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Wed, 30 Nov 1994
Dili spending more on tourism
Dili spending more on tourism DILI, East Timor: The East Timor provincial government has allocated a budget of Rp 16.3 billion ($7.7 million) this year for the development of the territory's tourism industry.
Wed, 30 Nov 1994
Soeharto supports peace among East Timorese
Soeharto supports peace among East Timorese JAKARTA (JP): President Soeharto is fully supportive of the current reconciliation drive to end an 18-year enmity between the East Timorese who supported the integration with Indonesia and those who have opposed it.
Wed, 30 Nov 1994
SE Asia's future ties with West (1)
SE Asia's future ties with West (1) This is the first of two articles based on a paper presented by Indonesian Ambassador, Adrianus Mooy, to the European Union, at the Fuji-Wolfensohn Europen Advisory Board Meeting in London on Nov. 18.
Wed, 30 Nov 1994
Study to focus on night transportation
Study to focus on night transportation JAKARTA (JP): The City Traffic and Land Transportation Control Agency (DLLAJ), in cooperation with various transportation companies, will research night transportation in an effort to restructure nightly bussing operations.
Wed, 30 Nov 1994
Evacuees' return canceled as Merapi still active
Evacuees' return canceled as Merapi still active YOGYAKARTA (JP): Mount Merapi was still dangerously active yesterday, forcing the authorities to cancel plans of sending home about 5,500 villagers stranded at evacuation centers since the eruption last week.
Wed, 30 Nov 1994
TV today
TV todayTVRI 2:30 p.m. TV Series: Prince Valliant 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 Karya & Upaya 6:15 Village Program 6:45 Langka Tapi Nyata 7:00 Evening News 7:30 Music Contest: Asia Bagus 8:05 Humoria 9:00...
Wed, 30 Nov 1994
Suwandi earns second win
Suwandi earns second win JAKARTA (JP): Men's singles defending champion Suwandi rallied to a three-set 6-2, 3-6, 6-3 victory over veteran Dede Suhendar in the second day of the Indonesia Masters tennis championships yesterday.
Wed, 30 Nov 1994
Train, truck collide
Train, truck collide JAKARTA (JP): A cargo train and truck were involved in a collision in Sudimara, Tangerang yesterday, leaving one person severely injured."The severely injured victim is the driver of the truck," an official of the state-railway company Perumka said.
Wed, 30 Nov 1994
Police upbeat about Beng Seng murder
Police upbeat about Beng Seng murder JAKARTA (JP): City Police Chief Maj. Gen. Mochammad Hindarto said here yesterday that it is only a matter of time before he and his men capture the mastermind behind the killing of entertainment businessman Nyo Beng Seng.
Wed, 30 Nov 1994
Gus Dur may retain top NU post: Moerdiono
Gus Dur may retain top NU post: Moerdiono JAKARTA (JP): Minister/State Secretary Moerdiono said yesterday that Abdurrahman Wahid "still has the chance" to retain his post as chief of Nahdlatul Ulama (NU), Indonesia's largest Moslem organization.
Wed, 30 Nov 1994
Govt predicts 200,000 at haj registration
Govt predicts 200,000 at haj registration JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Religious Affairs Tarmizi Taher predicted yesterday that the number of Indonesians who register for next year's haj pilgrimage to Mecca could exceed 180,000, perhaps even 200,000.
Wed, 30 Nov 1994
Prepare to compete
Prepare to compete Among our non-oil and gas export commodities, textiles and textile products rank first, having reached a value of more than US$6 billion in 1993. The plans call for raising that figure to $12 billion to $13 billion a year during the sixth five-year development period.
Wed, 30 Nov 1994
MOU signed for $204m project
MOU signed for $204m project JAKARTA (JP): The Boewana Waluya Foundation and the Euro Consortium of Property Business, Nedindo, have signed a memorandum of understanding for the establishment of a US$204 million property project.H.
Wed, 30 Nov 1994
Govt to allow increase in international air links
Govt to allow increase in international air links JAKARTA (JP): The government will soon allow an increase in the number of international air links with several foreign countries to boost foreign arrivals, Minister of Transportation Haryanto Dhanutirto says.
Wed, 30 Nov 1994
Stock Exchange
Stock Exchange JAKARTA (JP): The Jakarta Stock Exchange (JSX) continued weakening yesterday amid the fall of popular shares such as Ciputra Development, Dharmala Intiland, Indah Kiat Paper & Pulp, Indofood, Mulia Industrindo and United Tractor.
Wed, 30 Nov 1994
Electricity rates
Electricity ratesFrom SinarIt is not the first time the state electricity company has raised electricity rates. The company has increased its rates repeatedly. It is normal practice for the increase to be determined without prior consultation with the House of Representatives (DPR).
Wed, 30 Nov 1994
Judges inspect alleged high-class brothel
Judges inspect alleged high-class brothel JAKARTA (JP): Judge Stephanus Sutrisno of the South Jakarta District Court led a trial site inspection session to the alleged brothel at Jl. Prapanca 4, South Jakarta, yesterday.
