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Mon, 31 Jan 2000
Indonesia may lose its natural forests in 15 years
Indonesia may lose its natural forests in 15 years JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia is facing a severe depletion of forest resources and may lose its natural forest areas within 15 years if no strong commitment is given by the government and private sectors to practice sustainable forest management, experts...
Mon, 31 Jan 2000
Tangerang puzzled by thousands of pedicabs
Tangerang puzzled by thousands of pedicabs TANGERANG (JP): The Jakarta Administration has imposed a ban on becak (pedicab) in the capital; the streets of the neighboring Tangerang administration, however, are now teeming with around 5,000 pedicabs.
Mon, 31 Jan 2000
Church pelting mars peace rally
Church pelting mars peace rally YOGYAKARTA (JP): A rally by some 10,000 Muslims deploring sectarian violence in Maluku on Sunday was marred when some of those present pelted churches with stones on their way home.Six churches -- the Javanese Christian Church on Jl.
Mon, 31 Jan 2000
Kotas taxi firm poorly managed: Official
Kotas taxi firm poorly managed: Official JAKARTA (JP): An official said on Saturday the Kotas taxi company, one of whose cabs was used in a Jan. 21 rape and robbery, failed to properly manage its fleet of taxis and drivers."The existence of Kotas taxi is unclear.
Mon, 31 Jan 2000
Singapore plane skids off runaway
Singapore plane skids off runaway KUALA LUMPUR (AFP): Singapore Airlines Ltd. has launched an investigation after an Airbus A310 skidded on landing in bad weather and overshot the runway at Kuching in Malaysia's eastern state of Sarawak.
Mon, 31 Jan 2000
Tension over sand smoldering at Mt Merapi
Tension over sand smoldering at Mt MerapiBy M. Achadi MAGELANG, Central Java (JP): Just like any other morning, the western foothills of Mount Merapi were enveloped in fog early last Dec. 13. In the chilly morning, locals were quarrying the sand on which their livelihoods depended.
Mon, 31 Jan 2000
Alleged prostitutes nabbed in city antivice operation
Alleged prostitutes nabbed in city antivice operation JAKARTA (JP): City social and public order agencies arrested on Friday 29 alleged female prostitutes in a move to cleanse the city of prostitution."This is only the beginning.
Mon, 31 Jan 2000
Widodo says President's remark serves a warning
Widodo says President's remark serves a warning YOGYAKARTA (JP): Indonesian Military (TNI) chief Admiral Widodo A.S. said on Sunday the President's statement that the 10 percent of military officers who were not loyal should serve as a warning for the military to strengthen its unity.
Sun, 30 Jan 2000
I will be late today, you too
I will be late today, you too JAKARTA (JP): What is the one most important car accessory that most car owners would in order to make their cars run smoothly? I must say that it is the road. Of course you need the road for your car to run on, unless you have the same type car as mine, which only...
Sun, 30 Jan 2000
Fortress boasts history of struggles
Fortress boasts history of struggles JEPARA, Central Java (JP): The history of the fortress dates back to the 17th century when Sultan Agung Hanyokrokusumo took the helm of the Mataram Sultanate.Upon Sultan Agung's order, Pati regent Kembang Joyo Kesumo built the fortress from 1613 to 1645.
Sun, 30 Jan 2000
Indonesia still haven for copyright piracy
Indonesia still haven for copyright piracy Onstage our local musicians appear joyful and glamorous, but look deeper and you will uncover the melancholy story of a lack of protection of intellectual property rights -- an issue many people do not fully grasp.
Sun, 30 Jan 2000
Chinese New Year significant in Pontianak
Chinese New Year significant in PontianakBy Edi Petebang PONTIANAK, West Kalimantan (JP): Recently the sound of clinking cymbals accompanying the Lion Dance has become a part of afternoon life here at a newly-renovated Chinese temple on Budi Utomo Street.
