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Tue, 21 Jul 1998
Laborers seek more benefits
Laborers seek more benefits PANGKEP, South Sulawesi: About 1,500 daily laborers of PT Semen Tonasa held a demonstration yesterday demanding benefits.Without specifying the increase, the workers said they wanted a better daily transport and meal allowance from the current Rp 1,000 per day.
Tue, 21 Jul 1998
ASEAN countries meet to discuss tough issues
ASEAN countries meet to discuss tough issues MANILA (DPA): Top Southeast Asian officials and their major trading partners gathered in Manila yesterday in hopes of mitigating the region's economic crisis, averting further nuclear tests and promoting an honest election in Cambodia.
Tue, 21 Jul 1998
Marines compensate Surabaya locals
Marines compensate Surabaya locals JAKARTA (JP): About 100 marines, assisted by locals, repaired over the weekend nine houses in Tembok Lor III neighborhood in Surabaya, East Java, which they damaged in a brawl last week.
Tue, 21 Jul 1998
Mental patients face food crisis
Mental patients face food crisisBy Ida Indawati Khouw JAKARTA (JP): The administration's limited budget, soaring prices of essential goods, an absence of donors and the rising number of patients have turned the city's three centers for mentally ill people into virtual concentration camps.
Tue, 21 Jul 1998
Most creditors to reschedule sovereign debt: Bambang
Most creditors to reschedule sovereign debt: Bambang JAKARTA (JP): Most government creditors have agreed to reschedule the majority of the country's sovereign debt due this year, Minister of Finance Bambang Subianto said yesterday.
Mon, 20 Jul 1998
Beggars stake their own claim to the streets
Beggars stake their own claim to the streetsBy Stevie Emilia JAKARTA (JP): The red light is not the only thing facing you when you stop at an intersection in the city these days.Be prepared for the assault of beggars whining, street singers creating a din with unmelodious chanting and hawkers...
Mon, 20 Jul 1998
Discrimination blamed for ethnic conflicts
Discrimination blamed for ethnic conflicts JAKARTA (JP): Discriminative government practices have been one of the major causes of tension among ethnic groups because one group has often been favored over another.
Mon, 20 Jul 1998
Police find no foul play in death of officer's wife
Police find no foul play in death of officer's wife JAKARTA (JP): Police said over the weekend they have found no evidence of criminal behavior in the death of the wife of police Lt. Col. Benyamin whose body was found in the trunk of her husband's car on Wednesday.City police spokesman Lt. Col. E.
Mon, 20 Jul 1998
Traders, producers believe cooking oil prices will fall
Traders, producers believe cooking oil prices will fall JAKARTA (JP): Prices of cooking oil are likely to stabilize this week as stocks of crude palm oil (CPO), the main raw material in its production, are growing in the domestic markets, traders and CPO producers have said.
Mon, 20 Jul 1998
Thailand awaits INRO move
Thailand awaits INRO move BANGKOK (Reuters): Thailand's rubber trade ended the week steady with Japanese buyers coming in for regular purchases, traders said.Prices were expected to move in a narrow range this coming week as market players look for fresh leads to trade on, they said.
Mon, 20 Jul 1998
Calls mount for probe into mastermind of abductions
Calls mount for probe into mastermind of abductions JAKARTA (JP): As pressure to fully investigate the abductions of political activists mounts, President B.J. Habibie has stressed that Armed Forces (ABRI) members involved in the kidnappings would be dealt with in accordance with the law.
Mon, 20 Jul 1998
PWI urges govt to be more open
PWI urges govt to be more open JAKARTA (JP): The chairman of the Indonesian Journalists Association (PWI), Sofyan Lubis, yesterday urged government officials to abandon their fear of the media and be more open in providing public information.
Mon, 20 Jul 1998
Couple found dead in hotel
Couple found dead in hotel WONOSOBO, Central Java: A man and his lover were found dead in their room in Hotel Sri Kencono here last week, police said over the weekend.The police identified the 56-year-old man as a principal of a junior high school and the 45-year-old woman as a teacher at a...
Mon, 20 Jul 1998
Fake diplomas keep lecturer employed
Fake diplomas keep lecturer employed PURWOKERTO, Central Java (JP): For five years, Djar had been part of the senior academic staff of Soedirman University. Only recently did the university discover that every one of his degrees -- from undergraduate to doctorate -- were fake!Rector Rubiyanto...
Mon, 20 Jul 1998
Love thy neighbors
Love thy neighbors Once upon a time there was a neighborhood called Southeast Asia. Some years ago, five of the 10 households in the neighborhood got together to form an association. ASEAN, or the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, became a forum in which they could address just about every...
Mon, 20 Jul 1998
Profit taking predicted to dominate Jakarta shares
Profit taking predicted to dominate Jakarta shares JAKARTA (JP): The rupiah is likely to remain steady this week but local share prices are expected to bounce off their highs on profit taking following last week's strong gains, analysts said over the weekend.
