Archive: 29 October 2000
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Sun, 29 Oct 2000, 00:00 WIB
Centuries old seafaring tradition still exists in Surabaya
Centuries old seafaring tradition still exists in Surabaya By Simon Marcus Gower SURABAYA (JP): The heat is high in central Surabaya and dust rises from its ever traffic laden streets making a walk around this large and centuries old city a difficult experience. But there are few pedestrians on these streets.
Sun, 29 Oct 2000, 00:00 WIB
Svar wins Bandung Future
Svar wins Bandung Future JAKARTA (JP): Slovakian Ladislav Svar won the men's singles at the F5 Men's Future 2000 at Taman Maluku tennis court in Bandung on Saturday after defeating Donovan September of South Africa 6- 1, 6-3. "I really enjoyed my game today. My spins and forehands worked really well," said Svar, who collected Rp 16.9 million (US$1,880) in prize money, as quoted by Antara.
Sun, 29 Oct 2000, 00:00 WIB
Pontianak returns to normal after clashes
Pontianak returns to normal after clashes PONTIANAK, West Kalimantan (JP): The West Kalimantan capital of Pontianak was returning to normal after being crippled for two days by interethnic clashes that left at least six people dead. Although a curfew was still in place on Saturday, the main streets of the city, including Jl. Tanjungpura, Jl. Gadjah Mada, Jl. Pattimura and Jl. Perintis Kemerdekaan, were filled with private vehicles.
Sun, 29 Oct 2000, 00:00 WIB
Indonesian artists: From supermarket to TV screen
Indonesian artists: From supermarket to TV screen JAKARTA (JP): In the course of their career, Indonesia's TV film actors travel the path wide screen stars once trod. Everything is mere repetition and until now not a single actor can attribute their career to a formal education in acting. Take, for example, Ayu Ashari, now considered the highest-paid A-grade actress. Only by fluke did she begin her career as an actor.
Sun, 29 Oct 2000, 00:00 WIB
U.S. ship brings aid to E. Timor; RI invites aid groups to return
U.S. ship brings aid to E. Timor; RI invites aid groups to return DILI, East Timor (AP): A U.S. warship arrived in Dili Saturday to take part in an ongoing American humanitarian mission in East Timor as an Indonesian general invited foreign aid workers to return to the violence-wracked western half of the island. The 25 marines and 200 sailors on board the ship, the USS O'Brien, will spend two days in the devastated city repairing a school and hosting boy scouts, said Cmdr.
Sun, 29 Oct 2000, 00:00 WIB
Flandy/Eng Hian in Danish Open final
Flandy/Eng Hian in Danish Open final JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesian men's badminton doubles team of Flandy Limpele and Eng Hian kept alive the country's hope of winning a title at the US$250,000 Danish Open at Farum Hallen in Copenhagen. Flandy and Eng Hian stayed on course for the title by crushing defending champions Martin Lundgaard Hansen and Lars Paaske of Denmark 15-12, 15-5 in Saturday's semifinals.
Sun, 29 Oct 2000, 00:00 WIB
Home Movies
Home Movies JAKARTA (JP): Feel like being terrorized tonight? Rent a couple of good horror films, turn off the lights and lock your doors. Although there are only a few horror videos among many on the shelves which can generate real screams, the two films reviewed below are guaranteed to run some chills along your spine. The Shining (Horror, 146 minutes, 1980). Starring Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, Danny Lloyd, Scatman Crothers. Directed by Stanley Kubrick.
Sun, 29 Oct 2000, 00:00 WIB
Second Jakarta Film Festival opens Nov. 3
Second Jakarta Film Festival opens Nov. 3 JAKARTA (JP): The Jakarta International Film Festival (JiFFest) will be held here for 10 days for the second time starting Nov. 3. The festival will show some 100 quality films from Turkey, Iran, Egypt, India, Australia, Germany, Japan, Russian and Indonesia at Usmar Ismail Film Center, Erasmus Huis, Djakarta Theater, Ismail Marzuki Arts Center (TIM) and Plaza Senayan.
Sun, 29 Oct 2000, 00:00 WIB
Invasion or liberation?
Invasion or liberation? I would like to add to the article titled Chinese invasion or liberation of Tibet by Andreas Landwehr in the Oct. 7 edition of The Jakarta Post. With the Chinese revolution of 1911, the Qing dynasty collapsed. As a successor, the newly founded republic continued to take responsibility for all territories of Qing with the Ministry of Mongolian and Tibetan Affairs which was later renamed in 1928 as the Mongolian and Tibetan Affairs Commission.
