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Wed, 30 Aug 2000
Kondo aims high in pole vaulting event
Kondo aims high in pole vaulting event JAKARTA (JP): To continually reach the height of competitions is the unproved ambition of women's pole vaulter Takayo Kondo of Japan.After winning her maiden international gold medal in the 13th Asian Track and Field Championships in Jakarta on Tuesday, the...
Wed, 30 Aug 2000
'Export' of female workers to continue
'Export' of female workers to continue JAKARTA (JP): Newly-appointed manpower and transmigration minister Al-Hilal Hamdi dismissed protests over the sending of female workers overseas, saying that labor exports were essential in helping to reduce the alarming level of unemployment here.
Wed, 30 Aug 2000
Luwu riot instigators being hunted
Luwu riot instigators being hunted MAKASSAR, South Sulawesi (JP): Police started on Tuesday to hunt the instigator of the Luwu riot after arresting 22 people for their involvement in the mayhem.Parepare Police chief Sr. Supt.
Wed, 30 Aug 2000
Sofyan to create new forum to replace DPUN
Sofyan to create new forum to replace DPUN BANDUNG (JP): Sofyan Wanandi, renowned businessman and former chairman of the now defunct National Business Development Council (DPUN), said here on Tuesday he would create a new forum to fulfill DPUN's unfinished programs and obligations.
Wed, 30 Aug 2000
Government pledges to revitalize ailing tourism sector
Government pledges to revitalize ailing tourism sector JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Culture and Tourism I Gede Ardika said on Tuesday that he would form a cooperation forum to help revitalize the country's ailing tourism sector.
Wed, 30 Aug 2000
Small, medium-scale firms doing well: Economists
Small, medium-scale firms doing well: Economists JAKARTA (JP): International economists shared their view here on Tuesday that small and medium-size enterprises (SMEs) have played a central role in Indonesia's nascent economic recovery.
Wed, 30 Aug 2000
Government to review plan to hike fuel prices
Government to review plan to hike fuel prices JAKARTA (JP): The government said on Tuesday it would review its plan to hike fuel prices by an average 12 percent as of October this year, due to an expected windfall of Rp 11 trillion (US$1.3 billion) from oil exports.
Wed, 30 Aug 2000
East Timor suspects to be named within two days
East Timor suspects to be named within two days JAKARTA (JP): The Attorney General Marzuki Darusman admitted that President Abdurrahman Wahid had recommended naming some two- star generals as suspects in the East Timor human rights violation case.
Wed, 30 Aug 2000
Indonesia confident of second victory
Indonesia confident of second victory JAKARTA (JP): A winning start on Monday has given host Indonesia a precious boost ahead of its second match in the Independence Cup soccer tournament against Chinese Taipei on Wednesday.
Wed, 30 Aug 2000
S'pore to spend $1.17m promoting RI tourism
S'pore to spend $1.17m promoting RI tourism SINGAPORE (AFP): Singapore said Tuesday it has earmarked S$2 million (US$1.17 million) to help promote giant neighbor Indonesia as a tourism destination.The Tourism Cooperation Package aims to invite travel agents from South Korea, Japan and Taiwan as...
Wed, 30 Aug 2000
Social agency proposes reallocation of iddle funds
Social agency proposes reallocation of iddle funds JAKARTA (JP): The City Social Agency is proposing using the currently idle Rp 1.6 billion (US$188,235) fund in the city budget to improve social services.
Wed, 30 Aug 2000
Dengue fever kills 47 in Bangladesh
Dengue fever kills 47 in Bangladesh DHAKA (Reuters): Mosquito-borne dengue fever has killed at least 47 people in Bangladesh over the past six weeks, health officials said on Tuesday."We have so far received information of 47 deaths and 2,657 people affected by the disease all over the country...
Wed, 30 Aug 2000
AIDS group protests screening
AIDS group protests screening KUALA LUMPUR (AP): Malaysia's biggest AIDS awareness and prevention body has protested a proposal by officials in a southern state to subject Muslim men to HIV tests before they are allowed to get married, a news report said.
