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Wed, 25 Apr 2001
AGO still expects to probe alleged Bawazier fraud
AGO still expects to probe alleged Bawazier fraud JAKARTA (JP): The Attorney General's Office is still conducting a preliminary examination into several cases of alleged embezzlement of tax revenues that could involve former minister of finance Fuad Bawazier.
Wed, 25 Apr 2001
Raine & Horne plans expansion in RI
Raine & Horne plans expansion in RI JAKARTA (JP): Raine & Horne Indonesia, the local franchise holder for Australian property agent Raine & Horne, is planning to open 30 offices across the country this year.
Wed, 25 Apr 2001
Stock quotations on JSX
Stock quotations on JSXStock prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (in rupiah) on April 24, 2001: Shares Close Change Trading Volume --------------------------------------------------------------- Ades Alfindo 950 0 44,500 Adindo Foresta 100 0 2,500 AGIS 155 15 2,612,000 Alakasa 105 0 0 Alfa...
Wed, 25 Apr 2001
TV today
TV todayTVRI 5:00 a.m. Religious Teachings 6:00 News 8:00 Music 8:30 Documentary 9:00 Children's Program 10:00 Music 11:00 Talk Show 12:30 p.m. Interval 3:00 News 3:30 Technology 4:00 Children's Songs 4:30 Teen Program 5:00 News 6:00 Village News 6:15 TV Drama 7:00 Evening News 8:00 Film 9:30 Music...
Wed, 25 Apr 2001
Victim injured in $5,000 robbery
Victim injured in $5,000 robbery JAKARTA (JP): A couple carrying US$5,000 was robbed as they were about to brunch on soto betawi chicken soup in South Jakarta on Tuesday.One of the victims, identified as 40-year-old Reni Effan, was badly injured after being struck with a machete by the assailants.
Tue, 24 Apr 2001
Relocating House plenary session?
Relocating House plenary session? The front page story of The Jakarta Post of April 18, 2001 titled DPR plenary session could be relocated shocked me. I read it three times to make sure that I had read it right.
Tue, 24 Apr 2001
U.S. slowdown to hit Asian banks hardest: S&P's
U.S. slowdown to hit Asian banks hardest: S&P's SINGAPORE (AFP): Asian banks still struggling to recover from the 1997-98 regional crisis are the most vulnerable in the current U.S.-led economic slowdown, ratings agency Standard and Poor's said Monday.
Tue, 24 Apr 2001
S'pore device makes the cut in twins operation
S'pore device makes the cut in twins operation SINGAPORE (Reuters): Singapore developed technology, which offered surgeons virtual and real medical models for practice, was vital to the rare successful separation of a pair of Nepali twins earlier this month.
Tue, 24 Apr 2001
Court to hear 2nd Ginandjar suit
Court to hear 2nd Ginandjar suit JAKARTA (JP): The South Jakarta District Court will open on Wednesday the trial to hear a lawsuit filed by former minister of mines and energy Ginandjar Kartasasmita over a second arrest warrant issued by the Attorney General's Office.
Tue, 24 Apr 2001
Secret forest plays key role in Balikpapan's future
Secret forest plays key role in Balikpapan's futureBy Lisa Rogers BALIKPAPAN, East Kalimantan (JP): Just up the main road from the bustle of Balikpapan is a hidden treasure. The Sungai Wain Protection Forest is several thousand hectares of untouched tropical forest, complete with sun bears,...
Tue, 24 Apr 2001
RP says 'No' to guerrilla release
RP says 'No' to guerrilla release MANILA (AFP): Philippine officials on Monday rejected a communist guerrilla demand to free two comrades serving life terms for the murder of a U.S. military adviser, as government negotiators prepared to fly to Norway for peace talks.
Tue, 24 Apr 2001
Relaxing the rules
Relaxing the rules Malaysia's Human Rights Commission is unlikely to persuade the country's government to scrap the Internal Security Act when it is such a useful tool for suppressing dissent. Nor is Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad enthusiastic about calls for a sweeping review of laws that...
