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64 articles.

Fri, 07 Jun 2002

JP/Umar wins gold as Indonesia Tiger captures overall title

Umar wins gold as Indonesia Tiger captures overall titleMusthofid, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Umar Syarif took home one of the two gold medals for the host team on the final day of the Indonesian Open karate tournament as the Indonesia Tiger emerged as the overall winner after three days of heavy ...

Fri, 07 Jun 2002

JP/Who's to blame for nuclear war between Indian and Pakistan?

Who's to blame for nuclear war between Indian and Pakistan? Jonathan Power Columnist London If nuclear war does break out between India and Pakistan they will only have themselves to blame.

Fri, 07 Jun 2002

JP/IBRA plans to sell four more banks

IBRA plans to sell four more banksThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta The Indonesian Bank Restructuring Agency (IBRA) plans to sell government shares in the publicly-listed Bank Danamon and Lippo Bank in the second half of this year, and in two other banks next year.

Fri, 07 Jun 2002

JP/Students tried for deadly attack

Students tried for deadly attack JAKARTA: Three students of the Jakarta Arts Institute went on trial at the Central Jakarta District Court on Thursday for a fatal attack on a fellow student in March.

Fri, 07 Jun 2002

JP/Wolfowitz's remarks

Wolfowitz's remarks The Jakarta Post of June 1, 2002 published an article about a remark from Wolfowitz, the Deputy U.S. defense secretary and a former ambassador to Indonesia. He is quoted as urging the Indonesian Military to reform itself.

Fri, 07 Jun 2002

JP/Foreign investors show interest in IBRA loan assets

Foreign investors show interest in IBRA loan assetsDadan Wijaksana, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta More than 140 investors, including foreign financial institutions, have expressed interest in purchasing bank loan assets worth more than Rp 150 trillion (about US$17 billion), held by the Indonesian ...

Fri, 07 Jun 2002

JP/Policemen stop work for soccer

Policemen stop work for soccer The Indonesian passion for soccer apparently has even affected the police who are meant to be securing the preparatory committee (PrepCom) meeting on sustainable development in Bali.

Fri, 07 Jun 2002

JP/Construction of Seroja Monument begins

Construction of Seroja Monument begins President Megawati Soekarnoputri (left) shook hands with Seroja veterans after laying the first stone at a ceremony on Thursday to mark construction of the Seroja Monument, to commemorate the 3,625 Indonesian soldiers killed in the former Indonesian province ...

Fri, 07 Jun 2002

JP/Lee and paranoia about Islam

Lee and paranoia about Islam Is the charismatic leader of the neighboring Singapore, Lee Kuan Yew, suffering from paranoia about Islam? The answer is yes!Lee's negative perception of Islam is clear in his statements, which have frequently challenged Islam.

Fri, 07 Jun 2002

JP/Gandrik back with 'Mas Tom'

Gandrik back with 'Mas Tom'Asip A. Hasani & Blontank Poer, The Jakarta Post, Yogyakarta After staging the successful Brigade Maling (The Thieves Brigade) here and abroad three years ago, Teater Gandrik of Yogyakarta returns to the stage, entertaining the public in Jakarta this weekend and ...

Fri, 07 Jun 2002

JP/Thumb-up given to new tax office

Thumb-up given to new tax officeRendi A. Witular, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Businessmen and experts praised Wednesday the establishment of a special office to collect taxes from the country's largest taxpayers, but warned the new office could become another corrupt institution like other tax ...

Fri, 07 Jun 2002

JP/Jakarta Fair to be made more accessible

Jakarta Fair to be made more accessibleLeo Wahyudi S, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Jakartans will have easier access to the Kemayoran Fairground, Central Jakarta, for the 2002 Jakarta Fair, which will open on June 14 through to July 14, as the organizers have promised to provide shuttle buses from ...

