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Wed, 10 Feb 1999
RI clarifies stance on East Timor
RI clarifies stance on East TimorBy Razak Imanuddin NEW YORK (JP): Minister of Foreign Affairs Ali Alatas said on Monday Indonesia wanted a method other than a popular vote to gauge the opinion of East Timorese on the offer of wide-ranging autonomy as the final solution to the disputed territory.
Wed, 10 Feb 1999
Freedom for E. Timor: Wrong offer at wrong time
Freedom for E. Timor: Wrong offer at wrong time Indonesia's sudden shift of stance on East Timor has created a political earthquake. Political analyst J. Soedjati Djiwandono fears that it is an attempt to divert the people's attention from the government's failure to address the current crisis.
Wed, 10 Feb 1999
Flood evacuees seek medical help
Flood evacuees seek medical help UJUNGPANDANG, South Sulawesi: Some of the several thousand evacuees taking shelter following a storm here have started to seek medical help at local hospitals, complaining of respiratory difficulties and diarrhea.
Wed, 10 Feb 1999
Conversion Rates
Conversion Rates Bank Bali's conversion rates on Feb. 9, 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 5,702.50 5,842.50 5,605.00 5,905.00Austrian schilling 1 724.57 739.72 - -Belgian franc 1 247.16 252.
Wed, 10 Feb 1999
Island readied for Timor refugees
Island readied for Timor refugees JAKARTA: Wetar, an island several kilometers north of East Timor, is being prepared as a transmigration site in anticipation of an exodus from the troubled province, transmigration minister AM Hendropriyono said here on Tuesday.
Wed, 10 Feb 1999
Asiad veterans must qualify for SEAG
Asiad veterans must qualify for SEAG JAKARTA (JP): Asian Games veterans must win at the Golden Gloves national boxing championships at the end of March to qualify for the training program for the 20th Southeast Asian Games, a coach said on Tuesday.
Wed, 10 Feb 1999
Four die of malnutrition
Four die of malnutrition SURABAYA: Four elderly villagers of Ponorogo regency have died of malnutrition, the East Java governor announced on Tuesday.Imam Utomo was referring to residents of Tricing Desa Dayakan hamlet in Badengan district.
Wed, 10 Feb 1999
Indo-U.S. relations
Indo-U.S. relations There can be no meaningful improvement in Indo-U.S. relations without the U.S. accepting India as an equal and a country free to develop its nuclear arsenal and an effective global delivery system in keeping with its threat perceptions. It is not enough to claim that the U.S.
Wed, 10 Feb 1999
Carrascalao at IABC luncheon
Carrascalao at IABC luncheon JAKARTA (JP): Former East Timor governor Mario Viegas Carrascalao will be guest speaker at the Indonesia-Australia Business Council (IABC) luncheon here on Friday.IABC board said Carrascalao, who served as Indonesian ambassador to Rumania, will address the topic of "The...
Wed, 10 Feb 1999
Thai gets $600m from ADB
Thai gets $600m from ADB BANGKOK (AP): Thailand has signed an initial agreement with the Asian Development Bank for a US$600 million loan to help the country's ailing agricultural sector, an ADB senior official said Tuesday.
Wed, 10 Feb 1999
Armed Forces must go back to basics
Armed Forces must go back to basics Too many tragic incidents have occurred in Indonesia during the past few years. These have taken place in Tanjung Priok, Lampung, Dili, Irian Jaya and Medan. In 1996 there was the July 27 incident.
Wed, 10 Feb 1999
Plugging budget hole
Plugging budget hole Securing the state budget is becoming more difficult at a time when public spending has become the only locomotive expected to fuel economic activities and offset the brunt of last year's 14 percent contraction in the economy.
Wed, 10 Feb 1999
Vietnam allocates $20m on Y2K bug
Vietnam allocates $20m on Y2K bug HANOI (AFP): Vietnam expects to spend between US$10 and 20 million to forestall the "Y2K bug", an official from the Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment said on Tuesday.
