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Tue, 22 Sep 1998
Brunei looks into misuse of funds
Brunei looks into misuse of funds BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN (AFP): Brunei's government said on Monday that "large sums of money" had been misappropriated from a state investment agency to companies controlled by an estranged brother of Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah.
Tue, 22 Sep 1998
BI urged to end high rate policy, public SBI sales
BI urged to end high rate policy, public SBI sales JAKARTA (JP): The Federation of Private Domestic Banks (Perbanas) appealed to the central bank on Monday to review its high interest rate policy and stop selling its short-term promissory notes (SBI) to the public.
Tue, 22 Sep 1998
Disintegration of ASEAN envisaged
Disintegration of ASEAN envisaged BANGKOK (AP): Former Thai prime minister Chavalit Yongchaiyudh has said the Association of Southeast Asian Nations is in danger of falling apart because of the regional economic crisis and weak leadership.
Tue, 22 Sep 1998
PEPABRI comments
PEPABRI comments On Sept. 14 the Jakarta Post reported ABRI ends obligation to pick Golkar in polls, the contents of which could lead to various interpretations in the community mainly in Armed Forces (ABRI) circles.
Tue, 22 Sep 1998
RI ready for Davis Cup tie
RI ready for Davis Cup tie JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia's Davis Cup team arrived in Yan Ji, China, on Monday morning for its Group I Asia Oceania zone second playoff against the host country.The national team will field Adrian Raturandang and Febi Widhiyanto in the singles and a pairing of Sulistyo...
Tue, 22 Sep 1998
Anwar's arrest
Anwar's arrest The only unexpected thing about the arrest of ousted Malaysian deputy prime minister Anwar Ibrahim was that it happened sooner than he had predicted. It was effected on Sunday evening, only hours after he had led tens of thousands of supporters through the streets of Kuala Lumpur...
Tue, 22 Sep 1998
Mia says she's ready to assume Susi's role as badminton queen
Mia says she's ready to assume Susi's role as badminton queen JAKARTA (JP): Olympic silver medalist Mia Audina said on Monday she was ready to win an Asian Games gold medal in the absence of the nation's badminton queen, her senior Susi Susanti.
Tue, 22 Sep 1998
Students demonstrate for lower prices
Students demonstrate for lower prices SEMARANG: More than 1,500 students of the Semarang Teachers Training Institute in the Central Java capital staged a demonstration on Monday, demanding the government lower prices of basic commodities.
Tue, 22 Sep 1998
Malaysia hit by fresh unrest
Malaysia hit by fresh unrest KUALA LUMPUR (Agencies): Malaysian police and anti-government protesters clashed for the second straight day on Monday and authorities used a sweeping law to round up allies of sacked finance minister Anwar Ibrahim.
Tue, 22 Sep 1998
APEC KL summit at risk: Australia deputy premier
APEC KL summit at risk: Australia deputy premier CANBERRA (Reuters): A meeting of Asia-Pacific leaders scheduled for Kuala Lumpur in mid-November will be in jeopardy if political protests in the Malaysian capital increase or grow more violent, Australia's deputy prime minister said on Monday.
Tue, 22 Sep 1998
City urged to revoke reservoir agreement
City urged to revoke reservoir agreement JAKARTA (JP): The City Council has urged the administration to revoke a cooperation agreement with private company PT Jaka Setia Sakti to develop an area surrounding the Ria Rio reservoir in Pulomas, East Jakarta, since the project had been neglected for six...
Tue, 22 Sep 1998
Government to issue land control regulation: Minister
Government to issue land control regulation: Minister JAKARTA (JP): The government will soon issue a land control regulation in response to data indicating that significant portions of land under private sector management have remained idle, a senior minister said on Monday.
Tue, 22 Sep 1998
Legitimacy stems from good governance, opennes
Legitimacy stems from good governance, opennesBy Meuthia Ganie Rochman JAKARTA (JP): Good governance, which has become a new approach in viewing development problems in developing countries since 1990, conceptually revises the relationship between the institution of state and the people, although...
