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53 articles.

Tue, 02 Jun 1998

JP/Many roads in Bogor damaged

Many roads in Bogor damaged BOGOR (JP): Bogor regent Eddie Yoso Martadipura has said that about 70 percent of roads covering a total length of 1,860 kilometers in the city are in disrepair."Only between 120 and 140 kilometers of the roads can routinely be repaired.

Tue, 02 Jun 1998

JP/Deputy mayor acknowledges error

Deputy mayor acknowledges error SAMARINDA, East Kalimantan: Samarinda Deputy Mayor Achmad Amins said yesterday that he would publicly apologize for comments deemed slanderous by religious groups.

Tue, 02 Jun 1998

JP/The statistics behind the resort's success

The statistics behind the resort's success BINTAN ISLAND, Riau (JP): On a warm May afternoon above a forested cliff, Ria Bintan Club Med Resort executives gathered to celebrate the resort's first summer season with 150 corporate clients and 230 journalists from around the world.

Tue, 02 Jun 1998

JP/Bank Niaga expects net loss in first quarter

Bank Niaga expects net loss in first quarter JAKARTA (JP); Publicly listed Bank Niaga is expecting a net loss in the first quarter this year against a net profit of Rp 31.81 billion (about US$3.18 million) over the corresponding period last year, its president said yesterday.

Tue, 02 Jun 1998

JP/Opposition figures observe Pancasila Day

Opposition figures observe Pancasila Day JAKARTA (JP): Opposition figures held an unprecedented celebration of Pancasila Day here yesterday, a date never formally recognized during the Soeharto era as the birthday of the nation's ideology.

Tue, 02 Jun 1998

JP/Labor unions call for ILO pact ratification

Labor unions call for ILO pact ratification JAKARTA (JP): Indonesian trade unions are calling on the International Labor Organization (ILO), which begins a three-week convention in Geneva today, to press the Indonesian government to adopt ILO conventions in order to ensure the protection ...

Tue, 02 Jun 1998

JP/BI returns benchmark rates ceiling to Jibor

BI returns benchmark rates ceiling to Jibor JAKARTA (JP): Bank Indonesia (BI) reverted to the Jakarta Interbank Offered Rates (Jibor) yesterday as the basis for determining the ceiling of bank deposit rates.

Tue, 02 Jun 1998

JP/Price of selected medicines to be cut

Price of selected medicines to be cut JAKARTA (JP): The government is set to lower prices of various generic drugs by 10 percent this week in consideration of the public's declining purchasing power.H.

Tue, 02 Jun 1998

JP/Dibyo urged to resign over Udin's killing

Dibyo urged to resign over Udin's killing YOGYAKARTA (JP): The local chapter of the Association of Indonesian Journalists (PWI) are calling on National Police Chief Gen. Dibyo Widodo to resign over the failure of his force to solve the 1996 murder of journalist Fuad Muhammad Syafruddin.

Tue, 02 Jun 1998

JP/Governor gets the thumbs down

Governor gets the thumbs down SEMARANG, Central Java: In response to the outcry against the renomination of incumbent Governor Soewardi, the provincial legislature as decided not to place him on the list of nominees for the upcoming gubernatorial election.

Tue, 02 Jun 1998

JP/Expert adamant on cause of Lt. Dadang's death

Expert adamant on cause of Lt. Dadang's death JAKARTA (JP): A forensic doctor said yesterday she was prepared to put her job on the line in differing from official police reports on the death of a Bogor Police officer last month.Police said a student mob stoned Second Lt.

Tue, 02 Jun 1998

JP/GDP falls 8.51% in first quarter

GDP falls 8.51% in first quarter JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia's economy contracted by 8.51 percent in the first quarter of 1998, the Central Bureau of Statistics said yesterday.Sugito Suwito, the agency's chairman, also predicted that gross domestic product (GDP) would shrink by 10.

Tue, 02 Jun 1998

JP/Police to replace stolen motorbike

Police to replace stolen motorbike JAKARTA (JP): Newly installed City Police Chief Maj. Gen. Noegroho Djajoesman promised yesterday to give a motorbike to a reporter whose motorcycle was stolen at the city police headquarters on Saturday.

