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Sat, 05 Jun 2004

JP/Candidates promise more wealth, jobs

Candidates promise more wealth, jobsThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta/Lampung/Papua/LombokPresidential candidates and their running mates campaigned on the outer islands on Friday, promising employment and prosperity.Golkar Party candidate Gen.
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Sat, 05 Jun 2004

JP/Wanted! Seas and oceans dead or alive?

Wanted! Seas and oceans dead or alive?Moch. N. Kurniawan, Jakarta "Wanted! Seas and Oceans -- Dead or Alive?" has been chosen by the United Nations Environment Programs (UNEP) as the theme of this year's World Environment Day, which is commemorated worldwide on June 5 each year.
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Sat, 05 Jun 2004

JP/Does prosperity depend upon education?

Does prosperity depend upon education?Christopher Lingle, Luxembourg Ville, Luxembourg It has become an article of faith that economic progress depends upon having an educated citizenry. A corollary is often attached requiring governments to provide resources to meet this end.
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Sat, 05 Jun 2004

JP/Lawmaker wants strong legislatures

Lawmaker wants strong legislaturesKurniawan Hari, JakartaDirect elections for governors, mayors and regents as stipulated in the draft revision of the Autonomy Law, must be coupled with a strong local legislature to supervise the executive body, a legislator says.
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Sat, 05 Jun 2004

JP/How rich are your favorite candidates?

How rich are your favorite candidates?Muninggar Sri Saraswati and Tiarma Siboro, JakartaAll presidential and vice presidential candidates have made a report to the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) declaring their wealth and assets, but in varying degrees of transparency.
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Sat, 05 Jun 2004

JP/China: The Missing Member at the G-8 Table

China: The Missing Member at the G-8 TableJeffrey E. Garten Yale Center for the Study of Globalization New Haven When the Group of Eight industrial nations meets in Sea Island, Georgia on June 8, they will wrestle with the usual agenda of global trade, finance, and poverty.
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Sat, 05 Jun 2004

JP/Anti-Mega 'fatwa' deplored, called misuse of religion

Anti-Mega 'fatwa' deplored, called misuse of religionThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta/YogyakartaPolitical observers expressed discontent on Friday with a group of Muslim clerics, who they said, misused religious teachings to discriminate against a political candidate based on gender.
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Sat, 05 Jun 2004

JP/Mega to visit Lake Toba

Mega to visit Lake Toba MEDAN: President Megawati Soekarnoputri will visit North Sumatra on Sunday to witness the signing of a declaration on the management of the Lake Toba ecosystem and to attend the ground- breaking ceremony of a monument erected to honor her father, the late Sukarno, the ...
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Sat, 05 Jun 2004

JP/Throwaway society new threat to island paradises

Throwaway society new threat to island paradises Urgent international assistance is needed to help small island states deal with a rising tide of rubbish and waste.
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Sat, 05 Jun 2004

JP/Sports training bumped by rally

Sports training bumped by rally JAMBI, Jambi: Politics has been given priority here, with the campaign rally of presidential candidate Megawati Soekarnoputri forcing a postponement in a training session for local athletes preparing for the National Games in Palembang.
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Sat, 05 Jun 2004

JP/Bandung government to build monorail to solve traffic woes

Bandung government to build monorail to solve traffic woesYuli Tri Suwarni, BandungThe Bandung municipal administration plans to construct a monorail to overcome chronic traffic problems that have caused losses of more than Rp 1 billion (US$105,263) daily in the West Java capital city.
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Sat, 05 Jun 2004

JP/Anti-Mega 'fatwa' rued, called misuse of religion

Anti-Mega 'fatwa' rued, called misuse of religion The Jakarta Post Jakarta/Yogyakarta Political observers expressed discontent on Friday with a group of Muslim clerics, who they said, misused religious teachings to discriminate against a political candidate based on gender.
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Sat, 05 Jun 2004

JP/Beware the age of (aged) insecurity, Asia

Beware the age of (aged) insecurity, Asia Tom Plate The Straits Times Asia News Network Singapore In Asia, though not everywhere in the region, older people tend to be regarded differently from their counterparts in the United States. In many places, they're not even spurned.
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Sat, 05 Jun 2004

JP/Police told to stop student protests

Police told to stop student protestsMALANG, East Java: A local coordinator of Wiranto and Sholahuddin Wahid's campaign team here demanded on Friday that security personnel put an end to student' protests targeting presidential aspirant Gen. (ret) Wiranto.
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Sat, 05 Jun 2004

