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Sun, 28 May 2000
Traditional tooth filing ceremony in today's Bali
Traditional tooth filing ceremony in today's BaliBy Degung Santikarma DENPASAR (JP): A small army of Balinese, dressed in traditional sarongs and headdresses and sporting walkie-talkies and lighted batons, have been deployed to direct traffic.
Sun, 28 May 2000
Erratic Amien
Erratic AmienFrom NeracaI formerly admired Amien Rais for what I thought was his consistency in fighting corruption, collusion and nepotism. Unfortunately, my admiration has dimmed with each passing day.The outstanding Amien has now become the fussy Amien.
Sun, 28 May 2000
Yogyakarta lures tourists with 'bekakak'
Yogyakarta lures tourists with 'bekakak'Text and photos by R. Agus Bakti YOGYAKARTA (JP): A bride and the groom are always treated in a special way. Everybody gives them privileges and spoils them with attention and gifts.
Sun, 28 May 2000
C. Java athletes lack of budget
C. Java athletes lack of budget SEMARANG (JP): The Central Java National Games (PON) contingent still suffers a Rp 550 million (US$65,050) deficit although it has received funds from the Provincial Budget of Rp 13.5 billion and from the Central Java Sports Fund Foundation (Yadora) of Rp 1.2 billion.
Sun, 28 May 2000
Getting old is unavoidable, but not a crime
Getting old is unavoidable, but not a crime Elderly people face complex hidden problems. The Jakarta Post's contributor Mehru Jaffer reveals the facts in conjunction with the National Day of the Elderly that falls on May 29.
Sun, 28 May 2000
Arts Agenda
Arts AgendaCultural Discussion and Performance on the Bissu Community at The Japan Foundation, Summitmas I, 2nd floor, Jl. Jend. Sudirman Kav. 61-62, Jakarta 12190, on June 6 and June 7. For centuries, the Bissu community of South Sulawesi has been wisely preserving their rituals, language, oral...
Sun, 28 May 2000
President cancels plan to open Papua Congress
President cancels plan to open Papua Congress JAKARTA (JP): Presidential aides confirmed here on Saturday that President Abdurrahman Wahid has canceled plans to open Monday's Papua Congress in Jayapura, over fears that his presence would be interpreted as tacit support for the province's...
Sun, 28 May 2000
Allowance for Angie in French Open
Allowance for Angie in French Open JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesian Tennis Association (Pelti) met Saturday and approved financial assistance for junior girls singles hopeful, Angelique Widjaja, to compete in the French Open junior tournament next week.
Sun, 28 May 2000
National Gallery needs private sector involvement
National Gallery needs private sector involvementBy Amir Sidharta JAKARTA (JP): In Mungkid, Central Java, the Museum Widayat stands as the bastion of Widayat's art world and his circle of influence. In Yogyakarta, everyone knows of the unique Museum Affandi, which certainly reflects the character...
Sun, 28 May 2000
Delicious meals for those tired for eating out
Delicious meals for those tired for eating out Cash Cow Burgers; By Julia Philipp; Times Book International, Singapore, 2000; 128 pages; US$9.5 JAKARTA (JP): Julia Philipp may hold a MBA from top school Wharton at the University of Pennsylvania, but that does not make her compromise when it comes...
Sun, 28 May 2000
World population growing older due to better care
World population growing older due to better care JAKARTA (JP): Of the approximately 580 million elderly people in the world today, about 355 million live in developing countries. By 2020, more than 1,000 million people aged 60 years and older will be living in the world.
Sun, 28 May 2000
Today's menu: Bad food, bad service, bad deal
Today's menu: Bad food, bad service, bad dealBy Aida Greenbury JAKARTA (JP): With his nose pointed up, his right hand supporting a tray full of perfectly arranged plates, the waiter elegantly approached our table. Without any mistake, he placed each plate of food on the table according to our order.
