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Fri, 18 Jan 2002
Conoco to spend $2.5b in Indonesia
Conoco to spend $2.5b in IndonesiaReuters, Jakarta Conoco Indonesia said on Thursday it expected to spend over US$2.5 billion in Indonesia's oil and gas sector in the next nine years, as part of planned investment of $3.4 billion between 1998 and 2010.
Fri, 18 Jan 2002
300 Indonesian workers riot at Malaysian migrant hostel
300 Indonesian workers riot at Malaysian migrant hostelAssociated Press, Nilai, Malaysia More than 300 Indonesian factory workers rioted on Thursday at a Malaysian hostel for immigrant workers, overturning police vehicles and hurling bottles and stones at officials, police said.
Fri, 18 Jan 2002
Complaints abound over increased fuel prices
Complaints abound over increased fuel pricesRendi A. Witular, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The sharp increases in fuel prices on Thursday boosted the prices of several staples, causing an outcry among the people here.
Fri, 18 Jan 2002
IBRA expects Rp 4 trillion in Salim asset sales
IBRA expects Rp 4 trillion in Salim asset salesBerni K. Moestafa The Jakarta Post Jakarta Sales of assets formerly owned by the Salim Group may generate between Rp 3 trillion (about US$288 million) and Rp 4 trillion for the Indonesian Bank Restructuring Agency (IBRA), as the agency hopes to sell...
Fri, 18 Jan 2002
Flooding gives Jakarta squatters temporary reprieve
Flooding gives Jakarta squatters temporary reprieveRendi A. Witular, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Flooding can be a frightening thing that people will do anything to avoid, right? Not really, if it concerns squatters who occupy state property along the Banjir Kanal Barat flood control canal, North...
Fri, 18 Jan 2002
Students rally against fuel price
Students rally against fuel priceThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta Students in several major cities across the country took to the streets on Thursday to protest against the hike in fuel prices that was announced overnight.
Fri, 18 Jan 2002
2. Conoco ( 2 X 27)
2. Conoco ( 2 X 27) Conoco to spend $2.5b in Indonesia to 2010 3. Poll ( 1 X 40) Recovery to lift Asian FX, but not far: Poll 4. Jorr ( 2 X 18) JORR tender to start next Monday
Fri, 18 Jan 2002
Muggers on
Muggers on pedestrian bridgeFrom Investor Indonesia I advise pedestrians to be more careful when they use the pedestrian bridges in front of Sarinah department store, Jakarta hospital and Sahid hotel, because based on my own experience and those of my colleagues, these locations are full of...
Fri, 18 Jan 2002
Bus pick up passengers at tollroads
Bus pick up passengers at tollroads JAKARTA: Public buses are only allowed to pick up passengers at official bus stops. But many violate the rules, as can be seen from several toll roads here, including the Jakarta-Merak and Jakarta-Bekasi toll roads.
Fri, 18 Jan 2002
Council plans a seminar on AFTA
Council plans a seminar on AFTA JAKARTA: The U.S.-ASEAN Business Council announced on Thursday it would hold a one-day symposium on the ASEAN Free Trade Area (AFTA) in Jakarta by the end of this month.The council, which is based in Washington, said President Megawati Soekarnoputri would open the...
Fri, 18 Jan 2002
Asian monies down late as yen relapses, but off lows
Asian monies down late as yen relapses, but off lowsDow Jones, Singapore Asian currencies were weaker late Thursday, but off their intraday lows as the Japanese's yen's relapse past 132 yen to the U.S. dollar earlier in the day proved temporary, dealers said.
Fri, 18 Jan 2002
2001 foreign investment down 41.5%
2001 foreign investment down 41.5%Berni K. Moestafa, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Indonesia's direct foreign investment approvals fell sharply by a full 41.5 percent last year -- to US$9.02 billion from $15.
Fri, 18 Jan 2002
GAM's strike call gets no response from big companies
GAM's strike call gets no response from big companiesIbnu Mat Noor, The Jakarta Post, Banda Aceh The second day of the Free Aceh Movement (GAM)'s call for a province-wide strike has gained little response from the Acehnese people.
