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Thu, 03 Jun 1999
PBB helps people obtain ID cards
PBB helps people obtain ID cards MEDAN, North Sumatra: The local chapter of the Crescent Star Party (PBB) has established dozens of community service posts across town to help people obtain identity cards.
Thu, 03 Jun 1999
PSSI vows to dominate SE Asian soccer
PSSI vows to dominate SE Asian soccer JAKARTA (JP): The All Indonesian Soccer Federation (PSSI) has taken into account it's pre-Olympic loss announcing it will focus on dominating Southeast Asian soccer, rather than the whole Asia arena.
Thu, 03 Jun 1999
Golkar still upbeat on chances
Golkar still upbeat on chances JAKARTA (JP): A former Golkar patron joined on Wednesday the chorus of demands for the ruling party to leave the political stage, saying the act would be a political and moral lesson for the nation.
Thu, 03 Jun 1999
Poll watchdogs battle limited resources
Poll watchdogs battle limited resourcesBy Tjahjono Ep. YOGYAKARTA (JP): Indonesian people, still euphoric over last year's downfall of strongman Soeharto, are bracing for a supposedly democratic general election scheduled for Monday.
Thu, 03 Jun 1999
No decision on TPI's notes
No decision on TPI's notes NEW YORK (Dow Jones): Publicly-listed PT Tri Polyta Indonesia (TPI) will pursue restructuring of its US$185 million in secured, 11 3/8% notes due 2003.In a press release Tuesday, the company cited poor operating results, and said it will not make any decision on the...
Thu, 03 Jun 1999
Political parties use traditional arts to draw votes
Political parties use traditional arts to draw votesBy Rita A. Widiadana In the hope of free and fair polls in June, artists have drawn from the new and the old to challenge the mood of apathy reflected in past elections and to educate the electorate.
Thu, 03 Jun 1999
Man arrested for phone battery scam
Man arrested for phone battery scam JAKARTA (JP): Police have arrested a man for allegedly producing and selling fake branded mobile phone batteries in Central Jakarta, an officer said on Wednesday.Chief of the Central Jakarta Police Lt. Col.
Thu, 03 Jun 1999
Over 400 babies malnourished
Over 400 babies malnourished SURABAYA, East Java: As many as 400 children under five in this province have been found suffering from malnutrition and 173 others from marasmus, East Java deputy governor Imam Soepardi said here on Monday.
Thu, 03 Jun 1999
Money politics can demolish democracy
Money politics can demolish democracyBy Aleksius Jemadu BANDUNG (JP): In this era of political reform most politicians are trying hard to convince people they are real reformists. But the difference between a reformist and an opportunist is obvious.
Thu, 03 Jun 1999
Hong Kong bids to host 2006 Asiad
Hong Kong bids to host 2006 Asiad HONG KONG (AFP): Hong Kong will launch a bid to host the 2006 Asian Games, Chinese official media reported here Tuesday.The head of the Hong Kong Sports Federation and Olympic Committee Timothy Fok Tsun-ting, said the former British colony would attempt to stage...
Thu, 03 Jun 1999
KONI urges Bappenas to release Games funds
KONI urges Bappenas to release Games funds JAKARTA (JP): The National Sports Council (KONI) has appealed to the National Planning and Development Board (Bappenas) to immediately disburse Rp 5.5 billion (US$687,500) allocated from the state budget to finance training programs for the 20th Southeast...
Thu, 03 Jun 1999
Stock Exchange
Stock ExchangeStock prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (in rupiah) on June 2, 1999: Shares Close Change Trading Volume ------------------------------------------------------------- Ades Alfindo 425 0 17,500 AHAP Insurance 425 0 0 Alakasa Industrindo 275 0 0 Alter Abadi 275 -25 120,000 Alumindo...
Thu, 03 Jun 1999
Junior athletes shine in Taipei Open
Junior athletes shine in Taipei Open JAKARTA (JP): Young stars Irine Truitje Joseph and Nunung Jayadi broke personal bests in the women's 100-meter dash and men's pole vault during the two-day Taipei Open track and field event on May 29 and May 30.Irine, 18, and from Maluku, clocked 11.
