Archive: 18 January 2003
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Sat, 18 Jan 2003
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;AFP;KOD; ANPAu..r.. Aglance-Myanmar-arrests Two arrested "pseudo nuns" received NLD support: Myanmar junta JP/11/ASEAN Two 'nuns' received NLD support: Junta MYANMAR: Myanmar's military junta on Friday accused two "pseudo nuns" arrested for protesting against the government of receiving support...
Sat, 18 Jan 2003
Telephone rates
Telephone rates The government has finally delayed the new telephone tariff increases, which should be effective this month. The delay was announced after a meeting between three coordinating ministers and members of the House and Representatives (DPR) and People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) on...
Sat, 18 Jan 2003
Picasso sits beside $1m diamond in Jakarta
Picasso sits beside $1m diamond in JakartaHera Diani and I Wayan Juniartha, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The expectation was that it was going to be another ostentatious exhibition packed with priceless items, showing yet another paradox of a poor third world country.
Sat, 18 Jan 2003
Impacts of postponing phone rate increase
Impacts of postponing phone rate increaseWinahyo Soekanto, Lawyer, Consumer Care Foundation, Jakarta, winahyo@yahoo.com A double standard is what the government and state-owned telecommunications company PT Telkom applied when they tried to introduce the telephone rate hike -- a plan very recently...
Sat, 18 Jan 2003
4 x 11
4 x 11 Separatists told to leave Ambon to attend trial JP/5/pasir2 x 27 Riau environmentalists to sue Singapore over sand imports Box1 x 28 Belgium wants dredgers freed JP/5/Rusuh1 x 50 Five dead, six injured in bloody W. Sumatra village clash Dumai council dismisses speaker in plenary session
Sat, 18 Jan 2003
Mandala increases Ambon service
Mandala increases Ambon service Privately-owned airline Mandala Airlines now flies daily from Jakarta to Ambon and vice versa using a Boeing 737-200 plane.Prior to the daily service, which was launched on Monday, the airline served the route six times a week.
Sat, 18 Jan 2003
House and the Indosat divestment
House and the Indosat divestmentFrom Koran Tempo The Indosat divestment case has drawn public attention and it remains to be seen how it will end. And now there is another case: The simultaneous hikes of fuel prices, electricity rates and telephone tariffs.
Sat, 18 Jan 2003
Leaders, media must adapt to changes
Leaders, media must adapt to changesArdimas Sasdi, Staff Writer, The Jakarta Post, ardimas@thejakartapost.com In what could be viewed as a New Year's gift, President Megawati Soekarnoputri criticized the media over what she called unbalanced reporting of the ongoing protests against the...
Sat, 18 Jan 2003
Hope for national leaders
Hope for national leaders From Bisnis IndonesiaMany circles of society have staged demonstrations against increases in fuel prices, electricity tariffs and telephone rates, apparently with the same goal of rejecting the hikes.
Sat, 18 Jan 2003
Six arrested in counterfeit ring
Six arrested in counterfeit ring CIREBON, West Java: Police here said on Friday they had arrested at least six people for allegedly counterfeiting money in the past two months.Cirebon Police chief Adj. Sr. Comr.
Sat, 18 Jan 2003
Government feeds banks to discourage real-sector industries
Government feeds banks to discourage real-sector industriesPitan Daslani Political economy analystIn defending her policy to increase fuel prices and utility rates, little did President Megawati Soekarnoputri realize -- unless she really meant it -- that she was well on track to crippling...
Sat, 18 Jan 2003
Westerners trained in al-Qaeda camp in RI
Westerners trained in al-Qaeda camp in RIAgencies, Jakarta/Sydney Seven Western men were among 50 Indonesians who attended training camps organized and financed by al-Qaida in 2001 on the central Indonesian island of Sulawesi, an intelligence official said Friday.
Sat, 18 Jan 2003
1. KPU: 1 x 48
1. KPU: 1 x 48 KPU must proceed or risk delayed 2004 election 2. LAW: 1 x 42 Law restricts number of political parties 3. LG: 2 x 25 LG keeps its commitment to invest in Indonesia 4. 5. ODD: 1 x 33 Durian causes security scare 5. ODD: 1 x 33 Couples can marry on board aircraft
Sat, 18 Jan 2003
FBI team to arrive soon
FBI team to arrive soon JAKARTA: The National Police is awaiting the arrival of a United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) team to join the local police in investigating the ambush on Freeport employees in Timika, Papua, last year.National Police chief Gen.
