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Mon, 13 Aug 2001
Play original proclamation text
Play original proclamation textFrom Rakyat MerdekaSince the New Order regime up until last year's celebration of Indonesia's Independence Day, on every Aug. 17 the proclamation of independence text has been read by the speaker of House of Representatives.
Mon, 13 Aug 2001
PM John Howard's visit
PM John Howard's visit Australia's Prime Minister John Howard is currently in town for a two-day visit to Indonesia. It is noteworthy that as the head of government of a neighboring western country he is the first to make the special effort of coming over and having a meeting with Indonesia's new...
Mon, 13 Aug 2001
Megawati selects Cabinet members at very last moment
Megawati selects Cabinet members at very last moment People initially questioned the independence of President Megawati Soekarnoputri in selecting her Cabinet, and ensuring it was free from various undue influences and pressures.
Mon, 13 Aug 2001
Eimer leads Germany to glory
Eimer leads Germany to glory KUALA LUMPUR (AFP): A brilliant penalty corner set-piece 32 seconds from time gave Germany a 3-2 win over South Korea in the final of the 11th Sultan Azlan Shah Cup here on Sunday.
Mon, 13 Aug 2001
RP's MILF doubts peace agreement
RP's MILF doubts peace agreement KUALA LUMPUR (Agencies): A leader of the Muslim separatist rebel group that signed a cease-fire agreement with the Philippine government last week says that the deal could face opposition from vested interests in the military and Philippine congress.
Mon, 13 Aug 2001
Thaworn powers to joint lead at Malaysian Masters
Thaworn powers to joint lead at Malaysian Masters KUALA LUMPUR (AFP): Thaworn Wiratchant cruised into position for back-to-back titles in Asia when he carded a five-under-par 67 to become the joint third-round leader at the US$275,000 Malaysian Masters Saturday.
Mon, 13 Aug 2001
Our deep condolences for the passing of
Our deep condolences for the passing of Bapak Bambang Waloeja56 years of age the father-in-law of our EDP staff memberRidhwan Ilhamsyah. He died in Bandung, West Java, on Sunday morningand was buried in Bandung in the afternoon. The management and staff ofThe Jakarta Post
Mon, 13 Aug 2001
Political risk shadows Asian LNG projects
Political risk shadows Asian LNG projects SINGAPORE (Dow Jones): After a four-month closure following separatist rebel attacks, liquefied natural gas is once again flowing from the Arun LNG plant in Indonesia's breakaway Aceh province.
Mon, 13 Aug 2001
Candra and Tony grab men's doubles title
Candra and Tony grab men's doubles title JAKARTA (JP): Having originally had the chance of taking three titles at the 2000 Badminton World Grand Prix Final in Brunei Darussalam, in the end Indonesia had to be content with just one, which was won in an all-Indonesian affair on Sunday.
Mon, 13 Aug 2001
Megawati makes good
Megawati makes good It was never on the cards for Indonesian President Megawati Sukarnoputri to appoint a cabinet of politicians who brought no political baggage with them. There are too many debts owed for past favors to hope for a wholly uncomplicated line-up.
Mon, 13 Aug 2001
Policeman killed in clash in Nabire
Policeman killed in clash in Nabire JAYAPURA, Irian Jaya (JP): A policeman was shot dead in Nabire, Irian Jaya, in a clash between members of the Indonesian Military (TNI) and local police on Sunday morning.No information was available on what triggered the clash, Antara reported.
Mon, 13 Aug 2001
Maritime training for RI seamen
Maritime training for RI seamen JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesian Seafarers Association (KPI) signed a memorandum of understanding on vocational training with several maritime academies and oil company Pertamina on Saturday to improve the quality of Indonesian seamen both at home and overseas.
Mon, 13 Aug 2001
Govt officials' wealth
Govt officials' wealthFrom Bisnis IndonesiaKeeping abreast of the latest news about our country through the website of Bisnis Indonesia (www.bisnis.com) is really enjoyable, especially concerning the wealth of government officials or future officials.
