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Tue, 21 Feb 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.
Tue, 21 Feb 1995
Lava threatens Yogyakarta
Lava threatens Yogyakarta YOGYAKARTA: Two dams located in the upstream of Boyong river are unable to accommodate further volcanic material from Mt. Merapi after heavy rains on Sunday flushed down thousands of cubic meters of lava into the river, the Antara news agency reported.
Tue, 21 Feb 1995
Telkom expands phone services in Jakarta
Telkom expands phone services in Jakarta JAKARTA (JP): In a move to improve its services, state-owned telecommunication company PT Telkom has set up eight new telephone exchanges, one outdoor plant maintenance center and four new district offices.
Tue, 21 Feb 1995
Soeharto wants tougher control on land use
Soeharto wants tougher control on land use JAKARTA (JP): President Soeharto wants stricter control of land use and ownership to prevent further reduction of the country's agricultural areas due to land conversion.
Tue, 21 Feb 1995
City revokes 35,004 old permits
City revokes 35,004 old permits JAKARTA (JP): The city administration announced yesterday it was revoking 35,004 old licenses of sub-contractors for city administration projects.Harun Al Rasyid, chief of the sub-contractors assessment committee said that after conducting reassessment tests, 26,730...
Tue, 21 Feb 1995
Idul Fitri gifts for the poor
Idul Fitri gifts for the poor JAKARTA (JP): About 500 poor residents of Kampung Tengah, in the Kramat Jati district, East Jakarta, have received Idul Fitri gift packages from Yayasan Nanda Dian Nusantara, a non-profit foundation.
Tue, 21 Feb 1995
Sukanto's paper firm to raise funds in U.S.
Sukanto's paper firm to raise funds in U.S. JAKARTA (JP): Sukanto Tanoto, Chairman of the widely- diversified RGM Group, is intensifying his efforts to become one of Indonesia's largest pulp and paper producers by raising funds on the New York Stock Exchange.
Tue, 21 Feb 1995
Give IPTN, PAL time to make profits: Habibie
Give IPTN, PAL time to make profits: Habibie JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Research and Technology B.J. Habibie said yesterday that the strategic industries under his control should be given two to three years to prove that they can bring home profits, provided export credits are granted for the sales...
Tue, 21 Feb 1995
Perth to host Indian Ocean meeting
Perth to host Indian Ocean meeting KUALA LUMPUR (AFP): Australia said yesterday it has drawn up a list of 37 nations to be invited to a meeting it was hosting in June to discuss South Africa's plan for an Indian Ocean trade and security grouping."We have identified 37 countries. It depends ...
Tue, 21 Feb 1995
Firm proposes hike in highway toll rates
Firm proposes hike in highway toll rates JAKARTA (JP): PT Citra Marga Nusaphala Persada, a private company operating a 17.6km toll road in Jakarta, proposed yesterday an increase in highway toll fees to help it to repay loans.
Tue, 21 Feb 1995
APEC forms council
APEC forms council TOKYO (AFP): Osaka and vicinity set up a special council yesterday to provide support for this year's Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum scheduled for November, officials said.
Tue, 21 Feb 1995
Aussies accused of kidnapping released on bail
Aussies accused of kidnapping released on bail JAKARTA (JP): The city prosecutor's office released on bail on Friday two Australian private detectives and a German woman who were arrested last year for allegedly abducting her children from a house in East Jakarta.
Tue, 21 Feb 1995
Claims of foul play at parking authority probed
Claims of foul play at parking authority probed JAKARTA (JP): Governor Surjadi Soedirdja ordered City Administration Inspector Djoko Brotosurjono yesterday to investigate alleged corruption at the city parking authority.
Tue, 21 Feb 1995
The top taxpayers
The top taxpayers The Indonesian government has made its annual announcement of the 200 top individual and corporate taxpayers as part of its campaign to inculcate a sense of pride in the people about fulfilling one of their basic civic duties -- paying taxes.
Tue, 21 Feb 1995
ICMI manages village funds
ICMI manages village funds BANDA ACEH, Aceh: The Indonesian Association of Moslem Intellectuals (ICMI) has started a pilot project for the management of government aid for impoverished villages, Antara reported.
Tue, 21 Feb 1995
Man jailed for forcing wife into prostitution
Man jailed for forcing wife into prostitution JAKARTA (JP): A 40-year-old man was sentenced to one year's imprisonment by the South Jakarta District Court yesterday after he was convicted of "selling" his own wife into prostitution from 1986 until 1994.
Tue, 21 Feb 1995
Statistics office to hold economic census soon
Statistics office to hold economic census soon JAKARTA (JP): The Central Bureau of Statistics will hold an economic census and set up a business information center in the near future, an official said yesterday.
