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Wed, 10 Jun 1998
Seven top businessmen named as special business envoys
Seven top businessmen named as special business envoys JAKARTA (JP): President B.J. Habibie will appoint seven of the country's top businessmen as special envoys with ambassadorial rank to help promote the Indonesian economy abroad and improve foreign investor confidence.
Wed, 10 Jun 1998
Karimun shipyard on hold
Karimun shipyard on hold SINGAPORE (Reuters): Jurong Shipyard Ltd has put on hold expansion plans at its Karimun shipyard in Indonesia due to uncertainties in the crisis-stricken country, chairman Lua Cheng Eng said yesterday."We are on hold. We just can't do anything now.
Wed, 10 Jun 1998
Irianese protest over planned eviction
Irianese protest over planned eviction JAKARTA (JP): About 100 Irianese staged a peaceful demonstration at City Hall yesterday to protest a statement by Governor Sutiyoso that he would expel them from their Tanah Abang dormitory in Central Jakarta because of their repeated clashes with neighboring...
Wed, 10 Jun 1998
BI support for ailing banks up to Rp 132t
BI support for ailing banks up to Rp 132t JAKARTA (JP): Bank Indonesia (BI) reported yesterday that its net claims on the Indonesian Bank Restructuring Agency (IBRA) jumped to Rp 132.12 trillion (US$11.49 billion) on June 5 from Rp 124.63 trillion the previous week.
Wed, 10 Jun 1998
Friend hunted in Yemeni murder
Friend hunted in Yemeni murder JAKARTA (JP): Police are hunting a friend of a Yemeni man murdered in Hotel Pitagiri in Palmerah, West Jakarta, on Monday morning."Officers of the Palmerah police subprecinct are looking for the victim's local friend, identified as Rusdi, 25, as some clues have...
Wed, 10 Jun 1998
Govt urged to restore late Dharsono's name
Govt urged to restore late Dharsono's name JAKARTA (JP): A group of senior government critics is urging President B.J. Habibie's government to restore the good name of the late Hartono Rekso Dharsono, a soldier and diplomat whom former president Soeharto's regime jailed for subversion.
Wed, 10 Jun 1998
Indonesia to ratify human rights pacts
Indonesia to ratify human rights pacts JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia will begin a five-year National Action Plan on Human Rights later this month in an attempt to better its much maligned international image on rights issues.President B.J.
Wed, 10 Jun 1998
BI to handle credit supply to small firms
BI to handle credit supply to small firms JAKARTA (JP): Bank Indonesia will take over the overall supply of subsidized credit to small and medium-scale businesses because the country's commercial banks can no longer make any contribution, a top official of the central bank said.
Wed, 10 Jun 1998
Rupiah remains weak but stock prices up slightly
Rupiah remains weak but stock prices up slightly JAKARTA (JP): The rupiah remained weak yesterday due to political uncertainty but share prices rose slightly in thin trading on the wake of late buying support.
Wed, 10 Jun 1998
164,000 workers quit PT Jamsostek
164,000 workers quit PT Jamsostek KUDUS, Central Java: More than 164,000 employees of cigarette factories in the city yesterday announced they were withdrawing from the state social security program PT Jamsostek.
Wed, 10 Jun 1998
Our national unity
Our national unity It has been almost a month since the riots that rocked Jakarta between May 13 and May 15. The wounds from the violence, arson and looting of those days are, however, still far from healed.
Wed, 10 Jun 1998
Team set up to probe officials' wealth
Team set up to probe officials' wealth JAKARTA (JP): The Attorney General's Office has formed a team, headed by Deputy Attorney General for Civil and State Administrative Courts Soehanjono, to investigate the wealth of current and past government officials.
Wed, 10 Jun 1998
Conversion Rates
Conversion Rates Jakarta (JP): Bank Ekspor Impor Indonesia's (Bank Exim) indicative conversion rates on June 9, 1998: Buying Selling Rp Rp U.S. dollar 1 11,300.00 12,300.00Austrian shilling 1 880.80 1,012.60Australian dollar 1 6,789.90 7,302.20Belgian franc 1 311.40 332.70Canadian dollar 1 7,831.
