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Tue, 20 Jun 2000
West Kalimantan orangutans in great danger
West Kalimantan orangutans in great danger KETAPANG, West Kalimantan (JP): When you are in the area of Gunung Palung National Park, you must be impressed by the presence of its orangutans (Pongo pygmaeus), billed as the world's largest and healthiest.
Tue, 20 Jun 2000
Astaga!com launches WAP
Astaga!com launches WAP JAKARTA (JP): News portal Astaga!com announced on Monday its new wireless application protocol (WAP)-based facility, Astaga!WAP, to allow customers access certain information on the Internet through their mobile telephones.
Tue, 20 Jun 2000
RP confirms US$1m ransom demand for each hostages
RP confirms US$1m ransom demand for each hostages JOLO, Philippines (AP): Muslim extremists holding 21 mostly foreign hostages in a jungle camp are demanding at least US$1 million for each captive, and negotiations for their release could last up to six months, President Joseph Estrada's chief aide...
Tue, 20 Jun 2000
Mt. Palung, haven for ecotourists in peril
Mt. Palung, haven for ecotourists in perilBy Edi Petebang KETAPANG, West Kalimantan (JP): If you are fond of ecotourism, National Park Gunung (Mount) Palung is a haven. There you can go white water rafting or fishing in the unpolluted river and you can enjoy the whistle of hornbills (enggang) and...
Tue, 20 Jun 2000
S'pore considers HIV-spouse return
S'pore considers HIV-spouse return SINGAPORE (AP): The government is considering whether to allow the return of foreign women married to Singaporeans who were expelled because they were HIV-positive, a spokeswoman said on Monday.
Tue, 20 Jun 2000
TNT, Pos sign business deal
TNT, Pos sign business deal SINGAPORE (AP): TNT, a unit of the Dutch postal services company TNT Post Groep NV, launched a pact Monday with PT Pos Indonesia to cooperate in express and international mail services.
Tue, 20 Jun 2000
City Police get new chief detective
City Police get new chief detective JAKARTA (JP): Jakarta Police chief Maj. Gen. Nurfaizi appointed Col. Harry Montolalu as the new chief detective on Monday, replacing Col. Alex Bambang Riatmodjo, who has been promoted to Bandung Police chief in West Java.
Tue, 20 Jun 2000
Amien vows to tone down criticism against govt
Amien vows to tone down criticism against govt DENPASAR, Bali (JP): Amien Rais, famous for his argumentative tendencies, has pledged to tone down his criticism of the government and remain quiet for a year after the August general session of the People's Consultative Assembly.
Tue, 20 Jun 2000
PKB angered over Gus Dur health row
PKB angered over Gus Dur health row JAKARTA (JP): The National Awakening Party (PKB) described on Monday calls for a physical and mental health examination of party co-founder President Abdurrahman "Gus Dur" Wahid as defamation against him.
Tue, 20 Jun 2000
Is there anyone not tempted by sweet melons?
Is there anyone not tempted by sweet melons?By Antariksawan Jusuf JAKARTA (JP): You may have never been to Java's easternmost area of Banyuwangi but if you have tasted juicy sweet local watermelon, you most probably have consumed the products from that regency, known popularly as the land of the...
Tue, 20 Jun 2000
Warsaw holds a major democracy meet
Warsaw holds a major democracy meetBy Pierre-Antoine Donnet WARSAW (AFP): Poland, backed by a decade of post-communist freedom, will host an unprecedented conference of 100 countries here next week on the theme of democracy and how to make it work.
Tue, 20 Jun 2000
Govt 'tried to save' Warni's life
Govt 'tried to save' Warni's life JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Manpower Bomer Pasaribu said the government did all it could to save the life of Indonesian maid Warni, who was beheaded in Saudi Arabia on Monday.
Tue, 20 Jun 2000
Forex reserves decline
Forex reserves decline JAKARTA (JP): Bank Indonesia said on Monday that Indonesia's international reserve and foreign currency liquidity, previously known as the foreign exchange reserve, fell by US$156.2 million in the second week of June to $27.24 billion from the level in the previous week.
