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55 articles.

Wed, 19 Jul 2000

JP/A nation of pirates

A nation of pirates Piracy in Indonesia is a far more common occurrence than most people in this country care to think. The kind of piracy for which Indonesia has become globally notorious, however, is not limited to the recurrent attacks on ships plying the Strait of Malacca.

Wed, 19 Jul 2000

JP/Government completes IMF reform target: Kwik

Government completes IMF reform target: Kwik JAKARTA (JP): Coordinating Minister for the Economy, Finance and Industry Kwik Kian Gie said on Tuesday that all reform targets agreed upon with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) had been finalized.

Wed, 19 Jul 2000

JP/Police to deploy snipers in Matraman

Police to deploy snipers in Matraman JAKARTA (JP): Jakarta Police will soon deploy 15 snipers in the Matraman area of East Jakarta to prevent fresh brawls in the riot-prone area, an official said on Monday.

Wed, 19 Jul 2000

JP/A bowl of porridge makes school a little brighter

A bowl of porridge makes school a little brighter JAKARTA (JP): A bowl of green bean porridge is enough incentive to attend class, principals of elementary schools in South Jakarta said.

Wed, 19 Jul 2000

JP/Major issues touched on at G-8 meeting in Japan

Major issues touched on at G-8 meeting in JapanBy Karl Grobe FRANKFURT, Germany (DPA): At base, it's a matter of common sense: The foreign ministers of the seven most important industrial nations and Russia ended two days of talks in Japan during which they decided they would like to become more ...

Wed, 19 Jul 2000

JP/Man gets 8 months for molestation

Man gets 8 months for molestation JAKARTA (JP): Defendant Nasir Salim, 49, flashed a small smile on Tuesday after the judge presiding over his case at the Central Jakarta District Court sentenced him to eight months in prison for physically abusing a prospective foreign worker.

Wed, 19 Jul 2000

JP/Fate of refugees still divides Israel, Palestine

Fate of refugees still divides Israel, PalestineBy Inge Guenther JERUSALEM (DPA): Trying to reconcile the Palestinian refugees' absolute insistence on preserving their right to return to the land they fled when Israel was born in 1948 with the Israeli fear that a flood of returning Palestinians ...

Wed, 19 Jul 2000

JP/Gade Christensen aims high at Open

Gade Christensen aims high at Open JAKARTA (JP): A poor performance makes athletes eager to break the jinx. This is the case with Peter Gade Christensen of Denmark, who wants to improve on his past performances in the US$150,000 Sanyo Indonesia Open at the Senayan Tennis Indoor Stadium.

Wed, 19 Jul 2000

JP/Garbage fight goes to Medan court

Garbage fight goes to Medan court MEDAN, North Sumatra: A young man was forced to face the Medan district court on Tuesday after hitting a middle-aged woman over a dispute involving garbage.

Wed, 19 Jul 2000

JP/Megawati to PDI-P: Go easy on Gus Dur

Megawati to PDI-P: Go easy on Gus Dur JAKARTA (JP): Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI Perjuangan) Chairwoman Megawati Soekarnoputri has appealed to her party's legislators to go easy on President Abdurrahman "Gus Dur" Wahid when they exercise their interpellation rights on Thursday.

Wed, 19 Jul 2000

JP/Pick of the Flicks

Pick of the FlicksHollywood KC Josh 14:15 17:30 20:45 House on Haunted Hill 14:55 17:35 19:45 21:55 Me, My Self and Irene 14:15 16:55 19:05 21:15 Reindeer Games 14:55 17:35 19:45 21:55 Shanghai Noon ...

Wed, 19 Jul 2000

JP/Stock quotations on JSX

Stock quotations on JSXStock prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (in rupiah) on July 18, 2000: Shares Close Change Trading Volume -------------------------------------------------------------- Ades Alfindo ...

Wed, 19 Jul 2000

JP/Applying for state teacher post

Applying for state teacher post Through this column I would like to express the disappointment that was felt by myself and my family.We realize that the condition of our country is not very favorable, which involves almost all aspects of life, including education.

Wed, 19 Jul 2000

JP/Authorities to hold fit-and-proper test for directors at city's firms

Authorities to hold fit-and-proper test for directors at city's firms JAKARTA (JP): The city administration will hold a fit-and- proper test to streamline the current members of the boards of directors at all city-owned and jointly-owned companies, an official said on Tuesday.

