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`Underway' is underway in Tanah Abang

`Underway' is underway in Tanah Abang JAKARTA (JP): The nagging traffic problems in Tanah Abang, Central Jakarta, might be partly solved with the construction of an "underway" which will connect Jl. KH Mansyur and Jl. Fachrudin.

Battling forest fires

Battling forest fires As a neighbor to Singapore, Malaysia and Brunei Darussalam we must listen to and heed their grievances over the haze caused by the forest fires in Kalimantan and Sumatra. None of their complaints should be construed as interference in our domestic affairs.

TV today

TV todayTVRI 2:30 p.m. TV Series: Peter Pan & the Pirates 3:00 Riang Ria 3:30 TV Series: Unsolved Mysteries 4:30 Students' Quiz: Cepat Tepat 5:00 Regional News 5:30 Science and Technology 6:05 Nusantara, the Beloved Country 6:15 Village Program 6:30 Religion Teaching: Hindu 7:00 Evening News 7:30...

Conversion rates

Conversion ratesAnnouncement: Bank Indonesia, which started to implement a five- day working system last month, no longer provides the list of conversion rates for foreign exchange on Saturdays. This newspaper, therefore, no longer publishes foreign exchange conversion rates in its Monday editions.

12 investigated for smuggling

12 investigated for smuggling PROBOLINGGO, East Java: The municipal police are investigating twelve people suspected of smuggling electronic goods into Probolinggo."The smuggling case will be processed in accordance with the law," Antara quoted municipal police chief Lt. Col.

Good old colonial days?

Good old colonial days? This is my instantaneous reaction to Mr. de Jong's suggestions, asking The Jakarta Post to teach the readers about the good old colonial days and his pretension of knowing better about what's going on in this country than 99 percent of the pure Indonesians (The Jakarta Post,...

PGI seeks new rule on church building

PGI seeks new rule on church buildingBy Imanuddin JAKARTA (JP): The Communion of Churches in Indonesia (PGI) is seeking to change the regulation on where it can establish its houses of worship in the future, taking the power away from local community leaders and putting it into the government's...

East Timor leaders agree to expand forum

East Timor leaders agree to expand forum JAKARTA (JP): Leaders from East Timor still residing in Indonesia, along with others living in exile, agreed to expand their forum to include other overseas Timorese factions in hopes of bringing about total reconciliation.F.X.

Taxi company to sell 37% of its shares to public

Taxi company to sell 37% of its shares to public JAKARTA (JP): PT Centris Multipersada Pratama, a taxi operator, will sell 37 percent of its expanded shares through the Jakarta and Surabaya Stock Exchanges at the end of this month.

East Pademangan residents sue city in land dispute

East Pademangan residents sue city in land dispute JAKARTA (JP): Twenty-seven families living in East Pademangan subdistrict, North Jakarta, have filed a lawsuit with the State Administrative Court over a land dispute.They have sworn not to move until a court verdict is achieved.

IBM goes OEM with its Cobalt AT 486BL motherboard

IBM goes OEM with its Cobalt AT 486BL motherboardBy Zatni Arbi JAKARTA (JP): All right! Finally, I've happily gotten rid of my old albeit faithful 386 PC. Well, partly. I still have most of its components, including the case, the two floppy disk drives, the Orchid Fahrenheit 1280 graphics...

Kalimantan, Sumatra forest fires turn into blaming game

Kalimantan, Sumatra forest fires turn into blaming game JAKARTA (JP): The government blames the nomadic tribes. The Indonesian Environmental Forum (Walhi) blames the forestry concessionaires. Now the concessionaires are blaming the weather.

Malaysia stops issuing visas to Indian citizens

Malaysia stops issuing visas to Indian citizens KUALA LUMPUR (Agencies): The Malaysian High Commission in New Delhi has stopped issuing visas to Indian citizens in a move to prevent the plague outbreak there spreading to Malaysia, local newspapers reported yesterday.

KL strengthens ties with CPC

KL strengthens ties with CPC KUALA LUMPUR (AFP): Malaysia's ruling National Front coalition said yesterday its strengthening of ties with the Communist Party of China (CPC) would not lead to a revival of socialism at home.

White book on 1965 PKI coup attempt published

White book on 1965 PKI coup attempt published JAKARTA (JP): The government has published the long-promised white book on the communist coup attempt in 1965. The 293-page book, which was published on Oct.

Indonesian film wins top prize

Indonesian film wins top prize KYOTO, Japan (AFP): The seventh annual Tokyo International Film Festival ended here yesterday, with top prizes going to features directed by Hong Kong's Yim Ho and Indonesia's Garin Nugroho.

Hadson discovers gas

Hadson discovers gas JAKARTA (JP): Hadson Bentu Limited, one of Pertamina's production sharing contractors, has discovered gas and condensate reserves in Riau.Pertamina, the state-owned oil company, announced here Saturday that the gas and condensate were discovered in the Seng- I field in the...

