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Searching for all articles published on 1998-12-14 ...

43 articles.

Mon, 14 Dec 1998

JP/Protectionism on the increase

Protectionism on the increaseBy Guest van der Veen BANDUNG (JP): The same herd mentality that caused the rupiah to plummet last year makes main stream economists regularly speak half-truths. These half-truths are very dangerous because they distort reality.

Mon, 14 Dec 1998

JP/Taufik leads RI to second round

Taufik leads RI to second round BANGKOK (JP): Debutant Taufik Hidayat led the Indonesian wagon to the second round of badminton competition at the 13th Asian Games on Sunday.

Mon, 14 Dec 1998

JP/School's out on Sonit

School's out on Sonit LUWUK, Central Sulawesi: As many as 114 elementary school pupils on Sonit island have not been able to resume classes since a powerful earthquake destroyed their school buildings last month, Antara reported on Saturday.

Mon, 14 Dec 1998

JP/Village head faces 8 months in jail

Village head faces 8 months in jail BOGOR (JP): Prosecutor Laode Halipo has asked Bogor District Court to sentence Baranangsiang village head E. Herdian to eight months in jail for falsifying ownership documents for a 1,182- square-meter plot of land.

Mon, 14 Dec 1998

JP/Why the ban on studying abroad?

Why the ban on studying abroad? Having enjoyed years of Western education, President B.J. Habibie would now like to deprive Indonesia's youngsters of the same experience.

Mon, 14 Dec 1998

JP/What now? Why now?

What now? Why now? With blood from the Black Friday tragedy not yet even dry, the Armed Forces (ABRI) has announced that it plans to forge ahead and recruit tens of thousands of civilians to help maintain security in the country.

Mon, 14 Dec 1998

JP/Ballpoint gun shooting an accident: Friends

Ballpoint gun shooting an accident: Friends JAKARTA (JP): After three days of intensive questioning, North Jakarta Police arrested on Saturday three friends of a woman who suffered a serious gun shot wound on Thursday, an officer said.

Mon, 14 Dec 1998

JP/Tangerang population to triple

Tangerang population to triple TANGERANG (JP): The population of Tangerang mayoralty, currently home to 1.3 million people, will triple to between three and four million residents in the year 2010, Mayor Mochammad Thamrin said, quoting the World Bank's estimates on Thursday.

Mon, 14 Dec 1998

JP/TV today

TV todayTVRI 5:30 a.m. Religious Teachings: Hikmah Pagi 6:00 Morning News 6:30 News: Nuansa Reformasi 7:00 Children's Program: Lagu Anak Nusantara 7:30 Cartoon 8:00 Music 8:30 Talk Show: Kesejahteraan Keluarga 9:00 Music 9:30 Interval 2:00 p.m.

Mon, 14 Dec 1998

JP/Supreme Court to set up unit to review presidential decrees

Supreme Court to set up unit to review presidential decrees JAKARTA (JP): The Supreme Court is planning to set up a special unit to review laws and presidential decrees in a move seen as an improvement on its earlier stance, under which it insisted it would only review legislation if requested to ...

Mon, 14 Dec 1998

JP/Cambodia's ASEAN entry still hang in the balance

Cambodia's ASEAN entry still hang in the balanceBy Meidyatama Suryadiningrat HANOI (JP): The question of Cambodia's admission into ASEAN hung like a dark cloud as ministers concluded their meetings on Sunday, with concerns growing that setting too many criteria for entry could undermine the ...

Mon, 14 Dec 1998

JP/50 students receive scholarships

50 students receive scholarships JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesian Children's Welfare Foundation handed over scholarships to 50 elementary school students from poor families in Cilincing slum area, North Jakarta, on Saturday.The foundation's vice executive director, Arum R.

Mon, 14 Dec 1998

JP/Chechnya's discovery

Chechnya's discovery The discovery of the severed heads of three Britons and a New Zealander in a sack by a road in Chechnya is horrendous. Yet their fate is not entirely surprising in a republic which has for long been a cockpit of violence.

Mon, 14 Dec 1998

JP/Pick of the Flicks

Pick of the FlicksHollywood KC: Saving Private Ryan 13:45 17:05 20:25 Les Miserables 14:55 17:45 20:35 Dance With Me 14:15 17:05 19:55 Out of Sight 14:55 17:45 20:35 The Negotiator 14:15 17:05 19:55Senayan: Saving Private Ryan 13:00 16:00 ...

