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Thu, 05 Jul 2001
Education agency's graft probed
Education agency's graft probed JAKARTA (JP): Jakarta Governor Sutiyoso ordered the city inspectorate on Wednesday to probe alleged corruption worth billions of rupiah at the city's education agency.Sutiyoso vowed to take stern action against the agency's officials if the inspectorate found any...
Thu, 05 Jul 2001
Hexindo gets $4.5m contract
Hexindo gets $4.5m contract JAKARTA (JP): Publicly listed heavy equipment supplier PT Hexindo Adiperkasa said on Wednesday it had secured new contracts worth US$4.5 million this year.The company corrected its previous statement that the contract's value was $25 million.
Thu, 05 Jul 2001
SBI rate up to 16.76%
SBI rate up to 16.76% JAKARTA (JP): The weighted average interest rate of one-month Bank Indonesia SBI promissory notes increased to 16.76 percent at the Wednesday weekly auction, up slightly from 16.65 percent last week.Bank Indonesia said it absorbed Rp 14.79 trillion rupiah, or 98.
Thu, 05 Jul 2001
Great promotions launched despite uncertainties
Great promotions launched despite uncertainties JAKARTA (JP): Housing and property developers are currently promoting their projects with attractive advertisements in the media. Property exhibitions are also held regularly in the capital.
Thu, 05 Jul 2001
Public transportation
Public transportation From Warta KotaThe recently introduced fuel price hike has prompted the Jakarta chapter of the Organization of Land Transportation Owners (Organda) to demand that public transportation fares be similarly raised on the grounds that, for example, maintenance costs and the price...
Thu, 05 Jul 2001
No plan for autopsy on Lopa, says govt
No plan for autopsy on Lopa, says govt JAKARTA (JP): The government announced on Wednesday that it had no plans to ask for an autopsy to be performed on the late attorney general Baharuddin Lopa, who died in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday.
Thu, 05 Jul 2001
Police refuse to free student leader despite pressure
Police refuse to free student leader despite pressure JAKARTA (JP): Despite a hunger strike held by six students and pressure from the National Commission of Human Rights (Komnas HAM), City Police refused to back down and release Mixil Mina Munir, a student leader detained for protesting the recent...
Thu, 05 Jul 2001
Bank closure no empty threat, BI signals
Bank closure no empty threat, BI signals JAKARTA (JP): Bank Indonesia vowed to close all banks with a capital adequacy ratio (CAR) below eight percent as at the end of this year, asserting that it will not back down on its capital standard requirement, even at the risk of a massive run on banks.
Thu, 05 Jul 2001
Road sweepers stage protest
Road sweepers stage protest BANDUNG: More than 1,600 sanitation agency workers went on strike here on Wednesday leaving more than 8,000 cubic meters of garbage piled up in several places in the West Java capital of Bandung since Tuesday.
Thu, 05 Jul 2001
Green turtles, saved from the slaughterhouse, go back to sea
Green turtles, saved from the slaughterhouse, go back to seaBy I Wayan Juniartha DENPASAR, Bali (JP): He was huge, the biggest and probably the oldest male green turtle (Chelonia mydas) in the groupHe slowly lifted his head and sniffed the salty ocean breeze of Sanur beach.
Thu, 05 Jul 2001
Australia and East Timor strike oil, gas agreement
Australia and East Timor strike oil, gas agreement SYDNEY (AFP): East Timor will receive a multi-billion-dollar cash injection after Australia conceded the fledgling state should receive 90 percent of royalties from oil and gas reserves in the Timor Sea.
Thu, 05 Jul 2001
204 errant police officers dismissed
204 errant police officers dismissed JAKARTA (JP): City Police chief Insp. Gen. Sofjan Yacob said on Wednesday that he had signed the dismissal papers of 204 unruly city police officers."I have signed the papers already... they are dismissed. I have to be tough on my own men to set a good example.
