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Wed, 07 Oct 1998
Minister tells graduates to become entrepreneurs
Minister tells graduates to become entrepreneurs JAKARTA (JP): State Minister of Research and Technology Zuhal told new university graduates here on Tuesday to become entrepreneurs to cope with the prolonged economic crisis.
Wed, 07 Oct 1998
Rice swept rice into profit by hard-working market women
Rice swept rice into profit by hard-working market womenText and photos by P.J. Leo JAKARTA (JP): The atmosphere that morning was filled with joy and laughter among a group of women at one of the rice stalls at the Cipinang rice market in East Jakarta.
Wed, 07 Oct 1998
Indonesia's crisis in 'feng shui' vision
Indonesia's crisis in 'feng shui' visionBy Mauro Rahardjo BANDUNG (JP): What is the relationship between the recent Indonesian economic crisis and Feng Shui?Feng Shui, is not associated with the superstitious or mystical belief, but rather a classical Chinese science, which has developed and spread...
Wed, 07 Oct 1998
6,000 Irianese suffer from syphilis
6,000 Irianese suffer from syphilis JAYAPURA, Irian Jaya: About 6,000 people in Timika are reportedly suffering from syphilis while four others recently tested positive for HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus), Antara said.
Wed, 07 Oct 1998
Draft law on deferral of labor law filed with House
Draft law on deferral of labor law filed with House JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Manpower Fahmi Idris has submitted to the House of Representatives a draft law which seeks to defer the enforcement of the manpower law which his predecessor Abdul Latief introduced in 1997 amid allegations of bribery.
Wed, 07 Oct 1998
Hoodlum stabbed to death
Hoodlum stabbed to death JAKARTA (JP): A notorious hoodlum from Kramat Jati in East Jakarta was found dead with severe stab wounds near the local market on Tuesday.Police believe that Maskur, 28, was fatally attacked by rival thugs in the area.According to city police spokesman Lt. Col. E.
Wed, 07 Oct 1998
EU states its 'deep concern' on Myanmar
EU states its 'deep concern' on Myanmar LUXEMBOURG (AFP): European foreign ministers expressed "deep concern" on Monday about the "deteriorating political and human rights situation" in Myanmar, and urged authorities in Yangon to "take steps towards democracy and national reconciliation.
Wed, 07 Oct 1998
Stock Exchange
Stock ExchangeStock prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (in rupiah) on Oct.6, 1998: Shares Close Change Trading Volume --------------------------------------------------------- Ades Alfindo 325 0 0 AHAP Insurance 400 0 0 Alter Abadi 200 0 48,000 Alumindo Light Metal 250 0 0 Alumindo Perkasa 225 0...
Wed, 07 Oct 1998
Asian marts end mixed, economic worries persist
Asian marts end mixed, economic worries persist SINGAPORE (AFP): Asian stock markets drifted in different directions Tuesday, taking their cue from domestic factors after a widespread sell-off the previous day.Tokyo stocks ended 0.
Wed, 07 Oct 1998
Tran Duc Luong arrives in Thailand
Tran Duc Luong arrives in Thailand BANGKOK (AFP): Vietnamese President Tran Duc Luong arrived here on Tuesday on the first visit to Thailand by a Vietnamese head of state since the two countries established diplomatic relations more than 20 years ago.
Wed, 07 Oct 1998
MasterCard wants no bias
MasterCard wants no bias JAKARTA (JP): MasterCard International reminded merchants on Tuesday that they should not reject credit cards based on their place of issuance.MasterCard International's senior vice president and general manager for Southeast Asia, Donald Van Stone, said there should be no...
Wed, 07 Oct 1998
Government to revise regulation on forest royalties
Government to revise regulation on forest royalties JAKARTA (JP): The government is to revise the regulation on the collection of forest royalties to give provinces and regencies a larger share of the country's forest revenues.
