Archive: 29 February 2000
54 articles found
Tue, 29 Feb 2000, 00:00 WIB
Spelling error
Spelling error This is to call your attention to an error on page 9 of Sunday's edition of The Jakarta Post, in the article Indonesian and expat students to stage a play for social benefit (Feb. 27, 2000). The coordinator of the OMC Foundation, as listed in the last paragraph, is not "Jokl Carri" but Joel Carre. The spelling that you printed is not the spelling that I submitted with my article. Mr.
Tue, 29 Feb 2000, 00:00 WIB
Triumvirate plan needs Constitutional amendment
Triumvirate plan needs Constitutional amendment JAKARTA (JP): Constitutional law professor Harun Alrasid said a constitutional amendment was needed if the House of Representatives wanted to set up a triumvirate leadership in the event the president and vice president are incapacitated. He contended that a mere regulation, as proposed by House Speaker Akbar Tandjung, was insufficient. "A law is not enough.
Tue, 29 Feb 2000, 00:00 WIB
TV today
TV today TVRI 5:30 a.m. Religious Teachings 6:00 News 8:00 Children's Songs 9:00 Music 10:30 Interval 2:00 p.m. News 2:30 TV Series 3:00 Music 4:00 Regional News 4:30 Documentary 5:30 Sports 6:00 Music 6:30 News (in English) 7:00 Evening News 7:30 TV Drama 8:00 Music 9:00 World News 9:35 Talk Show 10:30 Music 11:30 Late News Program 2 4:30 p.m. Children's Program 5:00 City News 5:30 Music 6:00 TV Drama 6:30 News (in English) 7:00 Evening News 7:30 TV Drama TPI 5:30 a.m.
Tue, 29 Feb 2000, 00:00 WIB
Govt urged to decide on Damura fund
Govt urged to decide on Damura fund JAKARTA (JP): House of Representatives Commission VI for human resources and religious affairs member Ismangun Notosapoetro has urged the government to decide if the fund raising scheme Damura (the People's Fund for Sport) should be allowed to continue.
Tue, 29 Feb 2000, 00:00 WIB
No routine tours
No routine tours Tours of duty may be normal occurrences in an organization as dynamic and developed as the Indonesian Military (TNI), but given TNI's national prominence, every single change at the top of its leadership today has significant consequences for the life of the republic. The reshuffle in the TNI top leadership that was announced on Monday by TNI chief spokesman Air Rear Marshal Graito Usodo is even more important in the context of Indonesia's contemporary politics.
Tue, 29 Feb 2000, 00:00 WIB
JSX closed on leap year
JSX closed on leap year JAKARTA (JP): The Jakarta Stock Exchange (JSX) will be closed on Tuesday (Feb. 29) in anticipation of possible computer glitches on the date, the extra day in the new millennium's first leap year. The JSX said trading would resume on Wednesday. A leap year, which falls every four years, has 366 days with Feb. 29 as the extra day. Many investors fear that the exchange's computerized system does not accommodate such a change.(udi)
Tue, 29 Feb 2000, 00:00 WIB
Darya Varia nets profit
Darya Varia nets profit JAKARTA (JP): Publicly listed pharmaceutical company PT Darya Varia announced on Monday a net profit of Rp 32.03 billion (about US$44 million) in the year ending in December, compared to a net loss of Rp 135.39 billion a year earlier. The company attributed the surge in profit to improved sales, steady profit margins and the strengthening of the rupiah against the U.S. dollar.
Tue, 29 Feb 2000, 00:00 WIB
Former Caltex boss named Pertamina chief
Former Caltex boss named Pertamina chief JAKARTA (JP): President Abdurrahman Wahid appointed on Monday former president of oil company PT Caltex Pacific Indonesia Baihaki Hakim as the new president of state oil and gas company Pertamina, replacing Martiono Hadianto. Abdurrahman, nicknamed Gus Dur, also appointed six new directors of the state company to assist Baihaki in carrying out his job. The new directors are mostly from within Pertamina.
Tue, 29 Feb 2000, 00:00 WIB
Politics and the military
Politics and the military The Indonesian military (TNI) commander Admiral Widodo made an honest admission in parliament: Changing the (Indonesian) military culture is difficult. It is difficult to achieve even though a new paradigm has emerged and a new concept has been coined: a redefinition, repositioning and reorganization of the TNI. The difficulties are easy to understand, but not to tolerate. They are understandable because the exercise of power has become second nature to the TNI.
