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On This Day - October 3, 2000

Government told to protect nonsmokers

Government told to protect nonsmokers JAKARTA (JP): A health official proposed on Monday that the government slice at least 5 percent of tax revenues from cigarettes to promote protection for nonsmokers.

Speaker defends Sutiyoso's 'bonus' to councillors

Speaker defends Sutiyoso's 'bonus' to councillors JAKARTA (JP): In order to end the on-going controversy over Governor Sutiyoso's alleged bribery attempt on the 85-member city council, Council Speaker Edi Waluyo on Monday defended the action saying that the Rp 850 million (US$95,000) fund from the...

Pertamina, Sietco sign deal

Pertamina, Sietco sign deal JAKARTA (JP): State oil and gas company Pertamina signed on Monday a crude refining deal with Shell International Eastern Trading Company (Sietco) allowing the latter to refine the former's crude oil.

Police net teen prostitutes

Police net teen prostitutes PURWOKERTO, Central Java: At least 20 teen prostitutes have been nabbed for operating in a housing complex near Baturraden tourist resort.Chief of Baturraden Police First Insp.

PBHI accuse police of framing suspects

PBHI accuse police of framing suspects JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesian Legal Aid and Human Rights Association (PBHI) has expressed its suspicion that the police have framed the suspects of the fatal bombing at the Jakarta Stock Exchange (JSX) building using false evidence.

Protests against fuel price hike continue

Protests against fuel price hike continue JAKARTA (JP): Student protests against the fuel hike continued on Monday with demonstrations in several cities turning violent.In Jakarta, some 300 university students from different groups rallied in front of the Presidential Palace to hold a joint protest...

Stock Exchange

Stock ExchangeStock prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (in rupiah) on Oct. 2, 2000: Shares Close Change Trading Volume ------------------------------------------------------------- Ades Alfindo 1,270 330 3,301,000 Adindo Foresta Indonesia 130 0 203,500 Alakasa Industrindo 430 0 0 Alfa Retailindo...

Airport customs officers foil snake smuggling

Airport customs officers foil snake smuggling TANGERANG (JP): Customs officers at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport have foiled an attempt to smuggle 789 jali snakes to Singapore.Director General for Customs and Excise Permana Agung said the snakes were packed among 62 boxes labeled "chili"...

Gunungkidul villagers face water shortage

Gunungkidul villagers face water shortageBy Bambang M. YOGYAKARTA (JP): Whenever the dry season starts, villagers in Wonosari, Gunungkidul regency, would prefer a pail of water to almost anything else.The rich, however, have no problems since they can simply buy water.

Smoking mad at Persahabatan

Smoking mad at Persahabatan I am enraged by the number of smokers loitering about and fouling the air in the hallways and corners of Persahabatan Hospital in East Jakarta. It appears to me that not much has been done to enforce the "no smoking" signs scattered everywhere on the premises, maybe...

IBRA to sell Salim assets to meet 2001 target

IBRA to sell Salim assets to meet 2001 target JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesian Bank Restructuring Agency (IBRA) said on Monday it planned to sell assets of the giant Salim Group to meet the agency's 2001 budget sales target of Rp 27 trillion (US$3.1 billion).

Suspected robbers shot on train

Suspected robbers shot on train SURABAYA: Police have shot two alleged robbers for resisting arrest on Argobromo Anggrek executive train heading for Surabaya from Jakarta.Surabaya Police chief Sr. Supt.

Inflation down in September as food prices drop

Inflation down in September as food prices drop JAKARTA (JP): The Consumer Price Index (CPI), the important measure in calculating inflation, fell by 0.06 percent in September compared to the previous month thanks to falling food prices, the Central Bureau of Statistics (BPS) said on Monday.

Bakrie units receive ISOs

Bakrie units receive ISOs JAKARTA (JP): Two affiliates of publicly-listed PT Bakrie & Brothers, PT Bakrie Building Industries (BBI) and PT Bakrie Corrugated Metal Industry (BCMI) received ISO 9002 certificates on Monday from Lloyd's Register Quality Assurance.

Asian currencies mixed late, renewed weakness in won

Asian currencies mixed late, renewed weakness in won SINGAPORE (Dow Jones): Asian currencies were mixed late Monday, with the South Korean won and the New Taiwan dollar feeling the brunt of a selloff on their respective local bourses, dealers said.

Six Maluku men seek PBHI help for political asylum

Six Maluku men seek PBHI help for political asylum JAKARTA (JP): Six Maluku men who climbed over the gate of the Swiss Embassy in South Jakarta last Wednesday have sought help from the Indonesian Legal Aid and Human Rights Association (PBHI) to urge the embassy to grant them political asylum.

Land of miracles?

Land of miracles? To call this land under the tropical sun full of miracles surely is an exaggeration. Yet there have been a number of, I would say, "miracle-like" developments recently.The first miracle is the inability, due to a certain conspiracy or not, of the South Jakarta Court, to start...

Armed rebels kidnap and shoot councillor

Armed rebels kidnap and shoot councillor BANDA ACEH, Aceh (JP): Two armed separatist rebels abducted a North Aceh councillor on Sunday evening and left him in critical condition with seven gunshot wounds in Tanah Luas district, Lhokseumawe, North Aceh, an officer said on Monday.

Government pledges to give emphasis on education

Government pledges to give emphasis on education JAKARTA (JP): In an effort to improve the quality of Indonesia's human resources, the government will place more emphasis on the development of national education in the next fiscal year, Vice President Megawati Soekarnoputri said on Monday.

Greetings by the German Ambassador to the Republic of Indonesia,

Greetings by the German Ambassador to the Republic of Indonesia, Dr. Gerhard Fulda, on the occasion of the German National Day On 3 October 2000 we will be celebrating the tenth anniversary of German unity.

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