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Wed, 09 Sep 1998
Hundreds of troops remain deployed in riot-hit Kebumen
Hundreds of troops remain deployed in riot-hit Kebumen KEBUMEN, Central Java (JP): Hundreds of armed troops stood guard over closed shops and burned buildings still billowing smoke on Tuesday following rioting on Monday by thousands of residents.
Wed, 09 Sep 1998
Midas Kapiti software
Midas Kapiti software JAKARTA (JP): Computer software producer PT Midas Kapiti International has said the Indonesian market for banking software remains promising despite the country's ailing banking industry.Company president K.K.
Wed, 09 Sep 1998
Long simmering resentment behind Cilacap's unrest
Long simmering resentment behind Cilacap's unrestBy Agus Maryono CILACAP, Central Java (JP): Sarwono has worked for 15 years on a trawler owned by a man from Bagansiapi-api, Riau, and complains he has nothing to show for his toil.
Wed, 09 Sep 1998
Team to look into starvation reports
Team to look into starvation reports BOGOR (JP): A fact-finding team of local councilors has been assigned to look into reports that a number of villagers in Parung subdistrict are facing starvation due to soaring food prices."Our team started visiting some villages today.
Wed, 09 Sep 1998
Stock Exchange
Stock ExchangeStock prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (in rupiah) on Sept. 8, 1998: Shares Close Change Trading Volume -------------------------------------------------------------- Ades Alfindo 325 0 0 AHAP Insurance 400 0 0 Alter Abadi 225 0 127,500 Alumindo Light Metal 225 0 30,000 Alumindo...
Wed, 09 Sep 1998
Ciamis bamboo 'artist' tries his luck in Jakarta's tough streets
Ciamis bamboo 'artist' tries his luck in Jakarta's tough streetsText and photos by P.J. Leo JAKARTA (JP): Piles of grayish brown bamboo poles are stacked on a railroad located at the side of JL. RE Martadinata, North Jakarta.
Wed, 09 Sep 1998
More turn to Bazis for help as economic crisis worsens
More turn to Bazis for help as economic crisis worsens JAKARTA (JP): Increasing numbers of people are asking for financial assistance from the Jakarta office of Bazis, the board in charge of overseeing the collection of Islamic alms, to finance their children's education, an executive said on...
Wed, 09 Sep 1998
RI to import 3.42 tons of rice in next fiscal year
RI to import 3.42 tons of rice in next fiscal year JAKARTA (JP): After sucking a projected 4.1 million metric tons of rice from the international market this fiscal year, Indonesia plans to import another 3.42 million tons in 1999/2000.
Wed, 09 Sep 1998
Reconciliation idea dubious
Reconciliation idea dubious The Jakarta Post reported on Sept. 5 that the government and the National Commission on Human Rights will establish a National Reconciliation Team. Its aim is to preserve the country's unity.
Wed, 09 Sep 1998
Police homes destroyed in fire
Police homes destroyed in fire JAYAPURA, Irian Jaya: Ten homes belonging to Jayapura Police officers were destroyed by fire on Tuesday at about 8:45 p.m., Antara reported.Firefighters only managed to extinguish the fire on Jl. Klofkamp after it had gutted the buildings.
Wed, 09 Sep 1998
Man gets seven months in jail for bomb blast
Man gets seven months in jail for bomb blast JAKARTA (JP): Central Jakarta District Court sentenced a man to seven months and 24 days in prison on Tuesday for failing to report the presence of a homemade bomb, which exploded at a low- cost apartment in Tanah Tinggi last January.
Wed, 09 Sep 1998
Team questions Prabowo over mid-May riots
Team questions Prabowo over mid-May riots JAKARTA (JP): The government-sponsored fact-finding team investigating the May riots questioned Lt. Gen. (ret) Prabowo Subianto on Monday over the unrest which left 1,200 people dead and led to the downfall of his father-in-law, former president Soeharto.
