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Fri, 16 Mar 2001
Reporter dies on duty
Reporter dies on duty JAKARTA (JP): Crime reporter Catur Budi Hartono, 25, of the Warta Kota daily was killed on Thursday in a traffic accident near the Ayam Grendeng traditional market in Tangerang.Catur was returning to the daily's Tangerang office from the mayoralty administration office in...
Fri, 16 Mar 2001
PAN dismisses ministers Yahya, Hilal
PAN dismisses ministers Yahya, Hilal JAKARTA (JP): Chairman of the National Mandate Party (PAN) Amien Rais said on Thursday that the party had "honorably discharged" two Cabinet ministers from its membership because they had gone against party orders, ignoring calls to quit their posts.
Fri, 16 Mar 2001
U.S. supports RI integrity, warns of rights violations
U.S. supports RI integrity, warns of rights violations JAKARTA (JP): The United States government maintained on Thursday its opposition to separatism such as that in Aceh, but warned the Indonesian government to be "conscious of the local people's human rights.
Fri, 16 Mar 2001
Regional autonomy brings more rights issues
Regional autonomy brings more rights issues JAKARTA (JP): The implementation of regional autonomy may increase the number of human rights violations, an expert said on Thursday.Political scientist Andi A.
Fri, 16 Mar 2001
Several options for CMNP debt restructuring
Several options for CMNP debt restructuring JAKARTA (JP): Publicly listed toll road operator PT Citra Marga Nusaphala Persada is considering a number of options to restructure its US$97.8 million foreign debts, the company's executive said here on Thursday.
Fri, 16 Mar 2001
Student movements must not be used for political gain
Student movements must not be used for political gain The following is an interview with Chusnul Mar'iyah, a political lecturer at the University of Indonesia who was recently elected a member of the General Elections Commission.
Fri, 16 Mar 2001
Finding solution to forest destruction
Finding solution to forest destruction The minister of forestry has asked the Kapuk Naga Indah Real Estate, North Jakarta, to return the land, because it belongs to the Ministry of Forestry and the process of acquiring the land was not legal and full of malpractice such as corruption, collusion and...
Fri, 16 Mar 2001
Govt mulls raising export tax on crude palm oil
Govt mulls raising export tax on crude palm oil JAKARTA (JP): The government is mulling raising export tax on crude palm oil (CPO) amid worries that the recent fall in the rupiah would cause a wave of CPO exports and an increase in the CPO price on the domestic market.
Fri, 16 Mar 2001
Gus Dur admitted he was wrong: Ex-police chief
Gus Dur admitted he was wrong: Ex-police chief JAKARTA (JP): Former National Police chief Gen. Rusdihardjo said on Wednesday that President Abdurrahman Wahid had admitted that he was wrong in handing over a Rp 5 billion check to businesswoman Siti Farika.
Fri, 16 Mar 2001
Train passengers stranded in Depok
Train passengers stranded in Depok JAKARTA (JP): Hundreds of passengers on two electric trains serving the Bogor-Jakarta route were stranded outside Old Depok station for hours on Thursday due to a severed electricity cable.
Fri, 16 Mar 2001
Invalid voucher
Invalid voucher In December 2000, we joined a kids program at a hotel in South Jakarta and received a complimentary voucher from D'BEST department store - Fatmawati (Diamond Group), valid until Feb. 1, 2001. But we found that the voucher expired before the store had opened.
Fri, 16 Mar 2001
Incitement to religious hate law sought
Incitement to religious hate law sought JAKARTA (JP): A political and religious observer has underlined the need for an incitement to religious hatred law to deal with provocateurs in interreligious conflicts, who have so far managed to escape any legal sanction.
Fri, 16 Mar 2001
Legislator questions JORR project
Legislator questions JORR project JAKARTA (JP): There are allegations a Malaysian consortium was awarded the delayed Jakarta Outer Ring Road (JORR) toll road project through corruption, collusion and nepotism, a legislator said on Thursday.
