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Tue, 18 Mar 1997
Foreign banks 'to help' small firms
Foreign banks 'to help' small firms JAKARTA (JP): Bank Indonesia, the central bank, plans to make it compulsory for joint ventures and foreign banks in Indonesia to allocate at least 20 percent of their overall credit to small businesses.
Tue, 18 Mar 1997
Staffing our civil service
Staffing our civil service It is public knowledge that many people have been paying their way to get into the civil service for a number of years now. No one finds it ironic that a person is willing to pay millions of rupiah -- the equivalent of several years of income for an upstart civil servant...
Tue, 18 Mar 1997
S'pore's chemical ambition checked by its neighbors
S'pore's chemical ambition checked by its neighbors SINGAPORE (Reuter): Singapore is forging ahead with its plan to develop a major petrochemical production hub to service Southeast Asia, but intense competition from neighbours is slowing its growth, industry analysts said yesterday.
Tue, 18 Mar 1997
Zarina's friend contradicts police testimony
Zarina's friend contradicts police testimony JAKARTA (JP): The testimony of a witness in the trial of Zarina, a 25-year-old would-be actress charged with producing, possessing, and distributing 29,677 Ecstasy pills, contradicted yesterday testimonies by police last week.
Tue, 18 Mar 1997
Minister urges coffee consumption to stabilize price
Minister urges coffee consumption to stabilize price SURABAYA, East Java (JP): The minister of agriculture, Sjarifudin Baharsjah, called yesterday for a campaign promoting drinking coffee.The minister said an increase in domestic coffee consumption was needed to stabilize local coffee prices.
Tue, 18 Mar 1997
More officials join debate on foreign observers
More officials join debate on foreign observers JAKARTA (JP): The government is slowly revealing its agenda for the foreign observers who will be invited to monitor the May 29 general election, with more officials announcing what the foreigners will and will not be allowed to do.
Mon, 17 Mar 1997
ITC holds two-day meeting
ITC holds two-day meeting JAKARTA (JP): The Italian Trade Commission (ITC) here will hold a two-day meeting with a number of local companies dealing with foundry and automotive industry from March 17 to 18.
Mon, 17 Mar 1997
Govt's declaining dignity causing more violence
Govt's declaining dignity causing more violence The culture of violence has become the talk of the people following the recent spate of riots in a number of cities. Some believe that it has become embedded in all levels of society.
Mon, 17 Mar 1997
Freedom to vote
Freedom to vote On March 8 Kompas published an article titled Civil servants bear no political responsibility. The article was in connection with the President's speech at the official opening of a seminar organized by the Indonesian Administration Scholars Association (PERSADI).
Mon, 17 Mar 1997
British expert to probe into crash
British expert to probe into crash KUALA LUMPUR (AFP): An aviation expert from Britain's Air Accident Investigation Board has arrived to help investigate the helicopter crash which killed auto king Yahaya Ahmad, a senior aviation official said yesterday.
Mon, 17 Mar 1997
Row won't deter S'pore investment to Malaysia
Row won't deter S'pore investment to Malaysia KUALA LUMPUR (AFP): Malaysia will keep luring Singaporean investors and the criticism made by senior minister Lee Kuan Yew on Johor state will not deter further investment, a business analyst said Saturday.
Mon, 17 Mar 1997
RI's investment in Vietnam
RI's investment in Vietnam JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia ranks as the seventh largest investor in Vietnam with a total investment of US$2.4 billion, the Indonesian ambassador to the country, Djafar H. Assegaf said.
Mon, 17 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.
Mon, 17 Mar 1997
Chinese ships to visit RP
Chinese ships to visit RP MANILA (AP): Chinese navy ships will visit the Philippines next week as the two countries try to strengthen relations after a territorial dispute, officials said yesterday.The Chinese frigate, destroyer and escort ships will be in Manila March 23-26 after visiting Thailand...
Mon, 17 Mar 1997
Tunky installs Djoko
Tunky installs Djoko JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Industry and Trade Tunky Ariwibowo Saturday installed Djoko Moeljono as director general of international trade.Djoko, who was formerly the director general of domestic trade, replaced Anang Fuad Rivai who died last week after being struck by a...
Mon, 17 Mar 1997
Two women go blind for two days
Two women go blind for two days MAUMERE, East Nusa Tenggara: Two student nurses on work experience at Hilers Maumere hospital went blind last week for two days after they unwittingly entered the X-ray room.They read for 30 minutes in the x-ray room's light.
Mon, 17 Mar 1997
Several illiquid firms may be delisted from JSX
Several illiquid firms may be delisted from JSX JAKARTA (JP): Several publicly-listed companies whose shares are rarely traded might be delisted form the Jakarta Stock Exchange soon, an executive said over the weekend.
Mon, 17 Mar 1997
Thousands to be resettled
Thousands to be resettled PALANGKA RAYA, Central Kalimantan: About 44,000 East Javanese families will be resettled in the one-million-hectare peat moss project being developed here for agricultural use, an official was quoted by Antara as saying yesterday.
