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On This Day - August 11, 2000
Fri, 11 Aug 2000
Mitsubishi recalls top official with Proton
Mitsubishi recalls top official with Proton KUALA LUMPUR (AFP): A Mitsubishi Motors Corp. executive attached to Malaysia's national carmaker Proton has been recalled to Japan, an official said Thursday.The recall of Fumio Yoshimi comes just two weeks after he was quoted as criticizing Proton.
Fri, 11 Aug 2000
Appeal to the Police
Appeal to the PoliceFrom RepublikaThis is a bad, terrifying event that involved some "police officers" and my son and nephew. My nephew was driving my car home, after a family gathering, from Jl. Percetakan Negara in Central Jakarta to Bumi Jatiwaringin, Jakarta, on Sunday night, July 16, 2000.
Fri, 11 Aug 2000
Megawati's new role
Megawati's new role With events unfolding in the ongoing Annual Session of the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR), millions of Indonesian voters will shortly see at least part of one of their wishes come true: Vice President Megawati Soekarnoputri, whose Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle...
Fri, 11 Aug 2000
Mahadjaja Gemilang bankrupt
Mahadjaja Gemilang bankrupt JAKARTA (AFX-ASIA): Jakarta Commercial Court has declared PT Mahadjaja Gemilang bankrupt after it failed to repay matured debts worth Rp 19 billion to the Indonesian Bank Restructuring Agency (IBRA), presiding judge Sjamsudin Mangan Sinaga said.
Fri, 11 Aug 2000
Kwik resigns ahead of Cabinet reshuffle
Kwik resigns ahead of Cabinet reshuffle JAKARTA (JP): Coordinating Minister for the Economy, Finance and Industry Kwik Kian Gie announced his resignation on Thursday ahead of an impending Cabinet reshuffle later this month.
Fri, 11 Aug 2000
Yusril expains presidential task-sharing
Yusril expains presidential task-sharing JAKARTA (JP): Amid a swirl of controversy over President Abdurrahman Wahid's plan to share some of his workload with Vice President Megawati Soekarnoputri, a minister of legal affairs avouched on Thursday the arrangement did not breach the 1945 Constitution.
Fri, 11 Aug 2000
Teater Koma's 'Opera Primadonna' flows lightly, amusingly
Teater Koma's 'Opera Primadonna' flows lightly, amusinglyBy Tuti Gintini JAKARTA (JP): Old and no longer attractive, Miss Ketjoeboeng has lost her popularity as the primadonna of a theatrical group. Yet she insists that she be considered the only primadonna in the company.
Fri, 11 Aug 2000
Pertamina, PLN to jointly develop power plants
Pertamina, PLN to jointly develop power plants JAKARTA (JP): State oil and gas company Pertamina and a subsidiary of state electricity company PLN, PT PLN Pembangkit Java Bali I (PJB I), have signed an agreement to jointly develop geothermal power plants throughout Indonesia, Pertamina announced.
Fri, 11 Aug 2000
Nine officers mobbed in raid
Nine officers mobbed in raid JAKARTA (JP): Nine city public order officers were injured during an operation against illegal gambling activities in the Mangga Dua area of Central Jakarta on Wednesday evening, an official said on Thursday.
Fri, 11 Aug 2000
E. Timor militia gang shoots UN peacekeepers
E. Timor militia gang shoots UN peacekeepers DILI, East Timor (AP): Four Nepalese UN peacekeepers and a civilian were injured after being shot at late Thursday while searching for a renegade militia gang in East Timor, a spokesman said.
Fri, 11 Aug 2000
MPR session a reunion
MPR session a reunion JAKARTA (JP): Birds of a feather always flock together, although the passage of time may have separated them.Several Cabinet ministers made full use of a time-out during Tuesday evening's program of the Annual Session of the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) to meet old...
Fri, 11 Aug 2000
Legislators running out of steam
Legislators running out of steam JAKARTA (JP): The Annual Session of the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) has still one week to run, but some legislators have already felt the pressure and begun to run out of steam.
Fri, 11 Aug 2000
Indonesia struggles to cover domestic gasoline shortage
Indonesia struggles to cover domestic gasoline shortage SINGAPORE (Reuters): Indonesia's state-owned Pertamina has so far been stymied in its attempt to cover a domestic gasoline shortage in the wake of an explosion at the Balikpapan refinery, traders said on Thursday.
Fri, 11 Aug 2000
Foreigners wait for release from cells
Foreigners wait for release from cellsBy Joko E.H. Anwar JAKARTA (JP): A number of small children were seen on Monday putting their hands through bars of a window while screaming playfully from a cell on the second floor of a two-story building on Jl. Peta Barat in Kalideres, West Jakarta.
Fri, 11 Aug 2000
Court postpones trial against Soeharto regime
Court postpones trial against Soeharto regime JAKARTA (JP): The first trial of a lawsuit filed by the Democratic People's Party (PRD) against Soeharto regime was postponed on Thursday after only four lawyers showed up.
Fri, 11 Aug 2000
Summit, Borobudur sign tie-up
Summit, Borobudur sign tie-up JAKARTA (JP): The United Kingdom-based Summit Hotels and Resorts signed an agreement on Thursday to manage Hotel Borobudur Jakarta's international reservation and marketing.
Fri, 11 Aug 2000
Sabotage behind refinery blast?
Sabotage behind refinery blast? JAKARTA (JP): Police on Wednesday ruled out the possibility of sabotage in last Monday's explosion at a Pertamina refinery in Balikpapan, East Kalimantan.Supt. Faah Sumarno, spokesman for the East Kalimantan Police, was quoted by Antara as saying that an...
Fri, 11 Aug 2000
Anwar celebrates birthday in prison as protests grow
Anwar celebrates birthday in prison as protests grow KUALA LUMPUR (Agencies): Malaysia's ex-deputy premier Anwar Ibrahim spent his 53rd birthday in a cell on Thursday and faces at least another eight birthdays behind bars, despite international and local outrage over his jailing.
Fri, 11 Aug 2000
Regional currencies up late, rupiah hits two-month high
Regional currencies up late, rupiah hits two-month high SINGAPORE (Dow Jones): Asian currencies were higher late Thursday, with the Indonesian rupiah staging one of its strongest performances in recent weeks and elevating its Southeast Asian counterparts.
Fri, 11 Aug 2000
Refugees in Aceh 'face starvation'
Refugees in Aceh 'face starvation' BANDA ACEH, Aceh (JP): Some 38,000 refugees in the regencies of South Aceh and East Aceh are facing starvation due to slow distribution of food supplies, an official and activist said on Thursday.
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