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Fri, 27 Mar 1998
Effects of drought spread to more eastern provinces
Effects of drought spread to more eastern provinces JAKARTA (JP): Food shortages caused by a prolonged lack of rain are spreading to more regions in less-developed eastern Indonesia.Jayawijaya regency in Irian Jaya, a number of villages in Kutai regency in East Kalimantan, East Sumba regency in...
Fri, 27 Mar 1998
Conversion Rates
Conversion Rates JAKARTA (JP): Bank Ekspor Impor Indonesia's (Bank Exim) indicative conversion rates on March 26, 1998: Buying Selling Rp Rp U.S. dollar 1 7,800.00 9,300.00Austrian shilling 1 587.40 756.30Australian dollar 1 5,243.80 6,311.30Belgian franc 1 207.50 248.80Canadian dollar 1 5,551.
Fri, 27 Mar 1998
ADB lends Thailand $1b
ADB lends Thailand $1b MANILA (AFP): The Asian Development Bank yesterday approved a one-billion-dollar export financing facility for Thailand to support exporters squeezed by tight credit, the Philippines-based bank announced.
Fri, 27 Mar 1998
Govt undecided if Arifin in alleged plot
Govt undecided if Arifin in alleged plot JAKARTA (JP): The government remained undecided yesterday about the legal status of oil tycoon Arifin Panigoro, who has been accused of involvement in a conspiracy of intellectuals to disrupt national stability and order.
Fri, 27 Mar 1998
Peers mourn death of Sukarjo
Peers mourn death of Sukarjo SURABAYA, East Java: The theater community is in shock at the loss of comedian Sukarjo, who died in Kembangsore village, Pacet, East Java, Tuesday evening.As reported by Antara, Sukarjo died at the age of 67.
Fri, 27 Mar 1998
Rally continues for second day on JSX
Rally continues for second day on JSX JAKARTA (JP): Stock prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (JSX) rallied for the second consecutive day yesterday on cuts in local banks' deposit rates.Brokers said the move to cut rates of one-month deposits only one day after banks significantly increased them...
Fri, 27 Mar 1998
City's economic growth minus 2.74%
City's economic growth minus 2.74% JAKARTA (JP): With a solution to the devastating economic crisis still out of sight, the city government reported yesterday that growth in Jakarta's economy had fallen to negative 2.74 percent.
Fri, 27 Mar 1998
Students hold discount fair
Students hold discount fair YOGYAKARTA: More than 1,500 reams of paper were sold yesterday at a discount fair which also sold basic commodities.The fair was held by Gadjah Mada University's Executive Students Body and the Geological Technology Students Union.
Fri, 27 Mar 1998
Vacant office space up 60% in the first quarter
Vacant office space up 60% in the first quarter JAKARTA (JP): Vacant office space for lease in prime and secondary areas here rose 60 percent in the first quarter of the year after many firms shut down or relocated to cheaper buildings, a property consultant reports.
Fri, 27 Mar 1998
Farming on deserted land
Farming on deserted land BOGOR (JP): Over seven hectares of disused land owned by real estate developers will be used to cultivate corn and peanuts to help raise food production, Bogor Mayor Eddy Gunardi said yesterday.
Fri, 27 Mar 1998
USAID to provide RI with food assistance
USAID to provide RI with food assistance WASHINGTON (Reuters): Corn and rice are at the top of the list of commodities that the U.S. Agency for International Development is considering for donation to Indonesia, an agency spokeswoman said Wednesday.
Fri, 27 Mar 1998
Witnesses say People's Summit never happened
Witnesses say People's Summit never happened JAKARTA (JP): All six witnesses called in lawsuits filed by stage actress Ratna Sarumpaet and five other people for wrongful arrest testified in court yesterday that the Indonesian People's Summit on March 10 did not happen.
