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Wed, 28 Feb 2001
Kids must learn healthy eating habits early
Kids must learn healthy eating habits earlyBy Donya Betancourt SANUR, Bali (JP): When discussing obesity in kids, I am mostly concerned about food and feeding habits of infants at the time they start eating solid food, when there is an opportunity to introduce healthy eating habits that will...
Wed, 28 Feb 2001
Indonesia human rights picture in tatters: U.S.
Indonesia human rights picture in tatters: U.S. WASHINGTON (Agencies): The human rights picture in Indonesia has steadily deteriorated as Jakarta loses control over ethnic, social and religious strife in its most unstable provinces, the U.S. State Department said on Monday.
Wed, 28 Feb 2001
IM to decide Rommy's fate soon
IM to decide Rommy's fate soon JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia Muda (IM) club is expected to decide to which club it will sell top player Rommy Chandra for the 2001 season, said Doedie Gambiro, the Indonesian Basketball Association (Perbasi) official in charge of the national basketball league (Kobatama),...
Wed, 28 Feb 2001
DHL expects 10 percent growth in Indonesia
DHL expects 10 percent growth in Indonesia JAKARTA (JP): DHL Worldwide Express predicts a 10 percent revenue growth in Indonesia this year partly due to the launching of value-added services, as recently announced in its new Asia campaign.
Wed, 28 Feb 2001
Forgiving easier said than done when a spouse cheats
Forgiving easier said than done when a spouse cheats Infidelity, particularly repeated episodes of unfaithfulness, can mean a total loss of trust in a marriage or relationship. In the first of a regular series of articles on relationships, psychologist and family counselor Monty P.
Wed, 28 Feb 2001
Trial of SIRA Chief to be held in Banda Aceh next week
Trial of SIRA Chief to be held in Banda Aceh next week BANDA ACEH, Aceh (JP): The government has bowed to demands to try Muhammad Nazar, the chief of the Aceh Referendum Information Center (SIRA), in Banda Aceh.
Wed, 28 Feb 2001
Hotels exempt from nightspot ban
Hotels exempt from nightspot ban JAKARTA (JP): The ban against nightspots in connection with the Idul Adha Islamic Day of Sacrifice next week will be applied selectively, an official said on Tuesday.Spokesman for the city administration Muhayat said the ban would be effective from Sunday at 5 p.m.
Wed, 28 Feb 2001
Forum on Asia by Asia launched
Forum on Asia by Asia launchedBy Endy M. Bayuni BOAO, Hainan, China (JP): Chinese President Jiang Zemin on Tuesday launched the Boao Forum for Asia (BFA), a new platform for government and non-government leaders of the region to address their problems from regional perspectives.
Wed, 28 Feb 2001
Council has yet to endorse tap water rate hike plan
Council has yet to endorse tap water rate hike plan JAKARTA (JP): The City Council has yet to endorse the city administration's proposal to impose the new tap water rates as many councillors still disagree with the proposed increase, a councillor said on Tuesday.
Wed, 28 Feb 2001
No signs of reduction in clashes
No signs of reduction in clashes SAMPIT, Central Kalimantan (JP): There have been no signs of abatement in the bloody ethnic attacks perpetrated by the indigenous Dayaks on Madurese migrants in Sampit, Central Kalimantan, despite the fact that the mayhem, which has claimed hundreds of lives, mostly...
Wed, 28 Feb 2001
Addressing the Papua issue: A doctor's view
Addressing the Papua issue: A doctor's viewBy Jozep Lukman Ojong TEMBAGAPURA (JP): Many Indonesians fear that Irian Jaya, now known as Papua by many people, could in the near future separate from Indonesia.
Wed, 28 Feb 2001
Stock Exchange
Stock ExchangeStock prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (in rupiah) on Feb.27, 2001: Shares Close Change Trading Volume ------------------------------------------------------------ Ades Alfindo 1,825 0 1,556,500 Adindo Foresta Indonesia 125 0 2,000 Alakasa Industrindo 145 0 0 Alfa Retailindo 975 0...
