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Sat, 06 Jan 1996
General Motors gears up for Asian car market
General Motors gears up for Asian car market WASHINGTON (AFP): General Motors Corp. has set a goal to win 10 percent of the Asian auto market by 2005 to gain a stake in what GM chairman John Smith said could soon be the world's biggest automobile market.
Sat, 06 Jan 1996
Open debate
Open debateFrom Media IndonesiaANteve station has progressed one step further by introducing the "Open Debate" program. This program seems to be intended as an alternative to the much loved telenovela serials and violent films.
Sat, 06 Jan 1996
Awards for businessmen
Awards for businessmen JAKARTA (JP): President Soeharto will present the Upakarti industrial awards on Jan. 8 to 63 businessmen and local administration officials who have contributed greatly to developing small enterprises and craftsmanship.
Sat, 06 Jan 1996
Asian oil firms discover benefits of globalization
Asian oil firms discover benefits of globalization SINGAPORE (Reuter): Asian national oil companies are becoming more involved in all aspects of their industry, stretching from upstream exploration to downstream refining and retailing.
Sat, 06 Jan 1996
PT Telkom told to improve service
PT Telkom told to improve service JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Tourism, Post and Telecommunications Joop Ave urged state-owned domestic telecommunications firm PT Telkom yesterday to connect a new fixed-telephone line in the Greater Jakarta area within just three days.
Sat, 06 Jan 1996
Atlantic Starr to perform
Atlantic Starr to perform JAKARTA (JP): The pop R & B band Atlantic Starr from the U.S. are going to perform tonight at the Seomantri Brodjonegoro hall in Kuningan.It will be the first performance of their two-week tour to 11 cities across the country.
Sat, 06 Jan 1996
RI top athletes brace for Olympics
RI top athletes brace for Olympics JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesian Swimming Federation will prepare swimmer Richard Sam Bera and diver Temmy Kusuma for the Atlanta Olympic Games in July.Wardojo Kusumo, the federation's training director, said here on Thursday that the association would seek approval...
Sat, 06 Jan 1996
Japan's new leader more positive on RI
Japan's new leader more positive on RI JAKARTA (JP): The new leadership in Japan under the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) is likely to be even more positive towards Indonesia, an international relations expert said yesterday.Hero U.
Sat, 06 Jan 1996
City office calls for professionalism
City office calls for professionalism JAKARTA (JP): The Jakarta Public Order officers must improve the professionalism of public servants.The office head, Kusaeni Budiantoro said in his address at the office games to celebrate its 46th anniversary on Friday that improvement of the quality of human...
Sat, 06 Jan 1996
Entertainment hubs closed down
Entertainment hubs closed down JAKARTA (JP): The City Public Order Office closed down temporarily three entertainment centers for violating New Year's eve regulation.An official from the office, Toha Reno, said yesterday that the three entertainment centers are Bunny Scorpion bar on Jl.
Sat, 06 Jan 1996
PPP criticizes Golkar, govt, political scene
PPP criticizes Golkar, govt, political scene JAKARTA (JP): The Moslem-based United Development Party (PPP) commemorated its 23rd anniversary yesterday, lashing out at the ruling Golkar, the government and the political scene in general.
Sat, 06 Jan 1996
'Super schools' making inroads into RI society
'Super schools' making inroads into RI societyBy Mochtar Buchori JAKARTA (JP): I am using the term "super school" here as a translation of the Indonesian term 'sekolah unggul', a name chosen by the Ministry of Education and Culture to denote schools which carry out a "quality education" program.
Sat, 06 Jan 1996
Palm oil drops sharply in Europe
Palm oil drops sharply in Europe LONDON (Reuter): Palm oil prices in Europe opened sharply lower yesterday as sentiment in Europe and the Far East turned against the material.Crude palm oil cif European opened US$7.50 to $12.50 lower following losses of $12.50 to $15 a ton at Thursday's close.
Sat, 06 Jan 1996
The Tavern
The Tavern In reference to the article in The Jakarta Post on Jan. 2, 1996 that The Tavern, Aryaduta Hotel, was charging Rp 139,000 per person cover charge without permission, we would like to clarify and correct the report.
Sat, 06 Jan 1996
Women, children evacuated
Women, children evacuated SUBANG, West Java: Search and rescue workers are evacuating women and children from six villages in the Pamanukan district because of fears of worsening flood, Antara reported.The Cigadung River overflowed, flooding the villages.
Sat, 06 Jan 1996
Inco Ltd to extend RI deal
Inco Ltd to extend RI deal TORONTO (Reuter): Inco Ltd expects to sign an extension to its work contract at its 58-percent owned PT International Nickel Indonesia next week during Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chretien's Asian trade mission.
Sat, 06 Jan 1996
Yangoon to pursue operations against drug lord Khun Sa
Yangoon to pursue operations against drug lord Khun Sa YANGON (AFP): Myanmarese military officials say they will pursue operations against reputed Shan state drug warlord Khun Sa and settle for nothing less than his unconditional surrender.
