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Sat, 23 Nov 2002

JP/Surveillance, tipoffs, phone tapping aid in Samudra's arrest

Surveillance, tipoffs, phone tapping aid in Samudra's arrestThe Jakarta Post, Agencies Surveillance, tipoffs and cellular phone monitoring by the joint international police team led to the arrest on Thursday of Imam Samudra, one of the main suspects of the Oct.

Sat, 23 Nov 2002

JP/Local industries should be prepared for FTA: Experts

Local industries should be prepared for FTA: ExpertsAdianto P. Simamora, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Experts called on the government on Friday to take measures to help boost the competitiveness of local industries before going ahead with its plan to sign a free trade agreement (FTA) with ...

Sat, 23 Nov 2002

JP/IFRC extends US$20m for Bali's recovery

IFRC extends US$20m for Bali's recovery JAKARTA: The Federation of the International Red Cross (IFRC) has extended US$20 million in aid to help the Balinese overcome the impact of the Oct. 12 bomb blasts, which killed more than 190 people, mostly foreign tourists.

Sat, 23 Nov 2002

JP/Megawati, Downer applaud police

Megawati, Downer applaud policeTiarma Siboro, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Words of appreciation and praise were showered on the joint team investigating the Bali bombing after the arrest of Imam Samudra, a key suspect in the deadly Bali bombing, but some have cast doubt on the swift progress the ...

Sat, 23 Nov 2002

JP/Bill to ensure teachers' protection

Bill to ensure teachers' protection JAKARTA: Teachers throughout the country, especially those in remote areas and strife-torn places, will soon have legal protection as the government is finalizing a bill that will ensure their security.

Sat, 23 Nov 2002

JP/Family says Samudra innocent

Family says Samudra innocentThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta A family member of suspected Bali bomb mastermind Imam Samudra confirmed that the police had arrested him, but maintained that Samudra was innocent.

Sat, 23 Nov 2002

JP/Lake Djonge cleansing ritual brings farmers together

Lake Djonge cleansing ritual brings farmers together It was a hot and sweltering noon of a Legi Friday according to the Javanese calendar.

Sat, 23 Nov 2002

JP/Where to go in Jakarta: Saturday, November 23, 2002

Where to go in Jakarta: Saturday, November 23, 2002Exhibitions * The Art of Poster by Jan Lavies, Erasmus Huis, Jl. H.R. Rasuna Said, Kav S-3, South Jakarta (Tel. 5241069), until Dec. 5. * Jukung-Boats from the Barito Basin, Maritime Museum, Jl. Pasar Ikan No. 1, North Jakarta (Tel.

Sat, 23 Nov 2002

JP/Amri Yahya, a batik trailblazer

Amri Yahya, a batik trailblazerRidlo Aryanto, Contributor, Yogyakarta Of the countless letters that Amri Yahya has received, the most memorable was the one from Fuad Hassan, then Indonesia's ambassador to Egypt.

Sat, 23 Nov 2002

JP/The rains are coming

The rains are coming As the wet season is upon us, it is rather comforting to see that some good may have come from the huge deluge that earlier this year devastated parts of this city and inflicted losses that ran into billions of rupiah on businesses, the administration and the citizenry alike.

Sat, 23 Nov 2002

JP/Drilling permit hampered by law

Drilling permit hampered by law TANGERANG: Illegal underground drilling is rampant in the absence of effective bylaws in the Tangerang muncipality.Chief of the municipal environmental agency, M. Akip, admitted Thursday that hundred of industrial firms had illegally drilled deep wells.

Sat, 23 Nov 2002

JP/Tarmidi must go, says party

Tarmidi must go, says partyThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta The Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI Perjuangan) faction at the City Council urged its councillor Tarmidi Suhardjo on Friday to resign from his post as the council's deputy chairman.

Sat, 23 Nov 2002

JP/Governor implicated in graft

Governor implicated in graft BANJARMASIN, South Kalimantan: The South Kalimantan prosecutors office is investigating Governor Sjachriel Darham's alleged possession of a luxury house following a confession by the governor's wife.

