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Fri, 21 Oct 2005

JP/East Timor refugees left out in cash aid

East Timor refugees left out in cash aidThe Jakarta Post, Kupang, SemarangWhile many poor families have started to receive cash aid from the government, more than 1,000 poor refugee families in Kupang are missing out.

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Fri, 21 Oct 2005

JP/Militant slapped with vandalism charges

Militant slapped with vandalism chargesBlontank Poer, The Jakarta Post, SukoharjoPolice officers declared the leader of a Muslim militant group a suspect on Thursday, three days after he led a mob attack on restaurants selling alcoholic drinks.

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Fri, 21 Oct 2005

JP/Sajama Cut, indie band on the verge of mainstream popularity

Sajama Cut, indie band on the verge of mainstream popularityJP/18/SAJAMASajama Cut, indie band on the verge of mainstream popularity.M.

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Fri, 21 Oct 2005

JP/Apartments offer friendly living too

Apartments offer friendly living tooT. Sima Gunawan, Contributor, Jakarta A baby usually brings joy to the parents and makes the house warm. As for Maya Carpenter, a resident of Four Seasons Apartments in Jakarta, having a baby also means having new friends.

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Fri, 21 Oct 2005

JP/Poetic guardian of Kalimantan Meratus Dayak tradition

Poetic guardian of Kalimantan Meratus Dayak traditionOyos Saroso H.N., The Jakarta Post, JakartaWearing a black pullover, blue vest and black hat, the gentleman was very modest in appearance.With graying hair and moustache, he had a firm expression on his face.

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Fri, 21 Oct 2005

JP/Retailers to use Microsoft software

Retailers to use Microsoft software JAKARTA: Some 72 retail companies under the Indonesian Retailers Association (Aprindo) signed a memorandum of understanding with software company PT Microsoft Indonesia on Thursday for the application of legal software in their business.

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Fri, 21 Oct 2005

JP/Firewood a hot seller as kerosene hard to buy

Firewood a hot seller as kerosene hard to buyAntara, KediriSince fuel prices went up on Oct. 1, pricing kerosene out of the reach of many poor people, more residents of Kediri regency, East Java, have been using firewood for their cooking needs.

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Fri, 21 Oct 2005

JP/20% budget allocation for schools? 'Not likely'

20% budget allocation for schools? 'Not likely'Urip Hudiono and Hera Diani, The Jakarta Post, JakartaWhile welcoming the Constitutional Court's ruling that obliges the government to increase the education budget, education observers raised doubts that the ruling would take effect in 2006, while the ...

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Fri, 21 Oct 2005

JP/U.S. backs tougher antiterror law

U.S. backs tougher antiterror law JAKARTA: The United States administration has supported the Indonesian government's plan to establish a tougher antiterror body and counterterrorism legislations, but said it has no intention to intervene in the process.

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Fri, 21 Oct 2005

JP/Danamon loses document

Danamon loses document In April 2005, an employee at Danamon Prima in Pondok Indah convinced me to invest in Reksadana Trimegah. After a brief hesitation, she assured me that she personally would manage my investment and it would be seriously taken care of.

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Fri, 21 Oct 2005

JP/Garut's attractions now within easy reach

Garut's attractions now within easy reachJames Boyd, Contributor, Jakarta The new Cipularang expressway linking Jakarta to Bandung has opened up a whole new universe of weekend getaways to the south and east of Bandung that were previously beyond the reach of all but the most determined of ...

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Fri, 21 Oct 2005

JP/Cured lepers seek better living in Ramadhan

Cured lepers seek better living in RamadhanMulta Fidrus The Jakarta Post/TangerangThe holy month of Ramadhan is a time for giving, which some people take advantage of by looking for easy money, begging on the street.

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Fri, 21 Oct 2005

JP/City readies 6,500 buses for exodus

City readies 6,500 buses for exodusBambang Nurbianto and Damar Harsanto, The Jakarta Post, JakartaThe Jakarta administration has prepared a total of 6,566 buses to anticipate the surge in the number of people leaving the city to celebrate Idul Fitri in their hometowns.

