Archive: 7 August 2003
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Thu, 07 Aug 2003, 00:00 WIB
2. Right ( 2 x 24 )
2. Right ( 2 x 24 ) EU, U.S. criticize RI over human rights trials 3.Bali ( 1 x 40) Terrorist suspects refuse to testify in trial 4. Golkar (2x 18) Wiranto seeks Golkar presidential nod
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Flying with Northwest
Flying with Northwest On July 15, 2003, I flew by Garuda from Jakarta to Singapore, where I spent the night. The next day I proceeded to fly to Washington DC on board Northwest Airlines. My boarding pass was No. 667717 and I'm also a WorldPerks holder, No. 036024660. Before the flight, Northwest gave me flight information, including the permissible quantity of baggage. I arrived at Changi airport at 3 a.m. and queued up to have my luggage checked.
Thu, 07 Aug 2003, 00:00 WIB
Paddy's Pub is back. more secure than ever
Paddy's Pub is back. more secure than ever Wahyoe Boediwardhana, Contributor, Kuta, Bali Made Sukarya is beaming with hope. After losing his job at the popular Paddy's pub in Legian after it was destroyed by a terrorist bomb in October last year, he is back in his old job. When the rebuilt Paddy's Club Reloaded opened on Saturday, the 30-year-old Made returned to his job as a waiter. "I'm very happy," the father of two said. Made has reason to be happy.
Thu, 07 Aug 2003, 00:00 WIB
Canberra gives RI new patrol boats
Canberra gives RI new patrol boats AUSTRALIA: Australia gave Indonesia five new patrol boats to help fight terrorism and transnational crimes such as drug and people smuggling, Justice and Customs Minister Chris Ellison said on Wednesday. Ellison donated the custom-built catamarans worth 1.5 million Australian dollars (US$975,000), to Commissioner Gen. Kadaryanto, deputy chief of Indonesian national police, at a ceremony in the Western Australian port of Fremantle.
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Passengers stranded due to strike
Passengers stranded due to strike TANGERANG: Hundreds of passengers were stranded on Wednesday morning, as drivers of public minivans serving the Ciledug to Cikokol route had been on strike since Tuesday afternoon. The drivers protested the municipality transportation agency plan to increase the number of vehicles serving the same route. They said that more minivans would mean less income per vehicle. The drivers claimed that they could take home only Rp 15,000 (US$1.74) to Rp 20,000 per day.
Thu, 07 Aug 2003, 00:00 WIB
'Bringing terrorists to court is waste of time'
'Bringing terrorists to court is waste of time' The recent terrorist bombing of the JW Marriott Hotel in South Jakarta claimed at least 10 lives and left around 150 injured. The blast occurred less than a month after a bomb attack at the legislative compound in the capital. Many people condemned the attacks and criticized security authorities for failing to anticipate the attack. The Jakarta Post talked with some residents on their views. Eka Dewi, 21, works at a hotel on Jl. M.H.
Thu, 07 Aug 2003, 00:00 WIB
Military operation
Military operation and human rights From Media Indonesia The integrated military operation in Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam has been going on for over 70 days and the separatist Free Aceh Movement (GAM) is now in a difficult position, as shown by its members' increasing brutality, such as threats to newsmen, teachers, civil servants and other citizens. GAM's actions, its attacks on civilians, is no longer tolerable.
Thu, 07 Aug 2003, 00:00 WIB
Megawati installs five new ambassadors
Megawati installs five new ambassadors Fabiola Desy Unidjaja, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta President Megawati Soekarnoputri installed on Wednesday five career diplomats as Indonesian ambassadors while the government continues its consultations with the House of Representatives on four other candidates.
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ASEAN summit to be held as scheduled in Indonesia despite blast
ASEAN summit to be held as scheduled in Indonesia despite blast Agence France-Presse Manila Southeast Asian leaders will hold their annual meeting in Indonesia as scheduled in October despite the deadly terrorist bombing in Jakarta, ASEAN Secretary General Ong Keng Yong said on Wednesday.