Wed, 30 Nov 1994
Eight clubs into Kobatama finals
Eight clubs into Kobatama finals JAKARTA (JP): Eight basketball clubs confirmed their entry into the fourth and final leg of this year's intercity professional basketball league Kobatama, which is again scheduled in Jakarta from Dec. 14-16.
Wed, 30 Nov 1994
Food festival to upgrade service
Food festival to upgrade serviceBy Lenah Susianty JAKARTA (JP): If you have never heard a waiter or waitress wish you Selamat makan (enjoy your meal) at a restaurant, try one of Jakarta's 39 restaurants participating in the Jakarta Food Festival.
Wed, 30 Nov 1994
Malaysia's new force not threat to RI: Gen. Feisal
Malaysia's new force not threat to RI: Gen. Feisal JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia does not perceive the creation of Malaysia's Rapid Deployment Force as any sort of provocation or threat, a top military official says.
Wed, 30 Nov 1994
Freedom and fun, key to science: Gajdusek
Freedom and fun, key to science: Gajdusek JAKARTA (JP): A visiting Nobel laureate yesterday reminded researchers of the two essentials to boosting science -- freedom and fun."A researcher would rather be given an empty warehouse, than a laboratory based on someone else's idea," American Daniel...
Wed, 30 Nov 1994
Commercial oil production to start in Timor Gap
Commercial oil production to start in Timor Gap JAKARTA (JP): Commercial oil production will start early next year in the Timor Gap, an offshore area disputed by Indonesia and Australia, Minister of Mines and Energy I.B. Sudjana says.
Wed, 30 Nov 1994
WB loan for Palestinians
WB loan for Palestinians PARIS (Reuter): The World Bank has agreed to extend a US$58 million credit to Palestinian authorities to support self-rule projects, an official at the multinational institution said yesterday.
Wed, 30 Nov 1994
Chinese CDs sales annoy Vietnam
Chinese CDs sales annoy Vietnam HANOI (AFP): Vietnamese officials are warning of new "cultural pollutants" sweeping the country, propagating reactionary and indecent thoughts among the young.But the source of this contamination is not the western countries that Hanoi's cultural commissars often...
Wed, 30 Nov 1994
Harbor services
Harbor services As a student returning from my studies abroad I didn't pay much attention to the news concerning the rise in tariffs for harbor services -- until I had to get my personal belongings out of the Tanjung Priok port.
Wed, 30 Nov 1994
Invisible thief
Invisible thief A colleague of mine, Mrs. L. has a unique story to tell. On Nov. 1, 1994, her husband put five banknotes of twenty thousand rupiah each in an envelope in his briefcase. It was closed with a code, the number of which is known to only himself and yet when he woke up in the morning the...
Wed, 30 Nov 1994
Soeharto due to dedicate power projects
Soeharto due to dedicate power projects JAKARTA (JP): Next month President Soeharto is expected to inaugurate power projects which have been established at total costs of approximately Rp 2 trillion (US$912.4 million), says the chief executive of the state electricity company PLN.
Wed, 30 Nov 1994
Navratilova to meet Yayuk in farewell match
Navratilova to meet Yayuk in farewell match JAKARTA (JP): Former world number one Martina Navratilova has decided to include Indonesia as one stop on her world farewell tour. The tour will take Navratilova to five continents and the honor, and match, here have been given to Yayuk Basuki.
Wed, 30 Nov 1994
S'pore starts work on cable TV plan
S'pore starts work on cable TV plan SINGAPORE (AFP): Singapore has begun building a US$500-million ($340-million) cable television network, with some 20,000 homes expected to be wired for 30 channels by the middle of next year, Singapore CableVision officials have said.
Wed, 30 Nov 1994
Rubber producers extend expired price pact
Rubber producers extend expired price pact KUALA LUMPUR (AFP): World rubber producers have agreed to extend for a further year an expired price pact pending talks on a new UN-brokered accord, even as international stockpiles dry up, officials said yesterday.
Wed, 30 Nov 1994
Province needs bigger ships
Province needs bigger ships JAYAPURA, Irian Jaya: The province needs bigger ships to facilitate the movement of people and goods in the province, the head of the local transportation office said.Martono was quoted by the Antara news agency as saying that the existing fleets of "pioneering" ships...
Wed, 30 Nov 1994
Compulsory education
Compulsory educationFrom KompasWhen President Soeharto declared that 1994 was the year of Compulsory Education, I believed that a wider opportunity for education would await our community. And as a consequence of the government's policy on education, the school fees would not be too burdensome.
Wed, 30 Nov 1994
Nahdlatul Ulama untangles itself from politics
Nahdlatul Ulama untangles itself from politicsBy Mitsuo Nakamura CHIBA, Japan (JP): Originally, the Nahdlatul Ulama was non- political when it was established in 1926. The Khittah of 1926 (basic guidelines) defined the Nahdlatul Ulama as an Islamic religious organization devoted to religious...
Tue, 29 Nov 1994
East Java PDI rift goes on
East Java PDI rift goes on JAKARTA (JP): Keeping the conflict aflame within the Indonesian Democratic Party (PDI), Home Affairs Minister Yogie S.M. maintained his refusal yesterday to recognize leadership of the party's East Java chapter.
