Archive: 13 October 2000
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Fri, 13 Oct 2000, 00:00 WIB
Jakarta to host Uzbekistan in Davis Cup Group I matches
Jakarta to host Uzbekistan in Davis Cup Group I matches JAKARTA (JP): Jakarta will host the Group I of Davis Cup match between Indonesia and Uzbekistan next February and is hoping for a miracle to beat the visiting team. "We have received notification from the International Tennis Federation (ITF) saying that Indonesia will host the match. It's most likely that we'll stage it at the Kemayoran Tennis Center," a spokesman of the Indonesian Tennis Association (Pelti), Benny Mailili, told reporters.
Fri, 13 Oct 2000, 00:00 WIB
TV today
TV today TVRI 5:00 a.m. Religious Teachings 6:00 News 8:00 Children's Song 9:00 Interval 2:00 p.m. News 2:30 Cartoon 3:00 Documentary 4:00 News 4:30 Talk Show 5:30 TVRI News 6:30 Music 7:00 Evening News 7:30 TV Drama 8:00 Sports 9:00 World News 9:30 Music 10:30 News Program 2 5:30 p.m. News 6:00 Music 7:00 Evening News 7:30 TV Drama 8:00 City News 8:30 Variety Show TPI 5:30 a.m.
Fri, 13 Oct 2000, 00:00 WIB
Demand to drop charges against Bob Hasan denied
Demand to drop charges against Bob Hasan denied JAKARTA (JP): The Central Jakarta District Court dismissed on Thursday a motion to have corruption charges against timber baron Mohamad "Bob" Hasan dropped. The defendant, a one-time golfing buddy of former president Soeharto, has been charged with swindling hundreds of millions of dollars from the state and the Association of Indonesian Forest Concessionaires (APHI).
Fri, 13 Oct 2000, 00:00 WIB
ASEAN chief insists EU meeting still on
ASEAN chief insists EU meeting still on HANOI (AFP): The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) still expects breakthrough talks with the European Union to go ahead as planned in December despite the mounting crisis in Myanmar, ASEAN secretary-general Rodolfo Severino said on Thursday.
Fri, 13 Oct 2000, 00:00 WIB
3,215 officers to secure IPU
3,215 officers to secure IPU JAKARTA (JP): Jakarta Police chief Insp. Gen. Nurfaizi said on Thursday the police would deploy 3,215 officers to secure the upcoming Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) conference scheduled to begin here on Sunday. "Most of the security personnel will come from the city police," Nurfaizi said at Jakarta Police Headquarters following a ceremony marking the final security preparations for the conference.
Fri, 13 Oct 2000, 00:00 WIB
Four arrested for drug trafficking
Four arrested for drug trafficking BOGOR, West Java (JP): Cisarua Police subprecinct nabbed four drug traffickers in separate locations near the popular Puncak resort and confiscated 1.5 kilograms of marijuana, a police officer said on Thursday. Subprecinct chief First Insp. Ogiyanto said the four arrested, were later identified as Dhenny Bachtiar bin Nurman, Alhamdy Asrul, Iwan Hermansyah and Amiruddin bin Maman.
Fri, 13 Oct 2000, 00:00 WIB
BCA's ATM at Wisma Indocement
BCA's ATM at Wisma Indocement Bank Central Asia's (BCA) automatic teller machine (ATM) located at Wisma Indocement on Jl. Sudirman has been down for days and nothing has been done about it. My office is on the 11th floor of the building and it's very convenient for me to withdraw money and pay different kinds of bills through the ATM. Now that it is broken I have to find other ATMs in the surrounding area, which is a waste of time.
Fri, 13 Oct 2000, 00:00 WIB
Govt to provide provinces with greater tax authority
Govt to provide provinces with greater tax authority JAKARTA (JP): Finance Minister Prijadi Praptosuhardjo proposed on Thursday an amendment to regional tax law which would allow provincial and regency administrations to have greater authority in collecting tax and fixing tax tariffs. Prijadi said that the greater tax power was needed to allow regional governments to have more flexibility in financing their administration once the new regional autonomy law is fully implemented in January.
Fri, 13 Oct 2000, 00:00 WIB
Residents demand land certificates
Residents demand land certificates PADANG, West Sumatra: Hundreds of residents of Aur Kuning area set roadblocks on Thursday at Bukittinggi bypass road, paralyzing the traffic leading to the bus terminal and neighboring Agam regency. The people were demanding the city administration issue 55 certificates for their new land, received in exchange for property given up for road construction in 1995.
