Archive: 15 January 2000
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Sat, 15 Jan 2000, 00:00 WIB
Conversion Rates
Conversion Rates Bank Indonesia's conversion rates on Jan. 14, 2000: Bank notes rates Buying Selling Rp Rp U.S.
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Komnas Ham sets up inquiry on Maluku
Komnas Ham sets up inquiry on Maluku JAKARTA (JP): In the wake of mounting criticism for its alleged indifference, the National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas Ham) set up on Friday a commission to investigate atrocities in Maluku and North Maluku. Joko Sugianto, the commission's newly elected chairman, said the inquiry team was established due to the quick spread of sectarian conflicts in the Maluku islands, which firstly broke out in Ambon in mid-January last year.
Sat, 15 Jan 2000, 00:00 WIB
A learning process
A learning process Strained relations between President Abdurrahman Wahid and Muslim-oriented political parties show that democracy is very much alive here. The rift is also teaching those involved that they still have much to learn about navigating the political currents of newfound openness. The development resulted from the uproar over Maluku.
Sat, 15 Jan 2000, 00:00 WIB
National Police urged to deploy more officers
National Police urged to deploy more officers By Maria Endah Hulupi JAKARTA (JP): Two leading criminologists have blamed the National Police for its inability to cope with the rising crime rate in the capital, saying more police personnel were needed to guard crime-prone areas to ensure the safety of the people. Mulyana W.
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Imlek Chinese New Year decorations color the city
Imlek Chinese New Year decorations color the city JAKARTA (JP): Ornaments of Imlek Chinese New Year have started to color the street kiosks at the busy Chinatown of Glodok in downtown Kota of West Jakarta as the annual celebration is just weeks away. On Friday, vendors along the crowded 300 meter street of Jl. Pancoran have already put on display a variety of red-dominated ornaments and accessories for Imlek, which this year falls on Feb. 5.
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National dialog planned in Aceh
National dialog planned in Aceh JAKARTA (JP): The government and the separatist Free Aceh Movement (GAM) will participate in a dialog aimed at seeking a peaceful solution to the conflict in the restive province, organizers of the talks announced on Friday.
Sat, 15 Jan 2000, 00:00 WIB
People begin pouring back into city
People begin pouring back into city JAKARTA (JP): City residents began crowding railway stations and intercity bus terminals on Friday as they returned from their hometowns after the Idul Fitri holiday. "There were more than 11,000 passengers who arrived at Pasar Senen Railway Station as of 8 p.m., and we expect to have more passengers later in the evening and early in the morning," said station chief Susmiarto.
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Candidate for Army commander
Candidate for Army commander It is interesting to observe the reassignments happening within the Indonesian Military (TNI), in particular the Army. For the past year the Army has been suspected of committing big mistakes during the New Order regime. General Tyasno Sudarto has served less than one year as Army chief of staff but he is rumored to be reassigned to a higher post. It is not yet clear who the candidates will be for the position of Army chief of staff.
Sat, 15 Jan 2000, 00:00 WIB
New inquiry into alleged 1998 rapes draws mixed reactions
New inquiry into alleged 1998 rapes draws mixed reactions JAKARTA (JP): The government decision to start a fresh investigation into alleged widespread sexual abuse during the May 1998 riot received mixed reactions from female activists concerning the relevance of the inquiry. Feminist and human rights activist Rita Serena Kalibonso said a new inquiry was a waste of time, as the government should now be concentrating more on concrete actions to fulfill its political responsibility for the riot.
Sat, 15 Jan 2000, 00:00 WIB
KL oppoition warns of protests after arrests
KL oppoition warns of protests after arrests KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters): Two prominent supporters of Malaysia's jailed former finance minister Anwar Ibrahim and his lawyer were indicted on Friday in a crackdown that drew an opposition threat to mount public protests. Lawyer Karpal Singh and Marina Yusoff, vice president of the opposition Parti Keadilan Nasional, were charged with making seditious remarks.
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Hun Sen meets American critic
Hun Sen meets American critic PHNOM PENH (AP): Prime Minister Hun Sen's fiercest American critic expressed hope for Cambodia's fledgling democracy after visiting the capital on Friday, saying he had been "pessimistic looking at the situation from a distance". Barely more than a year after calling for Hun Sen to be investigated for alleged war crimes, U.S. Congressman Dana Rohrabacher said the prime minister should be given a year to prove whether he is a true democrat.
