Unsolicited advice I am writing in reply to Mr. Bill Guerin's recent letter to
The Jakarta Post dated Dec. 6, 1997. It strikes me that Mr.
Guerin cannot be a very busy man as he appears to spend many
hours on writing unimportant letters to this daily. More ...
New Year's festivities okay before Dec. 28 JAKARTA (JP): The city administration has decided to allow
entertainment businesses to hold New Year's celebrations before
Dec. 28, the Public Order Agency announced yesterday. More ...
Sony offers scholarships JAKARTA (JP): The audio-video maker Sony Group will present a
number of scholarships to prominent final-grade students of state
universities as part of the company's program to support
education and training programs in Indonesia. More ...
TV todayTVRI 2:00 p.m. News: Berita 14
2:30 My Country
2:35 Children's Film
3:10 Science Film: Animal Odyssey
3:35 Religious Teachings: Islam
4:00 Regional News
4:30 Orchestra Film
5:00 Arabic Lessons
5:30 Children's Story: Si Kecil yang Berani
6:00 News: Lintasan Berita
6:05 ... More ...
Utut wins first game in Groningen JAKARTA (JP): Grandmaster Utut Adianto of Indonesia opened his
world chess championship campaign with a victory, defeating GM
Wang Zhili of China in Groningen, the Netherlands.Utut, who has an elo rating of 2,610, beat Zili in a three-
hour intense game Monday. More ...
On multilevel marketing I refer to Bill Guerin's letter of Dec. 6, 1997. I don't
understand why he is so busy trying to stop this type of
multilevel marketing. It's free marketing. For your information I
am not a member of this "future strategy". But I understand the
"game". More ...
Nepalese man may face death penalty JAKARTA (JP): A prosecutor asked South Jakarta District Court
yesterday to sentence a young Nepalese man to death for
trafficking 1.2 kilograms of heroin. More ...
Different attitudes on youth promiscuityBy Harko Kasran JAKARTA (JP): Social observers Dr. Sarlito Wirawan and Ninuk
Widiyantoro recommended (The Jakarta Post, Dec. 1) that the
youths be taught to use condoms. More ...
WB sets $1b for the poor JAKARTA (JP): The World Bank will provide US$1 billion to
launch an employment safety net for low-income people currently
hit by the economic crisis, the bank's country director for
Indonesia Dennis de Tray said yesterday. More ...
Conversion Rates Jakarta (JP): Bank Ekspor Impor Indonesia's (Bank Exim)
conversion rates on Dec. 10, 1997: Buying Selling Rp Rp U.S. dollar 4,350.00 4,600.00Austrian shilling 326.20 373. More ...
South Korea needs a man to match the troubled momentBy Edward Neilan Next South Korea's president will face international political
pressures as well as humiliation of IMF-directed financial repair
job. More ...
Stock ExchangeStock prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (in rupiah) on Dec. 10, 1997: Shares Close Change Trading Volume
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Toyota's sales up, Timor leads market JAKARTA (JP): Automobile manufacturer PT Toyota Astra Motor
(TAM) and the distributor of the country's national car, PT Timor
Distributor Nasional (TDN), have each claimed to be leading
players in the Indonesian automobile industry. More ...
U.S. senator upbeat about RI economy JAKARTA (JP): United States Senator Max Baucus said here
yesterday he was optimistic that Indonesia would be able to
weather the currency crisis if it fully implemented its reform
package. More ...
Military involvement seen hurting labor protection SURABAYA (JP): An increasingly excessive intervention by
security authorities in many labor disputes has robbed workers of
just and satisfying solutions, and of control over situations, an
activist says. More ...
Bapepam suspends 16 securities companies JAKARTA (JP): The Capital Market Supervisory Agency (Bapepam)
has suspended 16 securities houses, mostly members of the Jakarta
Stock Exchange (JSX), for failing to meet capital requirements,
the chairman of agency said yesterday. More ...
Developing literature Dozens of Indonesian novelists, short story writers, poets,
playwrights and critics are currently holding a series of
meetings in Bukittinggi and Kayutanam, two West Sumatran towns
which have given birth to a number of intellectuals and writers,
to discuss the country's ... More ...
Soeharto to attend ASEAN summit in KL JAKARTA (JP): Rumors of President Soeharto's ailing health
were firmly rebuffed yesterday after it was announced that he
would attend an informal summit of the Association of Southeast
Asian Nations (ASEAN) in Kuala Lumpur Sunday. More ...
Dragons and 'wayang' watch over Javanese homesBy Shamala Kandiah JAKARTA (JP): Mythical flying dragons, legendary wayang
characters and everyday farm animals form part of the landscape
in many little villages in Java. More ...
Prosecutor fails to indict JAKARTA (JP): A bank forgery trial at the South Jakarta
District Court was postponed yesterday after the prosecutor was
unable to concentrate enough to read the indictment.Prosecutor Y.W. More ...
