Archive: 21 July 1999
52 articles found
Wed, 21 Jul 1999
Low expectations for RI boxers in SEA Games
Low expectations for RI boxers in SEA GamesBy Primastuti Handayani JAKARTA (JP): National boxers are keeping a tight rein on their hopes for the 20th Southeast Asian (SEA) Games in Brunei Darussalam next month, aiming for only three of the 11 golds at stake.
Wed, 21 Jul 1999
MUI pledges to engage in self-introspection: Yafie
MUI pledges to engage in self-introspection: Yafie JAKARTA (JP): The influential Indonesian Council of Ulemas (MUI) marked its 24th anniversary on Tuesday by promising to engage in self-introspection and redefine its position in Indonesian society.
Wed, 21 Jul 1999
PDI-P reaffirms Megawati's presidency
PDI-P reaffirms Megawati's presidency JAKARTA (JP): Election winner Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI Perjuangan) concluded its leadership meeting on Tuesday reaffirming chairwoman Megawati Soekarnoputri's presidential candidacy.
Wed, 21 Jul 1999
Conversion Rates
Conversion Rates Bank Bali's conversion rates on July 20, 1999: TT rates Bank notes ratesBuying Selling Buying SellingRp Rp Rp Rp U.S. dollar 1 6,640.00 6,690.00 6,640.00 6,720.00Australian dollar 1 4,294.75 4,379.40 4,269.00 4,454.00Austrian schilling 1 494.18 502.98 - -Belgian franc 1 168.57 171.
Wed, 21 Jul 1999
Proper school buildings needed
Proper school buildings needed TANGERANG (JP): At least 3,000 students from 56 state elementary schools are putting their lives at risk while studying in badly damaged school buildings, an official said over the weekend.
Wed, 21 Jul 1999
Ruling on forest utilization to be reviewed: Official
Ruling on forest utilization to be reviewed: Official JAKARTA (JP): The government said on Tuesday it would review the five-month-old regulation on forest utilization because the maximum acreage set for timber companies does not encourage them to adopt sustainable practices.
Wed, 21 Jul 1999
West 'ignorant of plight of the Acehnese'
West 'ignorant of plight of the Acehnese' JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesian Mosque Council (DMI) accused the West of being ignorant of the tragedies in Aceh and urged Muslims across the country to help the Acehnese, at least 70,000 of them who have become refugees.
Wed, 21 Jul 1999
Arianespace taps into Asia-Pacific
Arianespace taps into Asia-PacificBy Christiani Tumelap EVRY, France (JP): France's Arianespace remains upbeat about the market for a commercial satellite launch business in Asia Pacific despite the economic crisis that has rocked the region for the last two years.
Wed, 21 Jul 1999
Sutiyoso prepared to back down on bus fare hike
Sutiyoso prepared to back down on bus fare hike JAKARTA (JP): Governor Sutiyoso said on Tuesday he was prepared to annul the administration's plans to increase both bus and parking fees if the plan proved too unpopular.
Wed, 21 Jul 1999
Constitutional politicking looms
Constitutional politicking loomsBy Makmur Keliat JAKARTA (JP): If we speak of a political transition from an authoritarian to a democratic system, two words always come to mind -- freedom and order. These two words also reflect a classic dilemma faced by developing countries when trying to improve...
Wed, 21 Jul 1999
Major parties committed to women's welfare
Major parties committed to women's welfare JAKARTA (JP): Four major political parties declared on Tuesday their commitment to the betterment of women's and children's welfare, promising to give the issue prominence in the next State Policy Guidelines (GBHN).
Wed, 21 Jul 1999
Stock quotations on JSX
Stock quotations on JSXStock prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (in rupiah) on July 20, 1999: Shares Close Change TradingVolume -------------------------------------------------------- Ades Alfindo 500 25 266,500 AHAP Insurance 525 0 0 Alakasa Industrindo 300 0 0 Alter Abadi 400 0 217,500...
Wed, 21 Jul 1999
Lack of funds hampers food aid distribution
Lack of funds hampers food aid distribution JAKARTA (JP): State Minister of Food and Horticulture A.M. Saefuddin said on Tuesday that a lack of funds to finance transportations cost had caused problems in distributing food aid.
