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Wed, 18 Apr 2001
'Bughot', from law to politics
'Bughot', from law to politicsBy M. Ishom Hadzik JOMBANG, East Java (JP): In the early 1950s, Indonesian Muslims were preoccupied with the question, "When a Muslim woman, who no longer has a wali nasab (guardian by lineage, such as father or uncle), is married by a wali hakim (appointed religious...
Wed, 18 Apr 2001
Jakarta hosts figure skating
Jakarta hosts figure skating JAKARTA (JP): The capital will host the sixth 2001 Jakarta Open figure skating competition from Friday through Sunday at the Sky Rink in Taman Anggrek Mall, West Jakarta, which will also feature skaters from Malaysia, the Philippines and Singapore.
Wed, 18 Apr 2001
RP, Norway discuss peace talk venue
RP, Norway discuss peace talk venue MANILA (AFP): The Philippine government is negotiating to establish a Norwegian venue for peace talks with communist guerrillas, Vice President Teofisto Guingona said on Tuesday.
Wed, 18 Apr 2001
Malaysian tin price increases
Malaysian tin price increases KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters): Malaysia's tin price closed up on Tuesday, correcting two straight days of losses, as the London Metal Exchange (LME) prepared to reopen after the long Easter break.
Wed, 18 Apr 2001
Pasar Jaya president summoned to testify
Pasar Jaya president summoned to testify JAKARTA (JP): The president of city-owned market operator PD Pasar Jaya, Syahril Tanjung, said on Tuesday that he had received a summons from West Jakarta Prosecutor's Office to testify as a witness over an alleged corruption case.
Wed, 18 Apr 2001
S'pore non-oil exports fall
S'pore non-oil exports fall SINGAPORE (AFP): Singapore's key non-oil domestic exports (NODX) in March fell 2.1 percent from a year ago, sharply down on the 5.4 percent growth the previous month, the government said Tuesday.
Wed, 18 Apr 2001
Mahathir berates religious studies and free speech
Mahathir berates religious studies and free speech KUALA LUMPUR (Agencies): Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad chided Muslims for weakness in global affairs on Tuesday, saying too much emphasis on religious studies has led to world where Muslims are no longer feared by their enemies.
Wed, 18 Apr 2001
Malaysians suffer legal setback
Malaysians suffer legal setback KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters): Five opposition activists held under Malaysia's hard-hitting security laws suffered an early setback on Tuesday in efforts to secure their release.
Wed, 18 Apr 2001
S'pore to open office in Riau
S'pore to open office in Riau SINGAPORE (AFP): Singapore is to open a new consulate in Indonesia's Riau province, the Singapore ministry of foreign affairs said Tuesday.The consulate will start operations on Wednesday in Pekanbaru, the provincial capital of Riau, the ministry said in a statement.
Wed, 18 Apr 2001
What to do when holiday spoiler of traveler's diarrhea hits
What to do when holiday spoiler of traveler's diarrhea hitsBy Maria Endah Hulupi JAKARTA (JP): Those tempting images of beautiful panoramas and ways of life so different from our own are hard to resist.
Wed, 18 Apr 2001
Gus Dur told to control his supporters
Gus Dur told to control his supporters JAKARTA (JP): Muslim scholar Nurcholish Madjid asked President Abdurrahman Wahid on Tuesday to warn his ready-to-die supporters grouped under the "Defenders of Truth" force not to make any anarchic moves during a planned mass prayer of the Nahdlatul Ulama (NU)...
Wed, 18 Apr 2001
Most councillors reject wealth audit commission
Most councillors reject wealth audit commission JAKARTA (JP): Most of the city councillors rejected on Thursday a mandatory audit of their wealth to be conducted by the Public Servants' Wealth Audit Commission (KPKPN), a commission member revealed.
Wed, 18 Apr 2001
Government, IMF to sign new LoI at the end of this month
Government, IMF to sign new LoI at the end of this month JAKARTA (JP): The government expects to sign a new Letter of Intent (LoI) on reform measures with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) at the end of this month, according to Dipo Alam, who leads the government team in the current review of...
