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Mon, 04 Mar 1996
Teaching Mandarin okay for tourism
Teaching Mandarin okay for tourism JAKARTA (JP): The government's decision last year to allow language schools to teach Mandarin was mainly taken to boost tourism, says a senior official of the Ministry of Education and Culture.
Mon, 04 Mar 1996
Govt must take measures to keep rice prices intact
Govt must take measures to keep rice prices intact JAKARTA (JP): The government must make an all-out effort to keep rice prices from falling below the official floor price so farmers are protected against unfavorable market conditions, an agricultural economist says.
Mon, 04 Mar 1996
ASEM takes off
ASEM takes off The foundation for greater Asia-Europe cooperation has been established. The leaders from 10 Asian and 15 European Union countries, who concluded their first summit meeting between the two regions in Bangkok over the weekend, should be commended for initiating the new forum.
Mon, 04 Mar 1996
Mountaineers die on Mt. Ciremai
Mountaineers die on Mt. Ciremai BANDUNG, West Java: Two mountaineers were found dead and two others were in critical condition on Mount Ciremai in Kuningan, West Java, over the weekend.Second Sergeant Haeruddin of the Cilimus police station in Kuningan identified the dead as Azis and Mulyono, both...
Mon, 04 Mar 1996
Tangerang police chief refuses to meet reporters
Tangerang police chief refuses to meet reporters JAKARTA (JP): The Tangerang police chief refused to receive a photojournalist who wanted to explain the detail of his dispute with a local village head.Robin Ong, former photographer at banned Tempo magazine, who came to the Tangerang police precinct...
Mon, 04 Mar 1996
Aryaduta to run hotel in Bogor
Aryaduta to run hotel in Bogor JAKARTA (JP): Aryaduta Hotel Management Ltd., a hotel management firm affiliated with the publicly-listed PT Hotel Prapatan, will run a property called Hotel Lido in Bogor, West Java.Hotel Lido's spokesperson, Vitri M.
Mon, 04 Mar 1996
TV today
TV todayTVRI 2:30 p.m. Travel: My Country 2:35 TV Series: Saber Rider and The Star Sheriff 3:00 News: Lintasan Berita 3:05 Children Program: Riang Ria 3:30 TV Series: Crystal Maze 4:00 News: Lintasan Berita 4:05 TV Series: Crystal Maze (continued) 4:30 Quiz: Cepat Tepat 5:00 Evening News 5:25...
Mon, 04 Mar 1996
Siemens
Siemens I work at Siemens Telecommunication Project Office in Pulo Mas, East Jakarta, and I have observed with concern this company's activities. This letter is meant as constructive criticism toward Siemens themselves and as input for the Ministry of Manpower and PT Telkom.
Sun, 03 Mar 1996
Ageless aunts and tactless taunts
Ageless aunts and tactless taunts JAKARTA (JP): I am told that tante (pronounced taan-teh, of Dutch origin) used to be a respectful way of addressing an aunt who was a blood relation. Today the not-so-young as well as the young are using the word jeeringly to refer to a woman of a certain age.
Sun, 03 Mar 1996
Romana wanted for Federation Cup
Romana wanted for Federation Cup JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesian Federation Cup tennis team is trying to persuade its number two player Romana Tedjakusuma to rejoin ahead of a clash against Belgium here next month.
Sun, 03 Mar 1996
RI reassures China on One-China stance
RI reassures China on One-China stance BANGKOK (JP): President Soeharto yesterday met with Chinese Prime Minister Li Peng during which he reaffirmed Indonesia's commitment to the One-China policy in spite of growing economic links and trade relations with Taiwan.
Sun, 03 Mar 1996
Who owns these tourists? Who owns this temple?
Who owns these tourists? Who owns this temple?By Degung Santikarma UBUD, Bali (JP): At a village temple festival in Ubud, a group of rowdy American teenagers were shepherded into the inner complex of the temple by a harried, local tour guide.
