Archive: 5 October 2004
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Tue, 05 Oct 2004
1. SBY: 1 LINE, 11 COUNTS
1. SBY: 1 LINE, 11 COUNTSIT'S 'DR' SBY 2. SUSUL: 1 LINE, 24 COUNTS UN lacks $220m to feed refugees 3. TKI: 2 LINES, 22 COUNTS Iraqi militant group frees Indonesian hostages
Tue, 05 Oct 2004
Officers quizzed over dumped meat case
Officers quizzed over dumped meat caseJakarta Police are still investigating the involvement of two police officers in the dumping of meat at Bantar Gebang dump in Bekasi municipality."Internal affairs are questioning them to find out who gave the order to escort the rotten meat to the dump.
Tue, 05 Oct 2004
Shares end at record high on new cabinet
Shares end at record high on new cabinetDow Jones, Jakarta Indonesian shares ended at a record high on Monday on continued foreign buying amid expectations that President-elect Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono will form a market-friendly cabinet to fix the nation's economy, dealers said.
Tue, 05 Oct 2004
Police arrest two bomb suspects
Police arrest two bomb suspectsThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta, Makassar/YogyakartaPolice officers arrested on Monday two suspects in the 2002 McDonald's explosion in Makassar and the 2003 Cafe Sampoto Indah bombing in Palopo, both in South Sulawesi.National Police spokesman Insp. Gen.
Tue, 05 Oct 2004
Capital inflows rise in RP
Capital inflows rise in RPMANILA: Short-term capital flows into the Philippines rose 4.0 percent from a year earlier to US$421.1 million in the nine months to September as the government took steps to address its ballooning debt, the central bank said on Monday.
Tue, 05 Oct 2004
* With a month to go, Kerry on offense against Bush Page 3
* With a month to go, Kerry on offense against Bush Page 3 * Police set to question Adrian's lawyer and doctor Page 4 * Dumai mayor named suspect in logging scam Page 5 * Hardest part of democracy: Creating beneficent state Page 6 * Two policemen quizzed over meat dumped at Bantar Gebang Page 8 *...
Tue, 05 Oct 2004
Most houses have no building permits
Most houses have no building permits TANGERANG: As many as 70 percent of residences in 26 districts of Tangerang regency do not have the required building permits, officials said on Monday.Head of the permits department at Tangerang Planning and Building Layout Agency, Mursan, revealed that only...
Tue, 05 Oct 2004
'Tempo' receives bomb threat
'Tempo' receives bomb threat JAKARTA: Activities at the four-story Tempo magazine building at Jl. Proklamasi 72, Central Jakarta, halted for about two hours on Monday as occupants were evacuated after receiving a bomb threat.An unidentified person called at 12:30 p.m.
Tue, 05 Oct 2004
Indonesia supports calls for textile quota extension
Indonesia supports calls for textile quota extensionZakki P. Hakim, The Jakarta Post, JakartaIndonesia supported a proposal from a group of developing countries, which basically aims to extend the current global textile quota system, a minister said.
Tue, 05 Oct 2004
Angry locals vandalize Bojong dump
Angry locals vandalize Bojong dumpTheresia Sufa and Damar Harsanto, The Jakarta Post, Bogor/JakartaA group of villagers besieged, blockaded and vandalized a new waste treatment plant on Monday in Klapanunggal village, Bogor regency, complaining that they were angry that it was located in their...
Tue, 05 Oct 2004
Residents take whale meat home
Residents take whale meat home KENDARI, Southeast Sulawesi: Using axes, knives and all means available, local residents chopped up on Monday the meat of a stranded whale in Purirano beach, some 12 kilometers west of Kendari, Southeast Sulawesi.
Tue, 05 Oct 2004
1. MPR: 38 pt, 7 cols, 1 x 50
1. MPR: 38 pt, 7 cols, 1 x 50 Golkar considers withdrawing from race for MPR leadership 2. ISLAM: 48 pt, 3 cols, 3 x 18 Govt initiates 'revolution' in Islamic law 3. SRIKANDI: 32 pt, 4 cols, 1 x 32 Mixed-couples face citizenship problems 4.
