Archive: 9 December 2000
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Sat, 09 Dec 2000, 00:00 WIB
W. Java taxis want fare hike
W. Java taxis want fare hike BANDUNG: The West Java chapter of the Land Transportation Owners' Organization (Organda) is seeking fare increases for all taxis operating in the province. The vice chairman of the organization, Yunus Situmorang, told reporters here on Thursday that an official letter requesting the fare hike had been sent to the West Java administration. "We want all cabs operating in Bogor and Bekasi to get a similar fare increase to that awarded to Jakarta taxis.
Sat, 09 Dec 2000, 00:00 WIB
Top rubber nations endorse support plan
Top rubber nations endorse support plan BATAM, Riau (Reuters): Senior officials from the world's top rubber exporters - Thailand, Indonesia and Malaysia - agreed a scheme to support ailing natural rubber prices that have lingered near 30 year lows, delegates said on Friday. But the plan has still to be approved by ministers from the three countries and a date for the ministerial meeting will be announced later.
Sat, 09 Dec 2000, 00:00 WIB
PowerGen sells Asia assets to CLP
PowerGen sells Asia assets to CLP LONDON (Reuters): UK electricity company PowerGen Plc on Thursday said it had sold a group of Asian assets put up for sale earlier this year for 458 million pounds (US$662 million) including debt. The assets were sold to companies managed and 80-percent owned by Hong Kong-based power group CLP Holdings Ltd, formerly China Light and Power.
Sat, 09 Dec 2000, 00:00 WIB
Questioning of soldiers over E. Timor opposed
Questioning of soldiers over E. Timor opposed JAKARTA (JP): The Army has vowed not to let the UN Transitional Administration in East Timor (UNTAET) question its soldiers over human rights abuses in the former Indonesian province last year. Deputy Army Chief of Staff Lt. Gen.
Sat, 09 Dec 2000, 00:00 WIB
Bass plans Asian expansion
Bass plans Asian expansion SINGAPORE (AFP): Bass Hotels Friday unveiled a US$70 million expansion plan for its Inter-Continental Hotel brand, targeting the growing business and tourism travel market in the Asia Pacific region. Fourteen hotels will be established or refurbished over the next two years in China, India, Malaysia, French Polynesia and New Zealand.
Sat, 09 Dec 2000, 00:00 WIB
Forum data shows 841 people killed in Aceh this year
Forum data shows 841 people killed in Aceh this year BANDA ACEH, Aceh (JP): The number of people killed in the strife-torn province of Aceh reached 841 from Jan. 1 to Dec. 7 this year, much more than last year's toll of 'only' 393, the Aceh Human Rights Care Forum revealed.
Sat, 09 Dec 2000, 00:00 WIB
Australia supports a unified Indonesia
Australia supports a unified Indonesia CANBERRA (Agencies): Australia, at the end of a two-day ministerial forum with Indonesia on Friday, asserted, in a joint statement, that it welcomed Indonesia's continuing political and economic reform and underlined its commitment to support Jakarta as it battled the spectre of disintegration.
Sat, 09 Dec 2000, 00:00 WIB
Suggestion to Garuda
Suggestion to Garuda From Media Indonesia Lately Garuda Indonesia has been intensifying its efforts to promote the quality of its services. Allow me to give some suggestions in connection with this effort. Some time ago, every Sunday there was a flight to Medan, using a DC-10 aircraft. Now this flight is no longer available. In my opinion, this flight must be resumed in view of the popularity of wide-bodied aircraft among passengers.
Sat, 09 Dec 2000, 00:00 WIB
Rupiah Rates Dec.08
Rupiah Rates Dec.08 Bank notes rates TT rates Buying Selling Buying Selling Rp Rp Rp Rp U.S.
Sat, 09 Dec 2000, 00:00 WIB
Banpu plans US$15-20m for coal investment in 2001
Banpu plans US$15-20m for coal investment in 2001 BANGKOK (AFX-ASIA): Banpu Plc chief executive officer Chanin Vongkusolkit said the company plans to spend US$15-20 million on investment next year, mainly on new coal mines in Indonesia. "The money will be utilized for investment in our coal business in Indonesia and the investment is aimed at seeking new sources of coal," Chanin told AFX-ASIA in an interview.
