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Wed, 28 Feb 2001
Major factions oppose questioning over Bulog scandal
Major factions oppose questioning over Bulog scandal JAKARTA (JP): Five major factions at the House of Representatives will recommend that faction members, who were on a special committee investigating two financial scandals allegedly linked to President Abdurrahman Wahid, defy summonses for...
Wed, 28 Feb 2001
PBSI suffers deficit for All England trip
PBSI suffers deficit for All England trip JAKARTA (JP): The Badminton Association of Indonesia (PBSI) will suffer Rp 300 million (US$37,760) deficit as a result of its about-face in deciding to finance the participation of all of its 28 shuttlers in the All England in Birmingham, England, in early...
Wed, 28 Feb 2001
Indonesia looks into co-insurance scheme for future IPPs
Indonesia looks into co-insurance scheme for future IPPs JAKARTA (JP): The government is planning to set up a co- insurance scheme with the World Bank to protect power projects in the country against risks which may stem from social and political uncertainties, according to an executive of global...
Wed, 28 Feb 2001
Drugs-free certificates needed
Drugs-free certificates needed YOGYAKARTA (JP): The new Yogyakarta Police Chief Brig. Gen. Saleh Saaf said Tuesday his office is planning to require drugs- free certificates for those applying for driving license and police clearance.
Wed, 28 Feb 2001
Sampoerna's profit fall
Sampoerna's profit fall JAKARTA (Dow Jones): PT Hanjaya Mandala Sampoerna, Indonesia's second largest cigarette producer, said Tuesday its net profit fell about 28 percent to Rp 1.02 trillion in 2000, from Rp 1.41 trillion the previous year.
Wed, 28 Feb 2001
Spicy fried rice from the Kebon Sirih sidewalk
Spicy fried rice from the Kebon Sirih sidewalk JAKARTA (JP): Jakarta residents fond of a bowlful of fried rice will no doubt be familiar with the nasi goreng kambing (mutton fried rice) found at sidewalk eateries around the city.
Wed, 28 Feb 2001
Market glut pushes down pulp prices
Market glut pushes down pulp prices JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesian Pulp and Paper Producers Association (APKI) said on Tuesday that a market glut had driven international pulp prices down to as low as US$350 per metric ton, paling in comparison to the $550 demanded only six months ago.
Wed, 28 Feb 2001
Malaysia palm stagnant
Malaysia palm stagnant KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters): Malaysian palm oil futures ended little changed and barely traded on Tuesday on fears that India might again raise import taxes for edible oils, traders said.
Wed, 28 Feb 2001
A real option: Grass roots human security
A real option: Grass roots human securityBy David Harries JAKARTA (JP): If human security is the ability to live, to move and to work in satisfying, safe ways then the human security of a majority of Indonesian citizens is falling. The reasons are all too obvious.
Wed, 28 Feb 2001
Environmental destruction
Environmental destructionFrom Media IndonesiaAs a grandmother and a housewife, I am deeply concerned by the destruction of hundreds of trees in Situbondo, East Java, as shown recently on TV and reported in the media. Some of the trees, including banyan trees, might have been hundreds of years old.
Wed, 28 Feb 2001
Critics reproach Gus Dur for staying calm despite problem
Critics reproach Gus Dur for staying calm despite problem JAKARTA (JP): President Abdurrahman Wahid became the target of sharp criticism as critics here on Tuesday reproached his seeming obliviousness to the nation's problems.
Wed, 28 Feb 2001
Bombs, gunfights in Ambon
Bombs, gunfights in Ambon AMBON, Maluku: Sporadic bomb explosions and gunfire hit several parts of Ambon island in from Monday to Tuesday, officials reported later in the day."Bomb explosions took place in Batu Merah area as well as in Galunggung and the outskirts of Ambon," civil emergency...
Wed, 28 Feb 2001
The Madura migrants' fate: A lose-lose affair
The Madura migrants' fate: A lose-lose affair SINGAPORE: Heads you lose, tails you also lose. Cruel though this characterization of the Madura migrants' fate in Kalimantan is, it is just one more hellish postscript to the unfolding tragedy of post-Soeharto Indonesia.
