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Wed, 01 Oct 1997
RI's antidumping duties
RI's antidumping duties JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia's antidumping committee has imposed duties on imports of hot rolled coil or plates from China, India, Russia and the Ukraine, to replace temporary tariffs introduced earlier this year.
Wed, 01 Oct 1997
Rupiah's fall will not help exports: Tunky
Rupiah's fall will not help exports: Tunky JAKARTA (JP): The rupiah's depreciation against the U.S. dollar will not necessarily improve the competitive edge of Indonesian exports, a minister said yesterday.
Wed, 01 Oct 1997
Talks on E. Timor resume
Talks on E. Timor resume UNITED NATIONS (AFP): A new round of closed-door talks between Indonesia and Portugal focusing on a political solution for East Timor opens here today.The UN-sponsored talks, involving senior officials from Indonesian and Portuguese foreign ministries, are scheduled to end...
Wed, 01 Oct 1997
Forestry licenses revoked
Forestry licenses revoked JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Forestry Djamaludin Suryohadikusumo said yesterday that he has instructed the provincial forestry office to temporarily revoke permits of 176 timber and plantation companies today if they could not prove they did not start the fires.
Wed, 01 Oct 1997
Harmoko get presidential thanks for his service
Harmoko get presidential thanks for his service JAKARTA (JP): State Minister of Special Assignments Harmoko ended his 14-year service as a cabinet minister yesterday with a "thank you" from President Soeharto.
Wed, 01 Oct 1997
Haze at a dangerous level: Sujudi
Haze at a dangerous level: Sujudi JAKARTA (JP): The air quality in Indonesia's haze-stricken areas has worsened and become a health hazard, Minister of Health Sujudi said yesterday."I think the haze has now reached a dangerous level... in terms of breathing difficulty.
Wed, 01 Oct 1997
NSW to help Jakarta with wastewater treatment
NSW to help Jakarta with wastewater treatment JAKARTA (JP): The Jakarta administration signed an agreement with the Australia's New South Wales administration yesterday to set up a central treatment system for the city's household wastewater.
Wed, 01 Oct 1997
Malaysia's acts, RI slow to respond
Malaysia's acts, RI slow to respondFrom Media IndonesiaI am touched by Malaysia's efforts to help overcome the forest fires in Sumatra and Kalimantan. Our neighbor has sent some 1,000 people and hired experts from France and Japan to alleviate the situation.
Wed, 01 Oct 1997
Workers protest over punishment
Workers protest over punishment TANGERANG (JP): Three credit installment collectors of private company PT Columbia protested yesterday to their union after being ordered to stand for three hours for failing to meet their daily collection target of Rp 600,000 (US$200).
Wed, 01 Oct 1997
City to propose minimal budget cut
City to propose minimal budget cut JAKARTA (JP): The municipality is to propose a cut in its Rp 3.36 trillion (US$1.05 billion) budget of less than 10 percent for the 1997/1998 fiscal year, the deputy governor of economic and development affairs Tb.M. Rais said yesterday.
Wed, 01 Oct 1997
Thai PM runs into obstacles during cabinet reshuffle
Thai PM runs into obstacles during cabinet reshuffleBy Rajan Moses BANGKOK (Reuter): Despite winning a censure vote in parliament over the weekend, embattled Thai prime minister Chavalit Yongchaiyudh's political woes seem far from over.
Wed, 01 Oct 1997
Spotlight
SpotlightPhoto A: AwardsJP/alxCUT ABOVE: The director of PT Busana Perkasa Garments of the Texmaco Group, Marimutu Manimaren (left), greets President Soeharto, accompanied by Vice President Try Sutrisno, after receiving the Primanyarta Award.
Wed, 01 Oct 1997
Deceit report still under investigation
Deceit report still under investigation JAKARTA (JP): Police are still investigating a report lodged by a Singaporean businessman that his local partner has deceived him in a deal to transport rice from Vietnam to Indonesia.City Police Spokesman Lt. Col. E.
