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Sat, 15 Feb 1997
Two arrested for possessing grenades
Two arrested for possessing grenades JAKARTA (JP): Chief of the City Police Detectives announced yesterday that two people were arrested last Sunday for illegally possessing two active hand grenades.Police Col.
Sat, 15 Feb 1997
Press plays tug of war with cultural values
Press plays tug of war with cultural values The press celebrated its 51st anniversary this week. Ignas Kleden discusses the clash of values in the history of the press. JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesian press, due to its history, has had some conflicting interests on its shoulders.
Fri, 14 Feb 1997
Rumor pushes Bre-X, Barrick
Rumor pushes Bre-X, Barrick TORONTO (Reuter): The rumor mill surrounding Bre-X Minerals Ltd shifted into high gear again on Wednesday as investors speculated about the outcome of Bre-X's negotiations with its Indonesian partners and Barrick Gold Corp, analysts said.Bre-X stock was up 0.40 to 22.
Fri, 14 Feb 1997
Teachers welcome ministerial decree on alcohol sales
Teachers welcome ministerial decree on alcohol sales JAKARTA (JP): The decree on alcohol sales planned by the Ministry of Home Affairs received support from teachers and a criminologist yesterday.Asrul Chatib, principal of senior high school (SMU) 6 on Jl.
Fri, 14 Feb 1997
Congress library orders books
Congress library orders books MEDAN, North Sumatra: The U.S. Library of Congress in Washington D.C., has ordered copies of the book, "The North Sumatran Press Struggle Against The Indonesian Communist Movement", written by journalist Muhammad TWA.
Fri, 14 Feb 1997
'New approach needed to eliminate waste'
'New approach needed to eliminate waste' JAKARTA (JP): Indonesian industry needs to adopt new approaches to manufacture if it is to effectively cut pollution and industrial waste, Minister for Environment Sarwono Kusumaatmadja said yesterday.
Fri, 14 Feb 1997
IPTN to feature at air show
IPTN to feature at air show BANDUNG, West Java: The state-owned aircraft manufacturer PT Industri Pesawat Terbang Nusantara (IPTN) has confirmed its participation at the upcoming Air Show Down Under and Australian International Air Show & Aerospace Expo 1997 at Avalon Airport in Gelong, Victoria.
Fri, 14 Feb 1997
RP to shop for rice from neighbors
RP to shop for rice from neighbors MANILA (Reuter): The Philippine's National Food Authority (NFA) will shop for more rice from its Asian neighbors to beef up the country's buffer stocks before July this year, NFA assistant administrator Vic Racho told Reuters yesterday.
Fri, 14 Feb 1997
'Rape victim's parents could sue hospital'
'Rape victim's parents could sue hospital' JAKARTA (JP): The parents of a teenage girl allegedly raped by a cleaning service worker at the Cipto Mangunkusumo General Hospital (RSCM) could sue RSCM for negligence and causing her mental anguish, police and a criminologist said yesterday.
Fri, 14 Feb 1997
Women touch down in Jakarta
Women touch down in Jakarta JAKARTA (JP); Female touch rugby players from across Southeast Asia are in Jakarta for a two-day tournament starting today.Teams from the Philippines, Malaysia and Singapore will compete against three local sides in what is thought to be the largest competition of its...
Fri, 14 Feb 1997
New Mandarin executive
New Mandarin executive JAKARTA (JP): The Mandarin Oriental, Jakarta yesterday announced the appointment of Silvia van Laak as the hotel's director of sales and marketing.Mandarin's General Manager Ingo Peters said Van Laak had previously held various positions in other hotels, including at the...
Fri, 14 Feb 1997
2,000 families resettled
2,000 families resettled JAYAPURA, Irian Jaya: The Ministry of Transmigration resettled 2,000 families in the Merauke district, Irian Jaya, in 1996, Antara reported yesterday.The head of the Irian Jaya provincial transmigration office, Agus Q.
Fri, 14 Feb 1997
KLM airlines to end Surabaya, Bali service
KLM airlines to end Surabaya, Bali service JAKARTA (JP): KLM Royal Dutch Airlines will cut services to Indonesia later this year as part of a restructuring plan.KLM's Jakarta general manager Frans Gruber said yesterday KLM's nine flights a week to Indonesia would be cut gradually to seven flights a...
