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Mon, 10 Nov 2003

JP/TV Program: Monday, November 10, 2003

TV Program: Monday, November 10, 2003TVRI .TB.30" .90" 6:00 a.m. News: Berita Pagi8:00 TV Drama: Mat Angin9:00 Entertainment News: Info Biz10:30 Quiz: Dibisikin11:00 News: Berita Daerah 11:30 Music: Konteswara12:00 p.m.

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Mon, 10 Nov 2003

JP/Four killed in W. Sumatra boat accident

Four killed in W. Sumatra boat accidentKasparman, The Jakarta Post, Padang, West Sumatra At least four students were killed and five others were still missing and feared dead after a Sunday morning boating accident in a rain-swollen river near Padang, West Sumatra, officials and residents said.

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Mon, 10 Nov 2003

JP/New cell phones bolder and brasher

New cell phones bolder and brasherZatni Arbi, Columnist, Jakarta, zatni@cbn.net.id Did you spend more than five hours at Roxy Mas, Jakarta's biggest cellular phone center, the last time you bought a new cell phone? Did you ask your friends what they thought of the latest, funky make and model? ...

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Mon, 10 Nov 2003

JP/Jakarta Legal Aid Institute struggles with financial woes

Jakarta Legal Aid Institute struggles with financial woesM. Taufiqurrahman, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Samani, a man in his late 40s, works as a night guard at the Jakarta Legal Aid Institute (LBH Jakarta).

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Mon, 10 Nov 2003

JP/National healthcare bill: Just what the doctor ordered?

National healthcare bill: Just what the doctor ordered?Todd Callahan, Senior Technical Advisor, PT Jasa Cita, Jakarta Legislation by political fiat is how one observer in the know described the government's national healthcare bill.

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Mon, 10 Nov 2003

JP/RI men and women miss out on quarters at bridge tourney

RI men and women miss out on quarters at bridge tourneyThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta The Indonesian men's bridge team managed only one win in the last three rounds on Saturday to fall short of a spot in the quarterfinals in the Bermuda Bowl in Monte Carlo, Monaco.

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Mon, 10 Nov 2003

JP/Mattalatta, 'rooster from the east'

Mattalatta, 'rooster from the east'Tarko Sudiarno, The Jakarta Post, Makassar The screen of a 21-inch television displayed a number of water- ski athletes riding the waves, individually or otherwise, with a cheering crowd watching them from the beach.

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Mon, 10 Nov 2003

JP/Rape victim pleads for help for needed surgery

Rape victim pleads for help for needed surgeryThis is the second of a series of articles on Nusa Tenggara Barat villagers employed overseas.

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Mon, 10 Nov 2003

JP/Soldiers placed on alert in Papua

Soldiers placed on alert in PapuaNethy Dharma Somba, The Jakarta Post, Jayapura, Papua A high-ranking Army general has ordered his troops to be on the alert against possible attacks from the Free Papua Movement (OPM) ahead of the Dec. 1 Papua Independence Day.

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Mon, 10 Nov 2003

JP/Where to go in Jakarta: Monday, November 10, 2003

Where to go in Jakarta: Monday, November 10, 2003Exhibitions* Photo by Stefan Moses, GoetheHaus, Jl. Sam Ratulangi 9-15 Central Jakarta (Tel. 23550208), 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., until Nov. 17. * Children's Painting, at Galeri Mini, Pusat Kebudayaan Jepang - The Japan Foundation, Summitmas I, Jl. Jend.

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Mon, 10 Nov 2003

JP/Groups agree to develop tourist park

Groups agree to develop tourist park MEDAN, North Sumatra: Conservation International Indonesia and the North Sumatra Natural Resources Conservation Agency signed a memorandum of understanding to jointly manage the Sibolangit Natural Tourist Park in the province.

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Mon, 10 Nov 2003

JP/Pay guards extra over holidays, police say

Pay guards extra over holidays, police sayDamar Harsanto, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta As about 2.11 million of 8.

