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Sat, 29 Oct 1994
Garuda Indonesia carried 2.73m passengers in first semester
Garuda Indonesia carried 2.73m passengers in first semester JAKARTA (JP): The national flag carrier Garuda Indonesia announced yesterday its aircraft transported 2.73 million passengers and 68.77 million kilograms of cargo during the first six months of this year.
Sat, 29 Oct 1994
12 killed in Lamongan train crash
12 killed in Lamongan train crash JAKARTA (JP): Twelve people were killed and three others seriously injured when an express train plying the Jakarta- Surabaya route slammed into a public transit minibus at the railway crossing on Jl.
Sat, 29 Oct 1994
Plant sellers
Plant sellers I would like to refer to your article titled Plant sellers protest expulsion plan, Oct. 28, 1994, on page three. The article is quite biased and only gives the point of view of the 85 plant sellers.May I express my opinion about the proposed storm water drains (gutters) along Jl. T.B.
Sat, 29 Oct 1994
Farmers the most defenseless in forest fires
Farmers the most defenseless in forest firesBy Pandaya TANI BAKTI VILLAGE, East Kalimantan: Life is harsh for Appe Said, his wife and three children even though they have spent almost four years in this "promise land.
Sat, 29 Oct 1994
RP senate approves extradition treaty
RP senate approves extradition treaty MANILA (AFP): The Philippine senate yesterday ratified an extradition treaty with South Korea, officials said.The treaty, drafted in May of 1993, adopts the principle of "dual criminality," making someone who commits a crime in one nation subject to extradition...
Sat, 29 Oct 1994
KL to withdraw its troops
KL to withdraw its troops KUALA LUMPUR (AFP): Malaysia will withdraw its peacekeepers from Somalia at the end of the United Nations mandate in March, Defense Minister Najib Razak said yesterday."We tried our best to be helpful in Somalia.
Sat, 29 Oct 1994
Traffic in Bogor
Traffic in Bogor During my 15 months of residence in this wonderful land I really thought I had seen it all! That was, of course, until last week when I experienced, with disbelief, major changes occurring in Bogor due to the commencement of the APEC meetings at the Bogor Palace.
Sat, 29 Oct 1994
Japan and Australia on 'same wavelength'
Japan and Australia on 'same wavelength' TOKYO (AFP): Australia and Japan were "very much on the same wavelength" in seeking a positive outcome to next month's summit of APEC leaders in Indonesia, Australia's Foreign Minister Gareth Evans said yesterday.
Sat, 29 Oct 1994
KL power demands surge
KL power demands surge KUALA LUMPUR (AFP): Malaysia's power requirements are expected to surge by a sharp 72 percent by 2000 if its economic boom does not let up, a government economic report said yesterday.
Sat, 29 Oct 1994
ADB grant for Indonesia
ADB grant for Indonesia MANILA (AFP): The Asian Development Bank (ADB) said here it had approved a 900,000 dollar technical assistance grant to Indonesia to assist a flood control project in Java.The grant will go into developing a long-term flood control and management plan for Java and...
Sat, 29 Oct 1994
Fraud in decoration contest
Fraud in decoration contest The assistant to the City Secretary, Bambang Sungkono, urged the organizing committee of the Gateway Decoration Competition 1994 (JAKPRO) to clarify the confusion caused in the presentation of prize money.
Sat, 29 Oct 1994
Stock Exchange
Stock Exchange JAKARTA (JP): Trading on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (JSX) weakened yesterday, with most big and popular shares losing ground.The JSX Composite Index declined by 1.5 points to close the week at 516.40 yesterday against 517.85 on the previous day. The index gained at total of 1.
Sat, 29 Oct 1994
S. Korean Park upsets top seeded in Women's Challenger tourney
S. Korean Park upsets top seeded in Women's Challenger tourney JAKARTA (JP): Japan's Yone Kamio swallowed another bitter pill at the US$50,000 Women's Challenger tennis championships when she crashed to South Korea's Park Sung-hee in their quarterfinal match yesterday.
Sat, 29 Oct 1994
Workshop sets out framework
Workshop sets out framework BUKITTINGGI, West Sumatra (JP): The participants of the fifth South China Sea workshop have set up a Technical Working Group on Legal Matters in an apparent effort to avoid discussing sensitive territorial and sovereignty claims.
Sat, 29 Oct 1994
Demand for middle class apartments still high
Demand for middle class apartments still high JAKARTA (JP): Prospects in Indonesia's middle class apartment business are projected to remain bright over the next two to three years due to the rising number of young married couples, a property consulting firm executive said yesterday.
Sat, 29 Oct 1994
Negotiation on $34b gas liquefaction in Natuna finalized
Negotiation on $34b gas liquefaction in Natuna finalized JAKARTA (JP): State Minister of Research and Technology B.J. Habibie said yesterday the government has finalized lengthy negotiations with Esso Natuna Inc. of the United States on a US$34 billion natural gas liquefaction project in Natuna.
Sat, 29 Oct 1994
Popular high school opens new facilities
Popular high school opens new facilities JAKARTA (JP): Canisius College, a senior and junior high school on Jl. Menteng Raya in Central Jakarta, today opened a new four-story building.Harijanto S.J., the secretary of Yayasan Budi Siswa, the owner of the college, told The Jakarta Post yesterday that...
