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Mon, 23 Oct 2000

JP/IPU wants persecution of parliamentarians stopped

IPU wants persecution of parliamentarians stopped JAKARTA (JP): A meeting of the Council of the Inter- Parliamentary Union (IPU) on Saturday reasserted the organization's concern of continued acts of persecution against elected members of parliament in several countries throughout the world.

Mon, 23 Oct 2000

JP/Suspected vehicle thieves arrested

Suspected vehicle thieves arrested DENPASAR, Bali: Badung Police apprehended separately on Saturday three people who are allegedly responsible for at least 15 motorcycle thefts in the area over the past three months.Police detective chief Sr. Insp.

Mon, 23 Oct 2000

JP/Indonesia suffers from leadership crisis: Arbi

Indonesia suffers from leadership crisis: Arbi JAKARTA (JP): National leaders should shed their narrow political interests and start working together to bring Indonesia out of the present endless crisis, noted political commentator Arbi Sanit said on Saturday.

Mon, 23 Oct 2000

JP/PKB sets up team to probe money politics

PKB sets up team to probe money politics JAKARTA (JP): The National Awakening Party (PKB) has established a team to investigate chapters which have allegedly been involved in "money politics" during recent regency elections.

Mon, 23 Oct 2000

JP/Golkar celebrates with harsh critique on government

Golkar celebrates with harsh critique on government JAKARTA (JP): The Golkar party celebrated its 34th anniversary on Sunday with a stinging critique of the government's failure to stamp out corruption and collusion and charged that the executive body was no better than the past highly criticized ...

Mon, 23 Oct 2000

JP/Batam fate in locals' hands

Batam fate in locals' hands JAKARTA (JP): The government will not have a say in determining the future status of the industrial-bonded zone of Batam island, Riau, when the autonomy law goes into effect next year, former finance minister Mar'ie Muhammad has said.

Mon, 23 Oct 2000

JP/RI putters form associations

RI putters form associations JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia will soon establish the Junior Putters Association (JPA) and the Professional Putters Association (PPA) as a way to popularize the games, an official said on Sunday.

Mon, 23 Oct 2000

JP/Man mobbed to death for theft attempt

Man mobbed to death for theft attempt JAKARTA (JP): A 28-year-old resident of Pasar Rumput in Manggarai, South Jakarta, was mobbed to death by locals on Jl. Manunggal in Condet Balekambang, East Jakarta on Friday evening after he was caught stealing a motorbike.

Mon, 23 Oct 2000

JP/City to initiate two new bus routes

City to initiate two new bus routes JAKARTA (JP): The city administration has expressed its hope that the new bus routes along the capital's main thoroughfares, which are going to be put on offer to bus operators, will support its unpopular three-in-one traffic restriction policy.

Mon, 23 Oct 2000

JP/New notebook has built-in support for wireless connection

New notebook has built-in support for wireless connectionBy Zatni Arbi SINGAPORE (JP): For some time, we have been waiting for real breakthroughs in mobile computers. One would be the foldable screen.

Mon, 23 Oct 2000

JP/Service, efficiency and size key to Garuda privatization

Service, efficiency and size key to Garuda privatizationBy Berni K. Moestafa JAKARTA (JP): Three more stages comprising better service, efficiency and bigger size await national airline PT Garuda Indonesia ahead of its privatization plans in 2003.

Mon, 23 Oct 2000

JP/President Abdurrahman meets Singapore's Lee Kuan Yew

President Abdurrahman meets Singapore's Lee Kuan Yew JAKARTA (JP): President Abdurrahman Wahid and former Singapore prime minister Lee Kuan Yew met for 45 minutes during a stopover to the island-state late Saturday night, conferring on various bilateral issues including plans to hold a meeting of ...

Mon, 23 Oct 2000

JP/Mutilated baby found in W. Java

Mutilated baby found in W. Java BANDUNG: Tasikmalaya police chief Supt. Makmun Saleh said on Sunday that residents of Sukamaju village in Manonjaya district found on Friday evening the mutilated remains of a three-day-old baby.