Sun, 28 May 2000
Musings on using the Internet
Musings on using the Internet JAKARTA (JP): If you asked most Indonesian people about whether they have ever lost money, or been victims of fraud, or caught a computer virus on the Internet, you would feel relieved because most would say, "No".
Sun, 28 May 2000
Government must change tourism policy
Government must change tourism policy Tourism is vital for generating foreign exchange revenues, but facts show that the industry is in turmoil. While earnest work to lure tourists back remains unfruitful, fresh violence hit the capital city of Jakarta on Friday.
Sun, 28 May 2000
Crackdown a letdown as illegal loggers fly the coop
Crackdown a letdown as illegal loggers fly the coopText and photos by PJ Leo TARAKAN, East Kalimantan (JP): As the helicopter landed in the Kalimantan jungle, the armed soldiers jumped off one by one, ready to fight the enemy.
Sun, 28 May 2000
Dita meets calling to fight for oppressed
Dita meets calling to fight for oppressedBy Emmy Fitri Hastuti JAKARTA (JP): Dita Indah Sari, 27-year-old labor activist, shows her true concerns when she speaks at length about the hard life of laborers and their oppressed aspirations amid the current strong wave of capitalism and industrialism.
Sun, 28 May 2000
Formal talks launched on release of RP hostages
Formal talks launched on release of RP hostages BANDANG, Philippines (AFP): Government negotiators and rebel leaders Saturday held their first formal talks over the release of 21 mostly foreign hostages being held by the Abu Sayyaf group.
Sun, 28 May 2000
Guess What: Ciputra
Guess What: Ciputra Property tycoon Ciputra said he had enough with KKN, an Indonesian acronym for corruption, collusion and nepotism, condemning it as the cause of the country's economic and political calamities.
Sun, 28 May 2000
Group attacks police at boardinghouse
Group attacks police at boardinghouse BOGOR (JP): A Police Mobile Brigade (Brimob) officer was hurt and two motorcycles were destroyed on Friday evening when a group of about 75 men attacked a boardinghouse in Kedung Halang.
Sun, 28 May 2000
The fall of a Deity
The fall of a DeityBy Putu Arya Tirtawirya In his living room, in the last of the evening's fading light, High Priest Ida Pedanda Madi Sugriwa paced back and forth as he ground his false teeth on the stem of his cold pipe that jutted outward from his face beneath a white mustache streaked with gray...
Sun, 28 May 2000
TV today
TV todayTVRI 6:00 a.m. Morning News 7:00 Health and Fresh 8:00 Children's Program 9:30 Variety Show 10:00 Music 11:00 Film: Dos Mujeres 12:00 p.m. TV Drama 1:00 TV Drama 2:30 Teen Program 3:00 Sports 4:30 Religious Teachings 5:00 Tourism Program 5:30 Sports 6:00 Music 7:00 Evening News 7:30 Sports...
Sun, 28 May 2000
Thailand strokes ahead at SEA Age Group event
Thailand strokes ahead at SEA Age Group eventBy Lukman Natanagara DENPASAR (JP): Thailand continued its supremacy in the 24th Southeast Asia (SEA) Age Group Swimming Championships on Saturday by sweeping 12 more gold medals at the Bali Cliff pool.
Sun, 28 May 2000
Twenty-for hours with vegetable seller Jarmi
Twenty-for hours with vegetable seller Jarmi Vegetable seller Jarmi thinks she may be about 50 years of age -- like many elderly Indonesians, she does not know the exact year of her birth. A trader all her life, Jarmi has been operating from a stall at Pasar Rumput, South Jakarta, for over 20 years.
Sun, 28 May 2000
HIV screening of foreigners
HIV screening of foreigners SINGAPORE (AP): The government on Saturday defended laws obliging foreigners to undergo an AIDS test and prohibiting those who have contracted the HIV virus from remaining in Singapore.
Sun, 28 May 2000
Women giving their all for others
Women giving their all for othersBy Barbara Anello JAKARTA (JP): The talk was animated over dinner at a chic restaurant in Jakarta.It ranged from topics as disparate as Fifth Avenue fashion, to the depletion of species and forests throughout the archipelago, to the skills of Indonesian women, the...