Tue, 05 Oct 2004
Bomb discovered at Palu school
Bomb discovered at Palu school PALU, Central Sulawesi: Police have a found a bomb at a Palu school on Monday after a threat was made against it earlier in the morning.Edward, a school administrator at the State Senior High School II said he had received a call from a woman, saying that she had...
Tue, 05 Oct 2004
'Indosiar's new holding company listed on JSX
'Indosiar's new holding company listed on JSXRendi A. Witular, Jakarta PT Indosiar Karya Media (IKM), a new holding company for the Indosiar television network, officially listed its shares on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (JSX) on Monday, to replace its previously listed subsidiary PT Indosiar Visual...
Tue, 05 Oct 2004
Protests mar Council meeting
Protests mar Council meetingDamar Harsanto, The Jakarta Post, JakartaThe swearing-in ceremony of the Jakarta City Council speaker and two deputies on Monday was marked by a wave of protests alleging money politics had tarnished the Sept. 17 election for the post.
Tue, 05 Oct 2004
'TNI should not act like a loser'
'TNI should not act like a loser'Military observers have repeatedly expressed concern over the Indonesian Military's (TNI) territorial role, which they said would lead to a repeat of intimidation that occurred in the past.
Tue, 05 Oct 2004
Mixed couples face citizenship woes
Mixed couples face citizenship woesTertiani ZB Simanjuntak, The Jakarta Post, JakartaHaving a baby can be costly, but while Maya Miranda Ambarsari was ready to pay for the basics, she was unaware of the excessive complexity that marks registering the birth of a baby born to a mixed couple here.
Tue, 05 Oct 2004
NU clerics to meet before congress
NU clerics to meet before congress CIREBON, Jawa Barat: A group of Nahdlatul Ulama clerics plan an informal gathering here this weekend to evaluate the performance of the country's largest Muslim organization.
Tue, 05 Oct 2004
I. Trade
I. Trade Taiwan exports to Indonesia (2003):1.52 USD billion Taiwan Imports from Indonesia (2003):2.92 USD billion Total Trade volume (2003):4.44 USD billion (up 9.5%) Trade Surplus for Indonesia (2003):1.14 USD billion (up 25.
Tue, 05 Oct 2004
FPI calls for closure of night spots in Ramadhan
FPI calls for closure of night spots in RamadhanDamar Harsanto, The Jakarta Post, JakartaWith less than two weeks to Ramadhan, Islam Defenders Front (FPI) called on the city administration on Monday to close down night spots and entertainment centers during Ramadhan and Idul Fitri.
Tue, 05 Oct 2004
Changing heads, limbs of govt
Changing heads, limbs of govt I am very pleased to see that a more modern person, such as Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, will become president, and his approach to build councils or "project teams" to tackle the many problems is definitely right.
Tue, 05 Oct 2004
Police to question fugitive's lawyer and doctor
Police to question fugitive's lawyer and doctorAbdul Khalik, The Jakarta Post, JakartaAfter letting a key suspect in a multibillion dollar bank fraud case slip through their fingers, the police have summoned the fugitive's lawyer and doctor for a questioning regarding their client's escape.
Tue, 05 Oct 2004
Rupiah Rates
Rupiah Rates Sept. 4 Banknote rates TT rates Selling Buying Selling Buying Australian dollar 1 6,982.00 6,255.26 6,654.03 6,583.01 Brunei dollar 1 5,733.52 5,137.25 5,464.20 5,406.41 Canadian dollar 1 7,650.60 6,853.59 7,291.22 7,212.69 Swiss franc 1 7,707.34 6,906.58 7,345.30 7,268.
Tue, 05 Oct 2004
Govt initiates 'revolution' in Islamic law
Govt initiates 'revolution' in Islamic lawMuninggar Sri Saraswati, The Jakarta, JakartaThe Ministry of Religious Affairs launched on Monday a legal draft amendment to the 1991 body of Islamic law, a move that several moderate Muslim scholars say could be part of a "revolution" in sharia.
