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Fri, 02 Oct 1998
Airport authorities foil animal smuggling attempt
Airport authorities foil animal smuggling attempt JAKARTA (JP): Soekarno-Hatta International Airport officials have foiled an attempt to smuggle a collection of reptiles, pythons, monitors and turtles out of the country, an official said on Thursday.Airport quarantine director Lukas A.
Fri, 02 Oct 1998
City should manage all properties: Sutiyoso
City should manage all properties: Sutiyoso JAKARTA (JP): Governor Sutiyoso plans to ask the central government for the authority to manage all government-supervised properties in the capital.Speaking to reporters on Wednesday, Sutiyoso said the request was in line with the reform spirit, which...
Fri, 02 Oct 1998
Labor export firm faces stiff penalty
Labor export firm faces stiff penalty JAKARTA (JP): Labor export company PT Indra Caraka could lose its operational license for inhumane treatment of 350 job seekers who applied for overseas placements, an official said on Thursday.
Fri, 02 Oct 1998
RI crude prices mixed
RI crude prices mixed TOKYO (Dow Jones): Unofficial prices for Indonesian crude grades for September are mixed from official August levels, according to industry calculations released late Wednesday.Prices of some grades including Sumatra Light Crude and Cinta dwindled, while those of the others...
Fri, 02 Oct 1998
Where to go in Jakarta:
Where to go in Jakarta:Exhibitions * Painting Exhibition: Creative Expression of a Conservation Message, WWF Indonesia and Sally Linder, at Cemara 6 Galerry and Cafe, Jl. HOS Cokroaminoto No.9-11, Central Jakarta (Phone: 324505), 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., until Oct. 3.
Fri, 02 Oct 1998
Govt upbeat about fund for social safety net program
Govt upbeat about fund for social safety net program JAKARTA (JP): Major donor countries and organizations have agreed in principle to fund the government's social safety net program in the 1999/2000 fiscal year, according to the chairman of the National Development Planning Board (Bappenas).
Fri, 02 Oct 1998
Experts fault antitrust bill over monitoring flaws
Experts fault antitrust bill over monitoring flaws JAKARTA (JP): A German consultancy group has faulted the government's antimonopoly bill for not doing enough to bar against manipulation of its implementation by vested interests.
Fri, 02 Oct 1998
BI to continue cutting rates 'as situation allows'
BI to continue cutting rates 'as situation allows' JAKARTA (JP): Bank Indonesia Governor Sjahril Sabirin said on Thursday that he would continue to cut interest rates if the inflation rate was falling and the rupiah stabilized.Speaking to journalists after meeting with President B.J.
Fri, 02 Oct 1998
Asian recovery hinges on japan, IMF believes
Asian recovery hinges on japan, IMF believes WASHINGTON (Dow Jones): Asia's crisis-hit economies should see recovery in the second half of 1999 -- provided Japan executes proposals to stimulate its economy and reinvigorate its banking system, the International Monetary Fund said Wednesday.
Fri, 02 Oct 1998
The second nation-building movement
The second nation-building movement The current state of affairs, which can be described as the greatest national crisis since the end of the Korean War, resulted from a foreign exchange crisis and subsequent management of the nation's finances by the International Monetary Fund.
Fri, 02 Oct 1998
Citibank ordered to pay Rp 8.87b for credit mistake
Citibank ordered to pay Rp 8.87b for credit mistake JAKARTA (JP): The West Jakarta District Court has ordered the Jakarta branch of Citibank N.A. to pay Rp 8.87 billion (US$806,303) in compensation for wrongfully refusing to clear checks written by businessman Hendra Tjoa.Presiding judge H.
Fri, 02 Oct 1998
Akbar Tanjung regrets Anwar's beating
Akbar Tanjung regrets Anwar's beating JAKARTA (JP): Minister/State Secretary Akbar Tandjung aired deep concern on Thursday over the mistreatment of sacked deputy prime minister Anwar Ibrahim.He also said President B.J.
Fri, 02 Oct 1998
Malaysian politics now at a watershed
Malaysian politics now at a watershedBy Nelson Graves KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters): A retired army officer says he no longer ventures outside at night in Malaysia's capital because he fears civil unrest.Kuala Lumpur is hardly under siege, but the officer's anxiety reflects the political sea change under...
