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Thu, 02 Oct 1997
ASEAN seeks united defense for battered currencies
ASEAN seeks united defense for battered currencies SINGAPORE (AFP): Southeast Asian leaders yesterday called for a united front to defend their embattled currencies, as the units plunged to new record lows.
Thu, 02 Oct 1997
Cambodia disrupts ASEAN vision
Cambodia disrupts ASEAN vision LONDON: The return of King Norodom Sihanouk to Cambodia from China on 29 August 1997 has done little to solve the country's latest political crisis. The putsch organised by Cambodia's Second Prime Minister, Hun Sen, head of the Cambodian People's Party (CPP) against...
Thu, 02 Oct 1997
Less wealthy golfers
Less wealthy golfers MANILA (AFP): A government committee looking into the proliferation of golf courses in the Philippines has warned prospective developers that they must allow access to less wealthy players, a newspaper reported here yesterday.
Thu, 02 Oct 1997
BMW Rolls-Royce expects to power RI's N-2130
BMW Rolls-Royce expects to power RI's N-2130 JAKARTA (JP): The British-German aircraft engine maker BMW Rolls-Royce expects to engine Indonesia's first jet, the N-2130 currently developed by state-owned PT Industri Pesawat Terbang Nusantara (IPTN).
Thu, 02 Oct 1997
Timber firms called on to help cope with crisis
Timber firms called on to help cope with crisis JAKARTA (JP): Noted businessman Probosutedjo called yesterday on the government to raise money from the country's forest concession holders to cope with the currency crisis.
Thu, 02 Oct 1997
One dead in ship explosion
One dead in ship explosion MANADO, North Sulawesi: At least one sailor died and six others wounded when a ship, Tanor Permai II, exploded Tuesday while docked at Samudera Bitung harbor.Antara reported Damu, 56, from Probolinggo, East Jawa, as the only fatality.
Thu, 02 Oct 1997
No Ayer quarrying permits issued
No Ayer quarrying permits issued JAKARTA (JP): The city administration says it has never issued any permits allowing sand quarrying near Pulau Ayer, one of the islets in the Thousand Islands chain in Jakarta Bay.
Thu, 02 Oct 1997
Woven journey of Indian silk makes a pit stop in Jakarta
Woven journey of Indian silk makes a pit stop in JakartaBy Pavan Kapoor JAKARTA (JP): Elementary history and advanced fashion -- ethnic Indonesian kebayas and Indian silk -- seemed to have taken a spin in a high-speed mixer to be churned out in a collection of ready-to-wear apparel for "An Evening...
Thu, 02 Oct 1997
Diana takes early lead by one stroke
Diana takes early lead by one stroke JAKARTA (JP): The absence of national young top golfers due to SEA Games duty gave Diana Soewandi a chance to take the early lead at the Indonesian Ladies Amateur Open by one stroke after carding a 77 (37 40) at Cikarang Golf and Country Club near here yesterday.
Wed, 01 Oct 1997
Megawati asks for PDI legislators exclusion
Megawati asks for PDI legislators exclusion JAKARTA (JP): Megawati Soekarnoputri asked the chief justice yesterday to exclude 16 Indonesian Democratic Party (PDI) representatives from being installed as legislators today.
Wed, 01 Oct 1997
Public asked to be patient over crash
Public asked to be patient over crash JAKARTA (JP): The government called on the public yesterday not to draw their own conclusions into the cause of Friday's Garuda Indonesia crash, and wait for the findings of the on-going official investigation.
Wed, 01 Oct 1997
IFC optimistic about Indonesia's prospects
IFC optimistic about Indonesia's prospects JAKARTA (JP): The International Finance Corporation (IFC), a World Bank agency which lends to the private sector, remains optimistic about the prospects of the Indonesian economy and is even looking to expand and broaden its operations here.
Wed, 01 Oct 1997
Real initiatives needed for fires
Real initiatives needed for firesFrom Media IndonesiaForest fires have been raging in Kalimantan and Sumatra for the past two months. So far we have only heard and read the statements of prominent government officials but no concrete steps have been taken.