Wed, 30 Aug 2000
Strong earthquake jolts Maluku islands
Strong earthquake jolts Maluku islands AMBON, Maluku (JP): A strong tremor measuring 6.4 on the Richter Scale jolted the Maluku islands in the early hours of Tuesday, causing panic among residents.The earthquake, which hit at 12:05 a.m.
Wed, 30 Aug 2000
Union settles dispute with foreign tap water companies
Union settles dispute with foreign tap water companies JAKARTA (JP): Members of city-owned tap water company PD PAM Jaya's workers union have decided provisionally to accept PAM Jaya's two foreign partners.
Wed, 30 Aug 2000
Stock Exchange
Stock ExchangeStock prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (in rupiah) on Aug. 29, 2000: Shares Close Change Trading Volume ------------------------------------------------------------- Ades Alfindo 620 -30 15,000 Adindo Foresta Indonesia 260 -20 363,000 Alakasa Industrindo 815 0 0 Alfa Retailindo...
Wed, 30 Aug 2000
House to probe president over Bulog-gate scandal
House to probe president over Bulog-gate scandal JAKARTA (JP): Legislators expect an inquiry into the Bulog- gate and Brunei-gate scandals, which could be linked to President Abdurrahman Wahid, to be completed within two months.
Wed, 30 Aug 2000
Yogyakarta cultural show in Jakarta
Yogyakarta cultural show in Jakarta JAKARTA (JP): Yogyakarta Governor Sultan Hamengkubuwono X, who is also the ruler of the sultanate, is slated to open a two-day arts and cultural show to commemorate the 253rd anniversary of Yogyakarta.
Tue, 29 Aug 2000
Responsibility of new Cabinet
Responsibility of new CabinetFrom Suara KaryaIrrespective of the positive and negative aspects of the new Cabinet, the long-awaited solution to a puzzle has finally come out. In fact, ordinary people do not care who is included in the Cabinet.
Tue, 29 Aug 2000
Opposition official to go on trial
Opposition official to go on trial KUALA LUMPUR (AFP): A Malaysian opposition party official went on trial Monday for leaking secret reports of Anti-Corruption Agency (ACA) investigations into two leading ruling party figures.
Tue, 29 Aug 2000
Plantations illegally occupied
Plantations illegally occupied SEMARANG: As many as 995 hectares of plantation land belonging to the state have been illegally occupied by residents within the last year, an official said."These illegal occupations have inflicted a total loss of Rp 6 billion on the state," Nazaruddin Thoha the head...
Tue, 29 Aug 2000
Kwik vows to continue fight against 'black' conglomerates
Kwik vows to continue fight against 'black' conglomerates JAKARTA (JP): Former chief economics minister Kwik Kian Gie vowed on Monday to continue the battle against "black" conglomerates.Kwik said he would return to the House of Representatives (DPR) as a member of the Indonesian Democratic Party...
Tue, 29 Aug 2000
Shelters being built for Maluku refugees
Shelters being built for Maluku refugees AMBON, Maluku (JP): The province is currently sheltering some 280,000 refugees who have fled the 19-months of violence in the area."This massive amount of refugees needs immediate care and we are hoping to help them go back to their own villages instead of...
Tue, 29 Aug 2000
C. Java to build F1 circuit
C. Java to build F1 circuit SEMARANG (JP): After Bali, Central Java has become the second Indonesian province to bid to host a Formula One world championship race.Head of the Central Java Tourism Office Henky Hermantoro told reporters on Monday that the construction of an international circuit...
Tue, 29 Aug 2000
All the President's money
All the President's moneyBy Donna K. Woodward MEDAN, North Sumatra: Serious ethical questions have arisen about President Abdurrahman Wahid's ideas on fund raising, as illustrated by the Bulog scandal and Bruneigate.
Tue, 29 Aug 2000
Rizal promises a quick decision-making process
Rizal promises a quick decision-making process JAKARTA (JP): Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Rizal Ramli vowed on Monday to adopt procedures to facilitate efficient decision making in a bid to accelerate the country's economic recovery.
