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Sat, 19 Aug 2000
Garuda responds
Garuda responds With reference to Y. Santo's letter Garuda's old 747s of Aug. 4, 2000, we would like to thank you for your attention and concern toward Garuda Indonesia.Nevertheless, to avoid further misunderstanding among our customers, we feel it necessary to explain that in our published...
Sat, 19 Aug 2000
S'pore Lee's visit 'constructive'
S'pore Lee's visit 'constructive' KUALA LUMPUR (AFP): The Malaysian foreign minister described on Friday the just-ended visit by Singapore Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew as a "constructive and productive" development in bilateral relations.
Sat, 19 Aug 2000
Where to go in Jakarta:
Where to go in Jakarta:Exhibitions * Painting Exhibition Bukan Pelukis by Sitok Srengenge, Butet Kartaredjasa, Djaduk Ferianto, and Agus Noor, at Galeri Milenium, Golden Plaza complex, Blok B-23, Jl. R.S. Fatmawati No. 15, South Jakarta (Phone: 7507828), 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., until Aug. 30.
Sat, 19 Aug 2000
Visa offers e-card
Visa offers e-card JAKARTA (JP): Visa International, in cooperation with Bank Universal, launched on Friday a new virtual credit card designed especially for payments over the Internet.Visa country manager Ellyana Fuad said the Bank Universal Visa Virtual Card could be used at all websites...
Sat, 19 Aug 2000
80 BI officials to be questioned over scam
80 BI officials to be questioned over scam JAKARTA (JP): Bank Indonesia senior deputy governor Anwar Nasution said on Friday that 80 central bank officials will be questioned over a possible involvement in fraud related to the disbursement of massive government liquidity supports to commercial...
Sat, 19 Aug 2000
Too rosy forecast
Too rosy forecast Bank Indonesia's latest forecasts of key economic indicators for the rest of the year and next year could generate a sense of optimism, a precious commodity sorely needed by the business sector, and bolster consumer confidence which is the main locomotive of the nascent recovery.
Sat, 19 Aug 2000
Hundreds rally as search for activists continues
Hundreds rally as search for activists continues JAKARTA (JP): Hundreds of people from various groups rallied outside the compound of the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) to express their disappointment with the results of the Annual Session, which concluded on Friday.
Sat, 19 Aug 2000
Agronomic trade potential
Agronomic trade potentialBy Daniel Kingsley JAKARTA (JP): It is a government priority and focus to develop small and medium enterprises in Indonesia as a foundation for bringing the country out of it's present economic slump.
Sat, 19 Aug 2000
Summary of Amendments to the 1945 Constitution
Summary of Amendments to the 1945 Constitution Chapter VILocal Government The original single article on the division of Indonesia into small and large territories, has now been expanded to three articles which highlight the right of each province and regency/municipality to administer their...
Sat, 19 Aug 2000
Traditional 'angklung' dance retains popularity in E. Java
Traditional 'angklung' dance retains popularity in E. JavaBy Singgir Kartana BANYUWANGI, East Java (JP): It was a merry Wednesday night in Kalibaru Cottage's lobby. Dozens of foreign tourists got carried away watching an angklung dance performed by three young girls, Fitri, Prima and Uut.
Sat, 19 Aug 2000
Police detectives have yet to identify bomb hoaxers
Police detectives have yet to identify bomb hoaxers JAKARTA (JP): Police detectives are still in the dark over the identity of persons responsible for a series of bomb hoaxes which disrupted the capital following the large explosion in front of the residence of Philippine Ambassador to Indonesia...
Sat, 19 Aug 2000
New industrial policy centers on technology
New industrial policy centers on technology JAKARTA (JP): The government announced on Friday it was adopting a new industrial policy that would boost the use of technology as a means to improve the nation's competitiveness.
Sat, 19 Aug 2000
Hit-and-run accident kills two
Hit-and-run accident kills two DENPASAR, Bali: Police are searching for the driver of a truck in a hit-and-run accident that killed two people on a motorcycle on Jl. Raya Kesambi in the Abasan area, some 10 kilometers west of Denpasar on Friday afternoon.
