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Sun, 26 Jul 1998
Reform for the people
Reform for the peopleFrom MerdekaI would like to give my opinion on Indonesia's economic and political development during these times of uncertainty, and on the people taking advantage of the reform movement.
Sun, 26 Jul 1998
No happy ending for local authors
No happy ending for local authorsBy Sunaryono Basuki Ks DENPASAR (JP): Carlos Baker, in his book Ernest Hemingway: A Life History (Penguin, 1972) writes about an old short story written by Hemingway, republished in a magazine and bought for US$5,000.
Sun, 26 Jul 1998
Guess What? Marina Mahathir
Guess What? Marina Mahathir Marina Mahathir flew into town last Sunday with her husband, Indonesian professional photographer, Tara Sosrowardoyo.The couple tied the knot on June 7 at Sri Perdana, the official residence of her prime minister father Mahathir Mohamad and were to enjoy their holiday...
Sun, 26 Jul 1998
Crisis prompts prostitution explosion
Crisis prompts prostitution explosion Suffering from the closure of many factories and businesses, indications have shown the entrance of numerous newcomers into the sex industry. But competition is tight.
Sun, 26 Jul 1998
Streets now home for C. Java hookers
Streets now home for C. Java hookersBy Haryoso SEMARANG (JP): The reform movement which has swept the country not only knocked the country's president from his perch of 32 years, it sparked a moral movement which is increasingly affecting the prostitution industry here.
Sun, 26 Jul 1998
Guess What? Christine Hakim
Guess What? Christine Hakim There is a suspiciously strange sort of chicken porridge sold at a food stall on Jl. Raden Patah, South Jakarta. It is called Bubur Ayam (chicken porridge) KKN. What does the delicious dish have to do with the daily mentioned sins of corruption, cronyism and nepotism?...
Sun, 26 Jul 1998
Unprecendented frankness marks two-day ASEAN meeting
Unprecendented frankness marks two-day ASEAN meeting MANILA (Reuters): The Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) yesterday ended a two-day meeting of foreign ministers marked by exchanges over whether to discuss previously taboo subjects like democracy and human rights.
Sun, 26 Jul 1998
Guess What? Ayu Utami
Guess What? Ayu Utami What happens when a new writer exits a bookstore in a mall and finds boys and girls begging for money to buy books? She is touched, of course, especially when she has just had her first novel published.
Sun, 26 Jul 1998
What price for those 15 minutes of fame?
What price for those 15 minutes of fame? JAKARTA (JP): Each of us must carry a finite lifetime quotient of close encounters with the high and mighty.These are the fleeting moments when we get to bask in the heady glow -- or cringe in numbed embarrassment -- at the experience of rubbing shoulders...
Sun, 26 Jul 1998
ASEAN vows to make region drug-free
ASEAN vows to make region drug-free MANILA (Agencies): Drug trafficking in Southeast Asia, already linked to crimes such as arms smuggling, could worsen and cause political and security threats in the region, officials said in an anti-drug accord signed yesterday.
Sun, 26 Jul 1998
Fragile
FragileBy Sartono Kusumaningrat At 6:30 in the evening, Mbolo and Sayem were busy counting Rp 100 coins, money they both earned from their hard work as, respectively, a parking man and a traveling vendor of jamu."How much did you get, Yem?""I have Rp 3,000, Mas. And you?""I've got Rp 3,200.
Sun, 26 Jul 1998
Utut suffers first defeat in Biel Masters c'ships
Utut suffers first defeat in Biel Masters c'ships JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia's leading Grand Master Utut Adianto suffered a defeat in the fifth round of the Biel Masters chess championships in Switzerland Friday at the hands of GM Zurab Sturua of Georgia.
Sun, 26 Jul 1998
Ginandjar laughs off rumor on reshuffle
Ginandjar laughs off rumor on reshuffle JAKARTA (JP): "I will not give up this seat, this is very valuable," said Coordinating Minister for Economy, Finance and Industry Ginandjar Kartasasmita with a big smile when he was asked to move from his seat by a protocol officer during a press conference...
