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

49 articles.

Sat, 08 Aug 1998

JP/TV today

TV todayTVRI 2:00 p.m. News: Berita 14 2:30 Music 2:35 TV Series: Silverhawks 3:05 TV Drama: Merdeka 3:30 Science Film: Invention 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 6:15 Sports News 6:30 ...

Sat, 08 Aug 1998

JP/Lawyers call for enactment of antidiscrimination law

Lawyers call for enactment of antidiscrimination law JAKARTA (JP): Two ethnic Chinese lawyers have called on the government to institute an antidiscrimination law to end prejudice and hostility toward Chinese-Indonesians and promote harmony among all ethnic groups.Frans Hendra Winarta and Ester I.

Sat, 08 Aug 1998

JP/Where to lay blame

Where to lay blame As a foreigner in this country, many events in Indonesia over recent months have caused me great dismay. Yet another disappointment was added to the list on reading the article published July 30 by Mr. Masli Arman titled Ethnic Chinese at fault for riots.

Sat, 08 Aug 1998

JP/ASEAN needs to improve its principles

ASEAN needs to improve its principlesBy Eddi S. Hariyadhi JAKARTA (JP): The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), which celebrates its 31st anniversary today, is considered the most successful subregional grouping, whose economic growth outstrips that of developed countries and ...

Sat, 08 Aug 1998

JP/Govt extends university registration date

Govt extends university registration date JAKARTA (JP): The government has decided to extend the deadline by which new entrants must register with state universities until late September.

Sat, 08 Aug 1998

JP/Woman lifter Sriyani banned for one year

Woman lifter Sriyani banned for one year JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesian Weightlifting, Powerlifting and Bodybuilding Association has banned women's lifter Sriyani from all competition for one year because of her indisciplined attitude toward training for the 13th Asian Games.

Sat, 08 Aug 1998

JP/Prabowo, Muchdi 'responsible for kidnappings'

Prabowo, Muchdi 'responsible for kidnappings' JAKARTA (JP): The chief of the Officers Honor Council, Gen. Subagyo Hadisiswoyo, revealed yesterday that Lt. Gen. Prabowo Subianto and Maj. Gen.

Sat, 08 Aug 1998

JP/Housewife gives birth to two-faced baby

Housewife gives birth to two-faced baby BOGOR (JP): A 17-year-old housewife has given birth to a baby girl with two faces, probably the first in the country, in a small clinic in Kampung Cangkurawok in Babakan village, Darmaga Bogor subdistrict, on Tuesday, a report said yesterday.

Sat, 08 Aug 1998

JP/Burglars stab victim with sickle

Burglars stab victim with sickle JAKARTA (JP): A resident of Pasar Minggu in South Jakarta was injured while trying to defend his belongings from five armed robbers who broke into his house in the early hours of yesterday morning.South Jakarta Police chief Lt. Col.

Sat, 08 Aug 1998

JP/Kalimantan hospitals get Korean aid

Kalimantan hospitals get Korean aid BANJARMASIN, South Kalimantan: The South Korean government has extended assistance worth Rp 275 billion (US$21.3 million) for the upgrading of general hospitals in South and East Kalimantan.

Sat, 08 Aug 1998

JP/Modest East Java food stalls offer escargot satay

Modest East Java food stalls offer escargot satayText and photos by P.J. Leo KEDIRI, East Java (JP): You don't have to go to a classy French restaurant to enjoy escargot.

Sat, 08 Aug 1998

JP/Dane robbed by home guard

Dane robbed by home guard JAKARTA (JP): South Jakarta Police arrested yesterday a security guard at a Danish expatriate's Pondok Indah residence with his employer's belongings in his possession, an official said.According to South Jakarta Police chief Lt. Col.

Sat, 08 Aug 1998

JP/Dismayed by expat's complaint

Dismayed by expat's complaint Most expatriates reading The Jakarta Post Aug. 6, must have been considerably dismayed by the article Antiforeigner sentiment reaches fever pitch. Not a letter but an article by a certain Todd Gregory, complaining of his treatment by Indonesians.

Sat, 08 Aug 1998

JP/Stock Exchange

Stock ExchangeStock prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (in rupiah) on Aug. 7, 1998: Shares Close Change Trading Volume ------------------------------------------------------------- Ades Alfindo ...

Sat, 08 Aug 1998

JP/Soeharto's resignation 'only way to save the state'

Soeharto's resignation 'only way to save the state' SUMEDANG, West Java (JP): President B.J. Habibie described yesterday the transfer of duty from Soeharto to him in May as a historic milestone in the country's reform process to become a more democratic and open nation.

Sat, 08 Aug 1998

JP/Maximum interest rates for Aug.10/Aug.17

Maximum interest rates for Aug.10/Aug.17 JAKARTA (JP): The maximum time deposit interest rates and interbank overnight rates guaranteed by Bank Indonesia for the period Aug. 10 to Aug. 17 are as follows: Time deposit Maximum rate Maximum rate rupiah deposit (%) U.S.