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Mon, 10 Nov 2003

JP/Condition of lone survivor of Jakarta fire improving

Condition of lone survivor of Jakarta fire improvingDamar Harsanto, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The condition of Tabitha, the only survivor from Saturday's fatal fire that killed six others, was improving on Sunday, although she was still lying weakly on her bed in the burns unit at Pertamina ...

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Mon, 10 Nov 2003

JP/2004 elections: Party without candidate, candidate sans party

2004 elections: Party without candidate, candidate sans partyMuhammad Qodari, Indonesian Survey Institute, (LSI), Jakarta, qodari@lsi.or.id In the 1999 elections it was widely believed that the number of votes won by the six largest parties had a high correlation to the popularity of its leaders.

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Mon, 10 Nov 2003

JP/Govt plans tax on cacao exports

Govt plans tax on cacao exportsJAKARTA: The government plans to impose a 2 percent to 3 percent export tax on cacao in a bid to prevent large-scale exports of the commodity, Minister of Trade and Industry Rini Soewandi said on Friday.

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Mon, 10 Nov 2003

JP/Polive have no permit for gas station

Polive have no permit for gas stationMulta Fidrus, The Jakarta Post, Tangerang An official with the Tangerang administration revealed that local police had failed to secure a construction permit (IMB) for building a nearly finished in-house gas station in a green area.

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Mon, 10 Nov 2003

JP/Proliferation of trade centers could cause problem: Ciputra

Proliferation of trade centers could cause problem: Ciputra The property sector is an important measure that is used to gauge a country's economic development. In Indonesia, just like everything else, the sector was virtually crippled by the severe crisis in the late 1990s.

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Mon, 10 Nov 2003

JP/Ex-councillor return govt cars

Ex-councillor return govt cars LUBUK LINGGAU, South Sumatra: Two official cars which had been used by a councillor here were taken back on Saturday by a joint team from the Musi Rawas regency administration, consisting of public order officers, police officers and Indonesian Military (TNI) ...

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Mon, 10 Nov 2003

JP/Tax revenues up by 112 percent

Tax revenues up by 112 percentThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta Director General of Taxation Hadi Purnomo said over the weekend that, as of October, state revenue from taxes had increased by 112 percent to Rp 155.7 trillion (US$132 billion) from the same period last year, on improved tax compliance.

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Mon, 10 Nov 2003

JP/RI 'understands' Suu Kyi's demand for colleagues' release

RI 'understands' Suu Kyi's demand for colleagues' releaseFabiola Desy Unidjaja, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Indonesia views the reported statement of Myanmar prodemocracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi to deny her release without the freedom of 35 of her colleagues as being in line with the demand of ...

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Mon, 10 Nov 2003

JP/House may reject govt plan to divest BNI after scam: Lawmaker

House may reject govt plan to divest BNI after scam: LawmakerDadan Wijaksana, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The House of Representatives will oppose the government's plan to further divest shares in publicly listed Bank Negara Indonesia (BNI) next year because of the recent lending scandal at ...

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Mon, 10 Nov 2003

JP/Consumer watchdog blasts PLN workers' strike plan

Consumer watchdog blasts PLN workers' strike planFitri Wulandari, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The Indonesian Consumers Protection Foundation (YLKI) strongly criticized a plan by the labor union of state-owned electricity company PLN to hold a massive strike later this month, saying the move would ...

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Mon, 10 Nov 2003

JP/Bali most popular with Japanese tourists

Bali most popular with Japanese tourists KUTA, Bali: The resort island of Bali was most popular with Japanese tourists in October. A total of 20,062 of the 95,633 foreign tourists who visited here last month were Japanese.

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Mon, 10 Nov 2003

JP/'Ruwatan', a means to purify people and their surroundings

'Ruwatan', a means to purify people and their surroundingsThe Jakarta Post Sanur, BaliHuman beings face daily ups and downs. For those who believe in a karma, good fortune may come and go in accordance with one's destiny.