Tue, 22 Sep 1998
Grand Hyatt staff stage protest over service charge
Grand Hyatt staff stage protest over service charge JAKARTA (JP): At least 500 employees of the luxurious five- star Grand Hyatt Jakarta hotel staged a protest in the hotel's lobby on Monday afternoon to demand that money worth Rp 709 million (US$64,454) collected from the service charge be...
Tue, 22 Sep 1998
MPR committee deadlocked on leadership
MPR committee deadlocked on leadership JAKARTA (JP): The People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) Ad Hoc Committee I ended a meeting on Monday in deadlock after the dominant Golkar's refusal to separate the Assembly's leadership from that of the House of Representatives (DPR) prevailed over the wishes...
Tue, 22 Sep 1998
Govt vows to keep Telkom and Indosat monopolies
Govt vows to keep Telkom and Indosat monopolies JAKARTA (JP): The government has no plans to lift monopolies on the provision of telecommunications services in the country currently held by the publicly-listed state companies PT Indosat and PT Telkom ahead of schedule, a senior official has said.
Tue, 22 Sep 1998
Six killed in accident
Six killed in accident SEMARANG: Six people were killed and two others injured in a bus collision in Ungaran, about 20 kilometers south of the provincial capital on Monday.Semarang police chief Lt. Col.
Tue, 22 Sep 1998
Bank owners offer assets worth Rp 177t
Bank owners offer assets worth Rp 177t JAKARTA (JP): Deputy Attorney General Soehandjono said here on Monday that the former owners of nationalized and closed banks have offered assets worth Rp 177 trillion (US$16 billion) to repay their debts to Bank Indonesia (BI).
Mon, 21 Sep 1998
MITI helps SE Asian firms
MITI helps SE Asian firms TOKYO (Bloomberg): Japan's Ministry of International Trade and Industry will extend low-interest loans to units of Japanese companies operating in Southeast Asia to help revitalize the region's economies, Daily Yomiuri reported Sunday, citing ministry sources.
Mon, 21 Sep 1998
More parties demand fairer election rules
More parties demand fairer election rules JAKARTA (JP): More political parties have called for equal chances to contest next May's general election.Alexander Litaay of the Indonesian Democratic Party (PDI) under Megawati Soekarnoputri, Nurdin Purnomo of the Bhinneka Tunggal Ika Party (PBTI),...
Mon, 21 Sep 1998
Housewife found dead in Cikarang
Housewife found dead in Cikarang JAKARTA (JP): A 25-year-old housewife was found dead in her house made out of bamboo matting in Cikarang, Bekasi, on Saturday hanging from a curtain.Her husband, Endang, 28, a secondhand goods peddler, was away in Depok earning money for his one-child family when...
Mon, 21 Sep 1998
Gas leak investigated
Gas leak investigated PADANG, West Sumatra: Sawahlunto regency has formed a fact- finding team to check into reports of methane leakage from illegal mines here.Iwan Setiawan, general manager of PT Bukit Asam Unit Pertambangan Ombilin, said methane emissions from a number of illegal mines had...
Mon, 21 Sep 1998
Art summit schedule of performances
Art summit schedule of performances Sept. 21-22: Music, Alvin Lucier (USA), Gedung Kesenian Jakarta (GKJ), Jl. Pos No. 2, Central Jakarta (Phone: 3441892).Sept. 22-23: Theater, Suku Naga (Dragon Tribe), Bengkel Teater Rendra (Indonesia), Taman Ismail Marzuki (TIM), Jl.
Mon, 21 Sep 1998
Singapore Malays defend Lee
Singapore Malays defend Lee SINGAPORE (AP): Ethnic Malay leaders in Singapore came to the defense of former Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew, whose memoirs have been criticized in Malaysia as poisonous and racist, a newspaper reported on Sunday.
Mon, 21 Sep 1998
City urged to revoke levy on indoor ads
City urged to revoke levy on indoor ads JAKARTA (JP): Operators of major shopping centers in Greater Jakarta urged the city administration on Saturday to abolish a levy on advertisement billboards and banners inside their premises.
