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Tue, 07 Jan 1997
Emission tests begin across the capital city
Emission tests begin across the capital city JAKARTA (JP): Emission tests began at five city sites yesterday, targeting testing of 10,000 cars by Thursday. In at least one of five sites, results were improved from last year, when the city launched the first of a three-part test.At the site on Jl.
Tue, 07 Jan 1997
Govt allots Rp 15b to develop sports
Govt allots Rp 15b to develop sports JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesian government, for the first time, is to provide Rp 15 billion (US$6,250,000) to develop sport in the country's 27 provinces, State Minister for Youth Affairs and Sports Hayono Isman, said yesterday.
Tue, 07 Jan 1997
Air China delays
Air China delays On Dec. 27, 1996, I flew Air China to Beijing, assuming that the country's "Visit China 1997" program would guarantee good service. I bought a return Jakarta-Beijing-Jakarta ticket.The flight (CA972) to Beijing stopped in Xiamen, a provincial capital in China, due to reported...
Tue, 07 Jan 1997
'Election must not bring anxiety'
'Election must not bring anxiety' JAKARTA (JP): Legislators agreed with President Soeharto yesterday that the general election in May should not cause suffering and trouble.Commenting on the President's state budget speech, in which he disclosed that the budget increase for political affairs was...
Tue, 07 Jan 1997
Guard killed in brothel
Guard killed in brothel JAKARTA (JP): A brothel patron stabbed a security guard yesterday in a fight in the Kalijodo red-light district in Penjaringan, North Jakarta.North Jakarta Police Chief Lt. Col. Rismawan said the victim, Armand, aged 24, who was fighting with another visitor in front of a...
Tue, 07 Jan 1997
Religious pluralism doesn't stir conflict, say experts
Religious pluralism doesn't stir conflict, say experts SURABAYA, East Java (JP): Different doctrines and religious teachings have never before incited conflict in Indonesia, experts concluded here yesterday.
Tue, 07 Jan 1997
House Speaker warns of widening disparities
House Speaker warns of widening disparities JAKARTA (JP): The widening economic and political disparities in Indonesian society may well trigger more mass violence, House Speaker Wahono warned yesterday.
Tue, 07 Jan 1997
Johnson gets green signal
Johnson gets green signal JAKARTA (JP): The immigration department of the Ministry of Justice said yesterday that Earvin "Magic" Johnson would be allowed to perform at the Senayan Indoor Stadium here tomorrow and Thursday as long as he is accompanied by a Ministry of Health medical team.
Tue, 07 Jan 1997
Toxic crater open to public
Toxic crater open to public SEMARANG: Central Java governor Soewardi played down yesterday the danger of poisonous gas emitted by a new crater on Mt. Dieng, saying the level of toxicity was so low it could be ignored.
Tue, 07 Jan 1997
Two killed by speeding train
Two killed by speeding train JAKARTA (JP): A train crushed to death yesterday two traders who were crossing a railway track in Buaran, East Jakarta.The victims were Hasanudin, 45, who hailed from Madura, East Java, and M.
Tue, 07 Jan 1997
Religious communities told to unite
Religious communities told to unite JAKARTA (JP): Jakarta Military Commander Maj. Gen. Sutiyoso appealed to city religious leaders to strengthen unity through mutual respect and the maintenance of good relations with the government.
Tue, 07 Jan 1997
Stock Exchange
Stock ExchangeStock prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (in rupiah) on Jan. 6, 1997: Shares Close Change Trading Volume ----------------------------------------------------- Ades Alfindo 1,000 0 0 AHAP Insurance 2,675 0 0 Alumindo Light Metal 1,450 50 6,924,500 Alumindo Perkasa 750 0 1,500...
Tue, 07 Jan 1997
Business leaders praise draft of state budget
Business leaders praise draft of state budget JAKARTA (JP): Business leaders say the 1997/1998 draft state budget unveiled yesterday reflects the government's intention to increase the role of provinces in national development.
