Club helps patients manage health By Stevie Emilia JAKARTA (JP): Suffering from any kind of health problem may make people feel vulnerable and unsure about everything. The slightest symptoms can easily create anxiety and worry. "Is it true that drinking coffee will make my hypertension worse?" asked a man. Others asked: "Why does my palm get cold when I am nervous?

Andrian and Yoon win men's doubles' final JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia's Andrian Raturandang who paired with Yoon Yong-il of South Korea won the men's doubles final of the Men's Indonesian Fertilizer Future 4 at Kemayoran Tennis Center on Saturday. Andrian and Yoon -- second seeded for the event and ranked world no. 939 -- faced a tough battle in three sets to overcome Thailand's non-seeded Narathorn and Paradorn Srichaphan -- 6-2, 2-6, 6-4.

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Curriculum in for a trimming to cut the workload of students By Stevie Emilia JAKARTA (JP): After working as a teacher for 35 years, Ratno Hadi still thinks his job as an elementary school teacher is not easy, and carries huge responsibilities. He has to make his students understand every subject he teaches. Unfortunately, the current 1994 curriculum is not on his side. "The curriculum aims too high...

Political cooperation From Rakyat Merdeka Indonesian Democratic Union Party (PUDI) chairman Sri Bintang Pamungkas is still making an effort to be given a seat in the House of Representatives, because there is still no sign his party will win a seat in the House. So, Sri Bintang has proposed that minor parties which fail to earn a seat in the House during the elections should combine their votes at the national level.

Art dealer Jais Darga Wijaya goes international By Jean Couteau DENPASAR (JP): Indonesian modern painting is, at last, reaching the stage of internationalization. Born in the 1930s as a reaction against colonial exoticism, Indonesian modern painting has long remained confidential and known only to local art lovers. Apart from Affandi from the 1950s on, few painters ever held individual exhibitions abroad.

Badminton stars lack sponsorship deals By Primastuti Handayani JAKARTA (JP): Modern sports is inevitably tied to the sponsors who pay prize money, support events and make household names around the world of stars. Anyone who has opened up a magazine in the last five years is likely to think of Nike and its association with flamboyant tennis player Andre Agassi, who has been on the company's payroll since he took his first steps in professional tennis.

CJ's No Ties After 5 offers new Wednesday evening entertainment JAKARTA (JP): Cafes and pubs are becoming favorite places for professionals in the capital to meet their clients and discuss business during office hours. Then, after a hard day at work, they can return to the cafes, where they can communicate, relax away their stress, enjoy themselves or simply hang around to avoid being trapped in lousy traffic jams on the way home.

RI sculptors fill Singapore's Volume and Form By Amir Sidharta SINGAPORE (JP): Visitors lining up at Singapore's immigration checkpoint at Changi airport are greeted with the city's latest touch of aesthetics. Works of fine art and quite monumental sculpture are placed in each of the four arrival halls of the airport, giving a new dimension to the vast and otherwise rather mundane space.

RI karatekas win bronze JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia won a bronze medal in the third World Ladies Cup karate tournament in the women's kata team event in Tokyo on Saturday. Coach Christine Taroreh said in a telephone interview that the team -- consisting of Fitria Mega Sjaukat, Merani Mega Sjaukat and Endang Trimurti Wulandari -- had performed their best. China and Spain won the gold and silver respectively. "The trio have shown that they are still the best among Southeast Asian countries.

Asia delegates walk out in World Cup row LOS ANGELES, California (Reuters): Asia's entire delegation walked out of a FIFA congress on Friday in protest over the allocation of places for the 2002 World Cup finals and repeated a threat to boycott the qualifying tournament. Despite an impassioned plea from FIFA president Sepp Blatter, Asian delegates stood up and left the conference room en masse, leaving the remaining national associations in stunned silence.

Godly living in the beautiful and tranquil Ciater resort By Kafil Yamin CIATER, West Java (JP): Not many tourist destinations are truly natural. While numerous resorts have come to life after the land was converted, the environment changed and a large amount of investment poured in, Ciater is different. It was created by nature to indulge and spoil those who desire natural comfort.

