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56 articles.

Wed, 21 May 2003

JP/Thousands join rally in reform protest

Thousands join rally in reform protestTertiani ZB Simanjuntak, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Close to 6,000 protesters took to the streets of Jakarta on Tuesday to mourn the failure of the reform movement to bring about change after its initial success in removing former authoritarian president ...

Wed, 21 May 2003

JP/Hamzah woos young members of PPP

Hamzah woos young members of PPPFabiola Desy Unidjaja and A'an Suryana, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Incumbent United Development Party (PPP) Hamzah Haz promised on Tuesday to give more positions to younger members in the party if he won his bid for reelection.

Wed, 21 May 2003

JP/Semen Padang conflict drags on, despite new management

Semen Padang conflict drags on, despite new managementM. Taufiqurrahman, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta More than a week after the defiant executives from PT Semen Padang (SP) were ousted in an extraordinary shareholders meeting, the new management still was seen as having a long road ahead before ...

Wed, 21 May 2003

JP/'Improve transportation to ease traffic jams'

'Improve transportation to ease traffic jams' The city administration announced last week a new license plate- based restriction could be imposed on all roads in the city, along with a new busway system later this year. Many motorists are opposed to this possibility.

Wed, 21 May 2003

JP/AG told to probe into Priok case

AG told to probe into Priok case JAKARTA: The House of Representatives Commission II for law and human rights has urged Attorney General M.A. Rachman to bring the Tanjung Priok case to court.The 1984 incident took an estimated 400 casualties.

Wed, 21 May 2003

JP/TV Program: Wednesday, May 21, 2003

TV Program: Wednesday, May 21, 2003.TB.30" 1.00" TVRI .TB.30" .90" 6:00 a.m. News: Berita Pagi7:00 English News Service9:00 Music10:00 Quiz: Dibisikin11:00 News: Berita Daerah12:00 p.m.

Wed, 21 May 2003

JP/PDI gets new name

PDI gets new name JAKARTA: One of the parties formed during the early years of the New Order, the Indonesian Democratic Party (PDI), has changed its name to the Upholder of Indonesian Democracy Party (PDI Party).Declaring the new name was former chairman Soerjadi during a ceremony here on Tuesday.

Wed, 21 May 2003

JP/Thermal scanner placed at airports

Thermal scanner placed at airports JAKARTA: The Ministry of Health has installed a thermal scanner at the Terminal D international arrival hall of Soekarno- Hatta International Airport.

Wed, 21 May 2003

JP/Over 100 foreign vessels nabbed this year

Over 100 foreign vessels nabbed this yearMuhammad Aziz Tunny The Jakarta Post Ambon, Maluku This year the Navy has caught more than 100 foreign vessels involved in poaching or transporting illegal logs in the waters of east Indonesia and Maluku, a senior Navy official said on Tuesday.

Wed, 21 May 2003

JP/Govt revokes licenses of 13 HPH holders

Govt revokes licenses of 13 HPH holdersRendi A. Witular, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The government has revoked the licenses of 13 natural forest concession holders (locally called HPH concessionaires) for failing to meet requirements for the sustainable operation of their forest estates.

Wed, 21 May 2003

JP/Democracy remains a fantasy for reform dreamers: Observers

Democracy remains a fantasy for reform dreamers: ObserversA'an Suryana and Fabiola Desy Unidjaja, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Five years have passed since the reform movement put an end to three decades of authoritarian rule in 1998, but democracy, the ultimate goal of the movement, has not yet ...

Wed, 21 May 2003

JP/Over 100 foreign vessels apprehended this year

Over 100 foreign vessels apprehended this yearMuhammad Aziz Tunny, The Jakarta Post, Ambon, Maluku This year the Navy has caught more than 100 foreign vessels involved in poaching or transporting illegal logs in the waters of east Indonesia and Maluku, a senior Navy official said on Tuesday.

Wed, 21 May 2003

JP/'GAM men could be laying in wait'

'GAM men could be laying in wait' JAKARTA: Police warned on Tuesday that members of the Free Aceh Movement (GAM) could be in Jakarta to launch attacks in retaliation for the military offensive in restive Aceh. "They might be in the city.

Wed, 21 May 2003

JP/Bogor to host basketball league second round

Bogor to host basketball league second roundThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta The eight teams involved in the Premier League of the national amateur basketball championship are set to resume their competition with the second of four 4-day series in Bogor, West Java, on Wednesday.

