Observers: Economic motives behind riots JAKARTA (JP): Observers agreed on Monday that unrest and
hatred of Chinese-Indonesians was rooted in economic gaps rather
than racial and religious differences. More ...
Balinese to prayer for end to rift DENPASAR, Bali: Hindus in Bali are planning a mass prayer this
Thursday for an immediate and peaceful end to the rift between
them and Minister of Food and Horticulture A.M. Saefuddin, Antara
news agency reported on Monday. More ...
Actor 'Pak' Tile dead at 67 JAKARTA (JP): Senior but still popular actor Muhammad Nun
Tile, fondly known as Pak Tile, passed away at 67 here on Monday
morning. He suffered from chronic asthma and bronchial cancer. More ...
ABRI braced for MPR special session JAKARTA (JP): The Armed Forces has vowed to safeguard the
upcoming special session of the People's Consultative Assembly
(MPR), saying on Monday it would not tolerate any campaign to
prevent or disrupt the event.Secretary-general of the Ministry of Defense Lt. More ...
Trial of suspected E. Java killers to start this week SURABAYA (JP): East Java chief prosecutor Adenan Kasian said
on Monday that trials would begin this week of people suspected
of involvement in various murders in at least 11 of the
provinces' regencies over the past months. More ...
Rp 100m hashish haul impounded JAKARTA (JP): Customs and excise officers at Soekarno-Hatta
International Airport have thwarted an attempt to smuggle 11
kilograms of dried hashish valued at Rp 100 million (US$12,500)
through an inter-island cargo shipment. More ...
Bakrie looks to debt restructuring deal JAKARTA (JP): Conglomerate PT Bakrie & Brothers expects to
reach a debt restructuring agreement with its foreign and
domestic creditors by January, a key company official said on
Monday. More ...
Industrial waste fouls Tangerang river, canal TANGERANG (JP): Water used and consumed by residents living
along the banks of the Cisadane River and Mookervaart canal here
has been badly contaminated by at least 43,000 cubic meters of
industrial waste per day, an official said Monday. More ...
A welcome move Much to the amazement of many, a most sensible proposal has
just been issued from one of the most unlikely and unexpected
quarters. More ...
Agreement between debtors and creditors still far offBy Reiner S. JAKARTA (JP): Some thorny issues are still seen as obstacles
to further negotiations between local debtors and foreign
creditors attempting to arrive at out-of-court debt settlements,
according to participants in a debt conference ... More ...
State Bank Exim takes multi-finance firm to court JAKARTA (JP): The state Bank Ekspor Impor Indonesia (Bank
Exim) filed a bankruptcy petition against multi-finance firm PT
Pacific International Finance with the commercial court on
Monday. More ...
Lippo Bank to close nine overseas offices JAKARTA (JP): Lippo Bank will close nine of its 13 foreign
offices in a cost-cutting exercise as it seeks to improve its
local operation.James T. More ...
Govt expects banks to repay liquidity debts in cash JAKARTA (JP): The government expects owners of failed and
troubled banks to repay in cash at least 30 percent of their
liquidity debts to the government within one year. More ...
Elevated toll roads for traffic snarls Despite the dire crisis by which Indonesia is sadly still
gripped, people still seem to use their cars, to judge by the
ever-present traffic jams. More ...
Mideast peace talks The latest round of negotiations at the highest level between
the Israeli government and the Palestinian Authority has been the
least satisfactory since the Middle East peace process began in
1993. More ...
Diners flee as restaurant goes up in flames JAKARTA (JP): A fire broke out in the two-story Ikan Tude
restaurant on Jl. Blora in Central Jakarta during the lunchtime
rush hour on Monday, forcing customers eating in the building to
flee in panic. More ...
Golkar finally apologizes for past mistakes JAKARTA (JP): Golkar finally responded to growing public
contempt and has apologized to the nation for past political
mistakes that it committed during Soeharto's New Order regime. More ...
BII sets off computer-bug JAKARTA (JP): Bank International Indonesia (BII) has announced
it will temporarily turn off its computer system this weekend,
starting on Nov. 6 at 10 p.m. in a bid to prepare itself for the
millennium bug. More ...
Rates for tax payment Conversion rates for tax payments, valid from Nov. 2 to
Nov. 8: U.S. dollar 1 Rp 7,350.00Austrian schilling 1 631.99Australian dollar 1 4,526.13Belgian franc 1 215.47Canadian dollar 1 4,741. More ...
Stock ExchangeStock prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (in rupiah) on Nov. 2, 1998: Shares Close Change Trading Volume
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Ades Alfindo 275 ... More ...
Charity concert for orphans held JAKARTA (JP): Supported by vocalist-cafe owner Nia Zulkarnaen,
local band Flashback held a charity concert on Sunday at street
cafes in the Plaza Senayan complex on Jl. Asia Afrika, Central
Jakarta, to raise funds to help orphans. More ...
Protests against ABRI's dual function PADANG, West Sumatra (JP): About 500 students from nine
universities staged a peaceful protest against the Armed Forces
(ABRI) sociopolitical role at the local legislature here on
Monday. More ...
