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Fri, 01 Jul 1994
Govt told to delay merger of firms
Govt told to delay merger of firms JAKARTA (JP): A commission of the House of Representatives (DPR) wants the government to postpone a plan to merge three state-owned transportation companies until it takes necessary steps to improve their operations.
Fri, 01 Jul 1994
Govt pledges to end illegal export levies
Govt pledges to end illegal export levies JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Trade Satrio B. Joedono pledged yesterday to eliminate illegal levies and to simplify procedures which have increased costs for exports.
Fri, 01 Jul 1994
Teachers bear burden for teaching ideology
Teachers bear burden for teaching ideology JAKARTA (JP): President Soeharto yesterday reminded school teachers of their heavy responsibility in teaching the national ideology of Pancasila to their pupils.
Fri, 01 Jul 1994
Deregulation and small business
Deregulation and small business One of the important points contained in the government's June 27 economic package concerns measures to strengthen small businesses and cooperatives. Without intending to go into details on this matter, it is proper that we express our appreciation of the...
Fri, 01 Jul 1994
Commuters want more buses
Commuters want more buses Dozens of commuters working for government agencies and private firms in the city are complaining of having difficulties getting buses in the afternoon due to a lack of city buses plying the Tanah Abang-Bekasi route.
Fri, 01 Jul 1994
CSIS seminar to review Aussie-RI ties
CSIS seminar to review Aussie-RI ties JAKARTA (JP): The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) will host a seminar here beginning tomorrow to review the state of relations between Indonesia and Australia.
Fri, 01 Jul 1994
PWI, SPS hail government's press gesture
PWI, SPS hail government's press gesture JAKARTA (JP): The associations of journalists and publishers, PWI and SPS respectively, yesterday hailed the government's offer to issue new publishing licenses to journalists and employees of three magazines that were closed down last week.
Fri, 01 Jul 1994
TV Today
TV TodayTVRI 2:30 p.m World Cup 1994: Greece vs Nigeria (rerun) 4:30 Student Quiz 5:00 Regional News 5:30 Dunia Pustaka 6:05 Nusantara the beloved country: Aceh 6:15 Village Program 6:45 Sebaiknya Anda Tahu: processing of fish-based oil 7:00 Evening News 7:30 Dinamika 8:05 Music 9:00 World News...
Fri, 01 Jul 1994
Stock Exchange
Stock Exchange JAKARTA (JP): Share prices, which have been on downward trend for over one month, continued to decline on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (JSX) yesterday.The broad-based Composite Index closed 0.44 point lower at 457.29 yesterday from 457.73 on Wednesday.
Fri, 01 Jul 1994
China to help arrest Filipino kidnapper
China to help arrest Filipino kidnapper MANILA (Reuter): China has promised to help locate and deport a suspected Filipino-Chinese kidnap-gang leader believed to be hiding in Beijing, Philippine Vice-President Joseph Estrada said yesterday.
Fri, 01 Jul 1994
Irianese want to return home
Irianese want to return home JAYAPURA, Irian Jaya: Some 3,000 people from Irian Jaya who are now living in refugee camps across the border in Papua New Guinea have asked to be returned home, the Antara news agency reported yesterday.
Fri, 01 Jul 1994
Collective leadership for Muhammadiyah
Collective leadership for Muhammadiyah JAKARTA (JP): The Islamic organization Muhammadiyah has opted for collective leadership to fill the vacuum left when its chairman Ahmad Azhar Basyir died on Tuesday, the official Antara news agency reported.Muhammadiyah's secretary Dr.
Fri, 01 Jul 1994
City Council upsets Melawai traders
City Council upsets Melawai traders JAKARTA (JP): Around 300 small-scale traders of the Melawai marketplace in the Blok M terminal shopping center once again marched to the City Council yesterday to protest the Matahari Department Store's ongoing construction of two escalators for the building.
Fri, 01 Jul 1994
Indonesia, Malaysia to cooperate, take on western greens
Indonesia, Malaysia to cooperate, take on western greens KUALA LUMPUR (AFP): Indonesia and Malaysia, the two world's largest timber producers, pledged yesterday to cooperate closely to counter rising anti-tropical timber pressure in the West and fight for better prices overseas.
Fri, 01 Jul 1994
Moerdiono sings for billions
Moerdiono sings for billions SURABAYA: Minister/State Secretary Moerdiono displayed his singing talent on stage Wednesday night and raised Rp 2.7 billion ($1.3 million) in the process.The money will be donated to the victims of the killer tidal waves in East Java's Banyuwangi regency which left...
Fri, 01 Jul 1994
Gov't gives $420,000 for athletic support
Gov't gives $420,000 for athletic support JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesian National Sports Committee (KONI) received US$420,000 (Rp 950 million) in funds, yesterday, to finance team Indonesia's training for the upcoming Asian Games in Hirosima, Japan.
