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Sat, 21 Oct 1995
Church Services
Church Services * Catholic Church, University of Atmajaya, Jl. Jend. Sudirman: Saturday 5:30 p.m., Sunday, 9 a.m., 10:30 a.m. (with songs) and 5:30 p.m. * First Church of Christ, Scientist, Jl. Teuku Cik Ditiro 48, Menteng, Central Jakarta: Services on Sunday at 9:30 a.m. (in Indonesian) and 8 a.m.
Sat, 21 Oct 1995
Ciputra Group to build satellite city in Hanoi
Ciputra Group to build satellite city in Hanoi Hanoi (DPA): A 2.5-billion-dollar satellite city project for the Vietnamese capital Hanoi has moved closer to reality after winning the key support of senior Vietnamese leaders, government officials and businessmen said in a news report yesteday.
Sat, 21 Oct 1995
Officials suggest HIV test for Sea Games athletes
Officials suggest HIV test for Sea Games athletes JAKARTA (JP): A senior sports official of the National Sports Council (KONI) suggested yesterday that all Indonesian athletes to be sent to the 18th Southeast Asian Games in Chiang Mai, Thailand, be tested for the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)...
Sat, 21 Oct 1995
Councilors upset at demolition of squatters' houses
Councilors upset at demolition of squatters' houses JAKARTA (JP): The City Council has expressed disappointment with the Central Jakarta mayoralty's demolition of 40 houses along the banks of the Ciliwung river on Thursday, two days ahead of schedule.
Sat, 21 Oct 1995
New NAM membership leads to lengthy debates
New NAM membership leads to lengthy debatesBy Meidyatama Suryodiningrat CARTAGENA DE INDIAS, Colombia (JP): Minister of Foreign Affairs Ali Alatas said that the admission of new members to the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) had "stalled".
Sat, 21 Oct 1995
Three children die of dengue
Three children die of dengue GROBOGAN, Central Java: Three children of the Belor village have died, while 128 others have been hospitalized in a dengue outbreak striking the Ngaringan district.Hengki Pramono and Susanto, both four years old, and Kabudiyah, 11, died of the hemorrhagic fever over the...
Sat, 21 Oct 1995
Sleepless in Jakarta
Sleepless in Jakarta After having read about sleeping problems in "Your Letters" column dated Oct. 18, 1995, I felt relief. I used to think that I was the only citizen of Jakarta who has a sleeping problem. I lived in Cililitan for 12 years.
Sat, 21 Oct 1995
Private schools, colleges offered tax concessions
Private schools, colleges offered tax concessions JAKARTA (JP): The Ministry of Finance and private schools and colleges have finally come to a compromise over the new regulation requiring them to start paying income taxes.
Sat, 21 Oct 1995
Indonesia urged to enact more economic laws
Indonesia urged to enact more economic laws JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia needs to continue its economic legal reforms by producing more governing laws on economic activities to anticipate the implementation of free trade in Southeast Asia and the Pacific region, according to lawyers.
Sat, 21 Oct 1995
The Pulse of Paradise: Bali in Paul Nagano's watercolors
The Pulse of Paradise: Bali in Paul Nagano's watercolorsBy Garrett Kam JAKARTA (JP): Throughout East and Southeast Asia intensive wet-rice cultivation, immense archipelagos, extensive maritime trade, mighty rivers, and temperamental monsoons led to advanced civilizations with highly-refined art...
Sat, 21 Oct 1995
Sujudi urges return to basic foods
Sujudi urges return to basic foods JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Health Sujudi appealed to the Indonesian people yesterday to get back to dietary basics and away from foods rich in fat and cholesterol.Speaking at a workshop in Denpasar on the impact of changing diet habits among Indonesians, Sujudi...
Sat, 21 Oct 1995
Silk Air expands its flight service
Silk Air expands its flight service JAKARTA (JP): Silk Air, a subsidiary of Singapore Airlines, will double the frequency of its flight service between Singapore and Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara, to six times a week due to the increasing traffic volume, an official said yesterday.