Mon, 20 Jul 1998
Bali Big Sale opens in Kuta
Bali Big Sale opens in Kuta DENPASAR, Bali: "Bali Big Sale 1998," featuring export commodities including electronics, household goods and handicrafts, is being held in Kuta's central parking lot.Opened by Badung's Regent I Gusti Bagus Alit Putra Friday night, the event will last till Aug.
Mon, 20 Jul 1998
Big Blue's ThinkPad 770 takes notebooks into thinner territory
Big Blue's ThinkPad 770 takes notebooks into thinner territoryBy Zatni Arbi JAKARTA (JP): When it comes to designing a high-end notebook to capture your rapture, it may be hard to beat Big Blue. Take IBM's ThinkPad 770 Series, for example.
Mon, 20 Jul 1998
TV today
TV todayTVRI 2:00 p.m. News: Berita 14 2:35 TV Series: The Big Valley 3:05 Management Program: Kiat Manajemen 3:30 TV Drama: Permata 4:00 Regional News 4:30 Creative Program: Karya Kita 5:00 Indonesian Lessons 5:30 Education Quiz: Tangkas Cermat 6:00 News: Lintasan Berita 6:05 My Country: Rona...
Mon, 20 Jul 1998
Press freedom and ASEAN TV
Press freedom and ASEAN TV The fifth conference of ASEAN ministers responsible for information ended in Bangkok this week with a resolution to set up a satellite TV station to help propagate ASEAN's views throughout the region and the rest of the world.
Mon, 20 Jul 1998
Govt proposal on royalties' split gets widespread supports
Govt proposal on royalties' split gets widespread supports JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Mines and Energy Kuntoro Mangkusubroto's proposal to split the government's royalties from mining, oil and gas operations with the producing provinces has received widespread support from legislators.F.X.
Mon, 20 Jul 1998
Belo calls on migrants to return to E. Timor
Belo calls on migrants to return to E. Timor JAKARTA (JP): Bishop of Dili Carlos Felipe Ximenes Belo called Saturday on the thousands of people who fled East Timor over the past week to return because the territory is safe.
Mon, 20 Jul 1998
Breaking the ethnic divide
Breaking the ethnic divide This is in response to the letter 'Minority and majority stock' by Zahar Indra, in The Jakarta Post on July 8, 1998.As a student of Trisakti University, I regret to say that there are still people like you, Zahar Indra, who take issue with indigenous and nonindigenous...
Mon, 20 Jul 1998
New budget 'shows inept crisis handling'
New budget 'shows inept crisis handling' JAKARTA (JP): The new 1998/1999 State Budget is one indication of the government's ineptness in bringing the country out of economic turmoil, according to economists.
Mon, 20 Jul 1998
Getting cheap goods and losing kid
Getting cheap goods and losing kid JAKARTA (JP): A 45-year-old mother had good and bad experiences when she visited a cheap market at Monas Square yesterday with her two toddlers, Herawati, 2, and Ragilio Yoginugroho, 4.
Mon, 20 Jul 1998
Govt plans to impose export quota on logs
Govt plans to impose export quota on logs JAKARTA (JP): The government plans to impose a quota on exports of logs to guarantee a sufficient supply for domestic demand, a minister has said.Minister of Forestry and Plantations Muslimin Nasution said Friday the export quota would not contravene the...
Mon, 20 Jul 1998
'Intrepid' Pius greeted like hero
'Intrepid' Pius greeted like hero JAKARTA (JP): Pius Lustrilanang, an abducted activist who fled abroad seeking safety after revealing his harrowing experience, returned to a hero's welcome here yesterday amid revelations that the abductions may have been the work of certain Army special force...
Mon, 20 Jul 1998
Where to go in Jakarta:
Where to go in Jakarta:Exhibitions * Painting Exhibition: Kriyono's Cynorure by Kriyono, at Galeri Linggar, Jl. Kemang Timur No. 36, South Jakarta (Phone: 7990008), 10 a.m. to 10 p.m., until Aug. 9. * Embroideries Exhibition in the lobby of Sari Pan Pacific Hotel, Jl. M.H.
Mon, 20 Jul 1998
Estrada has near miss
Estrada has near miss MANILA (AP): A chandelier that crashed near President Joseph Estrada on his first day in office had not been inspected for nearly a quarter-century and fell by accident, an official said yesterday.
Mon, 20 Jul 1998
Treating ethnic Chinese equally
Treating ethnic Chinese equallyBy Amir Sidharta This is the first of two articles on the ethnic Chinese minority. JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Justice Muladi has supported the notion that all administrative requirements that racially discriminate must be abolished.
Mon, 20 Jul 1998
Unemployed man nabbed on Ecstasy charge
Unemployed man nabbed on Ecstasy charge JAKARTA (JP): Police have arrested an unemployed man for alleged possession and trafficking in Ecstasy and the amphetamine-derivative shabu-shabu, an official said Saturday.
Mon, 20 Jul 1998
Indonesia, Internet drive Guru Kanguru
Indonesia, Internet drive Guru KanguruBy Izabel Deuff JAKARTA (JP): I see a blue procession/ as sky stoops in clouds/name of God rips up my breast screen/ till wind loses language/and I know what is bound/ between the throne and blood/ tyrant history pounds.
