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Wed, 24 Feb 1999
Rp 720b for rice purchases
Rp 720b for rice purchases JAKARTA (JP): The National Logistics Agency (Bulog) has set aside Rp 720 billion (US$84.7 million) to finance rice procurement from farmers, industry and trade minister Rahardi Ramelan told reporters on Tuesday.
Wed, 24 Feb 1999
Safe motherhood campaign launched
Safe motherhood campaign launched SEMARANG: The Central Java administration has launched a safe motherhood campaign in 253 districts in the hope of reducing the maternal mortality rate, Antara reported on Tuesday.
Wed, 24 Feb 1999
Sorry lot of migrant workers
Sorry lot of migrant workers I feel both deeply saddened and concerned to witness so many Indonesian women migrant workers returning home after experiencing so much suffering. I would be all the more concerned to find that many Indonesian women migrant workers are missing or lost their lives in...
Wed, 24 Feb 1999
Police chief visits injured woman, asks forgiveness
Police chief visits injured woman, asks forgiveness JAKARTA (JP): A young pregnant woman who was shot in the abdomen on Sunday by a city police detective who mistakenly thought she was a drug supplier was still being treated at Husada hospital on Tuesday.Jakarta Police chief Maj. Gen.
Wed, 24 Feb 1999
ITB launches 'cyberlib' campaign
ITB launches 'cyberlib' campaign BANDUNG: The Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB) is planning this weekend a seminar on libraries in the future, which will feature the high-tech information retrieval systems of the Internet and CD-ROM, Antara reported on Tuesday.
Wed, 24 Feb 1999
Major responsible for abductions
Major responsible for abductions JAKARTA (JP): Maj. Bambang Kristiono of the elite Army's Special Force (Kopassus) admitted on Tuesday he was responsible for the abductions of nine activists, an act he believed was in the national interest.
Wed, 24 Feb 1999
Facts straight
Facts straight The All-Indonesia Workers Union (SPSI) at PT Tong Yang Indonesia, in reference to a report in the Feb. 22 The Jakarta Post, offers the following explanation:1. It is untrue that employees of PT Tong Yang Indonesia are paid a monthly salary of Rp 200,000.
Wed, 24 Feb 1999
Conversion Rates
Conversion Rates Bank Bali's conversion rates on Feb. 23, 1999: TT rates Bank notes rates Buying Selling Buying Selling Rp Rp Rp Rp U.S. dollar 1 8,775.00 8,875.00 8,775.00 8,925.00Australian dollar 1 553.00 5,712.10 5,525.00 5,775.00Austrian schilling 1 699.58 714.51 - -Belgian franc 1 238.63 243.
Wed, 24 Feb 1999
Man mobbed for attempted robbery
Man mobbed for attempted robbery BOGOR (JP): A man was mobbed by residents of Tegallega village in the Cigudeg district here on Tuesday when he was caught attempting to break into a local resident's house.The victim, identified as Dadang, 23, died of severe stab wounds.
Wed, 24 Feb 1999
No need to let East Timor go
No need to let East Timor goFrom RepublikaI love my beautiful country, so allow me to express my ideas about the settlement of the East Timor question.First, many Indonesian and foreign experts have stated that holding a referendum is the most democratic way to settle the East Timor question.
Wed, 24 Feb 1999
Journalists educated on poll coverage
Journalists educated on poll coverage JAKARTA (JP): Even as political parties gear up for the June 7 general election, journalists are being trained to improve their knowledge of various aspects of the election.
Wed, 24 Feb 1999
Can producers association protests anti-dumping move
Can producers association protests anti-dumping move JAKARTA (JP): Local can producers lodged a protest on Tuesday against the government's recent drive to impose anti-dumping duties of up to 68 percent on the import of tin plates.
Wed, 24 Feb 1999
Hempel sets up new venture
Hempel sets up new venture JAKARTA (JP): Danish paint maker Hempel established a joint venture with PT Unimas Chemicals and Coatings on Monday in a bid to boost its operations in the country.The president of Hempel, Guido B.
