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Sat, 06 Jun 1998

JP/Japan hails RI debt plan

Japan hails RI debt plan JAKARTA (JP): Japanese Finance Minister Hikaru Matsunaga said yesterday the Japanese government welcomed the foreign debt rescheduling deal signed by Indonesia and international banks Thursday.
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Sat, 06 Jun 1998

JP/Students charged with killing officer freed

Students charged with killing officer freed BOGOR (JP): The police released three Juanda University students on Thursday night, hours ahead of schedule, after detaining them for almost a month on charges of killing a senior police officer.Bogor Police chief Lt. Col. M.
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Sat, 06 Jun 1998

JP/RP 50,000 note carrying Soeharto's image still valid

RP 50,000 note carrying Soeharto's image still valid JAKARTA (JP): Bank Indonesia said yesterday the 50,000 note carrying former president Soeharto's image was still legal tender despite rumors it would no longer be honored.
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Sat, 06 Jun 1998

JP/Ministry wants delay of Jonggol township plan

Ministry wants delay of Jonggol township plan JAKARTA (JP): The Ministry of Forestry and Plantations has requested that a 30,000-hectare township project linked to one of Soeharto's son be put on hold until the developer settles a dispute with the ministry.
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Sat, 06 Jun 1998

JP/Government to honor oil, mining contracts

Government to honor oil, mining contracts JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Mines and Energy Kuntoro Mangkusubroto said yesterday that all contracts signed by the ministry would be honored, including contracts of work in the mining sector and production-sharing contracts in the oil sector.
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Sat, 06 Jun 1998

JP/Bandung artists set out to fight prejudice

Bandung artists set out to fight prejudice JAKARTA (JP): Bandung artists are doing their part in helping to patch up strained race relations.
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Sat, 06 Jun 1998

JP/Executives defend Soeharto fundations

Executives defend Soeharto fundations JAKARTA (JP): Former top government officials currently running four of former president Soeharto's largest foundations said yesterday they would not relinquish the Rp 2.63 trillion (US$2.
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Sat, 06 Jun 1998

JP/Hotline service for crisis victims

Hotline service for crisis victims JAKARTA (JP): The psychology school of the University of Indonesia (UI) has launched a hotline service for people traumatized by the economic crisis and recent social unrest, Antara reported.
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Sat, 06 Jun 1998

JP/Antismoking campaign

Antismoking campaign It was like a whiff of fresh air to note that an awareness is being created by antismoking campaigners to cleanse the body and mind of this nation's tobacco smokers, both the active and the passive ones.
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Sat, 06 Jun 1998

JP/Bekasi regent asked to go

Bekasi regent asked to go JAKARTA (JP): Fifty-seven members of the Karawang-Bekasi Islamic Students Union (HMI) packed the local council chamber Wednesday, demanding Bekasi regent Mochammad Djamhari resign.
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Sat, 06 Jun 1998

JP/Bakrie subsidiary urged to fulfill deal

Bakrie subsidiary urged to fulfill deal JAKARTA (JP): Councilors yesterday urged the city administration to stop dragging its heels and force PT Catur Swasakti Utama, a subsidiary of the widely-diversified Bakrie group, to fulfill the terms of a land exchange deal with the city.
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Sat, 06 Jun 1998

JP/CGI to discuss financial aid to RI next month

CGI to discuss financial aid to RI next month JAKARTA (JP): Members of the Consultative Group on Indonesia (CGI) will convene in Paris at the end of next month to find ways to help the country extricate itself from the crisis.
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Sat, 06 Jun 1998

JP/Court revokes Pakpahan book ban

Court revokes Pakpahan book ban JAKARTA (JP): The Jakarta State Administrative Court has issued a by-verdict revoking a ban on labor leader Muchtar Pakpahan's book Rakyat Menggugat (The People's Suit).
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Sat, 06 Jun 1998

JP/Habibie, Harmoko lack sense of crisis: Emil

Habibie, Harmoko lack sense of crisis: Emil JAKARTA (JP): Leading opposition figure Emil Salim said yesterday the intention of President B.J. Habibie and House Speaker Harmoko to call a general election for next year showed they were insensitive to realities of the country's crisis.
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Sat, 06 Jun 1998

JP/Pertamina admits facing cash flow problems

Pertamina admits facing cash flow problems JAKARTA (JP): The president of state oil and gas company Pertamina admitted yesterday that importing fuel and crude oil for its refineries was causing the company cash flow problems because of the sharp depreciation in the value of the rupiah against the ...
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Sat, 06 Jun 1998

JP/Indonesia's Asiad attendance 'need review'