Sun, 28 May 2000
A do-it-yourself spa job in the home
A do-it-yourself spa job in the homeBy Bruce Emond JAKARTA (JP): Spas are the in-thing at Indonesian hotels and fitness centers.Call it the ultimate in self-gratification or merely part of the holistic approach to putting both mind and body on an even keel, but spas are opening their doors across...
Sat, 27 May 2000
Indonesia benchmark bonds fare worst in Asian markets
Indonesia benchmark bonds fare worst in Asian markets SINGAPORE (Dow Jones): Spreads on Asian benchmark bonds ended the week mostly wider as regional markets came under pressure from continued volatility on Wall Street and a host of local factors.Spreads over comparable U.S.
Sat, 27 May 2000
Jakarta to exchange missions with Seoul
Jakarta to exchange missions with Seoul JAKARTA (JP): The Jakarta administration and the Seoul Metropolitan Government of South Korea have agreed recently to exchange missions in an effort to strengthen the sister-city relationship, officials said.
Sat, 27 May 2000
Students take note
Students take note Watching a news broadcast on ANteve on May 15, 2000, at 5 p.m., I was shocked to see two groups of university students from the engineering and polytechnic departments of North Sumatra University involved in a brawl that caused enormous damage, including to a laboratory funded by...
Sat, 27 May 2000
Police to summon expert witnesses about fake money
Police to summon expert witnesses about fake money SURABAYA (JP): East Java Police Chief, Maj. Gen. Da'i Bachtiar, said here on Friday that expert witnesses would be summoned soon to testify in the counterfeit money case involving retired Army officers.
Sat, 27 May 2000
Conversion Rates
Conversion RatesBank Indonesia's conversion rates on May 26, 2000: Bank notes rates Buying Selling Rp Rp U.S. dollar 1 7,955.00 8,955.00Australian dollar 1 4,524.80 5,098.08Austrian schilling 1 527.01 593.58Belgian franc 1 179.77 202.48Brunei dollar 1 4,591.90 5,172.12Canadian dollar 1 5,290.
Sat, 27 May 2000
Risk management: Discipline with many faces
Risk management: Discipline with many facesBy Michael Sinjorgo JAKARTA (JP): Risks are a fact of life for everyone. How one deals with these risks determines the quality of one's life.Business has its own risks.
Sat, 27 May 2000
Thai PM in Laos to strengthen ties
Thai PM in Laos to strengthen ties BANGKOK (AFP): Thai Prime Minister Chuan Leekpai Friday left here for a three-day official visit to neighboring Laos to strengthen ties between the two Southeast Asian nations, a government spokesman said.
Sat, 27 May 2000
House tells Marzuki to mull reopening Texmaco case
House tells Marzuki to mull reopening Texmaco case JAKARTA (JP): The House of Representatives (DPR) urged the Attorney General's Office on Friday to reopen its investigation into the Texmaco alleged loan scandal if new evidence came up.
Sat, 27 May 2000
Care for all school staff
Care for all school staffFrom RepublikaThe government must be commended for the average increase of officials' salaries of Rp 64,750. Congratulations also go to officials for their increase in allowances and to teachers with their functional allowance of 150 percent for their services to education.
Sat, 27 May 2000
Interpellation plan gains supports from 277 legislators
Interpellation plan gains supports from 277 legislators JAKARTA (JP): Some 277 legislators from the 500-member House of Representatives have signed their names to a proposal to interpellate President Abdurrahman Wahid over the recent firing of two economic ministers.
Sat, 27 May 2000
'M.V. Top Start' serves JICT
'M.V. Top Start' serves JICT JAKARTA (JP): The Jakarta International Container Terminal (JICT) said on Friday it had secured the fifth new service this year with the Singapore-based Hub Line.JICT said Hub Line's M.V.