Fri, 07 Jun 2002

JP/Sumatran tiger faces extinction

Sumatran tiger faces extinctionHaidir Anwar Tanjung, Pekanbaru Rampant hunting and illegal logging in the Bukit Tigapuluh National Park in the province of Riau have pushed Sumatran tigers (Panthera Tigris Sumatraensis) there to the brink of extinction, an activist said.

Fri, 07 Jun 2002

JP/Sofjan admits to faults, throws ball in police's court

Sofjan admits to faults, throws ball in police's courtYogita Tahilramani The Jakarta Post Jakarta In an inquiry led by National Police generals, Comr. Gen.

Fri, 07 Jun 2002

JP/Selling $17b in bad loans

Selling $17b in bad loans For the next three months domestic and foreign investors will be digging into the heap of financial ruins from the banking collapse trying to find and purchase prize assets among the US$17 billion worth of dud loans put on sale on Monday by the Indonesian Bank ...

Fri, 07 Jun 2002

JP/Also look at your backyard

Also look at your backyard I would like to comment on Goenawan Mohamad's opinion on May 31 in The Jakarta Post titled How to get a Dutch Visa.I can indeed sympathize with Goenawan's statement about how to get a visa.

Fri, 07 Jun 2002

JP/Megawati pays homage to late father

Megawati pays homage to late fatherThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta President Megawati Soekarnoputri went to Blitar, East Java, on Thursday to visit the grave of her father, founding president Sukarno.

Fri, 07 Jun 2002

JP/JP/15/N01

JP/15/N01 JP/13/ConverRupiah Rates June 6.Bank notes rates TT ratesSelling Buying Selling BuyingRp Rp Rp Rp U.S. dollar 1 9,350.00 8,350.00 8,894.00 8,806.00Australian dollar 1 5,388.41 4,806.

Fri, 07 Jun 2002

JP/Garbage incinerators operated inefficiently

Garbage incinerators operated inefficientlyBambang Nurbianto, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta While the City Sanitation Agency is rocked by alleged graft related to the purchase of 10 incinerators funded by last year's city budget, the facts show that a number of incinerators that were purchased ...

Fri, 07 Jun 2002

JP/CPO price shoots to three-year high

CPO price shoots to three-year highThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta The price of crude palm oil (CPO) hit a three-year high of about US$415 per ton on Thursday due to rising demand, chairman of the Indonesian Palm Oil Producers Association? (Gapki) Derom Bangun said.

Fri, 07 Jun 2002

JP/Papuan leaders want troops withdrawn

Papuan leaders want troops withdrawnKurniawan Hari, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Leading Papuan figures urged President Megawati Soekarnoputri on Thursday to declare the province a peace zone and pull out all troops recruited from outside the province.

Fri, 07 Jun 2002

JP/On 'Slum Survivor', nobody's a winner

On 'Slum Survivor', nobody's a winnerClifford Bob, Assistant Professor Political Science, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles With another season of Survivor now over, the networks have an opportunity to revolutionize "reality television" next year.

Fri, 07 Jun 2002

JP/Crash victims sue train company

Crash victims sue train companyMuninggar Sri Saraswati, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Relatives of those killed in the horror train crash in Brebes, Central Java, last year and the survivors are suing state-owned railway company PT KAI and the government for Rp 2.7 billion in a class-action lawsuit.

Fri, 07 Jun 2002

JP/Jakarta Fair more accessible to the public

Jakarta Fair more accessible to the publicLeo Wahyudi S The Jakarta Post JakartaJakartans will have easier access to the Kemayoran Fairground, Central Jakarta, for the 2002 Jakarta Fair, which will open on June 14 through to July 14, as the organizers have promised to provide shuttle buses from ...

Fri, 07 Jun 2002

JP/'RCTI' criticized as 70m viewers miss World Cup

'RCTI' criticized as 70m viewers miss World CupMuhammad Nafik and Kurniawan Hari The Jakarta Post JakartaHolding the sole rights in Indonesia to broadcast the World Cup on television could turn out to be a poisoned chalice for RCTI as the House of Representatives condemned the country's oldest ...

