Archive: 14 January 2003

Tue, 14 Jan 2003

JAKARTA: Indonesia's state-owned coal miner PT Tambang

Source: AFP

JAKARTA: Indonesia's state-owned coal miner PT Tambang Batubara Bukit Asam said Monday it expects its net profit for the full year of 2002 will fall 26 percent to around Rp 200 billion (US$22.4 million) from Rp 272 billion a year earlier.

Tue, 14 Jan 2003

RI says tourism on track to recovery after bombing

Source: AFP

RI says tourism on track to recovery after bombingAgence France-Presse, Kuala Lumpur Indonesia's tourism industry, battered by the Oct. 12 bombing on Bali island, is on track to recover by the end of the year, Tourism Minister I Gede Ardika said...

Tue, 14 Jan 2003

21 drug traffickers sentenced to death, none executed

Source: JP

21 drug traffickers sentenced to death, none executedMulta Fidrus, The Jakarta Post, Tangerang Since Laws No. 22/1997 on narcotics and 5/1997 on psychotropic substances, which stipulate as maximum penalties the death sentence, took effect in the...

Tue, 14 Jan 2003

Community publications effective tool for advertising purposes

Source: JP

Community publications effective tool for advertising purposes Years back, who would have imagined that this particular piece of swampy ground on the outskirts of Jakarta would one day be turned into a plush residential area.

Tue, 14 Jan 2003

Policeman faces 15 years in jail

Source: JP

Policeman faces 15 years in jailNani Farida, The Jakarta Post, Banda Aceh, Aceh A policeman here has been threatened with 15 years imprisonment for the alleged fatal shooting of a student in the troubled province of Aceh.Second Brig.

Tue, 14 Jan 2003

ITW takes a stance

ITW takes a stanceFrom Media IndonesiaIn connection with the government's sale of a share in PT Indosat, which is a strategic asset of the state, to a foreign country, in this case represented by Singapore Technologies Telemedia, we, the...

Tue, 14 Jan 2003

Protest rallies

Source: KORAN TEMPO

Protest rallies and public orderFrom Koran Tempo The government's decision to raise fuel prices, telephone tariffs and electricity rates simultaneously has caused strong and widespread reactions as expressed, among various means, through protests...

Tue, 14 Jan 2003

House to deliberate 53 bills, skepticism remains over its success

Source: JP

House to deliberate 53 bills, skepticism remains over its successKurniawan Hari, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Despite its inability to meet legislation targets in past sessions, the House of Representatives opened on Monday the year's first session...

Tue, 14 Jan 2003

Megawati speaks in Bali

Source: JP

Megawati speaks in Bali As the leader of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI Perjuangan), President Megawati Soekarnoputri, whose paternal grandmother is Balinese, delivered a passionate speech in Bali on Sunday.

Tue, 14 Jan 2003

JP

Source: JP

JPCOMMUNITY NETWORK: Many developers of large and modern residential complexes issue a newsletter to share important information with residents. The newsletters have unexpectedly become an important medium for local traders and businessmen to promote...

Tue, 14 Jan 2003

Fuchs inaugurates lubricant plant in Bekasi

Source: JP

Fuchs inaugurates lubricant plant in BekasiThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta PT Fuchs Indonesia, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Fuchs Petrolub AG of Germany, inaugurated the operation of its lubricant blending plant on Monday in Bekasi, just east of Jakarta.

Tue, 14 Jan 2003

Security success

Security successFrom Warta KotaChristmas this year was celebrated smoothly and peacefully. Hopefully, this will mark the return of peace to our country.A spate of bomb blasts on Christmas Eve in 2000 and several other bomb blasts at...

Tue, 14 Jan 2003

House silent over Australian envoy

Source: JP

House silent over Australian envoy JAKARTA: The post of Australian ambassador to Jakarta remains vacant as the Indonesian House of Representatives has yet to give its approval for the posting.

