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Mon, 29 Jun 1998
Servitia plans rights issue
Servitia plans rights issue JAKARTA (JP): Publicly listed Bank Servitia plans to offer 800 million new shares in a limited public offering next month to increase its capital.The bank said in a statement that proceeds of the rights issue, expected to reach about Rp 400 billion (US$27.
Mon, 29 Jun 1998
Economic crisis: Japan bites the banking bullet
Economic crisis: Japan bites the banking bulletBy Alex Brummer TOKYO: The signs are that the Japanese government is finally facing up to the reality of its financial crisis. Unless it fixes banking -- as it promised its partners in the Group of Seven industrialized nations -- the threat posed to...
Mon, 29 Jun 1998
327 students start internships
327 students start internships JAKARTA (JP): At least 327 University of Indonesia students will participate in corporate intern programs to gain knowledge, experience and skills.Bhenyamin Hoessein, an internship coordinator, said 261 of the 327 students in the 21-day program, which starts today,...
Sun, 28 Jun 1998
Habibie upbeat of restoring economic crisis
Habibie upbeat of restoring economic crisis JAKARTA (JP): President B.J. Habibie expressed confidence yesterday that his government would be able to sufficiently restore the economy and create a clean government within one-year if there were no further disruptions to the nation.
Sun, 28 Jun 1998
Spotlight
SpotlightPhoto A: Semen CibonongJP/alxACCOUNTABILITY: Hashim S. Djojohadikusumo (second from right), president director of publicly listed PT Semen Cibinong, speaks at the company's annual shareholders meeting at the World Trade Center, Central Jakarta.
Sun, 28 Jun 1998
Exlusive Jl. Braga looks to change its image
Exlusive Jl. Braga looks to change its imageBy Kafil Yamin BANDUNG (JP): Ask your Bandung friends of average means to take a stroll down Jl. Braga, and their likely response will be a polite rejection."That is not my kind of place," could well be their reason.
Sun, 28 Jun 1998
TV today
TV todayTVRI 6:00 a.m. News: Sari Berita Sepekan 6:30 Morning Focus 6:45 Healthy and Fresh 7:00 Religious Teachings: Hikmah Pagi 7:30 Children's Program: Arena Kami 8:00 Children's Program: Kumbang and Family 8:30 Children's Program: Nuansa Anak 9:30 Creative Program: Widya Wahana 10:00 Family's...
Sun, 28 Jun 1998
Custom has its place in Sikka from cradle to grave
Custom has its place in Sikka from cradle to graveBy Yakob J. Herin MAUMERE, Nusa Tenggara (JP): For centuries the inhabitants of Sikka, a village 45 kilometers south of Maumere, have strongly adhered to custom.Violators are fined either in gold, money or cattle like a buffalo, horse, swine or goat.
Sun, 28 Jun 1998
Long-haired students live a plain life
Long-haired students live a plain lifeBy Agus M. Yon PURWOKERTO, Central Java (JP): The squeeze of the protracting monetary crisis has forced cutbacks in daily spending, especially if your income is just enough to make both ends meet.
Sun, 28 Jun 1998
Reform commotion: Where do we go from here?
Reform commotion: Where do we go from here? JAKARTA (JP): "Bingo!", shouted my wife defiantly, raising both of her fists the way a political campaigner would in front of an audience."What's that, Mom?" joked Sulung, my eldest son.
Sun, 28 Jun 1998
Boardinghouse business, humanism or profit?
Boardinghouse business, humanism or profit? JAKARTA (JP): The economic crisis, which has gripped the country for almost a year, has brought uncertainty to almost all businesses, including the rented accommodation sector.
Sun, 28 Jun 1998
Juwono tries to lower drop outs
Juwono tries to lower drop outsBy Emmy Fitri and Riyadi JAKARTA (JP): A month ago he was the state minister of environment in Soeharto's Cabinet. Today he is the minister of education and culture in President B.J. Habibie's reform Cabinet.
