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Sun, 06 Aug 2000
A day with an emergency room doctor
A day with an emergency room doctor Dr. Ahsan Hatman, 37, is a senior resident at the anesthesiology department of Cipto Mangunkusomo General Hospital (RSCM) and an emergency room (ER) doctor at the Metropolitan Medical Center (MMC), South Jakarta.
Sun, 06 Aug 2000
Govt, GAM take stock of truce
Govt, GAM take stock of truce GENEVA (Agencies): Indonesian government representatives and separatist rebels from Aceh met in secret near Geneva Saturday to take stock of a two-month-old "humanitarian pause" agreed between the two sides to try to end violence in the restive province, officials said.
Sun, 06 Aug 2000
Baby makes two a choice for some Indonesian women
Baby makes two a choice for some Indonesian womenBy Tuti Gintini JAKARTA (JP): Entertainer Lula Kamal knows the very different worlds of celebrity and medicine.An actress in several TV soaps and the host of a medical issues show, she also knows that the phenomenon of Hollywood actress Jodie Foster...
Sun, 06 Aug 2000
Batak 'sacred' music comes out of the closet
Batak 'sacred' music comes out of the closetBy Tuti Gintini JAKARTA (JP): To North Sumatra's Toba Batak community, their traditional orchestra does not perform at just any time. It is usually reserved for funeral rites or a rite marking the occasion where bones or graves are moved.
Sun, 06 Aug 2000
Indonesian Mujahiddin holds first congress in Yogyakarta
Indonesian Mujahiddin holds first congress in Yogyakarta YOGYAKARTA (JP): Some 5,000 Muslims converged on the Kridosono Sports Stadium here on Saturday to attend the first Indonesian Mujahiddin Congress, with calls for Syariah Islam (Islamic Law) to be applied in the country.
Sat, 05 Aug 2000
Stock Exchange
Stock ExchangeStock prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (in rupiah) on Aug. 4, 2000: Shares Close Change Trading Volume ------------------------------------------------------------- Ades Alfindo 680 10 296,000 Adindo Foresta Indonesia 310 0 271,500 Alakasa Industrindo 900 0 0 Alfa Retailindo 895 0...
Sat, 05 Aug 2000
Javanese rhino found dead
Javanese rhino found dead JAKARTA (JP): A Javan rhinoceros, a rare protected species of which a mere 50 are thought to exist, was found dead on Tuesday in Ujung Kulon National Park, West Java.Director for Regional Conservation of the Ministry of Forestry and Plantation Widodo S.
Sat, 05 Aug 2000
IBRA may sue 9 firms under Ongko Group
IBRA may sue 9 firms under Ongko Group JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesian Bank Restructuring Agency (IBRA) said on Friday it was considering filing bankruptcy petitions against nine subsidiaries of the heavily indebted Ongko Group.
Sat, 05 Aug 2000
Conversion Rates
Conversion Rates Bank Indonesia's conversion rates on Aug. 4, 2000: Bank notes rates TT rates Buying Selling Buying Selling Rp Rp Rp Rp U.S. dollar 1 8,100.00 9,100.00 8,557.00 8,643.00Australian dollar 1 4,741.74 5,331.69 5,009.27 5,063.93Austrian schilling 1 532.38 598.43 562.41 568.
Sat, 05 Aug 2000
Military steps up pressure on RP kidnappers
Military steps up pressure on RP kidnappers JOLO, Philippines (Agencies): The Philippine military on Friday stepped up pressure on extremists group holding Western and Asian hostages on a southern island as negotiators pressed on with efforts to peacefully resolve the 104-day-old crisis.
Sat, 05 Aug 2000
Fire razes hotel
Fire razes hotel DENPASAR, Bali: Fire razed part of the luxurious Club Mediterranee Hotel in Nusa Dua, some 30 kilometers south of here, on Thursday night. No fatalities were reported.Bali Police spokesman Supt.
Sat, 05 Aug 2000
America's SE Asia policy
America's SE Asia policy With the Republican National Convention in full swing, one issue that is not featuring all that much is foreign affairs. During a teleconference held yesterday at the U.S. Embassy (in Bangkok), Stephen J. Hadley, foreign policy adviser for the George W.
