Archive: 11 July 1999
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Sun, 11 Jul 1999
Vietnam prepares for SEAG in France
Vietnam prepares for SEAG in France VITTEL, France (Reuters): Vietnam's national soccer team arrived in France on Friday for a training camp to prepare for the Southeast Asian (SEA) Games in Brunei in August.
Sun, 11 Jul 1999
Club helps patients manage health
Club helps patients manage healthBy Stevie Emilia JAKARTA (JP): Suffering from any kind of health problem may make people feel vulnerable and unsure about everything. The slightest symptoms can easily create anxiety and worry.
Sun, 11 Jul 1999
Andrian and Yoon win men's doubles' final
Andrian and Yoon win men's doubles' final JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia's Andrian Raturandang who paired with Yoon Yong-il of South Korea won the men's doubles final of the Men's Indonesian Fertilizer Future 4 at Kemayoran Tennis Center on Saturday.
Sun, 11 Jul 1999
Grand Hyatt Bali's packages of excitement
Grand Hyatt Bali's packages of excitement Discover excitement on the Island of the Gods with two great packages. Grand Hyatt Bali's Unforgettable Grand Adventure Package is just US$130 per room per night and includes access to The Bay Club Fitness and Health Center (excluding massage), $10 discount...
Sun, 11 Jul 1999
Curriculum in for a trimming to cut the workload of students
Curriculum in for a trimming to cut the workload of studentsBy Stevie Emilia JAKARTA (JP): After working as a teacher for 35 years, Ratno Hadi still thinks his job as an elementary school teacher is not easy, and carries huge responsibilities.
Sun, 11 Jul 1999
Political cooperation
Political cooperationFrom Rakyat MerdekaIndonesian Democratic Union Party (PUDI) chairman Sri Bintang Pamungkas is still making an effort to be given a seat in the House of Representatives, because there is still no sign his party will win a seat in the House.
Sun, 11 Jul 1999
Art dealer Jais Darga Wijaya goes international
Art dealer Jais Darga Wijaya goes internationalBy Jean Couteau DENPASAR (JP): Indonesian modern painting is, at last, reaching the stage of internationalization. Born in the 1930s as a reaction against colonial exoticism, Indonesian modern painting has long remained confidential and known only to...
Sun, 11 Jul 1999
Badminton stars lack sponsorship deals
Badminton stars lack sponsorship dealsBy Primastuti Handayani JAKARTA (JP): Modern sports is inevitably tied to the sponsors who pay prize money, support events and make household names around the world of stars.
Sun, 11 Jul 1999
CJ's No Ties After 5 offers new Wednesday evening entertainment
CJ's No Ties After 5 offers new Wednesday evening entertainment JAKARTA (JP): Cafes and pubs are becoming favorite places for professionals in the capital to meet their clients and discuss business during office hours.
Sun, 11 Jul 1999
RI sculptors fill Singapore's Volume and Form
RI sculptors fill Singapore's Volume and FormBy Amir Sidharta SINGAPORE (JP): Visitors lining up at Singapore's immigration checkpoint at Changi airport are greeted with the city's latest touch of aesthetics.
Sun, 11 Jul 1999
RI karatekas win bronze
RI karatekas win bronze JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia won a bronze medal in the third World Ladies Cup karate tournament in the women's kata team event in Tokyo on Saturday.Coach Christine Taroreh said in a telephone interview that the team -- consisting of Fitria Mega Sjaukat, Merani Mega Sjaukat and...
Sun, 11 Jul 1999
Asia delegates walk out in World Cup row
Asia delegates walk out in World Cup row LOS ANGELES, California (Reuters): Asia's entire delegation walked out of a FIFA congress on Friday in protest over the allocation of places for the 2002 World Cup finals and repeated a threat to boycott the qualifying tournament.
Sun, 11 Jul 1999
Godly living in the beautiful and tranquil Ciater resort
Godly living in the beautiful and tranquil Ciater resortBy Kafil Yamin CIATER, West Java (JP): Not many tourist destinations are truly natural. While numerous resorts have come to life after the land was converted, the environment changed and a large amount of investment poured in, Ciater is...
Sun, 11 Jul 1999
Spotlight
SpotlightPhoto A: KompasJP/msaRECOGNITION FOR SENIORS: Chairman of Kompas-Gramedia Group Jacob Oetama (right) hands the inaugural edition of Senior tabloid to its first customer, Hardito (second left) to mark its launch. The tabloid's chief editor Sumohadi Marsis (left), general manager Ign.
Sun, 11 Jul 1999
Owning up to an addition is a hard reality to face
Owning up to an addition is a hard reality to face JAKARTA (JP): If you ask a person who drinks alcohol if he or she is an "alcoholic" or an "addict", you would most probably get a "don't be ridiculous!" look as an answer, a cold flat "no" or a fit of laughter from the more humorous.
Sun, 11 Jul 1999
Victor Andrian rushed to hospital after bout
Victor Andrian rushed to hospital after bout JAKARTA (JP): The International Boxing Federation (IBF) Intercontinental junior featherweight champion, Andrian Kaspari of Indonesia, was rushed to hospital shortly after knocking out Russia's Alexander Yurikov in a non-title bout at Indosiar studio here...