JP/PKS is torn between Wiranto, Amien Rais

PKS is torn between Wiranto, Amien RaisM. Taufiqurrahman, JakartaMembers of the Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) are becoming anxious pending a party decision on which presidential candidate to endorse, a spokesman said.
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Sat, 05 Jun 2004

JP/The advantages and disadvantages of learning through the Internet

The advantages and disadvantages of learning through the InternetSimon Marcus Gower, Jakarta There are those that say that every school should now have access to both computers and to the Internet.
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Sat, 05 Jun 2004

JP/Caption For General Issue: June 5, 2004

Caption For General Issue: June 5, 2004 checked Caltex Pacific IndonesiaOIL SPILL: Caltex Pacific Indonesia's (CPI) oil-spill response team participates in a training program on procedures to minimize the environmental impact of an oil spill.
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Sat, 05 Jun 2004

JP/Can Hamzah-Agum beat the titans?

Can Hamzah-Agum beat the titans?Moch. N. Kurniawan and Ridwan M. Sijabat, JakartaAs a local saying goes, when elephants clash the deer caught in the middle dies. But the campaign team of Hamzah Haz and Agum Gumelar is convinced that the delicate but skillful deer will prevail.
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Sat, 05 Jun 2004

JP/'My wife says I am suicidal because I smoke'

'My wife says I am suicidal because I smoke'Although the national antismoking campaign has been underway for over five years, not all government and local administration offices have been declared nonsmoking areas due to the absence of bylaws to implement antitobacco regulations.
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Sat, 05 Jun 2004

JP/Nikko Hotel workers against dismissal

Nikko Hotel workers against dismissal JAKARTA: A total of 237 employees of the Nikko Hotel in Central Jakarta staged a protest in front of the Jakarta Manpower and Transmigration Agency office on Friday, against the hotel management's decision to dismiss them.
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Sat, 05 Jun 2004

JP/15 endangered animals seized

15 endangered animals seized BANDUNG: Officials from the Bandung Natural Resources Conservation Body, in cooperation with a local non-governmental organization (NGO), has seized 15 endangered animals from traders between January and early June this year.
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Sat, 05 Jun 2004

JP/Maids report abuse to rights body

Maids report abuse to rights bodyLeony Aurora, JakartaTwo nursemaids filed a complaint with the National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) citing abusive treatment by their recent employer.
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Sat, 05 Jun 2004

JP/Four rebels killed in Aceh

Four rebels killed in Aceh ACEH: Four suspected Acehnese rebels were killed on Thursday in exchanges of fire with government troops in different locations in the troubled province of Aceh.Military information task force spokesman Lt. Col.
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Sat, 05 Jun 2004

JP/Next govt should make environment top priority

Next govt should make environment top priorityP.C. Naommy and Sari Setiogi, JakartaEnvironmentalists are up in arms that none of the five presidential candidates has included the environment as a primary issue in their campaigns.
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Sat, 05 Jun 2004

JP/Badung to compete in student Olympics

Badung to compete in student Olympics DENPASAR, Bali: Badung regency administration will send 50 Badung senior high school students to participate in the Senior High School Olympics held starting June 7 in Denpasar, Bali.
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Sat, 05 Jun 2004

JP/The power of money

The power of money While the national authorities are yet to properly deal with child and woman trafficking in several areas in the archipelago, we are jolted by reports of the selling of girl students of Jakarta junior high schools for their virginity.
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Sat, 05 Jun 2004

JP/Curfew-breaking athlete warned

Curfew-breaking athlete warnedEva C. Komandjaja, Jakarta The 22nd SEA Games gold medalist Jenny Zeannet said that she was disappointed that the Indonesian Karate-Do Association (Forki) had given her a warning for violating team rules.
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Sat, 05 Jun 2004

JP/China's challenges in reducing poverty

China's challenges in reducing povertyHua Min, China Daily, Asia News Network, Beijing While basking in the achievements of its successful poverty reduction campaign, China still faces daunting challenges as new problems surface.
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Sat, 05 Jun 2004

JP/Police nab kidnappers of politician's son

Police nab kidnappers of politician's sonEvi Mariani, JakartaJakarta Police announced on Friday they had arrested five people alleged to have kidnapped the a son of a Democratic Party legislator-elect and said the motive behind the abduction was not political.
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Sat, 05 Jun 2004

JP/Civil servants told to stay neutral

Civil servants told to stay neutral JAKARTA: Civil servants are to remain neutral and not support any specific presidential and vice presidential candidate despite the disbursement of a 13th month salary this June, a government official says.
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Sat, 05 Jun 2004

