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Searching for all articles published on 1998-08-01 ...

55 articles.

Sat, 01 Aug 1998

JP/Enhancing learning should be a lifelong process

Enhancing learning should be a lifelong processBy Iwan Pranoto BANDUNG (JP): The word learning is almost always used in reference to activities in formal education, from kindergarten to university level. Rarely is it related with something people outside school or universities do.

Sat, 01 Aug 1998

JP/State firms obliged to sell CPO to Bulog

State firms obliged to sell CPO to Bulog JAKARTA (JP): The government has obliged state-owned plantation companies to sell cooking oil produced from crude palm oil (CPO) to the State Logistic Agency (Bulog) in a bid to stabilize domestic prices for the commodity.

Sat, 01 Aug 1998

JP/Harvard Group to help PLN

Harvard Group to help PLN JAKARTA (JP): State-owned electricity company PT PLN has appointed Harvard Negotiation Group to assist the troubled company in renegotiating its contracts with 26 independent power producers (IPP), mostly controlled by foreign electricity giants.

Sat, 01 Aug 1998

JP/'Bloodshed possible' over referendum

'Bloodshed possible' over referendumBy Putu Wirata DENPASAR (JP): Over the short course of his new administration, President B.J. Habibie and Minister of Foreign Affairs Ali Alatas have made various efforts to handle the East Timor question.

Sat, 01 Aug 1998

JP/Govt urged to revoke new ruling on hotel tax

Govt urged to revoke new ruling on hotel tax JAKARTA (JP): A city councilor urged the central government yesterday to revoke a new government regulation which requires the city administration to set aside 20 percent of the tax it collects from hotels and restaurants for the promotion of tourism.

Sat, 01 Aug 1998

JP/Melted-down coin trade investigated

Melted-down coin trade investigated TANGERANG (JP): Police are investigating a business which melted down coins of denominations from Rp 25 to Rp 500 at Gembor village in Jatiuwung district here.Lt. Col.

Sat, 01 Aug 1998

JP/Breeding bulbuls can be a ticklish business

Breeding bulbuls can be a ticklish business JAKARTA (JP): When it comes to the ways of the birds and the bees, feathered creatures have their own distinct ways of coming together. And then there is cucak rawa, the yellow-crowned bulbul.They fight, love and often kill, too, in the mating game.

Sat, 01 Aug 1998

JP/Star Wars is back

Star Wars is back Star Wars is back. Though the once-flaming arguments for and against an antimissile shield faded with the Cold War, a new version of the defense debate is back.

Sat, 01 Aug 1998

JP/Australia offers education grants

Australia offers education grants KUPANG, East Nusa Tenggara: The Australian government is offering scholarships to Indonesians wishing to pursue postgraduate studies in Australia, Antara said.

Sat, 01 Aug 1998

JP/Four top officials to be replaced

Four top officials to be replaced JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Communications Giri Suseno will soon remove four top officials of his ministry in the wake of the crisis hitting state transportation companies, recent public transportation accidents and corruption allegations.

Sat, 01 Aug 1998

JP/Stock Exchange

Stock ExchangeStock prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (in rupiah) on July 31, 1998: Shares Close Change Trading Volume -------------------------------------------------------------- Ades Alfindo ...

Sat, 01 Aug 1998

JP/Sumber Cipta set to lose LPG valve monopoly

Sumber Cipta set to lose LPG valve monopoly JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Mines and Energy Kuntoro Mangkusubroto said yesterday he had asked state oil and gas company Pertamina to end the monopoly enjoyed by a company linked to former president Soeharto on the supply of valves for liquefied petroleum ...

Sat, 01 Aug 1998

JP/Victims, rape witnesses report to investigation team

Victims, rape witnesses report to investigation team JAKARTA (JP): At least 22 victims and witnesses of rapes during the May rioting have reported to a team recently established by the government to investigate human rights abuses during the unrest.

Sat, 01 Aug 1998

JP/'Dalang' enjoy freedom after Soeharto's fall

'Dalang' enjoy freedom after Soeharto's fallBy Haryoso SEMARANG (JP): President Soeharto's big fall in May has left Javanese shadow puppet masters, dalang, wondering if there is anything they can do to restore their image as moral gurus.

