Archive: 12 September 2000
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Tue, 12 Sep 2000
Where to go in Bandung:
Where to go in Bandung:Performances* Traditional Dance, Workshop by Rigas Dance Studio at Gedung Kesenian Rumentang Siang, Jl. Baranang Siang 1, Kosambi (Phone: 022 4233562), 3 p.m., Sept. 16-17. * Sundanese Traditional Music Competition, at Gedung Kesenian Rumentang Siang, 10 a.m., Sept. 19-20.
Tue, 12 Sep 2000
Youths call on government to ban luxury car imports
Youths call on government to ban luxury car imports JAKARTA (JP): Dozens of people calling themselves the Anti- Luxury Cars Movement (GAMM), staged a rally at the Jakarta Convention Center on Jl. Gatot Subroto, South Jakarta, on Monday demanding the government ban the import of luxury cars.
Tue, 12 Sep 2000
Investment climate key to recovery: BI
Investment climate key to recovery: BI MELBOURNE (Reuters):Indonesia's central bank acting governor on Monday declared that improvement in the country's investment climate was key to a sustainable recovery for its economy."We are very serious about improving the investment climate.
Tue, 12 Sep 2000
Few Malaysian visitors to RI
Few Malaysian visitors to RI JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia is not a very attractive place to visit for Malaysians compared to several other countries in the region, despite the close cultural ties between the nations, chairman of the Malaysian Association of Tour and Travel Agents (MATTA) Tunku Iskandar...
Tue, 12 Sep 2000
'It was Soeharto's order': Sutiyoso
'It was Soeharto's order': Sutiyoso JAKARTA (JP): Governor Sutiyoso, a retired three-star Army general, admitted on Monday that military personnel were assigned to take over the PDI headquarters on Jl. Diponegoro, Central Jakarta, on July, 27, 1996 after then president Soeharto had implicitly...
Tue, 12 Sep 2000
ASEAN warned of being sidelined
ASEAN warned of being sidelined SINGAPORE (DPA): ASEAN parliamentarians were warned on Monday the regional organization will be marginalized and relegated to the sidelines by international investors if it continues to be perceived as "weakened and drifting.
Tue, 12 Sep 2000
Bob Hasan's graft trial begins on Sept. 20
Bob Hasan's graft trial begins on Sept. 20 JAKARTA (JP): The multimillion dollar graft trial against timber tycoon and former president Soeharto's golfing buddy, Muhamad "Bob" Hasan, will begin on Wednesday next week at the Central Jakarta District Court, an official said on Monday.
Tue, 12 Sep 2000
One killed as group attacks school
One killed as group attacks school BOGOR (JP): A high school student was killed and another one severely injured when a group of armed scoundrels, allegedly from SMK YTKB high school in Pasar Mawar area, raided and attacked a public minivan in the crowded street of Jl.
Tue, 12 Sep 2000
Honor must be protected
Honor must be protected No prophet has ever prohibited any believer, man or women, to run, jump, throw, wrestle, knock or swim for the honor of his or her country or to compete for the glory of sports.But what begun about 500 BC in honor of Zeus, a god from Greek mythology, in Olympiad, Greece --...
Tue, 12 Sep 2000
Mini tennis tour for students
Mini tennis tour for students SEMARANG (JP): The Central Java chapter of the Indonesian Tennis Association is organizing a mini tennis tournament for elementary school students."We expect to recruit talented young players from the tournament.
Tue, 12 Sep 2000
Kerinci Seblat Park: Conservation vs economic interest
Kerinci Seblat Park: Conservation vs economic interestBy Yusran Edo Fauzi KERINCI SEBLAT, West Sumatra (JP): Conservation efforts at Kerinci Seblat National Park are being thwarted. The park, which straddles Jambi, West Sumatra, Bengkulu and South Sumatra provinces, has become a stage where the...
Tue, 12 Sep 2000
Housing complex residents rally
Housing complex residents rally JAKARTA (JP): Some 200 residents of the Angkasa Pura housing complex in Kemayoran, Central Jakarta, rallied at the Kemayoran New Town Authority (DPPPKK) offices on Monday, demanding the right to buy their houses.
