Archive: 15 October 2005
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Sat, 15 Oct 2005
Singapore says 'still unable' to OK AWAIR flights
Singapore says 'still unable' to OK AWAIR flightsDow Jones, Singapore The Singapore air authority early on Friday said it still can't approve Indonesian low cost carrier PT AWAIR's application to fly to Singapore as Indonesia's restriction on foreign LCCs remains in place.
Sat, 15 Oct 2005
TV Program: Monday, October 17, 2005
TV Program: Monday, October 17, 2005TVRI .TB.30" .90" 5:00 a.m. Religious Teachings6:00 News: Berita Pagi7:30 Children Film: Big Bang8:30 Music: Asyik Asyik10:00 Talk Show12:00 Koridor Hukum1:00 p.m. News: Berita Siang2:30 TV Drama: Anak Takwa 3:00 English News Service3:30 TV Drama4:00 Talk...
Sat, 15 Oct 2005
No more gifts for officials
No more gifts for officials SEMARANG, Central Java: Officials of the Central Java administration have been banned from accepting any gifts or parcels following a call from the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK)."I think the call from the KPK is very good.
Sat, 15 Oct 2005
Shoestring budget has forced reduction of patrols: Police
Shoestring budget has forced reduction of patrols: PoliceThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta While the capital was put on full alert right after the Oct. 1 bomb attacks in Bali, the police presence in the city seems to have grown weaker over the last week.
Sat, 15 Oct 2005
Export to grow 10% for 2006
Export to grow 10% for 2006Anissa S. Febrina, The Jakarta Post/Jakarta Preferring to err on the conservative side, the government has set its export growth target at 10 percent next year, a minister says.
Sat, 15 Oct 2005
GAM leaders should return home
GAM leaders should return homeFrom RepublikaThe head of the Aceh Monitoring Mission, Pieter Feith, has called on leaders of the Free Aceh Movement (GAM) who live in Sweden and elsewhere to return to Aceh because it is now safe.
Sat, 15 Oct 2005
Markets may disrupt Lebaran trips
Markets may disrupt Lebaran tripsNana Rukmana, The Jakarta Post/Cirebon Travelers taking the northern coastal route to reach their hometowns for the upcoming Lebaran holidays might face bad traffic jams along the way caused by traditional markets spilling out onto roadways.
Sat, 15 Oct 2005
Stiff sanctions needed to boost taxpayer base: VP
Stiff sanctions needed to boost taxpayer base: VPRendi A. Witular, The Jakarta Post/Jakarta The introduction of punitive measures by the Directorate General of Taxation to make potential taxpayers comply with their obligations has received strong support from a cash-strapped government desperately...
Sat, 15 Oct 2005
Officials caught in animal trading: NGOs
Officials caught in animal trading: NGOsAbdul Khalik, The Jakarta Post/Jakarta A network of wildlife protection groups will report three high- ranking officials from the Jakarta's Natural Resources Conservation Agency to the police for their alleged involvement in the trade of protected animals.
Sat, 15 Oct 2005
Businesses substitute diesel with used oil
Businesses substitute diesel with used oilFadli, The Jakarta Post/Batam Since fuel prices were increased on Oct. 1, some businesses in Batam have turned to recycled lubricating oil as a substitute for diesel fuel.
Sat, 15 Oct 2005
Taxpayers and penalties
Taxpayers and penalties In recent years, a complaint has been addressed to tax authorities by corporate taxpayers through their representative the Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KADIN) regarding the excessive powers of tax officials in assessing taxes.
Sat, 15 Oct 2005
PLN cuts illegal power rigs in city
PLN cuts illegal power rigs in cityThe Jakarta Post, JakartaA joint team from state electricity firm PLN and the National Police disconnected the electricity on Thursday at the Beverly Hill hotel and spa on Jl.
Sat, 15 Oct 2005
Key stock index gains; Astra, Berlian Laju share prices rise
Key stock index gains; Astra, Berlian Laju share prices riseNaila Firdausi, Bloomberg/Jakarta Indonesia's key stock index rose for the first day in three. PT Astra International gained as some investors judged a recent slide excessive compared with the auto retailer's earnings potential.
Sat, 15 Oct 2005
Jl. Kramat Raya comes alive
Jl. Kramat Raya comes aliveBambang Nurbianto, The Jakarta Post/Jakarta Fifty-year-old Refrizon took his four family members to Atrium shopping center in Central Jakarta, to kill time before breaking the fast on Thursday and to have a special meal together at nasi kapau food stalls on Jl.
