Archive: 9 July 2002
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Tue, 09 Jul 2002
Street vendors protest eviction
Street vendors protest evictionNana Rukmana, The Jakarta Post, Cirebon, West Java Hundreds of street vendors and becak (pedicab) drivers occupied the municipal office here on Monday, in protest over their forced eviction from areas around shopping malls.
Tue, 09 Jul 2002
Govt raises import duty on sugar
Govt raises import duty on sugarThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta The government has increased the import duty on raw sugar and white sugar to help protect local sugarcane farmers from cheaper imports.According to a finance ministry decree signed on July 3, the new import duty for raw sugar and sugarcane...
Tue, 09 Jul 2002
1. ASEAN (2 x 25)
1. ASEAN (2 x 25) ASEAN aims to double trade with Australia, NZ in 10 years 2. Japan (4 x 10) Japan, EU agree on greenhouse gasses, aid 3. HK (1 x 30) HK is world's most expensive city 4. Price (3 x 10) Airlines in India slash fares by half
Tue, 09 Jul 2002
Supreme Court rejects ruling on Manulife
Supreme Court rejects ruling on ManulifeThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta The Supreme Court said on Monday that it had overturned a controversial bankruptcy ruling against insurance company PT Asuransi Jiwa Manulife Indonesia (AJMI), the local unit of Canada's Manulife Financial Corp.
Tue, 09 Jul 2002
52 feared dead in nightclub inferno
52 feared dead in nightclub infernoAgencies, Jakarta Police using explosives blew a hole in a nightclub wall to allow desperate patrons to escape a raging fire that killed up to 52 people in South Sumatra provincial capital of palembang, officials said Monday.
Tue, 09 Jul 2002
Govt moves toward imposing civil emergency in Aceh
Govt moves toward imposing civil emergency in AcehEdith Hartanto and Yogita Tahilramani, The Jakarta Post, Surabaya As the Acehnese fearfully await a government decision that may impose a state of civil emergency, Minister of Home Affairs Hari Sabarno slammed the local Aceh administration on Monday...
Tue, 09 Jul 2002
Akbar awaits verdict on Bulog scandal on July 22
Akbar awaits verdict on Bulog scandal on July 22Tertiani ZB Simanjuntak, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Government prosecutors will present their sentencing demands for House of Representatives Speaker Akbar Tandjung and two other defendants in the Rp 40 billion Bulog scandal in court on July 22.
Tue, 09 Jul 2002
Irregularities mar new admission system
Irregularities mar new admission systemDamar Harsanto, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Although many people have lauded the new student admission system that is expected to prevent corruption and collusion at high schools, its implementation has reportedly been tainted by irregularities.
Tue, 09 Jul 2002
Lessons from China and IM3
Lessons from China and IM3Jonminofri Nazir, Contributor, Jakarta By numbers, Indonesia's huge population of 212 million should be a lucrative market for both types of telephones: fixed as well cellular.
Tue, 09 Jul 2002
1. Tuntut: 8 x 4 lines
1. Tuntut: 8 x 4 linesAkbar awaits verdict on Bulog scandal on July 222. Yusril: 20 x 2 linesNo need for President to join MPR Annual Session: Yusril3. Bill: 35 x 1 lineHouse passes law on science, technology development4. Teacher: 16 x 2 linesTeachers to get increase in benefits
Tue, 09 Jul 2002
Pizza Hutt employees rally
Pizza Hutt employees rally JAKARTA: Hundreds of Pizza Hutt employees from all over the city staged a rally at the Ministry of Manpower and Transmigration here on Monday to protest the company's refusal to recognize their trade union.
Tue, 09 Jul 2002
Farmers quit growing rice
Farmers quit growing rice BEKASI: About 300 people in Bekasi regency had left farming to for other work due to the lack of water, the high price of fertilizer and the low selling price of unhusked rice, a local councillor said.