Mon, 23 Oct 2000

JP/Recruitment ads

Recruitment adsFrom Media IndonesiaAn advertisement recently published in a newspaper said a commission fee of Rp 1,200,000 would be given to a PL/sponsor for recruiting migrant workers and this fee would be deposited to PT BL, a migrant worker exporting company.

Mon, 23 Oct 2000

JP/City to hire 300 Kamra members

City to hire 300 Kamra members JAKARTA (JP): The city administration has agreed to hire 300 People's Security (Kamra) members to as additional members of the Jakarta Public Order Agency.National Police Spokesman Brig. Gen.

Mon, 23 Oct 2000

JP/Theater groups strive to save Sundanese

Theater groups strive to save Sundanese BANDUNG (JP): The latest effort to preserve the Sundanese language is to perform traditional plays.And the most recent theater group to perform these plays is Kiwari, a Sundanese theatrical group combining traditional and modern elements.

Mon, 23 Oct 2000

JP/Welcoming PLN's new policy

Welcoming PLN's new policyFrom Pos KotaWe gladly welcome the policy of state-owned electricity company PLN to introduce a new method of paying electricity bills (Pos Kota, Oct. 16, 2000).

Mon, 23 Oct 2000

JP/Police ask House to send letter about Suwondo case

Police ask House to send letter about Suwondo case JAKARTA (JP): National Police Chief Gen. Surojo Bimantoro said the House of Representative's special committee for the Bulog scandal could send an official letter to police requesting that Suwondo, a main suspect in the multibillion rupiah scam, ...

Mon, 23 Oct 2000

JP/Call for moratorium on logging

Call for moratorium on loggingBy Longgena Ginting JAKARTA (JP): Our forest is dying a painful death.Indonesia is known worldwide to be among places with the worst forest destruction.

Mon, 23 Oct 2000

JP/BII housing loan

BII housing loan This is an open letter to the board of directors of Bank International Indonesia. I am the owner of a house at Taman Sentosa Compound Block A3 No. 9, Bekasi-17550, bought under the name of Aryani Suhartono, using the house-ownership loan scheme from BII.

Mon, 23 Oct 2000

JP/31 netted for narcotics

31 netted for narcotics JAKARTA (JP): Central Jakarta Police arrested 31 people suspected of illegally possessing narcotics and weapons during a raid on Saturday.Head of the Central Jakarta Police Command and Operation Control Center, Asst. Supt. Ricky F.

Mon, 23 Oct 2000

JP/Andrean loses to world champ

Andrean loses to world champ JAKARTA (JP): Indonesian Chess Association (Percasi) Master (MP) Andrean Susilodinata, 10, surrendered before world champion Russian Dmitri Andreikine in the ninth round of the World Youth Chess Championship in Oropesa del Mar, Spain, on Friday.

Mon, 23 Oct 2000

JP/Condemned circumcision?

Condemned circumcision? This is in response to the letter of Melly R. titled "Political Correctness" dated Oct. 20.Ms. Melly,Mr. Mason is not alone in his assertion that female circumcision is barbaric. Most of the developed world (and that does not just mean "The West") would agree.

Mon, 23 Oct 2000

JP/JITF may not reach $10b corporate debt restructure target

JITF may not reach $10b corporate debt restructure targetBy Reiner S JAKARTA (JP): The Jakarta Initiative Task Force (JITF) may not reach the government target to restructure around US$10 billion in corporate foreign debt by the end of this year.

Mon, 23 Oct 2000

JP/Nurfaizi's Rp 5b donation gets mixed reaction

Nurfaizi's Rp 5b donation gets mixed reaction JAKARTA (JP): Political and social figures have given mixed reactions to the 22 imported cars and 17 motorbikes, worth a total of Rp 5 billion (US$574,000), that were donated personally by ex-Jakarta Police chief, Insp. Gen.

