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Tue, 24 Oct 2000
Emerging Asian bond spreads wider
Emerging Asian bond spreads wider HONG KONG (Reuters): Asian benchmark bond spreads were broadly wider on Monday as investors opted for safe-haven U.S. Treasuries over emerging market volatility fueled by gyrations on global equity markets.
Tue, 24 Oct 2000
The Tapatt survey on the Estrada scandal
The Tapatt survey on the Estrada scandal MANILA: Tapatt Foundation is an organization of civic-minded citizens "saddened to see our country being ravaged by the greed of many of those who are supposed to lead it.
Tue, 24 Oct 2000
Impeachment case against Estrada set in motion
Impeachment case against Estrada set in motion MANILA (Reuters): The Philippine lower House on Monday set in motion an impeachment case against President Joseph Estrada and leaders promised an impartial hearing of charges that he took bribes from illegal gambling syndicates.
Tue, 24 Oct 2000
A tragic year under Abdurrahman Wahid's rule
A tragic year under Abdurrahman Wahid's rule Political analyst J. Soedjati Djiwandono was one of those who rejoiced at the new presidential leadership last October, but who now feels compelled to give a brutally honest review of the presidency.
Tue, 24 Oct 2000
Prince Edward visits Malaysia
Prince Edward visits Malaysia KUALA LUMPUR (AFP): Prince Edward urged British firms to make extra efforts to transfer skills and technology to Malaysians as he and his wife Sophie started a three-day visit to the country on Monday.
Tue, 24 Oct 2000
MAS, KLM to expand codesharing pact
MAS, KLM to expand codesharing pact KUALA LUMPUR (AFX-ASIA): Malaysian Airline System Bhd and KLM Royal Dutch Airlines will be expanding their existing codesharing agreement with the new arrangement to take effect from the start of the winter schedule commencing Oct 29, 2000, a Malaysia Airlines...
Tue, 24 Oct 2000
Malaysia palm oil closes higher
Malaysia palm oil closes higher KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters): Malaysian palm oil futures closed higher on Monday, helped by continued strength in physical prices, traders said.The benchmark third-month January futures KPOF1] contract ended up eight ringgit at 849 ringgit (US$223.
Tue, 24 Oct 2000
Park maintenance to be handed over to private firms
Park maintenance to be handed over to private firms JAKARTA (JP): The City Administration's plan to privatize the maintenance of parks across the capital has so far received responses from two parties, which have expressed their enthusiasm to take care of the vast park at the Semanggi cloverleaf in...
Tue, 24 Oct 2000
Rupiah ends lower in moderate trading on dollar demand
Rupiah ends lower in moderate trading on dollar demand JAKARTA (Dow Jones): The Indonesian rupiah closed lower Monday in moderate trading on local company demand for the dollar, traders said.The dollar closed at Rp 8,970 rupiah, down from Rp 8,890 late Friday.
Tue, 24 Oct 2000
SIA sign deal with Region
SIA sign deal with Region SINGAPORE (AFX-ASIA): Singapore Airlines Ltd unit SIA Engineering Ltd said it has secured a 5-year aircraft maintenance contract worth S$40 million from Region Air.Region Air leases aircraft to Pacific Airlines of Vietnam and Air Wagon International of Indonesia.
Tue, 24 Oct 2000
Palestinian Ambassador row settled: Minister
Palestinian Ambassador row settled: Minister JAKARTA (JP): The government said on Monday that the row between Jakarta and Palestinian Ambassador to Indonesia Ribhi Awad over his purported criticism of the government's stance over the Middle East crisis was considered settled.
Tue, 24 Oct 2000
We must improve the city's image: Governor
We must improve the city's image: Governor JAKARTA (JP): Governor Sutiyoso urged residents of slum areas across the capital to help maintain security in Jakarta to restore the image of the city which was tarnished by the May 1998 riots and several violent incidents that followed.
