Archive: 30 September 1998
49 articles found
Wed, 30 Sep 1998, 00:00 WIB
President warns of looming national disintegration threat
President warns of looming national disintegration threat JAKARTA (JP): President B.J. Habibie called on seminar participants on Tuesday to help the government ward off the looming threat of national disintegration. The President said the country's economic chaos had weakened people's patriotism and damaged their trust in the government. He acknowledged that national unity was in danger of unraveling if the government failed to quickly strengthen the economy.
Wed, 30 Sep 1998, 00:00 WIB
Govt sets up team to revise history books
Govt sets up team to revise history books JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Education and Culture Juwono Sudarsono has called on the country's teachers to give students a balanced account of President Soeharto's resignation in May. On Monday, Juwono announced that the government has set up a team to improve the national curricula for elementary, junior and senior high schools in the country. On Tuesday he added that the ministry has set up a special team to revise history and civics textbooks.
Wed, 30 Sep 1998, 00:00 WIB
Lippo Bank hires PWC
Lippo Bank hires PWC JAKARTA (JP): Publicly listed Lippo Bank said on Tuesday it had appointed Price Waterhouse Coopers, an international consulting firm, to help refine the bank's comprehensive five- year strategic business plan. Company president Eddy Sindoro said the bank considered the strategy to be extremely important in the severe banking turmoil afflicting the country because only well-prepared banks will be able to survive.
Wed, 30 Sep 1998, 00:00 WIB
Court throws out Amex's claim against Ometraco
Court throws out Amex's claim against Ometraco JAKARTA (JP): The Jakarta Commercial Court dismissed on Tuesday the bankruptcy request filed by the Singapore branch of American Express Bank against publicly listed PT Ometraco Corporation. Presiding judge R. Joedijono said the request could not be accepted because the bank's charge against Ometraco overlapped with a previous claim against the same company. Amex, a unit of the American Express Corporation, filed the bankruptcy claim on Sept.
Wed, 30 Sep 1998, 00:00 WIB
Persistent harassment
Persistent harassment One can only be amazed at the lengths to which the government is prepared to go to in trying to demolish the Indonesian Democratic Party (PDI) led by Megawati Sukarnoputri. President B.J. Habibie is repeating the mistakes of his predecessor Soeharto with his persistent harassment of the PDI Perjuangan, as the Megawati camp is popularly called to distinguish it from the PDI executive board created by the government.
Wed, 30 Sep 1998, 00:00 WIB
Contraceptive stocks adequate
Contraceptive stocks adequate JAMBI: The government here has stocks of both injectable and oral pill contraceptives sufficient to last until April 1999, according to State Minister of Population/Head of the National Family Planning Coordinating Board (BKKBN) Ida Bagus Oka. "It is not true that stocks are running out, as reported in the media recently," the minister said here on Monday, Antara reported.
Wed, 30 Sep 1998, 00:00 WIB
Sheraton has five stars
Sheraton has five stars JAKARTA (JP): Sheraton Bandung Hotels and Towers announced on Tuesday that it recently received the five-star hotel certification along with several other hotels in West Java from the Ministry of Tourism, Art and Culture's West Java provincial office. The hotel said the certificate proved its continuing efforts to offer its guests the finest facilities and service in Bandung.
Wed, 30 Sep 1998, 00:00 WIB
Looting, intimidation haunt employees
Looting, intimidation haunt employees MEDAN, North Sumatra: Thousands of employees at an oil palm plantation in Kisaran, Asahan regency, in North Sumatra are living in fear of looters who have been terrorizing them, Antara reported on Tuesday. The director of PT Bakrie Sumatera Plantations, Sugiarto, told a delegation from the provincial legislature last week that the looters had burned or stolen motorcycles and livestock belonging to the employees.
