Archive: 13 March 1998
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Fri, 13 Mar 1998
Asia tempts visitors with cut price offers
Asia tempts visitors with cut price offersBy Valerie Leroux BERLIN (AFP): Asian countries are engaged in a cut-throat price war to lure as many foreign visitors as they can, bringing dollars and other hard currencies to ease their financial woes.
Fri, 13 Mar 1998
Two detained for harboring illegals
Two detained for harboring illegals MALACCA, Malaysia (AFP): Malaysian police have detained another two people, including a policeman, under the powerful Internal Security Act for allegedly harboring Indonesian illegal immigrants.
Fri, 13 Mar 1998
USDA food package for RI
USDA food package for RI WASHINGTON (Reuters): The U.S. Agriculture Department and Indonesian officials were discussing a PL-480 "food for peace" package for sales of U.S. wheat, soybeans and rice, Agriculture Undersecretary Gus Schumacher said Wednesday.
Fri, 13 Mar 1998
Congratulatory notes and words for Habibie
Congratulatory notes and words for Habibie JAKARTA (JP): Congratulatory notes and words on B.J. Habibie's election as the country's seventh vice president were received yesterday.China's Vice President Rong Yiren sent his good wishes to Habibie and hoped to see the close ties between the two...
Fri, 13 Mar 1998
BI sets deadline for banks to cut rates
BI sets deadline for banks to cut rates JAKARTA (JP): Bank Indonesia (BI) has set a deadline of April 15 for commercial banks to comply with its newly established ceiling for deposit rates.BI director for commercial bank supervision and development, Mukhlis Rasyid, said in a circular letter...
Fri, 13 Mar 1998
Moslem youth organizations call for accountable cabinet
Moslem youth organizations call for accountable cabinet JAKARTA (JP): Three Moslem youth organizations issued yesterday a joint declaration calling on the President to establish a morally accountable cabinet which can help the country out of its economic crux.
Fri, 13 Mar 1998
Taiwan starts to help crisis-hit Southeast Asia
Taiwan starts to help crisis-hit Southeast Asia TAIPEI (Reuters): Wealthy Taiwan pressed ahead with a drive to help cash-strapped Southeast Asian neighbors yesterday and rejected rival China's renewed allegations that its motives were less than altruistic.
Fri, 13 Mar 1998
Thief confesses, commits suicide
Thief confesses, commits suicide PURWOKERTO, Central Java: A burglar caught red-handed Wednesday who disclosed the name of his accomplice was found dead in his cell yesterday morning.According to Banyumas police chief Lt. Col.
Fri, 13 Mar 1998
One-stop service for bank mergers to be established
One-stop service for bank mergers to be established JAKARTA (JP): A one stop service center will soon be established to assist banks merge and meet the new minimum capital requirement, a government official said yesterday.
Fri, 13 Mar 1998
Fix rupiah without delay
Fix rupiah without delay Independent of the IMF-plus, which may include a currency board system, the government should immediately fix the exchange rate of the rupiah at Rp 5,000 to one U.S. dollar, in line with the 1998/1999 state budget.
Fri, 13 Mar 1998
Triple-tier transit project needs Amdal
Triple-tier transit project needs Amdal JAKARTA (JP): Lecturers and a city official have called on the developer of the triple-tier transit system -- to link Bintaro in South Jakarta to downtown Kota in West Jakarta -- to fast-track the project's Environmental Impact Analysis (Amdal).
Fri, 13 Mar 1998
PT Tugu Pratama gained net profit of Rp 137b in 1997
PT Tugu Pratama gained net profit of Rp 137b in 1997 JAKARTA (JP): The monetary crisis has given a windfall profit to PT Tugu Pratama Indonesia, an insurance arm of state oil and gas company Pertamina, the company said yesterday.
Fri, 13 Mar 1998
Students jailed for taking drugs
Students jailed for taking drugs BOGOR (JP): The district court here sentenced two students to one year in prison each yesterday for consuming drugs.Jimmy Yulianto, 21, a student of a private university in Bandung, and his girlfriend Yulian, 20, were found guilty of using morphine, locally known as...
Fri, 13 Mar 1998
Evolution not revolution
Evolution not revolutionBy Johannes Nugroho JAKARTA (JP): The 1998 General Session of the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) has satisfied the minimum requirements of Article 2 in the 1945 Constitution, which states that the MPR must sit at least once every five years.
Fri, 13 Mar 1998
The Listening Post
The Listening Post "Building English Skills Through Newspaper + Radio" Produced by American Language Center in cooperation with The Jakarta Post and Radio Sonora FM 100.9 Mhz * Announcing a shift to cyberspace: after nine years "The Listening Post" moves on.