Wed, 18 Apr 2001
Where to go in Surabaya:
Where to go in Surabaya:FilmThe British Film Festival 2001, in Mitra 21 Theater: 1:30 p.m., 4 p.m., 6:45 p.m., 8:15 p.m., April 28, 2 p.m., 4:15 p.m., 6:30 p.m., 8:15, April 29. Further information is available at (031) 568-9958, http://www.britishcouncil.or.id/arts/bff_schedule.htm.
Wed, 18 Apr 2001
Traffic jam to and from airport
Traffic jam to and from airportFrom Bisnis IndonesiaTraffic jams on turnpikes, especially during the rush hours, are a common sight. We get used to such a situation and then forget about it as if it were something normal.
Wed, 18 Apr 2001
Car-free day in Denpasar
Car-free day in Denpasar DENPASAR, Bali: In a bid to ease traffic congestion, the Denpasar mayoralty is set to launch a car-free day which will fall every Friday starting on April 20.Denpasar mayoralty spokesman Nyoman Subrata was quoted by Antara as saying on Tuesday that the decree on the new...
Tue, 17 Apr 2001
Japan wins int'l bridge tourney
Japan wins int'l bridge tourney JAKARTA (JP): The Japanese national team won the Djarum Cup International Bridge tournament after defeating the Indonesian Lippo SGS team on Sunday in a one-sided four-session final match.
Tue, 17 Apr 2001
Religious TV shows fuel hope and prayers for viewers
Religious TV shows fuel hope and prayers for viewersBy Ida Indawati Khouw JAKARTA (JP): Blurting out her story in between sobs, the caller tells Lutfiah Sungkar that her husband has taken a second wife and is now ignoring her.
Tue, 17 Apr 2001
State firms sell more rubber
State firms sell more rubber JAKARTA (JP): The joint marketing office of state-owned plantation companies will auction 466,128 kilograms of rubber this week.The volume of unprocessed rubber to be tendered in Jakarta on Tuesday represents a 70 percent increase from 271,944 kilos last week.
Tue, 17 Apr 2001
Governor Sutiyoso surprised by traders' comments
Governor Sutiyoso surprised by traders' comments JAKARTA (JP): The crackdown on hoodlums began on Monday, and to the surprise of Governor Sutiyoso, who was informed by traders in Tanah Abang Market, Central Jakarta that they had never been extorted by thugs, locally known as preman.
Tue, 17 Apr 2001
RP vehicle sales down 14.7%
RP vehicle sales down 14.7% MANILA (AFP): Philippine motor vehicle sales fell 14.7 percent from a year earlier to 17,899 units in the three months to March, an industry association said Monday.Passenger car sales plunged 29.
Tue, 17 Apr 2001
ExxonMobil expected to resume operations in May
ExxonMobil expected to resume operations in May JAKARTA (JP): ExxonMobil Oil Indonesia Inc., the subsidiary of American energy giant ExxonMobil Inc., is expected to resume operations at its gas fields in the restive province of Aceh by the end of May and thereby revive liquefied natural gas (LNG)...
Tue, 17 Apr 2001
Rates for tax payment, valid from April 16 to April 22
Rates for tax payment, valid from April 16 to April 22 U.S. dollar 1 Rp 10,560.00Austrian schilling 1 Rp 681.48Australian dollar 1 Rp 5,186.02Belgian franc 1 Rp 232.45Canadian dollar 1 Rp 6,751.05Swiss franc 1 Rp 6,151.70Deutschemark 1 Rp 4,255.25Danish krone 1 Rp 1,255.25French franc 1 Rp 1,429.
Tue, 17 Apr 2001
Illegal clearing takes mangrove reserve to brink of extinction
Illegal clearing takes mangrove reserve to brink of extinctionText and photos by Apriadi Gunawan LANGKAT, North Sumatra (JP): Mangroves are abundant in the coastal area of Langkat, and one of the most famous mangrove forests is in the subdistrict of Secanggang.
Tue, 17 Apr 2001
KL to ask U.S. to retract warnings
KL to ask U.S. to retract warnings KUALA LUMPUR (AFP): Malaysia will ask the United States to retract a warning to Americans against visiting resort islands off the eastern state of Sabah, Tourism Minister Abdul Kadir Sheikh Fazdir said on Monday.Abdul Kadir said he would soon contact U.S.
