Archive: 25 July 2000
49 articles found
Tue, 25 Jul 2000, 00:00 WIB
Fortis provides $500m for trade financing
Fortis provides $500m for trade financing JAKARTA (JP): Netherlands-based Fortis Bank NV agreed on Monday to provide US$500 million in a trade financing scheme aimed at assisting Indonesian exporters. Under the scheme, Fortis will finance the purchase of raw materials using the end products as collateral. State-owned PT Asuransi Jasa Indonesia (Jasindo) will provide insurance against damage to the goods.
Tue, 25 Jul 2000, 00:00 WIB
Military to deport 1,900 'jihad' members from Maluku
Military to deport 1,900 'jihad' members from Maluku MALANG, East Java (JP): The Indonesian Military (TNI) announced on Monday that it would soon begin deporting some 1,900 members of Laskar Jihad (Jihad Force) from Maluku as part of its campaign to restore peace and order to the area. Brig. Gen. I Made Yasa, chief of the Pattimura Military Command overseeing Maluku, said most of the 1,900 fighters were rounded up in Ambon and its surrounding area.
Tue, 25 Jul 2000, 00:00 WIB
Philippine minister: ASEAN must fight transnational crime
Philippine minister: ASEAN must fight transnational crime BANGKOK (AP): Philippine Foreign Minister Domingo Siazon said on Monday that ASEAN quickly needs a task force to fight transnational crime like trafficking in drugs, arms and human beings. Siazon proposed that the 10-nation group -- which includes the world's chief heroin-producing region in the Golden Triangle where Laos, Thailand and Myanmar meet -- launch its planned Center for Combating Transnational Crime within this year.
Tue, 25 Jul 2000, 00:00 WIB
ASEAN countries urged to make region "child soldier free zone"
ASEAN countries urged to make region "child soldier free zone" BANGKOK (AP): The use of children as soldiers in armed conflicts appears to be increasing in Indonesia, the Philippines and Laos, a group opposed to the practice said Monday, urging Southeast Asian nations to declare the region a "child soldier free zone." The Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers, a London- based non-governmental organization, appealed to countries attending meetings this week of the Association of Southeast...
Tue, 25 Jul 2000, 00:00 WIB
Wonosobo's Purwaceng coffee selling well
Wonosobo's Purwaceng coffee selling well By Bambang M. WONOSOBO, Central Java (JP): It looks just like any other coffee: Black powder in small packs. But you will experience a difference as soon as you mix it with hot water, stir and drink it. It has a ginger flavor. It is a specialty that visitors to this chilly town should not miss. It is Purwaceng coffee and you will not find it anywhere else in the world. "This coffee is very special.
Tue, 25 Jul 2000, 00:00 WIB
Laos asks Thailand to expel rebels
Laos asks Thailand to expel rebels BANGKOK (AP): Laos urged Thailand to speed up the extradition of 28 rebels who attacked a Lao border checkpoint, saying Monday that the slow process was hurting bilateral relations. Foreign Minister Somsavat Lengsavad, who is also deputy prime minister of communist-ruled Laos, also urged Thailand not to allow any group to use Thai soil as a base to create problems in the neighbor country.
Tue, 25 Jul 2000, 00:00 WIB
IBRA debtor asks for time to negotiate debts
IBRA debtor asks for time to negotiate debts JAKARTA (JP): Facing a bankruptcy suit from the Indonesian Bank Restructuring Agency (IBRA), PT Mustika Niagatama Nusantara has asked the Jakarta Commercial Court to give time for the company to negotiate debt rescheduling terms with its creditors. In a statement submitted to the court on Monday, Mustika Niagatama proposed a 30-year rescheduling of its debts, with a five-year grace period as part of the debt restructuring program.
Tue, 25 Jul 2000, 00:00 WIB
City seeks 20% hike in minimum wage
City seeks 20% hike in minimum wage JAKARTA (JP): The city administration bowed to union demands on Monday to seek a mid-term review of the minimum wage for workers in the capital, saying that it would push for a 20 percent hike from the central government.
Tue, 25 Jul 2000, 00:00 WIB
State companies owe Rp 141m
State companies owe Rp 141m BANDUNG: The land tax arrears from the West Java division of the state-owned telecommunications company PT Telkom and electricity company PLN have reached Rp 427 million, West Java Governor R. Nuriana said on Monday. Nuriana told a hearing with the provincial council that of Rp 427 million, some Rp 286 million had already been paid by the two firms.
