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Thu, 23 Sep 1999
Man murdered in his home
Man murdered in his home JAKARTA (JP): Sixty-two-year-old Andi Sardi, a resident of Griya Kencana, Ciledug, South Jakarta, was murdered by two acquaintances who came to his home at about 9 p.m. on Tuesday.
Thu, 23 Sep 1999
Farmers occupy land in Dieng
Farmers occupy land in Dieng BANJARNEGARA, Central Java: At least 65 farmers from the Dieng Kulon village in Batur district have occupied land around the protected Dieng area.They have planted vegetables and potatoes on the 110-hectare site since early this month, when 5,000 hectares of their...
Thu, 23 Sep 1999
Police shoot would be thief
Police shoot would be thief JAKARTA (JP): A man who was attempting to steal an air conditioner was shot in the hip by a police officer from the Mampang Police station.According to the police report, Darwin bin Ganger, 36, and four of his friends were trying to escape with the air conditioner in a...
Thu, 23 Sep 1999
East Timor force starts fanning out
East Timor force starts fanning out DILI, East Timor (Agencies): The United Nations International Force for East Timor (Interfet) began cautiously moving out of Dili on Wednesday after Sander Thoenes, the Jakarta-based journalist for the Financial Times of London was shot dead on the city's...
Thu, 23 Sep 1999
Developing nations 'need fair trade, not free trade'
Developing nations 'need fair trade, not free trade' JAKARTA (JP): Former minister Emil Salim called on industrialized nations on Wednesday to allow wider access for the inflow of goods from developing countries.
Thu, 23 Sep 1999
The House's last farce
The House's last farce The leadership of the outgoing House of Representatives, the latest performance of which has become target of public criticism, still has ambitions for the House to be remembered as an effective legislature.
Thu, 23 Sep 1999
Humanitarian group evaluates conditions in refugee camps
Humanitarian group evaluates conditions in refugee camps JAKARTA (JP): Humanitarian workers visited a refugee camp in Atambua on on the border of East Nusa Tenggara and East Timor on Wednesday.Accompanied by Minister of Social Affairs Justika Baharsyah, the 16-member delegation led by Julia Taft...
Thu, 23 Sep 1999
Habibie's warning of disintegration
Habibie's warning of disintegration President B.J. Habibie has threatened Golkar leaders that their failure to nominate him as presidential candidate for the next term would encourage separatism in the country.
Thu, 23 Sep 1999
TNI concedes insufficient promotion of security bill
TNI concedes insufficient promotion of security bill SURABAYA (JP): The Indonesian Military (TNI) and Ministry of Defense and Security have said they will leave a decision whether to approve the controversial state security bill to the House of Representatives.
Thu, 23 Sep 1999
McDermott tender audited
McDermott tender audited JAKARTA (JP): The tender of a contract for the construction of a natural gas pipeline between West Natuna and Singapore, which was awarded to PT McDermott Indonesia, is currently under a special audit to investigate possible irregularities in the assessment of bids.
Thu, 23 Sep 1999
Where to go in Bali:
Where to go in Bali:Exhibition * Painting Exhibition: Pengider Bhuana, The Colours of Life, Deja Vu Gallery, Jl. Dewi Sita, Ubud (Phone: 0361 978225), 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., until Oct. 8.Music and Entertainment * Hard Rock Hotel, Jl.
Thu, 23 Sep 1999
Agum vows to name committed people to PSSI
Agum vows to name committed people to PSSI JAKARTA (JP): National congress members from the All- Indonesian Soccer Federation (PSSI) officially elected Agum Gumelar to serve a four-year term at the end of their three-day congress on Wednesday.
Thu, 23 Sep 1999
Where to go in Surabaya:
Where to go in Surabaya:Exhibition * Cartoon Exhibition by 40 Indonesian cartoonist, at CCF - French Cultural Center, Jl. Darmokali 10 (Phone: 031 5678639), until Oct. 2.Music and Entertainment * Hyatt Regency Surabaya, Jl. Jend.
