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53 articles.
Fri, 04 Dec 1998

JP/Military training for civil servants

Military training for civil servants In line with the wave of reform in this country and the Armed Forces' gradually decreasing civil role, the policy obliging civil servant candidates to undergo military-style training needs reviewing.
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Fri, 04 Dec 1998

JP/Stop destruction

Stop destruction We appeal with all our heart: Let us stop destruction, especially of places of worship, as it conflicts with the so- called SARA in Indonesian politics.
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Fri, 04 Dec 1998

JP/Bakrie, cooperatives tie up

Bakrie, cooperatives tie up JAKARTA (JP): PT Agrowiyana, a subsidiary of PT Bakrie Sumatera Plantation (BSP), will join up with farmers' cooperatives to build a palm oil processing plant in Jambi.
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Fri, 04 Dec 1998

JP/Stock Exchange

Stock ExchangeStock prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (in rupiah) on Dec. 3, 1998: Shares Close Change Trading Volume -------------------------------------------------------- Ades Alfindo 400 ...
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Fri, 04 Dec 1998

JP/Childhood trauma in Bandung has life-long consequences

Childhood trauma in Bandung has life-long consequencesBy Thor Kerr THE HAGUE (JP): Theo Corsmit was a happy eight-year-old living in Bandung when he saw a strange man in uniform with a samurai sword. Now 65, he still shudders when he sees a Japanese.
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Fri, 04 Dec 1998

JP/Conversion Rates

Conversion Rates Bank Bali's conversion rates on Dec. 3, 1998: TT rates Bank notes rates Buying Selling Buying Selling Rp Rp Rp Rp U.S. dollar 1 7,250.
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Fri, 04 Dec 1998

JP/Joint security patrols to police crime black spots

Joint security patrols to police crime black spots JAKARTA (JP): The city authorities would deploy a group of 15 police, soldiers and civilian security personnel at each of the city's crime black spots beginning Friday, a senior official said.
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Fri, 04 Dec 1998

JP/Rupiah slides slightly, local stocks lose ground

Rupiah slides slightly, local stocks lose ground JAKARTA (JP): The rupiah failed to hold its ground against the U.S. dollar on Thursday, closing 2.3 percent down at 7,550 as stock prices slid 0.8 percent, currency dealers and stockbrokers said.
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Fri, 04 Dec 1998

JP/Mitsui wins Aneka Tambang project

Mitsui wins Aneka Tambang project JAKARTA (JP): Japanese contractor Mitsui has come out as the preferred bidder in an international tender for the construction of the third ferronickel plant of state general mining company PT Aneka Tambang (Antam) in Pomalaa, South Sulawesi.
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Fri, 04 Dec 1998

JP/RI economy on the ment: Ginandjar

RI economy on the ment: Ginandjar JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia's tattered economy is on the right track and heading toward recovery in 1999, according to Coordinating Minister for Economy, Finance and Industry Ginandjar Kartasasmita.
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Fri, 04 Dec 1998

JP/Indonesian team leaves for Bangkok

Indonesian team leaves for Bangkok JAKARTA (JP): Most of the country's team for the Asian Games left on Thursday for Bangkok in an emotion-filled departure with their families.
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Fri, 04 Dec 1998

JP/Current state budget enjoying $2.2b surplus

Current state budget enjoying $2.2b surplus JAKARTA (JP): The implementation of the current 1998/1999 state budget had resulted in a surplus of Rp 16.39 trillion (US$2.2 billion) as of Nov. 14, 1998, according to an official report.
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Fri, 04 Dec 1998

JP/Don't criticize Hartati Murdaya

Don't criticize Hartati Murdaya I am bewildered why Buddhist students and a group of Buddhists personally attacked Hartati Murdaya after she expressed her views in a program on TVRI in which prominent community figures participated.
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Fri, 04 Dec 1998

JP/Students want cut in study fees

Students want cut in study fees TANGERANG (JP): More than 1,000 students at state-run senior high school SMUN 1 in Mauk district here went on strike on Thursday, demanding a reduction in the education support fee and transparency in the use of the student organization's funds.
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Fri, 04 Dec 1998

