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Fri, 07 May 1999
School of theology develops experimental liturgical music
School of theology develops experimental liturgical music JAKARTA (JP): Those tired of the "conventional" sounds of the keyboard or piano in liturgical music can look to the Jakarta Theological Seminary for an alternative.
Fri, 07 May 1999
KL, RI slam world for lack of forest fire aid
KL, RI slam world for lack of forest fire aid KUALA LUMPUR (Agencies): Malaysia and Indonesia attacked the international community for failing to produce promised aid to tackle forest fires which have stricken southeast Asia in recent years."They (international community) have promised us (aid).
Fri, 07 May 1999
Stock Exchange
Stock ExchangeStock prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (in rupiah) on May 6, 1999: Shares Close Change Trading Volume ------------------------------------------------------------ Ades Alfindo 425 -25 763,500 AHAP Insurance 425 0 0 Alakasa Industrindo 275 0 0 Alter Abadi 350 75 4,994,500 Alumindo...
Fri, 07 May 1999
Howard takes credit for Timor deal
Howard takes credit for Timor deal JAKARTA (Agencies): Australian Prime Minister John Howard claimed credit for initiating the successful agreement on East Timor between Portugal and Indonesia, AFP reported in Sydney.
Fri, 07 May 1999
Early return to Ambon may 'open old wounds'
Early return to Ambon may 'open old wounds'By Jupriadi UJUNGPANDANG, South Sulawesi (JP): Soekarno-Hatta seaport has been unusually busy over the past few weeks. Men and women of all ages have been jostling their way onto the ferries which will ship them back to Ambon, the capital of Maluku...
Fri, 07 May 1999
More troops to be sent to Aceh, death toll hits 39
More troops to be sent to Aceh, death toll hits 39 JAKARTA (JP): Indonesian Military (TNI) Commander Gen. Wiranto, pledging to uphold the law at all costs, said on Thursday riot troops will be dispatched to Aceh, where the death toll from Monday's military shootings has risen to 39.
Fri, 07 May 1999
Separatist fighters kill villagers, take hostages
Separatist fighters kill villagers, take hostages JAYAPURA, Irian Jaya (JP): A band of up to 30 separatist rebels allegedly attacked on Wednesday a transmigration settlement, killing four residents and injuring four others. They also took 11 other people hostage.
Fri, 07 May 1999
Principal's health policy
Principal's health policy JAKARTA (JP): Insurance company Principal Indonesia launched on Thursday its new health policy, the Principal Sehat Sejahtera (PSS).The company's managing director, F. Doug Rasmussen, said in a statement the new product was a supplement to Principal's pension fund and...
Fri, 07 May 1999
The debate
The debate As a novelty, I would like to applaud the students of the University of Indonesia for staging the much-talked-about debate, which featured some political party chiefs who will supposedly run for the presidency.
Fri, 07 May 1999
Asian monies mixed against dollar
Asian monies mixed against dollar SINGAPORE (AFP): Asian currencies ended mixed against the U.S. dollar Thursday, while the Japanese yen pulled back from earlier highs as trade resumed in Tokyo after a three-day holiday, dealers said.The Singapore dollar closed higher at 1.6993 from 1.
Fri, 07 May 1999
Sari Husada to expand market
Sari Husada to expand market YOGYAKARTA (JP): Infant skim milk powder producer PT Sari Husada said on Wednesday it would boost production capacity and expand its overseas market this year.Sari Husada's president Dwiyatno Siswosumarto said the company, with a new German-made production machine worth...
Fri, 07 May 1999
Survey defies assumption of a 'sick society'
Survey defies assumption of a 'sick society' JAKARTA (JP): A survey of residents in seven cities has found respondents are convinced theirs is a healthy society, despite the prolonged crisis."This contradicts widespread assumptions that ours has become a sick society," secretary-general of the...
Fri, 07 May 1999
PDI Perjuangan wins support of urban poor
PDI Perjuangan wins support of urban poor JAKARTA (JP): The Urban Poor Consortium will coordinate the capital's poverty stricken, including becak (pedicab) drivers, to vote for the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI Perjuangan) in order to win at least one seat on City Council in the June...
