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Sat, 05 Aug 2000

JP/Stock Exchange

Stock ExchangeStock prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (in rupiah) on Aug. 4, 2000: Shares Close Change Trading Volume ------------------------------------------------------------- Ades Alfindo ...
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Sat, 05 Aug 2000

JP/Javanese rhino found dead

Javanese rhino found dead JAKARTA (JP): A Javan rhinoceros, a rare protected species of which a mere 50 are thought to exist, was found dead on Tuesday in Ujung Kulon National Park, West Java.Director for Regional Conservation of the Ministry of Forestry and Plantation Widodo S.
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Sat, 05 Aug 2000

JP/Fire razes hotel

Fire razes hotel DENPASAR, Bali: Fire razed part of the luxurious Club Mediterranee Hotel in Nusa Dua, some 30 kilometers south of here, on Thursday night. No fatalities were reported.Bali Police spokesman Supt.
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Sat, 05 Aug 2000

JP/America's SE Asia policy

America's SE Asia policy With the Republican National Convention in full swing, one issue that is not featuring all that much is foreign affairs. During a teleconference held yesterday at the U.S. Embassy (in Bangkok), Stephen J. Hadley, foreign policy adviser for the George W.
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Sat, 05 Aug 2000

JP/Pick of the Flicks

Pick of the FlicksHollywood KC: The Patriot 14:15 17:20 20:25 Gone in 60 Seconds 14:55 17:35 19:45 21:55 From Dusk till Dawn 2 14:15 16:55 19:05 21:15 Crouching Tiger 14:55 17:35 19:45 21:55 Christina's House ...
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Sat, 05 Aug 2000

JP/Bankers robbed taxpayers

Bankers robbed taxpayers The Supreme Audit Agency's discovery that the state risks losing Rp 138.44 trillion (approximately US$16 billion), or 96 percent of the Rp 144.
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Sat, 05 Aug 2000

JP/Flood hits Banjarmasin

Flood hits Banjarmasin BANJARMASIN, South Kalimantan: At least 10,000 houses in four villages in the Satui district, some 175 kilometers away from Banjarmasin, were inundated Friday following days of heavy down pour.Antara reported there had been no fatalities, but several livestock drowned.
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Sat, 05 Aug 2000

JP/Pertamina finds oil and gas

Pertamina finds oil and gas JAKARTA (JP): State oil and gas company Pertamina said on Friday it had discovered oil and gas during exploration activities in West Java's Indramayu and East Java's Blora.
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Sat, 05 Aug 2000

JP/Tourism not affected by political upheaval: Minister

Tourism not affected by political upheaval: Minister JAKARTA (JP): The political upheaval in Indonesia, including recent bombings in the capital and violent clashes in Maluku, has not affected the flow of foreign visitors, State Minister of Tourism and Arts Djaelani Hidajat said on Friday.
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Sat, 05 Aug 2000

JP/30 investors express interest in buying Wisma BCA building

30 investors express interest in buying Wisma BCA building JAKARTA (JP): At least 30 foreign and local investors have expressed interest in purchasing Wisma Bank Central Asia (BCA), which recently was offered in an international tender.
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Sat, 05 Aug 2000

JP/Waai refugees reunited after 2-day trek, 11 reported dead

Waai refugees reunited after 2-day trek, 11 reported dead AMBON, Maluku (JP): Many refugees from ravaged Waai village broke down crying as they were reunited with their relatives in Suli village, Waitatiri subdistrict in Central Maluku regency on Friday, after a two-day trek to flee the fury ...
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Sat, 05 Aug 2000

JP/Government urged to better vocational training

Government urged to better vocational training JAKARTA (JP): Labor exporters are calling on the government to maximize the country's 153 training centers to train adequately those people seeking work overseas.
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Sat, 05 Aug 2000