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Mon, 10 Nov 2003

JP/Keeping the wolf from the door

Keeping the wolf from the door Could one, even a single person, survive in Jakarta with only Rp 671,550 (US$78) a month? It is truly difficult to conceive how one could manage to keep body and soul together on such a meager monthly income in this sprawling city of more than 8.5 million people.

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Mon, 10 Nov 2003

JP/Donations for reconstruction in Iraq

Donations for reconstruction in Iraq The two-day donors' conference in Madrid for the reconstruction of Iraq ended with modest offers for assisting that war-torn country.

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Mon, 10 Nov 2003

JP/Five injured in Kali Jodo clash

Five injured in Kali Jodo clash JAKARTA: Five people were wounded, mostly by arrows and machetes, during a brawl between two groups of residents from the former red-light district, Kali Jodo, Jembatan Dua, Tambora district, West Jakarta, early on Sunday.

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Mon, 10 Nov 2003

JP/CPO output seen to reach 9.9m tons

CPO output seen to reach 9.9m tonsEva C. Komandjaja, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Crude palm oil (CPO) production in Indonesia is expected to reach 9.9 million tons by the end of this year, 6.

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Mon, 10 Nov 2003

JP/Australia returns boatpeople to RI

Australia returns boatpeople to RI CANBERRA: The Australian navy has escorted a boatload of suspected Kurdish asylum seekers who made it as far as a northern Australian island back to Indonesia, where they are being held by local police, the Australian government said on Sunday.

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Mon, 10 Nov 2003

JP/TNI children involved in brawls

TNI children involved in brawls JAKARTA: Two groups of youngsters from the Jakarta Military Command and the Army Strategic Reserves Command housing complexes were involved in a two-round brawl early on Sunday, on Jl. Sultan Iskandar Muda, South Jakarta.

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Mon, 10 Nov 2003

JP/Refugees may be denied the vote

Refugees may be denied the vote KUPANG, East Nusa Tenggara: About 28,000 East Timorese refugees living in camps in East Nusa Tenggara may not be allowed to participate in the 2004 elections because of questions over their citizenship.

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Mon, 10 Nov 2003

JP/Study links Bahorok flood to illegal logging

Study links Bahorok flood to illegal loggingMuninggar Sri Saraswati, The Jakarta Post, Medan An investigation by the Leuser Management Unit (UML) concluded over the weekend that the recent flash flood that swept through a North Sumatran resort town, which claimed hundreds of lives, was an ...

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Mon, 10 Nov 2003

JP/Selection of winner of Rp 324b ballot box tender questioned

Selection of winner of Rp 324b ballot box tender questionedThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta Flaws have been discovered in the process by which the General Elections Commission (KPU) selected a company with numerous questions hanging over it to provide ballot boxes for the 2004 elections.

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Mon, 10 Nov 2003

JP/Afraid to pick up phone

Afraid to pick up phone Whereas it is the privilege of any company to use available marketing strategies, companies like international banks and multinationals should be well aware that telemarketing, i.e.

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Mon, 10 Nov 2003

JP/Lack of car recalls, a result of lower quality standards, experts say

Lack of car recalls, a result of lower quality standards, experts saySandy Darmosumarto, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta There has never been a direct mass recall of cars from the market in this country due to defects, said Fransiscus Soeseno, secretary general of the Association of Indonesian ...

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Mon, 10 Nov 2003

JP/Owners return dozens of protected animals

Owners return dozens of protected animalsTheresia Sufa, The Jakarta Post, Bogor Following a circular disseminated by Bogor Natural Resources Conservation Agency on August, residents of Bogor, Sukabumi and Cianjur districts have returned dozens of protected animals, an official said on Friday.

