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Wed, 19 Mar 1997
Foreign fishermen deported
Foreign fishermen deported MANADO, North Sulawesi: Eight Filipino fishermen have been deported by the immigration office here for entering the province without proper documents, Antara reported yesterday.
Wed, 19 Mar 1997
Wismoyo tells swimmers to win back national pride
Wismoyo tells swimmers to win back national pride JAKARTA (JP): Wismoyo Arismunandar, the National Sports Council's chairman, went to the Senayan Swimming Pool yesterday to encourage the national swimming team to clean up in the pool at the 19th SEA Games.
Wed, 19 Mar 1997
Telkom responds
Telkom responds I am writing in reference to the letter New telephone line from S & J Watson (March 13).After checking the line on March 13, we found that the cause of the disturbance was the damage of multiplexer equipment, and we repaired the damage on the same day.
Wed, 19 Mar 1997
RP army attack on camp kills 11
RP army attack on camp kills 11 COTABATO, Philippines (AFP): An army bombing raid on a Moslem camp in the southern Philippines hit a school killing 10 teenage pupils and their teacher, Moro guerrilla leaders charged yesterday.
Wed, 19 Mar 1997
BT sees S'pore as Asian telecom hub
BT sees S'pore as Asian telecom hub SINGAPORE (Reuter): British Telecommunications Plc (BT) said yesterday it aimed to turn Singapore into an Asian communications hub if it and its partners won their bid for a license to operate telephone services there from 2000.
Wed, 19 Mar 1997
Soeharto blasts hasty analyses
Soeharto blasts hasty analysesBy Dwi Atmanta MEDAN (JP): President Soeharto criticized Indonesian social scientists yesterday for issuing what he called unsubstantiated analyses of the unrest that rocked the country in recent months.
Tue, 18 Mar 1997
Eastern flood canal project won't be canceled, says Rais
Eastern flood canal project won't be canceled, says Rais JAKARTA (JP): Deputy governor of economic and development affairs Tb. M. Rais said yesterday the municipality would not cancel the long-planned eastern canal project.
Tue, 18 Mar 1997
Forest royalties set by April
Forest royalties set by April JAKARTA (JP): The government will announce whether it will increase forest royalties by April 1, forestry minister Djamaludin Suryohadikusuma said yesterday."We will see the capability of forestry concessionaires to pay royalties before deciding on any increase," he...
Tue, 18 Mar 1997
Garuda to sell hotels in consolidation scheme
Garuda to sell hotels in consolidation scheme JAKARTA (JP): National flag carrier Garuda Indonesia will finalize the sale of its two hotels in April, the airline's president, Soepandi, said yesterday."We hope we will be able to sign the sales before the end of next month," he said.
Tue, 18 Mar 1997
10 questioned over riot
10 questioned over riot PRAYA, West Nusa Tenggara: Central Lombok police have detained 10 people allegedly involved in Saturday's rioting, a press report said yesterday.Central Lombok regent Ircham said the authorities would take harsh action against those found guilty of inciting the riot and...
Tue, 18 Mar 1997
Aid for quake victims embezzled
Aid for quake victims embezzled BANDAR LAMPUNG, Lampung: Lampung University student activists demanded yesterday that the results of an investigation into the alleged embezzlement of aid for Liwa quake victims be made public.
Tue, 18 Mar 1997
TV today
TV todayTVRI 2:30 p.m. Travel: My Country 2:35 TV Series: Berenstain Bears 3:00 News: Lintasan Berita 3:05 Children's Program: Diletansia 3:30 Science Film: Four Minute Mile 4:00 News: Lintasan Berita 4:05 Science and Technology Film 4:30 Culture: Pelangi Budaya; Perkawinan Adat Biak 4:55 Filler...
Tue, 18 Mar 1997
Cause of teenagers mischief
Cause of teenagers mischiefFrom Pikiran RakyatI am an organization instructor at a government-recognized private school in Bandung. The high school is not big and there are not many students. Despite this, it has carved itself a name with organizing instruction courses like mine.
Tue, 18 Mar 1997
PT Sliontec to set up adhesive tape plant
PT Sliontec to set up adhesive tape plant JAKARTA (JP): PT Sliontec Ekadharma Indonesia will spend Rp 33.32 billion (US$14 million) setting up a tape adhesive plant in MM 2100 industrial estate in Cibitung, West Java, in May.
Tue, 18 Mar 1997
SE Asian palm oil markets seen weak
SE Asian palm oil markets seen weak KUALA LUMPUR (Reuter): Southeast Asian palm oil markets are likely be weak this week, with bearish February supply/demand figures released at the weekend seen having a negative impact on the Malaysian market.
Tue, 18 Mar 1997
EARTHQUAKE TERROR:
EARTHQUAKE TERROR: JP/oby JP/arh Hundreds of private companies' employees working in multi- story buildings on thoroughfares, such as Jl. Jend. Sudirman (see photos) lined up outside their evacuated buildings following the tremor which rocked the city yesterday.
