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Fri, 03 Apr 1998
Eight caught in dawn raid
Eight caught in dawn raid DILI, East Timor: East Timor military commander Col. Slamat Sidabutar said troops had ambushed and captured eight members of the Fretilin separatist movement.He said the ambush occurred as the eight suspected separatists were about to hold a meeting in a house in Ainutin...
Fri, 03 Apr 1998
RI seeks international 'halal' recognation
RI seeks international 'halal' recognationBy Joko Sarwono BOGOR, West Java (JP): The spate of bomb hoaxes in Jakarta which marked the heightened political tension prior to and during the presidential election last month did more than just scare people in high-rise buildings.
Fri, 03 Apr 1998
Asian currencies drop sharply as yen falters
Asian currencies drop sharply as yen falters SINGAPORE (Reuters): Asian currencies fell sharply yesterday, hit by concerted buying of dollars as the yen suffered from flagging confidence in Japan's economy and its ability to help the region.
Fri, 03 Apr 1998
Portuguese premier seeks meeting with VP Habibie
Portuguese premier seeks meeting with VP Habibie LISBON, Portugal (AP): Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Guterres has proposed meeting with Indonesian Vice President B.J. Habibie this week to discuss the thorny subject of East Timor, a government official.
Fri, 03 Apr 1998
News on Indonesia
News on IndonesiaFrom KompasIt has gradually dawned on me that the foreign media's method and style of reporting on Indonesia still reflect the prejudices and superiority of the old days vis-a-vis a developing nation. Exaggeration also characterizes those foreign reports.
Fri, 03 Apr 1998
IMF is not a good Samaritan (2)
IMF is not a good Samaritan (2)By T.J. Addati This is the second of two articles on the role of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank in the global economy. JAKARTA (JP): In all fairness to these institutions, there is one important respect in which countries may appear to be...
Fri, 03 Apr 1998
YLBHI sets up post to trace missing activists
YLBHI sets up post to trace missing activists JAKARTA (JP): With the number of missing activists increasing, the Foundation of the Indonesian Legal Aid Institute (YLBHI) yesterday set up a monitoring post to help trace their whereabouts.
Fri, 03 Apr 1998
Strong earthquake hits West Sumatra
Strong earthquake hits West Sumatra JAKARTA (JP): An earthquake measuring 6.5 on the open-ended Richter scale rocked West Sumatra towns early yesterday morning, jolting residents awake and prompting them to flee in panic.There were no reports of casualties as of late last night.
Fri, 03 Apr 1998
VP candidate in helicopter mishap
VP candidate in helicopter mishap MANILA (AFP): A helicopter carrying leading vice-presidential candidate, Senator Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, made an emergency landing in the central Philippines yesterday. Arroyo was unhurt, aides said.
Fri, 03 Apr 1998
Conversion Rates
Conversion Rates Jakarta (JP): Bank Ekspor Impor Indonesia's (Bank Exim) indicative conversion rates on April 2, 1998: Buying Selling Rp Rp U.S. dollar 1 8,000.00 9,500.00Austrian shilling 1 576.50 742.20Australian dollar 1 5,077.80 6,119.40Belgian franc 1 203.60 244.30Canadian dollar 1 5,485.
Fri, 03 Apr 1998
SilkAir flight drifts on landing
SilkAir flight drifts on landing SINGAPORE (AP): A SilkAir flight from Phuket, Thailand, drifted toward the edge of the runway when it landed at Singapore's Changi Airport yesterday, television reported.No injuries were reported.
Fri, 03 Apr 1998
Tokyo slump drags Asian bourses down
Tokyo slump drags Asian bourses down TOKYO (AFP): Japanese share prices led a regionwide fall yesterday, with the key index suffering the largest decline this year after the release of a weak "Tankan" business confidence survey.Singapore lost 2.
