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Fri, 14 Apr 2000
TV today
TV todayTVRI 5:30 a.m. Religious Teachings 6:00 News 8:00 Variety Show 9:00 Music 10:00 Interval 2:00 p.m. News 2:30 Film 3:00 Documentary 4:00 News 4:30 TV Series 5:30 TVRI News (in English) 6:00 Music 6:30 News 7:00 Evening News 7:30 TV Drama 8:00 Sports 9:00 World News 9:35 Music 10:30...
Fri, 14 Apr 2000
PSMS ties 1-1 with Persijatim
PSMS ties 1-1 with Persijatim MEDAN, North Sumatra (JP): PSMS Medan tied 1-1 with Persijatim East Java in the Bank Mandiri national soccer league at the Teladan stadium here on Wednesday.Persijatim striker Abdul Manan scored for his team in the 10th minute while PSMS Chilean stroker Jaime Rojas...
Fri, 14 Apr 2000
Where to go in Jakarta:
Where to go in Jakarta:Exhibitions * Painting Exhibition: Tilo Kaiser, at Duta Fine Arts Foundation, Jl. Kemang Utara 55A, South Jakarta (Phone: 7990226), Tuesday to Saturday at 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., Sunday, Monday at 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., until April 20.
Fri, 14 Apr 2000
Supreme Court orders delay in Newmont mine closure
Supreme Court orders delay in Newmont mine closure JAKARTA (JP): The Supreme Court has ordered the Tondano District Court in Minahasa, North Sulawesi, to delay the execution of its order shutting down PT Newmont Minahasa Raya's gold mine.
Fri, 14 Apr 2000
Australia faces East Timor challenge to oil rights
Australia faces East Timor challenge to oil rights SYDNEY (AFP): Australia may have to concede most of the potentially massive oil and gas reserves in the Timor Sea to an independent East Timor, legal and oil industry officials said Thursday.
Fri, 14 Apr 2000
Council agrees to increase in public transportation fares
Council agrees to increase in public transportation fares JAKARTA (JP): The city council approved on Thursday the proposal for a hike in public bus fares, but declined to settle on the amount of the increase.
Fri, 14 Apr 2000
Four arrested over fake money
Four arrested over fake money JAKARTA (JP): North Jakarta Police detectives arrested four men for allegedly trying to sell undercover detectives packages they claimed contained Rp 800 million (US$106,700) in counterfeit Rp 50,000 bills, on Jl. RE Martadinata on Tuesday night.
Fri, 14 Apr 2000
Newspapers told to go online to stay ahead of competition
Newspapers told to go online to stay ahead of competition JAKARTA (JP): Newspapers in Indonesia must go online to survive the increased competition resulting from the Internet, leading newspaper publisher Jacob Oetama of Kompas daily said on Thursday.
Fri, 14 Apr 2000
Appeal to the Jakarta Police
Appeal to the Jakarta PoliceFrom RepublikaThe media reported on April 10, 2000 the death of two women who had jumped from a PPD-52 city bus while a hold-up was taking place on board the bus.One week earlier, my younger sister was also the target of a hold-up.
Fri, 14 Apr 2000
Undermining mining contracts
Undermining mining contracts Major investment in natural-resource development in Indonesia would grind to a complete halt if other local administrations treated foreign companies the same way Newmont Mining Corp. has been treated in North Sulawesi.
Fri, 14 Apr 2000
Police probe rebel training
Police probe rebel training JAYAPURA, Irian Jaya: Irian Jaya Police chief Brig. Gen. S.Y. Wenas said here on Thursday the police were investigating reports that an armed rebel group was conducting military training in Fakfak regency.
Fri, 14 Apr 2000
BI mulls temporary measures to speed economic recovery
BI mulls temporary measures to speed economic recovery JAKARTA (JP): Bank Indonesia deputy governor Subarjo Joyosumarto said on Thursday that the central bank was considering to launch temporary measures to help accelerate the country's economic recovery.
