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Sat, 19 Aug 2000
Cabinet to be 25-strong at the most: Gus Dur
Cabinet to be 25-strong at the most: Gus Dur JAKARTA (JP): President Abdurrahman Wahid hinted on Friday that the number of ministers in the new cabinet would be reduced from the current 35 to a maximum of 25."There are thousands of resumes in my hands, but we only need about 25 (ministers).
Sat, 19 Aug 2000
Most Asian major currencies weaken
Most Asian major currencies weaken HONG KONG (Dow Jones): A delayed cabinet reshuffle in Indonesia and a reweighting of Thai securities in an important investment index swirled around Asian foreign exchange desks Friday, leaving most major currencies weaker.
Sat, 19 Aug 2000
Malaysia palm oil closes lower on CBOT losses
Malaysia palm oil closes lower on CBOT losses KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters): Malaysian palm oil futures closed lower on Friday as renewed selling, prompted by tumbling soy products on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT), wiped out gains made the previous day.
Sat, 19 Aug 2000
Trustix's regional office
Trustix's regional office JAKARTA (JP): Norway-based e-business management company Trustix opened its Southeast Asia regional office in Jakarta on Friday."Due to our rapidly increasing level of activity here in Southeast Asia, we need more space and a new office," Trustix chief executive officer...
Sat, 19 Aug 2000
Jakarta Police release students without charges
Jakarta Police release students without charges JAKARTA (JP): City police released without charge on Friday six students who had been in custody after red-handedly found lowering the national flag at the Attorney General's Office compound in South Jakarta the day before.
Sat, 19 Aug 2000
SingTel to lift limit rule
SingTel to lift limit rule SINGAPORE (AFP): Singapore Telecommunications Ltd. (SingTel) said Friday it was moving to lift a cap on foreign ownership which would clear the way for the entry of a strategic partner.The move is expected to dilute the government's 78.
Sat, 19 Aug 2000
Desires voiced with motherly love
Desires voiced with motherly love JAKARTA (JP): There are many ways to promote an idea or aspiration.To attract people's attention, the Indonesian Muslim Workers Brotherhood (PPMI) used the service of motherly looking women to distribute a media statement at the closing of the People's Consultative...
Sat, 19 Aug 2000
RI urged to use loans properly
RI urged to use loans properly BANDUNG: The Italian government has urged Indonesia to properly use the money from its soft loan for the development of small-scale leather businesses.After a dialog with owners of small and middle-size leather businesses, the head of Consumer Affairs Italian Trade...
Sat, 19 Aug 2000
Teenage scientists awarded
Teenage scientists awarded JAKARTA (JP): The National Institute of Sciences (LIPI) awarded eight school children with prizes on Wednesday at the annual Scientific Contest for Teenagers (LKIR) in a ceremony televised on state television station TVRI.
Sat, 19 Aug 2000
Constitutional amendment eases central govt power
Constitutional amendment eases central govt power JAKARTA (JP): The People's Consultative Assembly endorsed on Friday the second constitutional amendment which significantly gives more power to regional administrations and the House of Representatives, but at the expense of the central government.
Sat, 19 Aug 2000
Workers of KPC coal mining firm lift blockade
Workers of KPC coal mining firm lift blockade JAKARTA (JP): Employees of coal mining firm PT Kaltim Prima Coal (KPC) in Sangata regency, East Kalimantan, ended their strike on Friday after assurances were made that the company would not fire them.
Sat, 19 Aug 2000
Rave review for raids
Rave review for raidsFrom Sinar PagiIt was interesting to learn that members of the South Jakarta municipality administration have disguised themselves as the customers of prostitutes, often appearing as school or university students and waiting for prostitutes, day and night, in Blok M, Melawai,...
Sat, 19 Aug 2000
Observers disappointed with MPR's Annual Session
Observers disappointed with MPR's Annual Session JAKARTA (JP): Numerous political observers were disappointed with the People's Consultative Assembly's (MPR) 10-day Annual Session which concluded on Friday, saying it paid more attention to power bargaining than the economic crisis afflicting the...