Tue, 24 Oct 2000
Latest violence in Aceh claims eight more lives
Latest violence in Aceh claims eight more lives BANDA ACEH, Aceh (JP): The latest violence in restive Aceh province claimed eight more lives over the past three days, including four alleged members of the Free Aceh Movement (GAM) separatist rebel group, police and activists said on Monday.
Tue, 24 Oct 2000
Government to look further at Bangka and Belitung
Government to look further at Bangka and Belitung JAKARTA (JP): The government and the House agreed on Monday to delay for a month endorsement of the bill on Bangka-Belitung province to allow a government team to check the islands' preparedness for the new status.
Tue, 24 Oct 2000
Saving Bali's pristine reef through reef check program
Saving Bali's pristine reef through reef check programBy I Wayan Juniartha DENPASAR, Bali (JP): A growing involvement of amateur divers and dive operators highlighted the Reef Check Bali 2000, an annual event aimed at monitoring the present condition of Bali's most precious coral reef.
Tue, 24 Oct 2000
Traffic deaths up in Vietnam
Traffic deaths up in Vietnam HANOI (AP): Traffic accidents in Vietnam killed 5,865 people in the first nine months of this year, a 11.6 percent jump from the same period last year, an official of the National Transport Safety Committee said on Monday.
Tue, 24 Oct 2000
School final exam trial takes unexpected turn
School final exam trial takes unexpected turn JAKARTA (JP): The trial on the leakage of national high school final examinations (Ebtanas) master copies took an unexpected turn on Monday, when a witness denied claims that her jealousy of a colleague had led her to order defendant Dwi Santoso to...
Tue, 24 Oct 2000
Anti-Gus Dur protesters start rallying on streets
Anti-Gus Dur protesters start rallying on streets JAKARTA (JP): Some 800 people from seven Islamic organizations staged a rally in front of the National Police Headquarters on Monday, urging the police to immediately solve various high- profile crimes, particularly those allegedly related to...
Tue, 24 Oct 2000
RI cracks down on militia, but danger remains, UN says
RI cracks down on militia, but danger remains, UN says SYDNEY, Australia (AFP): Squads of up to 30 militia fighters have slipped across the border into East Timor to conduct long- range patrols, threatening the stability of the territory, a senior UN official warned on Monday.
Tue, 24 Oct 2000
Government approves $6b refinery projects
Government approves $6b refinery projects JAKARTA (JP): The government has approved two oil refinery projects valued at US$6 billion to be built by a joint venture in Pare-Pare, South Sulawesi, and Batam.
Tue, 24 Oct 2000
KL to borrow assault boats from Sweden
KL to borrow assault boats from Sweden KUALA LUMPUR (AP): Malaysia plans to borrow four assault boats from Sweden to bolster defense in Sabah state on the northeastern coast of Borneo island, its defense minister said on Monday.
Tue, 24 Oct 2000
TV programs
TV programsTodayTVRI 5:00 a.m. Religious Teachings 6:00 News 8:00 Children's Program 8:30 Music 9:00 Interval 12:00 p.m. Interval 2:00 News 2:30 Children's Program 3:00 Music 4:00 News 4:30 Talk Show 5:30 TVRI News 6:00 Sports 6:30 Music 7:00 Evening News 7:30 Talk Show 8:00 Ascension Day of...
Tue, 24 Oct 2000
Indonesian people told to help save coral reefs
Indonesian people told to help save coral reefs DENPASAR, Bali (JP): The 9th International Symposium on Coral Reefs began on Monday with a call to save the nation's 85,000 square kilometers of coral reefs of which 70 percent are already badly damaged."Indonesian people are blind about marine issues.
Tue, 24 Oct 2000
S'pore tourist arrivals up
S'pore tourist arrivals up SINGAPORE (AP): Tourist arrivals in Singapore rose by 9.8 percent in September from a year earlier, officials said Monday.Arrivals in September totaled 612,380, the Singapore Tourism Board said.
