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Sat, 05 Dec 1998
Where to go in Jakarta:
Where to go in Jakarta:Exhibitions * Batik Exhibition: The Awakening of Batik at the end of the Millennium, at Galeri TC, Jl. Kemang Raya 24A, South Jakarta (Phone: 7194270), 11:30 a.m. to 12 a.m., until Dec.31. * Photo Exhibition: My Imagination, by Aendra H.
Sat, 05 Dec 1998
Soeharto ready to face probe
Soeharto ready to face probe JAKARTA (JP): Former president Soeharto, the target of a new government corruption probe, said on Friday that he is ready to face questioning, but he also pleaded for the public to stop condemning him and his family.Meanwhile, Attorney General Lt. Gen.
Sat, 05 Dec 1998
Traffic detour on Jl. Jend. Sudirman
Traffic detour on Jl. Jend. Sudirman JAKARTA (JP): Traffic on Jl. Sudirman in South Jakarta will be partly detoured from 9 p.m. on Saturday night to 5 a.m. on Sunday morning due to the demolition of a pedestrian bridge in front of the Chase Plaza complex, an official of the Land Transportation...
Sat, 05 Dec 1998
Govt to be flexible on state budget, Bappenas official
Govt to be flexible on state budget, Bappenas official JAKARTA (JP): The government may extend the budget for the current fiscal year, which ends next March, to the end of 1999 taking into account the country's political dynamics, a senior official has said.
Sat, 05 Dec 1998
ASEAN 'must rethink' noninterference policy
ASEAN 'must rethink' noninterference policy HONG KONG (AP): Southeast Asian nations battling a protracted financial crisis will have to reassess their commitment of non- interference in each other's affairs, the commander of U.S. forces in the Pacific said on Friday.Adm.
Sat, 05 Dec 1998
Financier Soros in Mahathir call
Financier Soros in Mahathir call WASHINGTON (Reuters): International financier George Soros called on Thursday for the ouster of Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad and the release of the country's former finance minister, Anwar Ibrahim.
Sat, 05 Dec 1998
Bukittinggi not closed to tourists
Bukittinggi not closed to tourists JAKARTA (JP): The information officer of West Sumatra, Yohannes Dahlan, denied on Friday reports that Bukittinggi was closed to foreigners.The province is secure and orderly, "and ready to receive tourists at any time," Yohannes said.
Sat, 05 Dec 1998
WTO urges RI to speed up reform for sake of stability
WTO urges RI to speed up reform for sake of stability GENEVA (Reuters): Indonesia must accelerate implementation of reforms if it is to stabilize its battered economy next year and return to growth in 2000, the World Trade Organization (WTO) said on Friday.
Sat, 05 Dec 1998
North Korea, Laos Asiad debtors
North Korea, Laos Asiad debtors BANGKOK (Reuters): Asian sports debtor nations -- formally -- are Laos and North Korea.Cambodia is maybe a downside risk.An Asian Games spokesman said two days before the start of the Dec.
Sat, 05 Dec 1998
Japan to help ASEAN firms
Japan to help ASEAN firms TOKYO (AP): Japan's government will help smaller companies in Southeast Asia raise funds to help ease the credit contraction in the region, the Nihon Keizai Shimbun said in its Friday morning edition.
Sat, 05 Dec 1998
IMF defends Asia deals, WB denies rift
IMF defends Asia deals, WB denies rift WASHINGTON (Reuters): The International Monetary Fund defended its reform recipes for Asia on Thursday while the World Bank, whose officials have questioned IMF-mandated high interest rates, said it never intended to criticize the fund.
Sat, 05 Dec 1998
TV today
TV todayTVRI 5:30 a.m. Religious Teachings: Hikmah Pagi 6:00 Morning News 6:30 News: Nuansa Reformasi 7:00 Children's Program: Lagu Anak Nusantara 7:30 Cartoon 8:00 Music 8:30 Tourism 9:00 TV Drama: Tasi Oh Tasi 10:00 Interval 2:00 p.m.
