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Wed, 19 Aug 1998
Experts call for natural resource management law
Experts call for natural resource management law JAKARTA (JP): A law on integrated natural resource management is needed to synchronize government policies and put to rest competing interests, experts concluded in a seminar here yesterday.Agrarian law expert Maria S.W.
Wed, 19 Aug 1998
On mixed electoral system
On mixed electoral system The article 'Mixed' electoral system an option by Ben Reilly Aug. 12 leaves much that is not answered before Mr. Reilly's claim, to wit: "... should dramatically increase levels of accountability of politicians to the electorate.
Wed, 19 Aug 1998
Activists angered by police chief's statement on rapes
Activists angered by police chief's statement on rapes JAKARTA (JP): Rights activists lashed out yesterday at National Police Chief Lt. Gen. Roesmanhadi who recently accused some non-governmental organizations (NGOs) of exaggerating reports of rapes and sexual assaults against Chinese Indonesian...
Wed, 19 Aug 1998
10 killed in train accidents per month
10 killed in train accidents per month JAKARTA (JP): At least 10 people are killed in train accidents in the capital every month, an official said over the weekend.The victims are mostly pedestrians and motorists hit crossing the tracks and passengers who fall from speeding trains, the head of...
Wed, 19 Aug 1998
Minister blocks Senayan takeover
Minister blocks Senayan takeover JAKARTA (JP): State Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports Agung Laksono rejected yesterday a request by the National Sports Council to take over the Senayan sports complex for profit reasons.
Wed, 19 Aug 1998
Kontras denies report on activists
Kontras denies report on activists JAKARTA (JP): The Independent Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras) yesterday denied a Berita Buana report that it had said 12 political activists still missing since last year were already dead.
Wed, 19 Aug 1998
Reality contradicts President's state address
Reality contradicts President's state address President B.J. Habibie set out his political and economic policies in his first state of the nation address on Aug. 15. Economist Kwik Kian Gie expresses his skepticism about their implementation. JAKARTA (JP): President B.J.
Wed, 19 Aug 1998
Administration makes inventory of its assets
Administration makes inventory of its assets JAKARTA (JP): The city is currently conducting an inventory of its assets in response to heavy criticism from the City Council that it has monitored its properties inadequately, an official said yesterday.
Wed, 19 Aug 1998
Private sector not ready to begin importing wheat
Private sector not ready to begin importing wheat JAKARTA (JP): The State Logistics Agency (Bulog) said yesterday that it would still import wheat after government subsidies to the commodity are lifted in October.
Wed, 19 Aug 1998
Cost of haj pilgrimage made more transparent
Cost of haj pilgrimage made more transparent JAKARTA (JP): The good news is that the official cost of the haj pilgrimage for next year has been slashed by nearly 13 percent from US$3,144 to $2,737. The bad news is that in rupiah terms, this means the cost has more then trebled from Rp 8.
Wed, 19 Aug 1998
No mere rhetoric, please
No mere rhetoric, please President B.J. Habibie's state of the nation address before the House of Representatives's plenary session on Saturday was excellent. Many people, including those who do not like Habibie, regard his speech as quite comprehensive, straightforward and clear.
Wed, 19 Aug 1998
Where to go in Jakarta:
Where to go in Jakarta:Exhibitions * Photo Exhibition: A Part of Indonesian Historical Journey, at Galeri TC, Jl. Kemang Raya No. 24A, South Jakarta (Phone: 7194278), Sunday, at 10:30 a.m. to 12 p.m., Monday to Thursday, 11:30 a.m. to 11:30 p.m., Friday to Saturday 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 a.m.
Wed, 19 Aug 1998
Starvation looms in Merauke prison
Starvation looms in Merauke prison MERAUKE, Irian Jaya: Sixty-two inmates in a prison here are facing starvation due to the government's limited budget for their food, Antara reported yesterday.Chief Warden Achmad Dofir Ali said the budget was enough to feed only 100 inmates, while the prison's...
