Bumi to issue US$600m in bondsLeony Aurora, The Jakarta Post/Jakarta Indonesia's largest coal exporter, PT Bumi Resources, plans to
issue US$600 million-worth of bonds later this year to refinance
its debts, says a top company executive. More ...
C. Effendi
Jakarta While the majority of senior Ministry of Home Affairs
officials prefer to be regarded as serious and unapproachable,
Progo Nurdjaman, the director general of regional autonomy, comes
across as being a friendly character who is open to suggestions. More ...
Poor accountability of civil servant creates room for corruption The Jakarta Post/Jakarta Radical reform of the Indonesian administration and
bureaucracy is imperative to help curb endemic corruption among
civil servants, an Asian Development Bank (ADB) report has said. More ...
Detaching ourselves from the culture of violenceAlpha Amirrachman, Jakarta From the pre-independence to post-Soeharto eras, violence has
marred the history of this nation, perhaps prompting some to ask:
Are we born violent? It would be shameful to answer "yes", but we
might also argue that ... More ...
Apartment living catching on slowly
Rudijanto
Contributor/Jakarta Living in apartment is still a luxury for most people but for
a young and dynamic executive such as Elina Ciptadi who is
expected to come to the office early and return home late, an
apartment is the only solution. More ...
Police gather list of suspects in dump disasterYuli Tri Suwarni, The Jakarta Post/Bandung A team of four experts from the Office of the State Minister for
the Environment has been assigned to determine whether the
management of the Leuwigajah dump was responsible for the garbage
collapse on ... More ...
JP/ /Susilo's 100 Days and the tsunamiThe first hundred days of President Susilo Bambang Yudhyono's
mandate have passed and the pundits, predictably, are
pontificating. More ...
Don't hype fuel price hikes: SusiloRendi A. Witular and Fabiola Desy Unidjaja, The Jakarta Post/Jakarta Fearing that the government's plan to raise fuel prices will
become a political commodity, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono
urged politicians not to take advantage of the price hike ... More ...
U.S. diplomats visit Palu PALU, Central Sulawesi: Senior American diplomats Phillip L.
Antweiler and Mara A. Kaplan visited the Central Sulawesi police
headquarters on Friday and discussed security issues with top
police officers in the province. In the meeting, the diplomats queried Brig. Gen. More ...
Soloist, youth ensemble accord Bach full majestyM. Taufiqurrahman, The Jakarta Post/Jakarta The setting could not have been more perfect for the evening
concert. More ...
JP/18/CAN1Infrastructure is still not supportive Unlike those in Europe, people in Asia, including -- if not,
especially -- Indonesia like to have the most advanced cellular
phone available, even if it is quite expensive. More ...
Smoking restriction Herawati (The Jakarta Post, Feb. 16) misses the point about
smoking restrictions. True, the smoker makes the decision whether
or not to smoke, but his fellow passengers have no such choice. More ...
Sand extraction endangers Bantul coast, causes environmental damageSlamet Susanto, The Jakarta Post/Bantul, Yogyakarta Some 15 years ago, hundreds of sand dunes were still in evidence
along the southern coastal areas of Bantul regency, Yogyakarta. More ...
Smokers and 'Post' cartoon I am very much concerned about the cartoon published in The
Jakarta Post, Feb. 19, which described the Jakarta governor as
blaming smokers for causing pollution in the capital. More ...
Shuttlers vie to make the top gradeMoch. N. Kurniawan, The Jakarta Post/Jakarta Standing a diminutive 1.65 meters, Alamsyah has already made
his mark as the second ranked men's singles player outside of the
national training center. More ...
Schools can help end conflictSimon Marcus Gower, Jakarta It is truly sad that the youth of Jakarta seems so often to be
engaged in violent conflict. More ...
Government set to issue more state bondsUrip Hudiono, The Jakarta Post/Jakarta The government is likely to issue more state bonds -- a total of
Rp 50.1 trillion (US$5.41 billion) -- to help finance a likely
spending increase in the 2005 state budget, a finance ministry
official says. More ...
E. Asia Summit's birthing pains Eric Teo Chu Cheow
The Straits Times
Asia News Network
Singapore At last October's meeting of ASEAN heads of government in
Vientiane, Laos, it was announced that an East Asian Summit will
be launched by Malaysia (as host of the next ASEAN Summit)
towards the end ... More ...
Students bite back in dengue warThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta It was half past nine in the morning. Mujtahid, a student at a
public health university, rushed into the Pasar Minggu
subdistrict health clinic in South Jakarta to inform the doctor
on duty that groups of students were ready to start their ... More ...
