PDI-P leader supports caretaker plan<\/p>\n
JAKARTA: Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI
\nPerjuangan) deputy chairman Arifin Panigoro has expressed support
\nfor the executive board's plan to appoint somebody to take over
\nthe day-to-day running of the party from President Megawati
\nSoekarnoputri.<\/p>\n
He said whoever was appointed would play an important role as
\nthe party dealt with internal frictions.<\/p>\n
\"The party is in a difficult situation. There must be
\nimprovements within the party ahead of the 2004 general
\nelections,\" Arifin said after attending the funeral of
\nnationalist Manai Sophiaan in South Jakarta.<\/p>\n
Arifin said the person appointed to oversee the day-to-day
\nrunning of the party would be expected to improve the performance
\nand image of the party, which has been tainted by a series of
\nscandals.<\/p>\n
These scandals, which have been widely covered by the media,
\ninclude the elections of heads of regional governments, political
\nrifts among central figures in the party and alleged money
\npolitics. -- JP<\/p>\n
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\nRI rivers among dirtiest in world
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RI rivers among dirtiest in world<\/p>\n
MEDAN, North Sumatra: State Minister for Research and
\nTechnology M Hatta Rajasa said on Saturday some rivers in
\nIndonesia, particularly those in Java, were among the dirtiest in
\nthe world as a result of the uncontrolled dumping of industrial
\nwaste.<\/p>\n
He was speaking at a seminar on environmental management
\ntechnology at the University of North Sumatra.<\/p>\n
The minister said the condition of the rivers had much to do
\nwith the poor enforcement of environmental laws and the lack of
\nawareness on the part of businesspeople of the necessity to
\npreserve the environment.<\/p>\n
The situation is exacerbated by the local communities' habit
\nof dumping household waste into the rivers.<\/p>\n
The minister mentioned the Citarum River in West Java as one
\nof the most polluted waterways in the country. The river is 200
\nkilometers in length but only 10 kilometers is unpolluted.
\n--Antara<\/p>\n
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\nEx-minister gets honorary doctorate
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Ex-minister gets honorary doctorate<\/p>\n
JAKARTA: Indonesia must maintain religious harmony or risk the
\ndisintegration of the nation, former religious affairs minister
\nTarmizi Thaher said.<\/p>\n
Tamizi said religious harmony was the \"superglue\" holding all
\nof the country's ethnic and religious groups together.<\/p>\n
He made the statement after receiving an honorary doctorate
\nfrom the Syarif Hidayatullah State Islamic University here on
\nSaturday.<\/p>\n
Tarmizi served as religious affairs minister from 1993 to 1998
\nunder former president Soeharto.<\/p>\n
He said preachers should always work to preserve tolerance
\namong different religious communities.<\/p>\n
Also attending the ceremony were the university's rector
\nAzyumardi Azra, House of Representatives Deputy Speaker A.M.
\nFatwa, Muslim scholar Komaruddin Hidayat and poet Taufiq Ismail.
\n-- Antara<\/p>\n
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\nIndonesia to ask for higher haj quota
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Indonesia to ask for higher haj quota<\/p>\n
MATARAM: Indonesia will ask the Saudi Arabian government to
\nincrease its quota of haj pilgrims for next year's pilgrimage,
\naccording to a minister.<\/p>\n
Minister of Religious Affairs Said Agil Siradj Al Munawar said
\nthe current haj quota of 205,000 pilgrims was no longer
\nsufficient to meet the growing demand among Muslims here.<\/p>\n
\"We will propose to the Saudi government that they allow some
\n10,000 of 30,000 people currently on the waiting list to take
\npart in next year's haj pilgrimage,\" he said in Mataram over the
\nweekend.<\/p>\n
The minister said he would travel to Saudi Arabia on Sept. 16
\nto speak with Saudi officials about increasing Indonesia's haj
\nquota.<\/p>\n
He said several provinces in Indonesia had asked to send more
\npilgrims on the haj, including West Nusa Tenggara, South
\nSulawesi, East Java, East Kalimantan, South Sumatra and Lampung.
\n-- Antara<\/p>",
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