Tue, 25 Jul 2000, 00:00 WIB
Gus Dur to increase welfare of TNI in exchange to loyalty
Gus Dur to increase welfare of TNI in exchange to loyalty By Ahmad Junaidi MALANG, East Java (JP): President Abdurrahman Wahid promised on Monday to improve the welfare of Indonesia Military (TNI) personnel in exchange for their loyalty to the government.
Tue, 25 Jul 2000, 00:00 WIB
Attorney General to probe May riots
Attorney General to probe May riots JAKARTA (JP): Attorney General Marzuki Darusman has set a one- week deadline for the National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) to integrate data on the May 1998 riots and submit the reports to his office for further legal action.
Tue, 25 Jul 2000, 00:00 WIB
Stock quotations on JSX
Stock quotations on JSX Stock prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (in rupiah) on July 24, 2000: Shares Close Change Trading Volume -------------------------------------------------------------- Ades Alfindo 675 40 56,000 Adindo Foresta Indonesia 310 -10 685,500 Alakasa Industrindo 900 25 5,000 Alfa Retailindo 895 10 57,500 Alter Abadi 285 -10 739,500 Alumindo Light Metal 1,200 -35 500 Aneka Kimia Raya 340 -5 3,000 Aneka Tambang (Persero) 1,195 -5 346,000 Anwar Sierad 300 0 0 APAC Centertex...
Tue, 25 Jul 2000, 00:00 WIB
China vows to facilitate trade with RI
China vows to facilitate trade with RI JAKARTA (JP): Visiting Chinese vice president Hu Jintao promised here on Monday to help improve bilateral trade with Indonesia. "We welcome investment in China by Indonesian entrepreneurs and we also encourage qualified Chinese businesses to invest and open businesses in Indonesia," Hu told a luncheon with the Indonesian business community.
Tue, 25 Jul 2000, 00:00 WIB
Villager's plan nets a big catch
Villager's plan nets a big catch By Lisa Rogers JAKARTA (JP): At first the logic seems a bit crazy: stop fishing in one place so you can catch more fish in another. But that's exactly how the people of a small village in North Sulawesi have reinvigorated their fishing grounds. In late 1998, when the devastation of their coastal environment seemed almost complete, the villagers of Blongko set aside six hectares of reef and mangrove forest as the first community-run marine sanctuary in Indonesia.
Tue, 25 Jul 2000, 00:00 WIB
Govt reviews agreement with former bank owners
Govt reviews agreement with former bank owners JAKARTA (JP): Coordinating Minister for the Economy, Finance and Industry Kwik Kian Gie said on Monday the government was reviewing a debt settlement agreement signed by former bank owners and the Indonesian Bank Restructuring Agency (IBRA) last year. Kwik said the agreement, reached during the administration of former president B.J. Habibie, could cause the government huge losses and burden tax payers.
Tue, 25 Jul 2000, 00:00 WIB
FPI destroys 82 kiosks used for vice activities
FPI destroys 82 kiosks used for vice activities TANGERANG (JP): Thousands of members of the Islam Defenders Front (FPI) burned and destroyed 82 kiosks on the Tahang riverbank in Salembaran Jati village of Kosambi district here on Monday, accusing the owners of running vice activities on their premises. "We come here to take action against prostitution practices provided by the kiosk's proprietors," Ibnu Usman of the FPI told reporters.
Tue, 25 Jul 2000, 00:00 WIB
Where to go in Bandung for Tuesday, July 25, 2000
Where to go in Bandung for Tuesday, July 25, 2000 Film * French Film at CCF - French Cultural Center, Jl. Purnawarman 32 (Phone 4212417), 2 p.m., 6:30 p.m.: L.627, July 25. L'appat, July 28. La vie est un long fleuve tranquille, August 1. Exhibition * Batik Wood and Stone Accessories at the Lobby, Grand Hotel Preanger Bandung, Jl. Asia Afrika No. 81 (Phone: 022 431631), 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., until July 31. Music and Entertainment * Sheraton Bandung Hotel and Towers, Jl. Ir. H. Juanda No.
Tue, 25 Jul 2000, 00:00 WIB
From Okinawa with tears
From Okinawa with tears No doubt many Indonesians were honestly, and perhaps a bit naively, expecting to get some benefit from the just-concluded summit of industrialized countries on the Japanese island of Okinawa. However, there was no (more) writing off of the debts of poor countries. Unbelievable though it may sound, Indonesia wants to be seen as a country poor enough to be entitled to debt relief.