Tue, 12 Sep 2000
Kamra wants legal status
Kamra wants legal status YOGYAKARTA: Some 700 members of People's Security (Kamra) civilian militia from Yogyakarta and the Central Java towns of Semarang, Surakarta and Klaten staged a street protest on Monday, demanding their status be clarified.
Tue, 12 Sep 2000
TV today
TV todayTVRI 5:00 a.m. Religious Teachings 6:00 News 8:00 Children's Songs 8:30 Music 9:00 TV Drama 10:00 Interval 2:00 p.m. News 2:30 Children's Show 3:30 Music 4:00 News 4:30 Talk Show 5:30 News (in English) 6:00 Sports 7:00 Evening News 7:30 TV Drama 8:00 Sports 9:00 News 9:30 TV Drama 10:30...
Tue, 12 Sep 2000
Indonesia cuts export taxes on CPO and products
Indonesia cuts export taxes on CPO and products JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Trade and Industry Luhut Pandjaitan said on Monday that the government had agreed to cut down export taxes on crude palm oil (CPO) to five percent and on its products to two percent.
Tue, 12 Sep 2000
Tension grips Pasaman after day of unrest
Tension grips Pasaman after day of unrest PADANG, West Sumatra (JP): Tension gripped Pasaman regency, located some 150 kilometers southwest of here, on Monday following an overnight riot involving thousands of locals in the Airgadang Simpang plantation area.
Tue, 12 Sep 2000
Stock quotations on JSX
Stock quotations on JSXStock prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (in rupiah) on Sept. 11, 2000: Shares Close Change Trading Volume ------------------------------------------------------------- Ades Alfindo 690 60 483,000 Adindo Foresta Indonesia 245 -15 126,500 Alakasa Industrindo 695 -95 19,000...
Tue, 12 Sep 2000
Malaysian palm oil futures fall
Malaysian palm oil futures fall KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters): Falls in Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) Project A screen trading wiped out earlier gains by Malaysian palm oil futures on Monday while August 1-10 export figures failed to remove worries about rising stocks in the coming months, traders said.
Tue, 12 Sep 2000
10 foreign fund managers eye Indonesia's debt market
10 foreign fund managers eye Indonesia's debt market JAKARTA (JP): Ten foreign fund managers with some US$5 billion in investment funds are on a visit here to take a closer look at the Indonesian debt market, a senior executive at a local investment firm said on Monday.
Tue, 12 Sep 2000
State firms 'must set aside' profit for the poor
State firms 'must set aside' profit for the poor JAKARTA (JP): The government announced on Monday it would order state-owned companies to contribute 1 percent of their net profit to poor families and small-scale enterprises.
Tue, 12 Sep 2000
Hotel workers demand management pay salaries
Hotel workers demand management pay salaries JAKARTA (JP): Dozens of Sari Pan Pacific hotel workers staged a rally in front of the four-star hotel's lobby on Jl. MH Thamrin in Central Jakarta on Monday, demanding that management pay their salaries, which have been unpaid since June.
Tue, 12 Sep 2000
More bodies of 'massacre victims' recovered in Poso
More bodies of 'massacre victims' recovered in Poso POSO, Central Sulawesi (JP): A fact-finding team investigating the recent sectarian riots here has recovered 19 more bodies in a ravine situated between Taipa and Bancea villages in South Pamona subdistrict, some 95 kilometers south of here.
Tue, 12 Sep 2000
House refuses to discuss bill on development plan
House refuses to discuss bill on development plan JAKARTA (JP): The House of Representatives on Monday postponed initial hearing on a bill on the National Development Program (Propenas) due to the absence of Coordinating Minister for the Economy Rizal Ramli.
Tue, 12 Sep 2000
Government to consider lifting ban on polygamy
Government to consider lifting ban on polygamy JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Religious Affairs Tolchah Hasan said on Monday that he would consider demands to end a ban on polygamy for civil servants which has been in force since the 1970s.
