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Sat, 01 Nov 1997
Women's rights still inadequate: Activist
Women's rights still inadequate: Activist JAKARTA (JP): Women's rights are still inadequately protected in Indonesia both in the form of legal instruments and their implementation, rights activists said yesterday.
Sat, 01 Nov 1997
Japan flexes muscle in Asian financial crisis
Japan flexes muscle in Asian financial crisis TOKYO (AFP): Japan flexed its economic might in the Asian crisis yesterday, announcing an emergency meeting to deal with the turmoil and dispatching a top official to Indonesia to discuss financial aid.
Sat, 01 Nov 1997
RI may not send soccer team to 13th Asian Games
RI may not send soccer team to 13th Asian Games JAKARTA (JP): The National Sports Council may not send the national soccer team to the 13th Asian Games next year.The council's vice chairman, Arie Sudewo, said yesterday that although the Indonesian Football Association (PSSI) wanted to finance the...
Sat, 01 Nov 1997
Virus kills 10,000 pigs in E. Timor
Virus kills 10,000 pigs in E. Timor DILI, East Timor: More than 10,000 pigs have died in the province in recent weeks due to a deadly virus, a local official said.Suminarwati Lenggu, head of the local husbandry service, said the virus, which has spread to six provinces in East Timor, is believed to...
Sat, 01 Nov 1997
Minority parties lament govt one-man-show
Minority parties lament govt one-man-show JAKARTA (JP): The minority United Development Party (PPP) and Indonesian Democratic Party (PDI) expressed disappointment yesterday over the government's one-man-show in the settlement of the ongoing economic turmoil.
Sat, 01 Nov 1997
Tale of two women
Tale of two women Two villagers with almost identical backgrounds were pursuing a common dream for a better life. Fate would have it that they underwent a traumatic experience that forced them to commit murder. Yet, they could not have met more different fates.
Sat, 01 Nov 1997
30 firms named suspects in forest fires
30 firms named suspects in forest fires JAKARTA (JP): National Police have declared at least 30 companies -- including four foreign investment firms -- and 24 people as suspects in the current forest fires which have choked a large part of Southeast Asia, a high-ranking police officer said...
Sat, 01 Nov 1997
Protection of labor abroad
Protection of labor abroadFrom Media IndonesiaWe are deeply concerned about the fate of our women laborers in Saudi Arabia. Soleha was beheaded recently for having killed her employer. Nasiroh is more fortunate in having her capital punishment revoked although her offense was said to be similar.
Sat, 01 Nov 1997
Central Java towns call for water bombers to fight fires
Central Java towns call for water bombers to fight fires JAKARTA (JP): Police in the Central Java towns of Boyolali and Semarang urgently called yesterday for foreign water bombers to help extinguish forest fires raging at several locations, including on Mt. Merbabu and Mt. Potro.
Sat, 01 Nov 1997
Maybank will buy 20% of BankNusa, executive says
Maybank will buy 20% of BankNusa, executive says JAKARTA (JP): Publicly listed Malaysian bank Malayan Banking Berhad (Maybank) will sign an agreement Monday to buy Bank Nusa Internasional's convertible bonds worth Rp 95 billion (US$26.4 million).BankNusa's president B.S.
Sat, 01 Nov 1997
Reform package set to stabilize economy
Reform package set to stabilize economy JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesian government will further trim its budget spending, abolish monopolies in several food commodities and liquidate insolvent banks in another concerted bid to stabilize the economy, which has been battered by the rupiah turmoil since...
Sat, 01 Nov 1997
Monkey business woos tourists in W. Sumatra
Monkey business woos tourists in W. SumatraBy Oktaveri BUNGUS, West Sumatra (Antara): Scores of monkeys raced down the hill to the roadside, scrambling and fighting for the food thrown by visitors.Some of the animals carried their young infants precariously on their back.
Sat, 01 Nov 1997
HK analysts warns of potential unrest
HK analysts warns of potential unrest HONG KONG (AFP): Indonesia's deepening economic woes will cause an escalation in social unrest in the months ahead, with ethnic Chinese likely to be the targets of angry mobs, analysts said in a report received here yesterday.
Sat, 01 Nov 1997
Indonesia and IMF agree on reform package
Indonesia and IMF agree on reform package JAKARTA (JP): The following is the full text of the government press release on the reform package agreed upon by the Indonesian government and IMF after two weeks of negotiations:The impact of an ongoing monetary crisis since July 1997 has been reflected...
Sat, 01 Nov 1997
Historians fight for island
Historians fight for island JAKARTA (JP): Historians have asked the municipality to declare Onrust Island, in the Thousand Islands chain, a heritage park to save its historical sites.Dirman Surachmat, former head of the city's museum and historical agency, said yesterday that the appeal was made...
Sat, 01 Nov 1997
Ware sellers struggle to survive
Ware sellers struggle to surviveBy Ida Indawati Khouw JAKARTA (JP): Despite the stiff competition in a modernized society, Sarijem and Warjem are trying to make a living as door- to-door vendors of traditional household goods.