Sat, 23 Nov 2002

JP/Garuda's nonsmoking policy

Garuda's nonsmoking policy I have read with interest the letter of Andrew Charles published in The Jakarta Post on Nov. 19, criticizing Garuda Airlines for making things difficult for potential tourists to Bali.

Sat, 23 Nov 2002

JP/Ex Shangri-La employees told to tone it down

Ex Shangri-La employees told to tone it downNovan Iman Santosa, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The management of Shangri-La Hotel has urged its former employees not to stage rowdy rallies that bother hotel patrons while waiting for a Supreme Court ruling on their reemployment at the hotel.

Sat, 23 Nov 2002

JP/Judicial review urged for broadcast bill

Judicial review urged for broadcast billKurniawan Hari, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The Indonesian Press and Broadcasting Society (MPPI) is planning to file for a Supreme Court judicial review of the broadcasting bill on the grounds that it contains articles that run contrary to the 1945 ...

Sat, 23 Nov 2002

JP/Govt told to seek peaceful, non-military settlement for Aceh

Govt told to seek peaceful, non-military settlement for AcehTiarma Siboro and Fabiola Desy Unidjaja, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Aceh politician Gazhali Abbas condemned on Friday the government's double standards in handling the prolonged Aceh conflict, saying that the military should end its ...

Sat, 23 Nov 2002

JP/Government decides not to tackle Australia over raids

Government decides not to tackle Australia over raidsThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta The government has refused a request from the House of Representatives to send a team to conduct further probes into possible human rights abuses against Indonesians in Australia, saying the case was an internal affair ...

Sat, 23 Nov 2002

JP/Ariel Heryanto

Ariel Heryanto Sociologist University of Melbourne Australia The Australian public is rightfully outraged by the interview between Indonesia's Police Chief Da'i Bachtiar and Bali bombing suspect Amrozi.

Sat, 23 Nov 2002

JP/City to crack down on illegal timber

City to crack down on illegal timberAhmad Junaidi, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The city administration hopes to crack down on illegal timber and plywood, which are mostly shipped from Kalimantan and Sumatra to Jakarta.

Sat, 23 Nov 2002

JP/Clarifying and also confusing

Clarifying and also confusing Our opinions are understandably influenced by the media, that image created by the newspapers and the television that plays a major role in formulating what we perceive to be as truth.

Sat, 23 Nov 2002

JP/Shedding a militaristic culture

Shedding a militaristic culture Mohamad Surya Chairman Central Board Indonesian Teachers' Association (PGRI) Jakarta Paramilitary groups are nonmilitary groups set up by particular individuals, organizations, institutions or groups that adopt patterns resembling military behavior in all their ...

Sat, 23 Nov 2002

JP/200 pedicab drivers invade camp

200 pedicab drivers invade camp TANGERANG: Two professional boxers who beat a pedicab driver were forced to flee for their lives after 200 less-than-happy friends of the victim invaded a boxing training camp in Tangerang on Thursday.

Sat, 23 Nov 2002

JP/Bill talks adjourned over quota for women

Bill talks adjourned over quota for womenKurniawan Hari, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Deliberation on a political party bill was adjourned until Monday after some members of a House special committee in charge of the draft protested a decision made during closed-door meetings to drop articles that ...

Sat, 23 Nov 2002

JP/Aceh flood claims five, displaces thousands

Aceh flood claims five, displaces thousandsThe Jakarta Post, Banda Aceh/Medan/Cirebon While the rain that has been falling across Sumatra and Java islands over the past week may provide relief for residents in areas suffered from prolonged drought, they now face other major threats as the rainy ...

Sat, 23 Nov 2002

JP/Long delays expected along Java-Sumatra ferry route

Long delays expected along Java-Sumatra ferry routeOyos Saroso H.N., The Jakarta Post, Bandarlampung The Merak-Bakauheni ferry route connecting Java with Sumatra is still facing natural and technical hurdles, and authorities anticipate heavy congestion during Idul Fitri and Christmas.