Tue, 12 Sep 2000
Kidnappers strike Malaysian resort, three abducted
Kidnappers strike Malaysian resort, three abducted KOTA KINABALU, Malaysia (Agencies): Gunmen have seized hostages from an east Malaysian dive resort in the second such kidnapping in five months and were headed by boat for the southern Philippines with their three captives, officials said on Monday.
Tue, 12 Sep 2000
Citra drivers want Organda dissolved
Citra drivers want Organda dissolved JAKARTA (JP): Some 1,000 taxi drivers staged a protest against the Jakarta office of the Organization of Land Transportation Owners (Organda) in Mayestik, South Jakarta, and later gathered at the compound of the legislators' building in Central Jakarta.
Tue, 12 Sep 2000
Probe on Jihad Force leader
Probe on Jihad Force leader AMBON, Maluku: Maluku Police chief Brig. Gen. Firman Gani said on Monday that his office was currently gathering evidence and statements from witnesses for the investigation of alleged provocateurs in the strife-torn province.
Tue, 12 Sep 2000
Asian, Middle Eastern gas producers told to cooperate
Asian, Middle Eastern gas producers told to cooperate PATTAYA, Thailand (AP): Asian and Middle Eastern gas producers should join hands to benefit from the growing market for gas fuel in Asia, especially in China and India, a top official said Monday.
Tue, 12 Sep 2000
The shackles of the farming life
The shackles of the farming lifeBy Muyanja Aba Ssenyonga YOGYAKARTA (JP): One day during a break in a Bahasa Indonesia class there was a seemingly relaxed boy in his late teens idling away under the acacia shade on the campus grounds.
Tue, 12 Sep 2000
Plan to buy buses from China opposed
Plan to buy buses from China opposed JAKARTA (JP): A transportation expert from Yogyakarta's Gajah Mada University, Heru Sutomo, urged the Jakarta city administration to be cautious in its plan to import buses from China.
Tue, 12 Sep 2000
PSF producers take EU row to government
PSF producers take EU row to government JAKARTA (JP): Makers of polyester staple fiber (PSF) products have called on the government to intervene after the European Union and Turkey imposed antidumping duties on their products.
Tue, 12 Sep 2000
Sydney-based Indonesians to support RI athletes
Sydney-based Indonesians to support RI athletes JAKARTA (JP): The more than 28,000 Indonesians living in Sydney are ready to throw their weight behind Indonesian hopefuls at the Sydney Olympic Games."The residents, about 6,000 to 7,000 of which are students, will give their support, especially to...
Tue, 12 Sep 2000
22 candidates named for election commission
22 candidates named for election commission JAKARTA (JP): The House of Representatives announced on Monday it had received a list of 22 candidates for the General Elections Commission (KPU) from President Abdurrahman Wahid.Deputy House Speaker A.M.
Tue, 12 Sep 2000
Thriving China to provide opportunities for HK: Rubin
Thriving China to provide opportunities for HK: Rubin HONG KONG (AFX-ASIA): Chairman of Citigroup Inc's executive committee Robert Rubin said a thriving economy in China will provide tremendous business opportunities for Hong Kong, although he added that the territory's importance will "diminish"...
Tue, 12 Sep 2000
Investing in RI companies
Investing in RI companies In the past few months many investors have complained about the lack of protection from capital market authorities, via radio, TV shows, etc., when the company they had shares in were delisted.
Tue, 12 Sep 2000
Myanmar tarnishes ASEAN's image
Myanmar tarnishes ASEAN's image MANILA: The Burmese (Myanmarese) military authorities have clamped severe restrictions on opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi and her party colleagues after 200 police hauled them back to Rangoon (Yangon) last weekend from Dala, a suburb where they had been stopped...
Tue, 12 Sep 2000
Students enforce Indian oil blockade
Students enforce Indian oil blockade GUWAHATI, India (AFP): Production and transportation of crude oil in the northeastern Indian state of Assam was hit by thousands of student protesters Monday who demanded more jobs in the sector, officials here said.
Tue, 12 Sep 2000
Two explosive devices rock Aceh, police officer says
Two explosive devices rock Aceh, police officer says BANDA ACEH (JP): Two homemade bombs exploded at two separate locations in the Aceh capital of Banda Aceh early Monday morning, a police officer said.Aceh Besar police chief Supt.
