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Tue, 19 Aug 1997
Asian crude prices steady
Asian crude prices steady SINGAPORE (Reuter): Confirmation of lower export volumes from Indonesia for September kept Asian crude prices steady yesterday, traders said.But activity on the market was mainly centered around the Middle East crude trading for October, they added.
Tue, 19 Aug 1997
Malaysia's credit rating outlook revised to stable
Malaysia's credit rating outlook revised to stable KUALA LUMPUR (AFP): Standard and Poor's affirmed yesterday its credit ratings for Malaysia's sovereign debt but revised its outlook from positive to stable, citing the possibility of government support for the financial system.
Tue, 19 Aug 1997
Teachers' salaries
Teachers' salariesFrom RepublikaThe state of the education sector is truly saddening. What has happened in this sector, particularly in large cities, is cause for great concern. Before we have even finished dealing with student brawls new cases surface i.e.
Tue, 19 Aug 1997
TV today
TV todayTVRI 2:00 p.m. News: Berita 14 2:30 Travel: My Country 2:35 Children's Film: Lucan 3:10 Teenagers' Program: Ramaja Indonesia 3:35 Music: Lagu Pop Daerah 4:00 Regional News 4:30 Science and Technology 5:00 English Lessons 5:25 Variety Show: Music City Today 5:30 Documentary Film 6:00 News:...
Tue, 19 Aug 1997
Hospital refuses patient
Hospital refuses patient BANDAR LAMPUNG, Lampung: The head of Lampung's Ministry of Health office, Deddy Ruswendy, has criticized a private hospital here for its refusal to treat a dying patient because his family could not provide Rp 2.5 million in cash for the cost of his surgery.
Tue, 19 Aug 1997
Teenager killed for robbery
Teenager killed for robbery JAKARTA (JP): A teenager was mobbed to death in Bekasi after being caught attempting to rob a building materials shop on Sunday morning, a City Police spokesman said yesterday.Lt. Col. E. Aritonang said that Iptikar, 17, died of his injuries on the way to the hospital.
Tue, 19 Aug 1997
Australian universities to fight race image in Asia
Australian universities to fight race image in Asia SYDNEY (Reuter): Australian universities will launch a marketing drive into Asia to counter negative publicity by race row politician Pauline Hanson, which they believe is threatening Australia's lucrative overseas student industry.
Tue, 19 Aug 1997
BISTEC determined to forge regional powerhouse
BISTEC determined to forge regional powerhouseBy Baladas Goshal NEW DELHI (JP): In new international economic relations, and the regionalization of the world order in the post-Cold War period, formation of regional economic blocs have become the order of the day.
Tue, 19 Aug 1997
Seven Indonesian vessels impounded
Seven Indonesian vessels impounded PERTH, Australia (AFP): Seven Indonesian fishing vessels apprehended off Western Australia's northwest coast on suspicion of fishing illegally in Australian waters, are being escorted to the pearling port of Broome, officials said yesterday.
Tue, 19 Aug 1997
Couple die in traffic accident
Couple die in traffic accident JAKARTA (JP): A young man and his lover died in a traffic accident in North Jakarta Sunday afternoon.The man, Yosneal Feriston Radja, 24, and Yusnelli, 19, fell from the motorcycle they were riding at high speed on Jl. Yos Sudarso.
Tue, 19 Aug 1997
KL tin prices weaken
KL tin prices weaken KUALA LUMPUR (Reuter): Malaysia's spot tin price fell six cents to 14.59 ringgit (US$5.26) a kilogram yesterday due to uncertainties over the ringgit and an overnight fall on the London Metal Exchange (LME), traders said.
Tue, 19 Aug 1997
PTTEP on credit watch
PTTEP on credit watch BANGKOK (AFP): Standard and Poor said yesterday it placed its "A" long term foreign currency rating for Thailand's PTT Exploration and Production Co. Ltd. (PTTEP) on watch for a possible downgrade.
