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57 articles.

Fri, 03 Aug 2001

JP/Farmers threaten to demolish dam

Farmers threaten to demolish dam PANGKEP, South Sulawesi: Hundreds of farmers in Minasatene and Pangkajene subdistricts, Pangkep regency, South Sulawesi, have threatened to demolish the Tabo-Tabo dam, which is about 60 km of Makassar, the capital of South Sulawesi.

Fri, 03 Aug 2001

JP/Security in Aceh generally improving, police claim

Security in Aceh generally improving, police claimBy Muharram M. Nur BANDA ACEH, Aceh (JP): Security in Aceh has generally improved over the past few days although tension remains high in some villages where troops have been raiding places they suspect were Free Aceh Movement (GAM) separatist ...

Fri, 03 Aug 2001

JP/Legislators hail death penalty for drug dealers

Legislators hail death penalty for drug dealers TANGERANG (JP): Legislators lauded the Tangerang District Court for imposing the death sentence on nine drug traffickers, including five foreigners, over the past seven months.

Fri, 03 Aug 2001

JP/Where to go in Jakarta:

Where to go in Jakarta:Exhibitions * Painting, Ceramics Paul Husner, F. Widayanto, Galeri Minima - Maxima, Jl. Sultan Iskandar Muda 88D, Arteri Pondok Indah (Phone: 7207171, 7209009), 10:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m., until Aug. 23. * Painting Barli Sasmitawinata, Sriyanto Gallery, Jl.

Fri, 03 Aug 2001

JP/Cosmetics company starts legal battle over domain

Cosmetics company starts legal battle over domain JAKARTA (JP): A former manager of local giant cosmetic producer PT Martina Berto stood trial on Thursday at the Central Jakarta District Court for illegally registering the domain name MustikaRatu.com after the company's main rival PT Mustika Ratu.

Fri, 03 Aug 2001

JP/Guitar concert charms music fans

Guitar concert charms music fans JAKARTA (JP): So ubiquitous is the guitar that it can even be seen in great numbers in Jakarta's streets. But not a guitar concert. Hence, when six Jakartan guitarists staged a concert here on Sunday July 29, it was a welcome treat.

Fri, 03 Aug 2001

JP/Atrium blast related to earlier bombings: Police

Atrium blast related to earlier bombings: Police JAKARTA (JP): City police chief Insp. Gen. Sofjan Yacob voiced belief on Thursday that the Atrium Plaza bombing in Central Jakarta was related to blasts under the Slipi flyover, West Jakarta, and at two churches in East Jakarta.

Fri, 03 Aug 2001

JP/Telkom lodges counter suit

Telkom lodges counter suit BANDUNG, West Java (JP): State-owned telecommunications company PT Telkom will lodge a counter complaint on Aug. 29 against its joint operation partner PT AriaWest International, a senior executive revealed on Wednesday.

Fri, 03 Aug 2001

JP/Hotel gutted by fire in Padang

Hotel gutted by fire in Padang PADANG, West Sumatra: Fire engulfed one of the principal hotels in Padang in the early hours of Thursday, razing its newly opened karaoke hall and causing Rp 2 billion (US$210,526) in losses.

Fri, 03 Aug 2001

JP/'Kiss of the Dragon' flaunts exciting fight

'Kiss of the Dragon' flaunts exciting fightBy Joko E.H. Anwar Kiss of the Dragon **1/2 out of four stars; Action, 100 minutes; Starring Jet Li, Bridget Fonda, Tcheky Karyo; Directed by Chris Nahon; A 20th Century Fox release JAKARTA (JP): What do we get when a martial art/action film starring ...

Fri, 03 Aug 2001

JP/High-ranking officials

High-ranking officials drive Harleys illegally JAKARTA (JP): Former governor Wiyogo Atmodarminto and 10 high ranking city officials have been using Harley Davidson motorbikes belonging to the government for private use without proper procedures, a source said.

Fri, 03 Aug 2001

JP/Mega's overseas trips

Mega's overseas trips Precisely a month after her appointment as the fifth president of Indonesia, i.e. Aug. 23, 2001, President Megawati will begin an overseas trip to all ASEAN member countries. This means that she will visit eight countries.

Fri, 03 Aug 2001

JP/Peaceful end sought for Maluku conflict

Peaceful end sought for Maluku conflict AMBON, Maluku (JP): Pattimura Military chief Brig. Gen. Mustopo stated on Thursday that the prolonged conflict in the Maluku islands could not be settled with repressive measures from the military and police.