Fri, 14 Feb 1997
What are big capital gains in Busang mining?
What are big capital gains in Busang mining? Controversy over the Busang gold mine in Kalimantan has been going on for some time. Economist Hartoyo Wignjowijoto examines the issue. JAKARTA (JP): In a prerecorded CNN interview on Busang Gold Discovery to be broadcast this evening, I said the high...
Fri, 14 Feb 1997
Victims of Kelapa Gading fire return from hometowns
Victims of Kelapa Gading fire return from hometowns JAKARTA (JP): Residents of the Kelapa Gading district in North Jakarta returned yesterday from their hometowns to the gutted remains of their homes and belongings.
Fri, 14 Feb 1997
More archeologists needed
More archeologists needed MEDAN, North Sumatra: The province, home to many cultural and archaeological legacies dating back centuries, has only one archaeologist, two technicians, and one draftsman, Antara reported yesterday.
Fri, 14 Feb 1997
Where to go in Jakarta:
Where to go in Jakarta:Music * Ibis Slipi Hotel, Jl. Jend. S.Parman Kav.59, Central Jakarta. - Bar Onix: All Eight Band, Sunday, 9 p.m. to 12.30 a.m., Monday, Friday, 8 p.m to 12 p.m, Exelence Band, Tuesday, Thursday, 8 p.m to 12 a.m., Saturday, 9 p.m. to 12.30 a.m., Big City, Wednesday, 8 p.
Fri, 14 Feb 1997
Bad parcels
Bad parcelsFrom NeracaA few days before Lebaran I received several parcels from my colleagues. Each parcel cost more than Rp 100,000 and contained different sorts of food stuff. Some parcels were packed with crockery and silk sarongs.
Fri, 14 Feb 1997
Indonesia wants friendly solution to Sudan crisis
Indonesia wants friendly solution to Sudan crisis JAKARTA (JP): President Soeharto said here yesterday Indonesia wishes to see a stable Sudan and expressed the hope that differences with its neighbors could be solved in a friendly atmosphere.
Fri, 14 Feb 1997
Sarwata to study rejection of Pakpahan's trial review bid
Sarwata to study rejection of Pakpahan's trial review bid JAKARTA (JP): Chief Justice Sarwata promised yesterday to look into reports that the Medan district court had illegally refused labor activist Muchtar Pakpahan's request for a trial review.
Fri, 14 Feb 1997
Prostitute tests positive for AIDS in East Timor
Prostitute tests positive for AIDS in East TimorBy Lourenco Vicente Martins DILI, East Timor (JP): Fears of an AIDS crisis are growing in this waterfront town after official tests revealed a prostitute had contracted the syndrome.
Fri, 14 Feb 1997
Debate on minimum wages
Debate on minimum wagesFrom Bisnis IndonesiaEarlier this year the government announced an increase in the regional minimum wage. As usual this started endless heated debate.It is necessary for all sides, especially the two interested parties, i.e.
Fri, 14 Feb 1997
Warships to fetch fishermen
Warships to fetch fishermen BANDA ACEH, Aceh: The 11 Indonesian fishermen detained on the Indian island of Adaman since 1995 are soon to return home on KRI Patiunus and KRI Sultan Taha Syaifuddin. The warships will pick them up en route home from an exercise off Port Blair, India.Antara quoted Capt.
Fri, 14 Feb 1997
Pulp mill takes downtime
Pulp mill takes downtime NEW YORK (Reuter): Asia Pacific Resources International Holdings Ltd said on Wednesday its PT Riau Andalan Pulp and Paper Mill in Indonesia took 27 days of downtime in the fourth quarter of 1996, but is now operating again.
Fri, 14 Feb 1997
No lifeguards at Pelabuhan Ratu?
No lifeguards at Pelabuhan Ratu?From RepublikaOn Jan. 3, ANteve, a private TV station, broadcast on its Cakrawala program that three tourists died when they went swimming at Pelabuhan Ratu, West Java.As far as I know, that was not the first swimming accident at Pelabuhan Ratu.
Fri, 14 Feb 1997
President Soeharto to visit Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar
President Soeharto to visit Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar JAKARTA (JP): President Soeharto will make a week-long visit to Cambodia, Laos and Myanmar on Feb 17 to improve bilateral ties, a senior official said yesterday.