Wed, 24 Feb 1999
House laments bank litigators
House laments bank litigators JAKARTA (JP): The law, security and information commission of the House of Representatives has joined the attack on Indonesian creditors who prefer settling business disputes in court in Singapore though most lawyers have blamed the trend on the distrust of the...
Wed, 24 Feb 1999
House to annul Law no.5/1985
House to annul Law no.5/1985 JAKARTA (JP): The final legal barrier to widely demanded amendments to the country's 1945 Constitution is soon to be cleared by removing a law requiring a referendum to determine whether changes may be made.
Wed, 24 Feb 1999
Indah Kiat's self-sufficiency in raw materials 'in 2005'
Indah Kiat's self-sufficiency in raw materials 'in 2005' JAKARTA (JP): Publicly listed pulp and paper producer PT Indah Kiat Pulp & Paper will reach self-sufficiency in the production of raw materials for its plants by the year 2005, the company's senior executive said on Tuesday,The executive...
Wed, 24 Feb 1999
Rethinking the E. Timor solution
Rethinking the E. Timor solutionBy Kwik Kian Gie JAKARTA (JP): The Jakarta Post Feb. 15 edition reported comments I made when a journalist peppered me with questions about the statement of Megawati Soekarnoputri, chairwoman of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI Struggle), on East...
Wed, 24 Feb 1999
Anwar accuses police chief of beating him
Anwar accuses police chief of beating him KUALA LUMPUR (AFP): Malaysia's ousted deputy premier Anwar Ibrahim accused former police chief Abdul Rahim Noor on Tuesday of beating him unconscious on the night of his arrest last year.
Wed, 24 Feb 1999
KONI under fire over unpaid SEA Games debts
KONI under fire over unpaid SEA Games debts JAKARTA (JP): The National Sports Council (KONI) came under further criticism on Tuesday for its lenient stance toward the 19th Southeast Asian (SEA) Games underwriting consortium which has yet to pay back its debts.
Wed, 24 Feb 1999
ASEAN to discuss investment
ASEAN to discuss investment BANGKOK (AFP): Economic ministers from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) will focus on investment when they meet on the Thai resort island of Phuket next week, Thai officials said on Tuesday.
Wed, 24 Feb 1999
TV today
TV todayTVRI 5:30 a.m. Religious Teachings 6:00 Morning News 7:00 Children's Songs 7:30 TV Series 8:00 Music 8:30 Documentary 9:00 Music 10:00 Interval 2:00 p.m. News 2:35 Cartoon: Silverhawks 3:05 TV Series: Daktari 4:00 Regional News 4:30 Teen Program 5:00 Student's Quiz 5:30 Science Program 6:00...
Wed, 24 Feb 1999
Telkom under pressure over tariff hike
Telkom under pressure over tariff hike JAKARTA (JP): The government's decision to raise telephone tariffs was unfair because the hike was prompted by state-owned telecommunications operator PT Telkom's failure to run its business efficiently, according to a consulting company.
Wed, 24 Feb 1999
Police question TV, radio directors
Police question TV, radio directors JAKARTA (JP): Police questioned three news directors from two private television stations and a radio station on Tuesday as part of the investigation into the recording of a telephone conversation believed to be between President B.J.
Wed, 24 Feb 1999
Antique batik on display
Antique batik on display JAKARTA (JP): Danar Hadi batik house is holding a one-week exhibition of antique batik to mark the opening of its new furniture gallery called Jawi Antik on the ground floor of its store on Jl. Melawai Raya, South Jakarta.The exhibition, which is open from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Wed, 24 Feb 1999
Jobless trainees to sue govt over missing funds
Jobless trainees to sue govt over missing funds JAKARTA (JP): At least 20 recently dismissed workers who have just completed an eight-month training program will sue the government for failing to fulfill its pledge to supply them with credit of Rp 100 million, a lawyer said on Tuesday.