Sun, 03 Mar 1996
Troops kill 25 Tamil Tigers
Troops kill 25 Tamil Tigers COLOMBO (AFP): Security forces fought a major gun battle with Tamil Tiger guerrillas in eastern Sri Lanka and killed at least 25 rebels, the defense ministry said yesterday.Government forces smashed a jungle base of the separatist Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE)...
Sun, 03 Mar 1996
Bangkok summit a resounding success
Bangkok summit a resounding successBy Riyadi and Meidyatama Suryodiningrat BANGKOK (JP): Leaders from Asia and Europe wound up their historic first summit yesterday charting a path to foster relations between equals in place of the colonial ties that once existed between the two regions.
Sun, 03 Mar 1996
Made Sipir: The quickest rain stopper in Sanur
Made Sipir: The quickest rain stopper in Sanur NUSA DUA, Bali (JP): The modest 85-year-old man woke very early in the morning. He put on his sarong, made a fire, prepared an offering, and started working to keep away the rain.
Sun, 03 Mar 1996
Towards a new national capital
Towards a new national capital The suggestion of Dimjati M. of Semarang, Central Java, to move the nation's capital from Jakarta to a different location (The Jakarta Post, Feb. 22) must not be dismissed as a silly idea.
Sun, 03 Mar 1996
Who's responsible for the floods?
Who's responsible for the floods? We have been debating the effects of development in Bogor, Puncak and Cianjur (Bopunjur) for several years and have yet to arrive at a solution.In the meantime, developers have successfully carried out their activities in the area with local government support.
Sun, 03 Mar 1996
China not an imminent threat to regional security
China not an imminent threat to regional security Beijing shows that it recognizes concerns about regional stability and about China itself.By Soedibyo China is not necessarily viewed as an imminent threat to regional security and stability.
Sun, 03 Mar 1996
Election in YLBHI
Election in YLBHI I am concerned about the Indonesian Legal Aid Foundation (YLBHI), which is scheduled to elect a new chairperson. The situation facing the foundation is nothing short of tragic. Known as a democratic institution which never compromised with violators of democracy, the foundation...
Sun, 03 Mar 1996
Berths for Asian boxers for Olympics
Berths for Asian boxers for Olympics BANGKOK (Agencies): The final placements for Asian boxers for the Atlanta Olympics were handed out here Friday on the last day of the third and final leg of the qualifying tournament.
Sun, 03 Mar 1996
Keating's defeat won't affect RI-Aussie relationship
Keating's defeat won't affect RI-Aussie relationshipBy T. Sima Gunawan and Johannes Simbolon JAKARTA (JP): The election victory of Australian Liberal party under John Howard over Paul Keating of the Labor party yesterday is not likely to affect the existing warm relations between Australia and...
Sun, 03 Mar 1996
Idul Fitri pilgrimage
Idul Fitri pilgrimageBy Umar Kayam On that Lebaran morning, as in all the years before, they tucked into the special repast cooked by their grandmother. Chicken opor, fried chili liver, dendeng ragi, and boiled rice cakes, accompanied by soy crumbs.
Sun, 03 Mar 1996
Asia's rich mirror Western counterparts
Asia's rich mirror Western counterparts The New Rich in Asia: Mobile phones, McDonald's and middle-class revolution Richard Robison and David S.G. Goodman (editors) xii and 253 pages Routledge, London, 1996 JAKARTA (JP): In recent years, "the images formerly associated with affluence, power and...
Sun, 03 Mar 1996
Ignorance makes Jakarta floods worse
Ignorance makes Jakarta floods worseBy T. Sima Gunawan JAKARTA (JP): Even though the environment has become one of the major global issues, not all people are aware of the importance of the subject. Lack of environmental awareness has often hampered the implementation of sustainable development...
Sun, 03 Mar 1996
Asia-Europe meeting sets out on road to new ties
Asia-Europe meeting sets out on road to new ties BANGKOK (Reuter): Following is a partial text of the closing statement of the inaugural Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) which ended yesterday:"The Meeting discussed a wide range of issues and provided the opportunity for the Heads to share their concerns...
