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/* ---------- "Resources: Periodicals" ---------- */


                 INDONESIA PUBLICATIONS
                    7538 Newberry Lane
       Lanham-Seabrook,  Maryland  20706,  U.S.A.
                Phone:  [phone]
                 Fax:  [phone]
 Email:  [e-mail]  (Internet) or 72436.3621  (CompuServe)


                  PERIODICALS


Authoritative information on contemporary Indonesia in English
is hard to get.  The few suppliers in Indonesia charge exorbitant,
escalating prices and then often do not deliver the goods.  Some
periodicals get banned or go bankrupt, even as new ones appear
with little advance notice or publicity.  The country's major print
media publish in Indonesian, creating a language barrier
frustrating even many Indonesians, the vast majority of whom
only use Indonesian poorly as a second language.  With long-
standing press self-censorship, independent news sources within
and outside Indonesia become essential.  Unfortunately, these
are difficult to uncover, widely dispersed, and highly variable in
reliability.  Indonesia, the world's fourth most populous state,
remains only intermittently visible and scrutable beyond its
borders.

Indonesia Publications has worked since 1984 to solve these
problems for you.  A line of increasingly diverse periodicals now
is obtainable tailored for your distinctive informational needs.  We
have also taken care to ensure that a useful periodical is
accessible whatever your financial means.  We have grown to
become the world's principal supplier of periodicals in English on
Indonesia today.  Our subscribers rely on us for facts,
documentation, analysis, and recent scholarship.  Our periodicals
get read regularly inside and outside Indonesia by persons,
groups, and institutions holding widely differing views.  Why?  Our
unique products represent no vested interests and maintain a
reputation for responsibility and trustworthiness.

Indonesia News Service.  Subscription: 104 6-page issues.
Translations and digests of major news stories from a very large
collection of the leading Indonesian news magazines and
newspapers.  Essays comprising the most recent and most
readable scholarship by Indonesian and other scholars.

Indonesia Reports - Log.  Subscription: 12 18-page issues.  An
abbreviated, less expensive version of Indonesia News Service.

Indonesia Reports - Supplements.  Subscriptions: 12 6-page
issues each.  The latest news from international wire services and
an array of exclusive sources.  Exceptionally timely.
Recommended to complement Indonesia News Service or
Indonesia Reports - Log.  Titles: Politics Supplement, Human
Rights Supplement, Culture & Environment Supplement,
Business & Economy Supplement.  Plus a Books & Biblio
Supplement which includes abstracts of new dissertations
together with information on how to obtain microform or hard
copies, citations of recent books and articles, and book reviews.

Indonesia Online.  Subscription: 50 12-page issues.  A
compendium of selections from Indonesia Reports -
Supplements, except the Books & Biblio Supplement.
Exclusive news reports from a network of online sources.

Indonesia Mirror and Indonesia Issues.  Subscriptions: 12 12-
page issues.  Mirror focuses on in-depth thematic essays by
Indonesians, Issues by non-Indonesians.  Each issue has a
different theme.

Electronic Mail Subscription Service.  While most
subscriptions get sent via first-class mail in the U.S. and Canada
or airmail abroad, you now have a new delivery option which
offers virtual immediate receipt.  If desired, our print periodicals
can be transmitted to you through email (electronic mail) over the
Internet, Bitnet, UUCP and certain other networks.  An electronic
subscription requires exchange of a test message and an
undertaking by the subscriber not to circulate the periodical
through electronic media.  Email subscriptions substantially
enhance the value of periodicals to researchers, since the
information stored on disk may be keyword-searched by almost
any word processing program.  More sophisticated, easy-to-use,
search-and-retrieve software may also be purchased from many
software retailers.

Edisi Photocopy Service.  Indonesian periodicals print huge
amounts of indispensable material, far more than we can
translate or print.  Each week we select and compile important
articles into three topical Edisi (Edition): Politik & Hak-hak
Asasi Manusia (Politics & Human Rights); Seni, Budaya,
Masyarakat, & Lingkungan Hidup (Arts, Culture, Society &
Environment); and Ekonomi & Bisnis (Economy & Business).
The vast bulk of the information, gleaned mainly from about 50
Indonesian magazines and journals, is in Indonesian.  The
photocopy service works on a deposit account basis.  Send us an
initial minimum of $300.  As we send you photocopies, we debit
your account at the cost of 50 cents per side of a standard page
plus first class postage in the U.S./Canada and airmail abroad.
When just $50 remains in your account, we send you a renewal
notice.


Consulting and Translation Service.  This work is undertaken
on a time-permitting, mutual interest, feasibility-assessed, fixed-
rate plus expenses basis.  Ask for a free assessment.