Fri, 14 Feb 1997
Four die in accidents
Four die in accidents PADANG, West Sumatra: A truck carrying 60 people overturned on the trans-Sumatra highway in Sinyamak village, Sawahlunto regency, Wednesday, killing five people and injuring 28 others.Sawahlunto Police Precinct Chief Lt. Col.
Fri, 14 Feb 1997
Restoring the people's trust in government
Restoring the people's trust in governmentBy Mochtar Buchori JAKARTA (JP): Recent statements made by government officials have been received as abrasive and offensive. A statement regarding the revival of the Darul Islam movement in West Java caused considerable public anger and rage in Tasikmalaya.
Fri, 14 Feb 1997
Indonesia, Malaysia top Cup seedings
Indonesia, Malaysia top Cup seedings JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia and Malaysia have been named the top seeds in the A King Asia Cup men's team badminton championship here from Feb. 19 to Feb. 23.Indonesia will lead Group A and Malaysia will lead Group B, according to the Asian Badminton Confederation.
Fri, 14 Feb 1997
Texmaco in Irian Jaya
Texmaco in Irian Jaya JAKARTA (JP): Texmaco Group, a domestic producer of textiles and textile machinery, will develop sugar cane, cotton, cashew nuts and palm oil plantations in Merauke, Irian Jaya, the province's plantation agency head, Asmuni Cholil, said yesterday.
Fri, 14 Feb 1997
Milk imports reduced
Milk imports reduced JAKARTA (JP): The volume of milk that processing companies can import has been reduced under a new quota set for the first half of this year, an official said yesterday.Director General of Animal Husbandry Erwin Soetirto said the government set the quota at the equivalent of 1.
Fri, 14 Feb 1997
Where to go in Surabaya:
Where to go in Surabaya:Music and Entertainment * Elmi Hotel: Jl. Panglima Sudirman No. 42-44: - Qemi Club: Karaoke, daily, 8 p.m. to 10.30; Disco, daily, 12.30 a.m. to 3 a.m.; Puri R and Dankdut Group, Sunday, 10.30 p.m. to 12.30 a.m.; Master Band, Monday and Wednesday, 10:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m.
Fri, 14 Feb 1997
Malaysian plantations in jeopardy
Malaysian plantations in jeopardy KUALA LUMPUR (AFP): Malaysia's oil palm, rubber and cocoa plantations, already bogged down by an acute labor shortage, are facing a new problem -- an aging workforce, a newspaper reported yesterday.
Fri, 14 Feb 1997
Dialog proposed to end unrest in W. Kalimantan
Dialog proposed to end unrest in W. Kalimantan JAKARTA (JP): A Madurese cultural expert called yesterday for a return to peace in the West Kalimantan capital of Pontianak and the surrounding area.Hendro Sunoyo Sudagung told The Jakarta Post that dialog between the indigenous Dayaks and migrant...
Fri, 14 Feb 1997
Eleven die in diarrhea outbreak
Eleven die in diarrhea outbreak SIMEULEU, West Aceh: Eight people have died and 300 others are seriously ill following an outbreak of diarrhea in the subdistricts of Central and East Simeuleu.Kompas quoted Iman Jaya SKM of the local health office as saying that the illness struck suddenly.
Fri, 14 Feb 1997
Developers to transform Pademangan slums
Developers to transform Pademangan slums JAKARTA (JP): The city will cooperate with a state-owned development board to convert a slum area in Pademangan, North Jakarta, into a business, shopping and housing complex, an official said.
Fri, 14 Feb 1997
Basuki survives nightmare to upset Dutch seed
Basuki survives nightmare to upset Dutch seed PARIS (AFP): Yayuk Basuki of Indonesia upset big-serving seventh seed Brenda Schultz-McCarthy at the 480,000-dollar WTA Paris Open yesterday in a gruelling three-set marathon and then admitted that playing the 6ft 2in (1m 88) Dutch player was "a...
Fri, 14 Feb 1997
Seventy people arrested in East Timor brawls
Seventy people arrested in East Timor brawls DILI (JP): Seventy people have been arrested following five days of street brawls involving Roman Catholic church activists and prointegration youths in Viqueque, the military said yesterday.Col.
