Archive: 1 September 2000
55 articles found
Fri, 01 Sep 2000
No-confidence motion urged against PDI-P's Arifin
<p>No-confidence motion urged against PDI-P's Arifin</p><p> JAKARTA (JP): A member of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI Perjuangan) faction at the House of Representatives has confirmed that around 50 faction members have signed a petition demanding a...
Fri, 01 Sep 2000
Forest destruction blamed for flooding
<p>Forest destruction blamed for flooding</p><p> LUWU, South Sulawesi: Environmentalist said here on Thursday that five forest concessionaires are responsible for the destruction of forest in South Sulawesi which has caused prolonged flooding in seven villages.
Fri, 01 Sep 2000
Lighten up Kwik!
<p>Lighten up Kwik!</p><p> Although many people are likely to support Kwik Kian Gie in his fight against "black conglomerates", he will certainly do himself no favors if he allows his bitterness to get the better of him. In his letter published in The Jakarta Post on Aug.
Fri, 01 Sep 2000
Men seen in van wanted for firecracker blast
<p>Men seen in van wanted for firecracker blast</p><p> JAKARTA (JP): South Jakarta Police are looking for a group of men in connection with a powerful firecracker blast on Wednesday inside a city bus parked in the vicinity of the trial venue of former president Soeharto.
Fri, 01 Sep 2000
Soeharto fails to attend his trial
<p>Soeharto fails to attend his trial</p><p> JAKARTA (JP): Medical reports on former president Soeharto convinced judges of the South Jakarta District Court to adjourn his trial on charges of corruption until Sept. 14.
Fri, 01 Sep 2000
RI still has no leads in embassy bombing: RP
<p>RI still has no leads in embassy bombing: RP</p><p> MANILA (AP): Indonesian investigators still have not given Philippine authorities any results from an investigation into the bombing of the Philippine ambassador's residence in Jakarta a month ago, an official said...
Fri, 01 Sep 2000
Brunei, Malaysia and RI plan Islamic money market
<p>Brunei, Malaysia and RI plan Islamic money market</p><p> BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN (AFP): Brunei, Bahrain, Indonesia and Malaysia are to jointly launch an International Islamic Money Market (IIMM) in October, the Brunei government announced Thursday.
Fri, 01 Sep 2000
Officers 'behind protection racket'
<p>Officers 'behind protection racket'</p><p> JAKARTA (JP): City Council Commission B for economic affairs proposed on Thursday that subdistrict-level military and police officers be dismissed for their alleged involvement in the extraction of protection money from...
Fri, 01 Sep 2000
Asian stocks lower in quiet trading
<p>Asian stocks lower in quiet trading</p><p> TOKYO (AFP): Asian shares closed mostly lower in quiet trading on Thursday as markets continued their mid-summer slumber.</p><p>In Jakarta, Indonesian share prices closed down 0.
Fri, 01 Sep 2000
Chubu, CPC make LNG buying pact
<p>Chubu, CPC make LNG buying pact</p><p> TOKYO (Nikkei): Chubu Electric Power Co. and Chinese Petroleum Corp. recently reached a mutual purchase agreement for liquefied natural gas, The Nihon Keizai Shimbun reported in its Thursday morning edition.
Fri, 01 Sep 2000
Organda ready to face class action for taxi fare hike
<p>Organda ready to face class action for taxi fare hike</p><p> JAKARTA (JP): The Organization of Land Transportation Owners (Organda) is ready to face a class action filed by the public over its decision to raise taxi fares by about 50 percent effective from Friday, an executive...
Fri, 01 Sep 2000
Indonesia and Iraq vow to fight it out in soccer match
<p>Indonesia and Iraq vow to fight it out in soccer match</p><p> JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia looks certain to field a team of mostly substitutes in its Independence Cup soccer group match against Iraq on Friday, reducing the encounter to a warm-up for this weekend's final.
Fri, 01 Sep 2000
Recycling cartridges
<p>Recycling cartridges</p><p> On Aug. 26, 2000 I attended the launch of the "HP Laserjet Print Cartridge Recycling Program", held at the parking lot of BNI 46 on Jl. Sudirman.
