Archive: 21 June 1999
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Mon, 21 Jun 1999, 00:00 WIB
Supreme Court turns down Hanil bankruptcy review
Supreme Court turns down Hanil bankruptcy review JAKARTA (JP): The Supreme Court rejected a request for a civil review of its decision rejecting PT Hanil Bakrie Finance's bankruptcy claim against publicly listed PT Dharmala Sakti Sejahtera. The court reached its decision on May 27 and sent copies of the verdict to the plaintiff and defendant last week.
Mon, 21 Jun 1999, 00:00 WIB
Locals object to high fares
Locals object to high fares KENDARI, Southeast Sulawesi: Residents here are complaining about high intercity transport fares. The village head of Sanggona in Mowewe district, Kolaka regency, Abdul Kadir, said fares from the district capital to villages, a distance of at least 48 kilometers, reached Rp 35,000. He cited residents saying this was expensive compared to fares from Kendari, the provincial capital, to Kolaka, 173 kilometers away, which cost only Rp 10,000 per person.
Mon, 21 Jun 1999, 00:00 WIB
Councillors accuse officials of graft
Councillors accuse officials of graft NGAWI, East Java: United Development Party (PPP) councillors in the Ngawi assembly are alleging that several officials from Ngawi regency embezzled tens of million of rupiah allocated for public utilities. "About Rp 18 million (US$2,500) was allocated for erecting street lights, however, the contractor was only paid Rp 6 million," councillor Machrus Yasin was quoted by Antara as saying here on Wednesday. He also cited the sale of a dilapidated movie theater.
Mon, 21 Jun 1999, 00:00 WIB
Golkar's treasurer faces bribery charge
Golkar's treasurer faces bribery charge TANGERANG (JP): Two cadres of Golkar Party mayoralty chapter here filed a report on Saturday with the Tangerang Police for an alleged bribe offered by the chapter's treasurer. In their police report, cadres Sigit and Budi from the Jatiuwung district said treasurer Abas Sunarya bribed them a day earlier after the two questioned the sudden escalation of votes for the party from 27,377 to 37,354 in the district.
Mon, 21 Jun 1999, 00:00 WIB
Germany to help horticulture center
Germany to help horticulture center SEMARANG, Central Java: Indonesia's Association of Horticulture Businesspeople (Asperti) and the German government have agreed to cooperate in the construction of an agribusiness training center. "The German government will send two experts," Asperti chairman Doddy Satrya Indrawan said as quoted by Antara here on Thursday.
Mon, 21 Jun 1999, 00:00 WIB
Military expected to vote uniformly
Military expected to vote uniformly JAKARTA (JP): Military representatives in the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) are expected to vote for the same candidate in the upcoming presidential election, a spokesman said on Saturday. Indonesian Military (TNI) spokesman Maj. Gen. Syamsul Ma'arif said voting uniformly was the military's policy.
Mon, 21 Jun 1999, 00:00 WIB
No big fraud in vote count: U.S. observers
No big fraud in vote count: U.S. observers JAKARTA (JP): With under 50 percent of the general election results submitted, United States observers said on Sunday there was still no hard evidence of major irregularities in tabulation. The National Democratic Institute and the Carter Center acknowledged in a joint statement that the complex process of counting inevitably took time.
Mon, 21 Jun 1999, 00:00 WIB
Ink dipping punishment
Ink dipping punishment We managed to hold a general election that was relatively safe and fair, one that was without any serious incidents or violence as previously predicted. However, we still have something to worry about i.e. the slow counting of the votes. One interesting thing in the elections was the use of special ink to mark a voter's finger so that he or she could not vote twice. The (brown) ink would not disappear for at least two or three days.
Mon, 21 Jun 1999, 00:00 WIB
BIC to set up Malaysian plant
BIC to set up Malaysian plant KUALA LUMPUR (AP): Societe BIC (F.SBI), the French ballpoint pen giant is to invest $10.5 million in a new Malaysian plant by 2001 to produce pens for the Asian market, a news report said Friday. The company, which says it is the world's biggest producer of ballpoint pens, will sell the pens produced in its Penang-based plant in Singapore, the Philippines, Indonesia, Vietnam and China, as well as in Malaysia.
Mon, 21 Jun 1999, 00:00 WIB
Private drivers on 'inside' track in auto theft
Private drivers on 'inside' track in auto theft JAKARTA (JP): Vehicle owners may want to be more careful in sizing up prospective private drivers, or even take another look at the one they have already, particularly if an expensive make of car will be in their hands. Police say drivers were accomplices in more than a third of recent cases of auto theft reported in the city. Jakarta Police detectives chief Col.