Wed, 07 Oct 1998
Poor care for elephantiasis
Poor care for elephantiasis AMBON, Maluku: Residents here said they were disappointed by the lack of effort to prevent and cure elephantiasis in the region."We are disappointed... that until now the health office here has not acted on the results of blood tests taken from 213 residents of Batu...
Wed, 07 Oct 1998
ASEAN vows tariff cut on agricultural goods
ASEAN vows tariff cut on agricultural goods MANILA (AFP): ASEAN members pledged Tuesday to speed up import tariff cuts on sensitive products traded within the region, including key agricultural commodities to help rebuild shattered confidence on crisis-hit Asia.
Wed, 07 Oct 1998
Indonesia Open loses top shuttlers
Indonesia Open loses top shuttlers JAKARTA (JP): Denmark's top singles players Peter Gade Christensen and Camilla Martin have withdrawn from the Indonesia Open badminton championships, organizers said on Tuesday.
Wed, 07 Oct 1998
Kuntoro denies PLN to opt for force majeure
Kuntoro denies PLN to opt for force majeure JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Mines and Energy Kuntoro Mangkusubroto denied on Tuesday that state electricity company PT PLN plans to declare force majeure in contracts with its independent power producers (IPP).
Wed, 07 Oct 1998
'Becak' drivers stage rally
'Becak' drivers stage rally JAKARTA (JP): At least 300 becak (pedicab) drivers and owners held a demonstration in front of a city-owned warehouse in Cakung, North Jakarta, on Tuesday to demand the return of vehicles that have been impounded there.
Wed, 07 Oct 1998
No World Improvisations to perform at art summit
No World Improvisations to perform at art summit JAKARTA (JP): A two-night performance by four internationally acclaimed musicians grouped in No World Improvisations will provide a compelling experience for both local artists and the audience alike.
Wed, 07 Oct 1998
UNDP assists three cities
UNDP assists three cities MATARAM, West Nusa Tenggara: The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) will this fiscal year provide US$800 million in assistance for urban development in three Indonesian cities.
Wed, 07 Oct 1998
How the Chinese learned to trade
How the Chinese learned to tradeBy Agus Widjaja JAKARTA (JP): Ever since the May riots the controversial debate on the income disparity between pribumi (indigenous Indonesians) and Chinese-Indonesians has raged with renewed vigor.
Tue, 06 Oct 1998
Govt says it cannot interfere in conflict-ridden labor union
Govt says it cannot interfere in conflict-ridden labor union CIANJUR, West Java (JP): The government has said it cannot interfere in the current clash within the Federation of All Indonesian Workers Union (FSPSI) triggered by a rival organization within its ranks.
Tue, 06 Oct 1998
Capital control system
Capital control system I would like to comment on the Jakarta Post article "Jakarta should not copy Malaysia's capital controls" (Sept. 29) by Mr. Eddy Soeparno -- AMEX's Corporate Finance Director, and would like to suggest that current or future government should quickly adopt Malaysia's style of...
Tue, 06 Oct 1998
OUB writes off RI from its investment map
OUB writes off RI from its investment map SINGAPORE (Dow Jones): Singapore's Overseas Union Bank (OUB) is looking to acquire stockbroking outfits in Malaysia and the Philippines, but has written troubled Indonesia off its investment map for now, President and Chief Executive Officer Peter Seah said...
Tue, 06 Oct 1998
ASEAN set to ratify new free trade pacts
ASEAN set to ratify new free trade pacts MANILA (Dow Jones): Trade ministers from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, or ASEAN, are expected this week to ratify a regional agreement aimed at removing further barriers to trade and investment in the nine-nation bloc.
Tue, 06 Oct 1998
Disabled cheated of artificial limb donations
Disabled cheated of artificial limb donations JAKARTA (JP): A group of disabled people accused the Ministry of Social Services' Jakarta office on Monday of embezzling funds allocated to procure artificial legs for the handicapped.