Sat, 19 Aug 2000
IMF data show Indonesia increases borrowings
IMF data show Indonesia increases borrowings WASHINGTON (Reuters): Russia and Brazil made big repayments to the International Monetary Fund in the year to July 31, according to IMF figures released on Thursday.
Sat, 19 Aug 2000
MPR approves nine decrees, TNI's presence included
MPR approves nine decrees, TNI's presence included JAKARTA (JP): Concluding its Annual Session on Friday, the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) endorsed nine decrees, two of which certified the military's presence at the Assembly until 2009 and the new tasks for Vice President Megawati...
Sat, 19 Aug 2000
IBRA to give 100% interest discount to small debtors
IBRA to give 100% interest discount to small debtors JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesian Bank Restructuring Agency (IBRA), in collaboration with 10 domestic banks, has agreed to provide bank refinancing facilities to indebted small and medium enterprises (SMEs) interested in joining the agency's Crash...
Sat, 19 Aug 2000
From Washington to Jakarta
From Washington to Jakarta The presence in Jakarta of (Palestinian leader Yasser) Arafat and (Israel's Shimon) Peres gives us reason to be proud of the fact that there are still others who are turning to Indonesia, a nation in a deep crisis, to resolve the decades-old Middle East crisis.
Sat, 19 Aug 2000
Gus Dur concerned about preserving national culture
Gus Dur concerned about preserving national culture YOGYAKARTA (JP): President Abdurrahman Wahid said on Friday night during a Javanese ritual Ruwatan Sukerto in Yogyakarta that he had asked Sultan Hamengkubuwono X to chair a board which will deal with the dynamic movement of national culture in...
Sat, 19 Aug 2000
Can Thai Rak Thai reverse economic policies?
Can Thai Rak Thai reverse economic policies?By Thanong Khanthong BANGKOK: CAN the Thai Rak Thai Party reverse the key economic policies implemented by the Democrats if it wins the next election? Kitti Limsakul, an adviser to Thai Rak Thai, believes so.
Sat, 19 Aug 2000
Asia-Pacific nations urged to help curb oil prices
Asia-Pacific nations urged to help curb oil prices BANGKOK, Thailand (AP): Thailand has urged a powerful group of Asia-Pacific nations to pressure oil exporting countries into reducing the high crude prices before "it leads to another economic crisis.
Sat, 19 Aug 2000
MPR's Annual Session too expensive, says Akbar
MPR's Annual Session too expensive, says Akbar JAKARTA (JP): Only at the end of the Annual Session of the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) on Friday, did the Golkar Party faction finally come to the conclusion that the expenditure involved in the 10-day event was excessive.
Sat, 19 Aug 2000
Maersk fetes new ship
Maersk fetes new ship JAKARTA (JP): Container transport service Maersk Sealand celebrated a new weekly service for Asia on Friday with the arrival of 1,382 twenty-foot equivalent unit freighter Bernhard Schulle at the Jakarta International Container Terminal (JICT).
Sat, 19 Aug 2000
Stock quotations on JSX
Stock quotations on JSXStock prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (in rupiah) on Aug. 18, 2000: Shares Close Change Trading Volume ------------------------------------------------------------- Ades Alfindo 680 -20 29,500 Adindo Foresta Indonesia 295 -5 154,000 Alakasa Industrindo 815 115 1,000 Alfa...
Sat, 19 Aug 2000
Sjahril's arrest extended again for another 30 days
Sjahril's arrest extended again for another 30 days JAKARTA (JP): The Attorney General's Office extended the arrest of central bank governor Sjahril Sabirin on Monday for another 30 days, pending the completion of the investigation into his involvement in the Bank Bali scandal.
Sat, 19 Aug 2000
Double-decker goes up in flames on Jl. Sudirman
Double-decker goes up in flames on Jl. Sudirman JAKARTA (JP): A double-decker bus serving the Pulogadung-Blok M route with some 40 passengers on board caught fire in front of the Indocement building on the city's major thoroughfare of Jl. Sudirman in Central Jakarta on Friday morning.
Sat, 19 Aug 2000
GAM claims to have special links with TNI
GAM claims to have special links with TNI BANDA ACEH, Aceh (JP): A commander of the Free Aceh Movement (GAM) separatist rebels in restive North Aceh regency Abu Sofyan Daud conceded that the movement has special links with officers in the Indonesian Military (TNI).