Fri, 27 Mar 1998
ABRI gets reminder of its duty to people
ABRI gets reminder of its duty to people JAKARTA (JP): Former Armed Forces (ABRI) chief/defense minister Gen. (ret.) Maraden Panggabean reminded the military yesterday of its commitment to struggle for and with the people."ABRI should never forget that without the people it doesn't exist.
Fri, 27 Mar 1998
Bangka regency sells rice cheap
Bangka regency sells rice cheap BANGKA, South Sumatra: To help low-income families cope with the rising prices of basic commodities, Bangka regency distributed 132 tons of rice at a rock bottom prices yesterday.
Fri, 27 Mar 1998
Hotels 'approach doomsday' without government help
Hotels 'approach doomsday' without government help JAKARTA (JP): The country's hotel industry may soon be on the brink of its doomsday, mirroring the continuing downhill path of the tourism sector, unless the government intervenes soon, a hotel association executive has said.
Fri, 27 Mar 1998
FamilyMart-Sinar Mas tie up
FamilyMart-Sinar Mas tie up TOKYO (Reuters): Japan's FamilyMart Co Ltd said yesterday it had reached a basic agreement with Indonesia's Sinar Mas Group to jointly open convenience stores in Indonesia when the economy there recovers.
Fri, 27 Mar 1998
Lecturer killed at her house
Lecturer killed at her house JAKARTA (JP): A 35-year-old lecturer at the polytechnic school of the University of Indonesia was found dead at her residence in the Bintara Jaya housing complex in Bekasi yesterday, police said.City Police spokesman Lt. Col. E.
Fri, 27 Mar 1998
Six die in dengue outbreak
Six die in dengue outbreak JAKARTA (JP): Dengue fever has claimed six lives and affected about 700 others throughout the capital since January, Aslan Lasman, chief of the city health office, has said.The figures show a significant drop compared to figures for the same period last year, during which...
Fri, 27 Mar 1998
Universal hush unlikely on Bali's day of silence
Universal hush unlikely on Bali's day of silenceBy Putu Wirata DENPASAR, Bali (JP): This Sunday, Bali will be the most isolated island in the world. It will be quiet all day and dark during the night.On that day, Hindus across the country will celebrate Nyepi, the Hindu Day of Silence.
Thu, 26 Mar 1998
Stock Exchange
Stock ExchangeStock prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (in rupiah) on March 25, 1998: Shares Close Change Trading Volume -------------------------------------------------------------- Ades Alfindo 700 0 0 AHAP Insurance 500 0 0 Alter Abadi 600 25 86,000 Alumindo Light Metal 350 -25 311,000...
Thu, 26 Mar 1998
Hendro told to improve transmigration sites
Hendro told to improve transmigration sites JAKARTA (JP): The government intends to improve the quality of existing transmigration sites rather than open new ones, President Soeharto said yesterday.The President told Minister of Transmigration and Resettlement of Forest Squatters A.M.
Thu, 26 Mar 1998
Shooting lesson for journalists
Shooting lesson for journalists JAKARTA (JP): The Jakarta Military Command gave journalists a shooting lesson at its main regiment headquarters in Condet Raya, East Jakarta yesterday.Command spokesman Lt. Col. D.J.
Thu, 26 Mar 1998
U.S. farm exports to RI may fall 50%
U.S. farm exports to RI may fall 50% WASHINGTON (Reuters): U.S. agricultural exports to financially-troubled Indonesia could decline by 50 percent in fiscal 1998 (October-September), a top U.S. Agriculture Department official said yesterday.
Thu, 26 Mar 1998
What religion means to Indonesia politics
What religion means to Indonesia politics JAKARTA (JP): A quarter of a century ago the political scientist and Indonesia specialist Benedict Anderson suggested that to understand Indonesian politics one must attempt to view events from the perspective of Javanese religious assumptions about the...
Thu, 26 Mar 1998
PT Semen Padang in the international market
PT Semen Padang in the international market PT Semen Padang is the oldest cement plant in Indonesia. It began production on March 18, 1910, as NV Nederlands Indische Portland Cement Maatschapij. Production in 1913 was 22.9 tons per year. By 1939, production had risen to 172,000 tons a year.
