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Fri, 04 Aug 2000
Ambassador Caday denies knowledge about bomber
Ambassador Caday denies knowledge about bomber JAKARTA (JP): Philippine Ambassador Leonides T. Caday denied on Thursday saying he knew the people behind the devastating bomb in front of his house on Jl. Diponegoro in Central Jakarta.He was quoted by the Embassy consulate general, Narciso T.
Fri, 04 Aug 2000
Anton and Ismu to warm up in Indocement Cup open
Anton and Ismu to warm up in Indocement Cup open JAKARTA (JP): Men's table tennis players Anton Suseno and Ismu Harinto stayed low profile on their outside chance to win the fourth Indocement Cup open table tennis tournament.
Fri, 04 Aug 2000
MPR factions' accord quite a relief
MPR factions' accord quite a reliefFrom RepublikaThe accord of 11 factions of the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) to curb tension among the national political elite, particularly in facing the annual MPR session, is a relief for the people at large.
Fri, 04 Aug 2000
Accountability speech needs 'clear criteria'
Accountability speech needs 'clear criteria' JAKARTA (JP): Experts and officials agreed on Thursday that councillors must establish a set of objective and valid criteria to assess the annual accountability speeches by regional administration heads.
Fri, 04 Aug 2000
Police arrest two men with fake banknotes
Police arrest two men with fake banknotes JAKARTA (JP): North Jakarta Police detectives arrested on Wednesday two men at a house on Jl. Kalibaru for possession of counterfeit money totaling Rp 5 million in new Rp 50,000 bills, an officer said on Thursday.North Jakarta Police detectives chief Asst.
Fri, 04 Aug 2000
Gus Dur: No ordinary father
Gus Dur: No ordinary fatherBy Yenny Zannuba Rahman JAKARTA (JP): He took me aside that night. I still remember the urgency in his voice. He told me gently, "please be prepared if I'm taken away." I nodded and did not say anything. I could not.
Fri, 04 Aug 2000
Sepang's F1 aims to lure nearly 4,000 Indonesians
Sepang's F1 aims to lure nearly 4,000 Indonesians JAKARTA (JP): Sepang International Circuit (SIC) Sdn. Bhd. is aiming to attract nearly 4,000 Indonesians to watch the final leg of the 2000 Formula 1 Grand Prix series in Malaysia in October.
Fri, 04 Aug 2000
Seeded players checked in selection tourney
Seeded players checked in selection tourney JAKARTA (JP): Three seeded men's players -- Grand Master (GM) Ardiansyah, GM Ruben Gunawana and International Master (IM) Danny Juswanto -- had a rough go of it on their first day of play at the 34th Chess Olympic Games national selection tournament on...
Fri, 04 Aug 2000
PDI-P opposes giving more power to MPR
PDI-P opposes giving more power to MPR JAKARTA (JP): A president should be allowed to serve his full five-year term in office without any interruptions, not even from the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR), the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI Perjuangan) said on Thursday.
Fri, 04 Aug 2000
Death demanded for alleged cocaine smuggler
Death demanded for alleged cocaine smuggler TANGERANG (JP): A prosecutor demanded the Tangerang District Court on Thursday sentence defendant Merika Franola, alias Ola, aged 30, to death and fine her Rp 1 billion (US$112,400) for allegedly attempting to smuggle cocaine and heroin out of Indonesia.
Fri, 04 Aug 2000
Most SOE commissioners inexperienced: Survey
Most SOE commissioners inexperienced: Survey JAKARTA (JP): More than 95 percent of commissioners at state- owned enterprises (SOE) are either senior government officials or military personal, according to a survey released here on Thursday.
Fri, 04 Aug 2000
Bonix, Juan win golds in 19th President's Cup
Bonix, Juan win golds in 19th President's Cup SANUR, Bali (JP): Indonesian boxers Bonix Saweho and Juan Saparipan won two gold medals for the country at the 19th President's Cup international amateur boxing tournament on Thursday.Albert Papilaya from Indonesia lost in the third round against R.
