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Wed, 18 Feb 1998
Forest fires
Forest fires I would like to refer to 'Haze from forest fires blankets areas in Riau', page 2, Feb. 16, 1998.I read The Jakarta Post every day because it is one of the most interesting and most straightforward newspapers of Indonesia.
Wed, 18 Feb 1998
Indonesia orders hundreds of diplomats home
Indonesia orders hundreds of diplomats home JAKARTA (JP): The monetary crisis has forced Indonesia to begin calling home at least 200 of its diplomats stationed abroad.Minister of Foreign Affairs Ali Alatas confirmed the plan after attending the Third Meeting of the Joint Commission on Economic and...
Wed, 18 Feb 1998
A forgotten disaster
A forgotten disaster Though publicity has been scant, another disaster, not monetary, has struck. This one has nothing to do with the rupiah exchange rate or a crises of confidence. El Nino is the scapegoat for indifference among authorities, an indifference all too common in the forestry business...
Wed, 18 Feb 1998
Sempati stops flights
Sempati stops flights JAKARTA (JP): Private airline Sempati Air will suspend flights to seven domestic and international destinations starting next month due to the economic crisis.Service will be discontinued temporarily on domestic routes to Ambon, Denpasar, Jayapura, Manado, Surakarta and...
Wed, 18 Feb 1998
Paid-up capital of banks
Paid-up capital of banksFrom Bisnis IndonesiaThe Bank Indonesia governor stated on Feb. 10 that the paid-up capital of banks would be Rp 1 trillion at the end of 1998, Rp 2 trillion at the end of 1999, and Rp 3 trillion at the end of 2003.
Wed, 18 Feb 1998
Three national shuttlers quit
Three national shuttlers quit JAKARTA (JP): Three national players Ardy B Wiranata, Alan Budikusuma and Hermawan Susanto have announced they will quit badminton.Ardy will train a United States national team while continuing his studies there.
Wed, 18 Feb 1998
BHP to sign RI contract
BHP to sign RI contract MELBOURNE (Reuters): The Broken Hill Pty Co Ltd (BHP) on Tuesday indicated it was close to signing a deal with the Indonesian government to step up feasibility work for the Gag Island nickel deposit.
Wed, 18 Feb 1998
RI may face dumping charge
RI may face dumping charge WASHINGTON (AFP): A U.S. trade body is to issue a preliminary ruling Thursday in a dispute over prices of imported canned mushrooms that could lead to substantial penalties on Chinese, Indonesian, Indian and Chilean exporters.
Wed, 18 Feb 1998
Kadin delegation leaves for Japan
Kadin delegation leaves for Japan JAKARTA (JP): An Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Kadin) delegation, led by its chairman Aburizal Bakrie, is leaving for Tokyo today to discuss the country's corporate foreign debt problem.
Wed, 18 Feb 1998
Rising drug prices blamed for drop in outpatients
Rising drug prices blamed for drop in outpatients JAKARTA (JP): The number of outpatients using state-run Cipto Mangunkusumo General Hospital, which is popular among low-income Jakartans, has dropped drastically.
Wed, 18 Feb 1998
Uzbekistan works with Ukraine
Uzbekistan works with Ukraine KIEV (DPA): Two former Soviet republics, Ukraine and Uzbekistan, are to sign a basic treaty on friendship and cooperation during the visit of Uzbekistan President Islam Karimov to Kiev starting today.
Wed, 18 Feb 1998
Monetary reform could pay divident
Monetary reform could pay dividentBy Peter Duncan JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia is about to embark on the most far- reaching monetary reform of its half century of existence as an independent nation. It is being discouraged from taking this step by an impressive array of conventional banking and business...
Wed, 18 Feb 1998
Pakistani jailed in heroin case
Pakistani jailed in heroin case JAKARTA (JP): A Pakistani man was sentenced yesterday to eight and a half months in jail and fined Rp 500,000 for being an accessory to an illegal drug transaction.Central Jakarta District Court presiding judge Suyatno said Ali Liquat, 35, knew of the transaction of...
