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Thu, 21 Jul 1994
Govt responds to critics of waning film censorship
Govt responds to critics of waning film censorship JAKARTA (JP): The government, fiercely criticized by Moslem groups for its lax control over pornographic scenes in films, promised yesterday to tighten its censorship mechanism, including revamping the film board.
Thu, 21 Jul 1994
New tree kangaroo found in jungles of Irian Jaya
New tree kangaroo found in jungles of Irian Jaya SYDNEY (AFP): An Australian scientist announced yesterday the discovery of a new species of tree kangaroo during an expedition to remote mountain ranges in Indonesia's Irian Jaya province.
Thu, 21 Jul 1994
West Java suffers drought
West Java suffers drought BANDUNG, West Java: The prolonged dry spell in the province has affected 43,149 hectares of rice fields. Of these, 4,569 hectares of rice fields were declared a total failure.It is believed the area affected by the drought will increase if rain does not fall soon.
Thu, 21 Jul 1994
New supermall and five-star hotel to be built in Pluit
New supermall and five-star hotel to be built in Pluit JAKARTA (JP): Residents of the Pluit area, Penjaringan, North Jakarta, will soon enjoy a new mega shopping mall and a five-star hotel built at a total cost of nearly Rp 300 billion (US$138.76 million).
Thu, 21 Jul 1994
`Post' newsman gets UN scholarship
`Post' newsman gets UN scholarship UNITED NATIONS (Reuter): Journalists from Cameroon, Algeria, Indonesia and Rumania on Tuesday were awarded a UN Correspondents Association scholarship to cover this year's General Assembly session, beginning in September.
Thu, 21 Jul 1994
Pak Kasur's love remembered on Childrens' Day
Pak Kasur's love remembered on Childrens' DayBy Yenni Kwok JAKARTA (JP): On National Children's Day which falls on July 23, the RCTI private television station will broadcast a program on Pak Kasur, a figure always associated with children.
Thu, 21 Jul 1994
Books bring ambassador to RI
Books bring ambassador to RIBy Prapti Widinugraheni Ambassador Jorge Palacios Trevino recently presented his letter of credentials to President Soeharto as head of the Mexican embassy in Indonesia. He agreed to an interview with The Jakarta Post to reflect on his views of the state of bilateral...
Thu, 21 Jul 1994
Indonesia expects record year for foreign investment
Indonesia expects record year for foreign investment SINGAPORE (Reuter): Indonesia is heading for a record year for foreign investment, with Japan leading the list of countries putting money into new projects in the country, the State Minister for Investment, Sanyoto Sastrowardoyo said.
Thu, 21 Jul 1994
50 athletes enter Bob Hasan track and field championship
50 athletes enter Bob Hasan track and field championship JAKARTA (JP): More than 50 athletes from 12 countries have confirmed their entry at a two-hour track and field meet planned for the end of this month, with the aim of enhancing Asian standards to that of international levels.
Thu, 21 Jul 1994
Six airlines to introduce flexible air tickets
Six airlines to introduce flexible air tickets JAKARTA (JP): Six domestic airlines have agreed to introduce flexible tickets which will be valid for a follow-up of their agreement in May to cease competition on airfare discounting.
Thu, 21 Jul 1994
No grounds for complacency
No grounds for complacency The recent statement from a senior Japanese banker about the attractiveness of Indonesia for foreign investors is yet another confirmation of the relatively better investment climate here as compared to other Asian "green pastures" such as China and Vietnam.
Thu, 21 Jul 1994
Execute ruling on Kedungombo soon: Purwoto
Execute ruling on Kedungombo soon: Purwoto JAKARTA (JP): Chief Justice Purwoto Gandasubrata said the government must immediately execute the Supreme Court ruling granting villagers a higher compensation rate than officially offered for their land in Kedungombo, Central Java.
Thu, 21 Jul 1994
SE Asian growth triangle will improve energy, labor sectors
SE Asian growth triangle will improve energy, labor sectors MANILA (AFP): A proposed Indonesia-Malaysia-Thailand Growth Triangle (IMT-GT) will improve the energy and labor situations in these countries and boost investment in the area, said delegates at a special conference here yesterday.
Thu, 21 Jul 1994
Drought worsens in Subang
Drought worsens in Subang SUBANG, West Java: The dry spell affecting this area has forced many farmers to change their profession because their crops have died.Antara reported that around 3,022 hectares of rice fields in Subang are affected by the drought.
Thu, 21 Jul 1994
Man arrested for theft at boss' home
Man arrested for theft at boss' home Police announced Monday that they have apprehended a man believed to have burglarized the home of an Australian on Jl. Galuh, Kebayoran Baru, South Jakarta.The suspect, 18-year old Riyanto, is a former employee of the victim, said City Police spokesman Lt. Col.
Thu, 21 Jul 1994
Lack of translator makes court reject Basuki marriage license
Lack of translator makes court reject Basuki marriage license JAKARTA (JP): Lawyers of Nataya Nareerat, the Thai widow of maestro painter Basuki Abdullah, failed to produce an official Indonesian translation of her marriage document claiming that no one in Jakarta is authorized to translate the...
