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Wed, 15 Sep 1999
Gus Dur must represent NU in MPR: Amien
Gus Dur must represent NU in MPR: Amien JAKARTA (JP): Chairman of the National Mandate Party (PAN) Amien Rais has thrown his support behind Abdurrahman Wahid's nomination to serve in the People's Consultative Assembly despite the rejection of the General Elections Commission (KPU).
Wed, 15 Sep 1999
Angry residents threaten to burn police post
Angry residents threaten to burn police post JAKARTA (JP): Angry residents of Kampung Bali threatened to burn a local police station on Tuesday after the release of two alleged drug traffickers, Rizky and Yedi, that they had caught and turned over to police.
Wed, 15 Sep 1999
Annan expects first peacekeepers soon
Annan expects first peacekeepers soon JAKARTA (JP): United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan said in New York on Tuesday that he hoped the first members of an international peacekeeping force could be in East Timor by the weekend at the latest.
Wed, 15 Sep 1999
The truth will come out on East Timor: Anthropologist
The truth will come out on East Timor: AnthropologistBy Ati Nurbaiti JAKARTA (JP): James J. Fox, an anthropologist with the Australian National University, has studied mainly West Timor, but also East Timor. He visited East Timor from Aug. 24 to Sept.
Wed, 15 Sep 1999
Piala field flows oil
Piala field flows oil JAKARTA (JP): The Piala field in Riau has produced oil at a rate of 2,000 barrels a day since August, its operator, PT Caltex Pacific Indonesia announced on Tuesday.The U.S. based oil company announced that oil had been flowing out of Piala Well No.
Wed, 15 Sep 1999
Media freedom, a necessity
Media freedom, a necessity The police's interrogation on Sept. 8 of ANteve's news manager Bachtiar as a witness of the criminal act charged to chief editor/head of ANteve broadcasting operation section, to broadcast matters that instigate, oppose and likely disturb the nation's cohesion and unity,...
Wed, 15 Sep 1999
Social safety net program set to continue
Social safety net program set to continue JAKARTA (JP): The government will continue the social safety net program despite a possible suspension of international aid to Indonesia, National Development Planning Board chairman Boediono said here on Tuesday.
Wed, 15 Sep 1999
Analysts say no to Australian forces
Analysts say no to Australian forces YOGYAKARTA (JP): Political observers have recommended against the inclusion of Australian forces in a peacekeeping contingent for East Timor, but conceded that the government lacks power to reject their participation.
Wed, 15 Sep 1999
Australia pulls back from RI 'ties'
Australia pulls back from RI 'ties' CANBERRA (Reuters): Australian Prime Minister John Howard is playing down Australia's "special relationship" with Indonesia, saying bilateral ties have been damaged by the East Timor crisis.
Wed, 15 Sep 1999
Bantaeng thieves turn themselves in
Bantaeng thieves turn themselves in BANTAENG, South Sulawesi: At least 42 self-confessed robbers voluntarily turned themselves over to police here in the past few weeks fearing a public lynching, which has claimed at least four lives.
Wed, 15 Sep 1999
Fears grow of delay in General Session
Fears grow of delay in General Session JAKARTA (JP): Senior political figures have voiced strong concern that the upcoming General Session of the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) might be postponed, after a top military official earlier warned that security conditions were not conducive for the...
Wed, 15 Sep 1999
Finding ways to improve the quality of education
Finding ways to improve the quality of educationBy Setiono JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Education and Culture Juwono Sudarsono has admitted there are flaws in the present education system, which has received a barrage of criticisms from the public.
Wed, 15 Sep 1999
Asian currencies end mixed as RI scandal roils markets
Asian currencies end mixed as RI scandal roils markets SINGAPORE (Dow Jones): Continued yen strength offset market uncertainty created by Indonesia's ongoing bank scandal and domestic reaction to the decision to allow international peacekeepers into East Timor, leaving the U.S.
Wed, 15 Sep 1999
Thai debt reaches US$25.5b
Thai debt reaches US$25.5b BANGKOK (AFP): Thailand's economic crisis has sent public sector debt ballooning 82 percent to more than a trillion baht (US$25.5 billion), reports said Tuesday.The debt amounts to around 26,000 baht for every one of Thailand's 65 million people, the Nation daily reported.
Wed, 15 Sep 1999
Jingoism rises to the fore over East Timor
Jingoism rises to the fore over East Timor After a reluctant call for United Nations peacekeepers to come to East Timor, Indonesia now seeks to prevent certain countries from taking part in the operation. Political analyst J. Soedjati Djiwandono calls this maneuver "nationalistic jingoism".
Wed, 15 Sep 1999
United Nations peacekeeping force
United Nations peacekeeping force East Timor is descending toward despair. General Wiranto and Minister Ali Alatas insist that every day, in every way, things are getting better and better. The rest of the world knows better; Why does President Habibie delay? Who is giving Mr.
Wed, 15 Sep 1999
ASEAN ministers meet in Hanoi
ASEAN ministers meet in Hanoi HANOI (AFP): Transport and communications ministers from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) will meet here Wednesday to adopt a five-year action plan into the next millennium, the transport ministry said.