Tue, 18 Mar 1997
Social scientists gather
Social scientists gather JAKARTA (JP): Social scientists from universities across Indonesia start a five-day congress and series of seminars in Medan, North Sumatra today to draft recommendations for fellow professionals on how to anticipate tougher future challenges.
Tue, 18 Mar 1997
Our country should not decline
Our country should not declineFrom KompasAfter more than 50 years of independence Indonesia now has many intellectuals and thinkers. The situation is clearly different from conditions 60 to 65 years ago. At the time whatever a leader said was trusted and accepted.The situation has now changed.
Tue, 18 Mar 1997
Journalism quiz for students
Journalism quiz for students JAKARTA (JP): As part of the commemoration of National Press Day, which falls on Feb. 9, the Indonesian Journalists Association Jakarta chapter is to hold a journalism quiz for senior high school students.
Tue, 18 Mar 1997
RI customs law triggers panic
RI customs law triggers panic JAKARTA (JP): Frightened producer importers have stockpiled six months of supplies, fearing that the implementation of the 1995 customs law starting on April 1 could hinder the flow of imports for quite some time.
Tue, 18 Mar 1997
Bus kills student, injures nine
Bus kills student, injures nine PURWOKERTO, Central Java: A speeding bus plowed into a crowd of students, killing one and injuring nine in Pakuncen, 15 kilometers west of here yesterday.The police saved the bus driver, Zaenuri, 27, from being beaten up by an angry mob, eyewitnesses said.
Tue, 18 Mar 1997
Nine Jelambar residents too scared to go home
Nine Jelambar residents too scared to go home JAKARTA (JP): Nine residents of Jelambar, West Jakarta, have not been able return home for a week as of yesterday because they were scared of being intimidated by neighbors.
Tue, 18 Mar 1997
Malaysia to invest $5 billion in IMTGT
Malaysia to invest $5 billion in IMTGT JAKARTA (JP): Malaysian businesspeople have pledged to invest about US$5 billion in the triangular area linking northern Sumatra, western Malaysia and southern Thailand.
Tue, 18 Mar 1997
A reflection of foreigners' trust
A reflection of foreigners' trust Prajogo Pangestu, through his PT Tanjungenim Lestari Pulp and Paper (TLPP) paper mill, last week signed a US$991 million loan. All the creditors were foreigners. Not a single local bank was involved, as was also the case in the financing of the Bakrie group's...
Tue, 18 Mar 1997
Rp 6b more to make Games bigger splash
Rp 6b more to make Games bigger splash JAKARTA (JP): An extra Rp 6 billion (US$2.5 million) will be spent to make the 19th SEA Games ceremonies more spectacular, organizers said yesterday.Rudolph S Warouw, the organizing committee's secretary- general, said the committee had raised its budget from...
Tue, 18 Mar 1997
28 RI women allegedly mistreated in Singapore
28 RI women allegedly mistreated in Singapore JAKARTA (JP): Twenty-eight Indonesian women working as domestic helpers in Singapore have been mistreated by their employers, according to an Indonesian cabinet minister.
Tue, 18 Mar 1997
RP coconut prices may move sideways
RP coconut prices may move sideways MANILA (Reuter): Coconut oil prices are expected to move sideways this week ahead of the Easter holiday, Manila vegetable oil traders said yesterday.Traders also said the annual convention of oilseeds processors in the United States on March 19 to 21 would keep...
Tue, 18 Mar 1997
10 bus permits revoked for route deviations
10 bus permits revoked for route deviations JAKARTA (JP): The city land transportation control agency has temporarily revoked the permits of 10 public buses for violating regulations, an official said yesterday.
Tue, 18 Mar 1997
E. Java imports cattle
E. Java imports cattle JAKARTA (JP): East Java annually imports about 20,000 Australian cattle, far less than its import demand of 50,000, the head of the local farming agency, Padang Bambang Wiryono, said in Surabaya yesterday.
Tue, 18 Mar 1997
Vickers eyes one more firm
Vickers eyes one more firm JAKARTA (JP): PT Vickers Ballas Tamara, a joint venture securities company, expects to underwrite at least two initial public offerings (IPO) this year.The senior corporate finance manager of Vickers Ballas Tamara, Isamat Dalimunthe, said yesterday the company expected to...
Tue, 18 Mar 1997
Shares prices recover in slow trade
Shares prices recover in slow trade JAKARTA (JP): Share prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (JSX) gained ground yesterday in a moderate trade marred slightly by panic over the earthquake in Jakarta.The exchange's Composite Index rose 0.6 percent to 670.93 from 666.84 after dropping 2.
Tue, 18 Mar 1997
Villagers protest PLN's planned public listing
Villagers protest PLN's planned public listing JAKARTA (JP): Sixty Ciseeng, Cihoe and Cibentang villagers of the Bogor regency, claiming PLN cheated them in a high-voltage cable installation deal, went to Jakarta Stock Exchange (JSX) yesterday to demand the JSX reject PLN's planned public listing.
Tue, 18 Mar 1997
Corrupt bureaucrates attacked
Corrupt bureaucrates attacked JAKARTA (JP): A senior official at the Ministry of Home Affairs renewed his attack yesterday against fellow officials for taking bribes from prospective employees."There have been cases recently where the recruitment of Ministry of Home Affairs employees was done in...
