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Thu, 10 Feb 2000
Provocateurs are still lurking
Provocateurs are still lurkingFrom PelitaOur fellow citizens in refugee camps are still overshadowed by suffering, fearing that fresh riots, which may inflict material losses and claim the lives of family members, may again break out.
Thu, 10 Feb 2000
Indonesia calls for more fairness in WTO discussions
Indonesia calls for more fairness in WTO discussions JAKARTA (JP): The World Trade Organization (WTO) should listen to all member countries if it does not want a repeat of the failure of the Seattle meeting, a senior trade official said here on Wednesday.
Thu, 10 Feb 2000
PAN opens congress amid platform dispute
PAN opens congress amid platform dispute YOGYAKARTA (JP): A foreseeable split, or at least vehement debate, over a crucial change to the party platform cast a shadow on the National Mandate Party (PAN) which begins its four-day congress on Thursday.
Thu, 10 Feb 2000
Bekasi couple stripped, paraded
Bekasi couple stripped, paraded JAKARTA (JP): A 40-year-old man and a 29-year-old woman were stripped and paraded around their neighborhood in Jatiasih, Bekasi, on Monday evening.Bekasi Police chief Lt. Col.
Thu, 10 Feb 2000
Ambon and national conflicts
Ambon and national conflictsFrom Panji MasyarakatPresident Abdurrahman Wahid's administration is preoccupied with ending the polarization and power conflicts on the level of the elite. This has made him increasingly unable to think about or seek the best solutions to national problems which are...
Thu, 10 Feb 2000
Stock quotations on JSX
Stock quotations on JSXStock prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (in rupiah) on Feb. 9, 2000: Shares Close Change Trading Volume ---------------------------------------------------------- Ades Alfindo 925 50 518,500 Adindo Foresta Indonesia 750 0 716,500 Alakasa Industrindo 600 125 43,000 Alfa...
Thu, 10 Feb 2000
S'pore dollar, Thai baht strengthen on rupiah's surge
S'pore dollar, Thai baht strengthen on rupiah's surge SINGAPORE (Dow Jones): Asian currencies rose across the board against the U.S. dollar late Wednesday, boosted by the yen's slight rebound and heavy stock market inflows to the region.
Thu, 10 Feb 2000
Gus Dur will end standoff in his own way
Gus Dur will end standoff in his own way President Abdurrahman Wahid has yet to return from an overseas tour in which his statements have made waves at home. The Jakarta Post talked to lecturer in politics Pratikno from Gadjah Mada University in Yogyakarta on the likely outcome of the President's...
Thu, 10 Feb 2000
Where to go in Bali for Thursday, Feb. 10, 2000
Where to go in Bali for Thursday, Feb. 10, 2000Festival * Contemporary Theater Festival: Workshops, performances, at Sai Sai Bar, Jalan Monkey Forest, Ubud, in March. For further information contact the organiser Mai at 0361 975869 or e-mail g.gepeng@mailcity.com .
Thu, 10 Feb 2000
Komnas HAM eyeing '96 PDI HQ attack
Komnas HAM eyeing '96 PDI HQ attack JAKARTA (JP): The National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) chairman, Djoko Soegianto, pledged on Wednesday to form a team to investigate the notorious July 27, 1996, attack on the headquarters of the Indonesian Democratic Party (PDI).
Thu, 10 Feb 2000
Has Islamic political map altered in early days of regime?
Has Islamic political map altered in early days of regime? Islam-oriented political parties fared poorly in the last general elections. But do vocal aspirations of Islamic groups, like those raised in recent rallies, show that such groups are stronger now? Among others The Jakarta Post interviewed...
Thu, 10 Feb 2000
Four areas cautioned of possible spread of AIDS
Four areas cautioned of possible spread of AIDS JAKARTA (JP): The ministry of health has put Jakarta, Merauke in Irian Jaya, the Riau islands and Southeast Maluku under close scrutiny due to a possible drastic growth of the Acquired Immuno- Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS).
