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Fri, 31 Jul 1998
TV cameraman accuses famed 'dangdut' singer of assault
TV cameraman accuses famed 'dangdut' singer of assault JAKARTA (JP): Police promised yesterday to summon witnesses to an alleged assault on an RCTI cameraman by noted dangdut singer Camelia Malik."We are studying the complaint.
Fri, 31 Jul 1998
U.S. wheat aid to Indonesia hurts Australian farmers
U.S. wheat aid to Indonesia hurts Australian farmers CANBERRA (Dow Jones): Australia's Trade Minister Tim Fischer yesterday said Australia would be hurt by a U.S. plan that could give up to 500,000 metric tons of wheat to Indonesia as foreign aid.U.S.
Fri, 31 Jul 1998
Bali greets 3,000 foreign tourists on 'Happy Day'
Bali greets 3,000 foreign tourists on 'Happy Day'By Devi M. Asmarani DENPASAR (JP): The famous tourist destination of Bali greeted at least 3,000 international visitors who were entitled to free hotel rooms, free meals, free tours and, for some, free domestic flight tickets on the nation's tourist...
Fri, 31 Jul 1998
Stop divisive political agenda
Stop divisive political agendaBy Frans H. Winarta This is the first of two articles on the New Order government's divisive agenda in the country. JAKARTA (JP): President B.J. Habibie and Minister of Cooperatives, Small and Medium Enterprises Adi Sasono recently threatened that if the 100,000...
Fri, 31 Jul 1998
Basofi told of rejection
Basofi told of rejection SURABAYA: Governor Basofi Soedirman was formally notified yesterday that he had been dropped from the nominations of the upcoming election for East Java governor by the central government in Jakarta.
Fri, 31 Jul 1998
Demeaning article
Demeaning article I am writing in relation to the article which appeared on page 4 of The Jakarta Post on July 30, 1998, captioned Ethnic Chinese at fault for riots. This drivel demeans your newspaper.Please do not do the author the favor of publishing any further such articles. DEAN BOULDINGJakarta
Fri, 31 Jul 1998
Rupiah strengthens on hopes of new CGI aid
Rupiah strengthens on hopes of new CGI aid JAKARTA (JP): The rupiah continued to gain ground yesterday, touching 12,800 against the U.S. dollar amid hopes of a favorable outcome to the Consultative Group on Indonesia (CGI) meeting in Paris, currency dealers said.
Fri, 31 Jul 1998
State electricity firm may terminate IPP contracts
State electricity firm may terminate IPP contracts JAKARTA (JP): State electricity company PLN is likely to terminate contracts with independent power producers (IPPs) who cannot raise financing for their projects or complete them, an official said yesterday.
Fri, 31 Jul 1998
Indonesia deal boosts Thailand's rice market
Indonesia deal boosts Thailand's rice market BANGKOK (Reuters): Thailand's rice market has been lifted by expectations the government might soon conclude a deal to sell a large amount of rice to Indonesia, trade sources said yesterday.
Thu, 30 Jul 1998
Street kids act out the plain realities of their lives
Street kids act out the plain realities of their livesBy Yudha Kartohadiprodjo JAKARTA (JP): Just as the prosperous and the pretentious alighted from their Mercedes-Benzs and BMWs to watch the renowned Teater Koma perform at Gedung Kesenian Jakarta, the capital's playhouse, a group of street...
Thu, 30 Jul 1998
Eight school principals fired for collecting illegal levies
Eight school principals fired for collecting illegal levies JAKARTA (JP): Eight principals of state junior and senior high schools in the capital have been dismissed for collecting illegal levies from students' parents, an official said Tuesday.
Thu, 30 Jul 1998
Honesty, silliness and the system
Honesty, silliness and the system Despite some progress being made, the continuation of making dishonest and silly policies by Habibie's government will extend and worsen the people's suffering during this multidimensional crisis that will probably provoke more riots in the near future.
