Archive: 15 July 2005
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Fri, 15 Jul 2005
Rupiah weakends despite central bank intervention
Rupiah weakends despite central bank interventionDow Jones, JakartaThe Indonesian rupiah ended lower on Thursday as the market tracked a strong dollar, but central bank intervention helped cushion the local currency's slide, dealers said.The dollar closed at Rp 9,805, up from Rp 9,781 on Wednesday.
Fri, 15 Jul 2005
Fearless investigator of rights abuses
Fearless investigator of rights abusesRidwan Max Sijabat, The Jakarta Post, JakartaAn outstanding human rights campaigner may not have fully realized his pivotal role in the recent inquiry into the death of colleague, Munir Thalib Said.
Fri, 15 Jul 2005
Gaining popularity a tough task for would-be governors
Gaining popularity a tough task for would-be governorsNethy Dharma Somba, The Jakarta Post, ManokwariA mother in her 30s jostled in the crowd, trying to get to the front. While she was scrambling to the front, she asked her colleague: "Where is Yorris?"Her colleague, also a mother in her 30s,...
Fri, 15 Jul 2005
U.S. meets allies for nuclear talks
U.S. meets allies for nuclear talks SOUTH KOREA: Top nuclear negotiators from South Korea, the United States and Japan held discussions here on Thursday to lay the groundwork for the resumption of talks next month with North Korea over its nuclear weapons program.
Fri, 15 Jul 2005
Hughes honored by U.S. government
Hughes honored by U.S. governmentJAKARTA: The United States government honored on Thursday television presenter Desak Made Hughesia Dewi -- or Hughes -- for her efforts to fight human trafficking, the Antara news agency reported.U.S. Ambassador to Indonesia B.
Fri, 15 Jul 2005
FKY gives space to young artists
FKY gives space to young artistsSri Wahyuni, The Jakarta Post, Yogyakarta The bold works of young artists are replacing those of elder established contemporaries at the Yogyakarta Art Festival (FKY) this year, part of what its organizers say is a new focus on youth.
Fri, 15 Jul 2005
Gas station owners, employees arrested for meter tampering
Gas station owners, employees arrested for meter tamperingAbdul Khalik, The Jakarta Post, JakartaFive owners and employees of four gas stations in Jakarta have been arrested for tampering with meters, a city police officer says.Chief of Jakarta police's special crime unit Sr. Comr.
Fri, 15 Jul 2005
Thai Airways complaint
Thai Airways complaint On Feb. 8, 2005, I traveled with my family from Jakarta to Bangkok for the Chinese New Year aboard Thai Airways.During the flight, all of the passengers were told about the so-called "20,000 trips" promotion, in which all the passengers were entitled to take part in a lucky...
Fri, 15 Jul 2005
Govt sticks to guns on fuel prices
Govt sticks to guns on fuel pricesThe Jakarta Post, JakartaDespite recommendations from some economists and businessmen that fuel prices should again be hiked to prevent the ballooning fuel subsidy payments from undermining the economy, the government is yet to consider such an option, according to...
Fri, 15 Jul 2005
Jababeka Golf & Country Club: The World's Toughest Golf Course
Jababeka Golf & Country Club: The World's Toughest Golf Course You cannot consider yourself a true golfer unless you have visited Jababeka Golf & Country Club. Easily accessible from Jakarta at a distance of only 31 kilometers by toll road in the direction of Cikampek, which you can cover in just...
Fri, 15 Jul 2005
Inco given a month to decide on royalty payments
Inco given a month to decide on royalty paymentsLeony Aurora, The Jakarta Post, JakartaThe government has demanded that PT International Nickel Indonesia (Inco) double its royalty payments in return for a permit to boost output by 25 percent in 2009, giving the nickel producer a month to decide its...
Fri, 15 Jul 2005
Indonesia and China dance through highs, lows
Indonesia and China dance through highs, lowsI. Wibowo, JakartaIndonesia-China relations reached a romantic level, both in a metaphoric and a real sense when President Megawati danced with President Jiang Zemin. It was back in March 2002.
Fri, 15 Jul 2005
Residents protest over fuel scarcity
Residents protest over fuel scarcityBATAM, Riau Islands: Hundreds of people have staged a protest in front of state oil and gas company PT Pertamina's Batam office, demanding that the company do something about the scarcity kerosene in the area.
