KONI removes another 19 from training campMusthofid
The Jakarta Post
JakartaAnother 19 athletes have been declared ineligible for the 2002
Asian Games and have been removed from the National Training
Center, training director Imron Z.S. said here on Friday. More ...
Rikza Abdullah
Contributor
JakartaOld players remain dominant despite so many new comers The success of the locally assembled multi-purpose vehicles
(MPVs) in the domestic market has encouraged distributors to
import similar types of cars but with a higher quality and more
alluring designs. More ...
Offer promising investment opportunitiesBatam is strategically located within an international
shipping route between the Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean. It
lies only 20 kilometers southeast of Singapore which has one of
the busiest seaports in the world. More ...
Indramayu exports its best commodity: 'Mangoes'Moch. N. Kurniawan and Novan Iman Santosa, The Jakarta Post,
Indramayu, West Java Indramayu regency is famous for its delicious mangga (mangoes),
but the word is also a euphemism for prostitute, which the
regency is also well-known for. More ...
I. Christianto
Contributor
JakartaMore utilitarian, tastier models hit the street In addition to the wide range of luxury imported and locally
assembled sedans and sport utility vehicles (SUV), the automotive
industry in Indonesia has been enlivened with new models of vans,
or multipurpose ... More ...
Annual Session or MPR fair? JAKARTA: Numerous booths temporarily set up in the lobby of the
People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) building have turned the
legislative complex into something resembling a fairground. More ...
Govt, Muslims must combat terrorist stigmaDebbie A. Lubis, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Muslim scholars have suggested that the government and Muslim
organizations take concrete action to counter the "terrorist
hotbed" stigma attached to Indonesia. More ...
JP/6/SIMON
Teachers should be encouraged to be learners tooSimon Marcus Gower
Principal, Harapan Bangsa
High School, Kotamodern
Tangerang, Banten As the government moves towards the adoption of a new schools
curriculum -- planned for 2004 -- the role of teacher's will
change. More ...
The flesh trade goes on and on...Tantri Yuliandini, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Her earrings flashed, illuminated by the light of the room. She
threw back her head and laughed."I'm still a virgin you know," the 13-year-old coyly said. More ...
Int'l Physics Olympiad opens road to successRita A. Widiadana, The Jakarta Post, Nusa Dua, Bali It was a rare sight to see more than 300 high school students
from 69 countries jamming the spacious Bali International
Convention Center (BICC) in Nusa Dua resort area. More ...
Investors confidence hampers privatization driveA'an Suryana, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Despite mounting obstacles, caused by domestic and
international factors, and the weak performance in the first
semester of the year, the government is still optimistic to reach
its privatization target ... More ...
'Assembly members make me sick' Despite the ongoing Annual Session, people remain skeptical
that the 700 members of the People's Consultative Assembly will
actually be able to come up with solutions to cope with the
country's political and economic crisis. More ...
Investors confidence hampers privatization drive
JP/ /BUMNInvestors confidence hampers privatization driveA'an Suryana
The Jakarta Post
Jakarta Despite mounting obstacles, caused by domestic and
international factors, and the weak performance in the first
semester of the year, the government ... More ...
Tradition and pride cut through the waves in SulawesiFabio Scarpello
Contributor
JakartaThe one-week annual Sulawesi Sandeq boat race will start on
Saturday from Majene in South Sulawesi heading for the province's
capital of Makassar some 200 nautical miles away, organizers said
on Friday. More ...
No more TV, cell phone or business for TommyFabiola Desy Unidjaja, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Hutomo "Tommy" Mandala Putra was set to lose his privileges in
jail midnight Friday after he failed to lodge an appeal against
his 15-year jail sentence for conspiracy to commit murder. More ...
Powell told to trust in RI's moderate MuslimsBerni K. Moestafa and Muhammad Nafik, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Prominent Muslim figures here told U.S. More ...
Teenagers pave their way to successRita A. Widiadana, The Jakarta Post, Sanur, Bali Evelyn Mintarno is just like any other MTV generation of
teenagers. She adores the music of teen pop idol Britney Spears
and hums hit songs by boybands. More ...
Cow dung served as MPR breakfast Dozens of students from several universities in Greater Jakarta
sent a bag of cow's feces to members of the People's Consultative
Assembly (MPR) staying at Hotel Mulia Senayan in Central Jakarta
to protest the legislators' poor performance during the ... More ...
