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Tue, 26 Sep 2000
Riau elephants under threat
Riau elephants under threat JAKARTA (JP): Amoi, a female adult elephant that died while being relocated from the Keritang forest to Bukit Tigapuluh National Park in Riau, undergoes an autopsy.About 170 elephants found in the forest in 18 areas throughout Riau, will be relocated to the park.
Tue, 26 Sep 2000
Four killed in Cimahi train crash
Four killed in Cimahi train crash BANDUNG (JP): Four people were killed when an Argogede train, serving the Jakarta-Bandung route, rammed into a minivan and pedicab at a railway crossing on Sunday evening.
Tue, 26 Sep 2000
Five injured in fresh clashes on Ambon island
Five injured in fresh clashes on Ambon island AMBON, Maluku (JP): A fresh community clash broke out in Ambon Island on Monday morning when residents from Tial and Tulehu villages attacked nearby Suli village, injuring at least five residents and destroying dozens of houses, an official said.
Mon, 25 Sep 2000
Art and culture important
Art and culture important The Jakarta Post Sept. 17, 2000, Sunday issue published an article on Batik Hokokai. Please do not stop publishing articles on art and culture. This country does not only require high-tech specialists and brilliant military generals, but it should also keep introducing and...
Mon, 25 Sep 2000
Mahathir claims he's overworked, underpaid
Mahathir claims he's overworked, underpaid KUALA LUMPUR (AP): Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said he is overworked and underpaid, reacting to critics who call him extravagant, a newspaper reported on Sunday.
Mon, 25 Sep 2000
Aceh violence continues amid Geneva peace effort
Aceh violence continues amid Geneva peace effort BANDA ACEH, Aceh (JP): Separate attacks on government and police facilities continued in the province on the weekend, which security officials claim was the work of separatist rebels.At least four attacks were recorded since Saturday.
Mon, 25 Sep 2000
Tax compliance needs improvement: Official
Tax compliance needs improvement: Official JAKARTA (JP): Only a little more than half of Indonesia's 1.3 million registered individual tax payers have fulfilled their tax obligation in full, according to a senior official at the office of the director general of taxation.
Mon, 25 Sep 2000
Rumanian diplomat killed in car accident
Rumanian diplomat killed in car accident JAKARTA (JP): Second secretary of the Rumanian Embassy here, Getoniu Stere, was killed in a traffic accident when his car hit a tree on the capital's main thoroughfare of Jl. Sudirman in the earlier hours of Sunday, a police officer has said.
Mon, 25 Sep 2000
Seven nabbed over public disorder
Seven nabbed over public disorder DENPASAR, Bali: Police arrested seven men on Sunday who were suspected of mobilizing dozens of youth blocking the main road in Denpasar.Several sharp weapons also were seized, a police officer said.The chief of the Badung riot police, Sr. Insp.
Mon, 25 Sep 2000
Press urged to be accurate in reporting
Press urged to be accurate in reporting JAKARTA (JP): Observers urged the local press on Saturday to place more attention on accuracy and developing social consciousness in presenting news that will educate people rather than going for tacky or sensational stories.
Mon, 25 Sep 2000
Self-destructing e-mail, possibly impossible mission
Self-destructing e-mail, possibly impossible missionBy Lim Tri Santosa BANDUNG (JP): Several companies are exploring ways to control the copying and dissemination of electronic documents with their own versions of self-destructing e-mail.
Mon, 25 Sep 2000
Indonesian business at the crossroads
Indonesian business at the crossroadsBy Nabiel Makarim JAKARTA (JP): Big businesses with considerable assets, like mining and chemical based industrial companies, are now under attack and mounting pressure from the government and the public in the media almost every day.
Mon, 25 Sep 2000
Estrada orders signing of new air pact with Taiwan
Estrada orders signing of new air pact with Taiwan MANILA (DPA): Philippine President Joseph Estrada on Sunday ordered the country's representative office in Taiwan to immediately sign a new air agreement to resume direct commercial flights between Manila and Taipei.
