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Wed, 12 Oct 1994
Asia, Europe to seek wider business links
Asia, Europe to seek wider business links SINGAPORE (AFP): About 500 corporate chiefs and government officials, including four heads of government, will meet here this week to debate ways of expanding economic links between Asia and Europe, meeting organizers said yesterday.
Wed, 12 Oct 1994
Teachers want industrialization
Teachers want industrialization SUMENEP, East Java: The Madura branch of the national teachers union PGRI is urging the East Java provincial government to go ahead with its plan to industrialize the largely arid island and ignore the opposition from local Moslem leaders.
Wed, 12 Oct 1994
Illegal workers in Malaysia
Illegal workers in Malaysia Security officers in the Riau province town of Dumai have again aborted an attempt to smuggle hundreds of illegal workers to Malaysia.News of this kind has appeared regularly in newspapers, often with shocking accounts of workers drowning at sea when the crowded boats...
Wed, 12 Oct 1994
PDFCI offers rights shares
PDFCI offers rights shares JAKARTA (JP): PT Bank Private Development Finance Company of Indonesia (Bank PDFCI) will offer 31.25 million rights shares to its shareholders from Oct. 21 to 24 to raise funds for its expansion programs.
Wed, 12 Oct 1994
Stock Exchange
Stock Exchange JAKARTA (JP): Share prices primarily closed higher on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (JSX) yesterday with most issues gaining ground in light trading.The broad-based Composite Index, which lost more than three points to close at 511.86 on Monday, closed 0.52 points higher to end at 512.
Wed, 12 Oct 1994
ISCI wins two-day match
ISCI wins two-day match JAKARTA (JP): The International Sports Club of Indonesia's (ISCI) squash team took the Bata Cup trophy last Sunday with a 3- 2 victory over the Bimantara team in a two day squash championship at the ISCI courts on Jl. Ciputat Raya, South Jakarta.
Wed, 12 Oct 1994
Market space
Market spaceFrom Neraca Jakarta has dozens of new markets built under the Presidential Aid Scheme (Inpres), but still they fail to accommodate sidewalk vendors.A case in point is the market in the Senen area of Central Jakarta. Sidewalk vendors increased after the opening of the market.
Wed, 12 Oct 1994
Malaysia opposes EU levy on color TV sets
Malaysia opposes EU levy on color TV sets KUALA LUMPUR (AFP): Malaysia has hit out at an anti-dumping levy imposed by the European Union on color television sets produced in Malaysia and other Southeast Asian states, local news reports said yesterday.
Wed, 12 Oct 1994
Dispute between residents studied
Dispute between residents studied Police are currently investigating causes behind perennial disputes between two groups of residents in Kwitang in Central Jakarta.Speaking to reporters here yesterday, City Police chief Maj. Gen.
Wed, 12 Oct 1994
Sprite: Non alcoholic
Sprite: Non alcoholic To respond to the concerns of Agus and the letter from MUI (The Jakarta Post readers' column, Oct. 10, 1994) we would like to explain the following points.Firstly, we wish to confirm that in the Indonesian manufacture of Sprite, as well as Coca-Cola and other Company products,...
Wed, 12 Oct 1994
Ulemas criticized for trying to push NU into politics
Ulemas criticized for trying to push NU into politics JAKARTA (JP): The chairman of Indonesia's largest Moslem organization, Nahdlatul Ulama (NU), dismisses as "unrealistic" scholars' suggestions that the organization return to politics.
Wed, 12 Oct 1994
More students accused of defamation freed
More students accused of defamation freed JAKARTA (JP): Two more students convicted of defaming President Soeharto were released yesterday amid protests from the Jakarta Legal Aid Institute (LBH) against the Supreme Court's decision to "delay" freeing four other students.
Wed, 12 Oct 1994
NAM rejects use of food as leverage
NAM rejects use of food as leverage JAKARTA (JP): The Non Aligned Movement (NAM) of developing countries rejected the use of food aid as a means of political and economic pressure yesterday.After a two-day meeting in Nusa Dua, Bali, NAM's agricultural and food ministers said in a 20-point...
Wed, 12 Oct 1994
Military-backed IPKI withdraws from PDI
Military-backed IPKI withdraws from PDI JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesian Democratic Party (PDI), still hurting from recent internal leadership struggles, lost one of its five factions yesterday.IPKI, an organization set up by the Armed Forces (ABRI) in 1954, withdrew from the nationalist Christian...
Wed, 12 Oct 1994
Where is our Mbok?
Where is our Mbok? Sumirah, or Mbok Amat, used to be our parent's servant. She took good care of us when we were kids. She is 72 years of age now and lives with our parents. Despite her age she is in good shape physically and mentally.On Oct. 3, 1994, around 6.00 p.m.
Wed, 12 Oct 1994
Local firms have good prospects to sell shares
Local firms have good prospects to sell shares JAKARTA (JP): Charles Balfour, a senior vice president of the New York-based Nasdaq Stock Market, sees promising prospects for Indonesian stocks on the U.S. capital market.