Wed, 10 Jun 1998
Ramos links IMF to Asian dilemma
Ramos links IMF to Asian dilemma MANILA (Reuters): The International Monetary Fund's rescue plan for Indonesia and Thailand may have worsened the two countries' economic problems, Philippine President Fidel Ramos said.
Wed, 10 Jun 1998
World Cup likely to bring lull in political tension
World Cup likely to bring lull in political tension JAKARTA (JP): Not only does the World Cup, which kicks off today, promise hectic competition, but a respite to the country's looming political and economic tension.Minister of Defense and Security/Armed Forces Chief Gen.
Wed, 10 Jun 1998
Habibie no economic savior, says sennior economist
Habibie no economic savior, says sennior economist MELBOURNE (Reuters): A senior Indonesian economist said yesterday he doubted the nation's battered economy could recover with new President B.J. Habibie at the helm.
Wed, 10 Jun 1998
Airport cab drivers protest collusion
Airport cab drivers protest collusion TANGERANG (JP): Hundreds of taxi drivers licensed to operate out of Soekarno-Hatta International Airport protested about the operation of unofficial taxies at the airport and the corrupt security officials who assist them yesterday.
Wed, 10 Jun 1998
Telkom's partners face trouble meeting targets
Telkom's partners face trouble meeting targets JAKARTA (JP): Partners of state-owned telecommunications firm PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia (Telkom) admitted yesterday the crisis was making it difficult for them to meet targets for telephone line installation.
Wed, 10 Jun 1998
19 killed in shop fire
19 killed in shop fire PALEMBANG, South Sumatra: Nineteen people died and dozens others were hospitalized when they were trapped in a fire that razed a shopping center and theater building in the South Sumatran capital Monday evening.
Wed, 10 Jun 1998
Probo defends Soeharto's integrity
Probo defends Soeharto's integrity JAKARTA (JP): Soeharto's half-brother Probosutedjo deplored yesterday baseless allegations over the former president's wealth, claiming Soeharto never used his power to enrich himself or his children.
Wed, 10 Jun 1998
Oil traders make beeline to Pertamina offices
Oil traders make beeline to Pertamina offices SINGAPORE (Reuters): Oil traders are making a beeline to the offices of the just liberalized Indonesian state oil monopoly Pertamina, jostling for lucrative multi-million dollar supply contracts, industry sources said yesterday.
Wed, 10 Jun 1998
IMF promises fast action on Indonesia loan
IMF promises fast action on Indonesia loan WASHINGTON (Reuters): The International Monetary Fund said it could resume lending to Indonesia by early July or sooner, and promised subsidies would remain in place to help the poor cope with rising prices.
Wed, 10 Jun 1998
Police 'must be separated from ABRI'
Police 'must be separated from ABRI' JAKARTA (JP): The National Commission on Human Rights recommended yesterday that the police be separated from the Armed Forces so it could be independent and be in a better position to serve and protect the public.
Wed, 10 Jun 1998
Stock Exchange
Stock ExchangeStock prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (in rupiah) on June 9, 1998: Shares Close Change Trading Volume -------------------------------------------------------------- Ades Alfindo 450 -50 3,000 AHAP Insurance 575 25 500 Alter Abadi 525 -25 1,124,500 Alumindo Light Metal 300 0...
Wed, 10 Jun 1998
Trauma and horror remains for women raped by rioters
Trauma and horror remains for women raped by rioters JAKARTA (JP): The debris around many of the buildings damaged during last month's riots has been cleaned up and business is slowly restarting.But for most of the women raped between May 13 and May 15 just facing up to the fact that they are still...
Wed, 10 Jun 1998
Former U.S. envoy to RI dies at 82
Former U.S. envoy to RI dies at 82 WASHINGTON (AP): Marshall Green, a former U.S. ambassador to Indonesia and Australia who also served as an assistant secretary of state, is dead at age 82.A Washington resident, Green was playing golf with his son when he suffered a heart attack.
