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Tue, 17 Oct 2000

JP/Dark horse Wismilak CLS eyes league's final ticket

Dark horse Wismilak CLS eyes league's final ticket BANDUNG (JP): Surabaya-based Wismilak CLS made the biggest upset in the third day of the fourth leg of the 2000 Nuvo Kobatama national basketball league Monday as it managed to defeat defending champion Mahaka Satria Muda of Jakarta 77-75.

Tue, 17 Oct 2000

JP/Rice subsidies to end in 2002, says Gus Dur

Rice subsidies to end in 2002, says Gus Dur JAKARTA (JP): President Abdurrahman Wahid said on Monday he had acquiesced to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and agreed to end rice subsidies in 2002.

Tue, 17 Oct 2000

JP/I'm not scared, President says over Suwondo's arrest

I'm not scared, President says over Suwondo's arrest JAKARTA (JP): President Abdurrahman Wahid said on Monday that the arrest of his masseur, Alip Agung Suwondo, a suspect in the multi-billion rupiah State Logistics Agency (Bulog) scandal, left him with no fear at all."It's none of my business.

Tue, 17 Oct 2000

JP/50,000 workers in footwear industry facing dismissal

50,000 workers in footwear industry facing dismissal JAKARTA (JP): Some 50,000 of the around 500,000 workers employed in 90 footwear factories could face dismissal due to the government's prolonged ban on the import of leather raw materials from South Korea and Japan, a footwear industry ...

Tue, 17 Oct 2000

JP/Woman reports Rp 7 m theft

Woman reports Rp 7 m theft BOGOR (JP): A woman filed a report on Monday with the Bogor City Police, stating that Rp 7.35 million (US$825) belonging to her employer had been stolen from her handbag by three men.

Tue, 17 Oct 2000

JP/INRO sales will not affect rubber price: Official

INRO sales will not affect rubber price: Official JAKARTA (JP): The planned sales of the entire stocks held by the International Natural Rubber Organization (INRO) will not affect the world's rubber prices, the organization's executive Hatanto Reksodiputro, said here on Monday.

Tue, 17 Oct 2000

JP/Tourist arrivals to RI decline

Tourist arrivals to RI decline JAKARTA (JP): Tourist arrivals in Indonesia dropped 2.19 percent in August to 374,900 people due to security worries during the Annual Session of the People's Consultative Assembly held in the same month, according to data issued by the Central Bureau of Statistics ...

Tue, 17 Oct 2000

JP/Witness claims Soeharto played role in graft case

Witness claims Soeharto played role in graft case JAKARTA (JP): A witness in the multimillion dollar graft trial of timber baron Mohamad "Bob" Hasan told a court hearing on Monday that in 1992 then president Soeharto ordered that a forestry mapping permit be granted to a firm belonging to ...

Tue, 17 Oct 2000

JP/Expert renews call for morality in politics

Expert renews call for morality in politics People are still yearning for quality leadership a year after President Abdurrahman Wahid was installed.

Tue, 17 Oct 2000

JP/Rates for tax payment, valid from October 16 to October 22

Rates for tax payment, valid from October 16 to October 22 U.S. dollar 1 Rp 8,810.00Austrian schilling 1 552.02Australian dollar 1 4,663.13Belgian franc 1 188.30Canadian dollar 1 5,811.

Tue, 17 Oct 2000

JP/Man stabbed to death at home

Man stabbed to death at home JAKARTA (JP): An owner of a beauty parlor was stabbed to death at his residence on Jl. Galur Sari Raya, Utan Kayu in East Jakarta in the early hours of Monday, an officer said.The chief of Matraman Police station, Ass. Supt.

Tue, 17 Oct 2000

JP/Anti-Israel rally in Surakarta

Anti-Israel rally in Surakarta SURAKARTA: At least three hundred protesters from the Alliance of Anti-Zionists held a noisy anti-Israel protest here on Monday to condemn recent events in the West Bank.

Tue, 17 Oct 2000

JP/Keep food for kids safe: Mayor

Keep food for kids safe: Mayor BOGOR (JP): Mayor Iswara Natanegara told his staff on Monday to avoid using harmful substances in the food distributed to some 14,700 elementary school students as part of the Extra Food for School Kids scheme.

Tue, 17 Oct 2000

JP/Little league staged to popularize baseball

Little league staged to popularize baseball JAKARTA (JP): For kids, sports means fun. They have to enjoy it to love it.

