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Mon, 03 Apr 1995
American investors wary of poor legal protection
American investors wary of poor legal protection WASHINGTON (AFP): Lack of copyright protection and high tariffs are the chief U.S. complaints against Asian countries which maintain unacceptable trade barriers, according to a report.
Mon, 03 Apr 1995
KL steps up scripless trading
KL steps up scripless trading KUALA LUMPUR (AFP): Malaysia's stock exchange said it would launch a trial run within the next two months trading in reduced- sized share-lots, while stepping up a move towards a fully scripless system by 1998.
Mon, 03 Apr 1995
New spokesman at Armed Forces
New spokesman at Armed Forces JAKARTA (JP): Brig. Gen. Suwarno Adiwijoyo was sworn in as the Armed Forces (ABRI) new spokesman on Friday, replacing Maj. Gen. Syarwan Hamid.Suwarno was formerly chief of staff of the Siliwangi Military Command, which oversees security in West Java.
Mon, 03 Apr 1995
Mayor will abide by court's verdict
Mayor will abide by court's verdict JAKARTA (JP): North Jakarta mayor Soeprawito says he will abide by the verdict made by Central Jakarta Court on a civil law suit filed by 26 residents of the Pademangan Timur subdistrict over a land dispute.
Mon, 03 Apr 1995
Share prices mixed on Jakarta market
Share prices mixed on Jakarta market JAKARTA (JP): Share prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (JSX) closed mixed on moderate trading last week.The Fed's decision of not raising interest rates gave some indication that the U.S. domestic interest rates have stabilized.
Mon, 03 Apr 1995
Customs, excise bills
Customs, excise bills The bills on customs and excise proposed to the House of Representatives by Finance Minister Mar'ie Muhammad on Wednesday are part of Indonesia's effort to adjust its laws to accommodate changes in business and commerce and to fulfill the new rules of the multilateral trade...
Mon, 03 Apr 1995
Progressive car tax is a double-edged sword
Progressive car tax is a double-edged sword JAKARTA (JP): Governor Surjadi Soedirdja announced over the weekend that the city administration has implemented the progressive car taxation system as of April 1.
Sun, 02 Apr 1995
Reptile fever strikes Jakartan pet owners
Reptile fever strikes Jakartan pet ownersBy Johannes Simbolon JAKARTA (JP): Bintang, a 21-year-old university student, found out that reptiles were good pets after visiting a display by reptile sellers held early in January at Pondok Indah Mall.Now he has three snakes at home; a 1.
Sun, 02 Apr 1995
Three-in-one kids
Three-in-one kids I have watched with interest the latest action against the "3- in-1" kids and now read in your newspaper that they may be partially controlled by preman and, even worse, contributing to the dreaded social unrest.
Sun, 02 Apr 1995
Media relations should not be overlooked
Media relations should not be overlookedBy Wisaksono Noeradi JAKARTA (JP): Institutions are continuously expanding their operations, developing new products and services, or opening up promising markets, both at home and overseas.
Sun, 02 Apr 1995
Vegetarian dishes with an Indonesian twist
Vegetarian dishes with an Indonesian twistBy Syamala Monie JAKARTA (JP): On a recent holiday in Bali, my husband, my two grown children and I were relaxing on the little balcony outside our cottage. Each had a cup of kopi Bali, which is strong and tangy and best with a dash of sugar and lime and no...
Sun, 02 Apr 1995
Beware of brain infection
Beware of brain infection LONDON (Reuter): Doctors recommended on Friday that tourists visiting the Indonesian island of Bali should get vaccinations against Japanese encephalitis, a severe brain infection carried by mosquitoes.In a letter to the Lancet medical journal Dr.
Sun, 02 Apr 1995
Govt increases reference prices of cement
Govt increases reference prices of cement JAKARTA (JP): The government, under pressure from producers, raised the reference prices of cement across the country by an average of 40 percent over the weekend in an effort to attract more investment in the cement industry.