Sat, 18 Jan 2003
1,207 to guard governor's inauguration
1,207 to guard governor's inauguration KENDARI, Southeast Sulawesi: Southeast Sulawesi Police said on Friday that they would deploy 1,207 officers to ensure security during the inauguration of the newly elected governor and its deputy, Ali Mazi and Yusran Silondae, on Saturday.
Sat, 18 Jan 2003
Let's bargain, folks, it's Jakarta
Let's bargain, folks, it's JakartaDamar Harsanto, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta On a roadside, a person braced against three people who were speaking in a heightened state of emotion with high-pitched voices.Take a closer look. They're not quarreling. They're just bargaining.
Sat, 18 Jan 2003
Dumai council dismisses speaker in plenary session
Dumai council dismisses speaker in plenary sessionThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta The Dumai regency legislative council in the province of Riau dismissed its speaker, Benedi Boiman, amid a veil of secrecy during a plenary session on Friday.
Sat, 18 Jan 2003
Forests, IBRA and donors
Forests, IBRA and donorsDavid Kaimowitz Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)Mubariq Ahmad World Wide Fund (WWF) Bogor Sustainable forest management is one of the key items to be discussed by international donors and the Indonesian Government during this week's meeting of the...
Sat, 18 Jan 2003
Court upholds Akbar verdict, calls mount for him to quit
Court upholds Akbar verdict, calls mount for him to quitThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta The High Court in Jakarta upheld the district court's three- year jail sentence on Speaker of the House of Representatives Akbar Tandjung for the misappropriation of Rp 40 billion in Bulog funds, prompting legislators...
Sat, 18 Jan 2003
Ba'asyir writes Mega over wealth
Ba'asyir writes Mega over wealth JAKARTA: President Megawati Soekarnoputri read on Friday a letter from detained Muslim cleric Abu Bakar Ba'asyir, who urged her to donate half her wealth to the cash-strapped country.
Sat, 18 Jan 2003
No public transportation fare proposal made yet
No public transportation fare proposal made yetNovan Iman Santosa, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The city administration had yet to receive a proposal on increased public transportation fares from the special team set up to conduct a survey on the fare situation in Jakarta.
Sat, 18 Jan 2003
RI economy to suffer if Iraq attacked
RI economy to suffer if Iraq attackedThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta Indonesia's economy, still struggling to recover from the economic crisis in the late 1990s, would experience another major setback if the U.S. launched a military strike on Iraq, a foreign-based economist said.
Sat, 18 Jan 2003
City KPU to get new facilities
City KPU to get new facilitiesThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta The city administration announced on Friday that it had allocated Rp 125 billion in the 2003 budget proposal to develop facilities for the 2004 general election, including a new building.
Sat, 18 Jan 2003
Justice for
Justice for ordinary people From Kompas The increase in fuel prices, and electricity and telephone charges have no direct impact on the poor people, who have no motorized vehicles. However, the impact of the price increases -- soaring prices of daily necessities, will hit them hard.
Sat, 18 Jan 2003
Bali bombs exploded prematurely, suspect says
Bali bombs exploded prematurely, suspect saysWahyoe Boediwardhana, The Jakarta Post, Denpasar, Bali Ali Imron, a suspect in last year's Bali blasts, told investigators that the bombs used in the devastating attacks exploded before they were supposed to, police said on Friday.
Sat, 18 Jan 2003
Councillors to get free training paid for by UNDP
Councillors to get free training paid for by UNDPAhmad Junaidi, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Public funds apparently are no longer adequate for Jakarta city councillors as they revealed their plan on Friday to use foreign funding worth US$130,000 to improve their knowledge in the fields of urban and...
Sat, 18 Jan 2003
Riau environmentalists to sue Singapore over sand imports
Riau environmentalists to sue Singapore over sand importsHaidir Anwar Tanjung, The Jakarta Post, Pekanbaru, Riau Local environmentalists here are planning to sue the Singapore government, blamed for destroying the environment in Riau as the neighboring country has continued importing sand from the...
Sat, 18 Jan 2003
Painter Rastika returns with fresh touch
Painter Rastika returns with fresh touchYusuf Susilo Hartono, Contributor, Jakarta After being absent for some time from a solo exhibition in Jakarta, Rastika, 60-year-old glass painter from Gegesik Kulon, a village in Cirebon, West Java, is back with his latest works.
