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Sun, 23 Jan 2000
TV today
TV todayTVRI 6:00 a.m. Morning News 7:00 Health and Fresh 8:00 Children's Program 9:30 Cooking Program 10:00 Music 11:00 TV Drama 12:15 p.m. Comedy 1:00 TV Series 2:00 News 2:30 Children's Song 3:00 Sports 4:30 Religious Teachings 5:00 Music 5:30 Sports 6:00 News (in English) 6:30 Music 7:00...
Sun, 23 Jan 2000
Museums need to change with times: Expert
Museums need to change with times: ExpertBy Bruce Emond JAKARTA (JP): Sudarmadji Damais, popularly known as Adjie Damais, knows a thing or two about museums. The head of the Jakarta History Museum from 1989 to 1999 has spent more than a quarter century in the museum world, earning respect for his...
Sun, 23 Jan 2000
New concepts needed to enliven museums
New concepts needed to enliven museums Visiting museums is not what people here like to do. For them, museums are dull and unattractive. Why do they have such an idea? What should be done to improve their attitudes? The Jakarta Post's team of writers Rita A.
Sun, 23 Jan 2000
'Social workers' make money from damaged roads
'Social workers' make money from damaged roadsBy Kafil Yamin BANDUNG (JP): For most people, potholes in the road are a major annoyance as you drive around them to avoid breaking an axle or chassis. To others, however, they are not so much an irritant as a way of making something resembling a meager...
Sun, 23 Jan 2000
Guided museum tours take the historical route
Guided museum tours take the historical routeBy Mehru Jaffer JAKARTA (JP): It started with some inquisitive members of Jakarta's expatriate community wanting to know more about a city that is home to more than 300 ethnic groups from all over the Indonesian archipelago and has been constantly...
Sun, 23 Jan 2000
UN blamed for E. Timor TB cases
UN blamed for E. Timor TB casesBy Joanne Collins DILI, East Timor (Reuters): From his ramshackle clinic in one of Dili's backstreets, Dr. Dan Murphy says the easily preventable disease tuberculosis is killing too many East Timorese.And he blames the United Nations administration.
Sun, 23 Jan 2000
Religious leaders join forces in preventing riots
Religious leaders join forces in preventing riots JAKARTA (JP): In a fresh call for harmony, leaders of five religious communities pledged on Saturday to maintain peace and support for strict measures against perpetrators of violence.
Sun, 23 Jan 2000
Candra and Tony clinch spot in Taipei Open
Candra and Tony clinch spot in Taipei Open JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia was saved a place in the men's doubles final of the US$150,000 Chinese Taipei Open after top seeds Candra Wijaya and Tony Gunawan defeated Lee Dong-soo and Yoo Yong-sung of South Korea in Saturday's semifinals.
Sun, 23 Jan 2000
Presumption of innocence
Presumption of innocenceFrom NeracaApparently not everybody understands the principle of presumption of innocence. It is not rare that the defendant in a case experiences a trial by the press as well as a trial by the public.
Sun, 23 Jan 2000
Guess What? Eko Patrio
Guess What? Eko Patrio A bachelor often becomes anxious when he turns 30, especially when it comes to girlfriends. Eko Hendro Purnomo, a member of the Patrio group of comedians, better known as Eko Patrio, is no exception.Born in Jakarta on Dec. 30, 1970, Eko is yet to get serious about a woman.
Sun, 23 Jan 2000
Taxi driver and accomplice rape and rob woman passenger
Taxi driver and accomplice rape and rob woman passenger JAKARTA (JP): Nobody expects rape to be hiding in wait for them, whether in a stranger, a neighbor, or any other person.Ruth, 23, never expected to be raped by the driver of a very unpopular taxi and the man hiding in the trunk of that taxi on...
Sun, 23 Jan 2000
No glut of visitors to lonely Taman Mini museums
No glut of visitors to lonely Taman Mini museumsBy Tam Notosusanto JAKARTA (JP): A weekday is really not the best time to visit the museums at the Taman Mini Indonesia Indah recreation park. For what you will find are sleeping ticket booth attendants.
