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Thu, 25 Mar 1999
Indigenous people
Indigenous people When I picked up The Jakarta Post of March 22, 1999, and read on page one "Indigenous people take united stand," I was so happy I could have jumped sky high with joy. To be sure that I had the right interpretation of the word indigenous, I consulted an English-Indonesian...
Thu, 25 Mar 1999
KPU bars ministers from campaigning
KPU bars ministers from campaigning JAKARTA (JP): The General Elections Commission (KPU) voted on Wednesday in favor of banning government officials, including Cabinet ministers, from campaigning for parties contesting the June 7 general election.
Thu, 25 Mar 1999
National Plus schools: Education for the elite few
National Plus schools: Education for the elite fewBy Lena Rosenthal JAKARTA (JP): A lot of well-to-do Indonesian parents send their children abroad to ensure they will receive a better education. During the crisis, however, some may have to think twice about overseas education.
Thu, 25 Mar 1999
Indonesians finds home away from home at UC Berkeley
Indonesians finds home away from home at UC BerkeleyBy Dewi Anggraeni BERKELEY, California (JP): Mention University of California Berkeley to an Indonesian who grew up in the 1970s or even in the late 1960s, you will most likely be told of Professor Widjojo Nitisastro's think tank, also known as...
Thu, 25 Mar 1999
Pawnshops gain clients over banks
Pawnshops gain clients over banks MAUMERE, East Nusa Tenggara: The Sikka pawnshop disbursed Rp 10 billion (US$1.12 million) in consumption loans over the past year, up from Rp 6 billion in 1998.Pawnbroker Hamon Herman, attributed on Monday the increase to the protracted economic crisis.
Thu, 25 Mar 1999
Jasindo's profit increases
Jasindo's profit increases JAKARTA (JP): State-owned general insurance firm PT Asuransi Jasa Indonesia (Jasindo) said on Wednesday that its 1998 unaudited net profit rose by 9.63 percent to Rp 41.44 billion (about US$4.8 million) from to Rp 37.80 billion in 1997.
Thu, 25 Mar 1999
Pertamina to lose monopoly in 2 years
Pertamina to lose monopoly in 2 years JAKARTA (JP): The government will end the monopoly extended to state company Pertamina to manage the country's oil and gas sector in two years, a minister has said.
Thu, 25 Mar 1999
40% of Tangerang residents lack IDs
40% of Tangerang residents lack IDs TANGERANG (JP): Nearly half of the 1.31 million Tangerang residents do not have identification cards (ID), as they believe the processing requirements are too expensive, an official said.Approximately 40 percent or 502,110 Tangerang residents are affected.
Thu, 25 Mar 1999
Bank owners urge IBRA negotiates with employees
Bank owners urge IBRA negotiates with employees JAKARTA (JP): Owners of the 38 banks closed by the government urged the Indonesian Bank Restructuring Agency (IBRA) to represent them in negotiations with thousands of employees demanding higher severance pay.
Thu, 25 Mar 1999
Citigroup aids small firms
Citigroup aids small firms JAKARTA (JP): America's Citigroup Foundation donated on Wednesday US$1 million to Grameen Trust in order that it can extend its microcredit program to five countries hardest hit by the Asian economic crisis.
Thu, 25 Mar 1999
Banning scholars from entering the country undemocratic
Banning scholars from entering the country undemocraticBy Benny Subianto JAKARTA (JP): No clear reason has been provided as to why Yoshihara Kunio, an historian at the Southeast Asian Studies Center at Kyoto University, was refused entry at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport on March 14.
Thu, 25 Mar 1999
Indonesia set to ratify antidiscrimination convention
Indonesia set to ratify antidiscrimination convention JAKARTA (JP): The House of Representatives began deliberation on Wednesday of a United Nations convention against all forms of racial discrimination.
Thu, 25 Mar 1999
Government releases PKI prisoners
Government releases PKI prisoners JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Justice Muladi announced on Wednesday the release of 10 aging former members of the outlawed Indonesian Communist Party (PKI), jailed for their involvement in the communist-backed abortive coup attempt in 1965.