Sat, 19 Aug 2000
Singapadu pioneers village arts festival in Bali
Singapadu pioneers village arts festival in BaliBy I wayan juniartha SINGAPADU, Bali (JP): The people of Singapadu village, 12 kilometers east of Denpasar, deserve a special place in Bali's arts history for organizing the first village-level arts festival.
Sat, 19 Aug 2000
Thailand's white sugar premiums under pressure
Thailand's white sugar premiums under pressure BANGKOK (Reuters): Thai white sugar premiums are expected to come under pressure for the rest of this year and into 2001 if India starts to export up to one million tons of white sugar at subsidized prices, trade sources said on Friday.
Sat, 19 Aug 2000
MPR ends its session and avows failure
MPR ends its session and avows failure JAKARTA (JP): The 10-day People's Consultative Assembly Annual Session ended on Friday afternoon producing 10 decrees and several constitutional amendments, but fell far short of tackling much of the nation's pressing problems.
Sat, 19 Aug 2000
Sophan balances radical, conservative views in PDI-P
Sophan balances radical, conservative views in PDI-P JAKARTA (JP): Many skeptics brush aside the work of legislators, describing them as having an easy life sitting on their backsides.But for those in the midst of the political fray, the tension and moral complexities can be physically too much,...
Sat, 19 Aug 2000
Wanted: Independent films, video producers for show
Wanted: Independent films, video producers for show JAKARTA (JP): Do you like to make films? If the answer is yes, go and submit your work to the upcoming Indonesian Independent Film and Video Festival.There is still plenty of time as the festival's organizer will be accepting works until Sept. 6.
Sat, 19 Aug 2000
Toyota's Thai plant to buy all parts in Southest Asia
Toyota's Thai plant to buy all parts in Southest Asia TOKYO (DPA): Japan's Toyota Motor Corporation said on Friday its Thai plant will try to procure all parts in Southeast Asia by 2003 thanks to planned reductions of tariffs by the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in 2002.
Fri, 18 Aug 2000
BCA to hike wages after workers protest
BCA to hike wages after workers protest JAKARTA (JP): Some 1,000 Bank Central Asia (BCA) employees rallied on Wednesday in front of the company's headquarters on Jl. Sudirman, South Jakarta, demanding more pay.The protesters, mostly wearing a red ribbon on their arm, arrived at 10 a.m.
Fri, 18 Aug 2000
Portal for paper and pulp
Portal for paper and pulp SINGAPORE (Dow Jones): Alliance Technology & Development Ltd. on Thursday said ATD.com Pte Ltd., a unit, has formed a joint venture company with Indonesia's The-eWorld.com Ltd. to operate an online portal for the pulp and paper industry, www.epulppaper.com
Fri, 18 Aug 2000
Observers stress need for professional Cabinet
Observers stress need for professional Cabinet JAKARTA (JP): Observers have emphasized the need to recruit professionals, instead of people linked to political parties, for the new Cabinet.Economist Sri Adiningsih from the Yogyakarta-based Gadjah Mada University said the government was facing more...
Fri, 18 Aug 2000
Two train passengers murdered in two days
Two train passengers murdered in two days BANDUNG (JP): Two passengers died in two different economy- class trains on Monday and Tuesday, forcing railway company PT Kereta Api Indonesia (KAI) to engage in further efforts to improve security on board its trains.
Fri, 18 Aug 2000
KONI expels Supeni from Olympic weightlifting squad
KONI expels Supeni from Olympic weightlifting squad JAKARTA (JP): The National Sports Council (KONI) finally expelled women's weightlifter Supeni from its Olympic Games squad but she will still be groomed for the 2001 Southeast Asian Games in Kuala Lumpur and 2002 Asian Games in Pusan, South Korea.
Fri, 18 Aug 2000
Legislator practices politics for people
Legislator practices politics for people JAKARTA (JP): Efforts to brush aside the long-standing image of the House of Representatives as a mere rubber-stamper of the government should not simplify the role played by a young politician from Golkar Party, Ade Komarudin.
