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Searching for all articles published on 1999-06-08 ...

42 articles.

Tue, 08 Jun 1999

JP/Party leaders join voting queues

Party leaders join voting queues JAKARTA (JP): President B.J. Habibie reprimanded his bodyguards for trying to scare off journalists who bombarded him with questions after voting, while his predecessor Soeharto thanked those wishing him a happy birthday, which falls on Tuesday.

Tue, 08 Jun 1999

JP/Prices rise as voters flock polls

Prices rise as voters flock polls BOGOR, West Java: The price of vegetables here were among items affected by the poll as traders gathered at polling stations with other residents.

Tue, 08 Jun 1999

JP/IBRA to get tough on defiant debtors

IBRA to get tough on defiant debtors JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesian Bank Restructuring Agency (IBRA) says it will not hesitate to take litigation measures against uncooperative bank debtors in order to recover massive non-performing loans at local banks.

Tue, 08 Jun 1999

JP/Observers say elections free, fair and safe

Observers say elections free, fair and safe JAKARTA (JP): Observers, contestants and officials were impressed by Monday's elections which proceeded without significant hurdles except in troubled Aceh.

Tue, 08 Jun 1999

JP/Todung's office burglarized, documents missing

Todung's office burglarized, documents missing JAKARTA (JP): Prominent lawyer Todung Mulya Lubis's office in Wisma Bank Dharmala on Jl. Sudirman, South Jakarta, was burgled before dawn on Monday.

Tue, 08 Jun 1999

JP/Athletes perform poorly in registration and voting

Athletes perform poorly in registration and voting JAKARTA (JP): National athletes may triumph on the domestic and international stages, but in the June 7 general election they came out losers.

Tue, 08 Jun 1999

JP/Presidential contenders keep Habibie on his toe

Presidential contenders keep Habibie on his toeBy Kornelius Purba JAKARTA (JP): What is President B.J.

Tue, 08 Jun 1999

JP/Coal investment declines

Coal investment declines JAKARTA (JP): The country's coal investors have pledged a total investment of US$199.5 million for this calendar year, a sharp fall from the realized investment of $287.9 million last year, according to a government official.

Tue, 08 Jun 1999

JP/Many Acehnese voters stay away from voting process

Many Acehnese voters stay away from voting process LHOKSEUMAWE, Aceh (JP): Calls for an election boycott in the troubled province of Aceh were realized on Monday, as the gas- rich city turned into a ghost town.

Tue, 08 Jun 1999

JP/Ideal president needed

Ideal president needed Leaders of a nation have the responsibility to protect and provide for the people. A good president must be an exemplary citizen who upholds the law for the benefit of all, not bending it for personal gain.

Tue, 08 Jun 1999

JP/PDI Perjuangan out to win

PDI Perjuangan out to win MEDAN, North Sumatra: The Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI Perjuangan) vowed on Friday not to let the chance of winning next week's polls slip from its grasp.

Tue, 08 Jun 1999

JP/TV today

TV todayTVRI 5:30 a.m. Religious Teachings 6:00 News: Two Hours Only 8:00 Children's Songs 8:30 Family's Program 9:00 Music 10:00 Interval 2:00 p.m.

Tue, 08 Jun 1999

JP/Student suspect in housemaid's murder

Student suspect in housemaid's murder BOGOR (JP): Bogor Police have arrested a man who allegedly murdered a housemaid during a robbery at Cimanggu housing complex here on Friday.The man was identified as Rino Siswanto, 21, a student of an academy in Bogor, Antara reported on Sunday.

Tue, 08 Jun 1999

JP/Ghalib to resign from wrestling body

Ghalib to resign from wrestling body JAKARTA (JP): Attorney General Lt. Gen. Andi M. Ghalib said on Monday he would resign as chairman of the Indonesian Wrestling Association (PGSI), following allegations he had abused his position to collect donations from the public, including two tycoons.

Tue, 08 Jun 1999

JP/Golkar prods civil servants

Golkar prods civil servants SEMARANG: The head of the Central Java election committee Gunanto Suryono charged the Tegal branch of the Golkar Party of urging civil servants to vote for Golkar.