JP/Opportunity to become 'hero' opens for Habibie

Opportunity to become 'hero' opens for HabibieBy Donna K. Woodward MEDAN (JP): Soeharto's barely veiled attempt to intimidate Habibie publicly may be the first time he has shown him any respect. He is clearly afraid of Habibie's dawning (albeit belated) independence.The students are implacable.
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Fri, 04 Dec 1998

JP/Seizures of fake banknotes rise

Seizures of fake banknotes rise JAKARTA (JP): The authorities seized counterfeit rupiah banknotes totaling Rp 5.96 billion (US$795,000), about 0.012 percent of the Rp 46.82 trillion currency in circulation and a huge increase from previous years, in the first nine months of the year.H.Y.
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Fri, 04 Dec 1998

JP/Timber firm linked to military may lose license

Timber firm linked to military may lose license JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Forestry and Plantations Muslimin Nasution said on Thursday that his office was considering revoking a logging license of a timber company linked to the Ministry of Defense and Security for allegedly smuggling logs.
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Fri, 04 Dec 1998

JP/Military admits rights abuses in E. Timor: UN

Military admits rights abuses in E. Timor: UN JAKARTA (JP): The United Nations' investigator on violence against women, Radhika Coomaraswamy, said here on Thursday that the military admitted past human rights abuses in the troubled province of East Timor.
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Fri, 04 Dec 1998

JP/Black pinkies in store for voters after poll

Black pinkies in store for voters after poll JAKARTA (JP): On June 7, Indonesians may have something more in common than just their nationality, language and ideology. More than half the population could have their little fingers stained with ink.
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Fri, 04 Dec 1998

JP/Elections still a mystery

Elections still a mystery When the government and the House of Representatives reached an agreement on May 29, 1998 to hold a general election the following year, many people saw it as a necessary move, because the country was badly in need of a stable and democratically elected government to put ...
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Fri, 04 Dec 1998

JP/Recapitalization 'to be successful'

Recapitalization 'to be successful' JAKARTA (JP): Bank Indonesia Governor Sjahril Sabirin said on Thursday that the owners of 15 private national banks had pledged to recapitalize their banks with their own resources.
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Fri, 04 Dec 1998

JP/Pick of the Flicks

Pick of the FlicksHollywood KC: The Negotiator 14:15 17:05 19:55 Dance With Me 14:55 17:45 20:35 Kuldesak 14:15 16:55 19:05 21:15 Out of Sight 14:55 17:35 20:35 Shadow of Doubt 14:15 16:55 19:05 21:15Senayan: Dance With Me ...
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Fri, 04 Dec 1998

JP/Ensuring a free and fair election should begin right away

Ensuring a free and fair election should begin right away The following is an interview with Andrew Ellis, a British expert on electoral systems.
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Fri, 04 Dec 1998

JP/Lawlessness worse than disintegration

Lawlessness worse than disintegration Violent outbursts threaten to break down social trust, throwing national unity in limbo and unleashing chaos and lawlessness. Political scientist J. Soedjati Djiwandono thinks the latter is more dangerous than disintegration.
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Fri, 04 Dec 1998

JP/On decency

On decency Referring to the letter "Show some decency" in The Jakarta Post on Dec. 2, I would like to write some comments.I lived in Western countries for more than 20 years and married a European.
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Fri, 04 Dec 1998

JP/Three shot dead, 68 nabbed for street crimes

Three shot dead, 68 nabbed for street crimes JAKARTA (JP): Police officers shot five alleged criminals, three of them dead, and arrested 68 others for their involvement in a street crimes in the capital in the period between Nov. 25 and Dec. 2, a police officer said on Thursday.
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Fri, 04 Dec 1998

JP/Cooling down the political temperature

Cooling down the political temperature Are we turning into a nation of looters, rapists, murderers and arsonists, or are we being punished by God for our cowardly acts in rectifying the decades-old abuse of power?Riots have been breaking out all across this vast archipelago, and always for ...
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Fri, 04 Dec 1998

