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Sun, 11 Oct 1998
What people say about history lessons at school
What people say about history lessons at school JAKARTA (JP): History has been a notoriously boring subject for many of the world's young students, while differing views are confusing to those brought up on one version.
Sun, 11 Oct 1998
Congress retains Megawati, names her for presidency
Congress retains Megawati, names her for presidencyBy Imanuddin & M.M.I. Ahyani DENPASAR (JP): Megawati Soekarnoputri's Indonesian Democratic Party (PDI) faction ended its three-day congress on Saturday by reelecting the popular leader as the party's chairwoman through 2003 and naming her as its...
Sun, 11 Oct 1998
Teachers try to adapt to students' new curiosity on history
Teachers try to adapt to students' new curiosity on historyBy Devi M. Asmarani and Primastuti Handayani JAKARTA (JP): From elementary to high school, history stands out as one of the less glamorous subjects.
Sun, 11 Oct 1998
Nasirun leaves much room for interpretation
Nasirun leaves much room for interpretationBy Amir Sidharta JAKARTA (JP): It would seem inevitable that the New Order regime exerted a tremendous effect on Nasirun.The painter was born in Cilacap, Central Java, on Oct.
Sun, 11 Oct 1998
ASEAN women painters hold up half the sky
ASEAN women painters hold up half the skyBy Pavan Kapoor JAKARTA (JP): In commemoration of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Women's Month, the organization's secretariat is hosting the painting exhibition Holding Up Half the Sky.
Sun, 11 Oct 1998
Guess What? Ditta Miranda
Guess What? Ditta Miranda Professional dancer Ditta Miranda trod the road of hard knocks for nine long years before she stepped onto Gedung Kesenian Jakarta's stage for a fascinating performance with her German dance company, Bremer Tanztheater.By all accounts, it was worth the wait.
Sun, 11 Oct 1998
Teguh: Scenes from a rich life lived in film
Teguh: Scenes from a rich life lived in filmBy Bruce Emond JAKARTA (JP): Director Teguh Karya speaks in fits and starts, fragmented sentences dragging on in long pauses in the search for words.Aging and illness have taken their toll on arguably the most distinguished of the country's older...
Sun, 11 Oct 1998
From Kota to Harmoni
From Kota to HarmoniBy Idrus The tram was packed with people, baskets, empty and filled containers, goats and chickens. The day was hot, and the people and animals were soaked with sweat. The tram stank from sweat and terasi. The window ledges were speckled with the tomato-red stains of betel juice.
Sun, 11 Oct 1998
Bureaucracy means 'bureau' and 'crazy'?
Bureaucracy means 'bureau' and 'crazy'? JAKARTA (JP): As a teacher at a university, I had to get the rector's signature on an important document a couple of weeks ago. I was quite confident that it would only take a minute since I heard the rector was nice and easygoing.
Sun, 11 Oct 1998
Freedom a prerequisite to rewriting history
Freedom a prerequisite to rewriting historyBy Asip Agus Hasani YOGYAKARTA (JP): Historian Soegijanto Padmo places great trust in his fellow historians.In the hands of historians and other members of society, the country could begin to construct a truthful and credible history, completely...
Sat, 10 Oct 1998
Speedy settlement needed on land row
Speedy settlement needed on land row JAKARTA (JP): Residents of Pondok Pinang subdistrict in South Jakarta urged city councilors on Thursday to help speed up the settlement of their dispute with PT Metropolitan Kencana over the possession of social facilities.
Sat, 10 Oct 1998
One-year debt repayment plan 'unrealistic'
One-year debt repayment plan 'unrealistic' JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesian Society of Appraisers (MAPPI) said on Friday that forcing the owners and former owners of troubled banks to repay their government debts within one year was unrealistic.
Sat, 10 Oct 1998
Where to go in Jakarta:
Where to go in Jakarta:Exhibitions * Painting Exhibition: Gerak dan Warna, at Sari Pan Pacific Hotel Jl. M.H. Thamrin, Central Jakarta (Phone: 323707), until Oct. 23. * Painting Exhibition: Lukisan Dalam Gejolak Reformasi, by Irawan Karseno, Yoes Rizal, etc., in Bebek Bali Resto-Cafe- Gallery, Jl.
