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Thu, 10 Dec 1998
Japan edges RI 2-1 in Asiad quarterfinals
Japan edges RI 2-1 in Asiad quarterfinalsBy Primastuti Handayani BANGKOK (JP): An uninspired Indonesia crashed out of the men's tennis team competition at the 13th Asian Games on Wednesday, losing to second seed Japan in a virtually one-sided quarterfinal at the Muang Thon Tani sports complex.
Thu, 10 Dec 1998
Indonesia: Bizarre, absurd and deceitful
Indonesia: Bizarre, absurd and deceitful I have been observing the situation in Indonesia and think it is bizarre, absurd and deceitful. Just look at the following:1. Some 12 student activists were kidnapped by Group IV of the Army's special force (Kopassus).
Thu, 10 Dec 1998
Indonesian shuttlers go to Asian Games semifinals
Indonesian shuttlers go to Asian Games semifinals BANGKOK (JP): Badminton powerhouse Indonesia received some early scares but regained its winning form to crush Hong Kong 5-0 in the men's team quarterfinals at the Asian Games on Wednesday.
Thu, 10 Dec 1998
Briefcase stolen, few items returned
Briefcase stolen, few items returned I have returned recently to Jakarta after a three-year absence. Within 48 hours from arrival, my briefcase was stolen in the Sahid Jaya Hotel. The theft occurred on Nov. 4.
Wed, 09 Dec 1998
US-AEP aids Indonesia
US-AEP aids Indonesia JAKARTA (JP): The United States-Asia Environmental Partnership (US-AEP), an interagency program led by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), is to contribute US$750,000 to the country's social safety-net programs as part of its efforts to help...
Wed, 09 Dec 1998
Newmont extends gold mine production to 25 years
Newmont extends gold mine production to 25 years JAKARTA (JP): Gold mining firm PT Newmont Nusa Tenggara, a subsidiary of the giant Newmont Gold Company from the United States, has extended the planned production period of its gold mine on Sumbawa island, West Nusa Tenggara, by five years to 25...
Wed, 09 Dec 1998
UN public exhibition planned for Thursday
UN public exhibition planned for Thursday JAKARTA (JP): The United Nations here will mark on Thursday the 50th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights with a public exhibition, it was announced Tuesday.
Wed, 09 Dec 1998
Students stage demos again, other mass protests planned
Students stage demos again, other mass protests planned JAKARTA (JP): Around 1,500 students from different groups staged rallies at several spots in the capital on Tuesday to press their demands for the trial of Soeharto, an investigation into the Nov.
Wed, 09 Dec 1998
ASEAN officials meet ahead of summit
ASEAN officials meet ahead of summit HANOI (AFP): Members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) worked to put final touches on documents in advance of a summit here, the ASEAN secretary general said on Tuesday.
Wed, 09 Dec 1998
Habibie says private banks should be reduced to 50
Habibie says private banks should be reduced to 50 JAKARTA (JP): President B.J. Habibie said on Tuesday he would like to see the number of local private banks cut by about a third to 50 through mergers and acquisitions.
Wed, 09 Dec 1998
Man queried over slashing
Man queried over slashing JAKARTA (JP): The city police would thoroughly question businessman Johny for allegedly slashing Prayitno -- both are residents of Jl. Duri Utara II in West Jakarta -- with a sword in a quarrel which then led to a bigger clash.City police spokesman Lt. Col.
Wed, 09 Dec 1998
Sizing up an appropriate electoral system
Sizing up an appropriate electoral systemBy Olle Tornquist JAKARTA (JP): In an important article in The Jakarta Post on Dec. 5, Mulyana W. Kusumah, secretary-general of the Indonesian Independent Committee for General Election Monitoring (KIPP)), pointed to what might be the positive effects for...
