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Tue, 11 Apr 2000
Officer detained for beating
Officer detained for beating JAKARTA (JP): Jakarta Police internal affairs are questioning an officer of the Tebet police subprecinct in South Jakarta, for allegedly beating up his girlfriend with a sharp steal weapon in a room at the Wisma Uliarta building in Cimanggis, Depok, on Saturday.
Tue, 11 Apr 2000
Bank Indonesia's conversion rates on April 10, 2000:
Bank Indonesia's conversion rates on April 10, 2000: Bank notes rates Buying Selling Rp Rp U.S. dollar 1 7,627.00 7,703.00Australian dollar 1 4,554.84 4,604.08Austrian schilling 1 529.17 534.72Belgian franc 1 180.50 182.40Brunei dollar 1 4,441.02 4,487.88Canadian dollar 1 5,229.35 5,285.
Tue, 11 Apr 2000
Stock Exchange
Stock ExchangeStock prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (in rupiah) on April 10, 2000: Shares Close Change Trading Volume ----------------------------------------------------------- Ades Alfindo 800 0 1,500 Adindo Foresta Indonesia 525 -25 316,000 Alakasa Industrindo 475 0 0 Alfa Retailindo 900 0...
Tue, 11 Apr 2000
Government says no brake on auto part import duty
Government says no brake on auto part import duty JAKARTA (JP): The government has rejected a proposal by the Organization of Land Transportation Owners (Organda) to remove the import duty on spare parts.
Tue, 11 Apr 2000
Grenade blast hits police post
Grenade blast hits police post BANDA ACEH, Aceh (JP): An unidentified armed gang threw grenades at a North Aceh police precinct at around 2:30 p.m. on Monday, leaving four officers wounded.Capt. Mustofa Kamal of the North Aceh Police, identified the four policemen as Chief Corp. A.
Tue, 11 Apr 2000
BCA set to offer up to 30 percent of shares in May
BCA set to offer up to 30 percent of shares in May JAKARTA (JP): The giant Bank Central Asia (BCA) will offer up to 882.2 million shares or 30 percent of its total equity through an initial public offering (IPO) on May 19-23.The IPO price will be set between Rp 1,350 (US$0.
Tue, 11 Apr 2000
Rates for tax payment, valid from April 10 to April 16:
Rates for tax payment, valid from April 10 to April 16: U.S. dollar 1 Rp 7,650.00Austrian schilling 1 530.81Australian dollar 1 4,598.42Belgian franc 1 181.07Canadian dollar 1 5,264.24Swiss franc 1 4,630.75Deutschemark 1 3,736.63Danish krone 1 983.23French franc 1 1,113.51Poundsterling 1 12,081.
Tue, 11 Apr 2000
Fund woes won't stop events
Fund woes won't stop events JAKARTA (JP): State Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports Mahadi Sinambela said on Monday that financial shortages would not prevent Indonesia from participating in regional and international events.
Tue, 11 Apr 2000
Census taking in June
Census taking in June JAKARTA (JP): The city office of the Central Bureau of Statistics (BPS) will conduct a month long census in June, an official said last week.Chief of BPS' Jakarta office Jasa Bangun said the census, held once every 10 years, will collect data on gender classification, age,...
Tue, 11 Apr 2000
Net providers upbeat about market growth
Net providers upbeat about market growth JAKARTA (JP): Local Internet service providers (ISPs) are expecting better business this year as more personal computer owners are expected to sign up as subscribers.
Tue, 11 Apr 2000
Some ministers are selfish: President
Some ministers are selfish: President PRETORIA (JP): President Abdurrahman Wahid blamed several ministers on Sunday for the delay in the disbursement of aid to Indonesia from the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
Tue, 11 Apr 2000
Health ministry aims at efficiency
Health ministry aims at efficiency JAKARTA (JP): In a bid to catch up with the government's drive to increase efficiency in the bureaucracy, the Minister of Health discharged on Monday dozens of high-ranking officials.
