Archive: 30 December 2001
63 articles found
Sun, 30 Dec 2001
Complaints regarding the bureaucracy
Complaints regarding the bureaucracy The government bureaucracy is again in the spotlight. This time it is the comments from President Megawati Soekarnoputri. In essence, the head of state said that cooperation between the ministers and the first and second echelon officials was not good.
Sun, 30 Dec 2001
The dilemma of the cases of Soeharto and Tommy
The dilemma of the cases of Soeharto and Tommy Three of Indonesia's former presidents are connected with legal cases. The cases of two of the former presidents are not so complex or dilemmatic. B.J. Habibie, apart from being questioned in relation to Buloggate II, is now being sought by the German...
Sun, 30 Dec 2001
Gunmen kill 10 in Philippines
Gunmen kill 10 in Philippines PHILIPPINES: Gunmen believed to be from a separatist gang killed 10 villagers near the southern Philippine town of Naga, the military said on Saturday.At least 20 armed men attacked a village outside Naga, 780 kilometers south of Manila, on Thursday night and opened...
Sun, 30 Dec 2001
Autonomy raises hope and fear on environment's fate
Autonomy raises hope and fear on environment's fateFitri Wulandari The Jakarta Post Jakarta Environmental destruction in 2001 may not have exceeded previous years but was unfortunately just as rapid with nature continuing to vanish in a blink of an eye.
Sun, 30 Dec 2001
Editor quits over apology
Editor quits over apology MALAYSIA: The editor of a Malaysian newspaper has resigned after disputing upper management's decision to publish an apology for running a story about an alleged assassination plot targeting Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad and his deputy.
Sun, 30 Dec 2001
Flooding closes Medan's airport
Flooding closes Medan's airport Flooding in the North Sumatra capital of Medan forced thousands of residents to flee their homes on Saturday and temporarily shut down the city's Polonia International Airport.
Sun, 30 Dec 2001
What's in Sunday Photo Credit dpa Features
What's in Sunday Photo Credit dpa Features Bogor Blooming:On the rare occasion when a towering bunga bangkai (corpse flower) blooms at the Bogor Botanical Gardens, an hour's drive from Jakarta, its pungent odor attracts more than just flies and carrion beetles.
Sun, 30 Dec 2001
PON XVI project
PON XVI project and collusionFrom RepublikaAs a citizen of South Sumatra I feel very sad, annoyed and confounded by the attitude of the provincial executive toward the PON XVI 2004 national sports festival project scam between the regional public works office and the regional legislature's...
Sun, 30 Dec 2001
Bound to fail in developing nations?
Bound to fail in developing nations?Marco Kusumawijaya, Contributor, JakartaThe Mystery of Capital -- Why Capitalism Triumphs in the West and Fails Everywhere Else; By Hernando de Soto; Basic Books, New York, 2000, 275 pp.; US$27.50.
Sun, 30 Dec 2001
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~ InBox What's the governor's job worth? Monthly salary of Rp 12.6 million (similar to a Cabinet minister) and various allowances that are taken from the 2001 city budget:Annual allowance for official wardrobe of Rp 40 million Annual travel allowance of Rp 445 million Annual health allowance of Rp...
Sun, 30 Dec 2001
Year-end Special Section
Year-end Special Section The Jakarta Post's review of the year today focuses on the development of the country's economy as well as its entertainment scene. The economy continued on its path of muddling along, growing too slowly to kick start the long-awaited recovery but growing enough to prevent...
Sun, 30 Dec 2001
Expert battles Indonesian health ignorance
Expert battles Indonesian health ignoranceMehru Jaffer, Contributor, Jakarta Many Indonesians may feel that all the riches of the nation are concentrated on the streets of the capital's opulent central business district. But to Dr.
Sun, 30 Dec 2001
40 percent of Indonesians poor
40 percent of Indonesians poor JAKARTA: Forty percent of 210 million Indonesians live under the poverty line, according to the National Family Planning Coordinating Agency Yaumil Agoes Achir.The figure is a dramatic increase on statistics prior to the economic crisis in July, 1997 when 11 percent...
