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Tue, 02 May 2000
Cement price hits record
Cement price hits record JAYAPURA, Irian Jaya: Cement prices in the remote Puncak Jaya capital of Mulia have risen to a world record of Rp 750,000 (US$95) per sack of 50 kilograms, an official said on Monday.
Tue, 02 May 2000
Dollar hovers near two-month high against yen, rupiah weaker
Dollar hovers near two-month high against yen, rupiah weaker TOKYO (Agencies): The dollar hovered near a two-month high against the yen on expectations U.S. economic growth will keep outpacing that of Japan.The dollar's gains were stemmed as Japanese exporters took advantage of the U.S.
Tue, 02 May 2000
Subsidy vs welfare
Subsidy vs welfare The government's social safety net programs are not all that different from the welfare payments which many governments in developed countries give their needy citizens. The objective is certainly the same -- to provide financial assistance to the poor -- although the way they...
Tue, 02 May 2000
Four killed and 37 injured in head-on train crash
Four killed and 37 injured in head-on train crash TANGERANG, West Java (JP): A speeding train on the Jakarta- Merak line collided head-on with another train on Monday morning, killing at least four passengers and injuring 37 others.
Tue, 02 May 2000
May Day protests marked by violence in RP, South Korea
May Day protests marked by violence in RP, South Korea HONG KONG (Agencies): Riot police clashed with protesters in South Korea and the Philippines on Monday as millions of workers throughout Asia took to the streets to demand improved -- or in some cases basic -- labor rights and working...
Tue, 02 May 2000
On exit tax
On exit tax I refer to Mrs. R. Tuty's letter in The Jakarta Post on April 11, 2000, on the issue of exit tax. I am sure that many of us share her frustration. We have to pay road tolls and parking fees, and even illegal fees charged on the road when we make a left or right turn.
Tue, 02 May 2000
Police discover bullets in Poso
Police discover bullets in Poso PALU, Central Sulawesi: Local police detectives have found a number of bullet shells near the center of sectarian clashes that hit the Central Sulawesi town of Poso two weeks ago.
Tue, 02 May 2000
Passengers, bus crews unhappy with new fare
Passengers, bus crews unhappy with new fare JAKARTA (JP): City bus crews and passengers expressed dissatisfaction on Monday with the new bus fares, saying they brought no significant change in service or income for the crews.
Tue, 02 May 2000
Private firm objects to Pasar Jaya decision
Private firm objects to Pasar Jaya decision JAKARTA (JP): A private construction firm protested on Saturday city-owned market operator PD Pasar Jaya's decision to appoint a state-owned construction firm to rebuild gutted Glodok market in West Jakarta.
Tue, 02 May 2000
Yusril reelection causes split in PBB
Yusril reelection causes split in PBB JAKARTA (JP): The re-election of Yusril Ihza Mahendra as Crescent Star Party (PBB) chairman has brought about a split within the party.Sixteen senior members said they would reject the results of the congress and hold a separate special congress of their own.
Tue, 02 May 2000
Tanri facing second corruption accusation
Tanri facing second corruption accusation JAKARTA (JP): Already a suspect in the Bank Bali scandal, a private organization on Monday accused former state minister of investment and state enterprises development Tanri Abeng of corruption in the privatization of Tanjung Priok Container Terminal.
Tue, 02 May 2000
Where to go in Bandung for Tuesday, May 2, 2000
Where to go in Bandung for Tuesday, May 2, 2000Exhibitions* 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 Handycraft Exhibition by Mayorga Gallery and Joglocakra, at Grand Hotel...
Tue, 02 May 2000
BIMP-EAGA to hold seminar in Manado
BIMP-EAGA to hold seminar in Manado JAKARTA (JP): Businesspeople from Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines and Brunei Darussalam will meet in Manado, the provincial capital of North Sulawesi, later this week to promote business relations.