Fri, 02 Oct 1998
Pakistan embassy responds
Pakistan embassy responds I refer to the London Observer story How a Third World leader lives beyond his country's means published by The Jakarta Post on Sept. 30, 1998.The whole story by the London Observer is based on a so-called report by Rahman Malik who is now an absconder and against whom an...
Fri, 02 Oct 1998
S'pore planes, ships 'in Malaysia'
S'pore planes, ships 'in Malaysia' KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters): Malaysia said on Thursday that Singapore aircraft and vessels had entered Malaysian territory without permission at least seven times in two weeks.The government, citing noise and pollution problems and public concern, said on Sept.
Fri, 02 Oct 1998
Hotel Mulia 'must keep commitments'
Hotel Mulia 'must keep commitments' JAKARTA (JP): State Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports Agung Laksono has urged the management of Hotel Mulia Senayan to honor their commitment to provide athletes with affordable accommodation.
Fri, 02 Oct 1998
Dong Joe Indonesia boasts a success
Dong Joe Indonesia boasts a success Shoe manufacturer PT Dong Joe Indonesia was founded in 1988 at an investment of US$4.2 million. Foreign investment totaled 80 percent and construction on the plant began the same year.
Fri, 02 Oct 1998
Bob Hasan still oversees athletic body: Official
Bob Hasan still oversees athletic body: Official JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesia Amateur Track and Field Association (PASI) is conducting business as usual, despite the ongoing police investigation into its boss, timber and banking tycoon Mohammad "Bob" Hasan, an official said on Thursday.
Fri, 02 Oct 1998
French Musicatreize plays with music and words
French Musicatreize plays with music and wordsBy Izabel Deuff JAKARTA (JP): For superstitious people, "thirteen" is usually considered a number signifying misfortune. As far as Musicatreize (music played by thirteen people) is concerned, the number has brought it luck.
Fri, 02 Oct 1998
Estrada threatens to boycott APEC summit
Estrada threatens to boycott APEC summit MANILA (Agencies): Philippines President Joseph Estrada on Thursday threatened to boycott next month's Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Malaysia, citing the treatment meted out to jailed former deputy premier Anwar Ibrahim.
Fri, 02 Oct 1998
Month-long program showcases women
Month-long program showcases women JAKARTA (JP): The ASEAN Secretariat is organizing ASEAN Women's Month to promote the role of women in all spheres of life at both national and regional levels.Titled Holding Up The Sky, the activities will take place from Oct. 3 to Oct.
Fri, 02 Oct 1998
Government initiates only half-hearted change
Government initiates only half-hearted changeBy Adrianus Meliala JAKARTA (JP): A foreign friend asked me once what does reform actually mean to most Indonesians. Since it was then only about a week after Soeharto was toppled on May 21, 1998, I still had the courage to say that it was a mini...
Fri, 02 Oct 1998
Land certificate not yet issued
Land certificate not yet issued As the legitimate owner of a house on Jl. Metro Alam II, Pondok Indah, South Jakarta, that we bought more than three years ago, to date we have not received the HGB land certificate from the developer, PT Metropolitan Kencana (PT MK).
Fri, 02 Oct 1998
Bapepam urged to step up probe on trading scams
Bapepam urged to step up probe on trading scams JAKARTA (JP): Analysts have called on the capital market watchdog and stock exchange operators to step up efforts to investigate alleged insider trading practices in the local stock market.
Fri, 02 Oct 1998
TV today
TV todayTVRI 2:00 p.m. News: Berita 14 2:30 Music 2:35 Cartoon: Warner Kartun 3:05 Family's Welfare: Harmoni Kehidupan 3:30 Village Program 4:00 Regional News 4:30 Performance: Cakrawala Budaya 5:00 Music: Paket 27 5:30 Educational Quiz: Cerdas Cermat 6:00 News: Lintasan Berita 6:05 Documentary:...