Fri, 15 Jul 2005
Hamdani to face KPU graft trial
Hamdani to face KPU graft trial JAKARTA: The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) said on Thursday that they have completed the case file on General Elections Commission (KPU) treasurer Hamdani Amin who is accused of corruption at the national poll body.
Fri, 15 Jul 2005
Ex-gov. interrogated in Rp 33b graft case
Ex-gov. interrogated in Rp 33b graft caseBANDUNG: After three summonses and three no-shows, former West Java governor Nuriana turned up on Thursday at West Java Prosecutor's Office for questioning in connection to a corruption case.
Fri, 15 Jul 2005
VP's firm wins BSD toll road bid
VP's firm wins BSD toll road bidRendi A. Witular, The Jakarta Post, JakartaPT Bosowa Trading International, a subsidiary of cement producer PT Semen Bosowa Maros, has been awarded the right to purchase a controlling stake in toll road operator PT Bintaro Serpong Damai from Bank Negara Indonesia...
Fri, 15 Jul 2005
EU, ASEAN view FTA to boost trade
EU, ASEAN view FTA to boost tradeRiyadi Suparno, The Jakarta Post, Kuala LumpurOwing to slow multilateral trade negotiations, the European Union and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) -- two of the world's most important trading blocs -- are moving toward a free trade agreement as a...
Fri, 15 Jul 2005
JP/18/BRIEFS
JP/18/BRIEFSMaya Resort & Spa, a favorite for Aussie couplesMaya Ubud Resort & Spa grabbed the Gold Category Award in the Best Resort Spa Overseas and Silver Category Award in Best Hotel/Resort in Southeast Asia based on Holidays for Couples Magazine Readers' Choice Awards 2005.
Fri, 15 Jul 2005
Billiards team upbeat about Manila chances
Billiards team upbeat about Manila chancesMoch. N. Kurniawan, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta With billiards offering two more medal events in the 23rd Southeast Asia (SEA) Games than the 12 in Hanoi in 2003, national coaches and players are hopeful of bringing home more than their single gold of two...
Fri, 15 Jul 2005
Acehnese to get mobile child care service
Acehnese to get mobile child care service JAKARTA: Children in disaster-hit Aceh and Nias on Sumatra island can now expect a visit by a mobile child care service unit bringing in educational storybooks and promoting basic hygiene.
Fri, 15 Jul 2005
Parents hit pawnshop to get money for school
Parents hit pawnshop to get money for schoolTheresia Sufa, The Jakarta Post, BogorPrepared to part with their most valuable belongings, hundreds of people crowded the state-owned Bogor pawnshop on Wednesday.Since 9 a.m.
Fri, 15 Jul 2005
1. SUBSIDY: 1 X 30
1. SUBSIDY: 1 X 30 Govt sticking to guns on fuel prices 2. GAMBLE: 3 X 16 Gambling dens halt operations amid police crackdown 3. GAM: 1 X 28 Helsinki peace talks hang in balance 4. SPBU: 2 X 28 Gas station owners, employees arrested for meter tampering
Fri, 15 Jul 2005
'House must control govt budget'
'House must control govt budget'Tony Hotland, The Jakarta Post, JakartaAmid the current weak condition of state finances, it is the House of Representatives that ought to be playing the crucial role in making sure that all government spending plans are proportional, legislators have said.
Fri, 15 Jul 2005
Ethanol not the answer to fuel shortage
Ethanol not the answer to fuel shortageC. G. Moghe, Jakarta In his article dated July 12, 2005, Harold Koh posed a question Is Ethanol the answer to fuel shortage? and had a lot of things to say proposing that it is.His fears are in fact valid.
Fri, 15 Jul 2005
Surabaya: City of Heroes turns into a City of Gamblers
Surabaya: City of Heroes turns into a City of GamblersAntara News Agency/SurabayaInside the house in Tambak Sari area here, school children were playing coin-operated games for amusement, while a mother, who had brought along her baby, was playing for money.
Fri, 15 Jul 2005
Photographers get intimate in month-long exhibition
Photographers get intimate in month-long exhibitionM. Taufiqurrahman, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Roland Barthes, one of the chief formulators of semiology, the study of forms by interpreting the societal role of signs and symbols, said in his most celebrated book, Camera Lucida, that what makes a...