Sat, 01 Aug 1998

JP/Houses flooded after dam bursts

Houses flooded after dam bursts SAMARINDA, East Kalimantan: The Benanga dam, some 20 km north of here, burst yesterday following one week of heavy rains, Antara said.Residents fled to safer areas after thousands of houses were inundated, but no casualties were reported.

Sat, 01 Aug 1998

JP/Malaysia's predicament

Malaysia's predicament The fact that Malaysia has not weathered the economic crisis as well as it might have is due more to political factors than to weak economic fundamentals.

Sat, 01 Aug 1998

JP/Airbase employee, soldier shot in police operation

Airbase employee, soldier shot in police operation JAKARTA (JP): Depok police shot dead a 54-year-old man and injured another in a routine midnight street operation in Tonjong subdistrict of Bojong Gede early yesterday.

Sat, 01 Aug 1998

JP/Different lands serve up different noodles

Different lands serve up different noodles SURABAYA (JP): With noodles available everywhere, from roadside stalls to glitzy restaurants, it's obvious that everybody loves noodles.

Sat, 01 Aug 1998

JP/Cassette factory workers complain over dismissals

Cassette factory workers complain over dismissals JAKARTA (JP): Dozens of workers from a West Jakarta cassette manufacturing plant sought advice from the Jakarta Legal Aid Institute yesterday over their employers' attempts to force one third of the company's 500 strong workforce to resign.

Sat, 01 Aug 1998

JP/Guthrie builds CPO plants

Guthrie builds CPO plants JAKARTA (JP): Kumpulan Guthrie Berhad will build crude palm oil (CPO) refineries in Indonesia in cooperation with local cooperatives, the chief executive of the Malaysian business group Abdul Khalid Bin Ibrahim said here yesterday.

Sat, 01 Aug 1998

JP/Low-cost health centers fail to give good service

Low-cost health centers fail to give good service JAKARTA (JP): More people are turning in the economic crisis to low-cost community health centers, known locally as Puskesmas, but many are reportedly coming away disappointed with services.

Sat, 01 Aug 1998

JP/Principals to be disciplined

Principals to be disciplined JAKARTA (JP): The city administration will apply stiff disciplinary measures to eight state elementary school principals for collecting illegal levies from students' parents, an official said Thursday.

Sat, 01 Aug 1998

JP/Fishermen protest use of trawls

Fishermen protest use of trawls JAMBI: Hundreds of traditional fishermen in the Kuala Tungkal subdistrict 125 kilometers east of here urged the Tanjung Jabung regent yesterday to prevent hundreds of fishing boats operating with massive small-hole trawling nets.

Sat, 01 Aug 1998

JP/'Constipation Opera' shows Teater Koma is as fresh as ever

'Constipation Opera' shows Teater Koma is as fresh as everBy Rita A. Widiadana JAKARTA (JP): Are you tired of reading newspapers? Bored with television programs filled with confusing economic and political news? Then go and see a play.

Sat, 01 Aug 1998

JP/Shot in the arm

Shot in the arm Seen from a foreign reserve position, the almost US$8 billion in new loans pledged by Indonesia's government and multilateral creditors in Paris on Thursday is certainly a shot in the arm for the gradual strengthening of the rupiah, especially because almost all the new credits ...

Sat, 01 Aug 1998

JP/Stop divisive political agenda

Stop divisive political agendaBy Frans H. Winarta This is the second of two articles on the New Order government's divisive agenda in the country.

Sat, 01 Aug 1998

JP/Chinese-Indonesians victims of hypocrisy

Chinese-Indonesians victims of hypocrisy I believe that everything that happens, does so for a reason. And every action we do will be counteracted by another's reaction.

Sat, 01 Aug 1998

JP/Astra names advisors to restructure debt

Astra names advisors to restructure debt JAKARTA (JP): The country's largest automobile producer, PT Astra International, has appointed three foreign banks -- Chase Manhattan Bank, Sakura Merchant Bank and Sumitomo Bank -- as financial advisors in its efforts to restructure US$2 billion ...

Sat, 01 Aug 1998

JP/Handicrafts gallery opened

Handicrafts gallery opened JAKARTA (JP): Looking for a means that could drive you to heaven?No, it has nothing to do with drugs.Just spend your weekend taking a look around the newly opened Bursa Seni art gallery on the sixth floor of Blok M Plaza in South Jakarta.