Wed, 09 Dec 1998
Philippines helps murder suspect
Philippines helps murder suspect MANILA (DPA): President Joseph Estrada's administration is expending all possible assistance, including legal services, to three overseas Filipino workers implicated in the killing of a compatriot in Kuwait, a spokesman said on Tuesday.
Wed, 09 Dec 1998
Wiranto runs new security council
Wiranto runs new security council JAKARTA (JP): President B.J. Habibie established early last month the Council for Enforcement of Security and Law aimed at accelerating the government's reform programs, Minister/State Secretary Akbar Tandjung disclosed on Tuesday.
Wed, 09 Dec 1998
ASEAN's nonintervention policy put to the test
ASEAN's nonintervention policy put to the testBy Beth Duff-Brown KUALA LUMPUR (AP): The longstanding pledge by Southeast Asian nations to avoid interfering in each other's business was put to the test recently when U.S.
Wed, 09 Dec 1998
Lighthouses out of order
Lighthouses out of order PULAU SONIT, Southeast Sulawesi: Three lighthouses around the Banggai Islands in the West Banda Sea have been out of order since the Nov. 29 earthquake, making night sailing in the area hazardous, Antara reported on Tuesday.
Wed, 09 Dec 1998
Water supplies stepped up
Water supplies stepped up BANGKOK (AFP): Bangkok Asian Games organizers are having to step up water supplies for thirsty athletes in hot and humid Thai capital.They are now providing around 240,000 bottles of water a day for the 8,000 athletes and officials.
Wed, 09 Dec 1998
English language teaching must be reformed
English language teaching must be reformedBy A. Chaedar Alwasilah This is the second of two articles on the need to reform the teaching of English as a foreign language in Indonesia. BANDUNG (JP): The fact that English has established itself as the most important language in the world is a given,...
Wed, 09 Dec 1998
Controversial decision costs Indonesia a gold
Controversial decision costs Indonesia a goldBy Primastuti Handayani BANGKOK (JP): Bizarre refereeing marred the tae kwon do competition at the 13th Asian Games on Tuesday when Indonesia's woman flyweight Juana Wangsa Putri was deprived of her chance to win a gold medal.
Wed, 09 Dec 1998
No consensus on Cambodia's entry into ASEAN
No consensus on Cambodia's entry into ASEAN HANOI (Agencies): Members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) still have not reached a consensus on Cambodia's admission to the regional grouping, the ASEAN secretary general said on Tuesday.
Wed, 09 Dec 1998
Taxi thanks
Taxi thanks We would like to thank Mr. Maurice Cook, general manager of Radisson Hotel, for his letter, "Happy adventure in a taxi" (The Jakarta Post, Dec. 3). Bambang is indeed one of the resourceful and dynamic drivers of Blue Bird who we are proud of.
Wed, 09 Dec 1998
Independent election committee promised
Independent election committee promised JAKARTA (JP): The House of Representatives' Working Committee has agreed the National Election Committee would be independent and free in running the general election scheduled for June 7, 1999.The government and President B.J.
Wed, 09 Dec 1998
Logging threatens Kutai reserve
Logging threatens Kutai reserve SAMARINDA, E. Kalimantan: Logging by squatters in the Kutai National Park near Bontang is threatening the forest which has already been severely damaged by fires this year, an environmental official said.
Wed, 09 Dec 1998
Cycling coach is first casualty
Cycling coach is first casualty BANGKOK (Reuters): Indonesian coach Budi Arianto has become the first casualty of the Asian Games mountain bicycle competition after crashing through a glass door, officials said on Tuesday.
Wed, 09 Dec 1998
Students asked to change clothes to avoid brawls
Students asked to change clothes to avoid brawls JAKARTA (JP): Two city councilors are recommending that schools have students switch from their uniforms to regular clothes after classes in an effort to curb the escalating number of student street brawls.
Wed, 09 Dec 1998
Looking for Habibie factor
Looking for Habibie factor According to Buckminster Fuller, the famous American philosopher and scientist, synergy "means behavior of integral, aggregate, whole systems unpredicted by behaviors of any of their components or subassemblies of their components taken separately from the whole".