Tue, 29 Feb 2000, 00:00 WIB
ASEAN wants more Japanese investment
ASEAN wants more Japanese investment TOKYO (DPA): An investment promotion mission for the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) on Monday called for more Japanese investment to the region as its economies emerge from the doldrums brought on by the 1997 Asian financial crisis.
Tue, 29 Feb 2000, 00:00 WIB
Selected list of names in latest TNI's reshuffle
Selected list of names in latest TNI's reshuffle TNI Headquarters: Brig. Gen. Saurip Kadi, Senior official TNI Heaquarters (previous post), Assistant to Army Chief on territorial affairs (new post); Lt. Gen. Suaidy Marasabessy, Chief of TNI's General Affairs, Senior official at TNI Headquaters; Lt. Gen. Endriartono Sutarto, Chief of TNI's School of Command, Army deputy chief; Maj. Gen.
Tue, 29 Feb 2000, 00:00 WIB
Tractors wins $3m order
Tractors wins $3m order JAKARTA (JP): PT United Tractors Pandu Engineering (UTE) has won contracts worth about US$3 million to supply transportation related components to GE Transportation System of the United States this year. The company said in a statement on Monday the components to be supplied to GE Transportation System worldwide included mufflers, support platforms, snow plows, retaining tanks, water tanks and break levers.
Tue, 29 Feb 2000, 00:00 WIB
Government, House agree on 12% hike in fuel prices
Government, House agree on 12% hike in fuel prices JAKARTA (JP): The government and the House of Representatives' state budget committee agreed on Monday to raise fuel prices an average of 12 percent beginning in April, according to Minister of Mines and Energy Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono. Bambang said the price of premium gasoline would be raised 15 percent to Rp 1,150 per liter from the current price of Rp 1,000 per liter.
Tue, 29 Feb 2000, 00:00 WIB
IMF predicts higher than 4% growth for Indonesia
IMF predicts higher than 4% growth for Indonesia JAKARTA (JP): International Monetary Fund (IMF) director for Asia Pacific Yusuke Horiguchi predicted on Monday that Indonesia's economy would grow by more than 4 percent this year while inflation would remain in single digits. Horiguchi, who succeeded former IMF Asia Pacific director Hubert Neiss, said Indonesia had adopted "appropriate policies" in its efforts to get out of its economic crisis.
Tue, 29 Feb 2000, 00:00 WIB
Controversial trial in Aceh delayed
Controversial trial in Aceh delayed BANDA ACEH, Aceh: The trial of a massacre in West Aceh will not take place till the second week of March as Banda Aceh district court officials said on Monday they would need at least a week to sort out the paper work and study the case further. "It's impossible for us to stage the trial this week as we have not received the documents and we will need time to study them," Banda Aceh court deputy chief Tabyuni said.
Tue, 29 Feb 2000, 00:00 WIB
Nonintervention good for ASEAN members
Nonintervention good for ASEAN members MANILA (AFP): A policy of not intervening with each other's internal affairs has worked well for the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), scholars and businessmen said here on Monday. Singapore professor Chin Tet Yung said the ASEAN Eminent Persons Group reviewed over the weekend the grouping's consensus building policy which he credited for helping solve past crises in the region.
Tue, 29 Feb 2000, 00:00 WIB
Toward reconciliation in Indonesia
Toward reconciliation in Indonesia By Willem Oltmans AMSTERDAM (JP): Rimbaud once wrote that love should be reinvented. Psychohistorians in America feel history should be reinvented. In studying the emotional life of nations they decode history by using psychoanalytical methods to unravel and carefully examine what happened and why it happened. The psychohistorian probes the dynamic interaction of character, society, human thought and action.
Tue, 29 Feb 2000, 00:00 WIB
Conversion Rates
Conversion Rates Bank Indonesia's conversion rates on Feb. 28, 2000: Bank notes rates Buying Selling Rp Rp U.S.
