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44 articles.

Tue, 13 Jun 2000

JP/Where to go in Bandung:

Where to go in Bandung:Performances* Theater: Les Porteurs D'Eau, organized by CCF - French Cultural Center (Phone 4212417), at Taman Budaya Jawa Barat, 8 p.m., June 22.* Theater: Ura-Ura Ngudarasa, by Studio Taksu Solo, at CCF - French Cultural Center, Jl. Purnawarman 32 (Phone 4212417), 8 p.m.

Tue, 13 Jun 2000

JP/Qatar-RI friendly match postponed

Qatar-RI friendly match postponed JAKARTA (JP): The Qatar soccer team put off a friendly match with the Indonesian team which was scheduled for Friday as part of the training program for the upcoming Asian Cup in Beirut, Lebanon, from Oct. 12 to Oct. 29.

Tue, 13 Jun 2000

JP/PDI-P councillor killed in Aceh

PDI-P councillor killed in Aceh BANDA ACEH, Aceh: A member of the South Aceh council and head of the local chapter of PDI Perjuangan, Harun Aldy, has been found dead in South Aceh from gunshot and stab wounds.Local police chief Maj.

Tue, 13 Jun 2000

JP/Bogor minivan drivers launch sudden strike

Bogor minivan drivers launch sudden strike BOGOR (JP): Hundreds of minivan drivers went on strike on Monday along Jl. Semeru, leaving thousands of commuters stranded.

Tue, 13 Jun 2000

JP/Indonesian Axis aiming at middle classes: Eros

Indonesian Axis aiming at middle classes: Eros The following is an excerpt of an interview with Eros Djarot, a member of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI Perjuangan) and a founder of the new Indonesian Axis (Poros Indonesia) group: Question: What do you think about the changes ...

Tue, 13 Jun 2000

JP/Stock Exchange

Stock ExchangeStock prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (in rupiah) on June. 12, 2000: Shares Close Change Trading Volume ---------------------------------------------------------- Ades Alfindo ...

Tue, 13 Jun 2000

JP/Farmers seek return of land

Farmers seek return of land BANDUNG: Claiming they feared "tough" action from their wives, about 15 Lengkong villagers, from Sukabumi regency, demanded on Monday that they get a written assurance from the West Java provincial council about getting their land back.

Tue, 13 Jun 2000

JP/Rupiah weakness is 'incomprehensible': Kwik

Rupiah weakness is 'incomprehensible': Kwik JAKARTA (JP): Coordinating Minister for the Economy, Finance and Industry Kwik Kian Gie said on Monday that the current weakness of the rupiah was "incomprehensible" because it contradicted the improvement in the country's macroeconomic indicators.

Tue, 13 Jun 2000

JP/Portuguese cartography expo

Portuguese cartography expo JAKARTA (JP): The Embassy of Portugal, in cooperation with the Jakarta Historical Museum, will hold an exhibition of ancient Portuguese nautical cartography next Thursday, the embassy announced on Saturday.

Tue, 13 Jun 2000

JP/'Sinful' business plagues Bandung mosque

'Sinful' business plagues Bandung mosqueBy Kafil Yamin BANDUNG (JP): The Bandung grand mosque (Mesjid Agung) has just been renovated, providing more convenience to regular worshipers and passersby.

Tue, 13 Jun 2000

JP/Money lost at fitness center

Money lost at fitness center I'm a foreigner who has been working in Jakarta for 10 months and I applied for membership at the Cergas Fitness Center in Hotel Ibis Tamarin.

Tue, 13 Jun 2000

JP/Aprilia, Bayu train overseas

Aprilia, Bayu train overseas JAKARTA (JP): Women's judoka Aprilia Marzuki and men's judoka Kresna Bayu will go to either Europe or Japan for six weeks training prior to the Olympic Games in Sydney in September, said the Indonesian Judo Association (PJSI) official in charge of athletes ...

Tue, 13 Jun 2000

JP/House proposes bills to start up two new provinces

House proposes bills to start up two new provinces JAKARTA (JP): The House of Representatives proposed on Monday two bills to establish two new provinces -- Bangka and Belitung Islands in South Sumatra and the Riau Archipelago off Riau mainland -- to prepare for economic development in the ...

Tue, 13 Jun 2000

JP/Counterfeit seized in C. Java raids

Counterfeit seized in C. Java raids MAGELANG, Central Java: Police here said they have seized some Rp 200 million in fake bills and arrested 51 people for laundering counterfeit money in the province in separate raids over the past two months.Magelang Police chief Col. Buchoding A.M.

