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Sat, 23 Sep 2000

JP/Time to abolish departure tax

Time to abolish departure taxBy Martin R. Jenkins JAKARTA (JP): When the New Order administration was swept away in such spectacular fashion in last year's elections, many had high hopes that the country would finally break away from the past and that the new government would instigate real ...

Sat, 23 Sep 2000

JP/Tanjung Intan port returns to normal

Tanjung Intan port returns to normal CILACAP, Central Java: Activities at the state-owned Pelabuhan Indonesia III in Tanjung Intan port has returned to normal following an accident last June when a Singapore-based oil tanker MT King Fisher hit a coral reef, spilling its cargo into the surrounding ...

Sat, 23 Sep 2000

JP/Can traditional cultures survive in globalized world?

Can traditional cultures survive in globalized world?By Edi Sedyawati JAKARTA (JP): Overbearing terms and phrases appear daily in the media the world over, reverberating the words of political figures, including, among other things, "democratization", "human rights", "free market" and even ...

Sat, 23 Sep 2000

JP/Education needs more attention

Education needs more attention JAKARTA (JP): The fourth National Education Convention ended on Friday, recommending that the country's political elite pay more attention to national education.

Sat, 23 Sep 2000

JP/Health graduates unable to find jobs

Health graduates unable to find jobs JAKARTA (JP): Only about 20 percent of an average 5,000 health school graduates per year were able to find jobs, while the rest went jobless, Minister of Health and Social Welfare Achmad Sujudi said on Thursday.

Sat, 23 Sep 2000

JP/Talented teens to perform chamber music concert

Talented teens to perform chamber music concert JAKARTA (JP): Four teenagers are to take center stage during a concert by the Capella Amadeus String Chamber Orchestra on the evening of Sept. 28 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, Jl. Gatot Subroto.

Sat, 23 Sep 2000

JP/Tempo moves to next level with English version

Tempo moves to next level with English version Amid tight competition, Tempo magazine launched an English- language version on Sept. 12. With 10,000 copies priced at Rp 15,300, it also targets foreign and Indonesian readers overseas.

Sat, 23 Sep 2000

JP/Organda, Texmaco to meet on buying of Perkasa buses

Organda, Texmaco to meet on buying of Perkasa buses JAKARTA (JP): City bus operators are to meet top executives of PT Texmaco Perkasa Engineering next week to obtain detailed information about the firm's Perkasa buses and related services, including the payment system, offered by the company.

Sat, 23 Sep 2000

JP/'Military, police must work 'hand in hand'

'Military, police must work 'hand in hand' Heads rolled following the recent bombings in Jakarta but Koesparmono Irsan, former National Police deputy chief of operations and a member of the National Commission of Human Rights, says problems remain regarding the improvement of the police force.

Sat, 23 Sep 2000

JP/17 firms to start scripless trading

17 firms to start scripless trading JAKARTA (JP): Seventeen companies listed on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (JSX) will migrate to scripless trading beginning next week.

Sat, 23 Sep 2000

JP/'Suara BSD' ads cover half of costs

'Suara BSD' ads cover half of costs TANGERANG (JP): It has just celebrated its first anniversary but Suara BSD (Voice of BSD), a tabloid community magazine has already managed to cover half of its production costs from advertising revenues.

Sat, 23 Sep 2000

JP/Govt asked to sit with BI over 'misused' loans

Govt asked to sit with BI over 'misused' loans JAKARTA (JP): The central bank and the government should sit together to reach an agreement on how to share the burden in the mishandling of past massive emergency liquidity loans for troubled banks, according to Bank Indonesia deputy ...

Sat, 23 Sep 2000

JP/TV today

TV todayTVRI 5:00 a.m. Religious Teachings 6:00 News 8:00 Olympics Program 11:00 Interval 2:00 p.m. News 2:30 Olympics Program 3:00 Music 4:00 News 4:30 Music 5:30 TVRI News 6:30 Music 7:00 Evening News 7:30 Music 8:00 Sport News 9:00 News 9:30 Film 10:30 NewsProgram 2 5:30 p.m.

