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Fri, 06 Jan 1995

Religious tolerance

Religious tolerance I wish to comment on Mr Mochtar Buchori's article about his personal transition towards religious tolerance (The Jakarta Post, Dec. 31, 1994) which I find most interesting. He described in the article how, as a Moslem, he took part in Christmas celebrations and church services...

Fri, 06 Jan 1995

China warming to Rome, Philippine cardinal says

China warming to Rome, Philippine cardinal says MANILA (Reuter): China's decision to send clergy and young members of its official Catholic church to the World Youth Day celebrations in Manila marks a warming of relations with Rome, Manila Cardinal Jaime Sin said yesterday.

Fri, 06 Jan 1995

Nosferatu enters local music industry

Nosferatu enters local music industryBy Riris Irawati JAKARTA (JP): Looking for something hard'n'heavy? Listen to Nosferatu.That's exactly how the four-member group plays its music, although lead vocalist Agus Lasmono claims that Nosferatu concentrates on the neoclassical, heavy groove genre.

Fri, 06 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.

Fri, 06 Jan 1995

Thailand wants to host Asia-EU leaders meeting

Thailand wants to host Asia-EU leaders meeting SINGAPORE (AFP): Thai Foreign Minister Thaksin Shinawatra yesterday offered to host a summit of Asian and European leaders in 1995 to tear down trade barriers.

Fri, 06 Jan 1995

Gen. Feisal joins fray in PDI communist debate

Gen. Feisal joins fray in PDI communist debate JAKARTA (JP): The Armed Forces (ABRI) and the Indonesian Democratic Party (PDI) were up at arms yesterday over allegations that up to 300 party activists have past communist links.ABRI chief Gen.

Fri, 06 Jan 1995

State budget proposal for 1995-96

State budget proposal for 1995-96 President Soeharto yesterday unveiled the annual draft state budget before a plenary session of the House of Representatives (DPR). Transcript of the budget appears in a condensed unofficial translation form on this page and Page 5.

Fri, 06 Jan 1995

Land grabbing rife in Aceh

Land grabbing rife in Aceh BANDA ACEH, Aceh: Head of the Aceh office of the National Land Agency (BPN) Rutny M. Saleh said yesterday that the number of cases of land grabbing in the province has increased in the last two years.

Fri, 06 Jan 1995

State budget proposal for 1995-96

State budget proposal for 1995-96 In the railway sector, works will start, among other things, for the construction of new tracks extending 20 kilometers in the Citayam- Cibinong and Medan-Gabion stretches and a full double track in the Cikampek-Cirebon stretch.

Fri, 06 Jan 1995

Stock Exchange

Stock Exchange JAKARTA (JP): Share prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (JSX) rose for the third consecutive day yesterday, with a number of bluechips booking significant gains in moderate trading.The JSX Composite Index, the market's main trading barometer, surged by 3.33 points to close at 477.

Fri, 06 Jan 1995

1994-95 Budget and 1995-96 Draft Budget (Rp billion)

1994-95 Budget and 1995-96 Draft Budget (Rp billion) 1994-95 1995-96 1994-95 vs 1995-96 ( % ) REVENUES A. Internal revenues 59,737.1 66,265.2 10.9 I. Oil and natural gas 12,851.2 13,275.6 3.3 1. Oil 9,504.0 9,812.2 3.2 2. Natural gas 3,347.2 3,463.4 3.5II. Non-oil and non-gas 46,885.9 52,989.6 13.

Fri, 06 Jan 1995

Japan must pay countries occupied during WW II

Japan must pay countries occupied during WW II JAKARTA (JP): Japan, which occupied Indonesia from 1942 to 1945, still has a moral obligation towards the peoples it conquered during World War II, a Japanese scholar said here yesterday.

Fri, 06 Jan 1995

Government budget plan gets cautious welcome

Government budget plan gets cautious welcome JAKARTA (JP): Economists and members of the House of Representatives (DPR) describe the 1995-96 state budget draft as realistic but are warning the government to take stronger measures to curb the widening current account deficit and mounting...

Fri, 06 Jan 1995

ICI sets up plant here

ICI sets up plant here JAKARTA (JP): The Britain-based surfactants manufacturer ICI will build a 6.5-million pound (US$9.7 million) production facility in Indonesia to serve the rapidly expanding market in Indonesia.

Fri, 06 Jan 1995

Aid for villages

Aid for villagesFrom Media IndonesiaPresident Soeharto set up a special program, Inpres, which allocates aid to the least developed villages in Indonesia, a program aimed at enhancing the welfare and prosperity of the people.

Fri, 06 Jan 1995

Wiranto promises to help secure Jakarta schools

Wiranto promises to help secure Jakarta schools JAKARTA (JP): Military personnel will be deployed at selected schools, which are prone to students brawls, to teach students self-discipline, Greater Jakarta Military Commander Maj. Gen. Wiranto said yesterday.

