Archive: 16 April 2002
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Tue, 16 Apr 2002, 00:00 WIB
Villagers flee to avoid Purbalingga police raids
Villagers flee to avoid Purbalingga police raids Agus Maryono, The Jakarta Post, Purbalingga Hundreds of villagers in the Central Java town of Purbalingga have fled their homes and are sheltering in the nearby jungle to avoid sweeps by local police searching for those involved in the burning death of a rape suspect earlier in the month.
Tue, 16 Apr 2002, 00:00 WIB
Foreign gamblers invited in Seribu island casinos
Foreign gamblers invited in Seribu island casinos Ahmad Junaidi, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Some in the city administration are already making plans to attract foreign gamblers to the proposed Thousand Islands casinos. The deputy regent of the Thousand Islands regency, Djoko Ramadhan, outlined on Monday how foreigners could be brought to the casinos.
Tue, 16 Apr 2002, 00:00 WIB
Levi's aims to be no.1 in RI in 2 years
Levi's aims to be no.1 in RI in 2 years JAKARTA: American jeans manufacturer Levi Strauss & Co said on Monday it aimed for the number one spot in the Indonesian jeans market within two years, expecting double-digit growth rates ahead. Levi's was ranked second for men denims and third for girl denims, said its Asia Pacific president director John Anderson. "The target will be a huge, double-digit percentage increase ... we shall be number one in the next two years," Anderson told a press meeting.
Tue, 16 Apr 2002, 00:00 WIB
British Council holds film festival
British Council holds film festival JAKARTA: The Kit-Kat British Film Festival, which was opened here last weekend, will run until April 24, featuring 10 critically-acclaimed British movies. The films are Sexy Beast, Claim, Low Down, Strictly Sinatra, Purely Belter, Born Romantic, Bread and Roses, Last Resort, The Parole Officer, and Wonderland. The festival is organized by the British Council in Jakarta.
Tue, 16 Apr 2002, 00:00 WIB
Muninggar Sri Saraswati
Muninggar Sri Saraswati The Jakarta Post Jakarta Jakarta Police detained on Monday a security guard for alleged perjury during the trial of former president Soeharto's youngest son Hutomo "Tommy" Mandala Putra. Suspect Rahmat Hidayat, who used to work at the Soeharto family's Cemara Apartment in Menteng, Central Jakarta, had admitted that he was paid Rp 2 million by Tommy's lawyers, City Police spokesman Sr. Comr. Anton Bachrul Alam said.
Tue, 16 Apr 2002, 00:00 WIB
Laborers demand wage hike
Laborers demand wage hike BOGOR: Thousands of laborers of PT Truba Raya Trading, the producer of FILA shoes, staged a rally in Ciawi, Bogor, demanding the company raise their wages in accordance with the new provincial minimum wage. They also demanded that PT Truba not impose income tax on the workers. PT Truba is a private company that produces FILA shoes for export to Germany, United States, Canada and Italy.
Tue, 16 Apr 2002, 00:00 WIB
2003 SEAG rescheduled to avoid Muslim fast
2003 SEAG rescheduled to avoid Muslim fast HANOI: Regional sports chiefs have rescheduled next year's Southeast Asian Games in Hanoi after complaints that the original dates clashed with the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan, the Vietnamese hosts said Monday.
Tue, 16 Apr 2002, 00:00 WIB
Council slams inefficiency of city-owned ventures
Council slams inefficiency of city-owned ventures Bambang Nurbianto, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The City Council's Commission B for economic affairs condemned Governor Sutiyoso on Monday for not doing enough to improve the performance of 23 city-owned and 12 joint venture companies. Councillor Dani Anwar of Commission B also questioned why the joint ventures should employ many retired officials from the city administration.
