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Sat, 11 Jan 1997
New oil palm estates open
New oil palm estates open JAKARTA (JP): A joint venture of PT Jamaker Kalbar Jaya and PT Hutan Mas Sari started developing 50,000 hectares of oil palm and industrial timber estates earlier this week in the West Kalimantan district of Sanggau, which borders Malaysia's Kuching, an executive says.
Sat, 11 Jan 1997
US$545,000 for accident victims
US$545,000 for accident victims KUPANG, East Nusa Tenggara: The Kupang branch of state-owned insurance company PT Jasa Raharja awarded last year Rp 1.3 billion (US$545,000) in insurance claims to 1,202 traffic accident victims in the provinces of East Nusa Tenggara and East Timor.
Fri, 10 Jan 1997
Sending back illegal migrants
Sending back illegal migrants Sending home illegal migrants from a neighboring country can be sensitive but Malaysia and Indonesia have managed it smoothly. Recently Malaysia sent back more than 1,000 people on an Indonesian ship.
Fri, 10 Jan 1997
439 Kemayoran families to move into apartments
439 Kemayoran families to move into apartments JAKARTA (JP): Four hundred and thirty-nine families in Kemayoran, Central Jakarta, are ready to move into new cheap apartments.The apartments are in the New Kemayoran Township, a State Secretariat project.Township authority head Hindro T.
Fri, 10 Jan 1997
Involve public in security, says Moetojib
Involve public in security, says Moetojib JAKARTA (JP): Public involvement is the most important step in preventing small problems from escalating into explosive unrests, as the reach of intelligence and security authorities is too small to encompass all potential troubles, a senior official says.
Fri, 10 Jan 1997
39 products faced dumping claims last year
39 products faced dumping claims last year JAKARTA (JP): Several countries filed dumping claims on 39 of Indonesia's export commodities last year, says an official of the Indonesian Anti-Dumping Committee.Committee Chairman T.L.
Fri, 10 Jan 1997
Double track railway opens in West Java
Double track railway opens in West Java JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Transportation Haryanto Dhanutirto yesterday opened a 32.4 kilometer double-track railway connecting Kadokan Gabus and Haurgeulis in West Java.The railway is part of a planned 105.
Fri, 10 Jan 1997
Local companies uninterseted in insuring satellites
Local companies uninterseted in insuring satellites JAKARTA (JP): Domestic insurance firms are not interested in dealing with satellite insurance because of a lack of regulations and local satellite launchings, the president of state-owned insurance firm PT Reasuransi Umum Indonesia said yesterday.
Fri, 10 Jan 1997
Tanah Abang market shops closed after gang clash
Tanah Abang market shops closed after gang clash JAKARTA (JP): Thousands of shops and businesses were closed and traffic disrupted yesterday as a fierce clash between two gangs of hoodlums erupted in the Tanah Abang market area, Central Jakarta.
Fri, 10 Jan 1997
Business community to rebuild Tasikmalaya
Business community to rebuild Tasikmalaya TASIKMALAYA, West Java (JP): The country's business community, including banks, insurance companies and businessmen, has pledged to help rebuild the town's economy following the riot here last month.
Fri, 10 Jan 1997
City Hall decrees Ramadhan work hours
City Hall decrees Ramadhan work hours JAKARTA (JP): Governor Surjadi Soedirdja issued a decree yesterday on working hours for city officials during Ramadhan.The decree, which excludes teachers and elementary school keepers, is effective today.Work hours are from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday to Friday.
Fri, 10 Jan 1997
Badminton players sweep KONI awards
Badminton players sweep KONI awards JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesian Sports Council (KONI) has presented Satya Karya Bhakti awards to four outstanding athletes in a ceremony to commemorate the council's anniversary.
Fri, 10 Jan 1997
Malaysian, Thai deported
Malaysian, Thai deported MEDAN, North Sumatra: The local immigration office has deported a Malaysian and a Thai for abusing their visas, head of the office Guntoro Hermanuadi told Antara Wednesday.Guntoro said his staff nabbed the Malaysian, identified as Johari bin Abu Samah, and the Thai, Athok,...
Fri, 10 Jan 1997
Border area development 'must involve locals'
Border area development 'must involve locals' JAKARTA (JP): Development in border areas must involve the residents there, Minister of Defense Edi Sudrajat said in Sanggau, West Kalimantan, yesterday.Edi said the employment of local people in projects in the areas by developers would encourage...
Fri, 10 Jan 1997
AIDS cases 'could reach one million'
AIDS cases 'could reach one million' JAKARTA (JP): The number of people contracting HIV/AIDS could reach one million by the year 2000 if people were "careless", a senior cabinet minister warned yesterday.
Fri, 10 Jan 1997
Babies get hypertension
Babies get hypertension MEDAN, North Sumatra: Pediatricians say even babies and children can suffer from hypertension."Hypertension can be inherited from parents with the same problem and therefore must be effectively controlled early on to prevent it from happening in adult life," Dr.