Sun, 02 Apr 1995
Guess What? Daniel Sahuleka
Guess What? Daniel Sahuleka Ambonese singer Daniel Sahuleka, who is now a citizen of the Netherlands, graced the stage at Erasmus Huis, the Dutch Cultural Center, early this week. But instead of singing, he searched his jeans's pockets and then his shirts' pockets.
Sun, 02 Apr 1995
India-RI ties: From estrangement to cooperation
India-RI ties: From estrangement to cooperation Dipankar Banerjee sketches some emerging trends in the relations between India and Southeast Asia through the rubric of Indonesia. "Estranged neighbors", is how one would describe India and Indonesia.
Sun, 02 Apr 1995
Guess What? Asrul Sani
Guess What? Asrul Sani Prominent scholar and film director Asrul Sani, who was invited to talk at the launching of Prahara Budaya (Cultural Calamity) in Jakarta last week, objected to the term "lecture" used by the organizing committee."I won't lecture. I will just ngobrol (talk casually)," he said.
Sun, 02 Apr 1995
TV today
TV todayTVRI 7:00 a.m. Morning News 7:30 Healthy and Fresh 7:40 TV Series: Vicky The Viking 8:05 Around Us 8:35 Children's Program 9:00 People and Events 9:30 Comedy: Ria Jenaka 9:45 Music 10:45 Youth Program 11:15 Search For The World 11:45 Sports: Dari Gelanggang Ke Gelanggang 12:45 p.m.
Sun, 02 Apr 1995
Communist cultural calamity has gone, but ...
Communist cultural calamity has gone, but ...By T. Sima Gunawan JAKARTA (JP): Little Taufiq Ismail had a big dream of becoming a great writer, but he enrolled in the veterinary and farming department at the University of Indonesia because he realized it was hard to earn a living as an author.
Sun, 02 Apr 1995
RI ambassador dies
RI ambassador dies JAKARTA (JP): The body of Indonesia's ambassador to Hungary, Soelaeman Pringgodigdo, who died in Budapest on Thursday, is scheduled to arrive at Jakarta's Sukarno-Hatta airport at 2:30 pm today on a Garuda Indonesia flight.
Sun, 02 Apr 1995
Here 'prosciutto' means salami
Here 'prosciutto' means salami JAKARTA (JP): Guess what? I went to Pondok Indah Mall for the first time ever. Me, who's been giving you the impression that all I do is jaunt around this fair capital.But it's true, I've never ever been to the mall because I would have to travel through kilometers of...
Sun, 02 Apr 1995
Guess What? Emil Salim
Guess What? Emil Salim What is the most useful plant in the world?"Bamboo," insisted Emil Salim, former minister of population and environment.All parts of bamboo are beneficial. It can be used for building, thatching roofs and as a cure for asthma.
Sun, 02 Apr 1995
Virtual museum a door to ASEAN collections
Virtual museum a door to ASEAN collectionsBy Amir Sidharta JAKARTA (JP): Those familiar with "the corridor" in Michael Crichton's Disclosure will be able to imagine the ultimate experience of accessing museum exhibits through a computer.
Sun, 02 Apr 1995
Rain delays Indonesia's Davis Cup victory
Rain delays Indonesia's Davis Cup victory JAKARTA (JP): Rain should be blamed for delaying Indonesia's Davis Cup victory celebration.With a resounding 2-0 lead over Chinese Taipei, Indonesia could have wrapped up the Davis Cup Asia Oceania play-off matches with an unassailable lead, when a heavy...
Sun, 02 Apr 1995
Copying: Development strategy in garment business
Copying: Development strategy in garment businessText and photos by Benito Lopulalan DENPASAR (JP): Garment copying is big business in Asia these days. Hong Kong and South Korean industrialists started the trend in the 1970s and ever since profits have been impressive; so much so that garment...
Sun, 02 Apr 1995
Soeharto begins visit in Germany
Soeharto begins visit in Germany JAKARTA (JP): President Soeharto arrived in Hannover yesterday to start a six-day state visit to Germany aimed chiefly at promoting economic and trade relations between the two countries.
