Riau islanders demand separate province JAKARTA: More than 500 people from the Riau islands rallied
outside the House of Representatives building on Thursday in an
effort to win support for their demands for a sovereign province. More ...
Toll road, housing blamed for floodsAnnastashya Emmanuelle, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta State Minister of the Environment Nabiel Makarim has said the
construction of both the toll road, which leads to the Soekarno-
Hatta airport and the Pantai Indah Kapuk real estate are a cause
of the city's ... More ...
Retired presidentsPhilippine Daily Inquirer
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Manila Former presidents, like other retired people, face the problem
of what to do with themselves after serving out their terms. More ...
Astra clarifies Since early January 2002 many of our business partners and
associates have complained regarding frequent telephone calls
made by some people claiming to be the committee in charge of a
joint advertisement for the 45th anniversary of PT Astra
International Tbk., which falls on Feb. More ...
Ex-presidents: Better to fade awayPhilippine Daily Inquirer, Asia News Network, Manila Former presidents, like other retired people, face the problem
of what to do with themselves after serving out their terms. More ...
JP/4/ED-25BASEAN tourism meeting The tourism ministers from the 10-member Association of
Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) started their annual meeting in
Yogyakarta on Thursday to draft a major ASEAN Tourism Agreement,
to be signed by ASEAN leaders during their summit in Cambodia
later this ... More ...
Kontras staffer assaulted at court JAKARTA: A group of unidentified men assaulted a female
staffer of the Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of
Violence (Kontras) after she attended a trial in the East Jakarta
District Court on Thursday. More ...
Former banker tried for corruptionDamar Harsanto, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The South Jakarta District Court began on Thursday the trial
of former president director of the now-defunct PT Bank Aspac,
Setiawan Harjono, who is charged with corruption for allegedly
misusing money from Bank Indonesia ... More ...
UNHCR responds I would like to refer to you the article in The Jakarta Post
on Jan. 22, under the headline UNHCR lies: Tribe head.The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has
no knowledge of or connection with Mr. Mosa Foa, or of the
meeting he reportedly attended in Geneva. More ...
Bigger Jakarta budget, lower performanceAzas Tigor Nainggolan, Jakarta Citizens' Forum (FAKTA), Jakarta
Social Institute (ISJ) At the beginning of 2002 the Jakarta administration and
legislative council again demonstrated their corrupt credentials,
ignoring the interests of Jakarta citizens in ... More ...
Strategies for food safety needed to save childrenTertiani ZB Simanjuntak, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Representatives of the food industry and academicians
emphasized on Thursday the importance of a clear strategy for
food safety to prevent foodborne diseases, which claim the lives
of thousands of ... More ...
Migrant workers victims of fraud SALATIGA, Central Java: A man in the Central Java town of
Salatiga has been accused of swindling eight people with false
promises of construction work in Malaysia. More ...
Flexibility, networking are keys to new world orderElwin Tobing, Economist, Iowa, USA During the 1980s and early 1990s, there was much talk, most
strongly among conspiracy theorists, of a new world order. More ...
Wonosobo awaits control of forestTertiani ZB Simanjuntak, The Jakarta Post, Wonosobo Should you ever sit on a hillside in the Sumbing and Sindoro
mountains in the Central Java regency of Wonosobo, you'll give
thanks to the regency for its green area, which collected the
national reforestation ... More ...
Influential ulemas turn down Alwi's offerA'an Suryana, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The National Awakening Party (PKB) under Alwi Shihab said on
Thursday that several influential Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) ulemas had
declined the party's offer to take up posts on its new board of
executives. More ...
Megawati criticizes excavation projectsAnnastashya Emmanuelle, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Jakartans have become accustomed to annoying excavation
projects along the city roads, either for telephone lines, water
pipelines or electricity cables. More ...
On Taliban's detention In response to Joseph L. Spartz letter Taliban's detention
published in The Jakarta Post on Jan. 23, something Dickensian is
appropriate. To wit! Bah! Humbug!He calls the concern of the I.C.R. More ...
Analyst: BCA share must top Rp 1,7000Dadan Wijaksana, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Getting the most credible investor for Bank Central Asia (BCA)
should indeed become the government's priority, but quality
should not necessarily preclude economic targets, according to a
banking analyst. More ...
