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Wed, 21 Dec 1994
Educated elite group asked to guide the nation
Educated elite group asked to guide the nation JAKARTA (JP): President Soeharto urged Indonesia's educated elite yesterday to guide the nation on its development course."As a developing nation, we need the strong support of the educated elite.
Wed, 21 Dec 1994
Jeewon Jaya donates scholarship funds
Jeewon Jaya donates scholarship funds JAKARTA (JP): PT Jeewon Jaya Indonesia, an export-oriented producer of car stereos, satellite receivers and other electronic components, in Bekasi, West Java, has donated Rp 120 million (US$55,045) to Indonesia's educational development.
Wed, 21 Dec 1994
Inflationary pressure needs to be curbed
Inflationary pressure needs to be curbed JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Finance Mar'ie Muhammad warned here yesterday of the need to take extra measures in order to curb the stronger inflationary pressures expected next year.
Wed, 21 Dec 1994
Pirelli sets up cable venture
Pirelli sets up cable venture JAKARTA (JP): Pirelli Cable of Italy has agreed to establish a joint venture with PT Kabelmetal, an affiliate of the Gadjah Tunggal Group, to produce electricity and telecommunication cables in Indonesia with an initial investment of US$70 million.
Wed, 21 Dec 1994
APEC summit on Nov. 19
APEC summit on Nov. 19 TOKYO (AFP): The Japanese cabinet will tomorrow adopt Nov. 19 as the date for the informal summit between leaders of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum in Osaka next year, Jiji Press reported.
Wed, 21 Dec 1994
Garuda to cooperate with Dutch airline
Garuda to cooperate with Dutch airline JAKARTA (JP): The national flag carrier Garuda Indonesia, which plans to sell part of its shares to a foreign party through direct placement, has signed an agreement with Royal Dutch Airlines KLM of the Netherlands in order to improve its air services.
Wed, 21 Dec 1994
Indoprom responds
Indoprom responds We refer to Mr PH Lyssens' complaint in The Jakarta Post, Dec. 16, 1994 regarding the Economist subscription.We would like to explain to you that the subscription copies and the Newsstand copies are different.
Wed, 21 Dec 1994
Jak Jazz
Jak Jazz As a first time visitor to this year's Jak Jazz festival, I read with interest the various comments and remarks about the event, to which I mostly agree.Basically, to have such a Jazz festival on an annual basis in Jakarta is a wonderful thing and, in general, I also found it quite...
Wed, 21 Dec 1994
Tiara to offer rights shares
Tiara to offer rights shares JAKARTA (JP): The publicly listed Bank Tiara will launch an offering of rights shares later this month to raise fresh funds of around Rp 75 billion (US$34.88 million).The bank's president Hendrick Kolonas said yesterday that around 75 million new shares would be issued...
Wed, 21 Dec 1994
Departure Tax
Departure Tax Recently, I went to Malaysia with my wife, who is an Indonesian citizen. We were informed at the airport that she would have to pay a departure tax of Rp 250,000 just to leave the country.
Wed, 21 Dec 1994
Goods for Batam tax-free
Goods for Batam tax-free JAKARTA (JP): Goods sent to Batam Island in Riau from any other parts of the country are exempted from value added tax (VAT) and luxury sales tax, Director General of Taxes Fuad Bawazier said yesterday.He told reporters that based on Decree No. 548/KMK.
Wed, 21 Dec 1994
Students stage protest at Russian embassy
Students stage protest at Russian embassy JAKARTA (JP): Around 80 Moslem students staged a noisy protest outside the Russian embassy yesterday, condemning Moscow's policy in Bosnia-Herzegovina and its military actions in Chechnya.
Wed, 21 Dec 1994
Offensive banner gets students' goat
Offensive banner gets students' goat BEKASI (JP): Eight local high school drop-outs decided to terminate an eight-day course they were taking when they arrived to find an offensive banner hanging at their course site in Garut, West Java.
Wed, 21 Dec 1994
Kendari shaken by tremors
Kendari shaken by tremors KENDARI, Southeast Sulawesi: Kendari was rocked by seven tremors, measuring between three and four on the Richter scale, on Monday night through Tuesday morning.There were no reports of casualties although cracks developed in some buildings, Antara reported.
Wed, 21 Dec 1994
Policeman hit by drunken driver
Policeman hit by drunken driver JAKARTA (JP): An on-duty police sergeant suffered injuries when he was hit by a speeding car on Jl. Kelapa Gading Boulevard, East Jakarta, early Sunday morning. The car was driven by a South Korean businessman who was allegedly intoxicated, had no lights on and no...
Tue, 20 Dec 1994
World oil market shifts from West to Asia
World oil market shifts from West to Asia The world's fastest growing region is also getting increasingly dependent on oil. Yojana Sharma of Inter Press Service reports. HONG KONG (IPS): The center of gravity of the world oil market has shifted from Western industrialized countries to Asia as the...
Tue, 20 Dec 1994
'Kidnappings reflect growing violence'
'Kidnappings reflect growing violence' JAKARTA (JP): Two recent, highly publicized kidnappings in Indonesia show an increasing societal tendency to settle differences through violence, a criminologist said,Yohanes Sutoyo of the University of Indonesia said that in the case of a girl abducted in...