Tue, 19 Aug 1997
Australia offers 300 scholarships
Australia offers 300 scholarships JAKARTA (JP): The Australian government is offering 300 scholarships for postgraduate study in Australia in 1988.A counselor at the Australian Embassy, Margaret Regnault, said Australia's special interest in the development of Eastern Indonesia was evident with at...
Tue, 19 Aug 1997
Yayuk and Vis win du Maurier Open
Yayuk and Vis win du Maurier Open TORONTO (Agencies): Indonesia's Yayuk Basuki and Caroline Vis of the Netherlands upset the second-seeded team of Nicole Arendt and Manon Bollegraf of the Netherlands 3-6, 7-5, 6-4 at the du Maurier Open on Sunday.
Tue, 19 Aug 1997
SEA Games sharpshooters go for overseas stint
SEA Games sharpshooters go for overseas stint JAKARTA (JP): National sharp shooters, training for the 19th SEA Games, will go to Taiwan for a series of trials from Aug. 21 to Aug. 29.Twenty-five SEA Games sharpshooters are expected to improve their skills through a series of overseas matches before...
Tue, 19 Aug 1997
Analysts criticize state economic management
Analysts criticize state economic management JAKARTA (JP): Observers spoke out yesterday against what they called the growing clout of capital owners in the country's social, economic and political scenes.
Tue, 19 Aug 1997
Southeast Asia's highest peak
Southeast Asia's highest peak KUALA LUMPUR (AP): Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad proclaimed Sunday the new height for Mount Kinabalu, Southeast Asia's highest peak, was 4,095.2 meters above sea level.That's 5.
Tue, 19 Aug 1997
Former police officer killed
Former police officer killed JAKARTA (JP): A retired police officer was killed in a chain collision on Jl. Wiyoto Wiyono toll road in Jatinegara, East Jakarta, yesterday.Brig. Gen. (ret.) Sudiantoro, 61, of Tanjung Barat, West Jakarta, was the only fatality in the accident involving five vehicles,...
Tue, 19 Aug 1997
Ousted Ranariddh urges ASEAN to help end war
Ousted Ranariddh urges ASEAN to help end war MANILA (Reuter): Ousted Cambodian co-premier Prince Norodom Ranariddh urged Southeast Asian nations yesterday to help prevent civil war in his country.A civil war in Cambodia would directly affect neighboring Vietnam, Thailand and Laos and ASEAN as a...
Tue, 19 Aug 1997
Manpower bill talks in progress
Manpower bill talks in progress JAKARTA (JP): Legislators deliberating the widely-criticized manpower bill claimed yesterday they have achieved progress by including a provision that the establishment of workers' unions is to be regulated by a separate law.
Tue, 19 Aug 1997
Taking stock
Taking stock President Soeharto, in his speech before a plenary session of the House of Representatives on Saturday, emphasized the importance of prudence on the part of both the government and the community in braving the current monetary developments.
Tue, 19 Aug 1997
School principal's bank account
School principal's bank account According to Sri Sudono Sumarto, the head of the Jakarta regional office of the Ministry of Education and Culture, it is wrong for parents' association (BP3) funds to be deposited into the personal bank account of a school principal.
Tue, 19 Aug 1997
Ramos attacks ship neglecters
Ramos attacks ship neglecters MANILA (AFP): President Fidel Ramos called on the judiciary and regulatory agencies yesterday to punish the "neglect and the greed" behind three disasters involving domestic shipping which left 22 people dead in the Philippines last week.
Tue, 19 Aug 1997
Ebony seized in Ujungpandang
Ebony seized in Ujungpandang UJUNGPANDANG, South Sulawesi: The city administration has confiscated 1,959 cubic meters of ebony believed to be illegal.Authorities are investigating the manager of a Japanese joint venture company. The ebony was discovered at the company's storehouse.