RI to attend UN session on women JAKARTA: State Minister for Women's Empowerment Meutia Farida
Hatta Swasono is heading for New York this weekend, to detail the
country's efforts to empower women at the 49th plenary session of
the United Nations' Commission on the Status of Women. More ...
Envoys read poems to console tsunami victimsJP/18/EnvoyEnvoys read poems to console tsunami victimsM. Taufiqurrahman
The Jakarta Post/Jakarta In the aftermath of the tsunami that swept across Aceh and North
Sumatra, countries around the world have contributed much to ease
the suffering of ... More ...
Tsunami and God Since the tsunami occurred, there seems to be three main
opinions regarding this catastrophe. The first opinion is that
the tsunami came directly from God. More ...
Competition Landscape of Three World Giants: Citigroup, Stanchart
and TemasekPaul Sutaryono
Jakarta The merger trend has struck not only Indonesia, but other
countries around the world as well. In Korea, Citibank of South
Korea, a member of Citigroup, the U. More ...
Tsunami and God Since the tsunami occurred, there seems to be three main
opinions regarding this catastrophe. The first opinion is that
the tsunami came directly from God. More ...
Monkeys and Men Some say the best way to stop corruption among state officials
and officeholders is to pay them better salaries. During a
conversation some years ago, the then chairman of the Supreme
Audit Agency (BPK) confronted a post-Soeharto president who
advocated this approach. More ...
Gen. Ryamizard hands over Army post Outgoing Army chief Gen. Ryamizard Ryacudu (left)
jokes with his successor, Lt. Gen. Djoko Santoso, (right) after a
handover ceremony at the Army's headquarters in Central Jakarta
on Friday. More ...
UGM issues book on fuel price hike YOGYAKARTA: In response to the government plans to raise fuel
prices, Gadjah Mada University's Center for Pancasila Economy
Studies (Pustep-UGM) launched on Wednesday a book on issues
related to the price increases. More ...
UGM, Sleman govt agree to cooperate YOGYAKARTA: In a bid to achieve closer cooperation in education
and human resources development, the government of Sleman regency
and Gadjah Mada University (UGM) signed an agreement on Wednesday
that covers both fields. More ...
Airport told to pay up by TangerangMulta Fidrus, The Jakarta Post, Tangerang The Tangerang municipality complained on Friday that PT Angkasa
Pura II, operator of Soekarno-Hatta International Airport, had
not fulfilled its promise to spend at least 5 percent of its net
profit to build public ... More ...
Hospital accused of negligence JAKARTA: The family of Marpha Manulang, 25, has accused St.
Carolus Hospital in Central Jakarta of negligence that led to
blindness and paralysis.Tangkas Manulang told the police on Friday that his sister
Marpha had been treated at the hospital on Dec. More ...
Future on the line as opefuls seek place at CipayungMoch. N. Kurniawan
The Jakarta Post/Jakarta Standing a diminutive 1.65 meters, Alamsyah has already made
his mark as the second ranked men's singles player outside of the
national training center. More ...
Flooding may cost farmers $5 millionBANDUNG: Flooding in the past few days has damaged several
thousand hectares of rice fields in several regencies in West
Java, which will mean little or no harvests this season in the
affected areas, a senior official has said. More ...
Indonesians facing morality and rationality problemsBenget Simbolon Tnb, The Jakarta Post/Jakarta The immoral and irrational behavior of its citizens has hindered
Indonesia's efforts to emerge from the economic crisis that has
plagued the country for eight years, experts say. More ...
Global Stock Index Feb. 25 Latest %Change
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Kediri, Purwakarta named as top investment areas in RIThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta The city of Kediri in East Java and Purwakarta regency in West
Java have been named as the most attractive investment
destinations in the country for 2004, according to an annual
survey conducted by the Regional ... More ...
RI, Cemex likely to resume legal battleRendi A. Witular, The Jakarta Post/Jakarta With the deadline fast approaching, and no out-of-court deal
made, the government is gearing up for a legal battle at the
international arbitration court to settle its years of dispute
with Mexican cement giant ... More ...
Leased apartments expect more guests this yearWith the improvement in business sentiment, the demand for
leased and serviced apartments in Jakarta is likely to continue
to revive this year. More ...
Corruption management It is very interesting to analyze the 2004 survey conducted by
Transparency International Indonesia of governmental institutions
in 21 cities in Indonesian. More details of the survey should be
published to let the public know more about corruption in
Indonesia. More ...
Officials wary of Great Timor State KUPANG, East Nusa Tenggara: A council commission has demanded
that the government follow up on a military report, which
revealed that a group of people on the Indonesian side of Timor
island was trying to establish a Great Timor State. More ...
