Suharto calls for regional safety net
How to deal with future monetary upheavals.
PRESIDENT Suharto, concerned about the region's recent currency crisis, yesterday called for a "common safety network
Author: Derwin Pereira
Suharto will be first person to get UNDP award
President Suharto will receive a United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) award for his efforts to fight poverty in Indonesia.
It is a first
Suharto rejects call to limit presidential term
He is against changing charter that has served country well.
PRESIDENT Suharto has indirectly rejected calls for a presidential term limit after he
Minister calls for two-term limit for Indonesian presidents
AN INDONESIAN minister has called for limiting a president's tenure in office to 10 years - a maximum of two terms -
Indonesia may see repeat of big forest fires
President orders ministries to stop recurrence.
INDONESIA could face its worst forest fires in 15 years if measures are not taken to combat
Golkar and Abri back new term for Suharto
Candidacy in next year's polls assured.
PRESIDENT Suharto's candidacy in next year's presidential polls is a certainty following the backing he received yesterday
Sudomo returns to Islam but will he get back to politics?
RETIRED Admiral Sudomo, a close ally of President Suharto, has reconverted to Islam after being a Christian for 35 years, prompting some
Suharto’s second daughter comes out of the shadows
President Suharto's second daughter, Mrs Siti Hediati Prabowo, is assuming a higher public profile these days.
She impressed some 1,500 stockbrokers, analysts and
Jakarta’s new Bill gets tough on polluters
Move to fight haze ------------------
THE Indonesian Parliament has passed a new environmental Bill which aims to get tough on polluters, including those
Jakarta will make rain – if KL can provide the planes
The two sides need to work together to battle the haze.
YOU provide the planes and we will provide the rain.
This was Indonesia's
Allow our workers to go on strike, Jakarta MPs urged
Islamic group wants industrial action clause deleted.
AN INFLUENTIAL Islamic group has called on legislators deliberating a controversial manpower Bill to back the
Hasan is among world’s richest
Forbes magazine has listed Indonesian tycoon Muhammad "Bob" Hasan (above) as one of the richest men in the world.
But Mr Hasan claimed