Archive: 30 September 2003
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Tue, 30 Sep 2003
Goodyear shares resume trading on JSX
Goodyear shares resume trading on JSX JAKARTA: The Jakarta Stock Exchange (JSX) announced on Monday it had lifted its suspension of trading in the shares of tire producer PT Goodyear Indonesia.Goodyear shares resumed trading on the Jakarta Stock Exchange at the start of the second session, after...
Tue, 30 Sep 2003
SASYITA: SWIRLING UP A STORM WITH WATER COLORS
SASYITA: SWIRLING UP A STORM WITH WATER COLORSSasyita swirls up a storm with watercolorsPavan Kapoor Contributor Jakarta"Life is full of surprises" is a common phrase many people swear by. Things never happen the way they ought to and that truth of life perhaps never stood more true for Sasyita...
Tue, 30 Sep 2003
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Remembering global humanist Edward Said Muhamad Ali Ph.D in History student East-West Center fellow Hawaii muhamad@hawaii.edu 2. Nation -- ASEAN flirts with the three big Asian powers 1 X 48 ASEAN flirts with the three big Asian powers Kavi Chongkittavorn The Nation Asia News Network Bangkok3.
Tue, 30 Sep 2003
More people to get marching orders as eviction continues
More people to get marching orders as eviction continuesBambang Nurbianto and Tertiani ZB Simanjuntak, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Thousands of more families will soon be left homeless as the Jakarta Administration is set to continue its policy of evicting squatters living illegally on privately and...
Tue, 30 Sep 2003
Hamzah Haz's concern
Hamzah Haz's concern There is deep concern in the heart of Vice President Hamzah Haz which could not be concealed. It is the condition of this nation. Although some 90 percent of its people are Moslems, and it is rich in natural resources, it still faces many crises.
Tue, 30 Sep 2003
Papua military exercise opposed
Papua military exercise opposedNethy Dharma Somba, The Jakarta Post, Jayapura, Papua Army soldiers began a four-day military exercise in Biak Numfor regency, Papua, on Monday, but it immediately sparked protests from students and a human rights group in Jayapura, the capital of the troubled...
Tue, 30 Sep 2003
Golkar may extend convention
Golkar may extend convention JAKARTA: Golkar is planning to call a leaders meeting from Oct. 17 through Oct. 19 to discuss the possibility of delaying the announcement of its presidential candidate.According to the existing schedule, Golkar is expected to announce its sole presidential candidate on...
Tue, 30 Sep 2003
JP/6/ED
JP/6/EDRevolution or war? Two extraordinary reports appeared in this newspaper, on its National page last week. The first contained a strong warning coming from respected Muslim scholar Nurcholis Madjid that only war and revolution to restore the reform movement could rescue Indonesia from...
Tue, 30 Sep 2003
4 x 12
4 x 12Maspion hit by strike over unpaid leave policyJP/5/militer2 x 28Students and rights activists oppose military exercise JP/5/cilacap1 x 44Cilacap threatens to boycott port operations
Tue, 30 Sep 2003
Supiadin to lead Udayana Military
Supiadin to lead Udayana Military JAKARTA: Army headquarters has appointed Brig. Gen. Supiadin Yusus A.S. the current Kalimantan-based Tanjung Pura Military Command chief of staff, to replace Maj. Gen. Agus Soeyitno as Udayana Military commander.Spokesman for the Udayana Military Command Lt. Col.
Tue, 30 Sep 2003
Parking in Jakarta
Parking in JakartaFrom Media Indonesia As the capital city of Indonesia, Jakarta should serve as a model for other cities across the country.Unfortunately, parking in Jakarta has yet to be well organized.
Tue, 30 Sep 2003
Lawmakers show little interest in Constitutional Commission
Lawmakers show little interest in Constitutional CommissionKurniawan Hari, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Lawmakers with the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) ad hoc committee (PAH) have shown little interest in the selection of Constitutional Commission members as few have attended the hearing...
