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Wed, 14 May 1997
Where to go in Jakarta:
Where to go in Jakarta:Music * Dai-ichi Hotel, Jl. Senen Raya 135, Central Jakarta: - Morgan's 1072 Classic Disco; Lemon Tea Band/Time Motion Band, Tuesday, 9 p.m. to 12.30 a.m., Smart Band, Wednesday, 9 p.m. to 12.30 a.m., R and Co Band, Saturday, 9.30 p.m. to 1 a.m.
Wed, 14 May 1997
Govt rules out more funding for national car
Govt rules out more funding for national carBy Rita A. Widiadana HONG KONG (JP): Minister of Industry and Trade Tunky Ariwibowo ruled out yesterday any immediate plan for the government to provide more funds for Indonesia's national car project, about which Japan filed a complaint to the World...
Wed, 14 May 1997
Broadcasted discussions peculiar to Indonesia
Broadcasted discussions peculiar to Indonesia The election campaign has now entered its third week. Sociologist Ignas Kleden focuses on the so-called dialogical campaign. JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia's general election is a peculiar campaign which possibly is not to be found in any other country.
Wed, 14 May 1997
Australia's wheat sales to RI up
Australia's wheat sales to RI up SYDNEY (Reuter): The Australian Wheat Board (AWB) said it was confident of selling a record 2.5 million tons of wheat to Indonesia by the end of calendar 1997, 400,000 tons more than last year.About 1.
Wed, 14 May 1997
SEA Games stickers
SEA Games stickersFrom MerdekaKONI chairman Wismoyo said he would be responsible for the SEA Games XIX funds including sticker sales for the South East Asia sports festival.His statement brought relief, since it reflects a leader's responsibility for funds collected from the public.
Wed, 14 May 1997
Beware of sexist supporters
Beware of sexist supporters SEMARANG: The unruly street rallies here are becoming a nightmare for women.Several women said yesterday the nastiness of Golkar and United Development Party (PPP) supporters was unforgivable.
Wed, 14 May 1997
Malaysia's royals to visit Europe
Malaysia's royals to visit Europe KUALA LUMPUR (DPA): Malaysia's King Ja'afar Abdul Rahman and Queen Najihah will make state visits to Hungary and Poland from next week, the Foreign Ministry said yesterday.The visits are aimed at enhancing ties and cooperation.
Wed, 14 May 1997
Golkar's public relations must improve: Basofi Sudirman
Golkar's public relations must improve: Basofi SudirmanBy Sirikit Syah SURABAYA (JP): East Java Governor Basofi Soedirman must have plenty on his mind these days besides his new dangdut album, Hanya Kau Yang Kupilih (You're The One I Choose).
Wed, 14 May 1997
Australia asked to stop poor-quality beef exports
Australia asked to stop poor-quality beef exports JAKARTA (JP): An Indonesian trade executive urged Australia yesterday to stop exporting poor-quality beef here and start importing live cattle instead.Aburizal Bakrie, Chairman of Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, said importing...
Wed, 14 May 1997
Quake jolts Bengkulu
Quake jolts Bengkulu BENGKULU, Bengkulu: An earthquake measuring 5.3 on the Richter scale rocked the province Monday at 10:36 a.m. after another quake measuring 5.7 rocked the province the day before.The head of the Meteorological and Geophysics Agency told Antara yesterday that the epicenter of...
Wed, 14 May 1997
Schoolboy hangs himself
Schoolboy hangs himself JAKARTA: A 13-year-old boy was found dead, hanging from his bedroom ceiling by a rope noose, Monday night in West Jakarta.The second-form junior high school student had been rebuked by his mother for joining a Golkar campaign rally.
Wed, 14 May 1997
PPP uncovers another case of 'electoral fraud'
PPP uncovers another case of 'electoral fraud' JAKARTA (JP): The United Development Party (PPP) claimed yesterday it had uncovered another conspiracy to ensure that Golkar would win a landslide election victory.
