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Thu, 20 Jan 2000
Amien Rais' responsibility?
Amien Rais' responsibility? Amien Rais looked worried when questioned over the outbreak of communal violence in Mataram, Lombok, on Jan. 7 in the 6 p.m. news. Understandable, that, having only last week stoked the fires of communal hatred himself at a rally at Monas' central park in Jakarta.
Thu, 20 Jan 2000
Dealer found dead in car
Dealer found dead in car JAKARTA (JP): A money exchange dealer was found dead in his car in Kemayoran, Central Jakarta, on Wednesday. Police suspect he had been murdered.The body of Arifianto, 27, was found by patrolling police officers with a belt wound around his neck and chin.
Thu, 20 Jan 2000
Military renews allegiance to government
Military renews allegiance to government BOGOR, West Java (JP): Jakarta Military Commander Maj. Gen. Ryamizard Ryacudu asserted on Wednesday the Indonesian Military's (TNI) loyalty to President Abdurrahman Wahid, but admitted it was not the same case with his predecessor.
Thu, 20 Jan 2000
Stock Exchange
Stock ExchangeStock prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (in rupiah) on Jan. 19, 2000: Shares Close Change Trading Volume --------------------------------------------------------- Ades Alfindo 775 -150 92,500 Alakasa Industrindo 525 0 0 Alfa Retailindo 1,075 -25 20,044,000 Alter Abadi 400 -25...
Thu, 20 Jan 2000
Weighing on the 'ifs' of East Timor
Weighing on the 'ifs' of East TimorBy Aboeprijadi Santoso LISBON, Portugal (JP): A former Australian diplomat believes a letter the Indonesian foreign minister Adam Malik wrote in 1974, in which he promised support for East Timor's independence, was brushed aside by president Soeharto and the...
Thu, 20 Jan 2000
Fedex to host corporate golf league tournament
Fedex to host corporate golf league tournament JAKARTA (JP): The world's leading express transportation company, Fedex, is to host the Corporate Golf League Indonesia 4th Season at six golf clubs in Indonesia.Fedex chairman Harsha E.
Thu, 20 Jan 2000
Family planning board seeks funds from Soeharto foundation
Family planning board seeks funds from Soeharto foundation JAKARTA (JP): The government is seeking to claim billions of rupiah of funds earmarked for National Family Planning Board (BKKBN) field workers by a New Order foundation.
Thu, 20 Jan 2000
RI forex reserves rise
RI forex reserves rise JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia's net foreign exchange reserves rose to US$16.67 billion in the week ending Jan 14, from $16.48 billion a week earlier, the central bank said.Bank Indonesia said in a statement on Wednesday the increase was a result of incoming oil revenue.
Thu, 20 Jan 2000
Lombok remains tense
Lombok remains tense MATARAM, West Nusa Tenggara (JP): Lombok island remained tense on Wednesday as sporadic looting and arson continued in Mataram, despite efforts to quell the unrest which has lasted for three days.
Thu, 20 Jan 2000
Teachers needed in Central Java
Teachers needed in Central Java SEMARANG, Central Java: The head of the provincial office of the national education ministry said on Wednesday that nearly 43,500 teachers were needed for the next school year.
Wed, 19 Jan 2000
Sabang is losing its main tourist attraction
Sabang is losing its main tourist attractionBy Azhari BANDA ACEH, Aceh (JP): Coral reefs have always been the main tourist attraction in Sabang, a once-flourishing port city on the Indian Ocean on Indonesia's western-most island of Sumatra.
Wed, 19 Jan 2000
Women archers allowed to compete in PON
Women archers allowed to compete in PON JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesian Archery Association (Perpani) has allowed its women archers, who will be groomed for the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, to perform in the 15th National Games (PON) in Surabaya in June.
Wed, 19 Jan 2000
Government backs investigation of tainted CPO
Government backs investigation of tainted CPO JAKARTA (JP): The government said on Tuesday it would support calls by the House of Representatives for an inquiry by the National Police into Europe-bound crude palm oil (CPO) which was tainted with diesel oil.