Tue, 18 Mar 1997
Detained politicians refuse to be questioned
Detained politicians refuse to be questioned JAKARTA (JP): Politicians Sri Bintang Pamungkas and Julius Usman, currently under investigation for subversion, refused to answer any questions yesterday from the Attorney General's Office interrogators.
Tue, 18 Mar 1997
Quake causes panic in Jakarta
Quake causes panic in Jakarta JAKARTA (JP): An earthquake measuring 6.0 on the Richter scale sent people scurrying out of high rise buildings, shopping malls and homes in Jakarta yesterday.Believed to be the strongest quake to rock the capital, the tremor caused major panic, disrupting work in high...
Tue, 18 Mar 1997
Siswono backs Gus Dur's stance Israeli body
Siswono backs Gus Dur's stance Israeli body KENDAL, Central Java (JP): Minister of Transmigration Siswono Yudohusodo is backing enigmatic Moslem leader Abdurrahman Wahid's disputed decision to become a member of the Shimon Peres Institute.
Tue, 18 Mar 1997
Soeharto, Goh agree to boost ASEAN ties
Soeharto, Goh agree to boost ASEAN ties JAKARTA (JP): President Soeharto and Singapore Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong agreed yesterday to enhance economic cooperation between the seven ASEAN nations.The agreement came during a private meeting on Karimun Island, Riau.
Tue, 18 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.
Tue, 18 Mar 1997
No need to organized rallies for presidential candidacy: Legislator
No need to organized rallies for presidential candidacy: Legislator JAKARTA (JP): A legislator criticized groups yesterday who had already called for President Soeharto's reelection for the 1998 to 2003 term, labeling the moves as attempts to curry favor with the head of state.
Tue, 18 Mar 1997
Burglars make off with Rp25m goods
Burglars make off with Rp25m goods JAKARTA (JP): Five burglars threatened to stab an office boy working at an electronics shop in Central Jakarta before stealing Rp 20 million worth of goods yesterday.A sergeant at the Central Jakarta Police precinct said the burglars had arrived in a Kijang...
Tue, 18 Mar 1997
Small businesses needs empowering, researcher says
Small businesses needs empowering, researcher says JAKARTA (JP): The government should empower small-scale entrepreneurs to build a strong base for the nation's economy, a scholar said yesterday.Cornelis LAY of the Yogyakarta-based Gadjah Mada University told a discussion titled Islam and...
Tue, 18 Mar 1997
Asia's economies: Growth now, equity later
Asia's economies: Growth now, equity laterBy Johanna Son MANILA: Asia's surging economies are pressing ahead with liberalization and reforms aimed at spurring growth, but they still see concerns about equity and the social ill-effects of growth as secondary issues.
Tue, 18 Mar 1997
East Timor in photo display
East Timor in photo display JAKARTA (JP): The eight-year-old Jakarta Photographers' Society will exhibit 150 pictures on East Timor and its people's daily life.The color and black and white photos, snapped by 13 members of the club, will be on show in a four-day expo beginning Thursday at Taman...
Tue, 18 Mar 1997
Mar'ie says govt unlikely to reach revenue target
Mar'ie says govt unlikely to reach revenue target JAKARTA (JP): The minister of finance, Mar'ie Muhammad, said yesterday the government was unlikely to reach its tax revenue target for the 1996/1997 fiscal year which ends this month.
Tue, 18 Mar 1997
Experts give logical explanation for quake
Experts give logical explanation for quake JAKARTA (JP): To the superstitious, yesterday's earthquake may have been a premonition of sorts, but experts say there is a logical and scientific explanation for the phenomenon.
Tue, 18 Mar 1997
Malaysia launches industrial township
Malaysia launches industrial township KUANTAN, Malaysia (Reuter): Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad launched a US$1.6 billion industrial township built to make electrical appliances yesterday, part of a multi- pronged effort to go global with made-in-Malaysia products.
Tue, 18 Mar 1997
Environment law 'toothless'
Environment law 'toothless' PEKANBARU, Riau: State Minister of Environment Sarwono Kusumaatmadja wants tougher sentences for polluters and destroyers of natural resources.The courts only ever gives offenders probationary sentences although everyone agrees they have committed serious crimes, he said...
Tue, 18 Mar 1997
S'pore's Lee to retract statement
S'pore's Lee to retract statement SINGAPORE (AFP): Singaporean Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew yesterday said he was retracting a court document critical of a Malaysian state which triggered a diplomatic row between the two countries.
Tue, 18 Mar 1997
BII signs $35m FRCD
BII signs $35m FRCD HONG KONG (Reuter): PT Bank Internasional Indonesia's (BII) US$35 million floating rate certificates of deposit issue has closed, arranger HSBC Markets said yesterday.The five-year issue, which was launched through the bank's Cayman Islands branch, was issued at par to float at...
Tue, 18 Mar 1997
Stock Exchange
Stock ExchangeStock prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (in rupiah) on March 17, 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 1,200 0 167,000 Alumindo...