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Thu, 04 Jun 1998
Military says give Habibie a chance
Military says give Habibie a chance JAKARTA (JP): The Armed Forces (ABRI) reiterated its support for President B.J. Habibie yesterday, with Commander Gen. Wiranto calling on the nation to give the government a chance to lift the country out of its economic misery.
Thu, 04 Jun 1998
Rational party system required
Rational party system requiredBy Aleksius Jemadu BANDUNG (JP): One of the main goals of political reform is to make Indonesia's party system more representative and democratic.A political party system can be considered democratic if the existing parties reflect the diversity of political...
Thu, 04 Jun 1998
Firms urged to honor riot victims' claims
Firms urged to honor riot victims' claims JAKARTA (JP): The Insurance Council of Indonesia (DAI) urged its members yesterday to honor claims raised by owners of shopping centers, shop/houses and shops affected by riots last month.
Thu, 04 Jun 1998
500 Multipolar employees seeking compensation
500 Multipolar employees seeking compensation JAKARTA (JP): More than 500 employees of private retail company PT Multipolar Perkasa visited the Jakarta Legal Aid Institute yesterday to seek legal advise over their employment status.
Thu, 04 Jun 1998
President Habibie's legitimacy
President Habibie's legitimacy The article MPR should convene to pick new president by Yusuf Wanandi, May 29, arouses several questions and astonished me regarding President B.J. Habibie's credibility and popularity. I have no connection with B.J.
Thu, 04 Jun 1998
Soeharto's age his undoing: Habibie
Soeharto's age his undoing: Habibie JAKARTA (JP): President B.J. Habibie has said his predecessor Soeharto grew too old to sense the mood of the people, and that his own relative youth put him in a better position to lead the country.
Thu, 04 Jun 1998
P4 course for students suspended
P4 course for students suspended SEMARANG (JP): The Ministry of Education and Culture has abolished the requirement for university students to attend Pancasila propagation (P4) courses in the 1998/1999 academic year.
Thu, 04 Jun 1998
Students to be freed but case continues
Students to be freed but case continues BOGOR (JP): Police are considering the release of three students suspected of killing a police officer, but insisted that their case would be brought to court, an officer said yesterday.Bogor Regional Police chief Col.
Thu, 04 Jun 1998
ASEAN mulls Pakistani role
ASEAN mulls Pakistani role MANILA (Reuters): ASEAN foreign ministers are discussing whether to let Pakistan, heavily criticized for recent nuclear tests, become a member of its regional security group, Philippine President Fidel Ramos said yesterday.
Thu, 04 Jun 1998
Where to go in Bali:
Where to go in Bali:Exhibition * Painting Exhibition: Primitive Forms, Modern Feelings, by Charles Cham at Ganesha Gallery, Four Seasons Resort, Jimbaran (Phone: 0361 701010), June 4.Music and entertainment * Grand Hyatt Bali, Nusa Dua (Phone: 0361 771234): - Poolside: Pasar Senggol (Traditional...
Thu, 04 Jun 1998
Conversion Rates
Conversion Rates JAKARTA (JP): Bank Ekspor Impor Indonesia's (Bank Exim) indicative conversion rates on June 3, 1998: Buying Selling Rp Rp U.S. dollar 1 11.100.00 12,000.00Austrian shilling 1 n/a n/aAustralian dollar 1 6,489.00 6,948.60Belgian franc 1 285.20 303.60Canadian dollar 1 7,206.60 7,655.
Thu, 04 Jun 1998
KL opposition fears crackdown
KL opposition fears crackdown KUALA LUMPUR (DPA): Malaysia's parliamentary opposition leader warned the government yesterday against using the current economic downturn as a pretext to crack down on civil liberties after police stopped three public meetings from being held this week.
Thu, 04 Jun 1998
Ethnic Chinese Indonesians
Ethnic Chinese Indonesians It concerns me that in spite of very recent events, you would publish such an offensive and factually incorrect letter as that from Sumarsono Sastrowardoyo, May 30.To say that ethnic Chinese Indonesians are somehow to blame for being attacked recently because of their...
