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Thu, 18 Jan 2001
Six quizzed over car bombing
Six quizzed over car bombing JAKARTA (JP): Police detectives are questioning six people as witnesses, in connection with the bombing of an Espass van in Pancoran, South Jakarta late on Tuesday night.Pancoran police subprecint chief Comr.
Thu, 18 Jan 2001
IFC loses bankruptcy vote against Panca Overseas
IFC loses bankruptcy vote against Panca Overseas JAKARTA (JP): PT Panca Overseas Finance (POF) survived a bankruptcy threat when the majority of its creditors approved its debt restructuring proposal on Wednesday.
Thu, 18 Jan 2001
Working is a ritual of life and 'dharma' for Balinese women
Working is a ritual of life and 'dharma' for Balinese womenText and photos by Murdani Usman GIANYAR, Bali (JP): Balinese women are often portrayed on painters' canvasses in romantic images of beautiful nymphs from heaven, embellished with gold-thread and intricate costumes with flowers in their...
Thu, 18 Jan 2001
Akbar dismisses call for probe into alleged scams
Akbar dismisses call for probe into alleged scams JAKARTA (JP): Speaker of the House of Representatives Akbar Tandjung rejected calls by the National Awakening Party (PKB) faction for an investigation into an alleged financial leakage in the July 2000 House rehabilitation projects and the Inter-...
Thu, 18 Jan 2001
Timber workers taken hostage by Irian separatist rebels
Timber workers taken hostage by Irian separatist rebels JAYAPURA, Irian Jaya (JP): Eleven workers of timber company PT Korindo, including a Korean national, were taken hostage by a group of armed men in the district of Asiki, Merauke regency on Tuesday, in the presence of Indonesian military...
Thu, 18 Jan 2001
IBRA plans to clear over Rp 130t in large bank loans
IBRA plans to clear over Rp 130t in large bank loans JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesian Bank Restructuring Agency (IBRA) plans to resolve and restructure over Rp 130 trillion (US$13.83 billion) in corporate loans in 2001.
Thu, 18 Jan 2001
City needs Army, Police to maintain order
City needs Army, Police to maintain order JAKARTA (JP): The city authorities are seeking more help from the military and police in their citywide crackdown on public order offenders.A member of the just-concluded operation to maintain security and order, R.
Thu, 18 Jan 2001
Shop-houses have no building permits
Shop-houses have no building permits JAKARTA (JP): Hundreds of shop-houses in Kelapa Gading Barat sub-district, North Jakarta, have no building permit (IMB), a councillor said on Wednesday.Posman Siahaan of the Justice and Unity Party (PKP) asked the local authority to investigate the case, as the...
Thu, 18 Jan 2001
IOC urges RI to apply for Olympic funds
IOC urges RI to apply for Olympic funds JAKARTA (JP): The International Olympic Committee (IOC) representative Michel Filliau urged the National Sports Council (KONI) to prepare its four-year planning and strategy for the Athens 2004 Olympic Games to secure the Olympic Solidarity scholarship.
Thu, 18 Jan 2001
Rupiah Rates Jan.17
Rupiah Rates Jan.17 Bank notes rates TT rates Buying Selling Buying Selling Rp Rp Rp Rp U.S. dollar 1 8,925.00 9,925.00 9,378.00 9,472.00Australian dollar 1 4,939.10 5,497.46 5,189.79 5,246.54Austrian schilling 1 610.21 678.94 641.18 647.95Belgian franc 1 208.15 231.59 218.71 221.
Thu, 18 Jan 2001
Expo organizers ask govt to ease licensing procedures
Expo organizers ask govt to ease licensing procedures JAKARTA (JP): The Association of Indonesia Trade Exhibition Promoters (Asperapi) appealed to the government on Wednesday to simplify the licensing procedures for holding trade fairs and exhibitions in the country.
Thu, 18 Jan 2001
Bali needs rules on local liquors
Bali needs rules on local liquors DENPASAR, Bali: Tabanan police Chief Adj. Sr. Comr. Rahardja Subyakta urged local administration and councillors on Wednesday to issue a regulation to control the distribution of traditional liquors in the regency.
