Archive: 9 August 2004
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Mon, 09 Aug 2004
Winds of change blow on S'pore's birthday
Winds of change blow on S'pore's birthdayKarl Malakunas, Agence France-Presse, Singapore Singapore will celebrate its 39th birthday on Monday with the focus on the nation's second-ever leadership transition, but few locals expect major changes to the way this tightly controlled city-state is run.
Mon, 09 Aug 2004
Bank Buyer Share price Increase
Bank Buyer Share price Increase BCA Farallon Capital Rp 1,775 300.0%Niaga CAHB* Rp 290 9.4% Danamon Temasek & Deutsche Bank Rp 2,650 120.5%BII Kookmin Bank & Temasek Rp 130 58.5%* Malaysia's Commerce Asset-Holding Berhad Source: PPA
Mon, 09 Aug 2004
1. SBY: 4 LINES, 10 COUNTS
1. SBY: 4 LINES, 10 COUNTS Susilo to lobby Golkar top leaders 2. AIRPORT: 4 LINES, 10 PTS Power glitch hits country's main airport 3. WAMENA: 2 LINWES, 21 COUNTS Police, military involved in Papua abuses: Komnas 4. FLONA: 1 LINE, 35 COUNTS Hobbyists show off pets, plants at fair
Mon, 09 Aug 2004
Newmont pays $6.25m
Newmont pays $6.25m royalty to RIJAKARTA: Copper and gold miner PT Newmont Nusa Tenggara paid to the government US$6.25 million as a second quarterly royalty on the concentrate shipped from April to June 2004, the company said in a press release.The payment included $4.74 million for copper, $1.
Mon, 09 Aug 2004
Activist seeks probe into worker's death
Activist seeks probe into worker's death MEDAN: A labor activist demanded the Indonesian embassy in Kuala Lumpur investigate the death of a worker during a raid against illegal aliens in Kuala Lumpur recently.
Mon, 09 Aug 2004
Education agency opens
Education agency opens hot line for parents JAKARTA: The Jakarta Elementary Education Agency has established a hot line to allow parents to log complaints about school fees and admission policies.Agency deputy head Maman Achdiat said the agency had received numerous complaints about school fees.
Mon, 09 Aug 2004
Unemployed people to get free training
Unemployed people to get free training JAKARTA: The Ministry of National Education is set to launch a free training program for over 7,000 unemployed youth in 2005.The ministry's director-general of schools, external education and youth affairs, Fasli Jalal, said over the weekend the drive was but...
Mon, 09 Aug 2004
Thugs threaten 'Matra' magazine
Thugs threaten 'Matra' magazine JAKARTA: Police officers were seen on Saturday guarding the office of Matra monthly magazine on Jl. Fatmawati, South Jakarta, after a group of thugs threatened to burn it down.
Mon, 09 Aug 2004
Thousands of migrant workers in Malaysia homeward bound
Thousands of migrant workers in Malaysia homeward boundFadli, Tanjung Pinang, Riau While large-scale deportations are not due to take place until after Sept. 20, thousands of Indonesians working illegally in Malaysia have already started to leave.
Mon, 09 Aug 2004
Going will be tough for RI shuttlers in early rounds of Olympics
Going will be tough for RI shuttlers in early rounds of OlympicsEva C. Komandjaja JakartaThe quest to bring home the gold from the 2004 Athens Olympic Games may prove to be even more difficult than expected, with Indonesia's shuttlers drawn against some tough early round opponents.
Mon, 09 Aug 2004
Lampung activist demands revision of budget proposal
Lampung activist demands revision of budget proposalOyos Saroso, Bandarlampung Activists have demanded that the local provincial council review the Lampung governor's proposed additional budget spending (ABT), as it provided opportunities for irregularities.
Mon, 09 Aug 2004
Newmont pays $6.25m royalty to RI
Newmont pays $6.25m royalty to RI JAKARTA: Copper and gold miner PT Newmont Nusa Tenggara paid to the government US$6.25 million as a second quarterly royalty on the concentrate shipped from April to June 2004, the company said in a press release.The payment included $4.74 million for copper, $1.
