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Sat, 10 Feb 2001
Mulyo accepts PBSI offer to coach Taufik until May
Mulyo accepts PBSI offer to coach Taufik until May JAKARTA (JP): Former national coach Mulyo Handoyo accepted an offer by the Badminton Association of Indonesia (PBSI) to coach world number four Taufik Hidayat until the World Championships.
Sat, 10 Feb 2001
KL palm oil closes lower in tight range
KL palm oil closes lower in tight range KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters): Malaysian palm oil futures ended lower on Friday but were off the day's lows, helped by short covering interest, traders said.Prices were trapped in a tight range as the market looked for a clear direction.
Sat, 10 Feb 2001
Malaysia's Malay talks a tussle for core support
Malaysia's Malay talks a tussle for core supportBy Patrick Chalmers KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters): Malaysia's main Malay-based parties are inching towards wide-ranging talks as they indulge in preliminary sparring for control of their shared political heartland ahead of a general election in 2004.
Sat, 10 Feb 2001
S'pore minister to sign US$7b deal in Indonesia
S'pore minister to sign US$7b deal in Indonesia SINGAPORE (AFP): Singapore Minister for Trade and Industry George Yeo will make a four-day visit to Indonesia starting Sunday to drum up new investment opportunities, the government said Friday.
Sat, 10 Feb 2001
A power grab cloaked in moralism
A power grab cloaked in moralismBy John Roosa JAKARTA (JP): One reason for the continuing volatility in Indonesian politics resides in the fact that the legislature, almost from the moment it elected Abdurrahman Wahid as President, has been frenetically busy trying to find some pretext for...
Sat, 10 Feb 2001
Danamon, SPU sign new deal
Danamon, SPU sign new deal JAKARTA (JP): The publicly listed PT Bank Danamon signed on Friday a cooperation agreement with the state-owned credit guarantor Perum Sarana Pengembangan Usaha (SPU) to help the former in lending to cooperatives, and small and medium-scale enterprises (SMEs).
Sat, 10 Feb 2001
Search continues for missing helicopter
Search continues for missing helicopter PURWAKARTA, West Java (JP): The fate of three crew members of a N-Bell 412 helicopter which went missing on a flight from Semarang to Bandung remained unclear on Friday, with rescue workers stepping up the search in a 30-kilometer radius, from Rendeh Cikalong...
Sat, 10 Feb 2001
Megawati calls on media to help calm
Megawati calls on media to help calm SURAKARTA, Central Java (JP): Vice President Megawati Soekarnoputri asked the national media on Friday to create a favorable political climate through constructive reporting "to help bring the country out of the prolonged crisis".
Sat, 10 Feb 2001
BI officials to be named suspects over loan scam
BI officials to be named suspects over loan scam JAKARTA (JP): Three of Bank Indonesia's senior officials will soon be investigated over their alleged role in the abuse of the Rp 144.5 trillion (US$15 billion) bank liquidity support facility during the country's deepening financial crisis in the...
Sat, 10 Feb 2001
Residents attack hotel
Residents attack hotel JAKARTA (JP): Over 100 angry residents of Kebon Manggis subdistrict in East Jakarta threw rocks and bottles at the nearby Hotel Mega Matra on Jl. Matraman Raya on Friday evening.There were no reports of serious damage or fatalities.
Sat, 10 Feb 2001
Balinese enriched old Jakarta
Balinese enriched old JakartaBy Ida Indawati Khouw The city of Batavia, now Jakarta, was known as a melting pot of various ethnic groups. However, for various reasons, most of the ethnic identities have disappeared. The 73rd article on old Jakarta looks into the history of the Balinese here.
Sat, 10 Feb 2001
Dissolving the DPR is ridiculous
Dissolving the DPR is ridiculous The suggestion by Wimanjaya K. Liotohe DPR should be dissolved published in The Jakarta Post on Feb. 5, 2001 is unthinkable to me. The idea is not only ridiculous but outrageous and unconstitutional.
