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Sun, 30 Jan 2000
Visitors go ape over Cirebon's famous monkeys
Visitors go ape over Cirebon's famous monkeysBy R. Agus Bakti CIREBON, West Java (JP): What happens to students who fail to heed religious teachings?They are turned into monkeys, at least near Cirebon.No kidding.
Sun, 30 Jan 2000
Taman Puring traders rampage over cut branches
Taman Puring traders rampage over cut branches JAKARTA (JP): Some 500 vendors on Jl. Gandaria I, on the left of Taman Puring market, South Jakarta, threw rocks, destroyed stone roadblocks and tore down the new galvanized iron fence surrounding the park on Saturday morning.
Sun, 30 Jan 2000
Tasikmalaya handicrafts go worldwide
Tasikmalaya handicrafts go worldwideBy Y.R. Prahista TASIKMALAYA, West Java (JP): The overseas market for handicraft products from Tasikmalaya is experiencing terrific expansion."Dutch and American women are very attracted to bags made from plaited pandanus leaves," said Haj Sahudin, showing off a...
Sun, 30 Jan 2000
New body earnest in their fight to stop piracy
New body earnest in their fight to stop piracyBy Stevie Emilia JAKARTA (JP): Illegal transactions are usually pereformed in secrecy. But in the case of pirated VCDs, CDs, cassettes and software, one only needs to look around nearby shopping centers or sidewalk vendors.
Sun, 30 Jan 2000
You are what you wear in business
You are what you wear in businessBy Agni Amorita JAKARTA (JP): MC and TV presenter Erwin Parengkuan has a young executive friend who works in a small fully air-conditioned office."His office was very, very cold," said Parengkuan. His friend started wearing a suit as his everyday office attire.
Sun, 30 Jan 2000
Recording industry still tenuous in the year 2000
Recording industry still tenuous in the year 2000 JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesian music industry has been facing an up-and-down period for the last five years.The development of the industry has been heavily affected by the crisis which has hit the country since the middle of l997.
Sun, 30 Jan 2000
'Srimulat' revives traditional comedy
'Srimulat' revives traditional comedyBy Endi Aras JAKARTA (JP): Every Thursday night at 9:30 p.m. and Saturday night at 7:30 p.m. you will find people crowding around the TV in their living room eagerly watching the comedy programs Srimulat and Ketoprak Humor.
Sun, 30 Jan 2000
Guess What? Megawati
Guess What? Megawati What did a state leader like Vice President Megawati Soekarnoputri get from journalists as a gift for her 53rd birthday last Sunday?It's not expensive jewelry. It's not money, either.
Sun, 30 Jan 2000
China executes 13
China executes 13 BEIJING (Reuters): China has executed 13 people, including an Indonesian, for clubbing 23 seamen to death and throwing their bodies overboard in the country's biggest piracy case in 50 years, the official Xinhua news agency said on Friday.
Sun, 30 Jan 2000
Royalty system in the country's music industry
Royalty system in the country's music industryBy Endi Aras JAKARTA (JP): A popular music group from Bandung, Trio Bimbo, has had bitter experiences. It sued the Remaco recording company for copyright violations.
Sun, 30 Jan 2000
Guess What? Etha
Guess What? Etha Love songs are always a favorite, no matter what the situation is. For singer Juwita Titin Sumarni, or Etha, that is good luck.Her song, Bawakan Aku Cinta (Bring Me Your Love), has turned into a successful one and has made it onto RCTI's Clear Top 10 music chart's 10 top songs.
Sun, 30 Jan 2000
Gus Dur performs 'umrah', holds talks with King Fahd
Gus Dur performs 'umrah', holds talks with King Fahd JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia (JP): President Abdurrahman Wahid upon his arrival here Friday evening, immediately went to Mecca to perform the umrah, Islamic minor pilgrimage.
Sun, 30 Jan 2000
Plane crash brings 2 people together in 'Random Hearts'
Plane crash brings 2 people together in 'Random Hearts'By Tam Notosusanto JAKARTA (JP): What could possibly be worse than hearing about your spouse's tragic death?Bill "Dutch" Van Den Broeck (Harrison Ford) and Kay Chandler (Kristin Scott Thomas) discover the answer to that question in the film...
