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Fri, 20 Oct 1995
Communist can infiltrate ABRI
Communist can infiltrate ABRI SEMARANG, Central Java (JP): A senior military officer says that even the Armed Forces (ABRI), with their tight security arrangements, are vulnerable to communist infiltration.Maj. Gen.
Fri, 20 Oct 1995
Daimler-Benz and ABB eye Asia
Daimler-Benz and ABB eye Asia SINGAPORE (AFP): Swiss-Swedish conglomerate Asea Brown Boveri Ltd. and Germany's Daimler-Benz AG, which are to merge their railway activities, hope to compete strongly for work in Asia, an ABB official said yesterday.
Fri, 20 Oct 1995
Why was Perspektif banned?
Why was Perspektif banned?From Forum KeadilanOn Sept. 24, 1995, I met and talked with Perspektif's host Mr. Wimar Witoelar in the Obor Foundation's stand at the book exhibition held in Istora Senayan, Jakarta.
Fri, 20 Oct 1995
Where to go in Bali:
Where to go in Bali:Music and entertainment * Nusa Dua Beach Hotel: Budaya Stage - Legong Buffet Dinner, Friday. Ramayana Buffet Dinner, Monday. Poolside - BBQ Night with Hawaiian Band, Wednesday. Coffee Shop - Indonesian Night with Joged Dance, Saturday. Village Night with Frog Dance, Tuesday.
Fri, 20 Oct 1995
S'pore rubber futures prices firm
S'pore rubber futures prices firm SINGAPORE (Agencies): Singapore rubber futures prices ended firmer yesterday on European and local buying interest in tandem with the Japanese market, dealers said.Trading was moderate, with turnover dropping to 9,070 tons from 13,390 tons the previous day, while...
Fri, 20 Oct 1995
Day-old chick prices cut
Day-old chick prices cut JAKARTA (JP): The Association of Indonesian Poultry Entrepreneurs lowered yesterday the prices of day-old chicks (DOCs) to between Rp 225 and Rp 250 each, down from about Rp 700.
Fri, 20 Oct 1995
Bre-X soars on RI mine
Bre-X soars on RI mine CALGARY (Reuter): Shares of Bre-X Minerals Ltd skyrocketed in frantic trading Wednesday after the Alberta Stock Exchange-listed company released drill results suggesting it may have found one of the world's largest gold mines.
Fri, 20 Oct 1995
Malaysian arrested for fake card
Malaysian arrested for fake card JAKARTA (JP): A Malaysian has been arrested on charges of buying jewelry with a counterfeit credit card at CitraLand Mall, West Jakarta.Police sources said yesterday the suspect, identified as Cheng Joo Sun, 22, a resident of Penang, was captured Wednesday afternoon...
Fri, 20 Oct 1995
Sony Indonesia to enter local market
Sony Indonesia to enter local market CIBITUNG, West Java (JP): PT Sony Electronic Indonesia -- a subsidiary of Japan's Sony Corporation which was designed to export all its products -- will later this year enter the domestic market, the firm's executives said yesterday.
Fri, 20 Oct 1995
Senayan to get new public park
Senayan to get new public park JAKARTA (JP): The first stone was laid Wednesday by Mrs. Try Sutrisno, wife of the Vice President, for a new public park in the heart of Jakarta.The park is to be built on the Taman Ria Remaja site adjacent to the State TVRI Station complex on Jl.
Fri, 20 Oct 1995
Kashmir, Bosnia fight for freedom: Bhutto
Kashmir, Bosnia fight for freedom: Bhutto CARTAGENA DE INDIAS, Colombia (JP): Pakistan's Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, likening the separatist movement in the Indian province of Kashmir to the plight of Bosnia, suggested that India's missile program would likely spark a regional arms race.
Fri, 20 Oct 1995
Surjadi seeks 17% hike in spending
Surjadi seeks 17% hike in spending JAKARTA (JP): Governor Surjadi Soedirdja asked the city council yesterday to increase the administration's spending in the current fiscal year by 17 percent, in view of an unexpected surplus in the city's 1994/1995 budget.