Wed, 30 Sep 1998, 00:00 WIB
Four die in Pontianak officers' clash
Four die in Pontianak officers' clash JAKARTA (JP): Four people died and a dozen others were severely injured on Tuesday when a brawl between members of an Army cavalry unit and the police's elite Mobile Brigade in the West Kalimantan capital of Pontianak turned into a shooting spree. In a joint media conference later in the day, Pontianak military chief Col. Encip Kadarusman and police chief Col. Darsono said an investigation into the case had begun.
Wed, 30 Sep 1998, 00:00 WIB
Govt considering taking Argentina to WTO panel
Govt considering taking Argentina to WTO panel JAKARTA (JP): The government is considering taking Argentina to a World Trade Organization (WTO) panel for "unjustifiably" imposing high import tariffs on Indonesian footwear, a minister has said. Minister of Industry and Trade Rahardi Ramelan said on Tuesday the government would take the Argentinean government to the WTO court if it did not remove the trade barriers.
Wed, 30 Sep 1998, 00:00 WIB
Tennis body to select team for Asia Games
Tennis body to select team for Asia Games JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesian Tennis Association announced on Tuesday it would select two players to accompany Yayuk Basuki and Wynne Prakusya to the 13th Asian Games in December.
Wed, 30 Sep 1998, 00:00 WIB
New boss at Perhutani
New boss at Perhutani JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Forestry and Plantations Muslimin Nasution installed A. Fattah DS on Tuesday as the new president of state-owned forestry company Perum Perhutani. Fattah, a longtime insider in the ministry, previously served as president of another state timber firm, PT Inhutani I, which manages forests in East Kalimantan, South Sulawesi and Maluku. He assumes Perum Perhutani's helm after it was left vacant by Harnanto H.
Wed, 30 Sep 1998, 00:00 WIB
Bus owners threaten to halt operations
Bus owners threaten to halt operations JAKARTA (JP): Public transportation owners on Tuesday threatened to stop operating and hand over the transportation business in the capital to the government if the latter is unable to help lower the skyrocketing prices of spare parts.
Wed, 30 Sep 1998, 00:00 WIB
Malaysia's Anwar says police beat him on arrest
Malaysia's Anwar says police beat him on arrest KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters): Sacked cabinet minister Anwar Ibrahim on Tuesday pleaded not guilty to corruption and sodomy and said Malaysian police beat him unconscious after he was arrested. Anwar, in his first public appearance since being arrested on Sept. 20, was indicted in the Kuala Lumpur Sessions Court on five counts of corruption and four of sodomy. One eye swollen, the former deputy prime minister who was sacked from the cabinet on Sept.
Wed, 30 Sep 1998, 00:00 WIB
Aspac, Siliwangi to open Kobatama
Aspac, Siliwangi to open Kobatama BANDUNG (JP): A match between former champion Aspac of Jakarta and home favorite Siliwangi will kick off the new season for the Kobatama national basketball league in the Pajajaran Sports Hall here on Wednesday. The two clubs will join Ades Satria Muda, Pelita Bakrie and IM Texmaco in the four-day tournament, which serves as one of the league's two opening legs. The other leg will be played in Surakarta, Central Java, from Oct. 21 to Oct. 25.
Wed, 30 Sep 1998, 00:00 WIB
TV Program: Wednesday, Sept. 30, 1998
TV Program: Wednesday, Sept. 30, 1998 TVRI 2:00 p.m. News: Berita 14 2:30 Music 2:35 Children's Film: Thunder Cats 3:05 TV Series: Daktari 4:00 Regional News 4:30 Teen Program: Remaja Indonesia 5:00 Science and Technology 5:30 Documentary Film 6:05 Science World 6:15 Sports 6:30 TVRI News (in English) 7:00 Evening News 7:35 TV Drama 8:00 News: Lintasan Berita 8:05 TV Drama 9:00 World News 9:30 Film: Bukan Sekedar Kenangan 11:00 Late News Program 2 4:30 p.m.
