Archive: 1 March 2000
46 articles found
Wed, 01 Mar 2000
Civil servants to get 30 percent pay increase
Civil servants to get 30 percent pay increase JAKARTA (JP): The government reached agreement on Tuesday with the House of Representatives budget committee to raise the salary of government employees, police and the military by 30 percent in the April-December 2000 state budget, legislator Aberson...
Wed, 01 Mar 2000
DKI budget
DKI budgetFrom Warta KotaBasically, the budget of a region explains the working program of the regional administration concerned for a one-year term. By looking at the scheme of the program the community can be made aware of the vision, perception, awareness and sensitivity of the regional...
Wed, 01 Mar 2000
Humanity above all
Humanity above all It might be a little late but, then again, it's never too late for one to show his or her sympathy and respect to others. I'd like to express my sympathy to Gen. Wiranto, who has gracefully responded to President Abdurrahman Wahid's final decision by stepping down wisely from his...
Wed, 01 Mar 2000
PSSI invites players for national team selection
PSSI invites players for national team selection JAKARTA (JP): The Soccer Association of Indonesia (PSSI) has invited 28 soccer players from the main division clubs who are now competing in the sixth Indonesian Soccer League (Ligina) to attend the selection for the national team's lineup.
Wed, 01 Mar 2000
Tragedy of excess
Tragedy of excess The International Monetary Fund (IMF) director for Asia Pacific, Yusuke Horiguchi, has predicted that the Indonesian economy will grow by more than 4 percent this year while inflation will remain within a single digit. Arigato, Horiguchi, San, honto (Thank you, Mr.
Wed, 01 Mar 2000
New ruling allows IBRA to provide debt reduction
New ruling allows IBRA to provide debt reduction JAKARTA (JP): The government issued a new ruling on Tuesday to help accelerate the massive debt restructuring work of the Indonesian Bank Restructuring Agency (IBRA), including an option for the agency to provide debt reduction.
Wed, 01 Mar 2000
Prosecutors deny ignoring Attorney General's order
Prosecutors deny ignoring Attorney General's order JAKARTA (JP): Prosecutors denied on Tuesday reports that they were disobeying Attorney General Marzuki Darusman's order to send a medical team to examine former president Soeharto's health at his house on Monday.
Wed, 01 Mar 2000
Tanri files complaint against Manimaren
Tanri files complaint against Manimaren JAKARTA (JP): Former state minister of empowerment of state enterprises Tanri Abeng, a suspect in the Rp 546 billion (US$78 million) Bank Bali scandal, filed a complaint at National Police headquarters on Tuesday morning protesting business tycoon Marimutu...
Wed, 01 Mar 2000
Autonomy 'nonsupportive' of democratization
Autonomy 'nonsupportive' of democratization JAKARTA (JP): The planned implementation of regional autonomy will not necessarily help democracy to flourish in regions due to centralized judicial and political systems, an observer said on Tuesday.
Wed, 01 Mar 2000
RI signs UN protocol on women's rights
RI signs UN protocol on women's rights JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia signed the protocol of the United Nations Convention for the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (UN-CEDAW) on Monday.
Wed, 01 Mar 2000
Reforming Pertamina
Reforming Pertamina President Abdurrahman Wahid continues his cleanup campaign on state companies which, under former president Soeharto's rule, were exploited as cash cows for his family members and cronies. And the target this time is the biggest of them all.
Wed, 01 Mar 2000
E. Java councillors to get pay raise
E. Java councillors to get pay raise SURABAYA: Councillors in East Java are set to get a hefty 60 percent salary raise.The raise will come into effect on April 1. Councillors currently take home an average of about Rp 4.7 million.
Wed, 01 Mar 2000
DHL opens new office
DHL opens new office JAKARTA (JP): PT Birotika Semesta/DHL Worldwide Express officially opened on Tuesday a new service center in Tangerang to meet the rising demand from local export-oriented companies.
Wed, 01 Mar 2000
E-commerce payment system
E-commerce payment system JAKARTA (JP): PT eSecure Indonesia is set to launch in April a payment system to support e-commerce transactions in Indonesia, the company announced here on Tuesday.The company said in a press release that its system, known as eSecure, would use the Secure Electronic...
Wed, 01 Mar 2000
Singaporean tried for smuggling
Singaporean tried for smuggling TANGERANG (JP): Singapore national Kow Muin Huat Al Gao Meifa, 34, went on trial at Tangerang District Court on Tuesday for allegedly trying to smuggle thousands of ecstasy pills to Australia last September.
Wed, 01 Mar 2000
Mobs kill alleged shaman in Cilacap
Mobs kill alleged shaman in Cilacap CILACAP, Central Java: A mob of about 100 people went on a rampage and destroyed a house in Bantarpanjang village, Cimanggu district, belonging to Sukamto, 61, a suspected shaman late on Monday night.