Wed, 21 May 2003

JP/Int'l community decries war in Aceh and calls for peace

Int'l community decries war in Aceh and calls for peaceMuninggar Sri Saraswati, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan led the international community in asking the Indonesian government and the separatist Free Aceh Movement (GAM) to return to the negotiating table ...

Wed, 21 May 2003

JP/Protecting reporters in war zone

Protecting reporters in war zoneIgnatius Haryanto, Vice Executive Director, Institute for Press and Development Studies (LSPP), Jakarta After the world saw three weeks of the U.S.-Iraq war in March to April this year, we now turn to Aceh.

Wed, 21 May 2003

JP/Plagiarism: Desecration of global intellectual rights

Plagiarism: Desecration of global intellectual rightsThang D. Nguyen, Political Analyst, Geneva So, it has come to this: The 27-year old journalist Jayson Blair has damaged The New York Times' reputation by fabricating facts and plagiarizing phrases from other newspapers and media sources.

Wed, 21 May 2003

JP/Govt budgets Rp 1.7 trillion for Aceh war

Govt budgets Rp 1.7 trillion for Aceh warFitri Wulandari and Dadan Wijaksana, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The government has prepared a total of Rp 1.7 trillion (about US$200 million) from the 2003 state budget to finance the military operation in the war-torn province of Aceh.

Wed, 21 May 2003

JP/Transmigration site fails

Transmigration site fails RANTAU, South Kalimantan: Hundreds of families in Tapin regency, South Kalimantan, have left the transmigration site they were allotted and headed back home after trying for years to cultivate the infertile land of Rawa Muning.

Wed, 21 May 2003

JP/'Jakarta KPUD will be announced today'

'Jakarta KPUD will be announced today'Arya Abhiseka, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The General Elections Commission (KPU) failed on Tuesday to announce the names of the provincial General Elections Commission (KPUD) members as promised, and plans instead to reveal the 155 names of all 31 provincial ...

Wed, 21 May 2003

JP/Rendi A. Witular

Rendi A. Witular The Jakarta Post Jakarta State-owned tin mining company PT Timah said it would only be able to retrieve around one-fourth of its huge investment in PT Bahana Pembinaan Usaha Indonesia, a troubled state-owned investment company.

Wed, 21 May 2003

JP/Pertamina to spend $2.08b for 2004 operations next year

Pertamina to spend $2.08b for 2004 operations next yearEvi Mariani, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta State-owned oil and gas company Pertamina plans to spend about US$2.08 billion for its operations in 2004, allocating $1.4 billion for upstream and $680 million for downstream activities.

Wed, 21 May 2003

JP/House seeks annulment of Sukhoi deal

House seeks annulment of Sukhoi dealKurniawan Hari, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Members of the House of Representatives (DPR) Commission I for defense and foreign affairs have demanded the annulment of a deal to purchase Russian-made Sukhoi jet fighters after the government failed to provide an ...

Wed, 21 May 2003

JP/Demanding Swedish action over GAM is a wasted effort

Demanding Swedish action over GAM is a wasted effortRidarson Galingging, Lecturer, International Law, Yarsi University, Jakarta The government is conducting a diplomatic campaign to ask the Swedish government to take legal actions against its citizens of Acehnese descent who are accused of ...

Wed, 21 May 2003

JP/AIDS Memorial Night observed

AIDS Memorial Night observedZakki Hakim, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta More than 100 people attended AIDS Memorial Night on Tuesday, organized by the Care for AIDS Forum of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in Greater Jakarta.

Wed, 21 May 2003

JP/IPB to develop 'taro' snacks

IPB to develop 'taro' snacks BOGOR: Fearing that the local traditional snack made of talas, or taro, may disappear, the Bogor administration is working in cooperation with the Bogor Institute of Agriculture (IPB) to develop the production of the plant.

Wed, 21 May 2003

JP/Betrayal and denial before presidents' falls

Betrayal and denial before presidents' fallsKornelius Purba, Staff Writer, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta, korpur@yahoo.

Wed, 21 May 2003

JP/Indonesia kills off one species every day: Official

Indonesia kills off one species every day: OfficialMoch. N. Kurniawan, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Indonesia, with the second-largest biodiversity in the world, has been losing one species a day, and up to 70 percent of species' original habitats in the last decade, a senior government official has ...

