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Tue, 30 Sep 1997
Man arrested for rape, murder
Man arrested for rape, murder SAMARINDA, East Kalimantan: Police arrested on Saturday Aripin, alias Ipin, who allegedly raped 10-year-old Widya Tanjung Sari and then cut her body into five pieces, Antara reported.The news agency quoted Samarinda police precinct chief Lt. Col.
Tue, 30 Sep 1997
Human error speculation over crash
Human error speculation over crash MEDAN, North Sumatra (JP): As dozens of victims from flight GA-152 were buried yesterday, speculation grew over reports that human error may have been to blame for Friday's Garuda Indonesia crash.
Tue, 30 Sep 1997
Policeman dies after fall from minibus
Policeman dies after fall from minibus JAKARTA (JP): A policeman who fell from a moving Kopaja minibus in the Kebayoran Lama area of South Jakarta yesterday morning died on the way to hospital.The victim -- 23-year-old Second Sgt.
Tue, 30 Sep 1997
New turnpike in S. Jakarta ready for public opening
New turnpike in S. Jakarta ready for public opening JAKARTA (JP): A new turnpike connecting Jagorawi toll road to Pondok Pinang in South Jakarta would be ready to operate once the presidential decree on its fees was issued, a toll road executive said yesterday.
Tue, 30 Sep 1997
Wasted talent
Wasted talent Minister of Education and Culture Wardiman Djojonegoro disclosed the other day that one in eight registered job seekers in Indonesia in 1995 were university graduates. In itself, this statistic is not too shocking considering that unemployment among intellectuals is not an exclusive...
Tue, 30 Sep 1997
Housewives hijack water tanker
Housewives hijack water tanker SAMARINDA, East Kalimantan (JP): Three housewives in the drought-stricken district of Samarinda Seberang, desperate for clean water, climbed onto a water tanker and threatened to remain there until their houses were supplied with water.
Tue, 30 Sep 1997
RP to phase out leaded gasoline
RP to phase out leaded gasoline MANILA (DPA): President Fidel Ramos signed yesterday an executive order phasing out leaded gasoline throughout the Philippines by the end of the century to combat worsening air pollution.
Tue, 30 Sep 1997
WWF program in Bali strive to save imperiled green turtle
WWF program in Bali strive to save imperiled green turtleBy Leyla Alyanak BENOA, Bali (JP): At 54, Wayan Tangsi has always been a man of the sea. Each evening for most of his life, he and dozens of other turtle fishermen would push off the shore of Bali's busiest port in long, narrow jukung canoes,...
Tue, 30 Sep 1997
Thailand wins Singapore Open
Thailand wins Singapore Open JAKARTA (JP): Thailand, the country which might dominate 19th SEA Games track and field events, romped home in the Singapore Open Sunday with 17 golds, leaving Indonesia without a gold.
Tue, 30 Sep 1997
School for dogs opens in Bogor
School for dogs opens in Bogor BOGOR (JP): A school for dogs, thought to be the first in the country, has been opened at the state-owned Bogor Agriculture Institute's Veterinary School.The special school, which was inaugurated Saturday, will teach the four-legged students a variety of skills...
Tue, 30 Sep 1997
Ringgit, rupiah hit new lows as demand for dollar higher
Ringgit, rupiah hit new lows as demand for dollar higher SINGAPORE (AFP): The Malaysian ringgit and Indonesian rupiah collapsed to new lows yesterday as demand for U.S. dollars and renewed jitters sent the greenback soaring against regional currencies, dealers and analysts said.
Tue, 30 Sep 1997
Bulog will not import rice this year
Bulog will not import rice this year JAKARTA (JP): Chairman of the State Logistics Agency (Bulog) Beddu Amang said yesterday Indonesia would not import rice this year as stocks were sufficient to meet a possible shortfall in production."We need not import rice.
