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Tue, 04 Jul 1995
Jakarta is as exciting
Jakarta is as exciting My Jakarta is as exciting as I want to make it, even with those un-laundered flags, the mobile telephone exhibitionists, the sometimes bad, ugly, wicked cab-drivers, the unpredictable rains and the macet (traffic jams).
Tue, 04 Jul 1995
American seeks long lost mother
American seeks long lost mother JAKARTA (JP): An American is currently seeking the whereabouts of his long lost mother, identified as Dasinie Rosier, whom he believes is still alive and living in Indonesia.
Mon, 03 Jul 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.
Mon, 03 Jul 1995
Indonesia needs new concepts on foreign policy
Indonesia needs new concepts on foreign policy JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia must formulate new concepts in managing its foreign policy to enable the country face the growing challenges and trends in world politics and sustain an active role world diplomacy, leading scholar Juwono Sudarsono said on...
Mon, 03 Jul 1995
Infrastructure discussed
Infrastructure discussed JAKARTA (JP): A seminar on infrastructure innovation, jointly organized by the Indonesian and French governments, will present managers of major French construction companies and principal contractors and their Indonesian counterparts.
Mon, 03 Jul 1995
Mantiri appointment may still face opposition: Evans
Mantiri appointment may still face opposition: Evans JAKARTA (JP): Australian foreign minister Gareth Evans said on Saturday that he remained doubtful whether a recent comment made by Lt. Gen. (ret.) H.B.L.
Mon, 03 Jul 1995
Tourism to become third biggest foreign exchange earner by 2000
Tourism to become third biggest foreign exchange earner by 2000 JAKARTA (JP): A survey predicts that by the end of the century, the tourism industry will become the third biggest non- oil foreign exchange earner after textile products and wood, reaping US$8.9 billion a year from 6.
Mon, 03 Jul 1995
Garuda resumes flights
Garuda resumes flights PALEMBANG, South Sumatra: The chairman of Garuda Indonesian Airways, Soepandi, said over the weekend that the national flag carrier will resume the shuttle flight from Jakarta to Palembang in South Sumatra, to Padang in West Sumatra, and to Banjarmasin in South Kalimantan,...
Mon, 03 Jul 1995
Educators urge equal access to good education
Educators urge equal access to good education JAKARTA (JP): The government's "education for all" program, while successful, is no longer sufficient, education experts say.They are now pushing for "quality education for all".
Mon, 03 Jul 1995
Javanese opera opens at TIM
Javanese opera opens at TIM JAKARTA (JP): Thirty groups of wayang orang, or traditional Javanese opera, are taking part in the fourth national festival that opened at the Taman Ismail Marzuki on Friday night.
Mon, 03 Jul 1995
National prosperity lies on human resources: Soeharto
National prosperity lies on human resources: Soeharto JAKARTA (JP): The key to Indonesia's prosperity lies in its ability to develop strong and skilled human resources, President Soeharto said on Saturday.
Mon, 03 Jul 1995
RI businessman buys 5.11% stake of Amcol
RI businessman buys 5.11% stake of Amcol JAKARTA (JP): Prominent Indonesian businessman Henry Pribadi has acquired a 5.11 percent stake in property and trading group Amcol Holdings for US$59.42 million.
Mon, 03 Jul 1995
Subway
Subway The article Environment and Mass Transit Interlink (The Jakarta Post, June 17, 1995) prompts me to write this. Since Jakarta will build a subway, allow me please, to share with your readers my experience in a large city which built a subway.
Mon, 03 Jul 1995
HP DeskJet 1200C still a champ despite age
HP DeskJet 1200C still a champ despite ageBy Zatni Arbi JAKARTA (JP): Once in awhile we encounter products that remain the champions longer than anticipated. In the old XT days, for example, there was this Leading Edge Model D that was surely one of them.
Mon, 03 Jul 1995
Weekly Stock Exchange Review
Weekly Stock Exchange Review JAKARTA (JP): Mixed market sentiment kept shares on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (JSX) within its narrow path, with the Composite Index ending last week at 492.28 points, a marginal 0.62-point (0.13 percent) increase from 491.66 in the previous week.
Mon, 03 Jul 1995
Syafii denies internal rifts, intervention
Syafii denies internal rifts, intervention BANDA ACEH, Aceh (JP): As thousands of Moslems began streaming into the spruced up town to attend Thursday's opening of the Muhammadiyah congress, leading members of the organization heatedly denied reports of internal rifts and outside intervention in the...
Mon, 03 Jul 1995
Erratic builders face dismissal
Erratic builders face dismissal JAKARTA (JP): The Jakarta chapter of the Indonesian Builders Association (Gapensi) has threatened to dismiss members who produce substandard work."We mean to offer quality service to boost our image in the public.
Mon, 03 Jul 1995
Why this interrogation?
Why this interrogation?From RepublikaIf the report published in Republika (June 14, 1995) about the police interrogation of Prof. Dr. Robert Hefner is true, it is indeed a shameful and deplorable action. According to the report the professor was interrogated for about six and a half hours.
