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Sat, 28 Feb 1998
RI, NZ to boost trade ties
RI, NZ to boost trade ties JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia and New Zealand have agreed to promote private sector trade between each other and increase economic cooperation.The agreement was a result of the first meeting of the New Zealand-Indonesia Economic Cooperation Joint Commission, which was held here...
Sat, 28 Feb 1998
Two condo project workers plummet to their deaths
Two condo project workers plummet to their deaths JAKARTA (JP): Two workers have fallen to their deaths in North and East Jakarta over the last three days.Madekan, 40, died after falling from the 14th floor to the 13th floor in a condominium project in Ancol in North Jakarta early yesterday, while...
Sat, 28 Feb 1998
History repeated
History repeated Politics is the art of possibility but in Indonesia it has more often appeared as the agony of frustration.The feeling is seemingly shared by most of the voters in last year's general election, who pinned their hopes for political reform on the changes promised by contestants from...
Sat, 28 Feb 1998
Nissan recycles
Nissan recycles TOKYO: Nissan plans to recycle 90 percent of parts from scrapped cars, on a weight basis, for new models introduced in and after 2000.The plan is based on an initiative drawn up last year by the Ministry of International Trade and Industry, aiming to raise the recycling ratio to 90...
Sat, 28 Feb 1998
Harjanto made German consul
Harjanto made German consul SURABAYA (JP): The government of Germany has appointed Indonesian Harjanto Tjokrosetio as its honorary consul here, in a bid to improve economic and cultural relations between the European power and East Java.
Sat, 28 Feb 1998
Student rallies at campuses not wrong: Sjafrie
Student rallies at campuses not wrong: Sjafrie JAKARTA (JP): The city military commander, Maj. Gen. Sjafrie Sjamsoeddin, said yesterday that staging rallies at campuses was not wrong but he encouraged students to make their protests through the appropriate channels.
Fri, 27 Feb 1998
Kids may suffer in care of unqualified maids
Kids may suffer in care of unqualified maidsBy Eileen McBride JAKARTA (JP): Three-year-old Louise climbs on to the diving board at the deep end of the swimming pool, ignoring the remonstrances of her maid.Both Louise and her maid cannot swim, yet the toddler blithely jumps into the pool.
Fri, 27 Feb 1998
Dialysis patients suffer in crisis
Dialysis patients suffer in crisisBy Haryoso SEMARANG (JP): Wiryono, a 35-year-old civil servant suffering from kidney failure, was stunned into silence recently on finding out that he would now have to pay Rp 115,000 (US$12.75) for each of his twice weekly dialysis sessions.
Fri, 27 Feb 1998
Indonesia not to import fuel in March
Indonesia not to import fuel in March SINGAPORE (Reuters): Indonesia will not import any fuel oil for March arrival after failing to buy any cargoes for February, industry sources said on Thursday."Indonesia is not buying any fuel oil March.
Fri, 27 Feb 1998
Broke asthmatic found hanging
Broke asthmatic found hanging KENDAL, Central Java: An asthmatic man was found hanging in his kitchen after complaining his acute illness had made him penniless and miserable.Karimin Susanto, 42, was found by his son in the kitchen at 1 a.m.
Fri, 27 Feb 1998
Conversion Rates
Conversion Rates Jakarta (JP): Bank Ekspor Impor Indonesia's (Bank Exim) indicative conversion rates on Feb. 26, 1998: Buying Selling Rp Rp U.S. dollar 1 8,500.00 11,000.00Austrian shilling 1 559.60 848.70Australian dollar 1 4,976.60 7,053.80Belgian franc 1 197.60 279.10Canadian dollar 1 5,231.
Fri, 27 Feb 1998
ABN still eying Indonesia cautiously
ABN still eying Indonesia cautiously AMSTERDAM (Reuters): Dutch bank ABN AMRO said yesterday its only major concern in Asia was its exposure in Indonesia, but that it believed it had made sufficient provisions to cover any losses there.
