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Wed, 19 Jan 2000
1,600 students to quit school
1,600 students to quit school MAKASSAR, South Sulawesi: At least 1,600 students from strife- plagued North Maluku are liable to quit universities here as their parents are no longer sending money, a student activist said on Tuesday.
Wed, 19 Jan 2000
Journalists fired for joining strike
Journalists fired for joining strike JAKARTA (JP): Six reporters of the Kapital business news tabloid were dismissed on Monday for joining a strike asking for clarification of their employment status, a statement said on Tuesday.The reporters' representative, Dandhy D.L.
Wed, 19 Jan 2000
'Time' is liable for its story: Soeharto's lawyer
'Time' is liable for its story: Soeharto's lawyer JAKARTA (JP): A lawyer for former president Soeharto said on Tuesday that New York-based Time Magazine is liable for its May 24, 1999 cover story, although other publications corroborated with similar stories.
Wed, 19 Jan 2000
One killed in Lombok as violence enters second day
One killed in Lombok as violence enters second day DENPASAR, Bali (JP): At least one man died in Mataram, Lombok, as Monday's religious riots descended into looting sprees on Tuesday.Udayana Regional Military Commander Maj. Gen.
Wed, 19 Jan 2000
Land compensation protest continues in Bintan
Land compensation protest continues in Bintan JAKARTA (JP): Despite calls for calm, thousands of residents on the island of Bintan continued to rally on Tuesday in protest of what they called the meager compensation they received for their land.
Wed, 19 Jan 2000
Azizah slams KL 'cancer' of cronyism
Azizah slams KL 'cancer' of cronyism MANILA (Reuters): Malaysian opposition leader Azizah Ismail on Tuesday lambasted governments that gag media, manipulate judiciaries and fatten cronies, and said "the spark of reform" had begun in Malaysia.
Wed, 19 Jan 2000
RI coal output increases
RI coal output increases JAKARTA (JP): The country's coal output rose to 71 million tons last year, making Indonesia the world's ninth largest coal producer that year, up from tenth position the previous year, coal director at the Ministry of Mines and Energy Soedjoko Tirtosoekotjo said on Tuesday.
Wed, 19 Jan 2000
Where to go in Surabaya:
Where to go in Surabaya:Music and Entertainment * Hyatt Regency Surabaya, Jl. Jend. Basuki Rakhmat 106-128 (Phone: 031 5311234): - Lobby: Gamelan (Traditional Music), Monday to Thursday, 7 p.m. to 10 p.m., Solo Pianist, Monday to Sunday, 7 a.m. to 9 a.m., 7Friday to Saturday, 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Wed, 19 Jan 2000
Most Asian currencies edge slightly higher, rupiah weak
Most Asian currencies edge slightly higher, rupiah weak HONG KONG (Dow Jones): A barrage of verbal interventions backed by dollar purchases executed by state-run banks took some of the recent shine off the South Korean won Tuesday, forcing the currency lower on the day.
Wed, 19 Jan 2000
Woman in market cheated of savings
Woman in market cheated of savings JAKARTA (JP): Leni Hartini, 68, does not understand how she could be so easily cheated out of Rp 124 million (US$17,465) in savings within minutes.The elderly woman told detectives at the Central Jakarta Police station on Tuesday afternoon she had been swindled...
Wed, 19 Jan 2000
Bank Shinta to offer 30% of shares through IPO
Bank Shinta to offer 30% of shares through IPO JAKARTA (JP): Bank Shinta plans to offer some 30 percent of its shares to the public through an initial public offering (IPO) in the first semester of this year, according to the bank's marketing and credit director Anny Sugiarto.
Wed, 19 Jan 2000
Government to issue new rules on immigration
Government to issue new rules on immigration JAKARTA (JP): The government will soon implement a new immigration policy that will lift the existing barriers for Chinese tourists entering Indonesia, an official has said.