Fri, 07 Jun 2002

JP/China the largest importer of Russian-made weapons

China the largest importer of Russian-made weaponsMikhail Khodarenok RIA Novosti Moscow On May 30 Russia's Defence Minister Sergei Ivanov went on an official visit to China, where he will meet with the Chinese leadership.

Fri, 07 Jun 2002

JP/Djoko vows to end Maluku's military-police conflict

Djoko vows to end Maluku's military-police conflictTertiani ZB Simanjuntak and Oktovianus Pinontoan, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Newly appointed Chief of the Security Restoration Operations Command in Maluku Maj. Gen.

Fri, 07 Jun 2002

JP/Megawati pays homage to late father

Megawati pays homage to late fatherThe Jakarta Post JakartaPresident Megawati Soekarnoputri went to Blitar, East Java, on Thursday to visit the grave of her father, founding president Sukarno.

Fri, 07 Jun 2002

JP/Public order officers should be more 'humane'

Public order officers should be more 'humane'Ahmad Junaidi, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta For public order officers, slapping, kicking and beating people at work is not a taboo at all. They often use force when evicting side-walk vendors, riverbank squatters or becak (pedicab) drivers.

Fri, 07 Jun 2002

JP/Army marks change of guard in anusual show of force

Army marks change of guard in anusual show of forceTiarma Siboro, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta After a seven-year lapse, the Army celebrated the succession to its top post with a show of force at the Senayan parking lot in Jakarta on Thursday.

Fri, 07 Jun 2002

JP/Jakarta Fair more accessible to the public

Jakarta Fair more accessible to the publicLeo Wahyudi S The Jakarta Post JakartaJakartans will have easier access to the Kemayoran Fairground, Central Jakarta, for the 2002 Jakarta Fair, which will open on June 14 through to July 14, as the organizers have promised to provide shuttle buses from ...

Fri, 07 Jun 2002

JP/Greenpeace protest foiled

Greenpeace protest foiled The Arctic Sunrise sails past Nusa Dua beach as a fisherman casts out his line. However, the boat's crew of Greenpeace activists was barred on Thursday by locals from making a protest statement by tossing a three-headed ogoh-ogoh monster effigy into the sea.

Fri, 07 Jun 2002

JP/Thumb-up given to new tax office

Thumb-up given to new tax officeRendi A. Witular, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Businessmen and experts praised on Wednesday the establishment of a special office to collect taxes from the country's largest taxpayers, but warned that the new office could become another corrupt institution like other ...

Fri, 07 Jun 2002

JP/Policemen stop work for soccer

Policemen stop work for soccer The Indonesian passion for soccer apparently has even affected the police who are meant to be securing the preparatory committee (PrepCom) meeting on sustainable development in Bali.

Fri, 07 Jun 2002

JP/Thailand-Myanmar border problems

Thailand-Myanmar border problemsThe Straits Times, Asia News Network, Singapore Thailand and Myanmar have a long history of squabbles over incursions at their long and ill-defined border.

Fri, 07 Jun 2002

JP/Children's protection bill condemned

Children's protection bill condemnedDebbie A. Lubis, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Non-governmental organization activists harshly criticized the bill on children's protection being deliberated by the House of Representatives for what they claimed was a lack of details, vague sanctions and an absence ...

Fri, 07 Jun 2002

JP/Indonesia told to learn from U.S. on ethnic equality

Indonesia told to learn from U.S. on ethnic equalityMuhammad Nafik, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Indonesia should learn from the United States on how that country has integrated those of Chinese descent into its society, says a scholar from the University of Indonesia.

Fri, 07 Jun 2002

JP/U.S. Dollar Rates June 6

U.S. Dollar Rates June 6 Latest %Chg Yen 124.79-84 +0.32 Euro* 0.9390-95 +0.03 Sterling* 1.4576-78 -0.16 Swiss franc 1.5698-03 +0.27 Canadian dollar 1.5309-15 -0.03 Australian dollar* 0.5726-28 -0.

