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Sun, 12 Jul 1998
Hotels and cafes offer deals to final watchers
Hotels and cafes offer deals to final watchers JAKARTA (JP): World Cup fever has not only afflicted the 32 participating countries, but also seemingly all others around the world, including Indonesia.Many locals have sacrificed sleep to stay up into the wee hours to watch the matches broadcast live...
Sun, 12 Jul 1998
Let cooperatives grow undisturbed, chief Herlambang says
Let cooperatives grow undisturbed, chief Herlambang saysBy Rita A. Widiadana JAKARTA (JP): Today, Indonesians mark the 51st National Cooperatives Day in observance of the First National Cooperative Congress in Tasikmalaya, West Java, on July 12, 1947.
Sun, 12 Jul 1998
Spotlight
SpotlightPhoto A: GranMeliaGran Melia JakartaTOUCH DOWN: The Gran Melia Jakarta's guest relations officer, Erika R. Situmorang (second from right), welcomes Ronald R. Roy, vice president of Spain's Sol Meli Asia Pacific's sales and marketing (second from left) and Jennifer Dunbar of the hotel...
Sun, 12 Jul 1998
Guess What? Mochtar Riady
Guess What? Mochtar Riady It was unimaginable during former president Soeharto's 32-year rule for anybody to interrupt him while he was speaking. Mochtar Riady, the owner of the giant Lippo Group, broke the rigid taboo Tuesday with Soeharto's replacement.
Sun, 12 Jul 1998
How to master, manipulate one's inner power
How to master, manipulate one's inner powerBy Christiani S. Tumelap and Johannes Simbolon JAKARTA (JP): Good health is said to be the most precious treasure in one's life. Myriad different exercises have been invented to help people develop a healthier and better-shaped body.
Sun, 12 Jul 1998
Stimulating public discourse through art
Stimulating public discourse through artBy Amir Sidharta JAKARTA (JP): An exhibition of the work of five artists, Amrus Natalsya, Salim M., Sulan, Tomy Faisal Alim, and Firman is currently being held at the Japan Foundation.
Sun, 12 Jul 1998
Staying healthy on tight budget
Staying healthy on tight budget An apple a day keeps the doctor away, says homespun wisdom, but even apples are a bit beyond the budget nowadays. The Jakarta Post team of reporters Aloysius Unditu, Christiani S. Tumelap, Johannes K.
Sun, 12 Jul 1998
Mt. Merapi eruption spews ash over 60 km
Mt. Merapi eruption spews ash over 60 kmBy Israr Ardiansyah and Asip Agus Hasani MAGELANG, Central Java (JP): Mt. Merapi, after days of ominous rumbling and minor tremors, finally erupted early yesterday morning, spewing toxic heat clouds and volcanic ash onto villages several kilometers away.
Sun, 12 Jul 1998
Akbar becames Golkar's first-ever elected chairman
Akbar becames Golkar's first-ever elected chairman JAKARTA (JP): At the end of an intense three-day extraordinary congress yesterday, Minister/State Secretary Akbar Tandjung captured the Golkar chairmanship in the first ever voted election by the dominant political organization, which also said it...
Sun, 12 Jul 1998
Mastery of inner power can bring both health and beauty
Mastery of inner power can bring both health and beautyBy Yudha Kartohadiprodjo and Stevie Emilia JAKARTA (JP): Many people say beauty usually comes with good health.What many are not aware of, however, is that both beauty and health can derive from tenaga dalam, or inner power.
Sun, 12 Jul 1998
PORPI offers healthy life through 'breathing'
PORPI offers healthy life through 'breathing'By Aloysius Unditu and Stevie Emilia JAKARTA (JP): People living in big cities are getting dizzy trying to cope with the current hardships caused by the crisis, the country's worst ever.
Sun, 12 Jul 1998
TV today
TV todayTVRI 6:00 a.m. News: Sari Berita Sepekan 6:30 Morning Focus 6:45 Healthy and Fresh 7:00 Religious Teachings: Hikmah Pagi 7:30 Children's Program: Arena Kami 8:00 Children's Program: Kumbang and Family 8:30 Children's Program: Nuansa Anak 9:00 Documentary Film: Lembah Bada 9:30 Creative...
