Another orangutan haven disappears in Indonesia By Bernard Estrade JAKARTA (AFP): Illegal logging and mining are just two of the dangers which have sounded the death knell for one of the most important remaining sanctuaries for orangutans in Indonesian Borneo. The activities of poachers and political upheaval have also forced the abandonment of the Tanjung Puting haven, which provided an invaluable shelter to the endangered ginger-haired primates, experts say.

Madurese face desparate lives in refugee centers By Edi Petebang and Erma S. Ranik PONTIANAK, West Kalimantan (JP): There is a new scene in the West Kalimantan capital of Pontianak. Child beggars, newspaper sellers and hawkers roaming the streets. They are the children of the Madurese who fled their villages in West Kalimantan in the wake of bloody ethnic clashes between the Madurese migrants and the indigenous Malays. The clashes took place from January to March and claimed 185 lives.

Stock Exchange Stock prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (in rupiah) on July 19, 1999: Shares Close Change Trading Volume --------------------------------------------------------------- Ades Alfindo 475 0 15,000 AHAP Insurance 525 0 0 Alakasa Industrindo 300 0 0 Alter Abadi 400 0 134,000 Alumindo Light Metal 975 -25 5,000 Aneka Kimia Raya 575 0 0 Aneka Tambang (Persero) 1,600 25 12,507,000 Anwar Sierad 325 0 75,000 APAC Centertex Corp.

Aceh rebels kill five soldiers, injure 20 others JAKARTA (JP): A group of separatist rebels shot five anti-riot troop personnel dead and injured a score of others on Monday in a dawn ambush in Reng Krueng village in Pidie regency, 170 kilometers east of the provincial capital Banda Aceh. The clash took place amid attempts to initiate a peace process, with a number of Acehnese figures, including separatist movement leaders in exile, planning a meeting in Bangkok on July 24 and July 25.

'Bus fare hikes to take effect in August' JAKARTA (JP): Governor Sutiyoso announced on Monday that the planned hike on bus fares would be made effective by the first week of next month. The governor insisted that the increase, which has received sharp criticism from the Indonesian Transportation Labor Union (SPTI) and the general public, was a necessity to prevent public transportation companies and cooperatives from going out of business.

Javan rhino colony stable at 50 to 60 JAKARTA (JP): The endangered Javan rhino population in Ujungkulon National Park, West Java, has remained unchanged, between 50 and 60, since the 1980s, according to the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) Indonesia. Meanwhile, the park's banteng ((wild bull) population has grown extensively in the past 20 years and are now competing with the rhinos for food, the WWF said in a statement.

UNAMET registration rules come under fire DILI, East Timor (JP): The United Nations Mission in East Timor (UNAMET) is facing mounting demands from East Timorese to soften its regulation requiring voters in next month's self- determination ballot to show at least two pieces of documentation to register.

Where to go in Bandung: Exhibition * Cartoon Exhibition: Cartoon for Democracy by, 39 Indonesian cartoonists, at Galeri Soemardja, Art and Design Faculty of ITB Jl. Ganesha 10, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., until July 31. * Photo Exhibition, Photo Pentas, by Herman Effendi, at Hotel Papandayan, Jl. Gatot Subroto No. 83 (Phone: 022 310799), July 21 to July 28. Peformances * Sundanese Drama, Bang Bang Sanjaya, at Gedung Kesenian Rumentang Siang, Jl.

BI to be audited in drive toward transparency JAKARTA (JP): The Supreme Audit Agency (BPK) will audit Bank Indonesia as part of its drive to boost transparency, according to a senior official at the central bank. The official, who insisted on anonymity, said the audit plan would be stipulated in the government's new letter of intent (LoI) to the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

Free school for poor children launched JAKARTA (JP): A free school for children from poor families was opened on Monday by a non-governmental organization as part of its efforts to help educate teenage school leavers in the city. The school, jointly funded by the Pelita Ilmu Foundation and a local office of the Ministry of Education and Culture, has places for 40 students between the ages of 13 and 16, and has so far enrolled 31 children from the neighborhood area.