Wed, 21 Jul 1999
Chinese fishing boat sinks
Chinese fishing boat sinks MANILA (AFP): A Chinese fishing vessel sank near disputed South China Sea islands after colliding with a Philippine navy patrol boat, officials said on Tuesday, as Manila pressed the need for a code of conduct to prevent more serious incidents in the area.
Wed, 21 Jul 1999
Tourism minister visits South Jakarta scavengers
Tourism minister visits South Jakarta scavengers JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Tourism, Art and Culture Marzuki Usman visited a slum area in Pesanggrahan, South Jakarta, on Tuesday to encourage the children of scavengers to struggle for a better future.
Wed, 21 Jul 1999
Government to decide on KSO contract scheme: Giri
Government to decide on KSO contract scheme: Giri JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Communications Giri Suseno said on Tuesday the government was studying whether to maintain the joint operation scheme (KSO) in the country's telecommunications industry.
Wed, 21 Jul 1999
Trisakti team to HK for another ballistics test
Trisakti team to HK for another ballistics test JAKARTA (JP): A fact-finding team looking into the May 1998 Trisakti incident will soon leave for Hong Kong to follow the final process of ballistics tests before the case involving the shooting of four Trisakti University students could be brought...
Wed, 21 Jul 1999
Amien names Gus Dur as alternative candidate
Amien names Gus Dur as alternative candidate JAKARTA (JP): Recent meetings between National Mandate Party (PAN) chairman Amien Rais and National Awakening Party (PKB) founder Abdurrahman Wahid reportedly resulted in Amien's stated willingness to support the latter as an alternative presidential...
Wed, 21 Jul 1999
More foreigners to manage local banks
More foreigners to manage local banks JAKARTA (JP): Bank Indonesia (BI) is considering allowing more foreign bankers to manage local banks in a bid to rebuild confidence in the ailing industry, according to an official source.
Wed, 21 Jul 1999
Kite festival informs of risk to power lines
Kite festival informs of risk to power lines JAKARTA (JP): Dozens of people from all over the world took part in the Jakarta International Kite Festival '99 over the weekend. State-owned electricity company PLN was the most domineering presence in using the event to educate the public about the...
Wed, 21 Jul 1999
Govt to revamp laws on intellectual property rights
Govt to revamp laws on intellectual property rights JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia's laws regarding intellectual property rights will soon be adjusted to standards stipulated in the Agreement on Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPs) under the World Trade Organization (WTO).
Wed, 21 Jul 1999
RI trade surplus with Australia
RI trade surplus with Australia JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia booked a surplus of US$163 million in bilateral trade with Australia in the first quarter of the year, the Australian Embassy in Jakarta said on Tuesday.
Wed, 21 Jul 1999
Military police named suspects
Military police named suspects JAYAPURA, Irian Jaya: Two military police members in Sorong, Irian Jaya, have been named suspects on charges of shooting a civilian dead two weeks ago, Antara has reported.Chief of provincial military police Lt. Col. Sugijanto said on Tuesday First Sgt.
Wed, 21 Jul 1999
The $82b bank bailout
The $82b bank bailout The government's disclosure last week that costs of recapitalizing private and state banks had risen to over Rp 550 trillion (US$82 billion) -- or almost 150 percent as large as Indonesia's real inflation-adjusted gross domestic product of Rp 376.
Wed, 21 Jul 1999
Expert finds loopholes in fiscal autonomy law
Expert finds loopholes in fiscal autonomy law JAKARTA (JP): The central government will retain some fiscal control over provinces despite a new law promising to give the regions a greater share of their own resources, a University of Indonesia legal expert said on Tuesday.Arifin P.
Wed, 21 Jul 1999
IMF loan and economic crisis
IMF loan and economic crisis In any country it is common for one or two companies or banks to be closed down every year and at the same time be replaced by similar establishments. In this context, Indonesia seems to have had the most extraordinary and painful experience, when since August 1997...
