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Sat, 26 Nov 2005

JP/Deadly avian flu continues to spread as new Jakarta case confirmed

Deadly avian flu continues to spread as new Jakarta case confirmedTantri Yuliandini, The Jakarta Post/Jakarta The deadly bird flu continues to spread in the capital, with a health official in Jakarta announcing on Friday a 25-year-old woman had tested positive for avian influenza.

Sat, 26 Nov 2005

JP/Sutiyoso visits South Africa

Sutiyoso visits South Africa JAKARTA: Governor Sutiyoso on Thursday kicked off his ten-day official visit to two African countries to sign a provincial city agreement with South Africa's province of Kwazuku Natal and a sister city agreement with Mozambique's capital of Maputo.

Sat, 26 Nov 2005

JP/WHOsays RI needs more polio vaccination rounds

WHOsays RI needs more polio vaccination roundsTb. Arie Rukmantara, The Jakarta Post/Jakarta The government and foreign donors have agreed that Indonesia should hold at least two additional rounds of a nation-wide polio vaccination drive next year in a bid to completely eradicate the crippling ...

Sat, 26 Nov 2005

JP/JP/1/IBOX

JP/1/IBOXU.S. military embargo cripples RI air capabilityEffects YearImpounding of 1 F-5E jet fighter being overhauled in the U.S.

Sat, 26 Nov 2005

JP/Cloak and dagger tactics to crack down on terror

Cloak and dagger tactics to crack down on terrorRay Zulfirman Parsioan Pulungan, Jakarta As a senior high school student in Jakarta only a few years before the spectacular fall of Soeharto in May 1998, I witnessed the antics of Indonesians of my age or slightly older who were involved in ...

Sat, 26 Nov 2005

JP/AWAIR to add more planes, expand routes

AWAIR to add more planes, expand routesThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta Low-cost carrier PT AWAIR International plans to add one aircraft to its fleet in December and five more next year as it expands its domestic routes.

Sat, 26 Nov 2005

JP/Implementing the Kyoto Protocol key to addressing climate change

Implementing the Kyoto Protocol key to addressing climate changeTony Juniper, Guardian News Service, London Next week 10,000 people will start to gather in Montreal for what are expected to be the most important climate change negotiations since the agreement of the Kyoto protocol in 1997 (United ...

Sat, 26 Nov 2005

JP/Settling for second best

Settling for second best The 23rd Southeast Asian (SEA) Games, the biennial arena for the region's strongest and fittest to show their stuff, will officially open with due pomp and circumstance in Manila on Sunday.

Sat, 26 Nov 2005

JP/Our bureaucratic burden

Our bureaucratic burdenT.N. Machmud Jakarta An interesting article appeared in the Post on Nov. 21 titled Indonesia needs big bang reform to woo investment. The article referred to the World Bank's recent 2-day workshop on improving Indonesia's investment climate.

Sat, 26 Nov 2005

JP/Gigi lashes out at Rhoma's remark

Gigi lashes out at Rhoma's remark JAKARTA: The penchant of self-appointed dangdut music king Rhoma Irama (shown in photo) for slating younger artists landed him in hot water recently.This time the target of his criticism was once-popular pop- rock band Gigi.

Sat, 26 Nov 2005

JP/Phone registration

Phone registration Concerning the article headlined Phone providers clueless over prepaid card registration, it is explained that "The issuance of a ministerial regulation requiring prepaid card cell phone subscribers to register with cellular providers is causing confusion among the companies.

Sat, 26 Nov 2005

JP/Kalla seeking to restore Papuan confidence

Kalla seeking to restore Papuan confidenceRidwan Max Sijabat, The Jakarta Post/Jakarta Vice President Jusuf Kalla has again proved himself to be a more than competent mediator, bringing together officials from Papua and the central government on Thursday and prodding them into an agreement on the ...

Sat, 26 Nov 2005

JP/Witness testifies in favor of Newmont

Witness testifies in favor of Newmont MANADO, North Sulawesi: The Environmental Impact Analysis (Amdal) commission at the mines and energy ministry approved the installment by PT Newmont Minahasa Raya of its undersea tailings outlet pipe in Buyat Bay, a witness testified here on Friday.

Sat, 26 Nov 2005

JP/'It's time to improve teachers' welfare'

'It's time to improve teachers' welfare' With little fanfare, the country commemorated Teachers Day on Friday. The Jakarta Post interviewed residents here on the state of the country's education system.Nurmanto, 35, is a resident of Bintaro Jaya housing complex in Tangerang, Banten.

Sat, 26 Nov 2005

JP/Papua to share revenue with West Irian Jaya

Papua to share revenue with West Irian JayaThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta The government has announced a plan to issue a regulation in lieu of law (perpu) to revise the special autonomy law for Papua, under which the resource-rich island will have to share its economic revenues between Papua and the ...

