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On This Day - December 4, 2000
Mon, 04 Dec 2000
Estrada's impeachment: A national embarrassment
Estrada's impeachment: A national embarrassmentBy Isagani A. Cruz MANILA: Let us turn our attention briefly from the garbage of the presidential misdeeds as alleged in the Articles of Impeachment to the incredible garbage piling up in the streets of Metro Manila.
Mon, 04 Dec 2000
Lesson for filmmakers
Lesson for filmmakersFrom Warta KotaI recalled with the review of an Iranian film, Children of Heaven in VCD format that Warta Kota published on Nov. 28 that this film had been screened in a number of cinemas in Jakarta for several months.
Mon, 04 Dec 2000
Hancock CEO files libel suit
Hancock CEO files libel suit KUALA LUMPUR (DPA): John Hancock Life Insurance-Malaysia president and chief executive officer John Ng Kim Hoong has filed a suit against the company for alleged libel.The Sun daily reported Saturday that the suit for 60 million Ringgit (US$15.
Mon, 04 Dec 2000
Junta urged to boost dialog
Junta urged to boost dialog YANGON (AFP): A group of former National League for Democracy (NLD) members appealed on Sunday to Myanmar's ruling junta to step up its dialog with opposition parties.In a letter sent to top members of the junta, the former members, who were kicked out of the NLD for...
Mon, 04 Dec 2000
Thailand to produce 2m liters of ethanol by 2002
Thailand to produce 2m liters of ethanol by 2002 BANGKOK (DPA): As part of the government's effort to reduce dependency on imported fuels, the newly established National Ethanol Committee has set a production target of two million liters of the alternative fuel by the year 2002, news reports said...
Mon, 04 Dec 2000
Are the disabled close to equality?
Are the disabled close to equality?By Inge Komardjaja BANDUNG (JP): The International Day for Disabled People on Dec. 3 is held to commemorate the existence and plight of disabled people. They are the world's largest minority and most of them live in Asia and the Pacific.
Mon, 04 Dec 2000
Pertamina to own majority stake in CPP oil block: Govt
Pertamina to own majority stake in CPP oil block: Govt JAKARTA (JP): The government said state oil and gas company Pertamina will own the majority stake in a joint company that will operate the Coastal Plains Pekanbaru (CPP) oil block in Riau.
Mon, 04 Dec 2000
Provincial council speaker to be fired
Provincial council speaker to be fired BANDARLAMPUNG, Lampung: Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI Perjuangan) chairwoman Megawati Soekarnoputri has approved a move to dismiss party member Srie Atidah, the speaker of the provincial legislature here.In her decree dated Nov.
Mon, 04 Dec 2000
Minister assures safe trips ahead of holidays
Minister assures safe trips ahead of holidays YOGYAKARTA (JP): Minister of Transportation and Telecommunications Agum Gumelar has assured holidaymakers bound for Central Java of a safe passage, despite concerns about possible landslides that may endanger their trips.
Mon, 04 Dec 2000
National Park looted
National Park looted On Oct. 16, 2000, driving down from Banyuwedang toward Negara in Bali, just before reaching Melaya we saw about 200 people with axes and hatchets cutting and marking trees along the side of the road around the West Bali National Park.
Mon, 04 Dec 2000
ASEAN+3 swaps lack muscle as a safety net
ASEAN+3 swaps lack muscle as a safety net NEW DELHI (Reuters): Doubts ASEAN+3 can build a big enough financial war chest for a swap scheme to support currencies in crisis are fueling skepticism about how well the safety net will work, analysts and traders said.
Mon, 04 Dec 2000
Police seize firecrackers
Police seize firecrackers SEMARANG: Sragen Police in Central Java arrested two firecracker sellers and seized their merchandise on Saturday.Police detective chief First Insp. Sudarto said the suspects, 33-year-old Jumari and 27-year-old Rusito, had been under surveillance for the past two days...
Mon, 04 Dec 2000
Ramadhan time for Jakarta
Ramadhan time for JakartaMonday Maghrib 6:00 p.m.Tuesday Imsak 3:57 a.m.Subuh 4:07 a.m.
Mon, 04 Dec 2000
Land owned by Tommy in Serang confiscated
Land owned by Tommy in Serang confiscated JAKARTA (JP): South Jakarta prosecutors seized on Saturday a plot of land belonging to fugitive Hutomo "Tommy" Mandala Putra, the youngest son of former president Soeharto, as a guarantee against his some Rp 30.6 billion (US$3.2 million) debt to the state.
Mon, 04 Dec 2000
First Lady feeds Jakarta's poor
First Lady feeds Jakarta's poor JAKARTA (JP): First Lady Shinta Nuriyah Abdurrahman personally delivered food packages to 400 workers at the Tanjung Priok bus station and 3,000 residents of a low-cost apartment block in Cilincing, North Jakarta, early on Saturday morning.
Mon, 04 Dec 2000
Referendum without options
Referendum without options After his recent visit to Aceh, People's Consultative Assembly Speaker Amien Rais said: "If the autonomy law is unsatisfactory and the security situation in Aceh is not improved and the people's suffering continues to worsen, anyone with a healthy brain can predict there...
Mon, 04 Dec 2000
Indonesia to send doctors to Malaysia, says Sujudi
Indonesia to send doctors to Malaysia, says Sujudi JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Health and Social Welfare Ahmad Suyudi said on Saturday the government was working on an agreement with the Malaysian government to send Indonesian doctors to Malaysia.
Mon, 04 Dec 2000
Police receive bomb threat
Police receive bomb threat BATAM, Riau: A bomb squad rushed to the council building in Tanjung Pinang, Bintan Island, on Saturday after police were told a bomb had been planted in the building.The head of the East Riau Islands Police, Supt.
Mon, 04 Dec 2000
Police should follow up on Rusdihardjo's testimony
Police should follow up on Rusdihardjo's testimony JAKARTA (JP): Legal observers said on Saturday former National Police chief Rusdihardjo's testimony before a special committee of the House of Representatives could not be used as evidence in court, but should be investigated by the police.
Mon, 04 Dec 2000
S'pore adds Danish, German beef to ban
S'pore adds Danish, German beef to ban SINGAPORE (AP): Germany and Denmark have been added to a list of countries whose beef cannot be imported to Singapore amid fears of mad cow disease, a newspaper reported on Sunday.
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