Tue, 29 Nov 1994
Dengue fever in Central Java
Dengue fever in Central Java SEMARANG, Central Java: Health authorities are warning of a dengue fever epidemic in northern coastal areas where drainage systems are a problem.The chief of the provincial office of health, Yunita R.
Tue, 29 Nov 1994
Pope invests second Indonesian cardinal
Pope invests second Indonesian cardinal JAKARTA (JP): Julius Darmaatmadja, the archbishop of Semarang, was invested by Pope John Paul II on Saturday, becoming Indonesia's second cardinal.Cardinal Julius, who is also head of the presidium of the Indonesian Bishops Conference, was one of 30 new...
Tue, 29 Nov 1994
Timber firms need no permit to go public
Timber firms need no permit to go public JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Forestry Jamaludin Suryohadikusomo said yesterday that timber companies intending to sell their shares to the public no longer need to require permission from his office.
Tue, 29 Nov 1994
Chens clinch Johnnie Walker
Chens clinch Johnnie Walker JAKARTA (JP): Marshall Golf Club maintained Chinese Taipei's domination at the Johnnie Walker championship, when its three-man team won Asia's symbol of inter club golf supremacy in Nusa Dua, Bali, on Sunday.
Tue, 29 Nov 1994
Singapore expects to draw more foreign investments
Singapore expects to draw more foreign investments SINGAPORE (AFP): Singapore hopes to draw between US$2.5 billion and $3.5 billion a year into manufacturing to sustain its long-term growth projection of four-to-six percent, a local newspaper reported yesterday.
Tue, 29 Nov 1994
Problems hinder anti-flood programs
Problems hinder anti-flood programs JAKARTA (JP): Various factors, ranging from reckless housing development to the community's bad habits hinder the city administration's efforts to protect certain areas prone to floods, an official said yesterday.
Tue, 29 Nov 1994
Police hopeful of solving Beng Seng murder
Police hopeful of solving Beng Seng murder JAKARTA (JP): Police said yesterday they see the light at the end of the tunnel in the Beng Seng murder.They expect to be able to arrest all of his attackers along with the person who plotted the killing of the entertainment businessman Nyo Beng Seng, who...
Tue, 29 Nov 1994
Lippo Hospital being built
Lippo Hospital being built JAKARTA (JP): Former coordinating minister for economy, finance and industry Radius Prawiro in his capacity as the chief commissioner of PT Nusa Medika Perkasa (NMP) has inaugurated the construction of a medical training center called the Siloam Gleneagles Hospital in...
Tue, 29 Nov 1994
Soeharto opens meet on the disabled
Soeharto opens meet on the disabled JAKARTA (JP): President Soeharto said yesterday that Indonesia was determined to ensure that disabled people enjoy the same business and employment opportunities as other Indonesian citizens.
Tue, 29 Nov 1994
RI gets satellite loan
RI gets satellite loan JAKARTA (JP): The Export Import Bank of the United States and Bank Ekspor Impor Indonesia have signed an agreement on a loan of US$125 million for the financing of the purchase of two Hughes HS-601 telecommunications satellites and related equipment.
Tue, 29 Nov 1994
Air SAR exercise involves S'pore
Air SAR exercise involves S'pore JAKARTA: Six officers from Singapore's air force are taking part in the Indonesian Air Force Search and Rescue exercise from Nov. 28 through Dec. 1 in the West Java regency of Sukabumi.Operation commander of the Indonesian Air Force, Rear Air Marshall I.G.
Tue, 29 Nov 1994
Surakarta needs Rp 178 billion
Surakarta needs Rp 178 billion SURAKARTA, Central Java: The municipal administration needs Rp 178 billion (US$86 million) to develop the city as the province's "international gate".Mayor Hartomo said recently that the government would need five years to develop the ancient city into one which has...
Tue, 29 Nov 1994
Financing small business
Financing small business Minister of Finance Mar'ie Muhammad received significant political support for his campaign to promote new sources of financing for small-scale firms in the provinces when President Soeharto bought 10 shares worth Rp 10 million (US$4,580) in a newly-established venture...
Tue, 29 Nov 1994
Reports on East Timor not yet neutral
Reports on East Timor not yet neutralBy Bilveer Singh SINGAPORE (JP): Even though the East Timor issue is closely connected to Portugal's domestic politics, the western media prefers to ignore it. Journalists seldom ask what really caused the problem.
Tue, 29 Nov 1994
Pelita Jaya pulls out of badminton tournament
Pelita Jaya pulls out of badminton tournament JAKARTA (JP): Defending champion Pelita Jaya has pulled out of the Fourth Ardath Cup national junior badminton championships, citing "unfair treatment" by the organizing committee.
Tue, 29 Nov 1994
One week after erruption, Merapi still said dangerous
One week after erruption, Merapi still said dangerous YOGYAKARTA (JP): One week after the massive eruption that has killed 46 people to date, rescue workers in search of missing villagers on the slope of Mt. Merapi still have not been given the green light to enter areas declared as dangerous.