Mon, 13 Aug 2001
Govt-IMF relation to set tone for rupiah: Analysts
Govt-IMF relation to set tone for rupiah: AnalystsBy: Berni K. Moestafa JAKARTA (JP): With the eagerly awaited Cabinet in place, the new government's ability to push ahead talks with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) will set the tone for the rupiah's movements in the coming weeks, according to...
Mon, 13 Aug 2001
Indofood cancels Golden Agri deal, mulls replacement
Indofood cancels Golden Agri deal, mulls replacement JAKARTA (JP): Publicly listed giant food producer PT Indofood Sukses Makmur said on Saturday it had canceled the acquisition of the Sinar Mas Group-owned oil palm firm PT Golden Agri Resources, intensifying speculation that Indofood may acquire...
Mon, 13 Aug 2001
Arroyo's strong warning to protect peso
Arroyo's strong warning to protect peso MANILA: President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has announced that the Philippine government would not rule out the imposition of currency controls to defend the peso from speculative attacks.
Mon, 13 Aug 2001
Allow the cabinet to do its work
Allow the cabinet to do its work Megawati's Cabinet could be solid because almost all elements in society are represented. This could prove to be of vital importance because experience has taught us that the absence of an absolute majority in the national legislature is giving politics in this...
Mon, 13 Aug 2001
KEM prepares to close Kalimantan's gold mine
KEM prepares to close Kalimantan's gold mineBy: Mochammad N. Kurniawan KELIAN (JP): With three years to go until the closure of its gold mine in Kelian, Kutai Barat regency, East Kalimantan province, PT Kelian Equatorial Mining (KEM) is planning several programs to convert its mining site into...
Mon, 13 Aug 2001
Hopes, fears about Cabinet
Hopes, fears about CabinetBy Jusuf Wanandi JAKARTA (JP): The new Cabinet is Megawati's personal cabinet. While she sought advice from all her advisers, (including her party's board, her husband and others, such as senior politician Frans Seda and her assistant Bambang Kesowo), she was the one that...
Mon, 13 Aug 2001
Tata eying Enron project
Tata eying Enron project NEW DELHI (AFP): Indian corporate giant, the Tata Group, is willing to buy a stake in U.S. energy firm Enron Corp's three billion dollar Dabhol power project in western India, the Economic Times said Saturday.
Mon, 13 Aug 2001
'None' and 'Abang' Jakarta crowned
'None' and 'Abang' Jakarta crowned JAKARTA (JP): Rahma Alia from South Jakarta and Roni Ardhianto from East Jakarta were crowned here at the Jakarta Convention Center on Saturday as this year's Miss and Mr. Jakarta or None and Abang Jakarta.
Mon, 13 Aug 2001
Most expensive gorillas for most expensive enclosure
Most expensive gorillas for most expensive enclosureBy Muninggar Sri Saraswati JAKARTA (JP): Jurassic Park. That might be your first impression when you look at the gorilla enclosure under construction now in Ragunan Zoo, South Jakarta.
Mon, 13 Aug 2001
Flag raising for five days
Flag raising for five days JAKARTA (JP): Governor Sutiyoso has called upon city residents to raise the national flag from Aug. 14 to Aug. 18, from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m., in celebration of the 56th Independence Day.
Mon, 13 Aug 2001
Jakarta will have most expensive gorillas in most expensive
Jakarta will have most expensive gorillas in most expensive enclosureBy Muninggar Sri Saraswati JAKARTA (JP): Jurassic Park. That might be your first impression when you look at the gorilla enclosure under construction now in Ragunan Zoo, South Jakarta.
Mon, 13 Aug 2001
TV today
TV todayTVRI 5:00 a.m. Religious Teachings 6:00 News 8:45 Variety Show 10:00 Children's Program 10:30 30 Minutes with Anita Rahman 11:00 Regional News 12:00 p.m. News 1:00 Talk Show 2:00 News 2:15 Debating 3:40 Quiz 4:15 Children's Program 4:30 Regional Program 5:00 News 5:30 TV Drama 6:00 News...
Mon, 13 Aug 2001
Govt to set up team to probe Aceh massacre
Govt to set up team to probe Aceh massacre JAKARTA (JP): The government will set up a team to investigate the recent killing of dozens of civilians in East Aceh following the separatist Free Aceh Movement (GAM)'s accusation that the Indonesian Military (TNI), along with the National Police, were...
