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Tue, 06 Jan 1998
Carmakers could cut production by 50%: Analysts
Carmakers could cut production by 50%: Analysts JAKARTA (JP): A sluggish market this year will force local automakers to slash production by 50 percent, analyst Suhari Sargo predicts.He said yesterday the production cut would lead to the layoff of about 80,000 workers.
Tue, 06 Jan 1998
Authors told to promote Jakarta's projects
Authors told to promote Jakarta's projects JAKARTA (JP): Governor Sutiyoso has urged authors and novelists here to help support Jakarta's development programs, which are hindered by public ignorance."Writers have to be aware that they have the power to inform the public.
Tue, 06 Jan 1998
Miner faces jail for using dynamite
Miner faces jail for using dynamite BOGOR (JP): Prosecutor Amir Hakim Nasution asked Bogor District Court yesterday to sentence Istiqomah, 37, to seven months in jail for using dynamite to mine for stones in Rengas Jajar village in Cigudeg district here.
Tue, 06 Jan 1998
7 foreigners enter Tegal Motocross
7 foreigners enter Tegal Motocross JAKARTA (JP): Seven crossers from Australia and New Zealand have confirmed their participation in the first leg of the Gudang Garam Motocross in Tegal, Central Java, Feb. 7-Feb. 8.
Tue, 06 Jan 1998
Regional rubber prices seen weak
Regional rubber prices seen weak SINGAPORE (Reuters): The Southeast Asian rubber market will not get a lift from the New Year this week, with prices seen languishing because of weak demand, traders said yesterday.
Tue, 06 Jan 1998
Malaysians await repatriation
Malaysians await repatriation PALU, Central Sulawesi: Two Malaysian fishermen, stranded in Palu since November, are still waiting to be repatriated as the Malaysian Embassy in Jakarta have yet to send their tickets and passports, an immigration official said yesterday.
Tue, 06 Jan 1998
Firm offers to end city parking chaos
Firm offers to end city parking chaos JAKARTA (JP): A private company has offered to solve the city's parking woes and crack down on "disappearing" parking fees in a joint venture with the municipality, an official said yesterday.
Tue, 06 Jan 1998
Students join chorus for political reforms
Students join chorus for political reforms JAKARTA (JP): Leaders of prominent student and youth organizations joined the growing chorus for political reforms yesterday, calling for a more democratic system which they say is the only way out of the current economic predicament.
Tue, 06 Jan 1998
Jack thief gets four months
Jack thief gets four months BOGOR (JP): An 18-year-old man was sentenced yesterday in Bogor District Court to four months in jail for stealing a car jack from the Ciparigi workshop on Jl. Raya Bogor.Prosecutor Titien had demanded that Jaenudin, alias Enan Aman, serve a six-month sentence for the...
Tue, 06 Jan 1998
Rudini welcomes national dialog plan
Rudini welcomes national dialog plan JAKARTA (JP): Former President Soeharto's close aide, Rudini, yesterday welcomed the proposal for a national dialog to discuss solutions for the ongoing monetary crisis, but reminded the nation that the President would not turn a blind eye on the matter.
Tue, 06 Jan 1998
Street vendors run amok in Bandung
Street vendors run amok in Bandung BANDUNG, West Java (JP): Hundreds of shops and kiosks on Jl. Ahmad Yani were wrecked when thousands of street vendors went on a rampage following an altercation with National Discipline Movement officers yesterday.
Tue, 06 Jan 1998
Ramadhan time for Jakarta
Ramadhan time for JakartaTuesdayMaghrib 6.15 p.m.WednesdayImsak 4:12 a.m.Subuh 4.22 a.m.
Tue, 06 Jan 1998
Rice imports going through Tanjung Priok totals 305,193 tons
Rice imports going through Tanjung Priok totals 305,193 tons JAKARTA (JP): Rice imports going through Tanjung Priok Seaport, the country's largest port, totaled 305,193 tons last year, according to the port authority.
