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Wed, 07 May 1997
TV programs
TV programsTodayTVRI 2:30 p.m. News: Lintas Nusantara 2:40 Travel: My Country 2:45 Family's Film: Road to Avonlea 3:10 Children's Program: Anak-Anak Indonesia 3:35 Talk Show: Kotak Pos 4:00 Regional News 4:30 Education Quiz: Cepat Tepat 5:10 TV Series: Topacio 5:55 Music 6:00 News: Lintasan Berita...
Wed, 07 May 1997
RP to benefit from Busang hoax
RP to benefit from Busang hoax MANILA (AFP): The Philippines expects to lure foreign mining firms following revelations that the world's biggest gold find in Indonesia is a hoax, a senior government official said yesterday.
Wed, 07 May 1997
The Bern Convention
The Bern Convention Barring some unforeseen circumstances, it now appears certain that Indonesia will soon -- probably in a matter of days -- ratify the 1886 Bern Convention on copyright protection. The intention was announced Monday by the vice cabinet secretary of the State Secretariat, Bambang...
Wed, 07 May 1997
The Busang hoax
The Busang hoax The controversy over the Busang gold mine has come to an anticlimactic end. Bre-X, the Canadian company which claimed to have discovered the world's richest gold deposit in the hinterland of East Kalimantan, has announced the findings of an independent analysis, which says that no...
Wed, 07 May 1997
Golkar politician fed up with Golkar
Golkar politician fed up with Golkar DILI: Golkar politician Manuel Viegas Carrascalao says he is losing faith in the party's East Timor chapter, which he has represented for 15 years.Carrascalao, a former Portuguese member of parliament, said Monday that Golkar had picked unpopular candidates to...
Wed, 07 May 1997
Linda Finch arrives here on round-world flight
Linda Finch arrives here on round-world flight JAKARTA (JP): Linda Finch, an American aviator who plans to be the first woman to fly around the world along the equator in a 1935 Lockheed Electra 10E, landed smoothly here yesterday at 2:05 p.m.
Wed, 07 May 1997
Myth of strong state under threat
Myth of strong state under threat Political scientist Cornelis LAY from the Yogyakarta-based University of Gadjah Mada says state symbols have become the target of people's resentment in recent years and the government should promptly remedy the situation.
Wed, 07 May 1997
UN Council reform questioned
UN Council reform questionedBy Omar Halim JAKARTA (JP): The intense pressure which Germany and Japan have exerted to become permanent members of the Security Council and the air of reform circulating these days in the United Nations has made the issue a major focus of discussions.
Wed, 07 May 1997
Tancho shareholders get bonus dividends
Tancho shareholders get bonus dividends JAKARTA (JP): Publicly listed PT Tancho Indonesia, a producer of cosmetics, perfumes and plastic goods, will pay dividends of Rp 300 (12.5 U.S. cent) a share and give two-for-one bonus shares to its shareholders.
Wed, 07 May 1997
Spotlight
SpotlightPhoto A: PaintingsJP/msaPAINTING EXPO: Ati Wardiman (second left), the wife of Minister of Education and Culture Wardiman Djojonegoro, looks at one of Satya Graha's paintings on display at Lontar Gallery in Jakarta.
Wed, 07 May 1997
ICRC help protect and safeguard detainees' rights
ICRC help protect and safeguard detainees' rights DILI, East Timor (JP): A woman once came to the ICRC office here to report that her relative was missing and she believed he had been detained.The ICRC delegate directed her to first inquire at the local military post.
Wed, 07 May 1997
3.2 kg of heroin seized
3.2 kg of heroin seized JAKARTA (JP): Police arrested five people yesterday and confiscated 3.2 kilograms of heroin and Rp 20 million in cash in West Jakarta.Four men and one woman were arrested at Graha Medika private hospital in Kebon Jeruk where they were about to conduct a transaction in the...
Wed, 07 May 1997
Goh Chok Tong demands $900,000 in libel damages
Goh Chok Tong demands $900,000 in libel damages SINGAPORE (Reuter): Singapore Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong demanded more than Singapore $1 million in libel damages yesterday from an opposition politician he sued for calling the island's political leadership liars.
