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Sat, 14 Mar 1998
Japan pulls out of SE Asia
Japan pulls out of SE Asia BANGKOK: Japanese carmakers are expected to have a reduced presence in Southeast Asia as the U.S. Big Three move into the region.According to Bangkok-based Automotive Research Asia, Japanese automakers will assemble 66 percent of all vehicles produced in four Southeast...
Sat, 14 Mar 1998
Man hangs himself
Man hangs himself JAKARTA (JP): A 28-year-old man committed suicide on Thrusday by hanging himself from a jackfruit tree, raising the number of suicides in the greater Jakarta area to 12 this year.The man, Supriyono, was a resident of Tipar village, in Bogor's Cimanggis district.
Sat, 14 Mar 1998
Residents told to beware of rabies
Residents told to beware of rabies KENDARI, Southeast Sulawesi: The provincial government has warned residents to beware of rabies, which is mostly spread through bites from animals such as dogs and monkeys.
Sat, 14 Mar 1998
Stock Exchange
Stock ExchangeStock prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (in rupiah) on March 13, 1998: Shares Close Change Trading Volume -------------------------------------------------------------- Ades Alfindo 800 0 0 AHAP Insurance 400 0 0 Alter Abadi 550 25 5,000 Alumindo Light Metal 325 0 511,000 Alumindo...
Sat, 14 Mar 1998
Fire engulfs shopping mall
Fire engulfs shopping mall PALU, Central Sulawesi: A shopping complex in Tolitoli town here was set ablaze early Thursday with six shops and five kiosks being burned down, Antara reported yesterday.No casualties were reported.
Sat, 14 Mar 1998
Morgue makes way for 5 more corpses
Morgue makes way for 5 more corpses JAKARTA (JP): Cipto Mangunkusumo General Hospital in Central Jakarta received five unidentified corpses between Wednesday afternoon and early Thursday from police, a hospital official said yesterday.
Sat, 14 Mar 1998
Car rental driver found dying
Car rental driver found dying JAKARTA (JP): A car rental driver, who claims to have been beaten by three youngsters, was found in a critical condition on Jl. Patal Senayan, Central Jakarta, yesterday morning.His vehicle was missing.
Sat, 14 Mar 1998
Composers' Week in the swing to debut latest compositions
Composers' Week in the swing to debut latest compositions JAKARTA (JP): Ten years after disappearing from the cultural events calendar, Composers' Week will once again entertain Jakartans as talented artists perform their latest compositions.
Sat, 14 Mar 1998
I.B. Sudjana calls for return of oil ceiling
I.B. Sudjana calls for return of oil ceiling JAKARTA (JP): Outgoing Minister of Mines and Energy I.B. Sudjana, who is also president of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), has called on the organization to return to the old oil supply quota to improve oil prices.
Fri, 13 Mar 1998
Asia-Pacific share prices flounder on RI uncertainty
Asia-Pacific share prices flounder on RI uncertainty HONG KONG (AFP): Most Asian share prices floundered yesterday on a lack of incentives and persistent uncertainty over Indonesia's economic policy following the election of President Soeharto to a seventh five-year term, analysts said.
Fri, 13 Mar 1998
Once again, openness
Once again, openness As we watched some of our fellow developing countries successfully establish sound democratic systems, any signs of greater political openness at home have been welcomed with open arms.
Fri, 13 Mar 1998
Consumers foundation cautious in Games sticker probe
Consumers foundation cautious in Games sticker probe JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesian Consumers Foundation's vice chairman, Agus Pambagio, said yesterday that the foundation was being very careful in its investigation of alleged mismanagement of the 19th SEA Games fund-raising revenue.
Fri, 13 Mar 1998
Cabinet lineup is the talk of the town
Cabinet lineup is the talk of the town JAKARTA (JP): Names disappeared as quickly as they came yesterday as politicians, scholars, journalists and diplomats exchanged gossip about the lineup of the new cabinet.