Mon, 03 Jul 1995
See boxing at Jakarta Fair
See boxing at Jakarta Fair JAKARTA (JP): To woo visitors, the ongoing month-long Jakarta Fair at Kemayoran, Central Jakarta, has organized a two-week boxing tournament which opened yesterday.R.G. Harahap, the chairman of the organizing committee, said Saturday all boxing clubs in Jakarta, Bogor,...
Mon, 03 Jul 1995
Apkindo to help govt in marketing
Apkindo to help govt in marketing JAKARTA (JP): The Association of Wood Panel Producers (Apkindo) said Saturday that it is ready to cooperate with the government in evaluating the widely-criticized plywood marketing system.Apkindo's executive chairman, A.
Mon, 03 Jul 1995
Lampung to host kite festival
Lampung to host kite festival BANDAR LAMPUNG, Lampung: At least 250 participants from 13 countries will participate in the four-day Lampung Kite Festival which starts today."Participants from the United States, Australia, France, the Philippines, Singapore, Japan, the Netherlands, Italy, Austria,...
Mon, 03 Jul 1995
Rival church groups clash, 5 injured
Rival church groups clash, 5 injured JAKARTA (JP): At least five people were injured in a clash involving two rival camps of the rift-ridden Sumatra-based Toba Batak Christian Church (HKBP) on Saturday, church and police sources report.
Mon, 03 Jul 1995
Development contests proposed
Development contests proposed JAKARTA (JP): A senior official proposed yesterday that the city administration sponsor regular contests at the subdistrict level to encourage people's participation in development activities.
Mon, 03 Jul 1995
Residents protest delinquent chief
Residents protest delinquent chief BANDAR LAMPUNG, Lampung: Dozens of villagers from Tri Karya Mulya in North Lampung have lodged a protest with Governor Poedjono Pranyoto over their chief's lawbreaking.
Mon, 03 Jul 1995
Language needs new words to survive
Language needs new words to surviveBy John Philips This is the first of two articles on the recent raid on foreign names in Jakarta. YOGYAKARTA (JP): Malaysia says "go for it". Bonny Prince Charles says only the English know how (the Americans are corrupting and should be "avoided" at all costs).
Mon, 03 Jul 1995
TV today
TV todayTVRI 2:35 p.m. TV Series: Voltron 3:05 Entertainment 3:30 TV Series: The Crystal Maze 4:30 Quiz Cepat Tepat 5:00 Regional News 5:30 Technology program 6:05 Nusantara, the Beloved Country 6:15 Village Program 6:30 Religious Teachings: Hindu 7:00 Evening News 7:30 TV Drama 8:05 TV Series:...
Mon, 03 Jul 1995
The Mantiri argument
The Mantiri argument Possible political consequences aside, the latest spat between Jakarta and Canberra concerning the nomination of Lt. Gen. Herman Mantiri is sure to raise a number of interesting questions among observers.
Mon, 03 Jul 1995
Silver ingot freed from VAT
Silver ingot freed from VAT JAKARTA (JP): The government has exempted the 10 percent Value Added Tax (VAT) on imports and domestic sales of polio vaccine, silver granule and silver ingot to support the anti-polio campaign and home industries.The tax exemption is stipulated in Presidential Decree No.
Mon, 03 Jul 1995
USA to participate in national march
USA to participate in national march WASHINGTON (JP): A group of 27 young Americans will depart for Jakarta from Los Angeles today (Monday) to take part in the National Youth March, known in Indonesia as the Kirab Remaja Nasional.
Mon, 03 Jul 1995
Kraton festival begins in Surakarta
Kraton festival begins in Surakarta JAKARTA (JP): Coordinating Minister for Industry and Trade Hartarto opened the Nusantara Kraton Festival in the Central Javanese city of Surakarta over the weekend, saying that the tourist industry had become an important economic factor in Indonesia.
Mon, 03 Jul 1995
Surabaya to host craft council meet
Surabaya to host craft council meet SURABAYA: Surabaya will host the 19th congress of the World Craft Council's Asia Pacific chapter in October, a provincial official said.Soedirman, the head of economic affairs of the provincial government, said 30 institutions from 27 Asia Pacific countries would...
Mon, 03 Jul 1995
Govt blamed for uncertainty in textile industry
Govt blamed for uncertainty in textile industry JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesian Federation of Batik Cooperatives says the current uncertainty in the textile industry is partly a result of a lack of support for the industry from the government.
Mon, 03 Jul 1995
Friends launch biography of late Chairul Saleh
Friends launch biography of late Chairul Saleh JAKARTA (JP): Friends and "adversaries" of the late Chairul Saleh launched a biography on Saturday intended to set the record straight about one of Indonesia's most controversial political figures in the 1950s and 1960s.
Mon, 03 Jul 1995
Muhammadiyah to elect chairmanship candidates
Muhammadiyah to elect chairmanship candidatesBy Santi WE Sukanto and Wisnu Pramudya BANDA ACEH, Aceh (JP): About 100 leading members of the Moslem organization Muhammadiyah will begin today the preliminary process of electing the group's chairman by short-listing 39 of the 95 registered candidates.
