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Fri, 13 Jan 1995

Job seekers extorted

Job seekers extorted SORONG, Irian Jaya: The government has taken punitive actions against three employees of the local manpower office for extorting job seekers.Office chief Kaharuddin Latarang told Antara that the three were punished because they had tarnished the image of government bureaucracy.

Fri, 13 Jan 1995

Preferential given to small firms

Preferential given to small firms JAKARTA (JP): Tenders for all municipal government projects worth under Rp 200 million would be offered exclusively to less capitalized enterprises as of this April, an official of the pre- qualification committee said yesterday.

Fri, 13 Jan 1995

Thai jewelry expo

Thai jewelry expo JAKARTA (JP): A 20-strong delegation of leading gems and jewelry entrepreneurs from Thailand will visit Indonesia from Jan.16.Five of the delegation's members will hold a special exhibition of top quality gem and jewelry products at the Sahid Jaya Hotel in Central Jakarta on Jan.

Fri, 13 Jan 1995

Prince Ranariddh to visit Vietnam

Prince Ranariddh to visit Vietnam PHNOM PENH (Kyodo): Cambodian First Prime Minister Prince Norodom Ranariddh will pay an official visit to Vietnam from Sunday through Tuesday, an Information Ministry spokesman announced Wednesday.

Fri, 13 Jan 1995

'Metromini' bus driver charged with murder

'Metromini' bus driver charged with murder JAKARTA (JP): The driver of a "Metromini" (smaller-sized) bus was charged in court yesterday with the murder of 33 passengers who died when his bus plunged into the Sunter River, North Jakarta, in March last year.

Fri, 13 Jan 1995

Best athletes get cash bonus

Best athletes get cash bonus JAKARTA (JP): Twenty of Indonesia's record breaking track and field athletes who performed commendably in the Asian meet last year were awarded cash bonus by the Indonesian Athletics Association (PASI) on Wednesday.

Fri, 13 Jan 1995

Seeking pen pals

Seeking pen pals I am a 43-year-old teacher of English. I come from Perth, Western Australia. At the moment, I am studying Indonesian at the Sanata Dharma University in Yogyakarta and I would like to correspond with Indonesian people.

Fri, 13 Jan 1995

Myanmar, Indonesia ties

Myanmar, Indonesia ties YANGON (Reuter): Myanmar and Indonesia have agreed to step up cooperation in agricultural technology, livestock breeding and fisheries, state-run newspapers reported yesterday.The two countries signed two memorandums of understanding on Wednesday covering the exchange of...

Fri, 13 Jan 1995

Rebel faces life sentence

Rebel faces life sentence BANDA ACEH, Aceh: Prosecutors are seeking a life sentence for 46-year-old Teungku Btk., the leader of the religious sect Bantaqiah accused of financing underground activities through drug proceeds.

Fri, 13 Jan 1995

Monkeys in Muara Karang

Monkeys in Muara KarangFrom KOMPASI am very concerned over conditions of the monkeys that live in Muara Karang forest, North Jakarta.While it is true that development must be continued, we must not forget that animals are also creatures that God has created and thus they have the right to exist.

Fri, 13 Jan 1995

Takemura in KL for trade talks

Takemura in KL for trade talks KUALA LUMPUR (Reuter): Japanese Finance Minister Masayoshi Takemura arrived in Malaysia yesterday for a four-day visit that is expected to focus on trade issues as well as the rising value of the yen.

Fri, 13 Jan 1995

More flights to London

More flights to London JAKARTA (JP): British Airways will increase its Jakarta to London flights from three to four times a week, starting on March 27.With the additional flight, the airline's Boeing 747-400 aircraft will depart from Jakarta via Kuala Lumpur every Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and...

Fri, 13 Jan 1995

Dismissed cabbies protest to human rights body

Dismissed cabbies protest to human rights body JAKARTA (JP): Eleven employees of Gamya Taxi and their families filed a complaint with the National Commission on Human Rights yesterday over their dismissal by the company for trying to form a workers' union.

