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57 articles.

Tue, 05 Apr 2005

JP/Earthquake survivors recall being trapped under debris

Earthquake survivors recall being trapped under debrisApriadi Gunawan, The Jakarta Post, Nias"If we had to wait for another hour, we would not have made it," said Maya Chandra, recalling her ordeal in the day after Monday's earthquake when she was trapped under debris.

Tue, 05 Apr 2005

JP/Simeulue deserted as people flee

Simeulue deserted as people fleeThe Jakarta Post, Nias/JakartaNearly 90 percent of the around 78,000 people living on quake-hit Simeulue island have reportedly left their homes for fear of a repeat of the Dec. 26 tsunami.

Tue, 05 Apr 2005

JP/Locals get a look-in at Bali Open

Locals get a look-in at Bali OpenMoch N. Kurniawan, The Jakarta Post, Kuta, Bali As qualifying rounds began for the A Mild Bali International Open on Monday, many local hopefuls showed up to compete for a place among top-ranked billiard players from 18 countries in the main draw.

Tue, 05 Apr 2005

JP/Pertamina to buy LNG as rescheduling fails

Pertamina to buy LNG as rescheduling failsLeony Aurora, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta State oil and gas firm Pertamina is in negotiations to buy 125,000 metric tons of liquefied natural gas (LNG) to meet its commitments to buyers in Japan, Taiwan and South Korea.

Tue, 05 Apr 2005

JP/RI denies tsunami aid spent on Geneva villa

RI denies tsunami aid spent on Geneva villaAdianto P. Simamora, The Jakarta Post, JakartaThe government on Monday repudiated a report in a Swiss newspaper that tsunami relief funds were diverted to buy a luxurious house for the country's ambassador to the United Nations in Geneva.

Tue, 05 Apr 2005

JP/Universities ink cooperation deal

Universities ink cooperation deal DEPOK, West Java: The University of Indonesia (UI) and Malaysia National University (UKM) signed here on Monday a memorandum of understanding on cooperation in medical and health research.UI spokesperson Henny S.

Tue, 05 Apr 2005

JP/Cop declared suspect in church blast

Cop declared suspect in church blastRuslan Sangadji, The Jakarta Post, PaluNational Police Headquarters has named a senior police officer as a suspect for his alleged role in last December's church bombings here.Adj. Comr.

Tue, 05 Apr 2005

JP/Prudential posts strong growth in profit

Prudential posts strong growth in profitThe Jakarta Post, JakartaTop insurer PT Prudential Life Assurance (PLA), a subsidiary of Prudential Plc.

Tue, 05 Apr 2005

JP/Lee Man Fong to be honored in Singapore

Lee Man Fong to be honored in SingaporeCarla Bianpoen, Contributor, SingaporeOn April 9, Art Retreat Singapore will launch a solo exhibition of Lee Man Fong, the renowned Chinese-born Indonesian painter who started his career as a humble, self-taught artist.

Tue, 05 Apr 2005

JP/Namibian arrested for cheating

Namibian arrested for cheating JAKARTA: Sr. Comr Tjiptono said on Monday that police arrested a 38-year-old Namibian named Lamberth on March 28 at the Ibis Hotel in West Jakarta for deceiving an Indonesian businessman.

Tue, 05 Apr 2005

JP/JP/8/BAKRIE

JP/8/BAKRIEBakrie & Brothers reschedules meetingBakrie & Brothers, one of Indonesia's oldest publicly listed holding companies, failed to gain approval for its planned rights issue because a quorum was not met during its scheduled extraordinary shareholders' meeting on Wednesday.Only 29.

Tue, 05 Apr 2005

JP/Prudential records strong growth in premium income, profit

Prudential records strong growth in premium income, profit The Jakarta Post JakartaTop insurer PT Prudential Life Assurance (PLA), a subsidiary of Prudential Plc.

Tue, 05 Apr 2005

JP/We must always remember the past

We must always remember the pastHidetoshi Sotooka The Asahi Shimbun Tokyo London Mayor Ken Livingstone, known for his blunt speech, is under fire for calling a Jewish reporter "a concentration camp guard." The reporter works for an evening newspaper with which Livingstone remains at odds.

Tue, 05 Apr 2005

JP/Discrepancy in development

Discrepancy in development The difference in the development in western Indonesia and eastern Indonesia is growing. This can be seen from all aspects of development such as education, health, transportation, social welfare and many other areas.