Sat, 19 Aug 2000
Balinese winery shut
Balinese winery shut DENPASAR, Bali: The Bali Police seized thousands of bottles of wine, labeled Wine Of Gods, from a winery allegedly owned by five Australian nationals on Jl. Raya By Pass Ngurah Rai, before shutting the premises down on Friday.
Sat, 19 Aug 2000
Mastel wants govt to clarify new telecoms policy
Mastel wants govt to clarify new telecoms policy JAKARTA (JP): Indonesian Telecommunications Society (Mastel) called on the government on Friday to clarify its plan to allow foreign investors to own up to 95 percent in local telecommunications companies.
Sat, 19 Aug 2000
On protecting women workers
On protecting women workers Your editorial Protect all women workers (Aug. 12, 2000) sharply criticizes a campaign to stop sending women workers to Saudi Arabia, which was prompted by 22 NGOs and supported by the First Lady. Most of those women work as domestic staff.
Sat, 19 Aug 2000
Tsingtao Brewery buys U.S. stakes in 2 China breweries
Tsingtao Brewery buys U.S. stakes in 2 China breweries BEIJING (Reuters): Tsingtao Brewery Co Ltd, China's largest beer maker, agreed on Friday to buy two U.S.-controlled breweries in Beijing, marking a further retreat from the glutted market by foreign companies.
Sat, 19 Aug 2000
TV today
TV todayTVRI 5:00 a.m. Religious Teachings 6:00 News 8:00 Children's Songs 8:30 TV Series: Labyrinth 10:00 Cultural Exhibition Opening Ceremony 2:00 p.m. News 2:30 Children's Show 3:00 Music 4:00 Regional News 4:30 Music 5:30 TVRI News (in English) 6:00 Music 7:00 Evening News 7:30 TV Drama 9:00...
Sat, 19 Aug 2000
Conversion Rates
Conversion RatesBank Indonesia's conversion rates on Aug. 18, 2000: Bank notes rates TT rates Buying Selling Buying Selling Rp Rp Rp Rp U.S. dollar 1 7,850.00 8,850.00 8,308.00 8,392.00Australian dollar 1 4,655.84 5,257.79 4,927.47 4,985.69Austrian schilling 1 522.50 589.39 552.99 558.
Sat, 19 Aug 2000
Asian wheat demand seen to boost world prices
Asian wheat demand seen to boost world prices SINGAPORE (Reuters): Asian wheat demand will rise substantially this year as the region recovers from financial crisis and should help spur world prices higher in 2000/2001, the top U.S. wheat industry representative in Asia said on Friday.
Sat, 19 Aug 2000
Malaysia, Singapore struggle to mend fences
Malaysia, Singapore struggle to mend fencesBy K. Baranee Krishnaan KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters): Singapore has signaled it wants to mend ties with Malaysia but stinging remarks by Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew during a visit this week to Kuala Lumpur might not help.
Sat, 19 Aug 2000
Garuda responds
Garuda responds With reference to Y. Santo's letter Garuda's old 747s of Aug. 4, 2000, we would like to thank you for your attention and concern toward Garuda Indonesia.Nevertheless, to avoid further misunderstanding among our customers, we feel it necessary to explain that in our published...
Sat, 19 Aug 2000
S'pore Lee's visit 'constructive'
S'pore Lee's visit 'constructive' KUALA LUMPUR (AFP): The Malaysian foreign minister described on Friday the just-ended visit by Singapore Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew as a "constructive and productive" development in bilateral relations.
Sat, 19 Aug 2000
Where to go in Jakarta:
Where to go in Jakarta:Exhibitions * Painting Exhibition Bukan Pelukis by Sitok Srengenge, Butet Kartaredjasa, Djaduk Ferianto, and Agus Noor, at Galeri Milenium, Golden Plaza complex, Blok B-23, Jl. R.S. Fatmawati No. 15, South Jakarta (Phone: 7507828), 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., until Aug. 30.
Sat, 19 Aug 2000
Visa offers e-card
Visa offers e-card JAKARTA (JP): Visa International, in cooperation with Bank Universal, launched on Friday a new virtual credit card designed especially for payments over the Internet.Visa country manager Ellyana Fuad said the Bank Universal Visa Virtual Card could be used at all websites...