Tue, 14 Jan 2003

Legislators submit petition rejecting utility price rises

Source: JP

Legislators submit petition rejecting utility price risesThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta Legislators ate their words on Monday when they demanded the government to reverse its decision on the utility price hikes, despite the fact that they had agreed to the...

Tue, 14 Jan 2003

Councillors complain about late salary

Source: JP

Councillors complain about late salaryAhmad Junaidi, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Although considered to be wealthy, city councillors complained on Monday that their monthly salaries, which amounted to about Rp 9 million (US$1,000) each, had yet to be...

Tue, 14 Jan 2003

City has yet to determine fares increase

Source: JP

City has yet to determine fares increaseDamar Harsanto, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Nearly two weeks after the increase in fuel prices, especially diesel, which is used by most public transportation services, the city administration has yet to decide on...

Tue, 14 Jan 2003

Fix the road!

Fix the road!From Pos KotaJl. Jatiwaringin, notorious for its traffic congestion in East Jakarta, has in fact been widened for several months. However, the widening project seems to have made no progress, particularly in the section near...

Tue, 14 Jan 2003

Pertamina CEO to be replaced: Report

Source: JP

Pertamina CEO to be replaced: ReportA'an Suryana, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The government will replace Pertamina president Baihaki Hakim with Gatot Karyoso Wirayuda, a former upstream director at the company, according to a report.

Tue, 14 Jan 2003

Sutiyoso threatens Bekasi over dump

Source: JP

Sutiyoso threatens Bekasi over dump JAKARTA: Governor Sutiyoso told the Bekasi municipality administration on Monday that he would not allow Bekasi to dump its garbage at the Bantar Gebang dump if it tried to prevent Jakarta from also using the dump.

Tue, 14 Jan 2003

Goat traders protest against Carrefour hypermarket

Source: JP

Goat traders protest against Carrefour hypermarketThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta At least 100 goat traders from Tanah Abang market, Central Jakarta visited the City Council on Monday, demanding that the administration prohibit hypermarkets, in particular...

Tue, 14 Jan 2003

Megawati cancels Sulawesi trip

Source: JP

Megawati cancels Sulawesi trip JAKARTA: Due to ongoing antigovernment rallies in Makassar, South Sulawesi, President Megawati Soekarnoputri decided on Monday to cancel her planned visit to the province.

Tue, 14 Jan 2003

Prosecutors seek permission to quiz Lampung governor

Source: JP

Prosecutors seek permission to quiz Lampung governorOyos Saroso H.N., The Jakarta Post, Bandarlampung, Lampung The Lampung Prosecutor's Office is waiting for presidential permission to summon the province's outgoing governor, Oemarsono, for...

Tue, 14 Jan 2003

Asian Pacific lawmakers slam North Korea, U.S.

Asian Pacific lawmakers slam North Korea, U.S. 2. HOUSE: 2 x 30 House to deliberate 53 bills, skepticism remains over its success KPU gives House until March to endorse electoral bills 4.

Tue, 14 Jan 2003

Govt mulls another task force for businesses

Source: JP

Govt mulls another task force for businessesRendi A. Witular, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The government plans to set up another task force to help seek ways to resolve the lingering problems hurting the investment climate at home and eroding the...

Tue, 14 Jan 2003

A matter of commitment: Porsea pulp

Source: JP

A matter of commitment: Porsea pulpRidwan Max Sijabat, Staff Writer, The Jakarta Post, Porsea, North Sumatra For many people in Porsea, a small town some 200 kilometers south of the North Sumatra capital of Medan, the name of pulp mill company PT Toba...

Tue, 14 Jan 2003

4 x 10

4 x 10 Ministers forced to stay over in Kupang 2 x 25JP/5/lampung Prosecutors seek permission to question Lampung governor JP/5/aceh1 x 30 Policeman faces 15 years in jail...

Tue, 14 Jan 2003

House to revise internal rule

Source: JP

House to revise internal rule JAKARTA: In an attempt to shorten bill deliberations, the House of Representatives' Legislation Body has proposed a draft revision of the House's Internal Regulations.

