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Sat, 06 May 2000
Policemen tested positive for drugs
Policemen tested positive for drugs PALEMBANG: Eleven policemen were under questioning after they tested positive for drugs, Antara reported on Friday.Spokesman for the South Sumatera Police, Maj. Arum Priyono, said the policemen would go on trial as soon as the investigators wrap up their...
Sat, 06 May 2000
Another E. Timor conference planned
Another E. Timor conference planned BOGOR, West Java: A two day EU-INA conference on East Timor, jointly organized by Indonesia's Research Institute for Democracy and Peace (Ridep) and the Institute for Strategic and International Studies (IEEI) of Portugal ended here on Thursday, recommending that...
Sat, 06 May 2000
Govt considers sabotage as cause of train crash
Govt considers sabotage as cause of train crash JAKARTA (JP): Following rumors of railway tracks in Central Java being tampered with, Minister of Communications Agum Gumelar instructed on Friday an investigation into the possibility of sabotage being behind a train collision last Monday.
Sat, 06 May 2000
Lasmo finds gas in RI
Lasmo finds gas in RI LONDON (Dow Jones): Oil and gas exploration and production company Lasmo PLC (LSO) said Friday that it has discovered gas in both the Gada and Gula prospects off the coast of East Kalimantan, Indonesia.
Sat, 06 May 2000
Independent foundations for museums to be set up
Independent foundations for museums to be set up JAKARTA (JP): In an effort to have financially independent city-owned museums, the city administration will establish foundations to improve their performance and services, officials said on Friday.
Sat, 06 May 2000
Navy unable to curb crimes in Malacca Strait
Navy unable to curb crimes in Malacca Strait JAKARTA (JP): The Navy conceded on Friday it was unable to curb growing piracy, smuggling activities and other crimes along the busy Straits of Malacca.Chief of the Navy Western Fleet overseeing the country's western sea waters, Rear Adm.
Sat, 06 May 2000
Central Sulawesi earthquake death toll reaches 17
Central Sulawesi earthquake death toll reaches 17 MAKASSAR, South Sulawesi (JP): The death toll from the tectonic earthquake in Central Sulawesi has reached at least 17, an emergency official said on Friday.
Sat, 06 May 2000
New train plying Bandung-Surakarta
New train plying Bandung-Surakarta BANDUNG: Starting on May 12, state railway company PT Kereta Api Indonesia (KAI) is running a new service between Bandung in West Java and Surakarta in Central Java, replacing the previous Pajajaran train.
Sat, 06 May 2000
Five people killed in fresh sectarian violence in Maluku
Five people killed in fresh sectarian violence in Maluku AMBON, Maluku (JP): Fears of a new cycle of sectarian conflict mounted in Maluku islands on Friday following the latest outbreak of violence that killed at least five people and injured dozens others.
Sat, 06 May 2000
AAJ Associates mulls tie-up
AAJ Associates mulls tie-up JAKARTA (JP): Local consulting group AAJ Associates plans to establish a joint venture with Origin, the Singapore-based global information technology consultant, to support its expansion program.
Sat, 06 May 2000
Lake Toba gets new sewage system
Lake Toba gets new sewage system MEDAN, North Sumatra: Lake Toba tourist resort in North Sumatra now has a safe and efficient sewage system to handle waste from households, restaurants and hotels, an official said on Friday.
Sat, 06 May 2000
Gas reserves found in RP
Gas reserves found in RP MANILA (AP); Additional gas reserves have been discovered at the Philippines' Camago-Malampaya deep-water gas field off the northern island of Luzon, making it the largest gas find in the country's history, President Joseph Estrada said Friday.
Sat, 06 May 2000
Immanuel Church built in honor of Willem I
Immanuel Church built in honor of Willem IBy Ida Indawati Khouw This is the 3rd article on old churches in Jakarta, published in commemoration of Easter. It is also the 37th in a series of articles on protected buildings in the capital appearing in Saturday editions of The Jakarta Post.
