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Fri, 24 Apr 1998
WFP assists Indonesia
WFP assists Indonesia ROME (Reuters): The UN's World Food Program yesterday launched a $88 million appeal for emergency aid to help avert major shortages in Indonesia, which has been hit by severe drought and Asia's economic crisis.
Fri, 24 Apr 1998
Short-term intervention sought to defuse crisis
Short-term intervention sought to defuse crisis JAKARTA (JP): Leading experts from various disciplines proposed a number of short-term government interventions which would help alleviate the suffering of the poor yesterday.
Fri, 24 Apr 1998
Tanzania expels Indonesia diplomat over game trophies
Tanzania expels Indonesia diplomat over game trophies DAR ES SALAAM (Reuters): Tanzania has expelled an Indonesian diplomat after he was found in possession of illegal game trophies which he planned to smuggled out of the country, a foreign ministry statement said.
Fri, 24 Apr 1998
Jakarta down, other Asian stock markets close mixed
Jakarta down, other Asian stock markets close mixed JAKARTA (JP): Stock prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (JSX) closed 1.8 percent lower yesterday, driven by a fall in large-cap shares as the bearish trend continued despite the government's apparent commitment to economic reforms.
Fri, 24 Apr 1998
Colijn's hands 'were not clean'
Colijn's hands 'were not clean'By A. Santoso AMSTERDAM (JP): A wave of public shock has engulfed the Netherlands after a historian revealed last week that one of the most prominent Dutch statesmen, a former prime minister, diplomat and popular Christian leader, was directly involved in a bloodbath...
Fri, 24 Apr 1998
Govt considers permanent lodgings in Saudi Arabia
Govt considers permanent lodgings in Saudi Arabia JAKARTA (JP): The government will explore the possibility of providing Indonesian haj pilgrims with permanent lodgings in Mecca and Medina in Saudi Arabia, Minister of Religious Affairs Quraish Shihab said yesterday.
Fri, 24 Apr 1998
UI students call for MPR special session
UI students call for MPR special session JAKARTA (JP): A group of University of Indonesia postgraduate students called on the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) to convene a special meeting to revoke its recent decree which grants President Soeharto extra powers.
Fri, 24 Apr 1998
Astra Agro projects 200% profit rise
Astra Agro projects 200% profit rise JAKARTA (JP): PT Astra Agro Lestari, a plantation subsidiary of the country's largest automaker PT Astra International, projected yesterday a nearly 200 percent increase in net profit this year, to Rp 270 billion (US$33.75 million) from Rp 90.6 billion in 1997.
Fri, 24 Apr 1998
Food poisoning hits Philippines
Food poisoning hits Philippines BACOLOD, Philippines (AP): Fifteen people have been hospitalized in the drought-stricken central Philippines after eating insecticide-laden shellfish and poisonous wild tubers, officials said yesterday.Gov.
Fri, 24 Apr 1998
Cooking oil producers off CPO supply list
Cooking oil producers off CPO supply list JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Forestry and Plantations Sumahadi has appointed 14 refineries in Jakarta, Surabaya in East Java and Medan in North Sumatra to process crude palm oil (CPO) produced by state plantation companies PT Perkebunan Nusantara I through XIV.
Fri, 24 Apr 1998
'Unjuk akal' not 'unjuk rasa'
'Unjuk akal' not 'unjuk rasa' From now on let's use the term unjuk akal (show of intelligence) instead of unjuk rasa (show of emotion), because the action (mass demonstrations) has been considered with deep thinking (using intellectual/rational intelligence) or akal, not just a mere burst of...
Fri, 24 Apr 1998
PT Jamsostek denies it occupies land illegally
PT Jamsostek denies it occupies land illegally JAKARTA (JP): State-owned social security insurance company PT Jamsostek has denied allegations that it is illegally occupying land on Jl. Gatot Subroto, South Jakarta, where its two-tower project is being built.
