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Searching for all articles published on 1998-09-05 ...

52 articles.

Sat, 05 Sep 1998

JP/BIDA loses licensing for sand operations

BIDA loses licensing for sand operations JAKARTA (JP): The Ministry of Mines and Energy has taken over the licensing of sand quarrying operations off Batam island and its neighboring isles in Riau province from the Batam Industrial Development Authority (BIDA).

Sat, 05 Sep 1998

JP/'Trashy' local miniseries still the viewers' favorite

'Trashy' local miniseries still the viewers' favorite JAKARTA (JP): Some top rating Indonesian sinetron (miniseries) are of basic quality with simple plots and unrealistic themes.High rating miniseries, including those screened during prime time (between 7.30 p.m. and 9 p.m.

Sat, 05 Sep 1998

JP/People scrimp and save to weather crisis

People scrimp and save to weather crisisBy M.M.I Ahyani & Agus Maryono BANDUNG (JP): Fifty-year-old Komariah earns Rp 200,000 (US$ 18) per month washing clothes for eight university students living in boarding houses on Jl. Taman Sari.

Sat, 05 Sep 1998

JP/Ministry asks Gatari to return its helicopters

Ministry asks Gatari to return its helicopters JAKARTA (JP): The Ministry of Forestry and Plantations has demanded that PT Gatari, an air charter company owned by former president Soeharto's youngest son Hutomo "Tommy" Mandala Putra return the ministry's eight helicopters by the end of this ...

Sat, 05 Sep 1998

JP/Exports threaten rice stocks in S. Sulawesi

Exports threaten rice stocks in S. SulawesiBy Hasanuddin Hamid UJUNGPANDANG, South Sulawesi (JP): When Lake Tempe overflowed following heavy rains in mid-July, more than 15,000 hectares of paddy fields were inundated. As a result, 6,700 hectares of crops either failed or were badly damaged.

Sat, 05 Sep 1998

JP/Exhibition gives peak into life of the Baduy

Exhibition gives peak into life of the BaduyBy Stevie Emilia JAKARTA (JP): For most people, the lifestyle of the reclusive Baduy people living in the highlands of Lebak regency, West Java, remain a mystery.

Sat, 05 Sep 1998

JP/Local TV missing out on documentary opportunities

Local TV missing out on documentary opportunitiesBy Antariksawan Jusuf JAKARTA (JP): Remember when the cliche-ridden issue of "violence on television" heated up years ago? Violent programs are a bad influence on children said those against.

Sat, 05 Sep 1998

JP/Indonesia drops bid to compete in Asiad soccer

Indonesia drops bid to compete in Asiad soccer JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia's soccer team will not compete in December's Asian Games in Bangkok so that it can start regenerating its program instead, a top sports official said on Friday.

Sat, 05 Sep 1998

JP/Food shortages in Tangerang

Food shortages in Tangerang TANGERANG (JP): Eight subdistricts in Tangerang mayoralty have been classified as being prone to food shortages, an official of the mayoralty said on Thursday.

Sat, 05 Sep 1998

JP/Entertainment spot damaged

Entertainment spot damaged TANGERANG (JP): At least 1,000 residents of Ciledug district here attacked an entertainment spot on Thursday night because it had allegedly been used as a prostitution den.No fatalities were reported in the attack.

Sat, 05 Sep 1998

JP/Official proposes 'safer' scheme to distribute rice

Official proposes 'safer' scheme to distribute rice JAKARTA (JP): An official from the city's Regional Economic Bureau (Binekda) has underlined the importance of ensuring cheap rice supplied through market operations reaches the poor people it is intended for and is not stolen by ...

Sat, 05 Sep 1998

JP/Experts say rapes can be engineered

Experts say rapes can be engineered JAKARTA (JP): Medical experts agreed at a meeting on Friday that rapes were usually not sexually motivated and could be engineered by an organized group.