Tue, 02 Jun 1998

JP/Steps to solve national problems

Steps to solve national problems One night I could not sleep, although physically, I was dead tired from reading, or better said scrutinizing, five or six newspapers every day and listening attentively to all kinds of news broadcasts by state and private television stations.

Tue, 02 Jun 1998

JP/BCA employee jailed for embezzlement

BCA employee jailed for embezzlement JAKARTA (JP): West Jakarta District Court sentenced an executive of privately run Bank Central Asia (BCA) yesterday to eight months in jail for swindling Rp 396 million from customers.

Tue, 02 Jun 1998

JP/Tales of the unexpected from the Bintan resort

Tales of the unexpected from the Bintan resort BINTAN ISLAND, Riau (JP): In a resort that induces sleep more at dawn than at night, most prefer to stay in bed past 10 a.m.Still, early risers have nothing to worry about. The Waterfall Terrace greets those up by 7 a.m. with a sumptuous breakfast.

Tue, 02 Jun 1998

JP/Rallies target corrupt officials

Rallies target corrupt officials JAKARTA (JP): Emboldened by the success of student demonstrations for reform in major cities, fishermen, farmers and other groups are holding rallies to call attention to their own causes.

Tue, 02 Jun 1998

JP/40 public firms penalized

40 public firms penalized JAKARTA (JP): The Jakarta Stock Exchange said yesterday it would require 40 companies listed on the exchange to pay a fine of Rp 10 million (US$1,000) each for a delay in submitting their audited 1997 financial reports.

Tue, 02 Jun 1998

JP/Economic repair urgent

Economic repair urgent It seems President B.J. Habibie's government is still being swept by the reform tide. It is still busy responding to complaints and making sweet sounding promises about the nation's future.

Tue, 02 Jun 1998

JP/Bali receives fewer tourists

Bali receives fewer tourists JAKARTA (JP): The number of foreign tourists visiting Bali, the country's top tourist destination, fell 7.3 percent in the first four months of this year to 356,114 from 384,033 in the same period last year.

Tue, 02 Jun 1998

JP/China calling shots on Clinton's itinerary

China calling shots on Clinton's itineraryBy Edward Neilan TOKYO (JP): Choreography and orchestration of U.S. President Bill Clinton's upcoming trip to China and Hong Kong this month has exceeded the hopes of the Propaganda Department of the Chinese Communist Party.

Tue, 02 Jun 1998

JP/Stocks and rupiah lose ground in thin trading

Stocks and rupiah lose ground in thin trading JAKARTA (JP): The country's financial markets lost ground yesterday with the rupiah closing lower against the U.S. dollar and stock prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (JSX) falling 1.5 percent, analysts and dealers said.

Tue, 02 Jun 1998

JP/Park animals hungry as crisis bites

Park animals hungry as crisis bites CISARUA, West Java (JP): The prolonged economic crisis and political uncertainty has forced many businesspeople to temporarily close their factories, shops and offices.

Tue, 02 Jun 1998

JP/Kosovo: Method in Milosevic's madness

Kosovo: Method in Milosevic's madnessBy Gwynne Dyer LONDON (JP): There's been much heavy breathing from NATO this week, as the Western alliance tries to frighten Yugoslav strongman Slobodan Milosevic into restoring peace in Serbia's Albanian-majority province of Kosovo.

Tue, 02 Jun 1998

JP/Indonesia may field smaller team in Asiad

Indonesia may field smaller team in Asiad JAKARTA (JP): The National Sports Council is considering a sizable cut in the Indonesian team for the Asian Games in Bangkok in December due to many sports' poor preparations.

Tue, 02 Jun 1998

JP/Probe into graft under Soeharto govt starts

Probe into graft under Soeharto govt starts JAKARTA (JP): The government has launched an investigation into corruption under former president Soeharto but has no plans to specifically target the former Indonesian leader, Attorney General Soedjono C.

Tue, 02 Jun 1998

JP/Megawati calls on the nation to stop denouncing Soeharto

Megawati calls on the nation to stop denouncing Soeharto JAKARTA (JP): Opposition leader Megawati Soekarnoputri echoed fellow government critic Amien Rais yesterday in urging the nation to show compassion and stop battering fallen president Soeharto.

