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Fri, 04 Apr 2003

JP/Four busted in Las Ketchup concert

Four busted in Las Ketchup concert JAKARTA: Four pickpockets were caught red-handed by concertgoers at the Las Ketchup concert at the Bung Karno sports stadium in Central Jakarta on Wednesday night.

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Fri, 04 Apr 2003

JP/Religion: Struggle for purification and liberalization

Religion: Struggle for purification and liberalizationIgnas Kleden, Sociologist, The Center for East Indonesian Affairs (CEIA), Jakarta It seems every religion must struggle with some internal tensions, which usually result from the fact that religion is a living phenomenon.

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Fri, 04 Apr 2003

JP/'Batam TV' to widen coverage

'Batam TV' to widen coverage BATAM: Despite protests from neighboring Singapore and Malaysia about overlapping frequencies, Batam's first local television station, Batam TV, plans to widen its broadcasting coverage to include the whole island as well as Singapore.

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Fri, 04 Apr 2003

JP/KHN wants death sentence abolished

KHN wants death sentence abolished JAKARTA: The National Law Commission (KHN) called on Thursday for the abolition of the death sentence, saying all legal instruments that endorse the death penalty should be reviewed.

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Fri, 04 Apr 2003

JP/Sutiyoso rejects direct elections

Sutiyoso rejects direct electionsM. Taufiqurrahman, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Governor Sutiyoso has slammed a proposal for direct gubernatorial elections, saying Jakartans are not ready for open and direct elections.

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Fri, 04 Apr 2003

JP/The U.S./UK war: How about peace journalism?

The U.S./UK war: How about peace journalism?Johan Galtung Professor of Peace Studies Founder, Co-Director Transcend: A Peace and Development Network galtung@transcend.org If a journalist dons a U.S.

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Fri, 04 Apr 2003

JP/Look at your country

Look at your country Isn't it all so very sad that the phrase constantly bandied around to avoid antiwar demonstrations getting out of hand is, "We cannot afford to damage good relations with the U.S., as this will destroy our economy and then everyone will suffer.

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Fri, 04 Apr 2003

JP/Highlights of the epidemic law

Highlights of the epidemic law Article 3 and 4 of the law says that the Minister of Health is the one who has the authority to determine whether a disease is epidemic or not, and to decide where and when the law is enacted or called off.

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Fri, 04 Apr 2003

JP/Govt approves Rp 3.1t loan package for SMEs

Govt approves Rp 3.1t loan package for SMEsA'an Suryana, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The government has approved a Rp 3.

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Fri, 04 Apr 2003

JP/Police, AFP probe Medan bombing

Police, AFP probe Medan bombingDamar Harsanto and Apriadi Gunawan, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta, Medan Police said on Thursday they were working with the Australian Federal Police (AFP) to investigate two bombing incidents in North Sumatra, betting on AFP's advanced technology to boost their chances ...

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Fri, 04 Apr 2003

JP/4% growth unlikely given war, SARS: Government

4% growth unlikely given war, SARS: GovernmentThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta The ongoing war in Iraq, coupled with the spread of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), would deal a blow to the economy making it very unlikely that it would expand by 4 percent this year as initially targeted, a ...

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Fri, 04 Apr 2003

JP/Collapsed bridge isolates West Sumba

Collapsed bridge isolates West Sumba KUPANG, East Nusa Tenggara: People in the West Sumba regency on Sumba island face isolation after heavy rainfall on Monday tore down the only bridge connecting the regency with supplies of basic commodities from East Sumba.

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Fri, 04 Apr 2003

JP/Managing SARS

Managing SARS Initially, there were the usual official denials: Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), the newest "mystery" disease to threaten the world, was not in Indonesia, public health officials in Jakarta said. Ordinary Indonesians were skeptical from the start.

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Fri, 04 Apr 2003

JP/KPUD membership still vacant

KPUD membership still vacant JAKARTA: With the voter registration already three-days old, members of the Regional General Elections Commission (KPUD) have not been elected.

