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Sat, 01 Aug 1998
Breeding bulbuls can be a ticklish business
Breeding bulbuls can be a ticklish business JAKARTA (JP): When it comes to the ways of the birds and the bees, feathered creatures have their own distinct ways of coming together. And then there is cucak rawa, the yellow-crowned bulbul.They fight, love and often kill, too, in the mating game.
Sat, 01 Aug 1998
Australia offers education grants
Australia offers education grants KUPANG, East Nusa Tenggara: The Australian government is offering scholarships to Indonesians wishing to pursue postgraduate studies in Australia, Antara said."In the academic year 1998/1999, we are offering scholarships to 240 applicants from the government sector...
Sat, 01 Aug 1998
Four top officials to be replaced
Four top officials to be replaced JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Communications Giri Suseno will soon remove four top officials of his ministry in the wake of the crisis hitting state transportation companies, recent public transportation accidents and corruption allegations.
Sat, 01 Aug 1998
Stock Exchange
Stock ExchangeStock prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (in rupiah) on July 31, 1998: Shares Close Change Trading Volume -------------------------------------------------------------- Ades Alfindo 350 25 22,000 AHAP Insurance 575 0 0 Alter Abadi 525 0 10,500 Alumindo Light Metal 325 0 0 Alumindo...
Sat, 01 Aug 1998
Sumber Cipta set to lose LPG valve monopoly
Sumber Cipta set to lose LPG valve monopoly JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Mines and Energy Kuntoro Mangkusubroto said yesterday he had asked state oil and gas company Pertamina to end the monopoly enjoyed by a company linked to former president Soeharto on the supply of valves for liquefied petroleum...
Sat, 01 Aug 1998
Victims, rape witnesses report to investigation team
Victims, rape witnesses report to investigation team JAKARTA (JP): At least 22 victims and witnesses of rapes during the May rioting have reported to a team recently established by the government to investigate human rights abuses during the unrest.
Sat, 01 Aug 1998
'Dalang' enjoy freedom after Soeharto's fall
'Dalang' enjoy freedom after Soeharto's fallBy Haryoso SEMARANG (JP): President Soeharto's big fall in May has left Javanese shadow puppet masters, dalang, wondering if there is anything they can do to restore their image as moral gurus.
Sat, 01 Aug 1998
Indonesia next aid target: Exim Bank
Indonesia next aid target: Exim Bank BANGKOK (Dow Jones): The president of the Export-Import Bank of the U.S. said yesterday he saw no reason why the U.S. government agency shouldn't help out ailing Indonesian companies "when we've worked out the mechanics.
Sat, 01 Aug 1998
Houses flooded after dam bursts
Houses flooded after dam bursts SAMARINDA, East Kalimantan: The Benanga dam, some 20 km north of here, burst yesterday following one week of heavy rains, Antara said.Residents fled to safer areas after thousands of houses were inundated, but no casualties were reported.
Sat, 01 Aug 1998
Airbase employee, soldier shot in police operation
Airbase employee, soldier shot in police operation JAKARTA (JP): Depok police shot dead a 54-year-old man and injured another in a routine midnight street operation in Tonjong subdistrict of Bojong Gede early yesterday.
Sat, 01 Aug 1998
Malaysia woos foreign students
Malaysia woos foreign students KUALA LUMPUR (DPA): Malaysia, which is keen to promote its fast-growing higher education sector, has eased visa restrictions for foreign students planning to study at local colleges and universities, reports said yesterday.
Sat, 01 Aug 1998
Different lands serve up different noodles
Different lands serve up different noodles SURABAYA (JP): With noodles available everywhere, from roadside stalls to glitzy restaurants, it's obvious that everybody loves noodles.And now the luxury Majapahit Mandarin hotel has brought together noodles from several countries: Fried Noodles from...
Sat, 01 Aug 1998
U.S. to donate 1.5m metric tons of wheat to RI
U.S. to donate 1.5m metric tons of wheat to RI WASHINGTON (Reuters): The United States will donate up to 1.5 million metric tons of wheat to Indonesia over the next eight months as part of a $7.9-billion international effort to support democratic reforms,Indonesia is "much too important a country...