Mon, 03 Jul 1995
Panin Bank debt collectors to face trial
Panin Bank debt collectors to face trial JAKARTA (JP): The case of two debt collectors suspected of involvement in the recent kidnaping and beating of a businessman will be brought to court soon, police sources said Saturday.
Mon, 03 Jul 1995
Detaining boy a mistake
Detaining boy a mistake Regarding the news about a nine-year-old boy imprisoned for 52 days (The Jakarta Post June 22, 1995) I would like to make some comments.I am very concerned with the boy's condition and I deplore the police official's pretext.
Mon, 03 Jul 1995
City military chief advises students to shun protests
City military chief advises students to shun protests JAKARTA (JP): City Military chief Maj. Gen. Wiranto advised Jakarta students on Saturday to stay away from politics so that they can better serve public interest with innovative, concrete work.
Mon, 03 Jul 1995
Enhancing police efficacy
Enhancing police efficacy Almost all kinds of disorderly and indisciplinary conduct is blamed on failings on the part of the police. Actually, as the American police expert Walter Hartinger says, there is no correlation between the occurrence of disorder in the community and police shortcomings.
Mon, 03 Jul 1995
Singing contest for disabled
Singing contest for disabled SURABAYA: Fifty-four disabled children from 26 provinces competed in the singing festival at the National Olympics for the Disabled, Abilympics 1995, which was held here over the weekend.
Mon, 03 Jul 1995
Jakarta glitters with light campaign
Jakarta glitters with light campaign JAKARTA (JP): Jakarta at night. Colorful lights decorate skyscrapers and strategic places to make Jakarta "alive" 24 hours a day.That is what the city government officials are dying to see, at least over the coming few months when Jakartans celebrate the city's...
Mon, 03 Jul 1995
Stock Exchange
Stock Exchange As of June 30, 1995 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Market Cap. PER P/BV Company Name Price Previous Change Volume Value 1995F FY94 week (Rp) (Rp) (+/-Rp) (shares) (Rp) (Rpbn) (x) (x)...
Mon, 03 Jul 1995
Vanuatu PM here for 3-day visit
Vanuatu PM here for 3-day visit JAKARTA (JP): Vanuatu Prime Minister Maxime Carlot Korman arrived here last night for a three-day visit at the invitation of President Soeharto.Korman was welcomed at Soekarno-Hatta international airport by Foreign Minister Ali Alatas who accompanied him to the...
Mon, 03 Jul 1995
Toll road fare to increase?
Toll road fare to increase?From NeracaI am very concerned with the government's plan to increase the toll fares. I don't really know what is behind the plan. Toll road users argue that "business" is the only reason why they are raising toll road fares.
Sun, 02 Jul 1995
How to spend time while visiting Singapore
How to spend time while visiting SingaporeBy Johannes Simbolon SINGAPORE (JP): A journalist who visited Singapore recently said that what amazed her most was the fact that the country has not only managed to discipline its people, but also its animals.
Sun, 02 Jul 1995
Fourth time lucky for Yayuk at Wimbledon?
Fourth time lucky for Yayuk at Wimbledon?By Russel Barlow JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia's Yayuk Basuki will make her fourth attempt tomorrow to serve up a little piece of history for herself at Wimbledon, the oldest and most revered tennis tournament in the world.
Sun, 02 Jul 1995
The road to Medan will vex the best
The road to Medan will vex the best JAKARTA (JP): The battle for the top honor in the Rally of Indonesia '95 is reaching its peak as world class drivers fully backed-up by their giant car producers re-affirmed their confidence in making the event their victory.
Sun, 02 Jul 1995
Having a bad-cab-day in Jakarta
Having a bad-cab-day in Jakarta JAKARTA (JP): It's Wednesday morning and your coworker storms into the office, flings down her bag and heads straight for the coffee machine. She gulps the scalding coffee, composes herself somewhat and snarls, "You won't believe what happened to me on the way to...
Sun, 02 Jul 1995
Responses to crises: Jakarta and the Balkans
Responses to crises: Jakarta and the BalkansBy Suryono Darusman Suryono Darusman looks at President Soeharto's recent proposal to bring peace to the Balkans. On his flight back from a recent trip to Europe, Indonesia's President Soeharto put forward proposals for a peaceful settlement of the...
Sun, 02 Jul 1995
Another story about bamboo
Another story about bamboo The Jakarta Post has run several interesting articles recently on the uses of bamboo. I would like to recount a story I read (author unknown), which the readers might find interesting.Once upon a time in the heart of the Eastern Kingdom lay a beautiful garden.
Sun, 02 Jul 1995
Feisal demands more from police force
Feisal demands more from police force JAKARTA (JP): The National Police force marked its 49th anniversary with an impressive show of force yesterday, but Armed Forces Chief Gen. Feisal Tanjung demanded more from them in terms of professionalism and in providing public services.