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Wed, 05 Jun 1996
British bank opens here
British bank opens here JAKARTA (JP): Westmerchant Bank of Britain has opened a branch office here, hoping to expand its services in financing infrastructure projects and export activities in Indonesia.
Wed, 05 Jun 1996
Asian crude prices inch higher before OPEC meet
Asian crude prices inch higher before OPEC meet SINGAPORE (Agencies): Crude oil prices in Asia inched higher from late New York yesterday with all attention fixed on OPEC's ministerial meeting starting today, traders said.Prompt crude price on NYMEX after hours trading system ACCESS was at US$19.
Wed, 05 Jun 1996
Indonesia's formal culture is trapped in cul de sac
Indonesia's formal culture is trapped in cul de sacBy Mochtar Buchori JAKARTA (JP): Kompas daily carried a rather theatrical statement of Abdurrachman Wahid, known as Gus Dur, in its May 31 edition.It quoted him as saying that our culture is already dead, buried in its fervent desire to serve the...
Wed, 05 Jun 1996
PT AGM: Pioneer in bottled water
PT AGM: Pioneer in bottled water It's a typical Indonesian day. The scorching sun burns your head. The air is humid and stuffy and you are perspiring as if you'd been jogging for one hour. Every time you inhale, you feel the dust particles in the air entering your nose, making your throat drier...
Wed, 05 Jun 1996
Pudjiadi to split stocks
Pudjiadi to split stocks JAKARTA (JP): Publicly-listed PT Pudjiadi & Sons, the owner of Jayakarta Hotel in Central Jakarta, said that it will split its stocks by halving their nominal value to Rp 500 (21 U.S. cents).
Wed, 05 Jun 1996
Natural rubber prices likely to remain volatile
Natural rubber prices likely to remain volatile SINGAPORE (Reuter): Natural rubber prices are likely to remain volatile as tight supplies, falling stocks, weather disruptions and unpredictable buying by China haunts the market, an official of U.S. trader Cargill said yesterday.
Wed, 05 Jun 1996
'Sturm und Drang'
'Sturm und Drang' Thirteen years, four months and 21 days ago, a retired "man from the Foreign Affairs Ministry" (NIP 020000311) died in Jakarta and was buried in Tanah Kusir the same day. This was Prof. Dr. Yusuf Ismail. He collected his pension for the last time in December 1982.
Wed, 05 Jun 1996
4.3 million cars will jam Jakarta streets by 2010
4.3 million cars will jam Jakarta streets by 2010 JAKARTA (JP): Almost 4.3 million vehicles will be jamming Jakarta's streets by 2010, according to a recent survey. This means that one person in every three will have a private vehicle.
Wed, 05 Jun 1996
Joedono, Mantiri get ambassadorial posts
Joedono, Mantiri get ambassadorial posts JAKARTA (JP): President Soeharto yesterday initiated 15 new Indonesian ambassadors including former minister of trade Satrio Budiardjo Joedono and Lt. Gen. (ret) H.B.L. Mantiri, a former candidate to the ambassadorial post in Canberra, Australia, last year.
Wed, 05 Jun 1996
Station brawler arrested
Station brawler arrested JAKARTA (JP): The Sawah Besar police in Central Jakarta have arrested a 43-year-old man for allegedly killing a public notary early Sunday at the Mangga Besar railway station."During police questioning today, the suspect, Yusi, a private businessman, admitted to having...
Wed, 05 Jun 1996
Riau rejects new party
Riau rejects new party PEKANBARU, Riau: Chief of the regional military command Maj. Gen. Soedaryanto said yesterday the province rejects the newly- formed Indonesian Democratic Union Party (PUDI).Soedaryanto, who oversees security in Riau, North Sumatra, West Sumatra and Aceh, said the local...
Wed, 05 Jun 1996
Mahathir slams corruption survey
Mahathir slams corruption survey KUALA LUMPUR (AFP): Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad hit out at a European business watchdog yesterday for its assessment of global corruption, saying Malaysians who believed such groups were mired in a colonial mentality.