Wed, 01 Oct 1997
SE Asian currencies drop to fresh lows
SE Asian currencies drop to fresh lows SINGAPORE (Reuter): Southeast Asian currencies continued to make fresh lows on a minute-by-minute basis yesterday with sentiment about as poor as it gets, traders and analysts said.Despite an absence of fresh factors, corporate investors remained hungry for U.
Wed, 01 Oct 1997
Who is responsible?
Who is responsible? In reference to Education and Culture Minister Wardiman Djojonegoro's statement on academic unemployment (Sept. 27), it is high time that The Jakarta Post published an article or a series of articles that deal with our major problems and go to the core of each issue.
Wed, 01 Oct 1997
Ramos denies role in gold case
Ramos denies role in gold case MANILA (DPA): President Fidel Ramos denounced as "a conspiracy" yesterday allegations that he holds an account in a Swiss bank containing money from the sale of gold owned by the late Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos.
Wed, 01 Oct 1997
Harmoko anxious to assume prestigious House speaker post
Harmoko anxious to assume prestigious House speaker post JAKARTA (JP): Golkar chairman Harmoko, a cabinet minister for 14 years, is scheduled to be inducted today as a member of the House of Representatives and the People's Consultative Assembly, along with 999 other people.
Wed, 01 Oct 1997
Failure of traffic law
Failure of traffic lawFrom Sinar PagiI agree with legislator Muhammad Buang who said that the substance of 1992 Traffic Law No. 14 is good (Sinar Pagi of Sept. 22). The problem lies in its inconsistent enforcement because certain members of the City Land Transportation Agency and traffic violators...
Wed, 01 Oct 1997
PT Satelindo seeks satellite manufacturer
PT Satelindo seeks satellite manufacturer JAKARTA (JP): PT Satelindo, a private telecommunications operator, has invited five leading satellite manufacturers to bid for the construction and financing of the company's new telecommunications spacecraft.
Wed, 01 Oct 1997
RI's GDP estimated at 7% despite crisis
RI's GDP estimated at 7% despite crisis JAKARTA (JP): The Castle Group, a business consulting company, predicts that Indonesia's gross domestic product (GDP) growth will reach 7 percent in the 1997 calendar year and next year despite the currency turmoil.
Wed, 01 Oct 1997
Expressing old hopes
Expressing old hopes One thousand new members of the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) and House of Representatives (DPR) will be sworn in today by the chief justice.Every five years, when this event takes place, the public starts asking whether the two legislative bodies, especially the House,...
Wed, 01 Oct 1997
Soeharto wants sportsmanship at SEA Games
Soeharto wants sportsmanship at SEA Games JAKARTA (JP): President Soeharto has called on Indonesia's 19th SEA Games team to do their best at the Games, and to develop friendships with the other athletes.
Wed, 01 Oct 1997
Jeep crushes female street sweeper to death
Jeep crushes female street sweeper to death JAKARTA (JP): A female public cleaner was crushed to death by a speeding jeep while sweeping Jl. Pluit Utara Raya in North Jakarta yesterday morning.The driver of the Taft jeep, apparently a local high school student, was held by the worker's colleagues,...
Wed, 01 Oct 1997
Greatest threat is injustice, not communism, Nasution says
Greatest threat is injustice, not communism, Nasution says JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia's most senior military figure and survivor of the 1965 failed communist coup, Gen. (ret) Abdul Haris Nasution, said social injustice, not communism, was the greatest threat to the nation's survival.
Wed, 01 Oct 1997
Affair of the Hearts
Affair of the HeartsBy Djanwar Madjolelo JAKARTA (JP): In third place at the 9th European Open Pairs semifinals from March 17 to March 22 in The Hague, Netherlands were Pierre Adad and Maurice Aujaleu of France, the 1992 Olympiade bridge world champions."Have you a hand?," the Bulletin asked.