Wed, 19 Jul 2000

JP/Council okays amendments to 1999/2000 budget

Council okays amendments to 1999/2000 budget JAKARTA (JP): The City Council voted on Tuesday to accept Governor Sutiyoso's proposal to amend the administration's budget, which ended on March 31 and saw a surplus of Rp 879 billion (US$96 million).

Wed, 19 Jul 2000

JP/Only 17 candidates pass justice test

Only 17 candidates pass justice test JAKARTA (JP): Sources said here on Tuesday that a House of Representatives working committee screening Supreme Court justice candidates had recommended only 17 of the 46 nominees, including former justice minister Muladi and Human Rights Commission ...

Wed, 19 Jul 2000

JP/Political conflict 'no longer scares foreign investors'

Political conflict 'no longer scares foreign investors' JAKARTA (JP): Foreign investors in the manufacturing sector were more concerned about poor security and law enforcement than rivalries among the political elite, an analyst said.

Wed, 19 Jul 2000

JP/Trading boost

Trading boost Some rare good news on the China front has emerged from the U.S. Senate, where an agreement apparently has been reached to hold a vote this month on the stalled trade bill granting the mainland permanent normal trade relations, or PNTR.

Wed, 19 Jul 2000

JP/Police to change its recruitment system

Police to change its recruitment system JAKARTA (JP): In an effort to establish a professional force, the Police Academy will introduce a new recruitment system this year, National Police chief Gen. Rusdihardjo said on Tuesday.

Wed, 19 Jul 2000

JP/Astra CMG launches credit cards

Astra CMG launches credit cards JAKARTA (JP): PT Astra CMG Life and Bank Universal joined forces to launch on Tuesday a product that incorporates life insurance and credit card facilities.

Wed, 19 Jul 2000

JP/Family planning program not yet popular among men

Family planning program not yet popular among menBy Stevie Emilia JAKARTA (JP): If you take a close look at a family planning clinic in your neighborhood you will find that almost all of the participants are women.

Wed, 19 Jul 2000

JP/Blair's fabled spin reels out of control

Blair's fabled spin reels out of controlBy Lyndsay Griffiths LONDON (Reuters): The American art of spin doctoring risks dying a death in Britain unless Prime Minister Tony Blair can convince voters there is a message behind his stuttering media machine.

Wed, 19 Jul 2000

JP/Politeness still counts

Politeness still counts On June 22, 2000, I went to the Japanese Embassy for information on a master's program for my niece, who was doing an assignment that day. At the embassy, I went to the department of education.

Wed, 19 Jul 2000

JP/Direct presidential election 'is okay'

Direct presidential election 'is okay' BANDUNG (JP): Noted Muslim intellectual Nurcholish Madjid said here on Tuesday that Indonesian people are culturally and socially ready for direct presidential elections, suitably to be held in 2004.

Wed, 19 Jul 2000

JP/Evacuations likely due to hazardous haze in Sumatra

Evacuations likely due to hazardous haze in Sumatra JAKARTA (JP): While claiming that they have successfully contained the spread of forest fires, officials admitted that evacuations maybe necessary in some areas along the Riau and North Sumatra provincial border due to hazardous haze.

Wed, 19 Jul 2000

JP/Anabolic steroids and their abuse in sports

Anabolic steroids and their abuse in sportsBy Clare E. Urwin SURABAYA (JP): If you watch any of the Sydney Olympic Games in September, you will undoubtedly be thrilled and inspired by the skill, determination and sheer courage of the athletes. Rightfully so.

Wed, 19 Jul 2000

JP/Is President Vladimir Putin serious about rescuing Russia?

Is President Vladimir Putin serious about rescuing Russia?By Gwynne Dyer LONDON (JP): "It is an attempt at Communist and political revenge," said Anatoly Chubais, head of the electricity monopoly United Energy System, Russia's second largest company, when the parliamentary Audit Chamber announced ...

Wed, 19 Jul 2000

JP/Garuda's new era service

Garuda's new era service Garuda must be the only airline in the world that could shut the doors of an airplane while my daughter (three-and-a-half years old), my husband and myself were exactly five steps away from the plane, and another five steps away from our seats.