Wed, 09 Dec 1998
Culture of opposition needed
Culture of opposition needed A widespread sense of uncertainty deepens while the nation grapples with its worst ever political and economic crisis. The Jakarta Post correspondent Gedsiri Suhartono talks to Goenawan Mohamad, the editor of Tempo magazine about the issue.
Wed, 09 Dec 1998
No more questions on May gang rapes
No more questions on May gang rapesFrom Sinar PagiAfter a long and arduous investigation fraught with the pros and cons over whether gang rapes were committed in the mid-May riot, finally on Nov. 3, 1998, the independent joint fact-finding team made an official statement that this barbarian act did...
Wed, 09 Dec 1998
Costs of bank restructuring
Costs of bank restructuring Our major worries are increasingly being validated that Bank Indonesia (the central bank) has not really been well appraised of the real condition of the banking industry. The fact that the schedule for the bank restructuring program has been extended several times, due...
Wed, 09 Dec 1998
BI guarantee fertilizer imports
BI guarantee fertilizer imports JAKARTA (JP): Bank Indonesia, the central bank, will guarantee letters of credits issued by local banks to import fertilizers, Minister of Industry and Trade Rahardi Ramelan said on Tuesday.
Wed, 09 Dec 1998
Govt announces fasting month to start Dec. 20
Govt announces fasting month to start Dec. 20 JAKARTA (JP): The government has announced that the Moslem fasting month Ramadhan this year begins on Sunday, Dec. 20.A meeting of officials of the Ministry of Religious Affairs with representatives of major Islamic organizations such as Nahdlatul Ulama...
Wed, 09 Dec 1998
Amusement centers reopened
Amusement centers reopened JAKARTA (JP): All the 266 entertainment centers closed down late last month for allegedly being used as gambling and prostitution dens started operating again on Tuesday with certain conditions attached, Governor Sutiyoso said.
Wed, 09 Dec 1998
Schools told to resume classes
Schools told to resume classes AMBON, Maluku: The provincial administration has ordered principals of schools in East and West Taliabu districts to resume classes even though their buildings were destroyed in last month's earthquake that shook the area.
Wed, 09 Dec 1998
Politician who befriended defeat
Politician who befriended defeat In one political discussion at Bentara Budaya, Jakarta, Soebadio Sastrosatomo, a figure of the Indonesian Socialist Party who passed away yesterday (Dec. 7), was jokingly dubbed by Dr. Roeslan Abdulgani a "perennially losing" politician.
Wed, 09 Dec 1998
Over 1,250 migrants to move from Kupang to S. Sulawesi
Over 1,250 migrants to move from Kupang to S. Sulawesi JAKARTA (JP): More than 1,250 migrants from South Sulawesi are scheduled to leave Kupang, the East Nusa Tenggara capital where unrest took place on Nov. 30, on board KM Awu on Wednesday, Antara reported.
Wed, 09 Dec 1998
China's Yang sets world record in weightlifting
China's Yang sets world record in weightlifting BANGKOK (JP): Yang Xia of China twice set a new world record in the women's 53 kilograms weightlifting division in the 13th Asian Games at the Muang Thong Thani sports complex.Yang set a record of 120.
Wed, 09 Dec 1998
Education needs more funds, says Unicef official
Education needs more funds, says Unicef official JAKARTA (JP): The allocation for education in the state budget should at least be doubled as a requisite for improving the economy with priority given to the primary and junior high levels, the country representative of Unicef said Tuesday.Stephen J.
Wed, 09 Dec 1998
First national forum on AIDS
First national forum on AIDS SINGAPORE (DPA): A Singaporean man this week plans to become the first person with AIDS to identify himself publicly in the city, a member of the group Action for AIDS (AFA) said on Tuesday.
