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Searching for all articles published on 1999-08-29 ...

32 articles.

Sun, 29 Aug 1999

JP/Tension darkens Timor before vote

Tension darkens Timor before vote The day before Monday's historic ballot, East Timorese families were still burying their dead, killed in clashes on the streets of Dili. Although it is controversial, the ballot is supposed to be the first step on the road to peace for inhabitants here.

Sun, 29 Aug 1999

JP/Julia is not just a feminist and femme fatale

Julia is not just a feminist and femme fataleBy Stevie Emilia JAKARTA (JP): She is known as a woman activist and feminist. But Julia Indiati Suryakusuma is certainly more than just that.

Sun, 29 Aug 1999

JP/Swimmers need sustainable training to regain supremacy

Swimmers need sustainable training to regain supremacyBy Ivy Susanti JAKARTA (JP): Until the early 1990s, Indonesian swimmers still reigned in the Southeast Asian region.

Sun, 29 Aug 1999

JP/Guess What?

Guess What? When Richard Sam Bera decided to return to the swimming pool after two years absence, many people were surprised as the 27- year-old Indonesian wanted to compete in the 20th Southeast Asian (SEA) Games in Brunei Darussalam held early this month.But his comeback was not ordinary.

Sun, 29 Aug 1999

JP/TV today

TV todayTVRI 6:00 a.m. Morning News 7:00 Health and Fresh 8:00 Children's Program 9:30 Variety Show 10:00 Music 11:00 TV Drama 12:15 p.m.

Sun, 29 Aug 1999

JP/Itang shines in the rainy days of the crisis

Itang shines in the rainy days of the crisisBy Agni Amorita JAKARTA (JP): The expression "life begins at 40" suits fashion designer Itang Yunasz. While many of his colleagues are still feeling the pinch of the crisis, Itang has been able to weather the worst and his business is now growing.

Sun, 29 Aug 1999

JP/Endro turns garbage into fashion objects

Endro turns garbage into fashion objectsBy Singgir Kartana YOGYAKARTA (JP): Many people believe that creativity is key to building a business because of the need for innovation in answering needs of the market.

Sun, 29 Aug 1999

JP/Agony

AgonyCorrection: The letter Anglo agony published on Aug. 28, 1999 was mistitled. The letter should have been titled Angio agony. We apologize for the error.

Sun, 29 Aug 1999

JP/Bored of malls? Take to the skies for remedy

Bored of malls? Take to the skies for remedy PUNCAK, West Java (JP): There I was close to the ramp. A couple of hundred meters below were cars winding their way along Puncak Pass. I was about to leap off the ramp, but there was only one problem. I am afraid of heights.

Sun, 29 Aug 1999

JP/All the right moves: Picking your moving company

All the right moves: Picking your moving company The temptation is for us to plump for the first company which sounds like the real McCoy in the grand and demanding operation of moving house.

Sun, 29 Aug 1999

JP/Conspiracies are all around us

Conspiracies are all around us JAKARTA (JP): "There is a conspiracy of silence," thundered economist Sjahrir accusingly, commenting on the Bank Bali scandal. By the way, this infamous case is now referred to in the press as Baligate.

Sun, 29 Aug 1999

JP/Presenting a volumentric concept to manifest life

Presenting a volumentric concept to manifest lifeBy Chandra Johan JAKARTA (JP): One of the important questions in contemporary art is the problem of illusion, concrete space and representation. A sculptures' figure, for example, is an image and a representation in a dimension and concrete space.

Sun, 29 Aug 1999

JP/Pick of the Flicks

Pick of the FlicksHollywood KC: The Mummy 14:15 16:55 19:05 21:15 Entrapment 14:55 17:35 19:45 21:55 Warlock 3 14:15 16:55 19:05 21:15 A Midsummer Night's Dream 14:55 17:35 19:45 21:55 Blast From The Past ...

Sun, 29 Aug 1999

JP/The house of her dreams

The house of her dreamsBy Manaf Maulana No sooner had the wedding party ended and all the guests gone home than Reni told her husband he must provide her with a luxury house."I deserve it don't I," she asked Hartoko.

Sun, 29 Aug 1999

JP/Keep the spirit alive, says painter

Keep the spirit alive, says painterBy Susi Andrini YOGYAKARTA (JP): The skin may be wrinkled and the body tired, but the spirit must be kept alive. The saying goes that the older one gets, the better one becomes.

Sun, 29 Aug 1999

JP/Latest Shakespeare film remains true to text

Latest Shakespeare film remains true to textBy Tam Notosusanto JAKARTA (JP): You can blame Old Will for this current rush of Shakespearian material on the big screen.

