Archive: 7 September 2002
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Sat, 07 Sep 2002, 00:00 WIB
New Islamic Center in Kramat Tunggak
New Islamic Center in Kramat Tunggak The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Thousands of Muslims pray to Allah at a new mosque that was formerly the site of a notorious red-light district. A radical transformation took place on a 10.9-hectare plot of land in Kramat Tunggak, North Jakarta where Jakarta's notorious red-light district was torn down to make room for the Al-Marqaaz Al-Islami (literally Islamic Center), whose soft opening ceremony was launched by Governor Sutiyoso on Friday.
Sat, 07 Sep 2002, 00:00 WIB
2 arrested over recent deadly blast in Ambon
2 arrested over recent deadly blast in Ambon Oktovianus Pinontoan and Fabiola Desy Unidjaja, The Jakarta Post, Ambon/Jakarta Police in Ambon are questioning two civilians in connection with a deadly bomb blast in a stadium on Thursday as the situation in the violence-torn city slowly returned to normal.
Sat, 07 Sep 2002, 00:00 WIB
Lampung close to Jakarta but remains one of the poorest provinces
Lampung close to Jakarta but remains one of the poorest provinces The Jakarta Post, Bandarlampung, Lampung Initially part of the South Sumatra province, Lampung became a province on March 18, 1964. Today, 38 years after its establishment, Lampung's social and economic conditions are far from favorable. Modernization has only left its marks on the capital city of Bandarlampung, where people can enjoy McDonald's and cellular phones.
Sat, 07 Sep 2002, 00:00 WIB
'Angkat Saudara': Lampung tradition to settle ethnic conflicts
'Angkat Saudara': Lampung tradition to settle ethnic conflicts The Jakarta Post, Bandarlampung The revival of ethnic and religious sentiments as opposed to nationalism has been blamed for many of the ethnic and religious conflicts that have been raging in Indonesia since the era of reform began in 1998. It is therefore a curiosity that Lampung, a regional melting pot, has remained peaceful.
Sat, 07 Sep 2002, 00:00 WIB
E-learning remains big question in Indonesia
E-learning remains big question in Indonesia Eridani Sudiono, Consultant, Accenture, Jakarta Flexibility is what should come to mind when people hear of e- learning. E-learning corresponds to the notion of easy access training, hi-tech, multimedia, easily managed training, etc. So, is Indonesia ready? What does e-learning mean in this country? What is the probability of success if e-learning is to be implemented widely in Indonesia?
Sat, 07 Sep 2002, 00:00 WIB
City officials bribed to allow children to beg
City officials bribed to allow children to beg Muninggar Sri Saraswati, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Most Jakartans are familiar with the presence of street children at most intersections in the city every day. They take their existence for granted as another dark side of the city. Unfortunately, even law enforcers hardly blink an eye at the daily sight nor do they consider it a violation of the law even though most children are forced to work in the streets by adults.
Sat, 07 Sep 2002, 00:00 WIB
Legislators at odds over KPU independence
Legislators at odds over KPU independence Kurniawan Hari, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Despite intentions to give greater independence to the General Election Commission (KPU), legislators remain divided on whether the commission should be granted full authority to manage its own affairs or partial. Major factions have urged the government to stay out of the commission completely, however they were unable to specify what policies should be taken for it.
Sat, 07 Sep 2002, 00:00 WIB
A melting pot surviving the tests of reform
A melting pot surviving the tests of reform The Jakarta Post, Bandarlampung, Lampung In this era of regional autonomy, every province and regency has been craving the government's attention, with the exception of Lampung. Or so it seems. As Jakarta's hinterland, Lampung seems to have been sidelined. The province with an area of 35,376 square kilometers and a population of 6.5 million has long been known as a destination for transmigrants from Java, Bali and other islands across the country.
Sat, 07 Sep 2002, 00:00 WIB
RP unifies approach on Sabah claim
RP unifies approach on Sabah claim Agencies, Manila Philippine President Gloria Arroyo and Congress leaders agreed on Friday to craft a unified approach to Manila's dormant claim to the Malaysian state of Sabah on Borneo island. The meeting was called after several lawmakers sought to revive the claim to Sabah in retaliation for the mass deportation of thousands of Filipino illegal migrants from Malaysia.