Thu, 30 Jul 1998
China concerned over Chinese-Indonesians
China concerned over Chinese-Indonesians BEIJING (Agencies): China is "strongly concerned" over the sufferings of Chinese-Indonesians victimized by looting and alleged rape in Indonesia's May riots, Foreign Ministry spokesman Tang Guoqiang said Tuesday, according to the Associated Press.
Thu, 30 Jul 1998
French multimedia show
French multimedia show JAKARTA (JP): French cultural company Culturel Espasse signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) yesterday to invest US$5 million for the development of a multimedia show (MMS) project at Borobudur Temple, Central Java.
Thu, 30 Jul 1998
Metal market strengthens
Metal market strengthens SINGAPORE (Reuters): Sentiment in Southeast Asia's base metals market improved after recent fund-buying in the West, but there are no signs of an immediate business pick-up in the Far East, traders said yesterday.
Thu, 30 Jul 1998
Small states worry over nuclear tests
Small states worry over nuclear tests COLOMBO (Reuters): South Asia's smaller countries said yesterday that recent nuclear tests by their giant neighbors India and Pakistan had made nuclear disarmament a prime concern for the region.
Thu, 30 Jul 1998
Orphan babies still attracting sympathy
Orphan babies still attracting sympathyBy K. Basrie and Christiani SA Tumelap JAKARTA (JP): Times may be tough, but harsh realities of the crisis are not stopping compassionate members of the public from sharing what they can with children in orphanages.
Thu, 30 Jul 1998
Inco reports lower earnings
Inco reports lower earnings JAKARTA (JP): Publicly listed mining company PT International Nickel Indonesia (Inco) announced 1998 first-half net earnings of US$10.7 million, or four cents per share, compared to $17 million or seven cents per share during the same period last year.
Thu, 30 Jul 1998
M&A wave will hit Asian oil industry
M&A wave will hit Asian oil industry SINGAPORE (Reuters): A wave of mergers and acquisitions (M&A) will hit the Asian oil industry as profits shrink due to contracting oil demand in the next few years, a U.S. business consultant said on Tuesday.
Thu, 30 Jul 1998
RI not good for investment now: Taiwan official
RI not good for investment now: Taiwan official TAIPEI (Dow Jones): Taiwan will not halt its "Go South" policy in the wake of the atrocities committed against ethnic Chinese women during the May chaos in Indonesia, a senior official at the Ministry of Economic Affairs said yesterday.
Thu, 30 Jul 1998
EU Commission urges cotton dumping duties
EU Commission urges cotton dumping duties BRUSSELS (Reuters): The European Union's executive body said yesterday it proposed definitive anti-dumping duties averaging 12 percent on imports of unbleached cotton fabrics from five countries, including Indonesia.
Thu, 30 Jul 1998
Asia told to fight corruption
Asia told to fight corruption MANILA (Reuters): The United States said yesterday it would encourage the return of investment to Asia but added that ailing countries must take the bitter "medicine of economic reform" and fight corruption.
Thu, 30 Jul 1998
Don't criticize your host
Don't criticize your host I have been following with a kind of twisted fascination a series of letters that have graced your paper over the past several months and feel a need to comment, thus assuring your readership that not all expatriates share the same opinions.
Thu, 30 Jul 1998
More back separate national police force
More back separate national police force BANDUNG (JP): Observers have made fresh calls for the police to be separated from the rest of the Indonesian Armed Forces (ABRI) in order to provide people with legal certainty and professional service and to improve human rights protection.
Thu, 30 Jul 1998
SE Asian currencies rise on yen's surge
SE Asian currencies rise on yen's surge SINGAPORE (Dow Jones): Southeast Asian currencies rose across the board Wednesday on the back of overnight gains in the Japanese yen.The yen got a boost more from the political problems of U.S.
