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Sat, 07 Aug 1999
New law to brush up on care of historic buildings
New law to brush up on care of historic buildings JAKARTA (JP): The City Council is expected to endorse a draft bylaw next Thursday on the preservation of historic buildings and their surrounding areas in the capital, a councilor said on Friday.
Sat, 07 Aug 1999
Padang scribes end boycott
Padang scribes end boycott PADANG, West Sumatra: Hundreds of journalists ended a one-week news blackout of Governor Dunidja's activities on Friday after the latter apologized for his office's poor treatment of them.
Sat, 07 Aug 1999
Indonesia's GDP growth still fragile: World Bank
Indonesia's GDP growth still fragile: World Bank JAKARTA (JP): The World Bank warned on Friday that Indonesia's output growth was "still fragile" despite signs of macroeconomic stability.World Bank economist Bert Hofman said that domestic demand remained weak and consumption still contributed...
Sat, 07 Aug 1999
Woman found dead at exclusive estate
Woman found dead at exclusive estate JAKARTA (JP): A young woman was found dead on Thursday night in the flush Simprug Golf estate in South Jakarta.As of Friday evening, the cause of her death remained a mystery. Her relatives could not be found to get their consent for a postmortem examination.
Sat, 07 Aug 1999
RI chosen to host world karate games
RI chosen to host world karate games JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia was chosen to host the seventh world Shotokan Karate-Do International Federation (SKIP) championship in April 2000, an official said on Friday.E.
Sat, 07 Aug 1999
Long-suffering protesters meet Mursidi
Long-suffering protesters meet Mursidi JAKARTA (JP): Activists and thirty relatives of victims of last year's Trisakti and Semanggi shootings on Thursday waited for six hours before they could meet with Jakarta Military Police chief Col. Mungkono Mursidi to demand follow-up investigations.
Sat, 07 Aug 1999
Dealing with the haze
Dealing with the haze Just as many of us feared and expected, the haze hazard, caused by the uncontrolled burning of forest and brushfires in a number of areas across Indonesia, is back with us again. Some experts even believe that given predictions of a hotter and longer dry season this year, the...
Sat, 07 Aug 1999
Netherlands gives US$2.4m donation
Netherlands gives US$2.4m donation JAKARTA (JP): The Netherlands government handed down on Friday a US$2.4 million donation to the Jakarta-based Community Recovery Program through the United Nations Development Program (UNDP).Netherlands Deputy Ambassador D.S.M.
Sat, 07 Aug 1999
Inauguration for councilors delayed
Inauguration for councilors delayed TANGERANG (JP): The inauguration of new Tangerang regency council members was delayed on Thursday due to "technical problems", the council's secretary Darmawan said.According to a tentative schedule, the 45 members, including five representatives from the...
Sat, 07 Aug 1999
Illegal motor oil warehouse sealed off
Illegal motor oil warehouse sealed off JAKARTA (JP): City police on Friday sealed off a shop and a warehouse in Duri Kembangan, West Jakarta, after its owner was allegedly involved in illegally selling and producing lubricants and brake oils.
Sat, 07 Aug 1999
Petronas launches $650m bond
Petronas launches $650m bond KUALA LUMPUR (AFP): Malaysian national oil company Petroliam Nasional Bhd. (Petronas) launched a US$650 million five-year bond issue in New York Thursday, the official Bernama news agency reported.The report said the issue carried a coupon on 8.
Sat, 07 Aug 1999
Stock Exchange
Stock ExchangeStock prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (in rupiah) on Aug. 6, 1999: Shares Close Change Trading Volume ------------------------------------------------------------ Ades Alfindo 500 0 75,000 AHAP Insurance 525 0 0 Alakasa Industrindo 300 0 0 Alter Abadi 300 0 20,000 Alumindo Light...
Sat, 07 Aug 1999
JEBC to hold billiard tourney for media
JEBC to hold billiard tourney for media JAKARTA (JP): The Jakarta Executive Billiard Club (JEBC) will hold a three-day billiard tournament for reporters living in the Jakarta area, the organizer said on Friday.