Tue, 13 Jun 2000

JP/Postpone PTPN firms' privatization plan, House says

Postpone PTPN firms' privatization plan, House says JAKARTA (JP): The House of Representatives (DPR) has asked the government to delay the privatization of state-owned plantation companies PT Perkebunan Nusantara III (PTPN III) and PT Perkebunan Nusantara IV (PTPN IV).

Tue, 13 Jun 2000

JP/Megawati vows significant improvements for next year

Megawati vows significant improvements for next year JAKARTA (JP): Vice President Megawati Soekarnoputri asked on Monday the public to be patient, saying it would take time to solve the complex problems inherited from the past regime.

Tue, 13 Jun 2000

JP/NGOs protest nepotism in Bali

NGOs protest nepotism in Bali DENPASAR (JP): About 30 non-governmental organizations (NGOs) marched on Monday to the Bali provincial council to protest the suspected recruitment of new civil servants in the province.

Tue, 13 Jun 2000

JP/Donation from Brunei questioned

Donation from Brunei questioned JAKARTA (JP): Legislators and observers on Monday censured President Abdurrahman Wahid's acceptance of millions of dollars in personal donations saying that while it is currently not unlawful, it is ethically questionable.

Tue, 13 Jun 2000

JP/Journalists get life insurance

Journalists get life insurance JAKARTA (JP): Sports journalists received a life insurance policy worth Rp 50 million (US$5,800) from the National Sports Council (KONI) and the state-owned PT Jasaraharja Putera insurance company.

Tue, 13 Jun 2000

JP/Domestic helper drowned

Domestic helper drowned JAKARTA (JP): North Jakarta police are still investigating the death of a domestic helper, who is said to have been drowned on Sunday while trying to swim in the swimming pool of the house while her employers were out.

Tue, 13 Jun 2000

JP/Defendant tries to commit suicide

Defendant tries to commit suicide JAKARTA (JP): A defendant tried to jump off the second floor of the Central Jakarta District Court on Monday upon hearing the prosecutor's demand that the court sentence her to nine years in jail for her alleged attempt to smuggle 20 kilograms of marijuana into ...

Tue, 13 Jun 2000

JP/Gus Dur's intervention in BI justified

Gus Dur's intervention in BI justified President Abdurrahman "Gus Dur" Wahid's conflict with Bank Indonesia Governor Sjahril Sabirin is another blow to the battered economy. Secretary of the National Economic Council (DEN) Sri Mulyani Indrawati thinks the conflict is a zero-sum game.

Tue, 13 Jun 2000

JP/Police to question Rudini, Mahadi over scam

Police to question Rudini, Mahadi over scam JAKARTA (JP): Police will question State Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports Mahadi Sinambela and Rudini, the former chairman of the General Election Commission (KPU), over an alleged malfeasance in the purchase of flags for political parties during ...

Tue, 13 Jun 2000

JP/Message from the Ambassador

Message from the Ambassador Today will be the fourth time that I and my family have celebrated The Queen's Birthday in Jakarta. It will also be the last, since we shall be leaving Indonesia at the end of our assignment next month.We feel very privileged.

Tue, 13 Jun 2000

JP/Pick of the Flicks

Pick of the FlicksHollywood KC: Mission Impossible 2 14:15 16:55 19:05 21:15 Perfumed Garden 14:55 17:35 19:45 21:55 Mission to Mars 14:15 16:55 19:05 21:15 Halloween H20 14:55 17:35 19:45 21:55 Mickey Blue Eyes ...

Tue, 13 Jun 2000

JP/More people killed in Ambon clash

More people killed in Ambon clash AMBON, Maluku (JP): At least eight people, including two Police Mobile Brigade (Brimob) officers, were killed during three, likely related, raids by armed men on Monday.The attacks began when speedboats sped by shooting at Galala port in Ambon.

Tue, 13 Jun 2000

JP/Constitutional change on equality urgent: Activist

Constitutional change on equality urgent: Activist JAKARTA (JP): A special section on human rights must be included in planned changes to the 1945 Constitution to enable the replacement of many discriminative laws, advocates for women's equality said.

Tue, 13 Jun 2000

JP/New axis a force to be reckoned with: Observers

New axis a force to be reckoned with: Observers YOGYAKARTA (JP): Political observers predicted the newly born "Indonesian Axis" could become a dominant political force in the future as long it constrains itself and avoids direct confrontation with the political elite until after the next general ...