Fri, 07 May 1999
Forestry firms causing fires will be closed
Forestry firms causing fires will be closed JAKARTA (JP): The government warned on Thursday that forestry and plantation companies found to have caused forest fires would be closed down.Companies responsible for forest fires would lose their operating permits, Minister of Forestry and Plantations...
Fri, 07 May 1999
Singapore to use care in untying CLOB tangle
Singapore to use care in untying CLOB tangle SINGAPORE (Reuters): Singapore Deputy Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said on Thursday investors will be helped with their problems over funds locked in frozen Malaysian shares, but stopped short of saying the government would buy them.
Fri, 07 May 1999
Djadja wants no rallies to mark Trisakti shooting
Djadja wants no rallies to mark Trisakti shooting JAKARTA (JP): City Military Commander Maj. Gen. Djadja Suparman on Thursday asked students to cancel their plan for a mammoth rally next week to observe the first anniversary of the fatal Trisakti University shooting.
Fri, 07 May 1999
Quality control lacking
Quality control lacking Quality control has never been one of Indonesia's strengths, but the saga of my Daihatsu Feroza is a particularly sad example of Indonesian companies shooting themselves, and their customers, in the foot by failing to monitor the quality of their products.
Fri, 07 May 1999
Population of Weri gets clean water
Population of Weri gets clean water FAK FAK, Irian Jaya: The people of Weri in East Fak Fak, now enjoy clean water following the completion of a clean water project, Antara reported on Thursday.The head of the clean water supply in Weri, CH Simanjuntak, said the project was funded from the state...
Fri, 07 May 1999
BNI's rating confirmed despite negative equity
BNI's rating confirmed despite negative equity JAKARTA (JP): U.S. rating agency Standard & Poor's affirmed Thursday its ratings on Bank Negara Indonesia and its US$145 million notes due 2007 despite the bank's negative equity.
Fri, 07 May 1999
Sports bodies gear up training program
Sports bodies gear up training program JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesian Cycling Federation (ISSI) will send its key cyclists for the national training centers in preparation for the 20th Southeast Asian (SEA) Games in Brunei Darussalam in August.
Fri, 07 May 1999
Excelcomindo, Nusapage tie up
Excelcomindo, Nusapage tie up JAKARTA (JP): Pro-XL prepaid telephone card provider PT Excelcomindo Pratama has agreed to cooperate with paging service provider PT Persada Komindo in the sale and distribution of the cards in Jakarta.
Thu, 06 May 1999
Diarrhea epidemic in Wolomesa
Diarrhea epidemic in Wolomesa MAUMERE, East Nusa Tenggara: Two people have died and a further 105 have been treated for diarrhea at local health clinics here, the head of Ende health agency said on Tuesday.
Thu, 06 May 1999
Mar'ie sides with the federalist camp
Mar'ie sides with the federalist camp JAKARTA (JP): Former finance minister Mar'ie Muhammad has called for the establishment of a federal state, saying that a political compromise is urgently needed to dissolve the growing tension and upheavals in the regions.In a letter to President B.J.
Thu, 06 May 1999
Regional autonomy
Regional autonomyFrom RepublikaWith reference to a report in Republika daily of April 24, 1999, titled Fifteen percent of oil output and 30 percent of natural gas for the regions and another one on April 26 titled Riau people coldly respond to law on balance in financial matters, I wish to express...
Thu, 06 May 1999
Stock Exchange
Stock ExchangeStock prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (in rupiah) on May 5, 1999: Shares Close Change Trading Volume ---------------------------------------------------------- Ades Alfindo 450 0 183,000 AHAP Insurance 425 0 0 Alakasa Industrindo 275 0 17,000 Alter Abadi 275 -25 910,500 Alumindo...
Thu, 06 May 1999
Where to go in Surabaya
Where to go in SurabayaExhibition * Product Design Exhibition by Jennyfer Lacroix (French) and students of ITS, at CCCL - French Cultural Center, Jl. Darmokali 10 (Phone: 031 5678639), 9 a.m. to 8 p.m., until May 16.Music and Entertainment * Hyatt Regency Surabaya, Jl. Jend.
