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Tue, 21 Jan 2003

JP/FBI not part of probe team: Minister

FBI not part of probe team: Minister JAKARTA: Coordinating Minister for Political and Security Affairs Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said on Monday that the visit of U.S.

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Tue, 21 Jan 2003

JP/Humankind's blood thirst threatens animals' future

Humankind's blood thirst threatens animals' futureTantri Yuliandini, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta A long-tailed macaque is suspended by the tail from the ceiling of what appears to be a workshop, while a man holds the primate's head to stop it struggling as he burns the animal with a blowtorch to ...

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Tue, 21 Jan 2003

JP/City will buy Japan's JITF shares

City will buy Japan's JITF sharesThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta The Japanese government is offering to sell its 42 percent share in firm PT Jakarta International Trade Fair (JITF) to the city administration for just US$10 million -- but only if JITF get a court to rule it cannot pay its debt.

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Tue, 21 Jan 2003

JP/Prosecutors reject dossier on S.Kalimantan Governor

Prosecutors reject dossier on S.Kalimantan GovernorYuliansyah The Jakarta Post BanjarmasinSouth Kalimantan prosecutors refused on Monday to accept a dossier of a police investigation into corruption charges against Governor Sjachriel Darham, reasoning they needed President Megawati Soekarnoputri's ...

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Tue, 21 Jan 2003

JP/Leprosy still widespread in 111 regencies

Leprosy still widespread in 111 regencies Debbie A. Lubis The Jakarta Post JakartaThe public's belief that leprosy is incurable, their ignorance of the medical treatment's available and their prejudices against the sufferers are three major contributors to a rise in the number of leprosy cases ...

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Tue, 21 Jan 2003

JP/RI children need counseling

RI children need counselingIgnas Kleden, Sociologist, The Center for East Indonesian Affairs (CEIA), Jakarta, ceia@centrin.net.id Viewed from the perspective of time, the future are our children.

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Tue, 21 Jan 2003

JP/Lake Tempe to be rehabilitated

Lake Tempe to be rehabilitated MAKASSAR, South Sulawesi: State Minister for the Environment Nabiel Makarim is scheduled to announce the rehabilitation of Lake Tempe in Wajo regency, South Sulawesi, on Tuesday.

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Tue, 21 Jan 2003

JP/Fresh water for all

Fresh water for all One of the bills being currently deliberated in the House is the Water Resources Management Bill, which is presumably designed to become an umbrella for the total restructuring of water management in the future.

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Tue, 21 Jan 2003

JP/Present coalition

Present coalition still going strong In the political scene, it is virtually impossible for the solid coalition of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-Perjuangan), the faction of the Functional Group (Golkar) behind Akbar Tandjung and the United Development Party (PPP) to lose ...

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Tue, 21 Jan 2003

JP/ISSI ponders SEAG training period

ISSI ponders SEAG training periodThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta The Indonesian Cycling Association (ISSI) remains undecided on whether to adopt a long or short training period for the cyclists ahead of the 2003 Southeast Asian (SEA) Games, an ISSI official said on Monday.

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Tue, 21 Jan 2003

JP/Govt cuts fuel prices after weeks of protests

Govt cuts fuel prices after weeks of protestsThe Jakarta Post JakartaThe government announced on Monday a reduction in fuel prices and discounts for certain electricity users following weeks of nationwide protests over the recent fuel and utility price hikes.

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Tue, 21 Jan 2003

JP/Six SMS fraudsters arrested

Six SMS fraudsters arrested JAKARTA: After operating for a year and obtaining Rp 50 million (US$5,600) by deception, six Short Message Service (SMS) fraudsters were arrested by the city police.

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Tue, 21 Jan 2003

JP/Amin Syam sworn in as new governor of S. Sulawesi

Amin Syam sworn in as new governor of S. SulawesiJupriadi, The Jakarta Post, Makassar, South Sulawesi As in Southeast Sulawesi, the swearing-in of Amin Syam as new governor of South Sulawesi has been in limbo amid the ongoing police investigation into bribery allegations during the gubernatorial ...

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Tue, 21 Jan 2003

JP/Heritage runs deep in Sita's veins

Heritage runs deep in Sita's veinsSri Wahyuni, The Jakarta Post, Yogyakarta For Laretna T. Adishakti, her very persona and heritage activities are one and the same, an integral whole.

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Tue, 21 Jan 2003

JP/Students, workers to continue protests

Students, workers to continue protests Students, workers and employers vowed on Monday to continue their street rallies to force the government to make radical changes to economic policies aimed at bailing the country out of its multidimensional crisis.

