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Mon, 05 Oct 1998
Lubricant producers against import freedom
Lubricant producers against import freedom JAKARTA (JP): The Association of Indonesian Lubricant Producers (Aspelindo) has expressed concern over the government's plan to ease restrictions on lubricant imports.
Mon, 05 Oct 1998
Medan students protest by hanging themselves
Medan students protest by hanging themselves MEDAN (JP): Fourteen students at St. Thomas Catholic University used a novel, albeit very dangerous, way to protest what they perceived as the government's sluggish handling of the economic crisis. They hanged themselves until they passed out.
Mon, 05 Oct 1998
Opposition voiced to plan to relocate brawling residents
Opposition voiced to plan to relocate brawling residents JAKARTA (JP): Criminologists disagree with a city administration idea to relocate communities stricken by chronic outbreaks of violence between rival groups.Speaking to The Jakarta Post on Saturday, criminologists Mulyana W.
Mon, 05 Oct 1998
McDonald's workers leave for Kuwait
McDonald's workers leave for Kuwait JAKARTA (JP): Thirty-nine employees and managers of McDonald's Indonesia left for Kuwait on Saturday to work at McDonald's Kuwait.McDonald's Indonesia president Bambang N. Rachmadi said the workers had been trained and had worked for two years at his outlets.
Mon, 05 Oct 1998
Habibie mulls APEC attendance: Paper
Habibie mulls APEC attendance: Paper BANGKOK (Agencies): Indonesian President B.J. Habibie was quoted on Sunday as saying he was "very concerned" about the reported treatment of sacked Malaysian minister Anwar Ibrahim and would have to consult the House of Representatives on whether to attend...
Mon, 05 Oct 1998
Police arrest hashish 'mafia'
Police arrest hashish 'mafia' LHOKSEUMAWE, North Aceh: Police here arrested eight people with suspected links to a hashish syndicate and confiscated around 32 kilograms of hashish in a raid on Saturday.Local police chief Lt. Col.
Mon, 05 Oct 1998
Corruption in Indonesia
Corruption in Indonesia While The Jakarta Post articles of Mr. Jeffrey A. Winters, U.S. Northwestern University professor, and author, Mr. Sri Pamoedjo Rahardjo, former regional development bank officer, Indonesian World Bank country director, Mr. Dennis de Tray, and others (i.e.
Mon, 05 Oct 1998
Investigating Soeharto's wealth
Investigating Soeharto's wealth The government, i.e. the Attorney General's office, has started a probe into former president Soeharto's wealth, but I think the method being used is very sluggish. Apparently the government is not sufficiently serious about this matter.
Mon, 05 Oct 1998
Student plan to topple Habibie condemned
Student plan to topple Habibie condemned JAKARTA (JP): Politicians, religious leaders and observers expressed alarm at the weekend over the stated support of the National Front -- an association of retired generals, officials and ex-Golkar leaders -- for student activists' 40-day campaign to force...
Mon, 05 Oct 1998
BMW to make Thailand its regional hub
BMW to make Thailand its regional hub BANGKOK (AFP): German automaker BMW AG announced plans Saturday to build cars in Thailand, with the aim of turning the country into its regional manufacturing hub.Executives from the firm officially launched two new companies to make and export cars, but warned...
Mon, 05 Oct 1998
Madurese toil for a better lot in life
Madurese toil for a better lot in life SIANTAN, West Kalimantan (JP): Here is an ordinary town on the bank of the Kapuas river, the main business artery in the province.It is a town around which the Madurese -- who number 80,000 of the province's four million inhabitants -- are mostly concentrated.
Mon, 05 Oct 1998
Number of poor people in Nusa Tenggara rises
Number of poor people in Nusa Tenggara rises JAKARTA (JP): The number of poor people in East and West Nusa Tenggara is on the rise, but distribution of cheap rice to them is pending a decision from the National Family Planning Development Board, an official has said.
