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Tue, 25 Mar 1997
Govt to contract 6,000 teachers
Govt to contract 6,000 teachers PADANG, West Sumatra: Minister of Education and Culture Wardiman Djojonegoro said his office would soon contract 6,000 teachers to overcome the current shortage of teachers across the country.
Tue, 25 Mar 1997
Military to ban PDI long march
Military to ban PDI long march JAKARTA (JP): The East Java military command has banned the Bali-Jakarta long march planned by members of the rift-ridden Indonesian Democratic Party (PDI), Antara reported yesterday.It quoted East Java military commander Maj. Gen.
Tue, 25 Mar 1997
Hospital to be constructed
Hospital to be constructed BANDAR LAMPUNG, Lampung: The government will soon build a Rp 6 billion (US$2.5 million) hospital in Liwa district, West Lampung regency, Antara reported yesterday.Asian Development Bank aid will fund the project, according to Dr.
Tue, 25 Mar 1997
Schelde opens office here
Schelde opens office here JAKARTA (JP): Royal Schelde, a Dutch company operating in shipbuilding, engineering and industrial construction, has opened a regional office here to coordinate its activities in South East Asia.
Tue, 25 Mar 1997
Telkom to keep its monopoly on long-distance calls
Telkom to keep its monopoly on long-distance calls JAKARTA (JP): The secretary-general of the ministry of tourism, post and telecommunications, Jonathan L. Parapak, has reiterated that PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia (Telkom) would keep its exclusive rights to provide long-distance calls until 2006 and...
Tue, 25 Mar 1997
Unclear authority hampers transportation project
Unclear authority hampers transportation project JAKARTA (JP): Unclear authority in transportation management is a major constraint to large-scale public transportation projects here, observers say.They were responding to recent developments regarding a proposal to build a subway from Blok M, South...
Tue, 25 Mar 1997
Dharmala Finance to split its stock
Dharmala Finance to split its stock JAKARTA (JP): Shareholders of the publicly listed PT BBL Dharmala Finance agreed yesterday to the company's proposal to split its nominal share value from Rp 1,000 (40 US cents) to Rp 500.
Tue, 25 Mar 1997
Bank Mashil rights issue to raise up to $32 million
Bank Mashil rights issue to raise up to $32 million JAKARTA (JP): Publicly listed Bank Mashil expects to raise about Rp 76.16 billion (US$32 million) in a rights issue later this month.The bank's president, Agustinus T.
Tue, 25 Mar 1997
Golkar faces huge challenges
Golkar faces huge challengesBy Aleksius Jemadu BANDUNG (JP): Election campaigns can be viewed as a process of linking the agenda of the politicians and the aspirations of the people.The three election contestants, the dominant Golkar organization, the United Development Party (PPP), and the...
Tue, 25 Mar 1997
Dibyo Widodo's mother dies
Dibyo Widodo's mother dies JAKARTA (JP): The mother of National Police Chief Gen. Dibyo Widodo died of heart problems yesterday morning. She was 73.Toerniati Soekardi was sent to Bhakti Yudha hospital, Depok, West Java, where she died on Sunday evening.
Tue, 25 Mar 1997
Australia still confident about Indonesia's future
Australia still confident about Indonesia's future JAKARTA (JP): Australia remains confident about the future of Indonesia's economy despite uncertainty over the latter's leadership transition.Australia's Ambassador to Indonesia, John McCarthy, said his government was upbeat that Indonesians would...
Tue, 25 Mar 1997
No more leaded gasoline in 1999, says Sudjana
No more leaded gasoline in 1999, says Sudjana JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Mines and Energy I.B. Sudjana said leaded gasoline would be phased out until 1999, when it would be banned to reduce pollution.Therefore the public should start modifying their cars and using natural gas, Sudjana was quoted by...
