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Sun, 25 Jun 1995
TV today
TV todayTVRI 7:00 a.m. Morning News 7:30 Healthy and Fresh with Berty Tilarso 7:40 Cartoon: Vicky The Viking 8:05 Culture Program 8:35 Children's Stories 9:00 People and Events 9:30 Comedy: Ria Jenaka 9:45 Music 10:45 Youth Program 11:15 Search For The World 11:45 Sports: Dari Gelanggang Ke...
Sun, 25 Jun 1995
Homestay Craze: Worth the Money?
Homestay Craze: Worth the Money? I am writing concerning the June 4 article titled The Homestay Craze: Worth the Money? in The Jakarta Post. On behalf of the Educational Advising Service of the American-Indonesian Exchange Foundation, I would like to set the record straight by stating the...
Sun, 25 Jun 1995
Battered body of Kuta waiting for 'Ngaben' to lure tourists
Battered body of Kuta waiting for 'Ngaben' to lure touristsBy Rob Goodfellow DENPASAR (JP): Some time between the early 1970s and the mid 1980s, the area around the Balinese seaside village of Kuta Beach, from Bemo Corner to the coconut groves of Legian, reached its zenith as a bottom of the market...
Sun, 25 Jun 1995
Benyamin Sueb helps preserve Betawi culture
Benyamin Sueb helps preserve Betawi cultureBy Rita A. Widiadana JAKARTA (JP): Benyamin Sueb, popularly known as Benyamin S., a rather ordinary seeming Betawi (indigenous Jakartan) man was catapulted into stardom with the humorous lyrics of a song titled Ondel-Ondel.
Sun, 25 Jun 1995
Dam project
Dam project As a person from Jatirogo, I was very pleased and proud upon learning that a dam would be built in Dingil village, Jatirogo subdistrict, Tuban regency, East Java.But, why isn't there any sign that the project will start?Local people are waiting for the realization of the project, which...
Sun, 25 Jun 1995
Diverse cultures, musical styles meet at Bamboo Music Festival
Diverse cultures, musical styles meet at Bamboo Music FestivalText by Dini S. Djalal Photos by Mulkan Salmona UBUD, Bali (JP): Musicians often say that music is something that is felt and difficult to quantify.
Sun, 25 Jun 1995
Indonesian gold exhibition now on in Paris
Indonesian gold exhibition now on in ParisBy Kunang Helmi-Picard PARIS (JP): A total of 71 artifacts belonging to the National Museum in Jakarta, mainly made of gold, are on display in Paris until the end of July.
Sun, 25 Jun 1995
Wimbledon court memories
Wimbledon court memoriesBy Russell Barlow JAKARTA (JP): I count myself lucky to be one of the few to fulfill every tennis player's dream to play on the Center Court at Wimbledon, the world's oldest and most revered tennis tournament.
Sun, 25 Jun 1995
Tracing Old Jakarta through photographs a thrilling experience
Tracing Old Jakarta through photographs a thrilling experienceBy Amir Sidharta JAKARTA (JP): The voyage of Lawrence Blair and his brother the late Lorne Blair around the Indonesian archipelago in the 1970s traced Alfred Russell Wallace's 19th Century journey, as recorded in the latter's Malay...
Sun, 25 Jun 1995
Female paranormal
Female paranormal I am interested in the story printed in your daily on June 11, page 8, about Retno Widati, a female paranormal specializing in sexual problems. But I don't know her address in Jakarta.I hope you could give her address to me.
Sun, 25 Jun 1995
Soeharto opens Bali art festival
Soeharto opens Bali art festival JAKARTA (JP): President Soeharto opened yesterday the 17th Balinese art festival in Denpasar, calling Indonesians to be careful in facing the negative impact of foreign culture.
Sun, 25 Jun 1995
Never underestimate the address books
Never underestimate the address booksBy Myra Sidharta JAKARTA (JP): A friend once asked me which book I would bring if I was exiled to a remote island and was allowed only one book. I couldn't decide which one to bring because I have so many favorite books, but my daughter was very quick with her...
