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Tue, 31 May 2005
Higher salaries
Higher salaries and corruptionFrom KompasPresident Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has announced plans to increase the salaries of civil servants and soldiers in an attempt to reduce corruption.In my view, it is more appropriate to raise salaries for the purpose of improving welfare rather than reducing...
Tue, 31 May 2005
'Old town' vendors face relocation
'Old town' vendors face relocationDamar Harsanto, The Jakarta Post, JakartaWest Jakarta municipality has started relocating more than 1,500 street vendors in Glodok, West Jakarta, to nearby traditional markets as part of an effort to bring some order to the chaos of the old downtown area.
Tue, 31 May 2005
Lippo rolls out commercial center
Lippo rolls out commercial center CIKARANG: Property developer PT Lippo Cikarang recently launched a commercial center near the Delta Silicon Industry in Cikarang, West Java.Called Delta Niaga Marketplace, the commercial center is designed to allow business people to take advantage of the...
Tue, 31 May 2005
Govt to build tin smelter in Bangka to boost output
Govt to build tin smelter in Bangka to boost outputThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta In a bid to boost the country's domestic tin production and better control the problem of widespread illegal mining in the Bangka Belitung islands, the government plans to collaborate with a number of players in the sector...
Tue, 31 May 2005
An ASEAN deal for Myanmar
An ASEAN deal for MyanmarThang D. Nguyen, JakartaThe word crisis in Chinese has two characters: The first means "danger," and the second "opportunity." This is how the issue of Myanmar's chairmanship of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) should be dealt with, given Rangoon's...
Tue, 31 May 2005
No problems on first day of exams
No problems on first day of examsThe Jakarta Post, JakartaThe first day of National Examinations for 124,621 senior high school students in Jakarta ran on smoothly Monday, with schools receiving their examination materials on time.
Tue, 31 May 2005
'Other regions have yet to enjoy electricity'
'Other regions have yet to enjoy electricity'State power company PLN is asking residents of Java and Bali to conserve energy from May 23 to June 6 as it struggles to complete construction work on several power plants.
Tue, 31 May 2005
Finding a balance between Japan and China
Finding a balance between Japan and ChinaMakmur Keliat, Jakarta Why doesn't Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono visit Beijing after he visits Tokyo?One might answer this question by saying that going to Beijing would take longer and needs much more time to produce results.
Tue, 31 May 2005
RI democratic
RI democratic consolidation From Bisnis Indonesia The deepening and expansion of democracy, or democratic consolidation, needs behavioral and institutional changes that reflect socioeconomic demands and democratic values in society.
Tue, 31 May 2005
Traps for embezzlers
Traps for embezzlersFrom KompasIndonesia's economic downturn, with tens of millions of poor and unemployed people as well as the denudation of vast areas of forest, has resulted from corruption, among other things.
Tue, 31 May 2005
Correction to article
Correction to articleRegarding my opinion piece titled Media, defamation and judicial review: Comparison with Australia published in The Jakarta Post on May 12, I would like to correct a small error in the article.
Tue, 31 May 2005
Stop human exports
Stop human exportsFrom Koran TempoThe news carried by Koran Tempo labeling Indonesia as the world's largest human exporter is interesting and surprising -- especially the quantity of this human traffic -- from 75,000 to 1 million citizens sent overseas a year, including women and children as the...
Tue, 31 May 2005
Rupiah Rates May 30
Rupiah Rates May 30 Banknote rates TT rates Selling Buying Selling Buying Australian dollar 1 7,614.09 6,847.20 7,268.72 7,192.34 Brunei dollar 1 6,022.07 5,415.81 5,748.91 5,688.80 Canadian dollar 1 7,950.17 7,152.41 7,589.56 7,512.93 Swiss franc 1 8,104.36 7,290.50 7,736.75 7,657.
Tue, 31 May 2005
Japan to set up aid and trade plan for ASEAN amid China rift: report
Japan to set up aid and trade plan for ASEAN amid China rift: report Japan will set up a fund for Southeast Asia to seal trade agreements and provide aid to lesser developed parts in a bid to secure Tokyo's regional clout amid China's growing influence, a newspaper said on Monday.
