Lack of public areas makes people stressedBambang Nurbianto, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Lack of public recreation areas in the city causes many
people, including children, to suffer from stress as they do not
have enough places to ease the high tension resulting from the
tough daily grind. More ...
JAKARTA: The 2002 season of the Indonesian professional
basketball competition or Kobatama will start next month, with
the semifinals adopting a best-of-three game format.In the past, the system was only used in the finals. More ...
MPR guarantees seats for military until 2009Fabiola Desy Unidjaja, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The latest revision for the fourth amendment of the 1945
Constitution contains new articles which grant the military free
seats within the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) until 2009,
undermining ... More ...
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JP/13/ConverRupiah Rates June 20Bank notes rates TT ratesSelling Buying Selling BuyingRp Rp Rp Rp U.S. dollar 1 9,105.00 8,105.00 8,648.00 8,562.00Australian dollar 1 5,156.16 4,585.81 4,897.36 4,844. More ...
KPU seeks Rp 2.3 trillion for 2004 general electionMoch. N. Kurniawan and Yogita Tahilramani, The Jakarta Post,
Jakarta The General Election Commission (KPU) needs Rp 2. More ...
Ex-KPU members yet to return carsMoch. N. Kurniawan and Yogita Tahilramani, The Jakarta Post,
Jakarta Over 50 former staff members of the General Elections Commission
(KPU) and political party officials have yet to return 77
operational vehicles. More ...
IBRA plans to buy back bonds at 100% valueDadan Wijaksana, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Indonesian Bank Restructuring Agency (IBRA) Chairman Syafruddin
Temenggung said the agency planned to repurchase the government's
bank recapitalization bonds at 100 percent of their face value,
in a bid to lure ... More ...
'Bentor', global product with local touchAhmad Suaedy, Contributor, Jakarta Any idea what a bentor is? You can't find it in any dictionary
as it is simply short for becak-motor or bendi-motor (a
combination of a pedicab or buggy and a motorcycle), a term
coined by the people of Gorontalo in ... More ...
KPU proposes Rp 2.3t in election funds from national budgetMoch. N. Kurniawan
and Yogita Tahilramani
The Jakarta Post
JakartaThe General Election Commission (KPU) needs Rp 2. More ...
Cleric and family killed, 17 houses destroyed in fireMuninggar Sri Saraswati, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta A mass prayer on Wednesday evening at a mosque at Jl. More ...
Iryna Riabchun warms the night with light Ukrainian tunes===================
Tantri Yuliandini
The Jakarta Post
Jakarta
-------------------It was cold in the dimmed performance hall of Erasmus Huis
cultural center in South Jakarta. More ...
Fighting cyber crimesWinahyo Soekanto, Lawyer, Consumer Care Foundation, Jakarta,
winahyo@yahoo.com Internet users may account for less than 1 percent of
Indonesia's population of 210 million; but this is a country
where some Internet cafes provide free cards for customers to
hold ... More ...
Ethnicity not relevant in electing governor Should the next city governor be a Betawi? Several Jakarta
residents said ethnicity was no longer relevant in choosing a
leader. What is required from gubernatorial candidates, they say,
is an ability to manage, not a certain ethnicity. More ...
Golf tourney to stay at 180 players JAKARTA: Organizers of the annual U.S. Memorial Day Golf
Tournament said Thursday that there was no immediate plan to
increase the number of participants for next year's event."There were 180 golfers that took part in the (May) 2002
event. More ...
Military and police voting rights Law Lo. 3/1999 on general elections stipulates that military
members do not have voting rights or a right to be elected. The
present bill stipulates otherwise. More ...
ASEAN mulls extradition treaty JAKARTA: Southeast Asian countries are considering signing an
extradition treaty, a move expected to help solve transnational
crime. More ...
Panel of judges voted 2 to 1 to declare Manulife bankruptFitri Wulandari, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The bankruptcy ruling handed down by the Central Jakarta
Commercial Court on insurance firm PT Asuransi Jiwa Manulife
Indonesia (AJMI) was based upon a 2 to 1 vote, with presiding
judge Hasan Basri ... More ...
Legislators to question Bambang Tri on BanpresFabiola Desy Unidjaja, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta An investigation into irregularities in the Presidential Aid Fund
(Banpres) is widening, with House of Representatives members
planning to summon former president Soeharto's son Bambang
Trihatmodjo and ... More ...
North Tapanuli expects to establish new regencyApriadi Gunawan, The Jakarta Post, Medan The North Tapanuli regency administration and local legislature
(DPRD) are expecting the central government in Jakarta to support
the local people's aspiration to establish Humbang Hasundutan
regency, formerly ... More ...
People worried loved ones' organs being soldLeo Wahyudi S, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta When Sony heard his older brother, Purwanto, who was stabbed to
death on June 11, was going to be given an autopsy, he was
horrified. More ...
Ballroom dance swirls toward dancesportTantri Yuliandini, The Jakarta Post, JakartaThe couple twirled around the dance floor, rising and falling,
dipping and turning, keeping in time with the music. Smiles were
transfixed on their faces. More ...
3.6m children in need of donation JAKARTA: An estimated 3.6 million school children across the
country are currently in need of donations to get proper
education. More ...
Andersen's RI unit merges with Ernst & YoungThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta The Indonesian unit of troubled accounting giant Arthur
Andersen, called Prasetio Utomo-Andersen Indonesia, has finally
merged its operation on Thursday with the Indonesian affiliate of
Ernst & Young. More ...
Ferry operator blamed for Bakauheni incidentOyos Saroso H.N., The Jakarta Post, Bandarlampung Ferry operator and security guards in the Bakauheni seaport,
Lampung, were blamed for an incident on Tuesday that killed three
persons who were in a car entering the Duta Banten ferry. More ...
