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Mon, 01 Mar 1999
RI-Finnish council's new boss
RI-Finnish council's new boss JAKARTA (JP): Indonesian former Forestry Minister Djamaludin Suryohadikusumo was elected chairman of the Indonesia-Finland Business Council, in the council's annual general meeting on Thursday.
Mon, 01 Mar 1999
Councilor, residents against bus fare hike
Councilor, residents against bus fare hike JAKARTA (JP): A city councilor expressed his strong opposition on Saturday to the intention of the city chapter of the Organization of Land Transportation Owners (Organda) to propose a 25 percent hike in city bus fares.
Mon, 01 Mar 1999
Parties begin naming presidential candidates
Parties begin naming presidential candidates JAKARTA (JP): Around 100,000 supporters of the National Awakening Party (PKB) packed the Senayan sports stadium in Jakarta Sunday to mark the opening of the party's congress.
Mon, 01 Mar 1999
Bank employee gets 1 year jail term
Bank employee gets 1 year jail term BOGOR (JP): The Bogor District Court sentenced an executive of the private Bank Central Asia (BCA) branch office here to one year in jail and two years probation for swindling Rp 3 billion (US$353,000) from the bank.
Mon, 01 Mar 1999
PT Freeport raises royalties on its own, says Kuntoro
PT Freeport raises royalties on its own, says Kuntoro JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Mines and Energy Kuntoro Mangkusubroto has denied the allegation that the government has forced the mining company PT Freeport Indonesia to raise royalties payable to the government in return for a license for its...
Mon, 01 Mar 1999
TECHNOGERMA Jakarta '99: Germany's best on offer
TECHNOGERMA Jakarta '99: Germany's best on offer German technology will be on show in Indonesia during TECHNOGERMA Jakarta '99 from March 1 to March 7 at the Jakarta Convention Center.TECHNOGERMA is an exhibition by German high-tech companies.
Mon, 01 Mar 1999
$32m German Center inaugurated at BSD
$32m German Center inaugurated at BSD TANGERANG (JP): Visiting Baden-Wurttemberg Prime Minister Erwin Teufel from Germany inaugurated the German Center at the Bumi Serpong Damai housing and business complex here in a ceremony attended by President B.J. Habibie and other senior officials on Sunday.
Mon, 01 Mar 1999
Student leaders invite military cadets to dialog
Student leaders invite military cadets to dialog JAKARTA (JP): Student leaders have invited their counterparts from the Military Academy (Akabri) to participate in a national dialog aimed at finding solutions to the current problems facing Indonesia.
Mon, 01 Mar 1999
Bishop Belo appeals for international assistance
Bishop Belo appeals for international assistance BRISBANE (JP): Dili Bishop Carlos Felipe Ximenes Belo urged Australia to help develop East Timor, especially the educational, rural, health, ecological, social and judicial sectors.Speaking during a Catholic Mass at St.
Mon, 01 Mar 1999
With serial bus-like FireWire, your PC may catch fire
With serial bus-like FireWire, your PC may catch fireBy Zatni Arbi JAKARTA (JP): By now you must already be somewhat familiar with the Universal Serial Bus (USB). Not very long from now, you will be seeing another type of connector port at the back of your PC, notebook and handheld devices.
Mon, 01 Mar 1999
The Supers
The Supers What I have in mind are the super-rich and the super-poor. To the latter category belong most Indonesian farmers, or to be more exact, the rice growers. Their plight has been heartrending ever since preindependent times.
Mon, 01 Mar 1999
Russia gives nickel and platinum prices a polish
Russia gives nickel and platinum prices a polish LONDON (AFP): Nickel prices rose to a nine-month high last week after deliveries from Russia's Norilsk Nickel giant were frozen out, while elsewhere on the commodities markets, platinum rose to an eight month high.
