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Fri, 14 Jul 2000
Seribu Islands faces 'seribu' problems
Seribu Islands faces 'seribu' problemsBy Novan Iman Santosa PUTRI ISLAND, Seribu Islands (JP): Nobody knows for sure how or why the chain of 110 islands (including six already washed away by the sea) is called the Seribu (thousand) Islands.
Fri, 14 Jul 2000
Alwi senses U.S. uneasiness at RI internal conflicts
Alwi senses U.S. uneasiness at RI internal conflicts JAKARTA (JP): Foreign Minister Alwi Shihab revealed that in his meetings with United States officials, he detected a sense of uneasiness from Washington at the continuing troubles besetting Indonesia.
Fri, 14 Jul 2000
TV today
TV todayTVRI 5:30 a.m. Religious Teachings 6:00 News 8:00 Children's Program 8:30 Music 9:30 Sports 11:30 Interval 2:00 p.m. News 2:30 Cartoon 3:00 Documentary 4:00 News 5:30 TVRI News (in English) 6:30 Music 7:00 Evening News 7:30 TV Drama 8:00 Sports 9:00 World News 9:35 Music 10:30 NewsProgram 2...
Fri, 14 Jul 2000
Mob attack police station
Mob attack police station CILACAP, Central Java: Police fired warning shots here on Thursday to disperse an angry mob which attacked a police station, a local police chief said.Cilacap Police chief Supt.
Fri, 14 Jul 2000
Search effort extended for missing ferry passengers
Search effort extended for missing ferry passengers JAKARTA (JP): Despite apparent hopelessness, the National Search and Rescue Agency decided on Thursday to extend for another week the search for the missing Cahaya Bahari ferry and its hundreds of passengers fleeing strife-torn Tobelo district in...
Fri, 14 Jul 2000
Thoughts on Indonesia after MPR session
Thoughts on Indonesia after MPR sessionBy Bahtiar Effendy JAKARTA (JP): The new administration of President Abdurrahman Wahid has been in a roller-coaster situation since its formation in October 1999. A honeymoon period was hardly in sight before the new government encountered predicaments.
Fri, 14 Jul 2000
Support grows for Matori's PKB chief bid
Support grows for Matori's PKB chief bid JAKARTA (JP): Support is growing for incumbent National Awakening Party (PKB) chairman Matori Abdul Djalil to retain his post.The party's Jakarta chapter was the latest to nominate Matori, who is also the deputy speaker of the People's Consultative Assembly...
Fri, 14 Jul 2000
Reform needed for legal supremacy
Reform needed for legal supremacy The public has so little trust in the country's legal system because law enforcement has been marred by corruption, violence and government intervention. Lawyer Abdul Hakim Garuda Nusantara says one way to resolve this situation is to ensure the current process of...
Fri, 14 Jul 2000
Pertamina and Indian Oil to discuss LNG sale deal
Pertamina and Indian Oil to discuss LNG sale deal JAKARTA (JP): India and Indonesia have agreed to start discussing the details of the sales of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from state-owned oil and gas company Pertamina to India.
Fri, 14 Jul 2000
RP governor offers trade opportunities
RP governor offers trade opportunities JAKARTA (JP): Visiting governor of Nueva Ecija in the central Luzon region of the Philippines, Tomas N. Joson, has invited Jakarta's entrepreneurs to invest their money in his province.
Fri, 14 Jul 2000
Indonesians are not Americans
Indonesians are not AmericansFrom Mimbar UmmatOn Oct. 28, 1928,young people from several ethnic groups signed an oath known as the Youth Pledge. This is a national "bridge" that is historically undeniable.A group of people wanted to be united under the umbrella of Indonesia.
Fri, 14 Jul 2000
Bridge, IndoExchange tie up
Bridge, IndoExchange tie up JAKARTA (JP): Global financial information service provider Bridge Information Systems announced on Thursday a new partnership with local financial news portal IndoExchange.com.