Tue, 08 Jun 1999

JP/Jepara calm after fatal clash

Jepara calm after fatal clash JEPARA, Central Java: The tension had eased by Monday in the neighboring villages of Bandungharjo and Tulakan in Keling district of Jepara regency, after a vicious clash between residents of the two villagers on Friday.

Tue, 08 Jun 1999

JP/Reconciling critics of the social safety net

Reconciling critics of the social safety netBy Sri Pamoedjo Rahardjo This is the second of two articles on social safe net.

Tue, 08 Jun 1999

JP/Floods ruin poll, 1,000 votes lost

Floods ruin poll, 1,000 votes lost JAYAPURA, Irian Jaya: Two polling stations in the Hedam subdistrict in Abepura district, Jayapura, failed to function because of flooding."All evidence of voter registration also went under water," a committee official, Yance Lali, told The Jakarta Post.

Tue, 08 Jun 1999

JP/Indonesia to hire foreign investigator

Indonesia to hire foreign investigator JAKARTA (JP): President B.J. Habibie has agreed to hire a foreign private investigator to trace any money obtained through graft and deposited abroad by Indonesians, including assets allegedly owned by former president Soeharto and his children, Minister of ...

Tue, 08 Jun 1999

JP/Ananda's sensational Formula 3000 debut

Ananda's sensational Formula 3000 debut JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia's best racing hope Ananda Mikola finished fifth in a sensational debut in the Formula 3000 initial round at Vallelunga Circuit in Italy on Sunday. He also collected two championship points.

Tue, 08 Jun 1999

JP/Where to go in Bandung:

Where to go in Bandung:Exhibitions * Fine Arts Exhibition: by Arahmaiani, at CCF, Jl. Purnawarman 32, Jun. 10 and Jun. 17. * Fine Arts Exhibition: Batu Melangkah Waktu, by Sunaryo, at Selasar Seni Sunaryo, Jl. Bukit Pakar Timur no. 100 (Phone: 022 2507939), until Jun. 30.

Tue, 08 Jun 1999

JP/East Timorese ignore vote boycott call

East Timorese ignore vote boycott call JAKARTA (JP): Morning drizzle and the absence of prominent Catholic leader Bishop Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo did not stop people in Dili, East Timor, from going to the polls on Monday.

Tue, 08 Jun 1999

JP/Pickpocket fatally mobbed at terminal

Pickpocket fatally mobbed at terminal JAKARTA (JP): A mob at Kampung Rambutan intercity bus terminal in East Jakarta mobbed to death an alleged thief on Sunday morning.The incident occurred at around 9 a.m.

Tue, 08 Jun 1999

JP/Ballot errors, fire disrupt Jakarta polls

Ballot errors, fire disrupt Jakarta polls JAKARTA (JP): A burning of a polling place, mockery and other complaints marked a cloudy election day on Monday in greater Jakarta while streets were deserted as residents lined up to vote.

Tue, 08 Jun 1999

JP/Police rearrest 11 escaped convicts

Police rearrest 11 escaped convicts JAKARTA: Eleven of the 49 prisoners who escaped from Mataram Penitentiary in West Nusa Tenggara on Sunday have been rearrested as of Monday, an official said.

Tue, 08 Jun 1999

JP/Polls shut out late voters

Polls shut out late voters MATARAM, West Nusa Tenggara: Thousands of citizens here lost voting rights as many did not vote by the time polling stations closed at 2 p.m. Committees were apparently unaware that although stations were to close ideally at 2 p.m.

Tue, 08 Jun 1999

JP/Maluku refugees keen to vote, tempers soar as hopes dashed

Maluku refugees keen to vote, tempers soar as hopes dashedBy Jupriadi BUTON, Southeast Sulawesi (JP): Thousands of Maluku refugees at various shelters here put on their best clothes and, with their children in tow, arrived at least an hour early in excitement for Monday's polls.

