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Wed, 04 Feb 2004

JP/Freedom Party promises to develop country with IT

Freedom Party promises to develop country with ITEva C. Komandjaja, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta For the newly established Freedom Party the figure of controversial former minister of cooperatives Adi Sasono, who is known for his obsession with a populist economy, remains the party's strongest ...

Wed, 04 Feb 2004

JP/Mina victims won't be sent home: Ministry

Mina victims won't be sent home: MinistryA. Junaidi and ID Nugroho, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta/Surabaya Hopes of Indonesian families to take a last glimpse of 52 of their family members who were killed in Sunday's stampede in Mina near Mecca, Saudi Arabia, are fading as the victims will ...

Wed, 04 Feb 2004

JP/Another Palopo suspect nabbed

Another Palopo suspect nabbed MAKASSAR, South Sulawesi: Police said they had arrested another suspect in the Jan. 10 blast that killed four people in Palopo, South Sulawesi.

Wed, 04 Feb 2004

JP/'What's the benefit of clearer windows?'

'What's the benefit of clearer windows?' In support of the busway, the city administration has drafted a new three-in-one traffic policy along the busway corridor.

Wed, 04 Feb 2004

JP/Witness tells of sexual abuse

Witness tells of sexual abuse JAKARTA: A witness told the human rights court on Tuesday she experienced sexual abuse during her detention by the military following a shooting incident in the North Jakarta area of Tanjung Priok in 1984.

Wed, 04 Feb 2004

JP/House members to go overseas

House members to go overseas JAKARTA: Five members of the House of Representatives will visit Malaysia and Singapore between Feb. 8 and Feb. 13 to discuss, among others things, migrant workers and border issues with the host countries.Deputy House Speaker A. M.

Wed, 04 Feb 2004

JP/Exports in 2003 rose again: BPS says

Exports in 2003 rose again: BPS saysThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta Indonesia's exports in 2003 rose by 6.76 percent from a year earlier, partly because of a pick up in global demand and a high international oil price, according to local analysts at the Central Statistics Agency (BPS).

Wed, 04 Feb 2004

JP/labor body sides with PTDI in mass dismissal

labor body sides with PTDI in mass dismissalRidwan Max Sijabat, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The Central Committee for Labor Dispute Settlements (P4P) has decided to accept the decision by ailing state-owned aircraft manufacturer PT Dirgantara Indonesia (PTDI) to dismiss a total of 6,650 workers, ...

Wed, 04 Feb 2004

JP/JP/5/protest

JP/5/protestRetired officers protest eviction by Air ForceApriadi Gunawan The Jakarta Post Medan, North SumatraThree families of retired Air Force officers set up tents at Maimoon Palace, Medan, North Sumatra, to protest their recent eviction from their official homes on Jl. Mustang.

Wed, 04 Feb 2004

JP/Movement of jobs to low-wage countries unstoppable

Movement of jobs to low-wage countries unstoppableNayan Chanda, Editor, 'YaleGlobal Online', Yale Center for the Study of Globalization, Singapore The globalization of manufacturing has led to a massive redistribution of work around the globe, in the process turning China into the world's factory.

Wed, 04 Feb 2004

JP/RI embassy in Canberra bugged: House members

RI embassy in Canberra bugged: House membersKurniawan Hari and Fabiola Desy Unidjaja, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Relations between Indonesia and Australia have been put to another test after the House of Representatives accused Australia of bugging the Indonesian Embassy in Canberra.

Wed, 04 Feb 2004

JP/Mega's running mate: Military or Muslim leader

Mega's running mate: Military or Muslim leaderFabiola Desy Unidjaja, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta President Megawati Soekarnoputri will take either a top military or Muslim leader as her running mate in her bid to win her first full five-year term in the election in July.

Wed, 04 Feb 2004

JP/Funds run dry for thousands who fled Egon eruption

Funds run dry for thousands who fled Egon eruptionYemris Fointuna and Jacob J. Herin, The Jakarta Post, Kupang/Maumere The regent of Sikka acknowledged on Tuesday that regental government funds -- allocated for the 5,600 refugees who had fled their homes after Mount Egon erupted in Sikka regency, ...

Wed, 04 Feb 2004

JP/Falling interest rate

Falling interest rate Bank Indonesia has steadily lowered its benchmark interest rate since early last year in a bid to fuel economic recovery and to prod banks to increase new lending to liquidity-starved businesses.

Wed, 04 Feb 2004

JP/JP/5/protest

JP/5/protestRetired officers protest eviction by Air ForceApriadi Gunawan The Jakarta Post Medan, North SumatraThree families of retired Air Force officers set up tents at Maimoon Palace, Medan, North Sumatra, to protest their recent eviction from their official homes on Jl. Mustang.