Sat, 26 Nov 2005

JP/Principal defends umroh trip

Principal defends umroh tripMulta Fidrus, The Jakarta Post/Tangerang The principal of state SMA I high school in Pamulang, Tangerang, Dedi Rafidi, defended on Friday his decision to finance the haj pilgrimages of several school teachers and staff, saying it was an incentive aimed at boosting ...

Sat, 26 Nov 2005

JP/Paying attention to teachers

Paying attention to teachers Teaching has long been a respected profession. But in practice many teachers lose this prestige by taking on side jobs as ojek (motorcycle taxi) drivers or even as illegal lottery ticket sellers to make ends meet.

Sat, 26 Nov 2005

JP/Language skill helps Noordin

Language skill helps NoordinEva C. Komandjaja and Suherdjoko, The Jakarta Post/Jakarta/Semarang Although the National Police are exerting their best efforts in trying to hunt down the country's most wanted terrorist Noordin M.

Sat, 26 Nov 2005

JP/Telephone, internet down in Setiabudi

Telephone, internet down in Setiabudi JAKARTA: Unknown persons have cut through optical cables in the Setiabudi district in Kuningan, South Jakarta, causing telephone and Internet lines in offices around the area to be disconnected, Antara reported on Friday.

Sat, 26 Nov 2005

JP/Officials on anthrax alert

Officials on anthrax alert JAKARTA: The Central Jakarta Husbandry Office will monitor all abattoirs -- but particularly the goat abattoir in Pasar Tanah Abang -- in anticipation of anthrax spreading to the capital, beritajakarta.com reported on Friday.

Sat, 26 Nov 2005

JP/Indonesia to purchase more Hercules from U.S.

Indonesia to purchase more Hercules from U.S.Tiarma Siboro, The Jakarta Post/Jakarta Instead of procuring lethal armaments from the United States, Indonesia has decided, initially at least, to purchase more Hercules transport planes over the next five to ten years as they are essential for ...

Sat, 26 Nov 2005

JP/Graft convict dies in prison

Graft convict dies in prison TANGERANG: Former secretary of the Banten Provincial Council H. Tardian died at the Serang Penitentiary on Thursday evening after serving only two months of his one-year prison term for his role in a Rp 14 billion corruption case involving several top leaders in the ...

Sat, 26 Nov 2005

JP/Traffic detour on Jl. Juanda

Traffic detour on Jl. Juanda JAKARTA: Vehicles going through Jl. Juanda in Central Jakarta will be directed to other roads beginning Saturday evening at 10 p.m. to anticipate the narrowing of the road due to the installation of tap water pipes.

Sat, 26 Nov 2005

JP/JP/2/PAPUA

JP/2/PAPUAPapua to share revenue with West Irian JayaThe Jakarta Post JakartaThe government has announced a plan to issue a regulation in lieu of law (perpu) to revise the special autonomy law for Papua, under which the resource-rich island will have to share its economic revenues between Papua ...

Sat, 26 Nov 2005

JP/Make family, not war: Int'l peace campaigner

Make family, not war: Int'l peace campaignerThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta The national family planning agency may not like it, but a controversial international peace activist has said that the way to achieve peace is through propagation.

Sat, 26 Nov 2005

JP/The impact of a Dutch study on Papua vote

The impact of a Dutch study on Papua voteNeles Tebay, Rome The government has every right to play down the impact of the Dutch study on the Papua vote in 1969 by simply viewing it as academic research (The Jakarta Post, Nov. 19).

Sat, 26 Nov 2005

JP/Toko Oen, a nostalgic Dutch restaurant

Toko Oen, a nostalgic Dutch restaurantSuherdjoko, The Jakarta Post/Semarang Dozens of senior citizens were enjoying lunch on century-old wooden chairs with rattan seats. The room was cooled by several large fans, keeping at bay the sweltering heat of the coastal city of Semarang.

Sat, 26 Nov 2005

JP/PKS and PAS: Ideological similarities, different orientations?

PKS and PAS: Ideological similarities, different orientations?Ahmad Ali Nurdin Bandung To compare two Islamic political parties in Southeast Asia, the PKS (Indonesia's Prosperous Justice Party), and PAS (Malaysia's Pan Islamic Party), is interesting.

Sat, 26 Nov 2005

JP/Kyoto's the key

Kyoto's the keyTony Juniper Guardian News Service London Next week 10,000 people will start to gather in Montreal for what are expected to be the most important climate change negotiations since the agreement of the Kyoto protocol in 1997 (United Nations Climate Change Conference Montreal, ...

Sat, 26 Nov 2005

JP/JP/5/D06

JP/5/D06Marine nature lovers strive to preserve Bali's coral reefsAntara/Denpasar The severe damage of Bali's coral reefs in recent years has stirred a group of nature lovers to train fishermen in coral reef management.