Tue, 24 Oct 2000
Local exhibition industry lacks recognition: Iqbal
Local exhibition industry lacks recognition: Iqbal JAKARTA (JP): The convention and exhibition industry in Indonesia failed to do as well as was expected as the industry still lacked networking with other businesses, an executive said on Monday.
Tue, 24 Oct 2000
Government sees foreign debt dropping
Government sees foreign debt dropping JAKARTA (JP): Finance minister Prijadi Praptosuhardjo said on Monday the ratio of the government's total foreign debt to gross domestic product (GDP) was projected to drop to 65 percent in 2003 from the current 99 percent level.
Tue, 24 Oct 2000
2.6 million civil servants to be transferred: Minister
2.6 million civil servants to be transferred: Minister BANDUNG (JP): Before the law on regional autonomy is implemented in January next year, more than 2.6 of the 4.2 million central government employees will be transferred to provincial administrations, a minister said on Monday.
Tue, 24 Oct 2000
Stock Exchange
Stock ExchangeStock prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (in rupiah) on Oct. 23, 2000: Shares Close Change Trading Volume --------------------------------------------------------------- Ades Alfindo 1,900 -100 178,000 Adindo Foresta Indonesia 110 -5 503,500 Alakasa Industrindo 435 0 0 Alfa...
Tue, 24 Oct 2000
U.S. Embassy denies arrested American is a spy
U.S. Embassy denies arrested American is a spy JAKARTA (JP): The United States Embassy denied claims by Indonesian Minister of Defense Mahfud MD that an American "infiltrator" apprehended in Irian Jaya was a spy, and warned that the treatment of the American "tourist" would force other prospective...
Tue, 24 Oct 2000
IFC invests $10 million into the listed Bank NISP
IFC invests $10 million into the listed Bank NISP JAKARTA (JP): The International Finance Corporation (IFC), a financial arm of the World Bank, said on Monday it had invested US$10 million in equity participation at the publicly listed Bank NISP.
Tue, 24 Oct 2000
Where to go in Bandung:
Where to go in Bandung: Exhibitions* Fine Arts Exhibition, Liyan by Nindityo Adipurnomo, at Selasar Seni Sunaryo, Jl. Bukit Pakar Timur no. 100 (Phone: 022 2507939), until Dec. 3.* Handycrafts, Design Interior Exhibition by Kalingga Gallery, at Grand Hotel Preanger Bandung, Jl. Asia Afrika No.
Tue, 24 Oct 2000
Again on circumcision
Again on circumcision I am writing in reply to Melly R's response to my earlier letter regarding female circumcision.Melly R, please accept my apologies for disturbing your senses with my supposed arrogance in daring to criticize the plight of children.
Tue, 24 Oct 2000
Sjamsul, Hasan named suspects in loans abuse
Sjamsul, Hasan named suspects in loans abuse JAKARTA (JP): The Attorney General's Office announced on Monday that four commercial bank owners were suspected of misusing billions of US dollars equivalent in bank liquidity supports.
Tue, 24 Oct 2000
Imprecise use of words
Imprecise use of words We would like to comment on the usage of the word detained and refused in your article, "Hawk-100 jet fighter crashes in W. Kalimantan" of Oct. 20, page 2, in the sentence "...three units of jet engines detained in South Korea..." and "...
Tue, 24 Oct 2000
Driver killed over Rp 2,000 dispute
Driver killed over Rp 2,000 dispute TANGERANG (JP): A Prestasi taxi driver was mobbed and killed on Sunday evening by a gang of hoodlums over a Rp 2000 dispute in Serpong, an officer said.Police subprecinct chief First Insp.
Tue, 24 Oct 2000
Repatriation of East Timor refugees observed
Repatriation of East Timor refugees observed JAKARTA (JP): Visiting British Deputy Foreign Minister John Battle called on the government here on Monday to speed up the repatriation of some 130,000 East Timorese refugees in West Timor to the former Indonesian province.
Tue, 24 Oct 2000
Focus on education
Focus on education How important is education for the future of Indonesia? The question is almost absurd in its folly. After all, everybody agrees, and plain common sense tells us, that education is one of the main pillars on which a modern society rests.
