Archive: 8 September 2000
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Fri, 08 Sep 2000
Drug dealer nabbed in raid
Drug dealer nabbed in raid DENPASAR, Bali: Police in Badung, some 15 kilometers south of here, arrested an alleged drug dealer, Fakhrudin, and his female partner, Mery Maryani, during a raid on his rented house on Wednesday afternoon in the renowned coastal tourist resort of Kuta.
Fri, 08 Sep 2000
PM Mahathir calls g-77 grouping bulky and unwieldy
PM Mahathir calls g-77 grouping bulky and unwieldy KUALA LUMPUR (Agencies): Malaysia's outspoken Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad on Thursday criticized the Group of 77 developing countries, calling it bulky and unwieldy.
Fri, 08 Sep 2000
New snags hit Philippine hostage release
New snags hit Philippine hostage release ZAMBOANGA, Philippines (AP): Several new problems, including a shortage of ransom money, may prevent the release Friday of all six Europeans still being held hostage by extremist rebels in the southern Philippines, an official said on Thursday.
Fri, 08 Sep 2000
The President's vision
The President's visionFrom Suara KaryaDuring the last 10 months of President Abdurrahman Wahid's, or Gus Dur's, administration, in my observations, his vision of leadership of the National Unity Cabinet he leads has not been clear.
Fri, 08 Sep 2000
Britain to help develop Indonesia's oil sector
Britain to help develop Indonesia's oil sector JAKARTA (JP): The British government agreed on Thursday to help develop Indonesia's oil and gas sector by encouraging investment and the transfer of know-how from its own industry.
Fri, 08 Sep 2000
Conversion Rates
Conversion Rates Bank Indonesia's conversion rates on Sept. 7, 2000: Bank notes rates TT rates Buying Selling Buying Selling Rp Rp Rp Rp U.S. dollar 1 7,895.00 8,895.00 8,353.00 8,437.00Australian dollar 1 4,440.94 5,012.33 4,698.56 4,754.25Austrian schilling 1 498.02 561.36 526.91 532.
Fri, 08 Sep 2000
DPR yet to accept decree on wealth audit commission
DPR yet to accept decree on wealth audit commission JAKARTA (JP): The establishment of the Audit Commission on Officials Wealth has met with an early hurdle as the House of Representatives threatens to drop its support for the commission candidates.
Fri, 08 Sep 2000
Independent team needed to probe kidnapping case
Independent team needed to probe kidnapping case JAKARTA (JP): Political observer Hermawan Sulistyo suggested on Thursday the government form an independent team to end the dispute between the police and four agrarian activists, who claim they were abducted by security personnel.
Fri, 08 Sep 2000
Abdurrahman denies plan to purchase plane
Abdurrahman denies plan to purchase plane NEW YORK (JP): President Abdurrahman Wahid denied here on Wednesday he was planning to purchase a presidential airplane from Boeing."I do not have any plans to purchase the plane.
Fri, 08 Sep 2000
ASEAN told to step up financial reforms
ASEAN told to step up financial reforms SINGAPORE (AFP): Asian governments were told Thursday to step up the pace of reform, to strengthen financial regulatory frameworks and align monetary policies with fiscal measures.
Fri, 08 Sep 2000
New points in revised LoI
New points in revised LoI Ten economic recovery acceleration programI: Creating stability in the financial sector1. Strengthen the financial sector in order to improve the economic fundamentals. Improvement of indicators in the real sector should be followed by improvement of indicators in the...
Fri, 08 Sep 2000
Pertamina faces globalization
Pertamina faces globalization It is a public secret that the issue of globalization is being touted by capitalists who want to expand their markets as they invest, unopposed, their money either for the short term or the long term in other countries.
Fri, 08 Sep 2000
MediaCorp plans Asia channel
MediaCorp plans Asia channel SINGAPORE (AFP): Singapore state-owned broadcaster MediaCorp News Ltd announced plans Thursday for a regional 24-hour news television channel.Channel NewsAsia will go Asiawide on September 18 with a mix of news covering politics, finance, business, technology, sports...
