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Fri, 01 May 1998
Taman Puring market a haven for the jobless
Taman Puring market a haven for the joblessBy Ivy Susianti JAKARTA (JP): Fifty-seven-year-old Tarmidi lost his job in October last year after working for a cleaning service company in South Jakarta for four years.
Fri, 01 May 1998
Weightlifters dominate best athlete awards
Weightlifters dominate best athlete awards JAKARTA (JP): Weightlifters ended the badminton squad's long- held grip on the best national athletes contest by clinching four awards yesterday.A panel of selectors comprising sports figures and journalists named world champion Winarni the best female...
Fri, 01 May 1998
Aceh governor re-elected
Aceh governor re-elected BANDA ACEH, Aceh: Syamsuddin Mahmud, 63, was re-elected yesterday as governor of Aceh for a second five-year term.Syamsuddin received 27 of the 45 votes cast in a ballot in the provincial legislature.
Fri, 01 May 1998
Asian central bankers fail to boost currencies
Asian central bankers fail to boost currencies SINGAPORE (Reuters): Asian currencies shuffled about in largely familiar ranges yesterday as traders found little to entice them in a raft of comments by regional central bankers attending the Asian Development Bank (ADB) meeting in Geneva.
Fri, 01 May 1998
Corruption worse over last five years: Survey
Corruption worse over last five years: Survey JAKARTA (JP): A majority of Indonesians living in big cities think that corruption is getting worse, according to a survey by the Center for the Study of Development and Democracy.
Fri, 01 May 1998
Activists abducted by organized group
Activists abducted by organized group JAKARTA (JP): The National Commission on Human Rights said yesterday that student and political activists who went missing recently were abducted by a well-organized group.
Fri, 01 May 1998
BI and major accounting firms to audit local banks
BI and major accounting firms to audit local banks JAKARTA (JP): Bank Indonesia (BI) and six of the world's major accounting firms will conduct a due diligence audit of Indonesia's commercial banks to ascertain their financial condition, a central bank official said yesterday.
Fri, 01 May 1998
Apartment for fire victims to be built
Apartment for fire victims to be built JAKARTA (JP): Governor Sutiyoso promised to build a low-cost apartment in Gunung Sahari, Central Jakarta, where about 500 people lost their homes in a fire Monday.
Fri, 01 May 1998
Open letter to Fuad Bawazier
Open letter to Fuad Bawazier In March, I wrote a letter to Fuad Bawazier (then the director general of tax, now finance minister), complaining about the Rp 1 million fiscal tax. It was printed in Suara Pembaruan and Kompas. Until now I have received no reply.
Fri, 01 May 1998
Victor Espiritu wins 13th leg of Tour
Victor Espiritu wins 13th leg of Tour MANILA (AP): Philippine cycling team skipper and former champion Victor Espiritu won yesterday's "killer" 13th leg of the Tour of the Philippines, while teammate Warren Davadilla battled back to the overall lead.
Fri, 01 May 1998
Trisakti holds commencement
Trisakti holds commencement JAKARTA (JP): Trisakti University held commencement exercises for 1,898 students yesterday.Among the graduates at the Jakarta Hilton Convention Center were a granddaughter of Gen. (ret.) Abdul Harris Nasution and a daughter of North Sulawesi governor Maj. Gen. E.E.
Fri, 01 May 1998
New team for bank mergers
New team for bank mergers JAKARTA (JP): Bank Indonesia (BI) announced yesterday that the government had formed a team to coordinate mergers, consolidations and acquisitions of commercial banks.BI director Achwan said in a statement that the coordinating team would provide a "one-stop service" to...
Fri, 01 May 1998
Bandung schools on the web
Bandung schools on the web BANDUNG, West Java: Twenty-two public high schools here have been hooked up to the Internet in a pioneering effort to establish a national educational network through the Internet.
Fri, 01 May 1998
TV today
TV todayTVRI 2:00 p.m. News: Berita 14 2:30 Music 2:35 Cartoon: Tom and Jerry Kids 3:05 Talk Show: Peran Ibu Sebagai Pendidik Anak 3:30 Village Program 4:00 Regional News 4:30 Performance: Cakrawala Budaya 5:00 Music: Paket 27 5:30 Educational Quiz: Cepat Tepat 6:00 News: Lintasan Berita 6:05 My...