Sun, 23 Jan 2000
The pain and suffering of making that first move
The pain and suffering of making that first moveBy E. Effendi JAKARTA (JP): More and more people are getting married these days as they believe that the year 2000, influenced by the dragon sign in Chinese horoscope, is blessed with good fortune.
Sun, 23 Jan 2000
RI cartoonists win
RI cartoonists win TOKYO (Antara): Five Indonesian cartoonists have won three prizes at 21st Yomiuri International Cartoon Contest held by Japan's leading newspaper, Yomiuri Shimbun.Zainal Abidin of Kendal, Central Java province, has won the Special Prize along with cartoonists from the United...
Sun, 23 Jan 2000
Homeward-bound travel
Homeward-bound travelFrom Media IndonesiaThe media often say that one minute of television broadcast costs several thousand U.S. dollars, emphasizing that television reports must therefore be useful and efficient. What you actually see on television tells a different story.
Sun, 23 Jan 2000
A reminder of the importance of preserving the environment
A reminder of the importance of preserving the environment Archipelago: The Islands of Indonesia: From the nineteenth- century discoveries of Alfred Russel Wallace to the fate of forests and reefs in the twenty-first century.
Sat, 22 Jan 2000
Japan to reschedule RI debts
Japan to reschedule RI debts TOKYO (AFP): Japan is expected to agree to reschedule one billion dollars of loans extended to Indonesia, the Nihon Keizai Shimbun newspaper said Friday.The Japanese government will make a final decision following further discussions at the foreign, trade and finance...
Sat, 22 Jan 2000
Tanri a suspect in Bank Bali scandal
Tanri a suspect in Bank Bali scandal JAKARTA (JP): Former state minister of the empowerment of state enterprises Tanri Abeng and Bank Indonesia official Erman Munzir were officially named on Friday night as suspects in the Rp 546 billion Bank Bali scandal.
Sat, 22 Jan 2000
Taufik and Marlev fall in Taipei Open quarters
Taufik and Marlev fall in Taipei Open quarters JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia was shut out of the men's singles of the US$150,000 Chinese Taipei Open after Taufik Hidayat and Marlev Mainaky lost in the quarterfinals on Friday.
Sat, 22 Jan 2000
Resurfacing set for 42 streets
Resurfacing set for 42 streets JAKARTA (JP): As part of its routine property and public facility maintenance programs, the city administration will resurface 42 major streets, an official said on Thursday."The repair projects, estimated to cost some Rp 16 billion (US$ 2.
Sat, 22 Jan 2000
Downer hopes to patch things up with Indonesia
Downer hopes to patch things up with Indonesia SYDNEY (Agencies): Australia is hoping that Foreign Minister Alexander Downer's meeting on Monday with Indonesian President Abdurrahman Wahid will ease tension created following Canberra's strident criticism of Jakarta over its policies in East Timor.
Sat, 22 Jan 2000
BSM to help government boost trade with Iraq
BSM to help government boost trade with Iraq JAKARTA (JP): Bank Syariah Mandiri (BSM) and the Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KADIN) agreed here on Friday to help promote bilateral trade with Iraq.
Sat, 22 Jan 2000
Carmanah sells RI mining unit
Carmanah sells RI mining unit CALGARY (Dow Jones): Carmanah Resources Ltd. said it has sold its GFB Resources (Langsa) Ltd. unit to Maple Oil NL for $2.15 million and 14,743,760 Maple shares.In a news release, Carmanah said GFB Resources operates and holds 80 percent of the Langsa Technical...
Sat, 22 Jan 2000
Divorce cases up in Malang
Divorce cases up in Malang MALANG, East Java: Divorce rates among Muslim couples here have increased slightly from 826 cases in 1998 to 863 cases last year, Antara reported on Friday.Rodiah, a staff member at the local Ministry of Religious Affairs office, told the agency that most divorces were...