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Tue, 21 Jan 2003

JP/Case studies of privatization: A backlash

Case studies of privatization: A backlashThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta One of the strongest arguments in favor of water privatization is the widespread inability of public utilities in the developing world to provide clean water.

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Tue, 21 Jan 2003

JP/Judges inherent powers' source of injustice: Experts

Judges inherent powers' source of injustice: ExpertsKurniawan Hari, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The inherent powers of judges in determining whether or not a convict has to serve his sentence immediately have become a source of injustice and therefore must be scrapped, legal experts say.Rizqi S.

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Tue, 21 Jan 2003

JP/Investigation into Sulawesi bribery allegations to go forward

Investigation into Sulawesi bribery allegations to go forwardThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta Despite recent objections from councillors, the government prosecutor's office in Kendari, capital of Southeast Sulawesi, said it would go ahead with its plan to investigate the alleged bribery in the recent ...

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Tue, 21 Jan 2003

JP/Joggers protest closure of Thamrin-Sudirman roads

Joggers protest closure of Thamrin-Sudirman roadsDamar Harsanto and Muninggar Sri Saraswati The Jakarta Post JakartaThose who used to jog and exercise along Jakarta's main arteries of Jl. Thamrin and Jl.

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Tue, 21 Jan 2003

JP/Joggers protest Thamrin closure

Joggers protest Thamrin closureDamar Harsanto and Muninggar Sri Saraswati, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Jakartans who used to jog and exercise along the capital's main arteries Jl. M.H. Thamrin and Jl. Jend.

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Tue, 21 Jan 2003

JP/Residents protest road damage in Tangerang

Residents protest road damage in TangerangMulta Fidrus, The Jakarta Post, Tangerang Thousands of residents from the districts of Balaraja, Kresek and Kronjo in Tangerang, Banten province, blocked the main road connecting the three districts on Monday to demand the regency administration repair ...

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Tue, 21 Jan 2003

JP/1,000 women demand independence

1,000 women demand independence BANDA ACEH, Aceh: More than 1,000 Acehnese women staged a peaceful demonstration in the city on Monday, demanding the government grant full independence to the country's westernmost province.

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Tue, 21 Jan 2003

JP/JP/4/scene

JP/4/sceneTeam formed to discuss antiterrorism bills JAKARTA: The House of Representatives (DPR) on Monday formed a special committee to deliberate the much-awaited antiterrorism bills.

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Tue, 21 Jan 2003

JP/Farewell, Hilda: pioneer of modern art dies

Farewell, Hilda: pioneer of modern art dies Carla Bianpoen Contributor Jakarta On Friday, January 17, at 9.20 p.m. Jakarta time, Hildawati Soemantri passed away at Darmais Hospital from cancer.

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Tue, 21 Jan 2003

JP/CGI delegates: Save Aceh's forests!

CGI delegates: Save Aceh's forests! Thousands of letters from all over the world have arrived on my desk. Petitions opposing the construction of the Ladia Galaska Road network through the last tropical rain forest in Aceh province are approaching the one million mark.

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Tue, 21 Jan 2003

JP/Controversial Manulife judges exonerated

Controversial Manulife judges exoneratedFabiola Desy Unidjaja The Jakarta Post JakartaOnce again the Indonesian judiciary would appear to have shot itself in the foot with the Supreme Court finding the three judges who declared Canadian-based insurance company Manulife bankrupt innocent of all ...

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Tue, 21 Jan 2003

JP/TV Program: Tuesday, January 21, 2003

TV Program: Tuesday, January 21, 2003TVRI .TB.30" .90" 5:00 a.m. Religious Teachings6:00 News: Berita Pagi7:30 Sports Feature8:00 DRTV Indonesia8:30 Environment9:00 Children's Program9:30 Documentary10:00 Entertainment11:00 News: Berita Daerah11:30 Music12:00 p.m.

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Tue, 21 Jan 2003

JP/RI leaders warn U.S. not to attack Iraq

RI leaders warn U.S. not to attack Iraqor'U.S. must not fight Iraq as it will cause chaos in RI'Fabiola Desy Unidjaja The Jakarta Post JakartaNoted Muslim leaders, scholars and activists warned the United States on Saturday against attacking Iraq, saying that a war against Baghdad would only ...

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Tue, 21 Jan 2003

JP/W. Sumatra regency on edge following deadly clashes

W. Sumatra regency on edge following deadly clashesKasparman, The Jakarta Post, Padang, West Sumatra The situation remained tense in Pasaman regency, West Sumatra, on Monday, six days after a clash between two villages there left five people dead and six others seriously injured.