Tue, 14 Jan 2003

`It's hard to fathom the govt's thinking'

Source: JP

`It's hard to fathom the govt's thinking' In the Rp 11 trillion 2003 draft city budget, the administration allocates Rp 135 billion for City Public Order officers and only Rp 26 billion to help the poor.

Tue, 14 Jan 2003

Six PABBSI officials quit posts

Source: JP

Six PABBSI officials quit postsThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta Amid pressure for Indonesian bodybuilders to break with their parent organization -- the Indonesian Weightlifting, Powerlifting and Bodybuilding Association (PABBSI), six association officials...

Tue, 14 Jan 2003

1. BUDGET: 50 pt, 5 cols, 1 x 37

1. BUDGET: 50 pt, 5 cols, 1 x 37Councillors complain about late salary 2. FARES: 36 pt, 2 cols, 3 x 14 City has yet to determine fares increase 3.

Tue, 14 Jan 2003

Military warns protesters against toppling govt

Source: JP

Military warns protesters against toppling govtThe Jakarta Post, Karawang, West Java The Indonesian Military (TNI) on Monday said it was the right of citizens to protest over recent price hikes but warned against hidden agendas, including toppling the...

Tue, 14 Jan 2003

Inefficiency at root of fuel price hikes

Source: JP

Inefficiency at root of fuel price hikesParulian Sihotang and Alex Russell, Department of Accountancy and Business Finance, University of Dundee, United Kingdom Public anger and discontent at the government's New Year's Day announcement of...

Tue, 14 Jan 2003

Minister Straw's visit

Source: JP

Minister Straw's visit By now, the British Minister for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Jack Straw, must have conveyed to his fellow cabinet members his impressions on his visit to Indonesia and Malaysia last week.

Tue, 14 Jan 2003

Tax breaks could lower price of electronic products

Source: JP

Tax breaks could lower price of electronic productsArya Abhiseka, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The price of electronic products is expected to drop after the government announced tax breaks last week for some products.

Tue, 14 Jan 2003

Govt urged to improve public participation in tackling floods

Source: JP

Govt urged to improve public participation in tackling floodsNovan Iman Santosa, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The central government and city administration were urged on Monday to improve residents' participation in dealing with the possible...

Tue, 14 Jan 2003

TV Program: Tuesday, January 14, 2003

TV Program: Tuesday, January 14, 2003TVRI .TB.30" .90" 5:00 a.m. Religious Teachings6:00 News: Berita Pagi7:30 Sports Feature8:00 DRTV...

Tue, 14 Jan 2003

Foreign envoys weigh support for Aceh truce

Source: JP

Foreign envoys weigh support for Aceh truceNani Farida, The Jakarta Post, Banda Aceh, Aceh Ambassadors from the United States, Japan and Italy arrived here on Monday for a two-day visit to show support for a recent peace agreement to end decades of...

Tue, 14 Jan 2003

TNI pleads innocence in Timika shooting

Source: JP

TNI pleads innocence in Timika shootingThe Jakarta Post, Karawang, West Java Indonesian Military (TNI) Chief Gen. Endriartono Sutarto lamented on Monday public doubts over the result of a government probe into the last year's fatal shooting in...

Tue, 14 Jan 2003

Megawati: Leader (only) of her own party

Megawati: Leader (only) of her own party Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI Perjuangan) celebrated its 30th anniversary in glamorous fashion in Bali last week.Megawati Soekarnoputri, PDI Perjuangan chairperson, who is also the President of...

Tue, 14 Jan 2003

Envoy candidate list submitted

Source: JP

Envoy candidate list submitted JAKARTA: The House of Representatives (DPR) said on Monday that it had received a list of candidates vying for ambassador posts overseas from President Megawati Soekarnoputri.

Tue, 14 Jan 2003

Minister unveils Rp 63b diesel project for fishermen

Source: JP

Minister unveils Rp 63b diesel project for fishermen Minister of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Rokhmin Dahuri announced on Monday that the government would allocate Rp 63 billion in a bid to keep the diesel price at ports at the level of the ceiling price of Rp 1,890...