Fri, 13 Mar 1998
Visa Card adventure
Visa Card adventure On Sunday, March 8, my husband and I experienced one of the most bizarre telephone conversations with the Visa Approval Service in Jakarta. Following our decision to purchase some furniture from a furniture shop in South Jakarta, my husband presented the shop with his Visa Gold...
Fri, 13 Mar 1998
Staid Australian college opens up a little
Staid Australian college opens up a littleBy Dewi Anggraeni JAKARTA (JP): Mention "Melbourne University Private" to some alumni of the University of Melbourne and you will see outrage; varying degrees, admittedly, but definite outrage.
Fri, 13 Mar 1998
Wiranto warns students not to leave campuses
Wiranto warns students not to leave campuses JAKARTA (JP): The Armed Forces (ABRI) promised yesterday to continue respecting student demonstrations, but warned that the military would not remain idle if the protests turned violent.ABRI Commander Gen.
Fri, 13 Mar 1998
Alcatel supplies Telkom
Alcatel supplies Telkom BANDUNG, West Java (JP): France's Alcatel Telecom will keep supplying equipment to the projects of state-owned PT Telkom despite the sharp depreciation of the rupiah against the U.S. dollar, Telkom's vice president D. Amarudien said yesterday.
Fri, 13 Mar 1998
HK urges world action on Jakarta's crisis
HK urges world action on Jakarta's crisis PARIS (Reuters): Hong Kong chief executive Tung Chee-hwa said on Wednesday Indonesia's financial crisis could have a ripple effect felt around the world and said the international community must resolve the turmoil.
Fri, 13 Mar 1998
Farm sector should get more attention: Analyst
Farm sector should get more attention: Analyst JAKARTA (JP): The new cabinet should pay more attention to the development of the agricultural sector than the last one did to reduce the country's dependence on imported commodities, according to a noted agricultural analyst.
Fri, 13 Mar 1998
Rubber futures prices ease
Rubber futures prices ease SINGAPORE (AFP): Singapore rubber futures prices eased yesterday on higher volumes, dealers said.Turnover for the three contracts traded on the Singapore Commodity Exchange rose to 8,700 tonnes, from 2,755 tonnes the day before.
Fri, 13 Mar 1998
Asian golf industry hit hard by regional crisis
Asian golf industry hit hard by regional crisis SINGAPORE (AFP): An Asian golf trade fair opened here yesterday amid gloom in the industry after the region's economic slowdown put course construction projects on hold, affecting a wide range of related businesses.
Fri, 13 Mar 1998
Habibie hands ICMI control to Achmad
Habibie hands ICMI control to Achmad JAKARTA (JP): New Vice President B.J. Habibie handed over the executive chairmanship of the Association of Indonesian Moslem Intellectuals (ICMI) yesterday to his deputy, Achmad Tirtosudiro.
Fri, 13 Mar 1998
City takes a step closer to enacting its green approach
City takes a step closer to enacting its green approach JAKARTA (JP): The long-awaited bill on establishing the city's Regional Environmental Impact Management Agency (Bapedalda) was passed by the city council into bylaw yesterday.
Fri, 13 Mar 1998
Indonesia doubts paralyze Asian currencies
Indonesia doubts paralyze Asian currencies SINGAPORE (Reuters): Asian currencies were stuck in well-worn territory yesterday as Indonesia remained in the hot seat and traders looked desperately for clues about the fate of the rupiah.
Fri, 13 Mar 1998
Cabinet lineup is the talk of the town
Cabinet lineup is the talk of the town JAKARTA (JP): Names disappeared as quickly as they came yesterday as politicians, scholars, journalists and diplomats exchanged gossip about the lineup of the new cabinet.
Fri, 13 Mar 1998
Consumers foundation cautious in Games sticker probe
Consumers foundation cautious in Games sticker probe JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesian Consumers Foundation's vice chairman, Agus Pambagio, said yesterday that the foundation was being very careful in its investigation of alleged mismanagement of the 19th SEA Games fund-raising revenue.
Fri, 13 Mar 1998
Once again, openness
Once again, openness As we watched some of our fellow developing countries successfully establish sound democratic systems, any signs of greater political openness at home have been welcomed with open arms.
Fri, 13 Mar 1998
Asia-Pacific share prices flounder on RI uncertainty
Asia-Pacific share prices flounder on RI uncertainty HONG KONG (AFP): Most Asian share prices floundered yesterday on a lack of incentives and persistent uncertainty over Indonesia's economic policy following the election of President Soeharto to a seventh five-year term, analysts said.
