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S'pore earmarks $10 billion for RI infrastructure

S'pore earmarks $10 billion for RI infrastructure JAKARTA (JP): Singapore has allocated US$10 billion out of its foreign exchange reserves of some US$80 billion for infrastructure investments in Indonesia, according to an official.

Clear and present danger?

Clear and present danger? Communism may be dead in Eastern Europe, or temporarily stored in the attic in China or Vietnam, but, ironically, here in Indonesia it is still believed to pose a clear and present danger. At least, its specter continues to haunt us.

24 apprehended in E. Timor protest

24 apprehended in E. Timor protest DILI, East Timor (JP): Local police chief Col. Andreas Sugianto said security authorities arrested 24 people in a new pro-independence demonstration here yesterday.Several dozen people staged the demonstration at the East Timor University, where police also seized...

Govt asked to review new telephone rates

Govt asked to review new telephone rates JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesian Consumers Institute (YLKI) has called on the telecommunications authorities to review their recent decision to raise the rate for telephone calls made within the city.

ABRI ready to hunt for communists

ABRI ready to hunt for communists JAKARTA (JP): The Armed Forces (ABRI), if asked, is ready to conduct screening operations to weed out leftist elements from all political parties.ABRI Commander Gen. Feisal Tanjung said here over the weekend that such an investigation is always possible if it is...

Bukaka expands core business

Bukaka expands core business JAKARTA (JP): PT Bukaka Teknik Utama will use 50 percent of the Rp 128 billion (US$58.21 million) fund it generated last month from share sales to the public for the expansion of its core business, says a company director, H. Suratman.

Two arrested for duping teenagers into prostitution

Two arrested for duping teenagers into prostitution JAKARTA (JP): Central Jakarta police detectives have arrested two senior high school girls for allegedly duping a number of other teenage girls into prostitution.

Photo credits

Photo creditsCorrection: Due to technical errors, the credits for five pictures on page 10 of the Sunday edition of The Jakarta Post were missing. The credits should go to Audy Mirza Alwi (Menanti Clinton), Maha Eka Swasta (Tangis Bahagia), Saptono (Tangis Robby), Zarqoni Maksum (Kembang Bintang)...

BNI ups deposit rates

BNI ups deposit rates JAKARTA (JP): State-owned Bank BNI will raise its short-term rupiah deposit rates today by a range of 0.5 to 1.25 points.Muchlis Harun, a director of Bank BNI, announced on Saturday that the interest rates on both one-month and three-month deposits will be raised by 1.

Weekly Stock Exchange Review

Weekly Stock Exchange Review JAKARTA (JP): Share prices advanced across the board during the first trading week of the year on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (JSX).Selective foreign buying on several undervalued big capped stocks gave fresh leads to the market, which had taken a beating for quite...

Milla's debut helps Pelita crush Kudus 5-0

Milla's debut helps Pelita crush Kudus 5-0 JAKARTA (JP): Pelita Jaya's too-easy 5-0 win over minnow Persiku yesterday might not have been a real challenge for Cameroon soccer star Roger Milla, Pelita's newest acquisition, who played in a duet with goal-minded Buyung Ismu.

$450 million earmarked for plantation projects

$450 million earmarked for plantation projects JAKARTA (JP): The government has licensed 20 firms to establish plantations aimed at promoting transmigration to the country's less densely populated areas.

TV today

TV todayTVRI 2:30 p.m. TV Series: Rude Dog & The Dweebs 3:00 Children's Program 3:30 TV Series: Unsolved Mysteries 4:30 School Quiz: Cepat Tepat 5:00 Regional News 5:30 Educational Program 6:05 Nusantara, the Beloved Country 6:15 Village Program 6:30 Foreign Reports 7:00 Evening News 7:30 TV Drama...

IAIN campus land may go up for sale

IAIN campus land may go up for sale JAKARTA (JP): The huge complex of the Syarif Hidayatullah State Islamic Institute (IAIN), which is strategically located on Jl. Ciputat Raya on the outskirts of South Jakarta, may soon be up for sale.

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.

Planning state investments

Planning state investments Government investment, which is itemized under the development budget in the treasury accounts, will put up only Rp 30.7 trillion (US$14 billion), or 26.4 percent, of the Rp 113.

'Openness' must be seen in cultural context

'Openness' must be seen in cultural context JAKARTA (JP): Armed Forces Chief Gen. Feisal Tanjung asked the powerful Association of Indonesian Moslem Intellectuals (ICMI) to share the responsibility for safeguarding national unity.