Tue, 17 Apr 2001
Maluku governor bans FKM activities
Maluku governor bans FKM activities AMBON, Maluku (JP): Administrator of the civil emergency status in Maluku Governor Saleh Latuconsina issued a decree to ban the activities of the separatist Maluku Sovereignty Front (FKM) on Monday in a bid to maintain the improving security situation in the...
Tue, 17 Apr 2001
Angry residents burn, stab police officers to death
Angry residents burn, stab police officers to death BOGOR (JP): Angry residents of Gunung Sindur district here burned a man alive and stabbed another to death on Monday, reportedly over the wrongful fatal shooting of a worker.
Tue, 17 Apr 2001
Malaysia launches palm-fuel burning
Malaysia launches palm-fuel burning PRAI, Malaysia (Reuters): Malaysia, the world's biggest producer of palm oil, on Monday officially launched its first large-scale scheme to burn the crude oil in power plants and use it in other industries.
Tue, 17 Apr 2001
Petronas signs LNG deal with Tohoku
Petronas signs LNG deal with Tohoku KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters): A unit of Malaysia's state-owned oil firm Petroliam Nasional (Petronas) signed an agreement on Monday to sell 900,000 tons of liquefied natural gas a year to Japan's Tohoku Electric Power for 20 years.The value of the deal would be US$4.
Tue, 17 Apr 2001
Two charred in road accident
Two charred in road accident BANDUNG: Two people were burned to death in their car during a toll road accident between Padalarang and Cileunyi in West Java on Monday.The two fatalities were identified as Asep Ridwan and Leni.
Tue, 17 Apr 2001
ISSA protests government regulation on shipping
ISSA protests government regulation on shipping JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesian Shipping Agencies Association (ISAA) has called on the government to annul a controversial regulation that requires every agency of a foreign shipping company in the country to own, at the minimum, a 5,000-ton...
Tue, 17 Apr 2001
Why health messages fail to get through in Indonesia
Why health messages fail to get through in IndonesiaBy Santi W.E. Soekanto JAKARTA (JP): To many, statistics may be mere numbers that do not reflect human realities, whereas to more people statistics are depressing because the numbers do not seem to shift much over the decades.
Tue, 17 Apr 2001
Fed Cup team needs ranked players
Fed Cup team needs ranked players JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesian Tennis Association (Pelti) should invite more players with better world rankings to the Federation Cup team to help secure its position in the world group qualifying round, the association's spokesman said on Monday.
Tue, 17 Apr 2001
People's search for spirituality at core of religious TV programs
People's search for spirituality at core of religious TV programs JAKARTA (JP): As an important part of her day, Ria Irvilita does her best to catch the regularly aired Islamic TV programs."I am the kind of person who is always thirsty for religious teachings, so I like to watch such programs,...
Tue, 17 Apr 2001
Babies and corruption
Babies and corruption Recently The Jakarta Post reported two separate news stories. One was that nearly seven million young Indonesian children are undernourished and at risk of permanent developmental damage because of poverty and malnutrition.
Tue, 17 Apr 2001
Aurora Gold to quit Indonesia
Aurora Gold to quit Indonesia SYDNEY (DPA): Lawlessness and political uncertainty in Indonesia has prompted Australian mining company Aurora Gold to seek buyers for its Toka Tindung gold mine in North Sulawesi, news reports said on Monday.
Tue, 17 Apr 2001
Kupang needs 5,900 teachers
Kupang needs 5,900 teachers KUPANG, East Nusa Tenggara: Head of the East Nusa Tenggara National Education Office Jhon Manulangga said on Monday that the province faces a severe shortage of school teachers, forcing more than one in 10 elementary school students to drop out.
Tue, 17 Apr 2001
City officials to be freed from Ancol charges
City officials to be freed from Ancol charges JAKARTA (JP): City officials are likely to be freed from charges that they were involved in a controversial foreign trip - dubbed the Ancol scandal - as no witness has testified against them, the Jakarta Prosecutors Office intelligence chief, R.J.