Sat, 05 Dec 1998
Live TV shows
Live TV shows JAKARTA (JP): Sports competitions to be broadcast live this weekend on local TVs (all times in West Indonesia Time):Saturday:English soccer league: Aston Villa v Manchester United, SCTV at 10 p.m.Sunday:Italian soccer league: Juventus v Lazio, RCTI at 9:30 p.m.
Sat, 05 Dec 1998
Coca-Cola, Taman Ria Senayan tie up
Coca-Cola, Taman Ria Senayan tie up JAKARTA (JP): Beverages company PT Coca-Cola Indonesia signed an agreement with the management of Taman Ria Senayan amusement park on Friday to promote both Coca Cola products and the park.
Sat, 05 Dec 1998
Tangerang to renovate 34 dilapidated schools
Tangerang to renovate 34 dilapidated schools TANGERANG (JP): Renovation will begin soon on 34 state elementary schools in a complete or advanced state of disrepair to allow students to study undisturbed, an education official said on Friday.Moch.
Sat, 05 Dec 1998
Change pushes up demand for news
Change pushes up demand for news JAKARTA (JP): The need to keep up to date on the latest developments in reformasi and the ups and downs of the rupiah has increased the readership of newspapers at the expense of publications focusing on women's issues and entertainments, the results of a survey of...
Sat, 05 Dec 1998
Crimes on toll road
Crimes on toll roadFrom Bisnis IndonesiaReading, hearing about and witnessing the hair-raising hold- ups and robberies on Jakarta's urban toll roads all make we ordinary citizens really gripped by fear in conducting our daily activities.
Sat, 05 Dec 1998
Stock Exchange
Stock ExchangeStock prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (in rupiah) on Dec. 4, 1998: Shares Close Change Trading Volume ------------------------------------------------------- Ades Alfindo 400 0 0 AHAP Insurance 400 0 0 Alter Abadi 300 0 72,500 Alumindo Light Metal 275 0 100,000 Alumindo Perkasa...
Sat, 05 Dec 1998
Graphics firms urge House to ban vertical integration
Graphics firms urge House to ban vertical integration JAKARTA (JP): The Association of Indonesian Graphics Companies (PPGI) has urged the House of Representatives to prohibit the practice of vertical integration in the country's industrial sectors.
Sat, 05 Dec 1998
Students continue to rally, although number declining
Students continue to rally, although number declining JAKARTA (JP): Although small in number, university students continued their protests Friday at four different locations, voicing a variety of new and old issues.
Sat, 05 Dec 1998
Govt to review toll road contracts with private firms
Govt to review toll road contracts with private firms JAKARTA (JP): The government will review profit-sharing toll road contracts with private firms and renegotiate deals secured through corruption, collusion and nepotism.
Sat, 05 Dec 1998
Management reshuffle at four banks
Management reshuffle at four banks JAKARTA (JP): The government reshuffled on Friday the management of four ailing state banks that are to be merged into Bank Mandiri by placing private bankers in all the top positions.
Sat, 05 Dec 1998
Asian cellular mart grows despite crisis
Asian cellular mart grows despite crisis HONG KONG (Dow Jones): Except in Indonesia, Asian cellular- telephone operators continue to add new subscribers this year despite the regional economic crisis, according to Pyramid Research.
Sat, 05 Dec 1998
Investigators probe Manila fire
Investigators probe Manila fire MANILA (AFP): Arson investigators on Friday grimly sifted through the ashes of a Philippine orphanage in search of clues to a fire that claimed 28 lives, mainly children, while grieving relatives struggled to identify the dead.
Sat, 05 Dec 1998
City Hall recovers Rp 350m of embezzled funds
City Hall recovers Rp 350m of embezzled funds JAKARTA (JP): The city's inspectorate office has managed to recover Rp 350 million after a thorough investigation of the loss of Rp 16 billion (US$2.13 million) in funds designated for the maintenance of official vehicles, a senior official said on...
