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Wed, 15 Jul 1998
Djadja visits universities
Djadja visits universities JAKARTA (JP): Jakarta Military Commander Maj. Gen. Djadja Suparman started his first day in his new job yesterday visiting universities and meeting religious and public figures.He set out at about 7:45 a.m.
Wed, 15 Jul 1998
Alatas opposes ASEAN plan on interference
Alatas opposes ASEAN plan on interference JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Foreign Affairs Ali Alatas has urged his counterparts not to be too hasty in deserting long- established tenets of noninterference among members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and has stated that Indonesia...
Wed, 15 Jul 1998
Govt denies interfering in Golkar congress
Govt denies interfering in Golkar congress JAKARTA (JP): Newly elected Golkar chief Akbar Tandjung and Minister of Home Affairs Syarwan Hamid have dismissed allegations that the military and government officials had intervened to influence the result of Golkar's extraordinary congress.
Wed, 15 Jul 1998
Firm insists on worker suspensions
Firm insists on worker suspensions JAKARTA (JP): The management of an electronics firm based in Cibinong, Bogor, plans to stick to a previous decision to suspend 17 of its workers for participating in a strike."We have submitted our decision to the Ministry of Manpower.
Wed, 15 Jul 1998
Former general may be appointed as deputy state secretary
Former general may be appointed as deputy state secretary JAKARTA (JP): What does a cabinet minister do when he is overburdened after being elected to chair the country's biggest political organization? Appoint a new assistant to conduct his ministerial duties.Lt. Gen.
Wed, 15 Jul 1998
Teachers defend high school admission fees
Teachers defend high school admission fees JAKARTA (JP): State school bosses argued yesterday that the high admission fees for new students this year were being set purely to enable the schools to cope with the prolonged economic turmoil.
Wed, 15 Jul 1998
Asian heavy crude prices steady
Asian heavy crude prices steady SINGAPORE (Reuters): Asia's heavy crude prices were steady yesterday as pending Indonesian export allocations for August kept trading limited.Traders said that heavy Indonesian crudes such as Minas and Widuri were talked at firm premiums of 50/55 cents per barrel to...
Wed, 15 Jul 1998
Pollution harms Bogor Botanical Gardens
Pollution harms Bogor Botanical GardensBy Yudha Kartohadiprodjo BOGOR (JP): As you arrive in Bogor from Jakarta via the Jagorawi highway, turn right on Jl. Pajajaran. Follow the road and bear to your right.
Wed, 15 Jul 1998
Tokyo's support for Jakarta to continue
Tokyo's support for Jakarta to continue TOKYO (Dow Jones): Japan and Indonesia discussed new financial aid from Tokyo to Jakarta in a meeting Tuesday but didn't talk in terms of concrete numbers, officials who attended the meeting said.
Wed, 15 Jul 1998
Polysindo not to make interest payments on notes
Polysindo not to make interest payments on notes NEW YORK (Reuters): Polysindo Eka Perkasa will not make interest payments on over $600 million in outstanding Yankee debt issues, an official at the struggling Indonesian textile company told investors on Monday.
Wed, 15 Jul 1998
Retailers deny breakdown in distribution networks
Retailers deny breakdown in distribution networks JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesian Association of Retailers denied yesterday the government's recent claim that skyrocketing prices and shortages of basic commodities are being caused by a breakdown in distribution networks following the May riots.
Wed, 15 Jul 1998
Bulog adopts competitive bidding system
Bulog adopts competitive bidding system JAKARTA (JP): The State Logistics Agency (Bulog) has adopted a competitive bidding system for the procurement of essential foodstuffs from international markets, the agency's chief, Beddu Amang, said here yesterday.
Wed, 15 Jul 1998
Dili calm as migrant exodus subsides
Dili calm as migrant exodus subsides JAKARTA (JP): A tense calm settled yesterday on Dili, East Timor, as the massive exodus of the past two weeks showed signs of subsiding.Resident Manuel V. Carrascalao told The Jakarta Post by telephone from the provincial capital that many shops were closed and...
Wed, 15 Jul 1998
Law experts pessimistic about legal reforms
Law experts pessimistic about legal reforms JAKARTA (JP): Law experts and practitioners expressed pessimism yesterday that the current reform movement would bring any change in the legal system or strengthen the supremacy of law given the dominance of status quo forces.
Wed, 15 Jul 1998
ASEAN TV gets go-ahead
ASEAN TV gets go-ahead BANGKOK (DPA): Southeast Asian nations, unhappy with what they consider overly negative and Western-dominated reporting on the region, agreed yesterday to set up a regional television channel.
Wed, 15 Jul 1998
Golkar faces huge challenges
Golkar faces huge challenges State Minister/Secretary Akbar Tandjung emerged as the new leader of Golkar in its congress over the weekend. Analysts and congress participants agreed that the process of the election was democratic.
Wed, 15 Jul 1998
Soldiers held over abductions
Soldiers held over abductions JAKARTA (JP): The Military Police have detained five officers of the Army's special force (Kopassus) in connection with a series of abductions of political activists over the past year and are preparing dossiers for their courts-martial, Antara reported yesterday.
