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Mon, 28 Feb 2000

JP/Hearing adjourned to allow settlement out to court

Hearing adjourned to allow settlement out to court JAKARTA (JP): A judge at the South Jakarta District Court has postponed the hearing of a civil lawsuit to allow the two parties to settle their dispute out of court.

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Mon, 28 Feb 2000

JP/Syarwan set to clarify July 27 tragedy

Syarwan set to clarify July 27 tragedy JAKARTA (JP): Lt. Gen. (ret.) Syarwan Hamid, former chief of Indonesian Military's (TNI) now defunct socio-political affairs office, said he was ready to give his account of events surrounding the July 27 tragedy.

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Mon, 28 Feb 2000

JP/Pick of the Flicks (for Monday, Feb. 28, 2000)

Pick of the Flicks (for Monday, Feb. 28, 2000)Hollywood KC Three Kings 14:15 16:55 19:05 21:15 Life is Beautiful 14:55 17:35 19:45 21:55 Stigmata 14:15 16:55 19:05 21:15 Astronauts Wife 14:55 17:35 19:45 ...

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Mon, 28 Feb 2000

JP/Ericsson to concentrate on mobile Internet system

Ericsson to concentrate on mobile Internet systemBy Christiani Tumelap STOCKHOLM, Sweden (JP): In light of the swift convergence of telecommunications and computer technology, mobile telecommunications company Ericsson says it is now concentrating on providing a mobile Internet system and devices ...

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Mon, 28 Feb 2000

JP/The economic iron curtain is slowly being lifted

The economic iron curtain is slowly being liftedBy Matthew Lynn LONDON (Bloomberg): Forget, for a moment, the technology and Internet stocks that are transforming the world.

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Mon, 28 Feb 2000

JP/U.S. voter apathy turning out to be a myth

U.S. voter apathy turning out to be a mythBy Paul Alexander NEW YORK (Bloomberg): Americans, the pundits say, don't care about politics. The media takes pleasure in nothing that in recent presidential elections voter turnout has declined.

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Mon, 28 Feb 2000

JP/'No price hike for medicines'

'No price hike for medicines' BANDUNG: Health Minister Achmad Sujudi said on Saturday the government had not considered price hikes for generic medicines and would maintain the Rp 500 billion subsidy for the drug."Poor people depend much on these medicines.

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Mon, 28 Feb 2000

JP/Anis retains IBF Intercontinental title

Anis retains IBF Intercontinental title JAKARTA (JP): Indonesian boxer Anis Roga retained his junior flyweight IBF Intercontinental title here on Sunday beating Prabpraam Klongphajon of Thailand in the sixth round with a technical knock out (TKO).

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Mon, 28 Feb 2000

JP/500 'becak' drivers to meet Gus Dur

500 'becak' drivers to meet Gus Dur JAKARTA (JP): Some 500 becak (pedicab) drivers will pedal to Merdeka Palace in Central Jakarta on Monday, demanding the President to help settle their dispute with city authorities.

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Mon, 28 Feb 2000

JP/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.

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Mon, 28 Feb 2000

JP/Search of missing people doubted

Search of missing people doubted BREBES, Central Java (JP): One more body was unearthed on Sunday in the landslide-struck village of Windu Sakti in Salem district here, amid doubts as to the continuation of the search operation.

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Mon, 28 Feb 2000

JP/Executive women reveal secrets of their success

Executive women reveal secrets of their successBy Mehru Jaffer JAKARTA (JP): They might call themselves FEW, but the roles that they play are many. And the choices before them number even more, with to play golf or not to play golf being the least troublesome of them all.

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Mon, 28 Feb 2000

JP/The wrong way to choose new IMF head

The wrong way to choose new IMF headBy David DeRosa NEW CANAAN, Connecticut (Bloomberg): How the International Monetary Fund (IMF) chooses its managing director is dumber than dumb.Three candidates have been mentioned so far.

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Mon, 28 Feb 2000

JP/A tale of two cities

A tale of two cities Shenzhen's transformation from rural backwater to one of the major economic powerhouses of the mainland has been breathtaking.

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Mon, 28 Feb 2000

JP/Denial of service attacks reveal the Net's vulnerability

Denial of service attacks reveal the Net's vulnerabilityBy Zatni Arbi JAKARTA (JP): Did you have any problem surfing the Net or sending and receiving e-mail in the last two or three weeks? If you did, you were certainly not alone.

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Mon, 28 Feb 2000

JP/Wild card Iraq keeps oil market on edge

Wild card Iraq keeps oil market on edgeBy Peg Mackey BAGHDAD (Reuters): As world oil markets balance on a knife- edge, Iraq once again has the power to tip the scales, analysts said last Friday. Crunch time could arrive next month.

