Archive: 12 March 2000
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Sun, 12 Mar 2000
Angry terminal vendors break bus windows
Angry terminal vendors break bus windows JAKARTA (JP): About 500 fruit, candy and cigarettes vendors pelted and broke the windows of six intercity buses at the Pulogadung bus terminal, East Jakarta, in a protest against City Public Land Transportation Agency (DLLAJ) officials' rough actions for the...
Sun, 12 Mar 2000
Endangered Omo Hada in poor condition
Endangered Omo Hada in poor conditionBy Edy Suhartono MEDAN, North Sumatra (JP): Omo Hada, an 18th century building on the island of Nias, North Sumatra, and Tanah Lot temple on Bali are among the 100 most endangered sites in the world.
Sun, 12 Mar 2000
Angelique wins junior c'ship
Angelique wins junior c'ship JAKARTA (JP): Girl's tennis player Angelique Widjaja outclassed teammate Dea Sumantri 4-6, 6-4, 6-2 in the an all- Indonesian final of the Indonesia Gas Negara International junior championship here on Saturday.
Sun, 12 Mar 2000
BII's Internet Banking gives users convenience
BII's Internet Banking gives users convenience Performing transactions through Internet-based banks is now common practice for certain people around the globe. Indonesians also have been able to enjoy this convenience via on-line services run by Bank Internasional Indonesia (BII).
Sun, 12 Mar 2000
Japanese professor shows his love for Bayat pottery
Japanese professor shows his love for Bayat potteryBy R. Agus Bakti YOGYAKARTA (JP): Chitaru Kawasaki, a ceramics expert from Japan, fell in love at the first sight with a set of plain yet unique pieces in an exhibition in Japan more than ten years ago.
Sun, 12 Mar 2000
Leech: Sucking the life out of you
Leech: Sucking the life out of you JAKARTA (JP): No matter where you go in life there are leeches. Not the parasite that lives in muddy waters. The type of bloodsucker I'm referring to is the one we come into contact with on a daily basis: leechoros humongous or the human variety.
Sun, 12 Mar 2000
Art Agenda
Art Agenda Photo Exhibition: Peneliti & Fotografer (Researchers & Photographers), at the French Cultural Center (CCF) on Jl. Wijaya I/48, South Jakarta; Phone 720-8133; from March 9 to March 31.This exhibition puts on display part of the collection of IRD Indigo Base.
Sun, 12 Mar 2000
Globalization
GlobalizationIndonesian chaos piles its citizens in stacks, chimneys, pipes and styles it flatters and hijacks.The king'd extolled his parliament for not expressing pus; I came to meet their firmament and got lost on the busThe way I used to camp out bush to catalog my words But Indonesian chaos...
Sun, 12 Mar 2000
Essential reading for the military
Essential reading for the military From the Place of the Dead, Bishop Belo and the Struggle for East Timor; by Arnold S. Kohen; Published by Lion Publishing, Oxford, England, 1999; 398 pages JAKARTA (JP): Carlos Filipe Ximenes may have remained totally unknown to the world but for a surprise...
Sun, 12 Mar 2000
Increase in tuition fee? No way: Students
Increase in tuition fee? No way: Students JAKARTA (JP): The party is over. State universities are now having to work hard seeking ways to generate more funds in anticipation of the government's plan to reduce subsidies.
Sun, 12 Mar 2000
Memory of Jassin remains vivid
Memory of Jassin remains vivid JAKARTA (JP): HB Jassin has gone, but the memory of this respected figure and his valuable works remains alive in Indonesian literary.Sapardi Djoko Damono, a professor of literature at University of Indonesia, said, "He was a great man.
Sun, 12 Mar 2000
Danamon committed to customers with new vision, mission
Danamon committed to customers with new vision, missionBy Christianto JAKARTA (JP): Commitment in consumer service industries will not suffice a company to prove itself as being a preferred choice. Customer loyalty will have its say.
Sun, 12 Mar 2000
Maria Ressa struggles with life choice
Maria Ressa struggles with life choiceBy Mehru Jaffer JAKARTA (JP): CNN without Maria Ressa? This could happen if Ressa, 37, makes a certain choice."I am now at an age when I have to think about it. The biological clock is ticking away. I have to ask myself if I want children.
