Archive: 29 June 2001
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Fri, 29 Jun 2001
Great promotions launched despite uncertainties
Great promotions launched despite uncertainties JAKARTA (JP): Housing and property developers are currently promoting their projects with attractive advertisements in the media. Property exhibitions are also held regularly in the capital.
Fri, 29 Jun 2001
Lakers' victory inspires Aspac, Bhinneka eyes bonus
Lakers' victory inspires Aspac, Bhinneka eyes bonus JAKARTA (JP): LA Lakers' success in claiming its second victory in the NBA finals, defeating Philadelphia 76ers 4-1 earlier this month, has boosted the motivation of local club Aspac to retain its title in the Nuvo Kobatama league.
Fri, 29 Jun 2001
TV today
TV todayTVRI 5:00 a.m. Religious Teachings 6:00 News 8:00 Children's Program 8:30 Documentary 9:00 Woman's Program 10:00 Music 12:00 p.m. Interval 3:00 News 3:30 Documentary 4:00 Children's Program 5:00 News 6:00 Village News 7:00 Evening News 8:00 Traditional Show 9:30 Music 10:00 News 11:00 TV...
Fri, 29 Jun 2001
Debt restructuring deal to earn Bakrie & Brothers Rp 4t
Debt restructuring deal to earn Bakrie & Brothers Rp 4t JAKARTA (JP): Publicly listed holding company PT Bakrie & Brothers said on Thursday the implementation of its US$1.08 billion debt restructuring deal would earn the company some Rp 4 trillion (about US$353 million) this year.
Fri, 29 Jun 2001
Rupiah rate June 28
Rupiah rate June 28 Bank notes rates TT rates Buying Selling Buying Selling Rp Rp Rp Rp U.S. dollar 1 10,919.00 11,919.00 11,362.00 11,476.00Australian dollar 1 5,650.58 6,174.04 5,879.84 5,944.57Austrian schilling 1 681.87 744.66 709.53 716.98Belgian franc 1 232.59 254.01 242.03 244.
Fri, 29 Jun 2001
KONI gets Rp 500m donation for 2001 SEA Games
KONI gets Rp 500m donation for 2001 SEA Games JAKARTA (JP): The National Sports Council (KONI)'s complaints of financial shortages apparently attracted the attention of publicly listed animal feed and poultry company Japfa Comfeed Indonesia.
Fri, 29 Jun 2001
Keep your wits about you to ward off crime
Keep your wits about you to ward off crimeBy Maria Kegel JAKARTA (JP): If you look like a potential victim, carrying yourself like you are not paying attention to your surroundings, then chances are you will end up as one.
Fri, 29 Jun 2001
HIV and teenage pregnancies on the up
HIV and teenage pregnancies on the up JAKARTA (JP): What comes to your mind about sex?Teenagers from 10 high schools who had gathered at a discussion about HIV/AIDS at Bulungan Youth Stadium, South Jakarta, on Thursday had similar answers: sex is "physical contact between man and woman".
Fri, 29 Jun 2001
DPR and its maneuvering
DPR and its maneuveringFrom Koran TempoIf you take a hard look at our nation's legal system, you will be shocked to see that it is fraught with ironies. The 1998 reform movement -- expected to become the pillar for upholding the supremacy of the law -- still proves to be elusive.
Fri, 29 Jun 2001
Improving RI-Aussie trade alliance
Improving RI-Aussie trade allianceBy Bob Widyahartono JAKARTA (JP): The Asia Pacific is currently considered as the world's most dynamic region of growth in trade and economic output.This dynamic growth, as noted by Ross Garnaut and Peter Drysdale (Asia Pacific Regionalism, 1995), reflects...
Fri, 29 Jun 2001
Is this hope real?
Is this hope real? With the special session of the People's Consultative Assembly now only a month away, a glimpse of what the Indonesian political landscape might look like in the near future is slowly beginning to emerge.
Fri, 29 Jun 2001
EU must not downplay SE Asia, says Singaporean minister
EU must not downplay SE Asia, says Singaporean minister SINGAPORE (AFP): It would be a mistake for the European Union (EU) to downplay Southeast Asia in favor of the more vibrant economies of Northeast Asia, a Singapore minister said in a speech issued here Thursday.
Fri, 29 Jun 2001
Council urges bus fare hike be reviewed
Council urges bus fare hike be reviewed JAKARTA (JP): The City Council will likely turn down the government's proposal to increase bus fares by up to almost 60 percent, saying that the hike should be lower.
