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Searching for all articles published on 1998-04-21 ...

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Tue, 21 Apr 1998

JP/Agung reveals 19th SEA Games fund raising scam

Agung reveals 19th SEA Games fund raising scam JAKARTA (JP): State Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports Agung Laksono admitted yesterday that irregularities in the sale of stickers to raise funds for the 19th Southeast Asian Games had cost organizers more than Rp 1 billion.

Tue, 21 Apr 1998

JP/E. Timor steps up fight against dengue

E. Timor steps up fight against dengue DILI, East Timor: The provincial administration is intensifying efforts to combat the outbreak of dengue fever in 11 of the province's districts, provincial health office spokesman Triputro Nugroho said here yesterday.

Tue, 21 Apr 1998

JP/Fires destroy six houses

Fires destroy six houses JAKARTA (JP): Fires destroyed six houses in South, East and Central Jakarta on Sunday causing substantial material loses, media reports said yesterday.In Kalibata, South Jakarta, a fire gutted a building in an army housing complex. The fire started at 8:50 p.m.

Tue, 21 Apr 1998

JP/Bond issuance may cause crowding out

Bond issuance may cause crowding out Commercial banks need Rp 155 trillion (US$19.37 billion) of fresh funds to bail them out of runs by depositors. Economist Kwik Kian Gie discusses the impacts of the cash shortage.

Tue, 21 Apr 1998

JP/Three hurt as train rams bus

Three hurt as train rams bus JAKARTA (JP): A Mayasari Bhakti bus (left photo) was hit by an economy-class train heading for Pasar Senen station at a railway crossing on Jl. Pramuka, Central Jakarta, yesterday, leaving at least three people seriously injured.

Tue, 21 Apr 1998

JP/Gradual reforms suggested

Gradual reforms suggested JAKARTA (JP): Leading political observers advocated yesterday careful and gradual reforms, saying that a revolution would only endanger the people and leave the country vulnerable to the emergence of a dictatorship.

Tue, 21 Apr 1998

JP/TGIF's serves up sauce with 'sauce'

TGIF's serves up sauce with 'sauce' JAKARTA (JP): Whiskey is more than just a drink, or so says TGI Friday's, which is dishing up its Jack Daniels menu named after the famous American liquor.

Tue, 21 Apr 1998

JP/Jilted husband takes own life

Jilted husband takes own life JAKARTA (JP): A 34-year-old antique seller, apparently despondent after his wife left him for another man two years ago, slashed his wrist and neck on a visit to his in-laws' home in Cengkareng, West Jakarta, on Sunday.

Tue, 21 Apr 1998

JP/Bridging the reform gap

Bridging the reform gap Saturday's dialog between top cabinet members and scholars and students over political reforms is a welcome attempt to bridge the gap between the country's various forces on the issue.

Tue, 21 Apr 1998

JP/Amien's plan to testify on rights record hailed

Amien's plan to testify on rights record hailed JAKARTA (JP): A human rights campaigner and a government official yesterday praised the willingness of Moslem leader Amien Rais to appear before a United States congressional subcommittee to defend Indonesia's human rights record.

Tue, 21 Apr 1998

JP/Sociologist blames govt and elite for crisis

Sociologist blames govt and elite for crisis YOGYAKARTA (JP): An observer blamed the worsening economic crisis in Indonesia on a lack of sense of crisis within the government and elite in the country.

Tue, 21 Apr 1998

JP/Soeharto values dialogs: Saadilah

Soeharto values dialogs: Saadilah JAKARTA (JP): President Soeharto values dialog as a means of exchanging views and opinions but would not necessarily hold any such intercourse with members of the public, a senior minister said.

Tue, 21 Apr 1998

JP/Where to go in Bandung:

Where to go in Bandung:Exhibitions * Photo Exhibition: Asiatica, at Savoy Homann, Panghegar Heritage Hotel, Jl. Asia Afrika No. 112 (Phone 022 432244), 3 p.m. to 9 p.m., until May 9.

Tue, 21 Apr 1998

JP/Bomb hoax causes panic at bank building

Bomb hoax causes panic at bank building JAKARTA (JP): A bomb threat triggered panic at Standard Chartered Bank on Jl. Jend. Sudirman in Central Jakarta yesterday, forcing the bank's management to evacuate hundreds of its employees.

Tue, 21 Apr 1998

JP/Stock Exchange

Stock ExchangeStock prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (in rupiah) on April 20, 1998: Shares Close Change Trading Volume ----------------------------------------------------------- Ades Alfindo ...

Tue, 21 Apr 1998

JP/Rupiah firms slightly on SBI speculation

Rupiah firms slightly on SBI speculation JAKARTA (JP): The rupiah ended marginally firmer against the U.S. dollar yesterday on market speculation that Bank Indonesia would raise rates for its short-term promissory notes (SBI) this week.

Tue, 21 Apr 1998

JP/Minister Tutty wants to make women pillars of nation

Minister Tutty wants to make women pillars of nation The fourth state minister of women's affairs, Tutty Alawiyah, may be the first to come from an activist background.

