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Thu, 12 Feb 1998

JP/Where to go in Bali:

Where to go in Bali:Music and entertainment * Ramada Bintang Bali, Kuta: - La Brasserie Cafe Restaurant: Crosstil Quatro, daily. - Alun-alun Lounge: The Heart Beat Band, nightly except on Thursday, 8:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. - Poolside Open Theater: Tek-Tekan Dance, Saturday.

Thu, 12 Feb 1998

JP/Memories eatery to close down

Memories eatery to close down JAKARTA (JP): Memories restaurant will serve up its final meals on Valentine's Day this Saturday, its manager said Tuesday.Klaas Kemp said the eatery serving predominantly Dutch cuisine was unable to continue operating due to the economic crisis.

Thu, 12 Feb 1998

JP/Lee Kuan Yew's comment

Lee Kuan Yew's comment Singapore Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew has offered his view of the monetary crisis currently hitting Asia. In his comment, published in the Feb.

Thu, 12 Feb 1998

JP/Misconduct must be eliminated: Scholar

Misconduct must be eliminated: Scholar JAKARTA (JP): The rampant misconduct in the political elite should be wiped out if Indonesia wants to survive the current economic crisis, a respected scholar said yesterday.

Thu, 12 Feb 1998

JP/Stock Exchange

Stock ExchangeStock prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (in rupiah) on Feb.11, 1998: Shares Close Change Trading Volume ------------------------------------------------------------ Ades Alfindo ...

Thu, 12 Feb 1998

JP/Alleged robber shot dead

Alleged robber shot dead JAKARTA (JP): An alleged robber was shot dead in Central Jakarta early yesterday morning after resisting arrest, city police spokesman Lt. Col. E. Aritonang said.

Thu, 12 Feb 1998

JP/World press photo expo opens today

World press photo expo opens today JAKARTA (JP): The annual 1997 World Press Photo Exhibition is to open today at Erasmus Huis on Jl. H.R. Rasuna Said, South Jakarta, and continue until Feb. 22.

Thu, 12 Feb 1998

JP/Soeharto warns of plot to ruin economy

Soeharto warns of plot to ruin economy SUBANG, West Java (JP): President Soeharto warned the nation yesterday against groups plotting to destroy the country's economy by engineering a dramatic fall in the rupiah against the US dollar.

Thu, 12 Feb 1998

JP/New gasoline launched

New gasoline launched JAKARTA (JP): Elnusa Petrofin, a subsidiary of state oil and gas company Pertamina, has introduced a new unleaded gasoline for motorbikes.

Thu, 12 Feb 1998

JP/Hotel serves up Valentine's treats

Hotel serves up Valentine's treats JAKARTA (JP): Sweethearts can celebrate this Valentine's Day with dinner promotions at restaurants of the Mandarin Oriental Jakarta, the hotel's public relation officer said yesterday.

Thu, 12 Feb 1998

JP/Cool reception for media mergers idea

Cool reception for media mergers idea JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Tourism, Post and Telecommunications Joop Ave has proposed financially troubled media companies should merge to survive the worsening economic crisis.

Thu, 12 Feb 1998

JP/Departure tax burdensome

Departure tax burdensome We are foreign investors who have had to stay in Jakarta to monitor our new investment. I believe that our business here is genuine and within Indonesian government guidelines.

Thu, 12 Feb 1998

JP/Holland to set up trade facility for RI firms

Holland to set up trade facility for RI firms JAKARTA (JP): Deputy Prime Minister of the Netherlands Hans van Mierlo said here yesterday the Dutch government planned to establish a trade facility to guarantee Indonesian imports.

Thu, 12 Feb 1998

JP/Where to go in Surabaya:

Where to go in Surabaya:Music and Entertainment * Radisson Plaza Suite Hotel, at Plaza Boulevard, Jl. Pemuda 31- 37: - Kartini's Restaurant: Chinese Food Festival, 6:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m., Electone Player, daily. Tanira Band, Friday, Saturday. - Cafe Taman: Tanira Band, daily at 7 p.m. to 10 p.m.

Thu, 12 Feb 1998

JP/Students protest basic commodity price hikes

Students protest basic commodity price hikes JAKARTA (JP): College students in North Sumatra and Central Sulawesi staged massive demonstrations yesterday demanding the government do more to bring down prices of basic goods.

Thu, 12 Feb 1998

JP/Pienandoro's utopia

Pienandoro's utopia There are people who make life more complicated for others and take pleasure in doing so. Some complicate the lives of their fellows to gain advantage. Both are of course unfair. It suggests that these individuals have no respect for the interests and rights of other people.

Thu, 12 Feb 1998

JP/Stocks fall 5.81% on profit taking

Stocks fall 5.81% on profit taking JAKARTA (JP): The main Jakarta Stock Exchange (JSX) index fell 5.81 percent yesterday due to a combination of mounting fears over sporadic riots and profit taking on several blue chip stocks.The JSX Composite Index plunged sharply lower by 30.09 points to 487.