Indonesia's Asiad attendance 'need review' JAKARTA (JP): The deepening financial crisis should prod the National Sports Council (KONI) to consider sending a small team to the 13th Asian Games in Bangkok in December, former secretary- general of the council Kahpi Suriadiredja said yesterday.
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Sat, 06 Jun 1998

JP/Where to go in Jakarta: Saturday, June 6, 1998

Where to go in Jakarta: Saturday, June 6, 1998Exhibitions * Painting Exhibition: Fenomena Ayam, by Syarief Hidayat, at Galeri TC, Jl. Kemang Raya No. 24A, South Jakarta (Phone: 7194278), Sunday, at 10:30 a.m. to 12 p.m., Monday to Thursday, 11:30 a.m. to 11:30 p.m., Friday to Saturday 11:30 a.m.
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Sat, 06 Jun 1998

JP/Golkar saves Bantul regent

Golkar saves Bantul regent YOGYAKARTA: A special plenary session of the Bantul council called to decide whether to dismiss regent Sri Roso Sudarmo had to be postponed yesterday after Golkar council members abruptly left the room after hearing testimony from the regent.
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Sat, 06 Jun 1998

JP/Advice for Harmoko

Advice for Harmoko The reform tide has come washing over Golkar at last. All of a sudden, Indonesia's largest political organization, which won each and every general election held under the New Order regime of former president Soeharto, is tottering.
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Sat, 06 Jun 1998

JP/Govt lacks full data on forest concessions

Govt lacks full data on forest concessions JAKARTA (JP): The government admitted yesterday it still lacks reliable data on the ownership and operations of the country's timber companies, which are often blamed for causing forest fires and damaging the environment.
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Sat, 06 Jun 1998

JP/Sexual abuse victims to report to police

Sexual abuse victims to report to police JAKARTA (JP): The police cannot fully guarantee solving all sexual abuse cases from last month's riots due to several basic investigation obstacles, an officer said yesterday.
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Sat, 06 Jun 1998

JP/Debt-rescheduling deal

Debt-rescheduling deal Barring any major political turmoil and massive social unrest until an elected government is installed sometime next year to replace the transitional Habibie administration, the agreement on the rescheduling of US$80 billion in Indonesian corporate foreign debt will ...
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Sat, 06 Jun 1998

JP/Crash victims buried with honors

Crash victims buried with honors JAKARTA (JP): All 12 victims of Thursday's helicopter crash in the mountainous Viqueque regency in East Timor were given military funerals in separate ceremonies yesterday.Chief of Udayana Regional Military Command Maj. Gen.
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Sat, 06 Jun 1998

JP/Economist urges BI to broaden policy focus

Economist urges BI to broaden policy focus JAKARTA (JP): Bank Indonesia must take its blinkers off in its single-minded pursuit of stabilizing the rupiah to focus instead on curbing inflation and breathing new life into dying domestic businesses, economists advised yesterday.Mari E.
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Sat, 06 Jun 1998

JP/Hamami visits 17 suspects in Trisakti scene

Hamami visits 17 suspects in Trisakti scene JAKARTA (JP): Former City Police chief Maj. Gen. Hamami Nata visited the 17 suspects of the Trisakti shooting incident at Military Police Headquarters in Guntur, South Jakarta, yesterday to give them his support.
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Sat, 06 Jun 1998

JP/New places for power bill payment

New places for power bill payment JAKARTA (JP): State electricity company PLN has announced new payment locations for its customers in the Jatinegara district and its surrounding areas, effective this month.
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Sat, 06 Jun 1998

JP/Stock Exchange

Stock ExchangeStock prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (in rupiah) on June 05, 1998: Shares Close Change Trading Volume ------------------------------------------------------------ Ades Alfindo ...
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Sat, 06 Jun 1998

JP/President Habibie signs ILO convention on unions

President Habibie signs ILO convention on unions JAKARTA (JP): President B.J. Habibie signed yesterday an International Labor Organization (ILO) convention that guarantees workers freedom to organize.Decree No. 83/1998 corresponds to ILO Convention No.
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Sat, 06 Jun 1998

JP/Organized groups behind recent riots: Sandyawan

Organized groups behind recent riots: Sandyawan JAKARTA (JP): Catholic priest Sandyawan Sumardi disclosed findings that support the recent conclusion of the National Commission on Human Rights that last month's riots, in which almost 1,200 people died, were organized.
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Sat, 06 Jun 1998

JP/Instability 'threat to ethnic Chinese safety'

Instability 'threat to ethnic Chinese safety' JAKARTA (JP): Ethnic Chinese businesspeople said yesterday they were still hesitant to continue their businesses in Indonesia as political instability remains a threat to their safety.
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Sat, 06 Jun 1998