Wed, 28 Feb 2001
Rupiah Rates Feb.27
Rupiah Rates Feb.27 Bank notes rates TT rates Buying Selling Buying Selling Rp Rp Rp Rp U.S. dollar 1 9,353.00 10,353.00 9,804.00 9,902.00Australian dollar 1 4,885.07 5,412.55 5,120.63 5,176.77Austrian schilling 1 618.94 685.42 648.79 655.56Belgian franc 1 211.13 233.80 221.31 223.
Wed, 28 Feb 2001
Central bank's Miranda meets Singaporean bankers
Central bank's Miranda meets Singaporean bankers SINGAPORE (Dow Jones): Bank Indonesia Deputy Governor Miranda Gultom met top bankers in Singapore Monday to discuss Jakarta's recent curbs on offshore trading of the rupiah.
Wed, 28 Feb 2001
Revocation of regulation on governor's accountability sought
Revocation of regulation on governor's accountability sought JAKARTA (JP): Observers on Tuesday demanded the government revoke its regulation on the requirement for governors to present an accountability speech, saying that the law still has many loopholes which could be exploited.
Wed, 28 Feb 2001
More areas in Banten prone to landslides
More areas in Banten prone to landslides JAKARTA (JP): A team of geologist from the Yogyakarta-based Gadjah Mada University warned that major landslides could recur in Cipanas district, Banten province."The team conducted field observations in Cipanas district from Feb.
Wed, 28 Feb 2001
Sinar Mas to sell Indian unit
Sinar Mas to sell Indian unit NEW DELHI (Dow Jones): Indonesia's Sinar Mas group, a leading paper company, is looking to partly or wholly divest its stake in its 100 percent owned Indian unit, Sinar Mas Pulp and Paper (India) Ltd., reports the Business Standard Tuesday.
Wed, 28 Feb 2001
Compaq, Sisindosat team up
Compaq, Sisindosat team up JAKARTA (JP): Computer hardware and software producer PT Compaq Computer Indonesia has named Indosat subsidiary PT Sisindosat Lintasbuana its distributor in Indonesia.Compaq president B.T.
Wed, 28 Feb 2001
Officials blast Lee for criticism of RP democracy
Officials blast Lee for criticism of RP democracy MANILA (AFP): Top Philippine officials on Tuesday let rip at Singapore's elder statesman Lee Kuan Yew over reported comments on the shortcomings of Philippine democracy, which some here interpreted as suggesting Filipinos are stupid.
Wed, 28 Feb 2001
Drug trafficker gets 15-year jail term
Drug trafficker gets 15-year jail term JAKARTA (JP): The South Jakarta District Court sentenced on Tuesday a 25-year-old man to 15 years in jail for possessing and trafficking 160 kilogram of marijuana.
Wed, 28 Feb 2001
Bad news hits rupiah
Bad news hits rupiah The Indonesian rupiah remained at its new lows on Tuesday after falling 2 percent on Monday to almost Rp 9,890 against the U.S. dollar, already its lowest level since October 1998, suffering from an accumulation of bad news over the past ten days.
Wed, 28 Feb 2001
New garbage collection fee expected to solve problems
New garbage collection fee expected to solve problems JAKARTA (JP): The city administration will apply increased garbage collection charges in all subdistricts in the capital by 2002, an official said on Tuesday.
Wed, 28 Feb 2001
Premier targets power plants
Premier targets power plants SINGAPORE (Dow Jones): Oil and gas exploration company Premier Oil PLC of the U.K. is targeting East Java power producers to offtake its proven and probable natural gas reserves estimated at 450 billion cubic feet in East Java's Pangkah block, Simon Lockett, Premier's...