Sat, 10 Oct 1998
Sundanese music joins with Japanese songs
Sundanese music joins with Japanese songsBy Kafil Yamin BANDUNG (JP): Music is not merely a composition of contrived sounds. It is also motion. Music is more than just an artwork composition of colors, it brings with it lovely tunes.
Sat, 10 Oct 1998
RI growth to resume in 2000
RI growth to resume in 2000 WASHINGTON (JP): Top Indonesian economic officials have expressed optimism that economic growth will resume in the country in 2000, although more reforms are needed to win back market confidence."The recovery will take some time.
Sat, 10 Oct 1998
Conversion Rates
Conversion Rates JAKARTA (JP): Bank Bali's conversion rates on Oct. 9, 1998: TT rates Bank notes rates Buying Selling Buying Selling Rp Rp Rp Rp U.S. dollar 1 8,950.00 9,050.00 8,950.00 9,125.00Austrian schilling 1 736.70 806.70 - -Australian dollar 1 5,441.40 5,701.40 5,350.00 5,800.
Sat, 10 Oct 1998
ASEAN told not to interfere
ASEAN told not to interfere KUALA LUMPUR (AFP): Foreign Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi urged ASEAN neighbors on Friday to stay out of its internal affairs as he warned against Malaysians abroad seeking to undermine the government.
Sat, 10 Oct 1998
Murders may be organized: Kontras
Murders may be organized: Kontras JAKARTA (JP): Rights activists have said that the grisly murder spree that took place in East Java over the past two months has now claimed 157 victims and appears to have been perpetrated by an organized force.
Sat, 10 Oct 1998
Car market slump hits manufacturers
Car market slump hits manufacturers JAKARTA (JP): A slump in the country's car market has forced domestic automotive component producers to either halt their operations or decrease production.According to the Indonesian Automotive Parts and Components Industries Association (GIAMM), 21 of its 125...
Sat, 10 Oct 1998
Crisis hits mental health
Crisis hits mental health ACEH: About 40 percent of 156 patients in the central mental hospital in Banda Aceh are there as a result of the economic crisis, the hospital director said.Antara quoted Saiful Anwar as saying that most of his patients were facing psycho-social pressures caused by the...
Sat, 10 Oct 1998
ANA to fly Osaka-Denpasar
ANA to fly Osaka-Denpasar TOKYO (Dow Jones): Japan's All Nippon Airways Co said Friday it applied to the Transportation Ministry to start an Osaka- Denpasar direct air route service.If approved, the service to Bali, Indonesia, is scheduled to start on Dec.
Sat, 10 Oct 1998
TV today
TV todayTVRI 2:00 p.m. News: Berita 14 2:35 Children's Film: Thunder Cats 3:05 TV Drama: Perjuangan 3:30 Science Film: Invention 4:00 Regional News 4:30 Sports 5:30 TV Series: Big Brother Jake 6:00 News: Lintasan Berita 6:05 My Country: Rona Nusantara 6:15 Sports News 6:30 TVRI News (in English)...
Sat, 10 Oct 1998
Accusation on scam denied
Accusation on scam denied JAKARTA (JP): The city office of the Ministry of Social Services denied on Friday accusations from a group of disabled people that the office had embezzled funds allocated to purchase artificial limbs for the handicapped.
Sat, 10 Oct 1998
China to get war apology
China to get war apology TOKYO (Reuters): When Chinese President Jiang Zemin visits Tokyo next month, he will receive the same direct apology from Japan as the one issued to visiting South Korean President Kim Dae-jung, a Foreign Ministry official said on Friday.
Sat, 10 Oct 1998
Most Southeast Asian currencies slump
Most Southeast Asian currencies slump SINGAPORE (Dow Jones): Just one week ago, excessively strong currencies may have seemed the last problem likely to afflict Southeast Asia.But as regional markets ended Asian trading hours on Friday mostly down on the day, but all stronger than a week...