Sat, 23 Sep 2000

JP/China's status in WTO: Better in than out

China's status in WTO: Better in than out SINGAPORE: After years of often bitter debate, the vote was not even close. By an overwhelming margin of 83 to 15, the United States Senate passed the Bill extending Permanent Normal Trading Relations (PNTR) to China.

Sat, 23 Sep 2000

JP/Pick of the Flicks

Pick of the FlicksHollywood KC Final Destination 14:15 16:55 19:05 21:15 Simon Sez 14:55 17:35 19:45 21:55 The Muse 14:15 16:55 19:05 21:15 Komodo 14:55 17:35 19:45 21:55 Any Given Sunday ...

Sat, 23 Sep 2000

JP/Once bitten in Somalia, West faces tough decision

Once bitten in Somalia, West faces tough decisionBy Kieran Murray MOGADISHU (Reuters): The steady crack of a sledgehammer echoes out over the barren land that once housed the U.S. embassy and United Nations headquarters in Mogadishu.

Sat, 23 Sep 2000

JP/Improving education

Improving education It may be that this is not the right moment to extol the importance of education.

Sat, 23 Sep 2000

JP/IFC agrees to guarantee Indonesia's int'l bonds

IFC agrees to guarantee Indonesia's int'l bonds JAKARTA (JP): The International Finance Corporation (IFC) has agreed to guarantee the government's bonds issuance in the international market, according to Coordinating Minister for the Economy Rizal Ramli.

Sat, 23 Sep 2000

JP/Imam orders probe into U.S. Consulate attack in Surabaya

Imam orders probe into U.S. Consulate attack in Surabaya SURABAYA (JP): East Java Governor Imam Utomo said on Friday he had instructed the police to thoroughly investigate last week's attack on the American Consulate in Surabaya.

Sat, 23 Sep 2000

JP/Prosecutors put Sjahril under house arrest

Prosecutors put Sjahril under house arrest JAKARTA (JP): Suspended Bank Indonesia governor Sjahril Sabirin left the Attorney General's Office detention compound on Friday night, where he has been confined for the past three months after prosecutors reverted his status to house arrest.

Sat, 23 Sep 2000

JP/Overseas trip?

Overseas trip? I was very surprised to read that some 90 members of the working committees of the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) plan to travel abroad (including the USA, Canada and some European countries) to disseminate information about the outcome of the 2000 Annual Session of the MPR.

Sat, 23 Sep 2000

JP/28 students injured in brawl

28 students injured in brawl JAKARTA (JP): At least 28 university students were injured during a clash on Jl. Diponegoro, Central Jakarta on Friday, but all were released after hospital treatment.

Sat, 23 Sep 2000

JP/Sotheby's asked to stop painting sale

Sotheby's asked to stop painting sale JAKARTA (JP): Painter Sindusudarsono Sudjojono's family has asked Sotheby's in Singapore to stop an Oct. 1 auction of one of Sudjojono's paintings.They say it is from a family collection that went missing 14 years ago.

Sat, 23 Sep 2000

JP/Mann grabs golf title at BSD with 16-under-par

Mann grabs golf title at BSD with 16-under-par TANGERANG, West Java (JP): Leading the pack over the past three rounds, experienced golfer Maan Nasim went on to win the Rp 100 million Andersen Consulting tournament here on Friday.

Sat, 23 Sep 2000

JP/ACPC hopes RI will join coffee retention scheme

ACPC hopes RI will join coffee retention scheme JAKARTA (JP): The Association of Coffee Producing Countries (ACPC) said it was optimistic Indonesia would join the global coffee retention plan despite the problems faced by local growers in obtaining the funds needed to cover the plan.

Sat, 23 Sep 2000

JP/Distress calls

Distress calls Market sentiment put simply, gossip and rumor overlaid by a few shaky predictions have always been able to drive the Hong Kong stock market more easily than sound financial facts.