Wed, 10 Feb 1999
Neglect faulted in Philippine floods
Neglect faulted in Philippine floods BUTUAN, Philippines (Reuters): Philippines officials on Tuesday blamed years of environmental neglect for floods that killed 23 people and left a trail of devastation on southern Mindanao island.
Wed, 10 Feb 1999
Mahathir points to RI disparity
Mahathir points to RI disparity SINGAPORE (Reuters): Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said there was no comparison between the economic situation in Indonesia and his country.Mahathir said Malaysia did not have the same scale of overseas debts as Indonesia and his country had ensured that...
Wed, 10 Feb 1999
Rio Tinto, Unmul cooperate
Rio Tinto, Unmul cooperate JAKARTA (JP): Anglo-Australian mining company Rio Tinto's foundation signed on Monday a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with East Kalimantan's Mulawarman University (Unmul) to cooperate in a community development program in East Kalimantan.
Wed, 10 Feb 1999
WB approves the release of US$400m loan to Indonesia
WB approves the release of US$400m loan to Indonesia JAKARTA (JP): The World Bank approved the release of a US$400 million loan to Indonesia on Tuesday, completing the disbursement of the $1 billion loan package signed in July last year.
Wed, 10 Feb 1999
Golkar may support Habibie for 1999-2004 presidency
Golkar may support Habibie for 1999-2004 presidency JAKARTA (JP): Golkar chairman Akbar Tandjung said on Tuesday his party may nominate B.J. Habibie as its presidential candidate because it was giving priority to politicians who were current or former Cabinet members.
Wed, 10 Feb 1999
Indonesian trade liberalized: Rahardi
Indonesian trade liberalized: Rahardi WASHINGTON (AP): Indonesia is earning increasing confidence from international financial circles and deserves more confidence from private investors, its trade minister insisted.
Wed, 10 Feb 1999
Man shot dead for killing 'ojek' driver
Man shot dead for killing 'ojek' driver JAKARTA (JP): Central Jakarta Police have shot dead a man and arrested two of his accomplices for their alleged involvement in the murder of an ojek (motorcycle taxi) driver in the Menteng area, an official said on Monday.Central Jakarta Police Chief Lt. Col.
Wed, 10 Feb 1999
Soeharto's wealth abroad not found yet
Soeharto's wealth abroad not found yet JAKARTA (JP): Attorney General Lt. Gen. A.M. Ghalib announced on Tuesday that his office, in cooperation with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, has yet to find any wealth belonging to former president Soeharto overseas.
Wed, 10 Feb 1999
High school student busted in toll road robbery
High school student busted in toll road robbery TANGERANG (JP): Motorists can no longer consider anywhere safe these days.Robbers have devised a wide range of techniques to run their business almost free of fear on the roads, from the city's crowded intersections at peak hour to toll roads during...
Wed, 10 Feb 1999
Economists urge Indonesia to try currency board again
Economists urge Indonesia to try currency board again TOKYO (AFP): Renowned economists are calling on Indonesia to try a currency board again to rebuild the devastated economy, and they are counting on support from opposition leader Amien Rais.
Tue, 09 Feb 1999
Follow-up directives for civil servants issued
Follow-up directives for civil servants issued JAKARTA (JP): The State Employees Administration issued two detailed directives for civil servants wishing to abandon the bureaucracy for politics, Minister/State Secretary Akbar Tandjung said on Monday.
Tue, 09 Feb 1999
Overdue telephone bills ring up Rp 9b monthly
Overdue telephone bills ring up Rp 9b monthly JAKARTA (JP): Overdue telephone bills in the greater Jakarta area total about Rp 9 billion per month (about US$1 million), or 4 percent of total billings, an executive of state-owned telecommunications company PT Telkom said on Monday.