Wed, 15 Sep 1999
Stock Exchange
Stock ExchangeStock prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (in rupiah) on Sept. 14, 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 5,000 Alumindo Light...
Wed, 15 Sep 1999
S'pore woman breaks barrier
S'pore woman breaks barrier SINGAPORE (AFP): Former Singapore hockey player Annabel Ess became the first woman to break into the once male-only Singapore National Olympic Council (SNOC) executive committee, the Straits Times reported on Tuesday."It is like an athlete making it to the Olympic Games.
Wed, 15 Sep 1999
Shooter haunted by dope test
Shooter haunted by dope test BANGKOK (AFP): A Thai marksman says he will be haunted for the rest of his life by his failed dope test at last month's Southeast Asian Games.Somboon Vongveeranonchai had to hand over his gold and bronze medals to the Skeet and Trap Shooting Association of Thailand,...
Wed, 15 Sep 1999
KL plans rubber price talk
KL plans rubber price talk KUALA LUMPUR (AFP): Malaysia will initiate talks with Thailand and Indonesia to jointly map out new strategies to boost rubber prices, which remain at 30-year lows, officials said Tuesday.
Wed, 15 Sep 1999
Food shortage looming in Asia Pacific: Experts
Food shortage looming in Asia Pacific: Experts BANGKOK (Reuters): The Asia Pacific region could face a serious food shortage in the next three decades because of sharply rising population and natural resource degradation, food experts said on Tuesday.
Wed, 15 Sep 1999
PSSI to grant greater say to provincial chapters
PSSI to grant greater say to provincial chapters JAKARTA (JP): The All-Indonesian Soccer Federation (PSSI) is to give more freedom to its 27 provincial chapters to raise funds and groom young players in clubs across the country.
Tue, 14 Sep 1999
War on drugs must be joint effort: Seminar
War on drugs must be joint effort: Seminar JAKARTA (JP): The government, law enforcers and the public must be enlisted in the war on drugs or efforts to eradicate the country's growing drug problem will be doomed to failure, speakers and participants in a seminar on drug addiction concluded on...
Tue, 14 Sep 1999
Foreign missions vandalized
Foreign missions vandalized SURABAYA (JP): Protesters vandalized the U.S. consulate office and the Western Australia trade representative office here on Monday, venting their anger at what they perceive to be foreign meddling in Indonesia's domestic affairs.
Tue, 14 Sep 1999
Couples told they are living in sin
Couples told they are living in sin PURBALINGGA, Central Java: At least 51 married couples in Karangreja district recently discovered to their horror that they have in fact been living out of wedlock.The couples were recently notified that their marriage certificate may be fake.
Tue, 14 Sep 1999
Drug dealer nabbed in Bogor
Drug dealer nabbed in Bogor BOGOR (JP): Housewife Nia Kurniasih, alias Atun, 22, was arrested in a drug raid at her house in Kampung Babakan Sirna in Cileubeut Timur village here on Sunday night, an official said.
Tue, 14 Sep 1999
Swisscontact helps SMEs
Swisscontact helps SMEs JAKARTA (JP): Swisscontact, an international nonprofit organization, in cooperation with the World Bank is currently running a pilot project to support small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in East Java.
Tue, 14 Sep 1999
Chemical safety in the works
Chemical safety in the works JAKARTA (JP): A national committee monitoring chemical and chemical-related industries will issue industrial guidelines to promote pollution protection, workers' health and safety in the industry.
Tue, 14 Sep 1999
Indonesia lending on hold due to Bank Bali: WB
Indonesia lending on hold due to Bank Bali: WB COPENHAGEN (Agencies): The World Bank and the International Monetary Fund will not extend any new loans to Indonesia until the Bank Bali scandal has been cleared up, World Bank President James Wolfensohn said on Monday."We and the Fund...
Tue, 14 Sep 1999
Conversion Rates
Conversion Rates Bank Indonesia's conversion rates on Sept. 13, 1999: Buying Selling Rp Rp U.S. dollar 1 7,839.00 7,917.00Australian dollar 1 5,130.63 5,185.64Austrian schilling 1 590.99 597.16Belgian franc 1 201.59 203.70Brunei dollar 1 4,637.09 4,686.00Canadian dollar 1 5,307.74 5,362.
Tue, 14 Sep 1999
KPU rejects Gus Dur's nomination
KPU rejects Gus Dur's nomination JAKARTA (JP): The General Elections Commission (KPU) rejected on Monday the nomination of Abdurrahman Wahid, better known as Gus Dur, as a Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) candidate for the interest group faction in the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR).
Tue, 14 Sep 1999
Carter and military aid
Carter and military aid With reference to Zatni Arbi's article in The Jakarta Post on Sept. 12, 1999 on What can our leaders learn from Carter?, it might be useful to refresh the author's memory. While he was president, Carter described human rights as the soul of American foreign policy while...
Tue, 14 Sep 1999
Hats off to Rudy Ramli
Hats off to Rudy Ramli The live report of the public hearing between Commission VIII of the House of People's Representatives and Mr. Rudy Ramli (former president director of Bank Bali) was really satisfying to watch.