Tue, 30 Sep 2003
'Low reforms, failed democracy'
'Low reforms, failed democracy'A'an Suryana, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Frustrated with the protracted economic crises, stalled reforms and poor law enforcement, the general public are now more inclined to look favorably at a regime akin to the military- backed New Order, posing a threat to the...
Tue, 30 Sep 2003
M. Taufiqurrahman
M. Taufiqurrahman The Jakarta Post JakartaA senior United Nations official in Jakarta said on Monday that economic hardships contributed greatly to the outbreak of a spate of sectarian conflicts in the country, and that the world body had committed itself to improving the livelihood of those people...
Tue, 30 Sep 2003
'Accounts of Sept. 30 need rewriting'
'Accounts of Sept. 30 need rewriting'M. Taufiqurrahman, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta A historian demanded on Monday that the government revise the historical accounts on the Sept. 30, 1965 coup attempt, that has long been blamed on the now-defunct Indonesian Communist Party (PKI), as part of the...
Tue, 30 Sep 2003
Govt upbeat about China LNG prospects
Govt upbeat about China LNG prospectsThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta The government is upbeat to it will seal a contract worth billions of dollars to supply five million tons of liquefied natural gas annually to China's Jiangshu province starting in 2007.
Tue, 30 Sep 2003
* Headlines: Accounts of Sept. 30 need rewriting: Historian 2
* Headlines: Accounts of Sept. 30 need rewriting: Historian 2 * National: Bus drivers to undergo health checks 4 * Archipelago: Strike hits Maspion over leave policy 5 * Opinion: Remembering global humanist Edward Said 7 * City: Death sentence sought for two Nigerians 8 * Sports: Schumacher a point...
Tue, 30 Sep 2003
On stoning
On stoning Does the open-minded Muslim community in Indonesia know that in a few days a woman in Nigeria will be executed by stoning because she had a baby out of wedlock?Will this community try to intervene through the Nigerian Embassy? A baby of two months old will be left without its mother.
Tue, 30 Sep 2003
JP/19/carla1
JP/19/carla1Carola Vooges transcends craftCarla Bianpoen Contributor JakartaNot so long ago, art historians, art critics and the public seemed at a loss when it came to distinguishing between art and craft. The line seems to have become even more blurred.
Tue, 30 Sep 2003
KL rejects return bid by Chin Peng
KL rejects return bid by Chin PengMALAYSIA: Malaysia has rejected a request from an ageing former communist guerrilla leader to be allowed to return home from exile, Deputy Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi said in remarks published on Monday.
Tue, 30 Sep 2003
Some rice varieties extinct in Bengkulu
Some rice varieties extinct in Bengkulu BENGKULU (JP): Three strains of rice are no longer found in Bengkulu due to inappropriate agricultural policies imposed in the province during the New Order era, says an official.
Tue, 30 Sep 2003
S'pore industry won't be caught in the dark: EMA
S'pore industry won't be caught in the dark: EMADow Jones, Singapore Singapore is well prepared to tackle domestic power problems and is continuing to update its industry regulations to prevent blackouts like those that have recently hit other nations, Khoo Chin Hean, chief executive of Singapore's...
Tue, 30 Sep 2003
Sarumpaet's play, well directed but contains flaws
Sarumpaet's play, well directed but contains flawsMax Lane, Contributor, Jakarta If you are interested in learning about Indonesian cultural life since the overthrow of the dictator Soeharto, you should not miss Ratna Sarumpaet's new play Anak-Anak Kegelapan (Children In The Darkness).
Tue, 30 Sep 2003
ASEAN flirts with the three big Asian powers
ASEAN flirts with the three big Asian powersKavi Chongkittavorn, The Nation, Asia News Network, Bangkok "Virtual promiscuity" was the term used by an ASEAN delegate in describing the grouping's simultaneous relations with China, Japan and India.
