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Sat, 23 Sep 2000
Education needs more attention
Education needs more attention JAKARTA (JP): The fourth National Education Convention ended on Friday, recommending that the country's political elite pay more attention to national education."Therefore, we urge all people, especially the political elite, to place education as a political issue...
Sat, 23 Sep 2000
Health graduates unable to find jobs
Health graduates unable to find jobs JAKARTA (JP): Only about 20 percent of an average 5,000 health school graduates per year were able to find jobs, while the rest went jobless, Minister of Health and Social Welfare Achmad Sujudi said on Thursday.
Sat, 23 Sep 2000
Talented teens to perform chamber music concert
Talented teens to perform chamber music concert JAKARTA (JP): Four teenagers are to take center stage during a concert by the Capella Amadeus String Chamber Orchestra on the evening of Sept. 28 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, Jl. Gatot Subroto.
Sat, 23 Sep 2000
Tempo moves to next level with English version
Tempo moves to next level with English version Amid tight competition, Tempo magazine launched an English- language version on Sept. 12. With 10,000 copies priced at Rp 15,300, it also targets foreign and Indonesian readers overseas.
Sat, 23 Sep 2000
Organda, Texmaco to meet on buying of Perkasa buses
Organda, Texmaco to meet on buying of Perkasa buses JAKARTA (JP): City bus operators are to meet top executives of PT Texmaco Perkasa Engineering next week to obtain detailed information about the firm's Perkasa buses and related services, including the payment system, offered by the company.
Sat, 23 Sep 2000
'Military, police must work 'hand in hand'
'Military, police must work 'hand in hand' Heads rolled following the recent bombings in Jakarta but Koesparmono Irsan, former National Police deputy chief of operations and a member of the National Commission of Human Rights, says problems remain regarding the improvement of the police force.
Sat, 23 Sep 2000
APEC to push for resumption of new round of WTO talks
APEC to push for resumption of new round of WTO talks BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN (AFP): Host Brunei on Friday called on the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum to push for the early holding of a new round of global trade talks.
Sat, 23 Sep 2000
17 firms to start scripless trading
17 firms to start scripless trading JAKARTA (JP): Seventeen companies listed on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (JSX) will migrate to scripless trading beginning next week.JSX management said on Friday that scripless trading on negotiated market would begin on Monday, on the spot market on Thursday, and...
Sat, 23 Sep 2000
'Suara BSD' ads cover half of costs
'Suara BSD' ads cover half of costs TANGERANG (JP): It has just celebrated its first anniversary but Suara BSD (Voice of BSD), a tabloid community magazine has already managed to cover half of its production costs from advertising revenues.
Sat, 23 Sep 2000
Govt asked to sit with BI over 'misused' loans
Govt asked to sit with BI over 'misused' loans JAKARTA (JP): The central bank and the government should sit together to reach an agreement on how to share the burden in the mishandling of past massive emergency liquidity loans for troubled banks, according to Bank Indonesia deputy governor...
Sat, 23 Sep 2000
TV today
TV todayTVRI 5:00 a.m. Religious Teachings 6:00 News 8:00 Olympics Program 11:00 Interval 2:00 p.m. News 2:30 Olympics Program 3:00 Music 4:00 News 4:30 Music 5:30 TVRI News 6:30 Music 7:00 Evening News 7:30 Music 8:00 Sport News 9:00 News 9:30 Film 10:30 NewsProgram 2 5:30 p.m.
Sat, 23 Sep 2000
IFC agrees to guarantee Indonesia's int'l bonds
IFC agrees to guarantee Indonesia's int'l bonds JAKARTA (JP): The International Finance Corporation (IFC) has agreed to guarantee the government's bonds issuance in the international market, according to Coordinating Minister for the Economy Rizal Ramli.
Sat, 23 Sep 2000
Imam orders probe into U.S. Consulate attack in Surabaya
Imam orders probe into U.S. Consulate attack in Surabaya SURABAYA (JP): East Java Governor Imam Utomo said on Friday he had instructed the police to thoroughly investigate last week's attack on the American Consulate in Surabaya.
