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Fri, 02 Jun 1995
Seminar on agri-business planned
Seminar on agri-business planned JAKARTA (JP): A seminar and exhibition on agriculture and agribusiness advanced technology, with a special focus on potatoes and poultry, will be held on June 5 to June 9 to promote Indonesian-Dutch economic cooperation.
Fri, 02 Jun 1995
House Speaker inaugurates new legislators
House Speaker inaugurates new legislators JAKARTA (JP): House Speaker Wahono reasserted yesterday the supervisory role of the legislative body, saying that no government policies should be made without its support.
Fri, 02 Jun 1995
Civil servants'salaries
Civil servants'salariesFrom Media IndonesiaI learned with dismay that, according to Minister/State Secretary Moerdiono, the government can not pay civil servants well. Meanwhile many civil servants can afford an affluent life.In my opinion, civil servants can be categorized as follows:1.
Fri, 02 Jun 1995
Oil prices likely to fall if OPEC not unified: Expert
Oil prices likely to fall if OPEC not unified: Expert JAKARTA (JP): Subroto, a former secretary-general of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), warned yesterday that oil prices may erode if OPEC fails to prevent Gabon from quitting the organization.
Fri, 02 Jun 1995
Batik plant refuses to relocate
Batik plant refuses to relocate JAKARTA (JP): One of the remaining ten batik factories located in Karet Kuningan, Karet Semanggi and Kuningan Barat, South Jakarta, has strongly rejected the city administration's relocation plan, an official of the City Industry Office said yesterday.
Fri, 02 Jun 1995
Real men don't...
Real men don't... I was astonished by Sawrey-Cookson's letter (March 23, 1995), which manifests a lack of respect towards the country which hosts us.It's inadmissible that Sawrey-Cookson, because of his "impelling needs" for information about rugby, passes disrespectful judgment on Indonesian...
Fri, 02 Jun 1995
Myanmar's top leader here soon for four-day visit
Myanmar's top leader here soon for four-day visit JAKARTA (JP): One of Myanmar's top leaders, Gen. Than Shwe, is scheduled to start a state visit to Indonesia on Monday as the guest of President Soeharto.Gen.
Fri, 02 Jun 1995
Panin director questioned in a case of kidnapping
Panin director questioned in a case of kidnapping JAKARTA (JP): City Police questioned Panin Bank director Roestian Syamsuddin yesterday in connection with the bank's loan to Sulaiman Ramli, alias Han, who claims to have been kidnapped and beaten by a group of people believed to be debt collectors.
Fri, 02 Jun 1995
Singgih appoints top crime fighter
Singgih appoints top crime fighter JAKARTA (JP): Attorney General Singgih appointed yesterday Yunan Sawidji as his deputy responsible for handling corruption, treason and other "special crimes".Yunan rose to prominence in 1981 when he led an investigation into irregularities in the procurement by...
Fri, 02 Jun 1995
Stock Exchange
Stock ExchangeStock prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (in rupiah) on June 1, 1995: Shares Close Change Trading Volume -------------------------------------------------------- Ades Alfindo 2,200 -450 5,000 AHAP Insurance 3,300 0 0 Alumindo Perkasa 1,100 0 0 Andayani Megah 2,725 200 905,000 Aneka...
Fri, 02 Jun 1995
Echoes of a distant airlift (2)
Echoes of a distant airlift (2) The world's first great airlift first entwined the United States in a complex triangular relationship with the Chinese communists and the Chinese Nationalists which still causes complications today.
Fri, 02 Jun 1995
PDI chief may visit East Java
PDI chief may visit East Java JAKARTA: East Java Police Chief Maj. Gen. Roesmanhadi assured Megawati Soekarnoputri, who chairs the Indonesian Democratic Party (PDI), that she may meet with the party cadre in the province any time she wants.
Fri, 02 Jun 1995
Japan too slow in realizing APEC vision
Japan too slow in realizing APEC vision JAKARTA (JP): Singaporean Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong has criticized Japan for not going "full steam" in preparing a blueprint to follow up on last year's Bogor Declaration of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum.
Fri, 02 Jun 1995
Islam fundamentalism
Islam fundamentalism Former minister of religious affairs Munawir Sjadzali said recently that Moslems in Southeast Asia do not support Islam fundamentalism.Moslems in Indonesia and Malaysia, in particular, he said, are satisfied with their social and political standing since they are the...
Fri, 02 Jun 1995
Inco gets equity injection
Inco gets equity injection JAKARTA (JP): Parent companies of the listed PT International Nickel Indonesia (Inco) would inject an equity investment of US$2 billion for its nickel mining in southern Sulawesi.
Fri, 02 Jun 1995
Gus Dur questions motive behind nationalism drive
Gus Dur questions motive behind nationalism drive JAKARTA (JP): Vocal Moslem leader Abdurrahman Wahid yesterday said the current official drive to fire up people's nationalist sentiments was being engineered to serve the interests of those in power.