Sat, 23 Nov 2002

JP/TANGERANG: Two professional boxers who beat a pedicab driver

TANGERANG: Two professional boxers who beat a pedicab driver were forced to flee for their lives after 200 less-than-happy friends of the victim invaded a boxing training camp in Tangerang on Thursday.

Sat, 23 Nov 2002

JP/TV Today: Saturday, November 23, 2002

TV Today: Saturday, November 23, 2002 TVRI 6:00 a.m. News8:30 Talk Show9:00 Music11:00 News11:30 Music1:00 p.m.

Sat, 23 Nov 2002

JP/New reform package

New reform package The government, after more than two months of delay, has finally drawn its new reform agenda for implementation under the International Monetary Fund's three-year extended facility to help the country cope with its economic crisis.

Sat, 23 Nov 2002

JP/Chemical disarmament is a national problem

Chemical disarmament is a national problem Alexander Kharichev Vice-Chairman State Commission on Chemical Disarmament RIA Novosti Moscow In Russia they have started practically eliminating the stockpiles of chemical weapons amassed over many years.

Sat, 23 Nov 2002

JP/Downpour leads to blocked road

Downpour leads to blocked roadBambang Nurbianto, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The rain that fell for about two hours on Friday flooded sections of a number of roads across the city, causing heavy traffic congestion in several areas downtown.Flood levels ranged from five centimeters to 15 cm high.

Sat, 23 Nov 2002

JP/Arrest of terrorists may get RI off war-risk list

Arrest of terrorists may get RI off war-risk listFitri Wulandari, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The government expressed on Friday optimism that the encouraging progress in the investigation into the Oct.

Sat, 23 Nov 2002

JP/Things need to change here

Things need to change here The article Indonesia mentally ill (Nov. 16) was the best article I ever read in The Jakarta Post It pinpoints very clearly the enormous immoral and lawless state this country is in. Although I wholeheartedly agree with D. Chandramouli (the Post, Nov.

Sat, 23 Nov 2002

JP/No lessons learned from booze busting raids

No lessons learned from booze busting raidsTertiani ZB Simanjuntak, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Nov. 7 was not a good day for Muniroh. Police raided her kiosk in front of the Taman Ismail Marzuki art center on Jl.

Sat, 23 Nov 2002

JP/Rubber producers to meet in Yogyakarta

Rubber producers to meet in YogyakartaThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta Rubber producers grouped in the Association of Natural Rubber Producing Countries (ANRPC) will gather in Yogyakarta from Nov. 26 to Nov. 27 to discuss the current issues pertaining to industry and its future, a top official said.

Sat, 23 Nov 2002

JP/Yogyakarta's goldsmiths turn dust into gold

Yogyakarta's goldsmiths turn dust into goldBambang M., Contributor, Yogyakarta As more and more people depend on banks to keep their money safe, Yogyakarta's goldsmiths and silversmiths in Kotagede still keep their savings in the form of silver or gold dust.

Sat, 23 Nov 2002

JP/JP/5/FLOOD

JP/5/FLOODRainy season arrives, natural disasters threatenThe Jakarta Post Banda Aceh/Medan/CirebonWhile the rain that has been falling across Sumatra and Java islands over the past week may provide relief for residents in areas suffered from prolonged drought, they now face other major threats ...

Sat, 23 Nov 2002

JP/Garuda's nonsmoking policy

Garuda's nonsmoking policy I have read with interest the letter of Andrew Charles published in The Jakarta Post on Nov. 19, criticizing Garuda Airlines for making things difficult for potential tourists to Bali.

Sat, 23 Nov 2002

JP/Govt's double standards impedes peace process in Aceh

Govt's double standards impedes peace process in AcehTiarma Siboro and Fabiola Desy Unidjaja The Jakarta Post JakartaAceh politician Gazhali Abbas condemned on Friday the government's double standards in handling the prolonged Aceh conflict, saying that the military should end its attack on ...

Sat, 23 Nov 2002

JP/Sutiyoso net contributor to annual floods: Public

Sutiyoso net contributor to annual floods: PublicTertiani ZB Simanjuntak, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Jakartans expressed disappointment on Friday over a lower court ruling against the flood victims in a class action lawsuit case, saying that the government's incompetence, in particular Governor ...

