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Mon, 06 Nov 2000
Rexy says goodbye to fans in final show
Rexy says goodbye to fans in final show JAKARTA (JP): Indonesian badminton lovers should have been smiling and laughing when Rexy Mainaky and Tony Gunawan managed to oust top seeds Choong Tan Fook and Lee Wan Wah of Malaysia in Sunday's final of the US$150,000 JVC Asian Badminton Championships at...
Mon, 06 Nov 2000
Sunda or Pasundan province?
Sunda or Pasundan province?From Pikiran RakyatThis is my comment on Mr. Tjetje H. Padmadinata's statement and opinion (Pikiran Rakyat of Oct. 26) to change the name of the West Java Province into the Sunda or Pasundan province.
Mon, 06 Nov 2000
Our e-infrastructure is slowly improving
Our e-infrastructure is slowly improvingBy Zatni Arbi JAKARTA (JP): Now I no longer have to suffer from the always- on envy. After KabelVision installed my cable modem, I no longer had to limit my Internet time.
Mon, 06 Nov 2000
Govt wants to reform oil and gas industry
Govt wants to reform oil and gas industryBy Berni K. Moestafa JAKARTA (JP): The government recently submitted to the House of Representatives (DPR) a draft law on oil and gas in another legal move to lift the exclusive rights given to state owned oil and gas company, Pertamina, over the country's...
Mon, 06 Nov 2000
Exploring the possibilities of over 20 million online
Exploring the possibilities of over 20 million onlineBy Onno W. Purbo JAKARTA (JP): Twenty million Indonesians online by 2004: Is it hype or reality?At the moment, an estimated 1.5 million Indonesians surf the Internet by way of 130 Internet service provider (ISP) licenses issued by the government.
Mon, 06 Nov 2000
Muslim students congress opens
Muslim students congress opens YOGYAKARTA: The Indonesian Muslim Students Action Front (KAMMI) opened its second congress on Sunday at Wisma LPP Demangan here.The congress, is being participated in by some 250 KAMMI activists from throughout the country.
Mon, 06 Nov 2000
Show greater statesmanship!
Show greater statesmanship! If U.S. Ambassador Robert Gelbard was genuine when he claimed in The Washington Post that the worsening relationship between the U.S. and Indonesia was the work of President Abdurrahman Wahid's opponents, he should be doing everything possible to thwart further...
Mon, 06 Nov 2000
SIA crash likely to dominate trade
SIA crash likely to dominate trade SINGAPORE (Reuters): The crash of a Singapore Airlines jet in Taiwan is likely to dominate trading early this week after the company accepted full responsibility.SIA fell 5.71 percent to S$16.
Mon, 06 Nov 2000
Puteh elected Aceh governor
Puteh elected Aceh governor BANDA ACEH, Aceh (JP): Ignoring calls by President Abdurrahman Wahid and Home Affairs and Regional Autonomy Minister Surjadi Soedirdja for delay, the Aceh Legislative Council elected Abdullah Puteh governor of Aceh on Saturday.
Mon, 06 Nov 2000
RI beats Portugal in Chess Olympiad
RI beats Portugal in Chess Olympiad JAKARTA (JP): Indonesian chess players booked a 2.5-1.5 VPs victory over the Portuguese in the men's event while the women settled for a tie result with Bangladesh in the seventh round of the 34th Chess Olympiad in Istanbul on Saturday.
Mon, 06 Nov 2000
M'sian legislator killed
M'sian legislator killed KUALA LUMPUR (AFP): Malaysian police are investigating whether contract killers murdered a state assemblyman in broad daylight, reports said Sunday.Joe Fernandez, 54, died in hospital on Saturday after being shot three times by two men on a motorbike who pulled alongside...
Mon, 06 Nov 2000
Taufik, Xie grab titles at Asian badminton c'ships
Taufik, Xie grab titles at Asian badminton c'ships JAKARTA (JP): Indonesian wonder boy Taufik Hidayat and Chinese new starlet Xie Xinfang grabbed the men's and women's singles titles respectively at the US$150,000 Asian Badminton Championships Sunday at the Senayan Indoor Stadium.