Tue, 30 Sep 2003
Foreign exchange transactions need review
Foreign exchange transactions need reviewArya B. Gaduh, Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), Jakarta abgaduh@csis.or.id After the financial crisis, we all, reasonably, worry about exchange rate volatility and fiscal sustainability.
Tue, 30 Sep 2003
Four die in bus accident
Four die in bus accident BANDUNG: At least four passengers were killed and 17 others injured when a minibus overturned on Monday morning on the Bandung-Purwakarta highway, West Java.Three of the victims, all residents of Bandung regency, died instantly, while another died hours later at Hasan...
Tue, 30 Sep 2003
Mandiri to cut debt for SMEs
Mandiri to cut debt for SMEsRendi A. Witular, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Shareholders of state-owned Bank Mandiri approved on Monday the bank's plan to grant a Rp 2 trillion (US$238 million) debt retrenchment, mostly to debtors in the category of small and medium-sized enterprises, in a bid to help...
Tue, 30 Sep 2003
'I'm fed up with crime shows on TV'
'I'm fed up with crime shows on TV' Police data indicates that crime rates in big cities, particularly Jakarta, have been increasing. The media has been criticized over its graphic coverage of criminal acts, particularly in the form of TV shows which have distressed some viewers.
Tue, 30 Sep 2003
Death sentence sought for two Nigerians
Death sentence sought for two Nigerians Multa Fidrus The Jakarta Post TangerangProsecutors asked the Tangerang District Court on Monday to sentence two Nigerian men to death for the possession of 5.8 kilograms of heroin in Serpong, Tangerang. Prosecutors R.
Tue, 30 Sep 2003
Code revision says 'no' to casual sex, sorcery
Code revision says 'no' to casual sex, sorceryA'an Suryana , The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Casual sex, oral sex, cohabitation, homosexual sex and witchcraft will be outlawed if proposals by the Ministry of Justice and Human Rights to amend the Criminal Code (KUHP) are adopted.
Tue, 30 Sep 2003
ASEAN flirts with the three big Asian powers
ASEAN flirts with the three big Asian powers Kavi Chongkittavorn The Nation Asia News Network Bangkok "Virtual promiscuity" was the term used by an ASEAN delegate in describing the grouping's simultaneous relations with China, Japan and India. This is the kind of multiple courtship that ASEAN likes.
Tue, 30 Sep 2003
Lawyers say Jabar not bombing mastermind
Lawyers say Jabar not bombing mastermind Tertiani ZB Simanjuntak The Jakarta Post JakartaDefense lawyers for Abdul Jabar, the alleged bomber of the Philippine ambassador's residence and two churches in Jakarta in 2000, argued that none of the evidence presented by the prosecution proved the...
Tue, 30 Sep 2003
On illegal logging
On illegal logging We refer to The Jakarta Post articles World demand increases illegal logging on Sept. 9, 2003, and Prakosa targets Singapore, Malaysia to curb log smuggling on Sept. 10, 2003.Singapore welcomes the efforts of the Indonesian government to prevent illegal logging.
Tue, 30 Sep 2003
Flaws found in electoral districts map
Flaws found in electoral districts mapMoch. N. Kurniawan, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Several mistakes and weaknesses have been discovered in the electoral district zones announced by the General Elections Commission (KPU), which has caused some districts to receive less or more legislators than...
Tue, 30 Sep 2003
Tourism resort plans may cause closure of Bosscha observatory
Tourism resort plans may cause closure of Bosscha observatoryRiva Fadillah, The Jakarta Post, Bandung Indonesia may have to close its only world-class observatory in the near future after the Bandung administration recently allowed a private company to develop a tourism site in conservation areas...