Sat, 19 Aug 2000
80 BI officials to be questioned over scam
80 BI officials to be questioned over scam JAKARTA (JP): Bank Indonesia senior deputy governor Anwar Nasution said on Friday that 80 central bank officials will be questioned over a possible involvement in fraud related to the disbursement of massive government liquidity supports to commercial...
Sat, 19 Aug 2000
Too rosy forecast
Too rosy forecast Bank Indonesia's latest forecasts of key economic indicators for the rest of the year and next year could generate a sense of optimism, a precious commodity sorely needed by the business sector, and bolster consumer confidence which is the main locomotive of the nascent recovery.
Sat, 19 Aug 2000
Hundreds rally as search for activists continues
Hundreds rally as search for activists continues JAKARTA (JP): Hundreds of people from various groups rallied outside the compound of the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) to express their disappointment with the results of the Annual Session, which concluded on Friday.
Sat, 19 Aug 2000
Agronomic trade potential
Agronomic trade potentialBy Daniel Kingsley JAKARTA (JP): It is a government priority and focus to develop small and medium enterprises in Indonesia as a foundation for bringing the country out of it's present economic slump.
Sat, 19 Aug 2000
Summary of Amendments to the 1945 Constitution
Summary of Amendments to the 1945 Constitution Chapter VILocal Government The original single article on the division of Indonesia into small and large territories, has now been expanded to three articles which highlight the right of each province and regency/municipality to administer their...
Sat, 19 Aug 2000
Traditional 'angklung' dance retains popularity in E. Java
Traditional 'angklung' dance retains popularity in E. JavaBy Singgir Kartana BANYUWANGI, East Java (JP): It was a merry Wednesday night in Kalibaru Cottage's lobby. Dozens of foreign tourists got carried away watching an angklung dance performed by three young girls, Fitri, Prima and Uut.
Sat, 19 Aug 2000
Police detectives have yet to identify bomb hoaxers
Police detectives have yet to identify bomb hoaxers JAKARTA (JP): Police detectives are still in the dark over the identity of persons responsible for a series of bomb hoaxes which disrupted the capital following the large explosion in front of the residence of Philippine Ambassador to Indonesia...
Sat, 19 Aug 2000
New industrial policy centers on technology
New industrial policy centers on technology JAKARTA (JP): The government announced on Friday it was adopting a new industrial policy that would boost the use of technology as a means to improve the nation's competitiveness.
Sat, 19 Aug 2000
Hit-and-run accident kills two
Hit-and-run accident kills two DENPASAR, Bali: Police are searching for the driver of a truck in a hit-and-run accident that killed two people on a motorcycle on Jl. Raya Kesambi in the Abasan area, some 10 kilometers west of Denpasar on Friday afternoon.
Sat, 19 Aug 2000
IMF data show Indonesia increases borrowings
IMF data show Indonesia increases borrowings WASHINGTON (Reuters): Russia and Brazil made big repayments to the International Monetary Fund in the year to July 31, according to IMF figures released on Thursday.
Sat, 19 Aug 2000
MPR approves nine decrees, TNI's presence included
MPR approves nine decrees, TNI's presence included JAKARTA (JP): Concluding its Annual Session on Friday, the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) endorsed nine decrees, two of which certified the military's presence at the Assembly until 2009 and the new tasks for Vice President Megawati...
Sat, 19 Aug 2000
IBRA to give 100% interest discount to small debtors
IBRA to give 100% interest discount to small debtors JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesian Bank Restructuring Agency (IBRA), in collaboration with 10 domestic banks, has agreed to provide bank refinancing facilities to indebted small and medium enterprises (SMEs) interested in joining the agency's Crash...
Sat, 19 Aug 2000
From Washington to Jakarta
From Washington to Jakarta The presence in Jakarta of (Palestinian leader Yasser) Arafat and (Israel's Shimon) Peres gives us reason to be proud of the fact that there are still others who are turning to Indonesia, a nation in a deep crisis, to resolve the decades-old Middle East crisis.