Sun, 30 Jan 2000
Year of Golden Dragon may be full of conflict
Year of Golden Dragon may be full of conflictBy Mauro Rahardjo BANDUNG (JP): On Feb. 5, 2000, the year of Rabbit will end and we will enter the year of the Golden Dragon. This year is not only a year of the Dragon, but a year of the Golden (Metal) Dragon.
Sun, 30 Jan 2000
Problems bombard Portuguese fortress
Problems bombard Portuguese fortressText and photos by A'an Suryana JEPARA, Central Java (JP): Ask any school kid about Jepara, and they might enthusiastically answer that it was the birthplace of Indonesian women's emancipation heroine RA Kartini in 1879.
Sun, 30 Jan 2000
East Timor prone to unrest: UN
East Timor prone to unrest: UN UNITED NATIONS (AP): The United Nations raised alarm Friday at the potential for social unrest in East Timor because of widespread unemployment, high food prices and frayed social services in the aftermath of the territory's vote for independence.
Sun, 30 Jan 2000
Govt puts out welcome mat for political exiles
Govt puts out welcome mat for political exilesBy Linawati Sidarto AMSTERDAM (JP): Another New Order taboo crumbled last week: Indonesian political exiles could now opt to regain their lost citizenship.At the Indonesian Embassy in The Hague on Jan.
Sun, 30 Jan 2000
No English subtitles
No English subtitles I would like to direct your attention to my article on Left Luggage, published in The Jakarta Post, on Jan. 28, 2000. It appears that a meaning has been accidentally changed through your misunderstanding.
Sun, 30 Jan 2000
Rock group Mr. Big revives the spirit of outdated music
Rock group Mr. Big revives the spirit of outdated musicBy Devi M. Asmarani JAKARTA (JP): Before Eddy Vedder and the late Kurt Cobain stole the spotlight of the trendy music scene with their grunge, reshaping our concept of what rock and roll stars should look like and how they should behave (not to...
Sun, 30 Jan 2000
'MTV's' VJ Sarah Sechan tells it how it is
'MTV's' VJ Sarah Sechan tells it how it isBy Chris Brummit JAKARTA (JP): For someone who is seen in more than 19 million households throughout the region, Sarah Sechan, one of the Indonesian presenters (VJs) on MTV Southeast Asia, is refreshingly free from the affectations and hang-ups that such...
Sat, 29 Jan 2000
Rapists in our midst
Rapists in our midst The constant flow of horrendous reports from our restive provinces might lead foreign observers of Indonesia to consider violence as our trademark. But to locals, the news from the provinces is only part of the horror, for now we are being confronted with the victimization of...
Sat, 29 Jan 2000
Police detectives to be honored following raid
Police detectives to be honored following raid JAKARTA (JP): National Police chief Lt. Gen. Rusdihardjo said on Friday he would honor the South Jakarta and city police detectives involved in the successful operation to break an international drug ring.
Sat, 29 Jan 2000
Fear nothing if you love God
Fear nothing if you love God True, they are both heads of state, one representing Indonesia, the other, the tiny state of Vatican City, in Rome, Italy. They seem to have one thing in common, a love of traveling around the globe, ignoring warnings that they may encounter dangers.
Sat, 29 Jan 2000
Mob destroys govt buildings
Mob destroys govt buildings JAYAPURA, Irian Jaya: A mob destroyed three state buildings following a violent dispute in Fakfak, hundreds miles east of here, police said.A state-owned radio office and two local administrative buildings in the port city were ransacked, in an incident which stemmed...
Sat, 29 Jan 2000
Bagong puts modern spin on classical dance
Bagong puts modern spin on classical danceText and photos by Tarko Sudiarno YOGYAKARTA (JP): The spotlight on the stage suddenly went dim, focused on nine women dancers. Two pairs of dancers moved closer to each other.One pair placed themselves in the left corner, the other at center stage.