Tue, 14 Jan 2003

UNICEF to help garbage management

Source: JP

UNICEF to help garbage managementAMBON, Maluku: A team from UNICEF will assist the Ambon administration in managing garbage by providing relevant training and technology to solve the city's waste disposal problem in February.

Tue, 14 Jan 2003

Megawati's ouster too risky to pursue, analysts warn

Source: JP

Megawati's ouster too risky to pursue, analysts warnBerni K. Moestafa, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Indonesia cannot afford to unseat President Megawati Soekarnoputri at this point, even as pressure mounts, analysts said, adding that the risk of...

Tue, 14 Jan 2003

NGOs join move to promote peace

Source: JP

NGOs join move to promote peaceTiarma Siboro, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta In an attempt to boost civilian participation in the peace process in Aceh, several local and international non-governmental organizations (NGOs) have set up an independent team to...

Tue, 14 Jan 2003

Anti-govt protests continue into second week

Source: JP

Anti-govt protests continue into second weekThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta Violence erupted again on Monday as thousands of people embarked on a second week of protests nationwide against the steep rises in fuel prices, and electricity and telephone charges.

Tue, 14 Jan 2003

Ministers forced to stay over in Kupang

Source: JP

Ministers forced to stay over in KupangYemris Fointuna, The Jakarta Post, Kupang, East Nusa Tenggara The absence of security guarantees prevented on Monday four Cabinet ministers from landing in the Maluku capital of Ambon and forced them to stay in...

Tue, 14 Jan 2003

Reda faces 18 months in jail

Source: JP

Reda faces 18 months in jail JAKARTA: State prosecutors demanded on Monday an 18-month jail term for a German journalist, who is charged with violating his visa.Prosecutor Suharto said before the South Jakarta District Court that Seyam Reda, 42, had...

Tue, 14 Jan 2003

Companies must improve workers' safety: Mega

Source: JP

Companies must improve workers' safety: MegaM. Taufiqurrahman and Fabiola Desy Unidjaja, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta President Megawati Soekarnoputri called on companies in Indonesia to significantly improve the safety of their workers following...

Tue, 14 Jan 2003

KPU gives House until March to endorse electoral bills

Source: JP

KPU gives House until March to endorse electoral billsBambang Nurbianto and Adianto P. Simamora, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The House of Representatives promised on Monday to complete the deliberation of three more crucial political bills this session...

Tue, 14 Jan 2003

Seven people infected by anthrax

Source: JP

Seven people infected by anthrax BOGOR: The Veterinary Research Center (Balitvet) confirmed on Monday that seven residents of Kadumanggu village, Babakan Madang regency, Bogor, had contracted the disease anthrax.

Tue, 14 Jan 2003

From Republika

From RepublikaOne of the two Denpoo air conditioners I bought from Carrefour in Lebak Bulus failed to operate. After contacting Denpoo's technicians, I was told that the machine's PCB was at fault and therefore had to be replaced.

Tue, 14 Jan 2003

JP/5/nation

Source: JP

JP/5/nationCONGRATULATIONS: Minister of Home Affairs Hari Sabarno (right) fastens insignias to the newly elected governor of West Kalimantan, H. Usman Ja'far (left), and his deputy, Laurentus Herman, during their inauguration ceremony at the provincial legislature.

Tue, 14 Jan 2003

New fees kill Gecko export business

Source: JP

New fees kill Gecko export business Indonesia does not only export agriculture commodities or low- end manufacturing products, but also geckos, those small lizards that creep around on walls and eat insects.

Tue, 14 Jan 2003

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;JP;dan; ANPAf..r.. Rupiah-conversion-ratesRupiah Rates Jan. 13 JP/13/ConverRupiah Rates Jan. 13 Bank notes rates TT rates Selling Buying Selling Buying Rp Rp Rp Rp...