Fri, 08 Sep 2000
Search for goodness played out in 'Sunten Jaya'
Search for goodness played out in 'Sunten Jaya'By Wawan S. Husin BANDUNG (JP): The night was especially dark and the wind in this area of North Bandung so cool that the audience -- about 250 people -- should have their coats buttoned.
Fri, 08 Sep 2000
Charismatic leader needed
Charismatic leader needed In the name of democracy there is a sense of lawlessness beginning to prevail in this country. The so-called international community would do well to keep out of Indonesian politics; only Indonesians themselves can really understand the complexity of holding this diverse...
Fri, 08 Sep 2000
Vietnam slams embassy incident
Vietnam slams embassy incident HANOI (Reuters): Vietnam asked France on Thursday to punish a 70-year-old Vietnamese who fired a flare gun at its embassy in Paris last week and said it should tighten security to prevent a repeat of such "very serious terrorist sabotage".
Fri, 08 Sep 2000
Indosat launches ATM-Acasia
Indosat launches ATM-Acasia JAKARTA (JP): International telecommunications provider PT Indosat launched on Thursday the Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) Acasia real-time data transfer system among six member countries of the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN).
Fri, 08 Sep 2000
Police watch stops student brawls
Police watch stops student brawlsFrom Pos KotaFights involving students from senior high schools, those of the vocational high school on Jl. Tubagus Angke and in the neighborhood of Genit Bridge in West Jakarta take place almost every day, and have even led to the death of a student.
Fri, 08 Sep 2000
Taufik expected to face Gade in Olympics semis
Taufik expected to face Gade in Olympics semis JAKARTA (JP): Indonesian boy wonder Taufik Hidayat is expected to meet Peter Gade Christensen of Denmark in the Olympic Games semifinals but first he must beat Yamada Hidetaka of Japan in the first round, the International Badminton Federation (IBF)...
Fri, 08 Sep 2000
Cabinet's economic team strives to bolster exports
Cabinet's economic team strives to bolster exports JAKARTA (JP): The Cabinet's new economic team has embarked on what it calls a concerted drive to bolster exports, which the team envisions as the second engine driving the country's economic recovery, after private consumption.
Fri, 08 Sep 2000
Business tycoon Bob Hasan to face trial
Business tycoon Bob Hasan to face trial JAKARTA (JP): Timber tycoon Mohamad "Bob" Hasan will face trial for corruption this month as the case dossiers will be submitted to Central Jakarta District Court next week, a prosecutor said on Thursday.
Fri, 08 Sep 2000
Kodeco's plantation troubled by locals
Kodeco's plantation troubled by locals JAKARTA (JP): South Korean company PT Kodeco Group voiced concerns over troubles caused by villagers on its plantation in Barito Kuala Regency, South Kalimantan.Kim Jong Ho, head of the company's branch office in Banjarmasin, said the company was confused as...
Fri, 08 Sep 2000
World condemns West Timor killings
World condemns West Timor killings NEW YORK (JP): The United Nations Security Council has strongly condemned the killing of three UN workers in West Timor and urged Indonesia to disarm militias who have terrorized East Timorese refugees and aid workers there.
Fri, 08 Sep 2000
Rats overrun Kuching
Rats overrun Kuching KUALA LUMPUR (AP): The city of cats on Borneo island has a rat problem it can't seem to solve, a Malaysian official said on Thursday.The City Council of Kuching, capital of the eastern state of Sarawak, began offering residents cash rewards early last month for rodents caught...
Fri, 08 Sep 2000
Carrefour debate like TV drama
Carrefour debate like TV drama JAKARTA (JP): A City Economy Development Bureau officer stated on Thursday that Carrefour Hypermarket has violated no regulation because the business has a legitimate license to operate as a retailer.
Fri, 08 Sep 2000
Texmaco, Polysindo report big losses
Texmaco, Polysindo report big losses JAKARTA (JP): Publicly listed PT Texmaco Perkasa Engineering, PT Polysindo Eka Perkasa and PT Texmaco Jaya reported to their shareholders here on Thursday huge losses for last year due to sharp declines in sales and the depreciation of the rupiah.G.