Tue, 25 Jul 2000, 00:00 WIB
Bird sellers look for new businesses amid crisis
Bird sellers look for new businesses amid crisis JAKARTA (JP): Amid the sound of heavy traffic above and the cheering of some gamblers below, a bird seller stared blankly at passersby under the overpass at the Kebayoran Lama market in South Jakarta. "It was very different back in 1997 when I could sell more than five birds a day," 28-year-old Nuralim told The Jakarta Post on Monday. "Now as you can see, nobody even bothers to bargain," he added.
Tue, 25 Jul 2000, 00:00 WIB
Income tax law amended
Income tax law amended JAKARTA (JP): Middle-income individual taxpayers will bear a lighter tax burden, regional administrations will receive 20 percent of individual income tax receipts and luxury sales taxes can be raised to a maximum of 75 percent, according to amendments to five tax laws approved by the House of Representatives on Monday. The current income tax law applies the highest rate of 30 percent to individual taxpayers with annual taxable income in excess of Rp 50 million.
Tue, 25 Jul 2000, 00:00 WIB
ASEAN to address transborder problems
ASEAN to address transborder problems By Meidyatama Suryodiningrat BANGKOK (JP): Foreign ministers of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) agreed on Monday to the establishment of an ASEAN Troika, a rapid reaction ad hoc committee to deal with transborder problems occurring between members states. The Troika, initially proposed during last year's ASEAN informal summit, would answer the challenges of increased interdependency in the region and the problems arising as a result.
Tue, 25 Jul 2000, 00:00 WIB
RI to file complaint at WTO
RI to file complaint at WTO JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesian Polyester Fiber Producers will file a complaint with the World Trade Organization (WTO) against antidumping measures imposed on their products by the European Commission.
Tue, 25 Jul 2000, 00:00 WIB
Seven questioned over the death of senior FPI member
Seven questioned over the death of senior FPI member JAKARTA (JP): City police detectives have questioned seven witnesses in connection with the murder of Habib Saleh bin Abdullah Alatas, a leading figure in the Islam Defenders Front (FPI), an officer said on Monday. "The witnesses were in the vicinity of the shooting when it occurred before dawn on Sunday.
Tue, 25 Jul 2000, 00:00 WIB
Media exaggerate haze problem
Media exaggerate haze problem KUALA LUMPUR (AFP): Foreign news agencies with a possible political agenda are exaggerating Malaysia's haze problem, Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad complained on Monday. A smoky haze from Indonesian forest fires covered a large part of the country on July 15, prompting calls in the local media for detailed air pollution figures to be published.
Tue, 25 Jul 2000, 00:00 WIB
Golkar in opposition?
Golkar in opposition? In the midst of the recent agitation over the use by the House of Representatives right of interpellation -- which Golkar also supported -- the party's chairman Akbar Tanjung announced that Golkar was ready to go into opposition. The word "ready" has given the public reason to sneer at the idea as it is perceived to reflect Golkar's forever-wavering character. Now it hesitates to go into opposition, yet it is also hesitant to stay in the Cabinet.
Tue, 25 Jul 2000, 00:00 WIB
Alleged car thief shot by police
Alleged car thief shot by police BOGOR (JP): One of two alleged car thieves was fatally shot by police in the wee hours of Monday when they accidentally crossed paths in Sukmajaya village, an officer said. Bojong Gede Police chief First Insp. Kasdi said the policemen were responding to a different case when they saw a Toyota Kijang back into a sewer after reversing too fast on a narrow road.
Tue, 25 Jul 2000, 00:00 WIB
Conversion Rates
Conversion Rates Bank Indonesia's conversion rates on July 24, 2000: Bank notes rates TT rates Buying Selling Buying Selling Rp Rp Rp Rp U.S.
Tue, 25 Jul 2000, 00:00 WIB
Good governance and transparency discussed at ASEAN meeting
Good governance and transparency discussed at ASEAN meeting By Meidyatama Suryodiningrat BANGKOK (JP): Human development and nontraditional pursuits such as good governance were underlying themes at the opening of the 33rd ASEAN Ministerial Meeting here on Monday.
Tue, 25 Jul 2000, 00:00 WIB
Stolen cars await owners: Police
Stolen cars await owners: Police JAKARTA (JP): City police spokesman Supt. Zainuri Lubis said on Monday 247 of over 600 recovered stolen cars had not been reclaimed by owners, even though the vehicles had been sitting in the city police parking lot since last year. "The police have repeatedly informed the public, either through the media or directly by mail, that their car was waiting in the lot.