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Mon, 10 Nov 2003

JP/Transition to normalcy is start to real victory

Transition to normalcy is start to real victoryDmitri Kosyrev, Political Columnist, RIA Novosti, Moscow Victory is easy. Post-war reconstruction is hard. These are the lesson learned by the Americans in Afghanistan and Iraq. The same lesson is, probably, in store for the Russians in Chechnya.

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Mon, 10 Nov 2003

JP/Right leaders deplore threats to ICW

Right leaders deplore threats to ICWKurniawan Hari, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Legal and human rights leaders deplored a threat by two civilian security groups, who are apparently linked with Minister of Manpower and Transmigration Jacob Nuwa Wea, to occupy the office of Indonesian Corruption ...

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Mon, 10 Nov 2003

JP/3G technology is the future that we dreamed of

3G technology is the future that we dreamed of Eva C. Komandjaja The Jakarta Post Jakarta As children, we imagined what the future would look like.

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Mon, 10 Nov 2003

JP/Choosing the audio I/O on your sound card

Choosing the audio I/O on your sound card The current crop of sound cards normally let you choose how you connect your PC to your speakers. In the past, there would be only one audio-out jack on the card.

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Mon, 10 Nov 2003

JP/Maluku needs Rp 1.5b to fight rabies

Maluku needs Rp 1.5b to fight rabies AMBON, Maluku: Maluku Provincial Health Office needs a staggering Rp 1.473 billion in funds (US$172,941) next year, to overcome the rabies epidemic plaguing Ambon municipality and Seram Island in the province, an official said on Saturday.

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Mon, 10 Nov 2003

JP/Wholesale market busy in Ramadhan

Wholesale market busy in Ramadhan SURABAYA: Several grocery markets and shopping centers in Surabaya are already crowded with customers looking to buy gifts and groceries for the Idul Fitri holiday, which is less than three weeks away, Antara reported Saturday.

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Mon, 10 Nov 2003

JP/The controversial tale of two KPU's tale

The controversial tale of two KPU's taleVishnu K. Mahmud, Contributor, Jakarta, vmahmud@yahoo.com There was a little controversy a while back, when the Indonesian General Election Committee or KPU (www.kpu.or.

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Mon, 10 Nov 2003

JP/Observer says Euro 2 fuel plan expensive

Observer says Euro 2 fuel plan expensiveBambang Nurbianto, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The city administration's plan to operate a busway early next year has been criticized by an activist, saying that the plan would not be economically sound if the administration had to subsidize the diesel fuel ...

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Mon, 10 Nov 2003

JP/Four students killed, five missing as boat capsizes

Four students killed, five missing as boat capsizesKasparman The Jakarta Post Padang, West SumatraAt least four students were killed and five others were still missing and feared dead after a Sunday morning boating accident in a rain-swollen river near Padang, West Sumatra, officials and ...

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Mon, 10 Nov 2003

JP/Fighting graft: Action is louder than words

Fighting graft: Action is louder than words Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad has aimed for zero tolerance and is preparing to close the gaps in efficiency and ethics that allow graft to slip in.

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Mon, 10 Nov 2003

JP/Cost not a concern for animal lovers

Cost not a concern for animal loversRudijanto, Contributor, Jakarta The marital vow, to be faithful to one's spouse in times of joy and sorrow, seems to be applicable to bringing a new pet into the family.

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Mon, 10 Nov 2003

JP/Chocolate mosque sets new replica record

Chocolate mosque sets new replica recordSuherdjoko, The Jakarta Post, Semarang A chocolate replica of a mosque, measuring five meters tall, 3.02 meters wide, and 4.07 meters long has broken the Indonesian Record Museum (Muri) record for replicas.

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Mon, 10 Nov 2003

JP/Customer-oriented companies have better chance to succeed

Customer-oriented companies have better chance to succeedJacky Mussry Contributor JakartaWhat impression do our state-owned companies make on the public at large? The prevailing perception is one of endless bureaucracy; of slow-moving, service providers that are far from satisfactory.