Mon, 01 Mar 1999
Megawati offers herself as peacemaker for Ambon unrest
Megawati offers herself as peacemaker for Ambon unrest JAKARTA (JP): Megawati Soekarnoputri promised on Sunday to invite fellow politicians Amien Rais and Abdurrahman Wahid to visit Maluku and work to restore peace in the violence-torn province.
Mon, 01 Mar 1999
8,000 state banks employees face dismissal
8,000 state banks employees face dismissal JAKARTA (JP): The government plans to dismiss some 8,000 of the 26,000 employees of four state banks to be merged into the newly established Bank Mandiri, the bank's president Robby Djohan said on Saturday.
Mon, 01 Mar 1999
Astra International wants creditor's vote
Astra International wants creditor's vote HONG KONG (Dow Jones): PT Astra International has targeted April 21 for the day the it hopes two-thirds of its creditors will accept a plan for restructuring the automotive company's huge foreign debts.
Mon, 01 Mar 1999
Preparations for exodus continue in East Timor
Preparations for exodus continue in East Timor JAKARTA (JP): Hundreds of trucks have in recent weeks been making repeated trips between East Timor and neighboring East Nusa Tenggara on the western half of the island, transporting household goods belonging to people preparing to evacuate the...
Mon, 01 Mar 1999
Frozen food aid from S. Arabia
Frozen food aid from S. Arabia TANGERANG (JP): Saudi Arabian Ambassador Abdullah Abdurrahman Alim on Saturday delivered an aid package of 89.9 tons of frozen meat to scavengers, orphanages and Islamic boarding schools in Greater Jakarta.
Mon, 01 Mar 1999
Government plans to cut export tax of CPO products
Government plans to cut export tax of CPO products JAKARTA (JP): The government will further lower the export tax of crude palm oil and its by-products to follow a downward trend of the commodity price overseas, Minister of Industry and Trade Rahardi Ramelan has said.
Mon, 01 Mar 1999
Newly formed reform team greeted with thumbs down
Newly formed reform team greeted with thumbs down JAKARTA (JP): A new national team of respected experts assigned to prioritize the recovery of public trust has met with skepticism despite denials that it is a mere trick to favor those in power.
Mon, 01 Mar 1999
Policy on exams to be discussed soon
Policy on exams to be discussed soon JAKARTA (JP): The Ministry of Education and Culture will soon issue a policy statement on final exams for students in elementary and senior high schools in order to prevent exam schedules from coinciding with the upcoming June general election June, an official...
Mon, 01 Mar 1999
Taiwan's WTO hopes hemmed in as China balks
Taiwan's WTO hopes hemmed in as China balks TAIPEI (Reuters): With the prize finally within reach, Taiwan's nine-year-old quest to enter the World Trade Organization now faces its biggest hurdle -- rival China's estrangement from the world trade club.
Mon, 01 Mar 1999
Pantomime theater group to stage latest creation
Pantomime theater group to stage latest creation JAKARTA (JP): Picture a mother who gives birth to a stone, which cannot think and feel but grows up to be a ruler.The stone ruler turns out to be a tyrant, who abuses his twin brothers -- his own placenta -- and kills his father.
Mon, 01 Mar 1999
Bank Rama finds new partner
Bank Rama finds new partner JAKARTA (JP): Publicly listed Bank Rama has received a strong commitment from Golden Harvest Developments Ltd. to form a strategic alliance with the bank.In a statement released on Friday, the bank said that Golden Harvest is committed to taking part in its...
Mon, 01 Mar 1999
Demands rise for regent's resignation
Demands rise for regent's resignation SURABAYA: East Java Governor Imam Utomo said on Saturday that he had recommended the withdrawal of a regent following public pressure for his resignation over his alleged involvement in the killings of over 100 people in the province.
Mon, 01 Mar 1999
806 new graduates from ITB
806 new graduates from ITB BANDUNG, West Java: The Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB) graduated 806 students, Antara reported on Saturday.The students comprised of 249 postgraduates and 557 undergraduates. Twelve of the postgraduates graduated cum laude.
