities at the Jakarta Hilton Convention Center here next week.
Sat, 02 Jul 1994
Matahari's 3-on-3 basketball meet
Matahari's 3-on-3 basketball meet JAKARTA (JP): Matahari Department Store, a leading retailer, will promote a series of three-on-three basketball tournaments with Rp 9 million (US$4,300) in prize money in both Jakarta and Surabaya, East Java within a three week period.
Sat, 02 Jul 1994
World-class painting exhibition due here
World-class painting exhibition due here Jakarta will soon host a spectacular painting exhibition, displaying more than 500 masterpieces by renowned local and international artists.The exhibition called "The Jakarta International Fine Arts" will include the original works by Paul Cezanne, Pablo...
Sat, 02 Jul 1994
PLN allowed to be profit-oriented
PLN allowed to be profit-oriented JAKARTA (JP): The government, under a presidential decree, has approved the State Electricity Company's (PLN) request to change its status from a limited company to one with an orientation of making profits.
Sat, 02 Jul 1994
Hindarto vows to punish corrupt police officers
Hindarto vows to punish corrupt police officers JAKARTA (JP): City Police Chief Maj. Gen. Mochammad Hindarto pledged yesterday to punish any officers found to have illegally collected extra fees from vehicle owners who failed to show their old license plates when applying for the new ones.
Sat, 02 Jul 1994
Finance company to give dividends to shareholders
Finance company to give dividends to shareholders JAKARTA (JP): A finance company has announced a plan to distribute dividends to shareholders, while a real estate developer decided to channel its 1993 profit into expansion programs.
Sat, 02 Jul 1994
Potential student of UNAS
Potential student of UNASFrom KompasI took an entrance test for the National University on June 19, 1994, when I enrolled myself at the Universitas Nasional (UNAS) campus on Jl. Sawo Manila, Pejaten, Pasar Minggu. I did so because I know that this is the official address of the campus.
Sat, 02 Jul 1994
Two-day symposium on surveyors' licensing
Two-day symposium on surveyors' licensing A two-day exhibition on survey equipment and a symposium on surveyors' licensing held at the Jakarta Design Center ended yesterday. Closing ceremonies were conducted by City Mapping and Surveying Office Head Sidharta.
Sat, 02 Jul 1994
Dormitory girls living in fear
Dormitory girls living in fearFrom Media IndonesiaAs girls staying at the Asrama Putri Purbawisesa dormitory on Jl. Senopati in Kebayoran Baru, South Jakarta, we are being held in terror not knowing where to turn for help.
Sat, 02 Jul 1994
Water price hike draws angry public response
Water price hike draws angry public response JAKARTA (JP): The PAM Jaya City Water Company's decision to raise the prices of water by an average of 40 percent has drawn unfavorable reactions from consumers and the Indonesian Consumers' Organization (YLKI).
Sat, 02 Jul 1994
Rights Commission willing to help banned magazines
Rights Commission willing to help banned magazines JAKARTA (JP) The National Commission on Human Rights is extending an offer of assistance to solve the national controversy triggered by the closure of the Tempo, Editor and DeTIK weeklies.
Sat, 02 Jul 1994
Yen debtors count cost of dollar's demise
Yen debtors count cost of dollar's demiseBy Tim Cribb HONG KONG (AFP): China wants to talk to its Japanese creditors, Indonesia is tight-lipped, and Malaysia, a former victim of the consequences of the debt blow-out caused by a high yen, is philosophical.Yen borrowers are in trouble.
Sat, 02 Jul 1994
RI, PNG swap students
RI, PNG swap students JAYAPURA, Irian Jaya: The Cenderawasih University and the University of Papua New Guinea in Port Moresby have signed an agreement for a student exchange program, Moses Tandung, the information attache of the Indonesian Embassy in Port Moresby said.
