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Fri, 15 Oct 1999
Habibie's speech 'pure rhetoric'
Habibie's speech 'pure rhetoric' JAKARTA (JP): Initial reaction to the noneconomic portions of President B.J. Habibie's accountability speech on Thursday night was disapproving as analysts and politicians described it as pure rhetoric to gloss over the failings of the administration's flaws.
Fri, 15 Oct 1999
Stock Exchange
Stock ExchangeStock prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (in rupiah) on Oct. 14, 1999: Shares Close Change Trading Volume ---------------------------------------------------------- Ades Alfindo 475 0 0 AHAP Insurance 550 0 0 Alakasa Industrindo 250 0 0 Alter Abadi 300 0 0 Alumindo Light Metal 1,175...
Fri, 15 Oct 1999
One killed in Bali boat collision
One killed in Bali boat collision DENPASAR, Bali: Two fishing vessels collided in the Bali Strait on Tuesday, leaving one man dead and three others missing, Jembrana Police chief Lt. Col. Happy Kartika told Antara on Thursday."There are 24 survivors in the incident.
Fri, 15 Oct 1999
Indonesian League kicks off next month
Indonesian League kicks off next month BANDUNG (JP): The chairman of the Soccer Association of Indonesia (PSSI), Agum Gumelar, said on Wednesday evening that the association would stage the sixth Indonesian League starting from Nov. 7.
Fri, 15 Oct 1999
Locals irked over shutout from jobs
Locals irked over shutout from jobs TANGERANG (JP): Dozens of Paku Alam villagers in Serpong subdistrict protested on Wednesday their village chief's decision to prioritize migrants to fill job opportunities at a nearby shoe factory.
Fri, 15 Oct 1999
Conversion Rates
Conversion RatesBank Indonesia's conversion rates on Oct. 14, 1999: Bank notes rates Buying Selling Rp Rp U.S. dollar 1 8,234.00 8,316.00Australian dollar 1 5,335.63 5,397.08Austrian schilling 1 646.20 652.94Belgian franc 1 220.42 222.72Brunei dollar 1 4,888.39 4,940.00Canadian dollar 1 5,554.
Fri, 15 Oct 1999
State guidelines aim for fair market
State guidelines aim for fair market JAKARTA (JP): The People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) proposed on Thursday state policy guidelines which are aimed at creating a market economy, giving no room to monopolistic and corrupt market structures developed during the past 32 years of former president...
Fri, 15 Oct 1999
Fine-tuning the 1945 Constitution
Fine-tuning the 1945 ConstitutionBy Charles Himawan JAKARTA (JP): The agreement reached recently by all factions of the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) to amend the 1945 Constitution reflects the members' statesmanship.
Fri, 15 Oct 1999
Soeharto is no Robin Hood
Soeharto is no Robin HoodFrom Rakyat MerdekaResponding to the acting attorney general's decision to stop the year-long corruption investigation into former president Soeharto for lack of evidence, I would like to make the following comments:First, the decision strangely assumes that Soeharto was...
Fri, 15 Oct 1999
Our bank restructuring program
Our bank restructuring program The International Monetary Fund (IMF) says that it cannot control our bank restructuring program. According to the IMF that should be done by the Indonesian government and the public.
Fri, 15 Oct 1999
Economists frown upon Habibie's economic report
Economists frown upon Habibie's economic report JAKARTA (JP): Economists gave a thumbs-down to the economic achievements highlighted by President B.J. Habibie in his key accountability speech delivered on Thursday night before the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR), the country's highest...
Fri, 15 Oct 1999
Portugal-Netherlands agreement
Portugal-Netherlands agreement When I was still rector of Pancasila University, one of my assistants, Leo Simanjuntak, told me that actually without a military invasion to East Timor, this former Portuguese colony was already a legitimate part of the Republic of Indonesia.
Fri, 15 Oct 1999
Business falls in area of MPR complex
Business falls in area of MPR complex JAKARTA (JP): Business has been slow in the area surrounding the People's Consultative Assembly/House of Representatives legislative building complex in Central Jakarta as the location is rampant with demonstrations and clashes between protesters and security...