Fri, 03 Apr 1998
Six indicted for kidnapping tycoon
Six indicted for kidnapping tycoon JAKARTA (JP): Six men were indicted at South Jakarta District Court yesterday for kidnapping the major shareholder of Bank Dagang Nasional Indonesia (BDNI) and extorting Rp 15 billion (US$1.7 million) from him.
Fri, 03 Apr 1998
U.S. must act quickly to help SE Asia: Envoy
U.S. must act quickly to help SE Asia: Envoy SINGAPORE (AFP): The United States must act quickly to help Southeast Asia out of economic turmoil because the region's potential for growth was still strong, U.S. ambassador Steven Green said yesterday.
Fri, 03 Apr 1998
Streamlining the bureaucracy
Streamlining the bureaucracy According to Minister of Industry and Trade Mohamad "Bob" Hasan, the government intends to revamp port bureaucracies in order to facilitate import and export procedures."Red tape at ports must be eliminated.
Fri, 03 Apr 1998
Antipollution campaign starts at Hard Rock Cafe
Antipollution campaign starts at Hard Rock Cafe JAKARTA (JP): Concerts dedicated to a campaign stressing the benefits of unleaded fuel began Monday night at the Hard Rock Cafe amid uncertainty as to when leaded fuel will be banned here.
Fri, 03 Apr 1998
Oil prices in budget optimistic: Analysts
Oil prices in budget optimistic: Analysts SINGAPORE (Reuters): Indonesia's one dollar cut in the oil price used in the budget leaves it at a still optimistic level when oil revenues are likely to be hit anyway, analysts said yesterday.
Fri, 03 Apr 1998
CPO smuggling rife again: Hasan
CPO smuggling rife again: Hasan JAKARTA (JP): Concerns about the smuggling of crude palm oil (CPO) out of the country have arisen again amid the government's decision to maintain the export ban which was originally due to be lifted on April 1.
Fri, 03 Apr 1998
Foundation donates Rp 500m to help the poor
Foundation donates Rp 500m to help the poor JAKARTA (JP): Indonesians of Chinese descent showed their compassion and solidarity with those worst hit by the monetary crisis when they donated Rp 500 million (US$58,824) to the Ministry of Social Affairs yesterday.
Fri, 03 Apr 1998
Fuad says state firms must be profit-oriented
Fuad says state firms must be profit-oriented JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Finance Fuad Bawazier has issued guidelines to help state firms draft budgets and long-term plans which are more orientated toward accumulating profits and improving shareholder value.
Fri, 03 Apr 1998
Ex-cemetery to be used for farming
Ex-cemetery to be used for farming JAKARTA (JP): City councilors urged the municipality yesterday to use the idle land in former Blok P cemetery, South Jakarta, for farming until the nation recovers from its economic woes.
Fri, 03 Apr 1998
Moeloek calls high maternal mortality rate a 'tragedy'
Moeloek calls high maternal mortality rate a 'tragedy' JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Health Farid Anfasa Moeloek, describing Indonesia's average of 385 women dying in labor every week "a tragedy", called for concerted efforts to reduce the maternal mortality rate.
Fri, 03 Apr 1998
Minister Juwono blames timber estates for forest fires
Minister Juwono blames timber estates for forest fires JAKARTA (JP): State Minister of Environment Juwono Sudarsono said yesterday that timber estates were responsible for about 65 percent of the current forest fires in East Kalimantan.
Fri, 03 Apr 1998
Stranded Indian ship towed to port
Stranded Indian ship towed to port BANDAR LAMPUNG: An Indian cargo vessel which became stranded near Tegal island, Lampung Bay on Friday, has been tugged to Panjang Port near here.It took four tug boats about four hours to tow the ship, Nand Shristi, Monday.
Fri, 03 Apr 1998
Centralized training for Asiad delayed
Centralized training for Asiad delayed JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia's medal-winning in the Asian Games this December may fall below expectation because some sports organizations failed to kick off their respective centralized training program on schedule, a sports official warned yesterday.