Sun, 28 Jun 1998
Plakotham
PlakothamBy Bakdi Soemanto "Mas, yesterday evening, Rina, Sita, Tutty, Bu Binny, Bu Alex Bu Eddy and I visited Bu Bazar, not for our monthly chat but to see her son, Plakotham, who the day before had cut off his finger with a kitchen knife usually used by his mother for peeling red onions, slicing...
Sun, 28 Jun 1998
No need for another riot
No need for another riotFrom RepublikaHaving observed the country's present economic and political turmoil, we, in the spirit of reform, would like to call on the transitional government under B.J. Habibie to reform the laws on politics and organize a general election as soon as possible and...
Sun, 28 Jun 1998
Second mutilated female body found
Second mutilated female body found JAKARTA (JP): While the identity of a dismembered female body found last Sunday in Tangerang remains a mystery, the city was rocked again yesterday by the finding of another mutilated female body in East Jakarta.
Sun, 28 Jun 1998
One dead in E. Timor clash
One dead in E. Timor clash JAKARTA (JP): One man died and two others were seriously wounded when pro and anti-integrationists clashed yesterday in Manatuto, about 60 kilometers east of the provincial capital of Dili.
Sun, 28 Jun 1998
Emha's baby dies at birth
Emha's baby dies at birth JAKARTA (JP): The first child of poet Emha Ainun Najib and singer Novia Kolopaking died at birth Friday evening.Novia, recuperating at Hermina Hospital, East Jakarta, said the baby, which weighed 3.2 kilograms, had its umbilical chord wrapped around its neck.
Sun, 28 Jun 1998
Jakarta's misunderstood monuments
Jakarta's misunderstood monumentsBy Amir Sidharta JAKARTA (JP): When Karlina Leksono and her Suara Ibu Peduli (The Voice of Concerned Mothers) group protested rising prices of milk and other foodstuffs at the Hotel Indonesia traffic circle, it was clear that it was only like-minded women and...
Sun, 28 Jun 1998
Students come face to face with crisis
Students come face to face with crisis The countdown to the new school year is underway with high school graduates busy preparing to get into their favorite universities. But unlike in previous years, in this time of crisis the university students to-be have to be talented enough to tackle not just...
Sun, 28 Jun 1998
Garuda pilots ignore bomb threats, continues flights
Garuda pilots ignore bomb threats, continues flights JAKARTA (JP): Three Garuda Indonesia Airways flights ignored a bomb threat allegedly from an East Timorese rebel group in Australia on Friday and safely landed at Ngurah Rai Airport in Denpasar, Bali, later that afternoon.
Sun, 28 Jun 1998
Love is what you make it at the movies
Love is what you make it at the moviesBy Sunaryono Basuki Ks DENPASAR (JP): Love has become a dominant theme not only in novels but also in films. People are interested in love stories however it comes wrapped.
Sun, 28 Jun 1998
Stress can be a downer to a man's love life
Stress can be a downer to a man's love life JAKARTA (JP): Stress is a natural part of our life, but too much of it can take the spark out of a man's sexual performance.That warning came from Dr. Akmal Taher, founder of the impotency clinic at Cipto Mangunkusumo Hospital, Central Jakarta.
Sun, 28 Jun 1998
From Indonesia with love
From Indonesia with love Children everywhere.Cute, little girls here, good-looking boys thereAll crammed on a bus, stretching out their necksas far as they could,looking out for those they love so muchwho might be somewhere there or be gone for good.
Sun, 28 Jun 1998
Books for university students, buy them now or not at all
Books for university students, buy them now or not at all JAKARTA (JP): If you are starting university this year you have to consider whether to buy the required books and other reading material right now.