Wed, 19 Jul 2000

JP/Workers resume blockade at KPC as talks collapse

Workers resume blockade at KPC as talks collapse JAKARTA (JP): Coal mining company PT Kaltim Prima Coal (KPC) stopped operations on Tuesday for a second time in less than five weeks after striking workers resumed their blockade in the Sanggata regency, East Kalimantan.

Wed, 19 Jul 2000

JP/Conversion Rates

Conversion RatesBank Indonesia's conversion rates on July 18, 2000: Bank notes rates TT rates Buying Selling Buying Selling Rp Rp Rp Rp U.S.

Wed, 19 Jul 2000

JP/Grieving woman survives fall

Grieving woman survives fall BANDUNG, West Java: A young women miraculously survived after throwing herself out of the fifth floor of the Al-Islam Hospital here on Tuesday in an attempted suicide.The woman, identified as Lina, 24, was still in coma Tuesday evening.

Wed, 19 Jul 2000

JP/Australia braces for UN hearing on rights abuses

Australia braces for UN hearing on rights abusesBy Dewi Anggraeni MELBOURNE, Australia (JP): Last February in Australia's Northern Territory detention center, a 15 year-old Aboriginal boy, Johnno Wurramarrba hanged himself with a bedsheet.

Wed, 19 Jul 2000

JP/Three die as Ambon conflict nears military HQ

Three die as Ambon conflict nears military HQ AMBON, Maluku (JP): Three people were killed on Tuesday as sectarian clashes in Ambon moved closer to the military headquarters in downtown Ambon, witnesses said.

Wed, 19 Jul 2000

JP/Indonesia's Dede Suhendar advances in Future-3

Indonesia's Dede Suhendar advances in Future-3 JAKARTA (JP): Indonesian tennis player Dede Suhendar Dinata cruised to the men's singles second round of the Extra Joss men's Future-3 on Tuesday after outclassing fellow countryman Andrian Raturandang 6-2, 6-2 in a second-day first round match at ...

Wed, 19 Jul 2000

JP/No need to summon Gen. Tyasno: Prosecutor

No need to summon Gen. Tyasno: Prosecutor JAKARTA (JP): Prosecutor Soejitno rejected on Tuesday a proposal to summon Army chief Gen. Tyasno Sudarto to testify as a witness in a Rp 19.2 billion (US$2.1 million) counterfeit money case at the Central Jakarta District Court.

Wed, 19 Jul 2000

JP/Amendments to law on national films sought

Amendments to law on national films soughtBy Gotot Prakosa JAKARTA (JP): Law No. 8/1992 on films, containing 48 articles, is considered to be dominated by the administrative power in respect of national film development and growth.

Wed, 19 Jul 2000

JP/IBRA to invite tenders for BCA building today

IBRA to invite tenders for BCA building today JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesian Bank Restructuring Agency (IBRA) will open the international tender sale of Wisma Bank Central Asia (BCA) office building from July 18 to Aug. 23, according to the agency asset disposal division head Dasa Sutantio.

Wed, 19 Jul 2000

JP/Sogo and Rockefeller Center: Signs of Japan's times

Sogo and Rockefeller Center: Signs of Japan's timesBy Alan Wheatley TOKYO (Reuters): New York's Rockefeller Center would seem to have little in common with Japan's Sogo department store chain.

Wed, 19 Jul 2000

JP/RI men still lackluster about contraception

RI men still lackluster about contraceptionBy Injil Abu Bakar DENPASAR, Bali (JP): On June 29, in honor of National Family Day, State Minister of the Empowerment of Women Khofifah Indar Parawansa spoke up for Indonesian women by decrying abuses that occurred during the Soeharto era family ...

Wed, 19 Jul 2000

JP/Govt finally reshuffles top management of BRI

Govt finally reshuffles top management of BRI JAKARTA (JP): After months of controversy, the government announced on Tuesday that it reshuffled the top management of state Bank Rakyat Indonesia (BRI) to allow recapitalization of the bank to proceed.

Wed, 19 Jul 2000

JP/'Petai' thief mobbed to death

'Petai' thief mobbed to death BANJARNEGARA, Central Java: A young man from Wonocipto village, Sigaluh district, was mobbed to death for stealing some of his neighbor's petai tree, a bean tree with a sharp odor.

