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Searching for all articles published on 1998-10-06 ...

43 articles.

Tue, 06 Oct 1998

JP/Govt says it cannot interfere in conflict-ridden labor union

Govt says it cannot interfere in conflict-ridden labor union CIANJUR, West Java (JP): The government has said it cannot interfere in the current clash within the Federation of All Indonesian Workers Union (FSPSI) triggered by a rival organization within its ranks.

Tue, 06 Oct 1998

JP/Capital control system

Capital control system I would like to comment on the Jakarta Post article "Jakarta should not copy Malaysia's capital controls" (Sept. 29) by Mr.

Tue, 06 Oct 1998

JP/Disabled cheated of artificial limb donations

Disabled cheated of artificial limb donations JAKARTA (JP): A group of disabled people accused the Ministry of Social Services' Jakarta office on Monday of embezzling funds allocated to procure artificial legs for the handicapped.

Tue, 06 Oct 1998

JP/Partner blasts CalEnergy for filing arbitration lawsuit

Partner blasts CalEnergy for filing arbitration lawsuit JAKARTA (JP): The Association of Retired Officers Businesspeople (Himpurna) blasted on Monday CalEnergy Company Inc of the United States, its partner in the Dieng geothermal power project in Central Java, for filing an arbitration suit ...

Tue, 06 Oct 1998

JP/Chainsaws scare elephants

Chainsaws scare elephants BENGKALIS, Riau: The villagers of Sebangsa Asal in Mandau district said that chainsaw noises stemming from nearby logging activities had deterred elephants from raiding their plantations.Local leader M.

Tue, 06 Oct 1998

JP/Where to go in Bandung:

Where to go in Bandung:Exhibitions * Children's Drawings: International Price Winning Pictures from Bavaria (1997), at the Goethe-Institut Bandung, Jl. Martadinata 48 (Phone: 022 436440), 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., until Oct. 19.

Tue, 06 Oct 1998

JP/Lack of sense of crisis

Lack of sense of crisis In The Jakarta Post dated Sept. 30 there was a news report saying that President B.J. Habibie summoned several ministers and high ranking officials advising them about the plan to renovate his office in the Merdeka Palace.

Tue, 06 Oct 1998

JP/Knowledge the key to improving life of the poor

Knowledge the key to improving life of the poorBy Joseph E. Stiglitz WASHINGTON D.C. (JP): About two million children die each year, and another 900 million are made sick, by the dehydrating effects of diarrhea.

Tue, 06 Oct 1998

JP/Howard's harder task

Howard's harder task Australia's Prime Minister John Howard looks set to realize his dream of officially opening the Sydney Olympics in September 2000 after narrowly winning Saturday's general election, albeit with a narrow majority over his main Labor party challenger Kim Beazley.

Tue, 06 Oct 1998

JP/Robberies frighten 'ojek' drivers

Robberies frighten 'ojek' drivers TANGERANG (JP): The rising number of robberies victimizing ojek (motorcycle taxi) drivers in Tangerang regency, where an average of eight incidents take place every month, has stirred unrest among both the drivers and local residents.

Tue, 06 Oct 1998

JP/Pets banned from travel

Pets banned from travel KUPANG, East Nusa Tenggara: The transport of animals from island to island is to be banned to prevent the spread of rabies, an official here said.Antara quoted Th.

Tue, 06 Oct 1998

JP/Global Currencies

Global Currencies Value Net Changes 1 Day 1 Month 1998 -------------------------------------------------Japanese yen 135.280 -0.220001 +0.16% -1.29% -3.47%Deutschemark 1.6370 -0.009350 +0.57% +5.80% +9.

Tue, 06 Oct 1998

JP/IFAD urges govt and donors to focus aid on rural poor

IFAD urges govt and donors to focus aid on rural poor JAKARTA (JP): The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) has urged the government and international donors to focus their assistance on Indonesia's rural poor.

Tue, 06 Oct 1998

JP/Global Indexes

Global Indexes Close Dates Net Changes 1 Day 1998New York (DJIA) 7784.69 10/2 +152.16 +1.99% -1.56%London (FTSE 100) 4763.00 10/5* +12.60 +0.27% -7.25%Tokyo (Nikkei 225) 12948.12 10/5 -275.57 -2.08% -15.

Tue, 06 Oct 1998

JP/Malaysia's crackdown

Malaysia's crackdown Malaysian authorities closed Kuala Lumpur's main square on Sunday, after the fourth anti-government protest in a week. More demonstrations are planned against the increasingly autocratic behavior of Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad.

