Youths demonstrate support for Bintang JAKARTA (JP): A group of 20 youths staged a peaceful
demonstration outside the Attorney General's Office yesterday,
protesting the arrest of rebel politician Sri Bintang Pamungkas. More ...
United extends Premiership lead to three pointsBy Vic Mills LONDON (JP): With Liverpool held 1-1 at lowly Nottingham
Forest, Manchester United extended its lead at the top of the
Premiership to three points at the weekend with a 2-0 victory
over Sheffield Wednesday. More ...
Bonded zones seen reducing RI's current account deficit JAKARTA (JP): Bonded zones, despite hosting export-oriented
companies, cannot help but reduce the country's current account
deficit, legislators have said. More ...
RI and Malaysia discuss barriers JAKARTA (JP): Indonesian and Malaysian businesspeople will
meet tomorrow to assess the problems and constraints of doing
business in the two countries. More ...
Lessons from Albania There are lessons to be learned from the crisis in Albania.
Public dissatisfaction, unless accommodated and responded to by
the existing political system, has a lot of potential to bring
about a "people power" type of resistance. More ...
Classrooms demolished in school dispute JAKARTA (JP): About 75 students of the Central Jakarta De la
Salle senior high school have been on "holiday" since Monday
after public order officials demolished half their school Sunday. More ...
Rights body in awkward position JAKARTA: East Timorese are scared to report possible
violations to the local representative of the human rights
commission because the office is near a military base. More ...
PSN to launch M2A satellites in 1999 JAKARTA (JP): PT Pasific Satelit Nusantara (PSN)
will spend about US$340 million making two Multi-Media Asia (M2A)
satellites. More ...
Human rights courses planned for universities JAKARTA (JP): The National Commission on Human Rights is
developing courses in human rights to be taught at universities.Commission chairman Munawir Sjadzali said that currently the
subject could not be taught at primary or secondary schools. More ...
ACPC predicts coffee output will fall 25% SURABAYA, East Java (JP): The Association of Indonesian Coffee
Exporters (ACPC) predicts the country's coffee output will fall
about 25 percent to 350,000 tons this year from 469,000 tons in
1996 because of bad weather. More ...
Stamp expo in Bandung BANDUNG: PT Pos Indonesia is to sponsor the Bandung Philately
Festival 97 from March 27 through March 31, the state-run company
announced yesterday. More ...
Parrots, cockatoos face extinction MATARAM, West Nusa Tenggara: Protected parrots and yellow-
crested cockatoos are on the brink of disappearing from the
province due to poaching, a local official said here yesterday. More ...
Indonesia standardizes ecolabeling procedures JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia is standardizing ecolabeling
procedures and criteria for its timber companies.The minister of forestry, Djamaludin Suryohadikusumo, said
yesterday the standardization of ecolabeling procedures would be
completed by April. More ...
City to investigate disappearing buses JAKARTA (JP): Deputy governor of economic and development
affairs Tb. M. Rais asked the City Land Transportation Agency
yesterday to investigate why some regular buses have disappeared
from their designated routes. More ...
Stock ExchangeStock prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (in rupiah) on March 18, 1997: Shares Close Change Trading Volume
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City buildings designed for worse quakes: Experts JAKARTA (JP): High rise buildings in Jakarta were designed to
withstand earthquakes of much greater intensity than Monday's
tremors, experts here said. More ...
Mar'ie vows to implement new customs law JAKARTA (JP): Despite private sector concerns the government
has vowed to implement the new customs procedures on April 1
without any transition period. More ...
Baby dumper gets six months MAUMERE, East Nusa Tenggara: An unmarried woman was sentenced
to six months in jail over the weekend for dumping her newborn
child into her neighbor's toilet last year.Yabelin Oetpah was found guilty of attempting to murder her
2.8-kilogram baby. More ...
To Mecca with Golkar? JEPARA, Central Java (JP): Hundreds of Moslems going on the
haj pilgrimage to Mecca were caught up in the raging political
color war here yesterday. More ...
Indonesia imports 1m tons sugar yearly BANDUNG (JP): Indonesia imports about one million tons of
sugar in a year to supply the demand of sugar in the country, an
official has said here. More ...
Big budget needed to upgrade Bogor lakes JAKARTA (JP): A large amount of money is needed to upgrade 120
manmade lakes in Bogor, according to regency spokesman Denny M. More ...
Italian food and sweet sounds at Balemang Cafe There used to be a time in the late 1970s and early 1980s when
one of Jakarta's pitiful answers to Italian food was Rugantino,
an Italian restaurant located in Blok M, Kebayoran Baru. More ...
Brunei confirms for SEA Games JAKARTA (JP): Brunei became the last country to confirm its
participation in the 19th SEA Games here from Oct. 11 to Oct. 19.An official of the organizers, M. Hindarto, said Brunei will
send its 325 athletes and 106 officials to take part in 24
events. More ...
Grahaniaga gets $105 million loan JAKARTA (JP): Property developer PT Grahaniaga Tatautama
secured yesterday a US$105 million syndicated loan from 26 banks. More ...
Defamation case trial to go on JAKARTA (JP): The Central Jakarta District Court decided
yesterday to continue trying a lawyer charged with defaming Akbar
Tandjung, the minister of public housing.Heri S. More ...
