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Fri, 10 May 1996
Palapa-C1 and C2 major milestones:
Palapa-C1 and C2 major milestones: April 1993: Satellite manufacture contract awarded to Hughes of the United States June 1993: Launch service contract awarded to Arianespace for Palapa-C1 June 1993: Telesat Canada selected as Satelindo's adviser August 1993: Preliminary design review March 1994:...
Fri, 10 May 1996
On dubbing
On dubbing Ms. Lala is right. The notion to dub movies is perplexing (The Jakarta Post, May 8, 1996). How could the minister of education and culture even have come up with this idea?My own opinion is that some English words cannot be translated into Indonesia, therefore the meaning will be changed...
Fri, 10 May 1996
Life in the highrise apartments
Life in the highrise apartments JAKARTA (JP): One day recently in Tanah Abang, Central Jakarta, apartment occupants were alarmed at the commotion coming from the top of one of the blocks.They looked up and saw a man working on his unit -- he was building an additional story to his 36-square-meter...
Fri, 10 May 1996
Suspected motorcycle thief shot dead
Suspected motorcycle thief shot dead JAKARTA (JP): A suspected vehicle thief was shot to death by a motorcycle owner, a police sergeant, at a housing complex in Rawabadak in North Jakarta yesterday morning.
Fri, 10 May 1996
Saudis plan for close business ties
Saudis plan for close business ties JAKARTA (JP): A Saudi business delegation led by Minister of Industry and Electricity Hashem Abdullah Yamani ended its three- day mission here yesterday with a commitment to increasing two- way trade and investment with Indonesia.
Fri, 10 May 1996
Women's group calls for red-light district removal
Women's group calls for red-light district removal JAKARTA (JP): Women's organizations are pressing the city administration to move the prostitution complex from the Kramat Tunggak area, North Jakarta."We want to present an official request to the House of Representatives to move the prostitution...
Fri, 10 May 1996
VDSAT to continue project
VDSAT to continue project CIANJUR, West Java (JP): Property company PT Villa Del Sol Agro Tourism (VDSAT) is to continue the construction of an agro- tourism project in Cikanyere village, Pacet district, Cianjur regency, West Java, after heavy rain put work on hold last year.
Fri, 10 May 1996
Medan Rally set to test the world's drivers skills
Medan Rally set to test the world's drivers skillsBy Robert Soelistyo MEDAN, North Sumatra (JP): Rain that turns the gravel roads into slippery, muddy dirt-tracks looked to be the first obstacle for rally drivers to overcome in the FIA World Rally Championship due to start here this morning.
Fri, 10 May 1996
Students continue protests in a show of solidarity
Students continue protests in a show of solidarity JAKARTA (JP): University students in three cities continued with their massive show of solidarity for fellow students who died in recent rioting in Ujungpandang, South Sulawesi.
Fri, 10 May 1996
Sticky business
Sticky business It seems to be the National Logistics Agency's (Bulog) turn now to get its hands sticky helping the state-owned IPTN aerospace company. The agency has agreed to buy about 110,000 tons of glutinous rice while Thailand is in turn to procure two CN-235 airplanes from IPTN.
Fri, 10 May 1996
Indosat enhances its performance
Indosat enhances its performance JAKARTA (JP): As the primary provider of international telecommunications services in Indonesia, PT Indonesian Satellite Corporation (Indosat) is working to strengthen its market leadership in the country while developing a global presence through increased...
Fri, 10 May 1996
Jailbird pursued
Jailbird pursued DILI, East Timor: The authorities are still searching for Jose da Costa, a Dili prison inmate who escaped during a riot in January, Antara reported.Benny J. Mathaus, chief of the Ministry of Justice's provincial office, said here last week that the manhunt would continue until Da...
Fri, 10 May 1996
Province potential trouble spot
Province potential trouble spot MATARAM, West Nusa Tenggara: Maj. Gen. H.A. Rivai, chief of the local security agency, says the province has the potential for social and political tension, Antara reported yesterday.
Fri, 10 May 1996
Singatronics quits Batam
Singatronics quits Batam SINGAPORE (Reuter): Singatronics said yesterday that its wholly owned subsidiary, PT Singatronics Batam, will cease its contract manufacturing business in Batam, Indonesia.It said in a statement the decision to close the loss-making operation resulted from rationalization...
Fri, 10 May 1996
ASEAN lobbies for India and Myanmar in ARF
ASEAN lobbies for India and Myanmar in ARFBy Meidyatama Suryodiningrat YOGYAKARTA (JP): Indonesia, on behalf of the seven states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is lobbying for the admission of India and Myanmar to the ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF), while leaving other...
Fri, 10 May 1996
Razaleigh ends rivalry with PM Mahathir
Razaleigh ends rivalry with PM Mahathir KUALA LUMPUR (Agencies): Malaysian opposition strongman Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah said yesterday he was ready to return to Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad's party, ending nine years of bitter political rivalry between the two.
Fri, 10 May 1996
Post writers win awards
Post writers win awards JAKARTA (JP): Two film reviews published by The Jakarta Post won prizes in a film critics contest held by Jakarta Media Communication.Dini S. Djalal's article The American President: Staring at the White House through Rose-tinted Glasses, which was published on March 12, won...