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Fri, 04 Apr 2003

JP/Hubris runs through the White House

Hubris runs through the White HouseMatthew Engel, Guardian News Service, Washington When war broke out, the mood in the country that started it was one of delight. One newspaper issued a special edition with the headline The Blessing of Arms and said: "It is a joy to be alive.

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Fri, 04 Apr 2003

JP/No deer for Monas so far

No deer for Monas so far BOGOR : The Jakarta governor's plan to place 10 deer from the Bogor presidential palace in West Java in the National Monument Park (Monas) in Jakarta will not materialize in the near future as the presidential secretariat has not yet approved the project.

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Fri, 04 Apr 2003

JP/Ban on Chinese soybean, corn ended

Ban on Chinese soybean, corn ended The government has decided to lift a ban on corn and soybean imports from China, a senior official at the Ministry of Agriculture said.

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Fri, 04 Apr 2003

JP/Education bill endorsement sought

Education bill endorsement sought JAKARTA: A group of students from various Islamic universities met House of Representatives deputy speaker Muhaimin Iskandar on Thursday to urge legislators to endorse the contentious national education bill.

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Fri, 04 Apr 2003

JP/Court delays Perhutani lawsuit

Court delays Perhutani lawsuit SURABAYA, East Java: The district court here delayed on Thursdaythe opening session of a class action lawsuit against state forestry firm PT Perhutani over a landslide that killed at least 26 people.

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Fri, 04 Apr 2003

JP/Iraq war: Whatever happened to peace journalism?

Iraq war: Whatever happened to peace journalism?Johan Galtung, Professor of Peace Studies, Founder, Co-Director Transcend: A Peace and Development Network, galtung@transcend.org If a journalist dons a U.S.

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Fri, 04 Apr 2003

JP/SARS won't delay PATA conference

SARS won't delay PATA conferenceAdianto P. Simamora, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The planned Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) conference in Bali will not be delayed despite an outbreak of a deadly new pneumonia-like virus in the region.

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Fri, 04 Apr 2003

JP/Yogyakarta's Kasat Mata wins VAB Award 2003

Yogyakarta's Kasat Mata wins VAB Award 2003Tantri Yuliandini, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta "Ooh yeah!" Muki, the mute lead of Studio Kasat Mata's animated short Jogja Run, managed to voice just before getting run over by a speeding bus.Muki wasn't the only one hit by a bus.

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Fri, 04 Apr 2003

JP/Collapsed bridge isolates West Sumba

Collapsed bridge isolates West Sumba KUPANG, East Nusa Tenggara: People in the West Sumba regency on Sumba island face isolation after heavy rainfall on Monday tore down the only bridge connecting the regency with supplies of basic commodities from East Sumba.

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Fri, 04 Apr 2003

JP/Where to go in Jakarta: Friday, April 4, 2003

Where to go in Jakarta: Friday, April 4, 2003Exhibitions* Painting, Milestones Of Modesty, by I Made Djirna, at Graha Paramita Building, Jl. Denpasar Raya Blok D 2 Kav.8, Kuningan, South Jakarta,(Tel. 021-5265161, Ext: 852) until April 24, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

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Fri, 04 Apr 2003

JP/Regional KPU members to face screening soon

Regional KPU members to face screening soonArya Abhiseka and Kurniawan Hari, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta All but one province has set up an independent committee to screen members for the regional elections commissions (KPUDs), General Elections Commission (KPU) deputy chairman Ramlan Surbakti said ...

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Fri, 04 Apr 2003

JP/Jaya Suprana to bring peace in recital

Jaya Suprana to bring peace in recitalAendra Medita, Contributor, Bandung Bandung, the capital of West Java province, will have the honor of hosting the second in a series of Jaya Suprana's solo piano recitals, For You My Indonesia -- Peace for All, before touring the country.

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Fri, 04 Apr 2003

JP/Salient points in epidemic law

Salient points in epidemic lawThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta Health Minister Ahmad Sujudi invoked Law No. 4/1984 to declare the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) a national epidemic by issuing Ministerial Decree No. 424/2003.Law No.