Fri, 01 May 1998
Bearish run continues on local stock market
Bearish run continues on local stock market JAKARTA (JP): Share prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (JSX) fell for the fifth consecutive trading day yesterday, dragged down by heavy selling on most blue chip stocks, securities brokers said.
Fri, 01 May 1998
Ecotourism is an underestimated moneymaker: Environmentalists
Ecotourism is an underestimated moneymaker: Environmentalists BOGOR (JP): Proper promotion and understanding of ecotourism could help contribute badly needed revenue to the country, environmentalists here have said.
Fri, 01 May 1998
Police destroy porn VCDs
Police destroy porn VCDs JAKARTA (JP): About 345,000 video compact discs (VCDs) containing pornographic material were destroyed at Penjaringan Police precinct, North Jakarta, yesterday.The VCDs were seized during a raid on Duta Harapan Indah shop in Pluit March 13 this year.
Fri, 01 May 1998
More on dengue
More on dengue Professionally, Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever should be respected as more than an extraordinary incidence. It is a deadly epidemic (minister of health, The Jakarta Post, April 18). The Achilles heal is its prime vector, the aegypti.
Fri, 01 May 1998
Local food festival reveals diverse array of Indonesia
Local food festival reveals diverse array of Indonesia JAKARTA (JP): Empek-empek (fish cakes) from Palembang, gado gado (vegetable salad with peanut sauce) from Java and cumi-cumi Bali (squid with Balinese style).
Fri, 01 May 1998
Where to go in Jakarta:
Where to go in Jakarta:Exhibitions * Painting Exhibition: Works of Indonesian Painters Association at Devi Collection Interior House, Jl. Kemang Timur No. 46A (Phone: 7991636), South Jakarta, 10 a.m. to 9 p.m., until May 15.
Fri, 01 May 1998
ASEAN states try to reduce impact of crisis
ASEAN states try to reduce impact of crisis HANOI (AP): Asian countries are not trying to undercut each other despite shrinking foreign investment, rising unemployment and increasing competition for export markets, a top Indonesian official said yesterday.
Fri, 01 May 1998
Worst yet to come for S. Korea and Indonesia: ADB official
Worst yet to come for S. Korea and Indonesia: ADB official GENEVA (Reuters): The worst is yet to come for the crisis-hit economies of South Korea, Indonesia and Thailand, and it is no time for early rejoicing, a top official of the Asian Development Bank said on Wednesday.
Fri, 01 May 1998
Tourism industry needs change
Tourism industry needs changeBy Yuho Konno JAKARTA (JP): Foreign currency earned from overseas tourists to Indonesia was US$ 6.62 billion in 1997, slightly short of the target. However, this figure did show an increase of 5 percent over the previous year.
Fri, 01 May 1998
ITF helps Indonesia host junior tourney
ITF helps Indonesia host junior tourney JAKARTA (JP): The International Tennis Federation (ITF) has poured in US$30,000 to enable Indonesia to stage the World Junior Asia/Oceania qualifying tournament for the second successive year next week.
Fri, 01 May 1998
Price of OPEC crudes falls to $13.02 per barrel
Price of OPEC crudes falls to $13.02 per barrel LONDON (Reuters): The price of OPEC's basket of seven crudes fell to $13.02 on Wednesday from $13.28 a barrel on Tuesday, the OPEC news agency said quoting the OPEC Secretariat.
Fri, 01 May 1998
Activists criticize Assembly
Activists criticize Assembly JAKARTA (JP): A group of pro-democracy activists reproached the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) yesterday, demanding they "return" the people's sovereignty entrusted to them since the 1,000-member assembly has abused it for the interests of the government.
Fri, 01 May 1998
Turtle decline worrying
Turtle decline worrying KUPANG, East Nusa Tenggara: Environmentalists have expressed concern over the declining number of turtles around Serangan Island near Bali, as poachers continue to collect the animal's eggs which have a high commercial value.
Fri, 01 May 1998
S'pore exports to EU taxed
S'pore exports to EU taxed SINGAPORE (Dow Jones): All Singapore exports entering the European Union with effect from Friday will be levied duties based on the Most Favored Nation, or MFN, tariff rates, as Singapore will be fully graduated from the European Commission's Generalized System of...
Fri, 01 May 1998
Signals of crisis ignored
Signals of crisis ignored I am writing in response to the letter 'Who really triggers the crisis' of April 30. The question posed by Lee Way Chun is a valid one. The answer to this is simple. The raider George Soros and friends pulled the trigger when they attacked in July 1997 the overvalued...