Tue, 30 Sep 1997
Authorities urged to review Ciputra City project plan
Authorities urged to review Ciputra City project plan JAKARTA (JP): A city councilor urged the municipality yesterday to review the Ciputra City project planned for the Koridor Satrio complex in Central Jakarta.
Tue, 30 Sep 1997
'No punishment' for some fire lighters
'No punishment' for some fire lighters JAKARTA (JP): Concession holders who started land-clearing fires prior to the government's ban would not be punished, the military said yesterday.Armed Forces (ABRI) spokesman Brig. Gen. A.
Tue, 30 Sep 1997
Total signs $2b deal for Iranian gas
Total signs $2b deal for Iranian gas PARIS (AFP): In an overt challenge to U.S. sanctions threats, the French oil company Total has signed a US$2 billion contract to invest in the exploration of a gas field in Iran, company officials announced Sunday.
Tue, 30 Sep 1997
Mud threatens quake-hit town
Mud threatens quake-hit town UJUNGPANDANG, S. Sulawesi (JP): Following Sunday's earthquake, mud has started to spew from the earth, threatening the well- being of residents of Pinrang regency, some 200 kilometers north of here.
Tue, 30 Sep 1997
PM Goh wins defamation damages from Jayeretnam
PM Goh wins defamation damages from Jayeretnam SINGAPORE (AFP): A Singapore judge found yesterday top opposition leader J. B. Jeyaretnam guilty of defaming Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong and ordered him to pay S$20,000 (US$13,000) in damages, plus costs.High Court Judge S.
Tue, 30 Sep 1997
14 foreigners among Garuda crash victims
14 foreigners among Garuda crash victims JAKARTA (JP): The Garuda Indonesia plane crash has touched people from all corners of the world, with verification yesterday that at least 14 foreigners were among the 234 people killed in the tragedy.
Tue, 30 Sep 1997
Death toll in Irian drought climbs to 290
Death toll in Irian drought climbs to 290 JAKARTA (JP): At least 19 more people have died as a result of the severe drought affecting Irian Jaya, raising the death toll to 290.But humanitarian workers in the area claim that another five have died in the Kuyawage village, Jayawijaya regency, in the...
Tue, 30 Sep 1997
RI women work in S. Arabia for religious reason: Mien
RI women work in S. Arabia for religious reason: Mien JAKARTA (JP): Religious motivation is the strongest reason 364,084 Indonesian Moslem workers, mostly women, choose to work in Saudi Arabia, a minister said yesterday.
Tue, 30 Sep 1997
Action needed in forest fires
Action needed in forest firesFrom KompasIt is really tiring to hear reports on forest fires in our country. Why? The way things happened it seemed as if the government failed to take any immediate action.
Tue, 30 Sep 1997
Political factions rehearse induction of legislators
Political factions rehearse induction of legislators JAKARTA (JP): New members of the House of Representatives and People's Consultative Assembly for 1997/2002 held a dress rehearsal yesterday for tomorrow's induction ceremony.
Tue, 30 Sep 1997
Nuke power may curb Greenhouse effect
Nuke power may curb Greenhouse effect VIENNA (Reuter): Hans Blix, outgoing director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), urged the world yesterday to turn to nuclear power as a way of curbing greenhouse gas emissions.
Tue, 30 Sep 1997
Anthem for ASEAN
Anthem for ASEAN When representatives of the parliaments of the ASEAN countries came to Jakarta for a conference recently, we were reminded of the existence of the legislators' organization.The ASEAN Internal Parliament Organization, founded in 1997, is supposed to serve as a forum for people in...
Tue, 30 Sep 1997
Smoke haze response is overdue
Smoke haze response is overdue The World Wide Fund for Nature describes the Indonesian forest fires that are sending a thick and deadly smoke haze over much of Southeast Asia as a planetary disaster. At the very least, the situation is a tragedy for many thousands of people in Indonesia, Malaysia,...