Fri, 20 Oct 1995
Haryanto slams Merpati announcement
Haryanto slams Merpati announcement JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Transportation Haryanto Dhanutirto criticized yesterday a widely-publicized statement made by state- owned Merpati Nusantara Airlines about its decision not to lease 16 locally-made CN-235 aircraft.
Fri, 20 Oct 1995
Kuwait to start talks on Thai oil refinery soon
Kuwait to start talks on Thai oil refinery soon SINGAPORE (Reuter): Kuwait is seeking refining and trading opportunities in Asia and will start serious talks soon with petrochemical giant Thai Petrochemical Industry Plc on a new refinery in Thailand, a visiting oil official said.
Fri, 20 Oct 1995
General Hotel plans expansion in Indonesia
General Hotel plans expansion in Indonesia JAKARTA (JP): General Hotel Management, a Singapore-based hotel and resort management firm, plans to expand its business in Indonesia to a total of 10 hotels by 1997.Company executive Mark A.
Fri, 20 Oct 1995
Stock Exchange
Stock ExchangeStock prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (in rupiah) on Oct. 19, 1995: Shares Close Change Trading Volume ----------------------------------------------------------- Ades Alfindo 1,575 475 7,500 AHAP Insurance 3,250 0 0 Alumindo Perkasa 1,150 0 0 Andayani Megah 2,000 -150 166,500...
Fri, 20 Oct 1995
Soeharto meets with NAM leaders to strenghten ties
Soeharto meets with NAM leaders to strenghten tiesBy Rikza Abdullah CARTAGENA DE INDIAS, Colombia (JP): Pakistan, Nicaragua and the Philippines agreed here on Wednesday to strengthen their economic and trade relations with Indonesia.
Fri, 20 Oct 1995
Take That: Taking it from the streets to the bank
Take That: Taking it from the streets to the bankBy Dini S. Djalal JAKARTA (JP): How many members of Take That does it take to change a light bulb? Five: one to hold the bulb, one to cheer him on, one to dance around him, one to change his outfit, and another to keep the fans at bay.
Fri, 20 Oct 1995
Czarnikow sees lower RI sugar output in 1995
Czarnikow sees lower RI sugar output in 1995 LONDON (Reuter): Indonesia's 1995 sugar production should fall to around 2.30 million tons of sugar from 2.46 million last year due to the effects of a severe drought, trade house C.Czarnikow said in its latest report.
Fri, 20 Oct 1995
Fafa to join national team for the 18th SEA Games
Fafa to join national team for the 18th SEA Games JAKARTA (JP): The nation's most seasoned spiker Imam Agus Faisal, better known as Fafa, will make his fifth successive appearance at the Southeast Asian Games in December.Indonesian Volleyball Association Secretary-General M.
Fri, 20 Oct 1995
Women's Center
Women's Center This is in response to the letter from S. Hansyah entitled 'Worrying mother' (The Jakarta Post, Oct. 17, 1995), a reprinted version from Kompas.Unfortunately the brutality and prevalence of rape being reported in the media as you detail in your letter of concern to the editor is the...
Fri, 20 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.
Fri, 20 Oct 1995
India to hold an exhibition here next year
India to hold an exhibition here next year JAKARTA (JP): India plans to hold an exhibition at the Jakarta Fairground next March to forge stronger economic ties with Indonesia.Indian Ambassador to Indonesia S.T.
Fri, 20 Oct 1995
Avoid empty promises: Golkar
Avoid empty promises: Golkar JAKARTA (JP): Golkar leaders appealed yesterday to their cadre to refrain from making promises they cannot keep during the campaign for the 1997 general election.One thousand leaders of the ruling political group wound up their annual conference yesterday, with their...
Fri, 20 Oct 1995
A case for import substitution policies
A case for import substitution policiesBy Rajiv Sondhi JAKARTA (JP): The emergence of a trade deficit in June, the first monthly deficit in five years, has sharply focused the recent performance of exports and the supporting policy framework.