Tue, 19 Aug 1997
Piercing distrust with new defense white paper
Piercing distrust with new defense white paperBy M. Riefqi Muna JAKARTA (JP): Much has been happening in Indonesian defense circles in the last three months: the release of the second Defense White Paper (DWP); the opening of the country's largest military training center, in Lampung; the plan for...
Mon, 18 Aug 1997
What makes people often change jobs?
What makes people often change jobs? Some people often change jobs. Is it because they want more money and better perks? What does it have to do with comfort at work? JAKARTA (JP): In a job interview, Noor SDK Devi asked if she had a chance of becoming a manager.
Mon, 18 Aug 1997
Kite contest this weekend
Kite contest this weekend MERAK BELANTUNG, Lampung: Kite flyers from eight countries will participate in the International Kite Festival this coming weekend, Antara reported over the weekend.Participants from Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei, Japan, the Philippines, France, the Netherlands and Indonesia...
Mon, 18 Aug 1997
Nine fishermen missing
Nine fishermen missing SERANG, West Java: Rescue workers continued searching Saturday for nine fishermen who went missing when their boat sank last Monday between Oar and Panaitan islands in the Sunda Straits.
Mon, 18 Aug 1997
No discos, says Banda Aceh mayor
No discos, says Banda Aceh mayor BANDA ACEH, Aceh: Mayor Sayed Husain Al-Haj has said he will never issue a permit to anyone to open a discotheque in Banda Aceh.He said he feared that discotheques would become places to drink alcohol and practice prostitution, Antara said.
Mon, 18 Aug 1997
Nickname for the minister
Nickname for the ministerFrom MerdekaIn response to Siswono Yudohusodo's statement about the need for government officials to declare their property/wealth, I would like to say that this quite reasonable suggestion deserves a thumbs-up and must be echoed by other officials.
Mon, 18 Aug 1997
Support looms for security decree reintroduction
Support looms for security decree reintroduction JAKARTA (JP): Support grew over the weekend for President Soeharto's call on the succeeding People's Consultative Assembly legislators to redeliberate a security decree.
Mon, 18 Aug 1997
Senior members back Tutut to lead Golkar
Senior members back Tutut to lead Golkar JAKARTA (JP): President Soeharto's eldest daughter Siti Hardiyanti Rukmana fits the bill to lead Golkar, senior members declared on Saturday.Sudharmono and Sarwono Kusumaatmadja, respectively former chairman and secretary-general of the organization,...
Mon, 18 Aug 1997
Govt denies Suwardi's election reward for district chiefs
Govt denies Suwardi's election reward for district chiefs JAKARTA (JP): The government denied Saturday that Central Java Governor Suwardi planned to promote district chiefs as a reward for their efforts to help Golkar win the general and local elections.
Mon, 18 Aug 1997
Rupiah's tumble seen to shore up inflation
Rupiah's tumble seen to shore up inflation JAKARTA (JP): The rupiah's sharp depreciation against the U.S. dollar will result in a higher inflation rate, State Minister of National Development Planning Ginandjar Kartasasmita said yesterday.
Mon, 18 Aug 1997
Tennis body targets five gold medals at SEA Games
Tennis body targets five gold medals at SEA Games JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesian Tennis Association aims to win five of the seven gold medals at the 19th SEA Games here in October by recruiting the best players in the National Team Board.
Mon, 18 Aug 1997
Govt insists on hands-off approach on PDI
Govt insists on hands-off approach on PDI JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesian Democratic Party (PDI) continued to be at odds with the government over who should initiate the settlement of protracted conflicts in the minority party and ways to go about it.
Mon, 18 Aug 1997
President Soeharto's State of the Nation Address
President Soeharto's State of the Nation Address Following are excerpts of the state address given by President Soeharto before the House of Representatives on the occasion of the 52nd anniversary of Indonesia's Independence Day Aug. 17.
