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Sat, 08 Apr 2000
More suspected thieves killed by residents
More suspected thieves killed by residents JAKARTA (JP): Three more men were mobbed to death by residents at separate incidents on Thursday, bringing the death toll of vigilante victims in Greater Jakarta to 30 this year.
Sat, 08 Apr 2000
Sports matches
Sports matches JAKARTA (JP): Following are sports competitions to be broadcast live this weekend on local stations (all times in Jakarta time):SaturdayEnglish soccer league: Bradford v Southampton SCTV at 9 p.m.SundayItalian soccer league: Lazio v Perugia RCTI at 8 p.m.
Sat, 08 Apr 2000
IBRA's request for ad hoc judges denied
IBRA's request for ad hoc judges denied JAKARTA (JP): The Jakarta Commercial Court has rejected the Indonesian Bank Restructuring Agency's (IBRA) request to assign independent "ad hoc" judges to examine the agency's three bankruptcy cases.
Sat, 08 Apr 2000
Indonesian music loses gifted Broery Pesolima
Indonesian music loses gifted Broery Pesolima JAKARTA (JP): Broery Pesolima, one of Indonesia's pop legends, died from a stroke at Puri Cinere Hospital in South Jakarta at 7:15 Friday. He was 56.Survived by his wife Wanda and two children, Broery had two strokes over the past months and had...
Sat, 08 Apr 2000
Soeharto questioning to be resume Monday
Soeharto questioning to be resume Monday JAKARTA (JP): State prosecutors failed on Friday to resume the questioning of former president Soeharto due to his illness, but set a new date for Monday.Director of Corruption Affairs Chairul Imam said that the Attorney General's Office learned that the...
Sat, 08 Apr 2000
Siemens opens new division
Siemens opens new division JAKARTA (JP): PT Siemens Indonesia, a supplier in the energy and communication industry, has opened a new business division to tap a growing demand for healthcare equipment in the country, the company's senior executive said here on Friday.
Sat, 08 Apr 2000
Road damage
Road damage A situation requiring careful attention is the damaged section of road at Ciputat Raya between the bridge and the Hero supermarket. The severe rupture in the road dramatically affects traffic on this major Jakarta thoroughfare.
Sat, 08 Apr 2000
Bogor teachers plan mass strike
Bogor teachers plan mass strike BOGOR (JP): Some 300 teachers said on Friday they would hold a three-day strike next week to protest their meager salaries and the government's refusal to increase their benefits.
Sat, 08 Apr 2000
Pilgrimage to the west: When spirit of Earth, sky is awakened
Pilgrimage to the west: When spirit of Earth, sky is awakenedBy Wawan S. Husin BANDUNG (JP): Suprapto Suryosudarmo had traveled to Bandung, Ciamis and Padang in his journey to the west from Padepokan Lemah Putih in Surakarta, Central Java.
Sat, 08 Apr 2000
Matraman brawl causes Rp 10b losses
Matraman brawl causes Rp 10b losses JAKARTA (JP): Recent brawling between residents in Matraman district of East Jakarta has caused Rp 10 billion (US$1.3 million) in financial losses and left 336 people jobless, an official disclosed on Friday.
Sat, 08 Apr 2000
Oscar-winning turn on screens here
Oscar-winning turn on screens here JAKARTA (JP): Naughty angels, newborn psychics and gender confusion fills up our movie theaters. The following reviews and grades are by Rayya Makarim (RM), Oren Murphy (OM) and Tam Notosusanto (TN).American Beauty.
Fri, 07 Apr 2000
RI aims to win Davis Cup tie with Malaysia
RI aims to win Davis Cup tie with Malaysia JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia will have a great chance to defeat host Malaysia by winning the doubles and singles matches in the Group II of the Davis Cup Asia Oceania zone in Kuala Lumpur starting Friday.
