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Fri, 04 Apr 1997
Soeharto asks students to vote
Soeharto asks students to vote JAKARTA (JP): President Soeharto asked Indonesian students yesterday to vote in the May election and help make next year's presidential election a success.Speaking at his office before 98 rectors of private universities, the President said the two five-yearly...
Fri, 04 Apr 1997
The Listening Post
The Listening Post "Building English Skills Through Newspaper+Radio" Produced by American Language Center in cooperation with The Jakarta Post and Radio Sonora FM 100.9 Mhz While rules are not exactly made to be broken, language teachers frequently find that exceptions give rise to anarchy in what...
Fri, 04 Apr 1997
China, Vietnam to discuss dispute
China, Vietnam to discuss dispute HANOI (AFP): China and Vietnam will meet in Beijing on April 9 to discuss a maritime dispute triggered by a Chinese oil rig drilling outside the Tonkin Gulf, a foreign ministry spokesman said yesterday.
Fri, 04 Apr 1997
Papua New Guinea's climax relieves Canberra
Papua New Guinea's climax relieves CanberraBy Dewi Anggraeni MELBOURNE (JP): After 10 days of crisis, Papua New Guinea's Prime Minister Sir Julius Chan announced on March 26 that he and two of his ministers, Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Chris Haiveta and Defense Minister Mathias Ijape...
Fri, 04 Apr 1997
'Mbak' Tutut seen as unlikely VP
'Mbak' Tutut seen as unlikely VP JAKARTA (JP): Political analyst Arbi Sanit discounted yesterday the chances of Siti Hardiyanti Rukmana, President Soeharto's eldest daughter, becoming the next vice president.
Fri, 04 Apr 1997
Traffic in Jakarta
Traffic in JakartaFrom Suara KaryaSuara Karya of March 20 reported the dire state of traffic in Jakarta. There is no one solution to the problem while motor vehicle production increases unabatedly.The problem is not hard to solve if the Jakarta administration has the pluck to take the following...
Fri, 04 Apr 1997
New cruiser to serve Bali
New cruiser to serve Bali JAKARTA (JP): Spice Island Cruises, the country's first international cruise operator, will operate a ship in Bali in July.The company said yesterday that the 120-passenger ship was bought from Tokyo's Showa Lines.
Fri, 04 Apr 1997
Eradicating corruption
Eradicating corruption The report published by the Political and Economic Risk Consultancy Ltd. of Hong Kong has named Indonesia as the most corrupt country in Asia.But despite the discredit to Indonesia, there have been few reactions. Those who did react tended to agree.
Fri, 04 Apr 1997
Buy rating on Jababeka
Buy rating on Jababeka JAKARTA (JP): Securities firm Socgen-Crosby has assigned a buy rating on Jababeka's shares as it forecast the industrial estate developer's earnings would grow by 22 percent in the next two years.
Fri, 04 Apr 1997
Chan's 'win-win strategy' succeeds
Chan's 'win-win strategy' succeedsBy Ikrar Nusa Bhakti JAKARTA (JP): The first stage of Papua New Guinea's political drama was over on March 26, 1997, when Prime Minister Sir Julius Chan temporarily resigned after he survived in the motion of no confidence in parliament the day before.
Thu, 03 Apr 1997
Ministries to take steps to save parks
Ministries to take steps to save parks BONTANG, East Kalimantan (JP): The government will revise the 1989 joint ministerial decree on mining exploration inside national parks, an effort to strengthen their legal status.
Thu, 03 Apr 1997
Forest concession closed
Forest concession closed JAKARTA (JP): The Ministry of Forestry has closed North Sulawesi to new forest concessionaires because of forests' poor conditions and limited forest areas.The ministry's provincial office chairman, Bambang Hendriyo, said in Manado yesterday that forest conditions in the...