Tue, 06 Jan 1998
One killed as train crashes into van
One killed as train crashes into van JAKARTA (JP): A man was killed and three others injured when a speeding train crashed into an Isuzu Panther van at the level crossing in front of Kepiting market in North Jakarta yesterday afternoon.
Tue, 06 Jan 1998
Photo image used to make passports
Photo image used to make passports JAKARTA (JP): Immigration offices in Jakarta started using photo imaging yesterday for the processing of new passports in a bid to prevent forgery, an official said.Moh.
Tue, 06 Jan 1998
Traffic accidents claim 785 lives
Traffic accidents claim 785 lives SEMARANG, Central Java: At least 785 died in 752 traffic accidents last year in the province, police said.Provincial police chief Maj. Gen. Nugroho Djajusman, said yesterday that human error or negligence was the main reason for many of the accidents, which also...
Tue, 06 Jan 1998
RP inflation rate rises 6.1%
RP inflation rate rises 6.1% MANILA (AFP): Philippine consumer prices rose 6.1 percent from a year earlier in December, compared to 6.5 percent in the previous month, the official National Statistics Office said Monday.This brought the average inflation rate for 1997 to 5.1 percent, compared to 8.
Tue, 06 Jan 1998
ABRI prepares to secure MPR plenary meeting
ABRI prepares to secure MPR plenary meeting JAKARTA (JP): Commanders and top officials of the Armed Forces (ABRI) will meet next month in Jakarta to map out a contingency plan against disturbances during March's plenary meeting of the People's Consultative Assembly.Armed Forces Commander Gen.
Tue, 06 Jan 1998
Rates for Tax Payment
Rates for Tax Payment JAKARTA (JP): The government announced yesterday new official conversion rates as the basis for payment of import duty, value added tax on goods and services, sales tax on luxury goods, export tax and income tax.The new conversion rates will be valid for one week, from Jan.
Tue, 06 Jan 1998
Media wages advertising war (2)
Media wages advertising war (2)By Atmakusumah The competitive media environment in Indonesia is strengthening the strong and sidelining the weak. This is the second of two articles. JAKARTA (JP): The phenomenal success of commercial television in taking a large piece of the advertising pie is an...
Mon, 05 Jan 1998
Malaysia denies it's a rebel training ground
Malaysia denies it's a rebel training ground BANGKOK (Agencies): Thai Foreign Minister Surin Pitsuwan has no immediate plans to discuss Moslem guerrilla activity in southern Thailand with neighboring Malaysia, his office said yesterday.
Mon, 05 Jan 1998
Fisheries lost $7.3m due to long dry season
Fisheries lost $7.3m due to long dry season JAKARTA (JP): A drought caused by the El Nino weather phenomenon last year dried up at least 2.77 million hectares of fishery areas, causing an estimated loss of over Rp 44 billion (US$7.3 million), a minister said.
Mon, 05 Jan 1998
SilkAir's cockpit voice recorder found
SilkAir's cockpit voice recorder found JAKARTA (JP): Rescuers have found the cockpit voice recorder (CVR), a crucial part of the black box which could help explain the cause of a SilkAir plane crash on Dec. 19 which killed all 104 on board."At 4:35 p.m.
Mon, 05 Jan 1998
Watch TV as you work on your PC, but don't get carried away
Watch TV as you work on your PC, but don't get carried awayBy Zatni Arbi JAKARTA (JP): As there has never been a dull moment in this country, wouldn't it be nice if we could follow the latest news on TV without having to leave our PC?Well, that's not difficult to do.
Mon, 05 Jan 1998
Fireworks sold despite ban
Fireworks sold despite ban JAKARTA (JP): Fireworks are traded openly in Jatinegara market, East Jakarta, despite a municipality ban on the sale of such products.The wide variety of fireworks were being sold by many traders in the area, Antara reported Saturday.