Wed, 01 Oct 1997
Stock Exchange
Stock ExchangeStock prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (in rupiah) on Sept. 30, 1997: Shares Close Change Trading Volume ------------------------------------------------------ Ades Alfindo 1,075 0 75,000 AHAP Insurance 2,500 0 0 Alter Abadi 750 0 0 Alumindo Light Metal 775 -50 1,046,000 Alumindo...
Wed, 01 Oct 1997
Rupiah falls to another new low as shares gain footing
Rupiah falls to another new low as shares gain footing JAKARTA (JP): The rupiah fell yesterday to another new low against the U.S. dollar but local stock prices gained footing on the increase in prices of blue chip shares.
Wed, 01 Oct 1997
Sjafrie pays courtesy call on Gen. (ret.) Nasution
Sjafrie pays courtesy call on Gen. (ret.) Nasution JAKARTA (JP): The country's most senior soldier, Gen. (ret.) Abdul Haris Nasution, congratulated Jakarta Military Commander Maj. Gen. Sjafrie Sjamsoeddin yesterday, wishing him well in his new position.
Wed, 01 Oct 1997
Finding answers to tough questions
Finding answers to tough questionsFrom Suara KaryaThe heat is impossible to ignore during the dry season and the drought has forced people to endure shortages of water for cooking, drinking and washing.Water in paddy fields has dried up so no more rice can be planted.
Wed, 01 Oct 1997
Hashish seized in Medan
Hashish seized in Medan MEDAN, North Sumatra: Police seized on Sunday 14 kilograms of dried hashish and arrested the owner -- the head of a neighborhood in Sei Kera village, Perjuangan subdistrict, Antara reported yesterday.North Sumatra Police spokesman Lt. Col.
Wed, 01 Oct 1997
Preventing air disasters
Preventing air disasters We were jolted last Friday by reports of the crash of the Garuda Indonesia Airbus A-300-B4 on its flight from Jakarta to Medan. All 234 passengers and crew perished. This was the 14th air disaster -- claiming nearly 400 lives -- for the national airline in the past 14 years.
Wed, 01 Oct 1997
Where to go in Jakarta:
Where to go in Jakarta:Exhibitions * Painting Exhibition: 9th Exhibition of 10 of the Best by Ceesepe, at the Embassy of Spain, Jl. H. Agus Salim, no. 61, Central Jakarta, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., until Oct. 10. * Photo Exhibition:...
Tue, 30 Sep 1997
Where to go in Jakarta: Tuesday, September 30, 1997
Where to go in Jakarta: Tuesday, September 30, 1997Exhibitions * Painting Exhibition: 9th Exhibition of 10 of the Best by Ceesepe, at the Embassy of Spain, Jl. H. Agus Salim, no. 61, Central Jakarta, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., until Oct. 10. * Photo Exhibition: ...
Tue, 30 Sep 1997
Bird lovers in a flap over new homes
Bird lovers in a flap over new homes JONGGOL, Bogor (JP): The Jakarta Bird Lovers Association, in cooperation with tycoon Ciputra, plans to set up enormous cages for rare birds in the capital.Association executive Anton Saksono said that the cages, covering between one and two hectares each, would...
Tue, 30 Sep 1997
Cellular phone services gain footing in C. Java
Cellular phone services gain footing in C. Java JAKARTA (JP): The growth in demand for fixed telephone lines in Central Java has started to decline as cellular facilities gain popularity with the local people.
Tue, 30 Sep 1997
Singaporean robbed in hotel
Singaporean robbed in hotel JAKARTA (JP): A Singaporean woman has been robbed in her room at the Park Royal hotel in the Ancol dreamland complex in North Jakarta.The suspect, who is still at large, told hotel staff he was a 'safety officer' and had to search the victim's room alone, City Police...
Tue, 30 Sep 1997
Fairytale house has tales to tell
Fairytale house has tales to tell JAKARTA (JP): Storytellers from the house of fairytales, Rumah Dongeng Indonesia, have come up with a thoughtful surprise for parents and children.Children can hear their ears off about friendship, love, adventure, UFOs and much more in a live show, as professional...
