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Wed, 01 Jun 1994
Tin firm's industrial estate
Tin firm's industrial estate JAKARTA (JP): The state-owned tin mining company PT Tambang Timah, in cooperation with PT Bakrie Investindo, will establish an industrial estate in Belinyu on Bangka Island, South Sumatra, next year with an investment of US$10 million.
Wed, 01 Jun 1994
First private int'l telecom company to start up soon
First private int'l telecom company to start up soon JAKARTA (JP): Telephone subscribers will soon have a choice when choosing international telecommunication services because state-owned PT Indosat will soon get a new competitor.
Wed, 01 Jun 1994
No objections to more intellectual groups, ABRI says
No objections to more intellectual groups, ABRI says JAKARTA (JP): The Armed Forces (ABRI) said yesterday it has no objection to the creation of new intellectual organizations as long as they fall in line with national objectives.
Wed, 01 Jun 1994
Manila goes ahead with Timor conference
Manila goes ahead with Timor conference JAKARTA (JP): The conference on East Timor being held in Manila, the subject of heated dispute both here and in the Philippine capital, went ahead as planned yesterday after the Supreme Court overruled a lower court order for a temporary postponement.
Wed, 01 Jun 1994
Top investment priorities focus on garment and wood
Top investment priorities focus on garment and wood JAKARTA (JP): The implementation of the new General Agreement on tariffs and Trade (GATT) will help increase the competitiveness of Indonesia's wood and textile products, leather goods, electronics, and machinery on the world market, a minister...
Wed, 01 Jun 1994
RI set to sever trade-labor link
RI set to sever trade-labor link JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia plans to fight all out at the upcoming annual conference of the International Labor Organization (ILO) to stymie attempts by industrialized countries to link trade with labor conditions.
Wed, 01 Jun 1994
Mitsubishi, Bakrie sign deal
Mitsubishi, Bakrie sign deal JAKARTA (JP): Mitsubishi Motors Corporation (MMC) of Japan yesterday agreed to provide technical assistance to PT Bakrie Tosanjaya, a foundry company affiliated with the widely- diversified Bakrie Group.
Wed, 01 Jun 1994
Indonesia facing difficult challenges
Indonesia facing difficult challengesBy Juwono Sudarsono The following is an excerpt of a paper presented at the Asia- Pacific Forum meeting on May 20. JAKARTA: Indonesia's second long-term development (1994-2019) promises to be far more challenging than the first (1969-1994) 25-year stage.
Wed, 01 Jun 1994
Prices of power plants in Indonesia much higher: Team
Prices of power plants in Indonesia much higher: Team JAKARTA (JP): A special fact-finding team of the Ministry of Mines and Energy concluded after a one-week comparative study of power plants in Malaysia and Thailand that the prices offered by the foreign contractors for three steam and gas power...
Wed, 01 Jun 1994
Female circumcision retained here for cultural identity
Female circumcision retained here for cultural identityBy Ati Nurbaiti JAKARTA (JP): A bank employee just gave birth earlier this month to her third child, a girl, at the elite Pondok Indah Hospital in South Jakarta.
Wed, 01 Jun 1994
Armed Forces chief endorses planned ulemas meeting
Armed Forces chief endorses planned ulemas meeting JAKARTA (JP): Armed Forces (ABRI) Chief Gen. Feisal Tanjung has endorsed a planned meeting of ulemas who are locked in a power struggle within the Moslem-based United Development Party (PPP).The military's support was announced by Lt. Gen.
Wed, 01 Jun 1994
Home jumpers lead after second day of Kopassus Open
Home jumpers lead after second day of Kopassus Open JAKARTA (JP): Indonesian chutists, overcoming rain and fog, ruled the sky in both the men's and women's team accuracy events after the second day of competition in the Kopassus Open International 1994 skydiving championships on Monday.