Tue, 16 Apr 2002, 00:00 WIB
Petronas, KOGAS eye Transco stake
Petronas, KOGAS eye Transco stake SINGAPORE: A consortium led by Malaysia's Petroliam Nasional Bhd., and South Korea's Korea Gas Corp. and partner are vying for a stake offered in Indonesia's PT Perusahaan Gas Negara's pipeline developing unit, Transco I, a PGN official said Monday. PGN will announce the results of the tender offering a 25 percent to 40 percent stake in Transco I next week, he said.
Tue, 16 Apr 2002, 00:00 WIB
Religious leaders visit Maluku on peace mission
Religious leaders visit Maluku on peace mission The Jakarta Post, Makassar/Cirebon A group of 11 national religious leaders arrived in Ambon on Monday afternoon for a peace mission aimed at boosting an accord to end the three-year sectarian conflict in the Maluku islands. The two-day visit comes 12 days after a powerful bomb rocked the eastern city on April 3, killing at least seven people and injuring more than 50 others.
Tue, 16 Apr 2002, 00:00 WIB
Student protest mars Megawati's Bandung visit
Student protest mars Megawati's Bandung visit Yulie Tri Suwarni, The Jakarta Post, Bandung Bandung Police detained on Monday seven student protesters for allegedly violating measures taken by police to secure President Megawati Soekarnoputri's official visit to Bandung on Monday.
Tue, 16 Apr 2002, 00:00 WIB
ASEAN needs to address illegal trade in small arms
ASEAN needs to address illegal trade in small arms Philips J. Vermonte, Centre for Strategic and International Studies, Jakarta Despite the end of the Cold War, there remains widespread conflict across the world. In his well-known An Agenda for Peace report, former United Nations secretary-general Boutros Boutros- Ghali showed that the characteristics of conflicts have altered since the Cold War. Conflicts now occur more frequently within states than between states.
Tue, 16 Apr 2002, 00:00 WIB
Kolev sees new challenges in Indonesia
Kolev sees new challenges in Indonesia Musthofid, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Newly-recruited Indonesian soccer coach Ivan Venko Kolev says he accepted the job because he wanted new challenges after six years with the Bulgarian U-20 team. "There is no more challenge. This is a new challenge for me and I am keen to take it," Kolev told a press conference through an interpreter at the Indonesian Soccer Association (PSSI) headquarters here on Monday.
Tue, 16 Apr 2002, 00:00 WIB
Stiffer prison sentence sought for IPR violators
Stiffer prison sentence sought for IPR violators A'an Suryana, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta A high-ranking government official urged the country's judges on Monday to impose harsher sentences on those found guilty of violating intellectual property rights (IPR). Heavier punishments are needed to deter people from violating intellectual property rights, the director general of intellectual property rights at the Ministry of Justice and Human Rights, A. Zen Umar Purba, said.
Tue, 16 Apr 2002, 00:00 WIB
Rupiah Rates April 15
Rupiah Rates April 15 Bank notes rates TT rates Selling Buying Selling Buying Rp Rp Rp Rp U.S.
Tue, 16 Apr 2002, 00:00 WIB
First maritime and fishery school
First maritime and fishery school YOGYAKARTA: Yogyakarta's Gadjah Mada University (UGM) plans to open a maritime and fishery school that will serve as the country's think tank for maritime legislation and marine resources exploitation. UGM Rector Sofian Effendi told a fishing seminar in Yogyakarta on Monday that as a counterpart of the government and the fishing industry, the school would prepare maritime personnel and develop maritime technology.
Tue, 16 Apr 2002, 00:00 WIB
Media must fight pornography
Media must fight pornography From Pikiran Rakyat I greatly appreciate the courage of the Minister of Religious Affairs to join the fight against pornography. His statement that the Ministry of Religious Affairs and the Indonesian Council of Ulemas will draft an anti-pornography bill, as published in Pikiran Rakyat of April 1, is really encouraging.
Tue, 16 Apr 2002, 00:00 WIB
Asian currencies up late, rupiah rises to 7-month high
Asian currencies up late, rupiah rises to 7-month high Netty Ismail, Dow Jones, Singapore Dazzling foreign exchange participants, the Indonesian rupiah vaulted to a seven-month high and broke key resistance levels after foreign governments agreed to reschedule part of the country's massive foreign debt. Other Asian currencies were also stronger - albeit in familiar territory - as they found respite from a firmer yen, observers said.