Wed, 19 Aug 1998
PMI emblem
PMI emblem Allow us first to thank The Jakarta Post for the presence of one of its reporters at a recent one-day seminar on the Red Cross emblem and for the report on the seminar in this newspaper of Aug. 13, 1998 (Page 2).
Wed, 19 Aug 1998
Rape and abortion
Rape and abortionFrom Bisnis IndonesiaIt has been widely reported that some of the victims of gang rapes which happened during the mid-May 1998 riots are pregnant and are receiving treatment in some hospitals in Jakarta.
Wed, 19 Aug 1998
TV today
TV todayTVRI 2:00 p.m. News: Berita 14 2:30 Music 2:35 Children's Series: Silverhawks 3:05 Family Film: Daktari 4:00 Regional News 4:30 Teen Program: Remaja Indonesia 5:00 Teen Drama: Panjak 5:30 Education Quiz: Cepat Tepat 6:05 Documentary: Rona Nusantara 6:15 Sports 6:30 TVRI News (in English)...
Wed, 19 Aug 1998
Conversion Rates
Conversion Rates JAKARTA (JP): Bank Ekspor Impor Indonesia's (Bank Exim) indicative conversion rates on August 18, 1998 Buying Selling Rp Rp U.S. dollar 1 12,300.00 12,800.00Austrian shilling 1 954.00 1,065.00Australian dollar 1 7,342.00 7,679.00Belgian franc 1 337.00 350.00Canadian dollar 1 8,197.
Wed, 19 Aug 1998
C'wealth opening tickets sold out
C'wealth opening tickets sold out KUALA LUMPUR (AP): Tickets for the opening ceremony of the Kuala Lumpur Commonwealth Games have sold out and closing ceremony seats are almost fully booked, a news report said yesterday.Ticket sales for the games, which run from Sep. 11 to Sep.
Wed, 19 Aug 1998
Relieved markets give lift to rupiah
Relieved markets give lift to rupiah JAKARTA (JP): Relief that independence day passed peacefully boosted the rupiah yesterday but failed to save the local stock market from dipping further.Currency dealers said market cheers over the peaceful celebration of the country's commemoration of its 53rd...
Wed, 19 Aug 1998
Foreigners caught with fake passports
Foreigners caught with fake passports JAKARTA (JP): Soekarno-Hatta International Airport immigration officers have arrested three foreigners for allegedly using false passports, police said on Sunday.City police spokesman Lt. Col. E.
Wed, 19 Aug 1998
Medan-Jakarta sailings canceled
Medan-Jakarta sailings canceled MEDAN, North Sumatra: The state-owned shipping company PT Pelni has canceled its Aug. 24 and Aug. 28 Medan-Jakarta sailings because its KM Sinabung suffered damaged after it collided with the Panamanian tanker MT World Nord Sunday.
Wed, 19 Aug 1998
Use MPR funds to feed the poor: Expert
Use MPR funds to feed the poor: Expert JAKARTA (JP): Constitutional law expert Harun Alrasid said it would be a waste of billions of rupiah to hold a special session of the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) this November only to prepare for an early general election next year.
Wed, 19 Aug 1998
Fitness centers losing their vim in sapping crisis
Fitness centers losing their vim in sapping crisisBy Izabel Deuff JAKARTA (JP): While many people are losing their jobs and struggling to survive, a few lucky ones still lead an easy life. They still have time to have fun and enjoy themselves, to relax, play sports and exercise to keep fit.
Wed, 19 Aug 1998
Suryamas sues private bank over $50m deal
Suryamas sues private bank over $50m deal JAKARTA (JP): Publicly listed developer PT Suryamas Dutamakmur is suing Bank Niaga over a transaction worth US$50 million.In the first session at the South Jakarta District Court yesterday, the developer's lawyer Hotman Paris Hutapea asked the court to...
Wed, 19 Aug 1998
Policeman killed after buses hit patrol van
Policeman killed after buses hit patrol van JAKARTA (JP): A police patrol van was hit by two speeding city buses yesterday on Jl. Raya Bogor in Pasar Rebo, East Jakarta, killing one policeman and injuring his colleague, an official said.City police spokesman Lt. Col. E.