Wed, 07 May 1997
Damansara-Sakato property
Damansara-Sakato property KUALA LUMPUR (Reuter): Malaysian property developer Damansara Realty Bhd said yesterday it had entered into a joint venture agreement with Indonesia's P.T. Andalas Tuah Sakato for a quarry in Indonesia.
Wed, 07 May 1997
Bringing UN closer to Southeast Asia region
Bringing UN closer to Southeast Asia regionBy A.K.P. Mochtan JAKARTA (JP): Southeast Asia is performing well. The region is politically stable and cohesive despite many unresolved territorial claims. New processes and fora are underway to further ensure the creation of a predictable and...
Wed, 07 May 1997
Life vests spark protest
Life vests spark protest MATARAM: In the political war of colors, even yellow life vests are raising eyebrows because yellow is the color of Golkar.Indonesian Democratic Party (PDI) chief Soerjadi protested the vests' color on his flight Monday from Lombok to Surabaya.
Wed, 07 May 1997
Bre-X's operations in Indonesia frozen
Bre-X's operations in Indonesia frozen JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesian government froze yesterday the Bre-X Minerals Ltd and its subsidiaries' activities in Indonesia and is set to tighten rules on gold prospectors.Minister of Mines and Energy I.B.
Wed, 07 May 1997
JSX shares gain ground on surge in Wall Street
JSX shares gain ground on surge in Wall Street JAKARTA (JP): Trading on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (JSX) gained ground yesterday on the back of psychological support from an increase in the Dow Jones Industrial index and a sustained buying of selected blue chips, brokers and securities analysts...
Tue, 06 May 1997
Expansion of forest-based industries to be controlled
Expansion of forest-based industries to be controlled JAKARTA (JP): Timber-related industries will be exempted from government regulation No.13/1995, which allows industrial companies to expand capacity up to 30 percent without a license, a minister said.
Tue, 06 May 1997
PDI supporters' arrest protested
PDI supporters' arrest protested JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesian Legal Aid Foundation protested yesterday the violent arrest of 16 Indonesian Democratic Party (PDI) supporters in North Jakarta on Sunday.The foundation said police had beaten people while arresting them during a demonstration outside a...
Tue, 06 May 1997
Films on trains
Films on trainsFrom KompasOn March 23, 1997, I took the 12:30 p.m. Parahyangan train from Gambir station to Bandung in West Java. Video clips were shown, along with a film named Hellraiser-Bloodline.The film had atrocious scenes. A man was knifed in the throat and his head was cut. Blood spilled.
Tue, 06 May 1997
Two drown in boat accident
Two drown in boat accident CILACAP, Central Java: Two fishermen drowned when their motorboat overturned on the Cipret river, near the Indian Ocean here Sunday.Locals saved Darsun, 39, but Sutrisno, 36, and Taufik Hidayat, 35, drowned.
Tue, 06 May 1997
Separatist hope keeps East Timor issue unresolved
Separatist hope keeps East Timor issue unresolvedBy Meidyatama Suryodiningrat During a recent visit to Dili, East Timor, The Jakarta Post had the opportunity to talk with the deputy military commander of the province, Col. Soekotjo HS.
Tue, 06 May 1997
Learning from comparative studies
Learning from comparative studiesBy Mochtar Buchori JAKARTA (JP): International comparative studies about educational performance are always interesting, but very hard to do. The reason is that performance of educational systems is so much influenced by cultural factors that to make a meaningful...
Tue, 06 May 1997
Hexindo gets $37m loan
Hexindo gets $37m loan JAKARTA (JP): Heavy equipment distributor PT Hexindo Adiperkasa has secured a US$37 million syndicated loan arranged by the Sanwa Bank's Singapore branch and Japan's LTD.The long term loan, provided by ten Jakarta and Singapore banks in an agreement signed in Singapore on...