Fri, 13 Mar 1998
Indonesia doubts paralyze Asian currencies
Indonesia doubts paralyze Asian currencies SINGAPORE (Reuters): Asian currencies were stuck in well-worn territory yesterday as Indonesia remained in the hot seat and traders looked desperately for clues about the fate of the rupiah.
Fri, 13 Mar 1998
City takes a step closer to enacting its green approach
City takes a step closer to enacting its green approach JAKARTA (JP): The long-awaited bill on establishing the city's Regional Environmental Impact Management Agency (Bapedalda) was passed by the city council into bylaw yesterday.
Fri, 13 Mar 1998
Habibie hands ICMI control to Achmad
Habibie hands ICMI control to Achmad JAKARTA (JP): New Vice President B.J. Habibie handed over the executive chairmanship of the Association of Indonesian Moslem Intellectuals (ICMI) yesterday to his deputy, Achmad Tirtosudiro.
Fri, 13 Mar 1998
Asian golf industry hit hard by regional crisis
Asian golf industry hit hard by regional crisis SINGAPORE (AFP): An Asian golf trade fair opened here yesterday amid gloom in the industry after the region's economic slowdown put course construction projects on hold, affecting a wide range of related businesses.
Fri, 13 Mar 1998
Rubber futures prices ease
Rubber futures prices ease SINGAPORE (AFP): Singapore rubber futures prices eased yesterday on higher volumes, dealers said.Turnover for the three contracts traded on the Singapore Commodity Exchange rose to 8,700 tonnes, from 2,755 tonnes the day before.
Fri, 13 Mar 1998
Farm sector should get more attention: Analyst
Farm sector should get more attention: Analyst JAKARTA (JP): The new cabinet should pay more attention to the development of the agricultural sector than the last one did to reduce the country's dependence on imported commodities, according to a noted agricultural analyst.
Fri, 13 Mar 1998
HK urges world action on Jakarta's crisis
HK urges world action on Jakarta's crisis PARIS (Reuters): Hong Kong chief executive Tung Chee-hwa said on Wednesday Indonesia's financial crisis could have a ripple effect felt around the world and said the international community must resolve the turmoil.
Fri, 13 Mar 1998
Alcatel supplies Telkom
Alcatel supplies Telkom BANDUNG, West Java (JP): France's Alcatel Telecom will keep supplying equipment to the projects of state-owned PT Telkom despite the sharp depreciation of the rupiah against the U.S. dollar, Telkom's vice president D. Amarudien said yesterday.
Fri, 13 Mar 1998
Wiranto warns students not to leave campuses
Wiranto warns students not to leave campuses JAKARTA (JP): The Armed Forces (ABRI) promised yesterday to continue respecting student demonstrations, but warned that the military would not remain idle if the protests turned violent.ABRI Commander Gen.
Fri, 13 Mar 1998
Staid Australian college opens up a little
Staid Australian college opens up a littleBy Dewi Anggraeni JAKARTA (JP): Mention "Melbourne University Private" to some alumni of the University of Melbourne and you will see outrage; varying degrees, admittedly, but definite outrage.
Fri, 13 Mar 1998
Asia tempts visitors with cut price offers
Asia tempts visitors with cut price offersBy Valerie Leroux BERLIN (AFP): Asian countries are engaged in a cut-throat price war to lure as many foreign visitors as they can, bringing dollars and other hard currencies to ease their financial woes.
Fri, 13 Mar 1998
The Listening Post
The Listening Post "Building English Skills Through Newspaper + Radio" Produced by American Language Center in cooperation with The Jakarta Post and Radio Sonora FM 100.9 Mhz * Announcing a shift to cyberspace: after nine years "The Listening Post" moves on.
Fri, 13 Mar 1998
Evolution not revolution
Evolution not revolutionBy Johannes Nugroho JAKARTA (JP): The 1998 General Session of the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) has satisfied the minimum requirements of Article 2 in the 1945 Constitution, which states that the MPR must sit at least once every five years.
