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Fri, 02 Jun 2000
BI says no fake Rp 100,000 notes found
BI says no fake Rp 100,000 notes found JAKARTA (JP): While acknowledging that some Rp 100,000 banknotes have a defect, Bank Indonesia said the money is not fake."The banknotes are genuine, but flawed," the central bank's deputy governor Aulia Pohan said in a media statement.
Fri, 02 Jun 2000
Counterfeit banknotes
Counterfeit banknotesFrom Pikiran RakyatThe police have, in their integrated operation, successfully nabbed some of the members of a syndicate making a large amount of counterfeit Rp 50,000 banknotes.Ironically, the banknotes were printed with the picture of former president Soeharto, while the new...
Fri, 02 Jun 2000
Tutor Time child-care provider
Tutor Time child-care provider Ingrid's little boy was growing fast. Soon he would have to go to preschool. She started looking around for a good one. Ingrid found many schools in Jakarta but none that really satisfied her expectations.
Fri, 02 Jun 2000
Explosion in Nganjuk linked to Laskar Jihad?
Explosion in Nganjuk linked to Laskar Jihad? SURABAYA (JP): Police here were thinking on Wednesday that the grenade that exploded on Tuesday in a van in Nganjuk, some 130 kilometers to the southwest belonged to the Yogyakarta-based Laskar Jihad (Jihad Force) Ahlus Sunnah wal Jamaah.
Fri, 02 Jun 2000
Antiviolence task force formed
Antiviolence task force formed BOGOR (JP): A total of 15 principals from vocational high schools in Bogor agreed on Wednesday to establish a task force at each school to prevent rampant student brawls, drug problems and vandalism.
Fri, 02 Jun 2000
Where to go in Jakarta: Friday, June 2, 2000
Where to go in Jakarta: Friday, June 2, 2000Exhibitions * Painting Exhibition by Eddy Sundara, at Negeri Lama Gallery, Jl. Cinere Raya A-36, South Jakarta (Phone: 7543133), 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., until Jun. 25. * Painting Exhibition by John Van Der Sterren at Galeri Kafe Linggar, Jl. Kemang Timur No.
Fri, 02 Jun 2000
Man robbed outside bank
Man robbed outside bank JAKARTA (JP): Menteng Police detectives are searching for two men who robbed a man outside the Menteng branch of the BNI bank on Jl. Cut Meutiah at about 2 p.m. on Wednesday.Central Jakarta Police chief of detectives Capt.
Fri, 02 Jun 2000
BATAN focusing research on farming and health
BATAN focusing research on farming and health JAKARTA (JP): The national agency on atomic technology says it has switched from long-term, costly projects to those, such as farming and public health, which give more immediate benefit to the public.
Fri, 02 Jun 2000
Cold reception for a strong currency
Cold reception for a strong currencyBy Frank Vinke This is the first of a two-part article looking at the fate of the euro and its prospects. JAKARTA (JP): On Jan. 1 1999, 11 member countries of the European Union merged their currencies to form a brand new monetary unit, the euro.
Fri, 02 Jun 2000
10 firms prepared for privatization
10 firms prepared for privatization JAKARTA (JP): Ten state-owned companies have been put on a primary list for privatization this year, according to an updated master plan to be issued by the Office of the State Minister of State Enterprises and Investment.
Fri, 02 Jun 2000
BCA's debut fails to boost sentiment on capital market
BCA's debut fails to boost sentiment on capital market JAKARTA (JP): Bank Central Asia's much waited stock market debut on Wednesday failed to boost the bearish sentiment on the local exchange as lingering uncertainty over the political and social situations continued.
Fri, 02 Jun 2000
Int'l Ramayana seminar in Bali
Int'l Ramayana seminar in Bali DENPASAR, Bali: About 400 participants from 40 countries are scheduled to participate in a seminar on the Hindu epics Ramayana and Mahabharata, to be held at Udayana University here on Sept. 13 to Sept. 15.
Fri, 02 Jun 2000
Why not use local language!
