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Tue, 23 Feb 1999
Habibie's misdemeanors 'more stories' than Clinton's
Habibie's misdemeanors 'more stories' than Clinton's The supposed recording of a telephone conversation between President B.J. Habibie and the attorney general has drawn a mixed response, with Habibie's loyalists demanding an investigation and the pro-democracy activists deploring the content of...
Tue, 23 Feb 1999
Bank's negative spread may fall to zero this year
Bank's negative spread may fall to zero this year JAKARTA (JP): Bank Indonesia predicted that the negative spread which had been eroding banks' capital bases would decrease to zero this year, compared to an average of 27 percent last year.
Tue, 23 Feb 1999
Where to go in Bandung:
Where to go in Bandung:Exhibitions * Painting Exhibition: Owning Memory, Amanda Johnson (Australian), at Galeripadi, Jl. Ir. H. Juanda 329 (Phone: 022 2500578), until Feb. 25. * Photo Exhibition: Germany Advertisement Photograph in 1925- 1988, at Bandung Institute of Technology, Jl.
Tue, 23 Feb 1999
Singapore, Australia support U.S. presence in the region
Singapore, Australia support U.S. presence in the region SINGAPORE (AP): Top Singapore and Australian officials said on Monday that they welcomed a strong U.S. presence in the region, where the economic crisis has brought growing social and political turmoil.
Tue, 23 Feb 1999
Golkar vows to support antidiscrimination policies
Golkar vows to support antidiscrimination policies JAKARTA (JP): Five months after President B.J. Habibie instructed his administration's rank and file to scrap policies discriminating against Indonesians on the basis of ethnic origin the ruling Golkar party has taken up an agenda to draw in...
Tue, 23 Feb 1999
Scholarships for poor students
Scholarships for poor students JAKARTA (JP): Stichting Steun Schoolkinderen Indonesie, an organization which groups Indonesians living in the Netherlands, has given scholarships worth Rp 18.73 million (5,000 Dutch guilders) to 100 elementary school, junior high school and senior high school...
Tue, 23 Feb 1999
Results of June elections key to recovery: Summers
Results of June elections key to recovery: Summers JAKARTA (JP): U.S. Deputy Secretary of the Treasury Lawrence Summers said here on Monday that results of the general election in June and the progress of the economic reform plan are key to Indonesia's economic recovery.
Tue, 23 Feb 1999
ABRI back bid to ease tension in East Timor
ABRI back bid to ease tension in East Timor JAKARTA (JP): Armed Forces (ABRI) Commander Gen. Wiranto said here on Monday he would be sending military officers to join the National Commission on Human Rights visiting East Timor this week.
Tue, 23 Feb 1999
Marijuana growers turned in
Marijuana growers turned in PONTIANAK, West Kalimantan: Police found on Friday about 3,000 marijuana plants growing in the Sintang district of the Sungai Urak Forest area, West Kalimantan, Antara reported Monday.The crops were reportedly planted by residents on a 0.2- hectare plot and a 0.
Tue, 23 Feb 1999
Conversion Rates
Conversion Rates Bank Bali's conversion rates on Feb. 22, 1999: TT rates Bank notes rates Buying Selling Buying Selling Rp Rp Rp Rp U.S. dollar 1 8,850.00 8,950.00 8,850.00 9,000.00Australian dollar 1 5,603.75 5,762.85 5,590.00 5,840.00Austrian schilling 1 705.60 720.53 - -Belgian franc 1 242.
Tue, 23 Feb 1999
No shortcuts to corporate culture
No shortcuts to corporate cultureBy Rahayu Ratnaningsih This is the second of two articles on corporate culture. JAKARTA (JP): Corporate culture develops gradually. A committed leader can introduce and reinforce a new vision until it becomes intrinsic to an organization. There is no "quick fix".
Tue, 23 Feb 1999
RI Fed Cup team loses opener
RI Fed Cup team loses opener BANGKOK (Agencies): The Indonesian tennis team got off to a shaky start at the Federation Cup Asia-Oceania qualifying tournament here on Monday, losing to top seeded Chinese Taipei 1- 2 in their pool A match.
