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Tue, 31 Oct 1995
Assistance for Kerinci continues
Assistance for Kerinci continues JAKARTA: With the distribution of food supplies stopped, the government will continue sending medicines, clothing, building materials and money to victims of the recent quake in Jambi.
Tue, 31 Oct 1995
In-form Cejka heads for Dunhill Masters
In-form Cejka heads for Dunhill Masters JAKARTA (JP): Fresh from the biggest win of his career, rising German star Alexander Cejka is setting his sights on a second successive victory in Thursday's Alfred Dunhill Masters at the Emaralda Golf Course near here.
Tue, 31 Oct 1995
Court supports govt's blessing of Freeport
Court supports govt's blessing of Freeport JAKARTA (JP): A court yesterday rejected a lawsuit filed by a leading environmentalist group against the government for blessing the environmental conservation programs of PT Freeport Indonesia in Irian Jaya.
Tue, 31 Oct 1995
Large coal terminal to be built in S. Kalimantan
Large coal terminal to be built in S. Kalimantan JAKARTA (JP): PT Indonesia Bulk Terminal (IBT) signed here yesterday agreements for US$80 million in secured loans from National Australia Bank Ltd. and Banque National de Paris for financing a 10 million-ton capacity coal terminal at Pulau Laut,...
Tue, 31 Oct 1995
100 police to protect rape trial
100 police to protect rape trial JAKARTA (JP): At least 100 anti-riot police will stand guard at the trial of men accused of gang rape and robbery in the town of Bekasi, 30 km south of here, shortly.The Bekasi Prosecutor's Office said yesterday that since the rape of Acan's wife and two daughters...
Tue, 31 Oct 1995
Jakarta needs more buses
Jakarta needs more buses JAKARTA (JP): Jakarta still needs more non-Patas buses, a House member insists.Ali Marwan Hanan, from Commission V for communications, transportation, public works, tourism and public housing, said yesterday that there are less non-Patas buses than Patas buses.
Tue, 31 Oct 1995
RI best shuttlers return to GP races
RI best shuttlers return to GP races JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia's best shuttlers return to the courts this week as the world badminton season comes to an end.There are three grand prix tournaments remaining, starting with the Hong Kong Open tomorrow, before the world's best players gather in Singapore...
Tue, 31 Oct 1995
Finance officials must be diligent
Finance officials must be diligent JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Finance Mar'ie Muhammad urged his office staff yesterday to be more focused on the public interest and to guard against waste and inefficiency.
Tue, 31 Oct 1995
Australia, RI sign anti-AIDS project
Australia, RI sign anti-AIDS project JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia and Australia signed a memorandum of understanding yesterday in relation to a A$20.2 million (US$15.3 million) AIDS-prevention and care project.
Tue, 31 Oct 1995
Police investigate shootings at bank and five-star hotel
Police investigate shootings at bank and five-star hotel JAKARTA (JP): City police are probing the mysterious shooting of a five-star hotel and a bank headquarters in Central Jakarta on Sunday."We're still collecting as much evidence and information as we can," City Police Chief Maj. Gen.
Tue, 31 Oct 1995
Interest rates likely to drop by 1% next year
Interest rates likely to drop by 1% next year JAKARTA (JP): Bank deposit interest rates are likely to drop by one percentage point next year due to a favorable business climate which will lead to positive cash-flows, a banker predicts.Deposit interest rates currently range between 15 and 16 percent.
Tue, 31 Oct 1995
Sarwono warns against collusion in green drive
Sarwono warns against collusion in green drive JAKARTA (JP): State Minister of Environment Sarwono Kusumaatmadja senses a rat in the green campaign: Collusion between government officials and technological consultants.
Tue, 31 Oct 1995
Former Garuda chief agrees with Ridwan
Former Garuda chief agrees with Ridwan JAKARTA (JP): Wage Mulyono, former president of the national flag carrier Garuda Indonesia, says the refusal by Merpati Nusantara Airlines president Ridwan Fataruddin to lease 16 CN-235 aircraft was a managerially professional and correct decision.
Tue, 31 Oct 1995
E. Timor religious forum told to avoid politics
E. Timor religious forum told to avoid politics JAKARTA (JP): An East Timorese councilor has called on religious leaders grouped in the newly established forum for inter-religious consultation in the province to stay away from politics.
Tue, 31 Oct 1995
Two players dropped from national water polo team
Two players dropped from national water polo team JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia has dropped two regular players from its water polo team for December's Southeast Asian Games in Chiang Mai, Thailand.Sugandhi and Ekram Ali were sidelined following their final try out in the Asian Championship in Bangkok...
Tue, 31 Oct 1995
Subsidizing public transportation
Subsidizing public transportationFrom Media IndonesiaThe increase of transportation fares and the proposal that the government should subsidize public transportation are still on the news.As far as subsidizing is concerned, we have to consider the following things:1.
Tue, 31 Oct 1995
Kanematsu starts fourth RI well
Kanematsu starts fourth RI well TOKYO (Reuter): Japanese trading house Kanematsu Corp has started drilling at its fourth wildcat well in Indonesia, a company spokesman said."We hope to have enough oil samples from the 11,000 square kilometer Berau block to analyze by the year-end," he said.