Thu, 10 Feb 2000
Prosecutors told to produce Lt. Agus in a drug trial
Prosecutors told to produce Lt. Agus in a drug trial JAKARTA (JP): A West Jakarta District Court judge urged prosecutors on Wednesday to summon Second Lt. Agus Isrok, alias Deky Setiawan, to appear as a key witness in the next session of a drug trial.
Thu, 10 Feb 2000
Exhibition at Textile museum
Exhibition at Textile museum JAKARTA (JP): The Textile Museum on Jl. Aipda K.S. Tubun in Central Jakarta will organize an exhibition on natural textile fibers and dyes from Feb. 14 to Feb. 18, an official said on Wednesday.
Thu, 10 Feb 2000
Abdurrahman must clarify Feisal allegation: Try
Abdurrahman must clarify Feisal allegation: Try JAKARTA (JP): Former vice president Try Sutrisno joined the chorus of critics on Wednesday deploring President Aburrahman Wahid's allegation that a senior Indonesian Military (TNI) officer plotted against him when he was an opposition leader.
Thu, 10 Feb 2000
Surjadi revamps home affairs ministry
Surjadi revamps home affairs ministry JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Home Affairs Surjadi Sudirdja is revamping the Home Affairs Ministry by phasing out almost a third of the structural positions in the department, but pledged that not a single employee would be dismissed.
Thu, 10 Feb 2000
Pillsbury enters Philippines
Pillsbury enters Philippines MANILA (AFP): A division of the British spirits and food giant Diageo Plc. is to enter into a flour joint venture with Pure Foods Corp. of the Philippines, the Filipino partner said Wednesday.Pillsbury Co.
Thu, 10 Feb 2000
Bakrie palm oil production growth curbed by debt
Bakrie palm oil production growth curbed by debt SINGAPORE (Dow Jones): Indonesia's PT Bakrie Sumatera Plantation doubled its palm oil production last year from 1998, Chief Financial Officer Ambono Janurianto told Dow Jones Newswires late Tuesday.
Thu, 10 Feb 2000
Vietnam to pump more oil
Vietnam to pump more oil HANOI (DPA): Vietnam, the fourth largest oil exporter in Southeast Asia, aims to extract 17 million tons of crude oil in 2000, an increase of 2 million tons over last year, official media reported Wednesday.
Thu, 10 Feb 2000
PDI-P to follow up reports of corrupt city officials
PDI-P to follow up reports of corrupt city officials JAKARTA (JP): The City Council's Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI Perjuangan) faction announced on Wednesday the establishment of a team to follow up reports of corruption by city officials.
Thu, 10 Feb 2000
Conversion Rates
Conversion RatesBank Indonesia's conversion rates on Feb. 9, 2000: Bank notes rates Buying Selling Rp Rp U.S. dollar 1 7,293.00 7,367.00Australian dollar 1 4,609.18 4,659.63Austrian schilling 1 523.96 529.49Belgian franc 1 178.73 180.61Brunei dollar 1 4,305.70 4,351.96Canadian dollar 1 5,042.
Thu, 10 Feb 2000
Portuguese troops return to E. Timor after 25 years
Portuguese troops return to E. Timor after 25 years DILI (AFP): Portuguese soldiers landed in East Timor on Wednesday morning, returning to the Lisbon former colony for the first time since 1975."The first aircraft with 60 Portuguese landed at 10:00 a.m. (9 a.m.
Thu, 10 Feb 2000
Two firms vie for local internet market
Two firms vie for local internet market JAKARTA (JP): With internet users in Indonesia expected to reach nearly two million within the coming year, two companies have launched website portals for Indonesia-related information.At separate ceremonies on Wednesday, www.detik.com and www.Astaga.
Thu, 10 Feb 2000
Gus Dur visits S. Korea to help boost business
Gus Dur visits S. Korea to help boost business SEOUL (AFP): Indonesian President Abdurrahman Wahid will begin a two-day visit here Thursday with Jakarta hoping his tour of an auto plant will prompt South Korea to resurrect Indonesia's defunct national car project.
