Composers, artists get reminder of past sycophancy JAKARTA (JP): People now dare to face head-on the fact that
former president Soeharto's grasp reached well beyond politics
and business, even meddling in the arts. More ...
Liquidity support to ailing banks rises to Rp 140.80 trillion JAKARTA (JP): Bank Indonesia (BI) liquidity support to ailing
banks under the supervision of the Indonesian Bank Restructuring
Agency (IBRA) rose by Rp 5.26 trillion in the week ending Aug.
21. More ...
Group says graft probe needs free commission JAKARTA (JP): Economists and government critics are banding
together to advocate establishment of an independent commission
to probe bureaucratic corruption, including allegations which
surfaced recently involving World Bank loans. More ...
World Bank pans govt subsidy program JAKARTA (JP): The government's huge subsidy commitments are
unsustainable and could lead to economic disaster if the policy
is not revised, a senior World Bank official warned yesterday. More ...
Child prostitutes in Central Java PURBALINGGA, Central Java: Hundreds of child prostitutes are
reportedly operating in Purwokerto, Cilacap and Purbalingga.Lt. Col. More ...
PT Aneka Tambang to list shares on ASX JAKARTA (JP): Publicly listed general mining company PT Aneka
Tambang is to list its shares on the Australian Stock Exchange
(ASX) to gain more access to international investors, the company
announced yesterday. More ...
Astra makes headway in restructuring foreign debt JAKARTA (JP): The country's largest automaker, PT Astra
International, announced yesterday that its foreign creditors had
agreed to work with the company to restructure its mounting
foreign debts.Company president Rini M. More ...
New regulation on presidency needed: Experts JAKARTA (JP): Four constitutional law experts have called for
clear regulation of the presidential institution in order to
prevent a concentration of power in the hands of the executive
branch of the government in the future. More ...
Govt urged to redefine its roles in economy JAKARTA (JP): Following the worse crisis in three decades, the
government's role in the country's economy should now be
redefined, economists have suggested. More ...
Capital market aids residents JAKARTA (JP): The Capital Market Society of Indonesia has
donated food and used clothing to 7,000 needy residents of five
subdistricts in the city in conjunction with the 21st anniversary
of the capital market's reactivation. More ...
More major bank restructuring planned JAKARTA (JP): The government plans another series of major
bank restructuring measures later this year when all banks have
to meet the new minimum 4 percent capital adequacy ratio
requirement (CAR), Minister of Finance Bambang Subianto said
yesterday. More ...
15 laid-off workers injured in attempted protest march JAKARTA (JP): Riot police injured at least 15 people yesterday
when they blocked hundreds of laid-off workers attempting to
march to the Jakarta International Labor Organization (ILO)
office to seek help over their dismissal. More ...
Bakin under fire over statement on rapes JAKARTA (JP): Scholars and observers strongly criticized the
head of the State Intelligence Coordinating Board (Bakin) Lt.
Gen. More ...
PDI congress Contrary to what the government has repeatedly announced, that
is, that it will not interfere with the Indonesian Democratic
Party's internal affairs and will leave the settlement of the
party's prolonged conflict to its members; it ultimately issued a
permit for Soerjadi to hold a ... More ...
Prabowo's dismissal Lt. Gen. Prabowo Subianto, the central figure in the drama and
tragedy of the abduction of political activists, has had his
active service in the Indonesian Armed Forces (ABRI) terminated. More ...
Seven drown, 12 missing after packed boat capsizes JAKARTA (JP): Seven people drowned and 12 others are missing
after a motorized boat overloaded with wedding guests capsized
Monday afternoon in the Thousand Islands chain in North Jakarta.Tangerang Police chief Lt. Col. More ...
Rupiah extends gains as stocks continue to fall JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesian rupiah extended gains yesterday
amid optimism about the country's efforts to clean up its banks,
while local stock prices continued to fall, tracking a regional
weakness. More ...
Conversion Rates JAKARTA (JP): Bank Ekspor Impor Indonesia's (Bank Exim)
indicative conversion rates on Aug. 23, 1998: Buying Selling Rp Rp U.S. dollar 1 10,900.00 11,500. More ...
KONI picks 122 athletes for Asian Games training JAKARTA (JP): The National Sports Council (KONI) named
yesterday 122 athletes from 20 sports who will start centralized
training Sept. 1 for the 13th Asian Games. More ...
Real or perceived threat? One of the latest buzzwords in Indonesian politics is
"disintegration". Senior government and military officials have
been raising the alarm lately about the possibility of Indonesia
breaking apart the same way that the Soviet Union and Yugoslavia
collapsed. More ...
Govt to totally liberalize power sector in 5 years JAKARTA (JP): The government plans to liberalize the power
sector over the next five years to allow independent power
producers (IPPs) to directly sell power to the public in
competition with state electricity company PLN. More ...