Mon, 09 Aug 2004
FTA with China becoming complicated
FTA with China becoming complicatedZakki P. Hakim, Jakarta Local producers of stearic acid, long protected by the government, are now learning the bitter lesson that a free trade deal between ASEAN and China, signed three years ago, is threatening exports to the latter's huge market.
Mon, 09 Aug 2004
Komnas HAM confirms serious rights abuses in Wasior, Wamena
Komnas HAM confirms serious rights abuses in Wasior, WamenaFabiola Desy Unidjaja JakartaThe National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) has completed the report on its investigation into bloody incidents in the Papua towns of Wamena and Wasior, saying soldiers and police committed gross abuses...
Mon, 09 Aug 2004
Power glitch hits Jakarta's airport
Power glitch hits Jakarta's airportThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta A power failure hit the country's main airport, Soekarno-Hatta International in Cengkareng, west of Jakarta, on Sunday afternoon, leaving passengers waiting for their flights in the dark and without air-conditioning for over two hours.
Mon, 09 Aug 2004
Permata bidders must get equal treatment: Analysts
Permata bidders must get equal treatment: AnalystsThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta As overseas and domestic investors seem equally interested in acquiring a majority stake in Indonesia's seventh largest bank, Bank Permata, equal treatment then should be the key to ensure a fair competition between them to...
Mon, 09 Aug 2004
Indonesia struggles to fight poverty
Indonesia struggles to fight povertyTony Hotland, Jakarta Suryatin, 44, carried two fat suitcases belonging to a passenger who was getting on a train at Gambir railway station. He said he needed to wait for at least one more passenger to hire him as a porter to get up to his average daily income of...
Mon, 09 Aug 2004
Police investigating deaths of orangutans
Police investigating deaths of orangutans THAILAND: Police on Saturday were looking into the reported deaths of 41 orangutans at a private Thai zoo already under investigation for allegedly smuggling the animals from Indonesia.
Mon, 09 Aug 2004
Health insurance patient rejected
Health insurance patient rejectedFrom Kompas At 11 p.m. on June 12, I took my wife, who was about to give birth, to Mekar Sari Hospital, Bekasi, as referred by my family doctor, only to be told to return the next day, even though I was relying on my health insurance (Askes).
Mon, 09 Aug 2004
Operator calls for airport shuttle
Operator calls for airport shuttle JAKARTA: State airport operator PT Angkasa Pura II urged the government to realize the construction a 31.6 kilometer railway track to Soekarno-Hatta International Airport through the formation of a consortium.
Mon, 09 Aug 2004
Mega delays returning home from Mecca
Mega delays returning home from MeccaFabiola Desy Unidjaja, Jakarta President Megawati Soekarnoputri, who was scheduled to arrive home on Sunday after performing a minor pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia, has delayed returning to Jakarta until Monday for personal reasons, a presidential palace official...
Mon, 09 Aug 2004
'Corruptors should be given the death sentence'
'Corruptors should be given the death sentence' Despite appeals from local and international institutions, the Indonesian government executed Indian national Ayodhya Prasadh Chaubey, 67, last week, almost 10 years after he was sentenced to death for smuggling 12 kilograms of heroin into the country.
Mon, 09 Aug 2004
AirAsia to expand in Indonesia
AirAsia to expand in Indonesia KUTA, Bali: Malaysian low-cost airline AirAsia is planning to expand its flight service route network in Indonesia, a spokesman said.AirAsia will start on Aug. 27 a service between Kuala Lumpur and Medan, North Sumatra, AirAsia manager Shamsul Salim said here on...
Mon, 09 Aug 2004
Competition in digital copier market gets tough
Competition in digital copier market gets toughRudijanto, Contributor, Jakarta The latest trend in digital copiers offers users not only savings in space and costs but also time, thanks to their compatibility with other high-tech office equipment such as personal computers, printers, scanners and...