Why not use local language! Besides locally assembled personal computers (PCs), there are a lot of ready built PCs entering the Indonesian market. Hewlett Packard, Compaq and Acer to mention but a few. All these brands appear almost everyday in print advertisements, side by side with local brands.
Fri, 02 Jun 2000
Parking at Graha Medika
Parking at Graha MedikaFrom KompasIn March, my family and I traveled from Bandung to Jakarta to see one of our relatives who was being treated at Graha Medika Hospital. We were at the hospital for about 30 minutes. When we returned to our car, the front right signal lamp was on the ground.
Fri, 02 Jun 2000
Ex-drug addict Iskandar caught up in the beauty of art
Ex-drug addict Iskandar caught up in the beauty of art BANDUNG (JP): "One day I was dying to buy shabu-shabu (crystal methamphetamine) because I had gone without the drug for a week," Iskandarsyah recalled. But I did not have enough money and the drug dealer refused to give me the substance.
Fri, 02 Jun 2000
Cage for Soeharto
Cage for Soeharto If everything goes according to plan, one of world's former richest and most powerful people, according to Forbes magazine, will soon be put in a "cage" in his own house. In other words, placed under house arrest.
Fri, 02 Jun 2000
Asian currencies mostly stronger
Asian currencies mostly stronger HONG KONG (Dow Jones): The Indonesian rupiah gained ground Thursday on talk the government is considering capital controls, while the won lost some in part on concerns that Korea's chaebol haven't yet overcome their liquidity problems.
Fri, 02 Jun 2000
Unrest blamed on Soeharto's supporters
Unrest blamed on Soeharto's supporters JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Defense Juwono Sudarsono said on Thursday he believed a series of riots and disturbances plaguing the country were linked to supporters of former president Soeharto.
Fri, 02 Jun 2000
BPS chief exits with snipe at President Abdurrahman
BPS chief exits with snipe at President Abdurrahman JAKARTA (JP): Minutes before relinquishing his post as Central Bureau of Statistics (BPS) chief, Sugito Suwito fired back at President Abdurrahman Wahid, saying he was being truthful in scaling back his economic growth projection.
Fri, 02 Jun 2000
Thones' death still puzzling as no bullet wounds found
Thones' death still puzzling as no bullet wounds found JAKARTA (JP): The cloud of mystery surrounding the death of Dutch reporter Sander Thoenes thickened on Wednesday when a former East Timor military commander said doctors had found no gunshot wounds in the slain journalist's body.
Fri, 02 Jun 2000
Dengue on rise in E. Kalimantan
Dengue on rise in E. Kalimantan BALIKPAPAN, East Kalimantan: At least 11 people have died and nearly 280 others have been hospitalized in the two largest cities in the province this year due to dengue fever.
Fri, 02 Jun 2000
The first family starts decadal national census
The first family starts decadal national census JAKARTA (JP): The Central Bureau of Statistics (BPS) initiated on Thursday the decadal National Census, with President Abdurrahman Wahid, Vice President Megawati Soekarnoputri and Jakarta Governor Sutiyoso as the first three respondents.
Fri, 02 Jun 2000
Govt guarantee on L/Cs extended
Govt guarantee on L/Cs extended JAKARTA (JP): Bank Indonesia deputy governor Dono Iskandar Djojosubroto said on Wednesday that the government guarantee on letters of credit (L/Cs) issued by local banks had been extended through December 2000.
Fri, 02 Jun 2000
Dharmala Sakti goes bust as debt restructuring opposed
Dharmala Sakti goes bust as debt restructuring opposed JAKARTA (JP): In an unprecedented event, creditors voted on Wednesday at the Jakarta Commercial Court to bankrupt publicly listed PT Dharmala Sakti Sejahtera after they turned down the latter's debt restructuring proposal.
Fri, 02 Jun 2000
Crime worries in Batam
Crime worries in Batam BATAM, Riau: The number of Indonesian businesspeople of Chinese descent owning firearms is reportedly on the rise in Batam island,Antara reported.Chairman of the Batam chapter of the Chinese Brotherhood, Suhendro Gautama, said here on Wednesday there were increasing reports...