Fri, 15 Oct 1999
Singapore anxious over MPR session
Singapore anxious over MPR session JAKARTA (JP): The final week of the General Session of the People's Consultative Assembly appears to be an uneasy spell of time for not only the country, but its neighbor Singapore.
Fri, 15 Oct 1999
Grand coalition required to pave the way to democracy
Grand coalition required to pave the way to democracy Nurcholish Madjid, one of Indonesia's most prominent scholars and intellectuals who is also rector of Paramadina University, spoke with The Jakarta Post on Monday about the political transformation facing the nation.
Fri, 15 Oct 1999
Lidya, Johan, Ronny crash out of Danish Open
Lidya, Johan, Ronny crash out of Danish Open JAKARTA (JP): Indonesian seeds Lidya Djaelawidjaja, Johan Hadikusuma and Ronny Agustinus unexpectedly crashed out of the US$120,000 Danish Open in Vejle, Denmark.
Fri, 15 Oct 1999
Habibie the democrat? Look at the facts
Habibie the democrat? Look at the factsBy Rahayu Ratnaningsih JAKARTA (JP): In her letter in the Oct. 12 edition of this newspaper, Donna K. Woodward lamented Nova Poerwadi's rebuttal (Let Indonesians choose a ruler Oct. 2) of her article Blame hypocrisy for loss of E. Timor of Sept. 28.
Fri, 15 Oct 1999
KL nabs 100 illegal RI immigrants
KL nabs 100 illegal RI immigrants KUALA LUMPUR (DPA): Malaysian naval police have detained 100 Indonesians, including two children, who illegally entered the country aboard a fishing trawler in the Straits of Malacca, a news report said on Thursday.
Fri, 15 Oct 1999
39 escape from Wamena prison
39 escape from Wamena prison WAMENA, Irian Jaya: A total of 39 prisoners escaped from the Wamena Penitentiary on Sept. 30, the head of the prison told Antara on Wednesday."They escaped after breaking through the jail's gate and attacking prison workers," Wahyu Hidayat said.
Fri, 15 Oct 1999
Febi, Yusmawan reach Futures quarterfinals
Febi, Yusmawan reach Futures quarterfinals JAKARTA (JP): Febi Widhiyanto and Yusmawan Fahmi remain the only national men's singles players in the quarterfinals of the Indonesia Futures F6 at the Danamon tennis complex in Kemayoran, Central Jakarta.
Fri, 15 Oct 1999
Habibie tries hard to sell achievements
Habibie tries hard to sell achievements JAKARTA (JP): President B.J. Habibie, for the second time in less than three months, defended his term in office by extolling his achievements in saving the economy from near bankruptcy in an attempt to impress the top lawmakers who will soon decide the...
Fri, 15 Oct 1999
Bank Bali suspects sent to prosecutor's office
Bank Bali suspects sent to prosecutor's office JAKARTA (JP): Four suspects in the Rp 546 billion Bank Bali scandal were remanded together with their dossiers to the Jakarta Prosecutor's Office on Thursday.
Fri, 15 Oct 1999
Rupiah rides out wild trading amid political uncertainly
Rupiah rides out wild trading amid political uncertainly JAKARTA (JP): Riding out a session of wild fluctuations, the rupiah closed trading higher against the United States dollar on Thursday.Currency dealers said political concerns centering on President B.J.
Fri, 15 Oct 1999
Reformulating policy on film imports
Reformulating policy on film imports JAKARTA (Antara): Importing films is a never-ending problem in Indonesia. Numerous decrees have been issued by the Ministry of Information but the problem lingers.Importers of foreign films freely violate the regulations because the government lacks consistency...
Fri, 15 Oct 1999
Where to go in Jakarta:
Where to go in Jakarta:Museums * Bayt Al-Qur'an Museum, at Taman Mini Indonesia Indah, Bambu Apus, East Jakarta (Phone: 8416466), Monday to Sunday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. * Adam Malik Museum, Jl. Diponegoro 29, Menteng, Central Jakarta (Phone: 337403), Tuesday to Saturday, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Sunday, 9 a.m.