Mon, 25 Sep 2000
Armed Myanmar intruders killed by Thai army
Armed Myanmar intruders killed by Thai army MAE SOT, Thailand (AP): Four unidentified, armed intruders from Myanmar were killed on Saturday in a gun battle with Thai soldiers near the border between the two nations, Thai army officers have said.
Mon, 25 Sep 2000
AriaWest fires back at Telkom over line services
AriaWest fires back at Telkom over line services JAKARTA (JP): American telecom giant AT&T's Indonesian subsidiary, PT AriaWest International, said on Saturday it regretted accusations against the company by its local partner, the publicly listed PT Telkom, and called them "blatantly untrue".
Mon, 25 Sep 2000
Hotel returns favor in form of foodstuffs
Hotel returns favor in form of foodstuffs JAKARTA (JP): The Ibis Hotel in Mangga Dua, Central Jakarta, distributed food packages to residents who live in the surrounding area on Saturday as a gesture of appreciation for the help the locals' gave in protecting the hotel during the May riots of 1998.
Mon, 25 Sep 2000
RI athletes hailed for winning medals at Sydney Olympics
RI athletes hailed for winning medals at Sydney Olympics SYDNEY (JP): The Indonesian team can hold its head high despite missing an opportunity to win its second gold at the Olympic Games here, chef de mission Arie Sudewo said on Sunday.
Mon, 25 Sep 2000
Nuarta in rites of tangible and intangible reality
Nuarta in rites of tangible and intangible realityBy Aendra H. Medita JAKARTA (JP): Symbols of tangible and intangible reality are to be found in Nyoman Nuarta latest selection of sculptures currently on display at Edwin's Gallery in Kemang, South Jakarta.
Mon, 25 Sep 2000
President's move to install police chief draws ire
President's move to install police chief draws ire JAKARTA (JP): President Abdurrahman Wahid's move to hastily swear in Gen. Bimantoro as National Police chief has drawn ire from several legislators and observers.
Mon, 25 Sep 2000
15 firms explore gold in Barito
15 firms explore gold in Barito JAKARTA (JP): Only one of the 15 gold contractors licensed to operate in North Barito regency, Central Kalimantan, has started mining the precious metal, regent Badaruddin said on Saturday.
Mon, 25 Sep 2000
Makindo sees bright future for online stock trading
Makindo sees bright future for online stock trading JAKARTA (JP): The country's first securities company offering online stock trading, PT Makindo, expects to attract one million clients in the next five years.
Mon, 25 Sep 2000
No need to guard the former president
No need to guard the former president President Abdurrahman "Gus Dur" Wahid's order to disarm former president Soeharto's guards is a resolute step in upholding law and order. The society has indeed waited for such a step.Though no longer in power, Soeharto is still treated as a power holder.
Mon, 25 Sep 2000
Abandoning the city?
Abandoning the city? The historic drop in Jakarta's population was happily greeted by Governor Sutiyoso quoted in Sept. 20 The Jakarta Post as saying "Whatever the reason, it gives us fewer problems and people to take care of".
Mon, 25 Sep 2000
Trade pacts are building blocks to global trade: APEC
Trade pacts are building blocks to global trade: APEC BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN (AFP): Regional and bilateral trade arrangements should be viewed as "building blocks" to the multilateral free trade system, not as destabilizers, Asia- Pacific senior trade officials said here on Saturday.
Mon, 25 Sep 2000
East Timor militias hand over arms
East Timor militias hand over armsBy Fabiola Desy Unidjaja ATAMBUA, East Nusa Tenggara (JP): Militias here officially began handing in their weapons on Sunday as top police officials warned they would conduct massive sweeping operations in three days to apprehend those who remained belligerent.
