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Mon, 13 Feb 1995
Ramadhan time for Jakarta
Ramadhan time for JakartaMonday Maghrib 06.19 p.m.Tuesday Imsak 04.29 a.m. Subuh 04.39 a.m.
Mon, 13 Feb 1995
Persebaya rescinds
Persebaya rescinds its withdrawal JAKARTA (JP): Only one day after Surabaya's Persebaya announced its withdrawal from the Indonesian soccer league on Thursday night, the East Javanese team had to eat its words.
Mon, 13 Feb 1995
Another AIDS sufferer in Jakarta
Another AIDS sufferer in Jakarta JAKARTA (JP): Another Jakartan has been diagnosed as suffering from the Acquired Immuno Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS), the director general of the Communicable Disease Control and Environmental Health department of the Health Ministry, Hadi Abednego said.
Mon, 13 Feb 1995
Crucial Indian state election comes to an end
Crucial Indian state election comes to an end BOMBAY (AFP): More than 15 million people voted yesterday in the western Indian state of Maharashtra in the final phase of state polls seen as crucial for Prime Minister P.V. Narasimha Rao and his economic reforms.
Mon, 13 Feb 1995
Malaysia to banish 20 players in graft fight
Malaysia to banish 20 players in graft fight KUALA LUMPUR (Reuter): Malaysia will arrest and banish 20 players and two coaches in the latest move against soccer corruption, according to reports yesterday.
Mon, 13 Feb 1995
Water leakage
Water leakage Water leakage is the most serious problem faced by all water companies in Indonesia.Since the capacity of production is limited and to set up a new installation inflicts high cost, leakage needs to be prevented and reduced to the lowest level.
Mon, 13 Feb 1995
State forestry companies earn Rp 158b in profits
State forestry companies earn Rp 158b in profits JAKARTA (JP): Six state-owned forestry companies gained Rp 158 billion (US$71.8 million) in unaudited after-tax profits last year, an 8.2 percent increase over the previous year.
Mon, 13 Feb 1995
Criticism of the press
Criticism of the press During the National Press Day 1995 celebrations in Manado, North Sulawesi, on Thursday, President Soeharto criticized the domestic press. He said our press coverage is not quite in line with national priorities and often approaches or even oversteps the boundaries, which...
Mon, 13 Feb 1995
PPP chapter leadership taken over
PPP chapter leadership taken over JAKARTA (JP): The outgoing leadership of the Jakarta chapter of the United Development Party (PPP) has announced that it will continue to lead the party chapter until the Central Board decides on a new executive for the region.
Mon, 13 Feb 1995
Wahono will not rush Bambang's dismissal
Wahono will not rush Bambang's dismissal JAKARTA (JP): Speaker of the House of Representatives Wahono says he refuses to be rushed into making a decision about the fate of legislator Bambang Warih Koesoemo, whom the ruling political group, Golkar, wants removed.
Sun, 12 Feb 1995
Garin is swimming against the current
Garin is swimming against the currentBy Marseli Sumarno JAKARTA (JP): It's fortunate we still have Garin Nugroho. In the past few years, with the Indonesian film industry in a doldrums, the name Garin Nugroho has continued to ascend.
Sun, 12 Feb 1995
Teenagers lured by ads in magazines
Teenagers lured by ads in magazines JAKARTA (JP): Love your children.For some of Jakarta's parents, the slogan means hand your kid money or a credit card.Nunui, in her second year at SMP Sumbangsih junior high school, says that her parents give her Rp 15,000 (US$6.81) a week.
Sun, 12 Feb 1995
11 killed in road crash
11 killed in road crash JAKARTA (JP): At least 11 people were killed when a speeding bus crashed head-on into a truck along the notorious Prapat to Balige highway in North Sumatra on Friday, Antara reported yesterday.
Sun, 12 Feb 1995
Sunday Post columns
Sunday Post columns We are regular subscribers to The Jakarta Post. I especially enjoy the Sunday edition because of the many general interest stories, especially those dealing with Indonesian life and culture.
