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Mon, 08 Aug 2005

JP/JP/5/BUTON

JP/5/BUTONManuscript symposium to help flesh out Indonesian historyHasrul The Jakarta Post/Kendari"Inside this letter, I wish to express several hopes," states a letter sent to the Netherlands government by Buton Sultan Muhyiuddin Abdul Gafur a few centuries ago.

Mon, 08 Aug 2005

JP/Nur Mahmudi tells supporters to stage peaceful protests

Nur Mahmudi tells supporters to stage peaceful protestsAbdul Khalik and Yuli Tri Suwarni, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta/BandungOver 5,000 members of the Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) and Nahdhatul Ulama (NU) gathered on Sunday in Depok, West Java, to protest a court ruling that declared Golkar Party ...

Mon, 08 Aug 2005

JP/Jaksa Defenders Front

Jaksa Defenders Front Simon Pitchforth's article on Jl. Jaksa did little more than perpetuate the stereotypical perceptions of this celebrated and notorious street. His whimsical portrayals of Jaksa inhabitants indicate that he has spent little time talking to them and much time judging them.

Mon, 08 Aug 2005

JP/High oil prices threaten state budget

High oil prices threaten state budgetUrip Hudiono, The Jakarta Post, JakartaContinuing high global oil prices have put Indonesia's fiscal stability teetering on a tightrope as the oil-producing country fails to benefit from the situation.

Mon, 08 Aug 2005

JP/Antique car owners hold rally

Antique car owners hold rallyThe owner of an antique car (picture above) drives past the Hotel Indonesia traffic circle on Jl. Thamrin in Central Jakarta on Sunday morning on his way to a protest against a proposal to ban old cars from Jakarta's streets.

Mon, 08 Aug 2005

JP/Chicken sales up despite scare

Chicken sales up despite scareThe Jakarta Post, JakartaAlthough there has not yet been a complete return to normalcy, the sale of chicken and eggs at Tangerang markets had started to increase after a drop of sales, following the recent deaths of three residents infected with avian influenza.

Mon, 08 Aug 2005

JP/Volleyball-playing President uses sport to connect with people

Volleyball-playing President uses sport to connect with peopleThe Jakarta Post, JakartaUnder the gaze of hundreds of people, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's presidential volleyball team beat three rival teams during a friendly competition on Saturday morning.

Mon, 08 Aug 2005

JP/Canadian Red Cross to donate houses

Canadian Red Cross to donate housesBANDA ACEH, Aceh: Following the lead of other donors, the Canadian Red Cross is planning to build some 2,500 houses in the stricken regency of Aceh Besar. The construction of the houses for tsunami victims will begin in September.

Mon, 08 Aug 2005

JP/Lead concentration high above Serpong research center

Lead concentration high above Serpong research centerThe Jakarta Post, JakartaThe concentration of lead in the air around Serpong's Research and Technology Center (Puspitek) as well as in the blood of elementary school students in the area exceeds the tolerable level, studies say.

Mon, 08 Aug 2005

JP/UK plan to crack down on terror criticized

UK plan to crack down on terror criticizedHera Diani, The Jakarta Post, JakartaTerrorism and Muslim groups have been generalized as one in the same to an extent that it may well harm the majority of Muslims who are against violence, an observer says.

Mon, 08 Aug 2005

JP/'Indonesia is perfect example of pluralism'

'Indonesia is perfect example of pluralism'Dozens of cultures and beliefs made Indonesia a nation long before it declared Independence on August 17, 1945.

Mon, 08 Aug 2005

JP/Piece of timber a reminder of Zheng He

Piece of timber a reminder of Zheng HeID Nugroho, The Jakarta Post, SurabayaWednesday, Aug. 3, was a very historic day for Tjio Eng San.