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Fri, 04 Apr 2003

JP/Antiwar rallies further target U.S. allies

Antiwar rallies further target U.S. alliesThe Jakarta Post JakartaWhile the United States military and coalition troops moved closer to Baghdad, antiwar protests here continued on Thursday, with some targeting Arab countries which support the attack on Iraq.

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Fri, 04 Apr 2003

JP/U.S. diplomat laments RI media bias

U.S. diplomat laments RI media biasMuninggar Sri Saraswati, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta A United States diplomat complained on Thursday about what she called "imbalanced reporting" on the war in Iraq by the Indonesian media.

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Fri, 04 Apr 2003

JP/Police searching for oil drilling equipment

Police searching for oil drilling equipmentNana Rukmana The Jakarta Post Indramayu, West JavaPolice here are attempting to locate a group of men believed to be attempting to sell oil drilling equipment that was stolen from Indramayu.

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Fri, 04 Apr 2003

JP/The casualties of war

The casualties of warB. Herry-Priyono, Lecturer, Driyarkara School of Philosophy, Jakarta Last Sunday, March 30, I joined the flow of people coming from the eight directions of the wind, all flocking into the Jakarta streets of Jl. M.H. Thamrin and Jl. Sudirman.

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Fri, 04 Apr 2003

JP/Another former BI director convicted of graft

Another former BI director convicted of graftMuninggar Sri Saraswati, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Another former Bank Indonesia (BI) director was sentenced on Thursday to three years in jail for abuse of power in disbursing Bank Indonesia liquidity support (BLBI) funds amounting to Rp 6.

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Fri, 04 Apr 2003

JP/Johan Galtung

Johan Galtung Professor of Peace Studies Founder, Co-Director Transcend: A Peace and Development Network galtung@transcend.orgIf a journalist dons a U.S. uniform, gets a temporary "major" title and reports in terms of "we", then he is not "embedded" with the U.S. Army.

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Fri, 04 Apr 2003

JP/Govt plans to end role of Bappenas criticized

Govt plans to end role of Bappenas criticizedDadan Wijaksana, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Post Economists have raised questions over a government policy allowing the finance ministry to take over the drawing up of the country's short- and medium-term economic development programs from the National ...

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Fri, 04 Apr 2003

JP/Only 4% of firms have bipartite forum

Only 4% of firms have bipartite forumMoch. N. Kurniawan, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Only 6,000 firms, or 4 percent of the 160,000 companies across the country, have established bipartite employee-employer forums, a deplorably low figure that has resulted in misunderstandings and unnecessary labor ...

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Fri, 04 Apr 2003

JP/Jakartans unhappy with fare increases

Jakartans unhappy with fare increasesTertiani ZB Simanjuntak, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Five-months pregnant Ati, 32, was waiting at a bus stop on Jl. Hayam Wuruk, West Jakarta, for a non-air-conditioned PPD bus No. P17 to take her home to Bekasi.

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Fri, 04 Apr 2003

JP/Three GAM fighters killed in shootout with police

Three GAM fighters killed in shootout with policeNani Farida and Fabiola Desy Unidjaja, The Jakarta Post, Banda Aceh/Jakarta Violence continues to pose a threat to the five-month-old peace accord in Aceh as a fresh firefight took place in Pidie regency on Thursday, claiming the lives of three ...

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Fri, 04 Apr 2003

JP/Jakartans paying homage to German author Karl May

Jakartans paying homage to German author Karl MayTantri Yuliandini, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta It has been said that Adolf Hitler so admired Karl May's work that 300,000 copies of the author's famous novel Winnetou were printed in the middle of World War II to be delivered to German soldiers for ...

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Fri, 04 Apr 2003

JP/'Hudoq', ritual dance of Dayak Bahau

'Hudoq', ritual dance of Dayak BahauEdi Petebang, Contributor, Samarinda, East Kalimantan Some 50 people, all wearing masks decorated with red-knobbed bill bird (enggang) feathers, emerged from one end of the Telivaq village by a tributary to the Mahakam River.