Wed, 05 Jun 1996
United drive against RI's bad image urged
United drive against RI's bad image urged JAKARTA (JP): A senior journalist suggests that the government launch a concerted effort to counter foreign news discrediting Indonesia by, among other measures, hiring international public relations companies.
Wed, 05 Jun 1996
Simplified export procedures head reform package
Simplified export procedures head reform package JAKARTA (JP): The deregulatory package announced by the government yesterday includes the simplification of export and investment procedures in addition to the reduction of import tariffs on nearly 1,500 items.
Wed, 05 Jun 1996
Stock Exchange
Stock ExchangeStock prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (in rupiah) on June 4, 1996: Shares Close Change Trading Volume ------------------------------------------------------------- Ades Alfindo 925 0 0 AHAP Insurance 2,800 0 0 Alumindo Perkasa 750 -75 92,500 Andayani Megah 1,275 -25 254,500 Aneka...
Wed, 05 Jun 1996
Freeport needs to adjust approach to social issues
Freeport needs to adjust approach to social issues JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Environment Sarwono Kusumaatmadja yesterday revealed that initial reports of a social audit of PT Freeport's activities in Irian Jaya show that the mining giant still needs to make adjustments in its dealings with the...
Wed, 05 Jun 1996
Pedestrian bridge
Pedestrian bridgeFrom Bisnis IndonesiaAlmost every day I venture into Kampung Melayu terminal, Jakarta, to catch a bus to Jl. Jend. Sudirman where I work. We all know that the traffic on the roads around the terminal is bad during the morning and in the evening.
Wed, 05 Jun 1996
Ecolabeling agency and MPI sign agreement
Ecolabeling agency and MPI sign agreement JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesian Ecolabeling Agency (LEI) yesterday agreed to cooperate with forestry firms in helping them meet ecolabeling requirements and, in turn, enabling them to penetrate markets that currently reject tropical timber.
Wed, 05 Jun 1996
Jumpers rehearse for world c'ships
Jumpers rehearse for world c'ships JAKARTA (JP): Diamonds mushrooming in the sky above the Lido resort in Bogor, West Java, since Monday have hailed the advent of the sixth World Parachuting Championships in Canopy Formation, scheduled for June 14 to 24.
Wed, 05 Jun 1996
Is this natural beauty, rich biodiversity under threat?
Is this natural beauty, rich biodiversity under threat? Fly over PT Freeport's concessional area in Irian Jaya and you will see a spectacular view below.The raw beauty of the land; vast, breathtaking rain forests, ubiquitous swamps and tall mangroves, verdant mountains and towering peaks, and...
Wed, 05 Jun 1996
Stocks' suspension lifted
Stocks' suspension lifted JAKARTA (JP): The Jakarta Stock Exchange (JSX) yesterday suspended trading on PT Super Indah Makmur's shares due to a 78 percent price increase on Monday on rumors of a take over, but the suspension was lifted in the afternoon session.
Wed, 05 Jun 1996
Young players shine in tennis selection
Young players shine in tennis selection JAKARTA (JP): When young tennis players beat senior players in the selection tournament at the Senayan tennis courts yesterday they proved that their country will most likely have to rely on them in future international events.
Wed, 05 Jun 1996
Gold panners live in fear
Gold panners live in fear PALANGKARAYA, Central Kalimantan: Gold panners in Ampalit in Kotawaringin Timur district live in fear because of widespread robbery.Last week, residents found a gold panner's son badly decomposed body with a knife still stuck in its abdomen and an arm missing, Antara...
Wed, 05 Jun 1996
Recycling: Preserving the environment
Recycling: Preserving the environment Plastic products are one of the main enemies of environmentalists because, generally, they do not break down and they do create problems. For the same reason, bottled water was not viewed as environmentally friendly because its plastic bottles and containers...
