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Fri, 26 Jan 1996

SBSI protests over arrest of its member

SBSI protests over arrest of its member JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesian Prosperous Labor Union (SBSI) staged a protest at the House of Representatives yesterday to call for the release of one of its leaders in Binjai, North Sumatra, who has been detained there without warrant by police for 27 days.

Fri, 26 Jan 1996

Beer producers protest Arbamass' labeling move

Beer producers protest Arbamass' labeling move JAKARTA (JP): Indonesian beer producers said yesterday they stopped supplies to Bali ten days ago in protest against the high alcohol levy collected by PT Arbamass Multi Invesco, a private company.

Fri, 26 Jan 1996

Swimming body remains uncertain about new board

Swimming body remains uncertain about new board JAKARTA (JP): The line-up of the Indonesian Swimming Federation's leadership board remains uncertain after the first meeting of its electoral body yesterday.

Fri, 26 Jan 1996

State transportation firms post higher profits

State transportation firms post higher profits JAKARTA (JP): Fifteen of the 17 state-owned enterprises overseen by the Ministry of Transportation last year netted a total profit of Rp 806.87 billion (US$349.5 million), 16.4 percent higher than the Rp 693 billion targeted by the government.

Fri, 26 Jan 1996

Stock Exchange

Stock ExchangeStock prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (in rupiah) on Jan. 25, 1996: Shares Close Change Trading Volume ------------------------------------------------------ Ades Alfindo 700 25 47,500 AHAP Insurance 3,200 0 0 Alumindo Perkasa 1,375 0 0 Andayani Megah 1,975 0 193,500 Aneka Kimia...

Fri, 26 Jan 1996

Township people offer land

Township people offer land KUPANG, East Nusa Tenggara: Residents of Sulamu township about 70 km east of here have given their wholehearted support to the administration's plan to relocate the regency office from here.

Fri, 26 Jan 1996

Ministry of Health plans deworming campaign

Ministry of Health plans deworming campaign JAKARTA (JP): The government will launch a massive deworming campaign this year, targeting elementary school children, Minister of Health Sujudi said yesterday.

Fri, 26 Jan 1996

India-RI trade ties poised to take off

India-RI trade ties poised to take off The 20th century's last decade has ushered in a new era in India's trade relations with ASEAN countries, particularly Indonesia. India's "Look East" policy and liberalization of the Indian economy, beginning from 1991, provided the much needed impetus for...

Fri, 26 Jan 1996

International designer boutiques storm the city

International designer boutiques storm the cityBy Dini S. Djalal JAKARTA (JP): Jakarta's luncheon ladies must be very busy these days.With at least a dozen new international designer boutiques, including Prada, Dolce and Gabbana, and Issey Miyake opening their gilt-edged doors, the ladies' platinum...

Fri, 26 Jan 1996

Crash victim dies in hospital

Crash victim dies in hospital BANDUNG: A woman who suffered severe burns when a light trainer plane crash-landed in a busy shopping street here last week died, bringing the total death toll to 16, Antara reported.

Fri, 26 Jan 1996

Masyumi wins official seal of approval

Masyumi wins official seal of approval JAKARTA (JP): Masyumi, a Moslem organization founded last November using the name of a defunct political party, won the official seal of approval when it formally registered with the Ministry of Home Affairs as a mass organization on Tuesday.

Fri, 26 Jan 1996

Hostage drama in Irian Jaya takes new twist

Hostage drama in Irian Jaya takes new twist JAKARTA (JP): The hostage drama in Irian Jaya, which the military had expected to resolve by midweek, took a new twist following reports that a top separatist leader has joined forces with the kidnappers.

Fri, 26 Jan 1996

Basofi's East Java gamble

Basofi's East Java gamble At last the protracted conflict within the Indonesian Democratic Party (PDI) has proved fatal. East Java's Governor Basofi Sudirman has left vacant the seats reserved for the party in the provincial electoral committee which he installed last Monday.

Fri, 26 Jan 1996

Workers can't leave for Malaysia

Workers can't leave for Malaysia PURWOKERTO, Central Java: Some 37 people who signed up with a local manpower supplier company to work in Malaysia failed to depart as promised, because a member of staff at the company embezzled their money.

Fri, 26 Jan 1996

Immigration deports five foreigners

Immigration deports five foreigners JAKARTA (JP): Immigration authorities have deported five foreigners following a sweeping operation against illegal aliens in Jakarta and Bali last weekend."We deported two Filipinos and three Americans as a result of Operation Orchid," Rahardi Suroprawiro,...

Fri, 26 Jan 1996

PT BAT sued for terminating contract

PT BAT sued for terminating contract JAKARTA (JP): A cigarette distributor has demanded that PT BAT Indonesia pay it Rp 21 billion (US$9.2 million) in damages for abruptly terminating their contract.The distributor, FA Indonesia Jaya, through its lawyer Sudirman Munir, is now seeking help at the...

Fri, 26 Jan 1996

'Olympic Games only for potential winners'

'Olympic Games only for potential winners' JAKARTA (JP): President Soeharto suggested yesterday that Indonesia only send athletes with strong medal winning potential to the upcoming Olympic Games in Atlanta.

