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Tue, 30 Jan 1996

Support for Mega

Support for Mega Knowing the decision of Basofi Sudirman, political patron for the province of East Java, I feel a sad need to write this letter. Envious and greedy people continuously try to hamper the Indonesian Democratic Party (PDI), especially its tough and firm but cool chairwoman, Megawati,...

Tue, 30 Jan 1996

Blind masseurs see injustice

Blind masseurs see injustice BANDAR LAMPUNG, Lampung: Leaders of the local chapter of Pertuni, an association for the blind, want to open their own traditional massage parlors but say they do not have the necessary money.

Tue, 30 Jan 1996

RI nuke reactor seems imminent

RI nuke reactor seems imminentBy Laksmi Pamuntjak-Djohan JAKARTA (JP): The construction of Indonesia's premiere commercial nuclear reactor in Central Java seems imminent. The director general of the National Atomic Agency, Djali Ahimsa, recently announced the opening of pre-qualification bids for...

Tue, 30 Jan 1996

Telkom suffers $4.3m loss

Telkom suffers $4.3m loss JAKARTA (JP): Publicly-listed PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia (Telkom) suffered losses of almost Rp 16 billion (US$4.3 million) in line damages in the city last year.Bambang Riadhy Demar, head of Telkom's division two, the areas of which cover Jakarta and West Java, said...

Tue, 30 Jan 1996

New resort launched

New resort launched SINGAPORE (Reuter): Laguna Bintan, part of the 23,000-hectare Bintan Beach International Resort in Indonesia, and jointly developed by DBS Land and an Indonesian company, was launched on Saturday, the companies said.

Tue, 30 Jan 1996

Singapore sells itself as Asian tourism gateway

Singapore sells itself as Asian tourism gateway SINGAPORE (AFP): Singapore intends to sell itself to travelers as a gateway to booming "New Asia" in a bid to sustain tourism growth amid rising competition from cheaper regional destinations, officials said yesterday.

Tue, 30 Jan 1996

Locals give land for power plant

Locals give land for power plant MANOKWARI, Irian Jaya: Members of the Arfak tribe in the Prafi valley, Warmar district, declared their willingness to give up 35ha of their ancestors' land for the construction of a microhydro-powered plant.

Tue, 30 Jan 1996

Daiwa Bank in $3b sale

Daiwa Bank in $3b sale TOKYO (Reuter): Japan's Daiwa Bank announced the sale of more than US$3 billion worth of its U.S. business assets yesterday, just days before a deadline set for it to quit the United States following a scandal over huge trading losses.

Tue, 30 Jan 1996

Workers' allowance

Workers' allowance East Java's military are planning to punish and blacklist any companies failing to give an Idul Fitri allowance to their workers.It is not surprising that Maj. Gen. Imam Utomo opted to pursue this line of action since workers' protests were rife in the province throughout last...

Tue, 30 Jan 1996

Locals ignorant of nuclear start date

Locals ignorant of nuclear start date JEPARA, Central Java (JP): The chief of Jepara regency, where the government plans to build Indonesia's first nuclear power plant, said yesterday he had not been told when the project will begin.

Tue, 30 Jan 1996

Injured Casmadi speaks out on taxi robbery

Injured Casmadi speaks out on taxi robbery JAKARTA (JP): The dispute between the police and a 14-year-old boy who was exonerated by the court of attempted robbery of a taxi driver took a new twist when the taxi driver appeared and told reporters yesterday the boy stabbed him in the neck after...

Tue, 30 Jan 1996

Support for NU

Support for NU Observing the press coverage concerning NU (Nahdlatul Ulama) -- the biggest religious organization in Indonesia -- I think all right-thinking people hope that NU can manage its own affairs under Gus Dur's leadership, and should be left alone.

Tue, 30 Jan 1996

Farmers

Farmers Correction: In the story Military admits error in handling Jember farmers which appeared on this page yesterday, the error referred to an incident early this month, and not in August last year, as reported. -- Editor

Tue, 30 Jan 1996

City to renovate the planetarium

City to renovate the planetarium JAKARTA (JP): Governor Surjadi Soedirdja has approved a plan to renovate and modernize the planetarium, located at the Taman Ismail Marzuki art center, Central Jakarta.The governor said yesterday that the 26-year-old planetarium should be improved because most of...

Tue, 30 Jan 1996

Veterans legion renominates Soeharto

Veterans legion renominates Soeharto JAKARTA (JP): The 850,000-strong Legion of Indonesian Veterans, which is affiliated to the ruling Golkar party, will renominate Soeharto in the 1998 presidential election.

Tue, 30 Jan 1996

Analysts bullish about shares of cement producers

Analysts bullish about shares of cement producers JAKARTA (JP): Analysts estimated yesterday that the shares of cement manufacturers listed on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (JSX) will exceed the average performance of other shares this year.