Sat, 18 Jan 2003
Law restricts number of political parties
Law restricts number of political partiesBambang Nurbianto and Adianto P. Simamora, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Only a few of the over 200 new political parties will contest the 2004 general election as many of them will likely fail to meet the strict requirements imposed by the new Law on Political...
Sat, 18 Jan 2003
Rector forum offers government a win-win solution
Rector forum offers government a win-win solutionZakki Hakim and Moch. N. Kurniawan, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Any government decision to ignore public protests over increases in fuel, electricity and telephone charges would spark further unrest, which would be far more costly than the money saved...
Sat, 18 Jan 2003
Stability, growth, reform: WB
Stability, growth, reform: WBWorld Bank, Jakarta Structural reforms under the Megawati administration have by and large remained on track. Reforms accelerated markedly after the Bali attack. Recognizing the importance of sending positive signals after Bali, the government renewed reform efforts on...
Sat, 18 Jan 2003
KPU must proceed or risk delayed 2004 election
KPU must proceed or risk delayed 2004 electionThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta Despite the absence of the required electoral bills, the General Elections Commission (KPU) is going ahead with its preparations for the 2004 general election. Otherwise, the elections might be delayed.
Sat, 18 Jan 2003
Garuda air cargo handling
Garuda air cargo handling On Dec. 23, 2002, we had a shipment of two boxes containing 16 pots of poinsettia plants destined for Semarang. The boxes were specifically designed and manufactured for shipping potted plants or flowers of this particular size, and the plants inside the boxes were wrapped...
Sat, 18 Jan 2003
Singaporean, Indonesian artists blend in fusion
Singaporean, Indonesian artists blend in fusion Tarko Sudiarno The Jakarta Post Yogyakarta"Will I get an all out service?" asked a woman. "I would like to have a massage but I'll have to wait until my husband is assigned out of town. I'll get in touch with you a few days later.
Sat, 18 Jan 2003
Why use a foreign word?
Why use a foreign word?From Media IndonesiaIf we go from Blok M, South Jakarta, to downtown Kota and vice-versa, we will find a traffic sign reading Khusus Busway (Busway Only). This traffic sign has been put up since December.
Sat, 18 Jan 2003
Public van price discrepancy
Public van price discrepancyFrom Pos KotaThe West Java provincial office of the Highway Traffic and Transportation Service has decided that vans currently in use for city transportation services manufactured before 1990 must be replaced by vans with more recent manufacturing dates.
Sat, 18 Jan 2003
Govt may bow to pressure over utility price hikes
Govt may bow to pressure over utility price hikesFabiola Desy Unidjaja, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Cracking under pressure, the government dropped a hint of bowing more to people's incessant protests against hikes in utility prices on Friday.
Sat, 18 Jan 2003
TNI, GAM told to maintain peace
TNI, GAM told to maintain peace BANDA ACEH, Aceh: The Switzerland-based Henry Dunant Centre (HDC) has called on both the Indonesian military and the Free Aceh Movement (GAM) to restrain themselves from actions that would disrupt the cessation of hostilities agreement they signed last month.
Sat, 18 Jan 2003
New province to
New province to solve Papua issueFrom Media Indonesia People in the region of Irian Jaya, now called Papua, are still lagging behind in their standard of living, while the political movement to secede from the Republic of Indonesia is escalating.
Sat, 18 Jan 2003
Nuclear tension rises on divided Korean peninsula
Nuclear tension rises on divided Korean peninsulaBantarto Bandoro, Editor, 'The Indonesian Quarterly', Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), Jakarta, bandoro@csis.or.id A frightening scenario on the divided Korean peninsula cast a shadow over the world, as North Korea continued to...
Sat, 18 Jan 2003
Government feeds banks to discourage real-sector industries
Government feeds banks to discourage real-sector industriesPitan Daslani Political economy analystIn defending her policy to increase fuel prices and utility rates, little did President Megawati Soekarnoputri realize -- unless she really meant it -- that she was well on track to crippling...
Sat, 18 Jan 2003
Jusuf asked to declare all assets
Jusuf asked to declare all assets JAKARTA: The Public Servants' Wealth Audit Commission (KPKPN) asked Coordinating Minister for People's Welfare Jusuf Kalla on Friday to declare all of his assets to the commission for audit purposes.