Sat, 22 Jan 2000
Refugees keep flowing out of Lombok island
Refugees keep flowing out of Lombok island MATARAM, West Nusa Tenggara (JP): There was no letup on Friday in the exodus of people fleeing the violence in Lombok of the past week, with most headed to neighboring Bali.
Sat, 22 Jan 2000
An aircraft carrier in sight?
An aircraft carrier in sight? Outwardly, the sea has calmed down and the "sharks" have been chased away, though some are still swimming around; they are called shark provocateurs. Yet Mr. Clinton from the USA found it necessary to send special emissaries from the White House, such as Mr.
Sat, 22 Jan 2000
Separate province for Flores urged
Separate province for Flores urged MAUMERE, Flores: Some 200 non-governmental organization activists from the East Nusa Tenggara islands of Flores and Lembata demanded on Friday the creation of a separate province.
Sat, 22 Jan 2000
Government doesn't need to 'recapitalize BI'
Government doesn't need to 'recapitalize BI' JAKARTA (JP): Finance Minister Bambang Sudibyo revealed on Friday that Bank Indonesia (BI) had massive profits accumulated from its foreign exchange transactions, and that thereby, the government did not need to recapitalize the central bank after all.
Sat, 22 Jan 2000
Plan to use budget for recapitalization called 'unfair'
Plan to use budget for recapitalization called 'unfair' JAKARTA (JP): The government's plan to use a large part of the 2000 state budget to finance bank recapitalization costs is unfair, according to analysts.Analyst Didik J.
Sat, 22 Jan 2000
Suwardoyo wins pre-Olympic match
Suwardoyo wins pre-Olympic match JAKARTA (JP): Indonesian flyweight Suwardoyo won his fight against Holapatiphone of Laos in the Olympic qualifying round at Tae Jeon City in South Korea on Thursday evening, outpointing his opponent 11-4, Antara news agency reported.
Sat, 22 Jan 2000
E. Timor gets own phone code
E. Timor gets own phone code DILI, East Timor (AFP): The UN-administered territory of East Timor has now been given its own telephone country code, a UN spokesman said Friday.Manoel de Almeida Silva, of the UN Transitional Administration in East Timor (UNTAET), said international communication...
Sat, 22 Jan 2000
Conversion Rates
Conversion Rates Bank Indonesia's conversion rates on Jan. 21, 2000: Bank notes rates Buying Selling Rp Rp U.S. dollar 1 7,234.00 7,306.00Australian dollar 1 4,810.61 4,865.80Austrian schilling 1 534.02 539.87Belgian franc 1 182.16 184.15Brunei dollar 1 4,319.84 4,365.44Canadian dollar 1 5,002.
Sat, 22 Jan 2000
U.S. gives Indonesia more aid, time on human rights
U.S. gives Indonesia more aid, time on human rights WASHINGTON (Agencies) United States Secretary of State Madeleine Albright promised Indonesian Foreign Minister Alwi Shihab on Thursday a big increase aid, and said Jakarta had time to investigate war crimes in East Timor on its own before...
Sat, 22 Jan 2000
KONI to maintain training organization
KONI to maintain training organization JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia's Olympic training director Arie Sudewo told reporters on Friday that the National Sports Council (KONI) chairman Wismoyo Arismunandar would maintain the structural organization of officials until 2002.
Sat, 22 Jan 2000
Stock Exchange
Stock ExchangeStock prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (in rupiah) on Jan. 21, 2000: Shares Close Change Trading Volume --------------------------------------------------------- Ades Alfindo 875 75 80,500 Alakasa Industrindo 525 0 0 Alfa Retailindo 1,050 -50 3,005,500 Alter Abadi 400 0 0 Alumindo...
Sat, 22 Jan 2000
Gus Dur to meet Bintan protesters
Gus Dur to meet Bintan protesters JAKARTA (JP): President Abdurrahman Wahid has agreed in principle to receive representatives of villagers in Bintan who are seeking higher compensation for their former land, a Palace official said on Friday.
Sat, 22 Jan 2000
Even long-term foreign funds wary of Indonesia
Even long-term foreign funds wary of Indonesia LONDON (Reuters): There is no big pull-out of money yet, but even foreign investors not normally shy of high risk are sitting on their hands when it comes to Indonesia.
