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Sat, 06 Dec 1997
Council says no to Hotel Mulia's 2nd tower
Council says no to Hotel Mulia's 2nd tower JAKARTA (JP): The City Council has sent a letter to Governor Sutiyoso urging him to prevent Hotel Mulia Senayan from building a second tower on the grounds that it could adversely affect the surrounding area.
Sat, 06 Dec 1997
Bank Andromeda vs. government
Bank Andromeda vs. government I refer to the article 'Integrity at stake in bank closure aftermath' (Nov. 12, 1997, page 1) by Laksamana Sukardi.I am a regular reader of The Jakarta Post as it is the official paper at the Kartika Chandra and Shangri-La hotels.
Sat, 06 Dec 1997
Furniture exports expected to decline
Furniture exports expected to decline JAKARTA (JP): Furniture exports to several Asian countries are expected to start declining in coming months.Tjipto Wignjoprajitno, the acting chairman of the Association of Furniture and Handcraft Producers, said yesterday the region's monetary crisis would...
Sat, 06 Dec 1997
President and Vice President
President and Vice PresidentFrom Panji MasyarakatThe issue of presidential and vice presidential nominations has been widely talked about lately. Some groups have nominated Soeharto as the next president of the republic.
Sat, 06 Dec 1997
Foster parents movement told to prioritize eastern Indonesia
Foster parents movement told to prioritize eastern Indonesia JAKARTA (JP): Vice President Try Sutrisno told the Foster Parents Movement yesterday to focus its campaign in eastern Indonesia to help poor children attend school.
Sat, 06 Dec 1997
Belo reflects on 1997, calls for harmony
Belo reflects on 1997, calls for harmony DILI, East Timor (JP): Reflecting with some pessimism on the events of the past 12-months, East Timor Bishop Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo called on all parties in the province to come together in harmony and pursue change.
Sat, 06 Dec 1997
Relief operations in Irian Jaya shift to food sufficiency
Relief operations in Irian Jaya shift to food sufficiency JAKARTA (JP): Relief operations in drought-hit Irian Jaya jointly conducted by the International Committee of Red Cross (ICRC) and the Indonesian Red Cross (PMI) will be followed by efforts to help the local people reach self-sufficiency in...
Sat, 06 Dec 1997
Govt urged to act swiftly against rumors
Govt urged to act swiftly against rumors JAKARTA (JP): The government's slow response to public rumors concerning the banking industry may have triggered further public unease, an economist has said.The chairman of the Indonesian Business Data Center, Christianto Wibisono, told The Jakarta Post...
Sat, 06 Dec 1997
Experts to discuss RI's social history
Experts to discuss RI's social history JAKARTA (JP): University of Indonesia in cooperation with the Center for Asian Studies Amsterdam will hold a four-day seminar on Indonesian social history, starting Monday.
Sat, 06 Dec 1997
Singapore government too cavalier: Jeyaretnam
Singapore government too cavalier: Jeyaretnam SINGAPORE (Reuters): Singapore's ruling party has such tight control of the government that it tends to ignore parliament and simply does what it likes, veteran opposition leader Joshua Jeyaretnam alleged yesterday.
Sat, 06 Dec 1997
Rupiah breaches 4,000 barrier
Rupiah breaches 4,000 barrier JAKARTA (JP): The rupiah hit another new record low yesterday, breaking the 4,000 psychological level in midday trading while the stock market gained ground, dealers and brokers said.
Sat, 06 Dec 1997
Beware of this old scam
Beware of this old scam Readers should be aware of the sudden appearance in Indonesia of faxes and color brochures from a company in Italy calling itself Future Strategies. The writing is all in Bahasa Indonesia, and the documents invite you to send US$40 to a bank account in Kelapa Gading and...
