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39 articles.
Wed, 15 Jul 1998

JP/Soft loan for the poor

Soft loan for the poor TANGERANG (JP): The mayoralty has allocated Rp 2 billion in soft loans to help poor families start or develop businesses to survive the economic crisis.
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Wed, 15 Jul 1998

JP/Conversion Rates

Conversion Rates JAKARTA (JP): Bank Ekspor Impor Indonesia's (Bank Exim) indicative conversion rates on July 14, 1998: Buying Selling Rp Rp U.S. dollar 1 14,500.00 15,400.
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Wed, 15 Jul 1998

JP/Fasting reduces rice consumption

Fasting reduces rice consumption When I was visiting a recreation center in Ohio, U.S., in 1992, I found something surprisingly new about America. There were many obese women and many children in each family. On average, I believe, every family had four to six little children.
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Wed, 15 Jul 1998

JP/Officer suspected for tampering

Officer suspected for tampering YOGYAKARTA: Police Sgt. Edy Wuryanto has been identified as a suspect for tampering with evidence in the case surrounding slain journalist Fuad Muhammad Syafruddin.Yogyakarta Military Police chief Lt. Col. Unggul K.
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Wed, 15 Jul 1998

JP/Forex losses a 'time bomb' for listed firms

Forex losses a 'time bomb' for listed firms JAKARTA (JP): At least 166 of the country's 289 listed companies toppled into the red last year due to massive foreign exchange losses, the Indonesian Business Data Center (PDBI) reported yesterday.They suffered total foreign exchange losses of Rp 18.
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Wed, 15 Jul 1998

JP/Stock Exchange

Stock ExchangeStock prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (in rupiah) on July 14, 1998: Shares Close Change Trading Volume -------------------------------------------------------- Ades Alfindo 375 ...
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Wed, 15 Jul 1998

JP/Changes in Golkar's makeup are only skin-deep

Changes in Golkar's makeup are only skin-deep Golkar may have picked a new leader at its congress over the weekend, but political analyst J. Soedjati Djiwandono believes the New Order's former electoral machine has failed to reform itself.
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Wed, 15 Jul 1998

JP/Yeltsin opens Youth Games

Yeltsin opens Youth Games JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia has sent two fencers and a coach to the first World Youth Games in Moscow, to be held from July 11 to July 19.
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Wed, 15 Jul 1998

JP/Only facts can make truth

Only facts can make truth Two years ago, a letter writer to The Jakarta Post stated her view that journalism, like the law, was a great bastion of truth. Another reader (who I happen to know) disagreed with her.
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Wed, 15 Jul 1998

JP/Djadja visits universities

Djadja visits universities JAKARTA (JP): Jakarta Military Commander Maj. Gen. Djadja Suparman started his first day in his new job yesterday visiting universities and meeting religious and public figures.He set out at about 7:45 a.m.
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Wed, 15 Jul 1998

JP/Alatas opposes ASEAN plan on interference

Alatas opposes ASEAN plan on interference JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Foreign Affairs Ali Alatas has urged his counterparts not to be too hasty in deserting long- established tenets of noninterference among members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and has stated that Indonesia ...
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Wed, 15 Jul 1998

JP/Govt denies interfering in Golkar congress

Govt denies interfering in Golkar congress JAKARTA (JP): Newly elected Golkar chief Akbar Tandjung and Minister of Home Affairs Syarwan Hamid have dismissed allegations that the military and government officials had intervened to influence the result of Golkar's extraordinary congress.
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Wed, 15 Jul 1998

JP/Firm insists on worker suspensions

Firm insists on worker suspensions JAKARTA (JP): The management of an electronics firm based in Cibinong, Bogor, plans to stick to a previous decision to suspend 17 of its workers for participating in a strike."We have submitted our decision to the Ministry of Manpower.
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Wed, 15 Jul 1998