Wed, 10 Jun 1998
Garbage dump sparks protest
Garbage dump sparks protest BOGOR (JP): A group of Rancamaya village residents here staged a protest Monday to vent their opposition against the existence of a garbage dump 200 meters away from their residential area.
Tue, 09 Jun 1998
Scholars warn against parties linked to religion
Scholars warn against parties linked to religion JAKARTA (JP): Religious scholars and a political observer voiced concern yesterday over possible adverse repercussions if people established religion-affiliated political parties.
Tue, 09 Jun 1998
Golden Buddha statues found
Golden Buddha statues found PURWOKERTO, Central Java: Villagers in Cikakak, Wangon subdistrict in Banyumas regency, yesterday found two 15- centimeter-tall golden Buddha statues weighing 1.5 kilograms.The finding was not an accident.
Tue, 09 Jun 1998
Riots impair Surakarta business
Riots impair Surakarta business SURAKARTA, Central Java: Material damages in Surakarta from the two days of widespread unrest on May 14 and May 15 are estimated to total Rp 457.5 billion.Rahmadi Wahyudi, head of the team assessing the damage, said much of the losses were from the 10 shopping plazas...
Tue, 09 Jun 1998
Indonesian arrested for murder in Osaka
Indonesian arrested for murder in Osaka JAKARTA (JP): A 23-year-old Indonesian man has been arrested in Osaka, Japan for killing and robbing a local woman, who he tutored in Bahasa Indonesia, an Indonesian diplomat said yesterday.
Tue, 09 Jun 1998
Where to go in Bandung:
Where to go in Bandung:Exhibitions * Poster Exhibition: Jerman di Dalam Khayalan, at Goethe Institut Bandung, Jl. Martadinata 48 (Phone: 022 436440), until June 30. * Silver Accesories by Runa Jewelry at Preanger Aerowisata Bandung Hotel, Jl. Asia Afrika No. 81 (Phone: 022 431631), daily.
Tue, 09 Jun 1998
Bali legislators to resign following protests
Bali legislators to resign following protests DENPASAR (JP): After a week-long protest, Speaker (ret.) Brig. Gen. I Ketut Sundria, announced yesterday on behalf of the 46 strong provincial legislature that all members would resign from their posts.
Tue, 09 Jun 1998
'May Revolution' in perspective
'May Revolution' in perspectiveBy Aboeprijadi Santoso JAKARTA (JP): Only a few weeks ago, many analysts watching political developments in Indonesia tended to think in terms of two models of change: the so-called Tiananmen model and the "People Power" model.
Tue, 09 Jun 1998
Agriculture needs market-oriented policy
Agriculture needs market-oriented policy Indonesia is facing a rice-supply shortage and Bungaran Saragih, head of the Center for Development Studies at the Bogor Agricultural Institute, suggests that the government adjusts its agricultural policy.
Tue, 09 Jun 1998
Striking workers clash with police
Striking workers clash with police SURABAYA (JP): Thirty people were injured yesterday when 25,000 striking workers clashed with security personnel who tried to stop them marching from Sidoarjo to the provincial legislative council in Surabaya, 20 kilometers away.
Tue, 09 Jun 1998
Pertamina braces for direct oil trade
Pertamina braces for direct oil trade SINGAPORE (Dow Jones): Indonesia's state oil and gas company Pertamina is likely to face a number of hurdles as it braces itself for direct trade in the international oil market amid expectations that ties with its two trading affiliates -- Perta Oil Marketing...
Tue, 09 Jun 1998
Conversion Rates
Conversion Rates JAKARTA (JP): Bank Ekspor Impor Indonesia's (Bank Exim) indicative conversion rates on June 8, 1998: Buying Selling Rp Rp U.S. dollar 1 11,200.00 12,100.00Austrian shilling 1 876.80 999.80Australian dollar 1 6,794.40 7,236.00Belgian franc 1 310.00 328.50Canadian dollar 1 7,786.