Sat, 29 Oct 1994
Hayono for govt policy on business development
Hayono for govt policy on business development JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports Hayono Isman says those who criticize President Soeharto for being too generous and helpful to the country's magnates of Chinese descent, should look back to the period of economic breakdown that...
Sat, 29 Oct 1994
$2.8m set aside for AIDS projects
$2.8m set aside for AIDS projects BANGKOK (AFP): The Thai government has approved a budget of 70 million baht (US$2.8 million) to help private organizations combat AIDS here next year, a news report said yesterday.
Sat, 29 Oct 1994
Two AIDS sufferers die in Merauke
Two AIDS sufferers die in Merauke JAYAPURA, Irian Jaya: Two residents of Merauke known to have contracted AIDS died early this month, the head of the provincial office of the health ministry said here yesterday.
Sat, 29 Oct 1994
Police officer accused of raping
Police officer accused of raping A female resident of Rawa Lumbu complex, Bekasi, has filed a report accusing a police officer of raping her in Cijantung, East Jakarta, earlier this month.The female resident, NS, said that the officer, identified as LN, raped her in his brother's house.
Fri, 28 Oct 1994
Keating prefers dialog path to rights solution
Keating prefers dialog path to rights solution JAKARTA (JP): Australia will not adopt a foreign policy of shunning its neighbors in an effort to advance human rights in the region, but will follow a path of dialog and confidence building.
Fri, 28 Oct 1994
'Real Thing' kicks off music tour
'Real Thing' kicks off music tour JAKARTA (JP): American pop music group The Real Thing embarked on its two-week musical tour in Jakarta yesterday and will later move on to play other big cities throughout Indonesia.
Fri, 28 Oct 1994
Prosecutors seek four years for labor activist Pakpahan
Prosecutors seek four years for labor activist Pakpahan MEDAN, North Sumatra (JP): Prosecutors demanded yesterday that labor activist Muchtar Pakpahan be sentenced to four years in prison for inciting a violent labor demonstration which left one businessman dead in April.
Fri, 28 Oct 1994
Rp 2.2b sought to rebuild school
Rp 2.2b sought to rebuild school YOGYAKARTA: Gadjahmada University is seeking Rp 2.2 billion (approximately US$1 million) from the government to rebuild its three-story building that caught fire earlier this month.
Fri, 28 Oct 1994
Future regents from ABRI must be brigadier general
Future regents from ABRI must be brigadier general JAKARTA (JP): Military officers who assume the position of regional administration leaders should at least be a brigadier general, Minister of Administrative Reforms T.B. Silalahi said yesterday.
Fri, 28 Oct 1994
Indonesia vows to hike pulp and paper production
Indonesia vows to hike pulp and paper production JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia plans to hike the annual production capacity of pulp by 200 percent to 3.9 million tons and paper production by 10.2 percent to 4.3 million tons in the coming five years, an official says.
Fri, 28 Oct 1994
Local equipment suppliers cause power inefficiency
Local equipment suppliers cause power inefficiency JAKARTA (JP): The erratic supply of domestic equipment and engineering services forces the state electricity company, PT PLN, to spend huge amounts to import the goods necessary for its projects.
Fri, 28 Oct 1994
Indonesia rejects conditions on GSP
Indonesia rejects conditions on GSP JAKARTA (JP): Coordinating Minister for Economy and Finance Saleh Afiff yesterday challenged the United States over the possible termination of its Generalized System of Preferences to Indonesia in their continued efforts to tie trading privileges to labor issues.
Fri, 28 Oct 1994
Exploitation by advanced countries
Exploitation by advanced countriesFrom Forum KeadilanWhile flying to Japan I came across an article in the Sept. 29 issue of Kompas entitled: Kekuatan ekonomi menjadi sarana pemeras (Economic power has been abused for exploitation).
Fri, 28 Oct 1994
Outspoken Belo sees progress in E. Timor
Outspoken Belo sees progress in E. Timor DILI, East Timor (JP): Outspoken church leader Bishop Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo said yesterday he saw great strides in the progress of Indonesia's youngest province since its integration into Indonesia, but criticized the way family planning programs have...
Fri, 28 Oct 1994
RI urges APEC plan on new financing
RI urges APEC plan on new financing JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia has urged members of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum to formulate a new financing scheme to support small and medium-scale businesses looking for sustainable economic growth in the region.
Fri, 28 Oct 1994
Romana saves host's face at Challenger
Romana saves host's face at Challenger JAKARTA (JP): Romana Tedjakusuma salvaged Indonesia's pride at the Women's Challenger tennis championships as her solid partnership with South Korean Park Sung-hee upset the Slovakian third seeded pair of Tina Krizan and Patricia Markova in their second round...
Fri, 28 Oct 1994
Students cancel protest at Benhil fire site
Students cancel protest at Benhil fire site JAKARTA (JP): Twenty University of Indonesia (UI) students canceled their plans to protest at the fire site in Bendungan Hilir, Central Jakarta, after hearing a comprehensive explanation by Central Jakarta's deputy mayor yesterday.