Sat, 10 Feb 2001
APP woes not over despite payment
APP woes not over despite payment HONG KONG (Dow Jones): Although Indonesia's PT Tjiwi Kimia managed to meet an interest payment missed last week, bond market observers say liquidity problems for its parent, the U.S.-listed Asia Pulp and Paper Company Ltd., aren't yet over.
Sat, 10 Feb 2001
Nasdaq board to examine IPO
Nasdaq board to examine IPO BOMBAY (Reuters): The U.S. Nasdaq stockmarket has set up a board committee to examine plans for an initial public offering and expects a decision later this year, Nasdaq vice chairman Alfred R Berkeley told Reuters Television on Friday.
Sat, 10 Feb 2001
Tower owner 'must pay compensation'
Tower owner 'must pay compensation' JAKARTA (JP): The owner of a billboard structure on Jl. S. Parman, West Jakarta, which was knocked down by strong wind and incessant rain on Thursday should compensate the victims, a city official said on Friday.
Sat, 10 Feb 2001
Dunkin' Donuts is 'halal'
Dunkin' Donuts is 'halal'From Media IndonesiaIn reply to some questions of Mr. H. Jendang Muljaya of Cempaka Putih, Jakarta, which were written in Media Indonesia, Jan. 15, 2001 we deem it necessary to give the following explanation:With regards to Fatwa MUI (a binding ruling in religious matters...
Sat, 10 Feb 2001
BI has sufficient forex reserves to defend rupiah
BI has sufficient forex reserves to defend rupiah JAKARTA (JP): Bank Indonesia Governor Sjahril Sabirin emphasized on Friday that if necessary, the central bank would intervene in the currency market by selling dollars to help stabilize the rupiah during the current political instability.
Sat, 10 Feb 2001
Thaksin becomes Thailand's 23rd prime minister
Thaksin becomes Thailand's 23rd prime minister BANGKOK (AFP): Billionaire businessman Thaksin Shinawatra was formally installed as Thailand's 23rd prime minister on Friday, more than a month after his Thai Rak Thai party scored an historic election victory.
Sat, 10 Feb 2001
Better to dissolve RT/RW
Better to dissolve RT/RWFrom Warta KotaReferring to a recent Warta Kota report Repetition of election of village council members, I am concerned with the fate and dignity of neighborhood community boards (RT/RW) which were blamed by Jakarta Administration officials for mistakes they did not make.
Sat, 10 Feb 2001
Telkom to market its VoIP facility in March
Telkom to market its VoIP facility in March JAKARTA (JP): Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP), a facility allowing people to make long distance calls at local rates, should become available in Jakarta and Surabaya next month, according to a partner of PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia (Telkom).
Sat, 10 Feb 2001
PRSI hires Rumanian coach for water polo
PRSI hires Rumanian coach for water polo JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesian Swimming Federation (PRSI) has hired Rumanian Paul Nikulesku to coach the water polo team ahead of the Kuala Lumpur Southeast Asian (SEA) Games in 2001.
Sat, 10 Feb 2001
Former pro-Anwar leader fined
Former pro-Anwar leader fined KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters): A former vice-president of a party supporting jailed Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim was found guilty on Friday of inciting racial discord in a speech during the 1999 general election campaign, her lawyer said.
Sat, 10 Feb 2001
Gus Dur calls for patience
Gus Dur calls for patience PASURUAN, East Java (JP): President Abdurrahman Wahid told members of the Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) and his supporters here on Friday to stop their destructive acts, exercise restraint and try to understand the process of democracy.
Sat, 10 Feb 2001
FSPC approves debt restructuring for four companies
FSPC approves debt restructuring for four companies JAKARTA (JP): The Financial Sector Policy Committee (FSPC) has approved the debt restructuring of three companies proposed by the Jakarta Initiative Task Force (JITF), and one company proposed by the Indonesian Bank Restructuring Agency (IBRA).
Sat, 10 Feb 2001
Attorney General's Office threatened
Attorney General's Office threatened JAKARTA (JP): The city police bomb squad combed the compound of the Attorney General's Office on Friday following a bomb threat by telephone.The female caller told Gunawan, a staffer at the South Jakarta Prosecutor's Office, at 10:40 a.m.
