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Wed, 22 Sep 1999
Shots fired at Australian Embassy
Shots fired at Australian Embassy JAKARTA (JP): National Police detectives have said they have no leads on the identity of those responsible for firing shots on Monday evening at three empty offices of the Australian Embassy on Jl. Rasuna Said, South Jakarta."We have no idea who the shooters are.
Wed, 22 Sep 1999
Magician muddle
Magician muddle I feel obliged to make a correction concerning my letter Tourism is important printed in the Sept. 12 edition of The Jakarta Post.In the first paragraph, I mentioned a show by the famous magician "Furukawa". His name is actually John Hirokawa. A. DJUANAJakarta
Wed, 22 Sep 1999
Officials puzzled over empty class
Officials puzzled over empty class BOGOR (JP): Head of Bogor's ministry of education and culture office, Akos K.M., said his office has run out of ideas for persuading street children and underaged workers to attend informal classes.
Wed, 22 Sep 1999
Cellular phone airtime rates raised by 23 percent
Cellular phone airtime rates raised by 23 percent JAKARTA (JP): After more than two months of opposition, the government and House of Representatives have agreed to raise airtime rates for regular cellular phone services by 23 percent from the current Rp 325 per minute to Rp 400.
Wed, 22 Sep 1999
City plans to manage terminals
City plans to manage terminals TANGERANG (JP): The local municipal administration office plans to regulate the estimated dozens of unauthorized intercity bus terminals and unlicensed bus ticket booths that are increasing here.
Wed, 22 Sep 1999
PPRC vows to build plant at Pare-Pare
PPRC vows to build plant at Pare-Pare JAKARTA (JP): Pare Pare Refining Corporation (PPRC) reconfirmed on Tuesday its plan to start developing a US$4.6 billion refinery next year in Pare-Pare, South Sulawesi.
Wed, 22 Sep 1999
Bribers targeted by officials
Bribers targeted by officials KUALA LUMPUR (DPA): People who pay bribes rather than those who take them will be the target of a new anticorruption drive by Malaysian authorities, news reports said on Tuesday.
Wed, 22 Sep 1999
Thais in Japan as prostitutes
Thais in Japan as prostitutes BANGKOK (AP): Ninety percent of Thai women who travel to Japan are going there to work as prostitutes and are becoming a burden to the Japanese government, Thailand's ambassador to Japan said in a statement issued on Tuesday.
Wed, 22 Sep 1999
Asian currencies end lower, despite late surge in yen
Asian currencies end lower, despite late surge in yen HONG KONG (Dow Jones): The late surge in the Japanese yen helped lift some Asian foreign exchange markets off their intraday lows Tuesday, but regional currencies still ended local trading hours down across the board.
Tue, 21 Sep 1999
Hotel Kristal donates Rp 6.6m
Hotel Kristal donates Rp 6.6m JAKARTA (JP): Hotel Kristal in South Jakarta will donate Rp 6.6 million it raised during a one-day charity golf tournament on Sept. 15 to the Nurul Amin orphanage in Cinere, West Java.
Tue, 21 Sep 1999
TNI and East Timor
TNI and East Timor The statement on Monday of Commander of the Indonesian Military (TNI) Gen. Wiranto before the House of Representatives, clarifying why the government consented to let multinational forces into East Timor and pull back most of the Indonesian troops stationed there, reveals...
Tue, 21 Sep 1999
Government declines to disclose audit result on bank scandal
Government declines to disclose audit result on bank scandal JAKARTA (JP): Coordinating Minister for Economy, Finance and Industry Ginandjar Kartasasmita said on Monday that the PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) audit result on the Bank Bali scandal could not be disclosed to the public because of a...
Tue, 21 Sep 1999
Antimonopoly law helps small enterprises
Antimonopoly law helps small enterprises JAKARTA (JP): The newly approved antimonopoly law will benefit small and medium-sized enterprises by providing a healthy market environment, a leading German anti-trust expert said on Monday.