Sat, 06 May 2000
Gus Dur and his ministers
Gus Dur and his ministers The polemic about the recent dismissal of two ministers has become excessive, as though the interests of the political parties represented by the ministers were above those of the nation.
Sat, 06 May 2000
National chess players continue success
National chess players continue success JAKARTA (JP): National chess players continued their winning ways against top foreign players in the third round of the JAPFA International Open 2000 at the Grand Bali Beach hotel in Sanur on Friday.
Sat, 06 May 2000
Activists lash out at E. Timor probe
Activists lash out at E. Timor probe JAKARTA (JP): Leading human rights groups on Friday blasted the government's tedious approach in investigating last year's violence in East Timor, saying that the investigation does not meet international standards.
Sat, 06 May 2000
Detectives baffled by fraud cases
Detectives baffled by fraud cases JAKARTA (JP): City police banking crime detectives are handling two fraud cases, which have led two banks here to transfer hundreds of millions of rupiah to certain bank accounts based solely on transfer orders faxed by the suspects.
Sat, 06 May 2000
Anticorruption team to refine law enforcers
Anticorruption team to refine law enforcers JAKARTA (JP): Attorney General Marzuki Darusman announced on Friday that members of the national joint anticorruption team would be installed on Thursday, saying their priority was to clean up the country's law enforcement bodies.
Sat, 06 May 2000
Rp 60,000 robbed from vendor
Rp 60,000 robbed from vendor JAKARTA (JP): Depok Police detectives are still questioning a man arrested on Friday for allegedly stealing a purse containing Rp 60,000 (US$8) from a mobile vegetable vendor near Jembatan Gandul, Cinere, Sawangan.Sawangan Police chief Capt.
Sat, 06 May 2000
Asian currencies mixed in thin trading
Asian currencies mixed in thin trading SINGAPORE (Dow Jones): Asian currencies are mixed against the U.S. dollar late Friday in trade thinned by holidays in Japan, South Korea and Thailand.The dollar took a break from its recent rise against the yen, giving support to some regional currencies.
Sat, 06 May 2000
Husband kicks wife out of taxi
Husband kicks wife out of taxi JAKARTA (JP): A woman was strangled and pushed out of a taxi by her husband on the toll road near Jatibening, Bekasi, on Monday, a police report says.The woman, Rosmiati, 36, who later reported the case to the police, was left helpless on the roadside but suffered no...
Sat, 06 May 2000
Officer mobbed over robbery
Officer mobbed over robbery JAKARTA (JP): Residents of Kukusan subdistrict, Beji, Depok, mobbed an officer from the police Mobile Brigade Unit (Brimob) to death on Thursday night for attempting to steal a motorcycle.City police chief of internal affairs Lt. Col.
Fri, 05 May 2000
RI could get stake in S'pore-Japan trade pact
RI could get stake in S'pore-Japan trade pact SINGAPORE (Dow Jones): Singapore Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong Thursday raised the possibility of including Indonesia's industrial Batam island in a proposed bilateral trade agreement between Singapore and Japan.
Fri, 05 May 2000
Dewi hurt in hotel scuffle
Dewi hurt in hotel scuffle JAKARTA (JP): Ratna Sari Dewi Soekarno, 60, widow of the country's first president, suffered a split lip during a dispute with a reporter at the Regent Hotel in Kuningan, South Jakarta, on Thursday evening, an official said.Setiabudi Police chief Maj.
Fri, 05 May 2000
Asian Olympiad brings physics down to earth
Asian Olympiad brings physics down to earth TANGERANG (JP): Physics is generally considered one of the toughest subjects and one that most students will do their utmost to avoid if they can. Yet students who packed the weeklong first Asian Physics Olympiad here the other day found physics more than...
Fri, 05 May 2000
Generals in the dock?
Generals in the dock? Perhaps it is the novelty of the phenomenon. Or it could be the expectation that with such highly placed officials as former military commanders testifying before the country's judicial and law enforcement authorities, Indonesians will finally learn what crimes were committed...