JP/President's report to MPR finalized, approved by Gus Dur

President's report to MPR finalized, approved by Gus Dur JAKARTA (JP): Aides to President Abdurrahman Wahid said the presidential annual report to the People's Consultative Assembly has been finalized and will be read on Monday by Vice President Megawati Soekarnoputri.
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Sat, 05 Aug 2000

JP/Integrated agriculture terminal proposed for city

Integrated agriculture terminal proposed for city JAKARTA (JP): City-owned market operator PD Pasar Jaya proposed on Friday the establishment of an integrated agriculture terminal to help boost distribution and sales of agricultural products in the capital, an official said.
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Sat, 05 Aug 2000

JP/Four players reach 4th round of chess meet

Four players reach 4th round of chess meet JAKARTA (JP): Four seeded men's players -- Grand Master (GM) Ruben Gunawan, International Master (IM) Danny Juswanto, GM Edhi Handoko and GM Ardiansyah -- breezed through the fourth round of the 34th Chess Olympic Games national selection tournament here.
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Sat, 05 Aug 2000

JP/GDP grows faster than expected in second quarter: BPS

GDP grows faster than expected in second quarter: BPS JAKARTA (JP): The Central Bureau of Statistics (BPS) announced here on Friday a higher than expected growth rate in the country's gross domestic product (GDP) in the second quarter but business analysts warned that the fragile condition in ...
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Sat, 05 Aug 2000

JP/Elysa's injury worries Deyana on Olympics try

Elysa's injury worries Deyana on Olympics try JAKARTA (JP): Indonesian women's doubles specialist Elysa Nathanael's leg injury worries partner Deyana Lomban on their ambition to reach the semifinals in the Olympic Games in Sydney in September."We aim to reach the Olympics semifinals.
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Sat, 05 Aug 2000

JP/Human rights guidelines to be published by government

Human rights guidelines to be published by government JAKARTA (JP): State Minister of Human Rights Affairs Hasballah M. Saad said on Friday his office will issue 17 guidebooks on human rights which can be used as guidelines for law enforcement institutions and module books for students.
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Sat, 05 Aug 2000

JP/Geothermal ruling gets cool response from INAGA

Geothermal ruling gets cool response from INAGA JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesian Geothermal Association (INAGA) responded coolly on Friday to a new geothermal regulation, saying it did not provide enough incentives for investors to develop the country's potential for geothermal power.
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Sat, 05 Aug 2000

JP/C. Java fighters to World C'ships

C. Java fighters to World C'ships SEMARANG (JP): Three Central Java pencak silat fighters -- Jayanti Agustiningrum in the women's C class, Edi Purnomo in the men's F class and Dwi Priono in the men's L class -- will compete in the Pencak Silat World Championships in Hanoi at the end of August.
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Sat, 05 Aug 2000

JP/Cell phone thefts

Cell phone thefts Referring to an article published in The Jakarta Post on July 28, 2000 entitled Business on the rise at Kebayoran Lama flea market, I was delighted to hear about the development and success of business for the former Taman Puring traders.
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Sat, 05 Aug 2000

JP/PABBSI to stay out of Olympic selection

PABBSI to stay out of Olympic selection JAKARTA (JP): The new chairman of the Indonesian Weightlifting, Powerlifting and Bodybuilding Association (PABBSI), Dharma Surya, said on Friday he would not intervene in the selection of the three women weightlifters who will go to the 2000 Olympic Games.
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Sat, 05 Aug 2000

JP/Violence on the border

Violence on the border I can only endorse what David Jardine had to say (East Timor issue, The Jakarta Post, Aug. 1).
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Sat, 05 Aug 2000

JP/Tanah Abang market keeps its bad image

Tanah Abang market keeps its bad imageBy Ida Indawati Khouw Tanah Abang market in Central Jakarta, which will celebrate its 265th anniversary on Aug. 30, has crime records dating back to the early years of its existence.
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Sat, 05 Aug 2000

JP/Surakarta Chinese perform Javanese opera

Surakarta Chinese perform Javanese opera JAKARTA (JP): Chinese-Indonesians have been unfairly stereotyped as thinking of nothing but business and making money.
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Sat, 05 Aug 2000