Investors confidence hampers privatization drive
JP/ /BUMNInvestors confidence hampers privatization driveA'an Suryana
The Jakarta Post
Jakarta Despite mounting obstacles, caused by domestic and
international factors, and the weak performance in the first
semester of the year, the government ... More ...
Jungle magically transformed into modern city For hundreds of years Batam has been highly regarded due to
its strategic location in the Malacca Strait. More ...
U.S. military assistance may increase risk of state terrorismBerni K. Moestafa, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The United States offer of aid to Indonesia to fight terrorism
may backfire and see an increased incidence of state terrorism
instead, a human rights activist said on Friday. More ...
Watching TV stops child's imagination "My baby only eats his food when the TV is on." This common
remark can be heard in most homes. The real reason behind this is
we don't spend much time for feeding. If the child is eating his
food within the stipulated time most of us are happy. More ...
Science still not a popular career field Nobel Prize Winner Claude N. Cohen Tannoudji was very impressed
when seeing hundreds of young scientists around the world
gathered at the recent Physics Olympiad in Nusa Dua, Bali, last
week. More ...
Amendment faces stronger resistanceKurniawan Hari and Fitri Wulandari, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The threat of a deadlock in the fourth phase of constitutional
amendments at the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) increased
in seriousness on Friday when a number of legislators revealed
that the ... More ...
Three major factions nominate Sutiyoso, PAN and PKB do notBambang Nurbianto, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Three major factions and one minor faction in the Jakarta City
Council on Friday officially nominated incumbent Governor
Sutiyoso as their main gubernatorial candidate to be elected on
Sept. More ...
'Dutch Oranges' at Erasmus Huis JAKARTA: Fifty illustrators of children literature from the
Netherlands are showing their original designs in an exhibition
called Dutch Orange at the Erasmus Huis on Jl. Rasuna Said,
Kuningan, South Jakarta, for one month, starting Aug. 5. More ...
New map helps to promote cultural heritageSri Wahyuni, The Jakarta Post, Yogyakarta Touring inside Yogyakarta Palace's fortress or Jeron Beteng as it
is popularly called, is now more enriching and easier than ever,
thanks to the recently launched Jogja Jeron Beteng Heritage
Trail. More ...
New names gaining popularity with the publicSudibyo M. Wiradji
Contributor
Jakarta Although the Toyota Kijang, Mitsubishi Kuda, Suzuki Carry and
Daihatsu Zebra continue to dominate the multipurpose vehicle
(MPV) market, several new models have also received a warm
response from buyers. More ...
Health services for all JAKARTA: Health care services have been set up in the lobby of
the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) building to ensure that
legislators, visitors and journalists covering the Annual Session
have quick access to medical treatment. More ...
Court acquits Bank Modern president of corruptionMuninggar Sri Saraswati, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The Central Jakarta District Court dropped a bombshell on
Friday in the legal battle against abusers of Bank Indonesia
liquidity support (BLBI) funds by acquitting former president
commissioner of ... More ...
Animal park to replace overcrowded Medan zooApriadi Gunawan, The Jakarta Post, Medan, North Sumatra The Medan municipal administration has invited a Malaysian
investor to build an animal park similar to the famous Taman
Safari in the West Java regency of Bogor. More ...
Where to go in Yogyakarta: Saturday, August 3, 2002Exhibitions* Painting Bahasa Liris untuk Kehidupan by Indera Widjaya K.,
Agus Sucahyono, Katirin, and Yuli S., Bentara Budaya Yogyakarta,
Jl. Suroto 2 (Tel. 0274-560404), until Aug. 8. More ...
Cost of MPR sessionFrom Sinar PagiAccording to reports, the Annual Session of the People's
Consultative Assembly (ST MPR) costs around Rp 19 billion. More ...
KONI removes another 19 from training campMusthofid, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Another 19 athletes have been declared ineligible for the 2002
Asian Games and have been removed from the National Training
Center, training director Imron Z.S. said here on Friday. More ...
Rini establishes new crisis center to help businessesAdianto P. Simamora, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The Ministry of Trade and Industry has set up a crisis center to
help resolve the various problems faced by businesses here, a
move which could help prevent existing investors from fleeing ... More ...