Sat, 09 Dec 2000, 00:00 WIB
KONI appoints SEA Games project manager
KONI appoints SEA Games project manager JAKARTA (JP): Chairman of the National Sports Council (KONI) Wismoyo Arismunandar has appointed his official in charge of organizational affairs Putera Astaman as the 2001 Southeast Asian (SEA) Games project manager, KONI deputy chairman Arie Sudewo confirmed on Friday. Putera will be assisted by KONI's deputy official in charge of athletes development Sri Sudono Sumarto.
Sat, 09 Dec 2000, 00:00 WIB
Ramadhan time for Jakarta
Ramadhan time for Jakarta Saturday Maghrib 6:02 p.m. Sunday Imsak 3:59 a.m. Subuh 4:09 a.m.
Sat, 09 Dec 2000, 00:00 WIB
Malaysian palm oil futures close lower
Malaysian palm oil futures close lower KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters): Malaysian palm oil futures closed lower on Friday on fresh liquidation prompted by bearish data released by private forecaster Ivan Wong, traders said. Wong estimated end-November Malaysian palm oil stocks at a record high of 1.56 million tons, up from 1.41 million at end- October. Production was estimated to have fallen by 2.5 percent to 1.15 million tons in November from 1.18 million in October.
Sat, 09 Dec 2000, 00:00 WIB
Workers strike for fair holiday allowance
Workers strike for fair holiday allowance JAKARTA (JP): Wood and furniture company PT Wintrad Jaya rejected on Friday its workers' demand for proportional holiday allowances according to their length of employment, and decided to grant an allowance equivalent to each worker's one-month salary. The management said the company wouldn't allow the workers to resume their duties until they discontinued the demand and are ready to accept the allowance offered.
Sat, 09 Dec 2000, 00:00 WIB
Clubhouse Harmonie now a parking lot
Clubhouse Harmonie now a parking lot By Ida Indawati Khouw Batavia once had the oldest clubhouse in Asia, Societeit de Harmonie. Although the building has been demolished, its romance still remains. This 68th article on Batavia looks into its good old days. JAKARTA (JP): The 1985 Jl. Majapahit road expansion project took its toll on one of the city's remaining historical buildings, Societeit de Harmonie.
Sat, 09 Dec 2000, 00:00 WIB
Education program launched to combat child labor in RI
Education program launched to combat child labor in RI JAKARTA (JP): The Ministry of National Education and the International Labor Organization (ILO) launched a program on Friday titled "Integrated Approach of Non-Formal Education to Combat Child Labor" to provide 19.2 million children with improved basic education.
Sat, 09 Dec 2000, 00:00 WIB
Istiqlal offers more than 'buka puasa' meals
Istiqlal offers more than 'buka puasa' meals By A'an Suryana JAKARTA (JP): Would you like a different atmosphere for breaking your fast? It is free, and so is the meal. If so, then spend a day during Ramadhan at the Istiqlal Grand Mosque, one of the city's landmarks that is a few meters away from the presidential palace. The 39-year-old mosque not only has a scenic view of the National Monument (Monas) with a sunset in the background.
Sat, 09 Dec 2000, 00:00 WIB
Pertamina may offer short-term LNG contracts
Pertamina may offer short-term LNG contracts JAKARTA (JP): State-owned oil and gas company Pertamina might offer short-term liquefied natural gas (LNG) contracts in a move to raise the company's competitiveness in a tight market, an executive at Pertamina said on Friday. Pertamina's director for general affairs, Sjahrial Daud, said that the company would consider offering five to 10 year short- term LNG contracts to its traditional markets in Japan, Korea and Taiwan.
Sat, 09 Dec 2000, 00:00 WIB
U.S. drug firm to invest millions in S'pore plant
U.S. drug firm to invest millions in S'pore plant SINGAPORE (AP): A U.S. drug company on Friday announced plans to invest US$450 million to expand its manufacturing and research activities in Singapore. Schering-Plough had already put $300 million into two pharmaceutical manufacturing facilities in Singapore. The new investment would be used to expand the company's manufacturing capability and for research and development.
Sat, 09 Dec 2000, 00:00 WIB
TV today
TV today TVRI 3:30 a.m. Ramadhan Special: Uraian Syiar Sahur 4:30 Ramadhan Special: Koran Recital 5:30 Ramadhan Special: Pelajaran Iqro 6:00 News 8:00 Children's Program 8:30 TV Series: Labyrinth 9:00 Interval 2:00 p.m. News 2:30 Cartoon 3:00 Music 4:00 News 4:30 Music 5:30 Ramadhan Special: Mutiara Ramadhan 6:00 TVRI News 6:30 Music 7:00 Evening News 7:30 Music 8:00 Sports 8:30 Quiz 9:00 News 9:30 Film 10:30 News Program 2 5:00 p.m.
