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Sun, 22 Mar 1998
French flair flavours 'Paris of the Orient'
French flair flavours 'Paris of the Orient'By Wang Su Tiak JAKARTA (JP): While artists around the world may look to the Orient as a source of creative inspiration, oriental art and architecture itself draws stimulation from a multiplicity of cultural influences.
Sun, 22 Mar 1998
Shall I not?
Shall I not? Shall I notCome to youOn a dark nightWhen it is rainingA Bogor rain? Shall I not lookInto your eyeswhen they are moistWith love? Shall I not speakThe music of my heartWhen your footstepsSound on wet pavement? Shall I not liftA finger to touchResounding chordsIn your heart? Shall I not...
Sun, 22 Mar 1998
Shooting association seeks tax exemption for bullets
Shooting association seeks tax exemption for bullets JAKARTA (JP): Chairman of the Indonesian Shooting Association (Perbakin) Sutiyoso urged the government yesterday to consider classifying imported bullets and other shooting materials as exempt from taxes.
Sun, 22 Mar 1998
Spotlight
SpotlightPhoto A: PoetJP/leoWINNING POET: Poet Sutardji Calzoum Bachri (left) and Jakarta Governor Sutiyoso hold aloft the Chairil Anwar Award. Sutardji received the award, which was organized by the Jakarta Art Council, Friday night at Taman Ismail Marzuki in Central Jakarta.
Sun, 22 Mar 1998
Don't expect power to sap Hasan's brashness
Don't expect power to sap Hasan's brashnessBy Devi M. Asmarani JAKARTA (JP): When he accepted the immense task of becoming the new industry and trade minister, Mohamad (Bob) Hasan subjected himself to fresh brouhaha on top of his already controversial persona.
Sun, 22 Mar 1998
Sidewalk 'literature' functions as alternative reading
Sidewalk 'literature' functions as alternative readingBy A. Ariobimo Nusantara JAKARTA (JP): The domino effect of soaring print paper prices is increasingly being felt now, particularly in book publication circles.
Sun, 22 Mar 1998
Putu offers intrigue, greed to the masses
Putu offers intrigue, greed to the masses JAKARTA (JP): Intrigue has always inspired one of Indonesia's foremost writers and theater icons, Putu Wijaya, to create award- winning works. But nothing inspires him more than society's problems.
Sun, 22 Mar 1998
Geuzenprize for Pakpahan
Geuzenprize for Pakpahan The Indonesian Prosperous Labor Union has announced that the Netherlands' Stichting Geuzenverzet foundation awarded Muchtar Pakpahan the prestigious Geuzenprize. Some background information was published in a newspaper article, which needs some clarification.
Sat, 21 Mar 1998
Students involved in labor project
Students involved in labor project BOGOR (JP): The head of Bogor village development agency, Tasbi Hadi, has said that 12 students from the Bogor Institute of Agriculture had participated in labor intensive projects run by his office.
Sat, 21 Mar 1998
Shipping company accused of trying to cover up accident
Shipping company accused of trying to cover up accident JAKARTA (JP): A local shipping company in Kendari, Southeast Sulawesi, has finally been forced to admit that it delayed reporting an accident involving one of its ships in which eight crewmen went missing.
Sat, 21 Mar 1998
PSSI bans eight referees for fixing soccer matches
PSSI bans eight referees for fixing soccer matches JAKARTA (JP): The All-Indonesian Soccer Federation (PSSI) banned yesterday eight referees for between seven and 10 years as its crackdown on match-fixing stepped up another gear.
Sat, 21 Mar 1998
Where to go in Jakarta:
Where to go in Jakarta:Exhibitions * Art Exhibition: The Winning Entries of The ASEAN Essay, Photo, and Poster Competitions at 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. (except Saturday and Sunday), the ASEAN Secretariat, Jl. Sisingamangaraja 70A, South Jakarta, until April 30.