Fri, 13 Oct 2000, 00:00 WIB
Beddu questioned over Bulog scam
Beddu questioned over Bulog scam JAKARTA (JP): The former chairman of the State Logistics Agency (Bulog) Beddu Amang appeared on Thursday at the Attorney General's Office to face questioning as a suspect in a corruption case linked to the youngest son of former president Soeharto, Hutomo "Tommy" Mandala Putra.
Fri, 13 Oct 2000, 00:00 WIB
Unocal buys partner shares
Unocal buys partner shares EL SEGUNDO, California (Dow Jones): Affiliates of Unocal Corporation, Unocal Makassar, Ltd., and Unocal Rapak, Ltd., said on Thursday they have agreed to purchase respective interest in Production Sharing Contracts for blocks offshore East Kalimantan, Indonesia from affiliates of ExxonMobil, Mobil Makassar Inc. and Mobil Rapak Inc. The purchase is subject to approval by the government of Indonesia and Pertamina and no timetable for closing has been announced.
Fri, 13 Oct 2000, 00:00 WIB
Rupiah falls on dollar-buying, peso falls to new record low
Rupiah falls on dollar-buying, peso falls to new record low JAKARTA (Dow Jones): The Indonesian rupiah closed lower Thursday on thin volume led by state bank dollar-buying after falls in regional currencies. Strong market rumors that the chairman of the Indonesian Bank Restructuring Agency, Cacuk Sudarijanto, will soon be ousted - which he has denied - also edged the rupiah lower. Widigdo Sukarman, formerly head of PT Bank Negara Indonesia, is tipped to replace Cacuk.
Fri, 13 Oct 2000, 00:00 WIB
Govt bans separatist flag in Irian Jaya
Govt bans separatist flag in Irian Jaya JAKARTA (JP): The government announced on Thursday a ban on the "Morning Star" separatist flag in Irian Jaya and a crackdown on the proindependence Papua Task Force. "The government has decided to ban the hoisting of the Morning Star flag because it has been misused as a symbol of separatist cause," Cabinet Secretary Marsilam Simanjuntak told a news conference on Wednesday after a Cabinet meeting at Bina Graha presidential office.
Fri, 13 Oct 2000, 00:00 WIB
ASEAN monitors Suu Kyi in Myanmar, won't mediate
ASEAN monitors Suu Kyi in Myanmar, won't mediate HANOI (Agencies): The Association of Southeast Asian Nations said on Thursday it was monitoring the situation in Myanmar, where opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been confined to her home, but had no intention of mediating. "At various levels, ASEAN members are keeping an eye on what's happening in Myanmar," the regional grouping's secretary general Rodolfo Severino said.
Fri, 13 Oct 2000, 00:00 WIB
Wearing heavy outfits?
Wearing heavy outfits? It is difficult to understand why the members of the People's Consultative Assembly and the House of Representatives (MPR and DPR) prefer to don a complete suit (a jacket, a long-sleeved shirt and a tie) to go to work, considering that Indonesia is a tropical country. I wonder whether they do not feel too hot. We can imagine that they must sweat profusely and be limited in their movements when they go out in the field to be close to the people they claim to represent.
Fri, 13 Oct 2000, 00:00 WIB
Minivan drivers demand tariff hike
Minivan drivers demand tariff hike ANGERANG (JP): Hundreds of angkot (public minivan) drivers staged a rally at the city council building here on Thursday demanding a raise in the minivan tariff. The protesters who drove their vehicles to the compound said that the tariff hike was appropriate following the recent raise in fuel prices by an average of 12 percent.
Fri, 13 Oct 2000, 00:00 WIB
Marcos, Chun and Soeharto
Marcos, Chun and Soeharto From Warta Kota In 1980, at the end of his reign, former Philippine president Marcos had to flee abroad. The people's power movement opposing Marcos' greed caused the armed forces to divide into two opposing groups. The United States, as the Philippines' friend, "saved" Marcos and all his family, sheltering them in Hawaii. Mrs. Corazon Aquino, supported by the people's power, asked Marcos to step down.