Sun, 12 Jul 1998
In search of the real meaning of life
In search of the real meaning of life Bhagavad Gita bagi Orang Modern: Menyelami Misteri Kehidupan (Bhagavad Gita for Modern People: An Attempt to Understand the Mystery of Life); By Anand Krishna; Published by Gramedia Pustaka Utama, Jakarta, 1998; xiv + 380 pp YOGYAKARTA (JP): Forgetting who he...
Sun, 12 Jul 1998
Some TV films retain quality despite crisis
Some TV films retain quality despite crisisBy Marselli Sumarno JAKARTA (JP): Soaring prices have nearly dealt a fatal blow to national film production which was already expensive before the onset of the economic crisis. There is concern, therefore, that production levels will plummet.
Sun, 12 Jul 1998
Indonesia vs Lebanon in Davis Cup
Indonesia vs Lebanon in Davis Cup JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesian men's tennis team will leave for Beirut today to challenge Lebanon in the Group I Asia Oceania Davis Cup playoff.Indonesian Tennis Association deputy secretary-general Subiyanto SP said yesterday that the playoff would take place from...
Sun, 12 Jul 1998
Indonesia asks U.S. help to seek extra aid
Indonesia asks U.S. help to seek extra aid WASHINGTON (AP): Indonesia is asking the United States for help in securing an additional US$4 billion to $6 billion in international aid to combat the Asian nation's worst financial crisis in 30 years.
Sun, 12 Jul 1998
Krisdayanti has baby
Krisdayanti has baby JAKARTA (JP): Artists Anang and Krisdayanti were blessed with the arrival of a daughter on Friday at 1:38 a.m. whom they named Titania Aurelia Hermansyah, Antara reported yesterday.
Sun, 12 Jul 1998
Akbar Tandjung, not your usual political lightweight
Akbar Tandjung, not your usual political lightweight JAKARTA (JP): Going through his official resume, one would be forgiven for dismissing Akbar Tandjung, the new Golkar chairman, as a political lightweight. But this is not necessarily the case.
Sat, 11 Jul 1998
Ginandjar to visit Tokyo
Ginandjar to visit Tokyo TOKYO (Reuters): Indonesia's top economic minister Ginandjar Kartasasmita will visit Tokyo from tomorrow as part of a roadshow to explain the nation's debt restructuring program to Japanese creditors, officials said yesterday.
Sat, 11 Jul 1998
Jamsostek pays Rp 6.9b in claims
Jamsostek pays Rp 6.9b in claims TANGERANG (JP): The local branch of state-owned insurance company PT Jamsostek has paid claims worth Rp 6.9 billion (US$475,862) for 14,753 worker dismissal cases over the past six months, a company executive has said.
Sat, 11 Jul 1998
Social security insurance firms defend monopolies
Social security insurance firms defend monopolies JAKARTA (JP): The five state-owned social security insurance companies should retain their monopolies to ensure public welfare, executives of the companies say.
Sat, 11 Jul 1998
Difficult to time RI rebound
Difficult to time RI rebound SINGAPORE (Dow Jones): Stanley Fischer, International Monetary Fund managing director, said in a magazine interview that it's hard to estimate the timing of a recovery in Indonesia.
Sat, 11 Jul 1998
Affirmative action won't work
Affirmative action won't workBy Iwan Pranoto BANDUNG (JP): Political observer Jusuf Wanandi said in the Jakarta Post on July 1, 1998, that a policy of affirmative action would bring Indonesian people closer together.
Sat, 11 Jul 1998
Habibie walks down memory lane as he tours RSCM
Habibie walks down memory lane as he tours RSCM JAKARTA (JP): President B.J. Habibie toured Cipto Mangunkusumo General Hospital in Central Jakarta yesterday, in what he described as a trip down memory lane since his wife, Hasri Ainun Besari, had worked here when he met her in 1962.