Wed, 28 Feb 2001
Seeing red in a green garden at Kampung Daun
Seeing red in a green garden at Kampung Daun BANDUNG (JP): The "in" places to eat in Bandung are two restaurants way up in the hills of Lembang. They have the style, but what about their substance? The Jakarta Post checked out one of them, Kampung Daun.Kampung Daun: Jl. Sersan Bajuri Km 4.
Wed, 28 Feb 2001
Most Asian currencies mixed late
Most Asian currencies mixed late SINGAPORE (Dow Jones): A slightly firmer yen lent support to most Asian currencies Tuesday, but trading was subdued ahead of the publication of key U.S. economic data and testimony by U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan later in the week.
Wed, 28 Feb 2001
Radius quizzed for twelve hours over Tutut case
Radius quizzed for twelve hours over Tutut case JAKARTA (JP): Former senior minister Radius Prawiro was grilled for almost 12 hours at the Attorney General's Office on Tuesday as a witness in an alleged mark-up of a state project involving former president Soeharto's daughter Siti Hardijanti...
Wed, 28 Feb 2001
Police say no sabotage in ammonia leakage
Police say no sabotage in ammonia leakage SURABAYA (JP): The leak from an ammonia tank belonging to Unit II of PT Petrokimia (a petrochemical producer) on Monday has been confirmed as being caused by technical problems, while environmentalists are urging severe punishment for the errant company.
Wed, 28 Feb 2001
The emperor is sick
The emperor is sick The strongman former president Soeharto has been often likened to an emperor with absolute power. Although he has been reported a number of times as being very sick and was rushed recently to the hospital for an appendectomy, he is a free man.
Wed, 28 Feb 2001
Major factions oppose questioning over Bulog scandal
Major factions oppose questioning over Bulog scandal JAKARTA (JP): Five major factions at the House of Representatives will recommend that faction members, who were on a special committee investigating two financial scandals allegedly linked to President Abdurrahman Wahid, defy summonses for...
Wed, 28 Feb 2001
PBSI suffers deficit for All England trip
PBSI suffers deficit for All England trip JAKARTA (JP): The Badminton Association of Indonesia (PBSI) will suffer Rp 300 million (US$37,760) deficit as a result of its about-face in deciding to finance the participation of all of its 28 shuttlers in the All England in Birmingham, England, in early...
Wed, 28 Feb 2001
Indonesia looks into co-insurance scheme for future IPPs
Indonesia looks into co-insurance scheme for future IPPs JAKARTA (JP): The government is planning to set up a co- insurance scheme with the World Bank to protect power projects in the country against risks which may stem from social and political uncertainties, according to an executive of global...
Wed, 28 Feb 2001
Drugs-free certificates needed
Drugs-free certificates needed YOGYAKARTA (JP): The new Yogyakarta Police Chief Brig. Gen. Saleh Saaf said Tuesday his office is planning to require drugs- free certificates for those applying for driving license and police clearance.
Wed, 28 Feb 2001
Sampoerna's profit fall
Sampoerna's profit fall JAKARTA (Dow Jones): PT Hanjaya Mandala Sampoerna, Indonesia's second largest cigarette producer, said Tuesday its net profit fell about 28 percent to Rp 1.02 trillion in 2000, from Rp 1.41 trillion the previous year.
Wed, 28 Feb 2001
Spicy fried rice from the Kebon Sirih sidewalk
Spicy fried rice from the Kebon Sirih sidewalk JAKARTA (JP): Jakarta residents fond of a bowlful of fried rice will no doubt be familiar with the nasi goreng kambing (mutton fried rice) found at sidewalk eateries around the city.
Wed, 28 Feb 2001
Market glut pushes down pulp prices
Market glut pushes down pulp prices JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesian Pulp and Paper Producers Association (APKI) said on Tuesday that a market glut had driven international pulp prices down to as low as US$350 per metric ton, paling in comparison to the $550 demanded only six months ago.
Wed, 28 Feb 2001
Malaysia palm stagnant
Malaysia palm stagnant KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters): Malaysian palm oil futures ended little changed and barely traded on Tuesday on fears that India might again raise import taxes for edible oils, traders said.
