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Tue, 11 Jan 2000
Fire razes shop-houses in the Jambi market
Fire razes shop-houses in the Jambi market JAKARTA (JP): Traders and shophouse owners at Nipang Panjang market, in the Jambi regency of East Tanjung Jabung, watched desperately as a fire razed their properties early on Monday.Chief of Nipah Panjang Police precinct, Second Lt.
Tue, 11 Jan 2000
Street singer run over, dies
Street singer run over, dies JAKARTA (JP): A 12-year-old street singer was killed and seven of her friends were injured on Friday after they were hit by a car on the Slipi flyover in West Jakarta, a police officer said on Monday.The children were playing under the flyover when they were hit.
Tue, 11 Jan 2000
'Criminal' police fired for offenses
'Criminal' police fired for offenses SEMARANG: Four officers of the Central Java Police have been fired for criminal offenses and misconduct, while 15 others, including a captain, were discharged for drugs abuse in 1999.
Tue, 11 Jan 2000
Soldiers told to remain impartial in troubled Maluku
Soldiers told to remain impartial in troubled Maluku JAKARTA (JP): Indonesian Military (TNI) chief Admiral Widodo A.S. on a brief visit to Ambon told soldiers to remain impartial and act professionally during their mission in strife-torn Maluku.
Tue, 11 Jan 2000
Apartments in Australia
Apartments in Australia I have many Indonesian friends in Australia and Singapore and through your paper I would like to bring to the notice of your readers the questionable methods used by some large developers in Australia who sell apartments to Indonesian citizens and manipulate the strata laws...
Tue, 11 Jan 2000
Authorities catch beggars posing as street sweepers
Authorities catch beggars posing as street sweepers JAKARTA (JP): The city sanitation agency has caught and interrogated three people caught begging red-handed on the city streets when wearing the orange uniforms of official street sweepers, an official said on Monday.
Tue, 11 Jan 2000
Will there be a jihad?
Will there be a jihad? Many circles have lashed out at the government's failure to stop the sectarian strife in Maluku, but during the past week the bloodshed has increased from day to day.Muslims outside the province, particularly those in Jakarta, have zoomed in on the situation in Maluku and...
Tue, 11 Jan 2000
Ammo shipment intercepted
Ammo shipment intercepted SORONG, Irian Jaya: Police have seized thousands of ammunition for automatic rifles, possibly bound for strife-torn Ambon, from the KM Dobonsolo vessel which was docking at Sorong port on Monday.
Tue, 11 Jan 2000
Ignored guest
Ignored guest We read daily about human right issues in Indonesia and the situation of Indonesian workers abroad. That care and protection must be given is a good development. Unfortunately, the Indonesian government as well as human rights organizations do not give the same attention to their...
Tue, 11 Jan 2000
Impunity increasingly a habit in Aceh
Impunity increasingly a habit in Aceh This is the second of a two-part article based on a year-end evaluation of conditions in Aceh by Saifuddin Bantasyam, executive director of the Care for Human Rights Forum (FPHAM), one of several private groups monitoring human rights in the province.
Tue, 11 Jan 2000
Government's handling of crises draws criticism
Government's handling of crises draws criticism JAKARTA (JP): The country's current leaders have yet to prove their capability and concern in handling the deteriorating situation in the country, a prominent journalist and social affairs observer said on Monday.
Tue, 11 Jan 2000
Analyst predicts RI rubber will bounce back
Analyst predicts RI rubber will bounce back JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia will see a robust rubber business in 2000 as the country's production and exports of rubber will increase by respectively four percent and six percent, an analyst said on Monday.
Tue, 11 Jan 2000
Govt, BI forecast rupiah stable at 7,000 to dollar
Govt, BI forecast rupiah stable at 7,000 to dollar JAKARTA (JP): The country's senior economics minister and Bank Indonesia said on Monday they expected the rupiah to remain stable at around 7,000 to the U.S. dollar due to stabilization of the political and security situation.
