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Thu, 27 Jan 2000

JP/Governor warns to remiss taxi firms

Governor warns to remiss taxi firms JAKARTA (JP): Governor Sutiyoso threatened on Wednesday to revoke licenses of any taxi firms if they were involved in any crimes.The warning was issued following the vicious rape in a Kotas (Koperasi Taksi Sepakat) taxi last Friday.

Thu, 27 Jan 2000

JP/Officers badly hurt in drunken brawl over game

Officers badly hurt in drunken brawl over game JAKARTA (JP): Two Army officers and a marine officer of the Indonesian Military (TNI) suffered injuries in a drunken brawl over bets concerning who would win in a billiard game.The incident occurred at the Kramatjati Indah billiard center on Jl.

Thu, 27 Jan 2000

JP/Govt drafts rules on mining authority under autonomy law

Govt drafts rules on mining authority under autonomy law JAKARTA (JP): A regulation on the delegation of authority in the mining and energy sector is being prepared to support the implementation of the autonomy law, a senior minister said here on Tuesday.

Thu, 27 Jan 2000

JP/Budget woes

Budget woes Budget analysts for the rest of the year 2000 may be divided into optimists and pessimists. The optimists believe the government will overcome the challenges; the pessimists, including a certain Dr. Sj. in the Kompas edition of Jan. 24, 2000, call it a "lack of vision".

Thu, 27 Jan 2000

JP/Accor picks Miss Novotel

Accor picks Miss Novotel JAKARTA (JP): French hotel operator Accor Asia Pacific said on Tuesday that it would hold the grand final of the Miss Novotel tourism Ambassador Contest 1999 on Jan. 28.

Thu, 27 Jan 2000

JP/PAN's pre-congress session starts

PAN's pre-congress session starts YOGYAKARTA: Some 3,000 National Mandate Party (PAN) supporters attended a post-Idul Fitri celebration on Wednesday night, marking the opening of a preliminary meeting of the party's first congress to be held here next month.

Thu, 27 Jan 2000

JP/Government assesses 'power' to nail corrupt tycoons

Government assesses 'power' to nail corrupt tycoons JAKARTA (JP): Finance minister Bambang Sudibyo said on Wednesday the three-month old government was still assessing whether it had the "real political power" to put behind bars the "powerful" businessmen responsible for creating the messy ...

Thu, 27 Jan 2000

JP/Peace in Aceh, how soon?

Peace in Aceh, how soon? President Abdurrahman Wahid's assurance that the unrest in Aceh, this country's westernmost province, will before long belong in the past cannot have failed to hearten many Indonesians, not in the least those tens of thousands, security officers and ordinary people alike, ...

Thu, 27 Jan 2000

JP/Soccer body to initiate gradual training method

Soccer body to initiate gradual training method JAKARTA (JP): The Soccer Association of Indonesia (PSSI) will introduce a gradual training method to ensure sustainability in grooming young players for the national soccer team.

Thu, 27 Jan 2000

JP/Government applies sticker visa system

Government applies sticker visa system JAKARTA (JP): The government has begun to use sticker visas to replace the commonly used stamped seals as a measure to curb rampant forged visas being used to enter the country.

Thu, 27 Jan 2000

JP/Students attack police station

Students attack police station JAYAPURA, Irian Jaya (JP): Hundreds of angry students from Cendrawasih University attacked a police station in Abepura, Irian Jaya on Tuesday, following a beating of one student by a police cadet.

Thu, 27 Jan 2000

JP/Donors shift focus to Indonesia's forests

Donors shift focus to Indonesia's forests JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia's forest management will be the main issue in next week's donors meeting in Jakarta, the World Bank's country director Mark Baird said on Wednesday.

Thu, 27 Jan 2000

JP/Rumors surround retirement of Cabinet generals

Rumors surround retirement of Cabinet generals JAKARTA (JP): One of the four active Indonesian Military officers serving in the Cabinet hinted on Wednesday that documents officially retiring them from military service may already have been signed by President Abdurrahman Wahid.

Thu, 27 Jan 2000

JP/Government delays shake-up of state companies

Government delays shake-up of state companies JAKARTA (JP): President Abdurrahman Wahid postponed on Wednesday plans to remove the management of eight state companies to allow their slated replacements to undergo fit and proper tests and meet other technical requirements.