Wed, 19 Jul 2000

JP/Where to go in Surabaya

Where to go in SurabayaExhibitions * Photo Exhibition at CCCL - French Cultural Center, Jl. Darmokali 10 (Phone: 031 5678639), until July 30. * Textile Exhibition, Workshop: Gedog Tuban woven textile, at Hotel Majapahit, Mandarin Oriental, Jl. Tunjungan 65 (Phone: 031 545 4333), July 19.

Wed, 19 Jul 2000

JP/TV today

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

Wed, 19 Jul 2000

JP/Force of 28,270 to secure MPR session

Force of 28,270 to secure MPR session JAKARTA (JP): National Police chief Gen. Rusdihardjo said on Tuesday 28,270 personnel from the police, the military and the People's Security (Kamra) would be deployed to secure the upcoming General Session of the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) next ...

Wed, 19 Jul 2000

JP/RI recovery: A distant mirage

RI recovery: A distant mirage The following is the first of two articles on economic recovery by Sidhesh Kaul, a regional commentator on political and economic issues based in Jakarta.

Wed, 19 Jul 2000

JP/Utut last at Beijing

Utut last at Beijing JAKARTA (JP): Indonesian top men's chess player Grand Master (GM) Utut Adianto suffered a humiliating loss at the Tan Chin Nam Cup championships at Hua Yuan Hotel, Beijing, after bowing out to GM Alexander Onischuk (elo rating 2627) of the Ukraine in the 30th move of the last ...

Wed, 19 Jul 2000

JP/Golkar attacks government policy

Golkar attacks government policy JAKARTA (JP): The Golkar Party launched a stinging attack on the government of President Abdurrahman Wahid on Tuesday saying that inconsistent and controversial policies have pushed the nation closer to the brink of the country's worst multidimensional crisis.

Wed, 19 Jul 2000

JP/Bakrie Finance survives claim for bankruptcy

Bakrie Finance survives claim for bankruptcy JAKARTA (JP): The Supreme Court has overruled its earlier decision that declared PT Bakrie Finance Corporation bankrupt, according to Bakrie's lawyer.

Wed, 19 Jul 2000

JP/Alwi plans Maluku diplomacy at ASEAN meeting

Alwi plans Maluku diplomacy at ASEAN meeting JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Foreign Affairs Alwi Shihab plans to use next week's meeting with world and regional leaders in Bangkok to explain Indonesia's efforts to restore peace in Maluku.

Wed, 19 Jul 2000

JP/Soccer clubs gear up for league's semifinals

Soccer clubs gear up for league's semifinals JAKARTA (JP): PSM Makassar of South Sulawesi and home favorite Persija remained the strongest candidates to win the Bank Mandiri national soccer league semifinals at Senayan Stadium Thursday.

Wed, 19 Jul 2000

JP/Gasoline disappears in the city of Malang

Gasoline disappears in the city of Malang MALANG, East Java (JP): A shortage of gasoline continued to disrupt urban transportation in the city of Malang, some 90 kilometers south of Surabaya on Tuesday.

Wed, 19 Jul 2000

JP/Over 55,000 refugees flee violence in Aceh

Over 55,000 refugees flee violence in Aceh BANDA ACEH, Aceh (JP): Over 55,000 refugees are temporarily sheltered in makeshift tents across five regencies in Aceh following unceasing conflicts involving security forces, separatists rebels and armed gangs in the province.

Wed, 19 Jul 2000

JP/Mar'ie leads IBRA's committee

Mar'ie leads IBRA's committee JAKARTA (JP): Former finance minister Mar'ie Muhammad has been named chairman of the oversight committee of the Indonesian Bank Restructuring Agency (IBRA).

Wed, 19 Jul 2000

JP/Officials query police commitment in backup

Officials query police commitment in backup JAKARTA (JP): City officials blamed the police and military on Tuesday for providing inadequate numbers of personnel to back up an operation against public order violators on the capital's streets.

Wed, 19 Jul 2000

JP/Local businessman attacks Chilean soccer player at disco

Local businessman attacks Chilean soccer player at disco JAKARTA (JP): Chilean soccer player Nelson Hernan Leon Sanchez was admitted to hospital early on Tuesday morning after allegedly being attacked by a man at Stadium discotheque on Jl. Hayam Wuruk, Central Jakarta.