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Wed, 08 Oct 1997
Toyota sells 11,122 vehicles
Toyota sells 11,122 vehicles JAKARTA (JP): PT Toyota Astra Motor sold 11,122 Toyota vehicles in the domestic market last September, compared to 5,985 vehicles in September 1996.The company, a venture between Japan's Toyota Motors Corp and Indonesia's PT Astra International, said yesterday that most...
Wed, 08 Oct 1997
Jayawijaya regent seeks more drought relief supplies
Jayawijaya regent seeks more drought relief supplies JAKARTA (JP): The regent of the area in Irian Jaya with the highest number of drought-related deaths warned yesterday that while relief was getting through to the worst hit villages, food shortages could get worse in the next three months.
Wed, 08 Oct 1997
Smog: ASEAN's unconventional security threat
Smog: ASEAN's unconventional security threatBy A.K.P.Mochtan JAKARTA (JP): The smog which is emanating from Indonesia and plaguing Southeast Asia has come at an unfortunate time. A time when the region's governments are wrestling with economies allegedly being attacked by foreign speculators.
Wed, 08 Oct 1997
SE Asian currencies take roller-coaster ride
SE Asian currencies take roller-coaster ride SINGAPORE (AFP): Bruised Southeast Asian currencies went through a roller-coaster ride yesterday as markets were driven by fears of central bank intervention and more capital controls across the region, dealers said.
Wed, 08 Oct 1997
Govt begin final stage of campaign to eradicate polio
Govt begin final stage of campaign to eradicate polio JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia entered a decisive stage in eradicating polio when it began yesterday the final phase of a three-year national campaign to wipe out the disease.
Wed, 08 Oct 1997
Firms must reschedule debt repayment: Expert
Firms must reschedule debt repayment: Expert JAKARTA (JP): Companies which cannot repay their much inflated foreign debt because of the currency woes must collectively renegotiate the rescheduling of debt repayment with creditors, economist Christianto Wibisono said yesterday.
Wed, 08 Oct 1997
New infantry chief installed
New infantry chief installed JAKARTA (JP): Maj. Kaharudin Wahab was installed yesterday as the new commander of the Tangerang Infantry Battalion-203/Arya Kamuning, replacing Lt. Col. Amril Amir.The installation ceremony was held at the Tangerang Infantry Battalion headquarters, with Col.
Wed, 08 Oct 1997
Rating fall to hit investment in India
Rating fall to hit investment in India BOMBAY (AFP): India's decision to give large pay rises to federal and state employees will hurt investment following the revision of the country's credit rating by the international agency Standard and Poor's, economists said yesterday.Standard and Poor Inc.
Wed, 08 Oct 1997
Danish Dynamite
Danish DynamiteBy Djanwar Madjolelo JAKARTA (JP): The entrants in the 6th World Junior Team Championships 1997 include 17 nations from seven zones and two teams from Canada.Zone 1 (Europe): Denmark, Norway, Russia, IsraelZone 2 (North America): USA I, USA IIZone 3 (South America): Brazil,...
Wed, 08 Oct 1997
Fires blamed on land tillers unfair
Fires blamed on land tillers unfairBy Amon Stefanus KETAPANG, West Kalimantan (JP): It is generally accepted that forest fires are responsible for the current haze disaster. However, the cause of these forest fires, a moot point now, has made people point an accusing finger at one another.
Wed, 08 Oct 1997
Students express mixed feelings on Games holiday
Students express mixed feelings on Games holiday JAKARTA (JP): Students from several junior and senior high schools in the city have given mixed reactions to the government sponsored six-day holiday during the 19th SEA Games beginning next week.
Wed, 08 Oct 1997
Expert calls for long term solutions to forest fires
Expert calls for long term solutions to forest fires BOGOR, West Java (JP): With the help of more than a dozen countries, Indonesia is currently going all-out in its fight against spreading brush and forest fires.
