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Sun, 22 Oct 2000
Gus Dur backs plan to revamp intelligence system
Gus Dur backs plan to revamp intelligence system HONG KONG (JP): President Abdurrahman "Gus Dur" Wahid said here on Saturday he was fully supportive of the plan to reorganize the country's intelligence system.
Sun, 22 Oct 2000
A day with a bartender from a characteristic Irish bar
A day with a bartender from a characteristic Irish bar Asep Syaifurahman, 31, has been tending bars all his life. He's currently shaking it up at Kelts at the Hotel Gran Melia in South Jakarta. Born in Subang, West Java, he lives in Bekasi, also in West Java, with his wife Sri Wahyuni,...
Sun, 22 Oct 2000
Murni explores eroticism of modern Balinese art
Murni explores eroticism of modern Balinese artBy Aendra H. Medita JAKARTA (JP): Wild dreams, obsessions and eroticism are expressively revealed in woman painter I Gusti Kadek Murniasih's works currently being displayed at Galeri Nadi here.
Sun, 22 Oct 2000
Fashion industry shows true colors
Fashion industry shows true colors President Abdurrahman Wahid can turn to an unlikely ally to back up the contention that the country's economy is on the mend -- the fashion industry. The Jakarta Post's contributor Agni Amorita reports on how fashion designers have survived and prospered while...
Sun, 22 Oct 2000
Hotel owners face changing times with optimism
Hotel owners face changing times with optimismBy Mehru Jaffer JAKARTA (JP): Despite a chain of challenges faced by owners, hotels seem to be here to stay."We have no major worries," said a confident Fabrice Burtin of Accor Asia/Pacific.
Sun, 22 Oct 2000
Local fashion -- any room for the grass skirt?
Local fashion -- any room for the grass skirt? JAKARTA (JP): If France and Indonesia have an extradition treaty, then fashion designer Thierry Mugler could be running scared.His crime? Putting his name to fanciful, no doubt extremely creative clothing which does not look out of place on a Paris...
Sun, 22 Oct 2000
On the records
On the records Album : Invincible Summer (Warner Music Indonesia/2000) Artist : k.d. lang Her music was once considered too weird for country stations but too country for rock stations. But music categorization can be too boring sometimes.
Sun, 22 Oct 2000
Run, help cancer patients and win free tickets to Singapore
Run, help cancer patients and win free tickets to SingaporeBy Maria Kegel JAKARTA (JP): Twenty years ago, a courageous young man with only one leg set out to help cancer patients by running across the second largest country in the world. Sadly, he did not finish his journey.
Sun, 22 Oct 2000
Planning a holiday? Buy tickets online at Travoo.com
Planning a holiday? Buy tickets online at Travoo.comBy Vishnu K. Mahmud JAKARTA (JP): Need to buy a ticket for a last minute flight to Singapore? Or do you want to know the best and latest price for a package tour to Hong Kong? Or perhaps you'd like to book a cozy hotel room in Ubud? Let your mouse...
Sun, 22 Oct 2000
Sukabumi-Kalideres bus route
Sukabumi-Kalideres bus routeFrom Media IndonesiaSukabumi-Kalideres buses are no longer permitted to take Jl. Daan Mogot in Grogol, and this is leading to a large number of passengers being unable to catch the bus.
Sun, 22 Oct 2000
TV today
TV todayTVRI 6:00 a.m. Morning News 8:00 Cartoon 9:00 Sports 10:00 Music 11:00 TV Series: Dos Mujeres 12:00 p.m. Comedy 1:00 TV Drama 2:00 News 3:00 Sports 4:00 News 4:30 Religious Teachings 5:00 Travel 5:30 TVRI News 6:00 Music 7:00 Evening News 7:30 Music 9:00 News 9:30 Music 10:30...
Sun, 22 Oct 2000
Nova/Vita in Dutch Open badminton
Nova/Vita in Dutch Open badminton JAKARTA (JP): The mixed doubles team of Nova Widianto and Vita Marissa led Indonesian players to the next round at the Dutch Open badminton championships with a surprising win on Friday, as reported by satunet.com online news provider.
