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On This Day - August 15, 2000
Tue, 15 Aug 2000
Poso back to normal after signing of peace accord
Poso back to normal after signing of peace accord POSO, Central Sulawesi (JP): The town of Poso returned to normal on Monday following the signing of a peace accord by Sulawesi governors the day before and the deployment of Cinta Damai (Love of Peace) special troops from the Wirabuana Regional...
Tue, 15 Aug 2000
Three foreigners apply to Persijap
Three foreigners apply to Persijap SEMARANG (JP): Three foreign soccer players from Cameroon, Brazil and Liberia have requested to join the Persijap Jepara club, an official said here on Monday.The three players are Simon Atangana (Cameroon), Arliston de Olivera (Brazil) and Jonah Ballah (Liberia).
Tue, 15 Aug 2000
Tunas posts higher profit
Tunas posts higher profit JAKARTA (JP): Publicly listed automotive company PT Tunas Ridean announced on Monday net profits of Rp 45 billion (US$5.6 million) for the first half of this year.Company corporate secretary Miranti Andiyana said the figure reflected an increase of 342 percent from the Rp...
Tue, 15 Aug 2000
RI sets time frame for refugee camp closure
RI sets time frame for refugee camp closure JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Foreign Affairs Alwi Shihab said on Monday that East Timorese refugee camps in West Timor would be closed within three to six months.
Tue, 15 Aug 2000
Voices against proposal on 'syariah' law heard
Voices against proposal on 'syariah' law heard YOGYAKARTA (JP): Voices disagreeing with the proposal to include Islamic syariah law in the 1945 Constitution were heard throughout the country on Monday.Many people warned of the danger of social segregation if it was passed.
Tue, 15 Aug 2000
Sjahril files lawsuit
Sjahril files lawsuit JAKARTA (JP): Suspended Bank Indonesia governor Sjahril Sabirin has filed a pretrial lawsuit against the Attorney General's Office over his arrest status, a South Jakarta District Court official said on Monday.M.
Tue, 15 Aug 2000
City to lease houses to expats
City to lease houses to expats JAKARTA (JP): City-owned property developer, PT Sarana Wisesa Properindo, will lease 12 houses, located on Jl. Pejaten Raya in South Jakarta, to expatriates, company president Dede Chatab said in a statement, copies of which were made available to The Jakarta Post on...
Tue, 15 Aug 2000
Tension high in Ambon ahead of Aug. 17 celebrations
Tension high in Ambon ahead of Aug. 17 celebrations AMBON, Maluku (JP): Tension gripped Ambon on Monday ahead of the Aug. 17 Independence Day celebrations as rumors of renewed massive attacks continued to spread fear among the city's residents.
Tue, 15 Aug 2000
Most Asian currencies rise late, rupiah at 3-month high
Most Asian currencies rise late, rupiah at 3-month high SINGAPORE (Dow Jones): Increasing signs that the Indonesian government will successfully weather its latest political storm helped push the rupiah to a three-month high Monday, and provided a lift to other Asian currencies.
Tue, 15 Aug 2000
MPR wants Megawati's tasks to be detailed
MPR wants Megawati's tasks to be detailed JAKARTA (JP): Subcommission C of the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) has agreed to prepare only one draft decree that instructs the President to issue a detailed presidential decree on the Vice President's new tasks.
Tue, 15 Aug 2000
House approval for BCA, Niaga divestment needed
House approval for BCA, Niaga divestment needed JAKARTA (JP): The government is seeking approval from the House of Representatives (DPR) to divest ownership of publicly listed Bank Central Asia (BCA) and Bank Niaga this year.
Tue, 15 Aug 2000
RI tourist office in China
RI tourist office in China JAKARTA (JP): The government is canceling a plan to reopen its Indonesian tourist office in Los Angeles and instead prioritizing opening one in Beijing, Minister of Art and Tourism Hidayat Djaelani said on Monday.
Tue, 15 Aug 2000
JSX suspends three Texmaco subsidiaries
JSX suspends three Texmaco subsidiaries JAKARTA (JP): The Jakarta Stock Exchange (JSX) temporally suspended on Monday the trading of PT Polysindo Eka Perkasa, PT Texmaco Perkasa Engineering and Texmaco Jaya, three of four publicly listed subsidiaries of the giant Texmaco Group.
Tue, 15 Aug 2000
Shareholders' meeting to decide KPC's future
Shareholders' meeting to decide KPC's future JAKARTA (JP): The shareholders of coal mining company PT Kaltim Prima Coal in East Kalimantan will meet here to decide on the company's future, following failed efforts to end a dispute with striking workers.
Tue, 15 Aug 2000
Antidumping body still has much to do
Antidumping body still has much to doBy Erry Bundjamin JAKARTA (JP): The issue of dumping goods has received a great deal of attention in Indonesia recently. As such, it is necessary, in order to avoid confusion, to familiarize people with the minimum essential procedural and technical requirements...
Tue, 15 Aug 2000
Jacob Tobing mindful of duty but not overawed
Jacob Tobing mindful of duty but not overawed JAKARTA (JP): How does it feel to be in charge of a commission assigned to alter the nation's Constitution?"Anxious," was Commission A chairman Jacob Tobing's answer.
Tue, 15 Aug 2000
Witness in Soeharto case dies
Witness in Soeharto case dies JAKARTA (JP): A witness in former president Soeharto's alleged graft trial, Dharmais foundation treasurer Brig. Gen. (ret) Hedijanto, died from a brain hemorrhage on Monday morning after undergoing surgery the previous evening. He was 73.
Tue, 15 Aug 2000
BI official expects SBI rate to fall this week
BI official expects SBI rate to fall this week JAKARTA (JP): Bank Indonesia senior deputy governor Anwar Nasution expects the benchmark interest rate on Bank Indonesia one-month SBI promissory notes to decrease at the weekly auction on Wednesday.
Tue, 15 Aug 2000
Stock quotations on JSX
Stock quotations on JSXStock prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (in rupiah) on Aug. 14, 2000: Shares Close Change Trading Volume ------------------------------------------------------------- Ades Alfindo 690 0 0 Adindo Foresta Indonesia 305 -5 787,500 Alakasa Industrindo 700 0 0 Alfa Retailindo...
Tue, 15 Aug 2000
Writing TNI in the Constitution
Writing TNI in the Constitution After so many attacks on the political role played by the Indonesian Military (TNI), I was surprised to read in The Jakarta Post of Aug. 9, 2000 an article titled TNI set to write itself into the Constitution.
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