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Mon, 02 May 2005

JP/Open letter to Governor Sutiyoso

Open letter to Governor Sutiyoso I am writing to you about the disgraceful amount of public litter around. I have lived in Jakarta for five years, it has got worse in the past five years.I am disgusted with the fact that you have not figured it out in the five years gone.

Mon, 02 May 2005

JP/Many Filipinos still hungry, malnourished

Many Filipinos still hungry, malnourishedRina Jimenez-David, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Asia News Network, Manila One-third of all Filipinos say they are not getting enough food, a story in yesterday's papers reported, based on the findings of a nationwide survey conducted by Pulse Asia ...

Mon, 02 May 2005

JP/Workers mark Labor Day with rallies

Workers mark Labor Day with ralliesThe Jakarta Post, JakartaThousands of people across the country took to the streets on Sunday to mark Labor Day with demands for better working conditions and the protection of workers' rights, as well as calling for the government to declare the day a public ...

Mon, 02 May 2005

JP/Bank Niaga's net income hit by higher taxes

Bank Niaga's net income hit by higher taxesThe Jakarta Post, JakartaDespite posting an unaudited record pretax profit of Rp 228.6 billion (US$23.89 million) in the first quarter of 2005, Bank Niaga's net income decreased by 6.2 percent from the same period last year due to a higher tax rate.

Mon, 02 May 2005

JP/Dewantara's ideals tainted

Dewantara's ideals taintedMateus Yumarnamto, Surabaya Indonesians annually celebrate National Education Day on May 2. What we know about the day is that students partake in the flag ceremony, educational institutions have seminars on education and the mass media does special reports on education.

Mon, 02 May 2005

JP/Down with smugglers!

Down with smugglers! The recent Asian-African Summit concluded successfully. The hurly-burly of the golden jubilee commemoration of the Asia- Africa Conference may continue, but smugglers are operating like it's business as usual.

Mon, 02 May 2005

JP/Emancipating minds

Emancipating mindsToday, May 2, Indonesia commemorates National Education Day. The date was chosen in remembrance of Ki Hajar Dewantara who was born 106 years ago in Yogyakarta.

Mon, 02 May 2005

JP/Mt Betung National Park on brink of destruction

Mt Betung National Park on brink of destructionOyos Saroso H.N., The Jakarta Post, BandarlampungThe Wan Abdurrahman forest preservation area in Mount Betung National Park, South Lampung, is in a sorry state, with 76 percent or 17,000 hectares of the 22,249-ha forest destroyed by illegal logging and ...

Mon, 02 May 2005

JP/Study shows decreasing level of lead in children's blood

Study shows decreasing level of lead in children's bloodBambang Nurbianto, The Jakarta Post, JakartaPhasing out leaded gasoline in Jakarta since 2001 has apparently satisfying results.

Mon, 02 May 2005

JP/Kaban elected PBB leader

Kaban elected PBB leader SURABAYA: Minister of Forestry Malam Sambat Kaban won the leadership of the Crescent Star Party (PBB) by a landslide for the next five years during the party's second congress here on Sunday.

Mon, 02 May 2005

JP/Chinese culture comes to town

Chinese culture comes to townThe Jakarta Post, JakartaThe melodious sounds of traditional Chinese musical instruments saturated the auditorium in the School of Humanities at the University of Indonesia (UI) in Depok, West Java on Thursday.

Mon, 02 May 2005

JP/Low subsidy, conflict blamed for power crisis

Low subsidy, conflict blamed for power crisisM. Azis Tunny, The Jakarta Post, AmbonAmbon schools did not pay their electricity bills for years on end due to low power subsidies and the prolonged sectarian conflict, Ambon school executives said on Saturday.J.

Mon, 02 May 2005

JP/Divestment of coal producer KPC near closing

Divestment of coal producer KPC near closingLeony Aurora, The Jakarta Post, JakartaThe Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources expects to wrap up its study into the divestment of a 32.4 percent stake in giant coal producer Kaltim Prima Coal (KPC) this week, an official says.