Sat, 05 Dec 1998
Conversion Rates
Conversion Rates Bank Bali's conversion rates on Dec. 4, 1998: TT rates Bank notes rates Buying Selling Buying Selling Rp Rp Rp Rp U.S. dollar 1 7,350.00 7,600.00 7,350.00 7,675.00Austrian schilling 1 593.10 663.10 - -Australian dollar 1 4,525.90 4,785.90 4,510.00 4,860.00Belgian franc 1 199.15 224.
Sat, 05 Dec 1998
Civil, political rights in Islam
Civil, political rights in Islam This is the second of two articles based on a paper prepared by Dr. Nurcholish Madjid, rector of The University of Paramadina Mulya in Jakarta, for the Seminar on Enriching the Universalities of Human Rights: Islamic Perspectives on the Universal Declaration of...
Sat, 05 Dec 1998
More cosmetics, Habibie?
More cosmetics, Habibie? The widespread skepticism which greeted Thursday's announcement that President B.J. Habibie has ordered Attorney General Andi M. Ghalib to investigate Soeharto on charges of corruption, collusion and nepotism once again shows that public confidence and trust in the...
Sat, 05 Dec 1998
Universities form poll watchdog
Universities form poll watchdog JAKARTA (JP): Fourteen private and state universities in the country are banding together in an election watchdog to ensure next year's poll is aboveboard.The University Network For a Free and Fair Election (UNFREL) will be officially launched on Saturday.
Sat, 05 Dec 1998
Gold miners run amok over shooting rumor
Gold miners run amok over shooting rumor BOGOR (JP): Hundreds of illegal miners at the Pongkor gold mine in Bogor went on the rampage on Thursday, destroying some buildings and burning at least 11 vehicles belonging to the state-owned mining company PT Aneka Tambang, the owner of the mine site, an...
Sat, 05 Dec 1998
U.S. seeking to help RI
U.S. seeking to help RI JAKARTA (JP): The United States has great interest in Indonesia resolving its economic crisis because of the country's pivotal role in Southeast Asia, a leading Indonesian business figure said on Friday.
Sat, 05 Dec 1998
Winners of rights award named
Winners of rights award named JAKARTA (JP): The independent Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras) and Farida Hariyani, an Acehnese woman who has been helping relatives of victims of military atrocities in Aceh, have been named winners of the prestigious Yap Thiam Hien...
Sat, 05 Dec 1998
Conoco appraises oil well
Conoco appraises oil well JAKARTA (JP): Conoco Indonesia Inc., a contractor for state oil and gas firm Pertamina, has announced finds of gas and oil from its drilling in the West Natuna Sea.Pertamina's spokesman Ramli Djaafar said in a statement on Friday that Conoco's Belanak No.
Sat, 05 Dec 1998
Doubt cast on military police investigation
Doubt cast on military police investigation JAKARTA (JP): A human rights activist said on Friday that he doubted the military police would thoroughly investigate allegations that one of its members had recruited an informer to spy on student demonstrators during the recent Special Session of the...
Sat, 05 Dec 1998
Rupiah firm but local stocks down
Rupiah firm but local stocks down JAKARTA (JP): The rupiah ended the week by holding steadfast at 7,525 against the U.S. dollar on Friday, but share prices shed 0.8 percent as the local stock market's topsy-turvy fortunes continued.
Sat, 05 Dec 1998
240 officers assigned to fight street crime
240 officers assigned to fight street crime JAKARTA (JP): The City Police detectives unit has dispatched a team of 240 personnel, including plainclothes officers in four luxury Nissan Terrano vans, to various crime black spots to beat street crime.The unit head, Col.
Sat, 05 Dec 1998
Pushing the reform agenda
Pushing the reform agenda President Habibie has on a number of occasions warned us that reform could descend into anarchy if due processes and schedules were ignored. Like in the building of skyscrapers, work has to be done in set successive stages, though possibly each at a different pace.
Sat, 05 Dec 1998
Controversy besets election bill, political conservatism
Controversy besets election bill, political conservatismBy Mulyana W. Kusumah JAKARTA (JP): Debates on the bill concerning general elections have been going on within and outside the House of Representatives (DPR) amid systematic attempts by certain groups to sustain the political privileges they...