Fri, 01 Sep 2000
Australia, NZ prioritize ASEAN trade deal
<p>Australia, NZ prioritize ASEAN trade deal</p><p> AUCKLAND (Reuters): Australian and New Zealand trade ministers on Thursday set as a priority the extension of their countries' existing free trade area to include Southeast Asia.
Fri, 01 Sep 2000
Runner Supriati fails to qualify for the Olympics
<p>Runner Supriati fails to qualify for the Olympics</p><p> JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia's Asian Games champion Supriati Sutono wasted her last chance to book a place at next month's Olympic Games after clocking a below-par time in the 5,000-meter event on the final day of...
Fri, 01 Sep 2000
Teater Payung Hitam paints black picture of troubled Aceh
<p>Teater Payung Hitam paints black picture of troubled Aceh</p><p>By Tuti Gintini</p><p> JAKARTA (JP): What can a dramatist do in the face of the harsh realities in Aceh after the province was declared a military operation zone (DOM)?</p><p>Just look at...
Fri, 01 Sep 2000
Indonesia wary over crops altered genetically
<p>Indonesia wary over crops altered genetically</p><p> JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia is still wary about the entry of genetically altered crops despite their high potential in solving the problem of nourishment, the Indonesian ambassador to Japan said on Thursday.
Fri, 01 Sep 2000
No time for experimenting
<p>No time for experimenting</p><p> On the evening of Aug. 23, I was very surprised when l heard the Cabinet members of President Abdurrahman Wahid or Gus Dur announced by the palace secretary.
Fri, 01 Sep 2000
Balinese student named best young researcher
<p>Balinese student named best young researcher</p><p> JAKARTA (JP): A Balinese junior high school student who found a better way of preventing land erosion caused by wave action and tides won first prize at the Youth Scientific Research Contest on Thursday.
Fri, 01 Sep 2000
NTT Comms to buy Verio for $5.5 billion
<p>NTT Comms to buy Verio for $5.5 billion</p><p> TOKYO (Reuters): NTT Communications, a unit of Japan's former state monopoly NTT Corp, will buy U.S. Internet service provider Verio Inc for US$5.5 billion, after the U.S. government gave the go-ahead a week ago.
Fri, 01 Sep 2000
Manpower ministry mulls way to help job seekers
<p>Manpower ministry mulls way to help job seekers</p><p> JAKARTA (JP): A more effective system to facilitate job seekers needs to be established to help lower the country's unemployment rate.
Fri, 01 Sep 2000
Asian monies up amid rupiah control rumors
<p>Asian monies up amid rupiah control rumors</p><p> HONG KONG (Dow Jones): Talk of capital controls in Indonesia rippled briefly through Asian foreign exchange markets on Thursday, but the effects were short-lived and most currencies ended slightly stronger in quiet dealings.
Fri, 01 Sep 2000
Deutsche Bank's new official
<p>Deutsche Bank's new official</p><p> JAKARTA (JP): Deutsche Bank announced on Thursday the appointment of Paul Leonhardt as the bank's head of corporate relationship management in Indonesia.
Fri, 01 Sep 2000
PT PLN first half losses surge 12-fold
<p>PT PLN first half losses surge 12-fold</p><p> JAKARTA (JP): Cash-strapped state electricity company PT Perusahaan Listrik Negara (PLN) announced on Thursday a twelvefold increase in losses of up to Rp 11.58 trillion (US$1.
Fri, 01 Sep 2000
Economic team meet with Kota retailers
<p>Economic team meet with Kota retailers</p><p> JAKARTA (JP): Three top economic ministers met with nearly 500 store owners at major shopping malls in the Kota area, West Jakarta on Thursday in recognition of the latter's importance to the country's economy.
Fri, 01 Sep 2000
Experts differ on Soeharto's trial
<p>Experts differ on Soeharto's trial</p><p> JAKARTA (JP): With former president Soeharto's appearance as a defendant in his corruption trial in doubt, judicial experts disagreed on Thursday over the legality of trying him in his absence.
Fri, 01 Sep 2000
Bloody Myanmar refugee camp protest draws flak
<p>Bloody Myanmar refugee camp protest draws flak</p><p> BANGKOK (Agencies): Thai and international aid authorities on Thursday criticized a bloody demonstration staged at a refugee camp in Thailand in which half a dozen Myanmar children slashed themselves to protest Yangon's...