Tue, 20 Jun 2000
Electronic mapping of Strait of Malacca begins
Electronic mapping of Strait of Malacca begins JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesian Navy together with its counterparts and experts from Malaysia, Singapore and Japan began discussions on Monday to finalize the electronic mapping of the Strait of Malacca.
Tue, 20 Jun 2000
One dies, nine injured over ancestral land
One dies, nine injured over ancestral land SURABAYA: One person died and nine were injured during a clash between Police and demonstrators in front of clove plantation company PT Perkebunan Cengkih Branggah Banaran, Coko subdistrict, Blitar, some 130 kilometers southwest of here.
Tue, 20 Jun 2000
Where to go in Bandung for Tuesday, June 20, 2000
Where to go in Bandung for Tuesday, June 20, 2000Performances* Theater: Les Porteurs D'Eau, organized by CCF - French Cultural Center (Phone 4212417), at Taman Budaya Jawa Barat, 8 p.m., June 22. * Theater: Ura-Ura Ngudarasa, by Studio Taksu Solo, at CCF - French Cultural Center, Jl.
Tue, 20 Jun 2000
Moderate quake hits northern RP
Moderate quake hits northern RP MANILA (AP): An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.7 shook Manila and several northern Philippine provinces on Monday, causing people to run out of houses, stores and schools, officials and witnesses said.
Tue, 20 Jun 2000
SingTel plans $1.5b project
SingTel plans $1.5b project SINGAPORE (Dow Jones):Singapore Telecommunications Ltd.is embarking on a US$1.5 billion submarine cable project in the Asia Pacific, industry sources said Monday.They confirmed an article in the Business Times, a business daily Monday, that SingTel is in talks with...
Tue, 20 Jun 2000
Purwokerto best in antidengue movement
Purwokerto best in antidengue movement JAKARTA (JP): Purwokerto, a small town in Central Java, has acquired the world's recognition in health care for its success in preventing and controlling the epidemic of dengue fever through a community participation program.
Tue, 20 Jun 2000
Oil price surge leaves Asian energy sector gasping
Oil price surge leaves Asian energy sector gaspingBy Nick Edwards HONG KONG (Reuters): Oil prices may be nudging nine-year highs, but Asian energy sector assets have lagged the rally, ignored by investors who are focused instead on the risks soaring crude costs pose to the gradually recovering...
Tue, 20 Jun 2000
Questioning the President's health
Questioning the President's health The more President Abdurrahman Wahid makes controversial statements, the more people question his health. Some people even see it as part of a plot to overthrow him. The question is, can the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) topple him on the basis of his...
Tue, 20 Jun 2000
A growing hazard
A growing hazard To smoke or not to smoke? A preposterous question to ask, one might say, considering that 6.5 million people die each year in Indonesia due to tobacco-related illnesses according to a 1995 socioeconomic census.
Tue, 20 Jun 2000
Rates for tax payment, valid from June 19 to June 25
Rates for tax payment, valid from June 19 to June 25 U.S. dollar 1 Rp 8,490.00Austrian schilling 1 588.12Australian dollar 1 5,017.59Belgian franc 1 200.61Canadian dollar 1 5,749.70Swiss franc 1 5,185.05Deutschemark 1 4,139.85Danish krone 1 1,093.16French franc 1 1,233.71Poundsterling 1 12,723.
Tue, 20 Jun 2000
Global currencies
Global currencies Value Net Changes 1 Day 1 Month 2000 Japanese yen 105.645 -0.7649 +0.72% +1.26% -2.97%Euro 1.0377 +0.0013 -0.13% +7.38% -4.22%Poundsterling 0.6607 +0.0007 -0.12% +1.78% -6.47%Singaporean dollar 1.7700 +0.0435 -2.46% -2.54% -5.88%Australian dollar 1.6604 +0.0110 -0.66% +4.89% -8.
Tue, 20 Jun 2000
Tamaela offers words of wisdom to successor
Tamaela offers words of wisdom to successor AMBON, Maluku (JP): Outgoing Pattimura Military Commander overseeing Maluku Brig. Gen. Max Tamaela had some words of advice for his appointed successor in the violence-torn province: "Keep your troops neutral!"Tamaela, who has seen the death toll climb to...