Thu, 12 Feb 1998

JP/Four rob Nigerian of cash, camera

Four rob Nigerian of cash, camera JAKARTA (JP): City police are searching for three men and a woman who robbed a Nigerian national at his house on Jl. Sunter Muara Indah in North Jakarta on Tuesday evening, an officer said yesterday.City police spokesman Lt. Col. E.

Thu, 12 Feb 1998

JP/Yogya women run out of sanitary napkins

Yogya women run out of sanitary napkins YOGYAKARTA (JP): Women here have added another item to their worry list of things running short in this economic crisis: sanitary napkins.Some women have complained they cannot find the feminine napkins anywhere in the city.

Thu, 12 Feb 1998

JP/Government needs 'to reach out more'

Government needs 'to reach out more' Former U.S. ambassador to Jakarta, Paul D. Wolfowitz, warns that unless Indonesia selects a vice president who enjoys broad support and establishes a cabinet which accommodates all elements of society, the country could become the "basket case of Asia".

Thu, 12 Feb 1998

JP/Betawi people to show unified front in crisis

Betawi people to show unified front in crisis JAKARTA (JP): At least 50,000 Betawi native Jakartans are expected to give a public display of unity at a post Idul Fitri get-together in Central Jakarta this Saturday morning.

Thu, 12 Feb 1998

JP/Protesters clash with police, 150 apprehended

Protesters clash with police, 150 apprehended JAKARTA (JP): At least 150 people, including 14 women and two children, were apprehended during a demonstration yesterday over soaring prices, and taken to Jakarta Police Headquarters.

Thu, 12 Feb 1998

JP/Feisal warns of groups exploiting economic crisis

Feisal warns of groups exploiting economic crisis BOGOR, West Java (JP): Armed Forces (ABRI) Chief Gen. Feisal Tanjung has again pinned the blame for recent riots and demonstrations for total reform, on "certain groups" seeking to subvert the government.

Thu, 12 Feb 1998

JP/Harmoko, Habibie named Golkar's VP choices

Harmoko, Habibie named Golkar's VP choices JAKARTA (JP): The ruling political organization Golkar has decided to support both its chairman Harmoko and State Minister of Research and Technology B.J. Habibie in next month's vice presidential election, deputy chairman Abdul Gafur said yesterday.

Thu, 12 Feb 1998

JP/SEAG Consortium told to report to public

SEAG Consortium told to report to public JAKARTA (JP): State Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports Hayono Isman yesterday urged the 19th SEA Games Consortium to give transparent reports to the public about the fund raising it did to finance the biennial event last year.

Thu, 12 Feb 1998

JP/Rupiah will be pegged to fixed exchange rate

Rupiah will be pegged to fixed exchange rate JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia will soon establish a currency board system (CBS) to stabilize the shattered rupiah and is now finalizing legal and institutional frameworks to operate the fixed peg arrangement, Finance Minister Mar'ie Muhammad ...

Thu, 12 Feb 1998

JP/On the holy war

On the holy war The Indonesian Ulemas Council has beaten the drum of jihad (holy war) against speculators and hoarders of staple commodities in an effort to protect the country from political and economic pressures.

Thu, 12 Feb 1998

JP/Conversion Rates

Conversion Rates Jakarta (JP): Bank Ekspor Impor Indonesia's (Bank Exim) indicative conversion rates on Feb. 11, 1998: Buying Selling Rp Rp U.S dollar 1 6,000.00 9,000.

Thu, 12 Feb 1998

JP/Fires gut Maluku forests

Fires gut Maluku forests AMBON, Maluku: Fires in three drought-hit subdistricts here have gutted a wide area of forest over the past two weeks, Antara reported yesterday.

Thu, 12 Feb 1998

JP/Sidewalk vendors to be tolerated

Sidewalk vendors to be tolerated JAKARTA (JP): Sidewalk vendors near Tanah Abang market in Central Jakarta will be allowed to operate until the General Session of the People's Consultative Assembly next month, an official said yesterday.

Thu, 12 Feb 1998

JP/ITB students, teachers want succession

ITB students, teachers want succession BANDUNG (JP): Most Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB) students and lecturers said in a recent poll they wished to see a new president soon.

Thu, 12 Feb 1998

JP/Oil companies to spend $6.3b on exploration and production

Oil companies to spend $6.3b on exploration and production JAKARTA (JP): Oil and gas contractors will raise their exploration and production budgets 40 percent to US$6.3 billion this year, state-owned oil and gas company Pertamina said yesterday.

Thu, 12 Feb 1998

JP/Municipality vows to supply ample basic commodities

Municipality vows to supply ample basic commodities JAKARTA (JP): The city municipality will go all out to provide adequate supplies of basic commodities -- particularly rice, sugar, flour, cooking oil and kerosene -- for Jakartans, officials said yesterday.