Sun, 30 Jan 2000
20 orphans poisoned by tuna fish
20 orphans poisoned by tuna fish JAKARTA (JP): Twenty residents of Muhammadiyah orphanage in Tanah Abang, Central Jakarta, were taken to the hospital with food poisoning after eating bad tuna fish on Friday night.
Sun, 30 Jan 2000
Late Gen. Soedirman honored
Late Gen. Soedirman honored YOGYAKARTA (JP): Indonesian Military chief (TNI) Adm. Widodo A.S. and other military top brass began arriving here on Saturday to attend a ceremony to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the death of Gen. Soedirman, the first armed forces commander.
Sun, 30 Jan 2000
RI women's archers qualify for Olympics
RI women's archers qualify for Olympics JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia women archer team comprising Hamdiah, Nurfitriyana and Lusia Elizabeth have qualified for the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney in September, according to the rankings from the International Archery Federation (FITA).
Sun, 30 Jan 2000
Spotlight
SpotlightPhoto A: IndosatJP/alxGOING ONLINE: Director General of Post and Telecommunications Sasmito Dirdjo (right) gets set to inaugurate the first licensed online auction facilitated by Indosat-Net. Tuesday's event was witnessed by PT Balindo president director George Gunawan (left) and PT...
Sun, 30 Jan 2000
Jakarta's first wine cellar keeps visitors' spirits high
Jakarta's first wine cellar keeps visitors' spirits highBy Mehru Jaffer JAKARTA (JP): "Here with a loaf of Bread beneath the Bough, A Flask of Wine, a book of Verse and Thou Beside me singing in the Wilderness, And Wilderness is Paradise now ...
Sun, 30 Jan 2000
Asia must open up
Asia must open up SINGAPORE (AP): East Asia must be more open to foreigners if the region is to compete successfully in a global market, a news report Saturday quoted Singapore's political patriarch as saying.
Sun, 30 Jan 2000
Naming names
Naming namesFrom PelitaA newspaper recently quoted People's Consultative Assembly Speaker Amien Rais as saying that provocateurs in the Maluku unrest include members of the political elite. The report said Rais possessed complete data on those who plotted the troubles.
Sun, 30 Jan 2000
Student dies in brawl
Student dies in brawl JAKARTA (JP): A student died from slash wounds to his head, stomach and right hand in a brawl that took place on Jl. Hasyim Ashari in Central Jakarta on Saturday morning.The victim, 21-year-old Dedi Supredi, and his friends were taking a bus to school, SMK 53 vocational high...
Sun, 30 Jan 2000
Visitors go ape over Cirebon's famous monkeys
Visitors go ape over Cirebon's famous monkeysBy R. Agus Bakti CIREBON, West Java (JP): What happens to students who fail to heed religious teachings?They are turned into monkeys, at least near Cirebon.No kidding.
Sun, 30 Jan 2000
Taman Puring traders rampage over cut branches
Taman Puring traders rampage over cut branches JAKARTA (JP): Some 500 vendors on Jl. Gandaria I, on the left of Taman Puring market, South Jakarta, threw rocks, destroyed stone roadblocks and tore down the new galvanized iron fence surrounding the park on Saturday morning.
Sun, 30 Jan 2000
Tasikmalaya handicrafts go worldwide
Tasikmalaya handicrafts go worldwideBy Y.R. Prahista TASIKMALAYA, West Java (JP): The overseas market for handicraft products from Tasikmalaya is experiencing terrific expansion."Dutch and American women are very attracted to bags made from plaited pandanus leaves," said Haj Sahudin, showing off a...
Sun, 30 Jan 2000
New body earnest in their fight to stop piracy
New body earnest in their fight to stop piracyBy Stevie Emilia JAKARTA (JP): Illegal transactions are usually pereformed in secrecy. But in the case of pirated VCDs, CDs, cassettes and software, one only needs to look around nearby shopping centers or sidewalk vendors.
Sun, 30 Jan 2000
You are what you wear in business
You are what you wear in businessBy Agni Amorita JAKARTA (JP): MC and TV presenter Erwin Parengkuan has a young executive friend who works in a small fully air-conditioned office."His office was very, very cold," said Parengkuan. His friend started wearing a suit as his everyday office attire.