Fri, 04 Aug 2000
Telkomsel upgrades networks
Telkomsel upgrades networks JAKARTA (JP): Local cellular network operator Telkomsel has awarded U.S.-based telecommunications company Motorola a contract worth US$27 million to upgrade its nationwide GSM900 cellular network.
Fri, 04 Aug 2000
On illegal logging
On illegal logging Regarding your article on illegal logging in Tanjung Puting National Park (The Jakarta Post, July 27, 2000), we would like to correct two points.In a meeting with President Abdurrahman Wahid on July 25, 2000 the Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) and Telapak Indonesia were...
Fri, 04 Aug 2000
Amendment to Constitution sparks criticism from experts
Amendment to Constitution sparks criticism from experts JAKARTA (JP): A noted constitutional expert has criticized the ongoing amendments being made by the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) to the 1945 Constitution, saying the Assembly should form a new Constitution based on the current...
Fri, 04 Aug 2000
RI maid forced to drink bleach
RI maid forced to drink bleach KUALA LUMPUR (AFP): Malaysian police have arrested a housewife who allegedly forced her Indonesian maid to drink bleach after beating and scalding her, Bernama news agency said on Thursday.
Fri, 04 Aug 2000
BI plans to lure export earnings back home
BI plans to lure export earnings back home JAKARTA (JP): Bank Indonesia (BI) will provide exporters incentives to lure their billions of dollar earnings parked overseas back home, acting governor of the central bank Anwar Nasution said on Thursday.
Fri, 04 Aug 2000
Where to go in Jakarta:
Where to go in Jakarta:Exhibitions * Sculpture and Ceramic Exhibition Keanekaragaman Karsa dan Cipta, at Galeri Cipta II, Taman Ismail Marzuki, Jl. Cikini Raya 73, Central Jakarta; Phone: 3154087; through August 12, 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.
Fri, 04 Aug 2000
Calls grow for int'l help in Maluku
Calls grow for int'l help in Maluku JAKARTA (JP): Calls for a foreign peacekeeping mission in the Maluku Islands grew here on Thursday following a National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) statement that the government should consider "international cooperation" to end the violence there.
Fri, 04 Aug 2000
Munir rues DPR's human rights stance
Munir rues DPR's human rights stance JAKARTA (JP): A combination of incompetence and legacies from past regimes are inhibiting the government from upholding the law and protecting human rights, a watchdog chairman said on Thursday.
Fri, 04 Aug 2000
TV today
TV todayTVRI 5:00 a.m. Religious Teachings 6:00 News 8:00 Children's Program 8:30 Music 9:30 Interval 2:00 p.m. News 2:30 Cartoon 3:00 Documentary 4:00 News 5:30 TVRI News (in English) 6:30 Music 7:00 Evening News 7:30 TV Drama 8:00 Sports 9:00 World News 9:35 Music 10:30 NewsProgram 2 5:30 p.m.
Fri, 04 Aug 2000
Garuda's old 747's
Garuda's old 747's Recently Garuda put ads in your paper and others, expensive half-page, made by Matari advertising.This ad is surprisingly silly and detrimental to Garuda's image, since the focus is a photograph of an antique Boeing 747 of 17 or more years old, series 200.
Thu, 03 Aug 2000
President must be given chance to improve
President must be given chance to improve JAKARTA (JP): While calling for a tighter rein on President Abdurrahman Wahid due to his glaring flaws which have come to the fore in the past 10 months, scholars warned that replacing him now would be politically more costly to the nation.
Thu, 03 Aug 2000
Charity concert to promote the arts
Charity concert to promote the arts JAKARTA (JP): Noted pianist Ananda Sukarlan will perform a solo recital at the Hotel Mulia Senayan in Central Jakarta at 7:30 p.m. Thursday.The event, part of a series of charity concerts to support local youth in the arts, is hosted by the Jakarta Foundation for...
Thu, 03 Aug 2000
Hero reschedules $25m debt
Hero reschedules $25m debt JAKARTA (JP): Publicly listed PT Hero Supermarket announced on Wednesday the extension of the maturity of its US$25 million debt to June 2002.Hero president and CEO Ipung Kurnia said in a statement that the company had negotiated the average interest rate cost of between...
