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Wed, 29 May 1996
Forests reduced by 809,000 ha every year
Forests reduced by 809,000 ha every year JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia's forests are declining at a rate of 809,000 hectares each year with the land being used for other purposes, including transmigration, agriculture and plantation projects.
Wed, 29 May 1996
Clove prices projected to increase by 2000
Clove prices projected to increase by 2000 SINGAPORE (Reuter): Depressed clove prices may force farmers in Indonesia, Zanzibar and Madagascar to switch crops, which could drive up prices by the turn of the century, a commodity analyst said yesterday.
Wed, 29 May 1996
Prasidha Aneka Niaga expects 9.36% profit rise
Prasidha Aneka Niaga expects 9.36% profit rise JAKARTA (JP): PT Prasidha Aneka Niaga, a publicly listed exporter of agricultural commodities, expects to book a 9.36 percent increase in its net profits to Rp 29.2 billion (US$12.43 million) this year from estimated total sales of Rp 792 billion.
Wed, 29 May 1996
Plugging electricity to private sector
Plugging electricity to private sector JAKARTA (JP): The government has recognized the need to quickly increase electricity capacity systematically to ensure continued economic growth into the next century.
Wed, 29 May 1996
Fiscal decentralization
Fiscal decentralization A seminar last week on the impact of local levies on the economy concluded that most local administrations are ignorant of the need to implement probusiness policies because the central government still almost entirely holds the taxing power related to main economic...
Wed, 29 May 1996
Coconut plant in Bitung
Coconut plant in Bitung JAKARTA (JP): PT Jaka Saktibuana of Indonesia and a private company from the Philippines have set up a desiccated-coconut plant in Bitung, North Sulawesi, with an investment of US$5.8 million.The plant was officially opened on Monday by North Sulawesi Governor E.E.
Wed, 29 May 1996
Electronic goods thief arrested
Electronic goods thief arrested JAKARTA (JP): Police have arrested one of three men who allegedly stole electronic goods worth Rp 11 million (US$4,731) from a PT Prima Texindo building on Jl. Penjernihan Dalam, Bendungan Hilir district, in Central Jakarta.Central Jakarta Police Chief Lt. Col.
Wed, 29 May 1996
More composting needed in city's waste disposal
More composting needed in city's waste disposal JAKARTA (JP): The disposal of the city's garbage would be more efficient if more groups were involved in composting, an official said.The head of the Greater Jakarta Area Development Board, Anjat Lamey, said the constant problem of the lack of trucks...
Wed, 29 May 1996
Iraq woos Indonesian businesses
Iraq woos Indonesian businesses JAKARTA (JP): A delegation of Iraqi officials yesterday met with Indonesian businesspeople to discuss possibilities of increasing trade and economic cooperation between the two countries.
Wed, 29 May 1996
Thailand's new cabinet line-up
Thailand's new cabinet line-up BANGKOK (AFP): Thailand's new government list after a reshuffle announced yesterday: Prime Minister: Banharn Silpa-archaDeputy Prime Ministers: Somboon Rahong, Chaowalit Yongchaiyudh, Thaksin Shinawatra, Montri Pongpanich, Amnuay Virawan, Samak SundaravejMinisters...
Wed, 29 May 1996
Rudini challenges all to run for president
Rudini challenges all to run for president JAKARTA (JP): Noted political observer Rudini has challenged Indonesia's sons and daughters to take part in the 1998 presidential race, as he feels they all have an equal chance of winning.
Wed, 29 May 1996
No new partnerships, ASEAN chief says
No new partnerships, ASEAN chief says JAKARTA (JP): The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is not seeking new partnerships at the moment because its secretariat already has too much in its plate.
Wed, 29 May 1996
City promises to reevaluate new AC bus fare
City promises to reevaluate new AC bus fare JAKARTA (JP): The city administration promises to reevaluate implementation of the new air-conditioned express bus fare in order to avoid creating unrest, Governor Surjadi Soedirdja says.
Tue, 28 May 1996
General outlines election security plan
General outlines election security plan JAKARTA (JP): The Armed Forces (ABRI) chief of General Affairs Lt. Gen. Soeyono said yesterday the military plans to maintain security during the 1997 general elections in a "proportional" manner with the aim of avoiding the loss of human lives.
Tue, 28 May 1996
Lawbreakers must be punished: House
Lawbreakers must be punished: House JAKARTA (JP): Members of the House of Representatives (DPR) urged the Capital Market Supervisory Agency (Bapepam) yesterday to take stringent action against those caught violating capital market rulings.
Tue, 28 May 1996
Burkina Faso President begins four-day visit
Burkina Faso President begins four-day visit JAKARTA (JP): Burkina Faso and Indonesia are examining the possibility of boosting commercial ties between the two countries through counter trade deals.After a courtesy call by Burkina Faso President Blaise Compaore on President Soeharto yesterday...
Tue, 28 May 1996
Rancamaya parties summoned by court
Rancamaya parties summoned by court JAKARTA (JP): The Jakarta Administrative Court demanded the presence of parties during hearings over a land dispute, including the Chairman of the National Land Agency.Lintong O.