Sat, 29 Jan 2000
Gus Dur, think before you speak
Gus Dur, think before you speakFrom Rakyat MerdekaI looked forward to viewing the interview with President Abdurrahman Wahid, who we know as Gus Dur, on RCTI on Jan. 23 because it was set to address various problems confronting the nation, including the polemics dividing the community.
Sat, 29 Jan 2000
Police kill alleged robber
Police kill alleged robber JAKARTA (JP): A 41-year-old alleged robber was shot dead by police detectives while resisting arrest in Cibitung, Bekasi, early Friday morning.Basirun, alias Emon, was arrested by police on Thursday on suspicion that he and seven of his associates robbed seven trucks...
Sat, 29 Jan 2000
BI needs no fresh capital
BI needs no fresh capital KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters): Bank Indonesia will not need fresh capital as the government has decided not to recall Rp 164.5 trillion (US$23 billion) worth of bonds it had issued to the central bank, BI governor Syahril Sabirin said on Friday.
Sat, 29 Jan 2000
Military on alert during president's overseas trip
Military on alert during president's overseas trip JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesian Military (TNI) will heighten its alertness in anticipation of possible domestic disturbances during President Abdurrahman Wahid's two-week absence.
Sat, 29 Jan 2000
City threatens to demolish street vendors' makeshift kiosks
City threatens to demolish street vendors' makeshift kiosks JAKARTA (JP): The Central Jakarta mayoralty threatened vendors on Friday to support city relocation programs or risk the demolition of their kiosks located along the pavement of the Senen market area.
Sat, 29 Jan 2000
Windsurfer Oka to compete in Argentina
Windsurfer Oka to compete in Argentina JAKARTA (JP): National windsurfer Oka Sulaksana will take part in the World Windsurfing Championships in Argentina, Feb. 10 to Feb. 20.Oka, who has qualified for the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, told Antara at Semawang beach in Sanur, Bali, that he could take...
Sat, 29 Jan 2000
Major rubber producers to work together
Major rubber producers to work together BANGKOK (Dow Jones): Thailand and Malaysia will continue to try to persuade Indonesia to cooperate with them in a bid to strengthen rubber producer's bargaining power in the world market, Thai and Malaysian ministers said late Thursday.
Sat, 29 Jan 2000
Flood toll rises to three with discovery of man's body
Flood toll rises to three with discovery of man's body JAKARTA (JP): The corpse of a man missing since Wednesday was found on Friday morning caught between the bamboo poles of an open-air toilet on the banks of the River Krukut in Cipete Selatan, South Jakarta.
Sat, 29 Jan 2000
Rape suspects wrongly released
Rape suspects wrongly released JAKARTA (JP): The nine suspects involved in the 1993 rape- murder case of female labor activist Marsinah were freed not because they were not guilty but because the prosecution had been wrong from the start, a National Police spokesman said.
Sat, 29 Jan 2000
Lufhansa sees growth in passenger loads
Lufhansa sees growth in passenger loads JAKARTA (JP): Lufthansa is predicting robust growth in its passenger-loads to and from Indonesia this year despite the troubled security situation in the country.
Sat, 29 Jan 2000
Former minister to be questioned
Former minister to be questioned SURABAYA, East Java: The provincial legislative assembly plans to summon former information minister R. Hartono to shed light on the murder of labor activist Marsinah in 1993.
Sat, 29 Jan 2000
Stand up to stop terrible violations
Stand up to stop terrible violations I am a foreigner who has worked here for nearly 10 years and loves this country. In 1994 I worked for a textile company which was owned by a prominent Chinese-Indonesian. I was fired without excuse or receiving the compensation stipulated in the contract.
Sat, 29 Jan 2000
BI to launche new coin series
BI to launche new coin series JAKARTA (JP): Bank Indonesia will launch on Monday a new gold and silver coin collection, both domestically and overseas, to participate in raising funds for Unicef.Bank Indonesia senior official H.Y.