Tue, 20 Jun 2000
Tommy has no plan to quit Timor car
Tommy has no plan to quit Timor car JAKARTA (JP): Former president Soeharto's youngest son Hutomo Mandala Putra will maintain his ownership of Putra Nasional (TPN) despite the demand made by Kia Motor, his Korean partner, to remove him from the debt-laden car company, his aid, Suharto, said here on...
Tue, 20 Jun 2000
Fishermen get Rp18b oil spill money
Fishermen get Rp18b oil spill money CILACAP, Central Java: The Cilacap branch of the Indonesian Fishermen Association (HNSI) has received some Rp 18 billion in compensation due to damages caused by an oil leak from MT King Fisher oil tanker.
Tue, 20 Jun 2000
Team set up to monitor drug-linked footballers
Team set up to monitor drug-linked footballers JAKARTA (JP): The Soccer Association of Indonesia (PSSI) chairman Agum Gumelar announced Monday that the organization would set up a special team to observe three players, who allegedly used drugs.
Tue, 20 Jun 2000
PKB wants compromise over spat on communism
PKB wants compromise over spat on communism JAKARTA (JP): The National Awakening Party (PKB) Faction in the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) is proposing a compromise in the heated debate over communism by allowing such teachings in academic circles but not the growth of communist political...
Tue, 20 Jun 2000
Dressing down at McDonald's
Dressing down at McDonald's It was after midnight at around 1 a.m. on June 3, 2000 at McDonald's restaurant in Sarinah building on Jl. M.H. Thamrin. I was standing by the front entrance chatting with some fellows when I overheard a dispute between McDonald's civilian-dressed security guard and a...
Tue, 20 Jun 2000
Overloaded prison in Bekasi remains tense after riot
Overloaded prison in Bekasi remains tense after riot BEKASI (JP): Bulak Kapal Penitentiary in Bekasi remained tense on Monday following a riot the previous night in the overloaded prison.Prison guards are allowing no one, including families of prisoners, to visit.
Tue, 20 Jun 2000
PON opens with call to maintain national unity
PON opens with call to maintain national unityBy Ivy Susanti and Ainur R. Sophiaan SURABAYA (JP): Vice President Megawati Soekarnoputri opened the 15th National Games (PON) at the Delta stadium in Sidoarjo, some 20 kilometers south of here, on Monday with a strong call to maintain unity.
Tue, 20 Jun 2000
Investment types on islands limited
Investment types on islands limited JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Maritime Exploration Sarwono Kusumaatmadja proposed on Monday to limit investments in small islands to activities that take into account the islands' ecological and social environment.
Tue, 20 Jun 2000
TV today
TV todayTVRI 5:30 a.m. Religious Teachings 6:00 News 8:00 Children's Songs 8:30 Music 9:00 Interval 2:00 p.m. News 2:30 Children's Program 3:30 Music 4:00 Regional News 4:30 Documentary 5:30 News (in English) 6:00 Sports 7:00 Evening News 7:30 TV Drama 8:00 Sports 8:30 News 9:00 World News 9:35 TV...
Mon, 19 Jun 2000
TV today
TV todayTVRI 5:30 a.m. Religious Teachings 6:00 News 8:00 Children's Songs 8:30 Music 9:00 Interval 2:00 p.m. News 2:30 Children's Program 3:30 Music 4:00 Regional News 4:30 Music 5:30 TVRI News (in English) 6:00 TV Series: Hotel 7:00 Evening News 7:30 Sports 9:00 World News 9:35 Music 10:30...
Mon, 19 Jun 2000
JSX expected ro rebound on anticipated good news
JSX expected ro rebound on anticipated good news JAKARTA (JP): Equity analysts expect rebounds on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (JSX) this week as negative sentiments fade away on some anticipated good news.
Mon, 19 Jun 2000
New model of women leaders in Asia
New model of women leaders in AsiaBy Alex Perry HONG KONG (AFP): From Indira Gandhi to Madame Mao, Benazir Bhutto to Corazon Aquino, Asia has produced some of the world's most formidable women leaders.Four more singular leaders are now waiting in the wings -- vice presidents Megawati Soekarnoputri...