Mon, 23 Oct 2000

JP/S. Korea golfers keep Asian Cup

S. Korea golfers keep Asian Cup CHEJU ISLAND, South Korea (Agencies): Korean duo of Choi Gwang-soo and Park Nam-sin held off a spirited challenge from a much younger Thai team on Sunday to successfully defend the Johnnie Walker Asian Nations Cup at Pinx Golf Club.

Mon, 23 Oct 2000

JP/TV today

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

Mon, 23 Oct 2000

JP/Indonesia arrests U.S. 'infiltrator' in Irian Jaya

Indonesia arrests U.S. 'infiltrator' in Irian Jaya YOGYAKARTA (JP): Minister of Defense Mohammad Mahfud M.D.

Mon, 23 Oct 2000

JP/Sigit/Halim in Dutch Open

Sigit/Halim in Dutch Open JAKARTA (JP): Men's doubles team of Sigit Budiarto and Halim Heryanto is the sole representative from Indonesia in Sunday's final of the Dutch Badminton Open.

Mon, 23 Oct 2000

JP/Twilite orchestra goes to the campus

Twilite orchestra goes to the campus JAKARTA (JP): Campus and popular music are at times intertwined -- one feeds the other. Pop or rock gigs are a regular thing on stage while dangdut sometimes sneaks onto a more informal milieu.

Mon, 23 Oct 2000

JP/Dewi to be queried over misuse of stay

Dewi to be queried over misuse of stay JAKARTA (JP): Singer and TV program host Dewi Sandra is expected at the Immigration Office Headquarters in Kuningan, South Jakarta, on Monday for further questioning over the alleged misuse of her stay in this country, a staffer said over the weekend.

Mon, 23 Oct 2000

JP/Pick of the Flicks

Pick of the FlicksHollywood KC: Bring It On 14:15 16:55 19:05 21:15 Nutty Professor II: The Klumps 14:55 17:35 19:45 21:55 MVP 14:15 16:55 19:05 21:15 The Flinstones in Viva Rock Vegas 14:55 17:35 19:45 21:55 Shaft ...

Mon, 23 Oct 2000

JP/Telephone to compete with mobile technology

Telephone to compete with mobile technology JAKARTA (JP): It is the era of mobile Internet and people are carrying cellular phones which function not only as a device for communication, but much more in accordance with the vast developments in information technology (IT).

Mon, 23 Oct 2000

JP/Youth organizations committed to end rivalry

Youth organizations committed to end rivalry JAKARTA (JP): In observance of Youths' Oath Day, rival youth organizations have pledged to end rivalry and enmity among them for the sake of national reconciliation.

Mon, 23 Oct 2000

JP/Telkomsel serves Lombok

Telkomsel serves Lombok JAKARTA (JP): Cellular operator PT Telkomsel has expanded its service coverage to Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara with its subscriber identity module card SimPATI Nusantara special Lombok number.

Mon, 23 Oct 2000

JP/Four die in latest Aceh violence

Four die in latest Aceh violence BANDA ACEH, Aceh: At least four people have died, including two alleged rebels of the Free Aceh Movement (GAM), in separate incidents which broke out in the North Aceh and Pidie regencies on Saturday.Police Special Operations deputy chief Supt.

Mon, 23 Oct 2000

JP/Sundanese speakers choose 'bahasa' over native tongue

Sundanese speakers choose 'bahasa' over native tongueBy Matdon BANDUNG (JP): The Sundanese language is becoming endangered as more Sundanese are no longer proud to speak their native tongue.

Mon, 23 Oct 2000

JP/Momentum for peace

Momentum for peace Sifting through the various rhetorical statements on the importance of cementing Asian-European ties in the new millennium, one can find something a far more concrete result from the summit of the Asian and European leaders in Seoul which ended on Saturday.

Mon, 23 Oct 2000

JP/Pustaka store lost my bag

Pustaka store lost my bagFrom Media IndonesiaWhen I was about to enter the Toko Pustaka in Bogor at about noon on Sept. 30, I was asked by a store clerk to check my bag in at the counter. I did so, but he didn't give me a numbered tag for it saying the pigeon-holes for bags were full.