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Sat, 09 Oct 1999
New councilors request brand new official cars
New councilors request brand new official cars TANGERANG (JP): Tangerang regency legislators installed a month ago have asked the local administration to give them new official cars, a regency spokesman said on Friday.
Sat, 09 Oct 1999
Semen Gresik expects sales to increase
Semen Gresik expects sales to increase JAKARTA (JP): Publicly listed cement producer PT Semen Gresik estimates total cement sales will increase to 12 million tons this year from 10.28 million tons in 1998.
Fri, 08 Oct 1999
IBRA disputes PT Sempati Air appeal decision
IBRA disputes PT Sempati Air appeal decision JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesian Bank Restructuring Agency (IBRA) refuted on Thursday the Supreme Court's decision to sustain the lower court's bankruptcy verdict against PT Sempati Air.
Fri, 08 Oct 1999
HZ to take stake in Indocement
HZ to take stake in Indocement JAKARTA (JP): PT Indocement Tunggal Prakarsa, the country's leading cement producer, announced on Thursday that its two major shareholders have reached an agreement with the Heidelberger Zement Group (HZ) to sell a stake to the German company.
Fri, 08 Oct 1999
Politics intrudes on sports for Ananda
Politics intrudes on sports for Ananda JAKARTA (JP): The political situation in Indonesia spurred young driver Ananda Mikola to remove an "Indonesia on the move" banner from his car during the fifth race of the Formula 3000 at Misano circuit in Italy late September.
Fri, 08 Oct 1999
Two injured in fresh Ambon clash
Two injured in fresh Ambon clash AMBON, Maluku: At least two men suffered gunshot wounds as clashes between residents in Benteng Atas subdistrict here resumed on Wednesday.The victims, identified as Rudy Lekatom Pessy, 30, and Dani, 20, were shot during an attack on their housing complex launched...
Fri, 08 Oct 1999
Regional currencies end mixed against dollar in rough trading
Regional currencies end mixed against dollar in rough trading SINGAPORE (Dow Jones): Asian currencies are mixed against the U.S. dollar in choppy trading late Thursday as currency markets take a breather after a number of volatile sessions earlier in the week, traders said.
Fri, 08 Oct 1999
BII Finance wins appeal
BII Finance wins appeal JAKARTA (JP): The Supreme Court has upheld the Commercial Court's decision to reject a US$65 million bankruptcy petition filed by three foreign banks against local finance company PT BII Finance Center.
Fri, 08 Oct 1999
Ramayana ASEAN's shared identity
Ramayana ASEAN's shared identityBy Julianti Parani SINGAPORE (JP): The ASEAN Committee on Culture and Information (COCI) has launched many beneficial projects since its founding.It has mobilized the region's artists, writers and scholars in fostering a spirit of kinship among the peoples and...
Fri, 08 Oct 1999
Sports council wants Golden Garuda in GBHN
Sports council wants Golden Garuda in GBHN JAKARTA (JP): The National Sports Council (KONI) aims to push for inclusion of its ambitious Golden Garuda project in the State Policy Guidelines (GBHN) to ensure the new government will support sports development in the country.
Fri, 08 Oct 1999
A case of cautious optimism about the new MPR speaker
A case of cautious optimism about the new MPR speakerBy Hidayat Jati JAKARTA (JP): The dynamics of Indonesian politics, a force unleashed in great momentum after the country was struck by the financial crisis in late 1997, continues to surprise observers and players alike.
Fri, 08 Oct 1999
Ministers questioned in bank scandal
Ministers questioned in bank scandal JAKARTA (JP): With the approval of President B.J. Habibie, the police questioned three Cabinet members as witnesses in the Bank Bali scandal, Minister/State Secretary Muladi said on Friday.
Fri, 08 Oct 1999
Poverty a problem in Purworkerto
Poverty a problem in Purworkerto PURWOKERTO, Central Java: The number of families living below the poverty line in the regency is nearing 130,000, up from last year's figure of 119,688.The regency's head for economy and development, Suyatno, said the increase was evidence that the...