Mon, 14 Dec 1998

JP/Democratization process must never stop: Gus Dur

Democratization process must never stop: Gus Dur JAKARTA (JP): Moslem leader Abdurrahman Wahid has reminded the nation that democratization is an ongoing process which must never stop. Once it falters, he said, democratization becomes "totalitarian".

Mon, 14 Dec 1998

JP/Oka gives RI second gold at Asiad

Oka gives RI second gold at Asiad BANGKOK (JP): Indonesia entered the second half of the 13th Asian Games with some pride after collecting its second gold medal through windsurfer Oka Sulaksana.

Mon, 14 Dec 1998

JP/Strong rupiah fails to boost car sales

Strong rupiah fails to boost car sales JAKARTA (JP): Sales of four-wheeled vehicles fell in November to 2,470 units from 3,634 the month before, despite the strengthening of the rupiah against the U.S.

Mon, 14 Dec 1998

JP/Taking sophisticated scan at old photo enhancement

Taking sophisticated scan at old photo enhancementBy Zatni Arbi JAKARTA (JP): It's really amazing how scanners have become so pervasive today. One of the reasons is certainly the fact that their prices have become much more affordable.

Mon, 14 Dec 1998

JP/People run amok in Surakarta over a drag race stoppage

People run amok in Surakarta over a drag race stoppage JAKARTA (JP): Only a day after a bloody clash between villagers in Bali that killed at least three people, a mob of about 1,000 people rioted in the Central Java town of Surakarta in the early hours of Sunday.

Mon, 14 Dec 1998

JP/18 youth detained over street brawl in Tangerang

18 youth detained over street brawl in Tangerang TANGERANG (JP): Military personnel here have netted 18 youths for allegedly possessing, among other things, a Molotov cocktail, a crowbar, pocket knives and swords and sickles during a noisy street brawl on Saturday.Tangerang Military chief Lt. Col.

Mon, 14 Dec 1998

JP/Attorney chief replaced

Attorney chief replaced UJUNGPANDANG, South Sulawesi: The chief of the South Sulawesi Prosecutor's Office, Gagoek Soebagyanto, has been replaced in the middle of a politically charged corruption investigation of a senior Golkar politician.

Mon, 14 Dec 1998

JP/Solution for poor Irianese

Solution for poor Irianese JAYAPURA, Irian Jaya: The provincial administration is calling on poor people in Irian Jaya to resettle as a way of improving their economic condition.

Mon, 14 Dec 1998

JP/East Java killings 'acts of political terror', says NU

East Java killings 'acts of political terror', says NU JAKARTA (JP): In the face of repeated denials by the local government and military, Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) announced on Saturday its conviction that political maneuvering was behind a recent killing spree in Banyuwangi, East Java, and ...

Mon, 14 Dec 1998

JP/Reelected head of chamber

Reelected head of chamber Aburizal "Ical" Bakrie was reelected chairman of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Kadin) for the 1999/2004 term at the end of the chamber's national congress on Friday.Anyone has the right to be elected to the post of the chamber's chairman.

Mon, 14 Dec 1998

JP/Where to go in Jakarta:

Where to go in Jakarta:Exhibitions * Photo Exhibition: Face to Face: Indonesia and Britain, at World Trade Center, Jl. Jend. Sudirman Kav. 29-31, South Jakarta (Phone: 5211320), 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., until Dec. 18.

Mon, 14 Dec 1998

JP/Crony investigation

Crony investigation If things were not as they unfortunately are -- a president who was Soeharto's protege presiding over a cabinet largely made up of Soeharto cronies -- the main headline in The Jakarta Post Dec.

Mon, 14 Dec 1998

JP/Year-end window dressing may prop up share prices

Year-end window dressing may prop up share prices JAKARTA (JP): Year-end window dressing by fund managers will probably have a positive impact on share trading on the local market this week, analysts said.

Mon, 14 Dec 1998

JP/Ramayana best managed

Ramayana best managed JAKARTA (JP): PT Ramayana Lestari Sentosa, one of Indonesia's largest retail chains, has been voted the best managed publicly- listed company in Indonesia for this year by the Hong Kong-based Asiamoney business magazine.