Sun, 02 Apr 1995
Singapore's 'Straits Times' celebrates 150 years
Singapore's 'Straits Times' celebrates 150 yearsBy Lenah Susianty SINGAPORE (JP): No one would think that a newspaper published by an Armenian merchant to carry commercial news on cargo ships to the port of Singapore 150 years ago could survive and become one of the oldest and richest newspapers in...
Sun, 02 Apr 1995
Bali shuts down on Day of Silence
Bali shuts down on Day of Silence JAKARTA (JP): The Island of Bali, Indonesia's most famous holiday destination, virtually turned into a ghost town yesterday as the predominantly Hindu islanders observed the Day of Silence.
Sun, 02 Apr 1995
Orlane, for a wedding no one will forget
Orlane, for a wedding no one will forgetBy Dini S. Djalal JAKARTA (JP): Glitz and glamour, pomp and circumstance: that's what weddings should be all about, according to bridal salons. People also often add that one's wedding should be "something you will always remember.
Sun, 02 Apr 1995
Indonesia still dreams of a new architectural paradigm
Indonesia still dreams of a new architectural paradigmBy Bambang Eryudhawan JAKARTA (JP): Indonesian cities are still being built according to the old paradigm of horizontal city development. This decentralized pattern causes urban sprawl and, sooner or later, the borders of cities will overlap.
Sun, 02 Apr 1995
Doohan gears up Malaysian GP bid
Doohan gears up Malaysian GP bid SHAH ALAM, Malaysia (AFP): World champion Michael Doohan set a new lap record and took provisional pole during Friday's practice for the Malaysian motorcycle grand prix here.
Sun, 02 Apr 1995
More about workers' future
More about workers' future I am writing regarding the letter of Mr. Roland Pertler (The Jakarta Post, March 26, 1995). There they come again. Five minutes out of the plane and they already know (and have the solution for) all the problems of the developing country they just arrive in.
Sun, 02 Apr 1995
Picking winners or subsidizing losers?
Picking winners or subsidizing losers? Hal Hill examines Indonesia's experience with industrial policy. One of the most important intellectual challenges of the late 20th century is to understand the bases of East Asia's rapid economic growth.
Sun, 02 Apr 1995
Even castaways frown on junk mail
Even castaways frown on junk mailBy Myra Sidharta JAKARTA (JP): Life on a small island can be very lonesome with the only link to the outside world being the mail. I experienced this as a little girl. Mail then meant surface mail, not airmail and certainly not E-mail or facsimiles.
Sun, 02 Apr 1995
Gusti Made Karya on the art of duplicating
Gusti Made Karya on the art of duplicating DENPASAR (JP): The house in the village of Bonakaja in Gianyar regency looks like small-scale factory. An open space in the garden for sun-drying the thread, a small, one square-meter cement pond in a corner for dying thread, and a big space, walled on two...
Fri, 31 Mar 1995
Weekend in S'pore
Weekend in S'pore My son, who happens to work in Singapore, invited me to spend my weekend there on Feb. 17, 1995, and I enjoyed a wonderful time in Asia's 'Garden City.'If I say that the government takes good care of its citizens, by providing proper housing, efficient transportation and jobs, I...
Fri, 31 Mar 1995
Hun Sen visits Thailand
Hun Sen visits Thailand BANGKOK (AFP): Cambodian Second Prime Minister Hun Sen was to hold talks with Thai Foreign Minister Krasae Chanawongse yesterday before meeting with businessmen in a bid to drum up investment in his country.
Fri, 31 Mar 1995
Indonesia promoting bamboo-based products
Indonesia promoting bamboo-based products JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia will use the fourth international congress on bamboo in Bali this June to introduce its bamboo products to the world, local organizers of the gathering said.
