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Fri, 23 Feb 1996
Blast in Chechnya increases tension
Blast in Chechnya increases tension MOSCOW (Reuter): Saboteurs blew up a gas pipeline in Chechnya yesterday, triggering a fierce fire and increasing tension on the eve of solemn commemorations marking the World War II mass deportation of the Chechen people.
Fri, 23 Feb 1996
No respite in sight for S'pore retailers
No respite in sight for S'pore retailers SINGAPORE (AFP): Singapore retailers battling fierce competition for shopping dollars in a tight consumer market saw no turnaround in sight yesterday after just-published sales figures showed dismal growth in 1995.Retail sales rose just 1.
Fri, 23 Feb 1996
Honest and fair election in 1997?
Honest and fair election in 1997?By Susilo Utomo JAKARTA (JP): Two issues confronting the coming elections in 1997 loom clear and sharp on the political horizon of Indonesia.One concerns principles of honesty and fairness which actually are part of the foundation of the election.
Fri, 23 Feb 1996
LG to invest $700m in Asia
LG to invest $700m in Asia SEOUL (Reuter): South Korea's LG Electronics Inc, a unit of LG Group LUGG.CN, said yesterday that it would invest US$700 million in Asia, excluding Japan and China during 1996-2000.
Fri, 23 Feb 1996
Whither East Asia?
Whither East Asia? For the countries of Southeast Asia the present commotion in East Asia is both a blessing and a reason for concern. The possibility is great that capital will flow out of that region in increasing amounts due to the political turmoil.
Fri, 23 Feb 1996
Elderly celebrate Idul Fitri with gratitude
Elderly celebrate Idul Fitri with gratitudeBy Gedsiri Suhartono JAKARTA (JP): While most people celebrated Idul Fitri surrounded by their family, many senior citizens, deprived of their relatives' company, have forgotten the close ties they once had.
Fri, 23 Feb 1996
Orphans to get scholarships
Orphans to get scholarships BANDA ACEH, Aceh: A total of 270 children whose parents died when the KMP Gurita drowned last month off Aceh waters will receive scholarships set up by some community leaders, Antara reported on Tuesday.
Fri, 23 Feb 1996
A lesson learned?
A lesson learned? To judge by the countless tales of distress that have been circulating in Jakarta these past few days, the transportation system that was to serve those traveling home to celebrate Idul Fitri with friends and family in the provinces is just not up to the job.
Fri, 23 Feb 1996
Is justice finally to come to Nipah village?
Is justice finally to come to Nipah village?By Ainur R. Sophiaan SURABAYA (JP): Human rights campaigners are yet to be mollified by the military's recent promise to bring to court the soldiers responsible for the death of four Nipah villagers in a 1993 land conflict in Sampang, on Madura Island,...
Fri, 23 Feb 1996
Yayuk Basuki still has a chance for Atlanta Games
Yayuk Basuki still has a chance for Atlanta Games JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia's tennis hopes at this year's Olympic Games in Atlanta are still alive even though Yayuk Basuki, the country's best women's singles player, dropped in the rankings this week.
Fri, 23 Feb 1996
City vows to curb flow of newcomers
City vows to curb flow of newcomers JAKARTA (JP): The only way to curb the post-Idul Fitri influx of newcomers to the capital is to enforce the provincial decree on population effectively, according to the city's governor.
Fri, 23 Feb 1996
Road accidents mar Idul Fitri celebrations
Road accidents mar Idul Fitri celebrations JAKARTA (JP): Dozens of people were killed and many others seriously injured in road accidents around Indonesia during the two-day Idul Fitri Moslem holiday.In West Java, nine people died amidst the festivities on the second day of Idul Fitri last...
Fri, 23 Feb 1996
WB approves loan of $373m to Indonesia
WB approves loan of $373m to Indonesia WASHINGTON (Reuter): Indonesia won approval for a US$373 million loan from the World Bank to help expand the country's electricity grid, compensate people affected by power projects, and support reform of the power sector, the bank said on Wednesday.
