Archive: 10 May 1998
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Sun, 10 May 1998
Games Federation denies haze reports
Games Federation denies haze reports KUALA LUMPUR (AP): The Commonwealth Games Federation denied yesterday that haze threatened this year's competition or that some of the games would be moved to other countries.
Sun, 10 May 1998
Street singers bring back memory of Batak composer
Street singers bring back memory of Batak composerBy Johannes Simbolon JAKARTA (JP): The street musicians, billing themselves as Rio Band, picked up their old instruments, took in their audience of restaurant patrons and began strumming their favorite songs.
Sun, 10 May 1998
Spotlight
SpotlightPhoto A: TextileJP/msaSILKY BUSINESS: The Indonesian Textile Association secretary- general, Irwandy Muslim Amin (left), the Association of Indonesian Apparel Manufacturing Companies chairman, Hars Djoemena (center), and the Association of Footwear Producers chairman, Anton J.
Sun, 10 May 1998
Soeharto pleads for stability
Soeharto pleads for stability JAKARTA (JP): President Soeharto left on a one-week foreign trip yesterday, but not before pleading to the nation, which is engulfed in a deep crisis, to preserve political stability."I have confidence in the people.
Sun, 10 May 1998
Lokananta sounds out the nation's musical, video compilations
Lokananta sounds out the nation's musical, video compilationsBy Yogita Tahil Ramani JAKARTA (JP): Something easy on the ear.This is how some people would probably define music.The nation's 27 provinces and its cultural heritage of, among others, gamelan, suling (flutes), genjring (tambourines),...
Sun, 10 May 1998
RP election billed 'the greatest show on earth'
RP election billed 'the greatest show on earth'By Jamil Maidan Flores JAKARTA (JP): An estimated 23 to 27 million of the 34 million registered Filipino voters -- nearly half the entire population of the Philippines -- will flock tomorrow to more than 174,000 voting precincts to elect a president, a...
Sun, 10 May 1998
Indonesia gets mixed results in junior tennis
Indonesia gets mixed results in junior tennis JAKARTA (JP): Local junior tennis players had mixed fortunes at the World Championship Asia/Oceania qualifying tournament yesterday.The boys team marked the first time they have qualified for the world championships with a 2-1 defeat of Hong Kong.
Sun, 10 May 1998
G-15 ministers to examine Asia crisis and world trade
G-15 ministers to examine Asia crisis and world trade CAIRO (Reuters): Foreign ministers from the G-15 group of developing countries met in Cairo yesterday to pick through the lessons of the Asian financial crisis and try to rally their combined forces in world trade talks.
Sun, 10 May 1998
Folk songs revive many ald memories
Folk songs revive many ald memories JAKARTA (JP): For scores of people, folk songs bring back many memories about their childhood or first loves. The people interviewed here share with us their favorite folk songs and their stories behind those songs: Titus Sarijanto, 57, former director general of...
Sun, 10 May 1998
Local folk songs strive to survive
Local folk songs strive to survive Over four months of this, the Year of Art and Culture, have passed. But one aspect of Indonesian culture, folk songs, has received little attention. To help redress the balance, The Jakarta Post reporters Ida Indawati Khouw, Johannes Simbolon, Sugianto Tandra,...
Sun, 10 May 1998
Barter trade
Barter trade The present hardships, unemployment, skyrocketing prices of basic commodities as the result of the monetary crisis would not have happened if the exchange rate for the rupiah against U.S. dollar had not depreciated to such low level. Because the rupiah is so influenced by the U.S.
Sun, 10 May 1998
Local folk songs have diverse 'borrowed' origins
Local folk songs have diverse 'borrowed' originsBy Remy Sylado JAKARTA (JP): "Folk song" was a popular musical expression among youngsters here in the early 1970s. It was embraced as an alternative to compete with the pop industry segmentation used by traders at music centers such as in Glodok,...