Tue, 23 Feb 1999
Bali starling flirts with extinction in the wild
Bali starling flirts with extinction in the wildBy Stevie Emilia JAKARTA (JP): Bali has long been famous for its natural beauty, but only few people know that the symbol of the island's fauna, the Bali starling, one of the world's rarest birds, has been on the verge of extinction in the wild for...
Tue, 23 Feb 1999
Military court convicts four more officers in Aceh
Military court convicts four more officers in Aceh JAKARTA (JP): A military court on Monday in Banda Aceh found four low-ranking Army officers guilty of battery that led to the death of five Lhokseumawe villagers in North Aceh, and of injuring scores of others last Jan. 9.Presiding Judge Lt. Col. P.
Tue, 23 Feb 1999
Political elite warned against playing dirty
Political elite warned against playing dirty JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Defense and Security/Armed Forces Commander Gen. Wiranto blamed political friction among the elite for much of the current unrest and said that those paying people to make trouble "would face the military".
Tue, 23 Feb 1999
House sees fiscal decentralization bill as too vague
House sees fiscal decentralization bill as too vague JAKARTA (JP): The House of Representatives asked for a clear- cut revenue-sharing formula to be included in the bill on fiscal balances between the central government and local administrations to ensure a fair distribution of income.
Tue, 23 Feb 1999
Oil and gas draft law draws mixed reactions
Oil and gas draft law draws mixed reactions JAKARTA (JP): The oil and gas draft law which will lift the decades-long monopoly held by state oil and gas company Pertamina has received a mixed reaction from analysts.
Tue, 23 Feb 1999
Last great wilderness gets the chop in Kalimantan
Last great wilderness gets the chop in KalimantanBy Fred Pearce LONDON: Loggers have torn through a "natural laboratory" the size of the Isle of Wight, wrecking the efforts of international researchers to monitor tropical peat-swamp forests.
Tue, 23 Feb 1999
City councilors ready to leave after poll
City councilors ready to leave after poll JAKARTA (JP): City councilors from the three factions said Monday that they are ready to relinquish their posts if they are not successful in the upcoming general election.
Tue, 23 Feb 1999
Two former Army members netted in police operation
Two former Army members netted in police operation JAKARTA (JP): Two ex-servicemen, believed to be members of a group of vehicle thieves operating in Central Jakarta, were arrested during a routine police operation on Sunday, an officer said.Central Jakarta Police chief Lt. Col.
Tue, 23 Feb 1999
Chinese boat shelters in Dili
Chinese boat shelters in Dili DILI, East Timor: Fifty-seven boat people from mainland China have been stranded since Thursday at the Dili port because of a mechanical failure in their vessel,Antara reported Monday."They were heading for New Zealand.
Tue, 23 Feb 1999
Man arrested for inciting people to acts of destruction
Man arrested for inciting people to acts of destruction JAKARTA (JP): Trisakti University students and residents along Jl. Pulo Mas Selatan in East Jakarta apprehended a man for attempting to incite people to commit destructive acts.Chief of campus security D.
Tue, 23 Feb 1999
Kashmir the key in India-Pakistan relations
Kashmir the key in India-Pakistan relationsBy Andrew Hill LAHORE, Pakistan (Reuters): A goodwill bus trip to Pakistan by India's prime minister has put relations between the world's newest nuclear states on a safer footing, but ties remain hostage to the 50-year dispute over Kashmir.
Tue, 23 Feb 1999
Australia, S'pore sign deal
Australia, S'pore sign deal SINGAPORE (DPA): Singapore and Australia have signed a wide- ranging deal on information technology valued at between S$40 and $50 million (US$24 30 million), Singapore television reports said on Monday.
