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Searching for all articles published on 1999-10-16 ...

56 articles.

Sat, 16 Oct 1999

JP/Amien, Matori to lead team on Habibie's speech

Amien, Matori to lead team on Habibie's speech JAKARTA (JP): Amien Rais, the speaker of the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR), said on Friday that he and Deputy Speaker Matori Abdul Djalil would lead the Assembly commission entrusted to evaluate President B.J. Habibie's accountability speech.

Sat, 16 Oct 1999

JP/Prointegration militia members reenter Liquisa area

Prointegration militia members reenter Liquisa area JAKARTA (JP): Only a month since the arrival of the International Force for East Timor (Interfet) troops and the massive evacuation of East Timorese into the bordering East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) town of Atambua, dozens of prointegration ...

Sat, 16 Oct 1999

JP/Nobel laureate Mundell foreshadowed euro

Nobel laureate Mundell foreshadowed euroBy Jonathan Lynn STOCKHOLM (Reuters): Much of the debate about European economic and monetary union was foreshadowed in research nearly 40 years ago by Robert Mundell, awarded this year's Nobel economics prize on Wednesday.

Sat, 16 Oct 1999

JP/Teachers plan war on drugs

Teachers plan war on drugs TANGERANG (JP): Some 250 teachers from local junior and senior high schools announced plans on Friday to establish a coordinated forum to fight the use of narcotics by students, an official said.

Sat, 16 Oct 1999

JP/Washington and global nuclear tests

Washington and global nuclear tests If the United States, the sole superpower, refuses stubbornly to ratify a global nuclear test ban treaty that will make the world safer for all, why on earth would any other country want to do it?The Republicans in the U.S.

Sat, 16 Oct 1999

JP/Regional reps merger worries experts

Regional reps merger worries expertsBy Ridwan M. Sijabat JAKARTA (JP): Two constitutional law experts have criticized the absorption of 135 regional representatives into party factions at the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR), saying the move was contrary to the 1945 Constitution and the ...

Sat, 16 Oct 1999

JP/More analysts lash out at Habibie's speech

More analysts lash out at Habibie's speech UJUNGPANDANG, South Sulawesi (JP): A local political observer on Friday criticized the incumbent President B.J. Habibie's accountability speech, saying that what he said in his speech "does not concur with the reality on the ground".

Sat, 16 Oct 1999

JP/Heidelberger raises RI stake

Heidelberger raises RI stake BRUSSELS (Dow Jones): The chairman of German cement company Heidelberger AG, Rolf Huelstrunk, said Friday the company would take a decision on increasing its stake in Indonesia's PT Indocement Tunggal Prakarsa by December.

Sat, 16 Oct 1999

JP/Stock quotations on JSX

Stock quotations on JSXStock prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (in rupiah) on Oct. 15, 1999: Shares Close Change TradingVolume ------------------------------------------------------------- Ades Alfindo 475 0 0 AHAP ...

Sat, 16 Oct 1999

JP/Three factions reject speech

Three factions reject speech JAKARTA (JP): Three of the seven factions presenting a response to President B.J. Habibie's accountability report at the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) flatly rejected the President's speech, while the other four remained vague in their final conclusions.

Sat, 16 Oct 1999

JP/Loanwords: Imperialism or modernization?

Loanwords: Imperialism or modernization?By Setiono JAKARTA (JP): In commemorating this year's Language and Literature month which falls in October, Minister of Education and Culture Juwono Sudarsono stated that there was an excessive use of foreign language by attendants of the ongoing ...

Sat, 16 Oct 1999

JP/Host players fail in tennis quarterfinals

Host players fail in tennis quarterfinals JAKARTA (JP): Indonesian tennis players had a disappointing day on the courts, as not one singles player managed to advance to the quarterfinals of the Indonesia Men's Future F6 and the Indonesia Women's Circuit 3 at the Danamon tennis complex ...

Sat, 16 Oct 1999

JP/Tap water tariffs to increase by 25%

Tap water tariffs to increase by 25% JAKARTA (JP): Deputy Governor for Development Affairs Budihardjo Sukmadi said on Friday that the city administration would increase tap water tariffs by an average of 25 percent as of July next year."Water tariffs will increase by 25 percent in July next year.