Sat, 15 Oct 2005
Greater Jakarta property sees increase in foreign investment
Greater Jakarta property sees increase in foreign investmentAnissa S. Febrina, The Jakarta Post/Jakarta With a number of Asian property developers constructing new office buildings in the capital, foreign investment in the Greater Jakarta property sector more than doubled in the first semester of...
Sat, 15 Oct 2005
Blessings and misfortunes
Blessings and misfortunesFrom Kompas In the beginning I was quite optimistic about the change to a national leader who was directly elected by the people, and sure that Indonesia would be able to solve its multi-dimensional crises -- economic stagnation, moral decadence and all sorts of other...
Sat, 15 Oct 2005
Lampung theater group gives 'Rashomon' a Malay twist
Lampung theater group gives 'Rashomon' a Malay twistOyos Saroso H.N., The Jakarta Post/Bandarlampung A robbery occurred on the road to Yamashina town.The victims were a martial arts fighter, Rustam, and his wife, Maesaroh.
Sat, 15 Oct 2005
Police arrest firework producers
Police arrest firework producers JAKARTA: The police arrested 19 suspects and confiscated hundreds of thousands of fireworks in a police operation in Tangerang between Oct. 9 and Oct. 12, Antara reported on Thursday.
Sat, 15 Oct 2005
Malaysia not to raise tin output in the next two years
Malaysia not to raise tin output in the next two yearsIan C. Sayson, Bloomberg/Manila Malaysia will not increase its tin production in the next two years even as demand for the metal is expected to grow at least 3 percent a year, the head of the Southeast Asian nation's mining association said.
Sat, 15 Oct 2005
Deutsche Post expands business in India with subsidiary DHL
Deutsche Post expands business in India with subsidiary DHLEdgar Bauer, Deutsche Presse-Agentur, Bombay With bags of optimism and a lot of money, German postal company Deutsche Post is getting into the world's fasting growing logistics market with its subsidiary DHL.
Sat, 15 Oct 2005
Women's health programs in Aceh
Women's health programs in AcehSudirman Nasir, Melbourne It is crucial that Acehnese, men and women, be directly involved in all stages of rehabilitation programs in the province. Women's participation is also critical since it has become apparent that the civil war and the tsunami disaster have...
Sat, 15 Oct 2005
How Aceh weathers the worst
How Aceh weathers the worst Javier Solana The Straits Times Asia News Network/Singapore Late last year, the Indonesian province of Aceh bore the brunt of an Indian Ocean tsunami that killed nearly 150,000 people, left half a million homeless and destroyed livelihoods and infrastructure.
Sat, 15 Oct 2005
Final 'Bali Nine' drug suspect on trial
Final 'Bali Nine' drug suspect on trialAgencies, Denpasar, Bali The final member of the so-called "Bali Nine", arrested in April for allegedly smuggling heroin, went on trial on Friday on the tourist island and faces the death penalty if convicted.
Sat, 15 Oct 2005
Regent facing probe over illegal mining
Regent facing probe over illegal miningEva C. Komandjaja, The Jakarta Post/Jakarta Police will ask President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono for permission to summon a regent in South Kalimantan for questioning over illegal coal mining, which reportedly has caused more than Rp 2 trillion (US$200 million)...
Sat, 15 Oct 2005
Injured Prima focuses on SEA Games
Injured Prima focuses on SEA Games JAKARTA: National number one tennis player Prima Simpatiaji has pulled out of warmup tournaments before next month's Southeast Asian (SEA) Games due to fears of aggravating thigh and abdominal injuries.
Sat, 15 Oct 2005
1. BBM: 2 X 21
1. BBM: 2 X 21 Two elderly people die after queuing for cash 2. ACEH: 1 X 30 Shootings mar weapons decommissioning 3. CABINET: 2 X 14 Govt to boost antiterror efforts 4. TAX: 1 X 55 Stiff sanctions needed to boost taxpayer base: Kalla
Sat, 15 Oct 2005
Govt faces tough talks on ship fees
Govt faces tough talks on ship feesRendi A. Witular, The Jakarta Post/Jakarta Tough negotiations between the government and foreign shipping lines on shipping costs have delayed a decision on the matter by the Ministry of Transportation.
Sat, 15 Oct 2005
U.S.-ASEAN Business Council has new chief
U.S.-ASEAN Business Council has new chief JAKARTA: Martin J. Sullivan, president and CEO of American International Group (AIG) Inc., was named as the new chairman of the U.S.-ASEAN Business Council.Sullivan replaced Charles Williamson, chairman and CEO of Unocal Corporation, who has served as...