                  ORDER FORM

Name and street or email address to which order should be sent:






You may, if desired, enter a trial subscription to any periodical for
a quarter or half the subscription length for a quarter or half the
price.

   Indonesia News Service ($227 U.S./Canada, $298 elsewhere)

   Indonesia Reports - Log ($100 U.S./Canada, $155 elsewhere)

   Indonesia Reports - Supplements (all 5 - $200 U.S./Canada, $260 elsewhere)

       Politics Supplement ($25 U.S./Canada, $37 elsewhere)
       Human Rights Supplement ($25 U.S./Canada, $37 elsewhere)
       Culture & Environment Supplement ($25 U.S./Canada, $37 elsewhere)
       Business & Economy Supplement ($88 U.S./Canada, $100 elsewhere)
       Books & Biblio Supplement ($44 U.S./Canada, $56 elsewhere)

   Indonesia Online ($250 U.S./Canada, $350 elsewhere)

   Indonesia Mirror ($38 U.S./Canada, $60 elsewhere)
   Indonesia Issues ($38 U.S./Canada, $60 elsewhere)

   Edisi: Politik & Hak-hak Manusia ($.50 page, minimum $300 deposit)
   Edisi: Seni, Budaya, Masyarakat & Lingkungan Hidup ($.50 page,
      minimum $300 deposit)
   Edisi: Ekonomi & Bisnis ($.50 page, minimum $300 deposit)

   $5 billing charge (only if you require an invoice)

   Total payment (all prices listed in U.S. dollars)

Make checks/money orders payable to INDONESIA PUBLICATIONS.
Mail everything to INDONESIA PUBLICATIONS, 7538 Newberry Lane,
Lanham-Seabrook, Maryland 20706, U.S.A.  Phone: [phone].
Fax: [phone].  Email: [e-mail] on Internet,
72436.3621 on CompuServe.



READERSHIP:  Our periodicals reach far and wide.  Here is
just a small sample of Indonesia Publications readers.