Fri, 05 May 2000
Traders cash in on people's love for old cassettes
Traders cash in on people's love for old cassettesBy Hera Diani JAKARTA (JP): In the 1960s, president Sukarno banned western music such as rock and pop, which he called ngak-ngik-ngok (disturbing) music, or in other words, rubbish.
Fri, 05 May 2000
Kia to resume Timor national car project after June
Kia to resume Timor national car project after June JAKARTA (JP): The government said on Thursday that South Korean car manufacturer Kia Motors Corp. would resume the Indonesian national car project after June, pending the restructuring of the project's massive debts.
Fri, 05 May 2000
RI economy on the road to recovery: ADB
RI economy on the road to recovery: ADB JAKARTA (JP): The Asian Development Bank (ADB) says Indonesia has emerged from the economic crisis and is now on the path to recovery.The bank said in a report that a broad based economic recovery commenced as early as late last year and was continuing now,...
Fri, 05 May 2000
Australia supports RI democracy
Australia supports RI democracy The following article is based on a presentation by Kim Beazley, leader of the opposition in the Australian Federal Parliament and chairman of the Australian Labor Party at the Indonesia Australian Business Council breakfast meeting in Jakarta on May 2, 2000.
Fri, 05 May 2000
Johny quizzed over role in East Timor violence
Johny quizzed over role in East Timor violence JAKARTA (JP): Former Army deputy chief of staff Lt. Gen. Johny Lumintang was questioned at the Attorney General's Office on Thursday over his alleged role in last year's East Timor mayhem.
Fri, 05 May 2000
Four killed as troops clash with militants in Maluku
Four killed as troops clash with militants in Maluku AMBON, Maluku (JP): At least four people were killed and 18 others wounded in clashes between security forces and militant groups in Ternate, North Maluku, late on Wednesday, officials said.Maluku Military Commander Brig. Gen.
Fri, 05 May 2000
Local chess players shine in JAPFA International Open 2000
Local chess players shine in JAPFA International Open 2000 JAKARTA (JP): Local chess players showed their style by surpassing top foreign opponents in the second round of the JAPFA International Open 2000 at Grand Bali Beach Hotel at Sanur, Bali.
Fri, 05 May 2000
Nine dead in C. Sulawesi earthquake
Nine dead in C. Sulawesi earthquake MAKASSAR, South Sulawesi (JP): A tectonic earthquake measuring 6.5 on the Richter scale and huge tidal waves hit the Banggai islands in Central Sulawesi on Thursday, killing at least nine people and destroying hundreds of houses.
Fri, 05 May 2000
Military tribunal to try other Trisakti suspects
Military tribunal to try other Trisakti suspects JAKARTA (JP): National military police chief Maj. Gen. Djasrie Marin hinted on Thursday that the Jakarta military tribunal would soon try several city police personnel, who were allegedly involved in the May 1998 Trisakti shooting incident.
Fri, 05 May 2000
Habibie skips questioning over campaign donations
Habibie skips questioning over campaign donations JAKARTA (JP): Former president B.J. Habibie failed to comply to a request to appear before the General Elections Commission (KPU) on Thursday to explain his alleged contributions to the Crescent Star Party (PBB) and other political parties last year.
Fri, 05 May 2000
Britons strike up love affair with sounds of Javanese gamelan
Britons strike up love affair with sounds of Javanese gamelanBy Helly Minarti LONDON (JP): Peter Smith arranged rice-cakes, possibly bought in London's Chinatown, and colorful flowers in a bamboo basket. He put them in front of the gong at the back of a Javanese gamelan set.
Fri, 05 May 2000
RP govt hostage negotiator threatens to quit
RP govt hostage negotiator threatens to quit JOLO, Philippines (AFP): The negotiator attempting to secure the release of 21 mostly foreign hostages here threatened to quit on Thursday unless government troops lifted their siege on the Muslim militants holding them.