Fri, 29 Jun 2001
Abdurrahman meets Aboriginal leaders
Abdurrahman meets Aboriginal leaders DARWIN, Australia (AFP): President Abdurrahman Wahid was welcomed Thursday in Australia's far north by Indonesian-speaking Aborigines.The president, who returned to Australia after a brief visit to New Zealand before his scheduled departure for the Philippines,...
Fri, 29 Jun 2001
Beware of Philippines-style electricity crisis
Beware of Philippines-style electricity crisisBy James Castle and Todd Callahan JAKARTA (JP): In many ways Indonesian consumers are no different than consumers in other countries. From San Francisco to Jakarta it is a universal truth that no customers take pleasure in being asked to pay more.
Fri, 29 Jun 2001
Hopewell in pact to sell power plant
Hopewell in pact to sell power plant HONG KONG (Reuters): Hong Kong-based Hopewell Holdings Ltd.'s chairman Gordon Wu said on Thursday that the company has reached a provisional agreement with the Indonesian government to sell its interest in a stalled power station project.
Fri, 29 Jun 2001
Three Armed Forces chiefs to be removed
Three Armed Forces chiefs to be removed JAKARTA (JP): In the latest example of psy-war tactics leading up to the crucial People's Consultative Assembly special session, President Abdurrahman Wahid's allies disclosed on Thursday a new plan by the embattled leader to replace the three armed forces...
Fri, 29 Jun 2001
Pertamina issues warning to ExxonMobil Oil
Pertamina issues warning to ExxonMobil Oil JAKARTA (JP): The president of state-owned oil and gas company Pertamina, Baihaki Hakim, said he asked ExxonMobil Oil Indonesia Inc., a unit of American energy giant ExxonMobil Corp.
Fri, 29 Jun 2001
Maluku Brimob get AK-101 rifles
Maluku Brimob get AK-101 rifles AMBON, Maluku: To replace the aging weapons of its Mobile Brigade personnel in Maluku, the National Police dispatched some 200 AK-101 rifles for officers on duty in the province, the deputy chief of the Maluku Police, Sr. Comr. Tommy Yacobus, said on Thursday.
Fri, 29 Jun 2001
Pests attack genetically modified cotton
Pests attack genetically modified cotton MAKASSAR, South Sulawesi (JP): Hundreds of hectares of the genetically modified cotton fields at three villages in the regency of Bulukumba, South Sulawesi, have been destroyed by pests identified as Helicoverpa armigera and Spodoptera.
Fri, 29 Jun 2001
Aiming for Market Leadership in Information Technology Services
Aiming for Market Leadership in Information Technology Services The information technology (IT) industry in the Philippines has been going through remarkable progress and growth in recent years. In the hardware sector, the Philippines' semiconductor and electronics industries have been growing at...
Fri, 29 Jun 2001
Message from Teofisto T.Guingona,JR.
Message from Teofisto T.Guingona,JR. Vice President and Secretary of Foreign Affairs The Republic of Philippines It is with great pride and joy that Filipinos all over the world celebrate the 103rd Anniversary of Philippine Independence.
Fri, 29 Jun 2001
Houses torched, 1 killed as fresh rioting rocks Poso
Houses torched, 1 killed as fresh rioting rocks Poso PALU, Central Sulawesi (JP): The town of Poso, some 225 kilometers southeast of here, was still tense on Thursday following fresh rioting, in which one woman was killed and a number of houses in several Poso Pesisir district villages burned to...
Fri, 29 Jun 2001
Councillors off on foreign trip
Councillors off on foreign trip PALEMBANG, South Sumatra: The provincial legislature here has closed up shop for the time being, with all of the councillors having left the building.The legislature has been left vacant since Wednesday, when 73 councillors departed in separate groups for Thailand,...
Fri, 29 Jun 2001
Six robbers abscond with Rp 5m
Six robbers abscond with Rp 5m BOGOR, West Java: Six armed men absconded with Rp 5 million in cash from a house in Pejeleran village here on early Wednesday morning after threatening to rape their victim's daughter.The victim, Nazat, 45, told the Bogor police that the robbery started at 1.30 a.m.
Fri, 29 Jun 2001
Searching for bombs, police find 'shabu-shabu'and ecstasy pills
Searching for bombs, police find 'shabu-shabu'and ecstasy pills JAKARTA (JP): During a raid in search of bombs at a boardinghouse, police found on Thursday shabu-shabu (crystal menthaphetamine) and ecstasy pills instead.Police arrested two men at the boardinghouse on Jl.