Sun, 12 Feb 1995
Soldiers said out of line in East Timor killing
Soldiers said out of line in East Timor killing JAKARTA (JP): Minister/State Secretary Moerdiono yesterday said that some members of the Armed Forces (ABRI) violated procedures in last month's killing of six people in East Timor.Moerdiono said Armed Forces Chief Gen.
Sun, 12 Feb 1995
Tennis blends profits and sport commitment
Tennis blends profits and sport commitment JAKARTA (JP): There are tennis courts scattered across Jakarta, offering various facilities to benefit people who like hitting a furry ball across a net.Playing time is arranged as easily as a quick meal at a warung (food stall). Weather is a minor hurdle.
Sun, 12 Feb 1995
Guess What? Astari Rasjid
Guess What? Astari Rasjid The day-long fast passes by rapidly for artist Astari Rasjid as she hops around town checking on various preparations for the non-aligned nations exhibit in April.The day starts with hovering around the Fine Arts Gallery in Gambir, Central Jakarta, accompanying officials...
Sun, 12 Feb 1995
Ramadhan time for Jakarta
Ramadhan time for JakartaSunday Maghrib 06.19 p.m.Monday Imsak 04.29 a.m. Subuh 04.39 a.m.
Sun, 12 Feb 1995
Oasis restaurant caters to presidents and kings
Oasis restaurant caters to presidents and kingsBy Lenah Susianty JAKARTA (JP): You're in the gent's when U.S. President Bill Clinton enters, slaps you on the back and says "Hi!"It's not a scene from a new Hollywood blockbuster.
Sun, 12 Feb 1995
Gen. Hartono installed as new Army chief of staff
Gen. Hartono installed as new Army chief of staff JAKARTA (JP): President Soeharto, as the Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces, yesterday installed Gen. R. Hartono as the new Army chief of staff to replace Gen. Wismoyo Arismunandar.
Sun, 12 Feb 1995
Throwing together independence parties
Throwing together independence parties JAKARTA (JP): If you remember, one subject in my scrawlings last Sunday was dirty flags, the numerous rags -- national and foreign -- you see flapping from many a pole throughout the city.
Sun, 12 Feb 1995
Teaching children to swim takes patience, knowledge
Teaching children to swim takes patience, knowledgeBy L. Moroney JAKARTA (JP): The prospect of teaching their child to swim is often approached by parents with trepidation."I can't possibly do that," they grumble, remembering their parent's tales of: "My dad just threw me in the river and there's...
Sun, 12 Feb 1995
Mother of Vice President Try Sutrisno's dies at 82
Mother of Vice President Try Sutrisno's dies at 82 JAKARTA (JP): Mardiyah Soebandi, the mother of Vice President Try Sutrisno, died here yesterday at the age of 82.Mrs. Soebandi, who for the last several years had been living with Try's family in Jakarta, died at the Gatot Subroto Army Hospital.
Sun, 12 Feb 1995
My friend, the Professor has little capability
My friend, the Professor has little capabilityBy E. Sadtono SURABAYA, East Java (JP): It comes as no surprise that there is a glut of professors in Indonesia. There are three kinds of professor here: the real professor, the marginal professor and the fake professor.
Sun, 12 Feb 1995
The figure of Semar is local creation
The figure of Semar is local creationBy M.M.S. Marthawienata JAKARTA (JP): In 1970, former Singapore ambassador to Indonesia, Lee Khoon Choy, wrote in his book entitled Indonesia between Myth and Reality that Semar was a Javanese creation and was much more interesting than any other character in...
Sun, 12 Feb 1995
Guess What? Btari Karlinda
Guess What? Btari Karlinda Many people, women in particular, are quite happy if told they are slim, but not Btari Karlinda (Linda), a movie star turned public relations officer at the Hilton."Being slim doesn't annoy me, but questions about my weight stress me out," Linda said, admitting that in...