Fri, 14 Jul 2000
Government transfers Bank Bali back to Bank Indonesia
Government transfers Bank Bali back to Bank Indonesia JAKARTA (JP): The Financial Sector Policy Committee (FSPC) decided late on Thursday to transfer Bank Bali from the Indonesian Bank Restructuring Agency (IBRA) into the hands of Bank Indonesia.
Fri, 14 Jul 2000
Pipeline network vital to gas industry growth
Pipeline network vital to gas industry growth SINGAPORE (Dow Jones): Transmission pipelines to link Indonesia's scattered natural gas reserves to potential markets are key to the development of the country's vast natural gas resources, a senior official with PT Perusahaan Gas Negara said.
Fri, 14 Jul 2000
On drinking water
On drinking water Mr. Lane, I refer to your letter on July 11, 2000. Of course you are quite correct. The sentences should have read " Purified or reverse osmosis water has little or no minerals. Distillation is the process in which the water is boiled, evaporated and the water vapor condensed".
Fri, 14 Jul 2000
20 people injured in fresh Matraman brawl
20 people injured in fresh Matraman brawl JAKARTA (JP): A mass brawl broke out again in the Matraman area of East Jakarta on Thursday as residents of the bickering Palmeriam and Berlan subdistricts pelted rocks and threw Molotov cocktails at each other.
Fri, 14 Jul 2000
Talks on for new ASEAN trade bloc
Talks on for new ASEAN trade bloc BANGKOK (AFP): A plan for ASEAN members to form a free-trade bloc with Australia and New Zealand, to counter competition from China after its entry to the WTO, is gaining support, a report said Thursday.
Fri, 14 Jul 2000
New violence in Ambon despite emergency state
New violence in Ambon despite emergency state AMBON, Maluku (JP): There seems to be no reprieve from violence in Ambon despite the state of civil emergency, as six more people were killed and 12 others injured in clashes on Thursday.According to information from Dr.
Fri, 14 Jul 2000
Stock Exchange
Stock ExchangeStock prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (in rupiah) on July 13, 2000: Shares Close Change Trading Volume -------------------------------------------------------------- Ades Alfindo 600 0 0 Adindo Foresta Indonesia 305 -5 261,500 Alakasa Industrindo 900 0 2,500 Alfa Retailindo 890...
Fri, 14 Jul 2000
City administration to hold public order operation
City administration to hold public order operation JAKARTA (JP): With full backup from police and military personnel, city administration officials will start a massive public order operation on Monday to ensure public order in the capital, Governor Sutiyoso said on Thursday.
Fri, 14 Jul 2000
Setting the priorities
Setting the priorities A host of problems are before us, ranging from the emergence of separatist sentiments in a number of regions, the laggardness of the handling of corruption cases and the lack of security to the slowness in bank restructuring efforts and the continuing drop in the rupiah's...
Fri, 14 Jul 2000
Lawyers contend Soeharto can't remember his name
Lawyers contend Soeharto can't remember his name JAKARTA (JP): After maintaining for months that their client was unfit to face questioning, lawyers for Soeharto now claim that the 79-year-old former president is finding it difficult to even remember his own name.
Fri, 14 Jul 2000
ASEAN 'must be built on green principles'
ASEAN 'must be built on green principles' SINGAPORE (AFP): Industrial and economic development in Southeast Asia should not be carried out at the expense of the environment, Singapore's Speaker of Parliament Tan Soo Khoon said Thursday.
Fri, 14 Jul 2000
Indonesia, Malaysia plan joint inquiry on illegal logging
Indonesia, Malaysia plan joint inquiry on illegal logging JAKARTA (JP): Malaysia and Indonesia have agreed to form a joint fact-finding mission to investigate a massive trade in illegal timber at the two countries' border areas.
Fri, 14 Jul 2000
Counseling most effective in curbing drug abuse: Granat
Counseling most effective in curbing drug abuse: Granat JAKARTA (JP): Counseling can be the most effective and inexpensive way of curbing drug abuse in the capital, the chairman of the Anti Drug National Movement (Granat) said on Thursday.
