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Mon, 21 Dec 1998
Five Asian states to boost cooperation
Five Asian states to boost cooperation DHAKA (Reuters): Junior ministers from Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, Sri Lanka and Thailand met in Dhaka on Saturday to discuss cooperation in trade, energy, tourism and communications.
Mon, 21 Dec 1998
Where to go in Jakarta:
Where to go in Jakarta:Exhibitions * Photo Exhibition: Dari Lengser Sampai Semanggi, at Galeri Foto Jurnalistik Antara, Jl. Antara No. 59 Pasar Baru, Central Jakarta (Phone: 3458771), 11:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m., until Jan. 14.
Mon, 21 Dec 1998
All funds for medical services easily checked, minister says
All funds for medical services easily checked, minister says JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Health Farid Anfasa Moeloek stated on Sunday that all state funds earmarked for community health centers could be easily checked to ensure that they reached their intended destinations.
Mon, 21 Dec 1998
Analyst calls on govt to be proactive in marketing LNG
Analyst calls on govt to be proactive in marketing LNG JAKARTA (JP): Energy analyst Tadjuddin Noor Said called on Saturday for the government to be pro-active in seeking new markets for the country's liquefied natural gas (LNG).
Mon, 21 Dec 1998
70 percent of cases ready for court
70 percent of cases ready for court SEMARANG: Central Java Police have completed the dossiers on 5,651 cases from a total of 8,168 criminal cases from January to October this year, an official said Saturday.Central Java Police Chief Maj. Gen.
Mon, 21 Dec 1998
Police shoot dead snatcher
Police shoot dead snatcher JAKARTA (JP): Police shot dead a man on Saturday night for resisting arrest after he allegedly snatched jewelry from a woman at Pulogadung bus terminal in East Jakarta.Adolf Bastian Sitinjak, 22, was shot at about 11 p.
Mon, 21 Dec 1998
Stop street demonstrations
Stop street demonstrationsFrom Media IndonesiaThere is hardly any political or community figure who dares to advise or to criticize the actions of students who clearly violate regulations. In these actions there have been damage to property and other violations.
Mon, 21 Dec 1998
Lim calls for release of Anwar report
Lim calls for release of Anwar report KUALA LUMPUR (AFP): Malaysian opposition leader Lim Kit Siang called on Sunday for the release of a police report into the black eye and other bruises sustained by ousted deputy prime minister Anwar Ibrahim in police custody.
Mon, 21 Dec 1998
Fire destroys 10 shop-houses
Fire destroys 10 shop-houses SAMARINDA, East Kalimantan: Fire gutted 10 shop-houses in Citra Niaga business center on Jl. Yos Sudarso on Saturday night, Antara reported.The fire started at 4:20 p.m. in one of the shop-houses and quickly spread to other buildings.
Mon, 21 Dec 1998
Gambling goes on despite protest
Gambling goes on despite protest JAKARTA (JP): Petty gambling activities continue in Pakuhaji, Teluknaga and Kosambi districts in Tangerang despite repeated protests by locals."It has been protested several times, but the gambling activities are still going on although they are conducted covertly,"...
Mon, 21 Dec 1998
Marker airlifted from Dili amid protest
Marker airlifted from Dili amid protest DILI (JP): UN Special Envoy for East Timor Jamsheed Marker was hurriedly airlifted by helicopter from this provincial capital on Sunday after hundreds of proindependence demonstrators stored the airport demanding to speak with him.
Mon, 21 Dec 1998
'Ojek' driver stabbed to death
'Ojek' driver stabbed to death JAKARTA (JP): A teenage ojek (motorcycle taxi) driver operating in Pasar Kemis district, Tangerang, was found dead with 12 stab wounds to his body on Saturday night.Head of Tangerang police precinct Lt. Col.
Mon, 21 Dec 1998
Christians keep Xmas celebrations subdued
Christians keep Xmas celebrations subduedBy I. Christianto JAKARTA (JP): In keeping with custom, shopping centers have beautified themselves with bright decorations and stores are discounting prices during Christmas and the year-end fair to keep the cash registers ringing.