Wed, 12 Oct 1994
Traffic situation
Traffic situation The traffic situation in Jakarta is receiving a lot of attention. Much has been written about unruly bus drivers. Nothing will change unless public transport fares are raised to a level that allows bus crews to earn a decent living without having to race against each other and...
Wed, 12 Oct 1994
New phone services for Bekasi
New phone services for Bekasi JAKARTA (JP): I Nyoman Punia, chief of the East Jakarta telecommunications office, said here yesterday that his office will introduce the rural telecommunications system into Bekasi regency.
Wed, 12 Oct 1994
Yorrys arrested for role in death pf servant
Yorrys arrested for role in death pf servant CIGOMBONG, Bogor (JP): Yorrys Raweyai of Pemuda Pancasila, a powerful youth organization of questionable reputation, has finally been arrested by city police for his alleged role in the death of a male servant last year.
Wed, 12 Oct 1994
Benny toils as Paes blasts into semis
Benny toils as Paes blasts into semis HIROSHIMA, Japan (Agencies): Indonesia's number one Benny Wijaya survived a heart-stopping thriller against South Korea's Shin Han-cheol for a semifinal berth in Asian Games men's singles tennis competition yesterday.
Wed, 12 Oct 1994
Squatters evicted in third attempt
Squatters evicted in third attempt JAKARTA (JP): Security officers clashed with squatters as they moved in to demolish more than 300 houses and shacks, leaving more than 20 people from both sides injured in Bendungan Hilir in Central Jakarta yesterday.
Wed, 12 Oct 1994
Union leader gets eight months
Union leader gets eight months MEDAN, North Sumatra: Riswan Lubis, the secretary of the Medan branch of the All Indonesian Prosperous Union (SBSI), was sentenced to eight months imprisonment by the local district court for mobilizing workers to take to the streets.
Wed, 12 Oct 1994
Repeated offender shot to death
Repeated offender shot to death Muka Situmeang, a hard-core criminal, was shot to death by police as he was trying to escape on Jl. Perintis Kemerdekaan, East Jakarta, at dawn on Monday.According to police, Muka, 26, was involved in various armed robberies, thefts and other crimes and was jailed...
Wed, 12 Oct 1994
Demolition by force
Demolition by forceFrom PelitaNot many people know that permission from the mayoralty is required for constructing a fence around a plot of land, besides the permission for constructing a building. Therefore the community should be informed about this matter.
Wed, 12 Oct 1994
Switzerland invites RI to boost trade
Switzerland invites RI to boost trade JAKARTA (JP): A Swiss delegation led by Federal Councillor Jean-Pascal Delamuraz ended its first five-day economic mission yesterday, inviting Indonesian businessmen to increase exports to its country.
Wed, 12 Oct 1994
S'pore's third airline
S'pore's third airline SINGAPORE (AFP): Region Air, a local air charter company owned by reclusive hotelier Ong Beng Seng, will take off as Singapore's third full-fledged airline by the end of the month, officials said yesterday.Starting Oct.
Tue, 11 Oct 1994
Container terminal simplifies procedures
Container terminal simplifies procedures JAKARTA (JP): The container terminal at Tanjung Priok port in North Jakarta yesterday introduced a model of integrated service which will simplify procedures for customers.
Tue, 11 Oct 1994
Lawyer wants one trial for three drug dealers
Lawyer wants one trial for three drug dealers JAKARTA (JP): The lawyer of an alleged drug dealer asked the Central Jakarta District Court yesterday to try his client and another two alleged dealers at the same time.
Tue, 11 Oct 1994
ABRI counters harmful books
ABRI counters harmful books JAKARTA: The Armed Forces (ABRI) yesterday vowed to counter any publications it considers is distorting its history or undermining its past contributions to national unity.Armed Forces Commander Gen.
Tue, 11 Oct 1994
Political will needed to prevent forest fires
Political will needed to prevent forest fires Apart from disturbing air traffic and polluting the environment, the forest fires in Kalimantan and Sumatra also caused a loss of life when two ships collided off the province of Riau recently.
Tue, 11 Oct 1994
Periodic increases in electricity cost planned
Periodic increases in electricity cost planned JAKARTA (JP): There will be no more shocking hikes in electricity costs in the future. Instead, increases will be phased in at frequent intervals, an official of the Ministry of Mines and Energy said yesterday.
Tue, 11 Oct 1994
Reconciliation offers path to end East Timorese division (2)
Reconciliation offers path to end East Timorese division (2)By Dino Patti Djalal This is the second of a two part article on the former Portuguese colony of East Timor based on the second meeting between Timorese from Indonesia and diaspora.
Tue, 11 Oct 1994
Haze eases with rains, but not over yet
Haze eases with rains, but not over yet SINGAPORE (Reuter): Scattered rains yesterday helped lift a smoky haze that has blanketed Singapore and parts of Malaysia and Indonesia since August by dousing some of the fires causing it.
Tue, 11 Oct 1994
Police seek Thai for heroin distribution
Police seek Thai for heroin distribution JAKARTA (JP): The City Police are seeking a Thai for his alleged role in the local distribution of heroin brought into the country by a Nepalese, who was arrested after swallowing three heroin filled condoms.