Fri, 13 Oct 2000, 00:00 WIB
60 referees set for nat'l league
60 referees set for nat'l league JAKARTA (JP): Sixty referees who have obtained C-1 national certificates are being prepared for the seventh Indonesian soccer league next year. The Soccer Association of Indonesia (PSSI) official in charge of referees and matches, Ecky Tamtelahitu, said the referees had attended two courses that invited instructors from the ASEAN Football Federation (AFF).
Fri, 13 Oct 2000, 00:00 WIB
Lippo launches Internet portal
Lippo launches Internet portal JAKARTA (JP): The Lippo Group launched on Thursday its first Internet portal, Lippostar.com, offering news and Internet gimmicks such as games, e-mail and message board. "In its first stage, Lippostar provides eight channels ... but it is expected that by the end of this year it will have at least 10 channels with around 50 subchannels," Lippo Online, the operator of the website, says.
Fri, 13 Oct 2000, 00:00 WIB
Maya Sigit sentenced to 8 months in jail
Maya Sigit sentenced to 8 months in jail JAKARTA (JP): The court sentenced on Thursday former president Soeharto's granddaughter-in-law Gusti Maya Firanti Noor, 29, to eight months in prison and fined her Rp 15 million (US$1,720) for possessing a small amount of crystal methamphetamine.
Fri, 13 Oct 2000, 00:00 WIB
Nokia introduces new services
Nokia introduces new services JAKARTA (JP): Nokia Mobile Phones Indonesia and its distributor for wireless data applications, PT inTouch, introduced on Wednesday several new value-added services for booking flights and buying movie tickets through Nokia's handsets.
Fri, 13 Oct 2000, 00:00 WIB
11 C. Java athletes join SEAG training
11 C. Java athletes join SEAG training SEMARANG (JP): Eleven Central Java athletes will join the centralized training program for the Kuala Lumpur 2001 Southeast Asian Games. The 11 athletes are judokas Wijayanto Purnomo and Lita Theresia, billiard players Heson M and Sumarno, volleyballers M Gufron, Agung, Budi Santoso and Rosalia Maya Puspa Dewi and pencak silat fighters Haris Nugroho, Sigit Intantoro, Yulisa and Ranisari.
Fri, 13 Oct 2000, 00:00 WIB
Thousands in Vietnam disciplined
Thousands in Vietnam disciplined HANOI (Reuters): More than 2,000 Communist Party members and officials have been disciplined in a northern Vietnam province that saw serious unrest three years ago, the party newspaper reported on Thursday. The Nhan Dan (People) daily blamed bad management, bureaucracy, corruption and a lack of democracy for the unrest in November 1997 in Thai Binh province, 80 kilometers south of Hanoi. It said complaints against officials had accumulated there in recent years.
Fri, 13 Oct 2000, 00:00 WIB
Ship stranded off Nabire
Ship stranded off Nabire SORONG, Irian Jaya: Luxurious passenger ship KM Umsini, belonging to the state-owned liner PT Pelni has been stranded in the waters off Nabire since hitting coral reefs on Tuesday, an official said on Thursday. Nabire port official Riky Jarangga said all of the 1,600 passengers onboard had been evacuated by KM Sibayak. "They all are safe," he said. He added that the stranded ship would be towed to the port using KM Rinjani.
Fri, 13 Oct 2000, 00:00 WIB
Asia Pulp unit shares slump on over $10b debt concern
Asia Pulp unit shares slump on over $10b debt concern SINGAPORE (Bloomberg): Shares of Asia Pulp & Paper Co. and its units dropped, some to a record, after analysts cut investment ratings on worries about the group's ability to repay more than US$10 billion debt. American depositary receipts of Asia Pulp, Asia's largest paper maker outside Japan, plunged 4.4 percent to a record $1.375 Tuesday in New York.
Fri, 13 Oct 2000, 00:00 WIB
Student dies of drug overdose
Student dies of drug overdose JAKARTA (JP): A student at a private university was found dead with a needle sticking in one of his arms in a toilet at his campus in Cinere, Depok on Tuesday morning, a police report said. The report said that 22-year-old Ragil Alam Kusuma, accounting student at the university, died of a suspected drug overdose. A waitress at the cafeteria near the toilet had become suspicious when Ragil did not come out of the toilet for a long time, the report said.
