Archive: 13 April 1999
47 articles found
Tue, 13 Apr 1999, 00:00 WIB
Astra hopes to reach debt agreement later this month
Astra hopes to reach debt agreement later this month JAKARTA (JP): PT Astra International said on Monday evening that it hoped to clinch a deal with its creditors by end of April to restructure its US$1 billion debt. Astra president Rini M.S. Soewandi told journalists here that the creditors committee could accept the company's final proposal on debt restructuring. "The creditors committee has been comfortable with our final proposal. So, they can accept it.
Tue, 13 Apr 1999, 00:00 WIB
PRD chief hospitalized after hunger strike
PRD chief hospitalized after hunger strike JAKARTA (JP): Jailed leader of the Democratic People's Party (PRD) Budiman Sudjatmiko was rushed to hospital on Monday after a seven-day hunger strike, his lawyer said. Yan Rino Sibuea of the Indonesian Legal Aid and Human Rights Association (PBHI) told The Jakarta Post that he took Budiman at about noon from the Cipinang Prison to the Police Hospital in Kramat Jati, East Jakarta.
Tue, 13 Apr 1999, 00:00 WIB
Ginadjar to seek aid of envoy over graft reports
Ginadjar to seek aid of envoy over graft reports JAKARTA (JP): Coordinating Minister for Economy, Finance and Industry Ginandjar Kartasasmita said he planned to ask the Japanese government to investigate corruption reports involving Japanese companies. Ginandjar said he would send a letter to Japanese Ambassador to Indonesia Takao Kawakami concerning press reports that a number of Japanese contractor firms had bribed Indonesian government officials.
Tue, 13 Apr 1999, 00:00 WIB
Diarrhea kills one in Kupang
Diarrhea kills one in Kupang MAUMERE, East Nusa Tenggara: Diarrhea has affected 69 people in Takari village, near the provincial capital of Kupang, in the past month. One of them has died. Head of the Kupang health office Herman Man told The Jakarta Post on Monday the fatal victim was aged 72. To prevent more people from being affected by the condition, the health office has formed a medical team under the authority of the Kupang district chief.
Tue, 13 Apr 1999, 00:00 WIB
Tommy in court on graft charge
Tommy in court on graft charge JAKARTA (JP): The youngest son of former president Soeharto, Hutomo "Tommy" Mandala Putra, was indicted at the South Jakarta District Court on Monday for his alleged involvement in a land scam which caused the state Rp 95.4 billion (US$10.9 million) in losses.
Tue, 13 Apr 1999, 00:00 WIB
11 poll monitors register with accreditation body
11 poll monitors register with accreditation body JAKARTA (JP): Eleven local election monitoring bodies registered with the accreditation committee of the General Elections Commission (KPU) on Monday. The KPU will take three days to check that the monitoring bodies fulfilled administrative requirements before licensing them to conduct election monitoring activities.
Tue, 13 Apr 1999, 00:00 WIB
Anwar verdict will help shape Malaysia's political destiny
Anwar verdict will help shape Malaysia's political destiny By Nelson Graves KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters): A Malaysian judge delivers the verdict this week in the corruption trial of sacked finance minister Anwar Ibrahim with a ruling that will help shape the nation's political destiny. High Court Judge Augustine Paul decides on Wednesday whether Anwar is guilty or innocent of four corruption charges, each carrying a maximum penalty of 14 years in jail and a 20,000 ringgit (US$5,000) fine.
Tue, 13 Apr 1999, 00:00 WIB
2.65 million Jakarta voters register for general election
2.65 million Jakarta voters register for general election JAKARTA (JP): The city has recorded 2.65 million people registrants, or about 46 percent of total eligible voters, as of Monday afternoon, chairman of the Jakarta Provincial Elections Committee (PPD I) Djafar Badjeber said. The number of registered voters for the June 7 general election was expected to increase by midnight on Monday, the final day of the eight-day voluntary registration period.
Tue, 13 Apr 1999, 00:00 WIB
KL airport suffers blackout
KL airport suffers blackout KUALA LUMPUR (AP): A computer failure at Malaysia's new international airport over the weekend caused an hour long blackout, delayed international flights and stalled escalators, forcing travelers to lug bags five flights of stairs to departure gates, according to news reports on Monday.
Tue, 13 Apr 1999, 00:00 WIB
Seven alleged robbers arrested
Seven alleged robbers arrested JAKARTA (JP): Police arrested seven men because they were believed to be members of an armed robbers group in the Prumpung red-light district in East Jakarta on Saturday, an official said. City police detectives unit chief Col. Alex Bambang Riatmodjo said on Monday that the seven were arrested at about 1 p.m. after on-duty detectives became suspicious of an overloaded taxi on Jl. Ahmad Yani.