Thu, 05 Jul 2001
Malaysian palm oil hits fresh three-month high
Malaysian palm oil hits fresh three-month high KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters): Malaysian palm oil futures hit a fresh three-month high at the close on Wednesday on short covering mostly sparked by expectations of purchases by India, traders said.
Thu, 05 Jul 2001
Dead baby found in mosque
Dead baby found in mosque JAKARTA (JP): A resident about to do his evening prayers at Mujahiddin Mosque on Jl. Kayu Putih Timur in Pulogadung, East Jakarta on Tuesday evening, was shocked to find the body of a baby boy.Pulogadung Police chief First Insp.
Thu, 05 Jul 2001
Philippines-Indonesia Relations, a continuing partnership
Philippines-Indonesia Relations, a continuing partnership Philippine-Indonesian relations are characterized by a genuine sense of brotherhood borne out of centuries of close and vibrant interaction as neighbors. In precolonial times, trade, commerce and transmigration flourished between our peoples.
Thu, 05 Jul 2001
Group of Islamic parties denounce Ambon killings
Group of Islamic parties denounce Ambon killings JAKARTA (JP): A group of Islamic parties denounced on Wednesday the killing of Muslims during recent clashes in the riot-torn Maluku capital of Ambon and pledged to set up a fact- finding team to help the government uphold the law against the...
Thu, 05 Jul 2001
International meets for RI SEAG athletes
International meets for RI SEAG athletes JAKARTA (JP): The national athletes will participate in several international meets prior to the Kuala Lumpur Southeast Asian (SEA) Games in September as a final selection for the biennial event.
Thu, 05 Jul 2001
RI world number six pair Flandy and Eng Hian resign
RI world number six pair Flandy and Eng Hian resign JAKARTA (JP): World number six men's doubles pair Flandy Limpele and Eng Hian made a surprise decision to retire from badminton on Wednesday, following their poor performance this year."This is not a sudden decision.
Thu, 05 Jul 2001
Trust the MPR
Trust the MPRFrom Media IndonesiaAccording to the talk, the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) will convene its special session on Aug. 1. Some say the MPR's plan to proceed with the special session is unconstitutional, while others take the opposite stand.
Thu, 05 Jul 2001
What price justice in Lombok?
What price justice in Lombok? This letter is about evasive justice in Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara. For a year and a half now, my human rights have been denied for no other reason than greed, the scourge of mankind.
Thu, 05 Jul 2001
Police to quiz water company officials
Police to quiz water company officials JAKARTA (JP): Jakarta Police detectives are currently investigating a reported scam involving Rp 9.9 billion (US$876,100) in social security (Jamsostek) contributions, in which executives of Jakarta's tap water companies are allegedly implicated.
Thu, 05 Jul 2001
BI directors order transfer of funds: Witness
BI directors order transfer of funds: Witness JAKARTA (JP): Former Bank Indonesia chief of accounts Desmi Demas told a district court on Wednesday that he transferred Rp 904 billion of funds from the state treasury's account to Bank Bali upon request of BI's board of directors hours before a bank...
Thu, 05 Jul 2001
Iran embarks on new wave of foreign oil deals
Iran embarks on new wave of foreign oil deals VIENNA (Reuters): Iran is about to launch a new wave of foreign investment in its oil and gas sector and has found little trouble attracting interest despite the threat of U.S. sanctions, Iranian Oil Minister Bijan Namdar Zanganeh said.
Thu, 05 Jul 2001
Sand quarrying continues
Sand quarrying continues BOGOR (JP): Sand quarriers in the village of Pasir Buncir, Caringin district, Bogor regency, are continuing with their illegal operations despite an official ban by the Bogor mining office.
Thu, 05 Jul 2001
Mending relations with the IMF
Mending relations with the IMF A high-level mission of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is expected here on Thursday to review Indonesia's reform programs in preparation for a new letter of intent (LoI) to guide the country's economic-crisis management.
Thu, 05 Jul 2001
Shelters for the poor, destitute not effective, say officials
Shelters for the poor, destitute not effective, say officials JAKARTA (JP): Article 34 of the 1945 Constitution stipulates, "The poor, and destitute children shall be cared for by the State."The question is, in reality, what institution holds the responsibility and how should it be carried out?"Our...
