Archive: 7 January 2005
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Fri, 07 Jan 2005, 00:00 WIB
Rupiah Rates Jan.6
Rupiah Rates Jan.6 Banknote rates TT rates Selling Buying Selling Buying Australian dollar 1 7,478.77 6,709.68 7,131.59 7,056.62 Brunei dollar 1 5,942.40 5,331.55 5,666.55 5,607.24 Canadian dollar 1 7,986.28 7,166.76 7,615.55 7,537.34 Swiss franc 1 8,376.16 7,516.48 7,987.32 7,905.15 Danish krone 1 1,744.25 1,565.06 1,663.28 1,645.99 Euro 1 12,976.10 11,644.04 12,373.74 12,246.13 Poundsterling 1 18,436.28 16,547.67 17,580.44 17,403.32 Hong Kong dollar 1 1,255.75 1,127.32 1,197.45 1,185.61...
Fri, 07 Jan 2005, 00:00 WIB
Australian aid package a watershed for Canberra-Jakarta
Australian aid package a watershed for Canberra-Jakarta relations: analysts Neil Sands Agence France-Presse/Sydney, Australia Australia's A$1 billion (US$764 million) Indonesian tsunami aid package shows Canberra's eagerness to permanently improve a relationship with its largest northern neighbor too often strained by cultural, religious and economic differences, analysts said on Thursday.
Fri, 07 Jan 2005, 00:00 WIB
Govt ups logging quota to meet demand
Govt ups logging quota to meet demand Rendi A. Witular, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The country's ailing forestry-based industry is likely to revive following the government's plan to increase its logging quota this year, to meet the local industry's capacity and help create employment opportunities.
Fri, 07 Jan 2005, 00:00 WIB
Carrying guns into bars 'commonplace'
Carrying guns into bars 'commonplace' Abdul Khalik, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Armed people can walk into hotels and bars in Jakarta almost without restriction, with most gun-toters ignoring the requirement to turn in their weapons at the door. Hotel Hilton public relations manager Emeraldo said on Thursday that security guards often turned a blind eye to prominent figures, including military and police officers as well as hotel owners, carrying guns onto the property.
Fri, 07 Jan 2005, 00:00 WIB
Kupang in need of more kerosene
Kupang in need of more kerosene KUPANG: After a quota reduction and price hike, long queues for kerosene were observed in Kupang on Thursday. Some people said they had been forced to cook over wood fires, the old-fashioned way. A liter of kerosene is now priced at Rp 2,000 from the previous Rp 1,000. The kerosene quota for each person has decreased -- from 3.75 liters per month to 2.28 liters -- for the province's four million people.
Fri, 07 Jan 2005, 00:00 WIB
TNI intensifies deployment in Aceh
TNI intensifies deployment in Aceh Ruslan Sangadji, The Jakarta Post, Banda Aceh The Indonesian Military (TNI) is continuing to reinforce its capacity in Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam, deploying additional personnel and transportation to accelerate relief efforts. Spokesman for TNI disaster mitigation operation Col. Ahmad Yani said on Thursday that with the deployment of more aircraft, six planes and three helicopters were now in the province. In addition, the U.S.
Fri, 07 Jan 2005, 00:00 WIB
Council approves Rp 14t budget
Council approves Rp 14t budget Bambang Nurbianto, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Although rejected by two factions, the City Council on Thursday finally approved the Rp 14 trillion (US$1.5 billion) budget for 2005 after the Jakarta administration pledged to make periodic reports about the use of the money.
Fri, 07 Jan 2005, 00:00 WIB
Globalization and Westernization
Globalization and Westernization Referring to Professor Christopher Lingle's article entitled RI and globalization debate: Embracing 'contract culture', which appeared at The Jakarta Post on Dec. 28, I am impressed by the articulation and clarity of his debate on the issue of globalization and its impact. However, I disagree with his statement that we must not confuse globalization with "Westernization".
Fri, 07 Jan 2005, 00:00 WIB
Total may be less than the sum of its parts
Total may be less than the sum of its parts Lee Hsien Loong, Jakarta We have all been shaken by the horrific television images of waters crashing in, terrified people being swept away, towns and villages reduced to rubble, and piles of corpses bloated beyond recognition. On the ground, the impact is immeasurably greater. Two days ago, I visited Banda Aceh and Meulaboh.
Fri, 07 Jan 2005, 00:00 WIB
Alternative energy for electricity
Alternative energy for electricity From Bisnis Indonesia The high world oil price will certainly raise the cost of power production by state electricity company (PLN), whose cost components are 25 percent composed of fuel oil. Therefore, PLN should adopt a new policy to replace fuel in its power production with any of the other alternatives available in Indonesia. In 1989, I handled a research project on alternative energy production technology.