Tue, 07 Jan 1997
Hotel plants trees in Puncak
Hotel plants trees in Puncak JAKARTA (JP): In an attempt to curb floods in Jakarta a private company has launched an environmental awareness campaign and planted 1,100 cinnamon trees along the Puncak resort area's main road.
Tue, 07 Jan 1997
RP inflation up to 5.1%
RP inflation up to 5.1% MANILA (AFP): The Philippines' inflation rate rose to 5.1 percent in December from 4.5 percent in November, the National Statistics Office (NSO) said Monday.This figure brought the average inflation rate in 1996 to 8.4 percent, up from 8.
Tue, 07 Jan 1997
Pope ordains East Timor bishop
Pope ordains East Timor bishop VATICAN CITY (AFP): Pope John Paul II ordained 12 bishops yesterday including a second bishop for Indonesia's province of East Timor.Monsignor Basilio do Nascimento, former assistant to 1996 Nobel peace prize laureate Bishop Carlos Ximenes Belo, becomes the bishop of...
Tue, 07 Jan 1997
Chaotic bus terminal in Bogor
Chaotic bus terminal in BogorFrom KompasA pedestrian bridge was recently built next to Bogor's Baranangsiang intercity bus terminal. A number of beggars have now taken up permanent positions on the bridge, hampering the flow of pedestrians.
Tue, 07 Jan 1997
Police arrest 72 students for brawling
Police arrest 72 students for brawling JAKARTA (JP): Police arrested 72 of the hundreds of students involved in a mass brawl on Jl. MT Haryono, East Jakarta, yesterday.The violence started when a posse from an East Jakarta technical senior high school (STM) who had commandeered a 50-seat public bus...
Tue, 07 Jan 1997
RI bridge stars eye top three at Cup Volmac
RI bridge stars eye top three at Cup Volmac JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia's highest-rated bridge pair, Henky Lasut and Eddy Manoppo, expects to scale the podium in next week's Cup Volmac tournament, in which only 16 pairs enter the fray.
Tue, 07 Jan 1997
EN, Motorola ink deal
EN, Motorola ink deal JAKARTA (JP): PT Elektrindo Nusantara (EN), a subsidiary of the diversified Bimantara Group, has signed an agreement with telecommunications giant Motorola of the United States to set up a wireless data network in Indonesia.
Tue, 07 Jan 1997
PT Astra launches new model of Kijang
PT Astra launches new model of Kijang JAKARTA (JP): PT Toyota Astra Motor, a subsidiary of the country's largest automaker PT Astra International, launched a totally new model of Kijang van yesterday amid tight competition in the country's car market.
Tue, 07 Jan 1997
Computer failure upsets drivers license appliacants
Computer failure upsets drivers license appliacants JAKARTA (JP): Computer breakdown at the new drivers license office in West Jakarta upset thousands of drivers license applicants yesterday.Antara reported that at 11:30 a.m.
Tue, 07 Jan 1997
Waves disrupt sea transport
Waves disrupt sea transport KUPANG, East Nusa Tenggara: High waves have virtually crippled shipping between Kupang and Larantuka, Ende and Rote over the past three weeks, officials said yesterday.Shipping companies have grounded their smaller ferries indefinitely due to the very bad weather, a...
Tue, 07 Jan 1997
National Library gets priceless slides
National Library gets priceless slides JAKARTA (JP): The Lontar Foundation presented yesterday more than 300 slides of images from illuminated manuscripts on Indonesian writing traditions to the National Library.
Tue, 07 Jan 1997
Press comes under fire at House session
Press comes under fire at House session JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesian press was targeted with criticism yesterday for reporting which had allegedly stirred up trouble.President Soeharto, in his state budget speech before the House of Representatives, warned the press and community leaders to avoid...