Thu, 03 Apr 1997
Asia Inti Selera to sell 45 percent of its shares
Asia Inti Selera to sell 45 percent of its shares JAKARTA (JP): PT Asia Inti Selera plans to offer 45 million shares or 35 percent of its capital to the public to raise Rp 50 billion (US$21 million) in fresh funds.
Thu, 03 Apr 1997
Palm Oil group backs govt's decision
Palm Oil group backs govt's decision JAKARTA (JP): The Association of Palm Oil Producers fully backs the government's decision to ban new foreign investment in oil palm plantations, the association's chairman said.
Thu, 03 Apr 1997
MAS expects 15% hike in load factor growth
MAS expects 15% hike in load factor growth JAKARTA (JP): Malaysia Airlines (MAS) expects a 15 percent increase in its Jakarta-Kuala Lumpur load factor this year because of an improvement in trade relations, an airline executive said yesterday.
Thu, 03 Apr 1997
Tempo and NatMut join forces
Tempo and NatMut join forcesJP/afs Indonesia's Tempo Group and Australia's National Mutual Group announced yesterday the operation of their joint life insurance venture, PT Tempo National Mutual Life (TNML), with an authorized capital of Rp 30 billion (US$12.48 million).
Thu, 03 Apr 1997
Soeharto 'should accept renomination'
Soeharto 'should accept renomination' JAKARTA (JP): President Soeharto should accept his renomination for another term of office to help ensure a safe and smooth national leadership succession, according to a political observer.
Thu, 03 Apr 1997
Foundation builds 800 mosques
Foundation builds 800 mosques LOMBOK, West Nusa Tenggara: The Yayasan Amal Bhakti Muslim Pancasila Foundation, chaired by President Soeharto, has built 807 mosques across the country, Minister of Transmigration Siswono Yudohusodo said here Monday evening.
Thu, 03 Apr 1997
Surjadi reminds city officials not to abuse power
Surjadi reminds city officials not to abuse power JAKARTA (JP): The new head of the public order office was given a special welcome at his installation ceremony as Governor Surjadi Soedirdja quoted reports of public order officials asking for money and sex.
Thu, 03 Apr 1997
Soeharto warns the public of communist remnants
Soeharto warns the public of communist remnants JAKARTA (JP): President Soeharto told Indonesians yesterday to maintain their vigilance against remnants of the outlawed Indonesian Communist Party (PKI) which were lurking in the dark.
Thu, 03 Apr 1997
Canadian firms aims to reveal Busang gold
Canadian firms aims to reveal Busang gold TORONTO (Reuter): While the Busang gold controversy panics investors and crashes trading computers, a tiny Canadian consulting firm is quietly working to answer a crucial question -- Is the gold there?Strathcona Mineral Services Ltd.
Thu, 03 Apr 1997
Fresh talks urged on Marcos money
Fresh talks urged on Marcos money MANILA (Reuter): A high ranking Swiss official yesterday urged fresh negotiations among rival claimants to the estimated $500 million kept by late Philippine ruler Ferdinand Marcos in Swiss banks to determine who the money should go to.
Thu, 03 Apr 1997
Humorist Jaya Suprana releases book on notorious errors
Humorist Jaya Suprana releases book on notorious errorsBy K. Basrie JAKARTA (JP): Jaya Suprana, a humorist with a bulk of titles and ideas, has recorded another debut.The 48-year-old pianist, cartoonist, columnist and businessman released the first volume of his new book featuring 117 short stories...
Thu, 03 Apr 1997
Stock Exchange
Stock ExchangeStock prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (in rupiah) on April 2, 1997: Shares Close Change Trading Volume ------------------------------------------------------ Ades Alfindo 1,025 0 0 AHAP Insurance 2,675 0 0 Alter Abadi 1,175 0 16,000 Alumindo Light Metal 1,075 25 229,500 Alumindo...