Spotlight Photo A: Kompas JP/msa RECOGNITION FOR SENIORS: Chairman of Kompas-Gramedia Group Jacob Oetama (right) hands the inaugural edition of Senior tabloid to its first customer, Hardito (second left) to mark its launch. The tabloid's chief editor Sumohadi Marsis (left), general manager Ign. Sunito (third left) and the company's chairwoman Wita Hartanto attended last week's launch ceremony at Hotel Santika, West Jakarta. Senior is targeting men over 40 years old.

Owning up to an addition is a hard reality to face JAKARTA (JP): If you ask a person who drinks alcohol if he or she is an "alcoholic" or an "addict", you would most probably get a "don't be ridiculous!" look as an answer, a cold flat "no" or a fit of laughter from the more humorous. Some people would say they can hold their glass of alcohol or their marijuana joint, thank you, and briskly walk away.

Victor Andrian rushed to hospital after bout JAKARTA (JP): The International Boxing Federation (IBF) Intercontinental junior featherweight champion, Andrian Kaspari of Indonesia, was rushed to hospital shortly after knocking out Russia's Alexander Yurikov in a non-title bout at Indosiar studio here on Friday night. Andrian won by a technical knockout in the fourth round after sending Yurikov down with a hard uppercut to his left ribcage.

Vietnam prepares for SEAG in France VITTEL, France (Reuters): Vietnam's national soccer team arrived in France on Friday for a training camp to prepare for the Southeast Asian (SEA) Games in Brunei in August. The 22-man Vietnamese squad, under its Austrian coach Alfred Riedl, will train until July 20 at the facilities used by Croatia during last year's World Cup finals.

More trouble ahead as drug menace takes hold Drugs and alcohol have caused much trouble for many families, and the problem is apparently becoming more serious, as reflected by the increasing number of addicts. Joyce and David Djaelani Gordon, both AIDS and addiction consultants, wrote the articles on this page for The Jakarta Post. JAKARTA (JP): The drug problem is here in Indonesia. And more people are beginning to realize that this problem will not simply go away by ignoring it.

Ruwiyati picks studies over SEA Games training JAKARTA (JP): Long-distance runner Ruwiyati has prioritized her studies over joining the centralized training program for the 20th Southeast Asian (SEA) Games in Pengalengan tea plantation in West Java.

Designer Stephanus Hamy has designs on the theater By Agni Amorita JAKARTA (JP): Brutus is one of the characters that grabbed the audience's attention when Teater Lembaga, a theatrical group under the auspices of the Jakarta Institute of the Arts, staged a grand version of Shakespeare's Julius Caesar two years ago. Drama critics heaped praise upon both the acting demonstrated by the actor playing Brutus and the Brutus' costume, which they said stood out from the rest of the costumes in the play.

'The Matrix' is pure entertainment By Tam Notosusanto JAKARTA (JP): Matrix: 1) (Math.) a set of numbers or terms arranged in rows and columns between parentheses or double lines. 2) (Anatomy) any nonliving, intercellular substance in which living cells are embedded, as in bone, cartilage, etc. (Webster's New World Dictionary) Anyone who is familiar with the Orwellian biosphere of 1984 or Aldous Huxley's Brave New World should have no trouble identi fying the living world in The Matrix.

A woman as president draws mixed views from public JAKARTA (JP): While the country's top politicians are debating over whether a woman, or more precisely Megawati Soekarnoputri, should be allowed to become president, few have bothered to ask ordinary people how they feel about the subject.

Mothball our hard-won reforms? No way! JAKARTA (JP): On a visit to the workshop of a geothermal power plant in West Java recently, I was advised that the plant was idle, waiting for the green light from the government to go ahead with electricity production. "We have to mothball the production equipment," said Fachrul, pointing to machinery wrapped in plastic sheeting. To mothball an idle piece of equipment, in industrial terms, is to keep it ready for a return to operation at any time.

'Romo' Mangun's works in the eyes of intellectuals Mengenang Y.B. Mangunwijaya, Pergulatan Intelektual Dalam Era Kegelisahan (Remembering Y.B. Mangunwijaya: Intellectual Struggle in a Restless Era); Edited by Dr. Sindhunata; Kanisius, Yogyakarta, 1999; 422 pages; Rp 34,000 YOGYAKARTA (JP): Y.B. Mangunwijaya has left us. He was known in this country as one of a handful of people who was committed to human problems.