Wed, 18 Feb 1998
BI governor Soedradjad replaced
BI governor Soedradjad replaced JAKARTA (JP): President Soeharto has removed Soedradjad Djiwandono from his post as central bank governor and appointed Sjahril Sabirin, a long time Bank Indonesia career officer, in his place, Minister/State Secretary Moerdiono said yesterday.
Wed, 18 Feb 1998
Driver strike hits Pandeglang
Driver strike hits Pandeglang PANDEGLANG, West Java: Dozens of buses were mobilized from government offices yesterday to ferry passengers left stranded by a massive strike by city bus drivers.Students and workers were those most affected by the strike organized to protest the dramatic rise in...
Wed, 18 Feb 1998
Crime and corruption as forms of business
Crime and corruption as forms of businessBy Mochtar Buchori JAKARTA (JP): It has been said that among gangsters, killing is just "business". It is something that has to be done for survival. As such, it should be done efficiently. A true gangster never kills in anger.
Wed, 18 Feb 1998
Timber companies to be reduced to 50 by 2003
Timber companies to be reduced to 50 by 2003 JAKARTA (JP): The government plans to consolidate the timber industry by reducing the number of forest concession holders from 437 to 50 within the next five years to boost efficiency, a minister said yesterday.
Wed, 18 Feb 1998
Dairy buys stake in Hero
Dairy buys stake in Hero LONDON (Reuters): Trade and retail group Dairy Farm International Holdings Ltd said yesterday it was paying $36.4 million for a stake in Indonesia's PT Hero super market chain.Dairy Farm, partially owned by Hong Kong's Jardine Matheson Holdings, said it had bought a bond...
Wed, 18 Feb 1998
Crisis could 'lead to widespread strikes'
Crisis could 'lead to widespread strikes' JAKARTA (JP): Unless properly addressed, the current economic crisis could spark widespread strikes that would threaten sociopolitical stability, labor activists warned yesterday.
Wed, 18 Feb 1998
Pawnshops doing big business as public seeks quick cash
Pawnshops doing big business as public seeks quick cash JAKARTA (JP): With no money to buy basic commodities and pay day still a week away, Tuti was at her wit's end.How could she get her hands on some cash? Go to the bank? Swallow her pride and borrow from a friend or relative?Instead, she chose...
Wed, 18 Feb 1998
Man gets 6 months for pot possession
Man gets 6 months for pot possession BOGOR (JP): The Bogor District Court sentenced Endah, alias Sapri, to six months in jail yesterday for possession of three marijuana cigarettes.Prosecutor Lukman said the 24-year-old defendant was guilty of violating Article 85 of Law No.
Wed, 18 Feb 1998
Kidney patients worried
Kidney patients worried UJUNGPANDANG, South Sulawesi (JP): Hundreds of local patients with kidney failure are in great danger because of the soaring cost of medical treatment, relatives said.They said that the price for dialysis had skyrocketed to between Rp 600,000 and Rp 1 million (US$67 to $111)...
Wed, 18 Feb 1998
Hun Sen accepts Japan's plan on ousted Ranariddh
Hun Sen accepts Japan's plan on ousted Ranariddh PHREK DACH, Cambodia (Reuters): Cambodian leader Hun Sen said yesterday he accepted a Japanese plan for resolving Cambodia's political deadlock, paving the way for the return of the co- premier he ousted last year, Prince Norodom Ranariddh.
Wed, 18 Feb 1998
Five drug dealers arrested for kidnapping
Five drug dealers arrested for kidnapping JAKARTA (JP): Police arrested five alleged drug dealers during a raid on a Central Jakarta house yesterday and rescued a woman who the group are believed to have kidnapped.City police spokesman Lt. Col. E.
Wed, 18 Feb 1998
More newsprint importers sought
More newsprint importers sought YOGYAKARTA (JP): The Association of Indonesian Newspaper Publishers (SPS) urged the government yesterday to facilitate the importation of newsprint because the current near-monopoly had taken an increasing toll on the press industry.