Fri, 13 Mar 1998
Students jailed for taking drugs
Students jailed for taking drugs BOGOR (JP): The district court here sentenced two students to one year in prison each yesterday for consuming drugs.Jimmy Yulianto, 21, a student of a private university in Bandung, and his girlfriend Yulian, 20, were found guilty of using morphine, locally known as...
Fri, 13 Mar 1998
PT Tugu Pratama gained net profit of Rp 137b in 1997
PT Tugu Pratama gained net profit of Rp 137b in 1997 JAKARTA (JP): The monetary crisis has given a windfall profit to PT Tugu Pratama Indonesia, an insurance arm of state oil and gas company Pertamina, the company said yesterday.
Fri, 13 Mar 1998
Triple-tier transit project needs Amdal
Triple-tier transit project needs Amdal JAKARTA (JP): Lecturers and a city official have called on the developer of the triple-tier transit system -- to link Bintaro in South Jakarta to downtown Kota in West Jakarta -- to fast-track the project's Environmental Impact Analysis (Amdal).
Fri, 13 Mar 1998
Fix rupiah without delay
Fix rupiah without delay Independent of the IMF-plus, which may include a currency board system, the government should immediately fix the exchange rate of the rupiah at Rp 5,000 to one U.S. dollar, in line with the 1998/1999 state budget.
Fri, 13 Mar 1998
One-stop service for bank mergers to be established
One-stop service for bank mergers to be established JAKARTA (JP): A one stop service center will soon be established to assist banks merge and meet the new minimum capital requirement, a government official said yesterday.
Fri, 13 Mar 1998
Thief confesses, commits suicide
Thief confesses, commits suicide PURWOKERTO, Central Java: A burglar caught red-handed Wednesday who disclosed the name of his accomplice was found dead in his cell yesterday morning.According to Banyumas police chief Lt. Col.
Fri, 13 Mar 1998
Taiwan starts to help crisis-hit Southeast Asia
Taiwan starts to help crisis-hit Southeast Asia TAIPEI (Reuters): Wealthy Taiwan pressed ahead with a drive to help cash-strapped Southeast Asian neighbors yesterday and rejected rival China's renewed allegations that its motives were less than altruistic.
Fri, 13 Mar 1998
Moslem youth organizations call for accountable cabinet
Moslem youth organizations call for accountable cabinet JAKARTA (JP): Three Moslem youth organizations issued yesterday a joint declaration calling on the President to establish a morally accountable cabinet which can help the country out of its economic crux.
Fri, 13 Mar 1998
BI sets deadline for banks to cut rates
BI sets deadline for banks to cut rates JAKARTA (JP): Bank Indonesia (BI) has set a deadline of April 15 for commercial banks to comply with its newly established ceiling for deposit rates.BI director for commercial bank supervision and development, Mukhlis Rasyid, said in a circular letter...
Fri, 13 Mar 1998
Congratulatory notes and words for Habibie
Congratulatory notes and words for Habibie JAKARTA (JP): Congratulatory notes and words on B.J. Habibie's election as the country's seventh vice president were received yesterday.China's Vice President Rong Yiren sent his good wishes to Habibie and hoped to see the close ties between the two...
Fri, 13 Mar 1998
USDA food package for RI
USDA food package for RI WASHINGTON (Reuters): The U.S. Agriculture Department and Indonesian officials were discussing a PL-480 "food for peace" package for sales of U.S. wheat, soybeans and rice, Agriculture Undersecretary Gus Schumacher said Wednesday.
Fri, 13 Mar 1998
Two detained for harboring illegals
Two detained for harboring illegals MALACCA, Malaysia (AFP): Malaysian police have detained another two people, including a policeman, under the powerful Internal Security Act for allegedly harboring Indonesian illegal immigrants.
