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Sun, 28 Feb 1999
A story of money of the folding variety
A story of money of the folding variety JAKARTA (JP): Most expatriates with a sufficient experience of Indonesia can immediately identify the one government department they dislike dealing with above all others.
Sun, 28 Feb 1999
EQUIL: Vini Vidi Vici
EQUIL: Vini Vidi Vici Consumer purchasing power is not the only thing to suffer in the worst crisis in modern Indonesian history. Previously high optimism about the country's economy has descended into abject pessimism.
Sun, 28 Feb 1999
Amien might sue 'Indonesia's Pinochet'
Amien might sue 'Indonesia's Pinochet' YOGYAKARTA (JP): Chairman of the National Mandate Party (PAN) Amien Rais said on Saturday he was ready to face the law suit filed against him by former president Soeharto, whom he likened to former Chilean dictator Pinochet, and even threatened a counter...
Sun, 28 Feb 1999
A Balinese water palace called Grand Hyatt
A Balinese water palace called Grand Hyatt Take your eyes and mind through cascading waterfalls, landscaped gardens and lagoons that meander through 16 hectares of lush tropical gardens in Nusa Dua.750 guest rooms, clustered in four ethnic villages, are appointed with the natural richness of woods...
Sun, 28 Feb 1999
Artist Diah Yulianti can hear ghost crying and talking
Artist Diah Yulianti can hear ghost crying and talkingBy Susi Andrini YOGYAKARTA (JP): When one dies, it is generally believed, one's ghost will leap out of the body and join the community of spirits in the afterlife. The living cannot see the ghost but the ghost can see the dead body.
Sun, 28 Feb 1999
Political advertisements hit the airwaves
Political advertisements hit the airwavesBy Brillianto K. Jaya JAKARTA (JP): Political euphoria in the wake of the New Order regime's fall has effected a policy change among national television broadcasters.
Sun, 28 Feb 1999
Parties gear up for elections
Parties gear up for elections As many as 141 political parties have passed the first "test" in order to contest the June 7 general election. They meet the stipulated administrative requirements. As of Saturday evening, 102 of those had been registered with the General Election Institution (LPU)...
Sun, 28 Feb 1999
Guess What? Franky Sahilatua
Guess What? Franky Sahilatua Ballad singer Franky Sahilatua is not frank enough to his fans and he has promised to be frank but only about one thing. He will release a new album."Yes, frankly speaking, Gus Mus and I will soon disclose everything that has oppressed the people's rights," he told The...
Sat, 27 Feb 1999
Hundreds protest shootings in turbulent Ambon
Hundreds protest shootings in turbulent Ambon JAKARTA (JP): Hundreds of people protested the shootings of civilians in the destroyed Maluku capital of Ambon while renewed clashes which have killed at least 16 people entered their fourth day on Friday.
Sat, 27 Feb 1999
Motorcycle thieves thwarted
Motorcycle thieves thwarted TANGERANG (JP): Following a two-fold increase in motorcycle prices, high demand for the transport in the greater Jakarta area is prompting many criminals to turn to motorcycle theft, despite a police shoot-on-sight order.
Sat, 27 Feb 1999
China's vow not to devalue yuan tested
China's vow not to devalue yuan tested SHANGHAI (Reuters): China's stumbling economy will test the will of policymakers to stave off a devaluation of the yuan this year as the Asian economic crisis brings new pain, analysts said on Friday.
Sat, 27 Feb 1999
In search for better English teaching system
In search for better English teaching systemBy Setiono JAKARTA (JP): A shift of emphasis of English-language teaching in the country from the structurally oriented approach to communicative approach unfortunately does not have significant implications in communicative language testing.
Sat, 27 Feb 1999
House approves revised State Budget
House approves revised State Budget JAKARTA (JP): The House of Representatives on Friday approved the 1999/2000 State Budget with some changes in revenue and expenditure targets, despite warnings by some analysts that the budget is too optimistic.
Sat, 27 Feb 1999
Dayaks warn against latent conflict
Dayaks warn against latent conflict JAKARTA (JP): The grievances of local communities in Kutai, East Kalimantan, with large firms employing migrants there are feared to have the potential for causing social unrest if the government does not make an adequate attempt to resolve the issue.
Sat, 27 Feb 1999
Anybody can tap any telephone line, expert says
Anybody can tap any telephone line, expert says JAKARTA (JP): Special bugging devices concealed in forms of ballpoint pens, books, magazines, ashtrays and briefcases can be easily purchased abroad and used to tap any telephone lines, an expert said.
Sat, 27 Feb 1999
East Timor at issue
East Timor at issue The issue of East Timor cannot be separated from solutions that favor helping the people's welfare. Reading various reports and articles on East Timor in The Jakarta Post reminded me of my stay in Madison, Wisconsin, four years ago.
Sat, 27 Feb 1999
YLKI accepts lower smaller increase in call rates with conditions
YLKI accepts lower smaller increase in call rates with conditions JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesian Consumers Foundation (YLKI) said on Friday it would accept the government's latest plan to roll back the 24 percent rise in domestic telephone rates to 15 percent, on the condition that state-owned PT...