Fri, 27 Feb 1998
IMF, WB to provide help in private debt issues
IMF, WB to provide help in private debt issues JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia will receive technical assistance from the IMF, World Bank and the Asian Development Bank in handling its corporate foreign debt problems, an Indonesian debt official has said.
Fri, 27 Feb 1998
Privilage for old tourists
Privilage for old tourists JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia will allow elderly foreign tourists to stay in the country up to one year, a senior government official has said.Director General of Tourism Andi Mappisameng said Wednesday the government was finalizing a presidential decree on the plan.
Fri, 27 Feb 1998
IMF may allow CBS after reforms
IMF may allow CBS after reforms SINGAPORE (AFP): The International Monetary Fund (IMF) may allow a currency board in Indonesia once reforms earlier mandated by the fund are implemented by the government, an official said yesterday.
Fri, 27 Feb 1998
Flooding hits 120 villages
Flooding hits 120 villages BLORA, Central Java: Major floods have inundated 124 villages in Bojonegoro and Blora bordering East Java, officials said yesterday.No fatalities were reported. The floodwater, which was as high as 70 centimeters in the worst-hit areas, came from the overflowing Bengawan...
Fri, 27 Feb 1998
City administration to enact bylaw on injection wells
City administration to enact bylaw on injection wells JAKARTA (JP): The city administration is to introduce a new bylaw on injection wells to help stave off a water crisis in Jakarta, Governor Sutiyoso said yesterday.
Fri, 27 Feb 1998
Soeharto innaugurates new container terminal in Koja
Soeharto innaugurates new container terminal in Koja JAKARTA (JP): President Soeharto yesterday inaugurated the country's most modern container terminal, controlled by his youngest son Hutomo Mandala Putra, in Koja, North Jakarta.
Fri, 27 Feb 1998
Sudjana calls on OPEC to meet over oil prices
Sudjana calls on OPEC to meet over oil prices JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Mines and Energy I.B. Sudjana, who is also the president of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), has called for an emergency OPEC meeting to address decreasing oil prices.
Fri, 27 Feb 1998
ASEAN customs officials start tariff talks in Jakarta
ASEAN customs officials start tariff talks in Jakarta JAKARTA (JP): Senior customs officials from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) began a two-day meeting here yesterday to discuss further steps to harmonize tariffs in the region.
Fri, 27 Feb 1998
Public expressions 'restricted'
Public expressions 'restricted' On Monday, three women were detained for 24 hours in Jakarta after they protested soaring food prices. Elsewhere in Indonesia, over one hundred people were held after rioting in various towns.
Fri, 27 Feb 1998
No excuses, please
No excuses, please Surprise might have been pleaded as a mitigating factor last year when the region was smothered for over three months in a mixture of smoke and chemicals as the forests of Kalimantan and Sumatra blazed away.
Fri, 27 Feb 1998
Sutiyoso declares an end to Bendi Park issue
Sutiyoso declares an end to Bendi Park issue JAKARTA (JP): Governor Sutiyoso announced yesterday the dispute between the city and a developer over the removal of trees from Bendi park in South Jakarta had been resolved after the firm apologized and promised to replant the trees.
Fri, 27 Feb 1998
Tangerang court jails 14 people for killing
Tangerang court jails 14 people for killing TANGERANG (JP): The local district court sentenced 14 men to between one year and four years in jail Wednesday for the manslaughter of a man in Cijantra village, Legok, here.
Fri, 27 Feb 1998
KONI awaits report from PSSI on collusion scandal
KONI awaits report from PSSI on collusion scandal JAKARTA (JP): The National Sports Council has said it would wait for reports from the All-Indonesian Soccer Federation's (PSSI) investigating team on collusion between referees and clubs during last year's Indonesian league.
