Archive: 10 June 2003
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Tue, 10 Jun 2003, 00:00 WIB
Christine plans to build school
Christine plans to build school JAKARTA: Actress Christine Hakim, 46, has grave concerns about many Indonesian schools, which are poorly equipped, and about the soaring school fees that may deprive more children of a proper education. "Since I have a lot of money, I'll build a good school for poor children. They are our country's future," she said last week while attending an event at Plaza Indonesia, Central Jakarta.
Tue, 10 Jun 2003, 00:00 WIB
Police and PLN launch effort against power theft
Police and PLN launch effort against power theft Police and state electricity firm PLN have agreed to work together to stamp out power theft. City police spokesman Sr. Comr. Prasetyo announced on Monday that a joint operation, codenamed Operasi Kilat, had started on May 15 and would last a month. The operation, he said, targeted mainly power theft committed by industrial plants and firms.
Tue, 10 Jun 2003, 00:00 WIB
A clean war in Aceh
A clean war in Aceh If Lothar and Elisabeth Engel had been Acehnese, few people would have heard about them or their fate. If they had been Acehnese, Lothar Engel would have been just one of the 150 or so local people Indonesian soldiers have shot in the name of the security operation in Aceh. His wounded wife would have been among the hundreds of nameless Acehnese treated at some poorly equipped community health center in Aceh.
Tue, 10 Jun 2003, 00:00 WIB
WiFi: A prominent 'third' place
WiFi: A prominent 'third' place Wasis Gunarto, Contributor, Jakarta Just picture this situation. After a hectic day at your office, you decide to unwind at one of the city's numerous cafes. This time your decision is one of your most favorite spots, Starbucks coffee shop. As a regular customer you are familiar with everything here. But not this evening. You "smell" something new is in the air. Yes, you are right. There is a brand-new item on their menu: WiFi, short for Wireless Fidelity.
Tue, 10 Jun 2003, 00:00 WIB
Clove farmers demand Rp 200b fund
Clove farmers demand Rp 200b fund M. Taufiqurrahman, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta North Sulawesi clove growing representatives demanded on Monday that the government provide money to compensate for a potential loss from the plunge in the commodity price ahead of the harvest season. North Sulawesi clove farmers solidarity forum vice chairman Ernest Weley said that Rp 200 billion (US$24 million) in interest-free loans would be adequate to cope with declining clove prices.
Tue, 10 Jun 2003, 00:00 WIB
Comments on Swedish-Indonesian relations
Comments on Swedish-Indonesian relations Sweden fully supports Indonesia's territorial integrity and takes the position that a solution to the conflict in Aceh must be based on the special autonomy that, by law, should already apply in Aceh. We have also declared that there is no Swedish or international support for Acehnese independence and that the only realistic solution is a negotiated solution based on the same principles as last year's cease-fire agreement.
Tue, 10 Jun 2003, 00:00 WIB
Danamon sale wraps up in June
Danamon sale wraps up in June The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The Indonesian Bank Restructuring Agency (IBRA) plans to wrap up the sale of the publicly listed Bank Danamon to Asia Financial Indonesia (AFI) by mid-June with the payment of US$350 million from the consortium. IBRA deputy chairman for bank restructuring I Nyoman Sender said on Monday that the fit and proper test by Bank Indonesia was complete, so the transaction for the Bank Danamon takeover could be completed by June 16.
Tue, 10 Jun 2003, 00:00 WIB
`Who needs art, just give us Inul'
`Who needs art, just give us Inul' Jakarta will observe its 476-year anniversary on June 22. In celebration of the anniversary, the city is organizing various festivities, including JakArt@ 2003, which features around 900 performances in more than 150 locations across the city. Some residents are enthusiastic about the events, while others say it is a waste of money. They expressed their ideas to The Jakarta Post.
Tue, 10 Jun 2003, 00:00 WIB
Court martial prosecutes soldier over Semanggi case
Court martial prosecutes soldier over Semanggi case Muninggar Sri Saraswati, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The court martial began on Monday for an Army soldier who was accused of shooting dead a student during a rally against the state security bill near the Semanggi clover-leaf here in September 1999. First Pvt.