Tue, 29 Feb 2000, 00:00 WIB
Small inflation rise to 0.07% recorded in February
Small inflation rise to 0.07% recorded in February JAKARTA (JP): Inflation in February slightly increased to 0.07 percent from the previous month, but fell to minus 0.84 percent when compared to the same month last year, the Central Bureau of Statistics (BPS) said on Monday. BPS chief Sugito Suwito said that prices of several commodities continued to move upward, particularly due to the weakening of the rupiah against the U.S. dollar during the month.
Tue, 29 Feb 2000, 00:00 WIB
Bogor 'angkot' drivers strike
Bogor 'angkot' drivers strike BOGOR (JP): More than 400 angkot (public minivan) drivers went on strike on Monday in protest at the operations of illegal minivans on their routes, leaving thousands of passengers stranded on the Cibinong-Bogor highway. Bogor Police had to deploy trucks to serve the stranded commuters. "We have deployed seven trucks to carry all the passengers," Bogor Police chief Lt. Col. Ade Husen told reporters.
Tue, 29 Feb 2000, 00:00 WIB
Feng shui your home and change your life
Feng shui your home and change your life By Karen Kingston DENPASAR (JP): Feng shui is the ancient art of balancing and harmonizing energies in buildings to enhance the lives of the people who live or work there. Put simply, we spend many hours of our lives inside buildings and they do affect us for better or worse. So it makes a lot of sense to find out how get the best out of them.
Tue, 29 Feb 2000, 00:00 WIB
Tunas enters e-commerce
Tunas enters e-commerce JAKARTA (JP): PT Tunas Ridean, an authorized dealer for Toyota, BMW, Daihatsu and several other car brands, said on Monday its web site, http://www.TunasGroup.com, received about 500 visitors per day despite the fact the site had not yet been formally launched. Tunas president John Stevenson said on Monday the site was launched in November last year to anticipate a surge in Internet- based transactions in the country.
Tue, 29 Feb 2000, 00:00 WIB
Caught in the crisis, hungry Semarang zoo animals need help
Caught in the crisis, hungry Semarang zoo animals need help By Haryoso SEMARANG (JP): The approximately 250 animals in Tinjomoyo Zoo are bearing the brunt of the economic crisis. They have been going hungry because the management does not have enough money to feed them properly. The animals are badly in need of "relief aid". They clearly show signs of undernourishment: pale, weak and thin. Their cages are in appalling condition and the management is just too broke to repair them.
Tue, 29 Feb 2000, 00:00 WIB
Bad weather halts search operation
Bad weather halts search operation BREBES, Central Java (JP): The search operation for the remaining 24 people believed to be still trapped under last Wednesday night's landslide was halted on Monday due to bad weather and after consulting with the families of those missing. The search and rescue team, consisting of police and army officers and local residents, said bad weather was the main constraint in the operation.
Tue, 29 Feb 2000, 00:00 WIB
Riau takes over Social Ministry
Riau takes over Social Ministry PEKANBARU, Riau: The assets of the now liquidated Ministry of Social Affairs in Riau were officially handed over on Monday to the provincial administration. These included all the material inventory of the ministry and also their personnel, Antara reported.
Tue, 29 Feb 2000, 00:00 WIB
Telecom operators ready for mobile Internet
Telecom operators ready for mobile Internet JAKARTA (JP): Major telecommunications providers said here on Monday that they were ready to expand into wireless internet services this year using the Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) technology. PT Telkom's director of research and development on information technology, Suryatin Setiawan, said Telkom was currently finalizing the traffic system of its new mobile internet service.
Tue, 29 Feb 2000, 00:00 WIB
City to prevent dengue outbreak
City to prevent dengue outbreak JAKARTA (JP): The city's Health Agency is planning a series of preventive actions beginning in March aimed at halting further outbreaks of dengue hemorrhagic fever, which has already claimed six lives over the past two months, an official said on Monday. "The activity will be held in 55 subdistricts that are predicted to have the most cases of dengue fever.
Tue, 29 Feb 2000, 00:00 WIB
Surya Hutani Jaya's owners
Surya Hutani Jaya's owners JAKARTA (JP): PT Surya Hutani Jaya forestry company clarified here on Monday that its share-ownership was by no means related to businessmen Mohammad Bob Hasan nor to Hutomo Tommy Mandala Putra, as several print media implied last week in their stories about the abuse of reforestation funds.