Fri, 02 Jun 1995
Banned books allowed for limited use
Banned books allowed for limited use JAKARTA (JP): Attorney General Singgih said yesterday that universities may use, for research and scientific purposes, books that the government has banned."Books that the government has banned can be used by academics for research and scientific purposes in...
Fri, 02 Jun 1995
Principles of democracy still ignored
Principles of democracy still ignored SEMARANG (JP): Indonesian bureaucrats often promote their personal interests at the expense a democracy which they are fond of talking about, a political observer said yesterday.
Fri, 02 Jun 1995
Sega shifts production
Sega shifts production TOKYO (AFP): Japan's Sega Enterprises Ltd. plans to transfer all of its production of video-game machines overseas as early as next year in an effort to lower production costs, a newspaper reported yesterday.
Fri, 02 Jun 1995
New drive to prevent forest fires launched
New drive to prevent forest fires launched JAKARTA (JP): With the new dry season underway, the government launched a new drive yesterday to prevent forest fires and a repetition of last year's environment and health catastrophes.
Fri, 02 Jun 1995
Waste paper import rule to be revoke: Singgih
Waste paper import rule to be revoke: Singgih JAKARTA (JP): Attorney General Singgih said yesterday he will soon revoke the ruling issued by his office in the early 1980s that requires that waste paper imports be shipped in container boxes instead of in bulk cargo.
Fri, 02 Jun 1995
University's Open House
University's Open House At the home of a friend, I recently saw a copy of the March 20, 1995 edition of The Jakarta Post in which you ran a photograph entitled University's Open House. In the caption you identified one of the persons in the photograph as "Pat Robertson, a visiting renowned analyst...
Fri, 02 Jun 1995
KONI plans SEA Games campaign
KONI plans SEA Games campaign JAKARTA (JP): The National Sports Council (KONI) has proposed a morale boosting campaign for the Indonesian athletes who will compete in the 17th Southeast Asian Games in Chiang Mai, Thailand.
Fri, 02 Jun 1995
Delivery services launched
Delivery services launched JAKARTA (JP): PT Senawangi Sempati, a Humpuss Group subsidiary operating in package delivery services, started yesterday to provide overnight and Sunday deliveries domestically.Rudy H.
Fri, 02 Jun 1995
Commission to review Bira Island analysis
Commission to review Bira Island analysis JAKARTA (JP): The Environmental Impact Analysis Commission is scheduled to hold a meeting today on the environmental condition of Bira Island, Aboejoewono Aboeprajitno, head of the City Environment Office, said.
Fri, 02 Jun 1995
Sports and passion
Sports and passion Congratulations to Farid Baskoro for overcoming the unwillingness to debate what he says so many Indonesians have..."especially in a language foreign to most."Now I hope he can overcome the tendencies to misrepresent and misquote others, to misuse his second language and to...
Thu, 01 Jun 1995
Huntington's thesis on Islam is too simplistic: Expert
Huntington's thesis on Islam is too simplistic: Expert JAKARTA (JP): Samuel Huntington's theory on the potential "clash of civilizations" between Islam and the West is too simplistic, an American academic said.Robert W.
Thu, 01 Jun 1995
Officer dies in traffic accident
Officer dies in traffic accident JAKARTA (JP): An officer of the Bogor police precinct, Sgt. Budi Waluyo, died in a traffic accident on Jl. Raya Dramaga in Bogor, on Monday.The victim, a resident of Waru village in the Ciampea district of Bogor, was on his way to his office when his vehicle...
Thu, 01 Jun 1995
Govt urged to preserve old buildings
Govt urged to preserve old buildings JAKARTA (JP): An official of the City Museum Agency has urged the central government to pay more attention to the preservation of 206 old buildings in the capital.Dirman Surachmat, head of the agency, told reporters on Tuesday that a ministerial decree is badly...
Thu, 01 Jun 1995
Pertamina plans to charter more oil tankers
Pertamina plans to charter more oil tankers JAKARTA (JP): In a bid to reduce operational costs, Pertamina will charter more oil tankers to transport petroleum, says an executive of the state-oil company.
Thu, 01 Jun 1995
Reading habit hindered
Reading habit hinderedFrom RepublikaReading habits in this country are still very low and the government is making every effort to improve the condition by publishing government books. Reading is especially important in this era of information and globalization.
Thu, 01 Jun 1995
DJs told to use Indonesian
DJs told to use Indonesian JAKARTA (JP): Radio disc jockeys are having to tune it down now that they too have been barred from using foreign languages on their programs.The association of private radio stations (PRSSNI) has ordered all its members to join in the government's campaign to use "good...
Thu, 01 Jun 1995
Sony plans first full RI subsidiary
Sony plans first full RI subsidiary TOKYO (AFP): Japan's Sony Corp. said Tuesday it had received the green light to set up its first wholly-owned subsidiary in Indonesia following a change in local government regulations last year.
Thu, 01 Jun 1995
Succession still unsure: U.S. expert
Succession still unsure: U.S. expert JAKARTA (JP): A prominent expert on Indonesia doubts there will be a change in national leadership in 1998.R. William Liddle, a professor of political science at Ohio State University in the United States, said on Tuesday that President Soeharto, already one of...