Sat, 11 Jul 1998
City kite festival packs an environmental punch
City kite festival packs an environmental punch JAKARTA (JP): A two-day kite festival promoting public awareness on the importance of zero emissions from the city's vehicles will begin today at the National Monument (Monas) square.
Sat, 11 Jul 1998
S'pore determined in its aim to be world art center
S'pore determined in its aim to be world art center In conjunction with the 12th Singapore Festival of Arts which ran from May 28 to June 28, the Singapore Tourism Board invited The Jakarta Post reporter Ida Indawati Khouw to witness the event.
Sat, 11 Jul 1998
Golkar expected to make the jump to formal party
Golkar expected to make the jump to formal party JAKARTA (JP): It looks like a party and has certainly acted like a party, but Golkar, the dominant political organization, has always refused to call itself a party for the last 32 years.
Sat, 11 Jul 1998
SE Asian currencies down against dollar
SE Asian currencies down against dollar SINGAPORE (Dow Jones): Southeast Asian currencies fell afresh yesterday to finish the day, and the week, lower against the U.S. dollar.And as sentiment towards the yen continues to dictate the direction of trading in the regional currencies, many market...
Sat, 11 Jul 1998
Merapi rumbles, spews lava again
Merapi rumbles, spews lava again MAGELANG, Central Java (JP): One of the world's most active volcanoes here, Mt. Merapi, rumbled again yesterday while spewing out more lava and hot gas from its cone.The head of the local Volcanology Directorate's research office, Mas Atje Purbawinata, said several...
Sat, 11 Jul 1998
Sutiyoso: A nightmare to 'becak' drivers
Sutiyoso: A nightmare to 'becak' driversBy Ida Indawati Khouw JAKARTA (JP): For thousands of becak (pedicab) drivers, Governor Sutiyoso may be the man they hate most on the face of the earth. For good reason.
Sat, 11 Jul 1998
Alleged bank swindler caught after four years on the run
Alleged bank swindler caught after four years on the run JAKARTA (JP): A Indonesian businessman wanted for allegedly embezzling his bank of the equivalent of almost US$2.4 billion is on his way home after four years on the run.Suspect Sugianto L.
Sat, 11 Jul 1998
Stock Exchange
Stock ExchangeStock prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (in rupiah) on July 10, 1998: Shares Close Change Trading Volume ------------------------------------------------------------- Ades Alfindo 375 0 0 AHAP Insurance 575 0 0 Alter Abadi 500 0 2,045,000 Alumindo Light Metal 350 25 59,000 Alumindo...
Sat, 11 Jul 1998
Crisis in Indonesia
Crisis in Indonesia The United States government is directly responsible for the economic catastrophe and currency chaos that is presently afflicting Indonesia.President Bill Clinton has more pro-Israel people in his cabinet than any other American president in history.
Sat, 11 Jul 1998
Village chiefs protest protests
Village chiefs protest protests KEBUMEN, Central Java: More than 450 village chiefs and subdistrict chiefs from the Kebumen area held a rally against Golkar at the local administration office here to seek protection against their own residents now frequently protesting against them.
Sat, 11 Jul 1998
Habibie backs licenses to keep media in line
Habibie backs licenses to keep media in line JAKARTA (JP): President B.J. Habibie is recommending the country's journalistic be required to get renewable licenses from authorized bodies to maintain a high standard of journalistic professionalism.
Sat, 11 Jul 1998
Preacher named suspect in bloody mid-May riots
Preacher named suspect in bloody mid-May riots JAKARTA (JP): Police yesterday officially named Chinese- Indonesian Anton Medan, an ex-con turned Moslem preacher, as a suspect for his alleged role in leading mobs during the mid-May riots.City police chief Maj. Gen.
Sat, 11 Jul 1998
Nearly half all public busses are standing idle
Nearly half all public busses are standing idle JAKARTA (JP): The number of functioning urban public busses has dropped drastically to 49,791 in June from 89,781 units last August due to the economic crisis, Minister of Communications Giri Suseno Hadihardjono said yesterday.
