Archive: 21 March 2000
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Tue, 21 Mar 2000
Dea wins Malaysia Int'l
Dea wins Malaysia Int'l JAKARTA (JP): Indonesian Dea Sumantri buckled down for the tennis title in the girls singles of the Malaysia International Junior Group 3 in Kuala Lumpur, defeating Ayano Taekushi of Japan 6-1, 2-6, 6-1 in the final on Sunday.
Tue, 21 Mar 2000
Attuning politics to economics
Attuning politics to economics Unless oil fuel prices are raised, the International Monetary Fund is likely to withhold its assistance and, as Coordinating Minister for Economy, Finance and Industry Kwik Kian Gie has said, such a delay would upset the routine state budget -- which would endanger...
Tue, 21 Mar 2000
Conversion Rates
Conversion RatesBank Indonesia's conversion rates on March 20, 2000: Bank notes rates Buying Selling Rp Rp U.S. dollar 1 7,403.00 7,477.00Australian dollar 1 4,486.96 4,535.55Austrian schilling 1 522.72 528.21Belgian franc 1 178.30 180.18Brunei dollar 1 4,308.83 4,354.43Canadian dollar 1 5,032.
Tue, 21 Mar 2000
Legislators say put MRT project in gear
Legislators say put MRT project in gear JAKARTA (JP): Governor Sutiyoso's wish to immediately start a Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) project in the capital won backing on Monday from members of the House of Representatives (DPR).
Tue, 21 Mar 2000
Horizon.Com wins RI contract
Horizon.Com wins RI contract SINGAPORE (Dow Jones): A unit of Horizon.Com Ltd., a Singapore Internet company, said Monday that it has received a US$9 million contract to build, operate and manage a broadband-based service in Indonesia.
Tue, 21 Mar 2000
13 years jail for Agus Isrok's accomplice
13 years jail for Agus Isrok's accomplice JAKARTA (JP): A prosecutor demanded on Monday that the Central Jakarta District Court sentence drug defendant Donny Hendrian, an alleged accomplice of Army Second. Lt.
Tue, 21 Mar 2000
Fakfak regent mobbed
Fakfak regent mobbed FAKFAK, Irian Jaya: Just two days after assuming his new post, Wahiddin Puarara, the new regent of Fakfak, was mobbed by some 150 people on Sunday, with the regent's adjutant shooting one of the attackers.
Tue, 21 Mar 2000
State firms suffer losses of $6.39b
State firms suffer losses of $6.39b JAKARTA (JP): Finance minister Bambang Sudibyo said on Monday that 20 state-owned companies suffered combined financial losses of Rp 47.65 trillion (US$6.39 billion) last year.The giant Bank Mandiri experienced the largest loss of Rp 38.
Tue, 21 Mar 2000
Ratih may quit her post soon
Ratih may quit her post soon JAKARTA (JP): Presidential secretary Ratih Hardjono has tendered her letter of resignation, a State Palace official has said.Head of the press and media bureau at the Presidential Secretariat, Dharmawan Ronodipuro, told The Jakarta Post on Monday night that Ratih wanted...
Tue, 21 Mar 2000
Bogor public bus drivers strike over rampant levies
Bogor public bus drivers strike over rampant levies BOGOR (JP): Thousands of public minivan drivers staged a massive strike over the widespread use of levies on Monday, leaving thousands of passengers stranded.
Tue, 21 Mar 2000
Legislators support Newmont in tax dispute
Legislators support Newmont in tax dispute JAKARTA (JP): Some members of the House of Representatives Commission VIII for mines and energy have given their support to gold mining firm PT Newmont Minahasa Raya on the latter's dispute with the Minahasa regency in North Sulawesi over alleged unpaid...
Tue, 21 Mar 2000
'Paradis', a slice of heaven for urban art devotees
'Paradis', a slice of heaven for urban art devoteesBy Rusdy Rukmarata JAKARTA (JP): Is it possible to see people break-dancing, headspins and all, to Baroque music? In Paradis you can; at least in Jose Montalvo's version of paradise, you can even see more bizarre situations become natural.
Tue, 21 Mar 2000
Local interest rate to stay low despite U.S. rate hike
Local interest rate to stay low despite U.S. rate hike JAKARTA (JP): Bank Indonesia Governor Sjahril Sabirin reaffirmed on Monday that the central bank would not raise interest rates even if the U.S. Federal Reserve increased its rate this week.Sjahril said that an increase in the U.S.
Tue, 21 Mar 2000
Indonesia loses bid to host 2002 W. Cup qualifying
Indonesia loses bid to host 2002 W. Cup qualifying JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia lost in its bid to host the Asian Group 9 prequalifying round of the 2002 World Cup next year, spokesman of the Soccer Association of Indonesia (PSSI) Eddi Elison said on Monday.
Tue, 21 Mar 2000
Party leaders urge an end to political violence
Party leaders urge an end to political violence SURABAYA (JP): The recent cases of political violence will endanger the country's democratization and reform process and may lead to a new form of tyranny, politicians said here on Monday.Speaking in a seminar, Maj. Gen.