Thu, 03 Jun 1999
Autralian firm to plug Indonesia's handicraft exports
Autralian firm to plug Indonesia's handicraft exports JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia's Export Supporting Board has signed an agreement with Australian joint venture PT Out of Asia to boost the country's handicraft exports.
Thu, 03 Jun 1999
Constitution needs amending
Constitution needs amending BOGOR, West Java: The Crescent Star Party (PBB) renewed its demand for amendments to the 1945 Constitution on Tuesday, saying it would help the nation emerge from the present adversities.
Wed, 02 Jun 1999
'Fiesta of democracy' absent in Aceh districts
'Fiesta of democracy' absent in Aceh districts LHOKSEUMAWE, Aceh (Antara): "Different ponds, different fish; different fields, different grasshoppers," so the old adage goes.These words of wisdom seem to be reflected in the style of campaigning adopted by political parties contesting the June 7...
Wed, 02 Jun 1999
Government sets to recapitalize BNI, BRI and BTN
Government sets to recapitalize BNI, BRI and BTN JAKARTA (JP): The government will spend Rp 95.6 trillion (US$1.20 billion) to recapitalize Bank Negera Indonesia, Bank Rakyat Indonesia (BRI) and Bank Tabungan Negara (BTN).
Wed, 02 Jun 1999
A who's who of debtors
A who's who of debtors The 200 largest corporate debtors, who are partly responsible for leading virtually every major domestic bank, including the seven state banks, into technical bankruptcy, were finally announced through newspaper advertisements on Tuesday.
Wed, 02 Jun 1999
Tricky trap for Mega
Tricky trap for Mega Prof. Herbert Feith (The Jakarta Post, May 31, 1999) compared the founding fathers of Indonesia to the Amien Rais-Megawati Soekarnoputri team. This is dangerous nonsense. Sukarno-Hatta were founders of the unitary state.
Wed, 02 Jun 1999
Violence mars campaign in Ujungpandang, 11 hurt
Violence mars campaign in Ujungpandang, 11 hurt JAKARTA (JP): Peace held out Tuesday during rallies in the Maluku and East Timor, where hundreds died in recent conflicts, during a round of barnstorming by Megawati Soekarnoputri, but violence marred campaigning in Ujungpandang, South Sulawesi.
Wed, 02 Jun 1999
Habibie greets EU election monitors
Habibie greets EU election monitors JAKARTA (JP): President B.J. Habibie thanked the European Union (EU) on Tuesday for dispatching a 135-member team to observe the June 7 general election, saying their presence would contribute significantly to Indonesia's campaign to hold free and fair elections.
Wed, 02 Jun 1999
Batam hard pressed to list expatriates
Batam hard pressed to list expatriates BATAM: The local manpower office is encountering difficulties in tracing illegal foreign workers on the tiny island due to the reluctance of many companies to release information and the shortage of its own personnel.
Wed, 02 Jun 1999
Bad debtors face tougher measures
Bad debtors face tougher measures JAKARTA (JP): Finance Minister Bambang Subianto vowed on Tuesday to take tougher measures against the worst debtors of domestic banks who fail to reach a loan recovery plan by the end of this month with the Indonesian Bank Restructuring Agency (IBRA).
Wed, 02 Jun 1999
Kuntoro supports Pertamina's decision on pipeline project
Kuntoro supports Pertamina's decision on pipeline project JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Mines and Energy Kuntoro Mangkusubroto supported on Tuesday state oil and gas company Pertamina's decision to name PT McDermott Indonesia to build a natural gas underwater pipeline linking west of Natuna island to...
Wed, 02 Jun 1999
Suharyadi disagree on Pelti's coaching selection
Suharyadi disagree on Pelti's coaching selection JAKARTA (JP): National tennis coach Suharyadi is worried about the Indonesian Tennis Association's (Pelti) decision on the process for the selection of coaches for preparations for the 20th Southeast Asian Games in August in Brunei Darussalam.