Tue, 09 Jul 2002
Artist relives 1965 tragedy, May riots
Artist relives 1965 tragedy, May riotsYusuf Susilo Hartono, Contributor, Jakarta Though not physically visible, memories live on and repeatedly haunt one's lifetime journey across time and space. Painful memories will continue to linger and will not be assuaged until they are expressed and...
Tue, 09 Jul 2002
Military links bomb suspects with GAM
Military links bomb suspects with GAMTiarma Siboro and Tertiani ZB Simanjuntak, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The Indonesian Military (TNI) officially connected on Monday the five suspects in the Graha Cijantung Mall, East Jakarta, bombing with the rebellious Free Aceh Movement (GAM).
Tue, 09 Jul 2002
'Jakarta has lost most green areas'
'Jakarta has lost most green areas' A new business center is being developed in the busy Semanggi (clover leave bridge) area, Central Jakarta amid concerns over the lack of green space. The city administration has issued the permit for the business center, dubbed Senayan city.
Tue, 09 Jul 2002
Sulawesi tarsiers threatened with extinction
Sulawesi tarsiers threatened with extinctionBadri Jawara, The Jakarta Post, Palu, Central Sulawesi Belonging to the family of small primates, a tarsier has a body that measures about 20 centimeters in length and resembles a rat or a squirrel.
Tue, 09 Jul 2002
Rupiah Rates July 8
Rupiah Rates July 8 JP/13/ConverRupiah Rates July 8 Bank notes rates TT rates Selling Buying Selling Buying Rp Rp Rp Rp U.S. dollar 1 9,410.00 8,410.00 8,955.00 8,865.00Australian dollar 1 5,283.72 4,713.81 5,028.23 4,968.83 Brunei dollar 1 5,334.47 4,764.87 5,076.53 5,022.
Tue, 09 Jul 2002
Applying for driver's license
Applying for driver's licenseFrom Warta KotaWhen he first took over as the chief of the Jakarta police, Inspector General Makbul Padmanagara was very strict about the bureaucratic mechanism for the issuance of a driver's license. Brokers were not allowed to do their business.
Tue, 09 Jul 2002
Indonesian Police
Indonesian Police and trafficFrom Media Indonesia First of all allow me to congratulate the Indonesian Police on their 56th anniversary on July 1 this year. The police have done a lot to fight crime and drug abuse although in the present reform era there are certain norms that seemingly have, in a...
Tue, 09 Jul 2002
Asian currencies mostly up, U.S. dollar takes battering
Asian currencies mostly up, U.S. dollar takes batteringNirmala Menon, Dow Jones Most Asian currencies were higher Monday with several shooting to new multi-month highs Monday as confidence in the U.S. dollar was hammered by a new string of accounting revelations from U.S.
Tue, 09 Jul 2002
ASEAN aims to double trade with Australia, NZ in 10 years
ASEAN aims to double trade with Australia, NZ in 10 yearsAgence France-Presse, Kuala Lumpur Southeast Asian nations moved Monday to deepen trade ties with Australia and New Zealand with the launch of a business council aimed at doubling trade over the next decade.
Tue, 09 Jul 2002
Betawi people underestimated
Betawi people underestimatedFrom Rakyat Merdeka The desire of the Betawi people to lead Jakarta seem to have always been suppressed by the decision of the representatives at the Jakarta City Council as their role in the government is not yet taken into account.
Tue, 09 Jul 2002
;JP;
;JP; ANPAa..r.. Across-Krakatau-festivalJP/5/ACROSS Bali ritual for nation's security UBUD, Bali: Bali people will hold a ritual to plead for the nation's security and the homeland's safety on Tuesday, marked by the sacrifice of farm animals and the dumping of their carcasses into Segara Rupek, the...
Tue, 09 Jul 2002
Why TNI reluctant to vote
Why TNI reluctant to voteImanuddin, Staff Writer, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta A statement by then Indonesian Military (TNI) chief Adm. Widodo A.S. on June 17, or one day before he handed over his command baton to Gen.
