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Searching for all articles published on 2003-04-20 ...

23 articles.

Sun, 20 Apr 2003

JP/Important but financially impossible for most

Important but financially impossible for mostLeo Wahyudi S, Contributor, Jakarta Despite the controversy over the weakness of education for the very young, some parents still consider it vital.Nini, mother of four-year old Veraldi, said her only son deserved the best education she could offer him.

Sun, 20 Apr 2003

JP/On the Record

On the Record Artist: Linkin Park; Album: Meteora (Warner Music).Their debut album Hybrid Theory in 2000 sold over 12.3 million copies worldwide, trumping albums by 'N Sync and Britney Spears.

Sun, 20 Apr 2003

JP/Blazer DOHC: SUV that will pamper your family

Blazer DOHC: SUV that will pamper your familyNitza Arbi and Zatni Arbi, Contributors, Jakarta Americans, or those who have spent some time in the U.S., will immediately recognize "Blazer" as the name of an American SUV.

Sun, 20 Apr 2003

JP/Megawati looks for Romanian guns as U.S. embargo takes toll

Megawati looks for Romanian guns as U.S. embargo takes tollAgencies, Jakarta President Megawati Soekarnoputri is looking into possible cooperation in the weapons industry with Romania to accommodate Indonesia's need for weapons after an almost four-year military embargo imposed by the United ...

Sun, 20 Apr 2003

JP/SARS disease

SARS disease The SARS disease that may become a worldwide epidemic highlights the dangers of global travel and the degradation of our environment, which is likely responsible for the increase in mutations of viruses and other pathogens.

Sun, 20 Apr 2003

JP/Helping kids to be creative through Si Komo

Helping kids to be creative through Si KomoSudibyo M. Wiradji, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Though there is a growing interest among upper-class parents to send their children to preschools with a Western curriculum, there are still a few schools offering specifically Indonesian curriculum that ...

Sun, 20 Apr 2003

JP/Fear grips Aceh as war looms

Fear grips Aceh as war loomsNani Farida, The Jakarta Post, Banda Aceh The country's westernmost province of Aceh is awash not only with natural resources, but also with horrifying stories of children being orphaned, women raped and fathers and husbands assassinated during the military operation ...

Sun, 20 Apr 2003

JP/Escaped RI SARS patient in HK

Escaped RI SARS patient in HKAgencies, Hong Kong A runaway SARS patient who fled Indonesia where he was being kept in isolation was tracked down in Hong Kong Saturday, while a second patient with fewer SARS symptoms escaped a hospital quarantine in Bali.

Sun, 20 Apr 2003

JP/Reading, vital key to winning debating contest

Reading, vital key to winning debating contestM. Taufiqurrahman, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta There probably are not many youngsters in Indonesia who spend their youth digesting Salman Rushdie's The Midnight Children, Isabelle Allende's The House of the Spirits or Gabriel Marcia Marquez's One ...

Sun, 20 Apr 2003

JP/Levi's Type 1 for the young

Levi's Type 1 for the youngNovan Iman Santosa, The Jakarta Post , Lido, West Java The public may have the impression that all Levi's jeans have a basic and classical design, easily recognized with their well- known icons of double stitching, leather patches, rivets and red tab.

Sun, 20 Apr 2003

JP/Preparing children to enter the real world

Preparing children to enter the real worldDebbie A. Lubis, Contributor, Jakarta "Twinkle-twinkle little star how I wonder what you are. Up above the world so high, like a diamond in the sky...", sang four children as they came out of the elevator at Tutor Time Pondok Indah.

Sun, 20 Apr 2003

JP/RMS supporters warned of subversion

RMS supporters warned of subversionAzis Tunny The Jakarta Post Ambon, MalukuMaluku authorities renewed their warning against the South Maluku Republic (RMS) separatist movement, saying strong measures would be taken against those supporting for RMS and its affiliate, the Maluku Sovereignty Forum ...

Sun, 20 Apr 2003

JP/On the record

On the recordArtist : Linkin Park Album : Meteora (Warner Music)Their debut album Hybrid Theory in 2000 sold over 12.3 million copies worldwide, trumping albums by 'N Sync and Britney Spears.

Sun, 20 Apr 2003

JP/China objects

China objects This is in response to the letter Taiwan and global health published in The Jakarta Post on March 29, 2003.

Sun, 20 Apr 2003

JP/Chinese music troupe strives to survive

Chinese music troupe strives to surviveHera Diani, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Beneath the escalator, amid the cosmetics counters that sprawl on the ground floor of Sogo Department Store, Plaza Senayan, Central Jakarta, a group of six elders were playing traditional Chinese instruments.

Sun, 20 Apr 2003

JP/Mr. President's watch

Mr. President's watchZaki Zubaidi Just like yesterday, on this particular Sunday, Mr. President's residence looked deserted.

Sun, 20 Apr 2003

JP/No B.A.T.S. in the belfry after dark in the Shangri-La

No B.A.T.S. in the belfry after dark in the Shangri-La 'Twas a Wednesday and your's truly was feeling decidedly frisky.

Sun, 20 Apr 2003

JP/Unsound ethics of the moral police

Unsound ethics of the moral policeNew Straits Times Kuala Lumpur The enforcement officials have been criticized for violating the due process of law and accused of infringing the criminal procedure code. The matter is now with the Attorney General's Chambers.

Sun, 20 Apr 2003

JP/Modern dance group tours during troubling times

Modern dance group tours during troubling timesZoel Mohamad, Contributor, Jakarta They originally planned to perform their in September 2001, but the performance was postponed due to the Sept. 11 tragedy in New York and Washington.

Sun, 20 Apr 2003

JP/The grass always seems greener across the fence...

The grass always seems greener across the fence... So the war is over, the media tells us. At least we can breathe a sigh of relief that it lasted only about three weeks, and not the months -- or even years -- that some armchair pessimists were predicting.

Sun, 20 Apr 2003

JP/How to prepare kids for preschool

How to prepare kids for preschool Preparing your toddler for preschool is not difficult if you know how to do it. You are your child's first teacher.

Sun, 20 Apr 2003

JP/Introverted filmmaker with an attitude

Introverted filmmaker with an attitudeHera Diani, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta At first, director Sekar Ayu Asmara refused to sit down for an interview."Don't get me wrong, it's not just you, I've never been willing to be profiled," she said.

Sun, 20 Apr 2003

JP/Where to go in Jakarta:Sunday, April 20, 2003

Where to go in Jakarta:Sunday, April 20, 2003 Exhibitions* Painting by Shi Hu, National Museum, Jl. Medan Merdeka Barat No. 12, Central Jakarta (Tel. 3812346, 3868172), 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., until April 27. * Painting, Milestones Of Modesty, by I Made Djirna, at Graha Paramita Building, Jl.