Tue, 30 Sep 1997
Asia Pulp cuts profit
Asia Pulp cuts profit SINGAPORE (Reuter): A fire at an Asia Pulp and Paper Co Ltd (APP) plant in East Java, Indonesia, will cut the operation's profits by about US$6 million, APP said in a statement received by Reuters yesterday.
Tue, 30 Sep 1997
Smog hits KL economy
Smog hits KL economy KUCHING, Malaysia (Reuter): Malaysia's economy has been affected by the smog blowing from fires in Indonesia, Deputy Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said Sunday."There is certainly some impact on the economy.
Tue, 30 Sep 1997
Rupiah hits another low, stocks down
Rupiah hits another low, stocks down JAKARTA (JP): The rupiah fell yesterday to a new historic low of 3,220 against the U.S. dollar on domestic dollar covering and stock prices trailed down, dealers and brokers said.
Tue, 30 Sep 1997
Experts split on issue of constitution amendment
Experts split on issue of constitution amendment JAKARTA (JP): Observers were divided yesterday over whether Indonesia needs to amend the 1945 Constitution in order to facilitate democratization.During a seminar yesterday, constitutional law expert Harun Alrasjid demanded that the new People's...
Tue, 30 Sep 1997
Japan rubber futures are likely to drift
Japan rubber futures are likely to drift TOKYO (Reuter): Japan rubber futures are likely to drift higher this week, helped by growing worries that Indonesia's bush fires may hurt rubber output and shipments, analysts said yesterday.
Tue, 30 Sep 1997
42 firms to make briquet
42 firms to make briquet JAKARTA (JP): President Soeharto has urged the 42 companies awarded permits to build coal briquet plants to begin their projects soon, state-owned PT Batu Bara Bukit Asam's president Sunardi said yesterday"The President has asked us to speed up the projects to supply the...
Tue, 30 Sep 1997
Kia gets ultimatum
Kia gets ultimatum SEOUL (AFP): Creditors of South Korea's ailing Kia Group yesterday declared their two-month loan grace period over, and gave the group's two automakers, Kia Motors Corp and Asia Motors, "final notice" to file for court receivership, Yonhap News Agency said.
Tue, 30 Sep 1997
Old boat found in S. Sumatra
Old boat found in S. Sumatra TANJUNG ENIM, South Sumatra: An 11-meter-long boat believed to be more than 80 years old has been found by workers digging up the banks of a nearby river to construct a bridge.
Tue, 30 Sep 1997
Grave relocation protested
Grave relocation protested TANGERANG (JP): The Tangerang mayoralty decided yesterday to abandon its plan to relocate graves from the Tanah Gocap cemetery in Karawaci to Kedaung Baru village in Batuceper due to opposition from local people who were angry that they were not consulted about the plan.
Tue, 30 Sep 1997
Merpati to fly to Broome
Merpati to fly to Broome PERTH, Australia (AP): Backpacking tourism in Australia's remote northwest Kimberley region may boom with the introduction of the area's first regular international flights from Indonesia to Broome in November.
Tue, 30 Sep 1997
Six bankers held over Rp 200b fraud
Six bankers held over Rp 200b fraud JAKARTA (JP): Police have arrested six executives of the privately owned Bank Dwipa for their alleged role in a Rp 200 billion (US$66.70 million) fraud related to the bank's issuance of commercial papers, certificates and deposits.
Tue, 30 Sep 1997
Rotterdam's mission arrives next week to boost trade ties
Rotterdam's mission arrives next week to boost trade ties JAKARTA (JP): Rotterdam's Lord Mayor, A. Peper, will lead a group of 15 business representatives from the city in the Netherlands on a five-day trade and investment mission to Indonesia next week.Indonesian-Netherlands Association director E.
Tue, 30 Sep 1997
Fires drive tigers, monkeys
Fires drive tigers, monkeys BOYOLALI, Central Java: Four Javanese tigers and some monkeys have fled the fires destroying their habitat in the forests of Mt. Merbabu, Antara reported yesterday.The news agency did not elaborate on how it came up with the number of tigers but quoted the police chief...