Tue, 30 Sep 2003
1. KPU (4 X 12)
1. KPU (4 X 12)Many flaws found in electoral districts map 2. SELEKSI ( 2 X 27 ) Lawmakers show little interest in Constitutional Commission3. PEACE ( 2 X 27 ) UN: Improving livelihood way to stop sectarian conflict4. PROTEST ( 2 X 20 ) 20 injured in protest at water resources bill5.
Tue, 30 Sep 2003
MDs accuse hospital director of graft
MDs accuse hospital director of graft PALU, Central Sulawesi: Dozens of patients at a hospital for mentally disabled people were left abandoned as around 60 doctors demonstrated here on Monday to demand that their boss, the director, be replaced for his alleged role in corruption.
Tue, 30 Sep 2003
Tutors assigned to fight illiteracy
Tutors assigned to fight illiteracy JAKARTA: The government will assign 1,400 tutors in 700 locations across the country in 2004 to fight illiteracy and help make the 9-year mandatory education program a success.
Tue, 30 Sep 2003
20 injured in protest against water bill
20 injured in protest against water billSlamet Susanto and Muninggar Sri Saraswati The Jakarta Post Yogyakarta/Jakarta A number of people were injured during a clash between police and about 200 protesters who staged a rally against the water resources bill in Yogyakarta on Monday.
Tue, 30 Sep 2003
Police seize 13.6 tons of sandalwood
Police seize 13.6 tons of sandalwood KUPANG, East Nusa Tenggara: The East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) Police said on Monday they had seized at least 13,645 kilograms of sandalwood allegedly smuggled from neighboring East Timor.NTT Police chief of detectives Sr. Comr.
Tue, 30 Sep 2003
20 injured in protest against water bill
20 injured in protest against water billSlamet Susanto and Muninggar Sri Saraswati, The Jakarta Post, Yogyakarta/Jakarta A number of people were injured during a clash between police and about 200 protesters who staged a rally against the water resources bill in Yogyakarta on Monday.
Tue, 30 Sep 2003
Stock market index uninterrupted by Telkom's woes
Stock market index uninterrupted by Telkom's woesRendi A. Witular, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Shares in state-owned telecommunications company PT Telkom ended higher on Monday despite earlier news reports that there would be several changes to its 2002 financial report following a reaudit.
Tue, 30 Sep 2003
Tips for survival in the office rental business
Tips for survival in the office rental businessMahendra Gautama, Contributor, Jakarta The office building business in Jakarta really started to flourish when the Indonesian government built the Bank Indonesia building on Jalan MH Thamrin in 1957.
Tue, 30 Sep 2003
Court seizes Goenawan's home over libel
Court seizes Goenawan's home over libelThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta The East Jakarta District Court has given an order to confiscate the residence of Tempo weekly's co-founder Goenawan Mohamad as collateral in a libel suit filed by businessman Tomy Winata.
Tue, 30 Sep 2003
`I'd like to raise their child as mine'
`I'd like to raise their child as mine'Zakki Hakim, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Titin, 42, mother of Dwi Santia -- who was brutally raped and killed by a serial kidnapping gang -- demanded capital punishment for all the suspects in the case, but asked the police if she could legally adopt one of the...
Tue, 30 Sep 2003
Bombers' accomplices jailed for up to 15 years
Bombers' accomplices jailed for up to 15 yearsWahyoe Boediwardhana and Andi Hajramurni, The Jakarta Post, Denpasar/Makassar The Denpasar District Court sentenced Hernianto and Masykur Abdul Kadir to 12 years and 15 years in jail respectively on Monday for helping perpetrators of the Bali bombings...
Tue, 30 Sep 2003
Paradorn headlines over love match
Paradorn headlines over love match BANGKOK: Thai tennis star Paradorn Srichaphan has caused a sensation in his home country after being linked with another homegrown superstar, glamorous singer and actress Tata Young.
Tue, 30 Sep 2003
Clogged drains in rainy season
Clogged drains in rainy seasonFrom Warta KotaThe rainy season has set in but a number of drains, sewers and rivers in Bekasi, West Java, remain clogged with mud, garbage and water hyacinth, and there has been no apparent clearing and dredging of the channels.