Thu, 27 Jan 2000

JP/Most Central Java athletes unfit

Most Central Java athletes unfit JAKARTA (JP): Physical tests showed that 95 percent of Central Java's athletes, preparing to compete in the 15th National Games (PON) in Surabaya in June, had below-standard fitness.

Thu, 27 Jan 2000

JP/Government told to take action in Maluku

Government told to take action in Maluku JAKARTA (JP): Stern measures to restore order and security in restive Maluku and North Maluku are a prerequisite for peace there, intellectuals concluded on Wednesday.

Thu, 27 Jan 2000

JP/Villagers clash over swallow nests

Villagers clash over swallow nests PADANG, West Sumatra: Dozens have been injured as residents of two neighboring districts in Solok, some 60 kilometers southeast of here, fought for the rights to a cave rich with swallow nests.

Thu, 27 Jan 2000

JP/Bank Mandiri set for full online banking in July

Bank Mandiri set for full online banking in July JAKARTA (JP): Online banking will be available by the end of July to customers of the four state banks merged into Bank Mandiri, its president said on Wednesday.

Thu, 27 Jan 2000

JP/Police suspect veteran robbers of Tuesday's armed robbery

Police suspect veteran robbers of Tuesday's armed robbery JAKARTA (JP): South Jakarta Police detectives strongly suspect two men as the culprits of Tuesday's afternoon armed robbery in which the two suspects robbed a couple of Rp 68 million (US$9067).

Thu, 27 Jan 2000

JP/National Supercross C'ships begin

National Supercross C'ships begin JAKARTA (JP): The first leg of the 2000 Gudang Garam National Supercross Championships will kick off on Feb. 19 and Feb. 20 in Banjar Ciamis, West Java.

Thu, 27 Jan 2000

JP/Where to go in Bali:

Where to go in Bali:Exhibition * Instalation Exhibition: Sepatu Lars at Komaneka Gallery, in Ubud, until February.Festival * Contemporary Theater Festival: Workshops, performances, at Sai Sai Bar, Jalan Monkey Forest, in Ubud, on March.

Thu, 27 Jan 2000

JP/Semen Cibinong gets ISO

Semen Cibinong gets ISO JAKARTA (JP): Publicly listed cement company PT Semen Cibinong received on Wednesday an ISO 14,001 certificate for its environmental management system from the Societe Generale de Surveillance International Certification Services (SGS-ICS) Indonesia.

Thu, 27 Jan 2000

JP/Niger, not Nigeria

Niger, not Nigeria As I was listening to the TVRI program "Dunia Dalam Berita" (World in the News) a few days ago, they reported during the sports about the Paris-Dakar Race.

Thu, 27 Jan 2000

JP/Joger's business strategy fits to a tee

Joger's business strategy fits to a teeBy Tarko Sudarno KUTA, Bali (JP): "Hello, good morning, selamat pagi," says Joseph Theodorus Wulianadi, popularly known as Mr. Joger, every time he answers the phone at his Kuta home, be it in the morning, noon or even midnight.

Thu, 27 Jan 2000

JP/Let locals be heard

Let locals be heard After what Indonesia has had to endure these past two years, I've pretty much gotten used to the idea that many Western expatriates (especially fellow journalists) are merely sneering foreigners, whose written (or televised) observations on Indonesia are often little more than ...

Thu, 27 Jan 2000

JP/Barong blends Balinese and Chinese cultures

Barong blends Balinese and Chinese culturesI Wayan Juniarta DENPASAR, Bali (JP): The Chinese New Year will fall next week (Feb.5, 2000), and many Balinese people are busy preparing various events to celebrate the event that was once banned in Indonesia.

Thu, 27 Jan 2000

JP/Pick of the Flicks

Pick of the FlicksHollywood KC: Double Jeopardy 14:15 16:55 19:05 21:15 The Patriot 14:55 17:35 19:45 21:55 Random Hearts 14:55 17:35 19:45 21:55 Anna And The King 13:45 16:30 20:15 Fight Club ...

