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Fri, 09 Jul 1999
Qantas service does not fly
Qantas service does not fly On June 29, 1999, I took a flight from Sydney to Jakarta with my wife, two-year-old daughter and four-year-old son aboard Qantas flight QF41. The departure was scheduled for 10:30 a.m. local time.We arrived at the airport at 8:45 a.m. for check-in.
Fri, 09 Jul 1999
Ranks of the poor hit 49.5 million
Ranks of the poor hit 49.5 million JAKARTA (JP): The number of poor in the country increased by almost 100 percent to 49.5 million in 1998 from 22.6 million in 1997, the government said, blaming the prolonged economic crisis.A.
Fri, 09 Jul 1999
Mistery shrouds housewife's death
Mistery shrouds housewife's death TANGERANG (JP): Local police detectives are still in the dark over the death of a young housewife found two days ago with plastic twine tied around her neck at her rented house in the Kampung Sawah area of Ceper district.
Fri, 09 Jul 1999
Softball included in National Games
Softball included in National Games JAKARTA (JP): The National Sports Council (KONI) has decided to include softball in the 2000 National Games (PON) in Surabaya, East Java, an official said on Thursday.
Fri, 09 Jul 1999
Harun Alrasyid quits KPU over election results
Harun Alrasyid quits KPU over election results JAKARTA (JP): Pressure is building against the General Elections Commission (KPU), including from deputy chairman Harun Alrasid who abruptly resigned out of frustration over repeated delays in the poll results announcement.
Fri, 09 Jul 1999
Soeharto's lawsuit 'a mere PR gimmick'
Soeharto's lawsuit 'a mere PR gimmick' Soeharto filed a civil lawsuit against New York-based Time magazine at the Central Jakarta District Court last week for reporting that the former president had amassed a US$15 billion fortune during his 32-year reign.
Fri, 09 Jul 1999
34 escape after prisoners set ablaze Aceh jail
34 escape after prisoners set ablaze Aceh jail JAKARTA (AFP): Thirty-four prisoners escaped from a jail in the troubled province of Aceh after inmates set the building on fire, but 12 were later recaptured, police said on Thursday.Head of the Banda Aceh Police precinct Lt. Col.
Fri, 09 Jul 1999
Sanken moves to Indonesia
Sanken moves to Indonesia TOKYO (Dow Jones): Sanken Electric Co., a leading Japanese maker of power sources and semiconductors, said Wednesday that it will liquidate a converter production unit in Japan and will transfer production to its unit in Indonesia.
Fri, 09 Jul 1999
Principals told to understand students' plight
Principals told to understand students' plight JAKARTA (JP): Elementary school principals have been instructed not to force new students from poor families to wear school uniforms and to exempt them from admission and various other fees, a city official said on Thursday.
Fri, 09 Jul 1999
Justice for credit card holders
Justice for credit card holders From time to time newspapers in Jakarta publish statements by banks apologizing for "less than sympathetic treatment" by their employees, adding they did not intend to terrorize their customers.
Fri, 09 Jul 1999
TV today
TV todayTVRI 5:30 a.m. Religious Teachings 6:00 News: Two Hours Only 8:00 Soccer (live) 10:00 Music 11:00 Interval 2:00 p.m. News 2:30 Student's Quiz 3:00 Music 4:00 Regional News 4:30 Arabic Lessons 5:00 Student's Quiz 5:30 TV Drama 6:00 Sports 6:30 News (in English) 7:00 Evening News 7:30 TV...
Fri, 09 Jul 1999
Government will not write off consortium debts: Agung
Government will not write off consortium debts: Agung JAKARTA (JP): State Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports Agung Laksono on Wednesday refuted reports that the government would write off the debt of the 19th Southeast Asian (SEA) Games underwriting consortium."The reports are untrue.
Fri, 09 Jul 1999
Won, baht hit 1 month lows, rupiah improves
Won, baht hit 1 month lows, rupiah improves HONG KONG (Dow Jones): The South Korean won and the Thai baht both fell to their lowest levels in a month, and the Philippine peso hit a three-month low Thursday, as Asian currencies weakened against the U.S. dollar for the second day running.
