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Fri, 12 May 1995
Army to help PNG village
Army to help PNG village JAYAPURA, Irian Jaya: Army Chief of Staff Gen. R. Hartono said his soldiers are prepared to help in some civic works in a village in Papua New Guinea just across the border of Irian Jaya.
Fri, 12 May 1995
Gold panners out of work
Gold panners out of work PALANGKARAYA, Central Kalimantan: Thousands of people who came to Sampit regency to pan for gold are in dire need of jobs after the administration clamped down on illegal gold panning.Col.
Fri, 12 May 1995
Floods inflict heavy losses
Floods inflict heavy losses BENGKULU, Bengkulu: Weekend floods and landslides caused material losses of Rp 10 billion ($4.5 million), officials said.Deputy Governor Usup Supriyadi said that the disaster destroyed 2,500 hectares of rice fields, hundreds of houses, infrastructure facilities and...
Fri, 12 May 1995
Manpower to get tough on permit violators
Manpower to get tough on permit violators JAKARTA (JP): City Immigration Office will take action against expatriates found to have misused their work permits, the office's chief said yesterday ."We will not hesitate to take stern action against any expatriate found misusing their work permit," Moh.
Fri, 12 May 1995
Replacement of Bemo soon
Replacement of Bemo soon JAKARTA (JP): The city administration has given authority to the Organization of Land Transportation Owners to replace bemo, a three-wheel public vehicle, with another type of small vehicle.
Fri, 12 May 1995
RI teens continue their unbeaten run
RI teens continue their unbeaten run JAKARTA (JP): Indonesian youths maintained their winning streak at the World Youth Cup Asia Oceania qualifying round tennis team championships with a 3-0 crushing of Hong Kong yesterday.
Fri, 12 May 1995
KONI secures Rp18b for SEA Games programs
KONI secures Rp18b for SEA Games programs JAKARTA (JP): The National Sports Council treasury official Setia Novanto told reporters yesterday that the council has secured a fund of Rp18 billion (US$8 million) for the Southeast Asian Games programs from prominent Indonesian businessmen.
Fri, 12 May 1995
Government's rice policy hurts farmers: Study
Government's rice policy hurts farmers: Study JAKARTA (JP): A recent study carried out by a government official states that the government's policy on rice, in which the price and importation of the staple are tightly controlled, have hurt the country's rice farmers.
Fri, 12 May 1995
No stock table
No stock tableNotice: Due to technical problems at the Jakarta Stock Exchange last night, today's table of share prices is not available. -- Editor
Fri, 12 May 1995
Use 'Bahasa' Indonesia
Use 'Bahasa' Indonesia The recent call for the renaming of housing projects and prominent buildings in Jakarta has gotten a great deal of publicity. There is also an Indonesian flair for abbreviations. For example, Direktur Utama becomes Dirut or Tanah Abang Timur becomes Tanamur.
Fri, 12 May 1995
Fashion parade for charity
Fashion parade for charity JAKARTA (JP): The British Women's Association (BWA) will hold its 15th annual charity dinner and fashion show with prominent local designers at the Mandarin Hotel on May 22 to 23.
Fri, 12 May 1995
City council urges mayors to relocate street vendors
City council urges mayors to relocate street vendors JAKARTA (JP): The City Council urged the five city mayors to implement an integrated program to relocate street vendors to markets in their areas.Deputy Chairman of the City Council's Commission B, in charge of economic affairs, Nitra Arsyad told...
Fri, 12 May 1995
Wedding party turns lethal
Wedding party turns lethal BANYUMAS, Central Java: One person has died and 51 others have been hospitalized for suspected food poisoning.All fell ill after attending a wedding party in the village of Kedungbanteng.
Fri, 12 May 1995
Indonesia's foreign debt
Indonesia's foreign debtFrom Sinar PagiThere is, indeed, cause for concern about the foreign debt to be faced by our children and grandchildren.If I am not mistaken, our foreign debt has reached Rp 200 trillion -- 60 percent of which is the government's debt, with the remaining 40 percent belonging...
Fri, 12 May 1995
Congratulations!
Congratulations! I would like to congratulate The Jakarta Post on its 12th anniversary, which was celebrated April 25, 1995.I have been reading The Jakarta Post for about two years. I feel that I am better informed by your paper and that my horizons have been widened.
Fri, 12 May 1995
Marhaen group protest against discrimination
Marhaen group protest against discrimination JAKARTA (JP): Leaders of a mass organization, based on the teachings of the late president Sukarno, protested yesterday the government's discriminatory treatment of it.
Fri, 12 May 1995
Ruling party leads RP polls
Ruling party leads RP polls MANILA (Agencies): Candidates loyal to President Fidel Ramos cemented their commanding lead in Philippine polls, but violence continued to rumble in the aftermath of national elections, officials said yesterday.