Mon, 02 May 2005

JP/JP/5/FOCUS

JP/5/FOCUSAnti-logging operations extendedJAYAPURA: Massive anti-illegal logging operations in Papua, which were earlier set to wind down on May 6, will be extended to June 7, a senior police officer said on Friday.

Mon, 02 May 2005

JP/Mobile work stations the new choice

Mobile work stations the new choiceThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta The efficient use of time and money is essential for Jakartans struggling to get to work amid notorious traffic congestion.With studies showing the average traveling speed in the capital is 14.

Mon, 02 May 2005

JP/Jakarta needs more public sports facilities

Jakarta needs more public sports facilitiesThe Jakarta Post, JakartaInstead of converting the Menteng soccer field into a park, the city administration should build more public sporting facilities as existing stadiums and sports centers were inadequate to serve the growing population in the ...

Mon, 02 May 2005

JP/Theo to resign as BKPM chief

Theo to resign as BKPM chiefThe Jakarta Post, JakartaFollowing reports of his much-criticized assault on foreign residents at a children's sports event, Investment Coordinating Board (BKPM) chief Theo Toemion announced on Sunday he would resign from his current post.

Mon, 02 May 2005

JP/JP/5/ACROSS

JP/5/ACROSSUSNS Mercy winds up operationsJAKARTA: The U.S. Navy Hospital ship USNS Mercy will depart Nias waters on Saturday, concluding 25 days of humanitarian assistance to victims of the earthquake on the island, according to a release by the U.S.

Mon, 02 May 2005

JP/Tougher recruitment seen as positive

Tougher recruitment seen as positiveEva C. Komandjaja, The Jakarta Post, JakartaThe National Police's decision to tighten their recruitment procedures following a fatal shooting incident involving two officers is seen as a positive move to help avoid a similar incident in the future, but some warn ...

Mon, 02 May 2005

JP/Labor conditions worsening: Union

Labor conditions worsening: UnionRidwan Max Sijabat, The Jakarta Post, JakartaLabor unions have blamed the government for the worsening labor conditions in Indonesia, which they say are a result of a bad investment climate, the absence of legal certainty and the high unemployment rate.

Mon, 02 May 2005

JP/Teaching human rights at schools?

Teaching human rights at schools?Alpha Amirrachman Jakarta During my time as a teacher at some informal education institutions, I found the students to be relaxed in their expression of ideas. Jokes that mocked the New Order regime were carefully timed during discussions, making us chuckle.

Mon, 02 May 2005

JP/Holland gives $22m grant to Indonesia

Holland gives $22m grant to IndonesiaJAKARTA: The Netherlands recently gave Indonesia a US$22 million grant to improve the country's water and sanitation facilities, the Royal Dutch Embassy said last week.

Mon, 02 May 2005

JP/ORIX Indonesia to increase assets

ORIX Indonesia to increase assetsThe Jakarta Post, JakartaPT ORIX Indonesia Finance (ORIF), a provider of leasing services in Indonesia, hopes to increase its assets from Rp 2.7 trillion (US$282.13 million) to Rp 5 trillion over the next three years.

Mon, 02 May 2005

JP/Museum of Rotterdam to return puppets

Museum of Rotterdam to return puppets JAKARTA: The World Museum of Rotterdam will return several shadow puppets, which have been in its possession for at least 40 years, to city-owned Museum Wayang (shadow puppet museum), a city official said over the weekend.

Mon, 02 May 2005

JP/JP/5/AMBON

JP/5/AMBONPT PLN threatens to cut power in Ambon schoolsM. Azis Tunny The Jakarta Post/AmbonState electricity company PT PLN threatened on Friday to cut electricity to 27 schools in Ambon city as the schools had not paid the bills for a number of years.

Mon, 02 May 2005

JP/Houses on stilts recommended to conquer flooding

Houses on stilts recommended to conquer floodingAbdul Khalik, The Jakarta Post, JakartaWhile the Jakarta administration has been in the process of clearing some riverbanks of squatters, who have been partially blamed for the annual flooding in the capital, an environmentalist suggested that they ...