Thu, 23 Sep 1999
RP to cut interest rates
RP to cut interest rates MANILA, Philippines (AP): The Philippines has pledged to the International Monetary Fund that it will cut interest rates to match levels in the United States and its Asian neighbors, a senior finance official said Wednesday.
Thu, 23 Sep 1999
KSO firms hire advisor to assess ties with Telkom
KSO firms hire advisor to assess ties with Telkom JAKARTA (JP): Joint operation partners of PT Telkom Indonesia has appointed Credit Suisse First Boston as an advisor to assess a possible change in its cooperation scheme with state telecommunications company.Stephen R.
Thu, 23 Sep 1999
Nepal clamps tough security on South Asian Federation games
Nepal clamps tough security on South Asian Federation games KATHMANDU (AFP): Nepal's security personnel are imposing elaborate security drafting in martial arts experts ahead of the 8th South Asian Federation (SAF) Games starting here on Sept. 25.
Thu, 23 Sep 1999
Anwar may suffer from a different poison
Anwar may suffer from a different poison KUALA LUMPUR (Agencies): Initial tests on Anwar Ibrahim suggest he was not poisoned with arsenic but doctors suspect the jailed politician suffers from another type of poisoning, a top hospital official said in a news report on Wednesday.
Thu, 23 Sep 1999
Asia back to the center of global 'cybercapitalism'
Asia back to the center of global 'cybercapitalism'By Eisuke Sakakibara The following article is based on a paper presented at the Asia Press Forum seminar on challenges and opportunities facing Asia in the 21st century. The seminar, from Sept. 14 to Sept.
Thu, 23 Sep 1999
Conversion Rates
Conversion Rates Bank Indonesia's conversion rates on September 22, 1999: Buying Selling Rp Rp U.S. dollar 1 8,278.00 8,362.00Australian dollar 1 5,380.70 5,439.48Austrian schilling 1 630.58 637.28Belgian franc 1 215.10 217.38Brunei dollar 1 4,852.29 4,907.28Canadian dollar 1 5,615.63 5,674.
Thu, 23 Sep 1999
ITB rector leads West Java representatives for MPR
ITB rector leads West Java representatives for MPR BANDUNG (JP): Coordinating Minister for Economy, Finance and Industry Ginandjar Kartasasmita has to wait until Thursday to know whether or not he qualifies for the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR).
Thu, 23 Sep 1999
Walhi sues government over peat land
Walhi sues government over peat land JAKARTA (JP): The opening hearing of a lawsuit filed by the Indonesian Forum for Environment (Walhi) against the government over a controversial one-million-hectare peat soil area in Central Kalimantan has been postponed.
Thu, 23 Sep 1999
Killing of Dutch journalist condemned
Killing of Dutch journalist condemned JAKARTA (JP): The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and the Alliance of Independent Journalists (AJI) condemned on Wednesday the killing of Jakarta-based writer for London's Financial Times Sander Thoenes in East Timor.
Thu, 23 Sep 1999
Chief editor tried in court
Chief editor tried in court PALU, Central Sulawesi: The chief editor of the Sulteng Post daily will be tried here on Thursday at the district court, Antara reported on Wednesday.The defendant, only identified as AA, is charged with defaming Murad Husain of PT Kurnia Luwuk Sejati.
Thu, 23 Sep 1999
Timor Sea oil project to proceed: Woodside
Timor Sea oil project to proceed: Woodside PERTH (Dow Jones): Woodside Petroleum Ltd., an Australian oil and gas producer, Wednesday said the unstable political situation in East Timor will not affect the proposed startup of its A$1.37 billion Laminaria oil development in the Timor Sea.
Thu, 23 Sep 1999
East Timor teachers alloted Rp 5m each
East Timor teachers alloted Rp 5m each JAKARTA (JP): The government has allocated Rp 5 million (US$610) for each teacher who has fled East Timor, Minister of Education and Culture Juwono Sudarsono said on Wednesday.
