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Tue, 10 Mar 1998
More food parcels given to the needy
More food parcels given to the needy TANGERANG (JP): Tire manufacturer PT Gajah Tunggal handed out 20,000 parcels consisting of five kilograms of rice, two kilos of sugar, one liter of cooking oil and one bottle of ketchup to the poor in Jatiuwung district here yesterday.
Tue, 10 Mar 1998
MPR endorses broad State Policy Guidelines
MPR endorses broad State Policy Guidelines JAKARTA (JP): The People's Consultative Assembly endorsed yesterday the 1998/2003 broad State Policy Guidelines which many critics say fail to anticipate a likely deepening of the economic crises.
Tue, 10 Mar 1998
Album
AlbumPhoto A: Jusuf SyakirJP/obyMAN IN THE NEWS: The United Development Party's Jusuf Syakir is surrounded by journalists. Jusuf has been one of the prominent newsmakers during the 11-day General Session.
Tue, 10 Mar 1998
Where to go in Bandung:
Where to go in Bandung:Exhibitions * Photo Exhibition: Penghayatan Borobudur Sebagai Proses Visual by Heinz-Gnter Prager at the Galeri Soemardja, Art and Design Faculty of ITB, Jl. Ganesha 10, March 14-27. Discussion with Dr. Parwati Supangkat, March 18.
Tue, 10 Mar 1998
Singapore bankers cool on USDA plan
Singapore bankers cool on USDA plan SINGAPORE (Reuters): Singapore bankers reacted coolly to a U.S. Agriculture Department (USDA) plan to let banks in Singapore participate in a U.S. farm export loan guarantee program for Indonesia.In a move to help U.S.
Tue, 10 Mar 1998
RI may collapse unless IMF reforms realized: Analysts
RI may collapse unless IMF reforms realized: Analysts JAKARTA (JP): Analysts said here yesterday Indonesia might be driven to the brink of collapse if it did not consistently implement the International Monetary Fund (IMF) reform package to improve its battered economy.
Tue, 10 Mar 1998
Ruling party prepares list of candidates for next cabinet
Ruling party prepares list of candidates for next cabinet JAKARTA (JP): Golkar has prepared a list of names which it considers suitable candidates for cabinet positions, but said it would not present it unless asked for suggestions by the next president.
Tue, 10 Mar 1998
Badminton body cancels plan to send athletes to clubs
Badminton body cancels plan to send athletes to clubs JAKARTA (JP): The Badminton Association of Indonesia has canceled its plan to train national shuttlers at various clubs and provincial branches.The association's athletic development deputy, Mangombar Ferdinand Siregar, announced yesterday that...
Tue, 10 Mar 1998
Australia calls for IMF sensitivity in Indonesia
Australia calls for IMF sensitivity in Indonesia CANBERRA (Agencies): The Australian government, becoming increasingly concerned about its nearest neighbor's financial instability, yesterday urged the International Monetary Fund to be sensitive in its assistance to Indonesia.
Tue, 10 Mar 1998
Utut shares lead in chess meet
Utut shares lead in chess meet JAKARTA (JP): Indonesian Grandmaster Utut Adianto shared the lead with two Russians in the Grandmasters chess tournament in Calicut, India, Sunday.Utut, GM Yurtaev and GM Komliakov all scored 2.5 points.
Tue, 10 Mar 1998
Missing activists file 'still unopened'
Missing activists file 'still unopened' JAKARTA (JP): Marzuki Darusman of the National Commission on Human Rights urged police yesterday to probe the disappearance of two non-governmental organization activists early last month.
Tue, 10 Mar 1998
Three days of heavy rain causes widespread flooding
Three days of heavy rain causes widespread flooding JAKARTA (JP): Residents reeling from the weekend's downpour were struck again yesterday when heavy rain fell across the city, inundating more houses.The latest data from the city's flood post indicated Pondok Bambu subdistrict, in East Jakarta,...
Tue, 10 Mar 1998
Ansett adds Bali flights
Ansett adds Bali flights SYDNEY (Reuters): Ansett Australia said yesterday its international airline would add one more weekly return flight to Denpasar in Indonesia to cope with a 30 percent surge in Australian tourism to Bali.
Tue, 10 Mar 1998
Pesticides: Valuable poisons when kept under control
Pesticides: Valuable poisons when kept under controlBy Ian Shaw and Janahar Murad JAKARTA (JP): Insect pests eat the food that farmers produce to satisfy our hunger, but the pesticides used to kill them may have a harmful effect upon consumers and exert long-term effects upon the environment.
Tue, 10 Mar 1998
Four villagers drown in flood
Four villagers drown in flood MEDAN, North Sumatra: Four people drowned after flash floods struck Muara Bolak Barus village in Tapanuli Tengah regency, Antara reported yesterday.The floods hit the area on Saturday night after the Aek Rogas and Aek Bolak rivers overflowed following heavy rain.