Mon, 21 Dec 1998
'Third party' behind bloody Kupang riots
'Third party' behind bloody Kupang riots JAKARTA (JP): Rights campaigner Benjamin Mangkoedilaga said on Saturday that an investigation into recent unrest in Kupang, East Nusa Tenggara, revealed that it was not a spontaneous eruption of outrage over earlier unrest in Jakarta.
Mon, 21 Dec 1998
Focusing on substantial rationality
Focusing on substantial rationalityBy Meuthia Ganie Rochman JAKARTA (JP): Indonesians are witnessing a deep political change at the close of the century as the result of economic and other crises.Just two years ago, the majority of Indonesians still believed that the country's economic structure...
Mon, 21 Dec 1998
Searching for an antidote to politicization of religion
Searching for an antidote to politicization of religionBy Mochtar Buchori JAKARTA (JP): Why have we suddenly become so prone to violence? Why do we seem to have lost our sense of religiosity and do things that are clearly against the spirit of religion?These were the main questions asked and...
Mon, 21 Dec 1998
Malaysia holds Vision 2020
Malaysia holds Vision 2020 KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters): Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said on Saturday the country's aim of becoming fully developed by 2020 was still intact despite the current recession, the national Bernama news agency said.
Mon, 21 Dec 1998
Indonesia meets own target with six golds in Asiad
Indonesia meets own target with six golds in Asiad BANGKOK (JP): When runner Supriati Sutono lurched over the finish line to win the women's 5,000 meters on Friday, Indonesia met the target it set for itself at the 13th Asian Games.
Mon, 21 Dec 1998
Local franchises find niche as foreign firms flounder
Local franchises find niche as foreign firms flounder JAKARTA (JP): Local franchises are starting to thrive as many foreign ones wilt in the heat of the economic crisis, an executive of a franchise consulting firm said on Sunday.
Mon, 21 Dec 1998
Gus Dur talks with Soeharto debated
Gus Dur talks with Soeharto debated JAKARTA (JP): President B.J. Habibie has hailed Saturday's meeting between Muslim leader Abdurrahman Wahid and former president Soeharto in the drive toward fostering national reconciliation, but says he has no plans to meet his onetime mentor.
Mon, 21 Dec 1998
'RCTI' to screen good quality Indian films
'RCTI' to screen good quality Indian filmsBy Marselli Sumarno JAKARTA (JP): People used to see many films from India and Hong Kong in local movie theaters that were dominated by Hollywood films.But now the situation has changed.
Mon, 21 Dec 1998
Any contraceptive will do: Minister
Any contraceptive will do: Minister DILI, East Timor: State Minister of Population/chairman of the National Family Planning Board Ida Bagus Oka said it was no longer necessary to debate which was the best contraceptive method as long as couples continued practicing family planning.
Mon, 21 Dec 1998
LBH wants Udin's case solved
LBH wants Udin's case solved YOGYAKARTA (JP): The Yogyakarta Legal Aid Institute (LBH) urged Minister of Security and Defense/Armed Forces Commander Gen. Wiranto to resolve once and for all just one of many mysterious cases here -- the murder of journalist Fuad Muhammad Syafruddin, better known as...
Mon, 21 Dec 1998
Habibie reelection odds get short shrift
Habibie reelection odds get short shrift YOGYAKARTA (JP): Political analyst Riswandha Imawan believes President B.J. Habibie's poor legitimacy, inability to control other political forces and a misguided sense of optimism almost rule him out of keeping the reins of power for a second term.
Mon, 21 Dec 1998
Hopes for peace prevail at opening of Ramadhan prayer
Hopes for peace prevail at opening of Ramadhan prayer JAKARTA (JP): Saturday night's first evening prayers of the Ramadhan fasting month echoed in several cities with a call for peace after the terrible toll in lost lives from tumultuous events of the past year.