Wed, 14 May 1997
Textile factory requires 50 workers
Textile factory requires 50 workers DILI: The East Timor Ministry of Manpower office will need 50 employees at a textile factory, which will be opened next week.Head of the ministry office, Mudjihartono said yesterday that his office would cooperate with the province's local investment coordinating...
Wed, 14 May 1997
Samarinda to get Rp 47b flyover
Samarinda to get Rp 47b flyover JAKARTA (JP): East Kalimantan's capital Samarinda will have a Rp 47 billion (US$19.58 million) flyover across the Mahakam river by the year 2003, a local official said yesterday.
Wed, 14 May 1997
Spotlight
SpotlightPhoto A: YLKIJP/msaCONSUMER CONCERN: Chairwoman of the Indonesian Consumers Organization (YLKI) Zumrotin K. Soesilo (left) discusses consumer rights at a seminar in Jakarta. Last week's meeting, led by Fikri Jufri (center), a former editor of the now defunct Tempo newsweekly, also...
Wed, 14 May 1997
Sole survivor of Jagorawi fatal robbery testifies
Sole survivor of Jagorawi fatal robbery testifies BOGOR (JP): The sole survivor of a fatal robbery on Jagorawi toll road last October testified Monday at the trial of two people being tried for accessory to murder and robbery.
Wed, 14 May 1997
Public firms get websites
Public firms get websites JAKARTA (JP): Internet provider PT Sanggrahamas Dipta will provide websites for Indonesian Association of Public Companies' members, the association said yesterday.The association said it signed an agreement last month with Sanggrahamas, also known as Indonesian Net...
Wed, 14 May 1997
Cue to fund Sumatra gas buy
Cue to fund Sumatra gas buy WELLINGTON (Reuter): Cue Energy Resources said it had set up a share placing to raise about A$21 million after it agreed on Monday to buy an interest in the Jambi Merang Block prospect in Sumatra, Indonesia, from Saga Petroleum Indonesia Jambi AS, a unit of Norway's Saga...
Wed, 14 May 1997
Firms criticized for for AIDS indifference
Firms criticized for for AIDS indifference JAKARTA (JP): Company executives have poor commitment in AIDS prevention at workplaces, a former minister said in a seminar yesterday."Many company executives were still indifferent to AIDS prevention programs, claiming financial shortage," Emil Salim said.
Wed, 14 May 1997
Thai property rules eased
Thai property rules eased BANGKOK (AFP): Thailand's cabinet approved yesterday a Board of Investment proposal to allow foreign nationals who invest in local currency bonds issued by state enterprises to apply for land ownership rights.
Wed, 14 May 1997
PPP vows to fight to amend 1995 law on elections
PPP vows to fight to amend 1995 law on elections UJUNGPANDANG, South Sulawesi (JP): The United Development Party (PPP) vowed yesterday to campaign to improve the 1985 law on general elections which, it said, favored Golkar.
Wed, 14 May 1997
Bukit Asam to raise its coal production
Bukit Asam to raise its coal production JAKARTA (JP): PT Bukit Asam, the state-owned coal mining company, will spend about Rp 70 billion (US$29.2 million) to boost its coal production from 9.07 million tons to 12.5 million tons a year, a company executive said.
Wed, 14 May 1997
University opens legal aid center
University opens legal aid center JAKARTA (JP): A private university signed an agreement yesterday with the Jakarta High Court to set up a study center for legal aid and consultation.The rector of the 17 Agustus 1945 (Untag) University, H.R.
Wed, 14 May 1997
Parties to seek elderly vote
Parties to seek elderly vote SURABAYA: By 2019 the country's population will grow by no more than 1 percent so parties will have to fight for the elderly vote, state minister of population said Monday in Kediri.
Wed, 14 May 1997
Indonesian legislators
Indonesian legislators I was shocked to read Amir Santoso's view in "Insight" Legislative representation is getting better (May 13).He said it could take from ten to 100 years for Indonesia to produce legislators who listen to their own conscience, to their constituency, and to their party.