Sun, 12 Mar 2000
'Indonesia Baru' talk show
'Indonesia Baru' talk showFrom Media IndonesiaI am among the fans of talk show Indonesia Baru, which is simultaneously broadcast by the five private TV stations on Feb. 29 at 9 p.m.I watch the show to broaden my horizons.
Sun, 12 Mar 2000
Falling for a Javanese folk dancer, beware the surprise
Falling for a Javanese folk dancer, beware the surpriseText by Singgir Kartana, photos by Ali Budiman WONOSOBO, Central Java (JP): Once there was a very pretty dancer in a village in Wonosobo regency, Central Java. Many were charmed by her beauty.
Sun, 12 Mar 2000
Spotlight
SpotlightPhoto A: MeliaGran MeliaWELCOME TO THE CLUB: Aston Atrium general manager Hamilton Toledo (left), Crowne Plaza general manager Stefan W. Voogel (second left), Gran Melia Jakarta general manager Ricardo Castaneda (second right) and Aston Atrium director of sales & marketing Rubi W.
Sun, 12 Mar 2000
New themes for jewelry and watch designs
New themes for jewelry and watch designs JAKARTA (JP): Clean, innovative and elegant are the themes of the jewelry and watch designs presented by Piaget, one of the world's leading jewelry and watchmakers, at its current exhibition at the Time boutique at Plaza Senayan.
Sun, 12 Mar 2000
Internet banking facilitates customers in banking
Internet banking facilitates customers in bankingBy I. Christianto JAKARTA (JP): Some people are reluctant to visit banks due to such reasons as long queues or fronting up to unprofessional tellers. Well, they can now enjoy carrying out transactions through the Internet from their home PCs.
Sun, 12 Mar 2000
State universities brace for big monetary cutbacks
State universities brace for big monetary cutbacks The government's plan to cut financial assistance to state universities is worrying college administrators and students. The Jakarta Post's reporters Ainur R. Sophiaan, Agus Maryono, Asip A. Hasani, I.
Sun, 12 Mar 2000
Haze feared to affect ships
Haze feared to affect ships KUALA LUMPUR (AP): Marine police have warned all ships plying the busy Malacca Straits to be alert for haze after visibility dropped to about two nautical miles, a news report said Saturday.
Sun, 12 Mar 2000
U.S. expedition team fined
U.S. expedition team fined KUALA LUMPUR (AP): Two scientists and 14 cave explorers from the United States have been fined 20,000 ringgit ($5,260) for collecting rare invertebrates from a Borneo rain forest without a permit, a government official said Saturday.
Sun, 12 Mar 2000
Pandering for good food? Get yourself to Bandung
Pandering for good food? Get yourself to BandungText and photos by Agni Amorita BANDUNG (JP): One Saturday afternoon young Yeannie Adisubrata, with her three girl friends, drove her car along Jl. Kolonel Masturi, leaving the busy city of Bandung and making for its hinterland, Lembang.
Sun, 12 Mar 2000
HB Jassin dies of stroke
HB Jassin dies of stroke JAKARTA (JP): Hans Bague Jassin, the "Pope of Indonesian literature", died on Saturday at the age of 83.Jassin died at Cipto Mangunkusumo General Hospital almost 12 hours after suffering a stroke.
Sun, 12 Mar 2000
Oscar Lawalata making strides in fashion world
Oscar Lawalata making strides in fashion worldBy Chris Brummitt JAKARTA (JP): Tall, skinny and wearing an orange cotton blouse with matching scarf, black velvet jacket and dark-blue flared jeans, clothing designer Oscar Lawalata turns heads as he walks quickly through Tuesday's lunchtime crowds in...
Sun, 12 Mar 2000
Officers sent to Slawi, Solo for main suspect
Officers sent to Slawi, Solo for main suspect JAKARTA (JP): Jakarta Police have sent at least 10 detectives to Slawi and Surakarta in Central Java to hunt down Achmad Riyadi, alias Assadullah, the fourth and most important suspect in last Sunday's attempted murder of National Awakening Party (PKB)...