Archive: 30 December 2000
42 articles found
Sat, 30 Dec 2000
30,000 officers to be on New Year duty
<p>30,000 officers to be on New Year duty</p><p> JAKARTA (JP): Greater Jakarta is to be protected by over 30,000 police officers during New Year celebrations, in the wake of the Christmas Eve bomb blasts in major Indonesian cities, including Jakarta, which left 16 dead.
Sat, 30 Dec 2000
Focusing on Feng Shui phenomenon in Indonesia
<p>Focusing on Feng Shui phenomenon in Indonesia</p><p>By Mauro Rahardjo</p><p> BANDUNG (JP): For almost a decade, Feng Shui has been extensively known across Indonesia. Indonesian people have recently become aware of this ancient practice, and perceptions of Feng Shui...
Sat, 30 Dec 2000
Bombing death toll rises to 17
<p>Bombing death toll rises to 17</p><p> BANDUNG (JP): Wawan Wahidin bin Engkos, whom police have described as a key witness in the wave of Christmas eve bombings, died here on Friday morning, raising the death toll in the bloody Sunday assault on nine cities to 17.
Sat, 30 Dec 2000
Gaikindo conservative on 2001 car sales prediction
<p>Gaikindo conservative on 2001 car sales prediction</p><p> JAKARTA (JP): Continued political uncertainties will likely weigh on car sales in 2001, as consumers become more cautious in making new purchases amid fears of social unrest, according to an auto association executive.
Sat, 30 Dec 2000
City Police to seize firecrackers on New Year's eve
<p>City Police to seize firecrackers on New Year's eve</p><p> JAKARTA (JP): In an effort to establish peace and order in the capital on New Year's eve, the City Police will conduct raids against firecrackers, an officer said on Friday.
Sat, 30 Dec 2000
Gunungkidul had pre-historic past
<p>Gunungkidul had pre-historic past</p><p>By Sri Wahyuni</p><p> YOGYAKARTA (JP): An integrated archeological study of the Gunungkidul area, conducted since 1998 in the Gunungbang hamlet, some 50 kilometers east of Yogyakarta, indicates that the region may have been...
Sat, 30 Dec 2000
Indonesian workers extorted
<p>Indonesian workers extorted</p><p>From Bisnis Indonesia</p><p>When many Indonesian workers (TKI), returning from abroad for the Idul Fitri holidays, landed at the Soekarno-Hatta International Airport, they were extorted.
Sat, 30 Dec 2000
Prequalification for parking announced
<p>Prequalification for parking announced</p><p> JAKARTA (JP): The city administration announced last week that four private parking operators passed the second phase of the prequalification term of its partnership program.
Sat, 30 Dec 2000
Spiritual consultancy
<p>Spiritual consultancy</p><p>From Rakyat Merdeka</p><p>From my observation of the latest condition of the Soehartos (and their cronies) I can see that they need a team of "spiritual consultants", rather than legal consultants.
Sat, 30 Dec 2000
Electronics exports jump 81% this year
<p>Electronics exports jump 81% this year</p><p> JAKARTA (JP): Director general of metal, machinery, electronics, and various other industries Agus Tjahajana said that the country's electronics exports rose 81 percent this year and was set to exceed textile in contributing to...
Sat, 30 Dec 2000
Four vie for Banten top post
<p>Four vie for Banten top post</p><p> CILEGON, Banten: Four contenders for the post of Banten governor separately visited Banten's influential leader H. Syafik Latifie of the Bany Latif Islamic Boarding School, Antara reported on Thursday.
Sat, 30 Dec 2000
Tommy Soeharto escaped arrest in E. Java: Gus Dur
<p>Tommy Soeharto escaped arrest in E. Java: Gus Dur</p><p> JAKARTA (JP): Fugitive Hutomo "Tommy" Mandala Putra, the youngest son of former president Soeharto, slipped through the fingers of police in a "small East Java town" two weeks ago, President...
Sat, 30 Dec 2000
I will serve my term: President Abdurrahman
<p>I will serve my term: President Abdurrahman</p><p> JAKARTA (JP): Despite mounting calls for his resignation, President Abdurrahman Wahid said on Friday that he will serve his term which ends in 2004.
Sat, 30 Dec 2000
Where to go in Jakarta:
<p>Where to go in Jakarta:</p><p> Exhibitions</p><p> * Painting Flying Horizon by Teguh Ostenrik, Erasmus Huis, Jl. H.R. Rasuna Said, Kav S-3, Kuningan, South Jakarta (Phone: 5241069), until Jan. 13.