Thu, 21 Jul 1994
Russia's oil future depends on Chevron case
Russia's oil future depends on Chevron caseBy James Kynge ALMA-ATA (Reuter): Russian restrictions on oil exports from Kazakhstan have thrown in doubt billions of dollars in foreign investment around the Caspian Sea and raised suspicions among Western firms about Moscow's motives.
Thu, 21 Jul 1994
U.S. wants ASEAN to push Myanmar - Suu Kyi talks
U.S. wants ASEAN to push Myanmar - Suu Kyi talks JAKARTA (JP): The United States is hoping that ASEAN can persuade the Myanmarese government to hold talks with Aung San Suu Kyi, the country's freely elected leader who has been under house arrest by the Yangon regime for five years.
Thu, 21 Jul 1994
City plans to build new waste dumping site in Tangerang
City plans to build new waste dumping site in Tangerang JAKARTA (JP): The municipal sanitation office chief has said that the city will have a new waste dumping site in Tangerang, around 25 kilometers west of here.
Thu, 21 Jul 1994
Where does the cement go?
Where does the cement go? In some regions there is a cement shortage, again. The disappearance of this basic commodity has triggered a price hike. The public is wondering, why is there a shortage of cement every year? Some suspect that the producers are not honest.
Thu, 21 Jul 1994
RP bank plans expansion
RP bank plans expansion MANILA (AFP): Newly revitalized Westmont Bank, boosted by 40 percent equity from Malaysia's Samanda Holdings Bhd., yesterday announced plans to expand its operations in Southeast Asia.
Thu, 21 Jul 1994
Jakarta has 2,495 cooperatives
Jakarta has 2,495 cooperatives Governor Surjadi Soedirdja said that cooperatives have played a pivotal role in the economic development of the city .He revealed that in the Fifth Five Year Development Plan (Pelita V) which ended this year, at least 93 new cooperatives were established in Jakarta,...
Thu, 21 Jul 1994
U.S. court jails Indonesian captain
U.S. court jails Indonesian captain JAKARTA (JP): An Indonesian ship's captain has been sentenced to four years imprisonment by an American court for attempting to smuggle 290 Chinese into the United States.
Thu, 21 Jul 1994
Tanjung Priok container theft suspects arrested
Tanjung Priok container theft suspects arrested JAKARTA (JP): Tanjung Priok port police have captured five men, including a hardcore criminal, suspected of being behind a series of thefts at the container terminal.Lt. Col.
Thu, 21 Jul 1994
Pager service
Pager service Recently I acquired an Easy Call pager, and problems have befallen me ever since. One of the advantages offered is that you can be paged in five cities if you advise them when you will be in each city.
Thu, 21 Jul 1994
Law diploma at Rp 1 million
Law diploma at Rp 1 million YOGYAKARTA: A man was sentenced to five months in jail for practicing as a lawyer, using a fake diploma.Judge Samurti in her verdict said Subiyanto bought a bogus diploma certifying him as a graduate of the school of law at the Jakarta-based Jayabaya University in 1989...
Thu, 21 Jul 1994
Govt to simplify bureaucracy to boost national efficiency
Govt to simplify bureaucracy to boost national efficiency JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Industry Tunky Ariwibowo has announced that the government will slash the licensing bureaucracy to reduce production costs and improve the competitiveness of Indonesia's products on the world market.
Thu, 21 Jul 1994
Stock Exchange
Stock Exchange JAKARTA (JP): Stock trading continued to improve on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (JSX) yesterday, with most shares gaining ground in moderate trading.The broad-based Composite Index, the official price barometer, rose almost two points to close at 462.53 yesterday from 460.
Thu, 21 Jul 1994
Why not invite foreign team?
Why not invite foreign team?From Bisnis IndonesiaNow that the World Cup is over I have an obsession to see my favorite team from Argentina come to Indonesia. We have already had world class clubs like Sampdoria and AC Milan play in Indonesia.
Thu, 21 Jul 1994
PT Seamless to start producing pipe soon
PT Seamless to start producing pipe soon CILEGON, West Java (JP): PT Seamless Pipe Indonesia Jaya, the country's second seamless pipe manufacturer, will start trial production next month with an initial production of 40,000 or 50,000 tons per annum, an executive said.
Thu, 21 Jul 1994
Businessmen urged to acquire foreign trading companies
Businessmen urged to acquire foreign trading companies JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Trade Satrio Budiardjo Joedono suggested yesterday that Indonesian businessmen acquire trading companies in industrial countries to support improved penetration of the nation's products.
Thu, 21 Jul 1994
Mexico promises clean and fair election
Mexico promises clean and fair election JAKARTA (JP): Improving relations, signing agreements and exchanging views on issues are one part of an ambassador's job.The other part, according to Mexican Ambassador Jorge Palacios Trevino, is "introducing your country to the people of the country where...
Thu, 21 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, 21 Jul 1994
Expats welcome at Cilegon Int'l School
Expats welcome at Cilegon Int'l School JAKARTA (JP): The new Cilegon International School in West Java, which will be opening this September, is almost filled up with applicants from children of expatriates in this industrial city.