Sat, 09 Dec 2000, 00:00 WIB
Autonomy and education
Autonomy and education Ross Worthington, a graduate in public policy from the Australian National University, said that Indonesia needed five to 10 years to make the necessary preparations for the implementation of regional autonomy (The Jakarta Post, Nov. 25, 2000). He also added that the government should intensify education and training programs to prepare qualified human resources in both the bureaucracy and private sector.
Sat, 09 Dec 2000, 00:00 WIB
Religions can be wrong, says theologist
Religions can be wrong, says theologist JAKARTA (JP): Can religions be wrong? Yes, they can, according to a speaker in a discussion here on Friday. "Every time bloody religious conflict breaks out in Indonesia, people say that it is the believers who are in the wrong and not the religion," says Haryatmoko, lecturer in theology at the Yogyakarta-based Sanata Darma University, at a discussion on the German philosopher Nietzsche.
Sat, 09 Dec 2000, 00:00 WIB
Prosecutors seek evidence on Estrada
Prosecutors seek evidence on Estrada MANILA (AP): After branding President Joseph Estrada a crook and comparing him to the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos, impeachment trial prosecutors sought to prove it on Friday with testimony about illegal gambling payoffs. An employee of a provincial governor who accused Estrada of taking millions of dollars in kickbacks from an illegal numbers game testified she collected bundles of cash to be delivered to the president.
Sat, 09 Dec 2000, 00:00 WIB
S'pore activists lobby for marathon
S'pore activists lobby for marathon SINGAPORE (AFP): Singapore rights activists have asked police to allow a planned marathon on Sunday to commemorate international human rights day, but they fear it will be rejected as a threat to public order. Even if the run is refused, the activists said they would push through with a rally at a free-speech corner.
Sat, 09 Dec 2000, 00:00 WIB
Anwar may need back surgery
Anwar may need back surgery KUALA LUMPUR (AP): Jailed politician Anwar Ibrahim may need surgery for a slipped disc and that could delay legal appeals against his corruption conviction and sentence, one of his lawyers said on Friday. "His condition is still bad. He is seriously considering doctors' advice to undergo surgery," said Sankara Nair, a lawyer who was part of a team that defended the ousted deputy prime minister in his protracted sodomy trial.
Sat, 09 Dec 2000, 00:00 WIB
Christians, Muslims meet for reconciliation in Maluku
Christians, Muslims meet for reconciliation in Maluku YOGYAKARTA (JP): A total of 92 representatives from Christian and Muslim groups in the Malukus joined the Baku Bae reconciliation meeting here on Friday, pledging to commence recovery efforts after two-years of violence in the strife-torn region. "The efforts include the establishment of two neutral territories for economic and education activities in the Ambon mayoralty," Ichsan Malik, the workshop facilitator, told media here.
Sat, 09 Dec 2000, 00:00 WIB
Stock quotations on JSX
Stock quotations on JSX Stock prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (in rupiah) on Dec.
Sat, 09 Dec 2000, 00:00 WIB
PSM to face Persipura in league opener
PSM to face Persipura in league opener JAKARTA (JP): The Soccer Association of Indonesia (PSSI) has confirmed that the 2001 Bank Mandiri national soccer league first qualifying round will kick off on Jan. 14 in Makassar, South Sulawesi. The second round will start on April 7. Defending champion PSM Makassar will challenge Persipura of Jayapura in the opening match at Mattoangin stadium. Eleven other matches will also be played throughout the nation.
Sat, 09 Dec 2000, 00:00 WIB
Govt wants action on nightspots
Govt wants action on nightspots JAKARTA (JP): Following an attack on an alleged gambling den in Pluit, North Jakarta, Governor Sutiyoso warned the director of PT Pembangunan Pluit Jaya to take action against nightspots violating a governor's circular on opening hours during Ramadhan. "I will fire the director. I'm tired of repeatedly telling him to handle this problem," the governor said after the Friday prayer at City Hall.