Sat, 26 Nov 2005

JP/Efata, Lippo work on ticket payment

Efata, Lippo work on ticket payment JAKARTA: New airline carrier PT Efata Papua Airlines (Air Efata) and PT Bank Lippo Tbk signed a deal on Thursday, allowing the bank's customers to purchase plane tickets through its ATMs and Internet banking network.

Sat, 26 Nov 2005

JP/Intellectual property rights and economic development

Intellectual property rights and economic developmentMakarim Wibisono Geneva Intellectual property (IP) is a topic which, until some years ago, was largely unheard of in many parts of the world, either because such places were too remote, or because they were not sufficiently industrialized ...

Sat, 26 Nov 2005

JP/Air Paradise grounding deals Bali another blow

Air Paradise grounding deals Bali another blowDuncan Graham, Contributor/Surabaya Dreams die at daybreak. And that's how it was for thousands of Australians this week who woke to find their Bali holiday plans shattered by the downing of Indonesian airline Air Paradise.

Sat, 26 Nov 2005

JP/SBY's visit to India

SBY's visit to India President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's (SBY's) visit to India had both positive and negative aspects to it. On the one hand, it was reported that SBY's visit marked the opening of a new chapter in the relationship between the two countries (The Jakarta Post, Nov.

Sat, 26 Nov 2005

JP/Attorney general defends probe against whistle-blower

Attorney general defends probe against whistle-blowerEva C. Komandjaja, The Jakarta Post/Jakarta Attorney General Abdul Rahman Saleh has struck back at critics who have accused prosecutors of politicizing the graft investigation into former state auditor Khairiansyah Salman, who helped reveal ...

Sat, 26 Nov 2005

JP/Muslims split over ban on 'radical' books

Muslims split over ban on 'radical' booksEva C. Komandjaja and Suherdjoko, The Jakarta Post/Jakarta/Semarang An attempt by the Ministry of Religious Affairs to ban Islamic books thought to foment radicalism has been opposed by a large Muslim organization that fears the move could ...

Sat, 26 Nov 2005

JP/City plans to increase subsidy for state schools

City plans to increase subsidy for state schoolsThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta The city administration has decided to increase subsidies for state elementary and junior high schools in the capital, but the hike might not be enough to provide free schooling as promised.

Sat, 26 Nov 2005

JP/Jones shown the door ... again!

Jones shown the door ... again!Muninggar Sri Saraswati and Adianto P. Simamora, The Jakarta Post/Jakarta The immigration office has denied American terrorism expert Sidney Jones entry to the country without explanation despite the fact that she is in possession of a temporary stay permit and work ...

Sat, 26 Nov 2005

JP/Attitudes must change

Attitudes must change As we know, many countries in the world have suffered from terrorist attacks, including the U.S., Britain, Spain, Indonesia, lately Jordan, etc.I do not think Australia should be arrogant, but rather should apologize to the Muslims of the world for helping the U.S.

Sat, 26 Nov 2005

JP/On marrying Indonesian women

On marrying Indonesian women First of all, Keluarga Perkawinan Campuran Melalui Tangan Ibu (KPCMelati) would like to wish you and your distinguished readers celebrating Idul Fitri a Happy Idul Fitri 1426 H.Second, we would like to offer further clarification regarding: 1.

Sat, 26 Nov 2005

JP/INSA chases bigger share of exports

INSA chases bigger share of exportsAnissa S. Febrina, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Domestic shipping lines, which currently control about 5 percent of total shipments of exports, aim to boost this figure by at least 10 percent by next year, says a local shipping association.

Sat, 26 Nov 2005

JP/Toko Oen, a nostalgic Dutch rendezvous in Semarang

Toko Oen, a nostalgic Dutch rendezvous in SemarangSuherdjoko The Jakarta Post/SemarangDozens of senior citizens were enjoying lunch on century-old wooden chairs with rattan seats. The room was cooled by several large fans, keeping at bay the sweltering heat of the coastal city of Semarang.

Sat, 26 Nov 2005

JP/Six being treated at hospitals for dengue

Six being treated at hospitals for dengue KUPANG, East Nusa Tenggara: Six children are now being treated at hospitals after a dengue outbreak hit the city over the past week, a health official said on Friday.

Sat, 26 Nov 2005

JP/[b]

RI jazz loses legendary bass-man JAKARTA: Indonesian jazz has lost a seasoned bass player, Perry Pattiselano, 55, (shown in framed photo) and his contemporaries mourned the passing of a "reliable, stable and consistent" musician and a good friend.

Sat, 26 Nov 2005

JP/Muladi faces graft probe

Muladi faces graft probe JAKARTA: Former state secretary Muladi will be summoned in relation to graft cases at the State Secretariat, the interdepartmental anticorruption team said on Friday.

