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Tue, 03 Mar 1998
Album
AlbumPhoto A: SnapshotJP/oby'SAY CHEESE': Timber tycoon and assembly member Mohammad "Bob" Hasan takes a snapshot of fellow members outgoing State Minister of Investment Sanyoto Sastrwardoyo (center) and outgoing Minister of Defense and Security Edi Sudradjat.
Tue, 03 Mar 1998
World's wetlands celebrated on their own day
World's wetlands celebrated on their own dayBy George Sitania BOGOR (JP): This archipelago's 17,500 islands cover 38 million hectares of land, of which 21 percent is wetlands, the largest area in Asia.These span 34 million hectares, of which 3.6 million hectares are protected.
Tue, 03 Mar 1998
E. Timorese pray for Session's success
E. Timorese pray for Session's success JAKARTA (JP): Tens of thousands of East Timorese of all religions have asked for divine help to ensure the General Session of the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) is a success.
Tue, 03 Mar 1998
Hendra may have known his killers, police say
Hendra may have known his killers, police say TANGERANG (JP): Local police said yesterday that they believed the killers of businessman Hendra Rusmawan and his wife had properly plotted their actions.However, this preliminary conclusion has not yet cast light on a motive for the gruesome murders,...
Tue, 03 Mar 1998
Italian rider Missaglia wins tour title
Italian rider Missaglia wins tour title KUALA LUMPUR (AP): Italian rider Gabriele Missaglia, who had taken the lead only one day earlier, won the 12-stage Tour de Langkawi cycling race Sunday.The 28-year-old rider of the professional team Mapei-Bricobi received the 80,000 ringgit (US$20,000) first...
Tue, 03 Mar 1998
Aid reaches drought-hit areas
Aid reaches drought-hit areas JAKARTA (JP): The government has airlifted 20 tons of rice to 5,000 people living in four drought and fire-afflicted villages in the Kutai regency, East Kalimantan, a report said yesterday.
Tue, 03 Mar 1998
Balongan plant shutdown
Balongan plant shutdown SINGAPORE (Reuters): Indonesian state-owned Pertamina had shut its 125,000 barrel-per-day (bpd) Balongan refinery last week for one month due to a mechanical fault, a source close to the refinery said yesterday.
Tue, 03 Mar 1998
Papers react positively to Soeharto's address
Papers react positively to Soeharto's address JAKARTA (JP): National newspapers here generally responded positively yesterday toward President Soeharto's accountability address to the People's Consultative Assembly, hailing the President's assertion that a homegrown solution would be the ultimate...
Tue, 03 Mar 1998
Megawati too late for presidency?
Megawati too late for presidency? JAKARTA (JP): An absent-minded journalist walked out of a news briefing very angry with himself because he forgot to ask a question he believed would knock a Golkar politician down.
Tue, 03 Mar 1998
Assembly set to accept Soeharto's speech
Assembly set to accept Soeharto's speech JAKARTA (JP): All the People's Consultative Assembly factions said yesterday they would accept President Soeharto's leadership accountability address, although some added they would do so only with reservations.
Tue, 03 Mar 1998
Rioters arrested for looting, burning
Rioters arrested for looting, burning MAUMERE, East Nusa Tenggara: At least 66 residents are being detained by Ende Police for damaging, burning and looting shops as well as provoking people to join them, an officer said.Ende Police chief Lt. Col.
Tue, 03 Mar 1998
General scolded by reporter
General scolded by reporter JAKARTA (JP): An Army general complained yesterday that some people are taking the country's flourishing state of democracy a little too far.Maj. Gen. (ret) Z.A. Maulani, a People's Consultative Assembly member from the dominant Golkar faction, was annoyed by a question...
Tue, 03 Mar 1998
New sponsors sought for Thomas, Uber Cups
New sponsors sought for Thomas, Uber Cups HONG KONG (Reuters): The International Badminton Federation (IBF) is scouting for new sponsors and trying to cut costs to stage the finals of the Thomas and Uber Cups as planned in Hong Kong, an official said yesterday.
Tue, 03 Mar 1998
Hotline linking nations in Asia-Pacific for ARF
Hotline linking nations in Asia-Pacific for ARF SYDNEY (AFP): A hotline linking countries in the Asia-Pacific will be one measure discussed to improve regional security at a meeting of ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) officials in Sydney this week, officials said yesterday.
Tue, 03 Mar 1998
TV today
TV todayTVRI 7:00 a.m. Morning News 7:30 Talk Show 8:00 Breaking News 8:10 Music 9:00 Breaking News 9:10 Profile: Paket Profil Pembangunan 9:27 Music 10:10 Talk Show 10:40 Music 11:00 TVRI News 11:15 Music 11:40 Profile: Paket Profil Politisi 12:00 p.m.
Tue, 03 Mar 1998
Expectations, suggestions pour in for next cabinet
Expectations, suggestions pour in for next cabinet JAKARTA (JP): With the General Session of the People's Consultative Assembly marching predictably toward its foregone conclusions, attention has shifted to the makeup of the next cabinet.