Wed, 01 Jun 1994
Bank teller hypnotized
Bank teller hypnotized KEBUMEN, Central Java: Two men who claim to be Turkish citizens have been arrested for duping a bank teller into handing over some Rp 520,000.Idawati, a teller at the local branch of government-owned BRI, said something caused her to become hypnotized when one of the two men...
Wed, 01 Jun 1994
Labor code sparks debate in Vietnam
Labor code sparks debate in VietnamBy Philippe Agret HANOI (AFP): The adoption of Vietnam's first labor code has provoked intense debates in the country's national assembly, convened to address an absence of social legislation and low economic development.
Wed, 01 Jun 1994
KL denies CNN's report on Bosnia
KL denies CNN's report on Bosnia KUALA LUMPUR (AFP): Malaysia denied yesterday that it was planning to defy a UN embargo and supply weapons to Bosnia in a bid to save Moslems in the rump Yugoslav state from Serb aggression.
Wed, 01 Jun 1994
Japan aids Solo theater group
Japan aids Solo theater group JAKARTA (JP): The Sriwedari Wayang Orang (wayang dancers) Theater in Surakarta (Solo), Central Java, yesterday received 45 million yen (US$418,600) in cultural grant aid from Japan.
Wed, 01 Jun 1994
PDFCI pays dividend of Rp 100 per share
PDFCI pays dividend of Rp 100 per share JAKARTA (JP): Bank PDFCI will give its shareholders a dividend of Rp 100 (4.6 US cents) per share out of its 1993 profits.The president of the bank, Bistok Hutasoit, told reporters after an annual meeting of the bank's shareholders here yesterday that the...
Wed, 01 Jun 1994
Mass media asked to join anti-smoking drive
Mass media asked to join anti-smoking drive JAKARTA (JP): Anti-smoking lobbyists in Indonesia are urging the local mass media and organizers of sports competitions, beneficiaries of huge sponsorship and advertising spending by cigarette manufacturers, to join in their endeavor.
Wed, 01 Jun 1994
Music performance planned at Hilton
Music performance planned at Hilton The Nusantara Chamber Orchestra will hold a one night performance at the Golden Ballroom of Jakarta Hilton International on Monday.The one-night performance will feature famous works from noted world musicians, such as R Schumann, A Borodin and L V Beethoven.
Wed, 01 Jun 1994
Vietnam needs vision to build peaceful and affluent society
Vietnam needs vision to build peaceful and affluent societyBy Asvi Warman Adam JAKARTA (JP): For Vietnam's leaders, these days are full of worries. Indeed, the times of war have long past, but strangely enough it is during this peacetime that they are facing an extremely difficult decision to make.
Wed, 01 Jun 1994
Free condoms for prostitutes
Free condoms for prostitutes SAMARINDA, East Kalimantan: The city's health office has distributed more than 15,000 condoms to workers in a local red light district in its drive to prevent the spread of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).
Wed, 01 Jun 1994
Taiwan may ban helpers from RP
Taiwan may ban helpers from RP TAIPEI (AFP): Taiwan yesterday said it may impose a ban on Filipino domestic helpers if the Philippines does not back down on new employment requirements making Taiwanese employers declare their financial conditions.
Tue, 31 May 1994
RI rowers training in Hungary
RI rowers training in Hungary JAKARTA (JP): A nine-member Indonesian canoeing and kayak team left yesterday for a four-week training stint in Budapest, Hungary as part of their preparations for the upcoming Asian Games in Hirosima, Japan in October.
Tue, 31 May 1994
Toray to produce resin for plastic bottles
Toray to produce resin for plastic bottles JAKARTA (JP): PT Indonesia Toray Synthetics announced yesterday the establishment of a joint venture company which will build Indonesia's first polyethylene terephtalic (PET) resin for plastic bottles in Tangerang, West Java.
