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Wed, 26 Oct 2005

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Seetoh, Singapore street-food guru Stevie Emilia The Jakarta Post/SingaporeAsk Singapore's street-food guru K.F. Seetoh how he sees himself, and the response comes instantly, "I'm crazy". Come to think of it, he is crazy -- crazy about food.

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Wed, 26 Oct 2005

JP/Cash assistance turned down by families of crash victims

Cash assistance turned down by families of crash victimsApriadi Gunawan, The Jakarta Post, MedanSeveral family members of victims of the recent Mandala air disaster have turned down Rp 300 million (US$30,000) in cash assistance from PT Mandala Airlines, available from Monday, refusing to sign ...

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Wed, 26 Oct 2005

JP/Govt caps year with Rp 500b bond sale

Govt caps year with Rp 500b bond saleThe Jakarta Post, JakartaThe government has wrapped up its bond issuance program for this year with the sale on Tuesday of Rp 500 billion (US$50 million) worth of bonds.

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Wed, 26 Oct 2005

JP/AdamAir to buy 20 A320 over 5 years

AdamAir to buy 20 A320 over 5 yearsThe Jakarta Post, JakartaAfter receiving its license to fly to Singapore, locally owned airline AdamAir is now laying out an aggressive expansion plan, which includes a purchase of up to 20 Airbus A320 planes over the next five years.

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Wed, 26 Oct 2005

JP/'I'll go no matter what it takes'

'I'll go no matter what it takes'Millions of Jakarta's residents travel to their hometowns every year to celebrate Idul Fitri with their relatives. The Jakarta Post interviewed two Jakarta residents who are planning to go home later this week. Kasdi, 43, is a Kosti Jaya taxi driver.

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Wed, 26 Oct 2005

JP/Donors discuss reform drive

Donors discuss reform driveThe Jakarta Post, JakartaDonor countries and institutions met here on Tuesday to discuss new assistance to support ongoing governance reform in this country.

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Wed, 26 Oct 2005

JP/Four die after eating turtle meat

Four die after eating turtle meat PADANG, West Sumatra: Four residents in Sikakap subdistrict, Mentawai Island regency, died after eating turtle meat while 16 others needed treatment at a local community health center.

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Wed, 26 Oct 2005

JP/120 agencies suspected of luring women into sex trade

120 agencies suspected of luring women into sex tradeAbdul Khalik, The Jakarta Post, JakartaCity authorities have identified another 120 labor recruitment agencies suspected of sending young women to work as sex workers overseas.General crimes unit chief at the city police, Sr. Comr. Moh.

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Wed, 26 Oct 2005

JP/Ex redlight area to be sports hall

Ex redlight area to be sports hall JAKARTA: The Jakarta administration appears set to soon convert the former Boker red-light district in Ciracas, East Jakarta, into a sports center.East Jakarta Mayor Koesnan A. Halim presented the plan on Tuesday to Governor Sutiyoso.

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Wed, 26 Oct 2005

JP/checked -- JSR

checked -- JSR World voyagers find Indonesia the toughest challengeEvi Mariani The Jakarta Post/JakartaBriton Jason Lewis, 38, has been bicycling, rollerblading, boat- pedaling and paddling canoes intermittently for the last 11 years during his human-powered, round-the-world expedition.

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Wed, 26 Oct 2005

JP/Two officers shot in drug raid

Two officers shot in drug raid JAKARTA: Two police officers from the drug squad were shot during a drug raid conducted jointly with the National Narcotics Agency (BNN) in Jakarta late on Monday.The alleged shooter was arrested.National Police spokesman Brig. Gen.

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Wed, 26 Oct 2005

JP/More cooperation needed to fight bird flu

More cooperation needed to fight bird fluV.K. Chin, The Star, Asia News Network/Selangor Health experts have been warning the world for months that a bird flu pandemic is coming. As far as they are concerned, it is only a case of when, not if.

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Wed, 26 Oct 2005

JP/Terrorism is the world's concern

Terrorism is the world's concernIntolerance is the basis of all the terrorism that has become endemic throughout the globe.

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Wed, 26 Oct 2005

JP/Man suffers stroke after protest

Man suffers stroke after protest BANDUNG: Cash aid distribution for poor families again claimed a victim after head of Sukarame village's development affairs, Aang Konara, died of an apparent heart attack late Monday night after being protested by scores of residents who did not get the money.

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Wed, 26 Oct 2005

JP/Tsunami survivors feel forgotten

Tsunami survivors feel forgottenRidwan Max Sijabat The Jakarta Post/JakartaTen months after the devastating tsunami that claimed more than 210,000 human lives and displaced hundreds of thousands of others last December, the public living in Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam is still in trouble.