INDIVIDUALS: Benedict Anderson - John Bowen -
John Bresnan - Frederick Bunnell - Peter Burns - Peter Carey -
Ian Chalmers - William Collins - Harold Crouch - Bill Dalton -
Fredrik de Boer - Stephen Douglas - Christine Drake - Joseph
Errington - Shelly Errington - Don Emmerson -
Wayne Forrest - Theodore Friend - Keith Foulcher - Clifford
Geertz - Hildred Geertz - Norman Goodman - John Gordon -
Marshall Green - Ryoichi Hamamoto - Martin
Hatch - Karl Heider - Donald Hindley - Finngeir Hiorth - Robert
Horn - Alfred Hudson - Karl Jackson - David Jenkins - William
Johnson - Lois Johnston - Sidney Jones - Audrey Kahin - George
Kahin - Ivan Kats - Ward Keeler - Abe Kelabora -
 Drew Knight - Arnold Kohen - Max Lane - Dan Lev - R.
William Liddle - Martha Logsdon - Nancy Lutz - Akihisa
Matsuno - Judith Mayer - Julia Morrigan -
Judith Nagata - Yamamoto Nobuto - Aihwa Ong -
 Robin Osborne - Mariel Otten - Leslie Palmier - Roger Paget -
James Peacock - Harrison Parker - Ellen Rafferty - Robert Rau -
 Marvin Rogers - James Rush - Takashi Shiraishi - A.E.
Schmidgall-Tellings - James Siegel - Sheldon Simon - Donald
Snodgrass - Ulf Sundhaussen - Anna Tsing - Gordon Tubbs -
Peter van Tuijl - Toby Volkman - Fred von der Mehden - Pat
Walsh - Louis Wells - Allen Whiting - Cynthia Wilder - Donald
Wilson - Mark Woodward - John Wolff - Mary Zurbuchen.
NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS: ACFOA - Amnesty
International - The Asia Society - Asia Watch - Aspen Institute -
Catholic Commission for Justice, Peace, & Development - CIDA
- Consumers Association of Penang - CDPM - Environmental
Defense Fund - Ford Foundation - Foreign Missions Board -
Hudson Institute - INGI Secretariat - Institute for International
Education - Institute for National Policy Research - Institute of
Public Administration - Intercena - Komitee Indonesie -
Maryknoll Fathers & Brothers - Maryknoll Sisters Center - MSRI
- National Council of Churches - Save the Children - Social
Science Research Council - United Church Board for World
Missions.  GOVERNMENTS: Australian Embassy - Australian
Department of Defence - Australian Department of Foreign
Affairs & Trade - Australian Defence Intelligence Organization -
 Brunei Foreign Affairs Ministry - Brunei United Nations
Mission - Bulgarian Embassy - Canadian Embassy - COMIPAC -
 Central Intelligence Agency - Defense Intelligence Agency -
Foreign Service Institute - French Embassy - Indonesian Embassy
- Japanese Embassy - National Science Foundation - Netherlands
Embassy - New Zealand Embassy - Overseas Private Investment
Corporation - Papua New Guinea Department of Foreign Affairs
- Radio Nederland - Singapore Defence Ministry - Spanish
Embassy - State Department Indonesia Desk - State Department
Bureau of Intelligence and Research - Swedish Embassy - U.S.
Embassy - U.S. Information Agency - The World Bank - World
Food Program.  BUSINESS: AGL Petroleum - Alcan - American
Indonesian Chamber of Commerce - Amoseas - Anaconda
Minerals - Arthur Young - Bankers Trust - Bechtel - Bell
Helicopter - Boehringer Ingelheim - Business Advisory Indonesia
- Cargill - Chevron - Christian Science Monitor - Control Risks -
 DHV Consulting Engineers - The Economist - Essex - Exxon -
Far Eastern Economic Review - Ferrostaal - Freehill Hollingdale
& Page - Freeport Indonesia - Harvest International - Helavia
Nusantara - Hill & Knowlton - Hotel Borobudur Inter-
Continental - Hughes Aircraft - Inside Indonesia - Irving Trust -
Johnson & Johnson - Kaiser Engineers - Lehman Brothers - Lyon
Associates - Mobil Oil - Morrison-Knudsen - Multicor - Oxford
Analytica Daily Brief - Pfizer - Pharos - Powell Electrical - Price
Waterhouse - Pusat Data Business Indonesia - Rand Corporation
- REDECON - RMI - Sargent & Lundy - Sagita Dumez - Scott
& Furphy - Sinclair Knight - Sydney Morning Herald - Trans-
Asia Engineering - Trend Exploration - Trouw - Ultramar -
Union Oil - Unilever - Upjohn - Warner-Lambert - Wells Fargo -
 Weyerhaeuser - World Trade Center - Yomiuri Shimbun.
LIBRARIES: Arizona State University - Australian Defence Force
Academy - Australian National University - Australian
Parliamentary Library - Boston University - Chinese University
of Hong Kong - Combined Armed Forces Research Library -
Cornell Modern Indonesia Project - Cornell University Libraries -
 Dalhousie University - Dartmouth College - East-West Center -
The Flinders University of South Australia - Griffith University -
 Harvard Law School - Harvard University - Hebrew University -
 University of Hawaii - INSEAD - Institute of Southeast Asian
Studies - James Cook University of North Queensland - La Trobe
University - Library of Congress - KITLV - McGill University -
Melbourne University - Memorial University of Newfoundland -
 Monash University - Murdoch University - National
Agricultural Library - National Library of Australia - National
Library of Singapore - National University of Singapore - New
Hampshire College - Northern Illinois University - Northern
Territory University - Ohio University - Old Dominion University
- Papua New Guinea Parliamentary Library - Princeton
University - Rice University - Royal Tropical Institute - San
Diego Public Library - School of Oriental & African Studies -
Seton Hall University - Stanford University - State University of
New York at Stony Brook - University of Auckland - University
of California at Berkeley - University of California at Irvine -
University of California at Los Angeles - University of California
at San Diego - University of California at Santa Cruz - University
of Florida - University of Guelph - University of Iowa -
University of Kent at Canterbury - University of Kentucky -
University of Michigan - University of New South Wales -
University of Southern California - University of Sydney - Vassar
College - University of Papua New Guinea - University of
Queensland - University of Washington - University of Wisconsin
at Madison - University of Wyoming - Washington State
University - Yale University.




COVERAGE: Here are a few of the 1000s of news stories you
may have missed.