Sat, 06 Dec 1997
Transport body gears up for holiday exodus
Transport body gears up for holiday exodus JAKARTA (JP): The City Land Transportation Agency has arranged for 7,801 buses to accommodate the estimated 1.26 million travelers in the holiday seasons of Christmas, New Year and Ramadhan fasting month.Head of the agency, J.P.
Sat, 06 Dec 1997
Antonov, Timor sign deal
Antonov, Timor sign deal AMSTERDAM (Reuters): Gearbox maker Antonov said yesterday it had signed an agreement with Indonesian car manufacturer Timor for the development and installation of a prototype Antonov transmission."This new agreement with Timor is directed at its passenger vehicle program.
Sat, 06 Dec 1997
No ordinary college
No ordinary college Not many colleges in the country have a strong and influential association of alumni, and even fewer of these associations meet regularly. And perhaps only one college in Indonesia has an alumni association which can get the country's president to open its congress: the Bandung...
Sat, 06 Dec 1997
Duty and responsibility
Duty and responsibilityFrom MerdekaNearly 50 percent of the Indonesian population have seen in the printed media or on television that you have taken an oath of office stating, "will neither receive nor give anything in any form that is suspicious or is liable to suspicion ...
Sat, 06 Dec 1997
Police doing their best despite personnel pinch
Police doing their best despite personnel pinch JAKARTA (JP): Chronic problems besiege the 17,000-strong Jakarta Police Force but a lack of personnel, funds and facilities will not dampen spirits as it celebrates 48 years of service today.
Sat, 06 Dec 1997
Woman tried for consuming'putaw'
Woman tried for consuming'putaw' JAKARTA (JP): A woman was indicted at Central Jakarta District Court yesterday for possessing and consuming putaw, a low-grade heroin.Prosecutor Shinta Sasanti said Eva Linda Gunawan, 28, was arrested by undercover police officers in her rented house on Jl.
Sat, 06 Dec 1997
Soeharto cancels trip to OIC summit in Iran
Soeharto cancels trip to OIC summit in Iran JAKARTA (JP): President Soeharto has canceled a planned trip to attend an Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) summit in Tehran after doctors advised him to take a 10-day rest.
Sat, 06 Dec 1997
Kasiadi wins West Java Open
Kasiadi wins West Java Open CIAWI, West Java (JP): Indonesia's leading golfer Kasiadi from Surabaya's Yani Golf Club justified his billing yesterday when he won the West Java Open by three strokes with an even par 284 (71 72 70 71) at the Gunung Geulis Golf Country Club here.
Fri, 05 Dec 1997
Comedy serial 'Mat Angin' sweeps 11 awards
Comedy serial 'Mat Angin' sweeps 11 awards JAKARTA (JP): The winners almost took all as comedy serial Mat Angin lassoed eleven awards and TV drama Sepanjang Jalan Kenangan (Along Memory Lane) roped in eight at the Festival Sinetron Indonesia here last night.
Fri, 05 Dec 1997
ECFIN to hold seminar
ECFIN to hold seminar JAKARTA (JP): The Institute for Economic and Financial Research (ECFIN) will hold a seminar on the prospects of investment in mutual funds on Dec. 15 at Hotel Borobudur.Managing director of the institute Sjahrir said yesterday that the seminar would feature speakers who have...
Fri, 05 Dec 1997
Assembly rejects PPP's motion on economy
Assembly rejects PPP's motion on economy JAKARTA (JP): The People's Consultative Assembly asked the minority faction the United Development Party (PPP) yesterday to drop its motion for the establishment of a decree on a democratic economy.
Fri, 05 Dec 1997
Two more newborns dumped in Jakarta
Two more newborns dumped in Jakarta JAKARTA (JP): Two newborns have been found dead in South and East Jakarta in the past two days.One of the infants was found floating in a river in Ulujami, Pesanggrahan district in South Jakarta, 7 a.m. yesterday, while the other was found on a vacant lot on Jl.