Fri, 01 Jul 1994
Small-scale credit
Small-scale creditFrom RepublikaI am a small-scale businessman and I know how difficult it is to obtain credit from either government banks or private banks. My application for credit has been repeatedly rejected for unimportant reasons, despite the possibility that my project could be promising.
Fri, 01 Jul 1994
RI-S'pore roaming deal
RI-S'pore roaming deal JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia and Singapore have signed an agreement on roaming pager service between the two countries which will promote business, tourism and telecommunications, an executive said here yesterday.
Fri, 01 Jul 1994
`Mastermind' in Marsinah's killing gets 17 years in jail
`Mastermind' in Marsinah's killing gets 17 years in jail JAKARTA (JP): The Surabaya District Court yesterday sentenced a businessman to 17 years in jail after finding him guilty of plotting to kill labor activist Marsinah last year.
Fri, 01 Jul 1994
Thai-Cambodian border crossing reopened
Thai-Cambodian border crossing reopened ARANYAPRATHET, Thailand (AFP): Some 10,000 traders streamed across the Thai-Cambodian border yesterday as officials reopened the Klong Luek-Poipet checkpoint for the first time in two months.
Fri, 01 Jul 1994
Unhealthy smoking
Unhealthy smokingFrom JayakartaIt is now common to see young people of 10 to 20 years old lingering in the streets smoking freely. It is a pity that we, the adults, do not pay attention to them and never bother to intervene.In our days, smoking among high school students was "taboo.
Fri, 01 Jul 1994
Firm to pay dividends
Firm to pay dividends JAKARTA (JP): PT Bakrie Sumatra Plantations (BSP) announced yesterday it will distribute to shareholders Rp 10.5 billion in dividends or Rp 285 per share from its 1993 net profits.
Fri, 01 Jul 1994
Malaysia-PNG timber deal
Malaysia-PNG timber deal KUALA LUMPUR (AFP): Malaysian property firm Damansara Realty Bhd. will acquire control of a timber firm in Papua New Guinea (PNG) to develop a mammoth agro-forest project on the island under two deals clinched yesterday, officials said.
Fri, 01 Jul 1994
Foreign investments likely to increase
Foreign investments likely to increase JAKARTA (JP): Foreign investments, which substantially decreased last year, will most likely increase again this year, State Minister of Investment Sanyoto Sastrowardoyo said here yesterday.
Fri, 01 Jul 1994
DLLAJ can ticket traffic offenders
DLLAJ can ticket traffic offenders City Land Transportation and Traffic Control Agency (DLLAJ) officials who are on duty in the street are allowed to ticket drivers of public vehicles, taxis and delivery vans who commit traffic infractions, a police officer says.
Fri, 01 Jul 1994
Banned media
Banned media I was shocked to learn of the revocation of the publishing licenses of the three magazines, Tempo, Editor and DeTIK, by the government on the grounds that the three media have endangered the national stability.
Fri, 01 Jul 1994
In defense of Pizza Hut
In defense of Pizza Hut I join the "healthy" debate going on in The Jakarta Post regarding the foreign food outlets in Indonesia.Pizza Hut is a favorite jaunt for many Indians living here, especially for the vegetarian-gourmet lovers.
Fri, 01 Jul 1994
Magazines
MagazinesCorrection: In the article entitled Harmoko offers a way out..., Goenawan Mohamad's statements Good stability is not built on legal certainty.... should read Good stability is built on legal certainty.... We regret the error. -- Editor
Fri, 01 Jul 1994
Magazine ban
Magazine banFrom Sinar PagiI express my support to the recent demonstrations launched by reporters and students following the revocation of publishing licenses of three magazines -- Tempo, Editor and DeTIK.
Fri, 01 Jul 1994
Panin Bank gets B/C rating from Canadian company
Panin Bank gets B/C rating from Canadian company JAKARTA (JP): Publicly listed Panin Bank has won a short-term credit (intra-country-issuer) rating of B/C from Thomson BankWatch of Canada."The rating granted to Panin Bank places the institution among the best in the country," Thomson BankWatch's...
Fri, 01 Jul 1994
Police get motorcycles
Police get motorcycles Police precincts in the city's five mayoralties have received two motorcycles each and a typewriter from PT Bimantara Citra, a widely diversified business group.The aid was symbolically handed over by Indra Rukmana, PT Bimantara Citra chief commissioner, to officers from the...
Fri, 01 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, 01 Jul 1994
Traffic fine
Traffic fineFrom Media IndonesiaOn June 23, 1994 at about eight in the evening, the patrolling policemen in the Pamulang area stopped a car driven by a student with two other passengers. The driver was charged with violating the traffic law because one of his rear lamps was off.
Fri, 01 Jul 1994
Nude Dewi disks seized
Nude Dewi disks seized SEMARANG: The provincial prosecution office has seized 22 floppy disks containing scantily-clad pictures of Ratnasari Dewi, a widow of the late president Sukarno.The pictures were taken from her book Madame D.