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Fri, 21 Oct 2005

JP/Forgive convicted Australians

Forgive convicted Australians Indonesia should have mercy on the nine Australians arrested for attempting to traffic heroin from Bali to Australia.These young people have made a mistake in their lives and now they face the consequences of their deed. However, these young lives should be spared.

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Fri, 21 Oct 2005

JP/Omnico quits monorail consortium, Sutiyoso says

Omnico quits monorail consortium, Sutiyoso saysThe Jakarta Post, JakartaIn another blow to the country's hopes of attracting foreign investment to the infrastructure sector, Governor Sutiyoso has announced the withdrawal of Omnico Singapore Pte. Ltd.

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Fri, 21 Oct 2005

JP/Death toll in Aceh flood rises to 16

Death toll in Aceh flood rises to 16Nani Afrida, The Jakarta Post, Banda AcehThe death toll from flash floods in Southeast Aceh regency climbed to 16 on Thursday while seven people are still missing.

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Fri, 21 Oct 2005

JP/ASEAN engagement the right step

ASEAN engagement the right stepAlexander C. Chandra, Jakarta The recent Regional Conference on Civil Society Engagement in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) was a step forward towards the process of democratization and openness in ASEAN.

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Fri, 21 Oct 2005

JP/Batam's ferry operation on strike

Batam's ferry operation on strikeFadli, The Jakarta Post, BatamAt least 1,000 passengers were stranded at Sekupang domestic port and Telago Punggur port in Batam, Riau Islands following a ferry operators' decision to stop services on Thursday.

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Fri, 21 Oct 2005

JP/Rental rates continue upward trend

Rental rates continue upward trend The average asking gross rent of mid-up leased apartment units continued to climb upwards in the second quarter of this year, partly due to the increase in the oil price in the first three months.

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Fri, 21 Oct 2005

JP/Igor O'Neill

Igor O'Neill Jakarta Vice President Jusuf Kalla on Oct. 7 announced the government's plan to spend Rp 150 billion (US$15 million) to buy 10 million coal stoves as a part of the government efforts to diversify energy resources and to reduce the costly subsidy for kerosene.

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Fri, 21 Oct 2005

JP/Yogyakartans turn to coal briquettes

Yogyakartans turn to coal briquettesSlamet Susanto The Jakarta Post/Yogyakarta Today's high fuel prices are no longer a source of stress for Agus Sumarwoto as two months ago the catering entrepreneur turned to coal briquettes.

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Fri, 21 Oct 2005

JP/Lepers seek better lives in Ramadhan

Lepers seek better lives in RamadhanMulta Fidrus, The Jakarta Post, TangerangThe holy month of Ramadhan is a time for giving, which some people take advantage of by looking for easy money, begging on the street.

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Fri, 21 Oct 2005

JP/SEA Games titleholder Sony sets sights on silver this time

SEA Games titleholder Sony sets sights on silver this timeMoch. N. Kurniawan, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The Badminton Association of Indonesia (PBSI) hopes men's singles titleholder Sony Dwi Kuncoro can at least reach this year's Southeast Asian (SEA) Games final after returning from an injury ...

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Fri, 21 Oct 2005

JP/Yogyakarta residents turn to coal briquettes for fuel

Yogyakarta residents turn to coal briquettes for fuelSlamet Susanto, The Jakarta Post, YogyakartaToday's high fuel prices are no longer a source of stress for Agus Sumarwoto as two months ago the catering entrepreneur turned to coal briquettes.

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Fri, 21 Oct 2005

JP/More low-cost apartments to be built

More low-cost apartments to be builtDamar Harsanto, The Jakarta Post, JakartaThe city administration is planning to require developers that have not fulfilled their obligations to construct public and social facilities to build low-cost apartments for the poor instead.

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Fri, 21 Oct 2005

JP/Terrorism is the world's concern

Terrorism is the world's concernIntolerance is the basis of all the terrorism that has become endemic throughout the globe.