Wed, 02 Jun 1999
Why not Chinese-Indonesians also?
Why not Chinese-Indonesians also? I was thrilled to see the photograph of Westerners sitting on top of a car donning Megawati's party uniform and giving the PDI sign, on the front page of The Jakarta Post on May 29, 1999.
Wed, 02 Jun 1999
Volatile regions face dilemma over elections
Volatile regions face dilemma over electionsBy Edy M. Ya'kub JAKARTA (Antara): Will elections be held or not in the troubled Aceh regencies of North Aceh, East Aceh and Pidie? For that matter, will there be elections in riot-torn Maluku, West Kalimantan, East Timor and Irian Jaya, which has been...
Wed, 02 Jun 1999
Aceh remains tense, 50 shops set on fire
Aceh remains tense, 50 shops set on fire JAKARTA (JP): At least 50 shop-houses belonging to residents of Teunom subdistrict in West Aceh regency were razed in the early hours of Tuesday, leaving 325 people homeless.No fatalities have so far been reported and material losses have yet to be estimated.
Wed, 02 Jun 1999
Supreme Court backs 'ANteve' in bankruptcy suit
Supreme Court backs 'ANteve' in bankruptcy suit JAKARTA (JP): The Supreme Court's civil review decision last week maintained its earlier decision and the decisions of the lower courts to reject the foreign creditors' bankruptcy claim against local private television station ANteve.
Wed, 02 Jun 1999
PDI of Struggle takes over Ambon
PDI of Struggle takes over Ambon AMBON, Maluku: This provincial capital turned into a sea of red on Tuesday as thousands of Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI Perjuangan) supporters took to the streets to see party chief Megawati Soekarnoputri.
Wed, 02 Jun 1999
Oil prices plunge as Iraq signals higher crude exports
Oil prices plunge as Iraq signals higher crude exports LONDON (Reuters): World oil prices fell again on Tuesday after Iraq said it would be able to raise crude exports under a new phase of the United Nations oil-for-food exchange.
Wed, 02 Jun 1999
PPP camels on the loose
PPP camels on the loose JAKARTA: Activists of the Muslim-based United Development Party (PPP) know how to attract a crowd and entertain their supporters.On Monday, party followers successfully attracted huge crowds in their last round of campaigning in South Jakarta with a pair of paper camels...
Wed, 02 Jun 1999
BAT asks Habibie to review cigarette excise ruling
BAT asks Habibie to review cigarette excise ruling JAKARTA (JP): Publicly listed cigarettemaker PT British American Tobacco (BAT) Indonesia asked President B.J. Habibie on Tuesday to review the Ministry of Finance's decision to raise excise taxes on the production of regular cigarettes.
Wed, 02 Jun 1999
UNAMET pledges full cooperation
UNAMET pledges full cooperation DILI, East Timor (JP): The United Nations Assistance Mission in East Timor (UNAMET) has pledged full cooperation with all sides in troubled East Timor to help the Aug. 8 ballot succeed."The UN presence in East Timor is neutral.
Wed, 02 Jun 1999
Philippine exports up 2.7%
Philippine exports up 2.7% MANILA (AFP): Philippine exports rose 2.7 percent in April from a year earlier to US$2.345 billion, the government's statistics agency said Tuesday.Export receipts from January to April grew 12.1 percent to $10.198 billion from $9.
Wed, 02 Jun 1999
When nature calls PKB supporters
When nature calls PKB supporters JAKARTA: Police and reporters raced each other to Kebayoran Hospital on Tuesday after seeing scores of campaign participants leave a rally in a soccer field to make their way to the hospital's emergency unit.
Wed, 02 Jun 1999
Many balk at working the polls in Aceh
Many balk at working the polls in Aceh JAKARTA (JP): Escalating intimidation by groups of people seeking to boycott the June 7 general election in Aceh has forced residents to refuse to be poll workers, a local official said on Tuesday.
