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Searching for all articles published on 1999-02-16 ...

47 articles.

Tue, 16 Feb 1999

JP/Tour operators visit RI

Tour operators visit RI JAKARTA (JP): A total of 38 tour operators from seven countries are taking part in a family tour program organized by the Ministry of Tourism, Art and Culture, and the Association of Indonesian Travel Agencies (Asita), to provide information on Indonesia's tourism ...

Tue, 16 Feb 1999

JP/A sailing adventures on a schooner

A sailing adventures on a schooner JAKARTA (JP): A common problem facing adventurers who are dying to explore the remotest, most exotic parts of Indonesia, is the availability of reliable transportation and accommodation.

Tue, 16 Feb 1999

JP/Whale trapped in Moramo Bay

Whale trapped in Moramo Bay KENDARI, Southeast Sulawesi: A sperm whale is trapped in Tambolosu Bay, Moramo subdistrict, some 70 kilometers southeast of Kendari, Antara reported on Monday.The whale has been trapped in the narrow bay for a month now and will certainly perish unless it is freed.

Tue, 16 Feb 1999

JP/Where to go in Bandung:

Where to go in Bandung:Exhibition * Painting Exhibition: Owning Memory, Amanda Johnson (Australian), at Galeripadi, Jl. Ir. H. Juanda 329 (Phone: 022 2500578), until Feb. 25.Performances * Concerts: Virtuoso Piano Music of the Romantic Era, Thomas Emmerling, at CCF - French Cultural Center, Jl.

Tue, 16 Feb 1999

JP/Akbar assures Singapore of good ties

Akbar assures Singapore of good ties JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia wants to maintain good relations with Singapore and the other members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), Minister/State Secretary Akbar Tandjung said on Monday.

Tue, 16 Feb 1999

JP/Court denies Dharmala bankruptcy petition

Court denies Dharmala bankruptcy petition JAKARTA (JP): The Jakarta Commercial Court turned down on Monday a bankruptcy petition filed by multifinance firm PT Hanil Bakrie Finance against publicly listed PT Dharmala Sakti Sejahtera.

Tue, 16 Feb 1999

JP/Former Garuda staff stage protest

Former Garuda staff stage protest JAKARTA (JP): Dozens of former employees of national flag carrier Garuda Indonesia staged a rally at the airline's headquarters in Central Jakarta on Monday to demand that the company pay them outstanding social security payments.

Tue, 16 Feb 1999

JP/Poor results will not cost coaches

Poor results will not cost coaches JAKARTA (JP): The chairman of the Badminton Association of Indonesia (PBSI), Subagyo Hadisiswoyo, dismissed speculation on Monday that some coaches would be fired over Indonesia's disappointing performance at the recent Asian Games in Bangkok.

Tue, 16 Feb 1999

JP/Local market turnover sinks ahead of Chinese New Year

Local market turnover sinks ahead of Chinese New Year JAKARTA (JP): Trading volume on the local financial market plummeted on Monday to less than half the usual turnover as major players took a rest for the Chinese New Year holiday.

Tue, 16 Feb 1999

JP/Bank Universal gears up for recapitalization

Bank Universal gears up for recapitalization JAKARTA (JP): Bank Universal is preparing a rights share issue to partly finance its recapitalization program, the subsidiary of PT Astra International announced on Monday.

Tue, 16 Feb 1999

JP/TV today

TV todayTVRI 5:30 a.m. Religious Teachings 6:00 Morning News 7:00 Children's Program 7:30 TV Series 8:00 Music 8:30 Tour and Travel 9:00 Music 10:00 Interval 2:00 p.m.

Tue, 16 Feb 1999

JP/Race means different things in RI and S'pore

Race means different things in RI and S'pore A recent remark by President B.J. Habibie in the Taiwan media concerning the Singapore Armed Forces' policy towards its Malay constituents has stirred up a controversy.

Tue, 16 Feb 1999

JP/Alleged criminal shot dead in Tanah Abang area

Alleged criminal shot dead in Tanah Abang area JAKARTA (JP): Another alleged street criminal was shot dead by police detectives in the busy Tanah Abang area of Central Jakarta on Monday morning, bringing the tally killed by law enforcers so far this year to 12.

Tue, 16 Feb 1999

JP/Where's Indovision?

Where's Indovision? Has anyone tried calling Indovision recently? I have tried unsuccessfully dozens of times. Indovision does not accept calls these days, only faxed messages which go unanswered.

Tue, 16 Feb 1999

JP/Fact-finding team visits Ambon after 11 killed

Fact-finding team visits Ambon after 11 killed JAKARTA (JP): Just as violence over the weekend killed 11 people in two islands to the east of Ambon, the capital of Maluku province, a government fact-finding team arrived in the capital on Sunday.