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Wed, 26 Oct 2005

JP/Scroll of Honor for Jakarta

Scroll of Honor for Jakarta We refer to the article Activists slam habitat award for Jakarta, published in The Jakarta Post on Oct. 4. The city of Jakarta is a megacity with more than 10 million inhabitants. About 20 percent, or two million, are living in kampongs or slums.

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Wed, 26 Oct 2005

JP/Supreme Court

Supreme Court trading RI women? We refer to the news item Want to marry RI woman? Pay Rp 500m in deposit (The Jakarta Post, Oct. 10, page 2).We are outraged and disturbed when reading the subject article.

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Wed, 26 Oct 2005

JP/Bali tourism in good mood over Lebaran

Bali tourism in good mood over LebaranThe Jakarta Post, Denpasar/YogyakartaThe upcoming Muslim holiday of Idul Fitri, also known as Lebaran, is bringing a much-needed good mood to Bali's tourism industry, which suffered a setback in the aftermath of recent terrorist attacks.

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Wed, 26 Oct 2005

JP/Patronizing protection?

Patronizing protection? There was nary a word of gratitude nor praise for a Supreme Court proposal that, if adopted, would require foreign men to pay a bond of US$50,000 should they wish to marry an Indonesian woman, even though the proposal's proponents claim that it is intended to protect the ...

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Wed, 26 Oct 2005

JP/Susilo to officiate 13 oil, gas projects

Susilo to officiate 13 oil, gas projectsLeony Aurora, The Jakarta Post, JakartaBreathing new life into the industry, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono will on Friday officially launch 13 oil and gas projects, which will add some 53,800 barrels of oil per day to the country's output by next year.

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Wed, 26 Oct 2005

JP/Rental rates continue upward trend

Rental rates continue upward trend The average asking gross rent of mid-up leased apartment units continued to climb upwards in the second quarter of this year, partly due to the increase in the oil price in the first three months.

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Wed, 26 Oct 2005

JP/Susilo working on reshuffle, Silalahi says

Susilo working on reshuffle, Silalahi saysRendi A. Witular and Ridwan Sijabat, The Jakarta Post, JakartaThis year's edition of Idul Fitri holiday may not be as festive compared to past years for a handful of Cabinet ministers.

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Wed, 26 Oct 2005

JP/Five Kalimantan smugglers declared terror suspects

Five Kalimantan smugglers declared terror suspectsEva C. Komandjaja, The Jakarta Post, JakartaPolice have detained five people for involvement in terrorist activities after they were caught last week allegedly smuggling explosive materials and equipment into the country.

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Wed, 26 Oct 2005

JP/Dealing with nature's ferocity

Dealing with nature's ferocityJeffrey D. Sachs, Project Syndicate The Pakistan earthquake continues a streak of shocking natural disasters during the past year: The Indian Ocean tsunami, killer droughts in Niger and other countries in Africa, Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, Central American ...

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Wed, 26 Oct 2005

JP/checked --JSR

checked --JSRPhoto caption A JP/Evi MarianiVoyagers Chris Tipper (left) and Jason Lewis at a guesthouse in Central Jakarta, after finishing half of the Indonesian leg from Atambua, East Nusa Tenggara to West Java, one part of their human-powered, round-the-world expedition. Photo caption B www.

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Wed, 26 Oct 2005

JP/JP/6/Watch

JP/6/WatchHigh-end watches - a lucrative businessBy Susanna Tjokro s_tjokro@yahoo.com "It's a status symbol, just like a vehicle. However, while you can't bring your car into the meeting room, you certainly can wear your watch in a business meeting," says my former boss about her Rolex.

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Wed, 26 Oct 2005

JP/Stand corrected

Stand corrected Very often I read in The Jakarta Post, that fuel prices were increased by 126.6 percent. That's wrong! The word fuel is inclusive of gasoline, diesel fuel and kerosene. But only the price of kerosene rose by 126.6 percent. May I remind journalists of media ethics.

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Wed, 26 Oct 2005

JP/Extra income unlikely to improve House performance

Extra income unlikely to improve House performanceRidwan Max Sijabat, The Jakarta Post, JakartaThe controversial decision to provide a new additional monthly allowance for members of the House of Representatives would not guarantee any improvement in the performance of the lawmakers, critics have ...

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Wed, 26 Oct 2005

JP/Paradigmatic shift needed in whole concept of governing

Paradigmatic shift needed in whole concept of governing There are widespread expectations that President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is on the verge of reshuffling his Cabinet. To get a more in-depth view about the challenges facing the Cabinet, The Jakarta Post's Kornelius Purba talked to H.S.

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Wed, 26 Oct 2005

JP/Police up security during holiday period

Police up security during holiday periodAbdul Khalik, The Jakarta Post, JakartaTo anticipate possible terror attacks ahead of and during Idul Fitri in the capital, Jakarta Police announced on Tuesday they have deployed more personnel in several embassy buildings, office buildings, malls, hotels, ...