Sun, 25 Jun 1995
Yayuk Basuki sets sights on Wimbledon quarterfinals
Yayuk Basuki sets sights on Wimbledon quarterfinalsBy Bruce Emond Jakarta (JP): Indonesia's Yayuk Basuki wants to take her career one step further at Wimbledon this year by becoming the first Asian woman to reach the quarterfinals of the world's most prestigious tournament.
Sun, 25 Jun 1995
Drawings cast new light on painter's career
Drawings cast new light on painter's careerBy Sarah Murray JAKARTA (JP): "The struggle of the Indonesian people to drive out the Dutch colonial government cannot be freed from the struggle and development of painting." So wrote noted artist and critic F.X.
Sun, 25 Jun 1995
For the hottest gossip, press one!
For the hottest gossip, press one! JAKARTA (JP): Answering machines, though a decade late, are taking Indonesia by storm! Now you have to get used to talking to the machines. Don't be surprised if you call a friend you haven't seen for ages and have to listen to this awkward voice: Hi, gorgeous,...
Sun, 25 Jun 1995
Humorous insight
Humorous insight Your By the Way column in the Sunday Post is one of the most entertaining I have read anywhere. I encourage you to collect the best of those pieces and to publish them in a book (if you can find the paper to print it on).
Sun, 25 Jun 1995
Tumen River project running into problems
Tumen River project running into problems Mark J. Valencia examines the potential of the only existing multilateral inter-governmental institution for economic cooperation in Northeast Asia. The United Nation's Development Program's much-touted Tumen River Area Development Project (TRADP) has run...
Sun, 25 Jun 1995
Where are the Betawi headed?
Where are the Betawi headed? Jakarta, which celebrated its 468th anniversary last week, is a melting pot of various ethnic groups from almost all parts of the country. Can the Betawi, its indigenous people, compete with the migrants who keep flowing in? Is it true that the Betawi natives have...
Sun, 25 Jun 1995
Development pushes Betawi to the outskirts
Development pushes Betawi to the outskirts JAKARTA (JP): If anyone has fallen victim to the current development drive, the Betawi people have. The more development projects go on in the nation's capital, the further they are pushed from the homes of their ancestors.
Sat, 24 Jun 1995
Tomen to expand plant
Tomen to expand plant TOKYO (AFP): Japanese trading house Tomen Corp. announced yesterday plans for its Indonesian styrene monomer venture to invest US$150 million on tripling production over the next two and a half years.
Sat, 24 Jun 1995
7 killed in road mishap
7 killed in road mishap CIREBON, West Java: Six passengers of a bus and a truck driver assistant have been killed, and five other people seriously injured, in a traffic accident in Indramayu, on Thursday.
Sat, 24 Jun 1995
Men burglarize boarding house
Men burglarize boarding house JAKARTA (JP): Two men burglarized four rooms in a boarding house in Pasar Minggu, South Jakarta on Wednesday, eyewitnesses said yesterday.The men ran away with jewelry, cash, wristwatches and vehicular ownership documents worth several million rupiah, the owner of the...
Sat, 24 Jun 1995
S. Kalimantan inches closer to diving title
S. Kalimantan inches closer to diving title JAKARTA (JP): Husaini Noor and Dwi Mariastuti joined forces to assure South Kalimantan of the overall title in the national diving championships yesterday.With just four events remaining in the final day today, South Kalimantan took an assailable lead in...
Sat, 24 Jun 1995
Ulemas asked to help improve haj management
Ulemas asked to help improve haj management JAKARTA (JP): President Soeharto has asked ulemas and members of Moslem organizations to help the government improve the haj pilgrimage operation next year by providing suggestions and criticisms.
