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Tue, 29 Feb 2000
Car emission levels to be checked for free
Car emission levels to be checked for free JAKARTA (JP): The city administration in cooperation with a Switzerland-based nongovernmental organization is to again carry out free street-side emission checks for private cars in the capital, an official said on Monday.
Tue, 29 Feb 2000
The men and women behind the President
The men and women behind the PresidentBy Kornelius Purba JAKARTA (JP): By all accounts Abdurrahman Wahid is no ordinary man. And he is also a president elected under extraordinary circumstances.This unique leader often discards traditional channels of information, sometimes leaving the public...
Tue, 29 Feb 2000
THAI ready for privatization
THAI ready for privatization BANGKOK (AFP): Thai Airways International (THAI) on Monday cleared the first hurdle on the road to its long-awaited privatization, receiving the green-light on plans to sell 400 million shares from the state enterprises policy committee, officials said.
Tue, 29 Feb 2000
Major TNI reshuffle announced
Major TNI reshuffle announced JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesian Military (TNI) announced on Monday another major reshuffle that included the promotion of Maj. Gen. Agus Wirahadikusumah, a progressive figure, as the Army Strategic Reserve Command (Kostrad) chief.
Mon, 28 Feb 2000
East Timorese and pro-RI militia hold secret talks
East Timorese and pro-RI militia hold secret talks SINGAPORE (AP): Groups who fought for East Timor's independence from Indonesia met secretly in Singapore on Sunday with representatives from pro-Jakarta militias to talk about reconciliation.
Mon, 28 Feb 2000
Syarwan set to clarify July 27 tragedy
Syarwan set to clarify July 27 tragedy JAKARTA (JP): Lt. Gen. (ret.) Syarwan Hamid, former chief of Indonesian Military's (TNI) now defunct socio-political affairs office, said he was ready to give his account of events surrounding the July 27 tragedy.
Mon, 28 Feb 2000
Aberdeen finds good value in RI firms
Aberdeen finds good value in RI firms SINGAPORE (Dow Jones): It might seem a bit contradictory that a fund management firm executives describe as a "conservative sort of Scottish house" is invested in Indonesia, one of Asia's most volatile markets.But Aberdeen Asset Management Asia Ltd.
Mon, 28 Feb 2000
'No price hike for medicines'
'No price hike for medicines' BANDUNG: Health Minister Achmad Sujudi said on Saturday the government had not considered price hikes for generic medicines and would maintain the Rp 500 billion subsidy for the drug."Poor people depend much on these medicines.
Mon, 28 Feb 2000
Anis retains IBF Intercontinental title
Anis retains IBF Intercontinental title JAKARTA (JP): Indonesian boxer Anis Roga retained his junior flyweight IBF Intercontinental title here on Sunday beating Prabpraam Klongphajon of Thailand in the sixth round with a technical knock out (TKO).
Mon, 28 Feb 2000
500 'becak' drivers to meet Gus Dur
500 'becak' drivers to meet Gus Dur JAKARTA (JP): Some 500 becak (pedicab) drivers will pedal to Merdeka Palace in Central Jakarta on Monday, demanding the President to help settle their dispute with city authorities.
Mon, 28 Feb 2000
APP settles row over machines
APP settles row over machines SINGAPORE (Dow Jones): Asia Pulp & Paper Co. Ltd. said Saturday it had settled disputes arising from proposals to buy two paper manufacturing machines from Beloit Corp., a subsidiary of Harnischfeger Industries Inc.
Mon, 28 Feb 2000
Search of missing people doubted
Search of missing people doubted BREBES, Central Java (JP): One more body was unearthed on Sunday in the landslide-struck village of Windu Sakti in Salem district here, amid doubts as to the continuation of the search operation.
Mon, 28 Feb 2000
S'pore investors have cold feet over RI
S'pore investors have cold feet over RI SINGAPORE (AP): For decades, Singapore's executives looked out of their sleek office towers and saw opportunity in the islands of Indonesia, happily investing in the sprawling and impoverished archipelago.