Tue, 17 Apr 2001
APP considering merger of four Indonesian units
APP considering merger of four Indonesian units JAKARTA (JP): Singapore-based Asia Pulp & Paper Company Ltd (APP) is considering merging its four Indonesian units to speed up the company's complicated debt restructuring process, a senior executive of the group said here on Monday.
Tue, 17 Apr 2001
Lawyers ask court to drop the JSX bombing charges
Lawyers ask court to drop the JSX bombing charges JAKARTA (JP): Lawyers of the suspects of last year's bombing of the Jakarta Stock Exchange (JSX) building demanded that South Jakarta District Court drop charges on Monday claiming that they were legally flawed.
Tue, 17 Apr 2001
Government agrees to bail out PLN
Government agrees to bail out PLN JAKARTA (JP): The government said on Monday it had accepted a proposal from state electricity company PLN to take over its Rp 29.9 trillion (US$2.76 billion) debts in a bid to prevent the state company from going bankrupt.
Tue, 17 Apr 2001
Where to go in Bandung:
Where to go in Bandung:Exhibitions* Traditional and Modern Art Collaboration, by Kalingga Gallery the lobby of Grand Hotel Preanger Bandung, Jl. Asia Afrika No. 81 (Phone: 022 4231631), 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., until April 30.* Sculpture: Para Rupa, by Toni Kanwa, CCF - French Cultural Center, Jl.
Tue, 17 Apr 2001
Maritime body wants trial of RI pirates for hijacking
Maritime body wants trial of RI pirates for hijacking KUALA LUMPUR (DPA): The International Maritime Bureau (IMB) hopes Indonesia will extradite and prosecute seven Indonesian pirates arrested last month in the Philippines after they allegedly hijacked a cargo ship, a news report said Monday.
Tue, 17 Apr 2001
African national arrested over drugs
African national arrested over drugs JAKARTA (JP): Malawian Dennis Namaona, 35, became the sixth foreigner this year to be arrested for drug possession at Soekarno-Hatta airport, after customs officers apprehended him on Sunday morning for attempting to smuggle heroin into the country.
Tue, 17 Apr 2001
Kopassus readied to quell Aceh rebels
Kopassus readied to quell Aceh rebels JAKARTA (JP): Army Special Force (Kopassus) commander Maj. Gen. Amirul Isnaeni said on Monday that the force was ready to dispatch its troops to the troubled Aceh province in an effort to suppress the rebels.
Tue, 17 Apr 2001
Bayer names new president
Bayer names new president JAKARTA (JP): Publicly listed pharmaceutical company PT Bayer Indonesia Tbk., a subsidiary of the German-based Bayer Group, has appointed Hans-Josef Schill as president upon the retirement of Wolfgang Piroth.
Tue, 17 Apr 2001
IMF asks government to suspend large projects this year
IMF asks government to suspend large projects this year JAKARTA (JP): The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has asked the government to shelve several large projects this year in a bid to rescue the troubled state budget, according to a source.
Tue, 17 Apr 2001
Gus Dur approves members of General Elections Commission
Gus Dur approves members of General Elections Commission JAKARTA (JP): President Abdurrahman Wahid has endorsed the 11 names recommended by the House of Representatives Commission II for home and legal affairs as members of the General Election Committee (KPU), an official said on Monday.
Tue, 17 Apr 2001
Stock Exchange
Stock ExchangeStock prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (in rupiah) on April 16, 2001: Shares Close Change Trading Volume -------------------------------------------------------------- Ades Alfindo 1,025 -50 74,500 Adindo Foresta 95 0 10,000 AGIS 175 -5 591,500 Alakasa 110 0 0 Alfa Retailindo...
Tue, 17 Apr 2001
Rupiah rate April 16
Rupiah rate April 16 Bank notes rates TT rates Buying Selling Buying Selling Rp Rp Rp Rp U.S. dollar 1 10,258.00 11,258.00 10,704.00 10,812.00Australian dollar 1 5,191.57 5,705.55 5,417.29 5,479.52Austrian schilling 1 663.40 728.40 692.24 699.54Belgian franc 1 226.29 248.46 236.13 238.