Fri, 10 Jan 1997
Social insurance firms' investments total Rp 7.89t
Social insurance firms' investments total Rp 7.89t JAKARTA (JP): The country's five state-owned social insurance companies' investments totaled Rp 7.89 trillion (US$3.34 billion) in December last year, up 18 percent from Rp 6.
Fri, 10 Jan 1997
Where to go in Jakarta:
Where to go in Jakarta:Music * Hotel Aryaduta, Jl. Prapatan 44-48, Central Jakarta: - Ambiente Italian Restaurant: Los Morenitos Vocal Group, Monday, Thursday, Sunday, 7:15 p.m. to 11 p.m.; Los Paraguas Vocal Group, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, 7:15 p.m. to 411 p.m.
Fri, 10 Jan 1997
$5.7b investment seen for MM 2100
$5.7b investment seen for MM 2100 JAKARTA (JP): Domestic and foreign investment in the MM 2100 Industrial Town in Cibitung, Bekasi, West Java, is expected to increase from $1.3 billion now to $2.8 billion in 1998 and $5.7 billion in 2003, a Japanese investor said yesterday.G.
Fri, 10 Jan 1997
Stock Exchange
Stock ExchangeStock prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (in rupiah) on Jan. 9, 1997: Shares Close Change Trading Volume ----------------------------------------------------- Ades Alfindo 1,000 0 0 AHAP Insurance 2,675 0 0 Alter Abadi 1,025 125 43,170,500 Alumindo Light Metal 1,400 0 1,726,000...
Fri, 10 Jan 1997
Loss of trust a threat to security
Loss of trust a threat to securityBy Arief Budiman SALATIGA, Central Java (JP): Attorney General Singgih told a House hearing early last month that he would ask the Supreme Court to allow him to reopen and review any cases that might "endanger state security.
Fri, 10 Jan 1997
City Council rejects privatization plans
City Council rejects privatization plans JAKARTA (JP): The City Council has rejected the municipality's plan for private firms to cooperate with the city-owned water company because the administration did not give enough details on the cooperation.
Fri, 10 Jan 1997
Successive riots: Why?
Successive riots: Why? The recent Tasikmalaya riots are regrettable, because the outburst seems rife with racist and sectarian motives.This is not the first time such an incident has occurred, and our national leaders are sad and confused.
Fri, 10 Jan 1997
Illegal workers return home
Illegal workers return home SURABAYA, East Java: A total 956 illegal workers deported by the Malaysian government returned home yesterday, but their problems are not yet settled.Dressed in yellow T-shirt uniforms, the workers were sent off home by East Java Deputy Governor Soeprapto in an emotional...
Fri, 10 Jan 1997
Shuttlers must not overreact: Official
Shuttlers must not overreact: Official JAKARTA (JP): National shuttlers should not blow their problems over their contracts out of proportion, a Badminton Association of Indonesia official said yesterday.
Fri, 10 Jan 1997
Bodies of fishermen found
Bodies of fishermen found JEMBER, East Java: The bodies of four fishermen from Jember, East Java lost during a tidal gale on the Indonesian Ocean at the end of December have been found decaying some 100 kilometers east in Banyuwangi.Chief of the Puger police office Sgt. Maj.
Fri, 10 Jan 1997
Former PBSI official concerned over dispute
Former PBSI official concerned over dispute BANDUNG (JP): The conflict between the country's top shuttlers and the Badminton Association of Indonesia (PBSI) is a long- running dispute that is becoming more serious, according to an official.
Fri, 10 Jan 1997
Five cement producers win export licenses
Five cement producers win export licenses JAKARTA (JP): The government has licensed five local cement producers to export in the first quarter of this year, a Ministry of Trade official says.The director general of metal, machinery and chemical industries, Effendi Sudarsono, said Wednesday that...
Fri, 10 Jan 1997
APCN starts operating
APCN starts operating SINGAPORE (AFP): The Asia-Pacific region's largest single optical fiber network began operating yesterday, speeding up telecommunications traffic across the region.The 11,840-kilometer (7,350-mile) Asia-Pacific Cable Network (APCN), a project costing US$580 million, involves...
Fri, 10 Jan 1997
Oil fuel subsidy to reach Rp 2t, Pertamina says
Oil fuel subsidy to reach Rp 2t, Pertamina says JAKARTA (JP): The government will spend Rp 2 trillion (US$847 million) subsidizing domestic oil fuels this fiscal year owing to the increase in international crude oil prices, state-owned oil company Pertamina said yesterday.
Fri, 10 Jan 1997
Book fair organizers criticized
Book fair organizers criticized JAKARTA (JP): Publishers have criticized the discount policy and security at the annual book fair which the Indonesian Book Publishers' Association sponsors.On Wednesday, publishers speaking at the preparation meeting for the 1997 Jakarta Book Fair lashed out at the...
Fri, 10 Jan 1997
Unrest shows society is 'sick', minister says
Unrest shows society is 'sick', minister says JAKARTA (JP): The riots and rampages that have jolted the country these past months are symptoms of a sick society, Minister of Transmigration Siswono Yudohusodo said yesterday.
