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Thu, 22 Mar 2001
ADB poverty loan not linked to IMF program: Official
ADB poverty loan not linked to IMF program: Official JAKARTA (JP): Asian Development Bank (ADB) Indonesia representative Jan Van Heeswijk said on Wednesday that its loan for poverty reduction would not be linked to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) reform program.
Thu, 22 Mar 2001
Government to sell MAS stake
Government to sell MAS stake KUALA LUMPUR (Dow Jones): Finance Minister Daim Zainuddin said the government may sell a stake in Malaysian Airline System Bhd. to foreign partners to strengthen the company, the national Bernama news agency reported Wednesday.
Thu, 22 Mar 2001
Banpol officers to carry weapons
Banpol officers to carry weapons JAKARTA (JP): Governor Sutiyoso on Wednesday inaugurated 1,923 police assistants, or Banpol, noting that some would be equipped with tear-gas pistols."They are equipped with weapons to defend themselves against being mobbed," Sutiyoso said after inspecting the...
Thu, 22 Mar 2001
The water woes of Tepus village
The water woes of Tepus villageBy Asip A. Hasani GUNUNG KIDUL, Yogyakarta (JP): The alleys were muddy and the half a day of downpour turned streets into small waterways.This scene in the village of Tepus, some 25 kilometers from the district of Wonosari, does not give the impression that the same...
Thu, 22 Mar 2001
Indonesia's Pancasila democracy exists in name only
Indonesia's Pancasila democracy exists in name only Achdiat Karta Mihardja, one of Indonesia's best-known writers who now lives in Canberra, talked to The Jakarta Post's contributor Dewi Anggraeni recently about leadership in Indonesia.
Thu, 22 Mar 2001
APP units restructure debts
APP units restructure debts JAKARTA/HONG KONG (Reuters): Two Indonesian units of embattled Asia Pulp & Paper (APP) are restructuring $3.8 billion in debt in an apparent attempt to accelerate what could be the biggest emerging market corporate debt restructuring.
Thu, 22 Mar 2001
Ancol scam may affect Sutiyoso's accountability
Ancol scam may affect Sutiyoso's accountability JAKARTA (JP): Governor Sutiyoso is risking a loss of confidence in the upcoming City Council plenary session to hear his accountability speech for dismissing the City Inspectorate's recommendation to remove two senior officials over the Ancol scandal,...
Thu, 22 Mar 2001
Bottled water a lucrative business
Bottled water a lucrative businessBy Soeryo Winoto JAKARTA (JP): Before the 1970s, no one had ever thought that selling drinking water would become a lucrative business in this archipelagic country.In those days, for people living in urban areas, drinking water meant the clean and consumable water...
Thu, 22 Mar 2001
'Nyepi,' the right time for self-contemplation
'Nyepi,' the right time for self-contemplation DENPASAR, Bali (JP): Unlike the Gregorian New Year celebrated worldwide in a festive mood highlighted by glittering firecrackers, bustling sounds of trumpets and other musical instruments, the Balinese Hindu's Saka Lunar New Year, or Nyepi, which falls...
Thu, 22 Mar 2001
Art is freedom for young artist Shawnee
Art is freedom for young artist ShawneeBy Aendra H. Medita JAKARTA (JP): It's an unusual, startling self-portrait, where nothing is plainly visible in terms of form as the artist offers only the power of colors, composition and firm lines.
Thu, 22 Mar 2001
Thumbs up to Gus Dur
Thumbs up to Gus DurFrom Bisnis IndonesiaI am not a member of the National Awakening Party (PKB), which President Abdurrahman Wahid helped found prior to his assuming the presidency, but I have been moved to give a thumbs up to the President for his magnanimity in taking denouncement prompted by a...
Thu, 22 Mar 2001
Stock quotations on JSX
Stock quotations on JSXStock prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (in rupiah) on March 21, 2001: Shares Close Change Trading Volume --------------------------------------------------------------- Ades Alfindo 1,525 -25 277,500 Adindo Foresta 95 5 155,500 AGIS 175 5 2,395,500 Alakasa 140 0 0 Alfa...