Sat, 07 Aug 1999
Community health centers on alert from haze-hit Riau
Community health centers on alert from haze-hit Riau JAKARTA (JP): Community health centers in Riau have been instructed to stay open round-the-clock in case of emergencies from the haze covering parts of the province, a health official said.
Sat, 07 Aug 1999
'Calonarang', Bali's surviving witch dance
'Calonarang', Bali's surviving witch danceBy Kadek Suartaya DENPASAR, Bali (JP): Bali boasts a classic witch dance called Calonarang. This rare hair-raising opera is usually performed near a cemetery to retain its magical image.
Sat, 07 Aug 1999
Pure business?
Pure business? The Bank Bali scandal -- although some people prefer to call it a crime -- is happening at a time when the nation is in a state of deep distress. This scandal contradicts all the verbal statements of good intention and commitment to the nation which our businesspeople and authorities...
Sat, 07 Aug 1999
Five Irianese get travel ban
Five Irianese get travel ban JAYAPURA, Irian Jaya: The National Commission on Human Rights has protested the Directorate General of Immigration's travel ban on four Irianese leaders and a journalist.Banned are Rev.
Sat, 07 Aug 1999
Indonesia fields top players in tennis mixed doubles
Indonesia fields top players in tennis mixed doubles BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN (JP): The victory-hungry Indonesian tennis team pledged not to waste any opportunities to win a gold medal at the 20th Southeast Asian (SEA) Games here, combining its top players for the less heralded mixed doubles event.
Sat, 07 Aug 1999
Five injured in brawl
Five injured in brawl WAMENA, Irian Jaya: Five residents were severely injured in a brawl at Jibama market in Wamena district, Jayawijaya regency, on Friday afternoon.Antara reported the five were being treated at Wamena Hospital.
Sat, 07 Aug 1999
Recycling business keeps on going
Recycling business keeps on goingBy Joko Sarwono BOGOR (JP): Crisis? What crisis?While most people are lamenting about slow business or losing their jobs, three small-time entrepreneurs, Muslim, 48, Herman, 39, and Caca, 28, are boasting higher turnover and more work for friends or neighbors.
Sat, 07 Aug 1999
Hoodlums attack land protesters
Hoodlums attack land protesters BOGOR, West Java: Some 200 allegedly paid hoodlums attacked a group of senior residents and their family members while the latter was protesting insufficient compensation of their land in front of the marketing department office of the Danau Bogor Raya (Bogor Lake...
Sat, 07 Aug 1999
IBRA admits pressure from outsiders
IBRA admits pressure from outsiders JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesian Bank Restructuring Agency (IBRA), the country's largest and most powerful economic entity, acknowledged on Friday to facing massive pressure from "outsiders" trying to take advantage of huge assets under its control.
Sat, 07 Aug 1999
Indonesia launches bid to host 2006 Asian Games
Indonesia launches bid to host 2006 Asian Games BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN (JP): Indonesia launched here on Friday its campaign to host the 2006 Asian Games. Indonesia last hosted the Games in 1962.The bid was announced during a breakfast meeting at the Sheraton Utama Hotel in the Brunei Darussalam...
Sat, 07 Aug 1999
Child prostitutes hail from C. Java
Child prostitutes hail from C. Java SEMARANG, Central Java: About 70 percent of underage prostitutes in the country hail from Wonogiri, Pati and Rembang, three regencies in Central Java."Besides the three regencies, underage prostitutes come from Indramayu, West Java and Banyuwangi in East Java,"...
Sat, 07 Aug 1999
S'pore media editorials watched
S'pore media editorials watched SINGAPORE (AFP): Singapore newspapers have been warned against publishing "rash" editorials on the domestic policies of neighboring countries, the Straits Times reported on Friday.
