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Fri, 18 Jun 1999

JP/Deadlock, TNI takes over

Deadlock, TNI takes over In view of the political situation following the poll, it has been forecasted that a prolonged confrontation among political parties will prevail, which could lead to chaos and disorder.

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Fri, 18 Jun 1999

JP/Passport forgery investigated

Passport forgery investigated JAKARTA (JP): The Directorate General of Immigration is currently investigating passport forgery practices allegedly done by people linked to the exportation of labor to Saudi Arabia, an official said on Thursday.Director General M.

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Fri, 18 Jun 1999

JP/Literature deserves a place in schools

Literature deserves a place in schoolsBy A. Chaedar Alwasilah BANDUNG (JP): Poet and playwright Taufiq Ismail is often quoted calling for a revival of the proper teaching of literature and writing in schools.

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Fri, 18 Jun 1999

JP/KIPP says frustated minor parties delaying results

KIPP says frustated minor parties delaying results JAKARTA (JP): The provincial Independent Election Monitoring Committee (KIPP) stated on Thursday that many Jakarta chapters of minor political parties were determined to delay the poll counting process here following their poor showing in ...

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Fri, 18 Jun 1999

JP/Stock Exchange

Stock ExchangeStock prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (in rupiah) on June 17, 1999: Shares Close Change Trading Volume ----------------------------------------------------------- Ades Alfindo ...

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Fri, 18 Jun 1999

JP/Pick of the Flicks

Pick of the FlicksHollywood KC: The Corruptor 14:15 16:55 19:05 21:15 Analyze This 14:55 17:35 19:45 21:55 Gloria 14:15 16:55 19:05 21:15 Simply Irresistible 14:55 17:35 19:45 21:55 10 Things I Hate About ...

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Fri, 18 Jun 1999

JP/Government issues list of banned Euro foods

Government issues list of banned Euro foods JAKARTA (JP): The Ministry of Health issued on Thursday a list of European farm and dairy products which have been banned or temporarily withdrawn from the market.

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Fri, 18 Jun 1999

JP/Indonesia's rowing association wants a clean sweep at SEA Games

Indonesia's rowing association wants a clean sweep at SEA Games JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesian Rowing Association (PODSI) hopes to make a clean sweep of eight golds at the 20th Southeast Asian (SEA) Games in Brunei Darussalam in August.

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Fri, 18 Jun 1999

JP/Another commodity bourse on the cards

Another commodity bourse on the cards JAKARTA (JP): A group of traders plan to open a futures commodity exchange to trade rice, sugar, soybeans, tobacco, cotton and fiber.

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Fri, 18 Jun 1999

JP/So close, yet so far

So close, yet so far The Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI Perjuangan) may have assured itself a general election victory even with less than half of the votes counted, but the coveted presidency for its chairwoman Megawati Soekarnoputri still hangs in the balance.

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Fri, 18 Jun 1999

JP/Police arrest 15 in 'shabu-shabu' house raid

Police arrest 15 in 'shabu-shabu' house raid JAKARTA (JP): Fifteen young people, including three women, were apprehended on Wednesday afternoon for allegedly consuming shabu-shabu, an amphetamine-derivative, in a boarding house in Baturaja subdistrict, Central Jakarta.

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Fri, 18 Jun 1999

JP/Where to go in Jakarta:

Where to go in Jakarta:Exhibitions * Painting Exhibition: Misteri Wanita Dalam Ukiyo-e, at Pusat Kebudayaan Jepang - The Japan Foundation, Summitmas I, Jl. Jend. Sudirman Kav. 61-62 South Jakarta (Phone: 5201266), 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., until June 30.

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Fri, 18 Jun 1999

JP/Golkar accused of Manokwari poll fix

Golkar accused of Manokwari poll fix MANOKWARI, Irian Jaya: Local representatives from 19 political parties have refused to endorse the final results of the general election in Manokwari regency, accusing the Golkar Party of campaign violations.

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Fri, 18 Jun 1999

JP/Ex-attorneys urge legal action against Ghalib

Ex-attorneys urge legal action against Ghalib JAKARTA (JP): Former attorneys on Thursday called for tougher measures to be taken against Andi M.

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Fri, 18 Jun 1999

JP/NATO must be condemned

NATO must be condemned The editorial entitled What price Kosovo? (The Jakarta Post, June 12, 1999) is an example of how one, due to lack of objectivity and full of bias falls into contradictions and into negating its own and generally accepted principles.