Thu, 03 Aug 2000
A long and bumpy road towards an East Asian Community
A long and bumpy road towards an East Asian CommunityBy M.C. Abad, Jr. BANGKOK: It seems that East Asia has taken the challenge. On July 26 foreign ministers of 13 East Asian countries met here for the first time to firm up institutional arrangements that would coordinate the implementation of East...
Thu, 03 Aug 2000
Government vows to crack down on tax evasion
Government vows to crack down on tax evasion JAKARTA (JP): Finance Minister Bambang Sudibyo said on Wednesday the government would crack down on tax evasion, which is estimated to cost the government billions of dollars a year.
Thu, 03 Aug 2000
Spotlight
SpotlightPhoto A: FurnitureFURNITURE EXPO: The Ideal Furniture and Interior Expo 2000 will run at the Jakarta Convention Center through Aug. 6, 2000. The exhibition is a regular event held by PT Debindomulti Adhiswasti. National and international buyers and traders are expected to visit the expo.
Thu, 03 Aug 2000
RI foreign debt $144.24b
RI foreign debt $144.24b JAKARTA (JP): Coordinating Minister for the Economy, Finance, and Industry Kwik Kian Gie said on Wednesday that Indonesia's foreign debts as of March 31 totaled US$144.24 billion.He said $75.04 billion of the total were the government's debts, and $69.
Thu, 03 Aug 2000
Bali quiet after annual school vacation
Bali quiet after annual school vacationBy I Ketut Suarja DENPASAR, Bali (ANTARA): The school vacation is over, students are back at school and Bali is once again deserted.A number of popular destinations in Bali such as Tanah Lot, Alas Kedaton, Kintamani, Sangeh, Kuta, Sanur, Tampak Siring palace...
Thu, 03 Aug 2000
Haze in Riau: Case of deja vu
Haze in Riau: Case of deja vuBy Roderick Bowen PALEMBANG (JP): The vegetation fires along the Riau - North Sumatra border that started on July 7 and sent smoke across the Straits of Malacca until July 20 should have been no surprise to anybody.
Thu, 03 Aug 2000
Government to boost health care in Irian Jaya
Government to boost health care in Irian Jaya JAKARTA (JP): The Ministry of Health will launch an intensive health care program in Irian Jaya this August in order to improve community health in Indonesia's easternmost province, which is below national standard.
Thu, 03 Aug 2000
CPO benchmark unchanged
CPO benchmark unchanged JAKARTA (JP): The Ministry of Industry and Trade has decided to retain the export benchmark prices for palm oil and its derivatives, including crude palm oil (CPO), for the Aug. 1 to Aug. 31 period.
Thu, 03 Aug 2000
More companies issue bonds to raise funds
More companies issue bonds to raise funds JAKARTA (JP): More companies are turning to the bond market to raise funds because the banking sector remains hesitant to provide large loans to the industrial sector, analysts said.
Thu, 03 Aug 2000
Reviewing debt deals
Reviewing debt deals It is comforting to note that President Abdurrahman Wahid acted quickly to end the controversy caused by inconsistent and contradictory statements by senior economic officials about the agreements hastily drawn with five conglomerates in October, 1998, for the settlement of...
Thu, 03 Aug 2000
Telkom, Indosat welcome move to remove monopoly
Telkom, Indosat welcome move to remove monopoly JAKARTA (JP): Publicly listed state-owned telecommunications companies PT Telkom and PT Indosat welcomed on Wednesday the government's decision to terminate their monopoly over the sector in 2002 and 2003, ahead of the original schedules of 2010 and...
Thu, 03 Aug 2000
Artist utilizes cultural symbols, identity in work
Artist utilizes cultural symbols, identity in workBy Amir Sidharta JAKARTA (JP): Anna Zuchriana's work entitled Kenapa Sih Cina? (Why Chinese?, 1997) surprised its audience when it was first exhibited.In the middle of the canvas, appears a bride in full costume.