Tue, 13 Apr 1999, 00:00 WIB
Thai PM seeks end to border violence
Thai PM seeks end to border violence BANGKOK (AP): Thailand's Prime Minister Chuan Leekpai is calling on Myanmar's military government to cooperate in trying to end violence and illegal activities along their common border, The Nation newspaper reported on Monday. Chuan raised the border problems with Gen. Than Shwe, the leader of Myanmar's government, when he visited Thailand last month, and the Myanmar general pledged cooperation.
Tue, 13 Apr 1999, 00:00 WIB
Intergovernmental fiscal relations bill under fire
Intergovernmental fiscal relations bill under fire JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesian Economists Association (ISEI) urged on Monday the House of Representatives to cancel debates on the intergovernmental fiscal relations and local government bills, contending the draft legislation were so flawed they would contribute nothing to the improvement of regional autonomy.
Tue, 13 Apr 1999, 00:00 WIB
Foreign firms to reaudit nine private banks
Foreign firms to reaudit nine private banks JAKARTA (JP): The government has hired four international accountant firms to reaudit the nine private banks joining the state-sponsored bank recapitalization program due to concerns of possible deterioration in the banks' capital conditions.
Tue, 13 Apr 1999, 00:00 WIB
Voting facilities for the blind unprepared
Voting facilities for the blind unprepared JAKARTA (JP): Members of the Committee of Indonesian Advocates for the Disabled (Kapci) questioned on Monday the city's readiness to provide voting facilities for the blind. Five people, three of them physically disabled, met with Djafar Badjeber, a chairman of the Provincial Elections Committee (PPD I), to ask for an explanation on how PPD I was going to deal with this dilemma for the June 7 general election in the capital.
Tue, 13 Apr 1999, 00:00 WIB
Where to go in Bandung:
Where to go in Bandung: Exhibition * Fine Arts Exhibition: Wearable, at Galeripadi Jl. Ir. H. Juanda 329 (Phone: 022 2500578/2504229), until April 30. Performances * Puppet Show, at Gedung Kesenian Rumentang Siang, Jl. Baranang Siang 1, Kosambi (Phone: 022 433562), 9:30 p.m., April 17. * Sundanese Drama, Gentra Padjajaran, in Gedung Kesenian Rumentang Siang, 8 p.m., April 24. * Sundanese Music, Pasanggiri Kawi Sunda, in Gedung Kesenian Rumentang Siang, 10 a.m., April 26.
Tue, 13 Apr 1999, 00:00 WIB
HK's First Pacific says Indofood deal in doubt
HK's First Pacific says Indofood deal in doubt HONG KONG (Dow Jones): Conglomerate First Pacific Co. warned on Monday that its plan to acquire 30 percent of Indonesia's largest food producer, PT Indofood Sukses Makmur (PT ISM) for US$285 million may not go through because some conditions of the deal haven't been met.
Tue, 13 Apr 1999, 00:00 WIB
JAL doubles RI flights despite security concerns
JAL doubles RI flights despite security concerns JAKARTA (JP): Japan Airlines (JAL) is doubling its flights to Indonesia despite growing concern over security in the country. Starting April 1, JAL will fly 14 times a week to Indonesia, a marked increase over its current seven flights a week to the country. JAL currently operates a daily Osaka-Denpasar-Jakarta-Osaka route served by DC-10 aircraft, in addition to a daily Narita- Jakarta-Denpasar route served by B747 aircraft.
Tue, 13 Apr 1999, 00:00 WIB
McDermott tipped for Natuna pipeline plan
McDermott tipped for Natuna pipeline plan JAKARTA (JP): The West Natuna gas consortium has recommended that PT McDermott Indonesia construct the 650-kilometer underwater pipeline to channel natural gas from west of the Natuna islands to Singapore, a source said on Monday. A official of state oil and gas company Pertamina who insisted on anonymity said the consortium named the Indonesian unit of American contractor McDermott Corp. the winner of the tender in a letter sent to Pertamina on Monday.
Tue, 13 Apr 1999, 00:00 WIB
Anwar Ibrahim faces political wilderness
Anwar Ibrahim faces political wilderness By K. Baranee Krishnaan KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters): Guilty or innocent, Malaysia's ousted finance minister Anwar Ibrahim faces prolonged political exile after his corruption trial ends this week. Even if High Court Judge Augustine Paul acquits Anwar on Wednesday of the four corruption charges at hand, his lawyers say he will not walk free as a fifth corruption count and five sodomy charges still hang over his head.