Sun, 29 Oct 2000, 00:00 WIB
TV today
TV today TVRI 6:00 a.m. Morning News 8:00 Cartoon 9:00 Children's Program 10:00 Music 11:00 TV Series: Dos Mujeres 12:00 p.m. Comedy 1:00 TV Drama 2:00 News 3:00 Sports 4:00 News 4:30 Religious Teachings 5:00 Travel 5:30 TVRI News 6:00 Music 7:00 Evening News 7:30 Sports 8:00 Music 9:00 News 9:30 Music 10:30 Performance 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.
Sun, 29 Oct 2000, 00:00 WIB
A breath of fresh air, maybe, on Hughes' 'Angin Malam'
A breath of fresh air, maybe, on Hughes' 'Angin Malam' Angin Malam Host: Hughes RCTI, 11:30 p.m. Saturday JAKARTA (JP): Entertainer Hughes is something of a phenomenon on Indonesian TV. She is big and beautiful, possessing a pretty face and the nonchalance to shrug off the fat jokes that are the ugly part of the territory of being in the public eye. Pretty she may be, heavy she certainly is, but she most definitely is not stupid.
Sun, 29 Oct 2000, 00:00 WIB
A day with a grave digger at Petamburan cemetery
A day with a grave digger at Petamburan cemetery Grave digger Junaedi, 63, is the most senior digger at the Petamburan graveyard for Christians in Central Jakarta. He was born in Bogor, West Java, and now lives in the nearby town of Parung with his wife Sumini and one of their five children. He talked to The Jakarta Post's Ida Indawati Khouw. JAKARTA (JP): Being a grave digger is, in fact, not my job of choice, but I have to do it as it is the only way for me to earn money.
Sun, 29 Oct 2000, 00:00 WIB
Get your kicks at Club 69 in Bandung
Get your kicks at Club 69 in Bandung BANDUNG (JP): Club 69 in Bandung is located in an old building with high ceilings, the type that the capital of West Java is famous for. This, combined with an interior uncluttered to the point of sparseness, gives the club the feeling of the converted warehouses one finds in the newly gentrified areas of large American cities.
Sun, 29 Oct 2000, 00:00 WIB
A taste of the fresh and colorful food of Provence
A taste of the fresh and colorful food of Provence JAKARTA (JP): It's only natural for chef Eric Costille to return to the food he grew up with. A native of Provence, Costille has worked at restaurants around the world and is currently at the Makati Shangri-La in Manila. Through it all, his love for Provencal food -- distinguished by fresh ingredients such as vegetables, herbs, garlic, onion and mushrooms and the liberal use of olive oil -- has endured.
Sun, 29 Oct 2000, 00:00 WIB
Local businesses prepare for Halloween
Local businesses prepare for Halloween JAKARTA (JP): Halloween does make things go bump in the night in Jakarta, but away from the capital it's still an unfamiliar celebration to many. "I think basically for Indonesians nowadays Halloween is more popular because western influences are easily digested by Indonesians -- it's cool to like the western lifestyle," said Planet Hollywood sales and marketing manager Kiki Rizki.
Sun, 29 Oct 2000, 00:00 WIB
Trusmi: Batik-making center in Cirebon
Trusmi: Batik-making center in Cirebon By Berto B. Wedhatama CIREBON, West Java (JP): Indonesia has earned world renown for its batik. Not many people know, though, that only a few areas in Indonesia produce batik of good quality. One of these few areas is Cirebon. Better known as the city of shrimps, Cirebon can boast about its batik, known among batik lovers as the coastal batik. A fitting name considering the city's location on the northern coast of Java.
Sun, 29 Oct 2000, 00:00 WIB
China to host 2004 Asian Cup
China to host 2004 Asian Cup BEIRUT (Reuters): China will host the 2004 Asian Cup, the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) decided on Friday. Ten AFC members voted for China while six backed Thailand. Iran, the third contender, withdrew its bid shortly before the vote. The AFC's competition committee decided earlier this week to increase the number of participants from 12 to 16 in 2004. It also increased the number of teams in the junior and youth championships from 10 to 12.
Sun, 29 Oct 2000, 00:00 WIB
Student rallies mark Youth Pledge Day
Student rallies mark Youth Pledge Day JAKARTA (JP): Hundreds of students from a number of universities and student organizations marked the 72nd Youth Pledge Day on Saturday by staging rallies across the capital. Some of them demanded President Abdurrahman Wahid, or Gus Dur, step down immediately for his failure to make significant changes in the country, while others demanded former president Soeharto be put on trial for alleged human rights abuses and corruption.