Mon, 06 Nov 2000
House to urge Gus Dur to delay Australian visit
House to urge Gus Dur to delay Australian visit JAKARTA (JP): Upset by the latest remarks of Australian foreign minister Alexander Downer, the House of Representatives has vowed to continue urging President Abdurrahman Wahid to cancel his visit to Canberra, a senior legislator said.
Mon, 06 Nov 2000
Five killed when truck collides with minivan
Five killed when truck collides with minivan JAKARTA (JP): Five people, including a 13-year-old boy, were killed after a fuel truck loaded with 16,000 liters of gas, collided with an Isuzu Panther minivan on the Kemayoran flyover near the harbor toll road in Ancol, North Jakarta on Sunday.
Mon, 06 Nov 2000
S'pore beats Cambodia in Tiger Cup tie
S'pore beats Cambodia in Tiger Cup tie SONGKHLA, Thailand (AFP): Singapore's attacking midfielder Mohamed Rafi Mohamed Ali saved face for the defending champion as it scraped to a 1-0 victory over Cambodia in its opening tie of the Tiger Cup at the Tinsulanon Stadium on Sunday evening.
Mon, 06 Nov 2000
City makes plan to anticipate floods
City makes plan to anticipate floods JAKARTA (JP): The city administration is preparing for the coming rainy season and its usual floods by establishing task- force teams in each mayoralty to watch over the 80 spots vulnerable to flooding.
Mon, 06 Nov 2000
What's on JiFFest this Tuesday
What's on JiFFest this Tuesday Life as a STD (TIM 1, 7:05 p.m.)Physician Tomasz learns he is terminally ill; moody and suspicious by nature, he now sets about trying to destroy a young couple's love (in Polish with English subtitles/99 minutes).Puisi Tak Terkuburkan (TIM 1, 9:15 p.m.
Mon, 06 Nov 2000
Where to go in Jakarta:
Where to go in Jakarta:Exhibitions * Art Oltre la Visione, a Touch of Italian Contemporary Art, the Istituto Italiano di Cultura, Jl. Cokroaminoto 117, Central Jakarta (Phone: 3927531), Monday to Friday, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., until Nov. 17. * Photo Ordinary People, by Deniek G.
Mon, 06 Nov 2000
Tripartite force gets support from city councillors
Tripartite force gets support from city councillors JAKARTA (JP): Councillors supported on Sunday the city administration's plan to establish a tripartite force to improve its performance in maintaining security and order in the capital.
Mon, 06 Nov 2000
Elections may improve RI-U.S. ties
Elections may improve RI-U.S. ties Indonesian-U.S. relations are poor at the moment following the verbal sparring between U.S. Ambassador Gelbard and Indonesian officials and the shutting down of the U.S. Embassy's public services after receiving threats.
Mon, 06 Nov 2000
RI beats Japan in World Junior
RI beats Japan in World Junior JAKARTA (JP): Indonesian junior shuttlers beat the Japanese 3- 0 in the quarterfinal match of the World Junior Championships for the Bimantara Cups in Guangzhou, China Sunday.
Mon, 06 Nov 2000
Amien concerned over people's immaturity
Amien concerned over people's immaturity YOGYAKARTA (JP): People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) Speaker and Chairman of National Mandate Party (PAN) Amien Rais said on Saturday the demand for his resignation from people in Pasuruan and the restriction for him to visit East Java reflected the fact...
Mon, 06 Nov 2000
Foundations can improve soldiers' welfare
Foundations can improve soldiers' welfare JAKARTA (JP): Army chief of Staff Gen. Endriartono Sutarto admitted that professionalism among soldiers was at its lowest ebb and stressed that efforts to boost moral and welfare, including the presence of business oriented foundations, should be supported.
Mon, 06 Nov 2000
Gus Dur opens Islamic seminar
Gus Dur opens Islamic seminar SEMARANG: President Abdurrahman Wahid is slated to open the International Seminar and Camp on Religion for all-Indonesia Islamic Institutes and Universities here on Monday.