JP/Sikka regency short of gasoline

Sikka regency short of gasoline MAUMERA, East Nusa Tenggara: After East Java, Bali and Jakarta, the Sikka regency is now short of gasoline.
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Sat, 05 Aug 2000

JP/19 Poso riot suspects arrested

19 Poso riot suspects arrested POSO, Central Sulawesi: Security personnel have arrested 19 alleged rioters involved in the Poso riots which first broke out on May 23, an official said on Friday.
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Sat, 05 Aug 2000

JP/TV today

TV todayTVRI 5:00 a.m. Religious Teachings 6:00 News 8:00 Children's Songs 8:30 TV Series: Labyrinth 9:30 Interval 2:00 p.m.
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Sat, 05 Aug 2000

JP/Loan abuse may cost government $16b

Loan abuse may cost government $16b JAKARTA (JP): The Supreme Audit Agency (BPK) disclosed on Friday the government risks losing Rp 138.4 trillion (US$16 billion) due to the misuse of emergency liquidity loans extended by the central bank to commercial banks between late 1997 and January, 1999.
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Sat, 05 Aug 2000

JP/Wang wins Olympic golf c'ships

Wang wins Olympic golf c'ships JAKARTA (JP): Wang Ter Chiang of China Taipei convincingly scored five-under par in the final day of the Rp 250 million (US$28,090) Olympic Golf Championships at the Rancamaya Golf and Country Club in Bogor Friday.
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Sat, 05 Aug 2000

JP/Golkar not out for special session: Akbar

Golkar not out for special session: Akbar JAKARTA (JP): Golkar Party chairman Akbar Tandjung reiterated on Friday his party had no intention of changing the Annual Session of the People's Consultative Assembly to a special session which could impeach the President.
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Sat, 05 Aug 2000

JP/Credit scheme aimed at women launched

Credit scheme aimed at women launched JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Manpower Bomer Pasaribu launched a credit program on Friday aimed specifically at empowering women.The program is called Grameen Bank and is adopted from the same program in Bangladesh.
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Sat, 05 Aug 2000

JP/Where to go in Jakarta:

Where to go in Jakarta:Exhibitions * Painting Exhibition Figure Abad Baru (The New Era Figure) at Edwin's Gallery Jl. Kemang Raya No. 21, Kemang, South Jakarta (Phone: 7194721), until August 13.
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Sat, 05 Aug 2000

JP/Education can eradicate poverty

Education can eradicate poverty I read an article in The Jakarta Post on July 26, 2000, which states that Bazis is collecting more donations and plans to use the funds to eradicate poverty and improve the quality of human resources by allocating Rp 5.
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Sat, 05 Aug 2000

JP/Bogor traders reject relocation

Bogor traders reject relocation BOGOR (JP): Some 300 traders selling a variety of goods in kiosks and on streets in Pasar Ramayana complex appealed to local councillors on Friday to help them secure the cancellation of a city administration order concerning their immediate relocation.M.
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Sat, 05 Aug 2000

JP/Three juniors swim in Aspac

Three juniors swim in Aspac SEMARANG (JP): Central Java girl swimmer Shelomita Elisabeth and Jakartans Renata Lumbantoruan and Ariel Poniman will represent Indonesia in the Asia Pacific Age Group Swimming Championships in Kaosyiung, China Taipei, on Aug. 5 and Aug. 6.
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Sat, 05 Aug 2000

JP/Foreigners barred from multimedia services

Foreigners barred from multimedia services JAKARTA (JP): Executives of Indonesia's nascent Internet industry woke up Friday with the shocking news that the government has barred foreign investors from the multimedia services.
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Sat, 05 Aug 2000

