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Sun, 01 Aug 1999
Wara's paintings portray people's lives as mysteries
Wara's paintings portray people's lives as mysteriesBy Chandra Johan JAKARTA (JP): In the midst of the empty dark plain and silent and tenacious atmosphere -- a dark-red sky like blood and a rolling clod of cloud -- are three human figures.
Sun, 01 Aug 1999
Romance is in the air at Padi-Padi Cafe
Romance is in the air at Padi-Padi CafeBy Irene Sugiharto JAKARTA (JP): Kemang in South Jakarta was once the elite, quiet residential neighborhood where a lot of expatriates chose to live. But that was a long time ago. Foreigners are still there, but not the quiet.
Sun, 01 Aug 1999
Love affairs, lies and stereotypes
Love affairs, lies and stereotypes JAKARTA (JP): The truck stopped abruptly in front of a motel- like building on the main road to Surabaya, and the driver jumped out, instructing his conductor to park the truck and get it ready for the continuation of the trip.
Sun, 01 Aug 1999
Batam deserted after 13 killed in clashes
Batam deserted after 13 killed in clashes BATAM (Agencies): Batam Island remained calm despite prevailing tensions on Saturday following ethnic clashes that killed at least 14 people.The cities were deserted while a number of armed military men stayed on guard.
Sun, 01 Aug 1999
Wimar's dangerous ordinariness
Wimar's dangerous ordinariness Menuju Partai Orang Biasa (Toward the Ordinary People Party); By Wimar Witoelar; PT Gramedia Pustaka Utama, Jakarta, Second edition, March 1999; 323 pages. JAKARTA (JP): Is Wimar Witoelar a dangerous man? goes the editorial of Golkar's affiliated tabloid Siaga, the...
Sun, 01 Aug 1999
Styrofoam: Not as harmless as it looks
Styrofoam: Not as harmless as it looksBy Stevie Emilia JAKARTA (JP): Next time you have lunch at a fast food restaurant, pay more attention to how your meal is served. You might notice something that you overlooked before: the use of styrofoam packaging in the cup, plate or take-out box.
Sat, 31 Jul 1999
Indonesia seeks voter registration extension
Indonesia seeks voter registration extension JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Foreign Affairs Ali Alatas expressed a wish that the United Nations Mission in East Timor (UNAMET) would extend registration for the self-determination vote in East Timor to allow more eligible people to participate.
Sat, 31 Jul 1999
Romana no shot in the dark for Games tennis
Romana no shot in the dark for Games tennis JAKARTA (JP): Absent from national and international tennis events for three years, Romana Tedjakusuma wants to make a golden return to the 20th Southeast Asian (SEA) Games in Brunei Darussalam.
Sat, 31 Jul 1999
German firm offers help
German firm offers help JAKARTA (JP): Target Europe Trade Council, a group of German management consultants, is offering assistance to Indonesian medium-sized exporters wishing to enter Germany, the council said in a statement.
Sat, 31 Jul 1999
Railway company to raise fine to fare dodgers
Railway company to raise fine to fare dodgers JAKARTA (JP): State train operator PT Kereta Api Indonesia will raise the fine for fare dodgers riding trains plying the routes between Jakarta and cities in West Java beginning on Sunday, a company executive said on Friday.
Sat, 31 Jul 1999
Condition of local banks still fragile, senior analyst says
Condition of local banks still fragile, senior analyst says JAKARTA (JP): Some of the 74 A-category banks which had a relatively stronger capital condition early in the year have now suffered either a negative or insufficient capital adequacy ratio (CAR) due to a continuing "negative environment,"...
Sat, 31 Jul 1999
Megawati's speech comes under scrutiny
Megawati's speech comes under scrutiny JAKARTA (JP): Observers and rivals alike responded on Friday to Megawati Soekarnoputri's speech in which she asserted her right to national leadership and gave views on problems facing the country.
