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Tue, 08 Feb 2000
Sunarto reelected Surabaya mayor
Sunarto reelected Surabaya mayor SURABAYA: The incumbent Surabaya mayor, Sunarto Sumoprawiro, was reelected to another five-year term on Monday. One contender, Soetikno, from the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI Perjuangan), was knocked out of the race for a past crime.
Tue, 08 Feb 2000
Govt rejects 100% hike in salaries
Govt rejects 100% hike in salaries JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Finance Bambang Sudibyo said on Monday it was impossible for the government to fulfill the demand from the House of Representatives to raise the salaries of government employees by 100 percent this year.
Tue, 08 Feb 2000
Rebuilding begins in riot-torn Maluku
Rebuilding begins in riot-torn Maluku AMBON, Maluku (JP): The government has begun rebuilding 20 mosques and churches which were burned during the year-long sectarian clashes here.Maluku Governor Saleh Latuconsina said here Monday the reconstruction project would include the repair of some 3,000...
Tue, 08 Feb 2000
Army responsible for Maluku riots: Tamrin
Army responsible for Maluku riots: Tamrin JAKARTA (JP): The continuing conflict in Maluku falls into line with the Army's struggle to protect its political and economic interests following the end of the New Order regime, a member of reconciliatory team in the territory says.
Tue, 08 Feb 2000
RI, Korea businessmen to meet
RI, Korea businessmen to meet JAKARTA (JP): More than 100 Indonesian businesspeople will hold talks with their South Korean counterparts in Seoul to coincide with President Abdurrahman Wahid's two-day state visit beginning on Thursday.Soy M.
Tue, 08 Feb 2000
Two missing in flood
Two missing in flood PURBALINGGA, Central Java: Two people, Mahyuni, 20, and Mihardji, 60, are feared to have died after being drowned in the troubled Gintung River on Sunday.A number of rivers across the province burst their banks after persistent rainfall since Saturday.
Tue, 08 Feb 2000
Cell phone battle leads to 136 arrests
Cell phone battle leads to 136 arrests KUALA LUMPUR (AFP): A squabble over a mobile phone sparked a pitched battle in Malaysia between rival groups of Indonesian construction workers in which some 100 workers' quarters were torched, reports said on Monday.
Tue, 08 Feb 2000
Ex-regent gets one-year jail term
Ex-regent gets one-year jail term PADANG, West Sumatra: The nation-wide antigraft campaign against past corruption took a new toll on Monday with the imprisonment for one-year of former Padang Pariaman regent, Nasrul Syahdun, and his former assistant, Masri Kasim.Presiding judge, M.
Tue, 08 Feb 2000
Newcrest reopens RI unit
Newcrest reopens RI unit MELBOURNE (Dow Jones): Australia's Newcrest Mining Ltd. said Monday it has resumed mining operations at its Gosowong gold mine on the Indonesian island of Halmahera.Processing was disrupted for seven days after civil unrest on the island caused an evacuation of 300 people...
Tue, 08 Feb 2000
Time to step down
Time to step down In most democracies, when a government minister is implicated in any type of misconduct, even a relatively minor financial or sexual scandal, he usually tenders his resignation without delay.
Tue, 08 Feb 2000
Govt bonds have yet to lure foreign buyers
Govt bonds have yet to lure foreign buyers JAKARTA (JP): The government's multibillion dollar bonds traded on the local market last week have yet to attract foreign investors given the uncertainty in the monetary field.
Tue, 08 Feb 2000
Greenpeace to set up SE Asian HQ
Greenpeace to set up SE Asian HQ BANGKOK (AFP): Environmental watchdog Greenpeace announced on Monday it would set up a Southeast Asian headquarters in Bangkok as part of a new focus on the region.Regional project director Lyn Goldsworthy said in a statement that the office would boost the lobby...