Mon, 09 Aug 2004
S. Sumatra sees rise in drug abusers
S. Sumatra sees rise in drug abusers PALEMBANG, South Sumatra: The number of drug abusers in South Sumatra has increased markedly to 507 people last year, from a mere 228 in 2002, according to data from the local government.
Mon, 09 Aug 2004
Police to probe PLN on customer deposits
Police to probe PLN on customer depositsAbdul Khalik, Jakarta Police will begin to investigate this week the alleged misuse of trillions of rupiah of funds that customers deposited when they subscribed to state-owned electricity company PT PLN.National Police director of specific crimes Brig. Gen.
Mon, 09 Aug 2004
'Discriminatory' religion decree condemned
'Discriminatory' religion decree condemnedSari P. Setiogi, Jakarta Christian organizations have agreed on a plan to file a class action against the government for maintaining a joint decree on the construction of places of worship.
Mon, 09 Aug 2004
Readership survey
Readership surveyThe Jakarta Post's readership survey is on pages 9-10 in today's issue. We hope that you will take the time to give us your input. --Editor
Mon, 09 Aug 2004
More Buyat residents to come to Jakarta
More Buyat residents to come to Jakarta JAKARTA: Three non-governmental organizations (NGOs) will take seven more residents from Buyat Bay, Minahasa in North Sulawesi, to Jakarta, to show the government that the people there are suffering from a serious disease.
Mon, 09 Aug 2004
More democratic Indonesia opens up for modern business
More democratic Indonesia opens up for modern businessMichael J. Webdell, Jakarta Indonesia, one of the newest democracies in the political world, is currently in the midst of its first-ever direct presidential election.
Mon, 09 Aug 2004
Giving stylish presentations in digital era
Giving stylish presentations in digital eraRhenald Kasali, Contributor, Jakarta In 1998, as soon as I returned to Indonesia after spending six years studying in the United States, I was assigned to teach in the Master's Program for Management at the University of Indonesia.
Mon, 09 Aug 2004
Myth about sandalwood broken
Myth about sandalwood brokenYemris Fointuna, London The myth that sandalwood (santalum album) can only be bred naturally and not scientifically has been proven otherwise. A recent study shows that valuable sandalwood (santalum album) trees can be cloned by applying the micropropagation method.
Mon, 09 Aug 2004
Asia's biggest
Asia's biggest gay party startsSINGAPORE: A three-day gay and lesbian festival that organizers have claimed is the largest in Asia got off to a rousing start in Singapore -- where homosexual acts are still illegal.
Mon, 09 Aug 2004
Public joins environmental campaign
Public joins environmental campaignMulta Fidrus, Tangerang In an effort to repair some of the damage along the heavily polluted Cisadane River, Tangerang Regent Ismet Iskandar has asked industrial firms to plant trees in the area through a "tree bank" set up by the regency's environmental...
Mon, 09 Aug 2004
Jakarta 'lesehan' stalls offer more than 'gudeg'
Jakarta 'lesehan' stalls offer more than 'gudeg' Leony Aurora, Jakarta In the melting pot of Jakarta there is still a small corner where people turn a little bit Javanese, or at least those able to speak a few words of the language, as they step into the lesehan food stalls in Melawai, Blok M,...
Mon, 09 Aug 2004
Indonesia's slow road to recovery
Indonesia's slow road to recoveryUNSFIR, Jakarta Indonesia's 2004 National Human Development Report tracks the country's recovery following the financial crisis. It points out that Indonesia certainly made progress, and has now made up most of the ground lost after 1997.
Mon, 09 Aug 2004
Sedimentation affects Jambi river
Sedimentation affects Jambi riverJon Afrizal, Jambi Excess sedimentation in the Batanghari River has increased at an alarming pace due to illegal logging up river in Jambi's forests, according to a local environmentalist group.