Sat, 16 Oct 1999

JP/Govt to finance agricultural bank

Govt to finance agricultural bank JAKARTA (ANTARA): The government will provide 70 percent of the about Rp 3.5 trillion (about US$465 million) needed to operate the planned agricultural bank, a minister said.Minister of Agriculture Soleh Solahuddin said the other 30 percent, or about Rp 1.

Sat, 16 Oct 1999

JP/Habibie vs. the People

Habibie vs. the People Just one day after President B.J. Habibie delivered his impassioned speech before the country's supreme policy-making body, the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR), to justify the policies he has taken over the past 16 months that he has been in power, it is crystal clear ...

Sat, 16 Oct 1999

JP/MPR building hides romantic stories

MPR building hides romantic stories The Jakarta administration lists buildings as protected not only based on age, but also according to the history and function of the building.

Sat, 16 Oct 1999

JP/Habibie-Wiranto scenario?

Habibie-Wiranto scenario? I have read in a newspaper that the Functional Group (Golkar) Party, at Habibie's request, will make a decision to nominate Habibie and Gen. Wiranto as president and vice president in the 1999 General Session of the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR).

Sat, 16 Oct 1999

JP/Bosowa begins cement exports

Bosowa begins cement exports JAKARTA (JP): South Sulawesi cement company PT Semen Bosowa Maros shipped on Thursday its first export of 15,000 metric tons to the Middle East.

Sat, 16 Oct 1999

JP/Habibie-Wiranto duet

Habibie-Wiranto duet I deplore Habibie's statement to the effect that ethnicity is one of the reasons for choosing Wiranto as his running mate in the next presidential elections. Such a narrow-minded statement will certainly cause Indonesia -- a multiethnic nation -- to disintegrate further.

Sat, 16 Oct 1999

JP/Where to go in Jakarta: Saturday, Oct. 16, 1999

Where to go in Jakarta: Saturday, Oct. 16, 1999Church Services * Church of Christ Worship Service in English, in the dining room, Graha Purna Wira Polri, Jl. Darmawangsa III no. 2, Kebayoran Baru, South Jakarta, on Sunday, 5 p.m. Further information contact Donald L. Goodman 336244.

Sat, 16 Oct 1999

JP/Mother and son killed in rented house

Mother and son killed in rented house JAKARTA (JP): A mother and her son were brutally murdered in their rental home in Kampung Gunung Utara, Ciputat, South Jakarta, on Thursday night, police and hospital officials said on Friday.

Sat, 16 Oct 1999

JP/Like a bad dream

Like a bad dream June 7 general election showed us which parties or figures should represent the people in the House of Representatives/People's Consultative Assembly. However, since the elections we have seen a number of paradoxical events occur.

Sat, 16 Oct 1999

JP/Pakistan: The biggest "failed state"

Pakistan: The biggest "failed state"By Gwynne Dyer LONDON (JP): We have just had our first military coup in a country with nuclear weapons and while you can certainly blame India for forcing Pakistan into testing its "Islamic" bombs by carrying out its own nuclear weapons tests last year, the ...

Sat, 16 Oct 1999

JP/Habibie's speech gains more disapproval

Habibie's speech gains more disapproval JAKARTA (JP): An increasing number of economists and political analysts deemed President B.J.

Sat, 16 Oct 1999

JP/Amien's schedule prone to change

Amien's schedule prone to change JAKARTA (JP): Despite his new post as People's Consultative Assembly speaker, it looks as though Amien Rais has done nothing to conform to protocol.

Sat, 16 Oct 1999

JP/Gus Dur's role as nation's mentor

Gus Dur's role as nation's mentorBy Idris Kyrway JAKARTA (JP): The National Awakening Party has made a u-turn by supporting Abdurrahman Wahid, also known as Gus Dur, for president, and no longer Megawati Sukarnoputri, leader of the winning party, the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle ...

Sat, 16 Oct 1999

JP/AMPS operators plan tie-up to boost services

AMPS operators plan tie-up to boost services JAKARTA (JP): Operators of the country's three analog system Advanced Mobile Phone Service (AMPS) are considering joining forces to provide prepaid services.

Sat, 16 Oct 1999

JP/Sukarno's former home to be reconstructed

Sukarno's former home to be reconstructed JAKARTA (JP): The city administration will begin next year reconstruction of demolished residence of the late president Sukarno in the Central Jakarta's Pegangsaan subdistrict.

