S. Korea urged not to expel RI workers<\/p>\n
JAKARTA: Manpower and Transmigration Minister Jacob Nuwa Wea
\nurged South Korea on Monday not expel Indonesians working
\nillegally in Korea in the same way Malaysia did.<\/p>\n
Speaking to the media after witnessing the signing of an
\nagreement with PT Unilever, the minister said the government had
\nset aside Rp 5.8 billion to repatriate about 55,000 illegal
\nIndonesian workers employed overseas.<\/p>\n
Nearly 8,531 of these workers are employed in South Korea and
\nthe local government has given them until March 2003 to return to
\nIndonesia or face deportation.<\/p>\n
They became illegal workers in South Korea before completing
\ntheir work contracts.<\/p>\n
Last Friday, Indonesian Minister of Foreign Affairs Hassan
\nWirayudha said after a meeting with his South Korean counterpart,
\nChoi Sung Hong, that the Indonesian government had been
\ncoordinating closely with South Korea to seek the best solution
\nto the problem of illegal workers.<\/p>\n
The government has also contacted South Korean employers to
\nreport the presence of illegal Indonesian workers to the
\nIndonesian Embassy.<\/p>\n
Wirayudha said the government did not want to see the illegal
\nIndonesian workers in South Korea meet the same fate as their
\nfellows in Malaysia, who were deported. --Antara<\/p>\n
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\nItaly revokes travel warning
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Italy downgrades travel advisory<\/p>\n
JAKARTA: The Italian government has downgraded its travel
\nadvisory to visit Indonesia, which it issued following last
\nmonth's Bali bombing in Legian, Kuta.<\/p>\n
Italian Ambassador to Indonesia Francesco M. Greco told the
\nmedia here on Monday that his government lifted the warning
\nagainst travel to Indonesia after seeing the seriousness of the
\nIndonesian Police in investigating the Bali bomb case.<\/p>\n
Ambassador Greco made the statement after attending the
\nopening of a workshop, which his government coorganized with the
\nOffice of the State Minister for Research and Technology.
\n--Antara<\/p>\n
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\nTerrorism-investigation-
\nU.S. praises Indonesian police
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U.S. praises Indonesian police<\/p>\n
BANDUNG: United States Ambassador to Indonesia Ralph L. Boyce
\npraised the Indonesian police here on Monday for successfully
\narresting the alleged mastermind and other suspects in the Bali
\nbombing.<\/p>\n
Boyce made the statement when he visited the Bandung-based
\nInstitute of Technology (ITB).<\/p>\n
The ambassador said his country appreciates the results of the
\ninvestigation and the arrest of the suspects who were reportedly
\nnot only involved in the Bali tragedy but also in a series of
\nbombings in the country.<\/p>\n
Police have arrested Amrozi and Imam Samudra for their
\nrespective roles in the car bomb explosion that killed nearly 200
\npeople, mostly foreign tourists, in Bali last Oct. 12, about 40
\ndays after the tragedy.<\/p>\n
Boyce said the finding of video compact discs on Osama bin
\nLaden at Imam's house in Solo, Central Java, was not solid proof
\nthat the bin Laden-led al-Qaeda terrorist network really existed
\nin Indonesia.<\/p>\n
Boyce's visit to ITB was in connection with the United States
\nAgency for International Development (USAID) cooperation in
\ndisaster mitigation.<\/p>\n
He also visited the Darut Tauhid Islamic boarding school here,
\nled by noted preacher Abdullah Gymnastiar, the academy for
\nIndonesian police and the University of Padjadjaran. --Antara<\/p>\n
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\nJapan gives US$4m for govt reforms
\nJP\/4\/SCENE<\/p>\n
Japan donates US$4m to govt fund<\/p>\n
JAKARTA: Japan contributed US$4 million to the Indonesian
\ngovernment fund for the Partnership for Governance Reform in the
\ncountry, the United Nations reported.<\/p>\n
"The fund is managed by the United Nations Development
\nProgram," the UN press release, made available to Antara here on
\nMonday.<\/p>\n
The partnership is a collaborative attempt to bring the
\ngovernment, civil society and private sector together with
\ninternational development partners to develop coalitions for
\nreform efforts to strengthen governance in Indonesia.<\/p>\n
The international community has committed more than US$30
\nmillion to the governance fund.<\/p>\n
Besides Japan, the governments of Australia, Canada, Finland,
\nFrance, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Korea, Spain,
\nSweden, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom, as well as the
\nEuropean Union have also contributed funds to support this
\nprogram. --Antara<\/p>",
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