Sat, 05 Sep 1998

JP/Keep up the momentum

Keep up the momentum The Attorney General's Office has begun to summon business tycoons and executives suspected of having misused state money. Bank owners and directors thus far known as successful entrepreneurs have been brought before law enforcement officers.

Sat, 05 Sep 1998

JP/Govt to establish National Reconciliation Team

Govt to establish National Reconciliation Team JAKARTA (JP): President B.J. Habibie gave the go-ahead on Friday for the establishment of a National Reconciliation Team to head off the rising threat of disintegration and separatism in the country.

Sat, 05 Sep 1998

JP/Man faces jail for bomb blast

Man faces jail for bomb blast JAKARTA (JP): Central Jakarta District Court was asked on Friday to sentence a man to eight months and 15 days in prison for possessing explosive devices which exploded at a low-cost apartment in Tanah Tinggi, Central Jakarta, on Jan. 18.

Sat, 05 Sep 1998

JP/Conversion Rates

Conversion Rates JAKARTA (JP): Bank Ekspor Impor Indonesia's (Bank Exim) indicative conversion rates on Sept.4, 1998: Buying Selling Rp Rp U.S dollar 1 10,750.00 11,250.

Sat, 05 Sep 1998

JP/Three nabbed after clash

Three nabbed after clash JAKARTA (JP): Police nabbed three men shortly after a clash on Jl. Pemuda in East Jakarta on Thursday for allegedly being involved in the violence.

Sat, 05 Sep 1998

JP/Group wants action against corruptions

Group wants action against corruptions JAKARTA (JP): Dozens of activists from several organizations, including Humanika, Pijar and Moslem Students Organization (HMI), demanded the government seize corruptors' wealth in a protest in front of the Attorney General's Office on Friday.

Sat, 05 Sep 1998

JP/Bank Andromeda bosses summoned

Bank Andromeda bosses summoned JAKARTA (JP): Bank Andromeda commissioner Peter F. Gontha went to the National Police headquarters on Friday to clarify the police summons against him regarding allegations of a scam at the bank.

Sat, 05 Sep 1998

JP/Hotel to donate food to the needy

Hotel to donate food to the needy JAKARTA (JP): Horison Hotel plans to hand out 800 food packages to poor residents of underdeveloped neighborhoods in North Jakarta and the Thousand Islands chain north of here on Sept. 10 and Sept. 19.

Sat, 05 Sep 1998

JP/Merpati adds Bengkulu flight

Merpati adds Bengkulu flight JAKARTA (JP): State-owned carrier Merpati Nusantara Airlines has announced that it is adding another flight to its Jakarta- Bengkulu route beginning on Saturday.The airline previously serviced the route four times a week.

Sat, 05 Sep 1998

JP/A choice for Pakistan

A choice for Pakistan India has always wanted a nuclear bomb for strategic and nationalistic considerations, and by testing and going public in May it finally ensured that it would have one.

Sat, 05 Sep 1998

JP/Global market economy under trial

Global market economy under trial Is the promise of the market-driven global economy of the 1990s unraveling? Hardly, but the very idea is facing its most severe test.

Sat, 05 Sep 1998

JP/Agency forecasts heavy rains, warns of floods

Agency forecasts heavy rains, warns of floods JAKARTA (JP): Heavy rains are expected to fall on the country from this month until early next year, the Meteorology and Geophysics Agency (BMG) said here on Friday.

Sat, 05 Sep 1998

JP/Mahathir's choice

Mahathir's choice Ousted Malaysian deputy prime minister Anwar Ibrahim gained strong support from scores of human rights and political activists on Friday, a few hours after he was dismissed from his post as vice president of the ruling United Malays National Organization UMNO.

Sat, 05 Sep 1998

JP/N. Korea, Clinton stir Japanese concerns

N. Korea, Clinton stir Japanese concernsBy Edward Neilan Pyongyang's missile firing opens possibility of U.S response that would inflame region. TOKYO (JP): Japan's worst nightmare is that a trigger-happy U.S.