Tue, 02 May 2000
Dimyati removed as PDI Perjuangan faction chairman
Dimyati removed as PDI Perjuangan faction chairman JAKARTA (JP): The fallout from the Indonesian Party of Struggle's (PDI Perjuangan) controversial congress continued with Monday's revelation that Dimyati Hartono will be replaced as chairman of the party's faction at the House of Representatives...
Tue, 02 May 2000
Conversion Rates
Conversion RatesBank Indonesia's conversion rates on May 1, 2000: Bank notes rates Buying Selling Rp Rp U.S. dollar 1 7,527.00 8,527.00Australian dollar 1 4,364.15 4,948.22Austrian schilling 1 497.61 564.03Belgian franc 1 169.74 192.40Brunei dollar 1 4,401.75 4,989.47Canadian dollar 1 5,078.
Tue, 02 May 2000
Pertamina agrees to involve Riau in joint venture
Pertamina agrees to involve Riau in joint venture JAKARTA (JP): President of state-owned oil and gas company Pertamina Baihaki Hakim supports the government's move to allow the involvement of the Riau provincial administration in its oil production activities.
Tue, 02 May 2000
FPI not responsible for attack
FPI not responsible for attack JAKARTA (JP): A leader of the Defenders of Islam (FPI), announced on Monday that the FPI members arrested on Sunday for allegedly attacking three female prostitutes and a transvestite in a park in Kebayoran Baru, South Jakarta, were acting as private citizens and any...
Tue, 02 May 2000
March exports strike record high
March exports strike record high JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia's monthly export earnings reached a record high level in March due to the sharp increase in the volume of non-oil and gas exports, the Central Bureau of Statistics (BPS) announced on Monday.
Tue, 02 May 2000
Rates for tax payment, valid from May 1 to May 7
Rates for tax payment, valid from May 1 to May 7 U.S. dollar 1 Rp 7,880.00Austrian schilling 1 521.52Australian dollar 1 4,630.29Belgian franc 1 177.89Canadian dollar 1 5,333.69Swiss franc 1 4,566.00Deutschemark 1 3,671.26Danish krone 1 962.21French franc 1 1,094.02Poundsterling 1 12,396.
Tue, 02 May 2000
Gus Dur slams abuse of religion by certain groups
Gus Dur slams abuse of religion by certain groups JAKARTA (JP): President Abdurrahman Wahid renewed his warning to the nation on Monday of provocation by certain people who abuse Islamic symbols and spirit for their own interests.
Tue, 02 May 2000
Administration cannot finish Hermes replica work on time
Administration cannot finish Hermes replica work on time JAKARTA (JP): The city administration cannot meet its own deadline to finish the replica of the Greek god Hermes statue, which was once reported missing, due to a delayed budget disbursement, an official said on Monday.
Tue, 02 May 2000
Myanmar to exploit propaganda value of summit
Myanmar to exploit propaganda value of summitBy Stephen Collinson YANGON (AFP): Myanmar's generals are determined to exploit the propaganda value of hosting this week's ASEAN Economics Ministers retreat, styling the country as a key regional player and honored member of an important alliance.
Tue, 02 May 2000
ASEAN ministers allow members to review goods under AFTA pan
ASEAN ministers allow members to review goods under AFTA pan YANGON (Dow Jones): Trade and industry ministers of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) decided Monday to allow member countries to revise the list of goods that they have already pledged to include in the ASEAN free trade...
Tue, 02 May 2000
Bimantara's losses narrow
Bimantara's losses narrow JAKARTA (JP): Publicly listed PT Bimantara Citra booked a net loss of Rp 218.41 billion (US$27.26 million) in 1999, compared with a net loss of Rp 270.54 billion the previous year, according to the company's end-of-year audited financial report.