Sun, 03 Mar 1996
Hedijanti elected table tennis chief
Hedijanti elected table tennis chief JAKARTA (JP): Siti Hedijanti Prabowo finally joined the elite of national sports yesterday when she was elected the new chairperson of the Indonesian Table Tennis Association.
Sat, 02 Mar 1996
UN to host meeting on how to save global rubber pact
UN to host meeting on how to save global rubber pact KUALA LUMPUR (AFP): A United Nations body is to host a meeting of rubber producers and consumers in Geneva on March 28 to salvage a new global price pact now in limbo for want of consumer support, officials said yesterday.
Sat, 02 Mar 1996
No epidemic in Wamena: Minister
No epidemic in Wamena: Minister JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Health Sujudi yesterday denied media reports that an outbreak of upper respiratory disease has killed 177 people in two districts in Wamena, Irian Jaya.
Sat, 02 Mar 1996
Truck driver killed
Truck driver killed JAKARTA (JP): A truck driver was found dead yesterday with two stab wounds in the stomach in front of a rice stall in Ciracas, East Jakarta.The chief detective of the Ciracas police, Second Lt.
Sat, 02 Mar 1996
Fire guts university library
Fire guts university library JAKARTA (JP): Hundreds of thousands of books and reports of scientific researches were lost when fire gutted Udayana University's library in Denpasar, Bali, yesterday afternoon.The Antara news agency reported that only smoking debris was left of the two-story building.
Sat, 02 Mar 1996
Radio broadcast
Radio broadcastFrom NERACAI would like to thank Radio Republic of Indonesia (RRI) for its coverage of the exodus of people from Jakarta during Idul Fitri. I was on the road to my home town Gunung Kidul, Yogyakarta.
Sat, 02 Mar 1996
Rubber prices may plunge this month
Rubber prices may plunge this month SINGAPORE (Reuter): Rubber prices, now buoyed by seasonal factors, could move lower in coming weeks as the market lacks strong fundamental support, delegates at an industry meeting said yesterday.
Sat, 02 Mar 1996
Ministry to look into PPD drivers' complaints
Ministry to look into PPD drivers' complaints JAKARTA (JP): The Ministry of Manpower has instructed its local office to look into complaints by state-run PPD bus company workers -- mostly drivers -- about poor working conditions, the ministry's director for labor standards said recently.
Sat, 02 Mar 1996
Myanmar wrestles with high inflation
Myanmar wrestles with high inflationBy Aung Hla Tun YANGON (Reuter): Rocketing prices of essentials such as rice and cooking oil have sent inflation soaring in recent months, ringing alarm bells in impoverished Myanmar.
Sat, 02 Mar 1996
Reactor reaction
Reactor reaction Norman Rubin's letter on Feb. 19, 1996, Indonesia: Nuclear reactor accuses me of making statements publicly in Indonesia which "no one would dare make in Canada." Not so. I stand behind every word in my letter, here or in Toronto.
Sat, 02 Mar 1996
Military's election promise applauded
Military's election promise applauded SEMARANG (JP): A politician and an intellectual yesterday welcomed the military's promise to look into allegations of riggings at the next general election and to rectify them.The promise, made by Armed Forces (ABRI) Chief of Sociopolitical Affairs Lt. Gen.
Sat, 02 Mar 1996
Indonesian archery team misses Asian target
Indonesian archery team misses Asian target JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia left the IX Asian Archery Championships in Bangkok empty-handed on Thursday, but kept its Olympic hopes alive.The national men's trio of Hendra Setijawan, Syafrudin Mawi and Ditto Rembran had their dreams of making an Olympic debut...
Sat, 02 Mar 1996
Giant statue project halted
Giant statue project halted DILI, East Timor: The construction of a 25-ton statue called Kristus Raja (Christ the King) in Fatukama Bay has been halted due to a shortage of funds, Antara reported.The project, which began in 1994, was expected to be completed in time for the commemoration of the...
