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Wed, 19 Aug 1998

JP/Kabila pays the price on second try in Congo

Kabila pays the price on second try in CongoBy Gwynne Dyer LONDON (JP): The candidate did well at the job interview, impressing the board of trustees with his desire to turn the business, ruined by the former management, into a going concern.
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Wed, 19 Aug 1998

JP/Military donates rice, sugar, money to fire victims

Military donates rice, sugar, money to fire victims JAKARTA (JP): Jakarta Military Commander Maj. Gen. Djadja Suparman yesterday donated four tons of rice, a ton of sugar and Rp 10 million in cash to fire victims in Kartini subdistrict, Sawah Besar, Central Jakarta.
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Wed, 19 Aug 1998

JP/Council ends probe on abductions

Council ends probe on abductions JAKARTA (JP): The Officers Honor Council completed its investigation yesterday of three senior officers suspected of involvement in the abductions of political activists by the Army's Special Force (Kopassus) early this year.Council secretary Lt. Gen.
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Wed, 19 Aug 1998

JP/Experts call for natural resource management law

Experts call for natural resource management law JAKARTA (JP): A law on integrated natural resource management is needed to synchronize government policies and put to rest competing interests, experts concluded in a seminar here yesterday.Agrarian law expert Maria S.W.
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Wed, 19 Aug 1998

JP/On mixed electoral system

On mixed electoral system The article 'Mixed' electoral system an option by Ben Reilly Aug. 12 leaves much that is not answered before Mr. Reilly's claim, to wit: "... should dramatically increase levels of accountability of politicians to the electorate.
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Wed, 19 Aug 1998

JP/Activists angered by police chief's statement on rapes

Activists angered by police chief's statement on rapes JAKARTA (JP): Rights activists lashed out yesterday at National Police Chief Lt. Gen.
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Wed, 19 Aug 1998

JP/10 killed in train accidents per month

10 killed in train accidents per month JAKARTA (JP): At least 10 people are killed in train accidents in the capital every month, an official said over the weekend.
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Wed, 19 Aug 1998

JP/Minister blocks Senayan takeover

Minister blocks Senayan takeover JAKARTA (JP): State Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports Agung Laksono rejected yesterday a request by the National Sports Council to take over the Senayan sports complex for profit reasons.
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Wed, 19 Aug 1998

JP/Kontras denies report on activists

Kontras denies report on activists JAKARTA (JP): The Independent Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras) yesterday denied a Berita Buana report that it had said 12 political activists still missing since last year were already dead.
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Wed, 19 Aug 1998

JP/Reality contradicts President's state address

Reality contradicts President's state address President B.J. Habibie set out his political and economic policies in his first state of the nation address on Aug. 15. Economist Kwik Kian Gie expresses his skepticism about their implementation. JAKARTA (JP): President B.J.
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Wed, 19 Aug 1998

JP/Administration makes inventory of its assets

Administration makes inventory of its assets JAKARTA (JP): The city is currently conducting an inventory of its assets in response to heavy criticism from the City Council that it has monitored its properties inadequately, an official said yesterday.
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Wed, 19 Aug 1998

JP/Private sector not ready to begin importing wheat

Private sector not ready to begin importing wheat JAKARTA (JP): The State Logistics Agency (Bulog) said yesterday that it would still import wheat after government subsidies to the commodity are lifted in October.
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Wed, 19 Aug 1998

JP/Cost of haj pilgrimage made more transparent

Cost of haj pilgrimage made more transparent JAKARTA (JP): The good news is that the official cost of the haj pilgrimage for next year has been slashed by nearly 13 percent from US$3,144 to $2,737. The bad news is that in rupiah terms, this means the cost has more then trebled from Rp 8.
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Wed, 19 Aug 1998

JP/No mere rhetoric, please

No mere rhetoric, please President B.J. Habibie's state of the nation address before the House of Representatives's plenary session on Saturday was excellent. Many people, including those who do not like Habibie, regard his speech as quite comprehensive, straightforward and clear.
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Wed, 19 Aug 1998

