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Sun, 23 Mar 1997
East Flores regency hopes to exploit tourism potential
East Flores regency hopes to exploit tourism potentialText and photos by Yacob Herin LARANTUKA, Flores (JP): Tourism in East Flores is marked by a wealth of natural and cultural attractions.Many sites in the mountainous and coastal areas have great potential.
Sun, 23 Mar 1997
YKCI works for copyright protection, remuneration
YKCI works for copyright protection, remunerationBy Helly Minarti JAKARTA (JP): Do you want to listen to the latest song by your favorite band but have no money to buy the cassette or CD? No problem. Just tune in a radio station, request the song, and you'll have it for free.
Sun, 23 Mar 1997
The headache of customary regulations in Gianyar
The headache of customary regulations in GianyarBy Putu Wirata DENPASAR (JP): The body of Ni Wayan Pasek, 55, had been in the house for more than one month. The head of the desa adat (traditional village) would not allow the family to bury the deceased in the cemetery due to a dispute over the Pura...
Sun, 23 Mar 1997
Fariz is back after all the 1980s hits
Fariz is back after all the 1980s hitsBy Helly Minarti JAKARTA (JP): There are many roads for musicians to explore today. Fariz Roestam Moenaf, a well-known whizkid-pop musician in the 1980s, is one of those who has taken a different road to build a new career.
Sun, 23 Mar 1997
Maid life not an easy option for village girls
Maid life not an easy option for village girlsBy Rosa Widyawan JAKARTA (JP): Housemaids are critical in a household in which both the husband and wife work. Child care, the management of daily expenses, gardening and dish washing are just a handful of the matters handled by housemaids.
Sun, 23 Mar 1997
RI workers in HK need legal protection
RI workers in HK need legal protection HONG KONG (JP): When Ina, 25, left home in rural East Java, she chose to work in Hong Kong instead of one of the other migrant worker destinations, such as Saudi Arabia or Malaysia."Hong Kong is the only country that has good protection for workers," she said.
Sun, 23 Mar 1997
TV today
TV todayTVRI 6:00 a.m. Religious Teachings: Hikmah Pagi 6:25 Morning news 6:45 Healthy and Fit 7:00 News 7:30 TV Series: Speed Racer 8:00 Fashion: Tata Busana 8:30 Information 9:00 English News Service 9:30 People and Events 10:00 Music: Album Minggu Ini 11:00 Children's Story: Cerita Untuk Anak...
Sun, 23 Mar 1997
TV, TV on the wall, who's the fairest of them all?
TV, TV on the wall, who's the fairest of them all? JAKARTA (JP): The singer, mini-skirted and heavily made-up, was basking in the on-screen attention. Her duet partner crooned sweetly to her, and she responded with a sexy shake of her hips.
Sun, 23 Mar 1997
International record labels plan to court local talent
International record labels plan to court local talentBy Dini S. Djalal JAKARTA (JP): The competition in Indonesia's pop music industry is heating up, but surviving the competition offers considerable rewards.
Sun, 23 Mar 1997
Simple yet aesthetic, the photos of Boediardjo
Simple yet aesthetic, the photos of BoediardjoBy Amir Sidharta JAKARTA (JP): In the past, I used to see Boediardjo taking pictures with his Leica at cultural events in Jakarta. However, until recently, I had never seen his photographs.
Sun, 23 Mar 1997
A fragment of Indonesia in Vietnam
A fragment of Indonesia in VietnamBy Dewi Anggraeni HO CHI MINH CITY (JP): If you met Mohamach Abdoula in a restaurant in town and heard him speak Vietnamese fluently and flawlessly, it would never occur to you to tell him apart from other local gentlemen around.
Sun, 23 Mar 1997
Ade Rai dreams of opening up gym for juniors
Ade Rai dreams of opening up gym for juniorsBy Primastuti Handayani JAKARTA (JP): The name I Gusti Agung Rai Kusuma Yudha may mean nothing to sports lovers, but if they knew that it was the real name of Ade Rai they would surely respond differently.