Thu, 06 May 1999
Bappenas admits political abuse
Bappenas admits political abuse JAKARTA (JP): Chairman of the National Development Planning Board (Bappenas) Boediono admitted on Wednesday the country's multibillion dollar social safety net fund was abused by certain political parties seeking to gain popularity.
Thu, 06 May 1999
Protesting water firm workers break into Palyja office
Protesting water firm workers break into Palyja office JAKARTA (JP): About 30 members of city-owned water management company PDAM Jaya's labor union broke into a PT Palyja office in Bendungan Hilir, Central Jakarta, on Tuesday morning and forced their colleagues to join their protest.
Thu, 06 May 1999
Bimbo sue recording firm
Bimbo sue recording firm JAKARTA (JP): The South Jakarta District Court heard on Tuesday a lawsuit filed by members of the Indonesian pop music band Bimbo, who are demanding a recording company pay Rp 42 billion (US$5.18 million) for illegally recording and selling their songs.
Thu, 06 May 1999
RI, Portugal to sign historic E. Timor pact
RI, Portugal to sign historic E. Timor pact UNITED NATIONS (Agencies): Indonesia and Portugal were set to sign a historic agreement on Wednesday that could lead to independence for the territory of East Timor, the climax to 15 years of sporadic negotiations at the United Nations.
Thu, 06 May 1999
Five suspects detained over Jepara violence
Five suspects detained over Jepara violence SEMARANG (JP): Five people have been detained for alleged involvement in the deadly clashes that broke out last Friday in Jepara regency between supporters of two rival Muslim-based political parties, Central Java Police said on Wednesday.
Thu, 06 May 1999
Asian stocks end mixed as foreign buying continues
Asian stocks end mixed as foreign buying continues SINGAPORE (AFP): Asian stock markets ended mixed Wednesday with some extending their gains on steady inflows of foreign funds and others pulling back after an overnight fall on Wall Street.
Thu, 06 May 1999
Four officials named as graft suspects
Four officials named as graft suspects JAKARTA (JP): Four high-ranking officials in the city administration were named suspects in corruption cases which cost the city some Rp 23.46 billion.Deputy governor for administrative affairs Abdul Kahfi said on Tuesday that dossiers of the cases had been...
Thu, 06 May 1999
IMF presses for more monetary freedoms
IMF presses for more monetary freedoms JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia should further relax its monetary policy to allow economic recovery to proceed with more speed, International Monetary Fund Asia Pacific director Hubert Neiss said here on Wednesday.
Thu, 06 May 1999
Fake prescription medicines seized in raid
Fake prescription medicines seized in raid JAKARTA (JP): Police seized thousands of fake prescription pills and tablets worth an estimated Rp 100 million (US$12,500) during raids on a warehouse and two kiosks in East Jakarta on Tuesday afternoon.Jakarta Police Detective chief Col.
Thu, 06 May 1999
Surabaya 'most vulnerable to unrest'
Surabaya 'most vulnerable to unrest' JAKARTA (JP): The East Java capital of Surabaya is the most likely area to explode into unrest, a study reveals.The study, jointly conducted by Trisakti University, Suara 234 and Research Institute for Democracy and Peace researchers, put Surabaya ahead of South...
Thu, 06 May 1999
Govt plans to create 15 holding companies
Govt plans to create 15 holding companies JAKARTA (JP): President B.J. Habibie announced on Wednesday eight new basic plans for the country's state enterprises which will lead to a consolidation of 155 state enterprises into some 15 world-class holding companies and the elimination of "old bad...
Thu, 06 May 1999
Conversion Rates
Conversion Rates Bank Bali's conversion rates on May 5, 1999: TT rates Bank notes rates Buying Selling Buying Selling Rp Rp Rp Rp U.S. dollar 1 8,000.00 8,070.00 - -Australian dollar 1 5,257.60 5,345.70 5,232.00 5,395.00Austrian schilling 1 614.28 624.68 - -Belgian franc 1 209.54 213.