Sat, 05 Aug 2000
Bankers robbed taxpayers
Bankers robbed taxpayers The Supreme Audit Agency's discovery that the state risks losing Rp 138.44 trillion (approximately US$16 billion), or 96 percent of the Rp 144.53 trillion in emergency liquidity loans extended by the central bank to help 48 banks stay afloat, serves only to validate what...
Sat, 05 Aug 2000
Thai Muslim separatists step up fight: Army
Thai Muslim separatists step up fight: Army HAT YAI, Thailand (AFP): Inspired by recent actions by rebel fighters in the Philippines and Indonesia, Muslim separatists in southern Thailand have stepped up their campaign of violence, Thai military sources said on Friday.
Sat, 05 Aug 2000
Flood hits Banjarmasin
Flood hits Banjarmasin BANJARMASIN, South Kalimantan: At least 10,000 houses in four villages in the Satui district, some 175 kilometers away from Banjarmasin, were inundated Friday following days of heavy down pour.Antara reported there had been no fatalities, but several livestock drowned.
Sat, 05 Aug 2000
Pertamina finds oil and gas
Pertamina finds oil and gas JAKARTA (JP): State oil and gas company Pertamina said on Friday it had discovered oil and gas during exploration activities in West Java's Indramayu and East Java's Blora.Pertamina spokesman Toto Suparto announced that the Melandong I well in Indramayu produced 1,764...
Sat, 05 Aug 2000
Tourism not affected by political upheaval: Minister
Tourism not affected by political upheaval: Minister JAKARTA (JP): The political upheaval in Indonesia, including recent bombings in the capital and violent clashes in Maluku, has not affected the flow of foreign visitors, State Minister of Tourism and Arts Djaelani Hidajat said on Friday.
Sat, 05 Aug 2000
30 investors express interest in buying Wisma BCA building
30 investors express interest in buying Wisma BCA building JAKARTA (JP): At least 30 foreign and local investors have expressed interest in purchasing Wisma Bank Central Asia (BCA), which recently was offered in an international tender.
Sat, 05 Aug 2000
Tycoon to rebuild Hotel Mahkota
Tycoon to rebuild Hotel Mahkota DILI (AP): A tycoon who dominates Macau's casino industry will rebuild East Timor's largest hotel that was burned and wrecked by anti-independence militiamen during last year's mayhem on the half-island territory, UN officials said on Friday.
Sat, 05 Aug 2000
Waai refugees reunited after 2-day trek, 11 reported dead
Waai refugees reunited after 2-day trek, 11 reported dead AMBON, Maluku (JP): Many refugees from ravaged Waai village broke down crying as they were reunited with their relatives in Suli village, Waitatiri subdistrict in Central Maluku regency on Friday, after a two-day trek to flee the fury which...
Sat, 05 Aug 2000
Government urged to better vocational training
Government urged to better vocational training JAKARTA (JP): Labor exporters are calling on the government to maximize the country's 153 training centers to train adequately those people seeking work overseas.
Sat, 05 Aug 2000
Anwar backers protest after verdict delay
Anwar backers protest after verdict delay KUALA LUMPUR (Agencies): Supporters of former Malaysian finance minister Anwar Ibrahim defied government orders and demonstrated in the capital on Friday, a day after a court abruptly postponed the verdict in his sex trial.
Sat, 05 Aug 2000
President's report to MPR finalized, approved by Gus Dur
President's report to MPR finalized, approved by Gus Dur JAKARTA (JP): Aides to President Abdurrahman Wahid said the presidential annual report to the People's Consultative Assembly has been finalized and will be read on Monday by Vice President Megawati Soekarnoputri.
Sat, 05 Aug 2000
Integrated agriculture terminal proposed for city
Integrated agriculture terminal proposed for city JAKARTA (JP): City-owned market operator PD Pasar Jaya proposed on Friday the establishment of an integrated agriculture terminal to help boost distribution and sales of agricultural products in the capital, an official said.
Sat, 05 Aug 2000
Four players reach 4th round of chess meet
Four players reach 4th round of chess meet JAKARTA (JP): Four seeded men's players -- Grand Master (GM) Ruben Gunawan, International Master (IM) Danny Juswanto, GM Edhi Handoko and GM Ardiansyah -- breezed through the fourth round of the 34th Chess Olympic Games national selection tournament here.