Fri, 12 May 1995
Pro-RI Timorese to attend Austrian talks
Pro-RI Timorese to attend Austrian talks JAKARTA (JP): A senior East Timorese politician yesterday confirmed that 16 pro-integration Timorese are slated to attend next month's All-Inclusive Intra-East Timor dialog in Austria.
Thu, 11 May 1995
Labor union honors Marsinah
Labor union honors Marsinah JAKARTA (JP): The All-Indonesia Workers Union (SPSI) has declared May 9 a national day opposing violence against workers in honor of Marsinah, the murdered labor activist."Beginning this year, May 9 will be marked as a day of anti- violence.
Thu, 11 May 1995
Assistance for transmigrants
Assistance for transmigrants JAKARTA (JP): The city administration is providing Rp 500,000 (US$227.27) for each Jakarta family intending to transmigrate to the outer islands voluntarily.Haryo K.W., head of the Jakarta office of the Ministry of Transmigration, told reporters that the fund includes...
Thu, 11 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.
Thu, 11 May 1995
Set lower paper prices for textbooks: Tunky
Set lower paper prices for textbooks: Tunky JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Industry Tunky Ariwibowo called on local pulp and paper producers Tuesday to set lower prices for paper used for the production of textbooks.
Thu, 11 May 1995
Stock Exchange
Stock ExchangeShare prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (in rupiah) on May 9, 1995 Trading Shares Close Change Volume ------------------------------------------------------ ADES ALFINDO 2,150 -575 1,000 AHAP INSURANCE 3,300 0 ALUMINDO PERKASA 1,100 0 ANDAYANI MEGAH 2,150 75 149,000 ANEKA KIMIA...
Thu, 11 May 1995
Jailed Xanana has medical checkup
Jailed Xanana has medical checkup JAKARTA (JP): Jailed East Timor guerrilla leader Jose Alexandre "Xanana" Gusmao left the Cipinang Correctional Institution on Tuesday for a medical checkup, a senior Ministry of Justice official announced."There was nothing special about it.
Thu, 11 May 1995
Oki to face 5-year imprisonment
Oki to face 5-year imprisonment JAKARTA (JP): Public Prosecutor Abdul Muis Gassing demanded at the South Jakarta District Court on Tuesday that Harnoko Dewantoro, alias Oki, be sentenced to five years imprisonment for falsifying passports and repeatedly using more than one passport.
Thu, 11 May 1995
University's programs closed
University's programs closed JAKARTA (JP): The Ministry of Education and Culture has ordered the University of North Sumatra (USU) in Medan to close two degree programs after two years of operation because they were introduced without Jakarta's permission.
Thu, 11 May 1995
Chinese president to visit Seoul
Chinese president to visit Seoul BEIJING (Reuter): Jiang Zemin will visit Seoul in November, the first Chinese president to go to South Korea, a sign of warming relations with the South and worsening ties with the North.
Thu, 11 May 1995
PM Goh makes visit to China
PM Goh makes visit to China SINGAPORE (Reuter): Singapore Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong will make a working visit to China for 10 days from today to meet his Chinese counterpart, Li Peng, and other Chinese leaders.
Thu, 11 May 1995
Prose writing competition
Prose writing competition The Prose Writing & Poetry Reading Competition that was held on May 6, 1995, at Pusat Dokumentasi Sastra HB. Yassin, TIM was not decided by the Joint Committee of PT Gramedia Multi Utama, Ikatan Pengajar Indonesia di Sekolah International (IKAPINSI), and Lembaga Antar...
Thu, 11 May 1995
Military urges PDI to solve conflict through dialog
Military urges PDI to solve conflict through dialog JAKARTA (JP): The Armed Forces (ABRI) has appealed to the bickering camps within the Indonesian Democratic Party (PDI) to resolve their differences through dialog.Maj. Gen.
Thu, 11 May 1995
Dutch team to confirm agenda
Dutch team to confirm agenda JAKARTA (JP): The All Indonesia Soccer Association (PSSI) has yet to appoint a national team to take on the Dutch First Division club PSV Eindhoven, PSSI's secretary-general Soeparjo Pontjowinoto said on Tuesday.
Thu, 11 May 1995
East Timorese talks to be held in June
East Timorese talks to be held in June UNITED NATIONS (AFP): Reconciliation talks between pro- and anti-Indonesian East Timorese will be held in Austria next June 2-5, the United Nations announced on Tuesday.
Thu, 11 May 1995
Garment companies hit with strike to reopen
Garment companies hit with strike to reopen JAKARTA (JP): Two garment companies, PT Rajabrana and PT Wisindo Agung, which stopped activities following a week-long labor strike, have agreed to begin operations again and employ all workers, a senior official said on Tuesday.
Thu, 11 May 1995
More universal environmental laws urged
More universal environmental laws urged JAKARTA (JP): A University of Indonesia law expert is calling for more universal environmental legislation to stop countries from using strict environmental rules as a way of protecting their local industries against foreign competition.
