Archive: 16 June 2000
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Fri, 16 Jun 2000
Human rights, election amandment agreed
Human rights, election amandment agreed JAKARTA (JP): Major factions at the People's Consultative Assembly's (MPR) Ad Hoc Committee (PAH) have agreed to insert a chapter on human rights and a free and fair general election into the Amendments to the 1945 Constitution.
Fri, 16 Jun 2000
Asian currencies down in late trading
Asian currencies down in late trading SINGAPORE (Dow Jones): Most Asian currencies drifted lower late Thursday, relinquishing their earlier gains as relief over signs the U.S. Federal Reserve could pursue a less aggressive monetary policy faded away, dealers said.U.S.
Fri, 16 Jun 2000
WB links loans to reform programs
WB links loans to reform programs JAKARTA (JP): The World Bank warned the government on Wednesday that it must be able to provide concrete results of its economic reform programs and its efforts to curb corruption in order to continue receiving financial support from international donors.
Fri, 16 Jun 2000
Situation remains tense in brawl-torn Matraman
Situation remains tense in brawl-torn Matraman JAKARTA (JP): Tension was the prevailing mood in the Matraman area, East Jakarta, on Thursday as residents of the bickering Kebon Manggis and Palmeriam subdistricts remained cautious of possible attacks following a fresh brawl on Tuesday night.
Fri, 16 Jun 2000
East Timor wants a new gap treaty with Australia
East Timor wants a new gap treaty with Australia SYDNEY (Agencies): East Timor wants to dismantle the Timor Gap treaty and draw up new maritime boundaries, putting virtually all the petroleum-rich Australia-Indonesia joint development area under Dili's control, a report said Thursday.
Fri, 16 Jun 2000
Stock Exchange
Stock ExchangeStock prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (in rupiah) on June 14, 2000: Shares Close Change Trading Volume ------------------------------------------------------------ Ades Alfindo 675 0 0 Adindo Foresta Indonesia 325 0 115,000 Alakasa Industrindo 675 -350 500 Alfa Retailindo 825 0...
Fri, 16 Jun 2000
Singapore's Neptune bids for Indonesian terminal
Singapore's Neptune bids for Indonesian terminal SINGAPORE (Dow Jones): Neptune Orient Lines Ltd. Wednesday said its American President Lines unit is leading a consortium bidding for 48.52 percent of a container port in Jakarta.
Fri, 16 Jun 2000
KONI asks for athletes' personal Olympic targets
KONI asks for athletes' personal Olympic targets JAKARTA (JP): The National Sports Council (KONI) has urged 11 sports organizations, whose athletes are preparing for the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney in September, to set maximum targets in the quadrennial event.
Fri, 16 Jun 2000
Bakin witness doubts Haryogi's gun permits
Bakin witness doubts Haryogi's gun permits JAKARTA (JP): An employee of the State Intelligence Coordinating Body (Bakin) testified on Wednesday that he doubted the authenticity of two gun permits owned by Haryogi M. Maulani, a defendant in an alleged illegal arms possession case.
Fri, 16 Jun 2000
KAI bans staff from watching Euro 2000
KAI bans staff from watching Euro 2000 BANDUNG (JP): State railway company PT Kereta Api Indonesia (KAI) has instructed its operational and technical division employees not to watch Euro 2000 matches in the evenings in order for them to rest.
Fri, 16 Jun 2000
Pretty cushions the latest export item in Yogya
Pretty cushions the latest export item in YogyaBy Singgir Kartana YOGYAKARTA (JP): "Never ever sit on a pillow or you will get boils all over your buttocks," so Javanese parents used to advise their children.
Fri, 16 Jun 2000
Indonesia's online banking race
Indonesia's online banking race The following article by Fabrice Desmarescaux is based on a presentation in a seminar on e-finance. It was held here on June 5 by, among others, McKinsey & Company's Financial Institutions Group, where the writer is a senior consultant.
Fri, 16 Jun 2000
Farmers rally for land
Farmers rally for land BANDUNG: More than a thousand of farmers from the Pasundan Farmer Union staged a rally in front of the local administrative office on Wednesday.Arriving in dozens of buses and trucks, the farmers demanded that the government give them uncultivated land.
