Deregulation of higher education welcomed JAKARTA (JP): An education observer and a university rector
welcomed yesterday the government's bid to improve the quality of
the country's higher education system by allowing foreign
universities to operate in Indonesia. More ...
Market gives positive response to IMF-Plus formula JAKARTA (JP): Prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (JSX) rose
2.9 percent yesterday on positive market reaction to the
government's new formula to improve the country's ailing economy,
stockbrokers said. More ...
Indonesia still a cause for concern Indonesian President Soeharto has been inundated lately with
blunt advice offered vigorously by world leaders and their
emissaries. But their increasingly strident demands have been
falling on deaf ears. More ...
Students demand lower food prices, political reforms JAKARTA (JP): Thousands of students from five major
universities in Sulawesi and Java staged on-campus rallies
yesterday, demanding the government lower prices and introduce
political reforms. More ...
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RI's proposed OPEC meeting receives guarded response JAKARTA (JP): Libya is the only member of the Organization of
Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) to officially support an
Indonesian proposal for an emergency meeting to address a slump
in world oil prices. More ...
Conversion Rates JAKARTA (JP): Bank Ekspor Impor Indonesia's (Bank Exim)
indicative conversion rates on March 2, 1998: Buying Selling Rp Rp U.S. dollar 1 8,250.00 10,750. More ...
Group tries to get kids out of flesh tradeBy Putu Wirata DENPASAR, Bali (JP): When the beaches along the Kuta tourist
strip have cleared and pulsating music beckons from crowded
nightspots, Jessy goes to work.She dances in a local discotheque and keeps her eye out for a
john, preferably foreign. More ...
16 killed in ship accident PEKANBARU, Riau: At least 16 Indonesians have drowned after
their ship, en route to Malaysia, sank in the Rokan River near
Sungai Manasib village in Rimbo Malintang district, Bengkalis
regency.The head of Bangko Harbor, M. More ...
Foreign universities Allowing foreign universities to operate in Indonesia is good
because this will give students more choices. I believe one way
to improve the quality of Indonesian schools is to promote a more
competitive environment. More ...
Mondale in town to discuss monetary crisis JAKARTA (JP): Former U.S. vice president Walter Mondale
arrived yesterday as a special envoy from President Bill Clinton
to discuss Indonesia's economic crisis with President Soeharto. More ...
Firm donates Rp 1b in drugs JAKARTA (JP): Astra division of publicly listed PT Merck
Indonesia pharmaceutical company has presented medicine aid
packages worth Rp 1 billion to the government to help solve drug
shortages accompanying the monetary crisis. More ...
Bureaucracy must be tamedBy A. Chaedar Alwasilah BANDUNG (JP): Indonesian bureaucrats have recently been
criticized for their failure to maintain national development and
to distribute the fruits of economic growth among the people. More ...
Djafar admits fault, accepts PSSI ban JAKARTA (JP): The All-Indonesian Soccer Federation (PSSI)
referee committee's deputy chairman, Djafar Umar, has admitted
fault in being involved in collusion between referees and soccer
club officials."I admit fault and will accept the ban from PSSI. More ...
Message from the Publisher More than a month ago The Jakarta Post implemented several
cost-efficiency measures -- including the reduction of the number
of pages of the newspaper from 16 to 12 -- to cut financial
losses caused by shrinking advertising revenue and rising
newsprint prices. More ...
White-winged duck flits with extinctionBy Tulus Sibuea BOGOR (JP): When fires ravaging the country's forests are
finally over, the grim work will be to count what is left of
fauna and flora. More ...
RI forex reserves drop to $16.33 billion JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia's foreign exchange reserves dropped to
US$16.33 billion at end of February from $17.07 billion on Feb.
16, and from $28.85 billion in July 1997 before the crisis,
according to Bank Indonesia. More ...
City officials urged to give blood as donations dry up JAKARTA (JP): Civil servants working at City Hall have been
encouraged to become blood donors to help solve the city's blood
stock shortage, an official said yesterday. More ...
Three men nabbed for robberies JAKARTA (JP): Three men have been arrested in Central Jakarta
for allegedly robbing motorists after deflating the latters' car
tires, City Police spokesman Lt. Col. E. Aritonang said
yesterday. More ...
Must the price rise so much? As a reader of this newspaper, I would like to express my
opinion about the increase in the subscription rate of The
Jakarta Post as of March 1, 1998. I have been reading this paper
for more than three years and I enjoy it. More ...
Rates for Tax Payment JAKARTA (JP): The government announced yesterday new official
conversion rates as the basis for payment of import duty, value
added tax on goods and services, sales tax on luxury goods,
export tax and income tax. More ...
Foster links Isn't it true that he who writes, thinks? Writing forces us to
think. We can't write something without putting on our thinking
caps.Stephen R. Covey, in his much acclaimed book 'The 7 habits of
highly influential people', says that writing distills,
crystallizes and clarifies thought. More ...
To interrupt or stay silent, that is the crucial questionBy Imanuddin JAKARTA (JP): The 1988 and 1993 general sessions were both
marked with interruptions -- a detestable action according to the
political elite. More ...
The challenges ahead Escaping almost unnoticed beyond the glare of publicity
focused on the General Session of the People's Consultative
Assembly (MPR), a small but significant step bringing Indonesia
closer to the new millennium was taken. More ...