Fri, 07 Apr 2000
Prabowo pays courtesy call on 'friend' Amien
Prabowo pays courtesy call on 'friend' Amien SURAKARTA, Central Java (JP): Former chief of the Army Strategic Reserve Command (Kostrad) Lt. Gen. (ret) Prabowo Subiyanto met the People's Consultative Assembly Speaker Amien Rais at Muhammadiyah hospital here on Thursday.
Fri, 07 Apr 2000
Hendrawan, Marlev move into Japan Open quarters
Hendrawan, Marlev move into Japan Open quarters JAKARTA (JP): Indonesian men's singles players Hendrawan and Marlev Mainaky reached the quarterfinals of the US$180,000 Yonex Japan Open in Tokyo on Thursday but teammate Hariyanto Arbi made an early exit Wednesday after being tumbled by a...
Fri, 07 Apr 2000
Find 1 ringgit, lose $1,316
Find 1 ringgit, lose $1,316 KUALA LUMPUR (DPA): A Malaysian man was robbed of 5,000 ringgit (US$1,316) while stooping to pick up a 1 ringgit coin he saw lying in the street, a news report said on Thursday.
Fri, 07 Apr 2000
Mandiri, Citibank sign deal
Mandiri, Citibank sign deal JAKARTA (JP): Citibank N.A. has agreed to provide a package training program for staff and senior officials of state owned Bank Mandiri.Citibank said that the training program, especially prepared for Bank Mandiri, would cover several important subjects such as selling...
Fri, 07 Apr 2000
IMF insists local firms repay debts
IMF insists local firms repay debts JAKARTA (JP): The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has asked the government to push recalcitrant indebted companies to repay their foreign debt, Coordinating Minister for the Economy, Finance and Industry Kwik Kian Gie said.
Fri, 07 Apr 2000
Malaysia rebounds from crisis but pitfalls seen
Malaysia rebounds from crisis but pitfalls seenBy M. Jegathesan KUALA LUMPUR (AFP): Malaysia has rebounded impressively from the Asian economic slump but analysts say there is no room for complacency.They generally agree the near-term outlook is rosy but say policymakers must hold inflation in...
Fri, 07 Apr 2000
Expo a draw for multinational enterprises
Expo a draw for multinational enterprises JAKARTA (JP): Over 1,000 multinational companies are taking part in a four-day exhibition at the Jakarta International Exhibition Center in Kemayoran, Central Jakarta.
Fri, 07 Apr 2000
Urban bias policy
Urban bias policy The government's decision to postpone fuel price hikes, originally planned for this month, highlights the exceptionally large political leverage that the minority urban population in this country has.
Fri, 07 Apr 2000
Belgian Vs RI immigration
Belgian Vs RI immigration First of all, allow me to thank you for The Jakarta Post website. It is very helpful in keeping up to date with what is happening in Indonesia.It is now more than two months since I arrived in Belgium, the country of my husband.
Fri, 07 Apr 2000
City heritage documents missing
City heritage documents missing JAKARTA (JP): A senior observer of old Jakarta says that the city museum and restoration agency must take responsibility for the whereabouts of the bulk of her studies on city heritage.
Fri, 07 Apr 2000
S'pore, Malaysia media told to avoid un-neighborly articles
S'pore, Malaysia media told to avoid un-neighborly articles SINGAPORE (Agencies): Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong urged Singapore and Malaysian newspapers on Thursday to avoid printing comments that could fuel disputes between the neighbors, who often bicker over a range of issues.
Fri, 07 Apr 2000
Korean replaces Adrianus
Korean replaces Adrianus UNITED NATIONS (AP): Secretary-General Kofi Annan has appointed South Korean economist Hak Su-kim as executive secretary of the UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific.
Fri, 07 Apr 2000
Cycle raises funds for Astra
Cycle raises funds for Astra SINGAPORE (AFP): Singapore-listed Cycle and Carriage Ltd. (CCL), is to issue up to S$500 million (US$292 million in notes to help fund its acquisition of Indonesian automotive giant PT Astra International, Standard Chartered Bank said.