Sun, 22 Oct 2000
A braille website creates a breakthrough
A braille website creates a breakthroughBy Lim Tri Santosa BANDUNG (JP): Should we look for the greatest benefactor of the visually impaired; the individual who has given them a perpetual source of delight and profit, the choice would certainly fall upon Louis Braille.
Sun, 22 Oct 2000
Beef ribs from southern Sumatra
Beef ribs from southern Sumatra JAKARTA (JP): Malbi Beef Ribs from southern Sumatra are distinguished by their medley of spices, including heaping on doses of chilis. * 1 kg of beef ribs * 7.5 cc cooking oil * 5 cloves * 1 cinnamon stalk * 3 bay leaves * 3 cm piece of lightly crushed galangale * 12...
Sun, 22 Oct 2000
Rift splits ranks of local fashion designers
Rift splits ranks of local fashion designers JAKARTA (JP): An enduring feud belies the glittering face of Indonesian fashion.Many local fashion designers are now clustered in either of two organizations -- the Indonesian Fashion Design Council (IPMI) and the Indonesian Fashion Designer Association...
Sun, 22 Oct 2000
Hotels in Yogyakarta, Bali see higher occupancy
Hotels in Yogyakarta, Bali see higher occupancyBy I. Christianto JAKARTA (JP): The hotel industry in the cultural city of Yogyakarta has slightly rebounded after the prolonged political and monetary crisis.
Sun, 22 Oct 2000
Competition heats up celebrity news programs
Competition heats up celebrity news programsBy Emmy F. Hastuti JAKARTA (JP): Names make news is a classic theory in the news industry which has perhaps spurred the infotaintment producers to pack the "this and that" about local celebrities in their programs.
Sun, 22 Oct 2000
Semarang's stations have own place in history
Semarang's stations have own place in historyBy Tjahjono Rahardjo SEMARANG (JP): It was to be the greatest exposition ever held in the Netherlands East Indies, an unabashed celebration of colonial supremacy.And the venue was Semarang.
Sun, 22 Oct 2000
Kamra members face dissolution
Kamra members face dissolution JAKARTA (JP): National Police chief Gen. Surojo Bimantoro announced on Saturday that the police would no longer use the service of some 36,000 members of the People's Security (Kamra)."Their contract will expire on Dec.
Sun, 22 Oct 2000
Art Agenda
Art AgendaGraphic Arts Exhibition Setengah Abad Seni Grafis Indonesia, at Bentara Budaya Jakarta, Jl. Palmerah Selatan 17, Central Jakarta, through Nov.4. To celebrate half a century of Indonesian Printmaking (graphic arts), Bentara Budaya Jakarta is now holding an exhibition featuring noted...
Sun, 22 Oct 2000
Definition of police authority vital
Definition of police authority vitalFrom Suara KaryaIt is unclear when domestic security, which is still unstable, will return to normal. The mass media have often published the wishes of the entire community for the restoration of domestic security.
Sun, 22 Oct 2000
Home Movies
Home Movies JAKARTA (JP): One does not usually think of death and decadence as the stuff of good entertainment. Yet, a few movie musicals on sale or for rent go to show that exceptions exist.Here are two, each different from the other but both directed by Bob Fosse, who made his name first as a...
Sun, 22 Oct 2000
Book Review
Book Review Chef's Tales By Michael Saxon Hibiscus Books, 2000 288 pp US$9.99 JAKARTA (JP): Saxon has cooked up a storm at restaurants around the world and lived to tell the tales. He has diced with death on the mean streets of Houston in the United States, been caught in the middle of a passionate...
Sat, 21 Oct 2000
South Korea moves into Asian Cup quarters
South Korea moves into Asian Cup quarters BEIRUT (AFP): A hat trick from 'Lion King' Lee Dong-gook sent South Korea into the quarterfinals of the Asian Cup here Thursday as China and Kuwait drew to top Group B.
Sat, 21 Oct 2000
World Food Day
World Food Day Your esteemed newspaper on Oct. 17 published an opinion by Prof. Didin S. Damanhuri on the problems faced by rice farmers, especially the declining price of rice in the market. This opinion and the others in the paper were thought-provoking.