Wed, 30 Sep 1998, 00:00 WIB
Quake leaves hundreds homeless on three islands
Quake leaves hundreds homeless on three islands SURABAYA (JP): Earthquakes hit Java, West Nusa Tenggara and Bali on Monday night and early Tuesday, killing one person and destroying hundreds of homes. The first quake, measuring 6.4 on the Richter scale, occurred on Monday at 8:34 p.m. and was felt mainly in East Java. Residents in Central Java, Sumbawa and Bali felt the tremor as well, with some people in Bali reportedly panicking, according to Antara.
Wed, 30 Sep 1998, 00:00 WIB
Man caught with fake insecticide stash
Man caught with fake insecticide stash JAKARTA (JP): Police arrested a 22-year-old man late Monday for allegedly manufacturing fake insecticide for sale to the public under famous brand names, an officer said. Head of the economic crimes unit Lt. Col. Saut Usman Nasution said on Tuesday that Heng Kui, alias Anen, was apprehended at a house on Jl. Serdang in Kemayoran, Central Jakarta. Police confiscated 32 boxes of insecticide fluid bottles bearing the brand names Baygon and Hit.
Wed, 30 Sep 1998, 00:00 WIB
SE Asian monies sustain upward trend to U.S. dollar
SE Asian monies sustain upward trend to U.S. dollar SINGAPORE (Dow Jones): Southeast Asian currencies sustained their recent upward trend against the U.S. dollar through Asian trading hours on Tuesday, as position unwinding and expectations of a cut in U.S. interest rates further undermined pro-dollar sentiment. The Singapore dollar gained the most ground, with the U.S. currency dropping steeply at one point, to fall below S$1.6800 for the first time in over two months.
Wed, 30 Sep 1998, 00:00 WIB
RI 'may become' a major suppliers of shoes to U.S.
RI 'may become' a major suppliers of shoes to U.S. JAKARTA (JP): An association of American retailers and distributors of footwear said on Tuesday that Indonesia has the potential to become a major supplier of shoes to the United States. The president of the Footwear Distributors and Retailers of America (FDRA), Peter T. Mangione, said the sharp depreciation of the rupiah against the U.S. dollar had made shoes manufactured in Indonesia much more competitive.
Wed, 30 Sep 1998, 00:00 WIB
Kuntoro favors ending lubricant monopoly
Kuntoro favors ending lubricant monopoly JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Mines and Energy Kuntoro Mangkusubroto said on Tuesday he was considering scrapping state oil and gas company Pertamina's monopoly to produce, import and distribute oil-based lubricants. "I am already in line with the idea," Kuntoro said.
Wed, 30 Sep 1998, 00:00 WIB
Stock Exchange
Stock Exchange Stock prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (in rupiah) on Sept.29, 1998: ------------------------------------------------------ Shares Close Change Trading Volume ------------------------------------------------------ Ades Alfindo 325 0 0 AHAP Insurance 400 0 0 Alter Abadi 200 25 372,000 Alumindo Light Metal 250 50 1,450,500 Alumindo Perkasa 225 0 0 Aneka Kimia Raya 125 -25 38,000 Aneka Tambang 1,225 -25 2,473,000 Anwar Sierad 100 0 12,500 Apac Centertex Corp.
Wed, 30 Sep 1998, 00:00 WIB
Jakarta financial market extends gains on U.S. rate cut hopes
Jakarta financial market extends gains on U.S. rate cut hopes JAKARTA (JP): The rupiah gained ground on Tuesday, closing slightly firmer at 10,725 against the U.S. dollar, thanks to market expectations of a U.S. interest-rate cut. Stock prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (JSX) followed suit, closing one point stronger at 276.00 after investors started to pick up undervalued stocks, stock analysts said.
Wed, 30 Sep 1998, 00:00 WIB
Governor to meet two warring groups
Governor to meet two warring groups JAKARTA (JP): Governor Sutiyoso said on Tuesday that he intends to summon community leaders from Menteng Jaya subdistrict in Central Jakarta and Manggarai subdistrict in South Jakarta to discuss the never-ending brawls between residents of the two areas. "I've trusted the respective mayors to settle the matter, but maybe it is not enough and I should solve the problem myself. I should admit that the problem shows that our public education has failed.