Sun, 30 Dec 2001
Megawati, husband off to Bali for New Year's
Megawati, husband off to Bali for New Year'sFabiola Desy Unidjaja, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta President Megawati Soekarnoputri and her husband Taufik Kiemas flew to the resort island of Bali on Saturday to celebrate the New Year holidays, while her government implements its drive for more modest...
Sun, 30 Dec 2001
Ahmad Junaidi
Ahmad Junaidi The Jakarta Post Jakarta The city administration has proposed a 2002 City Budget totaling Rp 8.8 trillion, with increased funding for the repression of disadvantaged people and for Governor Sutiyoso's wardrobe.
Sun, 30 Dec 2001
Regional autonomy: A double standard in motion?
Regional autonomy: A double standard in motion?Santi WE Soekanto The Jakarta Post Jakarta When 2002 dawns, Indonesia will mark the first anniversary of the implementation of the regional autonomy policy.
Sun, 30 Dec 2001
Mix and match for New Year's Eve
Mix and match for New Year's EveMaria Endah Hulupi, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta For the upcoming New Year's celebration, master chef Eric Mommejac from three-star hotel and four-star restaurant Le Lion d'Or in Quercy, France, shares his recipe for pan-fried duck liver with mascarpone polenta and...
Sun, 30 Dec 2001
The year of political disputes
The year of political disputesKurniawan Hari and Bambang Nurbianto The Jakarta Post Jakarta When the nation entered a reform era following the downfall of autocratic president Soeharto in 1998 and his protege B.J. Habibie in Oct.
Sun, 30 Dec 2001
Activist Suraiya wants promises fulfilled
Activist Suraiya wants promises fulfilledHera Diani, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The past 12 years have hardly been normal for Suraiya Kamaruzzaman. As a women's rights activist in conflict-torn Aceh, intimidation and terror have been part of the 33-year-old's daily life.
Sun, 30 Dec 2001
Megawati tells TNI not to worry about rights abuse charges
Megawati tells TNI not to worry about rights abuse chargesTiarma Siboro The Jakarta Post JakartaPresident Megawati Soekarnoputri urged the Indonesian Military (TNI) on Saturday to keep the country intact and said not to worry about accusations of human rights abuses in carrying out its work.
Sun, 30 Dec 2001
The year of political disputes
The year of political disputesKurniawan Hari and Bambang Nurbianto The Jakarta Post Jakarta When the nation entered a reform era following the downfall of autocratic president Soeharto in 1998 and his protege B.J. Habibie in Oct.
Sun, 30 Dec 2001
Year-end Special Section
Year-end Special Section The Jakarta Post continues its review of the year with this section today looking at the question of life in the regions and metro Jakarta.The year 2001, which ends in a matter of days, has witnessed what many people call the biggest experiment in regional autonomy -- the...
Sun, 30 Dec 2001
Crimes against humanity must be dealt with by int'l law
Crimes against humanity must be dealt with by int'l law Terrorism: The failure of international criminal law Munir Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence Jakarta The events of Sept. 11 have triggered fresh debate on the place of terrorism in the realm of international law --...
Sun, 30 Dec 2001
Cambodia ends first phase of military cuts
Cambodia ends first phase of military cuts CAMBODIA: The government on Wednesday wrapped up the first phase of efforts to scale back its bloated military, completing the demobilization of some 15,000 troops.
Sun, 30 Dec 2001
Bachelors willing to go on the block for a good cause
Bachelors willing to go on the block for a good causeMehru Jaffer, Contributor, Jakarta Despite Oscar Wilde's wicked definition that philanthropy is simply the refuge of people who wish to annoy their fellow creatures, the simple act of giving is said to light up many a dead spirit.