Sat, 23 Sep 2000

JP/RI to represent the region at IMF

RI to represent the region at IMF JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia will represent the Southeast Asian nations (excluding the Philippines) in the International Monetary Fund (IMF) executive board of directors starting December, according to Bank Indonesia deputy governor Burhanuddin Abdullah.

Sat, 23 Sep 2000

JP/Suspected child molester caught

Suspected child molester caught DENPASAR, Bali: Police arrested on Thursday afternoon a man suspected of sexually molesting a two-year-old girl in Taman Hamlet of Kerobokan village, some eight kilometers west of Denpasar.

Sat, 23 Sep 2000

JP/Bomb explosions, arson rock troubled Aceh

Bomb explosions, arson rock troubled Aceh BANDA ACEH, Aceh (JP): A series of bomb and arson attacks on government and police offices continued in the restive Aceh province on Friday, with the Darul Imarah Police station in Aceh Besar regency and the Banda Aceh office of religious affairs ...

Sat, 23 Sep 2000

JP/Jakarta's PDI-P first congress marred by protest

Jakarta's PDI-P first congress marred by protest JAKARTA (JP): The first congress of the Jakarta chapter of Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI Perjuangan) was colored by a noisy protest on Friday when a party district chairman forced his way into the venue without permission.

Sat, 23 Sep 2000

JP/Militias, military linked, says Marzuki

Militias, military linked, says Marzuki JAKARTA (JP): Attorney General Marzuki Darusman said on Friday that the Indonesian Military (TNI) should not continue denying it has a connection with militias currently operating in West Timor.

Sat, 23 Sep 2000

JP/Lebanon protests show Syrian policy in flux

Lebanon protests show Syrian policy in fluxBy Miral Fahmy BEIRUT (Reuters): President Bashar al-Assad seems keen to ease Syria's stranglehold over Lebanon, where a spate of anti-Syrian protests shows that he is giving his neighbor a bit more political slack, analysts said on Thursday.

Sat, 23 Sep 2000

JP/Oil firms are to blame for the fuel crisis

Oil firms are to blame for the fuel crisisBy Frank Dobson MP LONDON: Everybody knows that the taxes on petrol and diesel are lower in Europe than in Britain, yet the fuel price protests are not confined to Britain. Truckers and farmers all over Europe are protesting.

Sat, 23 Sep 2000

JP/Maluku mayhem continues

Maluku mayhem continues AMBON, Maluku (JP): A clash between two villages on Lease Island in the Saparua district of Central Maluku broke out Friday morning resulting in the destruction of some 160 homes.

Sat, 23 Sep 2000

JP/Rusdihardjo disobeyed me, says President

Rusdihardjo disobeyed me, says President JAKARTA (JP): President Abdurrahman Wahid on Friday said he fired National Police Chief Gen. Rusdihardjo because the general failed to obey an order to arrest Hutomo "Tommy" Mandala Putra.

Sat, 23 Sep 2000

JP/Post-communists exploit eastern resentment

Post-communists exploit eastern resentmentBy Simon Burnett SCHWERIN, Germany (DPA): The neglect at the former East German collective farm told the story: unruly clumps of shoulder-high bushes and long grass encroached on the long, crumbling concrete buildings.

Sat, 23 Sep 2000

JP/Hendrawan reaches final, Gong wins gold

Hendrawan reaches final, Gong wins goldBy Primastuti Handayani SYDNEY (JP): Indonesian badminton men's singles player Hendrawan moved a step closer to claiming the Olympic laurel after overwhelming Xia Xuanze of China in their semifinal match here on Friday.

Sat, 23 Sep 2000

JP/Special task force to work on bombing cases: Bimantoro

Special task force to work on bombing cases: Bimantoro JAKARTA (JP): The National Police has established a special task force to investigate the recent unsolved bombing cases throughout the country and is expected to begin work next Monday, acting National Police chief Comr. Gen.

Sat, 23 Sep 2000

JP/E. Java joins Hanover expo

E. Java joins Hanover expo SURABAYA (Antara): Indonesia's East Java province is taking part in the ongoing World Expo 2000 in Hanover, Germany.

