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2007

Indonesia faces new airline ban in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia has said it is considering a ban on Indonesian airlines from flying to the country for safety reasons. This news comes just after a newly instated ban in the European Union was announced for similar reasons. That ban came after two major air accidents in the archipelago earlier this year. The transport ministry ... ( read on )

2006

Tsunami warning for Australia, Indonesia after quake
Indonesia and Australia were advised of a possible local tsunami after a magnitude-7.2 earthquake struck the Indian Ocean south of the Indonesian island of Java. The tsunami watch was issued at 3:36 p.m. local time after the quake hit about a quarter-hour earlier, according to an e- mailed statement from the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center. The ... ( read on )

2006

Tsunami hits western shore of Java island
A powerful earthquake sent a 6-foot-high tsunami crashing into a beach resort on Indonesia's Java island Monday, killing at least five people and causing extensive damage to hotels, restaurants and homes, the president and witnesses said. People ran up a hill to escape the wave on Pangandaran beach in west Java, a woman who identified ... ( read on )

2005

Indonesia and rebels agree formula for Aceh peace
Indonesia and Aceh rebels have agreed the formula for a peace deal to end a 30-year-old conflict that has cost 12,000 lives in the province that was laid waste by last December’s tsunami, Indonesia said on Sunday. A last-minute compromise overcoming Jakarta’s resistance to the Free Aceh Movement (GAM) becoming a political party meant a draft ... ( read on )

2005

Bajaj to set up plants in Indonesia, Brazil
India’s second largest bike maker Bajaj Auto is setting up its first plant outside India in Indonesia, near Jakarta, chairman Rahul Bajaj announced at the company’s annual general meeting (AGM) here on Saturday. Another operation would take off in Brazil in 18 months’ time, Mr Bajaj said. He also indicated to shareholders that free ... ( read on )

Other events on this day

2001

President Abdurrahman Wahid says he and VP Megawati S. will struggle together to maintain their posts until 2004 because both of them were democratically elected in 1999 for a five-year term, asserting if one of them leaves, the other must also.

2001

Fifty members from East Timorese prointegration groups celebrate the 25th anniversary of E. Timor's integration into Indonesia at the E. Timor Students Dormitory in Yogyakarta, and vow to continue to struggle for East Timor's return to Indonesia.

2001

The International Labor Organization (ILO) ranks child labor conditions in Indonesia as the third worst in Asia behind India and China.

2001

Over 9,000 workers of state aircraft manufacturer PT Dirgantara Indonesia strike to demand company director Jusman S. Djalal resigns for failing to eradicate graft in the company and not tripling their basic salary.

2000

Minister of Foreign Affairs Alwi Shihab says Brunei's Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah has questioned the public furor in Jakarta over his US$2 million donation to Pres. Abdurrahman Wahid, saying the sultan donated the money in a personal capacity to help Wahid.

2000

Non-governmental organization Government Watch (Gowa) files a report at National Police Headquarters, accusing two current and three former members of state Bank Tabungan Negara's board of directors of graft.

2000

In a meeting with provincial governors in Jakarta, Pres. Abdurrahman Wahid urges provincial and district administrations to honor business contracts concluded by the central govt and to act as good hosts to businesses.

2000

Thousands of farmers and fishermen in the province of South Sulawesi, grouped in the People's Committee for Agrarian Renewal (KRSPA), march to the provincial council demanding revisions to the 1960 Agrarian Law which they describe as unjust.

2000

The Indonesian Bank Restructuring Agency (IBRA) and Bank Indonesia reach an out-of-court settlement with the former owners of Bank Bali, the Ramli family, paving the way for the government to recapitalize the publicly listed bank.

2000

President Abdurrahman Wahid rules out proposals on the need for foreign troops in Maluku because as, a sovereign state, Indonesia is fully responsible for its domestic affairs and it has taken several measures to end the conflict in the region.

2000

Noted figures from the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI Perjuangan) launch the New Indonesia Democracy Institute as a body designed to heighten political awareness and education. It is managed by Dimyati Hartono.

2000

U.S. Secretary of Defense William Cohen in Sydney, Australia, says that the United States is reestablishing military links with Indonesia, and denies his country is selling arms to Jakarta.