Fri, 08 Oct 1999
MPR prepares to formalize East Timor split
MPR prepares to formalize East Timor split JAKARTA (JP): An ad hoc committee in the People's Consultative Assembly indicated it had agreed to issue a decree which would formally separate East Timor from Indonesia.
Fri, 08 Oct 1999
Amien's recurring paradigm shift puzzling
Amien's recurring paradigm shift puzzlingBy Rahayu Ratnaningsih JAKARTA (JP): Amien Rais, recently elected Chairman of the People's Consultative Assembly by less than 50 percent of the votes (something worth noting for those keen on using the 'absolute majority' argument to stop Megawati...
Fri, 08 Oct 1999
Drug rehab center turns away addicts
Drug rehab center turns away addicts BOGOR (JP): The management of Cilendek Psychiatric Health Institution in Bogor has decided to temporary stop accepting inpatients who are drug addicts due to a lack of available space and paramedics.
Fri, 08 Oct 1999
Welcome in Indonesia?
Welcome in Indonesia? As a foreign westerner husband of an Indonesian woman, I love this country and my family. However, in reality I don't feel welcome here because every six months I must leave my family to renew my visa.
Fri, 08 Oct 1999
Ansett cuts flights to Bali
Ansett cuts flights to Bali SYDNEY (AFP): Ansett Australia has cut two flights a week to Bali as a result of the East Timor crisis, it said Thursday.From this week, the number of flights from Australia to the popular tourist island will be trimmed from 13 a week to 11.
Fri, 08 Oct 1999
Government stalling on Soeharto: Experts
Government stalling on Soeharto: Experts JAKARTA (JP): Prominent legal experts accused the government of stalling investigations into former President Soeharto because they themselves may be emotionally tied to the past regime. The investigations have now dragged on for eight months.
Fri, 08 Oct 1999
Prabowo wants to come home, says brother
Prabowo wants to come home, says brother JAKARTA (JP): Lt. Gen. (ret) Prabowo Subianto, the disgraced former chief of the Army's Special Forces (Kopassus), would like to return to Jakarta, but is heeding a request by "certain gentlemen" to remain abroad, his brother said on Thursday.
Fri, 08 Oct 1999
Samsung launches new cell phone
Samsung launches new cell phone JAKARTA (JP): South Korean electronics producer Samsung Electronics Indonesia launched on Thursday its new SGH 800 cellular phone.The cell phone offers new features and functions, including voice dialing and command, vibration alert, personalized ring, eight types of...
Fri, 08 Oct 1999
Medan workers' protest goes on
Medan workers' protest goes on MEDAN, North Sumatra (JP): Hundreds of workers from 55 companies have flocked to the governor's office to demand reinstatement of a worker who was reportedly fired.The workers' protest entered its 19th day on Tuesday following the dismissal of a worker from PT Gunung...
Fri, 08 Oct 1999
Rights activists air concerns over East Timor rights tribunal
Rights activists air concerns over East Timor rights tribunal JAKARTA (JP): Human rights activists aired doubt on Thursday that the government-sanctioned commission of inquiry into East Timor would be able to thoroughly resolve alleged rights abuses in the troubled territory.
Fri, 08 Oct 1999
All's fair in love and war
All's fair in love and war PURBALINGGA, Central Java (JP): Two love sick elementary school teachers showed their pupils that fighting is okay as long as what is at stake is a woman.Kandar, 34, and Guntur, 33, were engaged in a duel in front of scores of their students earlier this week in an...
Fri, 08 Oct 1999
Students urge MPR to abolish TNI's dual role
Students urge MPR to abolish TNI's dual role JAKARTA (JP): At least 300 students from various universities staged a peaceful rally on Thursday to urge newly elected legislators to abolish the dual role of the Indonesian Military and to prevent the Soeharto regime from returning to power.
Fri, 08 Oct 1999
Uprooted Balinese want compensation
Uprooted Balinese want compensation DENPASAR, Bali: Balinese transmigrants who fled violence- devastated East Timor demanded on Thursday that the government compensate them for financial losses from their destroyed properties."It was the government who sent us to East Timor.
