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Thu, 01 Oct 1998
Joint venture firm to start on major pipeline project
Joint venture firm to start on major pipeline project JAKARTA (JP): PT Thames Pam Jaya (TPJ), a British-Indonesian tap water management joint venture, is scheduled to embark on the installation of 100 kilometers of pipelines in the eastern part of Jakarta on Thursday, according to a company...
Thu, 01 Oct 1998
Uton reappointed WHO regional chief
Uton reappointed WHO regional chief JAKARTA (JP): Indonesian Uton Mochtat Rafei was reelected Southeast Asia regional director of the World Health Organization (WHO) in New Delhi, India, last month.Uton was selected over competitors from Bhutan, Korea, Maldives, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka and...
Thu, 01 Oct 1998
Pertamina, Caltex likely to operate CPP block jointly
Pertamina, Caltex likely to operate CPP block jointly JAKARTA (JP): State-owned oil and gas firm Pertamina and its largest oil contractor PT Caltex Pacific Indonesia may jointly develop the Coastal Plains Pekanbaru (CPP) oil block in Riau, after Caltex's contract on the block expires in 2001.
Thu, 01 Oct 1998
SE Asian currencies unmoved after rate cut comes up short
SE Asian currencies unmoved after rate cut comes up short SINGAPORE (Agencies): Southeast Asian currencies were down against the U.S. dollar in late trade Wednesday, compared with levels seen at the same time Tuesday, as the much-awaited cut in U.S. interest rates failed to meet market expectations.
Thu, 01 Oct 1998
Losses from East Java earthquake reach Rp 3.5b
Losses from East Java earthquake reach Rp 3.5b JAKARTA (JP): Monday's earthquake in East Java caused estimated losses of at least Rp 3.5 billion (US$325,000), East Java Governor Imam Utomo said on Wednesday during a visit to part of the worst-hit area in the Malang regency.
Thu, 01 Oct 1998
Firms seek U.S. govt help in dispute with CalEnergy
Firms seek U.S. govt help in dispute with CalEnergy JAKARTA (JP): A group of local contractors who have supplied materials and services to giant U.S. power company CalEnergy Company Inc's power projects in Indonesia, have asked the U.S.
Thu, 01 Oct 1998
Cemex upbeat on Gresik deal
Cemex upbeat on Gresik deal MONTERREY, Mexico (Dow Jones): Mexico-based cement giant Cemex SA said Tuesday that its successful bid for Indonesia's PT Semen Gresik is a "key piece" of its global diversification strategy.
Thu, 01 Oct 1998
Scholars warn of potential for money politics in poll
Scholars warn of potential for money politics in poll JAKARTA (JP): Participants in a conference on election monitoring urged Wednesday that no party should be allowed to abuse government facilities in campaigning and in other parts of the general elections slated for May 1999.
Thu, 01 Oct 1998
Muladi warns against subverting govt
Muladi warns against subverting govt JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Justice Muladi warned on Wednesday against attempting to secede or to topple the legitimate administration of President B.J. Habibie, saying such malicious intentions would be countered with heavy punishments.
Thu, 01 Oct 1998
Collection of illegal levies 'still rampant'
Collection of illegal levies 'still rampant' JAKARTA (JP): The collection of illegal levies and other wrongdoing are still rampant in several city agencies despite the reform era, Deputy Governor for Administrative Affairs Abdul Kahfi said on Wednesday.
Thu, 01 Oct 1998
Wood-processing firms face log scarcity: Minister
Wood-processing firms face log scarcity: Minister JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Forestry and Plantations Muslimin Nasution predicted on Wednesday that the country's wood- processing industry was facing a log shortage of at least 25 million cubic meters annually over the next five years.
Thu, 01 Oct 1998
Ghalib rejects independent probe of Soeharto
Ghalib rejects independent probe of Soeharto JAKARTA (JP): Attorney General Andi Muhammad Ghalib, who heads a government probe into former president Soeharto's wealth, said on Wednesday an independent investigation team would be redundant."We don't need an independent team.