Sat, 07 Sep 2002, 00:00 WIB
Shell insists it remains committed to Timor Sea development
Shell insists it remains committed to Timor Sea development Agence France-Presse, Sydney Energy giant Shell on Friday dismissed a report it was set to quit the multi-billion dollar Sunrise gas project in the Timor Sea because of a disagreement with its joint venture partners. The Sunrise gasfield is expected to generate the majority of East Timor's budget once fully operational and its abandonment would be devastating for nation which only came into being on May 20.
Sat, 07 Sep 2002, 00:00 WIB
Attempted murder of Aceh governor may hamper talks
Attempted murder of Aceh governor may hamper talks The Jakarta Post, Medan/Banda Aceh The attempted assassination of Aceh's governor by unidentified gunmen on Thursday is likely to encourage the government to take a tougher line against separatists in the war-torn province and may have derailed efforts to seek a peaceful solution. National Police chief Gen.
Sat, 07 Sep 2002, 00:00 WIB
Media body calls local news 'vulgar'
Media body calls local news 'vulgar' JAKARTA: The violence shown in crime reports aired by local TV channels has reached a horrifying level as the program is watched by the general public, a media watchdog said on Friday. Media Watch and Consumer Center coordinator Afdal Makkuraga Putra said the news had gone too far in reconstructing the crimes and quite frequently showed the victims. "We urge local media to be wiser when broadcasting crime news.
Sat, 07 Sep 2002, 00:00 WIB
Unfair
Unfair compensation The news on the plan to continue the construction of the veteran-Ulujami section of the Jakarta outer ring road (JORR) should bring relief to motor vehicle owners. On the other hand, landowners who may be subject to eviction will be anxious. In 1994 and 1995, compensation for land used for the JORR project was unilaterally fixed and went against Presidential Decree No.55/1993.
Sat, 07 Sep 2002, 00:00 WIB
Location remains tenants' main consideration
Location remains tenants' main consideration I. Christianto Contributor Jakarta Apartments generally offer similar facilities and services such as ample living areas, large bedrooms and luxurious bathrooms in addition to a good security system. But the location remains the main reason why tenants choose them to stay in.
Sat, 07 Sep 2002, 00:00 WIB
Cabbie jailed for molesting maid
Cabbie jailed for molesting maid SINGAPORE: A Singaporean man has been sentenced to a year in jail for molesting a teenage maid that he hired to care for his dying wife, according to a court official and newspaper reports on Friday. Michael Jacob De Costa, a 51-year-old taxi driver, also was fined S$4,000 (US$2,300) by the Subordinate Court on Thursday for touching the 18-year-old Indonesian woman's breast and buttocks last year.
Sat, 07 Sep 2002, 00:00 WIB
New guidebook offers deep insights of Yogyakarta
New guidebook offers deep insights of Yogyakarta Sri Wahyuni, The Jakarta Post, Yogyakarta Yogyakarta is home to hundreds of both historical and archaeological sites that might be of interest to adventurous travelers. But where they are or how to get there the easiest way is not easy in the absence of a guide book. This issue motivated former director of Yogyakarta French Cultural Center Jean-Pascal Elbaz to write a book about the sites. And with the help of writer M.
Sat, 07 Sep 2002, 00:00 WIB
Mideast countries co-fund new mosque
Mideast countries co-fund new mosque SEMARANG: Minister of Religious Affairs Said Agil Husin Al- Munawar officiated on Friday the ground-breaking ceremony to mark the start of a construction project for the building of a grand mosque in the Central Java capital of Semarang. Built on a 7,669-square meters of land, the mosque will combine traditional and Islamic universal architectures.
Sat, 07 Sep 2002, 00:00 WIB
Abolishing visa
Abolishing visa free facility The Jakarta Post of Aug. 31 reported a proposal from the Directorate General of Immigration to end the visa free visit facility for nationals of most countries. The advantage of this idea is that it would fill the coffers of the immigration department.
Sat, 07 Sep 2002, 00:00 WIB
Don't shoot the messengers
Don't shoot the messengers President Megawati Soekarnoputri, who was widely criticized last week for her administration's poor handling of Indonesian workers deported from Malaysia, is now trying to shift the blame: on the press. Speaking to the Indonesian community in Johannesburg on the last day of her visit to South Africa, Megawati was reported on Friday to have said that the press has blown the problem of the returning workers out of proportion.
