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Wed, 24 Jan 1996

RI a model of Islamic tolerance: Americans

RI a model of Islamic tolerance: Americans JAKARTA (JP): Two American Moslem leaders who are in town say that Indonesia is a model of Islamic tolerance.The two leaders, Mujahid Ramadan and Susan Douglass, both from the Washington-based American Muslim Council, are currently in Indonesia as guests...

Wed, 24 Jan 1996

Better training needed

Better training needed We are not surprised by the licensing of around 57,160 expatriates to work in Indonesia last year, as announced by Manpower Minister Abdul Latief on Monday, even though the number represented a 38 percent increase over 1994.

Wed, 24 Jan 1996

Understanding rude behavior in modern RI

Understanding rude behavior in modern RIBy John Phillips YOGYAKARTA (JP): Here's a brain-teaser for you. A teenage boy is sitting in a classroom while his teacher is lecturing him on his misbehavior. The boy has averted his eyes and is sitting quietly, but the teacher is growing angrier by the...

Wed, 24 Jan 1996

Dengue fever in city on the increase

Dengue fever in city on the increase JAKARTA (JP): The number of dengue fever sufferers here doubled last year compared to 1994, according to Jakarta municipality."Last year, 5,624 people were reported to have suffered the fever.

Wed, 24 Jan 1996

Cooperatives told to run milk processing plants

Cooperatives told to run milk processing plants JAKARTA (JP): President Soeharto yesterday told milk cooperatives to build their own milk processing plants to guarantee the continual absorption of their products.

Wed, 24 Jan 1996

Salim's garment executive says minimum wages too high

Salim's garment executive says minimum wages too highBy Maria Andi JAKARTA (JP): An executive of the garment and textile division of the Salim Group says the new minimum wages set by the government are too high for the garment and footwear industries and some companies may be forced to cut back on...

Wed, 24 Jan 1996

Where to go in Jakarta:

Where to go in Jakarta:Music * Dai-ichi Hotel, 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.

Wed, 24 Jan 1996

ACeS, Tomen sign accord

ACeS, Tomen sign accord JAKARTA (JP): PT Asia Cellular Satellite System (ACeS), a Jakarta-based telecommunications firm, has signed an agreement with a Japanese firm, Tomen, to provide ACeS' service in Japan.

Wed, 24 Jan 1996

BI must punish erring banks: DPR

BI must punish erring banks: DPR JAKARTA (JP): The House of Representatives (DPR) suggested yesterday that Bank Indonesia (BI), the central bank, be given authority to take tougher measures against banks violating its rulings on the Legal Lending Limit.

Wed, 24 Jan 1996

Angry man sets house on fire

Angry man sets house on fire JAMBI, Jambi: A 35-year old man, identified only as H.J., is currently being tried for setting a relative's house on fire.H.M. Toha, a lecturer at the University of Jambi, was inside his house last September when the arsonist arrived, poured kerosene around the house...

Wed, 24 Jan 1996

Effectiveness of counseling, HIV tests to be studied

Effectiveness of counseling, HIV tests to be studied JAKARTA (JP): A two-year research program will start next month to study the effectiveness of counseling and HIV-tests in changing people's behavior to prevent the spread of HIV/AIDS.

Wed, 24 Jan 1996

Book on 'Kenduri Nasional'

Book on 'Kenduri Nasional' JAKARTA (JP): City Governor Surjadi Soedirdja has hosted the launching of a book documenting activities recorded during the Kenduri Nasional gathering in August of last year at the National Monument (Monas) square.

Wed, 24 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 Talks: Mutiara Ramadhan 3:30 Among Us 4:00 News: Lintasan Berita 4:05 TV Series: Al Jamalludin Al Afghani 5:00 Evening News 5:25 Travel: My Country 5:30 Indonesian Lessons 6:00 News: Lintasan Berita...

Wed, 24 Jan 1996

Producers of fake mineral water arrested

Producers of fake mineral water arrested JAKARTA (JP): West Jakarta police have smashed a syndicate of producers and distributors of fake mineral water and arrested four alleged lawbreakers."We finally arrested the four at a place used as a producing plant at the Binong Permai housing complex in...

Wed, 24 Jan 1996

Scientists to develop commercial products

Scientists to develop commercial products SERPONG, West Java (JP): The Research and Development Center for Applied Physics presented yesterday the results of several three-year studies designed to develop products of commercial use.

Wed, 24 Jan 1996

Alatas visits Holland

Alatas visits Holland JAKARTA (JP): Indonesian Minister of Foreign Affairs Ali Alatas and his Dutch counterpart Hans van Mierlo had a three-hour meeting in The Hague on Monday, at which they discussed a host of issues, including human rights and the coming Asian-European Meeting.

Wed, 24 Jan 1996

Govt repays high rate WB loans

Govt repays high rate WB loans JAKARTA (JP): The government has settled all the high-interest loans provided by the World Bank through its loan prepayment program, Minister of Finance Mar'ie Muhammad said yesterday.

