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Fri, 19 Jan 2001
Higher tax on time deposits 'won't cause capital flight'
Higher tax on time deposits 'won't cause capital flight' JAKARTA (JP): Director General of Taxes Machfud Sidik has insisted that the increase in income tax on interest from bank time deposits and savings would not cause capital flight out of the country.
Fri, 19 Jan 2001
Police to break into more sections of Tommy's residence
Police to break into more sections of Tommy's residence JAKARTA (JP): In yet another desperate attempt to locate the fugitive Hutomo "Tommy" Mandala Putra, police announced plans on Thursday to drill and break into at least three other spots in his house.
Fri, 19 Jan 2001
John Hancock has new president
John Hancock has new president JAKARTA (JP): Shareholders of PT Asuransi Jiwa Bumiputera John Hancock has named Roderick F. Haire as the insurance company's president, replacing David W. CottrellA British national, Haire has over 20 years of insurance and banking experience in the United Kingdom,...
Fri, 19 Jan 2001
No agreement on Shangri-La dispute
No agreement on Shangri-La dispute JAKARTA (JP): A hearing at the House of Representatives between workers and management of the Shangri-La Hotel and officials of the Ministry of Manpower on Thursday failed to reach any significant agreement.
Fri, 19 Jan 2001
Rupiah Rates Jan.18
Rupiah Rates Jan.18 Bank notes rates TT rates Buying Selling Buying Selling Rp Rp Rp Rp U.S. dollar 1 8,975.00 9,975.00 9,428.00 9,522.00Australian dollar 1 4,957.79 5,515.18 5,208.03 5,264.71Austrian schilling 1 610.76 679.17 641.58 648.33Belgian franc 1 208.33 231.67 218.85 221.
Fri, 19 Jan 2001
Bibit assigned to guard Jakarta
Bibit assigned to guard Jakarta JAKARTA (JP): In anticipation of security uncertainties in the capital, Army Chief of Staff Gen. Endriartono Sutarto has decided to replace Jakarta Military Commander Maj. Gen. Slamet Kirbiantoro with Maj. Gen. Bibit Waluyo.
Fri, 19 Jan 2001
Highway robbery?
Highway robbery? On Jan. 17, 2000, The Jakarta Post reported that the Jakarta City Administration has just spent Rp 1.2 billion to buy 60 German-made Melcher tear-gas pistols for its public order units.
Fri, 19 Jan 2001
PLN plans long term contract for industries
PLN plans long term contract for industries JAKARTA (JP): State owned electricity company PT PLN is planning to offer large industrial users special power rates under long term contracts to better ensure their power supply.
Fri, 19 Jan 2001
BI official accused of malfeasance
BI official accused of malfeasance BANDUNG, West Java: The Indonesian Corruption Watch (ICW) will file on Friday a report to the Supreme Audit Agency (BPK) on alleged malfeasance by a Bank Indonesia (BI) official in the supplying of paper for the Rp 1,000 and Rp 5,000 bank notes.
Fri, 19 Jan 2001
Councillors urged to summon police chief
Councillors urged to summon police chief YOGYAKARTA: Representatives from eight local Non-Governmental Organizations (NGO) came to the City Council on Thursday, demanding that councillors summon the city police chief over several major unsolved cases.
Fri, 19 Jan 2001
Japan's malaise due to copying West: Mahathir
Japan's malaise due to copying West: Mahathir OSAKA (Reuters): Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said on Thursday a Japanese economic recovery was the key to East Asian prosperity, but that Japan's economic malaise was largely due to an insistence on aping Western practices.
Fri, 19 Jan 2001
Army's Special Force to be reorganized
Army's Special Force to be reorganized JAKARTA (JP): The Army's Special Force (Kopassus) will be reorganized to meet the demands of security environment in the future, a senior military officer said on Thursday.Army Chief of Staff Gen.
Fri, 19 Jan 2001
Capital to extend 34 gas stations' land use permit
Capital to extend 34 gas stations' land use permit JAKARTA (JP): The city administration agreed on Thursday to extend the land use permit of 34 gas stations occupying green areas across the capital.Assistant to the city secretary for administration affairs Makmun Amin said the city administration...