Riau Islands province given green light The House of Representatives' special committee for Riau has
endorsed the proposal from a number of islands in Riau to form a
new province, the Riau Islands province. More ...
Graft suspect Akbar free to travel overseas: AGOTertiani ZB Simanjuntak and Kurniawan Hari, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta House Speaker Akbar Tandjung is free to travel overseas after the
Attorney General's Office decided on Thursday not to ban him from
leaving the country despite his status as a ... More ...
Where to go in Jakarta:Exhibitions* Painting by children from 161 countries, the National Gallery
of Indonesia, Jl. Medan Merdeka Timur 14, Gambir, Central Jakarta
(Tel. 34833954) until Jan. 26. More ...
Committee reveals flaws in debt extention planBerni K. Moestafa, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta A review by a government watchdog has exposed glaring
imbalances in a plan to extend the payment period for large
debtors of the Indonesian Bank Restructuring Agency (IBRA) that,
if not revised, risked the ... More ...
Four legislators face dismissal in BanyumasAgus Maryono, The Jakarta Post, Purwokerto The Banyumas Regency Legislative Council (DPRD) in Central Java
province has recommended that four of its members be dismissed
due to disciplinary misdemeanors. More ...
National leadership: Illusion, disillusionmentIgnas Kleden, Sociologist, Director, The Center for East Indonesian
Affairs, Jakarta Indonesia seems to face not so much the problem of leadership
per se as the problem of perceiving and expecting national
leadership. More ...
Syafi'ie's murder strengthens GAM spirit 'to fight for free Aceh'Ridwan Max Sijabat, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The death of Free Aceh Movement (GAM) Commander Tengku Abdullah
Syafi'ie, has solidified the separatist movement and increased
the guerrillas' will to fight for the independence of Aceh, ... More ...
Megawati opens Muhammadiyah anual meeting in DenpasarI Wayan Juniartha, The Jakarta Post, Denpasar President Megawati Soekarnoputri officially opened the
Muhammadiyah four-day annual meeting here on Thursday with a call
for the second-largest Muslim organization to continue its
contribution to ... More ...
RI to host APEC construction conference JAKARTA: Indonesia will host an international conference
featuring building design, construction, construction management
and building maintenance in Bali on March 27 and 28. More ...
Britain sticks with 'Teflon Tony', with little competitionWilliam Keegan, Observer News Service, London Just like his good friend Bill Clinton, Britain's Prime
Minister is acquiring the nickname "Teflon Tony. More ...
End game in East Timor Even though it has been almost two and a half years since an
eruption of violence in East Timor, not a single Indonesian
military and police officer responsible for security in the
territory at that time has been prosecuted. More ...
Drugs squad on training course JAKARTA: The Singapore office of the U.S. Drug Enforcement
Agency (DEA) is holding an international narcotics law
enforcement training course here for Indonesian narcotics police
officers. More ...
Lawyer claims Doddy received Tommy's moneyDamar Harsanto, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Raden Doddy Sumadi, the middleman who arranged the meeting
between Hutomo "Tommy" Mandala Putra and former president
Abdurrahman "Gus Dur" Wahid, admitted to receiving money from
Tommy, his lawyer said Thursday. More ...
Autism caused by snacks? Referring to Hiang Marahimin's letter in The Jakarta Post of
Jan. 21, I would appreciate her expert opinion on the causes of
autism and whether there is any scientific proof that food and
food additives can cause autism. More ...
RI lifters eye medals in lighter divisionMusthofid, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Apart from China's expected domination, Indonesian
weightlifting sees better medal prospects in the lower weight
women's categories at the 2002 Asian Games, a sporting official
said here on Thursday. More ...
Tangerang PLN head tried for graft JAKARTA: Former head of state-owned electricity company (PLN)
Tangerang branch, Asnawi Sabrawi, was allegedly involved in a
corruption case involving Rp 11.8 billion (US$1.135 million). More ...
Plane's engines failed at 20,000 feet: PilotThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta The pilot of the ill-fated Garuda Boeing 737-300, Abdul Rozak,
which made an emergency landing on Bengawan Solo River in Klaten,
Central Java, on Jan. More ...