Sat, 05 Sep 1998

JP/Maximum rates for Sept. 7/Sept. 13

Maximum rates for Sept. 7/Sept. 13 Time deposit Maximum rate Maximum rate rupiah deposit (%) U.S.

Sat, 05 Sep 1998

JP/'Supersemar' witness breaks silence over new assertions

'Supersemar' witness breaks silence over new assertions JAKARTA (JP): Former Armed Forces (ABRI) chief Gen. (ret) M.

Sat, 05 Sep 1998

JP/Only Americans can guarantee their own safety

Only Americans can guarantee their own safetyBy Sujatmiko TOKYO (JP): A bomb blast rocked a Planet Hollywood restaurant in Cape Town, South Africa, last week. Although there are some clues as to who was responsible for the attack, many argue that it may be closely linked to the U.S.

Sat, 05 Sep 1998

JP/Society will pull together to avert famine

Society will pull together to avert famine Renewed rioting and looting hit Cilacap and Aceh recently, and food shortages are looming in several regions. Dr.

Sat, 05 Sep 1998

JP/Bambang's investigation

Bambang's investigation Correction: Our headline story on Friday reported that businessman Bambang Trihatmodjo underwent police questioning on Thursday night. This report proved to be false and totally unsubstantiated. We hereby retract the story and extend our sincere apologies to Mr.

Sat, 05 Sep 1998

JP/Wiranto cites ABRI deaths in Aceh operation

Wiranto cites ABRI deaths in Aceh operation JAKARTA (JP): Armed Forces (ABRI) Commander Gen. Wiranto disclosed on Friday that the nine-year military operation against separatists in Aceh did not result in civilian victims. Of 760 deaths recorded, he said 111 were ABRI members.

Sat, 05 Sep 1998

JP/Stock Exchange

Stock ExchangeStock prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (in rupiah) on Sept.4, 1998: Shares Close Change Trading Volume ------------------------------------------------------------- Ades Alfindo ...

Sat, 05 Sep 1998

JP/Africans jailed for trafficking heroin

Africans jailed for trafficking heroin JAKARTA (JP): The Central Jakarta District Court sentenced three foreigners to between six and 14 years in prison for trafficking and possessing a total of 6.6 kilograms of heroin in different sessions on Friday.

Sat, 05 Sep 1998

JP/Rupiah gains, stocks lose ground

Rupiah gains, stocks lose ground JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesian financial markets ended the week's trading mixed, with the rupiah continuing to make headway but the stock market losing steam.Over the week, the rupiah gained 5.8 percent against the U.S. dollar, but local stock prices lost 3.

Sat, 05 Sep 1998

JP/Palu's population

Palu's population I refer to your Page 1 report on Aug. 26 about the Indonesian Democratic Party's (PDI) congress in Palu, the capital city of Central Sulawesi, in which it is stated that Palu has a population of two million.

Sat, 05 Sep 1998

JP/After all is said and done, who is Indonesian?

After all is said and done, who is Indonesian?By Peter Richards This is the second of two articles exploring the identity of Indonesians. JAKARTA (JP): So what is it to be an Indonesian? For the first time in decades, this question is in play.The attempts to find answers are risky.

Sat, 05 Sep 1998

JP/Baton issuance protested

Baton issuance protested BANDARLAMPUNG, Lampung: The recent issuance of batons to the province's civil servants has drawn protests from a group called the Lampung People's Council.

Sat, 05 Sep 1998

JP/Celebrities, vendors to cooparate

Celebrities, vendors to cooparate JAKARTA (JP): A cooperative of street cafes run by celebrities agreed on Thursday to cooperate with traditional food traders in the National Monument (Monas) park in Central Jakarta to end fears they were muscling in on the latter's business.

Sat, 05 Sep 1998

JP/Disregarding law

Disregarding law When a lawsuit concerning the revocation of a house occupancy permit (SIP) was being examined by the Medan State Administrative Court (PTUN), suddenly the head of the Medan office of population affairs (KUP), Chairul Ichwan Lubis, evicted the occupants of the house at Jl.

