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Sat, 02 Mar 2002

JP/JP/12/BEJ

JP/12/BEJ.pl .rmStock prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (in Rupiah) on March. 1, 2002 ------------------------------------------------------------------ Shares Close Change Volume ------------------------------------------------------------------ Ades ...

Sat, 02 Mar 2002

JP/Threats to the BCA sale

Threats to the BCA sale Bank Central Asia (BCA), Indonesia's largest retail bank, is certainly the most controversial of the US$ 65 billion-worth of assets that were taken over by the Indonesian Bank Restructuring Agency (IBRA) amid the country's worst-ever banking crisis in 1997-1999.

Sat, 02 Mar 2002

JP/Gang brawl injures 10

Gang brawl injures 10 JAKARTA: Tension lingers in Cakung district, East Jakarta after two gangs were involved in a brawl.The brawl was triggered when a young Madurese man tried to seduce a Betawi woman on Thursday. Soon, young men from both ethnic groups began to fight, leaving 10 injured.

Sat, 02 Mar 2002

JP/Where's my TV?

Where's my TV? On March 26, 1998 I purchased an RCA big screen television (Model RP 46 IJ) from Bali Makmur Elektronics in Denpasar, Bali. I was impressed with the picture quality, the manual was in English and printed in the USA and as an extra bonus it offered a two-year guarantee.

Sat, 02 Mar 2002

JP/Some wine with dinner

Some wine with dinner Conspicuous consumption generally trips itself up with a single anecdote, like Imelda Marcos's shoe collection.

Sat, 02 Mar 2002

JP/Surrender of weapons begins in Ambon

Surrender of weapons begins in AmbonNovi Pinontoan, The Jakarta Post, Ambon Muslims and Christians have begun surrendering their weapons in the country's eastern city of Ambon, where thousands of people from both factions poured into the streets for the third consecutive day on Friday in gleeful ...

Sat, 02 Mar 2002

JP/Fighting fat can be dangerous

Fighting fat can be dangerousMuninggar Sri Saraswati, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Some people will do anything to become thin. Unfortunately, some companies may resort to questionable products which can be harmful to your health.

Sat, 02 Mar 2002

JP/Activists pay tribute to Princen

Activists pay tribute to Princen JAKARTA: Human rights activists paid tribute to one of their modern day heroes, the late Johanes Cornelis Princen, for his lifetime's work, by naming the library of the Indonesian Legal Aid Institution Foundation (YLBHI) after him on Friday.

Sat, 02 Mar 2002

JP/Problems of debt standstill and capital controls

Problems of debt standstill and capital controlsD.A. Simarmata, School of Economics, University of Indonesia, Jakarta Something surprising came out of the IMF headquarters in Washington last November.

Sat, 02 Mar 2002

JP/Pressure mounts to solve smuggling of 14 containers

Pressure mounts to solve smuggling of 14 containersNana Rukmana, The Jakarta Post, Cirebon Prosecutors, police, and customs and excise officials in the West Java city of Cirebon are under fire for what is seen as their lax investigation into a smuggling case involving 14 containers filled with at ...

Sat, 02 Mar 2002

JP/Rights trial to start on March 14

Rights trial to start on March 14 JAKARTA: The first hearing of an ad hoc human rights trial will commence on March 14, despite the absence of regulations on witness protection, rehabilitation, and compensation for the victims of human rights abuses, a judge said on Friday.

Sat, 02 Mar 2002

JP/Asia-Europe connections, in a nut(meg) shell

Asia-Europe connections, in a nut(meg) shellJoseph Yap, Asia Europe Foundation, Singapore At the end of the 16th Century, nutmeg from Indonesia was worth over 60,000 times more in Europe than the value at its source.

Sat, 02 Mar 2002

JP/Floods push inflation higher, BPS reveals

Floods push inflation higher, BPS revealsThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta Inflation in February increased 1.

Sat, 02 Mar 2002

JP/Boediono unsure of Paris Club full support

Boediono unsure of Paris Club full supportBerni K. Moestafa and Anastashya Emmanuelle, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Minister of Finance Boediono appeared unsure as to whether Indonesia had secured the full support of its creditors for the upcoming Paris Club meeting, raising doubts over the ...

Sat, 02 Mar 2002

JP/Exploring readiness for the Ad Hoc human rights court

Exploring readiness for the Ad Hoc human rights courtAgung Yudhawiranata Institute for Policy Research and Advocacy (ELSAM) Jakarta The ad hoc human rights court is now official. Presidential decree no.

Sat, 02 Mar 2002

JP/Are uniforms

Are uniforms such a necessity? I have lived in Indonesia for three years now, but it was not long after I arrived that the importance of a uniform here was obvious. Everywhere I go in Jakarta, uniforms are proudly worn by various groups of people.