Thu, 07 Aug 2003, 00:00 WIB
'Bajaj' owners, drivers protest against Kancil
'Bajaj' owners, drivers protest against Kancil Bambang Nurbianto, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Some 300 bajaj (three-wheeled motorized vehicles) were parked at the City Council compound on Wednesday in a noisy and smoky protest against the administration's plan to replace them with the Kancil (four-wheeled vehicles).
Thu, 07 Aug 2003, 00:00 WIB
Communism's long shadow
Communism's long shadow The sharp debate that is currently going on both inside and outside the People's Consultative Assembly about the possibility of repealing a 38-year-old ban on communism once again illustrates the effectiveness of the past New Order regime's smear campaign against anything leftist.
Thu, 07 Aug 2003, 00:00 WIB
FOR GENERAL ISSUE: Good Corporate Governance
FOR GENERAL ISSUE: Good Corporate Governance ;JP; ANPAf..r.. Corporate-govt-practices Good Corporate Governance: Costly at first but worth it in the long run Hadi Cahyadi Contributor Jakarta During a seminar on corporate governance in Jakarta recently, one of the participants asked whether corporate governance was really required by a company, or whether it was only another trick by consultants to get assignments after all the brouhaha about total quality management (TQM), BPR and ISO 9000?
Thu, 07 Aug 2003, 00:00 WIB
Five-star hotels increase their security system
Five-star hotels increase their security system Rizky KD Ntoma and Sari P. Setiogi, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Following the bombing at JW Marriott Hotel in the Mega Kuningan business district in South Jakarta on Tuesday, which claimed at least 10 lives according to police reports, five-star hotels in the capital started to beef up security.
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1. HOTEL: 48 pt, 3 cols, 3 x 18
1. HOTEL: 48 pt, 3 cols, 3 x 18 Five Star hotels increase their security systems 2. SECURITY: 36 pt, 4 cols, 1 x 36 Govt to impose new security measures 3. JI: 30 pt, 3 cols, 2 x 28 Govt, police link Marriott bombing to Jamaah Islamiyah 4. TOURISM: 28 pt, 4 cols, 1 x 40 Tourism industry may suffer another setback 5. RUPIAH: 28 pt, 3 cols, 2 x 30 BI says pressure on rupiah after Marriott bombing to be short-lived
Thu, 07 Aug 2003, 00:00 WIB
Bush to push free trade initiative in Southeast Asia
Bush to push free trade initiative in Southeast Asia P. Parameswaran, Agence France-Presse, Manila U.S. President George Bush is to step up Washington's initiative to forge bilateral free trade agreements during his visit to Southeast Asia in October, officials said on Wednesday.
Thu, 07 Aug 2003, 00:00 WIB
BI sees pressure on rupiah to be short-lived
BI sees pressure on rupiah to be short-lived The Jakarta Post Jakarta Bank Indonesia senior deputy governor Anwar Nasution said on Wednesday that the current weakening of the rupiah would be short-lived, in a statement aimed at trying to calm nervous financial markets following the deadly bomb attack at the JW Marriott Hotel in Jakarta. Anwar said the central bank now had a better monitoring system and stronger foreign exchange reserves to help defend the rupiah.
Thu, 07 Aug 2003, 00:00 WIB
BI says pressure on rupiah to be short-lived
BI says pressure on rupiah to be short-lived The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Bank Indonesia senior deputy governor Anwar Nasution said on Wednesday that the current weakening of the rupiah would be short-lived. In a statement aimed at trying to calm nervous financial markets following the deadly bomb attack at the JW Marriott Hotel in Jakarta, Anwar said the central bank now had a better monitoring system and stronger foreign exchange reserves to help defend the rupiah.
Thu, 07 Aug 2003, 00:00 WIB
Permata lowers loan target after request rejected
Permata lowers loan target after request rejected The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Bank Permata will revise downward its lending target for this year after the Indonesian Bank Restructuring Agency (IBRA) rejected the publicly listed bank's plans to raise cash through a rights issue or bonds. Bank Permata vice president Chandra Purnama told reporters on Wednesday that the medium-sized bank would not be able to meet its new loan target of Rp 3 trillion by the end of the year.
