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Searching for all articles published on 2003-01-16 ...

47 articles.

Thu, 16 Jan 2003

JP/Rocks bury mine site, claiming four lives

Rocks bury mine site, claiming four livesYuli Tri Suwarni, The Jakarta Post, Bandung, West Java Four miners were killed and three others injured after a dynamite blast was believed to have triggered a massive landslide near the West Java Capital of Bandung on Wednesday morning, witnesses ...

Thu, 16 Jan 2003

JP/House sales set to rise this year, say consultants

House sales set to rise this year, say consultantsThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta House sales in 2003 will grow relatively strongly at around 29 percent despite the recent utility price hikes, according to a property consultancy firm.

Thu, 16 Jan 2003

JP/Price hikes will curtail economic growth: LIPI

Price hikes will curtail economic growth: LIPISari P. Setiogi, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The recent rises in utility prices will curtail economic growth by 0.17 percentage points, raise the inflation rate by 2.27 percentage points and reduce the growth of people's welfare by 0.

Thu, 16 Jan 2003

JP/`TVRI' to air controversial play `Alia'

`TVRI' to air controversial play `Alia'Tiarma Siboro, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta State-owned television station TVRI has reversed itself and will air the controversial play Alia, Luka Serambi Mekah (Alia, Wounds on the Veranda of Mecca) on Jan. 19.

Thu, 16 Jan 2003

JP/Six dead in crash on toll road

Six dead in crash on toll road BOGOR: Six people died instantly and seven other were injured after a funeral car collided with three Kijang vans on Jagorawi toll road near Cibinong in West Java on Tuesday.All the bodies were taken to the Bogor PMI hospital.

Thu, 16 Jan 2003

JP/Tennis

TennisAustralian Open Day three (x denotes seed) Men's singles 2nd round Sebastien Grosjean (Fra x12) bt Karol Kucera (Svk) 7-6 (7/2), 2-6, 6-3, 7-6 (7/1) Felix Mantilla (Spa) bt Jan-Michael Gambill (USA x27) 5-7, 6-4, 4-6, 6-3, 6-2 Juan Carlos Ferrero (Spa x4) bt Jean-Rene Lisnard (Fra) 6-0, ...

Thu, 16 Jan 2003

JP/Taman Puring reopens but faces uncertain future

Taman Puring reopens but faces uncertain futureNovan Iman Santosa, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Fans of secondhand items made their way back to Taman Puring flea market in South Jakarta on Wednesday, although the vendors and city administration are still unsure of its future.

Thu, 16 Jan 2003

JP/BP gas contract must be reviewed, says minister

BP gas contract must be reviewed, says ministerThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources Purnomo Yusgiantoro said on Tuesday that the government planned to review gas supply contracts with BP Indonesia for the Pagerungan gas field in Madura Island, reported Antara.

Thu, 16 Jan 2003

JP/`Government lacks leadership to end religious conflicts'

`Government lacks leadership to end religious conflicts'Jupriadi, The Jakarta Post, Makassar, South Sulawesi Around 400 religious leaders began a two-day national meeting here on Wednesday with participants levying strong criticism against the government for its failure to bring a complete end ...

Thu, 16 Jan 2003

JP/Bengkulu to host tourism meeting

Bengkulu to host tourism meetingBENGKULU, Bengkulu: Bengkulu hopes to boost tourism to the province ahead of acting as host of a tourism meeting of the Indonesia-Malaysia-Thailand economic growth triangle later this year.

Thu, 16 Jan 2003

JP/Judges told to accept regional posts or quit

Judges told to accept regional posts or quitThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta Judges who refuse assignments to remote or conflict-prone regions had better quit their jobs rather than deny the administration of justice at those locations, Chief Justice Bagir Manan said on Wednesday.

Thu, 16 Jan 2003

JP/Lack of awareness, unity renders unions impotent

Lack of awareness, unity renders unions impotentHera Diani and Maria Endah Hulupi, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The number reaches 140 and they boast some 11 million members, but labor unions here remain unsuccessful as a powerful political force or even in their ability to fight for the interests ...

Thu, 16 Jan 2003

JP/Mega: When being right does not matter

Mega: When being right does not matterOng Hock Chuan, Technical Advisor, Maverick, Jakarta If there is any proof needed that leadership is a thankless task, we need look no further than the flak President Megawati Soekarnoputri's government is getting over its decision to withdraw subsidies on ...

Thu, 16 Jan 2003

JP/Three Africans on trial for drugs

Three Africans on trial for drugsMulta Fidrus, The Jakarta Post, Tangerang After having sentenced to death a Dutch national who operated two ecstasy factories here, the Tangerang District Court tried on Wednesday three Africans charged with drug trafficking and illegal possession of 5.

Thu, 16 Jan 2003

JP/N. Sumatra's budget lacks transparency: Councillors

N. Sumatra's budget lacks transparency: CouncillorsApriadi Gunawan, The Jakarta Post, Medan, North Sumatra North Sumatra Governor T. Rizal Nurdin has formally submitted the province's draft budget for 2003, totaling Rp 1.16 trillion (US$130 million), a 19.

Thu, 16 Jan 2003

JP/Bridge to be taught at selected schools

Bridge to be taught at selected schoolsMusthofid, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Students at selected schools in Jakarta will have another extracurricular activity to choose from when a plan to introduce the game of bridge to a younger generation comes into effect soon.

Thu, 16 Jan 2003

JP/TNI confesses involvement in rampant illegal logging

TNI confesses involvement in rampant illegal loggingMoch. N. Kurniawan, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Indonesian Military (TNI) commander Gen.

