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Thu, 15 Jan 1998
East Java towns hit by riots after sudden price hike
East Java towns hit by riots after sudden price hike SURABAYA (JP): Armed Forces spokesman Brig. Gen. A. Wahab Mokodongan confirmed yesterday that riots had broken out in several East Java towns Tuesday as a result of the sudden price hike and the portioning of several basic commodities.
Thu, 15 Jan 1998
Twenty die in diarrhea outbreak
Twenty die in diarrhea outbreak TIMIKA, Irian Jaya: Twenty people have died and 10 others have been hospitalized in an outbreak of diarrhea that has hit Mimika regency over the past two weeks, Antara quoted an official yesterday.
Thu, 15 Jan 1998
Husband's layoff drives woman to commit suicide
Husband's layoff drives woman to commit suicide JAKARTA (JP): Three women have been found dead in separate incidents during the past two days here.They were all believed to have committed suicide for different reasons, including because of a husband's failure to find a new job after being laid off.
Thu, 15 Jan 1998
Aneka Tambang profits doubled last year
Aneka Tambang profits doubled last year JAKARTA (JP): Publicly listed state mining company PT Aneka Tambang has said its unaudited net profit doubled to Rp 66 billion (US$8.25 million) last year."Profit was within the target," company president Dedy Aditya Sumanegara said at a breaking of the fast...
Thu, 15 Jan 1998
ADRs rally on economic reform news
ADRs rally on economic reform news NEW YORK (Reuters): Indonesian ADRs headed higher in heavy trade Tuesday, reflecting market optimism about economic reforms in the troubled southeast Asian nation.The overall market in ADRs -- American Depositary Receipts -- rose on signs of stabilization in the...
Thu, 15 Jan 1998
Indian rupee crosses 40 barrier to the dollar
Indian rupee crosses 40 barrier to the dollar BOMBAY (AFP): The Indian currency hit a record low here Wednesday, crashing through the psychological barrier of 40 rupees to the dollar for the first time.Dealers said it closed at 40.90 against the greenback after crashing to 40.
Thu, 15 Jan 1998
TV today
TV todayTVRI 2:00 p.m. News: Berita 14 2:30 My Country 2:35 Children's Film: Kid Pix Ninja The Wonder Boy 3:10 Science Film: Animal Odyssey 3:35 Religious Teachings: Islam 4:00 Regional News 4:30 Orchestra Film 5:00 Arabic Lessons 5:30 Religious Program: Celah-Celah Ramadhan 6:00 News: Lintasan...
Thu, 15 Jan 1998
Expats don't stockpile
Expats don't stockpile I got a call from my wife who was in Makro, saying everybody was buying up everything -- rice, sugar, cooking oil and milk. Checkout lines were so long that people were kept waiting one hour. She asked me what she should do. "Nothing," I said.
Wed, 14 Jan 1998
IBM net service
IBM net service Recently Mr. Dikdik Hasan responded in this column to my earlier complaint about IBM net service in Medan, North Sumatra. More important than his public response was Mr. Hasan's immediate personal response as soon as my letter appeared, and several times since then Mr.
Wed, 14 Jan 1998
Australian cabinet to discuss Asian crisis
Australian cabinet to discuss Asian crisis SYDNEY (AFP): Growing anxiety over the Asian financial crisis now damaging Australia's currency and threatening employment growth will be discussed by a cabinet meeting next week, officials said yesterday.
Wed, 14 Jan 1998
State draft budget
State draft budget It is disappointing to know how the state draft budget for 1998/1999 has been prepared. I am not an economist, but to my mind, there are many items that are either too optimistic or too unrealistic.
Wed, 14 Jan 1998
Diagnosing ills of low-cost health services
Diagnosing ills of low-cost health servicesThe Use of Health Services in a Slum Area of North Jakarta By Charles Surjadi EGC Publisher Jakarta, 1997 178 pp. JAKARTA (JP): With only 64 public hospitals serving the city's 9.8 million people, good quality health services at low cost are hard to find.
Wed, 14 Jan 1998
'Serambi' daily reduces pages
'Serambi' daily reduces pages BANDA ACEH, Aceh: The Serambi Indonesia daily here has reduced its pages from 12 to eight in an austerity measure aimed at helping it through the economic crisis.The newspaper's editor-in-chief, Sjamsul Kahar, said the page reduction was a result of the economic crisis...