Haze chokes Pekanbaru and neighboring citiesPuji Santoso, The Jakarta Post/Pekanbaru Historically thick haze from forest fires and burn-offs blanketed
several parts of Riau on Friday, including the capital of
Pekanbaru, disrupting flights and forcing schools to close. More ...
Home is where the money is for Jakarta councillorsThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta Political observers questioned on Friday Governor Sutiyoso's
motives in granting Rp 15 million (US$1,620) monthly housing
allowances to each of 71 city council members, and Rp 20 million
allowances for city leaders, ... More ...
Govt considers revision to special autonomy in AcehMuninggar Sri Saraswati and Tiarma Siboro, The Jakarta Post/Jakarta The government is considering modifications to the implementation
of special autonomy in Aceh to put an end to three decades of
rebellion in the province. More ...
Pregnant women to get free health care YOGYAKARTA: In a bid to help create a healthier population, the
Yogyakarta municipal government plans to waive all fees at health
centers in the municipality for pregnant women. More ...
Half a sewer spells trouble BEKASI: Residents of Jatimakmur in Pondok Gede district,
Bekasi, complained on Friday about the construction of a drainage
system along Jl. Raya Jatimakmur that had remained half completed
for three years."We heard that the developer absconded with part of the
money ... More ...
New apartment units sell like hotcakes
T. Sima Gunawan
Contributor/Jakarta Apartment units, be they mid-market or exclusive, are selling
like hotcakes. When it comes to comfort, money apparently does
not matter. More ...
If Syria did not kill
Hariri, who could have? Patrick Seale
Guardian News Service
London If Syria killed Rafik Hariri, Lebanon's former prime minister
and mastermind of its revival after the civil war, it must be
judged an act of political suicide. More ...
JP/4/ExpressFreedom of expression remain in the back seat
OR
State of RI's democracy reflected in lack of freedom Hera Diani
The Jakarta Post/JakartaAfter last year's landmark direct presidential election, the
upcoming direct election of local administration chiefs may
further lead Indonesia ... More ...
Indonesians immoral, irrational beings: ExpertsBenget Simbolon Tnb
The Jakarta Post/JakartaThe immoral and irrational behavior of its citizens has hindered
Indonesia's efforts to emerge from the economic crisis that has
plagued the country for eight years, experts say. More ...
RI men held in RP 'not linked to JI'Eva C. Komandjaja, The Jakarta Post/Jakarta Two Indonesians being detained in the Philippines are not
connected with recent bomb attacks in this country despite
allegedly being members of the regional terror group Jamaah
Islamiyah (JI), the National Police say. More ...
Students learn about gender from filmsSri Wahyuni, The Jakarta Post, Yogyakarta The high school students -- still in their gray and white school
uniforms -- looked so enthusiastic when renowned Indonesian
actress Nurul Arifin asked them what they knew about gender or
gender-related issues during ... More ...
Lampung activists query regent's salaries planOyos Saroso H.N., The Jakarta Post/Bandarlampung Activists in Lampung have strongly objected to a planned salary
scheme for the regent and vice regent of North Lampung regency,
as proposed in the 2005 regental budget. More ...
Writers discuss their craft at World Economic ForumHarry Bhaskara
The Jakarta Post/Davos Most young writers dream of someone offering them a retreat
for a season, somewhere in the hills, where the view over the
lake and the absence of a telephone would inspire in them
absolute dedication. More ...
12 Papuan babies test HIV positive JAYAPURA, Papua: A senior government official revealed on Friday
a recent finding that 12 infants under a year old in Merauke
regency, tested positive for the Human Immunodeficiency Virus
(HIV). More ...
Global Stock Index Feb. 25 Latest %Change
New York
DJ Indus 10748.79 +0.70 Feb 24
Nasdaq 2051.70 +1.01 Feb 24
S&P 500 1200.20 +0.79 Feb 24
Toronto
S&P/TSX 9657.74 -0. More ...
Rupiah Rates Feb. 25 Banknote rates Selling Buying Australian dollar 1 7,463.15 6,692.40
Brunei dollar 1 5,929.25 5,315.06
Canadian dollar 1 7,825.95 7,015.07
Swiss franc 1 8,069.34 7,233. More ...
Roh completes
two years in office INDONESIA: South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun, who completed
two years in office on Friday, vowed that his government would
continue to put a priority on cementing its alliances with the
United States. More ...
Part 2 of 2: Lessons from East Asian financial cooperationMakmur Keliat, Jakarta What lessons can we learn from the evolvement of such regional
financial cooperation? First, the idea of regional financial
cooperation seems to have been a belated response to crisis. More ...