Mon, 28 Feb 2000
Executive women reveal secrets of their success
Executive women reveal secrets of their successBy Mehru Jaffer JAKARTA (JP): They might call themselves FEW, but the roles that they play are many. And the choices before them number even more, with to play golf or not to play golf being the least troublesome of them all.
Mon, 28 Feb 2000
Denial of service attacks reveal the Net's vulnerability
Denial of service attacks reveal the Net's vulnerabilityBy Zatni Arbi JAKARTA (JP): Did you have any problem surfing the Net or sending and receiving e-mail in the last two or three weeks? If you did, you were certainly not alone.
Mon, 28 Feb 2000
Where to go in Jakarta: Monday, Feb. 28, 2000
Where to go in Jakarta: Monday, Feb. 28, 2000Exhibitions * Documentation Exhibition: German-Indonesian Relations from the 16th to the 19th Century by the German Embassy, at Gedung Arsip Nasional, Jl.Gadjah Mada 111, Central Jakarta, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., until Feb. 29.
Mon, 28 Feb 2000
Labor murder probe to go on
Labor murder probe to go on SURABAYA: Chief of East Java Police Maj. Gen. Da'i Bachtiar said over the weekend it would take his office one month to investigate the alleged involvement of police and military personnel in the 1993 murder of labor activist Marsinah.
Mon, 28 Feb 2000
Musa backs bid for top posts
Musa backs bid for top posts KUALA LUMPUR (AFP): Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad and his preferred successor Abdullah Ahmad Badawi should face a contest for the top two ruling party posts in May, a veteran politician says.
Mon, 28 Feb 2000
Channeling people's aspirations
Channeling people's aspirationsFrom PelitaThe development of political activities is getting hotter. In all occasions the media are reporting on the prevailing conflicts which tend to benefit an individual or a group.
Mon, 28 Feb 2000
RP volcano leaves evacuees living on the edge
RP volcano leaves evacuees living on the edge LEGASPI, Philippines (AFP): Relief officials scrambled on Sunday to find ways to house and feed some 48,000 people evacuated from villages close to Mayon volcano as lava still trickled from the mountain.
Mon, 28 Feb 2000
Minister warns of influx of foreign doctors
Minister warns of influx of foreign doctors JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Health Achmad Sujudi warned that Indonesia could be inundated with foreign health practitioners with the start of the ASEAN Free Trade Area (AFTA) in 2003, if it does not improve the quality of its human resources and services in...
Mon, 28 Feb 2000
Soldier vs general over traffic dispute
Soldier vs general over traffic dispute BOGOR (JP): A low-ranking soldier threatened to shoot and amputate the legs of a retired two-star general and his son over a traffic dispute here on Friday evening.
Mon, 28 Feb 2000
Experts back new audit of Indorayon
Experts back new audit of IndorayonBy Berni K. Moestafa BOGOR, West Java (JP): Experts from the Bogor Institute of Agriculture supported a new audit of pulp and rayon firm PT Inti Indorayon Utama on Saturday, following a recent recommendation by the environment minister to close down its operations.
Mon, 28 Feb 2000
Nissho Iwai, Sinar Mas tie up
Nissho Iwai, Sinar Mas tie up TOKYO (Nikkei): Nissho Iwai Corp. will form a joint venture by April with Indonesia's Sinar Mas group and Commerce One Inc., a U.S. provider of e-commerce solutions, to set up Internet portals for paper and pulp, metals and other industrial sectors, according to the...
Mon, 28 Feb 2000
Expecting more sophisticated mobile communications services
Expecting more sophisticated mobile communications services JAKARTA (JP): The explosive growth in the use of cordless communications tools has seen billions of personal messages sent through mailboxes, answering machines, beepers and PCs across the world.
