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Sat, 28 Oct 2000

JP/City administration plans tax increase on luxury cars

City administration plans tax increase on luxury cars JAKARTA (JP): The city administration and Jakarta Police are working out details of tax increases for luxurious imported cars with no local content.

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Sat, 28 Oct 2000

JP/Akbar rules out informal House conference

Akbar rules out informal House conference JAKARTA (JP): House of Representatives Speaker Akbar Tandjung dismissed on Friday any informal meeting between legislators to discuss the nation's present problems."It's better to be formalized and use the existing institution.

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Sat, 28 Oct 2000

JP/JSX to start remote trading by June

JSX to start remote trading by June BOGOR (JP): The Jakarta Stock Exchange will introduce a remote trading system beginning June next year in a bid to boost the participation of local investors.

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Sat, 28 Oct 2000

JP/No spell check?

No spell check? I refer to the news article titled Three Russians dead in seperate incidents in the Around the World column on Oct. 23 in this newspaper. The spelling of "seperate" should of course be "separate.

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Sat, 28 Oct 2000

JP/Megawati tells soldiers not to feel inferior

Megawati tells soldiers not to feel inferior CIPATAT, Bandung (JP) : Vice President Megawati Soekarnoputri told Indonesian soldiers on Friday not to feel inferior despite their limited armory.

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Sat, 28 Oct 2000

JP/Government targets IPP talks to end early 2001

Government targets IPP talks to end early 2001 JAKARTA (JP): The government expects to complete renegotiations with independent power producers (IPPs) in the first quarter of 2001 in a bid to remove the largest hurdle in the construction of new power plants, a minister said here on Friday.

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Sat, 28 Oct 2000

JP/Rupiah Rates Oct. 27

Rupiah Rates Oct. 27 Bank notes rates TT rates Buying Selling Buying Selling Rp Rp Rp Rp U.S. dollar 1 8,529.00 9,529.00 8,984.00 9,074.

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Sat, 28 Oct 2000

JP/'No more raids' on entertainment spots

'No more raids' on entertainment spots JAKARTA (JP): City Police chief Insp. Gen. Mulyono Sulaiman guaranteed on Friday that there would be no more armed protesters on the streets or violent groups raiding entertainment spots in the capital.

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Sat, 28 Oct 2000

JP/Where to go in Yogyakarta:

Where to go in Yogyakarta: Exhibitions * Batik painting Batik Canting V, Taman Budaya Yogyakarta, Bulaksumur (phone: 0274-561914), Oct 16-31, 09.00-13.00 and 17.00-21.00. * Graphic exhibition by Kelompok Kukuruyuk, Bentara Budaya, Jl. Suroto 2 (phone: 0274-560404), Oct 21-28, 2000, 09.00-13.

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Sat, 28 Oct 2000

JP/NGOs told not to rely of foreign funding

NGOs told not to rely of foreign funding JAKARTA (JP): Non-governmental organizations (NGOs) are being told to self-finance their activities and end the dependency on foreign funding as this may lead to "politically uncomfortable situations".

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Sat, 28 Oct 2000

JP/Gus Dur challenges House to unseat him

Gus Dur challenges House to unseat him JAKARTA (JP): President Abdurrahman Wahid said on Friday he was ready for any move by lawmakers to impeach him."The DPR (House of Representatives) can call a special session. Go ahead, I'm not worried.

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Sat, 28 Oct 2000

JP/Poor drainage system leads to flooding

Poor drainage system leads to flooding JAKARTA (JP): Relatively small amounts of rainfall left many streets in the capital, including Jl. Fatmawati in South Jakarta, flooded on Friday, causing bumper-to-bumper traffic across the city.

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Sat, 28 Oct 2000

JP/Pick of the Flicks

Pick of the FlicksHollywood KC: Bring It On 14:15 16:55 19:05 21:15 Nutty Professor II: The Klumps 14:55 17:35 19:45 21:55 Frequency 14:15 16:55 19:05 21:15 Autumn in New York 14:55 17:35 19:45 21:55 Shaft ...