Sat, 31 Jul 1999
Shoe exports predicted to increase by 25%
Shoe exports predicted to increase by 25% JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesian Footwear Association (Aprisindo) expects shoe exports to increase by 25 percent to US$1.5 billion this year from $1.2 billion in 1998, an industry insider said on Friday.
Sat, 31 Jul 1999
School security patrol may help stop brawls
School security patrol may help stop brawls JAKARTA (JP): After being halted for a year, the school security patrol, locally known by the abbreviation PKS, was relaunched by city police on Friday in a bid to lessen the number of street brawls in the capital.
Sat, 31 Jul 1999
Gulf Indonesia finds gas
Gulf Indonesia finds gas CALGARY (Dow Jones): Gulf Indonesia Resources Ltd. (GRL), Talisman (Corridor) Ltd. and Pertamina (P.PMT) reported positive results from the Durian Mabod 2 gas well in south Sumatra, Indonesia.
Sat, 31 Jul 1999
'Suaka Metro' tabloid protested
'Suaka Metro' tabloid protested JAKARTA (JP): About 400 members of the Islam Defender Front (FPI) staged a protest on Friday in front of Suaka Metro daily's office in Central Jakarta, demanding the closure of the tabloid on the grounds that it had insulted the FPI leadership.
Sat, 31 Jul 1999
Aquino and Sin oppose Estrada
Aquino and Sin oppose Estrada MANILA (AFP): Philippine church leaders hardened their stance against President Joseph Estrada, teaming up with former president Corazon Aquino in a campaign to block his plan to rewrite the constitution.
Sat, 31 Jul 1999
Team calls off search of mine
Team calls off search of mine SAMARINDA, East Kalimantan: A search and rescue team ended on Friday the search for victims of a landslide which hit a traditional gold mine in the East Kalimantan district of Kutai, with the death toll at 32, Antara reported.But Kutai Police chief Lt. Col.
Sat, 31 Jul 1999
Bank Indonesia foresees further interest rate fall
Bank Indonesia foresees further interest rate fall BANGKOK (Dow Jones): Bank Indonesia Governor Sjahril Sabirin said on Friday that interest rates still have room to fall and the appropriate level for the rupiah ranges between Rp 6,000 and Rp 7,000 to the dollar.
Sat, 31 Jul 1999
Conversion Rates
Conversion Rates Bank Bali's conversion rates on July 30, 1999: TT rates Bank notes rates Buying Selling Buying Selling Rp Rp Rp Rp U.S. dollar 1 6,835.00 6,885.00 6,835.00 6,915.00Australian dollar 1 4,428.40 4,498.00 4,403.00 4,523.00Austrian schilling 1 529.20 537.80 - -Belgian franc 1 180.
Sat, 31 Jul 1999
Land exchange deal 'caused Bulog losses'
Land exchange deal 'caused Bulog losses' JAKARTA (JP): An official from the Supreme Audit Agency (BPK) told the South Jakarta District Court on Friday that State Logistics Agency (Bulog) suffered substantial losses in its land exchange deal with wholesale firm PT Goro Batara Sakti.M.
Sat, 31 Jul 1999
Trading unit of bank stocks to increase to 5,000 shares
Trading unit of bank stocks to increase to 5,000 shares JAKARTA (JP): The Jakarta Stock Exchange (JSX) will raise the trading unit (lot) of bank shares to 5,000, from the current 500. to improve efficiency, the exchange's executive said on Friday.
Sat, 31 Jul 1999
Pale Soeharto leaves Pertamina Hospital
Pale Soeharto leaves Pertamina Hospital JAKARTA (JP): After undergoing 10 days of intensive medical treatment for a minor stroke, former president Soeharto left Pertamina Hospital for his home on Friday afternoon.
Sat, 31 Jul 1999
Wedding party of Sutiyoso's daughter
Wedding party of Sutiyoso's daughter JAKARTA (JP): Governor Sutiyoso visited chairman of the Nahdlatul Ulama Islamic organization Abdurrahman Wahid on Friday, at his office on Jl. Kramat in Central Jakarta, to deliver an invitation for the wedding of Sutiyoso's daughter.