Fri, 07 Jun 2002

JP/12.5 percent of Jakartans poor

12.5 percent of Jakartans poor JAKARTA: Twelve percent of people in Jakarta are poor, a survey conducted by the city chapter of the National Family Planning Board (BKKBN) says.

Fri, 07 Jun 2002

JP/Executive, legislature race to use up budget money

Executive, legislature race to use up budget moneyOyos Saroso HN, The Jakarta Post, Bandarlampung The Lampung provincial administration is seeking approval from the Legislative Council to secure Rp 6,091 billion from a supplementary budget to procure 22 official cars, including seven for ...

Fri, 07 Jun 2002

JP/Sumatran tiger faces extinction

Sumatran tiger faces extinctionHaidir Anwar Tanjung Pekanbaru Rampant hunting and illegal logging in the Bukit Tigapuluh National Park in the province of Riau have pushed Sumatran tigers (Panthera Tigris Sumatraensis) there to the brink of extinction, an activist said.

Fri, 07 Jun 2002

JP/Man gets death for fatal robbery attempt

Man gets death for fatal robbery attempt The Central Jakarta District Court sentenced a man to death on Thursday for his involvement in a fatal robbery attempt last year outside a Bank BCA branch on Jl. Bungur Besar Raya, Central Jakarta.The crime on Oct.

Fri, 07 Jun 2002

JP/PE makes it big with new icon: TV movies

PE makes it big with new icon: TV moviesLuas Samudera, Contributor, Jakarta The biggest news out of the production house industry lately has been the skyrocketing position of Prima Entertainment (PE), which reigns supreme in the land of prime time producers of trendsetting programs for television ...

Fri, 07 Jun 2002

JP/'RCTI' slammed as 70 million viewers miss W. Cup matches

'RCTI' slammed as 70 million viewers miss W. Cup matchesMuhammad Nafik and Kurniawan Hari, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Holding the sole rights in Indonesia to broadcast the World Cup on television could turn out to be a poisoned chalice for RCTI as the House of Representatives condemned the ...

Fri, 07 Jun 2002

JP/Malaysia's main concern: Protecting citizens

Malaysia's main concern: Protecting citizensMohamad Najib Tun Abdul Razak, Minister of Defense, Malaysia Let me get straight to the point. I would like to focus on three basic questions, What, Why and How. What is the threat; why has this emerged now, and how should we meet this threat.

Fri, 07 Jun 2002

JP/Megawati pays homage to late father

Megawati pays homage to late fatherThe Jakarta Post JakartaPresident Megawati Soekarnoputri went to Blitar, East Java, on Thursday to visit the grave of her father, founding president Sukarno.

Fri, 07 Jun 2002

JP/VP wants end to party subsidies

VP wants end to party subsidies JAKARTA: Vice President Hamzah Haz called on Thursday for the government to stop subsidizing political parties, and to use the money instead for national education.

Fri, 07 Jun 2002

JP/Tommy's lawyer released

Tommy's lawyer released JAKARTA: The police finally released Elza Syarief, the lawyer for Hutomo "Tommy" Mandala Putra, on Thursday afternoon after spending one month in the city police headquarter's detention cell.

Fri, 07 Jun 2002

JP/Da'i urges Poso people to avoid provocation

Da'i urges Poso people to avoid provocationTertiani ZB Simanjuntak, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta National Police chief Gen.

Fri, 07 Jun 2002

JP/Firdaus promotes culinary arts

Firdaus promotes culinary artsMaria Endah Hulupi, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta His main activity is in the investment, banking and fund management sector.

Fri, 07 Jun 2002

JP/Earlier Disbandment of IBRA

Earlier Disbandment of IBRA When the Indonesian Bank Restructuring Agency was set up in early 1999, it was decided that it would exist for only five years. If all the agency's duties could be accomplished earlier, the agency, as its chief Syarifuddin A.

