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36 articles.
Mon, 22 Feb 1999

JP/Student jumps from 5th floor to death

Student jumps from 5th floor to death JAKARTA (JP): A Sahid University student jumped to his death on Saturday from the fifth floor of the privately run university building on Jl. Soepomo, Tebet, South Jakarta.
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Mon, 22 Feb 1999

JP/Pick of the Flicks

Pick of the FlicksHollywood KC: Blade 14:15 16:55 19:05 21:15 Stepmom 14:55 17:35 19:45 21:55 An American Werewolf in Paris 14:15 16:55 19:05 21:15 There's Something About Mary 14:55 17:35 19:45 21:55 Ronin ...
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Mon, 22 Feb 1999

JP/Nationalism may be an infantile disease

Nationalism may be an infantile diseaseBy David Jardine JAKARTA (JP): "Nationalism," the great scientist Albert Einstein once said, "is the measles of mankind, an infantile disease." It is often rather easy to agree with him.
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Mon, 22 Feb 1999

JP/Flat tire robbery

Flat tire robbery A few days back a sharpened tube, installed in a piece of cardboard, was placed on the road and when my car ran over it one of my tires went flat within 200 meters. My being experienced with flat tires, we did not stop the car until in a well lit area, next to a security post.
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Mon, 22 Feb 1999

JP/Two 'ojek' drivers arrested over Jl. Sabang blast

Two 'ojek' drivers arrested over Jl. Sabang blast JAKARTA (JP): Police have arrested two ojek (motorcycle taxi) drivers in connection with a bomb blast which damaged a vacant department store on Jl. H. Agus Salim in Central Jakarta early last month, an officer said on Saturday.
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Mon, 22 Feb 1999

JP/Archeological forum, expo held

Archeological forum, expo held JAKARTA: The World Archeological Wonders International Conference and Exhibition opened on Sunday at Borobudur Temple in Yogyakarta. The opening was attended by scholars, heritage site managers and policy makers from home and abroad.
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Mon, 22 Feb 1999

JP/800 RI students drop out in Malaysia

800 RI students drop out in Malaysia SAMARINDA, East Kalimantan: The economic crisis has been blamed for the local education office's inaction over 800 Indonesian children who dropped out of elementary and secondary school in neighboring Tawao, Sabah, East Malaysia.
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Mon, 22 Feb 1999

JP/Trade promotion center opens in Batam

Trade promotion center opens in Batam JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Trade and Industry Rahardi Ramelan opened a trade promotion center in Batam on Saturday with a special plug for export-oriented handicrafts.
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Mon, 22 Feb 1999

JP/Indonesian stock market set to drift this week

Indonesian stock market set to drift this week JAKARTA (JP): Stock trading on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (JSX) is likely to increase slightly this week after last week's silence in the regional market, analysts said.
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Mon, 22 Feb 1999

JP/Wintel makes inroads in visual workstation market

Wintel makes inroads in visual workstation marketBy Zatni Arbi JAKARTA (JP): You may have noticed how the American and European auto industry is going through an interesting period. No, not the big mergers between Daimler Benz and Chrysler or between Ford and Jaguar.
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Mon, 22 Feb 1999

JP/No Telkom staff involved in phone tap: Nasution

No Telkom staff involved in phone tap: Nasution BANDUNG (JP): President of state-owned telecommunications company PT Telkom Asman Akhir Nasution insisted there was little possibility Telkom officials were involved in the reported taping of a phone conversation between President B.J.
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Mon, 22 Feb 1999

JP/Team of Eleven begins examining poll contestants

Team of Eleven begins examining poll contestants JAKARTA (JP): Members of the Team of Eleven, which is entrusted with the selection of poll contestants, begin their trips to provinces and regencies on Monday to investigate the suitability of political parties applying to contest the June ...
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Mon, 22 Feb 1999

JP/Council for People's Economy to be set up before elections

Council for People's Economy to be set up before elections JAKARTA (JP): Controversial Minister of Cooperatives and Small Enterprises Adi Sasono said on Saturday that the Council for the Development of the People's Economy would be launched before the general election in June.
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Mon, 22 Feb 1999

JP/Pelita Harapan University produces first graduates

Pelita Harapan University produces first graduates TANGERANG (JP): Pelita Harapan University -- dubbed the country's most expensive university -- marked its first graduation day on Saturday in a modest but joyful ceremony at its campus in Karawaci, Tangerang, west of Jakarta.
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Mon, 22 Feb 1999

JP/Bankers face difficulties raising cash

Bankers face difficulties raising cash JAKARTA (JP): Bankers have admitted that they are facing difficulties in obtaining the required 20 percent bank recapitalization funding amid the current economic crisis.
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Mon, 22 Feb 1999

JP/Bank employees urged to form workers unions

Bank employees urged to form workers unions JAKARTA (JP): Union leaders in the banking sector urged colleagues on Saturday to form unions in a desperate attempt to ease the impact of an expected layoff of some 30,000 workers in the near future.
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Mon, 22 Feb 1999

JP/Irianese oppose PT Freeport's expansion plan

Irianese oppose PT Freeport's expansion plan JAKARTA (JP): Irianese tribal groups living near PT Freeport Indonesia's Grasberg copper and gold mine are not letting up in their opposition to the mining company's plan to increase production.
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Mon, 22 Feb 1999

JP/Habibie enjoys music on a day of peace

Habibie enjoys music on a day of peace JAKARTA (JP): After a string of hectic days clouded by reports of a purported presidential conversation with his aide, President B.J. Habibie spent the weekend enjoying a musical show and giving advice on patience and self-control.
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Mon, 22 Feb 1999