Sun, 29 Aug 1999

JP/Queen of tarot, crystal ball peers into others' problems

Queen of tarot, crystal ball peers into others' problems JAKARTA (JP): The following dark-tinged scenario may come to mind for many of us when we think of the tarot and crystal ball.A bizarrely dressed hag ponders the cards and crystal ball for a jittery young client.

Sun, 29 Aug 1999

JP/Up, up and away on a paragliding flight of fancy

Up, up and away on a paragliding flight of fancyBy Sadie Mah PUNCAK, West Java (JP): To soar like a bird, to have the world spread out below you as you glide weightlessly by.

Sun, 29 Aug 1999

JP/Indonesians have their say on East Timor

Indonesians have their say on East Timor JAKARTA (JP): The time has come for the East Timorese to decide their own fate.

Sun, 29 Aug 1999

JP/Guess What?

Guess What? Pop-singer idol Madonna, who stayed in the spotlight with the release of her last album Ray of Light, has turned down a US$13 million offer to sing at Madison Square Garden for a 1999 New Year's Eve concert, the New York Post said.

Sun, 29 Aug 1999

JP/Thrills and chills galore at Indonesia Safari Park

Thrills and chills galore at Indonesia Safari ParkBy Gin Kurniawan PASURUAN, East Java (JP): The tiger stood calmly in the way. It seemed to be angry. Once in a while it opened up its mouth wide, as if to exhibit its sharp fangs. It seemed as if it had deliberately blocked the passing car.

Sun, 29 Aug 1999

JP/Industrialization threatens existence of traditional batik

Industrialization threatens existence of traditional batikBy Akmad Solikhan YOGYAKARTA (JP): Batik tulis (fine batik) is a noble artwork which needs to be preserved. Our ancestors used their skillful hands to express ideas through stone, wood and brass and created decorative ornaments.

Sun, 29 Aug 1999

JP/More flights to E. Timor

More flights to E. Timor JAKARTA (JP): The Air Force has increased its flights to East Timor in line with increasing demands for air transportation facilities on the eve of Monday's ballot.

Sun, 29 Aug 1999

JP/Counterfeit banknote

Counterfeit banknote Sometimes I long to see the sea and enjoy the sight of the waves rolling majestically toward the beach, leaving a trail of white salt behind. At night the sea apparently never sleeps and becomes more restless. Only on a moonlit night does it become calmer and murmurs.

Sun, 29 Aug 1999

JP/We don't need empty promises: Aceh students

We don't need empty promises: Aceh students JAKARTA (JP): Students and human rights activists in Banda Aceh told seven visiting ministers on Saturday the Acehnese wanted concrete evidence the government was serious in dealing with the province's problems, and not empty promises or charity.

Sun, 29 Aug 1999

JP/The world that I want

The world that I want Joy, joy, joy everywhereI should find a place thereEach and every one should be gladNo one should be sadNone should be perturbedNor be unnecessarily disturbedAn all pervading silenceAnd the eviction of violenceOf course, this world is not of permanenceLike that of my ...

Sun, 29 Aug 1999

JP/Guess What?

Guess What? Officials want Whitney Houston to reimburse the city for the US$100,000 spent preparing for a concert she canceled 15 minutes before show time.Houston said she bowed out of an Aug. 1 concert at the public- owned Concord Pavilion because she was ill.

Sun, 29 Aug 1999

JP/Shopping mall gets into the spirit of things

Shopping mall gets into the spirit of thingsBy I. Christianto JAKARTA (JP): On the third floor of the Mangga Dua Mall, one of the crowded shopping centers in the capital, don't be surprised to find an area decorated "mystically" and suffused with the perfume of incense.

Sun, 29 Aug 1999

JP/From long resistance to ballot in East Timor

From long resistance to ballot in East Timor JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Foreign Affairs Ali Alatas announced in January that the East Timorese would be given the option of remaining a part of Indonesia with wide-ranging autonomy or independence.President B.J.

Sun, 29 Aug 1999

JP/Woman survives unscathed to tell of amiable robbers

Woman survives unscathed to tell of amiable robbers JAKARTA (JP): Susan had heard many times about taxi robberies in Jakarta, but she never expected it would happen to her.

Sun, 29 Aug 1999

JP/Moving in style with Crown

Moving in style with Crown Founded in Japan in 1965 by Jim Thompson, the Crown Worldwide Group has become one of the most recognized and trusted companies in international moving.

Sun, 29 Aug 1999

JP/Homes are our personal designs for living

Homes are our personal designs for living Home is where the heart is, the sentimentalists say. And where we choose to lay our hat, apocryphal as the saying is today, still speaks volumes about who we are and where our lives are going and have gone.