'RI not doing enough in Manulife case'The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The Canadian government said on Thursday that the Indonesian
government was not doing enough to resolve the long-running legal
battle between Canadian insurer Manulife Financial Corp. and its
former local partner. More ...
Bulog to import rice from ChinaThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta The State Logistics Agency (Bulog) will import 250,000 tons of
rice from China to secure rice supplies in the country in
anticipation of possible harvest failure caused by the El Nino
weather phenomenon. More ...
Thailand retains ASEAN junior volleyball titleMusthofid, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Thailand confirmed its status as the strongest volleyball talent
maker in Southeast Asia by retaining the ASEAN Men's Junior
Volleyball Championship here on Thursday. More ...
IMF debate beyond good and evilAkhmad Rizal Shidiq, School of Oriental and African Studies,
University of London Despite its big impact on Indonesians, the lack of debate on
the role of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is somewhat
astonishing. More ...
Residents to file lawsuit against project Kelapa Gading residents are planning to file a lawsuit early next
month against the construction of Kelapa Gading Sports Mall."Our team of lawyers is drafting the lawsuit," chief of
neighborhood unit RW06 in West Kelapa Gading Harry A. More ...
UNHCR queries return of childrenI Wayan Juniartha, The Jakarta Post, Tuban, Bali A senior official of the United Nations High Commissioner for
Refugees (UNHCR) said here on Wednesday that returning East
Timorese children -- currently living in Indonesia after being
separated from their parents ... More ...
Sutiyoso officially throws hat into ring for goversnor's raceAhmad Junaidi, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Jakarta Governor Sutiyoso will officially run for reelection in
the upcoming gubernatorial race after registering on Thursday,
although large parties at the City Council effectively ... More ...
Mayoralty seals five buildings BOGOR: Bogor mayoralty sealed on Thursday five of six illegal
buildings located at Cibalok riverbank on Jl. Tajur, South Bogor
district. More ...
A hidden agenda? From the very beginning the whole thing smelled fishy.
People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) Decree No. VII/2000
stipulated that members of the military and police have no voting
rights and no right to contest in elections. More ...
Religious groups told to fight against child laborBerni K. Moestafa, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The International Labor Organization (ILO) has asked local
religious organizations to help it free an estimated eight
million Indonesian children from the shackles of child labor. More ...
YLKI tells buyers to take caution at Great Jakarta SaleLeo Wahyudi S., The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The Indonesian Consumers Foundation (YLKI) is urging people to
take care when purchasing items being sold for discounts of up to
70 percent as part of the Jakarta Great Sale. More ...
New collaborative dance contemplates lost scenerySri Wahyuni, The Jakarta Post, Yogyakarta Scenery will get a new touch as well-known choreographer-cum-
dancer Martinus Miroto, Singaporean choreographer Angela Liong
and Singaporean installation artist Han Sai Por collaborate to
present it as an ... More ...
A peacemaker behind the sceneA'an Suryana, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Relations between Indonesia and Australia have always had high
and low points over the decades. More ...
Kobatama has new game format JAKARTA: The 2002 season of the Indonesian professional
basketball competition or Kobatama will start next month, with
the semifinals adopting a best-of-three game format.In the past, the system was only used in the finals. More ...
Ballroom dance swirls toward dancesportTantri Yuliandini, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The couple twirled around the dance floor, rising and falling,
dipping and turning, keeping in time with the music. Smiles were
transfixed on their faces. More ...
Another blow to RI legal system Indonesia's already less than enviable reputation for
unpredictable, erratic or outright questionable court decisions
received a boost as a result of the Central Jakarta Commercial
Court's blatantly wrong bankruptcy verdict against Manulife
Indonesia, a ... More ...
Misleading TV ads There are a number of TV commercials notorious for their
misleading claims. Some products are being promoted as instant
cures or giving instant energy, while others are advertised in
such a way that viewers get a false impression of the true
efficacy or capacity of the ... More ...
Govt asks Unocal to pay $500,000 JAKARTA: The Jakarta High Court ruled in favor of a woman who
filed suit against oil company PT Unocal Indonesia for
distributing her book without permission. More ...
Riabchun warms the night with light Ukrainian tunesTantri Yuliandini, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta It was cold in the dimmed performance hall of Erasmus Huis
cultural center in South Jakarta. On the lighted stage, Iryna
Riabchun played a haunting tune of Ukrainian composer Oleksandr
Lyzogub. More ...
Court, 'SCTV' agree on videoconference JAKARTA: The South Jakarta District Court and private
television station SCTV signed an agreement on Thursday on a
videoconference to take place on July 2 to hear former president
B.J. More ...
Six troops killed by Aceh rebelsIbnu Matnoor and Nani Farida, The Jakarta Post, Banda Aceh Six members of the Indonesian Air Force's special forces
(Paskhas) were killed in an ambush by members of the separatist
Free Aceh Movement (GAM) near Iskandar Muda Airport in
Blangbintang, Aceh Besar ... More ...
Reshuffle, for what? President Megawati Soekarnoputri, who returns home on June 21
from her two-week European tour, might face a new problem:
Demands for a Cabinet reshuffle. Some observers have said Megawati's 10-month-old Cabinet has
no clear vision. More ...
Habibie to testify in rights trialTertiani ZB Simanjuntak, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta A number of former high-ranking government officials are to give
testimony in the ongoing trial of former East Timor police chief
Brig. Gen. More ...
IBRA to sell Bank Danamon shares via stock market firstDadan Wijaksana, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The Indonesian Bank Restructuring Agency (IBRA) plans to sell a
controlling stake in publicly listed Bank Danamon via a
combination of secondary offering and strategic sale in a bid to
obtain optimum ... More ...
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