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Mon, 04 Jan 1999
Two alleged robbers shot dead, one seriously hurt in Bogor
Two alleged robbers shot dead, one seriously hurt in Bogor BOGOR (JP): Police ambushed a seven-member gang of alleged robbers on Wednesday morning, killing two of the men, severely injuring one and slightly wounding the others.Head of the Bogor police precinct Lt. Col.
Mon, 04 Jan 1999
The Soeharto soap
The Soeharto soap A revolving door of powerful political figures summoned for questioning on allegations of corruption, collusion and nepotism has kept the nation entertained. Former president Soeharto has been questioned on two occasions, his sons Bambang Trihatmodjo and Hutomo Mandala Putra...
Mon, 04 Jan 1999
Six die after drinking alcohol, herb mixture
Six die after drinking alcohol, herb mixture PALANGKA RAYA, Central Kalimantan: Six residents were killed and seven others were listed in severe condition after consuming alcohol mixed with traditional herbs at a yearend party in Kotawaringin Barat regency, Central Kalimantan,Antara reported on...
Mon, 04 Jan 1999
Policies must put people first
Policies must put people first This article is based on the executive summary of a report on the Indonesia Economic Crisis meeting held at the Australian National University (ANU) in Canberra from Nov. 23 to Nov. 25, 1998. The conference was jointly initiated and designed by Prof.
Sun, 03 Jan 1999
Talk about 'national priority'!
Talk about 'national priority'! JAKARTA (JP): Since the beginning of the fasting month, my wife has been busy with her usual tidying up of the house to welcome Lebaran.I don't mind her cleaning and washing.
Sun, 03 Jan 1999
Unity and integrity
Unity and integrityFrom Sinar PagiThe recent violence involving security personnel, student demonstrators and the general public, and the positive and negative aspects of the recent Special Session of the People's Consultative Assembly could lead to the disintegration of the nation and have caused...
Sun, 03 Jan 1999
Poor Chinese, natives live in harmony in Jembatan Lima
Poor Chinese, natives live in harmony in Jembatan LimaBy Mehru Hasnain JAKARTA (JP): Hidden behind the glass and concrete skyscrapers of Jakarta's chic main streets, acres of slums sprawl. Here life is muddier, but a little less mean.
Sun, 03 Jan 1999
Floods hit Malaysia
Floods hit Malaysia KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters): More than 1,500 people have fled their homes in Malaysia to escape flooding caused by heavy monsoon rains, news reports said on Saturday.A total of 1,515 people in six districts of Pahang state in the northeast of Peninsular Malaysia have been evacuated...
Sun, 03 Jan 1999
Threats: 'Fear thou not for I am with Thee'
Threats: 'Fear thou not for I am with Thee'By Rev. Hallie Jonathans JAKARTA (JP): In this city named Jakarta we see students, intellectuals and common people alike express their feelings, opinions and interests in their own fashions on a daily basis.
Sun, 03 Jan 1999
Javanese cosmology colors Heri Dono's works
Javanese cosmology colors Heri Dono's worksBy Tedy Novan YOGYAKARTA (JP): When climbing Mount Merapi in March, creator of fine art Heri Dono thought that if Indonesian artists had duly respected their cultural traditions, the environmental destruction and moral degradation would not be as bad as it...
Sun, 03 Jan 1999
Sundanese games in several big cities are dying
Sundanese games in several big cities are dyingBy Kafil Yamin BANDUNG (JP): Yuceu Dewi Sakinah, 10, is among the lucky little girls who can enjoy both old and new games. During her fasting, she plays sondah, a traditional Sundanese game similar to hopscotch, with her friends in front of her house...
Sun, 03 Jan 1999
Ramadhan time for Jakarta
Ramadhan time for JakartaSunday Maghrib 6:14 p.m.Monday Imsak 4:10 a.m. Subuh 4.20 a.m.