Sun, 10 May 1998
TV programs
TV programsTodayTVRI 6:00 a.m. News: Sari Berita Sepekan 6:30 Morning Focus 6:45 Healthy and Fresh 7:00 Religious Teachings: Hikmah Pagi 7:30 Children's Program: Arena Kami 8:00 Children's Program: Kumbang and Family 8:30 Children's Program: Nuansa Anak 9:30 Variety Show: Widya Wahana 10:00 Talk...
Sun, 10 May 1998
Garin latest film to Cannes Festival
Garin latest film to Cannes FestivalBy Marselli Sumarno JAKARTA (JP): Asih is a middle-aged woman separated from her husband. She has settled in Yogyakarta and earns a living making batik. She has no children of her own but takes care of three teenage boys.
Sun, 10 May 1998
Walter Spies letters emerge at Christie's auction in Amsterdam
Walter Spies letters emerge at Christie's auction in AmsterdamBy Amir Sidharta JAKARTA (JP): Twenty Walter Spies' letters, hitherto unknown, emerged in the most recent Christie's Amsterdam auction of Indonesian pictures, watercolors and drawings.The letters were addressed to Carl and Olive Gotsch.
Sun, 10 May 1998
London recital surprises poet Isma
London recital surprises poet IsmaBy Sori Siregar JAKARTA (JP): Applause should not always follow a poetry reading. There are places and times in which poetry readings are enjoyed by an audience as a spiritual experience.
Sun, 10 May 1998
Shoot to cripple, not kill, riot manual says
Shoot to cripple, not kill, riot manual says JAKARTA (JP): Persuasion remains the order of the day for commanders leading antiriot forces to quell student protesters and rioters, according to a military manual.
Sun, 10 May 1998
Friendship
FriendshipBy Sory Siregar If someone smiles and tears well up in his eyes, what is the meaning of the smile? It could be interpreted in many ways. But I have my own interpretation. The smile Yamani gave me was the product of sadness and joy.Yamani gave me a hug after his smile. We embraced tightly.
Sun, 10 May 1998
New trend on the move -- Going incognito
New trend on the move -- Going incognito JAKARTA (JP): The daily student demonstrations across the nation have inspired certain parties, including security forces and state employees, to hide their identities for different reasons.
Sun, 10 May 1998
Australian citizens briefed
Australian citizens briefed JAKARTA (JP): Australian Ambassador John McCarthy will brief Australian citizens here on the current political and economic situation in Indonesia.The briefings will be held on Tuesday and Wednesday in the theatrette of the Australian Embassy on Jl.
Sun, 10 May 1998
Different exchange rates
Different exchange rates How trustworthy is a bank which has different exchange rates for the same kind of Australian dollar traveler checks on the same day, during the same hour?I wanted to exchange A$900 at Bank Dagang Negara's (BDN) head office, but because of a bank policy this was impossible...
Sun, 10 May 1998
Two killed as protesters continue taking yo streets
Two killed as protesters continue taking yo streets JAKARTA (JP): Two men, including a police officer, were killed at rallies yesterday as anti-government protesters took to the streets again in many cities.
Sun, 10 May 1998
Military drill ended
Military drill ended WASHINGTON (Reuters): The United States military abruptly ended a small joint exercise in Indonesia Friday, saying it was concerned over anti-government demonstrations and ordered 17 elite U.S. special forces troops to leave the country.
Sun, 10 May 1998
Habibie clarifies ICMI's views
Habibie clarifies ICMI's views JAKARTA (JP): Vice President B.J. Habibie yesterday repudiated reports that the Association of Indonesian Moslem Intellectuals (ICMI) supported calls for an extraordinary session of the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) and a cabinet reshuffle, saying remarks by...
Sun, 10 May 1998
Germany aims foreign students
Germany aims foreign studentsBy Marieke van Heek JAKARTA (JP): Education for free? That must be paradise for students.This is the case in Germany, where a university education can be had for free -- an important reason for international students, including Indonesians, to study there.