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Tue, 30 May 1995
RI, U.S. will hold business meeting in Washington
RI, U.S. will hold business meeting in Washington JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia and the United States will hold a round table business meeting in Washington in addition to trade and investment forums in New York and Chicago next September.The series of meetings, scheduled for Sept.
Tue, 30 May 1995
Proposed bourse merger still up in the air
Proposed bourse merger still up in the air JAKARTA (JP): The planned merger between PT Bursa Parallel Indonesia (BPI), the company which manages the over-the-counter stock market in Jakarta, and the Surabaya Stock Exchange (SSE) is still up in the air.
Tue, 30 May 1995
RI pioneers new cancer program
RI pioneers new cancer program JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia is currently developing a community- based cancer treatment program as one way of coping with the huge cost that patients, and society, have to bear.
Tue, 30 May 1995
Bukaka wins gangway deal
Bukaka wins gangway deal JAKARTA (JP): PT Bukaka Teknik Utama, a privately-owned engineering company, has won a tender to build 76 units of gangway and boarding bridges for Hong Kong's new airport, the company's executives said.
Tue, 30 May 1995
Resettlement drive lacks coordination
Resettlement drive lacks coordination JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Transmigration Siswono Yudohusodo ordered his officials yesterday to get their act together, saying that many of the errors made in the government's resettlement program could be put down to poor coordination.
Tue, 30 May 1995
Hundreds to quit Satyawacana
Hundreds to quit Satyawacana SALATIGA, Central Java: Hundreds of teachers, students and supporting staff at the rift-ridden Satya Wacana Christian University threaten to quit in protest of the dismissal of outspoken academic Arief Budiman.
Tue, 30 May 1995
New joint venture bank to be established
New joint venture bank to be established JAKARTA (JP): Shareholders of two companies, PT Tamara Bank and PT Charoen Pokphand Indonesia, approved yesterday plans on the establishment of joint venture companies to meet increasing market demand for their services and products.
Tue, 30 May 1995
Border crossers back to Irian
Border crossers back to Irian JAYAPURA, Irian Jaya: Thirty people seeking sanctuary in neighboring Papua New Guinea returned to their home villages last week.They returned on speedboats provided by the Indonesian consulate and the Papua New Guinea government and were greeted by Alex Rudolof Erubun...
Tue, 30 May 1995
Singapore exports losing edge: Report
Singapore exports losing edge: Report SINGAPORE (AFP): Singapore's export competitiveness is weakening as a result of rising labor and business costs and the strengthening of the local currency, according to the U.S. investment house Salomon Brothers.
Tue, 30 May 1995
Tighter security for pre-Olympic Games
Tighter security for pre-Olympic Games JAKARTA (JP): The All-Indonesia Football Association (PSSI), wary of hooliganism, pledged yesterday to deploy more security guards during tomorrow's Olympic Games qualifying round at Senayan stadium.
Tue, 30 May 1995
Traffic jams hit Bogor
Traffic jams hit Bogor JAKARTA (JP): Traffic came to a standstill on Bogor's main roads yesterday as hundreds of vehicles queued near city hall to collect relatives returning from the haj pilgrimage in Mecca.
Tue, 30 May 1995
Two officers court-martialled
Two officers court-martialled DENPASAR, Bali: Three army officers will be brought to military court here this week for their roles in the Jan. 12 killing of six people in Liquisa, East Timor, the local military chief said yesterday.
Tue, 30 May 1995
PM Goh to visit Jakarta
PM Goh to visit Jakarta JAKARTA (JP): Singapore Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong will make a two-day working visit to Indonesia beginning on Thursday, Minister/State Secretary Moerdiono said yesterday.Moerdiono did not mention any specific topic to be discussed by Goh during his meeting with President...
Tue, 30 May 1995
Regional security depends on big powers
Regional security depends on big powers JAKARTA (JP): Even in the post-Cold war era, the security of the Asia-Pacific is still very much dependent on the delicate balance of relations between the region's major powers -- the United States, China, Japan and, to a lesser extent, Russia.
Tue, 30 May 1995
Labor suppliers' body beefs up skills-training
Labor suppliers' body beefs up skills-training JAKARTA (JP): The newly-established Association of Indonesian Labor Suppliers plans to beef up skills-training programs for prospective Indonesian workers to balance the ratio between the number of unskilled and skilled workers at 1:1.
Tue, 30 May 1995
Awaiting a judicial breakthrough
Awaiting a judicial breakthrough The public is intrigued at the series of unprecedented judicial decisions in recent weeks. Lawyer T. Mulya Lubis believes the time has come for the Supreme Court to make a historical breakthrough.
Tue, 30 May 1995
School transforms elephants from killers into toys
School transforms elephants from killers into toysBy Jim Della-Giacoma WAY KAMBAS, Indonesia (AFP): In the wild, Arum, with her imposing size and young calf by her side, would be seen as a killer by the people of Lampung, a dozen of whom are expected to die this year as Sumatra's elephants run amok.