Tue, 05 Oct 2004
Stock prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (in rupiah) on Oct. 4, 2004:
Stock prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (in rupiah) on Oct. 4, 2004: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Share Close Change Trading Volume ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Abdi Bangsa Tbk 275 0 0 Ades...
Tue, 05 Oct 2004
Hamzah Haz bids farewell
Hamzah Haz bids farewell JAKARTA: Vice President Hamzah Haz marked his last days of service by inaugurating the Vice Presidential Secretariat's Management Information System and officiating the ground-breaking of Baitul Rahman Mosque here on Monday.
Tue, 05 Oct 2004
Hollands gives Giant second victory in cycle tour
Hollands gives Giant second victory in cycle tourMusthofid, The Jakarta Post, Jember/East Java The Giant Asia Racing Team, which is competing with only three riders, managed to snatch a second victory after Edmund Hollands won the seventh stage of the Dji Sam Soe Tour d'Indonesia here on Monday.
Tue, 05 Oct 2004
President receives envoys' credentials
President receives envoys' credentials JAKARTA: Outgoing President Megawati Soekarnoputri received on Monday credentials from three new foreign ambassadors.German Ambassador to Indonesian Joachim Broudrk-Grvger, Egyptian Ambassador to Indonesia Mohamed El-Sayed Taha and Fijian Ambassador to...
Tue, 05 Oct 2004
;AFP;CD
;AFP;CD ANPAf..r.. Brief-CNAC-airline Air China takes majority stake in Hong Kong-listed CNAC JP/HONGKONG Air China gets top stake in CNAC HONG KONG: China's flagship carrier Air China has been handed a controlling stake in Hong Kong-listed aviation services company China National Aviation Co Ltd...
Tue, 05 Oct 2004
1. Duit 2x15
1. Duit 2x15 Taiwan dollar rises, Korean Won Weakens 2. CONOC 2x30 Indonesia hasn't decided on ConocoPhillips share for Aceh gas 3. TANKER 2x24 Oil-tanker rates may rise in 4th quarter on heating
Tue, 05 Oct 2004
Astra Honda motorcycle sales may Rise 25% in 2005
Astra Honda motorcycle sales may Rise 25% in 2005Bloomberg, Jakarta The Indonesian unit of Honda Motor Co., the world's biggest motorcycle maker, expects 2005 sales to increase by a quarter, helped by faster economic growth and political stability after a new president's election.
Tue, 05 Oct 2004
Gorries discharged as bomb squad chief
Gorries discharged as bomb squad chief JAKARTA: The National Police has removed Brig. Gen. Gorries Mere as the Bomb Squad chief following the deadly blast outside the Australian Embassy here on Sept. 9, a credible police source said on Monday.
Tue, 05 Oct 2004
Candra and Sigit reunited again
Candra and Sigit reunited againEva C. Komandjaja, The Jakarta Post, JakartaEmerging at the age of 22 as 1997 world champions, Candra Wijaya and Sigit Budiarto stepped out of the shadow of their seniors 1996 Olympic champions Rexy Mainaky and Ricky Subagja.Their glory days were soon over, however.
Tue, 05 Oct 2004
Breeders get free bird flu vaccine
Breeders get free bird flu vaccineSuherdjoko, The Jakarta Post, GroboganPoultry breeders in Grobogan regency, Central Java, have received 300,000 doses of bird flu vaccine for free after the highly pathogenic virus killed more than 350 chickens at a poultry farm in Kranggan Harjo village last week.
Tue, 05 Oct 2004
JP/1/tki
JP/1/tkiThe Jakarta Post/Jakarta/Malang/Banyuwangi Hostages released, families jubilant An Iraqi militant group has released two Indonesian women hostages who were handed over on Monday to the United Arab Emirates' embassy in Baghdad, Abu Dhabi Television reported.
Tue, 05 Oct 2004
The swearing-in ceremony of the Jakarta City Council speaker and
The swearing-in ceremony of the Jakarta City Council speaker and two deputies on Monday was marked by a wave of protests alleging money politics had tarnished the Sept. 17 election for the post.About 500 protesters from the Committee Against Money Politics demanded the swearing-in be suspended...