Mon, 17 Mar 1997
Musicians set up club to exchange ideas
Musicians set up club to exchange ideas JAKARTA (JP): Local performers of different music styles and ages have agreed to establish a club, scheduled to be inaugurated Tuesday by Minister/State Secretary Moerdiono, a popular patron among local artists.
Mon, 17 Mar 1997
Government wants 5% rise in forest royalties
Government wants 5% rise in forest royalties JAKARTA (JP): The Ministry of Forestry has proposed a 5 percent increase in forest royalties, but the business community is against the plan, Forest Minister Djamaludin Suryohadikusumo said over the weekend.
Mon, 17 Mar 1997
'NGOs needed for poll watch'
'NGOs needed for poll watch' JAKARTA (JP): The government should invite foreign non- governmental organizations (NGOs) as well as representatives of neighboring countries to observe the May 29 general election, two political analysts said yesterday.
Mon, 17 Mar 1997
China warned to stop drilling near Spratlys
China warned to stop drilling near Spratlys HANOI (Reuter): Vietnam has called on Beijing to stop drilling for oil close to the disputed Spratly islands, and its coast guards have sent repeated warnings to Chinese vessels nearby, the official Vietnam News Agency (VNA) said yesterday.
Mon, 17 Mar 1997
Couple held over forged bills
Couple held over forged bills JAKARTA (JP): Police said Saturday they were getting tougher on the couple they arrested last week for counterfeiting money in Serpong, Tangerang, about 30 kilometers south of here.
Mon, 17 Mar 1997
Gus Dur urged to review membership of Israeli body
Gus Dur urged to review membership of Israeli body JAKARTA (JP): Enigmatic Moslem leader Abdurrahman Wahid has been advised to review his controversial decision to become a member of the Jerusalem-based Shimon Peres Institute.
Mon, 17 Mar 1997
Cathay adds frequency
Cathay adds frequency JAKARTA (JP): Hong Kong airline Cathay Pacific will start its fifth weekly flight between Denpasar and Hong Kong on March 30.It will leave Denpasar in the afternoon and the return flight will leave Hong Kong in the morning.
Mon, 17 Mar 1997
Ali Sadikin summoned over Soebadio's book
Ali Sadikin summoned over Soebadio's book JAKARTA (JP): The Attorney General's Office will question government critic Ali Sadikin today in its investigation of another critic, Soebadio Sastrosatomo, whose book was banned recently.Ali's lawyer, Munir, said his client had received a summons Thursday.
Mon, 17 Mar 1997
Moslem leaders tell public to wait for democracy
Moslem leaders tell public to wait for democracy JAKARTA (JP): Moslem leaders are calling for gradual democratization and warning the community against violent change.Outspoken Moslem scholar Amien Rais said Saturday the public should not strive for democracy through revolution because it might...
Mon, 17 Mar 1997
150,705 in NTT illiterate
150,705 in NTT illiterate MAUMERE, East Nusa Tenggara: Provincial education office chief Josua Cornelius Mebeo said over the weekend that 150,705 of the province's 3.6 million people were illiterate.Josua said the government planned to run literacy programs for 32,000 people in the 1997/1998 fiscal...
Mon, 17 Mar 1997
Moral upbringing
Moral upbringingFrom MerdekaAs a parent I am quite concerned about public behavior, particularly among teenagers who no longer adhere to good manners and ethics in the company of their parents, or women.I have often observed this on city buses, at school or in other public places.
Mon, 17 Mar 1997
Police free 18 suspects in Nipam drug case
Police free 18 suspects in Nipam drug case JAKARTA (JP): Eighteen of the 21 men and boys arrested when police seized two million Nipam 10 pills at a drug-packing factory last Thursday were released late Friday.
Mon, 17 Mar 1997
Harapan Kita-Connecticut deal
Harapan Kita-Connecticut deal JAKARTA (JP): A hospital for mothers and children hopes to learn how to create a better environment for child patients.On Friday, the private-run Harapan Kita hospital in West Jakarta signed an agreement with the Connecticut Children's Medical Center.
Mon, 17 Mar 1997
Truanting child drowns in 'pool' at building site
Truanting child drowns in 'pool' at building site JAKARTA (JP): It is not a swimming pool but children swim in the flooded excavation at the Kuningan Tower apartment site on Jl. Casablanca, South Jakarta.
Mon, 17 Mar 1997
Park owner to sue over abuse charges
Park owner to sue over abuse charges JAKARTA (JP): Frans Manansang, who owns the Taman Safari park near Bogor, West Java, has threatened to sue his former employees for saying the park employed and abused child labor.
Mon, 17 Mar 1997
Madurese, Dayak leaders agree to bury hatchet
Madurese, Dayak leaders agree to bury hatchet JAKARTA (JP): Thousands of people attended a ceremony in the West Kalimantan capital of Pontianak, Saturday, in which leaders of Madurese migrants and indigenous Dayaks vowed to bury the hatchet.