Wed, 01 Mar 2000
On course for fine dining at Gran Melia's Columbus
On course for fine dining at Gran Melia's Columbus JAKARTA (JP): Perched on one side on the 14th floor of the Gran Melia hotel is the Columbus restaurant. As you step in the doorway, there is a very high wall, perhaps one or two floors up, and the ceiling slopes down to waist level as it meets the...
Wed, 01 Mar 2000
NGOs criticize poverty eradication program
NGOs criticize poverty eradication program JAKARTA (JP): A group of non-governmental organizations advocating better conditions for the poor suggested on Tuesday that the government intensify people's participation in its poverty eradication program in order to avoid past mistakes.
Wed, 01 Mar 2000
House speaker could replace triumvirate, minister says
House speaker could replace triumvirate, minister says JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Law and Legislation Yusril Ihza Mahendra proposed on Tuesday that the House of Representatives speaker alone could be charged with executive authority should the president and vice president be incapacitated.
Wed, 01 Mar 2000
Conversion Rates
Conversion RatesBank Indonesia's conversion rates on Feb. 29 2000: Bank notes rates Buying Selling Rp Rp U.S. dollar 1 7,467.00 7,314.45Australian dollar 1 4,581.75 4,632.16Austrian schilling 1 525.93 531.56Belgian franc 1 179.40 181.32Brunei dollar 1 4,353.94 4,400.82Canadian dollar 1 5,137.
Wed, 01 Mar 2000
PASI targets world's top 16 for sprinters in 2000 Olympics
PASI targets world's top 16 for sprinters in 2000 Olympics JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesian Amateur Athletics Association (PASI) eyes the world's top 16 for women's and men's sprinters, and men's relay team at the 2000 Olympics in Sydney.
Wed, 01 Mar 2000
Gus Dur visits E. Timor
Gus Dur visits E. Timor DILI, East Timor (JP): President Abdurrahman Wahid became on Tuesday Indonesia's first head of state to set foot here since the majority of people in the territory voted for a breakaway from Indonesia last August.
Wed, 01 Mar 2000
Transvestite gets six months jail for theft
Transvestite gets six months jail for theft JAKARTA (JP): A judge at the Central Jakarta District Court sentenced on Tuesday defendant Amin Buchori, alias Ratna, to six months in jail for stealing Rp 50,000 (US$6.8) from witness R. Bagoes Trihono last December.
Wed, 01 Mar 2000
President to open 1st PDI-P congress
President to open 1st PDI-P congress SEMARANG (JP): President Abdurrahman Wahid is slated to open the first congress of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI Perjuangan) here on March 27, a party official said on Tuesday.
Wed, 01 Mar 2000
Police question Bakin general over AK-47 rifle permit issuance
Police question Bakin general over AK-47 rifle permit issuance JAKARTA (JP): The Jakarta Police have questioned a brigadier general and a retired colonel in connection with the arrest of Haryogi M. Maulani, who was caught red-handed with possession of an AK-47 (Avtomat Kalashnikova) rifle and a...
Wed, 01 Mar 2000
Reforming the State Secretariat
Reforming the State SecretariatBy Ati Nurbaiti JAKARTA (JP): It's lonely at the top, and even more so when one is no longer there, as former presidents will testify. The ones nearest to the top, identified by their "RI 1" presidential number plates, are also prone to bouts of post-power syndrome,...
Wed, 01 Mar 2000
Government to raise income tax rate
Government to raise income tax rate JAKARTA (JP): The government will increase the income tax brackets for individual taxpayers from three to four and the highest bracket from 30 percent to 35 percent but will retain a three-bracket tax structure for institutional (corporate) taxpayers.
Wed, 01 Mar 2000
University doctors join relief efforts in West Timor
University doctors join relief efforts in West Timor JAKARTA (JP): Diseases caused by undernourishment and a lack of sanitary conditions have swept through East Timor's refugee camps in West Timor, a media report says.
Wed, 01 Mar 2000
Yahoo to invest in S. Korea
Yahoo to invest in S. Korea SEOUL (AFP): Yahoo! said Tuesday that it would invest US$60 million in its South Korean affiliate, Yahoo! Korea, to help it expand in the country's fast-growing e-business."We have reached a critical stage in Yahoo! Korea's development," Jerry Yang, founder of the...
Wed, 01 Mar 2000
Conflict among political elites
Conflict among political elitesFrom Pikiran RakyatIn developing countries like Indonesia conflicts among political elites are common place. Each group is striving for its own interests, even though they are in the same government.