Thu, 04 Jun 1998
Asian coffee market nudging back to life but prices fall
Asian coffee market nudging back to life but prices fall SINGAPORE (Reuters): Coffee trade in Asia is slowly coming back to life as social unrest gradually comes to an end in Indonesia, one of the region's main coffee producers, traders said.
Thu, 04 Jun 1998
Probing Soeharto Inc.
Probing Soeharto Inc. President B.J. Habibie's response to the nation-wide clamor for an investigation into the wealth of former president Soeharto, his family and cronies is not the kind of action demanded by the people. The investigation, as disclosed by Attorney General Soedjono C.
Thu, 04 Jun 1998
Stock Exchange
Stock ExchangeStock prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (in rupiah) on June 3, 1998: Shares Close Change Trading Volume -------------------------------------------------------------- Ades Alfindo 425 25 2,000 AHAP Insurance 550 -50 500 Alter Abadi 600 0 327,500 Alumindo Light Metal 275 -50...
Thu, 04 Jun 1998
Japan's mission to visit RI
Japan's mission to visit RI TOKYO (AP): Japan will send a delegation of officials to Indonesia for talks on promoting economic reforms in the Southeast Asian nation, the Japanese Foreign Ministry said Tuesday.
Thu, 04 Jun 1998
S. Sulawesi officials sacked
S. Sulawesi officials sacked UJUNGPADANG, South Sulawesi: Governor Z.B. Palaguna confirmed yesterday that Ujungpandang Secretary Hakamuddin Jamal and the head of the administration's political directorate, Dick Dernadi, had been removed from their posts.
Thu, 04 Jun 1998
RI books trade surplus of US$1.97 billion in March
RI books trade surplus of US$1.97 billion in March JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia booked a surplus of US$1.97 billion in its foreign trade in March, partly due to a sharp drop in imports, Minister of Trade and Industry Rahardi Ramelan said yesterday.The minister said total exports rose 6 percent to $4.
Thu, 04 Jun 1998
Bank Papan gets Rp 9990.36b in liquidity credits
Bank Papan gets Rp 9990.36b in liquidity credits JAKARTA (JP): Publicly listed Bank Papan Sejahtera (BPS) said yesterday that it received liquidity credits of Rp 990.36 billion (US$90 million) from Bank Indonesia last year, or about 45 percent of the company's total assets of Rp 2.
Thu, 04 Jun 1998
Krakatau Steel not yet sold to Ispat: Tanri
Krakatau Steel not yet sold to Ispat: Tanri JAKARTA (JP): State Minister for the Empowerment of State Enterprises Tanri Abeng said yesterday that the government had yet to sell PT Krakatau Steel to a foreign investor, following opposition from the company's management over an agreement made with...
Thu, 04 Jun 1998
Seeing through posturings of phony reformers
Seeing through posturings of phony reformersBy Mochtar Buchori JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Home Affairs Syarwan Hamid was reported by Kompas daily as making three salient points in a statement on Tuesday, May 26:* The various new political parties that have been proclaimed lately have no legal...
Thu, 04 Jun 1998
Moeloek gets one week to launch reforms
Moeloek gets one week to launch reforms JAKARTA (JP): University of Indonesia medical students have given Minister of Health F.A. Moeloek one week to announce measures to totally reform the country's healthcare system or resign.
Wed, 03 Jun 1998
Rice procurement may hit 20-year low
Rice procurement may hit 20-year low JAKARTA (JP): The State Logistics Agency (Bulog) estimated yesterday that its domestic rice procurement may fall to 250,000 metric tons this year, the lowest level in 20 years, due to a decline in rice production.
Wed, 03 Jun 1998
Government agrees to sell Krakatau Steel to Ispat
Government agrees to sell Krakatau Steel to Ispat JAKARTA (JP): State firm PT Krakatau Steel (KS) confirmed yesterday that the government had agreed to sell up to 51 percent of the company's shares to Netherlands-based Ispat International.