Sat, 10 Oct 1998
Dewi to act as presidential spokeswoman
Dewi to act as presidential spokeswoman JAKARTA (JP): Minister/State Secretary Akbar Tandjung said on Friday that he has ordered his assistant Dewi Fortuna Anwar to act as a presidential spokeswoman when he was too busy with his job as a minister or as Golkar chairman.
Sat, 10 Oct 1998
11 Serpong villagers arrested for looting
11 Serpong villagers arrested for looting JAKARTA (JP): Tangerang police detectives have busted 11 Sarimulya villagers in Serpong for allegedly being involved in the recent looting of thousands of livestock and the burning of the animals' byres.
Sat, 10 Oct 1998
Four questioned over operation of trawlers
Four questioned over operation of trawlers JAKARTA (JP): Tanjung Priok port police have questioned the four owners of 11 trawlers docked at Sunda Kelapa port in North Jakarta for allegedly operating the banned fishing boats.City police spokesman Lt. Col.
Sat, 10 Oct 1998
Sutiyoso pledges to disclose wealth
Sutiyoso pledges to disclose wealth JAKARTA (JP): Governor Sutiyoso on Friday joined public calls for a wider investigation into corruption among past and present government officials and said he would soon hand over details of his private wealth to the government.
Sat, 10 Oct 1998
Military deal for U.S. and Manila
Military deal for U.S. and Manila MANILA (AP): Philippine and U.S. officials signed an agreement on Friday granting benefits to Filipino soldiers being trained in the United States, a sweetener for an earlier pact that would allow a resumption of large joint military exercises in the Philippines.
Sat, 10 Oct 1998
Leprosy high in Irian, Maluku
Leprosy high in Irian, Maluku WAMENA, Irian Jaya: A noted doctor said here on Thursday that seven out of every 10,000 people in Maluku and six out of every 10,000 people in Irian Jaya were suffering from leprosy."In Indonesia, an average of 2.3 per 10,000 people have leprosy.
Sat, 10 Oct 1998
APEC ministers open meeting on investment
APEC ministers open meeting on investment GINOWAN (AP): Energy ministers from countries along the Pacific met Friday to discuss how to sustain investment in new energy despite Asia's economic ills.Officials said a major issue at the two-day Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation ministerial meeting on...
Sat, 10 Oct 1998
New relief projects target nine provinces
New relief projects target nine provinces JAKARTA (JP): Unicef and four prominent non-government organizations (NGOs) have launched a social relief project in the nine provinces worst hit by the economic crisis, according to a Unicef representative here.
Sat, 10 Oct 1998
Rape victims' counselor killed
Rape victims' counselor killed JAKARTA (JP): A Volunteers for Humanity activist working with rape victims of the May riots was found dead at her Central Jakarta house on Friday evening.The victim, identified as Martadinata and popularly known as Ita, 18, was found with her neck slashed and stab...
Sat, 10 Oct 1998
Pertamina awaiting Habibie's decision
Pertamina awaiting Habibie's decision JAKARTA (JP): State oil and gas company Pertamina said on Friday it was awaiting President B.J. Habibie's decision on the development of the Coastal Plains Pekanbaru (CPP) block in Riau after 2001.
Sat, 10 Oct 1998
IFC's RI debtors in trouble
IFC's RI debtors in trouble WASHINGTON (Bloomberg): Sixty percent of the 42 companies in Indonesia that have borrowed money from the International Finance Corp, the World Bank's private lending arm, are in financial difficulty, the Asian Wall Street Journal reported Friday, quoting executives of...
Sat, 10 Oct 1998
Govt consults IMF, WB on capital control plan
Govt consults IMF, WB on capital control plan JAKARTA (JP): The government is consulting with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank over plans to implement a new system to monitor capital flows, according to Coordinating Minister for Economy, Finance and Industry Ginandjar...
Sat, 10 Oct 1998
Will new press freedom survive?