Wed, 21 May 2003

JP/How to safely teach your children to swim

How to safely teach your children to swimDonya Betancourt, Pediatrician, drdonya@hotmail.com Parents frequently ask what is the best age to begin teaching their child how to swim.

Wed, 21 May 2003

JP/Winning the battle may cost Indonesia the Acehnese

Winning the battle may cost Indonesia the AcehneseKusnanto Anggoro, Senior Researcher, Centre of Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), Jakarta Martial law has taken effect in Aceh. Under Presidential Decree No.

Wed, 21 May 2003

JP/Students targeted in Aceh war

Students targeted in Aceh warThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta As war intensifies between government troops and separatist rebels in Aceh, students have been targeted with the burning of an estimated 185 schools throughout the province.

Wed, 21 May 2003

JP/Convicted House leaders must leave office

Convicted House leaders must leave officeThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta Leaders of the House of Representatives (DPR) who are convicted of a crime have to leave their office immediately regardless of whether they appeal the ruling or not, home minister Hari Sabarno says.

Wed, 21 May 2003

JP/Don't quit on `Reformasi'

Don't quit on `Reformasi' It was exactly five years ago today that then president Soeharto made a decision that would mark an important milestone in the history of modern Indonesia.

Wed, 21 May 2003

JP/56 tried for misdemeanors

56 tried for misdemeanors TANGERANG: The Tangerang district court tried on Tuesday 56 people for committing misdemeanors and fined them between Rp 10,600 (US$1.25) and Rp 50,000 for violating Bylaw No. 10/2000 on public order.

Wed, 21 May 2003

JP/Where to go in Surabaya, for Wednesday, May 21, 2003

Where to go in Surabaya, for Wednesday, May 21, 2003Surabaya Art Festival at Balai Pemuda Surabaya complex Jl. Gubernur Suryo no. 15 (Tel. 031-5450344 or 031-5040023). * Dances: Dancer Boi G. Shakti, May 27. Surabaya Choreographers, Dancer Heri Lentho and Elles Dance Company, May 27.

Wed, 21 May 2003

JP/Gabsi wants PABF to open up entry for world meet

Gabsi wants PABF to open up entry for world meetMusthofid, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta As the Asia-Pacific contract bridge governing body PABF may appoint three top teams from last year's PABF Championship in Bangkok as entrants for the revamped Junior World Bridge Championship in Paris this ...

Wed, 21 May 2003

JP/BI governor aims for further rate cuts

BI governor aims for further rate cutsDadan Wijaksana, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The Supreme Court swore in on Tuesday Burhanuddin Abdullah as the new central bank Governor, in a ceremony during which he further reiterated his pledge to maintain the current declining trend in Bank Indonesia's ...

Wed, 21 May 2003

JP/Deer poaching plagues Sumbawa

Deer poaching plagues Sumbawa MATARAM, West Nusa Tenggara: Illegal deer hunting on the West Nusa Tenggara island of Sumbawa has become worse, with venison now readily available at markets, said the provincial branch of the World Wide Fund (WWF).

Wed, 21 May 2003

JP/Politicizing SARS

Politicizing SARS The letter by Derek Hsu of the Taipei Economic and Trade Office published in The Jakarta Post on April 29 tried hard to confuse public opinion by distorting the facts. I think it is necessary to further elaborate on some points.

Wed, 21 May 2003

JP/Rini plans PSI system on rice imports

Rini plans PSI system on rice importsAdianto P. Simamora, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The Ministry of Industry and Trade is mulling over a plan to apply a preshipment inspection (PSI) system on the importation of rice as one way to help curb the smuggling of rice into the country.

Wed, 21 May 2003

JP/Tabrani, Riau's political maverick

Tabrani, Riau's political maverick Haidir Anwar Tanjung, The Jakarta Post, Pekanbaru, Riau He is Riau's outspoken -- and probably most quoted -- figure for his blunt and controversial political views.Over the years, Dr.

Wed, 21 May 2003

JP/Tomy plans new airline for Kendari

Tomy plans new airline for Kendari KENDARI, Southeast Sulawesi: Controversial businessman Tomy Winata plans to open a flight path to the Southeast Sulawesi province, as he pushes ahead with his investment plans despite protests from local journalists.