Tue, 02 May 2000
No violence as Papuans attend May 1 prayer
No violence as Papuans attend May 1 prayer JAYAPURA, IRIAN JAYA (JP): Thousands turned out to attend a mass prayer commemorating "political rights violations in Papua" here on Monday.Before the prayer, thousands of indigenous Papuans, led by local leader Theys Eluay, marched through Jayapura seven...
Tue, 02 May 2000
VAT and sales taxes in Batam still needed
VAT and sales taxes in Batam still needed JAKARTA (JP): Director General of Taxes Machfud Sidik said on Monday he had not received any order to cancel the government's plan to impose 10 percent value-added tax (VAT) and sales tax on luxury goods on Batam island.
Tue, 02 May 2000
GE provides scholarship
GE provides scholarship JAKARTA (JP): The GE fund, a foundation run by General Electric Company announced scholarship programs on Monday for Indonesian college students between 2000 and 2005.GE Indonesia said in a statement that for the first stage, 12 students from various Indonesian universities...
Tue, 02 May 2000
Thousands of workers commemorate Labor Day
Thousands of workers commemorate Labor Day JAKARTA (JP): Workers across the country rallied in observance of International Labor Day on Monday to voice their demands, including a 100 percent pay increase.
Tue, 02 May 2000
Govt to introduce fishing tax to boost state revenue
Govt to introduce fishing tax to boost state revenue JAKARTA (JP): The government plans to introduce a fishing tax in the immediate future to raise revenue from the country's rich fishery sector, according to Minister of Maritime Exploration Sarwono Kusumaatmadja.
Tue, 02 May 2000
30 houses razed in Tambora
30 houses razed in Tambora JAKARTA (JP): Fire razed at least 30 houses in the densely populated area of Jembatan Besi subdistrict in Tambora district, West Jakarta, on Monday.No fatalities were reported, state news agency Antara reported.
Tue, 02 May 2000
Generals grilled over East Timor
Generals grilled over East Timor JAKARTA (JP): The Attorney General's Office kicked off on Monday their official investigation into last year's violence in East Timor by questioning several Indonesian Military (TNI) officers.Former East Timor military commander Brig. Gen.
Tue, 02 May 2000
Indorayon's fate to be decided next month: Sonny
Indorayon's fate to be decided next month: Sonny JAKARTA (JP): State Minister of Environment Sonny Keraf said on Monday the decision whether to shut down or maintain the operations of pulp and fiber rayon producer PT Inti Indorayon Utama would be decided next month.
Tue, 02 May 2000
One arrested over stolen wood
One arrested over stolen wood JAKARTA (JP): Tanjung Priok Port (KP3) Police arrested on Sunday night a suspect in an alleged attempt to smuggle four shipping containers of some 100 cubic meters of expensive Kalimantan wood, worth billions of rupiah, into the capital.KP3 police chief Lt. Col.
Tue, 02 May 2000
Stock quotations on JSX
Stock quotations on JSXStock prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (in rupiah) on May 1, 2000: Shares Close Change Trading Volume ------------------------------------------------------------ Ades Alfindo 800 0 0 Adindo Foresta Indonesia 375 0 225,000 Alakasa Industrindo 900 250 208,000 Alfa...
Mon, 01 May 2000
Sudjono 'ordered killings in Bantaqiah': Witness
Sudjono 'ordered killings in Bantaqiah': Witness BANDA ACEH, Aceh (JP): A military witness told a court here on Saturday that Lt. Col. Sudjono ordered the killing of 23 wounded people after last year's murder of Tengku Bantaqiah and his followers in West Aceh.
Mon, 01 May 2000
ASEAN agrees to promote health
ASEAN agrees to promote health YOGYAKARTA (JP): A meeting of health ministers from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) ended here on Saturday with a Healthy ASEAN 2000 declaration, which promises to strengthen health cooperation between member states.
Mon, 01 May 2000
Singapore unaffected by submarine issue
Singapore unaffected by submarine issue SINGAPORE (JP): Singapore is unconcerned about President Abdurrahman Wahid's caution to the Indonesian Navy over a recent purchase by Singapore of new submarines.