Tue, 07 Jan 1997
Govt urged to include tariff policy in budget
Govt urged to include tariff policy in budget JAKARTA (JP): The government should include proposed utility charges in the draft state budget, members of the House of Representatives said yesterday.Tadjuddin Noer Said, a member of the House Budgetary Commission from the dominant Golkar faction said...
Tue, 07 Jan 1997
Prudent budget
Prudent budget The structures of revenue and spending plans for the 1997/1998 fiscal year beginning in April are very similar to the current state budget, which is based on a conservative fiscal policy. The 11.6 percent nominal increase, or 5 percent in real terms (adjusted for the 6.
Tue, 07 Jan 1997
Incidence of local poverty declines in 1996
Incidence of local poverty declines in 1996 JAKARTA (JP): The number of Indonesians living below the poverty line dropped to 22 million in 1996 from almost 26 million in 1993, President Soeharto said yesterday.
Tue, 07 Jan 1997
President Soeharto unveils 1997-1998 draft budget
President Soeharto unveils 1997-1998 draft budget President Soeharto unveiled the draft of the annual state budget yesterday before a plenary session of the House of Representatives (DPR). The following is an unofficial, condensed translation of the budget transcript.
Tue, 07 Jan 1997
'Current account deficit manageable'
'Current account deficit manageable' JAKARTA (JP): Bank Indonesia Governor J. Soedradjad Djiwandono said the widening current account deficit would be manageable, with capital inflows remaining strong in the years to come.
Tue, 07 Jan 1997
EDB investment scheme
EDB investment scheme SINGAPORE (AFP): The Economic Development Board (EDB) has stepped up co-investments with multinationals and local firms with a commitment of S$227.6 million (US$162 million) in 1996, officials said yesterday.
Tue, 07 Jan 1997
Where to go in Jakarta:
Where to go in Jakarta:Music * Hotel Aryaduta, Jl. Prapatan 44-48, Central Jakarta: - Ambiente Italian Restaurant: Los Morenitos Vocal Group, Monday, Thursday, Sunday, 7:15 p.m. to 11 p.m.; Los Paraguas Vocal Group, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, 7:15 p.m. to 411 p.m.
Tue, 07 Jan 1997
Soeharto proposes tight budget
Soeharto proposes tight budget JAKARTA (JP): President Soeharto proposed increasing the state budget 11.6 percent for the 1997/1998 fiscal year at the House of Representatives yesterday.The draft budget, which when adjusted for inflation is only 5 percent larger than this year's budget, despite...
Tue, 07 Jan 1997
Installation of high voltage cables delayed
Installation of high voltage cables delayed BOGOR, West Java (JP): The completion of high voltage cables in four villages was delayed yesterday, as residents persuaded technicians and security officers to wait for the settlement of compensation claims.
Tue, 07 Jan 1997
S & P puts Matahari on CreditWatch listing
S & P puts Matahari on CreditWatch listing JAKARTA (JP): Standard and Poor's Corp has put PT Matahari Putra Prima's BB corporate credit rating and Matahari International Finance Co. B.V.'s Rp 237 billion (US$100 million) notes' BB rating on a CreditWatch list for developing implications.
Mon, 06 Jan 1997
Dutch interior minister questions city autonomy
Dutch interior minister questions city autonomy JAKARTA (JP): Decentralization of the Jakarta administration was among the topics questioned Saturday by the Interior Minister of the Netherlands Hans F. Dijkstal.
Mon, 06 Jan 1997
PDI birthday in Palu
PDI birthday in Palu PALU, Central Sulawesi: Minister of Home Affairs Moch. Yogie SM and Armed Forces Chief Gen. Feisal Tanjung are scheduled to attend a ceremony marking the anniversary of the Indonesian Democratic Party (PDI) in Tentena, a resort town near Lake Poso on Jan. 10, Antara said.