Fri, 20 Oct 1995
Foundation seeks Rp 110b damages over hospital
Foundation seeks Rp 110b damages over hospital JAKARTA (JP): The Fatmawati Foundation, former owner of the Fatmawati Hospital in South Jakarta, is filing a law suit against three ministries and the city administration over the transfer of the hospital building to the Ministry of Health.
Fri, 20 Oct 1995
Passing the torch
Passing the torch It befits the leadership style of President Soeharto that on Wednesday the Indonesian head of state formally ended his chairmanship of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) with a call for the 113 member countries to continue working towards the establishment of a new world order...
Fri, 20 Oct 1995
ICMI members want Habibie to retain chair
ICMI members want Habibie to retain chair JAKARTA (JP): The congress of the Indonesian Association of Moslem Intellectuals is still two months away, but support for the reelection of B.J. Habibie to lead the influential organization has started to pour in.
Fri, 20 Oct 1995
Illegal levies cause high operation costs: Ritonga
Illegal levies cause high operation costs: Ritonga JAKARTA (JP): City Council Speaker M.H. Ritonga says the police must put an end to their habit of soliciting "contributions" from the drivers of public transportation vehicles, whose operational costs are now skyrocketing as a result.
Fri, 20 Oct 1995
Dayak Besar takeover still in question
Dayak Besar takeover still in question JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Forestry Djamaludin Suryohadikusumo has asserted that the question of who will take over the debt- burdened PT Dayak Besar Group (DBG) is not important as long as its forests are used to benefit the local people.
Fri, 20 Oct 1995
Nightclub hostess strangled to death
Nightclub hostess strangled to death JAKARTA (JP): A nightclub hostess was found dead with bruises on her face and neck at a male friend's boarding house in Central Jakarta yesterday morning.The post-mortem examination showed that Nia, who was also known as Tri, had been strangled, a police officer...
Fri, 20 Oct 1995
Who dunnit?
Who dunnit? BANDAR LAMPUNG, Lampung: Prison officials are trying to determine who slept with a widow serving a sentence for motorcycle theft and kidnapping.Deputy chief of North Lampung's Menggala prison warden Sobiran said yesterday that the provincial justice office was just made aware of the...
Fri, 20 Oct 1995
Aid for quake victims
Aid for quake victims JAKARTA: The government promised more assistance yesterday for thousands of quake victims in Jambi.Minister of Social Services Inten Soeweno said that the government will help the victims rebuild the houses that were damaged or destroyed by the earthquake measuring 7 on the...
Fri, 20 Oct 1995
Judge cautions military over communist hunt
Judge cautions military over communist hunt JAKARTA (JP): Justice Bismar Siregar, a leading member of the Supreme Court, cautioned the Armed Forces (ABRI) yesterday about the naming of three men as being involved in communist-like activities.
Fri, 20 Oct 1995
Paintings on display in Kemang
Paintings on display in Kemang JAKARTA (JP): The Santi Gallery on Jl. Benda No. 4, Kemang, South Jakarta, will be displaying works by Kay It, a Balinese painter who died 18 years ago.The exhibition, scheduled to be opened by well-known collector Dr.
Fri, 20 Oct 1995
Communist issue
Communist issue Today the issue of Indonesian communists is alive again through reports in the media. It is surprising enough that government officials are repeatedly discussing the matter.The general public was apparently still wondering about the real meaning of the media coverage of the issue...
Fri, 20 Oct 1995
Bank Niaga to raise paid-up capital to $50.7m
Bank Niaga to raise paid-up capital to $50.7m JAKARTA (JP): Publicly-listed Bank Niaga will double its paid- up capital to Rp 115.55 billion (US$50.7 million) by issuing one- to-one bonus shares worth Rp 57.77 billion.
Fri, 20 Oct 1995
Ectasy suspect dies during police raid
Ectasy suspect dies during police raid JAKARTA (JP): A suspected trafficker of the banned drug Ecstasy, a mind-altering drug popular among teenagers, died during a police raid in South Jakarta yesterday.
