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Sat, 15 Nov 1997
Golkar's move on security decree meets opposition
Golkar's move on security decree meets opposition JAKARTA (JP): Four lawyers' organizations opposed yesterday Golkar's motion to reintroduce a decree giving the president preemptive powers against subversive activities, saying it would be a breach of the 1945 Constitution.
Sat, 15 Nov 1997
359 RI workers incarcerated in S. Arabian jails
359 RI workers incarcerated in S. Arabian jails JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Manpower Abdul Latief disclosed yesterday that 359 Indonesians are currently imprisoned in Saudi Arabia."They were convicted for various crimes, including theft, immigration document forgery and adultery.
Sat, 15 Nov 1997
Venezuelan airline signs deal to buy four N-250
Venezuelan airline signs deal to buy four N-250 JAKARTA (JP): Air Venezuela, a private Venezuelan airline, signed a memorandum of understanding here yesterday to buy four N-250 aircraft from state-owned aircraft manufacturer PT IPTN, with an option to buy another four.
Sat, 15 Nov 1997
Female bus charmer arrested
Female bus charmer arrested BREBES, Central Java: Police have arrested a 30-year-old woman for allegedly robbing passengers on intercity buses.According to police, the attractive Yuyun often sat next to male passengers and lulled them into a false sense of security by engaging them in conversation...
Sat, 15 Nov 1997
Free rabies shots for susceptible pet animals
Free rabies shots for susceptible pet animals JAKARTA (JP): The city has asked all residents with pets susceptible to rabies to immediately take the animals to nearby animal husbandry offices to receive free vaccinations.
Sat, 15 Nov 1997
Aetna's premium income up
Aetna's premium income up JAKARTA (JP): PT Aetna Life Indonesia announced in a statement yesterday that it recorded a 44 percent increase in premium income as of September this year compared to the corresponding period last year."The company has paid in capital of Rp 43.
Sat, 15 Nov 1997
Myanmar-EU rift to be discussed
Myanmar-EU rift to be discussed BANGKOK (AFP): Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) officials will meet soon to resolve a dispute with the European Union (EU) over Myanmar, a Thai daily said yesterday.
Sat, 15 Nov 1997
Merits of RI labor abroad
Merits of RI labor abroadFrom MerdekaIt is very wrong for strong and healthy people to make a living by begging and relying on other people's compassion.There are sayings like "no pain, no gain" and "nothing sought, nothing found".
Sat, 15 Nov 1997
RI gets $130m loan from ADB
RI gets $130m loan from ADB MANILA (AFP): The Asian Development Bank (ADB) said here yesterday that it had approved a US$130 million loan for a project to promote sustainable irrigated agriculture in Indonesia.
Sat, 15 Nov 1997
Police gun down wanted criminals on toll road
Police gun down wanted criminals on toll road BEKASI (JP): Detectives shot and killed three of the city's most wanted criminals during an early morning blockade on Cikampek toll road yesterday.Bekasi Police chief Lt. Col.
Sat, 15 Nov 1997
Titis to paint to musical accompaniment
Titis to paint to musical accompanimentBy Laksmi Pamuntjak-Djohan JAKARTA (JP): Picture, if you will, a forty-something lady at the opening of her painting exhibition in Paris. She already has over 65 exhibitions under her belt, and some of her works have become prized collector's items.
Sat, 15 Nov 1997
Indonesia's melody-maker Titiek Puspa turns 60
Indonesia's melody-maker Titiek Puspa turns 60By Rita Widiadana JAKARTA (JP): She has prospered in the fickle world of the local music industry for almost five decades. Along the way, Titiek Puspa has created distinctive musical idioms and enriched the Indonesian music vocabulary.
Sat, 15 Nov 1997
Try keeps lid on vice presidency
Try keeps lid on vice presidency JAKARTA (JP): Vice President Try Sutrisno just smiled yesterday when journalists tried to coax statements out of him about the possibility of him being reelected the second most senior official in the administration.