Tue, 30 May 1995
Sanitation drive in West Jakarta
Sanitation drive in West Jakarta JAKARTA (JP): South Jakarta Mayor Pardjoko has said that the clean river campaign, currently being promoted at the mayoralty, constitutes an integral part of the city's sanitation program.
Tue, 30 May 1995
High risk project
High risk project The chief of the National Atomic Agency, Djali Ahimsa, has on several occasions said that the government has decided to begin constructing a nuclear power plant in Central Java, close to Mount Muria next year.
Tue, 30 May 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, Thursday, Friday and Saturday from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m.; Lost Morenitos, Sunday, Tuesday and Wednesday from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m.
Tue, 30 May 1995
Dirty banknotes
Dirty banknotesFrom NeracaA great number the Rp 100 banknotes in circulation are dirty and disheveled. For a form of legal tender the condition of the banknotes is very poor.It is also possible that the dirty banknotes are so filthy that they contain harmful bacteria.
Mon, 29 May 1995
Shanties destroyed in North Jakarta
Shanties destroyed in North Jakarta JAKARTA (JP): North Jakarta Mayor H. Suprawito led the demolition of hundreds of illegally constructed shanties on Jl. Tiram, Jl. Enim and Jl. Ende over the weekend.The shanties built along Tirem River were considered eyesores.
Mon, 29 May 1995
Parallel market starts handling odd-lot trading
Parallel market starts handling odd-lot trading JAKARTA (JP): PT Bursa Paralel Indonesia, the company managing the over-the-counter stock market here, is scheduled today to start trading odd lots of shares which are listed on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (JSX).
Mon, 29 May 1995
The extension of NPT, and after
The extension of NPT, and afterBy J. Soedjati Djiwandono JAKARTA (JP): The recent decision of the four-week long conference of the parties to the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) to extend the treaty indefinitely was a turning point in the denuclearization process of the world.
Mon, 29 May 1995
Sports passion
Sports passion My, my, what passions sports seem to evoke in people! Now we are debating how to fill the sports pages of The Jakarta Post! I hope these emotions don't produce (dare we predict?), "ping pong hooligans?"Mr Graeme St.
Mon, 29 May 1995
New Order and Old Order
New Order and Old OrderFrom Suara KaryaPeople seem to be unaware of the fact that the New Order uses the same Constitution as was used by the Old Order. So the same Constitution is used by two governments which are antagonistic with each other.
Mon, 29 May 1995
Deficiency within reform
Deficiency within reform Except for the applauded definitive targeting of import tariff reduction up to the year 2003, the May 23, 1995, package of economic reform measures has been criticized by most businessmen as deficient in the most essential elements -- removal of monopolies and other forms...
Mon, 29 May 1995
Pro-Israel lobby powerful
Pro-Israel lobby powerful I was troubled by the event I witnessed in front of the U.S. Embassy in Jakarta on May 22, 1995. It was an anti-American protest regarding the U.S. veto of a UN resolution on confiscation of Arab land in East Jerusalem.
Mon, 29 May 1995
Thalassaemia center opened
Thalassaemia center opened JAKARTA (JP): First Lady Tien Soeharto inaugurated a thalassaemia center at the Cipto Mangunkusumo general hospital here on Saturday.During the ceremony, she urged rich people to lend a helping hand to the Indonesian Foundation for Thalassaemia to help it in coping with...
Mon, 29 May 1995
Traffic crackdown nets 109 bus crews
Traffic crackdown nets 109 bus crews JAKARTA (JP): The chief of the South Jakarta office of the City Land Transportation Control Agency, Bubung Burhana, announced that a total of 109 bus crews were netted during a recent traffic crackdown on public transit vehicles in that mayoralty.
Mon, 29 May 1995
People want more than reduced ABRI representation
People want more than reduced ABRI representationBy Syamsuddin Haris JAKARTA (JP): The Armed Forces (ABRI) have expressed its readiness to relinquish 25 of its 100 seats in the House of Representatives (DPR). The bill is being prepared and the 500- strong DPR is gearing up to pass it into an act.
Mon, 29 May 1995
'Dewi Yull Expose' talk show on SCTV
'Dewi Yull Expose' talk show on SCTV JAKARTA (JP): Privately-run television network SCTV will begin broadcasting a new talk show program entitled Dewi Yull Expose on Sundays at 11.30 a.m., starting June 11.
Mon, 29 May 1995
Army conducts study on electoral system
Army conducts study on electoral system JAKARTA (JP): The Army Staff and Command College has launched its own study concerning the various alternatives of the general election system that Indonesia could adopt in the future, the Army Chief of Staff said.Gen.