Thu, 06 May 1999
East Timor's independence
East Timor's independence I refer to the article by Soegio Sosrosoemarto To be free, E. Timor needs Indonesia published in The Jakarta Post on April 30, 1999.However learned you obviously are, you seem to have forgotten that a free and independent Indonesia was born out of the colonial womb.
Thu, 06 May 1999
An independent Aceh?
An independent Aceh? The conduct of our military during the time that Aceh was a Military Operations Territory inflicted on the people of the province wounds so deep they are difficult to heal. For that reason, any friction with the military, however small, is enough to make the people's aggressive...
Thu, 06 May 1999
Ericsson to sell new handsets
Ericsson to sell new handsets JAKARTA (JP): Ericsson Indonesia will this year launch more than six new handsets of its three newly established A, R and T series.The company's director of mobile phone and terminals division, Susanto Sosilo, said on Wednesday the new series were created to serve...
Thu, 06 May 1999
School children to get free milk
School children to get free milk JAKARTA (JP): The non-profit Bina Putra Sejahtera Foundation launched on Wednesday a program with the aim of providing free milk to 500,000 elementary school children in Java starting in June.The US$6.5 million program, assisted by the U.S.
Thu, 06 May 1999
Student arrested for bomb threats
Student arrested for bomb threats UJUNGPANDANG, South Sulawesi: A student has been arrested in connection with a number of bomb threats received in prominent public buildings here in recent weeks, police said on Wednesday.
Thu, 06 May 1999
Aceh death toll hits 38
Aceh death toll hits 38 JAKARTA (JP): The number of confirmed deaths from Monday's shooting of protesters by the military in North Aceh rose to 38 on Wednesday, while medical supplies destined for local hospitals overwhelmed by victims were not expected to arrive until early on Thursday.
Thu, 06 May 1999
Court punishes Niaga, Credit Lyonnais
Court punishes Niaga, Credit Lyonnais JAKARTA (JP): Bank Niaga lost another battle with PT Suryamas Dutamakmur after the Jakarta High Court ordered the bank pay compensation of Rp 290.08 billion (US$36 million) to the property developer.Suryamas' attorney Hotman Paris Hutapea from Makarim & Tiara S.
Thu, 06 May 1999
Where to go in Bali:
Where to go in Bali:Exhibition * Arts Exhibition: by Gde Sudarma, at The Chedi Gallery, Desa Melinggih Kelod, Payangan Gianyar, Ubud (Phone: 0361 975963), until May 17.Music and entertainment * The Oberoi, Legian Beach, Jl. Laksamana, Denpasar (Phone: 0361 730361): - Kura-Kura Restaurant, 7 p.m.
Thu, 06 May 1999
Local striker offered contract in Germany
Local striker offered contract in Germany JAKARTA (JP): German first division soccer club Borussia Munchengladbach is seeking to sign young Indonesian striker Bambang Pamungkas to its squad.All-Indonesian Soccer Federation (PSSI) chairman Agum Gumelar said on Wednesday he would allow 18-year-old...
Thu, 06 May 1999
Late parties receive kind treatment from KPU
Late parties receive kind treatment from KPU JAKARTA (JP): The General Election Commission (KPU) on Wednesday relaxed its own rules and allowed two parties to run for House of Representatives (DPR) seats despite missing Tuesday's midnight deadline for submitting lists of legislative candidates.
Thu, 06 May 1999
More banks will be sold to foreign investors
More banks will be sold to foreign investors SINGAPORE (Dow Jones): The Indonesia Bank Restructuring Agency expects several domestic banks to be sold to foreign investors before the upcoming parliamentary elections in June, said Farid Harianto, IBRA deputy chairman and head of asset management.
Thu, 06 May 1999
TV today
TV todayTVRI 5:30 a.m. Religious Teachings 6:00 Morning News 7:00 TV Series 8:00 Children's Song 9:00 Music 10:00 Interval 2:00 p.m. News 2:30 TV Series: Drew Carey Show 3:00 Music 4:00 News 4:30 Religious Teachings 5:00 Koran Recital 5:30 TV Drama 6:00 Sports 6:00 News 6:30 News (in English) 7:00...