Sat, 01 Aug 1998

JP/Maximum rates for Aug. 3 to Aug. 9

Maximum rates for Aug. 3 to Aug. 9 Time deposit Maximum rate Maximum rate rupiah deposit (%) US dollar deposit (%)-------------------------------------------------------1-month 56 153-month 50 146-month ...

Sat, 01 Aug 1998

JP/Steel firm allows workers to form union after rally

Steel firm allows workers to form union after rally JAKARTA (JP): Management of steel factory PT Gunung Garuda in Bekasi finally relented yesterday and permitted its 2,000 workers to set up a trade union after a protracted dispute which included a bloody riot last month.

Sat, 01 Aug 1998

JP/Rupiah, stocks down on regional weakness

Rupiah, stocks down on regional weakness JAKARTA (JP): The rupiah and local stock prices ended down yesterday over regional weaknesses and profit taking after a few days of successive gains on positive news about Indonesia's donors' meeting.

Sat, 01 Aug 1998

JP/Police continue train wreck probe

Police continue train wreck probe JAKARTA (JP): Bekasi police are still in the dark over the cause of last Friday's collision of three trains in Karang Asih village.

Sat, 01 Aug 1998

JP/Where to go in Jakarta:

Where to go in Jakarta:Exhibitions * Painting Exhibition: Magical Realism in Arts, by Prijono Maruto, Galeri Cipta II, Taman Ismail Marzuki, Jl. Cikini Raya 73, Central Jakarta (Phone: 3140554), until Aug. 3. * Arts Exhibition by Agung Kurniawan at Lontar Gallery, Jl.

Sat, 01 Aug 1998

JP/Outspoken Djiteng replaced by Adhi as PLN president

Outspoken Djiteng replaced by Adhi as PLN president JAKARTA (JP): State Minister for the Empowerment of State Enterprises Tanri Abeng formally reshuffled yesterday the board of directors of debt-ridden state electricity company PLN, including the removal of its outspoken president Djiteng Marsudi.

Sat, 01 Aug 1998

JP/TV today

TV todayTVRI 2:00 p.m. News: Berita 14 2:30 Music 2:35 TV Series: Silverhawks 3:05 Documentary: Pesona Flora 3:30 Science Film: Invention 4:00 Regional News 4:30 Sports 5:30 TV Series 6:00 News: Lintasan Berita 6:05 My Country: Rona Nusantara 6:15 Sports News 6:30 TVRI News ...

Sat, 01 Aug 1998

JP/Military seizes thieves' equipment

Military seizes thieves' equipment SAMARINDA, East Kalimantan: The military has seized 104 units of heavy equipment from Malaysian loggers operating illegally near the Indonesian-Malaysian border in East Kalimantan province since September last year, Antara said.

Sat, 01 Aug 1998

JP/Megawati loyalists want Feisal probed

Megawati loyalists want Feisal probed JAKARTA (JP): Loyalists of ousted Indonesian Democratic Party (PDI) leader Megawati Soekarnoputri urged the military police yesterday to question eight Armed Forces (ABRI) officers for their alleged role in the forcible takeover of party headquarters in July ...

Sat, 01 Aug 1998

JP/Harmony amid diversity

Harmony amid diversity If publication of Masli Arman's work on July 30 represents the newly expressed freedom of the press in Indonesia, it truly represents a turn for the worse in political, cultural and social terms, analogous to the country's recent economic turmoils.

Sat, 01 Aug 1998

JP/Alleged drug dealers busted

Alleged drug dealers busted JAKARTA (JP): Police narcotics officers arrested three alleged drug dealers in two raids in West Jakarta Thursday, seizing 520 Ecstasy pills, a few grams of the amphetamine derivative Shabu- Shabu and a mixer device from the suspects.

Sat, 01 Aug 1998

JP/Big plantation firms asked to limit expansion

Big plantation firms asked to limit expansion JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Forestry and Plantations Muslimin Nasution has asked major plantation companies to keep on hold any plans to expand their plantation areas to allow for development of small and medium plantation estate firms.