Fri, 07 Jan 2005, 00:00 WIB
Bio Farma sends anti cholera vaccine
Bio Farma sends anti cholera vaccine BANDUNG: Bio Farma drug company will start sending anticholera vaccines to Aceh as well as opening on Thursday an immunization and vaccination clinic in Banda Aceh. Head of public relations at Bio Farma Elvyn Fajrul, said the company would send 2,000 doses of Chotypa to fight cholera and typhus. "Volunteers will get first priority because most of the residents there are already sick, and if we inject them with the vaccine it will cause other diseases.
Fri, 07 Jan 2005, 00:00 WIB
* Aceh government begins to function again Page 2
* Aceh government begins to function again Page 2 * RI to get credit facility to buy U.S. Hercules hardware Page 4 * Economic ramifications of the Aceh disaster Page 6 * Pasar Jaya insists on demolishing Tanah Abang market Page 8 * Singapore to turn a blind eye to local fans' antics Page 9 * U.S. agrees to work under UN, disbands 'core group' Page 11 * Indonesian tea exporters face a tough year Page 13 * Rapper Jin goes from delivering food to rhymes Page 18
Fri, 07 Jan 2005, 00:00 WIB
Australian determined to improve RI ties
Australian determined to improve RI ties Neil Sands, Agence France-Presse/Sydney, Indonesia Australia's A$1 billion (US$764 million) Indonesian tsunami aid package shows Canberra's eagerness to permanently improve a relationship with its largest northern neighbor too often strained by cultural, religious and economic differences, analysts said on Thursday.
Fri, 07 Jan 2005, 00:00 WIB
Indonesia tea exporters face tough year
Indonesia tea exporters face tough year Leony Aurora, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta It is ironic that Indonesia, despite being the world's fifth largest tea exporter, consumes only 280 grams of tea per person per year -- one-third of that sipped by Indians and a paltry one- fifth of what the British drink annually. However, with exports declining the country may soon find itself as low down on the list of tea exporters as it is on the list of tea consumption.
Fri, 07 Jan 2005, 00:00 WIB
Adiguna's blood contained trace of illicit drugs
Adiguna's blood contained trace of illicit drugs Abdul Khalik, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Police announced on Thursday that samples of urine and blood of Adiguna Sutowo, taken a day after the shooting incident that killed Yohannes Berchmans Haerudy Natong alias Rudy, contained methamphetamine and phenmetrazine, two psychotropic subtances. National Police chief of detectives Comr. Gen. Suyitno Landung Sudjono said Adiguna, as the sole suspect of the Jan.
Fri, 07 Jan 2005, 00:00 WIB
List of world leaders at Jakarta tsunami summit
List of world leaders at Jakarta tsunami summit -- Australian Prime Minister John Howard -- Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen -- Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao -- Indian Foreign Minister Natwar Singh -- Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono -- Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi -- Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi -- Myanmar Prime Minister Soe Win -- New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark -- Philippines President Gloria Arroyo -- Singaporean Prime Minister Lee...
Fri, 07 Jan 2005, 00:00 WIB
Economic ramifications of the Aceh disaster
Economic ramifications of the Aceh disaster David E. Sumual, Jakarta Aceh has again become the center of global attention in recent days. Yet this time, the province has not grabbed the headlines because of the separatist rebellion. The strife-torn province is now in crisis due to another catastrophe, resulting from the tsunami triggered by a 9.0-magnitude earthquake off Sumatra Island.
Fri, 07 Jan 2005, 00:00 WIB
Meeting point of Busway moved from Monas to Harmoni
Meeting point of Busway moved from Monas to Harmoni Damar Harsanto, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The Jakarta administration will move the meeting point of the three busway corridors from the National Monument (Monas) park to Harmoni, right above the Mookervart River between Jl. Gajah Mada and Jl. Hayam Wuruk. City Transportation Agency head Rustam Effendi Sidabutar said at City Hall on Thursday the construction of the meeting point would begin in March and would be completed in six months.
Fri, 07 Jan 2005, 00:00 WIB
City moves busway meeting point to Harmoni from Monas
City moves busway meeting point to Harmoni from Monas Damar Harsanto The Jakarta Post/Jakarta The Jakarta administration will move the meeting point of the three busway corridors from the National Monument (Monas) park to Harmoni, right above the Mookervart River between Jl. Gajah Mada and Jl. Hayam Wuruk. City Transportation Agency head Rustam Effendi Sidabutar said at City Hall on Thursday the construction of the two new corridors would begin in March and would be completed in six months.
Fri, 07 Jan 2005, 00:00 WIB
Call rises for Aceh relief fund monitoring body
Call rises for Aceh relief fund monitoring body Tony Hotland, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Observers are demanding that the government set up an independent body to manage humanitarian relief funds for Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam and North Sumatra, citing a potential for abuse of the badly needed funds. During a discussion on Aceh reconstruction, observers said on Thursday that the body should comprise representatives from select institutions and possess authority of a ministerial level.