Thu, 02 Apr 1998
ICMI proffers cadres for vice presidential staff
ICMI proffers cadres for vice presidential staff JAKARTA (JP): The acting chairman of the Association of the Indonesian Moslem Intellectuals (ICMI), Achmad Tirtosudiro, confirmed yesterday that the association had proposed some of its cadres to be staff members in the vice presidential office.
Thu, 02 Apr 1998
Unused land opened to poor
Unused land opened to poor JAKARTA (JP): The West Jakarta mayoralty will allow poor people suffering from the economic crisis to cultivate over 200 hectares of land owned by property developers which have fallen into disuse.
Thu, 02 Apr 1998
Conversion Rates
Conversion Rates JAKARTA (JP): Bank Ekspor Impor Indonesia's (Bank Exim) indicative conversion rates on April 1, 1998: Buying Selling Rp Rp U.S. dollar 1 8,000.00 9,500.00Austrian shilling 1 574.40 740.20Australian dollar 1 5,106.10 6,167.20Belgian franc 1 202.70 243.50Canadian dollar 1 5,460.
Thu, 02 Apr 1998
Batam's electronic goods exports reach $2.25 billion
Batam's electronic goods exports reach $2.25 billion JAKARTA (JP): The new head of the Batam Industrial Development Authority, J.E. (Fanny) Habibie, said yesterday that exports of electronic goods from the island last year exceeded US$2.25 billion, almost 80 percent of the island's total exports.
Thu, 02 Apr 1998
RP lets airline fly again
RP lets airline fly again MANILA (Reuters): The Philippines Air Transportation Office (ATO) said yesterday it would allow Cebu Pacific Airways to fly again after one of its aircraft crashed in February in the country's worst air disaster.
Thu, 02 Apr 1998
Govt to make new bankruptcy law
Govt to make new bankruptcy law JAKARTA (JP): President Soeharto ordered Minister of Justice Muladi yesterday to quickly prepare bankruptcy and antimonopoly bills to improve the legal infrastructure for businesses in the country.
Thu, 02 Apr 1998
Brunei cracks down on polluters
Brunei cracks down on polluters BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN (AFP): Brunei has beefed up laws governing open burning and pollution to check the spread of forest and bush fires raging in the oil-rich sultanate.The stiffer laws included the introduction of jail sentences and fines for an "unlimited amount",...
Thu, 02 Apr 1998
Press needs help
Press needs helpFrom MerdekaThe price increase of newsprint from Rp 1,300 to Rp 7,000 per kilogram is a cause of great concern for the national press, especially considering that it is not easy to obtain a publishing license. Therefore, the national press must be helped.
Thu, 02 Apr 1998
Hanoi hopes for 10-member ASEAN
Hanoi hopes for 10-member ASEAN HANOI (Reuters): Vietnam said yesterday it hoped Cambodia would be soon able to join the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to boost economic development and stability in Southeast Asia.
Thu, 02 Apr 1998
UNEP chief set to meet Soeharto
UNEP chief set to meet Soeharto JAKARTA (JP): Executive Director of the Nairobi-based United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), Dr. Klaus Topfer, is scheduled to meet President Soeharto today to review UN relief contributions to help control forest fires in Indonesia.
Thu, 02 Apr 1998
Lawyers of Megawati supporters quit court
Lawyers of Megawati supporters quit court JAKARTA (JP): A court proceeding of a suit against the city police chief by 57 Megawati Soekarnoputri supporters over their detention descended into chaos yesterday when their lawyers walked out in protest over the authorities' refusal to release their...
Thu, 02 Apr 1998
Arbitration agency PLN's best option
Arbitration agency PLN's best option JAKARTA (JP): State electricity company PLN should ask an international arbitration agency to settle its dispute with gas and power suppliers over payment, an analyst said yesterday.