Sat, 15 Jan 2000, 00:00 WIB
Marshall Islands stays with Taiwan
Marshall Islands stays with Taiwan MAJURO (AFP): Ending weeks of speculation and uncertainty about relations with Taiwan, newly elected Marshall Islands President Kessai Note said on Friday the ties will continue. At the opening of the Nitijela (parliament) session, Note said diplomatic links established 14 months ago by the previous government will continue. "Many questions have been asked in the past week about whether or not our relations will continue," Note said.
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Govt agrees to provide debt haircut for indebted firms
Govt agrees to provide debt haircut for indebted firms JAKARTA (JP): Coordinating Minister for the Economy, Finance and Industry Kwik Kian Gie announced on Friday new strategies to accelerate the restructuring of the lifeless corporate sector, including an option for the Indonesian Bank Restructuring Agency (IBRA) to provide a debt haircut facility for indebted companies.
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Dollars account
Dollars account I have been a customer with the former Bank Exim, now part of Bank Mandiri, for 15 years. I have always been pleased with the Denpasar branch service, and have enjoyed ready access to the dollars in my U.S. dollar account. However, now that Bank Exim has merged with Bank Mandiri, the new management policies have changed with seemingly little concern of their effect on loyal clients. For example, I need U.S.
Sat, 15 Jan 2000, 00:00 WIB
IMF says East Timor could join Euroland
IMF says East Timor could join Euroland DILI, East Timor (Reuters): The tiny, traumatized Southeast Asian state of East Timor could adopt the euro as its currency, an International Monetary Fund official in the territory told Reuters on Friday. East Timor voted in August to break free from more than two decades of often brutal Indonesian rule, setting off a wave of violence by pro-Jakarta militias and the Indonesian security forces. As it moves towards independence under U.N.
Sat, 15 Jan 2000, 00:00 WIB
EU unlikely to renew RI arms embargo: British minister
EU unlikely to renew RI arms embargo: British minister LONDON (Agencies): The European Union is unlikely to renew an arms embargo imposed against Indonesia on Sept. 16 and due to expire Monday, a British foreign office minister said Thursday. John Battle, a British junior minister, who is due to visit Indonesia and East Timor next week, said: "It would require absolute unanimity of every single country in the EU to actually extend it further.
Sat, 15 Jan 2000, 00:00 WIB
Irian Jaya's name change receives warm welcome
Irian Jaya's name change receives warm welcome JAKARTA (JP): What's in a name? Quite a lot, according to a youth group from Irian Jaya, or what is now being termed Papua. A group of Irianese students who claim to represent the West Papuan Community and All-Indonesia Papuan Students Alliance hailed President Abdurrahman Wahid's decision at the start of the new year to grant demands for a change in the name of the province of Irian Jaya to Papua.
Sat, 15 Jan 2000, 00:00 WIB
IBRA under a new chairman
IBRA under a new chairman Hopefully, the Indonesian Bank Restructuring Agency (IBRA) will be able to work more expeditiously under the helmsmanship of its new chairman, Cacuk Sudarijanto. By doing so the agency would be contributing much to efforts to stem inflation, revive the real sector, bolster the public's confidence and maintain a rate of interest that is acceptable to business, stabilize the rate of the rupiah and revive the economy.
Sat, 15 Jan 2000, 00:00 WIB
Joko to head human rights commission
Joko to head human rights commission JAKARTA (JP): Joko Sugianto was elected on Friday as chairman of the National Commission on Human Rights, replacing Marzuki Darusman who was recently appointed the attorney general. Joko, at 74 the oldest member of the commission and a former deputy chairman of the Supreme Court, was elected during a two- and-a-half meeting by a vote of 11 to nine over Saparinah Sadli.
Sat, 15 Jan 2000, 00:00 WIB
Student dies from drug overdose
Student dies from drug overdose JAKARTA (JP): A 22-year-old university student was found dead at the house of a classmate in Kelapa Gading, North Jakarta, on Friday afternoon, an employee at the Cipto Mangunkusumo General Hospital morgue said. The victim, identified as Danni Pajaw of Cilincing, is believed to have died from a drug overdose, the employee said. The victim was taken to the hospital by police at about 3:30 p.m. for a postmortem examination.