Mon, 05 Jan 1998
Police must solve Udin murder case, expert says
Police must solve Udin murder case, expert says JAKARTA (JP): Despite the decision of Dwi Sumaji, alias Iwik, not to sue police, the investigation into the unsolved murder of journalist Fuad Muhammad Syafruddin, alias Udin, must continue, a legal expert said here yesterday.
Mon, 05 Jan 1998
Toyota to close one Thai plant
Toyota to close one Thai plant TOKYO (AFP): Japan's auto giant Toyota Motor Corp. will shut down one of its four plants in Thailand in 1999 in a move to reorganize its manufacturing setup in the country, a business daily said yesterday.
Mon, 05 Jan 1998
Minivan driver attacked, robbed
Minivan driver attacked, robbed BOGOR (JP): Patrol police found an injured Angkot (public transportation van) driver tied up beside the Jagorawi toll road on Saturday.A Citeureup police officer said the 20-year-old driver, Afrizal, was the victim of a robbery.
Mon, 05 Jan 1998
New food modeled on Indonesian tempe
New food modeled on Indonesian tempe LONDON: A meat substitute made from a grain eaten by the Incas and a 2,000-year-old Indonesian mould is being developed by the European Union.The high-protein rival to tofu, a soya bean curd eaten in the Far East, is being produced by British scientists and...
Mon, 05 Jan 1998
Ramadhan time for Jakarta
Ramadhan time for JakartaMondayMaghrib 6.14 p.m.TuesdayImsak 4:11 a.m.Subuh 4.21 a.m.
Mon, 05 Jan 1998
Don't worry about bird flu: Sujudi
Don't worry about bird flu: Sujudi JAKARTA (JP): Indonesians should not worry about the notorious "bird flu", as the government has taken necessary precautions, such as banning poultry imports from Hong Kong, to avoid the spread of the virus here, a minister has said.
Mon, 05 Jan 1998
Laid off foreigners may pose problems
Laid off foreigners may pose problems KUALA LUMPUR (AFP): The Malaysia Crime Prevention Foundation warned yesterday that laying off some one million foreign workers amid the country's economic slowdown could pose social and security problems.
Mon, 05 Jan 1998
'Bumiku Satu' teaches environmental lesson
'Bumiku Satu' teaches environmental lesson JAKARTA (JP): Private TV station RCTI begun a four-part educational series, Bumiku Satu (My Only Earth), on the importance of environmental conservation yesterday.Scheduled for broadcast at 4:30 p.m.
Mon, 05 Jan 1998
Train kills couple
Train kills couple JAKARTA (JP): A man and a woman were killed by a speeding train at a train crossing in Rawa Buaya, West Jakarta, Saturday night.The victims were identified as Edy Purnomo, 23, and Mariyani, 17. Both were Rawa Buaya residents.
Mon, 05 Jan 1998
Fire at Bali's Hard Rock Hotel
Fire at Bali's Hard Rock Hotel KUTA, Bali: Police said Saturday that the fire which gutted the newly built Hard Rock Hotel in Kuta early Friday morning was probably caused by a short circuit.The fire shocked local residents and tourists on the beach because they heard a loud explosion.
Mon, 05 Jan 1998
Ibu Tien's grave now a popular landmark
Ibu Tien's grave now a popular landmark JAKARTA (JP): The final resting place of the late First Lady Ibu Tien Soeharto in Central Java has become quite a landmark with a growing number of visitors, particularly during the first week of the Moslem Ramadhan month.
Mon, 05 Jan 1998
Govt to raise price of generic drugs by 15%
Govt to raise price of generic drugs by 15% JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Health Sujudi has said the government would raise the price of generic drugs by as much as 15 percent after March.The price hike, he said, was necessary because prices of imported raw materials to make the drugs had continued to...
Mon, 05 Jan 1998
Political reforms not for barter: Observers
Political reforms not for barter: Observers JAKARTA (JP): Political observers said over the weekend that there should be no bargaining on the urgency of political reforms in the country.Secretary-general of the Association of Indonesian Moslem Intellectuals (ICMI), Adi Sasono, and the University of...