Tue, 30 Sep 2003
Legality of trial on Tanjung Priok case questioned
Legality of trial on Tanjung Priok case questionedTiarma Siboro, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Lawyers for the 11 military personnel accused of committing gross human rights violations in the 1984 Tanjung Priok massacre questioned on Monday the legality of the ongoing trials against their clients,...
Tue, 30 Sep 2003
Drug suspect shot dead
Drug suspect shot dead JAKARTA: South Jakarta Police shot dead a suspected drug dealer on Monday morning after arresting three others believed to be the dealer's peddlers.The suspected dealer, identified as Didin Hasan Takdir, 26 was shot dead at a badminton court in Kampung Duku in Kebayoran Lama,...
Tue, 30 Sep 2003
4 x 12
4 x 12Maspion hit by strike over unpaid leave policyJP/5/militer2 x 28Students and rights activists oppose military exercise JP/5/cilacap1 x 44Cilacap threatens to boycott port operations
Tue, 30 Sep 2003
Coral reefs protection: Let's talk about money
Coral reefs protection: Let's talk about moneyPlacido, Contributor, Jakarta "Henry" and many others in Manado earn their living from fishing. When the competition for bigger fish gets too keen, they resort to every means available, including the use of poison and blast fishing.
Tue, 30 Sep 2003
Island paradise not immune from trashy Jakarta
Island paradise not immune from trashy JakartaTantri Yuliandini, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta It was late afternoon on Kotok island, the sea calm with hardly a ripple breaking the surface. I walked along the beach soaking up the sun and nearly tripped on a plastic cup.Such is life in Jakarta.
Tue, 30 Sep 2003
Fires raze store and houses
Fires raze store and houses JAKARTA: Fires burned down a trophy store on Jl. Wahid Hasyim, Central Jakarta, on Monday and also razed seven houses in Taman Surya housing complex, Kalideres, West Jakarta.The first fire started at around 10 a.m. at the Sumancahaya trophy store, owned by Haris.
Tue, 30 Sep 2003
On stoning
On stoning Does the open-minded Muslim community in Indonesia know that in a few days a woman in Nigeria will be executed by stoning because she had a baby out of wedlock?Will this community try to intervene through the Nigerian Embassy? A baby of two months old will be left without its mother.
Tue, 30 Sep 2003
Revolution or war?
Revolution or war? Two extraordinary reports appeared in this newspaper, on its National page last week. The first contained a strong warning coming from respected Muslim scholar Nurcholish Madjid that only war and revolution to restore the reform movement could rescue Indonesia from bankruptcy.
Tue, 30 Sep 2003
Bus drivers to undergo health checks at terminals
Bus drivers to undergo health checks at terminalsSari P. Setiogi, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The government will provide free health examinations for public transportation drivers at intercity and interprovince bus terminals across the country, and eye examinations for people applying for driving...
Tue, 30 Sep 2003
JP/2/BOMB
JP/2/BOMB Bombers' accomplices get up to 15 years in jail Wahyoe Boediwardhana and Andi Hajramurni The Jakarta Post Denpasar/MakassarThe Denpasar District Court sentenced Hernianto and Masykur Abdul Kadir to 12 years and 15 years in jail respectively on Monday for helping perpetrators of the Bali...
Tue, 30 Sep 2003
Japan asks for better LNG prices
Japan asks for better LNG pricesFitri Wulandari, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Japan says it is still interested in buying liquefied natural gas from Indonesia but wants more competitive terms and conditions in future contracts.
Tue, 30 Sep 2003
Women, don't be foolish with your heart
Women, don't be foolish with your heartSari P. Setiogi The Jakarta Post JakartaWomen, if you think heart and cardiovascular diseases are solely a man's problem, then think again.According to the World Heart Federation, a U.S.