Wed, 03 Jun 1998
Foreign firms agree resumption of water deal
Foreign firms agree resumption of water deal LONDON (Agencies): Britain's Thames Water Plc said yesterday it had signed an agreement with the Indonesian authorities to resume operational and administrative control of water supplies in eastern Jakarta over the next few days.
Wed, 03 Jun 1998
Surabaya students target local television stations
Surabaya students target local television stations SURABAYA (JP): Hundreds of students marched yesterday afternoon to the private SCTV television station here demanding their demonstration for reform be broadcast and refused to budge until the station managers yielded.
Wed, 03 Jun 1998
Southeast Asia smog abates
Southeast Asia smog abates SINGAPORE (Reuters): The weakening of the El Nio weather phenomenon may reduce the chances of choking smog blanketing Southeast Asia this year, weather experts said yesterday.
Wed, 03 Jun 1998
Korea cancels gas deliveries
Korea cancels gas deliveries SINGAPORE (Reuters): South Korea has canceled more than 700,000 tons of liquefied natural gas (LNG) deliveries for 1998 because of falling demand, a senior Petronas official said yesterday.
Wed, 03 Jun 1998
Civilian elite risks losing touch
Civilian elite risks losing touchBy Ikrar Nusa Bhakti JAKARTA (JP): The death of four Trisakti University students last May 12 motivated students to escalate their campaign for total reform. In the same way as Arief Rachman Hakim, a University of Indonesia student who was shot to death by the...
Wed, 03 Jun 1998
Stock Exchange
Stock ExchangeStock prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (in rupiah) on June 2, 1998: Shares Close Change Trading Volume ------------------------------------------------------------- Ades Alfindo 400 -250 5,000 AHAP Insurance 600 100 5,000 Alter Abadi 600 -175 88,000 Alumindo Light Metal 325 50...
Wed, 03 Jun 1998
Youth activists want Tangerang mayor to quit
Youth activists want Tangerang mayor to quit TANGERANG (JP): At least 75 youth activists visited the local council here to demand that Mayor Djakaria Machmud resign immediately from his current post.Calling themselves the Tangerang Rescuers Forum (FPT), the youths told councillors on Monday that...
Wed, 03 Jun 1998
Social role for Timor buildings
Social role for Timor buildings JAKARTA (JP): The city will soon change the use of Timor and Humpuss buildings belonging to former president Soeharto's son Hutomo Mandala Putra on Jl. Medan Merdeka Timur, Central Jakarta, for social services because their construction violated existing land-use...
Wed, 03 Jun 1998
Government to aid domestic airlines
Government to aid domestic airlines JAKARTA (JP): The government is seeking ways to prevent ailing domestic airlines from becoming permanently grounded in the monetary crisis, a top air transportation official said yesterday.
Wed, 03 Jun 1998
RI could take 5 years to reach 1997 GDP level
RI could take 5 years to reach 1997 GDP level JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesian economy will continue to contract and will bottom-out this year before the first green shoots of the recovery spring up next year, but pre-crisis growth rates will not be recovered until 2002, economists predict.Mari E.
Wed, 03 Jun 1998
Uncertainty pushes stocks, rupiah down
Uncertainty pushes stocks, rupiah down JAKARTA (JP): Shares and the rupiah continued to lose ground for the second consecutive day yesterday, with stock prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (JSX) down 3.4 percent.
Wed, 03 Jun 1998
Goodyear to boost exports
Goodyear to boost exports JAKARTA (JP): Publicly listed automotive tire producer PT Goodyear Indonesia is set to boost its exports to offset the declining demand in the domestic market, an executive says.
Wed, 03 Jun 1998
Istana Nelayan employees, management reach agreement
Istana Nelayan employees, management reach agreement TANGERANG (JP): The strike called by 1,200 employees of the Istana Nelayan hotel and restaurant, which has remained closed after being badly damaged during last month's riots, ended peacefully after negotiations at the local manpower ministry...
