Search Archive
Search Tips
You can use boolean operators in your search:
pugilist AND basketball- Both words must appearjakarta OR surabaya- Either word can appearjakarta NOT politics- Must have jakarta but not politics+jakarta -politics- Must have jakarta, must not have politics"exact phrase"- Search for exact phrasebasket*- Wildcard (matches basketball, basket, etc.)
Sat, 16 Jan 1999
Farmers resort to detergent to kill pests
Farmers resort to detergent to kill pests SORONG, Irian Jaya (JP): Frustrated by soaring pesticide prices, farmers in Mariyai village have begun spraying their paddy stalks with diluted detergent and soap.
Sat, 16 Jan 1999
RI seeks US$5b in new loans
RI seeks US$5b in new loans JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia expects to secure US$5 billion from the World Bank, the Asian Development Bank and Japan to help finance the 1999/2000 budget deficit, according to Coordinating Minister for Economy, Finance and Industry Ginandjar Kartasasmita.
Sat, 16 Jan 1999
Aussie moved to Maesa jail
Aussie moved to Maesa jail PALU, Central Sulawesi: The Palu immigration office has moved Raul Antonio, 39, an Australian tourist who on Monday tried to torch an immigration office cell, to Maesa penitentiary before deporting him.
Sat, 16 Jan 1999
Business loans are available, govt assures
Business loans are available, govt assures JAKARTA (JP): The government assured exporters on Friday that trade financing and credit facilities were available even though the establishment of the much-awaited Export Financing Agency had yet to come about.
Sat, 16 Jan 1999
Giri to witness major exodus
Giri to witness major exodus JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Communications Giri Suseno is scheduled on Saturday to witness the departure of 12,000 herbal medicine sellers at the Jakarta Fairground in Kemayoran, Central Jakarta.
Sat, 16 Jan 1999
Pepabri members may support new Justice and Unity Party
Pepabri members may support new Justice and Unity Party JAKARTA (JP): Former members of Golkar established here on Friday the Justice and Unity Party (PKP), which some analysts believed would "deflate" the dominant grouping and become a serious poll contender.
Sat, 16 Jan 1999
Rupiah dives further after Brazil scare
Rupiah dives further after Brazil scare JAKARTA (JP): The country's crippled rupiah tumbled again on Friday to hit an intraday low of 9,300 against the U.S. dollar as stock prices plunged 1.5 percent for the third consecutive day.
Sat, 16 Jan 1999
Govt extends West Natuna gas contracts
Govt extends West Natuna gas contracts JAKARTA (JP): The government has finally agreed to extend the production sharing contracts awarded to the contractors grouped in the West Natuna consortium. This will secure natural gas supplies from the gas fields west of the Natuna Islands to Singapore.
Sat, 16 Jan 1999
Taman Mini management raises Idul Fitri bonuses
Taman Mini management raises Idul Fitri bonuses JAKARTA (JP): The Taman Mini Indonesia Indah (the Beautiful Indonesia in Miniature Park) management has finally agreed to its employees' demand for a raise in their annual Idul Fitri bonus, following Sunday's strike.
Sat, 16 Jan 1999
The rupiah under pressure
The rupiah under pressure The weakening of the rupiah against the U.S. dollar in the last few days has been discussed widely. This is because over the past weeks the currency had shown itself to be quite capable of holding its ground against the greenback.
Sat, 16 Jan 1999
Bekasi child scavengers get new school at garbage dump
Bekasi child scavengers get new school at garbage dumpBy Juliane Gunardono JAKARTA (JP): Yan no longer bothers to shoo away the millions of flies which, like him, live off the endless heaps of municipal garbage in Bantar Gebang, in Bekasi, east of Jakarta.
Sat, 16 Jan 1999
Gold jewelry exports surge as crisis continues
Gold jewelry exports surge as crisis continues JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia's exports of gold jewelry have recorded a significant increase during the country's 18-month economic crisis as many traders have shifted their markets overseas due to low demand at home, according to the World Gold Council...
