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Mon, 04 Mar 2002

JP/Sutiyoso denies mark up allegation

Sutiyoso denies mark up allegation Governor Sutiyoso denied allegation that the Jakarta administration has misused Rp 1 billion (US$98,040) in sanitation funds to manage garbage collection after the recent floods.
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Mon, 04 Mar 2002

JP/Sim games: Painless fun for kids and adults

Sim games: Painless fun for kids and adultsVishnu K. Mahmud, Contributor, Jakarta Trapped by one of Jakarta's hideously all consuming traffic jams, I decided to pass the time at the office by playing a "sim", short for simulation game, as they are known in the gaming world.
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Mon, 04 Mar 2002

JP/Wild elephants ransack houses, force farmers to flee in Aceh

Wild elephants ransack houses, force farmers to flee in AcehIbnu Mat Noor, The Jakarta Post, Banda Aceh Wild elephants once again came out of the jungle in West Aceh regency and destroyed houses and land belonging to farmers, who were forced to flee their villages.
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Mon, 04 Mar 2002

JP/Money talks in Kalijodo complex

Money talks in Kalijodo complexThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta Money talks. Even though prostitution and gambling is officially illegal, the Kalijodo red light area in Pejagalan subdistrict, North Jakarta, which later also developed into a gambling den, had been going strong for five decades.
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Mon, 04 Mar 2002

JP/Illegally built villas threaten the environment say specialists

Illegally built villas threaten the environment say specialists Bambang Nurbianto The Jakarta Post Jakarta The government's policy not to demolish villas, including those built illegally without building permits, in the mountain resort of Puncak, West Java, is bad news for the environment, say ...
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Mon, 04 Mar 2002

JP/Ethnic gangster groups in war to grab hot money

Ethnic gangster groups in war to grab hot moneyRendi A. Witular, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The three notorious gang leaders of the Kalijodo brothel and gambling complex in Pejagalan subdistrict, North Jakarta, emerged to take it over at the same time in 1994.
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Mon, 04 Mar 2002

JP/Another notebook player revamps its presence

Another notebook player revamps its presenceZatni Arbi, Columnist, Jakarta, zatni@cbn.net.id If you think a built-in modem, a Bluetooth and a Wi-Fi transceiver, an infrared port, a fast Ethernet port, a DVD-ROM drive, plus more traditional multimedia capabilities are the most that notebook ...
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Mon, 04 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.
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Mon, 04 Mar 2002

JP/TV Program: Monday, March 4, 2002

TV Program: Monday, March 4, 2002TVRI 5:00 a.m. Religious Teachings6:00 News 8:00 Environment9:00 Cartoon10:00 News11:30 Music12:00 p.m.
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Mon, 04 Mar 2002

JP/Former industry and trade minister Tunky Ariwibowo passes away

Former industry and trade minister Tunky Ariwibowo passes away Former minister of industry and trade Tunky Ariwibowo succumbed to lung disease on Sunday morning in a Singapore hospital. He was 65.
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Mon, 04 Mar 2002

JP/Former industry and trade minister Tunky Ariwibowo passes away

Former industry and trade minister Tunky Ariwibowo passes away Former minister of industry and trade Tunky Ariwibowo succumbed to lung disease on Sunday morning in a Singapore hospital. He was 65.
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Mon, 04 Mar 2002

JP/Lorena makes right decision

Lorena makes right decision The 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.
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Mon, 04 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.
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Mon, 04 Mar 2002

JP/Values: Where are they going?

Values: Where are they going?Jirtme Bindi Jean-Joseph Goux Authors, 'Keys to the 21st century' United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization UNESCO Paris UNESCO recently brought together 20 leading personalities- philosophers, thinkers, writers, artists-to reflect on the ...
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Mon, 04 Mar 2002

JP/Obituary

Obituary Former minister of industry and trade Tunky Ariwibowo succumbed to lung disease on Sunday morning in a Singapore hospital. He was 65.Born in Malang, East Java, in 1936, Tunky served former president Soeharto as minister of industry and trade from 1995 to 1998.
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Mon, 04 Mar 2002

JP/Japan's economic lesson

Japan's economic lesson The Korea Herald Asia News Network Seoul Korea was liberated from Japan in 1945, but Seoul has never been free from the economic influence of Tokyo.
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Mon, 04 Mar 2002