Mon, 21 Jun 1999, 00:00 WIB
Jakartans get into the gambling habit
Jakartans get into the gambling habit JAKARTA (JP): The 472nd anniversary of the capital this year is also marked with the growing number of gambling operators scattered throughout the corners of the city. Gambling is illegal in this country, but a popular trend is called judi buntut, togel, or toto gelap, which is a bet based on four numbers released every two or three days by dozens of gambling operators.
Mon, 21 Jun 1999, 00:00 WIB
Waste from Singapore
Waste from Singapore From Kompas With reference with the recommendation from the state minister of environment to the effect that Bangka island will be made a dumping site for waste from Singapore, I, an Indonesian hailing from Bangka island, cannot help feeling sad and disappointed to learn that our country, where waste-related problems are far from being solved, is kind enough to receive another country's waste.
Mon, 21 Jun 1999, 00:00 WIB
Proindependence not to surender weapons
Proindependence not to surender weapons JAKARTA (JP): A proindependence leader in East Timor said on Sunday his followers would not surrender weapons as long as military troops remain in the troubled territory. David Ximenes, coordinator of the Resistance Council of East Timor (CNRT) in the East Timor capital of Dili, told AP that his group would be only willing to hand over their arms directly to the United Nations.
Mon, 21 Jun 1999, 00:00 WIB
How long will political uncertainty last?
How long will political uncertainty last? By Yulius P. Hermawan This is the first of two articles on political transition in Indonesia. BANDUNG (JP): Every observer of Indonesian politics will agree that the transition to democracy is not a linear process which will generate political certainties in a short time, as many people had hoped. No one can predict what will happen in either the short term or the long term.
Mon, 21 Jun 1999, 00:00 WIB
Postelection complications
Postelection complications The Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI Perjuangan) is certain to emerge the winner in the June 7 general election. That, however, is the only thing that is certain so far. Everything else remains in the dark. For example, Megawati Soekarnoputri, chairwoman of PDI Perjuangan, can still be defeated by the parties which have lost. In the case of the presidency, Megawati, who was named her party's presidential candidate long ago, could be defeated by President B.
Mon, 21 Jun 1999, 00:00 WIB
PHRI to help members solve debt problems
PHRI to help members solve debt problems JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesian Hotel & Restaurant Association (PHRI) said it would set up an independent consultancy team to assist members in solving their debt problem. PHRI secretary-general Rianto Nurhadi said the independent team would involve all parties related to the tourist industry and would work with PHRI's Jakarta Initiative for Tourism Sector Debt Settlement Team.
Mon, 21 Jun 1999, 00:00 WIB
Embezzlement case goes to court
Embezzlement case goes to court JAMBI: The Jambi township parking fee division head is being tried in court and could face a year in jail for allegedly embezzling Rp 214 million, Antara reported on Saturday. The prosecutor, Sugiyono, demanded that the defendant, identified only as IK, be fined Rp 10 million. The defendant was brought to trial for allegedly cooperating with the former head of the parking agency who was earlier convicted to seven months jail. (anr)
Mon, 21 Jun 1999, 00:00 WIB
Party supporters told to be gracious losers
Party supporters told to be gracious losers JAKARTA (JP): Jakarta Police chief Maj. Gen. Noegroho Djajoesman urged political party leaders on Saturday to help maintain calm in the capital during the scheduled official announcement of elections results on Monday. In a meeting with executives from political parties' Jakarta chapters, Noegroho said he hoped party supporters accepted elections results and did not cause any disturbances.
Mon, 21 Jun 1999, 00:00 WIB
Troops kill three suspected rebels in troubled Aceh
Troops kill three suspected rebels in troubled Aceh JAKARTA (JP): Troops killed three people and injured one more in a military raid on the suspected rebel base in the troubled province of Aceh on Saturday, security authorities said. The National Police information office said in a statement on Saturday that the three suspected rebels were killed in an exchange of gunfire in Matang Seujuk village, some 45 kilometers east of the North Aceh capital of Lhokseumawe.
Mon, 21 Jun 1999, 00:00 WIB
S'pore slams paper for Mahathir snipe
S'pore slams paper for Mahathir snipe SINGAPORE (Reuters): Singapore said on Sunday a local newspaper editorial was "rash, unwise and inappropriate" in its comment on Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad. The Business Times editorial published on June 18 said that parties in Mahathir's governing coalition had a "very low propensity for renewal".