Tue, 05 Apr 2005

JP/Adaptation, not reform, can improve UN's security role

Adaptation, not reform, can improve UN's security roleBantarto Bandoro, JakartaThe present structure of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) no longer reflects the current reality of world politics. The UN therefore needs reform. On that everyone agrees.

Tue, 05 Apr 2005

JP/Fighting corruption

Fighting corruption Korean-style Riyadi Suparno's News Analysis titled Fighting corruption through civil service reform (The Jakarta Post, March 24) is worth commenting on. There are at least two points that need further elaborating. Firstly, the massive transfer of about 2.

Tue, 05 Apr 2005

JP/Critics caution over rise in military spending

Critics caution over rise in military spendingTiarma Siboro, The Jakarta Post, JakartaCritics of the military are worried that the government's proposal to increase the defense budget this year would be used to expand the Army's much-criticized territorial function.

Tue, 05 Apr 2005

JP/Pope commitment to interreligious dialog and peace

Pope commitment to interreligious dialog and peaceAloys Budi Purnomo, SemarangJohn Paul II passed away on Saturday night at the age of 84. All of the faithful around the world pray for him. He was a spiritual father to over a billion people and a globally influential leader.

Tue, 05 Apr 2005

JP/JP/6/EDITORIAL

JP/6/EDITORIALWhy Asia-Africa? On April 22 and April 23, Indonesia will host a major summit bringing together 106 delegations from Asia and Africa.

Tue, 05 Apr 2005

JP/Minister 'must resign' before running for PAN chairmanship

Minister 'must resign' before running for PAN chairmanshipTiarma Siboro and Suherdjoko, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta/Semarang Leader of the country's second largest Muslim organization, Muhammadiyah, has called on Minister of Transportation Hatta Radjasa to resign from his Cabinet post before ...

Tue, 05 Apr 2005

JP/Agency probes irregularities

Agency probes irregularities JAKARTA: The City Audit Agency (Bawasda) said on Monday that it would pursue alleged irregularities in the use of city budget by city agencies as discovered by the Supreme Audit Agency (BPK)."We are following up the report.

Tue, 05 Apr 2005

JP/Locals get a look-in at Bali Open billiards tourney

Locals get a look-in at Bali Open billiards tourney Moch N. Kurniawan The Jakarta Post Kuta, Bali As qualifying rounds began at the A Mild Bali International Open began on Monday, many local hopefuls showed up to compete for a place among top-ranked billiard players from 18 countries in the ...

Tue, 05 Apr 2005

JP/Excise duty rise urged to strengthen antitobacco campaign

Excise duty rise urged to strengthen antitobacco campaign Tony Hotland The Jakarta Post/JakartaObservers renewed a call on Monday for the government to strengthen the country's flaccid antitobacco campaign and to soon sign the United Nations-brokered international convention on tobacco control.

Tue, 05 Apr 2005

JP/JP/4/POPE

JP/4/POPERI delegates set to fly for VaticanThe Jakarta Post Jakarta/Jayapura/KupangNahdlatul Ulama (NU) and Muhammadiyah leaders are joining an Indonesian delegation sent by President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono that will leave for the Vatican on Tuesday to attend the funeral of Pope John Paul II.

Tue, 05 Apr 2005

JP/Singapore's award-winning gallery highlights Yogyakarta artists

Singapore's award-winning gallery highlights Yogyakarta artistsCarla Bianpoen, Contributor, SingaporeOn April 8, Singapore's iPreciation gallery opens an exhibition of eight new-generation Indonesian artists.

Tue, 05 Apr 2005

JP/Frontline appeals against KPPU ruling

Frontline appeals against KPPU rulingLeony Aurora, The Jakarta Post, JakartaSeeking to clear its name from accusations of collusion accusation, the winner of a tender to purchase Pertamina tankers, Frontline Ltd.

Tue, 05 Apr 2005

JP/UI, UKM to share research materials

UI, UKM to share research materials DEPOK: The University of Indonesia (UI) and the University of Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) have agreed to exchange research materials on medicine and health.

Tue, 05 Apr 2005

JP/Move to sue PKB 'unreasonable'

Move to sue PKB 'unreasonable'KEDIRI: The National Awakening Party's (PKB) decision last year to suspend party leader Alwi Shihab and secretary-general Saifullah Yusuf after the two accepted Cabinet posts was final, a party official said on Monday.

Tue, 05 Apr 2005

JP/Gambling and prostitution

Gambling and prostitution Gambling and prostitution: It's not correct to mix both activities. In many places, prostitutes are not tolerated in casinos. Operating a casino is not a mafia business...

