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Tue, 08 Jun 1999
Many Acehnese voters stay away from voting process
Many Acehnese voters stay away from voting process LHOKSEUMAWE, Aceh (JP): Calls for an election boycott in the troubled province of Aceh were realized on Monday, as the gas- rich city turned into a ghost town.
Tue, 08 Jun 1999
Ideal president needed
Ideal president needed Leaders of a nation have the responsibility to protect and provide for the people. A good president must be an exemplary citizen who upholds the law for the benefit of all, not bending it for personal gain.
Tue, 08 Jun 1999
PDI Perjuangan out to win
PDI Perjuangan out to win MEDAN, North Sumatra: The Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI Perjuangan) vowed on Friday not to let the chance of winning next week's polls slip from its grasp.Speaking before thousands of party supporters in the packed IKIP Pancing square, PDI Perjuangan...
Tue, 08 Jun 1999
ASEAN auto sales up
ASEAN auto sales up SINGAPORE (AFP): Combined new vehicle sales in the top four markets of Southeast Asia rose 22 percent from a year ago to 182,349 units in the first four months of 1999, according to a top US auto component supplier.
Tue, 08 Jun 1999
Student suspect in housemaid's murder
Student suspect in housemaid's murder BOGOR (JP): Bogor Police have arrested a man who allegedly murdered a housemaid during a robbery at Cimanggu housing complex here on Friday.The man was identified as Rino Siswanto, 21, a student of an academy in Bogor, Antara reported on Sunday.
Tue, 08 Jun 1999
Ghalib to resign from wrestling body
Ghalib to resign from wrestling body JAKARTA (JP): Attorney General Lt. Gen. Andi M. Ghalib said on Monday he would resign as chairman of the Indonesian Wrestling Association (PGSI), following allegations he had abused his position to collect donations from the public, including two tycoons.
Tue, 08 Jun 1999
Golkar prods civil servants
Golkar prods civil servants SEMARANG: The head of the Central Java election committee Gunanto Suryono charged the Tegal branch of the Golkar Party of urging civil servants to vote for Golkar.Gunanto said Golkar's Tegal branch had issued an instruction to that effect and distributed it to civil...
Tue, 08 Jun 1999
Jepara calm after fatal clash
Jepara calm after fatal clash JEPARA, Central Java: The tension had eased by Monday in the neighboring villages of Bandungharjo and Tulakan in Keling district of Jepara regency, after a vicious clash between residents of the two villagers on Friday.
Tue, 08 Jun 1999
Reconciling critics of the social safety net
Reconciling critics of the social safety netBy Sri Pamoedjo Rahardjo This is the second of two articles on social safe net. JAKARTA (JP): Reports on fund leakages, missed targets and fictitious targets -- usual practices in the past -- have tarnished and attracted controversy to the social safety...
Tue, 08 Jun 1999
Floods ruin poll, 1,000 votes lost
Floods ruin poll, 1,000 votes lost JAYAPURA, Irian Jaya: Two polling stations in the Hedam subdistrict in Abepura district, Jayapura, failed to function because of flooding."All evidence of voter registration also went under water," a committee official, Yance Lali, told The Jakarta Post.
Tue, 08 Jun 1999
Indonesia to hire foreign investigator
Indonesia to hire foreign investigator JAKARTA (JP): President B.J. Habibie has agreed to hire a foreign private investigator to trace any money obtained through graft and deposited abroad by Indonesians, including assets allegedly owned by former president Soeharto and his children, Minister of...
Tue, 08 Jun 1999
Megawati's vision
Megawati's visionFrom Media IndonesiaThe 1999 general election has offered an interesting program, the debate among presidential hopefuls. It is an entirely new idea here and tends to imitate the American style of liberal democracy. I think the program is good and relevant.
Tue, 08 Jun 1999
Ananda's sensational Formula 3000 debut
Ananda's sensational Formula 3000 debut JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia's best racing hope Ananda Mikola finished fifth in a sensational debut in the Formula 3000 initial round at Vallelunga Circuit in Italy on Sunday. He also collected two championship points.
Tue, 08 Jun 1999
Where to go in Bandung:
Where to go in Bandung:Exhibitions * Fine Arts Exhibition: by Arahmaiani, at CCF, Jl. Purnawarman 32, Jun. 10 and Jun. 17. * Fine Arts Exhibition: Batu Melangkah Waktu, by Sunaryo, at Selasar Seni Sunaryo, Jl. Bukit Pakar Timur no. 100 (Phone: 022 2507939), until Jun. 30.
Tue, 08 Jun 1999
Shrimp ponds sweep away SE Sulawesi mangrove forests
Shrimp ponds sweep away SE Sulawesi mangrove forestsBy Musadianto Madusila KENDARI, Southeast Sulawesi (ANTARA): The mangrove forests along Southeast Sulawesi's coast have been a continuous target of illegal farmers wishing to convert the forests to shrimp ponds.
Tue, 08 Jun 1999
East Timorese ignore vote boycott call
East Timorese ignore vote boycott call JAKARTA (JP): Morning drizzle and the absence of prominent Catholic leader Bishop Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo did not stop people in Dili, East Timor, from going to the polls on Monday.