Sat, 16 Jan 1999
TV today
TV todayTVRI 5:30 a.m. Religious Teachings: Hikmah Pagi 6:00 Morning News 7:00 Children's Program: Lagu Anak Nusantara 7:30 TV Series 8:00 Music 8:30 Documentary 9:00 TV Drama: Bangkit Kembali 10:00 Interval 2:00 p.m.
Sat, 16 Jan 1999
Man arrested for stealing car
Man arrested for stealing car JAKARTA (JP): Police arrested a man for allegedly stealing a Kijang van in the parking lot in front of shipping company PT Pelni at Tanjung Priok harbor, North Jakarta, on Friday.City police spokesman Lt. Col.
Sat, 16 Jan 1999
UKI clarifies
UKI clarifies The Information Management Team of the Indonesian Christian University (UKI) deems it necessary to clarify a news report in The Jakarta Post of Dec. 31, 1998, concerning incidents occurring on Dec. 17 and Dec. 18, 1998, at the UKI campus in Cawang and its surrounding areas.1.
Sat, 16 Jan 1999
Appeal to the nation's leaders
Appeal to the nation's leadersFrom MerdekaGovernment authorities, please help the people. While the situation worsens by the day, you busy yourselves with mutual accusations and reproach, feeling your vision is right.
Sat, 16 Jan 1999
Three arrested for robberies at intersections
Three arrested for robberies at intersections JAKARTA (JP): Police arrested three men for allegedly robbing motorists at major street intersections on Thursday and Friday, an officer said.City police spokesman Lt. Col.
Sat, 16 Jan 1999
Survey finds half of voters undecided
Survey finds half of voters undecided JAKARTA (JP): Sixty percent of Indonesia's eligible voters are still undecided about which party to vote for in the upcoming general election according to the results of an opinion poll announced on Friday.
Sat, 16 Jan 1999
House wraps up debate on bills until Jan. 25
House wraps up debate on bills until Jan. 25 JAKARTA (JP): The House of Representatives ended its deliberations of the political bills on Friday for the beginning of the week-long Idul Fitri holiday, practically closing the door on any new attempts to change the outcome of the bills.
Sat, 16 Jan 1999
Surabaya to host free peace concert
Surabaya to host free peace concert JAKARTA (JP): International peace advocate Sri Chinmoy will stage a free peace concert at the Sheraton Surabaya Hotel on Sunday at 7 p.m.The 67-year-old musician, artist, poet, athlete and spiritual leader will perform his own compositions which comprise a...
Sat, 16 Jan 1999
Govt official almost loses nose
Govt official almost loses nose BENGKULU: A raid on illegal traders ended in a city official losing the outer part of his nose and his upper lip when a fish merchant attacked him with a machete.Antara reported Friday that the raid was conducted the same day.
Sat, 16 Jan 1999
Idul Fitri exodus prompts fears of burglaries
Idul Fitri exodus prompts fears of burglaries JAKARTA (JP): Fearful of their homes being burgled, many Jakartans traveling out of the city to celebrate Idul Fitri holidays in their hometowns have entrusted their valuables to neighbors or relatives.
Sat, 16 Jan 1999
Golkar's obstinacy
Golkar's obstinacy It would be very wrong if the ruling Golkar grouping continued to persist in defending its stance that civil servants can still become members, including of the boards, of parties when the people demand that civil servants be truly capable of assuming a neutral attitude in the...
Sat, 16 Jan 1999
Attorney General urged to speed up BRI inquiry
Attorney General urged to speed up BRI inquiry JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesian Corruption Watch (ICW) has called on the Attorney General's Office to speed up an investigation of alleged corruption in the state Bank Rakyat Indonesia (BRI).
Sat, 16 Jan 1999
SE Asian monies mostly down; Singapore dollar safe haven
SE Asian monies mostly down; Singapore dollar safe haven SINGAPORE (Dow Jones): Southeast Asian currencies -- with the exception of the Singapore dollar -- were lower against the U.S. dollar in late trading Friday.The Indonesian rupiah, Thai baht and the Philippines peso all languished.