Fri, 24 Apr 1998
Labor supplier in trouble
Labor supplier in trouble TANGERANG (JP): A labor recruiting company is in trouble for allegedly misusing a vocational training center in the posh Modernland housing complex to board 250 women seeking employment overseas.
Fri, 24 Apr 1998
ICBC opens Jakarta office
ICBC opens Jakarta office TAIPEI (Dow Jones): International Commercial Bank of China, one of Taiwan's largest state-controlled banks, will establish a representative office in Jakarta to help promote bilateral trade between the two countries.
Fri, 24 Apr 1998
BNI's net profit slumps by 5.9%
BNI's net profit slumps by 5.9% JAKARTA (JP): State Bank Negara Indonesia (BNI) announced a fall in net profits to Rp 315.23 billion (US$39.39 million) yesterday, a 5.9 percent decline on profits of Rp 335.13 billion made the previous year.
Fri, 24 Apr 1998
Discussion on good and bad
Discussion on good and bad JAKARTA (JP): Sisters, a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing a greater understanding of Islam for the capital's English-speaking community, will hold a discussion titled 'Good and Bad, What does Islam Say?' tomorrow.
Fri, 24 Apr 1998
Parched Sabah gets no relief
Parched Sabah gets no relief KOTA KINABALU, Malaysia (Reuters): Heavy rains and cloud seeding over parts of Borneo island have failed to halt a drop in dam levels in Malaysia's drought-stricken Sabah state, newspapers reported yesterday.
Fri, 24 Apr 1998
Time to end the colonial plantation legacy
Time to end the colonial plantation legacy The government plans to privatize a number of state enterprises and has named a government plantation group among them. Dr. H.S. Dillon, executive director of the Center for Agricultural Policy Studies and the head of a team which consolidated 26...
Thu, 23 Apr 1998
Victims' families unhappy with offer
Victims' families unhappy with offer SINGAPORE (DPA): Families of victims killed in a recent air crash are unhappy with compensation offers from the Singapore airline companies involved, a news report in the island republic said yesterday.
Thu, 23 Apr 1998
SE Asia feed firms down
SE Asia feed firms down SINGAPORE (Reuters): Southeast Asia's feed industry is expected to plunge by between 10 to 50 percent in 1998 from a year ago and no immediate recovery is expected, a U.S. expert said yesterday.
Thu, 23 Apr 1998
Buddhist temples to sell cheap essentials
Buddhist temples to sell cheap essentials SEMARANG: Six Buddhist temples in Semarang municipality, Central Java, will sell basic commodities at low prices on May 2, in observance of this year's Waisak Day.The chairman of the local chapter of the Indonesian Theravada Buddhism Council, D.
Thu, 23 Apr 1998
Earth Day celebrations marred by cancelations
Earth Day celebrations marred by cancelations JAKARTA (JP): A public dialog on environmental hazards and an antinuclear art exhibition planned in conjunction with an event to celebrate Earth Day were canceled by authorities at the last minute yesterday.
Thu, 23 Apr 1998
'Argolawu' train hits car, kills 3
'Argolawu' train hits car, kills 3 SURAKARTA, C. Java: A couple and their unborn child died Tuesday when the Argolawu express train on the Jakarta-Surakarta line hit a minibus carrying five passengers on a railway crossing here.
Thu, 23 Apr 1998
Banks under IBRA supervision unveiled
Banks under IBRA supervision unveiled JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Finance Fuad Bawazier yesterday named the 40 commercial banks placed under the supervision of the Indonesian Bank Restructuring Agency (IBRA) as part of efforts to overhaul the ailing banking sector.
Thu, 23 Apr 1998
Security lax for Surabaya protest
Security lax for Surabaya protest JAKARTA (JP): Thousands of students at dozens of campuses continued with anti-government rallies yesterday but, at least in one city, security was notably lax.Besides demanding lower prices for basic commodities, students also chanted for sweeping political reform,...