  Politics and Security Coordination Minister Sudomo said
December 9 that action would be taken against a number of
NGOs (non-governmental organizations).  Why?  They had
received foreign aid without reporting it to the government.
ABRI Commander Gen. Try Sutrisno had told DPR Commission
I on November 27 that certain NGOs were fighting purely for
foreign interests and smearing Indonesia.  "These NGOs have to
be closed down and brought to trial for subversion," remarked
Pak Try.  Sudomo claimed the NGOs had violated the Social
Organizations Law.  But so far no NGOs have received oral or
written warnings from the government.  Nonetheless, JJ's sources
in the Interior Department said some NGOs had already been
blacklisted.  Among others, they included the Indonesian Front
for the Defense of Human Rights (Infight), Human Rights
Information and Studies (Insan, Informasi dan Studi Hak-hak
Azasi Manusia), and the Institute for Defense of Human Rights
(LPHAM, Lembaga Pembelaan Hak-hak Azasi Manusia).  Also,
the Institute for the Study of Religion and Philosophy (LSAF,
Lembaga Studi Agama dan Filsafat) has been classified as a
non-reporting recipient of foreign aid.  LSAF claimed its
reporting responsibilities were to the Religious Affairs
Department.  It had reported there.  Sudomo also named the
Indonesian Legal Aid Institute Foundation (YLBHI) and
Democracy Forum as non-reporting foreign aid recipients.
(Translated from Jakarta-Jakarta for Indonesia News Service)
  ABRI Commander Gen. Try Sutrisno permitted a brief
interview. Is the work of the Military Honor Council (DKM)
final?  "Yes, it's completed and the results announced."
Reportedly, the DKM's recommendations were even tougher
than those announced and you and the President stepped in.
"Who said that?  The DKM decisions were based on findings in
East Timor, interviews with the parties involved.  The process was
long and careful.  They reported to their superior officer.  The
only one with authority to make any 'corrections' was the Army
Chief of Staff because he formed the DKM.  I was just informed."
The DKM report didn't mention crowd provocations as did the
National Investigation Commission (DKM)?  "It did, but the
sentences read differently."  Why did Brig. Gen. Warouw have to
be dismissed?  "What do you know about it?  Agh, there's no need
to blow this up."  Maybe there will be further investigations
outside Kolakops and the Kodam?  "There's no need to prolong
things any further."  (Translated from Editor for Indonesia
News Service)

  A Bimantara man has entered PT Surya Persindo (SP).  Starting
in April, Harry Kuntoro -- former Bimantara corporate secretary
-- will get an office in Gedung Prioritas, SP's place of operation
for publishing Media Indonesia and several regional newspapers.
Harry becomes the second person after Surya Paloh to get the job
of putting SP's management in order.  Recently, SP has been
struck by crisis.  Its peak occurred last week when several of SP's
regional publications failed to appear.  Media Indonesia was
forced to layoff 18 reporters because it could not otherwise
subsidize its 9 regional publications.  Two years ago, SP
undertook aggression cooperation with regional newspapers apart
from its Media Indonesia and entertainment magazine Vista in
Jakarta.  In the regions, SP publishes Aceh Post, Mimbar Umum
(Medan), Sumatra Ekspress (Palembang), Lampung Post
(Lampung), Dinamika Berita (Banjarmasin), Cahaya Siang
(Manado), Gala (Bandung), Yogya Post, and Nusatenggara
(Denpasar).  Cahaya Siang previously cooperated with Jawa Pos
(Surabaya), but after 3 years Jawa Pos withdrew.  SP sunk
billions of rupiahs into its regional newspapers.  Their average
circulation grew from 5,000 to 15,000.  But here Surya Paloh
misjudged.  The circulation rise was not paralleled by a rise in
advertising revenue.  So subsidies continued to be required for
their survival.  This is what overwhelmed SP.  The media market
is tough now because of the government's tight money policy.
The situation worsened with the advent of private television
stations where more and more advertisers chose to spend their
limited budgets.  It is hard to get ads.  Jawa Pos managed to do so
only after 5 years of being managed by ex-Tempo journalists.
And only 2 years after its circulation passed the 100,000 mark.
Harry's job is to increase advertising, especially for Media
Indonesia, after he cleans up in-house problems.  Now Yogya
Post is publishing weekly rather than daily, and Gala has been
reduced in size from 12 to 8 pages.  But why did Bimantara put its
man in SP?  Is it going to inject funds?  A source said that
Bimantara itself holds no SP shares, though individual Bimantara
executives have some.  Harry denied this.  He insisted Bimantara
was only being paid a management fee for his services.  One thing
for sure though is the mutual acquaintance of Bimantara and SP
managers.  Wherever Bimantara boss Bambang Trihatmodjo
(Bambang Soeharto) goes, Surya Paloh is sure to be with him.
Surya Paloh himself is also an in-law of Rosano Barack, one of
Bimantara's directors.  (Translated from Prospek for Indonesia
News Service)

  Indonesian workers have set up a second independent trade
union to try to improve their lot in a country which pays some of
the world's lowest wages. "Our main task is to improve the
workers' welfare," chairman of the new Prosperous Indonesian
Labour Union, Muchtar Pakpahan, said in a statement on
Wednesday.  The union was formed last weekend after a meeting
of more than 100 labor activists.  The first independent union, set
up by a human rights leader in 1990 and named Setia Kawan, or
Solidarity, has still not been recognized by the government. The
only recognized union is the state-sponsored All Indonesia
Workers Association (SPSI).  (Abridged from Reuter for
Indonesia Online)