Fri, 14 Apr 2000
Stock Exchange
Stock ExchangeStock prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (in rupiah) on April 13, 2000: Shares Close Change Trading Volume ------------------------------------------------------------- Ades Alfindo 800 0 0 Adindo Foresta Indonesia 525 0 322,500 Alakasa Industrindo 625 150 24,500 Alfa Retailindo 875...
Fri, 14 Apr 2000
More piracies in RI waters
More piracies in RI waters KUALA LUMPUR (AFP): Indonesian waters remain dangerous for ships, accounting for more than 30 percent of piracy attacks worldwide during the first three months of this year, the International Maritime Bureau (IMB) said on Thursday.
Fri, 14 Apr 2000
Leave cars at home on Earth Day: Official
Leave cars at home on Earth Day: Official JAKARTA (JP): In search of some fresh air, owners of private cars and motorcycles across the country are requested to leave their vehicles at home for 12 hours on April 23.The gesture to refrain from driving private vehicles from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Fri, 14 Apr 2000
DRD acquires Indonesian mine
DRD acquires Indonesian mine JOHANNESBURG (AFP): South African gold producer Durban Roodepoort Deep Ltd (DRD) has acquired 69 percent of Dome Resources NL (Dome) in Indonesia and has extended its offer period, it announced on Thursday.Dome is listed on the Australian stock market.
Fri, 14 Apr 2000
Chiyoda-Mitsubishi wins LNG plant design contract
Chiyoda-Mitsubishi wins LNG plant design contract JAKARTA (JP): State oil and gas company Pertamina and its American contractor Atlantic Richfield Company (ARCO) awarded the contract to make the blueprint for the Tangguh liquefied natural gas (LNG) in Irian Jaya to Japanese consortium Chiyoda-...
Thu, 13 Apr 2000
Commercial Court asked to cancel Fiskaragung's agreement
Commercial Court asked to cancel Fiskaragung's agreement JAKARTA (JP): Court receiver of the now insolvent PT Fiskaragung Perkasa is asking the Commercial Court to cancel the US$3 million loan agreement between the salt producer and its Hong Kong creditor, Catnera International Ltd.
Thu, 13 Apr 2000
New Internet tie-up formed
New Internet tie-up formed JAKARTA (JP): E-business consulting company PT Metamedia Interaktif formed a partnership on Wednesday with Internet application provider Vignette Corp. of Texas and Singapore-based BROKAT Asia Pte. Ltd., a supplier of secure solutions for on-line transactions.
Thu, 13 Apr 2000
Severed hand stolen out of morgue: Police
Severed hand stolen out of morgue: Police JAKARTA (JP): South Jakarta police detectives will question several morgue and forensic staff members of the Cipto Mangunkusumo General Hospital over a severed hand which was sent on Monday to a woman in Setiabudi subdistrict, South Jakarta.
Thu, 13 Apr 2000
Putting a maritime nation in perspective
Putting a maritime nation in perspective The idea of reestablishing Indonesia as a maritime nation, put forward by President Abdurrahman Wahid, is not easy to fathom amid the struggle to free the country from the economic crisis.
Thu, 13 Apr 2000
Defending champion CLS too powerful for Aspac
Defending champion CLS too powerful for Aspac JAKARTA (JP): Defending champion Cahaya Lestari Surabaya (CLS) proved its quality by cruising into the final of the Megawati Soekarnoputri Cup women's basketball tournament at Senayan basketball stadium here.
Thu, 13 Apr 2000
Indonesia 'lags behind' in curbing lead use
Indonesia 'lags behind' in curbing lead use JAKARTA (JP): While many countries had successfully ended the use of lead in gasoline, Indonesia was still home to a large amount of the hazardous substance, an environmental observer said on Wednesday.Washington D.C.
Thu, 13 Apr 2000
'ANteve' channel missing in Jakarta
'ANteve' channel missing in Jakarta JAKARTA (JP): Audiences of the private ANteve television station in the capital got a blank screen on their televisions during all of Wednesday.An executive at the station said that one of its transmission devices broke down.
