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Australia says it has least to do for trade target

Australia says it has least to do for trade target CANBERRA (Reuter): Australia will probably need to pull down fewer trade barriers than any other country aiming for free trade in the Asia-Pacific region, the government said yesterday.

Officials meet on traffic order areas

Officials meet on traffic order areas Officers from related institutions will meet today at city police headquarters to discuss the strict enforcement of traffic regulations in selected areas of the city.Head of the City Police Traffic Investigation Unit Lt. Col. Herman S.

Court ruling over Jl. Sabang land criticized

Court ruling over Jl. Sabang land criticized JAKARTA (JP): A prominent lawyer criticized the recent decision by the Supreme Court on the land dispute on Jl. Agus Salim in Central Jakarta because it ignored existing principles of trade jurisprudence.

Get first row seat at Clinton's press meeting

Get first row seat at Clinton's press meetingBy Endy Bayuni JAKARTA (JP): Attending a press briefing by a U.S. president is a quite an experience for non-American journalists not accustomed to the White House tradition.

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.

Unauthorized brokers arrested

Unauthorized brokers arrested City Police arrested three women and eight men, believed to be acting as unauthorized brokers for processing driver's licenses, at police headquarters yesterday morning.Head of the internal affair division of the City Police, Lt. Col.

Stock Exchange

Stock Exchange JAKARTA (JP): Share prices rose slightly on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (JSX) yesterday in active trading after losing ground last week.The broad-based Composite Index closed 0.76 points higher at 514.14 yesterday from 513.38 on Friday.

Seirawan replaces Smyslov to play Utut

Seirawan replaces Smyslov to play Utut JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia's number one chess player Utut Adianto will challenge American grand master Yasser Seirawan instead of playing former world champion Vassily Smyslov.

Pillory is next best to death for rapists

Pillory is next best to death for rapists JAKARTA (JP): The chairperson of the Indonesian Women's Congress (Kowani) supports to idea of pillorying rapists by broadcasting their photographs on television.

Electricity tariffs (2)

Electricity tariffs (2)From RepublikaThe government is going to raise the price of electricity. This is a great concern to the common people. The rich will not be affected by the increase and the producers will automatically adjust the prices of their products.

Religious tolerance

Religious tolerance As a non-Moslem visitor to, and an Australian expatriate in this country for many years, I have great affection for Indonesia and its people, warts and all. One of its greatest attributes is it's truly religious tolerance, which should be a model to the many other countries...

Guntur residents refuse to move

Guntur residents refuse to move Hundreds of residents of the Guntur district in South Jakarta have rejected an offer of Rp 800,000 (US$367) per square meter from developer PT IC for the appropriation of their two hectare plots of land.

Telephone needed

Telephone neededFrom JayakartaWe, the residents of the Pondok Sarana Karya apartment complex, Pondok Bambu, East Jakarta, request that PT Telkom install more public telephones in the area. We need a telephone unit that can be operated with Rp 100 coins instead of Rp 50, as the latter has become...

Public warned of co-opted press

Public warned of co-opted press JAKARTA (JP): Three prominent Indonesian scholars are warning the public to beware of passively accepting everything they read in news publications because some of them may have been co-opted by vested interests.

Dili life slowly returns to normal after rioting

Dili life slowly returns to normal after rioting DILI, East Timor (JP): Life in the East Timor capital slowly returned to normal yesterday with people reporting for work and shops opening after three days of tension and rioting.East Timor Police Chief Col.

Death toll from Philippines' quake recorded at 65

Death toll from Philippines' quake recorded at 65 CALAPAN, Philippines (Reuter): Filipino rescuers yesterday found the bodies of three more young children killed by an earthquake and tidal wave as they slept.The discovery took the death toll from Tuesday's quake to at least 65.

Protesters want U.S. to help solve Timor issue

Protesters want U.S. to help solve Timor issue JAKARTA (JP): Twenty-nine East Timorese students who have holed up at the U.S. embassy compound since Saturday said yesterday that they want the United States to take "real action" to help solve problems in East Timor.

Indonesia against abortion

Indonesia against abortionFrom Sinar PagiA world conference was held recently to debate, among other things, the issue of abortion. The Mexican film serial Test Tube Mother was aired on one of the TV stations at the same time.