Thu, 07 Aug 2003, 00:00 WIB
ASEAN finance chiefs mull ways to halt terrorist funding
ASEAN finance chiefs mull ways to halt terrorist funding Associated Press, Manila Southeast Asian finance chiefs said Wednesday they will discuss how to tighten financial controls to detect and halt the flow of funds to terrorists amid continuing attacks in the region.
Thu, 07 Aug 2003, 00:00 WIB
PT DI workers told to stop protests
PT DI workers told to stop protests BANDUNG: West Java Governor Danny Setiawan asked workers from state-owned aircraft company PT Dirgantara Indonesia (PT DI) on Wednesday to cease their daily protest rallies against their suspension to curb potential security disturbances. The demonstrations in Bandung had created a "big social cost", Setiawan said after a meeting with local military and police chiefs to discuss security in West Java.
Thu, 07 Aug 2003, 00:00 WIB
Poor intelligence blamed for bomb attack
Poor intelligence blamed for bomb attack Muninggar Sri Saraswati, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The bombing in the driveway of JW Marriott hotel in South Jakarta reveals the country's poor intelligence and lack of seriousness in anticipating possible terror attacks in the country, observers say. Director of Police Watch Rashid N.
Thu, 07 Aug 2003, 00:00 WIB
More technicians join Garuda unit
More technicians join Garuda unit JAKARTA: More than 90 percent of national flag carrier PT Garuda Indonesia's maintenance workers have agreed to be transferred to a subsidiary the airline plans to set up, the airline said in a press release on Wednesday.
Thu, 07 Aug 2003, 00:00 WIB
PT PAL refurbishes two ships
PT PAL refurbishes two ships JAKARTA: State-owned shipbuilder PT PAL has successfully refurbished two vessels belonging to the Directorate General of Customs and Excise, the company said on Wednesday. PT PAL's president director, Adwin H. Suryohadiprodjo, said in a press release that the company had delivered the refurbished vessels to Director General of Customs and Excise Edi Abdulrahaman in Surabaya.
Thu, 07 Aug 2003, 00:00 WIB
Hard blow to Cak Nur
Hard blow to Cak Nur Some people were disappointed to learn of Nurcholish Madjid's (Cak Nur's) decision to withdraw his participation in the convention that the Functional Group (Golkar) party will organize to select the party's presidential candidate. Some other people agreed to this decision while still some more began to unmask him.
Thu, 07 Aug 2003, 00:00 WIB
EU, U.S. criticize RI over rights trial
EU, U.S. criticize RI over rights trial The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The European Union and the United States criticized on Wednesday the overall record of the court trying those accused of committing rights violation in East Timor in 1999, saying justice had clearly not been done. The EU expressed its disappointment in a statement made available to The Jakarta Post on Wednesday. "The trials ...
Thu, 07 Aug 2003, 00:00 WIB
Government criticized for drought response
Government criticized for drought response CIREBON, West Java: The government's delay in providing water pumps to farmers has been blamed for the spread of the prolonged and crippling drought in Cirebon regency, West Java. Local officials said Wednesday that should assistance not arrive in the few next days, the farmers would not be able to harvest their crops. The West Java agriculture office had promised eight pumps and the central government had promised 143 pumps.
Thu, 07 Aug 2003, 00:00 WIB
Should old cars be
Should old cars be banned from city? From Media Indonesia The plan to reduce traffic congestion by banning cars manufactured in 1990 and before from entering Jakarta is not appropriate and will not solve the problem. Many such vehicles, including those for public transportation, will continue to be used in the city. It is also impossible to reduce the number of cars in Jakarta because automobile purchases take place every day.
Thu, 07 Aug 2003, 00:00 WIB
Minister ponders old-for-young swap
Minister ponders old-for-young swap MANILA: Japan's finance minister proposed on Wednesday packing off his country's growing army of pensioners to Philippine nursing homes. Finance Minister Masajuro Shiokawa, a sprightly 81, said his plan was a two-in-one cure for the strains on Japan's medical system from its greying population and for high Philippine unemployment. "Japan's aging and there are so few people to care for them," Shiokawa told reporters.