14 detained for bomb fishing UJUNGPANDANG, South Sulawesi: Selayar Island police detained
14 fishermen Tuesday for allegedly bomb fishing in the nearby
coral reefs.Selayar Police Chief Lt. Col. More ...
Where to go in Jakarta:Exhibitions * Painting Exhibition: Nuansa Cakrawala, by Rieta Yoedho, A.
Malik A., Emily D., Agus B, Effendi, at Hilton Executive Club,
Jakarta Hilton Hotel, Jl. Gatot Subroto, South Jakarta, 9 a.m. to
8 p.m., until Dec. 15. More ...
Expats no longer required to pay foreigners tax JAKARTA (JP): Expatriates in Jakarta will no longer have to
pay a foreigners tax because the city is to stop collecting it as
of May 28, City Council was told yesterday. More ...
Hariyanto, Martin lost on first day of GP Finals JAKARTA (JP): Some fancied players will have to work harder
today than they anticipated after losing their opening matches of
the round-robin section of the 1997 Lipton World Grand Prix
Badminton Finals at the Senayan Indoor Stadium yesterday. More ...
Bimantara wins shooting contest JAKARTA (JP): Bimantara Shooting Club, whose team members
include Bambang Trihatmodjo, was the overall winner in the two-
day rapid-reaction firing contest at Jakarta Military Command. More ...
TV companies fail to pay frequency charge JAKARTA (JP): Director General of Post and Telecommunications
Djakaria Purawidjaja said that four private television stations,
TPI, RCTI, SCTV and ANteve had failed to pay frequency
utilization rights bills totaling Rp 9.54 billion (about US$2. More ...
Demand for branded goods remains stable JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia's current monetary crisis has not
affected demand for brand-named consumer goods targeted for the
middle class, The Castle Group, a business consulting company,
stated yesterday.Castle's chairman, James W. More ...
Housewife commits suicide after quarrel JAKARTA (JP): A 40-year-old housewife was found dead at her
home in Duren Sawit district, East Jakarta, yesterday after
reportedly arguing with her husband the night before. More ...
Analyzing judicial crises in AsianBy Myint Zan MELBOURNE, Australia (JP): The judicial and political crisis
in Pakistan, with the resignation of President Farooq Leghari and
the "suspension" by a Supreme Court Chief Justice Sajjad Ali
Shah, seems to have been apparently "resolved" in favor of ... More ...
RSCM morgue handles 600 bodies every month JAKARTA (JP): State-run Cipto Mangunkusumo General Hospital
receives an average of 600 bodies for postmortem every month, a
senior morgue staffer said yesterday. More ...
Blind musicians compete on Dec. 23 JAKARTA (JP): After a 10-year absence, the city's social
affairs agency will hold its second biennial music contest for
the blind on Dec. 23. More ...
Discipline essential for ISI Two articles side-by-side in The Jakarta Post on Friday, Dec.
5 caught my eye. The first announced that Dr. Made Bandem has
been inaugurated as the new rector of the Institut Seni Indonesia
(Indonesian Arts Institute, or ISI) in Yogyakarta. More ...
Military chief warns officers MEDAN, North Sumatra: Chief of the Bukit Barisan Regional
Military Command Maj. Gen. T. Rizal Nurdin vowed yesterday to
punish officers proven to have instigated Tuesday's riot on Jl.
Flamboyan, Tanjung Sari, Antara reported. More ...
Cleaning up banking system is panacea to ailing economy The following article is based on an interview with Dr.
Rudiger Dornbusch of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. More ...
Where to go in Bandung:Music and Entertainment * Preanger Aerowisata Bandung Hotel, Jl. Asia-Afrika No. 81,
Central Bandung:
- Tempo Doeloe Terrace: Back To Sixties featuring Starlite Band,
every Sunday, 7 p.m. to 11 p.m., Asea Band, from Philippines,
Monday to Friday, 7 p.m. to 11 p.m. More ...
Water companies to hold meeting JAKARTA: Indonesian Water Company Association (Perpamsi) will
hold its regional meeting in Padang, West Sumatra to establish a
cooperation between small-scale entrepreneurs and members of
Perpamsi, an official said yesterday. More ...
More beggars to flock to city JAKARTA (JP): A city official estimates that more than 2,000
beggars from villages outside Jakarta will flock to the capital's
streets during the upcoming Ramadhan fasting month. More ...
40,000 children need schooling AMBON, Maluku: An estimated 38,968 school-age children in
eight remote districts of the Southeast regency are too poor to
go to school and need help, Antara reported yesterday.The news agency quoted B. More ...
House blasts labor export management JAKARTA (JP): The House of Representatives blamed yesterday
the high number of Indonesian illegal workers in Saudi Arabia on
the government's poor management of labor export. More ...