Tue, 31 May 2005
Australia, East Timor may split Sunrise gas revenues: Ramos-Horta
Australia, East Timor may split Sunrise gas revenues: Ramos-HortaBloomberg, Sydney Australia and East Timor would share equally royalties from Woodside Petroleum Ltd.'s proposed S$3.7 billion Sunrise natural gas project under a draft accord reached this month, said Jose Ramos-Horta, East Timor's...
Tue, 31 May 2005
Pertamina runs out of gas in unleaded fuel campaign
Pertamina runs out of gas in unleaded fuel campaignThe Jakarta Post, JakartaThe government campaign for the use of unleaded gasoline nationwide is facing a major obstacle as state oil and gas company Pertamina says the program targets are currently beyond its capacity.
Tue, 31 May 2005
Suicide bombing suspected in Tentena attack
Suicide bombing suspected in Tentena attackRuslan Sangadji and Rendi A. Witular, The Jakarta Post, Palu/JakartaThe recent bomb attacks in Tentena in Central Sulawesi may have been the work of a suicide bomber as one victim identified as Iskandar was not known to locals, according to police,...
Tue, 31 May 2005
Corby controversy I
Corby controversy I Though it is understandable for Australians to feel strongly about the predicament of one of their own stuck in a life-and- death situation in a foreign country, the public outrage has not only been astounding in its intensity but also shocking in the glimpses it has revealed of...
Tue, 31 May 2005
Government gets Rp 183b dividend from Antam
Government gets Rp 183b dividend from AntamLeony Aurora, The Jakarta Post, JakartaThe government is set to receive Rp 183 billion (US$19.4 million) from state gold and nickel miner PT Aneka Tambang (Antam) after the company's shareholders decided on Monday to pay out a 35 percent dividend on last...
Tue, 31 May 2005
*Kutais use floating booths in RI's first local direct polls
*Kutais use floating booths in RI's first local direct polls Page 2 *Official warns of bad loans to SMEs Page 3 *Ex-BIN chief lobbies House over Munir probe Page 4 *Are jobs being created or lost under AFTA? Page 7 *Council spots failures in Sutiyoso report Page 8 *Ayu dreams of following in...
Tue, 31 May 2005
Asians win awards in antismoking drive
Asians win awards in antismoking driveAgence France-Presse, ManilaOn the eve of World No Tobacco Day, the World Health Organization (WHO) on Monday praised three Asian medical doctors for their efforts to stamp out smoking, an addiction that kills almost 5 million people a year.
Tue, 31 May 2005
(Another) Failure to protect
(Another) Failure to protectIt was another black day for Indonesia as families and friends on Monday buried victims of Saturday's bombings in Tentena, Central Sulawesi.Feelings of sorrow and anger have again been stirred. Our condemnation is beyond expression.
Tue, 31 May 2005
Corby controversy II
Corby controversy II While the public's sympathy is understandable, it is on the facts that the court has had to make its judgment. The legal process in Bali was unfamiliar and may have appeared even chaotic, given the free media access to the courtroom.
Tue, 31 May 2005
BI drains Rp 2.2t from banking system
BI drains Rp 2.2t from banking systemBank Indonesia drained Rp 2.2 trillion (US$231.9 million) from the banking system by auctioning three-day debt to reduce the amount of funds available to local banks.The central bank sold the so-called Fine Tune Kontraksi securities at 3.
Tue, 31 May 2005
Tentena bombings a blow to Muslim, Christian coexistence
Tentena bombings a blow to Muslim, Christian coexistenceBhimanto Suwastoyo, Agence France-Presse/TentenaWhether the work of shadowy Islamic extremists from outside the region or local agitators, a deadly bombing in the Central Sulawesi town of Tentena will unravel months of painstaking effort to...
