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Tue, 24 Aug 1999
Muslim group denies supporting Habibie
Muslim group denies supporting Habibie JAKARTA (JP): A spokesman for the Front for the Defense of Islam (FPI) denied on Monday that the group supported B.J. Habibie for the presidency, which was reported by state-run television station TVRI on Sunday.
Tue, 24 Aug 1999
Security first
Security first U.S. senator Tom Harkin is not alone in calling on the United Nations to send a peacekeeping force to East Timor to ensure security during and after the Aug. 30 ballot. At the end of his visit to the territory on Saturday, the Iowa Democrat said he would bring up the proposal with U.
Tue, 24 Aug 1999
A disavowal of one's citizenship
A disavowal of one's citizenshipFrom Media IndonesiaA Jakarta newspaper reported on Aug. 18 about Indonesian nationals -- holders of Indonesian passports -- who have enlisted in Singapore's military draft. It is cause for concern because Indonesia does not recognize dual nationality.
Tue, 24 Aug 1999
PAL, Lufthansa mull tieup
PAL, Lufthansa mull tieup MANILA (AFP): Philippine Airlines (PAL) and Deutsche Lufthansa AG are discussing a joint cargo service agreement from November 1, the Filipino carrier said Monday.The proposed "block space agreement" will enable the ailing Philippine flag-carrier to regain a foothold in...
Tue, 24 Aug 1999
Hotel workers strike in Bali
Hotel workers strike in Bali TANJUNG BENOA, Bali: Hundreds of hotel workers from Club Bali Mirage, Grand Mirage Resort and Thalasso Spa staged a strike Sunday morning, demanding higher transportation allowances and a health allowance.
Tue, 24 Aug 1999
Presidency is not everything to me: Habibie
Presidency is not everything to me: Habibie JAKARTA (JP): President B.J. Habibie, facing signs of increasingly shaky Golkar backing for his presidential campaign, strove on Monday to convince the public he would not engage in dirty politics.
Tue, 24 Aug 1999
Parties warn of cop-out in bank scandal
Parties warn of cop-out in bank scandal JAKARTA (JP): Major opposition political parties warned the public on Monday to be on guard for a possible compromise between the government and the House of Representatives to settle the Bank Bali scandal.
Tue, 24 Aug 1999
In command in Aceh
In command in AcehFrom Pikiran RakyatIn response to many members of the Acehnese community's demand that the Joint Military Police Crack-Mass Riot Troops (PPRM) be withdrawn from the province, Minister of Defense and Security/Indonesian Military (TNI) chief Gen.
Tue, 24 Aug 1999
KL's reserves at US$31.9b
KL's reserves at US$31.9b KUALA LUMPUR (AFP): Malaysia's foreign reserves rose to 121.118 billion ringgit (US$31.9 billion) at mid-August from 120.399 billion ringgit at the end of July, the central bank said Monday.Bank Negara Malaysia said total assets and liabilities stood at 149.
Mon, 23 Aug 1999
Better services for migrant workers
Better services for migrant workersBy Novan Iman Santosa CILACAP, Central Java (JP): Minister of Manpower Fahmi Idris has promised the government's utmost to protect migrant workers from mistreatment and to better serve them upon their arrival home.
Mon, 23 Aug 1999
Historians angered by treatment of old buildings
Historians angered by treatment of old buildings JAKARTA (JP): Two pieces of bad news regarding the city have been released this past month. Firstly regarding the ongoing construction work at the old Antara building on Jl.
Mon, 23 Aug 1999
'Tri Samudra' saves 13 stranded sailors
'Tri Samudra' saves 13 stranded sailors JAKARTA: The Tri Samudra vessel rescued 13 stranded sailors from the Baik Tiga after the boat sank due to bad weather off the north coast off Semarang, the provincial capital of Central Java.