Tue, 31 Oct 1995
Wahono scolds officials
Wahono scolds officials JAKARTA (JP): Speaker of the House of Representatives Wahono expressed concern yesterday over what he sees as inconsistencies between what some government officials say and do.He warned that the national discipline drive will never be a success as long as officials fail to...
Tue, 31 Oct 1995
Concerns over national unity
Concerns over national unity Another new organization has emerged, this time under the name Persatuan Nasional Indonesia (Indonesian National Unity). Although it does not want to be known by its initials, PNI, the new organization is backed by prominent personalities of the old PNI (Partai Nasional...
Tue, 31 Oct 1995
Lack of political channels lead to student protests
Lack of political channels lead to student protests SEMARANG, Central Java (JP): Political scientists blame the growth in student protests on a lack of political channels.Ariel Heryanto of the Satya Wacana Christian University said yesterday that the emergence of student forums, and protests to...
Tue, 31 Oct 1995
Hexindo signs US$45m maintenance deal
Hexindo signs US$45m maintenance deal JAKARTA (JP): Publicly listed PT Hexindo Adiperkasa renewed yesterday a five-year contract with PT Kaltim Prima Coal (KPC) worth US$45 million for the maintenance of mining equipment at Prima's coal mine in East Kalimantan.
Tue, 31 Oct 1995
Traders upbeat on Thai, Sumatran rubber prices
Traders upbeat on Thai, Sumatran rubber prices SINGAPORE (Reuter): Southeast Asian traders said Thai and Indonesian rubber prices appeared firm on an upward track and may climb higher this week on supply worries, although Malaysian prices could dip slightly on a technical correction.
Tue, 31 Oct 1995
Five die in road accidents
Five die in road accidents PURWOKERTO, Central Java: Five people died and 11 were hospitalized in two traffic accidents here over the weekend.The first accident took place in Karanglawas district. Sugeng Pamuji and Salim Hidayat, both high school students, were killed when the motorcycle they were...
Tue, 31 Oct 1995
Developers upbeat about high demand
Developers upbeat about high demand JAKARTA (JP): Developers remain optimistic about high level demand in the property market due to high economic growth and investment commitments, Craig Williams, Senior Technical Advisor to PT Procon Indah, said.
Tue, 31 Oct 1995
Blindness not dead end for Eka Setyawan
Blindness not dead end for Eka SetyawanBy Primastuti Handayani JAKARTA (JP): Being blind represent a dead end for many people, but it hasn't discouraged one student of the Teachers Training Institute in Jakarta.
Tue, 31 Oct 1995
Leeson faces English system, minus jury in S'pore
Leeson faces English system, minus jury in S'poreBy Jerry Norton SINGAPORE (Reuter): Singapore's justice system, whose judgment Briton Nick Leeson now says he will accept, is based largely on an English model, but without a jury system.And, it has prisons which have been called "spartan but humane".
Mon, 30 Oct 1995
Surjadi stresses need to regreen
Surjadi stresses need to regreen JAKARTA (JP): Governor Surjadi Soedirdja said yesterday that the capital's regreening program must succeed.Surjadi said the failure of the regreening program would result in shortage of water and ecological crisis, Antara reported.
Mon, 30 Oct 1995
Storm Zack kills nearly 100 in the Philippines
Storm Zack kills nearly 100 in the Philippines BACOLOD, Philippines (Reuter): Tropical storm Zack killed nearly 100 people, forced 60,000 others to flee their homes and sank two passenger ferries in a devastating sweep across the central Philippines, officials said yesterday.
Mon, 30 Oct 1995
Teluk Jambe road heavily damaged
Teluk Jambe road heavily damagedFrom Suara KaryaJl. Raya Teluk Jambe, Karawang, is heavily damaged. This is because heavy vehicles have been using the road since the beginning of the construction of the state money printing plant and its housing complex.
Mon, 30 Oct 1995
Murder cases dropped for lack of evidence
Murder cases dropped for lack of evidence JAKARTA (JP): A police source has said three big murder cases have been dropped for not meeting requirements for further processing.The three cases lacked sufficient evidence to be submitted to the Prosecutors' Office for trial, the source said.
Mon, 30 Oct 1995
Soedradjad's warning
Soedradjad's warning The warning sounded last week by Bank Indonesia's (central bank) Governor Soedradjad Djiwandono about the tendency of the economy to overheat should get adequate responses from other government agencies and businesspeople before the external balance shows signs of crisis.
Mon, 30 Oct 1995
Roh faces new charges about $100 kickback
Roh faces new charges about $100 kickback SEOUL (AFP): South Korea's disgraced former president Roh Tae- woo yesterday faced new charges that he had concealed a US$100 million kickback in Swiss bank accounts.
Mon, 30 Oct 1995
Policemen still unable to end Manggarai brawls
Policemen still unable to end Manggarai brawls JAKARTA (JP): Security officers have failed to curb brawls which have erupted between Manggarai residents over the past two months.Local police and military officers could do nothing but watch two groups of people attack and stone each other, a...
