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Thu, 30 Oct 1997
Offbeat Murni tramples taboos in unorthodox view of Bali
Offbeat Murni tramples taboos in unorthodox view of BaliBy Astri Wright DENPASAR (JP): Something is afoot in Bali. Shoes with just the barest hint of legs disappear up into the sky. Tall boots with a life of their own cross streets in the rain. High heels smile from one end of a naked body.
Thu, 30 Oct 1997
Executive trains
Executive trainsFrom JayakartaLong years of waiting for improved service from the state railways (Perumka) were finally ended by the launch of executive trains the like of Argo Bromo, Argo Gede and Fajar Utama.
Thu, 30 Oct 1997
Runner draws energy from sucking blood
Runner draws energy from sucking blood SALATIGA, Central Java (Antara): An Indonesian female marathon gold medalist sucks blood from her coach every time she reaches the finishing line.Ruwiyati, a gold medalist in the recent 19th Southeast Asian Games held in Jakarta and who works at the state-run...
Thu, 30 Oct 1997
PT Sahid International to manage Sanghyang Hotel
PT Sahid International to manage Sanghyang Hotel JAKARTA (JP): PT Sahid International Hotel Management and Consultants of the Sahid Group has increased its hotel portfolio to 21 by signing a management contract with PT Bina Wahana Pusaka, which owns Sanghyang Hotel and Resort in Anyer, West Java.
Thu, 30 Oct 1997
Consortium to build water plant
Consortium to build water plant PASURUAN, East Java (JP): PT Mandala Citra Umbulan, a consortium comprising the Humpuss and Ciputra business groups, has started construction of a drinking water plant, the first private drinking water plant in East Java.
Thu, 30 Oct 1997
Olympus camera
Olympus camera I was impressed by an advertisement for the Olympus Camera in the National Geographic magazine. On Aug. 16, 1997, I therefore decided to buy a new camera (Trip XB3) at a nearby store, Amalia Photo, on Jl. Raya Pekayon No. 49, Bekasi, West Java.
Thu, 30 Oct 1997
Kemang may be developed into commercial site
Kemang may be developed into commercial site JAKARTA (JP): Businesspeople in Kemang, South Jakarta, have no need to worry -- at least for the meantime -- about being evicted from their commercial sites.
Thu, 30 Oct 1997
Elevator accident kills one worker
Elevator accident kills one worker JAKARTA (JP): An elevator at a food canning factory in Kapuk Kamal, North Jakarta, malfunctioned yesterday, killing one factory worker and severely injuring another.It plummeted to the ground after the two workers forced a trolley, loaded with unprocessed food,...
Thu, 30 Oct 1997
Pefindo cuts credit ratings of 16 listed firms
Pefindo cuts credit ratings of 16 listed firms JAKARTA (JP): The country's only rating agency, PT Pemeringkat Efek Indonesia (Pefindo), announced yesterday that it had cut the credit ratings of 16 publicly listed companies due to a decline in their business performance.
Thu, 30 Oct 1997
Winds fell tress in Bogor
Winds fell tress in Bogor BOGOR (JP): Strong winds have been blamed for the destruction of 12 trees in the Bogor Botanical Garden during the last two months, Didik Widyatmoko, the head of the garden's registration section, said yesterday.
Thu, 30 Oct 1997
OPEC president sees oil quota unchanged
OPEC president sees oil quota unchanged TOKYO (Reuters): Oil traders can expect business as usual next month at the OPEC meeting in Jakarta, with a likely roll-over of its production quota, the group's president said yesterday."I don't expect there will be an increase in Jakarta.
Thu, 30 Oct 1997
Japan, Australia offer help to RI
Japan, Australia offer help to RI JAKARTA (JP): Minister/State Secretary Moerdiono confirmed yesterday that Japanese Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto had offered Indonesia financial assistance within a bilateral framework to help restore confidence in the economy, especially the rupiah."Mr.