Fri, 07 Jan 2005, 00:00 WIB
Batam rejects Aceh refugees
Batam rejects Aceh refugees Fadli The Jakarta Post/Batam Dozens of survivors of the quake-triggered tsunami have found they cannot even enter Batam to find their relatives. Authorities denied them entry because they failed to meet requirements as stated in the city's regulations. Under Batam Bylaw No. 2/2001 on population control, any visitor requesting to temporarily stay in the city has to produce an identity card as well as a return ticket and a deposit.
Fri, 07 Jan 2005, 00:00 WIB
Schumacher mourns bodyguard who died in tsunami
Schumacher mourns bodyguard who died in tsunami Seven-time world Formula One champion Michael Schumacher, who has donated US$10 million to the victims of last week's Asian tsunamis, revealed in Paris on Wednesday that one of his bodyguards died in the tragedy. Schumacher said on his website that the bodyguard Burkhard Cramer, 44, was killed at Phuket in Thailand. Cramer's two children Henry, five, and four-year-old Mika, are also understood to have died.
Fri, 07 Jan 2005, 00:00 WIB
Globalization and westernization
Globalization and westernization Referring to Professor Christopher Lingle's article entitled RI and globalization debate: Embracing 'contract culture', which appeared in The Jakarta Post on Dec. 28, I am impressed by the articulation and clarity of his debate on the issue of globalization and its impact. However, I disagree with his statement that we must not confuse globalization with "westernization".
Fri, 07 Jan 2005, 00:00 WIB
A quiet word on Aceh
A quiet word on Aceh In assisting Indonesia after the tsunami disaster it is essential that Australians acknowledge that they are there to help, not lead, the recovery effort. For Indonesian officialdom and opinion makers to decide the Australian government was sticking its bib into their country's internal affairs would erode all the goodwill the aid effort can create. But the need to respect national sensitivities cuts both ways.
Fri, 07 Jan 2005, 00:00 WIB
Alternative energy for electricity
Alternative energy for electricity From Bisnis Indonesia The high world oil price will certainly raise the cost of power production by state electricity company (PLN), whose cost components are 25 percent composed of fuel oil. Therefore, PLN should adopt a new policy to replace fuel in its power production with any of the other alternatives available in Indonesia. In 1989, I handled a research project on alternative energy production technology.
Fri, 07 Jan 2005, 00:00 WIB
Stock prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange ( in ruppiah) on Jan.6, 2005
Stock prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange ( in ruppiah) on Jan.6, 2005 ____________________________________________________________________________ Shares Close Change Trading Volume _____________________________________________________________________________ Abdi Bangsa Tbk 225 0 0 Ades Alfindo Tbk 2,325 0 124,500 Adhi Karya 750 10 19,697,000 Adira Dinamika 2,750 0 0 AGIS Tbk 100 0 73,000 Akbar Indo Makmur 150 0 0 AKR Corporindo Tbk 1,140 -10 1,005,000 Alakasa Industrindo 165 0 0 Alfa...
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Residents demand land compensation
Residents demand land compensation TANGERANG: Residents whose lands were affected by the ring road project linking the Tangerang capital of Tigaraksa with Ciputat, on Thursday demanded that the regency administration pay them compensation. Like other residents, Muhamad Ali, 52, of Suradita village in Cisauk, told The Jakarta Post that he had only received Rp 40 million (US$4,300) of the promised Rp 80 million as compensation for his 100 square meters of land.
Fri, 07 Jan 2005, 00:00 WIB
'USS Abraham Lincoln' enjoys Aceh humanitarian mission
'USS Abraham Lincoln' enjoys Aceh humanitarian mission A'an Suryana, The Jakarta Post, On board the 'USS Abraham Lincoln' off Banda Aceh Coast The ship's alarm sounded at 5:40 a.m., prompting Lt. Eric Danielsen, a helicopter pilot, to quickly rise from his bed in his small cabin in the aircraft carrier, USS Abraham Lincoln. He took a shower and rushed to the morning briefing, which was attended by other crew members and pilots of helicopters deployed for humanitarian purposes to Aceh.
Fri, 07 Jan 2005, 00:00 WIB
1. Danger --- 1x40
1. Danger --- 1x40 Wealthy, arrogant, armed and above the law 2. Banda ---- 2x25 Aceh bureaucracy back in action minus 900 employees 3. TNI ----- 1x30 TNI intensifies deployment in Aceh 4. Adiguna -- 2x25 Adiguna's blood contained traces of illicit drugs 5. Security - 1x33 Carrying guns into bars 'commonplace'
Fri, 07 Jan 2005, 00:00 WIB
Agian wakes up from coma
Agian wakes up from coma The Jakarta Post, Jakarta A woman, whose husband persistently sought legal approval for doctors to euthanize her, is finally able to speak coherently. Agian Isna Naili, 33, greeted her visitors and chatted with Minister of Health Siti Fadilah Supari on Thursday, while lying on her bed at Cipto Mangunkusumo General Hospital (RSCM). She had been recovering from a coma for the past five months. "Don't ask about my husband," she said, as quoted by tempointeraktif.