Thu, 27 Jan 2000

JP/Overcapacity in forestry sector

Overcapacity in forestry sectorBy Agus Purnomo JAKARTA (JP): Representatives of the World Bank and bilateral donor countries met on Wednesday with Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Finance and Industry Kwik Kian Gie and Minister of Forestry and Plantations Nur Mahmudi Ismail to discuss the ...

Thu, 27 Jan 2000

JP/Maluku violence spreads to Bacan

Maluku violence spreads to Bacan TERNATE, North Maluku (JP): At least 250 people from several villages have been evacuated to local military installations as communal clashes hit Bacan island in South Halmahera, a military officer said on Wednesday.

Thu, 27 Jan 2000

JP/Question mark hangs over FSPC meeting

Question mark hangs over FSPC meeting JAKARTA (JP): The newly established Financial Sector Policy Committee (FSPC), which oversees the Indonesian Bank Restructuring Agency, held its first meeting on Wednesday.

Thu, 27 Jan 2000

JP/Ex-FM heads debt task force

Ex-FM heads debt task force JAKARTA (JP): Coordinating Minister for Economy, Finance and Industry Kwik Kian Gie said on Tuesday the government had appointed former Finance Minister Bambang Subianto as the new Chairman of the Jakarta Initiative Task Force.

Thu, 27 Jan 2000

JP/PPP chairman's house robbed

PPP chairman's house robbed BOGOR (JP): A group of robbers ransacked the house of Hamzah Haz, chairman the United Development Party (PPP) in Kebon Pedes of Tanah Sareal district, North Bogor in the wee hours on Wednesday.

Thu, 27 Jan 2000

JP/CIA chief confusion

CIA chief confusion According to Mr. Frank Richardson's second article The U.S.: A party to mass murder? in The Jakarta Post of Jan. 14, 2000, then CIA director William E. Colby was pleased with the abortive coup by the Indonesian Communist Party (PKI) in 1965.

Thu, 27 Jan 2000

JP/Medco buys two oil fields

Medco buys two oil fields JAKARTA (JP): Publicly listed oil and gas company PT Medco Energy Corporation has acquired a majority stake in two oil and gas fields located in East Kalimantan and Madura.

Thu, 27 Jan 2000

JP/Stock Exchange

Stock ExchangeStock prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (in rupiah) on Jan. 26, 2000: Shares Close Change Trading Volume --------------------------------------------------------- Ades Alfindo 850 ...

Thu, 27 Jan 2000

JP/TV today

TV todayTVRI 5:30 a.m. Religious Teachings 6:00 News 8:00 Children's Program 9:00 Music 10:30 Interval 2:00 p.m.

Thu, 27 Jan 2000

JP/Clipan to issue bonds

Clipan to issue bonds JAKARTA (JP): Publicly listed finance company PT Clipan Finance will issue bonds worth between Rp 100 billion and Rp 150 billion (about US$20.5 million) to strengthen its consumer financing activities.

Thu, 27 Jan 2000

JP/G-15 chamber of commerce declares 2000 year of SMEs

G-15 chamber of commerce declares 2000 year of SMEs JAKARTA (JP): The Federation of Chambers of Commerce, Industry and Services (FCCI) from the Group of 15 developing countries has declared 2000 as the year of small and medium-scale enterprises (SMEs).

Thu, 27 Jan 2000

JP/Eros says he is ready to lead PDI-Perjuangan

Eros says he is ready to lead PDI-Perjuangan YOGYAKARTA (JP): Eros Djarot, chief editor of weekly tabloid Detak, asserted his readiness to be nominated chairman of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-Perjuangan) replacing Megawati Soekarnoputri who is now Indonesia's Vice President.

Thu, 27 Jan 2000

JP/Roche protests court's sequestration ruling

Roche protests court's sequestration ruling JAKARTA (JP): Drug company PT Roche Indonesia, an affiliate of Swiss firm Roche, protested on Wednesday the South Jakarta District Court's decision to sequester its assets at the request of drug distributor PT Perusahaan Dagang Tempo in a ...

Thu, 27 Jan 2000

JP/Kalla questions recommendation to close Indorayon

Kalla questions recommendation to close Indorayon JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Trade and Industry Jusuf Kalla said on Wednesday the decision on whether or not to close down pulp and rayon fiber producer PT Inti Indorayon Utama should be made by the court.

