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Thu, 24 Sep 1998

JP/Stock prices rise again on Paris debt agreement

Stock prices rise again on Paris debt agreement JAKARTA (JP): Local stock prices rose for a second consecutive day on Wednesday due to late buying of undervalued blue chip stocks and renewed confidence following an agreement between the government and the Paris Club to roll over part of the ...

Thu, 24 Sep 1998

JP/Support to Clinton

Support to Clinton I offer my support to President Clinton and his family. It is unfair that he is being humiliated in such a way, as if he were a criminal who had harmed his country and the American people.

Thu, 24 Sep 1998

JP/Sudwikatmono taken to court

Sudwikatmono taken to court JAKARTA (JP): Bambang Sutrisno sued his former business partner Sudwikatmono in South Jakarta District Court on Wednesday for failing to pay US$10 million for the acquisition of the plaintiff's 50 percent share in the Golden Truly Group as allegedly agreed last ...

Thu, 24 Sep 1998

JP/Three maids jailed for jewelry theft

Three maids jailed for jewelry theft JAKARTA (JP): The Central Jakarta District Court sentenced three housemaids on Wednesday to three months in prison for stealing jewelry worth Rp 2 billion (US$181,820) belonging to their employers.

Thu, 24 Sep 1998

JP/Sutiyoso launches fund-raising program

Sutiyoso launches fund-raising program JAKARTA (JP): Governor Sutiyoso announced on Tuesday that several businessmen and city officials had expressed their readiness to use the interest paid on the deposit of Rp 300 million (US$28,571), to help poor people severely affected by the monetary crisis.

Thu, 24 Sep 1998

JP/Group calls on Indonesians to give support to Anwar

Group calls on Indonesians to give support to Anwar JAKARTA (JP): A group led by a prominent lawyer and human rights activist called on the public on Wednesday to lend their support to the detained former Malaysian deputy prime minister Anwar Ibrahim.

Thu, 24 Sep 1998

JP/Donations to boarding houses

Donations to boarding houses BOGOR (JP): West Java Governor R. Nuriana handed over donations in the form of fish, hens, corn seeds and fertilizer to 10 Islamic boarding houses in Bogor on Tuesday.

Thu, 24 Sep 1998

JP/Economic crisis severely hits car parts producers

Economic crisis severely hits car parts producers JAKARTA (JP): Auto parts producers have been the worst hit by the economic crisis out of all those involved in the country's automotive industry, according to an industry executive.

Thu, 24 Sep 1998

JP/ABRI at a crossroads

ABRI at a crossroads One of the institutions worst hit by the current crisis of confidence is the Armed Forces (ABRI). This institution, which under the New Order regime exercised the real power in this country, is now hobbled.

Thu, 24 Sep 1998

JP/Lampung's poor start fisheries

Lampung's poor start fisheries BANDAR LAMPUNG, South Sumatra: Poor families in Lampung have started farming fish and redeveloping neglected plots, in projects designed to assist those in need.

Thu, 24 Sep 1998

JP/PLN welcomes Hopewell decision on Tanjung Jati

PLN welcomes Hopewell decision on Tanjung Jati JAKARTA (JP): State electricity company PT PLN said on Tuesday that it welcomed the decision by Hong Kong-based company Hopewell to suspend its power station project in Tanjung Jati, Central Java.

Thu, 24 Sep 1998

JP/1965 coup film no longer obligatory

1965 coup film no longer obligatory JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Information Muhammad Yunus said on Wednesday all television stations would no longer have to screen a government-produced film on the 1965 coup attempt blamed on the Indonesian Communist Party (PKI).

Thu, 24 Sep 1998

JP/TV today

TV todayTVRI 2:00 p.m. News: Berita 14 2:30 Music 2:35 Children's Film: Thundercats 3:05 Orchestra Film 3:30 Science World 4:00 Regional News 4:30 Creative Program: Karya Kita 5:00 Arabic Lessons 5:30 TV Series: The Man from Uncle 6:00 News: Lintasan Berita 6:05 Documentary: ...