Sat, 02 Jul 1994
Double tracks for Depok-Bogor line
Double tracks for Depok-Bogor line Director General of Land Transportation Soejono said the construction of double tracks on the Depok-Bogor route, one of the busiest railway lines in the greater Jakarta area, is expected to be completed by the middle of next year.
Sat, 02 Jul 1994
Banned magazines
Banned magazines The Japanese media have reported the recent revocation of licenses of Indonesia's Tempo, Editor and DeTIK magazines and the arrest of people who took to the street to protest the ban.We have subscribed to the Tempo magazine since the early 1980s, for our source of study on...
Fri, 01 Jul 1994
Media ban not to affect Australian business in RI
Media ban not to affect Australian business in RI JAKARTA (JP): The recent media ban will not dissuade Australian business people from investing in Indonesia, Australian Minister for Trade, Senator Bob McMullan, said here yesterday.
Fri, 01 Jul 1994
Attorney General's office presents Towil dossier
Attorney General's office presents Towil dossier JAKARTA (JP): The South Jakarta District Court yesterday received the dossier of Towil Heryoto, one of the four former Bapindo directors suspected of involvement in the Rp 1.3 trillion scandal at the government-owned bank.
Fri, 01 Jul 1994
Awards for jockey busters
Awards for jockey busters SEMARANG: Six Diponegoro University students are being awarded after helping the college bust a syndicate of jockeys, the term used to refer to people paid to take university entrance tests on behalf of applicants.
Fri, 01 Jul 1994
Latief blasted over policy on workers
Latief blasted over policy on workers JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Manpower Abdul Latief came under fire yesterday during a hearing with the House of Representatives for some of his restrictive policies governing the Indonesian manpower supply trade.
Fri, 01 Jul 1994
New banking regulation introduced
New banking regulation introduced JAKARTA (JP): Bank Indonesia, the central bank, yesterday enforced a new ruling on the uniform practice for documentary credits imposed on local trading activities as part of the government's effort to accelerate non-oil and gas exports.
Fri, 01 Jul 1994
PAM breaks agreement on water price hike: Council
PAM breaks agreement on water price hike: Council JAKARTA (JP): City councilors have called on the city-owned PAM Jaya water company to cancel the application of the new rate for water at public hydrants since what was announced by the company regarding a raise in water prices runs counter to the...
Fri, 01 Jul 1994
Govt told to delay merger of firms
Govt told to delay merger of firms JAKARTA (JP): A commission of the House of Representatives (DPR) wants the government to postpone a plan to merge three state-owned transportation companies until it takes necessary steps to improve their operations.
Fri, 01 Jul 1994
Govt pledges to end illegal export levies
Govt pledges to end illegal export levies JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Trade Satrio B. Joedono pledged yesterday to eliminate illegal levies and to simplify procedures which have increased costs for exports.
Fri, 01 Jul 1994
Teachers bear burden for teaching ideology
Teachers bear burden for teaching ideology JAKARTA (JP): President Soeharto yesterday reminded school teachers of their heavy responsibility in teaching the national ideology of Pancasila to their pupils.
Fri, 01 Jul 1994
Deregulation and small business
Deregulation and small business One of the important points contained in the government's June 27 economic package concerns measures to strengthen small businesses and cooperatives. Without intending to go into details on this matter, it is proper that we express our appreciation of the...
Fri, 01 Jul 1994
Commuters want more buses
Commuters want more buses Dozens of commuters working for government agencies and private firms in the city are complaining of having difficulties getting buses in the afternoon due to a lack of city buses plying the Tanah Abang-Bekasi route.
Fri, 01 Jul 1994
CSIS seminar to review Aussie-RI ties
CSIS seminar to review Aussie-RI ties JAKARTA (JP): The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) will host a seminar here beginning tomorrow to review the state of relations between Indonesia and Australia.
Fri, 01 Jul 1994
PWI, SPS hail government's press gesture
PWI, SPS hail government's press gesture JAKARTA (JP): The associations of journalists and publishers, PWI and SPS respectively, yesterday hailed the government's offer to issue new publishing licenses to journalists and employees of three magazines that were closed down last week.