Fri, 05 Dec 1997
KL to proceed with $2.7b bridge to Thailand
KL to proceed with $2.7b bridge to Thailand KUALA LUMPUR (AFP): Construction of a 10 billion ringgit (US$2.7 billion) land bridge to southern Thailand will go ahead despite a weakening ringgit, Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said yesterday.
Fri, 05 Dec 1997
I Made Bandem new ISI rector
I Made Bandem new ISI rector YOGYAKARTA: Minister of Education and Culture Wardiman Djojonegoro inaugurated yesterday I Made Bandem as the new rector of Yogyakarta's Art Institute of Indonesia (ISI) for the 1997/2001 term, replacing R.M. Soedarsono.
Fri, 05 Dec 1997
Small enterprises told to enter foreign markets
Small enterprises told to enter foreign markets JAKARTA (JP): President Soeharto told small companies yesterday that they needed to improve their competitiveness to boost sales at home and to enter foreign markets.
Fri, 05 Dec 1997
Where is SPSI?
Where is SPSI?From PelitaIt seems that several times we have heard the demand that an official should resign because he is considered to have offended or even trifled with the sense of justice of the community.
Fri, 05 Dec 1997
Spatial Planning Agency revenue below target
Spatial Planning Agency revenue below target JAKARTA (JP): The City Spatial Planning Agency is unlikely to meet its target of Rp 71 billion (US$18.7 million) in revenue for the 1996/1997 fiscal year, city councilors said yesterday.
Fri, 05 Dec 1997
Fretilin separatists kill four youths, military says
Fretilin separatists kill four youths, military says DILI, East Timor (JP): The Armed Forces accused yesterday Fretilin separatist rebels of the recent murder of four youths from Sare village, Maubara district in Liquisa regency.East Timor Military Commander Col.
Fri, 05 Dec 1997
Govt awards eight contracts in the oil and gas sector
Govt awards eight contracts in the oil and gas sector JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Mines and Energy I.B. Sudjana awarded yesterday seven production sharing contracts (PSC) to foreign and local companies to explore for oil and gas in the country.
Fri, 05 Dec 1997
Nightspots to be closed for 6 days during Ramadhan
Nightspots to be closed for 6 days during Ramadhan JAKARTA (JP): The city administration has issued a gubernatorial decree banning the operation of discotheques, cafes, massage parlors, live music centers, billiard houses and nightclubs for six days during the fasting month, the public order office...
Fri, 05 Dec 1997
Govt to review policies on sugar (2)
Govt to review policies on sugar (2)By Beddu Amang This is the second of two articles based on a paper presented in the International Sugar Council meeting in London on Nov. 28, 1997. LONDON: The domestic sugar market continues to require imports.
Fri, 05 Dec 1997
Churches call for peace and justice
Churches call for peace and justice JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesian Bishops' Conference (KWI) and the Indonesian Communion of Churches (PGI) issued a year-end 1997 Christmas message yesterday, asking people to come together and create peace, justice and harmony.
Fri, 05 Dec 1997
Progress on land mines
Progress on land mines Amid all the misfortunes that have badgered this country in the past few months, Indonesians certainly have reason to feel rather good this week: By signing the Ottawa treaty to ban the production, use, sale and stockpiling of antipersonnel land mines, this country has placed...
Fri, 05 Dec 1997
Where to go in Jakarta:
Where to go in Jakarta:Exhibitions * Painting Exhibition: by Diego Menendez, an Argentinean in Indonesia, at Duta Fine Arts Foundation, Jl. Kemang Utara 55A, South Jakarta, daily at 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., Sunday and Monday at 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., until Dec. 23.
Fri, 05 Dec 1997
Flora and fauna exhibition
Flora and fauna exhibition JAKARTA (JP): The city administration is holding a 10-day flora and fauna exhibition at the Ragunan Camping Ground in South Jakarta starting yesterday.Ruchiyat Patmakusumah, head of the city agriculture agency, said the exhibition features a wide variety of tree species,...