Tue, 06 Oct 1998

JP/Why feed the cadres first?

Why feed the cadres first? When Medecins Sans Frontiers announced this week (last week) that they were pulling their "doctors without borders" operations out of North Korea, what it meant was that they were being kicked out.

Tue, 06 Oct 1998

JP/'Becak' drivers fight to recover their vehicles

'Becak' drivers fight to recover their vehicles JAKARTA (JP): Becak (pedicab) drivers and owners will sue Governor Sutiyoso and the capital's five mayors for seizing their 100 vehicles without proper warrants, a lawyer said Monday.

Tue, 06 Oct 1998

JP/'Black magic' killings may be organized: Dayat

'Black magic' killings may be organized: Dayat SURABAYA (JP): East Java Police chief Maj. Gen. M. Dayat has said he suspected a mysterious murder spree in several East Java towns was the result of "organized crime".

Tue, 06 Oct 1998

JP/Aberdeen enters Bank Bali

Aberdeen enters Bank Bali JAKARTA (JP): Publicly listed regional fund manager Asset Management Asia Ltd has acquired a 4.99 percent stake in publicly listed Bank Bali.

Tue, 06 Oct 1998

JP/Habibie alerts ABRI to radicals

Habibie alerts ABRI to radicals JAKARTA (JP): President B.J. Habibie alerted the Armed Forces (ABRI) during the celebration of its 53rd anniversary on Monday to the threat from small radical and revolutionary movements conducting unconstitutional actions in the name of reform.

Tue, 06 Oct 1998

JP/Conversion Rates

Conversion Rates JAKARTA (JP): Bank Bali's conversion rates on Oct. 5, 1998: TT rates Bank notes rates Buying Selling Buying Selling Rp Rp Rp Rp U.

Tue, 06 Oct 1998

JP/Military presence in House 'counter to democracy'

Military presence in House 'counter to democracy' JAKARTA (JP): Political observer Marsilam Simanjuntak has rejected the Armed Forces (ABRI) presence in the House of Representatives (DPR), contending its military tenets are at odds with the fundamentally democratic system of a legislature.

Tue, 06 Oct 1998

JP/New Bogor regent installed

New Bogor regent installed BOGOR (JP): West Java Governor R. Nuriana installed Col. Agus Utara Effendi on Monday as the new Bogor regent for a five-year term, replacing Eddie Yoso Martadipura who had held the position for two consecutive terms since 1988.Agus, who was born in Bogor on Aug.

Tue, 06 Oct 1998

JP/Ceremony held for PDI smooth congress

Ceremony held for PDI smooth congress DENPASAR (JP): A religious service called Piodalan is being held on Tuesday morning by the organizers of the congress to be held by the Indonesian Democratic Party (PDI) faction loyal to Megawati Soekarnoputri, so that the event can proceed smoothly.

Tue, 06 Oct 1998

JP/Open letter to Mahathir

Open letter to Mahathir Observing the seriousness that Malaysia's latest political situation has assumed, we, the Indonesian Legal Aid and Human Rights Association (PBHI), herewith deem it necessary to respond to the development of this political situation.

Tue, 06 Oct 1998

JP/DLLAJR 'corrupt' officials transferred

DLLAJR 'corrupt' officials transferred JAKARTA (JP): Eighteen employees of a vehicle roadworthiness test station in Srengseng Sawah, South Jakarta, have been transferred to other posts following a thorough investigation into their alleged roles in collecting illegal levies.

Tue, 06 Oct 1998

JP/Over 1,600 rights abuses in Aceh

Over 1,600 rights abuses in Aceh BANDA ACEH, Aceh: A regional administration team has uncovered more than 1,600 cases of human rights violations by the military in the country's westernmost province of Aceh over the past decade, Antara said on Monday.

Tue, 06 Oct 1998

JP/PT ADS liquidated

PT ADS liquidated JAKARTA (JP): Shareholders of PT Asian Development Securities (ADS) agreed late last month to liquidate the company beginning Oct. 9, 1998.

Tue, 06 Oct 1998

JP/Rates for Tax Payment

Rates for Tax Payment JAKARTA (JP): The 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, valid from Oct. 5 to Oct. 11: U.S dollar 1 Rp 10,750.