Monthly inflation hits 12.76 percent JAKARTA (JP): Rising commodity prices have pushed the monthly
inflation rate to 12.76 percent in February, compared to 6.88
percent in January, the Central Bureau of Statistics (BPS)
disclosed yesterday. More ...
AlbumPhoto A: SnapshotJP/oby'SAY CHEESE': Timber tycoon and assembly member Mohammad "Bob"
Hasan takes a snapshot of fellow members outgoing State Minister
of Investment Sanyoto Sastrwardoyo (center) and outgoing Minister
of Defense and Security Edi Sudradjat. More ...
World's wetlands celebrated on their own dayBy George Sitania BOGOR (JP): This archipelago's 17,500 islands cover 38 million
hectares of land, of which 21 percent is wetlands, the largest
area in Asia.These span 34 million hectares, of which 3.6 million hectares
are protected. More ...
E. Timorese pray for Session's success JAKARTA (JP): Tens of thousands of East Timorese of all
religions have asked for divine help to ensure the General
Session of the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) is a success. More ...
Hendra may have known his killers, police say TANGERANG (JP): Local police said yesterday that they believed
the killers of businessman Hendra Rusmawan and his wife had
properly plotted their actions. More ...
Aid reaches drought-hit areas JAKARTA (JP): The government has airlifted 20 tons of rice to
5,000 people living in four drought and fire-afflicted villages
in the Kutai regency, East Kalimantan, a report said yesterday. More ...
Papers react positively to Soeharto's address JAKARTA (JP): National newspapers here generally responded
positively yesterday toward President Soeharto's accountability
address to the People's Consultative Assembly, hailing the
President's assertion that a homegrown solution would be the
ultimate ... More ...
Megawati too late for presidency? JAKARTA (JP): An absent-minded journalist walked out of a news
briefing very angry with himself because he forgot to ask a
question he believed would knock a Golkar politician down. More ...
Assembly set to accept Soeharto's speech JAKARTA (JP): All the People's Consultative Assembly factions
said yesterday they would accept President Soeharto's leadership
accountability address, although some added they would do so only
with reservations. More ...
Rioters arrested for looting, burning MAUMERE, East Nusa Tenggara: At least 66 residents are being
detained by Ende Police for damaging, burning and looting shops
as well as provoking people to join them, an officer said.Ende Police chief Lt. Col. More ...
General scolded by reporter JAKARTA (JP): An Army general complained yesterday that some
people are taking the country's flourishing state of democracy a
little too far.Maj. Gen. (ret) Z.A. More ...
Unsettled India After a campaign marred by ethnic violence, electoral fraud
and voter fatigue, counting finally starts today (Monday) in the
fifth Indian election in two years. More ...
Why Beijing lost to Europe in the technological raceBy Gwynne Dyer LONDON (JP): Why doesn't China dominate the world? It is the
oldest major culture still in existence, and it has always been
the biggest. More ...
TV todayTVRI 7:00 a.m. Morning News
7:30 Talk Show
8:00 Breaking News
8:10 Music
9:00 Breaking News
9:10 Profile: Paket Profil Pembangunan
9:27 Music
10:10 Talk Show
10:40 Music
11:00 TVRI News
11:15 Music
11:40 Profile: Paket Profil Politisi
12:00 p.m. More ...
Expectations, suggestions pour in for next cabinet JAKARTA (JP): With the General Session of the People's
Consultative Assembly marching predictably toward its foregone
conclusions, attention has shifted to the makeup of the next
cabinet. More ...
Media hype "Bad news is news," said a visiting Australian newspaper
editor to an interviewing journalist from The Jakarta Post
several years ago. I disagree. A publication not balancing the
good and the bad isn't really being honest. Concentrating on
negative events distorts the full story. More ...
Joop's jamu joke JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Tourism, Post and Telecommunication
Joop Ave is famous for his charm and personality, the perfect
"salesman" to promote Indonesia. Yesterday he again proved his
skills of persuasion. More ...
Rolls-Royce wins contract JAKARTA (JP): A consortium made up of Britain's Rolls-Royce
and two other partners has won a US$40 million contract to
install a power substation and transmission lines in Java, the
company said yesterday. More ...
Apkindo cancels plan on plywood export deposit JAKARTA (JP): The Association of Indonesian Wood Panel
Producers (Apkindo) has canceled a controversial deposit
requirement for its members which had been criticized as a
violation of the IMF-brokered rescue package for Indonesia. More ...
Ibrahim Saleh supports Soeharto-Habibie JAKARTA (JP): Ibrahim Saleh, a man who shot to prominence 10
years ago for disrupting the 1988 General Session, visited the
People's Consultative Assembly yesterday extolling the virtues of
interruption. More ...
Where to go in Bandung:Exhibition * Photo Exhibition: Penghayatan Borobudur Sebagai Proses Visual
by Heinz-Gnter Prager at the Galeri Soemardja, Art and Design
Faculty of ITB, Jl. Ganesha 10, March 14-27.Music and Entertainment * Hotel Papandayan Jl. Gatot Subroto No. More ...
Regional representatives close door on everyone bar Habibie JAKARTA (JP): The regional representatives faction followed
the ruling Golkar organization yesterday by closing its doors to
all other vice presidential nominees apart from B.J. Habibie. More ...
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