Sun, 12 Feb 1995
Parents-teenagers relationship have changed
Parents-teenagers relationship have changed JAKARTA (JP): The relationship between parents and teenagers has changed. A few decades ago, teenagers would do whatever their parents told them to do. A parent's words and wishes were considered final, few kids bothered to rebel.
Sun, 12 Feb 1995
New hotels continue to spring up in Yogyakarta
New hotels continue to spring up in YogyakartaBy R. Fadjri YOGYAKARTA (JP): Despite a limping hotel industry, new star-rated hotels continue to spring up in Yogyakarta. The city's 13 star-rated hotels are struggling to survive with only 48 percent capacity.
Sun, 12 Feb 1995
Belgian uses local materials to present universal ideas
Belgian uses local materials to present universal ideasText and photos by R. Fadjri YOGYAKARTA (JP): A journey often yields new ideas. Apart from enriching our visual experience, our encounter with objects we have never seen before may also lead to a spiritual experience.
Sun, 12 Feb 1995
Guess What? Goenawan Mohamad
Guess What? Goenawan Mohamad The Jakarta State Administrative Court came alive on Thursday when Goenawan Mohamad, the former Chief Editor of the banned Tempo newsweekly, was called as a witness in the case of former Tempo employees against the Minister of Information Harmoko for revoking the...
Sun, 12 Feb 1995
Guess What? Tunky Ariwibowo
Guess What? Tunky Ariwibowo "It's easy to build our own car," Minister of Industry Tunky Ariwibowo said to a bunch of journalists while briefing them on Indonesia's automotive industry earlier this week.The problem, Tunky said, lies in whether Indonesians will buy the product.
Sun, 12 Feb 1995
Rap generation has much to learn from folk hero Semar
Rap generation has much to learn from folk hero SemarBy M.M.S. Marthawienata JAKARTA (JP): President Soeharto suggested recently that dalang (puppet masters) should create themes surrounding Semar, a reincarnated god and servant at the royal palace that didn't exist in the original Ramayana or the...
Sun, 12 Feb 1995
Six die of electrocution
Six die of electrocution JAKARTA (JP): Six people from two neighboring families died of electrocution on Thursday in a accident in Tulungagung, East Java, the Antara news agency reported yesterday.When one of the men was electrocuted while working on the house, the other household members tried to...
Sun, 12 Feb 1995
Moersia Zaafril-Ilyas, a woman with vision
Moersia Zaafril-Ilyas, a woman with visionBy Carla Bianpoen MALANG, East Java (JP): "I do not believe in material development alone," says Moersia Zaafril Ilyas. Her sparsely furnished sitting room in a garage, where market vendors, becak (pedicab) drivers, youths and colleagues have come to...
Sun, 12 Feb 1995
TV today
TV todayTVRI 7:00 a.m. Morning News 7:30 Healthy and Fresh 7:40 TV Series: Vicky The Viking 8:10 Culture Program 8:40 TV Series: Voltron 9:00 People and Events 9:30 Comedy: Ria Jenaka 9:45 Music 10:45 Youth Program 11:15 Beauty 11:45 Sports: Dari Gelanggang Ke Gelanggang 12:45 p.m.
Sun, 12 Feb 1995
Music, language and fashion shape Jakartan pre-teen lifestyle
Music, language and fashion shape Jakartan pre-teen lifestyleBy Rita A. Widiadana "Nyokap, bokap cabut, kita nyepik ke Pim, asyik lhaa yaow !" JAKARTA (JP): What speech! These strange words will surely raise the eyebrows of many a parent.
Sun, 12 Feb 1995
Western values influence teens
Western values influence teens They wear branded clothes and shoes, eat at fast food restaurants, hang out at shopping malls, listen to rap and rock, speak in slang and are very pompous. They are what Jakartans call the ABG, an abbreviation for anak baru gede -- urban pre-teens.