Fri, 28 Oct 1994
Church communion to elect chairman
Church communion to elect chairman JAYAPURA, Irian Jaya: The on-going grand assembly of the Communion of Indonesian Churches (PGI) has nominated incumbent Rev. Sularso Sopater and Rev. Sutarno, chief editor of the Jakarta-based Suara Pembaruan daily, to chair the organization for the 1994-1999...
Fri, 28 Oct 1994
Sharing birth experience
Sharing birth experience Three weeks ago I gave birth at the Puri Cinere Hospital. I would like to dedicate this letter to the people who were of tremendous help to me during my pregnancy in Jakarta.Being pregnant with my first child and having had an operation, during the sixth month of my...
Fri, 28 Oct 1994
Moonlighting marine found dead at warehouse
Moonlighting marine found dead at warehouse JAKARTA (JP): A 29-year-old member of the Marine Corps of the Indonesian Navy was found dead yesterday morning in front of the huge warehouse gates where he spent his spare time to earn extra money.
Fri, 28 Oct 1994
`Bahasa Indonesia', 66 years after
`Bahasa Indonesia', 66 years afterBy J.S. Badudu BANDUNG (JP): Sixty-six years have passed since the initial making of the Youth Pledge, one of the most historic moments in our nation's experience and one engraved in gold in the annals of our history.
Fri, 28 Oct 1994
Vijay Singh favored to win Dunhill Masters crown
Vijay Singh favored to win Dunhill Masters crown JAKARTA (JP): Fresh from a US$150,000 Lancome Trophy victory in France, the European tournament of champions, Fiji's Vijay Singh has been deemed the favorite to grab the Alfred Dunhill Masters title, due to tee-off on Wednesday in Nusa Dua, Bali.
Fri, 28 Oct 1994
Keating hails Soeharto's drive on free trade
Keating hails Soeharto's drive on free trade JAKARTA (JP): Australian Prime Minister Paul Keating has applauded President Soeharto's initiative on trade liberalization among members of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum.
Fri, 28 Oct 1994
Territorial workshop fails to reach consensus on CBM
Territorial workshop fails to reach consensus on CBMBy Prapti Widinugraheni BUKITTINGGI, West Sumatra (JP): Tough talks over the territorial claims and disputes in the South China Sea proceeded here yesterday despite the fact that workshop participants failed to reach a consensus on the group's...
Fri, 28 Oct 1994
Power rate rises affect ports firm
Power rate rises affect ports firm JAKARTA (JP): PT Pelabuhan Indonesia (Pelindo) II, the state company managing commercial ports in West Java, Jakarta and the southern part of Sumatra, will ask the government to increase its service fees following next month's rise in electricity rates.
Fri, 28 Oct 1994
C. Java military steps into conflict on Arief's dismissal
C. Java military steps into conflict on Arief's dismissal SALATIGA, Central Java (JP): The military has warned teachers of the Satya Wacana Christian University not to use students to dramatize their opposition against the controversial dismissal of their fellow teacher, Arief Budiman.
Fri, 28 Oct 1994
Plant sellers protest over expulsion plan
Plant sellers protest over expulsion plan JAKARTA (JP): A total of 40 decorative plant traders along Jl. T.B. Simatupang, South Jakarta, went to the City Council yesterday to protest an expulsion order.
Fri, 28 Oct 1994
Merrill Lynch sets up business venture here
Merrill Lynch sets up business venture here JAKARTA (JP): Merrill Lynch and Co. Inc. of the United States, one of the world's leading diversified financial service companies, announced yesterday it has set up a joint venture with Indonesian company PT Persada Kian Pasti Lestari (PKPL).
Fri, 28 Oct 1994
State firms remain fettered
State firms remain fettered A fundamental element seems to remain absent from the restructuring programs for the 185 Indonesian state companies launched in 1989. The directors of four state enterprises complained, at a meeting on Wednesday, that they remained shackled by bureaucratic procedures and...
Fri, 28 Oct 1994
The Listening Post
The Listening Post * "Canadian Artists in Indonesia" is the name of a painting, jewelry and sculpture show that runs until October 31 at the Duta Fine Arts Foundation, on Jalan Bangka 1. The exhibition, jointly sponsored by the Canada-ASEAN Center, the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada, the...
Fri, 28 Oct 1994
Late tax payers to be penalized
Late tax payers to be penalized The West Jakarta mayoralty is currently considering the possibility of penalizing property and land owners who are reluctant to pay taxes, an official said yesterday."For negligent taxpayers the penalties will include the withholding of building permits and other...
Fri, 28 Oct 1994
Economic democracy
Economic democracy In the context of the first long-term development cycle (1969- 1994), the matter of the implementation of the principles of economic democracy contained in Article 33 of our Constitution has been a frequent subject of discussion among economic observers and legal experts.
Fri, 28 Oct 1994
PLN's new headquarters
PLN's new headquarters JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Mines and Energy I.B. Sudjana yesterday inaugurated the new headquarters of the state electricity company PT PLN, also marking the observance of National Electricity Day.