Fri, 16 Mar 2001
Frightening journey to Putri island
Frightening journey to Putri island Last month I made a weekend trip to Putri island. The island experience was not what I expected as the level of transportation, service, food and rooms left a lot to be desired. However, the worst part of the journey was the trip back from the island.
Fri, 16 Mar 2001
Kogas expects Bontang LNG
Kogas expects Bontang LNG SEOUL (Dow Jones): State-run Korea Gas Corp. is near to closing a deal to acquire one cargo of liquefied natural gas from Indonesia's Bontang gas field that was originally allocated for Taiwan, a Kogas official told Dow Jones Newswires Thursday.
Fri, 16 Mar 2001
BI fines foreign bank for breaching forex ruling
BI fines foreign bank for breaching forex ruling JAKARTA (JP): Bank Indonesia deputy governor Achjar Iljas said on Thursday that an unnamed foreign bank has been fined for breaching a newly introduced foreign exchange ruling.
Fri, 16 Mar 2001
RI gears up for rice imports
RI gears up for rice imports JAKARTA (Dow Jones)--Indonesia is preparing to import between 1 million and 1.5 million metric tons of rice next year if the El Nino weather phenomenon affects domestic output, the state food logistics agency, Bulog, said Thursday.
Fri, 16 Mar 2001
Bank Indonesia to raise interest rates
Bank Indonesia to raise interest rates JAKARTA (JP): Bank Indonesia says it will further increase interest rates to cope with strong inflationary pressures from rising import costs and higher fuel prices imposed on major industrial users.
Fri, 16 Mar 2001
Rupiah rate March 15
Rupiah rate March 15 Bank notes rates TT rates Buying Selling Buying Selling Rp Rp Rp Rp U.S. dollar 1 9,600.00 10,600.00 10,049.00 10,151.00Australian dollar 1 4,737.60 5,236.40 4,959.18 5,014.59Austrian schilling 1 635.08 701.62 664.78 671.90Belgian franc 1 216.63 239.33 226.76 229.
Fri, 16 Mar 2001
Army chief denies new TNI reshuffle
Army chief denies new TNI reshuffle JAKARTA (JP): Army Chief of Staff Gen. Endriartono Sutarto dismissed on Thursday speculation that there would soon be a major reshuffle in the Indonesian Military (TNI).
Fri, 16 Mar 2001
Unruly fans mar soccer league match
Unruly fans mar soccer league match JAKARTA (JP): Unruly behavior marred two matches in the 2001 Bank Mandiri soccer league's western division on Thursday.In Banda Aceh, Aceh, security personnel fired warning shot to disperse soccer fans who turned violent after a decision by referee Zulkifli...
Fri, 16 Mar 2001
C. Java to host Caltex Yamaha Cup
C. Java to host Caltex Yamaha Cup SEMARANG (JP): Surakarta, Central Java, will host the 2001 Caltex Yamaha Cup national motor racing championships at the Solo Baru circuit starting Monday."The best racers from Bandung, Malang, Semarang, Yogyakarta as well as from Surakarta, will take part in the...
Fri, 16 Mar 2001
Pupuk Kujang to build new fertilizer factory
Pupuk Kujang to build new fertilizer factory JAKARTA (JP): State fertilizer producer PT Pupuk Kujang will build a new plant in its industrial compound in Cikampek, West Java to replace its old production unit.
Fri, 16 Mar 2001
Gus Dur supporters block Ketapang Port
Gus Dur supporters block Ketapang Port SURABAYA (JP): More than 5,000 supporters of President Abdurrahman Wahid, armed with sickles, machetes and bamboo spears, blocked Ketapang Port in Banyuwangi, some 290 kilometers east of Surabaya, on Thursday, demanding that the House of Representatives (DPR)...
Fri, 16 Mar 2001
KL starts burning palmoil as fuel
KL starts burning palmoil as fuel KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters): Malaysia will start burning crude palm oil as industrial fuel in April and also plans to set up a plant to process CPO into diesel to help cut a surplus in stocks and improve prices, officials said on Thursday.