Tue, 10 Mar 1998
WB and ADB hold forum to discuss crisis
WB and ADB hold forum to discuss crisis MANILA (AFP): The World Bank and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) were opening a conference of experts here yesterday against a backdrop of plunging regional currencies spooked by a standoff between Indonesia and the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
Tue, 10 Mar 1998
Blood crisis spark donor meeting
Blood crisis spark donor meeting JAKARTA (JP): In a bid to deal with blood supply shortages, the city chapter of the Indonesian Blood Donor Association will hold a meeting next month, one of its executives said yesterday.
Tue, 10 Mar 1998
No money, no exams
No money, no exams PURWOKERTO, Central Java: Almost 500 students at the state-run Jenderal Sudirman University here will be barred from sitting this semester's exams until they have paid their tuition fees.
Tue, 10 Mar 1998
Soeharto's accountability speech accepted
Soeharto's accountability speech accepted JAKARTA (JP): Another resounding approval for President Soeharto's statesmanship was voiced yesterday by the People's Consultative Assembly when it approved his account of his leadership of the country for the past five years.
Tue, 10 Mar 1998
S'pore to curb illegal migrants
S'pore to curb illegal migrants SINGAPORE (AFP): The Singapore government expressed concern yesterday at the prospect of more Indonesians trying to slip illegally into the island and warned anyone caught can be jailed up to six months and caned.
Tue, 10 Mar 1998
ABRI warns against radical reform methods
ABRI warns against radical reform methods JAKARTA (JP): The Armed Forces (ABRI) warned yesterday that it would not permit political reforms to be pursued through radical means.The spokesman of the ABRI faction in the People's Consultative Assembly, Lt. Gen.
Tue, 10 Mar 1998
Vietnam sells rice to RI
Vietnam sells rice to RI HANOI (AFP): Vietnam has agreed to sell Indonesia 10,000 tons of rice under deferred payment terms, the Indonesian embassy said yesterday."Our ambassador met with Vietnam's deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Cong Tan last Friday and they agreed to sell 10,000 tonnes," an embassy...
Tue, 10 Mar 1998
'D&R' chief editor questioned for seven hours
'D&R' chief editor questioned for seven hours JAKARTA (JP): The chief editor of Detektive dan Romantika (D&R) magazine, Margiono, was questioned by police for at least seven hours yesterday over his alleged involvement in the publication of the latest edition.
Tue, 10 Mar 1998
Military investigate Ibrahim Saleh
Military investigate Ibrahim Saleh JAKARTA (JP): The military has taken over from the police in questioning Brig. Gen. (ret.) Ibrahim Saleh for entering the People's Consultative Assembly building without proper ID while a session was taking place.Lt. Col. DJ.
Tue, 10 Mar 1998
Swedish aid for forest fires
Swedish aid for forest fires JAKARTA: The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) handed over forest fire-fighting equipment worth $750,000 from the Swedish government to the Indonesian government yesterday.
Tue, 10 Mar 1998
Rupiah rebounds after plunging to 12,500 to the dollar
Rupiah rebounds after plunging to 12,500 to the dollar JAKARTA (JP): The battered rupiah fell further in early trading yesterday touching 12,500 against the U.S. dollar on growing concern over a standoff between the government and the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
Tue, 10 Mar 1998
State Policy Guidelines offers progress but leave gaps
State Policy Guidelines offers progress but leave gapsBy Sri Wahyuni JAKARTA (JP): The People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) last night endorsed the 1998/2003 State Policy Guidelines, the blueprint for national development over the next five years.
Tue, 10 Mar 1998
Labor activists held over street rally
Labor activists held over street rally JAKARTA (JP): Four labor activists were arrested yesterday for staging a rally on a busy street in Central Jakarta, protesting skyrocketing prices of basic essentials and demanding the government increase workers' wages.During their brief protest on Jl.
Tue, 10 Mar 1998
BI moves to control rate increases
BI moves to control rate increases JAKARTA (JP): Bank Indonesia (BI) decided yesterday to peg domestic time deposit interest rates to its short-term promissory note (SBI) rates in a move to control rate increases.BI, the central bank, also announced an increase in SBI rates as well.
Tue, 10 Mar 1998
Poor sentiment to dominate rubber market
Poor sentiment to dominate rubber market SINGAPORE (Reuters): Asia's rubber trade is expected to stay static this week with demand poor and some suppliers holding back stocks, regional traders said yesterday.
Tue, 10 Mar 1998
BII responds
BII responds In response to a letter by our customer, account No. 3- 06325.003-38946, on the withdrawal of a time deposit, and to straighten out the matter, we explain as follows.The customer came to Bank Internasional Indonesia's office and told us about his project and his need for a bank...
Tue, 10 Mar 1998
Bulog to continue wheat flour import
Bulog to continue wheat flour import JAKARTA (JP): The State Logistics Agency (Bulog) said yesterday that it would still import wheat and wheat flour despite the abolishment of its import and distribution monopoly on the commodity in February.
Tue, 10 Mar 1998
Emil supporters admits nomination bid defeat
Emil supporters admits nomination bid defeat JAKARTA (JP): Gema Madani, a loose association of well-known scholars and non-governmental organization activists seeking to introduce political reform by proposing an alternative vice presidential candidate, admitted defeat yesterday.