Mon, 23 Aug 1999
Residents occupy gold mine
Residents occupy gold mine MUARA TEWEH, Central Kalimantan: Hundreds of local residents are occupying a gold mine belonging to PT Indo Muro Kencana in Barito Utara regency, Antara reported on Saturday.The residents occupied the area last month over unsettled land reimbursements from the company.
Mon, 23 Aug 1999
Death toll reaches 28 from Sorong shipwreck
Death toll reaches 28 from Sorong shipwreck JAYAPURA, Irian Jaya (JP): Rescue workers have recovered 28 bodies from a Sorong regency river estuary where an overloaded motorized vessel overturned on Thursday.A further four people were still missing as of 6.30 p.m. on Sunday.
Mon, 23 Aug 1999
BFC regrets bankruptcy suit
BFC regrets bankruptcy suit JAKARTA (JP): Bakrie Finance Corporation (BFC) said on Saturday that it regretted the bankruptcy petition filed by its Hong Kong-based creditors.The company said in a statement that there were no parties which would benefit from the bankruptcy suit.
Mon, 23 Aug 1999
Violence at Ambon's Mardika market continues
Violence at Ambon's Mardika market continues JAKARTA (JP): Violence in the scarred Mardika market in the Maluku capital of Ambon entered its second day on Sunday after three were killed on Saturday, Antara reported.
Mon, 23 Aug 1999
DM 10 million to fight fires
DM 10 million to fight fires SAMARINDA, East Kalimantan: The government of Germany, through the Integrated Forest Fire Management -- German Agency for Technical Cooperation (IFFM-GTZ), has allocated DM 10 million (US$5.
Mon, 23 Aug 1999
Many issues on oil bill still unsettled: Legislator
Many issues on oil bill still unsettled: Legislator JAKARTA (JP): The House of Representatives could miss a Sept. 6 deadline in giving its final endorsement on a controversial oil and gas bill, a legislator has said.
Mon, 23 Aug 1999
Muslims flood Jakarta streets
Muslims flood Jakarta streets JAKARTA (JP): Thousands of white-robed Muslims from Jakarta and surrounding areas rallied peacefully on Sunday morning along the main thoroughfares of the capital.Riding in trucks, buses, private cars and motorcycles, the male and female Muslims from the Front for the...
Mon, 23 Aug 1999
Seven islands sink, eight likely to follow
Seven islands sink, eight likely to follow JAKARTA (JP): Seven islands in the Pulau Seribu marine resort area, popularly known as Thousand Islands chain, off the North Jakarta shore have perished and eight more will follow shortly if the city administration fails to take necessary preventive...
Mon, 23 Aug 1999
Disputing Golkar executives attend meeting
Disputing Golkar executives attend meeting JAKARTA (JP): President B.J. Habibie invited disputing Golkar executives to a dinner at his residence in Kuningan, South Jakarta, on Sunday in an apparent attempt to stitch up rifts in the party.
Mon, 23 Aug 1999
Jakarta needs more vegetables, fruits
Jakarta needs more vegetables, fruits JAKARTA (JP): Jakarta will remain an attractive market for vegetable and fruit suppliers as the city's population will need 546,000 tons of vegetables and 432,000 tons of fruit in the year 2000, Governor Sutiyoso said over the weekend.
Mon, 23 Aug 1999
Forests concessions to help college
Forests concessions to help college PALU, C. Sulawesi: The Forestry and Plantations Ministry has granted a 42,000-ha forest concession and a license covering 11,000-ha of plantations to the Tadulako University here to help the biggest college in Central Sulawesi fund its domestic affairs.
Mon, 23 Aug 1999
Festival marks reopening of Jakarta Historical Museum
Festival marks reopening of Jakarta Historical Museum JAKARTA (JP): A culture festival featuring local Betawi, Chinese and Indian cultures marked the reopening of the Jakarta Historical Museum at the Fatahillah square in downtown Kota on Sunday.
Mon, 23 Aug 1999
Why fly the flag if we are not free?
Why fly the flag if we are not free? In the early morning on the day before Independence Day, my mother was busy trying to find the red-and-white national flag. The flag is only used once a year but she was not looking for it because she wanted to put it up.