Fri, 08 Sep 2000
Government told to work harder in Maluku
Government told to work harder in Maluku YOGYAKARTA (JP): The government must work harder for peace in Maluku as the significant factor behind the lingering sectarian clashes is rifts among troops maintaining security in the province, a scholar says.
Fri, 08 Sep 2000
Tae kwon doin Juana ready to fight despite injury
Tae kwon doin Juana ready to fight despite injury JAKARTA (JP): Indonesian taekwondoin Juana Wangsa Putri has her sights set on winning a medal at the Sydney Olympic Games despite a back injury that limits her movement."Of course I want to win a medal, but all of my competitors are good athletes.
Fri, 08 Sep 2000
New sports grouping born
New sports grouping born JAKARTA (JP): Officials of 16 sports organizations established a federation last month to seek ways to attract more attention from the government."The Indonesian Federation of Public Sports (FOMI) was declared open on Aug. 25 with an initial membership of 16 organizations.
Fri, 08 Sep 2000
Vigilantes protest arrest of killers
Vigilantes protest arrest of killers CILACAP, Central Java: Hundreds of Padangjaya village residents rallied on Wednesday at the local legislative council to demand the release eight of their neighbors, who had been detained last month on charges of killing an alleged thief by setting him on fire.
Fri, 08 Sep 2000
Acehnese pay homage to slain activist
Acehnese pay homage to slain activist LHOKSEUMAWE, Aceh (JP): Relatives and neighbors flocked on Thursday to the home of Jafar Siddiq Hamzah to pay their respects to the Aceh activist who was slain in Medan, North Sumatra.
Fri, 08 Sep 2000
Death of East Timor suspect to foil probe
Death of East Timor suspect to foil probe JAKARTA (JP): Activists condemned on Thursday the murder of ex-militia leader Olivio Moruk, one of 19 people named as suspects in last year's violence in East Timor, describing it as an attempt to foil the government's efforts to investigate rights abuses...
Fri, 08 Sep 2000
Sangkimah, Kaba Bay boast ecoappeal
Sangkimah, Kaba Bay boast ecoappealBy Mikael Onny Setiawan BALIKPAPAN, East Kalimantan (JP): If you love traveling and want sometime away from the rat race, you should definitely consider going to Sangkimah and Kaba Bay.
Fri, 08 Sep 2000
Haryogi gets off easy with 9-month jail term
Haryogi gets off easy with 9-month jail term JAKARTA (JP): Defendant Haryogi Maulani, 37, breathed a sigh of relief on Thursday after a judge sentenced him to a nine-month jail term for illegal arms possession.
Fri, 08 Sep 2000
Danar Hadi's 13th boutique
Danar Hadi's 13th boutique BANDUNG: Batik manufacturer PT Batik Danar Hadi opened its 13th boutique on Jl. Buah Batu here on Tuesday with a fashion show displaying the works of well-known designers Ghea Panggabean and Stefanus Hamy.
Fri, 08 Sep 2000
Newmont calls for govt help over land dispute
Newmont calls for govt help over land dispute JAKARTA (JP): Gold mining company PT Newmont Minahasa Raya in Minahasa Regency, North Sulawesi called on Thursday for the government to help resolve its land dispute with the former landowners.
Fri, 08 Sep 2000
A national disgrace
A national disgrace Nearly one year since its separation from Indonesia, East Timor is still haunting the republic the way it always did when it was under Jakarta's occupation between 1975 and 1999. The brutal killing of at least three United Nations humanitarian workers by pro-Indonesian East...
Fri, 08 Sep 2000
Slain UN worker describes mob attack in e-mail
Slain UN worker describes mob attack in e-mail UNITED NATIONS (Agencies): Six hours before he and two colleagues were murdered in West Timor, a Puerto Rican relief worker e-mailed a friend describing the mob that was en route to destroy the compound."We sit here like bait, unarmed," he wrote.