Tue, 24 Apr 2001
Mining investments worth $200m stuck in legal limbo
Mining investments worth $200m stuck in legal limbo JAKARTA (JP): Between US$200 million to $300 million in mining investments remain stuck in a legal limbo caused by a forestry law banning mining activities in protected forests, the Indonesian Mining Association (IMA) said on Monday.
Tue, 24 Apr 2001
Stories from the streets: Be street smart
Stories from the streets: Be street smart JAKARTA (JP): There are only two kinds of people: those who have ATM cards and those who do not.At least that is what Bagus T., the owner of a business that sells public transportation tickets through Automated Teller Machines (ATMs), believes.
Tue, 24 Apr 2001
TV today
TV todayTVRI 5:00 a.m. Religious Teachings 6:00 News 8:00 Music 8:30 Documentary 9:00 Children's Program 10:00 Music 11:00 Regional News 12:00 p.m. Interval 3:00 News 3:30 TV Series: Fun with Math 4:00 Children's Songs 5:00 News 5:30 Economic News 6:00 Village News 6:15 TV Drama 7:00 Evening News...
Tue, 24 Apr 2001
Ex-Taiwan president an old friend of Japan
Ex-Taiwan president an old friend of JapanBy Benjamin Kang Lim TAIPEI (Reuters): The "scum of the nation" as Beijing calls Lee Teng-hui, had a knack for goading Chinese leaders into fury while he was Taiwan president.
Tue, 24 Apr 2001
Stock quotations on JSX
Stock quotations on JSXStock prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (in rupiah) on April 23, 2001: Shares Close Change Trading Volume --------------------------------------------------------------- Ades Alfindo 950 25 39,500 Adindo Foresta 100 0 1,500 AGIS 140 0 78,000 Alakasa 105 0 0 Alfa Retailindo...
Tue, 24 Apr 2001
Thai electricity running Myanmar drug plants: General
Thai electricity running Myanmar drug plants: General BANGKOK (Reuters): A Thai general called on Monday for Thailand to stop selling electricity to military-ruled Myanmar, saying Myanmar authorities were supplying the power to drug factories.Lt. Gen.
Tue, 24 Apr 2001
Differentiate or die
Differentiate or dieBy Yuswohady JAKARTA (JP): The above title is the title of Jack Trout's latest book published last year.Jack Trout, as you may still remember, is the guru of positioning who, with Al Ries in 1969, invented a marketing concept that is powerful today. It is called positioning.
Tue, 24 Apr 2001
Asiana launches World Cup flights
Asiana launches World Cup flights SEOUL (AFP): Asiana Airlines of South Korea said it would launch a new service from Seoul to Miyazaki in Japan beginning on Tuesday as part of efforts to improve services between the two hosts of the 2002 World Cup soccer finals.
Tue, 24 Apr 2001
The World Bank -- again
The World Bank -- again On April 17, 2001 The Jakarta Post carried my letter Babies and corruption in which I said that in canceling the US$300 million poverty alleviation loan, the World Bank had made it clear it had found corruption in the program.
Tue, 24 Apr 2001
Conflict of farm survival, stability
Conflict of farm survival, stabilityBy H.S. Dillon and S.R. Tabor JAKARTA (JP): Both food security and macroeconomic stability are important, and both suffer sometimes from overly complicated definitions.
Tue, 24 Apr 2001
Mobisel investing $200m to install CDMA technology
Mobisel investing $200m to install CDMA technology JAKARTA (JP): Cellular operator PT Mobile Selular Indonesia (Mobisel) will invest US$200 million to replace its current analog Nordic Mobile Telephone (NMT) technology with the more advanced digital technology of Code Division Multiple Access...
Tue, 24 Apr 2001
Mahfud dismisses threats of resistance by GAM
Mahfud dismisses threats of resistance by GAM JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Defense Mahfud M.D. dismissed on Monday, as a "bluff", threats of all-out resistance against Jakarta troops by separatist rebels in the restive province of Aceh.
Tue, 24 Apr 2001
Harsher penalties needed to protect creative rights
Harsher penalties needed to protect creative rights JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Justice and Human Rights Baharuddin Lopa said on Monday that intellectual property rights issues are only understood by certain groups of people.
