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On This Day - January 16, 2001
Tue, 16 Jan 2001
Visa electron card
Visa electron cardFrom Bisnis IndonesiaI am a holder of Lippo Bank's Visa Electron credit-and-debit card. I had my first bad experience with this card when I purchased a ticket at a Mandala Airlines agent.
Tue, 16 Jan 2001
Central bank limits rupiah transactions with foreigners
Central bank limits rupiah transactions with foreigners JAKARTA (JP) Bank Indonesia announced on Monday a new ruling which limits rupiah transactions between banks operating in the country with non-residents in a bid to help curb speculation against the beleaguered local currency.
Tue, 16 Jan 2001
Police deny report on Army role in bombings
Police deny report on Army role in bombings JAKARTA (JP): The National Police claimed on Monday to have never issued any report indicating or stating the involvement of former Army generals in the Christmas Eve bombings that left at least 19 people dead.
Tue, 16 Jan 2001
Improving bank supervision
Improving bank supervision It is encouraging to note that amid the political battle to take control of Bank Indonesia (central bank), both the government and the House of Representatives remain fully aware of the vital importance of effective supervision in preventing a financial crisis.
Tue, 16 Jan 2001
House to deliberate 22 bills in 3 months
House to deliberate 22 bills in 3 months JAKARTA (JP): The House of Representatives opened its 2001 session on Monday with a conviction to focus more on its legislative duties targeting the deliberation of 22 bills in the next three months.
Tue, 16 Jan 2001
Trial shows Estrada running a 'mafia' style government
Trial shows Estrada running a 'mafia' style governmentBy Girlie Linao MANILA (DPA): Philippine President Joseph Estrada's impeachment trial has given the public a glimpse of how the former movie action star has ran the government like a "gangster" for the past two and a half years, analysts said.
Tue, 16 Jan 2001
Choosing the chief justice
Choosing the chief justiceFrom Rakyat MerdekaIf the President gives his pretext that the chief justice is yet to be chosen from the two candidates offered by the House of Representatives, the demand that an explanation about this matter be given must be addressed directly to the president himself,...
Tue, 16 Jan 2001
Toll road workers demand pay rise
Toll road workers demand pay rise TANGERANG (JP): Around 400 employees of the Tangerang branch of the state toll road operator PT Jasa Marga staged a rally in front of their office on Jl. MH Thamrin here on Monday, demanding a 30 percent wage rise.
Tue, 16 Jan 2001
Two important BLBI documents go missing
Two important BLBI documents go missing JAKARTA (JP): Two important documents of the Bank Indonesia believed to contain information that could help reveal the violations of the central bank regulations in the extending of emergency loans scam during the period from 1997 to 1999 are mysteriously...
Tue, 16 Jan 2001
Faisal Basri to resign from PAN membership
Faisal Basri to resign from PAN membership JAKARTA (JP): Noted economist Faisal Basri said on Monday that he will relinquish his membership of the National Mandate Party (PAN) due to fundamental differences of opinion with the party's stance on several principles and policies.
Tue, 16 Jan 2001
Satelindo customers given e-mail access from cell phones
Satelindo customers given e-mail access from cell phones JAKARTA (JP): Cellular service operator PT Satelit Palapa Indonesia (Satelindo) launched its SMS-based e-mail notification service on Monday, enabling its customers to retrieve e-mail from their handsets.
Tue, 16 Jan 2001
Rupiah Rates Jan.15
Rupiah Rates Jan.15 Bank notes rates TT rates Buying Selling Buying Selling Rp Rp Rp Rp U.S. dollar 1 9,085.00 10,085.00 9,537.00 9,633.00Australian dollar 1 5,007.65 5,563.89 5,256.79 5,314.53Austrian schilling 1 625.50 694.87 656.62 663.72Belgian franc 1 213.37 237.03 223.98 226.
Tue, 16 Jan 2001
Policy removing tax relief for debtors deplored
Policy removing tax relief for debtors deplored JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Kadin) criticized on Monday the government's decision to withdraw tax facilities given to indebted companies, describing the measure as being unrealistic.
Tue, 16 Jan 2001
Journalists protest against violence
Journalists protest against violence MEDAN, North Sumatra: Around 120 reporters from various media based in the North Sumatra capital of Medan marched to the provincial legislative council on Monday to protest against violence committed by members of a youth organization.
Tue, 16 Jan 2001
Asian currencies fall late; focus on firmer rupiah
Asian currencies fall late; focus on firmer rupiah SINGAPORE (Dow Jones): Most Asian currencies slumped late Monday as the Japanese yen continued its downward spiral and as worries over President Joseph Estrada's impeachment trial sent the Philippine peso to a new record low.
Tue, 16 Jan 2001
BPGS sets ambitious target following its name change
BPGS sets ambitious target following its name change JAKARTA (JP): The Gelora Senayan Management Board (BPGS) set an ambitious target for the next five years following President Abdurrahman Wahid's decision on Sunday to rename the Senayan Sports Complex as Bung Karno Sports Complex.
Tue, 16 Jan 2001
Controversy fact emerges on Guterres at court hearing
Controversy fact emerges on Guterres at court hearing JAKARTA (JP): Lawyers defending former East Timor prointegration leader Eurico Guterres insisted on Monday his trial was unlawful following their latest assertion that the government had yet to revoke the defendant's status as a member of the...
Tue, 16 Jan 2001
Gus Dur's rejection of justices gets mixed reaction
Gus Dur's rejection of justices gets mixed reaction JAKARTA (JP): Legislators on Monday gave mixed reactions to President Abdurrahman Wahid's Friday letter to the House of Representatives officially rejecting the two nominated chief justices proposed by the legislature.
Tue, 16 Jan 2001
Canopy trail provides up-close look at wildlife
Canopy trail provides up-close look at wildlifeBy Yusran Endo Fauzi MT. HALIMUN, West Java (JP): The 100-meter-long canopy trail is suspended at a height of between 25 meters and 30 meters, a bridge suspended in the valley of wilderness that is Mt. Halimun National Park.
Tue, 16 Jan 2001
Beddu's house arrest extended
Beddu's house arrest extended JAKARTA (JP): State prosecutors failed to meet their initial deadline on Monday to file the corruption charges against former chief of the National Logistics Agency (Bulog) Beddu Amang and extended the suspect's house arrest instead.
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