Wed, 14 May 1997
Indonesian swimmers steal the show at Arafura Games
Indonesian swimmers steal the show at Arafura GamesBy Primastuti Handayani DARWIN, Australia (JP): Indonesia's second string swimmers won six more gold, four silver and three bronze medals on the third day of the Arafura Games yesterday.
Wed, 14 May 1997
YLKI hails newly proposed parking scheme
YLKI hails newly proposed parking scheme JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesian Consumers Foundation (YLKI) hailed a proposed parking scheme which includes insurance for stolen or damaged vehicles.The foundation's chairperson, Tini Hadad, urged the municipality to give its full support to the scheme to...
Wed, 14 May 1997
Burglary in Duren Sawit
Burglary in Duren Sawit JAKARTA (JP): Five men robbed a house in Duren Sawit, East Jakarta, on Monday and made off with items worth at least Rp 40 million (US$16,666), police said.City Police spokesman Lt. Col. E.
Wed, 14 May 1997
Campaign schedule for Indonesia for May 14, 1997:
Campaign schedule for Indonesia for May 14, 1997: Party Campaign area Important campaigners ----------------------------------------------------------------- PPP Java, Maluku, Irian Jaya Ismail Hasan Metareum, Aisyah Amini, Hamzah Haz, Ali Hardi Kiaidemak, Yudo Paripurno Golkar Kalimantan, Sulawesi...
Wed, 14 May 1997
Don't go mad these days
Don't go mad these days BANYUMAS, Central Java: People with mental problems should avoid this town because its mental hospital has been fully booked since campaigning began two weeks ago.Hospital director Sutoto said yesterday the 60-room hospital was so overwhelmed that patients had to wait days...
Wed, 14 May 1997
Golkar guard's murder reveals dirty politics
Golkar guard's murder reveals dirty politics YOGYAKARTA (JP): The death toll from campaign traffic accidents rose to 49 yesterday but the murder of Sudihardjo, a Golkar security guard, reveals a darker side to national politics.
Wed, 14 May 1997
Telkom offers pulses for late installations
Telkom offers pulses for late installations BANDUNG (JP): State-owned PT Telkom promised yesterday to compensate for any delay in installing wireless local loop (WLL) telephone lines in West Java.Telkom Bandung's manager, Adek Julianwar, said customers would be given 10 free phone pulses for each...
Wed, 14 May 1997
'Swasembada' swamped with complaints of lost copies
'Swasembada' swamped with complaints of lost copies JAKARTA (JP): Swasembada magazine, whose last edition was sold out shortly after being printed, has been inundated by calls from subscribers and distributors.The latest edition, no.
Wed, 14 May 1997
South Asian leaders meet to promote economic ties
South Asian leaders meet to promote economic ties MALE, Maldives (Reuter): Leaders of seven South Asian states began a daylong "retreat" yesterday seeking to overcome bilateral hostilities and trade barriers that have restrained economic growth in the region.
Wed, 14 May 1997
S'pore banks get top Asian ratings
S'pore banks get top Asian ratings SINGAPORE (Reuter): Singapore banks have the lowest credit risks in Asia while Chinese and Indian banks have the highest, Standard and Poor's director of financial institutions Ken McLay said yesterday.
Wed, 14 May 1997
Bapepam investigates Summarecon, accountants
Bapepam investigates Summarecon, accountants JAKARTA (JP): The Capital Market Supervisory Agency is investigating why two Jakarta accounting firms made conflicting financial statements for publicly listed PT Summarecon Agung.
Wed, 14 May 1997
S. Jakarta phones disrupted
S. Jakarta phones disrupted JAKARTA (JP): Cable repairs have disrupted 3,900 phone lines in South Jakarta since April.Nyoman G. Wiryanata, head of PT Telkom's South Jakarta office, was quoted by Antara yesterday as saying several customers had complained.