Fri, 01 Jul 1994
TV Today
TV TodayTVRI 2:30 p.m World Cup 1994: Greece vs Nigeria (rerun) 4:30 Student Quiz 5:00 Regional News 5:30 Dunia Pustaka 6:05 Nusantara the beloved country: Aceh 6:15 Village Program 6:45 Sebaiknya Anda Tahu: processing of fish-based oil 7:00 Evening News 7:30 Dinamika 8:05 Music 9:00 World News...
Fri, 01 Jul 1994
Stock Exchange
Stock Exchange JAKARTA (JP): Share prices, which have been on downward trend for over one month, continued to decline on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (JSX) yesterday.The broad-based Composite Index closed 0.44 point lower at 457.29 yesterday from 457.73 on Wednesday.
Fri, 01 Jul 1994
China to help arrest Filipino kidnapper
China to help arrest Filipino kidnapper MANILA (Reuter): China has promised to help locate and deport a suspected Filipino-Chinese kidnap-gang leader believed to be hiding in Beijing, Philippine Vice-President Joseph Estrada said yesterday.
Fri, 01 Jul 1994
Irianese want to return home
Irianese want to return home JAYAPURA, Irian Jaya: Some 3,000 people from Irian Jaya who are now living in refugee camps across the border in Papua New Guinea have asked to be returned home, the Antara news agency reported yesterday.
Fri, 01 Jul 1994
Collective leadership for Muhammadiyah
Collective leadership for Muhammadiyah JAKARTA (JP): The Islamic organization Muhammadiyah has opted for collective leadership to fill the vacuum left when its chairman Ahmad Azhar Basyir died on Tuesday, the official Antara news agency reported.Muhammadiyah's secretary Dr.
Fri, 01 Jul 1994
City Council upsets Melawai traders
City Council upsets Melawai traders JAKARTA (JP): Around 300 small-scale traders of the Melawai marketplace in the Blok M terminal shopping center once again marched to the City Council yesterday to protest the Matahari Department Store's ongoing construction of two escalators for the building.
Fri, 01 Jul 1994
Indonesia, Malaysia to cooperate, take on western greens
Indonesia, Malaysia to cooperate, take on western greens KUALA LUMPUR (AFP): Indonesia and Malaysia, the two world's largest timber producers, pledged yesterday to cooperate closely to counter rising anti-tropical timber pressure in the West and fight for better prices overseas.
Fri, 01 Jul 1994
Moerdiono sings for billions
Moerdiono sings for billions SURABAYA: Minister/State Secretary Moerdiono displayed his singing talent on stage Wednesday night and raised Rp 2.7 billion ($1.3 million) in the process.The money will be donated to the victims of the killer tidal waves in East Java's Banyuwangi regency which left...
Fri, 01 Jul 1994
Gov't gives $420,000 for athletic support
Gov't gives $420,000 for athletic support JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesian National Sports Committee (KONI) received US$420,000 (Rp 950 million) in funds, yesterday, to finance team Indonesia's training for the upcoming Asian Games in Hirosima, Japan.
Fri, 01 Jul 1994
Small-scale credit
Small-scale creditFrom RepublikaI am a small-scale businessman and I know how difficult it is to obtain credit from either government banks or private banks. My application for credit has been repeatedly rejected for unimportant reasons, despite the possibility that my project could be promising.
Fri, 01 Jul 1994
RI-S'pore roaming deal
RI-S'pore roaming deal JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia and Singapore have signed an agreement on roaming pager service between the two countries which will promote business, tourism and telecommunications, an executive said here yesterday.
Fri, 01 Jul 1994
`Mastermind' in Marsinah's killing gets 17 years in jail
`Mastermind' in Marsinah's killing gets 17 years in jail JAKARTA (JP): The Surabaya District Court yesterday sentenced a businessman to 17 years in jail after finding him guilty of plotting to kill labor activist Marsinah last year.