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Tue, 21 Jan 2003

JP/City Council talks money in Puncak

City Council talks money in PuncakAhmad Junaidi, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta City councillors and officials start to discuss the 2003 city budget, which amounts to Rp 11.05 trillion (US$1.

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Tue, 21 Jan 2003

JP/Legislators uninterested in water bill

Legislators uninterested in water billThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta Many consider the water resource bill an important bill but that is not apparently the case for legislators who will deliberate upon it at the House of Representatives.

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Tue, 21 Jan 2003

JP/`She's an incompetent leader'

`She's an incompetent leader' With the country still mired in an economic crisis, President Megawati Soekarnoputri has called on people to live modestly and to tighten their belts.

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Tue, 21 Jan 2003

JP/Policeman gets 3 years for rights crimes

Policeman gets 3 years for rights crimesMoch. N. Kurniawan, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Former Dili police chief Lt. Col. Hulman Gultom was sentenced to three years in prison on Monday by a human rights court for crimes against humanity in East Timor in 1999.

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Tue, 21 Jan 2003

JP/Lovers bicycle around the world

Lovers bicycle around the world Laetitia van der Elst and Frederic Duprat, who are traveling around the world by bike, pose with Indonesia's Usmadi, who is journeying across the archipelago by bike, near Cirebon, West Java.

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Tue, 21 Jan 2003

JP/Susilo grilled over asset declaration

Susilo grilled over asset declaration JAKARTA: Coordinating Minister for Political and Security Affairs Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono was questioned on Monday by the Public Servants' Wealth Audit Commission (KPKPN) over the comprehensiveness of his asset declaration to the commission.

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Tue, 21 Jan 2003

JP/Govt cuts fuel prices after weeks of protests

Govt cuts fuel prices after weeks of protestsThe Jakarta Post JakartaThe government announced on Monday a reduction in fuel prices and discounts for certain electricity users following weeks of nationwide protests over the recent fuel and utility price hikes.

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Tue, 21 Jan 2003

JP/Equality before the law

Equality before the law Go straight to jail. Do not pass go. Do not collect $200.Those familiar with the Monopoly board game -- fun for the family before computer games spoiled it all -- will recognize these phrases from a card that comes up when your luck runs out.

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Tue, 21 Jan 2003

JP/Present coalition

Present coalition still going strong In the political scene, it is virtually impossible for the solid coalition of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-Perjuangan), the faction of the Functional Group (Golkar) behind Akbar Tandjung and the United Development Party (PPP) to lose ...

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Tue, 21 Jan 2003

JP/West, Muslims told to forget past

West, Muslims told to forget pastBerni K. Moestafa, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta With the war on terror risking putting a wedge between the Western and Islamic worlds, scholar and former foreign minister Alwi Shihab said both sides must let go of pasts dating back to the Middle Ages, as it was there ...

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Tue, 21 Jan 2003

JP/CP Open Biennale commences new art initiative

CP Open Biennale commences new art initiativeCarla Bianpoen, Contributor, Jakarta The CP Foundation through its chairperson Tjianan Djie and curator Jim Supangkat announced on Jan.

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Tue, 21 Jan 2003

JP/Doubts remain about ASEAN's resolve to fight terrorism

Doubts remain about ASEAN's resolve to fight terrorismFabiola Desy Unidjaja and Zakki Hakim, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Police chiefs from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) started an antiterrorism workshop here on Monday amid serious doubts over the region's resolve to crack down ...

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Tue, 21 Jan 2003

JP/NGOs criticize plans to amend forestry law

NGOs criticize plans to amend forestry lawThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta Several non-governmental organizations have criticized plans by legislators in the House of Representatives to amend Law No. 41/1999 on forestry affairs.

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Tue, 21 Jan 2003

JP/Equality before the law

Equality before the law Go straight to jail. Do not pass go. Do not collect $200.Those familiar with the Monopoly board game -- fun for the family before computer games spoiled it all -- will recognize these phrases from a card that comes up when your luck runs out.

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Tue, 21 Jan 2003

JP/American protesters urge Bush to drop war plan

American protesters urge Bush to drop war planHarry Bhaskara, The Jakarta Post, San Francisco, California As the world holds its breath over the possibility of war between the U.S. and Iraq only weeks from now, antiwar activists around the world are intensifying their campaigns.

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Tue, 21 Jan 2003

JP/Three killed in truck accident

Three killed in truck accident BOGOR: Three people died instantly, while six others were seriously injured after a truck overturned on Jl. Raya Gunung Sindur in Bogor early on Sunday morning.The fatalities were Darmawan, 30, Hadi, 20, and Seto, 25.