Fri, 16 Mar 2001
Police officers sentenced to death
Police officers sentenced to death MANILA (AP): A suburban district police chief and nine other officers were sentenced to death on Thursday for accepting a total of 650,000 pesos (US$13,265) in bribes from alleged Chinese drug dealers.Supt.
Fri, 16 Mar 2001
ASEAN auto sales rise 25%
ASEAN auto sales rise 25% SINGAPORE (AFP): New vehicle sales in Southeast Asia's four biggest markets rose 25 percent in January from a year ago, setting the trend for a softer vehicle market this year, an industry monitor said Thursday.
Fri, 16 Mar 2001
TNI is misjudged
TNI is misjudged I would like to thank The Jakarta Post for printing my letter to the editor on March 12, 2001, titled No more problems, please. But unfortunately there was a mistake in the edited version of the letter that may cause misunderstanding on the part of the Indonesian Military (TNI).
Fri, 16 Mar 2001
Faster process for privatization of Soekarno-Hatta airport demanded
Faster process for privatization of Soekarno-Hatta airport demanded JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia's major airport operator is hoping the government will soon recommence the tender process for the privatization of Soekarno-Hatta International Airport in Jakarta after being delayed for over a year.
Fri, 16 Mar 2001
Death penalty sought for Poso riot instigators
Death penalty sought for Poso riot instigators PALU, Central Sulawesi (JP): A state prosecutor demanded on Thursday that the Palu District Court impose the death penalty on three men charged with instigating the Poso sectarian clash which claimed hundreds of lives last year.
Fri, 16 Mar 2001
Riady denies offering Clinton $1m
Riady denies offering Clinton $1m WASHINGTON (AP): The Indonesian billionaire who has agreed to plead guilty to making illegal donations to Bill Clinton's 1992 presidential campaign denied having a conversation with the candidate about raising US$1 million for the race, court records show.
Fri, 16 Mar 2001
Seminar on furniture market
Seminar on furniture market JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesian Forestry Society (MPI) and Ministry of Trade and Industry are organizing a one-day seminar on March 22 on ways to enter the US$22.5-billion home furniture market in the United States.
Fri, 16 Mar 2001
Politics 'inseparable from education'
Politics 'inseparable from education' JAKARTA (JP): Politics is inseparable from education, unless the country plans to generate "illiterate politicians" who could not be expected to lead the republic out of the current crises, a noted politician and educationalist said here on Thursday.
Fri, 16 Mar 2001
Where to go in Jakarta:
Where to go in Jakarta:Exhibitions * Photo: Frida Kahlo and Her Friends, by Lola Alvarez Bravo, La Casa de Mexico, Jl. Panglima Polim III no. 1-3, South Jakarta, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., until March 28. * Video Installation by Christophorus Ade Desembris, French Cultural Center, Jl.
Fri, 16 Mar 2001
Criminal issues pile up
Criminal issues pile up I have not troubled your columns for the past three years, since Soeharto was toppled, although there have been a hundred "sensitive" issues on which I would have liked to comment upon.
Fri, 16 Mar 2001
Rp 6.5b exam fund to be taken from City Budget
Rp 6.5b exam fund to be taken from City Budget JAKARTA (JP): City Council endorsed on Thursday a proposal by the City Administration to cover the expenses of this year's national final examination (Ebtanas) for elementary and junior high schools in the city which amounts to Rp 6.
Fri, 16 Mar 2001
Dissolve the current legislature
Dissolve the current legislature The following is the first of two articles based on a conference paper by sociologist George J. Aditjondro, a lecturer at Australia's Newcastle University. NEWCASTLE, Australia: Recently, the move to push Megawati Soekarnoputri into the presidential seat has become...