Sat, 23 Sep 2000
Prosecutors put Sjahril under house arrest
Prosecutors put Sjahril under house arrest JAKARTA (JP): Suspended Bank Indonesia governor Sjahril Sabirin left the Attorney General's Office detention compound on Friday night, where he has been confined for the past three months after prosecutors reverted his status to house arrest.
Sat, 23 Sep 2000
Terrible parking fee
Terrible parking feeFrom Suara KaryaWhen I attended the Gaikindo Auto Expo 2000 at the Senayan Convention Hall recently, I had to pay Rp 1000 to park my motorbike, twice the amount fixed by the government.
Sat, 23 Sep 2000
Japan's loan to Thailand
Japan's loan to Thailand TOKYO (AFP): Japan said Friday it was extending development loans worth 95.67 billion yen (US$894 million) to help with a range of infrastructure projects in Thailand.The state-run Japan Bank for International Cooperation said the money, its 25th aid package for Thailand,...
Sat, 23 Sep 2000
Overseas trip?
Overseas trip? I was very surprised to read that some 90 members of the working committees of the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) plan to travel abroad (including the USA, Canada and some European countries) to disseminate information about the outcome of the 2000 Annual Session of the MPR.
Sat, 23 Sep 2000
28 students injured in brawl
28 students injured in brawl JAKARTA (JP): At least 28 university students were injured during a clash on Jl. Diponegoro, Central Jakarta on Friday, but all were released after hospital treatment.The brawl, involving more than 500 students of the Bung Karno University (UBK) and the Indonesian...
Sat, 23 Sep 2000
Sotheby's asked to stop painting sale
Sotheby's asked to stop painting sale JAKARTA (JP): Painter Sindusudarsono Sudjojono's family has asked Sotheby's in Singapore to stop an Oct. 1 auction of one of Sudjojono's paintings.They say it is from a family collection that went missing 14 years ago.
Sat, 23 Sep 2000
Robbery on bus
Robbery on busFrom Warta KotaAs a school student, I was ashamed of what I experienced the other day. I was going by city bus from Blok M to Senen. When I got on there were only a few passengers on board.
Sat, 23 Sep 2000
Mann grabs golf title at BSD with 16-under-par
Mann grabs golf title at BSD with 16-under-par TANGERANG, West Java (JP): Leading the pack over the past three rounds, experienced golfer Maan Nasim went on to win the Rp 100 million Andersen Consulting tournament here on Friday.
Sat, 23 Sep 2000
Airports in Asia face new challenges
Airports in Asia face new challenges HONG KONG (AFP): Airports in Asia are facing new challenges as they enjoy a boom following the downturn caused by the 1997 financial crisis, according to a report received Friday.
Sat, 23 Sep 2000
ACPC hopes RI will join coffee retention scheme
ACPC hopes RI will join coffee retention scheme JAKARTA (JP): The Association of Coffee Producing Countries (ACPC) said it was optimistic Indonesia would join the global coffee retention plan despite the problems faced by local growers in obtaining the funds needed to cover the plan.
Sat, 23 Sep 2000
Genetically modified Aussie goats set for China
Genetically modified Aussie goats set for China SYDNEY, Australia (Reuters): An Australian research institute and a Chinese drug company plan to genetically modify goat embryos with human genes in order to produce the protein albumin, used for the treatment of shock.
Sat, 23 Sep 2000
RI to represent the region at IMF
RI to represent the region at IMF JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia will represent the Southeast Asian nations (excluding the Philippines) in the International Monetary Fund (IMF) executive board of directors starting December, according to Bank Indonesia deputy governor Burhanuddin Abdullah.
Sat, 23 Sep 2000
Manila plans elevated railway
Manila plans elevated railway TOKYO (AFP): Japan's Marubeni Corp. and Toshiba Corp. have won a 20-billion-yen (US$188-million) contract to build an elevated railway in the congested Philippine capital Manila, Marubeni said Friday.