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Mon, 28 Feb 2000

JP/Balancing the budget now the general rule

Balancing the budget now the general ruleBy William Keegan LONDON: You've heard about the New Economy associated with electronic commerce and the internet, but what about the New Economic Policy?This is not the New Economic Policy (NEP) of the 1920s Soviet Union, when it was already apparent that ...

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Mon, 28 Feb 2000

JP/Where to go in Jakarta: Monday, Feb. 28, 2000

Where to go in Jakarta: Monday, Feb. 28, 2000Exhibitions * Documentation Exhibition: German-Indonesian Relations from the 16th to the 19th Century by the German Embassy, at Gedung Arsip Nasional, Jl.Gadjah Mada 111, Central Jakarta, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., until Feb. 29.

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Mon, 28 Feb 2000

JP/Labor murder probe to go on

Labor murder probe to go on SURABAYA: Chief of East Java Police Maj. Gen. Da'i Bachtiar said over the weekend it would take his office one month to investigate the alleged involvement of police and military personnel in the 1993 murder of labor activist Marsinah.

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Mon, 28 Feb 2000

JP/Minister warns of influx of foreign doctors

Minister warns of influx of foreign doctors JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Health Achmad Sujudi warned that Indonesia could be inundated with foreign health practitioners with the start of the ASEAN Free Trade Area (AFTA) in 2003, if it does not improve the quality of its human resources and ...

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Mon, 28 Feb 2000

JP/On generic drugs

On generic drugs I refer to the letter Make generic drugs available by Dr. Wolfgang Benkel (The Jakarta Post, Feb. 25, 2000). I am also asking the same questions, with regard to the efforts made by the government to lighten the burden of people hit by the economic crisis and generic drugs.

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Mon, 28 Feb 2000

JP/Soldier vs general over traffic dispute

Soldier vs general over traffic dispute BOGOR (JP): A low-ranking soldier threatened to shoot and amputate the legs of a retired two-star general and his son over a traffic dispute here on Friday evening.

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Mon, 28 Feb 2000

JP/Experts back new audit of Indorayon

Experts back new audit of IndorayonBy Berni K. Moestafa BOGOR, West Java (JP): Experts from the Bogor Institute of Agriculture supported a new audit of pulp and rayon firm PT Inti Indorayon Utama on Saturday, following a recent recommendation by the environment minister to close down its ...

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Mon, 28 Feb 2000

JP/Paradox of life

Paradox of life The well-known American magazine Newsweek used to publish periodically the famous "Come to Marlboro" county advertisement sponsored by the giant tobacco company Phillip Morris Incorporation.

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Mon, 28 Feb 2000

JP/Expecting more sophisticated mobile communications services

Expecting more sophisticated mobile communications services JAKARTA (JP): The explosive growth in the use of cordless communications tools has seen billions of personal messages sent through mailboxes, answering machines, beepers and PCs across the world.

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Mon, 28 Feb 2000

JP/Irianese congress rejects 1969 plebiscite

Irianese congress rejects 1969 plebiscite JAYAPURA, Irian Jaya (JP): The first Papuan Congress ended on Saturday with a unanimous rejection of the 1969 plebiscite that incorporated the former Dutch territory into Indonesia.

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Mon, 28 Feb 2000

JP/Let TNI vote in polls, say observers

Let TNI vote in polls, say observers JAKARTA (JP): Observers suggested on Sunday that Indonesian Military (TNI) members be given the right to vote in general elections as compensation for their complete departure from politics after the 2004 polls.

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Mon, 28 Feb 2000

JP/State budget hangs in balance over dilemmatic fuel subsidy

State budget hangs in balance over dilemmatic fuel subsidyBy Reiner S JAKARTA (JP): The government is struggling to create a credible state budget as it attempts to accommodate political pressures that often move against economic rationale.

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Mon, 28 Feb 2000

JP/Authorities silent over endangered species sales

Authorities silent over endangered species sales JAKARTA (JP): Pramuka bird market in East Jakarta does not only sell birds, people can also procure rare animals from the traders through "black market" transactions.

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Mon, 28 Feb 2000

JP/Leap year fears might slow down stock trading

Leap year fears might slow down stock trading JAKARTA (JP) Fears of possible computer glitches on Feb. 29, the date of the extra day in the new millenium's first leap year, might slow down trading on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (JSX) this week, securities analysts say.

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Mon, 28 Feb 2000

JP/Taking a closer look at the role of the State Secretariat

Taking a closer look at the role of the State SecretariatThe all powerful State Secretariat is now seeing more democratic days, with all its shortcomings. The Jakarta Post interviewed lecturer in public administration Warsito Utomo from Yoygyakarta's Gadjah Mada University on the subject.

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Mon, 28 Feb 2000

JP/Bandung promotes recycled garbage

Bandung promotes recycled garbage BANDUNG: The provincial administration and the Indonesian Design Development Institute (LPDI) have set up six centers to recycle garbage over the past two months in a bid to develop home industries and provide employment opportunities.