Mon, 09 Aug 2004
A walk in Kemang no walk in the park
A walk in Kemang no walk in the parkEvi Mariani, Jakarta Undecided about which cafe to go to, Matheus, 33, and his two friends got out of their taxi and walked along Jl. Kemang Raya in South Jakarta for more than a kilometer on a Saturday night.
Mon, 09 Aug 2004
RI shuttlers meet tough competition
RI shuttlers meet tough competitionEva C. Komandjaja, Jakarta The quest to bring home the gold from the 2004 Athens Olympic Games may prove to be even more difficult than expected, with Indonesia's shuttlers drawn against some tough early round opponents.
Mon, 09 Aug 2004
Speculation rife over Nurdin Halid's health
Speculation rife over Nurdin Halid's healthAbdul Khalik, Jakarta The police's failure to satisfactorily explain the health condition of a legislator embroiled in a sugar smuggling scandal has led to speculation that the police, in league with doctors, are helping to protect him.Lawyer Luhut M.
Mon, 09 Aug 2004
Governors' neutrality questioned
Governors' neutrality questionedM. Taufiqurrahman and Nethy Dharma Somba, Jakarta/Jayapura Despite the assertion by the country's 32 governors that they will stay neutral in the runoff election, an analyst expressed doubts on Sunday that the pledge would have a significant impact on the fairness of...
Mon, 09 Aug 2004
Singaporeans wonder whether new leader signals new era
Singaporeans wonder whether new leader signals new eraAgencies, Singapore As Singaporeans prepare for this week's handover of power to a new prime minister, many are wondering whether their future leader's rule will echo that of his authoritarian father - the founder of modern Singapore, Lee Kuan...
Mon, 09 Aug 2004
More govt agencies get duty-free status
More govt agencies get duty-free statusThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta The government has exempted 11 agencies under the Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries from import duties and excise taxes.The head of the Legal and Public Relations Bureau at the Ministry of Finance, Maurin Sitorus, said the...
Mon, 09 Aug 2004
Workers protest Manpower Law
Workers protest Manpower Law SURABAYA: Some 1,500 workers staged a protest at the East Java governor's office here on Saturday, demanding that the government and legislators revoke Manpower Law No. 13/2003.
Mon, 09 Aug 2004
Kabelvision
Kabelvision to show Olympics live in JakartaMusthofid, Jakarta Due to the local TV stations' lack of interest in airing the Olympics, Kabelvision, a cable TV broadcaster, has stepped into the vacuum and made a deal with the Kuala Lumpur-based Asia- Pacific Broadcast Union (ABU) for the rights to...
Mon, 09 Aug 2004
Big-time drug syndicates remain out of reach
Big-time drug syndicates remain out of reachThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta Despite nationwide campaigns against illegal drugs, including the handing down of death sentences to traffickers, the number of drug addicts is on the rise.
Mon, 09 Aug 2004
More people practicing safe sex: Survey
More people practicing safe sex: SurveySari P. Setiogi, Jakarta More Indonesians have begun to practice safe sex, with the use of condoms by sexually active people on the rise, according to a survey.The use of condoms with both regular and nonregular sexual partners increased to 40 percent and 84...
Mon, 09 Aug 2004
Police, military involved in Papua abuses: Komnas
Police, military involved in Papua abuses: KomnasFabiola Desy Unidjaja, Jakarta The National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) has completed the report on its investigation into bloody incidents in the Papua towns of Wamena and Wasior, saying soldiers and police committed gross abuses in both...
Mon, 09 Aug 2004
Govt moves to solve street vendor issue
Govt moves to solve street vendor issue BOGOR: Bogor city secretary Deddy S Hamdan has expressed a hope that the administration could find the best possible solution to dealing with sidewalk vendors, as it had established a joint committee to draw up a policy on the issue.
