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Sun, 10 Aug 1997
The changing face of boardinghouses
The changing face of boardinghouses Boardinghouses, an important accommodation alternative for many Jakartans, are booming in conjunction with the growth of other service industries, such as new shopping centers needing houses for staff, and university centers. The Jakarta Post's reporters Devi M.
Sun, 10 Aug 1997
Humor makes the search easier
Humor makes the search easierBy Riyadi JAKARTA (JP): Ask anyone who lives in the city what it was like for them finding a home and you may be sorry you asked, says a guide to house hunting in Jakarta.What makes this city a fascinating metropolis can also make it an infuriating place for house...
Sun, 10 Aug 1997
Gus Dur writes on subjects he knows best
Gus Dur writes on subjects he knows best Kiai Nyentrik Membela Pemerintah (An Eccentric Moslem Scholar in Defense of the Government)By Abdurrahman WahidIntroduction by Mohamad SobaryLKIS, Yogyakarta, 1997VI and 133 pagesRp 10,000 YOGYAKARTA (JP): The essays in this book can be considered among the...
Sun, 10 Aug 1997
New blood for Indonesia's fashion industry
New blood for Indonesia's fashion industryBy Dini S. Djalal JAKARTA (JP): How quickly the clock turns for the fashion police. Just as fad followers were taking a deep breath to fit into this summer's figure-defining cheongsams, designers/ dictators in Milan, Paris, and New York, last March did an...
Sun, 10 Aug 1997
Wise tips for boardinghouse hunters in Jakarta
Wise tips for boardinghouse hunters in Jakarta JAKARTA (JP): You finally landed your dream job, that coveted one destined to lead on a career path to success and glory.A pothole lies ahead to throw all the best laid plans asunder.Distance.
Sun, 10 Aug 1997
Sukra's Arrest
Sukra's Arrest- variation on the Babad Tanah Jawi My name is Sukra. Born in Kartasura, 17.., early one Tuesday morning, as the moon rolled behind the mountain.At that time, people say, the dogs in the jungle bayed long and loud, and a retainer remarked, "A jackal's cry was heard the day the Kurawa...
Sun, 10 Aug 1997
Subtle changes beneath SLORC stalemate with Suu Kyi
Subtle changes beneath SLORC stalemate with Suu Kyi David I. Steinberg examines the political situation in Myanmar. SINGAPORE: "It is as if a large truck were rushing headlong into a small Volkswagen", as one anonymous observer in Yangon recently described the political situation in Myanmar,...
Sun, 10 Aug 1997
Class soprano, pianist suffuse love in the air
Class soprano, pianist suffuse love in the airBy Laksmi Pamuntjak-Djohan JAKARTA (JP): Loh Siew Tuan stood on the formidable Erasmus stage, a splendid vision in turquoise and pink Thai Silk, looking every inch the diva we had come to expect. Ten seconds later, we saw Dr.
Sun, 10 Aug 1997
Bangkok is heaven for street vendors
Bangkok is heaven for street vendors BANGKOK (JP): Bangkok sidewalk vendors know none of the hardships of their less fortunate Jakarta counterparts.They do not run away at the sight of public order officials, fight to get space or grudgingly submit to payment of illegal fees.
Sat, 09 Aug 1997
No foreign films dubbed by October
No foreign films dubbed by October JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Information R. Hartono has ordered all television stations in the country to stop airing foreign programs that are dubbed into the Indonesian language by October.
Sat, 09 Aug 1997
Quest for education with international standards
Quest for education with international standardsBy Mochtar Buchori JAKARTA (JP): During a number of seminars on education I attended recently, one question kept cropping up: Can we achieve education with international standards through our present national curricular?Whether the discussion was...
Sat, 09 Aug 1997
Candidates short-listed
Candidates short-listed PADANG, West Sumatra: The number of governor candidates has dwindled from around 20 to six, Antara reported.The remaining governor-hopefuls include deputy governor Muchlis Ibrahim and West Sumatra Legislative Council chairman Noer Bahri Said Pamuncak, both of whom have...