Sat, 24 Jun 1995
Jakartans' life expectancy rises to 69.6 years
Jakartans' life expectancy rises to 69.6 years JAKARTA (JP): The life expectancy for residents of Jakarta has reached 69.6 years, the longest in the whole of Indonesia, but the number of cases of cancer and mental illness is rising, Governor Surjadi Soedirdja said yesterday.
Sat, 24 Jun 1995
Cost of ID cards
Cost of ID cardsFrom Bisnis IndonesiaI learned recently that the new price for an identity card has been fixed at Rp 3000. My question is: How can villagers pay such a high price for an identity card?For the residents of Jakarta and other large cities such an amount of money would not be a problem.
Sat, 24 Jun 1995
Bahasa must coexist with other languages
Bahasa must coexist with other languages JAKARTA (JP): The national language, Bahasa Indonesia, must grow peacefully alongside other languages, a noted linguist said yesterday amidst concerns with the intrusion of foreign languages and the slow disappearance of some local dialects.
Sat, 24 Jun 1995
'Social Clause' refusal unreasonable
'Social Clause' refusal unreasonableBy Teten Masduki JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesian government refused to discuss the so called Social Clause in the International Labor Conference in Geneva recently.The clause refers to a scheme to incorporate minimum labor standards into international trade...
Sat, 24 Jun 1995
Not Woolcott, but Ali Alatas
Not Woolcott, but Ali Alatas I refer to the caption under the photograph featuring Mr Richard Woolcott, Chairman of the Australia-Indonesia Institute, on page 2 of The Jakarta Post of June 22, 1995.It was incorrect to say, as the caption did, that the book In Love with A Nation -- Molly Bondan and...
Sat, 24 Jun 1995
Aneka Tambang records 115% rise in net profit
Aneka Tambang records 115% rise in net profit JAKARTA (JP): The state-owned general mining company PT Aneka Tambang recorded a 115.3 percent increase in its net profit to Rp 21.5 billion (US$9.5 million) last year from Rp 10 billion in 1993.
Sat, 24 Jun 1995
Cheppy to struggle against the odds
Cheppy to struggle against the odds JAKARTA (JP): Indonesian contender Cheppy "Macho" Holman fights Orient and Pacific Boxing Federation Junior Lightweight Champion Choi Yong-soo of South Korea today.Choi is sporting a bruised eye and Cheppy smells blood.
Sat, 24 Jun 1995
No error in handling Kotagede boy: Police
No error in handling Kotagede boy: Police JAKARTA (JP): Police yesterday said there had been no procedural errors in their handling of a nine-year-old boy whom they held for 52 days, including one week in an adult prison in Yogyakarta, in connection with a petty theft.Maj. Gen.
Sat, 24 Jun 1995
Criticize govt, not president, says Soemitro
Criticize govt, not president, says Soemitro JAKARTA (JP): Though fully supporting the people's right to criticize the government, Gen. (ret.) Soemitro yesterday stressed that such criticism should not be of a personal nature which would undermine the president's charisma.
Sat, 24 Jun 1995
Chicken snatcher mobbed to death
Chicken snatcher mobbed to death BOGOR, West Java: Rojali Ma'ruf, a resident of Waru Udik village, Parung, was beaten to death on Thursday night by a mob of villagers after he was caught red-handed stealing a chicken.
Sat, 24 Jun 1995
'Political will' needed for RP-Moro peace talks
'Political will' needed for RP-Moro peace talks MANILA (AFP): Peace talks between the Philippines and Moslem guerrillas in the south are making substantial headway but "political will" would be required for any political settlement to work, an Indonesian government observer said yesterday.
Sat, 24 Jun 1995
Kidnappers free Filipino boy
Kidnappers free Filipino boy ZAMBOANGA, Philippines (Reuter): Suspected Moslem fundamentalists have freed a 10-year-old Chinese-Filipino boy after more than four months of captivity in the southern Philippines, relatives of the boy said yesterday.