Thu, 13 Apr 2000
Soeharto banned from travel
Soeharto banned from travel JAKARTA (JP): The Attorney General's Office announced on Wednesday that former president Soeharto is barred from leaving the country while the investigation into his alleged corruption case is being conducted.
Thu, 13 Apr 2000
Sutiyoso briefs diplomats
Sutiyoso briefs diplomats JAKARTA (JP): In an effort to boost foreign investment in the capital, Governor Sutiyoso told 24 new Indonesian diplomats on Wednesday to help cultivate a positive image of Jakarta among the international community.
Thu, 13 Apr 2000
Cirata dam polluted
Cirata dam polluted BANDUNG: The pollution of the Cirata dam water has reached alarming levels, with its acidity rate measured far below normal, an official said on Wednesday.Budiman A.Pi, head of production unit of the West Java Fishery Office, said the dam water acidity (pH) had dropped to...
Thu, 13 Apr 2000
Pardon sought from rights abuse victims
Pardon sought from rights abuse victims JAKARTA (JP): Although their plight has been difficult, victims of human rights abuses have been asked to forgive and forget and to encourage a more just and fairer government system, religious figures said on Wednesday.
Thu, 13 Apr 2000
Indonesia still vulnerable to external shocks: ADB
Indonesia still vulnerable to external shocks: ADB MANILA (AP): The president of the Manila-based Asian Development Bank Tadao Chino said here on Wednesday that Indonesia remains vulnerable to external shocks because of its dependence on oil exports and trade within the region.
Thu, 13 Apr 2000
Sakato shows the fine art of West Sumatran culture
Sakato shows the fine art of West Sumatran cultureBy Amir Sidharta JAKARTA (JP): The works that appear in the exhibition of West Sumatran fine art at Hotel Ciputra, West Jakarta, do not seem to show the influence of previous generations of West Sumatran artists such as Wakidi, H.A. Ramli Dt.
Thu, 13 Apr 2000
Sore knee forces Williams to retire from WTA event
Sore knee forces Williams to retire from WTA event AMELIA ISLAND, Florida (AFP): U.S. Open champion Serena Williams suffered a flare-up of tendinitis in her left knee and dropped out of a US$535,000 WTA event one game from losing to Argentina's Paola Suarez.
Thu, 13 Apr 2000
Piracy hurts Asian recovery
Piracy hurts Asian recovery KUALA LUMPUR (AP): Combating software and music piracy is crucial to recovering economies in Asia, technology experts and officials at a regional meeting said Wednesday.From government offices and hospitals to large private companies, pirated software is ubiquitous in...
Thu, 13 Apr 2000
Poland floats currency
Poland floats currency WARSAW (AFP): The Polish government and central bank Tuesday announced a decision to float the zloty, allowing the Polish currency to trade freely against all other currencies from Wednesday.
Thu, 13 Apr 2000
S'pore, Japan to lobby IMF on tax incentives
S'pore, Japan to lobby IMF on tax incentives JAKARTA (JP): Singapore and Japan have promised to help Indonesia lobby the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to maintain tax incentives in the industrial bonded zones of Batam, Bintan and Karimun islands.
Thu, 13 Apr 2000
Orthodox penalty of chatty students
Orthodox penalty of chatty students ROME (AFP): A primary school teacher in Sardinia has been suspended after silencing her students by taping their mouths closed or shutting their heads in a small cupboard, a Sardinian daily reported recently.
Thu, 13 Apr 2000
Febi, Hendri hope to reach top 300 next year
Febi, Hendri hope to reach top 300 next year JAKARTA (JP): Indonesian men's tennis players Febi Widhiyanto and Hendri Susilo Pramono are expected to improve their ATP rankings and reach the top 300 next year.
Thu, 13 Apr 2000
Teachers wait for government response
Teachers wait for government response TANGERANG (JP): Learning activities at state schools in Balaraja district resumed as normal again on Wednesday after 200 local teachers -- who had gone on strike at the House of Representatives the previous day -- went back to the class.