Sat, 29 Jan 2000
Holland gears up for Gus Dur's visit
Holland gears up for Gus Dur's visitBy Aboeprijadi Santoso AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands (JP): President Abdurrahman Wahid will be the first Indonesian head of state to be warmly welcomed by the Dutch Queen and members of the government when he visits The Netherlands next week.
Sat, 29 Jan 2000
Abdurrahman promises to find solution to Indorayon dispute
Abdurrahman promises to find solution to Indorayon dispute JAKARTA (JP): President Abdurrahman Wahid moved on Thursday night to break up the fight between those who supported and those who were against the closure of pulp and rayon fiber producer PT Indorayon Utama's plant in Porsea, North Sumatra.
Sat, 29 Jan 2000
Election of C. Kalimantan governor valid: Surjadi
Election of C. Kalimantan governor valid: Surjadi JAKARTA (JP): Home Affairs Minister Surjadi Soedirja asserted on Friday that the recent election of Asmawi Gani as Central Kalimantan governor was valid according to the ruling issued by the provincial legislative council.
Sat, 29 Jan 2000
Five ships to serve Irian
Five ships to serve Irian JAYAPURA, Irian Jaya (JP): Image Maria Pty of Australia and local company PT Avinusa Jati Perkasa will jointly operate passenger ships to serve important seaports in Irian Jaya province.
Sat, 29 Jan 2000
Wiranto 'morally responsible' for Timor chaos
Wiranto 'morally responsible' for Timor chaos JAKARTA (JP): The government-sanctioned KPP HAM said on Friday former military chief Gen. Wiranto was "morally responsible" for the post-ballot campaign of terror and destruction in East Timor.
Sat, 29 Jan 2000
World newspaper group to rebuild E. Timor press
World newspaper group to rebuild E. Timor press PARIS (Agencies): The World Association of Newspapers (WAN) said it was launching a mission with the UN cultural agency UNESCO to rebuild the newspaper industry in East Timor.
Sat, 29 Jan 2000
PBVSI steering body to select alternative chief
PBVSI steering body to select alternative chief JAKARTA (JP): A steering committee member of the Indonesian Volleyball Association (PBVSI) national congress, Ahmed Solihin, said on Friday that the committee would select another candidate for its chairmanship if the two-day congress ended in a...
Sat, 29 Jan 2000
Where to go in Jakarta:
Where to go in Jakarta:Exhibitions * Arts Exhibition: Drawings by Widayanto, The Regent Jakarta, Jl. H.R. Rasuna Said, South Jakarta (Phone: 2523456), until Feb. 5. * Painting Exhibition: Fenomena Masyarakat Urban, by 15 Jakartan artists, at Galeri Milenium, Golden Truly, Blok B-23, Jl. R.S.
Sat, 29 Jan 2000
Government urged to seek solution to Aceh strife
Government urged to seek solution to Aceh strife JAKARTA (JP): Amien Rais, speaker of the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR), has urged President Abdurrahman Wahid to initiate a meeting with the leaders of legislative bodies and the Indonesian Military (TNI) to seek a comprehensive solution to...
Sat, 29 Jan 2000
National Police plan major reshuffle
National Police plan major reshuffle JAKARTA (JP): The appointment of the operational affairs assistant to the National Police chief, Maj. Gen. Bimantoro, as National Police deputy chief signals the beginning of a major reshuffle at police headquarters.
Sat, 29 Jan 2000
Australian media biased on East Timor coverage
Australian media biased on East Timor coverageBy Eloise Dortch PERTH, West Australia (JP): How well did the Australian media cover the East Timor debacle in recent months?Were they accurate, fair, balanced and objective?To apply the Australian Journalists Association (AJA) recommended code of...
Sat, 29 Jan 2000
Where to go in Yogyakarta:
Where to go in Yogyakarta:Exhibitions* Photography and Video Art Exhibition from Dutch Artists, presenting Anna Pool, Anja de Jong, Frans Van Lent, Gerard Petrus Fleret, Guus Rijven, Hester Blankostjin, Hester Scheurwater, Cemeti Art House, Jl. DI Panjaitan 41 (phone 0274-371015), Jan 18 - Feb 17.