Tue, 13 Apr 1999, 00:00 WIB
Rachmadi elected Percasi chairman
Rachmadi elected Percasi chairman JAKARTA (JP): Businessman Bambang Rachmadi was chosen by acclamation as chairman of the Indonesian Chess Federation (Percasi) on Sunday. The federation's plenary meeting, begun on Saturday, chose Rachmadi to lead Percasi in the 1999-2003 period. He succeeds Minister/State Secretary Akbar Tandjung. Akbar is also chairman of the Golkar party. Rachmadi is currently president of the McDonald's fast food franchise.
Tue, 13 Apr 1999, 00:00 WIB
RI should return to fixed exchange rate
RI should return to fixed exchange rate Indonesia's monetary crisis, which has led to a combination of stagnancy in economic growth and high inflation (stagflation), is still dragging on in spite of an over US$40-billion bailout package from the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Economist Kwik Kian Gie proposes a solution to the crisis. JAKARTA (JP): The stagflation has been going on for 21 months now, and several parties want to see it ended to allow the economy to recover.
Tue, 13 Apr 1999, 00:00 WIB
RI organic fertilizers to Malaysia
RI organic fertilizers to Malaysia Fertilizer company PT Rajawali Phara Jaya shipped on Monday the first export of 300 tons of organic fertilizers under the brand of Rajawali Fertilizer to neighboring Malaysia. Company president Denny Pondaag, said overseas market was more promising to sell organic fertilizers due to farmers' improved awareness about the need for a clean environment.
Tue, 13 Apr 1999, 00:00 WIB
Stock Exchange
Stock Exchange Stock prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (in rupiah) on April 12, 1999: Shares Close Change Trading Volume --------------------------------------------------------- Ades Alfindo 400 0 174,500 AHAP Insurance 400 0 0 Alakasa Industrindo 75 0 0 Alter Abadi 225 25 10,000 Alumindo Light Metal 400 0 221,500 Aneka Kimia Raya 125 0 0 Aneka Tambang (Persero) 1,475 0 5,576,500 Anwar Sierad 50 0 150,000 APAC Centertex Corp.
Tue, 13 Apr 1999, 00:00 WIB
Press freedom vital in 'overcoming woes'
Press freedom vital in 'overcoming woes' JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia cannot do much in battling the corruption, collusion and nepotism which has devastated the nation and sapped its resources unless press freedom and transparency are maintained, a top official said on Monday. Minister/State Secretary Akbar Tandjung said the government's removal of almost all the bridles imposed on the press by former president Soeharto's regime was recognition of the importance of freedom of the press.
Tue, 13 Apr 1999, 00:00 WIB
Reward offered for finding survivor
Reward offered for finding survivor SAMARINDA, East Kalimantan: The Unocal Indonesia Company announced it was providing a reward of Rp 500,000 for anyone finding Munadi, the remaining victim of a helicopter crash on April 3. Bodies of the other five victims of the accident in the waters of Tanjungsantan, Kutai regency, have been found. Unocal's spokesman Syamsulistio said the planned five-day search for Munadi began on Friday, Antara reported on Sunday.
Tue, 13 Apr 1999, 00:00 WIB
Mahathir out of hospital
Mahathir out of hospital KUALA LUMPUR (AFP): Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad has been discharged from hospital and will rest at home for a few days, officials said on Monday. "The prime minister has been discharged. He will be resting at home for a few days," an official at the National Heart Institute said. Mahathir, 73, was hospitalized at the National Heart Institute on April 2 with a lung infection, two days after he returned from his pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia to perform the haj.
Tue, 13 Apr 1999, 00:00 WIB
Golkar plans to go on with Central Java event
Golkar plans to go on with Central Java event SEMARANG (JP): Despite growing calls for postponement of Golkar events due to the fear of disturbances, the party is putting off by only one day the planned visit of its chairman Akbar Tandjung to Central Java. Akbar is scheduled to meet party cadres at Sriwedari stadium in Surakarta on Sunday. Party executives said the meeting was rescheduled because Saturday is the Islamic New Year.
Tue, 13 Apr 1999, 00:00 WIB
PAN likely to dominate June general election
PAN likely to dominate June general election This is the second of two articles on potential results of the coming general election prepared by Lance Castles, an Australian scholar and visiting lecturer of political sciences at Gadjah Mada University, Yogyakarta. YOGYAKARTA (JP): Amien Rais of the National Mandate Party (PAN) is becoming increasingly popular among eligible voters as we approach the general election on June 7.