JP/Gus Dur to survive MPR Annual Session

Gus Dur to survive MPR Annual Session President Abdurrahman Wahid, Vice President Megawati Soekarnoputri, People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) Speaker Amien Rais and House of Representatives (DPR) Speaker Akbar Tandjung agreed on Tuesday to ease political tension and renewed their commitment to ...
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Sat, 05 Aug 2000

JP/Ketaping airport project 'to resume'

Ketaping airport project 'to resume' PADANG, West Sumatra: Governor Zainal Bakar expressed his optimism on Friday that the halted Ketaping International Airport project would resume despite the objection by the Indonesian Corruption Watch (ICW).
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Sat, 05 Aug 2000

JP/Rusdihardjo says bomb at Caday's home a C4 type

Rusdihardjo says bomb at Caday's home a C4 type JAKARTA (JP): National Police chief Gen. Rusdihardjo said his personnel had identified the bomb that exploded at the front gate of the Philippine ambassador's residence on Tuesday as a C4, a high velocity military plastic explosive.
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Sat, 05 Aug 2000

JP/Rioters to be shot on sight during MPR session: Police

Rioters to be shot on sight during MPR session: Police JAKARTA (JP): City police will take firm measures against any parties attempting to disrupt the Annual Session of the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR), including shooting on sight any rioters, the police chief insisted on Friday.
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Sat, 05 Aug 2000

JP/Sutiyoso orders action on illegal wild boar trading

Sutiyoso orders action on illegal wild boar trading JAKARTA (JP): Prompted by recent scares that wild boar meat is being passed off as cheap beef at several markets in the capital, Governor Sutiyoso vowed on Friday to take stern and immediate action against the illegal practice.
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Sat, 05 Aug 2000

JP/NU kicks 'Neraca' out of office in ownership row

NU kicks 'Neraca' out of office in ownership row JAKARTA (JP): The Neraca business daily will have to temporarily suspend publication until Tuesday after its office on Jl.
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Sat, 05 Aug 2000

JP/Gus Dur's support weaker after MPR meeting: Expert

Gus Dur's support weaker after MPR meeting: Expert JAKARTA (JP): Support for President Abdurrahman Wahid in the House of Representatives will be severely reduced -- to as little as 11 percent of its legislators -- after the meeting of the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) next week, a noted ...
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Sat, 05 Aug 2000

JP/4 family members died in a fire

4 family members died in a fire JAKARTA (JP): A mother and her three daughters died when fire swept through their house on Friday in Permata Indah Park housing complex in Pejagalan subdistrict, North Jakarta, an officer said on Friday.North Jakarta Police detectives chief Asst. Supt.
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Sat, 05 Aug 2000

JP/Shortage of cash no excuse for murder: Judge

Shortage of cash no excuse for murder: Judge JAKARTA (JP): Defendants Tonggo Sinurat, alias Rinaldi, 31, and Sanggam Tambunan, 29, lowered their heads as the judge told them not to commit murder again.
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Sat, 05 Aug 2000

JP/Anton, Ismu unchallenged in Indocement Cup tourney

Anton, Ismu unchallenged in Indocement Cup tourney JAKARTA (JP): Indonesian Olympic Games qualifiers Anton Suseno and Ismu Harinto scored an easy 2-0 win over the duo of Richard Rumambi and Eddy Sugiarto in second-round action at the fourth Indocement Cup table tennis tournament on Friday.
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Sat, 05 Aug 2000

JP/GKJ Festival expected to inspire Jakarta

GKJ Festival expected to inspire Jakarta JAKARTA (JP): After a long pause, the Gedung Kesenian Jakarta (GKJ) will again delight the local art circle with an international-scale art event on Aug. 19 through Sept. 9.
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Sat, 05 Aug 2000

JP/Bonix incorporates optimism to fight opponent in ring

Bonix incorporates optimism to fight opponent in ringBy Bona Beding DENPASAR (JP): As the bell rang before the end of the third round to signify his victory, Indonesian bantamweight boxer Bonix Yusac Saweho jumped in jubilation and punched the air, while about 3,000 local spectators cheered.
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