Fri, 13 Mar 1998
TV today
TV todayTVRI 2:00 p.m. News: Berita 14 2:30 My Country 2:35 Cartoon: Tom and Jerry Kid 3:10 Children's Dance: Aneka Tari Daerah 3:35 Talk Show: Sambung Rasa 4:00 Regional News 4:30 Student's Quiz: Cerdas Cermat 5:10 Documentary Film: Science World 5:30 Music: Lagu Pop Daerah 6:00 News: Lintasan...
Fri, 13 Mar 1998
Impersonator of bomb squad officer sought
Impersonator of bomb squad officer sought JAKARTA (JP): Police are searching for a man who impersonated an officer from the bomb squad and asked for money from the management of an office building in South Jakarta.City police spokesman Lt. Col. E.
Fri, 13 Mar 1998
Yeltsin's RI visit postponed
Yeltsin's RI visit postponed MOSCOW (AFP): The Kremlin yesterday confirmed that Russian President Boris Yeltsin's visit to Indonesia, planned for mid- April, had been postponed until later in 1998 or 1999.
Fri, 13 Mar 1998
Students refuse to stop protests
Students refuse to stop protests JAKARTA (JP): Students refused to ease up their campaign of on-campus protests yesterday as universities in four major cities witnessed demonstrations where people loudly criticized the government and demanded that prices of basic commodities be reduced.
Fri, 13 Mar 1998
Where to go in Jakarta:
Where to go in Jakarta:Exhibitions * Art Exhibition: The Winning Entries of The ASEAN Essay, Photo, and Poster Competitions at 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. (except Saturday and Sunday), the ASEAN Secretariat, Jl. Sisingamangaraja 70A, Central Jakarta, until April 30.
Fri, 13 Mar 1998
Price hikes a kick in butt for cigarette smokers
Price hikes a kick in butt for cigarette smokers JAKARTA (JP): The increase in cigarette prices by up to 120 percent this week might significantly reduce cigarette producers' sales this year, analysts said yesterday.
Fri, 13 Mar 1998
IMF team due here for fresh talks
IMF team due here for fresh talks JAKARTA (JP): The government will not send a team to Washington next week but will instead hold talks with International Monetary Fund (IMF) officials due here soon to review the implementation of reforms, Indonesian and IMF sources said yesterday.
Fri, 13 Mar 1998
Soccer match-fixing probe to go on
Soccer match-fixing probe to go on JAKARTA (JP): Police rejected yesterday reports that they would stop investigating an alleged soccer match-fixing and bribery scam because it involved too many parties."That (allegation) is untrue.
Fri, 13 Mar 1998
Australia's RBA urges fast aid for Indonesia
Australia's RBA urges fast aid for Indonesia SYDNEY (Reuters): The Reserve Bank of Australia said yesterday the Indonesian situation was now so desperate that immediate pressure for structural reform had to be set aside for emergency measures.
Fri, 13 Mar 1998
Orangutan victim still recovering
Orangutan victim still recovering SAMARINDA, East Kalimantan: Supaini, 42, was still recuperating in hospital yesterday after he sustained injuries last week fighting off a 100-kilogram orangutan.The clash occurred as the farmer was putting out the forest fire which had come dangerously close to...
Fri, 13 Mar 1998
High-minded rhetoric on IMF unhelpful
High-minded rhetoric on IMF unhelpful Political scientist J. Soedjati Djiwandono wrestles with the emerging issues of nationalism and liberalism amid reports of a delay in loan installments from the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
Fri, 13 Mar 1998
Stock prices up 1.2% on renewed optimism
Stock prices up 1.2% on renewed optimism JAKARTA (JP): Stock prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (JSX) rose 1.2 percent yesterday in response to the election of Soeharto and B.J. Habibie as president and vice president for the next five years, stockbrokers said.
Fri, 13 Mar 1998
Citizens foil taxi robbery
Citizens foil taxi robbery JAKARTA (JP): Residents foiled the attempted robbery of a taxi driver early Wednesday on Jl. Mandar Bintaro, in Tangerang, and caught the two suspects, eyewitnesses and police said yesterday.
Fri, 13 Mar 1998
PPP backs ABRI governor
PPP backs ABRI governor Samarinda, East Kalimantan: The provincial branch of the United Development Party (PPP) has announced it will only support an active-duty Armed Forces (ABRI) gubernatorial candidate.
Fri, 13 Mar 1998
Business leaders call for reliable cabinet
Business leaders call for reliable cabinet JAKARTA (JP): Business associations called for a solid and capable new cabinet to strengthen and help restructure the country's crisis-hit industries.Executives of the Indonesian Footwear Association (Aprisindo), the Indonesian Textile Association (API)...
