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Tue, 21 Apr 1998
Where to go in Bandung:
Where to go in Bandung:Exhibitions * Photo Exhibition: Asiatica, at Savoy Homann, Panghegar Heritage Hotel, Jl. Asia Afrika No. 112 (Phone 022 432244), 3 p.m. to 9 p.m., until May 9. * Furniture Exhibition featuring decorative interior furnitures, antique and ethnical goods by Pradipta Gallery at...
Tue, 21 Apr 1998
Bomb hoax causes panic at bank building
Bomb hoax causes panic at bank building JAKARTA (JP): A bomb threat triggered panic at Standard Chartered Bank on Jl. Jend. Sudirman in Central Jakarta yesterday, forcing the bank's management to evacuate hundreds of its employees.
Tue, 21 Apr 1998
Stock Exchange
Stock ExchangeStock prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (in rupiah) on April 20, 1998: Shares Close Change Trading Volume ----------------------------------------------------------- Ades Alfindo 700 0 0 AHAP Insurance 500 0 0 Alter Abadi 1,075 0 185,000 Alumindo Light Metal 425 0 20,000 Alumindo...
Tue, 21 Apr 1998
Rupiah firms slightly on SBI speculation
Rupiah firms slightly on SBI speculation JAKARTA (JP): The rupiah ended marginally firmer against the U.S. dollar yesterday on market speculation that Bank Indonesia would raise rates for its short-term promissory notes (SBI) this week.
Tue, 21 Apr 1998
Minister Tutty wants to make women pillars of nation
Minister Tutty wants to make women pillars of nation The fourth state minister of women's affairs, Tutty Alawiyah, may be the first to come from an activist background. A preacher, rector and businesswoman, she heads the East Jakarta-based As- Syafi'iyah foundation and is on the advisory board of...
Tue, 21 Apr 1998
Rates for Tax Payment
Rates for Tax Payment JAKARTA (JP): The new official conversion rates as the basis for payment of import duty, value-added tax on goods and services, sales tax on luxury goods, export tax and income tax, valid from April 20 to April 26: U.S. dollar 1 Rp 7,600.00Austrian shilling 1 598.
Tue, 21 Apr 1998
Badminton body keeps mum on cash bonuses
Badminton body keeps mum on cash bonuses JAKARTA (JP): The Badminton Association of Indonesia confirmed yesterday it was not offering cash bonuses as stimuli for the country's players to retain their Thomas Cup and Uber Cup titles in Hong Kong next May.The association's secretary-general, Leo Ch.
Tue, 21 Apr 1998
RI gross foreign assests grow slightly to US$16.8b
RI gross foreign assests grow slightly to US$16.8b JAKARTA (JP): The nation's gross foreign exchange reserves were US$16.8 billion as of April 15, a slight increase from $16.59 billion recorded at the end of March and $16.6 billion on March 13, Bank Indonesia said yesterday.
Tue, 21 Apr 1998
Minister Shihab to attend Waisak
Minister Shihab to attend Waisak SEMARANG: Minister of Religious Affairs Quraish Shihab will attend the celebration of Buddha's day of enlightenment (Waisak) at the Borobudur temple, Central Java, on May 11, Antara reported yesterday.
Tue, 21 Apr 1998
Rattan deregulation will benefits farmers, consumers
Rattan deregulation will benefits farmers, consumersBy Sylvia Gratia M. Nirang JAKARTA (JP): After a decade of government trade policy restricting rattan exports, Indonesia's rattan industry will now enjoy freer trade which should bring benefits, especially to farmers and foreign consumers.
Tue, 21 Apr 1998
City Council endorses traffic sticker prices
City Council endorses traffic sticker prices JAKARTA (JP): The City Council endorsed yesterday the municipality's proposal to set prices of stickers, scheduled to replace the three-in-one traffic policy, at Rp 5,000 (about 40 U.S.
Tue, 21 Apr 1998
Just pricing urged for intravenous plasma
Just pricing urged for intravenous plasma JAKARTA (JP): The City Council appealed to hospitals and pharmaceutical companies yesterday to keep the price of intravenous plasma at an affordable level amid worries about the continuing dengue fever epidemic.