JP/JP/5/BULL

JP/5/BULLWild ox on the brink of extinction Indra Harsaputra SurabayaThe population of the wild ox has been steadily dwindling in the past few years, and if there is no affirmative action to save them, they will be extinct in the near future, according to an estimate by The Indonesian ...
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Sat, 05 Jun 2004

JP/KPK: Puteh knew of chopper markup

KPK: Puteh knew of chopper markupTiarma Siboro, JakartaThe Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) said on Friday that Aceh Governor Abdullah Puteh knew that some procedures had been violated in the purchase of a Russian-made Mi-2 helicopter in 2002.
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Sat, 05 Jun 2004

JP/Herd of Rhinos fly in Jakarta for annual tour

Herd of Rhinos fly in Jakarta for annual tourThe Jakarta Post, JakartaThe Rhinos Rugby Club mustered in Jakarta on Friday for its much- heralded 19th annual tour.
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Sat, 05 Jun 2004

JP/JP/5/BULL

JP/5/BULLWild ox on the brink of extinctionIndra Harsaputra SurabayaThe population of the wild oxen on Java, one of its main habitats, has been steadily dwindling in recent years, and if there is no action to save them, they will be extinct in the near future, according to The Indonesian ...
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Sat, 05 Jun 2004

JP/Mafia blamed for loss of public land

Mafia blamed for loss of public landApriadi Gunawan, MedanHundreds of hectares of public land in Medan, North Sumatra, formerly managed by the State Plantation Company II (PTPN II), has been illegally sold by local "land mafia" who are driving out squatters in the area, an activist group's report ...
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Sat, 05 Jun 2004

JP/Megawati's dream team woos Jakartans

Megawati's dream team woos JakartansBambang Nurbianto, Jakarta On Friday the campaign schedule of all presidential and vice presidential candidates placed them outside Jakarta while the campaign team of the incumbent president Megawati Soekarnoputri was scheduled the whole day in the capital's ...
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Sat, 05 Jun 2004

JP/Graft hits two more councils

Graft hits two more councilsSyofiardi Bachyul and Yuli Tri Suwarni, Padang/BandungAfter the Padang District Court jailed almost all 55 members of the West Sumatra legislative council last month for corruption, the provincial police are now investigating a scam allegedly involving all 24 councillors ...
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Sat, 05 Jun 2004

JP/JP/6/JACK

JP/6/JACKMinimizing risks of losses fromforeign-exchange rate fluctuation Jack Villacis New York In an era of free global trade, one area of importance for companies doing business across boarders is the ability to overcome currencies fluctuations that can have an impact on a firms' bottom ...
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Sat, 05 Jun 2004

JP/On Indian meat

On Indian meatI write in reference to a news item published in The Jakarta Post on May 25, regarding the importation of meat from some countries, including India.
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Sat, 05 Jun 2004

JP/Nursemaids report abuse to rights commission

Nursemaids report abuse to rights commissionLeony Aurora Jakarta Two nursemaids filed a complaint with the National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) citing abusive treatment by their recent employer.
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Sat, 05 Jun 2004

JP/Protecting Indonesia's vital marine resources

Protecting Indonesia's vital marine resourcesMark Erdmann, Contributor, Manado, North Sulawesi In recognition of the importance of Indonesia's vast marine resources to its future, I've been invited to write an Environment Day perspective on the current status of marine law enforcement.
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Sat, 05 Jun 2004

JP/Anti-Mega 'fatwa' rued, called misuse of religion

Anti-Mega 'fatwa' rued, called misuse of religion The Jakarta Post Jakarta/Yogyakarta Political observers expressed discontent on Friday with a group of Muslim clerics, who they said, misused religious teachings to discriminate against a political candidate based on gender.
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Sat, 05 Jun 2004

JP/Endangered animals seized in Bandung

Endangered animals seized in Bandung BANDUNG: Indonesia's Natural Resources Conservation Center (BKSDA), in cooperation with the Nusantara Nature Conservation (Konus), recently seized 15 endangered animals that were illegally smuggled into Bandung, West Java.
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Sat, 05 Jun 2004

JP/BPK slams IBRA profligacy

BPK slams IBRA profligacyTony Hotland, JakartaThe Supreme Audit Agency (BPK) has found the dissolved Indonesian Bank Restructuring Agency (IBRA) "wasteful" in its disbursement of government recapitalization funds to insolvent banks following the late 1990s financial crisis.
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Sat, 05 Jun 2004

JP/Mark Erdmann

Mark ErdmannTEEMING SEA LIFE: Colorful fish and the intense beauty of a coral reef (above and right) can be found in the Bunaken marine park in North Sulawesi.Photo C: PatrolMark ErdmannMARINE PATROL: A special patrol team works to curb illegal fishing in Bunaken.
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Sat, 05 Jun 2004