Tue, 03 Mar 1998
Joop's jamu joke
Joop's jamu joke JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Tourism, Post and Telecommunication Joop Ave is famous for his charm and personality, the perfect "salesman" to promote Indonesia. Yesterday he again proved his skills of persuasion.
Tue, 03 Mar 1998
Rolls-Royce wins contract
Rolls-Royce wins contract JAKARTA (JP): A consortium made up of Britain's Rolls-Royce and two other partners has won a US$40 million contract to install a power substation and transmission lines in Java, the company said yesterday.
Tue, 03 Mar 1998
Apkindo cancels plan on plywood export deposit
Apkindo cancels plan on plywood export deposit JAKARTA (JP): The Association of Indonesian Wood Panel Producers (Apkindo) has canceled a controversial deposit requirement for its members which had been criticized as a violation of the IMF-brokered rescue package for Indonesia.
Tue, 03 Mar 1998
Ibrahim Saleh supports Soeharto-Habibie
Ibrahim Saleh supports Soeharto-Habibie JAKARTA (JP): Ibrahim Saleh, a man who shot to prominence 10 years ago for disrupting the 1988 General Session, visited the People's Consultative Assembly yesterday extolling the virtues of interruption.
Tue, 03 Mar 1998
Where to go in Bandung:
Where to go in Bandung:Exhibition * 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.Music and Entertainment * Hotel Papandayan Jl. Gatot Subroto No.
Tue, 03 Mar 1998
Regional representatives close door on everyone bar Habibie
Regional representatives close door on everyone bar Habibie JAKARTA (JP): The regional representatives faction followed the ruling Golkar organization yesterday by closing its doors to all other vice presidential nominees apart from B.J. Habibie.
Mon, 02 Mar 1998
Visa members still meet all deal requirements
Visa members still meet all deal requirements JAKARTA (JP): Visa International's member banks in Indonesia have proved able to support transactions from both cardholders and merchants despite the economic crisis.
Mon, 02 Mar 1998
A test of leadership
A test of leadership President Soeharto's accountability speech delivered to the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) yesterday must have been the toughest he has had to prepare since 1973. The rosy anecdotes of progress achieved under his leadership which peppered his previous five accountability...
Mon, 02 Mar 1998
TV today
TV todayTVRI 7:00 a.m. Morning News 7:30 Talk Show 8:00 Breaking News 8:10 Music 9:00 Breaking News 9:10 Profile: Paket Profil Pembangunan 9:27 Music 10:10 Talk Show 10:40 Music 11:00 TVRI News 11:15 Music 11:40 Profile: Paket Profil Politisi 12:00 p.m.
Mon, 02 Mar 1998
Dorodjatun vows to improve RI-U.S. business ties
Dorodjatun vows to improve RI-U.S. business ties JAKARTA (JP): Dorodjatun Kuntjoro-Jakti, Indonesia's newly appointed ambassador to the United States said Saturday that improving bilateral economic relations was one of his main priorities.Speaking at a business luncheon hosted by the U.S.
Mon, 02 Mar 1998
Pro-Emil sticker disrupts interview
Pro-Emil sticker disrupts interview JAKARTA (JP): Stickers lobbying Emil Salim's vice presidential bid turned out to be amusing yesterday.The butt of the practical joke was a human rights campaigner, Clementino dos Reis Amaral, who has swung his full weight behind Emil.
Mon, 02 Mar 1998
Indonesians are seeking safe haven in Perth
Indonesians are seeking safe haven in PerthBy Dewi Anggraeni MELBOURNE (JP): With a three-and-half-hour flight southeast from Jakarta, the city of Perth in Western Australia has always been a popular destination for Indonesian tourists.
Mon, 02 Mar 1998
Thinking skills can be taught at school
Thinking skills can be taught at schoolBy Hendra Gunawan BANDUNG (JP): In his article "Education: Learning from a crisis" (The Jakarta Post, Feb. 7, 1998), David Harries suggests that in dealing with the crisis and preparing for its aftermath, we must not only think about medicine for the present,...
Mon, 02 Mar 1998
Shell quits Thai exploration
Shell quits Thai exploration BANGKOK (AFP): Oil industry giant Royal Dutch/Shell Group has announced it will pull out of exploration in Thailand and sell its interests in the country's most lucrative oil field, reports said Saturday.
Mon, 02 Mar 1998
West African visitors robbed by taxi driver
West African visitors robbed by taxi driver JAKARTA (JP): Two visitors from West Africa were robbed by a taxi driver and his accomplice on their way back to a hotel in Central Jakarta on Friday night, police said Saturday.City Police spokesman Lt. Col. E.
Mon, 02 Mar 1998
Is profiteering a major issue?
Is profiteering a major issue? I am a foreigner who gets my paycheck from my headquarters outside of Indonesia. I travel to Indonesia very often on business trips. Of course, I shop here whenever I have a chance to do so.
Mon, 02 Mar 1998
Help those who are in need
Help those who are in need If any certainty existed that the situation would improve soon, the general suffering in our country would not be as great. The problem is that in order to cure our ailing economy, even greater suffering is necessary before the illness can be healed.
