Archive: 3 October 2005
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Mon, 03 Oct 2005
To support farmers
To support farmers by real actions I refer to the article by Benget Simbolon in The Jakarta Post on Sept. 28 entitled Give farmers the attention they deserve, and would like to comment as follows. My father is a farmer in a village named Urung Panei, Simalungun.
Mon, 03 Oct 2005
2002 Bali bombings remembered in UK
2002 Bali bombings remembered in UK UK: A memorial to the victims of the 2002 Bali bombings is to be erected in London, a group representing family members announced on Sunday.Westminster City Council, the authority governing the center of the British capital, has granted permission for the granite...
Mon, 03 Oct 2005
JP/4/ago
JP/4/agoGraft probes giving CEOs, governors restless nights: AGOThe Jakarta Post Jakarta Intensive media coverage of the current crackdown on corruption in state institutions has created nervousness among many top executives of state-owned enterprises (SOEs) and regional administrations as they...
Mon, 03 Oct 2005
Special flights laid on but some Aussies stay put
Special flights laid on but some Aussies stay putAgence France-Presse, Sydney, AustraliaAustralian airline Qantas laid on special flights to Bali on Sunday to pick up Australians wanting to flee the Indonesian island after the latest bombings, but some holidaymakers refused to change their vacation...
Mon, 03 Oct 2005
Intolerance, hatred fertile soil for terrorism
Intolerance, hatred fertile soil for terrorismKornelius Purba, The Jakarta PostThe Air Force jet fighters were maneuvering on Sunday morning at low altitude near the Halim Perdanakusuma Air Base in East Jakarta, in preparation for the Indonesian Military's (TNI) 60th anniversary.
Mon, 03 Oct 2005
1. Parpol (1x30)
1. Parpol (1x30) Elections still unfair: Observers 2. PKB (2x24) PKB splinter group elects Choirul Anam as chairman 3. AGO (1x30) Graft probes making SOE chiefs nervous4. Nur (2x18) Moderate Muslims 'need to balance' hard-liners 5. Local (1x30) Islam's leaders condemn Bali blasts 6.
Mon, 03 Oct 2005
JP/18/BOX
JP/18/BOXUbud resort blends classical and modern design conceptsWhen the Bali-based Arte Architect and Associates was commissioned to design Puri Wulandari Hotel and Resort in the upscale area of Ubud, the basic concept was to incorporate classical Balinese architectural elements with modern styles.
Mon, 03 Oct 2005
The cultural dimension of disasters
The cultural dimension of disastersKoen Meyers Jakarta The earthquake and tsunami of Dec. 26, 2004 has caused more than two hundred thousand victims and evoked a tremendous impact on the livelihood systems of coastal communities in the region, i.e.
Mon, 03 Oct 2005
PLN expects fuel costs to rise 50%
PLN expects fuel costs to rise 50%Leony Aurora, The Jakarta Post, JakartaWith the government applying market prices for oil-based fuels, state power firm PT PLN expects its power-generating costs to rise by 50 percent next year, hinting that it may be necessary to raise power rates.
Mon, 03 Oct 2005
Challenges of reviving traditional governance
Challenges of reviving traditional governanceRanny Emilia and Mochamad Indrawan, Jakarta The revival of traditional systems of governance (adat systems), most of which were destroyed during Soeharto's 32-year rule, could strengthen regional autonomy and provide greater opportunities for involving...
Mon, 03 Oct 2005
ASEAN to gain if India-China energy partnership succeeds
ASEAN to gain if India-China energy partnership succeeds Agence France-Presse SingaporeSoutheast Asia stands to gain if regional powerhouses India and China succeed in jointly securing long-term energy supplies to fuel their fast-growing economies, analysts said.
Mon, 03 Oct 2005
'Cash assistance won't be effective'
'Cash assistance won't be effective'The government raised fuel prices on Friday after putting in place a scheme to make cash payments of Rp 100,000 per month to poor families to alleviate the burden. The Jakarta Post talked to some people about how the government can ensure that the money will go...