Thu, 01 Oct 1998
Where to go in Surabaya, for Thursday, Oct. 1, 1998
Where to go in Surabaya, for Thursday, Oct. 1, 1998Exhibitions * Photo Exhibition: Indonesia - Paradox Cultural, Herve Dangla, in CCCL - French Cultural Center, Jl. Darmokali 10 (Phone: 5678639), 9 a.m. to 8:30 p.m., until Oct. 13.Music and Entertainment * Hyatt Regency Surabaya, Jl. Jend.
Thu, 01 Oct 1998
City budget for 1998/1999 revised
City budget for 1998/1999 revised JAKARTA (JP): The city administration has upwardly revised its budget for the 1998/1999 fiscal year by 23 percent to Rp 1.6 trillion (US$145.45 million) as the result of a significant rise in revenue raised through hotel and entertainment taxes and land status...
Thu, 01 Oct 1998
Ghafar Baba's remarks
Ghafar Baba's remarks The remarks made in Jakarta on Sunday by Malaysia's former deputy prime minister, Tun Abdul Ghafar Baba -- criticizing what he regarded as a biased attitude in the Indonesian media regarding events in his country -- may be considered constructive criticism.
Thu, 01 Oct 1998
Conversion Rates
Conversion Rates JAKARTA (JP): Bank Bali's conversion rates on Sept. 30, 1998: TT rates Bank notes rates ------------------------------------------ Buying Selling Buying Selling Rp Rp Rp Rp U.S. dollar 1 10,600.00 10,800.00 10,600.00 10,850.00 Austrian schilling 1 866.30 936.
Thu, 01 Oct 1998
Tanztheater to dance in Art Summit
Tanztheater to dance in Art SummitBy Helly Minarti JAKARTA (JP): The one-month long Art Summit, is not only an opportunity for the public to indulge in the works of the best local talent, but also to see the work of international artists.
Thu, 01 Oct 1998
ABRI can do no good
ABRI can do no good It is only logical that lately the Indonesian Armed Forces (ABRI) has become the center of political attention, combined with unfair criticism from several groups. ABRI is very active at this moment in trying to maintain law and order, which is now getting out of hand and...
Thu, 01 Oct 1998
Australia resumes cattle trade with RI
Australia resumes cattle trade with RI SYDNEY (Bloomberg): Australia has resumed its live cattle trade with Indonesia, stopped last year when the Indonesian currency collapsed during Asia's economic crisis.
Thu, 01 Oct 1998
Political moves key to economic cure
Political moves key to economic cureBy Sofyan Wanandi This is the second of two articles based on a paper presented at the "Indonesia Update 1998" Conference in Melbourne from Sept. 25 to Sept 26, 1998.
Thu, 01 Oct 1998
Japan to give $30b in aid to SE Asia
Japan to give $30b in aid to SE Asia TOKYO (Agencies): Japan's Finance Minister Kiichi Miyazawa said Wednesday Tokyo would unveil a US$30 billion rescue package for Southeast Asia at Saturday's Group of Seven meeting in Washington.
Thu, 01 Oct 1998
PT Puri 'owes' Pertamina US$40 million
PT Puri 'owes' Pertamina US$40 million JAKARTA (JP): State fertilizer maker PT Pupuk Sriwijaya (Pusri) is US$40 million in arrears for gas supplied by state oil and gas company Pertamina, Pertamina said on Wednesday.Pertamina director Soegianto said Pertamina had given Pusri until Oct.
Thu, 01 Oct 1998
Where to go in Bali for Thursday, Oct. 1, 1998
Where to go in Bali for Thursday, Oct. 1, 1998Exhibitions * Painting Exhibition: Cakrawala Seni, Museum Puri Lukisan - Yayasan Ratna Warta, Jl. Raya Ubud, Ubud (Phone: 0361 975136), 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., until Oct. 8.
Thu, 01 Oct 1998
ASEAN will set up rice foundation
ASEAN will set up rice foundation JAKARTA (JP): Agriculture ministers of the Association of Southeast Asian Countries (ASEAN) agreed to establish a special foundation to boost rice production in the region during their recent annual meeting in Hanoi.
