Matori flown to Singapore<\/p>\n
JAKARTA: Defense Minister Matori Abdul Djalil who has been
\nbed-ridden with a possible stroke over the past week has been
\nmoved from the Army hospital in Central Jakarta to Mount
\nElizabeth general hospital in Singapore.<\/p>\n
According to Suwadi, a deputy secretary general of Matori's
\nnewly created Glorious Awakening Party (PKD), the minister was
\nmoved Wednesday evening \"to give him some fresh air and a change
\nof circumstances.\"<\/p>\n
\"I have just talked to his son who is with him in Singapore.
\nHe said that his father is conscious. He (Matori) has also
\nrecognized people who visited him there,\" Suwadi told The Jakarta
\nPost on Thursday.<\/p>\n
But Suwadi refused to disclose whether Matori was suffering
\nfrom a stroke, saying that \"he is just exhausted.\"<\/p>\n
Matori has been hospitalized for a week but staffers at his
\nministry have refused to confirm it.<\/p>\n
Sources close to Matori, however, said that the minister may
\nhave suffered some degree of brain damage due to a stroke and the
\ndoctors were trying to save his life.<\/p>\n
It may take some time for him to recover, the sources said. --
\nJP<\/p>\n
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\nScene-new-ambassadors
\nMega receives new envoys
\nJP\/4\/envoy<\/p>\n
Mega receives new envoys<\/p>\n
JAKARTA: President Megawati Soekarnoputri on Thursday received
\ncredential letters from new ambassadors of Canada, Kuwait and
\nSlovak to Indonesia.<\/p>\n
Ambassador Randolph Bruce Mank of Canada, Ambassador Mochammad
\nAdel Khalaf of Kuwait and Ambassador Peter Holasek of Slovak
\nsubmitted their credential letters in a state ceremony at the
\nMerdeka Palace.<\/p>\n
Indonesia is not an unfamiliar place for Ambassador Mank, who
\nwas once assigned to Jakarta earlier in his career and he
\nexpressed the commitment of his government to build strong
\nrelations with Indonesia.<\/p>\n
\"Canada is committed to developing strong political and
\neconomic relations with Indonesia,\" he said in a statement
\nprovided to The Jakarta Post on Thursday.<\/p>\n
\"I am particularly pleased to serve as the representative of
\nCanadian government during what I am sure will be crucial years
\nfor Indonesia and its development as a democratic nation and as a
\nleader in the region,\" Mank stated.--JP<\/p>\n
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\nScene-Amien-presidency
\nAmien to name VP hopeful after poll
\nJP\/4\/Amin<\/p>\n
Amien to name VP hopeful after poll<\/p>\n
SURABAYA: Presidential hopeful Amien Rais said on Thursday
\nthat he would choose his vice presidential running mate only
\nafter the outcome of the 2004 legislative election in April next
\nyear.<\/p>\n
Amien, who chairs the National Mandate Party (PAN), hinted
\nthat the announcement of the nominee could be done by the end of
\nApril, after it is known which parties were biggest vote-getters.<\/p>\n
Amien did not explain the political calculation behind the
\ndelay in naming his Vice Presidential hopeful. But he said that
\nhis presidential campaign team was currently exploring
\npossibilities to pick the best choice available.<\/p>\n
\"We don't need to rush, and we should thoroughly determine who
\nwould be the best vice presidential nominee,\" said Amien, before
\ngiving a lecture at the Malang Muhammadiyah University.<\/p>\n
In the recent PAN National Meeting in Makassar, the party came
\nout with 10 names of possible vice presidential candidates.<\/p>\n
That list included Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, Agum Gumelar,
\nYusuf Kalla, Marwah Daud Ibrahim, Kwik Kian Gie, Hasyim Muzadi,
\nSyaifullah Yusuf, Abdullah Gymnastiar, Sri Sultan Hamengkubuwono
\nX and Rachmawati Soekarnoputri. --JP<\/p>",
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