Sat, 15 Oct 2005
Elderly people die in queue for aid
Elderly people die in queue for aidSuherdjoko, The Jakarta Post/Demak Two people have died during the distribution of cash aid, the first such case since the disbursement process began under a government scheme to offset the effects of the Oct. 1 fuel price increases.
Sat, 15 Oct 2005
PDI-P urges House to debate fuel policy
PDI-P urges House to debate fuel policy JAKARTA: The Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) has requested that House of Representatives leadership hold a meeting with leaders of the House factions to decide on a proposal from the National Awakening Party (PKB) for the House to hold an...
Sat, 15 Oct 2005
Govt prepares incentives for fishermen after fuel hike
Govt prepares incentives for fishermen after fuel hikeTb. Arie Rukmantara, The Jakarta Post/Jakarta The Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries announced on Friday a set of planned policies to support fishermen in facing the steep increase in the price of diesel fuel for their fishing boats.
Sat, 15 Oct 2005
Households feel the pinch of rising health costs
Households feel the pinch of rising health costsHera Diani, The Jakarta Post/Jakarta With the fuel price increases, the tsunami disaster in December and reports of bird flu and polio, affordable, quality health care is out of reach for more and more people, resulting in the reemergence of diseases...
Sat, 15 Oct 2005
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Clarification and Balinese anger Regarding the current issue about the execution of the three men convicted for their roles in the 2002 Bali bombings, I think the authorities have not properly explained why these prisoners haven't yet been executed.
Sat, 15 Oct 2005
Jakarta councillors receive higher pay
Jakarta councillors receive higher payBambang Nurbianto, The Jakarta Post/Jakarta While the effects of the fuel price rises have meant belt- tightening for many Jakartans, starting this month each city councillor will receive a monthly income of no less than Rp 50 million (some US$5,000).
Sat, 15 Oct 2005
Pencak silat wary of repeat of SEA Games judging bias
Pencak silat wary of repeat of SEA Games judging biasMoch. N. Kurniawan The Jakarta/Jakarta The controversial judging from the 22nd Southeast Asian (SEA) Games in Vietnam remains a sore point for national pencak silat athletes.
Sat, 15 Oct 2005
Broadening the tax base
Broadening the tax base We should give credit where credit is due. The tax directorate general, though still perceived to be one of the most corrupt public institutions in Indonesia, deserves our commendation for its concerted campaign to broaden the personal income tax base.
Sat, 15 Oct 2005
Govt to atep up antiterror efforts
Govt to atep up antiterror effortsAdianto P. Simamora and Muninggar Sri Saraswati, The Jakarta Post/Jakarta The government said on Friday it would work on improving the country's counterterror capabilities, including upgrading the existing antiterror desk and enacting tougher antiterror laws akin...
Sat, 15 Oct 2005
Assessing private schools
Assessing private schoolsMuhammad Iqbal, Jakarta It is now an established and observable fact that in Jakarta, and one or two other cities around Indonesia, there is a small but growing sector of private schools that are offering packages of education that are somewhat different to what is and can...
Sat, 15 Oct 2005
Aceh to hand out booklets on deal
Aceh to hand out booklets on deal BANDA ACEH, Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam: Fifteen thousand booklets are being prepared by the Aceh provincial administration to familiarize the public with the signed peace deal between the government and the Free Aceh Movement (GAM).
Sat, 15 Oct 2005
BCA responds
BCA responds We refer to the letter from Jiway Tung published in The Jakarta Post on Oct. 14 entitled BCA thugs.With regard to the incident experienced by Jiway Tung's family on Oct. 8 we would like to clarify as follows:On Oct. 8 we intended to visit a client of ours.
Sat, 15 Oct 2005
CTS awards for hotels launched
CTS awards for hotels launchedYOGYAKARTA: In cooperation with other stakeholders in the community, Gadjah Mada University's Center for Tourism Studies (CTS) launched here recently the "Friend of the Community" (FoC) label for hotels and other hospitality outlets.
Sat, 15 Oct 2005
Former IBRA chief gets doctorate
Former IBRA chief gets doctorate JAKARTA: Former Indonesian Bank Restructuring Agency (IBRA) chief I Putu Gede Ary Suta achieved one of his goals in life when he received on Tuesday a doctorate in strategic management from the University of Indonesia's school of economics.
Sat, 15 Oct 2005
'I'll have to spend my salary wisely'
'I'll have to spend my salary wisely' The recent fuel price hikes have led to increases in the prices of many services and commodities, which have considerably reduced people's purchasing power. The Jakarta Post asked some Jakarta people how all this would affect their daily lives and finances.