Wed, 04 Feb 2004

JP/Ragunan to get Aussie wildlife

Ragunan to get Aussie wildlife JAKARTA: Ragunan Zoo in South Jakarta is to be presented with a number of Australian animals by the government of the neighboring country, a zoo spokeswoman said on Tuesday.

Wed, 04 Feb 2004

JP/Hundreds of 3-in-1 offenders stand trial in court, treated harshly

Hundreds of 3-in-1 offenders stand trial in court, treated harshlyM. Taufiqurrahman and Damar Harsanto, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Hundreds of three-in-one traffic offenders lined up at the Central Jakarta District Court on Tuesday, in marathon sessions to convict and fine them Rp 50,000 (US$5.

Wed, 04 Feb 2004

JP/Policeman get two years for fraud

Policeman get two years for fraud JAMBI, Jambi: A court sentenced a 25-year-old policeman on Tuesday to two years' imprisonment for embezzling Rp 75 million (US$8,928) from a local businessman.Dadang Pranoto was found guilty of fraud by the Jambi District Court.

Wed, 04 Feb 2004

JP/Printing of ballot papers delayed by another week

Printing of ballot papers delayed by another weekMoch. N. Kurniawan, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The chaotic preparations for the elections continue to amaze one and all, with the General Elections Commission (KPU) officially announcing on Tuesday that the printing of ballot papers would be delayed ...

Wed, 04 Feb 2004

JP/Ciputat Police chief faces several extortion allegations

Ciputat Police chief faces several extortion allegationsEvi Mariani, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Ciputat Police subprecinct chief Adj. Comr.

Wed, 04 Feb 2004

JP/Parties deny receiving aid from Saddam

Parties deny receiving aid from SaddamFabiola Desy Unidjaja and Kurniawan Hari The Jakarta Post JakartaLeaders of Indonesian political parties have denied reports by foreign media that deposed Iraqi president Saddam Hussein donated money to them in an effort to seek political support from the ...

Wed, 04 Feb 2004

JP/Don't ignore fibroids, get them checked out

Don't ignore fibroids, get them checked outDear Donya, I am a mother of two (an eight-year-old and a six-year-old). Having delivered my second child I have been using an IUD as a contraceptive.The other day when I went for a check-up with my gynecologist, he said that I had fibroids in my uterus.

Wed, 04 Feb 2004

JP/Expect physical and mental changes when you're expecting

Expect physical and mental changes when you're expectingDonya Betancourt, Pediatrician, drdonya@hotmail.com Joy and anxiety come together with pregnancy. A lot of changes, both physical and mental, occur in the expecting mother.

Wed, 04 Feb 2004

JP/RI-Japan Davis Cup draw on Wednesday

RI-Japan Davis Cup draw on WednesdayZakki Hakim, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The draw for the Davis Cup Asia-Oceania Zone World Group I match between host Indonesia and Japan will take place on Wednesday, an official said.

Wed, 04 Feb 2004

JP/Sugar output to increase this year

Sugar output to increase this yearP.C. Naommy, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The chairman of the Indonesian Sugarcane Growers Association (APTRI), Arum Sabil, predicted on Tuesday a 12 percent increase in domestic production of sugar this year to 1.85 million tons from last year's 1.65 million tons.

Wed, 04 Feb 2004

JP/Rift in terror group may pose long-term security problem: ICG

Rift in terror group may pose long-term security problem: ICGSlobodan Lekik Associated Press JakartaAn internal split inside the Jamaah Islamiyah (JI) terror group has given rise to a radical fringe intent on stirring religious hatred inside the world's largest Muslim nation - providing fertile ...

Wed, 04 Feb 2004

JP/Old hands dominate candidate list

Old hands dominate candidate list BOGOR: The list of legislative candidates for Bogor Municipal Council is dominated by the incumbent councillors, the chairman of the Bogor General Elections Commission said on Tuesday.

Wed, 04 Feb 2004

JP/Iraq dossier: What universal threat?

Iraq dossier: What universal threat?Peter Preston Guardian News Service London One thing -- subconsciously, as we now say in polite society -- goes with another. Just like the CIA and George Bush.

Wed, 04 Feb 2004

JP/Gozney recalls Indonesian zest, spice

Gozney recalls Indonesian zest, spiceTantri Yuliandini, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Indonesia is many things to many people, but for departing British Ambassador to Indonesia, Richard Gozney, it is the mixture of the smell of mango fruit, durian, es kelapa muda (young coconut in ice and syrup), and ...

Wed, 04 Feb 2004

JP/CPI up amid strong demand for chickens

CPI up amid strong demand for chickensThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta Inflation, measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI), rose by 0.