Sat, 05 Aug 2000
GDP grows faster than expected in second quarter: BPS
GDP grows faster than expected in second quarter: BPS JAKARTA (JP): The Central Bureau of Statistics (BPS) announced here on Friday a higher than expected growth rate in the country's gross domestic product (GDP) in the second quarter but business analysts warned that the fragile condition in the...
Sat, 05 Aug 2000
Elysa's injury worries Deyana on Olympics try
Elysa's injury worries Deyana on Olympics try JAKARTA (JP): Indonesian women's doubles specialist Elysa Nathanael's leg injury worries partner Deyana Lomban on their ambition to reach the semifinals in the Olympic Games in Sydney in September."We aim to reach the Olympics semifinals.
Sat, 05 Aug 2000
Human rights guidelines to be published by government
Human rights guidelines to be published by government JAKARTA (JP): State Minister of Human Rights Affairs Hasballah M. Saad said on Friday his office will issue 17 guidebooks on human rights which can be used as guidelines for law enforcement institutions and module books for students.
Sat, 05 Aug 2000
Geothermal ruling gets cool response from INAGA
Geothermal ruling gets cool response from INAGA JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesian Geothermal Association (INAGA) responded coolly on Friday to a new geothermal regulation, saying it did not provide enough incentives for investors to develop the country's potential for geothermal power.
Sat, 05 Aug 2000
C. Java fighters to World C'ships
C. Java fighters to World C'ships SEMARANG (JP): Three Central Java pencak silat fighters -- Jayanti Agustiningrum in the women's C class, Edi Purnomo in the men's F class and Dwi Priono in the men's L class -- will compete in the Pencak Silat World Championships in Hanoi at the end of August.
Sat, 05 Aug 2000
Cell phone thefts
Cell phone thefts Referring to an article published in The Jakarta Post on July 28, 2000 entitled Business on the rise at Kebayoran Lama flea market, I was delighted to hear about the development and success of business for the former Taman Puring traders.
Sat, 05 Aug 2000
More of Lee's memoirs due soon
More of Lee's memoirs due soon SINGAPORE (AFP): The second volume of memoirs by Singapore elder statesman Lee Kuan Yew will be launched next month to coincide with Lee's 77th birthday on Sept. 16, joint publishers Singapore Press Holdings said on Friday.
Sat, 05 Aug 2000
PABBSI to stay out of Olympic selection
PABBSI to stay out of Olympic selection JAKARTA (JP): The new chairman of the Indonesian Weightlifting, Powerlifting and Bodybuilding Association (PABBSI), Dharma Surya, said on Friday he would not intervene in the selection of the three women weightlifters who will go to the 2000 Olympic Games.
Sat, 05 Aug 2000
Strict gun rules set in Philippines
Strict gun rules set in Philippines MANILA (AFP): The Philippine interior secretary, Alfredo Lim, has ordered a crackdown on owners of unlicensed guns, including the bodyguards of politicians, after a presidential order to check the proliferation of weapons.
Sat, 05 Aug 2000
RI, Dutch ships collide off S'pore
RI, Dutch ships collide off S'pore SINGAPORE (AFP): An Indonesian tanker and a Dutch-registered dredge collided on Friday in Singapore waters, spilling the chemical phenol into the sea, port authorities said.
Sat, 05 Aug 2000
Violence on the border
Violence on the border I can only endorse what David Jardine had to say (East Timor issue, The Jakarta Post, Aug. 1). Militia the world over must look at the skills of their Indonesian "counterparts" with envy! Indonesia at a time when international faith and confidence is so badly needed, is again...
Sat, 05 Aug 2000
Tanah Abang market keeps its bad image
Tanah Abang market keeps its bad imageBy Ida Indawati Khouw Tanah Abang market in Central Jakarta, which will celebrate its 265th anniversary on Aug. 30, has crime records dating back to the early years of its existence.
Sat, 05 Aug 2000
Surakarta Chinese perform Javanese opera
Surakarta Chinese perform Javanese opera JAKARTA (JP): Chinese-Indonesians have been unfairly stereotyped as thinking of nothing but business and making money.But Chinese-Indonesians from the ancient city of Surakarta, Central Java, who have a long history of embracing Javanese culture, mean to...