Fri, 19 Jan 2001
Conflicting role models in KL
Conflicting role models in KL KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters): Young women in Malaysia have a host of new role models.Shahrizat Jalil, promoted to women's affairs minister on Wednesday, was the latest in a string women taking over top jobs.
Fri, 19 Jan 2001
IMB for shop-houses still in process
IMB for shop-houses still in process JAKARTA (JP): A city official said on Thursday that the building permit for Plaza Kelapa Gading complex in North Jakarta, where hundreds of shop-houses are being constructed, is still being processed.
Fri, 19 Jan 2001
Palm oil futures end with pared gains
Palm oil futures end with pared gains KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters): Malaysian palm oil futures closed with pared gains on Thursday due to a lack of follow-through support ahead of next week's holidays.The market will be closed January 23-25 for the Chinese New Year celebration.
Fri, 19 Jan 2001
36 firms join telecoms expo
36 firms join telecoms expo JAKARTA (JP): Thirty-six telecommunications-related companies began a four-day exhibition at the Jakarta Convention Hall here on Thursday.According to Deddy Hermawan, chairman of the organizing committee, participants in the exhibition that concludes on Sunday, include...
Fri, 19 Jan 2001
Three cellular operators seek DCS-1800 licenses
Three cellular operators seek DCS-1800 licenses JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia's three cellular telephone network operators are seeking licenses to operate on the DCS-1800 network following the issuance of similar permits having been granted to telecommunications companies PT Telkom and PT Indosat last...
Thu, 18 Jan 2001
Sense and sentiments
Sense and sentiments India, which shares a maritime boundary with a few ASEAN states including Indonesia, has never really been seen by the organization as a direct security threat even in the context of New Delhi's nuclear arms testing in 1998.
Thu, 18 Jan 2001
Court begins trial of BI governor
Court begins trial of BI governor JAKARTA (JP): The Central Jakarta District Court commenced the trial of Bank Indonesia (Central Bank) governor Syahril Sabirin on Wednesday regarding his alleged involvement in the disbursement of Rp 904 billion (US$96.
Thu, 18 Jan 2001
Yusuf fetes old Banten
Yusuf fetes old Banten JAKARTA (JP): Artist Yusuf Susilo Hartono has long been interested in Banten, located on the western coast of Java."Banten once enjoyed a golden age, and its influence was even felt overseas before it suffered a decline," the 42-year-old journalism veteran said of the newly...
Thu, 18 Jan 2001
Flags prevent demolition plan
Flags prevent demolition plan BOGOR (JP): City officers failed on Wednesday to demolish 184 houses which have no building permits in Bojong Kaso village of Cileungsi here after each of the house owners raised the national red-and-white and Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle flags.
Thu, 18 Jan 2001
Corruption foils reform movement, says Nurcholish
Corruption foils reform movement, says Nurcholish JAKARTA (JP): Noted Muslim scholar Nurcholish Madjid called on the nation to renew its commitment to fighting all forms of corruption, collusion and nepotism, lest it lose the momentum of the widely touted reform movement.
Thu, 18 Jan 2001
Jailed Khmer leader treated at hospital
Jailed Khmer leader treated at hospital PHNOM PENH (AFP): Jailed Khmer Rouge leader Ta Mok, known as "The Butcher", was taken to hospital and received treatment for high blood pressure before being returned to his prison cell, his lawyer said on Wednesday.
Thu, 18 Jan 2001
Estrada's grip on power may in the end slip, say analysts
Estrada's grip on power may in the end slip, say analystsBy P. Parameswaran MANILA (AFP): Scandal-tainted President Joseph Estrada may find it tough clinging on to power despite apparently wriggling his way out of his worst crisis since he took office two-and-a- half years ago, analysts said...
Thu, 18 Jan 2001
Malaysia deputy PM pays old fines
Malaysia deputy PM pays old fines KUALA LUMPUR (AFP): Malaysia's deputy prime minister, a strong supporter of a police crackdown on unpaid traffic fines, has discovered he himself was on the list of offenders.
