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47 articles.

Thu, 13 Feb 2003

JP/Chaos mars Idul Adha celebration at Istiqlal

Chaos mars Idul Adha celebration at IstiqlalNovan Iman Santosa, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The annual Idul Adha celebration, which constitutes the distribution of sacrificial beef and goat meat to the poor, was again marred by looting on Wednesday at Istiqlal Mosque in Central Jakarta when ...

Thu, 13 Feb 2003

JP/India tries to save citizen from death row

India tries to save citizen from death rowApriadi Gunawan, The Jakarta Post, Medan, North Sumatra The Indian government has taken diplomatic steps in a last ditch effort to save Indian national Ayodhya Prasad Chaubey from a death sentence for importing heroin.India's Consul General K.J.

Thu, 13 Feb 2003

JP/PDI Perjuangan to demolish its posts

PDI Perjuangan to demolish its posts JAKARTA: In compliance with the city's regreening program, the Jakarta branch of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI Perjuangan) will demolish any of its posts located on designated green areas, said secretary of Jakarta PDI Perjuangan Maringan ...

Thu, 13 Feb 2003

JP/Police to crack down on bus crime

Police to crack down on bus crime JAKARTA: In response to a public outcry over extortion on public buses, police said they would launch an operation to crack down on the criminals.City police spokesman Sr. Comr. Prasetyo was quoted by BeritaJakarta.

Thu, 13 Feb 2003

JP/Widow wants Theys' trial moved to Papua

Widow wants Theys' trial moved to PapuaNethy Dharma Somba and Kanis Dursin, The Jakarta Post, Jayapura, Papua The prosecution of seven members of the Army's Special Forces (Kopassus) does not seem to have helped to heal the wounds inflicted on Mrs.

Thu, 13 Feb 2003

JP/Bali blast suspect demonstrates how bomb assembled

Bali blast suspect demonstrates how bomb assembledWahyoe Boediwardhana, The Jakarta Post, Denpasar, Bali A key suspect in the October attack in Bali demonstrated to police how the bombs were made from a mixture of chemicals and explosive materials, and how the bombers planned the attack that left ...

Thu, 13 Feb 2003

JP/Govt to send team to Mideast

Govt to send team to Mideast JAKARTA: A team from the manpower and transmigration ministry will leave for the Middle East on Thursday to make plans for the evacuation of Indonesian nationals ahead of a possible U.S.-led war on Iraq, the ministry's official said.

Thu, 13 Feb 2003

JP/City poorly prepared to tackle flood problem

City poorly prepared to tackle flood problemAhmad Junaidi, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta A non-governmental organization criticized on Tuesday the city administration's apparent lack of preparation to help flood victims in anticipation of heavy rains this monsoon season.

Thu, 13 Feb 2003

JP/Police stage reconstruction of police HQ bombing

Police stage reconstruction of police HQ bombingDamar Harsanto, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta In the absence of a suspect, police investigators carried out on Tuesday a reconstruction of the bombing at Wisma Bhayangkari, a building that forms part of the National Police Headquarters compound, which ...

Thu, 13 Feb 2003

JP/140 bags of body parts from Bali attack to be buried

140 bags of body parts from Bali attack to be buriedThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta Police said it would soon bury 140 bags containing the charred body parts of Oct 12. Bali bombing victims whose identities the forensic team could not establish.

Thu, 13 Feb 2003

JP/Copyright law treats govt offices differently

Copyright law treats govt offices differentlyM. Taufiqurrahman, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Due to their crucial roles in providing public services, government offices and educational institutions will enjoy lenient treatment when the new copyright law comes into effect at the end of July this year.

Thu, 13 Feb 2003

JP/Govt warns of natural disasters

Govt warns of natural disasters JAKARTA: The government has warned of natural disasters in Greater Jakarta, Lampung, Java, Bali and Nusa Tenggara over the next week.

Thu, 13 Feb 2003

JP/Kentucky Fried universities, the loss of academia

Kentucky Fried universities, the loss of academiaSteve Fuller, Professor of Sociology University of Warwick, United Kingdom, Project Syndicate Academics are easily flattered by talk about "knowledge management" and the "knowledge society.

Thu, 13 Feb 2003

JP/Regent protests arrest of fishermen

Regent protests arrest of fishermen NUNUKAN, East Kalimantan: Nunukan Regent Abdul Hafidz Ahmad has cried foul over the impounding of 11 trawlers and the arrest of their crews for allegedly using nets in waters off neighboring Tarakan regency.

Thu, 13 Feb 2003

JP/Compensation may disrupt road completion

Compensation may disrupt road completionMulta Fidrus, The Jakarta Post, Tangerang, Banten A disagreement over compensation for land to make way for the construction of a new four-kilometer road from Tangerang municipality to Soekarno-Hatta International Airport may hamper the completion of the ...

Thu, 13 Feb 2003

JP/Memorial service for Price

Memorial service for Price JAKARTA: A memorial service will be held on Valentine's Day for the late Macalister "Mac" Price, the deputy head of the New Zealand Embassy and consul general to Indonesia from 1989 to 1992.The Feb.