Wed, 19 Jan 2000
Locals demand land compensation
Locals demand land compensation JAYAPURA, Irian Jaya: Some 50 residents of the villages of Yahim, Ifale and Yobe in Sentani district held a rally at Sentani Airport, demanding compensation for use of their ancestral land.The rally caused some flight delays.
Wed, 19 Jan 2000
Merpati adds flights
Merpati adds flights JAKARTA (JP): State-owned air carrier Merpati Nusantara has extended its flights connecting Jakarta and Bali to destinations in West and East Nusa Tenggara in a bid to meet the increasing demand for seats in the areas.
Wed, 19 Jan 2000
Condemning illegal kiosks
Condemning illegal kiosks The condemning of the traders' kiosks at Taman Puring, South Jakarta by the Jakarta Administration is clearly a repressive action reminding us of the New Order regime.It is true that without a good spatial arrangement and adequate supervision, the burgeoning of kiosks in...
Wed, 19 Jan 2000
Clergy wary of Estrada 'dynasty'
Clergy wary of Estrada 'dynasty' MANILA (AFP): Philippine Roman Catholic bishops cautioned President Joseph Estrada on Tuesday against allowing his children or relatives to run for public office in a bid to create a "political dynasty".
Wed, 19 Jan 2000
Rumors can be serious
Rumors can be serious The Indonesian Military's leadership seems to have taken enormous offense at the rumors circulating here and abroad about the possibility of the military staging a coup to unseat President Abdurrahman Wahid.
Wed, 19 Jan 2000
Demonstrators clash with troops on Makassar campus
Demonstrators clash with troops on Makassar campus MAKASSAR, South Sulawesi (JP): A fierce clash between demonstrators, armed with swords and wooden bats, and military troops erupted at about 9 p.m. local time in Makassar on Tuesday evening.
Wed, 19 Jan 2000
Indonesia to send four women to Asian Shooting C'ships
Indonesia to send four women to Asian Shooting C'ships JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesian Shooting and Hunting Association (Perbakin) will send four women shooters to compete in the Asian Shooting Championships in Langkawi, Malaysia, next week.
Wed, 19 Jan 2000
Kopassus and biological warfare
Kopassus and biological warfare In the middle of 1997 members of the Army's Special Force, the red berets, known locally as Kopassus, received Pentagon training in a course entitled Nuclear Chemical Biological.
Wed, 19 Jan 2000
Zarina in ill health, court hearing delayed
Zarina in ill health, court hearing delayed JAKARTA (JP): Judges at the West Jakarta District Court postponed the hearing of drug defendant Zarina Mirafsur until next week as the 27-year-old woman claimed not to be fit for the Tuesday's court prosecution.
Wed, 19 Jan 2000
Government sets 25% duty on sugar, 30% on rice
Government sets 25% duty on sugar, 30% on rice JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Industry and Trade Yusuf Kalla said on Tuesday that the government and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) had agreed to reimpose an import duty on sugar and rice to protect local farmers from cheap imports.
Wed, 19 Jan 2000
Cars seized with fake documents
Cars seized with fake documents JAKARTA (JP): Jakarta Police traffic officers have seized 20 cars, including a BMW, a Mercedes Benz and a jeep, and 30 motorcycles since November last year, with fake vehicle ownership documents, fake license plates and fake licenses, the traffic police chief said on...
Wed, 19 Jan 2000
Indorayon dismayed by Keraf's recommendation
Indorayon dismayed by Keraf's recommendation JAKARTA (JP): Publicly listed pulp and rayon fiber producer PT Inti Indorayon Utama is shocked by State Minister of Environment Sonny Keraf's recommendation to close or relocate its mills in Porsea, North Sumatra, due to their alleged poor environmental...
Wed, 19 Jan 2000
Shoot-on-site order issued in Maluku
Shoot-on-site order issued in Maluku AMBON, Maluku (JP): The chief of Pattimura Military Command overseeing Maluku, Brig. Gen. Max Tamaela, has issued a shoot-on- site order against anyone attempting to incite unrest.