Wed, 18 Feb 1998
Soedradjad market-friendly and consistent
Soedradjad market-friendly and consistent JAKARTA (JP): Bank Indonesia Governor J. Soedradjad Djiwandono suddenly leaves his office as the country's economy is sinking due to the rupiah meltdown.Financial market players have reacted with surprise by President Soeharto's decision to sack Soedradjad...
Wed, 18 Feb 1998
Conversion Rates
Conversion Rates JAKARTA (JP): Bank Ekspor Impor Indonesia's (Bank Exim) indicative conversion rates on Feb. 17, 1998: Buying Selling Rp Rp U.S. dollar 1 9,000.00 11,500.00Austrian shilling 1 606.00 899.60Australian dollar 1 5,345.20 7,425.60Belgian franc 1 214.00 295.70Canadian dollar 1 5,559.
Wed, 18 Feb 1998
English course for Navy officers
English course for Navy officers JAKARTA (JP): Rear Admiral Abu Hanifah Hasanuddin, a personnel affairs assistant to the Navy commander, opened a nine-day English course for 11 of the Navy's high-ranking officers yesterday.
Wed, 18 Feb 1998
Monsoon forecast to end next month
Monsoon forecast to end next month JAKARTA (JP): The National Meteorology and Geophysics Agency has predicted that the rainy season will end next month.The head of the agency, Sri Diharto, told The Jakarta Post on Tuesday that the rainy season would peak this month in Jakarta and most parts of...
Wed, 18 Feb 1998
Spotlight
SpotlightPhoto A: MegawatiJP/leoMEET THE AMBASSADOR: U.S. Ambassador to Indonesia Stapleton Roy greets Megawati Soekarnoputri, the ousted leader of the Indonesian Democratic Party. She held a post Idul Fitri gathering at her residence on Monday last week.
Wed, 18 Feb 1998
Tunky urges PT Timor to review its business
Tunky urges PT Timor to review its business JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Industry and Trade Tunky Ariwibowo has urged PT Timor Putra Nasional to assess whether its business is still commercially feasible.Tunky said yesterday he has called on the car import company, which until last month had received...
Wed, 18 Feb 1998
KL and S'pore start anew
KL and S'pore start anew KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters): Malaysia and Singapore sought yesterday to bury old rivalries, agreeing to cooperate in the rescue of the region's reeling economies.Speaking at the end of a visit by Singaporean Premier Goh Chok Tong, Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad also said that...
Wed, 18 Feb 1998
Team given go ahead to probe sticker system
Team given go ahead to probe sticker system JAKARTA (JP): The city municipality has established a special team to conduct an in-depth study of the proposed sticker system, which is to replace the current three-in-one traffic regulation.Gubernatorial Decree No. 115/1998 dated Feb.
Wed, 18 Feb 1998
Habibie only needs Armed Forces' nod
Habibie only needs Armed Forces' nod JAKARTA (JP): B.J. Habibie only needs the Armed Forces' nod to make his vice presidential nomination a forgone conclusion after the country's 27 governors lined up behind him yesterday.
Tue, 17 Feb 1998
A loss of reason
A loss of reason In times of crisis base emotions often triumph over reason. For Indonesians, this age-old axiom is not hard to understand at this particular point in their history as a nation. It is, after all, a truism that explains the wave of unrest and rioting that has in the past weeks hit a...
Tue, 17 Feb 1998
Dalian, Pohang Steelers in semis
Dalian, Pohang Steelers in semis NINGBO, China (Reuters): A vital goal by Li Ming put Chinese champions Dalian into the semifinals of the Asian club cup on Sunday, despite a loss to Japan's Kashima Antlers in the final group match.
Tue, 17 Feb 1998
Clubs said to be at fault in collusion
Clubs said to be at fault in collusion JAKARTA (JP): Club officials should also share the blame for any collusion between referees and clubs, chief referee Djafar Umar says.Djafar, head of the referee commission for the Indonesian Soccer Federation (PSSI), said Sunday that club officials often...
