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Tue, 27 Mar 2001
TNI needs people's support for Aceh military operation
TNI needs people's support for Aceh military operation JAKARTA (JP): Army Chief of Staff Gen. Endriartono Sutarto said on Saturday that the Indonesian Military (TNI) would need national support prior to conducting a military operation in the troubled Aceh province.
Tue, 27 Mar 2001
King calls on divided Malay Muslims to unite
King calls on divided Malay Muslims to unite KUALA LUMPUR (Agencies): Malaysia's king on Monday called for the country's Muslims to heal their divisions, lending royal weight to Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad's call for Malay unity talks with the country's Islamic opposition.
Tue, 27 Mar 2001
U.S. arms embargo blamed for Sampit strife
U.S. arms embargo blamed for Sampit strife JAKARTA (JP): In yet another verbal attack on the United States, Minister of Defense Mahfud M.D. blamed on Monday the arms embargo imposed by the country on Indonesia for hampering the military's ability to quell the recent communal violence in Central...
Tue, 27 Mar 2001
Indonesia's cancer of corruption
Indonesia's cancer of corruption Respected figures such as Indonesian Corruption Watch's Teten Masduki and Australian Newcastle University's George J. Aditjondro would have us believe that, while the focus has shifted from the Functional Group (Golkar) and the Soeharto- entourage to multifarious...
Tue, 27 Mar 2001
Jubilo, Blue Wings advance to Asian Champions semis
Jubilo, Blue Wings advance to Asian Champions semis MAKASSAR, South Sulawesi (JP): Jubilo Iwata of Japan and Samsung Suwon Blue Wings of South Korea advanced to the semifinals of the Asian Champions Cup, representing the East Asian Zone, after the quarterfinals final match at Mattoangin Stadium on...
Tue, 27 Mar 2001
Power of capital in decentralization
Power of capital in decentralization The following is the first of two articles on cities under decentralization by architect and urban expert Marco Kusumawijaya. JAKARTA (JP): It is not only local aspirations that have led the drive for decentralization.
Tue, 27 Mar 2001
Good President-TNI relationship sought
Good President-TNI relationship sought JAKARTA (JP): In an effort to help establish peace in the country, the President and the Indonesian Military (TNI) should 'mend their fences', a sociologist said on Saturday.
Tue, 27 Mar 2001
Striking hotel workers run cafe
Striking hotel workers run cafeBy Ahmad Junaidi JAKARTA (JP): If you don't have much money but would like to taste five-star hotel food and beverages, try the Warung Solidaritas (Solidarity Food Stall) which is being run by striking workers of the Shangri-La Hotel.
Tue, 27 Mar 2001
Bandung's mountains being blown to bits
Bandung's mountains being blown to bitsText and photo by Kafil Yamin BANDUNG (JP): Once upon a time, so the story goes, a shaman built a long tunnel to channel water from a gigantic lake to another area.The water flowed through the tunnel and the lake ran dry.
Tue, 27 Mar 2001
Where to go in Bandung:
Where to go in Bandung: Exhibitions* Handicrafts NTT Traditional Handicrafts, the lobby of Grand Hotel Preanger Bandung, Jl. Asia Afrika No. 81 (Phone: 022 4231631), 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., until March 31.* Video Installation Apa Pareil/Apa Reel?, by Christophorus Ade Desembris, CCF - French Cultural...
Tue, 27 Mar 2001
Stop pointless polemics
Stop pointless polemicsFrom Pikiran RakyatAllow me as a layman to express my hopes for and concerns about this beloved country, which many fallen heroes have defended with their last drop of blood.I would like to call on the members of the political elite -- in the executive and the legislature --...
Tue, 27 Mar 2001
More evidence of fraud found in Manulife case
More evidence of fraud found in Manulife case JAKARTA (JP): The Capital Market Supervisory Agency (Bapepam) says there is growing evidence that the owner of the now defunct PT Dharmala Sakti Sejahtera (DSS), Suyanto Gondokusumo, violated capital market law with the controversial transfer of 40...