Tue, 06 Oct 1998
Partner blasts CalEnergy for filing arbitration lawsuit
Partner blasts CalEnergy for filing arbitration lawsuit JAKARTA (JP): The Association of Retired Officers Businesspeople (Himpurna) blasted on Monday CalEnergy Company Inc of the United States, its partner in the Dieng geothermal power project in Central Java, for filing an arbitration suit against...
Tue, 06 Oct 1998
Chainsaws scare elephants
Chainsaws scare elephants BENGKALIS, Riau: The villagers of Sebangsa Asal in Mandau district said that chainsaw noises stemming from nearby logging activities had deterred elephants from raiding their plantations.Local leader M.
Tue, 06 Oct 1998
Where to go in Bandung:
Where to go in Bandung:Exhibitions * Children's Drawings: International Price Winning Pictures from Bavaria (1997), at the Goethe-Institut Bandung, Jl. Martadinata 48 (Phone: 022 436440), 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., until Oct. 19.
Tue, 06 Oct 1998
Gas for Duri steamflood
Gas for Duri steamflood DENVER (Dow Jones): Gulf Indonesia Resources Ltd. (GRL), Talisman (Corridor) Ltd. and Pertamina (Indonesia) said gas deliveries have begun at the Corridor Gas Project to the Duri steamflood project in central Sumatra.
Tue, 06 Oct 1998
Lack of sense of crisis
Lack of sense of crisis In The Jakarta Post dated Sept. 30 there was a news report saying that President B.J. Habibie summoned several ministers and high ranking officials advising them about the plan to renovate his office in the Merdeka Palace.
Tue, 06 Oct 1998
Strict checks advised for Asian rescue fund
Strict checks advised for Asian rescue fund TOKYO (Reuters): Japan's US$30 billion plan aimed at restoring stability in crisis-hit Asia will be effective if accompanied by a strict surveillance mechanism, analysts and traders said on Monday.
Tue, 06 Oct 1998
Robberies frighten 'ojek' drivers
Robberies frighten 'ojek' drivers TANGERANG (JP): The rising number of robberies victimizing ojek (motorcycle taxi) drivers in Tangerang regency, where an average of eight incidents take place every month, has stirred unrest among both the drivers and local residents.
Tue, 06 Oct 1998
Pets banned from travel
Pets banned from travel KUPANG, East Nusa Tenggara: The transport of animals from island to island is to be banned to prevent the spread of rabies, an official here said.Antara quoted Th. Saelan, the provincial head of the animal husbandry agency, as referring to a 1992 law which states people are...
Tue, 06 Oct 1998
IFAD urges govt and donors to focus aid on rural poor
IFAD urges govt and donors to focus aid on rural poor JAKARTA (JP): The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) has urged the government and international donors to focus their assistance on Indonesia's rural poor.
Tue, 06 Oct 1998
Malaysia's crackdown
Malaysia's crackdown Malaysian authorities closed Kuala Lumpur's main square on Sunday, after the fourth anti-government protest in a week. More demonstrations are planned against the increasingly autocratic behavior of Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad.
Tue, 06 Oct 1998
Dancer crawls out of the dump for art summit
Dancer crawls out of the dump for art summit JAKARTA (JP): A lot of garbage will be presented at Art Summit Indonesia 1998. However don't be mislead, in the capable hands of choreographer Miroto, the garbage flowers and becomes an object of beauty.
Tue, 06 Oct 1998
'Becak' drivers fight to recover their vehicles
'Becak' drivers fight to recover their vehicles JAKARTA (JP): Becak (pedicab) drivers and owners will sue Governor Sutiyoso and the capital's five mayors for seizing their 100 vehicles without proper warrants, a lawyer said Monday.
Tue, 06 Oct 1998
'Black magic' killings may be organized: Dayat
'Black magic' killings may be organized: Dayat SURABAYA (JP): East Java Police chief Maj. Gen. M. Dayat has said he suspected a mysterious murder spree in several East Java towns was the result of "organized crime".