Sat, 21 Mar 1998
Stock Exchange
Stock ExchangeStock prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (in rupiah) on March 20, 1998: Shares Close Change Trading Volume ------------------------------------------------------------- Ades Alfindo 725 0 0 AHAP Insurance 500 0 0 Alter Abadi 600 50 132,000 Alumindo Light Metal 375 25 1,703,500...
Sat, 21 Mar 1998
Plaza Indonesia celebrates its 8th anniversary
Plaza Indonesia celebrates its 8th anniversary JAKARTA (JP): Plaza Indonesia, one of the city's major shopping and leisure attractions, began its 8th anniversary celebrations yesterday with eight activities, eight days of fashion parades and eight days of sales.
Sat, 21 Mar 1998
RI faces daunting Thomas Cup task
RI faces daunting Thomas Cup task JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia will face a daunting task in defending its Thomas Cup badminton championship trophy in Hong Kong in May due to a weakened singles team, coach Indra Gunawan said yesterday.
Sat, 21 Mar 1998
World champ Patmawati may miss Asiad
World champ Patmawati may miss Asiad JAKARTA (JP): Indonesian world women's weightlifting champion Patmawati is likely to miss the 13th Asian Games due to a chronic shoulder injury, a medical official said yesterday.
Sat, 21 Mar 1998
Pertamina to shut cracker
Pertamina to shut cracker SINGAPORE (Reuters): Indonesia's state oil company Pertamina will shut down its 22,500 barrels-per-day hydrocracker at its Balikpapan refinery for a month from mid-April for maintenance, industry sources said yesterday.
Sat, 21 Mar 1998
Trading of ozone-depleting substances banned
Trading of ozone-depleting substances banned JAKARTA (JP): The government has banned the import, production and sale of 22 ozone-depleting items, the Ministry of Industry and Trade announced yesterday.Former minister of industry and trade Tunky Ariwibowo signed two decrees Jan.
Sat, 21 Mar 1998
Govt's decision on minimum wages set for next week
Govt's decision on minimum wages set for next week JAKARTA (JP): The government will announce its decision on the much-awaited minimum wage rise after a meeting with the National Wage Council here next Tuesday, a senior official from the Ministry of Manpower said yesterday.
Sat, 21 Mar 1998
Conversion Rates
Conversion Rates JAKARTA (JP): Bank Ekspor Impor Indonesia's (Bank Exim) indicative conversion rates on March 20, 1998: Buying Selling Rp Rp U.S dollar 1 9,000.00 11,000.00Austrian shilling 1 635.00 847.80Australian dollar 1 5,593.00 6,993.00Belgian franc 1 224.40 279.00Canadian dollar 1 5,977.
Sat, 21 Mar 1998
Students stage more protests
Students stage more protests JAKARTA (JP): A string of major student protests were held in a number of cities yesterday, but security was notably more lax than for previous days of demonstrations.On the campus of Lampung University in Bandarlampung -- where students and riot police clashed and 60...
Sat, 21 Mar 1998
Tutut leads campaign to ease crisis' impact
Tutut leads campaign to ease crisis' impact JAKARTA (JP): New Minister of Social Services Siti Hardijanti Rukmana led yesterday a limited ministerial meeting to develop both immediate and long-term plans to deal with the social impact of the monetary crisis.
Sat, 21 Mar 1998
Worker's pay
Worker's pay I have just come back from Brebes, Central Java. There I witnessed a lot of people who were working in the framework of intensive labor program being given salaries ranging from Rp 2,500 to Rp 3,000. What surprised me was that about 50 percent of the workers were fictitious.
Sat, 21 Mar 1998
Basic needs
Basic needsFrom RepublikaIn the present uncertain situation, many in the community are hoping that the government will take concrete measures to speedily and carefully normalize the economy. We know that things needed by the public at present include foodstuffs, medicine, educational supplies and...