Mon, 20 Jul 1998
Bantar Gebang, a home to teenage scavengers
Bantar Gebang, a home to teenage scavengersBy Christiani A. Tumelap JAKARTA (JP): Karya, 11, and friends Casduki, 10, and Darkana, 13, wake up between 5 a.m. and 6 a.m. every morning.Just like other children, they start the day with morning prayers, a shower, a brief breakfast then politely kiss...
Mon, 20 Jul 1998
Police say cheap market fiasco was only petty theft
Police say cheap market fiasco was only petty theft JAKARTA (JP): The total loss from looting which occurred at a two-day cheap market at the National Monument (Monas) park in Central Jakarta on Saturday reached only about Rp 7 million (US$538), not Rp 20 million as reported earlier, an officer...
Mon, 20 Jul 1998
Long-term commitment: Australia and East Asia
Long-term commitment: Australia and East Asia This is the first of two articles based on a speech delivered by Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs Alexander Downer at a meeting of the Indonesian Council on World Affairs and the Indonesia-Australia Business Council in Jakarta on July 9.
Mon, 20 Jul 1998
Amien retains ICMI experts council post
Amien retains ICMI experts council post JAKARTA (JP): Amien Rais has again been retained as head of the influential Association of Indonesian Moslem Intellectuals' (ICMI) Council of Experts.The decision to retain Amien was made during a council meeting here Saturday.
Mon, 20 Jul 1998
Merapi spews more hot clouds
Merapi spews more hot clouds MAGELANG, Central Java: Despite no major outburst in the last three days, Mt. Merapi showed little sign of simmering down as it continued to puff dangerous gasses yesterday.
Mon, 20 Jul 1998
Two killed as minibus skids in East Jakarta
Two killed as minibus skids in East Jakarta JAKARTA (JP): Two men, one found hugging his young son to protect him, were killed when a public minibus driver failed to control his speeding vehicle on Jl. Perintis Kemerdekaan in East Jakarta Saturday morning.
Mon, 20 Jul 1998
Telkom halts big projects
Telkom halts big projects YOGYAKARTA (JP): State-owned domestic telephone monopoly PT Telkom said over the weekend it would cancel all large, long-term projects and instead concentrate on developing quick yielding projects.
Mon, 20 Jul 1998
Property rental rates plunge but leases still down
Property rental rates plunge but leases still down JAKARTA (JP): A significant drop in commercial property rental rates in U.S. dollar terms in the second quarter of this year failed to boost leases, property consultant First Pacific Davis (FPD) has reported.
Mon, 20 Jul 1998
Marker visits East Timor stresses support for dialog
Marker visits East Timor stresses support for dialog JAKARTA (JP): United Nations special envoy Jamsheed Marker made a hasty four-hour visit to East Timor yesterday, holding brief talks with officials and local leaders.
Mon, 20 Jul 1998
Susi to retire from badminton
Susi to retire from badminton JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia's number one women's badminton player Susi Susanti announced Saturday that she would retire from the sport after the 13th Asian Games in Bangkok this December.
Mon, 20 Jul 1998
NTUC Fairprice closes stores
NTUC Fairprice closes stores SINGAPORE (AP): Singapore's largest supermarket chain has closed all seven outlets in neighboring Malaysia due to the economic downturn and poor performance there, a newspaper reported yesterday.
Sun, 19 Jul 1998
Economic turmoil breeds sexual crisis in Bandung
Economic turmoil breeds sexual crisis in BandungBy Kafil Yamin BANDUNG (JP): The diminished rupiah has bred diminished sexual relationships for many Indonesians. A crude statement, perhaps, but an expert claims it is true.
Sun, 19 Jul 1998
Crushing the culture, taking up 'feng shui'
Crushing the culture, taking up 'feng shui' JAKARTA (JP): Upon returning from a visit to Hong Kong in the late 1970s, customs here attempted to seize some books written in Chinese characters that I had brought back.
Sun, 19 Jul 1998
Two killed in attack on Cambodia poll workers
Two killed in attack on Cambodia poll workers PHNOM PENH (Reuters): Suspected Khmer Rouge guerrillas attacked officials taking voting kits to northern Cambodia for the July 26 general election, killing two security men and wounding five, officials said yesterday.
Sun, 19 Jul 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 Cooking...
Sun, 19 Jul 1998
Thrifty ways in the crisis
Thrifty ways in the crisis This is an additional thought to the letter printed in the July 16 edition of The Jakarta Post by Ritu Sud, regarding fasting and the example of the prime minister of India, Lal Bahadur Shastri. I agree with what Ritu Sud said.
Sun, 19 Jul 1998
For Minang, a market is for more than just shopping
For Minang, a market is for more than just shoppingBy Indra D. Himrat JAKARTA (JP): When you shop in modern shopping centers you simply have to pick up what you wish to buy and then pay at the cash register.
Sun, 19 Jul 1998
RI's children rights neglected
RI's children rights neglected Our children are the future of the country. But do they receive the treatment which befits this honorable position in a nation which has committed itself to upholding the rights of minors? In conjunction with National Children's Day of July 23, The Jakarta Post team...