Tue, 21 Sep 1999
Gus Dur wins ticket to Senayan
Gus Dur wins ticket to Senayan JAKARTA (JP): Muslim leader Abdurrahman Wahid was among 63 legislative candidates endorsed on Monday by the General Elections Commission (KPU) to represent various interest groups at the People's Consultative Assembly.
Tue, 21 Sep 1999
BAT backs worker cooperatives
BAT backs worker cooperatives JAKARTA (JP): PT BAT Kareb, a joint venture between PT BAT Indonesia -- a major Indonesian cigarette producer -- and Kareb, a cooperative of workers in Bojonegoro, East Java, has proven that a partnership between a multinational company and a local cooperative can be a...
Tue, 21 Sep 1999
Inhutani says it may sell stakes
Inhutani says it may sell stakes JAKARTA (JP): State-owned forestry companies said on Monday they might sell all their stakes in joint-venture industrial timber estates to their partners.The president of state-owned forestry company PT Inhutani III, Soeyoto Wongsoredjo, said the company would quit...
Tue, 21 Sep 1999
Do not use NTT for base to resist Interfet: Wiranto
Do not use NTT for base to resist Interfet: Wiranto JAKARTA (JP): Wiranto asserted on Monday that Indonesia would not allow the western half of Timor Island to become a base of resistance against forces wishing to oppose the International Force for East Timor (Interfet).
Tue, 21 Sep 1999
Britain's MDU quits S'pore
Britain's MDU quits S'pore SINGAPORE (AFP): Britain's top medical insurer Medical Defense Union (MDU) will pull out of Singapore next month due to escalating costs worldwide, a report said Monday.The MDU provides insurance coverage for more than 3,000 doctors and dentists in Singapore, where it...
Tue, 21 Sep 1999
Medan administration saves Sri Deli pond
Medan administration saves Sri Deli pond MEDAN, North Sumatra: The Medan administration managed to save a historical pond in Sri Deli Park by removing soil covering it, an official said on Thursday."To preserve the pond that dates back to the Deli sultanate, the administration decided to restore it...
Tue, 21 Sep 1999
Irianese ask Kontras to reveal human right abuses
Irianese ask Kontras to reveal human right abuses JAKARTA (JP): Some 30 Irianese representing different groups visited on Monday the Commission for Missing Persons and Victim of Violence (Kontras), demanding the non-governmental organization help reveal human right abuses in the province.
Tue, 21 Sep 1999
Marzuki urges formation of special rights body
Marzuki urges formation of special rights body JAKARTA (JP): A leading human rights advocate urged the nation on Monday to establish a special commission to record past human rights abuses and help victims come to terms with their traumatic histories.
Tue, 21 Sep 1999
Indigenous people-national park symbiotic mutualism
Indigenous people-national park symbiotic mutualismBy MMI Ahyani The Jakarta Post, in cooperation with Banten West Java Tourism Development Corporation, is presenting weekly issues on the Banten region. This week's issue is on Ujung Kulon and on the communities surrounding it.
Tue, 21 Sep 1999
Activists want state security bill dropped
Activists want state security bill dropped JAKARTA (JP): Protesters staged demonstrations in Jakarta, Semarang and Denpasar, Bali, on Monday to demand that outgoing legislators not endorse the state security bill currently under deliberation in the House of Representatives.
Tue, 21 Sep 1999
Where to go in Bandung:
Where to go in Bandung:Exhibition * Photo Exhibition: Karnaval by Oscar Motuloh, at Galeripadi Jl. Ir. H. Juanda 329 (Phone: 022 2500578), 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., until Oct. 3.Talk * Discussion with Rizki A. Zaelani on the works of Oscar Motuloh, at Galeripadi, 2 p.m. to 5 p.m., Oct. 2.
Tue, 21 Sep 1999
Conversion Rates
Conversion Rates Bank Indonesia's conversion rates on Sept. 20, 1999: Buying Selling Rp Rp U.S. dollar 1 8,199.00 8,281.00Australian dollar 1 5,284.26 5,341.25Austrian schilling 1 620.51 627.32Belgian franc 1 211.66 213.98Brunei dollar 1 4,834.60 4,885.83Canadian dollar 1 5,565.44 5,623.