Tue, 30 Jan 1996

Irian rebels free two student hostages in PNG

Irian rebels free two student hostages in PNG JAKARTA (AFP): Irian Jaya separatist rebels hiding in neighboring Papua New Guinea (PNG) Monday released two Indonesian students abducted in Indonesian territory in November, an official said Monday."The two hostages were released at 2:30 p.m.

Tue, 30 Jan 1996

China military buildup spurs Asian arms race

China military buildup spurs Asian arms raceBy Pierre-Antoine Donnet TOKYO (AFP): The threat of China's military build up has spurred other Asian countries, from Indonesia to Japan, to rearm at a rate not seen since the Cold War, analysts here say.

Tue, 30 Jan 1996

RI remains against ties with Israel

RI remains against ties with Israel JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia remains firmly against establishing diplomatic relations with Israel and refutes suggestions that a peace agreement between Damascus and Tel Aviv would be a precursor to ties with Jakarta."That's what he thinks...

Tue, 30 Jan 1996

Advertisers change sales pitch to discerning Asians

Advertisers change sales pitch to discerning AsiansBy Ong Saw Lay KUALA LUMPUR (AFP): As Asia's middle classes have bloomed, their appetites have changed, posing a challenge for advertisers who now have to pitch to discerning and yet still widely varied markets in this vast region.

Tue, 30 Jan 1996

Public transport goes on strike

Public transport goes on strike BANDUNG: Hundreds of striking public transport drivers parked their minibuses along Jl. Diponegoro for three hours yesterday, leaving thousands of passengers on the Cicaheum - Ledeng route stranded.

Tue, 30 Jan 1996

Polonia's revenues up

Polonia's revenues up JAKARTA (JP): The Polonia airport at Medan, North Sumatra, reported a 9 percent revenue increase from Rp 24.5 billion (US$10.65 million) in 1994 to Rp 26.7 billion last year, an executive said yesterday.

Tue, 30 Jan 1996

Stock Exchange

Stock ExchangeStock prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (in rupiah) on Jan. 29, 1996: Shares Close Change Trading Volume ------------------------------------------------------ Ades Alfindo 700 0 3,000 AHAP Insurance 3,000 -100 15,000 Alumindo Perkasa 1,375 0 0 Andayani Megah 1,925 -50 357,500...

Mon, 29 Jan 1996

Indofood's profit up 38%

Indofood's profit up 38% JAKARTA (JP): PT Indofood Sukses Makmur, the largest instant noodle producer in the country, reported a 38 percent increase in its net profit to Rp 305 billion (US$132.3 million) last year.

Mon, 29 Jan 1996

Expert hails plan for new IKIP status

Expert hails plan for new IKIP status JAKARTA (JP): Education expert Marsetio Donoseputro welcomes the government's plan to turn the state-run Teachers Training Institutes (IKIP) into full-fledged universities.

Mon, 29 Jan 1996

Iin Masitoh, coping with the pain of leprosy

Iin Masitoh, coping with the pain of leprosy TANGERANG (JP): Leprosy can destroy the future of sufferers, ending all their dreams. Love can become a nightmare. The joy of marriage, built up over many years, can easily fall apart.

Mon, 29 Jan 1996

'Democratization will reshape function of military in RI'

'Democratization will reshape function of military in RI' JAKARTA (JP): The Armed Forces (ABRI) will soon be faced with the dilemma of either maintaining its current political role or reducing it to help accelerate democratization, political analysts said on Saturday.

Mon, 29 Jan 1996

Timorese likely to leave Polish Embassy this week

Timorese likely to leave Polish Embassy this week JAKARTA (JP: The 12 East Timorese youths holed up at the Polish embassy since Thursday are expected to leave for Portugal this week.The head of the local office of the International Committee of the Red Cross, Henri Fournier, told Reuters yesterday...

Mon, 29 Jan 1996

Road project cuts off 5,000 phones

Road project cuts off 5,000 phones JAKARTA (JP): As many as 5,000 telephone lines in Tangerang, which have been disrupted since Friday, have yet to be made operable.The head of PT Telkom West Jakarta Office, Jimmy R. Villanueva said the disruption was due to the enlargement project of Jl.

Mon, 29 Jan 1996

PPD bus drivers demand better working climate

PPD bus drivers demand better working climate JAKARTA (JP): Twenty-two people representing more than 12,000 employees, mostly drivers, of the state-owned bus company PPD went to the Indonesian Prosperous Labor Union (SBSI) on Saturday seeking help over their uncertain status and poor working...

Mon, 29 Jan 1996

Two die in armed robbery

Two die in armed robbery BANDUNG: Two shoe factory workers in the Balekambang village, Majalaya district, were killed in an armed robbery on Saturday, Antara reported.Security guard Cucu Suhaya and another worker, Hermayadi, were killed by a gang of seven robbers.

Mon, 29 Jan 1996

Crime wave rocks the first four weeks of 1996

Crime wave rocks the first four weeks of 1996 JAKARTA (JP): Besides heavy flooding, fires and the rising prices of several commodities, grim murders, sexual abuse, robberies and fraud, have marked the first month of this year.In many cases, the motives for the crimes were money and sex.