Wed, 24 Feb 1999
Stock Exchange
Stock ExchangeStock prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (in rupiah) on Feb.23, 1999: Shares Close Change Trading Volume ------------------------------------------------------------ Ades Alfindo 375 0 0 AHAP Insurance 400 0 0 Alter Abadi 275 0 0 Alumindo Light Metal 375 50 331,000 Alumindo Perkasa...
Wed, 24 Feb 1999
East Timor 'nothing but rocks': Habibie
East Timor 'nothing but rocks': Habibie JAKARTA (JP): President B.J. Habibie again expressed resentment on Tuesday about the financial burden placed on Indonesia since East Timor was integrated in 1976.
Wed, 24 Feb 1999
Debate intensifies on Habibie's 'impeachment'
Debate intensifies on Habibie's 'impeachment' JAKARTA (JP): The road is open for the country's highest law- making body, the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) to bring impeachment proceedings against President B.J.
Wed, 24 Feb 1999
Is 'Domino Theory' relevant to present East Timor situation?
Is 'Domino Theory' relevant to present East Timor situation?By Terry Russel JAKARTA (JP): The Domino Theory is alive and well. The United States used this theory to justify invasions of North Korea in 1950, Cuba in 1961, Vietnam in 1964, the Dominican Republic in 1965 and Grenada in 1983.
Wed, 24 Feb 1999
Police set to secure soccer playoffs
Police set to secure soccer playoffs JAKARTA (JP): Jakarta Police have prepared a 6,000-strong force comprising officers and fresh graduates to secure the Indonesian soccer league playoffs scheduled to begin in the capital in mid-March.Jakarta Police spokesman Lt. Col.
Tue, 23 Feb 1999
Students support poll as lesser evil
Students support poll as lesser evil BANDUNG (JP): Student leaders agreed on Sunday after a three- day meeting to support the upcoming general election, which they have deemed unfair for being based on defective political laws, as they said to call off the election would lead to more trouble.
Tue, 23 Feb 1999
One killed in latest Maluku religious clash
One killed in latest Maluku religious clash JAKARTA (JP): Fresh violence broke out in riot-prone Maluku province on Monday leaving one man dead, reports said.The violence in the Muslim half of Siri Sori village on Saparua Island was preceded by a Molotov cocktail attack by Christian villagers...
Tue, 23 Feb 1999
Habibie's misdemeanors 'more stories' than Clinton's
Habibie's misdemeanors 'more stories' than Clinton's The supposed recording of a telephone conversation between President B.J. Habibie and the attorney general has drawn a mixed response, with Habibie's loyalists demanding an investigation and the pro-democracy activists deploring the content of...
Tue, 23 Feb 1999
Bank's negative spread may fall to zero this year
Bank's negative spread may fall to zero this year JAKARTA (JP): Bank Indonesia predicted that the negative spread which had been eroding banks' capital bases would decrease to zero this year, compared to an average of 27 percent last year.
Tue, 23 Feb 1999
Where to go in Bandung:
Where to go in Bandung:Exhibitions * Painting Exhibition: Owning Memory, Amanda Johnson (Australian), at Galeripadi, Jl. Ir. H. Juanda 329 (Phone: 022 2500578), until Feb. 25. * Photo Exhibition: Germany Advertisement Photograph in 1925- 1988, at Bandung Institute of Technology, Jl.
Tue, 23 Feb 1999
Singapore, Australia support U.S. presence in the region
Singapore, Australia support U.S. presence in the region SINGAPORE (AP): Top Singapore and Australian officials said on Monday that they welcomed a strong U.S. presence in the region, where the economic crisis has brought growing social and political turmoil.
Tue, 23 Feb 1999
Golkar vows to support antidiscrimination policies
Golkar vows to support antidiscrimination policies JAKARTA (JP): Five months after President B.J. Habibie instructed his administration's rank and file to scrap policies discriminating against Indonesians on the basis of ethnic origin the ruling Golkar party has taken up an agenda to draw in...
Tue, 23 Feb 1999
Scholarships for poor students
Scholarships for poor students JAKARTA (JP): Stichting Steun Schoolkinderen Indonesie, an organization which groups Indonesians living in the Netherlands, has given scholarships worth Rp 18.73 million (5,000 Dutch guilders) to 100 elementary school, junior high school and senior high school...