Mon, 05 Oct 1998
Banks' reserves at BI jumps to Rp 19.79t
Banks' reserves at BI jumps to Rp 19.79t JAKARTA (JP): Commercial banks' deposits with Bank Indonesia (BI) expanded by Rp 1.3 trillion (US$120 million) to Rp 19.79 trillion in the week ending Sept. 30.The central bank said in its latest weekly report that the increase reflected an improvement in...
Mon, 05 Oct 1998
Upholding the law
Upholding the law Investigations into practices of corruption, collusion and nepotism (KKN) in the judiciary is of the greatest importance. KKN was suspected of being widely practiced in this institution many years ago, long before anyone dared to speak up openly about investigating Soeharto's...
Mon, 05 Oct 1998
ABRI at 53 years old
ABRI at 53 years old ABRI, the Armed Forces, celebrates its 53rd anniversary today against a backdrop of declining public popularity.The new reality is that people are extremely disappointed with the excessive implementation of ABRI's right, bequeathed to it by the Soeharto regime, to intervene in...
Mon, 05 Oct 1998
Whereabouts of missing activists still a mystery
Whereabouts of missing activists still a mystery JAKARTA (JP): Mystery remains over the whereabouts of 14 missing activists because the Armed Forces (ABRI), which has been battered by revelations of alleged serious human rights abuses, can no longer afford the disclosure of any past wrongdoing,...
Mon, 05 Oct 1998
Bali to have tourist tabloid
Bali to have tourist tabloid DENPASAR: The Bali Post is planning to publish an English- language tabloid called Bali Travel News by the end of this year.I Gde Wirata, chief of the Indonesian Hotel and Restaurant Association (PHRI) chapter in Bali, said the tabloid would provide access to...
Mon, 05 Oct 1998
Kadin urges foreign creditors to be forgiving
Kadin urges foreign creditors to be forgiving JAKARTA (JP): Chairman of the Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Kadin) Aburizal Bakrie said on Saturday that providing debt forgiveness to the country's indebted private sector would be the best way to settle some US$64 billion in overseas...
Mon, 05 Oct 1998
History of French comics no laughing matter
History of French comics no laughing matterBy Izabel Deuff JAKARTA (JP): Foreign comic strips are quite popular here. Both children and adults enjoy reading them, and it is no secret that most people prefer foreign comics to local ones.
Mon, 05 Oct 1998
Tracking wealth
Tracking wealth Those seriously (as opposed to farcically) investigating the wealth of the New Order president, his family, ministers, other officials, and associates, and of his successor and his family, ministers, other officials, and associates, should send someone to Manila to talk to those who...
Mon, 05 Oct 1998
Clouds of unrest still hang over West Kalimantan
Clouds of unrest still hang over West Kalimantan West Kalimantan has drawn national attention twice this year. In May, a significant number of Chinese-Indonesians fleeing Jakarta's May turmoil sought shelter in the province, known to be traditionally accepting of them despite tensions between other...
Mon, 05 Oct 1998
Liquidity matters in the end
Liquidity matters in the endBy Eddy Soeparno JAKARTA (JP): It is now clear that relying on foreign money has its costs. The Asian miracle, characterized by the economic boom in the region over the past two decades was undoubtedly nurtured by unprecedented flows of capital.Even U.S.
Mon, 05 Oct 1998
Too broke to renovate school
Too broke to renovate school TANGERANG (JP): Hundreds of students at state elementary school SDN 5 in Teluk Naga district here have been forced to attend school in much smaller classrooms over the last two years following the collapse of three of the school's six classrooms.
Mon, 05 Oct 1998
UPS expects larger share in courier market
UPS expects larger share in courier market JAKARTA (JP): U.S.-based express parcel company United Parcel Service (UPS) is targeting 35 percent of Indonesia's market share next year despite its relatively recent entry into the country.
Mon, 05 Oct 1998
Journal provides medical assistance
Journal provides medical assistance JAKARTA (JP): Intisari monthly provided medical services on Saturday to 500 families from Palmerah subdistrict and its surrounding area in Central Jakarta.Held at the Bentara Budaya building complex on Jl.
Mon, 05 Oct 1998
Donations to poor students
Donations to poor students JAKARTA (JP): Students at the Gandhi Memorial International School handed over on Friday a donation of Rp 20 million (US$1,800) to poor students under the National Charity Movement (GN-OTA) to enable them to continue their studies.