Fri, 15 Oct 1999
Stay fit with special cream
Stay fit with special cream JAKARTA (JP): It is not because the majority of People's Consultative Assembly members are male that Sehat Perkasa (healthy and strong) cream has jumped in sales."The cream is our hot number-one product because many people have asked for it," Sri Linda Setiawaty, a stand...
Fri, 15 Oct 1999
Deceitful grandstanding
Deceitful grandstanding Anyone who heard President B.J. Habibie's accountability speech before the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) on Thursday night would have been disappointed, not to say dumbfounded, to find that it differed little from his state of the nation address on the eve of...
Fri, 15 Oct 1999
Penang flights fully booked
Penang flights fully booked JAKARTA (JP): Flights from Medan to Penang, Malaysia, are fully booked until the end of this month as more people are traveling overseas to avoid the current domestic political uncertainty, travel agencies in Medan said.
Fri, 15 Oct 1999
Australia denies Timor oil treaty revoked by RI
Australia denies Timor oil treaty revoked by RI CANBERRA, Australia (AFP): Indonesia's suspension of naval exercises off East Timor did not amount to a suspension of the Timor Gap oil treaty with Australia, Foreign Minister Alexander Downer said Thursday.
Fri, 15 Oct 1999
Soeharto vs 'Time' must be tried in New York: Lawyer
Soeharto vs 'Time' must be tried in New York: Lawyer JAKARTA (JP): The lawyer for the New York-based magazine Time Todung Mulya Lubis said on Thursday that the Central Jakarta District Court had no authority to hear a US$27 billion (Rp 289 trillion) defamation civil lawsuit lodged by former...
Fri, 15 Oct 1999
Australian troops in East Timor
Australian troops in East Timor Nova Poerwadi's article History binds RI and Australia published in The Jakarta Post on Oct. 13, 1999 is full of all sorts of Indonesian misconceptions about what is happening in East Timor.Mr.
Thu, 14 Oct 1999
Cindana set to play Mia in Danish Open
Cindana set to play Mia in Danish Open JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia's Cindana Hartono is expected to meet former compatriot Mia Audina, who now plays for the Netherlands, in the US$120,000 V6 Danish Open in Vejle, Denmark.
Thu, 14 Oct 1999
Tracer sells Indonesian asset
Tracer sells Indonesian asset NEW YORK (Dow Jones): Tracer Petroleum Corp. agreed to sell its Indonesian oil and gas assets to Tradewinds Oil & Gas Inc., Houston, for $350,000 cash, plus options.In a press release Tuesday, Tracer said that if all options in the agreement are exercised, it could...
Thu, 14 Oct 1999
Indonesia: From uncertainty to certainty
Indonesia: From uncertainty to certaintyBy Mar'ie Muhammad The following article is based on a paper presented on Oct. 1, 1999, at the Asia Society in New York. NEW YORK: Indonesia is now confronting a multifaceted crisis.
Thu, 14 Oct 1999
Bank Mandiri gets Rp 103t in bonds for recapitalization
Bank Mandiri gets Rp 103t in bonds for recapitalization JAKARTA (JP): The government issued on Thursday Rp 103 trillion (about US$13.7 billion) worth of bonds to recapitalize state Bank Mandiri, the country's largest bank.
Thu, 14 Oct 1999
Aceh issue draws MPR's attention
Aceh issue draws MPR's attention JAKARTA (JP): The People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) admitted on Wednesday that concrete steps were imperative to ease the rising demand for a self-determination referendum in Aceh.
Thu, 14 Oct 1999
PSSI beats Persib in Asia Cup tryout
PSSI beats Persib in Asia Cup tryout BANDUNG (JP): The Football Association of Indonesia (PSSI) soccer team, which is being prepared for the Asia Cup championships in Hong Kong, showed improvement on Wednesday by defeating Persib Bandung 2-0 in a tryout at Siliwangi Stadium.