Sat, 15 Nov 1997
Riaupulp raises equity
Riaupulp raises equity JAKARTA (JP): Riau Andalas Pulp and Paper (Riaupulp), the 98- percent-held subsidiary of Asia Pacific Resource Holdings Limited (April), has increased its equity by US$200 million to $800 million.Riaupulp's finance director and chief financial officer W.
Sat, 15 Nov 1997
Thai government commitment 'key to economic recovery'
Thai government commitment 'key to economic recovery' BANGKOK (AFP): International Monetary Fund chief Michel Camdessus said after meeting Thai Premier Chuan Leekpai yesterday that the new government's clear commitment to the IMF rescue plan was the key to economic recovery.
Sat, 15 Nov 1997
The plight of Indonesian women workers abroad
The plight of Indonesian women workers abroadBy Asip Agus Hasani & Efendy Naibaho BLITAR, East Java (JP): Tutik, one of the 23,000 illegal Indonesian workers recently brought home by the government from Saudi Arabia, said she was too ashamed to face her neighbors because she did not bring any money...
Sat, 15 Nov 1997
C. Java cloud seeding starts
C. Java cloud seeding starts SEMARANG, Central Java: The Central Java administration, in cooperation with the Agency for the Assessment and Application of Technology (BPPT), will carry out cloud seeding for 35 days starting Monday to overcome water shortages due to the prolonged dry season, Antara...
Sat, 15 Nov 1997
Get serious about graft
Get serious about graft Prompt action, not empty rhetoric, is the best way to combat an economic crisis. We have heard the rhetoric; now we must see the action. This, in effect, was the message delivered yesterday by International Monetary Fund (IMF) director Michel Camdessus to the economic...
Sat, 15 Nov 1997
Press told not to exaggerate death
Press told not to exaggerate death DENPASAR, Bali: Minister of Tourism, Post and Telecommunications Joop Ave has asked the press not to blow up news concerning the death of an Australian tourist in Bali.
Sat, 15 Nov 1997
Teijin sets up RI venture
Teijin sets up RI venture TOKYO (AFP): Japanese textile manufacturers Teijin Ltd. and Nisshinbo Industries Inc. said yesterday they would set up a textile dyeing venture in Indonesia in January next year.
Sat, 15 Nov 1997
Thai SEA Games drug users were innocent: Doping official
Thai SEA Games drug users were innocent: Doping official JAKARTA (JP): Two Thai athletes convicted of using banned substances by the 19th SEA Games medical committee were innocent, according to Dangsina Moeloek, the organizers' doping test and gender verification deputy.
Sat, 15 Nov 1997
What about 'TVRI' contribution?
What about 'TVRI' contribution?From Surabaya PostI would like to know if the TVRI contribution is still being collected.A few days ago, TVRI employees came to my house accompanied by local security personnel.
Sat, 15 Nov 1997
Ray White holds auction
Ray White holds auction JAKARTA (JP): Real estate agency Ray White Indonesia, a subsidiary of Australia's Ray White Real Estate, launched its first property auction at the Sahid Jaya Hotel, the company announced yesterday.
Sat, 15 Nov 1997
Salim acquires significant stake in Bank Danamon
Salim acquires significant stake in Bank Danamon JAKARTA (JP): The Salim Group, the country's largest business conglomerate, has signed an agreement to acquire a significant stake in publicly listed Bank Danamon.
Sat, 15 Nov 1997
50% of Telkom's pay phones damaged
50% of Telkom's pay phones damaged JAKARTA (JP): About 50 percent of the 48,100 public phones in Greater Jakarta are malfunctioning, an official said yesterday.The official from state-owned telecommunications firm PT Telkom told The Jakarta Post that records indicated 24,100 public phones,...
Sat, 15 Nov 1997
20,000 to cancel haj pilgrimage
20,000 to cancel haj pilgrimage JAKARTA (JP): About 20,000 prospective pilgrims have threatened to cancel their haj pilgrimage if the municipality does not scrap its numerical system for grouping pilgrims.