Wed, 14 Jan 1998
Silkair flight recorder said to frustrate probe
Silkair flight recorder said to frustrate probe WASHINGTON (Reuters): Investigators probing the SilkAir crash in Indonesia last month have been frustrated by difficulties reading the flight data recorder, Aviation Week reported on Monday.U.S.
Wed, 14 Jan 1998
Hookers rounded up in Bogor
Hookers rounded up in Bogor BOGOR (JP): Some 44 prostitutes and 11 transvestites operating along the city's streets were rounded up in an operation on Monday night.The Bogor Mayoralty spokesman Hari Harsono said the prostitutes and transvestites were caught on Jl. Juanda, Jl. Merdeka, Jl.
Wed, 14 Jan 1998
The wrong signal -- IMF's role in Asia
The wrong signal -- IMF's role in AsiaBy Christian von Hiller BERLIN (DPA): Indonesia is threatening to be a rerun of the scenario that the world has already been observing in South Korea. After President Soeharto agreed to bow to the harsh demands made by the International Monetary Fund (IMF),...
Wed, 14 Jan 1998
Leadership change not a utopia
Leadership change not a utopiaBy Ikrar Nusa Bhakti JAKARTA (JP): Political hope may become a political reality even though political reality and hope are different from each other.Hermawan Sulistyo is right in his article "No room for political utopia" in the Jan.
Wed, 14 Jan 1998
TAM vehicle sales rise 32%
TAM vehicle sales rise 32% JAKARTA (JP): Automaker PT Toyota Astra Motor (TAM) sold 98,139 Toyota vehicles domestically last year, a 32 percent increase compared to 74,570 vehicles in 1996.The company, a joint venture between Indonesia's PT Astra International and Japan's Toyota Motor Corp, said...
Wed, 14 Jan 1998
Conversion Rates
Conversion Rates Jakarta (JP): Bank Ekspor Impor Indonesia's (Bank Exim) conversion rates on Jan. 13, 1998: Buying Selling Rp Rp U.S dollar 8,000.00 10,000.00Austrian shilling 601.50 731.80Australian dollar 5,088.00 5,787.00Belgian franc 212.40 240.60Canadian dollar 5,559.40 6,284.
Wed, 14 Jan 1998
Rupiah strengthens as stocks gains ground
Rupiah strengthens as stocks gains ground JAKARTA (JP): The rupiah continued to strengthen against the American dollar yesterday on a positive market reaction to the talks between International Monetary Fund (IMF) officials and the Indonesian government on economic reforms, currency dealers said.
Wed, 14 Jan 1998
Ministers back dialog on economic crisis
Ministers back dialog on economic crisis JAKARTA (JP): Two senior cabinet ministers declared their support yesterday for a plan to hold a national dialog involving public figures and staunch critics of the government to discuss ways of overcoming the present economic crisis.Minister of Defense Gen.
Wed, 14 Jan 1998
Love rupiah drive
Love rupiah driveFrom Media IndonesiaObserving the development of the ongoing monetary crisis, I, as an Indonesian citizen, wish to propose the following:1. Consolidate the Love Rupiah National Drive, a program initiated by one of our national entrepreneurs and worthy of our support.2.
Wed, 14 Jan 1998
U.S. shows concern over Asia crisis
U.S. shows concern over Asia crisis Summers will convey a tough message. He is a personal believer in the remedy of the IMF. He has made believers out of others in the Clinton administration that the IMF prescription must be followed -- and with no painkillers.
Wed, 14 Jan 1998
Indonesia crux brings Peregrine to its knees
Indonesia crux brings Peregrine to its knees HONG KONG (Reuters): Choked with emotion, the founders of Peregrine Investments Holdings Ltd told yesterday how a meltdown in Indonesian markets helped bring one of Asia's largest independent investment banks to its knees.
Wed, 14 Jan 1998
Garuda reschedules jet lease payments
Garuda reschedules jet lease payments JAKARTA (JP): National carrier Garuda Indonesia Airlines denied yesterday the airline company had defaulted on its lease payments for six Airbus aircraft.Garuda spokesperson Arief Hartanto said the airline did not default on the "operating lease" payments but...
