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Tue, 09 May 2000
Rates for tax payment, valid from May. 08 to May. 14
Rates for tax payment, valid from May. 08 to May. 14 U.S. dollar 1 Rp 7,925.00Austrian schilling 1 512.98Australian dollar 1 4,614.73Belgian franc 1 174.98Canadian dollar 1 5,303.49Swiss franc 1 4,555.91Deutschemark 1 3,610.81Danish krone 1 949.00French franc 1 1,076.10Poundsterling 1 12,217.
Tue, 09 May 2000
Bomer and Apjati clash over ministerial decree
Bomer and Apjati clash over ministerial decree JAKARTA (JP): Manpower minister Bomer Pasaribu fought back on Monday against criticism of a 1999 ministerial decree that increased the minimum amount of capital labor export companies must have.
Tue, 09 May 2000
Kumpulan to expand in RI
Kumpulan to expand in RI KUALA LUMPUR (Dow Jones): Malaysia's Kumpulan Guthrie Bhd. plans to expand its oil palm holdings in Indonesia to 200,000 hectares from around 10,000 hectares now, the Business Times newspaper reported over the weekend.
Tue, 09 May 2000
Preserving 'reog' Ponorogo through festival
Preserving 'reog' Ponorogo through festivalBy Sulistyo Budi N PONOROGO, East Java (JP): Besides being known as a city of santri (students of traditional Muslim schools), Ponorogo is also famous as the city of reog (traditional masked dance).
Tue, 09 May 2000
Government, military to ensure security for investors
Government, military to ensure security for investors JAKARTA (JP): The Ministry of Industry and Trade, and the Military have agreed to work together to create a conducive and safe environment for businesses operating in the country, according to Minister of Industry and Trade Luhut Pandjaitan.
Tue, 09 May 2000
Anwar Sierad needs more time for debt deal
Anwar Sierad needs more time for debt deal JAKARTA (JP): In an effort to avoid being declared bankrupt, publicly listed Anwar Sierad asked the Jakarta Commercial Court on Monday to grant an extra 45 days for the company to continue negotiations with its creditors, a lawyer said.
Tue, 09 May 2000
Number of dead in Ambon ship disaster rises to 41
Number of dead in Ambon ship disaster rises to 41 AMBON, Maluku (JP): A joint rescue team found on Monday four more bodies of passengers of the Masnait, which sank off Ambon island on Sunday.The discovery brought the death toll so far to 41.
Tue, 09 May 2000
Where to go in Bandung:
Where to go in Bandung:Exhibitions * Sculpture Exhibition by Handy Hermansyah, at Galeripadi Jl. Ir. H. Juanda 329 (Phone: 022 2500578), 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. until May 21. * Art Stone and NTT Traditional Handicraft Exhibition by Mayorga Gallery and Joglocakra, at Grand Hotel Preanger Bandung, Jl.
Tue, 09 May 2000
New golf magazine launched
New golf magazine launched JAKARTA (JP): A new English language golf magazine was launched on Monday, focussing primarily on golf in Indonesia.The magazine called Golf Magazine of Indonesia has 50 pages and is priced at Rp 25,000 per edition.Dennis G.
Tue, 09 May 2000
Forget a free press
Forget a free press The way the Jawa Pos newspaper and the Ansor Muslim youth group settled their dispute over the weekend has set a dangerous precedent which not only undermines the goal of a free press and freedom of expression but, ultimately, democracy.
Mon, 08 May 2000
Absolute democracy 'can destroy UMNO'
Absolute democracy 'can destroy UMNO' KUALA LUMPUR (AFP): Absolute democracy cannot be practiced by Malaysia's ruling United Malaysia's National Organization (UMNO) because it could ruin the party, a report quoted Deputy Premier Abdullah Ahmad Badawi as saying on Sunday.
Mon, 08 May 2000
RI pledges to cut spending, optimize tax collection
RI pledges to cut spending, optimize tax collection CHIANG MAI, Thailand (DPA): In the face of mounting public debt, Indonesia plans to rein in budget spending on large-scale civil projects this year while improving its tax collection, Indonesian Finance Minister Bambang Sudibyo said on Sunday.