Wed, 19 Jan 2000
Asian economic prospects
Asian economic prospects The economic crisis was only a minor glitch in the extraordinary development of East and Southeast Asia, if you go by the stock market indicators. Except in Japan these have already clawed back a good part of their 1997 losses.
Wed, 19 Jan 2000
Marzuki to meet UN officials about East Timor tribunal
Marzuki to meet UN officials about East Timor tribunal JAKARTA (JP): Attorney General Marzuki Darusman will leave for New York on Saturday to meet with top United Nations officials to discuss the progress of an international inquiry on post-ballot violence in East Timor.
Wed, 19 Jan 2000
Indonesia, Argentina want to boost trade ties
Indonesia, Argentina want to boost trade ties JAKARTA (JP): Argentinean and Indonesian businessmen were urged on Tuesday to boost bilateral trade relations between both countries.Indonesian special envoy to South America Suryo B Sulisto called on Indonesian businessmen to penetrate Argentina's...
Wed, 19 Jan 2000
Malaysia and Indonesia
Malaysia and Indonesia Having imprisoned his longtime deputy on questionable charges and secured reelection for his ruling party on equally questionable laws and methods, the prime minister of Malaysia is now extending his anti-democratic crackdown.
Wed, 19 Jan 2000
Five rebels killed in armed clashes in Aceh
Five rebels killed in armed clashes in Aceh BANDA ACEH, Aceh (JP): Security personnel were engaged in two separate gunfights with members of the Free Aceh Movement (GAM) in Pidie and Bireun regencies on Tuesday morning, leaving at least five rebels dead and five soldiers injured.
Wed, 19 Jan 2000
U.S. businesses bide time on Indonesia
U.S. businesses bide time on Indonesia JAKARTA (JP): Investors remain wary of making a commitment in Indonesia amid widespread pockets of unrest, the chairman of the U.S.-Indonesia Business Council said on Tuesday.Speaking after meeting with President Abdurrahman Wahid on Tuesday together with 30 U.
Wed, 19 Jan 2000
Stock Exchange
Stock ExchangeStock prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (in rupiah) on Jan. 18, 2000: Shares Close Change Trading Volume ----------------------------------------------------------- Ades Alfindo 925 25 208,500 Alakasa Industrindo 525 0 0 Alfa Retailindo 1,100 550 27,873,500 Alter Abadi 425 0 86,000...
Wed, 19 Jan 2000
Telkom called to solve dispute
Telkom called to solve dispute JAKARTA (JP): The government has called on state telecommunications company PT Telkom and its five joint operation scheme (KSO) partners to quickly settle their dispute before mid- year to allow the partners to resume their telecommunications development activities.
Wed, 19 Jan 2000
Indonesian Military pledges loyalty to the government
Indonesian Military pledges loyalty to the government JAKARTA (JP): Indonesian Military (TNI) top brass lashed out at rumors of a coup attempt by the armed forces, saying such a move was contradictory to TNI culture.TNI Chief of Territorial Affairs, Lt. Gen.
Wed, 19 Jan 2000
Garuda sees $121m profit
Garuda sees $121m profit JAKARTA (JP): State-owned flag carrier Garuda Indonesia expects to earn about Rp 850 billion (US$121 million) in net profit this year, higher than 1998's result of over Rp 350 billion, the airline's president, Abdulgani, said on Tuesday.
Wed, 19 Jan 2000
EU decides to drop its arms embargo against Indonesia
EU decides to drop its arms embargo against Indonesia BRUSSELS (Agencies): The European Union decided not to renew an arms embargo against Indonesia which expired on Monday, but voiced concern about the violence sweeping the archipelago.
Wed, 19 Jan 2000
Simply to remind Amien Rais
Simply to remind Amien Rais In his letter of Jan. 15, 2000, On call for jihad, Haris Adriansyah wondered what my precise target was beside criticizing Amien Rais personally. My only target is simply to make Amien Rais think about his political commitment as a nonsectarian national leader.