Fri, 20 Oct 1995
40 buildings demolished
40 buildings demolished JAKARTA (JP): Local authorities pulled down 40 structures belonging to squatters along the Ciliwung river bank in Pejambon, Central Jakarta, yesterday, two days before the demolition deadline.
Fri, 20 Oct 1995
Solar energy developed for urban houses
Solar energy developed for urban houses JAKARTA (JP): The Agency for the Assessment and Application of Technology is expanding its solar energy development plan, currently restricted to rural areas, to include urban housing.
Fri, 20 Oct 1995
Supreme Court gets six younger justices
Supreme Court gets six younger justices JAKARTA (JP): Chief Justice Soerjono yesterday installed six new justices to serve in the Supreme Court, replacing those who recently reached the mandatory retirement age of 65.
Fri, 20 Oct 1995
Choice to open hotel in Yogyakarta
Choice to open hotel in Yogyakarta JAKARTA (JP): Choice Hotels Indonesia announced that its first "comfort-branded" hotel, the Sejahtera Comfort Suites, will have its soft opening in Yogyakarta at the end of December.
Fri, 20 Oct 1995
East Timor has new ferry
East Timor has new ferry DILI, East Timor: The local government will launch a ferry service to Dili, Atauro Island and Wetar Island in December.The KMP Balibo has the capacity to carry 400 passengers and 23 trucks, head of the East Timor transportation office R. Widagdo said here yesterday.
Fri, 20 Oct 1995
Paul Nagano displays paintings
Paul Nagano displays paintings JAKARTA (JP): American painter Paul Nagano will exhibit his works at the CSIS building on Jl. Tanah Abang III, Central Jakarta, from tomorrow to Oct. 28.The one-week exhibition, titled The Pulse of Paradise, Recent Watercolors of Bali, has been organized jointly by...
Fri, 20 Oct 1995
TV today
TV todayTVRI 2:35 p.m. TV Series: Amazing 3:05 Documentary: Langka & Unik 3:30 Science: Pushing The Limits 4:05 Student Quiz: Cerdas Cermat 4:30 Culture 5:00 Regional News 5:30 Cultural Circle 6:05 Nusantara, the Beloved Country 6:15 Village Program 6:45 You Should Know 7:00 Evening News 7:30...
Fri, 20 Oct 1995
Approaches to APEC free trade
Approaches to APEC free tradeBy Suhadi Mangkusuwondo JAKARTA (JP): APEC Economic leaders will have their third consecutive meeting in Osaka next month.Many businesspeople in this region and elsewhere are closely watching the preparations for the important meeting.
Fri, 20 Oct 1995
Boat overturns, one missing
Boat overturns, one missing CILACAP, Central Java: One went missing and four other people survived when their fishing boat Dewi sank after being hit by high waves Tuesday, a press report said yesterday.
Thu, 19 Oct 1995
Stock Exchange
Stock ExchangeStock prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (in rupiah) on Oct. 18, 1995: Shares Close Change Trading Volume ------------------------------------------------------------ Ades Alfindo 1,100 -600 500 AHAP Insurance 3,250 0 0 Alumindo Perkasa 1,150 0 0 Andayani Megah 2,150 0 0 Aneka Kimia...
Thu, 19 Oct 1995
Minority parties greet campaign ideas skeptically
Minority parties greet campaign ideas skeptically JAKARTA (JP): Members of the Indonesian Democratic Party (PDI) and the United Development Party (PPP) have reacted differently to their rival Golkar's proposal to ban political rallies and limit election campaigning to media debates.
Thu, 19 Oct 1995
Thai rules for SEA games queried
Thai rules for SEA games queried JAKARTA (JP): The National Sports Council (KONI) questioned the motives behind Thailand's applying rules different from internationally-accepted regulations in the upcoming 18th Southeast Asian Games in Chiang Mai, Thailand.