Tue, 25 Mar 1997
Commercial papers not fully traded
Commercial papers not fully traded JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia's only rating agency, PT Pemeringkat Efek Indonesian (Pefindo), said about 50 percent of the 66 commercial papers the firm rated last year was not traded because it failed to meet the central bank's minimum grade.
Tue, 25 Mar 1997
Only 26 percent of regular buses run daily
Only 26 percent of regular buses run daily JAKARTA (JP): Only 26 percent, or 439, of the 1,679 regular buses operate daily, the head of the City Land Transportation Agency said yesterday.The head of the agency, J.P.
Tue, 25 Mar 1997
General Motors eyes Seoul's troubled Ssangyong Motor
General Motors eyes Seoul's troubled Ssangyong Motor SEOUL (AFP): General Motors Corp. of the United States is considering taking an unspecified equity share in South Korea's debt-stricken Ssangyong Motor Co. in exchange for use of its local distribution network, reports said yesterday.
Tue, 25 Mar 1997
Lawyers request Bintang's release
Lawyers request Bintang's release JAKARTA (JP): Lawyers representing rebel politician Sri Bintang Pamungkas demanded their client's release yesterday, citing insufficient legal grounds for the Attorney General's Office to continue detaining him.
Tue, 25 Mar 1997
Few firms take up forestry incentives
Few firms take up forestry incentives JAKARTA (JP): Only 50 firms in forest-related industries have used the export tax and nontax incentives the government introduced last year, a government official said yesterday.
Tue, 25 Mar 1997
Mah Sing in Indonesia
Mah Sing in Indonesia KUALA LUMPUR (Reuter): Mah Sing Group Bhd said yesterday that its 80 percent owned subsidiary, PT Mah Sing Indonesia, has entered into an agreement with Premium Vector Sdn Bhd to jointly set up a manufacturing company in Indonesia.
Tue, 25 Mar 1997
PNG faces biggest political crisis since 1975
PNG faces biggest political crisis since 1975By Michael Perry PORT MORESBY (Reuter): A military solution to the conflict on Papua New Guinea's Bougainville island looked as far away as ever this week as the country faces its biggest political crisis since independence from Australia in 1975.
Tue, 25 Mar 1997
Witness testifies safe wasn't Zarina's
Witness testifies safe wasn't Zarina's JAKARTA (JP): The former boyfriend of Zarina, a would-be TV star on trial in an Ecstasy case, testified yesterday that the safe containing Ecstasy seized from her house by police, was not hers.Zarina was arrested on Aug.
Tue, 25 Mar 1997
Hanoi turns up the heat in oil row with China
Hanoi turns up the heat in oil row with China HANOI (Reuter): Vietnam's communist government turned up the heat in a territorial and oil exploration row with its giant northern neighbor yesterday, accusing China of violating international laws and calling for urgent talks.
Tue, 25 Mar 1997
Government told to punish banks breaching labor laws
Government told to punish banks breaching labor laws BOGOR (JP): Trade unions in the commerce, banking and insurance (NIBA) sectors called on the government to take action against a number of banks and insurance companies operating in Jakarta, for using employment agencies to get new recruits.
Tue, 25 Mar 1997
UN envoy ends three-day trip to East Timor
UN envoy ends three-day trip to East Timor JAKARTA (JP): The United Nations special envoy on East Timor, Jamsheed Marker, completed his three-day trip to the province yesterday, leaving with a promise to seek a fair solution to the disputed region's sovereignty.
Tue, 25 Mar 1997
Calls for open VP nomination debate gain momentum
Calls for open VP nomination debate gain momentum JAKARTA (JP): Observers and public figures alike have welcomed the growing calls for an open vice-presidential nomination debate, describing it as part of the public's political education.State Minister of Research and Technology B.J.