Thu, 13 Apr 2000
Kumaratunga seeks further treatment
Kumaratunga seeks further treatment COLOMBO (AP): President Chandrika Kumaratunga has left for the United States and Britain to seek further medical treatment for her right eye, blinded in a suicide bomber attack in December, a government official said on Wednesday.
Thu, 13 Apr 2000
Clinton 'encouraged' by PM Barak talks
Clinton 'encouraged' by PM Barak talks WASHINGTON (AFP): U.S. President Bill Clinton and Prime Minister Ehud Barak agreed to speed up the Israeli-Palestinian track facing looming deadlines but had no breakthroughs to announce on any of the stalled Mideast peace fronts, officials said.
Thu, 13 Apr 2000
Australian search for 200 boat people ends
Australian search for 200 boat people ends SYDNEY (AFP): Australian authorities said Wednesday they had called off a search for up to 220 boat people feared drowned when their boat sank on its way to Australia from Indonesia last month.
Thu, 13 Apr 2000
Expecting a new paradigm for a maritime nation
Expecting a new paradigm for a maritime nationBy I. Christianto JAKARTA (JP): The recent establishment of the Indonesian Maritime Council by President Abdurrahman Wahid has rebounded hopes of exploring, protecting and restoring vital ocean resources, but a new paradigm is necessary to achieve the...
Thu, 13 Apr 2000
Premier discovers RI gas
Premier discovers RI gas LONDON (Dow Jones): Premier Oil PLC (PMOIY) has discovered gas in Indonesia at Iguana-1, located near the West Natuna gas export facilities.Premier discovered gas columns in four separate reservoir sands in the Arang formation close to Premier's Pelikan, Gajah Puteri, Bison...
Thu, 13 Apr 2000
Southeast Asean auto sales surge as region rebounds
Southeast Asean auto sales surge as region rebounds SINGAPORE (AFP): Auto sales in Southeast Asia's four biggest markets surged in January and February, with Indonesia posting more than 400 percent growth from the same period last year, an industry survey showed.
Thu, 13 Apr 2000
Team established to supervise fuel sale
Team established to supervise fuel sale MAKASSAR, South Sulawesi (JP): The South Sulawesi legislature set up on Wednesday a joint team to supervise the distribution of fuel in the province in response to illegal sales of blended gasoline, kerosene and diesel.
Thu, 13 Apr 2000
Assembly to reprimand, impeach Gus Dur
Assembly to reprimand, impeach Gus Dur JAKARTA (JP): The People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) will reprimand President Abdurrahman Wahid for his shortcomings but it has no plan to initiate an impeachment process at this stage, House Speaker Akbar Tandjung said on Wednesday.
Thu, 13 Apr 2000
Benefits gained in Indonesia
Benefits gained in Indonesia I have been fortunate to have worked in Indonesia on various industrial-related projects since 1973, following in the footsteps of my late father who came out here in the early 1960s to assist in the country's industrial development.
Thu, 13 Apr 2000
BI forecasts up to 5% GDP growth in second quarter
BI forecasts up to 5% GDP growth in second quarter JAKARTA (JP): Bank Indonesia predicted on Wednesday economic growth between 4 percent and 5 percent in the second quarter compared to the same period last year.
Thu, 13 Apr 2000
Challenges ahead in becoming a maritime nation
Challenges ahead in becoming a maritime nation Making the most of resources and ensuring their equal distribution and sustainability are among the challenges faced by the Ministry of Maritime Exploration, led by Sarwono Kusumaatmadja.
Thu, 13 Apr 2000
Native speaker teachers
Native speaker teachers It's been two years since the economy crunched our wages. Based on the dollar, previously we were earning two times more than we are now; it was generally been on a par with other countries.
Thu, 13 Apr 2000
The plight of Indonesia's teachers
The plight of Indonesia's teachers With the scare of a mass strike of public transportation workers still fresh in their minds, Jakartans -- and Indonesians elsewhere across the archipelago as well -- must now face the prospect of the disruption of their children's education due to a nationwide...