Fri, 01 Jul 1994
Deadly bus
Deadly busFrom KompasOn June 18, 1994 at about 7 p.m. there was a road accident in which a passenger bus going to Java from Sumatra collided with a motorcycle on a trans-Sumatra road. The exact location was in Gunung Liwat village, Ogan Komering Ulu regency, South Sumatra.
Fri, 01 Jul 1994
Land woes may scare foreign investors
Land woes may scare foreign investors JAKARTA (JP): Legislators urged the government yesterday to ease land-use restrictions for foreign investors, with the aim of making Indonesia a more attractive place to do business.
Fri, 01 Jul 1994
Merpati flies to Yogya
Merpati flies to Yogya JAKARTA (JP): Merpati Nusantara Airlines, a subsidiary of national flag carrier Garuda Indonesia, today begins serving Yogyakarta twice daily.A spokesman for Merpati, Agus Soedjono, said here yesterday that a DC-9 will depart Jakarta at 7 a.m.
Thu, 30 Jun 1994
Five rioters get 20 months
Five rioters get 20 months MEDAN, North Sumatra: The Medan District Court on Wednesday sentenced five men to 20 months imprisonment each for their roles in the workers riot in Medan last April.The five are Sugiono (23 years old), Nobel Samosir (22), Arifin (21), Muliadi (24), and Usahanta Ginting...
Thu, 30 Jun 1994
House commission wants end to social security monopoly
House commission wants end to social security monopoly JAKARTA (JP): A commission of the House of Representatives (DPR) yesterday called on the private sector to establish social security companies and end the virtual monopoly of the state- owned PT Astek.
Thu, 30 Jun 1994
Ficorinvest announces decline in dividends
Ficorinvest announces decline in dividends JAKARTA (JP): A profit decline in 1993 is forcing Ficorinvest Bank to reduce its dividends distributed to shareholders to Rp 310 (14.3 U.S. cents) per share, compared to Rp 392 in 1992.
Thu, 30 Jun 1994
Australia invites RI to improve relationship
Australia invites RI to improve relationship JAKARTA (JP): Australia is inviting Indonesia to enhance their mutual relationship through clear sightedness, sensitivity, courage, hard work, boldness and openness, as the two countries are basically different in many ways.
Thu, 30 Jun 1994
Revocation of of licenses
Revocation of of licensesFrom Bisnis IndonesiaI am very sad about the revocation of the publishing licenses of the three magazines -- Tempo, Editor and DeTIK. Were their sins so great that they had to face such a heavy punishment? Did their actions really harm the national stability?We were even...
Thu, 30 Jun 1994
`Swiss system not suitable for city road plan'
`Swiss system not suitable for city road plan' JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Public Works Radinal Moochtar said yesterday that his ministry would not consider using the Consolid System for constructing new roads in Jakarta, although the system offers lower construction costs.
Thu, 30 Jun 1994
Ramos to relax new tax
Ramos to relax new tax MANILA (AFP): President Fidel Ramos has agreed to exempt more sectors from the expanded value-added tax (VAT) passed last month in an apparent attempt to ease opposition against the new levy.
Thu, 30 Jun 1994
Seizure of city buses defended
Seizure of city buses defended JAKARTA (JP): The head of the City Land Transportation and Traffic Control Office (DLLAJ), J.P. Sepang, explained that the impoundment of city buses is solely a disciplinary action and is not meant to inflict financial losses on the bus companies.
Thu, 30 Jun 1994
Soeharto warns of weakening family bond
Soeharto warns of weakening family bond JAKARTA (JP): President Soeharto warned yesterday that the trend towards having small families has a downside: It weakens the family bond, clearing the way for a host of other problems.
Thu, 30 Jun 1994
Clampdown on papers
Clampdown on papers On June 28, 1994, all major Japanese papers reported on the media clampdown in Jakarta early this week. NHK, Japan's country- wide television station, reported on the ban twice.It came as a shock, at least to teachers and students who are learning Bahasa Indonesia or studying...
Thu, 30 Jun 1994
Govt to complete bill for invalids welfare
Govt to complete bill for invalids welfare JAKARTA (JP): The government is currently putting the final touches on a bill to secure the welfare of the physically disabled and hopes to present it to the House of Representatives (DPR) in September.
Thu, 30 Jun 1994
UI will get new professor
UI will get new professor Dr. Soeratmi Poerbonegoro, 64, a senior lecturer at the School of Public Health of University of Indonesia, will be inducted as professor at a ceremony at the university campus in Depok on Saturday.The public relations office of the university said yesterday Dr.
Thu, 30 Jun 1994
Highway blocked by deluge
Highway blocked by deluge BANJARMASIN, South Kalimantan: About five kilometers of the Trans Kalimantan Highway near the Tanah Laut regency were flooded when a nearby river overflowed, disrupting traffic between Banjarmasin and cities in South and East Kalimantan.