Tue, 16 Feb 1999

JP/Foreign telecoms start bidding for PT Indosat

Foreign telecoms start bidding for PT Indosat JAKARTA (JP): A number of major foreign telecommunications companies have passed the initial stage in the bidding process for shares in international telecommunications provider PT Indosat, the Office of the State Minister of the Empowerment of State ...

Tue, 16 Feb 1999

JP/'Community hatred' may lead to social revolution

'Community hatred' may lead to social revolution JAKARTA (JP): Community distrust and hatred of corrupt officials has the potential to cause the widely feared social revolution, an economist and party executive said.

Tue, 16 Feb 1999

JP/Syamsu impending replacement confirmed

Syamsu impending replacement confirmed JAKARTA (JP): Only five months after his appointment as deputy attorney general in charge of intelligence affairs, Maj. Gen. Syamsu Djalal will be replaced on Wednesday.Attorney General Andi M. Ghalib confirmed the plan on Monday.

Tue, 16 Feb 1999

JP/Finance watchdog says fund leakage above Rp 1 trillion

Finance watchdog says fund leakage above Rp 1 trillion JAKARTA (JP): Head of the Government Finance Comptroller (BPKP) Soedarjono said on Monday the state has suffered more than Rp 1 trillion (US$117.

Tue, 16 Feb 1999

JP/'Emergency fund only for capital's ID card holders'

'Emergency fund only for capital's ID card holders' JAKARTA (JP): Governor Sutiyoso on Monday insisted that the Rp 109.52 billion emergency fund is only for Jakarta ID card holders.

Tue, 16 Feb 1999

JP/Ban on celebration of 'Imlek' still effective

Ban on celebration of 'Imlek' still effective JAKARTA (JP): The city administration has so far issued no new regulations governing Chinese Lunar New Year celebrations in the capital, meaning that the government's ban on the Imlek festival is still effective, an official said on Monday.

Tue, 16 Feb 1999

JP/Govt to merge trading firms for efficiency, Tanri says

Govt to merge trading firms for efficiency, Tanri says JAKARTA (JP): State Minister of the Empowerment of State Enterprises Tanri Abeng said on Monday that state trading companies PT Dharma Niaga and PT Kerta Niaga would be merged in a bid to boost their efficiency and profitability.

Tue, 16 Feb 1999

JP/Astra offers upfront payment

Astra offers upfront payment JAKARTA (JP): Publicly-listed PT Astra International's Chief Executive Officer Rini Suwandi announced Monday the company would provide an upfront payment equivalent to three months' interest to creditors.

Tue, 16 Feb 1999

JP/Saved by Swiss Army knife

Saved by Swiss Army knife Early on Feb. 11, I was traveling south on Jl. Fatmawati at about 12:30 p.m. I had stopped at a few shops on my way south to purchase materials and solicit prices on construction materials from vendors.

Tue, 16 Feb 1999

JP/Quake jolts Aceh, no casualties

Quake jolts Aceh, no casualties BANDA ACEH, Aceh: An earthquake registering 5.2 on the Richter scale hit Aceh at 12:46 p.m. on Monday. It was the second large earthquake to hit the region this month, Syahnan, an official at the geophysics station said.

Tue, 16 Feb 1999

JP/Rescuers intensify search for 'Arta Rimba' victims

Rescuers intensify search for 'Arta Rimba' victims JAKARTA (JP): Rescue workers have intensified the search for the hundreds of people aboard the KLM Arta Rimba, which sank in West Kalimantan waters last week, with the deployment of three more Navy ships and one other boat, KM Clurit from ...

Tue, 16 Feb 1999

JP/Habibie the best, Golkar insists

Habibie the best, Golkar insists JAKARTA (JP): A top Golkar official said on Monday President B.J. Habibie was the ruling grouping's best candidate for the presidency.While acknowledging that Golkar has yet to make an official declaration, deputy chairman Theo L.

Tue, 16 Feb 1999

JP/End of the ordeal

End of the ordeal Now that the 13-month Clinton impeachment drama is over, the vast majority of Americans can breathe a sigh of relief, the administration in Washington can get back to running the affairs of the country, as much as postimpeachment conditions allow, and the rest of the world can ...

Tue, 16 Feb 1999

JP/President speaks about Prabowo

President speaks about Prabowo JAKARTA (JP): President B.J. Habibie made his first public comment on Monday about Army Strategic Reserves Command's then chief Lt. Gen. (ret) Prabowo Subianto's alleged resistance to his ascent to the presidency after Soeharto stepped down on May 21 last year.

Tue, 16 Feb 1999

JP/No progress made in probe of bloody Semanggi incident

No progress made in probe of bloody Semanggi incident JAKARTA (JP): The Armed Forces (ABRI) admitted on Monday to no progress in its three-month-old investigation into the fatal shooting of protesters at the Semanggi cloverleaf in Central Jakarta last Nov. 13Maj. Gen. Djasri M.