Tue, 06 May 1997
RI coach draws up new strategy for Sudirman Cup
RI coach draws up new strategy for Sudirman Cup JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia is preparing a special strategy to face Danish, South Korean and Chinese shuttlers in the Sudirman Cup badminton championship in Glasgow, Scotland, from May 19 to May 25.
Tue, 06 May 1997
Institution vows to meet requirement
Institution vows to meet requirement JAKARTA (JP): An educational institution said yesterday it would continue with its management training while trying to increase its faculty members as requested by the Ministry of Education and Culture.
Tue, 06 May 1997
Bintang won't seek presidential pardon
Bintang won't seek presidential pardon JAKARTA (JP): Rebel politician Sri Bintang Pamungkas said yesterday he would not seek a presidential pardon after being officially declared a criminal.Bintang was moved yesterday from a cell at the Attorney General's Office to Cipinang Penitentiary in East...
Tue, 06 May 1997
Bull shelters under banyan tree
Bull shelters under banyan tree TASIKMALAYA, West Java: Torn apart by a leadership rift and cash strapped, the Indonesian Democratic Party (PDI) has found an ingenious way to raise its flags.Along some main streets here, PDI flags fly on the same poles as Golkar's.
Tue, 06 May 1997
Shares strengthen on Jakarta stock market
Shares strengthen on Jakarta stock market JAKARTA (JP): Share trading on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (JSX) strengthened yesterday with the main price index rising 4.49 points.Securities brokers said the market was marked with bargain hunting on heavyweight stocks and speculative buying on selected...
Tue, 06 May 1997
'Golkar should not dominate the legislature': Sultan
'Golkar should not dominate the legislature': Sultan YOGYAKARTA (JP): Sri Sultan Hamengkubuwono X, the king and supreme leader of the Yogyakarta sultanate, is also the local Golkar leader but is respected for his fair treatment of the other two political parties: the United Development Party (PPP)...
Tue, 06 May 1997
Gujral hopes for warmer ties with Pakistan
Gujral hopes for warmer ties with Pakistan NEW DELHI (Agencies): Indian Prime Minister Inder Kumar Gujral has said he hopes a face-to-face meeting with his Pakistani counterpart next week will lead to warmer relations between the longtime enemies.
Tue, 06 May 1997
General election legally, morally defective: Megawati
General election legally, morally defective: Megawati JAKARTA (JP): The ousted chief of the Indonesian Democratic Party (PDI), Megawati Soekarnoputri, said the general election was politically, legally and morally defective and was trampling on human rights.
Tue, 06 May 1997
CMNP rating outlook
CMNP rating outlook JAKARTA (JP): The country's only rating agency PT Pemeringkat Efek Indonesia (PT Pefindo) has given a positive outlook on the progress of ringroad tollway project of the private toll operator PT Citra Marga Nusaphala Persada (CMNP) in eastern part of Surabaya, East Java.
Tue, 06 May 1997
Newmont's gold mine suspends its operation
Newmont's gold mine suspends its operation JAKARTA (JP): Gold mining company PT Newmont Nusa Tenggara, controlled by U.S.-based Newmont Mining Corp., said it had suspended operations at its gold mine on Sumbawa island while it waited for a government permit.
Tue, 06 May 1997
GE Lokindo making 2 locomotives a month
GE Lokindo making 2 locomotives a month MADIUN, East Java (JP): PT GE Lokomotif Indonesia (Lokindo), an Indonesia-U.S. locomotive maker, is making two locomotives a month to meet a delivery order of 10 to state-owned railway firm Perumka in August.Lokindo is a joint venture company owned by U.S.
Tue, 06 May 1997
Rule violations abound in campaign's first 9 days
Rule violations abound in campaign's first 9 days JAKARTA (JP): The government and the three parties agreed yesterday there had been an abundance of rule infringements in the first third of the 27-day election campaign."Improve your campaigning and stop the violations," Yogie S.M.