Sat, 30 Dec 2000
Don't force Gus Dur to stay put
<p>Don't force Gus Dur to stay put</p><p>From Rakyat Merdeka</p><p>How good would it be if the Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) members, especially the National Awakening Party (PKB), forced or allowed President "Gus Dur" Wahid to resign, allowing the NU and PKB to...
Sat, 30 Dec 2000
Asian investors looking for better year
<p>Asian investors looking for better year</p><p> HONG KONG (AFP): Long-suffering Asian share investors may finally find something to smile about in 2001 although the year could get off to a rocky start, analysts said.
Sat, 30 Dec 2000
Twenty people injured in Idul Fitri brawl
<p>Twenty people injured in Idul Fitri brawl</p><p> PURBALINGGA, Central Java (JP): At least 20 people were wounded, five of them from gunshots, when some 1,000 people from two villages in Purbalingga regency, were involved in a fierce brawl on Thursday, the sixth in the last two...
Sat, 30 Dec 2000
Male corpse found in North Jakarta
<p>Male corpse found in North Jakarta</p><p> JAKARTA (JP): An unidentified male corpse was found on Thursday in the Pantai Hijau area of Plumpang, Muara Karang in North Jakarta.</p><p>City police spokesman Supt.
Sat, 30 Dec 2000
MUI reviews 'halal' label for taste enhancer Ajinomoto
<p>MUI reviews 'halal' label for taste enhancer Ajinomoto</p><p> JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesian Ulemas Council (MUI) is reviewing the halal certificate -- which states that food or beverages are permitted to be eaten by Muslims -- of taste enhancer Ajinomoto as it...
Sat, 30 Dec 2000
Where to go in Yogyakarta:
<p>Where to go in Yogyakarta:</p><p> Exhibitions</p><p> Painting exhibition by Dutch artist Peter Van Leersum, Lobby of Yogyakarta Novotel Hotel, Jl Sudirman 89 (phone: 0274-580930), Dec. 20, 2000 - Jan.
Sat, 30 Dec 2000
Direct electoral system may be for the better
<p>Direct electoral system may be for the better</p><p> Once a new, better system is adopted, leaders will be more accountable to the public, says Teten Masduki of the Indonesian Corruption Watch (ICW).
Sat, 30 Dec 2000
Rupiah drops to fresh low at year-end
<p>Rupiah drops to fresh low at year-end</p><p> JAKARTA (JP): Bank Indonesia announced on Friday its year-end buy/sell rate of the rupiah against the U.S. dollar at Rp 9,095/10,095 as the local unit dropped to a fresh low of Rp 9,575 in offshore markets.
Sat, 30 Dec 2000
City attempts to curb migrants
<p>City attempts to curb migrants</p><p> JAKARTA (JP): In a desperate attempt to curb new migrants to Jakarta the city administration is repeating earlier practices of trying to send back relatives and friends accompanying Jakartans returning from the holidays.
Sat, 30 Dec 2000
Malaysian govt IT plan blasted
<p>Malaysian govt IT plan blasted</p><p> KUALA LUMPUR (AFP): Malaysia's opposition party on Friday criticized a scheme to sell computers through the post office and pressed the government to abolish the controversial program.
Sat, 30 Dec 2000
S'pore to abolish import tariffs
<p>S'pore to abolish import tariffs</p><p> SINGAPORE (AFP): Singapore said on Friday it will abolish all import tariffs on ASEAN goods from Jan. 1 in an attempt to give impetus to a Southeast Asian free trade area due to come into effect in 2003.
Sat, 30 Dec 2000
Abdurrahman and Megawati, Indonesia's dynamic duo
<p>Abdurrahman and Megawati, Indonesia's dynamic duo</p><p>By Kornelius Purba</p><p> JAKARTA (JP): Rarely, in any country in the world, will you find the two top state executives as complex and yet congenial as Abdurrahman Wahid and Megawati Soekarnoputri.
Sat, 30 Dec 2000
All 364 regencies prepared for regional autonomy: Apkasi
<p>All 364 regencies prepared for regional autonomy: Apkasi</p><p> JAKARTA (JP): The All Indonesian Regency Administration Association (Apkasi) asserted that, despite prevailing skepticism, all 364 regencies in the country are prepared to implement regional autonomy on Jan. 1.
Sat, 30 Dec 2000
PT SMART to merge with Inti Gerakmaju
<p>PT SMART to merge with Inti Gerakmaju</p><p> JAKARTA (JP): Shareholders of the publicly listed palm oil plantation firm, PT Sinar Mas Agro Resources and Technology Corporation (SMART), approved on Friday the company's plan to merge with its subsidiary PT Inti Gerakmaju...