Tue, 11 Jan 2000
Three die in firecracker blast
Three die in firecracker blast SEMARANG: Three people were instantly killed and two others injured when a firecracker they were igniting exploded at Banyuripalit village in South Pekalongan district on Sunday afternoon.Central Java Police spokesman Lt. Col. M.
Tue, 11 Jan 2000
Fatwa pessimistic about fusion of Muslim parties
Fatwa pessimistic about fusion of Muslim parties JAKARTA (JP): National Mandate Party (PAN) Deputy Chairman A.M. Fatwa said he was pessimistic about a fusion of Muslim parties and the establishment of a major Muslim party by the 2004 general election.
Tue, 11 Jan 2000
Marzuki in Lippo Net plans
Marzuki in Lippo Net plans JAKARTA (JP): PT Asuransi Lippo Life Tbk announced on Monday the appointment of former minister Marzuki Usman as its deputy chairman to boost its e-commerce business.Company chairman Billy Sindoro said in a statement on Monday that Marzuki brought with him considerable...
Tue, 11 Jan 2000
Ahwil set for deputy police post
Ahwil set for deputy police post JAKARTA (JP): Maj. Gen. Ahwil Lutan, governor of the Police Academy, is likely to be appointed the new deputy chief of the National Police, a senior officer said on Monday.A date for the transfer of duty has yet to be set.
Tue, 11 Jan 2000
Government to grant impunity to IBRA officials: Source
Government to grant impunity to IBRA officials: Source JAKARTA (JP): The government is planning to issue a decree granting impunity to officials of the Indonesian Bank Restructuring Agency (IBRA), according to a source.
Tue, 11 Jan 2000
Conversion Rates
Conversion RatesBank Indonesia's conversion rates on Jan. 10, 2000: Bank notes rates Buying Selling Rp RpU.S. dollar 1 7,079.00 7,151.00Australian dollar 1 4,634.62 4,688.91Austrian schilling 1 529.01 534.65Belgian franc 1 180.45 182.37Brunei dollar 1 4,267.54 4,313.55Canadian dollar 1 4,856.
Tue, 11 Jan 2000
RI in U.S. housewares show
RI in U.S. housewares show JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia will participate in the International Housewares Shows, the biggest of its kind in the world, in Chicago from Jan. 16 to Jan. 19.The Indonesian Consulate General in Chicago was quoted by Antara as saying on Monday that 17 Indonesian companies would...
Tue, 11 Jan 2000
Iraq awards Thai rice, oil firms crude quotas
Iraq awards Thai rice, oil firms crude quotas BANGKOK (Reuters): Iraq has rewarded a Thai rice exporter, a steady shipper of rice to Iraq under a United Nations food for oil program, with a quota for the import of three million barrels of Basra light crude oil.
Tue, 11 Jan 2000
Employee social security programs in line for reform
Employee social security programs in line for reform JAKARTA (JP): Despite making strides in its performance, state-owned worker insurance company PT Jamsostek needs revamping to provide maximum benefit for workers and their families, company president Ackmal Husin said.
Tue, 11 Jan 2000
KL govt websites stuck in 1999
KL govt websites stuck in 1999 KUALA LUMPUR (AP): Even while Malaysia touts itself as the future Silicon Valley of Southeast Asia, at least four government ministries have not updated their websites since 1999.
Tue, 11 Jan 2000
Central bank meeting in KL
Central bank meeting in KL KUALA LUMPUR (AFP): Malaysia will host a three-day economic conference starting January 27 to be attended by Southeast Asian central bank governors, officials said on Monday.Bank Negara Malaysia said the theme of the annual conference of the governors of Southeast Asian...
Tue, 11 Jan 2000
Police perplexed by series of armed robberies
Police perplexed by series of armed robberies JAKARTA (JP): City police detectives are puzzled by three armed robberies which took place on Saturday, the second day of the Idul Fitri holiday.The first case occurred at the home of a former National Police deputy chief of operational affairs, Maj.
Tue, 11 Jan 2000
Sham academic titles
Sham academic titlesFrom Gatra magazineGatra magazine published on Jan. 1, 2000 a statement by the rector of Diponegoro University, Semarang, on the practice of conferring academic titles. Currently "instant" education institutes tempting the community with prestigious academic titles are...