Wed, 02 Jun 1999
KPU under fire for dealine shift
KPU under fire for dealine shift JAKARTA (JP): The General Elections Commission (KPU) came under attack on Tuesday for moving back the deadline for political parties to arrange vote-sharing deals (stembus akoord).
Wed, 02 Jun 1999
Children hurt as parties clash in Yogyakarta
Children hurt as parties clash in Yogyakarta YOGYAKARTA (JP): With campaign season nearing to a close, clashes between supporters of rival parties and other acts of violence continued to prevail on Tuesday.
Wed, 02 Jun 1999
No party will win a majority in elections
No party will win a majority in electionsBy Hermawan Sulistyo JAKARTA (JP): The presence of political parties is a prerequisite for democracy. Together, with other forces, political parties are an important component of civil society. They serve as channels of popular will and interest.
Wed, 02 Jun 1999
C&W, NTT enter 2nd round of takeover war
C&W, NTT enter 2nd round of takeover war TOKYO (Reuters): Britain's Cable and Wireless Plc went on the offensive on Tuesday in a bidding war for diminutive Japanese telephone company International Digital Corp (IDC), topping up its price a day after NTT had upped its bid.
Wed, 02 Jun 1999
Agenda
Agenda JAKARTA (JP): The Crescent Star Party (PBB) and the National Mandate Party (PAN) will focus their campaigns at the favorite place of many parties, namely the Hotel Indonesia Traffic Circle, at different times on Wednesday.
Wed, 02 Jun 1999
Five Indonesia's tae kwon doins vie in World Championships
Five Indonesia's tae kwon doins vie in World Championships JAKARTA (JP): Five national tae kwon doins who are being prepared for the 20th Southeast Asian (SEA) Games are competing in the World Championships in Canada.
Wed, 02 Jun 1999
Reports on money politics probed
Reports on money politics probed JAKARTA (JP): A special team of the Election Supervisory Committee has begun investigating alleged practices of "money politics" by political parties in response to reports, committee deputy chairman Todung Mulya Lubis said Tuesday.
Wed, 02 Jun 1999
Police confiscate 18 stolen cars
Police confiscate 18 stolen cars JAKARTA (JP): Jakarta Police confiscated 18 stolen vehicles from 16 alleged car thieves, including vehicles from three buyers of the stolen cars, over the last two weeks, an official said on Tuesday.Chief of the city police detective unit Col.
Wed, 02 Jun 1999
Stock Exchange
Stock ExchangeStock prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (in rupiah) on June 1, 1999: Shares Close Change Trading Volume ------------------------------------------------------------ Ades Alfindo 425 0 369,500 AHAP Insurance 425 0 0 Alakasa Industrindo 275 0 0 Alter Abadi 300 -25 17,500 Alumindo...
Wed, 02 Jun 1999
Next round campaigns vulnerable to unrest
Next round campaigns vulnerable to unrest JAKARTA (JP): Four days ahead of the June 7 elections, officials and the National Police raised alarms on Tuesday over possible unrest in the final round of campaigning as parties would likely go all out in their last ditch attempt to lure voters.
Wed, 02 Jun 1999
Government calls off peat land project
Government calls off peat land project JAKARTA (JP): President B.J. Habibie decided on Tuesday to stop the one-million-hectare peat land conversion scheme in Central Kalimantan, and ordered several Cabinet ministers to help the 61,000 transmigrants involved in the disappointing project, an official...
Wed, 02 Jun 1999
Governor asks people to pray
Governor asks people to pray SURABAYA: With fears of election-related unrest and violence still prevailing, East Java Governor Imam Utomo told people in the province on Tuesday to spend the two days of the cooling-off period, June 5 and June 6, with prayers.
Wed, 02 Jun 1999
Texmaco Group seeks listing on Nasdaq
Texmaco Group seeks listing on Nasdaq JAKARTA (JP): The widely diversified Texmaco Group said Tuesday it would list some of its subsidiaries on the New York- based over-the-counter stock market Nasdaq to raise funds for payment of the group's overseas debts worth about US$1.4 billion.