Tue, 21 Feb 1995
Legislators concerned over teachers' fates
Legislators concerned over teachers' fates JAKARTA (JP): The House of Representatives criticized yesterday the arduous official procedures that underpaid teachers must carry out for promotion.In a hearing with officials from the Civil Servant Administration Agency, house members also expressed...
Tue, 21 Feb 1995
GKBI is likely to remain care taker of Kanindotex
GKBI is likely to remain care taker of Kanindotex JAKARTA (JP): The Federation of Indonesian Batik Cooperatives (GKBI) is likely to remain the caretaker of the debt-ridden Kanindotex despite a possible change in the textile company's ownership.
Mon, 20 Feb 1995
Pokphand excels in information system
Pokphand excels in information system A new management information system, coupled with an office automation program, was introduced last January by PT Charoen Pokphand Indonesia to face the challenges of the coming globalization era.
Mon, 20 Feb 1995
Export problems face Kalimantan plywood plants
Export problems face Kalimantan plywood plants JAKARTA (JP): Plywood plants in East Kalimantan, which contribute 25 percent to Indonesia's total plywood production, are facing difficulties in exporting their products, an executive said over the weekend.
Mon, 20 Feb 1995
Unfair treatment by Bellevue Court
Unfair treatment by Bellevue Court I am writing this letter to complain about the treatment I have received from the management of Bellevue Court Townhouses in Kemang, South Jakarta. I moved to Bellevue Court in March 1994. The usual rent is US$2,200 per month for a two year lease.
Mon, 20 Feb 1995
Share prices mixed with index unchanged
Share prices mixed with index unchanged JAKARTA (JP): Share prices closed mixed across the board on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (JSX) last week as gains, booked early in the week, eroded on local profit taking and uncertain regional sentiment.The JSX Composite Index closed the week at 453.
Mon, 20 Feb 1995
Thailand-S'pore train
Thailand-S'pore train KUALA LUMPUR (AFP): Malaysia's Pilgrims Management and Fund Board, Tabung Haji, plans to operate an electric train network between Thailand and Singapore with technology from Germany's Siemens, the Bernama news agency reported Saturday.
Mon, 20 Feb 1995
Rights Commission team holds interviews with Timorese
Rights Commission team holds interviews with Timorese LIQUISA, East Timor (JP): A delegation of the National Commission on Human Rights interviewed eyewitnesses in this regency capital over the weekend but refused to disclose the results of the meeting.
Mon, 20 Feb 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.
Mon, 20 Feb 1995
Overseas workers abused
Overseas workers abused One of the world's largest exporters of labor is calling for more international measures that would protect overseas workers. Johanna Son of Inter Press Service reports. MANILA (IPS): Edwina endured her Singaporean employer's beatings and verbal abuse for two years, but...
Mon, 20 Feb 1995
Objective appraisal is needed
Objective appraisal is needed JAKARTA (JP): A city administration official said on Friday that all unit heads in city administration must make objective job appraisals on their subordinates in order to give the public better services.
Mon, 20 Feb 1995
Indonesian legal logic
Indonesian legal logic According to the Indonesian Civil Law any child of an Indonesian mother and a foreign father has no choice but to follow the father's nationality, unless the marriage is not registered, then the child will be Indonesian.
Mon, 20 Feb 1995
PSSI measures force teams to play without spectators
PSSI measures force teams to play without spectators JAKARTA (JP): All spectators and reporters will be barred from watching the next league matches of both Yogyakarta's PSIM and Surabaya's Persebaya, the All Indonesia Football Federation (PSSI) announced on Saturday.
Mon, 20 Feb 1995
Minister of Justice says Oki may face death sentence
Minister of Justice says Oki may face death sentence JAKARTA (JP): The prime suspect in the Los Angeles triple murder, Harnoko Dewantono, alias Oki, faces a possible death sentence whether tried in local courts or in America, says Minister of Justice Oetojo Oesman.
Mon, 20 Feb 1995
New regulation sought for motorists during Idul Fitri
New regulation sought for motorists during Idul Fitri JAKARTA (JP): Head of the Transportation Ministry's West Java office has asked his Jakarta counterpart to cooperate in managing the flow of motorists entering the Cawang-Cikampek toll road during Idul Fitri festivities to avoid traffic jams at...
Mon, 20 Feb 1995
A matter of neutrality
A matter of neutrality In the process of its political development, Indonesia seems to have hit upon the art of seeking culprits every time a political organization is involved in an internal dispute. This is even more true when the crisis has grown out of hand and a group of losers has set up a...
Mon, 20 Feb 1995
Ramadhan time for Jakarta
Ramadhan time for JakartaMonday Maghrib 06.18 p.m.Tuesday Imsak 04.31 a.m. Subuh 04.41 a.m.
Mon, 20 Feb 1995
... but whose interests does it really serve?
... but whose interests does it really serve? JAKARTA (JP): Labor activists aren't all that impressed by the performance of the Central Committee for the Settlement of Labor Disputes (P4P) in defending the rights of workers.