Fri, 07 Jan 2005, 00:00 WIB
* Aceh government back in business Page 2
* Aceh government back in business Page 2 * U.S. gives RI facility for Hercules parts Page 4 * Economic ramifications of Aceh disaster Page 6 * Pasar Jaya set on demolishing Tanah Abang market Page 8 * Singapore to turn blind eye to local fans' antics Page 9 * U.S. to work under UN, disbands coalition Page 11 * Indonesian tea exporters face tough year Page 13 * Jin goes from food delivery to rapping Page 18
Fri, 07 Jan 2005, 00:00 WIB
U.S. agrees to work under UN, disbands 'core group'
U.S. agrees to work under UN, disbands 'core group' Peter Mackler, Agence France-Presse/Jakarta The United States announced on Thursday it was dissolving the "core group" of nations it formed to expedite aid for victims of the Asian tsunami disaster and would work under the United Nations. Secretary of State Colin Powell also told an international conference the United States would likely increase its commitment of aid but announced no new figure beyond the current $350 million pledge.
Fri, 07 Jan 2005, 00:00 WIB
18,000 children malnourished
18,000 children malnourished TANGERANG: At least 18,000 of 280,000 children under two years old, or 6.5 percent, in Tangerang, Banten are suffering from malnutrition, a local health official says. The head of the family health department at the Tangerang Health Agency, Shirley, said on Thursday that the number was slightly lower than the 19,400 cases last year.
Fri, 07 Jan 2005, 00:00 WIB
Alternative energy for electricity
Alternative energy for electricity From Bisnis Indonesia The high world oil price will certainly raise the cost of power production by state electricity company (PLN), whose cost components are 25 percent composed of fuel oil. Therefore, PLN should adopt a new policy to replace fuel in its power production with any of the other alternatives available in Indonesia. In 1989, I handled a research project on alternative energy production technology.
Fri, 07 Jan 2005, 00:00 WIB
Driving in Jakarta
Driving in Jakarta Regarding The Jakarta Post's article --Driving in Jakarta to slow to snail's pace by 2020 on Dec. 17 -- I take the liberty to send my opinion as follows: The cheap partial solution to traffic in Jakarta is to enforce the "intersection blocking rule". This violation must be treated the same as running a red light or a stop sign. This rule states a vehicle may not enter the intersection unless the space in front is sufficient to make sure the intersection is not blocked.
Fri, 07 Jan 2005, 00:00 WIB
Merpati threatens to end Palu service
Merpati threatens to end Palu service PALU, Central Sulawesi: Domestic airline company Merpati Nusantara has threatened to stop its flights to Palu due to the imposition of various fees at the city's Mutiara airport. The fees have raised Merpati's operational costs, far exceeding the income from ticket sales and baggage fees, Iwan Sufiantoro, head of Marpati's branch office in Palu, said. "Each airplane landing before 11 p.m.
Fri, 07 Jan 2005, 00:00 WIB
NGOs sacrifice personal interest to help Aceh
NGOs sacrifice personal interest to help Aceh Sari P. Setiogi, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta For many humanitarian organizations, the tsunami tragedy that hit Aceh on the last Sunday of 2004 was a call for them to dedicate their work to the victims. Communications manager of World Vision Indonesia (WVI) Hendro Suwito, told The Jakarta Post from the provincial capital of Banda Aceh on Thursday that he was in Sukabumi, West Java, when the disaster happened.
Fri, 07 Jan 2005, 00:00 WIB
Translate commitment into reality
Translate commitment into reality Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, Jakarta Because we are all vulnerable as human beings, we must reach out to one another and join hands in tackling the miseries of the human condition today as well as the challenges of our common, long-term survival.
Fri, 07 Jan 2005, 00:00 WIB
No place for bribes at congress: PAN exec
No place for bribes at congress: PAN exec Kurniawan Hari, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta A senior executive of the National Mandate Party (PAN) has expressed concern over vote-buying allegations to garner support ahead of the party's congress to replace current leader Amien Rais, who said he will not seek reelection. A.M. Fatwa, a cofounder of the party, said "certain candidates" had offered gifts or cash to leaders of PAN regional chapters, who would be entitled to vote at the leadership meeting.
Fri, 07 Jan 2005, 00:00 WIB
Unrecoverable bank loans in Aceh may reach Rp 1.6t: Bank Indonesia
Unrecoverable bank loans in Aceh may reach Rp 1.6t: Bank Indonesia Rendi A. Witular, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Potential lending losses suffered by local banks as a result of the earthquake and tsunami in Aceh and North Sumatra may reach up to 50 percent of the total lending channeled in the areas, a senior central bank official said.