Tue, 21 Sep 1999
Rates for tax payment, valid from Sept. 20 to Sept. 26
Rates for tax payment, valid from Sept. 20 to Sept. 26 U.S. dollar 1 Rp 7,885.00Austrian schilling 1 593.36Australian dollar 1 5,113.42Belgian franc 1 202.40Canadian dollar 1 5,343.95Swiss franc 1 5,095.32Deutschemark 1 4,175.93Danish krone 1 1,097.34French franc 1 1,244.73Poundsterling 1 12,674.
Tue, 21 Sep 1999
Smog blankets South Kalimantan
Smog blankets South Kalimantan BANJARMASIN, South Kalimantan: Smog is blanketing areas of Banua Lima in the north of the province, Antara reported on Monday."The sun has not appeared in the last few days," a resident of Kambitin Tabalong village said.
Tue, 21 Sep 1999
Atambua hospitals in dire need of medical supplies
Atambua hospitals in dire need of medical supplies ATAMBUA, East Nusa Tenggara (JP): Two of the "frontline" hospitals in this small town which has been swamped by East Timor refugees are in dire need for medical supplies, belying government claims of flowing assistance.
Tue, 21 Sep 1999
Bank Bali staff ask IBRA to probe SCB action
Bank Bali staff ask IBRA to probe SCB action JAKARTA (JP): Employees of Bank Bali have sent a petition letter to the Indonesian Bank Restructuring Agency (IBRA) requesting it to investigate London-based Standard Chartered Bank (SCB) over alleged fraud in its acquisition of shares in Bank Bali.
Tue, 21 Sep 1999
Australia helps fight drug abuse problems
Australia helps fight drug abuse problems JAKARTA (JP): Australia donated A$150,000 (US$98,000) on Monday to help fight serious drug addiction problems in Indonesia.The fund, in addition to previous aid worth A$18.
Tue, 21 Sep 1999
Australian unions lift Indonesia trade bans
Australian unions lift Indonesia trade bans SYDNEY (Reuters): Australian dock workers loaded wheat on Monday on the Indonesian ship Bogasari Lima in Brisbane after Australian unions ended weeklong bans on seaborne trade between the neighboring countries.More than A$5.5 billion (US$3.
Tue, 21 Sep 1999
Two dead, 43 injured in truck accident
Two dead, 43 injured in truck accident BOGOR (JP): Two students of Pakuan University, Bogor, died and 43 others were injured when their rented military truck plunged into a 50-meter-deep ravine in the Selabintana area in Sukabumi on Sunday afternoon.
Tue, 21 Sep 1999
Annan wants priority on human security
Annan wants priority on human security UNITED NATIONS (AP): With the deployment of multinational peacekeepers in East Timor as a backdrop, UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan urged world leaders gathering in New York on Monday to be more ready to intervene in strife-torn regions.
Tue, 21 Sep 1999
Drawing a lesson from East Timor
Drawing a lesson from East Timor I don't know why, but I secretly felt happy and deeply touched when I heard the Sept. 4 announcement of the result of the Aug. 30 direct ballot on the future of East Timor.
Tue, 21 Sep 1999
Garuda reopens Mataram route
Garuda reopens Mataram route JAKARTA (JP): National flag carrier Garuda Indonesia will reopen its flight services connecting Surabaya in East Java and Mataram in West Nusa Tenggara starting Oct. 31, an airline executive said on Monday.
Tue, 21 Sep 1999
31 countries join in annual travel mart in Jakarta
31 countries join in annual travel mart in Jakarta JAKARTA (JP): Over 100 firms with tourist interests from 31 countries will participate in the annual Tourism Indonesia Mart & Expo (TIME) to be held here this week.