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Sat, 28 Oct 2000

JP/Moody's ups ratings on eight Indonesian banks

Moody's ups ratings on eight Indonesian banks JAKARTA (JP): Moody's has upgraded the deposit ratings of eight Indonesian banks to Caa1 following an improvement in their financial performances.

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Sat, 28 Oct 2000

JP/American Indian-inspired crafts no mere decorations

American Indian-inspired crafts no mere decorationsBy Kartika Bagus C. YOGYAKARTA (JP): American Indians are legendary among those that admire them even though they have been alienated and often subjected to cruel treatment at the hands of Europeans.

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Sat, 28 Oct 2000

JP/Five commercial banks under BI surveillance

Five commercial banks under BI surveillance JAKARTA (JP): Five commercial banks including one publicly listed bank are currently under the special surveillance of the central bank, according to Bank Indonesia deputy director for banking supervision Sabar Anton Tarihoran.

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Sat, 28 Oct 2000

JP/Mustika Ratu wins battle over `Taman Sari' name

Mustika Ratu wins battle over `Taman Sari' name JAKARTA (JP): Local cosmetic giant PT Mustika Ratu has won the battle against its main rival, Martha Tilaar, the owner of PT Martina Berto, over the right to use the name "Taman Sari".

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Sat, 28 Oct 2000

JP/RI plane completes UN mission

RI plane completes UN mission BANDUNG: A Buffalo DHC-9 aircraft, belonging to state-owned aircraft manufacturer PT. Dirgantara Indonesia, returned home Tuesday after a 15-month United Nations humanitarian mission in Kenya.

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Sat, 28 Oct 2000

JP/Government ourged to take action for better reef management

Government ourged to take action for better reef managementBy Edith Hartanto NUSA DUA, Bali (JP): A call for immediate action in management and policy to prevent coral destruction was made at the closing of the Ninth International Symposium on Coral Reefs on Friday, demanding that governments and ...

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Sat, 28 Oct 2000

JP/Native Soul puts on a rocking show at CJ's

Native Soul puts on a rocking show at CJ'sBy Aida Greenbury JAKARTA (JP): "Just play the sax, will you!" yelled one Middle Eastern guy sitting in front of the bar in CJ's that Thursday night. He had been perched in the same spot since seven o'clock.

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Sat, 28 Oct 2000

JP/Jakartans get 'Djakarta!' life magazine

Jakartans get 'Djakarta!' life magazineBy Charlie Stevens JAKARTA (JP): The appearance on Sunday of the new city life magazine Djakarta! is occasion for cautious hope in a city struggling with a post-New Order identity crisis.

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Sat, 28 Oct 2000

JP/Reinforcements arrive in Pontianak

Reinforcements arrive in Pontianak JAKARTA (JP): The National Police dispatched on Friday reinforcement troops to West Kalimantan's troubled capital of Pontianak and took stricter measures to quell the ongoing interethnic clashes there.National Police Chief Gen.

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Sat, 28 Oct 2000

JP/Land dispute shuts Newmont operation

Land dispute shuts Newmont operation JAKARTA (JP): PT Newmont Minahasa Raya, a subsidiary of the United States-based Newmont Corp., shut down on Friday its mining operation in Ratatotok village, North Sulawesi, for the fourth time this year over a land dispute with locals.

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Sat, 28 Oct 2000

JP/Nitros to meet Fellas in final

Nitros to meet Fellas in final JAKARTA (JP): Good Fellas will meet Fleming Nitro in Sunday's final of the Sky Rink Jakarta Ice Hockey Open tournament at Taman Anggrek Mall, West Jakarta.Each team collected six points from two victories in their respective groups.

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Sat, 28 Oct 2000

JP/Female circumcision

Female circumcision The Jakarta Post has during the last few weeks focused its attention on women and religion, including female circumcision.

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Sat, 28 Oct 2000

JP/On Youth Pledge Day

On Youth Pledge Day One country? One nation? One language?Those question marks weren't there when the words were first stated on Oct. 28, 1928 by a handful of young Indonesian intellectuals meeting in Batavia, the present-day Jakarta.