Fri, 08 Sep 2000
Four robbers shot dead in Bekasi
Four robbers shot dead in Bekasi JAKARTA (JP): Four suspected robbers were shot dead when trying to escape from police on Jl. Tegal Gede, Lemah Abang, Bekasi on Thursday.Police said they had been under observation for months since they were suspected of holding up trucks in Cibitung, Bekasi and...
Fri, 08 Sep 2000
Indonesia signs revised LoI with IMF
Indonesia signs revised LoI with IMF JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesian government on Thursday signed a revised letter of intent (LoI) with the International Monetary Fund, which would pave the way for the third disbursement of about US$400 million in loans around the third week of this month.
Fri, 08 Sep 2000
Organda regrets its haste in hiking taxi fare
Organda regrets its haste in hiking taxi fare JAKARTA (JP): The chairman of the Organization of Land Transportation Owners (Organda), Aip Sjarifuddin, apologized on Thursday for the organization's haste in increasing taxi fares 50 percent.
Fri, 08 Sep 2000
Plan to import buses from China still under question
Plan to import buses from China still under question JAKARTA (JP): None of the 14 privately-owned city bus companies here have submitted formal proposals for the planned purchase of buses shipped from China, an executive of the company appointed to import the buses said on Thursday.
Fri, 08 Sep 2000
Murder aimed at 'humiliating me'
Murder aimed at 'humiliating me' NEW YORK (JP): President Abdurrahman Wahid said here on Wednesday (local time) that the murder of three UN humanitarian workers in Atambua, East Nusa Tenggara, was a well organized scheme to humiliate him while attending an international summit.
Fri, 08 Sep 2000
Demand of human rights victims
Demand of human rights victimsFrom Warta KotaHuman rights violations, particularly in conflict-ridden regions like Maluku and Aceh, have claimed a lot of victims. The victims have pressed their demand with the authorities, who, unfortunately, more often than not, have turned a deaf ear.
Fri, 08 Sep 2000
Sulawesi governors to form joint secretariat
Sulawesi governors to form joint secretariat KENDARI, Southeast Sulawesi (JP): The governors of Sulawesi, attending a working meeting, agreed on Thursday to form a joint secretariat for regional development to speed up growth in the area.
Fri, 08 Sep 2000
Empowered House still lacks expertise in drafting laws
Empowered House still lacks expertise in drafting laws JAKARTA (JP): The House of Representatives may have won many extra powers for itself over the last two years thanks to the reform movement, but it is still grossly lacking in expertise when it comes to one important aspect: Making laws.
Fri, 08 Sep 2000
The role of the United Nations in the 21st Century
The role of the United Nations in the 21st Century The following is based on the address of former minister Ali Alatas at the talks held on the occasion of the convening of the Millennium Summit of the United Nations. The discussion was held in Jakarta on Sept.
Fri, 08 Sep 2000
Calm back in Sampang
Calm back in Sampang SURABAYA: Calm returned to Sampang on Madura island off East Java on Thursday after local leaders agreed to postpone the inauguration of reelected regent Fadhilah Budiono.Government offices reopened after being closed since Monday.
Fri, 08 Sep 2000
Stock Exchange
Stock ExchangeStock prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (in rupiah) on Sept. 7, 2000: Shares Close Change Trading Volume ------------------------------------------------------------- Ades Alfindo 600 0 0 Adindo Foresta Indonesia 255 -10 351,500 Alakasa Industrindo 790 0 0 Alfa Retailindo 870 -5...
Fri, 08 Sep 2000
New strains of diseases invades Southeast Asian
New strains of diseases invades Southeast Asian JAKARTA (JP): The emergence of at least 30 new strains of infectious diseases in Southeast Asia in the past decade is placing the region at increased risk for a major outbreak, Minister of Health and Social Welfare Ahmad Sujudi said on Thursday.
Fri, 08 Sep 2000
Thirsty libraries to get refreshment
Thirsty libraries to get refreshment JAKARTA (JP): PT Coca-Cola Indonesia launched a foundation on Thursday and committed itself to spend some Rp 5 billion (US$595,240) over three years to help improve 20 libraries across the country.