Thu, 30 Oct 1997
Asian coffee trade shifts focus to Vietnam
Asian coffee trade shifts focus to Vietnam SINGAPORE (Reuters): The Asian coffee trade has shifted its focus to what is expected to be a record coffee crop in Vietnam as supplies from drought-stricken Indonesia tails off, dealers said yesterday.
Thu, 30 Oct 1997
Stock Exchange
Stock ExchangeStock prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (in rupiah) on Oct. 29, 1997: Shares Close Change Trading Volume ---------------------------------------------------------- Ades Alfindo 850 0 25,000 AHAP Insurance 2,500 0 0 Alter Abadi 600 0 6,000 Alumindo Light Metal 575 75 496,000...
Thu, 30 Oct 1997
Forwarders deal signed
Forwarders deal signed JAKARTA (JP): State-owned PT Asuransi Jasa Indonesia agreed yesterday to provide insurance coverage to forwarding companies under the Indonesian Forwarders Association.The insurance company signed an agreement yesterday to provide insurance coverage for a year for documents...
Thu, 30 Oct 1997
Fakfak police seize porno films
Fakfak police seize porno films FAKFAK, Irian Jaya: Police have confiscated 341 pornographic laser discs and compact discs in a sweep which began Saturday they said here yesterday.Police are also detaining five men suspected of distributing the pornographic material.
Thu, 30 Oct 1997
Game food fair on at the Regent
Game food fair on at the Regent JAKARTA (JP): The Regent Jakarta will offer special meals featuring game, such as deer, hare, wild boar, grouse, guinea fowl and quail for two weeks starting Saturday.The Regent's Swiss born executive chef Franz Faeh said yesterday that the animals had been imported,...
Thu, 30 Oct 1997
Mercure hotel to open soon
Mercure hotel to open soon JAKARTA (JP): Accor Asia Pacific will see next month the opening of its newest hotel in Indonesia, the Mercure Rekso Hayam Wuruk on Jl. Hayam Wuruk, West Jakarta.The hotel spokeswoman, Mirna A.
Thu, 30 Oct 1997
Rain predicted to start early next month
Rain predicted to start early next month JAKARTA (JP): The National Meteorology and Geophysics Agency forecast yesterday that the rain will start falling in Jakarta between the second week of next month and the beginning of December, an official said.
Thu, 30 Oct 1997
Cycling body awaits doping decision from int'l body
Cycling body awaits doping decision from int'l body JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesian Sports Cycle Federation is still waiting for the International Cycling Union to punish national cyclist Tonton Susanto, who was found to have used banned substances in the 19th SEA Games.
Thu, 30 Oct 1997
Rupiah stable as regional currencies gain footing
Rupiah stable as regional currencies gain footing JAKARTA (JP): The rupiah stabilized yesterday against the U.S. dollar as regional currencies gained footing on the back of a recovery in the world's major stock markets.
Thu, 30 Oct 1997
100 people fall ill daily due to haze
100 people fall ill daily due to haze JAKARTA (JP): An estimated 100 residents of Palangkaraya in Central Kalimantan, which is one of the worst affected areas by the forest fires and haze, fall ill with respiratory infections every day, according to an official.
Thu, 30 Oct 1997
Verdict on Oki's sentence upheld
Verdict on Oki's sentence upheld JAKARTA (JP): Jakarta High Court upheld the Central Jakarta District Court's death sentence verdict for Harnoko Dewantono, alias Oki, who murdered three people in the United States.
Thu, 30 Oct 1997
SEA Games organizers still need Rp 15 billion
SEA Games organizers still need Rp 15 billion JAKARTA (JP): The 19th SEA Games organizing committee has received Rp 90 billion (US$25 million) of its Rp 105 billion budget from the Games consortium.The organizers' information and communications deputy, Ishadi SK, told a press conference after the...
Thu, 30 Oct 1997
Women not ready to assume military command posts
Women not ready to assume military command posts JAKARTA (JP): Navy chief Adm. Arief Kushariadi said female naval officers were not quite ready yet to assume the highest ranking position in the navy."Ha..ha... They're not quite there yet.