Tue, 31 May 1994
Headshot - 14 pts Century Bold l/c
Headshot - 14 pts Century Bold l/cCorrection: The headshot printed along with the profile of Russia's World Cup team in the Monday, May 30 edition of The Jakarta Post was incorrectly identified as Victor Onopko of Russia. The photo was of Moroccan star Mustapha Hadji. We regret the error. -- Editor
Tue, 31 May 1994
GATT benefits Indonesian sugar producers
GATT benefits Indonesian sugar producers JAKARTA (JP): The recently signed General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), which will force European countries to end protectionist policies for their sugar industries, will benefit Indonesian sugar producers, a plantation executive said.
Tue, 31 May 1994
Land agency to help banks recover bad loans
Land agency to help banks recover bad loans JAKARTA (JP): State Minister for Agrarian Affairs Soni Harsono pledged here yesterday that he would help commercial banks recover non-performing loans in which land was used as collateral.
Tue, 31 May 1994
Broadening tax base demands clean govt
Broadening tax base demands clean govt JAKARTA (JP): Tax Director General Fuad Bawazier said yesterday that the broader the tax base in the country is, the stronger the demand for clean government will be.
Tue, 31 May 1994
Vocal scholar resigns in protest
Vocal scholar resigns in protest SALATIGA, Central Java (JP): Scholar Arief Budiman, known for his outspokenness, announced his intention to resign from the Satyawacana Christian University in Salatiga, Central Java, in protest at the recent nomination of the rector.
Tue, 31 May 1994
PPP gears up for chairmanship election
PPP gears up for chairmanship election JAKARTA (JP): Top leaders of the United Development Party (PPP) yesterday sought to play down the race for the chairmanship that will be decided at its upcoming congress in August.
Tue, 31 May 1994
Concern over banks
Concern over banks There was indeed a strong reason for President Soeharto to personally address this year's national conference of the Association of Private Banks (Perbanas) that convened last week. The banking industry is currently tied up in one of its toughest consolidation tasks ever to...
Tue, 31 May 1994
Again, Mina tragedy
Again, Mina tragedy The worst tragedy of any haj pilgrim occurred in 1990. More than 1,400 people were killed, including 632 Indonesians, in the pedestrian tunnel al-Muaisim, Mina, Saudi Arabia.A few days ago, a similar tragedy occurred in the same area and claimed 252 lives -- six of them being...
Tue, 31 May 1994
Real measures badly needed to uphold law (2)
Real measures badly needed to uphold law (2) ________________________________________________________________This is the second of two articles examining various aspects of law implementation in Indonesia.
Tue, 31 May 1994
Maman's trial exposes weaknesses in Bapindo's control
Maman's trial exposes weaknesses in Bapindo's control JAKARTA (JP): According to court testimony given yesterday, Maman Suparman handled the credits for businessman Eddy Tansil almost single handedly when he was deputy manager of the Jakarta branch of Bapindo, acting with little effective control...
Tue, 31 May 1994
Australia's Keating to open business forum here
Australia's Keating to open business forum here JAKARTA (JP): Australian Prime Minister Paul Keating, accompanied by 10 federal ministers and a number of state ministers, will visit here next month to open a business forum aimed at promoting bilateral trade.
Tue, 31 May 1994
Focus on Jakarta
Focus on Jakarta Police seize 5,653 prescription pills Police on Saturday confiscated a total of 5,653 pills, including various prescription drugs, at a number of illegal drug stalls in the city."However, none of the sellers were captured as they fled when our team arrived," Capt. Syaiful Bd.
Tue, 31 May 1994
The Listening Post
The Listening Post "Drive South" says Suzy Bogguss; this country tune spices up "The Listening Post" at 9:15 this morning on Radio Sonora FM 100.9.You should also have last Friday's edition of The Jakarta Post in front of you when you tune in: it's your textbook for "The Listening Post.