Mon, 05 Jan 1998
50 years later, opposition says Myanmar still not free
50 years later, opposition says Myanmar still not free YANGON (Reuters): Myanmar celebrated its 50th anniversary of independence from Britain yesterday amid opposition accusations at home and abroad that there were few freedoms in the country despite 50 years of independence.
Mon, 05 Jan 1998
More transparency needed
More transparency needed It is understandable that we should feel annoyed at the slanted information circulated abroad regarding Indonesia's foreign debts. As former coordinating minister for economy and industry Radius Prawiro has said, inaccurate information could easily affect the government's...
Mon, 05 Jan 1998
Cracks in the Asian tiger growth model
Cracks in the Asian tiger growth model The financial debacle that continues to hobble Asian economies has revealed cracks in the tiger growth model in the region. As Birman Maharjan writes in this Inter Press Service analysis, will people take heed or will it be business as usual? NEW DELHI: In...
Mon, 05 Jan 1998
Where to go in Jakarta:
Where to go in Jakarta:Exhibitions * Photo Exhibition: 100 old photos from Indonesia and Singapore, at Galeri TC (Twilight Cafe), Jl. Kemang Raya No.24A South Jakarta, Sunday to Thursday, 11:30 a.m. to 12 p.m., Friday to Saturday 11:30 a.m. to 2 a.m., until Jan. 29.
Mon, 05 Jan 1998
Int'l banks ignored forewarning
Int'l banks ignored forewarning ZURICH (Reuters): International banks ignored the warning signs of Southeast Asia's crippling financial crisis during the first half of 1997 and continued to lend money to the region, the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) said yesterday.
Mon, 05 Jan 1998
Train collision kills one
Train collision kills one BANDAR LAMPUNG, Lampung: Two trains collided head-on Friday in Sulusuhan, Central Lampung, killing one of the locomotive engineers and injuring six passengers.Antara reported that the trains, a passenger train coming from Bandar Lampung and a coal train coming from Tanjung...
Mon, 05 Jan 1998
Media wages an advertising war
Media wages an advertising warBy Atmakusumah The competitive media environment in Indonesia is strengthening the strong and sidelining the weak. This is the first of two articles. JAKARTA (JP): Television viewers are in for a treat this year.
Mon, 05 Jan 1998
Analysts predict higher stack prices at JSX this week
Analysts predict higher stack prices at JSX this week JAKARTA (JP): Stock prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (JSX) this week are expected to benefit from the announcement of the state budget and the continued window dressing activities, analysts and stockbrokers said over the weekend.
Mon, 05 Jan 1998
Three die after inhaling gas
Three die after inhaling gas TEGAL, Central Java: Three men died Friday in Slarang, Tegal, after inhaling toxic gas emitted from a deep well.While working in his backyard, Warso smelt a foul odor coming from his well. He decided to check by climbing into the well.
Mon, 05 Jan 1998
S. Korea to take firm steps against ailing banks
S. Korea to take firm steps against ailing banks SEOUL (AFP): South Korea's two ailing commercial banks, Korea First Bank and Seoulbank, will be auctioned off in February following recapitalization, the finance ministry said Saturday.
Mon, 05 Jan 1998
Belo urges talks with Timor movement
Belo urges talks with Timor movement MAUMERE, East Nusa Tenggara: Dili Bishop Carlos Felipe Ximenes Belo in a telephone interview from Dili, East Timor yesterday urged the goverment to hold talks with the newly founded East Timor People's Unity and Reconciliation Movement.
Mon, 05 Jan 1998
Communists, RP to hold next talks
Communists, RP to hold next talks MANILA (AP): Communist rebels want the next phase of their peace talks with the Philippine government to be held in China, the rebels said yesterday.The negotiations, aimed at ending one of the world's longest- running Communist insurgencies, have been proceeding...