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Tue, 30 May 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 3:00 Documentary 3:30 Music 4:00 Regional News 4:30 Performance 5:30 News (in English) 6:00 Documentary 7:00 Evening News 7:30 TV Drama 8:00 Sports 9:00 World...
Mon, 29 May 2000
NU takes issue with religious harmony bill
NU takes issue with religious harmony bill JAKARTA (JP): Supporters of a bill promoting religious harmony have suffered another setback after the country's largest Muslim organization dismissed it as a wasteful exercise because true harmony could not be mandated.
Mon, 29 May 2000
Freedom, love the new democracy in Indonesia
Freedom, love the new democracy in IndonesiaBy Tishy Bruce JAKARTA (JP): Freedom is one of those words used frequently without much understanding of its connotations.Freedom and love are, in many ways, interchangeable words. Freedom and love are a by-product of integrity.
Mon, 29 May 2000
Marsinah case near end: police
Marsinah case near end: police SURABAYA: Police here claim that the investigation into the 1993 murder of labor activist Marsinah is close to being completed.Head of the Police Detectives directorate at the provincial police headquarters, Col. Suharto, said "the investigation is almost finished.
Mon, 29 May 2000
IBRA sells properties
IBRA sells properties JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesian Bank Restructuring Agency (IBRA) said that it managed to book Rp 105 billion (about US$12.3 million) from the auction of 18 properties on Saturday.The agency said in a statement that the amount achieved at the auction held by PT Ray Wahid Lelang...
Mon, 29 May 2000
Unfortunate Jakarta
Unfortunate JakartaFrom Media IndonesiaThere is no denying Jakarta is becoming hotter and hotter. One of the reasons for the rise in temperature is the carbon dioxide emitted as a result of the burning of fuel.
Mon, 29 May 2000
Gold caddies go on strike in Bogor
Gold caddies go on strike in Bogor JAKARTA (JP): About 220 caddies at Bogor Raya Golf Club (KGBR) course at the elite residential area of Bogor Lake Side went on strike on Sunday demanding an increase in their salaries and better working conditions.
Mon, 29 May 2000
S'pore softens on HIV spouses
S'pore softens on HIV spouses SINGAPORE (Reuters): Singapore has softened its stance on a law ordering HIV-positive foreign spouses to leave the country with the government saying that most of the dozen infected foreigners repatriated would be allowed to return.
Mon, 29 May 2000
Banyumas Council speaker questioned
Banyumas Council speaker questioned PURWOKERTO, Central Java: Banyumas Council Speaker Tri Waluyo was questioned for two hours by police on Saturday over his alleged involvement in an attempt to foil a disputed land execution which eventually led to an attack on the execution officials.
Mon, 29 May 2000
KL investigates foreign firms
KL investigates foreign firms KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters): Malaysia's Anti Corruption Agency (ACA) is investigating several multinational companies suspected of offering kickbacks to win tenders and contracts in the country, a local newspaper said on Sunday.
Mon, 29 May 2000
Aprilia earns Olympics ticket
Aprilia earns Olympics ticket JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia's judoka Aprilia Marzuki finished in fourth place in the women's 70 kilograms division at the Asian Judo Championships in Osaka Japan.In the bronze medal playoff, Aprilia had to bow out to Chinese Liang Zhachia Saturday while the winner in the...
Mon, 29 May 2000
Kalla, Mulyono to face questioning over Bulog scam
Kalla, Mulyono to face questioning over Bulog scam JAKARTA (JP): Police will question former chief of the National Logistics Agency (Bulog) Yusuf Kalla and chairman of the Bulog employees-owned foundation Yanatera Mulyono early this week in connection with a Rp 35 billion scandal involving the...
Mon, 29 May 2000
An exercise in democracy
An exercise in democracy Many theories are being bandied about concerning the decision of the House of Representatives to summon President Abdurrahman Wahid to explain his decision to fire two Cabinet ministers last month.
Mon, 29 May 2000
Yen stands firm amid U.S. interest rate fears
Yen stands firm amid U.S. interest rate fears HONG KONG (AFP): The Japanese yen steadied against the dollar during the week, in line with the euro, after the European Central Bank (ECB) decided to keep interest rates unchanged.
Mon, 29 May 2000
S'pore electronic firms seek opportunities abroad
S'pore electronic firms seek opportunities abroad SINGAPORE (DPA): Electronics manufacturers hit hard by competition are planning to invest overseas, outsource or acquire companies, a Singapore survey showed on Saturday, but electronic commerce is not popularly viewed as a viable strategy.
Mon, 29 May 2000
Highland Gathering attracts huge crowd in Karawaci
Highland Gathering attracts huge crowd in Karawaci TANGERANG (JP): Thousands of people thronged the Scottish annual spring festival at the sports field of Pelita Harapan University (UPH) in Lippo Karawaci here on Sunday.
Mon, 29 May 2000
Minister, experts condemn Friday's act of violence
Minister, experts condemn Friday's act of violence JAKARTA (JP): Cabinet member and experts strongly condemned Friday's violent burning of military vehicles and abuse of military officers by angry students and mobs in Salemba, Central Jakarta.