Mon, 08 Aug 2005

JP/ASEAN disappointed by absence of U.S., Chinese ministers at ARF

ASEAN disappointed by absence of U.S., Chinese ministers at ARFThe Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is celebrating its 38th anniversary on Monday. President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono will deliver the 2005 ASEAN Lecture this morning.

Mon, 08 Aug 2005

JP/Record-breaking turnout for seven-city 10K run

Record-breaking turnout for seven-city 10K runThe Jakarta Post Bandung/Medan/Makassar Thousands turned out in seven cities nationwide on Sunday for a 10-kilometer run intended to help put the country back on track for development.

Mon, 08 Aug 2005

JP/A good way to fight judicial corruption

A good way to fight judicial corruptionFrank Richardson, Norwich, UK Of all the different types of corruption, judicial corruption is the most insidious and damaging because it legitimizes that which is criminal.

Mon, 08 Aug 2005

JP/Who's stupid?

Who's stupid? Gwynne Dyer is nothing if not consistent with his usual diatribe in his article A few obscenities after London bombing, (The Jakarta Post, July 30). For the few facts or opinions he may be correct, his credibility is completely lost with his persistent Yank bashing.

Mon, 08 Aug 2005

JP/The impact of MUI fatwas on freedom of religion in Indonesia

The impact of MUI fatwas on freedom of religion in IndonesiaMuhamad Ali, Hawaii The fatwas (edicts) issued by the Indonesian Ulemas Council (MUI) concerning intra and inter-religious issues in the country have generated concerns and criticisms from other scholars and the public, and clearly ...

Mon, 08 Aug 2005

JP/Fasten your seat belts

Fasten your seat beltsAllow me to complain about the discomfort and security in a Lion Air flight from Makassar-Denpasar on board JT 0741 on July 10 (flight time at 9:53 Central Indonesia Standard Time). My ticket was No. 99077718672681 and my seat was No. 37 E.

Mon, 08 Aug 2005

JP/~For Info Brief:

~For Info Brief: Workshop on Piping Stress Analysis Using CAESAR IIAn exclusive three-day detailed workshop on the research and findings of the latest trends for Piping Stress Analysis Using CAESAR II will be held from Sept. 13 to 15, 2005 at the Savoy Homan Hotel, Bandung.

Mon, 08 Aug 2005

JP/Russian Embassy to organize art expo

Russian Embassy to organize art expoJAKARTA: The Russian Embassy in Indonesia, in cooperation with the Moscow-based Russian Bureau of Creative Expeditions, is organizing an exhibition on Russian contemporary art this week in Jakarta, the Russian Embassy said.

Mon, 08 Aug 2005

JP/Residents to sue police officers

Residents to sue police officers JAKARTA: Residents of Kelapa Gading Permai housing complex in North Jakarta plan to sue National Police chief Gen. Sutanto and Jakarta Police chief Insp. Gen. Firman Gani for what they consider to be discrimination in implementing the law.

Mon, 08 Aug 2005

JP/Rotten-egg judicial Kue Lapis

Rotten-egg judicial Kue LapisFrank Richardson Norwich, UK Of all the different types of corruption, judicial corruption is the most insidious and damaging because it legitimizes that which is criminal.

Mon, 08 Aug 2005

JP/City, PLN team up to develop submarine electricity cable

City, PLN team up to develop submarine electricity cableDamar Harsanto, The Jakarta Post, JakartaThe Jakarta administration and state power firm PLN plan to start laying a submarine electricity cable connecting North Jakarta and Panjang island in order improve the power supply to islands in the ...

Mon, 08 Aug 2005

JP/Female theater workers demand recognition in history books

Female theater workers demand recognition in history booksEvi Mariani, The Jakarta Post, JakartaMany Indonesians recognize the names of stage prima donnas like Fifi Young, Miss Tjitjih, Miss Ribut and Miss Dja Dardanella.