Fri, 14 Jul 2000
Ginandjar to meet Marzuki over alleged corruption
Ginandjar to meet Marzuki over alleged corruption JAKARTA (JP): Former minister Ginandjar Kartasasmita will meet Attorney General Marzuki Darusman on Monday regarding several dubious deals allegedly made during his ministerial term.
Fri, 14 Jul 2000
Top leaders bicker over key meeting
Top leaders bicker over key meeting JAKARTA (JP): Top reform leaders blamed each other on Thursday over last night's aborted meeting between them, boding ill for a speedy resolution to the current political disharmony, despite the tension and strife which is dragging down the country.
Fri, 14 Jul 2000
Three killed in Aceh violence
Three killed in Aceh violence BANDA ACEH, Aceh: Military troops shot three alleged gunmen to death in the latest violence in Aceh on Wednesday, police said on Thursday.North Aceh Police chief Supt. Syafei Aksal said that Saiman Ibrahim, 25, Abdul Hadi, 22, and Muhammad Salam, 23, were killed in an...
Fri, 14 Jul 2000
Persija, Persikota and Pupuk Kaltim advance to semis
Persija, Persikota and Pupuk Kaltim advance to semis JAKARTA (JP): Three clubs -- Persija, Persikota Tangerang and Pupuk Kaltim (PKT) of Samarinda, East Kalimantan -- clinched the semifinal tickets of the Bank Mandiri national soccer league in dramatic but controversial matches Monday.
Fri, 14 Jul 2000
Most Indonesian hospitals only give standard services
Most Indonesian hospitals only give standard services JAKARTA (JP): Most Indonesian hospitals are only able to provide standard services while complementary, but important, facilities, such as counseling and the supply of pharmaceuticals and medication, are not commonly found on the market.
Fri, 14 Jul 2000
Political factors pull the rupiah down to Rp 9,435
Political factors pull the rupiah down to Rp 9,435 JAKARTA (JP): Strong pressure on the rupiah persisted on Thursday amid continuing disquiet over domestic political uncertainty.The local currency ended lower at Rp 9,435 per U.S.
Fri, 14 Jul 2000
Where to go in Jakarta:
Where to go in Jakarta:Exhibitions * Painting Exhibition Rampogan by Sri Warso Wahono, at Galeri Cipta II, Ismail Marzuki Cultural Center, Jl. Cikini Raya 73, Central Jakarta (Phone: 3154087), 10 a.m. to 9 p.m., until July 23.
Fri, 14 Jul 2000
KL palm oil ends higher
KL palm oil ends higher KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters): Malaysian palm oil futures sustained the uptrend at the close on Thursday, helped by a technical rebound and short covering after losses on the previous day.
Fri, 14 Jul 2000
C. Java athletes get cash bonus
C. Java athletes get cash bonus SEMARANG (JP): Central Java Governor Mardiyanto handed over cash bonuses on Wednesday evening and also dismissed the Central Java contingent competing in the 15th National Games in Surabaya last month.
Thu, 13 Jul 2000
McMoran expects to post loss
McMoran expects to post loss NEW ORLEANS, Mississippi (Reuters): Mining company Freeport- McMoran Copper & Gold Inc. on Wednesday said it expects to report a second-quarter loss of about $19 million or 12 cents a share due to lower-than-expected metal sales and a landslide cleanup in Indonesia.
Thu, 13 Jul 2000
How to strengthen the rupiah
How to strengthen the rupiah There is little the monetary authority can do to support the rupiah. The point is that aside from the fact that it doesn't have the money, the downside of the currency is caused mainly by political factors.
Thu, 13 Jul 2000
Indonesians 'want direct presidential elections'
Indonesians 'want direct presidential elections' JAKARTA (JP): A recent survey conducted by the Center for Electoral Reform (Cetro) has revealed that most Indonesians support a direct presidential election system.
Thu, 13 Jul 2000
ASEAN to hold tariff talks
ASEAN to hold tariff talks BANGKOK (Reuters): Trade ministers from the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) will meet in Thailand in October to tighten procedures for granting concessions from free trade rules, officials said on Wednesday.