Sat, 10 Feb 2001
Vandalism in East Java
Vandalism in East JavaFrom Rakyat MerdekaIn view of the escalation in the political tension at home, the Central Executive Board of the Muhammadiyah Students' Association (IMM) issues herewith a call for wisdom and a statement of the organization's stance as follows:1.
Sat, 10 Feb 2001
Where to go in Jakarta:
Where to go in Jakarta:Exhibitions * Painting Bramasto's Collections 1939-1996, Gallery Twilite Cafe, Jl. Kemang Raya No. 24A, South Jakarta (Phone: 7194270), until Feb. 28. * Comic and Animation Week, Pusat Perfilman H. Usmar Ismail, Jl. Rasuna Said, Kuningan, South Jakarta, until Feb. 16.
Sat, 10 Feb 2001
PRD accuses Akbar of defamation
PRD accuses Akbar of defamation JAKARTA (JP): The Democratic People's Party (PRD) filed a police complaint on Friday against chairman of the Golkar Party, Akbar Tandjung, and its deputy chairman, Mahadi Sinambela, for accusing PRD of being behind the vandalism of Golkar offices in East Java.
Sat, 10 Feb 2001
Floods displace 18,000 people across Jakarta
Floods displace 18,000 people across Jakarta JAKARTA (JP): As many as 18,000 people were forced to flee on Thursday and Friday when floods struck their homes in various neighborhoods across Jakarta on Friday.
Sat, 10 Feb 2001
Payment card for retailers launched
Payment card for retailers launched JAKARTA (JP): Consumer goods distributor PT Wicaksana Overseas International launched a Visa card that allows customers to settle their bills from their mobile phones.
Sat, 10 Feb 2001
Quake diplomacy may ease Indo-Pakistan tension
Quake diplomacy may ease Indo-Pakistan tensionBy M.V. Balaji NEW DELHI (DPA): It took a devastating earthquake before Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee and Pakistani Chief Executive Gen. Pervez Musharraf spoke to each other on the telephone for the first time.
Sat, 10 Feb 2001
RI to propose oil output cut
RI to propose oil output cut JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources Purnomo Yusgiantoro reiterated on Friday that Indonesia would propose a cut of between 1.5 million and 2 million barrels a day in oil output by the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC).
Sat, 10 Feb 2001
Gunadarma invites seven Grand Masters
Gunadarma invites seven Grand Masters JAKARTA (JP): The University of Gunadarma has invited seven Grand Masters (GMs) to take part in the Wotulo Memorial Cup chess tournament to be held here from March 20 to March 31.
Sat, 10 Feb 2001
City's trees prone to uprooting in rain and stormy weather
City's trees prone to uprooting in rain and stormy weather JAKARTA (JP): Trees in the capital are vulnerable to uprooting by strong winds and rain because they are aging plants that have been transplanted from other areas, a city official said on Friday.
Sat, 10 Feb 2001
The Golkar backlash
The Golkar backlash Growing calls to outlaw the Golkar Party may seem justifiable given the ghastly record it accrued while ruling the country for 32 years, but they have come too little and too late. To many people, Golkar remains a stigma from the New Order regime, but the fact that it has...
Sat, 10 Feb 2001
Political, economic observers ask Gus Dur to step down
Political, economic observers ask Gus Dur to step down JAKARTA (JP): As the National Police and the Attorney General's Office study the report on President Abdurrahman Wahid's alleged involvement in the two financial scandals, calls have mounted that the President step down and allow Vice President...
Sat, 10 Feb 2001
El Paso takes over RP firms
El Paso takes over RP firms MANILA (Dow Jones): East Asia Power Corp. said on Friday it ceded assets as well as control over two of its power companies to El Paso Philippines Energy Co. as payment for a total $60.89 million in loans.
Sat, 10 Feb 2001
Army will remain loyal to the government: Endriartono
Army will remain loyal to the government: Endriartono JAKARTA (JP): Army Chief of Staff Gen. Endriartono Sutarto said on Friday that the Army would remain loyal to the government and not let anybody topple the national leadership by unconstitutional means."The nation's interests are paramount.