Sat, 18 Jan 2003
TV Program: Monday, January 20, 2003
TV Program: Monday, January 20, 2003TVRI .TB.30" .90" 5:03 a.m.Religious Teachings6:00 News: Berita Pagi 7:30 Sports Feature8:00 DRTV 8:30 Environment9:00 Comedy: Surat9:30 Agribusiness (Live)10:30 Entertainment11:00 News: Berita Daerah 11:30 Music: Konteswara12:00 p.m.
Sat, 18 Jan 2003
Hassan criticizes U.S. immigration profiling policy
Hassan criticizes U.S. immigration profiling policyFabiola Desy Unidjaja, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Jakarta considers Washington's policy, which obliges Indonesian males age 16 and over currently staying in the U.S.
Sat, 18 Jan 2003
Judge feeling heat in bribery case
Judge feeling heat in bribery case JAKARTA: City Police Anti-Corruption section questioned on Friday a witness in an alleged case of bribery in which Torang, a judge at the South Jakarta District court, reportedly sought a bribe from a plaintiff appearing before his court.
Sat, 18 Jan 2003
Hospitals have
Hospitals have social function From Media IndonesiaSeveral hospitals in East Java have raised their treatment fees. In Indonesia, as a developing nation or even a poor country, hospitals have a social function, while a commercial motive is, in my opinion, not yet appropriate.
Sat, 18 Jan 2003
Present coalition
Present coalition still going strong In the political scene, it is virtually impossible for the solid coalition of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-Perjuangan), the faction of the Functional Group (Golkar) behind Akbar Tandjung and the United Development Party (PPP) to lose the 2004...
Sat, 18 Jan 2003
RI economy to suffer should U.S. attack Iraq
RI economy to suffer should U.S. attack IraqThe Jakarta Post Jakarta Indonesia's economy, still struggling to recover from the economic crisis in the late 1990s, would experience another major setback if the U.S. launched a military strike on Iraq, a foreign-based economist said.
Sat, 18 Jan 2003
Sutiyoso and garbage
Sutiyoso and garbage As many of us know, the main problems that constantly bedevil our capital city, Jakarta, are its transportation system, flooding and garbage disposal. Unfortunately, the city administration and bureaucracy have never come up with any workable solutions to these problems,...
Sat, 18 Jan 2003
TV Today: Saturday, January 18, 2003
TV Today: Saturday, January 18, 2003 TVRI 5:03 a.m.Religious Teachings6:00 News: Berita Pagi7:30 Sports Feature8:00 DRTV 8:30 Talk Show: Ibu, Bayi dan Balita9:00 Documentary9:30 Entertainment 10:00 Mujizat10:30 Talk Show11:00 News: Berita Daerah11:30 Music12:00 p.m.
Sat, 18 Jan 2003
The Jakarta Post
The Jakarta Post Jakarta The Directorate General of Telecommunications and Post issued a directive on Friday instructing the country's four fixed-line telephone operators to charge their customers at the old rate.The move follows a government decision to postpone the recently announce rate increase.
Sat, 18 Jan 2003
Reduced competitiveness blamed on lack of stars
Reduced competitiveness blamed on lack of starsMusthofid, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta As competitiveness has faded significantly, the Indonesian amateur boxing today could hardly yield future stars as did in the past, former national star Syamsul Anwar Harahap said.
Sat, 18 Jan 2003
Legislators set to investigate Indosat sale to foreign firm
Legislators set to investigate Indosat sale to foreign firmKurniawan Hari, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta A total of 117 legislators submitted a petition on Friday urging the House of Representatives (DPR) to exercise its investigative powers to examine the sale of 41.
Sat, 18 Jan 2003
Telkom told to charge customers old rate
Telkom told to charge customers old rateThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta The Directorate General of Telecommunications and Post issued a directive on Friday instructing the country's four fixed-line telephone operators to charge their customers at the old rate.
Sat, 18 Jan 2003
JP/6/E04
JP/6/E04Telephone rates The government has finally delayed the new telephone tariff increases, which should be effective this month. The delay was announced after a meeting between three coordinating ministers and members of the House and Representatives (DPR) and People's Consultative Assembly...
Sat, 18 Jan 2003
Belgium urges RI to free dredgers
Belgium urges RI to free dredgers The Belgium government summoned the Indonesian ambassador Thursday to protest Jakarta's refusal to release three Belgian dredging vessels that have been cleared by an Indonesian court of illegally operating in Indonesian waters.