Wed, 14 Jan 1998
Four shop owners questioned for hoarding supplies
Four shop owners questioned for hoarding supplies JAKARTA (JP): City Police chief Maj. Gen. Hamami Nata confirmed yesterday that his office was investigating four shop owners suspected of hoarding food supplies to be sold later at higher prices.
Wed, 14 Jan 1998
1997's violence, tragedies seen through news photos
1997's violence, tragedies seen through news photosPhoto display exposes 1997 gloomy days JAKARTA (JP): In the eyes of many news photographers, 1997 was a year of brutality, disaster and drought.Thirty-eight news photographers are expressing their view of the year through a month-long photo...
Wed, 14 Jan 1998
Support looms for Megawati's presidential bid
Support looms for Megawati's presidential bid MEDAN, North Sumatra (JP): Support trickled in yesterday for Megawati Soekarnoputri's bid for the presidency, including from an unexpected quarter.An executive of the Indonesian Democratic Party (PDI)'s North Sumatra branch, which is controlled by...
Wed, 14 Jan 1998
Soeharto reassures Summers, Goh on reforms
Soeharto reassures Summers, Goh on reforms JAKARTA (JP): U.S. Deputy Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers conveyed a message from President Bill Clinton to President Soeharto yesterday on the importance of pursuing economic reforms to restore confidence in the country's battered economy.
Wed, 14 Jan 1998
Military cracks down on hoarding
Military cracks down on hoarding BANDAR LAMPUNG: Military authorities here have deployed its personnel to watch over individuals who hoard basic commodities for their own interests, Antara reported yesterday.Military chief Col. C.
Wed, 14 Jan 1998
Three men arrested with 11 kilograms of marijuana
Three men arrested with 11 kilograms of marijuana JAKARTA (JP): Police have arrested three men in Cililitan, East Jakarta, for allegedly transporting and distributing 11 kilograms of marijuana.East Jakarta Police chief Lt. Col.
Wed, 14 Jan 1998
The need for reform
The need for reform It can hardly be denied that the economic crisis is at present undergoing an increasingly distinct metamorphosis toward becoming a political one. In fact, this tendency had been clear ever since the exchange rate of the rupiah against the U.S.
Wed, 14 Jan 1998
Council categorizes sports for Asian Games
Council categorizes sports for Asian Games JAKARTA (JP): The National Sports Council has categorized the 22 sports which Indonesia intends to contest at the 13th Asian Games in Bangkok in December.Muhammad Hindarto, the council's task force chairman and athletes development deputy, told reporters...
Wed, 14 Jan 1998
Ramadhan time for Jakarta
Ramadhan time for JakartaWednesdayMaghrib 6:17 p.m.ThursdayImsak 4:17 a.m.Subuh 4:27 a.m.
Wed, 14 Jan 1998
Sutiyoso tells project officials to be honest
Sutiyoso tells project officials to be honest JAKARTA (JP): Governor Sutiyoso yesterday ordered his officials to act with integrity while implementing the city's short-term labor-intensive projects designed to ease unemployment."I believe if we stick together, we can survive this troubled time.
Wed, 14 Jan 1998
Train fares cut 70% for poor travelers
Train fares cut 70% for poor travelers JAKARTA (JP): State railway company Perumka is giving a 70 percent discount to people who have little means of returning home from Jakarta to West and East Java.The discounts will only apply for those traveling using the provided trains which will begin...
Wed, 14 Jan 1998
Transformers exported to South America
Transformers exported to South America JAKARTA (JP): The transformer producer PT Unelec Indonesia (UNIDO) exported nine transformers worth US$4.2 million to Columbia and Dominica yesterday.Company president Januar Muin said it was the company's seventh shipment of its exports but its first export...
Wed, 14 Jan 1998
Moslem group pulls out of youth comittee
Moslem group pulls out of youth comittee SURABAYA, East Java (JP): The East Java chapter of the Ansor Youth Movement has pulled out of the Indonesian National Youth Committee (KNPI) because it says the committee has strayed from its original mission.
