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Thu, 30 Mar 1995
City okays loan to operator of car testing center
City okays loan to operator of car testing center JAKARTA (JP): Governor Surjadi Soedirdja has approved a loan of Rp 6 billion (US$2.72 million) to PT Suar Adhika Wahana Ujindo, a privately owned company appointed to open a vehicle testing center.An executive of the company, Kreshna H.
Thu, 30 Mar 1995
Students condemn Bintang's dismissal
Students condemn Bintang's dismissal SEMARANG, Central Java: Hundreds of students held a noisy demonstration here yesterday, protesting the dismissal of Sri Bintang Pamungkas, an outspoken legislator of the United Development Party.
Thu, 30 Mar 1995
Boat people
Boat people Clarification: In the story headlined Repatriation of boat- people on target on this page yesterday, UNHCR representative Jean-Noel Wetterwald was quoted as saying that "the Indonesian authorities are under control".
Thu, 30 Mar 1995
Soaring yen may force govt review of project funding
Soaring yen may force govt review of project funding JAKARTA (JP): Senior officials said yesterday that the government is likely to review the financing of its projects, including those of the strategic industries, due to increasing pressure in honoring its foreign debt caused by the rising yen.
Thu, 30 Mar 1995
Effects of shorter work weeks unclear
Effects of shorter work weeks unclear JAKARTA (JP): State Minister for Administrative Reforms T.B. Silalahi says reports by government agencies on five-day working week trials are not reliable because they are not supported by accurate data.
Thu, 30 Mar 1995
Logistic body to procure two million tons of rice
Logistic body to procure two million tons of rice JAKARTA (JP): The National Logistic Agency (Bulog) will procure at least two million tons of rice this year to increase its stocks. The move is aimed at the stabilizing prices on the domestic market, the agency's chief says.
Thu, 30 Mar 1995
USAID, RI start anti-AIDS project
USAID, RI start anti-AIDS project JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has started a US$ 26.7 million project aimed at containing the spread of AIDS.Hidajat Hardjoprawito of the Indonesia's Ministry of Health and Charles F.
Thu, 30 Mar 1995
Guard against Indian crooks
Guard against Indian crooks I read with interest the letter from Mr. Lalu Mara Satria Wangsa (The Jakarta Post, March 29, 1995), regarding two men, claiming to be from India, who robbed them of 3.5 million rupiah.
Thu, 30 Mar 1995
Permadi case
Permadi caseFrom NeracaPermadi, a popular psychic, is now in hot water. He was arrested and interrogated for his statement that insulted the Moslem community.His actions are endangering unity and national stability, and creating unrest in society.Let's learn a lesson from this case.
Thu, 30 Mar 1995
Australian govt honors Ali Alatas
Australian govt honors Ali Alatas CANBERRA (Reuters): Australia rewarded Indonesian Minister of Foreign Affairs Ali Alatas with a top honor for helping to mend the strained relations between the two nations.
Thu, 30 Mar 1995
Protesters go on trial
Protesters go on trial DILI, East Timor: The trial of 12 people, detained since January for allegedly holding a pro-independence demonstration at the University of East Timor, commences today.The trial of another protester, facing the same charges, began on Tuesday.
Thu, 30 Mar 1995
Military says sale of unlicensed media led to reporters' arrest
Military says sale of unlicensed media led to reporters' arrest JAKARTA (JP): The Armed Forces (ABRI) says the arrest of three members of the Alliance of Independent Journalists (AJI) had nothing to do with their activities in the group.
Thu, 30 Mar 1995
Young generation and narcotics
Young generation and narcotics In its recent report, this week, the daily Kompas revealed an appalling story about the narcotics indulgence of Jakarta's elite young generation. The trade of the contraband was transparent and the drug in question was mostly of the powerful type, whose worth in cash...
Thu, 30 Mar 1995
RI needs to heed chaning EU policies
RI needs to heed chaning EU policies JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia needs to be more responsive to changes in the European Union as the regional integration process intensifies, ambassador Adrianus Mooy said.Mooy, who just completed his term as Indonesia's ambassador to the European Union, said yesterday...
Thu, 30 Mar 1995
Bojonegoro needs irrigation pumps
Bojonegoro needs irrigation pumps BOJONEGORO, East Java: The Bojonegoro regency needs at least 30 more water pumps to irrigate around 5,000 hectares of paddy fields along the Bengawan Solo River."The additional pumps will be used to reduce the local farmers' dependence on the existing pumps, which...
Thu, 30 Mar 1995
Sudirman project offers lots
Sudirman project offers lots JAKARTA (JP): PT Danayasa Arthatama, a company developing the Sudirman Central Business District (SCBD) in South Jakarta, will participate in next week's Hannover Fair '95 to invite international investors to erect buildings on its 'superblock'.
Thu, 30 Mar 1995
'Cut levies on pager sales': Executive
'Cut levies on pager sales': Executive JAKARTA (JP): An executive suggested yesterday that the government reduce levies on the sales of pagers to promote the use of such telecommunications equipment in the country.