Thu, 01 Oct 1998
Bayer's vitamins for the needy
Bayer's vitamins for the needy JAKARTA (JP): Around 14,000 people from 153 social institutions, orphanages and nursing homes in the Greater Jakarta area received donations of medicine from PT Bayer Indonesia on Wednesday.
Thu, 01 Oct 1998
Tangerang warns pig farmers
Tangerang warns pig farmers TANGERANG (JP): The Tangerang Regency Office warned all pig farm owners in the area to handle disposal of their animals' waste correctly to avoid upsetting nearby residents.Regency spokeswoman Ena Karlina said the authorities were powerless to prevent people running pig...
Thu, 01 Oct 1998
Denmark to field stars in Indonesia Open
Denmark to field stars in Indonesia Open JAKARTA (JP): Denmark will be at full strength in the US$120,000 Sanyo Indonesia Open badminton championships, still awaiting the bulk of foreign entries even though its deadline falls on Saturday.
Thu, 01 Oct 1998
Two more bankruptcy claims filed in court
Two more bankruptcy claims filed in court JAKARTA (JP): Publicly listed Bank Niaga and business partners Hussein and Johan Subekti are the latest parties to make use of the month-old Jakarta Commercial Court, already under intense scrutiny after several controversial decisions.
Thu, 01 Oct 1998
Dewi says Soeharto knew of coup plot
Dewi says Soeharto knew of coup plot JAKARTA (JP): A widow of founding president Sukarno, Ratna Sari Dewi, alleged on Wednesday that Soeharto had been fully informed about the planned assassination of six top generals on the night of Sept. 30, 1965 as part of a coup plot to topple Sukarno.
Thu, 01 Oct 1998
Sherratt revels in local aesthetic affluence
Sherratt revels in local aesthetic affluenceBy Pavan Kapoor JAKARTA (JP): Subconscious forces, fantasies, archetypal myths and surrealist symbols, all eventually crystallized by a compelling rainbow spectrum into a complex arrangement of forms and rhythms, is perhaps the best attempt at describing...
Thu, 01 Oct 1998
Police has yet to issue permit for Megawati
Police has yet to issue permit for Megawati JAKARTA (JP): National Police chief Lt. Gen. Roesmanhadi said on Wednesday that the police have yet to issue a permit for a congress planned by the faction of the Indonesian Democratic Party (PDI) loyal to Megawati Soekarnoputri.
Thu, 01 Oct 1998
Bank employees demand payment over dismissal
Bank employees demand payment over dismissal JAKARTA (JP): At least 100 former employees of suspended Bank Umum Nasional (BUN) staged a rally at the Jakarta Legal Aid Institute office on Wednesday, urging the Indonesian Bank Restructuring Agency (IBRA) to provide severance pay over their dismissal.
Thu, 01 Oct 1998
U.S. journal to publish Indonesian literature
U.S. journal to publish Indonesian literature JAKARTA (JP): An American literary journal has announced that it will devote its year 2000 summer issue to literature from Indonesia with John H. McGlynn, editor-in-chief of the Lontar Foundation of Jakarta, serving as the journal's guest editor.
Thu, 01 Oct 1998
Local schools join in website contest
Local schools join in website contest JAKARTA (JP): Six teams from three privately run schools in the capital will pit their wits against their peers around the world in a five-month-long international website design contest beginning on Thursday.
Thu, 01 Oct 1998
ABRI's top brass regrets fatal clash
ABRI's top brass regrets fatal clash JAKARTA (JP): Senior Armed Forces (ABRI) officers regretted on Wednesday a fatal armed clash between members of the Army cavalry unit and the police's elite Mobile Brigade stationed in the West Kalimantan capital of Pontianak.
Thu, 01 Oct 1998
Hanoi urged to bring back exile
Hanoi urged to bring back exile HANOI (AFP): The World Association of Newspapers (WAN) said on Wednesday it had sent a letter to Vietnamese President Tran Duc Luong urging him to allow exiled journalist Doan Viet Hoat to return home.