Wed, 04 Feb 2004

JP/Uniting democratic democratic forces crucial in transition

Uniting democratic democratic forces crucial in transition Visiting Romanian President Ion Iliescu was chosen to lead his country during the transition from a totalitarian communist system to democracy and market-oriented economy in 1989.

Wed, 04 Feb 2004

JP/RI gets US$1.25m grant for SME centers

RI gets US$1.25m grant for SME centersLeony Aurora , The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Indonesia has received a US$1.25 million grant from the South Korean government for the development of small and medium scale enterprise (SME) centers.

Wed, 04 Feb 2004

JP/Where to go in Jakarta: Wednesday, February 4, 2004

Where to go in Jakarta: Wednesday, February 4, 2004Exhibitions* Woven Clothes Monet Tok Tan'nai (Skills for Life) by Biboki weavers at Erasmus Huis, Jl. H.R. Rasuna Said, Kav S-3, Kuningan, South Jakarta (Tel. 5241069), until Feb. 6.

Wed, 04 Feb 2004

JP/Students suspected on fake tuition payment bills

Students suspected on fake tuition payment billsMarilin, The Jakarta Post, Depok Some 184 students at the Social and Political Sciences Institute in Depok are suspected of submitting forged bank receipts as proof of payment for their 2003/2004 academic year tuition.

Wed, 04 Feb 2004

JP/IBRA to sell more of its shares in banks

IBRA to sell more of its shares in banksTony Hotland, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The Indonesian Bank Restructuring Agency (IBRA) plans to seek approval from the House of Representatives during this month to sell more of the government's remaining shares in a number of banks, according to agency ...

Wed, 04 Feb 2004

JP/Immigrants should not act like Dracula's 'undead'

Immigrants should not act like Dracula's 'undead'Sunanda K. Datta-Ray The Straits Times Asia News Network Singapore Last Saturday's march in Paris by 3,000 Sikhs and the threat of another Muslim demonstration outside France's National Assembly on Feb.

Wed, 04 Feb 2004

JP/President, state secretary summoned

President, state secretary summoned JAKARTA: Legal representatives of 13 political parties demanded on Tuesday that the panel of judges at the Central Jakarta District Court summon President Megawati Soekarnoputri and State Secretary Bambang Kesowo in the trial against the country's three largest ...

Wed, 04 Feb 2004

JP/How to take off extra holiday pounds: The popular diets

How to take off extra holiday pounds: The popular dietsMelissa Southern-Garcia, Dietitian, southerngarcia@yahoo.com The first few weeks of the year are usually full of good intentions: a new attitude and a new look.

Wed, 04 Feb 2004

JP/Govt slows ombudsman bill debate

Govt slows ombudsman bill debate JAKARTA: The National Ombudsman Commission has demanded that President Megawati Soekarnoputri appoint a minister who will represent the government in the deliberation of a bill to empower the commission.

Wed, 04 Feb 2004

JP/Positive educators

Positive educators Simon Marcus Gower in The Jakarta Post, Jan. 31, Educators need a more positive attitude to be model to students, is most certainly right in his observations and assessments, but I fear this subject may well go far deeper than undisciplined students and demoralized teachers.

Wed, 04 Feb 2004

JP/Immigrants shouldn't act like Dracula's 'undead'

Immigrants shouldn't act like Dracula's 'undead' Sunanda K. Datta-Ray The Straits Times Asia News Network Singapore Last Saturday's march in Paris by 3,000 Sikhs and the threat of another Muslim demonstration outside France's National Assembly on Feb.

Wed, 04 Feb 2004

JP/Big blaze leaves 1,000 homeless in Ancol

Big blaze leaves 1,000 homeless in AncolThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta About 300 houses built by squatters in Ancol subdistrict, Pademangan district, North Jakarta, were razed in a fire early on Tuesday, leaving 1,000 people homeless.

Wed, 04 Feb 2004

JP/10 years sought for GAM 'treasurers'

10 years sought for GAM 'treasurers'Apriadi Gunawan The Jakarta Post Medan, North SumatraTwo alleged Free Aceh Movement (GAM) members who prosecutors say funded a grenade attack on a Medan hotel should be sentenced to 10 years in prison, the Medan District Court was told on Tuesday.

Wed, 04 Feb 2004

JP/Martial law to continue ahead of polls

Martial law to continue ahead of pollsTiarma Siboro, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The government claimed on Tuesday that in the ninth month of the military operation, the situation in Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam was relatively safe and stable ahead of the general election, however, it had no plan to ...

Wed, 04 Feb 2004

JP/City denies dumping at Cilincing, saying instead it is rehabilitation

City denies dumping at Cilincing, saying instead it is rehabilitationDamar Harsanto, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The City Sanitation Agency has denied reports it is continuing to use a temporary dump in Cilincing, North Jakarta, saying activities on the site are part of an ...