Europe gold regains sparkle after dollar slides
Reuters
London Gold shone on Friday morning in Europe as the dollar slipped
against other currencies and producer selling seen earlier this
week eased off, leaving prices with a chance to head up, traders
said. More ...
JP/7/KEINICHINew Model China
Kenichi Ohmae
President, Ohmae & Associates
Project SyndicateOver the coming decades, China will become a thoroughly new
form of political and economic entity. More ...
Cipondoh drugmaker to be tried The suspect in a large-scale drug making case in Cipondoh
and Karawaci, Tangerang was handed over to the Tangerang
Prosecutor's Office by a team of investigators from the
National Police drug directorate on Friday.Sr. Comr. More ...
Open to all kinds of industries Batam is seizing the opportunities that are available by
opening itself up to all types of industries.There are practically no restrictions on businesses being set
up in Batam. However, some businesses are more suitable than
others. More ...
Soetandyo to lead team investigating mayor's caseAinur R. Sophiaan, The Jakarta Post, Surabaya Soetandyo Wignjosoebroto, a member of the National Commission on
Human Rights, has been named to lead an independent team of
inquiry into the controversial dismissal of Surabaya Mayor
Bambang Dwi ... More ...
Interest rate can still go down: BIThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta Bank Indonesia said Friday there was still room for its bench-
mark interest rate to fall in the near future on the back of
easing inflationary pressure. More ...
Supreme Court has 16,000 pending appeals due to lack of justicesKurniawan Hari, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Chief Justice Bagir Manan revealed on Thursday there are nearly
16,000 cases left unsolved in his office, particularly due to the
absence of a law that would curb requests for a legal review. More ...
Golkar, FUG say govt slow, weakAhmad Junaidi and Fitri Wulandari, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The Golkar Party faction and the Interest Groups faction (FUG)
at the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) criticized on Friday
the government under President Megawati Soekarnoputri as weak and
slow in ... More ...
MPR's attention
to migrant workers In his speech to open the annual session of the People's
Consultative Assembly (MPR), the country's top law-making body
chairman, Amien Rais, disclosed the MPR's plan to discuss
economic recovery. More ...
Prostitutes still have their own dreamsMoch. N. Kurniawan and Novan Iman Santosa, The Jakarta Post,
Indramayu, West Java Yani looked much happier when we saw her at the Lumba-lumba
discotheque that second time.The previous night we came in with two girls, long-haired Leni
and fair-skinned Ai. More ...
Transmigrants go on hunger strike Five transmigrants who fled restive Aceh spent the second
successive day on hunger strike at the provincial legislative
council building here on Friday. More ...
Syamsul Mu'arif enjoys a free drink JAKARTA: Who would want to miss out on a free drink? Not Minister
of Communications and Information Syamsul Mu'arif, who joined
other MPR members in enjoying the free drinks offered by several
traditional herbal medicine producers. More ...
Easy riders oblivious to dangers on the roadDamar Harsanto, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta If you take time out to question Jakarta motorcyclists about
their driving skills, there's a fair chance you might decide
never to set foot on the road again!Just ask them how many traffic accidents they have ... More ...
Ford Escape: the latest SUV to be launched here Hera Diani
The Jakarta Post
JakartaAfter Explorer, Excursion and Expedition, Ford presents Escape,
its latest Sports Utility Vehicle (SUV) which is slated to become
the most powerful compact SUV. More ...
Is there a future for Indonesia without the IMF?Juergen Kaiser
Jubilee.De
Dusseldorf
Germany Throughout the month of June Indonesia saw a quite lively
debate regarding its future relationship with the IMF. More ...
KPEN calls MPR to help solve unemployment problemA'an Suryana, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The National Economic Recovery Committee (KPEN) called on
lawmakers to seek ways to help resolve the country's pressing
economic difficulties, particularly unemployment. More ...
JP/7/RIA2 OIL AND GEOPOLITICS - WHY DOES AMERICA NEED RUSSIA?Alexander Astafyev
RIA Novosti
Moscow A Russian tanker moored at Galveston port, Texas, on July 3,
bringing 240,000 tons of oil from the Russian Yukos company.
This is only the beginning. More ...
Foreign sand smugglers to face RI justiceThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta Indonesia will carry out further investigations into the seven
cargo vessels the Navy captured last week for trying to smuggle
goods into Singapore, says a Navy official. More ...