Mon, 06 Jan 1997
D-8 must be pragmatic, realitic, says Alatas
D-8 must be pragmatic, realitic, says Alatas JAKARTA (JP): At a ministerial meeting in Turkey yesterday, Indonesia expressed its support for the formation of the Developing Eight (D-8) group of eight Moslem developing states but urged that it set pragmatic and realistic goals.
Mon, 06 Jan 1997
Two floods hit Palu in a week
Two floods hit Palu in a week PALU, Central Sulawesi: Residents in Nunu village, West Palu district, were hit by flood on Saturday, the second time in seven days, Antara reported.The house of Central Sulawesi Governor Paliudju was also affected, where water was 45 centimeters deep.
Mon, 06 Jan 1997
Bambang's new fishing firm
Bambang's new fishing firm JAKARTA (JP): Bambang Trihatmodjo, President Soeharto's second son, said he wanted to enter the fishing business in eastern Indonesia in cooperation with the Navy."We also want to take part in the development of the fishing industry in the eastern part of the country by...
Mon, 06 Jan 1997
Situbondo ready to rebuild
Situbondo ready to rebuild SITUBONDO, East Java: The military said it was ready to start rebuilding properties damaged in the October riot, Antara reported.The military had the funds, material and work force for the job, Maj. Gen.
Mon, 06 Jan 1997
Amien warns of limits on emancipation
Amien warns of limits on emancipation JAKARTA (JP): The chairman of the Muhammadiyah Moslem organization cautioned an Indonesian women's movement not to take the idea of emancipation too far, like their American counterparts have done.
Mon, 06 Jan 1997
Road conditions
Road conditionsFrom NeracaJl. Jembatan Batu in the Tanah Tinggi area, Central Jakarta, was inexplicably changed into a one-way street last month. Vegetable vendors now have their stalls in the roads along the riverbank.Traffic snarls are now a daily occurrence.
Mon, 06 Jan 1997
New regulations on poll campaigns deplored as vague
New regulations on poll campaigns deplored as vague JAKARTA (JP): The new regulations on election campaigns are vague and may be detrimental to the two minority parties, according to two political observers from the University of Indonesia.M.
Mon, 06 Jan 1997
Lebong Tandai gold mine needs investors
Lebong Tandai gold mine needs investors JAKARTA (JP): A 4,600-hectare gold mine in Lebong Tandai, North Bengkulu, needs new investors to replace the revoked operator PT Lusang Mining, an official said.A spokesman from the Bengkulu administration, Gafur Syukur, said the gold mine was operated by...
Mon, 06 Jan 1997
Land, building disputes up in 1996: City Council
Land, building disputes up in 1996: City Council JAKARTA (JP): The City Council announced yesterday that 51 of the 82 protests by people last year were related to land disputes.However Djenny Suharso, deputy chairman of the Indonesian Democratic Party faction at the Council, said the number had...
Mon, 06 Jan 1997
Arun exported 11.3m tons of LNG to S. Korea in 1996
Arun exported 11.3m tons of LNG to S. Korea in 1996 JAKARTA (JP): PT Arun Lhokseumawe in North Aceh exported last year 11.3 million tons of liquefied natural gas (LNG) in 200 shipments to South Korea, the company's general manager H. Sunardi said over the weekend.
Mon, 06 Jan 1997
Mataram college changes name
Mataram college changes name MATARAM, West Nusa Tenggara: The government will go ahead with its plan to change the name of the National Islamic Religious Institute to the State Islamic High Institution despite protests by students, Antara said.
Mon, 06 Jan 1997
Indonesia'a rice targeted at 52 million tons this year
Indonesia'a rice targeted at 52 million tons this year JAKARTA (JP): The government is upbeat the country's unhusked rice production would meet the target of 52.19 million tons this year, despite an expected drought.
Mon, 06 Jan 1997
Urbanization
UrbanizationFrom KompasAn increase in urbanization becomes a matter of fact following Idul Fitri celebrations and the termination of the academic half- year vacation. In fact, it is the right of all individuals to enjoy a better livelihood.