Tue, 09 Jul 2002
Why partnership is key to success
Why partnership is key to successIndra Gunawan, Telecommunications analyst, Jakarta After expanding about 71 percent from 1999 to 2000, the local wireless market experienced a substantial plunge last year, with sales volume down to 385 million handsets from 412 million the previous year.
Tue, 09 Jul 2002
Acehnese worry about state of emergency
Acehnese worry about state of emergencyIbu Mat Noor and Nani Farida, The Jakarta Post, Banda Aceh The possible imposition of a state of emergency in Aceh has prompted large numbers of young male Acehnese to flee the conflict-torn province over the past few days.
Tue, 09 Jul 2002
1. DADANG: 1 LINE, 35 COUNTS
1. DADANG: 1 LINE, 35 COUNTSArtist Dadang relives the 1965 tragedy
Tue, 09 Jul 2002
Anticorruption body calls for audit of judges' wealth
Anticorruption body calls for audit of judges' wealthBerni K. Moestafa, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta It is often said in Indonesia that money talks, justice walks.Those judges who abide by this motto could and should be stopped in their tracks if the government regularly audited their wealth, an...
Tue, 09 Jul 2002
Farmers rejoice in rare rain
Farmers rejoice in rare rainThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta Farmers in the drought-ridden West Java regency of Indramayu woke up to a much-anticipated heavy rain on Monday, even though it only lasted one hour.
Tue, 09 Jul 2002
Dutch to reveal probe on Thoenes
Dutch to reveal probe on Thoenes JAKARTA: The secretariat of the human rights ad hoc prosecutors revealed on Monday that Dutch police assigned to probe the murder of Dutch journalist Sander Thoenes in the 1999 East Timor debacle will hand over the investigation's result to Attorney General M.A.
Tue, 09 Jul 2002
Hilton, Ratu Plaza land use deals to expire soon
Hilton, Ratu Plaza land use deals to expire soonBambang Nurbianto, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta With the land use contracts of the Jakarta Hilton International hotel and Ratu Plaza business center in Senayan, Central Jakarta, expiring in 2003 and 2004 respectively, the management board of the Bung...
Tue, 09 Jul 2002
House passes law on science, technology development
House passes law on science, technology developmentKurniawan Hari, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The House of Representatives (DPR) on Monday passed the bill on a national system of the scientific and technological research, development and application into law, encouraging efforts to achieve...
Tue, 09 Jul 2002
Where to go in Bandung for Tuesday, July 9, 2002
Where to go in Bandung for Tuesday, July 9, 2002Performances* Acappella Voices from the Vacant Lot - Australia, at Rumah Nusantara in Geger Kalong, 8 p.m., July 9 . * Dance by Indrawati Lukman's group, Taman Budaya, Jl. Bukit Dago Selatan no. 53 A (Tel. 022 2504912), 8 p.m., July 13.
Tue, 09 Jul 2002
Malaysia fluid on water price talks with S'pore
Malaysia fluid on water price talks with S'poreAgencies, Kuala Lumpur Malaysia on Monday said it was ready to rework the pricing formula for water after an earlier proposal to make Singaporeans pay 100 times more within a few years was rejected.
Tue, 09 Jul 2002
Indonesians to sue Japan govt over ODA dam project: Report
Indonesians to sue Japan govt over ODA dam project: ReportDow Jones Newswires, Tokyo Citizens of Indonesia's Sumatra Island plan to sue the Japanese government and its affiliates in September for damage caused by a Tokyo-funded hydropower dam on the border of West Sumatra and Riau, Kyodo News...
Tue, 09 Jul 2002
Construction of
Construction of village roads From Warta KotaRoad construction has yet to be equitably undertaken in all the regions, particularly in rural areas where roads are very important for transportation.I live in Kerikil village, Ciseeng subdistrict, Bogor.
