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Fri, 10 Oct 1997
Trust must be restored
Trust must be restored What is needed at present is a restoration, at home and abroad, of people's trust in the Indonesian economy and in the fact that we have a solid mechanism to regulate our political system. A growing trust will eventually build confidence and encourage productivity.
Thu, 09 Oct 1997
Govt to seek IMF help to boost rupiah
Govt to seek IMF help to boost rupiah JAKARTA (JP): President Soeharto decided yesterday to look for long-term support funding from international agencies, including the International Monetary Fund (IMF), to help regain market confidence in the rupiah and Indonesia's economy.
Thu, 09 Oct 1997
Madurese saltmakers give thanks with syncretic rite
Madurese saltmakers give thanks with syncretic riteText and photos by Zoel Mistortoify SUMENEP, East Java (JP): In the southern coastal area of Madura island in East Java, a unique traditional way of giving thanks to ancestors and the creator lives on.
Thu, 09 Oct 1997
Sniffer dog helps catch watch thief
Sniffer dog helps catch watch thief JAKARTA (JP): With the help of a police sniffer dog, detectives arrested an 18-year-old man for allegedly stealing wristwatches worth about Rp 2.5 million (US$666) from a Matahari department store yesterday.
Thu, 09 Oct 1997
Police chopper crashes in Jambi
Police chopper crashes in Jambi JAKARTA (JP): A police helicopter reportedly crashed yesterday afternoon between the Sekanah and Benaung Bays along the Jambi and South Sumatra border.As of yesterday evening details of the crash were sketchy.
Thu, 09 Oct 1997
E. Java asked to send supporters and fruits
E. Java asked to send supporters and fruits JAKARTA (JP): The National Sports Council (KONI) has asked East Java to send supporters and fruit to the 19th SEA Games."Since this is a request from KONI and the initiative of Governor Basofi Sudirman, we will send supporters and fruit produced by East...
Thu, 09 Oct 1997
Where to go in Jakarta:
Where to go in Jakarta:Exhibitions * Graphic Art Exhibition: by Marida Nasution, at the Galeri Cipta II, Taman Ismail Marzuki Arts Center, Jl. Cikini Raya 73, Central Jakarta, at 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., until Oct. 16. * Painting Exhibition: Van Der Sterren from New Zealand, at Galeri Linggar, Jl.
Thu, 09 Oct 1997
Investors flirt with Myanmar again, but WB warns of risks
Investors flirt with Myanmar again, but WB warns of risksBy Juergen Dauth SINGAPORE (DPA): Hong Kong textile manufacturer Joe Pang set up in Myanmar to take advantage of the country's cheap labor and ended up paying a very high price for it.
Thu, 09 Oct 1997
Soleha's beheading condemmed
Soleha's beheading condemmed JAKARTA (JP): About 40 people demonstrated yesterday outside the Saudi Arabian Embassy demanding an explanation for the beheading of Indonesian worker Soleha Anam in Mecca last week.
Thu, 09 Oct 1997
Soeharto tells officials to set good examples
Soeharto tells officials to set good examples JAKARTA (JP): President Soeharto told cabinet ministers and senior government officials yesterday to discipline themselves before disciplining other people.
Thu, 09 Oct 1997
PLN imposes SEA Games stickers
PLN imposes SEA Games stickersFrom Sinar PagiOne day in September, I was in the neighborhood of Jl. Gama Setia Raya close to Depok. At a counter that receives payments for state-owned electricity company PLN, I heard an elderly man repeatedly asking the attendant to return his money because he did...
Thu, 09 Oct 1997
Merpati operates F-27 simulator
Merpati operates F-27 simulator SURABAYA, East Java (JP): State-owned air carrier PT Merpati Nusantara has started operating a new Fokker F-27 simulator to provide training for its pilots and other airlines using the aircraft in the Asia-Pacific region.