Thu, 10 Feb 2000
Farmers stake their claim
Farmers stake their claim SEMARANG: About 2,000 farmers from five villages in Ambarawa district near here rallied at the provincial legislative council on Wednesday to demand rights to use 250 hectares of land taken away from them by the New Order government.
Thu, 10 Feb 2000
Rights abuse suspect now a deserter: TNI
Rights abuse suspect now a deserter: TNI JAKARTA (JP): A key missing suspect in an alleged mass murder by Army troops in West Aceh last year has been officially declared a deserter.Indonesian Military (TNI) spokesman Air Rear Marshal Graito Usodo said on Wednesday that Lt. Col.
Thu, 10 Feb 2000
PSSI punishes clubs for hooliganism
PSSI punishes clubs for hooliganism JAKARTA (JP): The Football Association of Indonesia (PSSI) has banned three teams from hosting soccer matches in the sixth Indonesian Soccer League (Ligina) due to their violent supporters.
Thu, 10 Feb 2000
Protests damage local economy
Protests damage local economy JAYAPURA, Irian Jaya: The closure of government and private company offices by demonstrators who sought the dismissal of the Sorong regent has incurred big losses for local companies.
Thu, 10 Feb 2000
Hold-up victim jumps to her death
Hold-up victim jumps to her death JAKARTA (JP): A woman attempting to escape from two armed hold-up men on a public transport vehicle died after she jumped from the speeding van on the Jagorawi toll road on Tuesday evening.The woman was later identified as Mally Samolo, 22, a high school graduate.
Thu, 10 Feb 2000
Yayuk likely to miss Olympic after year of maternity leave
Yayuk likely to miss Olympic after year of maternity leave JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia's tennis legend Yayuk Basuki played down her chances for the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, saying she would instead focus on recovering her professional career after one year of maternity leave.
Thu, 10 Feb 2000
Denpasar battling against rising garbage mountain
Denpasar battling against rising garbage mountainBy I Wayan Juniarta DENPASAR, Bali (JP): Denpasar, the provincial capital of Bali, is currently struggling in a fight against a mountainous heap of garbage piled in a corner of the city.With a population of almost 400,000 people occupying around 123.
Thu, 10 Feb 2000
Paradise island gears up for first Valentine's Day of new millennium
Paradise island gears up for first Valentine's Day of new millennium DENPASAR, Bali (JP): Money can't buy you love on Valentine's Day but with it, you can buy romantic gifts for your loved one or treat her to a memorable candlelight dinner.
Thu, 10 Feb 2000
Unocal finds gas in RI
Unocal finds gas in RI EL SEGUNDO, Calif. (Dow Jones): Unocal Corp. (UCL) said its Unocal Ganal Ltd. unit drilled a "significant" deepwater gas discovery on the Gendalo prospect in the southern portion of the Ganal production-sharing contract area, offshore East Kalimantan, Indonesia.
Thu, 10 Feb 2000
RI seeks partnership with Asian giants
RI seeks partnership with Asian giants NEW DELHI (JP): Indonesia reaffirmed its desire to forge a strategic partnership with Asian countries to balance Western predominance when President Abdurrahman Wahid on Wednesday urged India to participate in a strong alliance.
Thu, 10 Feb 2000
Ex-finance ministers blame central bank for loan scam
Ex-finance ministers blame central bank for loan scam JAKARTA (JP): Three former finance ministers blamed on Wednesday the central bank for the alleged mishandling of the controversial multibillion dollar liquidity support provided to ailing banks between 1997 and 1998.
Thu, 10 Feb 2000
Megawati pushes for health security program
Megawati pushes for health security program JAKARTA (JP): Vice President Megawati Soekarnoputri urged the need for a health insurance plan that gives all citizens access to health care.Addressing the opening of a work meeting held by the ministry of health on Wednesday, Megawati said a...
Thu, 10 Feb 2000
IBRA move on Astra
IBRA move on Astra Rini Soewandi, who was voted 2000's best Indonesian chief executive officer (CEO) by Swa business magazine and Asian Market Intelligence last week, was voted out on Tuesday from publicly listed PT Astra International.
