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Sat, 10 Feb 2001
Thaksin becomes Thailand's 23rd prime minister
Thaksin becomes Thailand's 23rd prime minister BANGKOK (AFP): Billionaire businessman Thaksin Shinawatra was formally installed as Thailand's 23rd prime minister on Friday, more than a month after his Thai Rak Thai party scored an historic election victory.
Sat, 10 Feb 2001
Better to dissolve RT/RW
Better to dissolve RT/RWFrom Warta KotaReferring to a recent Warta Kota report Repetition of election of village council members, I am concerned with the fate and dignity of neighborhood community boards (RT/RW) which were blamed by Jakarta Administration officials for mistakes they did not make.
Sat, 10 Feb 2001
Telkom to market its VoIP facility in March
Telkom to market its VoIP facility in March JAKARTA (JP): Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP), a facility allowing people to make long distance calls at local rates, should become available in Jakarta and Surabaya next month, according to a partner of PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia (Telkom).
Sat, 10 Feb 2001
PRSI hires Rumanian coach for water polo
PRSI hires Rumanian coach for water polo JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesian Swimming Federation (PRSI) has hired Rumanian Paul Nikulesku to coach the water polo team ahead of the Kuala Lumpur Southeast Asian (SEA) Games in 2001.
Sat, 10 Feb 2001
Former pro-Anwar leader fined
Former pro-Anwar leader fined KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters): A former vice-president of a party supporting jailed Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim was found guilty on Friday of inciting racial discord in a speech during the 1999 general election campaign, her lawyer said.
Sat, 10 Feb 2001
Gus Dur calls for patience
Gus Dur calls for patience PASURUAN, East Java (JP): President Abdurrahman Wahid told members of the Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) and his supporters here on Friday to stop their destructive acts, exercise restraint and try to understand the process of democracy.
Sat, 10 Feb 2001
FSPC approves debt restructuring for four companies
FSPC approves debt restructuring for four companies JAKARTA (JP): The Financial Sector Policy Committee (FSPC) has approved the debt restructuring of three companies proposed by the Jakarta Initiative Task Force (JITF), and one company proposed by the Indonesian Bank Restructuring Agency (IBRA).
Sat, 10 Feb 2001
Attorney General's Office threatened
Attorney General's Office threatened JAKARTA (JP): The city police bomb squad combed the compound of the Attorney General's Office on Friday following a bomb threat by telephone.The female caller told Gunawan, a staffer at the South Jakarta Prosecutor's Office, at 10:40 a.m.
Sat, 10 Feb 2001
Vandalism in East Java
Vandalism in East JavaFrom Rakyat MerdekaIn view of the escalation in the political tension at home, the Central Executive Board of the Muhammadiyah Students' Association (IMM) issues herewith a call for wisdom and a statement of the organization's stance as follows:1.
Sat, 10 Feb 2001
Where to go in Jakarta:
Where to go in Jakarta:Exhibitions * Painting Bramasto's Collections 1939-1996, Gallery Twilite Cafe, Jl. Kemang Raya No. 24A, South Jakarta (Phone: 7194270), until Feb. 28. * Comic and Animation Week, Pusat Perfilman H. Usmar Ismail, Jl. Rasuna Said, Kuningan, South Jakarta, until Feb. 16.
Sat, 10 Feb 2001
PRD accuses Akbar of defamation
PRD accuses Akbar of defamation JAKARTA (JP): The Democratic People's Party (PRD) filed a police complaint on Friday against chairman of the Golkar Party, Akbar Tandjung, and its deputy chairman, Mahadi Sinambela, for accusing PRD of being behind the vandalism of Golkar offices in East Java.
Sat, 10 Feb 2001
Floods displace 18,000 people across Jakarta
Floods displace 18,000 people across Jakarta JAKARTA (JP): As many as 18,000 people were forced to flee on Thursday and Friday when floods struck their homes in various neighborhoods across Jakarta on Friday.
