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46 articles.
Wed, 01 Oct 1997

JP/Megawati asks for PDI legislators exclusion

Megawati asks for PDI legislators exclusion JAKARTA (JP): Megawati Soekarnoputri asked the chief justice yesterday to exclude 16 Indonesian Democratic Party (PDI) representatives from being installed as legislators today.
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Wed, 01 Oct 1997

JP/Public asked to be patient over crash

Public asked to be patient over crash JAKARTA (JP): The government called on the public yesterday not to draw their own conclusions into the cause of Friday's Garuda Indonesia crash, and wait for the findings of the on-going official investigation.
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Wed, 01 Oct 1997

JP/IFC optimistic about Indonesia's prospects

IFC optimistic about Indonesia's prospects JAKARTA (JP): The International Finance Corporation (IFC), a World Bank agency which lends to the private sector, remains optimistic about the prospects of the Indonesian economy and is even looking to expand and broaden its operations here.
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Wed, 01 Oct 1997

JP/Real initiatives needed for fires

Real initiatives needed for firesFrom Media IndonesiaForest fires have been raging in Kalimantan and Sumatra for the past two months. So far we have only heard and read the statements of prominent government officials but no concrete steps have been taken.
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Wed, 01 Oct 1997

JP/Clean products ultimately cut cost: Officials

Clean products ultimately cut cost: Officials JAKARTA (JP): Officials at the Environmental Impact Management Agency (Bapedal) urged companies to adopt clean production methods which they said was a way to save the environment and money at the same time.P.L.
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Wed, 01 Oct 1997

JP/SEA Games doping test rooms not ready

SEA Games doping test rooms not ready JAKARTA (JP): With only 11 days left before the 19th SEA Games begin, the doping commission is still having problems organizing doping rooms at Senayan sports complex.The commission's chairwoman, Dr.
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Wed, 01 Oct 1997

JP/Clove farmers lose Rp 2.3t in sales revenue

Clove farmers lose Rp 2.3t in sales revenue JAKARTA (JP): Clove farmers have lost Rp 2.36 trillion (US$761 million) in sales revenue over the past five years due to the monopoly in the clove trade, an Institute for Development of Economics and Finance (Indef) study says.
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Wed, 01 Oct 1997

JP/Unpaid taxes over last four years exceed Rp 23.2b

Unpaid taxes over last four years exceed Rp 23.2b JAKARTA (JP): Unpaid taxes from at least 136 hotels and restaurants and 96 other entertainment spots in Jakarta over the last four years exceed Rp 23.2 billion (US$8 million), city councilors said yesterday.Of the total, Rp 12.
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Wed, 01 Oct 1997

JP/Tourists' remains sent home

Tourists' remains sent home DENPASAR, Bali: The body of a Dutch tourist who drowned Sunday at Kuta Beach was flown home on Monday, Antara reported yesterday.The agency quoted a spokesman of the local administration, Gus Susmatra, as saying that 43-year-old V.I.
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Wed, 01 Oct 1997

JP/Government proposes human rights charter

Government proposes human rights charter JAKARTA (JP): The government introduced yesterday a charter on human rights and presented it for deliberation to all five factions of the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) which kicks off its first general session today.
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Wed, 01 Oct 1997

JP/Growing threat of int'l corruption

Growing threat of int'l corruptionBy Henry Bosch This is the second of two articles on dangerous repercussions of the increased incidence of corruption worldwide. It is excerpted from a paper presented at the Australian Institute of International Affairs.
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Wed, 01 Oct 1997

JP/RI's antidumping duties

RI's antidumping duties JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia's antidumping committee has imposed duties on imports of hot rolled coil or plates from China, India, Russia and the Ukraine, to replace temporary tariffs introduced earlier this year.
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Wed, 01 Oct 1997

JP/Rupiah's fall will not help exports: Tunky

Rupiah's fall will not help exports: Tunky JAKARTA (JP): The rupiah's depreciation against the U.S. dollar will not necessarily improve the competitive edge of Indonesian exports, a minister said yesterday.
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Wed, 01 Oct 1997

JP/Forestry licenses revoked

Forestry licenses revoked JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Forestry Djamaludin Suryohadikusumo said yesterday that he has instructed the provincial forestry office to temporarily revoke permits of 176 timber and plantation companies today if they could not prove they did not start the fires.
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Wed, 01 Oct 1997

JP/Harmoko get presidential thanks for his service

Harmoko get presidential thanks for his service JAKARTA (JP): State Minister of Special Assignments Harmoko ended his 14-year service as a cabinet minister yesterday with a "thank you" from President Soeharto.
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Wed, 01 Oct 1997