Threat of constitutional deadlock increases Kurniawan Hari and
Fitri Wulandari
The Jakarta Post
Jakarta The threat of a deadlock in the fourth phase of constitutional
amendments at the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) increased
in seriousness on Friday when a number of legislators revealed ... More ...
'Bedhaya Prabu Wibawa', a tribute to Yogyakarta kingSri Wahyuni, The Jakarta Post, Yogyakarta Many people would find a traditional dance performance as classic
and sacred as the royal dance Bedhaya hard to appreciate, much
less understand. More ...
Supreme Advisory Council fights for survivalTertiani ZB Simanjuntak, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Ignoring mounting demands for the scrapping of the Supreme
Advisory Council (DPA), chairman Achmad Tirtosudiro has lodged a
complaint with the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) over its
plan to place ... More ...
Chinese daredevils in a jam: Penalty for bare backsYe Jun, China Daily, Asia News Network, Beijing When Rivaldo yanked off his shirt and twirled it in triumph
after scoring for Brazil in the World Cup Finals, he could surely
scarcely believe the bother some of his Chinese admirers would
get into ... More ...
JP/6/OTHER1 Corporate executives who deceive and defraud investors are now
more likely to find themselves behind bars. Congress, in an attempt to help a sinking market find a quick
rebound, passed a series of bills over the past 10 days that
surely needed more deliberation. More ...
Experts, activists push for constitutional commissionTertiani ZB Simanjuntak, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Pressure from certain politicians to halt the amendment process
has merely intensified efforts to form a constitutional
commission, according to activists and constitutional law
experts. More ...
Economy wobbling Declining inflation and interest rates seemed to be the only
encouraging news in the economic field that President Megawati
Soekarnoputri could show off in her first annual progress report
to the People's Consultative Assembly on Thursday as almost all
other key indicators ... More ...
TV Today: Saturday, August 3, 2002 TVRI 5:00 a.m. Religious Teachings6:00 News8:30 Talk Show9:00 Music10:30 Life Clip11:00 News11:30 Music12:00 p.m. More ...
JP/6/OTHER1 Restarting the inspection of Aqaba-bound cargo would
unnecessarily hurt Jordan and hurt the United States. The region
is going through too sensitive a period for Washington to
contemplate taking hasty decisions that have no political, legal
or economic grounds. More ...
Local leaders move to foster MalukuMuhammad Nafik, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Traditional and community leaders from warring Christian and
Muslim groups are striving to play a greater role in ending the
religious fighting in Maluku and helping promote peace in the
strife-torn islands. More ...
Public urged to give Governor Sjachriel a chanceThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta Former South Kalimantan governor M. Said said on Friday in
Banjarmasin that the public should give Governor M. Sjachriel
Darham a chance to improve his performance, instead of demanding
that he step down. More ...
Indonesia feels the heatGrahame Applegate, Center for International, Forestry Research (CIFOR),
Bogor, West Java No sooner had the ink dried on the ASEAN Regional Haze
Agreement last June when meteorologists announced El Nino was
already well under way. More ...
Maya gives the lowdown on kissing JAKARTA: Harpist Maya Hasan's cool and calm exterior when she
plays her beloved harp conceals her fiery spirit and passion.But on a talk show called Kissing: Act or lust organized by
Eksotika Karmawibhangga Indonesia (EKI) dance company, she bared
all. More ...
Gunasegaran scrapes to Olympic Open victoryThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta Malaysian P. Gunasegaran chalked up his first win in Indonesia
after being unchallenged at the Olympic Open golf tournament at
the Cikarang Golf & Country Club on Friday. More ...
Islam versus Asia's Chinese diasporaWang Gungwu, Director, East Asia Institute, University of Singapore,
Project Syndicate When Malaysia's prime minister, Dr Mahathir Mohamad, recently
announced that he intended to resign, Malaysians of Chinese
descent joined Mahathir's Malay party loyalists in ... More ...
Investors confidence hampers privatization drive
JP/ /BUMNInvestors confidence hampers privatization driveA'an Suryana
The Jakarta Post
Jakarta Despite mounting obstacles, caused by domestic and
international factors, and the weak performance in the first
semester of the year, the government ... More ...
Elephant killed at training center BENGKULU, Bengkulu: A male elephant being trained at the
Seblat grooming center in Putri Hijau district, North Bengkulu
regency, was killed by local people in an attempt to steal its
20-kilogram tusks. More ...
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