Wed, 19 Jan 2000
Conversion Rates
Conversion Rates Bank Indonesia's conversion rates on Jan. 18, 2000: Bank notes rates Buying Selling Rp Rp U.S. dollar 1 7,249.00 7,321.00Australian dollar 1 4,808.99 4,860.41Austrian schilling 1 531.92 537.73Belgian franc 1 181.44 183.42Brunei dollar 1 4,330.88 4,376.49Canadian dollar 1 5,003.
Wed, 19 Jan 2000
Government ends bar on observing Chinese religions, traditions
Government ends bar on observing Chinese religions, traditions JAKARTA (JP): The government has officially revoked Presidential Instruction No. 41/1967, which restricted the observance of Chinese religious practices and traditions.
Tue, 18 Jan 2000
Arutmin delays $45m plan
Arutmin delays $45m plan JAKARTA (JP): Coal producer PT Arutmin Indonesia said on Monday it would postpone and possibly cancel its US$45 million investment plan in mining operations due to the unclear status of a coal purchase agreement with state electricity company PT PLN.
Tue, 18 Jan 2000
Governor orders crackdown on illegal migrants
Governor orders crackdown on illegal migrants JAKARTA (JP): Governor Sutiyoso ordered the City Population Agency on Monday to conduct a crackdown on illegal migrants beginning next month, following an influx of people to the city after the Idul Fitri holiday, an official said.
Tue, 18 Jan 2000
Transvestite killed by crowd
Transvestite killed by crowd JAKARTA (JP): A man dressed as a woman was beaten to death on Sunday after trying to steal a motorbike taxi, known locally as ojek.The incident happened at 11:30 p.m. on a football field in Joglo area, West Jakarta, when the man stopped the motorbike taxi driver,...
Tue, 18 Jan 2000
Indosat, StarHub tie up
Indosat, StarHub tie up JAKARTA (JP): State-owned international direct dial (IDD) operator PT Indosat has signed an operational agreement with Singapore's new IDD operator StarHub, Indosat's spokesperson Budi Prasetyo said on Monday.
Tue, 18 Jan 2000
Arie named training director for Olympics and SEA Games
Arie named training director for Olympics and SEA Games JAKARTA (JP): The National Sports Council (KONI) named its vice chairman Arie Sudewo as training director for the 2000 Olympics in Sydney and the 2001 Southeast Asian (SEA) Games in Kuala Lumpur next year.
Tue, 18 Jan 2000
E. Timor sets finance rule
E. Timor sets finance rule JAKARTA (JP): The United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor (UNTAET) chief, Sergio de Mello, said on Monday he had signed a new regulation establishing a central fiscal authority, the embryo of a future finance ministry for the territory.
Tue, 18 Jan 2000
Gus Dur denies reports on reshuffle
Gus Dur denies reports on reshuffle JAKARTA (JP): For President Abdurrahman Wahid, a Cabinet shake-up is simply a matter of wording.In yet another dismissal of media reports of an impending reshuffle of his almost three-month-old Cabinet, Abdurrahman said on Monday such speculation was baseless.
Tue, 18 Jan 2000
Police arrest two men for kidnapping
Police arrest two men for kidnapping JAKARTA (JP): Central Jakarta Police detectives arrested two brothers for a series of child kidnappings at two separate places on Friday and Saturday, an official said.
Tue, 18 Jan 2000
Zarina to face charges of drug possession, use
Zarina to face charges of drug possession, use JAKARTA (JP): Drug suspect Zarina Mirafsur is expected to appear in the courtroom of the West Jakarta District Court on Tuesday on double charges, Judge Basoeki of the court said.
Tue, 18 Jan 2000
Out of hand
Out of hand President Abdurrahman Wahid has effectively presented his critics with new ammunition to attack his administration. He has been accused of lacking a proper sense of crisis resulting from his offhand approach to the sectarian conflict in Maluku.
