City stands to gain Rp 12t from reclamation projectBambang Nurbianto, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Considering that the city administration would gain at least Rp
12 trillion from the reclamation of the northern coastal areas,
it is understandable that Governor Sutiyoso is insisting on
proceeding ... More ...
When swampy areas turn into housing estatesBambang Nurbianto, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Kelapa Gading in North Jakarta was once mostly marshland where
farmers grew rice and vegetables. But that has all changed. More ...
Kelapa Gading undergoing breakneck development Kelapa Gading in North Jakarta is a relatively new district
compared to other parts of the city, but it has experienced the
fastest growth in terms of development. More ...
Two new warships head to Aceh to curb gunrunningTiarma Siboro and Arya Abhiseka, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The Indonesian Navy has added three new warships to its fleet,
two of which will be sent to Aceh waters in an apparent move to
increase the military's presence in the troubled province. More ...
IAAF urges Asia to train more young triple jumpersMusthofid, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF)
urged other Asian countries to push for the development of the
triple jump to be able to challenge the rest of the world. More ...
World GPRS subscriptions continue to grow Wireless cellular network solutions have been around for many
years but their adoption has been slow due to issues related to
coverage cost, performance and secure remote access to business
networks. More ...
Judges reject Ramly's objection CIBADAK, Sukabumi, West Java: The Cibadak District Court has
rejected a motion submitted by PT Qurnia Subur Alam Raya (QSAR)
president Ramly Arabi that fraud charges against him were
obscure. More ...
Jakarta Open kicks off with 1,000 shuttlersThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta Organizers of the Jakarta Open badminton championships have
criticized the Indonesian Badminton Association for fielding so
few of its players from the national training center in the week-
long tournament, which began here on ... More ...
Regional security haunts tourism - lesson from BaliFitri Wulandari and Rita A. Widiadana, Nusa Dua, Bali The tourist industry in Asia and the Pacific is vulnerable to
global and regional security threats, including terrorist attacks
and the spread of endemic diseases as it lacks the ability ... More ...
Returning to school, despite SARSSari P. Setiogi, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Amid heightened concern about Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome
(SARS), parents returned their children to school on the first
day of the new semester at several international schools in
Jakarta. More ...
Transparency or security?Bimo Nugroho, Director, Institute of Free Flow of Information Studies
(ISAI), bimo@isai.or.id One major cause of the widespread corruption, collusion and
nepotism (KKN) and human rights abuses in Indonesia is society's
lack of control over the state. More ...
Winning the peaceBrian Griffiths
Deputy Chairman
Goldman Sachs International
Member
British House of Lords
Project Syndicate The war against terror and rogue dictatorships such as Saddam
Hussein's can be won only in part on the battlefield. More ...
Hopes rise for peace in AcehTiarna Siboro, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Hopes for salvaging the Aceh peace agreement rose again on Monday
after both the government and the Free Aceh Movement (GAM) agreed
to sit down at the negotiating table to discuss various alleged
violations of the accord signed ... More ...
Rare RI primates find a home in rural EnglandBruce Emond, Contributor, Kent, England Jakarta and Bandung are English-born and bred, but their names
tell of their ancestral homeland a world away from the Kent
countryside. More ...
Who is out to
destroy tourism? Anger, confusion and disbelief -- this is what the tourist
industry, as well as the expatriate community, experienced
recently, when the Indonesian government revoked the visa-free-
entry for tourists from 48 countries. More ...
House, ministers to prepare contingency plan for AcehKurniawan Hari, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The government has scheduled a meeting with the House of
Representatives (DPR) for Wednesday to evaluate the situation in
Aceh, including the preparation of a contingency plan for the
province. More ...
TNI's halfhearted reform The white paper published by the Ministry of Defense last
month is a clear attempt to put the brakes on the ongoing reform
within the Indonesian Military (TNI). More ...
Hospitals treated me like a criminal: ActivistThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta The government may claim the criticism of its efforts to tackle
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) is excessive, but an
activist has personally discovered that all is far from well in
our hospitals. More ...
Semen Cibinong profits drop 56 percentRendi A. Witular, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Publicly-listed cement maker PT Semen Cibinong said in its 2002
audited financial report that net income dropped by 56 percent to
Rp 502 billion (US$56.40 million) from Rp 1.16 trillion in 2001. More ...