Troubles in Aceh, Irian 'not due to separatism' JAKARTA (JP): Former governors of Aceh and Irian Jaya said
yesterday that discriminatory development policies and economic
injustices, rather than separatism, were the cause of many
social, political and security problems in the two hotspot
regions. More ...
Sukarno aide wants his good name back YOGYAKARTA (JP): An adjutant of first president Sukarno who
was incarcerated for over a decade as a political prisoner is
demanding that his good name be restored. More ...
Government should give incentives to farmers The food situation appears to be deteriorating even further,
with increasing reports of farmers invading plantations and golf
courses all over Java to grow their own food. At the same time,
the number of poor has increased manifold. More ...
Disappointing promise In December 1997, I paid a deposit to Daksa Group for land in
Kota Kembang housing complex, Melati sector, block F2 No. 24,
Depok, West Java. Eight months have elapsed and construction of
the house is still not completed. More ...
PDI congress opens in chaos, 17 hurt PALU, Central Sulawesi (JP): Violent clashes erupted at the
opening of the Indonesian Democratic Party (PDI) congress here
yesterday when hundreds of loyalists of ousted leader Megawati
Soekarnoputri tried to force their way into the venue tightly
guarded by ... More ...
Cirata hydro completed JAKARTA (JP): Austrian power generating equipment
manufacturers Elin and Voest Alpine MCE, a subsidiary of the VA
TECH group, has completed the installment of hydroelectric
equipment at the giant Cirata hydropower plant in West Java. More ...
Economists meet to discuss economic reconstruction JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesian Economists Association (ISEI)
will discuss the country's economic reconstruction in its ninth
plenary session opening at the NAM Center in the Kemayoran area
here today. More ...
Will the WB be persecuted? It is widely reported in the world press that Indonesian
officials are believed to have siphoned off more than 20 percent
of money earmarked for World Bank projects. It is an entrenched
culture of corruption -- the August 1997 report says so. More ...
Private firm eyes Kramat Tunggak JAKARTA (JP): Private company PT Nuansa Jasa Realtindo has
plans to build a shopping complex where the popular Kramat
Tunggak red-light district now stands in North Jakarta, one of
the firm's executives said yesterday. More ...
Preventive diplomacy in Asia-PasificBy Hasjim Djalal The following article is based on a paper presented to the
International Symposium on Preventive Diplomacy in the Asia-
Pacific region, jointly organized in Beijing from July 20 to July
21, 1998 by the Japan Forum on International Relations and ... More ...
Bank employees mull rally in support of colleagues JAKARTA (JP): A newly founded workers union threatened
yesterday to stage "a massive but peaceful" rally soon unless the
government settles the fate of 12,000 employees of three
suspended private banks. More ...
WWF wants Kalimantan reserve protected JAKARTA (JP): The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) is urging
the government to designate 400,000 hectares of pristine lowland
tropical forest in East Kalimantan as a conservation area. More ...
Government honors Tong Djoe JAKARTA (JP): Foreign Minister Ali Alatas (right) yesterday
presented the Jasa Pratama medal to business tycoon Tong Djoe
(left) for meritorious service to the country, including help to
normalize diplomatic relations between Indonesia and China. More ...
Sympathizers defend sultan's candidacy YOGYAKARTA: Hundreds of supporters of Yogyakarta Sultan
Hamengkubuwono X are camped out at the local legislature and
threatening to take matters into their own hands if the central
government fails to immediately confirm him as governor. More ...
Baramuli's views on medals When I read in The Jakarta Post on Aug. 21, page 2, Mr.
Baramuli's statement saying: "Why must you make such a fuss about
these medals. No one would buy them if they came up for sale," I
felt hurt. More ...
Museum head irked by poor generosity JAMBI: The head of the Jambi Museum, Wijaya, complained
yesterday that many people in the province were reluctant to
donate historical items to his institution or place them in the
collection for safekeeping. More ...
Investigator says Prabowo could be court-martialled JAKARTA (JP): National Military Police Corps Commander Maj.
Gen. Syamsu Djalal said yesterday the Armed Forces' (ABRI) fact-
finding team now had the evidence with which to press Lt. Gen. More ...
The violence in Northern Ireland Violence will continue in Northern Ireland, at least for now,
but so will the peace process.Some are psychopaths, some fascists and others simply
terrorists. More ...
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Sofjan to gather businessmen to help parties JAKARTA (JP): A group of top businesspeople have abandoned
Golkar and are studying the possibility of financially backing
some of the country's newly emerging political parties. More ...
WFP provides rice donation PALU, Central Sulawesi: The World Food Program (WFP) has
donated 14,770 tons of rice to needy people in the province. More ...
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