Tue, 21 Apr 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 April 20 to April 26: U.S. dollar 1 Rp 7,600.

Tue, 21 Apr 1998

JP/Badminton body keeps mum on cash bonuses

Badminton body keeps mum on cash bonuses JAKARTA (JP): The Badminton Association of Indonesia confirmed yesterday it was not offering cash bonuses as stimuli for the country's players to retain their Thomas Cup and Uber Cup titles in Hong Kong next May.The association's secretary-general, Leo Ch.

Tue, 21 Apr 1998

JP/RI gross foreign assests grow slightly to US$16.8b

RI gross foreign assests grow slightly to US$16.8b JAKARTA (JP): The nation's gross foreign exchange reserves were US$16.8 billion as of April 15, a slight increase from $16.59 billion recorded at the end of March and $16.6 billion on March 13, Bank Indonesia said yesterday.

Tue, 21 Apr 1998

JP/Minister Shihab to attend Waisak

Minister Shihab to attend Waisak SEMARANG: Minister of Religious Affairs Quraish Shihab will attend the celebration of Buddha's day of enlightenment (Waisak) at the Borobudur temple, Central Java, on May 11, Antara reported yesterday.

Tue, 21 Apr 1998

JP/Rattan deregulation will benefits farmers, consumers

Rattan deregulation will benefits farmers, consumersBy Sylvia Gratia M. Nirang JAKARTA (JP): After a decade of government trade policy restricting rattan exports, Indonesia's rattan industry will now enjoy freer trade which should bring benefits, especially to farmers and foreign consumers.

Tue, 21 Apr 1998

JP/City Council endorses traffic sticker prices

City Council endorses traffic sticker prices JAKARTA (JP): The City Council endorsed yesterday the municipality's proposal to set prices of stickers, scheduled to replace the three-in-one traffic policy, at Rp 5,000 (about 40 U.S.

Tue, 21 Apr 1998

JP/Just pricing urged for intravenous plasma

Just pricing urged for intravenous plasma JAKARTA (JP): The City Council appealed to hospitals and pharmaceutical companies yesterday to keep the price of intravenous plasma at an affordable level amid worries about the continuing dengue fever epidemic.

Tue, 21 Apr 1998

JP/Conversion Rates

Conversion Rates Jakarta (JP): Bank Ekspor Impor Indonesia's (Bank Exim) indicative conversion rates on April 20, 1998: Buying Selling Rp Rp U.S dollar 1 7,750.00 9,250.

Tue, 21 Apr 1998

JP/World class opera house opens at Taman Mini

World class opera house opens at Taman Mini JAKARTA (JP): President Soeharto inaugurated yesterday a world-class opera house, Teater Tanah Airku, at Taman Mini Indonesia Indah in East Jakarta, as part of the park's 23rd anniversary celebrations.

Tue, 21 Apr 1998

JP/Fire damage estimates reach Rp 7.5 trillion

Fire damage estimates reach Rp 7.5 trillion JAKARTA (JP): Fires raging in East Kalimantan forests have cost Rp 7.

Tue, 21 Apr 1998

JP/TV today

TV todayTVRI 2:00 p.m. News: Berita 14 2:45 TV Series: The Big Valley 3:05 Children's Program: Album Kenangan Anak 3:30 Village Program 4:00 Regional News 4:30 Music: Lagu Pop Daerah 5:00 English Lessons 5:30 Documentary 6:00 News: Lintasan Berita 6:05 My Country: Rona Nusantara ...

Tue, 21 Apr 1998

JP/ABRI response on missing people awaited

ABRI response on missing people awaited JAKARTA (JP): The Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence says it has yet to receive a response from Minister of Defense and Security/Armed Forces Commander Gen.

Tue, 21 Apr 1998

JP/RI needs govt changes to renew confidence: Econit

RI needs govt changes to renew confidence: Econit JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia needs a major change of leadership and more democracy to restore its credibility and regain public confidence, the Econit advisory group said yesterday.

Tue, 21 Apr 1998

JP/TV's Debby Sahertian toys with obsessive love triangle

TV's Debby Sahertian toys with obsessive love triangle JAKARTA (JP): Comedy sitcom actress-director Debby Sahertian, is dabbling in obsessions.Her new TV drama, Cinta Diatas Segalanya (Love Above Everything), a 13-episode serial about obsessive love which she is directing, is 80 percent completed.

Tue, 21 Apr 1998

JP/Bad behavior

Bad behavior A relative of mine who is a mother of two little girls told me the following story. A third grade elementary school girl was terrorized regularly by one of her classmates who would order her to yield part of her lunch and sometimes buy a coca-cola for her.

Tue, 21 Apr 1998

JP/ADB presents health grant

ADB presents health grant PALU, Central Sulawesi: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a Rp 3 billion (US$375,000) loan for the province's health program aimed at controlling contagious diseases, Antara reported yesterday.M.