Sat, 27 May 2000
Big names set for Indonesian Open
Big names set for Indonesian Open JAKARTA (JP): Players from Denmark, Sweden, England, Wales and the Netherlands are confirmed to compete in the Indonesia Open badminton tournament at Senayan Indoor Tennis Stadium in July.
Sat, 27 May 2000
Exam sneak preview sparks investigation
Exam sneak preview sparks investigation JAKARTA (JP): The Ministry of National Education confirmed here on Friday that makeups may have to be held by several students in Jakarta and West Java following the discovery of possible leaks in the just completed national high school final examinations...
Sat, 27 May 2000
Aceh death toll since peace pact reaches 28
Aceh death toll since peace pact reaches 28 LHOKSEUMAWE, Aceh (JP): Uneasy calm returned here on Friday following a fatal shooting involving members of military police which claimed the lives of two officers and injured eight others in Lhokseumawe a day earlier.Lt.
Sat, 27 May 2000
President calls on farmers to do more
President calls on farmers to do more MARTAPURA, South Kalimantan: President Abdurrahman Wahid, during a one-day visit here on Friday, called on farmers to produce not only rice but other agricultural commodities as well.
Sat, 27 May 2000
Ignorance about syariah law
Ignorance about syariah law Widespread demands in Indonesia that Indonesian migrant worker Kartini binti Karim should be spared from being stoned to death for adultery have been fulfilled. The council of judges of the Fujairah court in the United Arab Emirates declared Kartini free.
Sat, 27 May 2000
Weakening rupiah hits Olympic training
Weakening rupiah hits Olympic training JAKARTA (JP): The National Sports Council (KONI) must seek an extra Rp 124 million (US$14,500) for its budget to finance the training preparation of the 2000 Olympic Games, deputy official in charge of planning and budget, Sudharno, said Friday.
Sat, 27 May 2000
Looming anarchy
Looming anarchy Anarchy loomed in Jakarta on Friday, reminiscent of the days before the massive and brutal riots of May 1998. Clashes between students and security officers, previously confined to the elite Menteng area where former president Soeharto lives, spread to busy streets, Jl.
Sat, 27 May 2000
Batik bonanza for the taking on streets of Yogyakarta
Batik bonanza for the taking on streets of YogyakartaBy Tarko Sudiarno YOGYAKARTA (JP): Yogyakarta is famed as one of the batik centers in the country. Its ornate, classically designed motifs, worn by Javanese royal families, is the city's cultural trademark.
Sat, 27 May 2000
Abdurrahman makes mark on State Secretariat
Abdurrahman makes mark on State Secretariat JAKARTA (JP): President Abdurrahman Wahid has finalized the revamping of the powerful State Secretariat, a move which will also pave the way for Vice President Megawati Soekarnoputri to announce her own working team.
Sat, 27 May 2000
Asian currencies finish mixed
Asian currencies finish mixed SINGAPORE (Dow Jones): Asian currencies were mixed late Friday, with the South Korean won battered by renewed concerns over the extent of the economy's dependence on the country's chaebols, dealers said.
Sat, 27 May 2000
Gus Dur to meet S&P about RI credit rating
Gus Dur to meet S&P about RI credit rating JAKARTA (JP): President Abdurrahman Wahid is planning to meet international rating agency Standard & Poor's Corp. (S&P) in New York early next month in a bid to help improve the country's credit rating, according to a close aide.
Sat, 27 May 2000
U.S. keeping Army out of resumed military aid
U.S. keeping Army out of resumed military aid JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Defense Juwono Sudarsono confirmed on Friday the United States did not include the Army in the gradual normalization of military ties with Indonesia because of a lot of "unfinished business".
Sat, 27 May 2000
Feisal says neither he nor Soeharto ordered PDI attack
Feisal says neither he nor Soeharto ordered PDI attack JAKARTA (JP): Police investigators may find it difficult to draw conclusions over the criminal aspects of the July 27, 1996 attack on Indonesian Democratic Party (PDI) headquarters as witnesses have continued to give conflicting testimonies.