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Searching for all articles published on 1998-07-03 ...

38 articles.

Fri, 03 Jul 1998

JP/ABRI's sociopolitical role should be regulated: Analyst

ABRI's sociopolitical role should be regulated: Analyst JAKARTA (JP): A military observer suggested yesterday that the Armed Forces' (ABRI) controversial sociopolitical role be regulated in a decree of the People's Consultative Assembly, the country's highest law-making body.

Fri, 03 Jul 1998

JP/Funds released for gifted students

Funds released for gifted students JAKARTA: Aetna Life Indonesia is providing a scholarship program called "Aetna Siswa" to help top ranking university students cope with the rising cost of studying.The program kicks off with scholarships to 30 students from three universities in Java.

Fri, 03 Jul 1998

JP/Navy targets illegal fishing

Navy targets illegal fishing PALEMBANG, South Sumatra: The commander of the Western Fleet, Vice Adm Mudjito, said that ships under his command have so far apprehended 168 domestic and foreign fishing vessels this year.

Fri, 03 Jul 1998

JP/Workers demand minister to quit

Workers demand minister to quit JAKARTA (JP): Three hundred workers dismissed or laid-off from 22 companies in the Greater Jakarta area demonstrated again yesterday, demanding that Minister of Manpower Fahmi Idris step down for failing to help them.

Fri, 03 Jul 1998

JP/Habibie to chair Golkar's board of patrons meeting

Habibie to chair Golkar's board of patrons meeting JAKARTA (JP): President B.J. Habibie, in his capacity as the executive chairman of Golkar's board of patrons, will chair a board meeting this evening at the political organization's headquarters on Jl.

Fri, 03 Jul 1998

JP/17 bodies still missing off Lombok

17 bodies still missing off Lombok LOMBOK TIMUR, West Nusa Tenggara: Search and rescue teams as of yesterday morning had recovered 25 bodies from the ill-fated Bahana Nusantara ferry which sank in the Alas Straits on June 25.

Fri, 03 Jul 1998

JP/40 ABRI personnel questioned in missing activists probe

40 ABRI personnel questioned in missing activists probe SURABAYA (JP): Armed Forces (ABRI) spokesman Maj. Gen. Syamsul Ma'arif said here yesterday that the National Military Police had questioned 40 ABRI members for their alleged involvement in the abduction of activists.

Fri, 03 Jul 1998

JP/Leasing Batam Island

Leasing Batam Island The concept of leasing Batam Island to safe economy as appeared on page 4 of The Jakarta Post on June 20 could possibly be the most innovative suggestion in healing our economic woes ever tabled. Before we howl "neo-colonialism", consider the possibilities in financial terms.

Fri, 03 Jul 1998

JP/Gigi releases latest album 'Kilas Balik'

Gigi releases latest album 'Kilas Balik'By Helly Minarti JAKARTA (JP): A vocalist and three musicians went up to a villa in the Puncak, West Java, and locked themselves in for three days.

Fri, 03 Jul 1998

JP/Ship captain drowns

Ship captain drowns JAKARTA (JP): The captain of a fishing ship, Sarip, 45, drowned some 60 nautical miles from Sunda Kelapa Port in North Jakarta early Wednesday after jumping into the sea to avoid attack by pirates.

Fri, 03 Jul 1998

JP/Rethinking our development strategy

Rethinking our development strategy The national economy is sliding ever deeper into an abyss filled with difficulties. It is proving very difficult to turn the tide or control the pace of the fall.

Fri, 03 Jul 1998

JP/Soeharto 'using wealth as shield'

Soeharto 'using wealth as shield' NEW YORK (Reuters): Former Indonesian president Soeharto has been maneuvering to reestablish a political power-base to shield his family's substantial financial fortune from scrutiny by future governments, the New York Times said yesterday.