Fri, 07 Jun 2002

JP/Ministers show disdain to NGOs

Ministers show disdain to NGOs Different ministers, different temperaments and different ways of handling the public, as two of Indonesia's coordinating ministers showed.

Fri, 07 Jun 2002

JP/Anti-human trafficking law urgent, experts say

Anti-human trafficking law urgent, experts sayYogita Tahilramani, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Indonesia needs to carve out an anti-human trafficking bill, considering that it has no law against all forms of human trafficking, experts say.

Fri, 07 Jun 2002

JP/House delays decision on Bulog

House delays decision on Bulog JAKARTA: The House of Representatives has pushed back to July 1 a plenary session to decide whether to establish a special committee to investigate the role of House Speaker Akbar Tandjung in a financial scandal involving the State Logistics Agency (Bulog).

Fri, 07 Jun 2002

JP/Govt moves to block access to state secrets

Govt moves to block access to state secretsKurniawan Hari, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The government will submit a draft law on official secrets to counter the freedom of information bill proposed by the House of Representatives, which, if passed, would give the public, including the media, ...

Fri, 07 Jun 2002

JP/Govt criticized for exploiting guards

Govt criticized for exploiting guards The presence of Balinese traditional village guards or pecalang has captured the attention of most delegates attending the current UN meeting in Nusa Dua, Bali.

Fri, 07 Jun 2002

JP/Govt, House avoid hike in haj fee

Govt, House avoid hike in haj fee JAKARTA: The government and House of Representatives Commission VI for human resources and religious affairs agreed on Thursday to reduce, or at least to maintain, the haj fee for next season.

Fri, 07 Jun 2002

JP/RI told to be prepared for court decision on disputed islands

RI told to be prepared for court decision on disputed islandsAnnastashya Emmanuelle, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Although the Sipadan-Ligitan issue is not expected to be a constant agitation in bilateral relations with Malaysia, Indonesia should be prepared to accept the International Court ...

Fri, 07 Jun 2002

JP/Those to blame in S. Asian crisis

Those to blame in S. Asian crisisJonathan Power, Columnist, London If nuclear war does break out between India and Pakistan they will only have themselves to blame.

Fri, 07 Jun 2002

JP/'Free final examination? It's only a rumor'

'Free final examination? It's only a rumor' Junior high school and high school students in the city recently finished taking final exams. And for the first time, the city administration provided funds to finance the exams, so the students would not have to pay for the tests themselves.

Fri, 07 Jun 2002

JP/Where to go in Jakarta:

Where to go in Jakarta:Exhibitions* Visual Arts Deep Blue, the Art and the Sea, National Museum, Jl. Medan Merdeka Barat No. 12, Central Jakarta (Tel. 3868172), until June 17. * Video Art from Finland, Lontar Gallery, Jl. Utan Kayu 68H, East Jakarta (Tel. 8573388), 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., until June 12.

Fri, 07 Jun 2002

JP/Bangkok sky train a cool respite from traffic

Bangkok sky train a cool respite from trafficYogita Tahilramani, The Jakarta Post, Bangkok Big cities in Asia -- namely Jakarta, New Delhi and Bangkok -- are notorious for their high levels of traffic congestion.

Fri, 07 Jun 2002

JP/Sofjan admits to having issued documents for smuggled cars

Sofjan admits to having issued documents for smuggled carsYogita Tahilramani, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta In an inquiry led by National Police generals, Comr. Gen.

Fri, 07 Jun 2002

JP/Haircuts for small businesses

Haircuts for small businessesRoss H. McLeod, Editor, 'Bulletin of Indonesian Economic Studies', Canberra An interesting policy suggestion that has been made in recent times is that small businesses with outstanding bank loans should be given haircuts. The purported rationale for this is fairness.