JP/BI's new plan seen as temporary fix

BI's new plan seen as temporary fixThe Jakarta Post, JakartaBank Indonesia's plan to halt rupiah speculation in the banking sector should be helpful in curbing the depreciation of the embattled rupiah, analysts said, but only temporarily as the policy did not address the root of the problem -- huge ...
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Sat, 05 Jun 2004

JP/Wild oxen on the brink of extinction on Java Island

Wild oxen on the brink of extinction on Java IslandIndra Harsaputra, SurabayaThe population of the wild oxen on Java, one of its main habitats, has been steadily dwindling in recent years, and if there is no action to save them, they will be extinct in the near future, according to The Indonesian ...
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Sat, 05 Jun 2004

JP/Amien joins chorus of job creators, plus, plus

Amien joins chorus of job creators, plus, plusZakki P. Hakim, Jakarta Like the other candidates, Amien Rais and his running mate Siswono Yudo Husodo believe the main problem confronting the nation's economy is unemployment.They have therefore made job creation their ultimate goal, if elected.
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Sat, 05 Jun 2004

JP/Prudential still winning customers despite court case

Prudential still winning customers despite court caseTony Hotland, JakartaInsurance firm PT Prudential Life Assurance says it is still able to win customers despite uncertainty over the company's status as it awaits a Supreme Court decision over an earlier bankruptcy verdict.
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Sat, 05 Jun 2004

JP/How important are native speakers of English?

How important are native speakers of English?Rachel Davies, Sydney, Australia There is considerable evidence now that learning English is a significant business in Indonesia. Across Jakarta numerous language schools offer their services and their number only seems to increase with time.
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Sat, 05 Jun 2004

JP/Megawati's promise of jobs

Megawati's promise of jobs President Megawati Soekarnoputri's adoption of job creation as a key policy of her economic platform ahead of the July 5 election is unconvincing, as it is precisely in this area that, as perceived by the public, her government has failed miserably.
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Sat, 05 Jun 2004

JP/How important are native speakers of English?

How important are native speakers of English?Rachel Davies, Sydney, Australia There is considerable evidence now that learning English is a significant business in Indonesia. Across Jakarta numerous language schools offer their services and their number only seems to increase with time.
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Sat, 05 Jun 2004

JP/Weak rupiah, political tension send stocks tumbling down

Weak rupiah, political tension send stocks tumbling downThe Jakarta Post, JakartaJakarta shares plunged on Friday amid lingering worries of the sharp depreciation in the value of the rupiah against the U.S. dollar and rising political tension ahead of next month's presidential election.
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Sat, 05 Jun 2004

JP/Waste treatment at major oil and mining firms

Waste treatment at major oil and mining firmsSudibyo M. Wiradji, The Jakarta Post/Jakarta Waste is inseparable from industrial activities, including those conducted by natural resource-based businesses, such as oil and gas producers and mining companies in remote areas in Indonesia.
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Sat, 05 Jun 2004

JP/JP/5/FOCUS

JP/5/FOCUS Kendari Police nab two ships KENDARI, Southeast Sulawesi: Personnel from the Water Police section of the Southeast Sulawesi Provincial Police seized on Friday two ships in Saponda waters, in Konawe regency here, for carrying eight tons of various explosive materials.
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Sat, 05 Jun 2004

JP/Physician's link with Golkar raises questions

Physician's link with Golkar raises questionsM. Taufiqurrahman, JakartaThe inclusion of a noted physician on the campaign team of the Golkar Party has raised suspicions that he might have had a role in disqualifying another key candidate.
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Sat, 05 Jun 2004

JP/The 1973 oil crisis and now

The 1973 oil crisis and nowLarry Elliott Guardian News Service London For those of us old enough to remember, it's time to wallow in memories of the last oil crisis. Yes, oil prices are up and the world economy is teetering on the brink of disaster. Welcome back to 1973.
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Sat, 05 Jun 2004

JP/Smuggled goods sell like hotcakes at Belawan Port

Smuggled goods sell like hotcakes at Belawan PortApriadi Gunawan, MedanA range of cheap merchandise, allegedly smuggled from Malaysia and Singapore, can be found on sale openly at Belawan Port, some 20 kilometers from the North Sumatra capital of Medan.
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Sat, 05 Jun 2004

JP/Sutiyoso wants Tanah Abang torn down for safety reasons

Sutiyoso wants Tanah Abang torn down for safety reasonsDamar Harsanto, JakartaDespite Governor Sutiyoso's strong stance on the plan to tear down the Tanah Abang textile market in Central Jakarta, the market management prefers to wait until the 6,800 traders have been relocated.
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Sat, 05 Jun 2004