Thu, 18 Jan 2001
Cases of extortion and discrimination
Cases of extortion and discriminationFrom RepublikaEvery year when the Idul Fitri festival approaches, many Indonesian blue-collar workers and craftsmen employed overseas (TKI) come back home. So they did last year.
Thu, 18 Jan 2001
TV today
TV todayTVRI 5:00 a.m. Religious Teachings 6:00 News 8:00 Music 8:30 Documentary 9:00 Children's Program 10:00 Music 11:00 Talk Show 12:00 p.m. Interval 3:00 News 4:00 Children's Program 4:30 Quiz 5:00 News 5:30 Music 6:00 Village News 6:15 TV Drama 7:00 News 7:30 Music 9:00 Music 10:00 News 11:00...
Thu, 18 Jan 2001
Parking agency in cahoots with 'hoods'
Parking agency in cahoots with 'hoods' JAKARTA (JP): To increase the city's parking revenue, the local authority plans to cooperate with unofficial parking attendants who have control of one-third of street parking here and offer them a shared account mechanism, an official said on Wednesday.
Thu, 18 Jan 2001
Stable rupiah more acceptable
Stable rupiah more acceptable With regard to your editorial of Jan. 17, 2001, I am glad to know that more and more people (and the press) agree with the new central bank policy on rupiah transactions for non-residents.
Thu, 18 Jan 2001
Malaysian Chinese save old school
Malaysian Chinese save old school KUALA LUMPUR (AP): Calling it a triumph, ethnic Chinese parents and rights activists on Wednesday welcomed the government's offer to allow them to return to a condemned school that has become a symbol of the Malaysian minority's struggle to defend its culture.
Thu, 18 Jan 2001
Police search for marijuana salesman
Police search for marijuana salesman MAKASSAR, South Sulawesi: Jeneponto police are searching for Is, 32, a vegetable vendor at Pasar Terong, who allegedly has been selling marijuana plants.The case surfaced after residents of Jeneponto regency, some 200 kilometers north of here, found on Saturday...
Thu, 18 Jan 2001
New Australian envoy presents credentials
New Australian envoy presents credentials JAKARTA (JP): The new Australian Ambassador to Jakarta, Richard Smith, presented his credentials to President Abdurrahman Wahid at a ceremony at the Merdeka Palace on Wednesday.Also delivering credentials was new South African ambassador Norman M. Mashabane.
Thu, 18 Jan 2001
Askes eyes rise in premium income
Askes eyes rise in premium income YOGYAKARTA (JP): State-owned health insurance company PT Asuransi Kesehatan (Askes) has forecast a 10 percent increase in premium income this year to Rp 550 billion (about US$58.5 million) from around Rp 500 billion last year.
Thu, 18 Jan 2001
Honda sales still high despite tough competition
Honda sales still high despite tough competition JAKARTA (JP): Motorcycle manufacturer and distributor PT Astra Honda Motor (AHM) said on Wednesday that competition from imported Chinese-made motorcycles in the last few years had not effected its sales figure in Indonesia.
Thu, 18 Jan 2001
Party takes bold step towards maturity
Party takes bold step towards maturityBy Mochtar Buchori JAKARTA (JP): The decision of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDIP) leadership to expel 17 of its members, to discharge two of its members from their present party posts, and to issue a stern warning to 25 members for their lax...
Thu, 18 Jan 2001
KL palm oil down on Indonesia tax news
KL palm oil down on Indonesia tax news KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters): A late sell-off dragged down Malaysian palm oil futures at the close on Wednesday, despite an initial rally triggered by expectations of more buying from China after it released the import quota for this year, traders said.
Thu, 18 Jan 2001
Muslim consumers' body calls for 'halal' certification agency
Muslim consumers' body calls for 'halal' certification agency JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesian Muslim Consumers Foundation (YLKM) has called for the establishment of a national standardization agency to issue halal certificates indicating that a product is fit for consumption by Muslims.