Fri, 15 Jul 2005
RI Seeks LNG Term Contracts With Oman, Qatar (
RI Seeks LNG Term Contracts With Oman, Qatar (Bloomberg/JakartaIndonesia, the world's largest exporter of liquefied natural gas, is seeking to buy the fuel under term contracts from Oman and Qatar until 2008, State Enterprises Minister Sugiharto said.
Fri, 15 Jul 2005
1. Invest (1x32)
1. Invest (1x32) Labor factor seen as hindering FDI 2. Mega (2x18) Police deny charging Megawati as suspect 3. DPR (1x30) 'House must control govt budget' 4. Terror (1x45) 1 x 45 Prosecutors demand five years for bomb suspect
Fri, 15 Jul 2005
J. Soedjati Djwandono
J. Soedjati Djwandono Jakarta2. Moge -- Ethanol is not the answer to fuel shortage 2 x 21 Ethanol not the answer to fuel shortages C. G. Moghe Jakarta 3. Guardian -- London bombings 1 x 30 Aftershocks of the London bombings Jonathan Freedland Guardian News Service London
Fri, 15 Jul 2005
1. Graft -- 48 pts 5 cols 1lines (1x30)
1. Graft -- 48 pts 5 cols 1lines (1x30) 10 more top officials to face graft probes2. Death -- 36 pts 2 cols 3lines (3x16) 3rd person dies in Tangerang, SARS fears rise 3. Religious -- 36 pts 4 cols 2lines (2x32) Religious leaders condemn rising religious fanaticism 4.
Fri, 15 Jul 2005
'I'm armed with a can of mace'
'I'm armed with a can of mace'A taxi passenger reported to the police last week she had been robbed by a group of three men inside a taxi which she said looked like one owned by a reputable taxi company. The news has renewed concerns over the safety of taxi passengers.
Fri, 15 Jul 2005
Fuel crisis returns to E. Nusa Tenggara
Fuel crisis returns to E. Nusa TenggaraKUPANG, East Nusa Tenggara: Severe fuel shortages have again hit eight regencies in East Nusa Tenggara province on Wednesday, leading to long queues at gasoline stations. The gasoline scarcity has also caused prices to rise, adding to people's misery.
Fri, 15 Jul 2005
Manado District Court to start Newmont alleged pollution trial
Manado District Court to start Newmont alleged pollution trialA pollution trial against an Indonesian unit of US mining giant Newmont and its top executive will start on August 5, a court official said on Thursday.
Fri, 15 Jul 2005
Poso weapons come from Ambon: BIN
Poso weapons come from Ambon: BINPALU, Central Sulawesi: Chief of the National Intelligence Agency (BIN) Syamsir Siregar confirmed on Thursday that illegal weapons, currently circulating in the troubled regency of Poso, had come from a police arsenal in Ambon city, Maluku province.
Fri, 15 Jul 2005
The promise of promises and official herd mentality
The promise of promises and official herd mentalityKornelius Purba, The Jakarta Post, JakartaWhen reading about Jakarta Police chief Insp. Gen. Firman Gani's magical promise to rid the city of gambling within three days, a middle-aged friend recalled a recent conversation he had with a jamu gendong...
Fri, 15 Jul 2005
Bloating caused by starvation
Bloating caused by starvationFrom Tempo It is really saddening to learn from the print and electronic media how many skinny children in many places in Indonesia are lying helplessly with bloated bellies, in a severely malnourished condition.
Fri, 15 Jul 2005
DPD irked over House aloofness
DPD irked over House aloofness JAKARTA: The Regional Representatives Council (DPD) has accused the House of Representatives of once again failing to acknowledge its presence by not taking into account its opinion over the revised 2005 state budget.
Fri, 15 Jul 2005
Thai Airways responds
Thai Airways responds We have carried out an investigation and found out that our agency who handled this promotion program did send a letter to our customer. Unfortunately the letter did not reach the passenger's home address.
Fri, 15 Jul 2005
Exploring aspects of human re-creation
Exploring aspects of human re-creationBoudewijn Brands, Contributor, YogyakartaIn Indonesia, to become a mother is nothing that exceptional: The population increased from about 70 million at Independence to an estimated 220 million inhabitants now.
