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Searching for all articles published on 1999-10-18 ...

45 articles.

Mon, 18 Oct 1999

JP/Where to go in Jakarta:

Where to go in Jakarta:Museums * Bayt Al-Qur'an Museum, at Taman Mini Indonesia Indah, Bambu Apus, East Jakarta (Phone: 8416466), Monday to Sunday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. * Adam Malik Museum, Jl. Diponegoro 29, Menteng, Central Jakarta (Phone: 337403), Tuesday to Saturday, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Sunday, 9 a.

Mon, 18 Oct 1999

JP/Habibie's speech gets mixed reactions

Habibie's speech gets mixed reactions JAKARTA (JP): President B.J. Habibie's speech to defend his beleaguered administration before the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) on Sunday drew mixed reactions from various circles.

Mon, 18 Oct 1999

JP/Council rejects Irian provincial division

Council rejects Irian provincial division JAYAPURA, Irian Jaya: The Irian Jaya Legislative Council on Saturday rejected the central government's policy to divide the province into three new provinces, and demanded the next president revoke the decree installing two new governors for the territory.

Mon, 18 Oct 1999

JP/President Habibie makes final plea on East Timor

President Habibie makes final plea on East Timor JAKARTA (JP): President B.J. Habibie made a final impassioned plea before the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) on Sunday to ratify the results of the Aug.

Mon, 18 Oct 1999

JP/Analysts stage silent strike

Analysts stage silent strike JAKARTA (JP): Journalists without sources resemble someone who loses his or her lover -- the person from whom one seeks inspiration.

Mon, 18 Oct 1999

JP/Reporter laments guards' action

Reporter laments guards' action JAKARTA (JP): What would you miss the most if you were a reporter? No access to the country's most important agenda, for one.A female reporter who works for private TV station SCTV experienced such a plight on Sunday when President B.J.

Mon, 18 Oct 1999

JP/Indosat says no to Telkom merger plan

Indosat says no to Telkom merger planBy Christiani S.A. Tumelap JAKARTA (JP): Listed state-owned international telephone operator PT Indosat has opposed a plan to merge it with state- owned domestic telecommunications provider PT Telkom.

Mon, 18 Oct 1999

JP/Community media business hits housing complexes

Community media business hits housing complexesBy Stevie Emilia JAKARTA (JP): Veronica A., a housewife living in a Kelapa Gading housing complex, North Jakarta, panicked when her three- year-old daughter fell and injured her elbow.

Mon, 18 Oct 1999

JP/Participating in violence 'is harmful to youngsters'

Participating in violence 'is harmful to youngsters' JAKARTA (JP): Psychologists have expressed deep concern over the active role of children in clashes between security officers and students on main thoroughfares in the city last week.

Mon, 18 Oct 1999

JP/Six die in house blaze

Six die in house blaze TANGERANG (JP): Six family members died when their two-story house on Jl. Leo Baru, Batu Sari, was gutted in a fire early on Sunday morning, a police official said.Tangerang Police chief Lt. Col. Pudji Hartanto said the fire started at 2 a.m., when the family was asleep.

Mon, 18 Oct 1999

JP/Asian values haunt Indonesia's future

Asian values haunt Indonesia's futureBy Christopher Lingle HONG KONG (JP): There was at least one benefit from the recent crises afflicting East Asia. The slump in the region's economies seems to have dampened the stridency of the proponents of Asian values.

Mon, 18 Oct 1999

JP/Aneka Tambang clarifies

Aneka Tambang clarifies I refer to your news article German bank to finance ferronickel project on Oct. 14, 1999. The article updated the current status of PT Aneka Tambang's FeNI III Nickel Expansion Project.

Mon, 18 Oct 1999

JP/MPR sets up commissions

MPR sets up commissions JAKARTA (JP): The People's Consultative Assembly (MPR), the country's highest legislative body, set up on Sunday four commissions with the task of debating the various decrees proposed by the MPR working committees, including rulings on the fate of East Timor and incumbent ...

Mon, 18 Oct 1999

JP/Habibie told to have moral ethics on his presidential candidacy

Habibie told to have moral ethics on his presidential candidacy JAKARTA (JP): Observers called on President B.J. Habibie over the weekend to have the moral ethics to withdraw his presidential bid if his accountability speech is rejected by the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR).