Sun, 11 Jul 1999
Feng shui portends Megawati's chance as president
Feng shui portends Megawati's chance as presidentBy Mauro Rahardjo BANDUNG (JP): In feng shui, an individual's rise to leader of a country is simply accounted for in terms of the interaction between the five earthly elements -- water, fire, wood, metal and earth.
Sun, 11 Jul 1999
More trouble ahead as drug menace takes hold
More trouble ahead as drug menace takes hold Drugs and alcohol have caused much trouble for many families, and the problem is apparently becoming more serious, as reflected by the increasing number of addicts.
Sun, 11 Jul 1999
Ruwiyati picks studies over SEA Games training
Ruwiyati picks studies over SEA Games training JAKARTA (JP): Long-distance runner Ruwiyati has prioritized her studies over joining the centralized training program for the 20th Southeast Asian (SEA) Games in Pengalengan tea plantation in West Java.
Sun, 11 Jul 1999
Designer Stephanus Hamy has designs on the theater
Designer Stephanus Hamy has designs on the theaterBy Agni Amorita JAKARTA (JP): Brutus is one of the characters that grabbed the audience's attention when Teater Lembaga, a theatrical group under the auspices of the Jakarta Institute of the Arts, staged a grand version of Shakespeare's Julius...
Sun, 11 Jul 1999
'The Matrix' is pure entertainment
'The Matrix' is pure entertainmentBy Tam Notosusanto JAKARTA (JP): Matrix: 1) (Math.) a set of numbers or terms arranged in rows and columns between parentheses or double lines. 2) (Anatomy) any nonliving, intercellular substance in which living cells are embedded, as in bone, cartilage, etc.
Sun, 11 Jul 1999
A woman as president draws mixed views from public
A woman as president draws mixed views from public JAKARTA (JP): While the country's top politicians are debating over whether a woman, or more precisely Megawati Soekarnoputri, should be allowed to become president, few have bothered to ask ordinary people how they feel about the subject.
Sun, 11 Jul 1999
Mothball our hard-won reforms? No way!
Mothball our hard-won reforms? No way! JAKARTA (JP): On a visit to the workshop of a geothermal power plant in West Java recently, I was advised that the plant was idle, waiting for the green light from the government to go ahead with electricity production.
Sun, 11 Jul 1999
'Romo' Mangun's works in the eyes of intellectuals
'Romo' Mangun's works in the eyes of intellectuals Mengenang Y.B. Mangunwijaya, Pergulatan Intelektual Dalam Era Kegelisahan (Remembering Y.B. Mangunwijaya: Intellectual Struggle in a Restless Era); Edited by Dr. Sindhunata; Kanisius, Yogyakarta, 1999; 422 pages; Rp 34,000 YOGYAKARTA (JP): Y.B.
Sun, 11 Jul 1999
TV today
TV todayTVRI 6:00 a.m. Morning News 7:00 Health and Fresh 8:00 Children's Program 9:30 Documentary 10:00 Music 11:00 TV Drama 12:15 p.m. Comedy 12:30 Student's Quiz 1:00 TV Series: Empire 2:30 Children's Song 3:00 Sports 4:00 Regional News 4:30 Religious Teachings 5:00 Documentary 5:30 TV Drama...
Sun, 11 Jul 1999
For Indonesians, the waiting game continues
For Indonesians, the waiting game continuesBy Yenni Djahidin WASHINGTON (JP): It's hot and humid in Washington, and this is especially felt sitting outside a Starbuck's coffee shop on a busy downtown street.
Sun, 11 Jul 1999
Glodok overrun with 'hot' VCDs
Glodok overrun with 'hot' VCDsBy Pandaya JAKARTA (JP): The ubiquitous VCD vendors in downtown Kota treat passers by like long lost friends. They try to intercept pedestrians and lead them to their rudimentary wooden stalls.
Sun, 11 Jul 1999
Juana qualifies for 2000 Olympics
Juana qualifies for 2000 Olympics JAKARTA (JP): Taekwon Doin Juana Wangsa Putri qualified for the 2000 Olympics Games after reaching the semifinals in the world pre-qualifying round for the Olympics at Zagreb, Croatia, on Friday.
Sun, 11 Jul 1999
Narcotics Anonymous: Addicts helping addicts
Narcotics Anonymous: Addicts helping addicts JAKARTA (JP): It's Wednesday evening again. Outside a small hospital in South Jakarta, 12 recovering drug addicts come together for a Narcotics Anonymous (NA) meeting.Enthusiasm for the meeting to start is obvious.
Sun, 11 Jul 1999
What's in it for our children?
What's in it for our children?By Irene Sugiharto JAKARTA (JP): The girl was staring at her math book with a hopeless look. She had read it many times but still did not understand."Although we have a total of 48 hours worth of math lessons in a week, it is still difficult for us to do our homework,"...
Sun, 11 Jul 1999
Govt defends decree over poll results validation
Govt defends decree over poll results validation JAKARTA (JP): The government on Saturday threw its support behind the General Elections Commission (KPU), which is facing the possibility that minor parties will refuse to sign the poll results.
Sun, 11 Jul 1999
Emma and Vita through to Thailand Open Final
Emma and Vita through to Thailand Open Final JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia's new partnership of Vita Marissa and Emma Ermawati remained the country's sole doubles' contenders in the Thailand Open finals in Bangkok, after defeating Chinese juniors Lu Ying and Huang Sui 15-12, 15-6 in the women's doubles.