Fri, 07 Jan 2005, 00:00 WIB
UN warns against fighting in tsunami affected areas
UN warns against fighting in tsunami affected areas Agencies, United Nations/Colombo Governments and rebels in Sumatra, Sri Lanka and Somalia must keep the peace or risk a cut-off in tsunami aid, the United Nations said on Wednesday (Thursday in Jakarta), as Australia and Germany pledged more than $1.4 billion in disaster assistance. "We have a message to the parties to the conflicts: Suspend your conflict and work together with us to help your own people," a senior UN official said.
Fri, 07 Jan 2005, 00:00 WIB
S'pore tries to turn blind eye to local fans' antics
S'pore tries to turn blind eye to local fans' antics Moch. N. Kurniawan, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Singapore's national soccer team is concentrating on winning the first match of the Tiger Cup final on Saturday, while striving to ignore the histrionics of host fans. "We will try to win the first final match, as we always want to win every match we play," head coach Radojko Avramovic said on Thursday. "We know there will be many local fans and their behavior, but it doesn't matter for us.
Fri, 07 Jan 2005, 00:00 WIB
Together, we will restore strength as well as faith
Together, we will restore strength as well as faith Kofi Annan, Jakarta What happened on Dec. 26, 2004 was an unprecedented, global catastrophe. It requires an unprecedented, global response. For the United Nations, it is the largest natural disaster the organization has had to respond to on behalf of the world community, in the sixty years of our existence.
Fri, 07 Jan 2005, 00:00 WIB
To seek a home
To seek a home The damage that humans can do to one another is no match for Mother Nature -- as everyone can see along Asia's shorelines. A third of the 150,000 people killed across the region in the earthquake and tsunamis were children. In the worst hit areas in Aceh, in addition to the scores of orphans from the years of war, we now have an unknown number of children whose parents and other relatives were killed in the disaster.
Fri, 07 Jan 2005, 00:00 WIB
Gunfire breaks TNI-GAM truce
Gunfire breaks TNI-GAM truce Agencies, Banda Aceh/Lhok Nga "There was just an exchange of fire down there," a local resident said on Thursday, indicating a beach in Lhok Nga, just outside Banda Aceh. Lhok Nga was known as a beachfront recreation area before the tsunami came. The clash on Thursday morning happened just off the coast that used to be the site of a housing compound for military engineers and infantry. It has now been reduced to scattered bricks and rubble.
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1. NGO (50) - 48 pts 4 cols 2line (2x24)
1. NGO (50) - 48 pts 4 cols 2line (2x24) NGOs sacrifice personal interests to help Aceh 2. Susul (45) - 36 pts 3cols 2lines (2x20) Scams abound amid generosity for aid relief 3. Geneva (45) -- 32 pts 3 cols 2lines (2x24) Aid agencies set aside rivalries in tsunami drive 4. Ship (60) - 36 pts 7 cols 1line (1x49) 'USS Abraham Lincoln' on humanitarian mission in Aceh --- 5. Photos -- 2 pieces plus graphic
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Key points of the emergency summit's joint declaration
Key points of the emergency summit's joint declaration * 1. Emergency relief a. Mobilize additional resources to meet emergency relief needs. b. Convene international pledging conference and explore "standby arrangements" for immediate humanitarian relief efforts. c. Strengthen coordination for immediate distribution of the assistance. d. Ensure effective channeling of the aid in affected countries. * 2. Rehabilitation and Reconstruction a. Emphasize national rehabilitation programs b.
Fri, 07 Jan 2005, 00:00 WIB
Asia's post-Tsunami future
Asia's post-Tsunami future Fan Gang, Michael Garrett and Jean-Pierre Lehmann, Project Syndicate There can be no underestimating the scale of the human devastation wrought by Asia's horrific tsunamis. Family members have been lost, homes destroyed, and livelihoods ruined. As is often the case in natural disasters, the poor are suffering the most. And yet, even with damage to infrastructure such as road and rail links, the tsunamis' overall economic impact is expected to be minor.
Fri, 07 Jan 2005, 00:00 WIB
Wealthy, arrogant, armed and above the law
Wealthy, arrogant, armed and above the law Meydiatama Suryodiningrat, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta A waiter returns a rejected credit card to a feisty damsel at a table. She responds by complaining to her boyfriend. Coolly he pulls out a revolver then "pops" the waiter in the head -- what a scene. Neither Coppola nor Scorsese could not have directed it better. A plot out of The Godfather or Goodfellas. But we aren't talking about "made men" here, and the setting is nowhere near Sicily.
Fri, 07 Jan 2005, 00:00 WIB
PTDI president faces trial
PTDI president faces trial BANDUNG, West Java: Edwin Soedarmo, president director of ailing state-owned aircraft maker PT Dirgantara Indonesia (PTDI), will go on trial on Friday for failing to pay compensation to more than 6,500 dismissed employees in early 2004. The compensation amounts to Rp 400 billion (US$43 million). Head of Bandung manpower office Nana Supriatna disclosed on Thursday that Edwin also had not paid employees' salaries from October through December 2003.