Sun, 26 Jul 1998
Sex business hits record low in Medan
Sex business hits record low in MedanBy Efendy Naibaho MEDAN, North Sumatra (JP): Gone are the days when 700 men to 1,000 men descended each night on Sicanang island, near the Belawan International Seaport. Now, figures barely pass 300, and panderers and sex workers here are quite sad.
Sun, 26 Jul 1998
Riots and reform hammer flesh trade in Ujungpandang
Riots and reform hammer flesh trade in UjungpandangBy Hasanuddin Hamid UJUNGPANDANG, South Sulawesi (JP): Prostitution here has been on a downturn since September when the coastal town was hit by anti-Chinese rioting.
Sun, 26 Jul 1998
Tomang flyover streetwalkers in serious financial dilemma
Tomang flyover streetwalkers in serious financial dilemmaBy Yogita Tahil Ramani JAKARTA (JP): For years, the Tomang flyover in West Jakarta was a lonely place at night.Only one or two homeless people dared to spend the night in the shadow of the giant concrete piles of the toll road.
Sun, 26 Jul 1998
Street cafes, a lucrative business during the crisis
Street cafes, a lucrative business during the crisisBy Stevie Emilia JAKARTA (JP): Be warned about passing through Jl. Tirtayasa, South Jakarta, on weekends. You will find congestion mainly caused by people driving very slowly as they ogle the beautiful people and famous faces manning the sidewalk...
Sun, 26 Jul 1998
NGO tries to get sex workers to help themselves
NGO tries to get sex workers to help themselvesBy Ivy Susanti JAKARTA (JP): The oldest profession in the world will continue to exist as long as the demand prevails. however, low education has also added to the number of people offering their bodies for others' sexual pleasure to earn a living.
Sun, 26 Jul 1998
U.S. lawmakers ask for names of army suspects
U.S. lawmakers ask for names of army suspectsBy Yenni Djahidin WASHINGTON (JP): A panel from the U.S. House of Representatives has asked to be given the names of members of the Indonesian armed forces involved in the kidnapping and torture of political activists.
Sun, 26 Jul 1998
Surabaya's flesh trade slashes fees
Surabaya's flesh trade slashes feesBy Ainur R. Sophiaan SURABAYA (JP): The country's second-largest metropolis is maintaining its own slice of a certain lucrative business even as the crisis pinches daily household spending.
Sun, 26 Jul 1998
400 pedicab drivers run amok in West Jakarta
400 pedicab drivers run amok in West Jakarta JAKARTA (JP): Three shophouses and a motorcycle were torched and 12 cars badly damaged when 400 becak (pedicab) drivers attacked a district administration office in the Artha Senter business complex in West Jakarta Friday night.
Sun, 26 Jul 1998
Condom market shrinks
Condom market shrinks BANGKOK (DPA): Southeast Asia's economic meltdown is cutting into condom sales a news report said yesterday.Thailand's sex industry is expected to shrink 50 percent this year, as the country enters into a deeper-than-expected recession and consumer spending dries up, said Jon...
Sun, 26 Jul 1998
George fuels reform via the Net
George fuels reform via the Net JAKARTA (JP): From his teaching post in Australia, George Junus Aditjondro, sociologist and former lecturer of Satya Wacana University, is closely following developments in his country.
Sun, 26 Jul 1998
Top teams reach volleyball finals
Top teams reach volleyball finals JAKARTA (JP): Angel Bertha Kaize and Risma of National Team 1 defeated the West Nusa Tenggara pairing of Tri Siwi and Henny 15- 7 in the semifinal of the women's national beach volleyball championships at Senayan sports complex yesterday.
Sat, 25 Jul 1998
Oil firms unlikely to rush into RI: Analysts
Oil firms unlikely to rush into RI: Analysts SINGAPORE (Reuters): Burdened by the economic crisis and low prices, oil companies are unlikely to rush in to capitalize on the Indonesian government's move to throw open its oil and gas sector, analysts said yesterday..