Wed, 21 May 2003

JP/Court rejects journalists' lawsuit

Court rejects journalists' lawsuit JAKARTA: The South Jakarta District Court turned down on Tuesday the lawsuit filed by two press associations against the government, police and the Indonesian military (TNI) for not prosecuting a soldier linked to the murder of a reporter in 1996.

Wed, 21 May 2003

JP/GAM accuses TNI of attempting genocide

GAM accuses TNI of attempting genocideThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta The separatist Free Aceh Movement (GAM) rejected a recent order from the Aceh military commander to surrender to the motherland of Indonesia, accusing the Indonesian Military (TNI) of trying to eliminate them.

Wed, 21 May 2003

JP/Bomb suspects' testimony requested

Bomb suspects' testimony requested DENPASAR, Bali: A lawyer defending Muslim cleric Abu Bakar Ba'asyir said on Tuesday prosecutors would bring one defendant and four suspects in the Bali bombing case to Jakarta to testify against his client, who is standing trial for treason.

Wed, 21 May 2003

JP/Remembering demands for reform, democracy

Remembering demands for reform, democracyT. Sima Gunawan, Staff Writer, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta, sima@thejakartapost.com Democracy has been a word much on people's lips since the downfall of president Soeharto five years ago.

Wed, 21 May 2003

JP/Proper diet keeps indigestion in check

Proper diet keeps indigestion in checkMelissa Southern-Garcia, Dietitian, Jakarta, SouthernDietitian@yahoo.com Acid reflux, dyspepsia, indigestion or an acid stomach are all bothersome conditions that affect thousands of individuals and have a variety of causes and cures.

Wed, 21 May 2003

JP/Police move to ease congestion

Police move to ease congestionDamar Harsanto, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta In an effort to ease traffic congestion on city streets, the police said on Tuesday that they were determined to take sterner action against traffic violators in 10 trouble spots around the city that are prone to lengthy ...

Wed, 21 May 2003

JP/'GAM men could be laying in wait'

'GAM men could be laying in wait' JAKARTA: Police warned on Tuesday that members of the Free Aceh Movement (GAM) could be in Jakarta to launch attacks in retaliation for the military offensive in restive Aceh."They might be in the city.

Wed, 21 May 2003

JP/West Java legislative council set gubernatorial election for this week

West Java legislative council set gubernatorial election for this weekThe Jakarta Post, Bandung, West Java The West Java council agreed to hold the gubernatorial election on Wednesday this week at the earliest, or two days later than planned due to late government approval of the councillors ...

Wed, 21 May 2003

JP/Megawati seeks support for Aceh war

Megawati seeks support for Aceh warFabiola Desy Unidjaja and Nana Rukmana, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta/Cirebon President Megawati Soekarnoputri called on the people to support her decision to wage war against Free Aceh Movement (GAM) rebels to maintain the country's territorial integrity.

Wed, 21 May 2003

JP/Court rejects journalists' lawsuit

Court rejects journalists' lawsuit JAKARTA: The South Jakarta District Court turned down on Tuesday the lawsuit filed by two press associations against the government, police and the Indonesian military (TNI) for not prosecuting a soldier linked to the murder of a reporter in 1996.

Wed, 21 May 2003

JP/Medan tightens security on fears of GAM terror strike

Medan tightens security on fears of GAM terror strikeApriadi Gunawan, The Jakarta Post, Medan, North Sumatra Having experienced a series of blasts allegedly linked to Acehnese rebels, the North Sumatra capital Medan is tightening security to avert new bombings in response to the war in Aceh.

Wed, 21 May 2003

JP/Transmigration site fails

Transmigration site fails RANTAU, South Kalimantan: Hundreds of families in Tapin regency, South Kalimantan, have left the transmigration site they were allotted and headed back home after trying for years to cultivate the infertile land of Rawa Muning.

Wed, 21 May 2003

JP/Timah to recoup quarter of troubled investment

Timah to recoup quarter of troubled investmentRendi A. Witular, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta State-owned tin mining company PT Timah said it would only be able to retrieve around one-fourth of its huge investment in PT Bahana Pembinaan Usaha Indonesia, a troubled state-owned investment company.

Wed, 21 May 2003

JP/East Java haven for trade in women

East Java haven for trade in women TULUNG AGUNG, East Java: Women and children living in the regency of Tulung Agung along the southern coast of East Java face a higher risk of falling prey to traffickers in the sex worker trade, as most migrant workers in that area are women.