Fri, 07 Jan 2005, 00:00 WIB
Candy as change
Candy as change This is in response to the letter from Wendy (of Freiburg, Germany) who complains of getting candy in lieu of Rp 100 change at Balinese stores (Cheating in Bali, The Jakarta Post, Dec. 16). Indeed, your life must be idyllic if something as insignificant as that has prompted you to write a letter of complaint to this newspaper.
Fri, 07 Jan 2005, 00:00 WIB
UN chief warns of second wave of deaths in Asia
UN chief warns of second wave of deaths in Asia Deutsche Presse-Agentur, Jakarta Asia could be hit by a second wave of deaths, this time from preventable causes, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan told an emergency summit on Thursday in Jakarta. "We will never know the exact magnitude of how many men, women and children have perished in the 11 days since (the tsunami), the real figure is likely to exceed 150,000," Annan said.
Fri, 07 Jan 2005, 00:00 WIB
1. SUMMIT: 1 LINE, 30 COUNTS
1. SUMMIT: 1 LINE, 30 COUNTS Long-term commitments emphasized 2. ANNAN: 2 LINES, 19 COUNTS Donations pour in after Annan's appeal 3. AGIAN: 2 LINES, 12 COUNTS Woman awakens from 5-mo. coma 4. BATAM: 1 LINE, 25 COUNTS Batam rejects Aceh refugees
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Tsunami-hit countries agree on early warning system at emergency summit
Tsunami-hit countries agree on early warning system at emergency summit The Jakarta Post, Jakarta In the wake of a massive tidal wave that killed more than 150,000 people in Asia, countries bordering the Indian Ocean agreed on Tuesday to a proposal for the setting up of an early warning system to help prevent similar tragic losses from reoccurring. Countries participating in the summit on humanitarian and reconstruction efforts in the aftermath of the Dec.
Fri, 07 Jan 2005, 00:00 WIB
'Early warning system badly needed'
'Early warning system badly needed' United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan and world leaders met in a special summit on tsunami relief in Jakarta, harnessing efforts to cope with the disaster that has left at least 150,000 people dead across Asia. The Jakarta Post asked Jakartans what went through their mind when they learned about the devastating calamity. Asri, 26, is a shop attendant in Kalibata Mall, South Jakarta.
Fri, 07 Jan 2005, 00:00 WIB
RI denies messages urging Aceh adoptions
RI denies messages urging Aceh adoptions SINGAPORE: The Indonesian Embassy on Thursday refuted text messages circulating in Singapore asking Muslim parents to adopt 300 orphans from the devastated Indonesian province of Aceh. Amid fears of child-trafficking in the chaotic aftermath of the Dec. 26 tsunami, an embassy spokesman said there will be no adoption of Acehnese children for the time being.
Fri, 07 Jan 2005, 00:00 WIB
Alternative energy for electricity
Alternative energy for electricity From Bisnis Indonesia The high world oil price will certainly raise the cost of power production by state electricity company (PLN), whose cost components are 25 percent composed of fuel oil. Therefore, PLN should adopt a new policy to replace fuel in its power production with any of the other alternatives available in Indonesia. In 1989, I handled a research project on alternative energy production technology.
Fri, 07 Jan 2005, 00:00 WIB
Aceh bureaucracy back in action less 900 employess
Aceh bureaucracy back in action less 900 employess Ruslan Sangaji, The Jakarta Post, Banda Aceh Nearly two weeks after an earthquake and ensuing tsunamis hit Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam on Dec. 26, the Aceh gubernatorial office recommenced its activities on Thursday. Only 468 civil servants attended a modest ceremony in the office's front yard, held to mark the first day back of the Aceh administration.
Fri, 07 Jan 2005, 00:00 WIB
Lampung fishermen fear tsunami
Lampung fishermen fear tsunami BANDARLAMPUNG: Hundreds of traditional fishermen in Lampung decided to stay at home on Thursday amid widespread rumors of corpse-eating fish and fears of another tsunami. "I've experienced storms before, but after the tsunami in Aceh my wife doesn't want me to leave," said Kardiman, a fisherman.
Fri, 07 Jan 2005, 00:00 WIB
Whiff of politics behind aid pledges
Whiff of politics behind aid pledges Jason Szep, Reuters/Singapore The billions in international aid pledged toward the post-tsunami cleanup could polish America's poor image in the world's most populous Muslim nation and overhaul economic ties between big donors and Southeast Asia.
Fri, 07 Jan 2005, 00:00 WIB
Promo center to help boost Indonesian exports to Australia
Promo center to help boost Indonesian exports to Australia Urip Hudiono, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Indonesian exporters must improve their way of doing business and promoting their products if they want to grab a larger share of the Australian market, the National Export Development Agency (BPEN) said. Against that backdrop, BPEN welcomed and supported the setting up of a private institution, called the Product Promotion Center Indonesia-Australia (PPCIA), which was launched on Thursday.