Thu, 03 Apr 1997
Minister Sarwono urges Yayuk to make up her mind
Minister Sarwono urges Yayuk to make up her mind JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesia Tennis Association's chairman Sarwono Kusumaatmadja urged the country's top female player Yayuk Basuki to decide whether she will join the SEA Games squad or play in WTA tournaments.
Thu, 03 Apr 1997
Governor takes blame for permit abuse in Kemang
Governor takes blame for permit abuse in Kemang JAKARTA (JP): The irresponsibility of city officials has led to cafes and restaurants in Kemang being operated with housing permits, Governor Surjadi Soedirdja said.
Thu, 03 Apr 1997
Lafarge expands to RI
Lafarge expands to RI PARIS (Reuter): French building materials group Lafarge said on Tuesday that it planned to build a cement plant with a capacity of 1.4 million tons in Indonesia.Lafarge said in a statement that its PT Semen Andalas unit would build the plant near the city of Medan in the north...
Thu, 03 Apr 1997
Astra aims to export 1,370 new Kijang vans
Astra aims to export 1,370 new Kijang vans JAKARTA (JP): PT Toyota Astra Motor, a subsidiary of Indonesia's largest automaker PT Astra International, expects to export 1,370 units of its new Kijang van this year.
Thu, 03 Apr 1997
Thirty jailed for Pekalongan riots
Thirty jailed for Pekalongan riots PEKALONGAN, Central Java (JP): The Pekalongan district court sentenced 30 people yesterday to between three days and three months imprisonment for their involvement in riots here last week.
Thu, 03 Apr 1997
Rights commission recommends circus halt work abuses
Rights commission recommends circus halt work abuses JAKARTA (JP): The National Commission on Human Rights has recommended the Oriental Circus Indonesia's management stop abusing the rights of its child workers.
Thu, 03 Apr 1997
Seminar on Sukarno delayed
Seminar on Sukarno delayed JAKARTA (JP): After a week of polemics, the government decided yesterday to postpone a controversial seminar on a speech by the late president Sukarno until after the May 29 election.
Thu, 03 Apr 1997
Adi Sasono blames unrest on disparity
Adi Sasono blames unrest on disparityBy Yenni Kwok JAKARTA (JP): A topic that Adi Sasono, the secretary-general of the Association of Indonesian Moslem Intellectuals (ICMI), always talks about passionately is the economic disparity between the ethnic Chinese and the have-nots, many of whom are...
Thu, 03 Apr 1997
Where to go in Bandung:
Where to go in Bandung:Music and Entertainments * Chedi Hotel, Jl. Rancabentang 56 - 58: Job (Pianist), 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.
Thu, 03 Apr 1997
Four gold miners die
Four gold miners die SAMARINDA, East Kalimantan: Four miners died in a landslide Saturday while working in a prohibited gold mining area in Kelian Dalam Long Iram, Kutai regency.The chief of Kutai District Police, Lt. Col.
Thu, 03 Apr 1997
Fisherman dies in border incident
Fisherman dies in border incident JAKARTA: One Indonesian fisherman was killed and two were wounded when Papua New Guinea (PNG) soldiers attacked their Taiwanese fishing boat in the Solomon Islands waters, Antara reported Wednesday.
Thu, 03 Apr 1997
Moscow's arms sales to New Delhi to continue
Moscow's arms sales to New Delhi to continueBy Sergei Strokan MOSCOW: India is and will remain Moscow's principal strategic partner in the Asia-Pacific region -- and its principal business partner in the regional arms trade.
Thu, 03 Apr 1997
Boat people stranded
Boat people stranded GRESIK, East Java: Engine trouble forced 44 Vietnamese boat people to land on Sembilangan island, near the East Java coastal town of Gresik, Monday while en route to Australia, an official said yesterday.
Thu, 03 Apr 1997
Defendant says they arrested the wrong man
Defendant says they arrested the wrong man JAKARTA (JP): A man on trial for defaming President Soeharto by printing an unlicensed magazine told the court yesterday that the court was trying the wrong person.