Thu, 22 Mar 2001
Wayan Candra dedicates his life to making 'Ogoh-Ogoh'
Wayan Candra dedicates his life to making 'Ogoh-Ogoh'By I Wayan Juniarta DENPASAR, Bali (JP): The weeks preceding the annual celebration of Nyepi, the Hindu Day of Silence, are usually be the busiest time of the year for 49-year-old artist Wayan Candra of Sesetan village, Denpasar.
Thu, 22 Mar 2001
Maluku leader dies of gunshot wounds
Maluku leader dies of gunshot wounds AMBON, Maluku (JP): A Maluku community leader Agus Wattimena of the predominantly-Christian Kuda Mati area died on Tuesday night, residents and officials said on Wednesday.
Thu, 22 Mar 2001
Victim of train accident dies
Victim of train accident dies JAKARTA (JP): One of the 20 passengers injured in Monday's train accident died on Tuesday due to serious head wounds.Spokesman for state railway company PT Kereta Api Indonesia (KAI) Zainal Abidin said on Wednesday that the man, Teddy Hernanda, 20, an East Jakarta...
Thu, 22 Mar 2001
Tension still grips Kuala Kapuas town
Tension still grips Kuala Kapuas town JAKARTA (JP): Tension still gripped the town of Kuala Kapuas in Central Kalimantan on Wednesday as arsonists razed dozens of houses."We have arrested five people in connection with the fire and three of them have been brought in for intensive questioning," Adj.
Thu, 22 Mar 2001
Abda'oe detained for alleged role in oil scam
Abda'oe detained for alleged role in oil scam JAKARTA (JP): State prosecutors detained former president of state oil and gas company Pertamina Faisal Abda'oe on Wednesday for his alleged role in a corruption case related to a company partly owned by a son of former president Soeharto, Bambang...
Thu, 22 Mar 2001
The constitutional game
The constitutional game Hardly a day goes by without one or more of our top politicians invoking the Constitution in the power struggle among the country's political elite. The basic law, or the UUD 1945, is increasingly looking more like a tool to attack opponents, or to defend one's action or...
Thu, 22 Mar 2001
Higher office or higher service?
Higher office or higher service?By Donna K. Woodward MEDAN, North Sumatra (JP): Abdurrahman Wahid's presidency is all but history, thanks mostly to his own stubborn refusal to accept criticism or advice.
Thu, 22 Mar 2001
Rupiah problems purely political: Ex-IMF director
Rupiah problems purely political: Ex-IMF director SINGAPORE (Dow Jones): The beleaguered Indonesian rupiah's problems are purely "political" and there is little that the country's central bank can do to shore up the currency, former International Monetary Fund Director Hubert Neiss said Wednesday.
Thu, 22 Mar 2001
Japan to maintain ASEAN investments: JBIC
Japan to maintain ASEAN investments: JBIC MANILA (AFP): Japanese firms are unlikely to scale down their investments in Southeast Asia despite an economic slowdown at home, the Japanese Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) said on Wednesday.
Thu, 22 Mar 2001
'Gus Dur to resign if proven guilty'
'Gus Dur to resign if proven guilty' JAKARTA (JP): President Abdurrahman Wahid is prepared to resign if proven to have violated the Constitution, defense minister Mahfud M.D. said on Wednesday."The President does not object to being criticized, being censured or even being asked to resign if the...
Thu, 22 Mar 2001
Serpong blast linked to X-mas bombings: Forum
Serpong blast linked to X-mas bombings: Forum JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesian Forum for Peace (FID) revealed on Wednesday that the bombing of a railroad track in Serpong, about 30 kilometers from the city on Monday, was likely linked to the Christmas Eve blasts that rocked Jakarta and other regions in...
Thu, 22 Mar 2001
Where to go in Bali: Thursday, March 22, 2001
Where to go in Bali: Thursday, March 22, 2001Exhibitions * Painting by Titin Hartini, Seniwati Gallery of Art by Women, Jl. Sriwedari 2b, Banjar Taman, Ubud (Phone: 0361 975485), 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., until March 24.
Thu, 22 Mar 2001
Deputy chief justice Taufiq denies abusing his power
Deputy chief justice Taufiq denies abusing his power JAKARTA (JP): Supreme Court Deputy Chief Justice Taufiq has denied charges by the Indonesian Corruption Watch (ICW) that he abused his power by ordering the seizure of money from a state company to compensate a private company for losses.