Sat, 31 Jul 1999
Where to go in Jakarta:
Where to go in Jakarta:Exhibitions * Painting Exhibition: The Body Evolution and Social Bias, by Katirin, at Java Gallery, Jl. Kemang Raya no. 36, South Jakarta, until Aug. 14. * Photo Exhibition: Indonesia in white and red, by Polish photographer Grzegorz Torzecki, at Sari Pan Pacific Hotel, Jl. M.
Sat, 31 Jul 1999
If Megawati is president
If Megawati is presidentFrom D&RIf Megawati becomes Indonesia's fourth president, her leadership may hit a major stumbling block due to her limited capabilities and the conflicts of interest of those around her. They are interrelated.
Sat, 31 Jul 1999
Indonesia sees Malaysia, Hong Kong as strong rivals in Asiad bidding
Indonesia sees Malaysia, Hong Kong as strong rivals in Asiad bidding JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia's lobbying team for the 2006 Asian Games hosts sees Malaysia and Hong Kong as tough rivals in the bidding in October 2000.
Sat, 31 Jul 1999
Top designers join fashion, art party
Top designers join fashion, art party JAKARTA (JP): About 30 top local designers will take part in a week-long fashion and art event starting Sunday at the Hotel Borobudur, Central Jakarta, in celebration of Jakarta's 472nd anniversary and Indonesia's 54th Independence day.
Sat, 31 Jul 1999
House amends judiciary law as part of legal reform drive
House amends judiciary law as part of legal reform drive JAKARTA (JP): The House of Representatives amended on Friday the 1970 Judiciary Law as part of the government's campaign for legal reform, placing all judicial courts under the supervision of the Supreme Court.
Sat, 31 Jul 1999
Wiranto denies ordering end to Ghalib probe
Wiranto denies ordering end to Ghalib probe JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Defense and Security/Indonesian Military (TNI) chief Gen. Wiranto denied on Friday allegations that military headquarters instructed the military police chief to halt a corruption probe of Andi M. Ghalib.
Sat, 31 Jul 1999
Officials lambast sea piracy claim
Officials lambast sea piracy claim UJUNGPANDANG, South Sulawesi: Indonesian officials and a tourism entrepreneur lambasted on Friday unconfirmed reports of mushrooming sea piracy off South Sulawesi's southern shores."We doubt the reports' accuracy.
Sat, 31 Jul 1999
City Council proposes halving of public bus levies
City Council proposes halving of public bus levies JAKARTA (JP): The City Council will ask the city administration to stop collecting up to 50 percent of the levies imposed on bus companies to help the public transportation industry, a councilor said on Friday.
Sat, 31 Jul 1999
Government will scrap CPO export taxes: Official
Government will scrap CPO export taxes: Official JAKARTA (JP): The government will soon remove export taxes on crude palm oil (CPO) and its by-products from the current 10 percent, a senior official said on Friday.
Sat, 31 Jul 1999
Residents oppose planned cemetery
Residents oppose planned cemetery BOGOR (JP): Residents of Palasari village at Cijeruk district here rejected on Friday the Sri Asih Pratama foundation's plan to build a luxury cemetery on a 32-hectare plot of land which used to belong to them.
Sat, 31 Jul 1999
Acehnese refugees brace to start all over again
Acehnese refugees brace to start all over again SIGLI, Aceh (JP): Among the student volunteers at a refugee shelter here is a tall thin young man majoring in engineering at a private institution in the capital, Banda Aceh.
Sat, 31 Jul 1999
Crude oil prices pass $21-per-barrel mark
Crude oil prices pass $21-per-barrel mark SINGAPORE (Dow Jones): Asian oil refiners may have to reassess their operating rates in light of crude oil's push past US$21 a barrel Friday, Asian crude and oil products traders said.
Sat, 31 Jul 1999
Lindskog wins Olympic Golf Championship
Lindskog wins Olympic Golf Championship JAKARTA (JP): Swedish Stephan A. Lindskog won the Olympic Golf Championship at the Gunung Geulis Country Club, near Bogor, on Friday.Jakarta-based golfer Lindskog won Rp 22 million and the crystal Bohemia trophy. He scored a total of 286 points (72-69-74-71).