Mon, 30 Oct 1995
Disproportional rise of bus fee
Disproportional rise of bus feeFrom JayakartaThe issue of the increase of fees of public transportation -- Kopaja, Metromini, PPD, Mayasari -- has been widely publicized in the media. All those transportation companies agreed to the projected tariff increase.
Mon, 30 Oct 1995
Prison worker may be inmate
Prison worker may be inmate BANDAR LAMPUNG, Lampung: A civil servant may become an inmate of the prison where he works, if charges that he slept with a female inmate are proven.Menggala penitentiary authorities said yesterday they have "strong evidence" that it was Win, 23, who had sexual...
Mon, 30 Oct 1995
Thailand ranked top for expat living
Thailand ranked top for expat living SINGAPORE (Reuter): Thailand ranks as the best place in Asia for expatriate living, while China is the posting of severest hardship, according to a survey of 10 Asian countries.Thailand ranked 3.
Mon, 30 Oct 1995
Merpati says govt approved its office project
Merpati says govt approved its office project JAKARTA (JP): PT Merpati Nusantara Airlines announced here yesterday that the government has approved its new office building, and that the construction meets all legal requirements.
Mon, 30 Oct 1995
No alternative to Soeharto: Sarwono
No alternative to Soeharto: Sarwono JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Environment Sarwono Kusumaatmadja says President Soeharto must continue to lead the nation after his sixth term expires in 1988 because there is no other alternative.
Mon, 30 Oct 1995
Pancasila University graduates 1,020
Pancasila University graduates 1,020 JAKARTA (JP): The rector of Pancasila University, Dr. Awaloedin, presided over the graduation ceremony of more than 1,020 students on Saturday.Awaloedin said in his address that the university has graduated 10,587 students since its founding 29 years ago.
Mon, 30 Oct 1995
RI economy might cool down next year
RI economy might cool down next year JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia's overheated economy and high inflation rate this year may force 1996 to become a year of consolidation and cooling down, an economist predicts.
Mon, 30 Oct 1995
Deference prevents split in UMNO
Deference prevents split in UMNOBy David Chew SINGAPORE (JP): Deference to authority has always been a tradition in the United Malays National Organization (UMNO). Since it was formed 50 years ago, UMNO has been Malaysia's largest party and leader of the ruling 14-member National Front coalition...
Mon, 30 Oct 1995
Aspirations of small businessmen
Aspirations of small businessmenFrom MerdekaI hope that in deliberations on the Bill on development of small entrepreneurs, the House of Representatives pay greater attention to the fate of small businessmen.
Mon, 30 Oct 1995
Surtax on house buys
Surtax on house buys KUALA LUMPUR (DPA): Malaysian property developers Saturday criticized government proposals to squeeze foreign speculators out of the Malaysian property market.The developers complained that the changes would send construction company stocks plummeting along with the price of...
Mon, 30 Oct 1995
Soeharto heads for Mecca on minor haj
Soeharto heads for Mecca on minor haj PARAMARIBO, Suriname (JP): President Soeharto, First Lady Tien Soeharto and several family members will begin their umrah, or minor pilgrimage today, during a stopover in Saudi Arabia.
Mon, 30 Oct 1995
Chairmanship seat of YLBHI vacant
Chairmanship seat of YLBHI vacant JAKARTA (JP): Noted lawyer Adnan Buyung Nasution bid farewell to the Indonesian Legal Aid Foundation he has chaired for two years, leaving members in conflict about a successor.
Mon, 30 Oct 1995
What's new out there in the computer world?
What's new out there in the computer world?By Zatni Arbi JAKARTA (JP): At the IBM International Conference on Banking, Finance, Securities, and Insurance in Shanghai, China, two weeks ago, I was genuinely surprised to learn how deeply Big Blue has been involved in providing the technologies used by...
Mon, 30 Oct 1995
Shares weakened last week
Shares weakened last week JAKARTA (JP): The market weakened slightly last week as most investors avoided the secondary market and focused on the Telkom IPO that started last Friday.The index dropped gradually from Monday to Friday by 5.97 points (down 1.19 percent) from 500.44 to 494.47.
Mon, 30 Oct 1995
'New PNI' urged to follow rule of the game
'New PNI' urged to follow rule of the game JAKARTA (JP): Political observers warn that although the formation of new mass organizations is justified, the groups should follow the government's rule of the game and avoid posing a threat to the people's unity.
Mon, 30 Oct 1995
Floods around airport
Floods around airportFrom JayakartaOn Oct. 25, 1995 I wanted to pick up my husband at Soekarno- Hatta Airport. I left Cawang at 7 p.m. and used the toll road thinking that I would reach the airport in one or one-and-half hours.
Mon, 30 Oct 1995
Birth of new organization
Birth of new organizationFrom MediaI carefully and attentively followed the comments of the nation's leaders concerning the newly established body called Yayasan Kerukunan Persaudaraan Kebangsaan or National Brotherhood Foundation (YKPK).