Fri, 09 Jul 1999
Take cheap flight to westernmost Weh Island
Take cheap flight to westernmost Weh IslandBy Yasad Ali BANDA ACEH, Aceh (Antara): A man was busy explaining to his children and wife the beautiful landscape below as the light eight-seater airplane approached the airstrip on Weh Island.
Fri, 09 Jul 1999
UN to decide on date of East Timor ballot next week
UN to decide on date of East Timor ballot next week JAKARTA (JP): United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan will set the exact date of the autonomy ballot in East Timor next week after studying the situation in the province, his special envoy, Jamsheed Marker, said Wednesday, Antara reported from...
Fri, 09 Jul 1999
Stock Exchange
Stock ExchangeStock prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (in rupiah) on July 8, 1999: Shares Close Change Trading Volume ------------------------------------------------------------ Ades Alfindo 475 0 182,500 AHAP Insurance 525 0 0 Alakasa Industrindo 325 0 0 Alter Abadi 400 0 0 Alumindo Light...
Fri, 09 Jul 1999
Big debtors submit guarantee to repay: IBRA
Big debtors submit guarantee to repay: IBRA JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesian Bank Restructuring Agency (IBRA) has secured personal guarantees from the country's business tycoons in case the assets they pledged to repay loans to the government were not sufficient, said a prominent official at the agency.
Fri, 09 Jul 1999
Two taxi drivers apprehended in murder of Korean last year
Two taxi drivers apprehended in murder of Korean last year JAKARTA (JP): City police detectives apprehended on Wednesday two men who allegedly specialized in preying on foreigners.The two were identified as 33-year-old Jazuli and 27-year-old Darlin -- both Gema taxi drivers.
Fri, 09 Jul 1999
Suhendar lone local left in Future tourney
Suhendar lone local left in Future tourney JAKARTA (JP): Nonseeded Suhendar Dinata is the lone surviving Indonesian in the men's singles quarterfinals of the Men's Indonesian Fertilizer Future 4 here after four of his compatriots lost in the third round on Thursday.
Thu, 08 Jul 1999
Hutama Karya faces second legal suit
Hutama Karya faces second legal suit JAKARTA (JP): Toronto-based Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC) has filed a bankruptcy claim against PT Hutama Karya, the second suit lodged against the state-owned construction company this year.CIBC lawyer Rahmat Bastian from Dermawan & Co.
Thu, 08 Jul 1999
Vote count finished for 12 provinces
Vote count finished for 12 provinces JAKARTA (JP): The National Elections Committee (PPI) completed the vote counting in 12 provinces on Wednesday, with the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI Perjuangan) dominating in Central and East Java and Bali.
Thu, 08 Jul 1999
Ananda seeks sponsorship
Ananda seeks sponsorship JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia's young car racer, Ananda Mikola, is looking for a sponsorship deal with local companies to support him with racing facilities for practicing.Ananda told reporters on Wednesday that in the sponsorship deal, he would also help the companies to promote...
Thu, 08 Jul 1999
Government to send 1,200 more police to East Timor
Government to send 1,200 more police to East Timor JAKARTA (JP): The government said on Wednesday it would send 1,200 police reinforcements to East Timor in response to a recent spate of attacks against personnel of the United Nations Mission in East Timor (UNAMET).
Thu, 08 Jul 1999
More needed to curb corruption: Experts
More needed to curb corruption: Experts JAKARTA (JP): Senior economist and former finance minister Frans Seda hailed on Wednesday the government's move to publicly divulge corruption in the bureaucracy and state companies, but said it must push on with concrete measures to form a clean government.
Thu, 08 Jul 1999
New bill won't affect Telkom and Indosat
New bill won't affect Telkom and Indosat JAKARTA (JP): The bill on telecommunications currently deliberated at the House of Representatives will not affect the exclusive rights held by PT Telkom Indonesia and PT Indosat, a senior official has said.Eman S.