Fri, 16 Mar 2001
Cipinang jail warden replaced following Wednesday's riot
Cipinang jail warden replaced following Wednesday's riot JAKARTA (JP): The warden of Cipinang Penitentiary was removed from his post on Thursday following a riot in the prison on Wednesday.One inmate was killed and several others injured when police stormed the prison on Wednesday to put down the...
Fri, 16 Mar 2001
RI women's singles no show in Japan Open
RI women's singles no show in Japan Open JAKARTA (JP): The Badminton Association of Indonesia (PBSI) will not be sending any women's single shuttlers to the five-star US$180,000 Japan Open following their poor performance at the just-concluded Yonex All England Open.
Fri, 16 Mar 2001
Maluku residents don't need help from outsiders
Maluku residents don't need help from outsidersBy Fabiola Desy Unidjaja LANGGOR, Maluku (JP): Representatives from across Maluku gathered on Thursday to begin a three-day discussion aimed at finding a solution to the prolonged sectarian conflict that has plagued the area since 1999.
Fri, 16 Mar 2001
President willing to meet with MPR leaders
President willing to meet with MPR leaders JAKARTA (JP): President Abdurrahman Wahid is willing to meet with leaders of the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR), a presidential spokesman said on Thursday.
Fri, 16 Mar 2001
Taking time out at Sportsmans bar
Taking time out at Sportsmans bar JAKARTA (JP): There is a bar called Sportsmans; it may be grammatically incorrect, but there are so many other things that are right about the place.This is a bar for people who like bars, in the true sense of the word.
Fri, 16 Mar 2001
U.S. extends free milk program for RI students
U.S. extends free milk program for RI students JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesian and United States governments signed on Thursday an agreement to provide an extra US$14 million in grant aid for the funding of another two years of the School Milk Project in five provinces across Java, an official said.
Fri, 16 Mar 2001
Stock quotations on JSX
Stock quotations on JSXStock prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (in rupiah) on March.15, 2001: Shares Close Change Trading Volume -------------------------------------------------------------- Ades Alfindo Tbk 1,700 25 12,000 Adindo Foresta 105 0 0 AGIS Tbk 195 20 5,041,500 Alakasa 140 0 0 Alfa...
Fri, 16 Mar 2001
Doing it right in helping the bereaved
Doing it right in helping the bereaved JAKARTA (JP): How do you console a person grieving the death of a loved one? You may think the answer is simple -- after all, you've seen people offering their condolences to the bereaved, or may have done so yourself.
Fri, 16 Mar 2001
Specter of Malay extremism after race attacks
Specter of Malay extremism after race attacks KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters): Malaysian government officials on Thursday raised the specter of Malay extremism in the wake of the country's worst racial violence in 30 years.
Fri, 16 Mar 2001
Thoughtless extravagance
Thoughtless extravagance It may be that no financial impropriety was involved in the incident, as presidential secretary Mujib Manan has insisted. Nevertheless, the presidential secretariat's request that US$300,000 be delivered by the crew of the Garuda Indonesia to President Abdurrahman Wahid and...
Fri, 16 Mar 2001
More dismissals at PT DI
More dismissals at PT DI BANDUNG: State-owned aircraft maker PT Dirgantara Indonesia (PT DI) will dismiss another 550 of its employees as part of its restructuring efforts.Chairman of the company's Employees' Communication Forum (FKK) Arif Minardi said on Tuesday that the management had offered the...
Fri, 16 Mar 2001
Telkom secures majority stake in DayaMitra
Telkom secures majority stake in DayaMitra JAKARTA (JP): State-owned telecommunications company PT Telkom has signed a memorandum of understanding to acquire a majority stake in PT Daya Mitra Telekomunikasi (DayaMitra), its partner in the KSO joint operation scheme.Telkom said it would pay US$121.
Fri, 16 Mar 2001
International tax system or debt cancellation?
International tax system or debt cancellation?By Bahtiar Arif JAKARTA (JP): Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad of Malaysia once again took on the rich countries when he recently proposed that Asian countries tax them rather than depending on their aid.