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Mon, 28 Feb 2000

JP/RI forex reserves rise $286m

RI forex reserves rise $286m JAKARTA (JP): The country's net foreign exchange reserves rose by US$286 million to $16.81 billion in the week ending on Feb. 24.

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Mon, 28 Feb 2000

JP/Blue Bird explains driver's dismissal

Blue Bird explains driver's dismissal JAKARTA (JP): The Morante taxi driver who plunged his car into a fountain at the House of Representatives compound last week was dismissed for damaging the vehicle, and not for the publicity stunt, his employer said on Saturday.

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Mon, 28 Feb 2000

JP/Bogor hotel destroyed by hundreds of locals

Bogor hotel destroyed by hundreds of locals BOGOR (JP): Mobs destroyed on Saturday night a hotel on Jl. Bogor Raya in Nanggewer village, Cibinong district, for allegedly housing "immoral activities".

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Mon, 28 Feb 2000

JP/Local veterans shine in doubles matches

Local veterans shine in doubles matches JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesian pair of Bonit Wiryawan and Sulistyo Wibowo won the men's doubles title at the Men's Futures- 1 tennis tournament at the Kemayoran Tennis Center in Central Jakarta on Sunday.

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Mon, 28 Feb 2000

JP/Armed gang dressed as police sought for robbery

Armed gang dressed as police sought for robbery JAKARTA (JP): Bogor and Bekasi Police detectives are on the lookout for five armed men wearing police uniforms and driving a van with military license plates who made off with a container truck on Friday."We know all their identities.

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Mon, 28 Feb 2000

JP/State-appointed doctors to examine Soeharto

State-appointed doctors to examine Soeharto JAKARTA (JP): A team of doctors appointed by the Attorney General's office will visit former President Soeharto Monday morning to verify a medical report that the he is incapable of fulfilling a summons for questioning over his alleged corruption.

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Mon, 28 Feb 2000

JP/All religions teach the same truth

All religions teach the same truth I am happy to know that somebody has finally recognized the difference between spirituality and religiosity as Rahayu Ratnaningsih did in her article Spirituality differs from religiosity in The Jakarta Post on Feb. 24, 2000.

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Mon, 28 Feb 2000

JP/GPP chairman calls vandalism, theft of plantations 'alarming'

GPP chairman calls vandalism, theft of plantations 'alarming' BANDUNG (JP): Almost 6,000 hectares of plantation land in 32 separate locations in West Java has been vandalized and stolen over the last two years, an official said on Saturday.

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Mon, 28 Feb 2000

JP/Iranian poll may herald Caspian oil shake-up

Iranian poll may herald Caspian oil shake-upBy Sebastian Alison MOSCOW (Reuters): Russia has welcomed the election of a reformist government in Iran, but analysts say it may mark the start of an upheaval in the politics of Caspian oil as three key players, Russia, Iran and Turkey, battle for ...

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Mon, 28 Feb 2000

JP/DLLAJ urges use of portable scales

DLLAJ urges use of portable scales JAKARTA (JP): While observing the continuing destruction of the city's streets, the City Traffic and Land Transportation Agency (DLLAJ) proposed on Friday the use of portable scales to interdict overloaded trucks operating on the streets.

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Mon, 28 Feb 2000

JP/Mass grave in Aceh spoils peace hopes

Mass grave in Aceh spoils peace hopes BANDA ACEH, Aceh (JP): The return of peace remains a remote hope in the province after a village chief was shot dead in East Aceh, where locals in the remote village of Sijuek also found a mass grave.East Aceh Police chief Lt. Col.

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Mon, 28 Feb 2000

JP/Travel ban to Lombok lifted

Travel ban to Lombok lifted JAKARTA (JP): Four of the seven countries which recently banned their citizens from traveling to Lombok have lifted the bans following an improvement in the situation on the island.

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Mon, 28 Feb 2000

JP/West Bekasi seize marijuana, arrest two

West Bekasi seize marijuana, arrest two JAKARTA (JP): West Bekasi Police seized on Saturday 206 kilograms of dried marijuana with a street value of about Rp 412 million (US$54,940) from two suspected drug dealers in a housing complex.City police spokesman Lt. Col.

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Mon, 28 Feb 2000

JP/Don't delay regional autonomy

Don't delay regional autonomyBy A. Tony Prasetiantono YOGYAKARTA (JP): There is an analogy between last year's two laws on regional autonomy and intergovernmental fiscal balances (Nos.22 and 25) and trade liberalization.

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Mon, 28 Feb 2000

JP/Civilian court suitable for Agus: Loebby

Civilian court suitable for Agus: Loebby JAKARTA (JP): Law expert Loebby Loqman suggested on Sunday that the military police allow drug suspect Second Lt. Agus Isrok to be tried in a civilian court.

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