Fri, 08 Oct 1999
Togar says protesters fail to follow the law
Togar says protesters fail to follow the law JAKARTA (JP): National Police spokesman Brig. Gen. Togar M. Sianipar lambasted on Thursday the general failure to comply with a law requiring people to inform the police before staging a protest in the city.
Fri, 08 Oct 1999
Deal on water agreement expected next month
Deal on water agreement expected next month JAKARTA (JP): City water company PDAM Jaya and its two foreign partners -- PT Pam Lyonnaise Jaya (Palyja) and PT Thames Pam Jaya (TPJ) -- have resolved their differences and are expected to sign a final agreement on the city's water management next month,...
Fri, 08 Oct 1999
Phone rate hike unlikely: Official
Phone rate hike unlikely: Official JAKARTA (JP): The next government will most likely delay a planned increase of telephone tariffs in a bid to win the people's hearts, a senior government official said here on Thursday.
Fri, 08 Oct 1999
Three Indonesian players remain alive in Futures
Three Indonesian players remain alive in Futures JAKARTA (JP): Three national squad players survived into the quarterfinals of the Indonesia Futures F5 tournament at the Danamon tennis complex in Kemayoran, Central Jakarta, on Thursday.
Fri, 08 Oct 1999
PKB reverses field, backs Gus Dur
PKB reverses field, backs Gus Dur JAKARTA (JP): The presidential race became even tighter on Thursday after the National Awakening Party (PKB) threw its weight behind the presidential nomination of Abdurrahman Wahid.However, PKB's shifting stance has created more confusion than certainty.
Fri, 08 Oct 1999
Government to reduce state firms to 50
Government to reduce state firms to 50 JAKARTA (JP): The government plans to reduce the number of state enterprises to 50 from 155 at present, through mergers, State Minister of the Empowerment of State Enterprises Tanri Abeng said on Thursday.
Fri, 08 Oct 1999
TV today
TV todayTVRI 5:30 a.m. Religious Teachings 6:00 News: Two Hours Only 8:00 Children's Program 9:00 Music 10:00 Interval 2:00 p.m. News 2:30 Student's Program 3:00 Music 4:00 News 4:30 Arabic Lessons 5:00 Student's Quiz 5:30 TV Drama 7:00 Evening News 7:30 Talk Show 9:00 World News 9:30 Talk Show...
Fri, 08 Oct 1999
Foreigner caught with handgun and bullets
Foreigner caught with handgun and bullets JAKARTA (JP): West Jakarta police detectives confiscated a Colt handgun, 54 bullets and Rp 287 million (US$35,875) in three different currencies from the contracted residence of a suspected Nepalese drug dealer.
Fri, 08 Oct 1999
Poor law enforcement blamed for fires
Poor law enforcement blamed for fires JAKARTA (JP): Poor law enforcement contributed to the spread of forest fires in the country between 1997 and 1998, a United Nations official said Thursday."The law (forest protection) is in place, but the enforcement of the law is nonexistent," Klaus Toepfer,...
Fri, 08 Oct 1999
Stock Exchange
Stock ExchangeStock prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (in rupiah) on Oct. 7, 1999: Shares Close Change Trading Volume ----------------------------------------------------------- Ades Alfindo 475 0 0 AHAP Insurance 550 0 0 Alakasa Industrindo 250 0 1,500 Alter Abadi 300 -25 258,500 Alumindo Light...
Fri, 08 Oct 1999
PLN moves to cancel Paiton contract
PLN moves to cancel Paiton contract JAKARTA (JP): State electricity company PT Perusahaan Listrik Negara (PLN) filed a lawsuit on Thursday at the Central Jakarta District Court to nullify the power purchase contract awarded to the owners of the giant Paiton I power plant in East Java.
Fri, 08 Oct 1999
IBRA set to sell Astra, BCA, other liquid assets
IBRA set to sell Astra, BCA, other liquid assets JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesian Bank Restructuring Agency (IBRA) is preparing to sell several of its most liquid assets this fiscal year in a bid to meet the Rp 17 trillion fund target to be raised in the period ending March 2000, the agency's deputy...