Diagnosis as public policyJohn Z. Sadler
Project Syndicate When we think about medical diagnosis, we usually think in
terms of science. The conventional (and accurate) wisdom is that
diseases are named and classified on the basis of scientific
research. More ...
Correction The Rotary Club of Jakarta's centennial dinner held on Wednesday
night was attended by the Canadian ambassador, not the Australian
ambassador as stated in Friday's article. We apologize for any
inconvenience or embarrassment caused. More ...
Where to go in Yogyakarta: Saturday, February 26, 2005Exhibitions* Painting Radius 1 KM: Jogja Bergera, Kedai Kebun Forum Jl.
Tirtodipuran 3 (Tel. 0274-376114), until March 27
* Book Ies IIIustres, at Lembaga Indonesia Perancis - LIP, Jl.
Sagan No. 3 (Tel. More ...
Foreign investment in Indonesia Minister of Trade Mari E. Pangestu's comments and concerns
with regard to "out of control regional administrations' levies
on foreign investors" (The Jakarta Post of Feb. 14) are to be
commended. More ...
Jamsostek covers dengue sufferers JAKARTA: State-owned PT Jamsostek will cover the medical cost
of workers and their families infected by dengue fever since the
epidemic was declared a national disaster. More ...
JP/17/CAN2How to complain, 21st century-style Don't worry if you have to repeat your complaint when you want
to follow up a grievance over a product or service of a company
by calling the company. More ...
JP/5/POLLPolling on leadership candidates flourishes in Riau Islands Fadli
The Jakarta Post/BatamPolling and survey institutions are busy as the date for the Riau
Islands regional elections draws nearer, with many candidates
paying big money to find out how they are faring and what voters
are ... More ...
Foreign investment in Indonesia Minister of Trade Mari E. Pangestu's comments and concerns
with regard to "out of control regional administrations' levies
on foreign investors" (The Jakarta Post of Feb. 14) are to be
commended. More ...
Smoking restriction Herawati (The Jakarta Post, Feb. 16) misses the point about
smoking restrictions. True, the smoker makes the decision whether
or not to smoke, but his fellow passengers have no such choice. More ...
Leaking aegis "I have done all that I wanted to do and I am already in
possession of all that I always wanted to have. I want to spend
my old age in peace." The man who uttered these words is seen, according to Riris K. More ...
DHL offers customized distribution serviceThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta PT Birotika Semesta/DHL Express, a courier company operating in
Indonesia since 1973, offers purpose-designed facilities to
provide inventory management, storage and urgent delivery
services through its strategic parts center ... More ...
'Corruption can't be eradicated overnight' Indonesia is regularly listed as one of the world's most corrupt
countries. Now the most recent study by Transparency
International Indonesia lists Jakarta, the national center of
power, as the country's most-corrupt city. More ...
Online plan needs substance to keep it from sinking
Fei Li
China Daily/Asia News Network
Beijing When the Government Online Initiative was launched in 1999
with great fanfare, hopes were high that the project would lead
to a more efficient information flow and interaction between the ... More ...
Govt seeks to raise education standardsThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta Indonesian and Australian officials met here on Thursday to
discuss ways to raise educational standards in the country and
adjust qualification yardsticks to meet requirements in the two
countries. More ...
TNI to pick officers for vacant posts JAKARTA: Indonesian Military (TNI) Chief Gen. Endriartono
Sutarto said on Friday the TNI headquarters was now in the
process of selecting officers to fill in posts that had become
vacant following its latest reshuffle. More ...
Immunization Key to Saving World's Poorest ChildrenYoweri Museveni
and Jens Stoltenberg
Yale Center for the Study of
Globalization As national leaders -- one in Scandinavia, the other in East
Africa -- we awaken each day to dramatically different realities. More ...
Radical reform necessary to curb corruption: ReportThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta Radical reform of the Indonesian administration and
bureaucracy is imperative to help curb endemic corruption among
civil servants, an Asian Development Bank (ADB) report has said. More ...
FOCUS ISSUE: Sunday - Feb.26 -- APARTMENTJakarta will have 54 more apartment buildings
Hendarsyah Tarmizi
The Jakarta Post/JakartaAt least 54 new condominium (strata-titled apartment) projects
are under construction in Jakarta, adding more than 3,400 new
apartment units to the growing condominium ... More ...
Algeria will never forget Indonesia's help: EnvoyVeeramalla Anjaiah, The Jakarta Post/Jakarta Algeria, an oil-rich North African country, will never forget
the 1955 Bandung Conference and Indonesia's first president
Sukarno, says Algeria's new ambassador to Indonesia Hamza Yahia-
Cherif. More ...