JP/Former general may be appointed as deputy state secretary

Former general may be appointed as deputy state secretary JAKARTA (JP): What does a cabinet minister do when he is overburdened after being elected to chair the country's biggest political organization? Appoint a new assistant to conduct his ministerial duties.Lt. Gen.
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Wed, 15 Jul 1998

JP/Teachers defend high school admission fees

Teachers defend high school admission fees JAKARTA (JP): State school bosses argued yesterday that the high admission fees for new students this year were being set purely to enable the schools to cope with the prolonged economic turmoil.
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Wed, 15 Jul 1998

JP/Pollution harms Bogor Botanical Gardens

Pollution harms Bogor Botanical GardensBy Yudha Kartohadiprodjo BOGOR (JP): As you arrive in Bogor from Jakarta via the Jagorawi highway, turn right on Jl. Pajajaran. Follow the road and bear to your right.
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Wed, 15 Jul 1998

JP/Retailers deny breakdown in distribution networks

Retailers deny breakdown in distribution networks JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesian Association of Retailers denied yesterday the government's recent claim that skyrocketing prices and shortages of basic commodities are being caused by a breakdown in distribution networks following the May riots.
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Wed, 15 Jul 1998

JP/Bulog adopts competitive bidding system

Bulog adopts competitive bidding system JAKARTA (JP): The State Logistics Agency (Bulog) has adopted a competitive bidding system for the procurement of essential foodstuffs from international markets, the agency's chief, Beddu Amang, said here yesterday.
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Wed, 15 Jul 1998

JP/Dili calm as migrant exodus subsides

Dili calm as migrant exodus subsides JAKARTA (JP): A tense calm settled yesterday on Dili, East Timor, as the massive exodus of the past two weeks showed signs of subsiding.Resident Manuel V.
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Wed, 15 Jul 1998

JP/Law experts pessimistic about legal reforms

Law experts pessimistic about legal reforms JAKARTA (JP): Law experts and practitioners expressed pessimism yesterday that the current reform movement would bring any change in the legal system or strengthen the supremacy of law given the dominance of status quo forces.
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Wed, 15 Jul 1998

JP/Only 19 shots to be fired at Czar Nicholas' reburial

Only 19 shots to be fired at Czar Nicholas' reburialBy Gwynne Dyer LONDON (JP): When they rebury Czar Nicholas II in St. Petersburg on Friday, only 19 shots will be fired over his coffin, not the customary 21.
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Wed, 15 Jul 1998

JP/Golkar faces huge challenges

Golkar faces huge challenges State Minister/Secretary Akbar Tandjung emerged as the new leader of Golkar in its congress over the weekend. Analysts and congress participants agreed that the process of the election was democratic.
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Wed, 15 Jul 1998

JP/Soldiers held over abductions

Soldiers held over abductions JAKARTA (JP): The Military Police have detained five officers of the Army's special force (Kopassus) in connection with a series of abductions of political activists over the past year and are preparing dossiers for their courts-martial, Antara reported yesterday.
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Wed, 15 Jul 1998

JP/ADB vows not to let Indonesia 'fall'

ADB vows not to let Indonesia 'fall' JAKARTA (JP): The Asian Development Bank is ready to provide more loans to the country to prevent a further deterioration of the country's ravaged economy, its program director said here yesterday.
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Wed, 15 Jul 1998

JP/Expatriates 'returning' to Indonesia

Expatriates 'returning' to Indonesia JAKARTA (JP): Many multinational companies which evacuated their expatriate employees and dependents during widespread unrest in May have now allowed them to return, a survey has found.
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Wed, 15 Jul 1998

JP/Directors of city-owned firms called in for crisis meeting

Directors of city-owned firms called in for crisis meeting JAKARTA (JP): The city administration will summon executives of its seven wholly owned and 48 partly owned firms to disclose their companies' latest financial details this week, an official said yesterday.
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Wed, 15 Jul 1998