Mon, 08 May 2000
Government to issue regulation on autonomy soon
Government to issue regulation on autonomy soonBy Ridwan M. Sijabat JAKARTA (JP): The government is set to issue this week a much awaited regulation which will delineate authority in regional autonomy in 2001.
Mon, 08 May 2000
To meritorious teachers
To meritorious teachersFrom Pikiran RakyatI have five children, all university graduates, and four grandchildren. Let me suggest a few things to the teachers now struggling to improve their living conditions.
Mon, 08 May 2000
Consumer confidence slips in April: Danareksa survey
Consumer confidence slips in April: Danareksa survey JAKARTA (JP): After two months of consecutive gains, consumer confidence dropped in April due to continuing infighting among the country's political elite, according to a monthly consumer confidence survey conducted by state PT Danareksa...
Mon, 08 May 2000
Pickpockets on buses
Pickpockets on busesFrom NeracaRecently I took a Mayasari Bakti bus heading along the Pulogadung-Kampung Rambutan route.As we approached Jl. Perintis Kemerdekaan, a well dressed man intentionally stepped on my foot, which shocked me as it was quite painful.
Mon, 08 May 2000
Midplaza ready with fiber optic network for broadband access
Midplaza ready with fiber optic network for broadband access JAKARTA (JP): To offer the best service to its tenants in this information era, Midplaza, an office-building complex located on Jl. Sudirman, has introduced its Fiber Optic Communications System.
Mon, 08 May 2000
Abdurrahman Wahid warns off detractors
Abdurrahman Wahid warns off detractors JAKARTA (JP): Political tempests continue to hit the government of President Abdurrahman Wahid, who claimed on Saturday that there were continuous attempts by certain ambitious individuals to discredit him and his government.
Mon, 08 May 2000
City Hall warns defiant parking lot operators
City Hall warns defiant parking lot operators JAKARTA (JP): City administration is to send its first warning letters on Monday to stubborn private parking lot operators, who disparage the city regulation by continuing to charge higher parking fees than the official rate, officials said on Friday.
Mon, 08 May 2000
Military chief admits 'dead or alive' order
Military chief admits 'dead or alive' order BANDA ACEH, Aceh (JP): Chief of Lilawangsa Military overseeing North Aceh, Pidie, and West and East Aceh Col. Syafnil Armen admitted here on Saturday that he ordered his troops to capture Islamic religious teacher Tengku Bantaqiah and his followers "dead...
Mon, 08 May 2000
State prosecutors to visit West and East Timor
State prosecutors to visit West and East Timor JAKARTA (JP): A team of state prosecutors investigating last year's violence in East Timor will visit the territory and the neighboring Indonesian province of East Nusa Tenggara sometime in the middle of this month, Attorney General Marzuki Darusman...
Mon, 08 May 2000
Modest school delights poor Pedongkelan children
Modest school delights poor Pedongkelan children JAKARTA (JP): Unlike many girls her age, Titi, 11, does not begin the day by eating breakfast and getting ready for school.Titi instead spends her mornings helping her mother take care of her baby brother in the family's five-by-six meter tin-roofed,...
Mon, 08 May 2000
Tangerang blast puzzle police
Tangerang blast puzzle police JAKARTA (JP): Tangerang Police detectives submitted to the National Police forensics laboratory (Puslabfor) fragments of a schoolbag which exploded on Thursday evening in front of the Mitra supermarket in Telaga Sari village, Cikupa.The 6 p.m.
Mon, 08 May 2000
Death toll in Sulawesi quake reaches 38
Death toll in Sulawesi quake reaches 38 MAKASSAR, South Sulawesi (JP): More bodies were found on Sunday in areas hit by Thursday's earthquake, and several people made homeless by the quake in Central Sulawesi died of disease, bringing the death toll to 38.
Mon, 08 May 2000
Social responsibility in business
Social responsibility in business This is the first of two articles on business responsibility by Mayling Oey-Gardiner and Peter Gardiner, both social scientists and principal investigators in a factory human rights audit for the Reebok shoe producer, to be referred to in the following edition.