Thu, 22 Mar 2001
ADB provides US$1.7m for banking supervisory agency
ADB provides US$1.7m for banking supervisory agency JAKARTA (JP): The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will provide US$1.7 million in technical assistance to help the government set up a new independent Financial Services Supervisory Institution (FSSI), according to the bank's Indonesia representative...
Thu, 22 Mar 2001
House endorses 11 new KPU members
House endorses 11 new KPU members JAKARTA (JP): The House of Representatives (DPR) endorsed on Wednesday 11 new members of the General Elections Commission (KPU) who are expected to be installed by President Abdurrahman Wahid in the near future.
Thu, 22 Mar 2001
Oil prices under pressure
Oil prices under pressure SINGAPORE (Reuters): Oil prices stayed under downward pressure on Wednesday as crude stocks in the United States showed another big jump for the second week in a row, all but wiping out an inventory deficit versus a year ago.
Thu, 22 Mar 2001
Organizers did not 'follow procedure'
Organizers did not 'follow procedure' JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesian Weightlifting, Powerlifting and Bodybuilding Association (PABBSI) defended its suspension of competitors at the 2001 Siswaraga bodybuilding championships saying the organizers did not follow correct procedures in staging the event.
Thu, 22 Mar 2001
Jubilo defeats Samsung 3-0 in Asian Champions Cup soccer
Jubilo defeats Samsung 3-0 in Asian Champions Cup soccer MAKASSAR, South Sulawesi (JP): Jubilo Iwata of Japan had a 3-0 victory over Samsung Suwon Blue Wings of South Korea in the first match of the Asian Champions Cup quarterfinals at Mattoangin Stadium here on Wednesday.
Thu, 22 Mar 2001
Rupiah rate March 20
Rupiah rate March 20 Bank notes rates TT rates Buying Selling Buying Selling Rp Rp Rp Rp U.S. dollar 1 9,930.00 10,930.00 10,378.00 10,482.00Australian dollar 1 4,986.85 5,494.51 5,211.83 5,269.30Austrian schilling 1 656.12 722.59 685.72 692.97Belgian franc 1 223.81 246.48 233.90 236.
Thu, 22 Mar 2001
Oil association calls for security, fair competition
Oil association calls for security, fair competition JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesian Petroleum Association (IPA) on Wednesday called upon the House of Representatives and the government to enact an oil and gas law which ensures investment security and fair competition in the oil and gas sector.
Thu, 22 Mar 2001
On Bollgard seeds from South Africa
On Bollgard seeds from South Africa With regard to an article published in The Jakarta Post on March 17, 2001, on Genetically modified cotton seed arrives in Makassar from South Africa, we would like to clarify some points made in the said article.
Thu, 22 Mar 2001
Being wise key to nation's success
Being wise key to nation's successFrom Suara KaryaOnly wise statesmen/women can be credible leaders of a nation and bring prosperity.With the public's support, a politician can reach the pinnacle of power and enjoy legitimacy as statesman/woman.
Thu, 22 Mar 2001
Malaysia palm ends down
Malaysia palm ends down KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters): Malaysian palm oil took a second straight day of beating, with traders saying the market was dipping to a more realistic level after rising too far and too fast over government plans which have not seen action.
Thu, 22 Mar 2001
Govt, ExxonMobil fail to reach agreement on gas operations
Govt, ExxonMobil fail to reach agreement on gas operations JAKARTA (JP): The government failed on Wednesday to reach an agreement with American oil and gas giant ExxonMobil on the timetable for the resumption of production at the company's gas fields in Arun, Aceh.
Wed, 21 Mar 2001
Ethnic Indians protest racial violence in KL
Ethnic Indians protest racial violence in KL KUALA LUMPUR (Agencies): Nearly 200 ethnic Indian activists demonstrated outside parliament on Tuesday, declaring Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad responsible for recent ethnic clashes that were Malaysia's worst in three decades.
Wed, 21 Mar 2001
Prijadi says Guthrie transaction final
Prijadi says Guthrie transaction final JAKARTA (JP): Finance Minister Prijadi Praptosuhardjo reiterated on Tuesday that the sale of 25 palm oil plantations by the Indonesian Bank Restructuring Agency (IBRA) to Malaysia's Kumpulan Guthrie Bhd. was already final.