JP/Haze at a dangerous level: Sujudi

Haze at a dangerous level: Sujudi JAKARTA (JP): The air quality in Indonesia's haze-stricken areas has worsened and become a health hazard, Minister of Health Sujudi said yesterday."I think the haze has now reached a dangerous level... in terms of breathing difficulty.
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Wed, 01 Oct 1997

JP/NSW to help Jakarta with wastewater treatment

NSW to help Jakarta with wastewater treatment JAKARTA (JP): The Jakarta administration signed an agreement with the Australia's New South Wales administration yesterday to set up a central treatment system for the city's household wastewater.
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Wed, 01 Oct 1997

JP/Road courtesy

Road courtesyFrom Sinar PagiThe rate of traffic accidents has increased alarmingly lately. Reckless driving and drunkenness seem to be the main causes of the accidents.I appeal to public transport drivers to show courtesy on the road. Other motorists should also exercise self-discipline.
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Wed, 01 Oct 1997

JP/Malaysia's acts, RI slow to respond

Malaysia's acts, RI slow to respondFrom Media IndonesiaI am touched by Malaysia's efforts to help overcome the forest fires in Sumatra and Kalimantan. Our neighbor has sent some 1,000 people and hired experts from France and Japan to alleviate the situation.
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Wed, 01 Oct 1997

JP/Reputations count for little in Premiership

Reputations count for little in PremiershipBy Vic Mills LONDON (JP): Reputations counted for little in the Premiership at the weekend as leader Arsenal could only draw, while Manchester United, Newcastle and Liverpool all lost.
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Wed, 01 Oct 1997

JP/TV today

TV todayTVRI 7:30 a.m. The Sanctity Day of Pancasila (live) 9:15 Live Reports: Upacara Pengucapan Sumpah Anggota DPR/MPR Hasil Pemilu 2:00 p.m.
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Wed, 01 Oct 1997

JP/Workers protest over punishment

Workers protest over punishment TANGERANG (JP): Three credit installment collectors of private company PT Columbia protested yesterday to their union after being ordered to stand for three hours for failing to meet their daily collection target of Rp 600,000 (US$200).
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Wed, 01 Oct 1997

JP/City to propose minimal budget cut

City to propose minimal budget cut JAKARTA (JP): The municipality is to propose a cut in its Rp 3.36 trillion (US$1.05 billion) budget of less than 10 percent for the 1997/1998 fiscal year, the deputy governor of economic and development affairs Tb.M. Rais said yesterday.
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Wed, 01 Oct 1997

JP/Deceit report still under investigation

Deceit report still under investigation JAKARTA (JP): Police are still investigating a report lodged by a Singaporean businessman that his local partner has deceived him in a deal to transport rice from Vietnam to Indonesia.City Police Spokesman Lt. Col. E.
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Wed, 01 Oct 1997

JP/China aims to banish poverty to history

China aims to banish poverty to history In rural China, an annual net income of 580 yuan (US$70) currently defines the official absolute poverty line.
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Wed, 01 Oct 1997

JP/Minor languages will not perish

Minor languages will not perishBy Gwynne Dyer LONDON (JP): In a time when English has become the first and only 'global language', used regularly by Koreans to communicate with Danes and by Turks to talk to Peruvians (both in the flesh and on the Net), it is reassuring to learn that it is not ...
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Wed, 01 Oct 1997

JP/Thailand faces up to lasting question

Thailand faces up to lasting question A perennial question asked by Thais of visitors to their country has been: "How long do you think all this will last?""All this" has encompassed corruption, an unstable government and a spiraling economic crisis.
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Wed, 01 Oct 1997

JP/Who is responsible?

Who is responsible? In reference to Education and Culture Minister Wardiman Djojonegoro's statement on academic unemployment (Sept. 27), it is high time that The Jakarta Post published an article or a series of articles that deal with our major problems and go to the core of each issue.
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Wed, 01 Oct 1997

JP/Almost heaven sent at T.G.I. Friday's

Almost heaven sent at T.G.I. Friday's Epicurus felt some pangs last Friday afternoon before sitting down with assembled companions at the aptly chosen T.G.I. Friday's. Not stirrings of hunger, which have, unfortunately, become increasingly difficult to recognize, so much as ones of guilt.
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Wed, 01 Oct 1997

JP/Harmoko anxious to assume prestigious House speaker post

Harmoko anxious to assume prestigious House speaker post JAKARTA (JP): Golkar chairman Harmoko, a cabinet minister for 14 years, is scheduled to be inducted today as a member of the House of Representatives and the People's Consultative Assembly, along with 999 other people.
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Wed, 01 Oct 1997

