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Fri, 29 Jul 1994
Where to go in Jakarta:
Where to go in Jakarta:Music * The Aryaduta Jakarta, Jl. Prapatan 44-48, Central Jakarta: - Ambassador Lounge: Amir (pianist) Monday to Friday 7:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m., Saturday 8 a.m. to 10 a.m.; Boece (pianist) & Rima Monday to Thursday 7 p.m. to 11:30 p.m., Friday & Saturday 7 p.m. to 12:30 a.m.
Fri, 29 Jul 1994
Students want headmaster back
Students want headmaster back KENDARI, Southeast Sulawesi: At least 500 students of the state SMAN I senior high school protested on Wednesday against the decision of the local education office to transfer their headmaster to other school.
Fri, 29 Jul 1994
Soedradjat will become professor
Soedradjat will become professor Governor of Bank Indonesia J. Soedradjat Djiwandono, 55, will be inducted on Saturday as professor of the School of Economics at the University of Indonesia (UI), at the university's Salemba campus.
Fri, 29 Jul 1994
Amex to instruct trainers
Amex to instruct trainers JAKARTA (JP): American Express Company (Amex), a U.S. charge card company, will hold four-days of instruction here next week for trainers in tourism customer service.Bill Pardos, general manager of Amex Indonesia, told reporters here yesterday that 30 people from various...
Thu, 28 Jul 1994
Fund raising turns `profit'
Fund raising turns `profit' SURABAYA, East Java: Money donated for the victims of tidal waves in Banyuwangi has reached Rp 4.9 billion (US$2.26 million), more than the estimated losses of Rp 4.7 billion.
Thu, 28 Jul 1994
Petronas and Tohuku sign LNG long-term agreement
Petronas and Tohuku sign LNG long-term agreement KUALA LUMPUR (Reuter): Malaysia's state oil company has signed a long-term agreement to supply 500,000 tons of liquefied natural gas annually to Japan's Tohoku Electric Power Co.
Thu, 28 Jul 1994
NAM ministers to discuss debt problems
NAM ministers to discuss debt problems JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia will host a ministerial meeting of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) to discuss crippling debt problems of the movement's least developed members.
Thu, 28 Jul 1994
Govt to start up special AIDS hospital this year
Govt to start up special AIDS hospital this year JAKARTA (JP): The government plans to establish a hospital for patients of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) this year.The government has appointed Koja general hospital in North Jakarta to specialize in treating AIDS patients, said Suyuno...
Thu, 28 Jul 1994
Bulog to send free rice to drought-hit areas
Bulog to send free rice to drought-hit areas JAKARTA (JP): The National Logistics Agency (Bulog) will intensify its efforts to overcome problems caused by this year's severe dry season by distributing rice free of charge to affected farmers and expanding marketing networks.
Thu, 28 Jul 1994
International bus involved in crash
International bus involved in crash ENTIKONG, West Kalimantan: A bus serving Pontianak in West Kalimantan and Kuching in the Malaysian state of Serawak collided with a van 30 kilometers from the Malaysian border.
Thu, 28 Jul 1994
Fire brigade says it has enough water for the current dry season
Fire brigade says it has enough water for the current dry season JAKARTA (JP): The Municipal Fire Department gave assurances yesterday that it has enough water to fight fires during the current dry season.
Thu, 28 Jul 1994
Farmers' buying power down over the last two years
Farmers' buying power down over the last two years JAKARTA (JP): Amidst the success of Indonesia self-sufficiency in rice, the buying power of its farmers have weakened in the last two years, forcing them to work harder to obtain their day- to-day necessities.
Thu, 28 Jul 1994
Where to go in Jakarta:
Where to go in Jakarta:Music * The Aryaduta Jakarta, Jl. Prapatan 44-48, Central Jakarta: - Ambassador Lounge: Amir (pianist) Monday to Friday 7:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m., Saturday 8 a.m. to 10 a.m.; Boece (pianist) & Rima Monday to Thursday 7 p.m. to 11:30 p.m., Friday & Saturday 7 p.m. to 12:30 a.m.