Mon, 17 Mar 1997
Customs value of imports to come from transaction value
Customs value of imports to come from transaction valueBy Riyadi JAKARTA (JP): The Directorate General of Customs and Excise will change the customs value of imported goods from prevailing market value to transaction value, but will not change the goods' coding system.
Mon, 17 Mar 1997
The dangers of allowing communalism to spread
The dangers of allowing communalism to spreadBy Makmur Keliat SURABAYA (JP): Where is Indonesian politics heading? Why has social violence increased? Is it right to say that the recent violence in Situbondo, followed by Tasikmalaya and Rengasdengklok, symbolizes the resistance of the poor?Various...
Mon, 17 Mar 1997
The 'White Group' in election
The 'White Group' in election Unlike the other contestants in the upcoming general election there is no formal organization to accommodate Golput (the "White Group", or group of non-voters). It does not have a board, nor does it have any rules.
Mon, 17 Mar 1997
On foreign observers
On foreign observers A week after Minister of Home Affairs Moch. Yogie S.M.'s surprise announcement that foreign observers will be allowed to monitor all stages of the May 29 election, nothing but positive reactions have been aired, both at home and abroad.
Mon, 17 Mar 1997
JSX share prices expected to be mixed this week
JSX share prices expected to be mixed this week JAKARTA (JP): Share prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (JSX) are expected to be mixed this week as fears of a rise in U.S. interest rates linger.Securities analysts said the outlook would remain poor with stocks just consolidating.
Mon, 17 Mar 1997
Don't spoil Condet
Don't spoil CondetFrom MerdekaAlthough I'm not originally from Condet, as a longtime resident of Jakarta, I sympathize with Condet's plight which has resurfaced and become a hot topic after the word spread that the Jakarta administration intended to buy up the area.
Mon, 17 Mar 1997
Earth quake rocks Bengkulu
Earth quake rocks Bengkulu BENGKULU, Bengkulu: An earth quake measuring 5.1 on the Richter scale jolted the province over the weekend. There was no immediate word on casualties or damage.The quake struck at around 7:30 Friday.
Mon, 17 Mar 1997
'Inconsistency worsens public's frustration'
'Inconsistency worsens public's frustration' BOGOR (JP): Noted sociologist Sardjono Jatiman said the municipality's inconsistency in enforcing its policies has worsened the frustration among people here.
Mon, 17 Mar 1997
Like your car, your PC needs regular maintenance too
Like your car, your PC needs regular maintenance tooBy Zatni Arbi JAKARTA (JP): If you happen to be using a HP DeskJet 850C, I have both good news and bad news for you. First here's the bad news: All four of the DeskJet 850Cs that we bought for my office last year had to be repaired for exactly the...
Mon, 17 Mar 1997
Small timber firms asked to merge
Small timber firms asked to merge JAKARTA (JP): Small and medium sized timber companies should merge with large ones to enable them to meet ecolabeling requirements, an executive has said.The chairman of East Kalimantan's chapter of the Indonesian Forestry Society, BS Suba, said over the weekend...
Mon, 17 Mar 1997
Timor to get water plant
Timor to get water plant JAKARTA (JP): PT Aguamor Timorindo will invest Rp 2.03 billion (US$845,961) to build a purified drinking water plant in East Timor, head of the East Timor Investment Coordinating Board, Basyirudin Yusuf, said in Dili over the weekend.
Mon, 17 Mar 1997
Medical staffs in Bandung to operate on 4-legged baby
Medical staffs in Bandung to operate on 4-legged baby JAKARTA (JP): A team of 40 doctors and paramedics at Hasan Sadikin Hospital in Bandung, West Java, are preparing to operate on a baby girl who was born with four feet and other deformities.Antara quoted Dr.
Mon, 17 Mar 1997
Domestic vehicle sales fell 22 percent in Februari
Domestic vehicle sales fell 22 percent in Februari JAKARTA (JP): Domestic vehicle sales dropped 22 percent last month to 24,281 from 31,522 in January, with "national" Timor car sales falling the hardest.
Mon, 17 Mar 1997
Spaniard paints with Balinese touch
Spaniard paints with Balinese touchBy Carla Bianpoen JAKARTA (JP): Several Spanish artists have come to Indonesia to have their creativity spurred by a culture different from their own, in an environment that contains aspects similar to their own, but nevertheless foreign.
Mon, 17 Mar 1997
E. Java stops buying papers
E. Java stops buying papers SURABAYA (JP): The East Java provincial administration is saving money by canceling its subscriptions to 34 newspapers and magazines.An official said the administration had decided to cancel 90.
Mon, 17 Mar 1997
Direct call from Arabia
Direct call from Arabia JAKARTA (JP): State-owned international telecommunications firm PT Indosat is again offering its Indonesia Direct collect call service from Saudi Arabia to Indonesian haj pilgrims, an executive said over the weekend.