Archive: 26 December 1998
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Sat, 26 Dec 1998
Japan gives RI 100b yen in soft loans
Japan gives RI 100b yen in soft loans JAKARTA (JP): The Japanese government is giving Indonesia 100 billion yen (US$870 million) in long-term, low-interest loans to help the country cope with its worst-ever crisis.
Sat, 26 Dec 1998
A year of unresolved rights abuse cases
A year of unresolved rights abuse casesBy Budiman Moerdijat JAKARTA (JP): Leading rights campaigner Marzuki Darusman described 1998 as the year when unresolved cases of violations were the "most visible dimension" of Indonesia's rights situation.
Sat, 26 Dec 1998
Birthday present for alleged murderer
Birthday present for alleged murderer MEDAN, North Sumatra: Popy Wahyuni gave a birthday present here on Thursday to her boyfriend Muhammad Ferizal Batubara, or Ical, the 17-year-old accused of bludgeoning his parents and four of his siblings to death with a hammer in October.
Sat, 26 Dec 1998
Prabowo's rejection of riot probe result 'no problem'
Prabowo's rejection of riot probe result 'no problem' JAKARTA (JP): A member of the team which investigated riots that rocked the capital in May was unfazed by a rejection by former Army Special Force (Kopassus) commander Lt. Gen. (ret) Prabowo Subianto of his alleged involvement in the riots.
Sat, 26 Dec 1998
Total sells field to Clough
Total sells field to Clough PERTH (Dow Jones): Clough Ltd., an Australian engineering and construction company, said Thursday it has won an A$82 million contract at the Tunu gas and condensate field in Indonesia for a unit of France's Total SA.
Sat, 26 Dec 1998
Tanah Abang fire kills six people, destroys shops
Tanah Abang fire kills six people, destroys shops JAKARTA (JP): Six people, including a baby boy, died in a fire that gutted four shop-houses near the crowded Tanah Abang textile market on Jl. K.H. Mas Mansyur in Central Jakarta on Thursday.
Sat, 26 Dec 1998
3 million hectares of forest will be auctioned to public
3 million hectares of forest will be auctioned to public JAKARTA (JP): The government will auction to the public next month a number of concession rights to carry out logging activities in three million hectares of the country's forests, a senior official of the ministry of forestry and plantations...
Sat, 26 Dec 1998
BI foresees further fall in interest rates
BI foresees further fall in interest rates JAKARTA (JP): Bank Indonesia Governor Sjahril Sabirin predicted on Thursday a further fall in interest rates, currently running above 40 percent a year for short term deposit rates.
Sat, 26 Dec 1998
Calls for disbandment of KNPI widespread
Calls for disbandment of KNPI widespread JAKARTA (JP): State Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports Agung Laksono has been urged to disband the state-sponsored youth organization, KNPI.Antara reported from Bandarlampung, Lampung, on Thursday that in a discussion in North Lampung, the minister told...
Sat, 26 Dec 1998
Jobless man kills partner
Jobless man kills partner JAKARTA (JP): Pamulang police, South Jakarta, arrested a 19- year-old jobless man on Thursday for allegedly killing Abdul Karim, 60, a man he claimed was his homosexual partner, an officer said.
Sat, 26 Dec 1998
Golkar's felonious ploy
Golkar's felonious ploy Every time Indonesians, whose sense of humanitarianism remains intact, speak about civil servants, they do so with strong emotion. This is due to the fact that for decades, administration after administration, the crusade to improve the lot of civil servants has proved...
Sat, 26 Dec 1998
Stocks Exchange
Stocks ExchangeStock prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (in rupiah) on Dec.24, 1998: Shares Close Change Trading Volume ------------------------------------------------------ Ades Alfindo 450 0 0 AHAP Insurance 400 0 0 Alter Abadi 275 0 25,000 Alumindo Light Metal 350 0 7,500 Alumindo Perkasa 125...
Sat, 26 Dec 1998
May, 21, 1998 marks the end of an autocratic regime
May, 21, 1998 marks the end of an autocratic regimeBy Santi W.E. Soekanto JAKARTA (JP): "I quit as president."Those words were uttered by Soeharto when on May 21, 1998, he stepped aside and handed over the power that had been in his hands for 32 years to Vice President B.J. Habibie.
Sat, 26 Dec 1998
SembGas, Pertamina deal
SembGas, Pertamina deal SINGAPORE (Dow Jones): SembGas, the consortium led by Singapore's SembCorp Engineering, has finally sewn up the long overdue US$8 billion deal with Indonesian state oil company Pertamina to buy natural gas from West Natuna and pipe it to here, a local daily reported Thursday.
Sat, 26 Dec 1998
Thailand to rescue stranded elephants
Thailand to rescue stranded elephants BANGKOK (AFP): Thailand dispatched a ship on Friday to rescue five elephants stranded in Indonesia by the regional economic crisis, officials said.The ship carrying 14 veterinarians and mahouts left from the resort island of Phuket and will return with the...