Sat, 01 Aug 1998
Cassette factory workers complain over dismissals
Cassette factory workers complain over dismissals JAKARTA (JP): Dozens of workers from a West Jakarta cassette manufacturing plant sought advice from the Jakarta Legal Aid Institute yesterday over their employers' attempts to force one third of the company's 500 strong workforce to resign.
Sat, 01 Aug 1998
Guthrie builds CPO plants
Guthrie builds CPO plants JAKARTA (JP): Kumpulan Guthrie Berhad will build crude palm oil (CPO) refineries in Indonesia in cooperation with local cooperatives, the chief executive of the Malaysian business group Abdul Khalid Bin Ibrahim said here yesterday.
Sat, 01 Aug 1998
Low-cost health centers fail to give good service
Low-cost health centers fail to give good service JAKARTA (JP): More people are turning in the economic crisis to low-cost community health centers, known locally as Puskesmas, but many are reportedly coming away disappointed with services.
Sat, 01 Aug 1998
Principals to be disciplined
Principals to be disciplined JAKARTA (JP): The city administration will apply stiff disciplinary measures to eight state elementary school principals for collecting illegal levies from students' parents, an official said Thursday.
Sat, 01 Aug 1998
Fishermen protest use of trawls
Fishermen protest use of trawls JAMBI: Hundreds of traditional fishermen in the Kuala Tungkal subdistrict 125 kilometers east of here urged the Tanjung Jabung regent yesterday to prevent hundreds of fishing boats operating with massive small-hole trawling nets.
Sat, 01 Aug 1998
SE Asia urged to rethink tax plans
SE Asia urged to rethink tax plans MANILA (DPA): The influential Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) has urged Southeast Asia's battered economies to reconsider tax policies on mechanisms to reduce financial risk, a statement released in Manila said yesterday.
Sat, 01 Aug 1998
Shot in the arm
Shot in the arm Seen from a foreign reserve position, the almost US$8 billion in new loans pledged by Indonesia's government and multilateral creditors in Paris on Thursday is certainly a shot in the arm for the gradual strengthening of the rupiah, especially because almost all the new credits are...
Sat, 01 Aug 1998
Stop divisive political agenda
Stop divisive political agendaBy Frans H. Winarta This is the second of two articles on the New Order government's divisive agenda in the country. JAKARTA (JP): The emergence of about 300 Chinese-Indonesian conglomerates during the rule of the New Order government created extremely high social envy...
Sat, 01 Aug 1998
Chinese-Indonesians victims of hypocrisy
Chinese-Indonesians victims of hypocrisy I believe that everything that happens, does so for a reason. And every action we do will be counteracted by another's reaction. Therefore, I think that parts of the reasoning implied in the article Ethnic Chinese at fault for riots of July 30, are simply...
Sat, 01 Aug 1998
Astra names advisors to restructure debt
Astra names advisors to restructure debt JAKARTA (JP): The country's largest automobile producer, PT Astra International, has appointed three foreign banks -- Chase Manhattan Bank, Sakura Merchant Bank and Sumitomo Bank -- as financial advisors in its efforts to restructure US$2 billion in foreign...
Sat, 01 Aug 1998
Handicrafts gallery opened
Handicrafts gallery opened JAKARTA (JP): Looking for a means that could drive you to heaven?No, it has nothing to do with drugs.Just spend your weekend taking a look around the newly opened Bursa Seni art gallery on the sixth floor of Blok M Plaza in South Jakarta.
Sat, 01 Aug 1998
Maximum rates for Aug. 3 to Aug. 9
Maximum rates for Aug. 3 to Aug. 9 Time deposit Maximum rate Maximum rate rupiah deposit (%) US dollar deposit (%)-------------------------------------------------------1-month 56 153-month 50 146-month 40 1412-month 39 1424-month 25 18 Maximum overnight rate for rupiah : 60 percentMaximum...