Thu, 08 Jul 1999
KONI approves additional Rp 2b for SEA Games
KONI approves additional Rp 2b for SEA Games JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia's 20th Southeast Asian (SEA) Games team may have felt relief as the National Sports Council (KONI) chairman Wismoyo Arismunandar approved an additional Rp 2 billion (US$298,510) to send athletes to compete in the Games in Brunei...
Thu, 08 Jul 1999
Conversion Rates
Conversion Rates Bank Indonesia's conversion rates on July 7, 1999: Buying Selling Rp Rp U.S. dollar 1 6,711.00 6,779.00Australian dollar 1 4,445.37 4,493.80Austrian schilling 1 499.75 505.31Belgian franc 1 170.47 172.37Brunei dollar 1 3,954.63 3,997.05Canadian dollar 1 4,565.31 4,613.
Thu, 08 Jul 1999
Toyota, Siam sign deal
Toyota, Siam sign deal BANGKOK (AP): Group companies led by Japan's Toyota Motor Corp. and Siam Cement, Thailand's largest industrial conglomerate, signed an agreement Wednesday governing three joint-venture automobile parts makers in Thailand.
Thu, 08 Jul 1999
Balinese artist combines cultural icons
Balinese artist combines cultural iconsBy Putu Wirata DENPASAR, Bali (JP): The 32-year rule of the New Order government is remembered as a regime which would not tolerate ideas different from its own.Bali-born artist D.
Thu, 08 Jul 1999
Ujungpandang's Borong streets paved in gold
Ujungpandang's Borong streets paved in gold UJUNGPANDANG (JP): Borong in Panakkukang subdistrict, some 10 kilometers east of Ujungpandang, has long been known as a center of gold handicraft.Nearly 90 percent of the 250 people who live in the area are gold craftsmen.
Thu, 08 Jul 1999
Toyota Astra says Kijang van price will not increase
Toyota Astra says Kijang van price will not increase JAKARTA (JP): Carmaker PT Toyota Astra Motor said on Wednesday it would maintain the prices of its popular brand Kijang multi- purpose van, despite the abolishment of tax breaks to cars with high local content.
Thu, 08 Jul 1999
15,000 VCDs seized from Glodok
15,000 VCDs seized from Glodok JAKARTA (JP): Police continued their combat against pornography on Wednesday by seizing at least 15,000 video compact discs (VCDs) and arresting 35 street vendors in the capital's busy Glodok area in West Jakarta.West Jakarta Police deputy chief Maj.
Thu, 08 Jul 1999
Court can't call Soeharto to testify in Goro trial
Court can't call Soeharto to testify in Goro trial JAKARTA (JP): The prosecutor in the Goro land exchange case said on Wednesday that former president Soeharto cannot be called as a witness because of a legal stipulation barring relatives from testifying against a suspect.
Thu, 08 Jul 1999
Where to go in Surabaya
Where to go in SurabayaFilm * English Film Festival organized by British Council (Phone: 031 5689958) at Mitra 21 Jl. Yos Sudarso, July 23-24.Music and Entertainment * Hyatt Regency Surabaya, Jl. Jend. Basuki Rakhmat 106-128 (Phone: 031 5311234): - The Tavern Pub: Cosindos Band, Monday to Friday, 9...
Thu, 08 Jul 1999
WWF manages forestry park
WWF manages forestry park JAKARTA (JP): Conservation organization World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) Indonesia presented on Tuesday, a management plan to the Ministry of Forestry and Plantations for the 800,000 hectare Betung Kerihun National Park in West Kalimantan.
Thu, 08 Jul 1999
Prison warden denies 'special treatment'
Prison warden denies 'special treatment' JAKARTA (JP): The warden of Salemba Penitentiary has dismissed reports some prisoners are accorded special privileges and allowed to run criminal activities from behind bars.
Thu, 08 Jul 1999
Expert queries 'sudden' drafting of presidency bill
Expert queries 'sudden' drafting of presidency bill JAKARTA (JP): To end confusion on reports of a new bill on the presidency, any draft should be given to the upcoming House of Representatives and the new government to work on, a noted sociologist said.