Tue, 14 Sep 1999
U.S., Europe talk tough; Indonesia's neighbors vow help
U.S., Europe talk tough; Indonesia's neighbors vow help JAKARTA (JP): The United States and Europe exerted more pressure on Indonesia over East Timor on Monday as many of Jakarta's Asian neighbors pledged troops an international peacekeeping force in the former Portuguese colony.U.S.
Tue, 14 Sep 1999
KL palm oil ends off highs
KL palm oil ends off highs KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters): Palm oil prices in Malaysia closed off their highs as late technical selling eroded earlier gains, traders said.The market firmed earlier on the back of gains by Chicago soyoil futures plus expectations of stronger fundamentals and more Indian...
Tue, 14 Sep 1999
E. Timor University may be moved
E. Timor University may be moved BANDUNG: The Rector of East Timor University, Theo T Balella, said here on Monday that if conditions forced the closure of the only university in the province, then it should be moved to the neighboring town of Atambua in East Nusa Tenggara.
Tue, 14 Sep 1999
A presidium
A presidiumFrom Rakyat MerdekaI am writing in response to a Sept. 6 interview in Rakyat Merdeka with Sarwono Kusumaatmadja, former Golkar secretary- general and now a prominent figure of the movement for justice and unity in the nation. He advocates the necessity of a presidium to replace B.J.
Tue, 14 Sep 1999
UN to face challenges in East Timor
UN to face challenges in East TimorBy Omar Halim JAKARTA (JP): Discussions on who is at fault for the East Timor tragedy should start with acknowledgment of the fact that the territory was colonized by Portugal for many centuries.
Tue, 14 Sep 1999
Rahardi hopes for end of Australian union boycott
Rahardi hopes for end of Australian union boycott JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Industry and Trade Rahardi Ramelan said on Monday he was hopeful that an Australian union boycott against Indonesia goods would end, following Jakarta's decision to allow United Nations peacekeeping forces in East Timor.
Tue, 14 Sep 1999
Indonesia wants Australia kept off UN force
Indonesia wants Australia kept off UN force JAKARTA (JP): The House of Representatives and the ruling Golkar Party demanded on Monday that Australia and Portugal be excluded from any international peacekeeping forces sent to restore peace and order in East Timor.
Tue, 14 Sep 1999
Indonesian Military vows to get tough with militia groups
Indonesian Military vows to get tough with militia groups KUPANG, East Nusa Tenggara (JP): Indonesian Military (TNI) leaders have ordered their troops to disarm East Timorese proautonomy militia groups who crossed the border here along with thousands of refugees fleeing violence in the territory.
Tue, 14 Sep 1999
Sydney's Olympics still on agenda: KONI
Sydney's Olympics still on agenda: KONI JAKARTA (JP): The National Sports Council (KONI) has assured that rising political tension between Indonesia and Australia concerning East Timor will not affect its participation in the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney.
Tue, 14 Sep 1999
Logging threatens national parks, orangutan habitat
Logging threatens national parks, orangutan habitatBy Stevie Emilia JAKARTA (JP): Gistok, a famous orangutan from Tanjung Puting national park in Central Kalimantan, used to spend hours with the park visitors, playing, watching and learning.
Tue, 14 Sep 1999
Asian monies rebound on RI's decision to allow peacekeepers
Asian monies rebound on RI's decision to allow peacekeepers HONG KONG (Dow Jones): Asian currencies rebounded strongly Monday following Indonesia's decision to allow foreign peacekeepers into East Timor.
Tue, 14 Sep 1999
Sending off the sons to the unknown war in Aceh
Sending off the sons to the unknown war in AcehBy Ati Nurbaiti JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Defense and Security/Indonesian Military (TNI) Commander Gen. Wiranto announced last month the redeployment in Aceh of the Crack Riot Troops which gained so much bad publicity following the reported abuse of...
Tue, 14 Sep 1999
Sudwikatmono appeals $10m ruling
Sudwikatmono appeals $10m ruling JAKARTA (JP): Prominent businessman Sudwikatmono appealed to the Supreme Court last Friday over the Jakarta High Court's ruling that he pay US$10 million to his former business associate Bambang Sutrisno over a 1997 business dispute.
Tue, 14 Sep 1999
Pro-Jakarta group rejects UN force in East Timor
Pro-Jakarta group rejects UN force in East Timor JAKARTA (JP): Prointegration East Timorese said on Monday they rejected the presence of foreign peacekeepers in the province, urging the international community instead to send badly needed humanitarian aid for refugees.
Tue, 14 Sep 1999
Summers, Armin top golf tourney
Summers, Armin top golf tourney JAKARTA (JP): Red Summers of the United States and Armin of Indonesia won the overall best gross and best net at the charity golf tournament at Rancamaya Golf and Country Club.
Tue, 14 Sep 1999
Bambang points finger at Baramuli
Bambang points finger at Baramuli JAKARTA (JP): Finance minister Bambang Subianto said on Monday that Supreme Advisory Council (DPA) head Arnold A. Baramuli had been meddling in the country's bank restructuring program.