Tue, 16 Apr 2002, 00:00 WIB
JP/12/BEJ
JP/12/BEJ .pl .rm Stock prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (in rupiah) on April 15, 2000: -------------------------------------------------------------- Shares Close Change Trading Volume -------------------------------------------------------------- Abdi Bangsa Tbk 235 0 10,000 Ades Alfindo Tbk 1,350 125 925,000 Adindo Foresta 65 0 0 AGIS Tbk 150 0 6,899,500 Akbar Indo Makmur 370 20 10,000 Alakasa 175 0 0 Alfa Retailindo 800 25 4,965,000 Alter Abadi Tbk 50 0 2,000 Alumindo Light 725 0 27,000...
Tue, 16 Apr 2002, 00:00 WIB
Tax holiday needed to attract investment: BKPM
Tax holiday needed to attract investment: BKPM Adianto P. Simamora, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Indonesia must provide tax incentives if it hopes to compete with other countries in the region in attracting badly needed foreign investment, according to Investment Coordinating Board (BKPM) chairman Theo Toemion. Theo said on Monday that even countries in the region with better infrastructure and security were offering tax incentives to attract investment.
Tue, 16 Apr 2002, 00:00 WIB
VOC colonized Indonesia?
VOC colonized Indonesia? From Koran Tempo The 400th anniversary of the East Indies Trading Company (VOC) is now being commemorated in the Netherlands. They will be celebrating it for the whole year. To highlight this commemoration, a replica of a VOC trading vessel will depart from Australia and make a stopover at Sunda Kelapa port. If we were the VOC or at least the Netherlands' ally, perhaps, we would also be proud to celebrate it.
Tue, 16 Apr 2002, 00:00 WIB
Presidential security guards downsized, back to basic
Presidential security guards downsized, back to basic Tiarma Siboro, The Jakarta Post, Bogor The Presidential security guards (Paspampres) have been streamlined over the past year with their duty now focused on safeguarding the republic's president and vice president.
Tue, 16 Apr 2002, 00:00 WIB
Foreign gamblers to be invited in planned casinos
Foreign gamblers to be invited in planned casinos Ahmad Junaidi, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Some in the city administration are already making plans to attract foreign gamblers to the proposed Thousand Islands casinos. The deputy regent of the Thousand Islands regency, Djoko Ramadhan, outlined on Monday how foreigners could be brought to the casinos.
Tue, 16 Apr 2002, 00:00 WIB
NGO forum seeks independent constitutional body
NGO forum seeks independent constitutional body Kurniawan Hari, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta A coalition of non-governmental organizations exhorted members of the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) on Monday to set up an independent commission to draft a new constitution to avoid back door dealings in the current amendments to the 1945 Constitution.
Tue, 16 Apr 2002, 00:00 WIB
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Page 16 Headings 1. Papua: 8 x 4 lines American ambassador meets PDP officials Warga Villagers flee to avoid Purbalingga Police raids 3. Korupsi: 24 x 2 lines Prosecutor's office seizes 20 more motorcycles from Golkar Ungsi East Timorese refugee repatriation delayed
Tue, 16 Apr 2002, 00:00 WIB
Cibinong's losses up in 2001
Cibinong's losses up in 2001 Cement producer PT Semen Cibinong announced on Monday a 37 percent increase in operating losses, to Rp 157 billion (US$16.5 million) last year, from Rp 115 billion the previous year, due to rising production costs. The company said in a statement its sales increased by 21 percent to Rp 1.8 trillion last year, thanks to a rise in sales volume and rising prices.