Mon, 18 Oct 1999

JP/Witnesses claim Interfet shoots two East Timorese

Witnesses claim Interfet shoots two East Timorese JAKARTA (JP): International Force for East Timor (Interfet) troops shot dead on Saturday two East Timorese residents of Atabae subdistrict, Bobonaro regency, 197 km west of Dili, Antara reported.

Mon, 18 Oct 1999

JP/Life insurance business expected to forge ahead

Life insurance business expected to forge ahead JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesian Insurance Council (DAI) predicts that this year's life insurance industry will far exceed 1998's growth, after their survey shows a better than expected growth level during the first half of 1999.

Mon, 18 Oct 1999

JP/Professor says Indonesia liable to disintegrate

Professor says Indonesia liable to disintegrate SEMARANG (JP): A U.S. professor has warned that Indonesia is extremely vulnerable to disintegration and that a leader who has the ability to maintain the unity of this archipelagic country is badly needed.

Mon, 18 Oct 1999

JP/Teach people democracy properly

Teach people democracy properly I read in The Jakarta Post on Oct. 13, 1999, that researchers from the National Institute of Sciences urged the People's Consultative Assembly not to make incumbent B.J. Habibie the next president.

Mon, 18 Oct 1999

JP/Pare-pare residents show support for local hero

Pare-pare residents show support for local hero PARE-PARE, South Sulawesi(JP): Jakarta may have been the scene of fervent and sometimes violent protests against President B.J.

Mon, 18 Oct 1999

JP/Garuda opens new routes

Garuda opens new routes JAKARTA (JP): Garuda Indonesia will increase the frequency of its Express service for Jakarta-Surabaya route from eight times a day to 12 times a day starting Oct. 31.

Mon, 18 Oct 1999

JP/Habibie's brinkmanship

Habibie's brinkmanship Four parties, including two of the biggest factions in the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR), rejected President B.J. Habibie's accountability report outright.

Mon, 18 Oct 1999

JP/Test Ban Treaty defeat a step toward nuclear war

Test Ban Treaty defeat a step toward nuclear warBy Jonathan Power LONDON (JP): President Bill Clinton's inability to win enough Senate votes to win ratification of the American-sponsored Test Ban Treaty is one more milestone on the way to inevitable nuclear conflict.

Mon, 18 Oct 1999

JP/PDI Perjuangan 'unlikely to pick' Wiranto as partner

PDI Perjuangan 'unlikely to pick' Wiranto as partner JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI Perjuangan) hinted on Sunday that it was unlikely to pick Minister of Defense/Indonesian Military Commander General Wiranto as the vice presidential running mate of Megawati ...

Mon, 18 Oct 1999

JP/ERP is not only for big firms that can afford SAP

ERP is not only for big firms that can afford SAPBy Zatni Arbi JAKARTA (JP): Take a close look at the new Jaguar S-Type and the sleek Lincoln LS. At a glance you may see more differences than similarities.

Mon, 18 Oct 1999

JP/Nation glued to MPR broadcasts

Nation glued to MPR broadcasts DENPASAR, Bali: Live broadcasts of the General Session of the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) should top television ratings, at least for viewers in this land of paradise.

Mon, 18 Oct 1999

JP/Fears of postelection violence on the rise

Fears of postelection violence on the rise JAKARTA (JP): Experts have warned that Indonesia's only hope to prevent mass riots from happening in the country in the postpresidential election period is to appoint a new credible government.

Mon, 18 Oct 1999

JP/Teenager allegedly kills newborn son

Teenager allegedly kills newborn son BOGOR (JP): A 14-year-old girl called Sartini allegedly killed her newborn soon, shortly after delivering the infant on Friday at noon, an official said on Saturday.

Mon, 18 Oct 1999

JP/N. Sumatra Council lacks board leader

N. Sumatra Council lacks board leader MEDAN, North Sumatra: Despite the installment of fresh North Sumatra legislators over a month ago, the local council is yet to elect its board leader due to an internal dispute.

Mon, 18 Oct 1999

JP/Police shoot dead suspected drug dealer, seize 200 grams of heroin

Police shoot dead suspected drug dealer, seize 200 grams of heroin JAKARTA (JP): City police detectives shot dead a 26-year-old Liberian drug dealer at his rented home on Friday evening, an officer said.