Wed, 09 Sep 1998
Taiwan's NGOs protest
Taiwan's NGOs protest We, the Taipei Women's Rescue Foundation. The Garden of Hope Foundation, ECPAT Taiwan, Taiwanese Association for Human Rights and the Mission in Support of Women Victims of the Assaults and Rapes in Indonesia headed by attorney Wang Ching-Feng, hereby issue the following...
Wed, 09 Sep 1998
Officials deem protest 'harmful'
Officials deem protest 'harmful' JAKARTA (JP): Government officials have expressed fears the resurgence of student demonstrations on Monday and Tuesday may do more harm than good for the nation's shaken morale.Armed Forces (ABRI) Commander Gen.
Wed, 09 Sep 1998
Battling cancer of corruption
Battling cancer of corruptionBy Dennis de Tray and Jean-Michel Severino JAKARTA (JP): The vigorous debate taking place in Indonesia on the emotionally charged issue of corruption is certain to raise awkward questions for government, for international agencies, for foreign and local businesses, for...
Wed, 09 Sep 1998
Labor law enforcement to be deferred: Govt
Labor law enforcement to be deferred: Govt JAKARTA (JP): The government decided on Tuesday to defer the enforcement of a controversial labor law for one year in order to make some revisions.Minister of Manpower Fahmi Idris said President B.J.
Wed, 09 Sep 1998
Conversion Rates
Conversion Rates JAKARTA (JP): Bank Ekspor Impor Indonesia's (Bank Exim) indicative conversion rates on Sept. 8, 1998: Buying Selling Rp Rp U.S. dollar 1 11,400.00 11,900.00Austrian shilling 1 915.00 1,028.00Australian dollar 1 6,844.00 7,164.00Belgian franc 1 324.00 337.00Canadian dollar 1 7,592.
Wed, 09 Sep 1998
Rupiah falls on reports of unrest and massive rally
Rupiah falls on reports of unrest and massive rally JAKARTA (JP): The rupiah nose-dived on Tuesday on reports of unrest and student demonstrators demanding President B.J. Habibie resign.The volatile currency, which opened weaker at 11,500 against the U.S.
Wed, 09 Sep 1998
Govt prepares land ownership guideline rules
Govt prepares land ownership guideline rules JAKARTA (JP): The government is working on guidelines to regulate land ownership and the location of housing complexes and industrial estates, a minister said here Tuesday.State Minister of Housing and Settlement Theo L.
Wed, 09 Sep 1998
National reconciliation
National reconciliation I fully subscribe to Minister of Justice Muladi's statement reported by the media, "...we try to forget past grudges, without reducing the possibility of law enforcement..." which he made in response to the wishes of various sides to reach national reconciliation.
Wed, 09 Sep 1998
Villagers find money-spinner in tires
Villagers find money-spinner in tiresBy Agus Maryono and Ngudi Utomo PURWOKERTO, Central Java (JP): To most people in Central Java, Kebanaran village, which is located along the Purwokerto-Tegal highway in Banyumas district, is better known as Bandol village.
Wed, 09 Sep 1998
Ansett-SIA deal approved
Ansett-SIA deal approved SYDNEY (Dow Jones): The International Air Services Commission (IASC), the airline industry regulator, Tuesday said it has approved the proposed code sharing program between airline operators Ansett Holdings Ltd. and Singapore Airlines Ltd (SIA).
Wed, 09 Sep 1998
KL's restrictions 'will seriously damage' S'pore
KL's restrictions 'will seriously damage' S'pore SINGAPORE (AP): As Singaporeans line up at banks to save their Malaysian ringgit accounts, analysts Tuesday predicted Malaysia's controversial currency and market restrictions will cause Singapore's economy to shrink for the first time since 1985.
Wed, 09 Sep 1998
Two die in Lahat typhoon
Two die in Lahat typhoon LAHAT, South Sumatra: Two people died, three sustained minor injuries and five houses were destroyed during a typhoon here early on Sunday when most residents were asleep. Antara reported on Tuesday that the typhoon hit Talangkibul village in the Pendopo district here...