Tue, 16 Apr 2002, 00:00 WIB
Bush to thank Mahathir for help in foiling terrorism
Bush to thank Mahathir for help in foiling terrorism Agencies, Kuala Lumpur A visiting senior U.S. official praised Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad on Monday, showing clearly how attitudes have changed since the Sept. 11 attacks on the United States. James A. Kelly, Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs, told a news conference that Mahathir will receive warm thanks from U.S. President George Bush when he visits the White House on May 13-15.
Tue, 16 Apr 2002, 00:00 WIB
Three nabbed for drug dealing
Three nabbed for drug dealing TANGERANG: Several undercover police officers from Tangerang Precinct Police arrested three men allegedly involved in marijuana trafficking at the house of one of the suspects, in Telaga Sari housing complex, Cikupa, on Sunday evening. Deputy chief of police detectives Insp. Kustanto said the police had seized 5 kilograms of marijuana from the suspects, identified as Jamaludin, 32, Chaerudin, 20, and Faisal, 20, who all hailed from Aceh Naggoroe Darussalam.
Tue, 16 Apr 2002, 00:00 WIB
Pertamina puts off gas blowout
Pertamina puts off gas blowout State-owned oil and gas firm Pertamina said on Monday it had under complete control the gas blowout at its exploration well in Cepu, Blora regency, Central Java. Pertamina's spokesman Ridwan Nyak Baik said the company eventually managed to install a new blowout preventer (BOP) to control the fire and gas blowout over the weekend. "We finally managed to install the BOP after confronting various obstacles, such as heavy rain," he told The Jakarta Post.
Tue, 16 Apr 2002, 00:00 WIB
Paris Club deal lifts rupiah to 8-month high
Paris Club deal lifts rupiah to 8-month high The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The rupiah rose to its highest spot since September last year on news that Indonesia's sovereign creditors at the Paris Club agreed to delay debt repayments of US$5.4 billion. On Monday trading, the rupiah closed at 9,415 against the U.S. dollar from 9,550 last Friday. Its surge continued gains made last week, when the market scooped the unit on confidence of a successful Paris Club deal.
Tue, 16 Apr 2002, 00:00 WIB
Singapore warns of China's rise
Singapore warns of China's rise Agence France-Presse, Singapore Singapore pushed Monday for a unified Southeast Asian economy, warning China's rise on the world stage carried "deep implications", particularly for the income of developing countries. The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) must "promptly adjust in order to rebalance China's effects on the region," Environment Minister Lim Swee Say told a forum on the challenges of ASEAN-China cooperation.
Tue, 16 Apr 2002, 00:00 WIB
Public transport needs massive investment
Public transport needs massive investment M. Ali, Nottingham University, United Kingdom Anyone returning to Jakarta after a length of time away will no doubt notice the ugly, strangling traffic of the capital. Trying to get around is a painfully slow, boring and frustrating experience. The city is suffering from a gridlock that not only increases the already huge amount of pollution blighting the city, but has also made us more inefficient as we spend endless hours stuck in traffic jams.
Tue, 16 Apr 2002, 00:00 WIB
Residents demand unfulfilled promises
Residents demand unfulfilled promises Rendi A. Witular, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Local residents living near the site of the Bantar Gebang dump in Bekasi are complaining over the slow development of public facilities worth Rp 14 billion (US$1.4 million) that were promised by the Jakarta administration as a precondition for the reopening of the dump to Jakarta garbage.
Tue, 16 Apr 2002, 00:00 WIB
* Headlines: Stiffer sentence urged for IPR violators 2
* Headlines: Stiffer sentence urged for IPR violators 2 * Opinion: ASEAN needs to address illegal arms trade 4 * City: Witness paid to lie in Tommy case: Police 6 * Archipelago: U.S. ambassador meets PDP officials 7 * National: Govt, NGOs try prevent 'lost generation' 8 * World: Chavez to improve ties with military10 * Business: Govt gearing up for London Club meeting 11 * Features: Bali's mangrove forests face extinction 15 * Sports: Kolev sees new challenges in Indonesia 20
Tue, 16 Apr 2002, 00:00 WIB
Government, NGOs move to prevent 'lost generation'
Government, NGOs move to prevent 'lost generation' Leo Wahyudi, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Representatives of state agencies and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) agreed here on Monday to step up various nutrition programs to reduce the number of undernourished children and thereby prevent the emergence of a "lost generation." The meeting, hosted by the office of the coordinating minister for people's welfare, endorsed the government target of reducing the prevalence of undernourished...