Sat, 16 Jan 1999
Congress to discuss social safety net program
Congress to discuss social safety net program JAKARTA (JP): The social safety net program will be at the top of the agenda at the national congress of the Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) Family Welfare Institute when it opens here next month.President B.J.
Sat, 16 Jan 1999
Students need not seek leading figures: Jalaluddin
Students need not seek leading figures: JalaluddinBy M.M.I Ahyani BANDUNG (JP): Jalaluddin Rahmat is officially a political communications professor at Padjadjaran University, but since 1992 he has not been given any teaching assignments nor has he been told why.
Sat, 16 Jan 1999
Ramadhan time for Jakarta
Ramadhan time for JakartaSaturdayMaghrib 6:18 p.m.SundayImsak 4:17 a.m.Subuh 4.27 a.m.
Sat, 16 Jan 1999
Religious figures and politics
Religious figures and politicsFrom Pikiran RakyatI find the following news report, published in a number of dailies on Dec. 22, interesting to respond to: "The National Committee of Human Rights also very much hopes that religious figures will intensify their efforts to teach their followers.
Sat, 16 Jan 1999
BNI plans rights shares
BNI plans rights shares JAKARTA (JP): State-owned, publicly-listed Bank Negara Indonesia plans to issue rights shares in March to improve its capital structure.BNI president Widigdo Sukarman said the size of the issue was currently being discussed with the Ministry of Finance and the central bank,...
Sat, 16 Jan 1999
Security officers get food donation
Security officers get food donation JAKARTA (JP): A group of local celebrities and staffers of Panji Masyarakat magazine visited on Thursday evening the security officers stationed at the House of Representatives building complex, the National Monument Park and Surapati Park in Central Jakarta.
Fri, 15 Jan 1999
Indonesian found dead in Kuala Lumpur
Indonesian found dead in Kuala Lumpur JAKARTA (JP): A 21-year-old Indonesian cleaner was found dead in the New Straits Times building in Kuala Lumpur, Antara reported on Wednesday.It identified the deceased as Muji Yanto Samian, an employee of Alam Anika Ltd.
Fri, 15 Jan 1999
Flood inundate nine subdistricts
Flood inundate nine subdistricts JAKARTA (JP): Hundreds of houses in nine subdistricts in North and South Jakarta were inundated on Wednesday night following a heavy downpour in the capital.Floodwaters of up to 80 centimeters deep engulfed eight subdistricts in South Jakarta, with Kramat Pela,...
Fri, 15 Jan 1999
'Lampung Pos' office attacked
'Lampung Pos' office attacked BANDARLAMPUNG, Lampung: Dozens of people attacked the office of Lampung Pos daily on Thursday, apparently incensed by an erroneous news item, Antara reported.The mob almost hit chief editor Bambang Eka Wijaya. They reportedly arrived in three hired buses.
Fri, 15 Jan 1999
Thailand seeks Myanmar help
Thailand seeks Myanmar help BANGKOK (AFP): Thailand's narcotics chiefs have officially asked for Myanmar's help to track down a suspected drug lord thought to be hiding in the jungles along the Myanmar border, officials said Wednesday.
Fri, 15 Jan 1999
Minister defends social safety net program
Minister defends social safety net program JAKARTA (JP): Officials insisted on Thursday that a sufficient amount of control of the government's social safety net program was already in place, rebuffing criticisms over the slow distribution of aid and a lack of transparency in the program.
Fri, 15 Jan 1999
Going to bat for Habibie
Going to bat for HabibieFrom MerdekaI was unsettled to read in the Dec. 17 Kompas daily that Mr. Baramuli, who chairs the Supreme Advisory Council, made a speech in the South Sulawesi capital Ujungpandang in which he campaigned for the ruling Golkar to win the next general election.
Fri, 15 Jan 1999
Sex and corruption strange bedfellows in Anwar trial
Sex and corruption strange bedfellows in Anwar trialBy Nelson Graves KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters): Sex and corruption have been strange bedfellows from the start of Anwar Ibrahim's trial.But they were never stranger than on Wednesday when government prosecutors abruptly altered four charges against...