Thu, 25 Mar 1999
IMF likely to increase bailout for Indonesia by $1 billion
IMF likely to increase bailout for Indonesia by $1 billion HONG KONG (Agencies): IMF Asia-Pacific Director Hubert Neiss said on Wednesday he expects the IMF's Indonesia board to agree to augment an existing bailout program by about $1.0 billion when it meets on Thursday.
Thu, 25 Mar 1999
Stock Exchange
Stock ExchangeStock prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (in rupiah) on March 24 , 1999: Shares Close Change Trading Volume ------------------------------------------------------ Ades Alfindo 225 0 0 AHAP Insurance 400 0 0 Alakasa Industrindo 100 -25 102,500 Alter Abadi 200 0 0 Alumindo Light Metal...
Thu, 25 Mar 1999
Obituary
Obituary Respected social scientist Koentjaraningrat, known as the pioneer of anthropology in Indonesia, died on Tuesday shortly after being admitted to Kramat Hospital here of a stroke. He was 75.He was given a simple funeral on Wednesday in the Karet Bivak cemetery in Central Jakarta.
Thu, 25 Mar 1999
Police arrest four men accused of bus robbery
Police arrest four men accused of bus robbery JAKARTA (JP): City police apprehended on Wednesday four men believed to belong to a seven-member armed gang specializing in extorting money from passengers on air-conditioned public buses.
Thu, 25 Mar 1999
No decision on E. Timor peacekeeping force: UN
No decision on E. Timor peacekeeping force: UN DILI, East Timor (JP): No decision has been made as to whether a United Nations peacekeeping force will be deployed in this province during the direct ballot to choose between autonomy and independence in July, UN officials said on Wednesday.
Thu, 25 Mar 1999
Come together
Come togetherFrom Bisnis IndonesiaIt is a fact that people hope the June 1999 general election will be democratic and reflect the people's aspirations. In order not to be trapped in the status quo and to make reform a reality, some parties are voicing the need for a coalition to oppose Golkar, the...
Thu, 25 Mar 1999
Conversion Rates
Conversion Rates Bank Bali's conversion rates on March 24, 1999: TT rates Bank notes rates Buying Selling Buying Selling Rp Rp Rp Rp U.S. dollar 1 8,825.00 8,850.00 8,825.00 8,890.00Australian dollar 1 5,601.35 5,691.60 5,576.00 5,741.00Austrian schilling 1 695.34 706.26 - -Belgian franc 1 237.
Thu, 25 Mar 1999
Apartment sales indicate property sector recovery
Apartment sales indicate property sector recovery JAKARTA (JP): An increase in purchases of apartment units in the city by individual foreign investors reveals an early sign of recovery in the domestic property sector, according to property consultant PT Colliers Jardine's investment director...
Thu, 25 Mar 1999
Semarang regent offers bribes
Semarang regent offers bribes UNGARAN, Central Java: Semarang Regent Soedijatno, under police investigation in connection to a corruption case, tried to bribe local United Development Party (PPP) legislators, a PPP official said on Tuesday.
Thu, 25 Mar 1999
Scenarios for democratization
Scenarios for democratization This is the second of two articles based on a paper presented by Mohammad A.S. Hikam, a senior research associate of the Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI), at a European Union- Indonesia Dialog organized by the International Dialogs Foundation (IDF) and the...
Thu, 25 Mar 1999
People's economy concept worries U.S. investors
People's economy concept worries U.S. investors JAKARTA (JP): The populist economic approach adopted by the President B.J. Habibie administration has U.S. investors worried.The president of the American Chamber of Commerce in Indonesia (Amcham Indonesia), James W Castle, said here on Wednesday that...
Thu, 25 Mar 1999
Malaysia denies entry to stranded Madurese refugees
Malaysia denies entry to stranded Madurese refugees JAKARTA (JP): Over 400 embattled Madurese refugees escaping terror in West Kalimantan's Sambas regency have found themselves stranded at the port in the neighboring Malaysian state of Sarawak, reports said on Wednesday.