Mon, 08 May 2000
S&P might upgrade RI rating
S&P might upgrade RI rating CHIANG MAI, Thailand (Dow Jones): Standard & Poor's Corp. could upgrade Indonesia's debt ratings within the next few months, according to an official at the ratings firm.Takahira Ogawa, the chief Asian sovereign credit analyst at S&P, told a seminar Sunday that...
Mon, 08 May 2000
Indofood gets AA+ rating
Indofood gets AA+ rating JAKARTA (JP): Publicly listed food producer PT Indofood Sukses Makmur has received an AA+ rating, with a stable outlook, from state rating agency PT Pemeringkat Efek Indonesia (Pefindo).
Mon, 08 May 2000
Police called on to hand over suspects
Police called on to hand over suspects TANGERANG (JP): The local prosecutors office strongly urged the police on Saturday to immediately hand over two drug case suspects, believed to have been freed by police officers for unknown reasons.
Mon, 08 May 2000
Motives behind slanderous lies?
Motives behind slanderous lies? I am sure that former minister of investment and enterprises development Laksamana Sukardi is devastated over the public character assassination by President Abdurrahman Wahid (Gus Dur).
Mon, 08 May 2000
U.S. trade mission due here
U.S. trade mission due here JAKARTA (JP): Representatives of Singapore-based American companies will embark on a "business mission" in Indonesia to explore investment opportunities.The mission, supported by the American Chamber of Commerce (AmCham) and the American Embassy in Singapore, is...
Mon, 08 May 2000
Militant Islamic group
Militant Islamic group If I'm not mistaken, it was another Islamic militant group who staged a demonstration in front of Merdeka Palace last month. The Jakarta Post has referred to the wrong group on its front page on May 2, 2000 titled Gus Dur slams abuse of religion by certain groups.
Mon, 08 May 2000
Tourist guides set up rival body
Tourist guides set up rival body KUTA, Bali: The Indonesian Reform Tourist Guides Committee (KPRI) was established here on Sunday, shrugging off protests from the government-sanctioned Indonesian Tourist Guide Association (HPI) and the provincial administration.
Mon, 08 May 2000
Short term bullish view at JSX likely
Short term bullish view at JSX likely JAKARTA (JP): The upward movement in share prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (JSX) is likely to continue this week on positive developments on the country's political and economic fronts, equity analysts say.
Mon, 08 May 2000
East Asia agrees to currency accord
East Asia agrees to currency accord CHIANG MAI, Thailand (AP): A landmark currency cooperation agreement between 13 East Asian nations to fight future economic crises was welcomed cautiously on Sunday by the United States, which shot down more ambitious proposals by Japan in 1997 to create an Asian...
Mon, 08 May 2000
Hyacinth turns a Yogyakartan into millionaire
Hyacinth turns a Yogyakartan into millionaireBy Kartika Bagus C. YOGYAKARTA (JP): If you think that water hyacinths are useless, you are dead wrong. Baruna, a 40-year-old Yogyakartan has become a millionaire thanks to his use of the plant.
Mon, 08 May 2000
Alleged thief beaten to death
Alleged thief beaten to death BOGOR (JP): An unidentified man was beaten to death by angry locals when he allegedly tried to snatch a motorbike belonging to Mohamad Ashari, a resident of Babakan Rawa Haur in Sentul village on Saturday.
Mon, 08 May 2000
On Chinese newspapers
On Chinese newspapers It is true that before the reform era Chinese Indonesians were not allowed to hold government and political posts.The Indonesians of Chinese descent were only allowed to work in the economic sector.No one can deny the fact that Indonesia's economy is run by the ethnic Chinese.
Mon, 08 May 2000
Government fights fuel smuggling activities
Government fights fuel smuggling activities JAKARTA (JP): The government will establish a joint team comprising state oil and gas company Pertamina, the military, the police force and the General Attorney's Office to fight rampant fuel smuggling activities, a senior government official says.