Wed, 14 Jan 1998
Panin denies layoff
Panin denies layoff JAKARTA (JP): Panin Securities denied yesterday that it had laid off employees to cope with the impact of the country's financial problem.Director of the securities house, Hendra H. Kustarjo, told The Jakarta Post yesterday that there had been no major layoff at his company.
Wed, 14 Jan 1998
TV today
TV todayTVRI 2:00 p.m. News: Berita 14 2:30 My Country 2:35 TV Series: Big Brother Jake 3:10 Indonesian Children 3:35 Talk Show: Kotak Pos 4:00 Regional News 4:30 Education Quiz: Cepat Tepat 5:10 Documentary: Sukses Berkarya 5:30 TV Drama: Koreksi Diri 6:00 News: Lintasan Berita 6:05 Nusantara, The...
Wed, 14 Jan 1998
Nation want Soeharto: Harmoko
Nation want Soeharto: Harmoko JAKARTA (JP): Golkar announced yesterday that it was fully convinced that the nation still wanted incumbent President Soeharto to lead the nation for another five years.Chairman Harmoko told reporters that the political group had conducted a survey to test the...
Wed, 14 Jan 1998
Djajanti's fish canning plant
Djajanti's fish canning plant JAKARTA (JP): PT Biak Mina Jaya, a subsidiary of the Djajanti Group, said yesterday it had planned to build a fish canning plant to increase its total production to 11,000 tons per day.
Wed, 14 Jan 1998
Asia-Pacific markets rally amid HK rebound
Asia-Pacific markets rally amid HK rebound HONG KONG (AFP): Asian share prices rallied yesterday with some markets making their first gains in the new year, taking heart from Wall Street's resilience and a rebound in Hong Kong.Indonesian share prices jumped a spectacular 9.
Wed, 14 Jan 1998
S'pore boy admits to abusing maid
S'pore boy admits to abusing maid SINGAPORE (AFP): A Singaporean schoolboy has admitted abusing an Indonesian maid by burning her forearm with a hot iron, scalding her with boiling water and punching her on the forehead, a report said yesterday.
Wed, 14 Jan 1998
Workers protest over allowance
Workers protest over allowance TANGERANG (JP): About 500 workers of a ceramics company on Jl. Kali Sabi in Jatiuwung have gone on strike, protesting the management's decision to pay half of their Idul Fitri allowances in the firm's ceramics products.
Wed, 14 Jan 1998
Joko stretched in season-opener at Japan Open
Joko stretched in season-opener at Japan Open TOKYO (AFP): Former world badminton champion Joko Suprianto faced a spirited challenge from Japan's Shuichi Nakao in the first round of the season-opener Japan Open yesterday.
Wed, 14 Jan 1998
Price uncertainty forces jewelry stores to close
Price uncertainty forces jewelry stores to close JAKARTA (JP): Many gold jewelry stores in Jakarta have temporarily closed due to uncertainty in gold prices and the sluggish market.Some traders told The Jakarta Post yesterday the sharp fluctuation of the rupiah against the U.S.
Wed, 14 Jan 1998
Where to go in Jakarta:
Where to go in Jakarta:Exhibitions * Painting Exhibition: Kumuh by Margono at Galeri Cipta III, Taman Ismail Marzuki Arts Center, Jl. Cikini Raya 73, Central Jakarta, 10 a.m. to 9 p.m., until Jan. 18. * Photo Exhibition: 100 old photos from Indonesia and Singapore, at Galeri TC (Twilight Cafe), Jl.
Wed, 14 Jan 1998
Harvest may fail due to drought
Harvest may fail due to drought KUPANG, East Nusa Tenggara: This year's corn harvest in the province may fail due to drought, Antara reported yesterday.Thousands of hectares of corn fields in the regencies of Flores Timur, Kupang, Timur Tengah Selatan, Ende, and Ngada have been affected by drought.
Wed, 14 Jan 1998
Palm and lauric oils drift lower in Europe
Palm and lauric oils drift lower in Europe LONDON (Reuters): Palm and lauric oil prices drifted lower during Monday afternoon in a quiet European vegetable oil market.Lower palm oil prices in Malaysia on profit-taking gave the market a softer feel, but traders said they were awaiting further...