Sat, 23 Nov 2002

JP/Samudra principal planner of Bali bombing: Police chief

Samudra principal planner of Bali bombing: Police chiefThe Jakarta Post, Denpasar/Jakarta Imam Samudra, the alleged mastermind of the deadly Bali bomb explosions, has confessed planning the Oct. 12 attacks that killed over 190 people and injured more than 300 others.National Police chief Gen.

Sat, 23 Nov 2002

JP/Warden fired over jailbreak scandal

Warden fired over jailbreak scandal BANDARLAMPUNG, Lampung: The Lampung regional justice office has fired East Lampung's Sukadana penitentiary chief Heru Setiana for negligence leading to the mass breakout last week.

Sat, 23 Nov 2002

JP/Integrated agency to deal with environmental crimes

Integrated agency to deal with environmental crimesMoch. N. Kurniawan, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The National Police, the Attorney General's Office and the Office of the State Minister for the Environment supported on Friday a call to establish an integrated agency to supervise, investigate, and ...

Sat, 23 Nov 2002

JP/Embassies organize charity bazaar

Embassies organize charity bazaar JAKARTA: The embassies of Algeria, Russia and Turkey are organizing a joint charity bazaar at the residence of the Russian Ambassador on Jl. Karet Pedurenan, Kuningan, South Jakarta, on Nov. 28.The bazaar will be held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Sat, 23 Nov 2002

JP/'I have to struggle hard to make money'

'I have to struggle hard to make money' People are complaining of the increasing price of staple foods and other items since the beginning of the Ramadhan fasting month, which has affected their businesses. Some of them talked with The Jakarta Post about their strategies to cope with the problems.

Sat, 23 Nov 2002

JP/Sept. 11/Oct. 12: To explain is not to justify

Sept. 11/Oct. 12: To explain is not to justifyJohan Galtung, Professor of Peace Studies, Founder, Co-Director, Transcend: A Peace and Development Network, galtung@transcend.org Take any human relation. Between persons, between states, between civilizations. Something bad happens, very bad, evil.

Sat, 23 Nov 2002

JP/Applying Ramadhan's values

Applying Ramadhan's valuesA.Chaedar Alwasilah, Dean, Faculty of Language and Arts, Indonesia University, of Education (UPI), Bandung, chaedar@bdg.centrin.net.id Once a year, all Muslims are obliged to fast for a whole month during Ramadhan, which means, literally, "extremely hot".

Sat, 23 Nov 2002

JP/Creating good diversity environment in workplace

Creating good diversity environment in workplaceEridani W. Sudiono, Accenture, Jakarta A diverse workplace, in the United States, for quite a long time, has been translated as a working environment accommodating more women and more other-than-white people.

Sat, 23 Nov 2002

JP/Koizumi's folly strikes again

Koizumi's folly strikes againThe Daily Yomiuri Asia News Network Tokyo Will Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's administration repeat its previous folly? We cannot help but think so when we look at the planned supplementary budget, whose outline was finalized on Thursday.

Sat, 23 Nov 2002

JP/NGO against free rice distribution

NGO against free rice distribution PALU, Central Sulawesi: A non-governmental organization is refusing to disburse 600 tons of rice aid from the Italian government because it says doing so will make the recipients lazy.

Sat, 23 Nov 2002

JP/;JP;ARP;

;JP;ARP; ANPAa..r.. Across-jailbreak-warden Chief warden replaced after jailbreak JP/5/across Warden fired over jailbreak scandal BANDARLAMPUNG, Lampung: The Lampung regional justice office has fired East Lampung's Sukadana penitentiary chief Heru Setiana for negligence leading to the mass ...

Sat, 23 Nov 2002

JP/`AlQuran Seluler' offers different way of studying the Koran

`AlQuran Seluler' offers different way of studying the KoranSri Wahyuni, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Time or distance may no longer be an excuse for busy working Muslims to avoid studying the Koran or listening to the recital of the Koran, especially given that an innovative Koran preaching program ...