Tue, 31 May 1994
300 striking workers demand a better working environment
300 striking workers demand a better working environment JAKARTA (JP): Around 300 workers from a textile factory in the Pulo Gadung industrial area, East Jakarta, picketed the Ministry of Manpower yesterday to bring attention to what they call bad conditions and compensation at their place of work.
Tue, 31 May 1994
Friends dedicate book to ousted HKBP bishop
Friends dedicate book to ousted HKBP bishop JAKARTA (JP): Bishop S.A.E. Nababan, who heads one of the rival camps in the strife-torn Toba Batak Protestant Church (HKBP), had something to cheer about on his 60th birthday yesterday.
Tue, 31 May 1994
RI finds it difficult to get funds for power projects
RI finds it difficult to get funds for power projects JAKARTA (JP): Business uncertainty and long investment recovery time make it difficult for Indonesia to obtain funds to finance privately sponsored power projects, an expert said.
Tue, 31 May 1994
Indonesia has 113 million hectares of forest
Indonesia has 113 million hectares of forest JAKARTA (JP): The latest satellite photographs show that Indonesia currently has 113 million hectares of forest, including 81 million hectares of productive forest holding 2.4 billion cubic meters of timber, a minister says.
Tue, 31 May 1994
Milan here for friendly matches
Milan here for friendly matches JAKARTA (JP): Local soccer fans will find their long-time dreams of having a close encounter with AC Milan come true as the Italian giants arrive here this afternoon for two friendly matches in Indonesia.
Tue, 31 May 1994
RI to send army medics and engineers to Bosnia and Somalia
RI to send army medics and engineers to Bosnia and Somalia JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia will send a detachment of army medics to Bosnia-Herzegovina and another detachment of army engineers to Somalia, the government announced yesterday.
Tue, 31 May 1994
Across the Archipelago
Across the ArchipelagoQuake kills three in Irian JAYAPURA, Irian Jaya: Three people were killed by Wednesday's powerful earthquake in Apouwo village in Paniai regency, the Antara news agency said.This is the first report of casualties from the quake, which measured 5.8 on the Richter scale.
Tue, 31 May 1994
Pipeline starts transporting fuel from Cirebon to Jakarta
Pipeline starts transporting fuel from Cirebon to Jakarta CIREBON, West Java (JP): PT Trihasra Bimanusa Tunggal, a company controlled by President Soeharto's eldest daughter, Siti Hardiyanti Rukmana, yesterday started operating a 221-kilometer fuel-pipeline from a refinery here to a depot in...
Tue, 31 May 1994
Debates on Pancasila Day resumed
Debates on Pancasila Day resumed JAKARTA (JP): Debates on the birth of the state ideology Pancasila, which have taken place periodically for the last several years, resumed yesterday in a discussion among historians and former revolutionary fighters.A.B. Koesoemo and historian G.
Tue, 31 May 1994
Integrity of Indonesia
Integrity of Indonesia and young generation (PRIORITASKAN 3 SURAT PERTAMA)From KompasI am a member of a young generation baffled by the fact that Indonesian intellectuals have set up organizations that discriminate against certain groups of people, such as the one that discriminates based on...
Tue, 31 May 1994
Sempati to fly to Myanmar
Sempati to fly to Myanmar JAKARTA (JP): Sempati Air, one of the country's six scheduled air carriers, will likely begin serving Myanmar later this year based on a recent agreement designed to improve economic ties.
Tue, 31 May 1994
Daughter claims rector charged with sexual harassment innocent
Daughter claims rector charged with sexual harassment innocent JAKARTA (JP): The daughter of the rector of a private institute now on trial for sexual harassment charges says her father is innocent.Maslina Firman Hoetasoehoet charged on Saturday that her father's trial is being orchestrated by...
Tue, 31 May 1994
Official concedes corruption cases smear government image
Official concedes corruption cases smear government image JAKARTA (JP): State Minister of Administrative Reforms T.B. Silalahi conceded yesterday that the recent major corruption cases involving bureaucrats have left the government's image badly tarnished.