Fri, 03 Jul 1998

JP/Semen Gresik deal to be completed by weekend: Official

Semen Gresik deal to be completed by weekend: Official JAKARTA (JP): Negotiations on the sale of parts of the government's 65 percent stake in cement producer PT Semen Gresik to two foreign firms are expected to be completed this weekend, an official said.

Fri, 03 Jul 1998

JP/TV today

TV todayTVRI 12:15 p.m. World Cup Soccer (rerun) 2:00 News: Berita 14 2:30 Music 2:35 Children's Film: Tom and Jerry Kids 3:05 Family's Program: Keluarga di Era Globalisasi 3:30 Village Program 4:00 Regional News 4:30 Performance: Cakrawala Budaya 5:00 Music: Paket 27 5:30 ...

Fri, 03 Jul 1998

JP/Asian women and western partners

Asian women and western partners After reading the letter written to Kompas by Hertien K. Surtikanti that was reprinted in The Jakarta Post on June 29, I am, as an Indonesian married to an expatriate, very angry with what has been written.

Fri, 03 Jul 1998

JP/RI markets strengthen on regional rally

RI markets strengthen on regional rally JAKARTA (JP): Indonesian financial markets strengthened yesterday, boosted by high expectations across the region over a new Japanese economic stimulus package designed to lift the regional market.

Fri, 03 Jul 1998

JP/Merpati to lease two routes

Merpati to lease two routes JAKARTA (JP): State-owned airline Merpati Nusantara Airlines plans to lease its Denpasar-Perth and Denpasar-Melbourne routes to Orient Thai of Thailand.

Fri, 03 Jul 1998

JP/Regent named as suspect

Regent named as suspect UJUNGPANDANG, South Sulawesi: Chief of the provincial prosecutor's office Gagoek Soebagyanto announced yesterday that Maros regent Nasrun Amrullah was officially declared a suspect in an Rp 1.4 billion corruption case last Monday.

Fri, 03 Jul 1998

JP/Inter-continental football games

Inter-continental football games The Brazilian national anthem is clearly a marching beat that pungently suits the victory-seeking spirit motivating international football games like the one played by the Brazilian team against the Chilean team in World Cup'98, as televised on TPI, Jakarta at ...

Fri, 03 Jul 1998

JP/Cadres call for organizational reform in Golkar

Cadres call for organizational reform in Golkar JAKARTA (JP): Cadres of the ruling Golkar called on the political organization yesterday to comply with the reform spirit and free itself of external interference.

Fri, 03 Jul 1998

JP/Conversion Rates

Conversion Rates JAKARTA (JP): Bank Ekspor Impor Indonesia's (Bank Exim) indicative conversion rates on July 2, 1998: Buying Selling Rp Rp U.S. dollar 1 14,200.00 15,200.

Fri, 03 Jul 1998

JP/Military police take over murder case

Military police take over murder case JAKARTA (JP): The man suspected of murdering and mutilating his own girlfriend, Air Force First Sgt. Uki Wardana, 24, was transferred to Jakarta Military Police Headquarters on Tuesday night, an official said yesterday.

Fri, 03 Jul 1998

JP/Australian tourist arrivals increased 41% in 1997

Australian tourist arrivals increased 41% in 1997 JAKARTA (JP): The number of Australians visiting Indonesia increased 41.7 percent last year to 539,156 from 380,475 in 1996, according to the 1997 Statistical Report on Visitors to Indonesia.

Fri, 03 Jul 1998

JP/Sutiyoso orders immediate crackdown on pedicabs

Sutiyoso orders immediate crackdown on pedicabs JAKARTA (JP): Governor Sutiyoso, who last Thursday announced he was allowing becak (pedicabs) back on the capital's streets, urged city authorities yesterday to help eliminate the man- powered vehicles.

Fri, 03 Jul 1998

JP/Indonesian 'sinetron'

Indonesian 'sinetron' "A house, a wife and a singing bird" and "a mobile phone, Mercedes Benz and a luxurious house".When I was working with USIS in the late fifties in Surabaya, East Java, I was part of a team in the cinematography section showing films in various towns.