Thu, 21 Jul 1994
Legal aid body lawyers denied access to Xanana
Legal aid body lawyers denied access to Xanana JAKARTA (JP): Lawyers from the Indonesian Legal Aid Foundation (YLBHI) were denied access yesterday to see the jailed East Timor rebel leader Jose Alexandre "Xanana" Gusmao to discuss his petition for a review of his conviction.
Thu, 21 Jul 1994
Columnist Sobari feels impact of `Tempo' ban
Columnist Sobari feels impact of `Tempo' ban JAKARTA (JP): A leading columnist says he has lost one of the main channels through which he expressed his ideas and thoughts when Tempo news magazine was banned last month.M.
Thu, 21 Jul 1994
Medical doctors unpaid
Medical doctors unpaid KUPANG, East Nusa Tenggara: Three of the 200 medical doctors on duty in the province have not received their salaries since April, says chairman of the provincial health office Bambang Purnomo.
Thu, 21 Jul 1994
Insecure parking
Insecure parkingFrom KompasOn July 9, 1994, at Plaza Bintaro Jaya, I saw a film which lasted from 9:15 to 11:30 p.m. When I returned to my Toyota Great Corolla, B. 2323 AI after the film was over, I found that both covers for the left wheels were stolen.
Thu, 21 Jul 1994
No price hike expected despite 2.7% crop drop
No price hike expected despite 2.7% crop drop JAKARTA (JP): The expected 2.7 percent decline in rice production this year will not raise prices because the National Logistic Agency (Bulog) guarantees adequate supplies, the agency's chairman, Ibrahim Hasan, said.
Wed, 20 Jul 1994
Civil Service needs more personnel with PhD degree
Civil Service needs more personnel with PhD degree JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesian Civil Service desperately needs more civil servants with PhD degrees to make Indonesia more competitive in this era of globalization, says a minister.
Wed, 20 Jul 1994
Efforts to block SE Asian rights meeting backfire
Efforts to block SE Asian rights meeting backfire BANGKOK (Reuter): Thailand's attempts to block a Southeast Asian human rights conference coinciding with this week's ASEAN ministerial meeting have backfired, drawing even greater attention to rights problems in the region.
Wed, 20 Jul 1994
Well-off people asked to help fund operation of cancer hospital
Well-off people asked to help fund operation of cancer hospital JAKARTA (JP): President Soeharto yesterday made a passionate appeal to wealthy Indonesians to help fund the operation of the Dharmais Cancer Hospital in Jakarta.
Wed, 20 Jul 1994
17 injured in bus crash
17 injured in bus crash CIREBON, West Java: At least 17 people were injured, five seriously, in a bus crash early on Monday.Buses owned by Cahaya Baru and ANS, both crammed with passengers, collided head-on when the former was trying to overtake a truck.
Wed, 20 Jul 1994
Ismail Hasan's support not as solid as it seems
Ismail Hasan's support not as solid as it seems JAKARTA (JP): United Development Party (PPP) Chairman Ismail Hasan Metareum has not secured his re-election despite endorsement from all 27 provincial chapters.
Wed, 20 Jul 1994
Governor slams polygamy
Governor slams polygamy KUPANG, East Nusa Tenggara: Governor Herman Musakabe has expressed his dismay over the local people's practice to have more than one wife.Musakabe said the polygamous practice is widespread although most of the local populace embrace Christianity, which prohibits men from...
Wed, 20 Jul 1994
Golden Gloves sees 78 boxers
Golden Gloves sees 78 boxers JAKARTA (JP): The Golden Gloves amateur boxing championship will revive after a four-year absence in Ujungpandang, South Sulawesi.The competition, for which 78 boxers have confirmed entry, is scheduled for July 23-30.
Wed, 20 Jul 1994
RI better than China, Vietnam for investment
RI better than China, Vietnam for investmentBy Hendarsyah Tarmizi TOKYO (JP): Indonesia is more attractive for direct investment than Vietnam and China even though the two competitors offer cheaper labor costs, says a senior Japanese banker.
Wed, 20 Jul 1994
More Australian property to be marketed in Indonesia
More Australian property to be marketed in Indonesia JAKARTA (JP): Australian developers consider Indonesia to be one of the best potential property markets in Southeast Asia, while their government seems to be encouraging foreigners to own apartments in its country.
Wed, 20 Jul 1994
Anxiety, optimism greets new primary curriculum ...
Anxiety, optimism greets new primary curriculum ...By Ati Nurbaiti and Rita A. Widiadana This week marks the start of the new school term with the new, 1994 curriculum coming into practice across the country. It is one of the two recent efforts to improve the national educational system.
Wed, 20 Jul 1994
Warsito Rasman inducted as Central Kalimantan governor
Warsito Rasman inducted as Central Kalimantan governor JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Home Affairs Moch. Yogie S.M. yesterday inducted Warsito Rasman as the new governor of Central Kalimantan, despite pleas from some local organizations to appoint a local figure.