Sat, 08 Aug 1998

JP/Four banks under IBRA insolvent

Four banks under IBRA insolvent JAKARTA (JP): Four of six troubled private banks taken over by the Indonesian Bank Restructuring Agency (IBRA) in April have been declared insolvent, according to a letter to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) outlining the latest progress on reforms.

Sat, 08 Aug 1998

JP/Conversion Rates

Conversion Rates JAKARTA (JP): Bank Ekspor Impor Indonesia's (Bank Exim) indicative conversion rates on Aug. 7, 1998: Buying Selling Rp Rp U.S.

Sat, 08 Aug 1998

JP/Bukit Kapur denies charges of CPO smuggling

Bukit Kapur denies charges of CPO smuggling JAKARTA (JP): Palm oil producer PT Bukit Kapur Reksa (BKR) has denied charges that it had smuggled thousands of tons of crude palm oil (CPO) and its derivatives out of the country over the last two years.

Sat, 08 Aug 1998

JP/Fish meal can be exported

Fish meal can be exported JAKARTA (JP): The Ministry of Industry and Trade said yesterday that certain kinds of fish meal could still be exported, clarifying a previous announcement banning the reexport of the product which is subsidized by the government.

Sat, 08 Aug 1998

JP/Govt revamps textile quota distribution system

Govt revamps textile quota distribution system JAKARTA (JP): The government has issued new rulings on the distribution of textile and textile-related export quotas in an effort to eliminate collusion in the system.The new decree, signed by industry and trade minister Rahardi Ramelan on Aug.

Sat, 08 Aug 1998

JP/'DeTAK' takes Syarwan's complaint in its stride

'DeTAK' takes Syarwan's complaint in its stride JAKARTA (JP): Newly launched DeTAK tabloid has said it is unfazed by a police complaint filed by Minister of Home Affairs Syarwan Hamid, adding that he turned down offers to give his side of the story in the disputed editions.

Sat, 08 Aug 1998

JP/Pipeline project underway

Pipeline project underway JAKARTA (JP): PT Pam Lyonnaise Jaya (Palyja), a joint venture firm owned by city-owned water company PDAM Jaya and French company Suez Lyonnaise des Eaux, is in the process of installing a 13-kilometer pipeline worth Rp 175 billion (US$13.72 million).

Sat, 08 Aug 1998

JP/Rupiah lets gains slip, stock prices lose more ground

Rupiah lets gains slip, stock prices lose more ground JAKARTA (JP): The rupiah failed to sustain gains from earlier in the week against the U.S. dollar yesterday, closing slightly lower in moderate trade due to the weak yen and market concerns over China's possible devaluation of the yuan.

Sat, 08 Aug 1998

JP/Ford's new venture left high and dry by tired plot

Ford's new venture left high and dry by tired plot JAKARTA (JP): Delve into the recesses of the mind and one does not have to do too much digging to come up with the names of Harrison Ford film favorites.

Sat, 08 Aug 1998

JP/Wood industries face severe shortage of logs

Wood industries face severe shortage of logs JAKARTA (JP): Indonesian wood-processing industries are facing a severe shortage of logs, according to the Indonesian Forestry Society (MPI).MPI chairman Sudrajat DP said yesterday the country's processing capacities had exceeded log output.

Sat, 08 Aug 1998

JP/Government finally rejects controversial lottery plan

Government finally rejects controversial lottery plan JAKARTA (JP): The government asked the National Sports Council yesterday to drop its controversial lottery plan and find another fund-raising scheme that complies with both the law and religious teachings.Minister of Social Services Justika S.

Sat, 08 Aug 1998

JP/Foreign capital could revive media

Foreign capital could revive mediaBy Ignatius Haryanto JAKARTA (JP): Freedom of the press is an important indicator of just how far Indonesia has gone in its attempt to improve its democratic system through political reform.

Sat, 08 Aug 1998

JP/Megawati given conditional go-ahead on PDI meeting

Megawati given conditional go-ahead on PDI meeting JAKARTA (JP): Despite lacking a police permit, the government said it has no qualms about the national working meeting being held by Megawati Soekarnoputri's camp of the Indonesian Democratic Party (PDI).

Sat, 08 Aug 1998

JP/Read between the lines

Read between the lines It is very interesting to read the tremendous responses to Masli Arman's July 30 article Ethnic Chinese at fault for riots.

Sat, 08 Aug 1998

JP/Education develops understanding

Education develops understanding I expect you will receive an avalanche of letters about Masli Arman's article of July 30. If most of what he said had not been so sickening, his assertion toward the end that he is not narrow- minded or chauvinistic would be hilarious.

Sat, 08 Aug 1998

JP/Where to go in Jakarta:

Where to go in Jakarta:Exhibitions * Painting, Sculpture Exhibition: Anggrek Kasih Untuk Sesama, by Dolorosa Sinaga, Kartika Affandi, Enrico Soekarno, etc., World Trade Center, Jl. Jend. Sudirman Kav. 29-31, South Jakarta (Phone: 5211320), 9 a.m. to 8 p.m., until Aug. 13.