Mon, 29 May 2000
Govt braces for peace accord to begin in Aceh
Govt braces for peace accord to begin in Aceh BANDA ACEH, Aceh (JP): Indonesia's permanent representative to the United Nations in Geneva Hassan Wirajuda expressed guarded optimism on Saturday that the humanitarian pause he signed with the representative of the Free Aceh Movement (GAM) separatist...
Mon, 29 May 2000
No exam leaks in C. Sulawesi
No exam leaks in C. Sulawesi PALU, Central Sulawesi: Officials at the provincial office of the Ministry of National Education are denying that there have been leaks in test questions used in national high school final examinations in the province.
Mon, 29 May 2000
3,000 Irian representatives meet to 'rectify' history
3,000 Irian representatives meet to 'rectify' historyBy Neles Tebay JAYAPURA, Irian Jaya (JP): More than 2,000 people from all corners of Irian Jaya arrived here this weekend ahead of Monday's opening of the six-day Papuan Congress to discuss the future of the natural resource-rich province.
Mon, 29 May 2000
Astaga!com has new channels
Astaga!com has new channels JAKARTA (JP): News portal Astaga!com announced over the weekend 10 new content channels covering sports, crime, technology, gossip, music, film, dining, tourism, entertainment and health.
Mon, 29 May 2000
Investors set to stay away as uncertainty remains
Investors set to stay away as uncertainty remains JAKARTA (JP): After significant drops, share prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (JSX) will likely stay flat this week as most investors will take no positions due to lingering instability in the domestic political and security conditions.
Mon, 29 May 2000
Tens of thousands attend KPB rally in Banten
Tens of thousands attend KPB rally in Banten PANDEGLANG, West Java (JP): Newly established Work for National Care (KPB), a non-governmental organization dominated by Golkar Party figures, drew the attention of tens of thousands of Muslims here on Sunday by staging an anticommunism rally.
Mon, 29 May 2000
Protests upset Kalimantan oil firms
Protests upset Kalimantan oil firms JAKARTA (JP): Protests against oil and gas operations in East Kalimantan could escalate if gas company Vico Indonesia Ltd fails to settle its dispute with locals, a senior official at state oil and gas company Pertamina said on Saturday.
Mon, 29 May 2000
Knowing soldiers' plight urged
Knowing soldiers' plight urged JAKARTA (JP): Udayana Military Commander Maj. Gen. Kiki Syahnakri defended criticism of the Indonesian Military's (TNI) performance saying people should take into account that many soldiers earn less than street bakso (meat ball) vendors.
Mon, 29 May 2000
Gusmao thanks Brunei soldiers
Gusmao thanks Brunei soldiers BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN (AP): East Timor freedom fighter Xanana Gusmao thanked on Sunday a Gurkha battalion in Brunei who helped patrol the war-torn territory as part of the UN peacekeeping force.
Mon, 29 May 2000
Put them in their place
Put them in their place We are confronted all the time by stories about the lording of power by the military and police, from the Army ringleader of a band of thieves in Bandung, the soldier who fatally shot another man after he cut him off in his car, to the petty bribery so glaringly obvious on...
Mon, 29 May 2000
Exam leak a crime: Police
Exam leak a crime: Police JAKARTA (JP): A senior city police officer classified the selling of the nation-wide examination transcripts as a crime and urged the related offices to report the case to the police so that it could be traced thoroughly.
Mon, 29 May 2000
Police arrest foreigner, seven locals in drug raid
Police arrest foreigner, seven locals in drug raid JAKARTA (JP): Police arrested a Nigerian for drug possession in Tanah Abang, Central Jakarta, along with seven local residents during a four-day drug crackdown, an official said on Saturday.Chief of Jakarta Police detectives Col.
Mon, 29 May 2000
BCA's initial public offering: Let the buyer beware
BCA's initial public offering: Let the buyer bewareBy Melville S. Brown The following is the first of two articles on the Indonesian banking crisis. JAKARTA (JP): The current flavor of the month in Indonesian Bank Restructuring Agency's (IBRA) ongoing struggle to resolve the Indonesian banking...
Mon, 29 May 2000
Telkom's time to give a little back
Telkom's time to give a little backFrom Republika"Touching the Conscience of the Director General of Post and Telecommunications" is the headline of an article published in Republika on May 22, 2000. To me, a layman, a business company holding a monopoly is practicing extortion when it raises the...
Mon, 29 May 2000
Local property market shows sign of recovery
Local property market shows sign of recovery JAKARTA (JP): The property market in Jakarta showed signs of recovery in the first quarter of this year with demand in the retail sector growing faster than in the office and apartment sector, property consultant PT Procon Indah/Jones Lang LaSalle said.
Mon, 29 May 2000
The elusive masseur
The elusive masseur Apart from finding the best method for a breakthrough in the economic recovery, this nation has been urged by the head of state to find the whereabouts of the elusive masseur by the name of Suwondo who became a masseur-turned-presidential confidante.