Mon, 02 Mar 1998
Paramedics stand by early
Paramedics stand by early JAKARTA (JP): Feeling a bit fatigued after sitting in one of those meeting rooms for hours?The paramedic team at the General Session of the People's Consultative Assembly may just have the cure for Assembly members.
Mon, 02 Mar 1998
MAS ends Davo flight
MAS ends Davo flight DAVAO, Philippines (AFP): The Asian currency crisis has forced the cancellation of the only direct flight between the southern Philippines and nearby Malaysia, it was announced here Saturday.
Mon, 02 Mar 1998
Crisis threatens development
Crisis threatens development JAKARTA (JP): President Soeharto in his accountability address to the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) bemoaned that events of the past few months have exposed internal weaknesses and threatened to undermine the country's hard built development.
Mon, 02 Mar 1998
Amex checks
Amex checks I carried American Express (Amex) travelers' checks when I traveled to the U.S. in September 1997. The checks were stolen in Los Angeles. Immediately after the incident, I reported it to the local police, the local Amex office and the Amex office in Jakarta.
Mon, 02 Mar 1998
Weekend pollution levels up in S'pore
Weekend pollution levels up in S'pore SINGAPORE (Reuters): Air pollution levels in Singapore, threatened by smoke from fires in neighboring Indonesia, climbed into the moderate range on the weekend.The 24-hour Pollutant Standards Index (PSI) at 4 p.m. (3 p.m.
Mon, 02 Mar 1998
Nightspots close as nightlife slows
Nightspots close as nightlife slows JAKARTA (JP): Almost two-thirds of the city's 157 nightspots have temporarily closed and dozens are expected to follow as fewer revelers venture out on the town at night, a senior official said over the weekend.
Mon, 02 Mar 1998
PPP to press its stance on crisis
PPP to press its stance on crisis JAKARTA (JP): The General Session of the People's Consultative Assembly kicked off yesterday with the United Development Party (PPP) faction setting its sights on breaking the long held convention of having a uniform opinion.
Mon, 02 Mar 1998
Business leaders support CBS plan
Business leaders support CBS plan JAKARTA (JP): Prominent business leaders in the People's Consultative Assembly expressed support yesterday for President Soeharto's effort to stabilize the rupiah through a currency board system.
Mon, 02 Mar 1998
We will continue to implement reforms: Soeharto
We will continue to implement reforms: Soeharto Following is an excerpt of the accountability address presented by President Soeharto at the opening of the General Session of the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) yesterday in his capacity as Mandatory of the nation's highest institution.
Mon, 02 Mar 1998
The dirty politics of the boardroom
The dirty politics of the boardroom Politiking Di Panggung Bisnis (Politicization in the Business Sector); By Rhenald Kasali; Published by Gramedia & TIARA, Jakarta, 1998; 241 pp + xxii; Rp 17,000 YOGYAKARTA (JP): The meaning of politics has always been misunderstood as the effort to reach, capture...
Mon, 02 Mar 1998
IBM wins IPTN contract
IBM wins IPTN contract JAKARTA (JP): State aircraft manufacturer PT Industri Pesawat Terbang Nusantara (IPTN) has signed a series of contracts with IBM to supply additional workstations and software to support the N-2130, the country's first passenger jet project.
Mon, 02 Mar 1998
Emil could be Golkar's choice
Emil could be Golkar's choice JAKARTA (JP): The old saying vox populi vox dei is worth believing as the Golkar faction failed yesterday to assert its vice presidential candidate before a group of visitors who lent support to senior economist Emil Salim.
Mon, 02 Mar 1998
Vice presidential election not yet over, Sudomo says
Vice presidential election not yet over, Sudomo says JAKARTA (JP): Chairman of the Supreme Advisory Council Sudomo scoffed yesterday at cynics who say that no vice presidential election is necessary because B.J. Habibie is already assured of winning the post.
Mon, 02 Mar 1998
Sultan Bolkiah plans to aid Asia economies
Sultan Bolkiah plans to aid Asia economies KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters): The Sultan of Brunei, one of the world's richest men, plans to help Asian economies pull through a financial crisis with strategic investments, Malaysia's prime minister said on Saturday.
Mon, 02 Mar 1998
Message from the Publisher
Message from the Publisher More than a month ago The Jakarta Post implemented several cost-efficiency measures -- including the reduction of the number of pages of the newspaper from 16 to 12 -- to cut financial losses caused by shrinking advertising revenue and rising newsprint prices.
Mon, 02 Mar 1998
IMF holds key to World Bank loans to Indonesia
IMF holds key to World Bank loans to Indonesia WASHINGTON (Reuters): Decisions by the International Monetary Fund hold the key to the approval of more than US$1 billion of World Bank loans to Indonesia, a senior bank official said on Friday.
Mon, 02 Mar 1998
Malaysia fights illegal immigrants
Malaysia fights illegal immigrants KUALA LUMPUR (AP): A regional official wants 45,000 army reservists to help police keep illegal immigrants from entering the country, a newspaper said yesterday.Shahidan Kassim, chief minister of the northwestern state of Perlis, has urged the Defense Ministry to...