Archive: 31 July 2000
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Mon, 31 Jul 2000, 00:00 WIB
Irian Jaya authority impounds Maluku refugee boat 'Dobonsolo'
Irian Jaya authority impounds Maluku refugee boat 'Dobonsolo' JAYAPURA, Irian Jaya (JP): Authorities here impounded on Sunday a ferry laden with some 1,000 refugees fleeing bloody sectarian unrest in the Maluku islands. Military and civilian leaders in the port of Jayapura were forcing the ferry KM Dobonsolo to remain anchored in Yos Sudarso bay, approximately one mile away from the port in this provincial capital.
Mon, 31 Jul 2000, 00:00 WIB
Air Force observes anniversary
Air Force observes anniversary YOGYAKARTA: The Indonesian Air Force celebrated its 53rd anniversary in a modest ceremony at the Yogyakarta Air Force Academy on Saturday, with a pledge to improve professionalism in protecting the country. Air Force Chief Marshal Hanafie Asnan said the force still lacked equipment to cover the archipelago. "Yet we are determined to keep improving our capability," Hanafi said.
Mon, 31 Jul 2000, 00:00 WIB
Where to go in Jakarta:
Where to go in Jakarta: Exhibitions * Photo Exhibition: Living with Art, at Galeri Foto Cahya at Wisma Surya Kemang, Jl Kemang Raya no. 33, South Jakarta, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., until August 31. * Fine Arts Exhibition Kenapa Sih Cina? by Anna Zuchriana at Cemara 6 Gallery, Jl. HOS Cokroaminoto No.9-11, Central Jakarta (Phone: 3918761) until August 18. * Painting Exhibition: From Rural to Urban, by Amrus Natalsya, at Galeri 678, Jl. Kemang Raya no. 32, South Jakarta (Phone: 71792164), July 31.
Mon, 31 Jul 2000, 00:00 WIB
Malaysia's Chinese schools help to foster racial harmony
Malaysia's Chinese schools help to foster racial harmony By Leslie Lau KUALA LUMPUR: The government's moves for greater integration among Malay, Chinese and Indian students may well receive a boost from an unlikely source -- Chinese-medium schools. These schools, long used by the Chinese community to promote the teaching of Mandarin in Malaysia, are now seeing an increase in Malay and Indian enrollment.
Mon, 31 Jul 2000, 00:00 WIB
Market sentiment may remain negative
Market sentiment may remain negative JAKARTA (JP): Equity analysts say the planned meeting between top political leaders in Yogyakarta on Tuesday will not meaningfully effect share trading on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (JSX) this week. The analysts said on Saturday that market sentiment would remain negative despite the gathering of key figures in the country's political elite. They did not believe that the meeting would be able to ease the growing domestic political tension ahead of the Aug.
Mon, 31 Jul 2000, 00:00 WIB
Marginalization in Maluku
Marginalization in Maluku I read the opinion article by Angelique L. Pauline van Engelen and Harley Saimima on the cause of the conflict now flaring in Maluku, which The Jakarta Post published on page 5 under the title The seeds of discontent in the beautiful Maluku islands in its July 20, issue, and have been prompted to comment on it. The two writers have blamed the resettlement project as the root cause of the Maluku conflict.
Mon, 31 Jul 2000, 00:00 WIB
Yachts at Ancol Marina offer an alternative weekend away
Yachts at Ancol Marina offer an alternative weekend away JAKARTA (JP): Yacht crews at Ancol Marina recreational park, North Jakarta, have their own version of peak season. They call every July and August, for example, the Arab holiday season. At the end of the year, it's the Japanese holiday period, they told The Jakarta Post last week.
Mon, 31 Jul 2000, 00:00 WIB
Sinar Mas to open CPO plant in Irian Jaya
Sinar Mas to open CPO plant in Irian Jaya JAKARTA (JP): The widely diversified Sinar Mas Group is currently developing a new crude palm oil (CPO) refinery plant in Irian Jaya and a port to support its CPO exports from the province, a company official has said. The official in charge of the projects, Hutahuruk, was quoted by Antara as saying on Saturday that the development of the refinery and port was going well despite the current fluctuating political situation in the province.