Sat, 16 Oct 1999

JP/Habibie's speech invites applause

Habibie's speech invites applause JAKARTA (JP): President B.J. Habibie's accountability speech, whether because it was good, bad or extremely controversial, was met with at least 47 rounds of applause and three interruptions by the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) members on Thursday.

Sat, 16 Oct 1999

JP/The persons behind president's accountability speech

The persons behind president's accountability speech JAKARTA (JP): Who were the people behind the scenes, those who compiled President B.J.

Sat, 16 Oct 1999

JP/Golkar figures promoted

Golkar figures promoted JAKARTA (JP): Four retired military officers who head Golkar Party's provincial chapters had their ranks promoted on Thursday.They reported their special promotion to Indonesian Military (TNI) chief Gen.

Sat, 16 Oct 1999

JP/Will older mean wiser when it comes to war?

Will older mean wiser when it comes to war?By John Rowley LONDON: While the 20th century has been marked by a huge and unprecedented explosion in the human population -- from 1.5 billion in 1900 to six billion today -- the 21st century will be one in which population stabilizes and grows older.

Sat, 16 Oct 1999

JP/Members say Habibie played with the truth

Members say Habibie played with the truth JAKARTA (JP): Factions in the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) can give their overview of President B.J. Habibie's accountability speech, and may even choose to reject it, but the final say will be up to individual Assembly members.

Sat, 16 Oct 1999

JP/Car thieves arrested in Bogor

Car thieves arrested in Bogor BOGOR (JP): Local police arrested two alleged car thieves in Cibenteng Udik, Parung district, an officer said on Friday.Bogor Police chief Col.

Sat, 16 Oct 1999

JP/IPB, Uncen join Freeport project

IPB, Uncen join Freeport project BOGOR (JP): The Bogor Agricultural Institute (IPB) and the Jayapura-based Cendrawasih University (Uncen) were asked to fertilize 32,000 hectares of land in Irian Jaya belonging to PT Freeport.

Sat, 16 Oct 1999

JP/Festival puts Indonesia's folk arts heritage on the map

Festival puts Indonesia's folk arts heritage on the map JAKARTA (JP): Dancers woo onlookers with their erotically charged movements in the Gandrung Banyuwangi dance, beckoning them into an arena which usually measures eight meters by six meters.

Sat, 16 Oct 1999

JP/TV today

TV todayTVRI 5:30 a.m. Religious Teachings 6:00 News: Two Hours Only 8:00 Children's Program 9:00 General Session of MPR (live) 10:30 Interval 2:00 p.m.

Sat, 16 Oct 1999

JP/Thrills, sci-fi and a dud spoof at the movies

Thrills, sci-fi and a dud spoof at the movies JAKARTA (JP): Here is the lineup of movies playing at local movie theaters, with reviews and grades by Rayya Makarim and Tam Notosusanto.Arlington Road; thriller; starring Jeff Bridges, Tim Robbins, Joan Cusack and Hope Davis.

Sat, 16 Oct 1999

JP/RI shuttlers reach quarters

RI shuttlers reach quarters JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia's men's singles shuttler managed to reach the quarterfinals of the US$120,000 V6 Danish Open in Vejle, Denmark, but Indonesia's women's singles had to pack up early as they lost in the quarterfinals on Thursday evening.

Sat, 16 Oct 1999

JP/Rupiah gains strength as Habibie's prospects dim

Rupiah gains strength as Habibie's prospects dim JAKARTA (JP): The rupiah increased slightly against the U.S. dollar in thin trading on Friday due to lessening concern that B.J. Habibie would remain president.

Sat, 16 Oct 1999

JP/Bali windsurfing event looks promising

Bali windsurfing event looks promisingBy Lukman Natanagara DENPASAR, Bali (JP): Although there are still three months to go before the Aerowisata Windsurfing Championships begin, the event has received an enthusiastic response from windsurfers throughout the world.

Sat, 16 Oct 1999

JP/Troops to go all out to protect election: Wiranto

Troops to go all out to protect election: Wiranto JAKARTA (JP): Indonesian Military (TNI) Commander Gen.