Thu, 07 Aug 2003, 00:00 WIB
RP lauds Swiss action on Marcos wealth
RP lauds Swiss action on Marcos wealth PHILIPPINES: The Philippine government and victims of human rights abuses under former president Ferdinand Marcos have lauded Switzerland's decision to release millions of dollars that the late dictator stashed in Swiss banks. The Swiss Justice Ministry said on Tuesday the Philippines can dispose of the Marcos assets, which were deposited in a frozen account in 1998 and have since grown to about US$683 million.
Thu, 07 Aug 2003, 00:00 WIB
* Headlines:Five Star hotels increase their security system2
* Headlines:Five Star hotels increase their security system2 * National:EU, U.S. criticize RI over rights trial 4 * Archipelago: Beratha retains Bali governorship 5 * Opinion: Withdrawal timetable needed for Iraq 7 * City: Marine soldiers implicated in Asaba shooting 8 * Sports: Cuban gymnast Lopez makes medal haul Games history 9 * World: U.S. warns of weapons, bombs hidden in electronics 11 * Business: Bush to push free trade initiative in S.E.
Thu, 07 Aug 2003, 00:00 WIB
JAKARTA: More than 90 percent of national flag carrier PT
JAKARTA: More than 90 percent of national flag carrier PT Garuda Indonesia's maintenance workers have agreed to be transferred to a subsidiary the airline plans to set up, the airline said in a press release on Wednesday. As of Wednesday, 2,490, or 90.6 percent, of the total 2,750 technicians working in the firm's maintenance unit had agreed to join PT Garuda Maintenance Facility Aero-Asia (GMF-AA), while the remaining 260 technicians had yet to make up their minds, the airline said.
Thu, 07 Aug 2003, 00:00 WIB
Where to go in Bali for Thursday, August 7, 2003
Where to go in Bali for Thursday, August 7, 2003 .TB.30" 1.0" Exhibition * Ceramic by Marcello Massoni and Michela Foppiani, Gaya Fusion of Senses, Jl. Raya Sayan, Ubud (Tel. 0361 979253), until Aug. 25. Museums and Galleries * Sika Galery, Jl. Raya Campuhan Sanggingan, Ubud (Tel. 0361 975727, 975085) * Blue Moon Gallery, Jl. Tirta Tawar, Banjar Kutuh Kaja, Ubud (Tel. 0361 976727), daily, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. * Museum Puri Lukisan, Jl. Raya Ubud, Gianyar (Tel. 0361 975136), daily, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Thu, 07 Aug 2003, 00:00 WIB
Govt officials to be summoned
Govt officials to be summoned JAKARTA: A minister will summon top government officials who have a double posting in private companies. The Minister of State Administrative Reform, Feisal Tamin, said on Wednesday that among the officials to be summoned were the head of the National Land Agency (BPN), Lutfi Nasution and the secretary general of the Ministry of Resettlement and Regional Infrastructure, Djoko Kirmanto.
Thu, 07 Aug 2003, 00:00 WIB
East Timor refugees reregistered
East Timor refugees reregistered KUPANG, East Nusa Tenggara: Authorities have began the reregistration of thousands of East Timorese refugees languishing in camps across East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) to determine their citizenship, officials said. The program is implemented on the basis of Presidential Decree No. 25/2003 ordering registration of East Timorese refugees ahead of the 2004 elections.
Thu, 07 Aug 2003, 00:00 WIB
Two generals take different political courses
Two generals take different political courses The Jakarta Post Jakarta Two retired Indonesian Military (TNI) generals took different political courses on Wednesday, with one eying the presidency and the other quitting the race. Former TNI chief Gen.
Thu, 07 Aug 2003, 00:00 WIB
Wiranto submits form for presidential bid to Golkar
Wiranto submits form for presidential bid to Golkar The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Two retired Indonesian Military (TNI) generals took different political courses on Wednesday, with one eying the presidency and the other quitting the race. Former TNI chief Gen.