Fri, 14 Feb 1997
Oil in Timor Sea
Oil in Timor Sea SYDNEY (Reuter): Petroz NL said the Kakatua North-1A exploration well in the Timor Sea had encountered a gross hydrocarbon column of about 70 metres.Petroz said the well, operated by the BHP Petroleum unit of Broken Hill Pty Co Ltd, was expected to have a positive impact on...
Fri, 14 Feb 1997
Judges' absence postpones trial
Judges' absence postpones trial JAKARTA (JP): The trial of a printer charged with defaming President Soeharto by the South Jakarta District Court was postponed yesterday until next week because only one of the panel of judges was at hand.
Fri, 14 Feb 1997
TV today
TV todayTVRI 2:30 p.m. Travel: My Country 2:35 TV Series: Animated Classic 3:05 Teenagers' Program: Remaja Indonesia 3:30 TV Series: Emergency Call 4:05 Comedy: Situasi 4:30 Student's Quiz: Cerdas Cermat 4:55 Filler 5:00 News: Siaran Berita TVRI 5:30 Entrepreneurship Program: Kewirausahaan 6:00...
Fri, 14 Feb 1997
17 bus firms break the rules
17 bus firms break the rules JAKARTA (JP): Transport investigators found 19 buses from 17 companies illegally raised or cut fares during the Idul Fitri exodus.A special team deployed by the City Land Transportation Control Agency discovered the violations by pretending to be passengers.
Fri, 14 Feb 1997
Japanese jazz comes to town
Japanese jazz comes to town JAKARTA (JP): Clarinet and saxophone musician Kazutoki Umezu will visit Jakarta for the third time since performing at 1994's Jakjazz festival, and in his "Asian Fantasy Orchestra" which played at Taman Ismail Arts Center in 1995.
Fri, 14 Feb 1997
Humanika vows to start lawsuit against Gus Dur
Humanika vows to start lawsuit against Gus Dur JAKARTA (JP): The Humanika Foundation's chairman, Andrianto, said yesterday the foundation, a student discussion group, would proceed with its libel suit against Abdurrahman Wahid, the leader of the Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) Moslem organization.
Fri, 14 Feb 1997
JSX index hits another high
JSX index hits another high JAKARTA (JP): Share prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (JSX) rose 0.9 percent yesterday because of foreign interest in banking, blue chip and mid-sized stocks.The JSX composite index hit a record high of 707.37, up 6.31 points from 701.
Fri, 14 Feb 1997
ASEAN, EU urged to reinvigorate economic ties
ASEAN, EU urged to reinvigorate economic tiesBy Meidyatama Suryodiningrat SINGAPORE (JP): A group eminent Southeast Asians and Europeans warned of sagging business ties yesterday and said a business forum should be established and other policy measures implemented to boost economic relations...
Fri, 14 Feb 1997
Human rights body faces tough job in Kalimantan
Human rights body faces tough job in Kalimantan JAKARTA (JP): The ethnic conflict in West Kalimantan is likely to tread a long and winding road before reaching settlement, National Commission on Human Rights Secretary-General Baharuddin Lopa said in Pontianak.
Fri, 14 Feb 1997
Where to go in Bali:
Where to go in Bali:Music and Entertainment * Grand Hyatt Bali, Nusa Dua: Poolside - Pasar Senggol, daily, 6.30 p.m. Kecak Dance, Friday and Tuesday, Legong Dance, Saturday and Wednesday, 7 p.m. Arjuna Wiwaha Dance, Sunday, 7 p.m.
Fri, 14 Feb 1997
ASEAN business summit draws key players
ASEAN business summit draws key playersBy Riyadi SINGAPORE (JP): Over 600 business leaders and fund managers from ASEAN and its major trading partners will attend the inaugural ASEAN business summit in Jakarta on March 12 and March 13.
Fri, 14 Feb 1997
Stock Exchange
Stock ExchangeStock prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (in rupiah) on Feb. 13, 1997: Shares Close Change Trading Volume -------------------------------------------------------- Ades Alfindo 1,000 0 0 AHAP Insurance 2,675 0 0 Alter Abadi 1,175 0 100,000 Alumindo Light Metal 1,325 0 91,500 Alumindo...