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Thu, 08 Dec 1994
Tangerang plans more low-cost houses
Tangerang plans more low-cost houses TANGERANG (JP): A total of 5,000 low-cost houses will be built in stages at Cempaka and Bojongloa villages in the Tangerang district of Cisoka.Zuhaedi, executive director of PT Jalur Mustika Mandiri (JMM) which is in charge of the project, said yesterday that in...
Thu, 08 Dec 1994
RP sets 24-day cease-fire
RP sets 24-day cease-fire MANILA (Reuter): Philippine President Fidel Ramos said yesterday he had approved a unilateral 24-day cease-fire against communist rebels to mark the Christmas season.Ramos told a news conference the ceasefire would start on Dec.
Thu, 08 Dec 1994
Alleged document forger acquitted
Alleged document forger acquitted BANDAR LAMPUNG, Lampung: The district court in Tanjungkarang yesterday cleared a consultant from all charges of falsifying an environmental impact study for a marble factory.
Thu, 08 Dec 1994
Yogie announces anti-poverty program plan on target
Yogie announces anti-poverty program plan on target JAKARTA (JP): The government's anti-poverty program launched last April has achieved its intended target despite some aberrations, Minister of Home Affairs Moch. Yogie S.M. says.
Thu, 08 Dec 1994
Volcano victims lose livelihood
Volcano victims lose livelihood YOGYAKARTA (JP): Thousands of people evacuated following the eruption of Mount Merapi on Nov. 22 have lost their livelihoods because the government has declared their villages "no access- zones".
Thu, 08 Dec 1994
Govt denies new talks over Koja
Govt denies new talks over Koja JAKARTA (JP): The Ministry of Transportation yesterday denied reports that it has reopened negotiations on the amount of land compensation owed to residents of the Koja Utara subdistrict in North Jakarta.
Thu, 08 Dec 1994
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, 08 Dec 1994
Rubber prices increase
Rubber prices increase SINGAPORE (AFP): Singapore's rubber futures prices ended firmer yesterday on huge turnover in line with the steadier Japanese markets, dealers said."Kobe and Tokyo were up about five yen towards the end of trading, which managed to influence our prices to rise as well," said...
Thu, 08 Dec 1994
Japan urged to join EAEC
Japan urged to join EAEC TOKYO (AFP): Japan's most influential business group is considering plans to urge the government to endorse a Malaysian plan for an East Asian Economic Caucus (EAEC), news reports said yesterday.
Thu, 08 Dec 1994
Paris-Jakarta cooperation
Paris-Jakarta cooperation JAKARTA (JP): The capital cities of Paris and Jakarta have decided to strengthen their friendship and forge cooperation in various fields of city management, the French embassy said yesterday.
Thu, 08 Dec 1994
Manpower suppliers ask help from banks
Manpower suppliers ask help from banks JAKARTA (JP): A group of manpower supplier companies are turning to banks to help them out of their current financial predicaments.Executives of KINAS, the association of companies supplying Indonesian workers to Singapore and Malaysia, discussed with...
Thu, 08 Dec 1994
NU after the congress
NU after the congress The long awaited question was answered early on Monday morning when the Organization Committee (of Nahdlatul Ulama) passed the decision allowing a general chairman to be elected for more than two consecutive terms.
Thu, 08 Dec 1994
Crimes on Jl. Sutoyo
Crimes on Jl. SutoyoFrom NeracaMuch has been written in the media about the crimes taking place along Jl. Letjen Sutoyo, particularly in front of Indonesia Christian University (UKI). The crimes involve hold-ups and purse snatchings to murder and rape.
Thu, 08 Dec 1994
Scalpers at bus station
Scalpers at bus stationFrom NeracaOn Sunday evening, Nov. 4, 1994 we went to Kuningan, West Java, for a holiday. When we attempted to buy bus tickets at Pulogadung Station at the designated ticket booth, we were told the tickets were sold out.
Thu, 08 Dec 1994
Foreign tourists book out Batam
Foreign tourists book out Batam BATAM, Riau: Foreign holidaymakers have reserved between 40 to 80 percent of hotel rooms on Batam island for the Christmas and New Year holidays, hotel managers said yesterday.
Thu, 08 Dec 1994
Private television
Private televisionFrom Pos KotaResidents of Pemalang, Central Java, are unable to receive private television stations like RCTI, SCTV and AN-Teve. We are very disappointed about this matter.The well-off people can afford parabola antennae. But it is too much for us.
Thu, 08 Dec 1994
Citibank's infrastructure fund
Citibank's infrastructure fund SINGAPORE (AFP): Citibank NA announced yesterday the launch of a new fund it said would allow subscribers to invest in Asia's booming infrastructure industry."Between US$1 trillion and $2 trillion will be spent on developing infrastructure in Asia over the next six...