Tue, 20 Dec 1994
Moslem leaders condemn Russian raid on Chechnya
Moslem leaders condemn Russian raid on Chechnya JAKARTA (JP): Indonesian Moslem leaders strongly condemned Russian military aggression against predominantly-Moslem Chechnya, calling it yet another proof of Russia's hatred of Islam."Afghanistan, Bosnia, and now Chechnya ...
Tue, 20 Dec 1994
Geriatric hospital to be established
Geriatric hospital to be established JAKARTA (JP): The Karya Bhakti foundation is scheduled to start constructing the country's first hospital for senior citizens on Jatiluhur area in Purwakarta, West Java, with a total investment of Rp 600 billion (US274.22 million) next year.
Tue, 20 Dec 1994
Police officers testify against Yorrys Raweyai
Police officers testify against Yorrys Raweyai JAKARTA (JP): The West Jakarta District Court judge called two officers yesterday to verify previous testimony by other witnesses defending Yorrys Raweyai, a prominent youth organization figure, who is charged with organizing a gambling den.
Tue, 20 Dec 1994
Bekasi budget to be raised by 17%
Bekasi budget to be raised by 17% JAKARTA (JP): Bekasi administration has proposed an increase in its budget of Rp 61.7 billion (US$28.04 million) for the current 1994/95 fiscal year to Rp 72.6 billion.
Tue, 20 Dec 1994
Free trade is a must: Soeharto
Free trade is a must: Soeharto JAKARTA (JP): President Soeharto reaffirmed yesterday Indonesia's determination to adopt a free trade and investment system amid a heated controversy over the proposed protection of a US$1.7 billion olefin project controlled by politically connected parties.
Tue, 20 Dec 1994
Police foil timber theft
Police foil timber theft SAMARINDA, East Kalimantan: Police rangers have seized 263 logs in Melak in the Kutai hinterland believed to have been felled illegally.The head of the Forestry Office of the Mahakam Ulu Regency Office, Rudjito, said he believed that the loggers may have felled much more...
Tue, 20 Dec 1994
Industrial exports expected to gain momentum in 1995
Industrial exports expected to gain momentum in 1995 JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Industry Tunky Ariwibowo expressed optimism yesterday that Indonesia's industrial exports would gain more momentum next year, given the economic recovery of major importing countries.
Tue, 20 Dec 1994
You don't have to be a woman to be feminist
You don't have to be a woman to be feminist JAKARTA (JP): "Don't be afraid of feminism -- join us!" was the call of a women's group which launched a new book yesterday."You don't need a sex change operation to be a feminist," Myra Diarsi of the Jakarta-based Kalyanamitra foundation said at the...
Tue, 20 Dec 1994
Banda Islands the richest coral region on earth
Banda Islands the richest coral region on earthBy Prapti Widinugraheni BANDA, Maluku (JP): Gather some of the world's finest marine biologists, take them to the Banda Islands and listen to what they have to say about the richest and most diverse coral regions on earth.
Tue, 20 Dec 1994
Four Madurese farmers return to seek justice
Four Madurese farmers return to seek justice JAKARTA (JP): Four farmers from the island of Madura returned to Jakarta yesterday to demand that the authorities bring to justice those responsible for the death of their four colleagues during a land conflict in September last year.
Tue, 20 Dec 1994
Irian home to rare animals
Irian home to rare animals SORONG, Irian Jaya: Irian Jaya is home to some 273 rare and protected animals, the Antara news agency said quoting a survey by the World Wildlife Fund for Nature.They comprise 207 birds species, 41 mammals, 17 reptiles and eight insects, including giant butterflies,...
Tue, 20 Dec 1994
Rush on trains to peak on Friday
Rush on trains to peak on Friday JAKARTA (JP): The state-owned railway company Perumka expects the number of train passengers leaving Jakarta for Christmas and New Year holidays in their hometowns to peak on Friday.
Tue, 20 Dec 1994
Stock Exchange
Stock Exchange JAKARTA (JP): Share prices mostly gained ground on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (JSX) yesterday as more investors reentered the market after taking a long break.The fall in a number of big shares, however, prevented the JSX Composite Index from making a significant gain, ending the day...
Tue, 20 Dec 1994
Press may print full names of crime suspects
Press may print full names of crime suspects JAKARTA (JP): Local newspapers can now print the full names of crime suspects. The days of writing only their initials are over.That's the official word from the Indonesian Journalists Association (PWI), confirmed yesterday by Syamsul Bahri, a member of...
Tue, 20 Dec 1994
S'pore firm to pay for spill damage
S'pore firm to pay for spill damage HANOI (AFP): A Singaporean shipping firm has agreed to pay US$6.75 million in compensation after one of its tankers spilled more than 1,000 tons of oil into a Vietnamese river, a report said yesterday.
Tue, 20 Dec 1994
Jambi forest nomads running out of space
Jambi forest nomads running out of space JAKARTA (JP): A Jambi Social Services Office official is warning that time is running out for the indigenous nomadic people who inhabit the province's forests because their traditional forest habitat is shrinking rapidly.