Sat, 23 Sep 2000
Philippines wary about ASEAN trade proposal
Philippines wary about ASEAN trade proposal MANILA (Dow Jones): The Philippine Department of Agriculture is wary over a proposal by the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to include Australia and New Zealand in the ASEAN Free Trade Agreement.
Sat, 23 Sep 2000
Suspected child molester caught
Suspected child molester caught DENPASAR, Bali: Police arrested on Thursday afternoon a man suspected of sexually molesting a two-year-old girl in Taman Hamlet of Kerobokan village, some eight kilometers west of Denpasar.
Sat, 23 Sep 2000
Bomb explosions, arson rock troubled Aceh
Bomb explosions, arson rock troubled Aceh BANDA ACEH, Aceh (JP): A series of bomb and arson attacks on government and police offices continued in the restive Aceh province on Friday, with the Darul Imarah Police station in Aceh Besar regency and the Banda Aceh office of religious affairs the...
Sat, 23 Sep 2000
Jakarta's PDI-P first congress marred by protest
Jakarta's PDI-P first congress marred by protest JAKARTA (JP): The first congress of the Jakarta chapter of Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI Perjuangan) was colored by a noisy protest on Friday when a party district chairman forced his way into the venue without permission.
Sat, 23 Sep 2000
Indonesia gets weightlifting silver medal
Indonesia gets weightlifting silver medal SYDNEY (Agencies): Indonesia picked up on Friday a weightlifting silver medal after Bulgarian muscle woman Izabela Dragneva was disqualified for drugs.Dragneva, who competed in the women's 48kg division, and her countryman Sevdalin Minchev, the bronze...
Sat, 23 Sep 2000
Militias, military linked, says Marzuki
Militias, military linked, says Marzuki JAKARTA (JP): Attorney General Marzuki Darusman said on Friday that the Indonesian Military (TNI) should not continue denying it has a connection with militias currently operating in West Timor.
Sat, 23 Sep 2000
Going abroad, what for?
Going abroad, what for?From Jurnal IndonesiaThe plan of the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) working committee to go abroad for socializing results of the Annual Session is quite strange. The main question is what is the purpose? And the cost is very high.
Sat, 23 Sep 2000
Maluku mayhem continues
Maluku mayhem continues AMBON, Maluku (JP): A clash between two villages on Lease Island in the Saparua district of Central Maluku broke out Friday morning resulting in the destruction of some 160 homes.
Sat, 23 Sep 2000
Rusdihardjo disobeyed me, says President
Rusdihardjo disobeyed me, says President JAKARTA (JP): President Abdurrahman Wahid on Friday said he fired National Police Chief Gen. Rusdihardjo because the general failed to obey an order to arrest Hutomo "Tommy" Mandala Putra.
Sat, 23 Sep 2000
Asahi boosts RI production
Asahi boosts RI production TOKYO (AFX-ASIA): Asahi Glass Co Ltd said it will spend 3.8 billion yen in boosting output of caustic soda and chlorine at its Indonesian joint venture, PT Asahimas Chemical.An Asahi Chemical spokesperson, confirming an earlier Nihon Keizai Shimbun report, said the move...
Sat, 23 Sep 2000
Hendrawan reaches final, Gong wins gold
Hendrawan reaches final, Gong wins goldBy Primastuti Handayani SYDNEY (JP): Indonesian badminton men's singles player Hendrawan moved a step closer to claiming the Olympic laurel after overwhelming Xia Xuanze of China in their semifinal match here on Friday.
Sat, 23 Sep 2000
Special task force to work on bombing cases: Bimantoro
Special task force to work on bombing cases: Bimantoro JAKARTA (JP): The National Police has established a special task force to investigate the recent unsolved bombing cases throughout the country and is expected to begin work next Monday, acting National Police chief Comr. Gen.
