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Tue, 29 Feb 2000
Spelling error
Spelling error This is to call your attention to an error on page 9 of Sunday's edition of The Jakarta Post, in the article Indonesian and expat students to stage a play for social benefit (Feb. 27, 2000).
Tue, 29 Feb 2000
Triumvirate plan needs Constitutional amendment
Triumvirate plan needs Constitutional amendment JAKARTA (JP): Constitutional law professor Harun Alrasid said a constitutional amendment was needed if the House of Representatives wanted to set up a triumvirate leadership in the event the president and vice president are incapacitated.
Tue, 29 Feb 2000
TV today
TV todayTVRI 5:30 a.m. Religious Teachings 6:00 News 8:00 Children's Songs 9:00 Music 10:30 Interval 2:00 p.m. News 2:30 TV Series 3:00 Music 4:00 Regional News 4:30 Documentary 5:30 Sports 6:00 Music 6:30 News (in English) 7:00 Evening News 7:30 TV Drama 8:00 Music 9:00 World News 9:35 Talk Show...
Tue, 29 Feb 2000
Govt urged to decide on Damura fund
Govt urged to decide on Damura fund JAKARTA (JP): House of Representatives Commission VI for human resources and religious affairs member Ismangun Notosapoetro has urged the government to decide if the fund raising scheme Damura (the People's Fund for Sport) should be allowed to continue.
Tue, 29 Feb 2000
No routine tours
No routine tours Tours of duty may be normal occurrences in an organization as dynamic and developed as the Indonesian Military (TNI), but given TNI's national prominence, every single change at the top of its leadership today has significant consequences for the life of the republic.
Tue, 29 Feb 2000
JSX closed on leap year
JSX closed on leap year JAKARTA (JP): The Jakarta Stock Exchange (JSX) will be closed on Tuesday (Feb. 29) in anticipation of possible computer glitches on the date, the extra day in the new millennium's first leap year.The JSX said trading would resume on Wednesday.
Tue, 29 Feb 2000
Darya Varia nets profit
Darya Varia nets profit JAKARTA (JP): Publicly listed pharmaceutical company PT Darya Varia announced on Monday a net profit of Rp 32.03 billion (about US$44 million) in the year ending in December, compared to a net loss of Rp 135.39 billion a year earlier.
Tue, 29 Feb 2000
Former Caltex boss named Pertamina chief
Former Caltex boss named Pertamina chief JAKARTA (JP): President Abdurrahman Wahid appointed on Monday former president of oil company PT Caltex Pacific Indonesia Baihaki Hakim as the new president of state oil and gas company Pertamina, replacing Martiono Hadianto.
Tue, 29 Feb 2000
Politics and the military
Politics and the military The Indonesian military (TNI) commander Admiral Widodo made an honest admission in parliament: Changing the (Indonesian) military culture is difficult. It is difficult to achieve even though a new paradigm has emerged and a new concept has been coined: a redefinition,...
Tue, 29 Feb 2000
ASEAN wants more Japanese investment
ASEAN wants more Japanese investment TOKYO (DPA): An investment promotion mission for the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) on Monday called for more Japanese investment to the region as its economies emerge from the doldrums brought on by the 1997 Asian financial crisis.
Tue, 29 Feb 2000
Selected list of names in latest TNI's reshuffle
Selected list of names in latest TNI's reshuffleTNI Headquarters: Brig. Gen. Saurip Kadi, Senior official TNI Heaquarters (previous post), Assistant to Army Chief on territorial affairs (new post); Lt. Gen. Suaidy Marasabessy, Chief of TNI's General Affairs, Senior official at TNI Headquaters; Lt.
Tue, 29 Feb 2000
Tractors wins $3m order
Tractors wins $3m order JAKARTA (JP): PT United Tractors Pandu Engineering (UTE) has won contracts worth about US$3 million to supply transportation related components to GE Transportation System of the United States this year.
Tue, 29 Feb 2000
Government, House agree on 12% hike in fuel prices
Government, House agree on 12% hike in fuel prices JAKARTA (JP): The government and the House of Representatives' state budget committee agreed on Monday to raise fuel prices an average of 12 percent beginning in April, according to Minister of Mines and Energy Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono.