Tue, 17 Feb 1998
Thailand has no plan to adopt currency board
Thailand has no plan to adopt currency board BANGKOK (Reuters): Thailand has no plan to establish a currency board and it is confident that the market can see the difference between economic problems facing the country and Indonesia, government spokesman Akapol Sorasuchart said yesterday.
Tue, 17 Feb 1998
Thai exporters cautious over Indonesia
Thai exporters cautious over Indonesia BANGKOK (Reuters): Escalating problems in Indonesia, a major importer of Thai rice and sugar, has unnerved Thai exporters, industry sources said yesterday.Indonesia has so far delayed a relatively small shipment of rice and committed to sugar purchases.
Tue, 17 Feb 1998
Yemeni state visit
Yemeni state visit JAKARTA (JP): Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh is scheduled to arrive here Thursday for a four-day state visit.Minister/State Secretary Moerdiono said the main purpose of the visit was to strengthen bilateral relations between the two countries.
Tue, 17 Feb 1998
Govt to continue fuel subsidy for the poor
Govt to continue fuel subsidy for the poor JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Mines and Energy I.B. Sudjana said yesterday the government would continue subsidizing fuels used by the poor to prevent them from suffering large price increases.
Tue, 17 Feb 1998
Rare buffaloes endangered
Rare buffaloes endangered KENDARI, Southeast Sulawesi: The population of rare buffaloes in Southeast Sulawesi has continued to decline because of illegal hunting and logging, an official said."The dwindling population of Southeast Sulawesi buffaloes should be seen as a catastrophe," a spokesman for...
Tue, 17 Feb 1998
Conversion Rates
Conversion Rates Jakarta (JP): Bank Ekspor Impor Indonesia's (Bank Exim) indicative conversion rates on Feb.16, 1998: Buying Selling Rp Rp U.S. dollar 1 8,500.00 11,500.00Austrian shilling 1 620.30 914.60Australian dollar 1 5,453.30 7,526.30Belgian franc 1 218.90 300.50Canadian dollar 1 5,701.
Tue, 17 Feb 1998
Seven killed in landslide
Seven killed in landslide WONOSOBO, Central Java: A land slide triggered by incessant rain killed at least seven people, seriously injured another five and wrecked four houses Saturday, a report said yesterday.
Tue, 17 Feb 1998
Wiranto installed, Prabowo promoted
Wiranto installed, Prabowo promoted JAKARTA (JP): New Indonesian Armed Forces Commander Gen. Wiranto vowed to get tough on any attempts to disrupt national development yesterday.Wiranto also warned the nation that certain groups wanted to manipulate the current economic hardship to endanger...
Tue, 17 Feb 1998
Moslem youths protest hoarding
Moslem youths protest hoarding TANGERANG (JP): At least 40 Moslem youths flocked to Tangerang mayoralty's office yesterday to protest the municipality's sluggish response to the rising prices of basic staple foods, partly due to hoarding.
Tue, 17 Feb 1998
RI imports more Australian wheat
RI imports more Australian wheat SYDNEY (Reuters): A new deal for Australian wheat with Indonesia, even though the country remains one of Asia's hardest- hit economies, brightened an otherwise threatened and dreary Australian grains market last week.
Tue, 17 Feb 1998
Crisis and expats
Crisis and expats After reading the Sunday edition of The Jakarta Post I was relieved to learn that somebody has finally discovered who is responsible for recent problems in the Indonesian economy. The expatriate workers, of course.
Tue, 17 Feb 1998
TV today
TV todayTVRI 2:00 p.m. News: Berita 14 2:30 My Country 2:35 Children's Film: The Big Valley 3:10 Teenager's Program: Remaja Indonesia 3:35 Music: Lagu Pop Daerah 4:30 Science and Technology 5:00 English Lessons 5:30 Documentary 6:00 Nusantara, The Beloved Country 6:15 Village Program 6:45 TVRI News...
Tue, 17 Feb 1998
Rupiah weakens in response peg and riots
Rupiah weakens in response peg and riots JAKARTA (JP): The rupiah again crossed the 10,000 barrier against the U.S. dollar yesterday on growing international concern over a fixed exchange rate plan for the currency and spreading riots.