Tue, 30 Sep 1997
House finally approves new mining contracts
House finally approves new mining contracts JAKARTA (JP): The House of Representatives has finally approved the drafts of the controversial seventh generation contracts of work (COWs) to prospect and develop mineral resources in the country, a legislator said yesterday.
Tue, 30 Sep 1997
Allow foreigners to buy houses
Allow foreigners to buy houses As we are aware that after the rupiah was floated last month it has depreciated by more than 15 percent.Now it is high time for the government to attract foreign investment, especially in the real estate and property business.
Tue, 30 Sep 1997
Officers linked to Sukarno admirers
Officers linked to Sukarno admirers JAKARTA (JP): Armed Forces (ABRI) spokesman Brig. Gen. A. Wahab Mokodongan said yesterday that a group of people recently arrested for participating in illegal military exercises were followers of the late president Sukarno.
Tue, 30 Sep 1997
PRD is declared illegal
PRD is declared illegal JAKARTA (JP): The government declared yesterday the Democratic People's Party (PRD) and organizations associated with it as illegal.The government also ordered its activists and sympathizers to dissolve.
Tue, 30 Sep 1997
Palm oil markets seen bullish
Palm oil markets seen bullish KUALA LUMPUR (Reuter): Asian palm oil markets were expected to remain bullish this week as Indonesian forest fires raise concerns about the country's declining output, and on good prospects for export business.
Tue, 30 Sep 1997
Stock Exchange
Stock ExchangeStock prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (in rupiah) on Sept. 29, 1997: -------------------------------------------------------- Shares Close Change Trading Volume -------------------------------------------------------- Ades Alfindo 1,075 0 12,000 AHAP Insurance 2,500 0 0 Alter...
Tue, 30 Sep 1997
Star Mild team set to win race
Star Mild team set to win race JAKARTA (JP): The Star Mild team is set to win another victory when the national drag race resumes at Sentul, near Bogor, this Saturday.The team of Robert J. Paul of Canada and Indonesia's Ronny Hermawan won two races in Bali and Manado. The Bali race was held Sept.
Mon, 29 Sep 1997
Funds to fight forest fires
Funds to fight forest firesFrom Media IndonesiaI fully agree with this newspaper's editorial of Sept. 24 on forest fires titled: We indeed are strange people.However, with regard to business tycoons and companies holding forest concessions, "apathetic" seems to be a more suitable epithet than...
Mon, 29 Sep 1997
Parts of the hemisphere devastated by El Nino
Parts of the hemisphere devastated by El NinoBy Peter Sartorius MUNICH (DPA): Conflagrations in the dry-as-tinder tropical rain forests of Indonesia, torrential rainfall on the Pacific seaboard of South America, states of emergency declared in Bolivia and Peru.
Mon, 29 Sep 1997
Thai PM wins support, plan cabinet reshuffle
Thai PM wins support, plan cabinet reshuffle BANGKOK (Reuter): Thailand's embattled premier Chavalit Yongchaiyudh won a crucial vote of confidence Saturday from parliament, which also overwhelmingly approved a new reformist constitution.
Mon, 29 Sep 1997
Compaq redefines home computers with small, usefull Presarios
Compaq redefines home computers with small, usefull PresariosBy Zatni Arbi JAKARTA (JP): From time to time, we see products that, at first glance, look very familiar. However, when we look closely, we notice small improvements on what we have been used to.
Mon, 29 Sep 1997
Tourism market closes with US$8.7m in deals
Tourism market closes with US$8.7m in deals JAKARTA (JP): At least US$8.7 million worth of transactions were closed during the fourth Tourism Indonesia Mart and Expo, which ended here yesterday.The chairman of the event's organizing committee, Wuryastuti Sunario, said on Friday that foreign buyers,...
Mon, 29 Sep 1997
Environmental impact analysis awaited
Environmental impact analysis awaited JAKARTA (JP): The North Jakarta Reclamation Board's chairman has urged developer PT Kapuk Indah Naga of the Salim Group to submit soon the environmental impact analysis on the planned reclamation in North Jakarta Bay.