Thu, 26 Mar 1998
Car production, sales may drop 90% in March
Car production, sales may drop 90% in March JAKARTA (JP): The Association of Indonesian Automotive Industries estimated yesterday that the country's economic crisis would drag down car production and sales by 90 percent this month.The association's chairman, Herman Z.
Thu, 26 Mar 1998
Consumers turn to local cosmetics
Consumers turn to local cosmetics JAKARTA (JP): Whether there is an economic crisis or not, cosmetics, in the words of a beauty expert, are "a second skin to urban women".Claudia Angelique, a skincare and make-up facilitator at John Casablanca's Modeling and Career Center, says this need for...
Thu, 26 Mar 1998
National drive required to conserve water
National drive required to conserve waterBy Asep Fathulrachman Unfortunately, it is not a case of water, water everywhere for the world today. An estimated two billion people lack clean drinking water and many countries suffer acute water shortages.
Thu, 26 Mar 1998
Badminton world rankings
Badminton world rankings LONDON (Reuters): Leading world rankings issued by the International Badminton Federation yesterday:Men: 1. Sun Jun (Chn) 348pts 2. Peter Gade Christensen (Den) 346 3. Luo Yigang (Chn) 293 4. Dong Jiong (Chn) 270 5. Poul-Erik Hoyer-Larsen (Den) 269 6.
Thu, 26 Mar 1998
RI's Moslem community coming into its own
RI's Moslem community coming into its own B.J. Habibie's election as vice president and the predominantly Moslem cabinet has fanned questions about the political map of Islam in Indonesia. Moslem intellectual Nurcholish Madjid, rector of Paramadina Mulya University, discusses the implications.
Thu, 26 Mar 1998
Ecstasy dealer gets four years
Ecstasy dealer gets four years JAKARTA (JP): The North Jakarta District Court sentenced a man on Tuesday to four years in jail and fined him Rp 150 million ($15,000) or three months imprisonment for possessing 13 Ecstasy pills.
Thu, 26 Mar 1998
Jakarta on track with its transportation services
Jakarta on track with its transportation services JAKARTA (JP): A traveler's first steps in Jakarta may be tentative ones as he or she adjusts to the daunting task of becoming familiar with the byways and highways of this sprawling city.
Thu, 26 Mar 1998
Sagori islanders splash half their income on fresh water
Sagori islanders splash half their income on fresh waterBy Rolex Malaha KENDARI, Southeast Sulawesi (Antara): The inhabitants of isolated Sagori island could live comfortably on an average income of Rp 5,000 a day, except they lack one of life's basic necessities: water.
Thu, 26 Mar 1998
Punishment for pedophile hailed
Punishment for pedophile hailed MEDAN, North Sumatra: The Indonesian Institute for the Protection of Women and Children has hailed the punishment meted out by the Medan District Court to Asinia David, 37, for sodomizing and killing three-year-old M. Anwar.
Thu, 26 Mar 1998
Rates hike 'blow to banking industry'
Rates hike 'blow to banking industry' JAKARTA (JP): The current high deposit rates are a further blow to the beleaguered banking sector, which has very few options for reinvesting the money, banking experts said yesterday.
Thu, 26 Mar 1998
Fair play
Fair play The current economic situation has forced a rise in production costs, and those affected include The Jakarta Post. Since this newspaper's announcement on March 15 that it would downsize to eight pages, I feared the worst, expecting eight pagers every day.
Thu, 26 Mar 1998
Kidney patients ask for help
Kidney patients ask for help BANDAR LAMPUNG, Lampung: Some 30 kidney patients of the Abdul Moeloek General Hospital have requested help in continuing their treatment from the ministers of health and home affairs.They said dialysis had become so expensive they could no longer afford it.