Wed, 21 Jul 1999
TV today
TV todayTVRI 5:30 a.m. Religious Teachings6:00 News: Two Hours Only8:00 Children's Song9:00 Music10:00 Interval2:00 p.m. News2:30 Indonesian Children3:00 Music4:00 News4:30 Indonesian Lessons5:00 Student's Quiz5:30 TV Drama6:00 Sports6:30 News (in English)7:00 Evening News7:30 Music9:00 World...
Wed, 21 Jul 1999
Legislators' pay criticized
Legislators' pay criticized SURABAYA: Dewi Fortuna Anwar, a presidential expert staff member, questioned the planned payment of Rp 77 million each for members of the East Java provincial legislative council, saying it was too much and irrational.
Wed, 21 Jul 1999
Committee chair asked for 'compensation'
Committee chair asked for 'compensation' JAKARTA (JP): The Jakarta Provincial Elections Committee (PPD I) secretariat has been asked to provide Rp 80 million (US$11,940) to committee members and 48 political party representatives, an executive said.
Wed, 21 Jul 1999
ICW sees political plot behind Ghalib case
ICW sees political plot behind Ghalib case JAKARTA (JP): Antigraft activists are concerned over what they believe is a high-level political conspiracy to freeze the investigation into Andi M. Ghalib's alleged corruption and to turn the table on whistle-blower Teten Masduki.
Wed, 21 Jul 1999
Immigration law
Immigration law I refer to the letters from Elis Suminar and Martin Boothby in The Jakarta Post of May 2, 1999 and July 7, 1999 respectively, complaining about discrimination in the Indonesian immigration laws.It is scandalous what has happened to my family since 1989.
Wed, 21 Jul 1999
Bogor councilors question payment
Bogor councilors question payment BOGOR (JP): A senior mayoralty official here on Tuesday backed several local councilors' suggestion to forego kadeudeuh, (a farewell token in the form of money), from Mayor Iswara Natanegara to councilors set to soon leave their posts.
Wed, 21 Jul 1999
Speculations rife on Soeharto's health
Speculations rife on Soeharto's health JAKARTA (JP): Speculation was rife on Tuesday over the health of former president Soeharto after he was rushed to the Pertamina Hospital in South Jakarta.Hospital officials and his family were quick to play down the significance of the visit, stating that the...
Wed, 21 Jul 1999
11 junior athletes qualify for PON
11 junior athletes qualify for PON JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Education and Culture Juwono Sudarson attended on Tuesday the second day of the National Junior Athletics Championships at the Senayan Madya Stadium, but he did not see any records tumble.
Wed, 21 Jul 1999
Group set up to assist victims of state violence
Group set up to assist victims of state violence JAKARTA (JP): An aunt of a man injured in the Semanggi incident, a relative of a missing person and a friend of a Trisakti University student who was shot dead have established a group for victims of state violence.
Wed, 21 Jul 1999
IBRA's performance
IBRA's performance The government is at present putting all its hopes on the Indonesian Bank Restructuring Agency (IBRA) in its efforts to recover public funds that were misused in the past by most of the now suspended banks.
Wed, 21 Jul 1999
Nestle Indonesia gives facelift to Mayestik market
Nestle Indonesia gives facelift to Mayestik market JAKARTA (JP): PT. Nestle Indonesia, a major milk and food producer, inaugurated the completion of its two-month refurbishment project at Mayestik traditional market in South Jakarta on Tuesday.
Wed, 21 Jul 1999
Australia under fire over document leakage
Australia under fire over document leakage JAKARTA (JP): A senior government official lashed out at the Australian media on Tuesday following their reports of a document which claimed the Indonesian government was arranging a contingency plan in anticipation of a loss in the August ballot on the...
Wed, 21 Jul 1999
Govt saves $1b from the budget
Govt saves $1b from the budget JAKARTA (JP) : More than US$1 billion in state funds were saved or withheld from being spent as a result of anti- corruption, collusion and nepotism measures at state companies over the past one year until June, the government announced on Tuesday.