Tue, 28 May 1996
ASEAN police to link up
ASEAN police to link up KUALA LUMPUR (DPA): An online linkup of police forces in the seven ASEAN nations is being developed to improve cooperation and coordination of policing in the region, a police spokesman said yesterday.
Tue, 28 May 1996
Second wave Asian economic tigers face woes
Second wave Asian economic tigers face woes SYDNEY (AFP): Asia's second wave of economic tigers -- Indonesia, Thailand and Malaysia -- face problems because they are not managing their growth as well as the first group did, the head of Australia's biggest company warned yesterday.
Tue, 28 May 1996
City approves Rp 1,800 as new fare of AC bus
City approves Rp 1,800 as new fare of AC bus JAKARTA (JP): The fare on air-conditioned Patas (express) buses increased on Saturday from Rp 1,300 to Rp 1,800 (78 US cents) after the city administration gave its approval.
Tue, 28 May 1996
Jababeka's profits up 50%
Jababeka's profits up 50% JAKARTA (JP): Industrial estate company PT Kawasan Industri Jababeka announced yesterday it had increased its net profits by 50 percent from Rp 91.6 billion (US$39.82 million) in 1994 to Rp 137.3 billion last year, in spite of the prevailing slump in the property market.
Tue, 28 May 1996
Students protest politics laws
Students protest politics laws BANDUNG, West Java: Hundreds of students from the Bandung Moslem University held a campus demonstration yesterday to demand the government revoke its laws on politics.The laws stipulate, for instance, that there are only three political groupings: Golkar, the...
Tue, 28 May 1996
Agencies protest maids protection
Agencies protest maids protection SINGAPORE (Reuter): Measures implemented by the Philippines to protect foreign domestic workers in Singapore put an unfair financial burden on employers here without requiring adequate commitment from workers, an employment association said yesterday.
Tue, 28 May 1996
Komatsu shareholders get dividend
Komatsu shareholders get dividend JAKARTA (JP): The shareholders of PT Komatsu Indonesia, a publicly-listed heavy-equipment producer, yesterday approved the management's proposal to pay dividends of Rp 82 (3.5 U.S.
Tue, 28 May 1996
TV today
TV todayTVRI 2:30 p.m. Travel: My Country 2:35 TV Series: Kid's Song 3:05 Children Program 3:30 TV Series: Beyond Tomorrow 4:00 News: Lintasan Berita 4:05 Science: The Great Days of the Century 4:30 TV Drama 5:00 Regional News 5:30 English Lessons 6:05 Nusantara, the Beloved Country 6:15 Village...
Tue, 28 May 1996
Australia attacked over Asian aid cancellation
Australia attacked over Asian aid cancellation SYDNEY (AFP): Four Asian countries have made strong protests to the Australian government over its cancellation of an aid scheme tied to contracts they had negotiated with Australian companies, a shadow minister said.
Tue, 28 May 1996
Gifted children need special schools
Gifted children need special schools JAKARTA (JP): Noted psychologist S.C. Utami Munandar has called for the establishment of special schools for the gifted, saying they are needed to help Indonesia meet its target of producing high quality human resources.
Tue, 28 May 1996
Halla, Kayulapis tie up
Halla, Kayulapis tie up SEOUL (AFP): South Korea's Halla Group has teamed up with the Kayulapis Group of Indonesia to build a US$400-million cement joint venture on the Indonesian island of Java, a Korean group spokesman said yesterday.
Tue, 28 May 1996
Telecoms union prepares new cellular phone tariffs
Telecoms union prepares new cellular phone tariffs JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesian Association of Telecommunications Companies are preparing more-reasonable tariffs for cellular telephones in an attempt to attract more subscribers.
Tue, 28 May 1996
United Tractors' dividend
United Tractors' dividend JAKARTA(JP): Publicly-listed PT United Tractor, a distributor of plant equipment, announced yesterday that it has received its shareholders' approval to pay a dividend of Rp 130 per share (5.5 U.S. cents), totaling Rp 17 billion.
Tue, 28 May 1996
Risjadson, PLN seal power deal
Risjadson, PLN seal power deal JAKARTA (JP): A consortium of the Risjadson Group, which will establish two coal-fired steam power plants with a total capacity of 310 megawatts (MW), yesterday signed agreements with state- owned electricity company PT PLN on the sales of electricity.
Tue, 28 May 1996
Benchmarking makes RI debut
Benchmarking makes RI debut JAKARTA (JP): Presetio Utomo & Co., the Indonesian partner of the United States-based Arthur Andersen, yesterday launched the Indonesian Benchmarking Clearinghouse.This first benchmarking agency in the country is a non-profit organization founded by the public accounting...
Tue, 28 May 1996
Educator wants new ministry for child welfare
Educator wants new ministry for child welfare JAKARTA (JP): An educator of child workers and street children has suggested that a ministry for child welfare be established to avoid continued abuse of impoverished children.