Tue, 16 Apr 2002, 00:00 WIB
Government gearing up for London Club meeting
Government gearing up for London Club meeting Dadan Wijaksana, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta After securing a US$5.4 billion debt rescheduling facility from the Paris Club of creditor nations last week, the government is now gearing up to seek comparable treatment from the London Club of private creditors. The London Club talks will discuss the rescheduling of the country's debt to overseas private lenders, which is due to mature between April of this year and December 2003.
Tue, 16 Apr 2002, 00:00 WIB
Street crime
Street crime From Warta Kota Crime in Jakarta, Bogor, Tangerang and Bekasi is common. Besides robbing motorcycles, criminals often act cruelly, injuring or even killing their victims. The police have not been successful in disclosing or arresting the perpetrators so they remain free. Society, therefore, is required to be more alert and avoid quiet roads. As an employee who returns home in the early morning, I sometimes feel the need to take a weapon with me in case criminals try to attack me.
Tue, 16 Apr 2002, 00:00 WIB
Privatization 'must not ignore workers'
Privatization 'must not ignore workers' Kurniawan Hari, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta As opposition from workers to privatization drives mounts, scholars are calling for more dialog and a longer preparation period before a state-owned enterprise is privatized. They also urge the government to draw a clear line between companies that are for sale and those it wants to keep. "Privatization in any country brings layoffs.
Tue, 16 Apr 2002, 00:00 WIB
Retail index down in January and February
Retail index down in January and February Moch. N. Kurniawan, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The sales volume of grocery goods contracted in January and February, as indicated by a decline in the retail index, according to a bimonthly survey by ACNielsen Indonesia. The consulting firm said that the January and February retail index fell to 103 percent, from 109 percent in November and December. "There are two reasons for this decline.
Tue, 16 Apr 2002, 00:00 WIB
Bali's mangrove forests may be headed toward extinction
Bali's mangrove forests may be headed toward extinction Ananta Wijaya, Contributor, Nusa Dua, Bali Mangrove forests in Suwung, Bali once covered a vast area and were home to thousands of wild birds and other diverse species of animals and plants. Passing the road near the 76-kilometer-long stretch of mangrove forest along the west coast of Mertasari and Sanur beaches to Tanjung Benoa harbor, south of Denpasar was memorable.
Tue, 16 Apr 2002, 00:00 WIB
Competition helps curb corruption: Scholar
Competition helps curb corruption: Scholar A'an Suryana, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Liberalization and law enforcement constitute key factors in the elimination of widespread corruption in transitional countries, such as Indonesia and Russia, an international researcher said on Monday.
Tue, 16 Apr 2002, 00:00 WIB
U.S. court rules in favor of Pertamina
U.S. court rules in favor of Pertamina Moch. N. Kurniawan, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta State-owned oil and gas company Pertamina said on Monday it had won a United States court ruling to release assets frozen by two U.S. banks there in its latest legal battle against independent power producer Karaha Bodas Co. LLC. Pertamina spokesman Ridwan Nyak Baik said Pertamina, along with the Indonesian government, had proven to the U.S. court that the assets were mainly owned by the government.
Tue, 16 Apr 2002, 00:00 WIB
On prisons for HIV/AIDS carriers
On prisons for HIV/AIDS carriers I was shocked to read the letter by Andi Abdussalam in The Jakarta Post on April 11 concerning the increasing number of inmates testing positive for HIV/AIDS in Salemba Penitentiary. I was even more amazed to read his suggestion of effectively establishing an apartheid system to create separate prisons for HIV positive and negative prisoners.