E. Timor to deport jobless migrants

E. Timor to deport jobless migrants DILI, East Timor (JP): The territory, which has been rocked twice by ethnic violence over the past couple of months, will draw up a regulation aimed at reducing the number of migrants from other provinces.

Donation for Merapi victims

Donation for Merapi victims JAKARTA (JP): The Jakarta Office of the Ministry of Education and Culture has donated Rp 65 million in cash to victims of the eruption of Mount Merapi in Central Java.In addition to the money, the office also donated rice, instant noodles, sugar, soaps, toothpaste,...

Donation for elderly, poor

Donation for elderly, poor JAKARTA (JP): The Jakarta chapter of the Persit Kartika Chandra Kirana, an association of wives of Army members, has donated Rp 100,000 in cash to each of 100 elderly people and 100 children from poor families.

SCTV responds

SCTV respondsFrom Forum KeadilanWe refer to the letter by Mr. Warsito Sanyoto in Forum No. 19/III, Jan. 2, 1995, concerning the shooting of the drama Desy in his villa at Anyer.We wish to offer him our heartiest apology.

China-Laos airline deal

China-Laos airline deal BEIJING (Reuter): China's Yunnan Airlines has signed a contract with Vientiane to lease and operate airliners on both domestic and international routes for Laos, the Xinhua news agency said on Saturday.The contract, signed on Dec.

Election gun ban takes effect in RP

Election gun ban takes effect in RP MANILA (Reuter): A 150-day ban on people carrying guns took effect in the Philippines yesterday ahead of national legislative and local elections in May.The ban is aimed at curbing the traditional political violence that accompanies elections in the Philippines,...

Environment concern

Environment concernFrom NeracaThrough this letter I would like to call on the young people of the nation to be concerned about the environment. I would also like to express appreciation of the Yudha Youth Club of Bekasi, West Java, for its interest in the preservation of nature. From Dec.

Irian forms AIDS task force

Irian forms AIDS task force JAYAPURA, Irian Jaya: The local administration has set up a task force in charge of disseminating information on venereal diseases, especially the deadly Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS).

Mt Krakatau spews ashes

Mt Krakatau spews ashes BANDUNG, West Java: Mount Krakatau in the Sunda straits still spews volcanic ashes 200 to 300 times a day, an official said Saturday.Head of the agency monitoring activities of volcanoes in Sumatra and West Java, Igan Supriatman Sutawidjaja, said that the frequent small...

28 caught for fake IDs

28 caught for fake IDs SEMARANG, Central Java: Head of the city immigration office Syaiful Rachman said over the weekend that his office caught 28 people trying to obtain passports with fake identity cards.

Land conflict in Cengkareng intensifies

Land conflict in Cengkareng intensifies JAKARTA (JP): The municipal administration faces another potentially explosive land conflict in Cengkareng Timur in West Jakarta as around 1,500 families squatting on state land resist pressure to move.

Supermarkets

Supermarkets Your correspondent James Richards (The Jakarta Post, Jan. 4, 1995) may be correct in his call to boycott Jakarta 's most prestigious supermarket. However, it is just this "prestige atmosphere," and an adequate supply of apparently overpaid shoppers (or should I use the term...

Mayor takes aim at buildings along banks

Mayor takes aim at buildings along banks JAKARTA (JP): Bogor mayor H. Eddy Gunardi will summon the Bogor water office chief in connection with the construction of a number of illegal brick structures along the banks of the Ciliwung and Cisadane rivers.

Merpati aircraft aborts flight

Merpati aircraft aborts flight PONTIANAK, West Kalimantan: An airliner belonging to Merpati Nusantara Airlines was forced to returned just minutes after take off due to engine trouble Saturday.The plane with 54 people on board landed safely, though it ended up blocking the runway and disrupting...

Education the key to industrial transformation

Education the key to industrial transformation JAKARTA (JP): Education plays a major role in the process of transforming an agricultural society into an industrial one and in curbing the cultural clashes that might occur in the process, Minister of Education and Culture Wardiman Djojonegoro says.

Bus routes

Bus routesFrom PelitaCommuters from the Jakarta Metropolitan Administration -- civil servants, worker, traders, etc. -- need more public transport facilities to enable them to carrying out their daily activities.

Our loan burden

Our loan burden By the end of the 1995/1996 fiscal year Indonesia's foreign loans are expected to reach US$100 billion. On the face of it, this is indeed a formidable sum. It looks like a burden that is threatening our children and grandchildren.

