House fails to deliberate bills<\/p>\n
JAKARTA: Despite its target to deliberate 54 bills this
\nsession, after more than a week into its current 35-day session,
\nthe House of Representatives has not begun discussions on a
\nsingle one.<\/p>\n
A committee tasked to discuss the pornography bill has just
\nelected Aisyah Baidhowi of the Golkar faction as its chairwoman.
\nThe committee is now expected to arrange its schedule for
\ndeliberations.<\/p>\n
The House's secretariat said Tuesday that a committee tasked
\nwith deliberating the establishment of a truth and reconciliation
\ncommission would resume discussions only next week.<\/p>\n
And legislators have not started deliberating the bill on the
\nestablishment of the West Sulawesi province as they are waiting
\nfor President Megawati Soekarnoputri to appoint ministers to the
\ncommittee.<\/p>\n
Legislators on the commission for manpower affairs will
\ndiscuss input from all factions on a bill for the protection of
\nmigrant workers next week. --JP<\/p>\n
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\nScene-military-raider
\n10 raider battalions to be set up
\nJP\/4\/scene<\/p>\n
10 raider battalions to be set up<\/p>\n
GILIMANUK, Bali: The Army is planning to set up 10 more raider
\nbattalions across the country in the near future to complement 80
\nothers already in place.<\/p>\n
Army deputy commander Lt. Gen. Darsono MSc. said in Gilimanuk,
\nBali on Tuesday that the new airborne battalions would help
\nenhance the Army's fighting ability.<\/p>\n
\"We want the fighting ability of troops to increase evenly
\nacross the country,\" Darsono was quoted by Antara as saying.<\/p>\n
He did not reveal any specific timetable on the establishment
\nof the raider battalions.<\/p>\n
The two-star general also suggested that the plan would
\nrequire a large budget but again did not provide specifics.<\/p>\n
The new raider battalions will be attached to the Army's 12
\nmilitary commands across the country. --Antara<\/p>\n
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\nANPAa..r..
\nScene-RI-Madagascar
\nRI, Madagascar to produce dictionary
\nJP\/4\/snene3<\/p>\n
RI, Madagascar to produce dictionary<\/p>\n
JAKARTA: Indonesia and Madagascar agreed on Tuesday to put up
\na joint venture to produce a dictionary of both languages in a
\nbid to strengthen cooperation between the two countries, which
\nhave many similarities in languages and ethnic groups.<\/p>\n
The fact that 300 root words of both languages have
\nsimilarities in form and meaning proves that both languages come
\nfrom the same language group, Austronesian.<\/p>\n
The project will include several parties, such as the National
\nBook Center and linguists from universities.<\/p>\n
The two countries also agreed to make a film about their
\ncultural similarities.<\/p>\n
Cultural delegations from both countries will also exchange
\nvisits. --Antara<\/p>\n
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\nANPAa..r..
\nScene-JAJAKI-meeting
\nJAJAKI starts its national meeting
\nJP\/4\/jajaki<\/p>\n
JAJAKI starts national meeting<\/p>\n
JAKARTA: More than 40 government institutions, non-government
\norganizations (NGOs), universities, political parties and mass
\nmedia started a two-day meeting on Tuesday to help create good
\npublic policy and push for continuing reform after the 2004
\nelections.<\/p>\n
The groups, under the network called JAJAKI, would debate
\npriorities on public policy to be further debated and finally
\nrecommended to the government after next year's election.<\/p>\n
JAJAKI was facilitated by the United Nations Facility for
\nIndonesian Recovery (UNSFIR).<\/p>\n
Among the institutions that joined JAJAKI were the Indonesian
\nInstitute of Sciences (LIPI), the University of Indonesia,
\nNadhlatul Ulama, Muhammadiyah, and The Jakarta Post.<\/p>\n
After the two-day meeting, JAJAKI will continue to hold public
\ndebates and meetings to sharpen public policies to be recommended
\nto the government.-JP<\/p>",
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