Fri, 27 Feb 1998
Asian currencies in limbo ahead of Jakarta meeting
Asian currencies in limbo ahead of Jakarta meeting SINGAPORE (Reuters): Asian currencies were firm against the U.S. dollar but the market was trapped in limbo yesterday ahead of an ASEAN finance ministers meeting in Jakarta on Friday."The market is almost at a standstill.
Fri, 27 Feb 1998
9-day school holiday during MPR sessions
9-day school holiday during MPR sessions JAKARTA (JP): The city office of the Ministry of Education and Culture has granted private and public, elementary, junior and senior high school students a nine-day vacation, which coincides with the General Session of the People's Consultative Assembly...
Fri, 27 Feb 1998
Rotary Club helps 50th harelip case
Rotary Club helps 50th harelip case JAKARTA (JP): Rotary Club Jakarta's Menteng branch celebrated funding its 50th operation on people with harelips in Mandarin Oriental Jakarta yesterday, pledging to continue the social mission.
Fri, 27 Feb 1998
Two commit suicide by hanging
Two commit suicide by hanging JAKARTA (JP): Two young people hanged themselves in their homes over the past five days, raising the toll from suicides to 11 this year.Neighbors found Tri Hendrianto, 27, a resident of Kemayoran, Central Jakarta, hanging by a piece of cloth in a bathroom at 4:30 a.m.
Fri, 27 Feb 1998
Proposal to MPR
Proposal to MPR Starting March 1, 1998, the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR), Indonesia's highest political body, will hold a General Session to set the State Policy Guidelines and elect a president and vice president for the 1998/2003 term.
Fri, 27 Feb 1998
Seven-year itch
Seven-year itch In 1991, I bought a Bank Tabungan Negara (BTN) house at Reni Jaya Lama through the method of "debtor transfer". I fulfilled all the obligations regarding the purchase of the house. The handover document is numbered 138/Dok/Bgr/Spspk/1991 and signed by Ratimin and Subarna.
Fri, 27 Feb 1998
Police face lawsuit over improper detention
Police face lawsuit over improper detention JAKARTA (JP): R.O. Tambunan from Lawyers for the Defense of Indonesian Democracy (TPDI) said yesterday he would sue the city police for the improper detention of 123 people involved in a protest over soaring prices in South Jakarta on Feb. 11.
Fri, 27 Feb 1998
Free debate in VP choice
Free debate in VP choice The crisis of confidence in the Indonesian government is mainly because its executive does not talk and listen to the people. As the House of Representatives tries to improve its image by working more actively in finding solution to problems facing the country, new...
Fri, 27 Feb 1998
Rallies are natural in democracy: Edi
Rallies are natural in democracy: Edi JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Defense and Security Edi Sudradjat responded positively yesterday to growing calls for economic and political reform and the recent spate of demonstrations against soaring prices.
Fri, 27 Feb 1998
Students stage massive protest in several cities
Students stage massive protest in several cities JAKARTA (JP): With the General Session of the People's Consultative Assembly only three days away, students across Java staged demonstrations yesterday to press their demands for lower prices and political reform.
Fri, 27 Feb 1998
Indonesian firm cancels cotton imports due to crisis
Indonesian firm cancels cotton imports due to crisis SYDNEY (Reuters): An Indonesian cotton mill has canceled a contract for the purchase of about 10,000 tons of Australian cotton from Namoi Cotton Co-operative Ltd.
Fri, 27 Feb 1998
Few RI exports benefit from GSP
Few RI exports benefit from GSP JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia's exporters have not fully benefited from the United States' General System of Preferences (GSP) facilities, the director general of foreign trade, Djoko Moeljono, has said.
Fri, 27 Feb 1998
Fire destroys 177 houses
Fire destroys 177 houses SAMARINDA, East Kalimantan: A fire razed 177 houses and buildings in a slum area of Loa Janan Ilir early yesterday, the second such destructive conflagration the province in less than a month.