Fri, 13 Oct 2000, 00:00 WIB
Malaysia's palm oil futures drop again
Malaysia's palm oil futures drop again KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters): The selldown in Malaysian palm oil futures continued for a second day on Thursday, with dealers saying there was no positive news to halt the market slide on worries of oversupply and weak exports. Nearby contracts, which fell below the 800 ringgit (US$210) a ton support level at Wednesday's close, saw fresh losses of between 20 and 27 ringgit.
Fri, 13 Oct 2000, 00:00 WIB
Campaign to reduce mortality rates launched
Campaign to reduce mortality rates launched JAKARTA (JP): The Ministry of Health and Social Welfare in cooperation with the World Health Organization (WHO) launched on Thursday a campaign called "Make Pregnancy Safer" to reduce the country's high maternal and infant mortality rates.
Fri, 13 Oct 2000, 00:00 WIB
Ade defies sanction imposed by IFBB
Ade defies sanction imposed by IFBB JAKARTA (JP): National men's bodybuilder Ade Rai will continue to compete in international events despite the three-year sanction from the Asian chapter of the International Bodybuilding Federation (IFBB). Ade confirmed Thursday that he was banned from competing in any events held by the IFBB and the Asian Bodybuilding Federation (ABBF) starting Aug. 23, 2000 until Aug. 23, 2003.
Fri, 13 Oct 2000, 00:00 WIB
Former PM Rao sentenced to 3 years in jail
Former PM Rao sentenced to 3 years in jail NEW DELHI (Agencies): A special Indian court sentenced former prime minister P.V. Narasimha Rao and a cabinet colleague to three years in jail on Thursday after they were convicted last month in a vote-buying case. "I hereby sentence the accused P.V. Narasimha Rao and Buta Singh to rigorous imprisonment up to three years and a fine of 100,000 rupees ($2,150)," special court judge Ajit Barihoke said in his order at the high security courtroom.
Fri, 13 Oct 2000, 00:00 WIB
BSP reschedules $76m debt
BSP reschedules $76m debt JAKARTA (JP): Publicly listed PT Bakrie Sumatra Plantation (BSP) said here on Thursday it had signed an agreement with foreign creditors on the restructuring of its US$76 million debt. Under the restructuring deal, Bakrie could extend its payment of the principal debt for three years, with an interest rate of 3.5 percentage points above the Singapore Inter-Bank Offered Rates (SIBOR), the company's spokesman Lalu Mara Satriawangsa said in a statement.
Fri, 13 Oct 2000, 00:00 WIB
Moody's to send team to RI
Moody's to send team to RI JAKARTA (Dow Jones): Moody's Investors Service Inc. said Thursday it plans to send a sovereign ratings team to Indonesia in mid-November. Thomas Byrne, a Moody's senior vice president, told Dow Jones Newswires the team would come, but didn't say whether the ratings agency would conduct an official review of the country's sovereign rating.
Fri, 13 Oct 2000, 00:00 WIB
Anti-tobacco campaign in schools in major cities
Anti-tobacco campaign in schools in major cities JAKARTA (JP): The Ministry of National Education launched on Thursday an anti-tobacco campaign in five of the country's major cities in a bid to reduce the number of smokers below 18 years of age. What is most notable about the campaign is that it is being sponsored by several cigarette companies.
Fri, 13 Oct 2000, 00:00 WIB
KONI has problems raising Rp 77 billion for SEA Games
KONI has problems raising Rp 77 billion for SEA Games JAKARTA (JP): The Kuala Lumpur 2001 SEA Games are less than one year away but the National Sports Council (KONI) is still encountering difficulties in raising the Rp 77.4 billion (US$9.1 million) required for the Indonesian contingent's preparations.
Fri, 13 Oct 2000, 00:00 WIB
PPD badly needs overhaul not new management
PPD badly needs overhaul not new management JAKARTA (JP): The 46-year-old PPD city bus transportation company urgently needs government intervention in handling the firm's oversized workforce and the growing number of aging vehicles, its spokesman said. "These two problems have been undermining PPD financial performance for so many years the result has been huge and seemingly endless debts," spokesman Suryadi said in an interview with The Jakarta Post at his office on Thursday.
Fri, 13 Oct 2000, 00:00 WIB
More on Satelindo service
More on Satelindo service I refer to the letter by Mr. Amir Sidharta regarding the poor service of Satelindo which appeared in this column on Oct. 11. I fully agree with Mr. Amir on this point. Particularly over the last six months, Satelindo's service has deteriorated completely. I live in Citereup and have been a Satelindo subscriber for the last several years (right from the day of its inception).