Tue, 29 Feb 2000, 00:00 WIB
Reshuffle for reform? 'More likely for elite consolidation'
Reshuffle for reform? 'More likely for elite consolidation' Will there be more reform in the Indonesian Military (TNI) following Monday's reshuffle? The Jakarta Post spoke to Kusnanto Anggoro, who studies security issues at the Center for Strategic International Studies. An excerpt from the interview follows: Question: The reformist force in TNI seems to have won the President's favor through the installment of Maj. Gen.
Tue, 29 Feb 2000, 00:00 WIB
Doctors fail to appear for Soeharto's checkup
Doctors fail to appear for Soeharto's checkup JAKARTA (JP): A team of doctors appointed by the Attorney General's office failed to turn up for a re-examination of former president Soeharto on Monday. Spokesman for the Attorney General's office, Soehandoyo, said that the team was still reviewing Soeharto's previous medical report.
Tue, 29 Feb 2000, 00:00 WIB
Toll road holdups top of the agenda for Jakarta police
Toll road holdups top of the agenda for Jakarta police JAKARTA (JP): National Police chief Lt. Gen. Rusdihardjo ordered Jakarta Police chief Maj. Gen. Nurfaizi on Monday to prioritize the handling of the alarming spate of armed robberies on buses and trucks on toll roads in Greater Jakarta. "I have discussed with him the urgency of prioritizing these armed robbery cases," Rusdihardjo said after the short meeting with Nurfaizi.
Tue, 29 Feb 2000, 00:00 WIB
Stock quotations on JSX
Stock quotations on JSX Stock prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (in rupiah) on Feb. 28, 2000: Shares Close Change Trading Volume ---------------------------------------------------------- Ades Alfindo 775 -75 12,500 Adindo Foresta Indonesia 700 25 4,900,500 Alakasa Industrindo 525 0 0 Alfa Retailindo 875 75 1,164,500 Alter Abadi 350 -50 2,500 Alumindo Light Metal 975 25 55,000 Aneka Kimia Raya 500 0 0 Aneka Tambang (Persero) 1,175 25 1,091,000 Anwar Sierad 300 0 0 APAC Centertex Corp.
Tue, 29 Feb 2000, 00:00 WIB
Govt out to check if picks for state firms measure up
Govt out to check if picks for state firms measure up JAKARTA (JP): The government said on Monday it would apply fit and proper tests for prospective appointees to state-owned companies' boards of directors to ensure they possessed the integrity and capability to lead the firms.
Tue, 29 Feb 2000, 00:00 WIB
RI maid faces stoning
RI maid faces stoning DUBAI (AFP): An Islamic tribunal in the United Arab Emirates has ordered a pregnant Indonesian maid to be stoned to death for adultery, a newspaper reported on Monday. The same court in the Indian Ocean emirate of Fujairah acquitted her Muslim Indian lover in absentia, Al-Khaleej daily said. The man has reportedly fled the country. But Karteen Karikender, 35, received the maximum sentence from the Shariah court on Sunday.
Tue, 29 Feb 2000, 00:00 WIB
Dharmala Sakti asks court for time to negotiate debts
Dharmala Sakti asks court for time to negotiate debts JAKARTA (JP): Publicly listed PT Dharmala Sakti Sejahtera asked the Jakarta Commercial Court on Monday to hold off issuing a verdict in a bankruptcy suit filed against the holding company to allow it to negotiate its debt restructuring with creditors.
Tue, 29 Feb 2000, 00:00 WIB
Megawati lends name to trophy
Megawati lends name to trophy JAKARTA (JP): Vice President Megawati Soekarnoputri approved a request from the Indonesian Basketball Association (Perbasi) to confer her name on the women's basketball league (Women's Kobatama) trophy, said Perbasi official in charge of Kobatama, Doedie Gambiro. Doedie said after meeting Megawati on Monday that she was also scheduled to open the Women's Kobatama, scheduled from April 9 to April 14 at the Senayan basketball hall here.
Tue, 29 Feb 2000, 00:00 WIB
Lippo Life service
Lippo Life service On Jan. 13, 2000, I went to the Lippo Life Metropolitan Mal branch in Bekasi and applied for a life insurance policy. I was told that because the sum insured was quite high my application would be subject to a full medical checkup. I attended the medical examination at Rumah Sakit Mitra Keluarga on Jan. 22, 2000, and was given the OK by both doctors.