Fri, 01 Sep 2000
Stock Exchange
<p>Stock Exchange</p><p>Stock prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (in rupiah) on Aug. 31, 2000:</p><p> Shares Close Change Trading</p><p> Volume ------------------------------------------------------------- Ades Alfindo 580 5 12,000 Adindo Foresta...
Fri, 01 Sep 2000
Workers demand higher wages
<p>Workers demand higher wages</p><p> BANDUNG: Hundreds of workers in Bogor, Tangerang and Bekasi, grouped under the Indonesian Metal Workers Union, marched to the West Java provincial legislative council on Thursday to demand higher minimum wages.
Fri, 01 Sep 2000
Solok market razed by fire
<p>Solok market razed by fire</p><p> PADANG, West Sumatra: Fire ravaged on Thursday the Solok market and 69 surrounding houses, leaving 214 people homeless.</p><p>No fatalities were reported, but it is estimated that the fire, which destroyed 109 kiosks and the...
Fri, 01 Sep 2000
Tangerang exceeds revenue target
<p>Tangerang exceeds revenue target</p><p> TANGERANG (JP): Tangerang Regent Agus Djunara said on Thursday the regency had exceeded its targeted revenue for the 1999/2000 fiscal year by 16 percent.</p><p>He said the regency had revenue of Rp 46.
Fri, 01 Sep 2000
The people's corporations
<p>The people's corporations</p><p> The government will shortly establish a special agency to oversee all the BUMN state-owned corporations. With many interest groups vying to gain control over those corporations, the new agency will have an important function to improve...
Fri, 01 Sep 2000
Yusril reassures international community on rights violators
<p>Yusril reassures international community on rights violators</p><p> JAKARTA (JP): The government dismissed on Thursday international concerns that perpetrators of human rights in the past, particularly in East Timor, would walk free from prosecution saying that past human...
Fri, 01 Sep 2000
Rizal deals with IMF
<p>Rizal deals with IMF</p><p> Given the extremely low credibility the new Cabinet has to start with, we find it hard to understand why chief economic minister Rizal Ramli decided on the first day in office to go public with his intention to review Indonesia's reform...
Fri, 01 Sep 2000
Government not seeking major changes in reform program
<p>Government not seeking major changes in reform program</p><p> JAKARTA (JP): The Cabinet's new economic team is not seeking major changes in the International Monetary Fund-sponsored economic reform program, Bank Indonesia acting governor Anwar Nasution said here on...
Fri, 01 Sep 2000
Citibank, Lippo Bank tie up
<p>Citibank, Lippo Bank tie up</p><p> JAKARTA (JP): Citibank and Lippo Bank signed an agreement here on Thursday to form an alliance in corporate banking, a deal allowing Citibank to utilize Lippo Bank's network as the delivery channel for its corporate banking products.
Fri, 01 Sep 2000
NGOs query genetically modified crops
<p>NGOs query genetically modified crops</p><p> JAKARTA (JP): Environmental and consumer groups called on the government here on Monday to expedite the issuance of clear and strict regulations on the distribution of genetically modified food and products as such products are...
Fri, 01 Sep 2000
Conversion Rates
<p>Conversion Rates</p><p> Bank Indonesia's conversion rates on Aug. 31, 2000:</p><p> Bank notes rates TT rates</p><p> Buying Selling Buying Selling</p><p> Rp Rp Rp Rp</p><p> U.S. dollar 1 7,790.00 8,790.00 8,249.00 8,331.
Fri, 01 Sep 2000
Prove it, fire me: Sutiyoso
<p>Prove it, fire me: Sutiyoso</p><p> JAKARTA (JP): Governor Sutiyoso denied on Thursday allegations that he bribed city councillors Rp 16 billion (US$1.95 million) to ensure his governorship until 2002.
Fri, 01 Sep 2000
TV stations get your act together
<p>TV stations get your act together</p><p> I read in the entertainment section of The Jakarta Post on Sunday, Aug. 13, that TV stations take into account letters from the public. This seems only half-hearted to me.
Fri, 01 Sep 2000
Women's rights
<p>Women's rights</p><p> I bring to the attention of the government the UN Protocol that Indonesia signed earlier this year regarding "women's rights". I,like many other male expatriates, am married to an Indonesian.