Wed, 19 Aug 1998
Two die in gas pipe explosion
Two die in gas pipe explosion PALEMBANG, South Sumatra: Two workers died and another sustained a serious injury Monday when a pipeline owned by PT Asamerah in Sebokor village, Bayunglincir subdistrict, in Musi Banyuasin regency exploded.Provincial police spokesman Lt. Col.
Wed, 19 Aug 1998
KHI Pipe exports pipes
KHI Pipe exports pipes JAKARTA (JP): PT KHI Pipe Industries, a unit of state-owned steel maker PT Krakatau Steel, shipped yesterday 5,000 tons of spiral steel pipes to the United Kingdom.Company executive director Murbiantoro said in a statement that yesterday's shipment was part of the company's...
Wed, 19 Aug 1998
Learn to respect others
Learn to respect others Since the May riots I have been following with interest the letters and articles that have been published in The Jakarta Post and have noted that not one pribumi, or indigenous person, has actually apologized for the barbaric acts committed by the people.
Wed, 19 Aug 1998
Rates for Tax Payment
Rates for Tax Payment JAKARTA (JP): The new official conversion rates as the basis for payment of import duty, value-added tax on goods and services, sales tax on luxury goods, export tax and income tax, valid from August 17 to August 23: U.S. dollar 1 Rp 12,925.00Austrian shilling 1 1,029.
Wed, 19 Aug 1998
Regional currencies have mixed fortunes in trading
Regional currencies have mixed fortunes in trading SINGAPORE (Dow Jones): Southeast Asian currencies turned in a mixed performance against the U.S. dollar during Asian trading yesterday, with the Singapore dollar and ringgit both dropping, while the baht and the rupiah floated higher.
Wed, 19 Aug 1998
Crisis interrupts Bangkok projects
Crisis interrupts Bangkok projects BANGKOK (DPA): Thailand's economic meltdown has resulted in the suspension of 41 office and condominium projects and delayed work on 71 percent of proposed retail projects in Bangkok, a leading real estate firm said yesterday.
Wed, 19 Aug 1998
Politician calls on China to withhold aid to Jakarta
Politician calls on China to withhold aid to Jakarta HONG KONG (AP): A prominent politician yesterday urged China to withhold an aid package it has promised to Indonesia until those responsible for May violence against ethnic Chinese are apprehended.
Wed, 19 Aug 1998
Gresik privatization deadline extended
Gresik privatization deadline extended JAKARTA (JP): Today's deadline for the second round of bidding for the government's stake in publicly listed Semen Gresik has been extended, a senior official said yesterday.
Wed, 19 Aug 1998
Flood control projects 'must get full attention'
Flood control projects 'must get full attention' JAKARTA (JP): Local legislators called on the city administration yesterday to shift its full attention to labor- intensive projects on flood prevention to head off dour forecasts of massive flooding during the next rainy season.
Wed, 19 Aug 1998
Govt extends export ban on subsidized goods
Govt extends export ban on subsidized goods JAKARTA (JP): The government has decided to extend the export ban on subsidized goods until it has had time to prepare replacement export taxes, an industry and trade ministry official said.
Wed, 19 Aug 1998
Liberty often abused by RI powerholders
Liberty often abused by RI powerholdersBy Ignas Kleden This is the second of two articles on liberty in Indonesia since it shed the colonial yoke in 1945. JAKARTA (JP): The flourishing of institutional and mental corruption will make it impossible for former president Soeharto to deny whatsoever...
Wed, 19 Aug 1998
Bankruptcy law is insufficiently detailed: Lawyer
Bankruptcy law is insufficiently detailed: Lawyer JAKARTA (JP): The new bankruptcy law, which comes into effect tomorrow, is insufficiently detailed, especially regarding the management of assets of companies declared bankrupt, a senior lawyer said yesterday.
Wed, 19 Aug 1998
Texmaco winds up sporting event
Texmaco winds up sporting event JAKARTA (JP): An art and sports festival organized by Texmaco in Karawang, West Java, ended Monday with the company's Malang, East Java, branch collecting the most medals.