Tue, 29 Aug 2000
Conversion Rates
Conversion Rates Bank Indonesia's conversion rates on Aug. 28, 2000: Bank notes rates TT rates Buying Selling Buying Selling Rp Rp Rp Rp U.S. dollar 1 7,725.00 8,725.00 8,184.00 8,266.00Australian dollar 1 4,429.52 5,007.28 4,692.71 4,743.86Austrian schilling 1 507.22 573.20 537.36 543.
Tue, 29 Aug 2000
Susilo vows to comply with July 27 inquiry
Susilo vows to comply with July 27 inquiry JAKARTA (JP): One of the senior military officers to be questioned in connection with the July 27, 1996, attack on the Indonesian Democratic Party (PDI) headquarters, Lt. Gen.
Tue, 29 Aug 2000
C. Java noodle makers use toxic bleaching substances
C. Java noodle makers use toxic bleaching substancesBy Prabandari KLATEN, Central Java (JP): Manjung village, about 30 kilometers east of Yogyakarta, has long been famous as a producer of high quality white noodles, locally called soun.
Tue, 29 Aug 2000
Low military morale behind clashes in regions: Megawati
Low military morale behind clashes in regions: Megawati JAKARTA (JP): Vice President Megawati Soekarnoputri said on Monday the roots of sectarian clashes in the outlying provinces were not religious or ethnic differences, but the ongoing economic crisis and the low morale of security forces.
Tue, 29 Aug 2000
KPR housing loan
KPR housing loan I have a KPR home loan from one of the liquidated banks. Until July 2000, I always paid my KPR installments to the Indonesian Bank Restructuring Agency (IBRA) either through Bank Dagang Negara, in the early days of liquidation, and later through Bank Central Asia.
Tue, 29 Aug 2000
Chinese dance troupe toasts joys of spring
Chinese dance troupe toasts joys of springBy Mehru Jaffer JAKARTA (JP): Nine nymphs from the Chinese province of Heilongjiang celebrated the joys of springtime with much song and dance last weekend here in Jakarta.
Tue, 29 Aug 2000
Do Wahid's wiles serve Indonesia?
Do Wahid's wiles serve Indonesia? The Indonesian president has a reputation for being an astute political strategist.But after last week's cabinet reshuffle in which he cut the number of ministers from 35 to 26 and installed mainly only those who are loyal to him, critics within Indonesia and...
Tue, 29 Aug 2000
Asian currencies mostly up late on rupiah, yen gains
Asian currencies mostly up late on rupiah, yen gains SINGAPORE (Dow Jones): The Japanese yen's vigor and the Indonesian rupiah's rebound lifted most Asian currencies late Monday, dealers said.The market's relief over the smooth inauguration of Indonesia's new cabinet during the weekend was,...
Tue, 29 Aug 2000
Sierad Group to submit merger plan to Bapepam
Sierad Group to submit merger plan to Bapepam JAKARTA (JP): Sierad Group would submit a merger plan for its publicly listed subsidiaries PT Anwar Sierad and PT Sierad Produce to the Capital Market Supervisory Agency (Bapepam) next month as part of the group's debt restructuring deal.
Tue, 29 Aug 2000
Malaysia's economic policy questioned
Malaysia's economic policy questionedBy Sabyasachi Mitra KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters): Malaysia's short-term growth prospects are glowing now, but some analysts worry it may lag behind competing Asian economies in the long term unless it pursues deeper, more painful microeconomic reforms.
Tue, 29 Aug 2000
UI students boycott classes over extra fee
UI students boycott classes over extra fee JAKARTA (JP): Thousands of students from the University of Indonesia (UI) marked the first school day after a 10-week holiday with a class boycott on Monday, following the university's refusal to meet their demands to call off a policy on an extra school...
Tue, 29 Aug 2000
An ax-wielding robber shot dead
An ax-wielding robber shot dead JAKARTA (JP): Police shot dead on Monday a member of an ax- wielding gang, who preyed on motorists for their valuables, on Jl. Jembatan Batu, Pinangsia subdistrict in West Jakarta, an officer said.City Police spokesman Supt. Muhammad Nur H.