Sun, 28 Jun 1998
An insight into Putu Wijaya, writer of weird stories
An insight into Putu Wijaya, writer of weird stories NGEH, Kumpulan Esai Putu Wijaya (NGEH, Putu Wijaya's Collection of Essays); Pustaka Firdaus, Jakarta, December l997.; Foreword by Jacob Sumardjo; 504 pp + xvi; Rp 32,500 JAKARTA (JP): Putu Wijaya is prolific not only in creating short stories and...
Sat, 27 Jun 1998
Immigration responds
Immigration responds I refer to Donna K. Woodward's letter of June 6, 1998, written in response to a letter by the public relations head of the Directorate General of Immigration (M.A. Gani) dated June 3, 1998.1.
Sat, 27 Jun 1998
BUN, Bank Tiara need huge cash inputs to meet CAR
BUN, Bank Tiara need huge cash inputs to meet CAR JAKARTA (JP): Cash-strapped Bank Umum Nasional (BUN) and Bank Tiara need Rp 10.46 trillion (US$747 million) and Rp 2.88 trillion respectively in fresh funds to meet the minimum capital adequacy ratio (CAR) of 4 percent this year, according to the...
Sat, 27 Jun 1998
Great River to export most of its products
Great River to export most of its products JAKARTA (JP): Publicly listed garment producer PT Great River International will export most of its products this year because domestic demand continues to decline, a company executive said yesterday.
Sat, 27 Jun 1998
Golkar's future still bright, says Rudini
Golkar's future still bright, says Rudini JAKARTA (JP): The future of the ruling political organization Golkar is bright if it can prove its effectiveness as a true representation of the people's aspirations, said political observer Rudini yesterday.
Sat, 27 Jun 1998
A compromise on East Timor?
A compromise on East Timor? Indonesian President B.J. Habibie's offer on East Timor is a dramatic leap for Jakarta to take but one that falls short of meeting the demands of the East Timorese themselves.
Sat, 27 Jun 1998
Changes in the military
Changes in the military Changes in the Armed Forces (ABRI) command are always described as normal. This is especially true when the officer who is replaced has been in his position for quite some time. Dibyo Widodo, for example, has been chief of the Indonesian National Police since March 15, 1996.
Sat, 27 Jun 1998
Traders demand security assurance
Traders demand security assurance JAKARTA (JP): Dozens of market trader representatives urged the government yesterday to guarantee security in Tanah Abang market in Central Jakarta to enable traders to do business safely.
Sat, 27 Jun 1998
Street rallies, strikes are staples of year so far
Street rallies, strikes are staples of year so far JAKARTA (JP): The greater Jakarta area has seen at least 124 street demonstrations and some 100 worker strikes up to the first week of June this year, according to the police.
Sat, 27 Jun 1998
City cuts funds to branches of political parties
City cuts funds to branches of political parties JAKARTA (JP): The branch offices of Golkar and two other political parties -- the United Development Party (PPP) and Indonesian Democratic Party (PDI) -- have agreed to the cancelation of their grants from the city administration budget this year.
Sat, 27 Jun 1998
Arms exports breach foreign policy
Arms exports breach foreign policyBy Richard Norton-Taylor LONDON: The British Government has approved more than 2,000 licenses for arms exports to some of the world's most volatile trouble-spots, in apparent breach of its ethical foreign policy guidelines, according to a report published Wednesday.
Sat, 27 Jun 1998
Coffee traders turn from Vietnam to RI, Brazil
Coffee traders turn from Vietnam to RI, Brazil HANOI (Reuters): Vietnam's coffee trade came to a near standstill this week as buyers turned to Indonesia and Brazil, traders said yesterday."Vietnam's prices are not as attractive as Indonesia," said a dealer from Ho Chi Minh City.
Sat, 27 Jun 1998
Case on Hindoro stays open despite his recent death
Case on Hindoro stays open despite his recent death JAKARTA (JP): City police detectives are set to continue investigating a Rp 900 billion bank scam despite the recent death of the main suspect Hindoro Halim, an official said yesterday.City Police spokesman Lt. Col. E.
