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Mon, 06 Aug 2001

JP/Military way of thinking

Military way of thinking Although I finished my military service more than 20 years ago, you must forgive me if I still maintain my military way of thinking in seeking solutions.

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Mon, 06 Aug 2001

JP/PKB to return to DPR, MPR: Alwi

PKB to return to DPR, MPR: Alwi JAKARTA (JP): The National Awakening Party (PKB), after dismissing its chairman and freezing its factions at the House of Representatives and at the People's Consultative Assembly, is set to revive the factions and participate again in both institutions.

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Mon, 06 Aug 2001

JP/DPR backs plan to use customary law in Poso

DPR backs plan to use customary law in Poso POSO, Central Sulawesi (JP): A plan to resolve the three-year- old sectarian conflict in Poso by way of enforcing customary law has received strong backing from the House of Representatives in Jakarta.

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Mon, 06 Aug 2001

JP/A wise decision

A wise decision For the second time in a week, "one country, two systems" has been resoundingly affirmed.

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Mon, 06 Aug 2001

JP/When state law doesn't work, try customary law

When state law doesn't work, try customary law POSO, Central Sulawesi (JP): A plan to resolve the three-year- old sectarian conflict in Poso by way of enforcing customary law has received strong backing from the House of Representatives in Jakarta.

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Mon, 06 Aug 2001

JP/Ferries subjected to bribes: Body

Ferries subjected to bribes: Body JAKARTA (JP): Nine ferries from Batam and Tanjungpinang, Riau, were allowed to dock at Pasir Gudang's international harbor in Malaysia, after paying bribes to the port officer in Johor Bahru, chairman of the Batam-based Association of Indonesian Ship Owners, said ...

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Mon, 06 Aug 2001

JP/Motorists lodge protest against new parking fees

Motorists lodge protest against new parking fees JAKARTA (JP): Motorists protested on Sunday at parking operator PT Securindo Packatama for arbitrarily charging more fees, including Value Added Tax (VAT), to current parking fees without any prior announcement.

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Mon, 06 Aug 2001

JP/Hope for millions

Hope for millions After years of denying the problem existed, the central Government faces a daunting task in trying to bring HIV and Aids under control. But, commendably, a start has been made, giving a glimmer of hope to the uncounted millions of mainland victims.

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Mon, 06 Aug 2001

JP/Market expects Hamzah to deliver on his promise

Market expects Hamzah to deliver on his promise JAKARTA (JP): As the country enters its third week, effectively without a government, the rupiah's rise and fall hinges on whether Vice President Hamzah Haz can deliver on his promise to present a "market friendly" Cabinet this week.

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Mon, 06 Aug 2001

JP/Bylaw on financial sharing needed

Bylaw on financial sharing needed PALU, Central Sulawesi (JP): Commission C, dealing with budgetary affairs at the Central Sulawesi provincial legislative council, is discussing a bylaw on financial sharing among the province, regency and mayoralty, according to its chairman.Helmi D.

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Mon, 06 Aug 2001

JP/Erasmus to hold photo exhibition

Erasmus to hold photo exhibition JAKARTA (JP): Erasmus Huis Dutch cultural center is to hold a photo exhibition from Aug. 7 to Aug. 18 on the works of 85 children of varied backgrounds.

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Mon, 06 Aug 2001

JP/Muhammadiyah offers up members for Cabinet posts

Muhammadiyah offers up members for Cabinet posts YOGYAKARTA (JP): Chairman of the second largest Muslim organization, Muhammadiyah, Syafii Ma'arif admitted here on Saturday that he had offered President Megawati Soekarnoputri and Vice President Hamzah Haz names of members of his organization who ...

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Mon, 06 Aug 2001

JP/Computer sales projected to equal last year's figures

Computer sales projected to equal last year's figures JAKARTA (JP): The strengthening of the rupiah against the U.S.

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Mon, 06 Aug 2001

JP/Thief shot dead on crime scene

Thief shot dead on crime scene JAKARTA (JP): Patrolling police officers stopped a theft that was in progress at the traffic lights on Jl. Kamal Raya in West Jakarta and shot dead one of the two thieves, a police report said on Sunday.