JP/Illegally built villas threaten the environment say specialists

Illegally built villas threaten the environment say specialists Bambang Nurbianto The Jakarta Post Jakarta The government's policy not to demolish villas, including those built illegally without building permits, in the mountain resort of Puncak, West Java, is bad news for the environment, say ...
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Mon, 04 Mar 2002

JP/Does a flood of AIDS

Does a flood of AIDS await as flood recedes?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.
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Mon, 04 Mar 2002

JP/Sjahril verdict expected Wednesday

Sjahril verdict expected Wednesday JAKARTA: The Central Jakarta District Court is expected to deliver a verdict in the case of Central Bank Governor Sjahril Sabirin on Wednesday.
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Mon, 04 Mar 2002

JP/Govt in quandary over long-distance classes

Govt in quandary over long-distance classesLeo Wahyudi S and Sri Wahyuni, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta/Yogyakarta Though higher education remains unattainable for the majority of Indonesians, the government is forcing three reputable state universities and institute to shut down their ...
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Mon, 04 Mar 2002

JP/Tourist visa denied

Tourist visa denied With the honorable Australian Minister for Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs Mr Ruddock MP currently visiting Indonesia, I would like to pose a very simple question: Why?My wife, an Indonesian citizen, recently applied for a tourist visa to accompany ...
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Mon, 04 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.
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Mon, 04 Mar 2002

JP/Batam prospering during crisis

Batam prospering during crisisDadan Wijaksana, The Jakarta Post, Singapore While Indonesia still reels from falling foreign direct investment (FDI), investors flocking to Batam helped push the tiny island's economy up by an impressive 7.7 percent last year, far above the national growth rate of 3.
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Mon, 04 Mar 2002

JP/Megawati steps up attacks on regional governments

Megawati steps up attacks on regional governmentsThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta President Megawati Soekarnoputri stepped up her attack on Indonesia's regents and mayors on Sunday who have consistently opposed her move to revise the Autonomy Law, saying their lack of understanding of the law has ...
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Mon, 04 Mar 2002

JP/110 couples get divorced in a month

110 couples get divorced in a month BOGOR: The Cibinong Religious Court in Bogor handles an average of 110 divorce cases in a month.The court's jurisdiction covers Bogor and Depok, which has a population of 4.5 million.
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Mon, 04 Mar 2002

JP/Debt standstill and capital control

Debt standstill and capital controlD.A. Simarmata School of Economics University of Indonesia Jakarta Something surprising came out of the IMF headquarters in Washington last November.
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Mon, 04 Mar 2002

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

Asia-Europe ties, 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.
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Mon, 04 Mar 2002

JP/Mega launches Lake Toba regreening

Mega launches Lake Toba regreeningApriadi Gunawan, The Jakarta Post, Medan, North Sumatra President Megawati Soekarnoputri kicked off on Sunday a major regreening program at Lake Toba, North Sumatra, telling local people to learn from the past in which indiscriminate logging in the province ...
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Mon, 04 Mar 2002

JP/Chinese acrobats perform in Riau

Chinese acrobats perform in Riau PEKANBARU, Riau: As many as 32 acrobats from Guandong Province in China, have been holding performances in three cities in Riau province since Saturday.
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Mon, 04 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.
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Mon, 04 Mar 2002

JP/2002 The Jakarta Post Readers' Survey

2002 The Jakarta Post Readers' Survey As part of its efforts to maintain a close relationship with valued readers, The Jakarta Post is conducting Readers' Survey 2002 on pages 17 and 18.
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Mon, 04 Mar 2002

JP/S'pore looks into extremists links with al-Qaeda

S'pore looks into extremists links with al-QaedaThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta Singapore continues to investigate possible links between extremist groups reportedly present in the island state and the al-Qaeda terrorist network, diplomats in Singapore said.
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Mon, 04 Mar 2002

JP/Dehydration kills 77 haj pilgrims

Dehydration kills 77 haj pilgrims JAKARTA: Dehydration remains the chief reason for the death of Indonesians who have completed their haj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia, an official said.
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Mon, 04 Mar 2002

JP/Looters trigger brawl in Cikini

Looters trigger brawl in Cikini JAKARTA: A group of thugs looted a street vendor's merchandise on Jl. Cikini, Central Jakarta, in front of Bung Karno University early on Sunday morning and sparked off a brawl.The vendor, Tedjo, said the thugs had come from Jl.
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Mon, 04 Mar 2002

JP/Cannibal's identity remains mystery

Cannibal's identity remains mysteryMulta Fidrus, The Jakarta Post, Tangerang Tangerang hospital morgue officials finally buried the body of a mysterious cannibal in Tanjung Legok public cometary in Karawaci, Tangerang, on Saturday, two weeks after he was shot dead by the police.
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Mon, 04 Mar 2002