Mon, 09 Aug 2004
TV Program: Monday, August 9, 2004
TV Program: Monday, August 9, 2004TVRI .TB.30" .90" 6:00 a.m. News: Berita Pagi7:00 Children Show: Pentas Ceria8:30 Music: Asyik Asyik10:00 Dialogue11:00 Singing Contest: Konteswara 11:30 Doing Business12:00 p.m.
Mon, 09 Aug 2004
Women may be at higher risk of endometriosis
Women may be at higher risk of endometriosisDewi Santoso, Jakarta Female air travellers and flight attendants are advised to avoid traveling by air for longer than five hours at a time while having their periods, as flying may increase their risk of developing endometriosis, a disease that often...
Mon, 09 Aug 2004
Apology from 'TPI'
Apology from 'TPI' From KompasIn response to the letter of Putu BK in regards the mystery program Gentayangan aired by TPI (Kompas, July 10), we apologize for the live broadcast of the Hindu shrine, Pura Masceti in Gianyar, Bali, which entailed protests from the Balinese and Hindu communities.
Mon, 09 Aug 2004
Asian Cup successful, loss in final regrettable: China press
Asian Cup successful, loss in final regrettable: China pressAgence France Presse, Beijing The Chinese state press Sunday lavished praise on the nation's hosting of the just ended Asian Cup and squarely blamed the home side's devastating 3-1 championship game loss to rivals Japan on poor refereeing.
Mon, 09 Aug 2004
Looking for common values, a community driven ASEAN
Looking for common values, a community driven ASEANMeidyatama Suryodiningrat, Jakarta A group of people with a common characteristic, or interests living together within a larger society. That is Merriam Webster's definition of "community".
Mon, 09 Aug 2004
Telecom equipment vendors offer range of services
Telecom equipment vendors offer range of servicesZatni Arbi, Columnist, Jakarta In the banking industry, the concept of outsourcing has largely been accepted. Smaller banks do not have the capital to invest in their own Disaster Recovery Center (DRC), for example, and they simply outsource this...
Mon, 09 Aug 2004
Feeling uneasy on Serpong freeway
Feeling uneasy on Serpong freeway From Media IndonesiaAs a resident of Serpong in Tangerang, I go to work in Jakarta mostly via the Ulujami-Serpong freeway. On my way home, I often feel scared because the toll road is not illuminated at night.
Mon, 09 Aug 2004
PLN signs contract with Alstom consortium
PLN signs contract with Alstom consortiumThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta State electricity firm PT PLN has signed a contract with a consortium comprising Japanese, Indonesian and American firms for the provision of boilers for the Tarahan power project in South Sumatra.
Mon, 09 Aug 2004
Indonesian banks outlook stable, says Moody's
Indonesian banks outlook stable, says Moody'sThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta The outlook for the debt and deposit ratings of Indonesian banks is stable at an average B2 and B3, respectively, international rating agency Moody's Investors Service said in its annual report.
Mon, 09 Aug 2004
Bank share prices after acquisition
Bank share prices after acquisition (as of June 22, 2004) -------------------------------------------------------- Bank Buyer Share price Increase --------------------------------------------------------- BCA Farallon Capital Rp 1,775 300.0% Niaga CAHB* Rp 290 9.
Mon, 09 Aug 2004
Survivors set up forum to help others
Survivors set up forum to help othersLeony Aurora , Jakarta "You don't know what it's like -- you've never been there", is the one-liner likely to be spoken by victims or running through their heads. On the basis of their first-hand experience of trauma, Marriott blast victims intend to help future...
Mon, 09 Aug 2004
Flooding halts travel in Wanasari
Flooding halts travel in Wanasari PALU, Central Sulawesi: Flooding over the past few days in Wanasari subdistrict, Tojounauna regency, has damaged five bridges, public facilities such as schools, the subdistrict hall and many houses.
Mon, 09 Aug 2004
Opposition needed in democracy
Opposition needed in democracy In accordance with its democratic system, Indonesia is now heading for the presidential election runoff on Sept. 20. The system that has been adopted in many developed countries respects the existence of an opposition party, to check and balance the government.