Sat, 15 Oct 2005
UN Day celebrated with gusto
UN Day celebrated with gustoTantri Yuliandini, The Jakarta Post/Jakarta It is not a regular day at school when you see a girl in a Korean hanbok giggling with another in a Chinese cheongsam, watching a boy in a cowboy outfit eating some German sandwiches, while a teacher in American Indian costume...
Sat, 15 Oct 2005
Terrorism: Are deterrence policies effective?
Terrorism: Are deterrence policies effective?Awan Wibowo Laksono Poesoro Jakarta As Bali started picking up speed in the healing of its economy from the 2002 bombings that killed 202 people, another battery of bomb attacks were launched on the island.
Sat, 15 Oct 2005
Xanana asks commission to be cautious
Xanana asks commission to be cautiousWahyoe Boediwardhana, The Jakarta Post/Malang, East Java Since its inception two months ago, the Commission of Truth and Friendship has reported no progress in its mission to identify those responsible for past human rights violations in what was then East Timor.
Sat, 15 Oct 2005
Hassan to visit Hungary to boost ties
Hassan to visit Hungary to boost tiesAdianto P. Simamora, The Jakarta Post/Jakarta Minister of Foreign Affairs Hassan Wirayuda will lead a high- level delegation to Hungary next week to foster bilateral relations and enhance the cooperation between the two countries, a senior official from the...
Sat, 15 Oct 2005
Indictment against Said 'unclear, confusing'
Indictment against Said 'unclear, confusing'Ridwan Max Sijabat, The Jakarta Post/Jakarta Lawyers for former religious affairs minister Said Agil Al Munawar, who is being tried on corruption charges, have appealed to the Central Jakarta District Court to acquit their client because the indictment...
Sat, 15 Oct 2005
Theater group sets up 'story exchange' in mall
Theater group sets up 'story exchange' in mallSri Wahyuni, The Jakarta Post/Yogyakarta "Which one would you like to buy? If you want to hear my whole story as a political prisoner, I suggest that you choose those four photographs," an old man in his late 60s said as he approached a couple visiting...
Sat, 15 Oct 2005
The front page story in the Oct. 13 edition of [i]The Jakarta
The front page story in the Oct. 13 edition of The Jakarta Post was one of pain. The pain of the normally peaceful Balinese, with their natural disposition to tolerance and their warm spirit so many of us have had the pleasure of experiencing, is clear and their desire for the process of justice to...
Sat, 15 Oct 2005
Website, tolong pakai yang ini, thanks
Website, tolong pakai yang ini, thanksPencak silat wary of repeat of SEA Games judging biasMoch. N. Kurniawan The Jakarta/Jakarta Controversial judging from the 22nd Southeast Asian (SEA) Games in Vietnam remains a sore point for national pencak silat athletes.
Sat, 15 Oct 2005
GAM leaders should return home
GAM leaders should return homeFrom RepublikaThe head of the Aceh Monitoring Mission, Pieter Feith, has called on leaders of the Free Aceh Movement (GAM) who live in Sweden and elsewhere to return to Aceh because it is now safe.
Sat, 15 Oct 2005
A. Bantul fishermen work with ecology group to preserve turtles
A. Bantul fishermen work with ecology group to preserve turtles Page 5 B. Pierce comes back from the brink in Moscow Page 10C. Theater group sets up 'story exchange' in mall Page 18
Sat, 15 Oct 2005
Abdullah Puteh faces dismissal, loss of assets
Abdullah Puteh faces dismissal, loss of assetsMuninggar Sri Saraswati and Eva C. Komandjaja, The Jakarta Post/Jakarta Suspended Aceh governor Abdullah Puteh will pay dearly for his conviction in a graft case as he faces imminent dismissal and will have his assets seized.Minister of Home Affairs M.
Sat, 15 Oct 2005
UOB completes Buana stake purchase
UOB completes Buana stake purchase JAKARTA: United Overseas Bank (UOB) Ltd., Singapore's second- largest lender, completed the purchase of an additional 30 percent stake in PT Bank Buana Indonesia for Rp 1.65 trillion (US$162.9 million).The Singapore lender bought 1.
Sat, 15 Oct 2005
On marrying RI woman
On marrying RI woman I refer to the article Want to marry RI woman? Pay Rp 500m in deposit which appeared in The Jakarta Post on Oct. 10 on page 2. I wonder who comes up with such sick ideas? The government should make it easier for mixed couples in Indonesia rather than selling Indonesian women.