Sat, 10 Feb 2001
Payment card for retailers launched
Payment card for retailers launched JAKARTA (JP): Consumer goods distributor PT Wicaksana Overseas International launched a Visa card that allows customers to settle their bills from their mobile phones.
Sat, 10 Feb 2001
Quake diplomacy may ease Indo-Pakistan tension
Quake diplomacy may ease Indo-Pakistan tensionBy M.V. Balaji NEW DELHI (DPA): It took a devastating earthquake before Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee and Pakistani Chief Executive Gen. Pervez Musharraf spoke to each other on the telephone for the first time.
Sat, 10 Feb 2001
RI to propose oil output cut
RI to propose oil output cut JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources Purnomo Yusgiantoro reiterated on Friday that Indonesia would propose a cut of between 1.5 million and 2 million barrels a day in oil output by the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC).
Sat, 10 Feb 2001
Gunadarma invites seven Grand Masters
Gunadarma invites seven Grand Masters JAKARTA (JP): The University of Gunadarma has invited seven Grand Masters (GMs) to take part in the Wotulo Memorial Cup chess tournament to be held here from March 20 to March 31.
Sat, 10 Feb 2001
City's trees prone to uprooting in rain and stormy weather
City's trees prone to uprooting in rain and stormy weather JAKARTA (JP): Trees in the capital are vulnerable to uprooting by strong winds and rain because they are aging plants that have been transplanted from other areas, a city official said on Friday.
Sat, 10 Feb 2001
The Golkar backlash
The Golkar backlash Growing calls to outlaw the Golkar Party may seem justifiable given the ghastly record it accrued while ruling the country for 32 years, but they have come too little and too late. To many people, Golkar remains a stigma from the New Order regime, but the fact that it has...
Sat, 10 Feb 2001
Political, economic observers ask Gus Dur to step down
Political, economic observers ask Gus Dur to step down JAKARTA (JP): As the National Police and the Attorney General's Office study the report on President Abdurrahman Wahid's alleged involvement in the two financial scandals, calls have mounted that the President step down and allow Vice President...
Sat, 10 Feb 2001
El Paso takes over RP firms
El Paso takes over RP firms MANILA (Dow Jones): East Asia Power Corp. said on Friday it ceded assets as well as control over two of its power companies to El Paso Philippines Energy Co. as payment for a total $60.89 million in loans.
Sat, 10 Feb 2001
Army will remain loyal to the government: Endriartono
Army will remain loyal to the government: Endriartono JAKARTA (JP): Army Chief of Staff Gen. Endriartono Sutarto said on Friday that the Army would remain loyal to the government and not let anybody topple the national leadership by unconstitutional means."The nation's interests are paramount.
Sat, 10 Feb 2001
Batam technically already free trade zone: BIDA
Batam technically already free trade zone: BIDA JAKARTA (JP): Batam island has technically become a free trade zone although the law which will formalize its status as such is still being prepared, chief of the Batam Industrial Development Authority (BIDA) Ismeth Abdullah said.
Sat, 10 Feb 2001
Bangka-Belitung officially declared 31st province
Bangka-Belitung officially declared 31st province JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Home Affairs and Regional Autonomy Surjadi Soedirdja officially inaugurated Bangka-Belitung as the country's 31st province on Friday, and installed Amur Muchasim as the province's acting governor.
Sat, 10 Feb 2001
100 stateless people seek Indonesian citizenship
100 stateless people seek Indonesian citizenship JAKARTA (JP): More than 100 stateless people in the Tegal Alur slum in Cengkareng, West Jakarta, have appealed to the government to grant them Indonesian citizenship.
Sat, 10 Feb 2001
Minister Lopa vows to instill sense of justice
Minister Lopa vows to instill sense of justice JAKARTA (JP): Newly sworn Minister of Justice and Human Rights Baharuddin Lopa vowed on Friday to instill a sense of justice in all matters related to his office, include the country's courts.