Sat, 09 Aug 1997
Zubairi against discrimination of HIV carriers
Zubairi against discrimination of HIV carriersBy Renata Arianingtyas JAKARTA (JP): AIDS campaigner Zubairi Djoerban has many concerns, including some people's tendency to discriminate those who have Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) or the Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS).
Sat, 09 Aug 1997
Comings and goings
Comings and goingsFrom Pikiran RakyatAn essential element in human rights is freedom of an individual to travel wherever he or she wishes. So in this republic one would be free to travel from Sabang to Merauke, from Pacitan to Manado.
Sat, 09 Aug 1997
Portugal, RI agree to hold more talks
Portugal, RI agree to hold more talks UNITED NATIONS (Agencies): Ambassadorial-level talks between Indonesia and Portugal on the question of East Timor ended on Thursday with an agreement to meet again in a few weeks. However, no date was set for the next session.
Sat, 09 Aug 1997
Two forces work in favor of China
Two forces work in favor of ChinaBy Lie Tek Tjeng JAKARTA (JP): How should we interpret the historic handover of Hong Kong? After 156 years under British colonial rule, Hong Kong was returned to China on midnight June 30 based on a joint declaration signed on Dec.
Sat, 09 Aug 1997
Singaporean tried for Ecstasy
Singaporean tried for Ecstasy JAKARTA (JP): A Singaporean was indicted at the Central Jakarta District Court yesterday, charged with keeping and possessing 1,900 Ecstasy pills.Prosecutor Zen Idris said the 38-year-old Low Gin Ang alias Jimmy or Jack, was arrested by police on April 16 at a hotel in...
Sat, 09 Aug 1997
Rain fails to clear haze
Rain fails to clear haze PEKANBARU, Riau: Most of Pekanbaru was still covered by haze yesterday, despite a two-and-a-half hour downpour on Thursday night, Antara reported.Visibility, however, slowly improved yesterday, from 600 meters at around 7 a.m. to between 1,500 and 2,000 meters by 9 a.m.
Sat, 09 Aug 1997
ALatieF gets $60m loan
ALatieF gets $60m loan HONG KONG (Reuter): PT ALatieF P&O Port Development Co (APPDC) has completed a US$60 million term loan facility with six financial institutions, arranger HSBC Investment Bank's Singapore branch said yesterday.
Sat, 09 Aug 1997
Singapore's economy posts strong 7.8 percent growth
Singapore's economy posts strong 7.8 percent growth SINGAPORE (AFP): Singapore's economy expanded strongly by 7.8 percent year-on-year in the second quarter of 1997 amid a recovery in the manufacturing sector, Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong said yesterday.
Sat, 09 Aug 1997
Growth of satellite cities blamed for traffic woes
Growth of satellite cities blamed for traffic woes JAKARTA (JP): The rapid growth of Greater Jakarta's satellite cities has exacerbated the capital's already-chaotic traffic problems, Governor Surjadi Soedirdja said yesterday.
Sat, 09 Aug 1997
S'pore, Cambodia, Vietnam hail ASEAN achievement
S'pore, Cambodia, Vietnam hail ASEAN achievement KUALA LUMPUR (Agencies): Singapore owes its economic prosperity to the peace and stability that the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) brought to the region, Singapore's Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong said in an interview released here...
Sat, 09 Aug 1997
Palm oil firm in Europe on Indonesian buying talk
Palm oil firm in Europe on Indonesian buying talk LONDON (Reuter): Talk that Indonesia was buying palm olein from Malaysia firmed palm oil prices on the European vegetable oil market yesterday morning."Palm oil is very hot this morning because of the Indonesia buying," said one trader.
Sat, 09 Aug 1997
Soerjadi's PDI ponders reconciliation
Soerjadi's PDI ponders reconciliation JAKARTA (JP): Smarting from its general election defeat, the Soerjadi-led Indonesian Democratic Party (PDI) has offered a reconciliation with PDI rival faction led by Megawati Soekarnoputri.
Sat, 09 Aug 1997
Construction of access roads to toll ways to be restricted
Construction of access roads to toll ways to be restricted JAKARTA (JP): The government is reluctant to approve the construction of access roads from housing estates and industrial zones to toll roads, a Ministry of Public Works official said yesterday.