Tue, 16 Feb 1999

JP/Power contract terms reworked soon: PLN

Power contract terms reworked soon: PLN JAKARTA (JP): Cash-strapped state electricity company PT Perusahaan Listrik Negara (PLN) will soon start renegotiating agreements with independent power producers (IPP).

Tue, 16 Feb 1999

JP/French agricultural group extends aid

French agricultural group extends aid JAKARTA (JP): France's Center for International Cooperation in Agricultural Research for Development agreed here on Monday to continue giving technical assistance to the Indonesian government for another five years.

Tue, 16 Feb 1999

JP/Rates for tax payment, valid from Feb. 15 to Feb. 21

Rates for tax payment, valid from Feb. 15 to Feb. 21 U.S. dollar 1 Rp 8,575.00Austrian schilling 1 698.51Australian dollar 1 5,536.88Belgian franc 1 238.26Canadian dollar 1 5,736.17Swiss franc 1 6,019.

Tue, 16 Feb 1999

JP/RI expected to undergo significant shift in health paradigm

RI expected to undergo significant shift in health paradigmBy Does Sampoerno JAKARTA (JP): Health and sickness concepts keep changing along with our understanding on the value and role of health.

Tue, 16 Feb 1999

JP/Gas sales to Singapore

Gas sales to Singapore Following media reports of the sale of gas to Singapore, a subject on which Mr.

Tue, 16 Feb 1999

JP/Habibie wants 'to be remembered for E. Timor'

Habibie wants 'to be remembered for E. Timor'By Kornelius Purba JAKARTA (JP): President B.J. Habibie's startling decision to let East Timor become an independent state by Jan.

Tue, 16 Feb 1999

JP/Bag trader busted with ganja

Bag trader busted with ganja JAKARTA (JP): Central Jakarta Police detectives arrested a bag trader on Sunday for allegedly possessing 10 kilograms of marijuana in his rented house in Central Jakarta.Central Jakarta Police detectives chief Maj.

Tue, 16 Feb 1999

JP/The long road to democracy

The long road to democracyBy Terry Russell JAKARTA (JP): In Indonesia, as in my own country, Australia, we cannot question democracy. We have all been told that democracy slayed communism in 1989 and that nowadays only fascists and fundamentalists question democracy.

Tue, 16 Feb 1999

JP/Conversion Rates

Conversion Rates Bank Bali's conversion rates on Feb. 15, 1999: TT rates Bank notes rates Buying Selling Buying Selling Rp Rp Rp Rp U.S.

Tue, 16 Feb 1999

JP/Stock Exchange

Stock ExchangeStock prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (in rupiah) on Feb. 15, 1999: Shares Close Change Trading Volume ------------------------------------------------------------- Ades Alfindo ...

Tue, 16 Feb 1999

JP/Pick of the Flicks

Pick of the FlicksHollywood KC: An American Werewolf in Paris 14:15 16:55 19:05 21:15 Ronin 14:55 17:35 19:45 21:55 Mighty Joe Young 14:15 16:55 19:05 21:15 There's Something About Mary 14:55 17:35 19:45 21:55 Corporate Ladder ...

Tue, 16 Feb 1999

JP/Jakarta ready to host league playoffs

Jakarta ready to host league playoffs JAKARTA (JP): Governor Sutiyoso said on Monday that the city would go on with its preparations for the Indonesian league playoffs, despite growing fears that the competition would be vulnerable to unrest."My stance is clear.

Tue, 16 Feb 1999

JP/CDs smuggling attempt foiled

CDs smuggling attempt foiled TANGERANG (JP): The customs officers at the Soekarno-Hatta International Airport here have foiled at least three compact disc smuggling attempts to Malaysia and Saudi Arabia since last month, an airport official said Monday.

Tue, 16 Feb 1999

JP/Eleven perish when bus crashes, burns

Eleven perish when bus crashes, burns SURABAYA, East Java: Eleven people burned to death and eight others were injured when the Kamal-Pamekasan bus they were aboard overturned and caught fire in the vicinity of Lomaer, Blegah district, along the border of Bangkalan and Sampang on Monday.

Tue, 16 Feb 1999

JP/Rahardi says rehash consumer rights bill

Rahardi says rehash consumer rights bill JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Industry and Trade Rahardi Ramelan said on Monday that the government could technically accept the draft law on consumers' rights proposed by the House of Representatives, but he called for some changes in its contents and format ...

Tue, 16 Feb 1999

JP/President orders aides to improve aid distribution

President orders aides to improve aid distribution JAKARTA (JP): President B.J. Habibie ordered Cabinet ministers on Monday to improve and accelerate the distribution of the much- criticized social safety net program.

Tue, 16 Feb 1999

JP/Two die in city prisons

Two die in city prisons JAKARTA (JP): A prisoner at the Salemba penitentiary in Central Jakarta was found dead in his cell on Monday.Prison officers said that Yeheskiel Simarmata, 27, who was jailed for robbery of public vehicles at the Senen bus terminal, died from a serious fever.