Tue, 21 Sep 1999
Stock Exchange
Stock ExchangeStock prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (in rupiah) on Sept. 20, 1999: Shares Close Change Trading Volume -------------------------------------------------------------- Ades Alfindo 400 0 0 AHAP Insurance 525 0 0 Alakasa Industrindo 275 0 0 Alter Abadi 275 25 125,000 Alumindo Light...
Tue, 21 Sep 1999
RP police put on full alert
RP police put on full alert MANILA (AFP): Philippine police went on full alert on the eve of planned nationwide protests on Tuesday against President Joseph Estrada's plans to rewrite the constitution, a police spokesman said on Monday.
Tue, 21 Sep 1999
Protesters on drugs, crime warn authorities to do more
Protesters on drugs, crime warn authorities to do more JAKARTA (JP): About 100 members of two organizations demanded on Monday that the administration and police get tough on drugs and crime or the city could be hit by a wave of vigilante justice.
Tue, 21 Sep 1999
Council head says no deal with PDI-P
Council head says no deal with PDI-P JAKARTA (JP): Elected City Council Speaker Edy Waluyo insisted on Monday that neither himself nor his faction had made any deal with any party for his reelection, including the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI Perjuangan).
Tue, 21 Sep 1999
Golkar dominates N. Sulawesi House
Golkar dominates N. Sulawesi House MANADO, North Sulawesi: Golkar has won two of four seats for speakers of the provincial legislature here, Antara reported on Monday.The results of a reportedly democratic plenary meeting led Golkar cadres H.J.
Tue, 21 Sep 1999
More firearm permits issued to civilians
More firearm permits issued to civilians JAKARTA (JP): The National Police have issued 175 firearm permits to civilians, mostly businessmen, in the first eight months of this year, an officer said on Monday.National Police spokesman Brig. Gen. Togar M.
Tue, 21 Sep 1999
Stamp auction raises Rp 20m
Stamp auction raises Rp 20m YOGYAKARTA (JP): Gadjah Mada University in Yogyakarta raised Rp 20 million in an auction of stamps bearing the university's pictures on Monday.The auction's chief organizer, Toni A. Dharoko, said that during the event four stamps were on offer.
Tue, 21 Sep 1999
Asia to rewrite oil products trading map
Asia to rewrite oil products trading map SINGAPORE (Reuters): A huge build-up in refinery capacity in Asia is set to rewrite the oil trading map for the region during the next few years, analysts say.Demand will eventually pick up to absorb the extra supply, but in the meantime Asian buyers of oil...
Tue, 21 Sep 1999
High hopes for Indonesian girls' team in Asian school c'ship
High hopes for Indonesian girls' team in Asian school c'ship JAKARTA (JP): The country hopes to win two of six gold medals on offer in the girls' team and individual events at the Asian Schools Tennis Championships at the Senayan tennis complex.
Tue, 21 Sep 1999
Nationalism and justice
Nationalism and justice No sooner has the problem of East Timor entered the early stage of a final settlement then a similar demand (for an internationally supervised free referendum) is aired by the people of Aceh.
Tue, 21 Sep 1999
Golkar still undecided over presidency, vice presidency
Golkar still undecided over presidency, vice presidency JAKARTA (JP): Golkar has not formally named B.J. Habibie and Gen. Wiranto its candidates for president and vice president respectively, a party official said on Monday.
Tue, 21 Sep 1999
UN troops seen to stay years in Timor
UN troops seen to stay years in Timor CANBERRA (Agencies): Australian Defense Minister John Moore said on Monday that he expected a United Nations force to stay in East Timor for years to secure a true peace.
Tue, 21 Sep 1999
The West's self-righteousness
The West's self-righteousness As if the inept, insensitive handling of the East Timor problem by the United Nations since Indonesia occupied the territory was not enough, further ham-fisted measures are now being taken.
Tue, 21 Sep 1999
Who has the right stuff to manage the environment?
Who has the right stuff to manage the environment?By Carl Chairul JAKARTA (JP): Environmental protection sounds like an outdated term amid a series of crises in our International Monetary Fund- ridden economy, both in politics and national pride.