Greater efficiency called for

Greater efficiency called for JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia needs to improve efficiency and the transparency of administration nationwide to cope with its structural economic problems, Minister of Finance Mar'ie Muhammad says.

Jakarta has coherent housing policy: Official

Jakarta has coherent housing policy: Official JAKARTA (JP): The municipality has denied allegations that it has no coherent policy in building low cost apartments.Soenarjudardji, the Assistant of City Secretary on People's Welfare, said the flurry of construction of low cost apartments was not...

Track and field meet for students

Track and field meet for students JAKARTA (JP): The Sports Department of the Jakarta Office of the Ministry of Education and Culture will hold track and field championships for elementary, junior high and high school students, as well as college students, from Jan. 27 through Jan. 29.

New oil deals to be signed by Pertamina

New oil deals to be signed by Pertamina JAKARTA (JP): After a two-year suspension, the state oil company Pertamina is scheduled today to sign an agreement on the construction of a US$35-billion gas liquefaction project in Natuna and to sign eight oil production sharing contracts.

Development in E. Timor bears fruit for few people

Development in E. Timor bears fruit for few people JAKARTA (JP): East Timor has seen significant progress since it integrated with Indonesia in 1976, but only a few people enjoy the fruit of its development, according to an author.

Blue Bird service

Blue Bird service As I live close to Blue Bird Headquarters in the Jatipadang area, I thought it would be easy to order one of their taxis.On Jan. 4, 1995, at 5.10 p.m., I ordered a Blue Bird, normal meter, taxi for the next day, to take me to my office at Printis Kemerdekaan but I was rejected by...

Foreign investors deceived

Foreign investors deceived I would appreciate my letter printed in your paper with the hope that my experiences, along with a lot of my friends, not only Western but Indonesian as well -- makes investors in this country be careful where they invest their hard earned money.

Displaced residents starve

Displaced residents starve SERANG, West Java: Residents of Tersana village in the Kaseman sub-district, whose houses were recently flattened in a major wind storm, are running out of food stuffs, Antara reported on Saturday."Most villagers here are farmers with a daily income of Rp 2,500 ($1.

Germany's Hack wins Indonesia Open

Germany's Hack wins Indonesia Open JAKARTA (JP): Top seed Sabine Hack of Germany struck back to fight off a scaring Irina Spirlea of Rumania on her way to winning the Indonesia Women's Open title yesterday.

Crimes at Pulogadung

Crimes at PulogadungFrom NeracaThe Pulogadung bus station in eastern Jakarta is becoming infested with pickpockets and robbers who prey on passengers.One day during the recent Christmas and New Year holidays I saw a gang of youths grabbing the necklace of a young lady at knife point just before she...

Guess What?

Guess What? Cheers and a standing ovation were not enough for Sarwono Kusumaatmadja to express his gratitude to the former world tennis queen, Martina Navratilova, for giving it her best in an exhibition match against local talent Yayuk Basuki last Wednesday night.

Ki Ronggo's legacy: From cricket fighting to gambling

Ki Ronggo's legacy: From cricket fighting to gambling BONDOWOSO, East Java (JP): The Bondowoso regency's coat of arms, two fighting bulls, is very suitable. Bull fighting is inseparable from the lives of this small town's people. Everybody here knows what e duen sape (Madurese for bull fighting) is.

Jakarta badly needs modern transit system

Jakarta badly needs modern transit systemBy Hartoyo Pratiknyo and Rita A. Widiadana Getting around Jakarta can be a headache. It may take two hours for an employee to reach his or her work place and another two to get home in the evening.

Office boy with a 'sarjana' degree

Office boy with a 'sarjana' degreeFrom Suara KaryaThrough this letter, I would like to ask help from the government or readers who may have a solution to my problem.My name is Rujito, a civil servant, ID No. 130494381.

Natural look is in again this year

Natural look is in again this year JAKARTA (JP): Thinking of trying out a new hair style this year? Johnny Andrean, one of Indonesia's top hair and make up stylists, offers what he believes will be trendy this year in the world of beauty.

Navratilova bids glorious farewell

Navratilova bids glorious farewellBy Dwiatmanta JAKARTA (JP): Winning and losing come and go, but wisdom stays forever.It was true wisdom that lead Martina Navratilova to the decision to step down from the glimmering world of tennis while everybody still believes she deserves distinction amid young...