Tue, 05 Apr 2005

JP/Nias earthquake victims left untreated

Nias earthquake victims left untreatedApriadi Gunawan, The Jakarta Post, Gunung SitoliFor two days, Fajarman Harefa has been crying out in pain because his left leg is broken. He was injured after his house on Nias island collapsed when the 8.7-magnitude earthquake rocked the island.

Tue, 05 Apr 2005

JP/JP/6/EDITORIAL

JP/6/EDITORIALWhy Asia-Africa? On April 22 and April 23, Indonesia will host a major summit bringing together 106 delegations from Asia and Africa.

Tue, 05 Apr 2005

JP/KPPI close to completing 1st safeguard case

KPPI close to completing 1st safeguard caseZakki P. Hakim, The Jakarta Post, JakartaThe Indonesian Trade Safeguard Committee (KPPI), is to announce soon its first-ever decision, which concerns the question as to whether it is necessary for the government to protect the local ceramic tableware ...

Tue, 05 Apr 2005

JP/Central dominance foils selection of candidates

Central dominance foils selection of candidatesOyos Saroso H.N., The Jakarta Post, BandarlampungSeveral members of the Democratic Party's Bandarlampung branch executive board (DPC) are dejected, not because they lost in the direct regional leadership election but because their candidacy was not ...

Tue, 05 Apr 2005

JP/Indonesian delegates set to fly to Vatican

Indonesian delegates set to fly to VaticanThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta, Jayapura/KupangNahdlatul Ulama (NU) and Muhammadiyah leaders are joining an Indonesian delegation sent by President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono that will leave for the Vatican on Tuesday to attend the funeral of Pope John Paul II.

Tue, 05 Apr 2005

JP/Garuda service

Garuda service After a blissful four-day holiday in Bali, my husband and I made our way to the airport at Denpasar on March 27. We were scheduled to travel on Garuda Indonesia's GA 417, scheduled to depart at 5 p.m., arriving in Jakarta at 5:40 p.m.

Tue, 05 Apr 2005

JP/30% of Nias inmates report to police

30% of Nias inmates report to police JAKARTA: Around 30 percent of inmates from Gunung Sitoli Penitentiary in Nias, who escaped during last week's massive earthquake, have reported to local police stations, according to a senior officer at National Police Headquarters.National Police spokesman Sr.

Tue, 05 Apr 2005

JP/Illegal miners use spoons and forks to dig way to freedom

Illegal miners use spoons and forks to dig way to freedomAbdul Khalik, The Jakarta Post, JakartaJakarta Police internal affairs is now interrogating Adj. Comr. Haryono, chief of Bojong Gede Police subprecinct in Bogor, West Java, over the escape of seven detainees on Sunday.

Tue, 05 Apr 2005

JP/The legacy of John Paul II and the global human face of suffering

The legacy of John Paul II and the global human face of sufferingB. Herry-Priyono, Jakarta The attention paid to Pope John Paul II during the last days of his life was extraordinary.

Tue, 05 Apr 2005

JP/Friends down under

Friends down underIt was hailed as a "new era" of relations between Indonesia and Australia. Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and Australian Prime Minister John Howard both came out of their meeting in Canberra on Monday beaming with mutual praise and confidence over the future of ties between the often ...

Tue, 05 Apr 2005

JP/Five injured in hotel collapse

Five injured in hotel collapseApriadi Gunawan, The Jakarta Post, MedanA five-story hotel in the Kisaran area of Medan, North Sumatra, collapsed on Monday morning, leaving five people seriously injured.

Tue, 05 Apr 2005

JP/TV Program: Tuesday, April 5, 2005

TV Program: Tuesday, April 5, 2005TVRI .TB.30" .90" 5:00 a.m. Religious Teachings6:00 News: Berita Pagi7:00 Cartoon: Maya the Bee8:30 Music: Asik-asik10:00 Talk Show: Agribiz11:00 Documentary12:00 p.m.

Tue, 05 Apr 2005

JP/Volunteers replace students in fight against dengue fever

Volunteers replace students in fight against dengue feverThe Jakarta Post, JakartaThirty-eight residents of Pasar Minggu subdistrict, South Jakarta, formed a team of volunteers on Monday to battle the Aedes aegypti mosquito that carries the deadly dengue fever virus through a 30-minute inspection ...