Fri, 18 Jan 2002
Honda to set up new car plant in RI
Honda to set up new car plant in RIAdianto P Simamora, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Japan's third-largest automaker, Honda Motor Co Ltd., on Thursday said that it would invest some US$30 million to set up a new plant in Indonesia in a bid to strengthen its presence in the Southeast Asian market.
Fri, 18 Jan 2002
1. FLOOD, 2 lines, 25 counts
1. FLOOD, 2 lines, 25 countsFlooding gives Jakarta squatters temporary reprieve 2. JAKSA, 1 line, 36 countsJl. Jaksa turns into 'Little Afghanistan'
Fri, 18 Jan 2002
Jl. Jaksa turns into 'Little Afghanistan'
Jl. Jaksa turns into 'Little Afghanistan'Bronwyn Curran, Agence France-Presse, Jakarta On the Indonesian capital's backpacker strip, the halternecks and sandals of over-sunned western travelers are but a memory.
Fri, 18 Jan 2002
NTT rebel to comply with summons
NTT rebel to comply with summons KUPANG, East Nusa Tenggara: A rebel leader in East Nusa Tenggara said here on Thursday that he was ready to comply with a police summons for questioning over his campaigns for independence in the province."No problem.
Fri, 18 Jan 2002
RI's 2001 fish exports $1.17 billion
RI's 2001 fish exports $1.17 billion JAKARTA: Indonesia's fishing exports for 2001 were worth US$1.17 billion, down 0.84 percent from the previous year as illegal fishing continued to plague the industry.
Fri, 18 Jan 2002
Akbar to perform haj pilgrimage
Akbar to perform haj pilgrimage JAKARTA: Golkar chairman Akbar Tandjung is scheduled to leave for Mecca next month for the haj pilgrimage despite being named as a suspect in a high profile corruption scandal.
Fri, 18 Jan 2002
RI moves to stop people smuggling
RI moves to stop people smugglingTertiani ZB Simanjuntak, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Overwhelmed by a flood of illegal migrants, the Indonesian government, in cooperation with Australian authorities, will develop a regional plan of action to tackle the problem, which is believed to involve...
Fri, 18 Jan 2002
Bad weather hinders plane's removal from river
Bad weather hinders plane's removal from riverTarko Sudiarno and Multa Fidrus, The Jakarta Post, Klaten/Tangerang Bad weather on Thursday hampered efforts to remove a Garuda Indonesia Boeing 737 from a river after it crash-landed near Klaten, Central Java on Wednesday, killing a female flight...
Fri, 18 Jan 2002
Pusri workers go on strike in Cirebon
Pusri workers go on strike in Cirebon The Jakarta Post Jakarta Some 150 casual workers of state-owned fertilizer company PT Pupuk Sriwijaya (PT Pusri) went on strike on Thursday, demanding a 100 percent wage increase.
Fri, 18 Jan 2002
Bogor Palace to reduce deer population
Bogor Palace to reduce deer population BOGOR: The exploding deer population at the Bogor Palace would be reduced to 500 from the current 700, Atikah Sumantri, head of the palace, said on Wednesday.The over-supply of deer has been a problem for the last three years and at one point their number...
Fri, 18 Jan 2002
Batam's mayor challenges ICW over graft accusation
Batam's mayor challenges ICW over graft accusationFadli The Jakarta Post Batam Batam Mayor Nyat Kadir and his deputy, Asman Abnur, have planned to sue the city branch of the non-governmental organization, Indonesian Corruption Watch (ICW), should the ICW fail to provide evidence that the mayor, his...
Fri, 18 Jan 2002
Wages not cause of less investment
Wages not cause of less investmentJeff Ballinger, Director Press for Change, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA Far from being "arbitrary and unjustified," as suggested by Peter Gardiner (The Jakarta Post, Bread Crumbs for the Poor Jan.