JP/Where to go in Jakarta:

Where to go in Jakarta:Exhibitions * Photo Exhibition: A Part of Indonesian Historical Journey, 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. to 1:30 a.m.
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Wed, 19 Aug 1998

JP/Starvation looms in Merauke prison

Starvation looms in Merauke prison MERAUKE, Irian Jaya: Sixty-two inmates in a prison here are facing starvation due to the government's limited budget for their food, Antara reported yesterday.
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Wed, 19 Aug 1998

JP/PMI emblem

PMI emblem Allow us first to thank The Jakarta Post for the presence of one of its reporters at a recent one-day seminar on the Red Cross emblem and for the report on the seminar in this newspaper of Aug. 13, 1998 (Page 2).
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Wed, 19 Aug 1998

JP/Conversion Rates

Conversion Rates JAKARTA (JP): Bank Ekspor Impor Indonesia's (Bank Exim) indicative conversion rates on August 18, 1998 Buying Selling Rp Rp U.S. dollar 1 12,300.00 12,800.
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Wed, 19 Aug 1998

JP/Relieved markets give lift to rupiah

Relieved markets give lift to rupiah JAKARTA (JP): Relief that independence day passed peacefully boosted the rupiah yesterday but failed to save the local stock market from dipping further.
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Wed, 19 Aug 1998

JP/Foreigners caught with fake passports

Foreigners caught with fake passports JAKARTA (JP): Soekarno-Hatta International Airport immigration officers have arrested three foreigners for allegedly using false passports, police said on Sunday.City police spokesman Lt. Col. E.
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Wed, 19 Aug 1998

JP/History repeated in Congo

History repeated in Congo History is repeating itself in Congo. Just like his predecessor Mobutu Sese Seko, President Laurent Kabila is confronted with a Tutsi rebellion which started in the east and has spread quickly.
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Wed, 19 Aug 1998

JP/Medan-Jakarta sailings canceled

Medan-Jakarta sailings canceled MEDAN, North Sumatra: The state-owned shipping company PT Pelni has canceled its Aug. 24 and Aug. 28 Medan-Jakarta sailings because its KM Sinabung suffered damaged after it collided with the Panamanian tanker MT World Nord Sunday.
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Wed, 19 Aug 1998

JP/Use MPR funds to feed the poor: Expert

Use MPR funds to feed the poor: Expert JAKARTA (JP): Constitutional law expert Harun Alrasid said it would be a waste of billions of rupiah to hold a special session of the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) this November only to prepare for an early general election next year.
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Wed, 19 Aug 1998

JP/Fitness centers losing their vim in sapping crisis

Fitness centers losing their vim in sapping crisisBy Izabel Deuff JAKARTA (JP): While many people are losing their jobs and struggling to survive, a few lucky ones still lead an easy life. They still have time to have fun and enjoy themselves, to relax, play sports and exercise to keep fit.
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Wed, 19 Aug 1998

JP/Suryamas sues private bank over $50m deal

Suryamas sues private bank over $50m deal JAKARTA (JP): Publicly listed developer PT Suryamas Dutamakmur is suing Bank Niaga over a transaction worth US$50 million.
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Wed, 19 Aug 1998

JP/Policeman killed after buses hit patrol van

Policeman killed after buses hit patrol van JAKARTA (JP): A police patrol van was hit by two speeding city buses yesterday on Jl. Raya Bogor in Pasar Rebo, East Jakarta, killing one policeman and injuring his colleague, an official said.City police spokesman Lt. Col. E.
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Wed, 19 Aug 1998

JP/Two die in gas pipe explosion

Two die in gas pipe explosion PALEMBANG, South Sumatra: Two workers died and another sustained a serious injury Monday when a pipeline owned by PT Asamerah in Sebokor village, Bayunglincir subdistrict, in Musi Banyuasin regency exploded.Provincial police spokesman Lt. Col.
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Wed, 19 Aug 1998