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Tue, 21 Jan 2003

JP/Young Susanto leads national chess competition

Young Susanto leads national chess competitionMusthofid, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Sixteen-year-old Susanto Megaranto is assured of becoming the leader of the national chess league after the competition completed six of its planned eight legs at the weekend.

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Tue, 21 Jan 2003

JP/Controversial Manulife judges exonerated

Controversial Manulife judges exoneratedFabiola Desy Unidjaja, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Once again the Indonesian judiciary would appear to have shot itself in the foot with the Supreme Court finding the three judges who declared Canadian-based insurance company Manulife bankrupt innocent of all ...

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Tue, 21 Jan 2003

JP/Govt finally bows to public pressure and cuts fuel prices

Govt finally bows to public pressure and cuts fuel pricesThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta The government announced on Monday a reduction in fuel prices and discounts for certain electricity users following weeks of nationwide protests over the recent fuel and utility price hikes.

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Tue, 21 Jan 2003

JP/Police name two more suspects in Bali bombings

Police name two more suspects in Bali bombingsThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta/Bali The police have named two more suspects in the Oct. 12 Bali blasts, though of all the suspects named so far two are assumed to have died in the attack.Chief investigator Insp. Gen.

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Tue, 21 Jan 2003

JP/Leprosy on the rise in 111 regencies countrywide

Leprosy on the rise in 111 regencies countrywideDebbie A. Lubis, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The public's belief that leprosy is incurable, their ignorance of the medical treatment's available and their prejudices against the sufferers are three major contributors to a rise in the number of leprosy ...

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Tue, 21 Jan 2003

JP/Threat not to pay taxes

Threat not to pay taxes In the rallies held in response to the simultaneous increases of fuel prices, electricity rates and telephone tariffs, the protesters demanded that President Megawati Soekarnoputri and Vice President Hamzah Haz resign. I can certainly understand this demand.

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Tue, 21 Jan 2003

JP/Donors ready to extend loans despite rising criticism

Donors ready to extend loans despite rising criticismWahyoe Boediwardhana, The Jakarta Post, Denpasar, Bali Indonesia's traditional foreign lenders, from the Consultative Group on Indonesia (CGI), will start a two-day meeting on Tuesday on the resort island of Bali to determine a new loan ...

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Tue, 21 Jan 2003

JP/Govt told to curb paper dumping practices

Govt told to curb paper dumping practicesA'an Suryana, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The local paper industry has demanded the government take immediate action against alleged dumping practices by paper manufacturers from Finland, South Korea, India and Malaysia.

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Tue, 21 Jan 2003

JP/Govt has no sense of crisis: Cak Roes

Govt has no sense of crisis: Cak Roes SURABAYA: Respected national figure Roeslan Abdulgani, popularly known as Cak Roes, criticized President Megawati Soekarnoputri's administration, which, he said, had no sense of crisis, as indicated by the fuel and electricity price hikes.

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Tue, 21 Jan 2003

JP/Green NGOs oppose bill legalizing water privatization

Green NGOs oppose bill legalizing water privatizationBambang Nurbianto and Adianto P. Simamora, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Fearing grim consequences for the environment, environmental organizations have expressed strong opposition to the water resources bill that will become a legal basis for ...

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Tue, 21 Jan 2003

JP/Funds for RT/RWs not salaries

Funds for RT/RWs not salaries JAKARTA: Jakarta Governor Sutiyoso asserted that the monthly support funds of Rp 150,000 (about US$17) and Rp 250,000 that would be paid by the city administration to the heads of neighborhood and community units respectively, were not salaries.

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Tue, 21 Jan 2003

JP/Threat not to pay taxes

Threat not to pay taxes In the rallies held in response to the simultaneous increases of fuel prices, electricity rates and telephone tariffs, the protesters demanded that President Megawati Soekarnoputri and Vice President Hamzah Haz resign. I can certainly understand this demand.

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Tue, 21 Jan 2003

JP/Minister warns Aceh truce might be broken

Minister warns Aceh truce might be brokenTiarma Siboro, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The top security minister warned on Monday that Indonesia could withdraw from the peace agreement with the separatist Free Aceh Movement (GAM) if the international monitoring team failed to take "serious action" to ...

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Tue, 21 Jan 2003

JP/House to discuss antiterrorism bills

House to discuss antiterrorism bills JAKARTA: The House of Representatives (DPR) on Monday formed a special committee to deliberate the much-awaited antiterrorism bills.

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