Tue, 13 Apr 1999, 00:00 WIB
Riau NGO sues Habibie
Riau NGO sues Habibie JAKARTA (JP): A Riau non-governmental organization went to court on Monday, demanding that President B.J. Habibie and the government pay US$23 billion compensation for 46 years of oil exploitation in the Sumatran province. A lawyer of the Institute of Riau Cultural Studies, Kapitra Ampera, told the Pekanbaru District Court that his client decided to sue Habibie after he broke his promise to return 10 percent of oil revenue the province contributed to the state budget.
Tue, 13 Apr 1999, 00:00 WIB
Ghalib installed as wrestling body chief
Ghalib installed as wrestling body chief JAKARTA (JP): Attorney General Andi Muhammad Ghalib was installed as chairman of the Indonesian Wrestling Association (PGSI) for the 1999 to 2003 term in a ceremony led by National Sports Council (KONI) chairman Wismoyo Arismunandar on Monday. Ghalib, 52, said after the ceremony he would develop the training program for wrestlers and improve PGSI's official performance.
Tue, 13 Apr 1999, 00:00 WIB
Cooperatives leave farmers unpaid
Cooperatives leave farmers unpaid SURABAYA: Hundreds of farmers in the East Java regency of Jombang have complained they have not been paid for rice sold to local cooperatives, Antara reported on Monday. One of the farmers, Munif, said local farmers delivered several tons of rice worth Rp 500 million (US$57,500) about two weeks ago. But the cooperatives had not paid for the delivery, citing delayed disbursement of funds from state bank BRI and the National Logistics Agency (Bulog).
Tue, 13 Apr 1999, 00:00 WIB
DBS sells Indonesian stake
DBS sells Indonesian stake SINGAPORE (Dow Jones): Keppel TatLee Bank Ltd. said Monday it will sell its 20 percent stake in PT DBS Securities Indonesia to DBS Securities Holding Pte. Ltd. The 20 percent stake will be sold for Rp 6.85 billion (US$830,000), the bank said. The stake is currently held by Tat Lee Securities Holdings Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Singapore bank. After the sale is complete, DBS Securities Indonesia will cease to exist as a associate company in accounting terms.
Tue, 13 Apr 1999, 00:00 WIB
Envoy tips scholar for president
Envoy tips scholar for president JAKARTA (JP): Is the United States tipping Muslim scholar Nurcholish Madjid to become Indonesia's next president? Perhaps not, but U.S. Ambassador Stapleton J. Roy has at least recognized that Nurcholish has the potential to lead the country. "The esteemed would-be president, Nurcholish Madjid," Roy quipped in a speech when he presented several translated American books to the National Library on Monday.
Tue, 13 Apr 1999, 00:00 WIB
100,000 pirated VCDs, CDs and DVDs seized
100,000 pirated VCDs, CDs and DVDs seized JAKARTA (JP): City police seized more than 100,000 pirated video compact discs, audio compact discs and digital video discs from three audio cassette shops in Mangga Dua shopping center, Central Jakarta, on Saturday, an official said. Chief of the city police detectives unit Col. Alex Bambang Riatmodjo said on Monday the pirated discs were estimated to have a street value of about Rp 2 billion.
Tue, 13 Apr 1999, 00:00 WIB
Bapepam keeps hands off JSX-SSX merger plan
Bapepam keeps hands off JSX-SSX merger plan JAKARTA (JP): Capital Market Supervisory Agency (Bapepam) officials are keeping their hands off plans to merge the Jakarta and Surabaya stock exchanges. Head of Bapepam's legal bureau I. Nyoman Tjager said on Monday that the question of whether Indonesia should have just one bourse instead of the current two, for efficiency, is up to the members of the two bourses.
Tue, 13 Apr 1999, 00:00 WIB
Police rescue woman from tower
Police rescue woman from tower JAMBI, Jambi: Local police special forces members rescued a distressed woman after she abandoned a suicide attempt on a television transmission tower here at dawn on Monday. It took the police an hour to bring the woman, identified as Rebiani from Sragen, Central Java, down the 60-meter tower belonging to private station RCTI. Rebiani was exhausted and dehydrated after apparently sitting on the tower for seven hours.
Tue, 13 Apr 1999, 00:00 WIB
Saudi Arabia hits Asia with May oil supply cuts
Saudi Arabia hits Asia with May oil supply cuts SINGAPORE (Reuters): Oil producers announced a flurry of supply cuts to Asia on Monday, telling buyers that cuts in May would be deeper than in April. The world's biggest oil exporter, Saudi Arabia, told customers in Japan and South Korea that May supplies would be slashed as much as 17 and 19 percent respectively.
