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44 articles.

Sat, 17 Jun 2000

JP/Centris pays dividend

Centris pays dividend JAKARTA (JP): Shareholders of publicly listed taxi operator PT Centris Multipersada Pratama approved on Friday the management proposal to distribute a dividend of Rp 6 (about one-tenth of a U.S. cent) per share for the 1999 fiscal year.

Sat, 17 Jun 2000

JP/Foreign women face deportation

Foreign women face deportation JAKARTA (JP): Eighteen female aliens from China and Vietnam, arrested on Tuesday for illegally working at karaoke bars here, will be deported soon, an official said on Friday.

Sat, 17 Jun 2000

JP/Scalpers earn more under new test system

Scalpers earn more under new test system JAKARTA (JP): A new computerized system used in tests for all diving license applicants has failed to meet its target as many of the computer-illiterate applicants prefer to use the service of scalpers, an officer said on Friday.

Sat, 17 Jun 2000

JP/Observers say TNI reshuffle politically motivated

Observers say TNI reshuffle politically motivated JAKARTA (JP): Observers said on Friday that the latest Indonesian Military (TNI) reshuffle was politically motivated to purge hardline elements from the institution.Political observer J.

Sat, 17 Jun 2000

JP/Molesting teacher arrested

Molesting teacher arrested UNGARAN, Central Java: Police here have arrested an elementary school teacher for allegedly molesting two nine-year old students.

Sat, 17 Jun 2000

JP/Car sales jump by 31% in May

Car sales jump by 31% in May JAKARTA (JP): Domestic sales of four-wheeled drive vehicles surged 31 percent in May to 27,304 units from 20,772 units the previous month, according to the latest report from the Association of Indonesian Automotive Industries (Gaikindo).

Sat, 17 Jun 2000

JP/CPO exports to India to fall by 50% due to higher duty

CPO exports to India to fall by 50% due to higher duty JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia's exports of crude palm oil (CPO) products to India might fall by 50 percent to merely 500,000 tons this year from one million tons last year due to the impact of India's decision to raise import duty on CPO products, ...

Sat, 17 Jun 2000

JP/Police destroy 209 kgs of marijuana

Police destroy 209 kgs of marijuana JAKARTA (JP): Along with ulemas and anti-drug activists, city police chief Maj. Gen. Nurfaizi destroyed on Friday 209.8 kilograms of marijuana confiscated from two separate raids on a single day in March.

Sat, 17 Jun 2000

JP/House to support bill on rights court

House to support bill on rights court JAKARTA (JP): House of Representatives Speaker Akbar Tandjung confidently asserted on Friday that the House would endorse a bill establishing a human rights court on July 20.

Sat, 17 Jun 2000

JP/Motorcycle theft ring arrested

Motorcycle theft ring arrested SALATIGA, Central Java: Police here have arrested six men believed to be part of a motorcycle theft ring in the area.Salatiga Police Chief Lt. Col. A.

Sat, 17 Jun 2000

JP/House speaker downplays need to check Abdurrahman's health

House speaker downplays need to check Abdurrahman's health JAKARTA (JP): House of Representatives Speaker Akbar Tandjung has objected to proposals to establish an independent team of doctors to examine President Abdurrahman Wahid's mental and physical state of health.

Sat, 17 Jun 2000

JP/TV today

TV todayTVRI 5:30 a.m. Religious Teachings 6:00 News 8:00 Children's Songs 8:30 TV Series: Labyrinth 9:30 Interval 2:00 p.m.

Sat, 17 Jun 2000

JP/Suspects named in exam leaks

Suspects named in exam leaks JAKARTA (JP): At least eight Ministry of National Education staff members have been identified as the source of the leak of the nationwide senior high school final examinations (Ebtanas).

Sat, 17 Jun 2000

JP/No proof of massacre at Tanjung Priok: Djoko

No proof of massacre at Tanjung Priok: Djoko JAKARTA (JP): The National Commission on Human Right (Komnas HAM) announced on Friday that it had found no evidence of intentional mass killings or burials in the 1984 Tanjung Priok bloody shootings in North Jakarta.

Sat, 17 Jun 2000

JP/Facts on kangaroos

Facts on kangaroos In reply to Mr. Sukardi's letter Impression from Australia published in The Jakarta Post on June 14, 2000, I would like to offer the following facts.Kangaroos, Possums, Wallabies, Wombats and alike are indeed mammals just like Homo sapiens. However I can assure Mr.