Tue, 23 Feb 1999
Results of June elections key to recovery: Summers
Results of June elections key to recovery: Summers JAKARTA (JP): U.S. Deputy Secretary of the Treasury Lawrence Summers said here on Monday that results of the general election in June and the progress of the economic reform plan are key to Indonesia's economic recovery.
Tue, 23 Feb 1999
ABRI back bid to ease tension in East Timor
ABRI back bid to ease tension in East Timor JAKARTA (JP): Armed Forces (ABRI) Commander Gen. Wiranto said here on Monday he would be sending military officers to join the National Commission on Human Rights visiting East Timor this week.
Tue, 23 Feb 1999
Marijuana growers turned in
Marijuana growers turned in PONTIANAK, West Kalimantan: Police found on Friday about 3,000 marijuana plants growing in the Sintang district of the Sungai Urak Forest area, West Kalimantan, Antara reported Monday.The crops were reportedly planted by residents on a 0.2- hectare plot and a 0.
Tue, 23 Feb 1999
Conversion Rates
Conversion Rates Bank Bali's conversion rates on Feb. 22, 1999: TT rates Bank notes rates Buying Selling Buying Selling Rp Rp Rp Rp U.S. dollar 1 8,850.00 8,950.00 8,850.00 9,000.00Australian dollar 1 5,603.75 5,762.85 5,590.00 5,840.00Austrian schilling 1 705.60 720.53 - -Belgian franc 1 242.
Tue, 23 Feb 1999
No shortcuts to corporate culture
No shortcuts to corporate cultureBy Rahayu Ratnaningsih This is the second of two articles on corporate culture. JAKARTA (JP): Corporate culture develops gradually. A committed leader can introduce and reinforce a new vision until it becomes intrinsic to an organization. There is no "quick fix".
Tue, 23 Feb 1999
RI Fed Cup team loses opener
RI Fed Cup team loses opener BANGKOK (Agencies): The Indonesian tennis team got off to a shaky start at the Federation Cup Asia-Oceania qualifying tournament here on Monday, losing to top seeded Chinese Taipei 1- 2 in their pool A match.
Tue, 23 Feb 1999
Bali starling flirts with extinction in the wild
Bali starling flirts with extinction in the wildBy Stevie Emilia JAKARTA (JP): Bali has long been famous for its natural beauty, but only few people know that the symbol of the island's fauna, the Bali starling, one of the world's rarest birds, has been on the verge of extinction in the wild for...
Tue, 23 Feb 1999
Military court convicts four more officers in Aceh
Military court convicts four more officers in Aceh JAKARTA (JP): A military court on Monday in Banda Aceh found four low-ranking Army officers guilty of battery that led to the death of five Lhokseumawe villagers in North Aceh, and of injuring scores of others last Jan. 9.Presiding Judge Lt. Col. P.
Tue, 23 Feb 1999
Political elite warned against playing dirty
Political elite warned against playing dirty JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Defense and Security/Armed Forces Commander Gen. Wiranto blamed political friction among the elite for much of the current unrest and said that those paying people to make trouble "would face the military".
Tue, 23 Feb 1999
House sees fiscal decentralization bill as too vague
House sees fiscal decentralization bill as too vague JAKARTA (JP): The House of Representatives asked for a clear- cut revenue-sharing formula to be included in the bill on fiscal balances between the central government and local administrations to ensure a fair distribution of income.
Tue, 23 Feb 1999
Oil and gas draft law draws mixed reactions
Oil and gas draft law draws mixed reactions JAKARTA (JP): The oil and gas draft law which will lift the decades-long monopoly held by state oil and gas company Pertamina has received a mixed reaction from analysts.
Tue, 23 Feb 1999
Last great wilderness gets the chop in Kalimantan
Last great wilderness gets the chop in KalimantanBy Fred Pearce LONDON: Loggers have torn through a "natural laboratory" the size of the Isle of Wight, wrecking the efforts of international researchers to monitor tropical peat-swamp forests.