Fri, 07 Apr 2000
Sobary officially heads Antara
Sobary officially heads Antara JAKARTA (JP): The top job at the official Antara news agency was handed to noted columnist Mohammad Sobary on Wednesday, with the conspicuous absence of former chief Parni Hadi.
Fri, 07 Apr 2000
Three men stabbed in village rivalry
Three men stabbed in village rivalry BOGOR (JP): Three workers of Bogor Raya golf course were badly wounded in an attack by a group of 70 residents of nearby Cibedug Girang village in Sukatani district on Thursday.Judin, 28, Ukan, 28, and Pepen, 30, suffered slash wounds from sharp weapons.
Fri, 07 Apr 2000
High school takes up antidrug drive
High school takes up antidrug drive JAKARTA (JP): Students at the all-boy SMA Pangudi Luhur High School in Kebayoran Baru, South Jakarta, have launched an antidrug campaign with the support of the National Drug Abuse Prevention Center (NDPC) and ASEAN Secretariat.
Fri, 07 Apr 2000
Why foreign judges?
Why foreign judges? If I understand correctly, all judges serving at Jakarta courts will shortly be presided over by foreign judges, in this case American judges. I am not sure where the idea came from or who whispered it but reportedly President Abdurrahman Wahid has given his blessing to the plan.
Fri, 07 Apr 2000
TNI members killed in Aceh ambush
TNI members killed in Aceh ambush BANDA ACEH (JP): Three Indonesian Military (TNI) members and an airport security guard were killed in a recent ambush by an unidentified armed group in the district of Muara Batu, North Aceh on Wednesday.North Aceh Police chief Lt. Col.
Fri, 07 Apr 2000
Rebels swap RP wife for hostages
Rebels swap RP wife for hostages ZAMBOANGA, Philippines (AFP): Rebels in the southern Philippines agreed on Thursday to swap 15 of 33 hostages for their leader's pregnant wife and year-old daughter who had been snatched in a counter-abduction, the military and the rebels said.
Fri, 07 Apr 2000
Stock quotations on JSX
Stock quotations on JSXStock prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (in rupiah) on April 5, 2000: Shares Close Change Trading Volume ---------------------------------------------------------- Ades Alfindo 825 0 0 Adindo Foresta Indonesia 550 0 1,264,500 Alakasa Industrindo 475 0 0 Alfa Retailindo 900...
Fri, 07 Apr 2000
Singapore first stop on RI asset sale road show
Singapore first stop on RI asset sale road show SINGAPORE (AFP): An international roadshow for the sale of a major Indonesian commercial bank will begin in Singapore next week, the chief of the Indonesian Bank Restructuring Agency (IBRA) said in remarks published here Wednesday.
Fri, 07 Apr 2000
Uncovering the cemeteries of truth
Uncovering the cemeteries of truth In the face of the powers that be, even remembering is an effort in democratization, writes political analyst Kusnanto Anggoro, senior researcher at the Jakarta-based Centre for Strategic International Studies and lecturer at the postgraduate studies program of...
Fri, 07 Apr 2000
Conversion Rates
Conversion RatesBank Indonesia's conversion rates on April 05, 2000: Bank notes rates Buying Selling Rp RpU.S. dollar 1 7,666.00 7,744.00Australian dollar 1 4,620.30 4,671.18Austrian schilling 1 536.11 541.79Belgian franc 1 182.87 184.81Brunei dollar 1 4,465.02 4,513.08Canadian dollar 1 5,273.
Fri, 07 Apr 2000
Rumors rife of Cabinet reshuffle in the offing
Rumors rife of Cabinet reshuffle in the offing JAKARTA (JP): Rumors of an impending Cabinet reshuffle resonated once again this week as President Abdurrahman Wahid prepared to embark on yet another lengthy foreign trip on Saturday.
Fri, 07 Apr 2000
Bank Niaga opens new outlet
Bank Niaga opens new outlet BANDUNG (JP): Publicly listed PT Bank Niaga launched a new banking outlet here early this week as part of its expansion into the provincial capital.The new outlet has an Automated Teller Machine (ATM), an electronic self-service desk and a telephone terminal, said...
