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On This Day - February 15, 2001
Thu, 15 Feb 2001
No more reason to delay visit to Australia: Alwi
No more reason to delay visit to Australia: Alwi JAKARTA (JP): While observing improving relations between Jakarta and Canberra, Minister of Foreign Affairs Alwi Shihab said on Wednesday that there should be no more reasons for President Abdurrahman Wahid to delay his visit to Australia.
Thu, 15 Feb 2001
Timah wins approval to buy Salim coal mining firms
Timah wins approval to buy Salim coal mining firms JAKARTA (JP): Publicly listed tin mining company PT Tambang Timah won unanimous approval from shareholders on Wednesday to go ahead with plans to purchase three coal mining companies formerly owned by the Salim Group.
Thu, 15 Feb 2001
Perbakin yet to set medal target for KL SEA Games
Perbakin yet to set medal target for KL SEA Games JAKARTA (JP): With only seven months to go, the Indonesian Target Shooting and Hunting Association (Perbakin) is yet to set a medals target for the Kuala Lumpur Southeast Asian (SEA) Games as it waits first to observe other countries' achievements.
Thu, 15 Feb 2001
AFP to sell residential units
AFP to sell residential units SINGAPORE (Dow Jones): Asia Food & Properties Ltd. (P.AFP), or AFP, has put on the open market its 23 unsold Costa Rhu condominium apartment units, the Straits Times reported Wednesday.
Thu, 15 Feb 2001
Govt to privatize 16 state-owned companies this year
Govt to privatize 16 state-owned companies this year JAKARTA (JP): The government plans to privatize or divest ownership in some 16 state-owned enterprises (SOEs) this year in a bid to raise about Rp 6.5 trillion (US$684 million) to finance the state budget deficit, an official said on Wednesday.
Thu, 15 Feb 2001
Security battalions to be scaled down
Security battalions to be scaled down AMBON, Maluku: Pattimura Military Commander Brig. Gen. I Made Yasa said on Wednesday that due to improved conditions in Maluku and North Maluku provinces, the military and police battalions in both areas will be scaled down from 17 to only 11.
Thu, 15 Feb 2001
KAI moves to better services
KAI moves to better services JAKARTA (JP): State railway company PT Kereta Api Indonesia (KAI) began a survey of passengers in Greater Jakarta on Wednesday in a bid to improve services.Assisted by senior high school students, company employees distributed yellow forms to embarking passengers at all...
Thu, 15 Feb 2001
Kancil car ready for sale
Kancil car ready for sale BANDUNG, West Java (JP): Automobile manufacturer PT Kurnia Abadi Niaga Citra Indah Lestari (KANCIL) said it would commercially launch its Kancil car in July this year.KANCIL vice president Achdiat A.
Thu, 15 Feb 2001
RI, Malaysia to form palm oil alliance
RI, Malaysia to form palm oil alliance JAKARTA (Reuters): Malaysia and Indonesia, the world's biggest producers of palm oil, plan an alliance to boost the sagging international price of the commodity, an Indonesian trade and industry ministry official said on Wednesday.
Thu, 15 Feb 2001
Revoke liquor trading decree!
Revoke liquor trading decree!From Bisnis IndonesiaIt is widely reported in the mass media that the government has issued a policy on the trading arrangements for liquor. In my opinion, this policy will lead to monopolistic practices.
Thu, 15 Feb 2001
Former minister testifies in Bank Bali trial
Former minister testifies in Bank Bali trial JAKARTA (JP): Former Minister of Finance Bambang Subianto, who was also chairman of the Indonesian Bank Restructuring Agency (IBRA), testified on Wednesday that Rudy Ramli, when he was president of Bank Bali, had complained about the difficulties to...
Thu, 15 Feb 2001
S'pore, Riau promote ties
S'pore, Riau promote ties SINGAPORE (AFP): Singapore has agreed to promote cooperation in agri-business projects in Indonesia's Riau province, officials from both countries said Wednesday.Singapore Trade Minister George Yeo and Riau provincial Governor Saleh Djasit said in a statement they...
Thu, 15 Feb 2001
One more trekker found dead
One more trekker found dead PURWOKERTO, Central Java: One more missing trekker from Gadjah Mada University's Nature Lovers club was found dead on Wednesday, raising the number of fatalities to three.Purbalingga Police chief. Comr.
Thu, 15 Feb 2001
La Paene still training for SEA Games: Pertina
La Paene still training for SEA Games: Pertina JAKARTA (JP): Boxer La Paene Masara is still part of the Indonesian Amateur Boxing Association (Pertina) training camp for the Kuala Lumpur Southeast Asian (SEA) Games, despite the fact that he has left the camp for personal reasons.
Thu, 15 Feb 2001
Analyst sees nice deals in RI stocks
Analyst sees nice deals in RI stocks HONG KONG (Reuters): Regional investors are overplaying political risk and passing up bargains in Southeast Asian equities, including Indonesia, says Aaron Pong, a director of fund managers RBC Investment Management (Asia) Ltd.
Thu, 15 Feb 2001
Teasing and sympathy in paintings of Gus Dur
Teasing and sympathy in paintings of Gus DurBy M. Dwi Marianto YOGYAKARTA (JP): Sometimes maybe even President Abdurrahman Wahid wonders if nearly everybody, including the art community, has something against him.
Thu, 15 Feb 2001
UI rector disobeys court's orders
UI rector disobeys court's orders JAKARTA (JP): A lawyer of six students from the University of Indonesia (UI) said on Wednesday that the university rector had disobeyed the court's order to delay imposing administrative sanctions against the students.
Thu, 15 Feb 2001
Government to continue dialog with Aceh rebels
Government to continue dialog with Aceh rebels JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesian government is set to continue dialog with the Free Aceh Movement (GAM) separatist rebels in Switzerland amid continuing violence in Aceh on Wednesday which killed five people and injured scores of others.
Thu, 15 Feb 2001
Class action for demonstrators
Class action for demonstrators BANDUNG (JP): A Bandung-based environmental law expert Daud Silalahi said here on Wednesday that demonstrators who caused damage to the environment deserved prosecution through a class action.
Thu, 15 Feb 2001
S&P revises BCA's rating to triple-Cpi
S&P revises BCA's rating to triple-Cpi HONG KONG (JP): Standard & Poor's revised on Wednesday its counterparty credit rating, based on public information, on Bank Central Asia (BCA) to triple-'Cpi' from 'R'.
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