Tue, 29 Feb 2000
IMF predicts higher than 4% growth for Indonesia
IMF predicts higher than 4% growth for Indonesia JAKARTA (JP): International Monetary Fund (IMF) director for Asia Pacific Yusuke Horiguchi predicted on Monday that Indonesia's economy would grow by more than 4 percent this year while inflation would remain in single digits.
Tue, 29 Feb 2000
Controversial trial in Aceh delayed
Controversial trial in Aceh delayed BANDA ACEH, Aceh: The trial of a massacre in West Aceh will not take place till the second week of March as Banda Aceh district court officials said on Monday they would need at least a week to sort out the paper work and study the case further.
Tue, 29 Feb 2000
Nonintervention good for ASEAN members
Nonintervention good for ASEAN members MANILA (AFP): A policy of not intervening with each other's internal affairs has worked well for the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), scholars and businessmen said here on Monday.
Tue, 29 Feb 2000
Toward reconciliation in Indonesia
Toward reconciliation in IndonesiaBy Willem Oltmans AMSTERDAM (JP): Rimbaud once wrote that love should be reinvented. Psychohistorians in America feel history should be reinvented. In studying the emotional life of nations they decode history by using psychoanalytical methods to unravel and...
Tue, 29 Feb 2000
Conversion Rates
Conversion RatesBank Indonesia's conversion rates on Feb. 28, 2000: Bank notes rates Buying Selling Rp RpU.S. dollar 1 7,343.00 7,417.00Australian dollar 1 4,512.27 4,561.46Austrian schilling 1 516.72 522.47Belgian franc 1 176.26 178.22Brunei dollar 1 4,300.44 4,346.32Canadian dollar 1 5,063.
Tue, 29 Feb 2000
Small inflation rise to 0.07% recorded in February
Small inflation rise to 0.07% recorded in February JAKARTA (JP): Inflation in February slightly increased to 0.07 percent from the previous month, but fell to minus 0.84 percent when compared to the same month last year, the Central Bureau of Statistics (BPS) said on Monday.
Tue, 29 Feb 2000
Bogor 'angkot' drivers strike
Bogor 'angkot' drivers strike BOGOR (JP): More than 400 angkot (public minivan) drivers went on strike on Monday in protest at the operations of illegal minivans on their routes, leaving thousands of passengers stranded on the Cibinong-Bogor highway.
Tue, 29 Feb 2000
Feng shui your home and change your life
Feng shui your home and change your lifeBy Karen Kingston DENPASAR (JP): Feng shui is the ancient art of balancing and harmonizing energies in buildings to enhance the lives of the people who live or work there.
Tue, 29 Feb 2000
Tunas enters e-commerce
Tunas enters e-commerce JAKARTA (JP): PT Tunas Ridean, an authorized dealer for Toyota, BMW, Daihatsu and several other car brands, said on Monday its web site, http://www.TunasGroup.com, received about 500 visitors per day despite the fact the site had not yet been formally launched.
Tue, 29 Feb 2000
Caught in the crisis, hungry Semarang zoo animals need help
Caught in the crisis, hungry Semarang zoo animals need helpBy Haryoso SEMARANG (JP): The approximately 250 animals in Tinjomoyo Zoo are bearing the brunt of the economic crisis. They have been going hungry because the management does not have enough money to feed them properly.
Tue, 29 Feb 2000
Bad weather halts search operation
Bad weather halts search operation BREBES, Central Java (JP): The search operation for the remaining 24 people believed to be still trapped under last Wednesday night's landslide was halted on Monday due to bad weather and after consulting with the families of those missing.
Tue, 29 Feb 2000
Riau takes over Social Ministry
Riau takes over Social Ministry PEKANBARU, Riau: The assets of the now liquidated Ministry of Social Affairs in Riau were officially handed over on Monday to the provincial administration.These included all the material inventory of the ministry and also their personnel, Antara reported.
Tue, 29 Feb 2000
Telecom operators ready for mobile Internet
Telecom operators ready for mobile Internet JAKARTA (JP): Major telecommunications providers said here on Monday that they were ready to expand into wireless internet services this year using the Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) technology.