Tue, 27 Mar 2001
Local seamen demand independent labor union
Local seamen demand independent labor union JAKARTA (JP): More than 500 Indonesian workers employed in foreign ships staged a demonstration here over the weekend, demanding an extraordinary congress to reform their government- dominated union.
Sat, 24 Mar 2001
Military officer arrested over theft
Military officer arrested over theft JAKARTA (JP): Angry residents and Duren Sawit police handed over a military officer on Thursday night to the Jakarta Military Police Headquarters after he was caught stealing a motorcycle in Duren Sawit, East Jakarta.East Jakarta police chief of detectives Adj.
Sat, 24 Mar 2001
Pertamina, Petrovietnam cooperate in oil sector
Pertamina, Petrovietnam cooperate in oil sector JAKARTA (JP): State oil and gas company Pertamina signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on Friday with Vietnam state- owned oil and gas company Petrovietnam to cooperate in oil and gas exploration and production.
Sat, 24 Mar 2001
KL's urban strife bares poverty cuts across race
KL's urban strife bares poverty cuts across raceBy Brendan Pereira KUALA LUMPUR: Madam Ainon Kuntom remembers the night of March 9 like it was yesterday.That was the day she watched two Malay men alight from a car and bash an Indian man for being in the wrong place at the wrong time.
Sat, 24 Mar 2001
Govt doubts ExxonMobil's goodwill
Govt doubts ExxonMobil's goodwill JAKARTA (JP): President Abdurrahman Wahid on Friday expressed suspicion that ExxonMobil temporarily closed its gas fields at Arun, in restive Aceh province, to exert pressure on the government to renegotiate its contracts for better terms.
Sat, 24 Mar 2001
Official accused of corruption
Official accused of corruption BOGOR (JP): The Cibinong Prosecutors' Office is investigating a corruption case involving Dedi Setiadi, a former head of the section of general government system of the Bogor Regency who is now Assistant of Administrative Affairs in Depok.
Sat, 24 Mar 2001
Seminar on marine science research
Seminar on marine science research PURWOKERTO, Central Java: A four-day seminar and workshop on marine science research capacity-building and education will begin here on Monday at Jenderal Soedirman University.
Sat, 24 Mar 2001
Murderers of taxi driver shot dead by police
Murderers of taxi driver shot dead by police JAKARTA (JP): Police shot dead two men for allegedly trying to escape from a crime scene where they had robbed and murdered an Agung Taxi driver, identified as Hermansyah, 48, early on Friday morning.
Sat, 24 Mar 2001
Biased reporting by the 'Post'
Biased reporting by the 'Post' All praises to Allah subhanahu wata'ala, shalawat and greetings onto Rasullulah shallalahu 'alaihi wassalam, his family and friends and Muslims really following him until the end of time.
Sat, 24 Mar 2001
Officials wary of sudden surge in TB
Officials wary of sudden surge in TB JAKARTA (JP): Health officials are wary of the possibility of a sudden surge in tuberculosis infection due to the high number of internally displaced people spread across the country.
Sat, 24 Mar 2001
RI imports Ivorian cocoa
RI imports Ivorian cocoa ABIDJAN (Reuters): Amsterdam, Philadelphia and Tallinn were the three main destinations of Ivory Coast's cocoa beans in the first three months of the 2000/2001 (Oct-Sept) season, the latest port data show.
Sat, 24 Mar 2001
No paper
No paper In observance of the Hindu Day of Silence on Sunday and Islamic New Year on Monday, The Jakarta Post will not be published on the two days. The Post will appear again on Tuesday. -- Publisher
Sat, 24 Mar 2001
Tax cut on luxury cars for G-15 Summit protested
Tax cut on luxury cars for G-15 Summit protested JAKARTA (JP): Dozens of people grouped under the Anti Luxury Car Movement staged a demonstration on Friday in front of the State Palace to protest the huge tax cut for 284 luxury cars that will be used for the coming G-15 summit in the city.