`Spend cash on poor, not subdistrict heads' Each of the 267 subdistrict heads in the city will be given a
Toyota Kijang car in July or August by the city administration.
Deputy Governor Fauzi Bowo said the cars would help facilitate
their work. More ...
Police seize four trucks of 'raskin' BOGOR: Bogor Police arrested on Friday the drivers of four trucks
loaded with rice for the poor (raskin). More ...
The agribusiness system approachPantjar Simatupang, Director, Center for Agro Socio Economic
Research and Development, Bogor The egalitarian Agrarian Law of 1960 is not easy to enforce.
To my knowledge, there has been no egalitarian land reform
successfully implemented in developing countries. More ...
Former council speaker to stand trialAinur R. Sophiaan, The Jakarta Post, Surabaya, East Java Former Surabaya Council speaker M. Basuki could be jailed for
up to 20 years for the alleged embezzlement of Rp 2. More ...
Development brings no benefit for locals Ateng, 45, is one of the local residents of Kelapa Gading who has
become a minority in the fastest growing district in North
Jakarta, where the majority of people living here are wealthy
newcomers who occupy luxury homes. More ...
Asia Pacific airlines remain optimisticThe Jakarta Post, Nusa Dua, Bali Despite the war in Iraq and the spread of SARS, air carriers in
the Asia have been doing better compared to their peers in North
America and Europe on the back of better economic performances in
the region, an executive said ... More ...
Prosecutors seek 10 years for Tono SuratmanTiarma Siboro, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Government prosecutors sought on Monday the minimum 10-year jail
sentence for former East Timor Military commander Brig. Gen. More ...
America liberates Iraqi oilHerman Tiu Laurel, Journalist, Manila The Iraqi opposition-in-exile, in anticipation of the
occupation by U.S. forces of Iraq, announced that Iraq's state
oil monopoly will be dismantled. More ...
Prosecutors formally charge Ba'asyir with treasonAgencies, Jakarta Prosecutors submitted the dossiers of Abu Bakar Ba'asyir to the
Central Jakarta District Court on Monday and charged him with
treason and immigration violations. More ...
Papua allocates Rp 2.6 trillion for development projectsNethy Dharma Somba, The Jakarta Post, Jayapura, Papua The Papuan administration has allocated Rp 2. More ...
Movie star Farouk Afero dies at 65 JAKARTA: Film star Farouk Afero passed away on Sunday night at
Pondok Indah Hospital in South Jakarta, due to illness. He was
65. More ...
House to discuss foreign envoys JAKARTA: Leaders of the House of Representatives and nine
factions will meet on Wednesday to discuss the eligibility of
foreign envoys to be assigned to Jakarta. More ...
Former BPN chief jailed for briberyMulta Fidrus, The Jakarta Post, Tangerang The Tangerang District Court cleared the former Tangerang
municipal land agency chief of corruption charges on Monday but
sentenced him to eight months in prison for receiving a bribe. More ...
Pyongyang relenting?
The Straits Times
Asia News Network
Singapore North Korea appears to have modified its hardline insistence
that direct dealing with the United States is the only way out of
the nuclear dispute. More ...
IBRA wants more seats on Lippo boardsThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta The Indonesian Bank Restructuring Agency (IBRA) wants the
majority of seats on both Bank Lippo's board of management and
board of commissioners to better reflect the bank's ownership. More ...
Councillor admits to consuming ecstasyBANDAR LAMPUNG, Lampung: City Council deputy speaker Setyawan D.
Prasodjo admitted during his trial on Monday to consuming ecstasy
shortly before police arrested him last year. More ...
Another effective tool for marketersMahendra Gautama, Contributor, Jakarta In the 1920s, when John Logie Baird first demonstrated
television and video cassette, he was fully aware that his
invention would have a great impact on both the media and
entertainment world. More ...
Park's founder a continuing influence Spring fever seems to have come over the male European bison at
Howletts Wild Animal Park. It bounds toward the white gate of its
enclosure, trampling a bed of daffodils in its path before
darting off in the direction of the next-door ruffed lemur house. More ...