Thu, 28 Jul 1994
Computerized ID
Computerized IDFrom Forum KeadilanThe home affairs ministry plans to award a private company with the contract for computerizing the processing of identity cards for all people throughout the country.I hail the plan to computerize the processing of the cards, but I strongly disagree with the...
Thu, 28 Jul 1994
Three killed in bus accident
Three killed in bus accident SEMARANG, Central Java: Three cyclists were killed on Wednesday when a bus plying the Semarang-Jepara route knocked them over.All three were residents of Semarang who were returning from a market.
Thu, 28 Jul 1994
U.S. holds back on support for Myanmar dialog
U.S. holds back on support for Myanmar dialog BANGKOK (Reuter): The United States yesterday stood firm on its policy of continued isolation of Myanmar's ruling junta despite an apparent shift by other Western countries.U.S.
Thu, 28 Jul 1994
Painting exhibition by Philippine artists
Painting exhibition by Philippine artists Top contemporary Philippine painters will exhibit their works at the Asean Secretariat on Jl, Sisingamangaraja, Kebayoran Baru, South Jakarta, from tomorrow until July 31.
Thu, 28 Jul 1994
Stock Exchange
Stock Exchange JAKARTA (JP): Share prices continued to close lower on heavy trading at the Jakarta Stock Exchange (JSX) yesterday.The Composite Index, which closed lower at 454.35 on Tuesday, ended at 453.36 yesterday.The narrower-based GTDBS-50 Index slightly increased to 108.67 from 108.62.
Thu, 28 Jul 1994
Latief foresees industrial disputes will increase
Latief foresees industrial disputes will increase JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Manpower Abdul Latief, predicting that the number of industrial disputes in Indonesia will increase, appealed to the workers union and employers yesterday to work together to help defuse possible tensions.
Thu, 28 Jul 1994
Americans promise top showing in Bob Hasan track and field tour
Americans promise top showing in Bob Hasan track and field tour JAKARTA (JP): A pair of American arrived here yesterday for the Bob Hasan track and field invitational tourney, with the promise that they would have the best performance at the one-day event.
Thu, 28 Jul 1994
ABRI now open to shortsighted youths
ABRI now open to shortsighted youths JAKARTA (JP): The Armed Forces Academy (AKABRI) has opened its doors to youths who are shortsighted, but they are unlikely to receive any combat experience.Rear Marshal FX Suwarno, the academy's commander general, said beginning this year, the military college...
Thu, 28 Jul 1994
Parallel stock market needs to offer incentives
Parallel stock market needs to offer incentives JAKARTA (JP): The parallel or over-the-counter (OTC) capital market needs to offer incentives to attract more investors, an executive says.The president of PT Jasereh Utama, J. A.
Thu, 28 Jul 1994
APEC, WTO not to affect EU's single market
APEC, WTO not to affect EU's single market JAKARTA (JP): The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum and the upcoming establishment of the new World Trade Organization (WTO) will not spur negative competition with the European Union's single market, German Ambassador Karl Walter Lewalter...
Thu, 28 Jul 1994
Kuwait envoy pleased with state of bilateral relations with RI
Kuwait envoy pleased with state of bilateral relations with RI JAKARTA (JP): Outgoing Kuwait Ambassador Ali Zakaria Al-Ansari said yesterday that he was pleased with the state of bilateral relations, and was particularly gratified by Indonesia's relentless support in Kuwait's dispute with Iraq.
Thu, 28 Jul 1994
Bakorstanasda urged to stop worker kidnappings
Bakorstanasda urged to stop worker kidnappings JAKARTA (JP): The Jakarta chapter of the Agency for Coordination of Support for National Stability (Bakorstanasda Jaya) is being urged to crack down on worker "kidnapping" at the Soekarno-Hatta airport in Cengkareng.