Fri, 23 Feb 1996
Lippo's tie-up in Manila
Lippo's tie-up in Manila MANILA (Reuter): The Philippine Exporters Confederation Inc (Philexport) and Indonesia's Lippo Bank are scheduled to open a commercial bank by August, Philexport president Sergio Ortiz-Luis said yesterday.
Fri, 23 Feb 1996
Ratelindo to install 50,000 radio phone lines
Ratelindo to install 50,000 radio phone lines JAKARTA (JP): PT Radio Telepon Indonesia (Ratelindo), the country's first private cellular digital radio telephone operator, will install 50,000 fixed-cellular telephone lines this year.
Fri, 23 Feb 1996
Walhi takes campaign to Bangkok
Walhi takes campaign to Bangkok JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesian Forum for the Environment (Walhi) plans to voice Indonesia's concern with industrial toxins at an international non-governmental organization conference in Bangkok, which will precede next week's Asia-Europe Summit.
Fri, 23 Feb 1996
Australia plans 'instant visa' system
Australia plans 'instant visa' system JAKARTA (JP): Australia is to experiment with a new "instant visa" system later this year which will expedite entrance permits to the country, but its embassy here says it is still too early to say when it will be applied in Indonesia.
Fri, 23 Feb 1996
Where to go in Jakarta:
Where to go in Jakarta:Music * Hotel Dai-ichi, Jl. Senen Raya 135, Central Jakarta. - Mezzanine Lounge: Solo Pianist, daily from 7:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m., opening hours Monday to Sunday 11 a.m to 1 a.m. * Hotel Aryaduta, Jl.
Fri, 23 Feb 1996
Hindus contemplate own religious court
Hindus contemplate own religious courtBy Puto Wirata DENPASAR, Bali (JP): Do Hindus in Indonesia need their own courts to deal with matters pertaining to their faith? Are the district courts sensitive enough to Hindu sentiments?A polemic has developed over the past two weeks among religious and...
Fri, 23 Feb 1996
KL prepared to go to Hague over row
KL prepared to go to Hague over row KUALA LUMPUR (DPA): Malaysia is prepared to go to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague to resolve a row with Thailand over its plans to construct a 27 kilometer wall along the Malaysia-Thai border, officials said yesterday.
Fri, 23 Feb 1996
RI allocates 240,000 bpd of crude in March
RI allocates 240,000 bpd of crude in March SINGAPORE (Reuter): Indonesia's state-owned oil company Pertamina has allocated between 230,000 and 240,000 barrels per day (bpd) of crude oil to its marketing affiliates in March against 210,000 bpd in February, affiliate sources said yesterday.
Fri, 23 Feb 1996
Pickpocket queen has son
Pickpocket queen has son SEMARANG, Central Java: A woman known in her city as the pickpocket queen gave birth to a baby boy at the Bhayangkara police hospital on the eve of Idul Fitri, Antara reported.The 28-year-old Yan alerted the guards in the local jail, where she was being detained, as soon as...
Fri, 23 Feb 1996
Mandatory fees cause Concessionaires problems
Mandatory fees cause Concessionaires problems JAKARTA (JP): A number of forest concessionaires operating in Central Kalimantan are having difficulty at setting their annual logging plans for 1996/1997 because they lack information on the amount of mandatory forest fees they should pay, an official...
Fri, 23 Feb 1996
Toll road earns Rp 740 million
Toll road earns Rp 740 million JAKARTA (JP): The state-owned highway corporation PT Jasa Marga received Rp 740.6 million from 139,174 vehicles passing through the Cikampek toll gates from Feb. 15 to 19Antara reported that the amount was much higher than last year's figure of Rp 195 million.
Fri, 23 Feb 1996
Many teachers go truant
Many teachers go truant PANIAI, Irian Jaya: Around 200 elementary school teachers in this hinterland have misused health reports to escape their duties, Antara reported yesterday.The head of the local office of the Ministry of Education and Culture, J.B.