Fri, 07 Apr 2000
Timber tycoons piling war chests to 'block probes'
Timber tycoons piling war chests to 'block probes' JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Forestry and Plantations Nur Mahmudi Ismail has warned that several major companies under investigation for alleged involvement in massive fraud in the forestry sector were trying to block the legal process.
Fri, 07 Apr 2000
Govt seeks to postpone new rice imports
Govt seeks to postpone new rice imports KARAWANG, West Java (JP): The National Logistics Agency (Bulog) will ask for a delay in the shipment of 175,000 tons of rice imports until July in order to shore up prices in the local market.
Fri, 07 Apr 2000
Padang universities protest new raises
Padang universities protest new raises PADANG, West Sumatra (JP): Administrators of state Andalas University and Padang Negri University were joined by thousands of their students on Wednesday to protest changes in the government's pay policy for civil servants.
Fri, 07 Apr 2000
Asian crude prices rise
Asian crude prices rise TOKYO (Dow Jones): The average pricing standard of the Tokyo Commodity Exchange Asian Petroleum Index, or Tapix, rose Thursday by 32 cents a barrel from Wednesday's level to US$23.91 per barrel, according to Tocom, Japan's largest commodity futures exchange.
Fri, 07 Apr 2000
Minister Yusril rules out foreign judges for local courts
Minister Yusril rules out foreign judges for local courts JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Law and Legislation Yusril Ihza Mahendra has rejected a proposal to hire judges from the Netherlands for Indonesian courts because of a perceived dearth of clean local judges.
Fri, 07 Apr 2000
Activists to mark conference date
Activists to mark conference date BANDUNG, West Java: The Bandung Spirit, a newly established organization of activists and intellectuals, plans to commemorate the landmark 1955 Asia-Africa conference later this month.Group spokesman Saini K.M.
Fri, 07 Apr 2000
Embassy protests American's death
Embassy protests American's death JAKARTA (JP): The United States has filed a protest with the Indonesian government over the presumed death of an American who was in the custody of the immigration department.U.S.
Fri, 07 Apr 2000
To Pak Harto
To Pak HartoFrom Media IndonesiaPraise God, the puzzle haunting the minds of many Indonesians for such a long time has finally been solved. The brilliantly conceived friendly visit to former president Soeharto by President Abdurrahman Wahid has revealed the true state of Soeharto's health.
Fri, 07 Apr 2000
Groups decry Abdurrahman remark about Maluku strife
Groups decry Abdurrahman remark about Maluku strife JAKARTA (JP): Muslim groups protested on Thursday President Abdurrahman Wahid's remarks about the Muslim community in Maluku and his proposal to lift the ban on communism.
Fri, 07 Apr 2000
Cece seeks heaven through 'jihad'
Cece seeks heaven through 'jihad' JAKARTA (JP): People may find it hard to believe that a youth, who still has a bright future, sacrifices himself for his personal religious belief.Cece Amin, a youth in his twenties, quit his job at a paper factory in Tungkal, Jambi, last month, after deciding to...
Fri, 07 Apr 2000
Soeharto's questioning scheduled to resume
Soeharto's questioning scheduled to resume JAKARTA (JP): The Attorney General's Office announced on Wednesday it would not await approval from a joint medical team before resuming the questioning of former president Soeharto on Friday.
Fri, 07 Apr 2000
Graphia to enter e-business
Graphia to enter e-business JAKARTA (JP): Publicly listed electronic equipment distributor PT Astra Graphia (Agit) would soon join business to business e- commerce, a company executive said on Wednesday.Agit director of operation Paulus Bambang W.S.
Fri, 07 Apr 2000
Actresses: Good and bad behavior
Actresses: Good and bad behavior I refer to the letter in The Jakarta Post on March 30, 2000, titled TV film actresses, which the editor picked up from Republika. The lady Fat Boedojo says: "... almost nothing that appears on screen escapes my attention"...