Tue, 11 Apr 2000
Toward a fair fuel-pricing system
Toward a fair fuel-pricing systemBy Otto Soemarwoto This is the first of two articles on fuel pricing. BANDUNG (JP): Fuel oil -- commonly known as bahan bakar minyak, and by its acronym BBM -- is making headlines again.
Tue, 11 Apr 2000
Keadilan party sticks to its gun on gathering
Keadilan party sticks to its gun on gathering KUALA LUMPUR (Agencies): A Malaysian opposition party said on Monday it would go ahead with a mass gathering to mark the first anniversary of Anwar Ibrahim's sentencing despite government and police warnings.
Tue, 11 Apr 2000
Teachers' strike
Teachers' strike Teachers are supposed to give the best example to their students, whether under a capitalist or communist system. But times have changed; under the most idealistic system of Pancasila -- I do not need to elaborate -- some 300,000 teachers have announced their plan to organize a...
Tue, 11 Apr 2000
OPM members reject autonomy
OPM members reject autonomy JAYAPURA, Irian Jaya: Members of the Reconciliation Forum of Former Free Papua Organization (OPM) have written President Abdurrahman Wahid expressing their rejection of his offer of autonomy for the easternmost province of West Papua, formerly known as Irian Jaya.
Tue, 11 Apr 2000
Jihad call based on emotion: NU leader
Jihad call based on emotion: NU leader YOGYAKARTA (JP): The way some Muslim groups have expressed their opposition to President Abdurrahman Wahid's views on the conflict in Maluku has raised questions about their ability to defend the interests of Islam, a Nahdlatul Ulama official said.
Tue, 11 Apr 2000
Rice below floor prices in most areas
Rice below floor prices in most areas JAKARTA (JP): About two-thirds of the rice produced in the country's main production areas was sold in March for less than the Rp 1,020 per kilogram floor price set by the government, according to the Central Bureau of Statistics (BPS).
Tue, 11 Apr 2000
More Indonesian workers face death sentences abroad
More Indonesian workers face death sentences abroad JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Manpower Bomer Pasaribu revealed on Monday that besides Kartini binti Karim, nine other Indonesian workers were facing a death sentence overseas for murder.
Tue, 11 Apr 2000
Man's nearest relative going the way of the dodo
Man's nearest relative going the way of the dodoBy William Furney JAKARTA (JP): There have been increasing reports in the media concerning the fate of man's nearest relative, the orangutan. Most of the reports center on the demise of the tree-dwelling creature as forest fires and forest conversion...
Tue, 11 Apr 2000
Government regrets court order to shut Newmont mine
Government regrets court order to shut Newmont mine JAKARTA (JP): The government expressed regret on Monday over a decision of a district court in North Sulawesi to close the gold mining operation of PT Newmont Minahasa Raya because of a tax dispute between the company and local authorities.
Tue, 11 Apr 2000
Importers urge release of machinery
Importers urge release of machinery JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesian Importers Association (GINSI) called on the government on Monday to release some 800 items of imported secondhand machinery and trucks for palm oil companies and contractors in Kalimantan and Sumatra.
Tue, 11 Apr 2000
TV today
TV todayTVRI 5:30 a.m. Religious Teachings 6:00 News 8:00 Children's Songs 9:00 Music 10:30 Interval 2:00 p.m. News 2:30 Children's Program 3:00 Technology Program 4:00 Regional News 4:30 Music 5:30 News (in English) 6:00 Culture Program 7:00 Evening News 7:30 TV Drama 8:00 Sports 9:00 World News...
Tue, 11 Apr 2000
Exit tax
Exit taxFrom Media IndonesiaOn March 21, 2000 Media Indonesia carried on its front page a photograph of Megawati Soekarnoputri, happily returning from the Holy Land, hugging her grandchild. In my case, if I hoped to make my mother in Malaysia smile happily the way Megawati did in the photograph, I...