Fri, 16 Jun 2000
Culture team to go to New York
Culture team to go to New York JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia will send a cultural team of traditional dancers and singers to New York in an attempt to help restore the country's falling image, an official said on Thursday.
Fri, 16 Jun 2000
Gus Dur's plan on graft probe evokes skepticism
Gus Dur's plan on graft probe evokes skepticism JAKARTA (JP): There is growing skepticism among anticorruption activists over President Abdurrahman Wahid's claim that he had solicited Washington's help to combat corruption and investigate the wealth of former top Indonesian officials.
Fri, 16 Jun 2000
Military police feared likely to stall July 27 probe
Military police feared likely to stall July 27 probe JAKARTA (JP): Legislator Pande Nabanan doubts that the government will be able to solve the July 27, 1996, bloody takeover of the Indonesian Democratic Party (PDI) headquarters.
Fri, 16 Jun 2000
BI eases rulings to boost bank lending
BI eases rulings to boost bank lending JAKARTA (JP): Bank Indonesia has temporarily relaxed three bank rulings in a bid to encourage banks to lend more money to the real sector, and to help accelerate the corporate restructuring process.
Fri, 16 Jun 2000
JF ticket too expensive
JF ticket too expensiveFrom NeracaI cheerfully welcomed the opening of Jakarta Fair (JF) 2000 in celebration of Jakarta's anniversary.JF is very popular and is meant to be a cheap and entertaining event, so my family and I never fail to visit it every year.
Fri, 16 Jun 2000
Fans protest shuttlers ban
Fans protest shuttlers ban BANDUNG (JP): Badminton lovers arrived on Wednesday at the West Java provincial council, protesting a ban which prevents the province's Olympics qualified shuttlers from competing in the 15th National Games (PON) in Surabaya next week.
Fri, 16 Jun 2000
Merpati expects profit
Merpati expects profit JAKARTA (JP): State-owned airline Merpati Nusantara expects to book Rp 100 billion (US$12.5 million) in profit this year, up from over Rp 60 billion earned last year, company president Wahyu Hidayat said on Wednesday.
Fri, 16 Jun 2000
Expat racism
Expat racism I am an Indonesian woman married to a European. I've lived in Europe for five years and in Australia for 15 years. With a high level of education, from a good family and as an ex-stewardess, I speak and write a few languages.
Fri, 16 Jun 2000
Indian palm oil duty hike rattles global markets
Indian palm oil duty hike rattles global markets BOMBAY (Reuters): International palm oil prices fell on Wednesday following India's decision to raise import duties on vegetable oils to curb surging imports but traders said most of the damage had already been done.
Fri, 16 Jun 2000
Conversion Rates
Conversion Rates Bank Indonesia's conversion rates on June 14, 2000: Bank notes rates TT rates Buying Selling Buying Selling Rp Rp Rp Rp U.S. dollar 1 8,085.00 9,085.00 8,542.00 8,628.00Austrian schilling 1 564.47 634.55 596.38 602.63Australian dollar 1 4,859.09 5,469.17 5,133.74 5,194.
Fri, 16 Jun 2000
Thousands attend 'Gerebek Maulud'
Thousands attend 'Gerebek Maulud' YOGYAKARTA: Thousands of people thronged a square in front of Yogyakarta Palace on Thursday to commemorate Prophet Muhammad's birthday in an annual ritual locally known as Gerebek Maulud.
Fri, 16 Jun 2000
AsiaPaperMarkets.com gets S$10m in funding
AsiaPaperMarkets.com gets S$10m in funding SINGAPORE (Dow Jones): AsiaPaperMarkets.com, an online pulp and paper marketplace, has received S$10 million (US$5.8 million) in first-round funding from the Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore, AsiaTech Ventures and AsiaCommerce, the venture's...
Fri, 16 Jun 2000
Analysts fear RP is doomed to instability
Analysts fear RP is doomed to instabilityBy Terry Friel MANILA (Reuters): A wave of nationalism over an assault on Muslim separatists may lift Philippine President Joseph Estrada's flagging fortunes, but his country is doomed to years of instability unless he makes headway against a raft of other...