Wed, 30 Sep 1998, 00:00 WIB
Conversion Rates
Conversion Rates JAKARTA (JP): Bank Bali's conversion rates on Sept. 29, 1998: TT rates Bank notes rates ------------------------------------------ Buying Selling Buying Selling Rp Rp Rp Rp U.S dollar 1 10,575.00 10,775.00 10,575.00 10,825.00 Austrian schilling 1 863.30 933.30 - - Australian dollar 1 6,182.75 6,442.75 6,095.00 6,495.00 Belgian franc 1 289.95 314.95 - - Brunei dollar 1 - - 6,075.00 6,425.00 Canadian dollar 1 6,875.70 7,155.70 6,800.00 7,350.00 Swiss franc 1 7,495.10 7,775.10...
Wed, 30 Sep 1998, 00:00 WIB
Tangerang council elects new mayor
Tangerang council elects new mayor JAKARTA (JP): Tangerang's mayoralty council chose the township's secretary as its new mayor in elections on Tuesday safeguarded by as many as 300 security personnel. Mayoralty Secretary Mochammad Thamrin garnered 19 of the 45 available votes during a plenary council session attended by outgoing mayor Djakaria Machmud.
Wed, 30 Sep 1998, 00:00 WIB
Govt funds bank recapitalization
Govt funds bank recapitalization JAKARTA (JP): Domestic commercial banks with capital adequacy ratios (CAR) of between minus 25 percent and plus 4 percent will have to participate a recapitalization program in which the government will provide up to 80 percent of the required funds, Bank Indonesia Governor Sjahril Sabirin said on Tuesday. Sjahril told reporters the recapitalization program would be based on the results of the due diligence audits currently being conducted on all banks.
Wed, 30 Sep 1998, 00:00 WIB
Japan set to propose SE Asia initiative
Japan set to propose SE Asia initiative TOKYO (Reuters): Japan is set to propose a fresh plan to ease the pain being suffered by Southeast Asian nations, while suggesting ways to control the rapid short-term capital flows that have devastated emerging market economies, government officials and analysts said on Tuesday. Tokyo's new initiative to support Southeast Asia is expected to be announced at next week's annual meeting of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF) in Washington.
Wed, 30 Sep 1998, 00:00 WIB
PAL, Nuovo, Total in deal
PAL, Nuovo, Total in deal JAKARTA (JP): State shipbuilder PT PAL Indonesia, in cooperation with GE Nuovo Pignone, part of General Electric Power Systems division, has won a contract to supply compression modules to oil and gas producer Total Indonesie.
Wed, 30 Sep 1998, 00:00 WIB
Suspect's lawyer to disclose more names in rice scandal
Suspect's lawyer to disclose more names in rice scandal JAKARTA (JP): R. Rambe, one of the team of lawyers of Ahmad Zawawi, currently the sole suspect in the illegal rice distribution in the capital, said on Tuesday that he was ready to disclose other officials involved in the illegal practices.
Wed, 30 Sep 1998, 00:00 WIB
Govt to file new freedom of expression bill
Govt to file new freedom of expression bill JAKARTA (JP): The government plans to submit a second bill seeking to regulate freedom of expression after withdrawing the first one on Tuesday amid signs that the legislation would not have passed the House of Representatives' scrutiny. Minister of Justice Muladi said the government intended to submit the new bill as soon as possible and hoped the House would begin its first reading on Friday.
Wed, 30 Sep 1998, 00:00 WIB
Taufik, Susanto warm up in Bali
Taufik, Susanto warm up in Bali JAKARTA (JP): Taufik Halai and Susanto Megaranto will compete in the Bali Jeff Open chess tournament later this week to hone their skills prior to the junior world chess championship. While on the island of paradise, the two teenagers will take on the country's top players, who are more than 15 years their senior. The pack of chess wizards include former national number ones Grand Master Ardiansyah and Grand Master Edhi Handoko.