Tue, 06 May 1997
Soerjadi calls for revision of military's political role
Soerjadi calls for revision of military's political role MATARAM, West Nusa Tenggara (JP): The government-recognized chief of the Indonesian Democratic Party (PDI), Soerjadi, called for the military yesterday to review its political role.
Tue, 06 May 1997
First woman heads police subprecinct
First woman heads police subprecinct JAKARTA (JP): A police woman has been installed as chief of the Cilandak police precinct, South Jakarta.City Police spokesman Lt. Col. E. Aritonang said yesterday that Capt. Nurhayati was the first policewoman to head a police subprecinct.
Tue, 06 May 1997
Salim group quits PT Gelael
Salim group quits PT Gelael JAKARTA (JP): PT Gelael Supermarket, the domestic grocery store pioneer, announced yesterday that the Salim Group had pulled out of the company.Gelael's president, Dick Gelael, said his company and Salim Group had agreed to end their cooperation on March 31 this year and...
Tue, 06 May 1997
Mine fire will not affect power
Mine fire will not affect power JAKARTA (JP): A fire which hit a coal terminal in Tarahan, Lampung Sunday, would not affect the Suralaya coal-fired power station in West Java, an official said yesterday.
Tue, 06 May 1997
RI Everest climbers return to Kathmandu
RI Everest climbers return to Kathmandu KATHMANDU (AFP): The first Indonesian team to conquer Mount Everest from the Nepalese side returned to Kathmandu on Sunday in high spirits after surviving a blizzard at the summit.
Tue, 06 May 1997
TV today
TV todayTVRI 2:30 p.m. News: Lintas Nusantara 2:40 Travel: My Country 2:45 Children's Film: Berenstain Bears 3:00 News: Lintasan Berita 3:10 Teenagers' Program: Remaja Indonesia 3:35 News: Lintas Ekonomi 4:00 Regional News 4:30 Science and Technology 5:00 English Lessons 5:25 Science World 5:30...
Tue, 06 May 1997
Contests held for New Year fiesta
Contests held for New Year fiesta JAKARTA (JP): The Ministry of Religious Affairs is organizing a series of events including seminars, bazaars and competitions to mark Islamic New Year, which falls on Thursday.
Tue, 06 May 1997
Where to go in Jakarta:
Where to go in Jakarta:Music * Hotel Atlet Century Park, Jl. Pintu Satu Senayan, Central Jakarta: - Jasmine Lounge; Lucy and Bobby Trio Vocal, Monday, Friday, at 8 p.m. to midnight, Sunday, at 7 p.m. to 11 p.m., Silvie and Armonia Trio Vocal, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, at 8 p.m.
Tue, 06 May 1997
Habibie to raise funds from public for car project
Habibie to raise funds from public for car project JAKARTA (JP): PT Maleo, the developer of the Maleo "national car" Maleo, will float most of its shares to raise funds to develop the car, State Minister of Research and Technology B.J. Habibie said here yesterday.
Tue, 06 May 1997
Australian gold explorers socked by Busang fraud
Australian gold explorers socked by Busang fraud MELBOURNE (Agencies): The Australian mining industry reacted with shock and disbelief yesterday to news that Indonesia's fabled Busang gold deposit was a hoax.
Tue, 06 May 1997
Men wearing earrings 'haram'
Men wearing earrings 'haram' PALU, Central Sulawesi: The Central Sulawesi chapter of the Indonesian Ulemas Council has issued a new ruling that, according to Islamic teaching, a man is prohibited from wearing earrings.
Tue, 06 May 1997
Campaign schedule for Indonesia for May 6, 1997:
Campaign schedule for Indonesia for May 6, 1997: Party Campaign area Important campaigners ---------------------------------------------------------------- PPP Sumatra, Bali, West and Ismail H. Metareum, Djufrie Asmoredjo, East Nusa Tenggara, Tosari Widjaja, M.
Tue, 06 May 1997
Aussie warship rescues passengers
Aussie warship rescues passengers SURABAYA: A visiting Australian warship came to the rescue of hundreds of passengers trapped in an Indonesian ferry which caught fire in the Straits of Madura Sunday afternoon.