Thu, 09 Oct 1997
Forest fires mostly in 'plantation areas'
Forest fires mostly in 'plantation areas' JAKARTA (JP): The Ministry of Forestry announced yesterday that the forest fires, which hit Sumatra and Kalimantan, mostly took place in plantation areas.Director General of Inventory and Forest Land Use Sumahadi said the fires occurred during land clearing...
Thu, 09 Oct 1997
Aceh wants another deputy governor
Aceh wants another deputy governor BANDA ACEH, Aceh: Governor Syamsuddin Mahmud is calling for the creation of a second deputy governor's post to help with the increasing workload of the provincial administration.
Thu, 09 Oct 1997
Malaysian PM calls for currency trade market
Malaysian PM calls for currency trade market KUALA LUMPUR (AFP): Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad yesterday called for a currency trade market to curb manipulation and excessive speculation, taking another shot at American financier George Soros in the process.
Thu, 09 Oct 1997
RI books US$5.12b surplus
RI books US$5.12b surplus JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia booked a trade surplus of US$5.12 billion from January to July this year while the inflation rate was 5.37 percent during the seven-month period.Minister of Information R. Hartono said yesterday that total exports were valued at $30.
Thu, 09 Oct 1997
Canada's Bre-X says dead geologist ordered fraud
Canada's Bre-X says dead geologist ordered fraud TORONTO (Reuter): Investigators hired by Canada's Bre-X Minerals Ltd have said its dead chief geologist, Michael de Guzman, orchestrated the world's biggest gold swindle deep in the jungles of Indonesia.
Thu, 09 Oct 1997
Asian economic turmoil
Asian economic turmoil Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir's call for a ban on currency trading might have sounded rather absurd. How could he possibly have thought about putting restrictions on currency trade in such a free trade era like today?I do not think that it was a coincidence that the...
Thu, 09 Oct 1997
Occupational accidents claim 100 lives
Occupational accidents claim 100 lives JAKARTA (JP): One hundred construction workers have died in work-related accidents in the city already this year. Last year 101 workers died.The latest victim was Khafidz, a tower crane operator at a 24- story project in Kuningan, South Jakarta.
Thu, 09 Oct 1997
Council to probe Kemayoran land row
Council to probe Kemayoran land row JAKARTA (JP): A 20-member group sought the City Council's help yesterday over a land dispute with two private developer companies, PT Sinar Mas Group and PT Duta Pertiwi.At stake, according to the group, is a 19.62-hectare plot on Jl. Let. Jen.
Thu, 09 Oct 1997
Salak plant connected to Java-Bali grid
Salak plant connected to Java-Bali grid JAKARTA (JP): The Salak geothermal power plant Unit 4 in West Java, which was codeveloped by PT Unocal Geothermal Indonesia and state-owned oil and gas company Pertamina, has been connected to the Java-Bali power grid, Pertamina said yesterday.
Thu, 09 Oct 1997
Uproar over gold-plated rings for former House members
Uproar over gold-plated rings for former House members JAKARTA (JP): Several active and former legislators expressed yesterday dismay over the disclosure that the souvenir rings they received from the House of Representatives were only gold-plated.
Thu, 09 Oct 1997
Wullems says RI must beat Malaysia, the Philippines
Wullems says RI must beat Malaysia, the Philippines JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia faces an uphill task in the SEA Games soccer competition, having only drawn against Vietnam Tuesday and with its remaining group matches being against Malaysia and the Philippines.
Thu, 09 Oct 1997
El Nino to affect this year's commodities: Minister
El Nino to affect this year's commodities: Minister JAKARTA (JP): Severe drought affecting the archipelago, believed to be caused by the weather phenomenon known as El Nio, will lower the national output of commodities this year, Minister of Agriculture Sjarifudin Baharsjah said yesterday.
Thu, 09 Oct 1997
Telkom, banks sign deal
Telkom, banks sign deal JAKARTA (JP): Telephone subscribers are now able to pay their monthly phone bills from the state-owned PT Telkom through any Automatic Teller Machine (ATM) operated by six leading banks.Company president Asman A.