6-a-side soccer meet in Ragunan

6-a-side soccer meet in Ragunan JAKARTA (JP): A total of 24 teams will take part in a one-day, six-a-side soccer tournament at the Ragunan stadium, South Jakarta, on Saturday, Dutch F.C. Knudde, the organizing club, announced yesterday.

APEC's pledge to free trade pleases Clinton

APEC's pledge to free trade pleases ClintonBy Antonio Kamiya WASHINGTON (Kyodo): The political pledge made this week in Indonesia by leaders of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum should be music to Washington's ears. President Bill Clinton, for one, was exuberant.

Swiss, Chinese drowned in Bali

Swiss, Chinese drowned in Bali DENPASAR, Bali: A tourist from Switzerland and another from Taiwan drowned in separate incidents while on holiday in Bali, the Antara news agency reported.According to the morgue at the General Hospital in Denpasar, the capital of the island of Bali, the Swiss...

Illiteracy in Jakarta

Illiteracy in Jakarta Deputy chairman of the City Council Ronggo Sutrisno expressed concern over the number of people in Jakarta who are illiterate.Sutrisno was quoted by the Jayakarta daily as saying yesterday that the number of illiterate people in the city is over 129,200.

New bus route needed

New bus route neededFrom NeracaI live in West Jakarta and work in Manggarai, East Jakarta. At present there is no Manggarai-Tanah Abang bus route, or Manggarai-Grogol route.I hope the Jakarta Land Transport Service considers establishing this as a new route.

RI, U.S. business sectors stepping up cooperation

RI, U.S. business sectors stepping up cooperation JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia and American businessmen agreed yesterday to deepen cooperation, thereby giving substance to what they call the Bogor Declaration of APEC leaders.

A new milestone

A new milestone Even before the meeting started in Bogor yesterday, one could feel the consensus emanating from the 18 APEC leaders who were all dressed in specially designed Indonesian batik shirts. The press conference later in the day only confirmed that the occasion was not just another...

Local TV networks pool resources to cover Bogor

Local TV networks pool resources to cover Bogor JAKARTA (JP): Six Indonesian television networks pooled their resources yesterday to provide the nation as well as the world comprehensive coverage of the historic meeting of APEC leaders in Bogor.

East Timor protesters mull asylum in Portugal

East Timor protesters mull asylum in Portugal JAKARTA (JP): Twenty nine East Timorese students occupying the U.S. embassy compound said yesterday that they are considering seeking asylum in Portugal.In Lisbon, Portuguese Prime Minister Anibal Cavaco Silva said on Monday the foreign ministry was...

Moerdiono rocks Bogor Palace with `Blue Suede Shoes'

Moerdiono rocks Bogor Palace with `Blue Suede Shoes' BOGOR, West Java (JP): As APEC leaders deliberated inside Bogor Palace, poised to make their monumental decision, hundreds of waiting journalists were entertained by an array of singers and dancers, including a surprise performance by...

Jl. Daan Mogot - Pasar Baru bridge project commences

Jl. Daan Mogot - Pasar Baru bridge project commences TANGERANG, West Java (JP): Tangerang Mayor Djakaria Machmud inaugurated the construction of a new bridge on Saturday, connecting Jl. Daan Mogot in West Jakarta and Pasar Baru.

Hillary Clinton warmly welcomed in Yogyakarta

Hillary Clinton warmly welcomed in YogyakartaBy Rita A. Widiadana YOGYAKARTA (JP): Thousands of Yogyakartans greeted American First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton yesterday as she visited a school, a community health center and two renowned temples.

Grady wins pro-am title

Grady wins pro-am title JAKARTA (JP): Last year's Tugu Pratama PGA champion Wayne Grady of Australia made up for his loss in the professional event by winning the individual pro-am event on Sunday.Playing on 18 holes at Bumi Serpong Damai golf course, Tangerang, near here, Grady was tied at 4 under...

Forex and stocks

Forex and stocksNotice: Due to Jakarta's public holidays on Monday Nov. 14 and Tuesday Nov. 15, Bank Indonesia (the central bank) and the Jakarta Stock Exchange did no clearing transactions and share trading.

Siti Amelia Jakarta queen

Siti Amelia Jakarta queen Siti Amelia has been chosen as the Jakarta Putri Ayu Queen 1994, defeating 14 other finalists.The Suara Pembaruan evening daily reported yesterday that the first and second runners-up at competition held by the Putri Ayu foundation will be, respectively, Shinta Ruswita and...

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.