Wed, 30 Sep 1998, 00:00 WIB
Asian Games'98 to field a record 43 national teams
Asian Games'98 to field a record 43 national teams JAKARTA (Agencies): Despite Asia's economic crisis, the 13th Asian Games will live up to its billing as the last great sports festival of the century as all 43 members of the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) will be participating in the event to be held in Bangkok from Dec. 6 to Dec. 20.
Wed, 30 Sep 1998, 00:00 WIB
INRO sees progress at October talks
INRO sees progress at October talks SINGAPORE (Reuters): The International Natural Rubber Organization (INRO) expects to make progress by the end of October on healing a rift that threatens to scupper the accord, a top INRO official said on Tuesday. "We hope by the end of October to make some progress," Deputy Executive Director Gerard Loyen told Reuters in an interview.
Wed, 30 Sep 1998, 00:00 WIB
BDF expands plant
BDF expands plant JAKARTA (JP): The ministry of health's director general of drug and food control, Sampurno, inaugurated on Monday the expansion of factory and warehouse facilities of pharmaceutical, medical devices and cosmetic producer PT Beiersdorf Indonesia (BDF) in Singosari, Malang, East Java.
Wed, 30 Sep 1998, 00:00 WIB
Disable workers ask government to save workshop
Disable workers ask government to save workshop JAKARTA (JP): Employees of Swa Prasidya Purna industrial workshop for the handicapped have urged the government to help them continue to run their business, which has been closed down by its operator.
Wed, 30 Sep 1998, 00:00 WIB
Govt says Megawati must guarantee security and order
Govt says Megawati must guarantee security and order JAKARTA (JP): The government is allowing Megawati Soekarnoputri to continue with plans to hold a congress of her Indonesian Democratic Party (PDI) faction in Bali as long as she can guarantee security and order on the popular tourist island. Minister of Defense and Security/Armed Forces (ABRI) Commander Gen. Wiranto, Minister of Justice Muladi and National Police Chief Lt. Gen.
Wed, 30 Sep 1998, 00:00 WIB
Asia's silence on Anwar arrest a concern: Groups
Asia's silence on Anwar arrest a concern: Groups TOKYO (AFP): Malaysia's treatment of ousted deputy premier Anwar Ibrahim, who appeared in court on Tuesday bruised and complaining of a severe police beating, has raised little protest in Asia. Human rights groups said the Asian reaction to Anwar's arrest under national security laws which allow for detention without trial was a worrying reflection of its lack of concern. Anwar was arrested Sept.
Wed, 30 Sep 1998, 00:00 WIB
Hopping mad hunters stay up all night in Purwokerto
Hopping mad hunters stay up all night in Purwokerto By Agus Maryono and Ngudi Utomo PURWOKERTO, Central Java (JP): Frog's legs are a speciality served in certain restaurants only. Some people may be averse to the idea of eating frogs. But those addicted to frog meat say that there is nothing to compare with a plate of the amphibian's legs. Apart from its delicate texture, frog meat is said to have curative power for skin diseases, rheumatism and even to have aphrodisiac qualities.
Wed, 30 Sep 1998, 00:00 WIB
Political moves key to economic cure
Political moves key to economic cure By Sofyan Wanandi The following article is based on a paper presented at the "Indonesia Update 1998" Conference in Melbourne from Sept. 25 to Sept. 26, 1998. This is the first of two articles. MELBOURNE: To many Indonesians, and the so-called reformists in particular, the country has not yet entered the post-Soeharto era. The transition government under President Habibie is seen as just a continuation of the Soeharto regime without Soeharto.