Tue, 11 Apr 2000
Woman receives severed hand in mail
Woman receives severed hand in mail JAKARTA (JP): Setiabudi Police detectives were investigating on Monday afternoon a report that a local woman had received a package containing a severed hand.A police officer who requested anonymity said the severed hand was wearing a plastic glove and was...
Tue, 11 Apr 2000
KL seeks exemption from AFTA
KL seeks exemption from AFTA KUALA LUMPUR (AFP): Malaysia is still seeking a minimum two- year exemption from the ASEAN Free Trade Area (AFTA) for its car industry and selected agricultural products, a report said Monday.
Tue, 11 Apr 2000
Bakorstanas officially dissolved
Bakorstanas officially dissolved JAKARTA (JP): The majority of the archives compiled by the much-feared Agency for the Coordination of Support for the Development of National Stability (Bakorstanas) will be destroyed following the official dissolution of the agency on Monday.
Tue, 11 Apr 2000
District court judges to be moved
District court judges to be moved JAKARTA (JP): The government announced on Monday plans to move the chiefs of all five district courts in Jakarta along with almost 70 percent of the judges to other areas to mark the start of a campaign to establish a clean and just court system.
Tue, 11 Apr 2000
Megawati wants chess in schools
Megawati wants chess in schools JAKARTA (JP): Vice President Megawati Soekarnoputri would like to see chess introduced as a school activity since it would be helpful for developing the minds of students.
Tue, 11 Apr 2000
Schools close while teachers take to streets
Schools close while teachers take to streets BOGOR, West Java (JP): Most state schools in Bogor and Sukabumi were closed on Monday as teachers took to the streets to protest the government's pay policy in what was seen as a prelude to a nationwide strike planned by teachers this week.
Tue, 11 Apr 2000
Donny gets nine years for drug possession
Donny gets nine years for drug possession JAKARTA (JP): A judge at the West Jakarta District Court on Monday sentenced defendant Donny Hendrian to nine years in jail for possessing and transporting narcotic and psychotropic substances.
Tue, 11 Apr 2000
UT gives bonus shares
UT gives bonus shares JAKARTA (JP): The shareholders of PT United Tractors (UT) approved on Monday the management's proposal to issue nine new bonus shares for every five existing shares."The issuance of the bonus shares is a result of the revaluation of the company's fixed assets conducted in late...
Mon, 10 Apr 2000
Wie Wie wins 2nd stage drag race
Wie Wie wins 2nd stage drag race JAKARTA (JP): Local driver Wie Wie Rianto won the Pro Stock category in the second stage of the Gudang Garam national drag race at Sentul circuit, near Bogor, on Sunday.Wie Wie, driving a Ford Capri, clocked 9.671 seconds.
Mon, 10 Apr 2000
Men sentenced for drug abuse
Men sentenced for drug abuse TANGERANG (JP): The Tangerang District Court sentenced on Saturday two men, 35-year-old Zainal Abidin and his elder brother, a civil servant named Nasarudin, 40, to 15 months and 18 months in jail for using and selling Shabu-Shabu (crystal methamphetamine).
Mon, 10 Apr 2000
S'pore, Bangkok battle for hub status
S'pore, Bangkok battle for hub status SINGAPORE (AFP): Southeast Asian carriers Singapore Airlines Ltd. (SIA) and Thai Airways International (THAI) will meet this week amid controversy over which country should hold the status of the region's aviation hub within the Star Alliance group.
Mon, 10 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.
Mon, 10 Apr 2000
Tanri goes abroad with special permit
Tanri goes abroad with special permit JAKARTA (JP): Attorney General Marzuki Darusman admitted on Sunday that his office had given approval to former state minister of state enterprises empowerment Tanri Abeng to go abroad despite a travel ban imposed on him.