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Mon, 10 Nov 2003

JP/'I combine fasting and dieting during Ramadhan'

'I combine fasting and dieting during Ramadhan' Ramadhan, the Muslim fasting month, has been going on for two weeks. Every afternoon, many vendors sell tajil (snacks for breaking the fast) at traditional markets or busy places in residential areas.

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Mon, 10 Nov 2003

JP/60 seconds for Heroes Day

60 seconds for Heroes Day JAKARTA: To commemorate National Heroes Day on Nov. 10, Jakartans are being urged to stop what they are doing at 8:15 a.m. and observe 60 seconds of silence.

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Mon, 10 Nov 2003

JP/Transformation in state-owned companies brings positive results

Transformation in state-owned companies brings positive resultsAri Darmawan and Sudibyo M. Wiradji, Contributor, Jakarta In the minds of many people the image of state-owned companies has yet to improve significantly.

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Mon, 10 Nov 2003

JP/Police arrest 21 women for prostitution on raid

Police arrest 21 women for prostitution on raid PURWOKERTO, Central Java: The Banyumas Police arrested 21 female guests, three of them university students, on Friday night at a hotel in the tourist resort of Baturaden.

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Mon, 10 Nov 2003

JP/Pet boarding business thrives during holiday season

Pet boarding business thrives during holiday season T. Sima Gunawan, Contributor, The Jakarta Post As the Idul Fitri holiday approaches, many people are busy planning trips to their hometowns. Entire families will return to their hometowns and villages for joyous family reunions.

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Mon, 10 Nov 2003

JP/Indonesia leaves Taiwan empty-handed

Indonesia leaves Taiwan empty-handedThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta The Indonesian badminton squad came away from the Taiwan Open gold-less after each of its top players flopped against their opponents in the finals at the Taiwan Open on Sunday.

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Mon, 10 Nov 2003

JP/ICG warns of private militia threats

ICG warns of private militia threatsFabiola Desy Unidjaja, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The Indonesian government has no other choice but to disband the many civilian security and militia groups to prevent conflicts ahead of the 2004 elections, an international think tank group says.

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Mon, 10 Nov 2003

JP/Leaders lack patriotism in fighting corruption

Leaders lack patriotism in fighting corruptionA. Junaidi, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Experts are calling on the country's leaders to demonstrate their patriotism by embarking on an all-out war against the widespread corruption that is plaguing the country.

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Mon, 10 Nov 2003

JP/Injured suspects recovering

Injured suspects recovering PALU, Central Sulawesi: Four of the suspects in the attack on Beteleme village, Morowali regency, Central Sulawesi, are recovering from gunshot wounds in a local hospital, police said on Sunday.

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Mon, 10 Nov 2003

JP/'Parties start charging legislator candidates'

'Parties start charging legislator candidates'Moch. N. Kurniawan and ID Nugroho, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta/Surabaya An independent election watchdog has alleged that some political parties are charging legislator hopefuls administrative fees of up to Rp 16 million (US$1,900).

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Mon, 10 Nov 2003

JP/Flood-devastated resort closed for six months for renovation

Flood-devastated resort closed for six months for renovationApriadi Gunawan, The Jakarta Post, Medan, North Sumatra The Bukit Lawang resort will be closed to tourists for six months so the local administration can rebuild the area after the devastating flood that killed more than 130 people.

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Mon, 10 Nov 2003

JP/Military operation commander in Aceh will be replaced

Military operation commander in Aceh will be replacedID Nugroho and Tiarma Siboro, The Jakarta Post, Situbondo/Jakarta Aceh military operation commander Maj. Gen. Bambang Darmono will be replaced after leading the major offensive against rebels for almost six months.Army chief of staff Gen.

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Mon, 10 Nov 2003

JP/Are Europeans threatened by Israel?

Are Europeans threatened by Israel?Martin Woollacott, Guardian News Service, London Ever since its foundation, Israel has been troubled by the thought that it might have as much to fear from supposed friends as from avowed enemies.

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