Sat, 09 Aug 1997
Frightful school days
Frightful school days Going back to school after a long break is something most students would normally look forward to, if not for the classes, at least for the reunion with friends. This is probably not the case for many students at junior and senior high schools in Jakarta nowadays.
Sat, 09 Aug 1997
Eng San free after court overturns his verdict
Eng San free after court overturns his verdict JAKARTA (JP): Businessman Hasan, alias Eng San, walked out of the Salemba Detention Center yesterday after the Jakarta High Court overturned a guilty verdict against him in the murder of rival businessman Nyo Beng Seng.
Sat, 09 Aug 1997
Agent of illegal magazine launches book
Agent of illegal magazine launches book JAKARTA (JP): Danang Kukuh Wardoyo, an office boy jailed when he was 19-years old for distributing an unlicensed publication, has launched a memoir recounting his experience in prison.
Sat, 09 Aug 1997
Austrade opens in Medan
Austrade opens in Medan JAKARTA (JP): Australia plans to open a regional office of its trade promotion body, Austrade, in Medan, North Sumatra, to serve the rapid increase in trade with the province.Australia's ambassador to Indonesia, John McCarthy, said in Medan yesterday that Austrade was...
Sat, 09 Aug 1997
Dengue epidemic hits Jember
Dengue epidemic hits Jember JEMBER, East Java: Eleven people have been admitted to various health centers in Jember regency because of dengue fever, Antara said.Regency spokesman Chaidaroh Hasan blamed the spread of dengue on people drinking contaminated water from the river.
Sat, 09 Aug 1997
Indostar launch delayed
Indostar launch delayed JAKARTA (JP): The country's first direct broadcasting satellite (DBS) Indostar-1 of PT Datakom Asia will be launched on Oct. 15, delayed from its original schedule between Aug. 15 and Sep. 30, the company said here yesterday.
Sat, 09 Aug 1997
Scout's 36th anniversary next week
Scout's 36th anniversary next week JAKARTA (JP): Vice President Try Sutrisno will lead the 36th anniversary ceremony of the Indonesian Scout Movement (Pramuka) in Purworejo, Central Java, on Thursday.Pramuka chairman Himawan Sutanto said the theme of this year's anniversary is "Gearing Pramuka...
Sat, 09 Aug 1997
Jakartans willing to endure long wait for their dream car
Jakartans willing to endure long wait for their dream carBy John Aglionby WHEN approaching Jakarta's Soekarno-Hatta Airport by air, one of the few visible sights during the past year, however thick the polluted haze, has been the massed ranks of Timor cars parked beside a runway.
Sat, 09 Aug 1997
PT Prima Comexindo selected for jet deal
PT Prima Comexindo selected for jet deal JAKARTA (JP): The government will assign PT Prima Comexindo, a trading house owned by businessman Hashim Djojohadikusumo, to export palm oil, coffee and rubber to Russia as part of the countertrade deal for jet fighters and helicopters.
Sat, 09 Aug 1997
Garuda to get B737-500 jet later this month
Garuda to get B737-500 jet later this month JAKARTA (JP): National air carrier Garuda Indonesia will receive later this month one of the 17 Boeing B-737 aircraft it ordered from Boeing of the United States during the 1996 Indonesia Air Show (IAS), a company spokesman said yesterday.
Sat, 09 Aug 1997
Concessionaires ordered to stop burning forests
Concessionaires ordered to stop burning forests JAKARTA (JP): The government has ordered forestry concession holders to stop the practice of burning forests to clear land for timber estates or plantations, because thick smoke is now disrupting activities in towns across Sumatra and Kalimantan.
Sat, 09 Aug 1997
Review of UN rights 'counterproductive'
Review of UN rights 'counterproductive' ASEAN's suggestion for a review of the United Nations declaration on human rights, which was sparked last week by Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad, seems to be finding little support. Political scientist Juwono Sudarsono discusses the issue.
Sat, 09 Aug 1997
Where to go in Jakarta:
Where to go in Jakarta:Exhibitions * Painting Exhibition: by Sri Hadhy, Nyoman Darsane, Mas Dibyo and Budiman at Kafe Pinang, Hotel Kristal Jl. Tarogong Raya, Cilandak Barat, South Jakarta, open 24 hours, until Aug. 10. * Painting Exhibition: The 2nd Figuratif, at Andi's Gallery, Jl.