Sun, 23 Mar 1997
Bre-X stock plummets amid new twists
Bre-X stock plummets amid new twists TORONTO (Reuter): The saga of Bre-X Minerals Ltd. and its rich Indonesian gold discovery took another twist on Friday as doubts about the Busang deposit and the mysterious death of its chief geologist pushed investors to dump the stock.
Sun, 23 Mar 1997
Defector Hwang safe in RP
Defector Hwang safe in RP MANILA (Reuter): Top North Korean defector Hwang Jang-yop is under heavy guard in a safe place, eats Korean dishes prepared by a specially hired cook and spends his time watching cable TV, senior Philippine military officers said yesterday.
Sun, 23 Mar 1997
Guess What?
Guess What? Exotic-looking models are hot at the moment."I'm now finishing my TV show," said Kintan Umari.But she's not actually on the show. She is the producer and MC of the fashion program called Kaya Gaya, which RCTI will start airing on April 5.
Sun, 23 Mar 1997
'Kantata Samsara': The music of Power
'Kantata Samsara': The music of PowerBy Franki Raden JAKARTA (JP): When hard rock and underground music in the West brought about social reformation movements in the 1960s, Indonesian youngsters reacted spontaneously.
Sun, 23 Mar 1997
'The English Patient', a mosaic of meditative aspects
'The English Patient', a mosaic of meditative aspectsBy Laksmi Pamuntjak-Djohan JAKARTA (JP): Europeans have been known to leave their cold and structured homelands for the North African desert, ultimately to deal with lost loves, painful love, the fear that new loves would be impossible to find.
Sun, 23 Mar 1997
Home favorite Kasiyadi reatain title by one stroke
Home favorite Kasiyadi reatain title by one strokeBy Robert Soelistyo SURABAYA (JP): Home favorite and defending champion Kasiyadi earned his billing as the country's leading golfer yesterday when he won the Bukit Darmo Golf Championship by one stroke with a four-round, 8-under-par total of 280.
Sun, 23 Mar 1997
GM Michael Adams smashes Morovic in six-game match
GM Michael Adams smashes Morovic in six-game matchBy Kristianus Liem JAKARTA (JP): Grandmaster Michael Adams, the second best player in Britain after Nigel Short, smashed Chilean Grandmaster Ivan Fernandez Morovic 4.5-1.5 in a six-game match in Santiago, Chile, between Jan. 16 and Jan 22.
Sun, 23 Mar 1997
AB Three don't want to be young forever
AB Three don't want to be young forever JAKARTA (JP): If there is a will, there is a way, and with a pinch of luck, one will probably stay. For the young and energetic singing trio AB Three, their strong will and bags of luck have definitely led them on the right path to fame and fortune.
Sun, 23 Mar 1997
Indonesian pop music goes pop
Indonesian pop music goes popBy Dini S. Djalal The Indonesian music industry is booming, with a bunch of young artists trying their luck in the business. But they can not always play merry tunes as climbing the stairway of success is not easy. The Jakarta Post's contributors, Dini S.
Sun, 23 Mar 1997
Low pay awaits Indonesian workers in Hong Kong
Low pay awaits Indonesian workers in Hong Kong Finding a job is not always easy. Some have to leave their family and homelands to try their luck abroad. Yenni Kwok, a contributor to The Jakarta Post, recently went to Hong Kong to observe the condition of Indonesian migrant workers on the island.
Sat, 22 Mar 1997
Depiction of Prophet protested
Depiction of Prophet protested JAKARTA (JP): Ten Moslem students staged a peaceful demonstration outside the United States embassy yesterday over what they called "America's intolerance of Islam".The representatives of the Jakarta Moslem Students Forum protested the depiction of Prophet Muhammad in...
Sat, 22 Mar 1997
Counterfeit tickets
Counterfeit ticketsFrom MerdekaI find the circulation of counterfeit tickets for the Tangerang-Surabaya soccer match in Tangerang, West Java irritating.While sports organizers are busy finding possibilities of raising funds (including ticket sales), there is now another side that misuses the...