Fri, 23 Feb 1996
RP sprinter runs as man and woman
RP sprinter runs as man and woman MANILA (Reuter): A Filipino sprinter embroiled in a long- running gender row has stumped the country's sports officials by competing in provincial athletic meets as both a man and a woman.
Fri, 23 Feb 1996
Use of loudspeakers in mosques
Use of loudspeakers in mosques Recently, The Jakarta Post reprinted a letter from Republika in its letters section. In the letter, signed by a "Faithful Moslem in Depok," the writer complained that the noise coming from loudspeakers was making him feel "distant from the mosque".
Fri, 23 Feb 1996
TV today
TV todayTVRI 2:30 p.m. My Country 2:35 TV Series: Amazing 3:00 News: Lintasan Berita 3:05 Science Film: New Zealand 3:30 Science Film: Safari Ocean 4:00 News: Lintasan Berita 4:05 Quiz: Cerdas Cermat 4:30 Culture: Pelangi Budaya 5:00 Evening News 5:25 My Country 5:30 Business: Kiat Kewiraswastaan...
Fri, 23 Feb 1996
Holiday mood prevails in Jakarta
Holiday mood prevails in Jakarta JAKARTA (JP): Idul Fitri fever was still affecting the city yesterday as government offices, roads, businesses and shopping centers were largely vacant. Offices reported leave-taking of up to 35 percent.
Fri, 23 Feb 1996
Early birds get bonuses
Early birds get bonuses SEMARANG, Central Java: The provincial government hoped to beat many employees' die-hard habit of prolonging the two-day Idul Fitri holiday by giving a bonus of Rp 20,000 (approximately US$8) to people who showed up for duty as scheduled yesterday.
Fri, 23 Feb 1996
Military launches operation to hunt down Irian rebels
Military launches operation to hunt down Irian rebels JAKARTA (JP): The military in Irian Jaya has launched an operation to hunt down separatist rebels who abducted a French and an Indonesian mining prospectors in the Paniai regency.
Fri, 23 Feb 1996
Legislators hail funding for jet plane project
Legislators hail funding for jet plane project JAKARTA (JP): Members of the House of Representatives praised President Soeharto yesterday for initiating a novel way of raising funds to finance the development of a Rp 2 billion jet plane project without tapping the government's resources.B.N.
Fri, 23 Feb 1996
Experts doubt PPP bill will get anywhere
Experts doubt PPP bill will get anywhere YOGYAKARTA (JP): The United Development Party's (PPP) initiative to have the electoral law reformed, while laudable, is doomed to fail because it faces mighty hurdles the minority party cannot overcome, two political observers concluded.
Fri, 23 Feb 1996
Police arrest African youth on drug charges
Police arrest African youth on drug charges JAKARTA (JP): The Jakarta Police Narcotics Division has arrested a foreigner charged with heroin trafficking, the head of the division said yesterday.The suspect was arrested in a room in Plaza Hotel in the Mangga Dua area in West Jakarta in a predawn...
Fri, 23 Feb 1996
Slow relief operation upsets quake victims
Slow relief operation upsets quake victims JAYAPURA, Irian Jaya (JP): Tension mounted among local officials in Irian Jaya yesterday over the slow pace of the government's operation to send relief aid to the victims of Saturday's devastating earthquake off Biak Island.
Fri, 23 Feb 1996
Historian to receive honor
Historian to receive honor YOGYAKARTA: Leading historian Sartono Kartodirdjo of Gadjah Mada University will receive an honorary doctorate degree in June from Humboldt University in Berlin, Germany, for inventing the "multi-visionary" approach to history.
Fri, 23 Feb 1996
Three top badminton stars deserve Olympic berths
Three top badminton stars deserve Olympic berths JAKARTA (JP): The Badminton Association of Indonesia needs to declare that its top three singles players deserve Olympic berths, national head coach said yesterday.