Sat, 22 Jan 2000
Indonesia signs new letter of intent with IMF (2)
Indonesia signs new letter of intent with IMF (2) The following is the second and last part of the complete text of the new Letter of Intent signed by the Indonesian government and the International Monetary Fund on Thursday. Tables and annexes are not included.
Sat, 22 Jan 2000
Official arrested over fake bills
Official arrested over fake bills BOGOR (JP): An official of Bogor District Prosecutor's Office and two of his associates were arrested by local police for allegedly distributing fake Taiwan dollar bills in Jakarta.Bogor Police chief of detectives Capt.
Sat, 22 Jan 2000
Thousands of students decry arrests in Makassar
Thousands of students decry arrests in Makassar MAKASSAR, South Sulawesi (JP): Thousands of students at various higher education institutions and the congregation of the Al Markaz al Islami mosque marched on Friday to the police station demanding the release of their friends detained during recent...
Sat, 22 Jan 2000
Few stimuli in new state budget
Few stimuli in new state budget How to appraise the government's objective of encouraging development through the new state budget? Many people doubt this can be achieved. With a budget deficit as large as 5 percent of gross domestic product (GDP) there isn't much money left to realize such an...
Sat, 22 Jan 2000
Pedicab drivers say job offers not for them
Pedicab drivers say job offers not for them JAKARTA (JP): Pedicab drivers banned from operating in the capital rejected on Friday the city administration's offer to take up new jobs, arguing they lacked the skills to do anything else.
Sat, 22 Jan 2000
Eliminating violence
Eliminating violenceFrom Sinar PagiSince its proclamation of independence on Aug. 17, 1945, the Republic of Indonesia has experienced ups and downs in the form of revolts.The country's natural riches will certainly remain the target of foreign countries.
Sat, 22 Jan 2000
PKB, PDI-P vow to work together
PKB, PDI-P vow to work together JAKARTA (JP): The moderate Muslim-based National Awakening Party (PKB) and nationalist Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI Perjuangan) said they would further their strong partnership to calm rising regional and sectarian tension.
Sat, 22 Jan 2000
President and provocateurs
President and provocateurs Not many people, perhaps, have as many labels as President Abdurrahman Wahid, or Gus Dur. Long before he was appointed president, he had earned a host of epithets and nicknames: a kiai(a respected teacher of Islam), a man of culture, a columnist, a social observer, a...
Sat, 22 Jan 2000
WB to hold forestry seminar
WB to hold forestry seminar JAKARTA (JP): The World Bank's office in Jakarta will hold a high-level seminar on forestry next Wednesday to find solutions to the ongoing problems confronting Indonesia's forestry sector.
Sat, 22 Jan 2000
Three killed in road crash
Three killed in road crash SUBANG, West Java: Three people were killed and two children seriously injured after an intercity bus struck another vehicle near Ciasem market here on Friday.Wahono, 35, his wife Tini, 30, and an ojek (motorbike taxi) driver, Giman, died instantly.
Sat, 22 Jan 2000
Student shot dead after robbing ATM customer
Student shot dead after robbing ATM customer JAKARTA (JP): A senior university student was shot dead on Friday morning by a BCA bank security guard after robbing an ATM customer on Jl. Radio Dalam in South Jakarta.Detectives chief of the local police precinct, Maj.
Sat, 22 Jan 2000
President set to hold dialog with Aceh leaders on Tuesday
President set to hold dialog with Aceh leaders on Tuesday JAKARTA (JP): President Abdurrahman Wahid is expected to hold a dialog with Acehnese leaders during a one-day visit to Sabang off the province's coast on Tuesday.
Sat, 22 Jan 2000
Railway firm putting safety first
Railway firm putting safety first JAKARTA (JP): Train commuters may find themselves late to work for some time as the state railway operator, PT Kereta Api Indonesia (KAI), has introduced a new policy aimed at preventing passengers from riding on the top of train carriages.