Sat, 07 Sep 2002, 00:00 WIB
Boars, monkeys attack plantations
Boars, monkeys attack plantations CIAMIS, West Java: Dozens of boars and monkeys from Mount Sawal are raiding plantations in Cipaku in the West Java regency of Tasikmalaya after a 12-kilometer-long wall collapsed last Thursday. The old wall, which is 50 centimeters wide and two meters tall, was erected in 1980 to protect villagers from animals. Sukawening village head Rubai said on Friday that people were anxious as every night animals destroyed their crops and monkeys entered their homes.
Sat, 07 Sep 2002, 00:00 WIB
Residents foiled court's land seizure
Residents foiled court's land seizure TANGERANG: Hundreds of residents in Rawa Mekar Jaya subdistrict, Serpong district, Tangerang, foiled the Tangerang District Court's attempt to seize a one-hectare plot of land, including the site of the subdistrict administration office on Thursday. "However, this plot of land and the subdistrict administration office are the village's assets.
Sat, 07 Sep 2002, 00:00 WIB
Factions give Akbar two options: Quit or be fired
Factions give Akbar two options: Quit or be fired The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Two days after House of Representatives Speaker Akbar Tandjung was convicted of graft, his future has been narrowed down to two choices: resign or have legislators dismiss him through an honorary council. Roy B.B. Janis, the chairman of the House's biggest faction, the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI Perjuangan), said that dragging Akbar before the honorary council may be inevitable.
Sat, 07 Sep 2002, 00:00 WIB
Trying to live with history of Dutch colonial rule
Trying to live with history of Dutch colonial rule Jim Schuurmans, The Netherlands The VOC Dutch trade firm, is "a sore memory 400 years after" -- The Jakarta Post reported in March, nearly 200 years after the VOC was declared bankrupt according to Dutch law. Four hundred years ago the Netherlands was fighting for its own independence against Spain, a war that lasted 80 years and that could only free half of the country, the other half nowadays being Belgium.
Sat, 07 Sep 2002, 00:00 WIB
Rupiah Rates Sept.6
Rupiah Rates Sept.6 Banknote rates TT rates Selling Buying Selling Buying Rp Rp Rp Rp Australian dollar 1 5,083.47 4,536.59 4,836.00 4,783.83 Brunei dollar 1 5,364.83 4,789.35 5,103.67 5,050.37 Canadian dollar 1 5,963.20 5,323.20 5,672.91 5,613.31 Swiss franc 1 6,379.05 5,694.94 6,068.51 6,005.31 Danish krone 1 1,253.65 1,119.32 1,192.62 1,180.32 Euro 1 9,311.73 8,313.45 8,858.43 8,766.53 Poundsterling 1 14,687.46 13,115.27 13,972.45 13,830.05 Hong Kong dollar 1 1,200.97 1,072.69 1,142.51 1,131.
Sat, 07 Sep 2002, 00:00 WIB
Where to go in Jakarta: Saturday, September 7, 2002
Where to go in Jakarta: Saturday, September 7, 2002 Exhibitions * Painting Excellence in Small by Mas Dibyo, lobby level, Club Rasuna Jl. HR.Rasuna Said Kav.C22 South Jakarta, until Sept. 14. * Fine Arts Read! Exhibition, The British Council, S. Widjojo Center, Jl. Sudirman Kav. 71, South Jakarta, Monday to Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., until Sept. 27. * Painting: West Sumatra Landscape, Sriyanto Gallery, Jl. Gedung Hijau Raya 36, South Jakarta (Tel. 7503117), 10 a.m.
Sat, 07 Sep 2002, 00:00 WIB
Ban to cover council's meeting upsets reporters
Ban to cover council's meeting upsets reporters Bambang Nurbianto, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Dozens of reporters lodged a protest over the City Council's ban on coverage of Friday's closed-door plenary session about the mechanism to be used in Jakarta's gubernatorial and vice gubernatorial election for the 2002-2007 term.
Sat, 07 Sep 2002, 00:00 WIB
TKIs sold as sex slaves in Kalimantan
TKIs sold as sex slaves in Kalimantan The Jakarta Post, Nunukan, East Kalimantan, Jakarta The plight of illegal Indonesian workers deported from Malaysia took a new turn on Friday with the finding that some 25 girls, mostly from Java, had been forced into becoming sex workers in Tawau, East Malaysia. The prostitution ring was uncovered after some of the girls ran away from their workplace and took refuge at the Consulate of Indonesia in Tawau two weeks ago.
