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Sun, 05 Mar 2000
Bonit, Sulistyo go to Futures final
Bonit, Sulistyo go to Futures final JAKARTA (JP): Indonesian veteran pair Bonit Wiryawan and Sulistyo Wibowo have marched on to the final of the US$15,000 Indonesia Futures-2 at Kemayoran Tennis Center, Central Jakarta.
Sun, 05 Mar 2000
Living in the present is key to happiness
Living in the present is key to happinessBy Rahayu Ratnaningsih JAKARTA (JP): A friend of mine recently complained about feeling trapped in his present job. He apparently doesn't like the job, yet he doesn't have the courage to leave to start doing what he really likes.
Sun, 05 Mar 2000
PSIS should not give up, mayor says
PSIS should not give up, mayor says SEMARANG (JP): Semarang Mayor Sukawi Sutarip and head councilor Ismoyo Subroto expressed hope on Saturday that financial difficulties would not force the city's top club PSIS to quit the national Bank Mandiri soccer league.
Sun, 05 Mar 2000
Disaster on Bogor-Jakarta train
Disaster on Bogor-Jakarta trainFrom Sinar PagiOn Feb. 2, my son, on his way to school, boarded the Bogor- Jakarta train in Depok at noon. The train arrived at the Cawang tunnel at 12:20 p.m. Suddenly, from outside, somebody threw a stone into the train car.
Sun, 05 Mar 2000
Spotlight
SpotlightPhoto A: GarudaJP/msaQUALITY SERVICE: PT Garuda Indonesia president director Abdul Gani (right) and Principal Maintenance Inspector FAA Dame Wood (left) talk seriously, while the strategic business unit director of Garuda's maintenance facility, Hadinoto Sudigno (second right), and U.S.
Sun, 05 Mar 2000
Fowl-friendly salon is definitely for the birds
Fowl-friendly salon is definitely for the birdsBy Bambang Tiong YOGYAKARTA (JP): Beauty parlors are not only the domain of people to spruce themselves up. Makeovers for dogs and cats have become commonplace but this town boasts a special place to tend to the needs of birds, particularly roosters.
Sun, 05 Mar 2000
Guess What? KLa Project
Guess What? KLa Project When you are at the top and fall, it really hurts. Which happened to the popular group KLa Project when their seventh album, Sintesa (Synthesis), received a cold response from fans.
Sun, 05 Mar 2000
PBSI accused of leaving juniors development
PBSI accused of leaving juniors development JAKARTA (JP): The Badminton Association of Indonesia (PBSI) West Java chapter chairman, Lutfi Hamid, has accused PBSI of abandoning juniors development after the organization declined to finance them to compete in the German and Dutch Junior Opens.
Sun, 05 Mar 2000
Blurring the sexes with sexy scents
Blurring the sexes with sexy scentsBy Agni Amorita JAKARTA (JP): What would Al Pacino say in his Oscar winning movie Scent of a Woman if the leading lady, Gabrielle Anwar, followed Indonesian actress' tendency in using perfume?Many local actresses say that branded perfumes for women are too sweet...
Sun, 05 Mar 2000
Paddler Anton gets Olympics berth
Paddler Anton gets Olympics berth JAKARTA (JP): Indonesian men's singles table tennis player Anton Suseno qualified for the Olympic Games in Sydney in September after finishing 15th on Friday in the Asian Championships, which also served as Olympic qualifiers.
Sun, 05 Mar 2000
Confusing certificate service
Confusing certificate serviceFrom Pos KotaOn Feb. 26 we applied for our child's birth certificate. When it was completed it contained a misspelling. Instead of our child's name, Fadly Putra Nurama, it had Fadly Putra Nurmana, and we were told to pay Rp 25,000 for the certificate.
Sun, 05 Mar 2000
The Indonesian business landscape 2000
The Indonesian business landscape 2000By Hermawan Kartajaya, Finally, we are leading ourselves into a new century and a new millennium safely and smoothly. Y2K worries are behind us and temporarily unproven.
Sun, 05 Mar 2000
Blind Yogyakarta couple find light from their love
Blind Yogyakarta couple find light from their loveBy Ali Budiman YOGYAKARTA (JP): Love is blind, so they say. But for a blind couple, Suwadji and Ramini, blindness has been no obstacle to their mutual love and having four healthy children.