Tue, 05 Oct 2004
Myanmar applauds Thai Thai proposal to protect dolphins
Myanmar applauds Thai Thai proposal to protect dolphinsAssociated Press, Yangon, MyanmarMyanmar marine experts have applauded a proposal by neighboring Thailand for greater protection for a local species of dolphin at international talks on wildlife trafficking, a semiofficial newspaper reported...
Tue, 05 Oct 2004
Hardest part of democracy: Creating beneficent state
Hardest part of democracy: Creating beneficent statePeter Milne, Jakarta Few can doubt the historic importance of the peaceful and democratic passing of executive power to Indonesia's first ever directly elected president later this month -- with the former general-turned-democrat, Susilo Bambang...
Tue, 05 Oct 2004
Five die as mentally ill man runs amok
Five die as mentally ill man runs amokRuslan Sangadji, The Jakarta Post, PaluA mentally ill man, who had been kept shackled by his family for a year until recently, fatally stabbed four people and wounded more than a dozen others on Sunday in Kalora subdistrict, some five kilometers west of Palu...
Tue, 05 Oct 2004
Air China gets top stake in CNAC
Air China gets top stake in CNAC HONG KONG: China's flagship carrier Air China has been handed a controlling stake in Hong Kong-listed aviation services company China National Aviation Co Ltd (CNAC), the airline said on Monday.
Tue, 05 Oct 2004
Calls increase for Bambang's release
Calls increase for Bambang's release BATAM, Riau Islands: Scores of print and television journalists protested on Monday outside the Batam District Court, calling for the Supreme Court to release Tempo Magazine chief editor Bambang Harymurti from all criminal defamation charges.
Tue, 05 Oct 2004
Cirebon mayor faces poll bias trial
Cirebon mayor faces poll bias trialNana Rukmana, The Jakarta Post, CirebonProsecutors pledged on Monday to complete the case file of the mayor of the West Java city of Cirebon, Subardi, in two weeks. He has been charged with illegally campaigning for the incumbent, President Megawati Soekarnoputri...
Tue, 05 Oct 2004
Indonesia hasn't decided on ConocoPhillips share for Aceh gas
Indonesia hasn't decided on ConocoPhillips share for Aceh gasSoraya Permatasari and Grace Nirang, Bloomberg/JakartaIndonesia has not decided whether to give ConocoPhillips, the third-biggest U.S. oil company, a bigger stake to develop a gas field in the northwestern province of Aceh, Indonesia's...
Tue, 05 Oct 2004
Students put RI on informatics map
Students put RI on informatics mapDewi Santoso, The Jakarta Post, JakartaThree Indonesian students have proved brainpower can take you a long way -- to Athens, and medals at the International Computer Science Olympics.
Tue, 05 Oct 2004
Indonesia hasn't decided on ConocoPhillips share for Aceh gas
Indonesia hasn't decided on ConocoPhillips share for Aceh gas Soraya Permatasari and Grace Nirang Bloomberg/JakartaIndonesia has not decided whether to give ConocoPhillips, the third-biggest U.S. oil company, a bigger stake to develop a gas field in the northwestern province of Aceh, Indonesia's...
Tue, 05 Oct 2004
Most houses have no building permits
Most houses have no building permits TANGERANG: As many as 70 percent of residences in 26 districts of Tangerang regency do not have the required building permits, officials said on Monday.Head of the permits department at Tangerang Planning and Building Layout Agency, Mursan, revealed that only...
Tue, 05 Oct 2004
Govt collects Rp 157t in tax revenue
Govt collects Rp 157t in tax revenueThe Jakarta Post, JakartaThe government said it had collected some Rp 157 trillion (US$17.25 billion) in tax revenue as of the end of September, or 66 percent of the full-year target."The figure is 113.
Tue, 05 Oct 2004
Legal certainty needed
Legal certainty needed From Koran Tempo Legal certainty is yet to be established in Indonesia, because money can still bend the law to serve certain interests. I'm very disappointed to hear that press freedom will again be curbed in Indonesia.