Mon, 31 Jul 2000, 00:00 WIB
Big four to attend Yogya meeting
Big four to attend Yogya meeting YOGYAKARTA (JP): Chairman of the committee organizing the meeting of political leaders here, GBPH Joyokusumo, confirmed on Sunday that all of the top figures invited have confirmed their attendance. Joyokusumo told The Jakarta Post that as of Sunday none of the four invitees, including Megawati Soekarnoputri, had dropped their plan to come to the Aug. 1 summit.
Mon, 31 Jul 2000, 00:00 WIB
INRO members urged to accept loss on buffer stock selling
INRO members urged to accept loss on buffer stock selling BALI, Indonesia (Dow Jones): Members of the ASEAN Rubber Business Club urged the member governments of the International Natural Rubber Organization to accept losses the group will incur by selling its buffer stock at current market prices, a spokesman told Dow Jones Newswires late Saturday.
Mon, 31 Jul 2000, 00:00 WIB
Sony 'powerless' to cope with forest fires
Sony 'powerless' to cope with forest fires JAKARTA (JP): "I am really ashamed every time my counterparts from Malaysia and Singapore call me to complain about the haze coming from Sumatra," State Minister of Environment Sony Keraf said in an interview with The Jakarta Post recently. Sony said ministers from the two neighboring countries always used well-chosen and polite words to tell him about the suffering of their people due to the smoke.
Mon, 31 Jul 2000, 00:00 WIB
Saparipan goes to semifinals
Saparipan goes to semifinals SANUR, Bali (JP): Indonesian bantamweight boxer Juan Saparipan was the only local boxer to survive in the first round semifinals at the 19th President's Cup international amateur boxing tournament here on Sunday. Saparipan was among the four boxers contesting the semifinal. The other three failed to beat their opponents. He beat Cesar Morales of Mexico with a 22-14 victory.
Mon, 31 Jul 2000, 00:00 WIB
PDI-P wants govt to speed up probe on July 27 case
PDI-P wants govt to speed up probe on July 27 case JAKARTA (JP): City councillors of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI Perjuangan) want the government to immediately resume a probe into the July 27, 1996 forcible takeover of the Indonesian Democratic Party (PDI) headquarters. Speaking to The Jakarta Post by phone on Sunday, they emphasized finding justice instead of using a political vendetta, especially toward Governor Sutiyoso.
Mon, 31 Jul 2000, 00:00 WIB
Racial divisions threaten Malaysian unity
Racial divisions threaten Malaysian unity KUALA LUMPUR (AFP): Racial divisions in schools and universities will threaten Malaysia's national unity unless they are addressed, an adviser said on Sunday. Lee Lam Thye, a member of the National Unity Advisory Panel, said school and university students of different races were not interacting.
Mon, 31 Jul 2000, 00:00 WIB
Headset phones improve efficiency in home offices
Headset phones improve efficiency in home offices By Zatni Arbi JAKARTA (JP): So you also run a home office? Then you must find these scenes familiar. Scene Number One: You are talking on the phone, you hear the doorbell ring and you realize that you are alone at home and you will have to answer the door.
Mon, 31 Jul 2000, 00:00 WIB
Prostitute drowns in Sunter River
Prostitute drowns in Sunter River JAKARTA (JP): Attempting to avoid City Public Order officials, a prostitute jumped into Sunter River, North Jakarta, on Saturday morning and drowned. "The victim was later identified as Wati. She decided to jump into the river to escape the official's early morning raid in Kelapa Gading Barat. But it seems that she didn't know how to swim," Pangat, a civil security guard at the Koja Police station, said.
Mon, 31 Jul 2000, 00:00 WIB
Road belonging to locals sold
Road belonging to locals sold TANGERANG (JP): A three-kilometer village road in Kelapa Indah subdistrict has been illegally sold off by the Tangerang city administration to property firm PT Modernland Realty Co. for Rp 1.3 billion (US$146,000), an activist of an NGO said on Saturday. The chairman of the Tangerang Government Watch (TGW), Tony Wismantoro, said Rp 400 million, or one-third of the fund, went into the pockets of six local officials.