Tue, 02 Jun 1998

JP/No change in E. Timor policy, says Habibie

No change in E. Timor policy, says Habibie JAKARTA (JP): President B.J. Habibie said yesterday there would be no change in the government's policy on East Timor, according to Ambassador-at-large on the East Timor issue F.X. Lopez da Cruz.

Tue, 02 Jun 1998

JP/Rates for Tax Payment

Rates for Tax Payment JAKARTA (JP): The new official conversion rates as the basis for payment of import duty, value-added tax on goods and services, sales tax on luxury goods, export tax and income tax, valid from June 1 to June 7: U.S dollar 1 Rp 10,500.

Tue, 02 Jun 1998

JP/TV today

TV todayTVRI 2:00 p.m. News: Berita 14 2:35 Children's Film 3:05 Performance: Tanah Airku 3:30 Village Program 4:00 Regional News 4:30 Music: Lagu Pop Daerah 5:00 English Lessons 5:30 Documentary 6:00 News: Lintasan Berita 6:05 My Country: Rona Nusantara 6:15 Sports 6:30 TVRI ...

Tue, 02 Jun 1998

JP/Perfect cure takes time

Perfect cure takes time By March 1, the doors of banks in 17 of the 48 states had been closed because the banks could not pay their depositors. The government did not have enough money to meet its March 15 payroll obligations.

Tue, 02 Jun 1998

JP/Estrada's challenges

Estrada's challenges The maturity of the Philippine's democracy has been proven again with Congress announcing that 61-year-old Joseph Ejercito Estrada, a civilian and former film star, has become the country's 13th president, replacing Fidel Ramos as of the end of this month.

Tue, 02 Jun 1998

JP/Ex-IPTN worker reemployed

Ex-IPTN worker reemployed BANDUNG, West Java: Asep Rukmana, a former employee of state- owned Nusantara Aircraft Manufacturing Industry (IPTN) here, regained his job over the weekend, more than two years after his much-publicized dismissal.

Tue, 02 Jun 1998

JP/Habibie names his team of economic advisors

Habibie names his team of economic advisors JAKARTA (JP): President B.J. Habibie appointed three senior economists as advisors yesterday and revamped the Economic and Monetary Resilience Council in a bid to accelerate revival of the country's ailing economy, a minister said yesterday.

Tue, 02 Jun 1998

JP/Japanese statues impress Yogyakartans

Japanese statues impress YogyakartansBy R. Fadjri YOGYAKARTA (JP): Free forms of three-dimensional objects fill the modest gallery with various sculpting and engraving techniques. One which especially catches the eye is Gentle Seduction, a wooden statue two meters high.

Tue, 02 Jun 1998

JP/Conversion Rates

Conversion Rates JAKARTA (JP): Bank Ekspor Impor Indonesia's (Bank Exim) indicative conversion rates on June 1, 1998: Buying Selling Rp Rp U.S. dollar 1 10,900.00 11,900.

Tue, 02 Jun 1998

JP/Time frame for MPR session 'proposed by House leaders'

Time frame for MPR session 'proposed by House leaders' JAKARTA (JP): President B.J. Habibie claimed yesterday it was the leaders of the House of Representatives (DPR) who proposed the time frame for the extraordinary session of the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) which will set the date for ...

Tue, 02 Jun 1998

JP/Discriminatory act of the govt

Discriminatory act of the govt The government's decision to release Dr. Muchtar Pakpahan and Dr. Sri Bintang Pamungkas from prison has made me both happy and sad. I am happy because it suggests that Habibie's administration is committed to total reform within the bounds of the constitution.

Tue, 02 Jun 1998

JP/Holland attracts few Indonesian students

Holland attracts few Indonesian studentsBy Marieke van Heek JAKARTA (JP): An education exhibition at the Jakarta Convention Center from May 7 to May 11 saw a fairly good representation from the Netherlands, with about nine universities and higher professional education institutes present.

Tue, 02 Jun 1998

JP/Where to go in Bandung:

Where to go in Bandung:Exhibition * Silver Accesories by Runa Jewelry at Preanger Aerowisata Bandung Hotel, Jl. Asia Afrika No. 81 (Phone: 022 431631), daily.Film * French Film at CCF - French Cultural Center, Jl. Purnawarman 32 Bandung (Phone: 022 4212417), 4 p.m.: Deux hommes dans la ville, Jun.