Mon, 03 Oct 2005
Families scramble to make ends meet
Families scramble to make ends meetDamar Harsanto, The Jakarta Post, JakartaThe recent fuel price increase has forced families in the capital to rethink how they spend limited resources.A husband and wife in Karet, Central Jakarta, for example, entered into a heated debate on Saturday on whether or...
Mon, 03 Oct 2005
Families of PKI members push campaign for justice
Families of PKI members push campaign for justiceTiarma Siboro, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Families of Indonesian Communist Party (PKI) supporters who were murdered or jailed in events following the aborted military coup on Sept.
Mon, 03 Oct 2005
Officials knock on doors for polio vaccination
Officials knock on doors for polio vaccinationAnissa S. Febrina, The Jakarta Post, JakartaThe seven days following every national polio immunization drive always mean extra work for Hanifa, a nurse working at the Pondok Pinang community health center in South Jakarta.
Mon, 03 Oct 2005
World condemns Bali blasts
World condemns Bali blastsThe Jakarta Post, JakartaWorld leaders condemned a wave of attacks by suspected suicide bombers on Bali that left at least 22 people dead and pledged to support Indonesia in its fight against terrorism.
Mon, 03 Oct 2005
Injured S. Koreans to return home
Injured S. Koreans to return homeINDONESIA: Four of the six South Koreans wounded in the latest series of bomb blasts on the Indonesian resort island of Bali are to be repatriated, a travel agent said on Sunday.
Mon, 03 Oct 2005
Australian minister visits injured
Australian minister visits injuredAUSTRALIA: Australian health minister Tony Abbott interrupted his holiday on the Indonesian island of Bali on Sunday to visit those hospitalized by three bomb blasts.Abbott, a close colleague of Prime Minister John Howard, was with his family in Bali when the bombs...
Mon, 03 Oct 2005
Conjoined twins separated
Conjoined twins separated SURABAYA: Surgeons at Dr. Soetomo Hospital separated on Saturday conjoined twins Salma and Salwa in a four hour operation, the third separation surgery conducted in the hospital this year.
Mon, 03 Oct 2005
Suicide bombers blamed for attack
Suicide bombers blamed for attackAgencies, Kuta, BaliSuicide bombers staged the latest blasts which killed at least 22 people and wounded more than 100 on the resort island of Bali, the government said on Sunday.
Mon, 03 Oct 2005
Bali promotion to go ahead in NZ
Bali promotion to go ahead in NZNEW ZEALAND: A group of Bali tourism operators visiting New Zealand to seek business said on Sunday they wanted their promotional tour to go ahead despite the latest deadly bombings on the Indonesian resort island.
Mon, 03 Oct 2005
Security tightened in the capital
Security tightened in the capitalAbdul Khalik, The Jakarta Post, JakartaJakarta Police increased security around the capital following the bombings in Bali on Saturday night.Police chief Insp. Gen. Firman Gani said on Sunday he had declared the city on full alert on Saturday, and had prepared...
Mon, 03 Oct 2005
Raffles Hotel's new owner takes over
Raffles Hotel's new owner takes overJoyce Teo, Asia News Network, The Straits Times/SingaporeIt may look like just another business deal, but a piece of history was made on Friday when the famed Raffles Hotel changed hands officially.The change is part of a S$1.72 billion (US$1.
Mon, 03 Oct 2005
Asian neighbors assist RI after bombings
Asian neighbors assist RI after bombingsAgencies, Sydney, AustraliaAustralia was readying to fly military aircraft and two commercial flights to Indonesia's Bali on Sunday, with Singapore and other neighbors also responding after blasts again rocked the tourism-reliant island.
Mon, 03 Oct 2005
More Indonesians eager to buy S'pore properties
More Indonesians eager to buy S'pore propertiesTb. Arie Rukmantara, The Jakarta Post, JakartaForty-year-old "Teddy", the owner of a public relations firm, anxiously looked at a scale model and pictures of Cairnhill Cresta high-end condominium, which is only five-minutes walk from Singapore's...