Mon, 31 Jul 2000, 00:00 WIB
Manila renews call for single currency in ASEAN
Manila renews call for single currency in ASEAN MANILA (DPA): Philippine President Joseph Estrada on Saturday renewed a call for Southeast Asian countries to establish a single currency to facilitate trade and investments in the region, a government statement said.
Mon, 31 Jul 2000, 00:00 WIB
Farmers want royal land to help improve lives
Farmers want royal land to help improve lives YOGYAKARTA (JP): More than 1,000 farmers flocked the campus of Gadjah Mada University here on Saturday to ask Yogyakarta King Sultan Hamengkubuwono X to give them royal land in order to improve their lives. The farmers, who claimed to represent the peasants in Yogyakarta and other towns in Central Java, read out what they called the Yogyakarta and Central Java Farmers' Charter, asking the sultan to support the revision of the Agrarian Law.
Mon, 31 Jul 2000, 00:00 WIB
Caterer questioned over food poisoning
Caterer questioned over food poisoning JAKARTA (JP): Police have questioned the owner of catering firm Cita Rasa, Natalia, over a food poisoning outbreak on Thursday at car assembly plant PT Pulogadung Pawitra Laksana on Jl. Gaya Motor, Sunter, North Jakarta. "Employees of the company have told the police that the butter-fried shrimps provided by the catering firm tasted strange.
Mon, 31 Jul 2000, 00:00 WIB
Provinces to get 61.5% of revenue
Provinces to get 61.5% of revenue MANADO, N. Sulawesi (JP): Provincial and district administrations will get more than 61.5 percent of the government's total domestic revenue next year when the laws on regional autonomy and intergovernment fiscal balance become effective, Minister of Finance Bambang Sudibyo said here on Saturday.
Mon, 31 Jul 2000, 00:00 WIB
Parent-teacher bodies get more power under regional autonomy
Parent-teacher bodies get more power under regional autonomy JAKARTA (JP): Parent-teacher associations (PTAs) will have a greater say in running local schools when the Regional Autonomy Law comes into effect next year, a senior education official said. But at the same time, school authorities must strive to improve teachers' welfare to ensure quality education, Alwi Nurdin, head of the Jakarta office of the Ministry of Education, told The Jakarta Post on Thursday.
Mon, 31 Jul 2000, 00:00 WIB
Monument covered in protest
Monument covered in protest MANOKWARI, Irian Jaya: Thousands of people expressed their feelings toward the government by covering the historic Act of Free Choice monument, built 31 years ago, with a piece of black cloth. The disgruntled locals said the two-meter monument standing at the Bay of Doreri reflected legal and moral defects in the history of Irian Jaya. The Irianese also said the monument, built to commemorate the integration of Irian Jaya into Indonesia, contained historic deception.
Mon, 31 Jul 2000, 00:00 WIB
Forkot to stage rally during MPR Session
Forkot to stage rally during MPR Session JAKARTA (JP): Hundreds of university students grouped under the City Forum (Forkot) will take to the capital's main thoroughfares to stage a massive rally during the Aug. 7 through Aug. 18 General Session of the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR), its executive said on Sunday.
Mon, 31 Jul 2000, 00:00 WIB
NEC doubles output in China
NEC doubles output in China TOKYO (AFP): Japanese computer giant NEC Corp. will double its microchip output in China to meet brisk demand from mobile telephone companies, a report said Saturday. NEC, the world's second largest microchip maker after Intel Corp., will invest 37 billion yen (US$339 billion) to raise output at joint ventures in Shanghai and Beijing, Nihon Keizai Shimbun business daily said.
Mon, 31 Jul 2000, 00:00 WIB
Four children killed in fire
Four children killed in fire MEDAN, North Sumatra: Four children from one family were killed here early on Saturday when a fire gutted their house on Jl. Jamin Ginting, a report said. The siblings, aged between nine and 16, were apparently asleep when the fire began at about 2 a.m., Antara reported. Their mother, Aritha Gurusinga, woke up and attempted to save her children, identified as Rudho, Wahyudi, Rianda and M. Handiko. She suffered severe burns.