Tue, 05 Oct 2004
Kids tell adults: Don't mess up our future
Kids tell adults: Don't mess up our futureWarief Djajanto Basorie , Contributor, Jakarta"Don't turn our Earth into a garbage dump!" Yuichi Morimoto's simple plea resounds like a thunder clap.The 13-year-old Japanese boy is sending a clear and strong message to the world's grown-ups not to pass on a...
Tue, 05 Oct 2004
Indonesia Open bowling begins
Indonesia Open bowling begins JAKARTA: The Second Indonesia International Open Tenpin Bowling Championship began on Sunday at Jaya Ancol Bowling Alley with some 100 local and 125 foreign bowlers participating in the event.
Tue, 05 Oct 2004
Philippines cracks whip on state-run 'white elephants'
Philippines cracks whip on state-run 'white elephants'Agence France-Presse/ManilaGovernment-run corporations blamed for contributing to a looming fiscal crisis in the Philippines should reverse huge losses or risk being abolished or privatized, President Gloria Arroyo's spokesman said on Monday.
Tue, 05 Oct 2004
Malaysia posts strong surplus
Malaysia posts strong surplusKUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia in August chalked up its 82nd consecutive trade surplus and its highest since December 1999 with a total of 8.06 billion ringgit (US$2.12 billion), the trade ministry said on Monday.The August outcome was up 9.5 percent from 7.
Tue, 05 Oct 2004
30th September 2004
30th September 2004 ;JP; ANPAk..r..The hardest part of democracy: Creating a beneficent state JP/6/MILNE Hardest part of democracy: Creating beneficent state 2. Alex 2x 30 New RI social security law: A blessing or curse for workers?
Tue, 05 Oct 2004
Police urged to continue probe on malpractice cases
Police urged to continue probe on malpractice casesEvi Mariani, The Jakarta Post, JakartaEighteen families grouped under the Community of Victims of the Health System came to the Jakarta Police Headquarters and National Police on Monday, calling on the police to conduct a serious investigation into...
Tue, 05 Oct 2004
Susilo's hurdles
Susilo's hurdles It is part of the irony of Indonesia's recent history that even at this hour of overwhelming electoral triumph, the nation's new president-elect, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, must be ready to handle the obstructions that are certain to occur during his five-year term, which will...
Tue, 05 Oct 2004
Zurman next chair of Jambi council
Zurman next chair of Jambi council JAMBI, Jambi: Zurman Manaf of the Golkar Party was elected chairman of the Jambi provincial council on Monday, garnering 30 out of total 44 votes in the provincial council.
Tue, 05 Oct 2004
New RI social security law: A blessing or curse for workers?
New RI social security law: A blessing or curse for workers?Alex Arifianto, Jakarta On Sept. 28, 2004, the House of Representatives (DPR) endorsed the bill on the National Social Security System (popularly called the RUU SJSN).
Tue, 05 Oct 2004
To protect and serve?
To protect and serve? On Wednesday, Sept. 29, as we rode our Vespa in the Blok M area at around 6 p.m., we were stopped by a policeman who said we were traveling in the wrong lane (though we later discovered we were not in violation of any traffic rules).
Tue, 05 Oct 2004
Dumai mayor named suspect in logging scam
Dumai mayor named suspect in logging scamPuji Santoso, The Jakarta Post, PekanbaruWan Syamsir Yus, the mayor of Dumai municipality in Riau province, has been named a suspect in a graft case for permitting logging in a protected forest, prosecutors said on Monday.
Tue, 05 Oct 2004
Golkar considers withdrawing from race for MPR leadership
Golkar considers withdrawing from race for MPR leadershipKurniawan Hari and Fabiola Desy Unidjaja, The Jakarta Post, JakartaThe Golkar Party is considering withdrawing from the race for the deputy People's Consultative Assembly speaker's post in an attempt to boost the chances of Sutjipto of the...