Sat, 07 Aug 1999
Challenges in teaching English composition
Challenges in teaching English compositionBy Setiono JAKARTA (JP): The contemporary practices of English teaching composition in the country do not totally reflect the communicative paradigm of the modern English teaching methodology.
Sat, 07 Aug 1999
Campus autonomy: What does it mean?
Campus autonomy: What does it mean?By Nirwan Idrus This is the second of two articles exploring the meaning of campus autonomy. JAKARTA (JP): Given that the pace of life in the world is moving so fast, particularly in the area of technology and specifically educational technology, it is unbefitting...
Sat, 07 Aug 1999
New toll rate burdensome
New toll rate burdensomeFrom Media IndonesiaOn Aug. 1, when I was going to the Cengkareng airport to meet my brother, I was surprised by the enforcement of a new toll tariff for the toll road leading to the airport.
Sat, 07 Aug 1999
1999 Jakarta Fair soft opening
1999 Jakarta Fair soft opening JAKARTA (JP): Governor of Jakarta, Sutiyoso, initiated the soft opening of the 1999 Jakarta Fair, in Kemayoran fair ground, Central Jakarta, on Friday.President B.J. Habibie will officially open the Jakarta's annual fair in a grand ceremony at 4 p.m. on Sunday.
Sat, 07 Aug 1999
Malaysian govt hit for hiding haze
Malaysian govt hit for hiding haze KUALA LUMPUR (AP): The Malaysian government came under attack on Friday for being secretive about the extent of hazy conditions over large parts of the Southeast Asian nation."This decision is ...
Sat, 07 Aug 1999
Council agree on PT Waserda Jaya
Council agree on PT Waserda Jaya JAKARTA (JP): City Council endorsed on Friday a bylaw which allows the city administration's Rp 4 billion (US$571,430) capital investment in the newly-established retail firm PT Waserda Jaya.
Sat, 07 Aug 1999
IBRA's strange policy
IBRA's strange policy Our case actually started one year ago, when Bank Pelita was closed by the government, and, following the bank's closure, the Indonesian Bank Restructuring Agency (IBRA) announcing taking over all the bank's assets and obligations, including deposits, bank accounts and debts.
Sat, 07 Aug 1999
Incorrect usage of 'professor'
Incorrect usage of 'professor'From Media IndonesiaAn article on incorrect usage of the title of professor in Media Indonesia Aug. 1, quoting the director general of higher education Dr. Ir. Satryo Soemantri Brodjonegoro, warrants the following explanation:1.
Sat, 07 Aug 1999
Indonesia still fighting uphill battle
Indonesia still fighting uphill battleBy Rahayu Ratnaningsih JAKARTA (JP): The election has been carried out enthusiastically, peacefully, and relatively successfully -- something that Indonesian people can feel proud of for a change.
Fri, 06 Aug 1999
Five kidnapped in Philippines
Five kidnapped in Philippines GENERAL SANTOS, Philippines (AP): A doctor, his brother and three others traveling with them in a truck were kidnapped in the southern Philippines, police said on Thursday.Authorities and relatives of Dr.
Fri, 06 Aug 1999
Councilors resort to fisticuffs
Councilors resort to fisticuffs BANDUNG: The inauguration of council members in Bandung descended into a fistfight on Wednesday when a legislator interrupted the session and derided two other councilors as no longer belonging to his faction.
Fri, 06 Aug 1999
Canadian company announces gas find in South Sumatra
Canadian company announces gas find in South Sumatra CALGARY, Canada (Dow Jones): Gulf Indonesia Resources Ltd. said it and its partners encountered "record gas flow" from the second test of the Durian Mabok 2 well in South Sumatra, Indonesia.
Fri, 06 Aug 1999
Probe into PDI HQ attack continues
Probe into PDI HQ attack continues JAKARTA (JP): City police are scheduled to summons witnesses in connection with an investigation into the bloody takeover of the Indonesian Democratic Party (PDI) headquarters on July 27, 1996, an officer said on Thursday.