Mon, 21 Dec 1998
No place now for New Order-style 'farce' elections
No place now for New Order-style 'farce' elections JAKARTA (JP): Elections during Soeharto's New Order constituted "political farce" marked by rampant cheating to give his 32-year grip on power the sheen of legitimacy, political observers said in a seminar on Saturday.
Mon, 21 Dec 1998
Garuda lays on extra flights for travel boom
Garuda lays on extra flights for travel boom JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia's state-owned airline, Garuda Indonesia, will operate extra flights in anticipation of the expected travel boom ahead of and after the upcoming Christmas, New Year and Idul Fitri holidays.
Mon, 21 Dec 1998
Items lost
Items lost I write this note in order to warn anyone flying into Jakarta. On collecting my luggage at the Jakarta airport not only had each item been searched through, but a mobile phone from one bag is missing and a collection of magazines stolen from another.
Mon, 21 Dec 1998
Team lambasted for working slow
Team lambasted for working slow JAKARTA (JP): Councilors have lambasted the city administration reform team and the local inspectorate officials for working too slowly in probing the case of the city official vehicle maintenance losses of about Rp 16 billion.
Mon, 21 Dec 1998
What are trained people?
What are trained people?From MerdekaThe (government's) plan to establish (a militia of) "trained civilians" (rakyat terlatih, ratih) is extremely confusing. Indonesia already has the Armed Forces, including the Police.
Sun, 20 Dec 1998
Porn books
Porn booksFrom PelitaThumbs up indeed to the Jakarta regional administration as in welcoming the Ramadhan fasting month it has taken a number of praiseworthy measures such as reducing the opening hours of night entertainment centers and also closing down for one full month Kramat Tunggak red-light...
Sun, 20 Dec 1998
Beauty and harmony
Beauty and harmonyFrom PelitaA great people are a people that will always honor the merits of their heroes. Let's ask ourselves where the beauty of this saying lies. A people will not be great if they are devoid of harmony -- this is indeed the yardstick of a great people.
Sun, 20 Dec 1998
Fasting expected to improve morality
Fasting expected to improve morality Last Sunday's rioting in Surakarta, Central Java, was merely one on a long list of episodes of vandalism and violence that have demonstrated the degradation of Indonesians' morality.
Sun, 20 Dec 1998
Designers offer Ramadhan fashions
Designers offer Ramadhan fashionsBy Agni Amorita JAKARTA (JP): The gown is a mini, with tiny spaghetti straps, colored in trendy metallic gray. This gown, designed by Anne Rufaidah, and many others were displayed at the Female Muslim Fashion Trend 1999 fashion show.
Sun, 20 Dec 1998
RI among 1999's top hot spots
RI among 1999's top hot spots WASHINGTON (AP): Iraq, Central Africa and Colombia are expected to be among the 10 most serious areas of conflict and political instability the world will face in 1999, a humanitarian organization said Friday.
Sun, 20 Dec 1998
Dayak tribe 'in' according to Gotot Prakosa
Dayak tribe 'in' according to Gotot PrakosaBy Chandra Johan JAKARTA (JP): There are artists who like changes and there are those who don't. Gotot Prakosa, one of Indonesia's multimedia artists, is one of those belonging to the first category.
Sun, 20 Dec 1998
Iran beats Kuwait 2-0 to win Asiad soccer gold
Iran beats Kuwait 2-0 to win Asiad soccer gold BANGKOK (Reuters): Iran, even with a player sent off late in the game, won the Asian Games soccer gold on Saturday, beating Kuwait 2-0 in a game played under extra security because of U.S.- led bombing raids on Iraq.
Sun, 20 Dec 1998
Revitalizing your health
Revitalizing your health If you have ever despaired that there was nowhere close to Jakarta that you could escape to, to just relax, go for hikes in the mountains, eat well and benefit from clean, fresh air, then no one has told you about Javana Spa.