Wed, 28 Feb 2001
Island Seaplanes offers special sightseeing flights
Island Seaplanes offers special sightseeing flights JAKARTA (JP): Island Seaplanes, a local chartered airline operator, launched on Tuesday a service offering sightseers a different view of Jakarta and surrounding areas from a 1952 Beaver DHC-2 seaplane.
Wed, 28 Feb 2001
Higher interest rates could bleed banks
Higher interest rates could bleed banks JAKARTA (JP): The country's major banks expressed fear on Tuesday that they could suffer financial bleeding again due to negative spread problem if domestic interest rates continued to increase.
Wed, 28 Feb 2001
Twisted media reports deplored
Twisted media reports deplored BOGOR, West Java (JP): The civil emergency administrator in Maluku, Governor Saleh Latuconsina, has urged the National Press Council to help the media in "telling the truth and being objective in reporting the Maluku case".
Wed, 28 Feb 2001
Dutch national arrested over drugs
Dutch national arrested over drugs JAKARTA (JP): City police detectives arrested a Dutch national for possession of 108 grams of shabu-shabu (crystal methamphetamine), at his residence on Jl. Maja in Mangga Besar, Taman Sari subdistrict in West Jakarta, on Monday evening.
Wed, 28 Feb 2001
Luxury tax affects PC sales: Apkomindo
Luxury tax affects PC sales: Apkomindo JAKARTA (JP): The imposition of the 20 percent luxury tax in January has caused a significant drop in sales of personal computers during the last two months, according to PC distributors.
Wed, 28 Feb 2001
Malaysian minister fears breakup of RI
Malaysian minister fears breakup of RI KUALA LUMPUR (AFP): A Malaysian minister on Tuesday raised the prospect of neighboring Indonesia breaking up as a state and said its crisis poses a grave threat to the region.
Wed, 28 Feb 2001
Madurese association calls for restraint
Madurese association calls for restraint JAKARTA (JP): The nationwide Madura Community Association (Ikamra) on Tuesday urged all Madurese affected by the bloody pogroms in Central Kalimantan to exercise restraint and allow the matter to be resolved through the legal process.
Wed, 28 Feb 2001
Verdict on Sapuan to be handed down on March 20
Verdict on Sapuan to be handed down on March 20 JAKARTA (JP): The South Jakarta District Court will hand down on March 20 the verdict for former deputy chief of State Logistics Agency (Bulog) Sapuan, who is being tried for allegedly embezzling Rp 35 billion (US$3.6 million).
Wed, 28 Feb 2001
Timah attributes profits to rise in other income
Timah attributes profits to rise in other income JAKARTA (JP): Publicly listed tin company PT Timah announced on Tuesday its consolidated net income reached Rp 331.6 billion ($35 million) in 2000, a 4.25 percent increase from Rp 318 billion the previous year despite a drop in the company's gross...
Wed, 28 Feb 2001
Ericsson launches T29 handset
Ericsson launches T29 handset STOCKHOLM (Dow Jones): Swedish telecommunications equipment maker Telefon AB LM Ericsson Tuesday introduced its new T29 mobile phone intended for Asian markets.The T29 will be available in stores within a few weeks, initially in Hong Kong, Taiwan, Indonesia, Singapore,...
Wed, 28 Feb 2001
Who is responsible for Sampit violence?
Who is responsible for Sampit violence?From Rakyat MerdekaThe commotion taking place in Sampit, Central Kalimantan, for whatever reason, has marred our nationalism. The anger and atrocities committed by the people there have resulted in the ethnic Madurese fleeing the area.
Wed, 28 Feb 2001
Bush apologizes to Yoshiro Mori for sub tragedy
Bush apologizes to Yoshiro Mori for sub tragedy TOKYO (AFP): U.S. President George W. Bush apologized to Japan on Tuesday through a special envoy, Admiral William Fallon, for the sinking of a Japanese trawler by a U.S. submarine off Hawaii.Bush expressed "apology and profound regrets" over the Feb.
Wed, 28 Feb 2001
Jakarta councillors opportunists
Jakarta councillors opportunistsFrom RepublikaIt is really alarming to learn that honorable members of the City Council have demanded that more should be given to them, despite all the facilities that they enjoy.I felt ashamed when I read a media report on this matter.