Thu, 30 Mar 1995
English debate on the death sentence
English debate on the death sentence JAKARTA (JP): An English debate will take place at the University of Indonesia campus in Depok next week.Called the Jakarta Varsities English Debate, it has been organized by the Local Committee of the Brussels-based Association Internationale des Etudiantes en...
Thu, 30 Mar 1995
Siemens, Bimantara win huge power contract
Siemens, Bimantara win huge power contract JAKARTA (JP): The state electricity company PLN is scheduled next week to award a contract to a consortium of Siemens AG of Germany and the Bimantara Group of Indonesia to establish two coal-fired power units worth US$2.1 billion in East Java.
Thu, 30 Mar 1995
Building owners say no to street vendors
Building owners say no to street vendors JAKARTA (JP): The city administration's plan to relocate street vendors operating along Jl. MH Thamrin and Jl. Jend. Sudirman faces a new hurdle because building owners along the two major thoroughfares refuse to accommodate them in their complexes.
Thu, 30 Mar 1995
Matahari store in Jatinegara
Matahari store in Jatinegara JAKARTA (JP): City administration has finally given permission to the Matahari department store to operate in the Jatinegara Plaza building in East Jakarta, after Matahari fulfilled all requirements regarding the necessary permits.
Thu, 30 Mar 1995
Transmigration for hoodlums?
Transmigration for hoodlums? JAKARTA (JP): Governor Surjadi Soedirdja said yesterday that hoodlums made to participate in training courses should join the government-sponsored transmigration program or return to their hometowns instead of going back to Jakarta.
Wed, 29 Mar 1995
Donor countries urged to consider impact on yen rise
Donor countries urged to consider impact on yen rise JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia has asked its multilateral creditors to "consider" the impact of the ascent of the Japanese yen against the U.S. dollar on its debt burden.
Wed, 29 Mar 1995
Bambang's team to take over Kanindotex group
Bambang's team to take over Kanindotex group JAKARTA (JP): A consortium led by Bambang Trihatmodjo is almost certain to take over the debt-ridden Kanindotex group of textile companies.Bambang, President Soeharto's second son, told journalists yesterday that his consortium has paid the group's...
Wed, 29 Mar 1995
Repatriation of boatpeople on target
Repatriation of boatpeople on targetBy Meidyatama Suryodiningrat JAKARTA (JP): The repatriation of all Vietnamese boatpeople currently held on the Indonesian island of Galang is expected to meet its year-end deadline, despite the fact that over 5,000 boatpeople remain.
Wed, 29 Mar 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.
Wed, 29 Mar 1995
Workers' protest on low wages denied
Workers' protest on low wages denied JAKARTA (JP): PT Cenin Indonesia, an East Jakarta-based garment manufacturer, denied its workers claim yesterday that the company failed to abide by existing regulations on wages and Idul Fitri allowances.S.B.
Wed, 29 Mar 1995
TV today
TV todayTVRI 2:30 p.m. Cartoon: Prince Valiant 3:05 Gita Wicara 3:30 Science Program 4:05 Comedy 4:30 Documentary Film 5:00 Regional News 5:30 Indonesian Lessons 6:05 Rainbow 6:15 Village Program 6:45 Langka Tapi Nyata 7:00 Evening News 7:30 Culture Program 8:05 Humoria 9:00 World News 9:30 Music:...
Wed, 29 Mar 1995
PPP demands revision of laws on political parties
PPP demands revision of laws on political parties JAKARTA (JP): The United Development Party (PPP) proposed yesterday that laws on political parties be revised to allow the promotion of democracy.The Moslem-oriented party argued that because national stability has been achieved, the people should...
Wed, 29 Mar 1995
Soeharto to promote RI trade overseas
Soeharto to promote RI trade overseas JAKARTA (JP): President Soeharto plans to go on another lengthy overseas trip beginning this Friday primarily to promote Indonesian exports in Europe and Central Asia.
Wed, 29 Mar 1995
Beware! Hypnotists are around
Beware! Hypnotists are around On Monday, March 27, 1995 my father-in-law (Iskandar Mamnoe) and my wife (Azka Iskandar), who sell ornamental trees and flowers in Kebayoran Lama area, received two customers who said they were from India.
Wed, 29 Mar 1995
Sempati, SilkAir link Lombok-S'pore
Sempati, SilkAir link Lombok-S'pore JAKARTA (JP): One more airport in Indonesia now handles international services, promising a greater number of foreign visitors to the country, bringing in foreign exchange revenues.
Wed, 29 Mar 1995
Bob Hasan may face lawsuit for defamation
Bob Hasan may face lawsuit for defamation JAKARTA (JP): Activists of the Indonesian Environmental Forum (Walhi) filed a complaint at City Police headquarters yesterday against timber tycoon Muhammad (Bob) Hasan who, they say, has slandered their organization.
Wed, 29 Mar 1995
Economy grows robustly
Economy grows robustly The provisional estimate by the Central Bureau of Statistics put the growth of Indonesia's economy in terms of gross domestic product at 7.34 percent last year. That figure far exceeded the most optimistic projections of between 6.
