Archive: 6 March 2005
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Sun, 06 Mar 2005
Grand Wedding Expo to unveil on March 11
Grand Wedding Expo to unveil on March 11Kurniawan Hari, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Just in time for the wedding season -- or for those couples budding with nuptial anticipation -- the fourth Grand Wedding Expo will be held from March 11 through 13 at the Jakarta Convention Center.
Sun, 06 Mar 2005
From pupa to souvenir
From pupa to souvenir Indonesia's vast territory possesses an astonishing biodiversity, and Papua is definitely not an exception.Some pictures presented here are just the few beauty of the various biodiversities.
Sun, 06 Mar 2005
Three injured in grenade explosion
Three injured in grenade explosion INDONESIA: Two unidentified motorcyclists threw a grenade at a group of people congregated along the roadside in Lateri hamlet, Teluk Ambon Baguala district, Ambon, on Saturday, injuring three people and causing panic among residents.
Sun, 06 Mar 2005
Teen designers make their own cut
Teen designers make their own cutEvi Mariani, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Filda Fibriani, now 18, started her own business at the tender age of 17. Beginning with one sewing machine, she now runs a boutique while finishing her studies at a vocational high school.
Sun, 06 Mar 2005
Java Jazz draws best performers, fans
Java Jazz draws best performers, fansM. Taufiqurrahman and Evi Mariani, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta It was not the typical scene that greets people at venues where jazz is played. If jazz lovers usually savored jazz in a small club with a cozy atmosphere, concertgoers at the Java Jazz Festival had to...
Sun, 06 Mar 2005
Trauma recovery to take years
Trauma recovery to take yearsA. Junaidi, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Husen, a six-year-old boy at a shelter in Banda Aceh, Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam, drew a big red wave and several figures in black on a piece of paper.
Sun, 06 Mar 2005
Closer work needed to find Aceh children a home
Closer work needed to find Aceh children a homeTertiani ZB Simanjuntak, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta While everyone agrees that it takes a village to raise a child, the combined efforts of various institutions and organizations to find a home for orphaned and separated Acehnese children have yet to...
Sun, 06 Mar 2005
Multicultural band enlivens Jakarta nightlife
Multicultural band enlivens Jakarta nightlifeKurniawan Hari, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The Tigapuluh music bar at Le Meridien Hotel was deserted when I arrived at about 10:00 p.m. on a weekend. Only a few visitors could be seen -- several men chatting with their girlfriends and others conversing...
Sun, 06 Mar 2005
The 'Sex Machine' gets on up in Jakarta
The 'Sex Machine' gets on up in JakartaRich Simmons, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta "Everybody's got soul! Everybody doesn't have the same culture to draw from, but everybody's got soul." -- James Brown The 13-piece band was wicked tight, the dancers were even tighter and the Godfather of Soul was...
Sun, 06 Mar 2005
Jakarta Monas tripped up by Jakarta 46 BNI
Jakarta Monas tripped up by Jakarta 46 BNIMoch. N. Kurniawan, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta After getting off to an excellent start in the 2005 Proliga Volleyball championship with a defeat of women's defending champions Jakarta Electric PLN on Friday, Jakarta Monas Bank DKI suffered a letdown on...
Sun, 06 Mar 2005
Indonesia gets upper hand over Uzbekistan in doubles
Indonesia gets upper hand over Uzbekistan in doublesMusthofid, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta It was a scrappy, see-saw four-hour tussle, but Indonesia scraped by in the doubles on Saturday to lead Uzbekistan 2-1 in their Asia-Oceania Group I tie.
Sun, 06 Mar 2005
Fiddler of souls turns Jakarta crowd into instant fans
Fiddler of souls turns Jakarta crowd into instant fansEvi Mariani, The Jakarta Post/Jakarta Amp Fiddler is awesome.Nearly no one in Jakarta had heard of him before the Java Jazz Festival, but this guy drew an ever-growing crowd to dance and sing along to his jazzy funk, urban soul tunes -- not to...
Sun, 06 Mar 2005
562 RI workers nabbed in KL crackdown
562 RI workers nabbed in KL crackdown MALAYSIA: Authorities detained 868 people, including 562 Indonesians, in the first three days of a nationwide crackdown on illegal foreign workers, a report said on Saturday.
Sun, 06 Mar 2005
Australian banned by Jakarta claims no rebel links
Australian banned by Jakarta claims no rebel linksPaul Tait, Reuters, Sydney, Australia An Australian academic banned from Indonesia said on Saturday incorrect reports that he had links to separatist rebels in tsunami-hit Aceh province could have been the reason he was refused entry this week.
Sun, 06 Mar 2005
Holders Persebaya off to easy start
Holders Persebaya off to easy start SURABAYA: Reigning champion Persebaya Surabaya opened its campaign in the Liga Indonesia 2005 soccer league with a 5-1 thrashing of Petrokimia Putra on Saturday.In front of thousands of fans at 10 November Stadium, the team's victory was powered by its South...
Sun, 06 Mar 2005
Caught by lack of fine print in exit tax regulation
Caught by lack of fine print in exit tax regulation "Sorry Miss, you are not eligible for the exit fee waiver," a tax official at Juanda International Airport in Surabaya said, to my astonishment.Before coming back to Indonesia for a holiday recently, I had made sure that I met all requirements to...
Sun, 06 Mar 2005
A few good men: Picking and choosing needs a level head
A few good men: Picking and choosing needs a level head After losing its two previous Davis Cup encounters with Uzbekistan in 3-2 squeakers, Indonesia has a chance to change the scoreline in Sunday's final singles matches.
Sun, 06 Mar 2005
UNICEF, govt join hands to support Aceh's children
UNICEF, govt join hands to support Aceh's childrenEva C. Komandjaja, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta When natural disaster strikes, children always suffer the most, as they are more vulnerable to the impacts and aftermath of a disaster than adults.
Sun, 06 Mar 2005
TV Program: Sunday, March 6, 2005
TV Program: Sunday, March 6, 2005.TB.30" .90"TVRI 5:00 a.m. Religious Teachings6:00 News: Berita Pagi 7:00 Cartoon: Maya The Bee7:30 Children Puppet: Mechanic8:00 Children Show: Suara Anak Indonesia9:00 Music: Delta10:00 Sports: Antar Gelanggang11:30 English for Fun12:30 p.m.
Sun, 06 Mar 2005
Dump closure not necessary: Minister
Dump closure not necessary: Minister INDONESIA: State Minister of the Environment Rachmat Witoelar said that the Leuwigajah dump in Cimahi would not have to be closed if people living in the surrounding area could be relocated."I've heard that the local people want to be relocated.
Sun, 06 Mar 2005
From independence to republic: One woman's chronicle
From independence to republic: One woman's chronicleDoug Anthony, Contributor, JakartaAn Endless Journey: Reflections of an Indonesian Journalist Herawati Diah Equinox Publishing 304 pp In her newly translated autobiography, Herawati Diah, journalist, businesswoman and the wife of a former...
Sun, 06 Mar 2005
Ensuring the future of 'tsunami children'
Ensuring the future of 'tsunami children'Bambang Nurbianto, The Jakarta Post, JakartaWe are the world, we are the children We are the ones to make a better day so let's start giving Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie wrote the 1985 charity theme song We Are The World to raise money for Ethiopian...
Sun, 06 Mar 2005
Humor sweetens Banyu's blue tale
Humor sweetens Banyu's blue taleKurniawan Hari, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Award-winning Tora Sudiro of Arisan fame plays Banyu in the new film, Banyu Biru, about one young man's long journey from a lost love to a love found.