Tue, 09 Feb 1999
Govt to privatize 10 state-owned firms
Govt to privatize 10 state-owned firms JAKARTA (JP): The government will sell stakes in 10 state- owned companies in the 1999/2000 fiscal year to raise Rp 13 trillion (US$1.5 billion) to help finance the state budget, State Minister of the Empowerment of State Enterprises Tanri Abeng said on Monday.
Tue, 09 Feb 1999
Navy repairs Chinese vessel
Navy repairs Chinese vessel SURABAYA: The Navy has completed repairs on a Chinese vessel impounded last Wednesday when it was sailing illegally in local waters, but its 57 passengers reportedly want to remain in Indonesia.Spokesman for the local naval base Lt. Col.
Tue, 09 Feb 1999
Local financial mart caught in regional rut
Local financial mart caught in regional rut JAKARTA (JP): The local financial market teetered again on Monday with the rupiah weakening to 8,550 against the U.S. dollar and stock prices sliding 1.4 percent.
Tue, 09 Feb 1999
RI agrees to vote on E. Timor's future
RI agrees to vote on E. Timor's future JAKARTA (JP): In a move Portuguese foreign minister Jaime Gama called "face-saving for everybody", Indonesian Minister of Foreign Affairs Ali Alatas announced in New York on Sunday that Indonesia accepted the idea of a UN-organized "popular consultation" of...
Tue, 09 Feb 1999
A journey to freedom
A journey to freedom In the nine months of reform, the Armed Forces (ABRI) has accomplished a lot.For far too long, ABRI tried its best to avoid its responsibility concerning genocide in Aceh. But now, finally, the moment of truth has arrived.
Tue, 09 Feb 1999
Police bomb squad kept busy by spate of threats
Police bomb squad kept busy by spate of threatsBy Emmy Fitri JAKARTA (JP): The soaring number of mysterious bomb threats at both state and privately owned properties have kept the National Police Gegana bomb squad very busy in the past few months.
Tue, 09 Feb 1999
Asian currencies close weaker
Asian currencies close weaker SINGAPORE (AFP): Asian currencies closed lower in range-bound trade on Monday as the yen eased against the US dollar, with the Philippine peso and Thai baht pulled down by domestic factors, dealers said.
Tue, 09 Feb 1999
Police destroy big haul of heroin, Ecstasy pills
Police destroy big haul of heroin, Ecstasy pills JAKARTA (JP): At least 2,050 grams of heroin and 29,083 Ecstasy pills, confiscated from between August and November last year from three suspects, were destroyed at National Police Headquarters in South Jakarta on Monday.
Tue, 09 Feb 1999
200 more people netted in terminal raids
200 more people netted in terminal raids JAKARTA (JP): Police netted 200 more people in their latest raids against suspected drug dealers and other criminals at the city's major bus terminals late Sunday.
Tue, 09 Feb 1999
Will the student movement succeed?
Will the student movement succeed?By Olle Tornquist OSLO (JP): Almost every day, I am asked two questions. The first is terribly hard to answer in a manner both brief and academically considered: what's happening to democratization in Indonesia?Soeharto's authoritarian state development project is...
Tue, 09 Feb 1999
Gambling dens vandalized
Gambling dens vandalized TANGERANG (JP): More than one hundred angry residents damaged four stalls in Pinang subdistrict here on Sunday night as they were believed to have been used as gambling dens.The residents gathered along Jl. Hasyim Ashari in Cipondoh at about 7 p.m.
Tue, 09 Feb 1999
Bank, corporate reforms key to Malaysian revival
Bank, corporate reforms key to Malaysian revivalBy Eileen Ng KUALA LUMPUR (AFP): Despite signs of stability in its moribund economy, Malaysia must hasten the pace of banking and corporate reforms if it wants to fully restore investor confidence, analysts say.
Tue, 09 Feb 1999
Competition could slash Singapore insurer numbers, S&P predicts
Competition could slash Singapore insurer numbers, S&P predicts SINGAPORE (Reuters): Unsustainable competition, falling premium rates and shrinking investment earnings will slash the number of insurers operating in Singapore, ratings agency Standard & Poor's (S&P) said on Monday.