Wed, 28 Feb 2001
Objections pour in over 22 KPU candidates
Objections pour in over 22 KPU candidates JAKARTA (JP): The House of Representatives has received a significant number of public objections to the 22 government- proposed candidates for General Elections Commission (KPU) membership, a legislator said on Tuesday.
Wed, 28 Feb 2001
Animal welfare in Indonesia
Animal welfare in Indonesia There are animal welfare groups all over the world -- Iran Thailand, etc., so why not here in Indonesia? Most people, regardless of race or religion, do not like to see the suffering of any creature.
Wed, 28 Feb 2001
Government-NGOs launch anti-drug campaign
Government-NGOs launch anti-drug campaign JAKARTA (JP): A consortium of government and non-government institutions launched on Monday a nationwide five-year campaign aimed at encouraging young people to eschew drugs.
Wed, 28 Feb 2001
Resettlement project for refugees begins
Resettlement project for refugees begins MANADO, North Sulawesi (JP): A massive resettlement project for some 40,000 refugees in North Sulawesi began this month in an attempt to help them get on their feet again.
Wed, 28 Feb 2001
Foreign banks eye Bank Mandiri's IPO business
Foreign banks eye Bank Mandiri's IPO business JAKARTA (JP): President of the giant Bank Mandiri E.C.W. Neloe said on Tuesday that several foreign investment banks had sweetened their offers in a bid to win the underwriting business of the state-owned bank's initial public offering (IPO).
Wed, 28 Feb 2001
Mahathir wants tax on rich states to replace foreign aid
Mahathir wants tax on rich states to replace foreign aidBy Endy M. Bayuni BOAO, Hainan, China (JP): Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad, continuing his anti-globalization rhetoric, broached his most bold proposal to date on Tuesday, with a call for the imposition of a tax on rich countries to...
Wed, 28 Feb 2001
Agenda power: Why no takers?
Agenda power: Why no takers?By Donna K. Woodward MEDAN, North Sumatra (JP): Asked recently about holding one of their domestic summits, the government's key leaders said there was no point in meeting without a clear agenda.
Wed, 28 Feb 2001
Police arrest 3 suspects over donation scams
Police arrest 3 suspects over donation scams JAKARTA (JP): Police detectives have recently arrested three men for allegedly using the names of top Indonesian Military (TNI) officers and government officials to con firms and officials into giving them donations for aid to Aceh and other causes.
Tue, 27 Feb 2001
Baby dies in closet
Baby dies in closet CIREBON, West Java: Investigations are underway into the death of a newborn baby girl who was allegedly murdered by her mother in Kebon Panggung, Pekalangan district.Antara reported on Monday that the mother, identified only as HL, had been pregnant out of wedlock and was...
Tue, 27 Feb 2001
PPA content to be reduced in medication
PPA content to be reduced in medication JAKARTA (JP): The Food and Drug Control Agency (BPOM) has set an April 8 deadline for the pharmaceutical industries to lower the content of phenylpropanolamine (PPA), a popular substance used as a decongestant in flu and cough medicines, to a maximum of 15...
Tue, 27 Feb 2001
South Korean bad bank loans escalate to $450 billion
South Korean bad bank loans escalate to $450 billion SEOUL (AFP): South Korean banks' bad loans soared last year due to heavy exposure to troubled firms leaving banks with total liabilities of US$450 billion, financial authorities said Monday.
Tue, 27 Feb 2001
Planned fuel price hike
Planned fuel price hikeFrom Media IndonesiaThe government's plan to raise the price of fuel in April 2001 has caused anxiety because the last hike was only in October 2000. A fuel price hike is burdensome to the people.
Tue, 27 Feb 2001
Schools told not to collect state exam fees
Schools told not to collect state exam fees JAKARTA (JP): The City Education Agency has warned elementary and junior high schools across the capital against asking students to pay state exam fees, an official said on Monday.