Tue, 08 Jun 1999

JP/More buildings burned in N. Aceh

More buildings burned in N. Aceh BANDA ACEH, Aceh: The administration offices of Samalanga and Peudada districts in North Aceh regency were set on fire by unidentified people on Sunday night and Monday morning respectively.

Tue, 08 Jun 1999

JP/Minor parties sign agreement

Minor parties sign agreement MATARAM, West Nusa Tenggara: In response to a deal on vote sharing struck by Muslim-based parties, four minor parties contesting next week's polls here signed the same agreement recently.Chief of the Justice and Unity Party (PKP) provincial chapter, M.

Tue, 08 Jun 1999

JP/Pick of the Flicks

Pick of the FlicksHollywood KC: Gloria 14:15 16:55 19:05 21:15 Simply Irresistible 14:55 17:35 19:45 21:55 Patch Adams 14:15 16:55 19:05 21:15 Message In A Bottle 14:30 18:00 21:30 Habitat ...

Tue, 08 Jun 1999

JP/Garuda postpones low-load flights

Garuda postpones low-load flights TANGERANG (JP): National flag carrier Garuda Indonesia postponed nine flights from Soekarno-Hatta International Airport on Monday due to low passenger loads, an executive said.

Tue, 08 Jun 1999

JP/One missing in Jayapura flood

One missing in Jayapura flood JAYAPURA, Irian Jaya: A university student is missing after flood waters inundated parts of this provincial capital and nearby Abepura district from Saturday to Sunday morning.

Tue, 08 Jun 1999

JP/Empowering ethnic Chinese

Empowering ethnic ChineseBy Ester I. Jusuf This is the first of two articles on challenges facing the ethnic Chinese in Indonesia.

Tue, 08 Jun 1999

JP/Less materials delay polls

Less materials delay polls MEDAN, North Sumatra: The election was delayed at several polling stations here because of a lack of polling material such as ballot paper, stamps and indelible ink.

Tue, 08 Jun 1999

JP/The task ahead

The task ahead By casting their votes on Monday, in what has widely been billed as the country's first democratic general election in more than 40 years, Indonesians have passed a major milestone in their 50-year history as a free nation.

Tue, 08 Jun 1999

JP/Minor electoral laws violation, say observers

Minor electoral laws violation, say observers JAKARTA (JP): Preliminary findings of poll observers on Monday revealed that despite minor violations of the electoral laws, the general election proceeded mostly peaceful.

Tue, 08 Jun 1999

JP/Thousands of Indonesians unable to vote

Thousands of Indonesians unable to vote JAKARTA (JP): Thousands of Indonesians who live in Serawak, Malaysia, were upset about wasting their right to vote in Monday's polls because they could not leave school or work, a poll observer said.

Tue, 08 Jun 1999

JP/A hair-raising polling booth

A hair-raising polling booth SEMARANG: Poll officials in a poor neighborhood here had to go to the local funeral parlor to borrow shrouds, usually used to wrap corpses, to build a pooling booth.

Tue, 08 Jun 1999

JP/Glitches abound in Surabaya polls

Glitches abound in Surabaya polls SURABAYA: The capital of East Java, like many other cities, became a ghost town when residents went to the polls but problems appeared in many of the 3,656 polling stations there.

Tue, 08 Jun 1999

JP/Opposition parties take early lead

Opposition parties take early lead JAKARTA (JP): Approximately 100 million Indonesians went on Monday to the milestone polls which proceeded mainly peacefully, with Megawati Soekarnoputri's Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI Perjuangan) snatching an early lead.

Tue, 08 Jun 1999

JP/Toward a better Indonesia

Toward a better Indonesia As Indonesians have executed their voting rights (June 7), the freest and fairest national elections in 34 year, I think that the country should be proud of having prominent reformist leaders like Amien Rais of the National Mandate Party, Megawati Soekarnoputri of the ...

Tue, 08 Jun 1999

JP/Cautious investors hold off on tourist projects

Cautious investors hold off on tourist projects JAKARTA (JP): None of this year's government-approved foreign and domestic investment plans in tourism have been realized, a senior official has confirmed.