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Searching for all articles published on 1998-09-15 ...

43 articles.

Tue, 15 Sep 1998

JP/Further unrest disrupts local financial market

Further unrest disrupts local financial market JAKARTA (JP): Continuing unrest in the country sent the local financial market into a tailspin on Monday, with the rupiah hitting 11,950 against the U.S. dollar and the stock market falling to another five-year low.

Tue, 15 Sep 1998

JP/Where to go in Bandung:

Where to go in Bandung:Exhibitions * Photo, Painting Exhibition: Terjebak...!, by Aendra H. Medita and Dodi Rosadi, at Sabar Bandung Art House, Jl. Sabar No. 8, Cipaganti, Sept. 18-20. * Fine Arts Exhibition: Selasar Seni Sunaryo, by Sunaryo, at Contemporary Art Museum, Jl. Bukit Pakar Timur No.

Tue, 15 Sep 1998

JP/Commercial Court hears first bankruptcy case

Commercial Court hears first bankruptcy case JAKARTA (JP): The country's newly established commercial court began hearing the first bankruptcy cases on Monday, pitting PT Karabha Digdaya, a real estate and golf course developer, against construction firms PT Jaya Obayashi and PT Nusa Raya Cipta.

Tue, 15 Sep 1998

JP/Stock Exchange

Stock ExchangeStock prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (in rupiah) on Sept.14, 1998: Shares Close Change Trading Volume -------------------------------------------------------------- Ades Alfindo ...

Tue, 15 Sep 1998

JP/ABRI urged to ensure impartiality in probe

ABRI urged to ensure impartiality in probe JAKARTA (JP): An international human rights group urged Minister of Defense and Security/Armed Forces (ABRI) Commander Gen. Wiranto on Monday to involve independent bodies to ensure impartiality in the investigation into missing activists.

Tue, 15 Sep 1998

JP/Lawyers ready to defend protesters in Irian Jaya

Lawyers ready to defend protesters in Irian Jaya JAKARTA (JP): A group of 32 lawyers calling themselves the Team for Human Rights Protection in Irian Jaya have expressed their readiness, despite continued intimidation, to defend 20 people facing trial for involvement in violent demonstrations ...

Tue, 15 Sep 1998

JP/It's a moral issue

It's a moral issue By publishing his report on the investigation into U.S. President Bill Clinton, special counsel Kenneth Starr has given pornography a bad name.

Tue, 15 Sep 1998

JP/Hospitals struggle with waste management problems

Hospitals struggle with waste management problemsBy Iwan Nefawan JAKARTA (JP): The economic crisis has affected most people in this country. A lot of people are suffering due to the soaring prices of food and drugs.

Tue, 15 Sep 1998

JP/Amien, Albert vow to probe Soeharto

Amien, Albert vow to probe Soeharto UJUNG PANDANG, South Sulawesi (JP): Politician Amien Rais pledged on Monday to set up an independent team to investigate former president Soeharto's allegedly ill-gotten wealth.

Tue, 15 Sep 1998

JP/Governor to ask residents to use money to help poor

Governor to ask residents to use money to help poor JAKARTA (JP): The city administration will soon launch a major fund-raising program to help poor residents severely affected by the monetary crisis, Governor Sutiyoso said on Monday.

Tue, 15 Sep 1998

JP/The low-down impeachment blues

The low-down impeachment bluesBy Gwynne Dyer "If the deponent is the person who has oral sex performed on him, then the contact is not with anything on that list (of naughty bits which it would constitute 'sexual relations' to touch), but with the lips of another person.

Tue, 15 Sep 1998

JP/House against proposal to give IBRA special power

House against proposal to give IBRA special power JAKARTA (JP): The government's proposal to include in the banking bill a clause which vests the Indonesian Bank Restructuring Agency with an unchallenged power is facing opposition from legislators.

Tue, 15 Sep 1998

JP/Group visits rights body over land row

Group visits rights body over land row JAKARTA (JP): At least 25 people claiming to be the heirs of Pangeran Arya Jipang, the former owner of the land where Hotel Ibis in Slipi, West Jakarta, is located, visited the National Commission on Human Rights on Monday to seek support for their land ...

Tue, 15 Sep 1998

JP/Looting spreads to various areas

Looting spreads to various areas JAKARTA (JP): At least three people died and dozens more have been wounded in clashes with the security forces during sporadic outbreaks of rioting and looting in areas of North Sumatra, South Sulawesi, Jambi and East Java over the past three days.