Pressure mounts to sue senior columnist Manai

Pressure mounts to sue senior columnist Manai JAKARTA (JP): Pressure mounted during the weekend to sue senior columnist Manai Sophiaan for suggesting that student leaders in the 1960s received funding from the American Central Intelligence Agency to stage street protests against president Sukarno.

Auditing state accounts

Auditing state accounts The four-day government conference on the auditing of state financial accounts which opened on Thursday has disclosed the enormous difficulties encountered by the Supreme Audit Agency (BPK) in properly executing its tasks and the inadequacy of the financial accountability of...

450 midwives for rural areas

450 midwives for rural areas PALEMBANG, South Sumatra: The provincial government has contracted 457 midwives to work in remote areas of the province.Secretary to the provincial administration Djulkip Siregar, who met with the midwives at his office last week, said the policy aimed at improving the...

Council calls for vigilance against plague

Council calls for vigilance against plague JAKARTA (JP): City councilors have insisted that the government take anticipatory measures to avoid any possible spread of pneumonic plague which has afflicted 1,500 people in India over the last two weeks.

Fire victims face eviction

Fire victims face eviction The Central Jakarta Mayoralty gave Saturday a final option to 80 families living on the old fire site in Bendungan Hilir subdistrict to take the compensation offered by the government or face demolition.

Rapid development changes Tangerang

Rapid development changes TangerangBy K. Basrie TANGERANG (JP): Tangerang has rapidly changed. The changes can be noticed in all aspects of development, such as buildings, public and social facilities and population but, along with the development, Tangerang has also seen a rise in criminal acts.

RI art troupe cancels India tour over plague

RI art troupe cancels India tour over plague JAKARTA (JP): An Indonesian art troupe from Bali has canceled it's planned two-week tour in India due to the deadly pneumonic plague epidemic there.The cultural group consisting of 35 Balinese dancers, folk singers, painters and sculptors was slated to...

Actor to sue 'Citra' magazine

Actor to sue 'Citra' magazine Film star Ratno Timoer, 52, is threatening to file defamation charges against Citra, a tabloid published by Jakarta-based Gramedia Group.The 52-year-old actor late last week took the defamation claim to the City Police.

RI provides visa-free facility for E. European countries

RI provides visa-free facility for E. European countries JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia, aiming at attracting more tourist arrivals in the coming five years, is now providing visa-free entrance facilities for visitors from four countries in eastern Europe.

Traveler ambassador is going home

Traveler ambassador is going homeBy Meidyatama Suryodiningrat After a three-and-a-half year posting in Jakarta Ambassador Karl Walter Lewalter finally bids his friends farewell tomorrow. Calling his experience here the "most interesting period" in his life, the well-traveled envoy will become...

Bad loans

Bad loansFrom Suara KaryaThe government has taken effective measures to deal with bad loans involving both state-owned banks and private banks. The cases have been taken to court and the debtors are blacklisted and banned from leaving the country.

Haze causes boat collision

Haze causes boat collision PONTIANAK, West Kalimantan: Thick haze from forest fires caused a ferry and two boats to collide in the Kapuas River last week, a press report said yesterday.There were no casualties in the accident although two tug boats did sink, Antara said quoting the Pontianak port...

Locals get honor of torch ceremony

Locals get honor of torch ceremony HIROSHIMA, Japan (Reuter): Two Hiroshima athletes achieved what is likely to be the high point of their sporting careers yesterday -- but it had nothing to do with their speciality events.

Vietnam's oil bonanza, the dream and reality

Vietnam's oil bonanza, the dream and realityBy Philippe Agret HANOI (AFP): After getting high on the hopes of striking black gold off the shores of Vietnam, the world's oil giants have now glumly awoke to the hazards -- the immense cost of investment and, so far, the meager rewards.

Police to probe burning of records

Police to probe burning of records MANILA (AFP): President Fidel Ramos has ordered the Philippine National Police to form a special task force to investigate the burning of the records of a suburb of this city, a palace statement said yesterday.

Traffic jam on Jl. Diponegoro

Traffic jam on Jl. Diponegoro Hundreds of vehicles heading in the direction of Jl. Salemba Raya, a major road in Central Jakarta, were trapped in a massive traffic jam on Jl. Diponegoro Saturday afternoon due to poor work of a contractor doing road repairs near the Metropole 21 cinema.

Adrianus gets big welcome at home for retaining title

Adrianus gets big welcome at home for retaining title JAKARTA (JP): Adrianus Taroreh, who successfully defended his Orient and Pacific Boxing Federation (OPBF) lightweight title on Thursday for the second time, returned to Sam Ratulangi airport and was paraded in an open car to his hometown, the...