JP/Newspaper angry at phone disruption

Newspaper angry at phone disruption BOGOR (JP): Newly established Radar Bogor daily is to sue the Bogor branch of state-owned telecommunications company PT Telkom for cutting a crucial telephone line to the newspaper's editorial office without warning, the daily's general manager said on Thursday.
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Fri, 04 Dec 1998

JP/Soldiers of conscience

Soldiers of conscience Their assault on the central nervous system of Habibie's Reform Order, the Attorney General's Office and its temporary occupation has caught security guards, as well as observers without a cause like myself, by surprise.
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Fri, 04 Dec 1998

JP/Human rights seminar adopts 12 distinct recommendations

Human rights seminar adopts 12 distinct recommendations JAKARTA (JP): A national human rights workshop which closed here Thursday recommended that military personnel who perpetrated human rights abuses should be brought to civil court instead of court- martial to ensure impartiality.
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Fri, 04 Dec 1998

JP/Guard found dead after robbery

Guard found dead after robbery JAKARTA (JP): A security guard at metal processing company PT Perkasa Manis was found dead at the company's compound on Jl. Darma Wanita, Cengkareng, West Jakarta on Thursday, after being stabbed by two robbers, a police officer said.City police spokesman Lt. Col.
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Fri, 04 Dec 1998

JP/Crossword Puzzle

Crossword Puzzle We regret to announce that the Crossword Puzzle will not appear in today's paper due to delivery problems.
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Fri, 04 Dec 1998

JP/RI too hot to handle for reinsurers

RI too hot to handle for reinsurers JAKARTA (JP): Increasing risk from the simmering political and social tension in the country are discouraging foreign reinsurers from continuing their deals in Indonesia, the Insurance Council of Indonesia (DAI) said on Thursday.
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Fri, 04 Dec 1998

JP/House divided on typeof PR arrangement

House divided on typeof PR arrangement JAKARTA (JP): The House of Representatives was locked in a heated debate on Thursday over what kind of proportional representation (PR) voting system to use at next year's general election.
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Fri, 04 Dec 1998

JP/Dengue outbreak feared in C. Java

Dengue outbreak feared in C. Java SEMARANG, Central Java: Central Java health authorities are quickly taking steps to avert a dengue fever epidemic after six children died and another 140 have been treated for the potentially deadly illness in the last four weeks.
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Fri, 04 Dec 1998

JP/Mayoral race to have big impact

Mayoral race to have big impactBy Edward Neilan China, U.S., Japan all have stake in outcome of contest between bright young stars Chen and Ma.
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Fri, 04 Dec 1998

JP/DPR sets 1999 election date

DPR sets 1999 election date JAKARTA (JP): Speaker of the House of Representatives (DPR) Harmoko announced on Thursday that the general election will be held on June 7 and that the newly elected People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) will convene on Aug. 29.
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Fri, 04 Dec 1998

JP/Delon's 40-year acting career celebrated in Jakarta, Surabaya

Delon's 40-year acting career celebrated in Jakarta, SurabayaBy Yudha Kartohadiprodjo JAKARTA (JP): Legend has it that Alain Delon came to Cannes in the cool spring of 1956 wearing a rented tuxedo jacket. He arrived at the right time: the big screen's bad boy, James Dean, had died a year earlier.
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Fri, 04 Dec 1998

JP/Major smuggling attempts foiled at airport

Major smuggling attempts foiled at airport JAKARTA (JP): Customs and Excise officers at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport foiled attempts to smuggle historical artifacts, compact discs and dried marijuana worth a combined value of billions of rupiah in the month of November, an official said ...
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Fri, 04 Dec 1998

JP/RI foreign exchange reserves down to $14.21b

RI foreign exchange reserves down to $14.21b JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia's net foreign exchange reserves declined by US$1.8 million to $14.21 billion in the week ending Nov. 30 due mainly to repayment of part of the government's overseas debt.
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Fri, 04 Dec 1998

