ANTARA - The Indonesian National News Agency articles from September 2001

ANTARA - The Indonesian National News Agency archives from September 2001

S SUMATRA GOV'T CONSIDERS SETTING UP "SUMATRA AIRLINES".
September 7, 2001... Palembang, S Sumatra, Sept 6 (ANTARA) - South Sumatra's provincial government, following its success in operating Casa aircraft through its business company PT Prodexim, is reportedly considering setting up a "Sumatra Airlines". "The...

HOUSE APPROVES GOVT'S PLAN TO ISSUE HEDGE BONDS TO SAVE BII.
September 7, 2001... Jakarta, Sept 6 (ANTARA) - The House of Representatives (DPR) commission on financial and budget affairs here Thursday gave its approval to a government plan to issue hedge bonds worth US$1.059 billion to cover BII (Bank Internasional...

MEGAWATI SHOULD COME TO ACEH WITH CASH: OBSERVER.
September 7, 2001... Padang, W Sumatra, Sept 6 (ANTARA) - A political observer, Dr Fachri Ali, said here on Thursday President Megawati Soekarnoputri should bring cash money when visiting Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam next Saturday to prove that she seriously wishes...

INDONESIA, A'LIA AGREE TO FURTHER DISCUSS ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS.
September 7, 2001... Jakarta, Sept 6 (ANTARA) - Indonesia and Australia agreed here on Thursday to conduct further discussions on the question of illegal immigrants and that the problem was not only a bilateral but regional as well as international issue. ...

KADIN WANTS INCREASED CHINESE INVESTMENT IN INDONESIA.
September 7, 2001... Jakarta, Sept 6 (ANTARA) - The China Committee of the Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Kadin) will urge China to encourage its businessmen to invest in Indonesia given China's increasing exports to Indonesia, a committee spokesman...

GAVI TO PROVIDE US$40 MILLION TO PRODUCE HEPATITIS B VACCINE.
September 7, 2001... Jakarta, Sept 6 (ANTARA) - A UN organization, Global Alliance Vaccine and Immunization (GAVI), has pledged to provide US$40 million in funds to produce Hepatitis B vaccine in Indonesia, Health Minister Ahmad Sujudi said here Thursday. ...

Editorial: ERASING JOKES.
September 6, 2001... It has been public knowledge that the three pillars of Indonesia's legal sector -- the police, attorney and court -- are weak. They have been eaten by a "worm" known as money. The worm has eaten away almost all of the pillars, leading to...

Editorial: NO MAN'S GRANT.
September 6, 2001... Corruption and corruptors in Indonesia search for legitimization. One way to do this is through the manipulation of words to make dirty things appear clean, and to make meanness seem like a good deed. In the trial of corruptors, it has...

30 AUSSIE BIZMEN TO EXPLORE INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES IN W JAVA.
September 6, 2001... Canberra, Sept 5 (ANTARA) - Despite Indonesia's and Australia's political debacle in the wake of the illegal migrants issue, trade relations between the two countries have been moving ahead unhindered. Trade and industry attache of the...

GAM TO FACE WEAPONS IF CAUGHT DISTURBING MEGA'S VISIT - POLICE CHIEF.
September 6, 2001... Jakarta, Sept 5 (ANTARA) - The Indonesian police and miary are ready to take firction against the separatist Free Aceh Movement (GAM) if it disturbs President Megawati Soekarnoputri's Sept 8 visit to Aceh, Indonesian Police chief, Gen Surojo...

MINISTER WARNS PROVINCES AGAINST INDULGING IN UNHEALTHY COMPETITION.
September 6, 2001... Jakarta, Sept 5 (ANTARA) - Home Affairs Minister Hari Sabarno on Wednesday warned the provinces against indulging in unhealthy competition in the implementation of regional autonomy. "Do not allow the competitive and comparative...

ACTRESS YENNI RACHMAN QUESTIONED AGAIN BY POLICE.
September 6, 2001... Jakarta, Sept 5 (ANTARA) - Film star, Yenni Rachman, was again questioned by the Jakarta Police here Wednesday regarding the whereabouts of fugitive, Tommy Soeharto. Accompanied by her lawyer Sudarmono, Yenni arrived at the police office...

ANGELICA WIDJAJA ADVANCES TO 3RD ROUND OF U.S. OPEN.
September 6, 2001... New York, Sept 5 (ANTARA) - Indonesia's Angelica Widjaja has advanced to the third round of the junior women's singles event of the US Tennis Open, after defeating Taiwan's Chia-Jung Chuang 7-6, 6-2 at the second round on Tuesday. The...

13 INDON WORKERS IN SINGAPORE SEEK PROTECTION.
September 6, 2001... Batam, Riau, Sept 5 (ANTARA) - At least 13 Indonesian domestic helpers in Singapore have run away from their employers and have sought protection at the Indonesian embassy in the island state. Many of them claimed that they were often...

EX-MINISTER SAYS HE IS READY TO BE QUESTIONED.
September 6, 2001... Jakarta, Sept 5 (ANTARA) - Former finance minister, Fuad Bawazier, has said he is ready to be questioned by the police over the Rp 40 billion grant he had declared to the committee investigating the wealth of state institutions' officials...

MALAYSIA STEPS UP MALACCA STRAITS PATROLS OVER ACEH REBEL THREAT.
September 6, 2001... Kuala Lumpur, Sept 5 (ANTARA/dpa) - Malaysia will beef up patrols in the Straits of Malacca to protect vessels, following a threat by separatist rebels in Indonesia's Aceh province to attack ships unless they seek "permission" to use the...

HEALTH MINISTRY HAS NO PLAN TO SEND MEDICAL WORKERS TO ACEH.
September 6, 2001... Jakarta, Sept 5 (ANTARA) - The Health Ministry has no plan to send medical workers to Aceh as the troubled province has enough workers to provide health services to refugees, Health Minister Ahmad Sujudi has said. Speaking to newsmen on...