Mon, 02 May 2005

JP/PKB may freeze East Java branch

PKB may freeze East Java branch SIDOARJO, East Java: The National Awakening Party (PKB) said on Sunday it would freeze the leadership board of its East Java branch for defying the party's new central board.

Mon, 02 May 2005

JP/On Helsinki's Aceh talks

On Helsinki's Aceh talks Dr. Damien Kingsbury (The Jakarta Post, April, 26) refers to the issues of monitoring and political participation in my article on the third round of Aceh talks (From Aceh to Helsinki, April, 20).

Mon, 02 May 2005

JP/'Don't convert Menteng stadium into park'

'Don't convert Menteng stadium into park'The city administration has decided to convert the Menteng Soccer Field into a city park that would also include cafes and jogging tracks.

Mon, 02 May 2005

JP/Misinformation may ruin Bank Mandiri

Misinformation may ruin Bank Mandiri The recent allegations of serious lending irregularities at state-owned Bank Mandiri, the largest domestic bank in terms of assets, has put the credibility of the country's recovering banking industry, as well as the credibility of the new government, at stake.

Mon, 02 May 2005

JP/JP/5/Madura

JP/5/MaduraHuman trafficking on the rise in East Java Indra Harsaputra The Jakarta Post/MaduraEyes glistening with tears, Lina (not her real name) slowly, painfully recalled for her visitor the horrors she had suffered in Batam, where the 13-year-old Madura native had been offered a job as a ...

Mon, 02 May 2005

JP/Waste management needs revamping

Waste management needs revampingThe Jakarta Post, JakartaAn environmental activist and a toxic waste expert called on the city administration on Saturday to decentralize waste management in order to reduce thousands of cubic meters of garbage from being dumped into the city's rivers.

Mon, 02 May 2005

JP/Indian food attracts wider market

Indian food attracts wider marketEvi Mariani The Jakarta Post/JakartaThanks partly to Shahrukh Khan, Rani Mukherjee and other Bollywood people, all things Indian are gaining popularity here, including its spicy and pungent cuisine.

Mon, 02 May 2005

JP/S'pore's deputy PM launches ISFA

S'pore's deputy PM launches ISFASINGAPORE: Indonesian residents of Singapore as well as Singaporean citizens last month established a new association to strengthen the two countries' people-to-people contacts in the city-state, the Indonesian Embassy in Singapore said in a statement.

Mon, 02 May 2005

JP/VoIP used to improve telecommunication infrastructure

VoIP used to improve telecommunication infrastructureUrip Hudiono, The Jakarta Post, MakassarCrowding into a large tent, some 100 residents of the remote village of Tompo in South Sulawesi waited anxiously as technicians from PT Pasifik Satelit Nusantara (PSN) put the finishing touches on some ...

Mon, 02 May 2005

JP/Level of Jakarta air pollution unknown

Level of Jakarta air pollution unknownThe Jakarta Post, JakartaJakarta is rated the world's third most polluted city after Mexico City and Bangkok, but an expert from the Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB) warns that the full extent of air pollution in the capital remains unknown.

Mon, 02 May 2005

JP/Quality in teaching: Who is responsible?

Quality in teaching: Who is responsible?Andrew Vivian, Surabaya A recent article in this newspaper about the quality of expatriate teachers in Indonesian schools raised some important issues, and some serious concerns, about the employment of foreign teachers in Indonesia.

Mon, 02 May 2005

JP/Iran envoy

Iran envoyThe correct spelling of the Iranian Ambassador to Indonesia is Shaban Shahidi Moaddab, not that which appeared on Page 7 of the April 29, 2005 edition of The Jakarta Post. We apologize for the mistake.

Mon, 02 May 2005

JP/Leading rock music magazine set to go native

Leading rock music magazine set to go nativeM. Taufiqurrahman, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta In the early 1950s, blues singer Muddy Waters composed an influential song, a rework of the Delta standard Catfish Blues, titled Rollin' Stone, a song so powerful that it inspired a group of white London boys ...