Sat, 09 Dec 2000, 00:00 WIB
Mexico's Cemex may drop hub plans in Indonesia
Mexico's Cemex may drop hub plans in Indonesia JAKARTA (Reuters): Mexican cement giant Cemex has warned it might drop plans to base its Southeast Asian operations in Indonesia unless the government acts decisively on allowing it to take over a local producer in which it has a 25 percent stake. "If no decision is made soon, the first thing we have to do is to move the headquarters out of Indonesia.
Sat, 09 Dec 2000, 00:00 WIB
Padang mayor to be fired
Padang mayor to be fired PADANG, West Sumatra: Mayor Zuiyen Rais, who has been sentenced to 10 months in jail for fraud, will soon be dismissed from his post, speaker of the Padang legislative council Maigus Nasir said here on Friday. According to Maigus, the decision to fire the mayor had been agreed upon by all the factions on the council, and the Minister of Home Affairs and Regional Autonomy Surjadi Soedirdja had been consulted.
Sat, 09 Dec 2000, 00:00 WIB
Chances of Indo-Pak talks remote
Chances of Indo-Pak talks remote By Elizabeth Roche NEW DELHI (AFP): The recent flurry of statements from India and Pakistan has taken the nascent peace process in Kashmir to a delicate stage, but analysts say direct talks are a remote possibility. The peace process was initiated when New Delhi suspended counter-insurgency operations against Kashmiri militant groups on Nov. 27 for the Islamic holy month of Ramadhan. On Dec.
Sat, 09 Dec 2000, 00:00 WIB
Man burned to death for stealing bull
Man burned to death for stealing bull BOGOR (JP): A man was burned to death by a mob for allegedly attempting to steal a bull in Leuwi Batu village, Rumpin district, Bogor regency, on Friday morning. The victim, identified as 35-year-old Karya of Kampung Kemang in Cidokom village, also in Rumpin district, was alleged to have stolen several head of cattle from here ahead of the Idul Fitri holiday, during which the demand for meat usually increases.
Sat, 09 Dec 2000, 00:00 WIB
House urged to continue presidential investigation
House urged to continue presidential investigation JAKARTA (JP): About 1,000 people from various labor and student organizations assembled at the House of Representatives building here on Friday to express support for the House special committee probing corruption scandals allegedly linked to President Abdurrahman Wahid.
Sat, 09 Dec 2000, 00:00 WIB
Awair International to offer three new routes
Awair International to offer three new routes JAKARTA (JP): Privately owned airline PT Awair Internasional will open three new routes this month and is awaiting the arrival of its Airbus A310-300 to help service the additional routes, a spokesman of the company said on Friday. Arifin Hutabarat told The Jakarta Post the airline would begin servicing the Surabaya-Makasar route on Dec. 15, the Jakarta- Denpasar route on Dec. 18 and the Jakarta-Singapore route on Dec. 20.
Sat, 09 Dec 2000, 00:00 WIB
Official faced with dismissal for drugs
Official faced with dismissal for drugs JAKARTA (JP): An immigration official currently detained for alleged drug abuse is facing dismissal, Director General of Immigration M. Mudakir said on Friday. Mudakir said the official, Muhammad Hidayat, would lose his job if the court found him guilty of using and selling drugs that he stole from his office. When arrested on Monday night, police found one gram of shabu- shabu (crystal methamphetamine) in his hotel room in Central Jakarta.
Sat, 09 Dec 2000, 00:00 WIB
Ministers say Theys' release unlikely
Ministers say Theys' release unlikely JAKARTA (JP): Security authorities rejected on Friday a request by President Abdurrahman Wahid to release Irian Jaya proindependence leader Theys Hiyo Eluay. Coordinating Minister for Political, Social and Security Affairs Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said during a breaking of the fast gathering at his office that the President's request could not be delivered for the sake of the ongoing investigation process into Theys, who has been charged with subversion.
Sat, 09 Dec 2000, 00:00 WIB
Community empowerment program to help the poor
Community empowerment program to help the poor JAKARTA (JP): The Ministry of Settlement and Regional Infrastructure is running a community empowerment program involving 5,147 villages in 17 provinces outside Java using funds allocated from the cut fuel subsidy which amounts to Rp 250 billion, said its minister Erna Witoelar. "Since we started the program in October, a total of 1,130 villages in 86 districts have received some Rp 75 billion," Erna said in a statement on Friday.