Tue, 29 Feb 2000
City to prevent dengue outbreak
City to prevent dengue outbreak JAKARTA (JP): The city's Health Agency is planning a series of preventive actions beginning in March aimed at halting further outbreaks of dengue hemorrhagic fever, which has already claimed six lives over the past two months, an official said on Monday.
Tue, 29 Feb 2000
Surya Hutani Jaya's owners
Surya Hutani Jaya's owners JAKARTA (JP): PT Surya Hutani Jaya forestry company clarified here on Monday that its share-ownership was by no means related to businessmen Mohammad Bob Hasan nor to Hutomo Tommy Mandala Putra, as several print media implied last week in their stories about the abuse of...
Tue, 29 Feb 2000
Reshuffle for reform? 'More likely for elite consolidation'
Reshuffle for reform? 'More likely for elite consolidation' Will there be more reform in the Indonesian Military (TNI) following Monday's reshuffle? The Jakarta Post spoke to Kusnanto Anggoro, who studies security issues at the Center for Strategic International Studies.
Tue, 29 Feb 2000
Doctors fail to appear for Soeharto's checkup
Doctors fail to appear for Soeharto's checkup JAKARTA (JP): A team of doctors appointed by the Attorney General's office failed to turn up for a re-examination of former president Soeharto on Monday.Spokesman for the Attorney General's office, Soehandoyo, said that the team was still reviewing...
Tue, 29 Feb 2000
Toll road holdups top of the agenda for Jakarta police
Toll road holdups top of the agenda for Jakarta police JAKARTA (JP): National Police chief Lt. Gen. Rusdihardjo ordered Jakarta Police chief Maj. Gen. Nurfaizi on Monday to prioritize the handling of the alarming spate of armed robberies on buses and trucks on toll roads in Greater Jakarta.
Tue, 29 Feb 2000
Stock quotations on JSX
Stock quotations on JSXStock prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (in rupiah) on Feb. 28, 2000: Shares Close Change Trading Volume ---------------------------------------------------------- Ades Alfindo 775 -75 12,500 Adindo Foresta Indonesia 700 25 4,900,500 Alakasa Industrindo 525 0 0 Alfa...
Tue, 29 Feb 2000
Govt out to check if picks for state firms measure up
Govt out to check if picks for state firms measure up JAKARTA (JP): The government said on Monday it would apply fit and proper tests for prospective appointees to state-owned companies' boards of directors to ensure they possessed the integrity and capability to lead the firms.
Tue, 29 Feb 2000
RI maid faces stoning
RI maid faces stoning DUBAI (AFP): An Islamic tribunal in the United Arab Emirates has ordered a pregnant Indonesian maid to be stoned to death for adultery, a newspaper reported on Monday.The same court in the Indian Ocean emirate of Fujairah acquitted her Muslim Indian lover in absentia,...
Tue, 29 Feb 2000
Dharmala Sakti asks court for time to negotiate debts
Dharmala Sakti asks court for time to negotiate debts JAKARTA (JP): Publicly listed PT Dharmala Sakti Sejahtera asked the Jakarta Commercial Court on Monday to hold off issuing a verdict in a bankruptcy suit filed against the holding company to allow it to negotiate its debt restructuring with...
Tue, 29 Feb 2000
Megawati lends name to trophy
Megawati lends name to trophy JAKARTA (JP): Vice President Megawati Soekarnoputri approved a request from the Indonesian Basketball Association (Perbasi) to confer her name on the women's basketball league (Women's Kobatama) trophy, said Perbasi official in charge of Kobatama, Doedie Gambiro.
Tue, 29 Feb 2000
Lippo Life service
Lippo Life service On Jan. 13, 2000, I went to the Lippo Life Metropolitan Mal branch in Bekasi and applied for a life insurance policy. I was told that because the sum insured was quite high my application would be subject to a full medical checkup.
Tue, 29 Feb 2000
BHP looks for RI partner
BHP looks for RI partner MELBOURNE (Dow Jones): Broken Hill Proprietary Co. (BHP) is looking for a joint venture partner for the possible development of its Gag Island nickel deposit in Indonesia."We are looking at ways that we can exploit that nickel deposit in conjunction with some more...