Mon, 01 Mar 1999
Govt defends delay of bank closures
Govt defends delay of bank closures JAKARTA (JP): The government insisted on Sunday that the delay of the scheduled bank closures was entirely due to technical considerations and had no political motives, denying that lobbyings by bank owners had anything to do with it.
Mon, 01 Mar 1999
Malaysian ex-police chief admits assaulting Anwar
Malaysian ex-police chief admits assaulting Anwar KUALA LUMPUR (AFP): Former Malaysian police chief Abdul Rahim Noor admitted through his lawyer on Sunday that he beat up ousted deputy premier Anwar Ibrahim when he was taken into police custody last year.
Mon, 01 Mar 1999
How antimonopoly law affects consumer rights
How antimonopoly law affects consumer rightsBy Stefanus Haryanto NAGOYA, Batam (JP): The long-awaited antimonopoly law has finally been approved by the Indonesian House of Representatives. However, the new antimonopoly law -- which prohibits a company from holding more than 50 percent of domestic...
Mon, 01 Mar 1999
Asian currencies under pressure from falling yen
Asian currencies under pressure from falling yen SINGAPORE (AFP): Asian currencies are expected to slide this week against the U.S dollar in line with the yen, with bearish domestic factors pushing the decline even further, analysts said.
Mon, 01 Mar 1999
Where to go in Jakarta:
Where to go in Jakarta:Technogerma Jakarta 99 - March 2: Concert, Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, Gedung Kesenian Jakarta (GKJ), Jl. Gedung Kesenian No. 1, Central Jakarta (Phone: 3808283), 8 p.m. - March 4: Concert, bach, blech and blues, GKJ, 8 p.m.
Mon, 01 Mar 1999
50 years of Germany through three generations
50 years of Germany through three generationsBy Helly Minarti JAKARTA (JP): For a nation, 50 years represents a short period. During the last half century many events have unfolded, some dramatic, others ironic and few euphoric, as shown in a photo exhibition titled Germany Since 1945: Seen by...
Mon, 01 Mar 1999
A confusing signal
A confusing signal As soon as the realities of the economic crisis hit Indonesia, a program of economic rehabilitation and reform was begun with the banking sector given first priority for treatment. This was sensible because the banking sector constitutes the main artery of the economy.
Sun, 28 Feb 1999
Segmentation in the crisis era
Segmentation in the crisis era In June 1997, MasterCard conducted a consumer survey at a time when confidence in the Indonesian economy was extremely high.Only six months later, that optimism was replaced by deep pessimism.
Sun, 28 Feb 1999
Riot-torn Ambon suffers front sporadic clashes
Riot-torn Ambon suffers front sporadic clashes JAKARTA (JP): Sporadic clashes continued in the destroyed Maluku capital of Ambon on Saturday and at least five more people were injured.First Sgt. Abdurrahman, a staffer at the police Bhayangkara Hospital, told The Jakarta Post by phone that at least...
Sun, 28 Feb 1999
Spotlight
SpotlightPhoto A: GKPBJP/afsANARCHY IN JAKARTA: Chief coordinator of the National Movement for Justice and Unity (GKPB), Siswono Yudohusodo (left), gives his analysis of the widespread anarchy in the capital.
Sun, 28 Feb 1999
Volcano emits mud and smoke
Volcano emits mud and smoke TAAL, Philippines (AFP): A volcano in this island in the center of a lake emitted mud and smoke on Saturday but there is no sign of an impending serious eruption, a government volcanologist said.Taal volcano, 65 kilometers (40.
Sun, 28 Feb 1999
Team of Eleven has 'no political interest'
Team of Eleven has 'no political interest'By Edith Hartanto and Riyadi JAKARTA (JP): Nurcholish Madjid, the 60-year-old American- educated Muslim scholar is internationally acclaimed for his modern ideas on political and social matters.