Fri, 01 Sep 2000
Law commission plans to hold public hearings
<p>Law commission plans to hold public hearings</p><p> JAKARTA (JP): The National Commission for Law will hold four public hearings in Jakarta this month as part of its program to draw up a series of white papers on reforming the legal sector.
Fri, 01 Sep 2000
Govt to go ahead with fuel price hike next month
<p>Govt to go ahead with fuel price hike next month</p><p> JAKARTA (JP): The government said on Thursday it would go ahead with a plan to raise fuel prices in October, but was still unsure of the exact date of the increase.
Fri, 01 Sep 2000
Megawati chairs first Cabinet meeting in her new role
<p>Megawati chairs first Cabinet meeting in her new role</p><p> JAKARTA (JP): Vice President Megawati Soekarnoputri chaired her first Cabinet meeting on Thursday since being formally tasked with handling the day-to-day affairs of the government.
Fri, 01 Sep 2000
New face of Indonesia's only geological museum
<p>New face of Indonesia's only geological museum</p><p>By Yuli Tri Suwarni</p><p> BANDUNG (JP): If you are fond of visiting museums, does the Bandung Museum of Geology ring a bell? Over the years, there has been no news about this museum, a legacy of the Dutch...
Fri, 01 Sep 2000
Income tax gain likely to fall short of target
<p>Income tax gain likely to fall short of target</p><p> JAKARTA (JP): State revenues from tax receipts might be Rp 2 trillion (US$238 million) to Rp 3 trillion less than the initial target of Rp 44.
Fri, 01 Sep 2000
IBM offers package to SMEs
<p>IBM offers package to SMEs</p><p> JAKARTA (JP): PT IBM Indonesia will launch a special sale package next week to promote e-commerce transactions among small and medium scaled companies.
Fri, 01 Sep 2000
Indonesia must beef up security in West Timor camps, UN says
<p>Indonesia must beef up security in West Timor camps, UN says</p><p> DILI (AFP): Indonesia must beef up its security forces in West Timor to help resolve the problem of pro-Jakarta militia intimidating East Timorese refugees, the head of the UN mission said on Thursday before...
Fri, 01 Sep 2000
Gus Dur visits spiritual elders for blessing
<p>Gus Dur visits spiritual elders for blessing</p><p> PURWOKERTO, Central Java (JP): President Abdurrahman Wahid visited on Thursday one of his spiritual elders, Habib Hamid in the regency of Banyumas, asking to be blessed and for moral support in leading the nation.
Fri, 01 Sep 2000
Police arrest man for drug
<p>Police arrest man for drug</p><p> JAKARTA (JP): South Jakarta Police detectives arrested a 30- year-old man early on Thursday for possession of several grams of putauw (low-grade heroin), shabu-shabu (crystal methamphetamine) and a sedative pill.
Fri, 01 Sep 2000
RP faces $10 billion in power company debts
<p>RP faces $10 billion in power company debts</p><p> MANILA, Philippines (AP): The Philippine government or electricity consumers will have to shoulder as much as US$10.5 billion of liabilities after state-owned National Power Corp.
Fri, 01 Sep 2000
'Mobilonline.com' to get facelift
<p>'Mobilonline.com' to get facelift</p><p> JAKARTA (JP): Local website mobilonline.com which specializes in automotive sports and the car industry will go online with a new face on Friday.
Fri, 01 Sep 2000
Government says new fares take effect on Friday
<p>Government says new fares take effect on Friday</p><p> JAKARTA (JP): The new higher fares for land and sea passenger transportation will take effect on Friday as planned in spite of last minute objections from the Indonesian Consumers Foundation (YLKI).
Fri, 01 Sep 2000
Sophanich born into running family
<p>Sophanich born into running family</p><p> JAKARTA (JP): Talent runs in the family. This is certainly true for Thailand's Vissanu Sophanich. Born into a "running" family, he has everything he needs to achieve all his goals, including winning a gold medal in the...
Fri, 01 Sep 2000
DaimlerChrysler pledges to keep assembly plant
<p>DaimlerChrysler pledges to keep assembly plant</p><p> JAKARTA (JP): PT DaimlerChrysler Indonesia, the sole agent of Mercedes-Benz in the country, pledged here on Thursday to maintain its local assembly plant despite a trend among high-end car manufacturers to sell completely...