Local innovation for national prosperityWilliam M. Frej
Jakarta The Dec. 26 earthquake and tsunami have had an enormous impact
on Indonesia and the economic program of the Susilo Bambang
Yudhoyono government. USAID Indonesia and a host of U.S. More ...
JP/17/AUCTBachelor auction romantic way to raise fundsEvi Mariani
The Jakarta Post/JakartaThe hottest bachelor at the charity auction was Alexander
Jovanovic, 43, an Aussie with a pair of hazel-colored eyes, 180
centimeters in height, sexy streaks of gray hair in his wavy,
dark hair and charm ... More ...
Obstacles to peace remain in AcehThe Nation
Asia News Network
Bangkok The international community has welcomed the progress that the
Indonesian government and the rebels in Aceh have made towards
resolving their differences, as both sides have shown a
willingness to be flexible and make ... More ...
Spiritual approach to addressing traumaAndayani, Canada The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that 10 percent
of tsunami survivors are suffering severe psychiatric problems
and as many as 50 percent, less acute psychological disturbances
(The Jakarta Post, Jan. 28). More ...
Kornelius Purba
The Jakarta Post/Cannes, France Alcatel, the French telecommunications giant, invited three
Indonesian journalists, including The Jakarta Post's Kornelius
Purba to cover, from Feb. 6 through Feb. 17, the Alcatel Forum
2005 in Paris and the 3GSM World Congress in Cannes. More ...
If Syria did not kill Hariri, who could have?Patrick Seale, Guardian News Service, London If Syria killed Rafik Hariri, Lebanon's former prime minister
and mastermind of its revival after the civil war, it must be
judged an act of political suicide. More ...
Govt opens call center for fuel price queriesFabiola Desy Unidjaja, The Jakarta Post/Jakarta Starting on Saturday, the public can file any complaints they
have about the government's disbursement of low-income assistance
funds to a 24-hour toll-free call center. More ...
Acehnese children paint happier pictures of lifeAbdul Khalik, The Jakarta Post/Banda Aceh Laughing and shouting at each other, dozens of children rushed
out of their temporary shelter in Lambaro refugee camp just
outside Banda Aceh and ran to a general purpose building nearby
to take part in a ... More ...
Photos show human resilience amid unrelenting disasterM. Taufiqurrahman, The Jakarta Post/Jakarta While words may not be adequate to describe the severity of the
tsunami that washed away a large part of Aceh, and its impact on
the Acehnese; a visual account of the calamity says much more
about ... More ...
Darmin named Bapepam chairmanLeony Aurora, The Jakarta Post/Jakarta The government has decided to appoint Darmin Nasution as chairman
of the Capital Market Supervisory Agency (Bapepam), a minister
says. More ...
The bleeding heart that is AfricaChristopher Dickson
Jakarta Some thirty years ago, the legendary Monty Python comedy team
wrote and performed a skit, which was set as a kindergarten
classroom lesson. More ...
Ba'asyir warns judges of damnation in afterlifeThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta Lawyers representing terror defendant Abu Bakar Ba'asyir availed
of their final chance on Friday to convince a district court of
their client's innocence before the court brings in its verdict
next Thursday. More ...
Govt plans to revitalize capital marketRendi A. Witular and Leony Aurora, The Jakarta Post/Jakarta The government is aiming to revitalize the country's capital
market industry by trying to streamline bureaucracy and improve
legal certainty, and make the industry one of the key drivers in
the ... More ...
Indonesian railwayman makes history Dr. Julison Arifin (shown with daughter Ovi) has become the first
employee of state railway company PT Kereta Api Indonesia (KAI)
to be awarded the title doctor of philosophy (PhD) at an overseas
university.He received his award at a ceremony on Jan. More ...
The Violent Face of Indonesia
Thang D. Nguyen
Jakarta As 2004 came to an end, Western intelligence forces issued a
warning of a potential terrorist attack in a Hilton hotel in
Indonesia during the Christmas and New Year holidays. Fortunately, no terrorist attacks happened. More ...
Persani prefers Russia for rhythmic gymnastsMoch. N. Kurniawan, The Jakarta Post/Jakarta The Indonesian Gymnastics Association (Persani) is pushing for
its rhythmic gymnasts to train in Russia instead of China,
fearing the latter country may be loath to part with technical
expertise to a regional ... More ...
New apartment units sell like hotcakes
T. Sima Gunawan
Contributor/Jakarta Apartment units, be they mid-market or exclusive, are selling
like hotcakes. When it comes to comfort, money apparently does
not matter. More ...
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