Wed, 09 Dec 1998
Govt auction off donated gold and closed banks' cars
Govt auction off donated gold and closed banks' cars JAKARTA (JP): Separate auctions of 96.75 kilograms of gold and 55 cars on Tuesday proved that the prolonged monetary crisis means nothing at all to certain people.
Wed, 09 Dec 1998
TV today
TV todayTVRI 5:30 a.m. Religious Teachings: Hikmah Pagi 6:00 Morning News 6:30 News: Nuansa Reformasi 7:00 Children's Program: Lagu Anak Nusantara 7:30 Cartoon 8:00 Music 8:30 Documantary Film 9:00 Music 10:00 Interval 2:00 p.m.
Wed, 09 Dec 1998
Chuan's son longing for Games
Chuan's son longing for Games BANGKOK (Reuters): Asian Games fever struck at the height of Thai politics on Tuesday as 11-year-old Surabot Leekpai invaded the prime minister's office and demanded to be taken to see some of the events as a birthday present.
Wed, 09 Dec 1998
Students activists set aside differences
Students activists set aside differences JAKARTA (JP): Student activists laid their differences on the table on Tuesday, discussed them and agreed that any spats among them should not affect their proreform struggle.
Wed, 09 Dec 1998
Asia told to continue with reforms for total recovery
Asia told to continue with reforms for total recovery SINGAPORE (AP): A senior U.S. diplomat warned Tuesday that recent optimism buoying markets in Asia was essentially unfounded, and urged nations in the region to continue economic and political reforms needed to spur a full-fledged recovery in...
Wed, 09 Dec 1998
Poor swept off Hanoi's streets
Poor swept off Hanoi's streets HANOI (DPA): Vietnamese police have rounded up some 1,000 beggars, prostitutes and mentally ill people in Hanoi and sent them to camps outside the capital while senior officials started meetings on Tuesday ahead of a regional summit.
Wed, 09 Dec 1998
Japan sinks China's swimming machine
Japan sinks China's swimming machine BANGKOK (Agencies): China's feared swimming machine was humiliated on Tuesday when Japan swept all before it here on Tuesday.Only Taiwanese Tsai Shu-Min's victory in the 200m freestyle prevented a Japan clean sweep of the five gold medals on offer.
Wed, 09 Dec 1998
Japan inflicts severe blow to mighty Chinese swimmers
Japan inflicts severe blow to mighty Chinese swimmers BANGKOK (Agencies): Japan humiliated China's controversial swimmers at the Asian Games on Tuesday as the sporting superpower struggled to get the gold medals it has become used to.
Wed, 09 Dec 1998
Obuchi to pledge continued support at ASEAN meeting
Obuchi to pledge continued support at ASEAN meeting TOKYO (AFP): Japan's Premier Keizo Obuchi will pledge his support for Asia and promise to revive his nation's economy at a summit of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations next week, a report said Tuesday.
Wed, 09 Dec 1998
Pertamina urges brief closure of high-cost wells
Pertamina urges brief closure of high-cost wells JAKARTA (JP): State oil and gas company Pertamina will request that its contractors temporarily close high-cost oil wells in an efficiency drive to compensate for the slump in oil prices.
Wed, 09 Dec 1998
Southeast Asia currencies mostly fall
Southeast Asia currencies mostly fall SINGAPORE (Dow Jones): Southeast Asia's foreign exchange markets remained slumped in end-of-year lethargy throughout Asian trading on Tuesday.Of the Southeast Asian currencies, only the Philippine peso showed signs of animation, as an influx of foreign funds...
Wed, 09 Dec 1998
No excuse for being unkind
No excuse for being unkind Although I agree with Ms. Carolyn Emmett's comment regarding some expatriates who are overworked, overstressed and overtired (The Jakarta Post, Dec. 7: Expat wives), I strongly disagree with her view of the foreigner mentioned in my letter (Show some decency on Dec.