Sat, 11 Jul 1998
Plan to promote local products not a boycott, says Mahathir
Plan to promote local products not a boycott, says Mahathir KUALA LUMPUR (Dow Jones): Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said yesterday the campaign to promote Malaysian-made goods to domestic consumers isn't a boycott of foreign products, but by the same token, he unequivocally repeated his...
Sat, 11 Jul 1998
Interesting experiment
Interesting experiment According to Merdeka of July 2, Kwik Kian Gie, a member of the Indonesian Democratic Party (PDI), conducted a poll to find out who people thought would be the best candidate for the presidency after the general election.
Sat, 11 Jul 1998
Floor price on export goods extended
Floor price on export goods extended JAKARTA (JP): The government has extended the floor prices set for certain export products for the period April 1 to June 30 for a further 15 days, the industry and trade ministry announced yesterday.
Sat, 11 Jul 1998
Akbar leads preliminary race for Golkar chairman
Akbar leads preliminary race for Golkar chairman JAKARTA (JP): The secretary of Golkar's board of patrons, Akbar Tandjung, yesterday led the preliminary race for the chairmanship with two votes ahead of rival Edi Sudradjat.
Sat, 11 Jul 1998
Schools close due to lack of pupils
Schools close due to lack of pupils SEMARANG, Central Java: At least 104 public and private elementary schools in Central Java closed down during the 1997/1998 school year due to a lack of new students.
Sat, 11 Jul 1998
Conversion Rates
Conversion Rates JAKARTA (JP): Bank Ekspor Impor Indonesia's (Bank Exim) indicative conversion rates on July 10, 1998: Buying Selling Rp Rp U.S. dollar 1 14,900.00 15,900.00Austrian shilling 1 1,108.90 1,259.70Australian dollar 1 9,027.50 9,610.00Belgian franc 1 391.80 414.40Canadian dollar 1 9,989.
Sat, 11 Jul 1998
European bankers still need more RI debt info: BNP
European bankers still need more RI debt info: BNP PARIS (Dow Jones): After the first European stop of the Indonesian debt plan roadshow, European bankers are still trying to gather more information on the plan, said Thierry Desjardins, senior vice president, debt restructuring at Banque Nationale...
Sat, 11 Jul 1998
Where to go in Jakarta:
Where to go in Jakarta:Exhibitions * Embroideries Exhibition in the lobby of Sari Pan Pacific Hotel, Jl. M.H. Thamrin, Central Jakarta (Phone: 323707), 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., until July 31. * Painting Exhibition Hello, how's it going, by Evie Westmore, at the Main Lobby of the Regent Jakarta, Jl. H.R.
Sat, 11 Jul 1998
Jakartans told to beware of possible floods
Jakartans told to beware of possible floods JAKARTA (JP): The Meteorology and Geophysics Agency (BMG) strongly urged Jakartans to take precautionary measures against possible flash floods after more heavy rain was forecast for the capital.
Sat, 11 Jul 1998
PADI joins plethora of parties
PADI joins plethora of parties JAKARTA (JP): A group of academics, social activists and businesspeople gathered together to form the Indonesian Democratic Alliance Movement (PADI) as a precursor to a political party with the ultimate aim of protecting and highlighting the diversity in Indonesia.
Sat, 11 Jul 1998
Rattan smugglers foiled in Kendari
Rattan smugglers foiled in Kendari KENDARI, Southeast Sulawesi: Intelligence agents here have foiled an attempt to smuggle 130 metric tons of high-quality rattan aboard the ships MV Kapili Putra and MV Teluk Kulisusu bound for Singapore.
Sat, 11 Jul 1998
'Al-Fayed' loves smelly 'pet'
'Al-Fayed' loves smelly 'pet' WONOSOBO, Central Java (JP): He has a rich colored shiny coat, lounges anywhere he likes but has a weakness for the lowly pet (flat beans notorious for their offensive odor), despite his name associated with the rich and famous.
Sat, 11 Jul 1998
RP continues Marcos suits
RP continues Marcos suits MANILA (AP): The government of President Joseph Estrada will not settle the numerous criminal and civil suits against the family of the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos for less than 75 percent of his US$540 million Swiss bank deposits, a senior official said yesterday.