Thu, 13 Jul 2000
Reforming the Indonesian banking system
Reforming the Indonesian banking system The following is the second of two articles by I Putu Gede Ary Suta, former chairman of the Indonesian Capital Market Supervisory Agency. It is based on his presentation at the launching of his two new books, Foundations of our Capital Market and Menuju Pasar...
Thu, 13 Jul 2000
Hawkers, vendors, amateur guides, tourist nuisances
Hawkers, vendors, amateur guides, tourist nuisancesBy Putu Wirata DENPASAR, Bali (JP): Tourism is the major economic backbone of Bali, but visitors have often complained of being annoyed by hawkers, amateur guides and other local vendors in the street while visiting cultural and religious sites on...
Thu, 13 Jul 2000
Stock Exchange
Stock ExchangeStock prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (in rupiah) on July 12, 2000: Shares Close Change Trading Volume -------------------------------------------------------------- Ades Alfindo 600 -75 3,000 Adindo Foresta Indonesia 310 0 197,500 Alakasa Industrindo 900 100 12,000 Alfa...
Thu, 13 Jul 2000
Woman's death sparks retaliation
Woman's death sparks retaliation DENPASAR, Bali: An angry mob set fire to an intercity bus a few hours after it was involved in an accident which killed a woman on Tuesday evening.The bus was plying the Surabaya-Denpasar route when it collided with a truck at Gumbrih village, Jembrana, around 80...
Thu, 13 Jul 2000
Cultural legacies must be conserved
Cultural legacies must be conservedBy I Wayan Juniarta SANUR, Bali (JP): Bali is rich in cultural heritage but the rapid growth of development projects and the tourism industry has threatened these centuries-old legacies.
Thu, 13 Jul 2000
Investment path, rupiah show 'promising trend'
Investment path, rupiah show 'promising trend' JAKARTA (JP): Investors are optimistic that the rupiah would strengthen and the country's investment climate would improve after the annual meeting of People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) in August, according to Sofyan Wanandi, the chairman of the...
Thu, 13 Jul 2000
Iber carries on tradition of Dayak sculpture
Iber carries on tradition of Dayak sculptureBy Erma S. Ranik PONTIANAK, West Kalimantan (JP): It was sunset and some small children were running around in Sami, a public hall. Soon, the rumah panjang -- the traditional long-house of the Dayaks, a local ethnic group -- in Sahapm village, Sengah...
Thu, 13 Jul 2000
Conversion Rates
Conversion Rates Bank Indonesia's conversion rates on July 12, 2000: Bank notes rates TT rates Buying Selling Buying Selling Rp Rp Rp Rp U.S. dollar 1 8,915.00 9,915.00 8,902.41 8,996.47Australian dollar 1 5,238.45 5,831.01 5,504.64 5,564.60Austrian schilling 1 615.68 685.10 646.96 653.
Thu, 13 Jul 2000
Informal meeting of top political leaders delayed
Informal meeting of top political leaders delayed JAKARTA (JP): The planned meeting of the country's top political leaders was delayed for an indefinite period on Wednesday, with President Abdurrahman Wahid expressing his lack of awareness.
Thu, 13 Jul 2000
Status quo forces exploiting press freedom: Gus Dur
Status quo forces exploiting press freedom: Gus Dur JAKARTA (JP): Forces loyal to former president Soeharto are fighting against political reforms through the media that they control, President Abdurrahman Wahid said on Wednesday.
Thu, 13 Jul 2000
Where to go in Bali:
Where to go in Bali:Exhibition * Painting Exhibition: Kebiar Seni VI Bibit, at Museum Puri Lukisan, Jl. Raya Ubud, Gianyar (Phone: 0361 975136), 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., until October 2.SymposiumThe International Symposium on Conserving Cultural Heritage for Sustainable Social Economy and Tourism...
Thu, 13 Jul 2000
Educational ads
Educational adsFrom Media IndonesiaOur educational sector is in a mess now because the government has yet to take stringent measures against educational institutions -- courses and colleges -- which violate the law.