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RI seamen stranded in Iran brace for long, cold winter

RI seamen stranded in Iran brace for long, cold winter JAKARTA (JP): Thirteen Indonesian seamen stranded in Iran since last June are bracing for a long and cold winter as no agency appears to be willing to extend help.

Tourism development needs more private participation

Tourism development needs more private participation JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Tourism, Post and Telecommunications Joop Ave encouraged private firms here yesterday to improve their contribution to the development of the country's tourism, post and telecommunications sectors.

Materialism connection

Materialism connection The Speaker of the House of Representatives Wahono's remarks on the lack of sensitivity and vision in relation to people's problems (The Jakarta Post, Dec. 2, 1995), are a reality in our society.

Nineteen families face eviction

Nineteen families face eviction JAKARTA (JP): Nineteen families facing eviction from their land in the Tugu Selatan subdistrict of North Jakarta have asked the City Council to press the developer concerned to pay them greater compensation for the loss of their homes.H.D.

S'pore Power, PLN tie up

S'pore Power, PLN tie up SINGAPORE (Reuter): Singapore Power (SP), the newly formed state electricity and gas monopoly, and Indonesian power firm PT PLN have signed a memorandum of understanding on closer cooperation, SP said yesterday.

Industrial estate expanded

Industrial estate expanded JAKARTA (JP): PT Kawasan Industri Jababeka, the country's largest industrial estate firm, yesterday started a 230-hectare expansion project in Cikarang, West Java.The company's president, Ismail Sofyan, said at the ground- breaking ceremony yesterday that the expansion...

ICMI asked to block bid to politicize religion

ICMI asked to block bid to politicize religion JAKARTA (JP): Armed Forces (ABRI) Chief Gen. Feisal Tanjung appealed to the Association of Indonesian Moslem Intellectuals (ICMI) yesterday to help the government's efforts to block any attempts to politicize religion.

YLBHI gives thumbs down on rights record

YLBHI gives thumbs down on rights record JAKARTA (JP): Despite a few bright points, the Foundation of the Indonesian Legal Aid Institute (YLBHI) gave Indonesia's overall performance in upholding human rights this year the thumbs down yesterday.

S. Korean slush scandal, coup probes gather pace

S. Korean slush scandal, coup probes gather pace SEOUL (Reuter): A South Korean court froze former president Roh Tae-woo's assets yesterday as prosecutors investigating kickbacks grilled him and an ex-defense minister over a multi- billion dollar U.S. warplane purchase.

'ICMI is Habibie', say scholars

'ICMI is Habibie', say scholars SEMARANG (JP): The Association of Moslem Intellectuals (ICMI) has become too identified with its incumbent chairman B.J. Habibie, two political analysts said."ICMI would not have gotten this far if it wasn't for Habibie," Amir Santoso of the University of Indonesia...

Guest jazz players fire first night of Jak Jazz '95

Guest jazz players fire first night of Jak Jazz '95By Johannes Simbolon JAKARTA (JP): It rained, but thanks to the top performance of guest musicians, the first night of Jak Jazz '95 was a delight.The organizers provided a lot of space for local jazz musicians in an effort to bring more Indonesian...

TV today

TV todayTVRI 2:30 p.m. Travel: Balikpapan 2:35 TV Series: Ninja Turtles 3:05 Sports 4:00 Regional News 4:05 Sports (Continued) 4:55 Filler/Trailer 5:00 News 5:25 Travels: Balikpapan 5:30 Circus: Bill Bixby's Wonderful Magic 6:05 Nusantara, the Beloved Country: DKI Jakarta 6:15 Village Program 6:30...

Halla's Indonesian plant

Halla's Indonesian plant SEOUL (UPI): The Halla Group, a South Korean business group, has signed an agreement for a joint venture with PT Surya Sinaga Sakti of Indonesia to build a cement plant, a group spokesman said.

Ex-ICRC representative in Indonesia dies

Ex-ICRC representative in Indonesia dies JAKARTA (JP): Cedric Neukomm, a senior official of the International Commission of the Red Cross (ICRC) who worked in Indonesia in the late 1970s, died on Dec. 5 of heart failure. His last position was chief delegate of the ICRC in Pakistan.

Fine Arts Foundation's auction goes well

Fine Arts Foundation's auction goes well JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia's art market is stretching it wings. The first auction organized by the Indonesia Fine Arts Foundation, held at the Regent Hotel on Thursday, sold more than two-thirds of the 137 paintings on sale.

Team to follow up ministries' merger

Team to follow up ministries' merger JAKARTA (JP): The government will soon form a team to expedite the restructuring of the former ministries of trade and industry, which have been merged into one ministry under the terms of a Presidential decree announced on Wednesday.