Fri, 15 Jul 2005
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Indonesia and China dance through highs, lows I. Wibowo Jakarta2. Natal - Energy-hungry China and energy-waste Indones 1 x 30 Energy-hungry China, energy-wasting RI Natalia Soebagjo Shanghai
Fri, 15 Jul 2005
Fuel problems may not hamper investment, BKPM chief says
Fuel problems may not hamper investment, BKPM chief saysRendi A. Witular, The Jakarta Post, JakartaThe Investment Coordinating Board (BKPM) remains upbeat that domestic and foreign investment will reach Rp 179 trillion (US$18.2 billion) as projected in the state budget.
Fri, 15 Jul 2005
UGM promotes 'green bicycle'
UGM promotes 'green bicycle'Slamet Susanto, The Jakarta Post, Yogyakarta Green bicycles bearing a plate "UGM Green Bicycle" under the saddle were seen parked in neat rows near the rectorate building of the reputable Gadjah Mada University (UGM).
Fri, 15 Jul 2005
Working toward a truly multicultural America
Working toward a truly multicultural AmericaEvi Mariani The Jakarta Post/JakartaHaving grown up as an Asian-American in the United States, Professor Evelyn Hu-deHart is now a seasoned American citizen in the area of discrimination.During her early years as a Chinese immigrant in the U.S.
Fri, 15 Jul 2005
Prosecutors demand five years for bomb suspect
Prosecutors demand five years for bomb suspectEva C. Komandjaja, The Jakarta Post, JakartaProsecutors demanded on Thursday five years' imprisonment for a terrorist suspect allegedly involved in last year's bombing of the Australian Embassy in Jakarta, during the first session of his trial at the...
Fri, 15 Jul 2005
Bloating caused by starvation
Bloating caused by starvationFrom Tempo It is really saddening to learn from the print and electronic media how many skinny children in many places in Indonesia are lying helplessly with bloated bellies, in a severely malnourished condition.
Fri, 15 Jul 2005
Energy saving
Energy saving and intimacyFrom Koran TempoThe government's appeal for people to save energy to overcome the present fuel crisis will be supported by the public, as long as government officials set a good example.But there is one thing that could pose a problem in the future.
Fri, 15 Jul 2005
Asian energy ministers vow cooperation as oil prices soar
Asian energy ministers vow cooperation as oil prices soarAgence France-Presse, Pnom Penh Asian energy ministers have agreed in Cambodia to boost cooperation in the face of climbing oil prices, but listed few concrete targets in a communique issued at the conclusion of annual talks.
Fri, 15 Jul 2005
Gambling dens halt operations amid crackdown
Gambling dens halt operations amid crackdownThe Jakarta Post, Batam/Surabaya/KupangMany gambling dens nationwide appeared to have closed up shop on Thursday as police intensified their major crackdown against the vice, with dozens of gambling den operators having been rounded up since Monday when...
Fri, 15 Jul 2005
U.S. helps train RI police
U.S. helps train RI policeMEDAN, North Sumatra: The U.S. Department of Justice will help train some 1,000 Indonesian police who will be stationed in the province of Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam. The program was part of a police training program started by the department five years ago, said Jim King, a...
Fri, 15 Jul 2005
3rd person dies in Tangerang, SARS fears rise
3rd person dies in Tangerang, SARS fears riseMulta Fidrus, The Jakarta Post, TangerangA mystery disease has claimed a father and his two young daughters over the past six days, raising fears in the family's neighborhood in Serpong district, Tangerang, about a possible outbreak of the deadly avian...
Fri, 15 Jul 2005
'Chikungunya' outbreaks hits Tangerang
'Chikungunya' outbreaks hits TangerangMulta Fidrus, The Jakarta Post, TangerangNur Fadillah should have been enjoying her school holidays like her friends. But the 12-year-old girl had to stay in bed as she could not move her swollen arms and legs in the past four days.
Fri, 15 Jul 2005
Religious leaders condemn rising religious fanaticism in society
Religious leaders condemn rising religious fanaticism in societyHera Diani, The Jakarta Post, JakartaHow much violence in this country is committed in the name of religion?Take Muslim scholar Jalaluddin Rahmat, for instance, whose belief leans toward the Syiah Islamic school of thought, like the...
Fri, 15 Jul 2005
EC gives coastline imagery to RI
EC gives coastline imagery to RIJAKARTA: The European Commission (EC) has handed over to Indonesia detailed and very high resolution satellite imagery of the tsunami-affected coastline before and after the tsunami, the delegation of the European Commission to Indonesia said in a press release.
