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Wed, 11 Oct 1995
Koja homes won't face arbitrary demolition
Koja homes won't face arbitrary demolition JAKARTA (JP): City Military Chief of Staff Brig. Gen. Sutiyoso guaranteed yesterday that arbitrary demolition of houses in Koja Utara, North Jakarta, will not happen.
Wed, 11 Oct 1995
Donation from Jakarta Red Cross
Donation from Jakarta Red Cross JAKARTA (JP): The Jakarta branch of the Red Cross has sent two trucks of food, medicine, blankets and clothes to the victims of the Jambi earthquake.Jakarta branch chairman H.M.
Wed, 11 Oct 1995
Probe of cemetery land scandal in last phase
Probe of cemetery land scandal in last phase JAKARTA (JP): City Secretary Harun Al Rasyid says that the city inspector claims that the investigation into a land scam allegedly masterminded by an official from the city cemetery agency will be completed soon.
Wed, 11 Oct 1995
Piracy stalls RI's home entertainment
Piracy stalls RI's home entertainmentBy Marselli Sumarno JAKARTA (JP): Gope Samptani's experience epitomizes the prospects of the home video business in Indonesia.In 1988, Gope and seven other importers began a video business.
Wed, 11 Oct 1995
HK, RI set up fishing firm
HK, RI set up fishing firm JAKARTA (JP): PT Minasanega Perkasa and Giant Enterprises Limited of Hong Kong have agreed to establish a joint-venture company to engage in fishing in Indonesia's Exclusive Economic Zone.Under an agreement signed on Monday evening by Minasenaga's director, M. Ng.
Wed, 11 Oct 1995
Quake relief operation hits snags
Quake relief operation hits snags JAKARTA (JP): The huge relief operation now underway in the earthquake-stricken regency of Gunung Kerinci in Jambi, Sumatra, was beset yesterday by problems in channeling relief supplies to the quake victims.
Wed, 11 Oct 1995
Golkar seeks to reform campaign rules
Golkar seeks to reform campaign rules JAKARTA (JP): The ruling political group Golkar announced yesterday that it will push to reform the electoral laws regulating political campaigns and rallies.The reforms will deal primarily with procedures concerning the campaign period, which is generally...
Wed, 11 Oct 1995
APEC talks extended for lack of progress
APEC talks extended for lack of progress TOKYO (AFP): The Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum has extended talks for a third day after failing to make progress on preparing a free-trade plan during two days of talks, a Japanese official said yesterday.
Wed, 11 Oct 1995
Soeharto dedicates hotel
Soeharto dedicates hotel JAKARTA (JP): President Soeharto inaugurated the five-star Regent Hotel Jakarta yesterday, five years after the initial ground breaking in May 1988.The 364-room hotel began its soft operation in July, nearly four years behind schedule.
Wed, 11 Oct 1995
Soccer to be contested early at SEA Games
Soccer to be contested early at SEA Games JAKARTA (JP): Soccer, the most prestigious event at the upcoming 18th Southeast Asian Games in Thailand, will be contested earlier than Dec. 9, the day the Games formally opens."Soccer competitions will start on Dec. 3.
Wed, 11 Oct 1995
RI reports 34 more cases of HIV carriers
RI reports 34 more cases of HIV carriers JAKARTA (JP): Thirty-four more people have reportedly tested positive for the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) over the past three months, bringing the total to 346 as at the end of last month.
Wed, 11 Oct 1995
28 arrested for attacking officers
28 arrested for attacking officers JAKARTA (JP): City police arrested at least 28 people yesterday in connection with Monday's attack on security officers at the house of a suspect in the case of the recent brutal murder of a mother and her children in Ciracas, East Jakarta.
Wed, 11 Oct 1995
PT Keramika gets loan
PT Keramika gets loan HONG KONG (Reuter): Bank Brussels Lambert Singapore said it has won the mandate for a US$80 million term loan for Indonesia's PT Keramika Indonesia Assosiasi.A bank official said it would launch a syndicated term loan for the ceramics company around the middle of the month,...
Wed, 11 Oct 1995
Facility for female night-shift workers
Facility for female night-shift workers JAKARTA (JP): Companies employing female workers at night should provide their employees with transportation home, as stipulated by government regulation, the All Indonesia Workers Union (SPSI) reiterated yesterday.
Wed, 11 Oct 1995
'MPR should convene more than once'
'MPR should convene more than once' JAKARTA (JP): The People's Consultative Assembly (MPR), the body in charge of electing a president, should convene at least twice during its five-year term to ensure greater presidential accountability, says an observer.
Wed, 11 Oct 1995
Stock Exchange
Stock ExchangeStock prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (in rupiah) on Oct. 10, 1995: Shares Close Change Trading Volume ------------------------------------------------------------ Ades Alfindo 1,700 0 0 AHAP Insurance 3,250 0 0 Alumindo Perkasa 1,150 0 0 Andayani Megah 2,225 75 297,000 Aneka...
Wed, 11 Oct 1995
Polluted spring causes diarrhea
Polluted spring causes diarrhea DILI, East Timor: At least 185 people on Atauro Island, some 11 miles north of here, suffered from diarrhea after using water from a polluted spring, a local health official said yesterday.Head of the provincial office of the Ministry of Health Dr. Rustam S.