Sat, 15 Jan 2000, 00:00 WIB
Obuchi optimistic Asia to become center of growth
Obuchi optimistic Asia to become center of growth BANGKOK (Reuters): Japanese Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi, in Thailand on the last leg of a three-nation Southeast Asian visit, said on Friday he was confident that Asia would be the center of growth in the 21st century.
Sat, 15 Jan 2000, 00:00 WIB
President's remark upsets Riau council
President's remark upsets Riau council PEKANBARU, Riau: The provincial council plans to send a letter to President Abdurrahman Wahid protesting his recent remark that calls for independence in Riau were "nonsense", council speaker H. Chaidir said here on Friday. Chaidir regretted the statement, saying that it ridiculed people in the province. "It is therefore only understandable that people in Riau became angry.
Sat, 15 Jan 2000, 00:00 WIB
Yusril travels to Netherlands to invite home coup exiles
Yusril travels to Netherlands to invite home coup exiles JAKARTA (JP): In an action which would have been unthinkable in the last 30 years, Minister of Law and Legislation Yusril Ihza Mahendra left for the Netherlands Friday night to invite home Indonesians in self-imposed exile in Europe since the 1965 abortive coup.
Sat, 15 Jan 2000, 00:00 WIB
Japanese bank warns of dire RI risks
Japanese bank warns of dire RI risks TOKYO (Reuters): Indonesia faces the risk of a banking sector meltdown and a political break-up that could trigger a financial crisis, a senior official of the Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JPIC) said on Friday. Takuma Hatano said Japan, Indonesia's biggest creditor, supported the three-year program of financial recovery measures that Jakarta is drawing up with the International Monetary Fund.
Sat, 15 Jan 2000, 00:00 WIB
Rusdihardjo wants an end to political intervention
Rusdihardjo wants an end to political intervention JAKARTA (JP): Newly installed National Police chief Lt. Gen. Rusdihardjo urged the nation on Friday to no longer allow any parties to intervene in police work for their own benefit. In his speech, marking the official handover of his new post from his predecessor, Gen. Roesmanhadi, Rusdihardjo underlined that police in every democratic nation should be independent in carrying out their task of upholding and protecting human rights.
Sat, 15 Jan 2000, 00:00 WIB
Stock quotations on JSX
Stock quotations on JSX Stock prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (in rupiah) on Jan. 14, 2000: Shares Close Change Trading Volume ---------------------------------------------------------- Ades Alfindo 950 -25 42,000 Alakasa Industrindo 525 0 5,000 Alter Abadi 425 -25 247,500 Alumindo Light Metal 1,150 -50 12,000 Aneka Kimia Raya 500 -100 5,000 Aneka Tambang (Persero) 1,350 0 1,597,000 Anwar Sierad 400 0 3,092,500 APAC Centertex Corp.
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Construction begins on airport toll road canal
Construction begins on airport toll road canal JAKARTA (JP): The City Public Works Agency has started constructing a canal along both sides of the 1.5 kilometer inundated part of the Soedyatmo toll road which links Soekarno- Hatta Airport with the city, an official said on Friday. "We started building the canal earlier this month. Each canal will be three meters deep and six meters wide," head of the agency, Fadly Khatib, told The Jakarta Post.
Sat, 15 Jan 2000, 00:00 WIB
Welcome guests
Welcome guests If there are welcome guests after the nation has celebrated the end of the fasting month of Ramadhan and the New Year, they must be coming from neighboring Singapore, led by Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong, and accompanied by almost one hundred businessmen. The Prime Minister and his entourage arrived here on Jan. 13, 2000. The businessmen have come here to help revitalize the economy through new investments, economic cooperation or financial aid packages.
Sat, 15 Jan 2000, 00:00 WIB
On call for jihad
On call for jihad I read the harsh opinion of Benny Subianto about Amien Rais in The Jakarta Post on Jan. 13, 2000 titled Has Amien Rais' color changed?, and I started wondering, did he have a more precise target for these attacking words beside Amien Rais personally?
Sat, 15 Jan 2000, 00:00 WIB
750 tons of used lubricants seized
750 tons of used lubricants seized JAKARTA (JP): The Sea and Air Police Corps arrested a man and confiscated 750 tons of used lubricants in drums from a tugboat about 1.5 kilometers north of Tanjung Priok Port on Friday morning, an officer said. Police estimate the evidence is worth about Rp 1 billion (US$135,000). Jakarta Police spokesman Lt. Col.