Tue, 05 Oct 2004
Asian nations told to protect waterways
Asian nations told to protect waterwaysAsian countries still needed to improve security in some of the world's busiest commercial waterways amid increased fears of piracy and maritime terrorism, a conference heard in Kuala Lumpur on Monday.
Tue, 05 Oct 2004
Suspected pirates attack S'pore boats
Suspected pirates attack S'pore boatsMALAYSIA: Heavily-armed pirates have attacked two Singapore- registered tugs in Indonesian waters of the Malacca Strait and kidnapped four crew, a maritime official said on Monday.
Tue, 05 Oct 2004
KPC receives largest loan since 1997 economic crisis
KPC receives largest loan since 1997 economic crisisJohannes Simbolon, Jakarta Post, Singapore Giant coal producer PT Kaltim Prima Coal has secured a US$385 million loan from a bank syndicate to refinance its debt, marking the revival of the foreign financial institutions's trust in local companies.
Tue, 05 Oct 2004
Picking our own leaders
Picking our own leaders First implemented by the government of Abdurrahman Wahid in 2001, the law on regional autonomy (Law No. 22/1999) has been revised by the outgoing members of the House of Representatives.
Tue, 05 Oct 2004
SE Asia intensifies antidrug campaigns
SE Asia intensifies antidrug campaignsSoutheast Asian officials met on Monday to intensify their fight against drug trafficking and abuse while a Singaporean minister said that efforts so far have put the brakes on rising rates of amphetamine abuse in the region.
Tue, 05 Oct 2004
Pulp firms offer scholarship to locals
Pulp firms offer scholarship to localsRidwan Max Sijabat, The Jakarta Post, JakartaRony Gustam Kalfarisi, a 19-year-old talented but poor student of the prestigious Pelita Harapan University in Jakarta, feels proud of his success in winning a scholarship to take up undergraduate studies in physics...
Tue, 05 Oct 2004
Culture, fun mix on youth ship
Culture, fun mix on youth shipLeony Aurora , The Jakarta Post, JakartaA free 44-day trip on a 110-meter cruise ship -- complete with a pool, a spa, a hairdresser, plush cabins and pocket money -- to six Asian countries is, by any account, extraordinary.
Tue, 05 Oct 2004
2 x 19
2 x 19 Five die as mentally ill man runs amok 2 x 27 Restraining mental patients worsens problems: Doctor JP/5/mayor2 x 25 Dumai mayor named suspect in logging scam JP/5/FLU1 x 30 Breeders get free bird flu vaccine JP/5/bias1 x 27 Mayor faces poll bias trial
Tue, 05 Oct 2004
IT'S 'DR' SBY
IT'S 'DR' SBYThe Jakarta Post, JakartaIt is now official. Retired Army general Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono was declared on Monday winner of the election runoff, making him the country's first president to be directly elected since Indonesia proclaimed its independence in 1945.
Tue, 05 Oct 2004
San Miguel may bid for Del Monte Pacific
San Miguel may bid for Del Monte Pacific San Miguel Corp., the largest Philippine food and beverage company, may bid for 40 percent of Del Monte Pacific Ltd., a stake with a market value of about S$290 million (US$172 million).
Tue, 05 Oct 2004
Lee kickstart ASEAN tour with Brunei meeting
Lee kickstart ASEAN tour with Brunei meetingAgencies, SingaporeNewly installed Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong had a friendly meeting with Brunei's Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah on Monday as he began a tour of Southeast Asia to officially introduce himself to his regional counterparts.
Tue, 05 Oct 2004
Residents take law into own hands
Residents take law into own hands BOGOR: Several community groups in Bogor came together on Saturday to establish a movement to eradicate prostitution, gambling and substance abuse.The Anti-Prostitution, Gambling and Drugs Group (Mappan)'s coordinator, M.
Tue, 05 Oct 2004
Iraqi militant group frees Indonesian hostages
Iraqi militant group frees Indonesian hostagesThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta, Malang/BanyuwangiAn Iraqi militant group has released two Indonesian women hostages who were handed over on Monday to the United Arab Emirates' embassy in Baghdad, Abu Dhabi Television reported.