Sat, 15 Nov 1997
Suspects of forest fires
Suspects of forest fires Your front page article 30 firms named suspects of forest fires on Saturday, Nov. 1 seems to be lacking any published names of those 30 logging companies found guilty. How very curious?Are we to assume that Indonesian people, especially in Kalimantan and Sumatra, do not...
Sat, 15 Nov 1997
Unggul Indah's profit plunges
Unggul Indah's profit plunges JAKARTA (JP): Publicly listed Unggul Indah Corp. announced in a statement yesterday that it posted a decline in net profit to Rp 5.2 billion (US$1.52 million) in the first three quarters this year from Rp 24.6 billion in the same period last year.
Sat, 15 Nov 1997
Malaysia sees big rise in AIDS cases
Malaysia sees big rise in AIDS cases KUALA LUMPUR (AP): The AIDS virus has killed 984 people in Malaysia in less than two years, the country's top health official said yesterday.Between January 1996 and September 1997, 1,236 cases of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) were detected and...
Sat, 15 Nov 1997
R and D automobile industry lacks funding
R and D automobile industry lacks funding JAKARTA (JP): Research and development in the Indonesian automotive industry still lacks funding, says an automotive engineering executive.The executive president of the Indonesian Society of Automotive Engineers (IATO), Hasiholan Sidabutar, said yesterday...
Sat, 15 Nov 1997
Economic woes takes its toll on employment
Economic woes takes its toll on employment The combination of the monetary crisis and the bank liquidations has paralyzed many companies, thereby causing unemployment to rise. Bomer Pasaribu, deputy chairman of the Federation of the All Indonesia Trade Union and chairman of the Association of...
Sat, 15 Nov 1997
Spouse stabbed after 'years of abuse'
Spouse stabbed after 'years of abuse' JAKARTA (JP): A 30-year-old housewife ended her seven-year marriage to a cruel man by stabbing him to death with a kitchen knife, police said.When East Jakarta Police detectives interrogated her yesterday, Suyatmi -- the mother of a six-year-old girl --...
Sat, 15 Nov 1997
Association calls for fishery deregulation
Association calls for fishery deregulation JAKARTA (JP): The Association of Indonesian Fishery Entrepreneurs called on the government yesterday to further streamline industry regulations to boost competitiveness in overseas markets.
Sat, 15 Nov 1997
Unclean mineral water
Unclean mineral waterFrom KompasOn Oct. 24, I bought three 220 ml. cartons of mineral water under the brand name "Total" at the Gama 18 store on Jalan Gajah Mada 18, Bojonegoro, East Java.When serving the water to my guests I was taken aback and disappointed that the water of one of the cartons...
Sat, 15 Nov 1997
Intermittent rain brings relief despite lingering haze
Intermittent rain brings relief despite lingering haze JAKARTA (JP): Intermittent rain in two southern Sumatran towns, Jambi and Palembang, in the last three days has brought sunlight back to the region which has been blanketed by smog for almost four months.
Sat, 15 Nov 1997
'Don't buy fake ABRI souvenirs'
'Don't buy fake ABRI souvenirs' JAKARTA (JP): Military Police chief Maj. Gen. Syamsu D. urged the public yesterday not to buy goods bearing the Armed Forces (ABRI) logo because they were not endorsed.Syamsu was responding to several complaints from businesspeople who had been forced to buy souvenir...
Sat, 15 Nov 1997
Grenade found in Kupang bus terminal
Grenade found in Kupang bus terminal KUPANG, East Nusa Tenggara: Police removed a grenade found inside a black plastic bag at the Oebobo-Kupang bus terminal.Lt. Col. Oka Djaja Kusuma of the East Nusa Tenggara police told Antara yesterday that police were called in after passengers at the bus...
Sat, 15 Nov 1997
Merpati to open Denpasar-Broome flights
Merpati to open Denpasar-Broome flights JAKARTA (JP): Merpati Nusantara Airlines would open flights connecting Denpasar, Bali with Broome, Western Australia on Wednesdays and Saturdays starting later this month, the company announced yesterday.