Thu, 01 Oct 1998
Govt tells Timor to repay waived import, luxury taxes
Govt tells Timor to repay waived import, luxury taxes JAKARTA (JP): PT Timor Putra Nasional has been ordered to repay the import duty and luxury tax exemption it received on all the 39,000 Timor cars it imported from South Korea since 1996.
Thu, 01 Oct 1998
Retired general lodges complaints against Amex
Retired general lodges complaints against Amex JAKARTA (JP): A former chief of the Armed Forces Intelligence Agency (BIA), Maj. Gen. (ret) Syamsir Siregar, has lodged a complaint of alleged defamation and improper treatment against his credit card provider American Express Bank in Singapore.
Wed, 30 Sep 1998
President warns of looming national disintegration threat
President warns of looming national disintegration threat JAKARTA (JP): President B.J. Habibie called on seminar participants on Tuesday to help the government ward off the looming threat of national disintegration.
Wed, 30 Sep 1998
Govt sets up team to revise history books
Govt sets up team to revise history books JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Education and Culture Juwono Sudarsono has called on the country's teachers to give students a balanced account of President Soeharto's resignation in May.
Wed, 30 Sep 1998
Lippo Bank hires PWC
Lippo Bank hires PWC JAKARTA (JP): Publicly listed Lippo Bank said on Tuesday it had appointed Price Waterhouse Coopers, an international consulting firm, to help refine the bank's comprehensive five- year strategic business plan.
Wed, 30 Sep 1998
Court throws out Amex's claim against Ometraco
Court throws out Amex's claim against Ometraco JAKARTA (JP): The Jakarta Commercial Court dismissed on Tuesday the bankruptcy request filed by the Singapore branch of American Express Bank against publicly listed PT Ometraco Corporation.Presiding judge R.
Wed, 30 Sep 1998
Persistent harassment
Persistent harassment One can only be amazed at the lengths to which the government is prepared to go to in trying to demolish the Indonesian Democratic Party (PDI) led by Megawati Sukarnoputri. President B.J.
Wed, 30 Sep 1998
Contraceptive stocks adequate
Contraceptive stocks adequate JAMBI: The government here has stocks of both injectable and oral pill contraceptives sufficient to last until April 1999, according to State Minister of Population/Head of the National Family Planning Coordinating Board (BKKBN) Ida Bagus Oka.
Wed, 30 Sep 1998
Sheraton has five stars
Sheraton has five stars JAKARTA (JP): Sheraton Bandung Hotels and Towers announced on Tuesday that it recently received the five-star hotel certification along with several other hotels in West Java from the Ministry of Tourism, Art and Culture's West Java provincial office.
Wed, 30 Sep 1998
Looting, intimidation haunt employees
Looting, intimidation haunt employees MEDAN, North Sumatra: Thousands of employees at an oil palm plantation in Kisaran, Asahan regency, in North Sumatra are living in fear of looters who have been terrorizing them, Antara reported on Tuesday.
Wed, 30 Sep 1998
Four die in Pontianak officers' clash
Four die in Pontianak officers' clash JAKARTA (JP): Four people died and a dozen others were severely injured on Tuesday when a brawl between members of an Army cavalry unit and the police's elite Mobile Brigade in the West Kalimantan capital of Pontianak turned into a shooting spree.
Wed, 30 Sep 1998
Govt considering taking Argentina to WTO panel
Govt considering taking Argentina to WTO panel JAKARTA (JP): The government is considering taking Argentina to a World Trade Organization (WTO) panel for "unjustifiably" imposing high import tariffs on Indonesian footwear, a minister has said.
Wed, 30 Sep 1998
Tennis body to select team for Asia Games
Tennis body to select team for Asia Games JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesian Tennis Association announced on Tuesday it would select two players to accompany Yayuk Basuki and Wynne Prakusya to the 13th Asian Games in December.
Wed, 30 Sep 1998
New boss at Perhutani
New boss at Perhutani JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Forestry and Plantations Muslimin Nasution installed A. Fattah DS on Tuesday as the new president of state-owned forestry company Perum Perhutani.Fattah, a longtime insider in the ministry, previously served as president of another state timber firm,...