Thu, 25 Mar 1999
Govt says Irianese students safe
Govt says Irianese students safe UJUNGPANDANG, South Sulawesi: Governor HZB Palaguna promised on Wednesday that indigenous Irianese students studying here would be safe and played down fears that the religious conflict in Ambon would spill over into the province.
Thu, 25 Mar 1999
Nike raises pay above minimum wage
Nike raises pay above minimum wage SEATTLE (Reuters): Nike Inc., addressing a persistent public relations problem, said on Tuesday it will raise entry-level wages for workers at its Indonesian shoe factories concurrent with a government minimum wage hike.
Thu, 25 Mar 1999
Foreign bank to take 90% interest in Bank Bali
Foreign bank to take 90% interest in Bank Bali JAKARTA (JP): Bank Bali president Rudy Ramli said on Wednesday a foreign bank had been chosen to take a 90 percent stake in the bank through private placement.
Thu, 25 Mar 1999
Draft budget raised by Rp 70b
Draft budget raised by Rp 70b JAKARTA (JP): Jakarta's draft budget for the 1999/2000 fiscal year was raised by Rp 70 billion (US$7.86 million) to Rp 2.82 trillion because of an increase in the estimated contributions of fuel tax and the cancellation of a subsidy for the parking agency, an official...
Thu, 25 Mar 1999
JCI members to meet in Bali
JCI members to meet in Bali JAKARTA (JP): The Junior Chamber International (JCI) said on Wednesday that it would hold its 49th Asian Pacific Conference (Aspac) in Bali, on June 17 to June 21.JCI president Yong Shuk Choi said the annual regional conference was initially planned to be held in...
Thu, 25 Mar 1999
OPEC chief joins RI meeting
OPEC chief joins RI meeting JAKARTA (JP): Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries secretary-general Rilwanu Lukman said on Tuesday he would attend, as a keynote speaker, an international energy conference in Bali in September to demonstrate OPEC's support for developing Indonesia's natural...
Thu, 25 Mar 1999
Mentally ill nation
Mentally ill nation A mentally ill person may go insane or become a mad man if he runs amok. Following ethnic clashes and interreligious conflicts which have turned many parts of the nation aflame and is tearing it apart, as it were, there is no denial that we are, mentally, a sick nation.
Thu, 25 Mar 1999
Understanding the past and predicting the future
Understanding the past and predicting the futureBy Lance Castles YOGYAKARTA (JP): After four decades of dictatorship, thought control, world record nepotism and cronyism and some of the worst massacres the century has seen, democracy has broken out all over Indonesia and developments are showing...
Thu, 25 Mar 1999
New water accord has 'drastic changes'
New water accord has 'drastic changes' JAKARTA (JP): The ongoing renegotiation of a cooperation agreement between city-owned tap water company PDAM Jaya and its two foreign partners -- PT Thames Pam Jaya (TPJ) and PT Pam Lyonnaise Jaya (Palyja) -- will include several drastic changes, a senior...
Thu, 25 Mar 1999
UNESCO
UNESCOCorrection: UNESCO director of decision, unit of expression and democracy to Indonesia is Alain Modoux, not Stephen C. Hill as cited by Antara in the photo appearing on this page on Wednesday. We apologized for the error. -- The editor
Thu, 25 Mar 1999
Workers denaunce military involvement in labor matters
Workers denaunce military involvement in labor matters JAKARTA (JP): About 150 workers from two Tangerang firms protested at the Ministry of Manpower on Wednesday, demanding the military keep out of labor matters.
Thu, 25 Mar 1999
Setting aside $2.5 for citizens' way to democracy
Setting aside $2.5 for citizens' way to democracy JAKARTA (JP): A United Nations Development Program (UNDP) official said the US$100 million to be granted by the organization and several foreign donors for the general election in Indonesia is justifiable."It's the cost we must pay for democracy," G.
Thu, 25 Mar 1999
Upset defendant kicks chair over in courtroom
Upset defendant kicks chair over in courtroom JAKARTA (JP): A law student from the Indonesian Christian University (UKI) on trial charged with kidnapping a police officer expressed his anger at the court on Wednesday by kicking his chair over.