Mon, 08 Aug 2005

JP/Govt hinders natural acculturation

Govt hinders natural acculturationHarry Bhaskara, The Jakarta Post, SemarangAbdul Djamil throws stones at shop windows like everyone else in the anti-Chinese mob. When he goes home, another mob spots him walking leisurely along the street and someone shouts: "There's a lost Chinese.

Mon, 08 Aug 2005

JP/Cyclists revved up for November

Cyclists revved up for NovemberMusthofid, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The national cycling team is keeping to a focused training regime as the team to beat in the Southeast Asian (SEA) Games beginning in November.

Mon, 08 Aug 2005

JP/Mandiri strives to rein in bad debts, reform services

Mandiri strives to rein in bad debts, reform services Aside from trying to fix its image following a massive lending scandal involving its previous management, state-controlled Bank Mandiri also faces the daunting task of recovering several large bad loans, as well as reforming its poor ...

Mon, 08 Aug 2005

JP/MUI's edict

MUI's edict I very much regret one of the edicts that the Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) issued in its recent national conference, namely the one about Ahmadiyah being a heretical Islamic sect.

Mon, 08 Aug 2005

JP/Police reshuffle brings hope for money laundering probe

Police reshuffle brings hope for money laundering probeEva C. Komandjaja, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Anticorruption bodies, criminal experts and the public have put high hopes on the new head of internal affairs at the National Police Headquarters that he will quickly resolve allegations of money ...

Mon, 08 Aug 2005

JP/Operators ask govt to raise toll rates immediately

Operators ask govt to raise toll rates immediatelyThe Jakarta Post, JakartaThe increased operating and maintenance costs of toll roads have financially stretched the operators and therefore the government should immediately raise expressway tolls, according to the Indonesian Toll Road Operators ...

Mon, 08 Aug 2005

JP/Preachers told to support controversial MUI edicts

Preachers told to support controversial MUI edictsThe Jakarta Post, JakartaDespite the ongoing controversy surrounding the Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI)'s edicts against secularism, pluralism and liberalism, the Indonesian Council for Islamic Propagation (DDII) will fully support the MUI in its ...

Mon, 08 Aug 2005

JP/Osaka court delivers more misery to 'war orphans'

Osaka court delivers more misery to 'war orphans'Homare Endo, The Asahi Shimbun, Tokyo On July 6, the Osaka District Court handed down the first ruling in a series of group lawsuits filed by war-displaced Japanese left in China.

Mon, 08 Aug 2005

JP/Jihad or murder?

Jihad or murder?Abdou Filali-Ansary Project Syndicate It is remarkable that some of the most critical concepts of Muslim religious terminology have now become part of the international language of current affairs.

Mon, 08 Aug 2005

JP/Cyclists get revved up for SEA Games

Cyclists get revved up for SEA GamesMusthofid The Jakarta Post/Jakarta The national cycling team is keeping to a focused training regime as the team to beat in the Southeast Asian (SEA) Games beginning in November.

Mon, 08 Aug 2005

JP/Problems in government response to bird flu outbreak

Problems in government response to bird flu outbreak While the central government's moves in dealing with the first human deaths from avian influenza (bird flu) won appreciation from many, including the World Health Organization (WHO), many have expressed concern over the way that local ...

Mon, 08 Aug 2005

JP/Record-breaking turnout for 10K run

Record-breaking turnout for 10K runThe Jakarta Post, Bandung/Medan/Makassar Thousands turned out in seven cities nationwide on Sunday for a 10-kilometer run intended to help put the country back on track for development.

Mon, 08 Aug 2005

JP/Detective chief interrogated for releasing BNI suspect

Detective chief interrogated for releasing BNI suspectAbdul Khalik, The Jakarta Post, JakartaChief of Jakarta Police Special Crimes unit Sr. Comr.

Mon, 08 Aug 2005

JP/Two injured in train crash

Two injured in train crash JAKARTA: At least two people were injured on Sunday when a passenger train rammed into a cargo train that stopped at Block 102 between Kampung Bandan and Angke in North Jakarta."The two injured were train driver Slamet and assistant driver Suharto of cargo train No.