Tue, 08 Jun 1999
Pickpocket fatally mobbed at terminal
Pickpocket fatally mobbed at terminal JAKARTA (JP): A mob at Kampung Rambutan intercity bus terminal in East Jakarta mobbed to death an alleged thief on Sunday morning.The incident occurred at around 9 a.m.
Tue, 08 Jun 1999
Ballot errors, fire disrupt Jakarta polls
Ballot errors, fire disrupt Jakarta polls JAKARTA (JP): A burning of a polling place, mockery and other complaints marked a cloudy election day on Monday in greater Jakarta while streets were deserted as residents lined up to vote.
Tue, 08 Jun 1999
Police rearrest 11 escaped convicts
Police rearrest 11 escaped convicts JAKARTA: Eleven of the 49 prisoners who escaped from Mataram Penitentiary in West Nusa Tenggara on Sunday have been rearrested as of Monday, an official said.Three of the 11 were arrested on Sunday as they attempted to board a public transportation vehicle in...
Tue, 08 Jun 1999
Indonesia's election optimism boosts rupiah, other units rise
Indonesia's election optimism boosts rupiah, other units rise HONG KONG (Dow Jones): Growing optimism over the progress of Indonesia's parliamentary elections, and a robust rally in the yen helped lift Asian currencies against the U.S. dollar Monday.
Tue, 08 Jun 1999
Polls shut out late voters
Polls shut out late voters MATARAM, West Nusa Tenggara: Thousands of citizens here lost voting rights as many did not vote by the time polling stations closed at 2 p.m. Committees were apparently unaware that although stations were to close ideally at 2 p.m.
Tue, 08 Jun 1999
KL rules out CLOB investment
KL rules out CLOB investment KUALA LUMPUR (AFP): Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad ruled out Monday government intervention to unlock billions of dollars worth of frozen shares held by Singaporean investors in Malaysian firms."CLOB was not started by this government.
Tue, 08 Jun 1999
Maluku refugees keen to vote, tempers soar as hopes dashed
Maluku refugees keen to vote, tempers soar as hopes dashedBy Jupriadi BUTON, Southeast Sulawesi (JP): Thousands of Maluku refugees at various shelters here put on their best clothes and, with their children in tow, arrived at least an hour early in excitement for Monday's polls.
Tue, 08 Jun 1999
More buildings burned in N. Aceh
More buildings burned in N. Aceh BANDA ACEH, Aceh: The administration offices of Samalanga and Peudada districts in North Aceh regency were set on fire by unidentified people on Sunday night and Monday morning respectively.
Tue, 08 Jun 1999
Minor parties sign agreement
Minor parties sign agreement MATARAM, West Nusa Tenggara: In response to a deal on vote sharing struck by Muslim-based parties, four minor parties contesting next week's polls here signed the same agreement recently.Chief of the Justice and Unity Party (PKP) provincial chapter, M.
Tue, 08 Jun 1999
Mahathir fears election violence, 'Bernama' says
Mahathir fears election violence, 'Bernama' says KUALA LUMPUR (AFP): Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad warned on Monday of opposition violence in coming elections and accused foreign media of working against him, the official Bernama news agency reported.
Tue, 08 Jun 1999
Garuda postpones low-load flights
Garuda postpones low-load flights TANGERANG (JP): National flag carrier Garuda Indonesia postponed nine flights from Soekarno-Hatta International Airport on Monday due to low passenger loads, an executive said.
Tue, 08 Jun 1999
One missing in Jayapura flood
One missing in Jayapura flood JAYAPURA, Irian Jaya: A university student is missing after flood waters inundated parts of this provincial capital and nearby Abepura district from Saturday to Sunday morning.
Tue, 08 Jun 1999
Empowering ethnic Chinese
Empowering ethnic ChineseBy Ester I. Jusuf This is the first of two articles on challenges facing the ethnic Chinese in Indonesia. JAKARTA (JP): An interesting phenomenon to observe prior to the June 7, 1999, general election were the attempts made by various political parties to woo the ethnic...
Tue, 08 Jun 1999
Less materials delay polls
Less materials delay polls MEDAN, North Sumatra: The election was delayed at several polling stations here because of a lack of polling material such as ballot paper, stamps and indelible ink.At Mandala housing estate, hundreds of potential voters were stranded as the committee said they had to...
Tue, 08 Jun 1999
The task ahead
The task ahead By casting their votes on Monday, in what has widely been billed as the country's first democratic general election in more than 40 years, Indonesians have passed a major milestone in their 50-year history as a free nation.
Tue, 08 Jun 1999
Alcatel continues to support RI telecommunications
Alcatel continues to support RI telecommunications Convinced that Indonesia will soon be on its journey toward recovery, Alcatel has never changed its commitment to this country.And it should not be surprising at all.
Tue, 08 Jun 1999
Lunch quells violent crowd
Lunch quells violent crowd JAKARTA (JP): Jakarta Police chief Maj. Gen. Noegroho Djajoesman won over a mob by appealing to their stomachs over the weekend.When hundreds of people began to burn Golkar flags at Senen market in Central Jakarta over the weekend, Noegroho, clad in civilian clothes and...