Sat, 17 Jun 2000

JP/Medical find put Batavia on the map

Medical find put Batavia on the mapBy Ida Indawati Khouw The following is the 43rd in a series on protected buildings and sites appearing in Saturday editions of The Jakarta Post.

Sat, 17 Jun 2000

JP/Councillors raise Rp 100m for Bengkulu

Councillors raise Rp 100m for Bengkulu JAKARTA (JP): Members of the City Council forked out their own money to help victims of the devastating earthquake in Bengkulu.

Sat, 17 Jun 2000

JP/Tempo announces dividend

Tempo announces dividend JAKARTA (JP): Publicly listed pharmaceutical and cosmetics producer PT Tempo Scan Pacific said on Friday it had obtained approval from shareholders to pay a dividend of about Rp 22.5 billion, or Rp 50 per share for the 1999 financial year.

Sat, 17 Jun 2000

JP/Council chides Sutiyoso over budget shortfalls

Council chides Sutiyoso over budget shortfalls JAKARTA (JP): While praising the administration for exceeding its budgetary targets, city councillors took Jakarta Governor Sutiyoso to task on Friday over the shortfalls in some of the revenues during the 1999/2000 fiscal year.

Sat, 17 Jun 2000

JP/Indonesia unwilling to be controlled by the West: Gus Dur

Indonesia unwilling to be controlled by the West: Gus Dur ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (JP): President Abdurrahman said on Thursday that Jakarta remained committed to an independent foreign policy and was unwilling to prostrate to the West.

Sat, 17 Jun 2000

JP/Police to use new rank system

Police to use new rank system JAKARTA (JP): The National Police will change its military- style ranking terminology to an internationally recognized system by July 1, an officer said on Friday.

Sat, 17 Jun 2000

JP/Multipolar has new executives

Multipolar has new executives JAKARTA (JP): Shareholders of PT Multipolar Corporation have approved the appointment of Jeffrey Koes Wonsono as the new chief commissioner of the company replacing Roy E. Tirtadji.

Sat, 17 Jun 2000

JP/Bondan not involved in Bulogate: Marzuki

Bondan not involved in Bulogate: Marzuki JAKARTA (JP): Attorney General Marzuki Darusman cleared former state secretary Bondan Gunawan on Friday of any wrongdoing in the Rp 35 billion State Logistics Agency (Bulog) scandal.

Sat, 17 Jun 2000

JP/Major TNI reshuffle announced

Major TNI reshuffle announced JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesian Military (TNI) unveiled on Friday the third major reshuffle within eight months of the new government.

Sat, 17 Jun 2000

JP/Privatization to 'go on despite sluggish market'

Privatization to 'go on despite sluggish market' JAKARTA (JP): The government will continue with its privatization program despite the present sluggish market, a senior government official said on Friday.

Sat, 17 Jun 2000

JP/Governor queries FPI raids on nightspots

Governor queries FPI raids on nightspots JAKARTA (JP): Governor Sutiyoso questioned on Friday the effectiveness of the actions by the Islamic Defenders Front (FPI), which recently raided a number of city nightspots."They do not have the authority to raid the nightspots.

Sat, 17 Jun 2000

JP/Daihatsu Taruna matters settled

Daihatsu Taruna matters settled With regard to my letter of June 9, 2000 on the disappointing purchase of Daihatsu Taruna, I would like to state that all the matters have been completely settled with Astra's Daihatsu dealership PT Adira Dinamika.

Sat, 17 Jun 2000

JP/Experts find enzyme to control termites

Experts find enzyme to control termitesBy Joko Sarwono BOGOR, West Java (JP): Researchers from the Bogor Institute of Agriculture (IPB) have discovered a natural nontoxic compound to control termites.

Sat, 17 Jun 2000

JP/Reshuffling TNI

Reshuffling TNI The changes in the leadership of the Indonesian Military (TNI) as announced on Friday proved to be somewhat of an anticlimax for most political pundits. Most of their predictions, which kept the media busy over the past week, turned out to be widely off the mark.