Fri, 13 Mar 1998
Visa Card adventure
Visa Card adventure On Sunday, March 8, my husband and I experienced one of the most bizarre telephone conversations with the Visa Approval Service in Jakarta. Following our decision to purchase some furniture from a furniture shop in South Jakarta, my husband presented the shop with his Visa Gold...
Fri, 13 Mar 1998
Goenawan Muhamad protests Ratna's arrest
Goenawan Muhamad protests Ratna's arrest JAKARTA (JP): Noted government critic Goenawan Muhamad and the Indonesian Society for Humanity are among the growing voices expressing their concern over the arrest of actress Ratna Sarumpaet and eight other activists.
Fri, 13 Mar 1998
Acehnese step back in time for contraception
Acehnese step back in time for contraceptionBy Syahruddin Hamzah BANDA ACEH (Antara): Until recently, Nurhayati's contraceptive of choice was hormonal injections.Now, like many women in the province of Aceh, she is relying on the family planning methods practiced by her mother's generation.
Fri, 13 Mar 1998
Conversion Rates
Conversion Rates JAKARTA (JP): Bank Ekspor Impor Indonesia's (Bank Exim) indicative conversion rates on March 12, 1998: Buying Selling Rp Rp U.S. dollar 1 9,500.00 11,500.00Austrian shilling 1 710.90 930.10Australian dollar 1 6,317.50 7,728.00Belgian franc 1 251.00 305.80Canadian dollar 1 6,732.
Fri, 13 Mar 1998
Hindus complain over advert
Hindus complain over advert DENPASAR, Bali: The chairman of Parisada Hindu Dharma Indonesia, a council of Hindu religious leaders, and several leading Hindu activists have strongly criticized a controversial advertisement published in this month's edition of the Bali Kini tabloid.
Fri, 13 Mar 1998
Army colonel elected regent
Army colonel elected regent TANGERANG (JP): The regency legislative council elected Col. Agus Djunara the new Tangerang regent yesterday for the 1998/2003 term replacing Saifullah Abdulrachman.Agus, currently an assistant for sociopolitical affairs at Jakarta Military Command, won 35 of the 44...
Fri, 13 Mar 1998
Defendant hits prosecutor after being convicted
Defendant hits prosecutor after being convicted JAKARTA (JP): Enraged by a six-year jail term handed down by the Central Jakarta District Court for selling Ecstasy pills, a satay seller hit a prosecutor with a bench yesterday.
Fri, 13 Mar 1998
Muchtar Pakpahan admits involvement in street rally
Muchtar Pakpahan admits involvement in street rally JAKARTA (JP): From his hospital room, labor leader Muchtar Pakpahan has admitted that he distributed a letter urging nationwide protests during the just concluded General Session of the People's Consultative Assembly.
Fri, 13 Mar 1998
Flood-hit areas attract governor's attention
Flood-hit areas attract governor's attention JAKARTA (JP): Governor Sutiyoso inspected yesterday residential areas in East Jakarta which were inundated by floodwaters early this week.The first area the governor visited was Kramatjati district.
Fri, 13 Mar 1998
Standing tall
Standing tall As an observer from within the country, it appears to me that Indonesia is now in its third major crisis. The first was the removal of Dutch colonialism, which resulted in independence, the second was the removal of the communist threat in the mid-1960s, which resulted in the...
Fri, 13 Mar 1998
Currency stability is top priority: Soeharto
Currency stability is top priority: Soeharto JAKARTA (JP): Restoring currency stability will be the new government's most immediate priority, President Soeharto said last night."We're not asking for much.
Fri, 13 Mar 1998
Stock Exchange
Stock ExchangeStock prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (in rupiah) on March 12 , 1998: Shares Close Change Trading Volume ------------------------------------------------------------- Ades Alfindo 800 0 0 AHAP Insurance 400 0 0 Alter Abadi 525 25 33,000 Alumindo Light Metal 325 0 407,500 Alumindo...