Thu, 23 Apr 1998
Crisis hampers rights office opening
Crisis hampers rights office opening SEMARANG: The economic crisis has hampered the planned establishment of the Irian Jaya branch of the National Commission on Human Rights, according to commission member Satjipto Rahardjo.
Thu, 23 Apr 1998
Rupiah falls on reaction to size of SBI rate increase
Rupiah falls on reaction to size of SBI rate increase JAKARTA (JP): The rupiah failed to keep its footing yesterday despite Bank Indonesia's increase in short-term promissory note (SBI) rates and the government's assurances of fully meeting its reform deadlines, currency dealers said.
Thu, 23 Apr 1998
More activists jailed for street protest
More activists jailed for street protest JAKARTA (JP): South Jakarta District Court sentenced another 23 people to two months and 12 days in jail yesterday for ignoring a police order to disperse during a Feb. 11 street demonstration.
Thu, 23 Apr 1998
Dengue outbreak may hurt tourist sector
Dengue outbreak may hurt tourist sector JAKARTA (JP): The dengue fever outbreak could become a "bomb ready to explode" for Indonesia's already bruised tourist sector, the Association of Indonesian Tour and Travel Agencies (ASITA) has said.
Thu, 23 Apr 1998
Dengue outbreak bites into city's blood supply
Dengue outbreak bites into city's blood supply JAKARTA (JP): The dengue fever outbreak has triggered a blood crisis for the Jakarta chapter of the Indonesian Red Cross (PMI) due to escalating demand.Dozens of patients' relatives have been forced to spend more than a day waiting in the understaffed...
Thu, 23 Apr 1998
Two bodies found after 'bajaj' plunges into canal
Two bodies found after 'bajaj' plunges into canal JAKARTA (JP): Two of the four passengers in a bajaj (three- wheeled taxi) that plunged into the Banjir Kanal waterway in Petamburan, Central Jakarta, after being hit by a train Tuesday evening were found dead yesterday.
Thu, 23 Apr 1998
Students-govt dialogs
Students-govt dialogs When you read the abundance of news about murders, thefts, robberies, corruption, rapes, etc., these days, news about the friendly successful meeting between university students and the government is like a refreshing shower on a hot sticky day.
Thu, 23 Apr 1998
Yet another non-tax levy
Yet another non-tax levy Before very long cars passing along Jl. M.H. Thamrin and Jl. Sudirman during the morning and afternoon peak hours will be required to display stickers on their windshields. A sticker valid for one day will cost Rp 5,000 (64 U.S.
Thu, 23 Apr 1998
Sober alliance needed for reforms
Sober alliance needed for reforms Some university students involved in demonstrations held a dialog with ministers and the military last weekend. Mochtar Mas'oed, a lecturer in political sciences at Gadjah Mada University, Yogyakarta, reveals his views on the political climate in the aftermath of...
Thu, 23 Apr 1998
Asian currencies firm as Jakarta steps up reform
Asian currencies firm as Jakarta steps up reform SINGAPORE (Reuters): Asian currencies kept on firm ground yesterday as Indonesia headed further down the reform track and the dollar lost its footing against the yen.
Thu, 23 Apr 1998
Govt to settle US$500m unpaid letters of credit
Govt to settle US$500m unpaid letters of credit JAKARTA (JP): Bank Indonesia will settle the arrears of the letters of credit (LCs) issued by the country's banks to international banks, estimated at US$500 million, Coordinating Minister for Economy, Finance and Industry Ginandjar Kartasasmita said...
Thu, 23 Apr 1998
RI coffee shipments still too small: Traders
RI coffee shipments still too small: Traders SINGAPORE (Reuters): Indonesian coffee shipments are making their way into the market but the small quantities are not helping to relieve tight supplies, Asian traders said yesterday.
Thu, 23 Apr 1998
Strengthening the rupiah
Strengthening the rupiah Bank Indonesia (the central bank) moved again Tuesday to tighten its monetary policy in another concerted bid to strengthen the rupiah and encourage people to hold the currency and put their savings into the domestic banking system.