Tue, 10 Jun 2003, 00:00 WIB
`I'm ready to quit,' says KONI secretary
`I'm ready to quit,' says KONI secretary Musthofid, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta After a secret transfer of funds from the National Sports Council (KONI) to an account of the Soccer Association of Indonesia (PSSI) made national headlines, KONI secretary-general Oyong Karmayudha announced on Monday that he was ready to quit his post if he was found guilty of violating procedures. "If I am found guilty of wrongdoing with this transfer of funds, I'm ready to accept the worst.
Tue, 10 Jun 2003, 00:00 WIB
Product innovation complemented with innovative marketing
Product innovation complemented with innovative marketing Yadi Budhisetiawan, Contributor, Jakarta Indonesian consumers may be considered as some of the most progressive and consumptive despite their limited purchasing power. Indonesia is one of the few countries in the world where leading multinational companies have to modify the features of their brands and long-standing "traditions" to accommodate the unique buying and consumption habits of Indonesians.
Tue, 10 Jun 2003, 00:00 WIB
OPEC to ask rivals to back oil cut
OPEC to ask rivals to back oil cut Reuters, Doha OPEC this week is set to press independent exporters to back the cartel's next supply cut to prevent the resumption of Iraqi exports undercutting oil prices. OPEC President Abdullah al-Attiyah made clear on Sunday that major non-aligned producers Mexico, Russia and Norway would be called on to help the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) defend its US$25 a barrel price target. "Yes. We require their support ...
Tue, 10 Jun 2003, 00:00 WIB
Mountains or beaches? Pleasure is only hours away
Mountains or beaches? Pleasure is only hours away Feeling tired and in need of some rest and relaxation? Get out of the oppressive heat of Jakarta and refresh your body and mind at resorts close to the capital. For Jakarta residents, there are several excellent options for weekends and holidays: mountain resorts, beach side hotels and island retreats. If you want to spend your holiday at a nearby mountain resort, a villa in Puncak is serene.
Tue, 10 Jun 2003, 00:00 WIB
Woman greens E. Java mountains
Woman greens E. Java mountains Moch. N. Kurniawan, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Titik Tarwati will never forget the moment she was officially told she had won this year's Kalpataru Award for conservation. The news was even more meaningful because she was the only woman to receive the prestigious environmental award from the central government. "I felt honored and convinced that my (conservation) efforts were recognized.
Tue, 10 Jun 2003, 00:00 WIB
21,800 students fail final examinations
21,800 students fail final examinations The Jakarta Post, Jakarta It was a bad day on Monday for many senior high school students in Jakarta when they received letters sent by mail to their home to inform them that they had failed the final examinations, held under the new system. The Jakarta High Education Agency said that out of the 131,151 high school students participating in the exams, more than 21,800 or 16 percent did not pass.
Tue, 10 Jun 2003, 00:00 WIB
An Overview of Philippines-Indonesia Bilateral Relations
An Overview of Philippines-Indonesia Bilateral Relations History shows that Philippine-Indonesian relations began as early as the pre-colonial times when trade, commerce, and transmigration flourished between our peoples. Over the centuries, a genuine sense of brotherhood between Filipinos and Indonesians developed through the movement of peoples, goods, and ideas between the two archipelagos.
Tue, 10 Jun 2003, 00:00 WIB
Cement truck drivers go on strike
Cement truck drivers go on strike BOGOR: About 6,000 cement truck drivers and their assistants went on strike on Monday and parked 3,000 vehicles in the parking lot of PT Indocement Tunggal Prakarsa to protest the increase in the number of trucks. Anwar, one of the drivers of PT Mitra Rajasa, complained that it would be more difficult now to get an order to transport cement from PT Indocement.
Tue, 10 Jun 2003, 00:00 WIB
PAN doles out free lunches
PAN doles out free lunches MAKASSAR, South Sulawesi: Hundreds of pedicab (becak) drivers crowded into Karebosi Stadium here on Monday to meet National Mandate Party (PAN) chairman Amien Rais, with some of them admitting they had been promised food and cash to attend. The pedicab drivers wore PAN T-shirts and adorned their vehicles with party banners.
Tue, 10 Jun 2003, 00:00 WIB
Ministry, WHO to hold workshop
Ministry, WHO to hold workshop JAKARTA: Officials and policy-makers from the Ministry of Health and the World Health Organization (WHO) are to begin on Wednesday a workshop on disaster management for the health sector in Denpasar, just a few kilometers from the site of the bomb attacks that killed 202 people in October last year. Titled "Lessons Learned from the Bali Bomb," the three-day workshop is designed to assess how hospitals can improve their management of and response to such calamities.