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Fri, 04 Apr 2003

JP/Air India offers Hyderabad stopover

Air India offers Hyderabad stopover JAKARTA: Air India announced it had provided a flight from Jakarta to Andhra Pradesh's capital of Hyderabad.Previously, Air India's flight from Jakarta goes to Bombay without a stopover in Hyderabad.

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Fri, 04 Apr 2003

JP/'I'm not voting no good candidates'

'I'm not voting no good candidates' The process for the upcoming 2004 general election has begun with voter registration.

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Fri, 04 Apr 2003

JP/Antiwar rallies target U.S. allies

Antiwar rallies target U.S. alliesThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta While the United States military and coalition troops moved closer to Baghdad, antiwar protests here continued on Thursday, with some targeting Arab countries which support the attack on Iraq.

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Fri, 04 Apr 2003

JP/Police searching for stolen oil drilling equipment

Police searching for stolen oil drilling equipmentNana Rukmana, The Jakarta Post, Indramayu, West Java Police here are attempting to locate a group of men believed to be attempting to sell oil drilling equipment that was stolen from Indramayu.

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Fri, 04 Apr 2003

JP/SARS: When enough is never enough

SARS: When enough is never enoughSalma Khalik, The Straits Times, Asia News Network, Singapore Singapore has been praised by the World Health Organization for having done more than any other country to limit the spread of severe acute respiratory syndrome, or SARS.

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Fri, 04 Apr 2003

JP/Artist Jemek Supardi delivers message with motion

Artist Jemek Supardi delivers message with motionTarko Sudiarno, The Jakarta Post, Yogyakarta After his successful show in Yogyakarta and the Central Java town of Surakarta last week, pantomime artist Jemek Supardi will display his skills at Bentara Budaya Jakarta this Friday.

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Fri, 04 Apr 2003

JP/Resistible rise of Hindu fascism

Resistible rise of Hindu fascismArundhati Roy, Author, 'The God of Small Things', New Delhi, Project Syndicate One night a year ago, a friend called me. Weeping, she told me of her friend, a woman caught by a mob, her stomach ripped open and stuffed with burning rags.

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Fri, 04 Apr 2003

JP/Flores death toll rises as aid starts flowing in

Flores death toll rises as aid starts flowing inYemris Fointuna, The Jakarta Post, Kupang, Jakarta Rescuers found the bodies of at least 50 people in their fourth day of searching for survivors since major landslides and floods hit regencies on the island of Flores in East Nusa Tenggara on Monday.

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Fri, 04 Apr 2003

JP/Most pharmacies have run out of masks

Most pharmacies have run out of masksSari P. Setiogi, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Most pharmacies in Jakarta have no stocks of the masks recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO) for protecting people from contracting Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS).A 24-hour pharmacy on Jl.

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Fri, 04 Apr 2003

JP/Ambassadorial candidates

Ambassadorial candidates I found your article titled Legislators upset with envoy candidates (The Jakarta Post, Feb. 27, 2003) absolutely misleading and significantly below the standards we had come to expect of your newspaper.

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Fri, 04 Apr 2003

JP/Air India offers Hyderabad stopover

Air India offers Hyderabad stopover JAKARTA: Air India has announced that it is providing a flight from Jakarta to Andhra Pradesh's capital of Hyderabad.Previously, Air India's flight from Jakarta went to Bombay without a stopover in Hyderabad.

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Fri, 04 Apr 2003

JP/Four busted in Las Ketchup concert

Four busted in Las Ketchup concert JAKARTA: Four pickpockets were caught red-handed by concertgoers at the Las Ketchup concert at the Bung Karno sports stadium in Central Jakarta on Wednesday night.

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Fri, 04 Apr 2003

JP/Antiwar rallies further target U.S. allies

Antiwar rallies further target U.S. alliesThe Jakarta Post JakartaWhile the United States military and coalition troops moved closer to Baghdad, antiwar protests here continued on Thursday, with some targeting Arab countries which support the attack on Iraq.