Sun, 30 Jan 2000
Recording industry still tenuous in the year 2000
Recording industry still tenuous in the year 2000 JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesian music industry has been facing an up-and-down period for the last five years.The development of the industry has been heavily affected by the crisis which has hit the country since the middle of l997.
Sun, 30 Jan 2000
'Srimulat' revives traditional comedy
'Srimulat' revives traditional comedyBy Endi Aras JAKARTA (JP): Every Thursday night at 9:30 p.m. and Saturday night at 7:30 p.m. you will find people crowding around the TV in their living room eagerly watching the comedy programs Srimulat and Ketoprak Humor.
Sun, 30 Jan 2000
Guess What? Megawati
Guess What? Megawati What did a state leader like Vice President Megawati Soekarnoputri get from journalists as a gift for her 53rd birthday last Sunday?It's not expensive jewelry. It's not money, either.
Sun, 30 Jan 2000
China executes 13
China executes 13 BEIJING (Reuters): China has executed 13 people, including an Indonesian, for clubbing 23 seamen to death and throwing their bodies overboard in the country's biggest piracy case in 50 years, the official Xinhua news agency said on Friday.
Sun, 30 Jan 2000
Royalty system in the country's music industry
Royalty system in the country's music industryBy Endi Aras JAKARTA (JP): A popular music group from Bandung, Trio Bimbo, has had bitter experiences. It sued the Remaco recording company for copyright violations.
Sun, 30 Jan 2000
Guess What? Etha
Guess What? Etha Love songs are always a favorite, no matter what the situation is. For singer Juwita Titin Sumarni, or Etha, that is good luck.Her song, Bawakan Aku Cinta (Bring Me Your Love), has turned into a successful one and has made it onto RCTI's Clear Top 10 music chart's 10 top songs.
Sun, 30 Jan 2000
Gus Dur performs 'umrah', holds talks with King Fahd
Gus Dur performs 'umrah', holds talks with King Fahd JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia (JP): President Abdurrahman Wahid upon his arrival here Friday evening, immediately went to Mecca to perform the umrah, Islamic minor pilgrimage.
Sun, 30 Jan 2000
Plane crash brings 2 people together in 'Random Hearts'
Plane crash brings 2 people together in 'Random Hearts'By Tam Notosusanto JAKARTA (JP): What could possibly be worse than hearing about your spouse's tragic death?Bill "Dutch" Van Den Broeck (Harrison Ford) and Kay Chandler (Kristin Scott Thomas) discover the answer to that question in the film...
Sun, 30 Jan 2000
Year of Golden Dragon may be full of conflict
Year of Golden Dragon may be full of conflictBy Mauro Rahardjo BANDUNG (JP): On Feb. 5, 2000, the year of Rabbit will end and we will enter the year of the Golden Dragon. This year is not only a year of the Dragon, but a year of the Golden (Metal) Dragon.
Sun, 30 Jan 2000
Problems bombard Portuguese fortress
Problems bombard Portuguese fortressText and photos by A'an Suryana JEPARA, Central Java (JP): Ask any school kid about Jepara, and they might enthusiastically answer that it was the birthplace of Indonesian women's emancipation heroine RA Kartini in 1879.
Sun, 30 Jan 2000
East Timor prone to unrest: UN
East Timor prone to unrest: UN UNITED NATIONS (AP): The United Nations raised alarm Friday at the potential for social unrest in East Timor because of widespread unemployment, high food prices and frayed social services in the aftermath of the territory's vote for independence.
Sun, 30 Jan 2000
Govt puts out welcome mat for political exiles
Govt puts out welcome mat for political exilesBy Linawati Sidarto AMSTERDAM (JP): Another New Order taboo crumbled last week: Indonesian political exiles could now opt to regain their lost citizenship.At the Indonesian Embassy in The Hague on Jan.