Wed, 14 May 1997
Appraising the public euphoria
Appraising the public euphoria Predictions that the 1997 general election campaign would be more subdued than previous elections have not proven entirely correct. Parades, the mobilization of crowds, the chanting of slogans and other expressions of mass euphoria have occurred in almost every...
Wed, 14 May 1997
Belo meets Sampaio
Belo meets Sampaio LISBON (AFP): Bishop Carlos Ximenes Belo, the bishop of Dili in East Timor and the co-winner last year of the Nobel Peace Prize, held talks Monday with Portuguese President Jorge Sampaio.
Wed, 14 May 1997
RI's climbers get hero's welcome
RI's climbers get hero's welcome JAKARTA (JP): All three Indonesian climbers who succeeded in reaching Mount Everest's peak, along with 20 other members of the expedition team, arrived home safely yesterday evening, receiving a hero's welcome.
Wed, 14 May 1997
Lawyers ask court to free Robot
Lawyers ask court to free Robot JAKARTA (JP): Lawyers defending a pedophile asked the Central Jakarta District Court yesterday to free the defendant, Siswanto, alias Robot Gedek, saying he had not been proved guilty as charged.
Wed, 14 May 1997
Safer way of paying teachers
Safer way of paying teachers BANDARLAMPUNG, Lampung: More state school teachers in the provinces will be paid by bank transfer, a system which should guarantee that they receive the money intact.Sri Wardani, an official at Lampung's education and culture office, said 70 schools in the provinces had...
Wed, 14 May 1997
Apprenticeship in Japan
Apprenticeship in Japan BANJARMASIN, South Kalimantan: Eight members of the government-backed youth organization Karang Taruna will join an apprenticeship program in Japan for three years."It is the first apprenticeship program for Karang Taruna, so we must take the chance," the chairman of the...
Wed, 14 May 1997
Harmoko defends government officials' ethics
Harmoko defends government officials' ethics JAKARTA (JP): Golkar chairman Harmoko said yesterday that government officials had always maintained their ethics.He told thousands of enthusiastic yellow-clad supporters in Pekanbaru, Riau, yesterday, that he had ample proof that the Golkar-dominated...
Wed, 14 May 1997
Two Bre-X executives held by employees
Two Bre-X executives held by employees JAKARTA (JP): Hundreds of employees at the Busang I camp in East Kalimantan reportedly held members of Bre-X management Sunday, following the freezing of all company activities, Antara reported yesterday.
Wed, 14 May 1997
What are the consequences of a PPP and PDI alliance?
What are the consequences of a PPP and PDI alliance? Signs of an alliance between supporters of the ousted Indonesian Democratic Party (PDI) leader Megawati and the United Development Party (PPP) in the election campaign have been taking shape.
Wed, 14 May 1997
Megawati-PPP banners ban bagged
Megawati-PPP banners ban bagged JAKARTA (JP): It was thumbs down yesterday to a government ban on banners and pictures portraying an alliance between the deposed Indonesian Democratic Party's (PDI) leader, Megawati Soekarnoputri, and the United Development Party (PPP).
Wed, 14 May 1997
Youth forum calls for fair general election
Youth forum calls for fair general election JAKARTA (JP): The nine youth and student organizations in the Indonesian Nationalist Youth Forum demanded a fair general election yesterday.The organizations released a statement saying the government and the three parties should guarantee that people can...
Wed, 14 May 1997
Astra gives scholarship
Astra gives scholarship JAKARTA (JP): PT Astra International announced yesterday it had provided Rp 48 million (US$20,000) worth of scholarships to students at Aceh's Syah Kuala University.Astra said in a statement the scholarships were part of the company's commitment to providing Rp 500 million...
Wed, 14 May 1997
Soeharto tells others to get tough on violence
Soeharto tells others to get tough on violence JAKARTA (JP): President Soeharto ordered election organizers yesterday to reprimand the three parties' leaders for the increasing campaign violence.After receiving a report on the campaign by the National Elections Institute's chairman, Moch. Yogie S.M.