Thu, 09 Oct 1997
Fire guts Purwakarta market
Fire guts Purwakarta market PURWAKARTA, West Java: Hundreds of kiosks at the Simpang market here went up in flames yesterday morning."There are more than 500 kiosks and only 10 are left standing," said a local official assessing the damage.
Thu, 09 Oct 1997
Meteorological trouble brewing in RI skies
Meteorological trouble brewing in RI skiesBy Edith Hartanto JAKARTA (JP): The National Meteorology and Geophysics Agency predicted yesterday that the final months of the dry season will be characterized by thunder, lightning, storms and hail.
Thu, 09 Oct 1997
Two killed in East Timor religious service
Two killed in East Timor religious service DILI, East Timor (JP): Two men were killed when violence broke out prior to a religious service Tuesday on top of Mt. Ramelau in the Ainaro regency, 120 kilometers south of here.
Thu, 09 Oct 1997
Analysts see IMF package for RI near $6 billion
Analysts see IMF package for RI near $6 billion SINGAPORE (Reuter): Indonesia called in the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for help yesterday but analysts doubt any package would be anywhere near the size of Thailand's US$17.2 billion bailout.
Thu, 09 Oct 1997
Indonesia gets ADB grant
Indonesia gets ADB grant MANILA (AFP): The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a US$700,000 technical assistance grant to Indonesia for a computer-based information network on the country's biodiversity, the bank said yesterday.
Thu, 09 Oct 1997
RI confident of beating Thailand to tennis gold
RI confident of beating Thailand to tennis gold JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia is optimistic of winning the golds in tennis despite the presence of Thailand's world-ranked-38 women's singles player, Tamarine Tanasugarn.
Thu, 09 Oct 1997
Policeman dies in accident
Policeman dies in accident TANGERANG (JP): Corporal Elpis Chaniago, 37, of Tangerang police precinct died in a traffic accident on Jl. Gatot Subroto, Tangerang, Tuesday night.His body was taken to Tangerang general hospital before being buried at Batuceper cemetery in a military ceremony yesterday.
Thu, 09 Oct 1997
Burned tanker towed to Belawan
Burned tanker towed to Belawan MEDAN, North Sumatra: Tanker ship MT Permaisuri which caught fire in the Malacca Straits, was towed yesterday by a Singapore ship to the port of Belawan, Medan.The port's administrator, Barjuweh, said the tanker's agent, Sumatra Indah Raya, had asked for the tanker to...
Thu, 09 Oct 1997
Rupiah's fall invigorates local food chains
Rupiah's fall invigorates local food chains JAKARTA (JP): The sharp depreciation of the rupiah against the U.S. dollar gives more vigor to local food restaurants to compete with their foreign rivals.Amir Karamoy, the vice president of local food chain operator PT Putera Sejahtera Pioneerindo, said...
Thu, 09 Oct 1997
Three students die in latest street brawls
Three students die in latest street brawls JAKARTA (JP): Three students died during street brawls in Central and North Jakarta on Tuesday, increasing this year's death toll to 13.One of the three students died after suffering a skull fracture and stab wounds while the other two teenagers were hit...
Thu, 09 Oct 1997
Telecom operators may raise tariffs due to currency woes
Telecom operators may raise tariffs due to currency woes JAKARTA (JP): The ongoing currency turmoil may force telecommunications operators to increase tariffs, executives said here yesterday.President of cellular operator PT Telkomsel, Koesmarihati Soegondo, said that she would accept any measures...
Thu, 09 Oct 1997
W. Sumatra needs measles vaccine
W. Sumatra needs measles vaccine PADANG, West Sumatra: More than 65,000 children in 383 villages in West Sumatra aged between nine and less than five years old need immediate measles vaccination.Head of the provincial health office, Firdaus, said here yesterday that all the villages, located in 14...
Thu, 09 Oct 1997
Hoodlums are seeds of organized crime: Dibyo
Hoodlums are seeds of organized crime: Dibyo JAKARTA (JP): National Police Chief Gen. Dibyo Widodo warned yesterday against the rising phenomenon of hoodlums as they are the seeds of organized crime.Dibyo said the fight against hoodlums should start as soon as possible, adding that it would be...