Sat, 15 Jan 2000, 00:00 WIB
Philippines protests Chinese "intrusion"
Philippines protests Chinese "intrusion" MANILA (AP): The Philippines protested on Friday the presence of Chinese fishermen last week in a shoal in the South China Sea claimed by both countries. Philippine foreign secretary Domingo Siazon expressed the protest in a meeting with Chinese Ambassador Fu Ying. The Philippine military said a navy transport ship spotted six Chinese boats near Scarborough Shoal on Jan. 6.
Sat, 15 Jan 2000, 00:00 WIB
Salary hike not a priority: Sutiyoso
Salary hike not a priority: Sutiyoso JAKARTA (JP): The city administration will not follow the central government's move to increase the salaries of its employees, Governor Sutiyoso announced at City Hall, saying salary hikes were not considered a top priority. "The city administration's top priority is to improve the welfare of lower-income residents who have been affected by the prolonged economic crisis," he said.
Sat, 15 Jan 2000, 00:00 WIB
Free beer for golfers at Imperial Golf Club
Free beer for golfers at Imperial Golf Club JAKARTA (JP): The Imperial Golf Club at Lippo Karawaci, Tangerang, is offering free beer to golfers who wish to participate in six tournaments on Saturdays and Sundays in January. Organizer Perucha Hutagaol said on Friday the free beer campaign for the golfers was sponsored in cooperation with the golf club and PT Multi Bintang Indonesia, a privately owned beer company.
Sat, 15 Jan 2000, 00:00 WIB
Celluloid on paper: RI film books still few in number
Celluloid on paper: RI film books still few in number By Gotot Prakosa JAKARTA (JP): A book discussing films from the viewpoint of the hegemony of power was published recently, another contribution to the relatively sparse collection of books on film in Indonesia. The highly interesting Film, Ideologi dan Militer (Film, Ideology and the Military), subtitled Hegemoni Militer dalam Sinema Indonesia (Military Hegemony in the Indonesian Cinema), is a semiotic analysis of three films.
Sat, 15 Jan 2000, 00:00 WIB
Pertamina's new president expected to be found soon
Pertamina's new president expected to be found soon JAKARTA (JP): The new commissioners of the state oil and gas Pertamina expect to find a new president for the company in one or two weeks, Minister of Mines and Energy Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said on Friday. Bambang, who is also president commissioner of Pertamina, said Pertamina's board of commissioners was currently studying potential candidates to replace the current president, Martiono Hadianto.
Sat, 15 Jan 2000, 00:00 WIB
RI books final berth in men's doubles in Korea
RI books final berth in men's doubles in Korea JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia has earned a place in the men's doubles semifinal and mixed doubles final in the 2000 Samsung Korea Open at Hanra gymnasium in Cheju island, South Korea. The veteran pair of Ricky Ahmad Subagja and Rexy Mainaky proved they can still be dangerous to their juniors, following a draining 12-15, 15-11, 15-6 victory over senior Danish pair of Jens Eriksen and Jesper Larsen in the quarterfinals on Friday.
Sat, 15 Jan 2000, 00:00 WIB
Strong winds wreck houses in C. Java
Strong winds wreck houses in C. Java SEMARANG: Strong winds hit Purbalingga and Pati regencies on Thursday evening, severely damaging 125 houses and leaving some 400 families without proper shelter. Central Java administration spokesman B. Sutrisno said on Friday that five people were also injured. "At Maitan village in Pati, the wind wrecked 15 houses and a number of residents were struck on the head by falling debris," he said.
Sat, 15 Jan 2000, 00:00 WIB
TNI reshuffle signals new balance of power: Analysts
TNI reshuffle signals new balance of power: Analysts JAKARTA (JP): Analysts said the recent reshuffle in the Indonesian Military (TNI) was an attempt by President Abdurrahman Wahid to reduce the institutional dominance of the Army.
Sat, 15 Jan 2000, 00:00 WIB
Govt to step up taxation efforts
Govt to step up taxation efforts JAKARTA (JP): The government will intensify taxation efforts and reduce new foreign borrowing and investment spending to control the budget deficit for the 2000 fiscal year at a maximum of 5 percent of the gross domestic product, finance minister Bambang Sudibyo said on Friday.
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Media watchdog pressures Mahathir
Media watchdog pressures Mahathir KUALA LUMPUR (AFP): A French-based media watchdog, World Association of Newspapers, urged Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad on Friday to drop the sedition charge against an editor of an opposition newspaper. Bengt Braun, the president of the group, in a letter to Mahathir also expressed his concern for the arrest of Zulkifli Sulong for publishing an article related to deposed deputy premier Anwar Ibrahim.