Fri, 13 Oct 2000, 00:00 WIB
Reforming the military
Reforming the military President Abdurrahman Wahid must find himself in a difficult situation as he embarks on the second year of his presidency this month. The task of bringing about the democratic reforms entrusted to him by the People's Consultative Assembly at the time of his election in October last year, are far from accomplished, and nowhere can this be more true than in the field of military reform.
Fri, 13 Oct 2000, 00:00 WIB
Govenment denies plans to lift Maluku civil emergency status
Govenment denies plans to lift Maluku civil emergency status JAKARTA (JP): The government denied on Thursday having made plans to lift the civil emergency status in the conflict-ridden Maluku and North Maluku provinces, despite its failure to bring peace and order in the territories. "There is no plan to lift the civil emergency status in Maluku," Cabinet Secretary Marsilam Simandjuntak said after a Cabinet meeting at the Bina Graha presidential office.
Fri, 13 Oct 2000, 00:00 WIB
Where to go in Jakarta:
Where to go in Jakarta: Exhibitions * Painting Exhibition Ojo Ngono by Nasirun, at Galeri Nasional Indonesia (the National Gallery), Jl. Medan Merdeka Timur 14, Gambir, Central Jakarta (Phone: 34833954), 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., until Oct. 15. * Photo Exhibition: Under the Jatinegara Bridge by Mohamad Iqbal, at Antara Photojournalism Gallery, Jl. Antara No. 59 Pasar Baru, Central Jakarta (Phone: 3458771), Tuesday to Sunday, 11:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m., until Oct. 15. * Painting Exhibition by W.
Fri, 13 Oct 2000, 00:00 WIB
Extradition of Eurico opposed
Extradition of Eurico opposed JAKARTA (JP): Speakers of the country's two legislative bodies urged the government on Thursday not to allow the extradition of former militia leader Eurico Guterres to East Timor. Both House of Representatives Speaker Akbar Tandjung and People's Consultative Assembly Speaker Amien Rais were of the same opinion that sending Eurico back to his birth place would damage the nation's sovereignty.
Fri, 13 Oct 2000, 00:00 WIB
Two soldiers arrested for supplying arms to GAM
Two soldiers arrested for supplying arms to GAM JAKARTA (JP): Two soldiers from the Military Police Headquarters have been arrested on charges of supplying AK-47 rifles to the separatist Free Aceh Movement (GAM), Jakarta Military commander Maj. Gen Slamet Kirbiyantoro said on Thursday. The two men were picked up while on duty at the Indonesian Military (TNI) headquarters in Cilangkap, East Jakarta, on Monday, Slamet was quoted by Antara as saying. He declined to give their names or ranks.
Fri, 13 Oct 2000, 00:00 WIB
Prosecutor's appeal is baseless, says Soeharto's lawyer
Prosecutor's appeal is baseless, says Soeharto's lawyer JAKARTA (JP): Lawyers defending former president Soeharto submitted a counterstatement to the South Jakarta District Court on Thursday in response to the appeal brought by the state against the court's ruling on their client. Juan Felix Tampubolon, the leader of Soeharto's defense team, said that the counterstatement contended that the prosecutors' appeal to the Jakarta High Court was improper and lacked a legal basis.
Fri, 13 Oct 2000, 00:00 WIB
Print batik finally gains popularity among youths
Print batik finally gains popularity among youths By Tiwi and Erry YOGYAKARTA (JP): For decades, batik cap (print batik) has been considered "second class" and less worthy than batik tulis (hand- made batik). Batik tulis has become the attire of aristocrat and the wealthy, not only because the material is of better quality, but it is seen as a symbol of their social status, owing to its high price. Batik tulis is not affordable for most people, a fact which upset batikmaker Sofia Soetardjo.
Fri, 13 Oct 2000, 00:00 WIB
Juniors win first round
Juniors win first round JAKARTA (JP): Three Indonesian junior chess players had a good start in the World Youth Chess Championship in Oropesa del Mar, Spain, by beating their opponents. "Percasi Master (MP) Andrean Susilodinata, 10, beat Alex Cuevas of Argentina at the 31st move of Caro-Kann defense. He controlled the game from the 16th move," a spokesman of the Indonesian Chess Association (Percasi) Kristianus Liem said in a fax sent to The Jakarta Post Thursday.