Sat, 25 Jul 1998
Direct investment still flowing to RI: Hamzah
Direct investment still flowing to RI: Hamzah SINGAPORE (Reuters): Indonesia's State Minister of Investment, Hamzah Haz, said here yesterday that trade and investment into the country had not been completely halted by the economic crisis, despite some credit financing problems.
Sat, 25 Jul 1998
Two strategic alliances in the making?
Two strategic alliances in the making? Members of Nahdlatul Ulama have announced their declaration of the establishment of the Partai Kebangkitan Bangsa (People's Awakening Party). Unlike similar events in recent weeks, the birth of the People's Awakening Party has attracted much attention from...
Sat, 25 Jul 1998
Nobel prize laureates
Nobel prize laureates East Timor's Bishop Belo came to Jakarta the other day and met with Moslem leader Abdurrahman Wahid and the Indonesian Democratic Party's ousted leader Megawati Soekarnoputri.What they discussed and the statement they issued jointly after the meeting are already known to you.
Sat, 25 Jul 1998
Skeleton RI team to compete in Asiad
Skeleton RI team to compete in Asiad JAKARTA (JP): Cash-strapped Indonesia may have no choice but to send a tiny team of 52 athletes to the 13th Asian Games in Bangkok in December, a National Sports Council official has said.
Sat, 25 Jul 1998
Unity and assimilation
Unity and assimilation I am very concerned that children aged 5 and under have witnessed the sad events in the world and in our own country. However, when I read the last couple of lines of the poem From Indonesia with Love, June 28, I took courage from it.
Sat, 25 Jul 1998
Opponents decry return of U.S.
Opponents decry return of U.S. MANILA (AP): An agreement that would allow the resumption of joint U.S.-Philippine military exercises would violate Philippine sovereignty and revive anti-American sentiment, opponents said yesterday.
Sat, 25 Jul 1998
Bali raises NPL provision
Bali raises NPL provision JAKARTA (JP): Publicly listed PT Bank Bali announced yesterday it had increased its non-performing loan (NPL) provisions to Rp 400.4 billion (US$28.6 million) as of June 30, from Rp 213.21 billion at the end of last year.
Sat, 25 Jul 1998
Government issues decree on freedom of expression
Government issues decree on freedom of expression JAKARTA (JP): President B.J. Habibie has signed a government regulation in lieu of a law on "freedom of expression" that governs requirements for street demonstrations.
Sat, 25 Jul 1998
Cambodians fear CPP may stage a coup if it loses in polls
Cambodians fear CPP may stage a coup if it loses in pollsBy Armin Wertz PHNOM PENH (DPA): The German embassy in Phnom Penh is reported by Deutsche Welle, the German short-wave radio station, to have warned that Hun Sen's Cambodian People's Party (CPP) may stage a coup if it loses tomorrow's general...
Sat, 25 Jul 1998
ASEAN foreign ministers welcome Obuchi's election
ASEAN foreign ministers welcome Obuchi's election MANILA (AP): Foreign ministers of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations welcomed Keizo Obuchi's election as head of Japan's ruling party yesterday, expressing confidence he could bail Japan out of its economic troubles.
Sat, 25 Jul 1998
Mahathir off to southern Africa
Mahathir off to southern Africa KUALA LUMPUR (DPA): Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad left early yesterday for a week-long visit to South Africa, Namibia and Mozambique, the Bernama national news agency reported.
Sat, 25 Jul 1998
Focusing on the gimmicks used in the power struggle
Focusing on the gimmicks used in the power struggleBy Mochtar Buchori JAKARTA (JP): Is it true that the recent Golkar congress was defiled by an acrid fight between the supporters of Akbar Tandjung and Edi Sudradjat? I personally think there is an element of truth in this allegation.