Sat, 23 Sep 2000
E. Java joins Hanover expo
E. Java joins Hanover expo SURABAYA (Antara): Indonesia's East Java province is taking part in the ongoing World Expo 2000 in Hanover, Germany."East Java's participation in the event aims to strengthen its relations with other countries, particularly to encourage foreign businessmen to do business...
Sat, 23 Sep 2000
Abdurrahman to embark on overseas trip next week
Abdurrahman to embark on overseas trip next week JAKARTA (JP): President Abdurrahman Wahid will embark on yet another whirlwind overseas trip on Monday, which this time will take him to Venezuela, Brazil, Chile and Canada.
Sat, 23 Sep 2000
President to unveil 2001 budget on Oct. 2
President to unveil 2001 budget on Oct. 2 JAKARTA (JP): President Abdurrahman Wahid is expected to deliver the 2001 budget draft to the House of Representatives (DPR) on Oct. 2, House media relations department head Iskandar Basri said on Friday.
Sat, 23 Sep 2000
Stock quotations on JSX
Stock quotations on JSXStock prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (in rupiah) on Sept. 22, 2000: Shares Close Change Trading Volume ------------------------------------------------------------- Ades Alfindo 875 -85 754,500 Adindo Foresta Indonesia 200 -5 45,500 Alakasa Industrindo 430 -140 5,500...
Sat, 23 Sep 2000
Chamber music gig a hit; more to come
Chamber music gig a hit; more to comeBy Y. Bintang Prakarsa JAKARTA (JP): A classical music concert organizer once said that chamber music is not marketable, but a performance of piano trios by pianist Ary Sutedja, violinist I Gusti Bagus Wiswakarma, and cellist Leonard van Hien (Erasmus Huis, Sept.
Sat, 23 Sep 2000
Madurese stage protest at Golkar office over Sampang
Madurese stage protest at Golkar office over Sampang JAKARTA (JP): The speaker of the House of Representatives Akbar Tandjung's recent suggestion that the newly-elected Sampang regent Fadhilah Budiono be allowed to take his position despite a heated dispute, has drawn strong reaction from the...
Sat, 23 Sep 2000
Harbormaster Tower is high and dry
Harbormaster Tower is high and dryBy Ida Indawati Khouw The historical Menara Syahbandar (The Harbormaster Tower) that the Dutch colonial administration built in 1839 beside Jakarta Bay is deteriorating from weather, heavy traffic and lack of maintenance.
Sat, 23 Sep 2000
Freeport appreciates Bapedal's comments on audit
Freeport appreciates Bapedal's comments on audit JAKARTA (JP): Mining giant PT Freeport Indonesia said on Friday it appreciated the comments from the Environmental Impact Management Agency (Bapedal) on its environmental audit although it disagreed with some of the agency's comments.
Sat, 23 Sep 2000
Police recruitment drive attracts high school grads
Police recruitment drive attracts high school grads JAKARTA (JP): About 150 high school graduates were sitting on an asphalt yard in the Jakarta Police Headquarters on Friday, hoping to become members of the force.
Sat, 23 Sep 2000
LIPI offers Nippon Foundation fellowships
LIPI offers Nippon Foundation fellowships JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI) announced on Friday that six fellowships from the Nippon Foundation were available for next year.The Asian Public Intellectuals (API) fellowships are open to those working in the field of shaping...
Sat, 23 Sep 2000
On public telephones
On public telephones With reference to the letter from Ms. Sinta Wijayanti (The Jakarta Post, Sept. 18, 2000: Public telephone).It is correct that most of the unusable public telephones in the Bogor area have been rendered so because of vandalism, especially that associated with robbery.
Sat, 23 Sep 2000
Holland provides $30.4 million grant for local schools
Holland provides $30.4 million grant for local schools BOGOR (JP): The Netherlands agreed on Friday to extend a whooping US$30.4 million grant to finance the development of around 4,000 schools, in particular those in areas that have been disrupted by social unrest and natural disasters.