Archive: 26 July 1998
30 articles found
Sun, 26 Jul 1998
What price for those 15 minutes of fame?
What price for those 15 minutes of fame? JAKARTA (JP): Each of us must carry a finite lifetime quotient of close encounters with the high and mighty.These are the fleeting moments when we get to bask in the heady glow -- or cringe in numbed embarrassment -- at the experience of rubbing shoulders...
Sun, 26 Jul 1998
The alternative hangout: Street cafes
The alternative hangout: Street cafes JAKARTA (JP): Cafes have long been a second office to executives. They provide a delightfully different atmosphere in which to hold business meetings.One evening a marketing executive was awaiting his associates in an alternative venue to his office, but this...
Sun, 26 Jul 1998
Women's shuttlers must work harder: Rudy
Women's shuttlers must work harder: Rudy JAKARTA (JP): Former champion Rudy Hartono called on the nation's female badminton players to work harder if they want to take over the mantle of Susi Susanti, who plans to retire after the 13th Asian Games in Bangkok in December.
Sun, 26 Jul 1998
Yogyakarta's sex workers start tightening their belt
Yogyakarta's sex workers start tightening their beltBy Gin Kurniawan YOGYAKARTA (JP): In their golden era, that sparkled until the middle of last year, sex workers in this city and its environs could regularly buy new clothes, cosmetics and related accessories.
Sun, 26 Jul 1998
Eddie Hara translates social realities into art
Eddie Hara translates social realities into artBy R. Fadjri YOGYAKARTA (JP): Eddie Hara, 40, is an artist of the 1980s generation. The tremendous economic development under the previous government gave birth to businesspeople who wallowed in such material prosperity they discovered the pleasure of...
Sun, 26 Jul 1998
Spotlight
SpotlightPhoto A: ExhibitionJP/obyIMAGES FROM MEXICO: Minister of Education and Culture Juwono Sudarsono (center) observes a photograph while Mexican envoy Sergio Ley-Lopez (right) talks with the curator of Antara Photo Gallery, Yudhi Soerjoatmodjo.
Sun, 26 Jul 1998
Indonesian dancer making big impact overseas
Indonesian dancer making big impact overseasBy Helly Minarti HAMBURG (JP): The stage was dimly lit -- with a line of ropes hanging down dramatically from dark ceilings. The audience was absorbed watching every step of a Caucasian dancer who explored the floor.
Sun, 26 Jul 1998
Reform for the people
Reform for the peopleFrom MerdekaI would like to give my opinion on Indonesia's economic and political development during these times of uncertainty, and on the people taking advantage of the reform movement.
Sun, 26 Jul 1998
No happy ending for local authors
No happy ending for local authorsBy Sunaryono Basuki Ks DENPASAR (JP): Carlos Baker, in his book Ernest Hemingway: A Life History (Penguin, 1972) writes about an old short story written by Hemingway, republished in a magazine and bought for US$5,000.
Sun, 26 Jul 1998
Guess What? Marina Mahathir
Guess What? Marina Mahathir Marina Mahathir flew into town last Sunday with her husband, Indonesian professional photographer, Tara Sosrowardoyo.The couple tied the knot on June 7 at Sri Perdana, the official residence of her prime minister father Mahathir Mohamad and were to enjoy their holiday...
Sun, 26 Jul 1998
Crisis prompts prostitution explosion
Crisis prompts prostitution explosion Suffering from the closure of many factories and businesses, indications have shown the entrance of numerous newcomers into the sex industry. But competition is tight.
Sun, 26 Jul 1998
Streets now home for C. Java hookers
Streets now home for C. Java hookersBy Haryoso SEMARANG (JP): The reform movement which has swept the country not only knocked the country's president from his perch of 32 years, it sparked a moral movement which is increasingly affecting the prostitution industry here.
Sun, 26 Jul 1998
Guess What? Christine Hakim
Guess What? Christine Hakim There is a suspiciously strange sort of chicken porridge sold at a food stall on Jl. Raden Patah, South Jakarta. It is called Bubur Ayam (chicken porridge) KKN. What does the delicious dish have to do with the daily mentioned sins of corruption, cronyism and nepotism?...
Sun, 26 Jul 1998
Unprecendented frankness marks two-day ASEAN meeting
Unprecendented frankness marks two-day ASEAN meeting MANILA (Reuters): The Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) yesterday ended a two-day meeting of foreign ministers marked by exchanges over whether to discuss previously taboo subjects like democracy and human rights.
Sun, 26 Jul 1998
Guess What? Ayu Utami
Guess What? Ayu Utami What happens when a new writer exits a bookstore in a mall and finds boys and girls begging for money to buy books? She is touched, of course, especially when she has just had her first novel published.