Mon, 07 Feb 2000
Thai Airways secures loan
Thai Airways secures loan BANGKOK (AFP): Thai Airways International has agreed a financing deal with Britain's Barclays Bank for five new Boeing jets, reports said Saturday.The national airline has signed a 537 million dollar export- credit arrangement, the largest of its kind ever undertaken by a...
Mon, 07 Feb 2000
Fino wins Formula Ford Euro Asia Division One
Fino wins Formula Ford Euro Asia Division One JAKARTA (JP): Local young hope Fino Saksono showed he could outwit more experienced foreign drivers by winning the Formula Ford Euro Asia Division One race at Sentul circuit, near Bogor, on Sunday.
Mon, 07 Feb 2000
Indonesia beats the Philippines 4-1 in Davis Cup
Indonesia beats the Philippines 4-1 in Davis Cup JAKARTA (Agencies): Indonesia avenged its defeat against the Philippines by winning 4-1 in the Asia Oceania Zone Group II Davis Cup tie at Rizal Memorial Tennis Center in Manila on Sunday.
Mon, 07 Feb 2000
Competition spurs KL to shift oil palm plants out of China
Competition spurs KL to shift oil palm plants out of China KUALA LUMPUR (AFP): Malaysia may shift its oil palm refineries from China to India to maintain market share and to remain competitive, the official Bernama news agency said.
Mon, 07 Feb 2000
Banser gathers to back President's policies
Banser gathers to back President's policies MAGELANG, Central Java (JP): At least 10,000 members of a security volunteer force from Nahdlatul Ulama's (NU) Ansor Youth Movement gathered for a dramatic demonstration here on Saturday to pledge support for President Abdurrahman Wahid's government and...
Mon, 07 Feb 2000
Morality at lowest level
Morality at lowest level Low morality and, for most, desperate confusion is a reflection of the society in which we now live. The number of young people committing suicide or escaping through narcotics seems to have increased lately. Crimes involving members of the same family are commonplace.
Mon, 07 Feb 2000
Family, community support key to ex-addicts recovery
Family, community support key to ex-addicts recovery BOGOR (JP): While it will take at least two years for a total absence from drugs, support from the family and the community is needed to prevent ex-addicts from re-consuming drugs, an official said on Saturday.
Mon, 07 Feb 2000
Vendors want assurance
Vendors want assurance BOGOR (JP): A group of sidewalk vendors along Jl. Binamarga here demanded the local administration keep its promise to help maintain their businesses.The traders were recently moved from their previous location on Jl. Padjajaran."Business is slow at the new place (on Jl.
Mon, 07 Feb 2000
'Tablig Akbar' held for peace
'Tablig Akbar' held for peace BOGOR (JP): About 2,000 people joined the Tablig Akbar mass gathering at the An-Nuur mosque in Empang subdistrict of South Bogor on Saturday night, voicing their hopes for the country to be saved from harm.
Mon, 07 Feb 2000
Robber shot to death
Robber shot to death JAKARTA (JP): The East Jakarta police detectives on Friday shot dead an alleged member of a three-member robber gang as he was trying to resist the police arrest.Tumpak Marbun, 30, was arrested on Friday morning at his house in Bekasi.
Mon, 07 Feb 2000
IMF approves $5b loan for Indonesia to seal recovery
IMF approves $5b loan for Indonesia to seal recovery WASHINGTON (Reuters): The International Monetary Fund threw Indonesia a new financial lifeline on Friday, approving a new three-year loan worth $5 billion to help seal a tentative economic recovery.
Mon, 07 Feb 2000
Student drug users need empathy not media attention: UI rector
Student drug users need empathy not media attention: UI rector JAKARTA (JP): University of Indonesia (UI) rector Asman Boedisantoso called on the Indonesian press over the weekend not to give too much coverage to students involved in drug abuse cases.
Mon, 07 Feb 2000
Megawati wins support for renomination
Megawati wins support for renomination JAKARTA (JP): Vice President Megawati Soekarnoputri has secured overwhelming support for her renomination as chairwoman of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI Perjuangan), a month before the party's congress in Semarang.