Tue, 24 Oct 2000
Pipeline protesters threaten police
Pipeline protesters threaten police BANGKOK (AFP): Protesters in southern Thailand demonstrating against a controversial Thai-Malaysian gas pipeline are threatening to burn down a police station if authorities do not investigate claims of harassment, local media reported on Monday.
Tue, 24 Oct 2000
Questionable compassion
Questionable compassion Eurico Guterres was about 18 years old when he was imprisoned by the Indonesian military for his participation in a proindependence movement. During his time in jail, he was obviously not tortured but surely in some way brainwashed because he emerged as a glowing fanatic...
Tue, 24 Oct 2000
Recruitment adverts
Recruitment advertsFrom Media IndonesiaA newspaper advertisement recently promised a commission fee of Rp 1.2 million for anybody willing to go to villages and recruit potential migrant workers, and this fee would be deposited at PT BL, a labor exporting company.
Tue, 24 Oct 2000
Xerox to sell Fuji shares
Xerox to sell Fuji shares TOKYO (AFP): Xerox Corp. will sell shares in Fuji Xerox Co. Ltd. to make up for a decline in sales in Europe and the United States, a report said Monday.The US office supplies giant will announce its plan Tuesday to sell all or part of its stake in Fuji Xerox, a 50-50...
Tue, 24 Oct 2000
House to set criteria of KPU membership
House to set criteria of KPU membership JAKARTA (JP): The empowered House of Representatives played down on Monday objections raised by several non-governmental organizations on the nomination of 22 public figures to the new General Elections Commission (KPU).
Tue, 24 Oct 2000
KL trims foreign labor
KL trims foreign labor KUALA LUMPUR (AFP): Malaysia has reduced the intake of foreign workers to 150,000 this year from 320,000 last year to curb an outflow of the local currency, a senior official said Monday.
Tue, 24 Oct 2000
Net still unpopular for environmental news
Net still unpopular for environmental newsBy Stevie Emilia JAKARTA (JP): Whenever you are seeking information on specific issues like which animals are on the endangered species list, or if you just want to learn more about conservation, the Internet is generally the easiest place to find what you...
Tue, 24 Oct 2000
Opposition may get victory in Ivory Coast vote
Opposition may get victory in Ivory Coast vote ABIDJAN (Agencies): Early returns Monday showed an opposition candidate in a close race with the junta leader in Ivory Coast's elections, billed as a return to civilian government 10 months after a military coup.
Tue, 24 Oct 2000
Stale bread kills man
Stale bread kills man BANDUNG, West Java: A man died in extreme pain after eating some stale bread from a jar in his office, situated on Jl. Abdurahman Saleh No. 50, on Sunday night.The victim was identified as Jumadi, 29, who worked as a warehouse security guard for a marketing firm, PT Dahlia...
Tue, 24 Oct 2000
Former officials to be grilled over tragedy
Former officials to be grilled over tragedy JAKARTA (JP): The Military Police in cooperation with the National Police will question a number of former government officials under the then coordinating minister for political affairs and security in connection with the forcible takeover of the...
Tue, 24 Oct 2000
Sjahrir says Gus Dur must resign
Sjahrir says Gus Dur must resign JAKARTA (JP): President Abdurrahman Wahid should immediately step down because he has failed to implement the various reform programs mandated by the people, noted economist Sjahrir said on Monday.
Tue, 24 Oct 2000
NOAA statelite station opens
NOAA statelite station opens DENPASAR, Bali: The Ministry of Sea Exploration and Fisheries along with the BPPT and Superintending Company of Indonesia (Sucofindo) launched on Monday the country's first earth satellite receiver station for the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
Tue, 24 Oct 2000
Four killed in train/truck accident
Four killed in train/truck accident JAKARTA (JP): Four people were killed and two were injured on Monday when a Parahyangan passenger train traveling from Jakarta to Bandung crashed into a truck at a railway crossing near the Bekasi train station, east of here.