Thu, 26 Mar 1998
Irian Jaya to get new governor
Irian Jaya to get new governor JAYAPURA, Irian Jaya: The provincial legislative council has elected Commodore Freddy Numberi, chief of the Jayapura naval base, as the new governor for the 1998/2003 period to replace Jacob Patippi.
Thu, 26 Mar 1998
Unemployment surged to 8.7 million in February
Unemployment surged to 8.7 million in February JAKARTA (JP): The number of unemployed people doubled from 4.4 million last year to 8.7 million at the end of last month, an official said yesterday.Sri Harto, spokesman for the Ministry of Manpower, also said the number of people working less than 35...
Thu, 26 Mar 1998
Banned referees cry foul at charges
Banned referees cry foul at charges JAKARTA (JP): A group of soccer referees, banned from officiating after an alleged match-fixing scam, decried yesterday what they termed unfair treatment by the All-Indonesia Football Federation (PSSI).
Thu, 26 Mar 1998
Krugman mocks currency board proposal for RI
Krugman mocks currency board proposal for RI HONG KONG (Dow Jones): Leading U.S. economist Paul Krugman lashed out yesterday at "economic snake-oil salesmen" seeking to offer a quick fix to Indonesia's complex problems.
Thu, 26 Mar 1998
Side meetings arranged for Habibie at ASEM
Side meetings arranged for Habibie at ASEMBy K. Basrie LONDON (JP): The Indonesian Embassy here has arranged a series of bilateral meetings for Vice President B.J. Habibie with several Asian and European leaders when they gather here next week.
Thu, 26 Mar 1998
Robbery believed behind murder of Taiwanese lady
Robbery believed behind murder of Taiwanese lady JAKARTA (JP): A Taiwanese woman, found dead at a residence in North Jakarta Tuesday afternoon, is believed to have been murdered during a robbery, police said yesterday.City Police spokesman Lt. Col. E.
Thu, 26 Mar 1998
Local orangutans face extinction
Local orangutans face extinction SAMARINDA, East Kalimantan: Forest fires and illegal hunting have been posing grave threats to orangutans (Pongo pygmaeus) living in East Kalimantan's forests, an expert of the Ministry of Forestry said yesterday.Dr.
Thu, 26 Mar 1998
Brunei orders schools closed
Brunei orders schools closed BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN (AFP): Brunei authorities ordered yesterday all schools closed for two weeks as haze from forest fires in nearby areas worsened.Citizens of the largely-Moslem sultanate have also been requested to fast for two days to pray for rain, and prayers were...
Thu, 26 Mar 1998
ABRI starts dialog with critical groups
ABRI starts dialog with critical groups BANDUNG (JP): The Armed Forces (ABRI) made good on its recent offer yesterday by opening a series of dialogs with critical groups in a bid to settle the monetary crisis and answer growing calls for reform.
Thu, 26 Mar 1998
RI private debt to be rescheduled
RI private debt to be rescheduled TOKYO (Agencies): Leading banks from Europe, Japan and the United States are likely to agree on a plan to reschedule repayments of principal on loans made to Indonesia's private- sector companies, the Japanese daily Nihon Keizai Shimbun reported in yesterday's...
Thu, 26 Mar 1998
Man arrested with 4.8kg of heroin
Man arrested with 4.8kg of heroin TANGERANG (JP): Customs officers at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport have made their first illegal drugs arrest of the year of an Indonesian man who allegedly tried to smuggle 4.884 kg of second-grade heroin into the country.
Thu, 26 Mar 1998
How to understand the crisis
How to understand the crisis The economic crisis befalling Indonesia has been dragging on with no hint as to when it will be over. The following two articles provide a political-culture approach to the crisis with an historical perspective. Dr. Mark R.
Thu, 26 Mar 1998
Presidential decree on sticker system issued
Presidential decree on sticker system issued JAKARTA (JP): A presidential decree on the sticker system which will replace the controversial three-in-one traffic system was issued on Monday and the city is preparing supporting bylaws, an official said yesterday.