Mon, 07 Feb 2000
Police perplexed over mob attack on three men in Cawang
Police perplexed over mob attack on three men in Cawang JAKARTA (JP): East Jakarta police detectives are in the dark about the eight suspects who mobbed a man to death and caused severe injuries to two others for unclear reasons in front of a gas station on Jl.
Mon, 07 Feb 2000
Irianese celebrate Christian arrivals
Irianese celebrate Christian arrivals MANOKWARI, Irian Jaya: While the ethnic Chinese here celebrated their new year on Saturday, thousands of Irianese commemorated the 145th anniversary of the arrival of the first Christian missionaries on Mansinam Island, Manokwari regency.
Mon, 07 Feb 2000
Supervision of donors' aid
Supervision of donors' aid In noting that various donor countries are to make grants and loans to Indonesia (The Jakarta Post, Feb. 3, 2000: Donors pledge $4.7 billion in loans), I see that the meeting of the donors was chaired by the World Bank.
Mon, 07 Feb 2000
Stop unskilled labor exports, Minister Khofifah says
Stop unskilled labor exports, Minister Khofifah says SEMARANG, Central Java (JP): State Minister of Women's Empowerment Khofifah Indar Parawansa expressed her determination to halt the export of Indonesian housemaids and non-skilled female workers.
Mon, 07 Feb 2000
Fund set up to stabilize rubber prices
Fund set up to stabilize rubber prices KUALA LUMPUR (AFP): Malaysia and Thailand, among the world's top rubber producers, are to establish a US$43 million fund to help stabilize rubber prices, the official Bernama news agency said.
Mon, 07 Feb 2000
'Federal state improper for RI'
'Federal state improper for RI' JAKARTA (JP): A state administration based on federalism cannot work in an archipelagic country like Indonesia, experts and officials said on Saturday.Harun Alrasid, a professor of constitutional law at the University of Indonesia, said Indonesia should maintain its...
Mon, 07 Feb 2000
DeskJet 970Cxi for printing photos at home
DeskJet 970Cxi for printing photos at homeBy Zatni Arbi JAKARTA (JP): When I bought my HP DeskJet 1600C, I was convinced that I would not have to buy another printer in another 10 years. Well, it turned out to be a case of yes and no.
Mon, 07 Feb 2000
Cooperation needed in Marsinah case
Cooperation needed in Marsinah case JAKARTA (JP): The police, military police and East Java Prosecutor's Office have been warned against covering up the May 8, 1993, murder of labor activist Marsinah.A member of the National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM), Koesparmono Irsan, said in...
Mon, 07 Feb 2000
I trust Wiranto, will forgive him: Gus Dur
I trust Wiranto, will forgive him: Gus Dur ROME (JP): President Abdurrahman Wahid cooled the standoff with Gen. Wiranto on Sunday by saying he fully trusted his senior minister who once saved his life from a planned assassination attempt.
Mon, 07 Feb 2000
Trade meet to hear globalization fears
Trade meet to hear globalization fears KUALA LUMPUR (DPA): Malaysia will raise the developing world's fears of the detrimental effects of globalization at a United Nations trade conference in Bangkok beginning next week, Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said on Saturday.
Mon, 07 Feb 2000
IBRA completes 1st round of internal restructuring
IBRA completes 1st round of internal restructuringBy Reiner S JAKARTA (JP): The new chairman of the Indonesian Bank Restructuring Agency (IBRA), Cacuk Sudarijanto, quietly completed the first round of the agency's "internal restructuring" last week, but formidable challenges lie ahead.
Mon, 07 Feb 2000
Observers regret alleged police involvement in crimes
Observers regret alleged police involvement in crimes JAKARTA (JP): Observers in the legal and human rights circles expressed concern on Sunday over some police officers' alleged involvement in a series of criminal acts.