Sat, 06 Jan 1996
City officers sent to Padang
City officers sent to Padang JAKARTA (JP): Two senior detectives from Jakarta are scheduled to leave for the West Sumatra capital of Padang today to question two local policemen for lending a gun to a man who used the gun to shoot dead his superior early this week.City police spokesman Lt. Col.
Sat, 06 Jan 1996
Another anti-AIDS concert
Another anti-AIDS concert JAKARTA (JP): The Pelita Ilmu foundation will, for the fourth times, stage anti-AIDS musical shows to increase people's awareness of the danger of the Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome.
Sat, 06 Jan 1996
JSX probes unusual share trade in Plaza Indonesia
JSX probes unusual share trade in Plaza Indonesia JAKARTA (JP): The Jakarta Stock Exchange (JSX) is investigating the unusual price fluctuations in Plaza Indonesia (hotel and property) stocks early this year.
Sat, 06 Jan 1996
New group vows to revamp people's perceptions
New group vows to revamp people's perceptions JAKARTA (JP): A new independent organization introduced to the public yesterday has staked out a big mission for itself: to start a revolution in the way Indonesians perceive current political, social and economic realities.
Sat, 06 Jan 1996
New rice floor prices expected in February
New rice floor prices expected in February JAKARTA (JP): The new floor prices of rice are likely to be announced at the beginning of the harvesting season next month, said the chairman of the National Logistics Agency (Bulog), Beddu Amang.
Sat, 06 Jan 1996
Council freezes mansion project
Council freezes mansion project SEMARANG: The Central Java Legislative Council has delayed its decision in approving Governor Soewardi's plan to build a Rp 7 billion state guest house."We are still arguing over the cost," Samsuri Gandakusuma, who heads the council's team to study the project, was...
Sat, 06 Jan 1996
Moslems disunited on rights
Moslems disunited on rights Following is the last of a two-part article taken from a paper presented by Muhammad A.S. Hikam at the Asia Foundation's workshop on Human Rights in Asia and Pacific, Chiang Mai, Thailand.
Sat, 06 Jan 1996
NGOs can help monitor polls
NGOs can help monitor polls JAKARTA (JP): The government yesterday displayed efforts to hold a fair general election in 1997 by asking officials of the election monitoring committee not to campaign for any contestants.
Sat, 06 Jan 1996
Fixed salary earners
Fixed salary earners As predicted by our economists, the forecast for this year's economy is cloudy. The current account deficit is expected to reach US$6.8 billion whereas in the 1994/1995 budget year it totaled only $3.5 billion.
Sat, 06 Jan 1996
Timorese freedom fighters return home from exile
Timorese freedom fighters return home from exile JAKARTA (JP): Three East Timorese freedom fighters exiled from their homeland for over three decades by the Portuguese government arrived here yesterday on their way to East Timor.
Sat, 06 Jan 1996
Kotjo fights Singapore sanctions
Kotjo fights Singapore sanctions SINGAPORE (Reuter): Indonesian businessman Johannes Kotjo said he was appealing against the sanctions imposed on him by the Stock Exchange of Singapore (SES), the Business Times (BT) said yesterday.
Sat, 06 Jan 1996
Teenagers jailed for theft
Teenagers jailed for theft JAMBI, Jambi: Two teenagers were sentenced to seven months imprisonment each for their part in several thefts, some of them involving force, in the Angsa Duo market over the past year.
Sat, 06 Jan 1996
Where to go in Jakarta:
Where to go in Jakarta:Music * Hotel Arya Duta, Jl. Prapatan 44-48,Central Jakarta: - Ambiente Italian Restaurant: Bonauli vocal group, Monday and Wednesday from 7 p.m. to 1 p.m.; Los Morenos, Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m.
Fri, 05 Jan 1996
Indonesian shuttlers face the toughest challenge
Indonesian shuttlers face the toughest challenge JAKARTA (JP): Indonesian shuttlers, still healing bruises they suffered last season, encounter the toughest challenge ever in their bid to keep the badminton world under their control.
Fri, 05 Jan 1996
Draft State Budget, 1995-96 and 1996-97 (Rp billion)
Draft State Budget, 1995-96 and 1996-97 (Rp billion) 1995-96 state budget and draft 1996-97 state budget (Rp billion) 1995-96 1996-97 1995-96 vs 1996-97 ( % ) REVENUES A. DOMESTIC REVENUES 66,265.2 78,202.8 18.0 I. Oil and natural gas 13,275.6 14,120.1 6.4 1. Oil 9,812.2 10,315.6 5.1 2.
Fri, 05 Jan 1996
Islam human rights compatible
Islam human rights compatible Following is the first of a two-part article taken from a paper presented by Muhammad A.S. Hikam at the Asia Foundation's workshop on Human Rights in Asia and Pacific, Chiang Mai, Thailand, Dec. 3-6, 1995.