Fri, 02 Jun 2000
Jasindo to expand overseas
Jasindo to expand overseas JAKARTA (JP): State-owned general insurance firm PT Asuransi Jasa Indonesia (Jasindo) is to expand overseas as part of efforts to anticipate the 2003 free trade era in the Southeast Asian region, company president Amiruddin Riayat said on Wednesday.
Fri, 02 Jun 2000
Irene named 1999's best female athlete
Irene named 1999's best female athlete JAKARTA (JP): Irene Truitje Joseph (left), gold medalist in the women's 100m dash in the 1999 Southeast Asian (SEA) Games, lifts up the 1999 best female athlete award which was handed over by Wismoyo Arismunandar (right), the chairman of the National Sports...
Fri, 02 Jun 2000
Violence raises curtain on Aceh peace enactment
Violence raises curtain on Aceh peace enactment BANDA ACEH, Aceh (JP): Violence persisted ahead of the implementation of the humanitarian pause in the troubled province of Aceh on Friday.A military officer and four civilians were injured and over 2,000 people sought refuge in a fresh outbreak of...
Fri, 02 Jun 2000
New IMF chief Koehler open to AMF, capital control
New IMF chief Koehler open to AMF, capital control BANGKOK (Reuters): Neither the idea of an Asian Monetary Fund (AMF) nor controls on capital movement were "taboo" to the new managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), he said on Thursday.
Fri, 02 Jun 2000
Trias to split shares, restructure debts
Trias to split shares, restructure debts SURABAYA (JP): Publicly listed packaging paper producer PT Trias Sentosa won the approval of its shareholders on Wednesday to split its stocks in a bid to improve the liquidity of the company's shares on the stock market.
Fri, 02 Jun 2000
Medan's bomb
Medan's bomb Other communities might consider Medan's reaction to the latest bombings. People seem to realize that the church bombings were not motivated by religious conviction, and, therefore, they haven't felt compelled by mistaken religious identity and pride to engage in face-saving revenge.
Fri, 02 Jun 2000
Motorists enjoy free parking facilities
Motorists enjoy free parking facilities JAKARTA (JP): While a parking dispute is being tried at the Jakarta State Administrative Court, motorists can enjoy free parking at several private parking lots until a ruling is issued on the case.
Wed, 31 May 2000
TV Program: Wednesday, May 31, 2000
TV Program: Wednesday, May 31, 2000TVRI 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 3:00 Documentary 3:30 Music 4:00 News 4:30 Music 5:30 TVRI News 6:30 Fashion 7:00 Evening News 7:30 TV Drama 8:00 Sports 8:30 Talk...
Wed, 31 May 2000
Exxon/Mobil sticks by RI despite violence
Exxon/Mobil sticks by RI despite violence KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters): Exxon/Mobil Corp will not pull out of Indonesia or scale back investments due to violence in Aceh province where eight of its workers were briefly held hostage at the weekend, a senior official said on Tuesday.
Wed, 31 May 2000
Former officials claim innocence
Former officials claim innocence SURABAYA: Two former officials of East Java province are denying involvement in the Marsinah murder case, saying they were victims of misleading information.The two officials, the province's former police chief Maj. Gen. (ret.
Wed, 31 May 2000
Container port workers threaten to go on strike
Container port workers threaten to go on strike JAKARTA (JP): Workers of the Jakarta International Container Terminal (JICT) in Tanjung Priok seaport, North Jakarta, on Tuesday threatened to go on another strike on June 5, if the JICT management continued with its restructuring plan.
Wed, 31 May 2000
Aceh accord bodies plan meeting to lay ground rules
Aceh accord bodies plan meeting to lay ground rules JAKARTA (JP): Two joint committees established under the Aceh accord signed by the Indonesian government and Free Aceh Movement (GAM) will hold their first meeting in Banda Aceh on Wednesday to set up the ground rules for implementing the Joint...