Sat, 02 Mar 2002

JP/Is the ASEAN

Is the ASEAN spirit dead? The lofty ideals of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), founded more than thirty years ago with such high hopes and big fanfare, and which has now grown from five nations to the 10 it is today, may be perceived by the peoples of ASEAN as seemingly ...

Sat, 02 Mar 2002

JP/E. Timor legislators asked to quit

E. Timor legislators asked to quitKurniawan Hari, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Four legislators representing East Timor have been asked to quit the House of Representatives (DPR) as the fledgling country is no longer part of Indonesia.Endin A.J.

Sat, 02 Mar 2002

JP/'Imlek' celebrated in Peranakan Chinese Way

'Imlek' celebrated in Peranakan Chinese WayIda Indawati Khouw Contributor The Jakarta Post It was a silent midnight.

Sat, 02 Mar 2002

JP/Dossiers on July 27 case complete

Dossiers on July 27 case completeYogita Tahilramani, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta National Police investigating the July 27, 1996 attack on the Indonesian Democratic Party (PDI) Headquarters in Jakarta, are expected to hand completed files to state prosecutors next week.

Sat, 02 Mar 2002

JP/Gas eruption hits Mahakam field

Gas eruption hits Mahakam fieldThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta A gas blowout hit the Meara well in the Tunu field in the Mahakam delta of East Kalimantan on Friday afternoon, forcing TotalFinaElf E&P Indonesia, a subsidiary of French oil and gas giant TotalFinaElf, to evacuate all its workers.

Sat, 02 Mar 2002

JP/No need to detain Akbar, AGO confirms

No need to detain Akbar, AGO confirmsTertiani ZB Simanjuntak and Kurniawan Hari, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta House of Representatives speaker Akbar Tandjung, a suspect in a case of misappropriation of State Logistics Agency (Bulog) funds, was able to breathe a sigh of relief when he arrived home ...

Sat, 02 Mar 2002

JP/Gas eruption hits Mahakam field

Gas eruption hits Mahakam field The Jakarta Post Jakarta A gas blowout hit the Meara well in the Tunu field in the Mahakam delta of East Kalimantan on Friday afternoon, forcing TotalFinaElf E&P Indonesia, a subsidiary of French oil and gas giant TotalFinaElf, to evacuate all its workers.

Sat, 02 Mar 2002

JP/Forgery gangs serving migrant workers busted

Forgery gangs serving migrant workers bustedDamar Harsanto, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Police investigators have announced the break-up of a crime syndicate that sold forged documents to migrant workers seeking to travel abroad. The fraud also implicated Jakarta city immigration officials.

Sat, 02 Mar 2002

JP/A crucial age

A crucial age People say that the years between age 70 and 80 are the crucial ones. I was 76 in November last year. So I have to live with it.

Sat, 02 Mar 2002

JP/South Jakarta District Court considers reopening Soeharto case

South Jakarta District Court considers reopening Soeharto caseA'an Suryana and Tertiani ZB Simanjuntak, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The South Jakarta District Court is now studying the possibility of reopening a corruption case against former president Soeharto, and is expected to announce its ...

Sat, 02 Mar 2002

JP/Govt to raise teachers' allowance

Govt to raise teachers' allowance JAKARTA: The government has kept its word to improve the welfare of the country's teachers by announcing on Friday a plan to raise the state employees' monthly allowance by 50 percent in May.

Sat, 02 Mar 2002

JP/Negotiating your salary for a win-win solution

Negotiating your salary for a win-win solutionPri Notowidigdo, The Amrop Hever Group, Global Executive Search, (e-mail: jakarta@amrophever.com) When a prospective employer says "no" during negotiations over a salary, it may simply mean that he lacks the information needed in order to say "yes.

Sat, 02 Mar 2002

JP/Hoodlums fight for control in Yogya

Hoodlums fight for control in YogyaAsip A. Hasani, The Jakarta Post, Yogyakarta While Yogyakarta is a popular tourist destination, it also houses the headquarters of several extremist organizations, such as Laskar Jihad and Majelis Mujahidin.

Sat, 02 Mar 2002

JP/Ad spending to grow by 20%, says expert

Ad spending to grow by 20%, says expertDebbie A. Lubis, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The advertising industry will continue to grow robustly this year despite the country's economic hardships with spending on advertising projected to grow by around 20 percent, according to an expert.

Sat, 02 Mar 2002

JP/Karawang farmers refuse to repay loans

Karawang farmers refuse to repay loans TASIKMALAYA, West Java: Farmers in Karawang, West Jawa, have refused to repay their loans to the local cooperative office, citing a speech last year by then-president Abdurrahman "Gus Dur" Wahid who said that they did not have to repay their borrowings.

