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Wed, 03 May 1995

TV today

TV todayTVRI 2:30 p.m. TV Series: Prince Valliant 3:05 Children's Program: Gita Wicara 3:30 Science Program 4:05 Family Program: Around Us 4:30 Documentary Film 5:00 Regional News 5:30 Indonesia Lessons 6:05 Nusantara, The Beloved Country 6:15 Village Program 6:45 Langka Tapi Nyata 7:00 Evening...

Wed, 03 May 1995

National Games to have more medal events in 1996

National Games to have more medal events in 1996 JAKARTA (JP): An extended 1996 National Games (PON) has been proposed as nine sports sought permission from the National Sports Council to make their debut at Indonesia's biggest sporting event.

Wed, 03 May 1995

Aussie urged to invest more

Aussie urged to invest more JAKARTA (JP): State Minister of Investment Sanyoto Sastrowardoyo told the Australia-Indonesia Business Council yesterday to find ways to resolve problems in trade between the two countries to boost their economic relations.

Tue, 02 May 1995

Harsh punishment for corrupt police

Harsh punishment for corrupt police JAKARTA (JP): Jakarta Police Chief Maj. Gen. Dibyo Widodo vowed yesterday to punish any police officers found to be taking bribes in the processing of driving licenses."If you see (police officers taking bribes), please tell me.

Tue, 02 May 1995

Indonesia and NAM

Indonesia and NAM What are the positive achievements of the three years of President Soeharto's leadership of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM)? First of all, by positioning the movement as partner in dialog, rather than as a force for confrontation, his leadership has given the movement credibility...

Tue, 02 May 1995

Taxi refuses to use meter

Taxi refuses to use meter As a businessman who often travels, I have just returned from a trip to Bandung, wherein this is the first time I have traveled to Bandung, without making use of my own car.It will be of interest to your readers to know that although all taxis in Bandung are equipped with...

Tue, 02 May 1995

Permadi case

Permadi caseFrom GatraThe Permadi case interests me. We should take the principle of "presumption of innocence".Were there no Moslems among the audience, when, a year ago, Permadi made the statement that is said to be blasphemous against Islam?Also, when he said something unpleasant about Golkar,...

Tue, 02 May 1995

On foreign words

On foreign words I fully agree with the letter by Yakup P (The Jakarta Post, April 28, 1995) regarding foreign words being used to name buildings, apartments and other places in Indonesia. Since this is Indonesia, it is better for them to have Indonesian names.

Tue, 02 May 1995

Deal on pensioner credits

Deal on pensioner credits JAKARTA (JP): PT Taspen, the state-owned company responsible for insurance and pensions for civil servants, commissioned Bank Bumi Artha yesterday to manage its loans to pensioners.

Tue, 02 May 1995

Bulog to raise rice reserves to 2 million tons

Bulog to raise rice reserves to 2 million tons JAKARTA (JP): President Soeharto instructed the National Logistics Agency (Bulog) yesterday to increase its buffer stocks of rice to about two million tons by the end of the 1995-1996 fiscal year.

Tue, 02 May 1995

Councilors concerned about Sunter land case

Councilors concerned about Sunter land case JAKARTA (JP): The City Council urged the city administration yesterday to pay compensation to 344 families whose land in Sunter, North Jakarta, will be appropriated for the construction of a new reservoir.

Tue, 02 May 1995

Tangerang bus drivers on strike

Tangerang bus drivers on strike TANGERANG (JP): Hundreds of employees working in Jakarta were stranded in Tangerang yesterday due to a massive strike staged by minibus drivers.The 12-seat minibus drivers launched the strike, their second protest since last year, due to the unwillingness of the...

Tue, 02 May 1995

SEA Games athletes to compete in world events

SEA Games athletes to compete in world events JAKARTA (JP): In an effort to further develop their skills before the 18th Southeast Asian Games, Indonesia is sending its boxers, female sharp shooters and lady golfers to international events abroad.

Tue, 02 May 1995

Indonesian experts teach 'Lessons Without Borders'

Indonesian experts teach 'Lessons Without Borders'By Dean Crignan SEATTLE, Washington (JP): Last month three Indonesian environmental experts traveled to Seattle, Washington, to advise U.S. citizens and organizations on successful approaches to environmental conservation.

Tue, 02 May 1995

Group of young lawyers decry chief justice

Group of young lawyers decry chief justice JAKARTA (JP): Chief Justice Soerjono came under further criticism yesterday for his letter declaring unenforceable a Supreme Court ruling in a land dispute in Irian Jaya.