Mon, 02 May 2005

JP/Robots to invade int'l schools

Robots to invade int'l schools JAKARTA: In a bid to introduce robot-making for children aged between seven and 12 years old, Singaporean-based company IT Leisure and Education will hold the first Jakarta robotic competition for school students, or JakRobotica, in June.

Mon, 02 May 2005

JP/Discriminatory law spells trouble for mixed marriages

Discriminatory law spells trouble for mixed marriagesMuninggar Sri Saraswati, The Jakarta Post, JakartaSome Indonesians might still remember the case of Samantha, a little girl who made headlines here during the 1990s in an international child abduction case.The girl was a child of a mixed marriage.

Mon, 02 May 2005

JP/Barreto brings Latin flavor to Proliga

Barreto brings Latin flavor to ProligaMoch. N. Kurniawan, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Whether on attack or defense, Brazilian volleyball player Marcello Barreto provides added value to his team.

Mon, 02 May 2005

JP/Internal conflict sign of parties' immaturity: Experts

Internal conflict sign of parties' immaturity: ExpertsTony Hotland, The Jakarta Post, JakartaSo much for maturity, let alone democracy, when political parties, which are supposed to serve the various interests of their members and supporters, instead pursue their own conflicting interests.

Mon, 02 May 2005

JP/Timah's Q1 net profit nearly triples

Timah's Q1 net profit nearly triplesLeony Aurora, The Jakarta Post, JakartaRiding on higher global tin prices and a weaker rupiah against the dollar, state-owned PT Timah almost triples its unaudited net profit for the first three months of the year to Rp 57.4 billion (US$6 million).

Mon, 02 May 2005

JP/Teaching human rights at schools?

Teaching human rights at schools?Alpha Amirrachman, Jakarta During my time as a teacher at some informal education institutions, I found the students to be relaxed in their expression of ideas. Jokes that mocked the New Order regime were carefully timed during discussions, making us chuckle.

Mon, 02 May 2005

JP/Tax deductions urged to support corporate social responsibility

Tax deductions urged to support corporate social responsibilityThe Jakarta Post Jakarta Despite the old adage that giving should be devoid of ulterior motives, tax deductions should nevertheless be offered to entice companies into fulfilling their social responsibilities, activists say.

Mon, 02 May 2005

JP/Cacao producers urge govt to lobby China on tariffs

Cacao producers urge govt to lobby China on tariffsZakki P. Hakim, The Jakarta Post, JakartaThe Indonesian Cacao Association (Askindo) has officially asked the government to lobby China to cut tariffs imposed on Indonesian cacao beans and cacao products to close to zero percent.

Mon, 02 May 2005

JP/332 graft cases uncovered in Jambi

332 graft cases uncovered in JambiJAMBI: A total of 332 corruption cases have been uncovered over the past year in Jambi province, with losses to the state reaching Rp 4.5 billion (US$469,000), according to data from the Jambi Development Finance Comptroller."The data is alarming.

Mon, 02 May 2005

JP/RI wins golds in Physics Olympiad

RI wins golds in Physics OlympiadThe Jakarta Post, JakartaThe Indonesian team won four of the 14 gold medals on offer in the sixth Asian Physics Olympiad (APHO) in Pekanbaru, Riau. The other gold medals went to Thailand with two medals, Taiwan with one and China with seven gold medals.

Mon, 02 May 2005

JP/Police guard Polish consul's residence

Police guard Polish consul's residence BANDUNG: A team of police officers are providing around-the- clock security at the residence of the Polish honorary consul here, which was robbed by a group of armed men on Friday.West Java Police chief of detectives Adj. Sr. Comr.

Mon, 02 May 2005

JP/SE Asia's age of Thaksin

SE Asia's age of ThaksinThitinan Pongsudhirak, Project Syndicate The retirements from frontline politics of Singapore's Lee Kuan Yew and Malaysia's Mahathir Mohamad have deprived Southeast Asia of its senior leaders.