Thu, 05 Jul 2001
How will Milosevic's trial affect RI?
How will Milosevic's trial affect RI? The United Nations war crimes tribunal against former Yugoslav president Slobodan Milosevic has begun. How will this affect many unsettled cases of human rights violations in Indonesia? Renowned lawyer and executive director of the Jakarta-based Center for...
Thu, 05 Jul 2001
Open vote on presidential accountability proposed
Open vote on presidential accountability proposed JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI Perjuangan) on Wednesday proposed an open vote to decide the fate of President Abdurrahman Wahid's administration next month, preempting any possibility that faction members would vote...
Thu, 05 Jul 2001
Microsoft's Office XP: Is it a compelling upgrade?
Microsoft's Office XP: Is it a compelling upgrade?By Zatni Arbi JAKARTA (JP): You must have heard a lot about it already: Microsoft has just launched the latest version of its Office productivity suite.
Thu, 05 Jul 2001
Pemuteran, a resort cum coral nursery center
Pemuteran, a resort cum coral nursery centerBy Pariama Hutasoit BULELENG, Bali (JP): Pemuteran was once a sleepy village in northern Bali, passed over by investors despite its strategic location straddling west and eastern parts of the island, and its captivating scenery and magnificent undersea...
Thu, 05 Jul 2001
Stock quotations on JSX
Stock quotations on JSXStock prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (in rupiah) on July 4, 2001: Shares Close Change Trading Volume --------------------------------------------------------------- Ades Alfindo 1,450 -25 43,500 Adindo Foresta 115 -5 923,500 AGIS 140 5 803,000 Alakasa 160 -30 2,500 Alfa...
Thu, 05 Jul 2001
AriaWest warns govt over plan to set up team
AriaWest warns govt over plan to set up team JAKARTA (JP): Joint cooperation (KSO) partner of state-owned PT Telkom, PT AriaWest International, said it rejected the government's plan to assign an independent team to temporarily take over its telecommunications operations in West Java and Banten.
Thu, 05 Jul 2001
Every computer needs a peripheral
Every computer needs a peripheralBy Zatni Arbi JAKARTA (JP): Come to think of it, a computer system is so much like our stomach. It typically consists of one or more input devices, one central processing unit (CPU), and one or more output devices.
Thu, 05 Jul 2001
Funding problem still confronts special session
Funding problem still confronts special session JAKARTA (JP): With the Special session of the People's Consultative Assembly just three weeks away, an unforeseen snag has cropped up in the form of the government's failure so far to disburse funding for the crucial event.
Thu, 05 Jul 2001
Coaches argue scoring system
Coaches argue scoring system JAKARTA (JP): Two coaches from the Badminton Association of Malaysia (BAM), Indra Gunawan of Indonesia and Park Joo-bong of South Korea, are at odds over what scoring system should be used at the Southeast Asian (SEA) Games in Kuala Lumpur in September.
Thu, 05 Jul 2001
IFC lends $5m to local firms
IFC lends $5m to local firms JAKARTA (JP): Local mining service firm PT Dianlia Setyamukti said the World Bank's private-sector arm, International Finance Corporation (IFC), had agreed to provide it with a US$5 million loan to boost its production.
Thu, 05 Jul 2001
Vice President
Vice PresidentFrom Bisnis IndonesiaWhile watching Wawancara Interaktif (Interactive Interview) on TV on June 28, 2001, featuring Fachri Ali and Fahmi Idris, I got the impression that Fahmi Idris was against the idea of Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono becoming the next vice president.
Thu, 05 Jul 2001
Aiming for Market Leadership in Information Technology Services
Aiming for Market Leadership in Information Technology Services The information technology (IT) industry in the Philippines has been going through remarkable progress and growth in recent years. In the hardware sector, the Philippines' semiconductor and electronics industries have been growing at...