Wed, 05 Jun 1996
RP and Malaysia to fight piracy
RP and Malaysia to fight piracy MANILA (Reuter): The Philippine and Malaysian police have agreed to conduct joint security operations on their common sea border to curb piracy and drug trafficking, Philippine police said yesterday.
Wed, 05 Jun 1996
Statue of Christ almost completed
Statue of Christ almost completed DILI, East Timor: State-owned company PT Waskita Karya donated Rp 100,000 million (US$43,000) yesterday to the construction of a statue of Jesus Christ.Chief of PT Waskita Karya, a business wing of the Ministry of Public Works, Endar Triyono, symbolically...
Wed, 05 Jun 1996
Bimantara to build toll road
Bimantara to build toll road JAKARTA (JP): The Bimantara Group has obtained recommendation to conduct a feasibility study and develop a toll road connecting down-town Surabaya in East Java, its Juanda airport and Tanjung Perak harbor.
Wed, 05 Jun 1996
Amir Hamzah remembered
Amir Hamzah remembered MEDAN, North Sumatra: Intellectuals in the city plan to mark the 50th anniversary of well-known writer Tengku Amir Hamzah's death with seminars from June 8 and June 9.The organizing committee's chairman, Abubakar Siddiq, said the two-day seminar will discuss Amir Hamzah's...
Wed, 05 Jun 1996
Succession worries
Succession worriesFrom MerdekaMerdeka on May 29, 1996, said that Soeharto was not going to prepare any of his children to succeed him as leader of Indonesia. In his capacity as Chairman of the Institution for Strategic Studies, former Home Minister Rudini said that the people should not worry about...
Wed, 05 Jun 1996
'Govt should liquidate state trading firms'
'Govt should liquidate state trading firms' JAKARTA (JP): A member of the House of Representatives yesterday suggested that the government liquidate money-loosing state-owned trading companies because they will never survive in competition with private and foreign corporations.
Wed, 05 Jun 1996
Three die in well
Three die in well PAMEKASAN, East Java: Three residents of Tampojung Tenggina, Waru district in this Madura Island died on Monday, possibly of toxic smoke inhalation after they went down to a well to repair a broken diesel engine, Antara reported yesterday.Madura police chief Lt. Col.
Wed, 05 Jun 1996
Bogor celebrates 514th birthday
Bogor celebrates 514th birthday BOGOR, West Java (JP): The Bogor township celebrated its 514th anniversary on Monday with a parade from the council to the Bogor Botanical Gardens. It featured various cultural traditions.
Wed, 05 Jun 1996
Six held in student demo
Six held in student demo JAKARTA (JP): Six people were arrested and five others injured during a demonstration yesterday by 200 people on the University of Indonesia's Jl. Salemba campus in Central Jakarta to commemorate the 40th day after the Ujungpandang riot in which three students died.
Wed, 05 Jun 1996
More deregulation
More deregulation In what has become a custom at this time of year, the government announced yesterday another package of economic deregulation measures. The timing, ahead of the meeting of the Consultative Group on Indonesia in Paris later this month, may leave the impression that the measures are...
Wed, 05 Jun 1996
Results of probe into collusion to be made public
Results of probe into collusion to be made public JAKARTA (JP): The Supreme Court promised yesterday it would not cover up the findings of its investigation into the highly publicized bribery scandal involving senior judges.
Wed, 05 Jun 1996
Governor declares war on Ecstasy in Jakarta
Governor declares war on Ecstasy in Jakarta JAKARTA (JP): The city administration has declared war on Ecstasy and vows to stop its spread despite the fact there are no laws against the recreational drug.
Wed, 05 Jun 1996
Sheraton Bandara ready to support air show '96
Sheraton Bandara ready to support air show '96 JAKARTA (JP): The Sheraton Bandara, a new four-star hotel located near the Soekarno-Hatta International Airport, is ready to support the Indonesian Air Show '96, to be held from June 22 to June 30.