Wed, 09 Sep 1998
SE Asian monies down in lackluster trading
SE Asian monies down in lackluster trading SINGAPORE (Dow Jones): Southeast Asian currencies were slightly weaker Tuesday in lackluster trading, as banks continued to deal with the labor-intensive problem of squaring outstanding Malaysian ringgit positions.
Wed, 09 Sep 1998
Japan eases travel warning for RI
Japan eases travel warning for RI JAKARTA (JP): Japan has downgraded a three-month travel warning for Indonesia, saying the security situation had improved and that it was safer to visit the country.In a statement received by The Jakarta Post on Monday, the Indonesian Embassy in Tokyo said the...
Wed, 09 Sep 1998
Jakartans grumble about student rally at the House
Jakartans grumble about student rally at the House JAKARTA (JP): Unlike the student rallies staged early this year that led to the resignation of president Soeharto, Monday's demonstration by some 1,000 students in front of the House of Representatives (DPR) complex received a cold response from...
Wed, 09 Sep 1998
Probe into Sukarno decree furor starts
Probe into Sukarno decree furor starts JAKARTA (JP): The National Police launched on Tuesday an unprecedented investigation into the March 11, 1966 document which effectively transferred power from founding president Sukarno to then Army minister Soeharto.
Wed, 09 Sep 1998
Govt policies 'have human rights base'
Govt policies 'have human rights base' JAKARTA (JP): The current administration has developed all of its policies based on the promotion and protection of human rights, President B.J. Habibie claimed on Tuesday.
Wed, 09 Sep 1998
Mahathir renews attack on speculators, Games reports
Mahathir renews attack on speculators, Games reports KUALA LUMPUR (AFP): Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad renewed his attack on currency speculators on Tuesday, accusing them of costing the country billions of dollars as it prepared for the Commonwealth Games.
Tue, 08 Sep 1998
Investors advised to pull out of local stock market
Investors advised to pull out of local stock market SEMARANG (JP): Stock market analyst Hasan Zein Machmud advised investors here on Monday to pull their investments out of the battered local stock market because of its high risks.
Tue, 08 Sep 1998
Support voiced for E. Timor reconciliation dialog
Support voiced for E. Timor reconciliation dialog JAKARTA (JP): East Timor Governor Abilio Jose Osorio Soares expressed support on Monday for a reconciliation dialog planned by Dili Bishop Carlos Felipe Ximenes Belo and Baucau Bishop Basilio do Nascimento for Sept. 10 and Sept. 11.
Tue, 08 Sep 1998
Toward a reconciliation
Toward a reconciliation Demands are growing that (former president) Soeharto be put on trial, not to mention the calls for him to account for his past policies in the scheduled special session of the People's Consultative Assembly.
Tue, 08 Sep 1998
Reduction in air services may cause famine in Irian Jaya
Reduction in air services may cause famine in Irian Jaya JAKARTA (JP): An official has warned Irian Jaya, especially Jayawijaya regency, could suffer a repeat of last year's famine because ample food stocks may be depleted by the grounding of commercial and missionary airline flights during the...
Tue, 08 Sep 1998
RI may register slight growth in two years: WB
RI may register slight growth in two years: WB WELLINGTON (AP): Indonesia may begin to move out of its profound economic crisis and see slight growth within two years, a senior World Bank official said Monday.
Tue, 08 Sep 1998
Policeman stabbed to death in Medan
Policeman stabbed to death in Medan MEDAN, North Sumatra: Donald Simanjuntak, a police corporal in Percut Sei Tuan district here, was stabbed to death in a robbery on Friday.Lt. Col. Amrin Karim, the spokesman for the North Sumatra Provincial Police, said over the weekend that Simanjuntak was...
Tue, 08 Sep 1998
Rates for Tax Payment
Rates for Tax Payment JAKARTA (JP): The new official conversion rates as the basis for payment of import duty, value-added tax on goods and services, sales tax on luxury goods, export tax and income tax, valid from Sept. 7 to Sept. 13: U.S. dollar 1 Rp 10,805.00Austrian shilling 1 865.