Wed, 19 Aug 1998
Hundreds protest to support Sultan
Hundreds protest to support Sultan YOGYAKARTA: Hundreds of people, including becak (pedicab) drivers, street vendors, housewives, transvestites, students, and lawyers, demonstrated yesterday in a show of support for the popular traditional monarch Sri Sultan Hamengkubuwono X to become the...
Wed, 19 Aug 1998
Tommy Soeharto has a baby son
Tommy Soeharto has a baby son JAKARTA (JP): Hutomo Mandala Putra, the youngest son of former president Soeharto, had his first child when his wife, Ardhia Pramesti Regita Cahyani, delivered their son on Aug. 8 in Jakarta, sources said.
Wed, 19 Aug 1998
Mugger mobbed to death
Mugger mobbed to death TANGERANG (JP): A man was mobbed to death by local residents of Pakujaya village in Serpong after trying to rob an ojek (motorcycle taxi) driver on Monday.Witnesses said Anhar, 24, of Petojo Selatan, Gambir district, Central Jakarta, was attacking Ardjo Djayadi, 50, with a...
Wed, 19 Aug 1998
Projects 'endanger archelogical site'
Projects 'endanger archelogical site' BANDUNG: New luxury housing projects and golf courses are threatening to destroy archeological remains of the ancient Sundanese kingdom of Pajajaran in Rancamaya, Bogor, 60 kilometers east of Jakarta, an archeological official said.
Wed, 19 Aug 1998
Stock Exchange
Stock ExchangeStock prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (in rupiah) on August 18, 1998: Shares Close Change Trading Volume ------------------------------------------------------------- Ades Alfindo 325 0 0 AHAP Insurance 400 0 2,500 Alter Abadi 275 -25 491,500 Alumindo Light Metal 325 0 0 Alumindo...
Wed, 19 Aug 1998
Garuda losing Rp 3 billion per day
Garuda losing Rp 3 billion per day JAKARTA (JP): Garuda Indonesia is suffering an operating loss of at least Rp 3 billion (US$240,000) per day as a result of artificially low fares and sluggish domestic sales, the company's president said here yesterday.
Wed, 19 Aug 1998
Rupiah -- one year after its float
Rupiah -- one year after its float This is the second of two articles prepared on the basis of former Bank Indonesia (BI) governor J. Soedradjad Djiwandono's address at a luncheon organized in Jakarta by the Indonesia Australia Business Council on Aug. 11.
Wed, 19 Aug 1998
Waste deluge shuts shrimp ponds
Waste deluge shuts shrimp ponds JAKARTA (JP): Hundreds of shrimp farmers in Muara Gembong district in Bekasi have temporarily closed their business due to waste infiltration in their ponds in the past six months.
Wed, 19 Aug 1998
Unocal finds oil in Kutai
Unocal finds oil in Kutai NEW YORK (Dow Jones): Unocal Corp and Mobil Corp jointly discovered a potential oil field in the deepwater Kutai Basin area offshore East Kalimantan, Indonesia.In a press release Monday, Unocal said the first exploration well, West Seno #2, was drilled to a true vertical...
Wed, 19 Aug 1998
Three more political parties announce their establishment
Three more political parties announce their establishment JAKARTA (JP): Three more new political parties recently declared their establishment, bringing the number to 62, though not all have registered at the Ministry of Home Affairs.
Wed, 19 Aug 1998
Golf club held festival
Golf club held festival JAKARTA (JP): The Bogor Raya golf club held its annual festival in Bogor, West Java, last week.Notable members, including Minister of Agriculture Sholeh Salahudin, Coordinating Minister for People's Welfare and Poverty Eradication Hayono Suyono and House of Representatives...
Wed, 19 Aug 1998
Attacks on regional currencies 'may spread'
Attacks on regional currencies 'may spread' KUALA LUMPUR (Dow Jones): With Russia the latest country to devalue its currency in the face of growing market pressure, Malaysia's Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad yesterday warned that speculative attacks on developing countries may spread.