Fri, 07 Jan 2005, 00:00 WIB
U.S. gives RI credit facility for Hercules spare parts
U.S. gives RI credit facility for Hercules spare parts Tiarma Siboro, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The United States has granted Indonesia a credit facility to procure spare parts for its Hercules aircraft to be used for relief efforts in tsunami-hit Aceh province, a defense official said on Thursday. Ministry of Defense's director general of defense strategy Maj. Gen.
Fri, 07 Jan 2005, 00:00 WIB
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;JP;CD; For Spotlight: HOTEL BOROBUDUR CARES FOR TSUNAMI VICTIMS: Employees of the Hotel Borobudur Jakarta donate money, food and clothes for earthquake and tsunami victims in Aceh and North Sumatra. The hotel also will donate Rp 50,000 for every room-night guests stay at the hotel starting on Jan. 1 and lasting for one year.
Fri, 07 Jan 2005, 00:00 WIB
President's official car park?
President's official car park? From Kompas On Nov. 15, I parked my car outside of Klub Bimasena (health/sports center) in South Jakarta, near the gate of the club, which shares the same complex with Hotel Dharmawangsa. When I left my car near the entrance, club security men told me to move my car to the parking lot at the rear of the building, because the car park near the gate was reserved for the president, vice president and ambassadors.
Fri, 07 Jan 2005, 00:00 WIB
RI's LNG buyers agree to shipments reduction
RI's LNG buyers agree to shipments reduction State oil and gas company PT Pertamina said buyers in Japan, South Korea and Taiwan agreed to a reduction of 30 shipments of liquefied natural gas this year. "The customers have agreed," said Ari Soemarno, director of marketing and trading at Pertamina, in Jakarta on Thursday.
Fri, 07 Jan 2005, 00:00 WIB
EU to hold ministerial tsunami aid meeting
EU to hold ministerial tsunami aid meeting Reuters, Brussels European Union foreign ministers will meet on Friday to co- ordinate efforts to help victims of the Asian tsunami, EU president Luxembourg said, raising the status of a previously planned informal gathering. Foreign, development and health ministers from the 25-nation bloc will meet to discuss the EU's humanitarian aid and relief pledges to the Indian Ocean states ravaged by the killer wave on Dec. 26.
Fri, 07 Jan 2005, 00:00 WIB
Corruption and democracy
Corruption and democracy From Koran Tempo President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono declared Dec. 9 Anticorruption Day for the purpose of waging a war against corruption. On several occasions he even said he would direct the corruption eradication movement himself. Indonesia belongs to the group of most corrupt countries, occupying top place on Transparency International's corruption list. This has been due to the lack of serious attempts to fight corruption, with no punishments imposed in major cases.
Fri, 07 Jan 2005, 00:00 WIB
Market management insist on demolishing Tanah Abang
Market management insist on demolishing Tanah Abang Damar Harsanto, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta City-owned market management company PD Pasar Jaya said it was set on demolishing the Tanah Abang textile market for renovation, saying explicitly that it would ignore a court-issue asset preservation order on the market. In response to a complaint filed earlier by Tanah Abang traders against demolishing the market, the Central Jakarta District Court had issued an asset preservation order.
Fri, 07 Jan 2005, 00:00 WIB
Organic farming could have healthy future in RI
Organic farming could have healthy future in RI Zakki P. Hakim, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta When a neighboring poultry farm complained that water from her farm had killed its chickens, Entik Kusnadi learned that the accumulation of pesticides, chemical fertilizers and other substances she used on her cabbages had polluted the water used for the chickens. "If this kind of farming could kill chickens, it could surely do the same to humans," Entik told The Jakarta Post recently.
Fri, 07 Jan 2005, 00:00 WIB
ABC gives $30,000 to tsunami victims
ABC gives $30,000 to tsunami victims Musthofid and Moh. N. Kurniawan, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta In another gesture of support from the sporting world to victims of the Dec. 26 Asian tsunami, the Asian Badminton Confederation (ABC) donated US$30,000 for assistance in Aceh and North Sumatra on Thursday. The National Sports Council (KONI) also announced on Thursday that it was evaluating means to assist athletes affected by the disaster.
Fri, 07 Jan 2005, 00:00 WIB
FACTBOX-Military aid to tsunami-hit nations
FACTBOX-Military aid to tsunami-hit nations The following is a list of some of the military help pledged by governments to help the Indian Ocean nations hit by the Dec. 26 earthquake and tsunami, compiled by Reuters bureaux: AUSTRALIA -- Australia has sent 350 soldiers to Indonesia along with four Iroquois helicopters.
Fri, 07 Jan 2005, 00:00 WIB
Gunfire in Aceh quake zone
Gunfire in Aceh quake zone Gunfire amid the tsunami debris as military still battles rebels in Aceh quake zone Agencies Banda Aceh/Lhok Nga Armed soldiers ran towards the beach still littered with debris from last week's earthquake and tsunamis. "There was just an exchange of fire down there," said a civilian witness in this former beachfront recreation area just outside Banda Aceh.