Tue, 21 Apr 1998
RI's small firms need emergency funds: PECC
RI's small firms need emergency funds: PECC SINGAPORE (Reuters): An economic think tank said yesterday it had asked the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) group to make emergency loans of US$3 billion to prop up thousands of small Indonesian firms on the brink of bankruptcy.
Tue, 21 Apr 1998
Conversion Rates
Conversion Rates Jakarta (JP): Bank Ekspor Impor Indonesia's (Bank Exim) indicative conversion rates on April 20, 1998: Buying Selling Rp Rp U.S dollar 1 7,750.00 9,250.00Austrian shilling 1 574.00 686.30Australian dollar 1 4,879.20 5,460.00Belgian franc 1 202.60 225.50Canadian dollar 1 5,307.
Tue, 21 Apr 1998
Japan car-part imports up
Japan car-part imports up TOKYO (Reuters): Several Japanese auto-part makers plan to increase imports of car parts made by their Southeast Asian units to help boost capacity utilization at their Southeast Asian facilities.
Tue, 21 Apr 1998
World class opera house opens at Taman Mini
World class opera house opens at Taman Mini JAKARTA (JP): President Soeharto inaugurated yesterday a world-class opera house, Teater Tanah Airku, at Taman Mini Indonesia Indah in East Jakarta, as part of the park's 23rd anniversary celebrations.
Tue, 21 Apr 1998
Fire damage estimates reach Rp 7.5 trillion
Fire damage estimates reach Rp 7.5 trillion JAKARTA (JP): Fires raging in East Kalimantan forests have cost Rp 7.5 trillion (US$938 million) in lost timber revenues, not including the cost of damage to biodiversity, the decline in tourist visits and health costs, a local government official said...
Tue, 21 Apr 1998
TV today
TV todayTVRI 2:00 p.m. News: Berita 14 2:45 TV Series: The Big Valley 3:05 Children's Program: Album Kenangan Anak 3:30 Village Program 4:00 Regional News 4:30 Music: Lagu Pop Daerah 5:00 English Lessons 5:30 Documentary 6:00 News: Lintasan Berita 6:05 My Country: Rona Nusantara 6:15 Sports 6:30...
Tue, 21 Apr 1998
ABRI response on missing people awaited
ABRI response on missing people awaited JAKARTA (JP): The Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence says it has yet to receive a response from Minister of Defense and Security/Armed Forces Commander Gen.
Tue, 21 Apr 1998
RI needs govt changes to renew confidence: Econit
RI needs govt changes to renew confidence: Econit JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia needs a major change of leadership and more democracy to restore its credibility and regain public confidence, the Econit advisory group said yesterday.
Tue, 21 Apr 1998
TV's Debby Sahertian toys with obsessive love triangle
TV's Debby Sahertian toys with obsessive love triangle JAKARTA (JP): Comedy sitcom actress-director Debby Sahertian, is dabbling in obsessions.Her new TV drama, Cinta Diatas Segalanya (Love Above Everything), a 13-episode serial about obsessive love which she is directing, is 80 percent completed.
Tue, 21 Apr 1998
ADB presents health grant
ADB presents health grant PALU, Central Sulawesi: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a Rp 3 billion (US$375,000) loan for the province's health program aimed at controlling contagious diseases, Antara reported yesterday.M.
Tue, 21 Apr 1998
Abacha clears hurdle for presidential polls
Abacha clears hurdle for presidential polls MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters): Nigerian military ruler Gen. Sani Abacha won a crucial party vote yesterday which means he will face no opponent in presidential elections planned for Aug. 1.
Tue, 21 Apr 1998
Asia's troubled banking sector looks to foreign money
Asia's troubled banking sector looks to foreign moneyBy Linda Sieg TOKYO (Reuters): Asia's financial crisis has prompted more than its share of finger-pointing but some key points seem clear -- fixing the problems of the region's banks will be costly, painful and time-consuming.