Fri, 23 Feb 1996
Visa cardholders spend 22% more
Visa cardholders spend 22% more JAKARTA (JP): Visa cardholders from overseas spent a total of US$287 million in Indonesia in the year to Sep. 30 last year, 22 percent more than the previous year, Visa International said in a press release yesterday.
Fri, 23 Feb 1996
AS Roma and Lazio may entertain lokal fans
AS Roma and Lazio may entertain lokal fans JAKARTA (JP): Soccer fans here are in for a rare treat. Two Italian League Serie A soccer clubs, AS Roma and Lazio, are scheduled to lock horns in the Senayan Main Stadium on May 27.
Thu, 22 Feb 1996
Satelindo seeks global satellite projects
Satelindo seeks global satellite projects JAKARTA (JP): PT Satelit Palapa Indonesia (Satelindo), a private telecommunications operator, plans to establish partnerships in several global satellite telecommunications projects.
Thu, 22 Feb 1996
RI capital city
RI capital cityFrom KompasConsidering that Jakarta is continually inundated, either by huge floods like in 1976 and 1996 or by smaller ones every time it rains; and that the capital city is so plagued by traffic congestion, so haunted by criminal action, I herewith propose to the authorities that...
Thu, 22 Feb 1996
Exodus continues during Idul Fitri holidays
Exodus continues during Idul Fitri holidays JAKARTA (JP): A large number of people were forced to celebrate Idul Fitri traveling to their hometowns due to overcrowding at bus terminals and railway stations before the holidays.
Thu, 22 Feb 1996
A sweeping overhaul needed
A sweeping overhaul needed It has been decided that the search for the true causes of the sinking of the ferry Gurita a few weeks ago will be done in a court of justice. At present, after hearing the testimony of 60 witnesses, police have come to the conclusion that six officials of the Aceh office...
Thu, 22 Feb 1996
Teenage girl burned alive
Teenage girl burned alive BANDUNG, West Java: Fire swept through five houses along Padasuka road in Cibeunying, burning 14-year-old Entin alive on Tuesday, Antara reported yesterday.Police sources said the fire probably started when a kerosene stove used by Entin's family to cook their Idul Fitri...
Thu, 22 Feb 1996
Idul Fitri joy triumphs over downpour
Idul Fitri joy triumphs over downpour JAKARTA (JP): Heavy rains failed to dampen the exhilaration felt by Moslems celebrating the Idul Fitri holiday across the country on Tuesday.Decked-out adults and children braved the rains to say the Idul Fitri prayer marking the end of the fasting month of...
Thu, 22 Feb 1996
Idul Fitri, a time to meet, greet and celebrate
Idul Fitri, a time to meet, greet and celebratePhoto A/B/C: Officials JP/msa JP/byi JP/msaTIME TO GET TOGETHER: Idul Fitri is a time to get together for many officials including former Indonesian military leader Gen.
Thu, 22 Feb 1996
Election
ElectionFrom TirasElections as a tool for realizing the principle of democracy based on Pancasila philosophy is held every five years. In this case the United Development Party (PPP) suggested that the principle of jurdil (honest and just) be added to election principles, which would be new...
Thu, 22 Feb 1996
JSX to elect new board of directors soon
JSX to elect new board of directors soon JAKARTA (JP): The shareholders of the Jakarta Stock Exchange (JSX) will soon elect new boards of directors and commissioners, informed sources said.The has been called because the Indonesian Capital Market Supervisory Agency (Bapepam) has introduced new...
Thu, 22 Feb 1996
Postman killed protecting package
Postman killed protecting package BANJARMASIN, South Kalimantan: A mailman in South Kalimantan was shot dead trying to protect a parcel of Rp 10 million from a gang of thieves, Antara reported.The news agency said recently that 33-year-old Supiani was driving to Pelaihari with a package of money...
Thu, 22 Feb 1996
Founder of RI's WWF program steps down
Founder of RI's WWF program steps down JAKARTA (JP): Russel Betts left the post at the World Wide Fund for Nature-Indonesian Program (WWF-IP) which he nurtured for seven years with the emotion of a father letting go of his child.