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Sun, 02 Jan 2000
Maluku enjoys brief lull over New Year's break
Maluku enjoys brief lull over New Year's break JAKARTA (JP): Maluku enjoyed a brief respite over the New Year break from almost continuous violence, with reports of only minor clashes, as figures show that escalating violence in 1999 has killed over 1,000 people.
Sun, 02 Jan 2000
RI must prioritize socialization of athletics and swimming
RI must prioritize socialization of athletics and swimmingBy Primastuti Handayani JAKARTA (JP): The sports community has long known that track and field is the mother of all sports. That is why the International Olympics Committee (IOC) has ruled that track and field is one of four sports which...
Sun, 02 Jan 2000
Secondhand clothes find big market in Pontianak
Secondhand clothes find big market in PontianakBy Yetie G. Tamen PONTIANAK, West Kalimantan (JP): Secondhand clothes? Why not? That is perhaps the motto of customers at Lelong market in the heart of Pontianak, the principal town of West Kalimantan.
Sun, 02 Jan 2000
Prejudice in HIV-positive woman's death
Prejudice in HIV-positive woman's deathBy Husein Habsyi JAKARTA (JP): Innalillaahi wa Innaa Ilaihi Rooji'uun (We are truly Allah's and to Him we return). In the first week of this fasting month, a woman from Karawang, West Java, died in a private hospital in Jakarta from complications of HIV/AIDS.
Sun, 02 Jan 2000
Expats share the joy of Ramadhan away from home
Expats share the joy of Ramadhan away from homeBy Mehru Jaffer JAKARTA (JP): "With growing commerce came new sets of values and concerns ... As values changed and the gap between the rich and poor widened, resentment among the less fortunate began to intensify. It was an uneasy world ....
Sun, 02 Jan 2000
I vow to make a promise on the eve of the new year
I vow to make a promise on the eve of the new year JAKARTA (JP): Let's lift our hands up into the air and shout as loud as we can, "Happy New Year! Happy New Millennium!!"Like people say, New Year is the time to change yourself into a better person.
Sun, 02 Jan 2000
Tapping bookshelf business in Yogyakarta
Tapping bookshelf business in YogyakartaBy Asep Pathulrachman YOGYAKARTA (Antara): To one observant enough to spot the business potentials in Yogyakarta, known as the city of students, earning a living is not a difficult proposition.
Sun, 02 Jan 2000
Chrisye: Reproduction is not shameful to me
Chrisye: Reproduction is not shameful to meBy Endi Aras JAKARTA (JP): Singer and songwriter Chrisye has gone through such a long journey that many of his works have become legendary.Currently the 53-year-old singer is attracting fresh attention with the release of his latest album, a rerecording of...
Sun, 02 Jan 2000
Ex-miner Rozik digs into his new job
Ex-miner Rozik digs into his new job JAKARTA (JP): Mining and public works are two such very different professions that it is difficult to think any person with an established career in any one of them would want to switch fields, especially if he is already in his fifties.
Sun, 02 Jan 2000
Ramadhan time for Jakarta
Ramadhan time for JakartaSunday Maghrib 6:13 p.m.Monday Imsak 4:10 a.m.Subuh 4:20 a.m.
Sun, 02 Jan 2000
'Dangdut' music enjoys rosy days in l999
'Dangdut' music enjoys rosy days in l999By Endi Aras JAKARTA (JP): Once considered cheap and vulgar, dangdut music is now winning the hearts of numerous Indonesian and international music buffs.It is encouraging to see so many dangdut (local music strongly influenced by a Hindi and Arabic beat)...
Sun, 02 Jan 2000
Soothsayers see another tough year for RI
Soothsayers see another tough year for RIBy Stevie Emilia JAKARTA (JP): There are great expectations for the year 2000 as a general mood of excitement greets the new millennium, discounting those who believe it is being celebrated a year early.
Sun, 02 Jan 2000
Marking time with a cancer survivor
Marking time with a cancer survivorBy Grace Segran JAKARTA (JP): We were sitting in the International Baccalaureate (IB) coordinator's office two weeks before school was about to start. My daughter Elizabeth had waited all summer for this occasion -- to discuss her IB program with the school.
Sun, 02 Jan 2000
Art 1999: Testing the waters of freedom
Art 1999: Testing the waters of freedomBy Chandra Johan JAKARTA (JP): Turmoil and newfound freedom have brought a new era of "punditry" to the Indonesian people, in which everyone is suddenly free to speak their mind.
Sun, 02 Jan 2000
Experiencing nature with your children is fun for all
Experiencing nature with your children is fun for allBy Lestari Danardana BOGOR, West Java (JP): Nowadays, many young parents are concerned about playing with their children at the weekends. Due to their lack of time, they tend to take them to playgrounds at malls or to other entertainment centers.
Sun, 02 Jan 2000
Jakartans greet New Year's with joy
Jakartans greet New Year's with joy JAKARTA (JP): Like revelers in other metropolises across the globe, partygoers welcoming the new millennium in Jakarta celebrated the once-in-a-lifetime rollover with joy, nods to religion, paper trumpets, firecrackers and fireworks.
Sun, 02 Jan 2000
RI women detained in Malaysia
RI women detained in Malaysia KUALA LUMPUR (AFP): Malaysia's immigration department will focus its enforcement operations on entertainment centers this year to curb rising prostitution by foreign women, a report said Saturday.
Sun, 02 Jan 2000
Bogor bullfrogs hopping onto plates in Jakarta
Bogor bullfrogs hopping onto plates in JakartaBy Joko Sarwono BOGOR, West Java (JP): Any prospective entrepreneur, at least one with any foresight, first weighs the opportunities of a business and the costs.
Sun, 02 Jan 2000
President changes Irian Jaya's name to Papua
President changes Irian Jaya's name to Papua JAYAPURA, Irian Jaya (JP): President Abdurrahman Wahid not only rang in the new millennium here but also declared that Indonesia's easternmost province would now be called Papua.
Sun, 02 Jan 2000
Spotlight
SpotlightPhoto H: CardsVisaCOUNTER MEASURE: Visa International has developed the Cardholder Risk Identification Service (CRIS) to prevent misuse of cards. Visa Asia Pacific executive vice president-risk management general manager Jack Miller (left) recently presented CRIS software to director of...