Thu, 23 Sep 1999
Five people rob man of Kijang
Five people rob man of Kijang JAKARTA (JP): Five unidentified suspects robbed 59-year-old Alum Suryadi and escaped with his Kijang van on Tuesday evening, City police spokesman Lt. Col. Zainuri Lubis said on Wednesday.
Thu, 23 Sep 1999
House suggests firing of senior government officials
House suggests firing of senior government officials JAKARTA (JP): The House of Representatives special investigative team will recommend President B.J. Habibie fire or make nonactive several senior government officials it concluded were involved in the Bank Bali scandal.
Thu, 23 Sep 1999
Stock Exchange
Stock ExchangeStock prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (in rupiah) on Sept. 22, 1999: Shares Close Change Trading Volume ----------------------------------------------------------- Ades Alfindo 400 0 0 AHAP Insurance 525 0 0 Alakasa Industrindo 250 0 10,000 Alter Abadi 275 0 0 Alumindo Light...
Thu, 23 Sep 1999
Hanil Bakrie sues IBRA
Hanil Bakrie sues IBRA JAKARTA (JP): Finance company PT Hanil Bakrie Finance (HBF) filed suit on Wednesday against the Indonesian Bank Restructuring Agency (IBRA) for the latter's alleged failure to pay US$4.5 in a guaranteed claim.
Thu, 23 Sep 1999
MAS, Northwest sign deal
MAS, Northwest sign deal KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP): Malaysia's national air carrier signed separate agreements on Wednesday with Northwest Airlines and Turkish Airlines to jointly market international routes and other flight arrangements.
Thu, 23 Sep 1999
Airport a nirvana for many businesses
Airport a nirvana for many businesses JAKARTA (JP): Soekarno-Hatta International Airport in Cengkareng, west of here, is home to a wide variety of people offering all conceivable goods and services to passengers and their families.
Thu, 23 Sep 1999
Lake Toba lures visitors
Lake Toba lures visitors JAKARTA (JP): Ajibata shore of Lake Toba, North Sumatra, will be promoted as a major tourist attraction in the province in a three-month cultural and sports festival, the Lake Toba Samosir Island Care Foundation said.
Thu, 23 Sep 1999
Guns, bullets seized from owner of beauty salon
Guns, bullets seized from owner of beauty salon JAKARTA (JP): East Jakarta Police detectives confiscated three pistols, two gas-powered guns, two homemade air rifles and up to 32 .22 caliber bullets from the owner of a beauty salon on Tuesday afternoon, an officer said on Wednesday.
Thu, 23 Sep 1999
Australian council sees trade with RI falling
Australian council sees trade with RI falling CANBERRA (Dow Jones): The Australia-Indonesia Business Council said Wednesday trade between the two nations likely will decline in the wake of the terror in East Timor since the pro- independence vote August 30, Philip Hawke, acting president of the...
Thu, 23 Sep 1999
Asian monies fall again against dollar as baht extends losses
Asian monies fall again against dollar as baht extends losses HONG KONG (Dow Jones): Asian currencies weakened further against the dollar Wednesday as regional markets disregarded the rebound of the Japanese yen.
Thu, 23 Sep 1999
ASEAN begins 2000 countdown
ASEAN begins 2000 countdown JAKARTA (JP): The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) began on Friday the 100 Days to the Year 2000 countdown in Indonesia with a contemporary production of Realizing Rama, a story from the epic Ramayana, a statement from the ASEAN Secretariat said on...
Thu, 23 Sep 1999
AIPO calls for ban on nuke weapons in region
AIPO calls for ban on nuke weapons in region MANILA (AFP): Lawmakers from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) meeting here on Wednesday adopted a resolution calling for the enforcement of a ban on the use or production of nuclear weapons in Southeast Asia.
Thu, 23 Sep 1999
Indonesia shines in School C'ships finals
Indonesia shines in School C'ships finals JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia's boys' and girls' tennis teams reached the finals of the first Asian School Championships at the Senayan tennis complex on Wednesday.In the girls' team event, Indonesian second singles Angelique Wijaya gave her team the ideal...