Tue, 10 Jun 2003, 00:00 WIB
Six McDonald's bombing suspects go on trial in Makassar
Six McDonald's bombing suspects go on trial in Makassar Andi Hajramurni, The Jakarta Post, Makassar, South Sulawesi Six suspects in the Dec. 5, 2002 Makassar bombing went on trial on Monday for their alleged involvement in the bombings that killed three people and injured 15 others. The six: Masnur bin Abdul Latif, Suriadi, Ilham Riadi, Anton bin Labbase, Khaerul and Muhammad Tang alias Itang stood trial in separate sessions at the Makassar Court.
Tue, 10 Jun 2003, 00:00 WIB
Councillors donate Rp 90m to poor
Councillors donate Rp 90m to poor BOGOR: Three local councillors from the Justice Party faction distributed on Monday Rp 90 million to the poor from an operational fund they had received from the council secretariat. Chairman of the faction Achmad Ru'yat, secretary Iwan Suryawan, and Justice Party member Nuruzaman made the donation. Achmad said that the money was drawn from the operational fund of the municipal council, which was originally from the 2003 town budget.
Tue, 10 Jun 2003, 00:00 WIB
'Jamu' workers call for BPOM raids to stop
'Jamu' workers call for BPOM raids to stop Agus Maryono, The Jakarta Post, Cilacap, Central Java Hundreds of jamu (traditional medicine) factory workers, including their children, staged a protest demanding that the Food and Drug Monitoring Agency (BPOM) stop its raids on factories in Gentasari village, Cilacap regency, which is the center of the jamu industry.
Tue, 10 Jun 2003, 00:00 WIB
New decree increases number of students failing final exam
New decree increases number of students failing final exam The Jakarta Post, Bandung/Medan The number of students who failed to pass the national final exam in the provinces of West Java and North Sumatra have increased after the Ministry of National Education issued a decree on the final examination. In West Java, a total of 12,341 high school students, or 5 percent of about 215,000 students, failed to pass the final examination.
Tue, 10 Jun 2003, 00:00 WIB
Lampung councillors named corruption suspects
Lampung councillors named corruption suspects Oyos Saroso HN, The Jakarta Post, Bandar Lampung, Lampung Three councillors were declared suspects on Monday for the alleged misuse of Rp 19.5 billion (US$2.4 million) from the Lampung 2001 provincial budget.
Tue, 10 Jun 2003, 00:00 WIB
Another Rp 32b sought for controversial busway project
Another Rp 32b sought for controversial busway project Bambang Nurbianto, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The city administration said on Monday it would need an additional Rp 32 billion for its bus rapid transit (BRT) -- or busway -- project, an admission that points to the administration's poor planning of the project.
Tue, 10 Jun 2003, 00:00 WIB
Environment Day
Environment Day In your editorial of June 5, 2003, you raised the question of whether there is anything to justify celebrations, when all around us we see rapid environmental degradation. Ironically, in the same paper the state minister for the environment admits to "not having a clue about how to handle illegal logging". Other articles point to the close links between water resources, environmental degradation and poverty alleviation and Indonesian perceptions about the U.S. and Americans.
Tue, 10 Jun 2003, 00:00 WIB
Greenpeace calls on coal phase out
Greenpeace calls on coal phase out Agence France-Presse, Jakarta International environmental watchdog Greenpeace on Monday called on the coal industry to stop producing coal and to invest instead in clean and renewable energy. "The coal industry bears a heavy responsibility in inflicting damage to the environment," a Greenpeace statement quoted one of its activists as telling a conference of coal companies in Bali island.
Tue, 10 Jun 2003, 00:00 WIB
Malaysia-Brunei territory dispute halts TotalFinaElf
Malaysia-Brunei territory dispute halts TotalFinaElf Dow Jones, Singapore A territorial dispute between Malaysia and Brunei over potentially huge oil reserves offshore of the island of Borneo has derailed, for the time being at least, exploration plans by TotalFinaElf (TOT), industry sources said. The dispute escalated to such a level that a Malaysian patrol boat recently chased a TotalFinaElf exploration vessel away from the area, the sources said.
Tue, 10 Jun 2003, 00:00 WIB
How long until real change?