Tue, 29 Feb 2000, 00:00 WIB
BHP looks for RI partner
BHP looks for RI partner MELBOURNE (Dow Jones): Broken Hill Proprietary Co. (BHP) is looking for a joint venture partner for the possible development of its Gag Island nickel deposit in Indonesia. "We are looking at ways that we can exploit that nickel deposit in conjunction with some more experienced players in the area," Chief Executive Paul Anderson told a meeting of the Securities Institute of Australia. "If we go ahead, we will not do it alone.
Tue, 29 Feb 2000, 00:00 WIB
Activists protest over alleged swindle
Activists protest over alleged swindle BOGOR (JP): Dozens of locals grouped under the Corruption Eradication Movement or Gebrak staged a protest at the Bogor Municipality on Monday demanding the mayor probe an alleged swindle in the distribution of hundreds of tons of rice in market operations in South Bogor. "We want the mayor to take firm action against the official who ripped off the rice, which was supposed to be distributed to the people," the group yelled.
Tue, 29 Feb 2000, 00:00 WIB
Mixed responses greet latest TNI reshuffle
Mixed responses greet latest TNI reshuffle JAKARTA (JP): A mixture of praise and regret greeted the latest reshuffle in the Indonesian Military (TNI) on Monday, with many believing it to be part of the ongoing reform movement within the armed forces. Samsu Rizal Panggabean from the Yogyakarta-based Gadjah Mada University observed that those TNI officers promoted to strategic posts were committed to reform and professionalism.
Tue, 29 Feb 2000, 00:00 WIB
Rates for tax payment, valid from Feb. 28 to Mar. 5
Rates for tax payment, valid from Feb. 28 to Mar. 5 U.S. dollar 1 Rp 7,410.00 Austrian schilling 1 531.61 Australian dollar 1 4,566.78 Belgian franc 1 181.34 Canadian dollar 1 5,071.87 Swiss franc 1 4,564.49 Deutschemark 1 3,742.05 Danish krone 1 1,000.96 French franc 1 1,115.18 Poundsterling 1 11,844.14 Hong Kong dollar 1 952.15 Italian lira 100 377.80 Japanese yen 100 6,659.48 Malaysian ringgit 1 1,950.00 Dutch guilder 1 3,319.48 New Zealand dollar 1 3,603.48 Norwegian krone 1 910.14 Swedish...
Tue, 29 Feb 2000, 00:00 WIB
On law enforcement
On law enforcement Indosiar recently broadcast Legal Prospects 2000 in which lawyer Frans H. Winarta said he was pessimistic about law enforcement in the near future in this country. He said the law could only be enforced if the Attorney General's Office and the courts of justice were first cleaned up. Lately, the scourge of corruptors, Teten Masduki of the Indonesian Corruption Watch, has been open about his annoyance with the system.
Tue, 29 Feb 2000, 00:00 WIB
Kissinger calls on RI to honor Freeport deal
Kissinger calls on RI to honor Freeport deal JAKARTA (JP): Former U.S. secretary of state Henry Kissinger called on the Indonesian government to honor its contract with copper and gold mining enterprise PT Freeport Indonesia amid growing criticism over the company's mining activities. Kissinger, listed on the company's website as a member of the board of directors of the U.S.
Tue, 29 Feb 2000, 00:00 WIB
Megawati wins Yogya support
Megawati wins Yogya support YOGYAKARTA: The Deputy Chief of the Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI Perjuangan) in Yogyakarta here issued a strong warning that delegates from the provincial chapter must vote for incumbent Megawati Soekarnoputri in next month's congress in Semarang, Central Java.
Tue, 29 Feb 2000, 00:00 WIB
President urged to temporarily stop raids on pedicabs
President urged to temporarily stop raids on pedicabs JAKARTA (JP): Some 100 becak pedicab drivers staged a protest in front of the Presidential Palace in Central Jakarta on Monday, demanding President Abdurrahman Wahid order the city administration to temporarily halt raids on pedicabs while awaiting the verdict of a lawsuit filed by the drivers earlier this month. The drivers arrived at the scene at around 9 a.m, escorted by activists from the Urban Poor Consortium (UPC).