Fri, 06 Jan 1995

Police free suspect in Hutagalung case

Police free suspect in Hutagalung case JAKARTA (JP): Police have released a man whose appearance was similar to that of the suspected killer of six members of Herbin Hutagalung's family.Speaking to reporters late Wednesday evening, Bekasi Police Chief Lt. Col.

Fri, 06 Jan 1995

Japan wins order in RI

Japan wins order in RI TOKYO (AFP): Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries Ltd. of Japan has won an order worth more than seven billion yen (US$70 million) to build a paper-coating and -treatment plant in Indonesia, a spokesman said yesterday.

Thu, 05 Jan 1995

Seven die in bus collision

Seven die in bus collision SEMARANG, Central Java: At least seven people were killed and dozens of others badly injured in a head-on collision between two buses in Karanganyar yesterday.All victims, several of which have yet to be identified, have been moved to the Karanganyar general hospital.

Thu, 05 Jan 1995

Phone call ends RP hostage drama

Phone call ends RP hostage drama MANILA (UPI): A long-distance telephone call from Japan yesterday ended a 12-hour hostage drama staged by a love-struck man who took two people hostage after his girlfriend refused to answer his overseas telephone calls.

Thu, 05 Jan 1995

Asia's first cross-border oil linkage in the offing

Asia's first cross-border oil linkage in the offing SINGAPORE (AFP): A spillover of petroleum-related investments from Singapore to Malaysia's southern Johore state is likely to create Asia's maiden cross-border linkage of the oil and petrochemical industry, a report said yesterday.

Thu, 05 Jan 1995

Instilling a sense of discipline

Instilling a sense of discipline On Jan. 3rd, the Jakarta Metropolitan Police declared a number of selected streets under its jurisdiction -- including Jakarta, Tangerang, Bekasi and Depok -- "zones of orderly traffic".

Thu, 05 Jan 1995

Officer dies of stab wounds at fish market

Officer dies of stab wounds at fish market JAKARTA (JP): A street tough stabbed and killed an on-duty police officer he feared was coming to arrest him for theft at the fish auction market in Muara Baru, North Jakarta.

Thu, 05 Jan 1995

RI faces democratization challenge

RI faces democratization challengeBy Juwono Sudarsono JAKARTA (JP): In the East Asian Miracle survey of economic growth and public policy 1965-1990, the World Bank attributed the success of eight High Performing Asian Economies (HPAEs) to getting the fundamentals right: stable macro-economic...

Thu, 05 Jan 1995

Indonesia, Australia unite againts illegal fishing

Indonesia, Australia unite againts illegal fishing SYDNEY (Reuter): Australia and Indonesia tomorrow will launch a 10-day campaign against the wave of Indonesian fishermen illegally fishing in Australia's northern waters.

Thu, 05 Jan 1995

Swiss keen on Balinese dances

Swiss keen on Balinese dances DENPASAR, Bali: The Swiss government has asked the provincial government to send a dancing troupe to Switzerland to perform for three days in April.The invitation was conveyed by the visiting Swiss Minister of Education Peter Pscheid when he met with governor Ida Bagus...

Thu, 05 Jan 1995

Obituary

Obituary K.H. Achmad Syaichu, 74, speaker of the "Gotong Royong" House of Representatives between 1966 and 1972, died at the Cipto Mangunkusumo hospital in Jakarta yesterday, after a long illness.The veteran politician of the Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) political party is survived by his wife and eight...

Thu, 05 Jan 1995

PPP predicts Indonesia is stable this year

PPP predicts Indonesia is stable this year JAKARTA (JP): The Moslem-oriented United Development Party (PPP) predicts that Indonesian politics will be "stable and calm" this year, in contrast to the rather turbulent 1994.

Thu, 05 Jan 1995

All state auditors to use standardized system soon

All state auditors to use standardized system soon JAKARTA (JP): All government supervisory agencies will start using a standardized system on April 1 for auditing government institutions, companies and projects, says the chief of the Supreme Audit Agency (BPK), J.B. Sumarlin.

Thu, 05 Jan 1995

Baby dies due to lack of skin

Baby dies due to lack of skin BANDA ACEH, Aceh: A baby who became the talk of the town for being born without abdomen skin on Jan. 1 died in hospital on Tuesday."We did our best to save the baby's life but it died at about 11 a.m.

Thu, 05 Jan 1995

Megawati promises to sort out PDI's problems

Megawati promises to sort out PDI's problems JAKARTA (JP): Megawati Soekarnoputri yesterday pledged to the government that she would sort out the conflicts within the Indonesian Democratic Party (PDI), including the reports that one of its leaders was a communist, without turning to outside help.

Thu, 05 Jan 1995

City to hold food bazaar

City to hold food bazaar JAKARTA (JP): The Coordinating Agency for the Development of the Informal Sector in Jakarta will hold a food bazaar in which various kinds of traditional food, including those served during Idul Fitri, an Islamic religious festivity, will be featured.

Thu, 05 Jan 1995

Public parks to replace gas stations

Public parks to replace gas stations JAKARTA (JP): The Chief of West Jakarta Park Office, Abuhir Siara, said the mayoralty will remove six gas stations in its area to make way for the development of public parks.