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Fri, 18 Jun 1999

JP/Protests continue over vote-rigging

Protests continue over vote-rigging JAKARTA (JP): Parties which have performed poorly in the polls continued on Thursday their allegations of vote-rigging in several provinces and reiterated demands for a repeat of the polls.

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Fri, 18 Jun 1999

JP/Language barriers can be used to keep power

Language barriers can be used to keep powerBy Sam Wright This is the first of two articles on the role foreign languages in Indonesian history. JAKARTA (JP): We are what history makes us. In the present, we struggle with the past.

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Fri, 18 Jun 1999

JP/Conversion Rates

Conversion Rates Bank Bali's conversion rates on June 17, 1999: TT rates Bank notes rates Buying Selling Buying Selling Rp Rp Rp Rp U.S.

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Fri, 18 Jun 1999

JP/Thousand Islands may get new status

Thousand Islands may get new status JAKARTA (JP): The government is studying the possibility of changing the status of the Thousand Islands in North Jakarta from a district to a mayoralty in a bid to help promote the islands as a major tourist destination, an official said on Thursday.

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Fri, 18 Jun 1999

JP/TV today

TV todayTVRI 5:30 a.m. Religious Teachings 6:00 News: Two Hours Only 8:00 Children's Songs 8:30 Documentary 9:00 Music 10:00 Interval 2:00 p.m.

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Fri, 18 Jun 1999

JP/Bakauheni traders go on strike here

Bakauheni traders go on strike here JAKARTA (JP): Fourteen street vendors from the Bakauheni ferry port in Lampung, at the southern tip of Sumatra, begun a hunger strike on Thursday at the Jakarta Legal Aid Institute to press their demands that they be allowed to resume their business operations.

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Fri, 18 Jun 1999

JP/Jakartans set for treat from Introdans

Jakartans set for treat from Introdans JAKARTA (JP): Jakartans will have the opportunity to enjoy three performances of the famous Dutch ballet company Introdans Ensemble for Youths this Friday and Saturday.The performances will take place at Erasmus Huis, Jl. Rasuna Said Kav.

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Fri, 18 Jun 1999

JP/Mayora workers demand lost wages

Mayora workers demand lost wages TANGERANG (JP): Hundreds of laid-off workers of publicly listed candy and biscuit producer PT Mayora Indah staged a rally here demanding they be paid in full until their dispute was legally settled.During the rally, the workers blocked Jl.

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Fri, 18 Jun 1999

JP/East Timor: Will the United Nations make another blunder?

East Timor: Will the United Nations make another blunder?By George J. Aditjondro This is the second of two articles on the role of the United Nations in the upcoming direct ballot in East Timor. NEWCASTLE, Australia (JP): Unlike in the case of Kuwait or Kosovo, U.S.

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Fri, 18 Jun 1999

JP/Unfrel endorses June 7 elections, despite some violations

Unfrel endorses June 7 elections, despite some violations JAKARTA (JP): Despite instances of alleged vote-rigging and intimidation, the June 7 elections were successfully organized, a preliminary report of the University Network for Free and Fair Elections (Unfrel) said.

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Fri, 18 Jun 1999

JP/Police give conflicting reports on Hendra extradition request

Police give conflicting reports on Hendra extradition request JAKARTA (JP): Police made contradictory remarks on Thursday in regard to Indonesia's official request to Australian authorities for the extradition of Hendra Rahardja, one of the most wanted Indonesian bankers who was apprehended in ...

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Fri, 18 Jun 1999

JP/Poor service

Poor service I regularly frequent the 21 chain of movie theaters. On Sunday night (June 7, 1999) my family and I were planning to watch Legionnaire at Cinere 21. As usual, I telephoned the management of the 21 theater at 7540592 to find out the evening schedule of the screening at Cinere 21.

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Fri, 18 Jun 1999

JP/Foreign observers or tourists?

Foreign observers or tourists?By Hermawan Sulistyo JAKARTA (JP); General elections in countries undergoing democratization are often, if not always, marred by cheating and structural violations.

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Fri, 18 Jun 1999

JP/Reporter charged for defamation

Reporter charged for defamation BOGOR (JP): A journalist was indicted at the district court here on Wednesday charged with defaming a property businessman.

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Fri, 18 Jun 1999

JP/New House members to be inducted in early October

New House members to be inducted in early October JAKARTA (JP): National Elections Committee chairman Jacob Tobing said on Thursday new members of the House of Representatives (DPR) and the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) would be inducted into office in early October.