Fri, 29 Jun 2001
Thieves mobbed in East Jakarta
Thieves mobbed in East Jakarta JAKARTA (JP): Two thieves who were caught red-handed stealing money amounting altogether to Rp 22,600 (US$2) at two separate locations in East Jakarta early on Thursday were severely beaten by local residents before being handed over to the police.
Fri, 29 Jun 2001
Warming of Australia-RI ties may be temporary
Warming of Australia-RI ties may be temporaryBy Michael Christie SYDNEY (Reuters): The first visit in 26 years to Australia by an Indonesian leader breathed some warmth back into ties that have been chilly since Canberra led international peacekeepers into East Timor two years ago.
Fri, 29 Jun 2001
Cheated by a 'doctor'
Cheated by a 'doctor'From Sinar PagiSome time ago a relative of mine received a call from a man claiming to be a doctor at a private hospital. He said a relative of mine had met with an accident and was in critical condition at the hospital.
Fri, 29 Jun 2001
Quashing corruption should be free from interference
Quashing corruption should be free from interference Attorney General Baharuddin Lopa will never be successful in fighting corruption without political support from the House of Representatives (DPR), the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) and the President, says coordinator of Indonesian...
Fri, 29 Jun 2001
Govt plans to merge Bank Mandiri with BII
Govt plans to merge Bank Mandiri with BII JAKARTA (JP): The government said on Thursday it planned to merge the country's largest bank, state-owned Bank Mandiri with publicly listed Bank Internasional Indonesia (BII), as part of efforts to consolidate the banking industry.
Fri, 29 Jun 2001
Corrupt practices rampant in state enterprises: Official
Corrupt practices rampant in state enterprises: Official JAKARTA (JP): An official admitted on Thursday what many have long suspected: the practice of corruption, collusion and nepotism is rampant in state enterprises.
Fri, 29 Jun 2001
Persija wins at home
Persija wins at home JAKARTA (JP): Persija Jakarta took over the lead of the western division of the Bank Mandiri soccer league from PSMS Medan, North Sumatra, with a 3-1 victory over Persita Tangerang at Lebakbulus Stadium in South Jakarta on Thursday.
Fri, 29 Jun 2001
Ex-brothel project to start soon
Ex-brothel project to start soon JAKARTA (JP): The Jakarta administration's plan to transform the former Kramat Tunggak brothel complex into an Islamic center will start soon with the laying of the foundation stone on Aug. 1, said a city councillor.
Fri, 29 Jun 2001
Every computer needs a peripheral
Every computer needs a peripheralBy Zatni Arbi JAKARTA (JP): Come to think of it, a computer system is so much like our stomach. It typically consists of one or more input devices, one central processing unit (CPU), and one or more output devices.
Fri, 29 Jun 2001
Where to go in Jakarta:
Where to go in Jakarta:Exhibitions * Calligraphy and Illuminations: Spiritual Culture, the National Archives Building, Jl. Gajah Mada 111, Central Jakarta, 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., until July 3. * Art in Italian and Indonesian Ceramics in the framework of the Indonesian-Italian Workshop on Advanced and...
Fri, 29 Jun 2001
Regional representatives cause headache for MPR
Regional representatives cause headache for MPR JAKARTA (JP): What's wrong with the People's Consultative Assembly, which has yet to give the green light for the revival of the regional representatives' faction?And on the eve of the Assembly's special session, the question has raised worries among...
Fri, 29 Jun 2001
Beware of Philippines-style electricity crisis
Beware of Philippines-style electricity crisis By James Castle and Todd Callahan JAKARTA (JP): In many ways Indonesian consumers are no different than consumers in other countries. From San Francisco to Jakarta it is a universal truth that no customers take pleasure in being asked to pay more.
Fri, 29 Jun 2001
Riot
Riot Houses torched, one killed as fresh rioting rocks Poso. Page 2 Toll hike Motorists oppose toll hike for expressways. Page 3Electricity Beware of Philippines-style electricity crisis. Page 5Tennis Agassi coasts into Wimbledon third round. Page 6Jack Lemmon Versatile actor Jack Lemmon dead at 76.
Fri, 29 Jun 2001
Galang to become biotechnology hub
Galang to become biotechnology hub JAKARTA (JP): Galang island, once a safe haven for Vietnamese refugees, is set to emulate Silicon Valley as a vital center for technology research.But unlike the Arizona-based research center, which focuses on information technology, Galang island will become a...