Fri, 16 Jun 2000
Kalla demands government revive Bukaka's deal
Kalla demands government revive Bukaka's deal JAKARTA (JP): Former minister of industry and trade Yusuf Kalla said on Wednesday he would continue his fight against the government's recent decision to revoke the contract awarded by state electricity company Perusahaan Listrik Negara (PLN) to his...
Fri, 16 Jun 2000
Indonesians find it difficult to remain objective: Scientist
Indonesians find it difficult to remain objective: Scientist JAKARTA (JP): Indonesians still find it difficult to remain objective or accept the presence of ideas that are not akin to their personal convictions.
Fri, 16 Jun 2000
Garuda, get real!
Garuda, get real! Following Garuda Indonesia's advertisement in The Jakarta Post on June 12, 2000, I would like to relate my recent unpleasant experience with the airline and ask why it is thanking its customers for complaining but then doing nothing about the complaints.
Fri, 16 Jun 2000
Astratel ties up with foreign investment firm
Astratel ties up with foreign investment firm JAKARTA (JP): London-based investment company CDC Capital Partners has signed a strategic alliance agreement with PT Astratel Nusantara, an affiliate of automotive concern PT Astra International.
Fri, 16 Jun 2000
Soeharto to return wealth: Gus Dur
Soeharto to return wealth: Gus Dur TEHRAN (JP): President Abdurrahman Wahid hinted on Thursday former president Soeharto would comply with popular demand to return his family's wealth to the state.In his address to Indonesian society here, Abdurrahman said a negotiation between Soeharto's family...
Fri, 16 Jun 2000
President delays Australian visit
President delays Australian visit NEW YORK (JP): President Abdurrahman Wahid has again decided to delay his plan to visit Australia following mounting domestic opposition.The President was quoted as saying by foreign minister Alwi Shihab on Tuesday that the Australian trip had been rescheduled...
Fri, 16 Jun 2000
RI, Thailand, KL to sign rubber pact
RI, Thailand, KL to sign rubber pact BANGKOK, Thailand (AP): The world's three largest producers of natural rubber - Thailand, Indonesia and Malaysia - are preparing to sign a joint declaration on cooperation in the rubber industry on July 7.
Fri, 16 Jun 2000
Soeharto awards for Gus Dur and Marzuki
Soeharto awards for Gus Dur and Marzuki JAKARTA (JP): President Abdurrahman Wahid and Attorney General Marzuki Darusman are among some of the recipients of the second ignoble "Soeharto Awards" from the University of Indonesia's (UI) Student Executive Council.
Fri, 16 Jun 2000
Telkom, Indosat awarded project
Telkom, Indosat awarded project JAKARTA (JP): State-owned listed telecom firms PT Telkom and PT Indosat have been assigned to install new telephone lines until 2004, a senior government official said on Wednesday.
Fri, 16 Jun 2000
District Court hears first trial on Matori
District Court hears first trial on Matori JAKARTA (JP): The South Jakarta District Court commenced on Wednesday the trial of a man alleged to have been involved in the attempted murder of National Awakening Party chairman Matori Abdul Djalil last March.
Fri, 16 Jun 2000
BCA to launch online banking in August
BCA to launch online banking in August JAKARTA (JP): Publicly listed Bank Central Asia (BCA) will launch online banking services in August and enter the business- to-customer e-commerce next year, company president D.E. Setijoso said on Wednesday.
Fri, 16 Jun 2000
Indonesian bond market shrugs off upgrade talk
Indonesian bond market shrugs off upgrade talk HONG KONG (Reuters): Indonesian sovereign and major corporate debt shrugged off comments by a major ratings agency that the country may be upgraded from its current 'Selective Default (SD)' level.
Fri, 16 Jun 2000
'MTV' amplifies promotion in Indonesia
'MTV' amplifies promotion in IndonesiaBy C. Stevens JAKARTA (JP): Throughout the past five years there has been a dangerous beast hunting the cultural souls of Indonesia's youth, corrupting the young and impressionable with hours of frivolous pop.
Fri, 16 Jun 2000
TNI chief, Juwono to restructure powerful TNI
TNI chief, Juwono to restructure powerful TNI JAKARTA (JP): The restructurization of the Indonesian Military (TNI) is being worked upon by the defense ministry and TNI itself, defense minister Juwono Sudarsono said on Wednesday.