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Wed, 26 Oct 2005

JP/Lebaran cookie business booms

Lebaran cookie business boomsYuli Tri Suwarni, The Jakarta Post, BandungSince the first day of Ramadhan, Rukayah has been spending most of her evenings out trying to earn additional money to add to her meager earnings from doing her neighbors' laundry.

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Wed, 26 Oct 2005

JP/Illegal medicine destroyed

Illegal medicine destroyed YOGYAKARTA: Hundreds of packages of medicine and traditional herbs of various brands were confiscated and destroyed by Yogyakarta's Food and Drugs Control Office during its joint operation with the city's Health Office starting Monday.

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Wed, 26 Oct 2005

JP/Environmentally friendly innovator

Environmentally friendly innovatorIndra Harsaputra, The Jakarta Post, SurabayaMany Indonesians are still stunned by the sharp increase in fuel prices that the government introduced on Oct. 1.

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Wed, 26 Oct 2005

JP/Search for missing helicopter abandoned after 15 days

Search for missing helicopter abandoned after 15 daysNethy Dharma Somba, The Jakarta Post, JayapuraAfter 15 days, the search for a missing helicopter in Papua was called off on Tuesday.

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Wed, 26 Oct 2005

JP/Four die in cult clash in Palu

Four die in cult clash in PaluRuslan Sangadji, The Jakarta Post, PaluPolice personnel and members of a little known cult clashed on Tuesday in a Palu subdistrict, leaving three policemen and a cult member dead.Two among the three police personnel killed were Adj. Comr.

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Wed, 26 Oct 2005

JP/Indonesian corruption in perspective

Indonesian corruption in perspectiveW. Scott Thompson, Gianyar, Bali It is not realistic to put Nigeria and Indonesia in the same league on corruption, as an international NGO has done. There has been much publicity about this country's placement near the bottom of the corruption barrel.

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Wed, 26 Oct 2005

JP/checked -- JSR

checked -- JSR Cultural Heritage exhibition sees few visitors Evi Mariani The Jakarta Post/JakartaOn a typical Wednesday morning at the National Museum, fewer than 10 people were seen strolling around the three-month Shared Cultural Heritage exhibition, which is displaying hundreds of ...

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Wed, 26 Oct 2005

JP/Good deeds during Ramadhan

Good deeds during Ramadhan? It is amazing to see that recently another hardliner Muslim group targeting shops and restaurants during this Ramadhan period. ? As I understand that they are supposed to be fasting and when they are fasting they are supposed to do good deeds during this season.

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Wed, 26 Oct 2005

JP/Seasonal maids in demand as Idul Fitri nears

Seasonal maids in demand as Idul Fitri nearsTantri Yuliandini, The Jakarta Post, JakartaWhen her domestic helpers choosing to return to their hometowns to celebrate Idul Fitri festivities, businesswoman Nitayudi can feel assured that her household is well taken care off, thanks to hired seasonal ...

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Wed, 26 Oct 2005

JP/Inquisition in Indonesia

Inquisition in Indonesia Civilians rampaging like wild elephants in the jungle, trampling on the rights of the people; making kangaroo court judgments on what people can think or say or do; condemning the populace if they don't conform to narrow self-righteous mind think; issuing dictums, or ...

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Wed, 26 Oct 2005

JP/On lazy councillors

On lazy councillors Having read Daniel Ziv's jaw-dropping and amusing article Jakarta overpaid, underworked councillors in it for the money (The Jakarta Post, Oct.

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Wed, 26 Oct 2005

JP/Megawati in hospital with suspected dengue

Megawati in hospital with suspected dengue Former Indonesian president Megawati Soekarnoputri was admitted to hospital late on Tuesday with suspected dengue fever, a source close to her said.

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Wed, 26 Oct 2005

JP/Krivec ties Alexandria in Jababeka chess

Krivec ties Alexandria in Jababeka chessMusthofid, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta WIM Jana Krivec of Slovenia posted wins in two matches to share the lead with WGM Nana Alexandria of Georgia at the Jababeka Women's International Chess Tournament here on Tuesday.

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Wed, 26 Oct 2005

JP/checked -- JSR

checked -- JSR World voyagers find Indonesia the toughest challengeEvi Mariani The Jakarta Post/JakartaBriton Jason Lewis, 38, has been bicycling, rollerblading, boat- pedaling and paddling canoes intermittently for the last 11 years during his human-powered, round-the-world expedition.

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Wed, 26 Oct 2005

JP/Kupang regent named suspect

Kupang regent named suspect KUPANG, East Nusa Tenggara: Only two weeks after naming Kupang Deputy Regent Ruben Funay a graft suspect, the East Nusa Tenggara Prosecutor's Office has charged Kupang Regent Ibrahim Agustinus Medah for graft.