Wed, 30 Sep 1998, 00:00 WIB
RI eyes Asiad volleyball quarters berth
RI eyes Asiad volleyball quarters berth JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia expects to go no further than the quarterfinals in the Asian Games men's volleyball competition due to a tough draw, national team training director Suharsono said on Tuesday. The draw conducted last week put Indonesia in Group B along with defending champion China, Qatar and Mongolia.
Wed, 30 Sep 1998, 00:00 WIB
KIPP plans to monitor next year's elections
KIPP plans to monitor next year's elections JAKARTA (JP): The Independent Election Monitoring Committee (KIPP), which reported numerous violations in the 1997 elections, has started planning to watch over the upcoming election scheduled for May 1999. KIPP coordinator Mulyana W. Kusumah told a conference on election monitoring on Tuesday of the committee's preparations.
Wed, 30 Sep 1998, 00:00 WIB
Habibie summons aides over office decoration
Habibie summons aides over office decoration JAKARTA (JP): President B.J. Habibie summoned on Tuesday two cabinet ministers, the chairman of the National Institute of Sciences (LIPI) Sofjan Tsauri, and three cultural experts to assist him in the construction of his new office at Merdeka Palace.
Wed, 30 Sep 1998, 00:00 WIB
Fire destroys hundreds of artworks in Bandung
Fire destroys hundreds of artworks in Bandung BANDUNG (JP): Fire destroyed an art gallery on a main downtown street early Tuesday, reportedly incinerating hundreds of works by famous artists, including at least one piece by the late Affandi. In addition to the damage to Galeri Braga at Jl. Braga 68, Antara news agency said a neighboring furniture store was also razed.
Wed, 30 Sep 1998, 00:00 WIB
Spotlight
Spotlight Photo A: Korean Korindo STUDENT SCHOLARSHIPS: Korindo chairman Seung Eun Ho (right) greets University of Indonesia rector Asman Boedisantoso at a presentation ceremony for scholarships to 110 first-year students unable to pay their tuition due to the crisis. The Rp 264 million donation, contributed by 102 businesspeople grouped in the Korean business association, will aid their studies for one year.
Wed, 30 Sep 1998, 00:00 WIB
Sergeant gives up for shooting
Sergeant gives up for shooting JAKARTA (JP): A serviceman, who allegedly shot to death a public bus crew during a clash on Saturday, has given himself up to the City Military Police for further investigation, an officer said. Strictly hiding the identities and the serviceman's unit, Jakarta Military Police Commander Col. Hendardji only identified the suspect as First Sgt. D. S. "First Sgt. D. S.
Wed, 30 Sep 1998, 00:00 WIB
SBI interest policy 'costly, less effective'
SBI interest policy 'costly, less effective' JAKARTA (JP): Bank Indonesia's policy of offering high interest rates for its SBI promissory notes was costly and could not be sustained for a longer period, an economist at state-owned investment firm PT Danareksa Sekuritas said on Tuesday. Raden Pardede said that open market operation by selling SBIs at high rates could not continue forever because the capacity to bear the burden was not unlimited.
Wed, 30 Sep 1998, 00:00 WIB
Suggestion for PEPABRI
Suggestion for PEPABRI From Media Indonesia It won't sound strange to hear in this reform era a statement to the effect that the big family of the Armed Forces (ABRI) will continue to channel their aspirations through the Functional Group (Golkar). It is only natural for such a statement to be made, although it smacks of the dual function of the armed forces. Isn't ABRI one of the forces that have given birth to Golkar?
Wed, 30 Sep 1998, 00:00 WIB
Cemex wins bid to buy stake in Semen Gresik
Cemex wins bid to buy stake in Semen Gresik JAKARTA (JP): Mexico's Cemex SA has finally won the second round bidding for a 14 percent government stake in publicly listed cement producer PT Semen Gresik, a senior official confirmed on Tuesday. Sofyan Djalil, the deputy of the State Minister for the Empowerment of State Enterprises, said the Mexican cement company had automatically won the tender because no other bidders submitted new offers to top its bid by Monday.