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Sat, 28 Oct 2000

JP/A tribute to 'keroncong' composer Gesang

A tribute to 'keroncong' composer Gesang JAKARTA (JP): Sekar Mekar, an innovative keroncong band, will take center stage this Saturday night at 9:30 at the Bali Room in Hotel Indonesia.

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Sat, 28 Oct 2000

JP/Eight wushu athletes to compete in c'ships

Eight wushu athletes to compete in c'ships JAKARTA (JP): Three wushu athletes from Jakarta -- Susyana, Gorane Bulana and Herman Wijaya -- are expected to finish in the top six at the Fifth Asian Wushu Championships in Hanoi from Nov. 1 to Nov. 8.

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Sat, 28 Oct 2000

JP/Moving toward a new broadcast law

Moving toward a new broadcast lawBy Santoso JAKARTA (JP): The broadcast industry in Indonesia has grown significantly over the last five years. In the radio sector, the number of private stations has increased by about 25 percent over this period, from 794 to 1,007 stations.

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Sat, 28 Oct 2000

JP/Andersen changes name

Andersen changes name JAKARTA (JP): Andersen Consulting said on Friday that the global management and technology consulting agency would change its name to Accenture.The company said it would cease operating under the name Andersen Consulting as of midnight Dec. 31.

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Sat, 28 Oct 2000

JP/Stock prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (in rupiah) on Oct. 27, 2000:

Stock prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (in rupiah) on Oct. 27, 2000: Shares Close Change Trading Volume ------------------------------------------------------------- Ades Alfindo ...

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Sat, 28 Oct 2000

JP/Arrogance and irresponsibility

Arrogance and irresponsibility On the evening of Oct. 23, a silver and white Mitsubishi Galant backed up and smashed the left front light on my car. The driver pulled over to see if his car was OK. Although he saw the shattered pieces of the broken light from my car, he drove away.

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Sat, 28 Oct 2000

JP/Hendrawan, Johan advance to quarters

Hendrawan, Johan advance to quarters JAKARTA (JP): Indonesian men's badminton singles Hendrawan and Johan Hadikusuma reached the quarterfinals of the US$250,000 Danish Open at Farum Arena in Copenhagen on Thursday, while teammate Budi Santoso bowed out in the third round.

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Sat, 28 Oct 2000

JP/Forex reserves increase

Forex reserves increase JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia's international reserves rose by US$103 million to $28.34 billion as of Oct. 23 from $28.23 billion in Oct. 13, according to the weekly report issued by Bank Indonesia.

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Sat, 28 Oct 2000

JP/Pirated VCD supplier arrested

Pirated VCD supplier arrested JAKARTA (JP): City police detectives confiscated 60,910 pirated VCDs, some 10,000 of which were pornographic films, from three kiosks in the popular Glodok shopping center in West Jakarta.The chief of the Jakarta Police Criminal Investigation Division, Sr. Supt.

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Sat, 28 Oct 2000

JP/Government to look into regent election in Riau islands

Government to look into regent election in Riau islands JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Home Affairs and Regional Autonomy Surjadi Soedirdja said on Friday he would set up a team to investigate the disputed election of Uzrin Hood as Riau islands regent.

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Sat, 28 Oct 2000

JP/People of Kerebet carve a living out of wood

People of Kerebet carve a living out of woodBy Ahmad Solikhan YOGYAKARTA (JP): A young woman was sitting at the side of a furnace, her lips once in a while puffing into a canting, a small dipper to apply wax in batik printing, held between her slender fingers.

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Sat, 28 Oct 2000

JP/A tale of Jakarta's beginnings

A tale of Jakarta's beginningsBy Ida Indawati Khouw When it was first built by the Dutch in the 17th century, Batavia was a walled city, a fortress with four protruding bastions named after precious stones. This is the 62nd article on old and protected buildings in Jakarta.

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Sat, 28 Oct 2000

JP/Lost cell phone

Lost cell phone On Thursday Sept. 7, I attended a training session held by my office at Kempinski Hotel, in the Jasmine 3 room. I arrived at the room at 8:10 a.m. I put my office bag containing my cell phone on the table near an empty glass.