Sun, 30 Dec 2001
Latest version - Dec 27 - bsr
Latest version - Dec 27 - bsrCaltex Provides Free Harelip Surgery For Local Kids Rahmat was 12 and Juniati was 11. Like the other kids in their village of Aur Sati in the Tambang district of Bangkinang, Riau, the two could often be found playing cheerfully in their neighborhood.
Sun, 30 Dec 2001
Sacrificing for the country is the duty of all citizens
Sacrificing for the country is the duty of all citizens President Megawati Soekarnoputri and Coordinating Minister of the Economy Dorodjatun Kuntjoro-Jakti have highlighted the financial difficulties experienced by Indonesia.
Sun, 30 Dec 2001
Ester wages war against scourge of discrimination
Ester wages war against scourge of discriminationHera Diani, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta In the opinion of human rights activist Ester Jusuf Purba, the Indonesian people are basically racist. Even worse, she contends, it is the country's laws that actually encourage discriminatory behavior.
Sun, 30 Dec 2001
40 percent of Indonesians poor
40 percent of Indonesians poor JAKARTA: Forty percent of 210 million Indonesians live under the poverty line, according to the National Family Planning Coordinating Agency Yaumil Agoes Achir.The figure is a dramatic increase on statistics prior to the economic crisis in July, 1997 when 11 percent...
Sun, 30 Dec 2001
JP/ /DPR
JP/ /DPRMPR/DPR - A spectacle of turbulence and contention.Meidyatama Suryodiningrat The Jakarta Post Jakarta Some 250 years-ago American James Madison wrote that democracies have ever been spectacles of turbulence and contention.
Sun, 30 Dec 2001
At factory outlets, you can shop till you drop
At factory outlets, you can shop till you dropSusanna Tjokro, Contributor, Jakarta In Jakarta and other big cities throughout Indonesia, factory outlets are mushrooming, offering merchandise that runs the gamut from the cheesy to the elegant.
Sun, 30 Dec 2001
Put your best face forward
Put your best face forwardBruce Emond, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Ever wake up, stumble into the bathroom and find that the face and hair style of the person staring back leave you desperately craving for something different?Sometimes, things can get a bit radical, like having to resist the urge to...
Sun, 30 Dec 2001
Public demands resignation of railway officials
Public demands resignation of railway officialsKurniawan Hari and Rendi A. Witular, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Three separate train accidents occurred on Christmas Day, killing at least 61 people.Dozens of rail disasters have occurred in the past few months and politicians and passengers put that...
Sun, 30 Dec 2001
Rizal finds his focus as a filmmkaer
Rizal finds his focus as a filmmkaerJoko E.H. Anwar, Contributor, Jakarta Rizal Mantovani has many admirers, people who regard him as a pioneer in the country's music video industry.There are also many who think that he has not grown as a music video director, despite his many years of experience.
Sun, 30 Dec 2001
Australia drops dumping charges against RI's paper products
Australia drops dumping charges against RI's paper productsThe Jakarta Post JakartaThe Australian government has dropped its dumping allegations against two Indonesian export paper products, according to an Indonesian envoy.
Sun, 30 Dec 2001
Indonesian sports face grim outlook in 2002
Indonesian sports face grim outlook in 2002Musthofid, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta With economic and political condition expected to have yet to return normal in the near future and the absence of government's sporting goodwill, Indonesian sports is facing a grim prospect ahead, according to senior...
Sun, 30 Dec 2001
Main points of the new gov't instruction limiting wastefulness
Main points of the new gov't instruction limiting wastefulnessOn efficient uses of state-owned assets:* Limit the use of paper, official stationary only should be used for external correspondence. Typing should be done using 12-point Pica, Arial fonts with a 1.5 margin between lines.
Sun, 30 Dec 2001
Where to go in Jakarta:
Where to go in Jakarta:Exhibitions* Stone Lithographs and Paintings by Ken Pattern, Koi Galeri/Restoran Jl Mahakam I/2 (Tel: 7222864), 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. until Dec. 31. * Indonesian Comic part 2, The British Council, S. Widjojo Centre, Jl. Jend. Sudirman 71, South Jakarta, Monday to Friday, 9 a.m.