JP/Flaws of riot media coverage

Flaws of riot media coverageBy Ariel Heryanto JAKARTA (JP): The mid-May violence in Jakarta and several other cities could best be described as racialized state- terrorism, rather than racially motivated mass riots.Failure to recognize the difference has been alarmingly endemic in media coverage.
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Wed, 15 Jul 1998

JP/Shoe exports may drop 50% this year: Aprisindo

Shoe exports may drop 50% this year: Aprisindo JAKARTA (JP): A continuing decline in orders fueled by worries about the situation here may drive down the country's shoe exports by nearly 50 percent this year, an executive of the shoe industry has warned.
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Wed, 15 Jul 1998

JP/Hashimoto's resignation

Hashimoto's resignation Any change of leadership in an economic giant such as Japan will obviously raise concerns among leaders across Asia because political uncertainty in the world's second largest economy could prolong, if not worsen, the monetary crisis already blighting a number of the ...
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Wed, 15 Jul 1998

JP/Many retailers opt for closure as purchasing power plummets

Many retailers opt for closure as purchasing power plummets JAKARTA (JP): An increasing number of retailers affected by the recent riots are expected to close their outlets as people's buying power continues to weaken.
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Wed, 15 Jul 1998

JP/TV today

TV todayTVRI 2:00 p.m. News: Berita 14 2:30 Music 2:35 Children's Film: Silverhawks 3:05 Family's Film: Road to Avonlea 4:00 Regional News 4:30 Teen Program: Remaja Indonesia 5:00 Teen Drama: Permohonan 5:30 Education Quiz: Cepat Tepat 6:05 My Country: Rona Nusantara 6:15 Sports ...
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Wed, 15 Jul 1998

JP/Star Mild team hopes to win race

Star Mild team hopes to win race JAKARTA (JP): The Star Mild team is hoping to make it lucky number three in the third leg of the national drag race at Sentul circuit, near Bogor, on Sunday.
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Wed, 15 Jul 1998

JP/Reserve money up by Rp 354b: Bank Indonesia

Reserve money up by Rp 354b: Bank Indonesia JAKARTA (JP): Reserve money increased by Rp 354 billion (US$23.6 million) in the week to July 10, a smaller rise than in the previous week, Bank Indonesia said yesterday.
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Wed, 15 Jul 1998

JP/Tourist industry gears up for 'Happy Day' freebie bonanza

Tourist industry gears up for 'Happy Day' freebie bonanza JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia's tourist industry is gearing up for a bold approach to bring in new business by offering one free day of services and accommodation for international tourists.
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Wed, 15 Jul 1998

JP/Regular fashion shows help batik house to beat crisis

Regular fashion shows help batik house to beat crisisBy Izabel Deuff JAKARTA (JP): Picture a backdrop of reddish wood, the top border of which is finely and intricately carved. A pink and grass-green batik divan stands in the central recess, above which hangs a short, red theater curtain.
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Wed, 15 Jul 1998

JP/Defendants in Trisakti case plead not guilty

Defendants in Trisakti case plead not guilty JAKARTA (JP): Defense lawyers in the Trisakti University shooting case insisted yesterday that prosecutors had failed to prove that an order to shoot into the crowd given by the defendants was an "indisciplinary act".
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Wed, 15 Jul 1998

JP/A big first for France

A big first for France In Brazil, where soccer is almost a religion, and where the nation's identity is bound tightly to the fortunes of its national soccer team, there will be weeks of mourning and months of bitter recrimination.
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Wed, 15 Jul 1998

JP/Government sticks to its guns on licensing reporters

Government sticks to its guns on licensing reporters JAKARTA (JP): The government's offer to subsidize newsprint for cash-strapped newspapers and magazines apparently comes with a catch: the presence of a professional body which controls journalists by accreditation.
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Wed, 15 Jul 1998

JP/Mt. Merapi still spewing dust

Mt. Merapi still spewing dust YOGYAKARTA: People in Yogyakarta and many other areas near Mt. Merapi continued to use makeshift masks yesterday as a thick blanket of dust flew about in the wake of the volcano's eruption Saturday.
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