JP/Swapping tempeh for bricks

Swapping tempeh for bricks SURABAYA, East Java: Nearly one-third of the 38,000 traditional tempeh and tofu makers in East Java have suspended their activities and taken up work as construction workers as they can no longer attain working capital.
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Fri, 04 Dec 1998

JP/Govt to impose higher royalties in mining firms

Govt to impose higher royalties in mining firms JAKARTA (JP): The government will impose higher royalties on mining contractors awarded new contracts of work (COWs) to increase earnings from the development of the country's mineral resources, the Ministry of Mines and Energy's Director General ...
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Fri, 04 Dec 1998

JP/Alatas warms up to Phnom Penh

Alatas warms up to Phnom Penh JAKARTA (JP): Indonesian Minister of Foreign Affairs Ali Alatas hailed on Thursday the formation of the new coalition government in Cambodia, saying that this bodes well for Phnom Penh's intention to join the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) this month.
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Fri, 04 Dec 1998

JP/Civil, political rights in Islam

Civil, political rights in Islam This is the first of two articles based on a paper prepared by Dr. Nurcholish Madjid, rector of the University of Paramadina Mulya in Jakarta, for the Seminar on Enriching the Universalities of Human Rights: Islamic Perspectives on the Universal Declaration of ...
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Fri, 04 Dec 1998

JP/Student comes face-to-face with 'recruiter'

Student comes face-to-face with 'recruiter' JAKARTA (JP): A military officer on Thursday challenged directly the student who claims he was forced to become an informer by him.
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Fri, 04 Dec 1998

JP/'Deranged person' detained for safety

'Deranged person' detained for safety JAKARTA (JP): A local man, believed to be mentally ill, was detained for burning a Koran in a mosque and a podium in another one in Ngbang, a small town near the West Kalimantan provincial capital of Pontianak on Thursday.Sgt.
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Fri, 04 Dec 1998

JP/Table

Table Correction: The first question in the table that appeared on this page on Thursday should have read Why do you think the student movement has continued to this day?We apologize for the error.
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Fri, 04 Dec 1998

JP/TV today

TV todayTVRI 5:30 a.m. Religious Teachings: Hikmah Pagi 6:00 Morning News 6:30 News: Nuansa Reformasi 7:00 Children's Program: Lagu Anak Nusantara 7:30 Cartoon 8:00 Music 8:30 Documentary: Pesona Flora 9:00 Music 10:00 Interval 2:00 p.m.
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Fri, 04 Dec 1998

JP/Rp 109b allocated for poor families

Rp 109b allocated for poor families JAKARTA (JP): The city administration has set aside Rp 109.52 billion (US$14.6 million) to help poor families in the city as part of its social safety net program, secretary to the City Council's Commission E for social welfare Agus Waluyo said on Thursday.
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Fri, 04 Dec 1998

JP/Student relates kidnapping tale

Student relates kidnapping tale BOGOR, West Java (JP): A student activist revealed at the Ampera Legal Aid Office (LBH-Ampera) on Wednesday that he was abducted and detained for 24 hours by three unidentified men.G.
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Fri, 04 Dec 1998

JP/Where to go in Jakarta:

Where to go in Jakarta:Exhibitions * Batik Exhibition: The Awakening of Batik at the end of the Millennium, at Galeri TC, Jl. Kemang Raya 24A, South Jakarta (Phone: 7194270), 11:30 a.m. to 12 a.m., until Dec. 31. * Photo Exhibition: My Imagination, by Aendra H.
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Fri, 04 Dec 1998

JP/Military stops more students from 'trespassing in red zone'

Military stops more students from 'trespassing in red zone' JAKARTA (JP): Inspired by the astounding maneuver of Trisakti University students who breached the military cordon around Merdeka Palace on the previous day, 2,500 students from two different groups launched abortive attempts to follow ...
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Fri, 04 Dec 1998

JP/Bukit Asam severs ties with Soeharto's children

Bukit Asam severs ties with Soeharto's children JAKARTA (JP): State coal mining company PT Tambang Batubara Bukit Asam has terminated contracts with five companies linked to former president Soeharto's children as part of its efforts to scrap business deals allegedly landed through ...
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