Wed, 28 Feb 2001
A real option: Grass roots human security
A real option: Grass roots human securityBy David Harries JAKARTA (JP): If human security is the ability to live, to move and to work in satisfying, safe ways then the human security of a majority of Indonesian citizens is falling. The reasons are all too obvious.
Wed, 28 Feb 2001
Environmental destruction
Environmental destructionFrom Media IndonesiaAs a grandmother and a housewife, I am deeply concerned by the destruction of hundreds of trees in Situbondo, East Java, as shown recently on TV and reported in the media. Some of the trees, including banyan trees, might have been hundreds of years old.
Wed, 28 Feb 2001
Critics reproach Gus Dur for staying calm despite problem
Critics reproach Gus Dur for staying calm despite problem JAKARTA (JP): President Abdurrahman Wahid became the target of sharp criticism as critics here on Tuesday reproached his seeming obliviousness to the nation's problems.
Wed, 28 Feb 2001
Bombs, gunfights in Ambon
Bombs, gunfights in Ambon AMBON, Maluku: Sporadic bomb explosions and gunfire hit several parts of Ambon island in from Monday to Tuesday, officials reported later in the day."Bomb explosions took place in Batu Merah area as well as in Galunggung and the outskirts of Ambon," civil emergency...
Wed, 28 Feb 2001
The Madura migrants' fate: A lose-lose affair
The Madura migrants' fate: A lose-lose affair SINGAPORE: Heads you lose, tails you also lose. Cruel though this characterization of the Madura migrants' fate in Kalimantan is, it is just one more hellish postscript to the unfolding tragedy of post-Soeharto Indonesia.
Wed, 28 Feb 2001
Rupiah Rates Feb.27
Rupiah Rates Feb.27 Bank notes rates TT rates Buying Selling Buying Selling Rp Rp Rp Rp U.S. dollar 1 9,353.00 10,353.00 9,804.00 9,902.00Australian dollar 1 4,885.07 5,412.55 5,120.63 5,176.77Austrian schilling 1 618.94 685.42 648.79 655.56Belgian franc 1 211.13 233.80 221.31 223.
Wed, 28 Feb 2001
Central bank's Miranda meets Singaporean bankers
Central bank's Miranda meets Singaporean bankers SINGAPORE (Dow Jones): Bank Indonesia Deputy Governor Miranda Gultom met top bankers in Singapore Monday to discuss Jakarta's recent curbs on offshore trading of the rupiah.
Wed, 28 Feb 2001
Revocation of regulation on governor's accountability sought
Revocation of regulation on governor's accountability sought JAKARTA (JP): Observers on Tuesday demanded the government revoke its regulation on the requirement for governors to present an accountability speech, saying that the law still has many loopholes which could be exploited.
Wed, 28 Feb 2001
More areas in Banten prone to landslides
More areas in Banten prone to landslides JAKARTA (JP): A team of geologist from the Yogyakarta-based Gadjah Mada University warned that major landslides could recur in Cipanas district, Banten province."The team conducted field observations in Cipanas district from Feb.
Wed, 28 Feb 2001
Sinar Mas to sell Indian unit
Sinar Mas to sell Indian unit NEW DELHI (Dow Jones): Indonesia's Sinar Mas group, a leading paper company, is looking to partly or wholly divest its stake in its 100 percent owned Indian unit, Sinar Mas Pulp and Paper (India) Ltd., reports the Business Standard Tuesday.
Wed, 28 Feb 2001
Compaq, Sisindosat team up
Compaq, Sisindosat team up JAKARTA (JP): Computer hardware and software producer PT Compaq Computer Indonesia has named Indosat subsidiary PT Sisindosat Lintasbuana its distributor in Indonesia.Compaq president B.T.
Wed, 28 Feb 2001
Officials blast Lee for criticism of RP democracy
Officials blast Lee for criticism of RP democracy MANILA (AFP): Top Philippine officials on Tuesday let rip at Singapore's elder statesman Lee Kuan Yew over reported comments on the shortcomings of Philippine democracy, which some here interpreted as suggesting Filipinos are stupid.