Fri, 13 Jan 1995

Park your car, and win a new one

Park your car, and win a new one JAKARTA (JP): If the administration's new plan is approved, very soon parking lot receipts could carry lucrative prizes. The plan, now under review, is the city's latest attempt to encourage motorists to insist on obtaining tickets from parking attendants.

Fri, 13 Jan 1995

Subway needed for big city

Subway needed for big city The number of motorized vehicles in large cities seems to be increasing faster than the number of roads. As a result traffic is becoming increasingly congested in Jakarta, Bandung, Semarang and Surabaya. The traffic jams have become virtually unmanageable.

Fri, 13 Jan 1995

TV today

TV todayTVRI 2:30 p.m. TV Series: Kubuto 3:05 Langka & Unik 3:30 Science Program 4:00 School Quiz: Cerdas Cermat 4:30 TV Series: Developing Stories 5:00 Regional News 5:30 Kiat Manajemen 6:05 Nusantara, the Beloved Country 6:15 Village Program 6:45 Karya Nyata 7:00 Evening News 7:30 Dinamika 8:05...

Fri, 13 Jan 1995

Trying to re-discover an Asian soul

Trying to re-discover an Asian soul So you thought you had heard the last of the Eastern vs. Western values debate? No, you've not, says Kunda Dixit of Inter Press Service. MANILA (IPS): The magazine covers and newspaper headlines of 1994 said it all: `Asia Ascendant', `Asia Unleashed', `The Rise...

Thu, 12 Jan 1995

'Indosiar' asked to put idealism first

'Indosiar' asked to put idealism first JAKARTA (JP): The government gave its blessing to the launching of Indosiar, the country's fifth private televison station, with the proviso that, without sacrificing its commercial interests, it should put the public interest first.

Thu, 12 Jan 1995

500 low cost houses dedicated

500 low cost houses dedicated JAKARTA (JP): State Minister for Public Housing Siswono Judohusodo will dedicate 500 low cost houses today at the Bumi Serpong Damai complex in Tangerang."The houses are part of the scheduled 1,409 low cost houses now under construction," Bumi Serpong Damai's director,...

Thu, 12 Jan 1995

Bappenas, UNDP launch booklet

Bappenas, UNDP launch booklet JAKARTA: The National Development Planning Agency (Bappenas) and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) have published a report entitled Indonesia's Development Partners.

Thu, 12 Jan 1995

Southern Irian developed

Southern Irian developed JAYAPURA, Irian Jaya: The focus of transportation development is currently being shifted from the northern to the southern regions in order to open up more isolated areas, a local official said yesterday.

Thu, 12 Jan 1995

Alien universities welcomed in KL

Alien universities welcomed in KL KUALA LUMPUR (AFP): Malaysia is opening its doors to foreign universities in a bid to stop soaring education costs and thousands of students from going abroad yearly for higher studies, officials said yesterday.

Thu, 12 Jan 1995

Moslems encouraged to go on the minor haj

Moslems encouraged to go on the minor haj JAKARTA (JP): President Soeharto has advised Moslems to perform an umrah (mini haj) pilgrimage because the ceiling quota for Indonesian haj pilgrims is filled every year.

Thu, 12 Jan 1995

Chance to gain U.S. citizenships

Chance to gain U.S. citizenships JAKARTA (JP): Planning to migrate to America with your family? Here's your chance to win that opportunity through a lottery.About the only requirement is that you must have, at least, graduated from high school.

Thu, 12 Jan 1995

HK, Malaysia sign agreement

HK, Malaysia sign agreement HONG KONG (AFP): Hong Kong and Malaysia signed an extradition treaty yesterday which will remain in force after the reversion of the territory to China in 1997.It was the fourth such agreement to be signed by Hong Kong with foreign countries.