Sat, 02 Mar 2002

JP/India's violence threatens new start to S. Asia peace

India's violence threatens new start to S. Asia peaceMartin Woollacott, Guardian News Service, London There is no more ominously evocative symbol of communal conflict in the sub-continent than the corpse-packed train.

Sat, 02 Mar 2002

JP/Police reluctant to arrest Ba'asyir

Police reluctant to arrest Ba'asyirTiarma Siboro The Jakarta Post JakartaDespite suspected Indonesian terrorists detained in Malaysia saying that Indonesian Mujahidin Council (MMI) Chief Abu Bakar Ba'asyir once led an organization believed to have links to international terrorist networks, ...

Sat, 02 Mar 2002

JP/Singapore's press freedom haunted by monopoly

Singapore's press freedom haunted by monopolyJames Gomez Bangkok The aspiration for a freer media requires that the necessary legal, social and political environment is present as variables to support its development. The economic dimension is important.

Sat, 02 Mar 2002

JP/Russia goes West

Russia goes WestDmitry Danilov Head of Institute of Europe Russian Academy of Sciences RIA Novosti Moscow The call-in broadcast of President Vladimir Putin with the Russian public late last year showed that the people don't question the U-turn made by the Russian foreign policy after Sept. 11.

Sat, 02 Mar 2002

JP/Lunar New Year celebrated in Peranakan Chinese Way

Lunar New Year celebrated in Peranakan Chinese WayIda Indawati Khouw, Contributor, The Jakarta Post It was a silent midnight.

Sat, 02 Mar 2002

JP/Sectarian tension in India

Sectarian tension in India The events that have been going on in India over the past few days once again remind us of how easy it is for violence to flare up in a land so sharply divided by allegiances of faith.

Sat, 02 Mar 2002

JP/Illegal immigrants still unsure of their destiny

Illegal immigrants still unsure of their destinyAhmad Junaidi and Theresia Sufa, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta/Bogor Many of the 1,200 illegal immigrants stranded in the country still face a dark fate with no certainty about their status and when they will be able to leave for their dream country.

Sat, 02 Mar 2002

JP/Kapuk Muara still deluged

Kapuk Muara still deluged JAKARTA: Hundreds of people in Kapuk Muara subdistrict in North Jakarta are still affected by the floods, which first hit the area more than a month ago.Kapuk Muara, located next to the exclusive Pantai Indah Kapuk housing complex, was among the worst hit areas.

Sat, 02 Mar 2002

JP/Corruption kills

Corruption kills Corruption reared its ugly head in Indonesia once again this week. And sadly, the reaction, both from the public and government, was one of indifference, even if it caused deaths.

Sat, 02 Mar 2002

JP/Rupiah Rates March. 1

Rupiah Rates March. 1 Bank notes rates TT rates Selling Buying Selling Buying Rp Rp Rp Rp U.S. dollar 1 10,625.00 9,625.00 10,176.00 10,074.

Sat, 02 Mar 2002

JP/Dance company makes its way to the Netherlands

Dance company makes its way to the NetherlandsYusuf Susilo Hartono, Contributor, Jakarta When Deddy Luthan's Dance Company (DDC) left Jakarta for the Netherlands on Thursday, Feb.

Sat, 02 Mar 2002

JP/Choreographer's work dances toward perfection

Choreographer's work dances toward perfectionTarko Sudiarno, The Jakarta Post, Yogyakarta Choosing the kind of life one wants to live and the inner struggle of the human soul.

Sat, 02 Mar 2002

JP/`234' belongs to Gudang Garam

`234' belongs to Gudang GaramThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta The family which owns the giant cigarette maker PT Gudang Garam is the sole Indonesian entry in this year's Forbes list of the world's richest billionaires; ironically, it is ranked 234th, a number for which its main competitor PT Sampoerna ...

Sat, 02 Mar 2002

JP/Megawati 'supports' divisive policy

Megawati 'supports' divisive policyThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta President Megawati Soekarnoputri was quoted on Friday as giving support to the city administration's controversial policy of curbing the flow of migrants into the capital.

Sat, 02 Mar 2002

JP/Govt won't demolish existing villas in Puncak

Govt won't demolish existing villas in PuncakAnnastashya Emmanuelle, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The government will not demolish villas in Puncak even though they have been blamed as being one of the causes of the disastrous floods in Greater Jakarta recently, a senior minister said on Friday.

Sat, 02 Mar 2002

JP/Starving refugees denied food aid

Starving refugees denied food aidYemris Fointuna, The Jakarta Post, Kupang Pleading financial difficulties, the provincial government in East Nusa Tenggara insisted on Friday it would not resume the supply of food assistance to some 128,000 East Timorese refugees currently facing starvation in ...