Tue, 28 May 1996
C. Lampung village hit by typhoid epidemic
C. Lampung village hit by typhoid epidemic JAKARTA (JP): Several dozen medics are waging a war against typhoid which has stricken over 375 people in just four-days in a small village in Jabong, Central Lampung.Patients yesterday continued to pour into A. Yani hospital and makeshift health clinics.
Tue, 28 May 1996
Dengue fever kills 18 people
Dengue fever kills 18 people JAKARTA (JP): The city health agency has reported that 18 people have died and 1,771 others have been hospitalized suffering from dengue fever, from January to May this year.
Tue, 28 May 1996
ABRI captures separatist
ABRI captures separatist DILI, East Timor: The Armed Forces (ABRI) arrested last Thursday Geronimo Soares, a 31-year-old rebel, in Fatubolu village in the Ermera regency, Antara reported yesterday.Local military chief Col.
Tue, 28 May 1996
Man gets 32 months for drugs offenses
Man gets 32 months for drugs offenses JAKARTA (JP): A court yesterday sentenced a man caught for possessing illegal drugs to 32 months imprisonment. A prosecutor had earlier demanded a four-year sentence.Yono, alias Alex, a father of two children, was caught on Dec.
Tue, 28 May 1996
Soldiers get loyalty medals
Soldiers get loyalty medals KUPANG, East Nusa Tenggara: Army chief of Staff Gen. R. Hartono presented in absentia ten soldiers of the 161 Wirasakti military detachment with Satya Lencana Kesetiaan medals, Antara reported yesterday.
Tue, 28 May 1996
Play in memory of Arifin C. Noer
Play in memory of Arifin C. Noer JAKARTA (JP): The theater group Teater Kubur will perform a play by the late Arifin C. Noer, a noted playwright who died on May 28 last year at the age of 54.Kapai-kapai, written in 1970, will be staged on Wednesday to Friday evenings to commemorate the first...
Tue, 28 May 1996
'Bemo' drivers seek legal help
'Bemo' drivers seek legal help JAKARTA (JP): About 50 bemo drivers came in their three- wheeled motorized public transportation vehicles to the Jakarta Legal Aid Institute yesterday to seek legal assistance. This is their second visit to the office in a week.
Tue, 28 May 1996
Gus Dur tells supporters to correct the government
Gus Dur tells supporters to correct the government JAKARTA (JP): Controversial scholar Abdurrahman Wahid has advised his 30 million followers in Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) to correct but not topple the government.
Tue, 28 May 1996
Stock Exchange
Stock ExchangeStock prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (in rupiah) on May 27, 1996: Shares Close Change Trading Volume ------------------------------------------------------------- Ades Alfindo 925 -25 4,000 AHAP Insurance 2,800 0 0 Alumindo Perkasa 625 25 7,500 Andayani Megah 1,325 -25 245,000...
Tue, 28 May 1996
S'pore disfavors ministers' children
S'pore disfavors ministers' children SINGAPORE (Reuter): Singapore Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong said the island state was a meritocratic society that did not favor the children of top officials, the Straits Times newspaper reported yesterday.
Tue, 28 May 1996
Cold War has aftermath in Asia-Pacific
Cold War has aftermath in Asia-Pacific The latest incidents on the Korean peninsula show how much the security situation in the Asia-Pacific region is determined by conflicts left over from the Cold War, writes Walden Bello in this Inter Press Service commentary.
Tue, 28 May 1996
Indonesia joins Habitat II int'l conference
Indonesia joins Habitat II int'l conference JAKARTA (JP): An Indonesian delegate to the second World Human Settlement Conference (Habitat II) in Istanbul, Turkey, said yesterday that legal eviction will be among the more contentious issues to be debated by conference participants.
Tue, 28 May 1996
Tri Polyta, Japanese firms sign joint venture
Tri Polyta, Japanese firms sign joint venture JAKARTA (JP): PT Tri Polyta Indonesia, the country's biggest polypropylene resins producer, yesterday signed a joint venture agreement with Nippon Shokubai and Tomen Corporation of Japan to produce acrylic acid and acrylic ester.
Tue, 28 May 1996
Torajans' anger over virginity soothed
Torajans' anger over virginity soothed JAKARTA (JP): The Tana Torajan community's protest over a bureaucrat's remarks on virginity won sympathy from senior leaders of the House of Representatives yesterday.
Tue, 28 May 1996
Spirit of competition
Spirit of competition The way our athletes fought for and won the Thomas Cup and Uber Cup in Hong Kong at the weekend should dispel any doubt or apprehension caused by the recent suggestion of some local experts that Indonesians, either by nature or cultural inclination, are not competitive.
Tue, 28 May 1996
Tokyo Electric in Sibolga
Tokyo Electric in Sibolga TOKYO (AFP): Tokyo Electric Power Co. Inc. will start generating electricity in Southeast Asian countries in a shift from its long-standing policy of limiting its activity to within Japan, a major daily said.
Tue, 28 May 1996
Protest delays demolition of houses
Protest delays demolition of houses TANGERANG, West Java (JP): The demolition of 639 houses in Dadap village scheduled for yesterday was delayed upon the request of the ruling group Golkar's Central Board.