Wed, 31 May 2000
Vested interests in national exams
Vested interests in national examsBy Mayling Oey-Gardiner and Peter Gardiner JAKARTA (JP): This is the time of year when millions of elementary and secondary students take the national end-of-cycle examinations known as Ebtanas.
Wed, 31 May 2000
No school principal?
No school principal? Of the one thousand elementary schools in Bandung, two hundred are without a principal. "This is serious and quite disturbing," said Kusmeni Hartadi, as reported in Pikiran Rakyat on May 20, 2000.
Wed, 31 May 2000
Govt to boost tax revenue to 16% of GDP by 2004
Govt to boost tax revenue to 16% of GDP by 2004 JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Finance Bambang Sudibyo said on Tuesday that tax revenue must be increased to 16 percent of gross domestic product (GDP) by 2004 from the 11.
Wed, 31 May 2000
Roche told to pay Rp 281b in compensation payments
Roche told to pay Rp 281b in compensation payments JAKARTA (JP): The South Jakarta District Court issued a final verdict on Tuesday requiring multinational pharmaceutical company PT Roche Indonesia to pay Rp 281 billion (about US$33.
Wed, 31 May 2000
If you love animals, say it with the arts
If you love animals, say it with the arts YOGYAKARTA (JP): "Humanizing animals" might be the right way to describe the three-dimensional installations of Bunga Jeruk currently displayed at the Indonesian-French Institute (LIP) in Yogyakarta.
Wed, 31 May 2000
TNT opens depot in Serang
TNT opens depot in Serang JAKARTA (JP): PT TNT Indonesia, an express distribution and logistics company, had opened new depot at Cikande Industrial Estate in Serang, West Java, in a bid to expand its market to the nearby coverage area.
Wed, 31 May 2000
Another bomb found in Medan, car wrecked by blast in Nganjuk
Another bomb found in Medan, car wrecked by blast in Nganjuk MEDAN, North Sumatra (JP): Acts of terror following another bomb attack in Medan on Tuesday escalated after another explosive device was found near the city and a vehicle was destroyed in a suspected grenade explosion in the usually quiet...
Wed, 31 May 2000
Malaysia urges SE Asia to rethink AFTA car plan
Malaysia urges SE Asia to rethink AFTA car plan KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters): Malaysia urged its Southeast Asian neighbors on Tuesday to reconsider plans to open the region's car markets as liberalization could hurt its two domestic producers.
Wed, 31 May 2000
KL, Japan sign LNG deal
KL, Japan sign LNG deal KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters): Petronas's Malaysia LNG Tiga signed a $6 billion deal on Tuesday to supply up to 1.6 million tons of liquefied natural gas (LNG) to three Japanese end users.
Wed, 31 May 2000
Legislator sues Bulog chief for slander over scam
Legislator sues Bulog chief for slander over scam JAKARTA (JP): House of Representatives (DPR) legislator Suko Sudarso filed a defamation suit against National Logistics Agency (Bulog) chief Rizal Ramli with the National Police Headquarters on Tuesday over his accusation of the legislator's...
Wed, 31 May 2000
Conversion Rates
Conversion RatesBank Indonesia's conversion rates on May 30, 2000: Bank notes rates Buying Selling Rp Rp U.S. dollar 1 8,170.00 9,170.00Australian dollar 1 4,689.58 5,272.75Austrian schilling 1 549.50 616.96Belgian franc 1 187.44 210.45Brunei dollar 1 4,712.46 5,292.32Canadian dollar 1 5,443.
Wed, 31 May 2000
Plantation firms told to return disputed land
Plantation firms told to return disputed land JAKARTA (JP): President Abdurrahman Wahid, popularly known as Gus Dur, has instructed state owned plantation companies to return some 40 percent of land taken by force or bought at unfair prices from local people in the past.
Wed, 31 May 2000
Each action has consequences
Each action has consequences I read with interest the lead article in Sunday's edition of The Jakarta Post, (May 28, 2000) titled Govt must change tourism policy.I agree wholeheartedly with the statements in the article about the need for the government to change its policies in areas such as...