Wed, 24 Jan 1996

Libya slams Tunis, Israel ties

Libya slams Tunis, Israel ties TUNIS (Reuter): Libya said yesterday it was surprised by Tunisia's decision to establish ties with Israel, describing the move by its North African neighbor as contradictory to the will of the Arab people."This decision is contrary to (Libya's) position of principle...

Wed, 24 Jan 1996

Navy warships keep Sabang's economy alive

Navy warships keep Sabang's economy alive JAKARTA (JP): Two Navy warships have replaced the sunken ferry Gurita in serving the route to and from Sabang to help keep the Weh Island's economy rolling."We are mobilizing KRI Seulako and KRI Kral to ply the route between Banda Aceh and Sabang, pending...

Wed, 24 Jan 1996

Gordon builds a new Singapore from Subic Bay

Gordon builds a new Singapore from Subic BayBy Cecil Morella MANILA (AFP): The Philippines may seem at times like a creaking, unwieldy oil tanker, but Richard Gordon thinks he has the drive that will set the slow-moving vessel on the right course for the next century.

Tue, 23 Jan 1996

Indonesian Davis Cup team improves

Indonesian Davis Cup team improves JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesian Davis Cup team has improved their physical fitness, Indonesian tennis coach Deddy Prasetyo announced yesterday.The Davis Cup team is made up of Suwandi, Eddy Kusdaryanto, Donny Susetyo and Adrian Raturandang.

Tue, 23 Jan 1996

Kotjo under pressure

Kotjo under pressure SINGAPORE (Reuter): Several companies related to Indonesian businessman Johanes Kotjo plunged in active afternoon trading yesterday, dealers said.At 07:54 GMT, marine engineering group Van Der Horst, of which Kotjo is chairman, was down Singapore 45 cents to S$6.

Tue, 23 Jan 1996

Swiss Bank sells stake

Swiss Bank sells stake JAKARTA (JP): Lippo Group agreed yesterday to take over Swiss Bank Corporation's 17.2 percent stake in the publicly-listed PT Lippo Securities.Lippo Group announced that the takeover raised the group's stake in the listed securities company to 67.3 percent.

Tue, 23 Jan 1996

'Barong' exhibit to be held

'Barong' exhibit to be held DENPASAR, Bali: Eighty artists from Java and Bali will showcase their interpretations of the mythical barong and legong dances in an exhibit entitled Legong-Barong-Self-Portrait.The joint exhibit, to be opened by the governor of Bali on Jan.

Tue, 23 Jan 1996

Thatcher meets with Ramos

Thatcher meets with Ramos MANILA (AFP): Former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher met with Philippine President Fidel Ramos yesterday and discussed economic development and terrorism, a cabinet official said.

Tue, 23 Jan 1996

Britons shared a life jacket to stay alive

Britons shared a life jacket to stay alive JAKARTA (JP): Two Britons who survived the sinking of the KPM Gurita ferry off Aceh on Friday recounted how they clung to almost anything that floated to stay alive.

Tue, 23 Jan 1996

RI gets aid from Germany

RI gets aid from Germany JAKARTA (JP): Germany agreed yesterday to allocate a loan of DM 110.000,000 (US$76.3 million) for various power and health projects in Indonesia.Under a financial cooperation agreement signed here yesterday, the projects will include barge-mounted diesel power plants and...

Tue, 23 Jan 1996

Bukit Asam builds $3.9m briquette plant

Bukit Asam builds $3.9m briquette plant JAKARTA (JP): State-run coal miner PT Tambang Batubara Bukit Asam is building a coal briquette plant in Gresik, East Java, to anticipate the growing need for the fuel by small industry and households, a senior minister said yesterday.

Tue, 23 Jan 1996

'District' poll system more suitable for RI: Experts

'District' poll system more suitable for RI: Experts SEMARANG (JP): Political observers are speaking in favor of change in the electoral system, from the current proportional representation to the district system, because the latter is more likely to produce "people-oriented" legislators.

Tue, 23 Jan 1996

TV networks face tough competition

TV networks face tough competition JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia's five commercial television stations will face fiercer competition for ad revenues this year, said Yanti B. Sugarda of PT Surindo Utama on Saturday.

Tue, 23 Jan 1996

SIER to promote small industries

SIER to promote small industries SURABAYA, East Java (JP): The state-owned PT Surabaya Industrial Estate Rungkut (SIER) has tied up with German consulting firm GITEC to establish an engineering center to assist small and medium industrial firms here.

Tue, 23 Jan 1996

Lee Kuan Yew to leave hospital

Lee Kuan Yew to leave hospital SINGAPORE (Reuter): Singapore patriarch Lee Kuan Yew was out of intensive care and reported to be doing well yesterday after treatment for a narrowed coronary artery.Financial markets, which some feared would drop because Lee was in hospital, appeared unaffected.

Tue, 23 Jan 1996

Shares of listed firms to grow by 21 percent

Shares of listed firms to grow by 21 percent JAKARTA (JP): Market research conducted by Kleinwort Benson Ltd. predicted that the earnings per share (EPS) of public companies listed on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (JSX) are to grow by 21 percent this year, down from an estimated 35 percent last year.