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Fri, 21 Oct 2005

JP/Imams, the good and the bad

Imams, the good and the badMuhamad Ali, Manoa, Hawaii Imams, religious leaders and scholars, with all their different names -- ulama, syeikh, mufti, kiyai, ustaz, guru -- in different parts of the world, play important, yet-changing roles among Muslim societies.

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Fri, 21 Oct 2005

JP/'The current Cabinet has vested interests'

'The current Cabinet has vested interests'The latest polls indicate that while President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and Vice President Jusuf Kalla, or SBY and JK, remain popular with voters, they have lost some of their shine since being catapulted into office last year.

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Fri, 21 Oct 2005

JP/PLN to shut down several plants

PLN to shut down several plantsLeony Aurora, The Jakarta Post, JakartaState power firm PT Perusahaan Listrik Negara plans to shut down several of their major power plants in Java and lower supply by some 4,000 megawatts (MW) for the five days surrounding the Idul Fitri holidays, in accordance with ...

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Fri, 21 Oct 2005

JP/JP/6/Watch

JP/6/WatchHigh-end watches - a lucrative businessBy Susanna Tjokro s_tjokro@yahoo.com "It's a status symbol, just like a vehicle. However, while you can't bring your car into the meeting room, you certainly can wear your watch in a business meeting," says my former boss about her Rolex.

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Fri, 21 Oct 2005

JP/Australia-Indonesia relations lack leadership

Australia-Indonesia relations lack leadershipDuncan Graham, Contributor, SurabayaThe Australian government has failed to provide serious leadership in improving relations with Indonesia, according to Dr. David Hill, professor of Southeast Asian Studies at Western Australia's Murdoch University.

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Fri, 21 Oct 2005

JP/Manpower office to hold job fair

Manpower office to hold job fairSURABAYA, East Java: With high unemployment rates in East Java, the provincial manpower office will hold a job fair on Oct. 24 and Oct. 25, a senior official said on Thursday.

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Fri, 21 Oct 2005

JP/Malls go all out for Ramadhan and Idul Fitri

Malls go all out for Ramadhan and Idul FitriTantri Yuliandini, The Jakarta Post, JakartaThe fasting month of Ramadhan and Idul Fitri are always festive moments in the capital with many shopping malls and department stores organizing special promotions and events.

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Fri, 21 Oct 2005

JP/Monthly rental rates continue upward trend

Monthly rental rates continue upward trend The average asking gross rent of mid-up leased apartment units continued to climb upwards in the second quarter of this year, partly due to the increase in the oil price in the first three months.

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Fri, 21 Oct 2005

JP/SBY still tight-lipped on Cabinet reshuffle

SBY still tight-lipped on Cabinet reshuffleThe Jakarta Post, JakartaYesterday marked exactly one year since President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono officially took office on Oct. 20, 2004.

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Fri, 21 Oct 2005

JP/Taxi firm tightens control after violent robbery

Taxi firm tightens control after violent robberyDamar Harsanto, The Jakarta Post, JakartaWould-be passengers have to be careful when taking a taxi, even if it belongs to a reputable company.

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Fri, 21 Oct 2005

JP/Lack of incentives discourage firms from going public

Lack of incentives discourage firms from going publicRendi A. Witular, The Jakarta Post, JakartaLack of fiscal incentives and unfavorable capital market regulations have been blamed for the sluggish growth in the number of companies willing to sell their shares to the public by listing themselves ...

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Fri, 21 Oct 2005

JP/Apartments offer friendly living too

Apartments offer friendly living tooT. Sima Gunawan Contributor/Jakarta A baby usually brings joy to the parents and makes the house warm. As for Maya Carpenter, a resident of Four Seasons Apartments in Jakarta, having a baby also means having new friends.

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Fri, 21 Oct 2005

JP/Police raid car wash-cum-karaoke bar

Police raid car wash-cum-karaoke bar BEKASI: Police have arrested five employees of a karaoke bar disguised as a car wash and garage on Jl. Kalimalang, Bekasi Barat, late on Wednesday.