Mon, 09 Aug 2004
Indonesian soldiers -- the real 'survivors'
Indonesian soldiers -- the real 'survivors'Rusman, Samarinda In the remote jungle of East Kalimantan, far away from "civilization", Indonesian soldiers are playing a game of survival.Hold it. This is not a war situation, nor another scene from the artificial wildlife adventure some of us may love...
Mon, 09 Aug 2004
Megawati camp demands clampdown on pollsters
Megawati camp demands clampdown on pollsters JAKARTA: The Megawati Soekarnoputri-Hasyim Muzadi camp called on the General Elections Commission (KPU) on Sunday to closely monitor the activities of Washington-based International Foundation for Election System (IFES) and other independent pollsters.
Mon, 09 Aug 2004
S'pore package for ladies golf winner
S'pore package for ladies golf winner JAKARTA: Golf Links Indonesia and Siemens launched the inaugural Jakarta Ladies Golf Series, with a Singapore holiday package being offered to the winner.The tournament comprises three events played under three different formats, with the opener already having...
Mon, 09 Aug 2004
Government to go ahead with Jatigede dam project
Government to go ahead with Jatigede dam projectYuli Tri Suwarni and Nana Rukmana, Bandung/Indramayu Despite being controversial, the government will go ahead with plans to build Jatigede dam. Sumedang regent Don Murdono has revealed that construction of the large, Rp 2.
Mon, 09 Aug 2004
Speculation rife over Nurdin's health
Speculation rife over Nurdin's health Abdul Khalik JakartaThe police's failure to satisfactorily explain the health condition of a legislator embroiled in a sugar smuggling scandal has led to speculation that the police, in league with doctors, are helping to protect him. Lawyer Luhut M.
Mon, 09 Aug 2004
Jusuf Kalla lobbies top Golkar leaders
Jusuf Kalla lobbies top Golkar leadersThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta/Semarang/Yogyakarta At least 23, or more than two thirds of Golkar's 32 provincial leaders, met with vice presidential candidate Jusuf Kalla at a hotel in Jakarta on Sunday, to discuss possible coalition building in the Sept.
Mon, 09 Aug 2004
Leading ASEAN
Leading ASEAN The 37th anniversary of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), which falls on Aug. 8, comes at a critical juncture. The world has undergone drastic developments these past few years on both the political and economic fronts, and ASEAN countries, individually or...
Mon, 09 Aug 2004
* Thousands of migrant workers depart Malaysia early Page 2
* Thousands of migrant workers depart Malaysia early Page 2 * Survey finds more Indonesians practicing safe sex Page 4 * Myth about sandalwood scotched Page 5 * Indonesia's slow road to recovery Page 7 * A walk in Kemang no walk in the park Page 8 * Winds of change blow very softly in Singapore...
Mon, 09 Aug 2004
No power supply in Serpong?
No power supply in Serpong?From RepublikaI am an elementary school teacher and plan to move with my family to Lengkong Gudang Timur village in Serpong district, Tangerang, where we will build a small house of our own.
Mon, 09 Aug 2004
Three rebels killed, 13 others arrested
Three rebels killed, 13 others arrested BANDA ACEH: Government troops shot dead three suspected rebels of the Free Aceh Movement (GAM) and captured 13 others in the latest conflict in the restive province of Aceh, the military said on Sunday.
Mon, 09 Aug 2004
The rights-based approach ensures basic service provision
The rights-based approach ensures basic service provisionUNSFIR, Jakarta The government in Indonesia has in the past organized public services with a centralized command structure that distributed national resources according to central priorities.
Mon, 09 Aug 2004
Susilo and the July 27 incident
Susilo and the July 27 incidentFrom Warta Kota The July 27, 1996, incident, in which executives and members of the former Indonesian Democratic Party (PDI) became victims of an attack on the party's headquarters on Jl. Diponegoro, Jakarta, is a dark episode in Indonesian politics.