Mahathir denies aide's plan to quit

Mahathir denies aide's plan to quit KUALA LUMPUR (AFP): Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad has denied that his top economic adviser Daim Zainuddin plans to quit and attacked inaccurate news reports, local newspapers said yesterday.

ASEAN officials review documents to be signed

ASEAN officials review documents to be signedBy Meidyatama Suryodiningrat BANGKOK (JP): Senior officials of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) held a joint meeting yesterday to fine tune 11 documents which are to be signed next week by ministers and leaders of ASEAN member countries.

Swampland can help boost rice output

Swampland can help boost rice outputBy Kardono JAKARTA (JP): The government's plan to convert 1.3 million hectares of Central Kalimantan swampland into rice fields (The Jakarta Post, Nov. 29) reveals the potential of such land.

RI urged to ratify UN rights treaties

RI urged to ratify UN rights treaties JAKARTA (JP): The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Jose Ayala Lasso urged the Indonesian government yesterday to immediately ratify various UN treaties on human rights.

PPD workers want to meet minister

PPD workers want to meet minister JAKARTA (JP): Some 40 employees of the state-owned transportation company PPD will go to the Ministry of Transportation on Dec. 14 to discuss PPD's management, which has refused to heed their complaints.

BRI issues deposit notes

BRI issues deposit notes JAKARTA (JP): State-owned Bank Rakyat Indonesia (BRI), acting through its Cayman Islands branch, has launched floating rate certificates of deposits worth US$120 million in Hong Kong.

Local artists lament fixed standards

Local artists lament fixed standards JAKARTA (JP): Performing artists from across the country are lamenting the imposition by bureaucrats and urban experts of what they say are impossible standards for local and traditional artists.

MNLF attacks rival faction

MNLF attacks rival faction ZAMBOANGA, Philippines (AFP): The Philippines' main Moro insurgent group, involved in peace talks with the government, attacked a rival faction which is not participating in the talks, a military spokesman said yesterday.

Where to go in Bali:

Where to go in Bali:Music and entertainment * Sheraton Lagoon Nusa Dua Beach: Poolside Terrace - Janger Cultural Performance, Friday. Pasar Ikan Seafood Market, Saturday. Frog Dance Cultural Show, Wednesday. Cafe Lagoon Restaurant - Yodel Group Entertainers, Friday/Sunday/Monday/Thursday.

Humanism obliges reciprocity of cultural studies

Humanism obliges reciprocity of cultural studies The following is an interview with Dr. Mohammed Arkoun, a professor of history of Islamic thought at Sorbonne University.Dr. Arkoun, who likes to call himself an Islamic humanist, visited Indonesia recently in connection with the presentation...

Housemaid's two sons arrested for murder

Housemaid's two sons arrested for murder JAKARTA (JP): The East Jakarta police have arrested two sons of a housemaid for their alleged role in Sunday's killing of their mother's employer.The suspects have admitted to killing Oos Rosidin, 41, in revenge for the victim's attitude toward their...

Soebagyo moves to Central Java

Soebagyo moves to Central Java SEMARANG (JP): Maj. Gen. Soebagyo, a rising Army general, was installed yesterday as the new chief of the Diponegoro Military Regional Command which oversees Central Java and Yogyakarta.

Products offered to Yemen

Products offered to Yemen JAKARTA (JP): State Minister of Research and Technology B.J. Habibie said yesterday that Indonesia had offered a variety of high-tech products to Yemen.After accompanying Yemen Deputy Prime Minister Abdul Kader Bajaman to a meeting with President Soeharto here, Habibie...

The saga of Billy Joedono

The saga of Billy Joedono Wednesday's merger of the trade and industry ministries, which resulted in the removal of Trade Minister Satrio Budiardjo (Billy) Joedono from the cabinet, surprised almost everyone.

118 former servicemen to sue Air Force chief

118 former servicemen to sue Air Force chief JAKARTA (JP): As many as 118 former Air Force members living in the Halim Perdanakusuma housing complex in East Jakarta will sue the Air Force chief over an order to leave the houses.

City refuses to take action against erring bus firms

City refuses to take action against erring bus firms JAKARTA (JP): The city land transportation control agency has refused to take measures against companies which refuse to operate part of their fleets at night.

Inflation

InflationFrom JayakartaAccording to economic science, the higher the demand for a commodity, the lower its price will be. Development economics also teaches us that development which steps up production and services will result in lower tariffs.However, in this country the reality is different.

Use of biogas as energy to be studied

Use of biogas as energy to be studied JAKARTA (JP): State-owned gas company PT Gas Negara is exploring the possibilities for the use of biogas, processed from garbage, as an alternative energy source, the company's president said yesterday.