Mon, 31 Jul 2000, 00:00 WIB
Shared efforts turn wasteland into forest
Shared efforts turn wasteland into forest By Heru Prasetya YOGYAKARTA (JP): If you are one of those thinking Gunungkidul is dry, barren land, you have to go there and see what has been done to regreen that wasteland. What you see will change your image of the area. The eastern regency has shed its image as a poor and unproductive area. Just look at the lush green landscape at both sides of the street as you drive up the hills from Yogyakarta to Wonosari, the regency's main town.
Mon, 31 Jul 2000, 00:00 WIB
Southeast Asia's recovery to slow if markets fall further
Southeast Asia's recovery to slow if markets fall further MANILA (AFP): Southeast Asia's recovery from its worst financial crisis ever may be scuttled if regional stocks and currencies stumble further from their recent lows amid rising interest rates, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) has warned.
Mon, 31 Jul 2000, 00:00 WIB
Prosecutor's office staffer arrested over drug deal
Prosecutor's office staffer arrested over drug deal JAKARTA (JP): North Jakarta police have arrested scores of people, including a staffer at the mayoralty prosecutor's office, during a series of drug busts at various places in the past week. North Jakarta Police chief Sr. Supt. Wisjnu Achmad Sastro said on Saturday that 17 people, including North Jakarta prosecutor's office staffer Achmad Fachruji, were suspected of being drug traffickers.
Mon, 31 Jul 2000, 00:00 WIB
Next step of banking reform
Next step of banking reform The political process for the restructuring of the banking sector was completed on July 22 after the House of Representatives approved the recapitalization of state Bank Rakyat Indonesia and Bank Tabungan Negara and publicly-listed Bank Bali with Rp 48.4 trillion (US$5.3 billion) in government treasury bonds. They were the last batch of state and private banks that required massive recapitalization to meet the mandated minimum capital adequacy ratio of 4 percent.
Mon, 31 Jul 2000, 00:00 WIB
Security during the MPR session
Security during the MPR session We appeal to all the leaders of political parties and mass organizations, as well as those of other civilian groups, not to send their security units to the upcoming session of the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR).
Mon, 31 Jul 2000, 00:00 WIB
Gus Dur urged to make fundamental changes
Gus Dur urged to make fundamental changes JAKARTA (JP): House faction leaders have again denied they are planning to topple President Abdurrahman Wahid in the upcoming session of People's Consultative Assembly (MPR), but stressed that the President should make fundamental changes to the way he runs his government.
Mon, 31 Jul 2000, 00:00 WIB
Deported HIV spouses return
Deported HIV spouses return SINGAPORE (DPA): Only one-third of the foreign spouses deported from Singapore because they have AIDS have returned to be reunited with their families one month after the government lifted its ban, it was reported on Sunday. Of the 11 wives and one husband ousted under the previous policy, four spouses from Thailand, Indonesia, China and the Philippines came back under the new repatriation policy.
Mon, 31 Jul 2000, 00:00 WIB
Pelangi Air serves Padang
Pelangi Air serves Padang PADANG, West Sumatra (JP): Malaysian air carrier Pelangi Air plans to increase its flights to Padang, the capital city of West Sumatra, anticipating an increase in the number of people traveling between West Sumatra and Malaysia. Malaysian Tourism Promotion Board director Ahmad Kosnen said on Saturday Pelangi Air was expected to double its schedule from the current three times a week.
Mon, 31 Jul 2000, 00:00 WIB
Bogor expert upset over research project
Bogor expert upset over research project BOGOR (JP): A local transportation expert questioned on Saturday the Bogor administration's decision to hire a Bandung- based consulting firm, PT Diagus Sinar Konsultindo (DSR), to conduct research on the pattern of city transportation management. "The bidding procedure wasn't transparent.
Mon, 31 Jul 2000, 00:00 WIB
Asian countries to gain from global trade talks
Asian countries to gain from global trade talks SINGAPORE (AP): Asian countries reluctant to embark on a new round of global trade negotiations can only benefit from liberalization, European Union Trade Commissioner Pascal Lamy said Saturday. Southeast Asia, which is recovering from the 1997-1998 economic slump, needs more growth, more exports, more market access, Lamy told The Associated Press.