Tue, 25 Jul 2000, 00:00 WIB
Boy arrested for stealing
Boy arrested for stealing YOGYAKARTA: Police arrested here on Monday a 12-year-old elementary student for an alleged motorcycle theft at the Umbul Harjo bus station. Chief of Yogyakarta Police detective unit First Insp. R. Djarot Agung Riyadi was quoted by Antara as saying on Monday that the suspect, Agung, was arrested when he was playing football with his friends. Djarot said that Agung's accomplice, Giyanto, 25, was also arrested.
Tue, 25 Jul 2000, 00:00 WIB
Higher antidumping duties urged for Japanese steel
Higher antidumping duties urged for Japanese steel JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesian Association of Steel Pipe Producers (Gapipa) has asked the Indonesian Antidumping Committee (KADI) to impose higher antidumping duties against Japanese welded steel pipes. The association said here on Monday that the countervailing duties against the Japanese welded steel pipes should be set at 81 percent.
Tue, 25 Jul 2000, 00:00 WIB
Flower expo at Rawa Belong
Flower expo at Rawa Belong JAKARTA (JP): Flower traders and floriculturalists at the popular Rawa Belong market in Kebon Jeruk, West Jakarta, are to hold a 12-day exhibition at their trading stands on Jl. H. Sulaeman beginning this Wednesday. The flower and decorative plants' fair is intended to commemorate Jakarta's 473th anniversary (on June 22) and also Indonesia's 55th anniversary (on Aug.17), head of the City Agriculture Agency Srikanti Wiwahari said over the weekend.
Tue, 25 Jul 2000, 00:00 WIB
TV today
TV today TVRI 5:30 a.m. Religious Teachings 6:00 News 8:00 Children's Songs 8:30 Music 9:00 Interval 2:00 p.m. News 2:30 Children's Performance 3:00 Documentary 3:30 Music 4:00 Regional News 4:30 Talk Show 5:30 News (in English) 6:00 Sports 6:30 Music 7:00 Evening News 7:30 TV Drama 9:00 News 9:35 TV Drama 10:30 News Program 2 5:30 p.m. News 6:00 Music 7:00 Evening News 7:30 TV Drama 8:00 City News TPI 5:30 a.m.
Tue, 25 Jul 2000, 00:00 WIB
House defers, not defuses, row with President
House defers, not defuses, row with President JAKARTA (JP): The House of Representatives, under pressure to defuse tension with President Abdurrahman "Gus Dur" Wahid, has temporarily deferred further moves against the head of state as it begins a three-week recess on Tuesday.
Tue, 25 Jul 2000, 00:00 WIB
Bus crash kills one
Bus crash kills one BANDUNG: A 30-year-old salesman was crushed to death and at least a dozen more injured when a minibus lost control and rolled over in Cililin district, Bandung regency on Monday morning, police said. Police said the casualty, Dede Djamaludin, was standing inside the crammed bus when the bus skidded to the left. Police said at least three people were seriously injured and a dozen more people were admitted to hospital with various injuries.
Tue, 25 Jul 2000, 00:00 WIB
ASEAN shifts its weight toward East Asia
ASEAN shifts its weight toward East Asia By Kavi Chongkittavorn BANGKOK: The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is shifting its external relations, which have been traditionally focused on Western countries, towards the Asian region. This new direction reflects the grouping's desire to strengthen its Asian roots through economic and security cooperation with China, Japan and the two Koreas.
Tue, 25 Jul 2000, 00:00 WIB
Small donation for big payoff?
Small donation for big payoff? By Bob Burton SYDNEY (JP): Should an Australian legal rights group in "partnership" with one of the world's largest mining companies be involved in helping draft Indonesian legislation on the environment, human rights and corporate governance? The mining company, Rio Tinto, the human rights group, Australian Legal Resources International (ALRI) and the Australian government think so.
Tue, 25 Jul 2000, 00:00 WIB
Legal action to be taken against closed bank owners
Legal action to be taken against closed bank owners JAKARTA (JP): Attorney General Marzuki Darusman said on Monday his office would immediately take legal action against the owners of four banks closed down by the government last year. Marzuki said the door for further negotiations was closed because the bank owners had been uncooperative in settling their obligations to the government. "We will take legal action immediately ...
Tue, 25 Jul 2000, 00:00 WIB
Irianese leader seeks special autonomy
Irianese leader seeks special autonomy JAKARTA (JP): The sooner the central government gives Irian Jaya special autonomy, the better Jakarta's chance of silencing the demands for independence emanating from the province, a political leader in Irian Jaya said.
Tue, 25 Jul 2000, 00:00 WIB
Thai team to visit North Korea
Thai team to visit North Korea BANGKOK (Reuters): North Korea has invited a Thai delegation to visit Pyongyang next month for talks on a range of economic and trade issues, a senior Thai official said on Monday. Kobsak had been speaking on the sidelines of a two-day meeting of foreign ministers from the 10-member Association of South East Asian Nations in Bangkok.