Fri, 03 Aug 2001

JP/UMPTN results announcement

UMPTN results announcement JAKARTA (JP): The results of the entrance test for state universities (UMPTN) will be announced on Aug. 6 through the print and electronic media, the UMPTN organizing committee said in a media statement on Thursday.

Fri, 03 Aug 2001

JP/PKB members withdraw support for party official

PKB members withdraw support for party official PURWOKERTO, Central Java (JP): A National Awakening Party (PKB) official said here on Thursday that party members in the regency of Indramayu, West Java, had officially withdrawn support for one of the party's House of Representatives' members, ...

Fri, 03 Aug 2001

JP/Megawati's silence could cost her greatly

Megawati's silence could cost her greatly Indonesia's major partners, including Japan, the biggest lender and largest investor in Indonesia, is ready to cooperate with President Megawati Soekarnoputri's administration, says Takashi Shiraishi, a prominent Indonesian observer at Kyoto ...

Fri, 03 Aug 2001

JP/Haggling stalls Cabinet making

Haggling stalls Cabinet making JAKARTA (JP): The much-awaited Cabinet line-up will not be unveiled until next week, accentuating apparent horse trading among major political parties for key positions and leaving the financial markets bearish.

Fri, 03 Aug 2001

JP/Foreign investors ask government to cut red tape

Foreign investors ask government to cut red tape JAKARTA (JP): Foreign investors called on Thursday for the government to further streamline investment procedures to help attract more investment into the ailing economy.

Fri, 03 Aug 2001

JP/Brawl leaves one injured

Brawl leaves one injured JAKARTA (JP): A brawl involving several visitors of Grand Menteng Hotel on Jl. Matraman Raya, East Jakarta and residents of the Matraman subdistrict left one man injured.

Fri, 03 Aug 2001

JP/Delay in Cabinet announcement gets mixed response

Delay in Cabinet announcement gets mixed response JAKARTA (JP): President Megawati Soekarnoputri's failure to strike a deal with political party leaders on the new Cabinet line-up received mixed reactions from politicians on Thursday.

Fri, 03 Aug 2001

JP/Will Vice President Hamzah outshine taciturn Megawati?

Will Vice President Hamzah outshine taciturn Megawati? Indonesia's major partners, including Japan, the biggest lender and largest investor in Indonesia, is ready to cooperate with President Megawati Soekarnoputri's administration, says Takashi Shiraishi, a prominent Indonesian observer at ...

Fri, 03 Aug 2001

JP/Rare flower blooming

Rare flower blooming BOGOR (JP): A rare plant called bunga bangkai (corpse flower), Amorphophallus titanum, at the Bogor Botanical Garden is blooming, and the flower, which has a strong odor, has reached 2.9 meters high.Unfortunately its growth is not normal.

Fri, 03 Aug 2001

JP/KAI blames bus driver for fatal accident

KAI blames bus driver for fatal accident PURWOKERTO, Central Java (JP): Preliminary investigations indicate that the railroad crossing attendant was not to blame for a fatal crash involving the Empu Jaya train and a Sinar Jaya bus which killed 13 people on Wednesday, a railroad official has said.

Fri, 03 Aug 2001

JP/Power outage hits parts of Jakarta

Power outage hits parts of Jakarta JAKARTA (JP): A number of areas in Jakarta were hit by a power outage for several hours on Thursday due to the malfunction of a transmission cable between Cibinong and Bekasi.Eddie Widiono S.

Fri, 03 Aug 2001

JP/Suffering creatures

Suffering creatures I would just like to write to say how much I applaud The Jakarta Post in being so supportive of conservation and environmental issues.

Fri, 03 Aug 2001

JP/Megawati's silence could cost her greatly

Megawati's silence could cost her greatly Indonesia's major partners, including Japan, the biggest lender and largest investor in Indonesia, is ready to cooperate with President Megawati Soekarnoputri's administration, says Takashi Shiraishi, a prominent Indonesian observer at Kyoto ...

Fri, 03 Aug 2001

JP/High-ranking officials drive Harleys illegally

High-ranking officials drive Harleys illegally JAKARTA (JP): Former governor Wiyogo Atmodarminto and 10 high ranking city officials have been using Harley Davidson motorbikes belonging to the government for private use without proper procedures, a source said.

Fri, 03 Aug 2001

JP/Court's decision a warning to Megawati

Court's decision a warning to Megawati The recent Supreme Court ruling on Golkar was a bitter pill to swallow for many of the party's critics. Professor of law and former member of the National Commission on Human Rights Charles Himawan discusses the issue.

