Archive: 23 June 2000
47 articles found
Fri, 23 Jun 2000
Factories offer free schooling for workers
Factories offer free schooling for workers TANGERANG (JP): Enlightened by the awareness that education is a valuable investment in order to earn a decent living, many casual workers at factories -- with strong support from their employers -- have proudly begun to take part in classes at the plants.
Fri, 23 Jun 2000
Govt comes under fire over Sjahril
Govt comes under fire over Sjahril JAKARTA (JP): The government came under strong attack from top politicians on Thursday for detaining Bank Indonesia (BI) Governor Sjahril Sabirin on corruption charges.
Fri, 23 Jun 2000
Conversion Rates
Conversion RatesBank Indonesia's conversion rates on June 22 Bank notes rates TT rates Buying Selling Buying Selling Rp Rp Rp Rp U.S. dollar 1 8,200.00 9,200.00 8,656.00 8,744.00 Australian dollar 1 4,923.28 5,528.28 5,197.06 5,254.27 Austrian schilling 1 563.56 632.55 594.90 601.
Fri, 23 Jun 2000
Dump non-intervention policy ASEAN states told
Dump non-intervention policy ASEAN states told BANGKOK (APF): ASEAN members must dump their cherished tradition of non-interference in each other's affairs or risk never resolving the differences that could drive them apart, Thailand's deputy foreign minister said.
Fri, 23 Jun 2000
IBRA raises about Rp 2.8t as of mid-June
IBRA raises about Rp 2.8t as of mid-June JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesian Bank Restructuring Agency (IBRA) has raised about Rp 2.8 trillion (US$324.07 million) in cash as of June 16, less than 15 percent of the Rp 18.
Fri, 23 Jun 2000
Rosena chooses family over Sydney Olympics
Rosena chooses family over Sydney Olympics SURABAYA (JP): Most athletes in the world dream of competing in the Olympic Games. But not so with Indonesian women's archer Rosena Gelanteh, who prefers to live a happy life with her family and concentrate on her job rather than the Olympics.
Fri, 23 Jun 2000
On Pancasila
On Pancasila Dr. Hj. Nina Herlina Lubis, M.S., historian at Padjadjaran University (Unpad) Research Institute and lecturer at the History Department of the School of Letters of Unpad, wrote in the Pikiran Rakyat daily on June 5, 2000 an article titled Straightening out the history of the birth of...
Fri, 23 Jun 2000
Military officers role in Poso riots investigated
Military officers role in Poso riots investigated MAKASSAR, South Sulawesi (JP): Wirabuana Military Police are investigating the alleged involvement of 28 soldiers in the Poso riots which began on May 23, regional military commander Maj. Gen. Slamet Kirbiantoro disclosed on Thursday.
Fri, 23 Jun 2000
Stock quotations on JSX
Stock quotations on JSXStock prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (in rupiah) on June 22, 2000: Shares Close Change Trading Volume --------------------------------------------------------- Ades Alfindo 675 0 0 Adindo Foresta Indonesia 350 25 8,218,000 Alakasa Industrindo 600 0 0 Alfa Retailindo 850...
Fri, 23 Jun 2000
Presidential control of police backed by legal experts
Presidential control of police backed by legal experts JAKARTA (JP): In search of an independent and professional police force, legal experts and a sociologist supported on Friday a proposal to put the National Police under the direct supervision of the president.Legal experts J.E.
Fri, 23 Jun 2000
Students support Islamic customs
Students support Islamic customs MAKASSAR, South Sulawesi: Hundreds of students rallied at the provincial legislature here on Thursday demanding the adoption of Islamic principles in the province when the regional autonomy law takes effect next year.
Fri, 23 Jun 2000
Disappointment leads to birth of new moral movement
Disappointment leads to birth of new moral movement JAKARTA (JP): A new moral movement made up of some 33 public figures is emerging out of the growing disappointment at the slow pace of reform under the administration of President Abdurrahman Wahid.
Fri, 23 Jun 2000
Olympic-trained swimmers undergo selection at PON
Olympic-trained swimmers undergo selection at PONBy Ivy Susanti SURABAYA (JP): The performance at the 15th National Games (PON) of swimmers who attended the Olympic training program will help determine who will be selected to represent Indonesia at the quadrennial event being held in Sydney in...
Fri, 23 Jun 2000
Residents called on to help rebuild Jakarta
Residents called on to help rebuild Jakarta JAKARTA (JP): Governor Sutiyoso urged city residents on Thursday to use Jakarta's 473rd anniversary as the momentum to rebuild the city after the unrest of past years had left so much destruction.
Fri, 23 Jun 2000
Free certificates for residents
Free certificates for residents TANGERANG (JP): The Tangerang office of the National Land Agency (BPN) is offering free and simple processing of land certificate applications for residents in four villages of Kosambi district, an official said here on Wednesday.