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Mon, 06 Aug 2001

JP/Floral festival: An oasis in the city

Floral festival: An oasis in the city JAKARTA (JP): Banteng Square in Central Jakarta looks different these days. Beautiful flowers of various colors welcome visitors as they approach the main gate.

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Mon, 06 Aug 2001

JP/Floral festival an oasis in town

Floral festival an oasis in town JAKARTA (JP): Banteng Square in Central Jakarta looks different these days. Beautiful flowers of various colors welcome visitors as they approach the main gate.

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Mon, 06 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.

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Mon, 06 Aug 2001

JP/Why this delay?

Why this delay? Ideally, President Megawati Soekarnoputri should have announced her Cabinet by Aug.1, one week after she, then Vice President, was installed by the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) as president Abdurrahman Wahid's successor.

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Mon, 06 Aug 2001

JP/Seven detained on charges of separatism

Seven detained on charges of separatism JAKARTA(JP): Following the detention of an Acehnese activist, police detained early on Saturday seven more people believed to have connections with separatist activities in the troubled province of Aceh, an officer said on Sunday.

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Mon, 06 Aug 2001

JP/No trespassing on Soeharto land

No trespassing on Soeharto land From time to time I visit the family of a friend who has a bungalow in Lebak Ciheurang, West Java. There are two ways to get there: One is much longer and the road is very winding and rough.

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Mon, 06 Aug 2001

JP/Cuba-American relationships

Cuba-American relationships The recent fainting spell of Cuba's Fidel Castro should send a signal to the United States and a shudder down the spine of Cuba- watchers.

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Mon, 06 Aug 2001

JP/Learning physics the enjoyable way

Learning physics the enjoyable way JAKARTA (JP): Physics can be fun, if you start by learning the simple basic concepts found in everyday life instead of merely cramming tricky formulae and complicated numbers.At least that is what Yohanes Surya, President of the Asia Physics Olympiad claims.

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Mon, 06 Aug 2001

JP/TV today

TV todayTVRI 5:00 a.m. Religious Teachings 6:00 News 8:45 Variety Show 10:00 Children's Program 10:30 30 Minutes with Anita Rahman 11:00 Regional News 12:00 p.m.

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Mon, 06 Aug 2001

JP/Clashes break out in Seram

Clashes break out in Seram AMBON, Maluku (JP): Communal clashes broke out in the village of Alang Asa Ude on Seram island, in the early hours of Saturday, leaving one army personnel dead, a local resident injured and at least 20 makeshift houses burned.

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Mon, 06 Aug 2001

JP/Public warned about questionable fund-raising

Public warned about questionable fund-raising JAKARTA (JP): Police warned the public ahead of the 56th anniversary of Independence Day to be aware of any questionable fund-raising activities to celebrate the event that use the names of former president Sukarno and his family.

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Mon, 06 Aug 2001

JP/Hear CD quality sound radio thru' WorldSpace

Hear CD quality sound radio thru' WorldSpaceBy Gatot Tio JAKARTA (JP): Do you know that we can now enjoy digital broadcasts from around the world via a receiver?This is what we call the digital broadcasting system supplied by WorldSpace (WS), and the tuners consist of AM, FM and satellite bands.

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Mon, 06 Aug 2001

JP/Analysts slam strategy in sale of BCA shares

Analysts slam strategy in sale of BCA shares JAKARTA (JP): As controversy over the sales of shares of publicly-listed Bank Central Asia (BCA) heats up, analysts demanded that the Indonesian Bank Restructuring Agency (IBRA) conduct the sale of the bank in a transparent manner.

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Mon, 06 Aug 2001

JP/Decree was Gus Dur's last futile effort

Decree was Gus Dur's last futile effort Many analysts believe President Abdurrahman Wahid hastened his downfall when he issued a decree to dissolve the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) on July 23. Sure enough, he was fired by the MPR in a matter of eight hours.

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Mon, 06 Aug 2001

JP/Old wounds reopened

Old wounds reopened "I am not glorifying or justifying the past," insists Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi of his impending visit to the Yasukuni shrine to his country's war dead, and seven war criminals.