Thu, 30 Oct 1997
Golkar will not force its motions through MPR
Golkar will not force its motions through MPR JAKARTA (JP): The dominant Golkar faction dismissed yesterday fears that it would pressure minority factions into accepting its motions in People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) sessions.
Thu, 30 Oct 1997
Astra Buana expects 25% rise in premium income
Astra Buana expects 25% rise in premium income JAKARTA (JP): PT Asuransi Astra Buana's premium income is expected to increase by 25 percent to Rp 170 billion (US$47 million) this year despite the impact of the current monetary crisis.
Thu, 30 Oct 1997
Ministers to meet on crisis
Ministers to meet on crisis TOKYO (AFP): Finance ministers from Japan, the United States and Southeast Asian nations plan to meet in the coming weeks to discuss ways of coping with the currency and stockmarket turmoil in Asia, reports said yesterday.
Thu, 30 Oct 1997
PLN to follow rules in renegotiation with private firm
PLN to follow rules in renegotiation with private firm JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Mines and Energy I.B. Sudjana promised yesterday that state-owned electricity company PLN would follow rules in its bid to renegotiate with private power companies over prices.
Thu, 30 Oct 1997
Sincerity needed for true repentance
Sincerity needed for true repentanceBy Mochtar Buchori JAKARTA (JP): "What do you think of Amien Rais' call to the nation that we repent?" a journalist asked me over the phone referring to the chairman of Muhammadiyah which has 28 million members."It is a good idea. It is excellent," I answered.
Thu, 30 Oct 1997
Sino-American summit
Sino-American summit One of the goals which China's President Jiang Zemin wants to achieve during his visit to the United States is the restoration of the warm relations the two countries enjoyed in the early 1980s.
Thu, 30 Oct 1997
Clinton, Jiang aim at summit agreements
Clinton, Jiang aim at summit agreements WASHINGTON (Reuters): Amid the fanfare of the first U.S.-China summit since the 1989 Tiananmen crackdown, President Bill Clinton and Chinese President Jiang Zemin sought agreement on economic and security issues yesterday.
Thu, 30 Oct 1997
Islam a peace-loving religion: Soeharto
Islam a peace-loving religion: Soeharto JAKARTA (JP): President Soeharto yesterday reminded Moslems across the world that Islam forbade its followers from insulting others, let alone resorting to violence.
Thu, 30 Oct 1997
Hanoi grapples with peasant unrest
Hanoi grapples with peasant unrestBy Ian Stewart DONG HUNG, Vietnam (AP): Like the colonial French in Vietnam earlier this century and the feudal mandarins before them, the Communist Party is struggling to hold back a tide of peasant discontent.
Thu, 30 Oct 1997
Three-in-one scheme still being evaluated
Three-in-one scheme still being evaluated JAKARTA (JP): The three-in-one traffic zone will not be phased out until the People's Consultative Assembly general meeting next March, the head of the City Land Transportation Agency, J.P. Sepang, said yesterday.
Thu, 30 Oct 1997
Japanese caught in Malacca raid
Japanese caught in Malacca raid KUALA LUMPUR (AP): Thirty-eight Japanese were among 109 foreigners detained in a raid on illegal workers in Malacca, it was reported yesterday."This is the first time such a large number of Japanese were hauled up in a single operation," Malacca state Immigration...
Thu, 30 Oct 1997
Fiserv sets up subsidiary
Fiserv sets up subsidiary JAKARTA (JP): Fiserv (Aspac) Pte. Ltd., one of the leading providers of data processing and information management products and services, has established a local subsidiary called PT Fiserv Indonesia to boost its business here.
Thu, 30 Oct 1997
Where to go in Jakarta:
Where to go in Jakarta:Exhibitions * Ceramics Exhibition, Golekan at Bentara Budaya, Jl. Palmerah Selatan No. 17, Jakarta, 10 a.m. to 9 p.m., until Oct. 31. * Painting Exhibition, by Laila Dempster, at Shangri-La, Jl. Jend. Sudirman Kav. 1, Central Jakarta, until Nov. 2.