Sat, 26 Dec 1998
Brokers and looters blamed for hike in food prices
Brokers and looters blamed for hike in food prices JAKARTA (JP): Traders and a councilor have said the soaring prices of foodstuffs such as eggs, chicken meat, beef, chilies and rice in the capital during the first few days of Ramadhan was mainly due to greedy brokers and looters.
Sat, 26 Dec 1998
National dialog
National dialogFrom GatraToward Soeharto's fall, Minister of Defense and Security/Armed Forces Commander Gen. Wiranto held a "national dialog" in Kemayoran, Jakarta. This dialog was attended by representatives of students' senates from all over Indonesia, community figures, intellectuals, generals...
Sat, 26 Dec 1998
Gus Dur doubts Soeharto really wants a dialog
Gus Dur doubts Soeharto really wants a dialog JAKARTA (JP): Following a controversy over a planned national dialog that would have included former president Soeharto, the man who initiated the plan said that he doubted Soeharto was serious about participating in the dialog.
Sat, 26 Dec 1998
Modern but not westernized
Modern but not westernizedBy Daniel Lindgren and Rob Goodfellow The following is an excerpt of a paper presented at a seminar at the Faculty of Economics of the Islamic University of Indonesia, the International Program, in Yogyakarta on Dec. 18.
Sat, 26 Dec 1998
Crippled emerging markets seek new lease of life
Crippled emerging markets seek new lease of life BRASILIA (Reuters): Indonesia has been knocked off its feet, Russia is on its knees and Brazil is hobbling on crutches. For emerging market specialists, the crippling events of 1998 will be hard to forget.
Sat, 26 Dec 1998
No second term for mayor
No second term for mayor SURABAYA: East Java Governor Imam Utomo has virtually killed any chances for Surabaya Mayor Sunarto Sumoprawiro to be reelected for a second term in office after his current one ends in July.
Sat, 26 Dec 1998
Xmas celebrated in solemnity
Xmas celebrated in solemnity JAKARTA (JP): Hundreds of Jakartan Christians on Friday held a modest Christmas mass in the ruins of Kristus Church in Ketapang, West Jakarta. The church was burned down during a riot late last month.
Sat, 26 Dec 1998
Adi wants extradition treaty with S'pore
Adi wants extradition treaty with S'pore SINGAPORE (Reuters): Indonesia wants Singapore to sign an extradition treaty so Jakarta can bring back "economic criminals", Minister of Cooperatives Adi Sasono was quoted on Thursday as saying.
Sat, 26 Dec 1998
Rupiah slips to 7,850 as stocks slightly up
Rupiah slips to 7,850 as stocks slightly up JAKARTA (JP): The rupiah slipped further to close at 7,850 against the U.S. dollar in extremely quiet dealings on Thursday, with most banks closing their dealing rooms earlier than usual, currency dealers said.
Sat, 26 Dec 1998
Lower interest rates!
Lower interest rates!From Bisnis IndonesiaAs the exchange rate of the U.S. dollar against the rupiah is now under Rp 10,600 to the dollar -- the level set as a target by the IMF and the government in the current state budget -- as a businessman, I hope that bank interest rates may be lowered again...
Sat, 26 Dec 1998
Suu Kyi defiant despite rumors
Suu Kyi defiant despite rumors YANGON (Reuters): Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi took a defiant stance amid rumors that Myanmar's ruling military government may deport her and dissolve her National League for Democracy (NLD) party early next month.
Sat, 26 Dec 1998
Prolonged economic crisis adds more fuel to the fire
Prolonged economic crisis adds more fuel to the fireBy Ati Nurbaiti JAKARTA (JP): Meisi, a toddler in Tasikmalaya, West Java, was killed early December when her neighbor, a food vendor, caused an accident when trying to snatch her earrings to buy food.
Sat, 26 Dec 1998
Bankruptcy petition against PT Hutama Karya rejected
Bankruptcy petition against PT Hutama Karya rejected JAKARTA (JP): The Jakarta Commercial Court turned down a bankruptcy petition on Wednesday against state-owned builder PT Hutama Karya brought by private construction firms PT Jaya Readymix and PT Primacout Lestari.
Sat, 26 Dec 1998
Performing arts shed the shackles of repression
Performing arts shed the shackles of repressionBy Rita A. Widiadana JAKARTA (JP): Expressions of agony, anger and disappointment imbued the themes of most performing art works staged throughout l998.The fall of the New Order regime, with former president Soeharto's stepping down in May after 32...
Sat, 26 Dec 1998
Street children, vagrants and beggars
Street children, vagrants and beggarsFrom NeracaGreater Jakarta reportedly has 12,630 street children. Social organizations take 4,160 of them under their protection, while a UNDP program and the government have 1,084 in their care.
Sat, 26 Dec 1998
Pertamina struggling to improve its image
Pertamina struggling to improve its imageBy Johannes Simbolon JAKARTA (JP): The state oil and gas company, Pertamina, which has been rocked by many scandals over the past several decades, has returned to the press limelight with a battered face this year, following the downfall of former president...
Sat, 26 Dec 1998
City detectives get new boss
City detectives get new boss JAKARTA (JP): City police chief Maj. Gen. Noegroho Djajoesman on Wednesday installed Col. Alex Bambang Riatmojo on Tuesday as the new head of the city police detective directorate, replacing Col. Gories Mere.