Tue, 10 Mar 1998
Conversion Rates
Conversion Rates Jakarta (JP): Bank Ekspor Impor Indonesia's (Bank Exim) indicative conversion rates on March 9, 1998: Buying Selling Rp Rp U.S. dollar 1 10,250.00 13,250.00Austrian shilling 1 705.80 1,004.80Australian dollar 1 6,265.40 8,341.50Belgian franc 1 249.20 330.50Canadian dollar 1 6,673.
Tue, 10 Mar 1998
Europe ready to help more, insist on Asian responsibility
Europe ready to help more, insist on Asian responsibility SINGAPORE (AFP): Europe is ready to offer more help to troubled Asian nations when leaders of the two continents hold a summit next month in London but would insist on "responsibility," a senior French diplomat said.
Tue, 10 Mar 1998
The powers that be
The powers that be Among the various decrees enacted by the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) yesterday, one will give the new president additional powers to deal with emergency situations. The decree gives the president a free hand to take whatever steps deemed necessary to safeguard the nation...
Tue, 10 Mar 1998
Timor Sea deal
Timor Sea deal CANBERRA (Reuters): Political changes occurring in Indonesia would probably delay an agreement between Australia and Indonesia on sharing of future revenues from natural gas discoveries in the Timor Sea, the Australian government said yesterday.
Tue, 10 Mar 1998
Sarawak stiffens fire penalties
Sarawak stiffens fire penalties KUALA LUMPUR (AP): Cracking down on the fires that fueled last year's choking haze, Sarawak's state government has adopted stiffer penalties against illegal burning of forests.
Tue, 10 Mar 1998
First deaths recorded on haj pilgrimage
First deaths recorded on haj pilgrimage JAKARTA (JP): The first two deaths of Indonesian haj pilgrims this year have been reported. One was in Medinah, Saudi Arabia, and the other on the flight to Jeddah.
Tue, 10 Mar 1998
PDI reveals gender side
PDI reveals gender side JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesian Democratic Party is dying to see the country have its first female president, or at least a woman provincial governor.The minority party reckoned yesterday that Indonesia was entering the age of the service industry where smiles and hospitality...
Tue, 10 Mar 1998
Students continue food, reform demo
Students continue food, reform demo JAKARTA (JP): On-campus student protests calling for reforms and lower prices for basic commodities raged on in at least nine universities in Java yesterday.And thousands of students in South Sulawesi's capital of Ujungpandang took to the streets again.
Tue, 10 Mar 1998
Cilacap needs more fishermen
Cilacap needs more fishermen CILACAP, Central Java: Cilacap regent Herry Tabri says the area, which supplies Jakarta and other cities with a lot of their fish, has jobs for 15,000 people in the fishery industry.
Tue, 10 Mar 1998
'D&R' case
'D&R' case It is gratifying, indeed, to learn that the authorities have indicated they have no intention of revoking the publication license of the D&R weekly after its portrayal of the head of state as a King of Spades.
Tue, 10 Mar 1998
Sorry, no jeans at the Assembly
Sorry, no jeans at the Assembly JAKARTA (JP): About a dozen journalists were shocked yesterday when they were barred from entering the House of Representatives complex after a "no jeans" policy was enforced.The no T-shirt or jeans rule had been in place since the start of the General Assembly.
Tue, 10 Mar 1998
Sales of houses surge despite monetary crisis
Sales of houses surge despite monetary crisis JAKARTA (JP): Private home developers have experienced a surge in business since the rupiah fell sharply in value against the U.S. dollar at the end of last year, a property analyst said yesterday.
Tue, 10 Mar 1998
IMF loan delay upsets legislators
IMF loan delay upsets legislators JAKARTA (JP): The People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) members had strong words yesterday for the International Monetary Fund's (IMF) decision to delay its loans to Indonesia, arguing that national dignity was more important than bowing to international pressure.
Tue, 10 Mar 1998
Milk protest costs Karlina and friends Rp 2,250 each
Milk protest costs Karlina and friends Rp 2,250 each JAKARTA (JP): Astronomer Karlina Leksono and two other women were each fined Rp 2,250 yesterday for staging a protest against soaring milk prices at a busy Jakarta traffic circle.
Tue, 10 Mar 1998
Asia currencies tread water as rupiah teeters
Asia currencies tread water as rupiah teeters SINGAPORE (Reuters): Asian currencies made a shaky start to the week amid growing tension between Indonesia and the International Monetary Fund and confusing policy signals out of Jakarta.
Tue, 10 Mar 1998
Bank's action
Bank's action I am a customer of Bank Internasional Indonesia (BII). On July 4, 1997, I opened a six-month time deposit with its branch on Jl. Thamrin, amounting to Rp 1,050,000,000 (one billion and fifty million rupiah). The expiry date of the deposit was Jan. 4, 1998.
Tue, 10 Mar 1998
Decentralization a must for RI
Decentralization a must for RIBy Iwan Mucipto JAKARTA (JP): The Jakarta Post of Feb. 26 suggested that the troubled triple-tier transit system project was in danger of becoming the "triple blunder" project.