Tue, 13 Jun 2000

JP/Subarjo resigns from BI

Subarjo resigns from BI JAKARTA (JP): Bank Indonesia deputy governor Subarjo Joyosumarto will resign from the central bank as of next month to head a Kuala Lumpur-based training department owned by the central banks of the Southeast Asian nations.

Tue, 13 Jun 2000

JP/TV today

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

Tue, 13 Jun 2000

JP/Two killed in bus accident

Two killed in bus accident PACITAN, East Java: Two female teenagers were killed and several passengers suffered injuries when their bus hit a coconut tree near Sedeng hill, Pacitan regency on Sunday night.

Tue, 13 Jun 2000

JP/A bad precedent

A bad precedent How to read Gus Dur? This question has become a frequent topic of conversation around the country since President Abdurrahman "Gus Dur" Wahid became Indonesia's first democratically elected president in October last year.

Tue, 13 Jun 2000

JP/Soeharto's 'poor memory' hampers questioning

Soeharto's 'poor memory' hampers questioning JAKARTA (JP): They say the first thing to go with age is memory. That, according to Soeharto's lawyers, is what is happening to the former president as Monday's questioning yielded only incoherent answers and a series of "I can't remembers".

Tue, 13 Jun 2000

JP/Irregularities found in Bulog's funds

Irregularities found in Bulog's funds JAKARTA (JP): The Development Finance Comptroller (BPKP) has found irregularities of about Rp 166 billion (US$19.5 million) in the nonbudgetary funds belonging to the State Logistics Agency (Bulog), a member of the House of Representatives said on Monday.

Tue, 13 Jun 2000

JP/Police name no suspects in street justice killing

Police name no suspects in street justice killing JAKARTA (JP): Like many other bloody street justice murders, police are still unable to name suspects in Saturday's fatal mobbing and burning of five alleged thieves near Kampung Rambutan inter-city bus terminal in East Jakarta.

Tue, 13 Jun 2000

JP/Decentralization not a better bet for environment

Decentralization not a better bet for environment JAKARTA (JP): Years of relentless exploitation of the country's rich natural resources have taken a terrible toll.Forests are gone, many species of flora and fauna are threatened or endangered and the archipelago's pristine coral reefs are dying.

Tue, 13 Jun 2000

JP/Alcatel awaits telecom reforms to unleash RI's potential

Alcatel awaits telecom reforms to unleash RI's potentialBy Berni K. Moestafa SINGAPORE (JP): French-based telecommunications company PT Alcatel Indonesia expects solid growth in the next two years after the Indonesian government completes its reform program in the telecommunications sector.

Tue, 13 Jun 2000

JP/Rates for tax payment, valid from June 12 to June 18

Rates for tax payment, valid from June 12 to June 18 U.S. dollar 1 Rp 8,460.00Austrian schilling 1 582.66Australian dollar 1 4,921.18Belgian franc 1 198.75Canadian dollar 1 5,720.08Swiss franc 1 5,097.

Tue, 13 Jun 2000

JP/Queen's birthday celebration

Queen's birthday celebration This year, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II celebrates her 74th birthday. Her official birthday is June 13, her actual birthday is April 21.

Tue, 13 Jun 2000

JP/National census moves at a snail's pace in capital

National census moves at a snail's pace in capital JAKARTA (JP): As the month-long national census entered its 12th day on Monday, a census official suggested it possible that data on only 20 percent of the city's residents had been collected.

Tue, 13 Jun 2000

JP/United and cohesive TNI

United and cohesive TNI Viewing the Indonesian Military (TNI) as a political enemy and thus trying to undermine and weaken it could create disaster at a time when a strong united military is needed.

Tue, 13 Jun 2000

JP/Conversion Rates

Conversion Rates Bank Indonesia's conversion rates on June 12, 2000: Bank notes rates TT rates Buying Selling Buying Selling Rp Rp Rp Rp U.S.

Tue, 13 Jun 2000

JP/BP Amoco says Tangguh project to benefit locals

BP Amoco says Tangguh project to benefit locals BALTIMORE, United States (JP): Oil and gas company BP Amoco promised that its planned Tangguh liquefied natural gas (LNG) project in Irian Jaya would bring benefits to the locals.

Tue, 13 Jun 2000

JP/One of six use Internet

One of six use Internet TOKYO (AP): About one of six Japanese use the Internet, and more than 14 percent of the nation's mobile phone owners use them to access the global computer network, a media research company said on Monday.Approximately 19.