Rights body says circus guilty of child abuse BOGOR (JP): The National Commission on Human Rights found that
the Oriental Circus Indonesia violated the rights of the
employees who ran away to the rights body for help. More ...
The Helsinki summit Bill Clinton and Boris Yeltsin should have plenty to talk
about when they get together in Helsinki this week. President
Clinton travels to Finland in the middle of a high-wire effort to
accomplish two apparently contradictory things at once. More ...
ABRI member demolishes villa BOGOR (JP): A Jakarta-based general has set an example
for other Armed Forces personnel by demolishing his illegal villa
in Puncak.Bogor mayoralty spokesman Denny M. More ...
Two soldiers testify against Aberson JAKARTA (JP): Two military witnesses testified yesterday in
the Central Jakarta District Court against Indonesian Democratic
Party (PDI) legislator Aberson Marle Sihaloho by recalling the
defamatory statements he allegedly made against President
Soeharto. More ...
Financindo secures loans JAKARTA (JP): PT Tunas Financindo, a subsidiary of PT Tunas
Ridean, signed a loan syndication worth US$30 million in
Singapore yesterday to strengthen its working capital. More ...
Local stocks keep falling JAKARTA (JP): Share prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (JSX)
continued to lose ground yesterday sparked by a sharp drop in
Telkom's share price.An HG Asia dealer said the market was featureless as investors
were not hungry for shares.The JSX composite index closed 1. More ...
Pilgrims to face cold weather in Holy Land JAKARTA (JP): This year's haj pilgrims are facing relatively
cold weather in Saudi Arabia, a situation which will increase the
physical ordeal of the journey, according to Wan Alkadri, the
head of the Ministry of Health's Haj Health Affairs. More ...
Schon collects bridge handsBy Djanwar Madjolelo JAKARTA (JP): Some people collect postage stamps, matchboxes,
paintings or vintage bottles but the United Kingdom's Erwin Schon
collects interesting bridge hands from all over the world. More ...
Police seize 658 porn movies JAKARTA (JP): Police confiscated yesterday 658 pornographic
laser and compact discs and arrested 46 people in simultaneous
raids on several rental shops, the City Police spokesman said.Lt. Col. E. More ...
Where to go in Jakarta:Music * Radisson Hotel, Jl. Pecenongan 72, Central Jakarta:
- Lobby Lounge Bar; Vino on Bass and Yudi on Piano, Mona and
Nongky (Singers), Monday to Saturday, 6 p.m. to 10 p.m.
* Ancol Travelodge, Jl. Lodan Timur No. More ...
Business in HK to remain as usual after handover JAKARTA (JP): Hong Kong's secretary for trade and industry,
Denise C.Y. Yue, assured Indonesia's business community yesterday
that Hong Kong's economic regime would be unchanged after the
colony was transferred to China. More ...
Govt relaxes rules on election campaigners JAKARTA (JP): The government, already under fire for its
election policy that critics say benefits Golkar, is relaxing the
rules governing election campaigners. More ...
ADSL and how to massage your data Our regular telephone line is a four-boxcar train convoy
"running" at becak (rickshaw) speeds. But it runs along tracks
that can accommodate a 500-boxcar convoy. But the convoy is very
old and in bad condition. More ...
UN, U.S. human rights officials to visit E. Timor JAKARTA (JP): Two high-ranking foreign officials, U.S.
Assistant Secretary of State John Shattuck and United Nations
special envoy Jamsheed Marker, are due in East Timor this week on
separate fact-finding missions on the human rights situation. More ...
Tariffs for AFTA set JAKARTA (JP): The government has set a schedule of tariff
reduction for most industrial products of up to 5 percent by 2003
for the ASEAN Free Trade Area.Finance minister decree No. 94/KMK.01/1997, dated Feb. More ...
Foreign fishermen deported MANADO, North Sulawesi: Eight Filipino fishermen have been
deported by the immigration office here for entering the province
without proper documents, Antara reported yesterday. More ...
Wismoyo tells swimmers to win back national pride JAKARTA (JP): Wismoyo Arismunandar, the National Sports
Council's chairman, went to the Senayan Swimming Pool yesterday
to encourage the national swimming team to clean up in the pool
at the 19th SEA Games. More ...
Telkom responds I am writing in reference to the letter New telephone line
from S & J Watson (March 13).After checking the line on March 13, we found that the cause
of the disturbance was the damage of multiplexer equipment, and
we repaired the damage on the same day. More ...
TV todayTVRI 2:30 p.m. Travel: My Country
2:35 TV Series: Fun House
3:05 Children's Program: Arena 123
3:30 TV Series: Perfect Strangers
4:00 News: Lintasan Berita
4:05 TV Drama: Diantara Kita
4:30 Documentary Film
4:55 Filler and Trailer
5:00 Evening News
5:25 Travel: My ... More ...
ABRI to name candidates next year JAKARTA (JP): Armed Forces Sociopolitical Affairs Chief Lt.
Gen. Syarwan Hamid moved yesterday to end the debate over the
Armed Forces' (ABRI) candidates for the presidency and vice
presidency next year, saying the military had not yet recommended
any names. More ...
Soeharto blasts hasty analysesBy Dwi Atmanta MEDAN (JP): President Soeharto criticized Indonesian social
scientists yesterday for issuing what he called unsubstantiated
analyses of the unrest that rocked the country in recent months. More ...
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