Thu, 03 Apr 1997
Bad timing
Bad timing All of president Sukarno's speeches were named. Nawaksara was the name given to the president's policy account before a general session of the Provisional People's Consultative Assembly in 1966. Specifically, it contained his account of the aborted coup d'etat of Sept.
Thu, 03 Apr 1997
Indonesia's risk rating ugraded to BBB-
Indonesia's risk rating ugraded to BBB- KUALA LUMPUR (Reuter): The U.S. rating firm Thomson BankWatch announced it has upgraded Indonesia's country risk rating to BBB- from BB+."Indonesia has continued to demonstrated strong economic resilience against a backdrop of slower regional trade and weaker...
Thu, 03 Apr 1997
KL rubber prices fall on competition
KL rubber prices fall on competition KUALA LUMPUR (Reuter): Malaysian rubber prices fell at the close as market adjusted to competition from Indonesia, traders said.At the close, the Malaysian Rubber Exchange and Licensing Board quoted April RSS1 buyer at 296.50 cents ($1.
Thu, 03 Apr 1997
Govt seeks environment audit power
Govt seeks environment audit power JAKARTA (JP): The government has drafted a bill which seeks to empower it to order companies to carry out environmental audits, State Minister of Environment Sarwono Kusumaatmadja said yesterday.
Thu, 03 Apr 1997
BI will probably limit majority bank shareholdings
BI will probably limit majority bank shareholdings JAKARTA (JP): Bank Indonesia, the central bank, will probably limit the ownership of institutions and individuals in banks to prevent the dominance of single majority shareholders, a senior official said yesterday.
Thu, 03 Apr 1997
Indonesian robusta beans come out, business slow
Indonesian robusta beans come out, business slow SINGAPORE (Reuter): Indonesian robusta coffee beans are beginning to come out but regional business has slowed sharply as exporters were sidelined by volatile markets in New York and London, regional traders said yesterday.
Thu, 03 Apr 1997
Try to dedicate 11 N. Sulawesi projects
Try to dedicate 11 N. Sulawesi projects MANADO, N Sulawesi (Antara): Vice President Try Soetrisno is scheduled to dedicate 11 projects in North Sulawesi worth Rp 897 billion (US$378.4 million) on April 12.
Thu, 03 Apr 1997
Foreigner arrested for cheating
Foreigner arrested for cheating JAKARTA (JP): A Cameroon man was arrested after cheating two people by promising to double their money, police spokesman said yesterday.Lt. Col. E. Aritonang said Fomenteu Nguefack Berlain Erick, 24, was arrested last Thursday for stealing Rp 10 million and US$10,000...
Thu, 03 Apr 1997
No Davis Cuppers expected to play in all matches
No Davis Cuppers expected to play in all matches JAKARTA (JP): Team manager Atet Wijono has predicted Indonesia's Davis Cuppers will not have to play in both the singles and doubles in the tie against New Zealand here from April 4 to April 6.
Thu, 03 Apr 1997
Bank Lippo expects more growth despite LBC woes
Bank Lippo expects more growth despite LBC woes JAKARTA (JP): Publicly listed Bank Lippo projects further profit growth this year amid reports its independent counterpart, Lippo Bank of California (LBC), was suffering financial problems.
Thu, 03 Apr 1997
Nestle plans Asian base
Nestle plans Asian base MANILA (AFP): Swiss food giant Nestle S.A. plans to make the Philippines its base for launching chocolate products into southeast Asia, a senior official of the company said yesterday.Michael Garrett, Nestle S.A.
Thu, 03 Apr 1997
RI confident of beating Cambodia
RI confident of beating Cambodia JAKARTA (JP): National coach Danurwindo said he was confident Indonesia could beat Cambodia in the World Cup Asian zone qualifier here on April 6.Danurwindo, head coach of the national team PSSI, said Tuesday he was confident of success after observing the results...