Mon, 13 Aug 2001
'None' and 'Abang' Jakarta named
'None' and 'Abang' Jakarta namedJP/R. Berto Wedhatama JAKARTA (JP): Rahma Alia from South Jakarta and Roni Ardhianto from East Jakarta were crowned here at the Jakarta Convention Center on Saturday as this year's Miss and Mr. Jakarta or None and Abang Jakarta.
Mon, 13 Aug 2001
Banks bear brunt of RP crackdown
Banks bear brunt of RP crackdown MANILA (AFP): Monetary authorities in the Philippines are publicly identifying and fining banks linked to speculation of the embattled peso currency in an unprecedented name-and-shame campaign.
Mon, 13 Aug 2001
Gusmao to run for president
Gusmao to run for president SYDNEY, Australia (DPA): Xanana Gusmao will be East Timor's first president, Interim Timorese Foreign Minister Jose Ramos- Horta said on Sunday.Speaking on a visit to Canberra, Ramos-Horta said that even though Gusmao was not a candidate in the August 30 constituent...
Mon, 13 Aug 2001
Cellular phones still top items
Cellular phones still top itemsBy Zatni Arbi JAKARTA (JP): "I was really mad," a chum from my university days said to me recently as we lunched together after so many years. He was talking about Christine, his only daughter, who is a second-year senior high school student.
Mon, 13 Aug 2001
Lawyers call for Tutut's arrest
Lawyers call for Tutut's arrest JAKARTA (JP): Legal experts called upon the police on Sunday to immediately arrest former president Soeharto's eldest daughter Siti Hardiyanti "Tutut" Rukmana for allegedly concealing the whereabouts of her fugitive brother Hutomo "Tommy" Mandala Putra.
Mon, 13 Aug 2001
Job creation a tough priority
Job creation a tough priority JAKARTA (JP): While the mission of new Coordinating Minister for the Economy Dorodjatun Kuntjoro-Jakti to make job creation his priority is appealing, experts warned its implementation faced wide-ranging problems arising out of labor disputes, regional autonomy, tax...
Mon, 13 Aug 2001
Asia rejects nightmare vision of cloned humans
Asia rejects nightmare vision of cloned humansBy Cassie Biggs HONG KONG (AFP): Much of Asia recoiled in horror as Aldous Huxley's Brave New World moved closer to reality with Italian embryologist Severino Antinori's plans for "designer babies" cloned in the image of their parent.
Mon, 13 Aug 2001
Where to go in Jakarta:
Where to go in Jakarta:Exhibitions * Ceramics by Yogiswari and Kurniawati, Pusat Kebudayaan Jepang - The Japan Foundation, Summitmas I, Jl. Jend. Sudirman Kav. 61- 62 South Jakarta (Phone: 5201266), until Aug. 18. * Painting, Ceramics Paul Husner, F. Widayanto, Galeri Minima - Maxima, Jl.
Mon, 13 Aug 2001
Minahasa teachers on strike over salary hike
Minahasa teachers on strike over salary hike MANADO, North Sulawesi (JP): Children attending schools in Minahasa regency, North Sulawesi, received no lessons on Friday and Saturday as thousands of teachers in the area went on strike for having received no rise in their salaries since January 2001.
Mon, 13 Aug 2001
JAKARTA (JP): Legal experts called upon the police on Sunday
JAKARTA (JP): Legal experts called upon the police on Sunday to immediately arrest former president Soeharto's eldest daughter Siti Hardiyanti "Tutut" Rukmana for allegedly concealing the whereabouts of her fugitive brother Hutomo "Tommy" Mandala Putra.
Mon, 13 Aug 2001
Appeal to education minister
Appeal to education minister The prolonged economic crisis has lowered people's per capita income, causing an increase in the poor and a sharp increase in the number of dropouts, from elementary schools to high schools and universities.