Thu, 24 Sep 1998

JP/Public transport destroyed in Jambi

Public transport destroyed in Jambi JAMBI: Residents of Jambi ran amok and destroyed eight public transportation vehicles on Tuesday.The residents were disappointed passengers who had been left stranded due to a transport strike.

Thu, 24 Sep 1998

JP/Students rally to deny communist accusations

Students rally to deny communist accusations JAKARTA (JP): A huge number of students staged massive rallies in Jakarta on Wednesday, apparently to reject accusations leveled by various parties that their actions were being exploited by those who followed the communist ideology.

Thu, 24 Sep 1998

JP/RI, Paris Club agree on debt rescheduling

RI, Paris Club agree on debt rescheduling JAKARTA (JP): The Paris Club creditor nations agreed on Wednesday to reschedule US$4.

Thu, 24 Sep 1998

JP/Top China military chief to retire

Top China military chief to retire JAKARTA (JP): China's top military chief will be forced into retirement due to a series of economic-related scandals that have tarnished the People's Liberation Army (PLA), Jane's Defence Weekly reported this week.Beijing-based sources told the magazine that Gen.

Thu, 24 Sep 1998

JP/Ailing Pakistan faces its worst crisis ever

Ailing Pakistan faces its worst crisis everBy Brahma Chellaney NEW DELHI (JP): Pakistan is now beginning to look the "moth- eaten" state that its founder, Mohammad Ali Jinnah, foresaw.

Thu, 24 Sep 1998

JP/Police question Bulog employees in Zawawi case

Police question Bulog employees in Zawawi case JAKARTA (JP): Police questioned two State Logistics Agency (Bulog) employees at city police headquarters on Wednesday over alleged malfeasance in the distribution of rice in the capital.

Thu, 24 Sep 1998

JP/Honesty, education and the market

Honesty, education and the marketBy Iwan Darmansjah JAKARTA (JP): At last two men, none other than Alvin Toffler (Jakarta Post Sept. 12, 1998) and George Soros (Kompas Sept.

Thu, 24 Sep 1998

JP/Pertamina loses $30.7m in production stoppages

Pertamina loses $30.7m in production stoppages JAKARTA (JP): State oil and gas company Pertamina said on Tuesday it had suffered a loss of US$30.7 million over the past four years due to production stoppages at its giant refinery in Balongan, West Java.

Thu, 24 Sep 1998

JP/Land owners complain

Land owners complain JAKARTA (JP): Nine people, who claimed to be the owners of a 6,650-square-meter plot of land in Cilincing, North Jakarta, visited the National Commission on Human Rights on Monday to complain about the illegal appropriation of their land.

Thu, 24 Sep 1998

JP/World Bank is doing all it can for crisis-hit Indonesia

World Bank is doing all it can for crisis-hit IndonesiaBy Dennis de Tray JAKARTA (JP): Jeffrey Winters' attack on the World Bank published on this newspaper yesterday is stuck in the past at a time when Indonesia and all who wish it well urgently need to focus on the present and the future.

Thu, 24 Sep 1998

JP/Farmers stage protest in Medan

Farmers stage protest in Medan MEDAN, North Sumatra (JP): Thousands of farmers from a number of regencies in the province staged a peaceful demonstration at the governor's office here on Wednesday to demand land ownership reform.

Thu, 24 Sep 1998

JP/Ex-minister back cigarette excise tax for sports fund-rising

Ex-minister back cigarette excise tax for sports fund-rising JAKARTA (JP): Two former state ministers of youth affairs and sports, Hayono Isman and Abdul Gafur, have thrown their weight behind the use of an excise duty on cigarette sales to fund sports development.