Sat, 21 Oct 2000
ADB approves 2 loans worth US$115m to RI
ADB approves 2 loans worth US$115m to RI MANILA (DPA): The Asian Development Bank (ADB) said Friday it has approved two loans worth US$115 million to fund a rural development project in Indonesia that would benefit more than one million people.The Manila-based ADB said it will also provide a 1.
Sat, 21 Oct 2000
Decision on tycoons not final: Attorney General
Decision on tycoons not final: Attorney General JAKARTA (JP): President Abdurrahman Wahid's order to delay the prosecution of three top businessmen on account of their huge contribution to exports was intended as a public discourse and not binding, Attorney General Marzuki Darusman said on Friday.
Sat, 21 Oct 2000
Beware the 'thief in the night', warn doctors
Beware the 'thief in the night', warn doctors JAKARTA (JP): Doctors urged the public, especially women above 45-years-old, to be more alert to the dangers of osteoporosis, the prevalency of which is believed to be rising among the Indonesian population.
Sat, 21 Oct 2000
Ramayana cuts profit target
Ramayana cuts profit target KUALA LUMPUR (AFX-ASIA): PT Ramayana Lestari Sentosa Tbk has scaled down its net profit estimate for next year to Rp 311 billion from the original Rp 337. 5 billion as it continues to reduce prices of its products to boost sales, chief executive officer Koh Boon Kim said.
Sat, 21 Oct 2000
Media ads and gender insensitivity
Media ads and gender insensitivityBy Michael K. Muchiri YOGYAKARTA (JP): You have been glued to a television program, probably watching the local love dramas, the Mexican dramas or the Indian musicals where mostly the woman is typified as ungrateful, self-seeking, insatiable, but a gorgeous thing.
Sat, 21 Oct 2000
Police slam new religious groups
Police slam new religious groups AMBON, Maluku (JP): Maluku Police chief Brig. Gen. Firman Gani criticized on Friday the establishment of new organizations along religious lines, saying the trend runs counter to the drive to restore peace between Muslims and Christians in the province.
Sat, 21 Oct 2000
Wimar and the funnier government
Wimar and the funnier government Wimar Witoelar is now the presidential spokesman. Wimar was quoted by Thomas L. Friedman in the International Herald Tribune of Oct. 4 in his article Wahid's new look, Indonesia is frankly a mess, as saying that "In Soeharto's time things were clear -- you always...
Sat, 21 Oct 2000
Journalists protest new police chief
Journalists protest new police chief YOGYAKARTA (JP): The Yogyakarta branch of the Alliance of Independent Journalists (AJI) sent a letter to the National Police Chief Gen. Surojo Bimantoro on Friday, protesting the decision to promote Brig. Gen. Mulyono Sulaiman as Jakarta Police chief.
Sat, 21 Oct 2000
Toward a democratic state
Toward a democratic state Glancing at the editorial on Oct. 7 on the Indonesian position viewed from Friedman's study on the five categories of countries in the post-Cold War era, in which Indonesia and Russia belong to the "messy states", I herewith wish to comment from my educational point of...
Sat, 21 Oct 2000
Traffic mix up at Cikokol
Traffic mix up at CikokolFrom Media IndonesiaPassing through Cikokol is now inconvenient. The road in front of the Cikokol market consists of three lanes: one for the shoppers to park their cars, the middle one for public transportation vehicles, leaving only one for thousands of cars passing by...
Sat, 21 Oct 2000
Democracy 'may not yield results'
Democracy 'may not yield results' JAKARTA (JP): President Abdurrahman Wahid's approach to overcoming separatist problems in the regions through political means rather than military strength is cumbersome and does not necessarily guarantee results, a senior military officer says.Lt. Gen.
Sat, 21 Oct 2000
Court rejects Eurico's presence at hearing
Court rejects Eurico's presence at hearing JAKARTA (JP): The South Jakarta District Court rejected once again on Friday a call for pro-Indonesia East Timor militia leader Eurico Guterres to be allowed to appear at his own pretrial hearing.