Sat, 26 Nov 2005

JP/Golkar reaffirms loyalty to govt ahead of anticipated reshuffle

Golkar reaffirms loyalty to govt ahead of anticipated reshuffleRidwan Max Sijabat, The Jakarta Post/Jakarta Concluding its two-day leadership meeting on Friday, the Golkar Party reaffirmed its position as the main supporter of the current administration as it seeks more seats in the Cabinet team.

Sat, 26 Nov 2005

JP/Attitudes must change

Attitudes must change As we know, many countries in the world have suffered from terrorist attacks, including the U.S., Britain, Spain, Indonesia, lately Jordan, etc.I do not think Australia should be arrogant, but rather should apologize to the Muslims of the world for helping the U.S.

Sat, 26 Nov 2005

JP/Government culls chickens after bird flu spread

Government culls chickens after bird flu spreadNani Afrida, The Jakarta Post/Banda Aceh The Banda Aceh government has culled 109 chickens and ducks believed to be infected with bird flu, a senior government official says.

Sat, 26 Nov 2005

JP/IOM requests increased security

IOM requests increased security MEDAN, North Sumatra: Executives with the International Organization for Migration (IOM) in Medan have called on police to step up security after a group of youths ransacked their office on Wednesday.

Sat, 26 Nov 2005

JP/Horses vaccinated to prevent anthrax

Horses vaccinated to prevent anthrax YOGYAKARTA: As part of efforts to prevent an outbreak of anthrax, Bantul animal husbandry office here has vaccinated hundreds of horses in the regency's coastal areas.The horses are used for tourism purposes.

Sat, 26 Nov 2005

JP/[b]SBY's visit to India

SBY's visit to India President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's (SBY's) visit to India had both positive and negative aspects to it. On the one hand, it was reported that SBY's visit marked the opening of a new chapter in the relationship between the two countries (The Jakarta Post, Nov.

Sat, 26 Nov 2005

JP/Trailblazer always seeking to innovate

Trailblazer always seeking to innovateM. Taufiqurrahman, The Jakarta Post/Jakarta For someone who has produced 31 widely acclaimed albums, acted as sideman in hundreds of jazz albums and been named a jazz legend in his home country, Finnish saxophone player Eero Koivistoinen is indeed humble.

Sat, 26 Nov 2005

JP/Harassment questioning continues

Harassment questioning continuesTheresia Sufa, The Jakarta Post/Bogor Internal affairs officers from the West Java Police are continuing their investigation into a sexual harassment complaint against Bogor Police chief Sr. Comr. Tjiptono and several of his subordinates.

Sat, 26 Nov 2005

JP/Rabin's resurrection and the prospects of peace

Rabin's resurrection and the prospects of peaceGwynne Dyer, London Can the old war criminal really want to end his political career by making peace with the Palestinians? Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has broken with the hard-right Likud Party that he helped to found three decades ago and ...

Sat, 26 Nov 2005

JP/RI to purchase more Hercules from U.S.

RI to purchase more Hercules from U.S.Tiarma Siboro The Jakarta Post/JakartaInstead of procuring lethal armaments from the United States, Indonesia has decided, initially at least, to purchase more Hercules transport planes over the next five to ten years as they are essential for supporting ...

Sat, 26 Nov 2005

JP/The world through children's eyes

The world through children's eyesEndy M.Bayuni The Jakarta Post/OsloIt is said that children are people But people do not exist without a culture Children are people who belong to the future And they have the right to their own culture Their own art and history -- The International ...

Sat, 26 Nov 2005

JP/Striking a chord with classics and pop alike

Striking a chord with classics and pop alikeDuncan Graham, Contributor/Surabaya Petra Chorale, East Java's internationally famous choir, has a new musical director.

Sat, 26 Nov 2005

JP/The end of the world?

The end of the world? As the month of December is approaching it is hard for any world citizen, like myself, to be too optimistic as to the fate of the world. Climate change as a result of the warming of the ozone layers is a serious matter.

Sat, 26 Nov 2005

JP/Villagers mourn workers' death, seek explanations

Villagers mourn workers' death, seek explanationsRidwan Max Sijabat, The Jakarta Post/Jakarta Sama Samili did not think when he saw his daughter Sumiyati off at the Soekarno-Hatta International Airport in September last year that it would be their last meeting.

Sat, 26 Nov 2005

JP/Minimum wages should be based on inflation: Hipmi

Minimum wages should be based on inflation: HipmiThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta Regional minimum wages should be adjusted accordingly to the inflation rate, a business association says, suggesting a maximum hike of only 15 percent to avoid further costs to businesses, which are also facing rising ...

Sat, 26 Nov 2005

JP/City developers fail to fulfill commitments

City developers fail to fulfill commitmentsThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta Most real estate developers in the capital have ignored their obligation to construct low-cost apartments for disadvantaged families in Jakarta.