Thu, 30 Jul 1998
Forestry and its contribution
Forestry and its contribution It has been argued that the forestry sector can provide an invaluable contribution to the economic crisis and to long-term development. It is true that it can play a significant role in recruiting a large number of workers, generating reforestation funds and in...
Thu, 30 Jul 1998
Newspaper workers file complaint
Newspaper workers file complaint JAKARTA (JP): About 20 workers and journalists of The Indonesia Times English daily, which ceased publication in January, went to the National Commission on Human Rights on Tuesday to complain about their status of employment.
Thu, 30 Jul 1998
Airport customs official seize 1,020 snakes
Airport customs official seize 1,020 snakes JAKARTA (JP): Soekarno-Hatta International Airport customs and excise officers and the airport animal quarantine center have foiled an attempt to smuggle 1,020 cobra snakes to China, an official said yesterday.The head of the quarantine center, Lukas A.
Thu, 30 Jul 1998
Six private banks agree to merge soon
Six private banks agree to merge soon JAKARTA (JP): Six private banks -- Bank Aspac, Bank Indotrade, Bank Lautan Berlian, Bank Patriot, Bank Tata and Bank Uppindo -- will merge early next year to boost their performance.
Thu, 30 Jul 1998
Politician demands evidence of gang rapes during riots
Politician demands evidence of gang rapes during riots JAKARTA (JP): A senior politician from the ruling Golkar political group has demanded activists who made allegations of gang rapes during the May riots present evidence to the authorities to prove their case.
Thu, 30 Jul 1998
U.S. Islamic scholar to give lecture here
U.S. Islamic scholar to give lecture here JAKARTA (JP): Alwi Shihab, a visiting scholar at Hartford Seminary, the U.S., who is now visiting Indonesia, is scheduled to speak at a meeting here on Sunday.The topic to be discussed at the meeting, to be held by New Muslims at the Ministry of Health's...
Thu, 30 Jul 1998
Crisis blocking the road to ASEAN democracy
Crisis blocking the road to ASEAN democracy An economic crisis concentrates Asian minds powerfully on the other issues which are usually brushed aside. On Tuesday in Manila, the nine-member ASEAN grouping joined with its Western partners to set up a forum on the social costs of economic failure.
Thu, 30 Jul 1998
RI enters soybean market
RI enters soybean market CHICAGO (Reuters): Indonesia is thought to be seeking between 60,000 and 150,000 tons of soybeans later this week, which would likely be U.S. origin, U.S. exporters said.Details of the tender were sketchy, but U.S.
Thu, 30 Jul 1998
AMINEF'S unfair treatment
AMINEF'S unfair treatment I went to the American-Indonesian Exchange Foundation (AMINEF) recently to find out more about a Fulbright scholarship, which I had read about on the Internet. The scholarship is for 1999/2000. Due date for applications is July 31.
Thu, 30 Jul 1998
Stocks, rupiah buoyed by optimism over CGI talks
Stocks, rupiah buoyed by optimism over CGI talks JAKARTA (JP): Market optimism that international lenders will provide a significantly larger loan to Indonesia this year continued to keep the rupiah and stock prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (JSX) buoyant yesterday.
Thu, 30 Jul 1998
Export funding scheme 'needs clarification'
Export funding scheme 'needs clarification' JAKARTA (JP): The mechanism for the government's latest measure to provide Rp 2.5 trillion (about US$185 million) in export loans through 21 banks has yet to be clarified, according to an official from a participating bank.
Thu, 30 Jul 1998
Thames Water obtains credits
Thames Water obtains credits JAKARTA (JP): Thames Water International of Britain announced in a statement yesterday that it had received credit facilities of US$200 million to upgrade and expand the water supply system in the eastern half of the capital.
Thu, 30 Jul 1998
Food stalls near Al-Azhar Grand Mosque to be relocated
Food stalls near Al-Azhar Grand Mosque to be relocated JAKARTA (JP): South Jakarta Mayor Pardjoko promised yesterday to relocate the growing number of sidewalk food stalls near Al- Azhar Grand Mosque in Kebayoran Baru because they were causing traffic congestion.