Fri, 03 Jul 1998

JP/Balai Pustaka not to raise book prices, says official

Balai Pustaka not to raise book prices, says official JAKARTA (JP): Despite soaring paper prices, the state-owned publisher Balai Pustaka has no intention of increasing text book prices for the upcoming academic year, its top executive said yesterday.

Fri, 03 Jul 1998

JP/Glodok computer vendors open new business

Glodok computer vendors open new business JAKARTA (JP): At least 200 computer vendors whose shops in Glodok, West Jakarta, were looted and burned during the mid-May riots are back in business, albeit with scant capital and stocks.

Fri, 03 Jul 1998

JP/Rights activists blast bill on street protests

Rights activists blast bill on street protests JAKARTA (JP): Leading human rights campaigners have dismissed a bill on street protests as the government's bid to restrict citizens' rights to freely express ideas rather than a serious effort to respect freedom of expression.

Fri, 03 Jul 1998

JP/Stock Exchange

Stock ExchangeStock prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (in rupiah) on July 2, 1998: Shares Close Change Trading Volume --------------------------------------------------------- Ades Alfindo 425 ...

Fri, 03 Jul 1998

JP/Airlines owe $30m to Pertamina

Airlines owe $30m to Pertamina JAKARTA (JP): State oil and gas company Pertamina's president Soegianto has said Pertamina is owed over US$30 million by the Garuda, Merpati and Sempati airlines for late payment of aviation fuel.He said Garuda owed Pertamina Rp 103 billion and $12.

Fri, 03 Jul 1998

JP/Youths dispersed by security forces

Youths dispersed by security forces JAYAPURA, Irian Jaya: Security officers dispersed hundreds of youths staging a demonstration demanding independence for Irian Jaya at the provincial legislative building here yesterday morning.

Fri, 03 Jul 1998

JP/Language democratization a must

Language democratization a mustBy A. Chaedar Alwasilah JAKARTA (JP): Since Soeharto's downfall people have been noisily calling for democratization in all walks of life. Protesters now enjoy freedom of speech, which was absent for the last three decades in the country.

Fri, 03 Jul 1998

JP/Govt allows direct overseas recruitment

Govt allows direct overseas recruitment JAKARTA (JP): Facing the explosive unemployment problem, the government has allowed foreign employers to directly recruit Indonesian workers, a breakthrough which local labor suppliers see as a threat to their business.

Fri, 03 Jul 1998

JP/Entrepreneurs seek government safety guarantee

Entrepreneurs seek government safety guarantee JAKARTA (JP): President B.J. Habibie received a strong message from the business community yesterday that the government must ensure the safety of ethnic Chinese entrepreneurs and punish the perpetrators of the May riots if it wishes to see a ...

Fri, 03 Jul 1998

JP/Hospital employees urge fair recruitment

Hospital employees urge fair recruitment BOGOR (JP): At least 100 employees of Bogor Mental Hospital demonstrated at the hospital compound Wednesday, protesting the management's recruitment scheme as unfair and welfare facilities as poor.

Fri, 03 Jul 1998

JP/Number of poor people hits 79.4m

Number of poor people hits 79.4m JAKARTA (JP): The number of Indonesians living below the poverty line has soared to 79.4 million, about 40 percent of Indonesia's population, the Central Bureau of Statistics (BPS) said yesterday.BPS chief Suwito Sugito said that the figures would increase to 95.

Fri, 03 Jul 1998

JP/CMNP Manila project runs ahead of schedule

CMNP Manila project runs ahead of schedule JAKARTA (JP): Publicly listed toll operator PT Citra Marga Nusaphala Persada (CMNP) said yesterday that the first phase of construction of its Metro Manila Skyway project in the Philippine capital will be completed by April 1999, three months ahead ...

Fri, 03 Jul 1998

JP/Food for thought

Food for thought The government must be commended for launching the crash program this month to provide rice at a heavily subsidized price to millions of poor people who are most vulnerable to food shortages.