Thu, 13 Feb 2003

JP/Police patrol villages after four deaths

Police patrol villages after four deathsOyos Saroso H.N., The Jakarta Post, Kotabumi, North Lampung Police remained on guard on Tuesday in the border area between the villages of Panaganratu and Panaganjaya, North Lampung regency, two days after at least four people were killed in a brawl between ...

Thu, 13 Feb 2003

JP/Aceh proindependence activist arrested for holding illegal rally

Aceh proindependence activist arrested for holding illegal rallyIbnu Matnoor and Nani Farida, The Jakarta Post, Banda Aceh, Aceh Police arrested for the second time in two years Aceh proindependence activist Muhammad Nazar, charging him with organizing an illegal rally in January.

Thu, 13 Feb 2003

JP/National team leads search for missing Cessna

National team leads search for missing CessnaNana Rukmana, The Jakarta Post, Kuningan, West Java The National Search and Rescue Agency (Basarnas) finally took over the search for a light training aircraft Cessna 172 PK-DCM, last seen on Thursday of last week above West Java during its flight from ...

Thu, 13 Feb 2003

JP/Banks provide Rp 30.7t in new loans to SME sector

Banks provide Rp 30.7t in new loans to SME sectorThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta The country's banking sector channeled some Rp 30.7 trillion (US$3.3 billion) in fresh loans to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) last year, slightly exceeding the initial target of Rp 30 trillion.

Thu, 13 Feb 2003

JP/The two Philippine female presidents

The two Philippine female presidentsWilliam Esposo, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Asia News Network, Manila Last December, I was invited to address a class at the Asian Institute of Management (AIM) on how I compared the way Filipinos regard the terms and the characters of the two Philippine ...

Thu, 13 Feb 2003

JP/'I disagree with bus fare hike'

'I disagree with bus fare hike' The city administration plans to raise bus fares in the near future, after the city's Organization of Land Transportation Owners (Organda) proposed a 50 percent hike due to what they cited as the rising prices of fuel and spare parts.

Thu, 13 Feb 2003

JP/Military rejects NU prayer plans

Military rejects NU prayer plans SURABAYA: The Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) will likely have to cancel a mass prayer scheduled for March 9 at the Brawijaya Military Command compound in the East Java capital of Surabaya.The military commander, Maj. Gen.

Thu, 13 Feb 2003

JP/Riza Marlon captures wildlife on film

Riza Marlon captures wildlife on filmBambang M, Contributor, Yogyakarta Walking for hours in the Central Sulawesi wilderness makes Riza Marlon visibly tired, but his eyes won't stop looking around for animals worth photographing.Suddenly he stops.

Thu, 13 Feb 2003

JP/Senior Japanese tourists enjoy the beauty of Bali

Senior Japanese tourists enjoy the beauty of BaliWahyoe Boediwardhana and Rita A.Widiadana, The Jakarta Post, Ubud, Bali When bombs rocked Bali on Oct. 12 last year, the 70-year-old Otake Kenji, a retired man from Japan, was on a luxury liner on its way to the island.

Thu, 13 Feb 2003

JP/Security guard finds a grenade

Security guard finds a grenade JAKARTA: A live hand grenade was found in front of Carrefour hypermarket in Cempaka Putih, Central Jakarta on Tuesday evening.Online news portal www.detik.com said that the grenade was found inside a plastic bag by a security guard, Dede Yaman, at about 8:30 p.m.

Thu, 13 Feb 2003

JP/Spirit of charity marks Idul Adha

Spirit of charity marks Idul AdhaThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta As hundreds of Muslims prayed peacefully at Parangtritis beach in Yogyakarta on Wednesday, hundreds of others jostled each other for a portion of sacrificed meat at Istiqlal Mosque in Central Jakarta.

Thu, 13 Feb 2003

JP/A smart way of control RI economic infrastructure

A smart way of control RI economic infrastructurePitan Daslani, Journalist, Jakarta If you wish to control Indonesia's money, buy its banks.

Thu, 13 Feb 2003

JP/'Pantau' monthly magazine stop publication for bankruptcy

'Pantau' monthly magazine stop publication for bankruptcyThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta Financial constraints have caused local magazine Pantau to stop publication, adding to the list of print media falling to tight competition in the industry.

Thu, 13 Feb 2003

JP/Seulawah, Star Air set up flight alliance

Seulawah, Star Air set up flight allianceThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta Domestic airline start-ups Seulawah Nad Air and Star Air signed a cooperation agreement on Tuesday in a bid to avert head- on competition.Under the agreement, which was signed by Seulawah president M.

Thu, 13 Feb 2003

JP/Opposing divestment

Opposing divestment The mounting opposition from the House of Representatives and the lingering political controversy over the recent sale of the government's majority stake in PT Indosat telecommunications company could jeopardize the asset recovery programs of the Indonesian Bank Restructuring ...