Wed, 01 Oct 1997
Clean products ultimately cut cost: Officials
Clean products ultimately cut cost: Officials JAKARTA (JP): Officials at the Environmental Impact Management Agency (Bapedal) urged companies to adopt clean production methods which they said was a way to save the environment and money at the same time.P.L.
Wed, 01 Oct 1997
SEA Games doping test rooms not ready
SEA Games doping test rooms not ready JAKARTA (JP): With only 11 days left before the 19th SEA Games begin, the doping commission is still having problems organizing doping rooms at Senayan sports complex.The commission's chairwoman, Dr.
Wed, 01 Oct 1997
Clove farmers lose Rp 2.3t in sales revenue
Clove farmers lose Rp 2.3t in sales revenue JAKARTA (JP): Clove farmers have lost Rp 2.36 trillion (US$761 million) in sales revenue over the past five years due to the monopoly in the clove trade, an Institute for Development of Economics and Finance (Indef) study says.
Wed, 01 Oct 1997
Unpaid taxes over last four years exceed Rp 23.2b
Unpaid taxes over last four years exceed Rp 23.2b JAKARTA (JP): Unpaid taxes from at least 136 hotels and restaurants and 96 other entertainment spots in Jakarta over the last four years exceed Rp 23.2 billion (US$8 million), city councilors said yesterday.Of the total, Rp 12.
Wed, 01 Oct 1997
Tourists' remains sent home
Tourists' remains sent home DENPASAR, Bali: The body of a Dutch tourist who drowned Sunday at Kuta Beach was flown home on Monday, Antara reported yesterday.The agency quoted a spokesman of the local administration, Gus Susmatra, as saying that 43-year-old V.I.
Wed, 01 Oct 1997
Government proposes human rights charter
Government proposes human rights charter JAKARTA (JP): The government introduced yesterday a charter on human rights and presented it for deliberation to all five factions of the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) which kicks off its first general session today.
Wed, 01 Oct 1997
UK, RP police meet on pedophilia
UK, RP police meet on pedophilia MANILA (AFP): A British police representative held talks with top Philippine police officials yesterday to strengthen cooperation in the campaign against pedophiles.A British embassy statement said Tony Butler, the chief constable for Gloucestershire and the officer...
Wed, 01 Oct 1997
Regional stocks mixed as currencies suffer
Regional stocks mixed as currencies suffer HONG KONG (AFP): Stock markets across the Asia-Pacific region were mixed Tuesday as currencies took a pounding.Local buying support kept the Malaysian bourse strong as the ringgit fell to a record low. Manila's shares slipped only 0.
Wed, 01 Oct 1997
RI's antidumping duties
RI's antidumping duties JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia's antidumping committee has imposed duties on imports of hot rolled coil or plates from China, India, Russia and the Ukraine, to replace temporary tariffs introduced earlier this year.
Wed, 01 Oct 1997
Rupiah's fall will not help exports: Tunky
Rupiah's fall will not help exports: Tunky JAKARTA (JP): The rupiah's depreciation against the U.S. dollar will not necessarily improve the competitive edge of Indonesian exports, a minister said yesterday.
Wed, 01 Oct 1997
Talks on E. Timor resume
Talks on E. Timor resume UNITED NATIONS (AFP): A new round of closed-door talks between Indonesia and Portugal focusing on a political solution for East Timor opens here today.The UN-sponsored talks, involving senior officials from Indonesian and Portuguese foreign ministries, are scheduled to end...
Wed, 01 Oct 1997
Forestry licenses revoked
Forestry licenses revoked JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Forestry Djamaludin Suryohadikusumo said yesterday that he has instructed the provincial forestry office to temporarily revoke permits of 176 timber and plantation companies today if they could not prove they did not start the fires.