Sat, 01 Aug 1998
Steel firm allows workers to form union after rally
Steel firm allows workers to form union after rally JAKARTA (JP): Management of steel factory PT Gunung Garuda in Bekasi finally relented yesterday and permitted its 2,000 workers to set up a trade union after a protracted dispute which included a bloody riot last month.
Sat, 01 Aug 1998
Rupiah, stocks down on regional weakness
Rupiah, stocks down on regional weakness JAKARTA (JP): The rupiah and local stock prices ended down yesterday over regional weaknesses and profit taking after a few days of successive gains on positive news about Indonesia's donors' meeting.
Sat, 01 Aug 1998
Police continue train wreck probe
Police continue train wreck probe JAKARTA (JP): Bekasi police are still in the dark over the cause of last Friday's collision of three trains in Karang Asih village.Three employees of state-owned company Perumka stationed at the nearby Cikarang post when the incident happened were still being...
Sat, 01 Aug 1998
Where to go in Jakarta:
Where to go in Jakarta:Exhibitions * Painting Exhibition: Magical Realism in Arts, by Prijono Maruto, Galeri Cipta II, Taman Ismail Marzuki, Jl. Cikini Raya 73, Central Jakarta (Phone: 3140554), until Aug. 3. * Arts Exhibition by Agung Kurniawan at Lontar Gallery, Jl.
Sat, 01 Aug 1998
Outspoken Djiteng replaced by Adhi as PLN president
Outspoken Djiteng replaced by Adhi as PLN president JAKARTA (JP): State Minister for the Empowerment of State Enterprises Tanri Abeng formally reshuffled yesterday the board of directors of debt-ridden state electricity company PLN, including the removal of its outspoken president Djiteng Marsudi.
Sat, 01 Aug 1998
TV today
TV todayTVRI 2:00 p.m. News: Berita 14 2:30 Music 2:35 TV Series: Silverhawks 3:05 Documentary: Pesona Flora 3:30 Science Film: Invention 4:00 Regional News 4:30 Sports 5:30 TV Series 6:00 News: Lintasan Berita 6:05 My Country: Rona Nusantara 6:15 Sports News 6:30 TVRI News (in English) 7:00...
Sat, 01 Aug 1998
Military seizes thieves' equipment
Military seizes thieves' equipment SAMARINDA, East Kalimantan: The military has seized 104 units of heavy equipment from Malaysian loggers operating illegally near the Indonesian-Malaysian border in East Kalimantan province since September last year, Antara said.
Sat, 01 Aug 1998
Megawati loyalists want Feisal probed
Megawati loyalists want Feisal probed JAKARTA (JP): Loyalists of ousted Indonesian Democratic Party (PDI) leader Megawati Soekarnoputri urged the military police yesterday to question eight Armed Forces (ABRI) officers for their alleged role in the forcible takeover of party headquarters in July...
Sat, 01 Aug 1998
Tang here for four-day visit
Tang here for four-day visit KUALA LUMPUR (AP): Chinese Foreign Minister Tang Jiaxuan arrived in Malaysia yesterday for a four-day official visit.Tang flew in from the Philippines, where he just attended a meeting of officials from member countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations.
Sat, 01 Aug 1998
Harmony amid diversity
Harmony amid diversity If publication of Masli Arman's work on July 30 represents the newly expressed freedom of the press in Indonesia, it truly represents a turn for the worse in political, cultural and social terms, analogous to the country's recent economic turmoils.
Sat, 01 Aug 1998
Alleged drug dealers busted
Alleged drug dealers busted JAKARTA (JP): Police narcotics officers arrested three alleged drug dealers in two raids in West Jakarta Thursday, seizing 520 Ecstasy pills, a few grams of the amphetamine derivative Shabu- Shabu and a mixer device from the suspects.
Sat, 01 Aug 1998
Big plantation firms asked to limit expansion
Big plantation firms asked to limit expansion JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Forestry and Plantations Muslimin Nasution has asked major plantation companies to keep on hold any plans to expand their plantation areas to allow for development of small and medium plantation estate firms.