Thu, 30 Jul 1998
House probes disappearances
House probes disappearances SIGLI, Aceh: A fact-finding team of the House of Representatives arrived in Pidie regency on Tuesday to start its investigation into reported disappearance of hundreds of people over the past decade.
Thu, 30 Jul 1998
IBM launches Windows NT
IBM launches Windows NT JAKARTA (JP): IBM launched yesterday software products for businesses that use the user's work to make, install and manage their business applications.The company's business solution manager Ivandeva Irwantoro said the products would reduce the time wasted and cost of using...
Thu, 30 Jul 1998
Ethnic Chinese at fault for riots
Ethnic Chinese at fault for riotsBy Masli Arman JAKARTA (JP): The May 13-14 violent riots here could well prove to be a major watershed in the history of the relationship between indigenous Indonesians and those of Chinese descent.
Thu, 30 Jul 1998
Where to go in Surabaya:
Where to go in Surabaya:Music and Entertainment * Hyatt Regency Surabaya, Jl. Jend. Basuki Rakhmat 106-128 (Phone: 031 5311234): - The Tavern Pub: Dewata Band, Monday to Saturday, 9 p.m. to 1:30 a.m., X-Men Band, Sunday, 9 p.m. to 1:30 a.m. - Atrium Lounge: Solo Pianist, Monday to Friday, 7 p.m.
Thu, 30 Jul 1998
Megawati's PDI sets goal for next year's election
Megawati's PDI sets goal for next year's election JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesian Democratic Party (PDI) faction loyal to ousted leader Megawati Soekarnoputri will contest the general election next year under their old banner rather than establish a new party, her supporters said yesterday.
Thu, 30 Jul 1998
Repeating the old folly
Repeating the old folly The low-profile National Sports Council is now back on a high- voltage mission to raise funds for the country's sports activities. By the end of the campaign in 2008, the council expects to raise Rp 100 billion (US$7.14 million).
Thu, 30 Jul 1998
Rights Body promises to set up a team to help evicted people
Rights Body promises to set up a team to help evicted people JAKARTA (JP): The National Commission on Human Rights promised yesterday to urge the government to set up a team to settle land disputes dating back to former president Soeharto's 32 years in power.
Thu, 30 Jul 1998
'Old' gripes pour in on ABRI
'Old' gripes pour in on ABRI BANDARLAMPUNG, Lampung: The provincial military office has reportedly been inundated with complaints about infractions committed by Armed Forces (ABRI) officers, though most were classified as "old cases".Military police chief Lt. Col.
Thu, 30 Jul 1998
ASEAN partners encourage regional self-reliance
ASEAN partners encourage regional self-reliance MANILA (AP): Apprehensive over desperate poverty and social unrest from the year-long financial crisis, Southeast Asian countries found at the end of talks yesterday with the United States, Europe and other rich nations that the limit on bailouts may...
Thu, 30 Jul 1998
KL woos Indian, Chinese tourists
KL woos Indian, Chinese tourists KUALA LUMPUR (DPA): Malaysia is wooing tourists from China and India by easing visa rules in an effort to boost flagging tourist arrivals and bring in much-needed capital, a published report said yesterday.
Thu, 30 Jul 1998
N-2130 jet plane project facing the axe
N-2130 jet plane project facing the axe JAKARTA (JP): PT Dua Satu Tiga Puluh (DSTP), a company formed by former president Soeharto to finance the development of the N- 2130 passenger jet under B.J. Habibie, will likely be liquidated later this year.
Thu, 30 Jul 1998
Private funds still needed 'to lead recovery process'
Private funds still needed 'to lead recovery process' JAKARTA (JP): Official loans would have only a short-term effect on Indonesia's economic recovery program and, therefore, the government should woo private funds to lead the recovery process, a noted economist has suggested.Mari E.