Tue, 15 Sep 1998

JP/Sutiyoso ready to face lawsuit

Sutiyoso ready to face lawsuit JAKARTA (JP): Governor Sutiyoso stressed on Monday his readiness to face a lawsuit filed late last week by 17 lawyers who called themselves members of the Association of Indonesian Reform Era Lawyers over a cooperative agreement on water management.

Tue, 15 Sep 1998

JP/Questioning of Dolog boss rescheduled

Questioning of Dolog boss rescheduled JAKARTA (JP): The head of the city's logistics agency (Dolog Jaya), Ahmad Zawawi, vomited during two and a half hours of police questioning on Monday morning over his alleged role in illegal rice transactions and rice exports.

Tue, 15 Sep 1998

JP/Govt to submit political bills to House this week

Govt to submit political bills to House this week JAKARTA (JP): The government is to submit three draft political laws, including the bill on general elections, to the House of Representatives (DPR) this week -- one month later than its original schedule, a minister disclosed on Monday.

Tue, 15 Sep 1998

JP/French Embassy joins book expo

French Embassy joins book expo JAKARTA (JP): The French Embassy is participating for a third consecutive year in the annual nine-day Indonesian Book Fair, held by the Indonesian Publishers Association (Ikapi) starting on Saturday at Istora Senayan sport hall in Central Jakarta.

Tue, 15 Sep 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 Sept. 14 to Sept. 20: U.S. dollar 1 Rp 10,738.

Tue, 15 Sep 1998

JP/Closure of brothels 'leads to new plight'

Closure of brothels 'leads to new plight' JAKARTA (JP): Closing established prostitution sites would hamper efforts to monitor the spread of sexually transmitted diseases and drive virtually all commercial sex transactions onto the streets, experts and activists said Monday.

Tue, 15 Sep 1998

JP/Minister admits govt cannot cope with unemployment

Minister admits govt cannot cope with unemployment JAKARTA (JP): The Ministry of Manpower has admitted it has little power to stem the increasing tide of unemployment because it has been forced to postpone many of its development projects.

Tue, 15 Sep 1998

JP/Foreign warships sited off of RI waters last May

Foreign warships sited off of RI waters last May JAKARTA (JP): Foreign warships were spotted operating close to Indonesian territorial waters when massive unrest hit the country in the days prior to the resignation of former president Soeharto last May, according to Minister of Defense and ...

Tue, 15 Sep 1998

JP/Developer's negligence

Developer's negligence I would like to appeal to the top management of PT Muliasentosa Dinamika, as the developer of housing at Lippo Karawaci, and to Lippo Group for their negligence of the rights of customers like me.

Tue, 15 Sep 1998

JP/Capital needs funds for flood prevention

Capital needs funds for flood prevention JAKARTA (JP): Governor Sutiyoso has said that a shortage of funds is preventing the city administration from taking measures to guard against the possibility of major flooding which meteorologists have said could hit the city in the near future.

Tue, 15 Sep 1998

JP/Indonesia Open seeking more sponsors

Indonesia Open seeking more sponsors JAKARTA (JP): With barely one and a half months left until it kicks off, organizers of the Indonesia Open badminton championships are lacking US$100,000 to provide the tournament's prize money.

Tue, 15 Sep 1998

JP/Marine lovers to gather in Bali to highlight Year of the Ocean

Marine lovers to gather in Bali to highlight Year of the Ocean JAKARTA (JP): Dozens of marine lovers are to gather at Tulamben Bay, about 2.5 hours drive from Bali's capital of Denpasar, from Sept. 22 to Sept. 28 in celebration of the Year of the Ocean.

Tue, 15 Sep 1998

JP/Austrian deported for violating rules

Austrian deported for violating rules JAKARTA (JP): The Directorate General of Immigration has deported Franz Viktor Eichenauer, an executive of Mercantile Club Jakarta, for violating immigration regulations, an official said on Sunday.

Tue, 15 Sep 1998

JP/The 'Journal' 1st regional paper to print here

The 'Journal' 1st regional paper to print here JAKARTA (JP): The Asian Wall Street Journal (AWSJ) rolled its presses in Jakarta for the first time on Monday, thereby becoming the first regional newspaper to print in the city.

Tue, 15 Sep 1998

JP/Foreign investors in Indonesian banks

Foreign investors in Indonesian banks The latest government plan is to allow foreign investors to control more than 51 percent of shares -- possibly even up to as much as 99 percent -- in Indonesian banks.