Tue, 23 Feb 1999
MITI raises insurance premium for Indonesia
MITI raises insurance premium for Indonesia TOKYO (Dow Jones): The Ministry of International Trade and Industry will increase trade insurance premiums for Indonesia, Thailand and Malaysia on April 1, according to The Nihon Keizai Shimbun's Monday morning edition.
Tue, 23 Feb 1999
Myanmar to host heroin meeting
Myanmar to host heroin meeting YANGON (Reuters): Myanmar aims to show it is serious about drug suppression by hosting an international heroin conference organized by Interpol starting on Tuesday, but critics have called the choice of venue a bad joke.
Tue, 23 Feb 1999
Japan trade surplus rises, but eases against U.S.
Japan trade surplus rises, but eases against U.S. TOKYO (Reuters): Japan's overall trade surplus jumped in January from the same month a year ago but the surplus with the United States edged down slightly, easing fears that it could re- ignite a Japan-U.S. trade row.
Tue, 23 Feb 1999
Police apprehend three notorious truck robbers
Police apprehend three notorious truck robbers BOGOR (JP): Police arrested three members of a gang of notorious truck robbers who operate along the roads connecting Jakarta to cities in West Java and Central Java, an officer said here on Monday.The chief of the Bogor Police, Lt. Col.
Tue, 23 Feb 1999
Villagers want elephants blocked
Villagers want elephants blocked BANDAR LAMPUNG, Lampung: Some 200 residents from two districts in Central Lampung staged a protest at the Lampung administration office, demanding protection against wild elephants in the area, Antara reported Monday.
Tue, 23 Feb 1999
Losses on ship sales may put Soeharto-linked firm into red
Losses on ship sales may put Soeharto-linked firm into red SINGAPORE (Reuters): Energy transportation group Osprey Maritime Ltd, partly owned by former president Soeharto's family, will see weaker earnings for 1998, possibly slipping into the red, due to huge losses from the sale of two vessels,...
Tue, 23 Feb 1999
Malaysia readies for Sabah polls
Malaysia readies for Sabah polls KOTA KINABALU, Malaysia (AFP): The local assembly in the eastern Malaysian state of Sabah was dissolved on Monday for elections likely to prove the first test for the ruling coalition ahead of national polls.
Tue, 23 Feb 1999
KONI urged to reconsider bid for 2006 Asiad
KONI urged to reconsider bid for 2006 Asiad JAKARTA (JP): The country's bid to host its second Asian Games (Asiad) in 2006 has attracted its first controversy with State Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports Agung Laksono urging the National Sports Council (KONI) to reconsider the plan.
Tue, 23 Feb 1999
Fresh fighting breaks out between Serbs and Albanians
Fresh fighting breaks out between Serbs and Albanians PRISTINA, Serbia (AP): Serb forces backed by tanks battled ethnic Albanian rebels northwest of here Monday, while U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright pushed belligerents to accept a settlement to keep the Kosovo peace talks in France from...
Tue, 23 Feb 1999
DBS Bank eyes more Asian banks
DBS Bank eyes more Asian banks SINGAPORE (Reuters): Singapore's acquisitive DBS Bank plans to buy more Asian banks in a bid to build itself as a leading regional bank, vice president and chief executive officer John Olds said on Monday.
Tue, 23 Feb 1999
East Timor
East TimorFrom RepublikaIn trying to find a solution to the East Timor question, the government, in a recent Cabinet meeting on political and security affairs, made quite a shocking announcement to the effect that the Indonesian government is ready to drop the province from the Republic of...
Tue, 23 Feb 1999
Private vs public
Private vs public The phone-tapping scandal ensnaring the presidential palace complex has raised legal and ethical questions of interest not only to law-enforcement agents, but also to journalists. Was Panji Masyarakat news magazine at fault or unethical in printing the transcript of the purported...
Tue, 23 Feb 1999
Asian currencies battered as yen takes dive
Asian currencies battered as yen takes dive SINGAPORE (Dow Jones): Southeast Asian currencies were battered during Asian trading on Monday, after the Japanese yen dropped to its lowest level since the beginning of December.