Sat, 21 Oct 1995
Foreign loans to finance cement plant
Foreign loans to finance cement plant JAKARTA (JP): PT Osin said its cement plant in Kupang, East Nusa Tenggara, will be financed by US$133 million in loans from a Belgian bank and Asian Development Bank consortium.
Sat, 21 Oct 1995
Cambodia logging project critizied
Cambodia logging project critizied PHNOM PENH (Agencies): Cambodia's most prominent opposition figure, former finance minister Sam Rainsy, has joined King Norodom Sihanouk in vehemently protesting the government's award of a massive logging contract to an Indonesian timber company.
Sat, 21 Oct 1995
Inco to pay interim dividend
Inco to pay interim dividend JAKARTA (JP): PT International Nickel Indonesia (Inco) announced yesterday that it will distribute an interim dividend of U.S. five cents per share on Dec. 13.The company said in a statement that the company's decision to distribute the interim dividend has taken into...
Sat, 21 Oct 1995
Where to go in Jakarta:
Where to go in Jakarta:Music * Hotel Aryaduta Jl. Prapatan 44-48, Central Jakarta: - Ambiente Italian Restaurant: Bonauli vocal group, Monday and Wednesday from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m.; Los Morenitos, Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m. Los Paraguas, Friday and Saturday from 7:15 p.m.
Sat, 21 Oct 1995
Tiny health posts mean a lot to Kalimantan villagers
Tiny health posts mean a lot to Kalimantan villagersBy Primastuti Handayani SANGGAU, West Kalimantan (JP): The road to Sei Kelik village is bumpy and muddy. The motorcycle is the only vehicle that can travel it.
Sat, 21 Oct 1995
EU anti-dumping on RI
EU anti-dumping on RI BRUSSELS (AFP): The European Union applied anti-dumping duties to bicycles imported from Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand yesterday, officials said.The duties would be enforced initially for four months and ranged from 13. 2 to 48.8 percent.
Sat, 21 Oct 1995
French power giant EDF eyes Asian countries
French power giant EDF eyes Asian countries SINGAPORE (Reuter): The world's biggest power company, Electricite de France, plans to leap into Asia over the next five years, spending US$1 billion on power stations and grids, its Southeast Asian representative said yesterday.
Sat, 21 Oct 1995
Four killed in traffic accident
Four killed in traffic accident SEMARANG, Central Java: Four people were killed and one was seriously injured in a traffic accident yesterday in Mantianom village in Banjarnegara regency.Sources at the Central Java provincial police headquarters said a van, running at high speed, first fatally hit...
Sat, 21 Oct 1995
Tourists bothered by beggars, traders
Tourists bothered by beggars, traders DENPASAR, Bali: Governor Ida Bagus Oka said he has received many complaints from foreign tourists annoyed by swarming souvenir hawkers in virtually every tourism location here.
Sat, 21 Oct 1995
APB-Net to convene in Osaka tomorrow
APB-Net to convene in Osaka tomorrow JAKARTA (JP): The Asia Pacific Business Network (APB-Net) will open a two-day meeting in Osaka, Japan, tomorrow to finalize its policy views prior to the Osaka meeting of the Leaders of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum in November.
Sat, 21 Oct 1995
Asian airlines raise profits
Asian airlines raise profits SINGAPORE (AFP): The 15-member Orient Airlines Association (OAA) yesterday reported a threefold annual jump in combined net profits to US$1.3 billion in fiscal year 1994-95.
Sat, 21 Oct 1995
Sri Lankan sprinter awaiting test results
Sri Lankan sprinter awaiting test results JAKARTA (JP): The organizing committee of the 11th Asian Amateur Track and Field Championships, which concluded in Jakarta on Sept. 24, is waiting for the result of Susanthika Jayasinghe's second drug test sample before confirming if Sri Lanka's top...
Sat, 21 Oct 1995
TV today
TV todayTVRI 2:35 p.m. TV Series: Teenage Mutant Ninja 3:05 Sports 5:00 Regional News 5:30 Science Film 6:05 Nusantara, the Beloved Country 6:15 Village Program 6:30 Music Program: Jazz 7:00 Evening News 7:30 Lemhanas 8:05 Bintang Nusantara 9:00 World News 9:30 Music: Rona Nusantara 10:30 Film...