Mon, 02 May 2005

JP/Koreans jump into resto business

Koreans jump into resto businessThe Jakarta Post, JakartaAn inviting smell of oven-baked pizza lingers in the left wing of Entertainment Xchange in Plaza Indonesia on Jl. M.H. Thamrin in Central Jakarta.

Mon, 02 May 2005

JP/Glamor mall hosts exhibit on community development

Glamor mall hosts exhibit on community developmentThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta If you had the chance to take a stroll in South Jakarta's Plaza Senayan last weekend, you might have felt that there is something "unusual" -- if not ironic -- there.

Mon, 02 May 2005

JP/Egypt's bid for UNSC seat gets support

Egypt's bid for UNSC seat gets supportJAKARTA: Russia, a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC), extended its support to Egypt's bid for permanent seat in the UNSC, the Egyptian Embassy in Jakarta announced.

Mon, 02 May 2005

JP/Jakarta 46 BNI managers to scale twin peaks for Proliga titles

Jakarta 46 BNI managers to scale twin peaks for Proliga titlesMoch. N. Kurniawan, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Jakarta 46 BNI's men's and women's teams served up double delight for their fans by taking top honors at the 2005 Sampoerna Hijau Proliga volleyball tournament in Senayan, Central ...

Mon, 02 May 2005

JP/Koizumi's desire for drama thwarted

Koizumi's desire for drama thwartedHiroshi Hoshi, The Asahi Shimbun, Tokyo A friend of mine gave me a copy of an interesting newspaper clipping from May 1, 1993. It came from the letters-to-the-editor column of The Mainichi Shimbun and concerned a serial novel that the paper had finished running.

Mon, 02 May 2005

JP/Shortage of security staff cause of rampant train crimes: KAI

Shortage of security staff cause of rampant train crimes: KAINana Rukmana, The Jakarta Post, CirebonState railway operator PT Kereta Api Indonesia has blamed a shortage of security personnel for rampant acts of vandalism and crime on trains and supporting facilities.First. Insp.

Mon, 02 May 2005

JP/JP/5/QUAKE

JP/5/QUAKEMajor earthquake rocks SinabangApriadi Gunawan The Jakarta Post/MedanAn earthquake measuring 6.0 on the Richter scale shook the area around Sinabang island in North Sumatra on Thursday night, causing panic among residents of the island.

Mon, 02 May 2005

JP/PKB proving itself to be inclusive, pluralistic party

PKB proving itself to be inclusive, pluralistic party The National Awakening Party (PKB) failed to resolve its internal conflict during its recent congress in Semarang, Central Java.

Mon, 02 May 2005

JP/Theo: Media exaggerated violent incident at JIS

Theo: Media exaggerated violent incident at JISThe Jakarta Post, JakartaInvestment Coordinating Board (BKPM) chairman Theo Toemion clarified on Sunday his involvement in a recent incident at the Jakarta International School (JIS), which he said had been exaggerated by the media.

Mon, 02 May 2005

JP/Laptops struggle to become more popular

Laptops struggle to become more popularUrip Hudiono, The Jakarta Post, JakartaWorking as a software developer, Christianto often has to serve his clients on-the-spot in different areas of Jakarta.

Mon, 02 May 2005

JP/Consul's house tightly guarded

Consul's house tightly guardedBANDUNG: A team of Bandung police personnel were tightly guarding the residence of Polish honorary consul Mariola Budiman on Saturday, following an armed robbery at the house a day earlier.

Mon, 02 May 2005

JP/Mobile working system to enhance productivity

Mobile working system to enhance productivity The Jakarta Post Jakarta The efficient use of time and money is essential for Jakartans struggling to get to work amid notorious traffic congestion. With studies showing the average traveling speed in the capital is 14.

Mon, 02 May 2005

JP/Choosing laptops a serious business

Choosing laptops a serious businessUrip Hudiono, The Jakarta Post, JakartaSo you decide to buy a laptop but then stop dead in your tracks when you actually go to the local computer store to pick one out.