Sat, 05 Dec 1998
2002 W. Cup places allotted, two for Asia
2002 W. Cup places allotted, two for Asia ZURICH (AP): FIFA's executive committee on Friday allocated the 32 places for the 2002 World Cup finals, leaving Asian nations to fight for two slots.With France automatically qualified as champion, and Japan and South Korea as co-hosts, the world governing...
Sat, 05 Dec 1998
Habibie government is stronger
Habibie government is strongerFrom PelitaTo topple Sukarno and his Old Order regime about ten students' lives were sacrificed. To make Soeharto abdicate the number of Trisakti students who died in the struggle was four.
Sat, 05 Dec 1998
Four women forced into prostitution
Four women forced into prostitution MEDAN, North Sumatra (JP): Four women aged 16 and 17 went to the Medan Legal Aid Institute office on Friday reporting they had been made to work as prostitutes in a red-light district in Bandar Baru, 50 kilometers south of the provincial capital.
Fri, 04 Dec 1998
Military training for civil servants
Military training for civil servants In line with the wave of reform in this country and the Armed Forces' gradually decreasing civil role, the policy obliging civil servant candidates to undergo military-style training needs reviewing.
Fri, 04 Dec 1998
Stop destruction
Stop destruction We appeal with all our heart: Let us stop destruction, especially of places of worship, as it conflicts with the so- called SARA in Indonesian politics.SARA issues, which pertain to ethnic, racial, religious and inter-societal groups, are highly sensitive, as shown by the recent...
Fri, 04 Dec 1998
Bakrie, cooperatives tie up
Bakrie, cooperatives tie up JAKARTA (JP): PT Agrowiyana, a subsidiary of PT Bakrie Sumatera Plantation (BSP), will join up with farmers' cooperatives to build a palm oil processing plant in Jambi.Agrowiyana, which operates oil palm plantations in the province, said on Thursday that the company and...
Fri, 04 Dec 1998
Stock Exchange
Stock ExchangeStock prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (in rupiah) on Dec. 3, 1998: Shares Close Change Trading Volume -------------------------------------------------------- Ades Alfindo 400 0 0 AHAP Insurance 400 0 0 Alter Abadi 300 0 137,500 Alumindo Light Metal 275 0 36,000 Alumindo Perkasa...
Fri, 04 Dec 1998
Childhood trauma in Bandung has life-long consequences
Childhood trauma in Bandung has life-long consequencesBy Thor Kerr THE HAGUE (JP): Theo Corsmit was a happy eight-year-old living in Bandung when he saw a strange man in uniform with a samurai sword. Now 65, he still shudders when he sees a Japanese.
Fri, 04 Dec 1998
Conversion Rates
Conversion Rates Bank Bali's conversion rates on Dec. 3, 1998: TT rates Bank notes rates Buying Selling Buying Selling Rp Rp Rp Rp U.S. dollar 1 7,250.00 7,500.00 7,250.00 7,575.00Austrian schilling 1 582.20 652.20 - -Australian dollar 1 4,453.30 4,713.30 4,450.00 4,800.00Belgian franc 1 195.10 220.
Fri, 04 Dec 1998
Joint security patrols to police crime black spots
Joint security patrols to police crime black spots JAKARTA (JP): The city authorities would deploy a group of 15 police, soldiers and civilian security personnel at each of the city's crime black spots beginning Friday, a senior official said.
Fri, 04 Dec 1998
Rupiah slides slightly, local stocks lose ground
Rupiah slides slightly, local stocks lose ground JAKARTA (JP): The rupiah failed to hold its ground against the U.S. dollar on Thursday, closing 2.3 percent down at 7,550 as stock prices slid 0.8 percent, currency dealers and stockbrokers said.
Fri, 04 Dec 1998
Mitsui wins Aneka Tambang project
Mitsui wins Aneka Tambang project JAKARTA (JP): Japanese contractor Mitsui has come out as the preferred bidder in an international tender for the construction of the third ferronickel plant of state general mining company PT Aneka Tambang (Antam) in Pomalaa, South Sulawesi.