Sat, 16 Oct 1999

JP/Hitchcock retrospective at Utan Kayu

Hitchcock retrospective at Utan KayuBy Tam Notosusanto JAKARTA (JP): Yes, the master of suspense is a hundred years old. Too bad he is not around anymore to say "Good evening. Welcome to tonight's program..." with his thick English accent and sardonic charm.

Sat, 16 Oct 1999

JP/Bobby Parks to teach basketball

Bobby Parks to teach basketball JAKARTA (JP): Former NBA Atlanta Hawk player Bobby Parks will lead a brief course on basketball skills during the 1999 A Mild Basket Camp, along with top club Aspac.

Sat, 16 Oct 1999

JP/Wiranto as vice president?

Wiranto as vice president? Whoever nominates Gen. Wiranto for the next vice president should consider the following facts.1. Kidnapping, murder, torture, rape, excessive use of power to counteract demonstrations and crimes against humanity remain unsolved.

Sat, 16 Oct 1999

JP/Prompt service needed

Prompt service needed Singapore Airlines has the highest flight frequency from Jakarta to Singapore and vice versa. It has seven flights a day, seven days a week. Even Garuda Indonesia has only four flights daily to Singapore.

Sat, 16 Oct 1999

JP/Ambon council rejects RMS team

Ambon council rejects RMS team AMBON, Maluku: Maluku Provincial Legislative Council chairman Jopie Papilaya rejected the planned visit of a group of Dutch citizens from the self-declared South Maluku Republic (RMS) to the troubled territory, Antara reported on Thursday.

Sat, 16 Oct 1999

JP/U.S. rejection of CTBT spurs free for all

U.S. rejection of CTBT spurs free for allBy Ian Black LONDON: The U.S. senate vote rejecting ratification of the comprehensive test ban treaty (CTBT) could turn decades of efforts to halt the spread of nuclear weapons into a free for all and unravel other key arms control agreements.

Sat, 16 Oct 1999

JP/Telecoms society proposes new ministry

Telecoms society proposes new ministry JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesian Telecommunications Society (Mastel) proposed on Thursday the establishment of a new ministry to oversee telecommunications, broadcasting, multimedia and information technology.

Sat, 16 Oct 1999

JP/RI ups handicraft sales

RI ups handicraft sales JAKARTA (JP): The country expects to earn US$2 billion from handicraft exports this year, the Indonesian Handicraft Producers and Exporters Association projects.

Sat, 16 Oct 1999

JP/Explosives destroy house in C. Java

Explosives destroy house in C. Java TEMANGGUNG, Central Java: A house was destroyed and five others were damaged when two sacks containing explosives for firecrackers exploded in Brojolan village, Temanggung district, on Wednesday.

Sat, 16 Oct 1999

JP/Thousands protest province's division

Thousands protest province's division JAYAPURA, Irian Jaya: Thousands of protesters occupied the gubernatorial office here on Friday, following a peaceful protest the previous day against a bill which will divide Irian Jaya into three provinces.

Sat, 16 Oct 1999

JP/PSSI expels Kurniawan, Halim from national team

PSSI expels Kurniawan, Halim from national team JAKARTA (JP): Top striker Kurniawan Dwi Yulianto and goalie M. Halim were eliminated from the national team competing in the Asia Cup, coach Nandar Iskandar announced on Friday.

Sat, 16 Oct 1999

JP/'I thought I was dead', says injured photo journalist

'I thought I was dead', says injured photo journalistInjured journalist tells of being runover by police jeep (not this heading since we already run the story y'day-bsr) JAKARTA (JP): "I thought I was dead," photojournalist Daniel Supriyono of Warta Kota daily said on Friday of being knocked down ...

Sat, 16 Oct 1999

JP/Buari wins Matoa Invitational

Buari wins Matoa Invitational JAKARTA (JP): Buari from Yani Golf Club scored one-under-par 71 on Friday to win the four-day 1999 National Matoa Invitational tournament at the Matoa golf course in Ciganjur, South Jakarta.

Sat, 16 Oct 1999

JP/Pick of the Flicks (for Saturday, Oct. 16, 1999)

Pick of the Flicks (for Saturday, Oct. 16, 1999)Hollywood KC Leslie Nielsen Is Wrongfully Accused 14:15 16:55 19:05 21:15 Arlington Road 14:55 17:35 19:45 21:55 The Sixth Sense 14:15 16:55 19:05 21:15 The General's Daughter ...