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Sat, 28 Oct 2000

JP/Kabelvision's dis-service

Kabelvision's dis-service Are there blizzards in Jakarta? Yes, judging by the amount of "snow" on our Kabelvision channels! I have been a loyal customer of Kabelvision ever since it began to offer its services in the Kayu Putih area, East Jakarta.

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Sat, 28 Oct 2000

JP/Bank Indonesia will intervene in currency market `if necessary'

Bank Indonesia will intervene in currency market `if necessary' JAKARTA (JP): Bank Indonesia will intervene in the currency market to prop up the ailing rupiah if such a measure would have a positive result, deputy governor Achjar Iljas said on Friday."We'll intervene if it will be positive.

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Sat, 28 Oct 2000

JP/Workers in land, sea transport underpaid

Workers in land, sea transport underpaid JAKARTA (JP): The Federation of All Indonesian Workers Union (FSPSI) called on the government to regulate industrial relations in the transportation sector, saying that most of the 18 million employed in the land and sea transportation sectors ...

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Sat, 28 Oct 2000

JP/Oki prefers to demand review of case

Oki prefers to demand review of case JAKARTA (JP): Convicted murderer Harnoko Dewantono, alias Oki, 35, has changed his mind about seeking clemency from the President and prefers to demand a review of his case, after the Supreme Court upheld the death sentence imposed on him by the Jakarta High ...

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Sat, 28 Oct 2000

JP/Government dismisses allegations of American espionage

Government dismisses allegations of American espionage JAKARTA (JP): The government launched efforts at further damage control on Friday to stop the possibility of corroding ties with the United States when it dismissed allegations that an American was involved in espionage in Irian Jaya and ...

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Sat, 28 Oct 2000

JP/Rebels resort to arson again in troubled Aceh

Rebels resort to arson again in troubled Aceh BANDA ACEH, Aceh (JP): The official residence of the head of the Prosecutors' Office in Meureude district, Pidie regency and more than 10 shop-houses in Central Aceh regency were burned down on Friday.

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Sat, 28 Oct 2000

JP/Yogya's museums in dire need of attention

Yogya's museums in dire need of attentionBy Anis Suryani YOGYAKARTA (JP): Wayang or shadow puppets usually feature patriotic stories or characters taken from ancient stories like the epic Mahabarata.But when one steps into Kekayon Puppet Museum located in Jl.

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Sat, 28 Oct 2000

JP/TV today

TV todayTVRI 5:00 a.m. Religious Teachings 6:00 News 8:00 Children's Program 8:30 TV Series: Labyrinth 9:00 Interval 2:00 p.m.

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Sat, 28 Oct 2000

JP/'General's son' mobbed

'General's son' mobbed KUTA, Bali: A man, claiming to be the son of a retired Army general, was beaten black and blue by an angry mob in Legian, Kuta, some 12 kilometers west of Denpasar, for refusing to pay for the dozens of clothes he picked from a department store on Friday.

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Sat, 28 Oct 2000

JP/Suwondo strikes back, plans to sue Yanatera official

Suwondo strikes back, plans to sue Yanatera official JAKARTA (JP): Alip Agung Suwondo, alias An Peng Sui, a main suspect in the Rp 35 billion State Logistics Agency (Bulog) scandal plans to sue any party who had named him as President Abdurrahman Wahid's personal assistant.

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Sat, 28 Oct 2000

JP/MRT project to start early next year, Sutiyoso says

MRT project to start early next year, Sutiyoso says JAKARTA (JP): Governor Sutiyoso confirmed on Friday that the construction of the mass rapid transit (MRT) would start early next year.

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Sat, 28 Oct 2000

JP/Bogor trains used for gambling

Bogor trains used for gambling BOGOR (JP): Regular passengers on the economy-class trains plying the Bogor-Jakarta route are complaining about the presence of certain men who close the last cars for gambling.

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Sat, 28 Oct 2000

JP/Refugees want transparency

Refugees want transparency MAUMERE, East Nusa Tenggara: As many as 598 families of East Timor refugees in the regency of Sikka are demanding the administration be fair and transparent in the spending of Rp 2 billion allocated to them.

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