Fri, 15 Jul 2005
New baby pygmy hippo born at Taman Safari
New baby pygmy hippo born at Taman SafariTheresia Sufa, The Jakarta Post, BogorA newborn pygmy hippopotamus has added to the variety of wilderness in Safari Park in Bogor, as Tina, a 10-year old pygmy hippo, gave birth on Tuesday.Tina is one of Safari Park's eight pygmy hippos.
Fri, 15 Jul 2005
Rupiah Rates July 14
Rupiah Rates July 14 Banknote rates TT rates Selling Buying Selling Buying Australian dollar 1 7,743.47 6,989.98 7,404.90 7,328.41 Brunei dollar 1 6,102.47 5,507.60 5,835.65 5,774.26 Canadian dollar 1 8,531.84 7,701.53 8,158.81 8,074.41 Swiss franc 1 7,984.36 7,207.52 7,635.27 7,556.
Fri, 15 Jul 2005
Language barrier
Language barrier Bahasa Indonesia serves a unique position in this nation's history. Not only does it function as a medium of communication, but it has also became a unifier of the nation.The language has been the bridge in uniting the many ethnic groups, which have their own unique local language.
Fri, 15 Jul 2005
Energy-hungry China and energy-wasting Indonesia
Energy-hungry China and energy-wasting IndonesiaNatalia Soebagjo, Shanghai Less than one week before his departure, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has postponed -- maybe even canceled -- his state visits to China, Thailand and Brunei.
Fri, 15 Jul 2005
*Ten more top officials to face graft probes Page 2
*Ten more top officials to face graft probes Page 2 *Railway employees plan strikes Page 4 *Surabaya reporters receive bribes from gambling bosses Page 5 *Indonesia, China dance through highs, lows Page 6 *TransJakarta set to become corporate entity Page 8 *Pool team upbeat about Manila chances...
Fri, 15 Jul 2005
Emission tests save fuel: Experts say
Emission tests save fuel: Experts sayBambang Nurbianto, The Jakarta Post, JakartaExperts are calling on the government to make roadworthy tests compulsory for vehicles nationwide, arguing that a poorly maintained car not only emits smoky emission but also consumes more fuel than one that undergoes...
Fri, 15 Jul 2005
Police deny charging Megawati as suspect
Police deny charging Megawati as suspectEva C. Komandjaja, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The National Police denied on Thursday that they had charged Megawati Soekarnoputri, the leader of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P), and the party's secretary-general, Pramono Anung, as suspects...
Fri, 15 Jul 2005
TransJakarta set to become corporate entity
TransJakarta set to become corporate entityDamar Harsanto, The Jakarta Post, JakartaThe Jakarta administration revealed Thursday that it would transform the TransJakarta Busway Management (BP TransJakarta) into a corporate entity in order to boost flexibility in handling the planned 15 busway...
Fri, 15 Jul 2005
Hundreds of people on Indonesia's resort island of Bali, where a
Hundreds of people on Indonesia's resort island of Bali, where a 2002 terror attack claimed 202 lives, remembered victims of last week's London bombings with two minutes of silence. Residents and foreign tourists gathered at Bali's ground zero -- a vacant lot that once housed two crowded nightclubs...
Fri, 15 Jul 2005
High school fees give parents headaches
High school fees give parents headachesOyos Saroso H.N., The Jakarta Post, BandarlampungAstini (not her real name), 30, left the Way Dadi state elementary school in a haste and feeling disappointed on Wednesday morning because the money she had brought to register her daughter to school turned out...
Fri, 15 Jul 2005
School renovation hits snags
School renovation hits snags TANGERANG: After an investigation, Tangerang municipality has found irregularities in the implementation of an ongoing elementary school renovation project, an official said on Thursday.
Fri, 15 Jul 2005
More corpses found after shipwreck
More corpses found after shipwreckNethy Dharma Somba, The Jakarta Post, JayapuraFive more victims from a shipping accident in Merauke, Papua province were found on Thursday, bringing the total number of bodies discovered to 16.Head of the operations division at Merauke regental police, Comr.
Fri, 15 Jul 2005
Disgraceful cartoon
Disgraceful cartoon Often one resorts to a plethora of superlatives to describe Indonesia: the most populous Muslim nation, the largest archipelago, as well as having the largest lizard in the world, to mention just a few.