Tue, 09 Jun 1998
Bank Universal decides not to pay dividend
Bank Universal decides not to pay dividend JAKARTA (JP): Publicly listed Bank Universal, a subsidiary of widely diversified Astra International, will not pay a dividend for the company's 1997 earnings in a move to safeguard its capital, its president said yesterday.Stephen Z.
Tue, 09 Jun 1998
Hun Sen makes surprise visit to Sihanouk, raises party fears
Hun Sen makes surprise visit to Sihanouk, raises party fears PHNOM PENH (Agencies): Cambodian co-premier Hun Sen made a surprise visit to King Norodom Sihanouk at his northern residence in Siem Reap to warn of party politics undermining a key impartial constitutional body, officials said yesterday.
Tue, 09 Jun 1998
Rates for Tax Payment
Rates for Tax Payment JAKARTA (JP): The new official conversion rates as the basis for payment of import duty, value-added tax on goods and services, sales tax on luxury goods, export tax and income tax, valid from June 8 to June 14: U.S. dollar 1 Rp 11,530.00Austrian shilling 1 928.
Tue, 09 Jun 1998
Set all political prisoners free!
Set all political prisoners free! To President B.J. Habibie: Former president Soeharto appointed you to replace him when the state's political situation was very difficult and critical. Therefore, we can imagine how difficult is the burden that you are shouldering today, especially with the...
Tue, 09 Jun 1998
SE Asian currencies fall but recover
SE Asian currencies fall but recover SINGAPORE (Dow Jones): Southeast Asian currencies are weaker across the board late in Asian trading yesterday compared with levels seen late Friday, but have recovered from lows against the U.S. dollar reached yesterday morning.
Tue, 09 Jun 1998
Fischer agrees with subsidies
Fischer agrees with subsidies WASHINGTON (Dow Jones): Stanley Fischer, first deputy managing director of the International Monetary Fund, said yesterday he expects the revised economic program with Indonesia to include further "temporary subsidies" to protect the poor.
Tue, 09 Jun 1998
Little help for foreign AIDS patients
Little help for foreign AIDS patientsBy Yvonne Chang TOKYO (Reuters): Prapaporn Yoskorn, a registered nurse from Thailand, has become a celebrity among Thai prostitutes working in Japan.Prapaporn returned to Thailand recently after seven months in Japan offering advice on AIDS treatment to Thai...
Tue, 09 Jun 1998
TV program
TV programTVRI 2:00 p.m. News: Berita 14 2:35 Children's Film: Family Album 3:05 Children's Program: Pancasilaku 3:30 Village Program 4:00 Regional News 4:30 Music: Lagu Pop Daerah 5:00 English Lessons 5:30 Documentary Film: Artha 6:00 News: Lintasan Berita 6:05 My Country: Rona Nusantara 6:15...
Tue, 09 Jun 1998
Illuminating tale of malaria at the Belimbing lighthouse
Illuminating tale of malaria at the Belimbing lighthouseBy Agus Suroso BANDARLAMPUNG (Antara): A leaning but solid old lighthouse is seen as one enters the Sunda Strait from the Indian Ocean.In order to reach the 119-year-old Teluk Belimbing lighthouse, 200 kms southwest of Bandarlampung in West...
Tue, 09 Jun 1998
Bapepam has not imposed penalty on erring firms
Bapepam has not imposed penalty on erring firms JAKARTA (JP): The Capital Market Supervisory Agency (Bapepam) has yet to penalize 35 listed companies which missed the April 30 deadline on submitting their 1997 financial reports, the agency's chairman said yesterday.
Tue, 09 Jun 1998
Chinese urged not to speak Chinese
Chinese urged not to speak Chinese PALEMBANG, South Sumatra: The speaker of the provincial legislature, H.M. Arub, yesterday called on Indonesians of Chinese descent to use Bahasa Indonesia or the predominant ethnic language in the area for everyday use.
Tue, 09 Jun 1998
Unsolved mysteries of May 14
Unsolved mysteries of May 14 Were the riots of May 14 in Jakarta a spontaneous action by the masses? The National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) has come to the conclusion that they were instigated by an organized group.