Wed, 03 Jun 1998
Credibility of graft investigators doubted
Credibility of graft investigators doubted JAKARTA (JP): Human rights campaigner Marzuki Darusman cast doubt yesterday on whether the attorney general's office could fulfill its pledge to investigate alleged corrupt practices under former president Soeharto.
Wed, 03 Jun 1998
Kamoro culture back from brink of extinction
Kamoro culture back from brink of extinctionBy Gus Kairupan TIMIKA, Irian Jaya (JP): Possibly, probably, maybe, perhaps and more such words and sentences that indicate anything but solid certainty. If you were to read an account on Irian Jaya's background, say, as a foreword to a more detailed...
Wed, 03 Jun 1998
Conversion Rates
Conversion Rates JAKARTA (JP): Bank Ekspor Impor Indonesia's (Bank Exim) indicative conversion rates on June 2, 1998: Buying Selling Rp Rp U.S dollar 1 11.300.00 12,800.00Austrian shilling 1 n/a n/aAustralian dollar 1 6,489.00 6,948.60Belgian franc 1 285.20 303.60Canadian dollar 1 7,206.60 7,655.
Wed, 03 Jun 1998
Rent scandal hits governor
Rent scandal hits governor SAMARINDA, East Kalimantan: Legislators said yesterday that they would look into reports that the local administration is providing Rp 10 million per month to the governor to rent his own house.
Wed, 03 Jun 1998
Jail term await 'Trisakti shooters'
Jail term await 'Trisakti shooters' JAKARTA (JP): West Jakarta Police chief Lt. Col. Timur Pradopo and 17 other police and military members face prison terms of between seven and 12 years if convicted of their alleged roles in last month's Trisakti shooting, an officer said yesterday.
Wed, 03 Jun 1998
Man jailed for thermos bottle theft
Man jailed for thermos bottle theft BOGOR (JP): A 22-year-old man has been sentenced by the Bogor District Court to nine months in jail for stealing a thermos bottle, a knife and several spoons and forks.
Wed, 03 Jun 1998
TV today
TV todayTVRI 2:00 p.m. News: Berita 14 2:30 Music 2:35 Children's Film 3:05 Family's Film: Road to Avonlea 4:00 Regional News 4:30 Teen Program: Remaja Indonesia 5:00 Science and Technology Program 5:30 Education Quiz: Cepat Tepat 6:05 My Country: Rona Nusantara 6:15 Sports 6:30 TVRI News (in...
Wed, 03 Jun 1998
Bashing Soeharto
Bashing Soeharto Megawati Soekarnoputri, the eldest daughter of Indonesia's founding president Sukarno and chairwoman of the unrecognized Indonesian Democratic Party, has managed to impress many of us again by calling on all Indonesians to stop defiling fallen president Soeharto.
Wed, 03 Jun 1998
On Chinese Indonesians
On Chinese Indonesians Many Chinese Indonesians can tell stories of how their assets were destroyed or in some cases their safety targeted by the mobs in the recent riots that hit Jakarta and several other cities in Indonesia.
Wed, 03 Jun 1998
Journalists welcome advent of press freedom
Journalists welcome advent of press freedom JAKARTA (JP): Senior journalists welcomed yesterday the recent advent of greater press freedom and called on the government to revoke all rulings which repressed the media and even threatened their survival.
Wed, 03 Jun 1998
MAS defers Boeing order
MAS defers Boeing order KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP): The Malaysian Airline System (MAS) has deferred taking delivery of three Boeing airplanes for three or four years, a company spokeswoman said yesterday.
Wed, 03 Jun 1998
Astra reports $200m loss in first quarter
Astra reports $200m loss in first quarter JAKARTA (JP): Publicly listed PT Astra International said yesterday that it booked a net loss of Rp 2.2 trillion (about US$200 million) during the first quarter of this year due to its increasing financial burden.