Sat, 10 Feb 2001
Batam technically already free trade zone: BIDA
Batam technically already free trade zone: BIDA JAKARTA (JP): Batam island has technically become a free trade zone although the law which will formalize its status as such is still being prepared, chief of the Batam Industrial Development Authority (BIDA) Ismeth Abdullah said.
Sat, 10 Feb 2001
Bangka-Belitung officially declared 31st province
Bangka-Belitung officially declared 31st province JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Home Affairs and Regional Autonomy Surjadi Soedirdja officially inaugurated Bangka-Belitung as the country's 31st province on Friday, and installed Amur Muchasim as the province's acting governor.
Sat, 10 Feb 2001
100 stateless people seek Indonesian citizenship
100 stateless people seek Indonesian citizenship JAKARTA (JP): More than 100 stateless people in the Tegal Alur slum in Cengkareng, West Jakarta, have appealed to the government to grant them Indonesian citizenship.
Sat, 10 Feb 2001
Minister Lopa vows to instill sense of justice
Minister Lopa vows to instill sense of justice JAKARTA (JP): Newly sworn Minister of Justice and Human Rights Baharuddin Lopa vowed on Friday to instill a sense of justice in all matters related to his office, include the country's courts.
Sat, 10 Feb 2001
Harassment by immigration officials
Harassment by immigration officials It seems that things are getting worse, much worse, in certain areas of the Indonesian bureaucracy. And the immigration department seems to be the worst of all. Virtually every expatriate of my acquaintance has a "horror" story to tell, while more and more...
Sat, 10 Feb 2001
RP prosecutor issue writs for more Estrada accounts
RP prosecutor issue writs for more Estrada accounts MANILA (Agencies): Corruption investigators ordered on Friday the local unit of U.S. lender Citibank NA to surrender records of deposits of ousted Philippines leader Joseph Estrada, who faces a barrage of lawsuits.
Sat, 10 Feb 2001
Stock Exchange
Stock ExchangeStock prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (in rupiah) on Feb. 9, 2001: Shares Close Change Trading Volume ------------------------------------------------------------- Ades Alfindo 1,800 -50 71,000 Adindo Foresta Indonesia 130 5 35,000 Alakasa Industrindo 190 0 0 Alfa Retailindo 975...
Sat, 10 Feb 2001
New tremors spark brief panic in India quake zone
New tremors spark brief panic in India quake zone BHUJ, India (Reuters): A series of fresh tremors struck fear into the hearts of thousands living in India's earthquake-ravaged western state of Gujarat overnight, but officials said they appeared to have caused little damage.
Fri, 09 Feb 2001
Legal battle involving Golkar, NU and PKB starts
Legal battle involving Golkar, NU and PKB starts JAKARTA (JP): The simmering political battle being waged both in the corridors of power and in the streets moved into the legal arena on Thursday as the Golkar Party filed a police complaint over the vandalizing of its offices while, at the same...
Fri, 09 Feb 2001
Probe into rogue officers involvement in shooting continues
Probe into rogue officers involvement in shooting continues AMBON, Maluku (JP): A second Military Police fact-finding team on Thursday continued the investigation into the alleged involvement of 14 members of the police and military in inciting unrest by shooting at troops who were trying to quell...
Fri, 09 Feb 2001
Preliminary talks held on Malay unity summit
Preliminary talks held on Malay unity summit KUALA LUMPUR (AP); Officials from Malaysia's ruling party and its largest opposition group met on Thursday for the first time in 15 years for preliminary talks on how to bridge rifts between ethnic Muslim Malays, the country's largest and predominant...
Fri, 09 Feb 2001
Singapore, Malaysia should boost ASEAN image: Goh
Singapore, Malaysia should boost ASEAN image: Goh SINGAPORE (AFP): Singapore and Malaysia should work to produce "some good news" for Southeast Asia, whose image has been frayed by political turmoil in key countries, Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong said.