Tue, 02 May 1995

Soeharto cautions on imports

Soeharto cautions on imports JAKARTA (JP): President Soeharto has raised the alarm about Indonesian products losing out to imports at home, even before the nation moves on to free market arrangements with its neighbors in Asia and the Pacific.

Tue, 02 May 1995

Algeria suggests textile joint-venture

Algeria suggests textile joint-venture JAKARTA (JP): Algeria has invited Indonesia to enter its textile market in the form of joint venture company to be established in Algeria.After meeting with President Soeharto, Algerian Foreign Minister Mohammed Salah Dembri and Minister of Small and Medium...

Tue, 02 May 1995

RP absorbs more aid

RP absorbs more aid MANILA (AFP): The Philippines' absorption of assistance from the Asian Development Bank and the Overseas Economic Cooperation Fund (OECF) of Japan has increased in the first quarter of 1995, the chief aid coordinator Alan Ortiz said here yesterday.

Tue, 02 May 1995

Tradition vs traditionalism (2)

Tradition vs traditionalism (2)By Ignas Kleden This is the second part of an article examining the relationship between the concept of tradition and political thinking. JAKARTA (JP): With the culture debate essentially behind us, it is still timely for us to look into some of the arguments put...

Tue, 02 May 1995

Plan to legalize gambling opposed

Plan to legalize gambling opposed JAKARTA (JP): City Council Chairman M.H. Ritonga said yesterday that he is against the idea of designating a special location in the city for gambling activities"We do not agree with the idea. It is dangerous," he said.

Tue, 02 May 1995

ASEAN vows to oppose ILO's social clause

ASEAN vows to oppose ILO's social clause JAKARTA (JP): The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) will resist staunchly a campaign by industrialized countries' to link trade to labor issues at June's International Labor Conference in Geneva, a minister said yesterday.

Tue, 02 May 1995

Australia targets RI in $7.2m campaign

Australia targets RI in $7.2m campaign JAKARTA (JP): Australia is targeting Indonesia, along with South Korea, Thailand and the Shanghai region of China, in its multimillion-dollar campaign to draw more attention to its technological capacity.

Tue, 02 May 1995

Legislative seats of ABRI less after 1997 polls

Legislative seats of ABRI less after 1997 polls JAKARTA (JP): The number of Armed Forces (ABRI) seats in the House of Representatives will be slashed from 100 to 75 after the 1997 general election, a senior military official confirmed yesterday.Maj. Gen.

Tue, 02 May 1995

Sanitation at Permata Hijau

Sanitation at Permata Hijau JAKARTA (JP): South Jakarta Mayor Pardjoko expressed concern with the bad management of the luxurious Permata Hijau housing complex.According to the mayor, the grass in a number of areas around the complex is not tended properly and growing wildly.

Tue, 02 May 1995

Anti-AIDS drive in Tarakan

Anti-AIDS drive in Tarakan TARAKAN, East Kalimantan: Health officials in charge of curbing the spread of HIV are intensifying their activities on Tarakan island.They said the island, which borders Malaysia, is especially vulnerable to the spread of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) because it...

Tue, 02 May 1995

Seminar on British studies

Seminar on British studies JAKARTA: Rector of Semarang's University of Diponegoro Muladi is scheduled to open a seminar on the Teaching of British Studies in Indonesia in Bandungan, Central Java, today.

Tue, 02 May 1995

Polygamy and polyandry

Polygamy and polyandry It is generally known that polygamy does prevail in many parts of the world, including Indonesia. According to the Indonesian marriage law, a man is allowed to marry a second woman only upon consent of the first wife.

Tue, 02 May 1995

Small business still out: BKPM

Small business still out: BKPM JAKARTA (JP): State Minister for Investment Sanyoto Sastrowardoyo said yesterday that business activities reserved for small-scale businesses would remain closed to foreign investment.

Tue, 02 May 1995

Aceh gets aid from Canada

Aceh gets aid from Canada JAKARTA: Canada is committed to providing grants worth Rp 53 million (about US$25,000) for two community projects in Aceh, Canadian embassy Lawrence T. Dickenson said here yesterday.

Tue, 02 May 1995

Money changer

Money changer During a stop-over at Medan airport on March 17, 1995, I changed a few hundred Dutch guilders at the one money changer in the transit hall. I was to travel further to Bali and was not sure if I would arrive there in time to find the banks still open.

Tue, 02 May 1995

Competition for foreign students

Competition for foreign students JAKARTA (JP): An English language consultant Lembaga Antar Bangsa is scheduled to hold a competition in poetry writing and reading in Bahasa Indonesia for foreign students in Jakarta, Lilimunir Croft announced yesterday.

