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Mon, 01 Nov 1999
Rehabilitating East Timor: The daunting task ahead
Rehabilitating East Timor: The daunting task aheadBy T.M. Callahan JAKARTA (JP): Responding to the suggestion that East Timor is not viable without Indonesia, Nobel Peace Prize laureate Jose Ramos-Horta recently remarked: "One does not have to be an Einstein to do slightly better than those...
Mon, 01 Nov 1999
Fishermen need direct access to distribution
Fishermen need direct access to distribution JAKARTA (JP): After years of living in poverty and uncertainty, Jakarta's traditional fishermen have laid their hope on commitments from President Abdurrahman Wahid's Cabinet to develop the country's marine industry.
Mon, 01 Nov 1999
Why A.S. Hikam?
Why A.S. Hikam?From RepublikaThere is a big question as to why A.S. Hikam was chosen as State Minister for Research and Technology in the "National Unity" Cabinet. It should be realized that the challenge of the free market within the ASEAN region during the next four years (to 2004) is quite...
Mon, 01 Nov 1999
RI woman charged in Pakistan
RI woman charged in Pakistan JAKARTA (JP): Customs officers at Pakistan's Quaid Azzam International Airport arrested a 29-year-old Indonesian woman last week for allegedly attempting to smuggle 3.4 kilograms of shabu-shabu (crystal methamphetamine) out of the country.
Mon, 01 Nov 1999
Women clever in covering up extramarital affairs
Women clever in covering up extramarital affairs JAKARTA (JP): Women know how to cover up their extramarital affairs better than men, a noted sexologist revealed.Boyke Dian Nugraha said he was surprised by the fact that women were aware of changes in their sexual organs after extramarital...
Mon, 01 Nov 1999
Cuscus slips toward oblivion
Cuscus slips toward oblivion MANOKWARI, Irian Jaya: Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF) scientists warned here on Saturday that the number of white cuscus (phalanger urinua) in Irian Jaya was dwindling at an alarming rate and the animal was nearing extinction.
Mon, 01 Nov 1999
Pacific Bank survives test from CLS
Pacific Bank survives test from CLS SURAKARTA, Central Java (JP): Pacific Bank Swadesi of Surabaya survived a testing time against city mate Cahaya Lestari Surabaya (CLS) 89-84 after five minutes of overtime in the 1999 A Mild Kobatama national basketball league's fifth series on Sunday.
Mon, 01 Nov 1999
Stricter laws on drugs required: Experts
Stricter laws on drugs required: Experts JAKARTA (JP): Government, police and other law enforcement agencies should take strict concrete measures to reduce rising drug trafficking in the capital city, experts said over the weekend.
Mon, 01 Nov 1999
Workers protest manpower minister
Workers protest manpower minister PEKANBARU, Riau: Dozens of workers from PT Riau Andalan Pulp and Paper who are members of the Indonesia Prosperous Labor Union (SBSI) remained in the local council building here on Sunday to protest the appointment of Bomer Pasaribu as manpower minister.
Mon, 01 Nov 1999
Abdurrahman deserves a chance: Expert
Abdurrahman deserves a chance: Expert MAKASSAR, South Sulawesi (JP): President Abdurrahman Wahid should be given a chance to prove his Cabinet lineup can work to overcome future challenges, an expert said on Sunday.A sociologist of state Hasanuddin University, M.
Mon, 01 Nov 1999
Winds batter C. Java village
Winds batter C. Java village PEMALANG, Central Java (JP): Strong winds and rain which began Saturday and persisted throughout Sunday destroyed 60 houses and damaged 100 in Walasanga village, Moga district.Officials said 700 trees were uprooted.
Mon, 01 Nov 1999
Dengue, malaria feared in Manado
Dengue, malaria feared in Manado MANADO, North Sulawesi (JP): Local health officials here warned that the province could be in the grip of an epidemic of dengue and malaria fever.The head of the contagious diseases eradication unit at the local health office, Soetjipto, expressed concern on...
Mon, 01 Nov 1999
More technologies and services to support e-business
More technologies and services to support e-businessBy Zatni Arbi JAKARTA (JP): Remember Eckhard Pfeiffer? He used to be the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Compaq Computers, the company that sells the most PCs in the world. Six months ago, he was told to quit.
Mon, 01 Nov 1999
TNI in the Cabinet
TNI in the CabinetFrom Rakyat MerdekaWith reference to a report in a daily in the capital on Oct. 27, 1999, in which it was said that the Action Front of Students for Reform and Democracy (Famred) does not feel happy about the presence of a number of military officers in the present Cabinet, I, a...
Mon, 01 Nov 1999
Firecrackers go off at police station
Firecrackers go off at police station PURWOKERTO, Central Java: Six police officers, three men and two children were injured when thousands of confiscated firecrackers exploded at Banjarnegara Police Station on Saturday.