Fri, 27 Feb 1998
Where to go in Jakarta:
Where to go in Jakarta:Exhibitions * Art Exhibition: Visions From Maninjau, at Kinara Kinari Gallery, Jl. Kemang Raya 114, South Jakarta (phone 7180939), until Feb. 28. * Fine Arts Exhibition: Identitas Mengambang by Aminudin Siregar, Nandang Gawe, Dodi Rosadi, Dikdik Sayahdikumullah, Heru Hikayat,...
Fri, 27 Feb 1998
Multipolar sues Wal-Mart Inc. for $98.8 million
Multipolar sues Wal-Mart Inc. for $98.8 million JAKARTA (JP): Publicly listed retailer PT Multipolar Corporation is suing its U.S. partner, retail giant Wal-Mart Store Inc. and its executives, for financial losses worth US$98.8 million for improper business practices.
Fri, 27 Feb 1998
IBF fears for sponsorship amid crisis
IBF fears for sponsorship amid crisis JAKARTA (JP): The International Badminton Federation (IBF) vice chairman, Justian Suhandinata, has said that he hopes sponsors will not withdraw from the Thomas and Uber Cups to be held in Hong Kong in May.
Fri, 27 Feb 1998
Teater Utan Kayu reels in local film lovers
Teater Utan Kayu reels in local film loversBy Devi M. Asmarani JAKARTA (JP): For some people, art is among the top of their needs. Nothing is more satisfying to them than an inspiring piece of literature, a stimulating play or a profound film.
Fri, 27 Feb 1998
Stock Exchange
Stock ExchangeStock prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (in rupiah) on Feb. 26, 1998: Shares Close Change Trading Volume ------------------------------------------------------ Ades Alfindo 675 0 45,000 AHAP Insurance 400 0 0 Alter Abadi 575 0 0 Alumindo Light Metal 300 0 728,500 Alumindo Perkasa...
Fri, 27 Feb 1998
Message from the Publisher
Message from the Publisher More than a month ago The Jakarta Post implemented several cost-efficiency measures -- including the reduction of the number of pages of the newspaper from 16 to 12 -- to cut financial losses caused by shrinking advertising revenue and rising newsprint prices.
Fri, 27 Feb 1998
Foreign interference
Foreign interference After testifying in the U.S. Congress on Jan. 30, I gave an interview to a reporter from The Jakarta Post, repeating some of the points in my testimony. I was surprised to find those comments criticized by my friend General Sayidiman in a column in these pages a few days ago.
Fri, 27 Feb 1998
House approves budget with reservations
House approves budget with reservations JAKARTA (JP): The House of Representatives approved the 1998/1999 budget yesterday with some reservations over the weak rupiah and falling crude oil prices.The House also approved changes made to the current budget, which produced a surplus of Rp 456.
Fri, 27 Feb 1998
New warning issued on MPR disruptions
New warning issued on MPR disruptions JAKARTA (JP): Leaders of the People's Consultative Assembly factions issued fresh warnings to their members yesterday against expressing dissent by interrupting the body's General Session next week.Golkar chairman Harmoko, Armed Forces faction leader Lt. Gen.
Fri, 27 Feb 1998
Soeharto, Habibie must be given a chance: Amien
Soeharto, Habibie must be given a chance: Amien JAKARTA (JP): Moslem leader Amien Rais called on the nation yesterday to give Soeharto and B.J. Habibie a fair chance to end the economic crisis after they are elected president and vice president respectively next month.
Fri, 27 Feb 1998
The road to nowhere
The road to nowhere It has been a bad week for the contractors assigned to build the city's triple tier transit system. They have committed two blunders, and that before the massive project even begins.
Fri, 27 Feb 1998
JSX books slight gain in moderate trade
JSX books slight gain in moderate trade JAKARTA (JP): Prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (JSX) improved fractionally yesterday in moderate trading after losing ground the previous two days.But securities brokers said the general mood remained bearish as investors were still confused by the...