Sat, 10 Feb 2001
Harassment by immigration officials
Harassment by immigration officials It seems that things are getting worse, much worse, in certain areas of the Indonesian bureaucracy. And the immigration department seems to be the worst of all. Virtually every expatriate of my acquaintance has a "horror" story to tell, while more and more...
Sat, 10 Feb 2001
RP prosecutor issue writs for more Estrada accounts
RP prosecutor issue writs for more Estrada accounts MANILA (Agencies): Corruption investigators ordered on Friday the local unit of U.S. lender Citibank NA to surrender records of deposits of ousted Philippines leader Joseph Estrada, who faces a barrage of lawsuits.
Sat, 10 Feb 2001
Stock Exchange
Stock ExchangeStock prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (in rupiah) on Feb. 9, 2001: Shares Close Change Trading Volume ------------------------------------------------------------- Ades Alfindo 1,800 -50 71,000 Adindo Foresta Indonesia 130 5 35,000 Alakasa Industrindo 190 0 0 Alfa Retailindo 975...
Sat, 10 Feb 2001
New tremors spark brief panic in India quake zone
New tremors spark brief panic in India quake zone BHUJ, India (Reuters): A series of fresh tremors struck fear into the hearts of thousands living in India's earthquake-ravaged western state of Gujarat overnight, but officials said they appeared to have caused little damage.
Fri, 09 Feb 2001
Legal battle involving Golkar, NU and PKB starts
Legal battle involving Golkar, NU and PKB starts JAKARTA (JP): The simmering political battle being waged both in the corridors of power and in the streets moved into the legal arena on Thursday as the Golkar Party filed a police complaint over the vandalizing of its offices while, at the same...
Fri, 09 Feb 2001
Probe into rogue officers involvement in shooting continues
Probe into rogue officers involvement in shooting continues AMBON, Maluku (JP): A second Military Police fact-finding team on Thursday continued the investigation into the alleged involvement of 14 members of the police and military in inciting unrest by shooting at troops who were trying to quell...
Fri, 09 Feb 2001
Preliminary talks held on Malay unity summit
Preliminary talks held on Malay unity summit KUALA LUMPUR (AP); Officials from Malaysia's ruling party and its largest opposition group met on Thursday for the first time in 15 years for preliminary talks on how to bridge rifts between ethnic Muslim Malays, the country's largest and predominant...
Fri, 09 Feb 2001
Singapore, Malaysia should boost ASEAN image: Goh
Singapore, Malaysia should boost ASEAN image: Goh SINGAPORE (AFP): Singapore and Malaysia should work to produce "some good news" for Southeast Asia, whose image has been frayed by political turmoil in key countries, Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong said.
Fri, 09 Feb 2001
Several generals to be grilled over Trisakti tragedy
Several generals to be grilled over Trisakti tragedy JAKARTA (JP): A House of Representatives' special committee will question on Tuesday a number of active and retired senior army and police officers in connection with the May 12, 1998 shooting of Trisakti University students, the committee...
Fri, 09 Feb 2001
Taufik puts aside dispute to focus on All England
Taufik puts aside dispute to focus on All England JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia's top shuttler Taufik Hidayat will put aside his differences with the Badminton Association of Indonesia (PBSI) to focus on winning the All England next month.
Fri, 09 Feb 2001
Police fails to question Nurdin
Police fails to question Nurdin JAKARTA (JP): Former legislator Nurdin Halid, who is an executive of wholesaler PT Goro Batara Sakti, was too busy to come to police headquarters to answer questions about the alleged misappropriation of 100,000 tons of sugar by the company, an officer said Thursday.
Fri, 09 Feb 2001
Trial of former Bulog chief Beddu Amang begins
Trial of former Bulog chief Beddu Amang begins JAKARTA (JP): Former chief of the State Logistics Agency (Bulog) Beddu Amang was tried at the South Jakarta District Court on Thursday for allegedly causing some Rp 95.4 billion (US$10 million) in losses to the state in a land swap deal.
Fri, 09 Feb 2001
Administration accused of slow response to dengue
Administration accused of slow response to dengue JAKARTA (JP): The city administration has been criticized for its slow response in fighting dengue hemorrhagic fever, which so far has killed five people across the capital this year.