Sat, 24 Mar 2001
Police vow to investigate anyone plotting against Gus Dur
Police vow to investigate anyone plotting against Gus Dur JAKARTA (JP): National Police chief Gen. Surojo Bimantoro said on Friday police would not hesitate to question anyone, no matter their rank or position, if there was evidence they were plotting against President Abdurrahman Wahid.
Sat, 24 Mar 2001
Sutiyoso waits for a 'whisper' on scam
Sutiyoso waits for a 'whisper' on scam JAKARTA (JP): Two senior city officials could still be dismissed over their alleged involvement in the Ancol scandal if further information came from the Jakarta Prosecutor's Office, Governor Sutiyoso said on Friday.
Sat, 24 Mar 2001
Coalition must continue: Hun Sen
Coalition must continue: Hun Sen PHNOM PENH (AP): Prime Minister Hun Sen said on Friday that the ruling coalition should continue beyond the next national elections even if one party wins enough votes to govern alone.
Sat, 24 Mar 2001
Washington supports Arroyo govt: Hubbard
Washington supports Arroyo govt: Hubbard MANILA (AP): The United States recognizes and supports the new administration of Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, a U.S. official said on Friday."We in the United States watched the developments here in the Philippines closely and we recognized...
Sat, 24 Mar 2001
Zaw beats Yoseph in Wotulo Memorial opener
Zaw beats Yoseph in Wotulo Memorial opener JAKARTA (JP): Grand Master (GM) Zaw Win Lay of Myanmar, whose elo rating is 2537, put on a skillful display of chess in defeating Indonesian FIDE Master (MF) Yoseph R.
Sat, 24 Mar 2001
Students demand moral and civics lessons abolished
Students demand moral and civics lessons abolished JAKARTA (JP): Some 300 students from Greater Jakarta's Indonesian Muslim Student Action Front protested at the Ministry of National Education on Friday to demand civics be removed from the national education curriculum.
Sat, 24 Mar 2001
Rupiah rates March 23
Rupiah rates March 23 Bank notes rates TT rates Buying Selling Buying Selling Rp Rp Rp Rp U.S. dollar 1 9,825.00 10,825.00 10,273.00 10,377.00Australian dollar 1 4,875.17 5,376.78 5,097.46 5,154.26Austrian schilling 1 633.26 698.10 662.13 669.21Belgian franc 1 216.01 238.13 225.86 228.
Sat, 24 Mar 2001
LNG plant under siege
LNG plant under siege Indonesia's reputation as the most reliable supplier of liquefied natural gas (LNG) since 1977 and the world's largest exporter of that clean-burning fuel since the early 1990s, with total shipments of more than 30 million metric tons a year, is now being jeopardized because...
Sat, 24 Mar 2001
Where to go in Jakarta:
Where to go in Jakarta:Exhibitions * Painting Journey to the East by Beate E. Renner, Galeri Cipta II, Taman Ismail Marzuki, Jl. Cikini Raya 73, Central Jakarta (Phone: 3140554), 10 a.m. to 9 p.m., until March 28. * Photo: Frida Kahlo and Her Friends, by Lola Alvarez Bravo, La Casa de Mexico, Jl.
Sat, 24 Mar 2001
KL palm oil holds up on pre-holiday buying
KL palm oil holds up on pre-holiday buying KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters): Malaysian palm oil futures held firm on Friday on buying from players covering ahead of a shorter trading week ahead, traders said.The market will be closed on Monday for the Muslim New Year.
Sat, 24 Mar 2001
PSSI shows its commitment to developing futsal in RI
PSSI shows its commitment to developing futsal in RI JAKARTA (JP): The newly introduced five-a-side futsal will be developed in Indonesia over the next four years to guarantee that the country will have a champion futsal team.
Sat, 24 Mar 2001
Stop airing individual grudges
Stop airing individual grudgesFrom Rakyat MerdekaThose who are against President Abdurrahman "Gus Dur" Wahid want him to step down because they think this will be better for national unity and also because he appears to be capable of doing hardly anything to stop the bloody communal clashes in our...