Sat, 30 Dec 2000
Indonesian sports alerted to sponsorship potential
<p>Indonesian sports alerted to sponsorship potential</p><p>By Primastuti Handayani</p><p> JAKARTA (JP): The success of Indonesian shuttlers in retaining the Olympic Games gold medal and women weightlifters in bringing additional medals home now has a different meaning.
Sat, 30 Dec 2000
Hike in number of people returning from holidays
<p>Hike in number of people returning from holidays</p><p> JAKARTA (JP): As the Christmas and Idul Fitri holidays are over, people returning from their hometowns began to increase on Friday.
Sat, 30 Dec 2000
Another sad year
<p>Another sad year</p><p> As Indonesians bid the old year farewell and stand ready to greet the new, it is more than distressing to note that the first year of the new millennium has proved little better, if any at all, than those preceding it.
Sat, 30 Dec 2000
PDP leaders move to Abepura penitentiary
<p>PDP leaders move to Abepura penitentiary</p><p> JAYAPURA, Irian Jaya (JP): After about one month under Irian Jaya police custody, five proindependence leaders of the Papuan Presidium Council (PDP) were moved from the Jayapura Police cell to the Abepura penitentiary on Friday.
Sat, 30 Dec 2000
Reforms in Jakarta means license to kill
<p>Reforms in Jakarta means license to kill</p><p>By Joko E.H. Anwar</p><p> JAKARTA (JP): The capital this year witnessed a growing number of people, including those who call themselves well-educated, who were willing or even keen to beat, torture and burn other human...
Sat, 30 Dec 2000
Case against DPR set for hearing
<p>Case against DPR set for hearing</p><p> JAKARTA (JP): The civil lawsuit against the House of Representatives' special committee investigating the Bulog (State Logistics Agency) and Brunei scandals, which allegedly involves President Abdurrahman Wahid, is scheduled to be...
Sat, 30 Dec 2000
Golkar causes RI's collapse
<p>Golkar causes RI's collapse</p><p>From Rakyat Merdeka</p><p>Once former president Soeharto said: "The fall of Indonesia is not due to my fault alone... ". Focussing on Soeharto's above statement, let's observe the history of 34 years ago.
Sat, 30 Dec 2000
Culture of impunity detrimental to the economy
<p>Culture of impunity detrimental to the economy</p><p> This is an excerpt of an interview with Indonesia's noted human rights lawyer Todung Mulya Lubis by The Jakarta Post's Melbourne-based contributor Dewi Anggraeni, during Mulya's short visit to Melbourne at the...
Sat, 30 Dec 2000
Defense of a new cultural tolerance emerging
<p>Defense of a new cultural tolerance emerging</p><p> SINGAPORE: The Christmas Eve bombings in Indonesia, targeted at churches and Christian worshipers, were heinous and deeply offensive for the calculated desecration committed on a solemn day.
Sat, 30 Dec 2000
Singapore bans animal circuses
<p>Singapore bans animal circuses</p><p> SINGAPORE (AFP): Singapore has decided to ban circuses from putting on shows involving elephants, tigers and other wild animals from January 2002, the Agri-food and Veterinary Authority (AVA) said on Friday.
Sat, 30 Dec 2000
No peace without justice
<p>No peace without justice</p><p>By Elizabeth Collins</p><p> PALEMBANG (JP): "No longer do we enjoy life/There's no bright hope for tomorrow/Attacked by garbage, polluted air above/Our land is now full of haunted villages.
Sat, 30 Dec 2000
Yogya's Kotagede silver industry faces slow regeneration
<p>Yogya's Kotagede silver industry faces slow regeneration</p><p>By Bambang Trisno and Anis Suryani</p><p> YOGYAKARTA (JP): Silver craft has become the trademark of Kotagede, a city located some five kilometers southeast of Yogyakarta.
Sat, 30 Dec 2000
Fire razes two stores in Bandung
<p>Fire razes two stores in Bandung</p><p> BANDUNG: Fire razed two stores selling jeans on Jl. Pasar Selatan here on Thursday afternoon, destroying all the merchandise.</p><p>"Two explosions blasted away three metal doors of the stores before fire ravaged the...
Sat, 30 Dec 2000
Quakes jolt Palu, Donggala, Bengkulu
<p>Quakes jolt Palu, Donggala, Bengkulu</p><p> PALU, Central Sulawesi: An earthquake measuring 5.2 on the Richter Scale hit cities of Palu and Donggala in Central Sulawesi in the early hours of Friday morning, but no casualties were reported.