Mon, 21 Sep 1998
Investigators still absent at Cendana, only flowers arrive
Investigators still absent at Cendana, only flowers arrive JAKARTA (JP): As of Sunday there were no signs that the Attorney General-led team investigating the wealth of former president Soeharto had met him at his residence.Soeharto's residence on Jl.
Mon, 21 Sep 1998
TV today
TV todayTVRI 2:00 p.m. News: Berita 14 2:35 TV Series: The Big Valley 3:05 Management Program: Kiat Manajemen 3:30 TV Drama: Badai pun Berlalu 4:00 Regional News 4:30 Creative Program: Karya Kita 5:00 Indonesian Lessons 5:30 Education Quiz: Tangkas Cermat 6:00 News: Lintasan Berita 6:05...
Mon, 21 Sep 1998
ABRI members clean up rivers
ABRI members clean up rivers JAKARTA (JP): About 500 members of the Armed Forces (ABRI) were set to work cleaning up Apuran river in the Cengkareng Timur sub-district of West Jakarta on Sunday.They were deployed to assist measures which the city is taking to prepare for above average rainfall which...
Mon, 21 Sep 1998
RP banks stable amid crisis
RP banks stable amid crisis MANILA (Reuters): Philippine commercial banks performed moderately well as of the second quarter ended June despite the lingering financial crisis, the central bank said.The central bank said in a statement Sunday the capital ratio of local commercial banks in the second...
Mon, 21 Sep 1998
Elizabeth II visits KL during political storm
Elizabeth II visits KL during political storm KUALA LUMPUR (AP): A white-gloved Queen Elizabeth II attended a church service at Freedom Square on her first stop in this former British colony roiling with a sordid political drama.Just after the queen settled into the front pew at nearby St.
Mon, 21 Sep 1998
European Union has no plans to amend cotton dumping proposal
European Union has no plans to amend cotton dumping proposal BRUSSELS (Reuters): The European Commission has no plans to amend its proposal for dumping duties on unbleached cotton imports, despite opposition from a majority of European Union governments, a Commission spokesman said on Friday.
Mon, 21 Sep 1998
RP exerting all to save PAL
RP exerting all to save PAL MANILA (Reuters): The Philippine government said on Sunday it was exerting all efforts to save Philippines Airlines (PAL) which has announced it will close shop next week."With two days to go before Philippine Airlines closes down, President Joseph Estrada is still...
Mon, 21 Sep 1998
Indonesia and Russia in Paris Club talks this week
Indonesia and Russia in Paris Club talks this week PARIS (Reuters): Two of the world's most embattled economies hold talks with the Paris Club of creditor nations this week as Indonesia seeks a rescheduling of debt payments and Russia comes to explain why its own payments are running late.
Mon, 21 Sep 1998
Ethnic Chinese and amoral acts
Ethnic Chinese and amoral acts In response to Sumarsono Sastrowardoyo's letter of Sept. 17, I venture to say that most Chinese-Indonesians hate and condemn the individuals, especially ethnic Chinese, who smuggle rice and commit other amoral acts, such as bankers pillaging banks.
Mon, 21 Sep 1998
Economy may improve soon: Syahril
Economy may improve soon: Syahril YOGYAKARTA (JP): Bank Indonesia (BI) Governor Syahril Sabirin has expressed optimism that the economy will improve within the next two to three months if "non-economic factors" in the country stabilize.
Mon, 21 Sep 1998
Deciding by ballot
Deciding by ballot The recent decision taken by a vote in the House of Representatives was a new and refreshing development. The House plenary session failed to reach a unanimous decision because the United Development Party (PPP) faction insisted on proposing former finance minister Mar'ie...
Mon, 21 Sep 1998
Playing with politics
Playing with politics It is certainly a relief to learn that the government has finally presented the drafts on political laws -- which many hope will provide the foundations of our democracy -- to the House of Representatives (DPR).
