Archive: 23 June 2000
47 articles found
Fri, 23 Jun 2000, 00:00 WIB
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. It refers to open information and procedures. Corruption and dictatorship thrive on secrecy. Secrecy and democracy are completely incompatible.
Fri, 23 Jun 2000, 00:00 WIB
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, 00:00 WIB
Pupuk Kaltim outgrows its yearly profit target
Pupuk Kaltim outgrows its yearly profit target By 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, 00:00 WIB
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. The dollar pulled back after muscling its way through key resistance levels against some of the regional currencies in early trading. Profit-taking in the U.S.
Fri, 23 Jun 2000, 00:00 WIB
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. The woman, a striking employee of the June Textile Co. Ltd., was in stable condition in the hospital, a trade union representative said.
Fri, 23 Jun 2000, 00:00 WIB
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 accessibility to consumers in the business district.
Fri, 23 Jun 2000, 00:00 WIB
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. The one-hour show that correlated the "conventional" Javanese wayang with the contemporary form of animation is an experimental art form introduced by Heri Dono, a surrealist painter who proclaims himself an "art performer".
Fri, 23 Jun 2000, 00:00 WIB
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. During his inauguration as a research professor at the Indonesian Institute of Sciences on Thursday, Mochtar Pabottingi said respect of justice and freedom should particularly be applied in the amendment of the 1945 Constitution currently underway.
Fri, 23 Jun 2000, 00:00 WIB
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. Speaking at a hearing with House Commission III for Agriculture and Plantations, Rizal said that all the nonbudgetary funds had been put on the balance sheet to avoid further misappropriations.
Fri, 23 Jun 2000, 00:00 WIB
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, 00:00 WIB
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. "The (bad) condition of Jakarta results from a continuous chain of incidents since 1998, which occurred simultaneously with the economic crisis (which hit the country in 1997) and the unstable political situation.
Fri, 23 Jun 2000, 00:00 WIB
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. Mostly coming from poor families with low educational backgrounds, the factory workers hope that with their new qualifications their future jobs will be far better than the ones they have today.
Fri, 23 Jun 2000, 00:00 WIB
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. The group, led by Muslim scholar Nurcholish Madjid, made its public debut on Thursday, announcing a major gathering in Bali next week to find solutions to Indonesia's problems.
Fri, 23 Jun 2000, 00:00 WIB
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, 00:00 WIB
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. Sahetapy, Sri Soemantri, Poedjo Moeljono and Oka Mahendra, and noted sociologist Sardjono Jatiman said during a seminar on police professionalism that an independent police force was being demanded by the country.
Fri, 23 Jun 2000, 00:00 WIB
Stock quotations on JSX
Stock quotations on JSX Stock 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 -25 196,000 Alter Abadi 200 25 315,000 Alumindo Light Metal 1,200 150 263,500 Aneka Kimia Raya 300 -25 268,500 Aneka Tambang (Persero) 1,125 0 3,361,500 Anwar Sierad 300 0 0 APAC Centertex Corp.
Fri, 23 Jun 2000, 00:00 WIB
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, 00:00 WIB
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 Pancasila. The article notes three dates related to the birth of Pancasila, namely June 1, 1945, the day assumed to be the birth of the state's five-point principle, Pancasila; Oct.
Fri, 23 Jun 2000, 00:00 WIB
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, 00:00 WIB
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 18.9 trillion target for the current fiscal year, according to agency deputy chairman Arwin Rasyid.
Fri, 23 Jun 2000, 00:00 WIB
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. "They won't be able to hold on to the notion that a non- interference policy will always be sacred," Sukhumbhand Paribatra told a seminar on the Association of South-East Asian Nations (ASEAN) here Wednesday.
Fri, 23 Jun 2000, 00:00 WIB
Conversion Rates
Conversion Rates Bank Indonesia's conversion rates on June 22 Bank notes rates TT rates Buying Selling Buying Selling Rp Rp Rp Rp U.S.
Fri, 23 Jun 2000, 00:00 WIB
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. Speaker of the People's Consultative Assembly Amien Rais said the detention, coming after a relentless government campaign to unseat Sjahril, amounted to political intervention in the affairs of the central bank.
Fri, 23 Jun 2000, 00:00 WIB
Olympic-trained swimmers undergo selection at PON
Olympic-trained swimmers undergo selection at PON By 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 September. Gerald H. Item of the Indonesian Swimming Association said the association would review the performances of some of its swimmers before selecting its lineup for the Olympics.