Tue, 08 Jun 1999
Minor electoral laws violation, say observers
Minor electoral laws violation, say observers JAKARTA (JP): Preliminary findings of poll observers on Monday revealed that despite minor violations of the electoral laws, the general election proceeded mostly peaceful.Prominent international observers traveled around the five mayoralties of Jakarta.
Tue, 08 Jun 1999
Thousands of Indonesians unable to vote
Thousands of Indonesians unable to vote JAKARTA (JP): Thousands of Indonesians who live in Serawak, Malaysia, were upset about wasting their right to vote in Monday's polls because they could not leave school or work, a poll observer said.
Tue, 08 Jun 1999
A hair-raising polling booth
A hair-raising polling booth SEMARANG: Poll officials in a poor neighborhood here had to go to the local funeral parlor to borrow shrouds, usually used to wrap corpses, to build a pooling booth.Officials said on Monday the Rp 40,000 they received from the government was not enough to buy materials...
Tue, 08 Jun 1999
Sulawesi gamblers go political
Sulawesi gamblers go political KENDARI, Southeast Sulawesi: A supporter of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI Perjuangan) and a Golkar Party supporter bet Rp 750,000 (US$94) on the elections on Monday.
Tue, 08 Jun 1999
Glitches abound in Surabaya polls
Glitches abound in Surabaya polls SURABAYA: The capital of East Java, like many other cities, became a ghost town when residents went to the polls but problems appeared in many of the 3,656 polling stations there.
Tue, 08 Jun 1999
Opposition parties take early lead
Opposition parties take early lead JAKARTA (JP): Approximately 100 million Indonesians went on Monday to the milestone polls which proceeded mainly peacefully, with Megawati Soekarnoputri's Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI Perjuangan) snatching an early lead.
Tue, 08 Jun 1999
Toward a better Indonesia
Toward a better Indonesia As Indonesians have executed their voting rights (June 7), the freest and fairest national elections in 34 year, I think that the country should be proud of having prominent reformist leaders like Amien Rais of the National Mandate Party, Megawati Soekarnoputri of the...
Tue, 08 Jun 1999
Cautious investors hold off on tourist projects
Cautious investors hold off on tourist projects JAKARTA (JP): None of this year's government-approved foreign and domestic investment plans in tourism have been realized, a senior official has confirmed.
Mon, 07 Jun 1999
Four men arrested for burglary
Four men arrested for burglary PALU, Central Sulawesi: Donggala police officers arrested four men on Friday for allegedly stealing various electronics goods belonging to a local resident, an official said on Saturday.Donggala Police chief Lt. Col. Adrizal Adnan said the arrests were made at 2:30 a.
Mon, 07 Jun 1999
Developing political literacy
Developing political literacyBy A. Chaedar Alwasilah BANDUNG (JP): Literacy is commonly defined as the quality or state of being literate, that is, educated and cultured, or having the ability to read and write.
Mon, 07 Jun 1999
SilkAir gets insurance claim
SilkAir gets insurance claim SINGAPORE (Reuters): Singapore Airlines Ltd (SIA) insurers have paid out a US$35.5 million claim for the SilkAir aircraft that crashed into the Musi river in South Sumatra last year, Singapore's Business Times reported on Saturday.
Mon, 07 Jun 1999
Teenagers nabbed for taxi robbery
Teenagers nabbed for taxi robbery JAKARTA (JP): Residents of Pasar Emas in the village of Muara Bhakti in Babelan, Bekasi, detained a female teenager and her accomplice for allegedly attempting to rob a taxi driver on Saturday night.
Mon, 07 Jun 1999
An imposed peace
An imposed peace One year after president Soeharto left office, Indonesia still offers a salutary case study of what a strongman's rule, and its sudden termination, can do to a country.The trials and tribulations which its people have to endure are a painful reminder of what a sudden transition...
Mon, 07 Jun 1999
Background of the social safety net program
Background of the social safety net programBy Sri Pamoedjo Rahardjo This is the first of two articles on the social safety net. JAKARTA (JP): The social safety net strategy (known by its local acronym as JPS) was first introduced in Indonesia as a response to safeguard the most affected segment of...
Mon, 07 Jun 1999
Which political parties really fight for women?
Which political parties really fight for women?By Ida Indawati Khouw JAKARTA (JP): Every day electronic and print media have been running commercials urging women to choose parties "which pay attention to women".
Mon, 07 Jun 1999
Euro hurts China's export
Euro hurts China's export BEIJING (Dow Jones): The faltering debut of the euro has dragged down China's exports to the European Union this year, the official China Daily Business Weekly reported on Sunday.China's sales to E.U. countries fell 2.
Mon, 07 Jun 1999
Where to go in Jakarta:
Where to go in Jakarta:Exhibitions * Painting Exhibition: Misteri Wanita Dalam Ukiyo-e, at Pusat Kebudayaan Jepang - The Japan Foundation, Summitmas I, Jl. Jend. Sudirman Kav. 61-62 South Jakarta (Phone: 5201266), 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., until Jun. 30.