Fri, 10 May 1996
Coordination sought to end school brawls
Coordination sought to end school brawls JAKARTA (JP): Coordinating Minister for Political Affairs and Security Soesilo Soedarman yesterday convened a special meeting to discuss ways to end brawling at schools, which has become a major headache for City administrators.
Fri, 10 May 1996
Lippo Karawaci going public after delay
Lippo Karawaci going public after delay JAKARTA (JP): PT Lippo Karawaci, a township developer in Tangerang, West Java, is finally to sell 30.8 million new shares or around 8 percent of its enlarged stocks to the public early next month after a year of delay.
Thu, 09 May 1996
Most job seekers unskilled
Most job seekers unskilled TANGERANG, West Java (JP): Most job seekers in Tangerang do not meet the requirements for industrial job opportunities, an official says.The head of the Tangerang Regency Manpower Ministry office, Engkos Kosim, said yesterday that there were a total of 29,234 job seekers...
Thu, 09 May 1996
Flooding of tunnel under tollway
Flooding of tunnel under tollwayFrom KompasThe tunnel linking Kampung Rambutan bus terminal with Jl. Manunggal in Ceger, East Jakarta, is transformed into a knee-deep waterway when it rains, compelling pedestrians, many school children among them, to cross the Jagorawi tollway instead.
Thu, 09 May 1996
Pino needs 30-day rest to heal spinal injury
Pino needs 30-day rest to heal spinal injury JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia's ace middleweight boxer Pino Bahari needs to take a full month's rest to heal a spinal injury if he is to run his bid for the Atlanta Olympic Games this July.
Thu, 09 May 1996
365 firms seek exemption from minimum wage rule
365 firms seek exemption from minimum wage rule JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Manpower Abdul Latief yesterday disclosed that 365 companies have applied to be exempted from the government minimum wage policy which came into force on April 1.
Thu, 09 May 1996
Tansil's escape erodes trust in law enforcers
Tansil's escape erodes trust in law enforcers JAKARTA (JP): Fraudulent tycoon Eddy Tansil's dramatic escape from prison, allegedly with the help of warders, has badly dented the public's trust in law enforcers, observers said yesterday.
Thu, 09 May 1996
One shot dead and four arrested in Central Jakarta taxi robbery
One shot dead and four arrested in Central Jakarta taxi robbery JAKARTA (JP): Police shot to death a suspected taxi robber and arrested four other people, including a 16-year-old female, during a midnight raid in Central Jakarta, says a police officer.Jakarta Police spokesman Lt. Col.
Thu, 09 May 1996
Bank NISP profit up 27%
Bank NISP profit up 27% JAKARTA (JP): The publicly-listed Bank NISP announced yesterday that its net profits rose 27 percent to Rp 17 billion last year from Rp 13 billion the previous year.The bank said in a statement that the total funds generated from the public increased by 28 percent to Rp 500...
Thu, 09 May 1996
Rock guitarist Carlos Santana in action tonight
Rock guitarist Carlos Santana in action tonightBy Oscar Motuloh JAKARTA (JP): Carlos Santana, a veteran rock guitarist, will perform at the Jakarta Convention Center tonight. The concert will round off a series of international superstar performances in the capital, such as Deep Purple, Stevie...
Thu, 09 May 1996
Passenger buses fear vandals
Passenger buses fear vandals BANDA ACEH, Aceh: A local organization made up of privately- owned public transportation companies is asking that their passenger buses plying the Banda Aceh-Medan route in North Sumatra be given protection against groups of vandals often found along the route.
Thu, 09 May 1996
'World Voice' concert at Ancol
'World Voice' concert at Ancol JAKARTA (JP): Following its successful evening concert in March, the Ikapari Country Music Association will stage the Voice of the World music concert at the Ancol Art Market on May 12, from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m.
Thu, 09 May 1996
Indosat to set up new cellular phone venture
Indosat to set up new cellular phone venture JAKARTA (JP): The country's international telecommunications carrier PT Indonesian Satellite Corporation (Indosat) plans to set up a new subsidiary which will operate an improved digital mobile cellular telecommunications system.
Thu, 09 May 1996
North Jakarta mayor leads kiosk demolition
North Jakarta mayor leads kiosk demolition JAKARTA (JP): North Jakarta Mayor Suprawito led an operation yesterday to tear down 200 kiosks standing along a riverbank and on a railway track in Pademangan.
Thu, 09 May 1996
Fertilizer a rarity
Fertilizer a rarityFrom KompasThe use of artificial fertilizers has been increasing in the past two years. The fertilizer has increased rice production. But now fertilizer stocks are dwindling and it is feared that it will become a rarity.
Thu, 09 May 1996
Tribesmen to be 'civilized'
Tribesmen to be 'civilized' SAMARINDA, East Kalimantan: About 6,000 families from isolated tribes have yet to be "developed" and introduced to civilization, Antara reported.Benny L. Tumbuan from the local office of the Ministry of Social Services said most of the tribesmen are still living in poor...