Tue, 21 Apr 1998
16 protesters jailed for ignoring police order
16 protesters jailed for ignoring police order JAKARTA (JP): South Jakarta District Court sentenced 16 Megawati Soekarnoputri supporters to two months and ten days in jail yesterday for ignoring a police order to disperse from a street protest on Feb. 11.
Tue, 21 Apr 1998
How SE Asian economies should be rebuilt
How SE Asian economies should be rebuiltBy Mike Yeong SINGAPORE (JP): After the worst is over, the governments of Southeast Asia, especially those hardest hit by the financial crisis, will have to quickly get down to the task of restructuring their economies.
Tue, 21 Apr 1998
Astra Agro Lestari's net profit up 44%
Astra Agro Lestari's net profit up 44% JAKARTA (JP): PT Astra Agro Lestari booked a 44 percent increase in net profit last year, reaching Rp 91 billion (US$11.37 million) from Rp 63 billion in 1996.Finance director Benny Tjoeng said over the weekend that the company, a plantation subsidiary of PT...
Tue, 21 Apr 1998
Students arrested for hijacking bus and military truck
Students arrested for hijacking bus and military truck JAKARTA (JP): Police arrested 350 senior high school students in two separate locations yesterday for hijacking a military truck in Cawang, East Jakarta, and a city bus in Pasar Baru, Central Jakarta.
Tue, 21 Apr 1998
Noisy student demos continue in many cities
Noisy student demos continue in many cities JAKARTA (JP): Thousands of students continued with their campaign for sweeping reforms by holding noisy demonstrations in a number of cities, marred in one location when several unidentified men tried to lower the national flag.
Tue, 21 Apr 1998
RI's Djatmiko scratches in Philippines tour event
RI's Djatmiko scratches in Philippines tour event CALAMBA, Philippines (Agencies): Indonesia's Djatmiko and Kenichi Yusuda of Japan withdrew from the fourth stage of the Marlboro Centennial Tour of the Philippines yesterday.
Tue, 21 Apr 1998
Indonesian chess association misses mark on female GM
Indonesian chess association misses mark on female GM JAKARTA (JP): Executives of the Indonesian Chess Association (Percasi) will complete their term in July on a low note, particularly because of their failure to meet a target to produce a woman grandmaster, a chess observer says.
Tue, 21 Apr 1998
Bandung farmers' profits dissipated by crisis
Bandung farmers' profits dissipated by crisis JAKARTA (JP): Farmers in Bandung regency say "suffering" is the most fitting word to describe their life in the wake of rising prices of chemicals, fertilizers and seedlings.
Tue, 21 Apr 1998
Sticker sale counters
Sticker sale counters The following is a list of where stickers needed by motorists intending to enter the restricted zone along Jl. Sudirman in South Jakarta and Jl. Thamrin in Central Jakarta will be on sale. A trial for the ticket system will be run between August and November.
Tue, 21 Apr 1998
Experts advise healthy advertising budgets
Experts advise healthy advertising budgets JAKARTA (JP): Companies should maintain their advertising budgets or even increase them in times of crisis in order to maintain or enlarge their market shares, an international advertising expert said yesterday.
Tue, 21 Apr 1998
New fashion center aims at style and substance
New fashion center aims at style and substance JAKARTA (JP): The Indotex LaSalle Documentation Center of Indonesian Fashion was inaugurated yesterday to help give local employees the expertise they need to succeed in the textile, garment and fashion industries.
Tue, 21 Apr 1998
SE Asian markets await Indonesia's CPO ban lift
SE Asian markets await Indonesia's CPO ban lift KUALA LUMPUR (Agencies): Southeast Asia palm oil markets are braced to see if Indonesia will lift its export ban on crude palm oil on Wednesday as scheduled, traders said.
Tue, 21 Apr 1998
Crude oil exports set
Crude oil exports set SINGAPORE (Reuters): Indonesia state oil company Pertamina has allocated its monthly May crude export volumes to affiliates and term buyers, but has not given directives to producers about production cutbacks, foreign producers in Indonesia said yesterday.