Thu, 12 Jan 1995

Chiang Mai Games to stage 28 sports

Chiang Mai Games to stage 28 sports JAKARTA (JP): The 18th Southeast Asian (SEA) Games organizing committee has turned down Indonesia's request to see three events make a comeback at the regional sports meet in Chiang Mai in December.

Thu, 12 Jan 1995

Don't dial 555 just yet

Don't dial 555 just yet JAKARTA (JP): Due to an upgrading of primary cables, telephone lines beginning with 555 in several areas within West Jakarta, including Taman Badara and Taman Dapad Indah housing complexes, Jl. Prancis, Griya Dadap Estate and Desa Dadap, will be disrupted.

Thu, 12 Jan 1995

PT Produksi Indonesia to hold export promotion

PT Produksi Indonesia to hold export promotion JAKARTA (JP): Under the patronage of President Soeharto, a number of private Indonesian companies have set up PT Produksi Indonesia (Prodin), a company that will conduct export promotion activities throughout the world.

Thu, 12 Jan 1995

Plywood export monopoly

Plywood export monopoly The fall in both the volume and value of Indonesian plywood exports last year should cause grave concern because that wood product alone contributes more than 14 percent of the country's total export earnings.

Thu, 12 Jan 1995

Environmental agency to mediate pollution dispute

Environmental agency to mediate pollution dispute JAKARTA (JP): The Environmental Impact Management Agency (Bapedal) has promised to mediate in the dispute between the people living along the Ciujung river in Serang, West Java, and the companies which are allegedly polluting it.

Thu, 12 Jan 1995

Four developers lose their licenses

Four developers lose their licenses JAKARTA (JP): Four real estate companies in West Jakarta have lost their licenses to develop their allocated plots, six denied services momentarily from the mayoralty and 33 served with final warnings for their failure to build public and social facilities.

Thu, 12 Jan 1995

Forestry firm sees rise in profit

Forestry firm sees rise in profit JAKARTA (JP): Perhutani, a state-owned forestry company, reported a before tax profit yesterday of Rp 125.84 billion (US$57.2 billion) in 1994.Perhutani's president, Harnanto H.M.

Thu, 12 Jan 1995

Businessmen ready to reveal bribery cases

Businessmen ready to reveal bribery cases BANDUNG, West Java (JP): Chairman of the Association of Indonesian Businessmen (APINDO) Hadi Suratno says the association is ready to disclose documented cases of bribery, provided that the government guarantees the anonymity of victims.

Thu, 12 Jan 1995

Three died as floods hit villages in Riau

Three died as floods hit villages in Riau JAKARTA (JP): Three people, including a five-year-old boy, were killed and around 2,600 others forced to leave their homes when floods hit a number of villages in Riau province.

Thu, 12 Jan 1995

JAL to expand flights to Asia and Europe

JAL to expand flights to Asia and Europe TOKYO (AFP): Japan Airlines Co. Ltd. (JAL) said yesterday it planned to increase the number of flights to Southeast Asia, Europe and Hawaii as well as a couple of domestic routes in the new year starting in April.

Thu, 12 Jan 1995

TV today

TV todayTVRI 2:30 p.m. TV Series: Wide World of Kids 3:05 Children's Program 3:30 TV Series: Emergency Call 4:30 Women's Program 5:00 Regional News 5:30 Arabic Lessons 6:05 Nusantara, the Beloved Country 6:15 Village Program 6:25 Koran Recital 6:35 Religious Teachings: Islam 7:00 Evening News 7:30...

Thu, 12 Jan 1995

Judges still lenient to traffic violators

Judges still lenient to traffic violators JAKARTA (JP): It was something of an anti-climax to the tough talk of the police and their new operation to clamp down on traffic violators.As the first trials of the hundreds of motorists caught under the special operation were opened in five district...