JP/Failure of traffic law

Failure of traffic lawFrom Sinar PagiI agree with legislator Muhammad Buang who said that the substance of 1992 Traffic Law No. 14 is good (Sinar Pagi of Sept. 22).
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Wed, 01 Oct 1997

JP/PT Satelindo seeks satellite manufacturer

PT Satelindo seeks satellite manufacturer JAKARTA (JP): PT Satelindo, a private telecommunications operator, has invited five leading satellite manufacturers to bid for the construction and financing of the company's new telecommunications spacecraft.
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Wed, 01 Oct 1997

JP/RI's GDP estimated at 7% despite crisis

RI's GDP estimated at 7% despite crisis JAKARTA (JP): The Castle Group, a business consulting company, predicts that Indonesia's gross domestic product (GDP) growth will reach 7 percent in the 1997 calendar year and next year despite the currency turmoil.
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Wed, 01 Oct 1997

JP/Expressing old hopes

Expressing old hopes One thousand new members of the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) and House of Representatives (DPR) will be sworn in today by the chief justice.
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Wed, 01 Oct 1997

JP/National Day message by H.E. Ambassador Zhou Gang

National Day message by H.E. Ambassador Zhou Gang Today 48 years ago, a brand new leaf was turned over in Chinese history.
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Wed, 01 Oct 1997

JP/Soeharto wants sportsmanship at SEA Games

Soeharto wants sportsmanship at SEA Games JAKARTA (JP): President Soeharto has called on Indonesia's 19th SEA Games team to do their best at the Games, and to develop friendships with the other athletes.
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Wed, 01 Oct 1997

JP/Jeep crushes female street sweeper to death

Jeep crushes female street sweeper to death JAKARTA (JP): A female public cleaner was crushed to death by a speeding jeep while sweeping Jl. Pluit Utara Raya in North Jakarta yesterday morning.
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Wed, 01 Oct 1997

JP/Greatest threat is injustice, not communism, Nasution says

Greatest threat is injustice, not communism, Nasution says JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia's most senior military figure and survivor of the 1965 failed communist coup, Gen. (ret) Abdul Haris Nasution, said social injustice, not communism, was the greatest threat to the nation's survival.
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Wed, 01 Oct 1997

JP/Affair of the Hearts

Affair of the HeartsBy Djanwar Madjolelo JAKARTA (JP): In third place at the 9th European Open Pairs semifinals from March 17 to March 22 in The Hague, Netherlands were Pierre Adad and Maurice Aujaleu of France, the 1992 Olympiade bridge world champions."Have you a hand?," the Bulletin asked.
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Wed, 01 Oct 1997

JP/Stock Exchange

Stock ExchangeStock prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (in rupiah) on Sept. 30, 1997: Shares Close Change Trading Volume ------------------------------------------------------ Ades Alfindo 1,075 0 ...
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Wed, 01 Oct 1997

JP/Rupiah falls to another new low as shares gain footing

Rupiah falls to another new low as shares gain footing JAKARTA (JP): The rupiah fell yesterday to another new low against the U.S. dollar but local stock prices gained footing on the increase in prices of blue chip shares.
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Wed, 01 Oct 1997

JP/Sjafrie pays courtesy call on Gen. (ret.) Nasution

Sjafrie pays courtesy call on Gen. (ret.) Nasution JAKARTA (JP): The country's most senior soldier, Gen. (ret.) Abdul Haris Nasution, congratulated Jakarta Military Commander Maj. Gen. Sjafrie Sjamsoeddin yesterday, wishing him well in his new position.
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Wed, 01 Oct 1997

JP/Finding answers to tough questions

Finding answers to tough questionsFrom Suara KaryaThe heat is impossible to ignore during the dry season and the drought has forced people to endure shortages of water for cooking, drinking and washing.Water in paddy fields has dried up so no more rice can be planted.
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Wed, 01 Oct 1997

JP/Hashish seized in Medan

Hashish seized in Medan MEDAN, North Sumatra: Police seized on Sunday 14 kilograms of dried hashish and arrested the owner -- the head of a neighborhood in Sei Kera village, Perjuangan subdistrict, Antara reported yesterday.North Sumatra Police spokesman Lt. Col.
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Wed, 01 Oct 1997

JP/Preventing air disasters

Preventing air disasters We were jolted last Friday by reports of the crash of the Garuda Indonesia Airbus A-300-B4 on its flight from Jakarta to Medan. All 234 passengers and crew perished.
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Wed, 01 Oct 1997

JP/Where to go in Jakarta:

Where to go in Jakarta:Exhibitions * Painting Exhibition: 9th Exhibition of 10 of the Best by Ceesepe, at the Embassy of Spain, Jl. H. Agus Salim, no. 61, Central Jakarta, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., until Oct. 10. * Photo Exhibition:...
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