Mon, 28 Feb 2000
Irianese congress rejects 1969 plebiscite
Irianese congress rejects 1969 plebiscite JAYAPURA, Irian Jaya (JP): The first Papuan Congress ended on Saturday with a unanimous rejection of the 1969 plebiscite that incorporated the former Dutch territory into Indonesia.
Mon, 28 Feb 2000
Let TNI vote in polls, say observers
Let TNI vote in polls, say observers JAKARTA (JP): Observers suggested on Sunday that Indonesian Military (TNI) members be given the right to vote in general elections as compensation for their complete departure from politics after the 2004 polls.
Mon, 28 Feb 2000
State budget hangs in balance over dilemmatic fuel subsidy
State budget hangs in balance over dilemmatic fuel subsidyBy Reiner S JAKARTA (JP): The government is struggling to create a credible state budget as it attempts to accommodate political pressures that often move against economic rationale.
Mon, 28 Feb 2000
Authorities silent over endangered species sales
Authorities silent over endangered species sales JAKARTA (JP): Pramuka bird market in East Jakarta does not only sell birds, people can also procure rare animals from the traders through "black market" transactions.
Mon, 28 Feb 2000
Leap year fears might slow down stock trading
Leap year fears might slow down stock trading JAKARTA (JP) Fears of possible computer glitches on Feb. 29, the date of the extra day in the new millenium's first leap year, might slow down trading on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (JSX) this week, securities analysts say.
Mon, 28 Feb 2000
Taking a closer look at the role of the State Secretariat
Taking a closer look at the role of the State SecretariatThe all powerful State Secretariat is now seeing more democratic days, with all its shortcomings. The Jakarta Post interviewed lecturer in public administration Warsito Utomo from Yoygyakarta's Gadjah Mada University on the subject.
Mon, 28 Feb 2000
Bandung promotes recycled garbage
Bandung promotes recycled garbage BANDUNG: The provincial administration and the Indonesian Design Development Institute (LPDI) have set up six centers to recycle garbage over the past two months in a bid to develop home industries and provide employment opportunities.
Mon, 28 Feb 2000
RI forex reserves rise $286m
RI forex reserves rise $286m JAKARTA (JP): The country's net foreign exchange reserves rose by US$286 million to $16.81 billion in the week ending on Feb. 24.Bank Indonesia said in its weekly report on Saturday the increase was mainly due to a loan disbursement from the Asian Development Bank and...
Mon, 28 Feb 2000
S'pore, KL markets agree on CLOB shares
S'pore, KL markets agree on CLOB shares SINGAPORE (AFP): Singapore and Kuala Lumpur's stock exchanges have unlocked an impasse over frozen Malaysian shares worth billions of dollars, exchange officials said.
Mon, 28 Feb 2000
Blue Bird explains driver's dismissal
Blue Bird explains driver's dismissal JAKARTA (JP): The Morante taxi driver who plunged his car into a fountain at the House of Representatives compound last week was dismissed for damaging the vehicle, and not for the publicity stunt, his employer said on Saturday.
Mon, 28 Feb 2000
Bogor hotel destroyed by hundreds of locals
Bogor hotel destroyed by hundreds of locals BOGOR (JP): Mobs destroyed on Saturday night a hotel on Jl. Bogor Raya in Nanggewer village, Cibinong district, for allegedly housing "immoral activities".No fatalities were reported in the fray, but the incident led to heavy traffic congestion along the...
Mon, 28 Feb 2000
Local veterans shine in doubles matches
Local veterans shine in doubles matches JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesian pair of Bonit Wiryawan and Sulistyo Wibowo won the men's doubles title at the Men's Futures- 1 tennis tournament at the Kemayoran Tennis Center in Central Jakarta on Sunday.
Mon, 28 Feb 2000
Armed gang dressed as police sought for robbery
Armed gang dressed as police sought for robbery JAKARTA (JP): Bogor and Bekasi Police detectives are on the lookout for five armed men wearing police uniforms and driving a van with military license plates who made off with a container truck on Friday."We know all their identities.