Tue, 15 Sep 1998

JP/Legislators question education officials

Legislators question education officials JAKARTA (JP): Legislators questioned Ministry of Education and Culture officials on Monday over concerns that education was being exploited for business opportunities.

Tue, 15 Sep 1998

JP/Ex-partner files complaint against Sudwikatmono

Ex-partner files complaint against Sudwikatmono JAKARTA (JP): Bambang Sutrisno, the former deputy chief commissioner of the now defunct Bank Surya, lodged a complaint on Monday against his former business partner, Sudwikatmono, for defamation, slander and contempt.

Tue, 15 Sep 1998

JP/Tapos ranch gives land to residents

Tapos ranch gives land to residents BOGOR (JP): PT Rejo Sari Bumi, the company which manages former president Soeharto's Tri-S Tapos ranch in the hills around Ciawi south of here, has agreed to hand over part of its land to people residing in nearby villages.

Tue, 15 Sep 1998

JP/Stop condemning ABRI: Wiranto

Stop condemning ABRI: Wiranto JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Defense and Security/Armed Forces (ABRI) Commander Gen. Wiranto on Monday again pleaded for an end to the barrage of public condemnation against alleged military abuses of human rights in the past.

Tue, 15 Sep 1998

JP/Former sports figure Soeprayogi dies at 84

Former sports figure Soeprayogi dies at 84 JAKARTA (JP): A former executive chairman of the National Sports Council (KONI), Dadang Soeprayogi, died aged 84 on Sunday after suffering a heart attack.His body was buried at the Kalibata Heroes Cemetery in a military funeral later in the day.

Tue, 15 Sep 1998

JP/Conversion Rates

Conversion Rates JAKARTA (JP): Beginning today, The Jakarta Post will publish Bank Bali's bank notes conversion rates instead of Bank Ekspor Impor Indonesia's (Bank Exim). Bank Bali's bank notes conversion rates on Sept.

Tue, 15 Sep 1998

JP/City police told to investigate fires

City police told to investigate fires JAKARTA (JP): Governor Sutiyoso has asked the city police to help investigate the possibility of arson in a series of fires in Central, East, South and North Jakarta over the past two months.

Tue, 15 Sep 1998

JP/At least 200 companies to participate in rice bid

At least 200 companies to participate in rice bid JAKARTA (JP): A final decision on the awarding of government contracts to import a total of 600,000 tons of rice will be made today, with at least 20 companies still in the running, the acting chairman of the State Logistics Agency (Bulog), ...

Tue, 15 Sep 1998

JP/Newbridge Asia takes over AMT

Newbridge Asia takes over AMT JAKARTA (JP): Private equity company Newbridge Asia announced on Monday that it had signed an agreement to acquire 100 percent of the shares of PT Astra Microtronics Technology (AMT), a subsidiary of publicly listed PT Astra International and PT Astra Graphia, for ...

Tue, 15 Sep 1998

JP/TV today

TV todayTVRI 2:00 p.m. News: Berita 14 2:35 Children's Film: The Big Valley 3:05 Children's Song 3:30 Village Program 4:00 Regional News 4:30 Music: Lagu Pop Daerah 5:00 English Lessons 5:30 Documentary: Ngelaju 6:00 News: Lintasan Berita 6:05 Documentary: Rona Nusantara 6:15 ...

Tue, 15 Sep 1998

JP/Why is eviction often problematic?

Why is eviction often problematic?By Hayati Sari Hasibuan This is the second of two articles on the issue of land clearance. JAKARTA (JP): In Jakarta, 80 percent of the conflicts that emerge are related to compensation. The evictees complain of receiving less compensation than they felt due.

Tue, 15 Sep 1998

JP/Donation sees KONI meet Asian budget

Donation sees KONI meet Asian budget JAKARTA (JP): A business association has pledged Rp 2 billion (US$175,000) out of Rp 5 billion the cash-strapped National Sports Council will need to fly the Indonesian contingent to the 13th Asian Games in Bangkok in December, council secretary- general ...

Tue, 15 Sep 1998

JP/North Korea's intentions

North Korea's intentions Kim Jong-il was appointed leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea) by that country's Supreme People's Assembly, or the parliament.

Tue, 15 Sep 1998

JP/Forestry ministry to offer public 149 forest concessions

Forestry ministry to offer public 149 forest concessions JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Forestry and Plantations Muslimin Nasution said on Monday that his office would this year award 149 forest concessions through an auction system which will be open to the general public.