Sat, 25 Jul 1998
Train pileup kills one, injures nine in Bekasi
Train pileup kills one, injures nine in Bekasi JAKARTA (JP): One person was killed and nine others injured in a three-train collision early yesterday in Karang Asih village, Bekasi, the city's second fatal train accident of the week.
Sat, 25 Jul 1998
Govt frees 50 political prisoners
Govt frees 50 political prisoners JAKARTA (JP): The government released 50 political prisoners yesterday and pledged to restore the good name of the late Hartono Rekso Dharsono, a soldier and diplomat jailed for subversion by former president Soeharto's regime.
Sat, 25 Jul 1998
Floods, landslides kill 12 in Irian Jaya
Floods, landslides kill 12 in Irian Jaya JAYAPURA, Irian Jaya: Floods and landslides caused by three days of incessant rain in Yapen Waropen and Abepura districts near here have killed at least 12 people and injured many others.
Sat, 25 Jul 1998
Error saves Utut after unnecessary sacrifice
Error saves Utut after unnecessary sacrifice JAKARTA (JP): A pair of blunders were the highlights yesterday as Indonesia's number one chess wizard Utut Adianto was lucky to escape with a draw at the Biel Masters tournament in Switzerland Thursday.
Sat, 25 Jul 1998
Where to go in Jakarta:
Where to go in Jakarta:Exhibitions * Arts Exhibition by Agung Kurniawan at Lontar Gallery, Jl. Utan Kayu 68 H East Jakarta (Phone: 8573388), Monday to Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. until Aug. 10.
Sat, 25 Jul 1998
Indonesian press enters gray area
Indonesian press enters gray area JAKARTA (JP): Senior journalists and media watchers warned yesterday that the press was entering unchartered waters full of uncertainty both in terms of financial survival and editorial policy.
Sat, 25 Jul 1998
Dead baby may have been sexually abused
Dead baby may have been sexually abused JAKARTA (JP): Physicians believe an 18-month-old boy who died yesterday morning at Harapan Bunda Hospital in East Jakarta may have been sexually abused.An autopsy showed the anus of the child, identified as John Ade, was dilated and it was surrounded by...
Sat, 25 Jul 1998
Impact of Sino-U.S. ties on Japan
Impact of Sino-U.S. ties on Japan Continuing with the fifth in a series of articles on President Bill Clinton's recent visit to China, The Jakarta Post's Asia correspondent Harvey Stockwin focuses on the current atmospherics in the triangular relationship between Japan, China and the United States.
Sat, 25 Jul 1998
ASEAN firm on free trade plan
ASEAN firm on free trade plan SINGAPORE (Reuters): The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) senior officials at a heads of investment meeting yesterday stood solidly behind the push for oneness in their economies despite the current economic crisis.
Sat, 25 Jul 1998
House unanimously approves new bankruptcy bill
House unanimously approves new bankruptcy bill JAKARTA (JP): The House of Representatives approved yesterday a new bankruptcy bill in a move the government hopes will attract foreign investors to the country.
Sat, 25 Jul 1998
Conversion Rates
Conversion Rates JAKARTA (JP): Bank Ekspor Impor Indonesia's (Bank Exim) indicative conversion rates on July 24, 1998: Buying Selling Rp Rp U.S. dollar 1 13,750.00 14,750.00Austrian shilling 1 1,032.00 1,175.90Australian dollar 1 8,306.10 8,851.30Belgian franc 1 364.70 386.30Canadian dollar 1 8,980.
Sat, 25 Jul 1998
Soeharto's monopoly probed
Soeharto's monopoly probed JAKARTA (JP): State oil and gas company PT Pertamina is investigating a Soeharto-linked company's alleged monopoly on the production of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) container valves."I've received the letter informing me about the monopoly.
Sat, 25 Jul 1998
IMF's review to focus on three major issues
IMF's review to focus on three major issues JAKARTA (JP): The International Monetary Fund (IMF) Director for Asia and Pacific Affairs Hubert Neiss said here yesterday that the fund's review of the Indonesian economic reform program would focus on three major issues this month, including the...