Mon, 08 Aug 2005

JP/City to let Jakartans construct high houses

City to let Jakartans construct high housesThe Jakarta Post, JakartaThose who want to build three-story houses may want to put their plans on hold as the Jakarta administration is planning to issue a new regulation that will allow residents to build houses more than 12 meters in height.

Mon, 08 Aug 2005

JP/'Longest batik' record broken in Bandung municipality

'Longest batik' record broken in Bandung municipalityYuli Tri Suwarni, The Jakarta Post, BandungSome 300 people wound 446.6 meters of batik around Gedung Sate in Bandung on Saturday, marking a record for the longest length of batik ever made in Indonesia.

Mon, 08 Aug 2005

JP/Who's stupid?

Who's stupid? Gwynne Dyer is nothing if not consistent with his usual diatribe in his article A few obscenities after London bombing, (The Jakarta Post, July 30). For the few facts or opinions he may be correct, his credibility is completely lost with his persistent Yank bashing.

Mon, 08 Aug 2005

JP/Diarrhea outbreak kills eight infants

Diarrhea outbreak kills eight infantsKUPANG, East Nusa Tenggara: Eight infants in South Central Timor regency, East Nusa Tenggara, have died as a result of a diarrhea outbreak in the area over the past two weeks.

Mon, 08 Aug 2005

JP/Bimasena to hold energy, mining seminars to boost investment

Bimasena to hold energy, mining seminars to boost investmentLeony Aurora, The Jakarta Post, JakartaMany newspapers carried the story "Local companies dominate oil and gas blocks tender winners" as headlines when the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources announced last week the winners of the ...

Mon, 08 Aug 2005

JP/South Korean companies help RI in reducing unemployment

South Korean companies help RI in reducing unemploymentVeeramalla Anjaiah, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Eight years ago, when the Asian financial crisis struck Indonesia like a tsunami, many foreign investors left Indonesia in panic.

Mon, 08 Aug 2005

JP/It is indeed very sad that our country and government

It is indeed very sad that our country and government tolerates fanatical groups of people that dictate their will upon others. I'm talking about the forced closure of the Jamaah Ahmadiyah Indonesia (JAI) headquarters in Parung, Bogor.

Mon, 08 Aug 2005

JP/TNI gearing up for troop withdrawal from Aceh: Officer

TNI gearing up for troop withdrawal from Aceh: OfficerTiarma Siboro, The Jakarta Post, JakartaThe Indonesian Military (TNI) is preparing to withdraw reinforcement troops from Aceh in stages once a peace deal is signed by the government and the Free Aceh Movement (GAM) on Aug. 15.

Mon, 08 Aug 2005

JP/Dengue cases increase, 'not yet' an emergency

Dengue cases increase, 'not yet' an emergencyThe Jakarta Post, JakartaThe number of dengue fever patients is likely to increase, but it has not yet reached the point of being considered an emergency, said an official.

Mon, 08 Aug 2005

JP/Dutch treat: Who pays for the pain?

Dutch treat: Who pays for the pain?Kornelius Purba, The Jakarta Post A fifth-grader in Jakarta looked confused when she heard her father commenting on a radio report that the Netherlands, Indonesia's colonial master for 350 years, refused to recognize the independence date of her country on Aug.

Mon, 08 Aug 2005

JP/ASEAN at a crossroad

ASEAN at a crossroadThe Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), which this country helped found on this day 38 years ago, occupies a distinctive place in Indonesian foreign policy.

Mon, 08 Aug 2005

JP/Traditional drums brings spirit of peace to Aceh

Traditional drums brings spirit of peace to AcehNani Afrida, The Jakarta Post, Banda AcehThere is a saying in Aceh, meunyo ka dimeusurapai uroe lageum dipiyoh dimeusu budee, meaning that weapons should stop firing when the rapai drum is beaten.