Tue, 05 Apr 2005

JP/Splinter group won't form rival board

Splinter group won't form rival boardThe Jakarta Post, JakartaThe splinter group in the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) said on Monday its leaders would accommodate the aspirations of party members who seek internal reform.

Tue, 05 Apr 2005

JP/Security status lowered in Timor

Security status lowered in TimorKUPANG, East Nusa Tenggara: The United Nations Security Council lowered its alert status in West Timor regency from an Alert IV to an Alert III in response to improved security, a senior government official said on Monday.

Tue, 05 Apr 2005

JP/City plans to remove Kota terminal

City plans to remove Kota terminalThe Jakarta Post, JakartaThe West Jakarta municipality plans to remove the bus terminal in downtown Kota, West Jakarta in order to help alleviate chronic traffic congestion around the old downtown area and get rid of all the eyesores.

Tue, 05 Apr 2005

JP/City OKs fare subsidy for monorail

City OKs fare subsidy for monorailDamar Harsanto, The Jakarta Post, JakartaGovernor Sutiyoso revealed on Monday that the city administration had decided to accept the request by the PT Jakarta Monorail (JM) consortium, for a subsidy for monorail fares in order to keep them at an affordable level of ...

Tue, 05 Apr 2005

JP/Merpati adds flights to Nias

Merpati adds flights to Nias JAKARTA: To assist relief work on earthquake-devastated Nias island, Merpati Nusantara Airlines has added two additional flights each day between Medan and Gunung Sitoli and Sibolga.

Tue, 05 Apr 2005

JP/Taxi fares are higher than my salary

Taxi fares are higher than my salaryBeginning April. 1, the Jakarta administration has allowed taxi operators to raise their fares by as high as 38 percent for the waiting fee, despite the fact that their services are often below par.

Tue, 05 Apr 2005

JP/A war among brothers?

A war among brothers? I remember a teaching from Tsun Szu in his famous masterpiece The Art of War to the effect that a good "war" is won without a drop of blood being spilt on earth.

Tue, 05 Apr 2005

JP/Policemen busted for illegal logging

Policemen busted for illegal loggingEva C. Komandjaja, The Jakarta Post, JakartaThe National Police have arrested two police officers in Papua for allegedly facilitating illegal logging in the province and failing to come forward with evidence.A spokesman for the National Police, Sr. Comr.

Tue, 05 Apr 2005

JP/Caltex interested in supplying fuel to RI

Caltex interested in supplying fuel to RILeony Aurora, The Jakarta Post, JakartaOil producer Caltex has expressed interest in supplying and retailing fuel here, and has submitted an application for a business permit.

Tue, 05 Apr 2005

JP/Coal boosts RI non-oil, gas exports

Coal boosts RI non-oil, gas exportsThe Jakarta Post, JakartaThe robust demand for coal in the global market is one of the main driver's behind a 79.53 percent jump in the nation's first two-month non-oil and gas exports, a Central Statistics Agency (BPS) official said.

Tue, 05 Apr 2005

JP/Fighting corruption

Fighting corruption Korean-style Riyadi Suparno's News Analysis titled Fighting corruption through civil service reform (The Jakarta Post, March 24) is worth commenting on. There are at least two points that need further elaborating. Firstly, the massive transfer of about 2.

Tue, 05 Apr 2005

JP/Constitution to get local translations

Constitution to get local translationsAndi Hajramurni, The Jakarta Post, MakassarTo assist the public in interpreting the amended Constitution, the Constitutional Court has recommended that regional administrations work together with higher learning institutions to translate it into their ...

Tue, 05 Apr 2005

JP/Is South Korea still a corrupt nation?

Is South Korea still a corrupt nation?Chung Soung-jin, The Korea Herald, Asia News Network, Seoul A trainer chains an infant elephant to a formidable post. As the elephant grows stronger, the iron chain is replaced by a rope.

Tue, 05 Apr 2005

JP/Jamsostek has new board of directors

Jamsostek has new board of directorsThe Jakarta Post, JakartaState Minister for State Enterprises Sugiharto replaced on Monday the board of directors of state-owned insurance company PT Jamsostek, asking them to increase the number of policy holders and improve the welfare scheme for them.

Tue, 05 Apr 2005

JP/Bakrie group reschedules meeting

Bakrie group reschedules meetingBakrie & Brothers, one of Indonesia's oldest publicly listed holding companies, failed to gain approval for its planned rights issue because a quorum was not met during its scheduled extraordinary shareholders' meeting on Wednesday.Only 29.