Tue, 11 Jan 2000
Governor defends raid on Taman Puring kiosks
Governor defends raid on Taman Puring kiosks JAKARTA (JP): Governor Sutiyoso said on Monday that the city administration would stick to its decision to eliminate kiosks from the park at Taman Puring flea market in South Jakarta.
Tue, 11 Jan 2000
Motorists told to beware as holidaymakers return
Motorists told to beware as holidaymakers return JAKARTA (JP): With the Idul Fitri holiday over, roads across the country are expected to be crowded in the coming week with revelers returning home.Police urged motorists on Monday to be extra cautious to avoid traffic accidents on the busy roads,...
Tue, 11 Jan 2000
Where to go in Bandung for Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2000
Where to go in Bandung for Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2000Performances * Puppet Show, at Gedung Kesenian Rumentang Siang, Jl. Baranang Siang 1, Kosambi (Phone: 022 4233562), 9:30 p.m., Jan. 15. * Sundanese Traditional Theater Festival, at Gedung Kesenian Rumentang Siang, 10 a.m. to 11 p.m., Jan. 16 - 23.
Tue, 11 Jan 2000
Small S'pore firms to visit RI
Small S'pore firms to visit RI JAKARTA (JP): About 200 small and medium Singaporean enterprises will accompany the city state's premier, Goh Chok Tong, in his visit to Jakarta to explore investment opportunities in the country.
Tue, 11 Jan 2000
Grasshoppers swarm W. Kalimantan
Grasshoppers swarm W. KalimantanBy Edi Petebang PONTIANAK, West Kalimantan (JP): Crop-eating grasshoppers (Locusta migrata) have swarmed much of the province, triggering fears of a food shortage there this year.
Tue, 11 Jan 2000
Rebels take road in new fighting
Rebels take road in new fighting COTABATO CITY, Philippines (AP): Army troops clashed with Muslim rebels who occupied a major road in a southern province on Monday in fresh fighting that could threaten peace talks, rebel leaders and officials said.
Tue, 11 Jan 2000
Effects of crisis, globalization cast doubt on ASEAN
Effects of crisis, globalization cast doubt on ASEAN This is the second of a two part article based on a keynote address by Dr. Surin Pitsuwan, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Thailand at the conference on Transition and Globalization: Comparative Strategies, organized by The...
Mon, 10 Jan 2000
Sailors nabbed for illegal trip
Sailors nabbed for illegal trip DENPASAR, Bali: An Indonesian ship with eight Iranians and 53 Iraqis, including 16 children, on board, drifted ashore here following a mechanical failure around 20 miles off the coast of Jimbaran."The ship drifted ashore on Jan.
Mon, 10 Jan 2000
Moonlighting on motorbikes
Moonlighting on motorbikes PALU, Central Sulawesi: Dozens of state employees here have taken side jobs as motorcycle taxi drivers, locally known as ojek, to help survive the economic crisis.One of the civil servants, Udin, 43, said dozens of employees had joined the ojek organization.
Mon, 10 Jan 2000
Gus Dur's bravery
Gus Dur's braveryFrom Rakyat MerdekaI hail and admire President Abdurrahman Wahid's bravery in his statement quoted in the media recently. He said to a gathering of prominent community and religious leaders in Merauke, "If there is a country which tries to divide the unitary state of Indonesia, we...
Mon, 10 Jan 2000
Solemnity marks Idul Fitri festivities
Solemnity marks Idul Fitri festivities JAKARTA (JP): Millions of Muslims in the capital celebrated the Idul Fitri holiday on Saturday and Sunday in a solemn and peaceful mood.Mosques, sports fields and parking lots were packed on Saturday morning as people said the Idul Fitri prayer.
Mon, 10 Jan 2000
Central banks meet in S'pore
Central banks meet in S'pore SINGAPORE (AFP): Central bank governors from around the world were due to meet in Singapore Monday to exchange views on current economic and financial developments, said the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS).