Sat, 31 Jul 1999
Rubber prices end higher
Rubber prices end higher SINGAPORE (AFP): Rubber futures prices in Singapore ended higher Friday on smaller turnover, dealers said.Volume for two of three contracts traded on the Singapore Commodity Exchange Ltd. fell to 1,660 tonnes from 3,220 tonnes a day earlier.
Sat, 31 Jul 1999
S'pore, Malaysia hit by haze
S'pore, Malaysia hit by haze SINGAPORE (AP): Smoke from Indonesian brush fires pushed Singapore's air pollution index right up to the unhealthy range, and cut visibility in Malaysia's capital as well, officials said.
Sat, 31 Jul 1999
President appoints 10 new ambassadors
President appoints 10 new ambassadors JAKARTA (JP): President B.J. Habibie swore in 10 new ambassadors at the State Palace on Friday, including incumbent Presidential Household Chief Maftuh Basyuni and Lt. Gen. Luhut Binsar Panjaitan.
Sat, 31 Jul 1999
Two more bodies found in Ambon, death toll hits 21
Two more bodies found in Ambon, death toll hits 21 JAKARTA (JP): Two bodies with stab wounds were discovered on Friday at Yos Sudarso port and two people died in an intervillage clash on Thursday, raising the death toll in Ambon this week to 21.
Sat, 31 Jul 1999
Garuda raises capacity to Aceh
Garuda raises capacity to Aceh JAKARTA (JP): Garuda Indonesia Airways has expanded the capacity of its Jakarta-Banda Aceh service via Medan with the operation of 142-seat capacity Boeing 737-400 planes to replace the smaller version Boeing 737-500.M.
Sat, 31 Jul 1999
Pelti confident of romping home with five tennis golds
Pelti confident of romping home with five tennis goldsBy Primastuti Handayani JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesian Tennis Association (Pelti) is optimistic about its chances to bag five golds at the 20th Southeast Asian (SEA) Games in Brunei Darussalam next month.
Sat, 31 Jul 1999
Megawati's supremacy
Megawati's supremacy As it has turned out, it is not exaggerated to call Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI Perjuangan) chairwoman Megawati Soekarnoputri a phenomenon of supremacy. When she remained silent, people became bitter because they were afraid that her supremacy would be...
Sat, 31 Jul 1999
Press gets new freedom
Press gets new freedom No sane person could deny that one of the most efficacious efforts this nation has undertaken in the struggle for reform is the establishment of a free press.Since president Soeharto's downfall last year, Indonesia has been surprisingly successful in freeing its press from...
Sat, 31 Jul 1999
Cellular phone sales start recovery
Cellular phone sales start recovery JAKARTA (JP): Sales of cellular telephones have started to bounce back after suffering a sharp drop last year, according to the Association of Cellular Telephone Dealers.
Sat, 31 Jul 1999
Indonesia enjoys deflation again
Indonesia enjoys deflation again JAKARTA (JP): Inflation for the month of July is expected to be negative, between 0.8 percent to 0.9 percent, amid weak demand and stable commodity prices, according to a source at the central bank.
Sat, 31 Jul 1999
House urged to drop new forestry bill
House urged to drop new forestry bill JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesian Environmental Forum (Walhi) urged the House of Representatives (DPR) on Friday to drop the forestry bill which was believed to continue exploitation of natural resources if enacted.
Sat, 31 Jul 1999
Muslims told to trust each other
Muslims told to trust each other JAKARTA (JP): With the General Session of the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) approaching, Muslim leaders and ulemas are expected to overcome suspicions among themselves to ensure its success, a leading figure said.
Sat, 31 Jul 1999
New assistance program
New assistance program JAKARTA (JP): The Ministry of Industry and Trade has launched a Technical Assistance and Training Program to help small and medium-scale companies.The program's project manager Albert Batti said the project, which is financed through a US$5.