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Mon, 06 Aug 2001

JP/Rights activists applaud new decree on ad hoc tribunal

Rights activists applaud new decree on ad hoc tribunal JAKARTA (JP): Human rights activists applauded on Sunday the renewed presidential decree on the establishment of an ad hoc tribunal to try suspects of gross human rights abuses in the 1984 Tanjung Priok and 1999 East Timor bloodshed.

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Mon, 06 Aug 2001

JP/Sport complex management questioned

Sport complex management questioned JAKARTA (JP): Jakarta Governor Sutiyoso has demanded the right to manage the Bung Karno sports complex in Senayan, Central Jakarta, which he claims to have been mismanaged by its current management board.

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Mon, 06 Aug 2001

JP/Motorbike thefts in Tangerang

Motorbike thefts in Tangerang TANGERANG (JP): Motorcycle thefts occurred in two separate places here on Friday and Saturday, police said.Friday's robbery took place when six unidentified men attacked a member of the army who was riding his motorcycle in Jatiuwung and stole his Honda.

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Mon, 06 Aug 2001

JP/Students help improve orangutans' cage

Students help improve orangutans' cageText and photo by Kafil Yamin BANDUNG (JP): Akriti and her classmates, who are students at Bandung International School (BIS), visited the zoo at the weekend.

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Mon, 06 Aug 2001

JP/Public warned of fund-raising fraud

Public warned of fund-raising fraud JAKARTA (JP): Police warned the public ahead of the 56th anniversary of Independence Day to be aware of any questionable fund-raising activities to celebrate the event that use the names of former president Sukarno and his family.City police spokesman Sr. Comr.

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Mon, 06 Aug 2001

JP/Megawati pays a visit to palace compound

Megawati pays a visit to palace compound JAKARTA (JP): President Megawati Soekarnoputri visited the presidential palace in Jakarta on Sunday, one day before she officially starts using it as her future presidential office.

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Mon, 06 Aug 2001

JP/House attack in Central Java

House attack in Central Java PURWOKERTO, Central Java (JP): Hundreds of people from the village of Cipawon in Purwokerto, Central Java, have taken retaliatory action for the killing of their friend by damaging at least 15 houses in the neighboring village of Kembangan, police said.

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Mon, 06 Aug 2001

JP/Half of Way Kambas National Park damaged

Half of Way Kambas National Park damaged BANDAR LAMPUNG, Lampung (JP): About fifty percent of the total 130,000 hectares of Way Kambas National Park in East Lampung regency has been damaged by illegal logging, an official said.

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Mon, 06 Aug 2001

JP/Stop logging in Nias: Councillor

Stop logging in Nias: Councillor MEDAN, North Sumatra (JP): Speaker of Nias Legislative Council Ali Amran Tanjung urged the Nias administration on Sunday to temporarily stop rampant logging on the island to help halt the rapid rate of deforestation, blamed as the main reason behind the recent ...

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Mon, 06 Aug 2001

JP/Floral festival: An oasis in the city

Floral festival: An oasis in the city JAKARTA (JP): Banteng Square in Central Jakarta looks different these days. Beautiful flowers of various colors welcome visitors as they approach the main gate.

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Mon, 06 Aug 2001

JP/Men of violence

Men of violencePolitical leaders have a tendency of doing the most impolitic things. Take Thaksin Shinawatra and his administration's invitation to Field Marshal Thanom Kittikachorn and Gen. Suchinda Kraprayoon to attend a workshop on bureaucratic reform in Pattaya this weekend.

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Mon, 06 Aug 2001

JP/11 killed in road accident

11 killed in road accident SEMARANG (JP): Eleven people died and five other sustained serious injuries on Sunday when a bus hit several vehicles after its brakes failed in Wonosobo, Central Java.

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Mon, 06 Aug 2001

JP/TransNote helps writers more than typists

TransNote helps writers more than typistsBy Zatni Arbi Jakarta (JP): Notebook computers have generally become thinner and lighter. Their screens, on the other hand, have become larger, sharper and more colorful. However, their basic design has remained the same.

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