Tue, 12 Sep 2000
Asian economies hit oil patch as prices stay high
Asian economies hit oil patch as prices stay high SINGAPORE (Reuters): Despite the weekend agreement by OPEC to boost output by 800,000 barrels per day, analysts envisage sustained high energy prices and a knock-on impact on highly oil- dependent Asian economies.
Tue, 12 Sep 2000
Gus Dur judges his trip to U.S. a success
Gus Dur judges his trip to U.S. a success JAKARTA (JP): Brushing off international condemnation of Indonesia's role in the deaths of three UN workers in West Timor, President Abdurrahman Wahid boasted on Sunday his visit to the United States was a diplomatic success.
Tue, 12 Sep 2000
Conversion Rates
Conversion RatesBank Indonesia's conversion rates on Sept. 11, 2000: Bank notes rates TT rates Buying Selling Buying Selling Rp Rp Rp Rp U.S. dollar 1 7,906.00 8,906.00 8,364.00 8,448.00Australian dollar 1 4,412.34 4,974.89 4,667.95 4,719.05Austrian schilling 1 498.88 562.31 527.78 533.
Tue, 12 Sep 2000
President's help sought in Sampang regent row
President's help sought in Sampang regent row SURABAYA (JP): The East Java administration will seek President Abdurrahman Wahid's help in handling a rift over the newly elected regent of Sampang, Madura, Governor Imam Utomo said on Sunday evening.
Tue, 12 Sep 2000
Bomb hoax rocks Yogyakarta
Bomb hoax rocks Yogyakarta YOGYAKARTA (JP): An unidentified man called the Yogyakarta Police early on Monday claiming that bombs had been planted on the campus of the University of National Development (UPN).First. Isnp. Junaidi received the call.
Tue, 12 Sep 2000
Ambarawa-Bedono Special steams again
Ambarawa-Bedono Special steams againBy Tjahjono Rahardjo SEMARANG (JP): It was midday at the railway station of Ambarawa, a small town in Central Java. The engineer sounded the shrill whistle of the locomotive.
Tue, 12 Sep 2000
East Timor case a whitewash
East Timor case a whitewashFrom Jurnal IndonesiaThe Attorney General's Office announced on Sept. 1, 2000, 19 "possible suspects" in the East Timor violence.General Wiranto and other leaders of the Indonesian Military, which were earlier recommended by the National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas...
Tue, 12 Sep 2000
PanAsia Paper inks contract
PanAsia Paper inks contract Singapore (Dow Jones): Singapore's PanAsia Paper Co., a major newsprint producer in Asia, said on Monday it has inked a three- year contract to supply up to 42,000 metric tons of newsprint a year to Singapore Press Holdings Ltd.
Tue, 12 Sep 2000
Thailand opens further to foreign investors
Thailand opens further to foreign investors BANGKOK (Reuters): The Thai Securities Exchange Commission said on Monday it would allow foreign investors to buy non-voting depositary receipts (NVDRs) for Thai shares within two months, widening investment options for foreigners.
Tue, 12 Sep 2000
Nandar's post as Indonesia's head coach still unclear
Nandar's post as Indonesia's head coach still unclear JAKARTA (JP): With only one month left to go to the 2000 Asian Cup in Lebanon, the Soccer Association of Indonesia (PSSI) remained tight-lipped on the fate of national coach Nandar Iskandar.
Tue, 12 Sep 2000
Cabinet meets over Atambua killings
Cabinet meets over Atambua killings JAKARTA (JP); Under international pressure following the killing of three UN workers in Atambua, East Nusa Tenggara, last week, President Abdurrahman Wahid called a special Cabinet meeting to discuss the latest situation in the area shortly after returning from a...
Tue, 12 Sep 2000
JAL to pay repairs to houses damaged by falling engine
JAL to pay repairs to houses damaged by falling engine JAKARTA (JP): Japan Airlines (JAL) announced on Monday it would pay for repairs to houses in three Tangerang villages that were damaged when engine parts from a Boeing 747 fell on them last week.