Wed, 04 Feb 2004

JP/House may reopen Trisakti, Semanggi shooting incidents

House may reopen Trisakti, Semanggi shooting incidentsKurniawan Hari, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The House of Representatives (DPR) has announced that it would likely look into all documents relating to the three Trisakti and the Semanggi incidents in 1998 and in 1999 to reopen the cases after ...

Wed, 04 Feb 2004

JP/Govt finally admits to bird flu dangers

Govt finally admits to bird flu dangersSari P. Setiogi, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The government confirmed on Tuesday that avian influenza, which has been killing millions of chickens here, was the dangerous H5N1 strain that could also kill humans.

Wed, 04 Feb 2004

JP/Part 2 of 2

Part 2 of 2Indonesia's 2004 elections: Predicting is harder than everJusuf Wanandi, Member, Board of Trustees , Centre for Strategic and International Studies, (CSIS), Jakarta Megawati, the incumbent president, has the advantage of the job, high visibility and name recognition as the daughter ...

Wed, 04 Feb 2004

JP/Improving the welfare of local communities

Improving the welfare of local communitiesSudibyo M. Wiradji, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) has started to gain ground in Indonesia with more companies seeing social accountability as a vital component of management.

Wed, 04 Feb 2004

JP/Retired officers protest eviction

Retired officers protest evictionApriadi Gunawan, The Jakarta Post, Medan, North Sumatra Three families of retired Air Force officers set up tents at Maimoon Palace, Medan, North Sumatra, to protest their recent eviction from their official homes on Jl. Mustang.

Wed, 04 Feb 2004

JP/JP/5/ugm

JP/5/ugmUniversity educates poor people about electionsSri Wahyuni The Jakarta Post YogyakartaGadjah Mada University launched a political education program on Tuesday for poor urban people in a bid to prevent them from being manipulated and abused by political parties.

Wed, 04 Feb 2004

JP/Bird flu has little impact on food vendors

Bird flu has little impact on food vendorsDewi Santoso, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The current outbreak of avian influenza, or bird flu, and widespread media coverage apparently have not affected street vendors selling foods using chicken as a main ingredient.

Wed, 04 Feb 2004

JP/Blatant discrimination

Blatant discrimination In his letter to The Jakarta Post Didier Gazelle writes that he finds it unbelievable and intolerable discrimination that, amongst a handful of other nationals, Belgians now have to apply for a visa at the Indonesian Embassy in Brussels (and only there can they obtain a ...

Wed, 04 Feb 2004

JP/Dengue fever proliferates despite government efforts

Dengue fever proliferates despite government effortsDewi Santoso, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Repeated warnings from the government to the public to take preventive measures against dengue fever at the beginning and the end of the rainy season, apparently have not done any good as around 300 ...

Wed, 04 Feb 2004

JP/10 years sought for GAM 'treasurers' in court trial

10 years sought for GAM 'treasurers' in court trialApriadi Gunawan, The Jakarta Post, Medan, North Sumatra Two alleged Free Aceh Movement (GAM) members who prosecutors say funded a grenade attack on a Medan hotel should be sentenced to 10 years in prison, the Medan District Court was told on ...

Wed, 04 Feb 2004

JP/Fewer people take busway amid ticketing confusion

Fewer people take busway amid ticketing confusionUrip Hudiono, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The busway service saw a decline in the number of passengers during its work-day operation on Tuesday, in contrast with the two-week free trial period.The Rp 2,500 (30 U.S.

Wed, 04 Feb 2004

JP/Students to name crooked politicians

Students to name crooked politicians SEMARANG: A student group in Semarang, Central Java, promised on Tuesday to announce the names of at least five unscrupulous politicians from the province ahead of this year's general elections."That's our commitment.

Wed, 04 Feb 2004

JP/Tourist arrivals fell in 2003 by 9.8%

Tourist arrivals fell in 2003 by 9.8%The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Despite a sharp rise in December, tourist arrivals in the country throughout 2003 dropped by 9.8 percent from 2002 as the industry was still suffering from numerous setbacks, the Central Statistics Agency (BPS) said on Tuesday.

Wed, 04 Feb 2004

JP/Health and education remain top priorities

Health and education remain top priorities Companies that are not natural resources-based are also showing a strong commitment to promoting social accountability in their operations.

Wed, 04 Feb 2004

JP/University educates the poor on elections

University educates the poor on electionsSri Wahyuni, The Jakarta Post, Yogyakarta Gadjah Mada University launched a political education program on Tuesday for poor urban people in a bid to prevent them from being manipulated and abused by political parties.