Wed, 11 Oct 1995
Violence society
Violence society In Jakarta the house of Philipus Kia Lejab, the suspected murderer of Rohadi's wife and three children in Bambu Apus, East Jakarta, has been destroyed. Even the houses of several of his relatives in Bambu Apus were set on fire.
Wed, 11 Oct 1995
'STAR TV' set to enter Indonesia next year
'STAR TV' set to enter Indonesia next year ADELAIDE (Reuter): News Corp Ltd chairman and chief executive Rupert Murdoch said he expected "great growth" at Hong Kong-based satellite broadcaster STAR TV over the next year and said STAR was planning to soon expand into Indonesia.
Wed, 11 Oct 1995
Stop promoting communism
Stop promoting communism Clandestine circulars have recently been passed around with the purpose of creating unrest and dissident feelings. The way it has been done is not unlike the practices deployed by the banned Indonesian Communist Party and this is, understandably, a cause of great concern to...
Wed, 11 Oct 1995
Alatas proposes cooperation in South China Sea
Alatas proposes cooperation in South China Sea JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia urged countries bordering the South China Sea yesterday to set aside any territorial disputes they may have, and start forging cooperation in the area.
Wed, 11 Oct 1995
New credit guarantee fund inaugurated
New credit guarantee fund inaugurated JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Kadin), in cooperation with the ruling Golkar party, inaugurated a credit guarantee fund company last night to help spur the growth of small businesses.
Wed, 11 Oct 1995
Non-business factors a hurdle for PTP listing
Non-business factors a hurdle for PTP listing JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia's state-owned plantation firms (PTP), which have been criticized by the World Bank as inefficient, could go public if non-business factors could be overcome, according to one expert.
Wed, 11 Oct 1995
Discotheques, bars closed
Discotheques, bars closed JAKARTA (JP): Six discotheques and bars in four mayoralties have been closed by the City Law and Order Office for violating their hours of operation, an official early this week.
Wed, 11 Oct 1995
Rice focus has stunted progress in fruit
Rice focus has stunted progress in fruit JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia has been slow in developing studies in the science and technology of fruit cultivation because it has put most of its efforts into achieving self-sufficiency in rice, an official says.
Wed, 11 Oct 1995
Questioning HKBP leadership
Questioning HKBP leadership PWT Simanjuntak said at his press conference that "if the dissident reverends and church members defy our call for repentance, we will have no choice other than to expel them," as you put in The Jakarta Post on Oct. 4, 1995.
Wed, 11 Oct 1995
Aterballetto due here
Aterballetto due here JAKARTA (JP): Reputable Italian dance troupe Aterballetto, with its main creator and choreographer Amedeo Amodio, is slated to perform in Jakarta on Oct. 13.The Italian Embassy said in a release yesterday that the one- day show will take place at Gedung Kesenian Jakarta in...
Tue, 10 Oct 1995
Indonesia and Malaysia to discuss forestry issues
Indonesia and Malaysia to discuss forestry issues JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia and Malaysia will hold their eighth ministerial conference on the forestry sector in Yogyakarta this Thursday and Friday.Minister of Forestry Djamaludin Suryohadikusumo said yesterday that the two countries' delegations to...
Tue, 10 Oct 1995
City sanitation agency says fee system effective
City sanitation agency says fee system effective JAKARTA (JP): Head of the City Sanitation Agency M. Subasir said here yesterday that the current system of garbage fee collection is appropriate and effective.
Tue, 10 Oct 1995
PT Riau Andalan to construct new paper mill in 1996
PT Riau Andalan to construct new paper mill in 1996 KAMPAR, Riau (JP): PT Riau Andalan Pulp and Paper will embark next year on the construction of a paper mill nearby its pulp plant here which started trial production a few months ago.
Tue, 10 Oct 1995
Cessna crashes in East Kalimantan
Cessna crashes in East Kalimantan TARAKAN, East Kalimantan: A small aircraft belonging to the Mission Aviation Fellowship, a Christian mission, crashed in Long Kayu, Bulungan regency, East Kalimantan on Friday, Antara reported.
Tue, 10 Oct 1995
Education in propriety
Education in propriety Bad luck befell Surabaya legislator Andy Soedirman. In his capacity as a member of the city's legislative council, he had charged that Surabaya's mayor had, without approval from the local legislative council, dispensed of a piece of land which was previously the property of...
Tue, 10 Oct 1995
Jakarta police praised for well done job
Jakarta police praised for well done job JAKARTA (JP): The city police have been praised by the public for their work in solving a number of challenging crimes recently.In the past few months, the police have resolved all "big and difficult" cases, including last week's brutal murder of a mother...
Tue, 10 Oct 1995
Rubber futures steady
Rubber futures steady SINGAPORE (Reuter): Singapore nearby TSR20 rubber futures were quietly steady by the finish yesterday, helped by firm Indonesian prices on weather factors, traders said.But the RSS1 and RSS3 contracts were marked lower in line with the Tokyo's trend, they said.