JP/Hundreds of shoe factory workers poisoned

Hundreds of shoe factory workers poisoned BEKASI (JP): Hundreds of workers of shoe-manufacturing company PT Tong Yang Indonesia were admitted to at least five hospitals here for medical treatment on Thursday and Friday allegedly due to food poisoning at the factory's canteen.
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Mon, 22 Feb 1999

JP/Darkness envelops Madura for 3rd day

Darkness envelops Madura for 3rd day JAKARTA (JP): Nights on Madura Island, East Java, are now pitch dark and most activities requiring electricity have halted following a power outage on Friday caused by damage to the undersea main power cable.
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Mon, 22 Feb 1999

JP/Ministers assigned to visit Aceh warned of gravity of task

Ministers assigned to visit Aceh warned of gravity of task JAKARTA (JP): A team of six ministers assigned to visit Aceh have been warned of the gravity of its task given the deep public distrust, and even hatred, of the government due to former military operations in the northernmost province.
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Mon, 22 Feb 1999

JP/What is corporate culture?

What is corporate culture?By Rahayu Ratnaningsih This is the first of two articles on corporate culture. JAKARTA (JP): Few terms have been so frequently defined, yet so widely misunderstood, as corporate culture.
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Mon, 22 Feb 1999

JP/Rp 115 billion to repair markets

Rp 115 billion to repair markets JAKARTA: Rp 115 billion is needed to repair 11 marketplaces destroyed during last year's riots, said the Ministry of Public Works' director general for urban development, Gembong Priyono.Six out of the 11 markets are located in Jakarta.
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Mon, 22 Feb 1999

JP/TV today

TV todayTVRI 5:30 a.m. Religious Teachings 6:00 Morning News 6:30 News 7:00 Children's Songs 8:00 Music 8:30 TV Drama 9:00 Music 9:30 Interval 2:00 p.m.
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Mon, 22 Feb 1999

JP/Where to go in Jakarta:

Where to go in Jakarta:Exhibitions * Charity Painting Exhibition: Sri Hadhy, at World Trade Center, Jl. Jend. Sudirman Kav. 29-31, South Jakarta (Phone: 5211320), 10 a.m. to 9 p.m., until Feb. 28. * Painting Exhibition: by Lie Tjoen Tjay, Galeri Linggar, Jl. Kemang Timur No.
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Mon, 22 Feb 1999

JP/Austrian tourist, wife beaten by islanders

Austrian tourist, wife beaten by islanders TERNATE, North Maluku: Austrian tourist Marcus Hobbler, 29, and his Indonesian wife, Megawati Mangunsong, 21, were kidnapped and beaten on Thursday by several people in Dorarisa village on the island of Hiri, Antara reported.
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Mon, 22 Feb 1999

JP/Bomb scare diverts Merpati flight in E. Timor

Bomb scare diverts Merpati flight in E. Timor DILI (JP): A Merpati Nusantara Airlines flight carrying three prominent East Timor figures was diverted from Komoro Airport following a bomb scare, officials said.East Timor Governor Jose Osorio Abilio Soares, Police chief Col.
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Mon, 22 Feb 1999

JP/Soeharto chides ex-aides for faulting him

Soeharto chides ex-aides for faulting him JAKARTA (JP): Former president Soeharto has lashed out at a number of his former ministers, who, upon facing questions about their New Order record, shunned their responsibilities and lay the blame on him.Soeharto described to Yusuf A.R.
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Mon, 22 Feb 1999

JP/Damaged buildings can be renovated

Damaged buildings can be renovated TANGERANG (JP): Local authorities have given approval for renovating four shopping centers and a hotel which were burned and damaged during massive riots last May, an official said on Saturday.
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Mon, 22 Feb 1999

JP/Councilors vow to fight for more funds for road repairs

Councilors vow to fight for more funds for road repairs JAKARTA (JP): Two senior city councilors have vowed to fight for more funds for road repairs in the capital in the 1999/2000 city budget, which starts on April 1.
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Mon, 22 Feb 1999

JP/A goodwill gesture

A goodwill gesture The government's decision to raise regional minimum wages by an average of 16 percent could easily be taken as a gross insult considering the country suffered inflation of 77 percent in 1998.
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Mon, 22 Feb 1999

JP/Ocalan capture by Ankara creates chance and chaos

Ocalan capture by Ankara creates chance and chaosBy Gwynne Dyer LONDON (JP): The long controversy about causation is over.
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Mon, 22 Feb 1999

JP/120,000 phone lines returned to Telkom

120,000 phone lines returned to Telkom JAKARTA (JP): About 120,000 phone lines in the capital were returned to state-owned telecommunications operator PT Telkom last year for various reasons, an executive at the firm said on Sunday.
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Mon, 22 Feb 1999

JP/Ernst & Young no newcomer

Ernst & Young no newcomer Thank you for covering the story on Ernst & Young, Hanadi, Sarwoko $ Sandjaja on page eight of The Jakarta Post on Feb. 19, 1999, titled Ernst & Young tie up with local firms.However, we need to inform you there is an inaccuracy in the article.
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Mon, 22 Feb 1999

JP/Govt lifts ban on sending workers to Saudi Arabia

Govt lifts ban on sending workers to Saudi Arabia JAKARTA (JP): Talks between Saudi Arabia and Indonesia have resulted in lifting a temporary ban on sending workers to Saudi Arabia starting March 1.
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Mon, 22 Feb 1999

JP/Distrust in commercial court

Distrust in commercial court JAKARTA (JP): Sudjono, deputy chairman of the Indonesian Bar Association, deplored the increasing preference among Indonesian bankers to settle disputes with debtors at the high court in Singapore as lack of nationalism.
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