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Sat, 14 Nov 1998
Randhawa leads Thailand Open
Randhawa leads Thailand Open BANGKOK (AFP): Jyoti Randhawa of India hit a six-under-par 66 on Friday to move into a two shot lead at the halfway mark of the Thailand Open.Randhawa fired six birdies in another flawless display, and leads on 13 under par 131 from James Kingston of South Africa who...
Sat, 14 Nov 1998
U.S. reaffirms commitment to help RI
U.S. reaffirms commitment to help RI JAKARTA (JP): The U.S. government on Friday reaffirmed its commitment to support Indonesia's efforts to revive its crisis- torn economy and to continue with the political reform process.Deputy U.S.
Sat, 14 Nov 1998
Southeast Asian currencies lifted by yen
Southeast Asian currencies lifted by yen SINGAPORE (Dow Jones): Most Southeast Asian currencies lifted slightly during Asian trading on Friday as the Japanese yen nosed higher against the U.S. dollar.The rupiah, however, ended lower, after Indonesia's supreme military chief advised the population...
Sat, 14 Nov 1998
Calls for MPR to do its duty color end of session
Calls for MPR to do its duty color end of session JAKARTA (JP): Demands, criticism and appeals defined the countdown to the end of the Special Session of the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) on Friday as the toll from violence in street rallies increased.
Sat, 14 Nov 1998
Ometraco Multi Artha declared bankrupt
Ometraco Multi Artha declared bankrupt JAKARTA (JP): The Jakarta Commercial court declared PT Ometraco Multi Artha (OMA), a multifinance arm of the publicly listed PT Ometraco Corporation, bankrupt on Friday after its 28 creditors rejected the company's debt restructuring proposal.
Sat, 14 Nov 1998
'Indikator' tabloid hits the streets
'Indikator' tabloid hits the streets JAKARTA (JP): A new economic and political tabloid, Indikator, was launched on Thursday night, intensifying the already tight competition among dozens of new tabloids which have gained permits since the end of the Soeharto era in May.
Sat, 14 Nov 1998
Scenes from Black Friday
Scenes from Black FridayPhoto A/B/C: WarJP/IGGP Bayu Ismoyo, JP/IGGP Bayu Ismoyo, JP/Arief SuhardimanWAR THEATER: Students lie down on the ground to stop soldiers from marching toward Atma Jaya University (left photo).
Sat, 14 Nov 1998
The wisdom of moustaches
The wisdom of moustaches JAKARTA (JP): Men traditionally grow moustaches to make them appear masculine. Except for People's Consultative Assembly legislator Poedjono Pranjoto.The chairman of the Assembly Working Committee revealed on Thursday that it was "wisdom" that inspired him to adorn his...
Sat, 14 Nov 1998
Excerpts of the 12 draft decrees endorsed by MPR session
Excerpts of the 12 draft decrees endorsed by MPR session JAKARTA (JP): The following are excerpts of the 12 draft decrees adopted by the Special Session of the People's Consultative Assembly on Friday.* The decree on the amendment of the Assembly's internal rules stipulates that following the...
Sat, 14 Nov 1998
Where to go in Jakarta:
Where to go in Jakarta:Exhibitions * Painting Exhibition: Permata Katulistiwa, works of L. Eland, at Galeri Santi, Jl. Benda No. 4, Cilandak Timur, Kemang, South Jakarta (Phone: 7806079), 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., until Dec. 5. * Painting Exhibition: Bahasa Kalbu, by Enrico Soekarno, at Galeri TC, Jl.
Sat, 14 Nov 1998
BLACK FRIDAY
BLACK FRIDAY JAKARTA (JP): Twelve people died and dozens were injured as parts of the Indonesian capital turned into a virtual battlefield on Friday pitting students, supported by the masses, against heavily armed police and soldiers.