Fri, 06 Aug 1999
Ciamis regent buys luxury car
Ciamis regent buys luxury car CIAMIS, West Java: The local administration recently decided to furnish Regent H. Oma Sasmita Sumardi with a luxury car, a Toyota Land Cruiser, worth Rp 500 million (US$71,428), Antara said.
Fri, 06 Aug 1999
Riau residents told to don masks as haze worsens
Riau residents told to don masks as haze worsens JAKARTA (JP): The haze shrouding parts of Riau continued to thicken on Thursday, with authorities urging residents to wear protective masks and limit outdoor activity in order to reduce health risks.
Fri, 06 Aug 1999
Activists to report plight of Acehnese to UN convention
Activists to report plight of Acehnese to UN convention JAKARTA (JP): Indonesian human rights activists pledged on Thursday to bring the plight of the Acehnese to a United Nations convention in Geneva this month, in an attempt to attract international intervention and an eventual military pullout...
Fri, 06 Aug 1999
Government mulls new tax breaks to lure foreign investors
Government mulls new tax breaks to lure foreign investors JAKARTA (JP): State Minister of Investment/Chairman of the Investment Coordinating Board (BKPM) Marzuki Usman said on Thursday his office was considering devising a more attractive tax incentive package to woo foreign investors back to the...
Fri, 06 Aug 1999
Thank you, Indonesia
Thank you, Indonesia Thank you for the great article about our voyage Famous Brazilian yachting family sails into Indonesia (The Jakarta Post, July 25, 1999). We are now leaving Indonesia and would like if possible to thank the people of Indonesia for their hospitality through your newspaper.
Fri, 06 Aug 1999
Bumiputera John Hancock records 40% growth
Bumiputera John Hancock records 40% growth JAKARTA (JP): PT Asuransi Jiwa Bumiputera John Hancock announced on Thursday a 40 percent increase in premium income to Rp 14 billion (US$2 million) in the first half of 1999, with the largest growth derived from individual insurance.
Fri, 06 Aug 1999
Campus autonomy: What does it mean?
Campus autonomy: What does it mean?By Nirwan Idrus This is the first of two articles exploring the meaning of campus autonomy. JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Education and Culture Juwono Sudarsono recently announced the granting of autonomy to four leading state universities in Indonesia: the University...
Fri, 06 Aug 1999
Uncover all bank scams
Uncover all bank scams Following the widely debated Bank Bali scandal in the media, concerning allegations of the practice of "money politics" involving an amount of Rp 550 billion, I thank God that we still have a good Indonesian citizen, by the name of Pradjoto, an expert in banking law, who is...
Fri, 06 Aug 1999
Thousands of toddlers go hungry in Malang
Thousands of toddlers go hungry in Malang MALANG, East Java: At least 2,000 children here, mostly under five years old, are undernourished. Unless help comes as soon as possible, many of them may soon suffer from kwashiorkor marasmus -- severe malnutrition caused by a diet high in carbohydrates and...
Fri, 06 Aug 1999
Stock Exchange
Stock ExchangeStock prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (in rupiah) on August 5, 1999: Shares Close Change Trading Volume --------------------------------------------------------------- Ades Alfindo 500 0 85,500 AHAP Insurance 525 0 0 Alakasa Industrindo 300 0 0 Alter Abadi 300 -25 60,000 Alumindo...
Fri, 06 Aug 1999
Australia gives $3.65m for Unicef's Indonesian programs
Australia gives $3.65m for Unicef's Indonesian programs JAKARTA (JP): Australia announced on Thursday a contribution of US$3.65 million to support the activities of the United Nations Children's Emergency Fund (Unicef) in Indonesia.
Fri, 06 Aug 1999
Groups want East Timor voter registration extended further
Groups want East Timor voter registration extended further JAKARTA (JP): An East Timorese and an international group have called for a further extension of the province's ballot registration period, which has already been stretched by the United Nations.