Tue, 30 Sep 2003
1. CLEAN 1x42
1. CLEAN 1x42 No even island paradise is immune from trashy Jakarta 2. CORAL 1x55 Coral reefs protection: Let's talk about money 3. DEBT 1x32 Bad debt sows green dreams
Tue, 30 Sep 2003
Lawyers say Jabar not bombing mastermind
Lawyers say Jabar not bombing mastermindTertiani ZB Simanjuntak, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Defense lawyers for Abdul Jabar, the alleged bomber of the Philippine ambassador's residence and two churches in Jakarta in 2000, argued that none of the evidence presented by the prosecution proved the...
Tue, 30 Sep 2003
Cilacap threatens to boycott port operations
Cilacap threatens to boycott port operationsAgus Maryono, The Jakarta Post, Cilacap, Central Java The Cilacap administration in Central Java has threatened to cease the operations of Tanjung Intan Seaport in protest against the central government's move to annul a bylaw on port service management.
Tue, 30 Sep 2003
Troops ready to safeguard summit
Troops ready to safeguard summit DENPASAR, Bali: At least 5,000 military and police personnel are ready to safeguard the upcoming Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) ministerial meeting from Oct. 5 to Oct. 6, and the ASEAN Summit from Oct. 7 to Oct. 8 in Nusa Dua, Bali.
Tue, 30 Sep 2003
Man held for rape of 2 neighbors
Man held for rape of 2 neighborsMulta Fidrus The Jakarta Post Tangerang TANGERANG: Police arrested on Sunday evening a father of five, who allegedly raped two women. The man claimed he received a psychic message to rape eight women within two months if he wanted to be rich.
Tue, 30 Sep 2003
Maspion hits by strike over unpaid leave policy
Maspion hits by strike over unpaid leave policyID Nugroho and Ainur R. Sophiaan, The Jakarta Post, Surabaya As many as 4,000 workers of giant household equipment producer PT Maspion in the East Java town of Sidoarjo went on strike on Monday to protest a company policy on leave.
Tue, 30 Sep 2003
Gresik fails to meet financial report deadline
Gresik fails to meet financial report deadlineThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta The country's largest cement maker, PT Semen Gresik, expects its consolidated 2002 financial report to be finalized by December, after missing an end-of-September deadline.
Tue, 30 Sep 2003
The status of housemaids
The status of housemaids I refer to your article Nursafinah lifts migrant worker's welfare in The Jakarta Post on Sept. 20. I admire Nursafinah's fight to change her position in life from housemaid to entrepreneur and for establishing the Indonesian Migrant Workers Union (IMWU).
Tue, 30 Sep 2003
E. Kalimantan eyes 30 golds
E. Kalimantan eyes 30 golds JAKARTA: East Kalimantan province will be looking for a medals boost at the 2004 National Games (PON) ahead of its turn to host the event in 2008."We will be striving to win at least 30 gold medals and to finish in the top seven in the standings," Kasful Anwar As'ad, the...
Tue, 30 Sep 2003
KPU launches media center
KPU launches media center JAKARTA: The General Elections Commission (KPU) officially launched on Monday its media center to help inform the public about preparations for the 2004 general elections.KPU said the media center aimed to provide easy and fast access, and convenience for people who wanted...
Tue, 30 Sep 2003
Tutors assigned to fight illiteracy
Tutors assigned to fight illiteracy JAKARTA: The government will assign 1,400 tutors in 700 locations across the country in 2004 to fight illiteracy and help make the 9-year mandatory education program a success.
Tue, 30 Sep 2003
Singapore Temasek joins Kookmin in bid for BII
Singapore Temasek joins Kookmin in bid for BIIDow Jones, Singapore Temasek Holdings Pte. Ltd., the Singapore government's domestic investment arm, Monday confirmed it will team up with South Korea's Kookmin Bank in a bid for Bank Internasional Indonesia (BII).