Government to retender 320-km pipeline project DENPASAR, Bali (JP): The government has annulled the contract
awarded to PT Trihasra Binanusa Tunggal, a company owned by
former president Soeharto's children, for construction of a 320-
kilometer fuel pipeline in Java. More ...
Council defends meeting in Puncak JAKARTA (JP): City Council speaker Edy Waluyo denied on Monday
reports that city councilors spent a great deal of money to fund
their meeting about the city's budget in the Puncak resort area
in Bogor recently.Edy said the two-day meeting which was opened on Oct. More ...
Jakartans told to be alert as MPR meeting nears JAKARTA (JP): Governor Sutiyoso urged Jakartans to remain on
the alert in line with escalating death threats and widespread
rumors of renewed rioting ahead of next week's special session of
the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR). More ...
Conference on debt begins JAKARTA (JP): Approximately 1,200 participants representing
mostly local debtors and foreign creditors attended the Jakarta
Initiative conference, which opened on Monday to restart stalled
negotiations on massive corporate debts. More ...
Gen. Subagyo claims ABRI ventures benefit soldiers BANDUNG (JP): Army Chief of Staff Gen. Subagyo Hadisiswoyo
vigorously defended on Monday the Armed Forces' business
ventures, contending that all profits went to improve military
personnel's welfare. More ...
Prepaid SIM cards increase in fame JAKARTA (JP): Cellular phone users watching their pocketbooks
are increasingly preferring the prepaid subscriber identity
module (SIM) card over the monthly billing system, an industry
executive said on Monday. More ...
Nokia launches new cell phone JAKARTA (JP): Finland-based mobile phone producer Nokia
launched here on Monday a new pocket size cellular phone, named
the Nokia 8810. More ...
TV todayTVRI 2:00 p.m. News: Berita 14
2:35 Children's Film: The Big Valley
3:05 Documentary: Tanah Airku
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: Rona Nusantara
... More ...
Where to go in Bandung:Exhibitions * Fine Arts Exhibition: Diantara Dinding dan Pintu, by Jajang
Supriyadi, at Galeri Barak, Jl. Dr. Setiabudhi 238 Trapus, daily
(except Friday), 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., until Nov. 7. More ...
Inflation fell 0.27 percent in October JAKARTA (JP): The monthly inflation rate dropped 0.27 percent
in October this year, the first deflation recorded since the
financial turmoil hit the country early last year, the Central
Bureau of Statistics (BPS) reported on Monday. More ...
Moslems must shed tag of blame JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesian Council of Ulemas will begin the
much-publicized "largest" gathering of Moslem leaders on Tuesday
morning as they aim to hammer home the message that Moslems
should no longer be blamed for just about all conflicts in
society. More ...
Pertamina maintains cash-and-carry deals DENPASAR, Bali (JP): State oil and gas company Pertamina still
applies a cash-and-carry scheme for the sales of aviation fuel to
national flag carrier Garuda Indonesia and state airline Merpati
Nusantara. More ...
Ical says family bloodbath was spur of the moment MEDAN (JP): Muhammad Ferizal Batubara, the 17-year-old accused
of bludgeoning his parents and four of his siblings to death with
a hammer here on Friday, has denied the murders were
premeditated. More ...
Call for opposition figures to join MPR JAKARTA (JP): Three leading members of the People's
Consultative Assembly (MPR) have called on the country's three
most influential opposition figures -- Abdurrahman Wahid, Amien
Rais and Megawati Soekarnoputri -- to be appointed members of the
nation's ... More ...
City out for bigger shares in water deals JAKARTA (JP): The city administration wants bigger shares in
water-management cooperative agreements between city-owned water
company PDAM Jaya and its two foreign companies in the next
renegotiations of the deals, Governor Sutiyoso said on Monday. More ...
E. Timorese leaders divided over solution KRUMBACH, Austria (JP): East Timorese leaders remain divided
over finding an acceptable solution for their tiny territory
while representatives at a forum here even differ on issues
allowed to be discussed. More ...
Is linking education and politics a sin?By Mochtar Buchori JAKARTA (JP): "You have been known by the public as an
educational reformer. Why do you suddenly become involved in
practical politics?"For some reason I always feel that this question has an
accusatory connotation. More ...
Presidential candidates The Youth Pledge of 1928, which was honored throughout
Indonesia last week, called for One Nation, One Country, One
Language: Indonesia. Masli Arman's letter, published on Youth
Pledge Day, deviates from the pledge. More ...
Sigit's dope hearing set for mid November JAKARTA (JP): The International Badminton Federation (IBF) has
set a hearing in Singapore in two weeks for Indonesian world
doubles champion Sigit Budiarto regarding his positive dope tests
for the anabolic steroid nandrolone. More ...
Freeport Correction: The writer of the article titled Freeport: Dirty
water won't wash away graft printed on this page on Nov. 2 should
read Aleksius Jemadu, not Donna K. Woodward. We apologize for the
error. More ...
Indonesian honored for his novel way to deal with dirtBy Stevie Emilia JAKARTA (JP): Most people shun waste, especially of the human
variety, but it gave Agus Gunarto the inspiration to create an
award-winning invention. More ...
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