Sun, 29 Oct 2000, 00:00 WIB
Art Agenda
Art Agenda Installation and Performing Arts exhibition Saya Makan Kamu Makan Saya, by Mella Jaarsma, at Cemeti Art House, Jl. Ngadisuryan 7A, Yogyakarta, from Nov.7 through Nov.30. Mella Jaarsma addresses the fragility of modern multi-racial Indonesian society. The set pieces My kampung's private places shows her choice of living in the multi-layered community of Yogyakarta by portraying nine of her neighbors' kitchens where food is cooked using wood charcoal, paraffin and gas.
Sun, 29 Oct 2000, 00:00 WIB
Medan workers protest
Medan workers protest MEDAN, North Sumatra (JP): Hundreds of workers at a thong factory stepped up their protest over the dismissal of two of their colleagues by storming the residence of the company director on Friday. The workers of PT Garuda Mas Perkasa, producer of Swallow rubber sandals, armed with posters denouncing management policy, demanded that their employer reinstate Budi Santoso and M. Nur, chairman and member of the Prosperity Trade Union (SBSI) at the factory.
Sun, 29 Oct 2000, 00:00 WIB
Mathias Muchus: More than meets the eye
Mathias Muchus: More than meets the eye By Agni Amorita JAKARTA (JP): Actor Mathias Muchus cannot be accused of giving in to typecasting. He was the boy-next-door in the hugely popular 1980s TV series Losmen, but gained weight to beef up his looks as a boxer in the film Rio Sang Juara (Rio the Champion). He won a Citra, the country's now defunct film award, for playing a homosexual artist in Istana Kecantikan (Palace of Beauty) in 1988.
Sun, 29 Oct 2000, 00:00 WIB
House, IMF in accord on economic reform program
House, IMF in accord on economic reform program JAKARTA (JP): The House of Representatives agreed on Saturday with the International Monetary Fund that the full implementation of the fund-sponsored economic reform program was crucial to revive confidence in the economy and to reach a sustainable economic recovery. "We had a productive discussion ...
Sun, 29 Oct 2000, 00:00 WIB
Digital music and downloads on satellite radio
Digital music and downloads on satellite radio By Vishnu K. Mahmud JAKARTA (JP): Back in my pre-Internet days, far from home and television, my only source of information and entertainment was my short wave radio. I'd listen to the BBC news, relayed every hour, and would always be annoyed at the background hiss and crackle. Now, in the heyday of Internet multimedia and cable TV, radio is probably dead. Or is it? Noah Samara does not think so.
Sun, 29 Oct 2000, 00:00 WIB
Style comes first in local TV series
Style comes first in local TV series Television series have become favorite viewing matter after the local film industry petered out in the late 1980s. They win high ratings, but critics pan the shows and their stars. The Jakarta Post's contributors Tuti Gintini and Agni Amorita, along with T. Sima Gunawan and Ida Indawati Khouw, look at the face of TV series today.
Sun, 29 Oct 2000, 00:00 WIB
Half a century of Indonesian printmaking
Half a century of Indonesian printmaking By Aendra H. Medita JAKARTA (JP): A large exhibition at Bentara Budaya Jakarta is attempting to trace the development of Indonesian printmaking over the last 50 years. The development of graphic arts differs greatly from other fine arts. The art of painting was developed earlier with the birth of the Indonesian Painters Association and the establishment of Young Indonesian Artists. But the exhibition does not seek to compare printmaking and painting.
Sun, 29 Oct 2000, 00:00 WIB
Obituary
Obituary Politician Jailani Naro died of health complications at Pelni Hospital here on Saturday at the age of 71. Known for his vocal outbursts, Naro sat as deputy speaker of People's Consultative Assembly/House of Representatives for two consecutive terms. In 1988, Naro achieved the height of his fame when during the general session of the Assembly he surprised many by nominating himself as a candidate for vice president to compete against eventual winner Sudharmono.
Sun, 29 Oct 2000, 00:00 WIB
Iraq still a threat to region
Iraq still a threat to region KUWAIT (Reuters): Kuwait said on Saturday that its "evil" former occupier Iraq continued to pose a threat to oil-rich Gulf Arab states. Kuwait's Emir Sheikh Jaber al-Ahmad al-Sabah also demanded Baghdad's full implementation of Gulf crisis-related U.N. resolutions.
Sun, 29 Oct 2000, 00:00 WIB
'I can't help combing my hair'
'I can't help combing my hair' Hendardi has earned a reputation at the forefront of legal aid and human rights advocacy. A student activist during his days at the prestigious Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB), he is now chairman of the Legal Aid and Human Rights Association (PBHI). Married to fellow activist Melli and the father of a son, the man who just celebrated his 43th birthday on Oct. 13 told The Jakarta Post's Emmy F. Hastuti about what he values most.