Mon, 25 Sep 2000
More killed in latest Saparua clashes
More killed in latest Saparua clashes AMBON, Maluku (JP): The bloodshed which has swept across Saparua island in Central Maluku continued over the weekend, as dozens of people were killed in two clashes which erupted on Saturday, according to witnesses.
Mon, 25 Sep 2000
Children witness mother's fiery death
Children witness mother's fiery death JAKARTA (JP): A 42-year-old housewife was found dead with severe burns in Tangerang, west of here, on Friday.No police officers could not be reached, but her husband told reporters at Cipto Mangunkusumo General Hospital's morgue that Melani had set herself on...
Mon, 25 Sep 2000
Cilacap waters underexploited
Cilacap waters underexploited CILACAP, Central Java: Cilacap Regent Hery Tabri said here on Saturday the fishery potential in the area's waters remained underexploited by local fisherfolk.Most of the fishery potential is being exploited illegally by foreign ships, he remarked.
Mon, 25 Sep 2000
Activists demand Rp 4b in damages from police
Activists demand Rp 4b in damages from police JAKARTA (JP): Four activists from the Agrarian Reform Consortium (KPA) have demanded Rp 4 billion in compensation from the Jakarta Police, claiming they had suffered from wrongful arrest and ill-treatment during a hunger strike in August.
Mon, 25 Sep 2000
Theives make off with cash, valuables
Theives make off with cash, valuables BOGOR (JP): A gang of eight armed robbers broke into a villa on Sunday in Megamendung rented by a group of nine holidaymakers from Jakarta and made off with cash and valuables, including six cellular phones, together worth Rp 20 million.
Mon, 25 Sep 2000
Suspected JSX bombers arrested
Suspected JSX bombers arrested JAKARTA (JP): Police announced on Sunday the arrest of a gang of 25 men allegedly involved in a recent fatal blast at the Jakarta Stock Exchange (JSX) building and a grenade explosion last month at the Malaysian Embassy.
Mon, 25 Sep 2000
Astaga launches travel firm
Astaga launches travel firm JAKARTA (JP): Local internet portal operator Astaga!com launched over the week end its new service, a tour and travel service through its website www.astagatours.com.Astaga!com president Andrew Hayek said the company's new service offered airline ticket and hotel...
Mon, 25 Sep 2000
Military reform stagnant, says general
Military reform stagnant, says generalBy Ridwan M. Sijabat JAKARTA (JP): The reform movement, which had a share in bringing Soeharto down from his presidency in 1998, is at stake as it receives strong resistance from the remnants of the former New Order regime.
Mon, 25 Sep 2000
Morning quake wakes Bandung
Morning quake wakes Bandung BANDUNG: Residents of Bandung looking forward to a lazy Sunday morning were awakened by an earthquake measuring 5.4 on the Richter scale.The local Meteorology and Geophysics Agency said the 30-second earthquake jolted the city at 7:55 a.m.
Mon, 25 Sep 2000
High hopes on OPEC summit in Caracas
High hopes on OPEC summit in CaracasBy Emilio Rappold CARACAS (DPA): "They are all just a heap of Pinocchios," a former Venezuelan oil minister said of his OPEC colleagues.They had a tendency to set oil-production quotas at OPEC meetings on Sept.
Mon, 25 Sep 2000
Worrying signs of Asian relapse revive crisis
Worrying signs of Asian relapse revive crisis PRAGUE (Dow Jones): Asia is looking sick, again. Many thought it couldn't happen again, but stock markets are down more than 20 percent from peak levels, currencies are sliding, and parts of the region are facing political turmoil.
Mon, 25 Sep 2000
Experts, legislator support bill on presidential conduct
Experts, legislator support bill on presidential conduct JAKARTA (JP): A political scientist, a constitutional law expert and a legislator hailed the initiative by the House of Representatives (DPR) to draft a bill which would set a code of conduct for the head of state.