Tue, 23 Feb 1999
'Gamma' weekly hits newsstands
'Gamma' weekly hits newsstands JAKARTA (JP): New publication Gamma hit the stands on Monday with 140,000 copies, featuring an exclusive interview with Lt. Gen. (ret.) Prabowo, the former chief of the Army Strategic Reserves Command.
Tue, 23 Feb 1999
More infants in Tangerang undernourished
More infants in Tangerang undernourished TANGERANG (JP): At least one infant has died of marasmus in Tangerang while seven others are suffering the effects of malnutrition and are receiving treatment at the Tangerang General Hospital.
Tue, 23 Feb 1999
Harawi's move to take over Bank Papan put on hold
Harawi's move to take over Bank Papan put on hold JAKARTA (JP): Bank Indonesia has not approved the recent move by the Harawi Sekawan Group to take over a majority stake in publicly listed Bank Papan Sejahtera.
Tue, 23 Feb 1999
Chee calls laws 'abuse of power'
Chee calls laws 'abuse of power' SINGAPORE (AFP): A Singapore opposition leader accused the ruling party on Monday of abusing power as he took the stand to defend himself against a second charge of giving an illegal public speech.
Tue, 23 Feb 1999
Bridgestone's new RI plant
Bridgestone's new RI plant TOKYO (Dow Jones): Bridgestone Corp. said on Monday it had started mass production at its second tire plant in Indonesia, which cost about Y12 billion to build.The Karawang plant, near Jakarta, makes radial tires for cars and light trucks; daily production capacity is...
Tue, 23 Feb 1999
147 parties now registered with Ministry of Justice
147 parties now registered with Ministry of Justice JAKARTA (JP): As of Monday, the last day for political parties to register, 147 parties had registered with the Ministry of Justice.Of these, 116 parties had gained corporate body status while the remaining 31 parties were given until Feb.
Tue, 23 Feb 1999
Stock Exchange
Stock ExchangeStock prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (in rupiah) on Feb.22, 1999: Shares Close Change Trading Volume ------------------------------------------------------- Ades Alfindo 375 0 500 AHAP Insurance 400 0 0 Alter Abadi 275 0 0 Alumindo Light Metal 325 25 210,000 Alumindo Perkasa 125...
Tue, 23 Feb 1999
LKMD chiefs targeted in telephone scam
LKMD chiefs targeted in telephone scam JAKARTA (JP): At least five chiefs of the capital's Village Resilience Boards (LKMD) have been targeted in a telephone scam informing them they were recipients of Kijang vans from the government.
Tue, 23 Feb 1999
Broadcast lapses affect sales
Broadcast lapses affect sales PEKANBARU, Riau: Electronic goods vendors complained over a sharp drop in antennae sales, which was attributed to broadcast disruptions from several television stations there, Antara reported Monday.
Tue, 23 Feb 1999
Probe into Semanggi incident criticized
Probe into Semanggi incident criticized JAKARTA (JP): The independent Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras) lashed out on Monday at the probe into the shooting of protesters at the Semanggi cloverleaf in Nov. 13, which killed 14, mostly students.
Tue, 23 Feb 1999
Claimants occupy Danau Bogor Raya
Claimants occupy Danau Bogor Raya BOGOR (JP): Some 30 people, claiming to be children and grandchildren of a man who died 64 years ago, are occupying a part of the vast Danau Bogor Raya housing complex at Tegal Harendong village of Cimahpar area here.
Tue, 23 Feb 1999
Honest and fair election
Honest and fair electionFrom RepublikaPresident B.J. Habibie is called a "transitional president" because he took over after former president Soeharto stepped down from office on May 21, 1998. He has also been the target of some unfavorable comments. Many, however, have praised and supported him.
Tue, 23 Feb 1999
Police widen probe into tapping
Police widen probe into tapping JAKARTA (JP): Police have extended the investigation into the recording of a conversation believed to be between President B.J. Habibie and Attorney General A.M. Ghalib, summoning television station employees and naming Habibie as a possible witness in a criminal...