Tue, 31 May 2005
RI, Vietnam agree to cooperate in combating terrorism, sea piracy
RI, Vietnam agree to cooperate in combating terrorism, sea piracyReiner Simanjuntak, The Jakarta Post, HanoiThe governments of Indonesia and Vietnam agreed here on Monday to boost cooperation in preventing and combating transnational crimes, including terrorism and piracy on the seas.
Tue, 31 May 2005
Mandiri to expand lending to SMEs
Mandiri to expand lending to SMEsDespite reports of possible bad loans, state-owned Bank Mandiri, the nation's richest bank, is planning to channel some Rp 4.5 trillion (US$478 million) to micro and small businesses this year, from Rp 1.2 trillion last year.
Tue, 31 May 2005
Proximity, security drive residents to apartments
Proximity, security drive residents to apartmentsAbdul Khalik, The Jakarta Post, JakartaDriving outside the Taman Rasuna Apartment South Jakarta, Susan, 25, an employee of a foreign company on Jl. Sudirman in Central Jakarta, nods her head to the beat of a hip-hop song playing on her car's stereo.
Tue, 31 May 2005
Corby sentence
Corby sentence I have been ruminating on the Corby case for weeks, like an old cow, jaws firmly chewing; the flavor of it troubling me, and this is why.I lived in Bali for many years. Taking marijuana to Bali was like taking carved cats to Bali or batik to Java ...
Tue, 31 May 2005
PT Pos Indonesia: Surviving rough seas
PT Pos Indonesia: Surviving rough seasDebbie A. Lubis, Contributor, Jakarta Over a decade ago, the postman was an eagerly awaited person. Most people relied on postmen to send packages, money or love letters.With the rapid growth in IT, the role of "Mister Postman" has subsequently faded away.
Tue, 31 May 2005
Ex-Bin chief lobbies House over Munir probe
Ex-Bin chief lobbies House over Munir probeTony Hotland and Tiarma Siboro, The Jakarta Post, JakartaFormer National Intelligence Agency (BIN) chief Gen. (ret) A.M. Hendropriyono has further displayed his aversion to a fact- finding team set up by President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono to probe the...
Tue, 31 May 2005
Beware, money changing deception
Beware, money changing deceptionFrom Warta KotaThe group Combating Counterfeit And Financial Crimes has called on the public to watch out for a new scam in the currency exchange.The scam works as follows: A group claims to possess money in Rp 100,000 denominations of the Sukarno-Hatta edition note...
Tue, 31 May 2005
From abstract to figurative, painter reveals new identity
From abstract to figurative, painter reveals new identityYusuf Susilo Hartono, Contributor, JakartaUnlike his father who was part of the early crop of painters bringing the realist-naturalist style to the country's fine art world, Sudaryono is a loyalist of the abstract genre.
Tue, 31 May 2005
1. APBD -- 3 col, 3 lines 3 x 18
1. APBD -- 3 col, 3 lines 3 x 18 City Council gives Thumbs-down on Sutiyoso report 2. Tenant -- 3 col, 2 lines 2 x 24 Proximity, security drive residents to apartments 3. Kota -- 3 col, 1 line 1 x 32 'Old Town' vendors face relocation 4. Uan -- 3 col, 1 line 1 x 27 No problems on first day of exams
Tue, 31 May 2005
Aussie outrage over Corby sparks fears of racism
Aussie outrage over Corby sparks fears of racismMichelle Nichols, Reuters/Canberra/JAKARTAAustralia risks reviving Asian concerns that it is a racist nation because of a growing backlash over the 20-year jail sentence given to a young Australian woman by an Indonesian court.
Tue, 31 May 2005
Teach our children well
Teach our children well On May 16, junior high school students in Karangasem, Bali, had to take their 120-minute English language test. The last test page showed the following questions: Indonesia is a large archipelago (Correct).
Tue, 31 May 2005
Officials warns of bad loans to SMEs
Officials warns of bad loans to SMEsRendi A. Witular, The Jakarta Post, JakartaThe Office of State Minister of State Enterprises has indicated massive amounts of bad loans channeled last year by state banks to small and medium enterprises under the business partnership program.