Sun, 05 Mar 2000
Midplaza offers information technology
Midplaza offers information technology Looming over Jl. Sudirman in the heart of Jakarta's Golden Triangle, Midplaza may look no different from the surrounding buildings in this exclusive neighborhood. But there is a difference, a very large one, in the same way there is a difference between the...
Sun, 05 Mar 2000
Pramoedya speaks out about Buru Island
Pramoedya speaks out about Buru Island The Mute's Soliloquy; By Pramoedya Ananta Toer; Translated by Willem Samuels; Published by Hasta Mitra in cooperation with The Lontar Foundation, Jakarta, 1999; 375 pages; Rp 150,000.
Sun, 05 Mar 2000
Quakes hit PNG, Banda Sea
Quakes hit PNG, Banda Sea HONG KONG (AP): An intense earthquake hit Papua New Guinea early Saturday, followed by another in the Banda Sea near East Timor, seismologists in Hong Kong and Australia said.There were no reports of damage or casualties, nor was there evidence of tsunami, the huge waves...
Sun, 05 Mar 2000
Virtual offices are here for real
Virtual offices are here for real Virtual and serviced offices are still relatively new in the country, but there is a growing demand for the service. The Jakarta Post's contributor Rudy Madanir takes a close look at the trend. JAKARTA (JP): Be a guest of Michael Sinjorgo.
Sun, 05 Mar 2000
President visits Habibie, plans to meet Soeharto
President visits Habibie, plans to meet Soeharto JAKARTA (JP): After having dinner with Gen. Wiranto on Friday night, President Abdurrahman Wahid continued his visits on Saturday by having breakfast with former president B.J. Habibie, with plans to meet Soeharto in the next few days.
Sun, 05 Mar 2000
A bride's interpretation of the apocalypse
A bride's interpretation of the apocalypseBy Chandra Johan JAKARTA (JP): In contemporary art, especially in the genre of installations, the work of art, the exhibition room, the artist and the curator are inseparably intertwined.
Sun, 05 Mar 2000
More awareness needed of 'Syariah' banking
More awareness needed of 'Syariah' bankingBy Taufik, Associate Consultant, MarkPlus Strategic Consulting Two and a half years after the crisis hit Asia, a great majority of Indonesia's banks are still not acting like the mediators of recovery they should be.
Sun, 05 Mar 2000
Jakarta property sector inching out of economic crisis
Jakarta property sector inching out of economic crisisBy Bruce Emond As the dark days of 1997 drew to a close, Jakarta resembled a modern-day Pompeii, scarred with eerily desolate construction sites where activities had seemingly stopped in midstream.
Sat, 04 Mar 2000
IBRA hands over Rp 4.7 trillion in cash to govt
IBRA hands over Rp 4.7 trillion in cash to govt JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesian Bank Restructuring Agency (IBRA) has transferred in cash to the government Rp 4.7 trillion out of about Rp 10.5 trillion raised by the agency since April last year.
Sat, 04 Mar 2000
Manulife expects 20% growth
Manulife expects 20% growth JAKARTA (JP): A subsidiary of a Canadian-listed life insurance company, PT Asuransi Jiwa Manulife Indonesia, expects a growth in new policy holders of between 20 percent and 30 percent over the next five years.
Sat, 04 Mar 2000
Shenny needs to reach best 5 in Asian C'ships
Shenny needs to reach best 5 in Asian C'ships JAKARTA (JP): Indonesian women's diver Shenny Ratna Amelia is expected to reach the best five at the Asian Swimming Championships in Pusan, South Korea, late March as a warm-up for the Olympic Games in September.
Sat, 04 Mar 2000
Movement leader dies from wound
Movement leader dies from wound NABIRE, Irian Jaya (JP): An alleged mob leader identified as Willem Manimwarba died on Friday, a day after being shot in a drive-by.Phil Karel Erary, an advisor to the province's State Minister for Human Rights Office, told The Jakarta Post that Willem died while...