Mon, 21 Sep 1998
Brunei must help Asia: New crown prince
Brunei must help Asia: New crown prince BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN (Reuters): The newly proclaimed crown prince of Brunei said the oil-rich sultanate must help Asia out in its economic turmoil."We have to help as best we can with what limited resources we can," said Prince Al-Muhtadee Billah, in line to...
Mon, 21 Sep 1998
Where to go in Jakarta:
Where to go in Jakarta:Exhibitions * Photo Exhibition: Teater Tari Masa Kini - 30 Tahun Sejarah Tari Jerman, at Gedung Kesenian Jakarta, Jl. Pos No. 2, Central Jakarta (Phone: 3441892), 4 p.m. to 9:30 p.m., Sept. 21, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Sept. 23, 24, 27, 29, 30, 10 a.m. to 9:30 p.m., Sept.
Mon, 21 Sep 1998
Customers still complaining over PDAM water services
Customers still complaining over PDAM water services JAKARTA (JP): Although the management of tap water supply in the capital has been handed over to joint venture companies, many Jakartans are complaining about the same old things: poor water quality, leaking pipes and erratic billing.
Mon, 21 Sep 1998
Police arrest Anwar after major protest
Police arrest Anwar after major protest KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters): Malaysian police arrested sacked finance minister Anwar Ibrahim on Sunday, hours after he led tens of thousands of protesters through the streets of the capital calling on Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad to resign.
Mon, 21 Sep 1998
Fight against graft 'key to RI recovery'
Fight against graft 'key to RI recovery' JAKARTA (JP): Combating corruption is essential to Indonesia's economic recovery, but the country's anti-corruption efforts can only be effective if they begin with a credible demonstrated commitment at the highest levels of government, according to a senior...
Mon, 21 Sep 1998
Market expected to tumble further
Market expected to tumble further JAKARTA (JP): Share prices on the local stock market are expected to slip further this week, weighed down by weak sentiment on regional markets and concerns over political and social instability at home, analysts and stock brokers said.
Mon, 21 Sep 1998
Thousands PAN launching in Yogyakarta
Thousands PAN launching in Yogyakarta YOGYAKARTA (JP): About 25,000 people attended a ceremony to launch the National Mandate Party's (PAN) Yogyakarta branch at Kridosono Stadium here on Sunday.Others who could not fit into the stadium held rallies in parts of the city, in many cases causing heavy...
Mon, 21 Sep 1998
Mar'ie the right man for BPK
Mar'ie the right man for BPK I once worked in an auditing office with the government and have knowledge on how the state's various audit institutes operate. They are at provincial level and at ministry level. There are state audit agencies at the central level and in all provinces.
Mon, 21 Sep 1998
Labor foundation to hold mass wedding
Labor foundation to hold mass wedding JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesian Labor Foundation plans to hold a collective wedding ceremony in November to help low-income couples who have postponed their dream wedding due to the crisis.
Mon, 21 Sep 1998
RI still promising for air express firms
RI still promising for air express firmsBy Sylvia Gratia MN JAKARTA (JP): The world's major air express companies still consider Indonesia a promising market for courier business despite the country's worst ever economic crisis.
Mon, 21 Sep 1998
Friction in FSPSI mounts as members trade threats
Friction in FSPSI mounts as members trade threats JAKARTA (JP): The ongoing friction in the government-backed Federation of Indonesian Workers Union (FSPSI) has escalated with the federation's central board and sectoral unions exchanging threats of sacking.
Mon, 21 Sep 1998
Macroeconomic policy, banking management need reform
Macroeconomic policy, banking management need reform JAKARTA (JP): Laksamana Sukardi obviously does not fit the norm. His priority is not the pursuit of wealth and a high office.He could have stayed in his previous job as managing director of Lippo Bank and moved on to reach the pinnacle of his...
Mon, 21 Sep 1998
Removal of sex workers urged
Removal of sex workers urged CILACAP, Central Java (JP): Hundreds of activists from the Indonesian Moslem Student Movement's (PMII) Cilacap branch demanded government action on Thursday to put an end to prostitution here.