Tue, 25 Mar 1997
RI firm wins Kazakhs' Mangistau Oil tender
RI firm wins Kazakhs' Mangistau Oil tender ALMATY (Reuter): A senior Kazakh official said yesterday that Central Asia Petroleum Ltd, part of Indonesia's Setdco Group, has won a tender for a 60 percent stake in the former Soviet republic's largest oil producer, Mangistaumunaigaz.
Tue, 25 Mar 1997
SEAG consortium expects to raise Rp 35b from fees
SEAG consortium expects to raise Rp 35b from fees JAKARTA (JP): The 19th SEA Games consortium hopes to raise Rp 35 billion (US$14.6 million) by making the public pay fees on top of their electricity, water, telephone and other bills."We'll take Rp 35 billion from a Rp 40 billion income.
Tue, 25 Mar 1997
Rescuers finally find Busang geologist's body
Rescuers finally find Busang geologist's body JAKARTA (JP): Rescuers have found the body of geologist Michael de Guzman, who it is thought fell to his death from a helicopter while flying to the Busang gold deposit he helped discover in East Kalimantan, an official said Monday.
Tue, 25 Mar 1997
Soeharto calls for new family policy
Soeharto calls for new family policy JAKARTA (JP): The country needs to launch three simultaneous campaigns to develop the human resources required to survive global competition, President Soeharto said yesterday.
Tue, 25 Mar 1997
Mando-Cakra parts deal
Mando-Cakra parts deal SEOUL (AP): South Korea's leading auto parts maker said yesterday it reached a tentative agreement with Indonesia's PT Bimantara Cakra Nusa to set up an auto parts plant there.Mando Machinery Corp.
Tue, 25 Mar 1997
Eastern provinces oil palm plantations open to foreigners
Eastern provinces oil palm plantations open to foreigners JAKARTA (JP): The government still allows new foreign investment in oil palm plantations in eastern Indonesia, the minister of agriculture, Sjarifudin Baharsjah, said yesterday.
Tue, 25 Mar 1997
Nuclear energy
Nuclear energyFrom Bisnis IndonesiaAccording to Prof. Teuku Jacob, nuclear weapon technology is outlandish and terrible. The expert believes that man is on the brink of self-annihilation for continuing to develop the weapons but not being able to use them.
Tue, 25 Mar 1997
Bre-X confident on Busang results
Bre-X confident on Busang results JAKARTA (JP): The chief executive of Canadian mining firm Bre- X Minerals Ltd said yesterday he was confident the assay results and resource calculations for the Busang gold deposit were accurate.
Tue, 25 Mar 1997
Price increase of train tickets
Price increase of train ticketsFrom Pikiran RakyatOn March 12, my family and I bought railway tickets at the Bekasi, West Java railway station for Jatibarang. According to schedule, the transit Solo Balapan train would depart from Bekasi at 8.45 a.m.
Mon, 24 Mar 1997
Minimum wage too low
Minimum wage too low DILI: Head of the East Timor office of the Manpower Ministry Ign. Mudji Hartono said the new local minimum wage would contribute to 83 percent of the workers' minimum physical needs.The wages of workers in East Timor would increase from Rp 126,000 (US$52.
Mon, 24 Mar 1997
Sarwono urges media not to play up Wynne's victory
Sarwono urges media not to play up Wynne's victory JAKARTA (JP): The media must not give too much coverage to Wynne Prakusya, who recently won the Asia Oceania Group I Fed Cup Qualifying Round for Indonesia.
Mon, 24 Mar 1997
Ulemas against human cloning
Ulemas against human cloning JAKARTA: The cloning of humans is haram, or forbidden by Islamic law, because it is against the will of Allah, according to the influential Indonesian Council of Ulemas.Chairman Hasan Basri and deputy chairman Ali Yafie made the Moslem leaders' stance on the matter...
Mon, 24 Mar 1997
Environmental training
Environmental training JAKARTA (JP): Environmental training sponsored by UNESCO and the National Institute of Sciences (LIPI) is being conducted on the island of Pari in the Seribu Islands.The training, from March 23 to 27, is aimed at handling problems relating to coastal areas and small islands,...