JP/Police ban Falungong parade at last minute

Police ban Falungong parade at last minuteThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta The Indonesian Police placed a last-minute ban on Sunday on an already-approved parade by the Falungong spiritual movement from the National Monument (Monas) to the Hotel Indonesia traffic circle.
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Mon, 04 Mar 2002

JP/Residents relieved as rains recede, but future still cloudy

Residents relieved as rains recede, but future still cloudyMuninggar Sri Saraswati, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The recent heavy rains have been lessening over the last week; a welcome respite for the people whose houses were inundated by the big floods last month.
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Mon, 04 Mar 2002

JP/Multa Fidrus

Multa Fidrus The Jakarta Post Tangerang Tangerang hospital morgue officials finally buried the body of a mysterious cannibal in Tanjung Legok public cometary in Karawaci, Tangerang, on Saturday, two weeks after he was shot dead by the police.
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Mon, 04 Mar 2002

JP/40 houses destroyed by fire at Bantar Gebang

40 houses destroyed by fire at Bantar Gebang BEKASI: Around 40 temporary houses at the Bantar Gebang dumpsite in Bekasi burned down on Sunday afternoon, leaving 240 scavengers homeless. No fatalities were reported during the incident.
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Mon, 04 Mar 2002

JP/Where to go in Jakarta: Monday, March 4, 2002

Where to go in Jakarta: Monday, March 4, 2002Exhibitions * Painting, Sculpture: Tying the Heart by Sanggar Caping Yogyakarta, The British Council Jakarta's Gallery, S. Widjoyo Centre, Jl. Jendral Sudirman 71, South Jakarta (Tel. 252 4115), until March 31.
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Mon, 04 Mar 2002

JP/No press coverage for Sjafrie

No press coverage for Sjafrie JAKARTA: Maj. Gen. Sjafrie Sjamsoeddin will officially take over from Rear Air Marshal Graito Usodo as the Indonesian Military (TNI) spokesman in a rare closed-door ceremony on Monday.
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Mon, 04 Mar 2002

JP/Authorities fail to take action against ad law violators

Authorities fail to take action against ad law violatorsDamar Harsanto, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Slimming product advertisements that have been bombarding people, especially women, have turned out to provide misleading information.
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Mon, 04 Mar 2002

JP/Good deals on flooded houses

Good deals on flooded housesDamar Harsanto and Debbie A. Lubis, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta After the recent floods, many residents of Jakarta and its surrounding areas, traumatized by the deluge and concerned similar floods may reoccur in the near future, appear to be determined to say goodbye to ...
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Mon, 04 Mar 2002

JP/Bidders promise the sky for BCA

Bidders promise the sky for BCABerni K. Moestafa, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta By now Indonesians should acknowledged the fact that Bank Central Asia (BCA) will soon no longer remain under local hands.So what will BCA end up looking like once the British-based Standard Chartered Bank Plc or the U.S.
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Mon, 04 Mar 2002

JP/Govt pushed to act on illegal villas

Govt pushed to act on illegal villasBambang Nurbianto, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The government's policy not to demolish villas, including those built illegally without building permits, in the mountain resort of Puncak, West Java, is bad news for the environment, say green experts.
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Mon, 04 Mar 2002

JP/Rendi A. Witular

Rendi A. Witular The Jakarta Post Jakarta Money talks. Even though prostitution and gambling is officially illegal, the Kalijodo red light area in Pejagalan subdistrict, North Jakarta, which later also developed into a gambling den, had been going strong for five decades.
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Mon, 04 Mar 2002

JP/Exploring readiness for ad hoc human rights court

Exploring readiness for 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.
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Mon, 04 Mar 2002

JP/The increasing communal violence in India

The increasing communal violence in IndiaMartin Woollacott Guardian News Service London There is no more ominously evocative symbol of communal conflict in the sub-continent than the corpse-packed train.
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Mon, 04 Mar 2002

JP/Japan donates money to Medan school

Japan donates money to Medan school MEDAN, North Sumatra: The government of Japan has donated US$ 48,166, or about Rp 481 million, for the renovation of an Islamic school for the mentally retarded in Medan, North Sumatra.
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Mon, 04 Mar 2002

JP/'Rupiah will continue to climb'