Mon, 03 Oct 2005
Australian people relive their Bali nightmare
Australian people relive their Bali nightmareMadeleine Coorey, Agence France-Presse/Sydney, AustraliaThe Bali blasts come as a chilling reminder for Australians of the 2002 attacks which killed 88 Australians at one of their favorite tourist destinations, but the government on Sunday insisted the...
Mon, 03 Oct 2005
Plumbing the depths
Plumbing the depths In this modern era of multiple deaths from lung cancer and heart disease attributable to cigarette smoking, the ethics surrounding advertising by some of the strongest pillars of the Indonesian economy are becoming more and more questionable.
Mon, 03 Oct 2005
Elections still unfair: Observers
Elections still unfair: ObserversHarry Bhaskara, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Rather than "ladies and gentlemen", a provincial candidate for the House of Representatives once addressed an audience "Bapak dua dan ibu dua (father two and mother two).
Mon, 03 Oct 2005
Typhoon forces Taiwanese president to stop in Bali
Typhoon forces Taiwanese president to stop in BaliAgencies, Taipei/JakartaA typhoon lashing Taiwan forced President Chen Shui-bian to make an unscheduled stop in Bali on Sunday, on his way home from a trip to Central America and the United Arab Emirates, the foreign ministry said.
Mon, 03 Oct 2005
JP/18/MASSAG
JP/18/MASSAG (Jun's corrections entered 23/9) AIDS agency turns to massage for income, employment opportunityI Wayan Juniartha The Jakarta Post/DenpasarA strained neck did not prevent Dudy Rohadi, the coordinator of Matahati's After Care Program, from personally directing his staff to clean and...
Mon, 03 Oct 2005
Death toll may rise, many missing
Death toll may rise, many missingID Nugroho, The Jakarta Post, DenpasarYuyun, a volunteer with the Information and Crisis Center for Missing People, reads the names of those people still missing after Saturday's attacks in Kuta and Jimbaran in a hoarse voice.
Mon, 03 Oct 2005
Operators ringing the changes
Operators ringing the changesDavid O'Brien, Jakarta The telecommunications market has been the first major infrastructure business in Indonesia to experience significant change. Although market participants continue to argue about access arrangements and interconnection pricing the results cannot...
Mon, 03 Oct 2005
'Fussy' Aussie fires up Padang passions
'Fussy' Aussie fires up Padang passionsDuncan Graham, Contributor, SurabayaAbout 15 years ago, Western Australian textile artist Megan Kirwan-Ward thought it was time she refined, updated and formalized her skills.She already had a degree in English literature, but wanted qualifications in art.
Mon, 03 Oct 2005
Slashing the fuel subsidy
Slashing the fuel subsidy Barring any major disturbances to Indonesia's social and political stability, the market should react positively to the government's bold move last week to raise domestic fuel prices by an average of 125 percent, which in turn will lead to improved confidence in the...
Mon, 03 Oct 2005
Why are private
Why are private schools marginalized?From Kompas The Jakarta administration lacks concern about condition of private schools. This is evident from the fact that during the last two academic years the administration did not grant subsidies to the private elementary and junior high schools.
Mon, 03 Oct 2005
Bombs, fuel could hurt rupiah and stocks
Bombs, fuel could hurt rupiah and stocksReuters, JakartaIndonesian stocks and the rupiah could suffer a double blow this week after deadly bomb blasts on the island of Bali on Saturday and higher-than-expected fuel price rises that came into effect the same day, analysts said.
Mon, 03 Oct 2005
Bali shows JI 'can still strike, despite arrests'
Bali shows JI 'can still strike, despite arrests'Roberto Coloma, Agence France-Presse/SingaporeThe suicide bombings that ripped through the Indonesian resort island of Bali on Saturday prove that the regional terror network suspected of responsibility can still strike despite a wave of arrests,...
Mon, 03 Oct 2005
Japan win cricket cup, RI finishes fifth
Japan win cricket cup, RI finishes fifth SYDNEY, Australia: Japan claimed their first ICC cricket title with a six-run victory over the Cook Islands in the final of the East Asia-Pacific (EAP) Cricket Cup tournament in Vanuatu, the ICC reported on Saturday.