Thu, 28 Jul 1994
Indonesian films in hot water again
Indonesian films in hot water againBy Salim Said A battle is now being waged on Indonesia's pornographic films. Film expert Salim Said argues that the core of the problem lies not solely with the censorship agency.
Thu, 28 Jul 1994
Govt makes offer to Kedungombo residents
Govt makes offer to Kedungombo residents SEMARANG (JP): The Central Java government has made a goodwill gesture with its adversaries in the Kedungombo land dispute, offering to pay part of the compensation for the land it had procured pending the outcome of a new trial.
Thu, 28 Jul 1994
A growing ASEAN
A growing ASEAN Some skeptical comments notwithstanding, it seems that the attention that has been given by international observers and by the region's media to the just-concluded ASEAN foreign ministers conference in Bangkok is not totally unjustified.
Thu, 28 Jul 1994
Balibo festival will go on
Balibo festival will go on DILI, East Timor: The second Balibo cultural festival will be held soon with supporting activities organized in the neighboring East Nusa Tenggara province.Arnold Koly Mali, an official at the provincial tourism office, said the festival would be held in Balibo, the city...
Thu, 28 Jul 1994
East Java and Jakarta rule national archery championships
East Java and Jakarta rule national archery championships JAKARTA (JP): The 1988 Olympic silver medalist Nurfitriyana Saiman led the Jakarta women's team to the President Cup at the national archery championships in Metro, Lampung yesterday.
Thu, 28 Jul 1994
Another hotel in Myanmar
Another hotel in Myanmar BANGKOK (AFP): Myanmar's military authorities Tuesday signed an agreement in Rangoon with a private Singaporean hotel firm to build and operate a hotel in the Myanmarese capital's city center, state-run Radio Yangon reported.
Thu, 28 Jul 1994
ASEAN, West vow to lower tensions
ASEAN, West vow to lower tensionsBy Pandaya BANGKOK (JP): Ministers of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and their Western allies ended their meeting yesterday, pledging closer collaboration to reduce tensions in the Asia-Pacific region.
Thu, 28 Jul 1994
Indonesia gets its second Helen Keller Int'l award
Indonesia gets its second Helen Keller Int'l award JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia is again recognized for its successful campaign against nutritional blindness (xerophthalmia) with the presentation of a letter of appreciation from the Helen Keller International (HKI) to the Ministry of Health.
Thu, 28 Jul 1994
Foreign investments may go up by more than 100% this year
Foreign investments may go up by more than 100% this year JAKARTA (JP): Foreign investments are expected to more than double to US$20 billion this year from $8.1 billion last year, State Minister of Investment Sanyoto Sastrowardoyo said.
Thu, 28 Jul 1994
TV today
TV todayTVRI 2:30 p.m. TV Series: Tarzan 3:05 Dance: Janger 3:30 TV Series: Gunsmoke 4:30 Children's Program 5:00 Regional News 5:30 Arabic Lessons 6:05 Parlementaria 6:15 Village Program 6:25 Koran Recital 6:35 Religious Teachings: Islam 7:00 Evening News 7:30 TV Drama: Meniti Pelangi 8:05 Film:...
Thu, 28 Jul 1994
Alleged killer of Riyama denies his earlier confession
Alleged killer of Riyama denies his earlier confession JAKARTA (JP): Gunadi Tjahyo Wargo, the accused killer of Dr. Riyama Yawoga, withdrew his previous confessions during yesterday's trial session at the North Jakarta District Court."I am not the killer, Your Honor.
Thu, 28 Jul 1994
KL not to act against the `Times'
KL not to act against the `Times' KUALA LUMPUR (AFP): Kuala Lumpur slammed the British press yesterday for "discrediting" Malaysia but decided not to act against a London-based newspaper for implicating a minister in the disappearance of a US$10,000 Standard Chartered Plc gold coin.