Sun, 04 Oct 1998
Producers make packaging smaller to cope with crisis
Producers make packaging smaller to cope with crisisBy Stevie Emilia JAKARTA (JP): A woman picked up and observed a 100 gram Dancow's instant milk econo-pack in a supermarket. She checked its price against other packages of the same brand that came in boxes and tins.
Sun, 04 Oct 1998
Impoverished villagers risks lives for gold
Impoverished villagers risks lives for goldBy Agus Maryono and Ngudi Utomo PURWOKERTO, Central Java (JP): The hardship caused by the economic crisis is driving thousands of poor villagers near here to risk their lives in deep shafts in a hilly pine forest digging for gold.
Sun, 04 Oct 1998
Smoke in your eyes at Surabaya airport
Smoke in your eyes at Surabaya airportBy Alex Abraham JAKARTA (JP): To the uninitiated, the new waiting lounge at Surabaya's Juanda airport is an exiting if smoke filled experience. The lounge has a brand new tiled floor, more lighting, more sheet glass, more plants and an air of all round newness.
Sun, 04 Oct 1998
Military riding the winds of change
Military riding the winds of change BANDUNG (JP): "What's wrong with Dwifungsi?" is a question that is being asked nowadays by nearly everyone concerned. To say nothing is wrong with the concept is to be blind to the reality, given the harsh criticism over its existence and implementation coming...
Sun, 04 Oct 1998
Finding a job through the net
Finding a job through the net JAKARTA (JP): Looking for a job? Now newspapers and magazines are no longer the only media where you can browse for openings. For those who have access, the Internet is a good place to turn to.
Sun, 04 Oct 1998
Poor openly sell endangered animals to survive crisis
Poor openly sell endangered animals to survive crisisText and photos by Yogita Tahil Ramani BANDUNG (JP): The occasion was "Snake Promotion Week" or something to that effect. At least, that was the impression given by Mang Yosie (not his real name).
Sun, 04 Oct 1998
Illegal trade a major threat to Javan Hawk-eagle's survival
Illegal trade a major threat to Javan Hawk-eagle's survivalBy Stevie Emilia JAKARTA (JP): Hawkers offering their merchandise to passersby is a common sight in the Blok M area, South Jakarta. But it is sad to discover that one of the goods on offer is a Javan eagle, an endangered and protected...
Sun, 04 Oct 1998
Fired workers' families feel the bite of crisis
Fired workers' families feel the bite of crisis JAKARTA (JP): As the economic abyss is only worsening, life is increasingly difficult for many people, especially those who have lost their jobs.As there has been no sign of when the crisis will end, bankrupt and financially troubled employers are...
Sun, 04 Oct 1998
Guess What? Mandra
Guess What? Mandra Comedian Mandra has had the stuffing knocked out of him by the court handling the legal dispute between him and his wife.East Jakarta District Court ordered Mandra last week to pay Rp 101 million (US$10,000) to his former wife for not registering their marriage.
Sun, 04 Oct 1998
Producers make packaging smaller to cope with crisis
Producers make packaging smaller to cope with crisisBy Stevie Emilia JAKARTA (JP): A woman picked up and observed a 100 gram Dancow's instant milk econo-pack in a supermarket. She checked its price against other packages of the same brand that came in boxes and tins.
Sun, 04 Oct 1998
Brazilians to vote today
Brazilians to vote today JAKARTA (JP): All Brazilian citizens living in Indonesia are reminded to cast their votes in their homeland's general election on Sunday at the Brazilian Embassy in South Jakarta.It is to be held from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the embassy in Mulia Towers, Jl. Gatot Subroto.
Sun, 04 Oct 1998
Davina: A refreshing look at changes in Bali
Davina: A refreshing look at changes in BaliBy Jean Couteau DENPASAR (JP): It has been seventy years now since Bali was discovered by foreign painters. Their approach is usually aesthetic and exotic. They appropriate images of the island and make it an object of idyllic consumption: a paradise.