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Wed, 26 Oct 2005

JP/Cash assistance turned down by families of crash victims

Cash assistance turned down by families of crash victimsFadli, The Jakarta Post, Batam Some 90 percent of a total of 221,163 electronics factory workers surveyed in Batam are contract workers; a situation that makes them vulnerable to layoffs.

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Wed, 26 Oct 2005

JP/Soccer stadium under renovation

Soccer stadium under renovation JAKARTA: Bung Karno Stadium in Senayan, South Jakarta, will be closed for renovation for more than seven weeks beginning on Nov. 20, with its facilities brought up to standard for the Asian Cup soccer championships in 2007.

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Wed, 26 Oct 2005

JP/Border island to get airstrip

Border island to get airstrip KENDARI, Southeast Sulawesi: President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono approved on Tuesday the construction of an airstrip on Miangas Island, which is part of North Sulawesi province, and borders the Philippines.

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Wed, 26 Oct 2005

JP/Forgive convicted Australians

Forgive convicted Australians Indonesia should have mercy on the nine Australians arrested for attempting to traffic heroin from Bali to Australia.These young people have made a mistake in their lives and now they face the consequences of their deed. However, these young lives should be spared.

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Wed, 26 Oct 2005

JP/How Susilo improved our international image

How Susilo improved our international imageBantarto Bandoro, Jakarta With his victory in the country's first direct presidential election giving him a clear mandate for economic reform, among other things, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono marked his first year in office on Oct. 20.

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Wed, 26 Oct 2005

JP/TV Program: Thursday, October 27, 2005

TV Program: Thursday, October 27, 2005 .TB.30" .90"TVRI 5:00 a.m. Koran Recital6:00 News: Berita Pagi7:00 Channel Dangdut7:30 Music10:00 Talk Show: Wirausaha11:00 News: Berita Nusantara 12:00 Talk Show: Gado-gado Plus1:00 p.m.

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Wed, 26 Oct 2005

JP/Ministry to examine refueling practices

Ministry to examine refueling practicesThe Jakarta Post, JakartaFollowing allegations from budget carrier Batavia Air that it was supplied with adulterated fuel, the Ministry of Transportation, together with the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources, is setting up a joint committee to examine ...

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Wed, 26 Oct 2005

JP/Committee approves higher spending

Committee approves higher spendingUrip Hudiono and Rendi A. Witular, The Jakarta Post, JakartaA working committee of the House of Representatives' Budget Committee late on Tuesday approved the 2006 state budget's basic assumptions that include higher expenditures on development projects to ...

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Wed, 26 Oct 2005

JP/Summit only produces 3 winners bidders so far

Summit only produces 3 winners bidders so farUrip Hudiono, The Jakarta Post, JakartaWith the country in dire need of fresh investment in the infrastructure sector, the government has only managed to drum up three winning bidders for turnpike projects out of the total of 91 projects on offer during ...

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Wed, 26 Oct 2005

JP/Judges reported to commission

Judges reported to commission JAKARTA: The judges who convicted a House of Representatives lawmaker for embezzling state money allocated for aerial mapping of forests were reported on Tuesday to the Judicial Commission and accused of issuing a "politically motivated verdict".

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Wed, 26 Oct 2005

JP/BPH Migas ready to face KPPU on gas transmission line

BPH Migas ready to face KPPU on gas transmission lineLeony Aurora and Anissa S. Febrina, The Jakarta Post, JakartaDownstream Oil and Gas Regulatory Agency (BPH Migas) is ready to go to the Business Competition Supervisory Agency (KPPU) should any party impose itself in obtaining a special license ...

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Wed, 26 Oct 2005

JP/Team finds 'no evidence' of justice bribery

Team finds 'no evidence' of justice briberyThe Jakarta Post, JakartaThe Judicial Commission summoned on Tuesday five staff members from the Supreme Court and a lawyer for businessman Probosutedjo in a bid to investigate allegations that judges handling Probosutedjo's graft case had received huge ...

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Wed, 26 Oct 2005

JP/No more 'holidays' for graft suspects

No more 'holidays' for graft suspects JAKARTA: The Anti-corruption Court announced on Tuesday that there would be no temporary "vacations" for graft suspects in connection with the Idul Fitri holiday next week.

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Wed, 26 Oct 2005

JP/Kalla, for president? No thanks

Kalla, for president? No thanksJohn McBeth, The Straits Times, Asia News Network/Singapore Just for a moment there, it seemed like almost the unthinkable had happened.

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Wed, 26 Oct 2005

JP/Couples of mixed marriages observe Ramadhan and Idul Fitri in unity

Couples of mixed marriages observe Ramadhan and Idul Fitri in unityTertiani ZB Simanjuntak, The Jakarta Post, JakartaGathering with friends who face similar difficulties brings relief even if it is only one day out of the whole year.

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