Sat, 24 Jun 1995
Local firm wins award
Local firm wins award JAKARTA (JP): Kota Legenda built by PT Putra Alvita Pratama has won the best planning award in the 1995 Gold Nugget Award at a recent Pacific Coast Builders Conference in San Francisco"Kota Legenda is designed as an integrated town, where protection of the environment is a...
Sat, 24 Jun 1995
House members concerned over low rice prices
House members concerned over low rice prices JAKARTA (JP): House of Representatives members voiced their concern yesterday with the low prices that the National Logistics Agency (Bulog) pays to farmers for their rice.Mrs.
Sat, 24 Jun 1995
Listed firms told to reveal failures in revenue targets
Listed firms told to reveal failures in revenue targets JAKARTA (JP): Chairman of the Capital Market Supervisory Agency (Bapepam) Bacelius Ruru has urged newly-listed companies to publicly disclose their failures to achieve earning projections.
Sat, 24 Jun 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, 24 Jun 1995
S. Koreans to race in Medan Rally
S. Koreans to race in Medan Rally JAKARTA (JP): Undaunted by all the big names in the Bank Utama Indonesia Rally '95, two South Korean drivers will try their luck in Medan, North Sumatra.Driving a relatively unknown Daewoo Nexia, South Korean leading driver Oh Young-man and navigator Bae Soo-oh...
Sat, 24 Jun 1995
The newsprint crisis
The newsprint crisis The price of newsprint in this country will increase again next month by around 36 percent, following a series of increases over the past year, ranging from around 4 percent to the 29 percent raise imposed just two months ago.
Sat, 24 Jun 1995
Correction:
Correction:The rank of Munawardin, a staffer at the Police Headquarters' forensic laboratory, is First Lieutenant, not First Sergeant as printed in yesterday's caption. -- Editor
Sat, 24 Jun 1995
Three tourists die in Bali
Three tourists die in Bali DENPASAR, Bali: Three foreign tourists died here, on separate occasions, three days in a row this week.Dr. Made Maker, head of the Denpasar Hospital morgue, said Kinosita Ayoko, a 79-year-old Japanese tourist, was found dead in the bathroom of a hotel in Nusa Dua.
Sat, 24 Jun 1995
Ometraco to issue rights shares
Ometraco to issue rights shares JAKARTA (JP): PT Ometraco Corporation, a diversified holding company listed on the Jakarta Stock Exchange, will issue 100 million rights shares at Rp 1,475 (approximately 67.04 U.S. cents) each, as well as 37.5 million warrants, later this month.
Sat, 24 Jun 1995
Lake Toba festival to promote tourism
Lake Toba festival to promote tourism PARAPAT, North Sumatra: The Lake Toba Festival is expected not only to attract tourists, but also to encourage the local Batak people to preserve their culture and tradition.
Sat, 24 Jun 1995
Scholars give thumbs down on 1997 elections
Scholars give thumbs down on 1997 elections YOGYAKARTA (JP): Two political analysts have poured cold water on rising expectations that the 1997 general election will usher in a new era of democracy in Indonesia.
Sat, 24 Jun 1995
Lazy village heads fined
Lazy village heads fined BOJONEGORO, East Java (JP): The regency administration will impose fines on truant village heads.Regent Imam Supardi said here yesterday one day of absence will cost a village head between Rp 1,000 (US$ 45 cents) to Rp 2,000, Antara reported.
Sat, 24 Jun 1995
One year sought for ex-officer
One year sought for ex-officer JAKARTA (JP): A prosecutor at the South Jakarta district court is seeking a one year sentence for a retired army colonel being tried on charges of possessing firearms without a permit.The 64-year-old Lt. Col. (ret.
Sat, 24 Jun 1995
Handicapped want rights, not pity
Handicapped want rights, not pity JAKARTA (JP): Physically handicapped people need empowerment from society and government, not excessive pity or protection, according to one of their leaders.Otje Soedioto, the secretary general of the Indonesian Association of the Disabled, acknowledged the noble...