PT Freeport to build copper smelting plant

PT Freeport to build copper smelting plant JAKARTA (JP): PT Freeport Indonesia will start constructing a copper smelting plant in Gresik, East Java, in the middle of next year with a production capacity of 200,000 tons per annum at a cost of about US$650 million, its president says.

Trans-ASEAN gas studied

Trans-ASEAN gas studied MANILA (AFP): Trans Energy of France is studying the natural gas industry in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to determine the feasibility of a trans-ASEAN pipeline, a Filipino energy official said yesterday.

Feisal inducts new cadets

Feisal inducts new cadets MAGELANG: Armed Forces Commander Gen. Feisal Tanjung has graduated 971 cadets from four military academies in Magelang, Central Java.The cadets were graduated and inducted over the weekend after they passed through 13 days of the Chandradimuka basic military training.Gen.

Soccer raid effective in Malaysia

Soccer raid effective in Malaysia KUALA LUMPUR (Reuter): Malaysia's crackdown on crooked soccer is working and the heavy betting that accompanies most matches is declining, a senior soccer official said yesterday.

HIDUP stages APEC environmental event

HIDUP stages APEC environmental event JAKARTA (JP): Officials and businessmen from several APEC members gathered here yesterday evening in what the organizers called the only environmental event in coincidence with the APEC meetings that focused on economic issues.

Sponsorship threatens Lucky Strike c'ships

Sponsorship threatens Lucky Strike c'ships JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia's preparations for hosting the world motocross championships for the first time next year have been marred with sponsorship problems.PT British-American Tobacco (BAT) Indonesia is considering withdrawing from sponsoring next year's...

Manufacturing sector faces no problem with free trade

Manufacturing sector faces no problem with free trade JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Industry Tunky Ariwibowo stated yesterday that Indonesia's manufacturing industry will face no problems with the APEC trade liberalization.

Clinton calls just-ended Bogor meeting 'historic'

Clinton calls just-ended Bogor meeting 'historic' JAKARTA (JP): United States President Bill Clinton called the Bogor declaration a historic one but warned that it should be followed up by the next meeting of leaders."I feel very good about it, this is potentially a very historic declaration.

'Gatra' magazine makes its debut

'Gatra' magazine makes its debut JAKARTA: Gatra, the weekly magazine which employs a group of former employees of the defunct Tempo, made its debut yesterday.The new magazine, published by PT Era Media Informasi, gave its readers the coverage of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) meeting...

Informality colors Bogor APEC meet

Informality colors Bogor APEC meet BOGOR, West Java (JP): Yesterday's meeting of APEC leaders in Bogor may have won the prize as the most formal of informal meetings of all time.All the leaders, which includes some of the world's most powerful like the United States, Japan and China, came in batik...

NGOs air concerns over APEC impact

NGOs air concerns over APEC impact JAKARTA (JP): Several non-governmental organizations (NGOs) from Asia and Pacific countries raised concerns yesterday about the implications of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) process, which they say could bode ill for human rights.

S'pore investment in China

S'pore investment in China BEIJING (AFP): Singapore has become the fifth largest investor in China, pumping more than US$1.3 billion into the country in the first half of 1994, a report said yesterday.Actual Singaporean investment in China totaled $1.

Residents, weather welcome APEC to Bogor

Residents, weather welcome APEC to Bogor BOGOR (JP): About one thousand Bogor residents cheerfully welcomed APEC delegations here as their leaders snaked through city streets in one procession after another.

RI sends juniors ton China Open

RI sends juniors ton China Open JAKARTA (JP): World number one Ardy Wiranata and number seven Alan Budikusuma lead a pack of Indonesian second stringers to the China Open badminton championships in Liaoning, starting today.

Leaders hail free trade pact, Mahathir has reservation

Leaders hail free trade pact, Mahathir has reservation JAKARTA (JP): Most APEC leaders praised the Bogor declaration yesterday but Malaysia registered some reservations.Australia's Paul Keating called the declaration "an extraordinary new path for the Asia-Pacific region toward extraordinary goals.

Gus Dur wonders why so much fuss over Israel visit

Gus Dur wonders why so much fuss over Israel visit SEMARANG, Central Java (JP): The chairman of Nahdlatul Ulama (NU), Indonesia's largest Moslem organization, Abdurrahman Wahid, stressed here yesterday that there is no reason to prevent him from visiting Israel.