Sat, 09 Aug 1997
Luminary, Westin to build hotel in Bali
Luminary, Westin to build hotel in Bali JAKARTA (JP): Investment company Luminary and United States' Westin Hotels and Resorts agreed yesterday to develop and operate a five-star hotel in an integrated resort complex in Pecatu Bay, Bali.
Sat, 09 Aug 1997
Bank Bali enters Shanghai
Bank Bali enters Shanghai JAKARTA (JP): Bank Bali opened a representative office in Shanghai, China yesterday as part of its overseas expansion program.The opening of the new representative office made Bank Bali, which is listed on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (JSX), the first Indonesian bank to...
Sat, 09 Aug 1997
TV today
TV todayTVRI 2:00 a.m. News: Berita Untuk Anda 2:30 Travel: My Country 2:35 Children's Film: Road to Avonlea 3:10 Culture Program: Lingkar Budaya 3:35 Travel: Wisata Nasional 4:00 Regional News 4:30 Sports 5:25 Variety Show 5:30 TV Series: 13 Wonder 5:55 Music 6:00 News: Lintasan Berita 6:05...
Sat, 09 Aug 1997
English not spoken here
English not spoken here I am responding to Mr. Dady Wijaya's letter The importance of English (Aug. 4).Mr. Wijaya, I would join you in deploring the decision to stop teaching English were it not my unfortunate experience to have learned this may be the lesser of two evils.
Sat, 09 Aug 1997
Edi dismisses doubts on Sukhoi jet fighter
Edi dismisses doubts on Sukhoi jet fighter JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Defense and Security Edi Sudradjat refuted yesterday doubts cast on the quality of the Russian-made Sukhoi SU-30K jet fighter that Indonesia has decided to purchase."Every technology has its strengths and weaknesses.
Sat, 09 Aug 1997
Legal aid body says ASEAN neglects aims, principles
Legal aid body says ASEAN neglects aims, principles JAKARTA (JP): As ASEAN celebrated its 30th anniversary yesterday, the Indonesian Legal Aid Foundation (YLBHI) rebuked the grouping for neglecting its own aims and principles, resulting in "widespread human suffering and human rights violations".
Sat, 09 Aug 1997
Pertamina mulls changes to its oil price formula
Pertamina mulls changes to its oil price formula SINGAPORE (Reuter): Indonesian state oil company Pertamina is again considering to adjust the official Indonesian Crude Price (ICP) formula for its crude sales, a company source said yesterday.
Sat, 09 Aug 1997
New subscription rate
New subscription rate To meet with increasing production costs, The Jakarta Post will apply a new monthly subscription rate of Rp 22,000 as of Sept. 1, 1997. The new unregistered mailing rate will be Rp 66,000 for a three-month subscription. -- The Publisher
Sat, 09 Aug 1997
PDI legislators may be absent from crash course
PDI legislators may be absent from crash course JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesian Democratic Party (PDI) central board announced yesterday it will let its 11 House of Representatives members decide for themselves if they wish to participate in government-sponsored legislative crash courses.
Sat, 09 Aug 1997
Riot trials almost complete
Riot trials almost complete BANJARMASIN, South Kalimantan: The Banjarmasin District Court has settled 53 of 59 lawsuits relating to massive riots which rocked the town just before the general election in May.The riot left more than 123 people dead, most of them trapped in buildings that caught fire.
Sat, 09 Aug 1997
Police warns of stern action against disruptive students
Police warns of stern action against disruptive students JAKARTA (JP): The police said yesterday they would no longer compromise with students who were caught brawling or carrying weapons.City Police Spokesman Lt. Col. E.
Sat, 09 Aug 1997
BASF, Petronas sign deal on petrochemicals
BASF, Petronas sign deal on petrochemicals KUALA LUMPUR (Reuter): German petrochemical giant BASF AG signed a US$700 million joint venture agreement with Malaysia's state-owned Petronas oil company yesterday to build an integrated petrochemical complex in central Malaysia.