Tue, 06 Oct 1998

JP/Govt's latest denial of mid-May rapes lambasted

Govt's latest denial of mid-May rapes lambasted JAKARTA (JP): Repeated government denials that scores of women were raped during the mid-May riots, the latest coming from Minister of Defense and Security/Armed Forces Commander Gen. Wiranto on Sunday, have again come under fire.

Tue, 06 Oct 1998

JP/Economy contracts 13.59% in first nine months

Economy contracts 13.59% in first nine months JAKARTA (JP): The country's gross domestic product (GDP) contracted 13.59 percent in the first nine months of 1998 compared to the same period last year, the head of the Central Bureau of Statistics (BPS), Sugito Suwito, said on Monday.

Tue, 06 Oct 1998

JP/Rubber producers state preference for INRO

Rubber producers state preference for INRO JAKARTA (JP): Local rubber producers said on Monday that they would prefer the government to maintain its membership of the International Natural Rubber Organization (INRO) because the group was still needed to keep global prices stable.

Tue, 06 Oct 1998

JP/Games organizer begs off paying insurance pledge

Games organizer begs off paying insurance pledge JAKARTA (JP): Almost a year after its grandiose finale, the 19th Southeast Asian (SEA) Games is in the throes of yet another in a long line of financial woes after its underwriting consortium admitted it cannot afford to pay life insurance premiums ...

Tue, 06 Oct 1998

JP/'Tempo' set to hit streets again today

'Tempo' set to hit streets again today JAKARTA (JP): With a cover story on the mass rapes during May's rioting, newsweekly magazine Tempo will be back on newsstands on Tuesday, four years after Soeharto's government revoked its license.

Tue, 06 Oct 1998

JP/Pertamina to ax insurance ties with Tugu Pratama

Pertamina to ax insurance ties with Tugu Pratama JAKARTA (JP): State oil and gas company Pertamina will not renew its insurance contracts with its affiliated insurance company PT Tugu Pratama Indonesia as part of its commitment to rid its business of corruption, collusion and nepotism.

Tue, 06 Oct 1998

JP/Six contractors win water pipeline job

Six contractors win water pipeline job JAKARTA (JP): Six local contractors have won a contract worth about Rp 7 billion (US$636,000) for the extension of the water distribution network in the western half of Jakarta.

Tue, 06 Oct 1998

JP/Two arrested for stealing train cables

Two arrested for stealing train cables JAKARTA (JP): Police have said they caught two youngsters red- handed stealing train traffic system cables from railway tracks in Depok late on Sunday.City police spokesman Lt. Col.

Tue, 06 Oct 1998

JP/Students stage protests to demand ABRI quit politics

Students stage protests to demand ABRI quit politics JAKARTA (JP): Thousands of students across Java greeted the Armed Forces' (ABRI) 53rd anniversary on Monday with street demonstrations to demand the military quit the country's political stage.

Tue, 06 Oct 1998

JP/TV today

TV todayTVRI 2:00 p.m. News: Berita 14 2:35 Children's Film: The Big Valley 3:05 My Motherland 3:30 Village Program 4:00 Regional News 4:30 Music: Lagu Pop Daerah 5:00 English Lessons 5:30 Documentary Program 6:00 News: Lintasan Berita 6:05 Documentary: Catatan Perjalanan 6:15 ...

Tue, 06 Oct 1998

JP/The costs of RI's monetary crisis

The costs of RI's monetary crisisBy C.J. de Koning JAKARTA (JP): The impact of Indonesia's monetary crisis can be illustrated by some distressing statistics:* More than 70 million people out of a population of 205 million have fallen below the poverty line.

Tue, 06 Oct 1998

JP/Art Summit schedule

Art Summit schedule Oct. 6-7: Dance, Kembang Sampah (Garbage Flowers), Miroto (Indonesia), Gedung Kesenian Jakarta (GKJ), Jl. Pos No. 2, Central Jakarta (Phone: 3441892).Oct. 7-8: Music, No World Improvisations, Jin Hi Kim (USA), Taman Ismail Marzuki (TIM), Jl.

Tue, 06 Oct 1998

JP/Stock Exchange

Stock ExchangeStock prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (in rupiah) on Oct. 5, 1998: Shares Close Change Trading Volume ------------------------------------------------------- Ades Alfindo 325 0 ...

Tue, 06 Oct 1998

JP/Govt's liquidity loan policy confusing

Govt's liquidity loan policy confusing The government has extended by one year the deadline for the repayment of liquidity support loans to ailing banks. Lawyer Todung Mulya Lubis looks at the legal impact of the delay.