Wed, 15 Jul 1998
ADB vows not to let Indonesia 'fall'
ADB vows not to let Indonesia 'fall' JAKARTA (JP): The Asian Development Bank is ready to provide more loans to the country to prevent a further deterioration of the country's ravaged economy, its program director said here yesterday.
Wed, 15 Jul 1998
Expatriates 'returning' to Indonesia
Expatriates 'returning' to Indonesia JAKARTA (JP): Many multinational companies which evacuated their expatriate employees and dependents during widespread unrest in May have now allowed them to return, a survey has found.
Wed, 15 Jul 1998
Directors of city-owned firms called in for crisis meeting
Directors of city-owned firms called in for crisis meeting JAKARTA (JP): The city administration will summon executives of its seven wholly owned and 48 partly owned firms to disclose their companies' latest financial details this week, an official said yesterday.
Wed, 15 Jul 1998
Aurora expects more gold
Aurora expects more gold PERTH (Reuters): Aurora Gold Ltd said yesterday it expects this year's gold production from its Mt. Muro lode in Indonesia to show little change from last year's 250,000 ounces.
Wed, 15 Jul 1998
Flaws of riot media coverage
Flaws of riot media coverageBy Ariel Heryanto JAKARTA (JP): The mid-May violence in Jakarta and several other cities could best be described as racialized state- terrorism, rather than racially motivated mass riots.Failure to recognize the difference has been alarmingly endemic in media coverage.
Wed, 15 Jul 1998
Shoe exports may drop 50% this year: Aprisindo
Shoe exports may drop 50% this year: Aprisindo JAKARTA (JP): A continuing decline in orders fueled by worries about the situation here may drive down the country's shoe exports by nearly 50 percent this year, an executive of the shoe industry has warned.
Wed, 15 Jul 1998
The World Cup: An irony
The World Cup: An ironyFrom RepublikaTo Indonesians, the 1998 World Cup soccer matches could at least comfort them as entertainment during the ongoing economic crisis. Soccer enthusiasts should thank all the country's television stations, private and state, for airing reports of the events live or...
Wed, 15 Jul 1998
KL firm defers RI plant
KL firm defers RI plant KUALA LUMPUR (AP): Malaysia's electric company has deferred a joint venture project to build a coal-fired power plant in Sumatra, Indonesia, because of the region's economic crisis, a news report said yesterday.
Wed, 15 Jul 1998
S. Korea set to agree to RI debt delay
S. Korea set to agree to RI debt delay SEOUL (Dow Jones): South Korean creditors are expected to extend maturities on their loans to Indonesian financial institutions and companies as part of the Southeast Asian nation's US$80 billion debt restructuring plan, local bank officials said yesterday.
Wed, 15 Jul 1998
Many retailers opt for closure as purchasing power plummets
Many retailers opt for closure as purchasing power plummets JAKARTA (JP): An increasing number of retailers affected by the recent riots are expected to close their outlets as people's buying power continues to weaken.
Wed, 15 Jul 1998
Star Mild team hopes to win race
Star Mild team hopes to win race JAKARTA (JP): The Star Mild team is hoping to make it lucky number three in the third leg of the national drag race at Sentul circuit, near Bogor, on Sunday.The team -- Canadian Robert Paul and local drivers Ronny Hermawan and Donnie Pangemanan -- notched up wins in...
Wed, 15 Jul 1998
Reserve money up by Rp 354b: Bank Indonesia
Reserve money up by Rp 354b: Bank Indonesia JAKARTA (JP): Reserve money increased by Rp 354 billion (US$23.6 million) in the week to July 10, a smaller rise than in the previous week, Bank Indonesia said yesterday.
Wed, 15 Jul 1998
Tourist industry gears up for 'Happy Day' freebie bonanza
Tourist industry gears up for 'Happy Day' freebie bonanza JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia's tourist industry is gearing up for a bold approach to bring in new business by offering one free day of services and accommodation for international tourists.
Wed, 15 Jul 1998
Subic Bay issue thorn in Joseph Estrada's side
Subic Bay issue thorn in Joseph Estrada's sideBy Ruben Alabastro MANILA (Reuters): A bustling freeport touted as a symbol of the Philippines' economic promise has turned into a political battleground for new President Joseph Estrada, an ex-actor who, in his movies, always conquers in the end.
Wed, 15 Jul 1998
Regular fashion shows help batik house to beat crisis
Regular fashion shows help batik house to beat crisisBy Izabel Deuff JAKARTA (JP): Picture a backdrop of reddish wood, the top border of which is finely and intricately carved. A pink and grass-green batik divan stands in the central recess, above which hangs a short, red theater curtain.
Wed, 15 Jul 1998
Defendants in Trisakti case plead not guilty
Defendants in Trisakti case plead not guilty JAKARTA (JP): Defense lawyers in the Trisakti University shooting case insisted yesterday that prosecutors had failed to prove that an order to shoot into the crowd given by the defendants was an "indisciplinary act".