Sat, 04 Mar 2000
Adaro picks 'Mincom' software
Adaro picks 'Mincom' software JAKARTA (JP): Coal mining company PT Adaro Indonesia has chosen Mincom's software, Minescape 4, for its mine planning system in its coal mine in South Kalimantan."We believe that Mincom's Minescape will allow us to effectively address all the technical complexities and...
Sat, 04 Mar 2000
Snags in consumer protection law
Snags in consumer protection lawBy Destivano Wibowo JAKARTA (JP): The passing of Law No. 8/1999 on Consumer Protection, which will become effective on April 20, indicates the government's earnestness in protecting the rights of consumers to obtain and consume quality goods and/or services.
Sat, 04 Mar 2000
Aceh massacre trial delayed again
Aceh massacre trial delayed again BANDA ACEH, Aceh (JP): State Minister of Human Rights Affairs Hasballah M. Saad confirmed here on Friday that the trial of a massacre in West Aceh allegedly committed by soldiers has again been postponed another month.
Sat, 04 Mar 2000
Immigration office helps Australia keep out illegals
Immigration office helps Australia keep out illegals JAKARTA (JP): The Immigration Directorate General announced on Thursday that the office had so far prevented 291 foreigners from illegally entering Australia and had deported 114 of them.
Sat, 04 Mar 2000
Experts say three-in-one should stay on the roads
Experts say three-in-one should stay on the roads JAKARTA (JP): The city administration should cancel its plan to revoke the three-in-one traffic restriction zone policy as it would only create new problems for the city, experts said on Friday.
Sat, 04 Mar 2000
Stock quotations on JSX
Stock quotations on JSXStock prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (in rupiah) on March 03, 2000: Shares Close Change Trading Volume -------------------------------------------------------------- Ades Alfindo 750 0 0 Adindo Foresta Indonesia 625 0 1,419,500 Alakasa Industrindo 425 0 0 Alfa...
Sat, 04 Mar 2000
TV today
TV todayTVRI 5:30 a.m. Religious Teachings 6:00 News 8:00 Children's Songs 9:00 Music 11:00 Interval 2:00 p.m. News 2:30 Children's Program 3:00 Sports 4:00 Regional News 4:30 English Lessons 5:00 Students' Quiz 5:30 Sports 6:00 Music 6:30 News (in English) 7:00 Evening News 7:30 Quiz 8:00 TV Drama...
Sat, 04 Mar 2000
Golf training at Imperial Golf Club
Golf training at Imperial Golf Club JAKARTA (JP): If you are still green at playing golf, you can join the Saturday Clinic at 10 a.m. or 11 a.m. at the 18-hole Imperial Golf Club at Lippo Karawaci, Tangerang.The clinic offers golf training after a buffet lunch at La Terrazza in the clubhouse.
Sat, 04 Mar 2000
Conversion Rates
Conversion RatesBank Indonesia's conversion rates on Mar. 3, 2000: Bank notes rates Buying Selling Rp RpU.S. dollar 1 7,413.00 7,487.00Australian dollar 1 4,516.74 4,565.57Austrian schilling 1 519.49 524.89Belgian franc 1 177.20 179.05Brunei dollar 1 4,308.38 4,353.92Canadian dollar 1 5,083.
Sat, 04 Mar 2000
PBSI hopes to serve up two titles in All England
PBSI hopes to serve up two titles in All England JAKARTA (JP): The Badminton Association of Indonesia (PBSI) is holding out hope for its shuttlers to take the men's singles and doubles at the All England championships in Birmingham, England, next week.
Sat, 04 Mar 2000
Lack of transportation a bane for Jakarta Fairground
Lack of transportation a bane for Jakarta Fairground JAKARTA (JP): The frequent exhibitions and sociocultural events at the Jakarta Fairground in Kemayoran, Central Jakarta, have led to call for the city administration to consider establishing bus routes to and from the area.
Sat, 04 Mar 2000
Freeport told to donate 20% of shares for locals
Freeport told to donate 20% of shares for locals JAKARTA (JP): Outgoing Irian Jaya Governor Rear Adm. Freddy Numberi petitioned mining-giant PT Freeport Indonesia on Friday to donate 20 percent of its shares and profits to the regional administration in Irian Jaya to support the community where the...