Wed, 28 Feb 2001
Drug trafficker gets 15-year jail term
Drug trafficker gets 15-year jail term JAKARTA (JP): The South Jakarta District Court sentenced on Tuesday a 25-year-old man to 15 years in jail for possessing and trafficking 160 kilogram of marijuana.
Wed, 28 Feb 2001
Bad news hits rupiah
Bad news hits rupiah The Indonesian rupiah remained at its new lows on Tuesday after falling 2 percent on Monday to almost Rp 9,890 against the U.S. dollar, already its lowest level since October 1998, suffering from an accumulation of bad news over the past ten days.
Wed, 28 Feb 2001
New garbage collection fee expected to solve problems
New garbage collection fee expected to solve problems JAKARTA (JP): The city administration will apply increased garbage collection charges in all subdistricts in the capital by 2002, an official said on Tuesday.
Wed, 28 Feb 2001
Premier targets power plants
Premier targets power plants SINGAPORE (Dow Jones): Oil and gas exploration company Premier Oil PLC of the U.K. is targeting East Java power producers to offtake its proven and probable natural gas reserves estimated at 450 billion cubic feet in East Java's Pangkah block, Simon Lockett, Premier's...
Wed, 28 Feb 2001
Island Seaplanes offers special sightseeing flights
Island Seaplanes offers special sightseeing flights JAKARTA (JP): Island Seaplanes, a local chartered airline operator, launched on Tuesday a service offering sightseers a different view of Jakarta and surrounding areas from a 1952 Beaver DHC-2 seaplane.
Wed, 28 Feb 2001
Higher interest rates could bleed banks
Higher interest rates could bleed banks JAKARTA (JP): The country's major banks expressed fear on Tuesday that they could suffer financial bleeding again due to negative spread problem if domestic interest rates continued to increase.
Wed, 28 Feb 2001
Twisted media reports deplored
Twisted media reports deplored BOGOR, West Java (JP): The civil emergency administrator in Maluku, Governor Saleh Latuconsina, has urged the National Press Council to help the media in "telling the truth and being objective in reporting the Maluku case".
Wed, 28 Feb 2001
Dutch national arrested over drugs
Dutch national arrested over drugs JAKARTA (JP): City police detectives arrested a Dutch national for possession of 108 grams of shabu-shabu (crystal methamphetamine), at his residence on Jl. Maja in Mangga Besar, Taman Sari subdistrict in West Jakarta, on Monday evening.
Wed, 28 Feb 2001
Luxury tax affects PC sales: Apkomindo
Luxury tax affects PC sales: Apkomindo JAKARTA (JP): The imposition of the 20 percent luxury tax in January has caused a significant drop in sales of personal computers during the last two months, according to PC distributors.
Wed, 28 Feb 2001
Malaysian minister fears breakup of RI
Malaysian minister fears breakup of RI KUALA LUMPUR (AFP): A Malaysian minister on Tuesday raised the prospect of neighboring Indonesia breaking up as a state and said its crisis poses a grave threat to the region.
Wed, 28 Feb 2001
Madurese association calls for restraint
Madurese association calls for restraint JAKARTA (JP): The nationwide Madura Community Association (Ikamra) on Tuesday urged all Madurese affected by the bloody pogroms in Central Kalimantan to exercise restraint and allow the matter to be resolved through the legal process.
Wed, 28 Feb 2001
Verdict on Sapuan to be handed down on March 20
Verdict on Sapuan to be handed down on March 20 JAKARTA (JP): The South Jakarta District Court will hand down on March 20 the verdict for former deputy chief of State Logistics Agency (Bulog) Sapuan, who is being tried for allegedly embezzling Rp 35 billion (US$3.6 million).
Wed, 28 Feb 2001
Timah attributes profits to rise in other income
Timah attributes profits to rise in other income JAKARTA (JP): Publicly listed tin company PT Timah announced on Tuesday its consolidated net income reached Rp 331.6 billion ($35 million) in 2000, a 4.25 percent increase from Rp 318 billion the previous year despite a drop in the company's gross...