Tue, 02 Jun 1998

JP/Reform vital in legal sector

Reform vital in legal sectorBy T. Mulya Lubis JAKARTA (JP): The legal sector is trailing behind other sectors.

Tue, 02 Jun 1998

JP/Sempati Air grounded by monetary crisis

Sempati Air grounded by monetary crisis JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Transportation and Communications Giri Suseno Hadihardjono said yesterday PT Sempati Air, one of the country's six scheduled airlines, would stop operations after being crippled for months by the monetary crisis.

Tue, 02 Jun 1998

JP/Baby boom fears as contraceptives rise in price

Baby boom fears as contraceptives rise in price JAKARTA (JP): The soaring price of contraceptives, brought about by the deepening economic crisis, may lead to a baby boom, State Minister of Population Ida Bagus Oka warned yesterday.

Tue, 02 Jun 1998

JP/19 ABRI members go to trial Saturday

19 ABRI members go to trial Saturday JAKARTA (JP): Nineteen military personnel suspected of involvement in the fatal shooting of four Trisakti University students will be brought before a military tribunal on June 6, an official said yesterday.Head of the Jakarta Military Police, Col.

Tue, 02 Jun 1998

JP/China and Bill Clinton

China and Bill Clinton The claim by a Taiwanese-American, Johnny Chung, that he funneled money to the U.S. Democratic Party from an executive of China Aerospace, has created such a firestorm in Washington that it now clouds the upcoming China visit by President Bill Clinton.

Tue, 02 Jun 1998

JP/Expats settle in N. Sulawesi

Expats settle in N. Sulawesi MANADO, Maluku: Expatriates from 31 countries, such as the United States, Australia, Slovakia and Yemen, have obtained permanent or temporary residence permits in North Sulawesi, Indonesia's northernmost province, this year.

Tue, 02 Jun 1998

JP/Floor price of unhusked rice to be increased to Rp 1,000

Floor price of unhusked rice to be increased to Rp 1,000 JAKARTA (JP): The government has decided to increase the floor price of unhusked rice this month by 43 percent to Rp 1,000 (10 U.S cents) a kilogram from Rp 700, Minister of Agriculture Soleh Solahuddin said yesterday.

Tue, 02 Jun 1998

JP/Food stall owners vow to seek compensation

Food stall owners vow to seek compensation JAKARTA (JP): The Roadside Food Stall Owners Cooperative vowed yesterday to continue pressuring the government to compensate them for losses suffered during the free-meal programs organized in March by former minister of social services Siti ...

Tue, 02 Jun 1998

JP/An oasis of fun at luxury Ria Bintan Club Med Resort

An oasis of fun at luxury Ria Bintan Club Med Resort Fun and frolicking in these times is hard to imagine, but not at the Ria Bintan Club Med Resort, located on the north coast of Bintan island.

Tue, 02 Jun 1998

JP/Tangerang court gets new chief

Tangerang court gets new chief TANGERANG (JP): West Java High Court chief Padmadisastra has installed Soebardi as the new Tangerang District Court chief, replacing Soedardji who is being promoted to be a judge at the Tanjung Karang High Court in Lampung.

Tue, 02 Jun 1998

JP/Viagra and old age

Viagra and old age Viagra, the pill that promises men renewed sexual energy, raises worries.It is up to doctors to say if Viagra is dangerous, and if so, how dangerous. Once its effects are made clear, it will be up to patients to decide what risks they want to run.

Tue, 02 Jun 1998

JP/Stock Exchange

Stock ExchangeStock prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (in rupiah) on June 1, 1998: Shares Close Change Trading Volume -------------------------------------------------------- Ades Alfindo 650 ...

Tue, 02 Jun 1998

JP/Foreign firms keep water contracts under new deal

Foreign firms keep water contracts under new deal JAKARTA (JP): The city administration has decided to continue cooperating with Lyonnaise des Eaux of France and Thames Water International of Britain in water management as long as the two foreign firms set up new joint ventures with city-owned ...