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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...

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.

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.

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.

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".

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.

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.

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...

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.

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.

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...

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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...

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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...

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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...

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...

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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).

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.

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.

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.

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.

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...

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.

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.

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...

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...

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.

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...

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).

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.