Sat, 24 Mar 2001
Kim pays tribute to S. Korean tycoon
Kim pays tribute to S. Korean tycoon SEOUL (AFP): North Korean supreme leader Kim Jong-Il will send a delegation to Seoul on Saturday to pay a landmark tribute to Hyundai tycoon Chung Ju-Yung, Hyundai officials said on Friday.
Sat, 24 Mar 2001
Gus Dur cancels Aceh visit
Gus Dur cancels Aceh visit JAKARTA (JP): Security concerns have forced President Abdurrahman Wahid to cancel a trip to the restive province of Aceh next week.Though presidential aides cited technical reasons, palace sources and the President himself acknowledged earlier security concerns torpedoed...
Sat, 24 Mar 2001
PBI to recruit 12 bowlers for SEAG
PBI to recruit 12 bowlers for SEAG JAKARTA (JP): Thirty two bowlers are being groomed by the Indonesian Bowling Association (PBI) in preparation for the Kuala Lumpur Southeast Asian (SEA) Games in September.
Sat, 24 Mar 2001
Chong's position contested in Sabah
Chong's position contested in Sabah KUALA LUMPUR (AFP): Three businessmen have challenged the appointment of an ethnic Chinese as chief minister of Malaysia's Sabah state under a system of rotating the post to accommodate different ethnic groups, reports said on Friday.
Sat, 24 Mar 2001
Proposal for expedited election wins support
Proposal for expedited election wins support JAKARTA (JP): The proposal to hold an expedited general election won the support on Friday of officials of the Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) Muslim organization and political observer Arbi Sanit.
Sat, 24 Mar 2001
Businessman shot dead
Businessman shot dead AMBON, Maluku: The murder of a land transportation owner from Karang Panjang subdistrict has caused tension among local residents.Eddy Lahallo, 47, was shot dead in Belakang Soya area at about 7:30 p.m.
Sat, 24 Mar 2001
U.S. slowdown hits Indonesia's furniture exports
U.S. slowdown hits Indonesia's furniture exports JAKARTA (JP): An association warned that the country might not be able to reach its target revenue of US$1.8 billion from furniture exports this year due to the economic slowdown in the United States.M.
Sat, 24 Mar 2001
Rights commission protests intervention into Abepura inquiry
Rights commission protests intervention into Abepura inquiry JAKARTA (JP): The National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) protested on Wednesday the intervention of the Irian Jaya provincial office of the justice and human rights ministry and the police in its inquiry into the Abepura...
Sat, 24 Mar 2001
Sutiyoso sticks to govt PP 108/2000 regulation
Sutiyoso sticks to govt PP 108/2000 regulation JAKARTA (JP): Governor Sutiyoso on Friday was upbeat and full of confidence that his accountability speech due to be presented on March 30 would not be rejected by Jakarta City Council.
Sat, 24 Mar 2001
President to reply to House censure on March 28
President to reply to House censure on March 28 JAKARTA (JP): President Abdurrahman Wahid said on Friday that his reply to the House of Representatives censure over his alleged involvement in two financial scandals would be delivered on Wednesday.
Sat, 24 Mar 2001
CSIS says autonomy a long-term process
CSIS says autonomy a long-term process JAKARTA (JP): A study conducted by the Centre for Strategic International Studies (CSIS) found that there were many erroneous fundamental assumptions on regional autonomy which have caused various complications.Tommy A.
Sat, 24 Mar 2001
Try Sutrisno grilled over Priok riots
Try Sutrisno grilled over Priok riots JAKARTA (JP) Former vice president Try Sutrisno was grilled for 12 hours at the Attorney General's Office here on Thursday for his alleged involvement in the Tanjung Priok riots that claimed dozens and possibly hundreds of lives.
Sat, 24 Mar 2001
Funds siphoned off
Funds siphoned offFrom Warta KotaThis paper reported on March 17 that according to E. Rudy Franki Faat, a legislator on Bogor Regency Council, some Rp 400 million intended for the repair of elementary school buildings in Bogor regency had allegedly been siphoned off.