Sat, 15 Nov 1997
Portuguese royalty arrives in Dili
Portuguese royalty arrives in Dili DILI, East Timor: The son of the former King of Portugal of the Braganca Dynasty, Duges Duarte Duke of Braganca, Duarte Piao, arrived here yesterday for a four-day visit at the invitation of Dili Bishop Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo.
Sat, 15 Nov 1997
A simple burial for the Jakarta's unclaimed dead
A simple burial for the Jakarta's unclaimed deadBy Emmy Fitri JAKARTA (JP): Biased treatment is the last thing morgue workers can indulge in when they are dealing with the city's unclaimed bodies.But families can rest assured that a missing relative, who may have ended up at the Cipto Mangunkusumo...
Sat, 15 Nov 1997
Soeharto calls for effective policy guidelines
Soeharto calls for effective policy guidelines JAKARTA (JP): President Soeharto called on the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) yesterday to draw up more effective State Policy Guidelines to enable the nation to anticipate challenges and opportunities in the 21st century.
Sat, 15 Nov 1997
City bans new Year's Eve parties this year
City bans new Year's Eve parties this year JAKARTA (JP): The city is to ban hotels, discotheques, cafes and nightclubs from holding New Year's Eve parties this year because the date marks the start of the annual Islamic Ramadhan fasting month, an official said yesterday.
Sat, 15 Nov 1997
Mahathir too sick to visit Canada
Mahathir too sick to visit Canada KUALA LUMPUR (DPA): Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad has canceled an official visit to Canada next week because he is suffering from a cold, but will attend an annual summit of Asia- Pacific leaders in Vancouver later, news reports said yesterday.
Sat, 15 Nov 1997
U.S. defends efforts to solve SE Asian crisis
U.S. defends efforts to solve SE Asian crisis WASHINGTON (Reuters): U.S. monetary officials defended their efforts to help Asia's troubled tiger economies on Thursday, while lawmakers rejected a request for extra funding for the International Monetary Fund.U.S.
Sat, 15 Nov 1997
BCA rushed by depositors on rumors about closure
BCA rushed by depositors on rumors about closure JAKARTA (JP): Depositors of Bank Central Asia (BCA), the country's largest private bank, rushed the bank's branches, sub- branches and automated teller machines (ATMs) in Jakarta and Medan, North Sumatra, yesterday.
Sat, 15 Nov 1997
Central banks step in to defend currencies
Central banks step in to defend currencies SINGAPORE (AFP): The central banks of South Korea, the Philippines and Indonesia reportedly intervened yesterday to shore up their currencies as the Taiwan dollar slumped to levels unseen since June 1987, dealers said.
Sat, 15 Nov 1997
Where to go in Jakarta:
Where to go in Jakarta:Exhibitions * Graphic Art Exhibition: Boeatan Indonesia Asli, vintage Indonesian Advertising and Graphic Design Revisited, at Galeri TC (Twilight Cafe), Jl. Kemang Raya No.24A South Jakarta, Sunday to Thursday, 11:30 a.m. to 12 p.m., Friday to Saturday 11:30 a.m. to 2 a.m.
Sat, 15 Nov 1997
MPR rejects presidential advisors' draft
MPR rejects presidential advisors' draft JAKARTA (JP): The People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) turned down yesterday a recommendation for the amendment of the State Policy Guidelines by a team of presidential advisors on the Pancasila state ideology propagation.
Sat, 15 Nov 1997
Minivan drivers strike in Ciledug
Minivan drivers strike in Ciledug TANGERANG (JP): About 500 drivers of minivans plying the Ciledug-Kebayoran Lama route went on strike yesterday, parking their vehicles in front of the Ciledug Police subprecinct to protest against the inclusion of a new road in their route.
Sat, 15 Nov 1997
New and innovative models put Volvo on the right road
New and innovative models put Volvo on the right roadBy John Aglionby SWEDISH people do not have a reputation for stupidity, but one might be forgiven for thinking they are trying for one on first hearing what Volvo is doing in Indonesia at the moment.