Thu, 24 Sep 1998

JP/Govt education campaign shows signs of success: Juwono

Govt education campaign shows signs of success: Juwono JAKARTA (JP): High public awareness of the need for education has helped keep down the number of school dropouts according to government estimates, Minister of Education and Culture Juwono Sudarsono said on Wednesday.

Thu, 24 Sep 1998

JP/Riot flares after forced shaving

Riot flares after forced shaving SEMARANG (JP): An emotional mob burned down a brass handicraft factory in Bedono, Semarang, on Wednesday after its manager and two security guards allegedly mistreated 62 workers, including 22 women.

Thu, 24 Sep 1998

JP/10,000 jobless join labor intensive project

10,000 jobless join labor intensive project JAKARTA (JP): A total of 10,120 jobless people with senior high school backgrounds will participate in an eight-month labor intensive project in Jakarta, beginning on Wednesday.

Thu, 24 Sep 1998

JP/New ruling on reforestation fees

New ruling on reforestation fees JAKARTA (JP): The government is to revise the collection system of reforestation fees from timber companies to avoid late payments, a senior official at the Ministry of Forestry and Plantations said on Wednesday.Director General of Forest Utilization Harnanto H.

Thu, 24 Sep 1998

JP/Ometraco asks court for debt payment suspension

Ometraco asks court for debt payment suspension JAKARTA (JP): PT Ometraco Multi Artha (OMA), a subsidiary of publicly listed PT Ometraco Corporation, has asked the Jakarta Commercial Court to issue a payment suspension order for its US$140 million debt to a group of local and overseas banks.

Thu, 24 Sep 1998

JP/Head of criminal gang shot dead

Head of criminal gang shot dead TANGERANG (JP): Tangerang police detectives shot dead a notorious leader of a gang of robbers in a raid at Nagrak village in Jatiuwung subdistrict in the wee hours on Wednesday.

Thu, 24 Sep 1998

JP/'Shane' analogy

'Shane' analogy I am responding to Sumarsono Sastrowardoyo's letter 'Shane' on Sept. 23.The movie Shane analogy used by Pak Sumarsono answers his question. True heroes are just like the character shown in the movie.

Thu, 24 Sep 1998

JP/Calls mount for serious investigation of Soeharto

Calls mount for serious investigation of Soeharto JAKARTA (JP): Students protested on Wednesday's President B.J. Habibie's administration for "lacking the guts" to probe Soeharto's wealth, while, separately, rights activists also demanded an investigation into the former president's cronies.

Thu, 24 Sep 1998

JP/Where to go in Surabaya:

Where to go in Surabaya:Exhibitions * Cultural Programs of French Cultural Center (CCCL) Jl. Darmokali 10 (Phone: 5678639): - French Film: Gazon Maudit, 2 p.m., 7 p.m., Sept. 24-25. - Documentary Film, 6 p.m., Sept. 26. - Monologue by Agus Nuramal, 11 a.m., Sept. 26. - Dance: Barongsai, 5 p.m.

Thu, 24 Sep 1998

JP/IMI rejigs calender of events for 1999

IMI rejigs calender of events for 1999 JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesian Motor Association (IMI) has rescheduled its calender of events for 1999 due to the economic crisis, chairman Bob Nasution said on Wednesday.

Thu, 24 Sep 1998

JP/Fahmi sounds out warning on growing number of labor unions

Fahmi sounds out warning on growing number of labor unions JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Manpower Fahmi Idris has sounded warning bells about the rapid growth in number and strength of labor unions, saying management will need to adapt to the new situation.

Thu, 24 Sep 1998

JP/Art summit schedule of events

Art summit schedule of events Sept. 25-26: Theater, The Wedding on the Field, Yukio Waguri (Japan), Taman Ismail Marzuki (TIM), Jl. Cikini Raya 73, Central Jakarta (Phone: 3154087).Sept. 26-27: Music, Tony Prabowo (Indonesia), Gedung Kesenian Jakarta (GKJ), Jl. Pos No.