Fri, 18 Jan 2002
BI forex down $167 million
BI forex down $167 million JAKARTA: Bank Indonesia said on Thursday that its foreign exchange reserves this week stood lower at US$27.79 billion -- or down US$167.20 million -- from the previous week.The central bank said that foreign debt payments had contributed to the decrease of its foreign...
Fri, 18 Jan 2002
JORR tender to start next Monday
JORR tender to start next MondayThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta The government said on Wednesday it would start the re-tender of the long delayed Jakarta Outer Ring Road (JORR) project on Jan. 21, with five developers expected to bid for the Rp 4 trillion (about US$384 million) worth project.
Fri, 18 Jan 2002
Bagir worried about court facilities
Bagir worried about court facilities BANDUNG: Chief Justice Bagir Manan voiced concerns on Thursday that poor facilities in courthouses all over Indonesia.During a recent trip across the archipelago, Bagir recalled seeing administrative staff in most courts working with typewriters instead of...
Fri, 18 Jan 2002
Corruption in aid procurement
Corruption in aid procurement I write in response to Donna Woodward's article in The Jakarta Post of Jan. 16, 2002 titled Bring the war home: Combating corruption. I agree wholeheartedly with what she says, especially that the most serious corruption is at the highest levels of the bureaucracy.
Fri, 18 Jan 2002
RI, Thailand step up anti-terrorism drive
RI, Thailand step up anti-terrorism driveThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta Indonesia and Thailand stepped up their campaign against terrorism on Thursday, agreeing to share intelligence information in order to rid the region of criminal activity and terrorism.
Fri, 18 Jan 2002
IBRA told to close more banks
IBRA told to close more banksDadan Wijaksana, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Remarks by Bank Indonesia (BI) officials that two of the five banks under the supervision of the Indonesian Bank Restructuring Agency (IBRA) were not qualified for a planned merger should serve as a signal for the agency to...
Fri, 18 Jan 2002
RI 'not serious in dealing with rights abuses'
RI 'not serious in dealing with rights abuses'Agence France-Presse, New York The Indonesian government failed to address human rights violations last year and the situation in the separatist province of Aceh worsened sharply, Human Rights Watch said.
Fri, 18 Jan 2002
Poll sees stronger Rp
Poll sees stronger RpReuters, Jakarta Indonesia's rupiah currency is forecast to hover around the 10,435 level against the U.S. dollar by the middle of 2002 and strengthen to 9,995 by the year-end, a Reuters poll of nine economists showed.
Fri, 18 Jan 2002
Subiakto admits to land price mark-up
Subiakto admits to land price mark-upDamar Harsanto, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta JAKARTA: Former Ministry of Cooperatives' (KPDK) employees cooperative head Subiakto Tjakrawerdaya has admitted he used State Logistics Agency (Bulog) money to buy land in South Jakarta from a son of former dictator...
Fri, 18 Jan 2002
IBRA expects Rp 4t in Salim asset sales
IBRA expects Rp 4t in Salim asset salesBerni K. Moestafa, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Sales of assets formerly owned by the Salim Group may generate between Rp 3 trillion (about US$288 million) and Rp 4 trillion for the Indonesian Bank Restructuring Agency (IBRA), as the agency hopes to sell off the...
Fri, 18 Jan 2002
Pusri workers go on strike in Cirebon
Pusri workers go on strike in CirebonThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta Some 150 casual workers of state-owned fertilizer company PT Pupuk Sriwijaya (PT Pusri) went on strike on Thursday, demanding a 100 percent wage increase.
Fri, 18 Jan 2002
Learning from the Japanese
Learning from the JapaneseFrom Surabaya PostIn spite of vast natural resources and a huge amount of human resources, close to 60 percent of Indonesia's population lives in poverty.Various attempts by the government to help the poor, including the Social Safety Network (JPS) and the allocation of...