Mon, 18 Oct 1999

JP/Presidential poll, court 'fatwa' to weigh on JSX

Presidential poll, court 'fatwa' to weigh on JSX JAKARTA (JP): The country's presidential election and the release of the Supreme Court's legal opinion on the Bank Bali scandal will weigh significantly on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (JSX) this week.

Mon, 18 Oct 1999

JP/No time to eat at luxury hotel

No time to eat at luxury hotel JAKARTA (JP): The late night sessions at the General Session of the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) have led one legislator to miss out on his meal vouchers from the five-star Jakarta Hilton Hotel.

Mon, 18 Oct 1999

JP/Draft decree to prevent disintegration proposed

Draft decree to prevent disintegration proposed JAKARTA (JP): Golkar chairman Akbar Tandjung said his party will propose to the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) a draft decree on national unity to prevent the nation's disintegration.

Mon, 18 Oct 1999

JP/Police arrest suspects in pawnshop theft

Police arrest suspects in pawnshop theft JAKARTA (JP): Detectives from the South Jakarta Police arrested three of the seven suspects in the robbery of the branch office of state-owned Perum Pegadaian pawnshop, in which the thieves made off with Rp 8 billion (US$1 million) in jewelry.

Mon, 18 Oct 1999

JP/Pick of the Flicks

Pick of the FlicksHollywood 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 14:55 17:35 19:45 ...

Mon, 18 Oct 1999

JP/Hexindo signs $5.4m deal

Hexindo signs $5.4m deal JAKARTA (JP): Publicly listed PT Hexindo Adiperkasa, a Hitachi heavy equipment distributor company has secured a US$5.4 million contract to supply heavy equipment to PT Wirakarya Sakti.

Mon, 18 Oct 1999

JP/MPR may resort to voting on Habibie's speech

MPR may resort to voting on Habibie's speech JAKARTA (JP): Rejection by four factions in the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) of President B.J.

Mon, 18 Oct 1999

JP/Pro-Megawati supporters lead rallies on Java

Pro-Megawati supporters lead rallies on Java JAKARTA (JP): Thousands of Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI Perjuangan) supporters staged simultaneous protests in major cities on Java on Sunday, encouraging Megawati Soekarnoputri to continue her struggle for presidency.

Mon, 18 Oct 1999

JP/Health care vital for MPR members

Health care vital for MPR membersBy Emmy Fitri JAKARTA (JP): Nothing is more important for a politician than to receive a literal and figurative clean bill of health if he or she wants to forge a brilliant career.

Mon, 18 Oct 1999

JP/Reformist cause is still swaying

Reformist cause is still swaying The pendulum of truth will continue swaying until Oct. 20, 1999, when a new president is elected and a new era will begin, the second era of reform and deformation.

Mon, 18 Oct 1999

JP/Golkar Party seeks alternative candidate

Golkar Party seeks alternative candidate JAKARTA (JP): The Golkar Party's central board of executives is seeking an alternative presidential candidate in anticipation of a possible rejection of President B.J.

Mon, 18 Oct 1999

JP/TV today

TV todayTVRI 5:30 a.m. Religious Teachings 6:00 News 8:00 Talk Show 9:15 Music 9:25 Talk Show 10:17 Music 10:30 Talk Show 11:00 Music 1:00 p.m.

Mon, 18 Oct 1999

JP/A murder suspect declared

A murder suspect declared JAKARTA (JP): Police found strands of hair in the fingernails of Sarah, who was killed along with her three-year-old son on Thursday night, in their rented house in Kampung Gunung Utara, Ciputat subdistrict, South Jakarta, an officer said.

Mon, 18 Oct 1999

JP/Habibie makes last effort

Habibie makes last effort JAKARTA (JP): President B.J. Habibie staunchly defended his achievements and magnanimously asked for forgiveness for all his shortcomings in a last-ditch attempt on Sunday to convince the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) to accept his accountability report.

Mon, 18 Oct 1999

JP/Kaneko wins Futures F6

Kaneko wins Futures F6 JAKARTA (JP): Hideki Kaneko of Japan defeated Danai Udomchoke of Thailand 6-4, 6-2 in the men's singles final to win the US$15,000 Futures F6 Indonesia tennis tournament on Sunday.

Mon, 18 Oct 1999

JP/Does Megawati still have a chance to win?

Does Megawati still have a chance to win?By Yulius P. Hermawan BANDUNG (JP): It is surprising to see political parties backroom deals in the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) General Session.