Thu, 18 Jan 2001
U.S. supports Indonesia's policies on troubled Aceh
U.S. supports Indonesia's policies on troubled Aceh JAKARTA (JP): While expressing support for a united territory of Indonesia, United States Ambassador to Indonesia Robert S. Gelbard offered on Wednesday to help ensure the agreement between the Free Aceh Movement (GAM) and Indonesian government a...
Thu, 18 Jan 2001
BI to maintain forex ruling despite protest
BI to maintain forex ruling despite protest JAKARTA (JP): Bank Indonesia deputy governor Achjar Iljas said on Wednesday that the central bank would maintain its new foreign exchange ruling despite reports of protest and confusion among foreign banks."We'll maintain the new ruling ...
Thu, 18 Jan 2001
Return of People Power?
Return of People Power? The People Power revolution may likely recur in the Philippines if the court trial of President Joseph Estrada's corruption charges fails to bring justice to the more than 72 million people of the Philippines.
Thu, 18 Jan 2001
Motor vehicle sales in SEA surpass 1m
Motor vehicle sales in SEA surpass 1m BANGKOK (DPA): Motor vehicle sales in the four main Southeast Asian markets reached 1,036,000 units last year, surpassing the one million mark for the first time since 1996, industry sources said on Wednesday.
Thu, 18 Jan 2001
East Timor ups stakes in oil treaty talks with Australia
East Timor ups stakes in oil treaty talks with Australia SINGAPORE (Dow Jones): East Timor is raising the stakes in talks on sharing offshore oil and natural gas revenues with Australia, according to Australian government sources.
Thu, 18 Jan 2001
Where to go in Bali
Where to go in BaliExhibition * Painting by German artist Peter Dittmar, at Gaya Fusion of Senses, Jl Raya Sayan (Phone: 0361 979253), until Feb. 10.Museums and Galleries * Blue Moon Gallery, Jl. Tirta Tawar, Banjar Kutuh Kaja, Ubud (Phone: 0361 976727), daily, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Thu, 18 Jan 2001
RI to host Asian Cup Baseball Championship
RI to host Asian Cup Baseball Championship JAKARTA (JP): Six second division teams are expected to compete in the fourth Asian Cup Baseball Championship at the Senayan Baseball Stadium next month."Besides Indonesia, five other countries will compete in the event.
Thu, 18 Jan 2001
'LinkNet' opens Yogyakarta branch
'LinkNet' opens Yogyakarta branch YOGYAKARTA: LinkNet internet service provider (www.link.net.id) officially opened its branch here on Wednesday, the second after the first opened in Surabaya last week.
Thu, 18 Jan 2001
Tension escalates in Poso: Police
Tension escalates in Poso: Police MAKASSAR, South Sulawesi (JP): The South Sulawesi Police sent 300 personnel from its Mobile Brigade (Brimob) unit to the restive regency of Poso in Central Sulawesi following an escalation in sectarian tension, South Sulawesi Police chief Insp. Gen.
Thu, 18 Jan 2001
Governor asks for unpaid compensation
Governor asks for unpaid compensation AMBON, Maluku: Governor Saleh Latuconsina submitted a letter of inquiry to state-owned insurance company PT Jasa Raharja on Tuesday, because the company has yet to compensate the families of Masnait passengers who drowned when the boat sank on May 7, 1999.
Thu, 18 Jan 2001
Stock Exchange
Stock ExchangeStock prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (in rupiah) on Jan. 17, 2001: Shares Close Change Trading Volume ------------------------------------------------------------- Ades Alfindo 1,900 -25 61,500 Adindo Foresta Indonesia 100 0 215,500 Alakasa Industrindo 425 0 0 Alfa Retailindo...
Thu, 18 Jan 2001
Must Hindu names, symbols be used in non-religious context?