NO NEED FOR MEGAWATI TO WEAR BULLET-PROOF VEST IN ACEH: MILY SECRETARY.
September 6, 2001... Jakarta, September 5 (ANTARA) - Presidential Military Secretary Army Brigadier General Tubagus Hasanuddin said President Megawati Soekarnoputri would need no bullet-proof vest during her visit to the restive province of Aceh scheduled for...

AUSSIE SOLDIERS IN MALIANA DETAIN FOUR INDONESIANS FOR HOURS.
September 6, 2001... Jakarta, Sept 5 (ANTARA) - Australian soliders in the East Timor town of Maliana detained four Indonesians, including two ANTARA journalists, for several hours earlier this September although the latter were in possession of passports and ID...

CONSTRUCTION OF SPORTS & TRADE CENTER BASED ON PREVAILING PROCEDURES.
September 6, 2001... Jakarta, Sept 5 (ANTARA) - The construction of a Sports & Trade Center (STC) at Jalan Asia Afrika in the Gelora Bung Karno (Senayan) complex is based on the procedures set by the Jakarta City Administration. Chief spokesperson for Gelora...

UNTAET INVITES E NUSA TENGGARA GOVBERNOR TO VISIT DILI.
September 6, 2001... Kupang, E Nusa Tenggara, Sept 5 (ANTARA) - The U.N. Transitional Administration in East Timor (UNTAET) has invited East Nusa Tenggara Governor Piet Tallo, his deputy Johanis Pake Pani and chief of the local legislative assembly Daniel Woda...

SECURITY FORCES IN BANDA ACEH STEP UP PATROLS AHEAD OF MEGAWATI'S VISIT.
September 6, 2001... Banda Aceh, Sept 5 (ANTARA) - Security forces are intensifying their patrols in Aceh's provincial capital of Banda Aceh and environs ahead of President Megawati Soekarnoputri's visit here on Saturday. "Military and police personnel have...

AUSTRALIA VIOLATES 1951 UN CONVENTION.
September 6, 2001... Kupang, Sept 5 (ANTARA) - Australia has actually violated the 1951 UN convention and the 1967 protocol on refugees following the country's rejection of 434 Afghan immigrants rescued by the Norwegian cargo ship the "Tampa" from a sinking...

FINANCE MINISTRY STREAMLINES STRUCTURAL POSTS.
September 6, 2001... Jakarta, Sept 5 (ANTARA) - The Finance Ministry has reportedly been streamlining its organisational structure since the middle of this year and as a result slashed the number of its strutural posts to 8,301 from 18,553. The measures...

HEAD OF PRESIDENTIAL SECURITY GUARD MEETS WITH JAKARTA POLICE CHIEF.
September 6, 2001... Jakarta, Sept 5 (ANTARA) - The chief of the presidential security guard, Brigadier General Nono Sampoerno, paid a call on Jakarta police chief Inspector General Sofjan Jacoeb here on Wednesday. "My visit here is merely a courtesy as the...

CANBERRA SHOULD UNDERSTAND INDONESIA NOT PURPOSELY LETTING IN ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS : LEGISLATOR.
September 6, 2001... Jakarta, Sept.5 (ANTARA) - A senior Indonesian legislator urged Canberra on Wednesday to understand that Indonesia was not purposely letting illegal immigrants use its territory as a transit point to Australia. "On the contrary, we are...

BIMANTORO SAYS HE WON'T REQUEST EXTENSION OF HIS TENURE.
September 6, 2001... Jakarta, Sept 5 (ANTARA) - National Police Chief Gen. Surojo Bimantoro said here Wednesday he would not request an extension of his tenure after it expires in November. "I will obey the rule, and not ask for an extension. When the time...

EXTRADITION REQUEST NOT ON AGENDA OF TALKS WITH AUSSIE MINISTERS.
September 6, 2001... Jakarta, Sept 5 (ANTARA) - Caberra's request to Indonesia to extradite "people smugglers" to Australia will not be on the agenda of meetings between the two countries' senior ministers later this week, Coordinating Minister for Political and...

GOVT URGED TO CONTROL SUGAR IMPORTS.
September 6, 2001... Bandar Lampung, Sept 5 (ANTARA) - The Association of Indonesian Sugar Producers (AGI) urged the government to control permits to import sugar amidst an allegation that many sugar importers have abused their permits to import the commodity....

FORMER FILM ACTRESS CALLS ON TOMMY TO SURRENDER.
September 6, 2001... Jakarta, September 5 (ANTARA) - Former film actress Yenny Rachman (42) has called on fugitive Tommy Soeharto to surrender to law enforcement authorities for the good of both his family and himself. Yenni Rachman was questioned by the...

THURSDAY'S HEADLINES IN MAJOR INDONESIAN DAILIES.
September 6, 2001... DIALOG ON AMENDMENT OF CONSTITUTION URGED Non governmental organizations' activists on Wednesday called on the highest law-making body to open dialog with members of society who support the establishment of a constitution commission. ...

Editorial: WE'VE GOT A PROBLEM.
September 6, 2001... Indonesia's official attitude in the wake of the Norwegian freighter Tampa episode has been very dismissive. In refusing permission for the ship to offload the Afghan asylum seekers, Jakarta maintained its conviction that this was an...

US FRUSTRATED OVER FOREST FIRES IN INDONESIA.
September 6, 2001... Samarinda, E Kalimantan, Sept 6 (ANTARA) - US ambassador to Indonesia Robert S Gelbard said that not only Indonesia but the US as well have been frustrated by forest fires that happen every year during the dry season in Indonesia. "The...