Tue, 11 Oct 1994
House agrees to ratify WTO bill tomorrow
House agrees to ratify WTO bill tomorrow JAKARTA (JP): Commission I of the House of Representatives (DPR) recommended yesterday that the DPR pass a law on the ratification of the World Trade Organization (WTO).
Tue, 11 Oct 1994
Stock Exchange
Stock Exchange JAKARTA (JP): The Jakarta Stock Exchange (JSX) yesterday began the week with lethargic trading.The broader-based Composite Index, which surpassed its psychological barrier of 500 early last week, dropped by over three points to close at 511.86 yesterday from 515.04 on Friday.
Tue, 11 Oct 1994
Angry mob kills Navy officer
Angry mob kills Navy officer JAKARTA (JP): A member of the Navy met a tragic death on Sunday night while attempting to quell an intense war between two neighborhoods in Central Jakarta.The sailor, identified as 24-year-old Mutiari Patiasina Penturi, was stabbed and incinerated by a gang of youths...
Tue, 11 Oct 1994
ASEAN urged to form common security system
ASEAN urged to form common security system JAKARTA (JP): A prominent former army general has called for the establishment of a common regional security system in southeast Asia to diffuse potential problems in the rapidly growing region.
Tue, 11 Oct 1994
Swiss aid for RI railway
Swiss aid for RI railway JAKARTA (JP): The Swiss government, under a memorandum of understanding signed here yesterday, will provide technical experts to smoothen the operation of the new Padang-Ombilin double track railway system in West Sumatra.
Tue, 11 Oct 1994
Where to go in Jakarta:
Where to go in Jakarta:Music * Borobudur Inter-Continental, Jl. Lapangan Banteng Selatan, Central Jakarta: - Kintamani Pavilion: Traditional Dances & Songs Friday, Italian Night Wednesday, all from 7 p.m.. - Pendopo Tea Lounge: Monika Rosca, pianist from Poland, daily 4 p.m. to 7:45 p.m.
Tue, 11 Oct 1994
Results
Results HIROSHIMA, Japan (Agencies): Final results on the ninth day of the Asian Games: Archery Men's team: 1. South Korea 259 points (WR); 2. Japan; 3. Kazakhstan Women's team: 1. China; 2. Indonesia (Purnama Pandiangan, Dahliana, Rusena Gelanteh); 3. South Korea Track and field Men's 20km walk: 1.
Tue, 11 Oct 1994
New school week must not reduce information
New school week must not reduce information JAKARTA (JP): The five-day school week, now being tried out in elementary schools countrywide, should aimed at improving students' social life, a pedagogue said yesterday.
Tue, 11 Oct 1994
Bank Indonesia warned of export credit scam
Bank Indonesia warned of export credit scam JAKARTA (JP): Business analysts warned Bank Indonesia, the central bank, yesterday to improve its control over the use of its subsidized export credit facility and to impose stern punishments against commercial banks found in violation of the loan scheme.
Tue, 11 Oct 1994
RI's foreign aid likely to exceed original target
RI's foreign aid likely to exceed original target JAKARTA (JP): New grants and loans accrued by the government from foreign creditors for development projects will likely exceed the original target of Rp 10.01 trillion (US$4.
Tue, 11 Oct 1994
NZ apartments exhibited
NZ apartments exhibited JAKARTA (JP): The development of a hotel and apartment complex in the heart of the central business district of Auckland, a major city in New Zealand, will be exhibited here from Oct.
Tue, 11 Oct 1994
Complexity of housing problem
Complexity of housing problem Forcible eviction has occurred again in a recently fire-razed area. This time in Bendungan Hilir in Jakarta.The configuration of the problem is similar to that of past evictions. The land belongs to the state.
Tue, 11 Oct 1994
Suryadi warns officials not to abuse housing subsidies
Suryadi warns officials not to abuse housing subsidies JAKARTA (JP): Governor Surjadi Soedirdja threatened yesterday to dismiss officials who are found guilty of abusing house rent funds provided by the city administration to residents of Bendungan Hilir in Central Jakarta.
Tue, 11 Oct 1994
Hunting threatens N. Sulawesi's macaques
Hunting threatens N. Sulawesi's macaquesBy Fachruddin Mangunjaya JAKARTA (JP): Hunting is having a devastating effect upon the wild population of the crested black macaque (Macaca nigra) outside of the Tangkoko Nature Reserve in North Sulawesi.
Tue, 11 Oct 1994
TV Today
TV TodayTVRI 2:30 p.m. Special News: Asian Games XII 5:00 Regional News 5:30 English Lessons 6:05 Nusantara, the Beloved Country 6:15 Village Program 6:30 Open University 7:00 Evening News 7:30 Insight 8:05 Traditional Drama 9:00 World News 9:30 Asian Games Journal 10:00 Music 11:00 Late News 11:15...
Tue, 11 Oct 1994
One killed in Maluku earthquake
One killed in Maluku earthquake JAKARTA (JP): One person died and more than 50 others were injured in the powerful earthquake which hit Obi island in North Maluku on Sunday, the Antara news agency reported yesterday.