Wed, 15 Jul 1998
Government sticks to its guns on licensing reporters
Government sticks to its guns on licensing reporters JAKARTA (JP): The government's offer to subsidize newsprint for cash-strapped newspapers and magazines apparently comes with a catch: the presence of a professional body which controls journalists by accreditation.
Wed, 15 Jul 1998
Mt. Merapi still spewing dust
Mt. Merapi still spewing dust YOGYAKARTA: People in Yogyakarta and many other areas near Mt. Merapi continued to use makeshift masks yesterday as a thick blanket of dust flew about in the wake of the volcano's eruption Saturday.
Tue, 14 Jul 1998
Sutiyoso refuses to backpedal on pedicabs
Sutiyoso refuses to backpedal on pedicabs JAKARTA (JP): An emotional demonstration by about 200 pedicab drivers yesterday failed to persuade Governor Sutiyoso to allow the vehicles to operate in the city until the economic crisis is over.
Tue, 14 Jul 1998
Promoting Indonesian-French cultural relations
Promoting Indonesian-French cultural relations The French government, through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, signed a bilateral agreement with Indonesia in 1960 which included the support of cultural diffusion. Already functioning toward this aim was the French Cultural Center (CCF).
Tue, 14 Jul 1998
Twenty rape victims die, activists say
Twenty rape victims die, activists say JAKARTA (JP): Twenty women who were targeted in systematic rapes and sexual assaults in Jakarta and other towns these past few weeks have died, some in the hands of their attackers, activists monitoring the incidents said yesterday.
Tue, 14 Jul 1998
Veterans slam ABRI for meddling in Golkar
Veterans slam ABRI for meddling in Golkar JAKARTA (JP): A group of 13 retired generals from the 1945 and Post-1945 Generations yesterday lashed out at the Armed Forces (ABRI) Headquarters and the government for interfering in Golkar's recent extraordinary congress.
Tue, 14 Jul 1998
Suspect reenacts murder, mutilation of girlfriend
Suspect reenacts murder, mutilation of girlfriend JAKARTA (JP): Looking pale but calm, First Sgt. Uki Wardana, 24, demonstrated to Military Police investigators and onlookers how he murdered, dismembered and dumped the body of his 29-year- old girlfriend.
Tue, 14 Jul 1998
Rights body to send team to Irian Jaya
Rights body to send team to Irian Jaya JAKARTA (JP): The National Commission on Human Rights said yesterday it is to send a team to investigate alleged human rights violations during the recent proindependence protests in Irian Jaya.
Tue, 14 Jul 1998
Rupiah stable, shares down on regional weakness
Rupiah stable, shares down on regional weakness JAKARTA (JP): The rupiah was stable against the U.S. dollar yesterday despite a regional weakness which pulled down local share prices, dealers and stockbrokers said.
Tue, 14 Jul 1998
Villagers protest against slur
Villagers protest against slur PONOROGO, East Java: Punturan residents held a protest yesterday against the aspersion that their village was Desa Kumpul Kebo, or "cohabitation village".Hundreds of people from the village in Pulung subdistrict staged their demonstration in front of the local council...
Tue, 14 Jul 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 July 13 to July 19: U.S. dollar 1 Rp 14,650.00Austrian shilling 1 1,149.
Tue, 14 Jul 1998
Indovision responds
Indovision responds Indovision would like to thank Maimunah and Robert Janssen (Your Letters, Indovision: A world of joy, July 10, 1998) for the opportunity to explain the loss of signal which occurred on July 1.
Tue, 14 Jul 1998
New Jakarta military chief vows to maintain security
New Jakarta military chief vows to maintain security JAKARTA (JP): Newly installed Jakarta Military Commander Maj. Gen. Djadja Suparman said yesterday he would maintain security in the capital so people from all walks of life could continue with their daily activities.
Tue, 14 Jul 1998
RI population to hit 318m in 2050
RI population to hit 318m in 2050 JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia's population is expected to reach 318 million by the halfway point of the next century.President B.J. Habibie, in a ceremony here yesterday marking the July 11 World Population Day, said that it was important for Indonesians to maintain the...
Tue, 14 Jul 1998
Preacher Anton a no-show for city police summons
Preacher Anton a no-show for city police summons JAKARTA (JP): Ex-con turned Moslem preacher Anton Medan, who has been named by police as a suspect for orchestrating the mid- May riots, failed yesterday to meet a police summons for questioning.
Tue, 14 Jul 1998
French Ambassador Gerard Cros's message on the Bastille Day anniversary
French Ambassador Gerard Cros's message on the Bastille Day anniversary The 14th of July, and in particular this year's, represents not just a National Holiday for the nation of France but also a day which people of all colours and creeds may celebrate.
Tue, 14 Jul 1998
Three firms join Gresik bidding
Three firms join Gresik bidding JAKARTA (JP): Three foreign cement companies will take part in the second bidding stage to purchase part of the government's 65 percent stake in publicly listed PT Semen Gresik, an official said yesterday.Sofyan A.