Fri, 18 Aug 2000
Conversion Rates
Conversion RatesBank Indonesia's conversion rates on Aug. 16, 2000: Bank notes rates TT rates Buying Selling Buying Selling Rp Rp Rp Rp U.S. dollar 1 7,822.00 8,822.00 8,280.00 8,364.00Australian dollar 1 4,586.04 5,176.75 4,854.56 4,908.00Austrian schilling 1 518.31 584.89 548.66 554.
Fri, 18 Aug 2000
Archipelago food promo at the Peninsula
Archipelago food promo at the PeninsulaBy Grace Segran JAKARTA (JP): From Aug. 14 until the end of the month, the Menara Peninsula will be running a food promotion featuring cuisines from around the Indonesian archipelago at its Kafe Coleman.
Fri, 18 Aug 2000
Sandvik's deal with Freeport
Sandvik's deal with Freeport STOCKHOLM (Dow Jones): Engineering group Sandvik AB has received two orders worth a combined SEK120 million for machinery, tools and other equipment for mining and construction work in Australia and Indonesia.
Fri, 18 Aug 2000
Bank Patriot's assets up
Bank Patriot's assets up JAKARTA (JP): Bank Patriot, a private banks included in the government-sponsored recapitalization program, reported an improved performance during the first half of this year.The Indonesian Bank Restructuring Agency (IBRA) said here on Wednesday the bank's total assets rose...
Fri, 18 Aug 2000
Where to go in Jakarta:
Where to go in Jakarta:Exhibitions * Painting Exhibition Bukan Pelukis by Sitok Srengenge, Butet Kartaredjasa, Djaduk Ferianto, and Agus Noor, at Galeri Milenium, Golden Plaza complex, Blok B-23, Jl. R.S. Fatmawati No. 15, South Jakarta (Phone: 7507828), 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., until Aug. 30.
Fri, 18 Aug 2000
Ginandjar to be summoned for further clarification: Marzuki
Ginandjar to be summoned for further clarification: Marzuki JAKARTA (JP): Attorney General Marzuki Darusman said on Wednesday that his office would soon summon former coordinating minister for the economy, finance and industry Ginandjar Kartasasmita to clarify his previous statement before...
Fri, 18 Aug 2000
China, Korea dumping steel
China, Korea dumping steel WASHINGTON (Reuters): The U.S. International Trade Commission has ruled that China, South Korea and other countries appear to be dumping steel used to reinforce concrete on the United States, but cleared Japan and Russia of the same charges.In a report sent to the U.S.
Fri, 18 Aug 2000
Qaddafi acts to free RP hostages
Qaddafi acts to free RP hostagesBy Rudolph Chimelli PARIS (DPA): If Libyan revolutionary leader Muammar Qaddafi manages to secure the release of the hostages being held in the Philippines, then he will have taken an enormous step towards casting off his persona non grata label and his...
Fri, 18 Aug 2000
'Syariah' bid based on false assumption
'Syariah' bid based on false assumption The People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) has decided to postpone for a year deliberations on the possible inclusion of syariah (Islamic law) in the Constitution. The rector of the Syarif Hidayatullah State Institute for Islamic Studies (IAIN), Azyumardi Azra,...
Fri, 18 Aug 2000
Negotiators behind peaceful rallies
Negotiators behind peaceful rallies JAKARTA (JP): Smarting from the past, when demonstrations were prone to clashes between protesters and security personnel, police have found a recipe for dealing with street rallies, regardless of their size, during the Annual Session of the People's Consultative...
Fri, 18 Aug 2000
Two taxi rapists sentenced to 14 years and 13 years
Two taxi rapists sentenced to 14 years and 13 years JAKARTA (JP): Rusdi bin Busri, 25, and Arkomi, alias Komeng, 30, stared at the floor when judges respectively handed down a 14-year jail term and a 13-year jail term for a vicious robbery and rape of a 23-year-old woman in a taxi last January.
Fri, 18 Aug 2000
Household workers
Household workers It is a cause for hope when a leading national newspaper devotes its editorial space to the needs of the disenfranchised. The Jakarta Post's Aug. 12 editorial spoke out on behalf of Indonesia's lowest level of female household workers, our pembantus.