Sat, 09 Dec 2000, 00:00 WIB
Locals attack armed FPI members
Locals attack armed FPI members JAKARTA (JP): Dozens of local residents at the Pertamina housing complex in Tugu Selatan area, North Jakarta, engaged in a brawl with some 50 members of the Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) on Thursday night after the latter, armed with daggers and swords, marched into the complex, a police report said. Two FPI members were injured during the clash. The report said the FPI members had marched around the complex at about 10:30 p.m.
Sat, 09 Dec 2000, 00:00 WIB
Indosiar to float shares next year
Indosiar to float shares next year JAKARTA (JP): Private television station Indosiar, one of the companies handed over to the Indonesian Bank Restructuring Agency (IBRA) by the Salim Group, will float its shares on the local stock market next year. IBRA said on Friday the television station would sell new shares accounting for about 15 percent of the company's enlarged stock in an initial public offering to be held early next year.
Sat, 09 Dec 2000, 00:00 WIB
Resort hotels booked up for long holiday
Resort hotels booked up for long holiday JAKARTA (JP): Many hotels and cottages in popular resorts in and around Jakarta say they are fully booked for the duration of the coming holiday season. Many affluent Jakartans not spending the holidays in their hometowns or abroad will be heading either for Pulau Seribu (Thousand Islands) off Jakarta, the beaches of Ancol in North Jakarta or Carita west of Jakarta, or for the cooler climate of Puncak south of Jakarta.
Sat, 09 Dec 2000, 00:00 WIB
Sjahril to face trial soon: Abdurrahman
Sjahril to face trial soon: Abdurrahman JAKARTA (JP): President Abdurrahman Wahid said on Friday that Bank Indonesia Governor Sjahril Sabirin would be brought to the court soon for a trial over his alleged involvement in the Bank Bali scandal. " Don't worry, Sjahril Sabirin will be brought to the court soon. The attorney general has told me this," Abdurrahman said, without giving a clear time frame.
Sat, 09 Dec 2000, 00:00 WIB
Singapore a convenient target for Indonesia's ire
Singapore a convenient target for Indonesia's ire By Kornelius Purba TOKYO (JP): In his memoir, From Third World To First, The Singapore Story: 1965-2000, Lee Kuan Yew recalls his conversation with then president Sukarno at Merdeka Palace, five years before Singapore officially separated from Malaysia and became an independent state in 1965. "He (Sukarno) asked, 'How big is your population?' 'One and half million,' I (Lee) replied. He had 100 million.
Sat, 09 Dec 2000, 00:00 WIB
Vendetta against Sjahril
Vendetta against Sjahril The series of sagas encountered by Bank Indonesia Governor Sjahril Sabirin since February -- starting with his rejection of the request by President Abdurrahman Wahid that he resign from his post, his subsequent arrest on corruption charges in late June and continuing with the ongoing political battle at the House of Representatives for his ousting from the bank -- all convey a clear message: If you cross the President, he will use the power of the law against you.
Sat, 09 Dec 2000, 00:00 WIB
Air Force member arrested for robbery
Air Force member arrested for robbery JAKARTA (JP): Police arrested three members of a vicious gang of robbers on Thursday, one of whom turned out to be a member of the Air Force, during a raid in Kampung Tengah, East Jakarta, Jakarta Police Detectives chief Sr. Supt. Harry Montolalu said on Friday. One of the robbers, identified as Samsudin alias Udin Buduk, was shot dead by police when he tried to escape arrest.
Sat, 09 Dec 2000, 00:00 WIB
SE Asia to have champion club soccer tournament
SE Asia to have champion club soccer tournament SINGAPORE (AFP): Southeast Asia is to launch its own champion of champions club soccer tournament, starting next year in Vietnam and drawing together the top sides from the 10 ASEAN nations. The club tournament will be held biennially, alternating with the Tiger Cup for national supremacy in the region, ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) council member P. Sivakumar said in the Straits Times Friday.
Sat, 09 Dec 2000, 00:00 WIB
Mount Bromo reopened to tourists
Mount Bromo reopened to tourists SURABAYA, East Java (JP): The local administration here reopened the foothills of Mount Bromo to the general public on Friday after they had been declared off-limits for the past week due to ash emissions spewing from the volcano's crater. The 2,392-meter high mountain, located on a sand plateau of the Tengger mountain range and part of the Bromo-Tengger-Semeru National Park, has been closed to tourists since Nov. 29.