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Fri, 21 Oct 2005

JP/No remission for drug traffickers

No remission for drug traffickers Besides being the most democratic country with the largest Muslim population in the world, Indonesia apparently is also a humanitarian and religious country.

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Fri, 21 Oct 2005

JP/Govt won't restrict Islamic schools: Kalla

Govt won't restrict Islamic schools: KallaRendi A. Witular, The Jakarta Post, JakartaVice President Jusuf Kalla denied reports that the government would restrict the activities of Islamic boarding schools (pesantren) as part of the fight against terrorism, the Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) said on ...

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Fri, 21 Oct 2005

JP/Workers want court to disburse salaries

Workers want court to disburse salaries JAKARTA: Dozens of workers of security service provider Securicor staged a rally in front of the South Jakarta District Court on Thursday morning, asking the court to disburse their two-month salaries.

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Fri, 21 Oct 2005

JP/Supreme Court

Supreme Court trading RI women? We refer to the news item Want to marry RI woman? Pay Rp 500m in deposit (The Jakarta Post, Oct. 10, page 2).We are outraged and disturbed when reading the subject article.

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Fri, 21 Oct 2005

JP/Pressure grows for Bali special autonomy status

Pressure grows for Bali special autonomy statusI Wayan Juniartha, The Jakarta Post, DenpasarAmid public anger in Bali over the latest terrorist attacks on the island, a number of senior local politicians and intellectuals have launched a campaign to push for special autonomy.

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Fri, 21 Oct 2005

JP/U.S. senators worried over domestic child labor

U.S. senators worried over domestic child laborThe Jakarta Post, JakartaFifteen U.S. senators from the Republican and Democrat Parties have written to Minister of Manpower and Transmigration Fahmi Idris this week, conveying their concerns over child domestic labor in Indonesia.

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Fri, 21 Oct 2005

JP/RI, Hungary pave way for cooperation

RI, Hungary pave way for cooperationJAKARTA: Indonesian Minister of Foreign Affairs Hassan Wirayuda and Hungarian Minister of Informatics and Communications Kalman Kovacs signed on Oct.

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Fri, 21 Oct 2005

JP/Let police do the job

Let police do the job It might have been pure coincidence, but ahead of the first anniversary of our President's term, the police finally started to arrest civilians walking about with firearms and other weapons.

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Fri, 21 Oct 2005

JP/Public involvement crucial in fight against terror

Public involvement crucial in fight against terror Following the second bomb attack on Bali in under three years, the government plans to amend the current antiterror law, which is considered ineffective in stamping out terrorism.

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Fri, 21 Oct 2005

JP/Religion and population growth

Religion and population growth You often hear people say that Islam is the fastest growing religion, and usually that is made simply as a statement with no explanation.I wondered about that, especially in the light of the events since Sept.

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Fri, 21 Oct 2005

JP/Four injured in fuel protest

Four injured in fuel protest SURABAYA, East Java: Four students suffered light injuries after a clash with the police during the latest protests in Surabaya on Thursday as they were expressing staunch opposition to the government's recent move to raise fuel prices.

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Fri, 21 Oct 2005

JP/Up to 1 million workers may face layoff, says minister

Up to 1 million workers may face layoff, says ministerThe Jakarta Post, JakartaThe economic hardship faced by businesses, in particular due to the recent fuel prices hike, may result in up to 1 million workers losing their jobs by the end of the year, a minister says.

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Fri, 21 Oct 2005

JP/Cold War lessons for George Bush

Cold War lessons for George BushJoseph S. Nye, Project Syndicate President Bush recently drew an analogy between the current struggle against violent jihadi terrorism and the Cold War. He is right in one respect: waves of terrorism tend to be generational.

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Fri, 21 Oct 2005

JP/First lawsuit filed over Mandala crash with Chicago court

First lawsuit filed over Mandala crash with Chicago courtApriadi Gunawan, The Jakarta Post, MedanA lawyer from the Nolan Law Group announced on Thursday it had filed a lawsuit in a Chicago court over the Sept. 5 Mandala plane crash in Medan.On Oct.