Mon, 29 May 2000
47 injured in Medan chruch blast
47 injured in Medan chruch blast MEDAN, North Sumatra (JP): With sectarian violence already testing the unity of the country, a blast rocked a Protestant church here on Sunday, injuring at least 47 members of the congregation.North Sumatra Police chief Brig. Gen.
Mon, 29 May 2000
Maraden Panggabean dies at 78
Maraden Panggabean dies at 78 JAKARTA (JP): Gen. (ret) Maraden Panggabean, former Armed Forces deputy chief and former coordinating minister for political affairs and security, died on Sunday after a stroke. He was 78.
Mon, 29 May 2000
Govt focuses more on small, medium firms
Govt focuses more on small, medium firms JAKARTA (JP): Government economic policies will be geared more towards promoting small and medium enterprises and less on big businesses, Minister of Finance Bambang Sudibyo said on Saturday.
Mon, 29 May 2000
Gus Dur's small 'r' reform
Gus Dur's small 'r' reformBy Lesley McCulloch CANBERRA (JP): It seems that with each day that passes, criticism of Indonesia's President Abdurrahman Wahid gains momentum. No one denies that many things are certainly different than they were 12 months ago -- and that these changes have been for the...
Mon, 29 May 2000
The sensation of traveling on cheap W. Java trains
The sensation of traveling on cheap W. Java trains JAKARTA (JP): Willing to experience the worst means of transportation in the city? Just take trains plying short distances to neighborhood areas in West Java.
Mon, 29 May 2000
Where to go in Jakarta: Monday, May 29, 2000
Where to go in Jakarta: Monday, May 29, 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.
Mon, 29 May 2000
Men's problems on Net
Men's problems on Net JAKARTA (JP): Internet site klinikpria.com, was launched here on Saturday especially for men and others seeking information on health problems mostly affecting men.Run by local doctors grouped in the Indonesian Association of Urology Specialists, the health site is aimed to...
Mon, 29 May 2000
Mobs storm, vandalize hotels and discotheque
Mobs storm, vandalize hotels and discotheque JAKARTA (JP): Angry mobs raided and vandalized two hotels at separate locations in East and West Jakarta over the weekend, claiming both establishments offered the services of prostitutes.
Mon, 29 May 2000
Demonstrators or provocateurs?
Demonstrators or provocateurs?From Media IndonesiaDemonstrations are on the increase, and the protests on May 25 and May 26 on Jl. Salemba culminated with the burning of vehicles belonging to the military.
Mon, 29 May 2000
Records made at SEA Age Croup Swimming C'ships
Records made at SEA Age Croup Swimming C'ships DENPASAR (JP): Two records were created by Singaporean swimmers on the final day of the 24th Age Group Swimming Championships at the Bali Cliff Hotel swimming pool Sunday.Chay Mark clocked 52.
Mon, 29 May 2000
Kerosene still scarce in Java
Kerosene still scarce in Java PURWOKERTO, Central Java: Despite promises by the state oil and gas company Pertamina to increase output, kerosene is still scarce in the province.The Jakarta Post observed on Saturday that kerosene retailers still had to stand in line for over two hours in order to...
Mon, 29 May 2000
Kwik says govt may revise 2000 state budget
Kwik says govt may revise 2000 state budget JAKARTA (JP): Coordinating Minister for the Economy, Finance and Industry Kwik Kian Gie said on Saturday that the government would have to revise the 2000 state budget if the rupiah failed to strengthen from the current level.
Mon, 29 May 2000
Telkom gives Net access
Telkom gives Net access JAKARTA (JP): PT Telkom will start its new high speed broadband Internet access service in Kalimantan by the third quarter this year, according to Cable & Wireless Mitratel, Telkom's joint operation (KSO) partner in the region.
Mon, 29 May 2000
Uranium studies in W. Kalimantan
Uranium studies in W. Kalimantan PONTIANAK, West Kalimantan: Officials from the National Atomic Energy Agency (Batan) claim that the province has huge potential for developing a uranium mine.Batan chief Iyos R Subki told reporters that a study conducted in 1980 revealed that there is 10,000 tons of...
Mon, 29 May 2000
RI team wins bridge congress
RI team wins bridge congress TANGERANG (JP): Indonesia Bridge Olympics team won the AIG Lippo PABF Congress 2000 in the open team event after beating Japan 138-96 IMP in the final at the Imperial Country Club at Lippo Karawaci, Tangerang, Saturday.
Sun, 28 May 2000
KL badminton chief must go: Sidek
KL badminton chief must go: Sidek JAKARTA (JP): Malaysia's Nusa Mahsuri coach Misbun Sidek said on Saturday Badminton Association of Malaysia (BAM) president Abdullah Fadzil Che Wan should stick to his plan to quit after his team's disappointing Thomas Cup showing.
Sun, 28 May 2000
Calm returns to capital despite minor demonstration
Calm returns to capital despite minor demonstration JAKARTA (JP): Calm returned to Jakarta on Saturday, although some 200 student protesters, grouped under the City Network (Jarkot), made another effort to march to former president Soeharto's residence on Jl.