Mon, 10 Jan 2000
Obuchi set to push Japan's role in Asia
Obuchi set to push Japan's role in Asia TOKYO (Reuters): Japan's Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi embarks on a visit to Southeast Asia on Monday in a sign of Tokyo's growing determination to take a leadership role in Asia.The visit to Cambodia, Laos and Thailand from Jan.
Mon, 10 Jan 2000
Effects of the globalization cast doubt on ASEAN
Effects of the globalization cast doubt on ASEAN This is the first of a two part article based on a keynote address by Dr. Surin Pitsuwan, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Thailand at the conference on Transition and Globalization: Comparative Strategies, organized by The Institute of...
Mon, 10 Jan 2000
RI coffee expected to perk up in 2000
RI coffee expected to perk up in 2000By Sylvia Gratia M. Nirang JAKARTA (JP): The year 2000 is expected to be a good one for Indonesia's coffee industry, with experts predicting coffee production will bounce back after being hit by a severe dry spell caused by El Nino and excessive La Nina-caused...
Mon, 10 Jan 2000
Initial evaluation of the impact of the Y2K bug on Indonesia
Initial evaluation of the impact of the Y2K bug on IndonesiaBy RM Roy Suryo YOGYAKARTA (JP): "Saved by the bell," an idiom often used in boxing, is a good phrase to begin this initial evaluation of the impact of the millennium bug in Indonesia.After all, following the critical period of Dec.
Mon, 10 Jan 2000
Fast action ordered for N. Luwu conflicts
Fast action ordered for N. Luwu conflicts MAKASSAR, South Sulawesi (JP): Wirabuana Military Commander Maj. Gen. Agus Wirahadikusuma has ordered security personnel here to disarm warring residents in North Luwu regency.
Mon, 10 Jan 2000
Calls for calm, jihad over Maluku mayhem
Calls for calm, jihad over Maluku mayhem JAKARTA (JP): There were urgent calls for calm and understanding as demands for an Islamic holy war (jihad) to avenge the death of Muslims in Maluku continued to resonate over the Idul Fitri weekend.
Mon, 10 Jan 2000
Mercure's positive outlook
Mercure's positive outlook JAKARTA (JP): The four-star hotel Mercure Rekso in West Jakarta expects good business prospects in 2000 with its total room occupancy rate increasing 10 percent to 55 percent, a hotel executive said.The hotel's public relations manager, Mirna A.
Mon, 10 Jan 2000
Bringing an end to Aceh's saga of sadness
Bringing an end to Aceh's saga of sadness This is the first of a two-part article based on a year-end evaluation of conditions in Aceh by Saifuddin Bantasyam, executive director of the Care for Human Rights Forum (FPHAM), one of several private groups monitoring human rights in the province.
Mon, 10 Jan 2000
Cabinet ministers busy during Idul Fitri
Cabinet ministers busy during Idul Fitri JAKARTA (JP): Cabinet ministers celebrated their first Idul Fitri since taking office with traditional open houses and receptions.On the first day of Idul Fitri on Saturday, most ministers received visits from their staff, related organizations and the...
Mon, 10 Jan 2000
Bigger share awaits RI in global textile market: API
Bigger share awaits RI in global textile market: API JAKARTA (JP): The country's textile industry is considered a local giant, providing 19 percent of the country's nonoil and gas revenue and a 1.2 million-strong work force.
Mon, 10 Jan 2000
Maluku calm during Idul Fitri
Maluku calm during Idul Fitri JAKARTA (JP): Idul Fitri was generally solemnly celebrated over the weekend, including in the riot-torn Maluku capital of Ambon.Thousands of people flocked to the Al Fatah Grand Mosque in the riot torn city on Saturday to perform their Idul Fitri morning prayers,...
Mon, 10 Jan 2000
Large influx of newcomers expected
Large influx of newcomers expected JAKARTA (JP): About 200,000 newcomers are expected to enter the capital along with millions of residents returning home after the Idul Fitri holiday, head of the City Population Agency Sjahrin Lumban Toruan said on Sunday."Last year some 2.