Fri, 29 Jun 2001
FATF hypocrisy
FATF hypocrisy While it may be of some embarrassment to Indonesia to be blacklisted by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) for being uncooperative in preventing money laundering, Indonesia may take heart from the fact that many FATF members are, indeed, themselves guilty of money laundering on a...
Fri, 29 Jun 2001
Economists warn govt over 2001 budget deficit
Economists warn govt over 2001 budget deficit JAKARTA (JP): Economists warned that the government might fail to maintain the 2001 budget deficit at a safe level of 3.7 percent of gross domestic product (GDP) due to problems in collecting higher tax revenue.Dradjat H.
Fri, 29 Jun 2001
Scout jamboree
Scout jamboree I read your full page article about the scout movement in Indonesia with interest, (The Jakarta Post, June 23, 2001), being a scout myself over 50 years ago.At the bottom of the page there was a request for donations to support the forthcoming jamboree, however, there was no...
Fri, 29 Jun 2001
Man gets nine years for Bandung bombing
Man gets nine years for Bandung bombing BANDUNG (JP): The Bandung District Court handed down on Thursday a nine-year jail term to 23-year-old Agus Kurniawan for his role in a bomb blast in Bandung which killed four people last Christmas Eve.
Fri, 29 Jun 2001
Bank Danamon to hold reverse stock split
Bank Danamon to hold reverse stock split JAKARTA (JP): Shareholders of publicly listed PT Bank Danamon approved on Thursday management's plan to conduct a reverse stock split to avoid delisting by the Jakarta Stock Exchange.
Fri, 29 Jun 2001
S'pore to bar foreign takeovers of local banks
S'pore to bar foreign takeovers of local banks SINGAPORE (AFP): The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) said Thursday it will bar foreign investors from taking over any local bank but may allow them to have a "strategic" stake.
Fri, 29 Jun 2001
Woman arrested for visa violation
Woman arrested for visa violation JAKARTA (JP): Immigration authorities apprehended a German woman on Thursday for allegedly violating the terms of her visa, an official said here.Magdalene Christine, who possessed a business visa, was caught in the act while handing out leaflets near the Malaysian...
Fri, 29 Jun 2001
Multinationals eye local cement firms
Multinationals eye local cement firms JAKARTA (JP): A senior governmental official warned of multinational companies' possible domination of the country's cement industry, saying that such a situation could severely hurt the government's infrastructure development program.
Fri, 29 Jun 2001
Drive against leaded gasoline uncertain
Drive against leaded gasoline uncertain JAKARTA (JP): Despite the government's promise to free Jakarta from leaded gasoline starting Sunday, Jakartans will still inhale the poisonous substance from vehicle exhausts as the drive to free the city from leaded fuel will not materialize until the end of...
Fri, 29 Jun 2001
Sea shooting 'not to affect' Malaysia-RI ties
Sea shooting 'not to affect' Malaysia-RI ties JAKARTA (JP): Indonesian Navy chief Adm. Indroko Sastrowiryono played down on Thursday the shooting of a Malaysian fisherman by his troops in the Malacca Straits, saying it would not affect ties between the two countries.
Fri, 29 Jun 2001
Stock quotations on JSX
Stock quotations on JSXStock prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (in rupiah) on June 28, 2001: Shares Close Change Trading Volume --------------------------------------------------------------- Ades Alfindo 1,475 -50 185,500 Adindo Foresta 115 0 99,500 AGIS 140 0 1,739,000 Alakasa 150 0 0 Alfa...
Fri, 29 Jun 2001
NGOs protest forest looting
NGOs protest forest looting PALU, Central Sulawesi: A group of activists representing 18 non-governmental organizations went to the provincial legislature on Thursday to protest the plundering of the Lore Lindu national park.
Fri, 29 Jun 2001
Philippines-Indonesia Relations, a continuing partnership
Philippines-Indonesia Relations, a continuing partnership Philippine-Indonesian relations are characterized by a genuine sense of brotherhood borne out of centuries of close and vibrant interaction as neighbors. In precolonial times, trade, commerce and transmigration flourished between our peoples.
Fri, 29 Jun 2001
Motorists oppose toll hike for expressways
Motorists oppose toll hike for expressways JAKARTA (JP): Several motorists opposed the planned increase of tolls on major toll roads to 30 percent, saying toll road operators should first improve their services.
Fri, 29 Jun 2001
Timber firms slam govt's new reforestation ruling
Timber firms slam govt's new reforestation ruling JAKARTA (JP): The country's timber companies have voiced criticism of the government's new policy of obliging them to make huge reforestation fund payments prior to the commencement of their operations, saying that the policy will bankrupt most of...