Wed, 01 Oct 1997
Harmoko get presidential thanks for his service
Harmoko get presidential thanks for his service JAKARTA (JP): State Minister of Special Assignments Harmoko ended his 14-year service as a cabinet minister yesterday with a "thank you" from President Soeharto.
Wed, 01 Oct 1997
Haze at a dangerous level: Sujudi
Haze at a dangerous level: Sujudi JAKARTA (JP): The air quality in Indonesia's haze-stricken areas has worsened and become a health hazard, Minister of Health Sujudi said yesterday."I think the haze has now reached a dangerous level... in terms of breathing difficulty.
Wed, 01 Oct 1997
NSW to help Jakarta with wastewater treatment
NSW to help Jakarta with wastewater treatment JAKARTA (JP): The Jakarta administration signed an agreement with the Australia's New South Wales administration yesterday to set up a central treatment system for the city's household wastewater.
Wed, 01 Oct 1997
Malaysia's acts, RI slow to respond
Malaysia's acts, RI slow to respondFrom Media IndonesiaI am touched by Malaysia's efforts to help overcome the forest fires in Sumatra and Kalimantan. Our neighbor has sent some 1,000 people and hired experts from France and Japan to alleviate the situation.
Wed, 01 Oct 1997
Workers protest over punishment
Workers protest over punishment TANGERANG (JP): Three credit installment collectors of private company PT Columbia protested yesterday to their union after being ordered to stand for three hours for failing to meet their daily collection target of Rp 600,000 (US$200).
Wed, 01 Oct 1997
City to propose minimal budget cut
City to propose minimal budget cut JAKARTA (JP): The municipality is to propose a cut in its Rp 3.36 trillion (US$1.05 billion) budget of less than 10 percent for the 1997/1998 fiscal year, the deputy governor of economic and development affairs Tb.M. Rais said yesterday.
Wed, 01 Oct 1997
Thai PM runs into obstacles during cabinet reshuffle
Thai PM runs into obstacles during cabinet reshuffleBy Rajan Moses BANGKOK (Reuter): Despite winning a censure vote in parliament over the weekend, embattled Thai prime minister Chavalit Yongchaiyudh's political woes seem far from over.
Wed, 01 Oct 1997
Spotlight
SpotlightPhoto A: AwardsJP/alxCUT ABOVE: The director of PT Busana Perkasa Garments of the Texmaco Group, Marimutu Manimaren (left), greets President Soeharto, accompanied by Vice President Try Sutrisno, after receiving the Primanyarta Award.
Wed, 01 Oct 1997
Deceit report still under investigation
Deceit report still under investigation JAKARTA (JP): Police are still investigating a report lodged by a Singaporean businessman that his local partner has deceived him in a deal to transport rice from Vietnam to Indonesia.City Police Spokesman Lt. Col. E.
Wed, 01 Oct 1997
SE Asian currencies drop to fresh lows
SE Asian currencies drop to fresh lows SINGAPORE (Reuter): Southeast Asian currencies continued to make fresh lows on a minute-by-minute basis yesterday with sentiment about as poor as it gets, traders and analysts said.Despite an absence of fresh factors, corporate investors remained hungry for U.
Wed, 01 Oct 1997
Who is responsible?
Who is responsible? In reference to Education and Culture Minister Wardiman Djojonegoro's statement on academic unemployment (Sept. 27), it is high time that The Jakarta Post published an article or a series of articles that deal with our major problems and go to the core of each issue.
Wed, 01 Oct 1997
Ramos denies role in gold case
Ramos denies role in gold case MANILA (DPA): President Fidel Ramos denounced as "a conspiracy" yesterday allegations that he holds an account in a Swiss bank containing money from the sale of gold owned by the late Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos.
Wed, 01 Oct 1997
Harmoko anxious to assume prestigious House speaker post
Harmoko anxious to assume prestigious House speaker post JAKARTA (JP): Golkar chairman Harmoko, a cabinet minister for 14 years, is scheduled to be inducted today as a member of the House of Representatives and the People's Consultative Assembly, along with 999 other people.