Tue, 02 May 1995

Indonesian basketball season to start

Indonesian basketball season to start JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesian basketball league will introduce a relegation system when the new season of competition starts at the end of this month in Surabaya, East Java.

Tue, 02 May 1995

Govt will retain control over haj

Govt will retain control over haj JAKARTA (JP): The government intends to retain control over departure arrangements for Indonesian haj pilgrims to Mecca next year, despite the chaos that marked this year's operation.

Tue, 02 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, 02 May 1995

FBI asked to conduct autopsy

FBI asked to conduct autopsy MANILA (Reuter): The Philippines and Singapore have agreed to ask the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to conduct an autopsy of the remains of a Filipina maid in a bizarre twist to a murder case that has rocked relations between two Asian allies.

Tue, 02 May 1995

Outspoken House member Bintang formally sacked

Outspoken House member Bintang formally sacked JAKARTA (JP): As news of his sacking from the House of Representatives (DPR) emerged yesterday, legislator Sri Bintang Pamungkas promised he would continue his fight as an "opposition" to the government.

Tue, 02 May 1995

Twelve die of diarrhea

Twelve die of diarrhea DILI, East Timor: At least 12 people have died from a diarrhea outbreak in Bobonaro regency, about 180 kilometers west of here, reports said yesterday.The local station of the state-run Radio Republik Indonesia (RRI) said that the provincial government had yet to send relief...

Tue, 02 May 1995

Indonesia calls for extension of 4-month old Bosnia truce

Indonesia calls for extension of 4-month old Bosnia truce JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia yesterday called on all sides embroiled in the civil war in the former Yugoslav republic of Bosnia-Herzegovina to extend a four-month old truce which has since expired.

Tue, 02 May 1995

See Lidya, Ria and Nurul in 3-D

See Lidya, Ria and Nurul in 3-D JAKARTA (JP): Television viewers in Indonesia will soon be able to see their favorite slap-stick comedy actresses like Lidya Kandou, Ria Irawan and Nurul Arifin in three-dimension.

Tue, 02 May 1995

Feminism unsuitable for local women

Feminism unsuitable for local women PADANG, West Sumatra: Feminism is a concept that is strictly western and unsuitable for Indonesian women, an expert argues."Indonesian women have their own concepts and strategies inspired by their own religious, cultural and traditional values," R.A.

Tue, 02 May 1995

Vice President in Palu

Vice President in Palu PALU, Central Sulawesi: Vice President Try Sutrisno and several cabinet ministers arrived here yesterday for a two-day working visit.Welcomed by governor Azis Lamadjido at the airport, Try went straight to the gubernatorial office to attend a local government meeting.

Tue, 02 May 1995

Two activists arrested for leading protest

Two activists arrested for leading protest JAKARTA (JP): Two labor activists were arrested yesterday for organizing a demonstration to press their demand that the government raise the daily minimum wage to Rp 7,000.

Tue, 02 May 1995

Poverty rate is still high

Poverty rate is still high JAKARTA (JP): Over 27.6 percent of Jakarta families live below the poverty line, an official of the city administration said yesterday.Ritola Tasmaya, head of the Jakarta office of the Family Planning Coordinating Board, said that a survey conducted earlier this year...

Tue, 02 May 1995

BII introduces new service

BII introduces new service JAKARTA (JP): Bank Internasional Indonesia (BII), in cooperation with Western Union of the United States, introduced yesterday a fast money transfer service at two of its Jakarta branches.

Tue, 02 May 1995

Share prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange

Share prices on the Jakarta Stock ExchangeShare prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (in rupiah) on May 1, 1995: Trading Share Close Change volume ------------------------------------------------------ ADES ALFINDO 2,725 0 AHAP INSURANCE 3,300 0 ALUMINDO PERKASA 1,100 0 ANDAYANI MEGAH 1,825 -175...

Tue, 02 May 1995

Technology causes environmental damage

Technology causes environmental damage JAKARTA (JP): Advances in science and technology have caused a degradation of the natural environment, former environment minister Emil Salim said on Saturday."Modern technology like air conditioners, pesticides and motor vehicles could lead to the destruction...

Tue, 02 May 1995

Tanjung Priok project claims two children's lives

Tanjung Priok project claims two children's lives JAKARTA (JP): The bodies of two young boys were discovered at a project site in Tanjung Priok port, East Jakarta, on Friday. The operator of an excavator, which was operating near where the boys were playing, has been detained for questioning.

Tue, 02 May 1995

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