Tue, 24 Apr 2001
On mass prayer
On mass prayerFrom Rakyat MerdekaAllow me to comment on Mr. Said Agil's recent statement about Nahdlatul Ulama (NU)'s istighosah (mass prayer) scheduled for April 29, in Jakarta as follows: 1. Istighosah is the prayer of prophets conducted when something is at stake.
Tue, 24 Apr 2001
Ad hoc human rights tribunal established
Ad hoc human rights tribunal established JAKARTA (JP): President Abdurrahman Wahid on Monday issued a decree on the establishment of an ad hoc tribunal to prosecute two major cases of human rights abuses, the 1984 Tanjung Priok violence and the massacres in East Timor in 1999.In his decree No.
Tue, 24 Apr 2001
Security authorities gear up for upcoming major political events
Security authorities gear up for upcoming major political events JAKARTA (JP): Coordinating Minister for Political, Social and Security Affairs Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said on Monday that the security authorities had taken all necessary measures to prevent chaos in the capital in connection with...
Tue, 24 Apr 2001
Rp 400 m for Matraman youths
Rp 400 m for Matraman youths JAKARTA (JP): The East Jakarta Mayoralty has allocated Rp 400 million for the second phase of an outbound project for youths in the Matraman area in a bid to change their juvenile behavior that has led to pointless brawls.
Tue, 24 Apr 2001
Telkom employees stage protest
Telkom employees stage protest YOGYAKARTA: Hundreds of employees of the regional division office (Divre) IV of state-run telecommunications company PT Telkom, which covers Yogyakarta and Central Java provinces, staged a protest here on Monday opposing the sale of company assets to PT Indosat.
Tue, 24 Apr 2001
Five killed in fresh violence
Five killed in fresh violence AMBON, Maluku: Fresh violence broke out in Ambon, killing five people and injuring two others, officials said on Monday.Ambon Sector security chief Col. N.G. Sugiartha said on Monday a huge bomb explosion took place at an abandoned house in the Ahuru area in Waihoka...
Tue, 24 Apr 2001
KL aims to recruit more non-Malays into police, army
KL aims to recruit more non-Malays into police, army KUALA LUMPUR (AFP): Malaysia will recruit more non-Malays into the police and army and encourage more Malays to go into business under a five-year development plan unveiled on Monday.
Tue, 24 Apr 2001
Army officer charged with JSX bomb blast
Army officer charged with JSX bomb blast JAKARTA (JP): An Army non-commissioned officer went on trial on Monday for his alleged involvement in last year's bombing of the Jakarta Stock Exchange (JSX) building on Jl. Jend.
Tue, 24 Apr 2001
People oppressed by 'greed levies'
People oppressed by 'greed levies' YOGYAKARTA (JP): People are being overburdened by levies imposed by local administrations trying to increase their regional revenues, says a Yogyakarta-based political observer.
Tue, 24 Apr 2001
IMF, govt reach agreement on difficult fiscal issue
IMF, govt reach agreement on difficult fiscal issue JAKARTA (JP): The International Monetary Fund told Indonesia's main international donors, who gathered here on Monday for a two- day meeting, it had reached a broad agreement with the government on resolving the country's crucial fiscal deficit...
Tue, 24 Apr 2001
Libel trial begins against man claiming to have bribed justices
Libel trial begins against man claiming to have bribed justices JAKARTA (JP): The trial opened on Monday in the Central Jakarta District Court of a defamation lawsuit filed by two Supreme Court justices against a middleman who claimed to have bribed them in order to win a case.
Tue, 24 Apr 2001
'GO' beats 'Tempo' 7-0
'GO' beats 'Tempo' 7-0 JAKARTA (JP): GO sports tabloid showed off its power in an overwhelming 7-0 victory over Tempo weekly magazine on the second day of The Jakarta Post 18th anniversary soccer tournament.In an earlier match on Monday, Inter Admark topped Borobudur Hotel 3-0.
