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On This Day - December 8, 2000
Fri, 08 Dec 2000
Stock quotations on JSX
Stock quotations on JSXStock prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (in rupiah) on Dec. 7, 2000: Shares Close Change Trading Volume ------------------------------------------------------------ Ades Alfindo 2,500 -25 285,500 Adindo Foresta Indonesia 125 15 939,000 Alakasa Industrindo 425 0 0 Alfa...
Fri, 08 Dec 2000
Better sanitation and sanitary habits needed
Better sanitation and sanitary habits needed JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia has to strife for better sanitation and water management since only about 49 percent of the country's villages have toilets and only 65.7 percent of the 69,000 villages nationwide receive sanitized water.
Fri, 08 Dec 2000
Land market prices set to increase
Land market prices set to increase JAKARTA (JP): The city administration will increase the taxable property price (NJKP) of land and building tax from 20 percent to 40 percent of the market price of properties which have a market price of Rp 1 billion (US$105,263) and over.
Fri, 08 Dec 2000
Gus Dur wants release of leaders in Irian Jaya
Gus Dur wants release of leaders in Irian Jaya JAKARTA (JP): President Abdurrahman Wahid called on the police on Thursday to release Irian Jaya pro-independence leaders currently in detention so that dialog between Jakarta and locals in the troubled province could resume.
Fri, 08 Dec 2000
BI reports Rp 15.1t in new lending
BI reports Rp 15.1t in new lending JAKARTA (JP): Bank Indonesia said Thursday that new lending through September reached about Rp 15.1 trillion (US$1.59 billion).Bank Indonesia director for banking supervision Djoko Sarwono said that the new lending had been mostly channeled to the industrial,...
Fri, 08 Dec 2000
Govt does not protect women
Govt does not protect womenFrom KompasI agree with Julia Suryakusuma in her article published in Kompas of Sept. 27 under the title of Government regulation No. 10, an effective weapon or an instrument of power? because in reality this government regulation does not protect the wives of civil...
Fri, 08 Dec 2000
Witnesses fail to satisfy prosecutors
Witnesses fail to satisfy prosecutors JAKARTA (JP): Central bank director for bank supervision Maulana Ibrahim failed on Thursday to answer prosecutors' questions over the alleged misallocation of Rp 583.4 billion (US$61.
Fri, 08 Dec 2000
Inmate found dead in police cell
Inmate found dead in police cell JAKARTA (JP): An inmate was found dead, early on Wednesday morning, in a cell at the Menteng Police subprecinct in Central Jakarta.Yohannes Dewa, 27, died after he hung himself, using shoe- laces wound tightly around his neck, from the ceiling of the cell.
Fri, 08 Dec 2000
Aceh refugees to return home ahead of Idul Fitri
Aceh refugees to return home ahead of Idul Fitri JAKARTA (JP): The Aceh administration, in collaboration with the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, is set to return some 70,000 displaced people across the province to their homes ahead of Idul Fitri, which falls on Dec. 27.
Fri, 08 Dec 2000
Prajogo balks judges on Bob Hasan case
Prajogo balks judges on Bob Hasan case JAKARTA (JP): Prominent businessman Prajogo Pangestu could only respond with a series of "I don't remember" and "I don't know" answers as he frustrated judges trying to extract information from him regarding the multi-million dollar graft trial of Mohamad...
Fri, 08 Dec 2000
Most Asia currencies close higher
Most Asia currencies close higher SINGAPORE (Dow Jones): Most Asian currencies were higher late Thursday, with the Philippine peso bucking the trend, underscoring yet again that there is only so much the central banks could do to counter the pressure from domesticpolitical woes, market watchers...
Fri, 08 Dec 2000
Ambassador McCarthy ends 'satisfying' four years in RI
Ambassador McCarthy ends 'satisfying' four years in RIBy Meidyatama Suryodiningrat JAKARTA (JP): For four years John McCarthy has been Australia's most senior representative in Indonesia, overseeing an often precarious relationship which in his time has reached both ends of the extreme.
Fri, 08 Dec 2000
Gas found in Timor Sea
Gas found in Timor Sea TOKYO (Dow Jones): Tokyo-based Indonesia Petroleum Ltd. has discovered natural gas in an area of the Timor Sea belonging to Indonesia, company sources said Thursday, according to the Nihon Keizai Shimbun's Friday morning edition.
Fri, 08 Dec 2000
KL confirms new chief justice
KL confirms new chief justice KUALA LUMPUR (Agencies): The Malaysian government confirmed the appointment of a new chief justice on Thursday in a move legal experts hope will restore the integrity of a judiciary criticized at home and abroad after the convictions of former deputy premier Anwar...
Fri, 08 Dec 2000
Shell to invest $5.3b in KL
Shell to invest $5.3b in KL KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters): Shell Malaysia, a unit of the Royal Dutch/Shell Group, said on Thursday it plans to invest 20 billion ringgit (US$5.3 billion) over the next five years to expand its oil and gas operations in Malaysia.
Fri, 08 Dec 2000
Probe into Bulog scandal to continue during recess
Probe into Bulog scandal to continue during recess JAKARTA (JP): House of Representatives Speaker Akbar Tandjung said on Thursday the special committee investigating two financial scandals linked to President Abdurrahman Wahid could continue its work during the House's month-long recess, which...
Fri, 08 Dec 2000
Australia and RI in talks to repair ties
Australia and RI in talks to repair ties CANBERRA (Reuters): Indonesia and Australia began two days of long-delayed ministerial talks here on Thursday aimed at repairing a bilateral relationship badly damaged by Australia's decision to lead a multinational force to East Timor.
Fri, 08 Dec 2000
PRSI rounds up 6 C. Java swimmers
PRSI rounds up 6 C. Java swimmers SEMARANG (JP): The Indonesian Swimming Federation (PRSI) has rounded up six swimmers from Central Java to join the 2001 Kuala Lumpur Southeast Asian (SEA) Games training program.
Fri, 08 Dec 2000
Outclassed again
Outclassed again It would probably not be quite correct to say that the findings of a survey conducted by the Third Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) of 38 of its members and published in this newspaper yesterday comes as much of a surprise to most Indonesians.
Fri, 08 Dec 2000
'Ruwatan' rite wishes disaster-free country
'Ruwatan' rite wishes disaster-free countryBy Tarko Sudiarno YOGYAKARTA (JP): Burning incense sent fragrant rings of thick white smoke wafting high, filling the entire space of the Pendapa Ndalem Yudhanegaran hall at Yogyakarta palace.
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