Thu, 01 Jun 1995
Old textiles need extreme care
Old textiles need extreme care JAKARTA (JP): Puji Josep Subagyo, senior textile conservator of the National Museum, said that tropical weather conditions are not conducive to the conservation of old cloth.
Thu, 01 Jun 1995
No-Smoking call goes unheeded
No-Smoking call goes unheeded MEDAN, North Sumatra: The May 31 'No-Smoking Day', launched by the World Health Organization (WHO), passed largely unheeded in Indonesia's third-largest city.Cigarette smoke rose freely, as usual, from bus terminals, markets, roadside food stalls and even from the city...
Thu, 01 Jun 1995
Microsoft to open in RI
Microsoft to open in RI MANILA (AFP): Microsoft Corp. said yesterday it will set up subsidiaries in the Philippines and Indonesia this year to market its new products, including the much-awaited release in August of its Windows 95 operating system.The U.S.
Thu, 01 Jun 1995
Prayers for Austria talks
Prayers for Austria talks DILI, East Timor: Churchgoers say that for the past two weeks they have been praying for the success of the upcoming All Inclusive Intra-East Timor dialog to be held in Austria this month.
Thu, 01 Jun 1995
Peace in ex-Yugoslavia depends on leaders' will
Peace in ex-Yugoslavia depends on leaders' will JAKARTA (JP): Despite international efforts, including Indonesia's offer to facilitate a peace conference, the political goodwill of the leaders in the former Yugoslavia is a prerequisite for any peaceful solution to the crisis in the war- torn...
Thu, 01 Jun 1995
A closer look at old textiles of Indonesia
A closer look at old textiles of IndonesiaBy Claudine Frederik JAKARTA (JP): When Irwan Holmes, consultant to the Kesenian Group, set foot on Indonesian soil from the U.S. more than 20 years ago, he did not know that the move was the beginning of a life-long affair with Indonesian antique ornaments.
Thu, 01 Jun 1995
Public vihicles impounded
Public vihicles impounded JAKARTA (JP): The City Land Transportation Control Agency has impounded a total of 3,147 public transportation vehicles since January this year.Head of the Traffic Control Department of the agency Herman Tonglo Langi said that among the public transit means which have been...
Thu, 01 Jun 1995
Democracy in the House
Democracy in the House When Mr. Soegih Arto (ABRI true democrats, The Jakarta Post, May 26, 1995) wrote on the Armed Forces, just who did he think he was kidding, apart from himself?Let me single out just one point: "...
Thu, 01 Jun 1995
Kurniawan's face-saving goal for Indonesia
Kurniawan's face-saving goal for Indonesia JAKARTA (JP): Agile striker Kurniawan Dwi Yulianto determined Indonesia's modest 1-0 victory over Hong Kong in an Olympic Games qualifier at the Senayan stadium on Tuesday.
Thu, 01 Jun 1995
RI, Spain relations
RI, Spain relations JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia and Spain signed two agreements here on Tuesday with an view to improving economic and investment cooperation between the two countries."I am confident that once Spanish entrepreneurs get to know and see more of Indonesia, they will begin to realize the...
Thu, 01 Jun 1995
E. Timor boatpeople a media ploy
E. Timor boatpeople a media ploy JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia has rebuffed Tuesday's landing of 18 East Timorese boat people in Australia as a media ploy designed to embarrass Jakarta.The foreign ministry's director of information, Irawan Abidin, said it shouldn't be surprising that the landing occurred...
Thu, 01 Jun 1995
Number of female divorcees drops
Number of female divorcees drops JAKARTA (JP): The North Jakarta mayoralty reported that the number of divorced women in the area substantially fell from 16,498 last year to 13,990 this year.M. Napis, spokesman for the mayoralty, was quoted by Merdeka daily as saying that the decrease is due mainly...
Thu, 01 Jun 1995
Aussie firm negotiates tie-ups in Indonesia
Aussie firm negotiates tie-ups in Indonesia SYDNEY (AFP): Leading insurer Legal and General Australia Ltd. said Tuesday it was negotiating a joint venture with a large Indonesian company and expected to finalize the deal this year.
Thu, 01 Jun 1995
Ban on performance deplored
Ban on performance deplored JAKARTA (JP): A member of the City Council has questioned the reason for the recent banning of a performance by the Padepokan Teater Buruh Indonesia (Indonesian workers' theater group).
Thu, 01 Jun 1995
Ometraco plans to acquire 51% stake in Bank Tiara
Ometraco plans to acquire 51% stake in Bank Tiara JAKARTA (JP): The publicly-listed Ometraco Corporation plans to acquire a 51 percent stake in Bank Tiara Asia, a commercial bank also listed on the Jakarta and Surabaya stock exchanges.
Thu, 01 Jun 1995
PDI encourages people to speak up
PDI encourages people to speak up JAKARTA: The minority Indonesian Democratic Party (PDI) is encouraging people to have the courage to speak up on any government policies that they believe to be contrary to the public interest.