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Fri, 21 Oct 2005

JP/Rising BI rates slow down lending growth

Rising BI rates slow down lending growthUrip Hudiono and Rendi A. Witular, The Jakarta Post, JakartaSigns of a possible economic slowdown due to the recent rise in interest rates are only now becoming more apparent, with the country's banking industry likely to miss their lending targets for this ...

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Fri, 21 Oct 2005

JP/JAI sues Bogor administration

JAI sues Bogor administrationTheresia Sufa, The Jakarta Post, BogorBogor authorities received on Thursday a lawsuit from the Ahmadiyah Indonesia Congregation (JAI) due to the closure of its mosques and the prohibition of its activities across the regency.

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Fri, 21 Oct 2005

JP/Papua's integration into RI final: Dutch lawmaker

Papua's integration into RI final: Dutch lawmakerRidwan Max Sijabat, The Jakarta Post, JakartaA Dutch parliamentarian called on the international community to stop questioning the status of Papua as the territory's incorporation into Indonesia under the United Nations-sanctioned 1969 Act of Free ...

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Fri, 21 Oct 2005

JP/Mobile post office attacked

Mobile post office attackedTheresia Sufa, The Jakarta Post, BogorBraving the heat and rain, thousands of destitute residents of 11 villages in Leuwiliang district, Bogor, had been gathering in the soccer field since dawn on Wednesday.

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Fri, 21 Oct 2005

JP/Finance ministry officials charged with graft

Finance ministry officials charged with graftThe Jakarta Post, JakartaProsecutors demanded an 18-month jail sentence for two senior officials of the Ministry of Finance over their alleged involvement in a graft case at the General Elections Commission (KPU).

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Fri, 21 Oct 2005

JP/Antiterror raids raise hackles

Antiterror raids raise hacklesTiarma Siboro, The Jakarta Post, JakartaLarge-scale raids to find those responsible for the latest Bali bombings have caused unease among some sections of the public, and those who feel they have been unfairly treated have been urged to file complaints against the ...

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Fri, 21 Oct 2005

JP/Four sports get reprieve for SEAG

Four sports get reprieve for SEAGMoch. N. Kurniawan, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The National Sports Council (KONI) will send athletes in four sports deemed unlikely to medal in the Southeast Asian (SEA) Games, despite an earlier declaration that only those with strong prospects would leave for the ...

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Fri, 21 Oct 2005

JP/The 'Ugly American' and the Arab without a nose

The 'Ugly American' and the Arab without a noseMona Eltahawy, Common Ground News Service -- Partners in Humanity, Cairo As Karen Hughes, the newly appointed head of U.S.

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Fri, 21 Oct 2005

JP/Kampung Sampireun: Jewel in the Garut crown

Kampung Sampireun: Jewel in the Garut crown If you do decide to take a trip down Garut way, then don't miss out on a stay at Kampung Sampireun -- for my money simply one of the best resorts in Indonesia.

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Fri, 21 Oct 2005

JP/Scroll of Honor for Jakarta

Scroll of Honor for Jakarta We refer to the article Activists slam habitat award for Jakarta, published in The Jakarta Post on Oct. 4. The city of Jakarta is a megacity with more than 10 million inhabitants. About 20 percent, or two million, are living in kampongs or slums.

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Fri, 21 Oct 2005

JP/JP/20/MORITZ

JP/20/MORITZFormer sportsman still has competitive edgeMario Koch The Jakarta Post/JakartaAfter 10 successful years, German Moritz Kleine-Brockhoff, 37, turned his back on playing professional basketball to become a journalist in Southeast Asia.

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Fri, 21 Oct 2005

JP/Inquisition in Indonesia

Inquisition in Indonesia Civilians rampaging like wild elephants in the jungle, trampling on the rights of the people; making kangaroo court judgments on what people can think or say or do; condemning the populace if they don't conform to narrow self-righteous mind think; issuing dictums, or ...

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