Thu, 24 Sep 1998

JP/Rewriting history

Rewriting history The Soeharto government was inclined to deny the notion that history is God's own footpaths, as historian Arnold Toynbee once put it. The regime, like other despotic powers, was also a pesky revisionist.

Thu, 24 Sep 1998

JP/Conversion Rates

Conversion Rates JAKARTA (JP): Bank Bali's bank notes conversion rates on Sept. 23, 1998: Buying Selling Rp Rp U.S.

Thu, 24 Sep 1998

JP/Students clash with police over beating

Students clash with police over beating JAKARTA (JP): Dozens of students from STM PGRI VII technical high school in Central Jakarta clashed with riot police on Wednesday after one of their peers was beaten by the officers.After successfully driving the police out of the privately run school on Jl.

Thu, 24 Sep 1998

JP/Commitment to human rights and reform sought

Commitment to human rights and reform sought JAKARTA (JP): Human rights protection and commitment to democratization are key factors in rehabilitating the country's poor image, participants at a seminar said on Wednesday.

Thu, 24 Sep 1998

JP/Where to go in Bali:

Where to go in Bali:Exhibitions * Painting Exhibitions: Cakrawala Seni, Museum Puri Lukisan - Yayasan Ratna Warta, Jl. Raya Ubud, Ubud (Phone: 0361 975136), 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., until Oct. 8.

Thu, 24 Sep 1998

JP/Clinton's strange power

Clinton's strange power The Monica Lewinsky scandal has weakened Bill Clinton's grasp on his office, but it may have given him a peculiar new weapon in the budget wars.

Thu, 24 Sep 1998

JP/Tapping of wealth in Irian Jaya

Tapping of wealth in Irian Jaya In his letter Freeport's social commitment (Sept. 19), Mr. Edward J. Pressman, in response to my letter Face responsibility to change (Sept.

Thu, 24 Sep 1998

JP/Factions in agreement on independent poll commission

Factions in agreement on independent poll commission JAKARTA (JP): All five factions on the People's Consultative Assembly's Ad Hoc Committee I agreed on Wednesday the general election planned for next May should be held fairly and run by an independent election commission rather than by the ...

Thu, 24 Sep 1998

JP/ABRI repositioning itself: Susilo

ABRI repositioning itself: Susilo BANDUNG (JP): The Armed Forces (ABRI), in developing a new paradigm for its position in society, will no longer be a tool of the government, according to ABRI Chief of Sociopolitical Affairs Lt. Gen. Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono.

Thu, 24 Sep 1998

JP/Pregnant mothers, toddlers to get food program

Pregnant mothers, toddlers to get food program JAKARTA (JP): The government is fighting the looming threat of widespread malnutrition by launching a Rp 1.

Thu, 24 Sep 1998

JP/Street cafes get a spot in Kemayoran

Street cafes get a spot in Kemayoran JAKARTA (JP): The city administration will allow street cafes to set up shop temporarily on a Central Jakarta site earmarked for development of the world's tallest tower.

Thu, 24 Sep 1998

JP/Alleged drug dealer may faces jail term

Alleged drug dealer may faces jail term JAKARTA (JP): A prosecutor asked the Central Jakarta District Court on Tuesday to sentence a 39-year-old man to seven years in prison and fine him Rp 3 million for allegedly trying to sell six kilograms of dried marijuana.

Thu, 24 Sep 1998

JP/The world is full of 'legends'

The world is full of 'legends'By Gwynne Dyer LONDON (JP): I managed not to write about Princess Diana on the first anniversary of her death a few weeks ago -- after all, she hasn't done much that's newsworthy in the past year -- but you just can't get away from the topic of fame.

Thu, 24 Sep 1998

JP/Stock Exchange

Stock ExchangeStock prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (in rupiah) on Sept.23, 1998: Shares Close Change Trading Volume -------------------------------------------------------- Ades Alfindo 325 ...