Sat, 18 Jan 2003
* Headlines: KPU must proceed or risk delayed election2
* Headlines: KPU must proceed or risk delayed election2 * National:Four hurt in clash during price hike protest 4 * Archipelago: Separatists to leave Ambon to attend trial5 * Opinion: Leaders, media must adapt to changes7 * City: Councillors to get training paid for by UNDP8 * Sports: Top players...
Sat, 18 Jan 2003
BP to fully resume East Java gas supply
BP to fully resume East Java gas supplyThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta Anglo-American energy giant BP Plc. completed on Friday the repair work on leaks at its gas pipelines in East Java, a statement from the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources said.
Sat, 18 Jan 2003
1. Cifor20 -- Sustaining RI forests
1. Cifor20 -- Sustaining RI forests needs strong measures2. State16 -- Total intelligence needed for comprehensive national security
Sat, 18 Jan 2003
Humor in Rastika's Glass Painting
Humor in Rastika's Glass PaintingYusuf Susilo Hartono Contributor Jakarta After being absent for sometime of solo exhibition area in Jakarta, Rastika, 60-year-old glass painter from Gegesik Kulon, a village in Cirebon, West Java, backs with his latest works.
Sat, 18 Jan 2003
S. Arabian citizen nabbed for drugs
S. Arabian citizen nabbed for drugs TANGERANG: A Saudi Arabian citizen was arrested at Soekarno- Hatta International Airport on Thursday for trying to smuggle 2,647 benzodiazepam barbiturate pills into the country.
Sat, 18 Jan 2003
Four students hurt in clash during price hike protest
Four students hurt in clash during price hike protestThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta At least four students were wounded when police scuffled with some 3,000 students protesting in front of the Grahadi State Building in Surabaya, East Java, on Friday.
Sat, 18 Jan 2003
Feeding banks only deters real-sector industries
Feeding banks only deters real-sector industriesPitan Daslani, Journalist, Jakarta In defending her policy to increase fuel prices and utility rates, little did President Megawati Soekarnoputri realize -- unless she really meant it -- that she was well on track to crippling Indonesia's real-sector...
Sat, 18 Jan 2003
Threat not to pay taxes
Threat not to pay taxes In the rallies held in response to the simultaneous increases of fuel prices, electricity rates and telephone tariffs, the protesters demanded that President Megawati Soekarnoputri and Vice President Hamzah Haz resign. I can certainly understand this demand.
Sat, 18 Jan 2003
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;JP;dan; ANPAf..r.. Rupiah-conversion-ratesRupiah Rates Jan. 17 JP/13/ConverRupiah Rates Jan. 17 Bank notes rates TT rates Selling Buying Selling Buying Rp Rp Rp Rp Australian dollar 1 5,522.46 4,929.28 5,253.88 5,197.63Brunei dollar 1 5,419.03 4,839.66 5,155.47 5,103.14Canadian dollar 1 6,108.
Sat, 18 Jan 2003
RI to set up property rights task force
RI to set up property rights task forceDebbie A. Lubis, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta In a bid to curb rampant intellectual property piracy in the country, the government is planning to establish a task force that would strengthen coordination among law enforcers.
Sat, 18 Jan 2003
ASEAN urged to help ease Korea crisis
ASEAN urged to help ease Korea crisisFabiola Desy Unidjaja, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Visiting U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for East Asia and Pacific Affairs James A. Kelly urged Indonesia and other Association of Southeast Asian Nation (ASEAN) members on Friday to support dialog as a peaceful...
Sat, 18 Jan 2003
Film, video and photo fest to showcase ASEAN talent
Film, video and photo fest to showcase ASEAN talentHera Diani, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Aspiring filmmakers and photographers, do you want the opportunity to expose your work in the United States, plus have a chance to win cash up to US$1,750 at the first U.S.
Sat, 18 Jan 2003
Corruption worse under Megawati, says ICW
Corruption worse under Megawati, says ICWTiarma Siboro, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Corruption among state officials and politicians has worsened under President Megawati Soekarnoputri's leadership, Indonesian Corruption Watch (ICW) says.
Sat, 18 Jan 2003
Government to issue new policy on money laundering
Government to issue new policy on money launderingDadan Wijaksana, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The fight against money laundering would appear to be intensifying with the government announcing plans on Friday to issue a ruling requiring non-bank financial institutions to find out more about their...