Fri, 26 Jan 1996

Iranian national apprehended for trading heroin

Iranian national apprehended for trading heroin JAKARTA (JP): Police have arrested an Iranian man for trying to sell 200 grams of heroin to an undercover city police detective at a hotel in Central Jakarta.

Fri, 26 Jan 1996

Govt to cut back fertilizer subsidy next fiscal year

Govt to cut back fertilizer subsidy next fiscal year JAKARTA (JP): The government has decided to cut back fertilizer subsidies by Rp 6 billion (US$ 2.62 million) to Rp 137 billion in the 1996/97 fiscal year, despite the commodity's soaring price on the domestic market over the last couple of months.

Fri, 26 Jan 1996

Capitalization of JSX may reach $244b by 2000

Capitalization of JSX may reach $244b by 2000 JAKARTA (JP): Market capitalization on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (JSX) is likely to reach Rp 562.1 trillion (US$244.4 billion) by the year 2000, the Capital Market Supervisory Agency projected yesterday.

Fri, 26 Jan 1996

TV today

TV todayTVRI 2:30 p.m. Travel: My Country 2:35 TV Series: Amazing 3:00 News: Lintasan Berita 3:05 Travel: New Zealand 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 Family Program 6:00 News: Lintasan Berita...

Fri, 26 Jan 1996

JSX warns two brokerage firms

JSX warns two brokerage firms JAKARTA (JP): The Jakarta Stock Exchange (JSX) has discovered that two of its members, PT Erdhika Mulyatama and PT Arya Prada Sekuritas, violated fairness principles when executing a number of transactions on three stocks.

Fri, 26 Jan 1996

Subcontractors asked to join rice project

Subcontractors asked to join rice project JAKARTA (JP): President Soeharto yesterday encouraged local subcontractors to get involved in the establishment of the one- million-hectare rice estate project in Central Kalimantan's peat- moss areas.

Fri, 26 Jan 1996

White tiger bears offsprings

White tiger bears offsprings JAKARTA (JP): An Indian white tiger at the Surabaya zoo has given birth to three cubs, two females and one male, Antara reported yesterday.The proud parents, Ajaya and Melati, were a gift from the Indian government to President Soeharto.

Fri, 26 Jan 1996

Baxter, Kalbe tie up

Baxter, Kalbe tie up DEERFIELD, USA (Reuter): Baxter World Trade Corp, a unit of Baxter International Inc, said it formed a joint venture with PT Kalbe Farma, the largest pharmaceutical company in Indonesia.

Fri, 26 Jan 1996

Misleading ad

Misleading adFrom KompasAttracted by an alluring television advertisement, I bought a sumi knife from TV Media. It cost me Rp 94,800 including the delivery cost. I didn't use it immediately because I still had my old knife.

Fri, 26 Jan 1996

High school dropout arrested for murder

High school dropout arrested for murder JAKARTA (JP): Police have arrested one of the two people suspected of killing and robbing an official of the attorney general's office.Ferry Aryanto, alias Ari, 19, a senior high school drop-out, was arrested by elite mobile regiment officers at the Moonlite...

Fri, 26 Jan 1996

The national chili crisis

The national chili crisis Indonesia, known as the Spice Islands from the dawn of civilization, is facing an unprecedented crisis: a shortage of red chilies.The soaring prices of red chilies is causing great consternation among the public which never dreamed a shortage of that commodity possible.

Fri, 26 Jan 1996

Golden ball to be given to Soeharto

Golden ball to be given to Soeharto JAKARTA (JP): The presentation of a golden ball to President Soeharto will cap the 66th anniversary celebration of the All- Indonesia Football Association next April.

Fri, 26 Jan 1996

The Listening Post

The Listening Post * Wishing Selamat Menunaikan Ibadah Puasa Ramadhan to all our Muslim readers! And you will notice that while this is indeed an English-teaching column, I have used Bahasa Indonesia for my sincere greeting, on behalf of all the staff and students of American Language Center.

Fri, 26 Jan 1996

Where to go in Bali:

Where to go in Bali:Music and entertainment * Grand Hyatt Bali, Nusa Dua: Pasar Senggol - Balinese Arts & Crafts, daily. Sunset Procession, daily. Ramayana Dance, Thursday. Legong Dance, Saturday. Arjuna Wiwaha Dance, Sunday. Rejang, Puspawresti, Belibis and Jaran Teji dances, Monday.

Fri, 26 Jan 1996

Investment rules revised for local administrations

Investment rules revised for local administrations JAKARTA (JP): The government will revise some existing investment procedures at local administrations, which have thus far hampered the start of project construction, State Minister of Investment Sanyoto Sastrowardoyo said here yesterday.

Fri, 26 Jan 1996

Twelve Timorese seek asylum at Polish Embassy

Twelve Timorese seek asylum at Polish Embassy JAKARTA (JP): The Polish Embassy became the latest foreign mission yesterday to fall prey to young East Timorese asylum seekers.Twelve of them scaled the embassy walls on Jl. Diponegoro in Central Jakarta at around midday. They requested refugee status.