Thu, 28 Jul 1994
One man dies as bus overturns
One man dies as bus overturns PADANG, West Sumatra: One man was killed and three others were injured when an intercity bus overturned on the slopes of Silaiang Kariang on Tuesday.The Terang bus, which was on its way from Padang to Sibolga in North Sumatra, was climbing the steep slope when its...
Thu, 28 Jul 1994
Ismail Hasan in war of words with Abdurrahman
Ismail Hasan in war of words with Abdurrahman JAKARTA (JP): United Development Party (PPP) Chairman Ismail Hasan Metareum yesterday dismissed suggestions that his party stands to lose many of its traditional supporters if he is reelected at a congress next month.
Thu, 28 Jul 1994
RP investment abroad up
RP investment abroad up MANILA (AFP): Investments by Filipinos in other countries rose by 864 percent in 1993 due to the liberalization of foreign exchange regulations, the Philippine Central Bank statistics office said here yesterday.
Thu, 28 Jul 1994
Naughty developers get warning
Naughty developers get warning The House Commission IX on education has threatened to bring to court delinquent real estate developers who do not build educational facilities for their housing complexes.
Thu, 28 Jul 1994
Cement supply to increase by 16 percent to 11.7m tons
Cement supply to increase by 16 percent to 11.7m tons JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Industry Tunky Ariwibowo said here yesterday that the cement supply will be raised by around 16 percent in the second semester of this year to around 11.7 million tons.
Thu, 28 Jul 1994
Feminist movement can learn from U.S.
Feminist movement can learn from U.S. JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesian feminist movement can learn a thing or two from the American experience which is already well ahead, it was concluded yesterday during a discussion.
Thu, 28 Jul 1994
Owners skeptical about progressive car tax plan
Owners skeptical about progressive car tax plan JAKARTA (JP): Car owners are skeptical about a planned progressive car tax, saying it will only create new loopholes for corrupt officers."More loopholes will be created because of this new car tax as long as services and the administration at...
Thu, 28 Jul 1994
Festival to make bamboo an environmental issue
Festival to make bamboo an environmental issueBy Rayya Makarim JAKARTA (JP): The environment has become a much discussed issue in the last decade. Countries, organizations and individuals are all searching fervently for their role in helping to preserve planet Earth.
Thu, 28 Jul 1994
Bulgarian spoils China's rule in weightlifting
Bulgarian spoils China's rule in weightlifting JAKARTA (JP): Petar Petrov, Bulgaria's 20 year old lifter, seized two gold medals after prevailing in the snatch event to become the overall winner in the 64-kilogram category as China stretched its runaway lead in the 20th junior world weightlifting...
Thu, 28 Jul 1994
Suspected murderer captured after two years on the run
Suspected murderer captured after two years on the run JAKARTA (JP): Police have apprehended a man who allegedly killed a bus conductor in a quarrel two years ago in Cibitung district, Bekasi.The suspect, identified as Endang Sofyan alias Yayan, 31, a chauffeur, was apprehended last Friday evening...
Thu, 28 Jul 1994
Firms urged to take part in agricultural census
Firms urged to take part in agricultural census JAKARTA (JP): Agricultural companies are being urged to be cooperative subjects in the second agricultural census, a follow up to the one administered last October, by giving correct answers in the questionnaires to be distributed from next month to...
Thu, 28 Jul 1994
Eight Indonesians survive boat sinking
Eight Indonesians survive boat sinking MANILA (AFP): Eight Indonesian sailors survived after their boat capsized in the Sulawesi Sea near the extreme southern Philippine island of Simunul, the official Philippine News Agency (PNA), quoting police, said yesterday.
Thu, 28 Jul 1994
Forest ransackers reach Sunda islets
Forest ransackers reach Sunda islets BANDARLAMPUNG: The forest ransackers has reportedly reach some islets in Sunda strait, Antara reported yesterday.They have even now reached volcanic Pulau Panjang, Anak Krakatau, Rakata Besar and Pulau Sertung.