Mon, 29 Sep 1997
RP property slows down
RP property slows down MANILA (AFP): The Philippine property market is facing a slowdown but will not suffer a glut and will still remain profitable, the head of a property giant said in a speech released Saturday.Jaime Zobel de Ayala, president of real estate-based conglomerate, Ayala Corp.
Mon, 29 Sep 1997
Smog casts shadow over SE Asian tourism
Smog casts shadow over SE Asian tourism SINGAPORE (Reuter): Southeast Asia's suffocating smog is casting an ominous shadow over the region's US$26 billion tourism industry, tourism officials say.Wild currency fluctuations in the region are also scrambling industry forecasts, they add.
Mon, 29 Sep 1997
Schools to get week's vacation for SEA Games
Schools to get week's vacation for SEA Games JAKARTA (JP): The city office of the Ministry of Education and Culture is to give the city's elementary and secondary school students a six-day vacation to enable them to watch next month's 19th SEA Games.
Mon, 29 Sep 1997
Sukanto to replace Polar at Indorayon
Sukanto to replace Polar at Indorayon JAKARTA (JP): Tycoon Sukanto Tanoto will take over as president of pulp and rayon fiber firm PT Inti Indorayon Utama following the death of his younger brother Polar Yanto Tanoto in an air crash in North Sumatra last Friday.
Mon, 29 Sep 1997
Humpuss wins US$49.12 million offshore loans
Humpuss wins US$49.12 million offshore loans JAKARTA (JP): Through its three subsidiaries, PT Humpuss Intermoda Transportasi (HIT) of the Humpuss Group, has secured US$49.12 million in offshore loans.The company's spokesperson, Kurnia Wamila Putra, said Friday that the loans would be used to...
Mon, 29 Sep 1997
Students told to don masks
Students told to don masks JAMBI: Head of the Jambi education office Madil HS has instructed all students to wear surgical masks to reduce the adverse health effects of the severe haze enveloping the province.
Mon, 29 Sep 1997
U.S. team treats 190 in Myanmar
U.S. team treats 190 in Myanmar YANGON (DPA): A team of five surgeons from Stanford University Medical Center in the United States have treated 242 ear, nose and throat patients at Myanmar hospitals this month, news reports said yesterday.
Mon, 29 Sep 1997
No new duty free stores in RP
No new duty free stores in RP MANILA (AFP): President Fidel Ramos has reaffirmed a ban on the construction of new duty free stores and the expansion of existing ones in the Philippines, a document received here yesterday said.
Mon, 29 Sep 1997
ABRI welcomes Amien's presidential ambition
ABRI welcomes Amien's presidential ambition JAKARTA (JP): Two of the Armed Forces most senior officers said they were not opposed to politician Amien Rais' stated presidential ambitions, but stressed that his nomination should be conducted through the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR).
Mon, 29 Sep 1997
Driver killed in crash had planned earlier flight
Driver killed in crash had planned earlier flight PERTH, Australia (AFP): An Australian rally driver killed in Indonesia's worst aviation disaster had promised last week to return to Australia on an earlier flight, a friend said yesterday.
Mon, 29 Sep 1997
Sarwono wants all-out effort to combat haze
Sarwono wants all-out effort to combat haze JAKARTA (JP): State Minister of Environment Sarwono Kusumaatmadja called yesterday for continued alertness and urged individuals with expertise to assist in alleviating the haze problem."We need to increase alertness around Indonesia," he said.
Mon, 29 Sep 1997
Okada wins 500cc title at Sentul motorcycle GP
Okada wins 500cc title at Sentul motorcycle GP JAKARTA (JP): Tadayuki Okada of Japan outwitted world champion Michael Doohan of Australia to claim the 500cc title at the Indonesian Motorcycle Grand Prix at Sentul, near Bogor yesterday.