Sat, 27 Feb 1999
Deformed youth gets 'new life'
Deformed youth gets 'new life' PERTH (Antara): An Indonesian boy born with a face so deformed he had considered killing himself is to be given the chance of a new life by Australian surgeons.Sandi Gisisi, 17, from a coconut farming family on the tiny island of Ternate in the Halmahera group north...
Sat, 27 Feb 1999
Half-hearted bank liquidation?
Half-hearted bank liquidation? Owners and employees of dozens of ailing banks are worried whether their name will appear on the list of liquidated or recapitalized banks. These concerns are also affecting the banks' clients.
Sat, 27 Feb 1999
U.S. envoy named to Jakarta post
U.S. envoy named to Jakarta post WASHINGTON (AP): Career diplomat Robert Gelbard, the State Department's top adviser on Bosnia, is expected to be named ambassador to Indonesia, an official said on Thursday.Gelbard previously served as chief of the department's counter-narcotics office.
Sat, 27 Feb 1999
RI avoids relegation with Uzbekistan win
RI avoids relegation with Uzbekistan win JAKARTA (JP): Up-and-down Indonesia had the last laugh at the Fed Cup Asia/Oceania Group One women's tennis tournament in Bangkok on Friday, beating Uzbekistan 3-0 to avoid relegation.
Sat, 27 Feb 1999
President asks rebel aboard yacht
President asks rebel aboard yacht ZAMBOANGA, Philippines (AFP): Philippine leader Joseph Estrada on Friday invited the chief of the country's largest remaining rebel group to visit him aboard the presidential yacht to make peace.
Sat, 27 Feb 1999
Divorce rate soars in crisis
Divorce rate soars in crisis TEGAL, Central Java: The number of divorce cases in the regency has tripled over the past two years, soaring from 30 cases a month before the economic crisis hit in July 1997 to 300 per month in late 1998.The chief of the local religious court, H.
Sat, 27 Feb 1999
Appointment of ABRI members to City Hall to go ahead
Appointment of ABRI members to City Hall to go ahead JAKARTA (JP): Governor Sutiyoso disclosed on Friday that he would reinstate three out of the four Armed Forces (ABRI) members as city high-ranking officials whose appointments were canceled last year.
Sat, 27 Feb 1999
PLN to relocate power plant to Madura
PLN to relocate power plant to Madura JAKARTA (JP): State electricity company PT Perusahaan Listrik Negara (PLN) will relocate a 100-Megawatt (MW) unit of the Grati gas-fired power plant in East Java to Madura to secure power supply on the island, Minister of Mines and Energy Kuntoro Mangkusubroto...
Sat, 27 Feb 1999
Bogor residents flock council over speaker's ego
Bogor residents flock council over speaker's ego BOGOR (JP): Some 150 people from 42 organizations here arrived at the local council on Friday to express their anger at the council speaker's failure to put his signature on the credentials of the five nominees for the next mayor of Bogor.
Sat, 27 Feb 1999
Street children asked to safeguard capital
Street children asked to safeguard capital JAKARTA (JP): Street children, invited on Friday to Jakarta Police headquarters for lunch, received Rp 10,000 and food packages and were encouraged to help safeguard security in the capital.City police chief Maj. Gen.
Sat, 27 Feb 1999
SE Asian currencies close on weak note against dollar
SE Asian currencies close on weak note against dollar SINGAPORE (Dow Jones): Southeast Asian currencies ended a choppy Asian trading session on Friday on a weak note against the U.S. dollar, after comments from Lawrence Summers, the U.S.
Sat, 27 Feb 1999
Marcos' settle for US$150 million
Marcos' settle for US$150 million MANILA (AFP): The family of the late Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos on Friday announced a US$150 million settlement with victims who were tortured during his ironfisted rule, but insisted it was not an admission of guilt.
Sat, 27 Feb 1999
Irianese leaders want control of their land
Irianese leaders want control of their land JAKARTA (JP): Irian Jaya leaders told President B.J. Habibie on Friday they wanted to be the masters of their own land, while at least one tribal chief declared his wish outright for the province to become an independent state.
Sat, 27 Feb 1999
More infants severely malnourished
More infants severely malnourished SEMARANG (JP): At least 190 infants in Purbalingga regency, Central Java are suffering the effects of severe malnutrition, a legislator said on Friday.The chairman of Commission E for Welfare at the Central Java legislature, Soebowo, said increasing numbers of...
Sat, 27 Feb 1999
Live TV shows
Live TV shows JAKARTA (JP): Sports competitions to be broadcast live this weekend on local TVs (all times in West Indonesia Time):Saturday English soccer league: Chelsea v Liverpool, SCTV at 10 p.m.Sunday Italian soccer league: Salernitana v Fiorentina, RCTI at 8:55 p.m.
Sat, 27 Feb 1999
Bus owners to propose 25% hike in fares
Bus owners to propose 25% hike in fares JAKARTA (JP): The city chapter of the Organization of Land Transportation Owners (Organda DKI) is to propose a 25 percent hike in bus fares here to the central government in order to cope with high operational costs, its chief said Friday.