Tue, 25 Jul 2000, 00:00 WIB
Asian monies mostly down, with baht at 9-month low
Asian monies mostly down, with baht at 9-month low SINGAPORE (Dow Jones): Most Asian currencies were weaker late Monday, with the Thai baht skidding to its lowest level in more than nine months and casting a pall on most other Southeast Asian currencies. The rupiah was largely stable as the Indonesian currency took a backseat following last week's roller-coaster ride when President Abdurrahman Wahid refused to explain to Parliament the reasons for the sacking of two ministers.
Tue, 25 Jul 2000, 00:00 WIB
Abdurrahman to officially join PKB: Muhaimin
Abdurrahman to officially join PKB: Muhaimin By Ainur R. Sophiaan and Ahmad Junaidi SURABAYA (JP): President Abdurrahman Wahid will officially join the National Awakening Party (PKB) which he founded two years ago, the party's secretary-general Muhaimin Iskandar said on Monday.
Tue, 25 Jul 2000, 00:00 WIB
Govt spends Rp 1.4t on Aceh humanitarian pause
Govt spends Rp 1.4t on Aceh humanitarian pause BANDA ACEH, Aceh (JP): The government has allocated Rp 1.4 trillion (US$155 million) to finance the implementation of the Joint Understanding on Humanitarian Pause in Aceh, Acting Governor Ramli Ridwan said on Monday. "The fund would be disbursed in August," Ramli said. The "pause" was an agreement signed by the Indonesian government and the armed Free Aceh Movement (GAM) and took effect in June.
Tue, 25 Jul 2000, 00:00 WIB
Quality, cheap prices lure people to buy used clothing
Quality, cheap prices lure people to buy used clothing JAKARTA (JP): Fashion hunters can now find good quality clothes at cheap prices at Senen market in Central Jakarta or Glodok market in West Jakarta. A frequent customer at Senen market, Suwandi, 42, confirmed the quality and cheap prices of the clothes offered at the market. "You can get pretty good quality clothes with low prices here," Suwandi, who was looking for a blouse for his daughter, told The Jakarta Post.
Tue, 25 Jul 2000, 00:00 WIB
PNG assures support for RI's territorial integrity
PNG assures support for RI's territorial integrity BANGKOK (JP): Indonesian Minister of Foreign Affairs Alwi Shihab during a meeting with his Papua New Guinea counterpart Sir John Kaputin here on Monday received assurances that the neighboring state recognizes Indonesia's territorial integrity despite the growing calls for separatism in Irian Jaya.
Tue, 25 Jul 2000, 00:00 WIB
End bloodshed in Maluku!
End bloodshed in Maluku! How can matters go on as usual in Indonesia with the Laskar Jihad force at work in the islands of Maluku, and threatening Lombok? Where are the 200 million religious Indonesians voicing there outrage and anguish that their youth and military are massacring innocent men, women and children by the hundreds?
Tue, 25 Jul 2000, 00:00 WIB
Bob Hasan arrested again on graft charges
Bob Hasan arrested again on graft charges JAKARTA (JP): Timber tycoon Mohammad "Bob" Hasan will spend another 20 days behind bars after the Attorney General's Office announced on Monday his arrest for his alleged mishandling of US$84 million provided for export promotion.
Tue, 25 Jul 2000, 00:00 WIB
Kurniawan and Putu Gede get berths in national team
Kurniawan and Putu Gede get berths in national team JAKARTA (JP): Following their excellent performances in the just-concluded Bank Mandiri national soccer league, the Soccer Association of Indonesia (PSSI) invited Kurniawan Dwi Yulianto of PSM Makassar and I Putu Gede of Arema Malang to join the national team. National team director Muhammad Zein also said on Monday Elli Aiboy had been dismissed from the national team. "We have 26 players on the team who will start training this week.
Tue, 25 Jul 2000, 00:00 WIB
Police hand over suspect in Bulog scam
Police hand over suspect in Bulog scam JAKARTA (JP): City Police submitted to the Jakarta Prosecutor's Office on Monday the dossier on Sapuan, the main suspect behind the Rp 35 billion (US$3.9 million) scandal at the State Logistics Agency (Bulog). Sapuan, former Bulog deputy chairman, was arrested by the police early last month for his alleged key role in the affair. "We have completed the dossiers on the suspect," chief of the city police's economic crimes unit Asst. Supt.