Wed, 05 Jun 1996
PT Telkom
PT Telkom The recent growth in the number of PT Telkom subscribers seems to be inversely proportional to the quality of its network.I often use a phone in the Gambir area and more often than not there is a crossed-line between 9 a.m and 3 p.m. Wrong numbers occur most often during that time too.
Wed, 05 Jun 1996
Strike induced meltdown
Strike induced meltdown JAKARTA (JP): A five-hour strike by 400 employees of an ice cream factory in Ancol, North Jakarta, caused Rp 50 million (US$21,505) worth of ice cream to melt.The striking workers, who demanded a day off on national holidays, caused the ready-to-consume ice cream to go...
Wed, 05 Jun 1996
Private sector to have bigger role in resettlement
Private sector to have bigger role in resettlement JAKARTA (JP): The government is drafting a bill that provides better legal protection to resettlers and gives the private sector a role in the state-sponsored transmigration program.The Ministry of Transmigration's Secretary-General Ign.
Wed, 05 Jun 1996
Ball biter banged up
Ball biter banged up KUPANG, East Nusa Tenggara (JP): City police have arrested a man posing as a female prostitute for allegedly severely biting the genitals of eight young men in the area since 1994.The long-wanted suspect, Serpatius Da Cunha, reportedly cruised the streets wearing flashy...
Wed, 05 Jun 1996
TV today
TV todayTVRI 2:30 p.m. Travel: My Country 2:35 Game Show: Fun House 3:00 News: Lintasan Berita 3:05 Children Program: Arena 123 3:30 TV Series: Roseanne 4:05 TV Drama: Tertipu 4:30 Documentary Film: Puncak Gunung Sambori 5:00 Evening News 5:30 Indonesian Lessons 6:00 News: Lintasan Berita 6:05...
Wed, 05 Jun 1996
Addicted nation
Addicted nation Thank you for the excellent quality of newspaper which has been delivered to my door these past seven years I've lived here in Jakarta. Thank you for taking the risk to make the tough decision sometimes to keep us honestly informed.
Wed, 05 Jun 1996
Prepare the nation for succession: Observers
Prepare the nation for succession: Observers SEMARANG (JP): Political observers are making a fresh call for more public discourse on succession in order to better prepare the nation for the time when the transfer of national leadership occurs.
Wed, 05 Jun 1996
Evictions becoming increasingly refined
Evictions becoming increasingly refined JAKARTA (JP): Evictions are on the rise, backed up by legal instruments and increasingly sophisticated methods, lawyers and activists say.A rule declaring the use of land "for public interests", as defined by a master plan reviewed every five years between...
Wed, 05 Jun 1996
Govt exempts 215 firms from new wage rule
Govt exempts 215 firms from new wage rule JAKARTA (JP): The government has agreed to exempt 215 companies from the minimum wage regulation that went into force on April 1, accepting that they were having difficulties.
Wed, 05 Jun 1996
RI-Slovak phone-card issued
RI-Slovak phone-card issued JAKARTA (JP): The state-owned domestic telecommunications operator PT Telkom launched here yesterday a new telephone card design prepared by the governments of Indonesia and the Slovak Republic.
Wed, 05 Jun 1996
Nations urged to assist weak, vulnerable sectors
Nations urged to assist weak, vulnerable sectorsBy T. Sima Gunawan ISTANBUL, Turkey (JP): Indonesia urged world leaders yesterday not to marginalize the most vulnerable layers of society.The assistant to the Minister of Public Housing, Suyono, told the UN Conference on Human Settlements II that...
Wed, 05 Jun 1996
Government unveils new reform package
Government unveils new reform package JAKARTA (JP): The government yesterday announced a further set of major economic reforms to promote both exports and the competitiveness of the country's economy."This deregulation is designed to improve the Indonesian economy's competitiveness in facing...
Wed, 05 Jun 1996
PDI chief request for congress
PDI chief request for congress JAKARTA (JP): Chief of the minority Indonesian Democratic Party (PDI) Megawati Soekarnoputri yesterday refused to bow to mounting pressure from dissenting members to hold a fresh election for party chairman.