Fri, 05 Dec 1997
Soeharto ordered bill funding
Soeharto ordered bill funding JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Manpower Abdul Latief said yesterday that it was President Soeharto who ordered the use of state-owned social insurance company PT Jamsostek's funds to finance the deliberation of the manpower bill.
Fri, 05 Dec 1997
Vendors rob pedestrians' right
Vendors rob pedestrians' rightFrom Pikiran RakyatPedestrians have so far not enjoyed formal legal protection and no discussion has ever been held on this matter. However the government has shown some sign of doing something about it by building more sidewalks for the benefit of pedestrians.
Fri, 05 Dec 1997
Servants of the public
Servants of the public Up to the present, complaints are still being heard from the business world regarding the various factors that cause inefficiency and our high-cost economy.Could it be that the government is not paying any attention whatsoever to those complaints? The answer is a definite no.
Fri, 05 Dec 1997
Local chess star ready for world championships
Local chess star ready for world championships JAKARTA (JP): Indonesian Grandmaster Utut Adianto is refusing to predict how well he will do in the world chess championships in Groningen, the Netherlands, from Dec. 8 to Dec. 28 and only said he was fully prepared for the event.
Fri, 05 Dec 1997
Sheraton to promote tourism
Sheraton to promote tourism JAKARTA (JP): ITT Sheraton Hotels and Resorts, a leading hotel operator from the United States, has developed a computer program to promote Indonesia's tourist destinations in an interactive multimedia system.
Fri, 05 Dec 1997
Centra Wonosobo to open
Centra Wonosobo to open JAKARTA (JP): Wonosobo, a small town in Central Java, will see its first star-rated international hotel open next week.The 115-room Centra Wonosobo hotel is owned by PT Krisna Duta Wisata of the Krisna Group which is controlled by businessman Bambang R. Soegomo.
Fri, 05 Dec 1997
VP selection team no longer needed: Golkar leader
VP selection team no longer needed: Golkar leader JAKARTA (JP): Golkar leader Siti Hardiyanti Rukmana supported yesterday President Soeharto's decision to do away with his tradition of forming an extraparliamentary team to select vice presidential candidates.
Fri, 05 Dec 1997
Smart marketing
Smart marketing Rarely do we get to read any positive or good news in the newspapers these days.So, your "Focus on Jakarta" on page 3 on Dec. 2, 1997 gripped my attention. It is nice to know that a five-star hotel in Jakarta is offering free lunch for the city's taxi drivers.
Fri, 05 Dec 1997
Army officer's son shot dead in Depok
Army officer's son shot dead in Depok JAKARTA (JP): A son of a retired Army lieutenant colonel was shot dead early yesterday allegedly by a police sergeant in Depok, the victim's family said.Morgue staffer Sofyan of Cipto Mangunkusumo General Hospital quoted the victim's relatives as saying that...
Fri, 05 Dec 1997
Film themes
Film themesFrom MerdekaDoes the national film world desire to resuscitate itself from its dormancy? There is no secret as to how to go about it. Add to the variety of themes to be adapted into films. Do not imitate the themes of foreign films.
Fri, 05 Dec 1997
BI denies freezing U.S. dollar accounts
BI denies freezing U.S. dollar accounts JAKARTA (JP): Bank Indonesia, the central bank, yesterday denied rumors that it would convert bank deposits into government bonds and freeze U.S. dollar accounts.
Fri, 05 Dec 1997
No RI men's singles seeds in GP finals
No RI men's singles seeds in GP finals JAKARTA (JP): None of Indonesia's men's singles players are to be seeded in the Grand Prix badminton finals to be held at Senayan Indoor Stadium, from Dec. 10 to Dec. 14.
Fri, 05 Dec 1997
Foreign language study on the decline in city schools
Foreign language study on the decline in city schools JAKARTA (JP): More than 100 qualified German language teachers in Jakarta's senior high schools are teaching everything but German, an officer of the city's education and culture office said yesterday.