Mon, 10 Apr 2000
ASEAN forms technology fund
ASEAN forms technology fund KUALA LUMPUR (AP): Southeast Asian nations on Saturday agreed to raise US$ 10 million for more cooperative science projects at a meeting for science and technology ministers from the region.
Mon, 10 Apr 2000
Rp 7.3b budgeted for new plan to spruce up Monas
Rp 7.3b budgeted for new plan to spruce up Monas JAKARTA (JP): The city administration is setting aside Rp 7.3 billion in the new 2000 fiscal year for the beautification of the vast Medan Merdeka Park at the National Monument (Monas) in Central Jakarta.
Mon, 10 Apr 2000
Chess team to meet Megawati
Chess team to meet Megawati JAKARTA (JP): A team from the Indonesian Chess Association (Percasi) is scheduled to meet Vice President Megawati Soekarnoputri at the vice president's palace on Monday at 9:30 a.m.
Mon, 10 Apr 2000
Acclamation democracy
Acclamation democracy Few political events since the 1999 presidential elections have drawn as much public attention as the recent Indonesian Democratic Party for Struggle Congress. This was certainly not at least due to the fact that many people were keen to see how the party would deal with an...
Mon, 10 Apr 2000
Akbar warns Abdurrahman of social unrest
Akbar warns Abdurrahman of social unrest CISARUA, West Java (JP): House of Representatives Speaker Akbar Tandjung warned President Abdurrahman Wahid on Saturday of creating social unrest as a result of his controversial statements and the continuing political and economic instability.
Mon, 10 Apr 2000
Police gear up for Aceh congress, trial
Police gear up for Aceh congress, trial BANDA ACEH, Aceh (JP): Security authorities are gearing up for the Aceh People's Congress (KRA) and the joint civilian-military tribunal here this month, despite rejection from certain parties to their presence.Aceh Police chief Brig. Gen.
Mon, 10 Apr 2000
Over 2,600 logs seized
Over 2,600 logs seized PALANGKARAYA, Central Kalimantan: The local administration has seized 2,618 illegal logs scattered over several areas formerly owned by forest concession holder PT Djajanti Jaya, Antara reported on Sunday.
Mon, 10 Apr 2000
BOJ seen keeping rates near zero: Analysts
BOJ seen keeping rates near zero: Analysts TOKYO (Bloomberg): Bank of Japan policymakers will probably keep interest rates near zero when they meet Monday, because the economy is growing slowly and there is no sign of inflation, analysts said.
Mon, 10 Apr 2000
Fire causes destruction, death in Greater Jakarta
Fire causes destruction, death in Greater Jakarta JAKARTA (JP): Greater Jakarta residents were hit by three outstanding criminal cases involving fires over the weekend.Two of the incidents occurred on Sunday morning, with one causing two fatalities and the other the burning down of four houses.
Mon, 10 Apr 2000
Challenge to bank-led economic structure
Challenge to bank-led economic structureBy James T. Areddy HONG KONG (Dow Jones): The Asian rebound in spite of anemic lending has cast doubt on the notion that the region's economies are primarily bank-led.
Mon, 10 Apr 2000
S'pore venture funds up
S'pore venture funds up SINGAPORE (AFP): Venture capital firms in Singapore now manage a S$10.2 billion (US$5.9 billion) in funding for start-ups and established businesses as of end-1999, the government said.The figure was up by $1.
Mon, 10 Apr 2000
A people-driven approach to strategy
A people-driven approach to strategyBy H.S. Dillon JAKARTA (JP): Although the grandmaster has finally issued a call-to-arms, most of our development economists still appear to be at a loss. They have yet to respond to economic guru Sumitro Djojohadikusmo's call for a grand economic strategy that...
Mon, 10 Apr 2000
Minister opposes perk increase
Minister opposes perk increase YOGYAKARTA (JP): Minister of National Education Yahya Muhaimin joined on Saturday the public's opposition to the government's plan to raise structural allowances of high-ranking officials.