Wed, 30 Sep 1998
Bus owners threaten to halt operations
Bus owners threaten to halt operations JAKARTA (JP): Public transportation owners on Tuesday threatened to stop operating and hand over the transportation business in the capital to the government if the latter is unable to help lower the skyrocketing prices of spare parts.
Wed, 30 Sep 1998
Malaysia's Anwar says police beat him on arrest
Malaysia's Anwar says police beat him on arrest KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters): Sacked cabinet minister Anwar Ibrahim on Tuesday pleaded not guilty to corruption and sodomy and said Malaysian police beat him unconscious after he was arrested.
Wed, 30 Sep 1998
Aspac, Siliwangi to open Kobatama
Aspac, Siliwangi to open Kobatama BANDUNG (JP): A match between former champion Aspac of Jakarta and home favorite Siliwangi will kick off the new season for the Kobatama national basketball league in the Pajajaran Sports Hall here on Wednesday.
Wed, 30 Sep 1998
TV Program: Wednesday, Sept. 30, 1998
TV Program: Wednesday, Sept. 30, 1998TVRI 2:00 p.m. News: Berita 14 2:30 Music 2:35 Children's Film: Thunder Cats 3:05 TV Series: Daktari 4:00 Regional News 4:30 Teen Program: Remaja Indonesia 5:00 Science and Technology 5:30 Documentary Film 6:05 Science World 6:15 Sports 6:30 TVRI News (in...
Wed, 30 Sep 1998
Quake leaves hundreds homeless on three islands
Quake leaves hundreds homeless on three islands SURABAYA (JP): Earthquakes hit Java, West Nusa Tenggara and Bali on Monday night and early Tuesday, killing one person and destroying hundreds of homes.The first quake, measuring 6.4 on the Richter scale, occurred on Monday at 8:34 p.m.
Wed, 30 Sep 1998
Man caught with fake insecticide stash
Man caught with fake insecticide stash JAKARTA (JP): Police arrested a 22-year-old man late Monday for allegedly manufacturing fake insecticide for sale to the public under famous brand names, an officer said.Head of the economic crimes unit Lt. Col.
Wed, 30 Sep 1998
SE Asian monies sustain upward trend to U.S. dollar
SE Asian monies sustain upward trend to U.S. dollar SINGAPORE (Dow Jones): Southeast Asian currencies sustained their recent upward trend against the U.S. dollar through Asian trading hours on Tuesday, as position unwinding and expectations of a cut in U.S.
Wed, 30 Sep 1998
RI 'may become' a major suppliers of shoes to U.S.
RI 'may become' a major suppliers of shoes to U.S. JAKARTA (JP): An association of American retailers and distributors of footwear said on Tuesday that Indonesia has the potential to become a major supplier of shoes to the United States.
Wed, 30 Sep 1998
Kuntoro favors ending lubricant monopoly
Kuntoro favors ending lubricant monopoly JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Mines and Energy Kuntoro Mangkusubroto said on Tuesday he was considering scrapping state oil and gas company Pertamina's monopoly to produce, import and distribute oil-based lubricants.
Wed, 30 Sep 1998
Stock Exchange
Stock ExchangeStock prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (in rupiah) on Sept.29, 1998: ------------------------------------------------------ Shares Close Change Trading Volume ------------------------------------------------------ Ades Alfindo 325 0 0 AHAP Insurance 400 0 0 Alter Abadi 200 25...
Wed, 30 Sep 1998
Jakarta financial market extends gains on U.S. rate cut hopes
Jakarta financial market extends gains on U.S. rate cut hopes JAKARTA (JP): The rupiah gained ground on Tuesday, closing slightly firmer at 10,725 against the U.S. dollar, thanks to market expectations of a U.S. interest-rate cut.
Wed, 30 Sep 1998
Governor to meet two warring groups
Governor to meet two warring groups JAKARTA (JP): Governor Sutiyoso said on Tuesday that he intends to summon community leaders from Menteng Jaya subdistrict in Central Jakarta and Manggarai subdistrict in South Jakarta to discuss the never-ending brawls between residents of the two areas.