'ICMI must help no-Moslems'

'ICMI must help no-Moslems' JAKARTA (JP): President Soeharto urged the increasingly powerful and influential Association of Indonesian Moslem Intellectuals (ICMI) yesterday to dedicate their work to Moslems and non-Moslems alike.

Satelindo gets $230m loan from U.S. bank

Satelindo gets $230m loan from U.S. bank JAKARTA (JP): Private telecommunications provider PT Satelindo has secured a loan of US$230 million from the Export Import Bank of the United States to expand its operations.

Cabinet reshuffle no slap in ICMI's face: Habibie

Cabinet reshuffle no slap in ICMI's face: Habibie JAKARTA (JP): President Soeharto's decision to drop Satrio Boediardjo Joedono from the cabinet has nothing to do with Joedono's membership in the Association of Indonesian Moslem Intellectuals (ICMI), its chairman B.J. Habibie said yesterday.

Putu's 'Bor' depicts man's struggle against injustice

Putu's 'Bor' depicts man's struggle against injusticeBy Oei Eng Goan JAKARTA (JP): Absurdist Putu Wijaya's Bor brought the house down last night, despite the absence of plot in the 90-minute theatrical performance presented by Teater Mandiri.

Military warns college over PKI

Military warns college over PKI SEMARANG: Maj. Gen. Yusuf Kartanegara, the outgoing chief of the Diponegoro Military Command, urged the Satya Wacana Christian University in Salatiga to stop employing three staff lecturers who turned out to have had past links with the outlawed Indonesian Communist...

Protests, counter protests at two embassies

Protests, counter protests at two embassies JAKARTA (JP): The embassies of Russia and the Netherlands in Jakarta became the targets of a series of demonstrations and counter-demonstrations over East Timor yesterday.

Rare Indonesian music presented

Rare Indonesian music presented JAKARTA (JP): More than 1,000 cassette and video recordings of rare traditional Indonesian music, the fruit of more than 25 years work by two Australian professors, were presented to the Indonesian government yesterday.

Erwin in Paris for rapid chess

Erwin in Paris for rapid chess JAKARTA (JP): Chess whiz kid Erwin Yulianto will represent Indonesia at the Second Disneyworld Rapid Chess Championships scheduled from Dec. 15 to Dec. 18 in Paris.Erwin, 14, has won the junior national chess championship title four times in a row.

RI shuttlers seen to grab all gold medals

RI shuttlers seen to grab all gold medals JAKARTA (JP): A former top Thai badminton player predicted that the Indonesian badminton team will not face tough competition from other countries at the 18th Southeast Asian Games in Chiang Mai, Thailand.

RI steadfast on protecting sensitive products

RI steadfast on protecting sensitive productsBy Meidyatama Suryodiningrat BANGKOK (JP): Indonesia remained steadfast yesterday in its position on the withdrawal of a number of products from the list of immediate tariff reductions, despite strong criticisms from fellow members of the Association of...

The Listening Post

The Listening Post * You're probably stressed out from stress by now if you've been following this column for the last couple of weeks. Well please bear with me: this is important to get right. I know from the experience of teaching here for seven years that misplaced stress on English words and...

BTN pledges to help small house buyers

BTN pledges to help small house buyers JAKARTA (JP): State-owned Bank Tabungan Negara (BTN) will continue to direct most of its credits to small-house purchases despite its' growing services to non-housing sectors.

TV today

TV todayTVRI 2:30 p.m. Wajah Negeriku: Padang 2:35 TV Series: Amazing 3:05 Science: Bush Babies 3:30 Science: Safari Ocean 4:05 Student Quiz: Cerdas Cermat 4:30 Culture 5:00 Regional News 5:25 Wajah Negeriku: Padang 5:30 Entrepreneurship 6:05 Nusantara, the Beloved Country: Lampung 6:15 Village...

RI designers face greater retail competition

RI designers face greater retail competitionBy Dini S. Djalal JAKARTA (JP): It's a good thing that copyrights remain an alien concept in the fashion world, or else many designers would be out of business.Including Indonesian designers.

Ginandjar urges ICMI not to become elitist group

Ginandjar urges ICMI not to become elitist group JAKARTA (JP): A senior official acknowledges that it is not possible for the influential Association of Indonesian Moslem Intellectuals (ICMI) to entirely avoid "political reactions" from the public.

RP aims to spur APEC economic liberalization

RP aims to spur APEC economic liberalization MANILA (AFP): The Philippines plans to spur economic liberalization among Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation members (APEC) when it hosts a summit of the forum in 1996, President Fidel Ramos said yesterday.