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Mon, 03 Oct 1994
`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.
Mon, 03 Oct 1994
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.
Mon, 03 Oct 1994
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...
Mon, 03 Oct 1994
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.
Mon, 03 Oct 1994
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.
Mon, 03 Oct 1994
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,...
Mon, 03 Oct 1994
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...
Mon, 03 Oct 1994
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.
Mon, 03 Oct 1994
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.
Mon, 03 Oct 1994
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.
Mon, 03 Oct 1994
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...
Mon, 03 Oct 1994
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.
Mon, 03 Oct 1994
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.
Mon, 03 Oct 1994
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.
Mon, 03 Oct 1994
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.
Mon, 03 Oct 1994
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.
Mon, 03 Oct 1994
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...
Mon, 03 Oct 1994
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.
Mon, 03 Oct 1994
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...
Mon, 03 Oct 1994
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...
Mon, 03 Oct 1994
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.
Mon, 03 Oct 1994
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.
Mon, 03 Oct 1994
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.
Mon, 03 Oct 1994
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...
Mon, 03 Oct 1994
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.
Mon, 03 Oct 1994
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.
Mon, 03 Oct 1994
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...
Mon, 03 Oct 1994
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.
Mon, 03 Oct 1994
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...
Mon, 03 Oct 1994
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.
Mon, 03 Oct 1994
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.
Mon, 03 Oct 1994
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.
Mon, 03 Oct 1994
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.
Mon, 03 Oct 1994
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...
Mon, 03 Oct 1994
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.
Mon, 03 Oct 1994
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.
Mon, 03 Oct 1994
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.
Mon, 03 Oct 1994
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.
Mon, 03 Oct 1994
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...
Mon, 03 Oct 1994
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.
Sun, 02 Oct 1994
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...
Sun, 02 Oct 1994
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...
Sun, 02 Oct 1994
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.
Sun, 02 Oct 1994
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...
Sun, 02 Oct 1994
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.
Sun, 02 Oct 1994
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...
Sun, 02 Oct 1994
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.
Sun, 02 Oct 1994
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.
Sun, 02 Oct 1994
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...
Sun, 02 Oct 1994
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.