Fri, 10 Jan 1997
Inti, Alcatel to set up fiber optics company
Inti, Alcatel to set up fiber optics company JAKARTA (JP): The state-owned telecommunications equipment producer PT Inti has signed an agreement with French telecommunications giant Alcatel to establish a joint venture fiber optics company.
Fri, 10 Jan 1997
Megawati told to be patient and tactical
Megawati told to be patient and tactical JAKARTA (JP): Political observers said yesterday Megawati Soekarnoputri, having no chance of retaining her Indonesian Democratic Party (PDI) top slot, should make peace with her ouster Soerjadi.
Fri, 10 Jan 1997
Coal gasification
Coal gasification It is well known Indonesia's reserves of crude oil are being steadily depleted, to the extent that by 2010, if not sooner, Indonesia will become a net importer of oil. This will in turn have an adverse effect on the country's foreign exchange reserves.
Fri, 10 Jan 1997
Student basketball league to start
Student basketball league to start JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesian Basketball Association and the Ministry of Education and Culture are to stage an NCAA-like Students' Basketball League in Surabaya this March.
Fri, 10 Jan 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, 10 Jan 1997
Tangerang faces water shortage
Tangerang faces water shortage JAKARTA (JP): Tangerang, an industrial town 26 km west of Jakarta, will face an acute shortage of clean water soon because the Cisadane river, which passes through the area, can no longer supply the area, a researcher said Wednesday.
Fri, 10 Jan 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, 10 Jan 1997
Hashimoto pledges support
Hashimoto pledges support JAKARTA (JP): Visiting Japanese Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto yesterday pledged his country's continued support for development in Indonesia.Speaking at a banquet held by Indonesia's President Soeharto yesterday evening, Hashimoto praised the fast pace of development...
Fri, 10 Jan 1997
Fire destroys warehouses
Fire destroys warehouses JAKARTA (JP): A fire gutted three warehouses and a factory at Pulogadung Industrial Estate, Cakung, East Jakarta.The factory was unoccupied at the time so no one was hurt.City Police Spokesman Maj. Nyoman Suriasta said the fire, which began 11:30 p.m.
Fri, 10 Jan 1997
Condescension towards teachers
Condescension towards teachersFrom KompasAt the awards ceremony of the Indonesian Sinetron (television films) Festival on Dec. 19, master of ceremonies Dono, of the Warkop group, took a condescending attitude towards the teaching profession when introducing Adi and Iyut Bing Slamet.
Fri, 10 Jan 1997
Government urged to solve Busang gold conflict soon
Government urged to solve Busang gold conflict soon JAKARTA (JP): The government should quickly solve the conflict between Bre-X Minerals and Barrick Gold Corp. of Canada over the potentially huge Busang gold mine in East Kalimantan to maintain foreign investor confidence, analysts said yesterday.
Fri, 10 Jan 1997
Ramadhan fasting month begins
Ramadhan fasting month begins JAKARTA (JP): Millions of Indonesian Moslems begin fasting today.Minister of Religious Affairs Tarmizi Taher announced in a televised speech last night that the first day of the Ramadhan Moslem fasting month, 1417 Hijr year, coincides with Friday, Jan. 10, 1997.
Fri, 10 Jan 1997
Prosecution witnesses vindicate defendants
Prosecution witnesses vindicate defendants JAKARTA (JP): Prosecution witnesses in the subversion trials against labor leader Muchtar Pakpahan and nine activists of the Democratic People's Party gave favorable testimonies yesterday.
Fri, 10 Jan 1997
Ticket scalpers at Pulogadung
Ticket scalpers at PulogadungFrom NeracaOn the evening of Dec. 31, 1996 my friends and I were on our way to spend the holidays in Kuningan, West Java. We went to the Pulogadung bus terminal.We bought tickets at the counter as usual, but, when we took up our places in the bus, we were surprised by a...
Fri, 10 Jan 1997
Ramadhan time for Jakarta
Ramadhan time for JakartaFridayMaghrib 6.20 p.m.SaturdayImsak 4:25 a.m.Subuh 4.35 a.m.
Fri, 10 Jan 1997
Where to go in Bandung:
Where to go in Bandung:Music and Entertainment * Chedi Hotel: Jl. Rancabentang 56-58: Job (Piano), Monday to Wednesday, 5:30 p.m. to 8 p.m.; Irven (Guitar), Monday to Wednesday, 8:30 p.m. to 11 p.m.; Mixed voices Accapela singer and Andi (Pianist), Thursday and Saturday, 8:30 p.m. to 11:30 p.m.
Fri, 10 Jan 1997
Military, students hold dialog
Military, students hold dialog JAKARTA (JP): A dialog between the military and students was held at City Military Chief. Maj. Gen. Sutiyoso's residence on Jl. Teuku Umar, Central Jakarta, Wednesday.Lt. Col.
Fri, 10 Jan 1997
New bank liquidation rule puts depositors second
New bank liquidation rule puts depositors second JAKARTA (JP): Depositors will only be paid after preferred creditors whenever a bank is liquidated, Bank Indonesia said yesterday.Heru Soepraptomo, a director at the central bank, told a seminar that the new ruling on bank liquidation did not nullify...