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On This Day - September 29, 2000
Fri, 29 Sep 2000
Malays face 'very frightening' social problems: Minister
Malays face 'very frightening' social problems: Minister KUALA LUMPUR (Agencies): Malaysia's ethnic Malays face the "very frightening" social problems of crime, drug abuse and divorce, a minister said on Thursday.
Fri, 29 Sep 2000
Stock Exchange
Stock ExchangeStock prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (in rupiah) on Sept. 28, 2000: Shares Close Change Trading Volume ------------------------------------------------------------- Ades Alfindo 950 5 862,000 Adindo Foresta Indonesia 125 0 404,000 Alakasa Industrindo 430 0 0 Alfa Retailindo 790...
Fri, 29 Sep 2000
Telstra threatening to cancel Cyberworks deal
Telstra threatening to cancel Cyberworks deal SYDNEY (AFP): Australian telecoms giant Telstra has threatened to walk away from its US$3 billion alliance with Hong Kong's Pacific Century CyberWorks unless the deal price is slashed, a report said Thursday.
Fri, 29 Sep 2000
Gandhi apologizes
Gandhi apologizes I would like to thank Ms. Jilliah Ardie for responding to my remarks on the poor achievements of Indonesian athletes at the Sydney Olympics 2000, in her letter to The Jakarta Post (Sept. 28: Demeaning attitude).
Fri, 29 Sep 2000
Aceh continues to burn despite truce
Aceh continues to burn despite truce BANDA ACEH, Aceh (JP): Three buildings in Pidie and Biereuen regencies have been attacked by unidentified people in the last three days, a sign that the situation in the riot-torn province continues to deteriorate despite the recent agreement to extend the...
Fri, 29 Sep 2000
Ridiculous exit tax
Ridiculous exit tax I couldn't be more agreeable with Martin R. Jenkins (The Jakarta Post, Sept. 23, 2000) that it is now time to abolish the departure tax. The tax is a burden and it's not healthy.I was supposed to go to Singapore once a month for a year for training, sponsored by a Singaporean...
Fri, 29 Sep 2000
Execute treasonous soldiers: General
Execute treasonous soldiers: General JAKARTA (JP): Loyalty to the state and the government is a undisputable creed in the military and servicemen found guilty of betraying this should be shot dead, says the Army's Strategic Reserves Command (Kostrad) chief Lt. Gen. Ryamizard Ryacudu.
Fri, 29 Sep 2000
Marcos money 'to bridge' RP budget deficit
Marcos money 'to bridge' RP budget deficit MANILA (AFP): President Joseph Estrada's government wants to use more than US$600 million of deposed dictator Ferdinand Marcos' forfeited assets to bridge a growing budget deficit, top economic officials said Thursday.
Fri, 29 Sep 2000
Transformation to democracy a painful process: Lawyer
Transformation to democracy a painful process: Lawyer Colin McDonald,a prominent human rights lawyer and an expert on international law based in Darwin, Australia, talked to The Jakarta Post recently following the killing of three United Nations workers in Atambua, West Timor.
Fri, 29 Sep 2000
Schizophrenia awareness still low: Doctors
Schizophrenia awareness still low: Doctors JAKARTA (JP): Doctors are calling on the public to pay greater attention to schizophrenia, particularly to teenagers suffering the illness.Psychiatrists warned on Thursday that parents should seek medical advice if their children were intensely paranoid,...
Fri, 29 Sep 2000
Students against fuel price hike
Students against fuel price hike MAKASSAR, South Sulawesi: Makassar students again took the streets on Thursday protesting the planned fuel price hike due to come into effect on Oct. 1 and warning President Abdurrahman Wahid that the South Sulawesi people reject the policy.
Fri, 29 Sep 2000
Ginsi asks members not to pay shipping fees
Ginsi asks members not to pay shipping fees JAKARTA (JP): The Association of Indonesian Importers (Ginsi) directed all of its members on Thursday not pay the terminal handling charge (THC) imposed by foreign shipping companies.
Fri, 29 Sep 2000
Government begins oparation to disarm militias
Government begins oparation to disarm militias JAKARTA (JP): The government started operations on Thursday to disarm militias in West Timor with a local police chief saying that house-to-house searches for weapons would be extended until Saturday.
Fri, 29 Sep 2000
Contract marriages a ticket out of a small town
Contract marriages a ticket out of a small town SINGKAWANG, West Kalimantan (JP): With too much makeup for her tender years, Su Khim is about to embark on a momentous journey.As a car pulled up in front of a three-star hotel in the center of Singkawang, she was one of the four people who alighted.
Fri, 29 Sep 2000
Tommy to be jailed within days, says minister
Tommy to be jailed within days, says minister JAKARTA (JP): The government said on Thursday that former president Soeharto's youngest son Hutomo "Tommy" Mandala Putra would begin serving his jail term within days.
Fri, 29 Sep 2000
Another man killed for black magic
Another man killed for black magic BOGOR (JP): A sixty-year-old man was murdered by local people in Mekarwangi subdistrict, Cibinong district, Cianjur, on Wednesday after being accused of being a dukun santet (black magic practitioner).
Fri, 29 Sep 2000
Government asked not to backtrack on autonomy plan
Government asked not to backtrack on autonomy plan JAKARTA (JP): Political analysts asserted that there should be no backtracking on plans to implement regional autonomy in January next year, even though most of the regions may be ill- prepared to cope with the new responsibilities handed to them.
Fri, 29 Sep 2000
The impact of antitrust law
The impact of antitrust lawBy Destivano Wibowo JAKARTA (JP): The 1999 law on monopoly and unfair business competition is now effective, and will mostly affect the trade and industry sectors.Relations between manufacturers and distributors, and that between distributors and retailers in Indonesia,...
Fri, 29 Sep 2000
Sports snappers to display their best
Sports snappers to display their best JAKARTA (JP): Twelve sports photojournalists from five of the countries' major print media will display a selection of their best work in a 19-day expo at Antara Photojournalism Gallery in Pasar Baru, Central Jakarta, starting Friday.
Fri, 29 Sep 2000
ICC to make it difficult for the guilty to hide
ICC to make it difficult for the guilty to hide Indonesia now must educate itself on international courts. The following are the highlights on the International Criminal Court (ICC) excerpted from an interview with Colin MacDonald, a senior Australian human rights lawyer based in Darwin, Australia:...
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