Tue, 23 Jan 1996

Permadi offers to campaign for smallest party

Permadi offers to campaign for smallest party JAKARTA (JP): Controversial soothsayer Permadi Satrio Wiwoho has declared his support and readiness to become a vote-getter for the Indonesian Democratic Party (PDI) in the 1997 general election.

Tue, 23 Jan 1996

Monas park proposed for vendors during Ramadhan

Monas park proposed for vendors during Ramadhan JAKARTA (JP): A councilor urged the city administration yesterday to use the National Monument (Monas) park as a center for street vendors during the current fasting month of Ramadhan.

Tue, 23 Jan 1996

Artist Bramasto dies of heart attack

Artist Bramasto dies of heart attack JAKARTA (JP): Popular painter Bramasto died of a heart attack here last Friday (Jan.19).Born in Malang (East Java) 55 years ago, Bramasto started his artistic career in l957 when he entered the Fine Art school in his home town.

Tue, 23 Jan 1996

Preventing disasters

Preventing disasters Since the very beginning of this year we have been rocked by a series of disasters. Floods engulfed Jakarta. Fires destroyed scores of homes in Penjaringan, North Jakarta and the National Police Headquarters in South Jakarta.

Tue, 23 Jan 1996

Rebels free one hostage, but still hold 13 others

Rebels free one hostage, but still hold 13 others JAKARTA (JP): Irian Jaya separatist rebels released one of their 14 hostages yesterday after the deadline given by the military to release everyone had passed.

Tue, 23 Jan 1996

Hazing program an outdated concept

Hazing program an outdated conceptFrom Media IndonesiaI read in Kompas (Jan. 11, 1996) about the death of a student after enduring initiation rites at the Bandung Institute of Technology. This was not the first time someone died at the hands of the university's student orientation program, called...

Tue, 23 Jan 1996

Woman tried for using stolen card

Woman tried for using stolen card JAKARTA (JP): The South Jakarta District Court began trying a woman yesterday for allegedly cheating several stores by using a stolen credit card.Prosecutor Elmalana said that Desi Puspitasari, 25, used a credit card belonging to Han M.

Tue, 23 Jan 1996

Wimar will meet fans in new show

Wimar will meet fans in new show JAKARTA (JP): Fans of Wimar Witoelar's Perspektif television talk show, rejoice! Wimar is now switching to radio and his program, Perspektif Baru, will be broadcasted every Wednesday and Friday.The first program will be aired tomorrow at 5 p.m.

Tue, 23 Jan 1996

'Holdup' by Moroccans denied

'Holdup' by Moroccans denied JAKARTA (JP): The Moroccan embassy denied yesterday the alleged role of five of its citizens in a robbery on the city's well-known tourist street, Jl. Jaksa in Central Jakarta.

Tue, 23 Jan 1996

Navy continues search operation

Navy continues search operation JAKARTA (JP): The Navy is continuing the search for possible survivors from the ferry which sank off Aceh on Friday, although officials admitted that the likelihood of finding anyone alive after four days is slim.

Tue, 23 Jan 1996

Logistic agency supplies red chilies for Jakarta

Logistic agency supplies red chilies for Jakarta JAKARTA (JP): The National Logistic Agency (Bulog) has supplied 18 tons of red chilies to markets in Jakarta in a bid to curb the soaring price of the commodity, said the agency head, Beddu Amang.

Tue, 23 Jan 1996

Stock Exchange

Stock ExchangeStock prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (in rupiah) on Jan. 22, 1996: Shares Close Change Trading Volume -------------------------------------------------------- Ades Alfindo 675 -25 1,000 AHAP Insurance 3,200 0 0 Alumindo Perkasa 1,375 0 0 Andayani Megah 1,875 100 717,000 Aneka...

Tue, 23 Jan 1996

Cake bazaar held to greet Ramadhan

Cake bazaar held to greet Ramadhan BANJARMASIN, South Kalimantan: The city administration has erected 135 semi-permanent stalls for traders to sell various traditional cakes as breaking of the fast snacks.

Tue, 23 Jan 1996

Malaysia firm on Viet repatriation

Malaysia firm on Viet repatriation KUALA LUMPUR (Reuter): Malaysia will not change its decision to repatriate Vietnamese illegal immigrants and has criticized the third countries for failing to keep their promise to take the refugees, the New Straits Times reported yesterday.

Tue, 23 Jan 1996

Expatriates' pay nears $200 million

Expatriates' pay nears $200 million JAKARTA (JP): Nearly US$200 million is being paid out each month to more than 57,100 expatriates working in Indonesia, with figures expected to continue rising in the near future, Minister of Manpower Abdul Latief said yesterday.

Tue, 23 Jan 1996

Mother of Timor activist pines

Mother of Timor activist pines DILI, East Timor: The mother of Isabel Gailhos, an exchange student in Canada who refused to come home and then joined an anti-Indonesia movement there, says she misses the girl.

Tue, 23 Jan 1996

Shans fleeing Myanmarese army harassment

Shans fleeing Myanmarese army harassment BANGKOK (Reuter): Hundreds of people are fleeing northeastern Myanmar's Shan state claiming harassment by Myanmarese government troops who moved into the area after drug lord Khun Sa surrendered this month, Thai police said yesterday.

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