Fri, 26 Jan 1996

Flood victims need school uniforms

Flood victims need school uniforms JAKARTA (JP): Almost 7,300 school children of flood victim families in Tebet, South Jakarta need school uniforms.The students, ranging from elementary to senior high schools pupils, have had to go to school wearing anything they could save from the recent floods,...

Fri, 26 Jan 1996

Berlian Tanker gets $20.4 million loan

Berlian Tanker gets $20.4 million loan JAKARTA (JP): PT Berlian Laju Tanker, a publicly-listed shipping company, signed an agreement yesterday with Marubeni Corporation of Japan for a loan of US$20.4 million to finance the building of two chemical cargo tankers.

Fri, 26 Jan 1996

Local golfer Ilyasak falters in Johnnie Walker Classic

Local golfer Ilyasak falters in Johnnie Walker Classic JAKARTA (JP): Ilyasak, Indonesia's only hope in the US$925,000 Johny Walker Classic, yesterday shot three bogeys and a solitary birdie over the 7,001-yard layout of the Tanah Merah Country Club, Singapore, to post an opening-round two-over-par...

Fri, 26 Jan 1996

Haryanto spared from awkward questions

Haryanto spared from awkward questions JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Transportation Haryanto Dhanutirto made an appearance at the House of Representatives yesterday, his first hearing since charges of misconduct were leveled against him in the media last month.

Fri, 26 Jan 1996

Killing at red-light district

Killing at red-light district JAKARTA (JP): A man who stabbed a prostitute at the unauthorized Malvinas red-light district in Bekasi on Tuesday turned his weapon on a man who tried to intervene, fatally wounding him.

Fri, 26 Jan 1996

BI comments on HongkongBank fraud

BI comments on HongkongBank fraud JAKARTA (JP): After being silent for weeks, Bank Indonesia, the central bank, finally issued a statement yesterday on the alleged fraud involving Rp 79 billion (US$34.5 million), which hit HongkongBank's branch office here recently.

Fri, 26 Jan 1996

Travel bookings expected to soar before Idul Fitri

Travel bookings expected to soar before Idul Fitri JAKARTA (JP): Travel operators expect a steep rise in the number of travelers in the upcoming Idul Fitri celebration next month.Several domestic airlines companies contacted by the Jakarta Post yesterday said that most flights have been fully...

Fri, 26 Jan 1996

Deregulation to be announced today

Deregulation to be announced today JAKARTA (JP): After a second consecutive day of delay, the government will announce its much-awaited economic deregulation package this morning.An announcement on a notice board at the Ministry of Industry and Trade stated that the government would issue the...

Fri, 26 Jan 1996

CIBA gets FDA approval

CIBA gets FDA approval ATLANTA (Reuter): CIBA Vision said that its new contact lens plant in Batam, Indonesia, had received pre-market approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).The plant is the first manufacturing site in Indonesia to get FDA approval.

Fri, 26 Jan 1996

Presidential nomination a trap for Megawati: Analyst

Presidential nomination a trap for Megawati: Analyst SEMARANG (JP): Proposals to nominate Indonesian Democratic Party (PDI) chief Megawati Soekarnoputri may actually be part of a conspiracy to plunge her into a deeper conflict with the government, an observer said yesterday.

Fri, 26 Jan 1996

Providing superschools for all

Providing superschools for allBy John Phillips This is the first of two articles on the definition of superschools and on how to foster such schools. YOGYAKARTA (JP): In recent articles, Mochtar Buchori perceptively outlined some of the basic questions in education facing Indonesian society with...

Fri, 26 Jan 1996

Alleged rapist of housemaid arrested

Alleged rapist of housemaid arrested JAKARTA (JP): Menteng police apprehended a driver at noon yesterday for allegedly raping a housemaid who was mistakenly picked up in an official crackdown on street walkers last week.

Fri, 26 Jan 1996

Woman arrested for dealing drugs

Woman arrested for dealing drugs JAKARTA (JP): Police arrested a 39-year-old woman yesterday for trafficking drugs, and confiscated five kilograms of marijuana.Major Indawan, the head of the anti-narcotics squad, said yesterday that Mursinah was picked up in a pre-dawn raid on her residence on Jl.

Fri, 26 Jan 1996

Garuda offers discount

Garuda offers discount JAKARTA (JP): The country's flag carrier, Garuda Indonesia, is offering a 19 percent discount on all domestic economy and business-class fares to commemorate its 47th anniversary, the airline announced yesterday.The discount, offered until Feb.

Fri, 26 Jan 1996

Bad debts at state banks keep rising

Bad debts at state banks keep rising JAKARTA (JP): Bad debts at the seven state-owned banks rose further by around Rp 55 billion in the June-November period of last year, to Rp 7.86 trillion (US$3.4 billion), the central bank said yesterday.Bank Indonesia Governor J.

Fri, 26 Jan 1996

Ramadhan time for Jakarta

Ramadhan time for JakartaFriday Maghrib 6.19 p.m.Saturday Imsak 4:23 a.m. Subuh 4.33 a.m.

Fri, 26 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.

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