Wed, 19 Jan 2000
Clear action needed to stop Maluku violence
Clear action needed to stop Maluku violence Only clear action by the government and the military can end the violence in Maluku, triggered by a public transport-related tiff on Jan. 19, 1999, says Azyumardi Azra, rector of the Syarif Hidayatullah Islamic State Institute in Jakarta.
Wed, 19 Jan 2000
City launches community renovation projects
City launches community renovation projects JAKARTA (JP): Entering his third year of leadership, Governor Sutiyoso on Tuesday launched an integrated pilot project for social and community development in the city's slum areas.
Wed, 19 Jan 2000
Suspected drug couriers used counterfeit passports: Police
Suspected drug couriers used counterfeit passports: Police JAKARTA (JP): Police disclosed on Tuesday that two of the seven suspected local drug couriers arrested last week used counterfeit Malaysian passports made in Bangkok.Head of the Jakarta Police narcotics unit Lt. Col.
Wed, 19 Jan 2000
Cash-strapped people pawn their goods
Cash-strapped people pawn their goods JAKARTA (JP): It is a perennial scene after the Idul Fitri holiday, with state-run pawnshops overrun with people pawning their valuables to obtain badly needed cash.
Wed, 19 Jan 2000
Tunas Ridean buys Opel dealer
Tunas Ridean buys Opel dealer JAKARTA (JP): PT Tunas Ridean Tbk said on Tuesday that its subsidiary PT Tunas Mobilindo had acquired 45 percent of PT Surya Mobil Megahtama, one of Opel's authorized dealerships, last November.
Wed, 19 Jan 2000
1,600 students to quit school
1,600 students to quit school MAKASSAR, South Sulawesi: At least 1,600 students from strife- plagued North Maluku are liable to quit universities here as their parents are no longer sending money, a student activist said on Tuesday.
Wed, 19 Jan 2000
Journalists fired for joining strike
Journalists fired for joining strike JAKARTA (JP): Six reporters of the Kapital business news tabloid were dismissed on Monday for joining a strike asking for clarification of their employment status, a statement said on Tuesday.The reporters' representative, Dandhy D.L.
Wed, 19 Jan 2000
'Time' is liable for its story: Soeharto's lawyer
'Time' is liable for its story: Soeharto's lawyer JAKARTA (JP): A lawyer for former president Soeharto said on Tuesday that New York-based Time Magazine is liable for its May 24, 1999 cover story, although other publications corroborated with similar stories.
Wed, 19 Jan 2000
One killed in Lombok as violence enters second day
One killed in Lombok as violence enters second day DENPASAR, Bali (JP): At least one man died in Mataram, Lombok, as Monday's religious riots descended into looting sprees on Tuesday.Udayana Regional Military Commander Maj. Gen.
Wed, 19 Jan 2000
Land compensation protest continues in Bintan
Land compensation protest continues in Bintan JAKARTA (JP): Despite calls for calm, thousands of residents on the island of Bintan continued to rally on Tuesday in protest of what they called the meager compensation they received for their land.
Wed, 19 Jan 2000
Azizah slams KL 'cancer' of cronyism
Azizah slams KL 'cancer' of cronyism MANILA (Reuters): Malaysian opposition leader Azizah Ismail on Tuesday lambasted governments that gag media, manipulate judiciaries and fatten cronies, and said "the spark of reform" had begun in Malaysia.
Wed, 19 Jan 2000
RI coal output increases
RI coal output increases JAKARTA (JP): The country's coal output rose to 71 million tons last year, making Indonesia the world's ninth largest coal producer that year, up from tenth position the previous year, coal director at the Ministry of Mines and Energy Soedjoko Tirtosoekotjo said on Tuesday.