Sat, 08 Aug 1998

JP/Climber lost on Mt. Slamet

Climber lost on Mt. Slamet PURWOKERTO, Central Java: More climbers joined yesterday the search and rescue team here looking for a lone climber who has not returned from setting out to climb Mount Slamet.

Sat, 08 Aug 1998

JP/Bank Bira to merge with three local banks

Bank Bira to merge with three local banks JAKARTA (JP): Publicly listed Bank Bira, which is currently under the supervision of the Indonesian Bank Restructuring Agency (IBRA), plans to merge with three local banks later this year.

Sat, 08 Aug 1998

JP/Explaining East Timor

Explaining East Timor Indonesia and Portugal appear to be making a significant breakthrough in their efforts to resolve the status of East Timor.

Sat, 08 Aug 1998

JP/Utut keeps his Cafe Cup title hopes alive

Utut keeps his Cafe Cup title hopes alive JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia's top chess player Utut Adianto kept his title hopes intact in the MK Cafe Cup in Koszalin, Poland, by beating Nejbosa Nikcevic of Yugoslavia in a fourth-round match on Thursday.

Sat, 08 Aug 1998

JP/In search of the beauty of ASEAN poems

In search of the beauty of ASEAN poemsBy Yudha Kartohadiprodjo JAKARTA (JP): Is beauty a universal value, unrestrained by ethnic and geopolitical boundaries, regardless of country of origin?Time magazine published a cover story two years ago discussing the universal value of people's beauty; ...

Sat, 08 Aug 1998

JP/RI should be no place for scourge of bipolarity

RI should be no place for scourge of bipolarityBy Amir Sidharta JAKARTA (JP): The notion of multiculturalism became tremendously trendy in the United States in the 1990s because Middle Americans were long used to thinking bilaterally.

Sat, 08 Aug 1998

JP/More street kids in Ambon

More street kids in Ambon AMBON, Maluku: Evidence of the deepening impact of the crisis was revealed here yesterday when it was disclosed that the number of street kids in the city had nearly doubled in the past five months.

Sat, 08 Aug 1998

JP/Terblanche fire himself into contention

Terblanche fire himself into contention TAWAU, Sabah (Agencies): Defending champion Des Terblanche of South Africa, reveling playing in the Sabah sunshine once again, moved into the second round lead in the Sabah Masters at Shan- Shui Golf and Country Club yesterday.

Sat, 08 Aug 1998

JP/ABRI to withdraw troops from Aceh

ABRI to withdraw troops from Aceh JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Defense and Security/Armed Forces Commander (ABRI) Gen. Wiranto pledged yesterday to withdraw troops deployed in Aceh and apologized for misconduct by soldiers while stationed there.

Sat, 08 Aug 1998

JP/Sandeq race to restart

Sandeq race to restart JAKARTA (JP): The Sandeq traditional boat race in South Sulawesi will resume next week after a two-year hiatus on the same course used in its inception in 1995.

Sat, 08 Aug 1998

JP/Official says city almost free of pedicabs again

Official says city almost free of pedicabs again JAKARTA (JP): The city administration claimed yesterday to have almost completely cleared the capital of becak (pedicabs) following inconsistencies in its policy on the man-powered three- wheeled vehicles in June.

Sat, 08 Aug 1998

JP/Housewife and her niece 'axed to death'

Housewife and her niece 'axed to death' TANGERANG (JP): A housewife and her niece were found dead in a house on Jl. Taman Asri Lama in Kampung Cipadu, Ciledug district, here yesterday, police said.Tangerang Police chief Lt. Col.

Sat, 08 Aug 1998

JP/Missing activists' kin fail to identify remains

Missing activists' kin fail to identify remains JAKARTA (JP): Relatives of five missing political activists flocked to the morgue of Cipto Mangunkusumo General Hospital yesterday, but left convinced none of the three decomposed bodies found in the Thousands Islands recently were their loved ones.

Sat, 08 Aug 1998

JP/Sulawesi citizens also turn to IMF

Sulawesi citizens also turn to IMF JAKARTA (JP): Southeast Sulawesi residents have also turned to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) -- not to beg for money, but to discipline their allegedly corrupt governor, La Ode Kaimoeddin.

Sat, 08 Aug 1998

JP/Clarification on donations

Clarification on donations In its effort to help victims of the May 12 through May 15, 1998 tragedy, the Team of Volunteers for Humanity has enjoyed broad support from the community, all the way from moral to material support and from information to logistics.

Sat, 08 Aug 1998

JP/Protesting restaurant workers meet minister

Protesting restaurant workers meet minister JAKARTA (JP): About 300 workers of Coca Suki restaurant located on Jl. Jend. Sudirman, South Jakarta, entered their second day of protest yesterday by going to the Ministry of Manpower.

Sat, 08 Aug 1998

JP/Kontras claims five missing in Irian Jaya

Kontras claims five missing in Irian Jaya JAKARTA (JP): Rights activists accused the military yesterday of involvement in the disappearance of five people in a bloody pro-independence demonstration in Biak, Irian Jaya, last month which left at least one person dead.