Mon, 21 Jun 1999, 00:00 WIB
ASEAN security 'not strong enough'
ASEAN security 'not strong enough' MANILA (AFP): Increasing armed conflict in the Korean peninsula and between India and Pakistan are "too big" to handle for Asia's foremost security forum, the Philippine's foreign minister said on Sunday.
Mon, 21 Jun 1999, 00:00 WIB
Contests for kids at Mega Mall
Contests for kids at Mega Mall JAKARTA (JP): The management of Mega Mal Pluit in Pluit, North Jakarta, is hosting weekend children's games over the next six weeks. The mall's management announced on Saturday, the first day of the games, that they would be held until Aug. 8. Games, mostly with educational value, include writing, drawing, painting, basketball and soccer matches. On July 4, children can bring their pet cats to take part in the "unique cat competition".
Mon, 21 Jun 1999, 00:00 WIB
104 factory workers fall ill
104 factory workers fall ill SURABAYA, East Java: One hundred and four factory workers of a timber firm were treated at Griya Husada Hospital after complaining of headaches, stomach pains and vomiting. Antara reported on Saturday that the workers said they fell ill after returning home from work on Friday. Twenty men and 11 women among them were hospitalized. The rest were released. Four are in serious condition, hospital director Kris Sanggelorang said. (anr)
Mon, 21 Jun 1999, 00:00 WIB
CPO reference prices lowered by up to 40%
CPO reference prices lowered by up to 40% JAKARTA (JP): The government cut the reference prices used to calculate the payment of export taxes on crude palm oil (CPO) and its byproducts by between 20 percent and 40 percent. The director general of international trade at the Ministry of Industry and Trade, Djoko Moeljono, said reference prices were cut because the international price of CPO and its byproducts had fallen and the rupiah had strengthened against the U.S. dollar.
Mon, 21 Jun 1999, 00:00 WIB
Flood victims face food shortage
Flood victims face food shortage JAYAPURA, Irian Jaya: At least 4,700 families face difficulties obtaining food supplies after their homes in Padangbulan, Abepura district, were flooded in a downpour on June 5. The flood level reached six meters and caused the cancellation of the polls in the affected areas, although people some managed to cast their ballots in neighboring areas. Antara reported on Saturday that some residents had fallen sick.
Mon, 21 Jun 1999, 00:00 WIB
National reawakening
National reawakening From Media Indonesia Thank God, the June 7, 1999 general election, regardless of all its shortcomings, has marked the beginning of the Indonesian people's reawakening from the low position they found themselves in all this time. As predicted, the winner of the election will not be able to constitute a single majority. So, our People's Consultative Assembly/House of Representatives will be really colorful.
Mon, 21 Jun 1999, 00:00 WIB
National Elections Committee to probe 2.7m invalid votes
National Elections Committee to probe 2.7m invalid votes JAKARTA (JP): The National Elections Committee (PPI) has pledged to investigate the incidence of invalid ballots, which reached 2.7 million as of late Friday. Committee deputy chairman Hasbalah M. Saad said on Saturday it would establish whether the ballots were found before or after the June 7 polls. "It would be a problem if the invalid ballots were found before the polls," Hasbalah told The Jakarta Post.
Mon, 21 Jun 1999, 00:00 WIB
TV today
TV today TVRI 5:30 a.m. Religious Teachings 6:00 News 8:00 Children's Program 9:00 Music 10:00 Interval 2:00 p.m. News 2:30 Dances 3:00 Music 4:00 Regional News 4:30 Children's Program 5:00 Technology Program 5:30 TV Drama 6:00 Sports 6:30 News (in English) 7:00 Evening News 7:30 Music 8:30 TV Series: Full House 9:00 World News 9:30 Talk Show 10:30 Film 12:00 a.m. Late News Program 2 4:30 p.m.
Mon, 21 Jun 1999, 00:00 WIB
For once, Telkom makes me happy with Caller ID service
For once, Telkom makes me happy with Caller ID service By Zatni Arbi JAKARTA (JP): You may still remember an account by an anonymous letter writer that was published in the Your Letters column of June 3, 1999. Someone, who claimed to be a high-ranking police officer, had called him and tried to coerce him into making financial contributions. About two years ago, I had a very similar experience, and the caller said he was a colonel. What both of us have experienced are by no means isolated cases.