Sat, 19 Aug 2000
Gus Dur concerned about preserving national culture
Gus Dur concerned about preserving national culture YOGYAKARTA (JP): President Abdurrahman Wahid said on Friday night during a Javanese ritual Ruwatan Sukerto in Yogyakarta that he had asked Sultan Hamengkubuwono X to chair a board which will deal with the dynamic movement of national culture in...
Sat, 19 Aug 2000
Can Thai Rak Thai reverse economic policies?
Can Thai Rak Thai reverse economic policies?By Thanong Khanthong BANGKOK: CAN the Thai Rak Thai Party reverse the key economic policies implemented by the Democrats if it wins the next election? Kitti Limsakul, an adviser to Thai Rak Thai, believes so.
Sat, 19 Aug 2000
Asia-Pacific nations urged to help curb oil prices
Asia-Pacific nations urged to help curb oil prices BANGKOK, Thailand (AP): Thailand has urged a powerful group of Asia-Pacific nations to pressure oil exporting countries into reducing the high crude prices before "it leads to another economic crisis.
Sat, 19 Aug 2000
MPR's Annual Session too expensive, says Akbar
MPR's Annual Session too expensive, says Akbar JAKARTA (JP): Only at the end of the Annual Session of the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) on Friday, did the Golkar Party faction finally come to the conclusion that the expenditure involved in the 10-day event was excessive.
Sat, 19 Aug 2000
Maersk fetes new ship
Maersk fetes new ship JAKARTA (JP): Container transport service Maersk Sealand celebrated a new weekly service for Asia on Friday with the arrival of 1,382 twenty-foot equivalent unit freighter Bernhard Schulle at the Jakarta International Container Terminal (JICT).
Sat, 19 Aug 2000
Stock quotations on JSX
Stock quotations on JSXStock prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (in rupiah) on Aug. 18, 2000: Shares Close Change Trading Volume ------------------------------------------------------------- Ades Alfindo 680 -20 29,500 Adindo Foresta Indonesia 295 -5 154,000 Alakasa Industrindo 815 115 1,000 Alfa...
Sat, 19 Aug 2000
Sjahril's arrest extended again for another 30 days
Sjahril's arrest extended again for another 30 days JAKARTA (JP): The Attorney General's Office extended the arrest of central bank governor Sjahril Sabirin on Monday for another 30 days, pending the completion of the investigation into his involvement in the Bank Bali scandal.
Sat, 19 Aug 2000
Double-decker goes up in flames on Jl. Sudirman
Double-decker goes up in flames on Jl. Sudirman JAKARTA (JP): A double-decker bus serving the Pulogadung-Blok M route with some 40 passengers on board caught fire in front of the Indocement building on the city's major thoroughfare of Jl. Sudirman in Central Jakarta on Friday morning.
Sat, 19 Aug 2000
GAM claims to have special links with TNI
GAM claims to have special links with TNI BANDA ACEH, Aceh (JP): A commander of the Free Aceh Movement (GAM) separatist rebels in restive North Aceh regency Abu Sofyan Daud conceded that the movement has special links with officers in the Indonesian Military (TNI).
Sat, 19 Aug 2000
Singapadu pioneers village arts festival in Bali
Singapadu pioneers village arts festival in BaliBy I wayan juniartha SINGAPADU, Bali (JP): The people of Singapadu village, 12 kilometers east of Denpasar, deserve a special place in Bali's arts history for organizing the first village-level arts festival.
Sat, 19 Aug 2000
Thailand's white sugar premiums under pressure
Thailand's white sugar premiums under pressure BANGKOK (Reuters): Thai white sugar premiums are expected to come under pressure for the rest of this year and into 2001 if India starts to export up to one million tons of white sugar at subsidized prices, trade sources said on Friday.
Sat, 19 Aug 2000
MPR ends its session and avows failure
MPR ends its session and avows failure JAKARTA (JP): The 10-day People's Consultative Assembly Annual Session ended on Friday afternoon producing 10 decrees and several constitutional amendments, but fell far short of tackling much of the nation's pressing problems.