Mon, 08 Aug 2005

JP/Bank Mega nets Rp 235.3b H1 profit

Bank Mega nets Rp 235.3b H1 profit JAKARTA: Bank Mega managed to book Rp 235.3 billion (US$24.1 million) in profit during the first half of this year, a senior bank official said on Saturday.The bank's third-party liabilities for deposit and saving accounts amounted to Rp 18.

Mon, 08 Aug 2005

JP/WWF discovers new bird species in Papua

WWF discovers new bird species in PapuaAntara News Agency, ManokwariWorld Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) researchers working in Papua for a few months recently discovered 294 species of birds in the Weyland nature preserve, Paniai regency, Papua province.

Mon, 08 Aug 2005

JP/Favorite PKS suffers another upset

Favorite PKS suffers another upsetOyos Saroso H.N., The Jakarta Post, Bandarlampung, LampungA large campaign budget and full support from first-round losers were not enough to help the Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) candidates win the Bandarlampung mayoral and deputy mayoral posts.

Mon, 08 Aug 2005

JP/Government policy in Papua must be consistent

Government policy in Papua must be consistentIsrar Iskandar, Jakarta Indonesian leaders were quite disturbed on hearing that two members of the U.S. House of Representatives had questioned the status of Papua within the Unitary State of the Republic of Indonesia (NKRI). Under Bill No. 2601, the U.

Mon, 08 Aug 2005

JP/SBY, Xanana to install commission

SBY, Xanana to install commission JAKARTA: Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and Timor Leste President Xanana Gusmao will jointly inaugurate the Commission of Truth and Friendship on Thursday in Denpasar and sign an agreement that will provide a legal umbrella for the new body's ...

Mon, 08 Aug 2005

JP/JM vouches for safety of monorail technology

JM vouches for safety of monorail technologyDamar Harsanto, The Jakarta Post, JakartaPT Jakarta Monorail gave its assurance on Sunday that the technology it would use for the monorail project was safe and that the role of local companies in producing rolling stocks was limited to supplying and ...

Mon, 08 Aug 2005

JP/ The people of Nglurah village in Karanganyar regency, Central

The people of Nglurah village in Karanganyar regency, Central Java have been growing flowers and decorative plants for centuries. While many Nglurah people have moved away from the village, they continue to work as flower sellers.

Mon, 08 Aug 2005

JP/Weeding out old cars not fair

Weeding out old cars not fair Private car owners mostly love their cars and take good care of them and their car's age has nothing to do with its performance or compliance to general standards; whereas public bus drivers generally care little about the condition of their vehicles as long as the ...

Mon, 08 Aug 2005

JP/JP/ /prom

JP/ /promOf prom nights and cheesecakes Hooray, vacation time! Great, time with the family. I spent the first few days loafing around while trying to confirm, to borrow from Christina Aguilera, what the girls want, what the girls need.

Mon, 08 Aug 2005

JP/Revisiting Australian role in E. Asia

Revisiting Australian role in E. AsiaKevin Rudd, Perth We in the Labor Party are pleased that our fearless Foreign Minister Alexander Downer finally came to his senses and realized last week that it really was "now or never" if Australia wanted to be a participant at the inaugural East Asian ...

Mon, 08 Aug 2005

JP/JP/5/ANAK

JP/5/ANAKAceh child refugee suffers from hydrocephalusNani Afrida The Jakarta Post Aceh Besar, Nanggroe Aceh DarussalamTwo-year-old Dwi Herliani was crying, her small hands reaching out for her mother sitting next to her.

Mon, 08 Aug 2005

JP/Metropolis still a pseudo concept

Metropolis still a pseudo conceptTertiani ZB Simanjuntak, The Jakarta Post, JakartaOver 1 million people working in Jakarta have no better choice but to reside in the suburbs of Greater Jakarta, which in fact fall within the jurisdictions of West Java and Banten provinces.