Fri, 05 Jan 1996
May 29 declared as Senior Citizens' Day
May 29 declared as Senior Citizens' Day JAKARTA (JP): This coming May 29 will see Indonesia marking National Senior Citizens' Day for the first time.Minister of Population Haryono Suyono said on Wednesday that his office is coordinating various activities and programs in connection with the day in...
Fri, 05 Jan 1996
More money for better diplomats
More money for better diplomats JAKARTA (JP): As the government forwarded a budget which allocates a 53 percent increase in funds for foreign affairs, the head of the House of Representatives Commission on foreign policy called for an improvement in the quality of Indonesian diplomats.
Fri, 05 Jan 1996
Tax revenue target hailed, questioned
Tax revenue target hailed, questioned JAKARTA (JP): Most legislators and business people were satisfied with the government's tax revenue target set in the 1996-1997 draft state budget announced yesterday, but others felt the target should have been set higher.A.A.
Fri, 05 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, 05 Jan 1996
Water rationing in rainy season
Water rationing in rainy season TUBAN, East Java: About 200 farmers in Mulyoagung village in Tuban are restless because water supplies from Mlirip River have been rationed by the authorities for the past two weeks.
Fri, 05 Jan 1996
Foreign franchising booming in Indonesia
Foreign franchising booming in Indonesia JAKARTA (JP): The foreign franchise business in Indonesia enjoyed an average growth of 445.8 percent per annum in the last four years while local franchisers grew only by 5.9 percent, AK & Partners, a franchise consulting firm said.
Fri, 05 Jan 1996
Fertilizer imports necessary?
Fertilizer imports necessary? A surprise was delivered by the government yesterday to start off the new year. Three cabinet ministers -- those of trade, cooperatives and trade -- issued a joint statement saying that the government was about to import 200,000 tons of fertilizer in order to surmount...
Fri, 05 Jan 1996
Tangerang beach disappointing
Tangerang beach disappointingFrom NeracaOn Dec. 31, 1995 I took my family to a beach in Tangerang, West Java for a holiday. This beach is not so well-known as other beaches, but it offers something which is refreshing.
Fri, 05 Jan 1996
What they say about civil servants' pay
What they say about civil servants' pay JAKARTA (JP): The following are some comments about civil servants' pay.Hamzah Haz, a senior legislator from the United Development Party: This will be the first time ever the government involves the House of Representatives in planning pay hikes.
Fri, 05 Jan 1996
Stock Exchange
Stock ExchangeStock prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (in rupiah) on Jan. 4, 1996: Shares Close Change Trading Volume --------------------------------------------------------- Ades Alfindo 800 0 0 AHAP Insurance 3,200 0 0 Alumindo Perkasa 1,375 0 0 Andayani Megah 1,650 25 2,049,000 Aneka Kimia...
Fri, 05 Jan 1996
Where to go in Jakarta:
Where to go in Jakarta:Music * Hotel Arya Duta, Jl. Prapatan 44-48,Central Jakarta: - Ambiente Italian Restaurant: Bonauli vocal group, Monday and Wednesday from 7 p.m. to 1 p.m.; Los Morenos, Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m.
Fri, 05 Jan 1996
TV today
TV todayTVRI 2:30 p.m. Wajah Negeriku 2:35 TV Series: Amazing 3:05 Science Film: Travel-travel 3:30 Science: Safari Ocean 4:05 Education Program: Cerdas Cermat 4:30 Youth Drama: Akhirnya Percaya 4:55 Filler/Trailer 5:30 Harmony in Life 5:00 Regional News 6:05 Nusantara, the Beloved Country: Jambi...
Fri, 05 Jan 1996
S. Korea liberalizes imports
S. Korea liberalizes imports SEOUL (AFP): South Korea is to lift import bans on 28 agro- fisheries products including condensed milk and silkworms in July as part of its liberalization program, government officials said yesterday.
Fri, 05 Jan 1996
Demolition plan upset squatters
Demolition plan upset squatters JAKARTA (JP): More than 120 families living on the bank of the river Opak in North Jakarta have complained to the city council yesterday about a plan to demolish their houses.
Fri, 05 Jan 1996
Civil servants left guessing on salary hike
Civil servants left guessing on salary hike JAKARTA (JP): President Soeharto announced yesterday that the government will discuss the idea of raising civil servant salaries with the House of Representatives (DPR) before making a decision.
Fri, 05 Jan 1996
Football players
Football playersFrom MerdekaI would like to suggest that PSSI (All-Indonesian Football Association) train the junior football players in a more serious manner. For this purpose a qualified team must be formed with the task of picking talented players from all provinces.
Fri, 05 Jan 1996
Indonesia expects to get three boxing tickets to Atlanta
Indonesia expects to get three boxing tickets to Atlanta JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia expects to get three boxing tickets to the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, officials said yesterday.Imron ZS, executive director of the Indonesian Amateur Boxing Association (Pertina), and Paul Toding, Pertina's...