Sun, 04 Oct 1998
TV today
TV todayTVRI 6:00 a.m. News: Sari Berita Sepekan 6:30 Morning Focus 6:45 Healthy and Fresh 7:00 Religious Teachings: Hikmah Pagi 7:30 Children's Program: Arena 123 8:00 Children's Program: Kumbang and Family 8:30 Children's Program: Nuansa Anak 9:00 Music 9:30 Creative Program: Widya Wahana 10:00...
Sun, 04 Oct 1998
Guess What? Peggy Melati Sukma
Guess What? Peggy Melati Sukma In a discussion on beautiful and sexy women in the eyes of men at the Hotel Mulia Senayan in Central Jakarta on Friday, Ultima II cosmetics beauty consultant Peggy Melati Sukma spoke of her ideas on the importance of skincare.
Sun, 04 Oct 1998
Mahathir says Anwar plotted to topple him
Mahathir says Anwar plotted to topple him KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters): Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said his sacked deputy Anwar Ibrahim had plotted to topple him while putting on a friendly face, local newspapers reported on Saturday.
Sun, 04 Oct 1998
Waguri's 'Butoh' dance an acquired taste
Waguri's 'Butoh' dance an acquired tasteBy Sal Murgiyanto JAKARTA (JP): Silence reigned when the auditorium lights dimmed. Then two rays of an altogether more intense light shot out from the stage wings and picked out a white figure standing in the center of the stage likes an entrance gate.
Sun, 04 Oct 1998
More entries sought for badminton tourney
More entries sought for badminton tourney JAKARTA (JP): Organizers of the Sanyo Indonesia Open Badminton Championships are holding out for more entries despite Friday's official registration closure for the tournament.Secretary-general of the Badminton Association of Indonesia Leo Ch.
Sun, 04 Oct 1998
ABRI 'Dwifungsi' rooted in civilian and military antagonism
ABRI 'Dwifungsi' rooted in civilian and military antagonism BANDUNG (JP): The Dwifungsi doctrine of the Indonesian Armed Forces (ABRI) is often regarded as a dichotomy of civilian and military authorities, a power struggle between civilian and military leaders.
Sun, 04 Oct 1998
Unemployment threat hangs over everyone
Unemployment threat hangs over everyone If it could happen to nearly 20 million of us, then the assumption holds that the ax of redundancy could fall on you. Losing one's job is now a real and frightening prospect for nearly all Indonesians.
Sun, 04 Oct 1998
Bank workers wake up to nasty surprise of unemployment
Bank workers wake up to nasty surprise of unemploymentBy Aloysius Unditu and Johannes K. Simbolon JAKARTA (JP): Eight-year-old Chandra, a banker's son, came down with a mysterious ailment last month.His worried parents took him to the hospital several times, but nobody could identify his condition.
Sun, 04 Oct 1998
Living up to fame is not what matters
Living up to fame is not what mattersBy Yogita Tahil Ramani JAKARTA (JP): If good looks were all that counted to reach the top echelons of the TV and film world, few would fit the bill better than Khadijah Azhari, popularly known as Ayu Azhari.
Sun, 04 Oct 1998
'Dwifungsi' seen blocking role of civilian politicians
'Dwifungsi' seen blocking role of civilian politicians The Armed Forces (ABRI) marks its 53rd anniversary on Monday amidst growing public demands for it to end, or curtail its sociopolitical role. As part of this year's anniversary, the military organized a seminar to discuss the appropriate role...
Sun, 04 Oct 1998
Art summit entertains Jakartans with quality performances
Art summit entertains Jakartans with quality performances JAKARTA (JP): Jakartans warmly greeted renowned local and foreign artists during the second week of their performances at the Second Art Summit, with tickets to W.S.
Sun, 04 Oct 1998
Impoverished villagers risks lives for gold
Impoverished villagers risks lives for goldBy Agus Maryono and Ngudi Utomo PURWOKERTO, Central Java (JP): The hardship caused by the economic crisis is driving thousands of poor villagers near here to risk their lives in deep shafts in a hilly pine forest digging for gold.