Sun, 03 Jan 1999
Holy month of Ramadhan and togetherness
Holy month of Ramadhan and togethernessBy A. Mustofa Bisri REMBANG, Central Java (JP): One day during this holy fasting month of Ramadhan, I went on a trip with a friend. During the journey he looked rather pale, so I said to him, "Why don't we break our fast? We are on a long journey, so it is...
Sun, 03 Jan 1999
Boyke Aditya Krishna's art keeps viewers guessing
Boyke Aditya Krishna's art keeps viewers guessingBy Lilia Syarif Naga JAKARTA (JP): People usually view paintings or artworks as a diversion or to appreciate their beauty and craftsmanship. They are probably not seeking to evoke emotional upheaval.
Sun, 03 Jan 1999
Guess What? Joseph Estrada
Guess What? Joseph Estrada Philippine President Joseph Estrada said Wednesday his new year's resolution would be to quit smoking."Maybe this coming year I'll be less pressured ... because the first time when I assumed office I was so much pressured by the media," Estrada told reporters who asked...
Sun, 03 Jan 1999
Hopes for crisis to end this year
Hopes for crisis to end this year JAKARTA (JP): A devastating economic crisis, which has been biting ever deeper since July 1997, is the most dreaded calamity that people from all walks of life hope will end this year.
Sun, 03 Jan 1999
Spotlight
SpotlightPhoto A: PreangerHotel Preanger BandungMOVER AND SHAKER: Workers put finishing touches on a giant figure of Pak Haji Geol in the grounds of Hotel Preanger Aerowisata, Bandung. The figure, which mechanically strikes the traditional drum and shakes its hips, is part of the decorations for...
Sun, 03 Jan 1999
How to pay special attention to family harmony
How to pay special attention to family harmony SEMARANG (JP): In the year 2000 the number of Indonesian women aged 45 and above is estimated to reach 20 million out of the 104 million women in the population.
Sun, 03 Jan 1999
Gus Dur's significant steps
Gus Dur's significant stepsFrom Pikiran RakyatRecently Abdurrahman Wahid (Gus Dur) took steps which were hard to understand by his colleagues of the Ciganjur Declaration. He initiated a dialog with Gen. Wiranto, President Habibie and even former president Soeharto.
Sun, 03 Jan 1999
Focusing on critical politics of environment
Focusing on critical politics of environment The Politics of Environment in Southeast Asia; Philip Hirsch and Carol Warren, editors; Routeledge; xiii + 325pp JAKARTA (JP): When a few weeks ago Minister of Forestry and Plantations Muslimin Nasution declared that his ministry had uncovered Soeharto...
Sun, 03 Jan 1999
What really happened to poet Ronggowarsito?
What really happened to poet Ronggowarsito?By Hartono Hadikusumo YOGYAKARTA (JP): The great 19th century Javanese mystic and poet Ronggowarsito died 125 years ago, on Wednesday, Dec. 24, 1873, in Surakarta.
Sun, 03 Jan 1999
New watch series launched despite crisis
New watch series launched despite crisisBy I. Christianto JAKARTA (JP): Makers of luxury, high-quality watches continue to launch their new series in Indonesia in the belief that their target market is unaffected by the devastating economic crisis.
Sun, 03 Jan 1999
N. Sulawesi villagers attack store
N. Sulawesi villagers attack store JAKARTA (JP): A mob of about 200 villagers ransacked a store in North Sulawesi's Gorontalo regency on Friday after its owner allegedly insulted Islam, a police official said on Saturday.But Gorontalo police chief Lt. Col.
Sun, 03 Jan 1999
Strong bomb blast rocks Jl. Sabang
Strong bomb blast rocks Jl. Sabang JAKARTA (JP): A strong bomb blast extensively damaged the vacant three-story Ramayana department store and shattered windows and billboards of nearby shops on Jl. H. Agus Salim in Central Jakarta on Saturday morning.