Sat, 02 Mar 1996
Church services
Church services * Catholic Church, University of Atmajaya, Jl. Jend. Sudirman: Saturday 5:30 p.m., Sunday, 9 a.m., 10:30 a.m. (with songs) and 5:30 p.m. * First Church of Christ, Scientist, Jl. Teuku Cik Ditiro 48, Menteng, Central Jakarta: Services on Sunday at 9:30 a.m. (in Indonesian) and 8 a.m.
Sat, 02 Mar 1996
Bangkok summit finds synergy
Bangkok summit finds synergyBy Riyadi and Meidyatama Suryodiningrat BANGKOK (JP): Leaders from 25 Asian and European countries began their historic summit yesterday finding that differences remain between the two continents but that there was great potential for synergy on many issues.
Sat, 02 Mar 1996
Hundreds ill during exodus
Hundreds ill during exodus BANDAR LAMPUNG, Lampung: A total of 444 passengers of ferries crossing through the Bakauheni port, South Lampung, from Java to Sumatra or vice versa, during the recent Idul Fitri exodus suffered from various ailments and sought medical help at the port's clinic.
Sat, 02 Mar 1996
Tattooed corpse found in Ciputat
Tattooed corpse found in Ciputat JAKARTA (JP): An unidentified bare-chested man was found dead yesterday in Ciputat, South Jakarta, with three gunshot wounds and several bruises on his abdomen and head.
Sat, 02 Mar 1996
Wrong economic data causes city's traffic congestion
Wrong economic data causes city's traffic congestion JAKARTA (JP): Faulty forecasting of economic and population growth in Greater Jakarta has resulted in worsening traffic problems, an official says.The vice chairman of Jakarta, Bogor, Tangerang and Bekasi Development Cooperation Board, Andjat D.
Sat, 02 Mar 1996
Stock Exchange
Stock ExchangeStock prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (in rupiah) on March, 1, 1996: Shares Close Change Trading Volume ------------------------------------------------------ Ades Alfindo 800 -25 1,000 AHAP Insurance 2,800 0 0 Alumindo Perkasa 1,375 0 0 Andayani Megah 2,100 100 33,500 Aneka...
Sat, 02 Mar 1996
S'pore oil products market gets mixed response from fuel oil rise
S'pore oil products market gets mixed response from fuel oil rise SINGAPORE (Reuter): Singapore oil products market were mixed with fuel oil continuing to rise, while gas oil recovering later in the day after recent falls, traders said yesterday.
Sat, 02 Mar 1996
Officials silent on Oki's dossier
Officials silent on Oki's dossier JAKARTA (JP): Officials at the Jakarta Provincial Prosecutors' Office kept their cards close to their chests yesterday over the dossier of Oki, who is accused of committing three murders in Los Angeles.
Sat, 02 Mar 1996
Most Asian stock exchanges trading higher
Most Asian stock exchanges trading higher HONG KONG (Reuter): Tokyo stocks benefited yesterday from an economic report that eased fears of an imminent interest rate rise and most other Asian bourses also ended higher.Only Singapore was down while Bangkok and Seoul were closed for holidays.
Sat, 02 Mar 1996
Logam Sari Bearindo to triple production
Logam Sari Bearindo to triple production JAKARTA (JP): PT Logam Sari Bearindo, a producer of vehicle bearings, will invest an additional Rp 15 billion (US$6.5 million) to triple its production capacity to 30 million, the company's president, Agus G. Kartasasmita said yesterday.
Sat, 02 Mar 1996
Govt urged to lift duties on telecoms equipment
Govt urged to lift duties on telecoms equipment JAKARTA (JP): Telecommunications executives have urged the government to eliminate import duties on the terminals of radio paging, satellite-based and radio trunking telecoms services to increase the use of such equipment.
Sat, 02 Mar 1996
Indonesia downplays Soeharto-Guterres meeting
Indonesia downplays Soeharto-Guterres meeting BANGKOK (JP): President Soeharto and Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Guterres met briefly on Thursday night, marking the first time that leaders of the two countries met since diplomatic ties were broken off in 1976 over the East Timor question.