Sat, 14 Nov 1998
Rock group /rif tackles environmental beat on 2nd album
Rock group /rif tackles environmental beat on 2nd albumBy Helly Minarti JAKARTA (JP): Since it captivated and divided the music scene 40 years ago, rock has kept its prominent place in popular culture. New generations of musicians interpret it in their own way and add individual touches.
Sat, 14 Nov 1998
Violence forces city's business to shut up shop
Violence forces city's business to shut up shop JAKARTA (JP): Business activities in the capital practically ground to a halt on Friday due to fear and the chaotic conditions brought about by major clashes between protesting students and security officers in which at least four students were killed.
Sat, 14 Nov 1998
Seven armed men rob BRI branch
Seven armed men rob BRI branch JAKARTA (JP): Seven armed men robbed a branch of state Bank Rakyat Indonesia on Jl. Garuda in Kemayoran, Central Jakarta, on Friday, making away with the bank's computers and a television set.Central Jakarta Police chief Lt. Col.
Sat, 14 Nov 1998
Hoisted on their own petard
Hoisted on their own petard JAKARTA (JP): What should a soldier do before firing tear gas at demonstrators outside the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR)? Pull out his handkerchief, of course.Antara observed that soldiers attempting to disperse protesters with tear gas suffered from the...
Sat, 14 Nov 1998
'Krumbach Declaration': A stab in the back
'Krumbach Declaration': A stab in the backBy Dino Patti Djalal JAKARTA (JP): A forum of reconciliation among conflicting East Timorese groups is facing a gloomy future after the failure of their recent dialog in Krumbach, Austria.
Sat, 14 Nov 1998
Rotary Club builds maternity clinics
Rotary Club builds maternity clinics JAKARTA (JP): The Rotary Club of Victoria, Australia, has teamed up with the Rotary Club of Jakarta-Thamrin to build several maternity clinics in villages around Mauk, Tangerang.
Sat, 14 Nov 1998
Govt to fund tourism board
Govt to fund tourism board JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Tourism, Art and Culture Marzuki Usman said yesterday that the government would increase its budget for tourism promotion next fiscal year, by giving additional funds to finance the Indonesia Tourism Promotion Board's (BPPI) activities.
Sat, 14 Nov 1998
Jakarta safe and under control: Wiranto
Jakarta safe and under control: Wiranto JAKARTA (JP): Armed Forces Commander Gen. Wiranto said Jakarta was safe and under control on Friday morning, only hours before the capital erupted in violence and at least four more people died in clashes between security personnel and masses of students and...
Sat, 14 Nov 1998
12 nabbed for trading currencies illegally
12 nabbed for trading currencies illegally JAKARTA (JP): Police officers at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport have arrested 12 men for trading currencies illegally in the airport compound.Posing as perfume sellers, the suspected illegal currency traders offered their services to the passengers,...
Sat, 14 Nov 1998
Moslem male president
Moslem male president It is shocking how ignorant a group of Moslem clerics can be about today's presidential/vice presidential candidates. Last year in November, clerics from the East Java chapter of Nahdlatul Ulama, Indonesia's largest Moslem organization, recommended that a woman might have been...
Sat, 14 Nov 1998
Grieving family buries Tangerang shooting victim
Grieving family buries Tangerang shooting victim TANGERANG (JP): With tears in their eyes, hundreds of relatives, schoolmates and neighbors of senior high school student Lukman Firdaus attended the burial of the 19-year-old boy at his family cemetery at Dangkal village, Cipondoh here Friday...
Sat, 14 Nov 1998
'Ciganjur' leaders fail to appear
'Ciganjur' leaders fail to appear JAKARTA (JP): Friday came and went, but neither Amien Rais, Abdurrahman Wahid, Megawati Soekarnoputri nor Sri Sultan Hamengkubuwono appeared at the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) as was possibly planned.
Sat, 14 Nov 1998
Probing officials' wealth
Probing officials' wealth There is a strong demand today that the wealth of officials/former officials should be subject to investigation (for example in the case of former president Soeharto).However, there may be no legal foundation for state apparatuses, for example the Attorney General's...