Mon, 06 Nov 2000
Xie has growing ambitions in team
Xie has growing ambitions in team JAKARTA (JP): She may well be the prettiest and friendliest of all Chinese players, always flashing a smile on her beautiful face.Forget the typical stiff and cold Chinese shuttlers and get ready for a more open and warmer one.
Mon, 06 Nov 2000
Plan to import buses from China delayed
Plan to import buses from China delayed JAKARTA (JP): The city administration's plan to import cheap buses from China will likely be delayed until the Ministry of Industry and Trade agrees to lower the import duty, an official has said.
Mon, 06 Nov 2000
Tommy's vanishing act
Tommy's vanishing act From the beginning, as far as the public is concerned, it had never been very likely that Hutomo "Tommy" Mandala Putra, former president Soeharto's youngest son, would ever spend time in prison, never mind his legal transgressions.
Mon, 06 Nov 2000
Bina Nusantara responds
Bina Nusantara responds We welcome Mr. Tolani's input about our MMSI (Magister Manajemen Sistem Informasi) program. He is one of our 17th batch of students enrolled in the "Pre MM" term, which is a matriculation to prepare students for the actual Masters program.
Mon, 06 Nov 2000
Govt considers buying buses, ships and railways from China
Govt considers buying buses, ships and railways from ChinaBy Johannes Simbolon SHANGHAI, China (JP): The Indonesian government is considering buying buses, passenger and cargo ships and railways from China to improve the country's transportation system, Minister of Transportation and...
Mon, 06 Nov 2000
JSX bombing suspect converted Rp 350 million to U.S. dollars
JSX bombing suspect converted Rp 350 million to U.S. dollars JAKARTA (JP): Prior to executing the bombing at the Jakarta Stock Exchange (JSX) building parking lot on Sept. 13, one of the two alleged masterminds withdrew Rp 350 million (US$39,000) cash from a Bank Negara Indonesia (BNI) branch in...
Mon, 06 Nov 2000
Gas blowout hits Anggur well
Gas blowout hits Anggur well SYDNEY (Dow Jones): Santos Ltd. said on Friday that the Anggur One exploration well in the Madura Straits of Indonesia has been evacuated following a gas blowout and fire.The company, whose Santos (Sampang) Pty. Ltd.
Mon, 06 Nov 2000
TA boosts Bangkok flights
TA boosts Bangkok flights BANGKOK (DPA): Turkish Airlines has made Bangkok its Far East hub with six weekly flights serving the Thai capital, a news report said Saturday.The airline boosted its Istanbul-Bangkok flights from four to six per week as of Sunday, using 271-seat A340-311 jetliners, the...
Mon, 06 Nov 2000
Master program at Bina Nusantara Univ.
Master program at Bina Nusantara Univ. I would like to share my experience at Bina Nusantara University for the MMSI Dua (Master's Degree Program) in cooperation with Curtin University of Australia during my current semester in Batch 16.
Mon, 06 Nov 2000
Talk against Gelbard should reduce
Talk against Gelbard should reduce JAKARTA (JP): Senior observers urged a toning down of rhetoric against Ambassador Robert Gelbard despite his shortcomings as the coming United States presidential election may signal the end of the American envoy anyway.
Mon, 06 Nov 2000
Religions being trivialized
Religions being trivialized JAKARTA (JP): President Abdurrahman Wahid expressed his deep concern over the current conflict between religions, which he said represented a setback of religious life of people in the country.
Mon, 06 Nov 2000
No presidential decree, no Tommy, lawyer says
No presidential decree, no Tommy, lawyer says JAKARTA (JP): Former president Soeharto's son Hutomo "Tommy" Mandala Putra will not present himself to authorities until he receives a presidential decree rejecting his plea for a pardon, one of Tommy's lawyers said on Sunday.
Mon, 06 Nov 2000
Two escaped jailbirds arrested
Two escaped jailbirds arrested JAKARTA (JP): Police managed to capture two of four prisoners, who sneaked away from their cell at the Ciracas police station in East Jakarta early Sunday morning, within an hour after their attempted escape, an officer said.Chief of East Jakarta Police Sr. Supt.