Sat, 04 Mar 2000
Peace reigns in old Dutch cemeteries
Peace reigns in old Dutch cemeteriesBy Ida Indawati Khouw Jakartans bored with conventional recreational spots such as Ancol Dreamland in North Jakarta and Taman Mini Indonesia Indah in East Jakarta may want to consider Dutch cemeteries as an alternative.
Sat, 04 Mar 2000
No reprieve for finance ministry in illegal demolition lawsuit
No reprieve for finance ministry in illegal demolition lawsuit JAKARTA (JP): A senior city official overruled on Monday a proposal that the city administration not prosecute the finance ministry for its failure to prevent damages to the former Supreme Court building.
Sat, 04 Mar 2000
Local shipowners oppose Hutchison's takeover plans
Local shipowners oppose Hutchison's takeover plans JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesian Shipowners Association (INSA) has strongly opposed plans by Hongkong's Hutchison Port Holdings to purchase a 48 percent interest in PT Humpuss Terminal Petikemas (HTP), an operator of a container terminal at Jakarta's...
Sat, 04 Mar 2000
Govt should enact regional autonomy
Govt should enact regional autonomy JAKARTA (JP): The Association of the West Kalimantan Community in Jakarta (IKKB) warned the government to fully prepare for the implementation of regional autonomy otherwise it would only worsen the economic disparity in resource-rich provinces.
Sat, 04 Mar 2000
Love a splendored, spiteful thing at films
Love a splendored, spiteful thing at films JAKARTA (JP): A story of a mother who knows best and a daughter who knows better, and a forbidden love in films currently playing at local cinemas might amuse moviegoers this weekend.
Sat, 04 Mar 2000
How to manage or mismanage state companies
How to manage or mismanage state companies Some say politicians would be able to practice what they preach if they controlled state firms, while others raise warnings of worse inefficiencies. The Jakarta Post talked to political economist Revrisond Baswir of the Gadjah Mada University in...
Sat, 04 Mar 2000
Bonit and Sulistyo cruise to Futures doubles semis
Bonit and Sulistyo cruise to Futures doubles semis JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia's veteran pair of Bonit Wiryawan and Sulistyo Wibowo made their way to the semifinals of the US$15,000 Indonesia Futures-2 at the Kemayoran Tennis Center in Central Jakarta on Friday.
Sat, 04 Mar 2000
Asian monies mostly lower, peso up on tighter policy
Asian monies mostly lower, peso up on tighter policy HONG KONG (Dow Jones): Most Asian currencies ended regional dealing hours Friday lower against the U.S. dollar following a nearly featureless trading session.
Sat, 04 Mar 2000
Dengue outbreak kills five
Dengue outbreak kills five JEPARA, Central Java: At least five children have died from dengue fever here in February, while 15 others were hospitalized and reportedly in critical condition.The regency's health agency chief, Gunawan W, revealed on Friday that dengue fever has affected 20 villages in...
Sat, 04 Mar 2000
Bank Bali to decide rights issue plan this month
Bank Bali to decide rights issue plan this month JAKARTA (JP): Publicly listed Bank Bali expects to hold an extraordinary meeting later this month to approve its rights issue plan.The Indonesian Bank Restructuring Agency (IBRA) said on Thursday that the agency was still waiting for approval from...
Sat, 04 Mar 2000
UGM to decide on alleged plagiarism
UGM to decide on alleged plagiarism YOGYAKARTA (JP): A Gadjah Mada University (UGM) team is to inquire into an alleged case of plagiarism involving a doctorate student, Ipong S. Azhar, and will complete its investigations on March 25.
Sat, 04 Mar 2000
Slovakian scholars nabbed in Palawan
Slovakian scholars nabbed in Palawan PUERTO PRINCESA, Philippines (AFP): Four Slovakian scientists were arrested here on Friday for attempting to smuggle out rare insects from the western Philippine province of Palawan, environment officials said.
Sat, 04 Mar 2000
Suspects arrested for gang rape
Suspects arrested for gang rape JAKARTA (JP): South Jakarta Police detectives have arrested two casual public minivan drivers suspected of raping a mute and nearly deaf girl, Chief Warrant Officer Purwani said on Friday.