Archive: 16 January 2000
21 articles found
Sun, 16 Jan 2000
'Angklung' made with fatherly love
'Angklung' made with fatherly loveBy Bambang Tiong YOGYAKARTA (JP): Seventy-year-old Sumitro, who lives in Tegiri, a small village in Yogyakarta, is a successful maker of the West Javanese traditional musical instrument known as angklung, a series of suspended bamboo tubes which percuss when shaken.
Sun, 16 Jan 2000
The road to Tanah Lot
The road to Tanah Lot Bali, Indonesia, January 2000. What is it about Bali that makes it so special? Everyone seems to have their own reason for loving Bali, and I guess that's the secret to its success.
Sun, 16 Jan 2000
Galang Island's poignant past open to visitors
Galang Island's poignant past open to visitorsText and photos by A. Junaidi GALANG ISLAND, Riau (JP): Sadness, emptiness and horror are among the impressions of visitors to this island, where hundreds of thousands of Vietnamese boat people lived in a refugee camp in the 1970s.
Sun, 16 Jan 2000
Four roads to e-commerce development in RI
Four roads to e-commerce development in RIBy Christiani Tumelap JAKARTA (JP): E-commerce was only beginning to be discussed by certain interest groups here in 1995, when the worldwide web had already become popular and useful for many companies in the United States.
Sun, 16 Jan 2000
On Komnas-Ham reshuffle
On Komnas-Ham reshuffle The Pancasila Youth Front (FPI) and the Maluku Muslim Young Generation (FORGEMMA) are right in demanding that the House of Representatives should urge the National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas Ham) to dissolve itself or at least reshuffle its members.
Sun, 16 Jan 2000
Model surfboards ride a successful wave
Model surfboards ride a successful waveBy Bambang Tiong YOGYAKARTA (JP): A breakthrough in the use of wood; this time not only is the product popular among foreign buyers, but it also is a good foreign exchange earner.
Sun, 16 Jan 2000
Adventures at sea in Sangir
Adventures at sea in SangirText by Wahyuni Kamah Photos by Thomas Kiss MANADO, North Sulawesi (JP): Since Merpati Airlines has suspended its flights between Manado and Tahuna from July of this year, visiting Tahuna on Sangihe Island in North Sulawesi now requires a trip by sea.
Sun, 16 Jan 2000
West Java's fragrant roots not as sweet as they used to be
West Java's fragrant roots not as sweet as they used to beBy Y.R. Prahista BANDUNG (JP): Throwing his tattered hat angrily onto the ground, Amin half cursed, "Akar wangi (a kind of fragrant grass) farmers are dying. The price of the akar wangi oil has slumped," he said.
Sun, 16 Jan 2000
Do you know the way to Galang?
Do you know the way to Galang? GALANG Island, Riau (JP): Since last year, visitors have been able to reach Galang by land, thanks to the development of six bridges connecting the islands of Batam, Tonton, Nipah, Setoko, Rempang and Galang.
Sun, 16 Jan 2000
Clinton gives strong support to Gus Dur
Clinton gives strong support to Gus Dur JAKARTA (JP): U.S. Ambassador Robert S. Gelbard met with President Abdurrahman Wahid on Saturday at Bina Graha presidential office to convey a message of support for his leadership from President Bill Clinton.
Sun, 16 Jan 2000
Iskak dies of heart failure
Iskak dies of heart failure JAKARTA (JP): Comedian Iskak died from heart failure on Friday night at the age of 67, Antara reported.Iskak started building his career as a comedian in Jakarta in 1958, forming a group with Ateng and Bagyo.
Sun, 16 Jan 2000
Indonesian artists reflect on past horrors
Indonesian artists reflect on past horrorsBy Astri Wright VICTORIA, Canada (JP): The staged and spontaneous riots with violent repercussions in Jakarta in early 1998, leading to Soeharto's stepping down, continue to reverberate through contemporary Indonesian art.
Sun, 16 Jan 2000
Marriage involves much more than timing
Marriage involves much more than timingBy E. Effendi JAKARTA (JP): When you become a grown-up man, you realize that you have to worry about different things from those when you were younger. For instance, instead of worrying about whether your parents will let you come home late, you are now...
Sun, 16 Jan 2000
Local designers and media start exploring the benefits of cyberworld
Local designers and media start exploring the benefits of cyberworldBy Agni Amorita JAKARTA (JP): Daisy Windayanti, the fashion editor of Kawanku, a magazine for young girls, almost kissed her computer after she found the latest picture of Indonesian model Tracy Trinita on a catwalk in a Paris...
Sun, 16 Jan 2000
Spotlight
SpotlightPhoto G: CiputraHotel CiputraWINNING ORPHANS: Emmanuel Guillard, general manager of Hotel Ciputra Jakarta, hands over the prizes for winners of the Adzan (call for prayer) contest for orphans. The winner was Mohamad Akbar (far left), second Mohamad Yusuf (second left), both from...
Sun, 16 Jan 2000
Violence in Dili as UN offers jobs
Violence in Dili as UN offers jobs DILI, East Timor (Agencies): Violence broke out in Dili on Saturday when thousands of poor and unemployed East Timorese scrambled to apply for jobs offered by the United Nations administration.
Sun, 16 Jan 2000
Traditional musical instrument 'kledek' nearly extinct
Traditional musical instrument 'kledek' nearly extinctBy Margareta and Edi Petebang PONTIANAK, West Kalimantan (JP): A traditional song was heard drifting sweetly through the village. It was nice, but it could have been more beautiful if it had been sung to the accompaniment of kledek, a typical...
Sun, 16 Jan 2000
Ricky/Rexy cruise to Korea Open men's double final
Ricky/Rexy cruise to Korea Open men's double final JAKARTA (JP): Indonesian veterans men's double pair Ricky Ahmad Subagja and Rexy Mainaky seemed to revive their glory days by cruising to the final of the 2000 Samsung Korea Open at Hanra gymnasium in Cheju Island, South Korea.
Sun, 16 Jan 2000
A day in the life of a 'bakpao' peddler
A day in the life of a 'bakpao' peddlerBy Santo Koesoebjono WASSENAAR, The Netherlands (JP): "Pao, pao," shouts Bambang one night on his way home from his stand in front of the SMP (middle school) 12 in Kebayoran Baru, South Jakarta, where he sells bakpao.
Sun, 16 Jan 2000
Ulemas Council does about-face on jihad
Ulemas Council does about-face on jihad JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesian Ulemas Council (MUI) defied President Abdurrahman Wahid's stern warning against a holy war, expressing its sympathy for the cry invoked by Muslim demonstrators for a jihad to defend their brethren in Maluku.
Sun, 16 Jan 2000
Challenges and chances seen for RI economy
Challenges and chances seen for RI economy WASHINGTON (Agencies): Indonesia has the potential to share in Asia's strong recovery from the financial crisis of 1997-99 but must still tackle problems of corruption and bad governance, U.S. Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers said on Friday.