Wed, 29 Mar 1995
Koja residents defy demolition of school building
Koja residents defy demolition of school building JAKARTA (JP): Hundreds of residents of the Koja Utara subdistrict in North Jakarta greeted visiting members of the City Council yesterday with banners protesting the demolition of a school building in the area.
Wed, 29 Mar 1995
Newsprint price raised by over 20 percent
Newsprint price raised by over 20 percent JAKARTA (JP): The price of newsprint will be increased by more than 20 percent to Rp 1,600 (73 U.S. cent) a kilogram next month, a move press executives fear will lead to sharp increases in the price of newspapers.
Wed, 29 Mar 1995
Subway unlikely
Subway unlikely From my office window, high up in the Landmark Center, Tower A, I sometimes look down on the horrified traffic pile-ups at rush hours and wonder just how much the projected subway from Blok M to Kota could do to solve the traffic problem.
Wed, 29 Mar 1995
PLN to raise power capacity in N. Sulawesi
PLN to raise power capacity in N. SulawesiBy Frits H. Pangemanan MANADO, North Sulawesi (JP): The state electricity company PT Perusahaan Listrik Negara will expand its power generation capacity by 78.7 megawatts, to a total of 202.02 megawatts, in the next five years, a spokesman said.
Wed, 29 Mar 1995
Bimantara to float 200m shares
Bimantara to float 200m shares JAKARTA (JP): PT Bimantara Citra, which is chaired by Bambang Trihatmodjo, plans to float new shares on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (JSX) in the middle of this year.Bambang said yesterday that 200 million shares, representing 20 percent of the company's enlarged number...
Wed, 29 Mar 1995
Military tightens security in East Timor
Military tightens security in East Timor DILI, East Timor: Security forces will not tolerate any provocations ahead of next month's intra-East Timorese dialog in Austria, a local military chief warned on Monday.
Wed, 29 Mar 1995
Briton missing in Mt. Merapi
Briton missing in Mt. Merapi PADANG, West Sumatra: Police have launched a search operation for a Briton who went missing Sunday night after climbing Mt. Merapi.Lt. Col. Jufril Ismail, chief of Agam Police, said a 10-man team, lead by his deputy Major Sriyono, has been sent to the site where 25-year...
Wed, 29 Mar 1995
Diarrhea kills 34 in Irian Jaya
Diarrhea kills 34 in Irian Jaya MERAUKE, Irian Jaya: A diarrhea outbreak has killed 34 people and forced the hospitalization of dozens of others in the southern coast area of Irian Jaya.The Antara news agency quoted a health official of the Merauke regency as saying yesterday that most of the...
Wed, 29 Mar 1995
U.S.-RI ties ambivalence but friendly
U.S.-RI ties ambivalence but friendlyBy Mohammad Sadli SAINT PAUL, Minnesota, United States (JP): For two years now a group of Americans and Indonesians have been mounting a public education campaign in the United States. Not an expensive operation but hopefully effective.
Wed, 29 Mar 1995
Waste water treatment seminar
Waste water treatment seminar JAKARTA (JP): Experts from the Ministry of Public Works and the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) underlined here yesterday the importance of ground and surface water quality and the need to collect correct data.
Wed, 29 Mar 1995
Agreement on phone facilities signed
Agreement on phone facilities signed JAKARTA (JP): An agreement marking the hand-over of telecommunication facilities from the management of PT Jababeka to East Jakarta's telecommunications office was signed in Bekasi yesterday.
Wed, 29 Mar 1995
Dossiers on attack on police officers near completion
Dossiers on attack on police officers near completion JAKARTA (JP): South Jakarta police are scheduled to complete the dossiers of nine suspects charged with attacking two police officers earlier this week.
Wed, 29 Mar 1995
Sand quarrying activities protested
Sand quarrying activities protested BEKASI (JP): Ninety villagers of Cijambe in Serang district, Bekasi, filed a written protest with the Serang district chief over a private company's sand quarrying activities in their village.
Wed, 29 Mar 1995
Dengue kills four in Aceh
Dengue kills four in Aceh BANDA ACEH, Aceh: Four people have died of Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever this month, but doctors were able to save dozens of other sufferers.T. Muhammad SKM, an official at the provincial office of Ministry of Health, said four cities -- Banda Aceh, Aceh Besar, Pidie and North...
Wed, 29 Mar 1995
Korean firm builds mill in Irian Jaya
Korean firm builds mill in Irian Jaya JAKARTA (JP): The Korea Development Co. Ltd. (Kodeco) has started work on a US$84 million plywood mill on Yapen island, north of Irian Jaya, which is scheduled to commence operations next March.
Wed, 29 Mar 1995
MKY to reclaim Jakarta shore
MKY to reclaim Jakarta shore JAKARTA (JP): PT Manggala Krida Yuda (MKY) is to reclaim 500 hectares of Jakarta's northern shoreline, according to a press report.On Monday a cooperation agreement on the shore reclamation project, in east Ancol, was signed by Siti Hutami Endang Adiningsih, the...