Thu, 10 Feb 2000
Reporter vs reporters
Reporter vs reporters BANDUNG: A Bandung-based reporter has had to evacuate his family following a series of terror from other reporters over his article on an alleged Rp 1.3 billion swindle of farmers' funds (KUT).
Thu, 10 Feb 2000
Floods engulf 7,000 buildings
Floods engulf 7,000 buildings BREBES, Central Java: A two-day heavy downpour here has caused floods which inundated around 7,000 houses, schools and other buildings on Wednesday.Villages hardest hit by the floods were Karangmalang, Padakotan, Dukuh Tengah, Ciduet, Ketanggungan, Tegongan and...
Thu, 10 Feb 2000
Tradeoff did occur
Tradeoff did occur Thank you for publishing my article titled An agenda to enhance democratization process on Feb. 5, 2000. However, there is a fundamental error that needs to be clarified. In the 16th paragraph it was written, "Using data released by the Central Bureau of Statistics (BPS), from...
Thu, 10 Feb 2000
Fino ready to defend racing title
Fino ready to defend racing title JAKARTA (JP): Local racing driver Fino Saksono said on Tuesday he was ready to defend his title in the Formula Ford Euro Asia at the Sentul circuit, near Bogor, on Feb. 13."Mentally and physically I am ready.
Thu, 10 Feb 2000
YLKI backs House team's inquiry
YLKI backs House team's inquiry JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesian Consumers Foundation (YLKI) is backing the House of Representatives' initiative to set up a fact-finding team to investigate the debt of the 1997 Southeast Asian (SEA) Games underwriting consortium.
Thu, 10 Feb 2000
Bank Indonesia sees improving sentiment in the currency mart
Bank Indonesia sees improving sentiment in the currency mart JAKARTA (JP): Bank Indonesia Governor Sjahril Sabirin said on Wednesday that the currency market was now less jittery about the country's political situation which is reflected in the strengthening rupiah.
Thu, 10 Feb 2000
The story behind Abdurrahman
The story behind Abdurrahman This is the second of two articles on a lesser known side of President Abdurrahman Wahid by Indonesian expert R. William Liddle, professor of political science at The Ohio State University.
Thu, 10 Feb 2000
Antam projects 10% rise in Pongkor gold output
Antam projects 10% rise in Pongkor gold output JAKARTA (JP): Publicly listed gold and nickel company PT Aneka Tambang (Antam) predicts this year's gold output from its mine in Pongkor, West Java, will rise about 10 percent.
Thu, 10 Feb 2000
Malaysian economy seen to beat 2000 official forecast
Malaysian economy seen to beat 2000 official forecast KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters): Malaysia's economy is expected to expand by more than the official five percent forecast in 2000, driven by exports and a pick up in domestic demand.
Thu, 10 Feb 2000
Mandiri, Principal to tie up
Mandiri, Principal to tie up JAKARTA (JP): Principal Financial Group said on Wednesday it had signed a memorandum of understanding to enter into a joint venture with Bank Mandiri to provide retirement programs, mutual funds and investment management services to the bank's customers.
Thu, 10 Feb 2000
Freeport lets govt verify its green audit
Freeport lets govt verify its green audit JAKARTA (JP): Gold and copper miner PT Freeport Indonesia said here on Wednesday it would welcome any governmental response to the publication of an audit praising the company's environmental management system.
Thu, 10 Feb 2000
Haj fee decreases, pilgrims increase
Haj fee decreases, pilgrims increase BOGOR (JP): The number of haj pilgrims from Bogor and Tangerang this year doubled that of last year's, thanks to a decrease in the haj pilgrimage fee and the improvement of the residents' wealth, officials said on Tuesday.
Thu, 10 Feb 2000
Sepaktakraw team to tryout in M'sia
Sepaktakraw team to tryout in M'sia SEMARANG (JP): Central Java men's sepaktakraw team will take on a Malaysian team in a warm-up tournament ahead of the 15th National Games (PON) in Surabaya, East Java, in June, coach Setyo Budi said here on Wednesday.