Sat, 05 Sep 1998

JP/U.S. adopts shoot first, ask questions later policy

U.S. adopts shoot first, ask questions later policyBy Gwynne Dyer LONDON (JP): Here's another reason to doubt that Sudanese factory was really making poison gas.

Sat, 05 Sep 1998

JP/Volleyball clubs set up tournament

Volleyball clubs set up tournament JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesian Volleyball Association has announced that a national club competition will be held between Oct. 14 and Oct. 22.

Sat, 05 Sep 1998

JP/ABRI's internal affairs 'are not public issues'

ABRI's internal affairs 'are not public issues' JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Defense and Security/Armed Forces (ABRI) Commander Gen. Wiranto called on the public on Friday to keep out of ABRI's internal affairs.

Sat, 05 Sep 1998

JP/Trisutji Kamal invited to Italy to play the music of Islam

Trisutji Kamal invited to Italy to play the music of Islam JAKARTA (JP): Pianist-composer Trisutji Djuliati Kamal has been invited as an honorary guest to play Islamic tunes at the International Symposium and Festival in Fiuggi, Italy, next Friday.

Sat, 05 Sep 1998

JP/Where to go in Jakarta:

Where to go in Jakarta:Exhibitions * Photo Exhibition: Kabut di Rumah Betang, by Melki Lesmana, at Galeri Cipta III, Taman Ismail Marzuki, Jl. Cikini Raya 73, Central Jakarta, 10 a.m. to 9 p.m., Sept.4-7. * Painting Exhibition: by A. Sibarani and Tarigan, Galeri Cipta II, Jl. Cikini Raya No.

Sat, 05 Sep 1998

JP/No evidence?

No evidence? Not surprisingly, the government has finally given up and announced that no evidence of rapes during the May riots was found. What a reckless conclusion! I would like to remind the Minister of Defense and Security/Armed Forces Commander Gen.

Sat, 05 Sep 1998

JP/Tirtamas sells 30 percent share in Bank Niaga

Tirtamas sells 30 percent share in Bank Niaga JAKARTA (JP): The Tirtamas Group has sold a 30 percent share in publicly listed Bank Niaga to a group of institutional investors as part of a consolidation process.

Sat, 05 Sep 1998

JP/Long winding road to democracy

Long winding road to democracyBy Daniel Dhakidae This is the second of two articles based on a paper presented at a seminar, "Toward Structural Reforms for Democratization in Indonesia: Problems and Prospects", in Jakarta from Aug. 12 to Aug.

Sat, 05 Sep 1998

JP/Respect for nature serves Baduy in good stead

Respect for nature serves Baduy in good stead JAKARTA (JP): The Baduy tribespeople in the isolated highlands of Lebak regency, West Java, have not felt the pinch of the crippling economic crisis thanks to their love of Mother Nature.

Sat, 05 Sep 1998

JP/Factory workers run amok

Factory workers run amok PURWAKARTA, West Java: A protest by 8,000 factory workers in the Jatiluhur area on Friday turned violent and led to the burning of 36 company cars and the stoning of buildings, Antara reported.

Sat, 05 Sep 1998

JP/TV today

TV todayTVRI 2:00 p.m. News: Berita 14 2:35 Children's Film: Silverhawks 3:05 Flora: Indahnya Kreativitas Manusia 3:30 Science Film: Invention 4:00 Regional News 4:30 Sports 5:30 TV Series: Big Brother Jake 6:00 News: Lintasan Berita 6:05 My Country: Rona Nusantara 6:15 Sports ...

Sat, 05 Sep 1998

JP/More donations for Kartini fire victims

More donations for Kartini fire victims JAKARTA (JP): The city administration has given aid worth Rp 416.4 million to 3,782 people who lost their homes and possessions in a fire in the Kartini subdistrict of Sawah Besar in Central Jakarta.