Sun, 30 Dec 2001
Humble eggs hatch into things of beauty
Humble eggs hatch into things of beautyMaria Endah Hulupi, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta From an ordinary egg to a work of art.Although egg-decorating is one of the oldest crafts known to man, many Indonesians have never heard about eggcraft and pysanka (egg-painting).
Sun, 30 Dec 2001
Mega to sign decree for Timor tribunal
Mega to sign decree for Timor tribunal JAKARTA: State Secretary/Cabinet Secretary Bambang Kesowo said on Wednesday that President Megawati Soekarnoputri will sign a decree on the appointment of ad hoc human rights trial judges by the end of the year."We submitted the decree before Idul Fitri (Dec.
Sun, 30 Dec 2001
RI maid jailed for abuse
RI maid jailed for abuse HONG KONG: An Indonesian maid was sentenced to three months in jail for abusing a baby girl who was under her care, a report said on Saturday.Ade Sartika-Ningsih, 27, was jailed on Friday for mistreating her employer's four-month old baby by holding her upside down and...
Sun, 30 Dec 2001
On the shelves
On the shelves10 November '45, Mengapa Inggris Membom Surabaya? (10 November '45, Why Did Britain Bomb Surabaya?); By Batara R. Hutagalung; Millenium Publisher, Jakarta; (Oct. 2001), first edition, xiv + 472 pp; Rp 59,900, This book analyzes the simultaneous sea, land and air campaign by British...
Sun, 30 Dec 2001
Who needs Military Command in Jakarta?
Who needs Military Command in Jakarta?Emmy Fitri The Jakarta Post Jakarta In the big city of Jakarta, where there are neither simmering separatist movements nor challenges from foreign invaders, where should the dear soldiers of the city Military Command (Kodam) be positioned?Ikrar Nusa Bhakti, a...
Sun, 30 Dec 2001
High time to entertain our mind and soul
High time to entertain our mind and soulK. Basrie, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta In such gloomy times, a big, nifty television with a smooth, true-to-life picture from a flat screen accompanied by supersonic sound might be an appropriate gadget to brighten up your house in time for the holiday season.
Sun, 30 Dec 2001
JP/3/INSIGHT
JP/3/INSIGHTWhither civil society? Are we getting closer or farther from becoming a civil societyJ. Soedjati Djiwandono Political Analyst Jakarta Both Sukarno, through his "guided democracy", and Soeharto through his "Pancasila democracy", robbed the sovereignty and power of the people.
Sun, 30 Dec 2001
Competition heating up in TV industry
Competition heating up in TV industryLuas Samudera, Contributor, Jakarta The Indonesian television industry will remember the year 2001 as one of the most crucial in its history, while preparing to face what could be the toughest competition ever next year.
Sun, 30 Dec 2001
Something smelly a lure in Bogor
Something smelly a lure in BogorPeter Janssen, Deutsche Presse-Agentur, Bogor When a Bunga Bangkai (corpse flower) blooms at the Bogor Botanical Garden, 40 kilometers south of Jakarta, it attracts more than just flies, carrion beetles and sweat bees.
Sun, 30 Dec 2001
PON XVI project
PON XVI project and collusionFrom RepublikaAs a citizen of South Sumatra I feel very sad, annoyed and confounded by the attitude of the provincial executive toward the PON XVI 2004 national sports festival project scam between the regional public works office and the regional legislature's...
Sun, 30 Dec 2001
Put your best face forward with a makeover
Put your best face forward with a makeover------------------ Bruce Emond The Jakarta Post Jakarta ------------------ Ever wake up, stumble into the bathroom and find that the face and hair style of ther person staring back leave you desperately craving for something different?Sometimes, things can...
Sun, 30 Dec 2001
Sacrificing for the country is the duty of all citizens
Sacrificing for the country is the duty of all citizens President Megawati Soekarnoputri and Coordinating Minister of the Economy Dorodjatun Kuntjoro-Jakti have highlighted the financial difficulties experienced by Indonesia.