Fri, 03 Aug 2001

JP/Explosive sources should be tracked down: Kontras

Explosive sources should be tracked down: Kontras JAKARTA (JP): Bomb attacks are likely to escalate and terrorize the public if all government institutions concerned fail to track down where the culprits get their explosives from, a nongovernmental organization dealing with violence said here ...

Fri, 03 Aug 2001

JP/Megawati's silence could cost her greatly

Megawati's silence could cost her greatly Indonesia's major partners, including Japan, the biggest lender and largest investor in Indonesia, is ready to cooperate with President Megawati Soekarnoputri's administration, says Takashi Shiraishi, a prominent Indonesian observer at Kyoto ...

Fri, 03 Aug 2001

JP/Ministry of information revived? Dump the old paradigms

Ministry of information revived? Dump the old paradigms The issue to revive the ministry of information has received mixed reactions.

Fri, 03 Aug 2001

JP/Problems mounting ahead of SEA Games

Problems mounting ahead of SEA Games JAKARTA (JP): With only about a month left before the commencement of the Kuala Lumpur 2001 Southeast Asian (SEA) Games, several sports organizations here are busy seeking an end to the internal and external problems plaguing their final preparations.

Fri, 03 Aug 2001

JP/Priorities: Legal, military reform

Priorities: Legal, military reformBy Peter Milne JAKARTA (JP): It is obviously impossible to say at this stage whether the rather surprising delay in announcing the cabinet line-up is a positive sign or not. It could be that great care is being taken over the suitability of the appointees.

Fri, 03 Aug 2001

JP/Members withdraw

Members withdraw support for PKB chiefs PURWOKERTO, Central Java (JP): A National Awakening Party (PKB) official said here on Thursday that party members in the regency of Indramayu, West Java, had officially withdrawn support for one of the party's House of Representatives' members, Abdul ...

Fri, 03 Aug 2001

JP/UMPTN results announcement

UMPTN results announcement JAKARTA (JP): The results of the entrance test for state universities (UMPTN) will be announced on Aug. 6 through the print and electronic media, the UMPTN organizing committee said in a media statement on Thursday.

Fri, 03 Aug 2001

JP/Australian PM Howard first to visit Megawati

Australian PM Howard first to visit Megawati JAKARTA (JP): Australian Prime Minister John Howard is scheduled to visit Indonesia later this month, making him the first head of state to visit President Megawati Soekarnoputri, an Australian Embassy official said on Thursday.

Fri, 03 Aug 2001

JP/Dance takes power struggle onto stage

Dance takes power struggle onto stageText and photo by Tarko Sudiarno YOGYAKARTA (JP): Two knights are fighting to the last drop of blood, each summoning all of their might to attack the other. They continue wresting, ignoring time, place and the thousands of soldiers who have died on both sides.

Fri, 03 Aug 2001

JP/TV today

TV todayTVRI 5:00 a.m. Religious Teachings 6:00 News 8:00 Variety Show 10:00 Children's Program 11:00 Regional News 12:00 p.m.

Fri, 03 Aug 2001

JP/Cabinet delay frustrates market

Cabinet delay frustrates market JAKARTA (JP): Further delays in the Cabinet announcement frustrated the market and tempered optimism of a competent economic team, as suspicion grew of intensified politicking undermining the team's capability, economists said on Thursday.

Fri, 03 Aug 2001

JP/E. Java province opens radio station

E. Java province opens radio station SURABAYA (JP): East Java Governor Imam Utomo launched on Wednesday a new radio station, JT-FM 92.

Fri, 03 Aug 2001

JP/Jakartans still visit malls despite bombings

Jakartans still visit malls despite bombings JAKARTA (JP): It was business as usual as people shopped and browsed in shopping malls on Thursday morning, seemingly indifferent to the bomb explosion at the Atrium Plaza in Senen, Central Jakarta, the night before.

Fri, 03 Aug 2001

JP/Death toll reaches 31 in Nias calamity, 150 missing

Death toll reaches 31 in Nias calamity, 150 missing MEDAN, North Sumatra (JP): The death toll in the Nias flood disaster has reached 31, with 11 seriously injured and more than 150 still reported missing, reports from the Nias Disaster Task Force said on Thursday evening.A.A.

