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Fri, 24 Mar 1995

Phil Collins' open-air concert in Ancol Saturday

Phil Collins' open-air concert in Ancol Saturday JAKARTA (JP): Whether you like the music of Phil Collins or not, there is no denying that he is one of the world's most prominent and prolific musicians of the last two decades.

Fri, 24 Mar 1995

Bekasi residents complain about expulsion threat

Bekasi residents complain about expulsion threat JAKARTA (JP): Seven people representing 35 families from the Segara Makmur village, Bekasi, went to the House of Representatives yesterday to seek help after being threatened with expulsion from their land, which is the proposed site of a mall...

Fri, 24 Mar 1995

Factory probed over pollution

Factory probed over pollution PURWAKARTA, West Java: The environmental impact management agency (Bapedal) and national police headquarters are currently investigating alleged polluting activities by PT Inda Bharat Rayon (IBR), Antara reported.

Fri, 24 Mar 1995

Golkar representatives told to remain critical

Golkar representatives told to remain critical JAKARTA (JP): Still quivering from the dismissal of their whistle-blowing colleague, legislators from the ruling Golkar political grouping are still being encouraged to speak out.

Fri, 24 Mar 1995

Developers fail to meet municipal requirements

Developers fail to meet municipal requirements JAKARTA (JP): Thirty-seven developers in North Jakarta have yet to fulfill their obligation to turn over social and public facilities worth Rp 2.4 trillion to the city administration.

Fri, 24 Mar 1995

Progressive car taxation begins April 1 in Jakarta

Progressive car taxation begins April 1 in Jakarta JAKARTA (JP): Residents and companies who own more than one car will have to pay tax at rates between 20 and 100 percent higher the current effective car tax rates when the progressive car taxation system comes into force next month.

Fri, 24 Mar 1995

Klender market traders upset over kiosk prices

Klender market traders upset over kiosk prices JAKARTA (JP): About 35 traders selling their goods at a makeshift traditional market on Jl. Wijaya Kesumah I in Klender, East Jakarta, asked the city council yesterday to help them negotiate kiosk prices with PD Pasar Jaya, a city owned market company.

Fri, 24 Mar 1995

New hero created

New hero created Again Singaporeans have caused emotional pain to the nationality pleas of their long time allies.In 1968, the tiny republic hanged our two courageous soldiers, Usman and Harun, in the same prison Contemplacion was hanged.

Fri, 24 Mar 1995

Tight security for Phil Collins show

Tight security for Phil Collins show JAKARTA (JP): Around 2,500 police and military personnel will be deployed to ensure there are no untoward incidents during the music concert of singer Phil Collins at Ancol Dreamland, North Jakarta, on Saturday night.

Fri, 24 Mar 1995

Banten Mosque

Banten Mosque I am concerned over the maintenance of the Banten Mosque in Banten, West Java, one of region's favorite tourist attractions.Sadly, the mosque is in poor sanitary condition. The water for Wudhlu (ritual washing) is dirty and people still use it.

Fri, 24 Mar 1995

200 to join Bandung road racing meet

200 to join Bandung road racing meet JAKARTA (JP): More than 200 racers from various cities are expected to join the second leg of the national road racing championships on the Gazebo circuit, Bandung, slated for March 25-26.

Fri, 24 Mar 1995

Salomon, Bakrie tie up

Salomon, Bakrie tie up JAKARTA (JP): Salomon Brothers, a major American investment bank, and PT Bakrie Securities have agreed to establish a joint venture that will engage in international capital raising and financial advice.

Fri, 24 Mar 1995

European Medieval ensemble to play at Erasmus Huis

European Medieval ensemble to play at Erasmus HuisBy Joe Mudnich JAKARTA (JP): As the sounds of gamelan used to fill the royal courts of Java, another kind of courtly music will soon visit Indonesia, a music that six centuries ago echoed in the chambers of kings in European Middle Ages.

Fri, 24 Mar 1995

ABRI spokesman moves up

ABRI spokesman moves up JAKARTA (JP): Maj. Gen. Syarwan Hamid was sworn in as new assistant to the chief of the socio-political department of the Armed Forces (ABRI) yesterday, replacing Maj. Gen. Hari Sabarno.

Fri, 24 Mar 1995

U.S. golfer Meeks takes sole lead in Bali

U.S. golfer Meeks takes sole lead in Bali JAKARTA (JP): American Eric Meeks surged ahead to the sole lead position yesterday after firing a five-under par-67 for a 133 at the halfway stage of the US$250,000 Sempati Bali Open golf championship.

Fri, 24 Mar 1995

Ramos acts against S'pore to survive

Ramos acts against S'pore to surviveBy Cecil Morella MANILA (AFP): The last time the Philippines worked itself up to a fury over a corpse, a president was toppled. So Fidel Ramos was taking no chances when he yanked bilateral ties close to the breaking point after Singapore hanged a Filipina maid.

Fri, 24 Mar 1995

Stock Exchange

Stock ExchangeShare prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (in rupiah) on March 23, 1995: Trading Shares Close Change Volume ------------------------------------------------------ ADES ALFINDO 2,175 -525 1,000 AHAP INSURANCE 3,350 0 ALUMINDO PERKASA 1,100 0 ANDAYANI MEGAH 2,225 23,000 ANEKA KIMIA...