Sat, 21 Mar 1998
Govt to impose 5% tax on forex buying
Govt to impose 5% tax on forex buying JAKARTA (JP): The government will impose, starting Monday, a new 5 percent tax on foreign exchange purchases by individuals or legal entities, according to the Ministry of Finance.
Sat, 21 Mar 1998
Selling logs overseas less profitable
Selling logs overseas less profitable JAKARTA (JP): Few timber companies have sold logs to the international market despite the government's recent decision to ease log export restrictions, a minister said yesterday.
Sat, 21 Mar 1998
Soeharto inaugurates Semen Gresik's plant
Soeharto inaugurates Semen Gresik's plant JAKARTA (JP): President Soeharto officially inaugurated PT Semen Gresik's third cement plant in Tuban, East Java from his Bina Graha office in Jakarta.Semen Gresik president Urip Timuryono said the new plant will increase the company's cement production...
Sat, 21 Mar 1998
Communication breakdown
Communication breakdown When the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) wound up its General Session 10 days ago, many people had hoped that the protests which had been taking place on various campuses throughout the country would also end.
Sat, 21 Mar 1998
Lack of green areas concerns new minister
Lack of green areas concerns new minister JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Forestry and Plantation Sumahadi expressed concern yesterday over the limited number of green areas in the city."Jakarta is supposed to have large areas dedicated to recreation and sports...
Sat, 21 Mar 1998
RI foreign currency ceilings cut
RI foreign currency ceilings cut HONG KONG (Reuters): Moody's Investors Service said yesterday it had downgraded Indonesia's foreign currency ceilings for bonds and notes to B3 from B2.It also cut the foreign currency ceiling for bank deposits to Ca from Caa1.
Sat, 21 Mar 1998
122 plaintiffs still locked up, lawsuit stalled
122 plaintiffs still locked up, lawsuit stalled JAKARTA (JP): Hearings on lawsuits brought against the city police at South Jakarta District Court were postponed yesterday because the police failed to release the 122 plaintiffs from detention.
Sat, 21 Mar 1998
Resilience council line-up reshuffled
Resilience council line-up reshuffled JAKARTA (JP): President Soeharto has removed Widjojo Nitisastro from the position of secretary-general of the Economic and Monetary Resilience Council, a body set up to oversee the implementation of the country's economic reform program.
Sat, 21 Mar 1998
Foreign universities
Foreign universitiesFrom MerdekaThe media reported recently on the possibility of foreign universities establishing themselves in Indonesia. There are pros and cons to this. Fuad Hasan, a former minister of education and culture, has spoken against it. He has even shown a law that prohibits it.
Sat, 21 Mar 1998
RI urged to take concrete steps to raise confidence
RI urged to take concrete steps to raise confidence WASHINGTON (Reuters): Indonesia must take "constructive steps" to increase confidence and promote stability, U.S. Deputy Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers said yesterday.
Sat, 21 Mar 1998
Garbage piles in C. Jakarta
Garbage piles in C. Jakarta JAKARTA (JP): Central Jakarta mayoralty is facing a shortage of refuse collection trucks, leaving up to 2,700 cubic metres of refuse on the city's streets each month, an official has said.M.
Sat, 21 Mar 1998
Japan banks reject rescheduling request
Japan banks reject rescheduling request TOKYO (Reuters): Japan's major banks have rebuffed a request by Indonesian Vice President B.J. Habibie asking them to reschedule his country's private-sector debt, banking sources said yesterday.
Sat, 21 Mar 1998
Bus firms should 'educate' drivers
Bus firms should 'educate' drivers JAKARTA (JP): Bus companies and owners are responsible for educating their drivers about road safety, a senior official said yesterday.The head of City Land Transportation Agency (DLLAJ), J.P.
Sat, 21 Mar 1998
RI must brace for debt-for-nature scheme
RI must brace for debt-for-nature scheme JAKARTA (JP): An environmentalist has expressed hope that Indonesia will be included in a U.S. "debt-for-nature swap" scheme in which developing countries' debts are written off if they are found to be committed to protecting their rain forests.