Tue, 17 Oct 2000

JP/Aceh violence kills 74 within 10 months

Aceh violence kills 74 within 10 months BANDA ACEH, Aceh (JP): The campaign of violence perpetrated by the Free Aceh Movement (GAM) separatist rebels over the past 10 months has claimed 74 lives, police said here on Monday.Aceh Police inspector Sr. Supt. H.M.

Tue, 17 Oct 2000

JP/Air pollution in Bandung alarming

Air pollution in Bandung alarming BANDUNG (JP): Air pollution resulting from gas emissions has become an obvious problem here, with the local Environmental Impact Management Agency office estimating the number of vehicles exceeding the tolerable exhaust emission limit at 36 percent.

Tue, 17 Oct 2000

JP/Where to go in Bandung:

Where to go in Bandung:Exhibitions * Fine Arts Exhibition, Liyan by Nindityo Adipurnomo, at Selasar Seni Sunaryo, Jl. Bukit Pakar Timur no. 100 (Phone: 022 2507939), until Dec. 3. * Handycrafts, Design Interior Exhibition by Kalingga Gallery, at Grand Hotel Preanger Bandung, Jl. Asia Afrika No.

Tue, 17 Oct 2000

JP/Recap bonds may be swapped for higher rate notes

Recap bonds may be swapped for higher rate notes JAKARTA (JP): The government will soon allow banks to exchange up to half of their fixed-rate recapitalization bonds with new government bonds carrying a higher coupon rate in a bid to attract buyers, a senior finance ministry official said ...

Tue, 17 Oct 2000

JP/High court receives appeal on Soeharto case

High court receives appeal on Soeharto case JAKARTA (JP): The Jakarta High Court received on Monday the appeal of the prosecutors and a counterstatement from the lawyers of former president Soeharto in response to the South Jakarta District Court's verdict which halted the trial of ...

Tue, 17 Oct 2000

JP/Popularizing cricket in Indonesian schools

Popularizing cricket in Indonesian schoolsBy Novan Iman Santosa JAKARTA (JP): By and large, Indonesians are not familiar with cricket. Most people in the country have never had the opportunity to see the game, the exception being those who have access to such foreign TV stations as ESPN.

Tue, 17 Oct 2000

JP/Shake-up at IBRA

Shake-up at IBRA Firing the second-highest executive of the agency that holds the key to Indonesia's economic recovery while he was overseas leading a road show to attract investors was the last thing President Abdurrahman Wahid needed to do to improve the credibility of his economic ...

Tue, 17 Oct 2000

JP/Office boy blamed for exam paper leak

Office boy blamed for exam paper leak JAKARTA (JP): Two witnesses have denied any involvement in the leaking of examination papers and attempted to shift the blame on to the defendant, an office boy with the Directorate General of Elementary and Secondary Education (Dikdasmen).

Tue, 17 Oct 2000

JP/Books donation needed for library

Books donation needed for library We are a non-governmental organization, Kelompok Masyarakat Peduli Bangsa, currently working to establish a public library that can be accessed freely for quality reading.

Tue, 17 Oct 2000

JP/A welcome interlude

A welcome interlude The recent visit by the most senior government officials of North Korea, Vice Marshal Cho Myong Hok, to Washington to meet U.S. leaders bode well for peaceful relationship between the former enemies of the Korean peninsula.

Tue, 17 Oct 2000

JP/Tension rises in Jayapura over flag dispute

Tension rises in Jayapura over flag dispute JAKARTA (JP): Tension heightened in the Irian Jaya capital of Jayapura on Monday as proindependence leaders asserted their refusal to lower the Morning Star separatist flag.

Tue, 17 Oct 2000

JP/Police deny unlawful arrest of former E. Timorese leader

Police deny unlawful arrest of former E. Timorese leader JAKARTA (JP): The National Police demanded on Monday that the South Jakarta District Court reject a pretrial lawsuit filed by the former East Timor militia leader Eurico Guterres, saying that his arrest had been carried out in line with ...

Tue, 17 Oct 2000

JP/Stock quotations on JSX

Stock quotations on JSXStock prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (in rupiah) on Oct. 16, 2000: Shares Close Change Trading Volume ------------------------------------------------------------- Ades Alfindo ...

Tue, 17 Oct 2000

JP/Palestine and the Arab summit

Palestine and the Arab summit People and officials alike are perhaps right in privately airing some skepticism on a real possibility that tangible results, affecting the situation on the ground, will come out of the proposed Arab summit.