Thu, 05 Jul 2001
Police foil lynching
Police foil lynching JAKARTA (JP): Police officers stopped residents from burning an alleged thief alive after he had been mobbed for stealing cigarettes from a stall in Kramat Jati subdistrict, East Jakarta, early on Wednesday.
Thu, 05 Jul 2001
Honesty cynically responded to
Honesty cynically responded toFrom Rakyat MerdekaI am keeping abreast of the news in Rakyat Merdeka because the language they use is simple but to the point, and is easily digested. However, after reading a brief explanation under my picture titled Kiai Tiga Miliar (Three Billion Clerics), I was...
Thu, 05 Jul 2001
NYSE suspends APP, seeks to delist
NYSE suspends APP, seeks to delist NEW YORK (Reuters): The New York Stock Exchange said on Tuesday that it suspended from trading and will seek to delist the shares of Singapore-based Asia Pulp & Paper Co. Ltd, one of the world's largest vertically integrated pulp and paper companies.
Thu, 05 Jul 2001
Students hit streets again, creating traffic jams
Students hit streets again, creating traffic jams JAKARTA (JP): More than 1000 students and activists grouped under the Greater Jakarta Students Movement (Gema Jaya) and the Committee for Oppressed People (Karat) rallied at the Hotel Indonesia roundabout and the State Palace on Wednesday.
Thu, 05 Jul 2001
Abdurrahman opens boy scout meet amid protests
Abdurrahman opens boy scout meet amid protests PURWOKERTO, Central Java (JP): President Abdurrahman Wahid officially opened the 2001 National Boy Scout Jamboree at the Baturraden tourist resort by reciting Al Fatihah verses together with the audience in memory of Attorney General Baharuddin Lopa,...
Thu, 05 Jul 2001
Testing the diversity of local education
Testing the diversity of local education JAKARTA (JP): A quality but inexpensive education were among some of the reasons given by 11 foreign students, tucked away among more than 464,000 local students, taking the two-day state university entrance exams which ended on Wednesday.
Thu, 05 Jul 2001
PSM crushes Persma 3-0
PSM crushes Persma 3-0 MAKASSAR, South Sulawesi (JP): Host team PSM Makassar defeated guest Persma Manado, North Sulawesi, 3-0 in their Bank Mandiri soccer league match on Wednesday.Yusnipar Jafar opened the victory by netting the ball at the 14th minute.
Wed, 04 Jul 2001
Asian currencies mostly up on yen's bounce, U.S. economy
Asian currencies mostly up on yen's bounce, U.S. economy SINGAPORE (Dow Jones): Most Asian currencies were higher late Tuesday as the yen's bounce and signs that the U.S. industrial sector may be bottoming out brought some relief to the market, dealers said.
Wed, 04 Jul 2001
Thirteen massacred in C. Sulawesi village attack
Thirteen massacred in C. Sulawesi village attack JAKARTA (JP): Thirteen mutilated bodies have been found in the village of Buyung Katedo, some 16 kilometers south of Poso, Central Sulawesi, following a Tuesday dawn massacre by masked men in black, local police officers and residents said.
Wed, 04 Jul 2001
Special session still offers compromise
Special session still offers compromise JAKARTA (JP): The working committee of the People's Consultative Assembly finally dropped on Tuesday the draft of conditional acceptance of President Abdurrahman Wahid's accountability statement, but have kept the possibility of a compromise wide open.
Wed, 04 Jul 2001
KPKPN warns of sanctions for late declarations
KPKPN warns of sanctions for late declarations JAKARTA (JP): The State Officials' Wealth Audit Commission (KPKPN) threatened officials on Tuesday with dismissal or jail if they do not submit an audit report of their personal wealth soon.
Wed, 04 Jul 2001
Jakarta-Palembang route fully booked
Jakarta-Palembang route fully booked PALEMBANG, South Sumatra: Those planning to buy airplane tickets for the Jakarta-Palembang route may be in for a long wait as a surge in passengers in the past few weeks has left air tickets in short supply.