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Fri, 04 Apr 2003

JP/Antiwar rallies further target U.S. allies

Antiwar rallies further target U.S. alliesThe Jakarta Post JakartaWhile the United States military and coalition troops moved closer to Baghdad, antiwar protests here continued on Thursday, with some targeting Arab countries which support the attack on Iraq.

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Fri, 04 Apr 2003

JP/Perhutani management accused of corruption

Perhutani management accused of corruptionRendi A. Witular, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Top officials at the ailing state-owned forestry company PT Perhutani have come under fire after being implicated in a Rp 43 billion (about US$4.8 million) corruption case.

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Fri, 04 Apr 2003

JP/City administration prepares new reclamation analysis

City administration prepares new reclamation analysisBambang Nurbianto, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta In an effort to seek a legal basis for its reclamation plan, the city administration is now preparing a new environmental impact analysis (Amdal) which will only need approval from the ...

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Fri, 04 Apr 2003

JP/Identity of SARS patients confidential

Identity of SARS patients confidentialEvi Mariani, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Singapore's Minister of Health Lim Hng Kiang last week described three women who each had passed on Coronavirus, which causes Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), to about 20 others as "Super Infectors".

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Fri, 04 Apr 2003

JP/Antiwar rallies further target U.S. allies

Antiwar rallies further target U.S. alliesThe Jakarta Post JakartaWhile the United States military and coalition troops moved closer to Baghdad, antiwar protests here continued on Thursday, with some targeting Arab countries which support the attack on Iraq.

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Fri, 04 Apr 2003

JP/Accident kills worker

Accident kills worker A section of the 13th floor of the World Trade Center building, still under construction in Mangga Dua, West Jakarta, collapsed without warning on Thursday, killing one construction worker.

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Fri, 04 Apr 2003

JP/Lawyers appeal for fairness in Theys case

Lawyers appeal for fairness in Theys case SURABAYA, East Java: The team of lawyers for the seven members of the Army's Special Forces (Kopassus) accused of killing proindependence Papua figure Dortheys "Theys" Hiyo Eluway, have appealed to judges to be fair in imposing punishment on their ...

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Fri, 04 Apr 2003

JP/Indonesia to host ASEAN Club C'ship

Indonesia to host ASEAN Club C'shipMusthofid, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Indonesia will host the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Club Championship in July, a top official of the country's soccer governing body PSSI said.

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Fri, 04 Apr 2003

JP/Police searching for oil drilling equipment

Police searching for oil drilling equipmentNana Rukmana The Jakarta Post Indramayu, West JavaPolice here are attempting to locate a group of men believed to be attempting to sell oil drilling equipment that was stolen from Indramayu.

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Fri, 04 Apr 2003

JP/Lawyers appeal for fairness in Theys case

Lawyers appeal for fairness in Theys case SURABAYA, East Java: The team of lawyers for the seven members of the Army's Special Forces (Kopassus) accused of killing proindependence Papua figure Dortheys "Theys" Hiyo Eluway, have appealed to judges to be fair in imposing punishment on their clients.

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Fri, 04 Apr 2003

JP/Antiwar rallies further target U.S. allies

Antiwar rallies further target U.S. alliesThe Jakarta Post JakartaWhile the United States military and coalition troops moved closer to Baghdad, antiwar protests here continued on Thursday, with some targeting Arab countries which support the attack on Iraq.

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Fri, 04 Apr 2003

JP/Those who cause the damage should pay for it

Those who cause the damage should pay for it Along with France, Germany from the beginning strongly opposed unilateral action against Iraq by the U.S. Germany's Ambassador to Indonesia Gerhard Fulda talked with The Jakarta Post's Kornelius Purba about his government's stance on the war.

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Fri, 04 Apr 2003

JP/Pulp firms accused of withholding reforestation funds

Pulp firms accused of withholding reforestation fundsHaidir Anwar Tanjung, The Jakarta Post, Pekanbaru, Riau A timber association executive accused pulp and paper firms PT Indah Kiat Pulp & Paper and PT Riau Andalan Pulp & Paper of withholding billions of rupiah in reforestation funds ...

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