Tue, 17 Oct 2000

JP/Bangka, Belitung set to become province

Bangka, Belitung set to become province JAKARTA (JP): Only a week after passing the bill establishing Banten province, the House of Representatives (DPR) is expected to endorse a bill on the conversion of the South Sumatran islands of Bangka and Belitung into a new province in the ...

Tue, 17 Oct 2000

JP/U.S. government remains 'hostage' of Israel

U.S. government remains 'hostage' of IsraelBy Riza Sihbudi JAKARTA (JP): In November 1979, the citizens and government of the U.S. were united in their fury against Iran over the 50 diplomats held hostage in the U.S. Embassy in Tehran.

Tue, 17 Oct 2000

JP/Disappointing service of ANZ Panin Bank

Disappointing service of ANZ Panin BankFrom Media IndonesiaI am an ANZ Panin Bank credit card holder under No.4157-3530- 4320-5000. On Friday Oct. 13, I had a very embarrassing experience.

Tue, 17 Oct 2000

JP/Pedan's fabrics attract foreign buyers

Pedan's fabrics attract foreign buyersBy Kartika Bagus C. SURAKARTA, Central Java (JP): While machine-made fabrics dominate the garment industry, traditionally made woven fabric from Pedan in Klaten, Central Java, is still treasured by both local and foreign consumers.

Tue, 17 Oct 2000

JP/President says no new chairman for IBRA yet

President says no new chairman for IBRA yet JAKARTA (JP): President Abdurrahman Wahid has no immediate plan to appoint a new chairman for the Indonesian Bank Restructuring Agency to replace Cacuk Sudarijanto, Presidential spokesman Wimar Witoelar told reporters on Monday.

Tue, 17 Oct 2000

JP/Govt will to help farmers doubted

Govt will to help farmers doubted President Abdurrahman Wahid commemorated the World Food Day on Monday by warning farmers to adapt to free-market conditions as the government would scrap the protection of subsidies in 2002.

Tue, 17 Oct 2000

JP/Funding planned for small and medium businesses

Funding planned for small and medium businesses JAKARTA (JP): The Office of the State Minister of Research and Technology plans to launch next year a three-year funding scheme to help empower selected small and medium-scale industries across the country, an official said here on Monday.

Tue, 17 Oct 2000

JP/Stop making promises, uphold justice for farmers

Stop making promises, uphold justice for farmers JAKARTA (JP): Chief economic minister Rizal Ramli's promise to soon increase rice floor-prices rang hollow in some observers' ears.

Tue, 17 Oct 2000

JP/Buying recycled products helps to save environment

Buying recycled products helps to save environmentBy Erry Prabandari YOGYAKARTA (JP): Handicraft items made out of recycled material has become a trend as more and more people have started to buy these elegant and environment-friendly products."I don't know why people love these recycled products.

Tue, 17 Oct 2000

JP/Govt vows to strengthen malnutrition programs

Govt vows to strengthen malnutrition programs JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Health and Social Welfare Achmad Sujudi called on provincial authorities to develop the Family Improvement Nutrition Program (UPGK) to reduce the number of malnutrition cases across the country.

Tue, 17 Oct 2000

JP/Coaches, the forgotten men behind the athletes

Coaches, the forgotten men behind the athletes JAKARTA (JP): When Candra Wijaya and Tony Gunawan managed to beat Lee Dong-soo and Yoo Yong-sung of South Korea in Olympic competition, a man sitting on the side of the court felt really relieved.

Tue, 17 Oct 2000

JP/Refugees hamper sports development in Pontianak

Refugees hamper sports development in PontianakBy Ivy Susanti PONTIANAK, West Kalimantan (JP): Ethnic clashes across Indonesia over the past two years have not only claimed numerous lives, but also have permanently wounded the hearts of many.

Tue, 17 Oct 2000

JP/I'm not responsible for Tanjung Priok shootings, says Try

I'm not responsible for Tanjung Priok shootings, says Try JAKARTA (JP): Former vice president Gen. (ret) Try Sutrisno repeated his protestations of innocence on Monday, denying any responsibility for the 1984 Tanjung Priok shootings."The incident occurred by accident.

Tue, 17 Oct 2000

JP/Three die in swollen river

Three die in swollen river BANJARNEGARA, Central Java (JP): Three people died on Sunday when they were swept away by strong river currents following a day of torrential rain in Susukan district.