Wed, 07 Dec 1994
House urges police to be proactive on environment
House urges police to be proactive on environment JAKARTA (JP): A commission in the House of Representatives has urged the national police to take a more active role in the campaign to preserve the environment.
Wed, 07 Dec 1994
Building falls, 3 students crushed
Building falls, 3 students crushed PALEMBANG, South Sumatra: Education officials expressed their concern yesterday over the collapse of a building that killed three elementary school students last week.
Wed, 07 Dec 1994
Campus bickering worries top brass
Campus bickering worries top brass SALATIGA, Central Java: Chief of the Diponegoro Military Command Maj. Gen. Soeyono, who oversees security in the province, is worried about the dragging conflict in the Satya Wacana Christian University.
Wed, 07 Dec 1994
More underpasses and overpasses to be built
More underpasses and overpasses to be built JAKARTA (JP): The city administration plans to build a total of 25 underpasses and overpasses around Jakarta before the year 2005, in an effort to reduce the city's chronic traffic problems.
Wed, 07 Dec 1994
Authorities plan to crack down on motorcycle taxi
Authorities plan to crack down on motorcycle taxi JAKARTA (JP): An official of the Ministry of Transportation urged the city administration yesterday to launch a large-scale operation against motorcycle riders offering a ride -- ojek -- for a fee.As reported by the Antara news agency, A. Karim Tj.
Wed, 07 Dec 1994
Beyond rights: Human Security
Beyond rights: Human SecurityBy Juwono Sudarsono JAKARTA (JP): This coming Dec. 10 countless seminars, panel discussions and symposia will be held by UN associations, non- governmental organizations, research centers and other concerned civic groups to review the state of human rights in many...
Wed, 07 Dec 1994
ADB approves $1.1-million grant to rice research
ADB approves $1.1-million grant to rice research MANILA (AFP): Research into boosting rice yields in low- producing lowlands of South and Southeast Asia was given a US$1- million boost yesterday by the Asian Development Bank (ADB).The bank has approved a $1.
Wed, 07 Dec 1994
NU told to improve relations with govt, other groups
NU told to improve relations with govt, other groups JAKARTA (JP): The newly re-elected chairman of Nahdlatul Ulama (NU), Abdurrahman Wahid, has found himself bombarded with pleas to tone down his aberrancy and build better relations with the government and other organizations.
Wed, 07 Dec 1994
Social constraints push RI gays into closet
Social constraints push RI gays into closetBy T. Sima Gunawan SURABAYA (JP): Didi, a junior high student, wondered why his heart pounded wildly every time he saw his good-looking male teacher or older schoolmates."I had a girlfriend then, but my feelings towards boys were stronger," he confessed.
Wed, 07 Dec 1994
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.
Wed, 07 Dec 1994
Merill Lynch upbeat on Asia
Merill Lynch upbeat on Asia KUALA LUMPUR (AFP): Asian stock markets are likely to perform better in 1995, international brokerage Merrill Lynch predicted yesterday, saying that after China and India, Indonesia could emerge as the next favorite.
Wed, 07 Dec 1994
House commission fights for larger defense budget
House commission fights for larger defense budget JAKARTA (JP): House of Representatives' Commission I for politics and security urged the government yesterday to hike its military spending in order to bolster the nation's defense capability.
Wed, 07 Dec 1994
Nahdlatul Ulama: A bulwark of Indonesian democracy?
Nahdlatul Ulama: A bulwark of Indonesian democracy? The Nahdlatul Ulama, the nation's largest Moslem organization, has just ended its 29th national congress. Political observer Mochtar Buchori sees the re-election of the incumbent chairman as a sign that a new generation of Indonesian Moslems has...
Wed, 07 Dec 1994
Peeping Tom or rebel soldier?
Peeping Tom or rebel soldier? DILI, East Timor: Military men are trying to prove that the man captured while watching them bathe in a river was a member of the Fretilin rebel group.Chief of the Wira Dharma military command, who oversees security in this former Portuguese colony, said yesterday that...
Wed, 07 Dec 1994
Arief Budiman's dismissal (1)
Arief Budiman's dismissal (1) I was disturbed to read the letter from Dr. David T. Hill, Murdock University (The Jakarta Post Nov. 21, 1994) insinuating that Arief Budiman's intellectual freedom and right to voice his opinion had been threatened by Satya Wacana Christian University. Surely Dr.
Wed, 07 Dec 1994
Merapi victims need resettlement
Merapi victims need resettlement YOGYAKARTA (JP): Local government officials are still undecided as to where the displaced 3,000 victims of the Merapi eruption will be resettled.The 3,000 villagers lost their homes in the Nov.
Wed, 07 Dec 1994
Culture and protection of human rights
Culture and protection of human rightsBy Frans H. Winarta JAKARTA (JP): As we approach the 48th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights on Dec. 10, it is perfectly natural that we spend some time contemplating the significance and implications of this event.