Siemens wins Muara Tawar power projectA'an Suryana, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta A Siemens consortium has won the tender for construction of
the expansion of Muara Tawar power plant in Bekasi, West Java,
state electricity company PT PLN announced on Monday. More ...
'Jakarta, Dili not serious about human rights cases'Fabiola Desy Unidjaja, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta A human rights activist has expressed doubts that Indonesia and
East Timor are serious about resolving the question of human
rights abuses in the former Indonesian province as both are still
lack ... More ...
Where to go in Bandung for Tuesday, April 15, 2003
Performances* Sundanese Classical Dance by Studio Tari Indra, at Gedung
Kesenian Rumentang Siang, Jl. Baranang Siang 1, Kosambi (Tel.
022-4233562), 7:30 p.m., April 16 - 17. More ...
`Fire the corrupt managers of PPD'M. Taufiqurrahman, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The ministry of transportation should embark on a major
overhaul of the state-owned bus operator Djakarta Transportation
Company (PPD) to salvage it from total collapse, experts
suggested. More ...
Council hosts meeting in PuncakBambang Nurbianto, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta While members of the general public have been advised to tighten
their belts due to the prolonged economic crisis, city
councillors and officials of the city administration are holding
a two-day meeting in the resort area ... More ...
Hope arises to salvage Aceh peaceTiarna Siboro
The Jakarta Post
JakartaHopes for salvaging the Aceh peace agreement resurged on Monday
after both the government and the Free Aceh Movement (GAM) agreed
to sit down at the negotiating table to discuss various alleged
violations of the accord signed ... More ...
`It needs bold steps to become a trendsetter'Sutji Lantyka, Contributor, Jakarta Two years ago, not many cell phone users other than those
working in the telecommunications industry were aware of General
Packet Radio Service (GPRS) or what it was all about. More ...
PATA conference opens as crisis hits tourismRita A. Widiadana and Fitri Wulandari, The Jakarta Post, Nusa Dua, Bali President Megawati Soekarnoputri opened on Monday a key Asia
Pacific travel conference on the resort island of Bali as the
region's tourism industry was being threatened by ... More ...
24,000 RI workers to be sent homeMATARAM, West Nusa Tenggara: As a war in Iraq and the threat of a
mysterious virus spread by travelers cast a pall over the labor
market, 24,255 workers from East Nusa Tenggara will be sent home
as their contracts expire this year, a local official said on ... More ...
Whistle blower ill, trial adjourned JAKARTA: Kito Irkhami, a prosecutor being tried by the South
Jakarta District Court for fraud, fell ill on Tuesday, just
before the sentence recommendation."I have a headache and feel queasy," he was quoted by
detik.com as saying. More ...
RI should ensure security for peace monitors in Aceh The representatives of the four co-chairs of the Tokyo
conference on peace and reconstruction in Aceh -- Japan, the
U.S., the Europe Union and the World Bank -- last week met with
Coordinating Minister for Political and Security Affairs Gen. More ...
Seven seamen killed in strange trawler mishapApriadi Gunawan, The Jakarta Post, Medan, North Sumatra Six fishermen died during vain attempts to save the life of a
seventh in a bizarre tragedy aboard a trawler in North Sumatra on
Sunday. More ...
Bush, Saddam war addicts?From Media IndonesiaCivilized people should not wage war or use violence in the
last resort to resolve their problems. Instead of developing
weapons, they should develop a culture to let their brains work
out a peaceful solution. More ...
DESPERATELY SEEKING SADDAM: A group of people march toward the
U.S. Embassy on Jl. Merdeka Selatan in Central Jakarta. Dozens of
women and men protested on Monday against the U.S.-led invasion
of Iraq which ended with the downfall of Iraqi president Saddam
Hussein. More ...
KPU names 22 nominees for monitoring committeeArya Abhiseka, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The General Elections Commission (KPU) plans to add more
qualified candidates to the 22 already selected to undergo a test
of suitability for election supervisory jobs. More ...
BNI agrees to keep Texmaco Group's head above waterThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta State-owned Bank Negara Indonesia (BNI) has agreed to maintain a
trade financing facility for troubled textile and engineering
giant Texmaco Group. More ...
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