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Fri, 18 Jun 1999

JP/Stop being Chinese?

Stop being Chinese? Mr. Sri Pamoedjo Rahardjo, in Searching for real racial unity (June 11 and June 12) believes that affirmative actions by the government would help so-called indigenous Indonesians improve their status vis-a-vis Chinese-Indonesians.Maybe. Maybe not.

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Fri, 18 Jun 1999

JP/Apartment market to remain gloomy until year end

Apartment market to remain gloomy until year end JAKARTA (JP): Property consultants have predicted that the capital will continue to experience a decline in demand for residential apartment rental space throughout the year, and expect increased vacancy at the end of 1999.

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Fri, 18 Jun 1999

JP/Aceh military commander replaced

Aceh military commander replaced JAKARTA (JP): The military commander overseeing security in Aceh's troubled regencies of Pidie, North Aceh and East Aceh was replaced on Wednesday.Riot troop commander Col.

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Fri, 18 Jun 1999

JP/Golkar seeks coalition with PDI-P in a surprise move

Golkar seeks coalition with PDI-P in a surprise move JAKARTA (JP): After being rejected by the National Mandate Party (PAN) and the National Awakening Party (PKB), Golkar Party, running third in the provisional vote count, is looking at the possibility of forming a coalition with the ...

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Fri, 18 Jun 1999

JP/Sampoerna's debt rescheduled

Sampoerna's debt rescheduled JAKARTA (JP): Cigarettemaker PT HM Sampoerna announced on Thursday that it had secured approval from its creditors' to reschedule the $140 million outstanding of a $150 million syndicated term loan and revolving credit facility.

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Fri, 18 Jun 1999

JP/Military, PAN could become kingmakers

Military, PAN could become kingmakers JAKARTA (JP): The National Mandate Party (PAN) and the military will likely play a determinant role in deciding who will be the country's next president if leading parties lack support for their presidential candidates, political observers have said.

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Fri, 18 Jun 1999

JP/Top players turn down national tennis team

Top players turn down national tennis team JAKARTA (JP): Three men's national players have declined to join the national selection, which is part of the 20th Southeast Asian (SEA) Games preparation.

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Fri, 18 Jun 1999

JP/PDI-P set for Bali landslide

PDI-P set for Bali landslide JAKARTA (JP): While the chance of becoming the outright majority in the House of Representatives has slipped from their grasp, the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI Perjuangan) is now seeking to rule the roost in provincial legislatures.With 82.

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Fri, 18 Jun 1999

JP/Daughter suspected in mother's murder

Daughter suspected in mother's murder SEMARANG: A 25-year-old woman is suspected of killing her mother by poisoning, police in Bruno Purworejo said.The daughter, identified as GY of Brandong village, was arrested for murdering Fatmunarsih, Antara reported on Thursday.

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Fri, 18 Jun 1999

JP/Megawati presidency not foregone conclusion

Megawati presidency not foregone conclusionBy Winarno Zain JAKARTA (JP): Barring any odd developments, the victory of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI Perjuangan) in the June 7 elections is a foregone conclusion.

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Fri, 18 Jun 1999

JP/BDF debt restructuring plan approved

BDF debt restructuring plan approved JAKARTA (JP): Publicly listed PT BBL Dharmala Finance (BDF) announced on Thursday its debt restructuring proposal received initial approval from the negotiation team representing the company's creditors.

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Fri, 18 Jun 1999

JP/Refugees' homes left unfinished

Refugees' homes left unfinished KENDARI, Southeast Sulawesi: Construction of houses for 1,000 refugees has been delayed due to a lack of available land and supply of construction materials.

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Fri, 18 Jun 1999

JP/Village chief pick sparks rampage

Village chief pick sparks rampage PURBALINGGA, Central Java: Hundreds of residents from Mangunegara village in Purbalingga regency vented their anger over the election of Purnomo as village chief by going on a rampage on Thursday.At least six houses in the village were damaged.

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Fri, 18 Jun 1999

JP/Additional poll

Additional poll There is an error in the article Unfrel unveils various violations during polls in The Jakarta Post, June 12, 1999.

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Fri, 18 Jun 1999

JP/Coca-Cola says local beverages safe

Coca-Cola says local beverages safe JAKARTA (JP): Soft drink producer PT Coca-Cola Indonesia assured on Thursday that its products manufactured in the country were safe for consumption amid fears sparked by outbreaks of illness in several European countries.

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