Sat, 02 Jan 1999
Soeharto's family owns 4.3m hectares of forest
Soeharto's family owns 4.3m hectares of forest JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Forestry and Plantations Muslimin Nasution said on Thursday former president Soeharto's family controls at least 4.3 million hectares of forest concessions in the country.
Sat, 02 Jan 1999
43 political prisoners freed, 26 rehabilitated
43 political prisoners freed, 26 rehabilitated JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Justice Muladi on Thursday presented the most precious New Year gift -- the freedom and rehabilitation of political prisoners.The government freed 43 more political prisoners on the last day of 1998 and rehabilitated the name...
Sat, 02 Jan 1999
SE Asian currencies flat
SE Asian currencies flat SINGAPORE (Dow Jones): The Singapore dollar was flat against the U.S. dollar early Thursday in Southeast Asian currency markets. Domestic markets elsewhere in the region, in Thailand, Indonesia and the Philippines, were closed for holidays ahead of the New Year.
Sat, 02 Jan 1999
Prosecuting former president Soeharto
Prosecuting former president SoehartoFrom Media IndonesiaThe demands of some people that the government should prosecute former president Soeharto for his actions which have caused losses to the nation and the state, are, in my opinion, unrealistic.
Sat, 02 Jan 1999
Village head gets jail time for scam
Village head gets jail time for scam BOGOR (JP): The Bogor District Court has sentenced E. Herdian, 51, head of Baranangsiang village, to four months in jail for issuing a fake land document permitting the sale of a 1,182- square-meter plot on Jl. Bina Marga.
Sat, 02 Jan 1999
Pontianak airport upgraded
Pontianak airport upgraded JAKARTA (JP): The West Kalimantan provincial administration is upgrading Pontianak's Supadio Airport into an international gateway linking it to towns in Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei and the Philippines, Antara reported on Thursday.
Sat, 02 Jan 1999
Batam tourist mark nears 1m
Batam tourist mark nears 1m BATAM, Riau: Tourist arrivals on Batam, one of the country's major gateways, have not been adversely affected by the turmoil in the last few months, with numbers for 1998 set to hit the one million mark.
Sat, 02 Jan 1999
Taiwan firm to take back waste
Taiwan firm to take back waste SIHANOUKVILLE, Cambodia (Reuters): The Cambodian government said on Friday a Taiwanese firm will take back 3,000 tons of mercury-laced industrial waste dumped in southern Cambodia but compensation still had to be agreed.
Sat, 02 Jan 1999
S&P keeps rating despite KL loan
S&P keeps rating despite KL loan KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters): Standard and Poor's will not immediately revise its poor rating on Malaysia despite news the country has secured a $1.35-billion loan from 12 foreign banks, officials at the international ratings agency said on Thursday.
Sat, 02 Jan 1999
NGOs decry drills in park
NGOs decry drills in park SURABAYA: The East Java branch of the Indonesian Forum for Environment (Walhi) has condemned planned military exercises in the Pulau Sempu nature reserve as environmentally disruptive.
Sat, 02 Jan 1999
AIDS spouses to have counseling
AIDS spouses to have counseling SINGAPORE (AFP): Singapore is to make it mandatory for spouses of people with AIDS to undergo counseling, health minister Yeo Cheow Tong was reported on Friday as saying.
Sat, 02 Jan 1999
People easily outraged
People easily outragedFrom NeracaWe have, of late, been often startled by street brawls not involving secondary school students anymore but adult citizens. One example is a brawl between Rawajati and Pengadegan residents in the Casablanca area, Jakarta. The cause was simple: firecrackers.
Sat, 02 Jan 1999
Ramadhan time for Jakarta
Ramadhan time for JakartaSaturdayMaghrib 6:13 p.m.SundayImsak 4:09 a.m.Subuh 4.19 a.m.