Sat, 26 Dec 1998
Ramadhan time for Jakarta
Ramadhan time for JakartaSaturdayMaghrib 6:10 p.m.SundayImsak 4:05 a.m.Subuh 4.15 a.m.
Sat, 26 Dec 1998
TV today
TV todayTVRI 5:30 a.m. Religious Teachings: Hikmah Pagi 6:00 Morning News 6:30 News: Nuansa Reformasi 7:00 Children's Program: Lagu Anak Nusantara 7:30 Cartoon 8:00 Music 8:30 My Country 9:00 TV Drama: Gelas Retak 10:00 Interval 2:00 p.m.
Sat, 26 Dec 1998
Beggars have own reasons 'to operate' during Ramadhan
Beggars have own reasons 'to operate' during Ramadhan JAKARTA (JP): The beginning of the annual Muslim fasting month of Ramadhan has, as usual, been accompanied by an increase in the number of beggars on the streets and in the public cemeteries of Greater Jakarta.
Sat, 26 Dec 1998
Christmas in a time of crisis
Christmas in a time of crisis In Indonesia this year, Christmas is being celebrated in unfavorable sociopolitical and economic conditions. On the social and political plane, the people are in an euphoric mood over the prospect of reform, which unfortunately has brought with it some ominous negative...
Sat, 26 Dec 1998
Six banks may change status
Six banks may change status JAKARTA (JP): Six commercial banks have applied to change their status into interest-free Islamic banks, Bank Indonesia director Soebardjo said here on Thursday.He said that the six banks include Bank Mega, BSB, Bank Ratu, Bank Intan, Bank IFI and Bank Nusa Nasional.
Sat, 26 Dec 1998
Where to go in Jakarta:
Where to go in Jakarta:Exhibitions * Photo Exhibition: World Press Photo 1998, at Erasmus Huis, Jl. H.R. Rasuna Said, Kav S-3, Kuningan, South Jakarta (Phone: 5252321), Dec. 27 to Feb. 11. * Photo Exhibition: Dari Lengser Sampai Semanggi, at Galeri Foto Jurnalistik Antara, Jl. Antara No.
Sat, 26 Dec 1998
Rights body, KWI posts in new council stay vacant
Rights body, KWI posts in new council stay vacant JAKARTA (JP): The government decided on Thursday not to fill places left vacant by the National Commission on Human Rights and the Indonesian Bishop Conference (KWI) on the Council for Enforcement of Security and Law.
Sat, 26 Dec 1998
Habibie struggles to find his footing in presidency
Habibie struggles to find his footing in presidencyBy Kornelius Purba JAKARTA (JP): If one is a new head of state who takes office amid shouts of "lack of legitimacy" or even "a mere extension of the old regime", what should one do to find one's footing?For President B.J.
Sat, 26 Dec 1998
Conversion Rates
Conversion Rates Bank Bali's conversion rates on Dec. 24, 1998: TT rates Bank notes rates Buying Selling Buying Selling Rp Rp Rp Rp U.S. dollar 1 7,725.00 7,875.00 7,725.00 7,925.00Austrian schilling 1 612.90 682.90 - -Australian dollar 1 4,581.00 4,841.00 4,585.00 4,885.00Belgian franc 1 205.
Sat, 26 Dec 1998
Singapore jobless to exceed 30,000
Singapore jobless to exceed 30,000 SINGAPORE (AP): More than 30,000 Singaporeans will be out of work by the end of the year, exceeding the government's projections, the head of the city-state's largest union was quoted on Friday as saying.
Sat, 26 Dec 1998
Silent Indovision!
Silent Indovision! I would like to join in the ongoing correspondence published in your paper regarding Indovision, to which the company has not seen fit to reply.I agree with what all your other writers have said and find Indovision's service nothing short of appalling.
Sat, 26 Dec 1998
1998 paves the way toward a legal, legitimate democracy
1998 paves the way toward a legal, legitimate democracyBy Ridwan Max Sijabat JAKARTA (JP): Political scientist Deliar Noer insisted recently that all pro-reform elements ensure that the general election take place next year, "no matter what".
Sat, 26 Dec 1998
Opposition to new education chief
Opposition to new education chief PONTIANAK, West Kalimantan: Local university students staged a protest at the West Kalimantan' office of the Ministry of Education on Wednesday opposing the appointment of its new head, Antara reported.
Sat, 26 Dec 1998
KB-UI students to hold 'tarawih' at Atma Jaya campus
KB-UI students to hold 'tarawih' at Atma Jaya campus JAKARTA (JP): Hundreds of students grouped in the Big Family of University of Indonesia (KB-UI) will hold a breaking of the fast gathering and tarawih (Ramadhan evening prayer) inside the Atma Jaya Catholic University on Saturday, its executives...
Sat, 26 Dec 1998
Strike ends at Caltex's contractor
Strike ends at Caltex's contractor PEKANBARU, Riau: A strike by workers of PT Tri Patra, a major contractor of PT Caltex Pacific Indonesia, ended on Thursday after the company agreed to meet most of their demands, Antara has reported.