JP/KHI Pipe exports pipes

KHI Pipe exports pipes JAKARTA (JP): PT KHI Pipe Industries, a unit of state-owned steel maker PT Krakatau Steel, shipped yesterday 5,000 tons of spiral steel pipes to the United Kingdom.
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Wed, 19 Aug 1998

JP/Learn to respect others

Learn to respect others Since the May riots I have been following with interest the letters and articles that have been published in The Jakarta Post and have noted that not one pribumi, or indigenous person, has actually apologized for the barbaric acts committed by the people.
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Wed, 19 Aug 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 August 17 to August 23: U.S. dollar 1 Rp 12,925.
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Wed, 19 Aug 1998

JP/Sex, lies and Clinton

Sex, lies and Clinton After seven months of political turmoil and court battles that have rocked President Bill Clinton's administration, Americans finally learned the bitter truth Monday that their president had lied to them about his scandalous affair with former White House intern Monica ...
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Wed, 19 Aug 1998

JP/Gresik privatization deadline extended

Gresik privatization deadline extended JAKARTA (JP): Today's deadline for the second round of bidding for the government's stake in publicly listed Semen Gresik has been extended, a senior official said yesterday.
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Wed, 19 Aug 1998

JP/Flood control projects 'must get full attention'

Flood control projects 'must get full attention' JAKARTA (JP): Local legislators called on the city administration yesterday to shift its full attention to labor- intensive projects on flood prevention to head off dour forecasts of massive flooding during the next rainy season.
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Wed, 19 Aug 1998

JP/Govt extends export ban on subsidized goods

Govt extends export ban on subsidized goods JAKARTA (JP): The government has decided to extend the export ban on subsidized goods until it has had time to prepare replacement export taxes, an industry and trade ministry official said.
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Wed, 19 Aug 1998

JP/Liberty often abused by RI powerholders

Liberty often abused by RI powerholdersBy Ignas Kleden This is the second of two articles on liberty in Indonesia since it shed the colonial yoke in 1945.
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Wed, 19 Aug 1998

JP/Bankruptcy law is insufficiently detailed: Lawyer

Bankruptcy law is insufficiently detailed: Lawyer JAKARTA (JP): The new bankruptcy law, which comes into effect tomorrow, is insufficiently detailed, especially regarding the management of assets of companies declared bankrupt, a senior lawyer said yesterday.
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Wed, 19 Aug 1998

JP/Texmaco winds up sporting event

Texmaco winds up sporting event JAKARTA (JP): An art and sports festival organized by Texmaco in Karawang, West Java, ended Monday with the company's Malang, East Java, branch collecting the most medals.
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Wed, 19 Aug 1998

JP/Hundreds protest to support Sultan

Hundreds protest to support Sultan YOGYAKARTA: Hundreds of people, including becak (pedicab) drivers, street vendors, housewives, transvestites, students, and lawyers, demonstrated yesterday in a show of support for the popular traditional monarch Sri Sultan Hamengkubuwono X to become the ...
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Wed, 19 Aug 1998

JP/Tommy Soeharto has a baby son

Tommy Soeharto has a baby son JAKARTA (JP): Hutomo Mandala Putra, the youngest son of former president Soeharto, had his first child when his wife, Ardhia Pramesti Regita Cahyani, delivered their son on Aug. 8 in Jakarta, sources said.
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Wed, 19 Aug 1998

JP/Mugger mobbed to death

Mugger mobbed to death TANGERANG (JP): A man was mobbed to death by local residents of Pakujaya village in Serpong after trying to rob an ojek (motorcycle taxi) driver on Monday.
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Wed, 19 Aug 1998

JP/The bombings in Africa

The bombings in Africa There are two senses in which acts of terrorism such as the bomb blasts that ripped through the United States' embassy complexes in Kenya and Tanzania on Friday (Aug. 7) are senselessly indiscriminate.
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Wed, 19 Aug 1998