Fri, 08 Oct 1999
Metrodata adds outlets
Metrodata adds outlets JAKARTA (JP): Publicly listed PT Metrodata Electronics, an information technology company, plans to open 21 retail outlets as part of its three-year program to increase sales and service.
Fri, 08 Oct 1999
Body of eight-year-old removed from river
Body of eight-year-old removed from river JAKARTA (JP): The body of an eight-year-old boy, Taufik Hidayat, was discovered on Thursday in Pesangrahan river in West Jakarta, the same area where the bodies of the boy's mother and elder brother were pulled a day earlier.
Fri, 08 Oct 1999
Conversion Rates
Conversion Rates Bank Indonesia's conversion rates on Oct. 7, 1999: Buying Selling Rp Rp U.S. dollar 1 7,684.00 7,762.00Australian dollar 1 5,081.43 5,136.89Austrian schilling 1 597.45 604.08Belgian franc 1 203.80 206.06Brunei dollar 1 4,577.90 4,627.12Canadian dollar 1 5,232.55 5,287.
Fri, 08 Oct 1999
Where our nation is now
Where our nation is now In its unwavering move to create a democratic government, this nation on Wednesday elected a new speaker of the House of Representatives. Elected as speaker was Akbar Tandjung, the chairman of the country's second largest political party, Golkar.
Fri, 08 Oct 1999
PNG to buy Pertamina fuel
PNG to buy Pertamina fuel JAKARTA (JP): Papua New Guinea (PNG) will buy fuel products from Indonesia because the prices are cheaper than those offered by neighboring Australia, a senior official at state oil and gas firm Pertamina said.Head of Pertamina's Irian Jaya unit R.A.
Fri, 08 Oct 1999
Mainaky Cup to start next week
Mainaky Cup to start next week JAKARTA (JP): The first Mainaky Cup championships will take place next week in Ternate, northern Maluku. The championships are named after the 1996 Olympic gold medalist Rexy Mainaky.
Fri, 08 Oct 1999
Peace in the air at Bali art event
Peace in the air at Bali art event DENPASAR, Bali: A performance by noted Balinese painter Made Wianta will cap the Art and Peace Festival, to be held at Padanggalak beach here from Dec. 8 to Dec. 10.Wianta said a helicopter would fly a 2,000-meter-long white cloth bearing a peace message written...
Fri, 08 Oct 1999
Where to go in Jakarta:
Where to go in Jakarta:Exhibitions * Fine Art Exhibition: by Loan Utomo, at Preferred Banking Melawai, Jl. Melawai Raya 7 A, South Jakarta, until Oct. 31. * Painting Exhibition: Dwijo Sukatmo: Capturing Time Inside the Frame, at Koong Gallery, Gran Melia Jakarta, Jl.H.R. Rasuna Said Kav.
Fri, 08 Oct 1999
Legislature needs support
Legislature needs support As our new People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) Speaker Amien Rais and House of Representatives (DPR) Speaker Akbar Tandjung have both pointed out, our people need a firm commitment (to reform) from all of us in this time of crisis.
Fri, 08 Oct 1999
Fire hits Mayora Indah
Fire hits Mayora Indah TANGERANG (JP): Fire raged through a candy factory belonging to food producer PT Mayora Indah in Jatiuwung subdistrict in the wee hours on Thursday.No fatalities were reported in the blaze, which was said to originate from an electrical printing code box.
Fri, 08 Oct 1999
MPR to dilute presidential power, strengthen judiciary
MPR to dilute presidential power, strengthen judiciary JAKARTA (JP): The People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) agreed on Thursday to dilute the power of the president, to further empower legislative Assemblies and the judiciary and tighten the control of state finances through amendments to the 1945...
Fri, 08 Oct 1999
Istiqlal bomber may face 54 months jail
Istiqlal bomber may face 54 months jail JAKARTA (JP): A prosecutor requested the Central Jakarta District Court sentence defendant Surya Setiawan alias Wawan to four years and six months in jail on Thursday for his alleged key role in a bomb explosion on the ground floor of Grand Istiqlal Mosque in...