1999

President BJ Habibie installs Navy chief Adm. Widodo A.S. as deputy commander of the Indonesian Military (TNI) amid speculation that the appointment is a move to prepare the ground for military chief Gen. Wiranto to become the country's vice president.

1999

National Mandate Party chief Amien Rais meets with National Awakening Party founder Abdurrahman Wahid in Yogyakarta and names the latter as an alternative presidential candidate to circumvent the growing polarization between supporters of Mega & Habibie

1998

Nahdlatul Ulama Muslim organization chairman Abdurrahman Wahid, ousted leader of the Indonesian Democratic Party Megawati Soekarnoputri and renowned government critic Dili Bishop Carlos Felipe Ximenes Belo in Jakarta call on the govt to form a coalition.

1998

Lt. Gen. Prabowo Subianto, former commander of the Army's Special Force (Kopassus), states he is ready to take responsibility for the kidnappings of political activists allegedly perpetrated by Kopassus early this year.

1998

The Star Crescent Party (PBB) is established in Jakarta. It is led by young Muslim scholar Prof. Yusril Ihza Mahendra.

1997

The wooden Peldatari ferry sinks in Lake Toba, North Sumatra, killing 83 people.

1997

A Fokker-27 plane belonging to Trigana Air Service, leased by Sempati Air, crashes five minutes after takeoff from Husein Sastranegara Airport in Bandung, West Java, killing 30 people and injuring 26 others.

1997

The Consultative Group on Indonesia pledges US$5.3 billion in aid to Indonesia. The amount is higher than the US$5.26 billion pledged last year.

1995

A Twin Otter plane owned by Merpati Nusantara Airlines crashes after taking off from Bintuni airstrip in Manokwari regency, Irian Jaya, killing the pilot and injuring two of the crew and two of the 14 passengers.

1994

Universalist and influential literary figure Sutan Takdir Alisjahbana dies of a heart attack at the age of 86 in Jakarta.

1992

Indonesia's new creditor consortium, the World Bank-chaired Consultative Group on Indonesia (CGI), commits US$4.94 billion for 1992/1993, more than the US$4.75 billion pledged by its predecessor, the Inter-Governmental Group on Indonesia, last year.

1991

At the 15th anniversary of the integration of East Timor into Indonesia, East Timor Governor Mario Viegas Carrascalao in Dili tells East Timorese that it is futile to expect secession from Indonesia.

1988

Prominent jazz musician Jack Lesmana dies of cryoglobulinamea, a disease which makes the level of hemoglobin to decrease, at the age of 57 in Jakarta.

1987

Mount Kiebessi (1,375 meters) on Makian island, North Maluku, spews fire and ash 1,800 meters into the air, causing 14,000 people to flee to Ternate island.

1986

Marthe Indey, a national hero from Irian Jaya, dies.

1985

Inge Tjoe of Central Java wins the 1985 Indonesian Garment Sewing Contest in Jakarta, grabbing the Mrs. Tien Soeharto trophy.

1984

President Soeharto dedicates a new fishing port in Muara Baru, North Jakarta.

1976

East Timor is formally integrated into Indonesia.

1950

Filipino President and First Lady Alphidio Quirino pay a two-day visit to Indonesia. Quirino is the second state guest, after Indian Prime Minister Shri Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru's visit earlier this year, since Indonesia's independence.

1947

Prime Minister Amir Sjarifuddin rejects a Dutch request to accept gendarmerie (Dutch police) here and to cease all hostility toward the Dutch.

1946

Sixteen organizations in Makassar, South Sulawesi, merge to form the Rebellious Militia of Indonesian Sulawesi (Lapris) with Ranggong Daeng Romo as its commander.

1946

Vice President Mohamad Hatta in a radio speech in Yogyakarta states that the Dutch act violently and arbitrarily throughout Indonesia.

1908

"Bataviaasch Nieuwsblad" explicitly publishes Boedi Oetomo's objective, which is the progress of the Dutch East Indies, not only Java.

1899

National hero Teuku Nyak Arif is born in Ulee Lheue, near Banda Aceh.