JP/Projects 'endanger archelogical site'

Projects 'endanger archelogical site' BANDUNG: New luxury housing projects and golf courses are threatening to destroy archeological remains of the ancient Sundanese kingdom of Pajajaran in Rancamaya, Bogor, 60 kilometers east of Jakarta, an archeological official said.
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Wed, 19 Aug 1998

JP/Stock Exchange

Stock ExchangeStock prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (in rupiah) on August 18, 1998: Shares Close Change Trading Volume ------------------------------------------------------------- Ades Alfindo ...
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Wed, 19 Aug 1998

JP/Garuda losing Rp 3 billion per day

Garuda losing Rp 3 billion per day JAKARTA (JP): Garuda Indonesia is suffering an operating loss of at least Rp 3 billion (US$240,000) per day as a result of artificially low fares and sluggish domestic sales, the company's president said here yesterday.
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Wed, 19 Aug 1998

JP/Rupiah -- one year after its float

Rupiah -- one year after its float This is the second of two articles prepared on the basis of former Bank Indonesia (BI) governor J. Soedradjad Djiwandono's address at a luncheon organized in Jakarta by the Indonesia Australia Business Council on Aug. 11.
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Wed, 19 Aug 1998

JP/Waste deluge shuts shrimp ponds

Waste deluge shuts shrimp ponds JAKARTA (JP): Hundreds of shrimp farmers in Muara Gembong district in Bekasi have temporarily closed their business due to waste infiltration in their ponds in the past six months.
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Wed, 19 Aug 1998

JP/Three more political parties announce their establishment

Three more political parties announce their establishment JAKARTA (JP): Three more new political parties recently declared their establishment, bringing the number to 62, though not all have registered at the Ministry of Home Affairs.
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Wed, 19 Aug 1998

JP/Golf club held festival

Golf club held festival JAKARTA (JP): The Bogor Raya golf club held its annual festival in Bogor, West Java, last week.
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Wed, 19 Aug 1998

JP/Liquidity support to ailing banks falls to Rp 135.58t

Liquidity support to ailing banks falls to Rp 135.58t JAKARTA (JP): Bank Indonesia's (BI) liquidity support to troubled banks under the supervision of the Indonesian Bank Restructuring Agency (IBRA) declined by Rp 5 trillion in the week ending Aug. 14 from the previous week's level.
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Wed, 19 Aug 1998

JP/Government AIDS figures not realistic, says official

Government AIDS figures not realistic, says official JAKARTA (JP): A health official has admitted that government figures on the number of people with AIDS/HIV did not reflect the reality due to difficulties in obtaining data.
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Wed, 19 Aug 1998

JP/Firms urged to hire local certification agencies

Firms urged to hire local certification agencies JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Industry and Trade Rahardi Ramelan urged local companies yesterday to hire local quality management certification agencies in assessing the quality of their management.
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Wed, 19 Aug 1998

JP/Habibie not to open Soerjadi-led congress

Habibie not to open Soerjadi-led congress JAKARTA (JP): President B.J. Habibie has canceled plans to open the Soerjadi-led Indonesian Democratic Party's (PDI) congress in Palu, Central Sulawesi, yesterday after receiving widespread criticism from Megawati Soekarnoputri and her supporters.
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Wed, 19 Aug 1998

JP/Bank DKI extends loans to vendors

Bank DKI extends loans to vendors JAKARTA (JP): City-owned Bank DKI will extend loans of Rp 10 million per person to 40,000 vendors operating at traditional markets throughout the capital, an official said yesterday.
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Wed, 19 Aug 1998

JP/RI-Portugal friendly game sought

RI-Portugal friendly game sought JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia has suggested one of Portugal's top soccer teams comes here for a friendly match as part of the efforts to help the two countries accelerate their talks on restoring diplomatic links.
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