Sun, 20 Dec 1998
Deng's missing statue saddens Shenzhen natives
Deng's missing statue saddens Shenzhen nativesBy Andrew Browne SHENZHEN, China (Reuters): The most famous statue in this southern Chinese boomtown is nowhere to be seen.Its polished marble plinth stands forlornly on a Shenzhen hilltop while Beijing leaders agonize over the bronze figure that is...
Sun, 20 Dec 1998
Bangkok Games get 'clean' tag
Bangkok Games get 'clean' tag BANGKOK (Reuters): The Bangkok Asiad on Saturday was declared the "Clean Games" by medical authorities looking for drug use.With only one event -- the men's marathon -- left on Sunday's closing day, medical chiefs reported only two doping cases since the Games started...
Sun, 20 Dec 1998
Asiad sips 1.6m cans of drink
Asiad sips 1.6m cans of drink JAKARTA (JP): More than 1.6 million cans of drink have been consumed by athletes, officials and journalists during the 13th Asian Games in Bangkok.Organizers said Saturday that of the figure, 600,000 were mineral water, 590,000 were soft drinks provided by official...
Sun, 20 Dec 1998
Special recipes for the fasting month
Special recipes for the fasting month JAKARTA (JP): As the fasting Muslim is to abstain from food and drink from dawn to sunset, the choice of menu is important for the pre-dawn meal and the breaking of the fast meal.
Sun, 20 Dec 1998
Islamic spiritual clinic helps give meaning to life
Islamic spiritual clinic helps give meaning to life JAKARTA (JP): If you are dying to become a devout Moslem but are too caught up in the rat race to learn more about the religion, try going to a new "clinic" which has been established to help people like you.Opened on Saturday, Dec.
Sun, 20 Dec 1998
Most Thais want to host Olympics
Most Thais want to host Olympics JAKARTA (JP): Most Thais want their country to host the Olympic Games following their success in hosting the Asian Games which conclude on Sunday, a survey said.Nearly 82 percent of 400 Bangkok residents surveyed on Dec.
Sun, 20 Dec 1998
Jakartans visist graves, shop on eve of Ramadhan
Jakartans visist graves, shop on eve of Ramadhan JAKARTA (JP): Muslim Jakartans marked the last day before the start of the Ramadhan fasting month on Saturday by visiting the graves of late relatives, seeking apologies from them and going shopping for the first sahur (dawn meals).
Sun, 20 Dec 1998
Purbalingga wig business unfazed by crisis
Purbalingga wig business unfazed by crisisBy Agus Maryono and Ngudi Utomo PURBALINGGA, Central Java (JP): Carefully Kasini, 50, sorted the strands of hair in front of her. She picked the good strands out of the tangled bunch to make accessories ranging from hair- knot nets to modern wigs.
Sun, 20 Dec 1998
Indonesia is no longer SE Asia's sports power
Indonesia is no longer SE Asia's sports power BANGKOK (JP): Although six gold medals from the Asian Games here are already in hand as expected, Indonesia finds no reason to celebrate after seeing Thailand emerge as a new Asian sporting powerhouse.
Sun, 20 Dec 1998
Demo greets Marker's arrival in Dili
Demo greets Marker's arrival in Dili DILI, East Timor (JP): About 1,000 youths took to the streets on Saturday to greet the arrival of Jamsheed Marker, the special envoy of the United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Kofi Annan, who came here for talks with both pro-integration and pro- independence...
Sun, 20 Dec 1998
Malinda presents work of Li Shuji
Malinda presents work of Li Shuji Where can you find a display of the finest artwork by Li Shuji? At a Li Shuji painting exhibition at the Malinda Art Gallery, of course.Li Shuji has lived in Indonesia for the past 10 years, and has taken many exhibitions abroad, including to France, Japan, Taiwan,...
Sun, 20 Dec 1998
BAGOC provides predawn meals
BAGOC provides predawn meals JAKARTA (JP): Organizers of the Bangkok Asian Games have provided pre-dawn meals for Muslim athletes and officials who will start their month-long fast on Sunday.An official in charge of catering service in the Thammasat athletes village, Pismai Chandrubeksa, said on...