Wed, 01 Oct 1997
Failure of traffic law
Failure of traffic lawFrom Sinar PagiI agree with legislator Muhammad Buang who said that the substance of 1992 Traffic Law No. 14 is good (Sinar Pagi of Sept. 22). The problem lies in its inconsistent enforcement because certain members of the City Land Transportation Agency and traffic violators...
Wed, 01 Oct 1997
PT Satelindo seeks satellite manufacturer
PT Satelindo seeks satellite manufacturer JAKARTA (JP): PT Satelindo, a private telecommunications operator, has invited five leading satellite manufacturers to bid for the construction and financing of the company's new telecommunications spacecraft.
Wed, 01 Oct 1997
RI's GDP estimated at 7% despite crisis
RI's GDP estimated at 7% despite crisis JAKARTA (JP): The Castle Group, a business consulting company, predicts that Indonesia's gross domestic product (GDP) growth will reach 7 percent in the 1997 calendar year and next year despite the currency turmoil.
Wed, 01 Oct 1997
Expressing old hopes
Expressing old hopes One thousand new members of the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) and House of Representatives (DPR) will be sworn in today by the chief justice.Every five years, when this event takes place, the public starts asking whether the two legislative bodies, especially the House,...
Wed, 01 Oct 1997
Soeharto wants sportsmanship at SEA Games
Soeharto wants sportsmanship at SEA Games JAKARTA (JP): President Soeharto has called on Indonesia's 19th SEA Games team to do their best at the Games, and to develop friendships with the other athletes.
Wed, 01 Oct 1997
Jeep crushes female street sweeper to death
Jeep crushes female street sweeper to death JAKARTA (JP): A female public cleaner was crushed to death by a speeding jeep while sweeping Jl. Pluit Utara Raya in North Jakarta yesterday morning.The driver of the Taft jeep, apparently a local high school student, was held by the worker's colleagues,...
Wed, 01 Oct 1997
Greatest threat is injustice, not communism, Nasution says
Greatest threat is injustice, not communism, Nasution says JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia's most senior military figure and survivor of the 1965 failed communist coup, Gen. (ret) Abdul Haris Nasution, said social injustice, not communism, was the greatest threat to the nation's survival.
Wed, 01 Oct 1997
Affair of the Hearts
Affair of the HeartsBy Djanwar Madjolelo JAKARTA (JP): In third place at the 9th European Open Pairs semifinals from March 17 to March 22 in The Hague, Netherlands were Pierre Adad and Maurice Aujaleu of France, the 1992 Olympiade bridge world champions."Have you a hand?," the Bulletin asked.
Wed, 01 Oct 1997
Stock Exchange
Stock ExchangeStock prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (in rupiah) on Sept. 30, 1997: Shares Close Change Trading Volume ------------------------------------------------------ Ades Alfindo 1,075 0 75,000 AHAP Insurance 2,500 0 0 Alter Abadi 750 0 0 Alumindo Light Metal 775 -50 1,046,000 Alumindo...
Wed, 01 Oct 1997
Rupiah falls to another new low as shares gain footing
Rupiah falls to another new low as shares gain footing JAKARTA (JP): The rupiah fell yesterday to another new low against the U.S. dollar but local stock prices gained footing on the increase in prices of blue chip shares.
Wed, 01 Oct 1997
Sjafrie pays courtesy call on Gen. (ret.) Nasution
Sjafrie pays courtesy call on Gen. (ret.) Nasution JAKARTA (JP): The country's most senior soldier, Gen. (ret.) Abdul Haris Nasution, congratulated Jakarta Military Commander Maj. Gen. Sjafrie Sjamsoeddin yesterday, wishing him well in his new position.
Wed, 01 Oct 1997
Finding answers to tough questions
Finding answers to tough questionsFrom Suara KaryaThe heat is impossible to ignore during the dry season and the drought has forced people to endure shortages of water for cooking, drinking and washing.Water in paddy fields has dried up so no more rice can be planted.