Mon, 31 Jul 2000, 00:00 WIB
Passengers of burning ship safe
Passengers of burning ship safe MANILA (AP): All 520 passengers aboard a Philippine passenger ship were safely transferred to another ship after their vessel's engine room caught fire, a company official said on Sunday. The ship, the MV Trans Asia-1, was traveling from Cagayan de Oro to Cebu in the central Philippines when a fire broke out in its engine room late on Saturday, said Jonji Gonzales, spokesman for Trans Asia Shipping Lines.
Mon, 31 Jul 2000, 00:00 WIB
Myanmar hosts customs meet
Myanmar hosts customs meet YANGON (AFP): While the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) foreign ministers were meeting in Bangkok, Myanmar was hosting an ASEAN customs meeting, officials said on Sunday. Yangon has hosted the eighth ASEAN customs directors general meeting, designed to improve ties between customs officials and crack down on smuggling, Myanmar minister for finance Khin Maung Thein said.
Mon, 31 Jul 2000, 00:00 WIB
Noninterference is the same as inaction
Noninterference is the same as inaction TOKYO: ASEAN is back. That is the message coming from Bangkok last week as foreign ministers from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations hold their annual get-together. North Korea's debut at the ASEAN Regional Forum, which follows the foreign ministers' meeting, has contributed to the optimism, as has the economic recovery among the group's members. Both are promising signs; neither is permanent.
Mon, 31 Jul 2000, 00:00 WIB
Indonesia tops typhoid league
Indonesia tops typhoid league JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia is among the countries in the world with the highest prevalence of typhoid fever, statistics say. A survey conducted recently found the disease afflicts between 800,000 and 1.6 million people in Indonesia every year, killing one percent to five percent of them.
Mon, 31 Jul 2000, 00:00 WIB
Analysts warn BI over on-site inspection plan
Analysts warn BI over on-site inspection plan JAKARTA (JP): Bank Indonesia's recent measure to carry out an on-site inspection at commercial banks will succeed only if the officials assigned to carry out the job have a strong frame of mind, analysts have warned. I Nyoman Moena, a senior banking analyst and former Bank Indonesian (BI) director, said here on Saturday that the central bank's supervisory officials must be strong to ensure that past wrongdoing does not reoccur.
Mon, 31 Jul 2000, 00:00 WIB
The dot-com challenge in Indonesia; is the race over before it begins?
The dot-com challenge in Indonesia; is the race over before it begins? By Charlie Taylor JAKARTA (JP): Even the most casual observer of Indonesia's business scene would have noticed a conspicuous flurry of activity in the dot-com sector this year. The first quarter in particular witnessed a seemingly endless stream of new e-commerce initiatives and dot-com announcements. Some began to quietly wonder whether those investments could really generate adequate returns.
Mon, 31 Jul 2000, 00:00 WIB
Hasyim denies mass prayer link with Gus Dur
Hasyim denies mass prayer link with Gus Dur MEDAN, North Sumatra (JP): Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) chairman Hasyim Muzadi denied on Sunday allegations that mass prayers held by the country's largest Muslim organization recently were aimed at extending support for President Abdurrahman Wahid.
Mon, 31 Jul 2000, 00:00 WIB
Unicef staffer robbed in Bandung
Unicef staffer robbed in Bandung BANDUNG: An on-duty staff member of the United Nations Children's Fund (Unicef) was robbed here on Saturday morning, Antara said. Two robbers took away the personal belongings of the Unicef staff member, who was only identified as Philippe by the news agency, as he was about to park at Sangkuriang Hotel on Jl. Cisitu. Philippe's motorcycle was also stolen, the news agency said.
Mon, 31 Jul 2000, 00:00 WIB
Most of political elite evade tax payments: Government
Most of political elite evade tax payments: Government MANADO, North Sulawesi (JP): Over half of the country's legislators, many ministers, generals and other high-ranking government officials were evading tax payments, Director General of Tax Machfud Sidik said. Machfud said that many members of the country's political elite received incomes outside their taxed salaries, which they did not declare to his office.
Mon, 31 Jul 2000, 00:00 WIB
Australia funds trade crackdown
Australia funds trade crackdown BANGKOK (AFP): Australia has donated AS$5 million toward freeing thousands of women and children trapped in slave-like conditions in Southeast Asia, Australia's embassy in Bangkok said on Sunday. "Australia will contribute $5 million toward combating the trafficking of women and children in Southeast Asia," it said in a statement.