Wed, 19 Jan 2000
Where to go in Surabaya:
Where to go in Surabaya:Music and Entertainment * Hyatt Regency Surabaya, Jl. Jend. Basuki Rakhmat 106-128 (Phone: 031 5311234): - Lobby: Gamelan (Traditional Music), Monday to Thursday, 7 p.m. to 10 p.m., Solo Pianist, Monday to Sunday, 7 a.m. to 9 a.m., 7Friday to Saturday, 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Wed, 19 Jan 2000
Most Asian currencies edge slightly higher, rupiah weak
Most Asian currencies edge slightly higher, rupiah weak HONG KONG (Dow Jones): A barrage of verbal interventions backed by dollar purchases executed by state-run banks took some of the recent shine off the South Korean won Tuesday, forcing the currency lower on the day.
Wed, 19 Jan 2000
Woman in market cheated of savings
Woman in market cheated of savings JAKARTA (JP): Leni Hartini, 68, does not understand how she could be so easily cheated out of Rp 124 million (US$17,465) in savings within minutes.The elderly woman told detectives at the Central Jakarta Police station on Tuesday afternoon she had been swindled...
Wed, 19 Jan 2000
Bank Shinta to offer 30% of shares through IPO
Bank Shinta to offer 30% of shares through IPO JAKARTA (JP): Bank Shinta plans to offer some 30 percent of its shares to the public through an initial public offering (IPO) in the first semester of this year, according to the bank's marketing and credit director Anny Sugiarto.
Wed, 19 Jan 2000
Government to issue new rules on immigration
Government to issue new rules on immigration JAKARTA (JP): The government will soon implement a new immigration policy that will lift the existing barriers for Chinese tourists entering Indonesia, an official has said.
Wed, 19 Jan 2000
Locals demand land compensation
Locals demand land compensation JAYAPURA, Irian Jaya: Some 50 residents of the villages of Yahim, Ifale and Yobe in Sentani district held a rally at Sentani Airport, demanding compensation for use of their ancestral land.The rally caused some flight delays.
Wed, 19 Jan 2000
Merpati adds flights
Merpati adds flights JAKARTA (JP): State-owned air carrier Merpati Nusantara has extended its flights connecting Jakarta and Bali to destinations in West and East Nusa Tenggara in a bid to meet the increasing demand for seats in the areas.
Wed, 19 Jan 2000
Condemning illegal kiosks
Condemning illegal kiosks The condemning of the traders' kiosks at Taman Puring, South Jakarta by the Jakarta Administration is clearly a repressive action reminding us of the New Order regime.It is true that without a good spatial arrangement and adequate supervision, the burgeoning of kiosks in...
Wed, 19 Jan 2000
Clergy wary of Estrada 'dynasty'
Clergy wary of Estrada 'dynasty' MANILA (AFP): Philippine Roman Catholic bishops cautioned President Joseph Estrada on Tuesday against allowing his children or relatives to run for public office in a bid to create a "political dynasty".
Wed, 19 Jan 2000
Rumors can be serious
Rumors can be serious The Indonesian Military's leadership seems to have taken enormous offense at the rumors circulating here and abroad about the possibility of the military staging a coup to unseat President Abdurrahman Wahid.
Wed, 19 Jan 2000
Demonstrators clash with troops on Makassar campus
Demonstrators clash with troops on Makassar campus MAKASSAR, South Sulawesi (JP): A fierce clash between demonstrators, armed with swords and wooden bats, and military troops erupted at about 9 p.m. local time in Makassar on Tuesday evening.
Wed, 19 Jan 2000
Indonesia to send four women to Asian Shooting C'ships
Indonesia to send four women to Asian Shooting C'ships JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesian Shooting and Hunting Association (Perbakin) will send four women shooters to compete in the Asian Shooting Championships in Langkawi, Malaysia, next week.
Wed, 19 Jan 2000
Kopassus and biological warfare
Kopassus and biological warfare In the middle of 1997 members of the Army's Special Force, the red berets, known locally as Kopassus, received Pentagon training in a course entitled Nuclear Chemical Biological.