Tue, 21 Apr 1998
S'pore rejects U.S. reports
S'pore rejects U.S. reports SINGAPORE (AP): Singapore's foreign minister criticized the U.S. State Department Report on human rights yesterday, saying its complaints about the city-state's judiciary and political system were "unsubstantiated and unwarranted".Foreign Minister S.
Tue, 21 Apr 1998
200 dancers to mark Dharma Santi
200 dancers to mark Dharma Santi DENPASAR, Bali: At least 200 dancers will take part in the Dharma Santi celebration at the Ardha Candra Taman Budaya arts center here on Sunday, Antara reported.President Soeharto will attend the event which marks the Hindu Day of Silence, or Nyepi, which this year...
Tue, 21 Apr 1998
Singapore details RI trade financing plan
Singapore details RI trade financing plan SINGAPORE (Reuters): Singapore Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong told parliament yesterday that Singapore's trade insurance scheme for Indonesia would be in two parts.
Tue, 21 Apr 1998
Mayor mad over costly ID cards
Mayor mad over costly ID cards TANGERANG (JP): Mayor Djakaria Machmud has threatened to fire subdistrict and village chiefs who inflate the cost of ID cards.The administration has set the cost of a national ID card at Rp 7,500 (almost US$1) but in some villages the price has reportedly been...
Tue, 21 Apr 1998
On nepotism
On nepotism Our Minister of Social Services Siti Hardijanti Rukmana has flatly denied that there was a practice of nepotism in the recruitment of the Seventh Development Cabinet, as reported in The Jakarta Post, March 18.
Tue, 21 Apr 1998
Kartini's spirit
Kartini's spirit The commemoration of Kartini Day, April 21, reminds us of the great Indonesian lady Raden Adjeng Kartini, whose letters made her an important symbol for the Indonesian independence movement and for Indonesian feminists.
Mon, 20 Apr 1998
Movie on dengue fever
Movie on dengue fever JAKARTA (JP): The North Jakarta information office is screening a free movie on dengue fever and measures to prevent it in 31 subdistricts throughout the mayoralty.The screenings start today and last until May 29.
Mon, 20 Apr 1998
AIDS sufferers cannot afford medication
AIDS sufferers cannot afford medication JAKARTA (JP): Only 11 of the 631 Indonesians who have tested HIV positive or are suffering from full-blown AIDS can afford to buy the imported medicine which could retard the impact of the deadly disease.
Mon, 20 Apr 1998
Open letter to the Malaysian Ambassador
Open letter to the Malaysian AmbassadorFrom RepublikaYour Excellency,With this letter, we, Women Solidarity, an NGO concerned with issues related to migrant workers, wish to put forward some matters relative to the protection of Indonesian workers in Malaysia.
Mon, 20 Apr 1998
Seeking ways to prevent new Asian-style financial woes
Seeking ways to prevent new Asian-style financial woesBy Helmut Maier-Mannhart MUNICH (DPA): Credits worth a total of more than US$100 billion have been promised by the International Monetary Fund to just three countries -- South Korea, Thailand and Indonesia -- to help them avoid financial...
Mon, 20 Apr 1998
Private sector to tackle haze
Private sector to tackle haze SINGAPORE (DPA): A Singapore-based Briton has started a new private-sector initiative aimed at fighting the smoke haze choking parts of Asia, a news report said yesterday.Lawyer-turned-entrepreneur Jeremy Cama, 42, believes that "the private sector will be more...
Mon, 20 Apr 1998
East Kalimantan forest fires RI's fifth priority
East Kalimantan forest fires RI's fifth priority JAKARTA (JP): Despite the magnitude of losses incurred, raging forest fires in East Kalimantan rank fifth in the government's crisis handling agenda, according to State Minister of Environment Juwono Sudarsono.
Mon, 20 Apr 1998
ASEAN Troika optimistic on Cambodian polls
ASEAN Troika optimistic on Cambodian polls BANGKOK (AP): Southeast Asian nations involved in the effort to restore political stability to Cambodia are optimistic that fair elections can be held there in July, a top regional diplomat said yesterday.