Tue, 29 Feb 2000, 00:00 WIB
Principal opens new office
Principal opens new office JAKARTA (JP): Principal Indonesia, a retirement plan and service company, has opened a representative office in Semarang as part of its commitment to develop the market in Central Java and Yogyakarta. Company president Dough Rasmussen said in a statement on Monday the prospects for the retirement market in the region were promising given the large size of the local workforce and an increasing awareness of pension plans.
Tue, 29 Feb 2000, 00:00 WIB
Keep political issues out of sports: Pelti chairman
Keep political issues out of sports: Pelti chairman JAKARTA (JP): Chairman of the Indonesian Tennis Association (Pelti) Tanri Abeng played down calls for the convening of an extraordinary congress to pick his replacement, arguing that sports should not be dragged into political issues. "Where did the idea of an extraordinary congress come from? On what grounds should they stage the congress and what is the purpose of all of it?" he said at the association's office on Monday.
Tue, 29 Feb 2000, 00:00 WIB
Volleyball to be staged outdoors
Volleyball to be staged outdoors JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesian Volleyball Federation (PBVSI) will kick off a talent scouting project aimed at popularizing volleyball among the general public, newly installed PBVSI chairwoman Rita Subowo said on Monday. "Many people want to play volleyball but they have difficulties finding an indoor court. With this project, we will encourage people to play outdoor volleyball. Hopefully, a good volleyball athlete will emerge," she said. Rita said Gen.
Tue, 29 Feb 2000, 00:00 WIB
Candra aims to retain All England crown
Candra aims to retain All England crown JAKARTA (JP): Indonesian men's doubles specialist Candra Wijaya is optimistic of retaining his title with partner Tony Wijaya in the All England championships in Birmingham, England, next month. "I really want to be the champion again this time. It's good to be the champion.
Tue, 29 Feb 2000, 00:00 WIB
Yen pulls won up; Southeast Asian monies down
Yen pulls won up; Southeast Asian monies down HONG KONG (Dow Jones): Asian currencies had a mixed day against the dollar Monday. While the Korean won was tugged higher by an abrupt run-up in the value of the Japanese currency during Asian trading hours, the yen's surge failed to support Southeast Asian currencies, which finished the day down. The won shrugged off a 5 percent decline in Korea's benchmark Kospi equity index.
Tue, 29 Feb 2000, 00:00 WIB
Car emission levels to be checked for free
Car emission levels to be checked for free JAKARTA (JP): The city administration in cooperation with a Switzerland-based nongovernmental organization is to again carry out free street-side emission checks for private cars in the capital, an official said on Monday. Head of the City Environmental Impact Management Agency, Aboejoewono Aboeprajitno, told reporters that the campaign, which has been conducted annually since 1992, would be held to coincide with Earth Day on June 5.
Tue, 29 Feb 2000, 00:00 WIB
The men and women behind the President
The men and women behind the President By Kornelius Purba JAKARTA (JP): By all accounts Abdurrahman Wahid is no ordinary man. And he is also a president elected under extraordinary circumstances. This unique leader often discards traditional channels of information, sometimes leaving the public wondering about policies or statements around the bend.
Tue, 29 Feb 2000, 00:00 WIB
THAI ready for privatization
THAI ready for privatization BANGKOK (AFP): Thai Airways International (THAI) on Monday cleared the first hurdle on the road to its long-awaited privatization, receiving the green-light on plans to sell 400 million shares from the state enterprises policy committee, officials said. Committee chairman and Deputy Prime Minister Supachai Panitchpakdi said the plan called for the sale of 300 million new shares and 100 million old shares held by the Finance Ministry.
Tue, 29 Feb 2000, 00:00 WIB
Major TNI reshuffle announced
Major TNI reshuffle announced JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesian Military (TNI) announced on Monday another major reshuffle that included the promotion of Maj. Gen. Agus Wirahadikusumah, a progressive figure, as the Army Strategic Reserve Command (Kostrad) chief. Starting from March 1, Agus, currently the Wirabuana/Sulawesi military commander, will take over from Lt. Gen. Djadja Suparman, with whom Agus had traded arguments in response to an investigation into Gen.