JP/Police issue licenses for 70 firearms for prosecutors

Police issue licenses for 70 firearms for prosecutorsAbdul Khalik, JakartaPolice have licensed 70 prosecutors across the country to carry firearms for self-defense following the murder of prosecutor Ferry Silalahi in Palu, Central Sulawesi, on May 26.National Police spokesman Insp. Gen.
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Sat, 05 Jun 2004

JP/Reply to Aida Greenbury

Reply to Aida Greenbury In your article under "Sounding Off" in The Jakarta Post (Sunday, May 30), you said you were "sick of so-called nationalists relaying biased criticism about Indonesian people who prefer English to Bahasa Indonesia in their daily communication" and you maintained that ...
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Sat, 05 Jun 2004

JP/Javanese farmers reap profits planting vegetables in Batam industrial zone

Javanese farmers reap profits planting vegetables in Batam industrial zoneFadli, BatamMardi, 35, and his wife Sutiyem, 28, from Banjarnegara regency, Central Java province, arrived four years ago on Batam in search of work in the special industrial zone island.
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Sat, 05 Jun 2004

JP/Migrant workers flee labor agency

Migrant workers flee labor agency MEDAN, North Sumatra: Six women from East Nusa Tenggara province seeking work in Medan left a labor recruitment agency in the city, fearing that they might be sold into prostitution, a police officer said on Friday.
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Sat, 05 Jun 2004

JP/Waging war against poverty

Waging war against povertyHua Min China Daily Asia News Network Beijing While basking in the achievements of its successful poverty reduction campaign, China still faces daunting challenges as new problems surface.
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Sat, 05 Jun 2004

JP/Social security system

Social security system I am writing in response to an article written by Dr. Hasbullah Thabrany in The Jakarta Post, May 27, in which he responded to my May 4 article on the National Social Security System Bill (SJSN) currently being considered by the House of Representatives.
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Sat, 05 Jun 2004

JP/Waste management needed to curb pollution in bay

Waste management needed to curb pollution in bayDamar Harsanto, JakartaEnvironmentalists and researchers called on the city administration to curb marine pollution in Jakarta Bay, which has likely triggered the red-tide phenomenon and killed fish and clams, by tightening control over industrial and ...
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Sat, 05 Jun 2004

JP/Psychics say Amien has blue blood

Psychics say Amien has blue blood SURAKARTA, Central Java: A group of psychics here have joined in the campaign to support presidential candidate Amien Rais, whom they call satriya linuwih (extraordinary knight).
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Sat, 05 Jun 2004

JP/Comedian nabbed for drug abuse

Comedian nabbed for drug abuse JAKARTA: A comedian was arrested on Wednesday in a hotel in Kramat Jati, East Jakarta, for alleged drug abuse.Kramat Jati Police detectives confiscated 0.
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Sat, 05 Jun 2004

JP/Science and the scientist in the marketplace

Science and the scientist in the marketplace Rendra Suroso Bandung I must say that, in concurrence with Robert Shiller (The Jakarta Post, May 27), there are two different faces of our academia, the theoretical and the procedural. One is tied in feedback loops to the other.
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Sat, 05 Jun 2004

JP/Police asked to arrest subdistrict head

Police asked to arrest subdistrict head MEDAN, North Sumatra: Dozens of community leaders in Bandar Gugung subdistrict, Deli Serdang regency, demanded on Friday that local police arrest the head of the subdistrict Zs, for graft.
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Sat, 05 Jun 2004

JP/Police chief yet to dismiss 'candid cop'

Police chief yet to dismiss 'candid cop' JAKARTA: Jakarta Police chief Insp. Gen. Makbul Padmanagara said on Friday he was considering the recommendation made by the Police Professional Ethics Board to dismiss First Insp. Sunarjo for his involvement in a candid camera show.
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Sat, 05 Jun 2004

JP/Suspects released in mangrove case

Suspects released in mangrove caseEvi Mariani, JakartaJakarta Police have freed three people suspected of illegally clearing mangrove trees as the investigators considered their release would not hamper the investigation process."The investigators of the case said the questioning has been completed.
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Sat, 05 Jun 2004

JP/Kendari Police nab two ships

Kendari Police nab two ships KENDARI, Southeast Sulawesi: Personnel from the Water Police section of the Southeast Sulawesi Provincial Police seized on Friday two ships in Saponda waters, in Konawe regency here, for carrying eight tons of various explosive materials.Water Police chief Adj. Sr.
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