Fri, 05 May 2000
Asian currency swap plan could progress
Asian currency swap plan could progress CHIANG MAI, Thailand (Dow Jones): East Asian finance and monetary heads meeting at the Asian Development Bank's annual gathering in Chiang Mai are expected to put more flesh on the bones of a proposed currency-swap agreement.
Fri, 05 May 2000
Piracy rises in RI waters
Piracy rises in RI waters KUALA LUMPUR (AP): As Asian nations struggle to keep piracy at bay, bandit attacks on ships in Indonesian waters and nearby busy sea channels are rising, according to a new maritime survey.
Fri, 05 May 2000
ADB to focus on poverty, aid fund replenishment
ADB to focus on poverty, aid fund replenishment MANILA (AFP): The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will review strategies tackling poverty and efforts to reinforce the bank's main soft loan facility at annual talks in Thailand starting this weekend, officials said.
Fri, 05 May 2000
Hitachi to export 500 kV GCB to U.S.
Hitachi to export 500 kV GCB to U.S.JP/msa JAKARTA (JP): PT Hitachi Power System Indonesia completed on Thursday testing of its 500 kilovolts Gas Circuit Breakers (GCB), the largest ever manufactured by the company.
Fri, 05 May 2000
Skepticism clouds inquiries into shootings, atrocities
Skepticism clouds inquiries into shootings, atrocities Once powerful generals are facing inquiries into various crimes. Munir, co-founder and advisory board member of the Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras) shares his reasons for pessimism with The Jakarta Post.
Fri, 05 May 2000
Exclusive designs?
Exclusive designs?From RepublikaThe mass-media business has recently been highlighted by the presence of Mandarin-language newspapers. Some of them are the Mandarin Post, Suar 168 and He Bing Ribao. I heard that some others will also hit newsstands.
Fri, 05 May 2000
Indonesian journalists honored for sacrifices
Indonesian journalists honored for sacrifices BOSTON, Massachusetts (Agencies): Indonesian senior journalist Mochtar Lubis was among the 50 journalists from over five continents to be named "world press freedom heroes" by the International Press Institute (IPI) on Wednesday.
Fri, 05 May 2000
Where to go in Jakarta: Friday, May 5, 2000
Where to go in Jakarta: Friday, May 5, 2000Exhibitions * Painting Exhibition: Pelepasan Energi by Sulan, at Indo Steak Restaurant, Menara Kadin, 2nd fl, Jl. H.R. Rasuna Said Blok 3-5, 9 a.m. to 8 p.m., until May 11. * Sculpture Exhibition: Klein Plastiek, at Erasmus Huis, Jl. H.R.
Fri, 05 May 2000
Seaport police in dilemma over containers at Tanjung Priok
Seaport police in dilemma over containers at Tanjung Priok JAKARTA (JP): Tanjung Priok Seaport Police (KP3) in North Jakarta admit that they're still unable to properly examine every container coming in and out of the country's busiest seaport.KP3 chief Lt. Col.
Fri, 05 May 2000
New diesel oil policy rattles fishing companies
New diesel oil policy rattles fishing companies JAKARTA (JP): Industrial users of diesel oil, notably fishing companies, in eastern Indonesian areas, are shocked by a new policy of state oil company Pertamina which will fix the price of diesel oil at the international level starting next month.
Fri, 05 May 2000
Distributor Tigaraksa reports lower profit
Distributor Tigaraksa reports lower profit JAKARTA (JP): Publicly listed consumer and household goods distributor PT Tigaraksa Satria reported on Thursday an 85 percent drop in its 1999 net profit to Rp 30.4 billion (US$3.8 million) from Rp 204 billion ($25.5 million) in 1998.
Fri, 05 May 2000
New civilian militia concerns Fak Fak residents
New civilian militia concerns Fak Fak residents JAYAPURA, Irian Jaya (JP): The establishment of a civilian militia led by the deputy chairman of the regency legislative council is causing unease among Fak Fak residents.