Fri, 07 Jan 2005, 00:00 WIB
Astra 2004 car sales 44% higher
Astra 2004 car sales 44% higher JAKARTA: PT Astra International's 2004 car sales rose 44 percent on year, thanks to low interest rates, which spurred consumers to buy vehicles via bank loans, a senior official at the nation's largest automotive company said on Thursday. "We had a 45.1 percent of market share in the total national car sales of 470,000 in 2004," said Astra President Budi Setiadharma. The company sold 211,970 units last year.
Fri, 07 Jan 2005, 00:00 WIB
Agian talks, smiles again
Agian talks, smiles again The Jakarta Post Jakarta Agian Isna Naili, 33, greeted her visitors and chatted with Minister of Health Siti Fadilah Supari on Thursday, while lying on her bed at Cipto Mangunkusumo General Hospital (RSCM) where she had been in a coma for the past five months. "Don't ask about my husband. I resent him," she said. The husband was nowhere to be seen around the hospital.
Fri, 07 Jan 2005, 00:00 WIB
Aceh refugees start to feel strain of life at camps
Aceh refugees start to feel strain of life at camps Apriadi Gunawan, The Jakarta Post, Lhokseumawe It has been nine days now that M. Nasir has slept near a drainage ditch, sharing the space with many other refugees who missed out on a place in nine available tents in a refugee camp in Cut Meutia hospital complex, Lhokseumawe. Sleeping under the stars is hard for this 51-year-old but as he has no other place to go, he hangs on, braving the cold wind at night and suffering from flu.
Fri, 07 Jan 2005, 00:00 WIB
Rupiah Rates Jan.6
Rupiah Rates Jan.6 Banknote rates TT rates Selling Buying Selling Buying Australian dollar 1 7,478.77 6,709.68 7,131.59 7,056.62 Brunei dollar 1 5,942.40 5,331.55 5,666.55 5,607.24 Canadian dollar 1 7,986.28 7,166.76 7,615.55 7,537.34 Swiss franc 1 8,376.16 7,516.48 7,987.32 7,905.15 Danish krone 1 1,744.25 1,565.06 1,663.28 1,645.99 Euro 1 12,976.10 11,644.04 12,373.74 12,246.13 Poundsterling 1 18,436.28 16,547.67 17,580.44 17,403.32 Hong Kong dollar 1 1,255.75 1,127.32 1,197.45 1,185.61...
Fri, 07 Jan 2005, 00:00 WIB
Batam rejects Aceh refugee
Batam rejects Aceh refugee Fadli The Jakarta Post/Batam After surviving the quake-triggered tsunami, dozens of Acehnese refugees are now having to endure another kind of pain. Fleeing to Batam to find their relatives, local authorities denied them entry because they failed to meet requirements as stated in the city's regulations. Under Batam Bylaw No.
Fri, 07 Jan 2005, 00:00 WIB
Myanmar can cope with tsunami: PM
Myanmar can cope with tsunami: PM INDONESIA: Myanmar's military rulers are capable of caring for the country's victims of the tsunami and aid from overseas should be sent elsewhere, Prime Minister Lt. Gen. Soe Win said on Thursday. The government says 59 of its citizens were killed by the Dec. 26 disaster. But international aid agencies have cast doubt on the claim, saying it could be higher than 90.
Fri, 07 Jan 2005, 00:00 WIB
Batam rejects Aceh refugees
Batam rejects Aceh refugees Fadli, The Jakarta Post, Batam Dozens of survivors of the quake-triggered tsunami have found they cannot even enter Batam to find their relatives. Authorities denied them entry because they failed to meet requirements as stated in the city's regulations. Under Batam Bylaw No. 2/2001 on population control, any visitor requesting to temporarily stay in the city has to produce an identity card as well as a return ticket and a deposit.
Fri, 07 Jan 2005, 00:00 WIB
Corruption and democracy
Corruption and democracy From Koran Tempo President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono declared Dec. 9 Anticorruption Day for the purpose of waging a war against corruption. On several occasions he even said he would direct the corruption eradication movement himself. Indonesia belongs to the group of most corrupt countries, occupying top place on Transparency International's corruption list. This has been due to the lack of serious attempts to fight corruption, with no punishments imposed in major cases.
Fri, 07 Jan 2005, 00:00 WIB
JP/4/MILITARY
JP/4/MILITARY RI to get credit facility to buy U.S. Hercules hardware Tiarma Siboro The Jakarta Post/Jakarta The United States has granted Indonesia a credit facility to procure spare parts for its Hercules aircraft to be used for relief efforts in tsunami-hit Aceh province, a defense official said on Thursday. Ministry of Defense's director general of defense strategy Maj. Gen.