Tue, 31 May 2005
Stock prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (in rupiah) on May 30, 2005
Stock prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (in rupiah) on May 30, 2005 _______________________________________________________________________________ Shares Close Change Trading Volume ______________________________________________________________________________ Abdi Bangsa Tbk 275 0 0 Ades...
Tue, 31 May 2005
Romeo A. Reyes
Romeo A. Reyes Jakarta2. Yomi -- Cool heads needed to solve Japan-China problems 1 x 30 Resolving Japan-China problems Takashi Shiraishi The Yomiuri Shimbun Asia News Network Tokyo
Tue, 31 May 2005
Residents gear up for polio vaccinations
Residents gear up for polio vaccinations Damar Harsanto The Jakarta Post/JakartaOver 700,000 babies across the capital will today be immunized against polio in the first-ever mass polio vaccination program in the city's history, relying heavily on the participation of local citizens in the nation's...
Tue, 31 May 2005
RI can be a great country
RI can be a great country I refer to the account in The Jakarta Post on May 21 of the presidential address on the occasion of National Awakening Day, wherein he urged the Indonesian people to "feel proud of themselves and do the best they can for the country".
Tue, 31 May 2005
Vendors seek Council support
Vendors seek Council support JAKARTA: At least 20 street vendors who own stalls on Jl. Fachrudin and Jl. Wahid Hasyim in Central Jakarta went on Monday to the city council's commission B overseeing the economy to seek support against a plan by the Central Jakarta municipality to bulldoze their...
Tue, 31 May 2005
Strong quake jolts western Aceh town
Strong quake jolts western Aceh townACEH JAYA, Aceh: Another strong earthquake rocked the tsunami- devastated town of Calang, the capital of Aceh Jaya regency on Friday. The epicenter of the earthquake measuring 4.
Tue, 31 May 2005
International runners to take part in Jakarta 10K
International runners to take part in Jakarta 10KMoch. N. Kurniawan, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Runners from Kenya, Russia, Australia, Tanzania and Mexico will be among the participants in the 2005 Jakarta International 10K, to be held on June 26.
Tue, 31 May 2005
Prayer in two languages
Prayer in two languages The recent arrest of a cleric in Malang who lead prayers in both Arabic and Indonesian shows that there is no tolerance of difference religious opinions in this country.Why should a man be charged with a criminal offense for merely praying unconventionally? By doing this,...
Tue, 31 May 2005
Ayu dreams of following in Yayuk's famous footsteps
Ayu dreams of following in Yayuk's famous footstepsMoch. N. Kurniawan, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Tipped as the possible successor to former world top 20 ranked Yayuk Basuki and current national number one Angelique "Angie" Widjaja, teenager Ayu Fani Damayanti has big dreams of emulating their...
Tue, 31 May 2005
From Left to Right): Soediono Soemantri, President Director
From Left to Right): Soediono Soemantri, President Director PT Skypak Indonesia, TNT Indonesia Sales and Marketing Director Andry Adiwinarso and TNT Indonesia President Director Colin Moran
Tue, 31 May 2005
Radical change in distribution system
Radical change in distribution systemRobert Sanjaya, Contributor, Jakarta With the emergence of a global marketplace, businessmen everywhere are seeing a radical change in distribution systems, increasing the need for timely information management and higher consumer expectations.
Tue, 31 May 2005
Stop SMS gambling
Stop SMS gamblingFrom RepublikaA betting game under the guise of an SMS quiz with prize money, which in Malaysia has been declared to be gambling, has absorbed a lot of funds from the public and it should be banned.
Tue, 31 May 2005
Eradicate pornography
Eradicate pornographyFrom Media IndonesiaThe sexual harassment by seven Jakarta high school girls against their younger peers and cellular phone flicks that depict bare-breasted school girls masturbating should arouse our deep concern.Many other such cases have certainly escaped the media's eye.