Sat, 01 Aug 1998
CGI aid 'not enough to revive economy'
CGI aid 'not enough to revive economy' JAKARTA (JP): The government has welcomed a new US$7.9 billion aid package pledged by donors as a sign that the international community trusts its ability to mend the country's wrecked economy.President B.J.
Sat, 01 Aug 1998
SE Asian monies sink along with yen
SE Asian monies sink along with yen SINGAPORE (Dow Jones): Southeast Asian currencies fell in late trading Friday, dragged down by a plunging Japanese yen. Regional currencies were rangebound for most of the day, after dropping early on overnight losses by the yen.
Sat, 01 Aug 1998
Plane, what plane?
Plane, what plane? JAKARTA (JP): The East Kalimantan provincial government has a Norman Britten aircraft but officials -- let alone the people -- never knew about it.Governor Suwarna Abdul Fatah was dumbfounded when executives of the Kalimanis Group told him they came to return the 10-seater...
Sat, 01 Aug 1998
Transparency society on board
Transparency society on board JAKARTA (JP): A number of leading officials, politicians, economists and religious leaders have established the Indonesian Transparency Society to promote good governance, a decent society and good business practices.
Sat, 01 Aug 1998
Dim Sum knows the way to someone's heart
Dim Sum knows the way to someone's heart JAKARTA (JP): Great food not only has to do with the stomach, it also touches the heart. And this ancient philosophy is now brought to you by way of a Dim Sum promotion, being held at a top hotel in the heart of the city.
Sat, 01 Aug 1998
Missing activist found in the Philippines
Missing activist found in the Philippines JAKARTA (JP): The Armed Forces (ABRI) spokesman Maj. Gen. Syamsul Ma'arif said one of 12 activists still reported missing, Herman Hendrawan, has been found in the southern province of Davao in the neighboring Philippines.
Sat, 01 Aug 1998
Asian Games to introduce smart tickets
Asian Games to introduce smart tickets JAKARTA (JP): The Bangkok Asian Games Organizing Committee (BAGOC) has introduced new technology to ensure ticket validity for the Dec. 6 to Dec. 20 event.Dubbed the "Supersmart Tickets", each ticket for the opening and closing ceremonies will incorporate a...
Sat, 01 Aug 1998
Aceh governor asks for military to pull out
Aceh governor asks for military to pull out JAKARTA (JP): Aceh Governor Syamsuddin Mahmud has written to President B.J. Habibie asking for the Armed Forces (ABRI) to withdraw its troops from the westernmost province and that its status as a military operations area be lifted.
Sat, 01 Aug 1998
Negative reports drive dent in Bali tourism mart
Negative reports drive dent in Bali tourism martBy Devi M. Asmarani NUSA DUA (JP): Bali, Indonesia's most famous tourist destination, saw a 15.7 percent drop in the number of foreign tourist arrivals in the first half of this year to 489,877 visitors, effected by the country's negative image.
Sat, 01 Aug 1998
BA cuts flights to Jakarta
BA cuts flights to Jakarta JAKARTA (JP): British Airways announced yesterday that it would cut its weekly flights between Jakarta and London from six to two beginning Oct. 25, 1998, because of a decrease in passenger demand.
Sat, 01 Aug 1998
Sports council calls for talk on lottery plan
Sports council calls for talk on lottery plan JAKARTA (JP): The National Sports Council invited the Indonesian Consumers Foundation and media representatives yesterday to a talk on Thursday on its planned lottery to raise funds for sports.
Sat, 01 Aug 1998
Utut out for higher elo rating after Kallai win
Utut out for higher elo rating after Kallai win JAKARTA (JP): Indonesian Grand Master (GM) Utut Adianto sought to lift his elo rating yesterday after scoring a win in the penultimate round of the Biel Masters chess tournament in Switzerland on Thursday.
Sat, 01 Aug 1998
Kadin wants exporters to sell dollars to BI
Kadin wants exporters to sell dollars to BI JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Kadin) urged the government yesterday to require all exporters to sell their export revenue to Bank Indonesia in a bid to bolster the country's foreign exchange reserves and the rupiah.