Wed, 08 Oct 1997
Indonesia loses family planning advocate
Indonesia loses family planning advocateBy Prijono Tjiptoherjanto JAKARTA (JP): The country lost one of its best sons with the death of noted demographer Prof. Masri Singarimbun on Sept. 25 at the age of 66.
Wed, 08 Oct 1997
Indonesia seeks balanced trade with New Zealand
Indonesia seeks balanced trade with New Zealand JAKARTA (JP): President Soeharto hopes Indonesia and New Zealand can balance their trade which is currently heavily in favor of the latter."Amidst the growing economic ties between our two countries lately, I would be happy if New Zealand were to...
Wed, 08 Oct 1997
Riot in Ujungpandang
Riot in Ujungpandang The race riots which rocked Ujungpandang in September seemed to die away in the media with barely a whimper. Even now though, gangs of youths still harass Chinese shop owners, threatening to wreck shops if money is not handed over.
Wed, 08 Oct 1997
Philippines looks to youth in Games
Philippines looks to youth in 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 fifth in the series. JAKARTA (JP): The Philippines contingent is coming down to the 19th South East Asian Games prepared...
Wed, 08 Oct 1997
Tax-evading premises face closure: Wahab
Tax-evading premises face closure: Wahab JAKARTA (JP): The City Revenue Agency has threatened to close down hotels, restaurants and nightspots which have failed to pay taxes, an official said yesterday.
Wed, 08 Oct 1997
Nice experience with a hotel
Nice experience with a hotel I would like to share my "nice experience" staying at Westin Plaza Hotel in Singapore. We (three of us from Jakarta) checked in on Wednesday, Sept. 24, 1997 and checked out on Saturday, Sept. 27, 1997.We booked three rooms but when we checked in at the hotel around 3 p.
Wed, 08 Oct 1997
TV today
TV todayTVRI 2:00 p.m. News: Berita 14 2:30 Travel: My Country 2:35 Family's Film: Big Brother Jake 3:10 Children's Program: Anak-Anak Indonesia 3:35 Talk Show: Kotak Pos 4:00 Regional News 4:30 Education Quiz: Cepat Tepat 5:10 TV Series: Road to Avonlea 5:55 Music 6:00 News: Lintasan Berita 6:05...
Wed, 08 Oct 1997
Train service proposed on Sumatra-Malaysia bridge
Train service proposed on Sumatra-Malaysia bridge JAKARTA (JP): The government has asked the developer of the planned cross-border bridge linking northern Sumatra and Malaysia to incorporate railroad tracks.
Wed, 08 Oct 1997
Amoco, Salim will tie up
Amoco, Salim will tie up JAKARTA (JP): Amoco Chemical Asia Pacific, Ltd and Salim Chemicals announced a joint feasibility study yesterday to develop a polypropylene plant in Merak, West Java.Amoco said in a statement that the plant, with an annual 200,000-metric-ton capacity, would mark Amoco's...
Tue, 07 Oct 1997
No clues as search for black box continues
No clues as search for black box continues JAKARTA (JP): The search continued yesterday for the black box containing flight data of the Garuda Indonesia plane that crashed two weeks ago near Medan, North Sumatra, with the government promising a transparent disclosure of any findings.
Tue, 07 Oct 1997
Rifat Sungkar wins BSD Sprint Rally
Rifat Sungkar wins BSD Sprint Rally JAKARTA (JP): Rally driver Rifat Sungkar fulfilled one of ambitions in winning the third leg of the Mesran Prima BSD Sprint Rally at Bumi Serpong Damai, Tangerang, Sunday.
Tue, 07 Oct 1997
APRIL's no-burning policy
APRIL's no-burning policy SINGAPORE (Reuter): The Asia Pacific Resources International Holdings Ltd (APRIL) group said yesterday it does not use fire to clear land in Indonesian forestry operations.It said in a statement its subsidiary P.T.
Tue, 07 Oct 1997
Priest indicted for harboring fugitives
Priest indicted for harboring fugitives JAKARTA (JP): Jesuit Catholic priest Ignatius Sandyawan Sumardi and his brother, Benny Sumardi, were indicted yesterday for harboring two alleged masterminds of the July 27, 1996, riots.