Mon, 20 Feb 1995
Train engineer disappears
Train engineer disappears JAKARTA (JP): Passengers of a commuter train heading for Jakarta were left stranded over the weekend at the Bogor train station because the engineer was not available.Kusdinar, deputy chief of the station, told Antara that the engineer was not where he was supposed to be.
Mon, 20 Feb 1995
Nation's top 10 taxpayers
Nation's top 10 taxpayers Individual Corporate 1. Sinta Dewi Sampurno 1. PT Telkom Indonesia 2. Salim Soedono 2. PT Indosat 3. Prajogo Pangestu 3. PT Gudang Garam 4. Anthoni Salim 4. Bank BNI 5. Mohamad Hasan 5. Bank Dagang Negara 6. Sampoerna Putera 6. Bank Ekspor Impor 7. Usman Admadjaja 7.
Mon, 20 Feb 1995
700 orphans benefited from Pokphand program
700 orphans benefited from Pokphand program About 700 children from 47 villages have benefited from a special fellowship program initiated in 1984 by PT Charoen Pokphand Indonesia (CPI). They came from poor, orphaned families but had excellent educational performance.
Mon, 20 Feb 1995
On using computers for preparing presentations
On using computers for preparing presentationsBy Zatni Arbi JAKARTA (JP): Recently, I spent an entire afternoon attending a series of presentations of computer products at the Horizon Hotel, Ancol, Jakarta.
Mon, 20 Feb 1995
India-ASEAN trade ties
India-ASEAN trade ties NEW DELHI (AFP): ASEAN and India have decided to step up cooperation and trade which has been described as falling short of its potential, officials said here.Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) secretary general Ajit Singh told Indian Prime Minister P.V.
Mon, 20 Feb 1995
The rich break Rp 3b vow
The rich break Rp 3b vow JAKARTA (JP): Wealthy businessmen, who pledged late last year to contribute about Rp 3 billion (US$1.36 million) to finance slum improvement projects in conjunction with the commemoration of Solidarity Day have not yet honored their commitments.Ign.
Mon, 20 Feb 1995
Labor body designed to protect workers ...
Labor body designed to protect workers ...By Ridwan M. Sijabat JAKARTA (JP): The existing labor committee has earned a dubious reputation for backing companies' decisions to dismiss employees in the name of defending workers' interests.
Mon, 20 Feb 1995
Former bank president adjusts to life in jail
Former bank president adjusts to life in jail JAKARTA (JP): Former Bapindo president Subekti Ismaun, who was convicted of corruption, says he is adjusting to life in jail at the Salemba penitentiary as he waits for the outcome of his appeal against the December verdict.
Mon, 20 Feb 1995
The Sipadan-Ligitan case
The Sipadan-Ligitan case The dispute over the islands of Sipadan and Ligitan, northeast of the province of East Kalimantan, has surfaced again in the past few weeks. According to existing records, as well as historical evidence, those two little islands have been part of Indonesia's territory since...
Mon, 20 Feb 1995
Holiday allowance made mandatory
Holiday allowance made mandatory SEMARANG, Central Java: Governor Soewardi has ordered all regents across the province to see to it that all companies in their regions pay Idul Fitri holiday allowances to their employees."Holiday allowance is mandatory.
Mon, 20 Feb 1995
Parbuluan tense as disputed land area cordoned off
Parbuluan tense as disputed land area cordoned off MEDAN, North Sumatra (JP): The National Commission on Human Rights is rekindling the hopes of terrified displaced farmers in Parbuluan, who are trying to regain their communal land now controlled by a Jakarta-based company.
Mon, 20 Feb 1995
Bali denies report cholera
Bali denies report cholera JAKARTA (JP): Bali restaurateurs denounced the Japanese newspapers for suggesting an outbreak of cholera on the holiday island without bothering to check the facts.Soewito Raharjo of the Bali chapter of Association of Hotel and Restaurants said the Japanese press based...
Mon, 20 Feb 1995
Foreign firms might list shares on JSX
Foreign firms might list shares on JSX JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia will probably allow foreign companies to list their shares on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (JSX) this year after the government approves a revised draft ruling on stock listing and trading, a JSX executive said.
Mon, 20 Feb 1995
Unknown Dewi listed as largest taxpayer
Unknown Dewi listed as largest taxpayer JAKARTA (JP): Sinta Dewi Sampoerna of the East Java-based Sampoerna Group surprisingly topped the list of the 200 largest individual taxpayers in 1993, surpassing tycoon Soedono Salim, the chairman of the Salim Group.
Mon, 20 Feb 1995
President Ong tours shipyard
President Ong tours shipyard CEBU, Philippines (AFP): Singaporean President Ong Teng Cheong yesterday toured a ship repair facility acquired by the Singaporean-based Keppel Group, in this central island.