TV today TVRI 6:00 a.m. Morning News 7:00 Health and Fresh 8:00 Children's Program 9:30 Documentary 10:00 Music 11:00 TV Drama 12:15 p.m. Comedy 12:30 Student's Quiz 1:00 TV Series: Empire 2:30 Children's Song 3:00 Sports 4:00 Regional News 4:30 Religious Teachings 5:00 Documentary 5:30 TV Drama 6:00 Sports 7:00 Evening News 7:30 TV Drama 8:30 Variety Show 9:00 World News 9:30 Music 10:30 TV Drama 11:35 Late News Program 2 4:30 p.m.

For Indonesians, the waiting game continues By Yenni Djahidin WASHINGTON (JP): It's hot and humid in Washington, and this is especially felt sitting outside a Starbuck's coffee shop on a busy downtown street. The author of A Nation in Waiting, a best- selling book on Indonesian politics sits sipping his coffee. Adam Schwarz says he is now more of a business consultant than a journalist. He also teaches at two prestigious universities, John Hopkins and Georgetown.

Glodok overrun with 'hot' VCDs By Pandaya JAKARTA (JP): The ubiquitous VCD vendors in downtown Kota treat passers by like long lost friends. They try to intercept pedestrians and lead them to their rudimentary wooden stalls. They show you an array of video compact discs including children songs, the latest movies like Tarzan, The Matrix and 8 MM, western music and, of course, pornographic VCDs -- the hottest selling discs of all. Its no secret that almost all of the discs are pirated.

Juana qualifies for 2000 Olympics JAKARTA (JP): Taekwon Doin Juana Wangsa Putri qualified for the 2000 Olympics Games after reaching the semifinals in the world pre-qualifying round for the Olympics at Zagreb, Croatia, on Friday. Secretary-General of the Indonesian Taekwondo Association (TI), Ahmad Zarkasih Hamid, said on Saturday that Juana, who fought in the women's 49kg division, would meet Chinese Taipei's Hung Cha Chun in the semis.

Narcotics Anonymous: Addicts helping addicts JAKARTA (JP): It's Wednesday evening again. Outside a small hospital in South Jakarta, 12 recovering drug addicts come together for a Narcotics Anonymous (NA) meeting. Enthusiasm for the meeting to start is obvious. They know that once they step into the meeting room, they can leave their masks at the door. They know they are in a place where they are accepted for who they are and for the promise of who they can become.

What's in it for our children? By Irene Sugiharto JAKARTA (JP): The girl was staring at her math book with a hopeless look. She had read it many times but still did not understand. "Although we have a total of 48 hours worth of math lessons in a week, it is still difficult for us to do our homework," complained Tasya, a 14-year-old student at a private junior high school in the southern part of Jakarta.

Govt defends decree over poll results validation JAKARTA (JP): The government on Saturday threw its support behind the General Elections Commission (KPU), which is facing the possibility that minor parties will refuse to sign the poll results. Minister of Home Affairs Syarwan Hamid said at his office on Saturday that approval of the official Elections Supervisory Committee was all the only legal condition needed to validate the poll results.

Emma and Vita through to Thailand Open Final JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia's new partnership of Vita Marissa and Emma Ermawati remained the country's sole doubles' contenders in the Thailand Open finals in Bangkok, after defeating Chinese juniors Lu Ying and Huang Sui 15-12, 15-6 in the women's doubles. Seniors Elysa Nathanael and Deyana Lomban bowed out to another Chinese duo of Qin Yiyuan and Gao Ling 8-15, 4-15.

Feng shui portends Megawati's chance as president By Mauro Rahardjo BANDUNG (JP): In feng shui, an individual's rise to leader of a country is simply accounted for in terms of the interaction between the five earthly elements -- water, fire, wood, metal and earth. Most political events that involve the leaders of countries are explained in a number of books on feng shui. Over the past fifteen years, more and more women have become the leaders of countries.