Tue, 07 Oct 1997
Hail hits Irian Jaya
Hail hits Irian Jaya NABIRE, Irian Jaya: Hail, which hit Ilaga and Sinak subdistricts in Puncak Jaya district from July to August, has damaged hundreds of hectares of farmland, according to a local official.Antara quoted H.
Tue, 07 Oct 1997
Assembly told to make decree on human rights
Assembly told to make decree on human rights JAKARTA (JP): Observers called on factions at the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) yesterday not to dismiss hastily the campaign to establish a human rights charter.
Tue, 07 Oct 1997
Government deplores maid's execution
Government deplores maid's execution JAKARTA (JP): The government expressed concern yesterday over what it called secrecy surrounding the criminal trial of an Indonesian maid in Saudi Arabia, which led to her execution.
Tue, 07 Oct 1997
Two people arrested for making fake lubricants
Two people arrested for making fake lubricants BEKASI (JP): Two men have been arrested for allegedly illegally producing and selling oil and lubricants which were intentionally made from improper ingredients, Bekasi Police Chief Lt. Col. Adjie Rustam said yesterday.
Tue, 07 Oct 1997
Cap trader stabbed to death in Sunter
Cap trader stabbed to death in Sunter JAKARTA (JP): A 21-year-old cap seller died of stab wounds yesterday after attempting to help settle a quarrel between a friend and five other people in Sunter market in North Jakarta.
Tue, 07 Oct 1997
Govt accounts for the people's money: Soeharto
Govt accounts for the people's money: Soeharto JAKARTA (JP): The government stands accountable politically and morally in managing people's money that has been entrusted to it, President Soeharto said yesterday.
Tue, 07 Oct 1997
Ciledug market to be renovated
Ciledug market to be renovated TANGERANG (JP): A private developer announced yesterday that it would rebuild Ciledug market in Tangerang at a cost of Rp 15 billion (US$4.4 million).PT Dian Bermakna Utama's marketing manager, Ganjar Sutardi, said that the new market would be built on the existing...
Tue, 07 Oct 1997
Domestic airlines lose Rp 20 billion from haze
Domestic airlines lose Rp 20 billion from haze JAKARTA (JP): Haze from forest fires in Sumatra and Kalimantan have caused local airlines to lose between Rp 18 billion (US$5 million) and Rp 20 billion in potential earnings from flight cancellations, Minister of Transportation Haryanto Dhanutirto...
Tue, 07 Oct 1997
Monetary crisis
Monetary crisisFrom Media IndonesiaWe have been witnessing a new phenomenon during the last two months, i.e. the value of Indonesian rupiah fluctuating steeply day by day against the U.S. dollar. Many comments and analyses on this monetary situation have been made by economists, but they have...
Tue, 07 Oct 1997
Managing haze disaster
Managing haze disasterFrom Business IndonesiaHaze has by chance taught us, rich and poor, that our carelessness in tapping natural resources puts at stake the lives of all living creatures.People in low-income brackets are the worst hit by the impacts of severe drought and haze-polluted air.
Tue, 07 Oct 1997
Sutiyoso installed as Jakarta's governor
Sutiyoso installed as Jakarta's governor JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Home Affairs Moch. Yogie S.M. installed Maj. Gen. Sutiyoso as Jakarta's eighth governor at a City Council special plenary session yesterday.
Tue, 07 Oct 1997
Britain's arms sales ban played down
Britain's arms sales ban played down JAKARTA (JP): Britain's ban on certain arms sales to Indonesia will not create any problems for the country, Commander of Armed Forces (ABRI) Gen. Feisal Tanjung said yesterday.
Tue, 07 Oct 1997
BI intervenes as rupiah falls further
BI intervenes as rupiah falls further JAKARTA (JP): The rupiah plunged to another new low yesterday dropping to 3,850 against the U.S. dollar at midday before easing in the afternoon due to Bank Indonesia's intervention, currency dealers said.