Mon, 28 Feb 2000
State-appointed doctors to examine Soeharto
State-appointed doctors to examine Soeharto JAKARTA (JP): A team of doctors appointed by the Attorney General's office will visit former President Soeharto Monday morning to verify a medical report that the he is incapable of fulfilling a summons for questioning over his alleged corruption.
Mon, 28 Feb 2000
GPP chairman calls vandalism, theft of plantations 'alarming'
GPP chairman calls vandalism, theft of plantations 'alarming' BANDUNG (JP): Almost 6,000 hectares of plantation land in 32 separate locations in West Java has been vandalized and stolen over the last two years, an official said on Saturday.
Mon, 28 Feb 2000
ASEAN urged to aid in peace talks
ASEAN urged to aid in peace talks MAE SOT, Thailand (DPA): The new Karen National Union chairman, Saw Ba Thin Sein, would like to see the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) press the military government in Yangon to talk peace with the ethnic group, he said.
Mon, 28 Feb 2000
DLLAJ urges use of portable scales
DLLAJ urges use of portable scales JAKARTA (JP): While observing the continuing destruction of the city's streets, the City Traffic and Land Transportation Agency (DLLAJ) proposed on Friday the use of portable scales to interdict overloaded trucks operating on the streets.
Mon, 28 Feb 2000
President calls for common oil strategy
President calls for common oil strategy BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN (Agencies): Indonesian President Abdurrahman Wahid on Sunday, called for a common petroleum strategy among Southeast Asia's predominantly Muslim nations.
Mon, 28 Feb 2000
Mass grave in Aceh spoils peace hopes
Mass grave in Aceh spoils peace hopes BANDA ACEH, Aceh (JP): The return of peace remains a remote hope in the province after a village chief was shot dead in East Aceh, where locals in the remote village of Sijuek also found a mass grave.East Aceh Police chief Lt. Col.
Mon, 28 Feb 2000
Travel ban to Lombok lifted
Travel ban to Lombok lifted JAKARTA (JP): Four of the seven countries which recently banned their citizens from traveling to Lombok have lifted the bans following an improvement in the situation on the island.
Mon, 28 Feb 2000
West Bekasi seize marijuana, arrest two
West Bekasi seize marijuana, arrest two JAKARTA (JP): West Bekasi Police seized on Saturday 206 kilograms of dried marijuana with a street value of about Rp 412 million (US$54,940) from two suspected drug dealers in a housing complex.City police spokesman Lt. Col.
Mon, 28 Feb 2000
Heading off communist threat
Heading off communist threatFrom Pelita Mention of "communism" immediately causes trauma for Indonesians because of past saddening experiences, like the Sept. 30, 1965 Indonesian Communist Party attempted coup in which seven Army generals who met a gruesome death at the hands of party members.
Mon, 28 Feb 2000
Don't delay regional autonomy
Don't delay regional autonomyBy A. Tony Prasetiantono YOGYAKARTA (JP): There is an analogy between last year's two laws on regional autonomy and intergovernmental fiscal balances (Nos.22 and 25) and trade liberalization.
Mon, 28 Feb 2000
Civilian court suitable for Agus: Loebby
Civilian court suitable for Agus: Loebby JAKARTA (JP): Law expert Loebby Loqman suggested on Sunday that the military police allow drug suspect Second Lt. Agus Isrok to be tried in a civilian court.Loebby, a professor of law at the University of Indonesia, said the ongoing legal procedures carried...
Sun, 27 Feb 2000
'Pesta Bintang' attracts gifted children
'Pesta Bintang' attracts gifted children JAKARTA (JP): Nine-year old Panji cheerfully performed Elton John's I Just Can't Wait to be King taken from the soundtrack of the popular film Lion King.Another contender was Anes, whose crystal-like voice mesmerized members of the judging panel at the...