Mon, 03 Oct 2005
Councillors push for gender equality
Councillors push for gender equality JAKARTA: Women politicians in regional legislative councils across the country have urged the government and the House of Representatives to revise Law No. 12/2003 on elections which they say half-heartedly supports gender equality in politics.
Mon, 03 Oct 2005
Travel survey shows fear of terror
Travel survey shows fear of terrorFear of terrorism and violence has increased significantly amid a widening gap between Islamic and non-Muslim countries, a global travel survey showed on Saturday.A total of 264 travel specialists from the Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) took part in the...
Mon, 03 Oct 2005
1. Comment --- 1x40
1. Comment --- 1x40 Intolerance, hatred fertile soil for terrorism 2. Business -- 3x16 New bombings deal Bali tourism major blow: Businesses 3. Survivor -- 1x28 Death toll may rise, many missing 4. Flight ---- 1x36 Special flights laid on but some Aussies stay put
Mon, 03 Oct 2005
New bombings deal Bali tourism major blow: Businesses
New bombings deal Bali tourism major blow: BusinessesRita A.Widiadana, The Jakarta Post, DenpasarWith Bali's tourist industry still not fully recovered from the Oct. 12, 2002 bombs, the latest attacks have made businesspeople increasingly gloomy about the island's future.
Mon, 03 Oct 2005
Water company to start resource education
Water company to start resource education JAKARTA: To increase awareness about the importance of natural resources, the foreign partner of city water company PT Thames PAM Jaya (TPJ), will soon begin a water education program for elementary and junior high school students.
Mon, 03 Oct 2005
Graft probes make SOE chiefs nervous
Graft probes make SOE chiefs nervousThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta Intensive media coverage of the current crackdown on corruption in state institutions has created nervousness among many top executives of state-owned enterprises (SOEs) and regional administrations as they worry about becoming the next...
Mon, 03 Oct 2005
Indonesia's vital infrastructure drive stalls at first hurdle
Indonesia's vital infrastructure drive stalls at first hurdleDean Yates and Tomi Soetjipto, Reuters/JakartaAfter running errands for a Jakarta printing shop all day, Syamsul takes the evening train home.
Mon, 03 Oct 2005
City seeks govt help to take over land
City seeks govt help to take over land TANGERANG: The Tangerang administration is trying to get central government approval to take over land from 38 owners who are refusing to accept a compensation offer as part of the Ciputat overpass project.
Mon, 03 Oct 2005
;JP;CD;
;JP;CD; ANPAv..r.. Photo- Photo caption Photo caption BCourtesy of PT Copylas IndonesiaSudjati Budi Susetyo (left), a researcher at the Bogor Botanical Gardens, hands over a rare seedling to Amir Abdul Rachman, president director of PT Copylas Indonesia.
Mon, 03 Oct 2005
Poor brace for impact of price hike
Poor brace for impact of price hikeDamar Harsanto and Anissa S. Febrina, The Jakarta Post, JakartaLast weekend was not a pleasant one for Robinson Sirait. "I am sorry to have to say this, but I ask for your understanding on the fare.
Mon, 03 Oct 2005
PKB splinter group elects Choirul Anam as chairman
PKB splinter group elects Choirul Anam as chairmanIndra Harsaputra, The Jakarta Post, SurabayaSaturday's Bali bombs meant Alwi Shihab's National Awakening Party (PKB) splinter national congress went on through the night, with Choirul Anam winning the faction's top executive job.
Mon, 03 Oct 2005
Moderate Muslims 'need to balance' hard-liners
Moderate Muslims 'need to balance' hard-linersID Nugroho, The Jakarta Post, SurabayaA sociologist has warned that interreligious harmony in the country will be seriously impaired by religious radicalism if moderate Muslims do not strive to balance the beliefs of hard- liners.
Mon, 03 Oct 2005
Islam's leaders condemns Bali blasts
Islam's leaders condemns Bali blastsThe Jakarta Post, JakartaStringent condemnations poured in on Sunday over the latest blasts that killed at least 26 people on the resort island of Bali, with Muslim leaders appealing to authorities to avoid hastily linking the attacks with Islam.