Tue, 07 Oct 1997
IMF to discuss KL's proposal to rule hedge fund activities
IMF to discuss KL's proposal to rule hedge fund activities KUALA LUMPUR (AFP): The International Monetary Fund (IMF) will discuss Malaysia's proposal to regulate hedge fund activities in Washington this week, Deputy Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said yesterday.
Tue, 07 Oct 1997
Man jailed for cheating housewife
Man jailed for cheating housewife JAKARTA (JP): West Jakarta District Court sentenced yesterday an unemployed man to 11 months in jail for swindling a housewife of Rp 100,000 (US$29).Presiding judge Sunarto said that Roby Guntur, 20, was guilty of cheating Purwanti, of Jl.
Tue, 07 Oct 1997
No toilet, no marriage
No toilet, no marriage LAMAOLE VILLAGE, East Nusa Tenggara (JP): A tobacco farmer is divorcing her husband because he has failed to build a toilet for the family.Paulina Bare, 57, consulted the Lamaole chief about her intention to divorce her husband Michael Musi last week.
Tue, 07 Oct 1997
Irian Jaya drought-related deaths rise to 413
Irian Jaya drought-related deaths rise to 413 JAKARTA (JP): Another 151 drought-related deaths have been reported in the country's easternmost province of Irian Jaya, lifting the toll to at least 413.The latest figures were provided by Jayawijaya Regent J.B.
Tue, 07 Oct 1997
City water company sets price increase at 10%
City water company sets price increase at 10% JAKARTA (JP): City-owned water company PDAM Jaya has downgraded its planned increase of tap water tariffs from 12 percent to 10 percent.PDAM Jaya director Rama Boedi said the plan was revised after the city's secretary assistant for economic and...
Tue, 07 Oct 1997
Sarawak lost $297m per day
Sarawak lost $297m per day KUALA LUMPUR (Reuter): Malaysia's smog-hit state of Sarawak lost 100 million ringgit (US$29.7 million) a day during last month's 10-day state of emergency, the New Straits Times said on Monday.
Tue, 07 Oct 1997
Dollar savings at BCA
Dollar savings at BCAFrom KompasI decided to deposit my U.S. currency savings in the BCA Dollar Savings Program at the Setiabudi Branch of BCA Bank in Bandung because I hoped that this savings program could protect my dollars against rupiah devaluation.
Tue, 07 Oct 1997
Ten prisoners escape
Ten prisoners escape MEDAN, North Sumatra: Ten prisoners took a warden hostage and escaped from the Tanjung Gusta prison Sunday evening, Antara reported yesterday.Spokesman of the provincial justice office Rahman Narso said the inmates escaped by climbing the watch tower and jumping over the...
Tue, 07 Oct 1997
Late response to forest fires
Late response to forest firesBy Emmy Hafild JAKARTA (JP): Forest and land fires are raging again in Sumatra and Kalimantan.And the resulting haze is troubling Malaysia, Singapore and even Thailand.It is estimated that some 20 million people have sustained health troubles because of the haze.
Tue, 07 Oct 1997
New rates set for tax payment
New rates set for tax payment JAKARTA (JP): The government announced yesterday new official conversion rates as the basis for payment of import duty, value- added tax on goods and services, sales tax on luxury goods, export tax and income tax.According to Minister of Finance Decree No. 494/KMK.
Tue, 07 Oct 1997
Where to go in Jakarta:
Where to go in Jakarta:Exhibitions * Painting and Ceramics Exhibition: Manusia dan Alam Pikirannya, works of Firman, Tisna Sanjaya, Agus Suwage and Suyatna, at the Lontar Gallery. Jl. Utan Kayu 68 H East Jakarta, Monday to Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., until Oct. 28.
Tue, 07 Oct 1997
Universal gets $48m from IPO
Universal gets $48m from IPO JAKARTA (JP): Bank Universal announced yesterday that it raised about Rp 168.75 billion (US$48 million) from its initial public offering (IPO).The bank said it sold 250 million new shares or about 26.