Mon, 29 May 1995
Mar'ie inaugurates more capital ventures
Mar'ie inaugurates more capital ventures JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Finance Mar'ie Muhammad inaugurated three more capital ventures in Sumatra last week as part of the government's program to promote assistance for financially weak companies in the provinces.
Mon, 29 May 1995
Furniture expo planned
Furniture expo planned JAKARTA (JP): PT Ad-House Primacipta, in cooperation with Asmindo Jakarta, will conduct an international furniture fair at the Jakarta Convention Center in November.Soedirman, president of Ad-House, said over the weekend that about 100 companies will exhibit their products in...
Mon, 29 May 1995
Bouraq Airlines gets 17 new routes
Bouraq Airlines gets 17 new routes JAKARTA (JP): The government has allowed PT Bouraq Indonesia Airlines, a private airline, to add 17 new domestic and international routes in its services, a company executive said.
Mon, 29 May 1995
Weekly Stock Exchange Review
Weekly Stock Exchange Review JAKARTA (P): The Jakarta Stock Exchange (JSX) staged a bullish performance last week, triggered by improved market sentiments on Wall Street and regional markets.The JSX Composite Index jumped 14.98 points (3.3 percent) to close at 473.69 last week.
Mon, 29 May 1995
Curfew imposed along border
Curfew imposed along border DHAKA (AFP): Bangladesh authorities have ordered troops to shoot-on-sight and imposed an indefinite night curfew along parts of the border with India amid reports of "illegal entry of foreigners," press reports said yesterday.
Mon, 29 May 1995
NATO strikes seen as drama
NATO strikes seen as drama KUALA LUMPUR (Reuter): Malaysia's Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad on Saturday described the latest air strikes by the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) on Bosnian Serb positions as a mere Western drama.
Mon, 29 May 1995
Former chief justice says court intervention os perennial
Former chief justice says court intervention os perennial JAKARTA (JP): The Supreme Court is constantly under pressure from various parties trying to influence its rulings, former chief justice Purwoto S. Gandasubrata says.
Mon, 29 May 1995
E. Jakarta mayor threatens demolition
E. Jakarta mayor threatens demolition JAKARTA (JP): East Jakarta's mayor is threatening to tear down hundreds of mansions now under construction in the Palm Estate housing complex, if PD Sarana Jaya cannot prove the governor has approved its cooperation with a private sector developer.
Mon, 29 May 1995
Graft is rife in East Timor
Graft is rife in East Timor DILI, East Timor: A member of the House of Representatives expressed his dismay Saturday with the rampant irregularities plaguing shoddy development projects in the area."I have found that huge funds have been misappropriated by project managers and contractors," said...
Mon, 29 May 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, Thursday, Friday and Saturday from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m.; Lost Morenitos, Sunday, Tuesday and Wednesday from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m.
Mon, 29 May 1995
'Improve schooling for women'
'Improve schooling for women' JAKARTA (JP): A stronger campaign to provide women with greater access to education and sexual equality is needed and should focus on convincing communities that educating women is beneficial to the economy, experts on women issues say.
Mon, 29 May 1995
Controversial Tapornas
Controversial TapornasFrom Media IndonesiaThe debate on the issue of National Sports Achievements Savings (Tapornas) is heated again. Tapornas, introduced by Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports Hayono Isman, is a fund raising drive carried out to finance the national sports activities.
Mon, 29 May 1995
Business leaders call for action agenda for APEC
Business leaders call for action agenda for APEC SINGAPORE (AFP): An influential group of business leaders in the Pacific Rim on Saturday sought a planned schedule of tariff reductions by each of the 18 economies within the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum to achieve free trade in the...
Mon, 29 May 1995
Spy reports won't harm ties with China: Australia
Spy reports won't harm ties with China: Australia SYDNEY (Reuter): Australia yesterday said its relations with China, one of its major trading partners, would not be harmed by media reports Australian spies had bugged the Chinese embassy in Canberra for the United States.
Mon, 29 May 1995
Pesticides poison onion farmers
Pesticides poison onion farmers TEGAL, Central Java: At least 175 onion farmers here were found to have been poisoned by pesticides, a health official says.Priyono, a member of a medical team, told The Jakarta Post last week that most of the poisoned farmers were exposed daily to pesticides while...
Mon, 29 May 1995
Javanese New Year at TMII
Javanese New Year at TMII JAKARTA (JP): Taman Mini Indonesia Indah (TMII), the Indonesia miniature park, is organizing a series of events in conjunction with the Javanese new year, which falls on Wednesday.A ritual procession will be held on the eve of the new year, starting from 7 p.m.
Mon, 29 May 1995
Student brawls
Student brawlsFrom NeracaWe have witnessed frequent student brawls in Jakarta lately. I believe this phenomenon is a result of a lack of extra-curricular activities. Or perhaps the students are witnessing the social gap prevailing both in their neighborhoods and in the school environment.