Mon, 08 May 2000
The ISP is your gateway to the Net
The ISP is your gateway to the Net Imagine you are arriving at the international airport of an exotic country. Hordes of tourists disembark at the same time as you. Unfortunately, at the passport control area, only three gates are open. You have no choice but to stand in line for an hour.
Mon, 08 May 2000
IFC restructures RI firm
IFC restructures RI firm JAKARTA (JP): The International Finance Corporation (IFC), a subsidiary of the World Bank, has finished restructuring the finances of viscose rayon producer PT South Pacific Viscose to help maintain the company's position as a major supplier in Asia.
Mon, 08 May 2000
Observers condemn action of Banser
Observers condemn action of Banser JAKARTA (JP): Media organizations and observers condemned on Sunday the exaggerated action of Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) civilian guards in Surabaya, who rallied at and occupied the Jawa Pos daily's offices for reporting alleged corruption practices by executives of the...
Mon, 08 May 2000
Local FM Hamdani outclasses GM Antonio at JAPFA Open
Local FM Hamdani outclasses GM Antonio at JAPFA Open JAKARTA (JP): FIDE Master (FM) Hamdani Rudin of West Java managed a surprise defeat of Grand Master (GM) Rogelio Antonio of the Philippines in the fifth round of the JAPFA International Open chess tournament at the Grand Bali Beach Hotel in Sanur...
Mon, 08 May 2000
Apjati rejects decree on new minimum capital
Apjati rejects decree on new minimum capital JAKARTA (JP): The Association of Labor Export Companies (Apjati) has rejected a 1999 ministerial decree requiring labor export companies to have Rp 1 billion in minimum capital.
Mon, 08 May 2000
Removing rearview mirrors
Removing rearview mirrorsFrom KompasI've had the unpleasant experience of my rearview mirrors being stolen four times. On the first three occasions, criminals forcefully removed them from my Mercedes in broad daylight.The fourth occasion happened on Jl.
Mon, 08 May 2000
Ramos-Horta urges total review of Timor Gap treaty
Ramos-Horta urges total review of Timor Gap treaty SYDNEY (AFP): East Timorese leader Jose Ramos-Horta called on Sunday for Australia to waive its rights to millions of dollars in oil royalties under a contentious treaty drawn up with Indonesia.
Mon, 08 May 2000
Where to go in Jakarta:
Where to go in Jakarta:Exhibitions * Painting Exhibition by Kelompok Isola Bandung, Galeri TC, Jl. Kemang Raya No. 24A, South Jakarta (Phone: 7194278), 10 a.m. to 10 p.m., until May 20. * Painting Exhibition: Pelepasan Energi by Sulan, at Indo Steak Restaurant, Menara Kadin, 2nd fl, Jl. H.R.
Mon, 08 May 2000
More police for tourists
More police for tourists DENPASAR: The local police increased the size of its Tourist Police force and improved their facilities in a bid to curb crimes committed by foreigners on the island, an officer said on Saturday.Bali Police spokesman Lt. Col. Y.
Mon, 08 May 2000
Police arrest five men for train derailment attempt
Police arrest five men for train derailment attempt PURWOKERTO, Central Java (JP): Five people, including three teenagers, were arrested on Friday for an attempt to derail a business-class passenger train plying an intercity route, an official has said.
Mon, 08 May 2000
RI must abandon fiscal stimulus, pursue fiscal sustainability: WB
RI must abandon fiscal stimulus, pursue fiscal sustainability: WB JAKARTA (JP): Shackled by the exploding public debt level, the new government of President Abdurrahman Wahid is being advised by the World Bank to pursue fiscal sustainability to ensure a durable and sustained economic recovery.
Mon, 08 May 2000
Investors may pull out of RI over worker protests: Sofyan
Investors may pull out of RI over worker protests: Sofyan BANDUNG, West Java (JP): At least 20 foreign manufacturing companies in Jakarta and West Java may pull out of Indonesia over concerns with worker demonstrations, Indonesian Business Council chairman Sofyan Wanandi said on Saturday.