Sun, 28 Feb 1999
Guess What? Joshua Suhendra
Guess What? Joshua Suhendra In a country where cuteness is king, Joshua Suhendra is the reigning monarch.The impish six-year-old hosts TV programs, plays the title role in Anak Ajaib (Amazing Child) and endorses a host of products, including a computer printer and multivitamin, for each of which he...
Sun, 28 Feb 1999
Independence offer turns up the heat in East Timor
Independence offer turns up the heat in East Timor Tension in East Timor has soared since Jakarta sent the shock message of granting full independence if the Timorese reject autonomy status. The Jakarta Post photographer IGN Oka Budhi Yogaswara visited the country's youngest province last week.
Sun, 28 Feb 1999
'Private police' direct traffic to stay in school amid crisis
'Private police' direct traffic to stay in school amid crisisBy Mehru Jaffer JAKARTA (JP): One minute they swarm the intersection like a plague of locusts, waving their hands, whistling, shouting, often seeming to outnumber the vehicles they pretend to steer.
Sun, 28 Feb 1999
Multiparty pools offer vast range of choices
Multiparty pools offer vast range of choices JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia will formally end the long-established triparty election system once the government-sanctioned verification team, better known as the Team of Eleven, completes its duty in the coming few days.
Sun, 28 Feb 1999
Parties list
Parties list JAKARTA (JP): As of Friday, 141 political parties passed administrative screening at the Ministry of Justice and will be subject to verification by the government-sanctioned Team of Eleven before being declared eligible to contest the June 7 election.
Sun, 28 Feb 1999
Agus Suwage swims against the current
Agus Suwage swims against the currentText and photos by Chandra Johan JAKARTA (JP): In the history of Indonesian art the 80s generation might be called "the restless generation". Generally they have university backgrounds. Some have degrees while others dropped out.
Sun, 28 Feb 1999
Victims of Marcos compensated
Victims of Marcos compensated MANILA (Reuters): The nearly 10,000 victims of human rights abuses during late Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos's rule will probably each get about $15,000 under a tentative settlement with the Marcos family, their lawyers said on Saturday.
Sun, 28 Feb 1999
Crisis pushes West Java tea plantation workers to the edge
Crisis pushes West Java tea plantation workers to the edgeBy Kafil Yamin BANDUNG (JP): The morning sun bathed the earth with its warm light. Women in Sundanese kebaya clothing and wide straw hats walked along an ascending track cutting through a vast tea plantation.
Sun, 28 Feb 1999
Australia says fleeing convoy safe in West Timor
Australia says fleeing convoy safe in West Timor SYDNEY (Reuters): A convoy of Australians who fled the East Timor capital of Dili overnight fearing further violence in the troubled province arrived safely in Kupang, West Timor on Saturday, the Australian Foreign Affairs Ministry said.
Sun, 28 Feb 1999
Fear of fraud, violence blemishing June polls
Fear of fraud, violence blemishing June polls JAKARTA (JP): Money politics, violent campaigns and anarchy will mar the upcoming election scheduled for June 7, it is feared. The profusion of political parties that will contest the election is also a headache for prospective voters.
Sun, 28 Feb 1999
Praise pours in for EQUIL mineral water
Praise pours in for EQUIL mineral water EQUIL Director Morgen Sutanto never fails to give special advice to visitors to Villa D'Equilibrium, the impressive office and factory in the foothills of Mt. Salak, West Java.
Sun, 28 Feb 1999
Habibie receives German expo participants
Habibie receives German expo participants JAKARTA (JP): President B.J. Habibie is feeling right at home with his foreign guests here for a three-day visit, days filled with meeting delegates from Germany, where he spent his younger years.
Sun, 28 Feb 1999
TV today
TV todayTVRI 6:00 a.m. News 7:00 Morning Focus 7:15 Healthy and Fresh 7:00 Religious Teachings 7:30 Children's Program 8:00 Children's Program 8:30 Children's Program 9:30 Creative Program 10:00 Property Program 11:30 Talk Show 12:15 p.m.