Tue, 21 Mar 2000
S. Korean officials here for talks
S. Korean officials here for talks JAKARTA (JP): Five members of the South Korean National Assembly, headed by Speaker Park Jyun Kyu, arrived here on Monday for a three-day visit to discuss programs to further improve bilateral cooperation.
Tue, 21 Mar 2000
Dramatic praise for Gus Dur
Dramatic praise for Gus Dur I love and am proud of President Abdurrahman Wahid, better known as Gus Dur. Why? Simply and obviously because Gus Dur loves all who God has created and whom God has always taken care of, even when our Creator knows very well that none is righteous enough to deserve His...
Tue, 21 Mar 2000
Indonesia-Australia relations: After fear, before justice
Indonesia-Australia relations: After fear, before justiceBy Richard Tanter This is the first of two articles on RI-Australia relations. ALICE SPRINGS, Australia: It's a bad time to talk about relations between Indonesia and Australia as if ethics were important.
Tue, 21 Mar 2000
Government to probe alleged corruption in KPU: Surjadi
Government to probe alleged corruption in KPU: Surjadi JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Home Affairs Surjadi Soedirdja said the government would look into the alleged embezzlement of some Rp 117 billion by the General Elections Commission (KPU) during last year's general election.
Tue, 21 Mar 2000
Wiranto asked to counsel dissident military chief
Wiranto asked to counsel dissident military chief JAKARTA (JP): President Abdurrahman disclosed on Monday that he had entrusted inactive coordinating minister for political affairs and security Gen. Wiranto to cope with the dissenting regional military commander.
Tue, 21 Mar 2000
Indonesian girls 'sold' by parents to work in Malaysia
Indonesian girls 'sold' by parents to work in Malaysia KUALA LUMPUR (AFP): Indonesian teenage girls are being "sold" by impoverished parents and brought to neighboring Malaysia on forged passports to work illegally, a report said Monday.
Tue, 21 Mar 2000
Airport employees go on strike, flights continue
Airport employees go on strike, flights continue JAKARTA (JP): Some 100 airport employees went on strike at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport on Monday demanding national flag carrier PT Garuda Indonesia restore their status as government employees within the airline.
Tue, 21 Mar 2000
Some 40,000 Indonesian sailors feared to lose jobs in 2001
Some 40,000 Indonesian sailors feared to lose jobs in 2001 JAKARTA (JP): As many as 40,000 Indonesian sailors could lose their jobs next year because their skills do not meet the standards set by the International Maritime Organization (IMO), the minister of sea exploration and fisheries said on...
Tue, 21 Mar 2000
General's lawyers to visit prosecutors
General's lawyers to visit prosecutors JAKARTA (JP): A team of lawyers representing Indonesian Military (TNI) generals allegedly involved in last year's violence in East Timor is to visit the Attorney General's Office on Tuesday to clarify the planned questioning of its clients.
Tue, 21 Mar 2000
Military owes Rp 23b to PLN
Military owes Rp 23b to PLN PURWOKERTO, Central Java (JP): Military offices owe some Rp 23 billion (US$3.1 million) in overdue accounts to Perusahaan Listrik Negara (PLN), the state owned electricity company's president Kuntoro Mangkusubroto has said.
Tue, 21 Mar 2000
Official says fuel coupon system is safe from misuse
Official says fuel coupon system is safe from misuse JAKARTA (JP): The coupon system designed by the government to protect public bus passengers and poor families from the increase in fuel prices is safe from misuse, a top government official said on Monday.
Tue, 21 Mar 2000
Legislators held hostage
Legislators held hostage MEDAN, North Sumatra: Civilian guards of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI Perjuangan) are holding hostage 16 local legislators representing the party, whom they accuse of practicing money politics during a vote to elect the city's mayor and deputy mayor on...
Tue, 21 Mar 2000
Teak wood theft costs Rp 37b
Teak wood theft costs Rp 37b SEMARANG, Central Java: The amount of teak wood plundered in 1999 increased to 2.4 million trees from 888,000 in 1998, an official said on Monday.Oding Abdul Kadir, the Central Java director of state forestry firm Perum Perhutani, told reporters that the theft resulted...
Tue, 21 Mar 2000
China, South Korea take titles in Swiss Open
China, South Korea take titles in Swiss Open JAKARTA (JP): China and South Korea dominated the final matches of the four star Swiss Open in Basel, Switzerland, on Sunday by collecting three and two titles respectively.
Tue, 21 Mar 2000
Stock Exchange
Stock ExchangeStock prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (in rupiah) on March 20, 2000: Shares Close Change Trading Volume ---------------------------------------------------------- Ades Alfindo 775 -25 5,000 Adindo Foresta Indonesia 625 0 1,059,000 Alakasa Industrindo 450 0 0 Alfa Retailindo 925...