Fri, 13 Oct 2000, 00:00 WIB
Uncalled-for criticism
Uncalled-for criticism What can I say about your paper's review of our restaurant in The Jakarta Post dated Oct. 11, 2000? I was not aware of the reviews, until a customer telephoned me to comment. His rebuttal of this tasteless piece of drivel allows for little explanation on my part. I have faxed his comments for your review; you may want to employ him as your new food critic. Both our restaurants in Jakarta, Hazara and Lan Na Thai, have flourished despite difficult times.
Fri, 13 Oct 2000, 00:00 WIB
Asia farming on horns of a dilemma over GMO
Asia farming on horns of a dilemma over GMO SINGAPORE (Reuters): Asia, home to three fifths of the world's people, faces a dilemma -- how to feed a growing population without disrupting traditional farming methods that help social and political stability. The UN's world food body, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), said in a recent report biotechnology could make a huge contribution to reducing world hunger and reverse a trend towards disappointing crop yields.
Fri, 13 Oct 2000, 00:00 WIB
ASEAN information ministers meet
ASEAN information ministers meet HANOI (AFP): Information ministers from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations launched two days of talks here Thursday amid efforts to forge a common IT policy despite huge differences among member states. ASEAN secretary general Rodolfo Severino said the organization was keen to help poorer members develop their information technology industries.
Fri, 13 Oct 2000, 00:00 WIB
Armed men rob state banks
Armed men rob state banks BANDA ACEH, Aceh (JP): Armed men stormed branches of state Bank Rakyat Indonesia (BRI) and provincial administration-owned Bank Pembangunan Daerah (BPD) in Bireuen regency, northern Aceh, making away with a total of Rp 43 million on Wednesday, an officer said. The deputy chief of the special police operation Cinta Meunasah, Supt. Yatim Suyatmo, said the men stole Rp 21 million from the BRI branch in Samalanga, and Rp 22 million from the BPD branch in Glumpang Dua.
Fri, 13 Oct 2000, 00:00 WIB
Singaporean couple's home caught in Web
Singaporean couple's home caught in Web SINGAPORE (AP): Ashley and Raymond Tang can turn the lights on in their Singapore home from anywhere in the world. The couple can also control their television, blender, air conditioner, stereo, computer or any other appliance from any corner of the globe -- as long as they have access to the Internet. The Tangs live in Singapore's first "Internet home" which was officially launched on Thursday.
Fri, 13 Oct 2000, 00:00 WIB
Vice-president resignation, peso's fall a blow to Estrada
Vice-president resignation, peso's fall a blow to Estrada MANILA (Reuters): Philippine President Joseph Estrada, accused of links to gambling lords, faced the biggest crisis of his two- year rule on Wednesday when his vice-president quit the cabinet and the peso crashed to a new low.
Fri, 13 Oct 2000, 00:00 WIB
Asia sees more financial mergers
Asia sees more financial mergers SINGAPORE (DPA): Asia's financial sectors will see more mergers and acquisitions as cash-rich Singapore institutions seek to expand and Hong Kong banks are forced to consolidate, a leading U.S. investment firm said on Thursday. "Changing profit dynamics and market liberalization should heighten merger and acquisition activity," said a report from Salomon Smith Barney (SSB).
Fri, 13 Oct 2000, 00:00 WIB
Riau archipelago province bill opposed
Riau archipelago province bill opposed JAKARTA (JP): A bill proposed by the House of Representatives to develop the Riau Islands into its own province, separate to that of mainland Riau, is meeting strong opposition from the provincial administration and council.
Fri, 13 Oct 2000, 00:00 WIB
Conversion Rates
Conversion Rates Bank Indonesia's conversion rates on Oct. 12, 2000: Bank notes rates TT rates Buying Selling Buying Selling Rp Rp Rp Rp U.S.
Fri, 13 Oct 2000, 00:00 WIB
Former tofu boss gets 4 years for corruption
Former tofu boss gets 4 years for corruption JAKARTA (JP): Marzuki Bazis, 37, former head of the Indonesian Tofu Soybean Cooperatives (Kopti), sat silent on Thursday when a packed courtroom cheered after Judge Bay Bastur sentenced him to a four-year jail term for embezzling Rp 1.7 billion (US$195,400) of the cooperatives' funds.