Fri, 31 Mar 1995
Spotlight
SpotlightPhoto A: AwardsJP/alxHOUSING AWARDS: President Soeharto presents Satya Lencana Kebaktian Sosial (social services awards) to 25 prominent businessmen including Prayogo Pangestu (center), Ibrahim Risyad (left) and Henry Pribadi (right) for their participation in urban improvement projects in...
Fri, 31 Mar 1995
New registration for developers
New registration for developers JAKARTA (JP): The city administration will apply a new regulation governing the registration of developers and suppliers handling the city-owned projects starting tomorrow.
Fri, 31 Mar 1995
'Preman' pledge to turn over new leaf
'Preman' pledge to turn over new leaf JAKARTA (JP): More than 1,000 former street hoodlums, known locally as preman, have taken an oath that they will turn over a new leaf and help the government fight against crime.
Fri, 31 Mar 1995
Raden Saleh, Le Meyeur lead SE Asian art market
Raden Saleh, Le Meyeur lead SE Asian art marketBy Kunang Helmi Picard SINGAPORE (JP): On viewing day in Singapore a remarkable scene occurred. Standing in front of a striking painting of Legong Dancers resting by Thai artist Rearngsak Boonyavaniskul were two slim and expensively dressed Asian...
Fri, 31 Mar 1995
Wahono warns of widening wealth gap
Wahono warns of widening wealth gap JAKARTA (JP): Speaker of the House of Representatives (DPR) Wahono yesterday warned that Indonesia must quickly address the gap that is widening between the rich and the poor.
Fri, 31 Mar 1995
Fake Louis Vuitton products seized from duty free shops
Fake Louis Vuitton products seized from duty free shops JAKARTA (JP): Police have confiscated hundreds of pieces of fake Louis Vuitton leather products from three duty-free shops at Ngurah Rai airport in Bali following complaints from the Paris- based Louis Vuitton Malletier.
Fri, 31 Mar 1995
University students tend to be radical, minister says
University students tend to be radical, minister says JAKARTA (JP): Student activists are showing signs of radicalism, meddling in politics and criticizing the government, according to Coordinating Minister of Political Affairs and Security Soesilo Sudarman.
Fri, 31 Mar 1995
Acetic acid firm expands to meet domestic demand
Acetic acid firm expands to meet domestic demand SURAKARTA, Central Java (JP): The country's first acetic acid manufacturer, PT Indo Acidatama Chemical Industry, has increased its production capacity by 50 percent to 33,000 tons per annum to help satisfy domestic demand.
Fri, 31 Mar 1995
Mahathir's speech
Mahathir's speech In the March 29, 1995 issue of The Jakarta Post, I read "Other Opinion" and, in particular, the translation of an article from Kompas, under the title Mahathir reigns until 2020?This letter should, in fact, be sent to Kompas.
Fri, 31 Mar 1995
Govt declares war on drugs
Govt declares war on drugs JAKARTA (JP): Deputy Governor for Social Welfare R.S. Museno announced yesterday that the city administration would take firm action against anyone found to have trafficked in banned drugs.
Fri, 31 Mar 1995
Pertamina appoints officials
Pertamina appoints officials JAKARTA (JP): The state oil company Pertamina, consistent with its restructuring plan, no longer has regional general managers. Instead it appoints chiefs of its operational units in the region, a spokesman says.
Fri, 31 Mar 1995
Stock Exchange
Stock ExchangeShare prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (in rupiah) on March 30, 1995: Shares Close Change Trading Volume -------------------------------------------------------- ADES ALFINDO 2,525 0 AHAP INSURANCE 3,300 2,500 ALUMINDO PERKASA 1,100 0 ANDAYANI MEGAH 2,150 -50 14,500 ANEKA KIMIA...
Fri, 31 Mar 1995
Private sectors helping out transmigration
Private sectors helping out transmigration JAKARTA (JP): Several hundred private companies have invested about Rp 9.7 trillion (US$4.4 billion) over the past several years to convert 3.25 million hectares of idle land into productive fields for transmigrants, a cabinet minister said.