Thu, 09 May 1996
Educate the public
Educate the public Two important developments related to television took place last week. First, the proposal by the minister of information, supported by the minister of education and culture, for private television stations and theaters to dub all foreign films into Indonesian by Aug.
Thu, 09 May 1996
Cambodia prepares to join ASEAN
Cambodia prepares to join ASEAN PHNOM PENH (AFP): The Cambodian government, preparing for the formal consideration of its application to join the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN), has created an agency to oversee its membership, the foreign ministry said yesterday.
Thu, 09 May 1996
Rights abuses found in Ujungpandang
Rights abuses found in Ujungpandang JAKARTA (JP): The National Commission on Human Rights announced yesterday that there were rights abuses during the clashes between security officers and students last month in Ujungpandang, South Sulawesi.
Thu, 09 May 1996
Bintang gets 34 months for insulting the President
Bintang gets 34 months for insulting the President JAKARTA (JP): Controversial politician Sri Bintang Pamungkas was sentenced yesterday to two years and 10 months imprisonment for calling President Soeharto a dictator.
Thu, 09 May 1996
'Antara' joins the Internet
'Antara' joins the Internet JAKARTA (JP): Antara announced yesterday that it has begun relaying some of its news and photo services on the Internet.The official news agency signed an agreement yesterday with PT Rahajasa Media Internet (RADnet), one of the major Internet providers in Indonesia, to...
Thu, 09 May 1996
Pertamina signs contracts with foreign firms
Pertamina signs contracts with foreign firms JAKARTA (JP): The state-owned oil company Pertamina yesterday signed two production-sharing oil contracts and two agreements to set up asphalt and lube oil blending plants worth $75 million with foreign and local companies.
Thu, 09 May 1996
Soeharto encourages shuttlers
Soeharto encourages shuttlers JAKARTA (JP): President Soeharto yesterday called on Indonesia's Thomas and Uber Cuppers to consider their title defense mission in Hong Kong from May 16 to May 26 a national duty, not as a burden.
Thu, 09 May 1996
Adi Andjojo told to be quiet over bribery case
Adi Andjojo told to be quiet over bribery case JAKARTA (JP): Deputy Chief Justice for General Crimes Adi Andojo Soetjipto has been instructed to stop talking to the press about allegations that a group of Supreme Court judges accepted Rp 1.4 billion (US$600,000) to acquit a defendant last July.
Thu, 09 May 1996
RI's account deficit predicted to grow to $8.5b
RI's account deficit predicted to grow to $8.5b JAKARTA (JP): Economist Sjahrir estimated yesterday that Indonesia's current account deficit for the current fiscal year will expand to US$8.5 billion, far higher than the government's projection of $6.9 billion.
Thu, 09 May 1996
Morgue receives 105 bodies
Morgue receives 105 bodies JAKARTA (JP): The morgue at the Cipto Mangunkusumo General Hospital in Central Jakarta received 105 people last month, killed in various accidents, the morgue records indicate.
Thu, 09 May 1996
City gets solar clocks
City gets solar clocks JAKARTA (JP): The state-owned Pertamina oil company has donated three solar-powered clocks to the municipality.Pertamina President Faisal Abda'oe symbolically presented the clocks to Governor Surjadi Soedirdja at City Hall recently.
Thu, 09 May 1996
TV today
TV todayTVRI 2:30 p.m. Travel: My Country 2:35 TV Series: Ultraman 3:00 News: Lintasan Berita 3:05 Dance Show 3:30 Travel 4:00 News: Lintasan Berita 4:05 Science Film: Here Comes The Stars 4:30 Women World 5:00 Evening News 5:30 Arabic Lessons 6:00 News: Lintasan Berita 6:05 Nusantara, the Beloved...
Thu, 09 May 1996
Seminar to discuss coal
Seminar to discuss coal JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia and the Netherlands are to jointly host a seminar on clean coal technology for electricity supply on May 14 and 15 to explore the possibility of cooperation between the two countries in the energy sector.
Thu, 09 May 1996
Stock Exchange
Stock ExchangeStock prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (in rupiah) on May 8, 1996: Shares Close Change Trading Volume ----------------------------------------------------------- Ades Alfindo 925 0 0 AHAP Insurance 2,800 0 0 Alumindo Perkasa 725 0 0 Andayani Megah 1,525 0 305,500 Aneka Kimia Raya...
Thu, 09 May 1996
RI firms need revamp to survive free market
RI firms need revamp to survive free market JAKARTA (JP): Indonesian companies will need to restructure themselves if they want to survive in the upcoming free market era, a management consultant says.David Coleman of the American Management Association (AMA) said in a briefing with AMA members...
Thu, 09 May 1996
Alleged killers face seven months
Alleged killers face seven months JAKARTA (JP): A prosecutor asked the East Jakarta district court yesterday to sentence two men to seven months each for allegedly beating a man to death.The prime suspect, identified as Iman, is still at large.On Dec.
Thu, 09 May 1996
Ramos to visit Japan next week
Ramos to visit Japan next week MANILA (UPI): Philippine President Fidel Ramos said yesterday he is scheduled to visit Japan next week in a two-day trip during which he is expected to discuss regional and economic issues with top officials.