Thu, 02 Apr 1998
Bengkulu's airport awaits new name
Bengkulu's airport awaits new name BENGKULU: The name of Indonesia's initial first lady, Fatmawati Soekarno, looks set to be the new name for Padang Kemiling Airport in Bengkulu.Governor Adjis Ahmad was quoted by Antara as saying that based on the reaction from the local community, many favor...
Thu, 02 Apr 1998
Dozens of soldiers reprimanded
Dozens of soldiers reprimanded BOGOR (JP): Dozens of Armed Forces (ABRI) personnel have been reprimanded for violating military regulations, Commander of the Bogor Military Regional Command Brig. Gen. Eddi Budianto said yesterday.The negligent individuals were rounded up in an operation on Jl.
Thu, 02 Apr 1998
Merging timber firms 'counterproductive'
Merging timber firms 'counterproductive' JAKARTA (JP): Director General of Forest Utilization Titus Sarijanto said yesterday that merging state timber companies into a single entity would be counterproductive.
Thu, 02 Apr 1998
Fischer due in Jakarta for Indonesia-IMF talks
Fischer due in Jakarta for Indonesia-IMF talks WASHINGTON (Dow Jones): Stanley Fischer, first deputy managing director of the International Monetary Fund, will arrive Thursday in Jakarta for meetings to review what could be the final details of a reinvigorated economic program, an IMF official said...
Thu, 02 Apr 1998
Asiad contingent still short of cash
Asiad contingent still short of cash JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia's Asian Games contingent organizers expressed relief yesterday on hearing about the team's free flight to Thailand, but doubted they had enough money to cover other expenses.
Thu, 02 Apr 1998
Stocks plunge 3.2% amid heavy selling pressure
Stocks plunge 3.2% amid heavy selling pressure JAKARTA (JP): Share prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (JSX) plunged further yesterday, losing 3.2 percent due to heavy selling pressure from foreign investors.
Thu, 02 Apr 1998
Canada offers RI $198m in aid
Canada offers RI $198m in aid JAKARTA (JP): Canada yesterday offered a C$280-million (US$198 million) bilateral support package for Indonesia to help the country overcome its economic crisis.Canada's Secretary of State for Asia-Pacific Raymond Chan told journalists that the package included C$250...
Thu, 02 Apr 1998
Debt payment still required
Debt payment still required Japanese banks, in an effort to prevent greater difficulties, are reported to have written off about US$1.5 billion worth of bad loans made to private Indonesian companies. This, however, does not mean that the Indonesian companies have been absolved from their...
Thu, 02 Apr 1998
BI confident inflation rate won't exceed 40 percent
BI confident inflation rate won't exceed 40 percent JAKARTA (JP): Bank Indonesia is optimistic that inflation will not exceed 40 percent this calender year even though it reached nearly 20 percent in January and February alone, a central bank executive said here yesterday.
Thu, 02 Apr 1998
Tadjus calls for delay of sticker system
Tadjus calls for delay of sticker system JAKARTA (JP): The head of Golkar's Jakarta chapter, Tadjus Sobirin, has urged the city administration to postpone the implementation of the sticker system designed to replace the three-in-one traffic regulation.
Thu, 02 Apr 1998
Patients stay away from doctors
Patients stay away from doctors PURWOKERTO, Central Java: The recession descending upon the country has forced many to reassess their lifestyles, but one man may have taken it a bit too far.The director of Emmanuel Hospital in Banjarnegara, Dr.
Thu, 02 Apr 1998
Last group of haj pilgrims depart
Last group of haj pilgrims depart JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia's last group of haj pilgrims departed for Saudi Arabia yesterday, bringing to a close the first stage of the country's massive airlift of 201,961 people which began March 6.
Thu, 02 Apr 1998
New water meters introduced
New water meters introduced JAKARTA (JP): Water company PT Kekar Thames Airindo (Kati) has begun its service improvement program by replacing defective water meters with new ones, the company said in a statement yesterday.