Tue, 20 Dec 1994
Yayuk to get cartoonist award
Yayuk to get cartoonist award JAKARTA (JP): National tennis queen Yayuk Basuki will have her portrait drawn by renowned cartoonist GM Sudarta in exchange for her participation in the upcoming Indonesia Junior Master championships organized by the Jakarta-based Sports Journalists Association.
Tue, 20 Dec 1994
Indonesian banking at crossroad
Indonesian banking at crossroad As the year draws to a close, it is timely to reflect on the nation's economy. Banking expert Laksamana Sukardi, is impressed by the central bank's success in containing the damages from mega credit scandals at state banks.
Tue, 20 Dec 1994
Oasis wins platinum award
Oasis wins platinum award JAKARTA (JP): Oasis restaurant, the Forum Shark's Fin and Seafood restaurant and Singapore Ping restaurant won the platinum, gold and silver awards during the just completed first Jakarta Food Festival.
Tue, 20 Dec 1994
Dwindling mangrove forests
Dwindling mangrove forests President Soeharto has warned that any further plans to exploit our mangrove forests needs to be thoroughly considered because many of our mangrove forests have already disappeared as a result of uncontrolled development of coastal areas.
Tue, 20 Dec 1994
S'pore service capital up
S'pore service capital up SINGAPORE (AFP): Singapore's drive to become a regional business hub is expected to result in business services investment rising 23 percent this year, officials of the Economic Development Board (EDB) said yesterday.
Tue, 20 Dec 1994
Sugar consumption
Sugar consumptionFrom KompasI am referring to the report published in Kompas on Dec. 8, 1994 about the consumption of sugar. Prof. Dr. FG Winarno from the Bogor Institute of Agriculture explained in a symposium that excessive consumption of sugar can be harmful to health.
Tue, 20 Dec 1994
Employees complain over unfair treatment
Employees complain over unfair treatment JAKARTA (JP): Seven employees yesterday filed a complaint over being laid of by the oil service company PT Dimas Utama with City Council's Commission E, which is in charge of people's welfare.
Tue, 20 Dec 1994
Imelda gives Cory family advice
Imelda gives Cory family advice MANILA (AFP): Former Philippine first lady Imelda Marcos has offered unsolicited advice to Corazon Aquino, the woman who pushed her late husband Ferdinand Marcos from power but who could not stop her youngest daughter getting pregnant by a married actor.
Tue, 20 Dec 1994
Hostage freed during rehearsal
Hostage freed during rehearsal JAKARTA (JP): It was a swift operation -- even for a practice run. It took less than 15 minutes for the black clad soldiers to neutralize the rebels on top of a high building in Surabaya and free the hostage.
Tue, 20 Dec 1994
Steady Safe acquires firms
Steady Safe acquires firms JAKARTA (JP): PT Steady Safe, a publicly listed transportation company, has expanded its business by taking over majority shares in two taxi companies.Steady Safe's vice president, Datin R.
Tue, 20 Dec 1994
Balikpapan boys nailed for hold-up
Balikpapan boys nailed for hold-up JAKARTA (JP): The City Police have arrested two young boys from Balikpapan, East Kalimantan, along with their local friend for allegedly holding up two local youngsters at the Tosari bus stop in front of the Kartika Plaza hotel, Central Jakarta.
Tue, 20 Dec 1994
Silverbird service
Silverbird service It was a late Friday morning and I had ordered a Silverbird taxi to take my overseas visitor and myself to meet my husband for lunch at Kuningan. We had a comfortable and safe drive and we also enjoyed our lunch.On arriving home at approximately 3.15 p.m.
Tue, 20 Dec 1994
HI reports this year's loss of over US$9m
HI reports this year's loss of over US$9m JAKARTA (JP): PT Hotel Indonesia International (HII), which operates seven state-owned hotels, yesterday reported a 52 percent increase in this year's loss to an estimate of Rp 20.86 billion (US$9.52 million).
Tue, 20 Dec 1994
Soeharto to unveil new budget
Soeharto to unveil new budget JAKARTA (JP): President Soeharto is scheduled to present the government's spending plans for the fiscal year beginning April 1 to the House of Representatives (DPR) on Jan. 5.FX.
Tue, 20 Dec 1994
Asia a key trading partner to Australia
Asia a key trading partner to Australia Australia is looking at Asia as a potentially valuable trading partner, but also sees possible threats to its security there. Kunda Dixit of Inter Press Service reports.
Tue, 20 Dec 1994
Where to go in Jakarta
Where to go in JakartaMusic * The Aryaduta Jakarta, Jl. Prapatan 44-48, Central Jakarta: - Ambiente Italian Restaurant: Bonauli vocal group, Thursday, Friday and Saturday from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m.; Lost Morenitos, Sunday, Tuesday and Wednesday from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m.
Tue, 20 Dec 1994
Asia is rising to the challenge of democracy
Asia is rising to the challenge of democracyBy T. Sima Gunawan JAKARTA (JP): Jusuf Wanandi, the chairman of the board of the Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), was recently elected to the executive committee and the board of executives of the Forum of Democratic Leaders in the...