Sat, 21 Oct 2000
Indocement owners approve debt restructuring plan
Indocement owners approve debt restructuring plan JAKARTA (JP): The extraordinary general shareholders meeting of publicly listed cement producer PT Indocement Tunggal Prakarsa approved on Friday the company's US$1.1 billion debt restructuring plan.
Sat, 21 Oct 2000
Blackout hits vast area
Blackout hits vast area JAKARTA (JP): Vast areas in western and southern parts of the capital, including several spots in Tangerang, experienced a blackout lasting a few minutes on Friday evening.A staffer at the state electricity company PT PLN complaints center confirmed the problem, saying it...
Sat, 21 Oct 2000
Gus Dur to delay his visit to Australia
Gus Dur to delay his visit to AustraliaBy Budiman Moerdijat SEOUL (JP): Indonesian Foreign Minister Alwi Shihab said late Thursday here that President Abdurrahman Wahid would likely postpone his planned visit to Australia in November.
Sat, 21 Oct 2000
After passing resolution, IPU closes its conference
After passing resolution, IPU closes its conference JAKARTA (JP): The 104th Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) closed its week-long conference by calling for a review on the effectiveness of embargoes and economic sanctions to resolve international issues.
Sat, 21 Oct 2000
Indonesia's present chaos is food for satire in new play
Indonesia's present chaos is food for satire in new playBy Kartika Bagus C. SURAKARTA, Central Java (JP): For most Javanese, Wisanggeni is a familiar name, symbolizing power that can change a decadent national order.
Sat, 21 Oct 2000
Goldman Sachs cuts Asia GDP forecast
Goldman Sachs cuts Asia GDP forecast SINGAPORE (Dow Jones): Goldman Sachs has lowered its 2001 economic growth forecast for Asia (excluding Japan) to 5.7 percent from 6.1 percent, citing the region's sluggish domestic investment.
Sat, 21 Oct 2000
Inequality before the law
Inequality before the law President Abdurrahman Wahid has made a complete mockery of the country's legal process by ordering the Attorney General's Office to delay the prosecution of three prominent tycoons on account of their supposedly huge contribution to exports, and hence to the process of...
Sat, 21 Oct 2000
Rupiah Rates Oct. 20
Rupiah Rates Oct. 20 Bank notes rates TT rates Buying Selling Buying Selling Rp Rp Rp Rp U.S. dollar 1 8,388.00 9,388.00 8,844.00 8,932.00Australian dollar 1 4,402.86 4,932.46 4,642.22 4,692.87Austrian schilling 1 515.95 577.66 544.00 549.60Belgian franc 1 175.99 197.05 185.56 187.
Sat, 21 Oct 2000
Trees obstruct traffic light
Trees obstruct traffic lightFrom Bisnis IndonesiaOn some Central Jakarta roads many traffic lights are obstructed by trees, hampering motorists and pedestrians.One such traffic light is on the Guntur crossroad near the railroad tracks. The authorities should address this problem to ensure safety.
Sat, 21 Oct 2000
KL palm oil ends down despite higher exports
KL palm oil ends down despite higher exports KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters): Malaysian palm oil futures surrendered early gains to close lower on Friday as players booked profits ahead of the weekend, traders said.
Sat, 21 Oct 2000
Glodok street vendors to be moved: Sutiyoso
Glodok street vendors to be moved: Sutiyoso JAKARTA (JP): The city administration has announced it will relocate the some 400 roadside vendors, most of whom sell pirated VCDs and small electronic goods, operating around the busy Glodok shopping center in West Jakarta beginning next year.
Sat, 21 Oct 2000
Rupiah closes flat as other Asian currencies mostly higher
Rupiah closes flat as other Asian currencies mostly higher SINGAPORE (Dow Jones): The rupiah closed flat Friday for the third straight day in quiet pre-weekend trade, with state bank buying bringing the local unit down from intraday highs.
Sat, 21 Oct 2000
'Boot Polish', classic Indian film returns
'Boot Polish', classic Indian film returnsBy Gotot Prakosa JAKARTA (JP): Moviegoers from the 1950s may well recall Boot Polish, a classic Indian neorealist children's film.Imported by Persari, a company owned by Djamaluddin Malik (singer Camelia Malik's father), the film was screened in Indonesian...