Thu, 03 Aug 2000
ADB to finance Timor project
ADB to finance Timor project MANILA (AFP): The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a 4.5-million-dollar project to repair the damaged water supply in East Timor, the Philippines-based lender said Wednesday.
Thu, 03 Aug 2000
More than just sun 'n' sand in detailed Bali guide
More than just sun 'n' sand in detailed Bali guideBy Bruce Emond JAKARTA (JP): Travel guides often fall into one of two categories. They are either weighty picture books, crammed with luscious images but short on information, or seriously interesting bits of travel scholarship, fit to be thumbed...
Thu, 03 Aug 2000
IMF okays $314m loan for Manila
IMF okays $314m loan for Manila WASHINGTON (DPA): The International Monetary Fund's Executive Board has approved a US$314-million disbursement to the Philippines under the country's IMF-directed credit arrangement, the institution said on Tuesday.
Thu, 03 Aug 2000
Land scam
Land scam Given that two former forestry ministers were named recently in a land scam that has cost the state over Rp 140 billion, it is not difficult to imagine that Soni Keraf inherited a fundamentally corrupt department.
Thu, 03 Aug 2000
Marine exploration
Marine explorationFrom Media IndonesiaAs a nationalist and a citizen of the Republic of Indonesia, I am proud of the initiative taken by President Abdurrahman Wahid to set up the Marine Explorations and Fishery Ministry, one of the ministries in his National Unity Cabinet.
Thu, 03 Aug 2000
Galungan signifies a spiritual renewal
Galungan signifies a spiritual renewal DENPASAR, Bali (ANTARA): Millions of Balinese Hindus solemnly celebrated Galungan yesterday.Galungan, which fell on Wednesday, is one of the most important religious events for the Balinese Hindu and it is celebrated every six months (210 days) according to...
Thu, 03 Aug 2000
Backlash seen for RP as it squeezes out rebels
Backlash seen for RP as it squeezes out rebelsBy Cecil Morella MANILA (AFP): International terrorists could be targeting the Philippines due to President Joseph Estrada's move to stamp out Moro extremism in his own backyard, officials and diplomats said Wednesday after a deadly bomb attack on...
Thu, 03 Aug 2000
Seminar on energy outlook
Seminar on energy outlook JAKARTA (JP): The upcoming Indonesian International Oil, Gas & Energy Conference and Exhibition 2000 (IIOGE 2000) will address Indonesia's energy outlook and its effects on the global energy markets, the conference's organizer said on Wednesday.
Thu, 03 Aug 2000
Maya Sigit drug hearing begins at district court
Maya Sigit drug hearing begins at district court JAKARTA (JP): Gusti Maya Firanti Noor, 29, wife of former president Soeharto's grandson, Ari Sigit, appeared at the West Jakarta District Court without her husband on Wednesday for the initial hearing of her alleged involvement in drugs.
Thu, 03 Aug 2000
Drought hits C. Java regencies
Drought hits C. Java regencies SEMARANG: A total of 72 villages in 15 districts in Grobogan regency are suffering clean water shortages as nearby wells and rivers are empty due to a long dry spell.Chief of Central Java's Social Unit in Grobogan, Mudakir Adi, said some of the districts most severely...
Thu, 03 Aug 2000
Police distribute sketches of suspected office bomber
Police distribute sketches of suspected office bomber JAKARTA (JP): After four weeks of investigation, South Jakarta Police distributed on Wednesday sketches of a man suspected of detonating a bomb at the Attorney General's Office in South Jakarta on July 4.
Thu, 03 Aug 2000
Stern action against boar meat vendors urged
Stern action against boar meat vendors urged JAKARTA (JP): City Council Commission B for economic affairs demanded the city administration on Wednesday to take stern action against vendors who sold wild boar meat as cheap beef at marketplaces in the capital.
Thu, 03 Aug 2000
Malaysia seizes smuggled Thai rice
Malaysia seizes smuggled Thai rice KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters): Malaysia has seized 216 tons of smuggled rice from Thailand since July and pledged to continue a crackdown on the contraband grain, a government minister said on Wednesday.