Sat, 17 Jun 2000

JP/Where to go in Jakarta: Saturday, June 17, 2000

Where to go in Jakarta: Saturday, June 17, 2000Exhibitions * Painting Exhibition by Tsubasa and Nasution, Pusat Kebudayaan Jepang - The Japan Foundation, Summitmas I, Jl. Jend. Sudirman Kav. 61-62 South Jakarta (Phone: 5201266), Monday to Friday 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Saturday 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

Sat, 17 Jun 2000

JP/Sjahril claims board of governors support him

Sjahril claims board of governors support him JAKARTA (JP): The embattled Bank Indonesia Governor Sjahril Sabirin said on Friday that the board of governors has decided to retain him as the governor of the central bank despite his current status as a suspect in the high profile Bank Bali scandal.

Sat, 17 Jun 2000

JP/'China Daily' joins 'Asia News Network'

'China Daily' joins 'Asia News Network' BEIJING (JP): In a bid to liberalize its press reports and enhance news coverage, China joined a grouping of the region's democratic press on Friday in a ceremony attended by Minister of Information Zhao Qizheng.

Sat, 17 Jun 2000

JP/Pondering the paradox of Wijasti

Pondering the paradox of WijastiBy Wawan S. Husin BANDUNG (JP): From June 3 to June 6, Actors Unlimited of Bandung again came up with a new product after their Dario Fo's Anarki Itu Mati Secara Kebetulan last March.

Sat, 17 Jun 2000

JP/Stock Exchange

Stock ExchangeStock prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (in rupiah) on June 16, 2000: Shares Close Change Trading Volume ------------------------------------------------------------ Ades Alfindo ...

Sat, 17 Jun 2000

JP/Provincial legislative body dismisses Aceh governor

Provincial legislative body dismisses Aceh governor BANDA ACEH, Aceh (JP): Ramli Ridwan, a senior staff member at the Ministry of Home Affairs, has been named the acting governor of Aceh in place of Syamsuddin Mahmud, who went out following a vote of no confidence from the provincial legislature ...

Sat, 17 Jun 2000

JP/Big hotels fete 473rd anniversary of Jakarta

Big hotels fete 473rd anniversary of Jakarta JAKARTA (JP): The Sahid Jaya and Borobudur hotels plan to hold special events, including live entertainment and fashion shows, to mark Jakarta's 473rd anniversary which falls on Thursday.

Sat, 17 Jun 2000

JP/Weighing the costs and benefits of separation from RI

Weighing the costs and benefits of separation from RI Outside powers are no longer interested in separatist causes in Indonesia, says historian Merle Calvin Ricklefs, a professor of Asian Studies and director of Melbourne Institute of Asian Languages and Societies at the University of Melbourne.

Sat, 17 Jun 2000

JP/Pick of the Flicks

Pick of the FlicksHollywood KC: Mission Impossible 2 14:15 16:55 19:05 21:15 Perfumed Garden 14:55 17:35 19:45 21:55 Hide and Seek 14:15 16:55 19:05 21:15 Gunshy 14:55 17:35 19:45 21:55 Halloween H20 ...

Sat, 17 Jun 2000

JP/Teacher honored for formula

Teacher honored for formula SEMARANG: Elementary school teacher Sugeng has been presented with the Central Java-Yogyakarta 2000 Television Journalist Figure (IJTI) Award for inventing the "magical" square mathematics formula.

Sat, 17 Jun 2000

JP/No autonomy without reform

No autonomy without reform There is a lust in some quarters for the consummation of regional autonomy.

Sat, 17 Jun 2000

JP/West Java insists on sending Olympic shuttlers to PON

West Java insists on sending Olympic shuttlers to PON BANDUNG (JP): The West Java chapter of the National Sports Council (KONI) still sent its Olympics qualified shuttlers to compete in the upcoming 15th National Games (PON) in Surabaya next week.

Sat, 17 Jun 2000

JP/Three provinces to dominate PON tennis

Three provinces to dominate PON tennis JAKARTA (JP): Tennis observer Benny Mailili predicted Friday three provinces would clean up gold medals at stake at the 15th National Games (PON) in Surabaya next week due to the domination of the provinces.

Sat, 17 Jun 2000

JP/Conversion Rates

Conversion Rates Bank Indonesia's conversion rates on June 16, 2000: Bank notes rates TT rates Buying Selling Buying Selling Rp Rp Rp Rp U.S.

Sat, 17 Jun 2000

JP/Golkar supports reshuffle demand: Akbar Tanjung

Golkar supports reshuffle demand: Akbar Tanjung JAKARTA (JP): Golkar will offer a list of underachieving ministers if President Abdurrahman Wahid goes ahead with his plan to shake up his Cabinet, the party's chairman, Akbar Tandjung, said on Friday.