Thu, 23 Apr 1998
ICRC allowed access to repatriated migrants
ICRC allowed access to repatriated migrants JAKARTA (JP): Representatives of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) will visit Aceh soon to meet 500 Acehnese recently repatriated from Malaysia for illegally migrating there.
Thu, 23 Apr 1998
Detained actress Ratna hospitalized
Detained actress Ratna hospitalized JAKARTA (JP): Actress Ratna Sarumpaet, who stands accused of holding an illegal political meeting and is being held in custody at the Jakarta Police Headquarters, was rushed to hospital on Tuesday night with acute back pains, her relatives said yesterday.
Thu, 23 Apr 1998
TV today
TV todayTVRI 2:00 p.m. News: Berita 14 2:30 Music 2:35 Children's Film: Kid Pix 3:05 Variety Show 3:30 Science Film: Ticket to Adventure 4:00 Regional News 4:30 Creative Program: Karya Kita 5:00 Arabic Lessons 5:30 TV Series: Man From Uncle 6:00 News: Lintasan Berita 6:05 My Country: Rona Nusantara...
Thu, 23 Apr 1998
Reform in diplomacy
Reform in diplomacy Demands for reform abound these days. One demand regards the country's diplomacy.The success of the ASEM conference in London was marred by Portugal, which succeeded in cornering Indonesia by "borrowing" the UN secretary-general's hand at a time when a number of East Timorese...
Thu, 23 Apr 1998
CX adds S'pore service
CX adds S'pore service JAKARTA (JP): Cathay Pacific Airways will operate a new daily flight serving Jakarta-Singapore beginning May 2, the company announced yesterday.The airline said yesterday flight CX714 would depart from Jakarta at 7:40 a.m. and arrive in Singapore at 10:20 a.m.
Thu, 23 Apr 1998
Love is key to seoul-escorting ritual feast in Bentian
Love is key to seoul-escorting ritual feast in BentianBy Indra D. Himrat BALIKPAPAN, East Kalimantan (JP): It was 3 p.m. Dancers leading the rite came out of a longhouse and went to a field behind the building where a water buffalo was tied to a pole carved in the form of a human statue.
Thu, 23 Apr 1998
Minister supports traffic sticker plan
Minister supports traffic sticker plan JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Communications Giri Suseno Hadihardjono said yesterday the city administration should use the funds to be raised from the implementation of its traffic sticker system to improve public transportation.
Thu, 23 Apr 1998
Environment minister shows diplomatic acumen
Environment minister shows diplomatic acumenBy Sugianto Tandra JAKARTA (JP): State Minister of Environment Juwono Sudarsono is a good listener, an eloquent speaker and a humble man, characteristics which should stand him in good stead as the glaring international spotlight focuses on the country's...
Thu, 23 Apr 1998
Property firm says business district hardest hit in crisis
Property firm says business district hardest hit in crisis JAKARTA (JP): The office market in the capital's central business district (CBD) has experienced the most severe adverse impacts of the monetary crisis, in terms of decreasing occupancy and rental rates, property consultant Procon Indah...
Thu, 23 Apr 1998
Man caught for growing pot
Man caught for growing pot TANGERANG (JP): A 37-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly growing marijuana in his yard in Batuceper subdistrict.The police confiscated 37 marijuana trees and 400 seeds from the suspect, Pe Giok, on Monday, Antara reported.
Thu, 23 Apr 1998
Sabah suffers food shortages
Sabah suffers food shortages MATUNGGONG, Malaysia (Reuters): A combination of drought and forest fires have shriveled crops in Malaysia's Sabah state on Borneo island, forcing hungry villagers to eat wild tapioca.
Thu, 23 Apr 1998
S'pore predicted to go into recession in 1998
S'pore predicted to go into recession in 1998 SINGAPORE (AP): An investment bank has predicted for the first time that Singapore, which has weathered the Southeast Asian economic crisis much better than its neighbors, will go into recession this year.