Wed, 21 Mar 2001
Police search for three men over train bombing
Police search for three men over train bombing JAKARTA (JP): The City Police have distributed rough sketches of three men in connection with the weekend bombing of a railway track in the Tangerang district of Serpong.City Police spokesman Sr. Comr.
Wed, 21 Mar 2001
RI scraps antidumping duty on steel pipes
RI scraps antidumping duty on steel pipes JAKARTA (JP): Government has decided to remove the antidumping duty imposed on welded steel pipe imports from China, Japan, South Korea and Singapore.The decision was made after the Indonesian Antidumping Committee (KADI) found evidence that petitioners for...
Wed, 21 Mar 2001
Seoul posts 8.8% GDP growth rate for 2000
Seoul posts 8.8% GDP growth rate for 2000 SEOUL (AFP): South Korea's economy grew 8.8 percent in 2000 despite a marked slowdown in the fourth quarter, the central Bank of Korea (BoK) said Tuesday.The increase in Gross Domestic Product (GDP) last year was down from a rate of 10.
Wed, 21 Mar 2001
The judiciary mafia
The judiciary mafia The judiciary "mafia" (gang) in Indonesia is like the wind: trees tumble, but it is impossible to catch the wind. And the one party who keeps denying that the wind exists is the government.Monday, though, the denials came to an end.
Wed, 21 Mar 2001
Mixed doubles seniors concerned for juniors
Mixed doubles seniors concerned for juniors JAKARTA (JP): After a failure in the All England championships, Indonesia mixed doubles senior players expressed concern on their juniors development specially to compete against strong badminton countries athletes in international events in the future.
Wed, 21 Mar 2001
Govt to build new drug rehab center
Govt to build new drug rehab center JAKARTA (JP): The government will soon build another rehabilitation center for drug addicts in Cibubur, East Jakarta, due to the big increase in patients over the past five years, an official said.
Wed, 21 Mar 2001
KL gives $10m palm oil credit to Cuba
KL gives $10m palm oil credit to Cuba KUALA LUMPUR (AFP): Malaysia will extend US$10 million in credit to Cuba to purchase its palmoil over the next 14 months, a report said on Tuesday.The primary industries ministry signed a memorandum of understanding to provide the credit facility to a Cuban...
Wed, 21 Mar 2001
Masthai Run to promote SEA Games
Masthai Run to promote SEA Games KOTA BAHARU, Malaysia (Bernama): The Masthai International Run 2001 will be held on April 13 as part of programs to promote the Kuala Lumpur SEA Games 2001 to be held in September.
Wed, 21 Mar 2001
Elize handed over to prosecutors with tight escort
Elize handed over to prosecutors with tight escort JAKARTA (JP): Tight security marked the hand-over of bomb suspect Elize Maria Tuwahatu from the city police to the Jakarta Provincial Prosecutor's Office on Tuesday.
Wed, 21 Mar 2001
Rupiah rate March 20
Rupiah rate March 20 Bank notes rates TT rates Buying Selling Buying Selling Rp Rp Rp Rp U.S. dollar 1 9,898.00 10,898.00 10,346.00 10,450.00Australian dollar 1 4,939.10 5,443.55 5,162.65 5,219.78Austrian schilling 1 647.38 713.34 676.69 684.02Belgian franc 1 220.83 243.33 230.82 233.
Wed, 21 Mar 2001
Sapuan sentenced to two years in jail
Sapuan sentenced to two years in jail JAKARTA (JP): The South Jakarta District Court handed down a guilty verdict to the former deputy chairman of the State Logistics Agency (Bulog) Sapuan on Tuesday, sentencing him to two years in jail for his part in a Rp 35 billion (US$3.
Wed, 21 Mar 2001
Foreign banks develop onshore currency market
Foreign banks develop onshore currency market SINGAPORE (Dow Jones): The demise of the dollar-rupiah cross currency swap market offshore has led several major foreign banks in Jakarta to create an onshore market to trade in dollar-rupiah cross currency and rupiah interest rate swaps, industry...