Sat, 14 Nov 1998
S'pore tightens labor rules
S'pore tightens labor rules SINGAPORE (AP): Responding to falling productivity in the building industry, Singapore will require all foreign construction workers to pass a basic skills test before they can enter the country to work, a newspaper reported on Friday.
Sat, 14 Nov 1998
Biologist claims to have found eight new fish species
Biologist claims to have found eight new fish species JAKARTA (JP): An Australian marine biologist said on Friday that he had discovered eight new fish and 15 coral species in Indonesian's eastern waters.Gerard R.
Sat, 14 Nov 1998
20 queried over land scam
20 queried over land scam BOGOR (JP): Bogor prosecutors have questioned 20 witnesses in connection with the alleged embezzlement of a 24.3-hectare plot of state land on Jl. Dr Semeru by the head of a Bogor psychiatric hospital.
Sat, 14 Nov 1998
Security by vigilantes
Security by vigilantesFrom Suara KaryaIt gave me the shivers when I looked at the television and newspapers showing civilian security guards in the context of the Special Session of the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR).
Sat, 14 Nov 1998
Violence reinforces intolerance of ABRI
Violence reinforces intolerance of ABRI JAKARTA (JP): The violent clashes this week which have resulted in hundreds of injuries and a number of deaths among students, security forces, and civilian security volunteers appear to have reinforced people's intolerance of the Armed Forces' conduct.
Sat, 14 Nov 1998
Petrokimia to build NPK plant
Petrokimia to build NPK plant JAKARTA (JP): State-owned fertilizer producer PT Petrokimia Gresik and state plantation companies PT Perkebunan Nusantara (PTPN) II, III, IV and V are to jointly set up a nitrogen, phosphate and kalium (NPK) fertilizer plant.
Sat, 14 Nov 1998
W. Sumba death toll rises to 26
W. Sumba death toll rises to 26 MAUMERE, East Nusa Tenggara: The toll in the killing spree in last week's clash on West Sumba has risen to 26, of which 25 have been identified and returned to their families, while one remained unidentified, Regent Rudolf Malo said on Friday.
Fri, 13 Nov 1998
APEC's future direction largely depends on ASEAN
APEC's future direction largely depends on ASEANBy Edward Neilan Clinton 'victory lap' is sideshow to regional concerns; Japan's role seen as crucial. TOKYO (JP): In the alphabet soup of Southeast Asian regional politics and economics, it is important to be aware of the subtle differences between...
Fri, 13 Nov 1998
Officer killed in MPR showdown
Officer killed in MPR showdown JAKARTA (JP): Tens of thousands of students defied a heavy downpour and a massive security cordon to march toward the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) building on Thursday to press their demand for speedy political reform.
Fri, 13 Nov 1998
Female president
Female presidentFrom NeracaThe Indonesian Women's Congress, a federation established in 1928 of 72 women's organizations, strongly rejects the opinion that Indonesia's president and vice president should be male, an opinion which is quite contradictory to human rights.
Fri, 13 Nov 1998
A biomedical view of mass rape
A biomedical view of mass rape Among the findings of the joint fact-finding team on the mid- May riots was that rape and other forms of sexual assault occurred during the rioting. This is the first of two articles by Wimpie Pangkahila, a professor at the School of Medicine of Udayana University in...
Fri, 13 Nov 1998
Japan to determine $30b Asia aid in go alone fashion
Japan to determine $30b Asia aid in go alone fashion KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters): The United States on Thursday appeared to be trying to elbow in on a US$30 billion Japanese plan to aid the battered Asian region but Tokyo was having none of it.
Fri, 13 Nov 1998
Gen. Wiranto apologizes for journos' beating
Gen. Wiranto apologizes for journos' beating JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Defense/Armed Forces (ABRI) Commander Gen. Wiranto early Thursday visited 12 people injured in a clash between security personnel and demonstrating students at two different hospitals.