Thu, 05 Jan 1995

Firms must pay new minimum wage: Idroes

Firms must pay new minimum wage: Idroes JAKARTA (JP): Deputy Governor for Administrative Affairs Idroes urged companies yesterday to obey the new regulation on minimum wages which will take effect on April 1.

Thu, 05 Jan 1995

Immigration deported 450 aliens in last year

Immigration deported 450 aliens in last year JAKARTA (JP): The immigration authorities deported 450 foreigners from Indonesia last year, largely because they had overstayed their permits.In 1993, Indonesia deported 488 foreigners.

Thu, 05 Jan 1995

Korindo concerned about plywood prospects in 1995

Korindo concerned about plywood prospects in 1995 JAKARTA (JP): Not long after the government announced its determination to curb timber production, the Korindo Group, a major plywood manufacturer, has expressed doubts about the industry's prospects this year.

Thu, 05 Jan 1995

U.S. keyboard player detained

U.S. keyboard player detained JAKARTA (JP): The Central Jakarta Immigration Office is still investigating Paul Edward, an American keyboard player who was arrested at the Assembly Hall of the Jakarta Hilton Convention Center on Dec. 31 for abusing his stay permit.

Thu, 05 Jan 1995

New rulings on tax laws announced

New rulings on tax laws announced JAKARTA (JP): The government issued here yesterday 18 more rulings regarding the new tax laws, including a provision that will significantly reduce the tax rate applied to corporate interest earnings.

Thu, 05 Jan 1995

ASEAN countries told to be more self-reliant

ASEAN countries told to be more self-reliant JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Foreign Affairs Ali Alatas is urging the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) to become more self-reliant in order to counter wavering financial aid and the imposition of conditionalities by aid donor countries.

Thu, 05 Jan 1995

Navratilova gives Yayuk tennis lesson

Navratilova gives Yayuk tennis lesson JAKARTA (JP): World top tennis players differ from other players in the way they avoid making too many unnecessary mistakes during their games.This rule of thumb ruled when just retired Martina Navratilova played the home crowd's darling Yayuk Basuki in an...

Thu, 05 Jan 1995

Electric situation

Electric situation Whilst a couple of recent letters have addressed a concern (whether founded or not) about the effects of electro magnetic fields from high voltage transmission lines may I comment on a far more dangerous electrical situation that is ignored daily?I'm talking about the practice of...

Thu, 05 Jan 1995

What is zebra crossing for?

What is zebra crossing for?From NeracaMany motorists tend to ignore the existence of zebra crossings. Pedestrians have a difficult time trying to cross the road at zebra crossings because motorists do not stop at crossing for pedestrians.

Thu, 05 Jan 1995

Govt maintains ceiling on luxury sales tax

Govt maintains ceiling on luxury sales tax JAKARTA (JP): The government has decided to maintain the sales tax ceiling on luxury goods at 35 percent, even though the new tax laws, which went into effect early this month, allow for the rate to be raised as high as 50 percent.

Thu, 05 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 Children'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...

Thu, 05 Jan 1995

Endorsable tickets to end discount war among airlines

Endorsable tickets to end discount war among airlines JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesian National Air Carriers Association will begin issuing endorsable tickets and form a clearing house to end discount wars among domestic airliners, says the association's chairman, Soelarto Hardisoemarto.

Thu, 05 Jan 1995

Low-cost housing for C. Jakarta

Low-cost housing for C. Jakarta JAKARTA (JP): The Central Jakarta mayoralty will build over 5,000 low-cost apartments in four subdistricts.Musbir MM, head of the local housing office, said that the 5,004 units will be built in stages on a total area of 15.5 hectares up to the year 2000.

Thu, 05 Jan 1995

Govt may cut sporting goods import duties

Govt may cut sporting goods import duties JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Industry Tunky Ariwibowo said here yesterday that the government is considering lowering some import tariffs as far as zero percent on raw materials for sporting goods in hopes of improving the competitiveness of local products.

Thu, 05 Jan 1995

ABRI maintains seven battalions in East Timor

ABRI maintains seven battalions in East Timor JAKARTA (JP): The Armed Forces (ABRI) currently has seven battalions stationed in East Timor as requested by the provincial government.Maj. Gen. Adang Ruchiatna, the chief of the Udayana Military Command, said the military has no immediate plans either...

Thu, 05 Jan 1995

RI-Australia ties solidifying (2)

RI-Australia ties solidifying (2) The following is the second of two articles based on an excerpt of a paper presented by former minister of defense and security Gen. (ret.) L.B. Moerdani at a conference mid-last month in Canberra hosted by the Australian Defense Studies Center.

Thu, 05 Jan 1995

Manpower supplier sought

Manpower supplier sought AMBON, Maluku: Police are investigating reports that a manpower supplier illegally sent eight local job seekers to Malaysia last year.Chief of the provincial office of manpower Sadjid said that the suspect, identified only as AA, may have fled the province on learning that...

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