Thu, 12 Jan 1995

RI hotel industry offers more chances to foreigners

RI hotel industry offers more chances to foreigners JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia's rapidly growing hotel industry offers greater opportunities to overseas hotel-utensil manufacturers rather than domestic firms, which generally fail to anticipate growing opportunities, a senior tourism official said.

Thu, 12 Jan 1995

RI, China sign legal agreement

RI, China sign legal agreement JAKARTA (JP): The governments of Indonesia and the People's Republic of China have agreed to exchange experiences and information for the development of the legal systems in both countries.

Thu, 12 Jan 1995

New pay system sought to end labor conflicts

New pay system sought to end labor conflicts BANDUNG, West Java (JP): A labor activist and a businessman proposed yesterday that Indonesia establish a national remuneration system because the wage levels dictated by the government are not entirely acceptable.

Thu, 12 Jan 1995

Unorthodox punishment

Unorthodox punishment BOGOR (JP): A female worker of PT Truba Shoes Factory has filed a complaint with police after the company's executives forced her to stand in the sun as a punishment.Rosidah, 30, told police that she and several other female employees had been ordered to stand in the sun for...

Thu, 12 Jan 1995

House balks at foreign loan plans

House balks at foreign loan plans JAKARTA (JP): The Budgetary Commission of the House of Representatives has raised concern over the government's plan to increase foreign borrowing to finance its development programs in 1995-96.

Thu, 12 Jan 1995

Student brawls

Student brawlsFrom NeracaFilms, television and everything that sounds metropolitan or has a metropolitan flavor have a great influence on teenagers, students in particular. And in Jakarta, the negative impact of the environment has been very tangible -- occurrence of student brawls that are...

Thu, 12 Jan 1995

'Watch out for the emergence of new comunism'

'Watch out for the emergence of new comunism' JAKARTA (JP): The conventional screening system used to net communist-aligned citizens is no longer effective because a "new- style communism", not detectable by the current system, has arisen in Indonesia, according to a senior official.

Thu, 12 Jan 1995

Where to go in Jakarta:

Where to go in Jakarta:Music * The Aryaduta Jakarta, Jl. Prapatan 44-48, Central Jakarta: - Ambiente Italian Restaurant: Bonauli vocal group, Thursday, Friday and Saturday from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m.; Lost Morenitos, Sunday, Tuesday and Wednesday from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m.

Thu, 12 Jan 1995

Police investigate 12 students

Police investigate 12 students TANGERANG (JP): Police are investigating twelve college students alleged to have helped workers of PT Ganda Guna Indonesia, who are seeking meal and transportation allowances.

Thu, 12 Jan 1995

Stock Exchange

Stock Exchange JAKARTA (JP): Share prices continued to close lower on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (JSX) yesterday, with the broad-based Composite Index losing ground to close at 461.39 from 468.68 on Tuesday.The narrower-based GTDBS-50 Index also closed lower at 109.73 from 111.27.

Thu, 12 Jan 1995

Airports suffer losses

Airports suffer losses JAKARTA (JP): Four airports, in Solo of Central Java, Manado of North Sulawesi, Biak of Irian Jaya and Balikpapan of East Kalimantan, suffered losses last year, president of the state- owned airport firm, PT Angkasa Pura I, Fachri Zainuddin, said yesterday.

Thu, 12 Jan 1995

BI policy not a problem for developer

BI policy not a problem for developer JAKARTA (JP): Executives of PT Primagraha Majumakmur, the developer of Casabella Court, said a warning issued recently by Bank Indonesia Governor J. Soedradjad Djiwandono, to reduce loan approvals for the real estate sector will not affect the construction of...

Thu, 12 Jan 1995

Subway the best choice for Jakarta: Expert

Subway the best choice for Jakarta: Expert JAKARTA JP): Despite its massive cost, building a subway transportation system is the most viable alternative for Jakarta to solve its ever growing traffic problems, leading urban planning expert Eko Budihardjo said.

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