Mon, 03 Oct 2005
Terrorists among us
Terrorists among us It is hard to understand why anybody would want to kill and injure innocent people and complete strangers. But somebody must have derived a twisted pleasure in seeing people, their bodies and faces covered in blood, fleeing in fear from the scenes of the two bomb attacks in Bali...
Mon, 03 Oct 2005
1. ROUNDUP: 1 X 30
1. ROUNDUP: 1 X 30 2. BALI: 2 X 22 Another dark night in the Island of the Gods 3. REAX 1 X 27 World condemns Bali blasts
Mon, 03 Oct 2005
Bonds: Deserted measures in difficult times
Bonds: Deserted measures in difficult timesRiyadi Suparno, The Jakarta Post, JakartaThere were numerous important events that passed virtually unnoticed last week, overshadowed by news of fuel shortages and daily protests against the looming fuel price increases.
Mon, 03 Oct 2005
JP/7/NEW
JP/7/NEWAmy Chew, New Straits Times, Kuala Lumpur Armed with sticks and stones, hundreds of Indonesian Muslim extremists descended on the Ahmadiyah, a small peaceful Muslim group in Bogor, West Java, in July.
Mon, 03 Oct 2005
Fisheries industry up for $1b in investment
Fisheries industry up for $1b in investmentRendi A. Witular, The Jakarta Post, JakartaHoping to take advantage of Indonesia's vast, largely untapped maritime resources, investors from China, Thailand and the Philippines are currently filing with the government investment proposals worth a total of...
Mon, 03 Oct 2005
Singapore developer targets Indonesians
Singapore developer targets IndonesiansDamar Harsanto, The Jakarta Post, SingaporeThe fact that many Indonesians are eager to buy properties in Singapore has also prompted the country's largest private developer Far East Organization Pte Ltd to introduce its luxury apartments in Orchard Road.
Mon, 03 Oct 2005
OIC urges Muslim countries to support free trade area
OIC urges Muslim countries to support free trade areaAgence France-Presse, Kuala LumpurThe 57-member Organization of the Islamic Conference on Saturday urged Muslim nations and business leaders to support an Islamic free trade area, saying it was the way forward for economic progress.
Mon, 03 Oct 2005
Ryamizard's biography launched
Ryamizard's biography launched JAKARTA: A biography of former Army chief Gen. Ryamizard Ryacudu was launched on Saturday, albeit without his presence.Titled In the Footsteps of Gadjah Mada, the 166-page book, written by noted Singaporean political expert Bilveer Singh, compared Ryamizard with...
Mon, 03 Oct 2005
East is east and West is west: Never the twain shall meet
East is east and West is west: Never the twain shall meetM. Taufiqurrahman, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta A classical concert must be the least likely event at which to find Balinese gamelan and the traditional dance that accompanies it.
Mon, 03 Oct 2005
Feeling insecure
Feeling insecureFrom Kompas The Mandala Airlines airplane tragedy in September in Medan, North Sumatra, has added to the list of deaths during the administration of Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and Jusuf Kalla.Death is a great event.
Mon, 03 Oct 2005
Intelligence role crucial
Intelligence role crucialFrom KompasIntelligence is a determining factor in anticipating security problems. It serves as a preventive measure against disturbances, unlike the fire brigade which acts whenever there is a fire taking place.
Mon, 03 Oct 2005
The management and employees of
The management and employees of PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia, Inc.convey their condolences following the tragedy of the Bali bombings on October 1,2005. We pray that the Almighty accepts all the good deeds of those who died, and that He heals all those who are injured, and gives steadfastness to all...
Mon, 03 Oct 2005
JI inspired by Bin Laden, dreams of creating Islamic state
JI inspired by Bin Laden, dreams of creating Islamic stateAgence France-Presse, JakartaJamaah Islamiyah (JI), the prime suspect in the latest Bali bombings and numerous other blasts, dreams of creating a pan- Islamic state in Southeast Asia and draws its inspiration from al-Qaeda and Osama bin...