Sat, 05 Aug 2000
Sikka regency short of gasoline
Sikka regency short of gasoline MAUMERA, East Nusa Tenggara: After East Java, Bali and Jakarta, the Sikka regency is now short of gasoline.The shortage of gasoline since Wednesday has forced drivers to line up more than 10 hours to get vehicles fueled at two gasoline pump stations in East and West...
Sat, 05 Aug 2000
19 Poso riot suspects arrested
19 Poso riot suspects arrested POSO, Central Sulawesi: Security personnel have arrested 19 alleged rioters involved in the Poso riots which first broke out on May 23, an official said on Friday."The 19 suspects, six of whom belong to the Muslim camp and 13 others from a Christian group, were...
Sat, 05 Aug 2000
Loan abuse may cost government $16b
Loan abuse may cost government $16b JAKARTA (JP): The Supreme Audit Agency (BPK) disclosed on Friday the government risks losing Rp 138.4 trillion (US$16 billion) due to the misuse of emergency liquidity loans extended by the central bank to commercial banks between late 1997 and January, 1999.
Sat, 05 Aug 2000
Wang wins Olympic golf c'ships
Wang wins Olympic golf c'ships JAKARTA (JP): Wang Ter Chiang of China Taipei convincingly scored five-under par in the final day of the Rp 250 million (US$28,090) Olympic Golf Championships at the Rancamaya Golf and Country Club in Bogor Friday.
Sat, 05 Aug 2000
Golkar not out for special session: Akbar
Golkar not out for special session: Akbar JAKARTA (JP): Golkar Party chairman Akbar Tandjung reiterated on Friday his party had no intention of changing the Annual Session of the People's Consultative Assembly to a special session which could impeach the President.
Sat, 05 Aug 2000
Credit scheme aimed at women launched
Credit scheme aimed at women launched JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Manpower Bomer Pasaribu launched a credit program on Friday aimed specifically at empowering women.The program is called Grameen Bank and is adopted from the same program in Bangladesh.
Sat, 05 Aug 2000
Where to go in Jakarta:
Where to go in Jakarta:Exhibitions * Painting Exhibition Figure Abad Baru (The New Era Figure) at Edwin's Gallery Jl. Kemang Raya No. 21, Kemang, South Jakarta (Phone: 7194721), until August 13. * Sculpture and Ceramic Exhibition Keanekaragaman Karsa dan Cipta, at Galeri Cipta II, Taman Ismail...
Sat, 05 Aug 2000
Education can eradicate poverty
Education can eradicate poverty I read an article in The Jakarta Post on July 26, 2000, which states that Bazis is collecting more donations and plans to use the funds to eradicate poverty and improve the quality of human resources by allocating Rp 5.
Sat, 05 Aug 2000
Bogor traders reject relocation
Bogor traders reject relocation BOGOR (JP): Some 300 traders selling a variety of goods in kiosks and on streets in Pasar Ramayana complex appealed to local councillors on Friday to help them secure the cancellation of a city administration order concerning their immediate relocation.M.
Sat, 05 Aug 2000
Three juniors swim in Aspac
Three juniors swim in Aspac SEMARANG (JP): Central Java girl swimmer Shelomita Elisabeth and Jakartans Renata Lumbantoruan and Ariel Poniman will represent Indonesia in the Asia Pacific Age Group Swimming Championships in Kaosyiung, China Taipei, on Aug. 5 and Aug. 6.
Sat, 05 Aug 2000
Foreigners barred from multimedia services
Foreigners barred from multimedia services JAKARTA (JP): Executives of Indonesia's nascent Internet industry woke up Friday with the shocking news that the government has barred foreign investors from the multimedia services.
Sat, 05 Aug 2000
Gus Dur to survive MPR Annual Session
Gus Dur to survive MPR Annual Session President Abdurrahman Wahid, Vice President Megawati Soekarnoputri, People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) Speaker Amien Rais and House of Representatives (DPR) Speaker Akbar Tandjung agreed on Tuesday to ease political tension and renewed their commitment to the...