Fri, 13 Nov 1998
Conversion Rates
Conversion Rates Bank Bali's conversion rates on Nov. 12, 1998: TT rates Bank notes rates Buying Selling Buying Selling Rp Rp Rp Rp U.S. dollar 1 7,750.00 7,850.00 7,750.00 7,950.00Austrian schilling 1 613.30 683.30 - -Australian dollar 1 4,760.90 5,020.90 4,760.00 5,100.00Belgian franc 1 205.
Fri, 13 Nov 1998
'Daun di Atas Bantal' honored at Tokyo film festival
'Daun di Atas Bantal' honored at Tokyo film festival JAKARTA (JP): Garin Nugroho's Daun di Atas Bantal (Leaf on a Pillow) has been awarded a special prize by the Tokyo International Film Festival 1998 jury and is ready for showing in a number of art-film cinemas in Japan.The festival, from Oct.
Fri, 13 Nov 1998
RI reaches agreement with IMF on monthly review
RI reaches agreement with IMF on monthly review JAKARTA (JP): The government has reached agreement in principle with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on a new letter of intent which would pave the way for the release of another US$1 billion in bailout funds, a senior minister said.
Fri, 13 Nov 1998
Pope will not be invited to Vietnam
Pope will not be invited to Vietnam HANOI (AP): Despite a request from Vietnamese bishops, the communist country has no plans to invite Pope John Paul II to visit next year, Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung said on Thursday.
Fri, 13 Nov 1998
Purwokerto stays on red alert
Purwokerto stays on red alert PURWOKERTO, Central Java: A security red alert is still in effect for Purwokerto and surrounding areas due to the escalating number of people beaten to death by mobs, a military official said on Thursday.
Fri, 13 Nov 1998
Assembly reaches conclusion on human rights protection
Assembly reaches conclusion on human rights protection JAKARTA (JP): The Special Session of the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) reached a smooth conclusion on Thursday in its deliberations of human rights protection.
Fri, 13 Nov 1998
Probe into Soeharto's wealth on the agenda
Probe into Soeharto's wealth on the agenda JAKARTA (JP): A Special Session commission assigned to issue a decree on clean governance will on Friday continue to debate whether provision for an investigation into former president Soeharto should be included in a separate decree.
Fri, 13 Nov 1998
Levi's fights against counterfeiting acts
Levi's fights against counterfeiting acts JAKARTA (JP): Levi Strauss & Co., the producer and holder of Levi's intellectual property rights, with the help of Jakarta police is striving to fight against counterfeiting practices in the capital by targeting infringing manufacturers.
Fri, 13 Nov 1998
RP, China ties remain stable
RP, China ties remain stable MANILA (AFP): Relations between the Philippines and China remain calm, despite a dispute over a group of islands in the South China Sea, foreign affairs spokesman Oscar Valenzuela said on Thursday.
Fri, 13 Nov 1998
PPP takes MPR to brink of vote
PPP takes MPR to brink of vote JAKARTA (JP): United Development Party (PPP) legislators, in a show of stubborn politicking, have forced the other four factions in the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) to the brink of a vote following a hotly contested debate on the Armed Forces role in politics.
Fri, 13 Nov 1998
Telkom certifies Nokia
Telkom certifies Nokia JAKARTA (JP): Finnish telecommunications company Nokia has received a quality certificate from state telecommunications company PT Telkom for its V5.2 Access Network product, the company said on Thursday.The V5.
Fri, 13 Nov 1998
The magnificent five
The magnificent five According to the government's agenda, its time spans from the on-going Special Session of the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) to the MPR General Session in December 1999. In between, is the general election milestone, to be held in May 1999, which cuts this time span in...
Fri, 13 Nov 1998
Financial bodies bring Dharmala Agrifood to court
Financial bodies bring Dharmala Agrifood to court JAKARTA (JP): Three financial institutions -- publicly listed Bank Niaga, ING Indonesia Bank and International Finance Corporation (IFC) -- have jointly filed a bankruptcy petition against PT Dharmala Agrifood at the Jakarta Commercial Court for the...