Mon, 03 Oct 2005
Harry Bhaskara
Harry Bhaskara The Jakarta Post JakartaRather than "ladies and gentlemen", a provincial candidate for the House of Representatives once addressed an audience "Bapak dua dan ibu dua (father two and mother two).
Mon, 03 Oct 2005
RI to cut import duties on sugar
RI to cut import duties on sugarAloysius Unditu and Arijit Ghosh, Bloomberg, JakartaIndonesia, the world's third-largest sugar importer, will cut the import tariff on the sweetener by as much as 54 percent to lower costs for poor Indonesians after kerosene prices were tripled.
Mon, 03 Oct 2005
Korean citizen robbed
Korean citizen robbedThe Jakarta Post, JakartaSouth Korean Nam Ho In, 40, was found lying unconscious and injured near a vacant house in Kampung Curug, Sawangan, Depok, early on Saturday.According to information from the man's maid, police believe that Nam was robbed while taking a taxi to his home...
Mon, 03 Oct 2005
How political parties selected their legislators in 2004
How political parties selected their legislators in 2004 electionsHarry Bhaskara The Jakarta Post/Jakarta Rather than "ladies and gentlemen", a provincial candidate for the House of Representatives once addressed an audience "Bapak dua dan ibu dua (father two and mother two).
Mon, 03 Oct 2005
Places of death for animals
Places of death for animals The bird markets of Jakarta, Surabaya and elsewhere in Indonesia are infamous throughout the world. Here, some of the world's most precious and endangered animals (the very heritage of the children of Indonesia) are sold in the open, despite the fact that they are...
Mon, 03 Oct 2005
Bali bombings will help slow growth: Minister
Bali bombings will help slow growth: MinisterThe Jakarta Post, JakartaThe economy -- already facing inflationary pressures from soaring oil prices -- may be further hurt by the latest bombings in Bali, according to a minister, who predicts they could cut 0.3 percent off national growth.
Mon, 03 Oct 2005
Two Germans injured in Bali blasts
Two Germans injured in Bali blastsGERMANY: Two Germans suffered slight injuries in the Bali blasts, the German Foreign Office in Berlin said on Sunday.A spokeswoman said there was no information to suggest any Germans were among the dead.
Mon, 03 Oct 2005
Dark side of the moon on the Island of Gods
Dark side of the moon on the Island of GodsI Wayan Juniartha, The Jakarta Post, Kuta, BaliOn that Saturday night, everything was hauntingly familiar and eerily strange at the same time.The smoldering buildings, mangled bodies and howling sirens evoked the chilling memory of another dark night three...
Mon, 03 Oct 2005
Car free campaign gets cold reception
Car free campaign gets cold receptionThe Jakarta Post, JakartaHeld the day after the government raised fuel prices by an average of 126 percent, the antipollution Car Free Day campaign failed to attract much attention on Sunday.
Mon, 03 Oct 2005
S'pore PM to meet Susilo in Bali
S'pore PM to meet Susilo in BaliSINGAPORE: Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said on Sunday he would go ahead with a meeting in Bali with Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono despite the deadly weekend attack on the resort island.
Mon, 03 Oct 2005
No. Dead Nationality
No. Dead Nationality1. Dharmawan Indonesia 2. Mien Dharmawan Indonesia 3. Ratih Jayanti Indonesia 4. Kojarwati Indonesia 5. Wayan Sudika Indonesia 6. Yuni Trisnawati Indonesia 7. Veny Indonesia 8. Ely Sunarto Indonesia 9. Teuku Dafansyah Indonesia 10. Erwin Sindhu Indonesia 11. Rita Indonesia 12.
Mon, 03 Oct 2005
Online journal covers Indonesia's telecommunications development
Online journal covers Indonesia's telecommunications developmentBoth Indonesian people and foreigners alike are unlikely to know that the world's largest archipelagic country was the first in the developing world to launch its own domestic satellite communications.
Mon, 03 Oct 2005
PM Lee to meet
PM Lee to meet Susilo in Bali (2x15)SINGAPORE: Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said on Sunday he will go ahead with a meeting in Bali with Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono despite the deadly weekend attack in the resort island.