Sat, 01 Aug 1998

JP/CGI aid 'not enough to revive economy'

CGI aid 'not enough to revive economy' JAKARTA (JP): The government has welcomed a new US$7.9 billion aid package pledged by donors as a sign that the international community trusts its ability to mend the country's wrecked economy.President B.J.

Sat, 01 Aug 1998

JP/Transparency society on board

Transparency society on board JAKARTA (JP): A number of leading officials, politicians, economists and religious leaders have established the Indonesian Transparency Society to promote good governance, a decent society and good business practices.

Sat, 01 Aug 1998

JP/Dim Sum knows the way to someone's heart

Dim Sum knows the way to someone's heart JAKARTA (JP): Great food not only has to do with the stomach, it also touches the heart. And this ancient philosophy is now brought to you by way of a Dim Sum promotion, being held at a top hotel in the heart of the city.

Sat, 01 Aug 1998

JP/Missing activist found in the Philippines

Missing activist found in the Philippines JAKARTA (JP): The Armed Forces (ABRI) spokesman Maj. Gen. Syamsul Ma'arif said one of 12 activists still reported missing, Herman Hendrawan, has been found in the southern province of Davao in the neighboring Philippines.

Sat, 01 Aug 1998

JP/Asian Games to introduce smart tickets

Asian Games to introduce smart tickets JAKARTA (JP): The Bangkok Asian Games Organizing Committee (BAGOC) has introduced new technology to ensure ticket validity for the Dec. 6 to Dec. 20 event.

Sat, 01 Aug 1998

JP/Aceh governor asks for military to pull out

Aceh governor asks for military to pull out JAKARTA (JP): Aceh Governor Syamsuddin Mahmud has written to President B.J. Habibie asking for the Armed Forces (ABRI) to withdraw its troops from the westernmost province and that its status as a military operations area be lifted.

Sat, 01 Aug 1998

JP/Negative reports drive dent in Bali tourism mart

Negative reports drive dent in Bali tourism martBy Devi M. Asmarani NUSA DUA (JP): Bali, Indonesia's most famous tourist destination, saw a 15.7 percent drop in the number of foreign tourist arrivals in the first half of this year to 489,877 visitors, effected by the country's negative image.

Sat, 01 Aug 1998

JP/BA cuts flights to Jakarta

BA cuts flights to Jakarta JAKARTA (JP): British Airways announced yesterday that it would cut its weekly flights between Jakarta and London from six to two beginning Oct. 25, 1998, because of a decrease in passenger demand.

Sat, 01 Aug 1998

JP/Sports council calls for talk on lottery plan

Sports council calls for talk on lottery plan JAKARTA (JP): The National Sports Council invited the Indonesian Consumers Foundation and media representatives yesterday to a talk on Thursday on its planned lottery to raise funds for sports.

Sat, 01 Aug 1998

JP/Utut out for higher elo rating after Kallai win

Utut out for higher elo rating after Kallai win JAKARTA (JP): Indonesian Grand Master (GM) Utut Adianto sought to lift his elo rating yesterday after scoring a win in the penultimate round of the Biel Masters chess tournament in Switzerland on Thursday.

Sat, 01 Aug 1998

JP/Don't sweep dirt under the carpet

Don't sweep dirt under the carpet I am writing in response to Sumarsono's letter of July 29 and Masli Arman's article Ethnic Chinese a fault for riots, July 30.

Sat, 01 Aug 1998

JP/Kadin wants exporters to sell dollars to BI

Kadin wants exporters to sell dollars to BI JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Kadin) urged the government yesterday to require all exporters to sell their export revenue to Bank Indonesia in a bid to bolster the country's foreign exchange reserves and the rupiah.

Sat, 01 Aug 1998

JP/Conversion Rates

Conversion Rates JAKARTA (JP): Bank Ekspor Impor Indonesia's (Bank Exim) indicative conversion rates on July 31 1998: Buying Selling Rp Rp U.S. dollar 1 12,700.00 13,500.

Sat, 01 Aug 1998

JP/Poor service spoils fervor in land status upgrading plan

Poor service spoils fervor in land status upgrading planBy Pandaya and Ida Indawati Khouw JAKARTA (JP): Unusually large crowds of people clutching files have been massing at land affairs offices throughout Greater Jakarta, jostling each other and openly grumbling about the services.