Sat, 21 Oct 1995
Traders complain about high wall
Traders complain about high wall JAKARTA (JP): Seventeen Bogor residents have complained to the National Commission on Human Rights about the erection of a four- meter-high wall in front of their shop-houses, saying it has killed their businesses.
Sat, 21 Oct 1995
Better transit service
Better transit service Many analysts believe that Jakarta will no longer be a healthy place to live beyond the year 2000. One of the reasons is the worsening traffic congestion. Today it take three hours for the people who live in the Depok area, 30 kilometers south of Jakarta, to get to their...
Sat, 21 Oct 1995
World Vision reaches remote regions
World Vision reaches remote regions JAKARTA (JP): World Vision International (WVI) was established in 1950 by Dr. Bob Pierce to help children victims of the 1950-53 Korean war.The Christian-affiliated organization, which has its headquarters in Washington, started operation in Indonesia in 1960 to...
Sat, 21 Oct 1995
Servant arrested over killing
Servant arrested over killing JAKARTA (JP): Central Jakarta police have arrested a servant at a boarding house for Thursday's rape and murder of a 25-year- old woman in Central Jakarta.Central Jakarta Police Chief Lt. Col.
Sat, 21 Oct 1995
FIA drops RI's bid for Formula One race
FIA drops RI's bid for Formula One race JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia looks certain to lose its bid to bring a prestigious Formula One grand prix race to the Sentul circuit next year, after the International Automobile Federation (FIA) excluded it from the 1996 provisional calendar on Thursday.
Sat, 21 Oct 1995
Akzo plant in Surabaya
Akzo plant in Surabaya AMSTERDAM (Reuter): Dutch chemicals and pharmaceuticals company Akzo Nobel NV said it had signed an agreement to set up a synthetic resins manufacturing joint venture with Indonesia's P.T. Raung Nusa Chemicals in Surabaya.
Sat, 21 Oct 1995
A tour in the Preanger: The tea gentry and their women
A tour in the Preanger: The tea gentry and their womenBy Tineke Hellwig BANDUNG (JP): Fifty-five Dutch tourists conducted tour of West Java's tea plantations in July, known as the 1995 Tea Tour. For the larger part, this group of travelers, whose ages ranged from 13 to 80 years old, consisted of...
Sat, 21 Oct 1995
Alleged killer of Hutagalung's family arrested
Alleged killer of Hutagalung's family arrested BEKASI (JP): City police have arrested a man strongly believed to be the country's long-wanted suspect in the brutal killing of six members of Herbin Hutagalung's family here early last year, reliable sources said.
Sat, 21 Oct 1995
Soeharto tells Golkar to learn from history
Soeharto tells Golkar to learn from history JAKARTA (JP): "Never forget the past," President Soeharto told members of the ruling political grouping Golkar yesterday."In looking ahead, meeting challenges in developing the future that we dream about, we must never forget our past," Soeharto said in a...
Sat, 21 Oct 1995
Indonesian appointed as UNESCO director
Indonesian appointed as UNESCO director JAKARTA (JP): An Indonesian education professor, Moegiady, has been appointed director for the Central Asia region of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), Antara reported yesterday.
Sat, 21 Oct 1995
Four injured in tiger attack
Four injured in tiger attack PEKANBARU, Riau: A Sumatran tiger attacked six forestry workers sleeping in a tent, seriously mauling four of them, Antara reported on Thursday.In the incident that occurred on Sunday near Sungai Rawa village, Bengkalis regency, two workers escaped the attack.
Sat, 21 Oct 1995
Soesilo: Be alert but don't panic about communism
Soesilo: Be alert but don't panic about communism JAKARTA (JP): Coordinating Minister for Political Affairs and Security Soesilo Soedarman yesterday urged the public to stay vigilant, but not to panic, over recent official warnings about a possible communist resurgence.