'Rupiah will continue to climb'Dadan Wijaksana, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Impressed by the strengthening of the rupiah last week, analysts expressed confidence that the local currency would continue to climb next week.The rupiah closed last week at Rp 10,110 against the U.S.
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Mon, 04 Mar 2002

JP/The Jakarta Post 2002 Readers' Survey

The Jakarta Post 2002 Readers' Survey As part of its efforts to maintain a close relationship with its valued readers, The Jakarta Post is conducting a 2002 Readers' Survey on pages 17 and 18.
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Mon, 04 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.
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Mon, 04 Mar 2002

JP/Three soldiers nabbed in nightclubs

Three soldiers nabbed in nightclubs DENPASAR, Bali: Three off-duty Army soldiers were nabbed by Military Police officers at two local entertainment places during an operation on Saturday night.The three soldiers were arrested after they were unable to justify their presence at the nightclubs.
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Mon, 04 Mar 2002

JP/Mega asks politicians to work for country

Mega asks politicians to work for countryThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta President Megawati Soekarnoputri called on the political elite and the people in general on Sunday to sacrifice personal ambition and to start working to bring the country out of the current crisis.
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Mon, 04 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 ...
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Mon, 04 Mar 2002

JP/Japanese monks pray for world peace

Japanese monks pray for world peaceThe Jakarta Post, Yogyakarta Japanese Buddhist monks from the International Zen Exchange Friendship Association (IZEFA) pray at Borobudur Temple in Central Java.
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Mon, 04 Mar 2002

JP/Govt, DPR drag their feet in supporting human rights

Govt, DPR drag their feet in supporting human rightsTertiani ZB Simanjuntak, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Indonesia is dragging its feet in upholding human rights, and both the government and the House of Representatives (DPR) have shown little interest in human rights issues in the ...
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Mon, 04 Mar 2002

JP/Megawati urges workers and employers to seek compromise

Megawati urges workers and employers to seek compromiseThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta President Megawati Soekarnoputri urged employers and their employees on Saturday to exercise restraint when seeking settlements to industrial disputes.
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Mon, 04 Mar 2002

JP/Former industry and trade minister Tunky Ariwibowo passes away

Former industry and trade minister Tunky Ariwibowo passes away Former minister of industry and trade Tunky Ariwibowo succumbed to lung disease on Sunday morning in a Singapore hospital. He was 65.
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Mon, 04 Mar 2002

JP/PAN wants Amien to stay on as party head

PAN wants Amien to stay on as party headKurniawan Hari, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The executive board of the National Mandate Party (PAN) officially announced its opposition to Amien Rais' expressed intention to relinquish the top post in the party, saying that his leadership was still needed at ...
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Mon, 04 Mar 2002

JP/Tata interview:

Tata interview: a PR exercise? I'm really tired of the way the media, especially the television stations, are treating the case of Tommy Soeharto. Though its legal process is important, the coverage is out of proportion, making it low quality journalism.
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Mon, 04 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.
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Mon, 04 Mar 2002

JP/If your teacher cannot give the answer, go to your PC

If your teacher cannot give the answer, go to your PCZatni Arbi, Columnist, Jakarta In this digital age, to be a teacher in this country is harder than ever. On the one side, teachers do not earn enough to support their families.
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Mon, 04 Mar 2002

JP/Sutiyoso denies misuse of funds

Sutiyoso denies misuse of funds Governor Sutiyoso denied allegation that the Jakarta administration has misused Rp 1 billion (US$98,040) in sanitation funds to manage garbage collection after the recent floods.
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Mon, 04 Mar 2002

JP/Team again examines Kopassus compound

Team again examines Kopassus compoundR.K. Nugroho, The Jakarta Post, Jayapura Members of a Military Police fact-finding team again examined on Saturday the compound of the Army's Special Force Kopassus, where they unearthed a plot of land that could be hiding the body of Aristoteles Masoka, the ...
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Mon, 04 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.
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Mon, 04 Mar 2002

JP/The Jakarta Post

The Jakarta Post Jakarta The three notorious gang leaders of the Kalijodo brothel and gambling complex in Pejagalan subdistrict, North Jakarta, emerged to take it over at the same time in 1994. Up until that time, several gangs feuded for control, but only three managed to survive in the end.
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Mon, 04 Mar 2002

JP/Peace returns to Ambon after clash

Peace returns to Ambon after clashOktovianus Pinontoan, The Jakarta Post, Ambon A minor clash on Saturday failed to prevent Muslims and Christians in the city of Ambon in Maluku province from continuing to mend fences after years of violence.
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