Sat, 23 Nov 2002

JP/JP/13/CAHB

JP/13/CAHBCAHB completes payment for NiagaThe Jakarta Post Jakarta Malaysian financial firm Commerce Asset-Holding Bhd. (CAHB) said it had deposited the full Rp 1.

Sat, 23 Nov 2002

JP/RI soccer league reverts to old format

RI soccer league reverts to old formatThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta The Indonesian soccer governing body, the PSSI, has decided to revert to the old system of competition for the 2003 league season to pursue the revitalization of national soccer, PSSI chairman Agum Gumelar said here on Friday.

Sat, 23 Nov 2002

JP/Golkar councillors sent to Bali ahead of election

Golkar councillors sent to Bali ahead of electionJupriadi, The Jakarta Post, Makassar Just a week away from the Nov.

Sat, 23 Nov 2002

JP/Mega lives in house belonging to state bank

Mega lives in house belonging to state bankFabiola Desy Unidjaja, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta For almost three years, President Megawati Soekarnoputri has lived in a house that cannot be categorized as an official residence.

Sat, 23 Nov 2002

JP/Belu police detain 17 Timorese

Belu police detain 17 Timorese KUPANG, East Nusa Tenggara: Belu police have arrested at least 17 East Timor citizens since Tuesday for illegally entering Indonesia.East Nusa Tenggara Police spokesman Comr. I Wayan Dana said on Friday that most of the East Timorese came from Bobonaro district.

Sat, 23 Nov 2002

JP/Cilandak Town Square, `mall with an attitude'

Cilandak Town Square, `mall with an attitude'Tantri Yuliandini, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta There is Blok M with its Grande Pasaraya, Blok M Plaza, and the subterranean Blok M Mall -- popular hangout spots for Jakarta's youths, and there is Pondok Indah Mall for expatriate families and more ...

Sat, 23 Nov 2002

JP/Implications of a U.S. attack on Iraq

Implications of a U.S. attack on IraqRiza Sihbudi, Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI), Jakarta The question whether or not the U.S. will attack Iraq seems increasingly irrelevant, than when it will strike.

Sat, 23 Nov 2002

JP/CAHB completes payment for Niaga

CAHB completes payment for NiagaThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta Malaysian financial firm Commerce Asset-Holding Bhd. (CAHB) said it had deposited the full Rp 1.01 trillion (about US$114 million) payment to the Indonesian Bank Restructuring Agency (IBRA) account to close the Bank Niaga divestment deal.

Sat, 23 Nov 2002

JP/Indonesian child chess champ defeats King Kuzubov

Indonesian child chess champ defeats King KuzubovMusthofid, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Indonesia's own Andrean Susilodinata is continuing his winning streak at the World Youth Chess Championships in Greece with his latest defeat of Yuriy Kuzubov of the Ukraine in the eighth round on Thursday.

Sat, 23 Nov 2002

JP/Govt mulls giving houses to Habibie and Gus Dur

Govt mulls giving houses to Habibie and Gus DurFabiola Desy Unidjaja, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The government is currently arranging the granting of houses for former president Abdurrahman Wahid and his predecessor B.J. Habibie in accordance with Law No. 7/1978.

Sat, 23 Nov 2002

JP/Where to go in Yogyakarta: Saturday, November 23, 2002

Where to go in Yogyakarta: Saturday, November 23, 2002Exhibitions* Sculpture Masih Ada Ruang Kosong by Adi Gunawan and Pande Wayan Mataram, Bentara Budaya Yogyakarta, Jl. Suroto 2 (Tel. 0274- 560404), 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 5 p.m. to 9 p.m., until Nov. 27.

Sat, 23 Nov 2002

JP/Amien joins call for action against IBRA debtors

Amien joins call for action against IBRA debtorsThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta People's Consultative Assembly Speaker Amien Rais on Friday urged officials to drop plans to revoke criminal charges against ex-bankers who have not repaid trillions of rupiah in state loans, after senior officials appeared ...

Sat, 23 Nov 2002

JP/Crunch time for PM on corruption

Crunch time for PM on corruption The Nation Asia News Network Bangkok Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra has declared war on so many fronts that some political observers are having difficulty keeping track of them all.