Tue, 24 Apr 2001
Horta quits E. Timor's interim parliament
Horta quits E. Timor's interim parliament DILI, East Timor (AP): Nobel peace laureate Jose Ramos Horta on Monday stepped down from East Timor's interim parliament to return to his former position as cabinet member for foreign affairs.
Tue, 24 Apr 2001
Epson targets 50% sales increase
Epson targets 50% sales increase JAKARTA (JP): PT Epson Indonesia, the marketing arm of Japanese firm Seiko Epson Corp, is aiming for a 50 percent increase in sales to US$33 million this year from $22 million in the previous year.
Tue, 24 Apr 2001
Govt to revise ministerial decree on compensation
Govt to revise ministerial decree on compensation JAKARTA (JP): The government will revise controversial Ministerial Decree No. 150/2000 on Compensation for dismissed or resigning employees and make it more investor-friendly, Minister of Manpower and Transmigration Al Hilal Hamdi said on Monday.
Tue, 24 Apr 2001
Adaro targets output of 19m tons
Adaro targets output of 19m tons JAKARTA (JP): Coal mining company PT Adaro Indonesia has planned to increase its output to 19 million tons of coal this year, up from 16 million tons in 2000, amid stronger world demand for the commodity.Adaro general manager A.H.
Tue, 24 Apr 2001
Megawati consents second censure
Megawati consents second censure JAKARTA (JP): Vice President and Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI Perjuangan) chairperson Megawati Soekarnoputri has given consent for her party, the largest faction in the national legislature, to support the issuance of a second memorandum of censure...
Tue, 24 Apr 2001
Fifty rally at CGI pre-session
Fifty rally at CGI pre-session JAKARTA (JP): Some 50 activists from several non-governmental organizations staged a rally here on Monday protesting the Consultative Group on Indonesia (CGI), which, they claim, had aggravated the situation in the country.
Tue, 24 Apr 2001
U.S. Dollar Rates April.23
U.S. Dollar Rates April.23 Latest Previous %ChangeYen 121.91-01 121.96-04 -0.04Euro* 0.8997-99 0.9017-21 -0.22Sterling 1.4402-12 1.4418-26 -0.11Swiss Franc 1.7010-20 1.6957-67 +0.31Canadian Dollar* 1.5486-96 1.5445-55 +0.27Australian Dollar* 0.5054-59 0.5141-46 -1.69New Zealand Dollar 0.4088-95 0.
Tue, 24 Apr 2001
Yogyakarta Labuhan ritual honors an ancient queen
Yogyakarta Labuhan ritual honors an ancient queenBy Tarko Sudiarno YOGYAKARTA (JP): The waves, four times the height of an adult man, came crashing down on the hundreds of people gathered on Parangkusumo beach, Bantul, Yogyakarta.
Tue, 24 Apr 2001
Japan LNG buyer relaxed despite Aceh uncertainty
Japan LNG buyer relaxed despite Aceh uncertainty TOKYO (Reuters): Japan's Tohoku Electric Power Co Inc said on Monday it saw no immediate need to seek alternative liquefied natural gas (LNG) cargoes beyond September, despite uncertainty about the resumption of Indonesian supplies.
Tue, 24 Apr 2001
The wealth of civil servants
The wealth of civil servants For all its shortcomings, the recent publication by the Public Servants' Wealth Audit Commission of the personal wealth owned by President Abdurrahman Wahid and Vice President Megawati Soekarnoputri must be commended as a first step in the right direction.
Tue, 24 Apr 2001
Asian rubber held hostage by rupiah, new lows set
Asian rubber held hostage by rupiah, new lows set SINGAPORE (Reuters): The Asian physical rubber market is held hostage by Indonesia's weakening rupiah, with prices already at lows not seen in more than three decades, prompting talk of defaults by China, traders said on Monday.
Tue, 24 Apr 2001
Kadera workers demand probe results from city police
Kadera workers demand probe results from city police JAKARTA (JP): At least 80 people representing several non- governmental organizations (NGOs) marched to city police headquarters on Monday, demanding police thoroughly investigate the Feb. 29 attack on PT Kadera AR Indonesia workers.
Tue, 24 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.