Wed, 17 Jan 2001
Detainees escape dazed police
Detainees escape dazed police BOGOR (JP): Bogor Police chief Sr. Comr. Taufik Ridha said here on Tuesday that detainees going to and from court hearings must be guarded by armed officers to make sure they did not escape in transit.
Wed, 17 Jan 2001
Bomb hoax at PT Dirgantara
Bomb hoax at PT Dirgantara BANDUNG: Some 800 employees of aircraft producer PT Dirgantara Indonesia, formerly IPTN, evacuated their work places following a bomb threat on Tuesday morning.Company spokesman Rakhendi Triyatna said that Poppy, the secretary of the company's president, received a phone...
Wed, 17 Jan 2001
Work on overpasses to begin in April
Work on overpasses to begin in April JAKARTA (JP): Construction of seven overpasses in the capital will start in April at the earliest, an official announced on Tuesday.Spokesman for the city administration, Muhayat, said the construction projects of three of the overpasses would cost the city...
Wed, 17 Jan 2001
Police kill three men in street robberies
Police kill three men in street robberies JAKARTA (JP): Three men attempting street robberies at two separate incidents were shot dead by police, City Police detective chief for general crime Adj. Sr. Comr. Titto Karnavian said on Tuesday.
Wed, 17 Jan 2001
RI to reopen trade centers in Sydney, LA and Dubai
RI to reopen trade centers in Sydney, LA and Dubai JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia will reopen three export promotion offices in Sydney, Los Angeles and Dubai, the capital of the United of Arab Emirates, in June this year, a senior trade official said here on Tuesday.
Wed, 17 Jan 2001
Indonesia tops world's pepper exports
Indonesia tops world's pepper exports JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia's pepper exports jumped to 57,000 metric tons last year, a 59 percent increase from the 36,000 tons in 1999, according to an international organization.
Wed, 17 Jan 2001
Mahathir criticizes ethnic Malays for misuse of loans
Mahathir criticizes ethnic Malays for misuse of loans KUALA LUMPUR (AP): Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad has criticized some members of Malaysia's dominant ethnic group for blowing affirmative action opportunities aimed at benefiting them.
Wed, 17 Jan 2001
Tender: Transparency needed
Tender: Transparency neededFrom Warta KotaChairperson for the oversight committee of the Indonesian Bank Restructuring Agency (IBRA) Mar'ie Muhammad recently said that there was yet more openness, as a result of complaints by many tender participants in the mass media, about the implementation of...
Wed, 17 Jan 2001
S'pore sees rise in visitors
S'pore sees rise in visitors SINGAPORE (AFX-ASIA): The Singapore Tourism Board said it expects visitor arrivals this year to rise 6 percent-8 percent after rising 10.50 percent in 2000."We are making a cautious projection based on the global forecast that the U.S.
Wed, 17 Jan 2001
Myanmar's military regime ready to join hands
Myanmar's military regime ready to join hands YANGON (Agencies): Myanmar's military regime said on Tuesday it was ready to "join hands with all the forces in the nation" in an apparent reaction to the announcement of landmark contacts with Aung San Suu Kyi.But the junta's first secretary Lt. Gen.
Wed, 17 Jan 2001
Controversial author acquitted of all charges
Controversial author acquitted of all charges JAKARTA (JP): The South Jakarta District Court acquitted on Tuesday the controversial author Wimanjaya K. Liotohe, who had been charged with insulting then president Soeharto with his book Prima Dosa (Prime Sins) published in late 1993.
Wed, 17 Jan 2001
Marriage law needs revision, says minister Khofifah
Marriage law needs revision, says minister Khofifah JAKARTA (JP): State Minister for Women's Empowerment Khofifah Indar Parawansa said her office was proposing revisions to the 1974 marriage law to ensure greater respect for women's rights and raise the minimum marriageable age to 20 years of age.
Wed, 17 Jan 2001
Secession: RI's democracy dilemma
Secession: RI's democracy dilemmaBy Sidhesh Kaul JAKARTA (JP): The post-Soeharto era has seen Indonesia engulfed in a spate of separatist struggles. The recent success of the Timor referendum has given fresh impetus to the fires of secessionist movements which continue to burn bright in Aceh,...