Sat, 02 Mar 2002

JP/Lorena makes right decision

Lorena makes right decisionThe bus company Lorena has just made a decision. My previous letter to The Jakarta Post recounted how my husband and I abandoned a bus journey to Bali by disembarking in West Java.

Sat, 02 Mar 2002

JP/Rawa Malang, new brothel complex in North Jakarta

Rawa Malang, new brothel complex in North JakartaRendi A. Witular, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Prostitution has always been a problem in big cities, including Jakarta.

Sat, 02 Mar 2002

JP/Putting a price on ethics

Putting a price on ethicsLim Shu Ling BBC, Asia Bureau Singapore Ever since the Asian Crisis, Southeast Asians have been hearing ad nauseam about their lack of corporate governance, transparency, or to sum it up as they do in Indonesia: KKN -- corruption, collusion and nepotism -- the ...

Sat, 02 Mar 2002

JP/The pros and cons of distance tertiary education

The pros and cons of distance tertiary educationVishnu K. Mahmud, Contributor, Jakarta The first few months of the year is usually a time when prospective students send in their applications for tertiary studies.

Sat, 02 Mar 2002

JP/Complaint in order?

Complaint in order? I should have read the article Complaint in order? Time to speak up (The Jakarta Post, Feb. 17), before I left the house that morning.

Sat, 02 Mar 2002

JP/Where to go in Jakarta: Saturday, March 2, 2002

Where to go in Jakarta: Saturday, March 2, 2002Exhibitions * Photo by Jakarta Photographers Society, Galeri Foto Cahya, Wisma Surya Kemang, Jl. Kemang Raya no. 33, South Jakarta (Tel. 7193731), 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., until March 3. * Fine Art by IKJ lecturers, Bentara Budaya Jakarta, Jl.

Sat, 02 Mar 2002

JP/Does flood of AIDS await Indonesia?

Does flood of AIDS await Indonesia?Christopher Purdy, Director, DKT Indonesia, Jakarta In case you had not noticed, AIDS is here in Indonesia. In the last 12 months, the Ministry of Health released data indicating that 80,000 to 120,000 Indonesians were infected with HIV.

Sat, 02 Mar 2002

JP/Pertamina to suffer heavy losses from C. Java gas blowout

Pertamina to suffer heavy losses from C. Java gas blowoutMoch. N. Kurniawan, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta State-owned oil and gas company Pertamina said on Thursday it could suffer losses totaling many millions of dollars from the gas blowout at its exploration well in Cepu, Central Java.

Sat, 02 Mar 2002

JP/Bank-related scandals remain unresolved

Bank-related scandals remain unresolvedMuninggar Sri Saraswati, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The state has suffered more than Rp 137 trillion (US$13.3 billion) due to the manipulation of the Bank Indonesia Liquidity Support Fund (BLBI).

Sat, 02 Mar 2002

JP/Police to conduct major reshuffle

Police to conduct major reshuffleThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta The National Police are moving to reshuffle its organizational structure, just as eight high-ranking police officers who hold vital posts, including two commissioner generals, are about to retire.National Police spokesman Insp. Gen.

Sat, 02 Mar 2002

JP/Cockfight in Bali

Cockfight in Bali The article about Bali's cockfighting that appeared in The Jakarta Post on Jan. 24 made me remember an experience I had during the first time I visited Bali with my then still-small children plus a nephew, some 25 years ago.

Sat, 02 Mar 2002

JP/Foreign ministry conducts major reshuffle

Foreign ministry conducts major reshuffleFabiola Desy Unidjaja, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The Ministry of Foreign Affairs marked on Friday its first discernible steps in a major structural revamp by inaugurating 26 second echelon officials, including the appointment of the ministry's first ever ...

Sat, 02 Mar 2002

JP/Police reluctant to arrest Ba'asyir

Police reluctant to arrest Ba'asyirTiarma Siboro, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Despite suspected Indonesian terrorists detained in Malaysia saying that Indonesian Mujahidin Council (MMI) Chief Abu Bakar Ba'asyir once led an organization believed to have links to international terrorist networks, ...

Sat, 02 Mar 2002

JP/More Tommy's file to go to prosecutors

More Tommy's file to go to prosecutors JAKARTA: Police revealed on Friday that they plan to submit more of the case file on the ex-fugitive Hutomo "Tommy" Mandala Putra to the Jakarta Provincial Prosecutors' Office next week.Jakarta Police detectives chief Sr. Comr.

Sat, 02 Mar 2002

JP/Where's my TV?

Where's my TV? On March 26, 1998 I purchased an RCA big screen television (Model RP 46 IJ) from Bali Makmur Elektronics in Denpasar, Bali. I was impressed with the picture quality, the manual was in English and printed in the USA and as an extra bonus it offered a two-year guarantee.