Sat, 02 Jan 1999
Inflation rate surged to 77.63 percent last year
Inflation rate surged to 77.63 percent last year JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia recorded an inflation rate of 1.42 percent in December from 0.08 percent in November, sending the 1998 full-year inflation rate to 77.63 percent, the Central Bureau of Statistics (BPS) announced Thursday.
Sat, 02 Jan 1999
New Year's Eve passes without major incident
New Year's Eve passes without major incident JAKARTA (JP): Despite dense crowds of thousands of revelers, New Year Eve's celebrations in the capital proceeded peacefully, upset only by minor disturbances.
Sat, 02 Jan 1999
Exports estimated to rise by mere 1 percent this year
Exports estimated to rise by mere 1 percent this year JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Trade and Industry Rahardi Ramelan predicts another difficult year for the country's exporters, choked by Indonesia's debt quandary and the gloomy world economic outlook.
Sat, 02 Jan 1999
Government plans to privatize 25 state firms
Government plans to privatize 25 state firmsBy Reiner S. JAKARTA (JP): The government plans to privatize 25 state-owned companies in the 1999/2000 fiscal year to help finance the country's escape from the 17-month old economic crisis, according to the blueprint document for the restructuring of the...
Sat, 02 Jan 1999
22 foreigners netted in New Year's raids
22 foreigners netted in New Year's raids JAKARTA (JP): Immigration officers arrested 22 foreigners in a series of raids on immigration violators in the Tanah Abang area and on Jl. Jaksa in Central Jakarta on Friday.
Sat, 02 Jan 1999
Toll revenue falls 7% in 1998
Toll revenue falls 7% in 1998 JAKARTA (JP): State-owned toll operator PT Jasa Marga is estimating an almost 7 percent decline in toll revenue in 1998 in the wake of the country's acute monetary crisis.Revenue is predicted to fall to Rp 676.2 billion (US$84.02 million) from Rp 727 billion in 1997.
Sat, 02 Jan 1999
Crisis is biting deep
Crisis is biting deep JAKARTA (JP): The following are accompanying tables for our Front Page story on the result of a survey about people's spending behavior during the current economic crisis.The survey was conducted before the Christmas holiday involving 1,250 people in five cities: Jakarta,...
Sat, 02 Jan 1999
Govt puts sports on back burner, minister says
Govt puts sports on back burner, minister says JAKARTA (JP): State Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports Agung Laksono concedes the government's attention to national sports is lacking and much needs to be done to polish the professionalism of coaches and athletes.
Sat, 02 Jan 1999
Robberies and looting on roads
Robberies and looting on roadsFrom Bisnis IndonesiaIt is very saddening to learn from the newspapers that robberies and looting often take place on the roads along the north coastal area of Java, which results in scarce supplies of the basic food stuffs in the capital city.
Sat, 02 Jan 1999
Vehicle maintenance losses reach Rp 7b
Vehicle maintenance losses reach Rp 7b JAKARTA (JP): Total loss of funds allocated by the city for the maintenance of official vehicles in the first eight months of this fiscal year was Rp 7 billion (US$933,333), not Rp 16 billion as earlier estimated, an official said.
Sat, 02 Jan 1999
Hundreds evacuated in Poso
Hundreds evacuated in Poso JAKARTA (JP): Hundreds of people in Poso, Central Sulawesi, whose homes have been severely damaged or destroyed in rioting that has gone on since last Friday, have been evacuated to the local sports center.
Sat, 02 Jan 1999
Banyuwangi blaze rages in market
Banyuwangi blaze rages in market BANYUWANGI, East Java: Dozens of kiosks in the traditional market in Kalibaru district, about 60 kilometers to the west of Banyuwangi town, were razed on Wednesday night. Many others also sustained damage.
Sat, 02 Jan 1999
It's spend, spend and spend (almost) as usual
It's spend, spend and spend (almost) as usual Religious traditions do not die even in times of acute economic crisis. As Christians marked Christmas, and Muslims will be observing Idul Fitri this month, we asked respondents in this survey how they planned to celebrate these festivities when the...