Fri, 18 Jan 2002
Local politicians unclear about ethics, values
Local politicians unclear about ethics, valuesJ. Soedjati Djiwandono, Political Analyst, Jakarta Indonesian politics is always full of confusion and misunderstanding, even, or perhaps especially, among politicians. What a contrast.
Fri, 18 Jan 2002
Teacher set up federation
Teacher set up federationThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta Disappointed by the poor performance of the Association of Indonesian Teachers (PGRI), which many consider to have acted as little more than a collector of levies during the new order regime, a group of teachers announced on Thursday the...
Fri, 18 Jan 2002
Businessmen lobby legislators in Puncak
Businessmen lobby legislators in PuncakAhmad Junaidi, The Jakarta Post, Puncak/West Java A group of local businessmen took advantage of a two-day conference -- meant to discuss the City Budget -- which included 85 city councillors and 500 city officials here to lobby the authorities for "help" with...
Fri, 18 Jan 2002
ID card applicants disappointed
ID card applicants disappointed TANGERANG: ID card applicants in Tangerang have been returning home empty-handed due to a total absence of application forms in the city over the last two weeks.Some applicants said that they had been going back and forth to their local district offices trying to...
Fri, 18 Jan 2002
High-powered delegation to assess Maluku conflict
High-powered delegation to assess Maluku conflictThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta A high-powered ministerial, military and police delegation is scheduled to visit Maluku next week to seek an end to the prolonged sectarian violence plaguing the province.Included on the three-day peace mission from Jan.
Fri, 18 Jan 2002
Fire leaves 900 people homeless
Fire leaves 900 people homeless PALEMBANG, South Sumatra: Fire gutted some 48 old wooden houses near the South Sumatra capital of Palembang, leaving about 900 people homeless.No casualties were reported in the blaze that started about 11:30 a.m.
Fri, 18 Jan 2002
Bangka-Belitung names governor candidates
Bangka-Belitung names governor candidatesTiarma Siboro, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The Bangka-Belitung Legislative Council has chosen eight candidates out of a pool of 47 applicants for the fledgling province's first gubernatorial elections.
Fri, 18 Jan 2002
Budget for Marunda dump rejected
Budget for Marunda dump rejectedAhmad Junaidi, The Jakarta Post, Puncak, West Java The city council rejected on Thursday a proposed budget addition of Rp 18.5 billion for the construction of a refuse disposal site in Marunda, North Jakarta.
Fri, 18 Jan 2002
Rupiah Rates Jan.17
Rupiah Rates Jan.17 Bank notes rates TT rates Selling Buying Selling Buying Rp Rp Rp Rp U.S. dollar 1 10,910.00 9,910.00 10,462.00 10,358.00Austrian schilling 1 700.49 635.93 671.73 664.67Australian dollar 1 5,608.83 5,089.78 5,378.51 5,319.87Belgian franc 1 238.94 216.92 229.13 226.
Thu, 17 Jan 2002
Govt raises fuel prices by average of 22%
Govt raises fuel prices by average of 22%The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The government officially raised fuel prices by an average of some 22 percent late on Wednesday and launched a new pricing formula by pegging most fuel to world market prices.
Thu, 17 Jan 2002
Listen to our conscience
Listen to our conscienceFrom Rakyat MerdekaFor years now Indonesia has suffered deep grief and a most unfortunate fate. Its image is unceasingly tarnished by various conflicts, such as those occurring in Ambon and Poso.
Thu, 17 Jan 2002
Hike in various tariffs
Hike in various tariffsFrom Media IndonesiaThe Media Indonesia edition of Jan. 2, 2001 published a story titled The government will soon increase fuel prices". Every year ordinary people are burdened with the fear of a fresh fuel price rise.
Thu, 17 Jan 2002
Police allegation of Kopassus' role in Theys' murder not final
Police allegation of Kopassus' role in Theys' murder not finalYogita Tahil Ramani and Annastashya Emmanuelle, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Police allegations that an elite Armed force's unit was behind the murder of pro-independence Papua Presidium Council (PDP) Chairman Theys Hiyo Eluway are not...