Mon, 19 Jun 2000
'Belanda Depok' trace their history to 1619
'Belanda Depok' trace their history to 1619 JAKARTA (JP): Jakarta's population was once dominated by slaves in the 1600s, with the number totaling almost half of the total residents.Their descendants can still be found, such as those in Depok Lama subdistrict, Depok mayoralty, some 30 kilometers...
Mon, 19 Jun 2000
WB announces loans for RI
WB announces loans for RI WASHINGTON (AFP): The World Bank agreed to give Indonesia two loans totaling US$115.4 million to improve health services and water supply in rural areas, the bank said in a statement on Friday.A loan of $77.
Mon, 19 Jun 2000
Future TNI reshuffles 'must be okayed by House'
Future TNI reshuffles 'must be okayed by House' JAKARTA (JP): Despite the President's prerogatives, the appointment of chiefs of staff in the military should in the future gain approval from the House of Representatives, political figures and observers said on Saturday.
Mon, 19 Jun 2000
GAM, govt in row over police, military pullout
GAM, govt in row over police, military pullout BANDA ACEH, Aceh (JP): Representatives of the government and the Free Aceh Movement (GAM) could not agree on the question of police withdrawal during negotiations for the humanitarian pause and forwarded the issue to a higher forum in Geneva.
Mon, 19 Jun 2000
Elephants flee riot-torn camp
Elephants flee riot-torn camp BANDA ACEH, Aceh: Not only humans, but elephants have been suffering from years of political tension in Aceh.Some 31 trained elephants had to be evacuated from the Lhok Asan Elephant Training Center, in North Aceh regency, in the last two years to flee the mounting...
Mon, 19 Jun 2000
RI maids in Malaysia run away to husbands
RI maids in Malaysia run away to husbands KUALA LUMPUR (AFP): Some 450 Indonesian maids in Malaysia abscond every week to join their husbands working elsewhere in the country in what appears to be a pre-planned arrangement, a press report said Sunday.
Mon, 19 Jun 2000
PSIS relegated to Division I
PSIS relegated to Division I SEMARANG (JP): The Indonesian Soccer League (Ligina) defending champion, PSIS of Semarang, was unexpectedly relegated to Division I of the league after losing a number of matches in the ongoing Bank Mandiri league.
Mon, 19 Jun 2000
C. Java governor asks 2nd place
C. Java governor asks 2nd place SEMARANG (JP): Central Java governor Mardiyanto asked his athletes to strive for the runner up position in the 15th National Games (PON) in Surabaya starting Monday."In previous Games we only finished fourth after Jakarta, East Java and West Java.
Mon, 19 Jun 2000
Governor, mayor in environment feud
Governor, mayor in environment feud PEKANBARU, Riau: Pekanbaru mayor Oesman Effendi Apan refused to attend the World Environment Day commemoration on Saturday, after hearing Riau Governor Saleh Djasit would declare the city as the dirtiest among the province's towns during the ceremony.
Mon, 19 Jun 2000
Nightspot workers protest closure of working place
Nightspot workers protest closure of working place JAKARTA (JP): About 100 karaoke hall workers staged a rally on Friday to protest a move by the city administration to seal off their place of employment due to alleged nonpayment of taxes.The workers, from Monggo Mas karaoke and singing hall on Jl.
Mon, 19 Jun 2000
Ex-BI employees call on Sjahril to quit his job
Ex-BI employees call on Sjahril to quit his job JAKARTA (JP): A group of former Bank Indonesia officials have suggested that Governor Sjahril Sabirin resign from the central bank because his determination to remain in office amid his current status as a suspect in a high profile bank scandal was...
Mon, 19 Jun 2000
Contracts signed at the Bali Travel Mart 2000 tour expo
Contracts signed at the Bali Travel Mart 2000 tour expo NUSA DUA, Bali (JP): Several tours and travel-related firms participating in the four-day Bali Travel Mart (BTM) 2000 here have managed to close deals with foreign buyers.
Mon, 19 Jun 2000
Thai group bid for airports
Thai group bid for airports BANGKOK (AFP): A consortium of four Thai companies will bid against foreign interests for a stake in Thailand's major provincial airports, reports said Saturday."The four companies in the consortium ...