Thu, 01 Oct 1998
The rupiah recovery
The rupiah recovery The string of good news since early August seems to have ignited the beginning of the long-awaited recovery of the rupiah, pushing it into a range of between Rp 10,800 and Rp 11,000 against the American dollar for the past eight weeks.
Thu, 01 Oct 1998
Students demand action on hunger
Students demand action on hunger SEMARANG, Central Java (JP): Some 250 students of the Semarang State Islamic Institute (IAIN) staged a protest at the local legislative council here on Wednesday to demand immediate action to overcome increasing malnutrition and starvation.
Thu, 01 Oct 1998
Firm uses rice to line road
Firm uses rice to line road MATARAM, West Nusa Tenggara: Mining firm PT Newmont Nusa Tenggara (NNT) has acknowledged it used 70 tons of unhusked rice to line a road on its mining site in West Nusa Tenggara.
Thu, 01 Oct 1998
Rupiah stable following U.S. interest rate cut
Rupiah stable following U.S. interest rate cut JAKARTA (JP): The rupiah remained stable against the U.S. dollar on Wednesday, closing at Rp 10,750 on the Jakarta spot market, buoyed up by a 0.25 percentage point cut in U.S. interest rates, currency dealers said.
Thu, 01 Oct 1998
Auction houses reap benefit of art collectors' woes
Auction houses reap benefit of art collectors' woesBy Amir Sidharta JAKARTA (JP): The effects of the financial crisis are only now beginning to have an effect on the art market, as can be seen in the upcoming Sotheby's and Christie's auctions which will be held on Saturday Oct. 3 and Sunday Oct 4.
Thu, 01 Oct 1998
Jakarta yuppies' lingo keeps them in an exclusive world
Jakarta yuppies' lingo keeps them in an exclusive world JAKARTA (JP): If you relax in a cafe or the other places frequented by yuppies, you might occasionally catch fragments of conversations in a strange language.
Thu, 01 Oct 1998
Moslem group stages anticommunist rally
Moslem group stages anticommunist rally JAKARTA (JP): Thousands of Moslems gathered at the Istiqlal Grand Mosque on Wednesday to champion causes ranging from raising public awareness of communist threats to supporting President B.J. Habibie and his reform programs.
Thu, 01 Oct 1998
Conflicting statements
Conflicting statements It is still fresh in the mind of all when President Habibie in his state address on Aug. 17 said in front of a plenary session at the House of Representatives, attended also by foreign representatives and journalists, that "...
Thu, 01 Oct 1998
Govt to recapitalize BCA, three other banks
Govt to recapitalize BCA, three other banks JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesian Bank Restructuring Agency (IBRA) will convert the liquidity support provided by Bank Indonesia to Bank Central Asia (BCA) and three other banks nationalized in August into government equity in an effort to recapitalize the...
Thu, 01 Oct 1998
Lifting the lid on truth of 1965 abortive coup attempt
Lifting the lid on truth of 1965 abortive coup attempt Pancasila Sanctity Day on Thursday commemorates the state's success in crushing the 1965 coup attempt by the now defunct Indonesian Communist Party (PKI).
Thu, 01 Oct 1998
Jonathan hoping for Asiad bronze
Jonathan hoping for Asiad bronze JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia's top gymnast Jonathan Mangiring Sianturi has something to prove in his Asian Games debut in Bangkok in December, but is determined not to get carried away.
Thu, 01 Oct 1998
Stock Exchange
Stock ExchangeStock prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (in rupiah) on Sept.30, 1998: ------------------------------------------------------- Shares Close Change Trading Volume ------------------------------------------------------- Ades Alfindo 325 0 0 AHAP Insurance 400 0 0 Alter Abadi 200 0...
Thu, 01 Oct 1998
TV Program: Thursday, Oct. 1, 1998
TV Program: Thursday, Oct. 1, 1998TVRI 8:00 a.m. Live Reports: Pancasila Sanctity Day 2:00 p.m. News: Berita 14 2:30 Music 2:35 Children's Film: Thundercats 3:05 Koran Recital 3:15 Religious Teachings: Islam 3:40 Science World 4:00 Regional News 4:30 Creative Program: Karya Kita 5:00 Arabic Lessons...