Police asked no question about al-Qaeda: Ba'asyirYogita Tahil Ramani, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Muslim cleric Abu Bakar Ba'asyir stated that police had not
asked him any questions about his alleged links to the al-Qaeda
network during his police questioning on Thursday, despite having
been ... More ...
Scouts hand over milk to families JAKARTA: Scouts handed over 4,800 cartons of milk powder to
2,400 families across the capital's five mayoralties on Thursday.The aid was focused on 360 families made homeless by fire in
Cipulir subdistrict, South Jakarta, and 240 families in East
Jakarta. More ...
Kabelvision's service I must congratulate Kabelvision for their sheer inability to
keep track of both their customers and service providers (e.g.
couriers). I have just received a telephone call inviting us to
subscribe to their Internet service via Link Net. More ...
Committee a 'test case' for DPR's credibilityA'an Suryana, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta A noted religious scholar lashed out at legislators on Thursday
over their attempts to thwart the establishment of a special
committee (Pansus) of the House of Representatives (DPR) to
investigate the high ... More ...
ASEAN tourism meeting The tourism ministers from the 10-member Association of
Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) started their annual meeting in
Yogyakarta on Thursday to draft a major ASEAN Tourism Agreement,
to be signed by ASEAN leaders during their summit in Cambodia
later this year. More ...
Talks with GAM must be intensified: House leadersKurniawan Hari, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta To avoid more bloodshed following the killing of military
commander of the Free Aceh Movement (GAM) Tengku Abdullah
Syafi'ie, the House of Representatives (DPR) urged the government
on Thursday to intensify ... More ...
KPPU to launch investigation on Indomobil saleThe Jakarta Post
Jakarta The Business Competition Supervisory Commission (KPPU) has
announced plans to launch an investigation into the sale of
government stakes in the country's second-largest automaker, PT
Indomobil Sukses Internasional, next ... More ...
Pilots of crash plane grounded The pilot and co-pilot of the Garuda aircraft that
crashed in the Central Java town of Klaten last week have been
declared unfit to fly pending a series of recovery tests, an
official says. More ...
Two people shot in West Java riotThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta Mass rioting erupted when locals clashed with police in the
West Java town of Purwakarta on Thursday, leaving at least two
people shot and three vehicles, including two police cars, set
ablaze. More ...
KPPU to investigate Indomobil saleThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta The Business Competition Supervisory Commission (KPPU) has
announced plans to launch an investigation into the sale of
government stakes in the country's second-largest automaker, PT
Indomobil Sukses Internasional, next month amid ... More ...
Timah to divest subsidiaries this yearAdianto P. Simamora, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Publicly listed state tin mining firm PT Timah said on Thursday
that it would sell several subsidiaries this year in a bid to
save the company from bankruptcy. More ...
Telkom's workers rally against deal to end monopolyThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta Thousands of employees of state telecommunications company PT
Telkom Tbk from Yogyakarta and Central Java rallied here on
Thursday in their strongest protest to date against the deal that
will end Telkom's decades-long ... More ...
Dutch trade minister due here Sunday Dutch Foreign Trade Minister Gerrit Ybema will arrive in
Jakarta on Sunday (Jan 27) as head of a trade mission. More ...
Corrupt zoo officials likely to be dismissedAhmad Junaidi, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Two executives of the city-owned Ragunan Zoo in South Jakarta
will likely lose their jobs for corruption. More ...
PLN turns off supply in Kapuk JAKARTA: State electricity company PLN has shut down its power
generators that supply energy to the Kapuk area since Wednesday
due to intense flooding. More ...
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Repressive action in raids regrettedAhmad Junaidi, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta City councillors have expressed regret at the violence and
repression used by some Jakarta administration officials during
its controversial identification card raids early this week. More ...
Writer Clark in a legal wrangler TRENTON, New Jersey: Best-selling mystery writer Mary Higgins
Clark is involved in a legal situation that rivals some of her
works.Clark, her two sons and several other investors are seeking to
reclaim millions of dollars they lent to Wellesley Services LLC. More ...
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