Fri, 23 Jun 2000
Bulog puts nonbudgetary funds onto balance sheet
Bulog puts nonbudgetary funds onto balance sheet JAKARTA (JP): The State Logistics Agency (Bulog) has shifted its controversial Rp 383 billion (US$45 million) nonbudgetary funds onto the agency's balance sheet, the agency's chairman Rizal Ramli said here on Thursday.
Fri, 23 Jun 2000
Supremacy of law vital to rebuild nation
Supremacy of law vital to rebuild nation JAKARTA (JP): Respect and improvement of judicial principles and individual and collective political freedom based on the supremacy of law are needed to rebuild the battered nation, a political scientist said.
Fri, 23 Jun 2000
Heri Dono genetically engineers 'wayang'
Heri Dono genetically engineers 'wayang'By Prasetyohadi and Pandaya JAKARTA (JP): Lovers of the arts streamed out of Teater Utan Kayu giggling, grinning and even laughing out loud when discussing the bizarre shadow puppet show they had just seen.
Fri, 23 Jun 2000
Nokia opens new center
Nokia opens new center JAKARTA (JP): Cell phone producer Nokia Mobile Phones Indonesia opened on Thursday a new sales and service center at the Sudirman Central Business District (SCBD) office complex.The company said in a statement the Nokia Professional Center aimed to increase Nokia's...
Fri, 23 Jun 2000
Striking Cambodian garment worker shot
Striking Cambodian garment worker shot PHNOM PENH (Reuters): Security guards at a Malaysian-owned garment factory shot a 21-year-old female worker in the head on Thursday during a violent protest outside the factory over pay and conditions, police said.
Fri, 23 Jun 2000
Asian currencies mostly down in late trade
Asian currencies mostly down in late trade SINGAPORE (Dow Jones): Asian currencies were mostly weaker late Thursday after regaining some lost ground following an upgrade in Thailand's sovereign credit rating by Moody's Investors Service Inc., dealers said.
Fri, 23 Jun 2000
Pupuk Kaltim outgrows its yearly profit target
Pupuk Kaltim outgrows its yearly profit targetBy Berni K. Moestafa BONTANG, East Kalimantan (JP): Scheduled for privatization this year, the country's largest state-owned fertilizer company, PT Pupuk Kaltim, is upbeat that this year's profits will exceed last year's despite the sluggish market.
Fri, 23 Jun 2000
Guthrie to up RI palm area
Guthrie to up RI palm area KUALA LUMPUR (Dow Jones): Malaysia's Kumpulan Guthrie Bhd. (P.KUG) is awaiting approvals from the Indonesian government to increase its oil palm plantations there to 200,000 hectares, the state-funded Bernama news agency reported Thursday.
Fri, 23 Jun 2000
Indonesia: How to restore confidence
Indonesia: How to restore confidence This is the second article on restoring confidence by Laksamana Sukardi, former state minister of investment and state enterprises development. JAKARTA (JP): Transparency is obviously a key component of good governance.
Fri, 23 Jun 2000
Strike brings work at KPC to a halt
Strike brings work at KPC to a halt JAKARTA (JP): A strike by around 150 workers of coal mining company PT Kaltim Prima Coal (KPC) has forced the company to halt its mining operations in East Kalimantan, a senior government official said on Thursday.
Fri, 23 Jun 2000
Bulogate criminal category
Bulogate criminal category I observed with interest remarks made by police chief Alex Bambang and Attorney General Marzuki Darusman, that the Rp 35 billion drain is a criminal offense.I tend to disagree since a law is missing declaring that these extra-budgetary funds that are floating around are...
Fri, 23 Jun 2000
Swiss firm to control PT Semen Cibinong
Swiss firm to control PT Semen Cibinong JAKARTA (JP): Swiss cement giant Holderbank Financiere Glarus AG has agreed to increase its stake in publicly listed cement producer PT Semen Cibinong to become a controlling shareholder of the company.
Fri, 23 Jun 2000
Balongan refinery shut down
Balongan refinery shut down JAKARTA (JP): State oil and gas company Pertamina said on Thursday its Balongan refinery in West Java had been shut down on Tuesday for ten days of maintenance."There were some problems that prevented the refinery from operating at full capacity.
Fri, 23 Jun 2000
More youths turn street singing as crisis drags on
More youths turn street singing as crisis drags onBy Prabandari YOGYAKARTA (JP): For bus passengers and commuters from Solo (Surakarta) to Yogyakarta, pengamen (street singers) are very familiar. They get on the bus at every major bus stop and get off at the next one.
Fri, 23 Jun 2000
Roche clarifies
Roche clarifies I am writing in response to an article published on June 22, 2000 in The Jakarta Post entitled Roche rules out withdrawal from RI despite legal fiasco.The article stated that Roche would not pull out of Indonesia even if it loses the appeal over a controversial Rp 281 billion fine...
Fri, 23 Jun 2000
Leave the rupiah alone
Leave the rupiah alone For better or for worse, the government's decision to detain Bank Indonesia Governor Sjahril Sabirin on corruption charges on Wednesday may have removed one major element of political uncertainty that has bugged the rupiah over these past few months.