Sat, 27 Jun 1998
Unprofessional decision
Unprofessional decision The recent statement by the state minister of environment on the plan to close PT Inti Indorayon Utama, a pulp and paper company in North Sumatra, is considered a bias and unprofessional decision.
Sat, 27 Jun 1998
Marshall Green knew the art of diplomacy
Marshall Green knew the art of diplomacyBy Jusuf Wanandi United States Ambassador Marshall Green who was posted in Indonesia during the turbulent years of the 1960s died of a heart attack on June 6 in Washington. He was 82 years old.
Sat, 27 Jun 1998
Minister welcomes plan to audit reforestation funds
Minister welcomes plan to audit reforestation funds JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Forestry and Plantations Muslimin Nasution hailed yesterday the government's decision to appoint a public accounting firm to audit reforestation funds collected from timber companies.
Sat, 27 Jun 1998
Thousands march in East Timor
Thousands march in East Timor DILI, East Timor: Thousands of East Timorese supporting integration marched to the governor's office here yesterday to express their opposition to any referendum in the province and to call for more autonomy.
Sat, 27 Jun 1998
Braga makeover launched at bazaar
Braga makeover launched at bazaar BANDUNG: The famous classic European-styles once found on Jl. Braga, an exclusive shopping area in the heart of Bandung, will reappear tomorrow in a one-day bazaar expected to help boost the area's ailing economy.
Sat, 27 Jun 1998
Riots' victims
Riots' victims The May riots have left many victims, including rape victims. Although thorough investigation into the riots is being conducted by the authorities, several organizations and institutions have started working to help these victims.
Sat, 27 Jun 1998
Support rolls in for decision to let pedicabs return
Support rolls in for decision to let pedicabs return JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesian Consumers Foundation (YLKI) welcomed yesterday Governor Sutiyoso's decision to allow becak (pedicabs) to operate again within the city.One of the foundation's executives, Zumrotin K.
Sat, 27 Jun 1998
Publisher gets permit at last
Publisher gets permit at last JAKARTA (JP): Thirteen years ago, Idrus Indas applied to the Ministry of Information to turn his Nusantara Pos weekly in Kendari, Southeast Sulawesi, into a daily newspaper.On Thursday, the license for a daily newspaper unexpectedly arrived in his office in Kendari.
Sat, 27 Jun 1998
Conversion Rates
Conversion Rates JAKARTA (JP): Bank Ekspor Impor Indonesia's (Bank Exim) indicative conversion rates on June 26, 1998: Buying Selling Rp Rp U.S. dollar 1 14,600.00 16,600.00Austrian shilling 1 1,107.90 1,264.80Australian dollar 1 8,788.70 9,394.10Belgian franc 1 391.40 415.70Canadian dollar 1 9,908.
Sat, 27 Jun 1998
'TVRI': A television station in waiting
'TVRI': A television station in waitingBy Antariksawan Jusuf JAKARTA (JP): It is a classic dilemma: how can the state television station TVRI survive its role as a broadcaster serving the people and, at the same time, be financially independent?Minister of Information Muhammad Yunus, formerly known...
Sat, 27 Jun 1998
Tight selection for RI squads for Asiad
Tight selection for RI squads for Asiad JAKARTA (JP): Only athletes from five or six sports deserve to go to the 13th Asian Games in Bangkok in December, Minister of Sports and Youth Affairs Agung Laksono said yesterday.
Sat, 27 Jun 1998
News on heart disease available on Internet
News on heart disease available on Internet JAKARTA (JP): A new heart and stroke foundation was set up yesterday with the mission to spread information on the diseases."Unlike other foundations, we are more concerned with public information services," Lily I Rilantono, chairwoman of Yayasan Peduli...
Sat, 27 Jun 1998
Jakarta 'unhappy' with its ties with Singapore
Jakarta 'unhappy' with its ties with Singapore SINGAPORE (Reuters): An Indonesian minister has been quoted as saying the new government in Jakarta is unhappy with the state of its relations with Singapore.