Sat, 23 Sep 2000

JP/Abdurrahman to embark on overseas trip next week

Abdurrahman to embark on overseas trip next week JAKARTA (JP): President Abdurrahman Wahid will embark on yet another whirlwind overseas trip on Monday, which this time will take him to Venezuela, Brazil, Chile and Canada.

Sat, 23 Sep 2000

JP/President to unveil 2001 budget on Oct. 2

President to unveil 2001 budget on Oct. 2 JAKARTA (JP): President Abdurrahman Wahid is expected to deliver the 2001 budget draft to the House of Representatives (DPR) on Oct. 2, House media relations department head Iskandar Basri said on Friday.

Sat, 23 Sep 2000

JP/Stock quotations on JSX

Stock quotations on JSXStock prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (in rupiah) on Sept. 22, 2000: Shares Close Change Trading Volume ------------------------------------------------------------- Ades Alfindo ...

Sat, 23 Sep 2000

JP/Chamber music gig a hit; more to come

Chamber music gig a hit; more to comeBy Y. Bintang Prakarsa JAKARTA (JP): A classical music concert organizer once said that chamber music is not marketable, but a performance of piano trios by pianist Ary Sutedja, violinist I Gusti Bagus Wiswakarma, and cellist Leonard van Hien (Erasmus Huis, ...

Sat, 23 Sep 2000

JP/Madurese stage protest at Golkar office over Sampang

Madurese stage protest at Golkar office over Sampang JAKARTA (JP): The speaker of the House of Representatives Akbar Tandjung's recent suggestion that the newly-elected Sampang regent Fadhilah Budiono be allowed to take his position despite a heated dispute, has drawn strong reaction from the ...

Sat, 23 Sep 2000

JP/Harbormaster Tower is high and dry

Harbormaster Tower is high and dryBy Ida Indawati Khouw The historical Menara Syahbandar (The Harbormaster Tower) that the Dutch colonial administration built in 1839 beside Jakarta Bay is deteriorating from weather, heavy traffic and lack of maintenance.

Sat, 23 Sep 2000

JP/Korea-U.S. security session commences

Korea-U.S. security session commences SEOUL: South Korea and the United States held their annual Security Consultative Meeting (SCM) in Seoul on Thursday. As usual, the two sides issued a statement emphasizing the importance of maintaining a close bilateral security alliance.

Sat, 23 Sep 2000

JP/Freeport appreciates Bapedal's comments on audit

Freeport appreciates Bapedal's comments on audit JAKARTA (JP): Mining giant PT Freeport Indonesia said on Friday it appreciated the comments from the Environmental Impact Management Agency (Bapedal) on its environmental audit although it disagreed with some of the agency's comments.

Sat, 23 Sep 2000

JP/Police recruitment drive attracts high school grads

Police recruitment drive attracts high school grads JAKARTA (JP): About 150 high school graduates were sitting on an asphalt yard in the Jakarta Police Headquarters on Friday, hoping to become members of the force.

Sat, 23 Sep 2000

JP/Food and biotechnology

Food and biotechnology I wish to comment on your editorial Fears of the unknown (Sept. 19, 2000). While I must commend your newspaper on raising public awareness on the issue of biotechnology, your editorial gave the mistaken impression that the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has ...

Sat, 23 Sep 2000

JP/LIPI offers Nippon Foundation fellowships

LIPI offers Nippon Foundation fellowships JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI) announced on Friday that six fellowships from the Nippon Foundation were available for next year.

Sat, 23 Sep 2000

JP/On public telephones

On public telephones With reference to the letter from Ms. Sinta Wijayanti (The Jakarta Post, Sept. 18, 2000: Public telephone).It is correct that most of the unusable public telephones in the Bogor area have been rendered so because of vandalism, especially that associated with robbery.

Sat, 23 Sep 2000

JP/Holland provides $30.4 million grant for local schools

Holland provides $30.4 million grant for local schools BOGOR (JP): The Netherlands agreed on Friday to extend a whooping US$30.4 million grant to finance the development of around 4,000 schools, in particular those in areas that have been disrupted by social unrest and natural disasters.