Mon, 21 Jun 1999, 00:00 WIB
Accor to manage two more hotels in Indonesia
Accor to manage two more hotels in Indonesia JAKARTA (JP): International hotel chain Accor Asia-Pacific said over the weekend that it would manage two new properties in Indonesia this year. Accor's Regional Vice President for Operations in Asia Marc A. Steinmeyer told The Jakarta Post that Accor has signed contracts to manage the 136-room Hotel Ibis Pekanbaru in Riau and a new hotel in Jakarta.
Mon, 21 Jun 1999, 00:00 WIB
Thailand ready to cede artifacts
Thailand ready to cede artifacts PHNOM PENH (Reuters): Thailand is ready to return 117 ancient stone carvings looted from a northwest Cambodian temple and seized from art smugglers, but is looking for help with the costs, a Thai official said on Sunday. The Angkor-era sandstone carvings were hacked off an inner wall of the 12th Banteay Chhmar temple, 350 km northwest of Phnom Penh by Cambodian soldiers and sold across the border to a Thai smuggler.
Mon, 21 Jun 1999, 00:00 WIB
Bung Karno admirers
Bung Karno admirers Over 30,000 admirers of Indonesia's founding president, Sukarno, commemorated the anniversary of his death in his hometown of Blitar in West Java on Sunday. A security threat marred the event, when police found two cocktail bombs in an auditorium on the third floor of the Herlingga Jaya Hotel, where one of Sukarno's daughters, Rachmawati Soekarnoputri, would stay.
Mon, 21 Jun 1999, 00:00 WIB
Huge diamond find in C. Kalimantan
Huge diamond find in C. Kalimantan MUARA TEWEH, Central Kalimantan: Residents of Sungai Batang village recently discovered a giant 64.5 carat diamond and are putting it on sale for Rp 3.8 billion. Yoseph Stalin, an official from North Barito regency, confirmed the find, saying that a businessman from South Kalimantan reportedly offered Rp 2 billion for the diamond but it was turned down.
Mon, 21 Jun 1999, 00:00 WIB
Tangerang youths disrupt rally for jailed activist
Tangerang youths disrupt rally for jailed activist TANGERANG (JP): Youths chased and forcibly dispersed labor activists grouped in the National Front of the Indonesian Labor Struggle (FNPBI) during a protest outside Tangerang's Women Penitentiary here on Sunday. Beginning at 10 a.m., some 50 FNPBI protesters demanded the release of jailed labor activist Dita Indah Sari. The protest initially preceded peacefully, observed by police officers and soldiers.
Mon, 21 Jun 1999, 00:00 WIB
Tourists on alert in Bangkok
Tourists on alert in Bangkok BANGKOK (AFP): Signs have been placed around Bangkok's international airport warning tourists of the dangers of rogue taxi drivers following the murders of six foreign tourists, officials said on Sunday. The large signs urge visitors to take only licensed taxis from designated areas at the terminal where the six tourists were allegedly abducted and later killed over a period of 10 months.
Mon, 21 Jun 1999, 00:00 WIB
Slow ballot counting
Slow ballot counting In addition to the frequent explanation given in the media about the slow ballot counting by the General Elections Commission, which uses a computer network system with a centralized and closed architecture, the following explanation needs to be mentioned: 1.
Mon, 21 Jun 1999, 00:00 WIB
Where to go in Jakarta:
Where to go in Jakarta: Exhibitions * Painting Exhibition: Misteri Wanita Dalam Ukiyo-e, at Pusat Kebudayaan Jepang - The Japan Foundation, Summitmas I, Jl. Jend. Sudirman Kav. 61-62 South Jakarta (Phone: 5201266), 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., until June 30. * Painting Exhibition: Virtual Reality, by Heri Dono, at Erasmus Huis, Jl. H.R. Rasuna Said, Kav S-3, Kuningan, South Jakarta (Phone: 5252321), Monday to Saturday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., until July 10.
Mon, 21 Jun 1999, 00:00 WIB
Touching Ghalib's conscience
Touching Ghalib's conscience By Rahayu Ratnaningsih BOGOR, West Java (JP): Many a truth is said in jest, goes one old adage. With Indonesia's (ex) attorney general, one can't help but jest about his life drama. And wrestle is the key word here. No one perhaps knew that the recently resigned attorney general turned out to be a very dedicated supporter of wrestling as a sport until Indonesian Corruption Watch's (ICW) revelation of his personal accounts two weeks ago.