Mon, 29 Jan 1996

EZ 135 Drive: Another alternative for flexible storage

EZ 135 Drive: Another alternative for flexible storageBy Zatni Arbi JAKARTA (JP): There are three words that always stay on top of the wish list of any serious computer user: Faster, bigger and cheaper.

Mon, 29 Jan 1996

Ramadhan time for Jakarta

Ramadhan time for JakartaMonday Maghrib 6.20 p.m.Tuesday Imsak 4:24 a.m. Subuh 4.34 a.m.

Mon, 29 Jan 1996

Military admits error in handling Jember farmers

Military admits error in handling Jember farmers SURABAYA (JP): The Chief of the Brawijaya Military Command said on Saturday that some of his soldiers violated procedures in handling the conflict between tobacco farmers and a state plantation company in Jenggawah near Jember last August.

Mon, 29 Jan 1996

Stock market bolstering

Stock market bolstering Your editorial Stock market bolstering (Jan. 19, 1996) was impressive. The Indonesian government did an excellent job issuing 103 regulations for the new capital market law (Law No. 8/1995).

Mon, 29 Jan 1996

TV today

TV todayTVRI 2:35 p.m. TV Series: Saber Rider and The Star Sheriff 3:00 News: Lintasan Berita 3:05 Children's Program: Riang Ria 3:30 Quiz: Cepat Tepat 4:00 News: Lintasan Berita 4:05 TV Series: Al Jamalludin Al Afghani 5:00 Evening News 5:25 Travel: My Country 5:30 Cultural Program 6:00 News:...

Mon, 29 Jan 1996

Cellular phones smuggled

Cellular phones smuggled JAKARTA (JP): Almost 40 percent of the estimated 200,000 cellular telephones currently being traded here have been smuggled into the country even though the phones are no longer subject to import duty.

Mon, 29 Jan 1996

Glodok shop owners to sue government, private firm

Glodok shop owners to sue government, private firm JAKARTA (JP): One hundred resentful shop owners are suing the government and a private company for putting them in limbo."We will be filing two separate suits in two separate courts on Tuesday," said Gunawan Tjahjadi, one of the lawyers for the...

Mon, 29 Jan 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.

Mon, 29 Jan 1996

Elections and the law

Elections and the law If the government persist in leaving vacant the Indonesian Democratic Party seats in the East Java provincial general election committee, the party intends to lodge a complaint against the government in the 1998 session of the People's Consultative Assembly.

Mon, 29 Jan 1996

New deregulation measures to boost locar car industry

New deregulation measures to boost locar car industry JAKARTA (JP): The new package of deregulation measures announced last Friday will boost the local automotive industry even though it will not immediately result in the drop of domestic car prices, according to local car manufacturers.

Mon, 29 Jan 1996

Auctioning promises great business prospects

Auctioning promises great business prospects JAKARTA (JP): Auctioning in Indonesia has tremendous business potential for the private sector to tap especially now that the government allows privately owned auction houses.

Mon, 29 Jan 1996

Firm joins beer tax protest

Firm joins beer tax protest AMSTERDAM (Reuter): Brewer Heineken said its Indonesian subsidiary had halted beer distribution to the tourist island of Bali, joining an industry-wide protest at the way local excise duties were implemented.

Mon, 29 Jan 1996

Intitirta produces mineral water

Intitirta produces mineral water JAKARTA (JP): PT Grahamas Intitirta, a subsidiary of the Kodel Group, entered into the competitive mineral water business by launching its first mass produced packaged drinking water, manufactured in Kuningan, West Java.

Mon, 29 Jan 1996

Hostages' whereabouts still unclear

Hostages' whereabouts still unclear JAKARTA (JP): The military authorities in Irian Jaya are in the dark about the whereabouts of 13 people kidnapped by the Free Papua Movement (OPM) gang and their captors.

Mon, 29 Jan 1996

Economists cool on new reforms

Economists cool on new reforms JAKARTA (JP): Local analysts have given a lukewarm reception to the new deregulation package, arguing that the government has failed to address the key problems hindering exports.

Mon, 29 Jan 1996

'City still owns land in Ragunan'

'City still owns land in Ragunan' JAKARTA (JP): The city secretary, Harun Al Rasyid, said that the land and houses in Ragunan, South Jakarta, which were sold by employees of the city husbandry office are city assets.

Mon, 29 Jan 1996

Firm's monopoly to sell pesticide stickers queried

Firm's monopoly to sell pesticide stickers queried JAKARTA (JP): Pesticide producers complained last week about the agriculture ministry's ruling that requires them to attach hologram stickers to the containers of their products before they can be sold, saying that it would cause additional costs.

Mon, 29 Jan 1996

If the GDP is up, why do I feel down?

If the GDP is up, why do I feel down?By Gary Gentry JAKARTA (JP): If you and your neighbors have to buy security or alarm systems for your houses because of crime in the area, does that expenditure make you feel wealthier? If you are in a minor auto accident and have to spend Rp 200,000 to repair...

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