Thu, 30 Oct 1997
Government should limit gifts to officials: Scholar
Government should limit gifts to officials: Scholar JAKARTA (JP): A scholar suggested yesterday that the government renew its anticorruption campaign by regulating the maximum worth of "gifts" that a government official can accept from businesspeople.
Thu, 30 Oct 1997
Pedersen's play on light shines on Java images
Pedersen's play on light shines on Java imagesBy Amir Sidharta JAKARTA (JP): Hugo von Pedersen's sensitive use of light illuminates his impressions of Indonesia, particularly in paintings of the courts of Java at the tail end of the 19th century.
Thu, 30 Oct 1997
Shameful display of self-interest
Shameful display of self-interest The outrage expressed by dissident members of the New Aspiration Party following the latest cabinet reshuffle was not unexpected. On the contrary, what would have been surprising was if these honorable representatives of the people had behaved correctly and...
Thu, 30 Oct 1997
Salak power plant starts operation
Salak power plant starts operation JAKARTA (JP): The third unit at the geothermal plant in Salak mountain in West Java owned by PT Pembangkitan Tenaga Listrik Jawa-Bali I (PJB I) has started commercial operation.
Wed, 29 Oct 1997
AIDS volunteers mingle at Bali's busy Kuta beach
AIDS volunteers mingle at Bali's busy Kuta beachBy Leyla Alyanak KUTA, Bali (JP): Agus scans the new group of Japanese tourists with precision, weighing his chances like a pro. Most of the women are with their friends or husbands. But one of them, fortyish and with cropped hair, is alone.
Wed, 29 Oct 1997
Man arrested, violent wife hiding: Police
Man arrested, violent wife hiding: Police JAKARTA (JP): Police have detained the husband of a woman who allegedly assaulted five maids in Kembangan, West Jakarta, city police spokesman Lt. Col. E. Aritonang said yesterday.
Wed, 29 Oct 1997
PT Astra Agro Lestari to offer 125.8m shares
PT Astra Agro Lestari to offer 125.8m shares JAKARTA (JP): The currency turmoil over the past three months has not affected plantation company PT Astra Agro Lestari's plan to offer its shares to the public early next month.
Wed, 29 Oct 1997
Asian currencies hold on, U.S. dollar falls out of favor
Asian currencies hold on, U.S. dollar falls out of favor SINGAPORE (Reuters): Southeast Asian currencies held their ground yesterday as the U.S. dollar fell out of favor after Wall Street's historic drop overnight.
Wed, 29 Oct 1997
Singapore offers $10b in aid: Soeharto
Singapore offers $10b in aid: Soeharto JAKARTA (JP): President Soeharto disclosed yesterday that Singapore had offered US$10 billion in assistance to help restore confidence in the Indonesian economy.Out of the $10 billion, Soeharto said, $5 billion would be standby loans to strengthen the...
Wed, 29 Oct 1997
Murder a case of 'mistaken identity'
Murder a case of 'mistaken identity' TANGERANG (JP): Police have detained a drink vendor for allegedly stabbing to death a student in the Bumi Serpong Damai housing complex here.A detective from the Tangerang Police precinct said Monday that Sumaji, 17, had been accused of stabbing Panser Sadanian,...
Wed, 29 Oct 1997
Reforestation funds remain in SBIs
Reforestation funds remain in SBIs JAKARTA (JP): The Ministry of Forestry would unload its Rp 1.2 trillion (US$333 billion) in reforestation funds placed in Bank Indonesia Certificates (SBIs) only if President Soeharto orders to do so, the ministry's secretary-general said yesterday.
Wed, 29 Oct 1997
Unemployment rate rises 6% in the city
Unemployment rate rises 6% in the city JAKARTA (JP): A city councilor expressed concern yesterday over the high level of unemployment, which increased from 4 percent last year to 6 percent of the city's nine million residents this year.