Mon, 06 Nov 2000
The heart of the matter in 'Fast Food, Fast Women'
The heart of the matter in 'Fast Food, Fast Women'By Bruce Emond JAKARTA (JP): Bella, the protagonist of Fast Food, Fast Women, is a mind-boggling mass of contradictions, achingly needy in her disjointed relationships with men even as she serves up helpings of moral sustenance in her job as a...
Mon, 06 Nov 2000
Trains delayed by flooding
Trains delayed by flooding BANDUNG: The trains passing the northern route of Java were delayed for at least four hours due to continuing torrential rain and floods in Central Java, PT Kereta Api Indonesia (KAI) spokesman Gatot Wibowo said here on Sunday.
Mon, 06 Nov 2000
Typhoon Bebinca death toll rises
Typhoon Bebinca death toll rises MANILA (AFP): The Typhoon Bebinca death toll in the Philippines has reached 40 people, disaster officials said on Sunday, as reports trickled in from areas where communications have been reestablished.
Mon, 06 Nov 2000
Three killed in jailbreak attempt
Three killed in jailbreak attempt JAKARTA (JP): Tension has plagued the outlying Irian Jaya town of Merauke after police shot dead three members of the proindependence civilian guards while they were escaping police detention on Saturday.
Mon, 06 Nov 2000
Wahana, RYacoby win in Aspirin Cup
Wahana, RYacoby win in Aspirin Cup JAKARTA (JP): Bogor-based Wahana team won 7-3 against Pamulang II in Group B the second day of the Aspirin Cup kids soccer tournament at Senayan Sunday. In another group's round-robin, Depok Jaya had to bow out to Ciledug.
Mon, 06 Nov 2000
Estrada denies U.S. pressure to step down
Estrada denies U.S. pressure to step down MANILA (Reuters): Embattled Philippine President Joseph Estrada, facing threats of impeachment over a gambling payoffs scandal, denied on Sunday that there had been pressure from the United States for him to resign.
Mon, 06 Nov 2000
Tips for buying a new minicompo
Tips for buying a new minicompo Nowadays, the minicompo has given a new face to home entertainment. The models launched in Indonesia come with a variety of features. Each manufacturer has its own special built- in features.
Sun, 05 Nov 2000
What's the appeal of dating a foreigner?
What's the appeal of dating a foreigner? JAKARTA (JP): Let's just use the word "foreigner" in discussing mixed marriages as some people get so upset with the use of bule (it can be either a blatant insult or a harmless naive term) The "f" word also carries more general meanings; it embraces all...
Sun, 05 Nov 2000
Spending a day with magician Deddy Corbuzier
Spending a day with magician Deddy Corbuzier Deddy Corbuzier, 26, became obsessed with magic after watching magicians on television aged 8. Born in Jakarta, he's become so popular he has two television shows and performs on Sundays at the Regent Hotel, South Jakarta.
Sun, 05 Nov 2000
Pusan not content to be second best in South Korea
Pusan not content to be second best in South Korea Under the sponsorship of the Jakarta administration, a group of the capital's journalists covering city issues made a weeklong visit to South Korea's major cities.
Sun, 05 Nov 2000
Klaus Kinski, Werner Herzog: A 'friendship' made on film
Klaus Kinski, Werner Herzog: A 'friendship' made on filmBy Bruce Emond JAKARTA (JP): Klaus Kinski's reputation can truly be said to have preceded him.The German actor was notorious for his ornery, tempestuous personality, given to terrible, violent rages and the insistence on having things his own...
Sun, 05 Nov 2000
Wheelchair charity spinning hope for the underprivileged
Wheelchair charity spinning hope for the underprivilegedBy William Furney JAKARTA (JP): The needs of the people are great in this vast tropical archipelago. By now, the term "economic crisis" or "crismon" seems so overused and worn out, it has all but lost its meaning.
Sun, 05 Nov 2000
C. Java aims to retain nat'l title
C. Java aims to retain nat'l title SEMARANG (JP): Central Java aims to retain the overall champion title in the National Junior Track and Field Championships in Jakarta from Nov. 15 to Nov. 18.Central Java topped the medal standing last year after collecting 11 gold medals.