Sat, 15 Oct 2005
Newmont case resumes in Manado court
Newmont case resumes in Manado courtJongker Rumteh, The Jakarta Post/Manado The trial of a local subsidiary of U.S.-based Newmont Mining Corp resumed at the Manado District Court on Friday, with its American president director insisting the company had nothing to do with a baby's death after the...
Sat, 15 Oct 2005
Bantul fishermen work to hand in hand to preserve turtles
Bantul fishermen work to hand in hand to preserve turtlesSlamet Susanto, The Jakarta Post/Bantul With little fuss, fishermen on southern Bantul coast in Yogyakarta have turned conservationists, helping local officials to protect the endangered turtles in their area.
Sat, 15 Oct 2005
Shootings mar Aceh disarmament
Shootings mar Aceh disarmamentNani Afrida, The Jakarta Post/Banda Aceh Several Aceh separatists were shot as GAM began a second round of weapons decommissioning on Friday as part of a peace deal to end three decades of fighting in the province.
Sat, 15 Oct 2005
RP overseas workers remittances up 28%
RP overseas workers remittances up 28% MANILA: Overseas Filipino workers sent home some US$7 billion to the Philippines in the first eight months of the year, a 28 percent rise over the same period last year, the central bank said on Friday.
Sat, 15 Oct 2005
Govt sets up team to boost cargo-handling in Batam
Govt sets up team to boost cargo-handling in BatamUrip Hudiono, The Jakarta Post/Jakarta As a follow-up to the recent upgrading of the status of Batam's Industrial Bonded Zone into a "Bonded Zone Plus", the government is setting out to develop the island into an integrated cargo- handling hub to...
Sat, 15 Oct 2005
Igor O'Neill
Igor O'Neill Jakarta Vice President Jusuf Kalla on Oct. 7 announced the government's plan to spend Rp 150 billion (US$15 million) to buy 10 million coal stoves as a part of the government efforts to diversify energy resources and to reduce the costly subsidy for kerosene.
Sat, 15 Oct 2005
WWF warns govt over new plantation areas
WWF warns govt over new plantation areasThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta Global conservation organization World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) has warned the government that establishing the world's largest oil palm plantation in Kalimantan could have disastrous consequences for the area's ecosystem.
Sat, 15 Oct 2005
Committee proposes lower fuel subsidy next year
Committee proposes lower fuel subsidy next yearLeony Aurora, The Jakarta Post/Jakarta A working group of the House of Representatives' Budget Committee will propose an overall subsidy for oil-based fuels of Rp 54.3 trillion (US$5.
Sat, 15 Oct 2005
Tangerang regency bans piggeries
Tangerang regency bans piggeries TANGERANG: Tangerang regency has imposed a ban on piggeries in Legok district following the recent outbreak of bird flu, Antara reported on Thursday.Regent H. Ismet Iskandar said that the move was necessary as a precautionary measure to prevent the spread of avian...
Sat, 15 Oct 2005
U.S. fears Thailand's insurgency may fuel regional terrorism
U.S. fears Thailand's insurgency may fuel regional terrorismP. Parameswaran, Agence France-Presse/Washington The United States is casting a wary eye on a bloody Muslim insurgency in southern Thailand, fearing it could flare up into a regional flashpoint for religious extremism and stoke...
Sat, 15 Oct 2005
Unified force sought to save orangutans
Unified force sought to save orangutansSebastien Blanc, Agence France-Presse, Pontianak Leading environmental and wildlife agencies called on Friday for a united effort to protect the habitat of Borneo's orangutans whose survival is threatened by mass deforestation.
Sat, 15 Oct 2005
SEA needs $260 m to fight bird flu
SEA needs $260 m to fight bird fluManny Mogato, Reuters/Manila The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday the international community needed to raise about US$260 million in the short term to fight the deadly bird flu virus in Southeast Asia.
Sat, 15 Oct 2005
Green tax on oil fuel can solve energy crisis
Green tax on oil fuel can solve energy crisisAziz Munich Vice President Jusuf Kalla once told reporters that imposing taxes on oil products, to follow what other countries were doing, was not feasible in Indonesia because the government considered oil products "strategic", not commercial.
Sat, 15 Oct 2005
DPD proposes two laws to House
DPD proposes two laws to House JAKARTA: Speaker of the Regional Representatives Council (DPD) Ginandjar Kartasasmita submitted on Friday two draft laws initiated by the council to the Speaker of the House of Representatives Agung Laksono.