Tue, 16 Apr 2002, 00:00 WIB
Rp 95b corruption case rocks North Sulawesi, Gorontalo
Rp 95b corruption case rocks North Sulawesi, Gorontalo Yongker Rumthe, The Jakarta Post, Manado North Sulawesi High Prosecutor's Office has arrested a man, identified as JW, in connection with a corruption case totaling Rp 95 billion that has implicated a number of government officers and businessmen in the province and in Gorontalo. Chief of the Prosecutor's Office Martinus Manoi said JW's dossier had already been completed and he was scheduled to stand trial in Manado district court next week.
Tue, 16 Apr 2002, 00:00 WIB
Where to go in Bandung for Tuesday, April 16, 2002
Where to go in Bandung for Tuesday, April 16, 2002 Performances * Theater: Jas Panjang Pesanan, Pagi Bening, Nyanyian Angsa by the Bandung Theater Study Club, Gedung Kesenian Rumentang Siang, Jl. Baranang Siang 1, Kosambi (Tel. 022 4233562), 8 p.m., April 16 - 18. * Sundanese Traditional Music: Samba Sunda, Taman Budaya, Jl. Bukit Dago Selatan no. 53 A (Tel. 022 2504912), 7:30 p.m., April 20. * Sundanese Traditional Drama: Gentra Pajajaran, Taman Budaya, 7:30 p.m., April 27.
Tue, 16 Apr 2002, 00:00 WIB
Telkom to issue bonds worth Rp 1t
Telkom to issue bonds worth Rp 1t JAKARTA: PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia, the state-owned local call operator, will issue five-year bonds worth Rp 1 trillion (US$106 million) in either May or June, a lead underwriter for the issue said Monday. Telkom's issue should carry an annual coupon of between 17 percent and 18 percent, Harry Danardojo, Danareksa Securities managing director, told reporters.
Tue, 16 Apr 2002, 00:00 WIB
'Witness paid to lie in Tommy case'
'Witness paid to lie in Tommy case' Muninggar Sri Saraswati, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Jakarta Police detained on Monday a security guard for alleged perjury during the trial of former president Soeharto's youngest son Hutomo "Tommy" Mandala Putra. Suspect Rahmat Hidayat, who used to work at the Soeharto family's Cemara Apartment in Menteng, Central Jakarta, had admitted that he was paid Rp 2 million by Tommy's lawyers, City Police spokesman Sr. Comr. Anton Bachrul Alam said.
Tue, 16 Apr 2002, 00:00 WIB
Development in Bali
Development in Bali This is in response to the letter by Michael Beer in The Jakarta Post on April 11 titled Rituals are not good enough. Your elaborate complaint about the situation in Bali is not new, but that is the high price the Balinese have to pay for "development". Obviously they need hard cash to fund their costly rituals and are saving for their ngaben or cremation ceremony for themselves and their families, whether deceased or still living.
Tue, 16 Apr 2002, 00:00 WIB
Seribu officials criticized
Seribu officials criticized JAKARTA: City Council Commission A for administrative affairs criticized Regent of Kepulauan Seribu Regency Kamil Abdul Kadir and other officials for not occupying their official dwellings in the regency. "Commission A thinks that the facilities in the Kepulauan Seribu regency are essential, but they have become useless, as they are not used by the officials," commission spokesman Saleh Rachman said here on Monday in a statement.
Tue, 16 Apr 2002, 00:00 WIB
Prosecutor's office seizes 20 more motorcycles from Golkar
Prosecutor's office seizes 20 more motorcycles from Golkar Nana Rukmana, The Jakarta Post, Kuningan The prosecutor's office in Kuningan, West Java, seized 20 more motorcycles from local branches of the Golkar Party in connection with a Rp 3.4 billion corruption case involving M. Misbach, the regent of Sumedang. The Suzuki R-100 motorcycles were confiscated from the party's local staff.