Fri, 13 Mar 1998
S&P cuts Indonesia's credit ratings
S&P cuts Indonesia's credit ratings NEW YORK (Reuters): Standard & Poor's cut Indonesia's credit ratings Wednesday as Jakarta's uneven progress at implementing economic reforms deepened its financial crisis and led to the suspension of official international support.The U.S.
Fri, 13 Mar 1998
Why equate Karlina with a thief?
Why equate Karlina with a thief?From NeracaMrs. Karlina Leksono has been found guilty for protesting about milk prices on Jl. Thamrin.The court session took 12 hours!We know that Karlina had no agenda to her protest besides inviting other individuals to join her and her friends in expressing...
Fri, 13 Mar 1998
First Asian professor for Harvard university
First Asian professor for Harvard university NEW YORK (ANTARA): Indonesian professor Ali Shihab has been invited to become the first Asian intellectual to teach Islamic philosophy at the prestigious Harvard University in Boston, Massachusetts.
Fri, 13 Mar 1998
Stock Exchange
Stock ExchangeStock prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (in rupiah) on March 12 , 1998: Shares Close Change Trading Volume ------------------------------------------------------------- Ades Alfindo 800 0 0 AHAP Insurance 400 0 0 Alter Abadi 525 25 33,000 Alumindo Light Metal 325 0 407,500 Alumindo...
Fri, 13 Mar 1998
Currency stability is top priority: Soeharto
Currency stability is top priority: Soeharto JAKARTA (JP): Restoring currency stability will be the new government's most immediate priority, President Soeharto said last night."We're not asking for much.
Fri, 13 Mar 1998
Standing tall
Standing tall As an observer from within the country, it appears to me that Indonesia is now in its third major crisis. The first was the removal of Dutch colonialism, which resulted in independence, the second was the removal of the communist threat in the mid-1960s, which resulted in the...
Fri, 13 Mar 1998
Flood-hit areas attract governor's attention
Flood-hit areas attract governor's attention JAKARTA (JP): Governor Sutiyoso inspected yesterday residential areas in East Jakarta which were inundated by floodwaters early this week.The first area the governor visited was Kramatjati district.
Fri, 13 Mar 1998
Muchtar Pakpahan admits involvement in street rally
Muchtar Pakpahan admits involvement in street rally JAKARTA (JP): From his hospital room, labor leader Muchtar Pakpahan has admitted that he distributed a letter urging nationwide protests during the just concluded General Session of the People's Consultative Assembly.
Fri, 13 Mar 1998
Defendant hits prosecutor after being convicted
Defendant hits prosecutor after being convicted JAKARTA (JP): Enraged by a six-year jail term handed down by the Central Jakarta District Court for selling Ecstasy pills, a satay seller hit a prosecutor with a bench yesterday.
Fri, 13 Mar 1998
Army colonel elected regent
Army colonel elected regent TANGERANG (JP): The regency legislative council elected Col. Agus Djunara the new Tangerang regent yesterday for the 1998/2003 term replacing Saifullah Abdulrachman.Agus, currently an assistant for sociopolitical affairs at Jakarta Military Command, won 35 of the 44...
Fri, 13 Mar 1998
Hindus complain over advert
Hindus complain over advert DENPASAR, Bali: The chairman of Parisada Hindu Dharma Indonesia, a council of Hindu religious leaders, and several leading Hindu activists have strongly criticized a controversial advertisement published in this month's edition of the Bali Kini tabloid.
Fri, 13 Mar 1998
Conversion Rates
Conversion Rates JAKARTA (JP): Bank Ekspor Impor Indonesia's (Bank Exim) indicative conversion rates on March 12, 1998: Buying Selling Rp Rp U.S. dollar 1 9,500.00 11,500.00Austrian shilling 1 710.90 930.10Australian dollar 1 6,317.50 7,728.00Belgian franc 1 251.00 305.80Canadian dollar 1 6,732.
Fri, 13 Mar 1998
Acehnese step back in time for contraception
Acehnese step back in time for contraceptionBy Syahruddin Hamzah BANDA ACEH (Antara): Until recently, Nurhayati's contraceptive of choice was hormonal injections.Now, like many women in the province of Aceh, she is relying on the family planning methods practiced by her mother's generation.
Fri, 13 Mar 1998
Goenawan Muhamad protests Ratna's arrest
Goenawan Muhamad protests Ratna's arrest JAKARTA (JP): Noted government critic Goenawan Muhamad and the Indonesian Society for Humanity are among the growing voices expressing their concern over the arrest of actress Ratna Sarumpaet and eight other activists.