Sun, 26 Jul 1998
Top teams reach volleyball finals
Top teams reach volleyball finals JAKARTA (JP): Angel Bertha Kaize and Risma of National Team 1 defeated the West Nusa Tenggara pairing of Tri Siwi and Henny 15- 7 in the semifinal of the women's national beach volleyball championships at Senayan sports complex yesterday.
Sun, 26 Jul 1998
ASEAN vows to make region drug-free
ASEAN vows to make region drug-free MANILA (Agencies): Drug trafficking in Southeast Asia, already linked to crimes such as arms smuggling, could worsen and cause political and security threats in the region, officials said in an anti-drug accord signed yesterday.
Sun, 26 Jul 1998
Fragile
FragileBy Sartono Kusumaningrat At 6:30 in the evening, Mbolo and Sayem were busy counting Rp 100 coins, money they both earned from their hard work as, respectively, a parking man and a traveling vendor of jamu."How much did you get, Yem?""I have Rp 3,000, Mas. And you?""I've got Rp 3,200.
Sun, 26 Jul 1998
Utut suffers first defeat in Biel Masters c'ships
Utut suffers first defeat in Biel Masters c'ships JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia's leading Grand Master Utut Adianto suffered a defeat in the fifth round of the Biel Masters chess championships in Switzerland Friday at the hands of GM Zurab Sturua of Georgia.
Sun, 26 Jul 1998
Ginandjar laughs off rumor on reshuffle
Ginandjar laughs off rumor on reshuffle JAKARTA (JP): "I will not give up this seat, this is very valuable," said Coordinating Minister for Economy, Finance and Industry Ginandjar Kartasasmita with a big smile when he was asked to move from his seat by a protocol officer during a press conference...
Sun, 26 Jul 1998
Sex business hits record low in Medan
Sex business hits record low in MedanBy Efendy Naibaho MEDAN, North Sumatra (JP): Gone are the days when 700 men to 1,000 men descended each night on Sicanang island, near the Belawan International Seaport. Now, figures barely pass 300, and panderers and sex workers here are quite sad.
Sun, 26 Jul 1998
Riots and reform hammer flesh trade in Ujungpandang
Riots and reform hammer flesh trade in UjungpandangBy Hasanuddin Hamid UJUNGPANDANG, South Sulawesi (JP): Prostitution here has been on a downturn since September when the coastal town was hit by anti-Chinese rioting.
Sun, 26 Jul 1998
Tomang flyover streetwalkers in serious financial dilemma
Tomang flyover streetwalkers in serious financial dilemmaBy Yogita Tahil Ramani JAKARTA (JP): For years, the Tomang flyover in West Jakarta was a lonely place at night.Only one or two homeless people dared to spend the night in the shadow of the giant concrete piles of the toll road.
Sun, 26 Jul 1998
Street cafes, a lucrative business during the crisis
Street cafes, a lucrative business during the crisisBy Stevie Emilia JAKARTA (JP): Be warned about passing through Jl. Tirtayasa, South Jakarta, on weekends. You will find congestion mainly caused by people driving very slowly as they ogle the beautiful people and famous faces manning the sidewalk...
Sun, 26 Jul 1998
NGO tries to get sex workers to help themselves
NGO tries to get sex workers to help themselvesBy Ivy Susanti JAKARTA (JP): The oldest profession in the world will continue to exist as long as the demand prevails. however, low education has also added to the number of people offering their bodies for others' sexual pleasure to earn a living.
Sun, 26 Jul 1998
U.S. lawmakers ask for names of army suspects
U.S. lawmakers ask for names of army suspectsBy Yenni Djahidin WASHINGTON (JP): A panel from the U.S. House of Representatives has asked to be given the names of members of the Indonesian armed forces involved in the kidnapping and torture of political activists.
Sun, 26 Jul 1998
Surabaya's flesh trade slashes fees
Surabaya's flesh trade slashes feesBy Ainur R. Sophiaan SURABAYA (JP): The country's second-largest metropolis is maintaining its own slice of a certain lucrative business even as the crisis pinches daily household spending.
Sun, 26 Jul 1998
400 pedicab drivers run amok in West Jakarta
400 pedicab drivers run amok in West Jakarta JAKARTA (JP): Three shophouses and a motorcycle were torched and 12 cars badly damaged when 400 becak (pedicab) drivers attacked a district administration office in the Artha Senter business complex in West Jakarta Friday night.
Sun, 26 Jul 1998
Condom market shrinks
Condom market shrinks BANGKOK (DPA): Southeast Asia's economic meltdown is cutting into condom sales a news report said yesterday.Thailand's sex industry is expected to shrink 50 percent this year, as the country enters into a deeper-than-expected recession and consumer spending dries up, said Jon...
Sun, 26 Jul 1998
George fuels reform via the Net
George fuels reform via the Net JAKARTA (JP): From his teaching post in Australia, George Junus Aditjondro, sociologist and former lecturer of Satya Wacana University, is closely following developments in his country.