Fri, 24 Mar 1995

Cargoes tightly controlled in Dili

Cargoes tightly controlled in Dili DILI, East Timor: Head of the local customs and excise office Soenarno has said that his office would tighten the flow of cargoes in the region as there have been indications of attempts to smuggle out products from the region to neighboring islands, Antara...

Fri, 24 Mar 1995

The Listening Post

The Listening Post * Some mistakes are all too familiar in the speaking and writing of English by Indonesians. Some of these errors occur because of the urge to match forms with direct translation: the ubiquitous "I have ever built a snowman," for instance.

Fri, 24 Mar 1995

RI calls for calm in hanging rift

RI calls for calm in hanging rift JAKARTA (Agencies): Indonesia, as a self-styled "older brother", has called for "cooler heads" to ease rising tensions in the diplomatic row between fellow Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) members Singapore and the Philippines.

Fri, 24 Mar 1995

Bukaka wins loading bridge contract

Bukaka wins loading bridge contract JAKARTA (JP): PT Bukaka Teknik Utama, a publicly-listed subsidiary of the Bukaka Group, has won a US$75 million contract for the construction of 76 aircraft loading bridges for Hong Kong's Chek Lap Kok airport.

Fri, 24 Mar 1995

Coin box full

Coin box fullFrom NeracaA few days ago I was shopping at the Akasia department store in Kebayoran Lama, South Jakarta.I wanted to use one of the five public telephones in front of the store but none could be used.

Fri, 24 Mar 1995

RI stakes claim to permanent seat at UNS Council

RI stakes claim to permanent seat at UNS Council JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia declared on Wednesday that it meets the criteria to be considered for a permanent seat on an expanded United Nations Security Council.

Fri, 24 Mar 1995

UN peace troops still needed

UN peace troops still neededBy Enny Soeprapto JAKARTA (JP): The dispatches of 7,000 peacekeepers to Haiti and 8,000 to Angola in recent months are the latest peace-keeping operations undertaken by the United Nations since 1948.

Fri, 24 Mar 1995

TV today

TV todayTVRI 2:30 p.m. TV Series: Kabuto 3:05 Langka & Unik 3:30 Science Program 4:00 School Quiz: Cerdas Cermat 4:30 TV Series: Zero One Magazine 5:00 Regional News 5:30 Culture Program 6:05 Nusantara, the Beloved Country 6:15 Village Program 6:45 Features Program: You Should Know 7:00 Evening...

Fri, 24 Mar 1995

Hoodlums begin reform in training courses

Hoodlums begin reform in training courses JAKARTA (JP): City police have sent 150 hoodlums to join training courses at the State Police School in Lido, Sukabumi, West Java, and the city military regiment training center in East Jakarta to help them improve their positive skills.

Fri, 24 Mar 1995

Where to go in Bali:

Where to go in Bali:Music and entertainment * Nusa Dua Beach Hotel: Budaya Stage - Legong Buffet Dinner, Friday; Ramayana Buffet Dinner, Monday. Coffee Shop - Indonesian Night with Joged Dance, Saturday. Village Night with Frog Dance, Tuesday. Notte Italiana with Capo Dastro Quartet, Thursday.

Fri, 24 Mar 1995

Gus Dur frees Permadi of blasphemy guilt

Gus Dur frees Permadi of blasphemy guilt JAKARTA (JP): Abdurrahman Wahid, the controversial chairman of Indonesia's largest Moslem organization Nahdlatul Ulama (NU), says there's nothing blasphemous about the remarks of psychic Permadi Satrio Wiwoho.

Fri, 24 Mar 1995

750 structures demolished

750 structures demolished JAKARTA (JP): Owners of 750 houses in Tambora district in West Jakarta have voluntarily demolished their buildings located in three sub-districts where a new railway track linking Jakarta and Tangerang will be built.

Fri, 24 Mar 1995

Look into my eyes

Look into my eyesFrom TirasJakartan criminals have a new method. They don't rob their victims at knife point, but hypnotize them.A woman was attending her shop when a man came in to buy a pack of cigarettes. The man gave her a Rp 20,000 banknote.

Fri, 24 Mar 1995

Summit calls for Govt-NGO cooperation

Summit calls for Govt-NGO cooperation Now that the UN social summit is over, governments are left with enormous tasks in their war against poverty. Noted sociologist Kastorius Sinaga suggests that the Indonesian government change its attitude toward NGOs.

Fri, 24 Mar 1995

Samarinda builds new airport

Samarinda builds new airport SAMARINDA, East Kalimantan: The government will soon start the construction of a new airport because the existing Temindung airport is considered outdated and unsafe."The money is there and we will start by building the runway," chief of the provincial transportation...

Fri, 24 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.

Fri, 24 Mar 1995

Illegal fee?

Illegal fee?From RepublikaOn Feb. 10, 1995 I traveled on the train KA Mutiara from Bandung to Surabaya. Upon arrival at Wonokromo station in Surabaya, on Feb. 11 at about 5.30 p.m., I was stopped at the gate by an official who demanded that I pay a "baggage fee" of Rp 6,400 for the 25 pairs of...