Tue, 29 Aug 2000
Stock Exchange
Stock ExchangeStock prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (in rupiah) on Aug. 28, 2000: Shares Close Change Trading Volume ------------------------------------------------------------- Ades Alfindo 650 0 4,000 Adindo Foresta Indonesia 280 -15 762,500 Alakasa Industrindo 815 0 0 Alfa Retailindo 885 5...
Tue, 29 Aug 2000
JSX withdraws threat to PT Semen Cibinong
JSX withdraws threat to PT Semen Cibinong JAKARTA (JP): The Jakarta Stock Exchange (JSX) withdrew on Monday its threat to suspend cement producer PT Semen Cibinong from trading, after the company submitted explanations on the whereabouts of the missing US$250 million in deposits.
Tue, 29 Aug 2000
Report on Gus Dur 'character assassination'
Report on Gus Dur 'character assassination' JAKARTA (JP): Friends and relatives of President Abdurrahman "Gus Dur" Wahid shrugged off reports that he had an extramarital affair with a housewife five years ago, saying it was a cheap smear campaign to debunk the President.
Tue, 29 Aug 2000
Orangutan seller busted at hotel
Orangutan seller busted at hotel JAKARTA (JP): City police detectives arrested on Monday evening bird seller Wiyadi in a parking lot at Hotel Sheraton Bandara in Tangerang for selling a protected animal -- orangutan (Pongo Pygmaeus), an officer said on Monday.
Tue, 29 Aug 2000
Two dead in Aceh shooting
Two dead in Aceh shooting BANDA ACEH, Aceh: Two refugees were killed and at least six others, including two policemen, injured when security forces and alleged rebels exchanged fire at a refugee camp in Jabo Dalem, Pintu Rimba village, Trumon, South Aceh.
Tue, 29 Aug 2000
Government eyes efficiency in sports development
Government eyes efficiency in sports development JAKARTA (JP): President Abdurrahman Wahid defended on Monday the dissolution of the office of the state minister of sports and youth affairs, noting the government was seeking efficiency in sports development.
Tue, 29 Aug 2000
Pulp producers deny charge on illegal logging
Pulp producers deny charge on illegal logging JAKARTA (JP): Pulp and paper producers denied on Monday accusations that they have encouraged illegal logging practices in the country.Chairman of the Association of Indonesian Pulp and Paper Producers (APKI) Muhammad Mansur said that the charge was...
Tue, 29 Aug 2000
Age doesn't affect my form, Singh says
Age doesn't affect my form, Singh says JAKARTA (JP): Age does not matter in sports achievement, as 38-year-old shot-putter Shakti Singh of India proved with a new meet record-breaking win on the opening day of the Asian Track and Field Championships on Monday."Well, I feel I'm still very young.
Tue, 29 Aug 2000
One man killed in PDI-P clamor
One man killed in PDI-P clamor DENPASAR, Bali: One person was killed and five others were injured on Monday when hundreds of Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) supporters ran amok to disrupt the planned swearing-in ceremony of the new Jembrana regent.
Tue, 29 Aug 2000
Indonesia, Iraq lead Independence Cup first day
Indonesia, Iraq lead Independence Cup first day JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia and Iraq got off to a flying start in the Independence Cup soccer tournament at the Senayan Stadium here on Monday with a convincing win each.
Tue, 29 Aug 2000
Djoko freed from all charges
Djoko freed from all charges JAKARTA (JP): South Jakarta District Court on Monday exonerated chief defendant Djoko S. Tjandra of all charges in the Rp 546 billion (US$64.2 million) Bank Bali scandal on a legal technicality and the prosecutor's failure to back his arguments up with testimony by...
Tue, 29 Aug 2000
A fair trial for Soeharto
A fair trial for Soeharto In just a few days time, barring unforeseen developments, the trial of former president Soeharto over charges of corruption is slated to begin. Officials have been hard at work over the past few days to make sure that everything will be in place for what will certainly be...