Sun, 30 Dec 2001
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~ Yearend specialEvery day for the rest of this week The Jakarta Post presents a special 10-page review of the year that was starting today with a look back at the national news as well as the sports scene. -- Pages 11-20 ;JP; ANPAj..r.. Publisher-notice No paper on Christmas day JP/1/20011215.
Sun, 30 Dec 2001
JP//TNI
JP//TNITiarma Siboro The Jakarta Post Jakarta Although it has formally abandoned its much criticized dual function (Dwifungsi) doctrine, the Indonesian Military (TNI) is yet to shed its image as a "troublemaker".
Sun, 30 Dec 2001
Humane treatment of job-seekers
Humane treatment of job-seekersorHumane treatment for job-seekers Beginning next week, the city administration will launch an operation to reorganize Jakarta's demographic population in anticipation of an influx of newcomers from throughout the region at the end of Idul Fitri.
Sun, 30 Dec 2001
Autonomy policy no solution to Aceh conflict
Autonomy policy no solution to Aceh conflictSanti WE Soekanto The Jakarta Post JakartaAnother year is whizzing by leaving Aceh with wounds agape and questions unanswered. Hardly a day in 2001 has gone by without murders being committed in the strife-torn region -- the Indonesian Red Cross workers...
Sun, 30 Dec 2001
'My love of cars is a masculine thing'
'My love of cars is a masculine thing'I. Christianto, Contributor, Jakarta The name Roy Suryo is frequently associated with crime stories in Indonesia.Neither a fiction writer nor movie director, he is, instead, probably the country's most famous multimedia expert.
Sun, 30 Dec 2001
A challenge to Agum Gumelar
A challenge to Agum Gumelar I should have written this letter when the accident of Cirebon Express and Empu Jaya trains occurred three months ago. Unfortunately another tragedy, the train collision between the Gaya Baru and the Empu Jaya, took place on Dec. 25, 2001.
Sun, 30 Dec 2001
Some of 2001's grizzly crimes in Jakarta
Some of 2001's grizzly crimes in Jakarta=================================================================================No. Incident Date State====================================================================================1. Police officer, driver shot Jan.
Sun, 30 Dec 2001
President gives TNI a pep talk
President gives TNI a pep talkTiarma Siboro, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta President Megawati Soekarnoputri urged the Indonesian Military (TNI) on Saturday to keep the country intact and said not to worry about accusations of human rights abuses in carrying out its work.
Sun, 30 Dec 2001
Year-end Special
Year-end SpecialThe Jakarta Post continues today with its special 10-page review of 2001 with a look at the regional and metro Jakarta scene.Pages 11-20
Sun, 30 Dec 2001
More trouble and strife on the cards in 2002
More trouble and strife on the cards in 2002Ida Indawati Khouw, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta "Happy New Year!" is the usual greeting when a new year is approaching. But how should we welcome 2002 if the predictions are full of doom and gloom?The seemingly endless political machinations have been...
Sun, 30 Dec 2001
Prevent Liem from
Prevent Liem from BCA ownership If government officials were serious in seeking to prevent Liem Sioe Liong and/or his family from taking over Bank Central Asia (BCA), then their first priority would be to sell, or confiscate, his current shares, which stand at eight percent.
Sun, 30 Dec 2001
For Info Box:
For Info Box:Some important cases which drew public attention but have yet to be, if ever, resolved:1. The Ancolgate scandal involving some city officials and councillors who took a foreign trip in October 2000.
Sun, 30 Dec 2001
JETRO sees 3.8% growth for RI economy in 2002
JETRO sees 3.8% growth for RI economy in 2002Berni K. Moestafa The Jakarta Post Jakarta The Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO) estimated Indonesia's economy to grow by 3.8 percent next year, on the back of continued solid domestic consumption and better export sales, as developed economies...