Indonesian wins UNDP award<\/p>\n
JAKARTA: Activist Achmad Ramadhan was named one of the winners
\nof the Poverty Eradication 2003 award from the United Nations
\nDevelopment Program (UNDP) over the weekend.<\/p>\n
The UNDP, in its release sent to The Jakarta Post said that
\nAchmad won the award for his active role in fighting against
\nHIV\/AIDS in North Sumatra.<\/p>\n
Aside from Achmad, this year's Poverty Eradication award also
\nwent to Helen Ditsebe-Mhone of Botswana, Lydia Shouleva of
\nBulgaria, Jimmy Bhojedat of Guyana and Asma Khader of Jordan.<\/p>\n
UNDP Administrator Mark Malloch Brown conferred the award on
\nAchmad, who is also a lecturer at the Medan Institute of Islamic
\nStudies (IAIN), at the UN Headquarters in New York on Oct. 29.<\/p>\n
Through IAIN's North Sumatra HIV\/AIDS information and
\ncounseling center called Lathiva, Achmad forged cooperation with
\nsome fifty Muslim organizations in enhancing people's
\nunderstanding on HIV\/AIDS and drug abuse.<\/p>\n
Achmad, according to UNDP, succeeded in mobilizing volunteers,
\nespecially women, in reaching out to the public at large.<\/p>\n
UNDP's Poverty Eradication award is given to individuals
\nconsidered active in mobilizing the people to achieve the
\nMillennium Development Goals. --JP<\/p>\n
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U.S. citizen faces deportation<\/p>\n
BANDAR LAMPUNG: The Bandar Lampung Immigration Office is
\nplanning to deport U.S. citizen Larry D. Munsey, 58, for
\nallegedly catching protected butterfly in a national park in
\nTanggamus regency, Bandar Lampung.<\/p>\n
Immigration office head Etty Andriani said on Sunday that
\nMunsey and three Indonesians identified as Ade Iwana, L. Saragih
\nand Ade Mulyana, were put under the custody of the forestry
\nrangers at the national park.<\/p>\n
Later they were moved to the Lampung Police headquarters.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Munsey' lawyer Ariansyah said although Munsey's
\npassport was seized, he still had a residence permit. However, he
\nwas not allowed to stay at a requested hotel.<\/p>\n
Ariansyah said Munsey was actually passing through the
\nnational park on his way to Bengkulu before being arrested.<\/p>\n
\"He decided to take a rest when he was trapped in a traffic
\njam. Munsey saw butterflies then he caught some, but rangers
\napparently approached him,\" he added.<\/p>\n
Lampung Police said Munsey and his three friends were arrested
\nalong with nine butterflies. Two of them were protected species.
\n-- Antara<\/p>\n
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\nGovt to introduce border pass card
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Border residents to get border pass<\/p>\n
KUPANG, East Nusa Tenggara: The government is planning to
\nintroduce passes for residents of areas bordering East Timor in
\nthe second week of December.<\/p>\n
The head of Atambua industry and trade service Supartantyo
\nsaid over the weekend that the cards would be distributed on Nov.
\n18 at the provincial level.<\/p>\n
\"This will be followed by familiarization of the program in
\nthree districts and 10 subdistricts lying on the border,\"
\nSupartantyo said.<\/p>\n
The move follows the signing of a memorandum of understanding
\nby Trade Minister Rini Soewandi on behalf of the Indonesian
\ngovernment and Foreign Minister Jose Ramos Horta for the East
\nTimor government last June.<\/p>\n
The passes will be issued free of charge by administrative
\nofficials at border areas for traditional events and family
\ngatherings or trade at regulated markets.<\/p>\n
Those eligible for the passes are adults or married people
\nliving in areas directly bordering each other.<\/p>\n
The Indonesian districts covered by the regulation are Belu,
\nNorth Central Timor, the subdistrict of North Amfoang in the
\ndistrict of Kupang, the subdistricts of East Alor, Pantar and
\nSouthwest Alor in the district of Alor.<\/p>\n
The districts in East Timor included in the regulation are
\nBobonaro, Kovalima and Oecusse. --Antara<\/p>\n
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\nKL deports hundreds of TKIs
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KL deports hundreds of TKIs<\/p>\n
MEDAN: Hundreds of illegal Indonesian workers in plantation
\nand construction projects have flocked North Sumatra province
\nafter Malaysia, once again, launched a raid on illegal migrant
\nworkers in the country.<\/p>\n
\"Malaysian police have intensified operations to arrest
\nillegal workers,\" workers from East Java who had worked in
\nMalaysia for three months said in the North Sumatra port of
\nBelawan on Saturday.<\/p>\n
During the past week, some 1,036 illegal Indonesian workers
\nwere deported by the Malaysian government to Belawan port in two
\ngroups of 442 workers and 594 workers respectively.<\/p>\n
Many of the workers admitted that they had worked in the
\nneighboring country for quite a long time, both in plantation and
\nconstruction projects.<\/p>\n
They entered Malaysia through ports in North Sumatra and Riau
\nprovinces, and were promised high salaries. --Antara<\/p>",
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