Sat, 21 Oct 1995
Five foreign giants enter RI telecoms
Five foreign giants enter RI telecoms JAKARTA (JP): Foreign companies will operate domestic telecommunication services throughout Indonesia, except for Greater Jakarta and East Java, under 15-year concessions as of January 1996.
Sat, 21 Oct 1995
Painters vie for Indonesian Art Awards '95
Painters vie for Indonesian Art Awards '95By R. Fadjri YOGYAKARTA (JP): One of the drawbacks of a competitive arts world, that of paintings in particular, is that some painters refrain from taking part in what they perceive as a competitive event, believing that art works cannot compete with each...
Sat, 21 Oct 1995
Bekasi has new police chief
Bekasi has new police chief BEKASI (P): Deputy to the Greater Jakarta police chief, Brig. Gen. Hamami Nata yesterday installed Lt. Col. Elfrizo L. Tobing as Bekasi police chief to replace Lt. Col. Hari Pribadi.Hari Pribadi will start his new job as the West Jakarta police chief Monday to replace Lt.
Sat, 21 Oct 1995
Support for Megawati 'against' establishment
Support for Megawati 'against' establishment JAKARTA (JP): The call for Megawati Soekarnoputri, the chairwoman of the minority Indonesian Democratic Party (PDI), to run for president in 1998 is a symbol of her support in Central Java and a sign of growing rejection of the establishment, a political...
Sat, 21 Oct 1995
Victim in hotel murder may have been raped
Victim in hotel murder may have been raped JAKARTA (JP): The Malaysian businessman charged with killing a local woman in a five-star hotel in Central Jakarta on Monday may have raped the victim before the killing, a police officer said yesterday.
Sat, 21 Oct 1995
Indonesian scholars too inward-looking: Historian
Indonesian scholars too inward-looking: Historian DEPOK, West Java (JP): As Indonesia embarks on various regional cooperation programs, leading historian Taufik Abdullah warned yesterday that the nation has a dire shortage of scholars who really know about the region.
Sat, 21 Oct 1995
Aussie firms tie up in RI project
Aussie firms tie up in RI project MELBOURNE (Reuter): Australian energy group Energy Equity Corp Ltd said it has formed a strategic alliance with Tenneco Gas Australia, a unit of U.S. gas group Tenneco Inc.
Sat, 21 Oct 1995
Potential projects in ASEAN identified
Potential projects in ASEAN identified MANILA (AFP): A study financed by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) has proposed 121 possible projects to be undertaken within the recently formed East Asean Growth Area (EAGA), officials said yesterday.
Sat, 21 Oct 1995
Bomb tests for security
Bomb tests for security Whenever in Bali, I buy The Jakarta Post to see what is happening in the world. In these days of France's atomic tests I found my own opinion reflected in your paper of Aug. 7, 1995, under the headline France's "great power" argument cuts no ice abroad.
Sat, 21 Oct 1995
Teluk Naga developer pledges to help locals
Teluk Naga developer pledges to help locals JAKARTA (JP): The management of the Salim Group of companies has been quoted as saying that it will place the local people's needs before the group's business interests in carrying out its Teluk Naga project in Tangerang.
Sat, 21 Oct 1995
Colombia summit to endorse NAM action programs
Colombia summit to endorse NAM action programsBy Rikza Abdullah CARTAGENA DE INDIAS, Colombia (JP): A declaration to be endorsed by the leaders of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) will guarantee the implementation of the group's programs, particularly those on cooperation among developing countries,...
Sat, 21 Oct 1995
PT Pelabuhan II, PSA cooperate
PT Pelabuhan II, PSA cooperate JAKARTA (JP): PT Pelabuhan Indonesia II, the company with manages Jakarta's Tanjung Priok port and several other seaports, signed a technical cooperation agreement yesterday with the Port of Singapore Authority (PSA) to improve port services and daily operations.
Fri, 20 Oct 1995
Indonesia ready for SEA Games, whatever the rules
Indonesia ready for SEA Games, whatever the rules JAKARTA (JP): Despite uncertainty on whether host Thailand will eventually apply internationally-accepted rules in the 18th Southeast Asia Games, Indonesia is ready for the games.