Fri, 15 Jan 1999
Malaysia opposed to U.S. mediation
Malaysia opposed to U.S. mediation KUALA LUMPUR (AP): Malaysia opposes any mediation by the United States or other third parties to resolve a dispute between six Asian nations over the Spratly Island chain, local media reported Thursday.
Fri, 15 Jan 1999
Gunmen hold up 50 Dakar Rally competitors
Gunmen hold up 50 Dakar Rally competitors PARIS (Reuters): Mauritanian troops on Thursday hunted highway robbers fleeing across the Sahara desert after robbing about 50 Dakar Rally competitors at gunpoint, organizers said on Thursday.
Fri, 15 Jan 1999
Clinton moves to reassure global financial markets
Clinton moves to reassure global financial markets WASHINGTON (AP): President Clinton is trying to restore confidence in financial markets after an abrupt devaluation of Brazil's currency called into question his strategy for dealing with the 18-month-old global economic crisis.
Fri, 15 Jan 1999
Idul Fitri exodus may fall short of forecasts
Idul Fitri exodus may fall short of forecasts JAKARTA (JP): The number of residents leaving the city by bus ahead of this year's Idul Fitri holiday is not expected to reach the set target of 1.2 million, down from 1.4 million last year, an official said on Thursday.J.P.
Fri, 15 Jan 1999
China seeks Hollywood star power Nanjing Massacre
China seeks Hollywood star power Nanjing MassacreBy H. Asher Bolande NANJING, China (AFP): China has begun negotiations with Hollywood's top stars and producers in hopes of making an award- winning Schindler's List of its own to dramatize the horrific 1937 Nanjing Massacre.
Fri, 15 Jan 1999
Killings have no link to military reshuffle
Killings have no link to military reshuffle SURABAYA (JP): Maj. Gen. Djoko Subroto, who has headed the Brawijaya Military Command for only six months, was replaced on Thursday by Maj. Gen. Ryamizard Ryacudu.Army Chief of Staff Gen.
Fri, 15 Jan 1999
Postal firm busy ahead of Idul Fitri
Postal firm busy ahead of Idul Fitri JAKARTA (JP): The amount of money that has been sent out of the city by state-owned postal company PT Pos Indonesia through money orders seven days ahead of the Idul Fitri holiday quadrupled to Rp 40 billion (US$5.
Fri, 15 Jan 1999
EVA Air clarifies
EVA Air clarifies Herewith, we would like to further clear up misunderstandings arising from the article CAL, Eva review schedules in the Business and Investment section on page 9 of The Jakarta Post, Jan. 7, 1999.
Fri, 15 Jan 1999
Mashill needs Rp 300b to meet CAR terms
Mashill needs Rp 300b to meet CAR terms JAKARTA (JP): Bank Mashill will need Rp 300 billion in fresh capital to meet the 4 percent capital adequacy ratio (CAR) mandated by the government for all publicly listed banks by March, its executives said on Wednesday.
Fri, 15 Jan 1999
Ginandjar clarifies rice distribution
Ginandjar clarifies rice distribution JAKARTA (JP): Responding to Japan's concern over reports of problems in the distribution of its rice loan, Coordinating Minister for Economy, Finance and Industry Ginandjar Kartasasmita invited on Thursday any parties, including journalists and nongovernmental...
Fri, 15 Jan 1999
Residents report spat with military
Residents report spat with military SERUI, Irian Jaya (JP): Residents reported to councilors on Wednesday alleged beatings by military personnel in Yapen Waropen regency.Three people told council speaker J.
Fri, 15 Jan 1999
PGN targets Rp 368.4m profit
PGN targets Rp 368.4m profit JAKARTA (JP): State-owned natural gas distribution company PT Perusahaan Gas Negara (PGN) expects to record a 242 percent increase in net profits as it marks up Rp 368.4 billion (US$46 million) this year against Rp 107.5 billion last year.Company president A.