Sun, 30 Jan 2000
No English subtitles
No English subtitles I would like to direct your attention to my article on Left Luggage, published in The Jakarta Post, on Jan. 28, 2000. It appears that a meaning has been accidentally changed through your misunderstanding.
Sun, 30 Jan 2000
Rock group Mr. Big revives the spirit of outdated music
Rock group Mr. Big revives the spirit of outdated musicBy Devi M. Asmarani JAKARTA (JP): Before Eddy Vedder and the late Kurt Cobain stole the spotlight of the trendy music scene with their grunge, reshaping our concept of what rock and roll stars should look like and how they should behave (not to...
Sun, 30 Jan 2000
'MTV's' VJ Sarah Sechan tells it how it is
'MTV's' VJ Sarah Sechan tells it how it isBy Chris Brummit JAKARTA (JP): For someone who is seen in more than 19 million households throughout the region, Sarah Sechan, one of the Indonesian presenters (VJs) on MTV Southeast Asia, is refreshingly free from the affectations and hang-ups that such...
Sat, 29 Jan 2000
Rapists in our midst
Rapists in our midst The constant flow of horrendous reports from our restive provinces might lead foreign observers of Indonesia to consider violence as our trademark. But to locals, the news from the provinces is only part of the horror, for now we are being confronted with the victimization of...
Sat, 29 Jan 2000
Police detectives to be honored following raid
Police detectives to be honored following raid JAKARTA (JP): National Police chief Lt. Gen. Rusdihardjo said on Friday he would honor the South Jakarta and city police detectives involved in the successful operation to break an international drug ring.
Sat, 29 Jan 2000
Fear nothing if you love God
Fear nothing if you love God True, they are both heads of state, one representing Indonesia, the other, the tiny state of Vatican City, in Rome, Italy. They seem to have one thing in common, a love of traveling around the globe, ignoring warnings that they may encounter dangers.
Sat, 29 Jan 2000
Mob destroys govt buildings
Mob destroys govt buildings JAYAPURA, Irian Jaya: A mob destroyed three state buildings following a violent dispute in Fakfak, hundreds miles east of here, police said.A state-owned radio office and two local administrative buildings in the port city were ransacked, in an incident which stemmed...
Sat, 29 Jan 2000
Bagong puts modern spin on classical dance
Bagong puts modern spin on classical danceText and photos by Tarko Sudiarno YOGYAKARTA (JP): The spotlight on the stage suddenly went dim, focused on nine women dancers. Two pairs of dancers moved closer to each other.One pair placed themselves in the left corner, the other at center stage.
Sat, 29 Jan 2000
Gus Dur, think before you speak
Gus Dur, think before you speakFrom Rakyat MerdekaI looked forward to viewing the interview with President Abdurrahman Wahid, who we know as Gus Dur, on RCTI on Jan. 23 because it was set to address various problems confronting the nation, including the polemics dividing the community.
Sat, 29 Jan 2000
Police kill alleged robber
Police kill alleged robber JAKARTA (JP): A 41-year-old alleged robber was shot dead by police detectives while resisting arrest in Cibitung, Bekasi, early Friday morning.Basirun, alias Emon, was arrested by police on Thursday on suspicion that he and seven of his associates robbed seven trucks...
Sat, 29 Jan 2000
BI needs no fresh capital
BI needs no fresh capital KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters): Bank Indonesia will not need fresh capital as the government has decided not to recall Rp 164.5 trillion (US$23 billion) worth of bonds it had issued to the central bank, BI governor Syahril Sabirin said on Friday.
Sat, 29 Jan 2000
Military on alert during president's overseas trip
Military on alert during president's overseas trip JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesian Military (TNI) will heighten its alertness in anticipation of possible domestic disturbances during President Abdurrahman Wahid's two-week absence.
Sat, 29 Jan 2000
City threatens to demolish street vendors' makeshift kiosks
City threatens to demolish street vendors' makeshift kiosks JAKARTA (JP): The Central Jakarta mayoralty threatened vendors on Friday to support city relocation programs or risk the demolition of their kiosks located along the pavement of the Senen market area.