Fri, 24 Mar 1995

Semarang has four HIV cases

Semarang has four HIV cases SEMARANG, Central Java: Four people have tested positive for the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), which causes the deadly Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS).Head of the local health office Sudibyo Yuwono was quoted by Antara as saying that the four people with...

Fri, 24 Mar 1995

Let it rest, general says

Let it rest, general says JAKARTA (JP): Amirmachmud, one of three Army generals who obtained the 1966 Supersemar decree from President Sukarno empowering Lt. Gen. Soeharto to wipe out communism from Indonesia, has called for an end to the controversy of the whereabouts of the historic document.

Fri, 24 Mar 1995

Inmarsat gets earth station

Inmarsat gets earth station JAKARTA (JP): The state-owned international telecommunications operator, PT Indosat, is currently constructing an earth station for the International Maritime Satellite (Inmarsat) in Jatiluhur, West Java.

Fri, 24 Mar 1995

Notification letters on property tax

Notification letters on property tax JAKARTA (JP): The City Revenue Office will begin distributing property tax (PBB) notification letters to taxpayers throughout the city on March 25.Office chief Wahab Rachmatsjah said yesterday that the office would be distributing the tax notification letters in...

Fri, 24 Mar 1995

Rights Commission's busy schedule

Rights Commission's busy schedule Barring any unforeseen developments, the National Commission on Human Rights will send teams to four locations in East Java by the end of this month. Each area is suffering from protracted land disputes which have brought great misery to many people.

Fri, 24 Mar 1995

Guidelines set for Repelita VI

Guidelines set for Repelita VI JAKARTA (JP): The government decided yesterday that the annual targets of the current sixth Five Year Plan will provide the basic guidelines for the planning of development projects.

Fri, 24 Mar 1995

Severe wood shortage at Indah Kiat mill

Severe wood shortage at Indah Kiat mill JAKARTA (JP): The shortage of wood materials currently being experienced by PT Indah Kiat Pulp & Paper has been so severe that its pulp mill in Riau may be forced to operate at only 50 percent of its annual designed capacity of 900,000 tons, an industry...

Fri, 24 Mar 1995

Kawasaki launches new bike

Kawasaki launches new bike JAKARTA (JP): PT Kawasaki Motor Indonesia launched its first "Kaze" wind-model motorcycle on the local market yesterday.Asril Noer, secretary to the state minister of investment, officially launched the first motorcycle at the company's assembly plant in Pulo Gadung, East...

Fri, 24 Mar 1995

Documentary on Dutch East Indies

Documentary on Dutch East Indies JAKARTA (JP): In conjunction with its 25th anniversary, Erasmus Huis, the Dutch Cultural Center in Jakarta, will screen a documentary film on Indonesia during colonial days.

Fri, 24 Mar 1995

Govt warns labor exporters

Govt warns labor exporters JAKARTA (JP): The government warned manpower suppliers yesterday that they would lose their permits if they misused their documents to organize haj pilgrimages to Mecca.Minister of Religious Affairs Tarmizi Taher and Minister of Manpower Abdul Latief told journalists...

Fri, 24 Mar 1995

PBSI unaware of trainees' ordeal

PBSI unaware of trainees' ordeal JAKARTA (JP): The Badminton Association of Indonesia (PBSI) yesterday said it knew nothing about the allegation that a Chinese coach hired by a top badminton club had sexually harassed teenage female trainees."I can't comment now.

Fri, 24 Mar 1995

Lippo enters tourism project in S. Sulawesi

Lippo enters tourism project in S. Sulawesi JAKARTA (JP): Lippo Group, one of the leading diversified conglomerates in Indonesia, has injected fresh money into the PT Gowa Makassar Tourism Development Corporation (GMTDC) for the development of a tourist estate in South Sulawesi.

Fri, 24 Mar 1995

Tourism boosts international ties: Soeharto

Tourism boosts international ties: Soeharto JAKARTA (JP): Tourism, which has become a major source of foreign exchange revenue and new job opportunities in many countries, can also enhance international cooperation, President Soeharto said yesterday.

Fri, 24 Mar 1995

Opposition tries to shut down Bangladesh's transport

Opposition tries to shut down Bangladesh's transport DHAKA (Reuter): More than 40 people were injured yesterday when opposition parties tried to shut down inter-city transport in their latest attempt to force an early election in Bangladesh, witnesses said.

Thu, 23 Mar 1995

Pakistan embassy to host reception

Pakistan embassy to host reception JAKARTA (JP): Pakistan Ambassador Tayyab Siddiqui will hold a reception today at Sari Pacific Hotel on Jl. MH Thamrin in conjunction with the celebration of the Pakistan Day, which falls on March 23.

Thu, 23 Mar 1995

Factories pollute rivers

Factories pollute rivers JAKARTA (JP): The Tangerang administration is still investigating 11 factories in the regency discovered to have polluted three rivers by discarding industrial chemical wastes into the rivers.Head of Tangerang's office in charge of environmental affairs, H.

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