Thu, 12 Feb 1998

JP/Bengkulu coral reef damaged

Bengkulu coral reef damaged BENGKULU, Bengkulu: Coral reefs near Tikus and Enggano islands here have been seriously damaged due to fish bombing, Antara reported yesterday.A local fisheries official, Roebimin Wibisono, said the destruction had pushed much marine life to the brink of extinction.

Thu, 12 Feb 1998

JP/Building students' learning ability

Building students' learning abilityBy Hendra Gunawan BANDUNG (JP): The rapid growth in science and technology has placed many demands on our everyday lives.

Thu, 12 Feb 1998

JP/Soeharto dedicates industrial complex

Soeharto dedicates industrial complex JAKARTA (JP): President Soeharto dedicated Indonesia's first heavy industrial complex yesterday owned by the country's leading conglomerate, the Texmaco Group.

Thu, 12 Feb 1998

JP/Fuel subsidy to be aimed at halting smuggling

Fuel subsidy to be aimed at halting smuggling JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Finance Mar'ie Muhammad said here yesterday that the government's future fuel price subsidization policy would be designed to limit the smuggling of oil products from the country.

Thu, 12 Feb 1998

JP/Clinton and Saddam: The problems with bluffs

Clinton and Saddam: The problems with bluffsBy Gwynne Dyer LONDON (JP): U.S. President Bill Clinton claims that Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein has enough chemical and biological weapons to wipe out the world twice over.

Thu, 12 Feb 1998

JP/Indosat's net income rises 22 percent

Indosat's net income rises 22 percent JAKARTA (JP): PT Indonesian Satellite Corporation (Indosat) announced yesterday a 22 percent increase in its consolidated net income for 1997 to Rp 636.5 billion (US$136.9 million) from Rp 521.7 billion the previous year despite the country's monetary crisis.

Thu, 12 Feb 1998

JP/Aspac ready to compete in first ABA league

Aspac ready to compete in first ABA league JAKARTA (JP): The Jakarta-based Aspac basketball club is ready to compete in the new, professional Asian Basketball Association (ABA) league, which will be staged for the first time on Aug. 13 in Tokyo.

Thu, 12 Feb 1998

JP/Human rights are a concern to all

Human rights are a concern to all Hardly had the presses cooled than several of our neighbors were again in full cry against the annual U.S. report on human rights.The cries of outrage from such countries have become predictable in the 20-plus years that the U.S.

Thu, 12 Feb 1998

JP/Oil city Balikpapan celebrates 101 birthday

Oil city Balikpapan celebrates 101 birthdayBy Antoni Tambunan BALIKPAPAN, East Kalimantan (JP): Some residents have reportedly complained that this City of Oil is so rich that beggars haunting some shopping centers refuse Rp 100 coins and hold out for at least Rp 500 notes.No wonder.

Thu, 12 Feb 1998

JP/TV today

TV todayTVRI 2:00 p.m. News: Berita 14 2:30 My Country 2:35 Children's Film: Kid Pix The Magic Of Dr.

Thu, 12 Feb 1998

JP/Fires bring orangutans misery

Fires bring orangutans misery SAMARINDA, East Kalimantan: Two thousand orangutans (Pongo pygmaeus) in Kutai National Park have been affected by the fires that have spread through the protected area, park chief Warsito, has said.

Thu, 12 Feb 1998

JP/State firm regulations affect five timber firms

State firm regulations affect five timber firms JAKARTA (JP): Five state timber companies PT Inhutani I to V will be treated like private timber firms due to a change in state enterprise operations regulations, a minister said yesterday.

Thu, 12 Feb 1998

JP/Rupiah extends gains on currency peg news

Rupiah extends gains on currency peg news JAKARTA (JP): The rupiah extended gains against the U.S. dollar for a second consecutive day yesterday on the confirmation that the government will fix the rupiah exchange rate under a currency board arrangement, currency dealers said.

Thu, 12 Feb 1998

JP/Emil calls for support for social safety net

Emil calls for support for social safety net JAKARTA (JP): Senior economist Emil Salim has called for public support for the government's effort to build the social safety net for the poor it promised in its economic reform package.

Thu, 12 Feb 1998

JP/Minibus overturns, 2 passengers die

Minibus overturns, 2 passengers die JAKARTA (JP): Two minibus passengers were killed and three others seriously injured yesterday morning when a speeding and overloaded Metromini 92 -- plying the Grogol-Ciledug route -- overturned while making a turn on Jl. Meruya Ilir Raya, West Jakarta.

Thu, 12 Feb 1998

JP/Matahari sells Prapatan stake

Matahari sells Prapatan stake JAKARTA (JP): The country's largest listed retail firm PT Matahari Putra Prima sold its 12.61 percent stake in PT Hotel Prapatan yesterday through the crossing board at the Jakarta and Surabaya stock markets yesterday.