Where to go in Jakarta:

Where to go in Jakarta:Music * The Aryaduta Jakarta, Jl. Prapatan 44-48, Central Jakarta: - Ambassador Lounge: Amir (pianist) Monday to Friday 7:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m., Saturday 8 a.m. to 10 a.m.; Boece (pianist) & Rima Monday to Thursday 7 p.m. to 11:30 p.m., Friday & Saturday 7 p.m. to 12:30 a.m.

Strong yen spurring Asia growth

Strong yen spurring Asia growthBy Yoshitake Shimizu TOKYO: The yen's recent appreciation has contributed greatly to the booming economies of Asia.The sharply increasing direct investment by Japanese companies in Asian countries helps strengthen their production bases and boosts their workers' wages.

PPP recruits scholars as political advisers

PPP recruits scholars as political advisers JAKARTA (JP): The Moslem-oriented United Development Party (PPP), which last week completed the line-up of its executive board, means to embrace academics as its advisers.

Agents appointed to market analog mobile telephones

Agents appointed to market analog mobile telephones JAKARTA (JP): PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia (Telkom) Saturday appointed eight companies to market advanced analog mobile telephones in 18 major cities in the country.

Elephant problem is human problem: Forestry official

Elephant problem is human problem: Forestry officialBy T. Simawati Gunawan PEKANBARU, Riau (JP): A senior official of the Forestry Ministry is calling for a coordinated effort by government agencies and private institutions to contain the problems of recurrent raids on villages in Sumatra by wild...

Bush fires raging on Flores

Bush fires raging on Flores KUPANG, East Nusa Tenggara: Bush fires have been raging on Flores and on its surrounding islands, destroying food crops of local farmers.Thick haze has blanketed most of the eastern part of Flores and the islands of Adonara, Solor and Lembata, Antara reported yesterday.

JAKARTA (JP): Unwanted pregnancies frequently lead to

JAKARTA (JP): Unwanted pregnancies frequently lead to abortions in Indonesia, despite the controversy over the legal and moral implications.To have an abortion in a slum area by an old dukun (traditional midwife), or in a modern gynecological clinic or hospital outfitted with sophisticated medical...

Susi looks for missing piece in golden jigsaw

Susi looks for missing piece in golden jigsaw JAKARTA (AFP): Indonesia's ace shuttler Susi Susanti will be fishing for the title that got away at the Asian Games badminton contest.Susi, and world number one ranked male Joko Suprianto, will lead a likely Indonesian clean sweep of badminton medals in...

Diarrhea kills 50 in W. Kalimantan

Diarrhea kills 50 in W. Kalimantan JAKARTA (JP): Up to 50 people have died from diarrhea in West Kalimantan with limited access to clean water cited as the major cause, the Antara news agency reported yesterday.

Indonesia sets badminton standard.

Indonesia sets badminton standard.By Dwiatmanta JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia may remain a small dot on the world's sports map, but badminton has at least given it distinction.All the major titles, including a treble of Olympic gold medals, world championship laurels, and the Thomas and Uber Cups, have...

Siliwangi upsets

Siliwangi upsets Hadtex 64-59 JAKARTA (JP): American Dan Gray romped with 24 points and Ronald Median added 23 to end Siliwangi's losing streak with a come-from-behind 64-59 victory over fellow West Javanese Hadtex in the final day of the first leg of semi-professional basketball league yesterday.

JAKARTA (JP): You think your 14-year-old child is studying,

JAKARTA (JP): You think your 14-year-old child is studying, but you find him reading a pornographic magazine instead.What do you do? Grab the book, throw it away, and preach? Or lock him in his room for the rest of the day?Right? Wrong!The best thing to do, according to psychiatrists, is to join...

Diarrhea kills 50 in W. Kalimantan

Diarrhea kills 50 in W. Kalimantan JAKARTA (JP): Up to 50 people have died from diarrhea in West Kalimantan with limited access to clean water cited as the major cause, the Antara news agency reported yesterday.

Teens remain sexually active, while parents remain negative

Teens remain sexually active, while parents remain negative_______________________________________________________________ The prolonged, heated and often painful debate on abortion at the international conference on population in Cairo last month is still fresh in our minds.

Good day Mom, Dad, ...

Good day Mom, Dad, ... JAKARTA (JP): Or uncle or auntie... even little brother (or sister). Not, however, gramps or granny.Now what is this all about? Forms of address, that's what.When you took your first hesitant steps on the rocky road towards mastering Indonesian, your teacher probably told you...

Conflicts inside and out on the legality of abortion

Conflicts inside and out on the legality of abortion JAKARTA (JP): The recent international conference on population judged that the most feasible way to escape prolonged conflict over the abortion issue is by surrendering the necessary implementation directives to individual countries.