Mon, 23 Aug 1999
PAN objects to payments to legislators
PAN objects to payments to legislators YOGYAKARTA (JP): President B.J. Habibie's decision to award Rp 150 million to each outgoing member of the House of Representatives is excessive, National Mandate Party (PAN) secretary-general Faisal Basri said on Saturday.
Mon, 23 Aug 1999
East Timor fears more bloodshed
East Timor fears more bloodshed DILI, East Timor (JP): East Timor Military Commander Col. Noer Muis warned on Sunday of possible bloodshed in the province following the Aug. 30 self-determination ballot, due to the absence of a strong commitment among the warring factions to a reconciliation.
Mon, 23 Aug 1999
Axis Force: A case of sour grapes
Axis Force: A case of sour grapesBy Rahayu Ratnaningsih JAKARTA (JP): In her long-awaited July 29 speech which was accompanied with much fanfare, Megawati Soekarnoputri, leader of the victorious Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI- Perjuangan), made large statements about herself.
Mon, 23 Aug 1999
Oxford English Dictionary solicits new submissions
Oxford English Dictionary solicits new submissionsBy Jules Bell JAKARTA (JP): Linguists and wordsmiths take note, because now is your chance to officially add a word to the English language.The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) is appealing to the public for submissions as part of its first complete...
Mon, 23 Aug 1999
Ex-Bank Bali chief called on to speak
Ex-Bank Bali chief called on to speak JAKARTA (JP): Banking law expert Pradjoto called on Rudy Ramli to help resolve the Bank Bali scandal by releasing "his notes" on the series of incidents behind the case.
Mon, 23 Aug 1999
City buries 500 unclaimed corpses
City buries 500 unclaimed corpses JAKARTA (JP): The city administration buries some 500 unclaimed corpses at the government-run Pondok Rangon cemetery in East Jakarta each year, an official said.A staff member at Cipto Mangunkusumo General Hospital's morgue, Mardiyono, said on Friday the government...
Mon, 23 Aug 1999
Improper shelters cause problems for kids
Improper shelters cause problems for kids JAKARTA (JP): An activist has called on the management of halfway houses which shelter street children to separate boys and girls to protect them from sexual abuse.
Mon, 23 Aug 1999
Golkar's contradictions
Golkar's contradictions When the wind of reform swept through Indonesia last year, Golkar survived against all odds to garner the second-most number of votes in the June general election behind the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI Perjuangan).
Mon, 23 Aug 1999
W. Sumatra gets rights office
W. Sumatra gets rights office PADANG, West Sumatra: The National Commission on Human Rights opened a branch office here Saturday at a ceremony officiated by Zainal Bakar, secretary of the West Sumatra provincial administration.
Mon, 23 Aug 1999
Where to go in Jakarta:
Where to go in Jakarta:Exhibitions * Art Exhibition, Walk of Malioboro, at Cafe Temen Gue, Wisma Metropolitan I, 17th fl, Jl. Jend. Sudirman, Central Jakarta, until Aug. 27. * Architectural Student Projects Exhibition, at Galeri Lawang, 8th floor of block L building, Campus I Tarumanegara...
Mon, 23 Aug 1999
Budiman's parents meet Bintang at hospital
Budiman's parents meet Bintang at hospital JAKARTA (JP): Parents of the Democratic People's Party (PRD) chairman, Budiman Sudjatmiko, met with the Indonesian Democratic Union Party's chairman, Sri Bintang Pamungkas, in a "reunion" at Pertamina Hospital in South Jakarta on Saturday.
Mon, 23 Aug 1999
Officer caught in drug raid
Officer caught in drug raid KENDARI, Southeast Sulawesi: A police officer identified only as Capt. BS was arrested in a dawn drug raid on Wednesday, Antara reported on Saturday.The officer was apprehended at about 4 a.m. at a party involving crystal methamphetamine, known as shabu-shabu.