Thu, 13 Feb 2003

JP/PDI-P campaigns for Papua split

PDI-P campaigns for Papua splitFabiola Desy Unidjaja and Kurniawan Hari, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Although the government's decision to split Papua into three smaller provinces has met with strong resistance from Papuans, the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI Perjuangan) insists that ...

Thu, 13 Feb 2003

JP/Artist Yani Sastranegara hangs with dragons

Artist Yani Sastranegara hangs with dragonsCarla Bianpoen, Contributor, Jakarta Looking up in the Atrium of Plaza Senayan, one may stop in wonder, for up there are hundreds of tiny red and gold colored balls on strings.

Thu, 13 Feb 2003

JP/Key suspect details how bombings were staged

Key suspect details how bombings were stagedWahyoe Boediwardhana, The Jakarta Post, Denpasar, Bali Ali Imron, a key suspect in the Bali bombings, publicly showed on Tuesday how the horrifying terror attacks were carried out, boasting about his group's bomb-making skills but apologizing ...

Thu, 13 Feb 2003

JP/Sea sand mining firms face bankruptcy

Sea sand mining firms face bankruptcy BATAM, Riau: The Association of Sea Sand Mining Companies in Riau have rejected the central government's policy to temporarily halt sand exports to neighboring Singapore, saying it could lead to bankruptcy.

Thu, 13 Feb 2003

JP/Widow wants Theys' trial moved to Papua

Widow wants Theys' trial moved to PapuaNethy Dharma Somba and Kanis Dursin The Jakarta Post Jayapura, Papua The prosecution of seven members of the Army's Special Forces (Kopassus) does not seem to have helped to heal the wounds inflicted on Mrs.

Thu, 13 Feb 2003

JP/Workers complain about late salaries

Workers complain about late salaries BOGOR: Temporary staff at the Bogor regency administration are upset about late salaries."Very often we are paid late. We haven't received our salaries yet this month.

Thu, 13 Feb 2003

JP/18% of protected forests already destroyed: Govt

18% of protected forests already destroyed: GovtMoch. N. Kurniawan, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The government has indicated that destruction of the country's protected forests and conservation areas has so far reached 5.9 million hectares, or 18 percent of the total protected area.

Thu, 13 Feb 2003

JP/Is war America's 'Manifest Destiny'? If so, what does Australia gain by it?

Is war America's 'Manifest Destiny'? If so, what does Australia gain by it?Rob Goodfellow, University of Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia The Bush administration has been trying very hard to argue a rational case for war with Iraq. Most Australians, like most Indonesians, are unconvinced.

Thu, 13 Feb 2003

JP/New system planned to nab bad customs officials

New system planned to nab bad customs officialsRendi A. Witular, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The Ministry of Finance plans to issue a decree to form a new import supervisory system that will allow the newly established customs watchdog to randomly inspect imported goods at all seaports after being ...

Thu, 13 Feb 2003

JP/Crime coverage colored by class and odd perceptions

Crime coverage colored by class and odd perceptionsIgnas Kleden, Sociologist, The Center for East Indonesian Affairs/CEIA, Jakarta Public perception and understanding of crime are constituted, to a certain extent, by the way in which crimes are and are not labeled.

Thu, 13 Feb 2003

JP/Electronics sales is rise 25%: Association

Electronics sales is rise 25%: AssociationThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta Electronics sales could rise by between 15 and 25 percent this year as a result of the luxury tax breaks introduced by the government early last month, the country's association for electronics sellers said.

Thu, 13 Feb 2003

JP/Maluku traditional leaders face daunting challenge

Maluku traditional leaders face daunting challengeAti Nurbaiti, The Jakarta Post, Ambon While the parties responsible for three years of communal conflict in Maluku have yet to be made accountable, residents welcome the many peace initiatives, including one involving the raja or traditional ...

Thu, 13 Feb 2003

JP/Garuda pilots not to go on strike

Garuda pilots not to go on strikeArya Abhiseka and Ridwan Max Sijabat, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Air travelers can sit back and relax now, as the government has guaranteed that Garuda Indonesia's pilots would not go on strike while they negotiated with the state-owned airline's management.

Thu, 13 Feb 2003

JP/Where to go in Bali for Thursday, Pebruari 13, 2003

Where to go in Bali for Thursday, Pebruari 13, 2003Exhibitions* Photo, The Greatest Love For All, by five Bali's leading photographes, Agus Pande, Murdani Usman, Toto Parwatha, Rama Surya, Ulung Wicaksono, at Center Stage, Hard Rock Hotel Bali (Tel. 0361-761869), until Feb. 14.

Thu, 13 Feb 2003

JP/Jambi wants return of auction earnings

Jambi wants return of auction earnings JAMBI, Jambi: Jambi Governor Zulkifli has demanded the central government return around Rp 17 billion (US$1.96 million) in earnings from the auction of confiscated illegal logs.

Thu, 13 Feb 2003

JP/Government to restart PT Indofarma tender

Government to restart PT Indofarma tenderDadan Wijaksana, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The government has put on hold its plan to sell state-owned pharmaceutical firm PT Indofarma due to a lack of bidders, State Minister for State Enterprises Laksamana Sukardi said on Tuesday.