Mon, 07 Feb 2000
Late paper
Late paper Due to technical problems, The Jakarta Post reached its readers in Bali late on Sunday. We apologize for the delay. -- Publisher
Mon, 07 Feb 2000
Officer questioned in traffic shooting
Officer questioned in traffic shooting JAKARTA (JP): Tangerang Military Police confiscated the FN-45 gun of Chief Sergeant Ismail Husen and took him in late Friday night for questioning over the alleged shooting of a man in the Gembor subdistrict of Jatiuwung, Tangerang, on Friday evening, said a...
Mon, 07 Feb 2000
The end of an era for privatization
The end of an era for privatizationBy Jasper Goss JAKARTA (JP): For roughly the last quarter of a century, the idea that governments did too much dominated the thinking of mainstream economists, most politicians and senior bureaucrats.
Mon, 07 Feb 2000
Portuguese reporters deported
Portuguese reporters deported KUPANG, East Nusa Tenggara: Three Portuguese reporters arrested by police for illegally entering East Nusa Tenggara from East Timor were deported to East Timor on Saturday.
Mon, 07 Feb 2000
Red threat
Red threatFrom Suara KaryaAmong the interesting rumors which emerged recently concerned the revocation of the stipulation of the Provisional People's Consultative Assembly (MPRS) No. 25/1966, banning Marxism, Leninism and communism.
Mon, 07 Feb 2000
Number of Internet users in RI expected to increase
Number of Internet users in RI expected to increase JAKARTA (JP): The number of Internet users in Indonesia are projected to increase from approximately 1 million in 1999 to 1.45 million in 2000 and 1.98 million in 2001, according to the Association of Indonesian Internet Service Providers.
Mon, 07 Feb 2000
Armed group attacks, sets fire to airport in Aceh
Armed group attacks, sets fire to airport in Aceh BANDA ACEH, Aceh (JP): An armed gang attacked and set fire to the terminal of Malikussaleh Airport, which serves the economically strategic Arun gasfields, about 45 kilometers west of Lhokseumawe, North Aceh, on Saturday night.
Mon, 07 Feb 2000
Djajanti breaks East Indonesia's isolation
Djajanti breaks East Indonesia's isolationBy Johannes Simbolon JAKARTA (JP): When fishing and forestry company Djajanti Group started its fishery project in 1995 in Wanam, Kimaam district, Merauke regency -- a remote and isolated village on the Southern coast of Papua -- the area lacked everything...
Mon, 07 Feb 2000
Antidrug body warns nightspots
Antidrug body warns nightspots TANGERANG (JP): Entertainment centers and nightspots must only operate as such so they do not become a place of drug distribution, an activist said on Sunday."It's shameful that many nightspots have had their reputations tarnished by these drug dealing activities,"...
Mon, 07 Feb 2000
Gus Dur's gripe with Wiranto, not military
Gus Dur's gripe with Wiranto, not military Tension built in the past week between President Abdurrahman Wahid and Coordinating Minister for Political Affairs and Security Gen. Wiranto, the former Indonesian Military (TNI) commander.
Mon, 07 Feb 2000
New relief for JSX as coup rumors fade away
New relief for JSX as coup rumors fade away JAKARTA (JP): According to stockbrokers, trading on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (JSX) is likely to take further relief this week as investors discount the possibility of the once widely feared military coup.
Mon, 07 Feb 2000
PAN's first congress set to devise new political strategy
PAN's first congress set to devise new political strategy The National Mandate Party (PAN) entered the 1999 general elections with a bold program advocating inclusiveness of all groups in society, but only gained 7.12 percent of votes in the polls.
Mon, 07 Feb 2000
Three die of electric shock
Three die of electric shock SEMARANG: Three people died and 14 needed to be hospitalized when they were electrocuted as they were erecting a large television antenna at a house in Rowoseneng village, Kandangan district on Saturday afternoon.Central Java Police spokesman Lt. Col. M.