Tue, 09 Jul 2002
No need for President to join MPR Annual Session: Yusril
No need for President to join MPR Annual Session: YusrilThe Jakarta Post, Surabaya/Yogyakarta President Megawati Soekarnoputri could skip the Annual Session of the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) this coming August as she will not be accountable to the Assembly once the 1945 Constitution is...
Tue, 09 Jul 2002
AGO legal opinion is not binding in JORR case
AGO legal opinion is not binding in JORR caseA'an Suryana, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Chances remain wide open for the Malaysian Consortium (MC) to participate in Jakarta's Outer Ring Road toll road project, despite a recent Attorney General's Office's (AGO) legal opinion which barred the Malaysian...
Tue, 09 Jul 2002
Protecting labor and jobs
Protecting labor and jobs Jobseekers stand to lose the most in the new labor bill currently being deliberated at the House of Representatives because it will further dampen the demand for workers in the already glutted labor market and the oversupply of almost 40 million fully unemployed and...
Tue, 09 Jul 2002
Fear of deadlock
Fear of deadlock Political observers have shown great concern that the discussion on the amendments to the 1945 Constitution will end in deadlock.The Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI Perjuangan) has been in the spotlight for delaying the discussion on constitutional amendment.
Tue, 09 Jul 2002
Making ARF relevant post-Sept. 11
Making ARF relevant post-Sept. 11Kavi Chongkittavorn, The Nation, Asia News Network, Bangkok At this time of year ever since 1994, diplomatic dialogues have been focusing on the future and relevancy of the ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF), the region-wide security group. This year is no exemption.
Tue, 09 Jul 2002
Conservationists make extra efforts to save Sumatran elephants
Conservationists make extra efforts to save Sumatran elephantsDeutche Presse-Agentur, Jakarta Conservation officials have intensified efforts to ensure the survival of Sumatran wild elephants by proposing the establishment of a special conservation zone for the endangered species' habitat.
Tue, 09 Jul 2002
Teachers to get increase in benefits
Teachers to get increase in benefitsFabiola Desy Unidjaja, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta After months of delay, President Megawati Soekarnoputri finally kept her promise to raise teachers' allowances by 50 percent, starting August 1, 2002.
Tue, 09 Jul 2002
Muhammadiyah candidates named
Muhammadiyah candidates named SURABAYA: Persatuan Pemuda Muhammadiyah, the youth wing of the second largest Muslim organization in Indonesia, has named 13 candidates from 120 hopefuls to contest the race for the wing's top post.
Tue, 09 Jul 2002
Poor safety measures turned karaoke bar into fire trap
Poor safety measures turned karaoke bar into fire trapAgencies Jakarta Officials blamed poor safety measures behind the death of at least 20 people in a fire at a karaoke bar in Palembang, South Sumatra, where police had to blast a hole in the club's wall to let patrons out.
Tue, 09 Jul 2002
Road accident in Sidoarjo kills six, leaves nine injured
Road accident in Sidoarjo kills six, leaves nine injuredThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta A speeding minivan rammed into the back of a trailer on the Sidoarjo highway in East Java on Monday morning killing six passengers as they were heading home from a pilgrimage.All six died on the spot, Antara reported.
Tue, 09 Jul 2002
Military needs political umbrella
Military needs political umbrellaFrom Koran TempoRecently, Coordinating Minister for Political and Security Affairs Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono called on the public to observe the development of circumstances in Aceh, where the separatist Free Aceh Movement (GAM) continue to resort to violence.
Tue, 09 Jul 2002
China, India, Indonesia tread road to AIDS disaster
China, India, Indonesia tread road to AIDS disasterAgencies, Barcelona, Spain Denial, stigma and discrimination are three horsemen driving China, Indonesia and India toward a potential AIDS apocalypse, the world AIDS conference here was told on Monday.