Tue, 13 Apr 1999, 00:00 WIB
Dayak leaders help escort trucks carrying Madurese
Dayak leaders help escort trucks carrying Madurese JAKARTA (JP): Chiefs of the Dayak tribe in the conflict-torn town of Sambas, West Kalimantan, helped on Monday escort 28 trucks transporting more than 5,000 Madurese fleeing to safer ground in Singkawang, West Kalimantan. The safety escorts provided the Madurese displaced by conflicts between the indigenous Dayaks and Malays and the migrant Madurese were, according to Antara, the result of peace talks among Dayak and Malay leaders in Sambas.
Tue, 13 Apr 1999, 00:00 WIB
Revived Korea to pay back $7.7b to IMF
Revived Korea to pay back $7.7b to IMF SEOUL (Reuters): South Korea said on Monday it planned to pay off US$7.7 billion of its massive loan from the International Monetary Fund by the end of this year as officials expressed concerns the country had a surfeit of dollars. President Kim Dae-jung and top economic officials painted a rosy picture of an economy, badly wounded in Asia's currency and debt crisis, that was well on its way to recovery.
Tue, 13 Apr 1999, 00:00 WIB
Residents attack suspected murderer
Residents attack suspected murderer JAKARTA (JP): Angry residents of Sungai Bambu subdistrict in Tanjung Priok, North Jakarta, attacked a man suspected of killing a widowed mother of two and injuring her younger brother on Monday. The suspect, identified as Abdul Gani, 40, was admitted to Soekanto Police Hospital in East Jakarta for treatment for injuries sustained in the attack.
Tue, 13 Apr 1999, 00:00 WIB
Astra sells Makro stake
Astra sells Makro stake SINGAPORE (Dow Jones): Astra International, Indonesia's biggest auto-assembler, has sold a small non-automotive asset. Rini Soewandi, chief executive, told Dow Jones Newswires here that Astra had just signed an agreement to sell its 17 percent share in a chain of Makro wholesale food-stores in Indonesia to the Dutch parent for about US$7 million. Makro, which has outlets in several Asian countries, is owned by SHV Holdings NV.
Tue, 13 Apr 1999, 00:00 WIB
Four killed in separate attacks in East Timor
Four killed in separate attacks in East Timor DILI, East Timor (JP): Four people were shot dead in two separate clashes in East Timor on Monday, police and military said. The first clash took place when proindependence guerrillas ambushed a car carrying six men, including a local official and soldiers, on a road outside of Maligu village in Bobonaro regency, about 165 kilometers southwest of Dili, the spokesman for the East Timor Police, Capt. Widodo, said.
Tue, 13 Apr 1999, 00:00 WIB
Correcting history
Correcting history On the occasion of the 53rd anniversary of the Indonesian Air Force, Air Force chief of staff Air Marshal Hanafie Asnan said he supported the idea of correcting the history of past communist infiltration into the Air Force as it is officially recognized at present. He said support could be in the form of either making available the necessary documents, financial backing or looking for testimony of witnesses to the events.
Tue, 13 Apr 1999, 00:00 WIB
KONI told to focus on finding new talent
KONI told to focus on finding new talent JAKARTA (JP): President B.J. Habibie urged new officials from the National Sports Council (KONI) to pursue talent scouting, citing the activity as the most important process by which champions are created. In a speech to install KONI officials at the State Palace on Monday, Habibie said that without talent it would be very difficult to prepare youths to become good athletes.
Tue, 13 Apr 1999, 00:00 WIB
Manggarai residents receive food aid
Manggarai residents receive food aid JAKARTA (JP): The Jakarta Care Team has handed over 2,000 food packages to residents from Manggarai subdistrict, South Jakarta, with the aim of relieving poor people's burden during the current economic crisis. The donation was given on Saturday by H. Tursandi, an assistant to the city secretary on administration affairs, in a modest ceremony, attended by Siti Hartati Murdaya, the team's coordinator, South Jakarta Mayor H.
Tue, 13 Apr 1999, 00:00 WIB
Australia aids exports to RI
Australia aids exports to RI CANBERRA (Dow Jones): Australian Deputy Prime Minister and Trade Minister Tim Fischer said Monday that the government has extended credit insurance facilities for exports to Indonesia and Korea by a further four months to July. "This decision will help Australian exporters to maintain trade with Asia in difficult times and to consolidate market share in these two countries," he said in a statement.
Tue, 13 Apr 1999, 00:00 WIB
Foreign firms bid for container terminal operator
Foreign firms bid for container terminal operator JAKARTA (JP): Four foreign port operators have submitted bids for a 49 percent stake in a state-owned container terminal operator in Surabaya, the country's second largest commercial center, according to a senior government official.