Fri, 03 Aug 2001

JP/Pekalongan Batik conforms to demand

Pekalongan Batik conforms to demandBy Ahmad Solikhan PEKALONGAN, Central Java (JP): Batik has been known for several centuries as a reflection of Indonesia culture.

Fri, 03 Aug 2001

JP/Rare flower blooming

Rare flower blooming BOGOR (JP): A rare plant called bunga bangkai (corpse flower), Amorphophallus titanum, at the Bogor Botanical Garden is blooming, and the flower, which has a strong odor, has reached 2.9 meters high.Unfortunately its growth is not normal.

Fri, 03 Aug 2001

JP/Government asked to anull decision on export inspection

Government asked to anull decision on export inspection JAKARTA (JP): Disappointed, the Association of Indonesian Exporters (GPEI) has taken its case to newly-elected President Megawati Soekarnoputri, urging her to annul the recent government decision to entrust the customs office to manage ...

Fri, 03 Aug 2001

JP/A tale of two systems in city transportation

A tale of two systems in city transportation This is the second of two articles on transportation in Jakarta by Heru Dewanto, who heads the Center for Technology and Industry Development.

Fri, 03 Aug 2001

JP/Delay in Cabinet announcement gets mixed response

Delay in Cabinet announcement gets mixed response JAKARTA (JP): President Megawati Soekarnoputri's failure to strike a deal with political party leaders on the new Cabinet line-up received mixed reactions from politicians on Thursday.

Fri, 03 Aug 2001

JP/Rupiah Rates Aug. 2

Rupiah Rates Aug. 2 Bank notes rates TT rates Buying Selling Buying Selling Rp Rp Rp Rp U.S. dollar 1 9.073.00 10,073.00 9,525.00 9,621.

Fri, 03 Aug 2001

JP/Controversy widens over information ministry revival

Controversy widens over information ministry revival JAKARTA (JP): The reported plan to revive the information ministry, which was dissolved in 1999 by former president Abdurrahman Wahid, was the target of increasing opposition from various parties on Thursday.

Fri, 03 Aug 2001

JP/Funds allocated for

Funds allocated for Depok's environment JAKARTA (JP): In a bid to sustain Depok's environment, which is the source of water and oxygen for the capital, the city administration has decided to set aside funds for its maintenance.

Fri, 03 Aug 2001

JP/Diarrhea affects infants in Batam

Diarrhea affects infants in Batam BATAM (JP): Dozens of infants and under-five children have fallen victim to gastroenteritis in Batam, with some of the children having been sick now for over a week.The children are being treated at a number of clinics, Antara reported on Thursday.

Fri, 03 Aug 2001

JP/17 foreigners stranded in Sambas

17 foreigners stranded in Sambas PONTIANAK, West Kalimantan: Seventeen aliens identified as fifteen Afghans and two persons of Afghan origin who claimed to be Britons were stranded in the district of Paloh, Sambas regency, West Kalimantan, after being set down from a speedboat on Thursday.

Fri, 03 Aug 2001

JP/Judging Megawati

Judging Megawati Only days after the People's Consultative Assembly installed Megawati Soekarnoputri as President of the Republic of Indonesia, it is interesting -- and also more than a little discouraging -- to note the disparaging observations with which Indonesia's new President has been ...

Fri, 03 Aug 2001

JP/Stock Exchange

Stock ExchangeStock prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (in rupiah) on Aug. 2, 2001: Shares Close Change Trading Volume --------------------------------------------------------------- Ades Alfindo ...

Fri, 03 Aug 2001

JP/Amateurs shine at Open

Amateurs shine at Open JAKARTA (JP): Indonesian golfers being groomed for the Kuala Lumpur 2001 Southeast Asian (SEA) Games offered tough opposition to their seasoned rivals on the third day of the Rp 350 million (US$36,000) 2001 Olympic Open at the Taman Dayu Golf Club in Pandaan, East Java, on ...

Fri, 03 Aug 2001

JP/Mahfud replaces warden of Cipinang penitentiary

Mahfud replaces warden of Cipinang penitentiary JAKARTA (JP): Caretaker Minister of Justice and Human Rights Mahfud MD appointed Ngusman on Thursday as the new Cipinang Penitentiary warden, replacing Asep M. Firdaus, who suffered a stroke two months ago.

Fri, 03 Aug 2001

JP/Indonesian PKI

Indonesian PKI The news that British intelligence was involved in serious cover-up work over the 1965-1966 bloody purges in Indonesia is old news really, but no less important for that.The British had long been hostile to Indonesia's first president Sukarno and well before "confrontation".