Fri, 23 Jun 2000
Agus receives discharge, 4-year sentence
Agus receives discharge, 4-year sentence JAKARTA (JP): Army Second Lt. Agus Isrok stood motionless when a military court discharged him from the Army on Thursday in addition to sentencing him to four years in prison and fining him Rp 10 million (US$1,176).
Fri, 23 Jun 2000
Govt to control price of medicine
Govt to control price of medicine JAKARTA (JP): In anticipation of higher medicine prices the government is planning to control prices for branded-generic and patented medicines.An official from the Ministry of Health, Sampurno, said on Thursday that the price of branded-generic medicines can now...
Fri, 23 Jun 2000
Syahril's resistance
Syahril's resistance The animosity between the President and Bank Indonesia Governor Syahril Sabirin has escalated into open warfare in the media. The President has called Syahril irresponsible, while Syahril has accused the President of interference, which is clearly against the law with respect...
Fri, 23 Jun 2000
Bambang threatens stubborn debtors
Bambang threatens stubborn debtors JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Finance Bambang Sudibyo warned indebted businesspeople on Thursday to cooperate in settling their debts to domestic banks or risk the seizure of their assets and legal prosecution.
Fri, 23 Jun 2000
Tanamur marks Jakarta's anniversary in its own way
Tanamur marks Jakarta's anniversary in its own way JAKARTA (JP): Tanamur, the oldest discotheque in the country, celebrated the capital's 473rd anniversary with transvestites wearing overmodified Betawi costumes and seemingly never-ending house music, giving the term 'cross-cultured' an extra twist.
Fri, 23 Jun 2000
'Illegal' polling on Irian's fate underway
'Illegal' polling on Irian's fate underway JAYAPURA, Irian Jaya (JP): Biak Military chief Lt. Col. Bayu Purwiyono confirmed on Thursday reports that residents of at least 10 villages in the regency had been asked to respond to a poll checking their attitude toward a campaign to set up an...
Fri, 23 Jun 2000
On racism
On racism Having read Rosaline's article in The Jakarta Post on June...., 2000 titled Expat racism, I find she seems to be a bit racist herself by what she writes.I sympathize if someone has treated her unfairly.
Fri, 23 Jun 2000
Tragedy of the commons in RI archipelago
Tragedy of the commons in RI archipelagoBy Roger Michael Johnson and Daniel Rosyid SURABAYA (JP): In a project here focusing on the sustainable technological development of traditional fishing vessels, an almost identical set of conclusions have been found to the comments of Mark V.
Fri, 23 Jun 2000
Where's the aid? ask quake victims
Where's the aid? ask quake victims BENGKULU, Bengkulu: People affected by the recent earthquake here have demanded to see the Rp 700 million aid package Vice President Megawati Soekarnoputri gave to Governor Hasan Zen when she visited the province on June 15.
Fri, 23 Jun 2000
Where to go in Jakarta: Friday, June 23, 2000
Where to go in Jakarta: Friday, June 23, 2000Exhibitions* Irian Jaya (Papua) Art and Culture Care Exhibition at Arkadia Plaza, Arkadia Office Building, Jl. T.B. Simatupang kav. 88, South Jakarta, until June 24.
Fri, 23 Jun 2000
Asia-EU links on the brink of a new era
Asia-EU links on the brink of a new eraBy Shada Islam BRUSSELS (DPA): Often-strained relations between the European Union and Asian nations are set to enter a more dynamic phase at a series of meetings in Lisbon next week.
Fri, 23 Jun 2000
Tension grips Maluku as violence continues
Tension grips Maluku as violence continues AMBON, Maluku (JP): Violence persisted in restive Maluku province on Thursday after overnight clashes here left at least 11 people, including five security personnel, dead.
Fri, 23 Jun 2000
Ministers accept Cabinet shake-up
Ministers accept Cabinet shake-up JAKARTA (JP): With the Cabinet revamp countdown ticking on, ministers expressed no resistance to their destiny on Thursday.Some of them exhibited traces of tension before and after attending the weekly Cabinet meeting presided over by President Abdurrahman Wahid at...
Fri, 23 Jun 2000
No autonomy without reform!
No autonomy without reform!By Donna K. Woodward MEDAN (JP): There is a lust in some quarters for the consummation of regional autonomy. Before lawmakers have even had time to shape the new political creature, would-be opportunists are focusing myopically on this economically promising initiative,...
Fri, 23 Jun 2000
Indocopper pays dividends
Indocopper pays dividends JAKARTA (JP): PT Indocopper Investama Corporation announced on Thursday it would distribute a cash dividend of Rp 702.86 per share for the 1999 financial year, a decrease from the Rp 2,146.16 dividend per share the previous financial year.
Fri, 23 Jun 2000
Future of Tenda Semanggi hangs in the balance
Future of Tenda Semanggi hangs in the balance JAKARTA (JP): The administration will put Tenda Semanggi, a popular hangout among Jakarta's young elite in South Jakarta, in order because it has violated the building code.