Tue, 08 Sep 1998
Phone installation discounted
Phone installation discounted JAKARTA (JP): State telecommunications company PT Telkom has discounted new telephone installation in the Greater Jakarta area, Purwakarta and Serang by 53 percent, one of the firm's officials said.
Tue, 08 Sep 1998
PDAM Jaya told to rework its agreements with foreign firms
PDAM Jaya told to rework its agreements with foreign firms JAKARTA (JP): City Council on Monday demanded the city-owned water company PDAM Jaya revise its cooperation agreement with joint venture partners Pam Lyonnaise Jaya (Palyja) and Thames Pam Jaya (TPJ).
Tue, 08 Sep 1998
ABRI's dual function: Interference or assistance?
ABRI's dual function: Interference or assistance?By J. Soedjati Djiwandono This is the first of three articles in a series on the dual function of the Indonesian Armed Forces (ABRI). JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesian Armed Forces (ABRI) play a dual function which gives it both a socio-political role in...
Tue, 08 Sep 1998
Attorney General says he believes Soeharto's denial
Attorney General says he believes Soeharto's denial JAKARTA (JP): Attorney General Andi Muhammad Ghalib said on Monday that he believed the public denial by ousted president Soeharto against allegations that he had accumulated a fortune worth trillions of rupiah (hundreds of millions of dollars)...
Tue, 08 Sep 1998
Govt acknowledges inability to provide education for all
Govt acknowledges inability to provide education for all JAKARTA (JP): The government has admitted it has been unable to provide education for all as stipulated by the Constitution, especially now with the worsening economy.
Tue, 08 Sep 1998
NU rejects Lia's claim
NU rejects Lia's claim SURABAYA, East Java: The board of Nahdlatul Ulama's East Java branch has rejected a recent claim by ascetic Lia Aminuddin that she is the reincarnation of the messianic Imam Mahdi.
Tue, 08 Sep 1998
Adequate food and business confidence a must
Adequate food and business confidence a mustBy Howard Dick MELBOURNE (JP): Flying an aircraft is much easier than piloting an economy. The vectors of aircraft speed, wind speed and turbulence can be precisely calculated to determine actual direction and speed over the ground.
Tue, 08 Sep 1998
Chinese and privileges
Chinese and privileges Ms. Donna K. Woodward, in her letter of Aug. 20, responding to my letter of July 31, did not address the very important question I asked about where she got the data from for her allegation that Chinese-Indonesians are privileged in the economic sector.
Tue, 08 Sep 1998
IMF to focus review on rice, debt issues
IMF to focus review on rice, debt issues JAKARTA (JP): The International Monetary Fund will focus this month's review of the country's reform program on lowering the price of rice and settling domestic debt of local corporations.
Tue, 08 Sep 1998
Bob Hasan questioned over bank scam
Bob Hasan questioned over bank scam JAKARTA (JP): Mohamad "Bob" Hasan, a close business associate of former president Soeharto, was formally named a suspect in an investigation into the misuse of central bank liquidity credits.
Tue, 08 Sep 1998
Policy on staple food confusing
Policy on staple food confusing The government has decided to let prices for most of the nine basic commodities to be determined by market forces. Economist Kwik Kian Gie discusses how this policy sits with the 1945 Constitution.
Tue, 08 Sep 1998
Players await upshot of own goal shame
Players await upshot of own goal shame JAKARTA (JP): The All Indonesian Soccer Federation (PSSI) will announce on Tuesday the punishment for Mursyid Effendy and Kuncoro for an intentional own goal in a Tiger Cup group match against Thailand last week.
Tue, 08 Sep 1998
German composer to perform here
German composer to perform here JAKARTA (JP): A rare music performance blending Jazz Rock and classical compositions will be staged in Erasmus Huis on Jl. H.R. Rasuna Said, South Jakarta, at 7 p.m. on Thursday.