How long until real change? Frank Feulner, Political Analyst, Jakarta, ffeulner@cbn.net.id Five years have passed since the fall of former president Soeharto and many Indonesians are wondering how much progress their country has made. Once again there is tumult on the streets as people commemorate the events of 1998 and reflect on the sacrifices that were made then in the name of Reformasi. But five years on, there's disillusion on the streets.
Tue, 10 Jun 2003, 00:00 WIB
Pramuka market, where good and evil collide
Pramuka market, where good and evil collide When President Megawati Soekarnoputri claimed earlier this month that she was given fake drugs by a presidential doctor, the public was sparked once again by the persistent problem of fake medicines. The major source for such fake medicines, which was later cited in the mass media by pharmaceutical experts and officials, is Pramuka market in East Jakarta. Pramuka market has been a host to about 330 drugstores, registered or unregistered, since 1992.
Tue, 10 Jun 2003, 00:00 WIB
Asian monies turn in mixed showing
Asian monies turn in mixed showing Dow Jones, Singapore Asian currencies turned in a mixed performance on Monday as they recovered or trimmed early losses on the back of dollar selling. Broadly stronger regional equities' markets provided support to the currencies, although upside was capped by concerns about central bank intervention. The Singapore dollar, Indonesian rupiah and Thai baht were weaker late on Monday.
Tue, 10 Jun 2003, 00:00 WIB
JP/13CLOVE
JP/13CLOVE Clove farmers demand fund ahead of harvest M. Taufiqurrahman The Jakarta Post Jakarta Representatives of North Sulawesi clove farmers demanded on Monday that the government provide capital injection to compensate a potential loss from the plunge in the commodity price ahead of a major harvest.
Tue, 10 Jun 2003, 00:00 WIB
'Aceh humanitarian operation on tract'
'Aceh humanitarian operation on tract' The Jakarta Post, Banda Aceh, Aceh The Aceh martial law administration is claiming that humanitarian efforts are making as much progress as its three-week military operation to flush out Free Aceh Movement (GAM) separatists. However, civilians, especially traders, have to bear the brunt of the military operation in the province due to reduced business activities. Martial law administrator Maj. Gen.
Tue, 10 Jun 2003, 00:00 WIB
YES TO RELIGIOUS EDUCATION: Hundreds of demonstrators rally at
YES TO RELIGIOUS EDUCATION: Hundreds of demonstrators rally at the House of Representatives in support of the controversial education bill. The protesters, from the Hizbut Tahrir Indonesia Muslim group, demanded on Monday that the House approve the draft bill soon. The legislature is scheduled to hold a plenary session today to pass or to postpone the bill.
Tue, 10 Jun 2003, 00:00 WIB
Soldiers convicted of assault
Soldiers convicted of assault Reuters, Lhokseumawe, Aceh An Indonesian military court on Monday found three soldiers guilty of beating civilians in war-torn Aceh and sentenced them to four months and 20 days in jail -- about half what prosecutors had demanded. "The defendants have conducted a crime because they could not hold their emotions, prompting the beating of civilians," presiding judge Maj. Hulwani told the court in Lhokseumawe, a key base for the military operation.
Tue, 10 Jun 2003, 00:00 WIB
Four Seasons Resorts Bali
Four Seasons Resorts Bali TROPICAL GARDEN: Like most modern resorts, Four Seasons Resort Bali at Jimbaran bay also features a lush tropical garden in their courtyard. FOR Marketing Perspective JP/Mulkan Salmona CREATIVE WORKS: Two workers of a handicraft company demonstrate the making of decorative plates from fragments of ceramic tiles. Many small firms are sometime inventive and creative but lack the financing to expand their business.
Tue, 10 Jun 2003, 00:00 WIB
Replacement driver arrested
Replacement driver arrested BREBES, Central Java: The Brebes police arrested Prayitno, the replacement driver of the Langsung Jaya bus, at a restaurant in Kendal regency two days after an incident in which 10 passengers were killed and six others injured. Prayitno said on Monday that he was not responsible for the tragic accident, as he was not on the bus when the incident took place. He had gotten out of the vehicle before it reached Brebes.
Tue, 10 Jun 2003, 00:00 WIB
1. DUIT (1 x 35)
1. DUIT (1 x 35) Asian monies turn in mixed showing 2. BONDS (3 x 16) Asian bond fund will boost cooperation: S&P 3. TUNA (2 x 27) RP, RI, Thailand get tuna tariff and quota concession from EU