Sat, 27 Feb 1999
Where to go in Jakarta:
Where to go in Jakarta:Exhibitions * Traditional Toys Exhibition at National Museum, Jl. Medan Merdeka Barat 12, Central Jakarta (Phone: 3811551), Sunday, Tuesday to Thursday, 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., Saturday, 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., until March 25.
Sat, 27 Feb 1999
Paying a call on Soeharto
Paying a call on SoehartoFrom MerdekaProbsutedjo, half brother of former president Soeharto, has declared Soeharto is making a special effort to become a "pundit". These are modern times, so anyone wishing to be a "saintly" man must be declared.
Sat, 27 Feb 1999
Bank Bali defends decision to prosecute in Singapore
Bank Bali defends decision to prosecute in Singapore JAKARTA (JP): Hong Kong-based Bali International Finance Ltd., a unit of publicly listed Bank Bali, defended on Friday its decision to file a civil lawsuit against businessman Bambang Sutrisno at the court in Singapore.
Sat, 27 Feb 1999
Indian beef imports conditionally allowed
Indian beef imports conditionally allowed JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Agriculture Soleh Solahuddin said on Friday the government would allow local traders to import Indian buffalo meat on the condition it conformed to set requirements.
Sat, 27 Feb 1999
A dilemma
A dilemma Local newspapers recently reported the minimum regional wage would be raised by 15 percent. Many entrepreneurs protested because they argued it was already good enough if they could pay the wages of their workers.
Sat, 27 Feb 1999
Pertamina takes Nusamba's 35% stake in TPI
Pertamina takes Nusamba's 35% stake in TPI JAKARTA (JP): State oil and gas company Pertamina has acquired PT Nusantara Ampera Bhakti's (Nusamba) 35 percent stake in insurance company PT Tugu Pratama Indonesia (TPI).
Sat, 27 Feb 1999
Advice needed
Advice needed My name is Agnes. I am a 24-year-old final year student of an English education study program at a private university in Yogyakarta. I am completing the final part of my thesis, with my final examination scheduled this semester.
Sat, 27 Feb 1999
Floods hamper planting season
Floods hamper planting season BANJARMASIN, South Kalimantan: Chronic flooding in the past three months has thwarted crop planting by thousands of farming families in the transmigration sites of Rawa Muning and Galam Rabah, Antara said on Friday.
Sat, 27 Feb 1999
Bulog sticks with import plan
Bulog sticks with import plan JAKARTA (JP): The state logistic agency (Bulog) will not cancel existing rice import contracts although domestic rice production this year is expected to exceed last year's quota, according to Minister of Trade and Industry Rahardi Ramelan.
Sat, 27 Feb 1999
End Telkom monopoly
End Telkom monopoly A potentially ugly confrontation between PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia (Telkom) and consumers appears to have been defused by the government's decision to review the increases in domestic telephone rates.
Sat, 27 Feb 1999
Ujungpandang batch first to leave for haj
Ujungpandang batch first to leave for haj JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Information Mohammad Yunus officiated Thursday night at the departure of the first group of pilgrims to Saudi Arabia from Hasanuddin airport in Ujungpandang, Antara reported Friday.
Sat, 27 Feb 1999
Material on Chinese-Indonesians
Material on Chinese-Indonesians JAKARTA (JP): The National Committee for the Nation's Cultural Empowerment will soon launch a series of books, photo albums and a laser disc documenting the history of Chinese-Indonesians.
Sat, 27 Feb 1999
PPP initiates plan to summon Habibie
PPP initiates plan to summon Habibie JAKARTA (JP): The United Development Party (PPP) faction initiated on Friday a motion to have President B.J. Habibie explain to the House of Representatives the controversial tapped conversation he had with Attorney General A.M. Ghalib.
Sat, 27 Feb 1999
Govt delays bank closures
Govt delays bank closures JAKARTA (JP): The clean sweep of banks, scheduled for Saturday, was delayed by President B.J. Habibie at the eleventh hour, lending credence to rumors that bankers have been busy lobbying ministers and the President to save their banks from liquidation.
Sat, 27 Feb 1999
PBB assembles Muslim clerics support for polls
PBB assembles Muslim clerics support for polls JAKARTA (JP): The Crescent Star Party is gearing up for the June 7 general election by establishing a team of strategists and soliciting the support of Muslim clerics.
Sat, 27 Feb 1999
Kofi Annan disturbed by East Timor violence reports
Kofi Annan disturbed by East Timor violence reports JAKARTA (JP): United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan is very disturbed by reports of violence in East Timor as they could hamper efforts towards a peaceful solution in the troubled province, Antara reported on Friday from New York.
Sat, 27 Feb 1999
Copper products don't meet quality expectations
Copper products don't meet quality expectations SYDNEY (Dow Jones): Indonesia's pioneer copper smelter, PT. Smelting Copper Co., has delayed its commercial production of copper cathodes as the initial batch of production hasn't met design quality, an official with Mitsubishi Corp.