Mon, 13 Aug 2001
Search for 169 missing in flood-hit Nias to end
Search for 169 missing in flood-hit Nias to end GUNUNGSITOLI, North Sumatra (JP): Search and rescue personnel were still searching for 169 missing people in flood-hit Nias on Sunday, but the search operation would be stopped on Wednesday, or two weeks after devastating flooding that had killed 108...
Mon, 13 Aug 2001
Posthumous GOWA award for Lopa
Posthumous GOWA award for Lopa JAKARTA (JP): The non-governmental organization Government Watch (GOWA) is to present its first award to the late Baharuddin Lopa in recognition of his efforts to curb corruption, collusion and nepotism in the country.Government Watch coordinator Farid R.
Mon, 13 Aug 2001
MCA protest against Japanese textbook
MCA protest against Japanese textbook KUALA LUMPUR (AFP): Malaysia's ethnic Chinese community Sunday launched a signature campaign in a protest over a controversial Japanese history textbook accused of glossing over the nation's wartime record.
Mon, 13 Aug 2001
Arroyo's strong warning to protect peso
Arroyo's strong warning to protect peso MANILA: President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has announced that the Philippine government would not rule out the imposition of currency controls to defend the peso from speculative attacks.
Mon, 13 Aug 2001
1. Market (2 x 25)
1. Market (2 x 25)Govt-IMF relation to set tone for rupiah: Analysts 2. Wall (2 x 21)Nasdaq sustains losses, Dow loses week's gains3. Taiwan (2 x 16)Taiwan revamping financial firms 4. Bank (2 x 21)DBS concedes defeat in S'pore merger battle5. LNG (1 x 35)Political risk over Asian LNG projects 6.
Mon, 13 Aug 2001
Mega wants realistic ties with Australia
Mega wants realistic ties with Australia JAKARTA (JP): Australian Prime Minister John Howard arrived here for a working visit on Sunday in a bid to jump start relations with the new Indonesian government.
Mon, 13 Aug 2001
1. IMF (2 x 25)
1. IMF (2 x 25)Japan risks new cycle of bankruptcies: IMF 2. Cocoa (2 x 24)Local cocoa exporters ask govt to impose quota scheme 3. KEM (2 x 20)KEM prepares to close Kalimantan's gold mine 4. ASEAN (2 x 24)China-Taiwan economic ties could hurt ASEAN: S'pore5.
Mon, 13 Aug 2001
Ngawen temple victim of artifact theft
Ngawen temple victim of artifact theftText and photo by Bambang M. MUNTILAN, Central Java (JP): Central Java has long been known for its temples, evidence that the province was a center of human civilization many centuries ago.
Mon, 13 Aug 2001
Nias
Nias Search for 169 missing in Nias to end Page 2 Literacy Literacy is the heart of democracy Page 5Athletics Doping allegation mars Yegorova's glory Page 7Temple Ngawen temple a victim of artifact theft Page 8Rupiah Govt-IMF relations to set tone on rupiah Page 11Indofood Indofood cancels Golden...
Mon, 13 Aug 2001
Thousands of train commuters stranded
Thousands of train commuters stranded BANDUNG (JP): Thousands of train passengers at both Bandung station and Gambir station in Jakarta were left stranded following a train derailment at KM 139 in Padalarang, West Java, on Sunday afternoon.
Mon, 13 Aug 2001
Major challenges facing Megawati
Major challenges facing MegawatiFrom KompasA statement of former President Abdurrahman "Gus Dur" Wahid that Megawati Soekarnoputri would be trapped by the New Order forces in the administration, House of Representatives (DPR) and People's Consultative Assembly (MPR), should be taken into account...
Mon, 13 Aug 2001
Hearth of democracy: Literacy
Hearth of democracy: LiteracyBy John Michael Phillips MALANG, East Java (JP): Every year articles are printed in local newspapers concerning the need for literacy in Indonesia. These articles remind readers that literacy means the ability to both read and write as the latter is often forgotten.
Mon, 13 Aug 2001
Harmfull lifestyle exposes teens to health threats
Harmfull lifestyle exposes teens to health threats JAKARTA (JP): Doctors and an NGO here over the weekend raised the alarm over the health perils faced by teenagers due to unhealthy lifestyles commonly found among the youth.