Mon, 14 Dec 1998

JP/AFTA to be set one year sooner

AFTA to be set one year soonerBy Meidyatama Suryadiningrat HANOI (JP): Ministers of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) gave their stamp of approval on Sunday to accelerating the deadline for the ASEAN Free Trade Area (AFTA) from 2003 to 2002.

Mon, 14 Dec 1998

JP/Guilty children must be given educative sanctions

Guilty children must be given educative sanctions JAKARTA (JP): More educative sanctions should be considered before a court sentences a minor to jail, a researcher of children's issues said on Saturday.

Mon, 14 Dec 1998

JP/Yayul waltzes into tennis quarterfinals

Yayul waltzes into tennis quarterfinalsBy Primastuti Handayani BANGKOK (JP): Indonesia's tennis queen Yayuk Basuki opened her campaign in devastating fashion for the women's singles gold medal at the 13th Asian Games on Sunday.

Mon, 14 Dec 1998

JP/Workers joint students' protest at University of Indonesia

Workers joint students' protest at University of Indonesia JAKARTA (JP): A group of workers joined a student demonstration on Sunday at the University of Indonesia campus in Depok, West Java, as a way of expressing their wish not to be left behind by the students.

Mon, 14 Dec 1998

JP/Bank Mashill says it's ready to merge to increase capital

Bank Mashill says it's ready to merge to increase capital JAKARTA (JP): Publicly listed Bank Mashill said on Saturday it was ready to merge with other banks as part of the government- sponsored banking restructuring program.

Mon, 14 Dec 1998

JP/New LNG center looking for market

New LNG center looking for marketBy Johannes Simbolon JAKARTA (JP): State oil and gas company Pertamina and its oil and gas contractor from the United States, Atlantic Richfield Company (ARCO), are struggling to find markets for the liquefied natural gas (LNG) they will produce at Tangguh LNG ...

Mon, 14 Dec 1998

JP/Comic

ComicDue to delivery problems, we regret to announce that until further notice, we will not be publishing Peanuts.

Mon, 14 Dec 1998

JP/Observers skeptical over micro credit schemes

Observers skeptical over micro credit schemes JAKARTA (JP): The government's effort to invigorate the lower end of the private sector by providing heavily subsidized loans to small scale business has been given a cool response by experts.

Mon, 14 Dec 1998

JP/National consensus needed to avoid more serious chaos

National consensus needed to avoid more serious chaosBy Laksamana Sukardi This is the first of two articles analyzing the current crisis in Indonesia and predicting the outcome in the near future.

Mon, 14 Dec 1998

JP/President Habibie warns national press against tyranny

President Habibie warns national press against tyranny JAKARTA (JP): President B.J. Habibie warned the national press on Saturday to remain committed to balanced and objective news reporting to avoid a tyrannical press or the risk of being misused for vested interests.

Mon, 14 Dec 1998

JP/ABRI to forge ahead with planned militia

ABRI to forge ahead with planned militia JAKARTA (JP): The Armed Forces (ABRI) is forging ahead with a plan to set up a civilian militia to help the police maintain law and order, ABRI Commander Gen. Wiranto said on Sunday.

Mon, 14 Dec 1998

JP/Row over disputed plot at BSD goes on

Row over disputed plot at BSD goes on TANGERANG (JP): A dispute over a 2.5-hectare plot of land at Bumi Serpong Damai housing complex continued after the claimant insisted on measuring the land according to his estimates rather than relying on measurements done by the National Land Agency (BPN).

Mon, 14 Dec 1998

JP/National car Soeharto's mistake

National car Soeharto's mistake On Dec. 9, 1998 Soeharto, former president of the Republic of Indonesia, was questioned by the investigators from the Attorney General's Office regarding, among other things, the national car program. To make the matter clear, allow me to reveal the following:a.

Mon, 14 Dec 1998

JP/Habibie calls for religious harmony

Habibie calls for religious harmony JAKARTA (JP): President B.J. Habibie performed his dawn prayer at the Istiqlal Grand Mosque here on Sunday with 10,000 other Moslems, during which he urged the nation to maintain religious harmony and non-Moslems to respect Islamic places of worship.

Mon, 14 Dec 1998

JP/Water supply disrupted

Water supply disrupted JAKARTA (JP): A dam rupture at Perum Otorita Jatiluhur's West Tarum canal in Curug, Tangerang, on Friday caused a sudden reduction in the water capacity supply to all water treatment plants at Buaran and Pulogadung, East Jakarta, and Pejompongan, Central Jakarta.