Thu, 09 Oct 1997
Asian wild cards at Australian Open
Asian wild cards at Australian Open MELBOURNE, Australia (AFP): Two Asian players will get wild cards in the main draw of the Australian Open here in January, organizers said yesterday.The wild card system for one man and one woman in the top 200 was first introduced last year.
Thu, 09 Oct 1997
Australia 'smooths' Indonesia-U.S. relations
Australia 'smooths' Indonesia-U.S. relations HOBART, Australia (AFP): Australia has played a behind-the- scenes role in healing a rift between the United States and Indonesia, Prime Minister John Howard revealed yesterday.
Thu, 09 Oct 1997
S'pore to play spoiler role in SEA Games
S'pore to play spoiler role in SEA Games As part of our coverage of the SEA Games, The Jakarta Post is running a profile of each of the 10 participating countries. The story below is sixth in the series.
Thu, 09 Oct 1997
Initial step to UN Security Council
Initial step to UN Security CouncilBy Rizal Sukma JAKARTA (JP): In a recent interview with Kompas daily, Indonesia's foreign minister Ali Alatas suggested that Indonesia has the potential to be a candidate for a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) should this most...
Thu, 09 Oct 1997
Where to go in Bandung:
Where to go in Bandung:Music and Entertainment * Holiday Inn, Jl. Ir. H. Juanda 33, Bandung: - Kebun Bambu Restaurant: Guitar performance, Saturday, 7:45 p.m. to 10:15 p.m. - Braga Bar and Lounge: Prospect Band, Thursday and Saturday, 7:30 p.m. to 11:15 p.m. * Preanger Aerowisata Bandung Hotel, Jl.
Thu, 09 Oct 1997
Bogor workers continue strike
Bogor workers continue strike BOGOR (JP): Hundreds of workers at a private company entered the fourth day of their strike yesterday, demanding meal and transport allowances.The workers of privately owned PT Upati, which produces photo albums for export, visited the local manpower office in the hope...
Thu, 09 Oct 1997
Stock Exchange
Stock ExchangeStock prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (in rupiah) on Oct. 8, 1997: Shares Close Change Trading Volume ----------------------------------------------------------- Ades Alfindo 950 -25 40,000 AHAP Insurance 2,500 0 0 Alter Abadi 825 25 10,000 Alumindo Light Metal 625 0 8,000...
Thu, 09 Oct 1997
Key dates in SE Asia financial crisis
Key dates in SE Asia financial crisis SINGAPORE (Reuter): Indonesia's announcement yesterday that it will seek assistance from the International Monetary Fund was the latest development in Southeast Asia's financial crisis.
Thu, 09 Oct 1997
Dollar victim
Dollar victim I am a graduate of Institute of Teachers Science and Pedagogy Jakarta majoring in German as a foreign language and work as a freelance teacher and translator. From the German Academic Exchange Service, I got a scholarship to do research in a German university.
Thu, 09 Oct 1997
Komselindo delays plan to sell part of its shares
Komselindo delays plan to sell part of its shares JAKARTA (JP): PT Komunikasi Selular Indonesia (Komselindo), a private cellular telecommunications operator, has delayed its plan to sell part of its shares due to the ongoing currency upheaval.
Thu, 09 Oct 1997
Rupiah stable, stocks gain on IMF announcement
Rupiah stable, stocks gain on IMF announcement JAKARTA (JP): The rupiah stabilized against the U.S. dollar yesterday as stock prices gained footing with the announcement by the government that it would seek financial aid from the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
Thu, 09 Oct 1997
Austindo to take control of HMH Gold
Austindo to take control of HMH Gold SYDNEY (Reuter): HMH Gold Mining Corp Ltd said yesterday Indonesia's PT Austindo Mining Corp (AMC) would move to a controlling interest in the gold producer and explorer after first taking a strategic stake.