Mon, 23 Aug 1999
RP to fight forest fires
RP to fight forest fires MANILA (Xinhua): The Philippines government ordered local government units on Sunday to beef up their forest fire fighting capabilities amid the resurgence of forest fires in neighboring Malaysia and Indonesia.
Mon, 23 Aug 1999
BI audit unlikely, says former director
BI audit unlikely, says former director JAKARTA (JP): The International Monetary Fund's demand that international accounting firm PricewaterhouseCooper be allowed to audit the central bank to resolve the Bank Bali scandal faces a "procedural" difficulty, according to an expert.
Mon, 23 Aug 1999
Religious groups upset over Indonesian politics
Religious groups upset over Indonesian politics JAKARTA (JP): Two religious organizations expressed their concern on Sunday over various political developments and the coming General Session of the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR).
Mon, 23 Aug 1999
The notebook to take if you want to travel light
The notebook to take if you want to travel lightBy Zatni Arbi JAKARTA (JP): When I finally had my turn to test drive a ThinkPad 570, I understood why people have been raving about it. It's very light, has a powerful engine and is really pleasing to the eyes.
Mon, 23 Aug 1999
Cargill to invest in Subic
Cargill to invest in Subic SUBIC BAY, Philippines (AFP): United States grain processing giant Cargill will invest some US$35 million to expand a distribution center in this northern freeport, the operators of the freeport said Saturday.
Mon, 23 Aug 1999
Experts laud planned tax incentives
Experts laud planned tax incentives JAKARTA (JP): Investment and trade consultants hailed the government's plan on Saturday to provide new tax incentives in order to boost the inflow of foreign direct investment into the country.
Mon, 23 Aug 1999
Government requests contraceptives on tick
Government requests contraceptives on tick JAKARTA (JP): The National Family Planning Board (BKKBN) has requested PT Schering Indonesia to advance 45 million sets of contraception pills worth Rp 50 billion (US$6.
Mon, 23 Aug 1999
Indonesia's telecom groups to name financial adviser
Indonesia's telecom groups to name financial adviser SINGAPORE (Dow Jones): Five consortiums working to expand Indonesia's telephone service will soon jointly appoint a financial adviser to work on their proposals to restructure the country's telecommunications business.
Mon, 23 Aug 1999
Gus Dur says he is in bind over presidential candidacy
Gus Dur says he is in bind over presidential candidacy SURABAYA (JP): Abdurrahman Wahid admits he is in a political bind. He still wants to be the next president, but he is also committed to an agreement made by his National Awakening Party (PKB) to support the presidential bid of Megawati...
Mon, 23 Aug 1999
Teenage girl dead at cheap hotel
Teenage girl dead at cheap hotel JAKARTA (JP): A 19-year-old female student was found dead in a cheap Ilham Hotel in Kemayoran in Central Jakarta on Sunday.Sakiyah, a resident of Jl. Pulo Besar in Sunter Jaya in North Jakarta, was suspected to be a victim of murder, local detective chief Sgt.
Sun, 22 Aug 1999
Police methods -- a taxing experience
Police methods -- a taxing experience JAKARTA (JP): In some places, renewing your vehicle registration is a straightforward process, achievable at a post office or by mailing a check. Not in Indonesia. Here, like sex, it can't be done by post or by proxy or by standing order.
Sun, 22 Aug 1999
Honor among sophisticated thieves at play in 'Entrapment'
Honor among sophisticated thieves at play in 'Entrapment'By Tam Notosusanto JAKARTA (JP): Movies can make you root for anybody, even criminals. Thieves, bank robbers, gangsters, con men -- you have sympathy for them, especially if they come in the form of Paul Newman, Robert Redford or Robert De...
Sun, 22 Aug 1999
Rini Soewandi riding high on Astra
Rini Soewandi riding high on AstraBy Yudha Kartohadiprodjo JAKARTA (JP): Controversial as she is, Rini Soewandi took the helm of Astra International (AI) in mid-1998, when the company was weathering tough times.