Tue, 21 Mar 2000
Matori's attacker buried
Matori's attacker buried JAKARTA (JP): The decomposed body of the man who attacked the chairman of the National Awakening Party (PKB), Matori Abdul Djalil, on March 5 was finally buried as an unidentified body at Pondok Ranggon graveyard in East Jakarta on Monday.
Tue, 21 Mar 2000
Tanri Abeng slapped with travel restriction
Tanri Abeng slapped with travel restriction JAKARTA (JP): Immigration officials on Monday said that former state minister of the empowerment of state enterprises Tanri Abeng has been slapped with an overseas travel ban as he is being investigated as a suspect in the Bank Bali scandal.
Tue, 21 Mar 2000
Bakrie Finance survives secondary bankruptcy threat
Bakrie Finance survives secondary bankruptcy threat JAKARTA (JP): Finance company PT Bakrie Finance Corporation (BFC) has, for the second time, survived a bankruptcy threat at the Jakarta Commercial Court, a lawyer said.
Tue, 21 Mar 2000
Problem of newly graduated doctors
Problem of newly graduated doctors Referring to the article What's up, Doc? by Carl Chairul in The Jakarta Post on March 5, 2000, I would like to make some comments.In my opinion, the vicious circle of the health service is caused in some part by "out-of-date" health regulations which do not fit in...
Tue, 21 Mar 2000
East Java zoo adoption program looking for foster parents
East Java zoo adoption program looking for foster parentsText and photos by Gin Kurniawan PASURUAN, East Java (JP): Three tiger cubs were seen tugging at each other's legs. They playfully pressed each other down and then scampered about.
Tue, 21 Mar 2000
Intervention blocks Taiwan dollar fall
Intervention blocks Taiwan dollar fall HONG KONG (Dow Jones): Massive intervention by the Taiwanese central bank blocked a potential free-fall in the New Taiwan dollar during Asian dealing Monday as market participants scrambled to sell the local currency following opposition candidate Chen...
Tue, 21 Mar 2000
Buses exempt from toll hike
Buses exempt from toll hike JAKARTA (JP): Public transportation will be exempt from the planned increase in tolls so that the rise will not be an additional burden to the poor, an executive of a major toll operator said on Monday.Frans S.
Tue, 21 Mar 2000
CN 235 for Asian Spirit
CN 235 for Asian Spirit BANDUNG (JP): State-owned aircraft company IPTN handed over a 40-seat CN 235 aircraft to Asian Spirit Philippines here on Monday.IPTN human resources development and administrative affairs manager Jusman SD represented IPTN at the handover ceremony, and Asian Spirit was...
Tue, 21 Mar 2000
Woman grilled over series of jewel thefts
Woman grilled over series of jewel thefts JAKARTA (JP): Pamulang police detectives are questioning a woman arrested early this month in connection with a series of jewel heists worth Rp 60 million (US$8,000) at two separate places in Pamulang, South Jakarta.Following her arrest on March 3, Irma F.
Tue, 21 Mar 2000
Negligence blamed in most fires: Official
Negligence blamed in most fires: Official JAKARTA (JP): A fire official warned residents on Monday to be careful in handling inflammable items in their houses because most fires were caused by people's negligence.
Tue, 21 Mar 2000
Police arrest three in Rp 250m robbery of batik
Police arrest three in Rp 250m robbery of batik JAKARTA (JP): Jakarta Police Mobile Detectives (Resmob) arrested three men in connection with the December robbery of 15 tons of batik worth about Rp 250 million (US$33,400), an officer said on Monday.Resmob chief Capt.
Tue, 21 Mar 2000
Managing Pertamina
Managing Pertamina First, I would like to congratulate Mr. Baihaki Hakim on his appointment as Pertamina president director. As a former president director of PT Caltex Pacific Indonesia, the largest producer among Pertamina's Production Sharing Contractors (PSC) in Indonesia, I believe no one will...
Tue, 21 Mar 2000
'Antara' news agency gets new chief
'Antara' news agency gets new chief JAKARTA (JP): Columnist and writer Mohamad Sobary was installed on Monday as head of the Antara news agency, replacing Parni Hadi, with a specific task of making the state agency more independent.
Tue, 21 Mar 2000
Where to go in Bandung:
Where to go in Bandung:Exhibition* Sculpture Exhibition: The Masterpieces of Choquie Hutagalung wood sculpture, relief, furniture, log wood, interior elements, at the lobby area, Grand Hotel Preanger Bandung, Jl. Asia Afrika No. 81 (Phone: 022-431631), 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., until March 31.
Tue, 21 Mar 2000
TV today
TV todayTVRI 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...
Tue, 21 Mar 2000
Akbar Tandjung set for presidential nomination
Akbar Tandjung set for presidential nomination JAKARTA (JP): Golkar Party chairman Akbar Tandjung said on Monday that he was ready for the presidential race in 2004.But like many other politicians who refrain from outspokenness, Akbar played down his candidacy, saying it was too early to discuss...