Wed, 17 Jan 2001
Word spreads about Malang's tempeh steaks
Word spreads about Malang's tempeh steaks MALANG, East Java (Antara): Tempeh is not merely about chips anymore. The fermented soybean cake, the favorite food of many vegetarians, is being shaped into steaks and dim sum by producers in Malang.
Wed, 17 Jan 2001
Debt haircut facility for SMEs
Debt haircut facility for SMEs JAKARTA (JP): The Financial Sector Policy Committee (FSPC) decided on Tuesday to allow local banks to provide debt reduction of up to 25 percent in the restructuring of debts owed by small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).
Wed, 17 Jan 2001
Susilo questions separation of army and police roles
Susilo questions separation of army and police roles JAKARTA (JP): Coordinating Minister for Political, Social and Security Affairs Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on Tuesday questioned the separation of the concept of security and defense, and called for a clearer view than the one which currently...
Wed, 17 Jan 2001
KONI still needs financial aid from govt
KONI still needs financial aid from govt JAKARTA (JP): The government will maintain its financial assistance to the National Sports Council (KONI) regardless of its independent status and the inception of regional autonomy, Minister of Home Affairs and Regional Autonomy Surjadi Soedirdja said on...
Wed, 17 Jan 2001
Healthy outlook for Asian gas exploration
Healthy outlook for Asian gas exploration SINGAPORE (Reuters): The outlook for gas exploration in Asia, buoyed by the recent inauguration of the West Natuna Transmission System (WNTS), should remain healthy for the next five years, industry sources said on Tuesday.
Wed, 17 Jan 2001
Hotels brace for Chinese new year
Hotels brace for Chinese new year JAKARTA (JP): Hotels in the capital have offered various programs as part of Chinese new year celebrations, which falls on Jan. 24.The Sheraton Melia will hold a 12-day Chinese art and painting exhibition, which will be opened by Minister Counselor of the Chinese...
Wed, 17 Jan 2001
The lighter side of Indian cuisine
The lighter side of Indian cuisineBy Mehru Jaffer JAKARTA (JP): When people outside of India think of food from the subcontinent, images of red, hot curries and spiced legs of lamb, chicken and bread baked in clay ovens come to mind.
Wed, 17 Jan 2001
UN return to W. Timor still not possible
UN return to W. Timor still not possible JAKARTA (JP): A visiting UN official said here on Tuesday the security situation on the Indonesian side of the Timor border remained volatile, making it difficult for international relief workers to return there.
Wed, 17 Jan 2001
Mount Merapi cooling down
Mount Merapi cooling down YOGYAKARTA: There has been a decrease in the activity of Mount Merapi, located between Central Java and Yogyakarta, but the local administration is maintaining its alert status on the volcano in anticipation of further eruptions.
Wed, 17 Jan 2001
Ajinomoto still sold in Medan
Ajinomoto still sold in Medan MEDAN, North Sumatra: Some 10 tons of Ajinomoto's monosodium glutamate taste enhancer are still being sold in Medan's markets despite the fact that the deadline for the recall of the product is nearing.
Wed, 17 Jan 2001
Siemens wins Telkom project
Siemens wins Telkom project FRANKFURT (AFX): Siemens AG said that Siemens Information and Communication Mobile Group (IC Mobile) has received an order worth 65 million euros from the Indonesian mobile radio provider PT Telkom to set up a GSM network in Indonesia and install mobile transmission and...
Wed, 17 Jan 2001
Asian monies mostly higher in late trade
Asian monies mostly higher in late trade SINGAPORE (Dow Jones): Most Asian currencies strengthened late Tuesday, finding solace from a pause in the Japanese yen's recent descent, dealers said.North Asian currencies, which had been hardest hit by the yen's weakness in recent weeks, profited from the...
Wed, 17 Jan 2001
Asian loans up in 1999
Asian loans up in 1999 HONG KONG (Dow Jones): The total volume of syndicated loans in Asia, including Australia and Japan, more than doubled last year to US$218.4 billion from US$99.8 billion in 1999, according to data released on Tuesday by Thomson Financial.With US$100.