Tue, 17 Oct 2000

JP/Construction accident leaves one dead

Construction accident leaves one dead DENPASAR, Bali: A construction worker was killed and another seriously injured on Monday afternoon when a six-meter concrete wall they were working on collapsed on them."The victim was identified as Wayan Reped. We believe he died instantly.

Tue, 17 Oct 2000

JP/Conversion Rates

Conversion RatesBank Indonesia's conversion rates on Oct. 16, 2000: Bank notes rates TT rates Buying Selling Buying Selling Rp Rp Rp Rp U.S.

Tue, 17 Oct 2000

JP/Bandung workers protest dismissals

Bandung workers protest dismissals BANDUNG: At least 2,000 employees of garment manufacturer PT KH Fortune Garmen Majalaya, located in the Bandung regency, rallied at the provincial council office on Monday to protest the dismissal of their colleagues.

Tue, 17 Oct 2000

JP/Pick of the Flicks

Pick of the FlicksHollywood KC Nutty Professor II: The Klumps 14:15 16:55 19:05 21:15 Judgment Day 14:55 17:35 19:45 21:55 What Lies Beneath 14:15 16:55 19:05 21:15 Shaft 14:55 17:35 19:45 21:55 Teacher's Pet ...

Tue, 17 Oct 2000

JP/IPU may approve motion on Mideast

IPU may approve motion on Mideast JAKARTA (JP): A plenary session of the 104th Inter- Parliamentary Union (IPU) conference here on Monday agreed in principle on the need to issue a compromise resolution on the current tension in the Middle East, but stopped short of any condemnation of Israel.

Tue, 17 Oct 2000

JP/Greater tax authority to provinces

Greater tax authority to provincesBy J. S. Uppal YOGYAKARTA (JP): The finance minister has raised very interesting proposals on the amendment to the regional tax laws providing greater tax authority to provincial and central governments in exercising control over the taxing powers of the proposed ...

Tue, 17 Oct 2000

JP/Journalists rally against police violence

Journalists rally against police violence JAKARTA (JP): Dozens of reporters and photo journalists protested at National Police headquarters on Monday afternoon, condemning police violence against the press while covering recent street rallies in the capital.

Tue, 17 Oct 2000

JP/U.S. envoy denies minister's allegation

U.S. envoy denies minister's allegation JAKARTA (JP): The United States Embassy in a statement here on Monday denied allegations by Mahfud MD that U.S. Ambassador Robert Gelbard had tried to influence the selection of a new Army Chief of Staff."The U.S.

Tue, 17 Oct 2000

JP/TV today

TV todayTVRI 5:00 a.m. Religious Teachings 6:00 News 8:00 Children's Program 8:30 Music 9:00 Interval 12:00 p.m.

Tue, 17 Oct 2000

JP/United Tractors reschedules debt

United Tractors reschedules debt JAKARTA (JP): Publicly listed PT United Tractors (UT), a distributor of heavy equipment, has gained approval from its foreign and domestic creditors to restructure its debts.

Tue, 17 Oct 2000

JP/Danish citizen dies in Central Jakarta

Danish citizen dies in Central Jakarta JAKARTA (JP): A 25-year-old native of Denmark died on Sunday shortly after he was found lying against a wall in a Central Jakarta alley with foam coming from his mouth and nose.Identified as Jon Sorensen, the Dane was found by passersby on Jl.

Tue, 17 Oct 2000

JP/Candra, coaches get cash bonus

Candra, coaches get cash bonus BANDUNG (JP): Indonesian Olympic gold medalist Candra Wijaya, who together with partner Tony Gunawan won the men's doubles badminton gold in Sydney, received a Rp 25 million (US$2,880) cash bonus from West Java Governor R.

Tue, 17 Oct 2000

JP/House divided over govt plans on fuel price hike in 2001

House divided over govt plans on fuel price hike in 2001 JAKARTA (JP): Factions at the House of Representatives are divided over the government's politically-sensitive plans to further raise fuel prices next year.

Tue, 17 Oct 2000

JP/RI sets $60 billion target from export earnings: Luhut

RI sets $60 billion target from export earnings: Luhut JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Industry and Trade Luhut Pandjaitan said on Monday that Indonesia expected to reap US$60 billion in export revenue next year, an increase of $5 billion from an estimated $55 billion this year.