Fri, 23 Jun 2000, 00:00 WIB
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. While not spelling out the precise action against the cafes and restaurants in the area, Jakarta Governor Sutiyoso said on Thursday that the operators have turned the places virtually into permanent structures while the original permits were for tents.
Fri, 23 Jun 2000, 00:00 WIB
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. The decrease is attributable to the weakening price of gold and copper on the world market, according to the company.
Fri, 23 Jun 2000, 00:00 WIB
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, sometimes leaving more critical community needs unattended.
Fri, 23 Jun 2000, 00:00 WIB
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 Bina Graha presidential office. Abdurrahman has repeatedly hinted another shake-up in his Cabinet, after sacking five ministers within just seven months of his tenure.
Fri, 23 Jun 2000, 00:00 WIB
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. A mob burned down Efrata Church in the Tantui area, where thousands of armed people attacked the police barracks on Wednesday. Sounds of bomb explosions and gunfire were heard. By late on Thursday clashes had spread to the center of the city.
Fri, 23 Jun 2000, 00:00 WIB
Asia-EU links on the brink of a new era
Asia-EU links on the brink of a new era By 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. A long-delayed get-together of EU senior officials and their counterparts from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) will be held in the Portuguese capital on June 26.
Fri, 23 Jun 2000, 00:00 WIB
Where to go in Jakarta: Friday, June 23, 2000
Where to go in Jakarta: Friday, June 23, 2000 Exhibitions * 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. * Paintings, Ceramics, Sculptures, Graphic Arts Exhibition, Kompas-Bentara Budaya's Collections at Bentara Budaya Jakarta, Jl. Palmerah Selatan no. 17, West Jakarta, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., until June 25.
Fri, 23 Jun 2000, 00:00 WIB
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. "People have asked about the money as they expected it so much.
Fri, 23 Jun 2000, 00:00 WIB
Tragedy of the commons in RI archipelago
Tragedy of the commons in RI archipelago By 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. Erdmann (The Jakarta Post, "Foreign fishing fleets are depriving locals of food.", June 9) The scenario he describes is distressingly familiar on a worldwide basis.
Fri, 23 Jun 2000, 00:00 WIB
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. However, she is obviously laden with her own personal paranoias about "foreigners" or "bules" ... the mere fact that she has to mention her level of education and ..."bules" (derogority Indonesian term for white people).
Fri, 23 Jun 2000, 00:00 WIB
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. Director general of general mining Surna Tjahja Djadjadiningrat said the workers had been on strike since June 14, and were causing KPC daily losses of Rp 2 billion (US$232,558).
Fri, 23 Jun 2000, 00:00 WIB
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, 00:00 WIB
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. The minister said the government would begin taking legal action against recalcitrant debtors next month. "We will seize the assets of uncooperative debtors and prosecute these people.
Fri, 23 Jun 2000, 00:00 WIB
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 to the central bank. Abdurrahman is also said to resent Bank Indonesia's decision not to pass his choice in a test for the position of director at Bank Rakyat Indonesia (BRI).
Fri, 23 Jun 2000, 00:00 WIB
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 reach six times that of generic medicines.
Fri, 23 Jun 2000, 00:00 WIB
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). Agus, the oldest son of former Army chief Gen. Subagyo Hadisiswoyo and an active member of Group IV of the Army's Special Force (Kopassus), was found guilty by the Military Court of possession of narcotics and psychotropic substances on Aug.
Fri, 23 Jun 2000, 00:00 WIB
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. As long as the central bank and the government play their cards right, then the latest twist in the power struggle between Sjahril and President Abdurrahman Wahid should be good for the rupiah and the economy.
Fri, 23 Jun 2000, 00:00 WIB
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 imposed by the South Jakarta Court.
Fri, 23 Jun 2000, 00:00 WIB
More youths turn street singing as crisis drags on
More youths turn street singing as crisis drags on By 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. After the crisis almost sank the Indonesian economy, the number of street singers kept rising. There are many reasons why these people choose to be street singers. Poverty is the most common.
Fri, 23 Jun 2000, 00:00 WIB
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. But the maintenance works are minor in nature," Pertamina's spokesman Toto Suparto said. Toto said the shutdown would not affect fuel supplies to Jakarta and neighboring areas since Pertamina had enough stock.
Fri, 23 Jun 2000, 00:00 WIB
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. Semen Cibinong said in a statement on Thursday that Holderbank would provide significant capital investment which would speed the restructuring of Semen Cibinong's US$1.2 billion debt.
Fri, 23 Jun 2000, 00:00 WIB
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 governmental funds.
Fri, 23 Jun 2000, 00:00 WIB
'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 independent state in the province.