Tue, 29 Feb 2000
Activists protest over alleged swindle
Activists protest over alleged swindle BOGOR (JP): Dozens of locals grouped under the Corruption Eradication Movement or Gebrak staged a protest at the Bogor Municipality on Monday demanding the mayor probe an alleged swindle in the distribution of hundreds of tons of rice in market operations in...
Tue, 29 Feb 2000
Mixed responses greet latest TNI reshuffle
Mixed responses greet latest TNI reshuffle JAKARTA (JP): A mixture of praise and regret greeted the latest reshuffle in the Indonesian Military (TNI) on Monday, with many believing it to be part of the ongoing reform movement within the armed forces.
Tue, 29 Feb 2000
Rates for tax payment, valid from Feb. 28 to Mar. 5
Rates for tax payment, valid from Feb. 28 to Mar. 5 U.S. dollar 1 Rp 7,410.00Austrian schilling 1 531.61Australian dollar 1 4,566.78Belgian franc 1 181.34Canadian dollar 1 5,071.87Swiss franc 1 4,564.49Deutschemark 1 3,742.05Danish krone 1 1,000.96French franc 1 1,115.18Poundsterling 1 11,844.
Tue, 29 Feb 2000
On law enforcement
On law enforcement Indosiar recently broadcast Legal Prospects 2000 in which lawyer Frans H. Winarta said he was pessimistic about law enforcement in the near future in this country. He said the law could only be enforced if the Attorney General's Office and the courts of justice were first cleaned...
Tue, 29 Feb 2000
Kissinger calls on RI to honor Freeport deal
Kissinger calls on RI to honor Freeport deal JAKARTA (JP): Former U.S. secretary of state Henry Kissinger called on the Indonesian government to honor its contract with copper and gold mining enterprise PT Freeport Indonesia amid growing criticism over the company's mining activities.
Tue, 29 Feb 2000
Megawati wins Yogya support
Megawati wins Yogya support YOGYAKARTA: The Deputy Chief of the Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI Perjuangan) in Yogyakarta here issued a strong warning that delegates from the provincial chapter must vote for incumbent Megawati Soekarnoputri in next month's congress in Semarang, Central Java.
Tue, 29 Feb 2000
President urged to temporarily stop raids on pedicabs
President urged to temporarily stop raids on pedicabs JAKARTA (JP): Some 100 becak pedicab drivers staged a protest in front of the Presidential Palace in Central Jakarta on Monday, demanding President Abdurrahman Wahid order the city administration to temporarily halt raids on pedicabs while...
Tue, 29 Feb 2000
Principal opens new office
Principal opens new office JAKARTA (JP): Principal Indonesia, a retirement plan and service company, has opened a representative office in Semarang as part of its commitment to develop the market in Central Java and Yogyakarta.
Tue, 29 Feb 2000
Keep political issues out of sports: Pelti chairman
Keep political issues out of sports: Pelti chairman JAKARTA (JP): Chairman of the Indonesian Tennis Association (Pelti) Tanri Abeng played down calls for the convening of an extraordinary congress to pick his replacement, arguing that sports should not be dragged into political issues.
Tue, 29 Feb 2000
Volleyball to be staged outdoors
Volleyball to be staged outdoors JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesian Volleyball Federation (PBVSI) will kick off a talent scouting project aimed at popularizing volleyball among the general public, newly installed PBVSI chairwoman Rita Subowo said on Monday.
Tue, 29 Feb 2000
Candra aims to retain All England crown
Candra aims to retain All England crown JAKARTA (JP): Indonesian men's doubles specialist Candra Wijaya is optimistic of retaining his title with partner Tony Wijaya in the All England championships in Birmingham, England, next month."I really want to be the champion again this time.
Tue, 29 Feb 2000
Yen pulls won up; Southeast Asian monies down
Yen pulls won up; Southeast Asian monies down HONG KONG (Dow Jones): Asian currencies had a mixed day against the dollar Monday. While the Korean won was tugged higher by an abrupt run-up in the value of the Japanese currency during Asian trading hours, the yen's surge failed to support Southeast...