Mon, 01 May 2000
Planned regional autonomy lacks ruling on education, says expert
Planned regional autonomy lacks ruling on education, says expert JAKARTA (JP): Education experts have raised concerns over the lack of ruling in education ahead of next year's planned regional autonomy.
Mon, 01 May 2000
Probe into human rights abuses in E. Timor start
Probe into human rights abuses in E. Timor start JAKARTA (JP): Three military officers serving in East Timor during last year's violence will appear for questioning at the Attorney General's Office on Monday, their lawyer said on Sunday.
Mon, 01 May 2000
Court monitoring body set up
Court monitoring body set up YOGYAKARTA: A group of lawyers, activists and scholars established on Sunday the Indonesian Court Monitoring (ICM) watchdog, an independent organization set up to scrutinize the country's court and legal proceedings.
Mon, 01 May 2000
Plan to abolish bus terminals opposed
Plan to abolish bus terminals opposed JAKARTA (JP): Fearing the loss of bus terminals would cut their income, public bus crews opposed on Saturday the city administration's plan to abolish city bus terminals and replace them with shelters.
Mon, 01 May 2000
Stronger financial reports to help lift stock prices
Stronger financial reports to help lift stock prices JAKARTA (JP): Recently released stronger financial reports of some public companies will help boost trading sentiment on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (JSX) this week, equity analysts said.
Mon, 01 May 2000
Gus Dur and pace of reform
Gus Dur and pace of reform It is indeed "a puzzlement" that the same population that tolerated repression, oppression, corruption and official violence for 32 years will not allow the new government even six months to rebuild the rotting institutions they inherited -- particularly the banking,...
Mon, 01 May 2000
ASEAN to meet in Myanmar
ASEAN to meet in Myanmar SINGAPORE (AFP): Singapore's Trade and Industry Minister George Yeo will attend the first meeting of ASEAN's economic ministers with their counterparts from China, Japan, and South Korea in Yangoon, the government said Saturday.
Mon, 01 May 2000
Megawati urged to speak up about Laksamana dismissal
Megawati urged to speak up about Laksamana dismissal YOGYAKARTA (JP): Noted political scientist Riswanda Imawan said that as the chairwoman of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI Perjuangan), Megawati Soekarnoputri could not remain silent on the dismissal of one of her party members...
Mon, 01 May 2000
Microsoft still waiting for Net boom in Indonesia
Microsoft still waiting for Net boom in Indonesia JAKARTA (JP): PT Microsoft Indonesia said rampant software piracy was keeping the company from making gains in the Internet boom in the country.Marketing director Paul Hardiman said on Friday the company's software sales in Indonesia remained...
Mon, 01 May 2000
Youths group calls Amien 'opportunist'
Youths group calls Amien 'opportunist' JAKARTA (JP): The National Youth Movement (GP Kebangsaan) has condemned Amien Rais, chairman of the People Consultative Assembly as a "political opportunist", exploiting the Islam banner for his own political interests.
Mon, 01 May 2000
E. Kalimantan bid to buy KPC shares studied: Official
E. Kalimantan bid to buy KPC shares studied: Official JAKARTA (JP): The government will examine the source of funds to be used by the East Kalimantan provincial administration in acquiring shares of mining company PT Kaltim Prima Coal (KPC), a senior official said on Friday.
Mon, 01 May 2000
Jakarta workers warm up for Labor Day
Jakarta workers warm up for Labor Day JAKARTA (JP): Hundreds of workers from various companies across Greater Jakarta took to the capital's main streets on Sunday as they geared up for International Labor Day on Monday.
Mon, 01 May 2000
Sutiyoso denies maneuvering
Sutiyoso denies maneuvering JAKARTA (JP): Governor Sutiyoso denied on Friday allegations he had launched a "political movement" to secure his position prior to the General Assembly of the City Council in June.