Tue, 06 Oct 1998
Aberdeen enters Bank Bali
Aberdeen enters Bank Bali JAKARTA (JP): Publicly listed regional fund manager Asset Management Asia Ltd has acquired a 4.99 percent stake in publicly listed Bank Bali.Bank Bali said in a letter to the Jakarta Stock Exchange, which released the letter Monday, that the investment was a long- term one.
Tue, 06 Oct 1998
Habibie alerts ABRI to radicals
Habibie alerts ABRI to radicals JAKARTA (JP): President B.J. Habibie alerted the Armed Forces (ABRI) during the celebration of its 53rd anniversary on Monday to the threat from small radical and revolutionary movements conducting unconstitutional actions in the name of reform.
Tue, 06 Oct 1998
Conversion Rates
Conversion Rates JAKARTA (JP): Bank Bali's conversion rates on Oct. 5, 1998: TT rates Bank notes rates Buying Selling Buying Selling Rp Rp Rp Rp U.S dollar 1 10,500.00 10,600.00 10,500.00 10,650.00Austrian schilling 1 875.25 945.25 - -Australian dollar 1 6,140.00 6,400.00 6,110.00 6,425.
Tue, 06 Oct 1998
Military presence in House 'counter to democracy'
Military presence in House 'counter to democracy' JAKARTA (JP): Political observer Marsilam Simanjuntak has rejected the Armed Forces (ABRI) presence in the House of Representatives (DPR), contending its military tenets are at odds with the fundamentally democratic system of a legislature.
Tue, 06 Oct 1998
New Bogor regent installed
New Bogor regent installed BOGOR (JP): West Java Governor R. Nuriana installed Col. Agus Utara Effendi on Monday as the new Bogor regent for a five-year term, replacing Eddie Yoso Martadipura who had held the position for two consecutive terms since 1988.Agus, who was born in Bogor on Aug.
Tue, 06 Oct 1998
Ceremony held for PDI smooth congress
Ceremony held for PDI smooth congress DENPASAR (JP): A religious service called Piodalan is being held on Tuesday morning by the organizers of the congress to be held by the Indonesian Democratic Party (PDI) faction loyal to Megawati Soekarnoputri, so that the event can proceed smoothly.
Tue, 06 Oct 1998
Open letter to Mahathir
Open letter to Mahathir Observing the seriousness that Malaysia's latest political situation has assumed, we, the Indonesian Legal Aid and Human Rights Association (PBHI), herewith deem it necessary to respond to the development of this political situation.
Tue, 06 Oct 1998
DLLAJR 'corrupt' officials transferred
DLLAJR 'corrupt' officials transferred JAKARTA (JP): Eighteen employees of a vehicle roadworthiness test station in Srengseng Sawah, South Jakarta, have been transferred to other posts following a thorough investigation into their alleged roles in collecting illegal levies.
Tue, 06 Oct 1998
Asia sees environmental improvement
Asia sees environmental improvement HONG KONG (AFP): The environment in Asia has improved significantly following the financial crisis, but longer term the turmoil could set back clean-up efforts, the World Bank said Tuesday.
Tue, 06 Oct 1998
Over 1,600 rights abuses in Aceh
Over 1,600 rights abuses in Aceh BANDA ACEH, Aceh: A regional administration team has uncovered more than 1,600 cases of human rights violations by the military in the country's westernmost province of Aceh over the past decade, Antara said on Monday.
Tue, 06 Oct 1998
PT ADS liquidated
PT ADS liquidated JAKARTA (JP): Shareholders of PT Asian Development Securities (ADS) agreed late last month to liquidate the company beginning Oct. 9, 1998.Publicly listed state-controlled Bank Negara Indonesia, a 10 percent owner of PT ADS, said in a letter to the management of the Jakarta Stock...
Tue, 06 Oct 1998
29 bodies found from airliner
29 bodies found from airliner COLOMBO (AP): Fishermen have recovered 29 bodies of the 55 people who were on board an airliner that disappeared over the Indian Ocean north of Sri Lanka last week, officials said on Monday.