Thu, 08 Jul 1999
Austrade opens business club
Austrade opens business club SURABAYA (JP): The Australian Trade Commission (Austrade) launched the Business Club Australia here on Tuesday, as part of the Australian government's "Australia Open for Business" program for the Sydney 2000 Olympics.
Thu, 08 Jul 1999
INRO, under fire, defends role in rubber market
INRO, under fire, defends role in rubber market KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters): The International Natural Rubber Organization (INRO) defended itself on Wednesday against criticism by Malaysia, saying it had achieved its goal of protecting producers against wild price swings.
Thu, 08 Jul 1999
Is the Jakarta elite out of touch?
Is the Jakarta elite out of touch?By Percival Manglano JAKARTA (JP): Gerry van Klinken, editor of Inside Indonesia, had an interesting article published in the Far Eastern Economic Review on March 18.In Is Indonesia Breaking Down?, Van Klinken vowed to "take a serious look at the accepted wisdom on...
Thu, 08 Jul 1999
Motorcycle thieves killed by mob
Motorcycle thieves killed by mob TANGERANG (JP): Angry residents beat two men to death on Tuesday morning after apparently catching them attempting to steal a motorcycle in the Kenanga subdistrict of Cipondoh here.The two men, one of whom has not been identified, were attacked at about 5 a.m.
Thu, 08 Jul 1999
PNG's Bill Skate quits, Taiwan deal uncertain
PNG's Bill Skate quits, Taiwan deal uncertain PORT MORESBY (Reuters): Papua New Guinea Prime Minister Bill Skate quit on Wednesday after a deal to recognize Taiwan failed to rescue his sinking career and angered trading partner China.
Thu, 08 Jul 1999
New curriculum to be implemented
New curriculum to be implemented JAKARTA (JP): The Ministry of Education and Culture says a new elementary and secondary education curriculum, an improved version of the 1994 curriculum currently in place, will be implemented at the beginning of the 1999/2000 academic year in mid-July.
Thu, 08 Jul 1999
IBRA to appeal Sempati bankruptcy decision
IBRA to appeal Sempati bankruptcy decision JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesian Bank Restructuring Agency (IBRA) says it will appeal a Jakarta Commercial Court decision declaring private airline PT Sempati Air bankrupt.
Thu, 08 Jul 1999
No special events planned to greet new millenium
No special events planned to greet new millenium JAKARTA (JP): The new millennium is only five months away but the city administration has yet to prepare for the big event, causing confusion among hoteliers, entertainment park operators and shopping complexes which usually start making promotional...
Thu, 08 Jul 1999
Accounting firm questions Ghalib for alleged graft
Accounting firm questions Ghalib for alleged graft JAKARTA (JP): An accounting firm on Wednesday questioned Andi M. Ghalib, who stepped aside from the Attorney General's Office last month pending a graft investigation, Antara reported.
Thu, 08 Jul 1999
Man sentenced to 14 years for Ita murder
Man sentenced to 14 years for Ita murder JAKARTA (JP): The Central Jakarta District Court on Wednesday sentenced 23-year-old Otong to 14 years in prison for murdering Marthadinata, also known as Ita, 18, in the victim's home in Kemayoran on Oct. 9 last year.
Thu, 08 Jul 1999
Billiards association eyeing two golds at 20th SEA Games
Billiards association eyeing two golds at 20th SEA Games JAKARTA (JP): The All Indonesian Billiards Association (POBSI) has set a target of two golds at the 20th Southeast Asian (SEA) Games in Brunei Darussalam next month.
Thu, 08 Jul 1999
Fireworks blast kills man
Fireworks blast kills man KENDAL, Central Java: A man was killed and six others were severely injured when exploding gunpowder used for fireworks destroyed their home in Jetis subdistrict here on Wednesday.Local residents found the dismembered body of Karman, 30, shortly after the morning explosion.
Thu, 08 Jul 1999
Jewelry craft a goldmine of opportunity
Jewelry craft a goldmine of opportunityBy Jupriadi UJUNGPANDANG (JP): The economic crisis in Indonesia has not, apparently, wiped out every kind of business. Some have even progressed, one of which is gold handicraft business.