Must Hindu names, symbols be used in non-religious context?By Putu Wirata DENPASAR, Bali (JP): For the Hindu community, Rama, Vishnu and Khrisna, are sacred names.When a motorcycle company PT Sigma Aneka Karya Indah used the three sacred Hindu names for some of their products, as advertised in the...
Thu, 18 Jan 2001
Reap what you have sown
Reap what you have sownFrom Rakyat MerdekaWhich is to be destroyed: Cendana or the Palace? From Rakyat MerdekaWhen two elephants fight, a mouse deer will be killed in the middle, so people are fond of saying. The truth of this saying is increasingly visible to us now.
Thu, 18 Jan 2001
Curriculum revision
Curriculum revision The new learning strategy, according to Accelerated Learning for the 21st Century, will follow the mnemonic method created by Jayne Nicholl, author of Open Sesame. It comprises the following steps: motivating your mind, acquiring information, searching out the meaning,...
Thu, 18 Jan 2001
LBH Jakarta condemns purchase of gas pistols
LBH Jakarta condemns purchase of gas pistols JAKARTA (JP): The Jakarta Legal Aid Institute (LBH Jakarta) on Wednesday condemned the purchase of 60 gas pistols to be used by city public order and civil defense officials.
Thu, 18 Jan 2001
Police plan probe into bunker mystery
Police plan probe into bunker mystery JAKARTA (JP): The National Police will question a number of people for providing them with misleading information, in connection with the underground bunker found below the Central Jakarta home of fugitive Hutomo "Tommy" Mandala Putra.
Thu, 18 Jan 2001
UN criticizes RI over handling of militias
UN criticizes RI over handling of militias JAKARTA (JP): Despite goodwill from the Indonesian government and leaders of East Timor, a United Nations senior official on Wednesday criticized Indonesia for failing to fully implement Security Council resolution 1319.
Thu, 18 Jan 2001
Provinces allowed to issue forest concession permits
Provinces allowed to issue forest concession permits JAKARTA (JP): In line with regional autonomy legislation, the Ministry of Forestry has relinquished some of its authority regarding the authorization of new forest concession permits, to provincial administrations.
Thu, 18 Jan 2001
Pertina to send boxers to Cadet championship
Pertina to send boxers to Cadet championship JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesian Amateur Boxing Association (Pertina) plans to send a group of boxers to the first international boxing championship for the cadet category (13 to 16 age group) in Baku, Azerbaijan, in September.
Thu, 18 Jan 2001
Maj. Gen. Mahidin posted to Irian Jaya
Maj. Gen. Mahidin posted to Irian Jaya JAKARTA (JP): Commander of the Army's Strategic Reserve Command (Kostrad) 2nd Infantry Division in Malang, East Java, Maj. Gen. Mahidin Simbolon, has been appointed as the New Trikora Military commander replacing the late Maj. Gen. Tonny A. Rompis.
Thu, 18 Jan 2001
Sports officials still in the dark about autonomy
Sports officials still in the dark about autonomy JAKARTA (JP): As regional autonomy is underway nationwide, many sports officials, as with their colleagues in other fields, still have no idea about the concept of autonomy nor its prospects.
Thu, 18 Jan 2001
Major reshuffle at industry ministry
Major reshuffle at industry ministry JAKARTA (JP): The government replaced four senior officials at the Ministry of Industry and Trade on Wednesday in an effort to revitalize the ministry to adapt better to new challenges.Under presidential decree No. 12/2001 issued on Jan.
Thu, 18 Jan 2001
Huge rally wants Gus Dur to resign
Huge rally wants Gus Dur to resign JAKARTA (JP): Around 3,000 students and youths staged an antigovernment demonstration at the gates of the House complex on Wednesday, demanding President Abdurrahman "Gus Dur" Wahid step down for his alleged involvement in two financial scandals.
Thu, 18 Jan 2001
Prabowo denies role in bombings
Prabowo denies role in bombings JAKARTA (JP): Former Army Strategic Reserves Command (Kostrad) chief Lt. Gen. (ret) Prabowo Subianto firmly denied on Wednesday allegations he was behind a series of bomb attacks on Christmas Eve.