Tue, 09 Feb 1999
70 students held for bus hijacking
70 students held for bus hijacking TANGERANG (JP): Seventy high school students were rounded up for their alleged involvement in the hijacking of an inter-city Arimby bus to attack students from another school, an official said.An officer of the Tangerang police precinct Capt.
Tue, 09 Feb 1999
7 killed in riverboat fire
7 killed in riverboat fire PALANGKARAYA, Central Kalimantan: At least seven people were killed and four others are missing after a boat caught fire and exploded on a river in the province, Antara reported on Monday.
Tue, 09 Feb 1999
Aceh widows threaten to election boycott
Aceh widows threaten to election boycott JAKARTA (JP): Widows who lost their husbands during a 10-year military operation in Aceh said on Monday they would boycott elections and support a referendum determining Aceh's status if their various demands were not met.
Tue, 09 Feb 1999
IMF considers more money for RI
IMF considers more money for RI JAKARTA (JP): The International Monetary Fund (IMF) will propose to its executive board additional bailout money for Indonesia to boost its central bank's reserves ahead of the June general election, IMF Asia Pacific director Hubert Neiss said on Monday.
Tue, 09 Feb 1999
Indonesia's economic developments confusing
Indonesia's economic developments confusing The deterioration of the economy has reached a point where it is difficult to see a solution. Economist Kwik Kian Gie discusses dilemmas faced by the government.
Tue, 09 Feb 1999
RP skeptical about AFTA deal
RP skeptical about AFTA deal MANILA (AFP): Recession-hit local manufacturers face grim prospects with the Philippines set to slash tariff lines in 11 months as part of free trade commitments, a prominent industrialist warned on Monday.
Tue, 09 Feb 1999
Robbed by children
Robbed by childrenFrom NeracaHoldups of taxi drivers are no longer the monopoly of adults. Teenagers of about 14 years old recently held up a taxi driver. It gives us reason for concern.Recently a taxi driver was menaced by two teenage passengers, one of them holding a knife to him.
Tue, 09 Feb 1999
On the Timor Gap
On the Timor Gap Indonesia (and Australia, too, perhaps) may not benefit from the natural wealth lying in the Bonaparte Basin, the Timor Sea, if East Timor is given up as one of Indonesia's provinces.According to media reports from Australia and some other sources, an Australian company, BHP, in...
Tue, 09 Feb 1999
1995 elections 'hold clues for today'
1995 elections 'hold clues for today' SEMARANG (JP): Believing the upcoming June 7, 1999 elections will differ significantly from those held between 1971 and 1997 by Soeharto's New Order regime, many have referred to the 1955 elections in search of clues.
Tue, 09 Feb 1999
Archery coach upset with postponed training
Archery coach upset with postponed training JAKARTA (JP): The national archery team's head coach Lee Jae- hyun said on Monday he did not expect his trainees to win berths at the 2000 Olympic Games after the Indonesian Archery Association decided to postpone the centralized training session for one...
Tue, 09 Feb 1999
Pertamina defends Natuna pipeline plan
Pertamina defends Natuna pipeline plan JAKARTA (JP): State oil and gas company Pertamina denied on Monday the allegation that the West Natuna consortium had held an unfair tender to the awarding of the contract for the development of the underwater pipeline megaproject to channel natural gas from...
Tue, 09 Feb 1999
Rates for tax payment, valid from Feb. 8 to Feb. 14
Rates for tax payment, valid from Feb. 8 to Feb. 14 U.S. dollar 1 Rp 8,475.00Austrian schilling 1 714.89Australian dollar 1 5,383.32Belgian franc 1 243.85Canadian dollar 1 5,595.91Swiss franc 1 5,962.43Deutschemark 1 4,898.56Danish krone 1 1,294.12French franc 1 1,499.64Poundsterling 1 13,855.