Mon, 24 Mar 1997
JSX threatens to delist four publicly-listed firms
JSX threatens to delist four publicly-listed firms JAKARTA (JP): The Jakarta Stock Exchange (JSX) is threatening to delist four publicly listed companies whose shares have not been traded for the last six consecutive months, the bourse's trade director said over the weekend.
Mon, 24 Mar 1997
Moslems told to prevent unrest
Moslems told to prevent unrest JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesian Council of Ulemas called on Indonesian Moslems as the majority population to help establish peace and national unity, and prevent social unrest.
Mon, 24 Mar 1997
Where to go in Jakarta:
Where to go in Jakarta:Music * Radisson Hotel, Jl. Pecenongan 72, Central Jakarta: - Lobby Lounge Bar; Vino on Bass and Yudi on Piano, Mona and Nongky (Singers), Monday to Saturday, 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. * Ancol Travelodge, Jl. Lodan Timur No.
Mon, 24 Mar 1997
Praying facilities in malls
Praying facilities in mallsFrom RepublikaI am concerned and disappointed about the present praying facilities allotted by managements and owners of offices, malls and hotels in Jakarta for Moslems, including lavatory services.
Mon, 24 Mar 1997
Mahathir receives Saudian award
Mahathir receives Saudian award RIYADH (Reuter): Saudi Arabia's Defense Minister Prince Khalid presented King Faisal Foundation international awards to Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad, an Iraqi scholar and five Western scientists at a ceremony in Riyadh."This evening ...
Mon, 24 Mar 1997
Fires raze houses and auditorium
Fires raze houses and auditorium JAKARTA (JP): Two fires destroyed 11 houses and an auditorium of the state-owned telecommunications company PT Telkom at separate sites in Central Jakarta Saturday. No fatalities were reported.
Mon, 24 Mar 1997
Political parties urged to announce candidates
Political parties urged to announce candidates JAKARTA (JP): A political observer suggested that Indonesia's three political groupings take a brave step and announce their candidates for the 1998 presidency and vice presidency, thus ensuring a more lively general election on May 29.
Mon, 24 Mar 1997
Gatari Air plans to expand overseas
Gatari Air plans to expand overseas JAKARTA (JP): Despite complaints over its pilot employment system, private charter airlines PT Gatari Air Service plans to expand its business to foreign countries.Company president Eddy Pramono told The Jakarta Post over the weekend that Gatari had set short,...
Mon, 24 Mar 1997
Monkeys threaten power supply
Monkeys threaten power supply NEW DELHI (DPA): Monkeys are emerging as a threat to electricity supply in the power-cut prone Indian capital and their penchant for causing blackouts has not spared even the federal president and the prime minister, reports said.
Mon, 24 Mar 1997
TB treatment program a success in E. Timor
TB treatment program a success in E. Timor JAKARTA (JP): Two non-governmental organizations announced their success in combating tuberculosis among children in East Timor through a new strategy known as DOTS.
Mon, 24 Mar 1997
Iradat to lose concession
Iradat to lose concession JAKARTA (JP): PT Iradat Puri, the holder of a forest concession in Central Sulawesi, is unlikely to have its permit extended because it no longer operates, Director General of Forest Utilization Titus Sarijanto says.
Mon, 24 Mar 1997
Palm oil investment
Palm oil investment The arguments used by the Indonesian government to defend its restrictive ruling on foreign investments in the palm oil industry seem very weak. We don't see any benefit of the measure vis a vis the development of domestic small and medium enterprises.
Mon, 24 Mar 1997
ABRI's dual function
ABRI's dual function At the instruction of the government, LIPI (the National Institute of Sciences) made a study of ABRI's (the Armed Forces) sociopolitical role. The institute gave six recommendations.1. For the sake of political reform, ABRI should reduce its control over political institutions.