Sat, 22 Mar 1997
First of March 1949
First of March 1949From Pikiran RakyatIn compliance with Djaka Rubiyanto's query in his letter "First of March 1949" (quoted by The Jakarta Post on March 15), here is my reply.The attack launched by the State Police Mobile Brigade together with members of the KRIS Brigade XVI on the night of Jan 9,...
Sat, 22 Mar 1997
Shattuck meets human rights activists in East Timor
Shattuck meets human rights activists in East Timor DILI (JP): U.S. Undersecretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor John Shattuck spent the last day of his two-day visit here yesterday meeting human rights activists.
Sat, 22 Mar 1997
Police shot dead two, arrest another four
Police shot dead two, arrest another four JAKARTA (JP): City police shot dead two fugitives and arrested another four during raids Wednesday night at different spots in the city.The chief of detectives for general affairs, Lt. Col.
Sat, 22 Mar 1997
What about it, PBSI?
What about it, PBSI?From MerdekaSince the recent failure of the Indonesian singles and doubles teams at the All England tournament, it appears that the year did not get off to a bright start for badminton players.
Sat, 22 Mar 1997
Soeharto to open Kalimantan bridge
Soeharto to open Kalimantan bridge JAKARTA: President Soeharto is expected to open an 1,082-meter-long bridge over the Barito River in April so that traffic can flow between South Kalimantan and Central Kalimantan.Governor Gusti Hassan Aman said after meeting Soeharto here yesterday that the 10.
Sat, 22 Mar 1997
Komunikasi gets $100m loan
Komunikasi gets $100m loan SINGAPORE (Reuter): Indonesian telecommunications company PT Komunikasi Selular Indonesia said yesterday it had raised US$100 million through a syndicated loan facility from the Asian dollar market.
Sat, 22 Mar 1997
Soeharto will choose next vice president: Amir
Soeharto will choose next vice president: Amir JAKARTA (JP): The President will ultimately choose the next vice president, Golkar former chairman Amir Murtono said yesterday.He said the constitution and a House of Representatives decree had given the President this authority.
Sat, 22 Mar 1997
City to remove 332 billboards
City to remove 332 billboards JAKARTA (JP): The city administration will remove 332 billboards starting Monday, the head of the City Revenue Office said yesterday. Reasons range from them having expired licenses to poor condition.
Sat, 22 Mar 1997
Tonasa operates new plant
Tonasa operates new plant JAKARTA (JP): PT Semen Tonasa, the South Sulawesi-based cement factory, will soon operate a cement bagging plant with a capacity of 300,000 tons per year in Palaran, East Kalimantan.
Sat, 22 Mar 1997
Ignorance blamed for piracy of intellectual property
Ignorance blamed for piracy of intellectual property JAKARTA (JP): Two prominent academics this week acknowledged that scientists and inventors' ignorance of their intellectual property rights contributed to rampant piracy and plagiarism.
Sat, 22 Mar 1997
Interest rates may rise next month
Interest rates may rise next month JAKARTA (JP): Bank interest rates, which have been sliding recently, will be put to the test later this month when banks have to settle their income tax, or early next month when they have to fulfill the new reserves requirement.C.
Sat, 22 Mar 1997
Banten villagers hit hardest by recent earthquake
Banten villagers hit hardest by recent earthquakeBy Wirasti Wiryono BANTEN, West Java (JP): Monday's earthquake has made life even harder for many in the remote villages of South Banten district, Pandeglang regency, as they struggle to get their lives back together.
Sat, 22 Mar 1997
Indonesia's energy needs
Indonesia's energy needs Indonesia's plan for nuclear stations on the slope of a volcano in densely populated Java is a cause for concern not only among its people but among countries of the region.Despite the recent assurance from Research and Technology Minister B.J.