Fri, 15 Jul 2005
TV Today: Saturday, July 16, 2005
TV Today: Saturday, July 16, 2005TVRI 5:00 a.m. Religious Teachings6:00 News: Berita Pagi7:00 Cartoon: Tabaluga7:30 Religious Teachings8:00 Talk Show: Hembing10:30 Music11:30 Oto Screen1:00 p.m. News: Berita Siang1:30 Nature Documentary2:00 Music3:00 English News Service4:30 Comedy5:00 Maja the...
Fri, 15 Jul 2005
Bloating caused by starvation
Bloating caused by starvationFrom TempoIt is really saddening to learn from the print and electronic media how many skinny children in many places in Indonesia are lying helplessly with bloated bellies, in a severely malnourished condition.
Fri, 15 Jul 2005
10 more top officials to face graft probes
10 more top officials to face graft probesRendi A. Witular and Eva C. Komandjaja, The Jakarta Post, JakartaPresident Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono endorsed requests by police and prosecutors on Thursday to question 10 more top state and local government officials for their alleged roles in separate...
Fri, 15 Jul 2005
Official gallops his way to office
Official gallops his way to office JAKARTA: An Indonesian official, heeding a government call to conserve energy, has exchanged his car for a more ecologically- friendly means of transport -- a horse, a report said Wednesday. "I am doing this because of the presidential instruction," said G.S.
Fri, 15 Jul 2005
UNSC stalls E. Timor tribunal plan
UNSC stalls E. Timor tribunal planIrwin Arieff, Reuters/United NationsThe United Nations Security Council (UNSC) is sitting on a UN expert panel's recommendation for an international tribunal to try Indonesian and local militia leaders blamed for a deadly 1999 rampage in East Timor, diplomats and...
Fri, 15 Jul 2005
Pilots in Indonesia must beware of volcanoes, storms, rice
Pilots in Indonesia must beware of volcanoes, storms, rice paddies AP Photos NY376-377[ By SLOBODAN LEKIC= Associated Press Writer= OVER THE SUNDA STRAITS, Indonesia: Pilots here must beware of volcanoes, storms, rice paddiesSlobodoan Lekic Associated Press/Sunda StraitsA wisp of vapor floats...
Fri, 15 Jul 2005
Reporters on gambling bosses payroll
Reporters on gambling bosses payrollIndra Harsaputra, The Jakarta Post, SurabayaThe cell phone rings for the umpteenth time, but Rizal Hasan, an editor at the Suara Indonesia daily, refuses to answer it. Finally, he switches it off.
Fri, 15 Jul 2005
LG boosts high-end products to meet target
LG boosts high-end products to meet targetThe Jakarta Post, JakartaIn a bid to meet this year's sales target, LG Electronics Indonesia (LGEIN) is planning to boost the production of its high-end products, as data has shown that wealthy consumers were not affected by the March fuel price hike.
Fri, 15 Jul 2005
Water crisis plagues NTT
Water crisis plagues NTTKUPANG, East Nusa Tenggara: East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) residents have begun feel the bite of a water crisis. On Thursday, thousands of residents in South Central Timor, Kupang, Alor and North Flores regencies began to face difficulties in getting water.
Fri, 15 Jul 2005
Labor factor seen as hindering FDI
Labor factor seen as hindering FDIRidwan Max Sijabat, The Jakarta Post, JakartaThe emergence of numerous labor unions and the high severance payments for workers have been blamed for the reluctance of foreign businesspeople to invest in Indonesia, and for the relocation of their factories to other...
Fri, 15 Jul 2005
Rupiah ends down as central bank intervenes
Rupiah ends down as central bank intervenes Dow Jones JakartaThe Indonesian rupiah ended lower on Thursday as the market tracked a strong dollar, but central bank intervention helped cushion the local currency's slide, dealers said. The dollar closed at Rp 9,805, up from Rp 9,781 on Wednesday.
Fri, 15 Jul 2005
Ford launches Focus, targeting sedan market
Ford launches Focus, targeting sedan marketThe Jakarta Post JakartaAfter concentrating on marketing sports utility vehicles (SUVs) over the past five years, PT Ford Motor Indonesia (FMI) is targeting the sedan segment by launching the all-new Ford Focus.