Tue, 09 Jul 2002
1. TARSIUS: 1 line, 35 counts
1. TARSIUS: 1 line, 35 counts Sulawesi tarsiers threatened with extinction 2. FISH: 1 LINE, 32 COUNTS Pollution endangers Baltic Sea fishing 3. THAI: 1 LINE, 32 COUNTS Mercy killing of drug-addicted elephant 4. MATRA: 2 LINES, 27 COUNTS Conservationists push on to save Sumatran elephants
Tue, 09 Jul 2002
TV Program: Tuesday July 9, 2002
TV Program: Tuesday July 9, 2002TVRI .TB.30" .90"5:00 a.m. Religious Teachings6:00 News 8:00 Environment8:30 Children's Program9:00 Film10:30 Documentary11:00 Regional News11:30 Music12:00 p.m. News1:00 Talk Show2:00 News2:30 Documentary3:30 Cartoon4:00 TV Drama5:00 Music5:30 Documentary6:00...
Tue, 09 Jul 2002
AGO legal opinion is not binding in JORR case
AGO legal opinion is not binding in JORR caseA'an Suryana, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Chances remain wide open for the Malaysian Consortium (MC) to participate in Jakarta's Outer Ring Road toll road project, despite a recent Attorney General's Office's (AGO) legal opinion which barred the Malaysian...
Tue, 09 Jul 2002
PDI Perjuangan faction split over support for Sutiyoso
PDI Perjuangan faction split over support for SutiyosoAhmad Junaidi, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI Perjuangan) is split over its support for incumbent Jakarta Governor Sutiyoso in the coming gubernatorial election.
Tue, 09 Jul 2002
No room in school for thousands
No room in school for thousandsThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta With the new academic year drawing near, some 13,000 junior high school graduates across South Kalimantan are facing the possibility of having to give up their formal education due to a limited number of places in senior high schools, an...
Tue, 09 Jul 2002
Parents neglect retarded children
Parents neglect retarded children BOGOR: About 85 percents of the 75 retarded people who live in the government's social institutions here have never been visited by their parents during their five-year stay in the institution.
Tue, 09 Jul 2002
Mayoral election intimidation
Mayoral election intimidation TANGERANG: Dozens of unknown men riding motorcycles and wearing dark uniforms and berets shocked civil servants at the municipal administration office on Monday.Without saying a single word, the men suddenly entered the office compound on their noisy motorcycles.
Tue, 09 Jul 2002
IBRA starts selling Niaga shares through market
IBRA starts selling Niaga shares through marketDadan Wijaksana, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The Indonesian Bank Restructuring Agency (IBRA) has asked PT Trimegah Securities to gradually start selling the agency's shares in the publicly-listed Bank Niaga via the stock market.
Tue, 09 Jul 2002
AGO halts Sukamdani's graft probe
AGO halts Sukamdani's graft probe JAKARTA: The Attorney General's Office has dropped its investigation of hotelier Sukamdani Gito Sardjono and associate Adriansyah Umar Maki for the alleged misuse of Rp 214 billion of the state's banking emergency loans because the prosecutors had found that no...
Tue, 09 Jul 2002
'Military to make comeback during power vacuum'
'Military to make comeback during power vacuum'Harry Bhaskara, The Jakarta Post, Surabaya The nation is facing a possible power vacuum next month if the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) fails to reach an agreement on the amendment of the 1945 Constitution, says a political observer.
Tue, 09 Jul 2002
Province revokes lawsuit over KPC divestment
Province revokes lawsuit over KPC divestmentThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta The East Kalimantan provincial administration has withdrawn its lawsuit against the central government concerning the disputed divestment of a 51 percent stake in PT Kaltim Prima Coal (KPC).
Tue, 09 Jul 2002
Rights campaigner fails to get into Komnas HAM
Rights campaigner fails to get into Komnas HAMKurniawan Hari, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The House of Representatives' Commission II on legal affairs selected on Monday 23 out of 41 candidates for membership of the National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM), with some former members being...