Fri, 16 Jun 2000
Radiotherapist brutally murdered
Radiotherapist brutally murdered JAKARTA (JP): Police are still investigating the death of a female radiotherapist, known as a generous person by her neighbors, who was found dead on Wednesday."We have questioned six people but we cannot make any conclusions yet," South Jakarta Police detectives...
Fri, 16 Jun 2000
Gus Dur cleared of all suspicions
Gus Dur cleared of all suspicions JAKARTA (JP): Police declared on Wednesday President Abdurrahman Wahid free of all charges involving the Rp 35 billion scandal at the State Logistics Agency (Bulog), but said that they still needed to question him to help clarify the matter.
Fri, 16 Jun 2000
Rebel in Holland urges RP attacks
Rebel in Holland urges RP attacks MANILA (AFP): Philippine officials are to lodge a formal complaint with the Netherlands over an Utrecht-based communist leader's order for guerrillas to step up attacks against Filipino troops.
Fri, 16 Jun 2000
'No outside influence to TNI reshuffle'
'No outside influence to TNI reshuffle' A document called Bulak Rantai, which refers to the meeting place of senior Army officers, has circulated ahead of a rumored major military reshuffle speculating the replacement of some prominent officers. Military observer Lt. Gen.
Fri, 16 Jun 2000
Soldier killed in armed attack
Soldier killed in armed attack AMBON, Maluku: A soldier was killed in a mob attack in this riot-stricken town on Thursday, an official said.Pvt. Rifel de Queljoe of the 733rd Airborne Infantry Battalion died of stab wounds in the abdomen when he and his colleague, Second Sgt.
Fri, 16 Jun 2000
IBRA loses another legal fight against defaulters
IBRA loses another legal fight against defaulters JAKARTA (JP): The Supreme Court has rejected a bankruptcy appeal filed by the Indonesian Bank Restructuring Agency (IBRA) against palm oil producer PT Sumi Asih, marking another failure in the agency's legal battles against debt defaulters.
Fri, 16 Jun 2000
Where to go in Jakarta:
Where to go in Jakarta:Exhibitions * Ceramics Exhibition by F Widayanto Galeri Nasional Indonesia, Jl. Medan Merdeka Timur 14, Gambir, Central Jakarta (Phone: 3813021, 34833954), 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., June 16.
Fri, 16 Jun 2000
Indonesian maids conned in S'pore
Indonesian maids conned in S'pore SINGAPORE (AFP): Two Indonesian maids were cheated of their savings by a conwoman, the Straits Times reported on Thursday.Kusmini Mangunsokiran and Farah between them gave S$270 (US$157) to a conwoman who promised to exchange the money for the "new look" rupiah.
Fri, 16 Jun 2000
Bank Buana to go public
Bank Buana to go public JAKARTA (JP): PT Bank Buana Indonesia plans to sell 970 million new shares or 20 percent of its enlarged stocks to the public next month to raise funds for equity improvement.The bank's president, Jimmy Laihad, said on Wednesday the new shares would be offered to the public...
Fri, 16 Jun 2000
Lethargy in the Cabinet
Lethargy in the Cabinet It is not only in fighting corruption and reviving the economy that the Cabinet of President Abdurrahman "Gus Dur" Wahid is showing inaction, but also in resisting the nation's disintegration and managing natural disasters.
Fri, 16 Jun 2000
Election Commission officialy dissolved
Election Commission officialy dissolved JAKARTA (JP): President Abdurrahman Wahid has issued two decrees on the dissolution of the much-criticized General Elections Commission (KPU) and dismissal of its 53 members.
Fri, 16 Jun 2000
Sutiyoso to quit city companies
Sutiyoso to quit city companies JAKARTA (JP): Governor Sutiyoso will shortly resign from his position as chief supervisor at six city-owned companies, locally known as perusahaan daerah (PD), as ordered by Law No. 22/1999 on Regional Autonomy, an official said on Monday.
Fri, 16 Jun 2000
Japan: Asia must have bigger voice in IMF decision-making
Japan: Asia must have bigger voice in IMF decision-making TOKYO (AFP): Japan will press its Group of Seven partners for Asia to be given a bigger voice in International Monetary Fund decision-making, a top government official said Thursday.