Fri, 15 Jul 2005
Helsinki peace talks hang in the balance
Helsinki peace talks hang in the balanceTiarma Siboro, The Jakarta Post, JakartaThe Indonesian government should change its political stance in the ongoing peace talks in Finland in order to end 30 years of separatist fighting in Aceh and prevent the dialog from becoming deadlocked, the Free Aceh...
Fri, 15 Jul 2005
Change yourself -- seize the day
Change yourself -- seize the dayEvi Mariani, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta"I want to be less idealistic," a Yogyakartan artist said. "I want to care less about my physical appearance," a Bandung girl confessed."I want to have a boyfriend," a Yogyakarta student announced.
Fri, 15 Jul 2005
Stock prices on the Jakarta Setock Exchange (i rupiah) on July 14, 2005
Stock prices on the Jakarta Setock Exchange (i rupiah) on July 14, 2005 ____________________________________________________________________________ Shares Close Change Trading Volume _____________________________________________________________________________ Abdi Bangsa Tbk 275 0 0 Ades Alfindo...
Fri, 15 Jul 2005
J. Soedjati Djwandono
J. Soedjati Djwandono Jakarta Various proposals have been suggested on a reform of the United Nations by individual member countries as well as different groups of member countries. Of no less important has been the proposal offered by the UN Secretary General himself, Kofi Annan, for discussions...
Fri, 15 Jul 2005
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Fri, 15 Jul 2005
RI remains
RI remains anti-foreigner This is a reply to your article Investors or retired people? published in The Jakarta Post on June 9. After reading the indignant reaction to a suggestion that Indonesia let elderly foreigners retire in Indonesia, I think there may be some short-sightedness when looking at...
Fri, 15 Jul 2005
HI employees report board to KPK for alleged graft
HI employees report board to KPK for alleged graftThe Jakarta Post, JakartaFormer employees of Hotel Wisata and Hotel Indonesia reported on Thursday the directors of state-owned PT Hotel Indonesia Nature (HIN) to the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) for allegedly taking their pension funds.
Fri, 15 Jul 2005
Election fraud found in Aru
Election fraud found in AruAMBON, Maluku: An Aru Islands election-monitoring group claims it has found irregularities during the recent local election held on June 23. Among the findings, were that the names of some dead people and babies had been listed as eligible voters, said chief of the...
Fri, 15 Jul 2005
JICT opens direct link to India
JICT opens direct link to IndiaThe Singapore-registered MV Sima Kija docked at the Jakarta International Container Terminal (JICT) in Tanjung Priok on Thursday, marking the opening of a direct India-Jakarta Straits (IJS) service.
Fri, 15 Jul 2005
Railway employees plan strike
Railway employees plan strikeYuli Tri Suwarni, Bandung The Railway Workers Union are threatening to hold a three-day nationwide strike that would cripple the operations of state-run railway company PT Kereta Api Indonesia (KAI) unless the government takes action to improve employee welfare.
Fri, 15 Jul 2005
Beratha to issue fuel saving policy
Beratha to issue fuel saving policyDENPASAR: Bali Governor Dewa Made Beratha said on Wednesday that he would soon issue a directive that would limit operations of night spots and shopping malls in Bali. The policy was aimed at saving fuel, said the governor.
Fri, 15 Jul 2005
1. BUSWAY: 3 X 14
1. BUSWAY: 3 X 14 TransJakarta set to become corporate entity 2. HOTEL: 2 x 24 HI employees report board to KPK for alleged graft 3. SAVING: 1 x 40 Emission tests save fuel: Experts say 4. DANIL: 2 x 24 New baby pygmy hippo born in Taman Safari 5.
Fri, 15 Jul 2005
Charity event for Micko Protonema
Charity event for Micko ProtonemaBANDUNG: A series of events themed Charity for Micko Protonema has been staged by artists, musicians and community members in Bandung since June 2005.Matdon, one of the organizing committee of these events, said that to raise funds for Micko, a singer of Protonema,...
Fri, 15 Jul 2005
Zheng He's ship the King of the Seas
Zheng He's ship the King of the SeasSuherdjoko, The Jakarta Post, SemarangWhat was so special about Zheng He's (popularly known as Cheng Ho) ship, that it was able to weather the challenges at sea during his historic voyage 600 years ago? Based on accounts from historians, the ship, which sailed...