Wed, 01 Mar 2000
Timor Gap gas deal signed
Timor Gap gas deal signed DILI (AFP): Australia and East Timor have signed a development contract to jointly exploit oil and gas from the Timor Gap offshore area between the two states, the United Nations said here Monday.
Wed, 01 Mar 2000
Djadja upset at Army chief over removal
Djadja upset at Army chief over removal JAKARTA (JP): Army Strategic Reserved Command (Kostrad) chief Lt. Gen. Djadja Suparman was fuming that he had not been told he was being removed from his post, and without even an encouraging word of "thanks" from his superiors.
Wed, 01 Mar 2000
Minister calls for Damura to be delayed
Minister calls for Damura to be delayed JAKARTA (JP): State Minister of Social Affairs Anak Agung Gde Agung urged the National Sports Council (KONI) and PT Mutiara Mandala Mahardhika (PT 3M) to delay their plan to launch the fund raising program Damura (the People's Fund for Sports).
Wed, 01 Mar 2000
Sounds the same
Sounds the same Prof. Sudjoko in a letter to Kompas daily recently said that the development of the Indonesian language did not have any definite direction. I think that analysis of the language needs to be continued.
Wed, 01 Mar 2000
Courth declares activists guilty of illegal rally
Courth declares activists guilty of illegal rally JAKARTA (JP): A judge at the Central Jakarta District Court declared on Tuesday that Wardah Hafidz and four other activists of the Urban Poor Consortium (UPC) were guilty for their failure to notify the police before organizing a rally the day...
Wed, 01 Mar 2000
Fears of govt control greet broadcasting directorate
Fears of govt control greet broadcasting directorate JAKARTA (JP): An alliance of radio and television associations protested on Tuesday the government's decision to establish a directorate general covering broadcasting affairs.
Wed, 01 Mar 2000
Behind TNI's support for Gus Dur
Behind TNI's support for Gus Dur The public has been watching closely whether the Indonesian Military has reflected resistance or support to its recent changes. Jusuf Wanandi, the chairman of the supervisory board of the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Jakarta, takes a closer look...
Wed, 01 Mar 2000
One shot dead as police open fire in Irian violence
One shot dead as police open fire in Irian violence JAYAPURA, Irian Jaya (JP): One man was killed when police opened fire on mobs attacking a Mobile Brigade (Brimob) police headquarters in the easternmost province of Irian Jaya, police said on Tuesday.
Wed, 01 Mar 2000
Residents told to help cut aedes life cycle
Residents told to help cut aedes life cycle JAKARTA (JP): Officials called on city residents on Tuesday to actively participate in preventing the dengue hemorrhagic fever outbreak by cutting the life cycle of the aedes aegypty mosquito.
Wed, 01 Mar 2000
Pertamina chief vows to rise company output
Pertamina chief vows to rise company output JAKARTA (JP): The new president of state oil and gas company Pertamina, Baihaki Hakim, vowed on Tuesday to increase the company's oil output to 100,000 barrels per day (bpd) in two or three years from 70,000 bpd at present.
Wed, 01 Mar 2000
Abdurrahman's subtle strategy
Abdurrahman's subtle strategy He may have begun as a frail and seemingly bumbling compromise choice in a politically divided country. But behind Indonesian President Abdurrahman Wahid's outwardly erratic actions a subtle, decisive strategy is gradually taking shape.
Wed, 01 Mar 2000
Becak drivers angry, burned two cars
Becak drivers angry, burned two cars JAKARTA (JP): Some 500 becak (pedicab) drivers and residents went on a rampage as city public order officials held a simultaneous becak-free operation in the city's five mayoralties on Tuesday evening.
Wed, 01 Mar 2000
Analyst doubts restart of Timor project
Analyst doubts restart of Timor project JAKARTA (JP): A leading automotive analyst expressed skepticism on Tuesday about a plan to revive the suspended national car project, despite a renewed commitment from the former South Korean partner.
Wed, 01 Mar 2000
Transportation owners seek reasonable fare hike
Transportation owners seek reasonable fare hike JAKARTA (JP): The government's recent decision to raise fuel prices by an average of 12 percent beginning in April has drawn strong criticism from public transportation owners who complain of skyrocketing expenses.
Wed, 01 Mar 2000
Ernst & Young has new partner
Ernst & Young has new partner JAKARTA (JP): Ernst & Young, Hanadi, Sarwoko & Sandjaja consulting firm announced on Tuesday the appointment of Joseph (Jos) Luhukay as a partner of the firm's corporate finance division.
Wed, 01 Mar 2000
Girl reports rape by stepfather
Girl reports rape by stepfather JAKARTA (JP): A high school student has reported to the police that her stepfather and stepbrother had repeatedly raped her in the family home.In a report she filed with the city police headquarters on Monday afternoon, the 17-year-old victim told the police that her...