Thu, 14 Oct 1999
Palyja inaugurates Rp 14b water treatment plant in Cilandak
Palyja inaugurates Rp 14b water treatment plant in Cilandak JAKARTA (JP): Water management firm PT Pam Lyonnaise Jaya (Palyja) inaugurated its Rp 14.8 billion (US$1.85 million) water treatment plant on Wednesday in Cilandak, South Jakarta.
Thu, 14 Oct 1999
German bank to finance ferronickel project
German bank to finance ferronickel project JAKARTA (JP): Publicly listed state-owned mining company PT Aneka Tambang (Antam) confirmed on Wednesday Japan's Mitsui & Co. planned to construct the third unit of Antam's ferronickel plant in Pomalaa, Southeast Sulawesi, with loans from a German bank.
Thu, 14 Oct 1999
Beauty an important asset for Balinese women on stage
Beauty an important asset for Balinese women on stageBy Degung Santikarma DENPASAR, Bali (JP): With her face full of shame and frustration, Ni Nyoman Aryani runs for her bedroom, slamming the door behind her.
Thu, 14 Oct 1999
IPTN unit eyes KL market
IPTN unit eyes KL market BANDUNG (JP): Universal Maintenance Center PT Nusantara Turbin & Propulsi (UMC-NTP), a subsidiary of state-owned aircraft manufacturer PT IPTN, is hoping to secure a contract in Malaysia.
Thu, 14 Oct 1999
Two killed in Ambon clash
Two killed in Ambon clash AMBON, Maluku: A fresh clash in Ambon, in which at least two people died, forced Pattimura Airport to suspend operations temporarily.Airport commander Lt. Col. Iskandar said that 260 Air Force personnel were on alert to protect the airport from possible attack.
Thu, 14 Oct 1999
Interfet banned from East Timor skies: Official
Interfet banned from East Timor skies: Official UJUNGPANDANG, South Sulawesi (JP): The Air Force operational commander for Eastern Indonesia, Air Rear Marshall Ian Santoso, rejected a request from the International Force for East Timor (Interfet) to fly over East Timor, following the fatal shooting...
Thu, 14 Oct 1999
Government sets deadline for KPC to divest 30% of stake
Government sets deadline for KPC to divest 30% of stake JAKARTA (JP): The government told PT Kaltim Prima Coal (KPC) on Wednesday to complete talks on its 30 percent divestment plan by the end of this month or face a penalty.
Thu, 14 Oct 1999
WB calls on new govt to maintain tight money policy
WB calls on new govt to maintain tight money policy JAKARTA (JP): World Bank country director for Indonesia Mark Baird urged the country's upcoming new government to maintain the macroeconomic stability achieved during the past six months as a top priority.
Thu, 14 Oct 1999
Rupiah sold down on presidential poll fears
Rupiah sold down on presidential poll fears HONG KONG (Dow Jones): The foreign exchange market reacted nervously to Indonesian President B.J. Habibie's selection of armed forces' chief General Wiranto as his running mate in Indonesia's presidential election, selling the rupiah down steeply against...
Thu, 14 Oct 1999
Provinces able to issue investment permits
Provinces able to issue investment permits JAKARTA (JP): Provincial administrations now have full authority to approve foreign and domestic investment under a new presidential decree announced by the government on Wednesday.
Thu, 14 Oct 1999
Police serenades 'becak' drivers in bid for security
Police serenades 'becak' drivers in bid for security JAKARTA (JP): Jakarta Police chief Maj. Gen. Noegroho Djajoesman entertained some 4,000 becak (pedicab) drivers on Wednesday with live dangdut music, appealing to them to reject any tempting offers to riot from provocateurs.
Thu, 14 Oct 1999
On Indonesia
On Indonesia After the authoritarian Soeharto period, (the newly elected speaker of Indonesia's legislature) Amien Rais has become the first official to be freely elected by secret ballot.His election and the bringing forward of the presidential elections reflect important deal making behind the...
Thu, 14 Oct 1999
Meaningful changes
Meaningful changes It was nice to see my article Students deserve peace prize published in The Jakarta Post on Oct. 7, 1999. Unfortunately some editing changed the substance of the article, particularly paragraph 19 where the formulation "old corporative organization" (the remnants of the...