Wed, 07 Dec 1994
Surono is ready for another term at KONI
Surono is ready for another term at KONI JAKARTA (JP): Surono, the incumbent president of the National Sports Governing Body (KONI), said yesterday he was ready to hold his position should he be elected again in the body's seventh congress slated for Jan. 16.
Wed, 07 Dec 1994
Alleged document forger acquitted
Alleged document forger acquitted BANDAR LAMPUNG, Lampung: The district court in Tanjungkarang yesterday cleared a consultant from all charges of falsifying an environmental impact study for a marble factory.
Wed, 07 Dec 1994
Accor to service local apartments
Accor to service local apartments JAKARTA (JP): PT Ometraco Realty, a private property firm, yesterday assigned Accor Asia Pacific, an Australian affiliate of France's Accor SA, to manage its apartments now being built in West Jakarta with an investment of Rp 125 billion (US$57 million).
Wed, 07 Dec 1994
Foreigners need legal certainty for investment
Foreigners need legal certainty for investment JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia needs to improve its legal infrastructure to assure more legal certainty for foreign investors operating in the country and for overseas firms doing business with domestic partners, lawyers say.
Wed, 07 Dec 1994
Borobudur Hotel plans $63m renovation
Borobudur Hotel plans $63m renovation JAKARTA (JP): PT Jakarta International Hotels & Development (JIHD) will allocate US$63 million for the renovation of its five-star Hotel Borobudur Inter-Continental to anticipate fiercer competition among luxury hotels in the city.JIHD's president, Jusuf L.
Wed, 07 Dec 1994
RP to fly home illegal workers
RP to fly home illegal workers MANILA (Reuter): Philippine Foreign Secretary Roberto Romulo ordered diplomats in Saudi Arabia to charter an aircraft to repatriate illegal Filipino workers before they are jailed in a crackdown on visa violations.
Wed, 07 Dec 1994
Garuda to sell shares to foreign investors
Garuda to sell shares to foreign investors JAKARTA (JP): The government will sell a stake of the national flag carrier Garuda Indonesia to foreign investors through direct placement before offering part of its shares on the capital market, Minister of Finance Mar'ie Muhammad says.
Wed, 07 Dec 1994
46 injured in bus accident
46 injured in bus accident SERANG, West Java: Forty six people were injured, several seriously, when a packed bus slipped into a ditch during a heavy rain here yesterday.Liberty was on its way from the North Sumatra capital of Medan to the Central Java city of Solo (Surakarta) when the road...
Wed, 07 Dec 1994
New market in Depok
New market in Depok JAKARTA (JP): The construction of a new market in Depok, 30 kilometers from here, is aimed primarily at accommodating small- scale traders and sidewalk vendors trading in the ever growing township, prominent businessman Probosutedjo said.
Wed, 07 Dec 1994
Lending to property sector to be curbed
Lending to property sector to be curbed JAKARTA (JP): Finance Minister Mar'ie Muhammad said yesterday that the government would take new fiscal measures to curb the unusually steep increase in bank lending to property businesses.
Wed, 07 Dec 1994
Health officers sent to needy village
Health officers sent to needy village TANGERANG (JP): The city administration of Tangerang plans to deploy 36 health officers in the city's least developed villages, an official said yesterday.Tangerang Mayor Djakaria Machmud said that the presence of the officers is expected to help local...
Wed, 07 Dec 1994
ADB loan for RI project
ADB loan for RI project MANILA (Reuter): The Asian Development Bank said yesterday it has approved a US$27.7 million loan to strengthen the development and management of Indonesia's water resources."The main objective of the project is to enhance...
Wed, 07 Dec 1994
River pollution affects fish ponds in Ciganjur
River pollution affects fish ponds in Ciganjur JAKARTA (JP): The quality and quantity of water flowing into the Ciganjur Fish Hatchery complex in South Jakarta continues to deteriorate due to environmental damage in Depok and South Jakarta.
Wed, 07 Dec 1994
RI out to retain silat throne
RI out to retain silat throne JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia is out to retain the overall championship title at the World Pencak Silat Championships in Hatyai, Thailand next week.The Indonesian Pencak Silat Association has sorted out 30 athletes who performed commendably during the National Games last...
Wed, 07 Dec 1994
Solving traffic problem
Solving traffic problem I entirely agree with John Kerr (Driving in the rain, The Jakarta Post, Nov. 4, 1994). There has, indeed, been a plethora of words written about Jakarta's famous -- or should I say, infamous -- macet (traffic jams).
Wed, 07 Dec 1994
Thai minister quits in land scandal
Thai minister quits in land scandal BANGKOK (AFP): Thai Prime Minister Chuan Leekpai suffered a setback yesterday, when Suthep Thueksuban, the deputy minister of agriculture, resigned rather than face a no-confidence motion next week over a land scandal.