Tue, 14 Jan 2003

Scholar Bresnan comes full circle

Source: JP

Scholar Bresnan comes full circleBerni K. Moestafa, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Everything has a beginning. Indonesia's economic miracle until the '90s began with the economists who designed it.

Tue, 14 Jan 2003

U.S. envoy defends RP travel advisory

Source: AP

U.S. envoy defends RP travel advisoryAgencies, Manila U.S. Ambassador Francis Ricciardone on Monday defended a new advisory cautioning Americans from traveling to certain parts of the Philippines because of safety concerns, asking whether Filipinos...

Tue, 14 Jan 2003

IMF team kick starts its review on RI economy

Source: JP

IMF team kick starts its review on RI economyThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta An International Monetary Fund (IMF) team has started its mission to review the country's economic reform progress and to set out new targets, both of which will be outlined in...

Tue, 14 Jan 2003

Utut and Cerdas to lead RI SEA Games chess team

Source: JP

Utut and Cerdas to lead RI SEA Games chess teamMusthofid, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Grand Master (GM) Utut Adianto and GM Cerdas Barus have automatically secured berths on the Indonesian chess team for the upcoming Southeast Asian (SEA) Games, an...

Tue, 14 Jan 2003

Judges split over human rights abuse verdict

Source: JP

Judges split over human rights abuse verdictMoch. N. Kurniawan, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The Human Rights Court failed on Monday to sentence a police officer charged with gross human rights violations in East Timor in 1999 due to unresolved...

Tue, 14 Jan 2003

Melbourne builds garden for Bali victims

Source: AP

Melbourne builds garden for Bali victims A garden memorial to victims of the terrorist bombings on the Indonesian island of Bali opened in the southern city of Melbourne on Monday, three months after the attack.

Tue, 14 Jan 2003

Drug dealers arrested in mosque

Source: JP

Drug dealers arrested in mosque BOGOR: While most drugs transactions take place in discotheques and other secular places, two drug dealers tried to conduct their business in a mosque here, but were arrested on Saturday evening by police officers who had been monitoring...

Tue, 14 Jan 2003

PR professionals' advice to Megawati

Source: JP

PR professionals' advice to Megawati In your Jan. 10 edition you quoted Teddy Kharsadi and myself advising the government to improve on its PR performance.I would like to clarify some points in your otherwise well written article to avoid...

Tue, 14 Jan 2003

Resolutions for reconciliation

Source: JP

Resolutions for reconciliationIvan A. Hadar, President, Indonesian Institute for Democracy Education (IDe), Jakarta Social conflicts in many parts of Indonesia are still continuing.

Tue, 14 Jan 2003

Rupiah ends up, shares down

Source: DJ

Rupiah ends up, shares downDow Jones, Jakarta The Indonesian rupiah ended up against the dollar in thin trade Monday as concerns that the recent hikes in fuel prices and tariffs would spark violent protests eased, dealers said.

Tue, 14 Jan 2003

State prosecutors to return Amrozi's file to police

Source: AFP

State prosecutors to return Amrozi's file to policeAgencies, Jakarta Head of the Bali prosecutor's office I Ketut Yona said on Monday that he would return the case file on key Bali bombing suspect Amrozi to the police so that they could add...

Tue, 14 Jan 2003

2. DEATH: 2 x 30

2. DEATH: 2 x 30 21 drug traffickers sentenced to death, none executed 3. PROTEST: 1 x 45 Anti-govt protests continue into second week 4.

Tue, 14 Jan 2003

RP economy grows by 4.1-4.3%

Source: Agencies

RP economy grows by 4.1-4.3%MANILA: The Philippines' economy is estimated to have grown by between 4.1 and 4.3 percent last year, Finance Secretary Jose Isidro Camacho said Monday.

Tue, 14 Jan 2003

Bulog changes status to semi profit-oriented firm

Source: JP

Bulog changes status to semi profit-oriented firmThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta The government has decided to change the status of the National Logistics Agency (Bulog) into a semi profit-oriented state-owned company, with one of the main aims being to...