Wed, 21 Jul 1999
Taxation needs great attention
Taxation needs great attentionFrom Bisnis IndonesiaTaxation is very important to a state because 70 percent of domestic revenues in the state's budget come from tax proceeds.Unfortunately, in Indonesia, the government, the people and also the House of Representatives do not pay proper attention to...
Wed, 21 Jul 1999
Ministers expected to support athletes in SEAG
Ministers expected to support athletes in SEAG JAKARTA (JP): After President B.J. Habibie visited the nation's athletes being groomed for the 20th Southeast Asian (SEA) Games, the National Sports Council (KONI) urged other government leaders to support athletes in Brunei Darussalam next month.
Wed, 21 Jul 1999
ASEAN explores S. China Sea issue
ASEAN explores S. China Sea issueBy Meidyatama Suryodiningrat SINGAPORE (JP): Senior officials from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) decided here on Tuesday to submit a draft code of conduct on the South China Sea to a special working group for further discussion.
Wed, 21 Jul 1999
Drugs, fake notes destroyed in Bogor
Drugs, fake notes destroyed in Bogor BOGOR (JP): A total of 715 bank notes comprising fake Rp 10,000, Rp 20,000 and Rp 50,000 bills along with 2 kilograms of marijuana and 3,045 illegal and prescription-only pills were destroyed by the Cibinong Prosecutors office here on Tuesday.
Wed, 21 Jul 1999
Govt urged to withdraw tramadol
Govt urged to withdraw tramadol JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesia Health Consumer Empowerment Foundation urged the government on Tuesday to withdraw analgesic tramadol from the market and categorize the drug as a synthetic narcotic available only with a prescription.
Wed, 21 Jul 1999
Additional work for the new MPR
Additional work for the new MPR Soeharto's resignation from the presidency on May 21, 1998, has paved the way for political reform as demanded by university students and other society members. But thus far, the reformation process does not show significant progress. Political affairs analyst J.
Wed, 21 Jul 1999
Administration to seek share of oil revenue
Administration to seek share of oil revenue JAKARTA (JP): A senior official and councilor has pushed the city administration to seek ways to obtain a share of the estimated billions of rupiah generated in massive ongoing oil exploration projects in the Thousand Islands area.
Wed, 21 Jul 1999
Downer to visit E. Timor this month
Downer to visit E. Timor this month MELBOURNE (JP): Australian Foreign Minister Alexander Downer announced on Tuesday plans to travel to East Timor on July 30, making him the first Australian foreign minister ever to visit the territory.
Wed, 21 Jul 1999
Consumers have right to know
Consumers have right to know It's good to know that Satelindo's Mentari GSM prepaid card is able to roam to Bali, with Sumatra to follow suit. Finally, the Mentari is not only accessible in the Jakarta-Bogor-Tangerang- Bekasi area. Advertisements on this facility have appeared in several newspapers.
Wed, 21 Jul 1999
ASEAN ministers retreat to mull group's future
ASEAN ministers retreat to mull group's futureBy Meidyatama Suryodiningrat SINGAPORE (JP): As members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) begin to creep out of their worst regional crisis, ministers will take time from the grouping's annual meeting on Friday to do a bit of...
Wed, 21 Jul 1999
In fabulous new feather at the Peacock cafe
In fabulous new feather at the Peacock cafe JAKARTA (JP): Time was when Jakarta's finest showed their finery at the Peacock, the Jakarta Hilton's coffee shop. Rewind a decade, when fine hotels were few and far between, and the Peacock was the place to dine, check out other well-heeled diners and do...
Wed, 21 Jul 1999
Investment licensing powers to be delegated to provinces
Investment licensing powers to be delegated to provinces JAKARTA (JP): The Investment Coordinating Board (BKPM) will authorize its provincial investment offices (BKPMD) to license all foreign direct investment and domestic investment starting in August, State Minister of Investment Marzuki Usman...
Wed, 21 Jul 1999
Ballo targets second gold from Brunei Games
Ballo targets second gold from Brunei Games JAKARTA (JP): "What do you want this year, Ballo?""A gold medal, definitely. I won the gold two years ago and I intend to defend my title," answered boxer Hermansen Bertholens Ballo during a break in training at the Ragunan Sports School in South Jakarta.