Mon, 25 Sep 2000
Indonesia seeks support in implementing regional autonomy
Indonesia seeks support in implementing regional autonomy JAKARTA (JP): The government is lobbying the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and other international donors to help Indonesia overcome feared budget shortfalls following the implementation of wider regional autonomy next...
Mon, 25 Sep 2000
Security guards protect footbridge near Le Meridien
Security guards protect footbridge near Le Meridien JAKARTA (JP): Anyone using the footbridge in front of the Le Meridien hotel on Jl. Sudirman in Central Jakarta will notice the presence of several security guards, each equipped with a combat knife and stick, standing by the bridge.
Mon, 25 Sep 2000
Undertaking another exciting weekend hardware adventure
Undertaking another exciting weekend hardware adventureBy Zatni Arbi JAKARTA (JP): If you think your PC is too slow, you're a normal person. Trust me, you are. I say so because I think most normal people believe that they always need a more powerful PC with a bigger hard disk, more memory and, if...
Mon, 25 Sep 2000
Indonesia may become net oil importer in 10 years
Indonesia may become net oil importer in 10 years JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources Purnomo Yusgiantoro said on Saturday that Indonesia would become a net oil importer in 10 years time as there were only five billion barrels left in the country's oil reserves.
Sun, 24 Sep 2000
Japanese grass turned into stunning handicrafts
Japanese grass turned into stunning handicraftsBy R. Agus Bakti YOGYAKARTA (JP): Harmada, a grass that is native to Japan, does not only grow in its country of origin but also in a Central Java village, where it is flourishing.The grass is cultivated because of its versatility and economic value.
Sun, 24 Sep 2000
Is society condoning extramarital affairs?
Is society condoning extramarital affairs?By Tuti Gintini JAKARTA (JP): Extramarital affairs seem to occur every day and everywhere, involving celebrities, business people, housewives, government officials and even heads of state.
Sun, 24 Sep 2000
HIV positive people tell how it is for them
HIV positive people tell how it is for themBy Mehru Jaffer JAKARTA (JP): For his 17th birthday earlier this year, "Zorro" got a surprise. Not a nice one, though: he discovered he was infected with the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV).
Sun, 24 Sep 2000
Ancient spas more relevant today for mind and body
Ancient spas more relevant today for mind and body Mineral-spring spas were once regarded as shrines by ancient societies everywhere. The waters of the springs were said to have magical powers to heal all kinds of ills.
Sun, 24 Sep 2000
Culinary expert gives food for thought
Culinary expert gives food for thoughtBy Bruce Emond JAKARTA (JP): It's hard not to take note of the way restaurateur and culinary expert William Wongso puts away his food.After all, he is someone who makes the delicate matter of matters of the stomach his business.
Sun, 24 Sep 2000
Hendrawan fails to win in last hurdle
Hendrawan fails to win in last hurdleBy Primastuti Handayani SYDNEY (JP): China dashed Indonesia's last hope to have the red-and-white flag hoisted to the pinnacle for a second time in the Olympic Games when Hendrawan succumbed to a determined Ji Xinpeng in their men's singles badminton final on...
Sun, 24 Sep 2000
The empty chair
The empty chair My first involvement with an empty chair of historical value, if I may say so, was more than forty years ago, when as a journalist working for the national news agency Antara, I was a guest of the British government in London.
Sun, 24 Sep 2000
Ceramic wares are Klampok's claim to fame
Ceramic wares are Klampok's claim to fameBy Agus Maryono BANJARNEGARA, Central Java (JP): The housewives of Klampok village finish their chores and then head off to their side job, creating some of the best-known ceramics in the country.
Sun, 24 Sep 2000
When trains pass once again through Lampegan tunnel
When trains pass once again through Lampegan tunnelBy YR Prahista SUKABUMI, West Java (JP): On a hot day in July, a group of children in Lampegan stopped playing, then ran for the railway connecting Bandung with Sukabumi via Cianjur. Beaming, they formed a line on both sides of the tracks.