JP/Govt eases restrictions on press

Govt eases restrictions on press JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Information Muhammad Yunus revoked a controversial regulation enacted by his predecessor Harmoko 14 years ago which gave the minister the right to revoke the license of press publications.
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Sat, 06 Jun 1998

JP/Pudjiadi expects net profits to fall

Pudjiadi expects net profits to fall JAKARTA (JP): PT Pudjiadi and Sons Estates expects another big decline in net profit this year as foreign exchange debts and declining revenues will likely further hit the publicly listed hotel operator, the company's senior executive said yesterday.
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Sat, 06 Jun 1998

JP/Pertamina vows to secure Premium gasoline supply

Pertamina vows to secure Premium gasoline supply JAKARTA (JP): State oil and gas company Pertamina said yesterday it would increase Jakarta's fuel supply to avoid fuel shortages as experienced on Wednesday.
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Sat, 06 Jun 1998

JP/Conversion Rates

Conversion Rates JAKARTA (JP): Bank Ekspor Impor Indonesia's (Bank Exim) indicative conversion rates on June 5, 1998: Buying Selling Rp Rp U.S. dollar 1 11.100.00 12,000.00 Austrian shilling 1 871.
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Sat, 06 Jun 1998

JP/Reference on corruption

Reference on corruption In September 1997 I sent a letter to Post Office Box 5000 (established by former vice president Try Sutrisno to handle complaints of corruption) about ongoing problems expatriates were having with a high-level immigration official in Medan.
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Sat, 06 Jun 1998

JP/TV today

TV todayTVRI 2:00 p.m. News: Berita 14 2:30 Music 2:35 Children's Film: Red Shoes 3:05 Documentary Film: Pesona Flora 3:30 Science Film: Ticket to Adventure 4:00 Regional News 4:30 Sports 5:30 TV Series: Big Brother Jake 6:00 News: Lintasan Berita 6:05 My Country: Rona Nusantara ...
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Sat, 06 Jun 1998

JP/'Surya' apologizes for mistake

'Surya' apologizes for mistake SURABAYA: The East Java-based Surya daily admitted yesterday that it had made a mistake in a report which said that opposition figure Amien Rais was among those earmarked to receive a total of Rp 260 billion (US$22.
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Sat, 06 Jun 1998

JP/Banks named to back up privatization program

Banks named to back up privatization program JAKARTA (JP): The government appointed nine international investment banks yesterday to assist in the partial privatization of 12 state companies.
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Sat, 06 Jun 1998

JP/Community tells how it returned to nature to meet more of its needs

Community tells how it returned to nature to meet more of its needs SAWANGAN, Bogor (JP): A three-day celebration of World Environment Day began yesterday in Cinangka subdistrict in Sawangan with a personal account of how a community can return to nature to meet its needs.
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Sat, 06 Jun 1998

JP/Hotel holds social activity

Hotel holds social activity BOGOR (JP): The management of the four-star hotel Novotel Bogor invited 40 orphans aged between six and 12 years to enjoy its services, including morning coffee and lunch on Thursday.
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Sat, 06 Jun 1998

JP/What are new parties up to?

What are new parties up to?By Ignatius Haryanto JAKARTA (JP): Just like water gushing forth when a clogged tap is suddenly opened, the people's craving to set up political parties is at the height of its intensity.In less than two weeks, at least nine groups have turned into political parties.
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Sat, 06 Jun 1998

JP/Reform in attitude

Reform in attitude Chinese-Indonesians are often blamed for an assortment of things and become the scapegoats whenever anything goes wrong. They are the easiest target because they are a minority. In normal circumstances, the not so kind sentiment toward the ethnic Chinese remains hidden.
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Sat, 06 Jun 1998

JP/The fate of ethnic Chinese

The fate of ethnic Chinese I am writing in response to Sumarsono Sastrowardoyo's letter of May 30. Mr.
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Sat, 06 Jun 1998

JP/NGO protests Hardijanti's involvement in toll road

NGO protests Hardijanti's involvement in toll road JAKARTA (JP): Dozens of activists from non-governmental organization Pijar Indonesia, took over the Semanggi 2 toll road entrance gate yesterday afternoon because they thought it was operated by Soeharto's eldest daughter.
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Sat, 06 Jun 1998

JP/Debt agreement fails to lift ailing rupiah

Debt agreement fails to lift ailing rupiah JAKARTA (JP): A debt accord between Indonesian debtors and their foreign creditors failed to lift the ailing rupiah, currency traders said yesterday.The rupiah closed unchanged at 11,550 against the U.S. dollar in thin trade, dealers said.
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Sat, 06 Jun 1998

JP/'Stop burdening students'

'Stop burdening students' JAKARTA (JP): The city office of the Ministry of Education and Culture has instructed all headmasters in the capital to cease forcing students to buy particular brands of school uniforms and accessories.
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