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Where to go in Jakarta Saturday, Jan. 15, 2000
Where to go in Jakarta Saturday, Jan. 15, 2000 Exhibitions * Poster Exhibition: Ilmu Warna Goethe, at Goethe-Institute, Jl. Matraman Raya 23, East Jakarta (Phone: 8509132), until Jan. 20. * Painting Exhibition: Fenomena Masyarakat Urban, by 15 Jakartan artists, at Galeri Milenium, Golden Truly, Blok B-23, Jl. R.S. Fatmawati No. 15, South Jakarta (Phone: 7507828), 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., until Jan. 30. * Fine Arts Exhibition by Handi Wirman, at Galeri Lontar, Jl.
Sat, 15 Jan 2000, 00:00 WIB
Old mosque a legacy of Chinese
Old mosque a legacy of Chinese By Aan Suryana and Tertiani ZB Simanjuntak After an absence of several Saturdays due to public holidays, Save Old Batavia appears again with a story of two protected mosques built by Chinese-Indonesian Muslims in the 1700s. They are the famous Kebon Jeruk Mosque on busy Jl. Hayam Wuruk and Al Anwar Mosque on Jl. Pangeran Tubagus Angke.
Sat, 15 Jan 2000, 00:00 WIB
Building professional teachers
Building professional teachers By Otong Setiawan Djuharie BANDUNG (JP): An article on teaching by Bantarto Bandoro last month reminded us that teachers are transformative intellectuals who must see themselves as professionals who are able to connect pedagogical theory and practice with wider social relevancies. Teachers work together to share ideas, exercise a collective power in the conditions of their labor, and embody in their teaching a vision of a better and more humane person.
Sat, 15 Jan 2000, 00:00 WIB
RI wants OPEC to maintain oil production level
RI wants OPEC to maintain oil production level JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Mines and Energy Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said on Friday Indonesia would ask the upcoming ministerial meeting of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) to maintain the present production level. Bambang said the present production level proved to have maintained oil price stability. "Not only have prices been stable but they've also reached a good level," Bambang told reporters at his office.
Sat, 15 Jan 2000, 00:00 WIB
Gus Dur and axis force
Gus Dur and axis force From Pikiran Rakyat It is evident there has been a difference of attitude between President Abdurrahman Wahid, or Gus Dur, and the "axis force" which supported him to become President. Gus Dur's reaction to the axis force under the leadership of Amien Rais, Hamzah Haz and Ahmad Sumargono when the latter held a rally involving a million Muslims at the National Monument (Monas) a few days ago, was really beyond my expectation.
Sat, 15 Jan 2000, 00:00 WIB
Govt argues ministers' pay hike good for all
Govt argues ministers' pay hike good for all JAKARTA (JP): The government has defended its plan to raise the salaries of state officials, saying a more appropriate pay level would allow officials to concentrate on their job without seeking additional sources of income.
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Two arrested over security guard killing
Two arrested over security guard killing JAKARTA (JP): South Jakarta Police detectives have arrested two suspects Friday in connection with the killing of an off-duty security guard in Pela Mampang subdistrict, Mampang Prapatan, South Jakarta, on Thursday. South Jakarta Police chief Col. Nono Suprijono said on Friday that the suspects, identified as Yahya Marasabesy and Taher, were unofficial parking attendants who on Thursday allegedly murdered Nicholas Kopong Dilaga, 28, in an act of revenge.
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Wismoyo in charge of Olympics preparations
Wismoyo in charge of Olympics preparations JAKARTA (JP): Chairman of the National Sports Council (KONI) Wismoyo Arismunandar said on Friday that he would lead the team preparations for the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney. Wismoyo said he would pick the director to organize and supervise the training program for the quadrennial event on Monday. "The KONI chief will be the Olympic Games' project manager.
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U.S. warns of antireform forces
U.S. warns of antireform forces JAKARTA (JP): The United States sounded a strong warning against domestic forces wishing to suppress democratic reform in Indonesia, and warned the military against hindering the work of a national inquiry investigating violence in East Timor. In a telephone interview with Indonesian journalists here, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Richard Holbrooke said the whole world was watching political developments in Jakarta with "sympathetic concern".