Sat, 18 Jan 2003
LG keeps its commitment to invest in Indonesia
LG keeps its commitment to invest in IndonesiaSari P. Setiogi, The Jakarta Post, Tangerang, West Java PT LG Electronics Indonesia, a subsidiary of the South Korean- owned electronic company LG, is scheduled early next month to start operating the expansion unit of its refrigerator factory, which...
Sat, 18 Jan 2003
S.Korea's Roh reaches out to Western investors
S.Korea's Roh reaches out to Western investorsPaul Eckert, Reuters, Seoul South Korean President-elect Roh Moo-hyun, once a fiery union lawyer, reached out to foreign investors on Friday, vowing further steps to open a fast-growing economy that has a history of hostility towards outsiders.
Sat, 18 Jan 2003
Washington ethnic profiling policy discriminatory: Hassan
Washington ethnic profiling policy discriminatory: HassanFabiola Desy Unidjaja The Jakarta Post JakartaJakarta considers Washington's policy, which obliges Indonesian males age 16 and over currently staying in the U.S.
Sat, 18 Jan 2003
Peak U.S. business group calls for ASEAN to integrate markets
Peak U.S. business group calls for ASEAN to integrate marketsAgence France-Presse, Bangkok Southeast Asian nations should work quickly to integrate their economies in order to compete successfully against their giant neighbor China, a peak U.S.-based business group said Friday.
Sat, 18 Jan 2003
Separatists told to leave Ambon to attend trial
Separatists told to leave Ambon to attend trialAziz Tunny, The Jakarta Post, Ambon, Maluku The North Jakarta Prosecutor's Office has ordered Maluku separatist leaders Alex Manuputty and Semmy Waeleruny to leave Ambon and return to Jakarta within 10 days to attend further hearings in their...
Sat, 18 Jan 2003
Defense plea in Theys trial rejected
Defense plea in Theys trial rejected SURABAYA, East Java: Military prosecutors rejected on Friday a defense plea by lawyers of seven Army Special Forces (Kopassus) members charged with murdering Papuan separatist leader Theys Hiyo Eluay.Chief investigator Col.
Sat, 18 Jan 2003
KUALA LUMPUR: Crude palm oil (CPO) prices on Malaysia's
KUALA LUMPUR: Crude palm oil (CPO) prices on Malaysia's Derivatives Exchange are likely to trend further south amid a lack of fresh leads, dealers said Friday. CPO prices for February closed at 1,626 ringgit (US$428) a ton at the end of the week.
Sat, 18 Jan 2003
Protest rallies
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 by university students and other social components.
Sat, 18 Jan 2003
Jakarta to host copyright seminar
Jakarta to host copyright seminar JAKARTA: Delegates from 23 Asia and Pacific countries are to attend a seminar here later this month to discuss strategies and policies for the protection of intellectual property rights, a senior official said.
Sat, 18 Jan 2003
Megawati awards best performing exporters
Megawati awards best performing exportersArya Abhiseka, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta President Megawati Soekarnoputri awarded on Friday the Primaniyarta service medal to 34 companies assessed as the best performing exporters last year, praising them for their contribution to the national economy...
Sat, 18 Jan 2003
Police arrest sea pirates
Police arrest sea pirates MANADO, North Sulawesi: North Sulawesi Police have arrested nine suspected pirates for allegedly hijacking a Taiwanese fishing boat in waters off Sangihe Talaud district on Dec. 27.Provincial police spokesman Adj. Sr. Com.
Sat, 18 Jan 2003
Elite culture and
Elite culture and people's cultureFrom Koran Tempo President Megawati Soekarnoputri said that the burning of the President's and Vice President's effigies in rallies staged to protest against the hike in utility prices was indicative that the people were lacking in respect and that their cultural...
Sat, 18 Jan 2003
Five dead, six injured in bloody W. Sumatra village clash
Five dead, six injured in bloody W. Sumatra village clashKasparman, The Jakarta Post, Padang, West Sumatra The situation in Pasaman, 180 kilometers north of Padang, the capital of West Sumatra, remains tense following bloody violence between the residents of two villages in the regency on Wednesday...
Sat, 18 Jan 2003
Railway fares
Railway faresFrom Republika In the opinion of train commuters, the idea of the Jakarta, Bogor, Tangerang and Bekasi divisions of railway company PT KAI to increase railway fares as of Jan. 1, 2003, really defies reason; first and foremost, for the reason that the latest fare hikes were just...