Tue, 18 Jan 2000
Workers protest minimum wage
Workers protest minimum wage BOGOR (JP): Some 60 workers of a garment company staged a rally on Monday demanding an increase in salary, which is still below the government-set minimum wage.Workers of soccer uniform producer PT Budi Mustika Garment, who marched from the factory on Jl Roda Sukasari...
Tue, 18 Jan 2000
Indonesia and U.S.
Indonesia and U.S. In the aftermath of World War II, the United States actively supported Indonesia's independence movement, and in December 1949 the United States was one of the first countries to recognize the new Republic of Indonesia.
Tue, 18 Jan 2000
Battle for Astra International shares escalates
Battle for Astra International shares escalates JAKARTA (JP): The battle for the acquisition of the almost 40 percent of PT Astra International the Indonesian Bank Restructuring Agency claims to control has escalated since Cacuk Sudarijanto took over as head of the agency last week.
Tue, 18 Jan 2000
Bengkulu elephants are trained with many skills, but jobless
Bengkulu elephants are trained with many skills, but joblessBy Maswandi BENGKULU (Antara): The trainer's screams now and then broke the silence of the Elephant Training Center in Seblat, Puteri Hijau subdistrict.
Tue, 18 Jan 2000
Alwi to lobby UN over international tribunal on E. Timor
Alwi to lobby UN over international tribunal on E. Timor JAKARTA (JP): Foreign Minister Alwi Shihab left for New York Monday evening to convince United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan and other Security Council members that an international tribunal on East Timor is not needed as Indonesia was...
Tue, 18 Jan 2000
Ryaas denies govt sluggish over implementing autonomy law
Ryaas denies govt sluggish over implementing autonomy law JAKARTA (JP): State Minister of Regional Autonomy Ryaas Rasyid denied on Monday the government was sluggish in implementing the regional autonomy law.
Tue, 18 Jan 2000
Mob burns 10 churches in Mataram
Mob burns 10 churches in Mataram DENPASAR, Bali (JP): Ten churches were either torched or damaged in Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara, on Monday when a mob ran riot after a gathering to protest sectarian violence in Maluku.
Tue, 18 Jan 2000
Husband slashes wife in domestic dispute
Husband slashes wife in domestic dispute TANGERANG (JP): An angry man severely slashed his 25-year-old wife in the neck at their rented house on Jl. Tanah Seratus in Sudimara Jaya, Ciledug, on Monday morning.
Tue, 18 Jan 2000
Lufthansa Airlines adds 2 flights a week to Jakarta
Lufthansa Airlines adds 2 flights a week to Jakarta JAKARTA (JP): Lufthansa Airlines of Germany has added two flights a week to Jakarta and Air France will follow suit by adding one flight a week, both in anticipation of increasing travel demand to and from the country.
Tue, 18 Jan 2000
Jakartans return to their routines
Jakartans return to their routines JAKARTA (JP): Jakarta's social and business routines began to return to normal on Monday as heavy traffic was observed throughout the city and offices have been swarmed by returning employees.
Tue, 18 Jan 2000
5,000 rare deer killed by hunters
5,000 rare deer killed by hunters SAMARINDA, East Kalimantan: At least 5,000 of East Kalimantan's rare deer locally known as Rusa Sambar were illegally hunted and killed last year, an official said on Monday.
Tue, 18 Jan 2000
Officials' salaries
Officials' salariesFrom Pikiran RakyatAs a rural layman, a television report on Jan. 15, 2000, really caught me by surprise when it stated that the salaries of government officials would be raised by hundreds of times.
Tue, 18 Jan 2000
East Timor inquiry ends questioning of TNI
East Timor inquiry ends questioning of TNI JAKARTA (JP): The Commission of Inquiry into Human Rights Violations (KPP HAM) in East Timor ended its questioning of Indonesian Military (TNI) officers on Monday, well ahead of its Jan. 31 deadline to submit its report to the government.Army First Lt.