Mon, 18 Aug 1997
RI oil investment incentives lack bite: Industry sources
RI oil investment incentives lack bite: Industry sources SINGAPORE (Reuter): Major oil companies are not likely to pump billions of dollars into Indonesia despite new incentives to build refineries as long as the domestic market remains closed to them, industry sources said.
Mon, 18 Aug 1997
Videovan and Gobel to distribute Fox's films
Videovan and Gobel to distribute Fox's films JAKARTA (JP): Singapore-based Videovan Entertainment Industries Pte Ltd will tie up with the Gobel Group of Indonesia to market and distribute in Indonesia the home entertainment products of a major Hollywood film studio.
Mon, 18 Aug 1997
Santa Fe details Jabung output
Santa Fe details Jabung output HOUSTON (Reuter): Santa Fe Energy Resources Inc said yesterday oil production has started at the North Geragai field, the first of three discoveries made on the Jabung Block on the island of Sumatra, Indonesia.
Mon, 18 Aug 1997
Many people dissatisfied with House's performance: Wahono
Many people dissatisfied with House's performance: Wahono JAKARTA (JP): House of Representatives Speaker Wahono, at the start of the last session of the current House, conceded that many people were dissatisfied with the legislature's performance and called on newly elected members to be more open...
Mon, 18 Aug 1997
Economic turbulence in SE Asia may be shortlived
Economic turbulence in SE Asia may be shortlived HONG KONG (AFP): The proud economies of Southeast Asia, buffeted by turbulence since they surrendered their currencies to market forces, may have only a short period of pain yet to endure, experts say.
Mon, 18 Aug 1997
More concrete steps needed to defend rupiah: Economists
More concrete steps needed to defend rupiah: Economists JAKARTA (JP): Economists and members of the House of Representatives said they were optimistic the rupiah would soon stabilize but warned that more concrete measures were needed for similar currency turmoil in the future.
Mon, 18 Aug 1997
Traffic discipline
Traffic discipline Four years have elapsed since the government ordained traffic law No. 14/92 but the traffic situation has remained virtually the same. Every day we witness traffic violations, some go unnoticed and accordingly unpunished.
Mon, 18 Aug 1997
Japanese funds welcome decision to float rupiah
Japanese funds welcome decision to float rupiah TOKYO (Reuter): Indonesia's decision to float its currency has been welcomed by Japanese funds, helping to reinforce their relatively positive view of the country despite turmoil in Asia as a whole, fund managers in Tokyo said.
Mon, 18 Aug 1997
City residents celebrate Independence day in style
City residents celebrate Independence day in style JAKARTA (JP): Jakartans celebrated yesterday Indonesia's 52nd independence day by participating in flag raising ceremonies and various traditional activities.
Mon, 18 Aug 1997
Robbery defendant gets 10 years
Robbery defendant gets 10 years BOGOR (JP): Heri Faisal, alias Hendrik, one of the four suspects in last October's Jagorawi toll road robbery and murder, was sentenced to 10 years in jail by the district court here Saturday.The sentence half that demanded by the prosecutors.
Mon, 18 Aug 1997
ASEAN to beat speculators
ASEAN to beat speculators KUALA LUMPUR (AFP): Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad on Saturday said Kuala Lumpur was discussing with other Southeast Asian economies ways to beat rogue currency speculators.
Mon, 18 Aug 1997
Economy sound, says Soeharto
Economy sound, says Soeharto JAKARTA (JP): President Soeharto stressed Saturday that the Indonesian economy was fundamentally strong despite the sharp depreciation of the rupiah against the U.S. dollar.
Mon, 18 Aug 1997
TV today
TV todayTVRI 2:00 p.m. News: Berita 14 2:30 Travel: My Country 2:35 Cartoon Film: Silvan 3:10 TV Drama: Diantara Kita 3:35 Religious Teachings: Buddha 4:00 Regional News 4:30 Creative Program: Karya Tepat Guna 5:00 Indonesian Lessons 5:25 Variety Show: World Music Album 5:30 Talk Show: Sebaiknya...