Sat, 07 Sep 2002, 00:00 WIB
RI, China LNG deal imminent: Minister
RI, China LNG deal imminent: Minister The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Indonesia will sign a contract with China for the supply of liquefied natural gas (LNG) to China's Fujian province at an energy conference in Bali between Sept. 24 and Sept. 27, according to Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources Purnomo Yusgiantoro. "We expect the agreement can be signed in Bali," Purnomo was quoted by Dow Jones newswire as saying on Friday.
Sat, 07 Sep 2002, 00:00 WIB
Sex abuse and human trafficking in Malaysia
Sex abuse and human trafficking in Malaysia Rina Jimenez-David, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Asia News Network, Manila Some years ago, I heard stories about Filipino women trafficked into Sabah and set up in brothels just outside the border of Brunei.
Sat, 07 Sep 2002, 00:00 WIB
Council decides to write names in gubernatorial election
Council decides to write names in gubernatorial election Bambang Nurbianto and Novan Iman Santosa, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The City Council decided through a vote on Friday that council members would write out the names on the ballots in the Sept. 11 gubernatorial election. The voting was conducted during a closed-door plenary session of the City Council, drawing protests from reporters and observers covering the session.
Sat, 07 Sep 2002, 00:00 WIB
No room for complacency on judicial reform
No room for complacency on judicial reform On Wednesday, a panel of judges found House of Representatives Speaker Akbar Tandjung guilty of the misuse of non-budgetary funds belonging to the National Logistics Agency (Bulog), and sentenced him to three years imprisonment. The two other defendants in the case were sentenced to one year each. The Jakarta Post's Ati Nurbaiti talked to lawyer Todung Mulya Lubis, who is also a member of the Center for Electoral Reform (Cetro).
Sat, 07 Sep 2002, 00:00 WIB
Ginandjar to be questioned Thursday
Ginandjar to be questioned Thursday JAKARTA: Former mines and energy minister Ginadjar Kartasasmita will be questioned on Thursday as a suspect in an alleged graft case involving the Technical Assistance Contract (TAC) between sate oil company Pertamina and PT Ustraindo Petro Gas. "We sent him (Ginandjar) the summons on Thursday," spokesman for the Attorney General's Office Barman Zahir said on Friday. He said the questioning was originally scheduled for Monday or Tuesday.
Sat, 07 Sep 2002, 00:00 WIB
10 Indonesians in 'Join The Team 2002'
10 Indonesians in 'Join The Team 2002' JAKARTA: Seventy-five Indonesian adventure enthusiasts are competing at the Baluran National Park in Banyuwangi, East Java, for 10 spots on the Marlboro Adventure Team "Join The Team 2002" event to be held at the Moab wilderness in Utah, the United States, from Sept. 29 through Oct. 11 this year.
Sat, 07 Sep 2002, 00:00 WIB
Police admit to FBI's presence in Papua
Police admit to FBI's presence in Papua R.K. Nugroho, The Jakarta Post, Jayapura Papua Police chief Insp. Gen. Made Mangku Pastika said on Friday that an FBI agent was included in the team of U.S. security officials in Papua looking into last week's bloody ambush that killed two Americans and one Indonesian near gold and copper mine PT Freeport Indonesia. Pastika, however, denied that the agent came as an FBI investigator.
Sat, 07 Sep 2002, 00:00 WIB
Aceh talks to be still
Aceh talks to be still born, as distrust goes on Dr Damien Kingsbury is Head of Philosophical, Political and International Studies at Deakin University, Melbourne, Australia. Negotiations between the Indonesian government and the Free Aceh Movement (GAM), which are aimed at ending the northern province's protracted conflict, look set to fail, with both the government and GAM locked into separate final positions before the talks even begin.
Sat, 07 Sep 2002, 00:00 WIB
Delphi IT center opens in Jakarta
Delphi IT center opens in Jakarta JAKARTA: PT Delphi Computech, a leading learning institution for advanced applications in information technology (IT) based in Pune, India, has opened its first IT learning center in Jakarta. Nico Kristanto, the chairman of PT Delphi Computech Indonesia, which manages the business in Indonesia, said that students graduating from the center would receive international certificates.