Sun, 29 Oct 2000, 00:00 WIB
RI wins six golds in karate junior
RI wins six golds in karate junior JAKARTA (JP): Four Indonesian karatekas managed to bring home six gold medals from the Junior Shotokan Karate World Championships in Guadalajara, Mexico. The six golds came from Hariman, 17, in boys' individual kata, Telly Melinda, 18, in girls' individual kata and girls' individual kumite, Fatimah Azahra, 11, in girls' individual kata, Meise, 14, in girls' individual kata and the girls team of Telly, Fatimah and Meise in girls' kata team event.
Sun, 29 Oct 2000, 00:00 WIB
Batavia as seen through a photographer's lens
Batavia as seen through a photographer's lens Batavia in Nineteenth Century Photographs By Scott Merrillees Archipelago Press, Singapore, 2000 Rp 630,000 JAKARTA (JP): Given the growing interest in the country's colonial heritage, any new addition to the literature of the capital's history is welcome. Scott Merrillees, a collector researching the 19th century topography of major cities, presents us with a new book with rare photographs of 19th century Batavia.
Sun, 29 Oct 2000, 00:00 WIB
Antiobesity drugs only work with lifestyle changes
Antiobesity drugs only work with lifestyle changes By Clare E. Urwin SURABAYA (JP): Obesity is not just about being too fat. Nor is it about looking nice and cuddly, attractively plump, or proud and portly. Obesity and being overweight is dangerous. It is a life-threatening health problem that we need to take very seriously. To put it simply, it will kill you, sooner or later and one way or the other. For instance, diabetes is rapidly becoming a worldwide epidemic.
Sun, 29 Oct 2000, 00:00 WIB
Demand for star-rated actors in Indonesian television films
Demand for star-rated actors in Indonesian television films By Tuti Gintini JAKARTA (JP): During the golden years of Indonesian films, few producers would eye Cok Simbara as many films he acted in were a flop even though he could act well. After passing into oblivion in the film industry for quite a while, he made a comeback in Noktah Merah Perkawinan (Red Stain of Marriage) with popular actress Ayu Azhari. Surprisingly this teleseries won great popularity and became a household name.
Sun, 29 Oct 2000, 00:00 WIB
Where to go in Jakarta:
Where to go in Jakarta: Exhibitions * Graphic Setengah Abad Seni Grafis Indonesia, Bentara Budaya Jakarta, Jl. Palmerah Selatan No. 17, West Jakarta (Phone: 5483008 ext. 7910/7911), 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., until Nov. 4. * Art Oltre la Visione, a Touch of Italian Contemporary Art, the Istituto Italiano di Cultura, Jl. Cokroaminoto 117, Central Jakarta (Phone: 3927531), Monday to Friday, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., until Nov. 17. * Ceramic Tile, Playing with Tile by Yogiswari Pradjanti, Gallery Twilite Cafe, Jl.
Sun, 29 Oct 2000, 00:00 WIB
The need for actors who can act
The need for actors who can act By Agni Amorita JAKARTA (JP): Oliver Stone reportedly wants to direct an Indonesian script based on one of Pramudya Ananta Toer's books, a project many local actors would no doubt want to take part in. Finding the right people to fill roles, however, is a difficult job as there are relatively few professionals here who can handle the task.
Sun, 29 Oct 2000, 00:00 WIB
Negative stereotypes of women in TV series
Negative stereotypes of women in TV series By Ida Indawati Khouw JAKARTA (JP): Turn on the television and you'd likely see an episode of local TV series, which are shown everyday at different times. Or, if you are watching other programs, you might see the trailers of those series. And you will see the same scenes: women (of all ages) weeping, crying, having a bad temper, being slapped or beaten or other kinds of negative portrayals you can list.
Sun, 29 Oct 2000, 00:00 WIB
Who cares to mind their national language?
Who cares to mind their national language? JAKARTA (JP): Seventy-two years have passed since our forebears heard the solemn vow of their leaders to respect Bahasa Indonesia as the national language. Today it is our turn to hear complaints about the disrespect shown for a language which has served as a unifying factor of the nation. Still, few care to realize how Bahasa Indonesia is raped and disparaged almost every day.
Sun, 29 Oct 2000, 00:00 WIB
Batik king Iwan Tirta sizes up his heirs apparent
Batik king Iwan Tirta sizes up his heirs apparent By Rita A. Widiadana JAKARTA (JP): Batik master Iwan Tirta's great obsession is to transfer his profound knowledge of his art to others to continue the ancient tradition. He had reason to be satisfied last Monday as he watched the exhilarating ideas and creativity of four young, talented designers -- Chossy Latu, Samuel "Sammy" Wattimena, Andre Rais and Edward "Edo" Hutabarat -- in using batik.