Tue, 21 Apr 1998

JP/The Asian echoes of Belfast

The Asian echoes of Belfast A great deal of time, energy and effort went into the Belfast negotiations seeking to end conflict in Northern Ireland. Our Asia correspondent Harvey Stockwin examines the ways in which this example relates to the cause of conflict-resolution in Asia.

Tue, 21 Apr 1998

JP/16 protesters jailed for ignoring police order

16 protesters jailed for ignoring police order JAKARTA (JP): South Jakarta District Court sentenced 16 Megawati Soekarnoputri supporters to two months and ten days in jail yesterday for ignoring a police order to disperse from a street protest on Feb. 11.

Tue, 21 Apr 1998

JP/How SE Asian economies should be rebuilt

How SE Asian economies should be rebuiltBy Mike Yeong SINGAPORE (JP): After the worst is over, the governments of Southeast Asia, especially those hardest hit by the financial crisis, will have to quickly get down to the task of restructuring their economies.

Tue, 21 Apr 1998

JP/Astra Agro Lestari's net profit up 44%

Astra Agro Lestari's net profit up 44% JAKARTA (JP): PT Astra Agro Lestari booked a 44 percent increase in net profit last year, reaching Rp 91 billion (US$11.37 million) from Rp 63 billion in 1996.

Tue, 21 Apr 1998

JP/Obsession for fashion

Obsession for fashion People nowadays are so obsessed with fashion that they have started neglecting the vital things. Moral and ethical values are dissolved in the big ocean called fashion. Flattery sits in the parlor while plain dealing is kicked out the door.

Tue, 21 Apr 1998

JP/Students arrested for hijacking bus and military truck

Students arrested for hijacking bus and military truck JAKARTA (JP): Police arrested 350 senior high school students in two separate locations yesterday for hijacking a military truck in Cawang, East Jakarta, and a city bus in Pasar Baru, Central Jakarta.

Tue, 21 Apr 1998

JP/Noisy student demos continue in many cities

Noisy student demos continue in many cities JAKARTA (JP): Thousands of students continued with their campaign for sweeping reforms by holding noisy demonstrations in a number of cities, marred in one location when several unidentified men tried to lower the national flag.

Tue, 21 Apr 1998

JP/RI's Djatmiko scratches in Philippines tour event

RI's Djatmiko scratches in Philippines tour event CALAMBA, Philippines (Agencies): Indonesia's Djatmiko and Kenichi Yusuda of Japan withdrew from the fourth stage of the Marlboro Centennial Tour of the Philippines yesterday.

Tue, 21 Apr 1998

JP/Indonesian chess association misses mark on female GM

Indonesian chess association misses mark on female GM JAKARTA (JP): Executives of the Indonesian Chess Association (Percasi) will complete their term in July on a low note, particularly because of their failure to meet a target to produce a woman grandmaster, a chess observer says.

Tue, 21 Apr 1998

JP/Bandung farmers' profits dissipated by crisis

Bandung farmers' profits dissipated by crisis JAKARTA (JP): Farmers in Bandung regency say "suffering" is the most fitting word to describe their life in the wake of rising prices of chemicals, fertilizers and seedlings.

Tue, 21 Apr 1998

JP/Experts advise healthy advertising budgets

Experts advise healthy advertising budgets JAKARTA (JP): Companies should maintain their advertising budgets or even increase them in times of crisis in order to maintain or enlarge their market shares, an international advertising expert said yesterday.

Tue, 21 Apr 1998

JP/New fashion center aims at style and substance

New fashion center aims at style and substance JAKARTA (JP): The Indotex LaSalle Documentation Center of Indonesian Fashion was inaugurated yesterday to help give local employees the expertise they need to succeed in the textile, garment and fashion industries.

Tue, 21 Apr 1998

JP/Kabila goes too far

Kabila goes too far The United Nations has been looking into frightful allegations that President Laurent Kabila of Congo, inheritor to the realm and, it increasingly seems, to the manner of Joseph Mobutu, massacred tens of thousands of Rwandan refugees.

Tue, 21 Apr 1998

JP/200 dancers to mark Dharma Santi

200 dancers to mark Dharma Santi DENPASAR, Bali: At least 200 dancers will take part in the Dharma Santi celebration at the Ardha Candra Taman Budaya arts center here on Sunday, Antara reported.

Tue, 21 Apr 1998

JP/Mayor mad over costly ID cards

Mayor mad over costly ID cards TANGERANG (JP): Mayor Djakaria Machmud has threatened to fire subdistrict and village chiefs who inflate the cost of ID cards.

Tue, 21 Apr 1998

JP/On nepotism

On nepotism Our Minister of Social Services Siti Hardijanti Rukmana has flatly denied that there was a practice of nepotism in the recruitment of the Seventh Development Cabinet, as reported in The Jakarta Post, March 18.

Tue, 21 Apr 1998

JP/Kartini's spirit

Kartini's spirit The commemoration of Kartini Day, April 21, reminds us of the great Indonesian lady Raden Adjeng Kartini, whose letters made her an important symbol for the Indonesian independence movement and for Indonesian feminists.