Mt. Merapi spews hot gases SEMARANG: Mount Merapi in Central Java has been spewing hot
gases again in the past few weeks, prompting the authorities to
call for public alert.The head of the Mt. More ...
Troops clash with students, marring Human Rights Day YOGYAKARTA (JP): Troops forcefully dispersed a student rally
commemorating Human Rights Day here yesterday and beat dozens of
participants who refused to budge. More ...
Court arrangements cause dissatisfaction JAKARTA (JP): The IBF decision to stage the 1997 Lipton World
Grand Prix Badminton Finals on only three courts at the Senayan
Indoor Stadium caused consternation yesterday. More ...
Market operations ordered to ensure adequate stocks JAKARTA (JP): President Soeharto summoned three cabinet
ministers yesterday and ordered them to ensure sufficient stocks
of rice, cooking oil and other foodstuff in anticipation of
Christmas, New Year and the Islamic fasting month Ramadhan. More ...
Rumor, rumor everyday Lately there has been practically no day without a rumor.
Rumors, experts tell us, will flourish where people have lost all
credible sources of information. In this kind of situation,
rumors, the whispered word and intrigues will be all the more
powerful. More ...
Sidewalk vendor stabbed to death JAKARTA (JP): A sidewalk vendor was stabbed to death yesterday
by a group of alleged hoodlums in the National Monument (Monas)
park in Central Jakarta after he intervened in an extortion
attempt. More ...
Prayad promises power in $500,000 Omega finaleBy Simon Wilson HONG KONG (JP): Thailand's Prayad Marksaeng has promised he
will not hold back when he bids for glory in the US$500,000 Omega
PGA Championship that starts today at Clearwater Bay Golf and
Country Club. More ...
Education vital to prevent abortions The recent case of dumped fetuses in Jakarta has unveiled more
shocking facts. It is said that hundreds of fetuses are being
dumped in the capital everyday. Medical doctor Sugiat A. More ...
Palapa users' meeting JAKARTA (JP): Private telecommunications operator PT Satelindo
will hold today a Palapa users' meeting show appreciation to its
Palapa-C satellite leasing customers. More ...
Canadian medics to examine Pakpahan JAKARTA (JP): A Canadian medical team sent specifically to
help diagnose convicted labor leader Muchtar Pakpahan, will begin
their examination of him today at Cikini Hospital, Central
Jakarta. More ...
Atalla names local agent JAKARTA (JP): Atalla System, a banking security system
producer of the United States has appointed PT Secura Agradi to
distribute Atalla's products throughout Indonesia. More ...
Private sector told not to rely on offshore loans JAKARTA (JP): Vice President Try Sutrisno called on Indonesian
private companies yesterday not to rely on foreign loans to
finance their operations. More ...
Sixty fishermen held in Australia KUPANG, East Nusa Tenggara: The Australian government is still
holding 60 Indonesian fishermen on charges of illegal entry into
Australian territorial waters, Antara reported. More ...
Go international, doctors advised JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Justice Oetojo Oesman said yesterday
that physicians should be the most prepared profession in
entering the globalization era as it has long been associated
with various international activities and associations. More ...
Nobel prize 'brings no change' to East Timor DILI, East Timor (JP): Exactly one-year after he received the
Nobel Peace Prize, Bishop Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo said
yesterday the prestigious award has drawn greater attention but
no progress toward resolving the issue of East Timor. More ...
Literature remains remote to school studentsBy Sori Siregar We are reprinting this article to rectify a technical error in
the article published on Page 4 yesterday. We apologize for the
error. JAKARTA (JP): Literary study in Indonesian schools has been
neglected for 47 years. More ...
Assembly still undecided on crunching issues JAKARTA (JP): The People's Consultative Assembly reached
agreement yesterday on minor economic issues but failed to solve
long-standing bickerings on political and religious affairs, as
the body resumed deliberation of the draft 1998/2003 State ... More ...
The right track After shedding three finance ministers and experiencing an
economic crisis that dragged Asia down in its wake, Thailand
finally seems to have found the political courage to get its
finances back on track. More ...
BI fire should serve as a warning for developers JAKARTA (JP): The Jakarta Fire Department said the inferno
that engulfed the top floors of Bank Indonesia's office tower on
Monday, killing 15 people, should encourage high-rise developers
and executives to pay more attention to their fire ... More ...
Rupiah stronger over news on Soeharto trip JAKARTA (JP): The rupiah closed higher against the U.S. dollar
yesterday as the market calmed down following news that President
Soeharto would attend a regional summit in Malaysia, currency
dealers said.But the stock market lost 2. More ...
Typhoon-ravaged houses rebuilt BANDAR LAMPUNG, Lampung: More than 100 houses in Margabatin
village, Perwakilan Wawaikarya district in Central Lampung that
were destroyed by a typhoon over the weekend, will be rebuilt.Vice Governor Suwardi Ramil was quoted by Antara as making the
promise Monday. More ...
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