Sat, 11 Feb 1995
Sam Ratulangi, RI's first futurologist, says expert
Sam Ratulangi, RI's first futurologist, says expertBy Santi WE Soekanto MANADO, North Sulawesi (JP): Long before John Naisbitt and Patricia Aburdene became famous for their sharply-defined predictions about future social, political and economic developments, Indonesia already had Dr. Sam Ratulangi.
Sat, 11 Feb 1995
City fights against scalpers
City fights against scalpers JAKARTA (JP): Jakarta Military District Commander Maj. Gen. Wiranto has declared war on ticket scalpers operating at bus and railway stations ahead of the Idul Fitri festivities.
Sat, 11 Feb 1995
Mobile telephone business still open
Mobile telephone business still open JAKARTA (JP): Opportunities in the country's lucrative telecommunications industry are still wide open as the government will soon set up technical guidelines on cheaper mobile telephone businesses.
Sat, 11 Feb 1995
New cellular phone system for Jakarta
New cellular phone system for Jakarta JAKARTA (JP): PT Komselindo, a newly-established company in the cellular communications business, is currently exploring the possibility of introducing a new digital cellular system in Greater Jakarta, an executive of the firm said.
Sat, 11 Feb 1995
Resident complains about compensation
Resident complains about compensation JAKARTA (JP): Agus Yanuar Ayub, a resident of Slipi subdistrict in West Jakarta, filed a complaint with the City Council over unpaid compensation for his land.Agus told the City Council's Commission A, which is in charge of government affairs, security and...
Sat, 11 Feb 1995
Administration probes land status
Administration probes land status JAKARTA (JP): Bogor administration is checking into the status of a plot of land in the Cipambuan village, Citeureup district, bulldozed by developer PT M.P. to make way for the building of a real estate and golf course.
Sat, 11 Feb 1995
PSSI said too slow in handling hooliganism
PSSI said too slow in handling hooliganism JAKARTA (JP): The All Indonesia Football Association (PSSI) was too slow in reacting to the recent hooliganism in Yogyakarta, Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports Hayono Isman said yesterday.
Sat, 11 Feb 1995
Malaysia and Thailand to begin oil drilling
Malaysia and Thailand to begin oil drilling KUALA LUMPUR (AFP): Malaysia and Thailand will in May begin joint petroleum drilling activities in an area in the Gulf of Thailand claimed by both countries, officials said yesterday.
Sat, 11 Feb 1995
Oki investigation close to an end
Oki investigation close to an end JAKARTA (JP): Police revealed yesterday that their investigation of the Los Angeles triple murder is almost complete and that Oki has confessed.Deputy to National Police Chief for Operational Affairs Maj. Gen.
Sat, 11 Feb 1995
Ramadhan time for Jakarta
Ramadhan time for JakartaSaturday Maghrib 06.20 p.m.Sunday Imsak 04.29 a.m. Subuh 04.39 a.m.
Sat, 11 Feb 1995
Top athletes help fund raising
Top athletes help fund raising JAKARTA (JP): The pictures of top national athletes will be stamped on the cans of a renowned soft drink as part of a sports fund-raising program.World badminton queen Susi Susanti, Indonesia's fastest man Mardi Lestari, the 1986 Olympic silver medalist archer...
Sat, 11 Feb 1995
Setting an example
Setting an example The coming month of August is likely to remain in the memory of the fishermen and their families who live in Muara Angke on the Bay of Jakarta. In that month 80 low-cost apartments, built especially for fishermen, are expected to be completed thanks to a Rp 1 billion (US$452,693)...
Sat, 11 Feb 1995
Vietnam to set up its first stock market
Vietnam to set up its first stock market HANOI (Reuter): Communist Vietnam will soon launch a capital markets authority, set up a pilot stock market and issue bonds abroad as it strives to attract foreign capital, State Bank governor Cao Si Kiem said yesterday.