Thu, 25 Mar 1999
National Museum's gold collection goes to Australia
National Museum's gold collection goes to Australia JAKARTA (JP): For the first time, the National Museum's antique gold collection will be exhibited in Australia.Indonesian Gold: Treasures from the National Museum, will be held in Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, from March 26 to May 16.
Thu, 25 Mar 1999
Where to go in Bali:
Where to go in Bali:Exhibitions * Arts Exhibition: by Gde Sudarma, at The Chedi Gallery, Desa Melinggih Kelod, Payangan Gianyar, Ubud (Phone: 0361 975963), until May 17. * Sculptures Exhibition: The Mythology of Wood, by I Made Sutedja, in Ganesha Gallery, Four Seasons Resort, Jimbaran, 12 p.m.
Thu, 25 Mar 1999
Hopes rest on Suwandi in first match of Davis Cup
Hopes rest on Suwandi in first match of Davis Cup JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia is banking on its first singles player Suwandi to get his team off to a winning start in the first match of the Davis Cup Group II Asia Oceania zone against the Philipines here early next month.
Thu, 25 Mar 1999
Marzuki lashes out at police action against Winters
Marzuki lashes out at police action against Winters JAKARTA (JP): Leading human rights campaigner Marzuki Darusman rebuked the police on Wednesday for naming American scholar Jeffrey Winters a suspect for allegedly defaming Coordinating Minister for Economy, Finance and Industry Ginandjar...
Thu, 25 Mar 1999
Armed Forces optimistic about progress with media
Armed Forces optimistic about progress with media JAKARTA (JP): A military officer says the former dictum of a "free and responsible press" has changed to "a press that is free and democratic".Brig. Gen.
Thu, 25 Mar 1999
Pelita Bakrie left hanging on possible semifinal spot
Pelita Bakrie left hanging on possible semifinal spot JAKARTA (JP): Luck handed Pelita Bakrie a prime opportunity to reach the semifinals after it crushed Pupuk Kaltim 3-0 on Wednesday in the fifth Indonesian Soccer League (Ligina) playoffs at the Senayan main stadium.
Thu, 25 Mar 1999
Man shot dead after snatching necklace
Man shot dead after snatching necklace JAKARTA (JP): Police shot dead a man for allegedly resisting arrest late Tuesday after he was caught snatching a gold necklace from a woman at Pulogadung Bus Terminal in East Jakarta.City police spokesman Lt. Col.
Thu, 25 Mar 1999
Burglars tracked down and arrested in C. Java
Burglars tracked down and arrested in C. Java JAKARTA (JP): City police detectives arrested two men believed to have stolen 2.5 kilograms of gold jewelry and US$58,000 in cash from a house belonging to a gold trader in South Jakarta two weeks ago, a police officer said.
Thu, 25 Mar 1999
Anggada's Hartadi wins appeal
Anggada's Hartadi wins appeal SINGAPORE (AP): A U.S. corporation has lost a battle in a Singapore lawsuit against an Indonesian property developer, with the judge ruling that the case should be heard in New York or Jakarta, a news report said Wednesday.
Thu, 25 Mar 1999
Yen sets trend for rising regional monies
Yen sets trend for rising regional monies SINGAPORE (Dow Jones): The yen again set the trend for Southeast Asian currencies during local trading hours on Wednesday.As the Japanese currency rallied in Tokyo, pushing the U.S. dollar lower by one yen, regional currencies trailed the yen higher.
Thu, 25 Mar 1999
Where to go in Surabaya:
Where to go in Surabaya:Exhibitions * Photo Exhibition: Metis, at CCCL - French Cultural Center, Jl. Darmokali 10 (Phone: 031 5678639), 9 a.m. to 8 p.m., until April 10. * Photo Exhibition: Until The Division of Soul, By Karol Pichler, an installation artist from Slovak, at Galeri Warung Serayu, Jl.
Wed, 24 Mar 1999
Honest reports could avoid riots: Goenawan
Honest reports could avoid riots: Goenawan JAKARTA (JP): Senior journalist Goenawan Mohamad told President B.J. Habibie on Tuesday that violence and riots throughout the country could have been avoided through openness and reliable sources of information.