Sat, 22 Mar 1997
Soeharto says election not a mere formality
Soeharto says election not a mere formality JAKARTA (JP): President Soeharto dismissed as untrue yesterday cynics' view that the coming election was a mere formality to legitimize his administration."The election is not a ploy by government to maintain the status quo.
Sat, 22 Mar 1997
Brunei frets about youths as govt aims for diverse economy
Brunei frets about youths as govt aims for diverse economyBy Bill Tarrant BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Brunei (Reuter): Some young people in Brunei are lazy and too choosy about jobs, Moslem clerics have declared in recent Friday sermons around the tiny oil sultanate.
Sat, 22 Mar 1997
INA wins US$850m deal in RI
INA wins US$850m deal in RI BONN (Reuter): German plant constructor Kloeckner Industrie Anlagen Gmbh (INA) said on Thursday it had won a contract jointly with other companies to build a cellulose plant in Indonesia.
Sat, 22 Mar 1997
Stock Exchange
Stock ExchangeStock prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (in rupiah) on March 21, 1997: Shares Close Change Trading Volume --------------------------------------------------------- Ades Alfindo 1,025 0 0 AHAP Insurance 2,675 0 0 Alter Abadi 1,175 0 0 Alumindo Light Metal 1,175 0 190,000 Alumindo...
Sat, 22 Mar 1997
Traffic congestion
Traffic congestionFrom Suara KaryaThe new traffic regulations implemented in the Kebon Jeruk area, West Jakarta have caused great concern to the community and road users, particularly women.The Mikrolet M-11 minibus which used to go via the elementary schools 01 and 08 and the junior high school...
Sat, 22 Mar 1997
Last two Hawk fighters arrive in Indonesia
Last two Hawk fighters arrive in Indonesia JAKARTA (JP): The last two of 24 Hawk-100 and Hawk-200 jet fighters which the government had ordered from Britain in 1993 arrived yesterday in Pekanbaru, Riau.Air Force chief spokesman Col.
Sat, 22 Mar 1997
Where to go in Jakarta:
Where to go in Jakarta:Music * Radisson Hotel, Jl. Pecenongan 72, Central Jakarta: - Lobby Lounge Bar; Vino on Bass and Yudi on Piano, Mona and Nongky (Singers), Monday to Saturday, 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. * Ancol Travelodge, Jl. Lodan Timur No.
Sat, 22 Mar 1997
NIIT to train Indonesians
NIIT to train Indonesians NEW DELHI (DPA): The National Institute of Information Technology (NIIT), a premier Indian software and computer training firm, has signed an agreement with an Indonesian organization for providing computer training services there, a senior NIIT official said yesterday.
Sat, 22 Mar 1997
RI to open centers in Hungary
RI to open centers in Hungary JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia wants to open a trade distribution center in Budapest in a bid to penetrate the markets of eastern and western Europe, Indonesian Ambassador to Hungary Hassan Abduldjalil has said.
Sat, 22 Mar 1997
At least 20 companies set to go public this year
At least 20 companies set to go public this year JAKARTA (JP): At least 20 state and private companies, including five private banks, are set to float shares on the local stock markets this year.The companies expect to raise around Rp 5 trillion (US$2.
Sat, 22 Mar 1997
Experience with Bank Niaga
Experience with Bank NiagaFrom Bisnis IndonesiaMy name is Yuwanita Purwadi. I am the wife of and legal heir to the late V. Mailuhu who died on Jan. 4, 1996. My late husband had a bank account at Bank Niaga, Kyai Tapa branch and the account number was 221.6726.2.11.
Sat, 22 Mar 1997
Pitchers head for China
Pitchers head for China JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesia Amateur Baseball and Softball Federation is training its three female pitchers and two female catchers in China in preparation for the 19th SEA Games.
Sat, 22 Mar 1997
Wardiman asked to help promote stock market
Wardiman asked to help promote stock market JAKARTA (JP): Capital Market Supervisory Agency (Bapepam) chairman I Putu Gde Ary Suta has asked the Ministry of Education and Culture to help it popularize the capital market throughout the country.