Will new press freedom survive?By Amir Sidharta JAKARTA (JP): The banning of premier weeklies Tempo, Detik and Editor in June 1994 was very frustrating because it happened just as it seemed that the New Order was becoming more tolerant to openness in the press.
Sat, 10 Oct 1998
Musicians drum up support for saving traditional music
Musicians drum up support for saving traditional musicBy Yudha Kartohadiprodjo JAKARTA (JP): Imagine a caravan of mules and a group of experts climbing the hills of Sulawesi. Carrying heavy equipment, the group is searching for the world's most universal, and valuable, language: music.
Sat, 10 Oct 1998
Congress support for Megawati shows 'public aspirations'
Congress support for Megawati shows 'public aspirations' DENPASAR (JP): Senior members of Megawati Soekarnoputri's faction of the Indonesian Democratic Party (PDI) believe the overwhelming support for her presidential candidacy at a congress here mirrors the people's wish for a new leader.
Sat, 10 Oct 1998
Singers protest sexual harassment
Singers protest sexual harassment TANGERANG (JP): Over 125 female singers from a karaoke singing hall have sought legal advice from the legal aid institute here after a number of the girls were sexually assaulted by a mob protesting outside the night spot on Sept. 19.
Sat, 10 Oct 1998
Govt to prioritize agricultural sector
Govt to prioritize agricultural sector JAKARTA (JP): President B.J. Habibie said on Friday his government would prioritize the development of the agricultural sector due to its competitiveness in the world market and its relative strength in the economic crisis.
Sat, 10 Oct 1998
LIPI team conducts study on interethnic relations
LIPI team conducts study on interethnic relations JAKARTA (JP): A study on how members of ethnic groups in the country relate to one another is currently being conducted by the National Institute of Science (LIPI), it was reported on Friday.
Sat, 10 Oct 1998
Singapore meeting to focus on Asian crisis
Singapore meeting to focus on Asian crisis SINGAPORE (Reuters): Capital controls and the liberalization of financial systems in Asia will be the key focus of discussions, both formal and informal, at a gathering of international political and business leaders next week.
Sat, 10 Oct 1998
Labor activists threaten to stage hunger strike
Labor activists threaten to stage hunger strike JAKARTA (JP): Five members of the Committee for United Action of Indonesian Workers (KAPPI) have threatened to go on a hunger strike unless the government lifts the 1998 ministerial decree on the registration of labor organizations.
Sat, 10 Oct 1998
Doubting IMF help
Doubting IMF help Since the IMF took over the Indonesian economy back in 1997, I have seen no crucial or significant structural changes to the fundamentals of the Indonesian economy, except a simple dollar bailout.I do not know who initially asked for IMF help.
Sat, 10 Oct 1998
Congress likely to give nod to Megawati
Congress likely to give nod to MegawatiBy Imanuddin & M.M.I. Ahyani DENPASAR (JP): Megawati Soekarnoputri's faction of the Indonesian Democratic Party (PDI) is expected to wind up its congress on Saturday by reelecting her to its helm and naming her as its candidate for next year's presidential...
Sat, 10 Oct 1998
Pertamina to scrap 159 dubious deals
Pertamina to scrap 159 dubious deals JAKARTA (JP): State oil and gas company Pertamina said on Friday it would scrap 159 deals made with former President Soeharto's family, cronies and high-ranking officials.The company said it would save US$64.7 million in dollar- denominated expenses and Rp 313.
Sat, 10 Oct 1998
Hotel industry showing sign of slow recovery
Hotel industry showing sign of slow recovery JAKARTA (JP): The hotel industry's sluggish post-riot period has shown signs in the last two months of coming to an end, with occupancy rates climbing to above 40 percent from less than 20 percent during the first half of the year.
Sat, 10 Oct 1998
Stock index rebounds to cross the 300 barrier
Stock index rebounds to cross the 300 barrier JAKARTA (JP): The bulls were out in force on Friday at the Jakarta Stock Exchange (JSX) as share prices rose 5.6 percent, and the rupiah maintained its own rally by holding steady at the 9,000 level against the U.S. dollar.