Thu, 27 Jan 2000

JP/Darvies paints bleak pictures of cultural decline

Darvies paints bleak pictures of cultural declineBy Susi Andrini YOGYAKARTA (JP): Onde-onde lalanuk sanjo (Gee, sunset has past).

Thu, 27 Jan 2000

JP/Four rebels killed in Aceh

Four rebels killed in Aceh BANDA ACEH, Aceh (JP): Four rebels were killed in the latest joint military and police operation to crush the strongholds of the separatist Free Aceh Movement (GAM) and arrest its leader Ahmad Kandang, police claimed on Wednesday.

Thu, 27 Jan 2000

JP/Isrok's name comes up in drug hearing

Isrok's name comes up in drug hearing JAKARTA (JP): In an unprecedented move, the sole defendant in a drug case, Donny Hendrian, publicly mentioned the original name of an accomplice who was arrested along with him in a drug bust in August last year.

Thu, 27 Jan 2000

JP/PBSI sets special team for Uber Cup semifinal match

PBSI sets special team for Uber Cup semifinal match JAKARTA (JP): The Badminton Association of Indonesia (PBSI) demonstrated its desire to reach the Uber Cup finals by establishing a special team of coaches, PBSI officials, psychologists, a professional motivator, masseurs and medical doctors to ...

Thu, 27 Jan 2000

JP/Committee established to evaluate regional autonomy

Committee established to evaluate regional autonomy JAKARTA (JP): Governor Sutiyoso said on Wednesday that the city administration and City Council would establish a joint working committee to evaluate and speed up the implementation of regional autonomy, including a handover of the ...

Thu, 27 Jan 2000

JP/New provinces invited to see plenary meeting

New provinces invited to see plenary meeting JAKARTA (JP): The National Sports Council (KONI) is inviting new provinces to observe its two-day national plenary meeting on Feb. 15 and Feb. 16 here.

Thu, 27 Jan 2000

JP/Five researchers get Unesco award

Five researchers get Unesco award BOGOR (JP): Five young researchers and environmentalists received a Man and Biosphere (MAB) Award from the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (Unesco) on Tuesday for their outstanding contribution in their field of work.

Thu, 27 Jan 2000

JP/National athletes granted exemption from exit tax

National athletes granted exemption from exit tax JAKARTA (JP): National athletes will be exempt from the exit tax, starting early this year, each time they represent Indonesia in international championships abroad.A letter from the Tax Directorate General, numbered S- 168/PJ.

Thu, 27 Jan 2000

JP/IBRA raises more than Rp 12t from asset sales

IBRA raises more than Rp 12t from asset sales JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesian Bank Restructuring Agency (IBRA) has raised more than Rp 12 trillion (US$1.64 billion) in cash from asset sales and loan recoveries, according to the agency's deputy chairman Arwin Rasyid.

Thu, 27 Jan 2000

JP/Young choreographers preserve 'legong'

Young choreographers preserve 'legong'By Kadek Suartaya DENPASAR, Bali (JP): The dancers moved elegantly, performing a legong dance depicting the passionate love of Shiva, the god of for his wife, the goddess of Durga.

Thu, 27 Jan 2000

JP/UNTAET unwilling to cooperate with KPP HAM: Dillon

UNTAET unwilling to cooperate with KPP HAM: Dillon JAKARTA (JP): A senior member of the Commission of Inquiry into Human Rights Violations (KPP HAM) in East Timor has complained that UNTAET has been uncooperative in uncovering alleged rights violations in the territory.

Thu, 27 Jan 2000

JP/Lecturer drowns in flood

Lecturer drowns in flood JAKARTA (JP): South Jakarta marine officers fished the drowned body of a female law lecturer at the private Pancasila University from the Grogol river which flows by the Pondok Indah golf course.

Thu, 27 Jan 2000

JP/Israeli envoy meets top legislators

Israeli envoy meets top legislators JAKARTA (JP): Israel took the initiative in responding to President Abdurrahman Wahid's desire to open trade ties with the Jewish state by lobbying top legislators here on Wednesday.