Thu, 11 May 1995
Kadin and Golkar launch credit guarantee fund
Kadin and Golkar launch credit guarantee fund JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Kadin) together with the ruling Golkar party have established a credit guarantee fund with a planned initial paid-up capital of Rp 50 billion (US$22.5 million).
Thu, 11 May 1995
Freeport cuts aid for BLK
Freeport cuts aid for BLK JAYAPURA, Irian Jaya: PT Freeport Indonesia, a Jayapura-based gold and copper mining company, recently stopped financing a local vocational training center, known as BLK.In a ceremony marking the closing of the fifth training session Tuesday, an official of the company...
Thu, 11 May 1995
Mulia expects robust growth in 1995 sales
Mulia expects robust growth in 1995 sales JAKARTA (JP): Mulia Industrindo, a manufacturer of glass and ceramic tiles, listed on the Jakarta and Surabaya stock exchanges, expects a sharp increase in sales this year on higher demand and production capacities, an executive of the company said.
Thu, 11 May 1995
Idul Adha security
Idul Adha security JAKARTA (JP): The North Jakarta police precinct deployed 499 police officers to safeguard security during the commemoration of the Islamic Day of Sacrifice (Idul Adha) yesterday.Col. Edi Darnadi, head of the police precinct, told reporters that the 499 officers were posted at 59...
Thu, 11 May 1995
RI teams on way to W. Youth Cup finals
RI teams on way to W. Youth Cup finals JAKARTA (JP): Indonesian boys' and girls' tennis teams improved their chances of advancing to the World Youth Cup tennis team championship finals with well-deserved victories on the second day of their Asia Oceania qualifying round matches at Senayan yesterday.
Thu, 11 May 1995
Thai pledges KO victory
Thai pledges KO victory JAKARTA (JP): Jodsingh Sarina of Thailand vowed to make short work of Indonesian Nico Thomas in their bout for the vacant Orient and Pacific Boxing Federation mini flyweight championship title at the Senayan Basketball Hall tonight."I will stop Nico in the seventh round.
Thu, 11 May 1995
Three nabbed for drug trafficking
Three nabbed for drug trafficking DENPASAR, Bali (JP): Police arrested three Balinese men suspected of drug trafficking in three separate raids at Kuta Beach last Sunday.Lt. Col. Lalu Budiardja, the spokesman for the Nusra Police, said one of the men was a tourist guide and the other was an...
Thu, 11 May 1995
Army captain's name will be restored
Army captain's name will be restored JAKARTA (JP): East Java's military commander has promised to restore the name of a convicted Army officer after serving nine months in jail for being an accomplice to the murder of labor activist Marsinah.Maj. Gen.
Thu, 11 May 1995
Police to keep open mind about Marsinah case
Police to keep open mind about Marsinah case JAKARTA (JP): The police force will be open minded in renewing the investigation into the murder of labor activist Marsinah and will use every piece of material evidence available to resolve the mystery of who killed her in May 1993.
Thu, 11 May 1995
Albert advances to last eight in boxing c'ships
Albert advances to last eight in boxing c'ships JAKARTA (JP): Indonesian middleweight Albert Papilaya outscored Kyrgyzstan's Malik Borbaschev 8-1 during the preliminary round of the world amateur boxing championships in Berlin on Tuesday.
Thu, 11 May 1995
Not over yet
Not over yet Marsinah, the murdered labor activist, is long gone. But her specter, raised once again last week when the Supreme Court exonerated seven people previously convicted of complicity in the crime, may be with us for a long time to come.
Thu, 11 May 1995
Property tax
Property taxFrom KompasI would like to have some information as to how the Directorate General of Taxes sets the amount of the property tax (PBB) that I am supposed to pay annually.In 1993 my PBB was fixed at RP 297,480. In 1994 this figure went up to Rp 382,180, which is an increase of 28.
Thu, 11 May 1995
Soeharto approves Harmoko's appeal
Soeharto approves Harmoko's appeal JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Information Harmoko says he has the full support of President Soeharto in his move to appeal against a court ruling which found his decision to close down Tempo weekly news magazine last year to be unlawful.
Thu, 11 May 1995
Multi Bintang will build new brewery
Multi Bintang will build new brewery JAKARTA (JP): PT Multi Bintang Indonesia, one of the major brewers in Indonesia, plans to set up a new brewery in East Java next year in a bid to further strengthen its market footholds in the country.
Thu, 11 May 1995
Ministry warns RI's biggest pulp maker
Ministry warns RI's biggest pulp maker JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Forestry Djamaludin Suryohadikusumo said on Tuesday his office has sent a warning to the listed PT Indah Kiat Pulp and Paper, Indonesia's biggest pulp manufacturer, regarding the company's management of its forest concessions.
Thu, 11 May 1995
Agro-tourism attracts Seattle businessmen
Agro-tourism attracts Seattle businessmen SURABAYA, East Java: A number of businessmen from Seattle, United States, have reportedly expressed interest in investing in developing agro-tourism here.Governor Basofi Sudirman said on Tuesday that, the businesses also wished to export coffee, cocoa,...