Fri, 13 Oct 2000, 00:00 WIB
Oki to appeal for clemency over death sentence
Oki to appeal for clemency over death sentence JAKARTA (JP): Convicted murderer Harnoko Dewantono, alias Oki, 35, plans to seek clemency from the President, after the Supreme Court upheld the death sentence imposed on him by the Jakarta High Court in 1997, following his conviction for three murders committed in the United States between 1991 and 1992, a court official said.
Fri, 13 Oct 2000, 00:00 WIB
Hospital finds HIV-contaminated blood supplied by local Red Cross
Hospital finds HIV-contaminated blood supplied by local Red Cross BANDUNG (JP): A private hospital here has found that nine bags of blood supplied by the local office of the Indonesian Red Cross (PMI) have tested positive to the Human Immuno-Deficiency Virus (HIV).
Fri, 13 Oct 2000, 00:00 WIB
RI vows to fight all-out against Kuwait
RI vows to fight all-out against Kuwait JAKARTA (Agencies): Despite its underdog position, Indonesia's soccer team pledged to fight all-out in its first Group B match of the 2000 Asian Cup final against Kuwait at the Tripoli stadium in Lebanon on Friday. Team manager Mohammad Zein said his team did not come to Lebanon to receive an easy defeat.
Fri, 13 Oct 2000, 00:00 WIB
Vice chairman of IBRA is replaced
Vice chairman of IBRA is replaced JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesian Bank Restructuring Agency (IBRA) deputy chairman Sumantri Slamet will be appointed as the agency's second top man to replace outgoing vice chairman Arwin Rasyid, Finance Minister Prijadi Praptosuhardjo said here on Thursday. The statement came amid rumors that there would be a major reshuffle in the agency, which manages over Rp 600 trillion worth of assets surrendered by former owners of closed and nationalized banks.
Fri, 13 Oct 2000, 00:00 WIB
INRO allowed to sell stock
INRO allowed to sell stock KUALA LUMPUR (Dow Jones): The International Natural Rubber Council has decided to allow the International Natural Rubber Organization to sell a minimum of 110,000 metric tons of its buffer stock by March next year, a delegate from a major consuming country said. "There's a deal...to sell 110,000 tons by March," he said.
Fri, 13 Oct 2000, 00:00 WIB
Stock quotations on JSX
Stock quotations on JSX Stock prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (in rupiah) on Oct. 12, 2000: Shares Close Change Trading Volume ------------------------------------------------------------- Ades Alfindo 2,260 -20 806,000 Adindo Foresta Indonesia 125 -5 17,500 Alakasa Industrindo 430 0 0 Alfa Retailindo 800 5 22,500 Alter Abadi 200 -5 23,000 Alumindo Light Metal 995 0 0 Aneka Kimia Raya 290 0 0 Aneka Tambang (Persero) 990 -5 1,247,000 Anwar Sierad 300 0 0 APAC Centertex Corp.
Fri, 13 Oct 2000, 00:00 WIB
Paralympics athletes get funds
Paralympics athletes get funds JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesian contingent to the Sydney Paralympics received more than Rp 600 million (US$70,600) in contributions to support their participation, an official said on Thursday. The National Sports Council (KONI) provided a donation of Rp 105 million and the government, through the defunct state ministry for youth affairs and sport gave Rp 500 million.
Fri, 13 Oct 2000, 00:00 WIB
Fire destroys important documents at BPKP office
Fire destroys important documents at BPKP office JAKARTA (JP): Documents related to the alleged "mishandling" of multibillion dollar emergency supports from Bank Indonesia have allegedly turned into ashes in a fire that gutted the third floor of the Development and Finance Comptroller's (BPKP) office here on Thursday afternoon.
Fri, 13 Oct 2000, 00:00 WIB
'Phaedra', a play of forbidden love, on stage in Yogya
'Phaedra', a play of forbidden love, on stage in Yogya By Kartika Bagus C. SURAKARTA, Central Java (JP): "I can see the strange things love can do," Hypolitus tells Phaedra cynically. Phaedra's husband, King Theseus, is leaving his kingdom and she does not know for sure when or whether he will be back. Deep inside, she hates him for making her his wife after conquering her kingdom, Kreta. Now, the king's wife is paying special attention to Hypolitus, her husband's son.