Tue, 10 Oct 1995
Stock Exchange
Stock ExchangeStock prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (in rupiah) on Oct. 9, 1995: Shares Close Change Trading Volume -------------------------------------------------------- Ades Alfindo 1,700 -100 1,000 AHAP Insurance 3,250 0 0 Alumindo Perkasa 1,150 0 0 Andayani Megah 2,150 75 196,500 Aneka...
Tue, 10 Oct 1995
Health, women's groups cooperate
Health, women's groups cooperate JAKARTA (JP): Soroptimist International of Jakarta is meeting today to discuss "Supporting Community Participation Programs of the Ministry of Health".Especially invited guests from health organizations and international women's groups will be attending the meeting...
Tue, 10 Oct 1995
Asian orchestra to perform here
Asian orchestra to perform here JAKARTA (JP): A group of 32 musicians from four Asian countries will entertain music aficionados here this coming weekend with musical pieces that reflect international friendship and solidarity, the organizer of the show said yesterday.
Tue, 10 Oct 1995
Malaysia starts tobacco fight
Malaysia starts tobacco fight KUALA LUMPUR (Reuter): Malaysia's tobacco industry is losing hundreds of millions of ringgit annually from the smuggling of contraband cigarettes, the national Bernama news agency reported.
Tue, 10 Oct 1995
Not collusion but support
Not collusion but support As an Indonesian citizen I appreciate the leadership of President Soeharto who aims to build the nation and bring prosperity to the people. Year by year the number of people who live in want and poverty is growing smaller.
Tue, 10 Oct 1995
Survey on transportation
Survey on transportation JAKARTA (JP): The City Administration started a survey on transportation between Blok M and Kota yesterday as a preliminary step to establishing a mass rapid transit system.Budihardjo Soekmadi, chief of the City Development Planning Agency, who is in charge of the survey,...
Tue, 10 Oct 1995
More young people have breast cancer
More young people have breast cancer JAKARTA (JP): The risk of breast cancer in younger women is increasing due to changing lifestyles, experts said yesterday.Daniel Makes, a radiologist at the Cipto Mangunkusumo Hospital, told The Jakarta Post during a seminar on the early detection and treatment...
Tue, 10 Oct 1995
S. Korea steals China's thunder in shooting meet
S. Korea steals China's thunder in shooting meet JAKARTA (JP): South Korea produced a superb but belated fightback yesterday, tainting China's victory celebrations on the closing day of the 8th Asian Shooting Championships here.
Tue, 10 Oct 1995
Phone venture announced
Phone venture announced LONDON (AFP): Britain's Cable and Wireless plc announced yesterday a joint venture with Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp. (NTT), trading house Itochu Corp., and Hong Kong Telecommunications Ltd. to promote Japan's personal handyphone system (PHS) in Asia.
Tue, 10 Oct 1995
FLS wins RI orders
FLS wins RI orders COPENHAGEN (Reuter): Danish cement and engineering firm FLS Industries A/S said yesterday it won orders worth a total of 1.2 billion crowns to deliver three production lines to the Indonesian cement industry.
Tue, 10 Oct 1995
Asian rice mart likely to stay tight this year
Asian rice mart likely to stay tight this year TOKYO (Reuter): Asia's rice market, accounting for over 90 percent of world rice trade, is likely to remain tight late this year, reflecting emerging import demand by China and Indonesia, regional officials said yesterday.
Tue, 10 Oct 1995
Bakrie consolidation
Bakrie consolidation JAKARTA (JP): Shareholders of publicly-listed PT Bakrie Finance Corporation agreed yesterday to the company's plan to acquire PT Bakrie Capitanindo Corporation's 15 percent stake in the company worth Rp 2.25 billion (US$988,000).
Tue, 10 Oct 1995
Murder suspect's home destroyed
Murder suspect's home destroyed JAKARTA (JP): Angry mob attacked yesterday the house of the main suspect in the murder of a woman and her three children in Bambu Apus, East Jakarta, and burned the house of his relative after hearing that the woman's 8-month baby escaped from the murder finally died...
Tue, 10 Oct 1995
Intan seals deal to operate hotels in Irian Jaya province
Intan seals deal to operate hotels in Irian Jaya province JAKARTA (JP): The Intan International Hotels and Resorts hotel management firm has signed a joint-venture agreement with the Irian Jaya administration to refurbish and operate hotels in the province.
Tue, 10 Oct 1995
TV today
TV todayTVRI 2:35 p.m. TV Series: Hassai Sensei 3:05 Children's Program 3:30 TV Series: Singen 4:30 Science Program 5:00 Regional News 5:30 English Lessons 6:05 Nusantara the Beloved Country 6:15 Village Program 6:30 Economy in Briefs 7:00 Evening News 7:30 Gema Pancasila 8:05 TV Traditional Drama...
Tue, 10 Oct 1995
RI workers in Malaysia
RI workers in Malaysia In "Your letters" column dated Sept. 25, 1995, The Jakarta Post published a letter under the heading "RI workers in Malaysia".The letter was supposed to be based on my letter earlier published in the daily Merdeka.