Tue, 16 Apr 2002, 00:00 WIB
Illegal gambling business generates huge money
Illegal gambling business generates huge money Ahmad Junaidi, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The University of Indonesia's Institute for the Study of Social Institutions said on Monday there were 13 large illegal gambling dens currently operating in the city, with a daily turnover of between Rp 2 billion (US$200,000) and Rp 10 billion each.
Tue, 16 Apr 2002, 00:00 WIB
Devon to sell RI assets to PetroChina
Devon to sell RI assets to PetroChina OKLAHOMA CITY: Devon Energy Corp. confirmed it agreed to sell its Indonesian operations to PetroChina Co. for US$262 million cash, including working capital. PetroChina had announced the deal earlier. Devon said in a press release Monday it will receive about $250 million upon closing, plus an additional $12 million if certain events are completed. The transaction is expected to close in April. As of Dec.
Tue, 16 Apr 2002, 00:00 WIB
American ambassador meets PDP officials
American ambassador meets PDP officials R.K. Nugroho, The Jakarta Post, Jayapura Despite Washington's official stance on Papua, visiting U.S. Ambassador Ralph L. Boyce met with officials of the proindependence Papua Presidium Council (PDP) and visited the grave of former PDP chairman Theys Hiyo Eluway in the Irian Jaya provincial capital of Jayapura on Monday.
Tue, 16 Apr 2002, 00:00 WIB
Refugee repatriation delayed
Refugee repatriation delayed Yemris Fointuna, The Jakarta Post, Kupang The more than 140,000 East Timorese refugees living in West Timor can not return home till March 20 at the earliest due to transportation problems.
Tue, 16 Apr 2002, 00:00 WIB
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ASEAN needs to address illegal trade in small arms Philips J. Vermonte Centre for Strategic and International Studies Jakarta 2. Asia -- New ties in Asia needed 1 x 32 36pt Bodoni Japan seen losing its economic magic The Daily Yomiuri Asia News Network Tokyo 3. Guard -- Next time Bush must not be the first to blink 1 x 32 36pt Bodoni Bush must not be the first to blink Julian Borger Guardian News Service Washington
Tue, 16 Apr 2002, 00:00 WIB
Rahardi, Akbar have different version of Bulog scandal
Rahardi, Akbar have different version of Bulog scandal Tertiani ZB Simanjuntak, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Two suspects in corruption cases involving the State Logistics Agency (Bulog) faced off in the courtroom on Monday, with each trying to outwit the other.
Tue, 16 Apr 2002, 00:00 WIB
PT Pos to issue Antara stamp
PT Pos to issue Antara stamp JAKARTA: National news agency LKBN Antara, in cooperation with state postal company PT Pos Indonesia, will launch a special stamp series on Dec. 13, 2002 in commemoration of Antara's 65th anniversary. According to news agency director Mohammad Sobary, PT Pos Indonesia will issue 300,000 postal stamps in a Rp 1,000 denomination, as well as 10,000 postal envelopes at Rp 2,500 each, which will be sealed with a special postmark on launch day.
Tue, 16 Apr 2002, 00:00 WIB
Rare species on sale in Indonesian markets
Rare species on sale in Indonesian markets Lely T. Djuhari, Associated Press, Jakarta Peering out from a filthy cage filled with animal droppings and rotting bits of food, the siamang gibbon stretches out a long black hairy arm to grab a banana offered by one of the four men who keep this endangered primate imprisoned while they search for a buyer. These animal traders are part of an illegal multimillion dollar business in Indonesia, which has more endangered primates than any other country.
Tue, 16 Apr 2002, 00:00 WIB
S&P may downgrade RI
S&P may downgrade RI Ovais Subhani, Reuters, Singapore Standard and Poor's said on Monday it will "most probably" downgrade Indonesia to selective default after the Paris Club of creditor nations struck a deal that may force private investors to share the pain of a debt restructuring. A downgrade may raise borrowing costs for Indonesia if it makes investors more wary of investing in the debt-ridden Southeast Asian state.