Thu, 23 Sep 1999
Pressure on the rupiah
Pressure on the rupiah The presently diminishing value of the rupiah is not due only to monetary and market factors. Rather, it is the question of the credibility of some of our highly placed government officials that is most responsible for causing the value of our currency to fall against the...
Thu, 23 Sep 1999
Shitaresmi paints gloomy pictures of self
Shitaresmi paints gloomy pictures of selfBy Susi Andrini YOGYAKARTA (JP): Laksmi Shitaresmi, a 25-year-old painter from Yogyakarta, is showing that batik, too, can be a charming artwork on canvas.Shitaresmi is exhibiting 16 of her batiks on canvas at the Indonesian-French Institute in Yogyakarta...
Thu, 23 Sep 1999
To Gen. Wiranto
To Gen. Wiranto Well, Gen. Wiranto, you have achieved your objective. You are now Indonesia's president designate! With Soeharto as your mentor and Habibie made your clown, you have overcome the forces for democracy and, de facto, established yourself as the nation's new leader.
Thu, 23 Sep 1999
Military faction takes back seat in MPR election
Military faction takes back seat in MPR election JAKARTA (JP): After chalking up an easy victory for its nominee for City Council speaker last week, the military/police faction said on Wednesday it would take a passive role in the election of city representatives for the People's Consultative...
Thu, 23 Sep 1999
Play puts a human face on Dutch era
Play puts a human face on Dutch eraBy Dewi Anggraeni MELBOURNE (JP): For those who were brought up in Jakarta in the 1950s, where Dutch homes were still grand enough to be out of bounds for locals, seeing The Language of the Gods is like peering into an intimate corner of a colonial Dutch home, in...
Thu, 23 Sep 1999
Pontjo denies wrongdoing with Hilton
Pontjo denies wrongdoing with Hilton JAKARTA (JP): Pontjo Sutowo, a noted hotelier, denied on Wednesday an allegation that he did not settle his service dues to Hilton International, which previously managed his five properties.
Thu, 23 Sep 1999
Tribesmen claim PT Freeport withholding trusteeship funds
Tribesmen claim PT Freeport withholding trusteeship funds JAKARTA (JP): Two Irianese tribal chiefs accused mining company PT Freeport Indonesia on Tuesday of withholding the distribution of trusteeship funds worth Rp 7 billion (US$850,000) to local Irianese people.
Thu, 23 Sep 1999
Telkomsel explains
Telkomsel explains Referring to the letter Phone firm doesn't pick up the phone by Mr. Adrianus Hiyung Tjung in The Jakarta Post of Aug. 31, 1999, we would like to apologize for any inconvenience in the services provided by Telkomsel.In this complaint, on Aug.
Thu, 23 Sep 1999
Banking snags curb Indonesia's exports to E. Europe
Banking snags curb Indonesia's exports to E. Europe JAKARTA (JP): An absence of banking relations between Indonesia and Rumania is hampering the country's businesspeople from tapping the potential of emerging markets in eastern Europe, a businessman said on Wednesday.
Thu, 23 Sep 1999
Opposition to state security bill gains momentum
Opposition to state security bill gains momentum JAKARTA (JP): Thousands of people, mostly students, took to the streets of the capital and other major cities across the country on Wednesday to protest once again the state security bill they fear will give excessive power to the military.
Thu, 23 Sep 1999
New law grants Aceh province broader autonomy
New law grants Aceh province broader autonomy JAKARTA (JP): Aceh province in the northernmost part of Sumatra will be granted special autonomy to administer its religious, educational and local customs affairs under a law approved by the House of Representatives here on Wednesday.
Thu, 23 Sep 1999
Pertamina to sell natural gas to Singapore power
Pertamina to sell natural gas to Singapore power JAKARTA (JP): State oil and gas company Pertamina will supply natural gas to Singapore Power Ltd. beginning in 2002 under a letter of agreement signed with PowerGas Ltd. here on Wednesday.