Fri, 09 Feb 2001
Gatari chopper reported missing
Gatari chopper reported missing BANDUNG (JP): An N-Bell 412 helicopter belonging to charter firm PT Gatari went missing during its flight from Semarang to Bandung on Thursday.The helicopter was flying to Bandung to be repaired by aircraft manufacturer PT Dirgantara Indonesia (PTDI), formerly IPTN,...
Fri, 09 Feb 2001
'The Nutcracker' a treat for ballet fans
'The Nutcracker' a treat for ballet fansBy Tri Hafiningsih JAKARTA (JP): Jakartan ballet fans will have the opportunity to see a classic ballet performance of The Nutcracker at Graha Bhakti Budaya, Taman Ismail Marzuki Arts Center, Central Jakarta, this weekend.
Fri, 09 Feb 2001
Inco's earnings surge on higher price and higher sales
Inco's earnings surge on higher price and higher sales JAKARTA (JP): Publicly listed nickel mine operator PT International Nickel Indonesia (Inco) booked a sharp increase in net earnings to US$80.5 million or 32 cents per share in 2000 from $21.3 million or nine cents the previous year.
Fri, 09 Feb 2001
China summons RP official
China summons RP official MANILA (AFP): China's foreign ministry has summoned a Philippine embassy official in Beijing to protest the boarding of four Chinese fishing vessels by the Philippine navy, officials said here on Thursday.
Fri, 09 Feb 2001
Manila revives peace talks with separatists
Manila revives peace talks with separatists MANILA (Agencies): The Philippines said on Thursday it was reviving peace talks with Muslim separatists, a change of policy from disgraced former president Joseph Estrada who launched a full-scale war on the rebels last year.
Fri, 09 Feb 2001
Editors deny press adds to political conflicts
Editors deny press adds to political conflicts JAKARTA (JP): Several editors from the mass media denied on Thursday the allegation that their reports added to the political conflicts and tension in the country, saying they only presented the facts."Facts belong to events, not to the media.
Fri, 09 Feb 2001
VAT charged for tour package
VAT charged for tour package I bought Qantastic Tour package destination Jakarta-Brisbane- Gold Coast-Sydney-Jakarta for eight days at GR Travel agent for the price of US$999 plus one percent VAT.My friend bought a ticket for the same tour at another travel agent without VAT being added to the...
Fri, 09 Feb 2001
Presidency: Beginning of the end
Presidency: Beginning of the endBy Kusnanto Anggoro JAKARTA (JP): An overwhelming vote (393-4) supporting the dispatch of a memorandum against President Abdurrahman Wahid, or Gus Dur, in the last plenary session of the House of Representatives (DPR) is an omen. The end has already begun.
Fri, 09 Feb 2001
Police dispose of explosives at sea
Police dispose of explosives at sea JAKARTA (JP): In an effort to render ineffectual the recently seized explosives, the Jakarta Police on Thursday supervised the sinking of 1,669 explosive devices in the Ancol sea at Mutiara beach.
Fri, 09 Feb 2001
Man gets 4 years on drug charges
Man gets 4 years on drug charges JAMBI: The Jambi District Court sentenced on Thursday Risman Iskandar, 30, to four years in jail for possessing and consuming 2.387 grams of marijuana and 0.561 grams of shabu-shabu (crystal methamphetamine).
Fri, 09 Feb 2001
Bankruptcy law should be amended, says Yusril
Bankruptcy law should be amended, says Yusril DENPASAR, Bali (JP): The current bankruptcy law should be amended to minimize legal uncertainties that have hampered foreign investment, a minister said on Wednesday.
Fri, 09 Feb 2001
Lessons from East Java
Lessons from East Java The mob violence that was as of Thursday continuing in East Java is a stark reminder of the dangers that are inherent in Indonesia's current experimentation with democracy.At least two policemen and 21 civilians were reportedly slightly injured in Lamongan when supporters of...