Mon, 21 Jun 1999, 00:00 WIB
More poor families rely on cheap rice
More poor families rely on cheap rice JAKARTA (JP): The number of city residents purchasing rice via the city-run inexpensive rice program increased by nearly 70 percent to 118,417 families in May from 69,998 families in March, a city official said on Saturday. An official of the regional economic bureau, Djodjo Sutardjo, said the sharp increase was caused by a steadily increasing number of unemployed as the economic crisis dragged on.
Mon, 21 Jun 1999, 00:00 WIB
Military to play vital role in possible political deadlock
Military to play vital role in possible political deadlock By Klomjit Chandrapanya Military historian Dr. Salim Said talks to The Jakarta Post about the Indonesian Military (TNI) at a time when calls for changing the military's dual function is reverberating at the same time as its commander, Gen. Wiranto, has been tipped as a strong vice presidential candidate.
Mon, 21 Jun 1999, 00:00 WIB
Danger of racism lurks everywhere in the world
Danger of racism lurks everywhere in the world By Ester I. Jusuf This is the second of two articles on the roots of racism. The first article appeared on Saturday. JAKARTA (JP): After the 1740 massacre, the Vereenigde Oost- Indische Compagnie (VOC or United East India Company) administration issued an edict called passenstelsel. The edict specified that every ethnic Chinese was required to hold a special pass when traveling outside of the district where they resided.
Mon, 21 Jun 1999, 00:00 WIB
Bukit Sentul not part of Lippo
Bukit Sentul not part of Lippo We refer to the letter Lippo-style 'KKN' published in The Jakarta Post on June 15, 1999, in which Bapak Soenaryo claimed that he owned some 37 hectares of land in Sumur Batu village, Citeureup subdistrict, Bogor regency, West Java. While we sympathize with the difficulties, if any, Bapak Soenaryo may be having, we wish to inform you that PT Bukit Sentul is not part of the Lippo Group and that the Lippo Group has nothing to do with this particular matter. FREDDY H.
Mon, 21 Jun 1999, 00:00 WIB
Military Police plan to question Ghalib
Military Police plan to question Ghalib JAKARTA (JP): Chief of Military Police Maj. Gen. Djasrie Marin said on Saturday he would summon suspended Attorney General Andi M. Ghalib in connection with a bribery allegation aimed against him. But Djasrie was quick to add that Ghalib's questioning would take place when there was enough evidence to do so. He said a lack of evidence would enable a suspect to easily refute allegations against him or her.
Mon, 21 Jun 1999, 00:00 WIB
IPB plans technology park
IPB plans technology park BOGOR (JP): The Bogor Institute of Agriculture (IPB) will develop a 250-hectare environment and technology park at its Dermaga campus here, rector Arman Wirakartakusumah said on Saturday. He said the project was designed to help maximize the campus' existing human resources and facilities, including extensive laboratories and gardens.
Mon, 21 Jun 1999, 00:00 WIB
Where does TNI stand?
Where does TNI stand? In today's changing Indonesian society, the military (TNI) often appears to be standing between two worlds. Many people still oppose the military's dual function in which it is given unwarranted power with its unelected seats in the House of Representatives. In the future People's Consultative Assembly (MPR), the country's highest constitutional body, it will be allocated 38 seats.
Mon, 21 Jun 1999, 00:00 WIB
Fear of unrest hurts domestic car sales
Fear of unrest hurts domestic car sales JAKARTA (JP): Domestic car sales in May declined by 24 percent to 4,021 vehicles after reaching an 11-month high of 5,264 vehicles in April, amid fear of unrests ahead of the general election, according to the latest report issued by the Association of Indonesian Automotive Industries (Gaikindo). The May sales of passenger cars fell slightly to 851, from 860 in March, while commercial car sales dropped 28 percent to 3,170, from 4,404 in April.
Mon, 21 Jun 1999, 00:00 WIB
Minister faces a bumpy road
Minister faces a bumpy road JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Public Works Rachmadi Bambang said on Saturday his ministry was facing mounting complaints about the worsening condition of the country's 292,586 kilometers of roads. Rachmadi said, however, his ministry would not be able to repair the majority of the roads because the ministry's budget for the 1999/2000 fiscal year was only about 58 percent of its budget before the economic crisis hit the country in 1997.
Mon, 21 Jun 1999, 00:00 WIB
Mahathir re-establishes party control
Mahathir re-establishes party control KUALA LUMPUR (Agencies): Malaysia's ruling party ended its annual conference here Sunday with a rousing show of support for Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad, setting the stage for his re- election attempt. With elections expected to be held within months, Indonesia's ruler of 18 years used the general assembly of the United Malays Nationalist Organisation (UMNO) as a forum to re-establish full control of his party.