Sat, 21 Mar 1998
Stock prices up 2.5% on renewed market optimism
Stock prices up 2.5% on renewed market optimism JAKARTA (Agencies): Stock prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (JSX) rebounded yesterday, gaining 2.5 percent on renewed market optimism that the International Monetary Fund (IMF) would soon release its second US$3 billion tranche in financial aid,...
Sat, 21 Mar 1998
'Rising stars' take over ABRI strategic positions
'Rising stars' take over ABRI strategic positions JAKARTA (JP): Three "rising stars" took over the leadership of the Armed Forces (ABRI) strategic positions in two simple ceremonies yesterday.Lt. Gen. Fachrul Razi, Lt. Gen. Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and Lt. Gen.
Sat, 21 Mar 1998
About 500,000 Indonesians infected with TB annually
About 500,000 Indonesians infected with TB annually JAKARTA (JP): Around 500,000 Indonesians are infected every year with tuberculosis and an estimated 175,000 die because their illness goes undetected, according to an official.Hadi M.
Sat, 21 Mar 1998
Villagers cure rash with iodine
Villagers cure rash with iodine CILACAP, Central Java: Dozens of villagers in Cipari subdistrict had to use iodine to cure their skin rashes due to a shortage of medicine in the regency.The skin rash spread in Cipari following heavy floods that affected nine other villages early this week.
Sat, 21 Mar 1998
Three foreigners die in house fire
Three foreigners die in house fire KUALA LUMPUR (AP): A fire broke out yesterday at a home in Petaling Jaya, 10 kilometers west of the capital, killing three foreign workers, an official report said.Killed in the blaze were Mohd.
Sat, 21 Mar 1998
Cheap, nutritious meals for laborers
Cheap, nutritious meals for laborers TANGERANG (JP): The Tangerang administration has set aside Rp 270 million ($27,000) to open cheap food stalls for the poor, especially factory workers, during the economic crisis.
Sat, 21 Mar 1998
IMF approves subsidies and Bulog's existence
IMF approves subsidies and Bulog's existence JAKARTA (JP): The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has approved of Indonesia's plans to continue subsidizing imports of essential commodities and to maintain the State Logistics Agency (Bulog).
Sat, 21 Mar 1998
Chuan defends govt in censure debate
Chuan defends govt in censure debate BANGKOK (AP): Prime Minister Chuan Leekpai defended his government in a censure debate yesterday against allegations that his efforts to lift Thailand out of the worst economic crisis in decades showed heartlessness to the poor.
Sat, 21 Mar 1998
IMF misjudgment fuels food riots
IMF misjudgment fuels food riotsBy David Ray The following article is an excerpt from a paper presented at the recent Crisis in East Asia conference held in Sydney and Melbourne. SYDNEY (JP): That Indonesia is facing its worst economic crisis in three decades has been well documented recently in...
Sat, 21 Mar 1998
French film festival
French film festival JAKARTA (JP): The French Embassy is holding a Francophone Film Festival and a competition entitled Allons en France '98 to mark the International Day of Francophonie.The festival, which opened yesterday and will close tomorrow, is showing five films at the Pusat Perfilman Usmar...
Sat, 21 Mar 1998
Rupiah ends 8.3% higher against dollar
Rupiah ends 8.3% higher against dollar JAKARTA (Agencies): The Indonesian rupiah ended 8.3 percent higher against the U.S. dollar yesterday amid strong rumors on currency trading floors in Singapore that Jakarta was set to impose a tax on dollar purchases, dealers said.
Sat, 21 Mar 1998
Traders sell cheap paper to students
Traders sell cheap paper to students PURWOKERTO, Central Java: More than 4,300 reams of office paper were sold Thursday at a 40 percent discount to university students."It is better to have good relation with them rather than to be the target of their demonstrations," said Memen, one of the 18...