Thu, 16 Jan 2003

JP/Fuel, utility price hikes keep banks `risk averse'

Fuel, utility price hikes keep banks `risk averse'Fajar Hidayat, Financial Market Analyst, Jakarta, fajarhidayat@lycos.co.uk The banking sector is a major player in the Indonesian financial market worth Rp 1.145 trillion with 91.6 percent of all shares.

Thu, 16 Jan 2003

JP/Where to go in Bali for Thursday, January 16, 2003

Where to go in Bali for Thursday, January 16, 2003 Exhibitions* Painting AIDA The Space in Between by Peter Dittmar, Gaya Fusion of Senses, Jl. Raya Sayan, Ubud (Tel. 0361 979253), until Feb. 15. * Photos: The Lover of Zeus by Polina Sirosh, Pala Restaurant, Jl. By Pass Ngurah Rai No.

Thu, 16 Jan 2003

JP/RI to seize control over its airspace

RI to seize control over its airspaceFabiola Desy Unidjaja, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta In a bid to take back full control of the country's airspace, the government plans to gradually take charge of the management of regional flight information, something that is currently partly undertaken by ...

Thu, 16 Jan 2003

JP/Threats to reform

Threats to reform The miserable failure of the government in preparing the people for the increases in fuel and utility prices, and in creating a social and political environment conducive to these painful measures, could affect its ability to make the additional reforms that are badly needed to ...

Thu, 16 Jan 2003

JP/City, PT Pusri to process trash

City, PT Pusri to process trash JAKARTA: Jakarta city administration will work in partnership with PT Pupuk Sriwijaya (Pusri) to process garbage into manure and other downstream products, such as recycled plastic bags and construction material.

Thu, 16 Jan 2003

JP/Govt, House delay hike in phone rates

Govt, House delay hike in phone ratesKurniawan Hari and Ade Tiarma Siboro, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The government and the House of Representatives have agreed to delay the increase in telephone rates indefinitely and pledged to reassess the fuel and electricity price hikes in an effort ...

Thu, 16 Jan 2003

JP/Govt subsidy won't meet minimum health costs

Govt subsidy won't meet minimum health costsDebbie A. Lubis, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The government said on Wednesday it could not afford to pay for free health services for the country's poor despite almost doubling the amount of money in a special health fund.

Thu, 16 Jan 2003

JP/Labor movement long involved in politics

Labor movement long involved in politicsMaria Endah Hulupi and I Wayan Juniartha, The Jakarta Post Beginning with sugar cane plantation workers' strikes in 1842, Indonesia's labor movement grew strong and later merged with various political movements in the country.

Thu, 16 Jan 2003

JP/RI professionals `not ready for competition'

RI professionals `not ready for competition'Rendi A. Witular, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The government should not open the country's labor market to foreign professionals and managers because locals are not ready to compete with foreigners, analysts have said.

Thu, 16 Jan 2003

JP/RI, RP to meet over border

RI, RP to meet over border JAKARTA: Indonesia and the Philippines are slated to hold border talks next months to resolve a number of outstanding issues, especially the maritime border between the two countries.

Thu, 16 Jan 2003

JP/Diphtheria outbreak kills nine children

Diphtheria outbreak kills nine childrenYuliansyah, The Jakarta Post, Banjarmasin, South Kalimantan Health officials in the South Kalimantan regency of Banjar have advised residents of Aluh-aluh district to curb outdoor activities following an outbreak of diphtheria that has killed nine children ...

Thu, 16 Jan 2003

JP/Police mistakenly arrest Sultan's cousin

Police mistakenly arrest Sultan's cousinThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta In their desperate hunt for Hambali, the country's number one terror suspect, the police mistakenly arrested a man who they thought was the Jamaah Islamiyah (JI) leader.

Thu, 16 Jan 2003

JP/Catur villagers, supporters of forest conservation

Catur villagers, supporters of forest conservationW. Sumadi, Contributor, Bangli, Bali Last week, a number of residents of the Desa Adat Catur customary village walked barefooted into the misty forest near the famed Kintamani resort in Bangly regency, some 70 kilometers north of the Bali ...

Thu, 16 Jan 2003

JP/'Drug dealers are untouchable'

'Drug dealers are untouchable' At least 21 people have been sentenced to death in drug cases since the government implemented Laws No. 22/1997 on narcotics and 5/1997 on psychotropic substances, yet drug abuse continues unabated here.

Thu, 16 Jan 2003

JP/Contacting unions by phone no easy task

Contacting unions by phone no easy taskHera Diani and I Wayan Juniartha, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Who would have thought that finding the details about local labor unions could be such a headache?The Ministry of Manpower and Transmigration is kind enough to put the list of 40 unions, complete ...

Thu, 16 Jan 2003

JP/Jonathan relishes coaching role

Jonathan relishes coaching roleMusthofid, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Indonesian gymnastics star Jonathan Sianturi, who says he wants to resign as an athlete in 2004, now has double duties as a player and a coach.

Thu, 16 Jan 2003

JP/The water saga

The water saga My wife and I are devastated by the handling of PT Thames Pam Jaya (TPJ) of our case.For five years our monthly payment had been below Rp 400,000. In May 2002 we received a bill for Rp 1,104,100, then in June 2002 we received a bill of Rp 983,500.

Thu, 16 Jan 2003

JP/How Indonesians could learn from Martin Luther King, Jr.

How Indonesians could learn from Martin Luther King, Jr.Samsudin Berlian, Graduate Student, Princeton Theological Seminary, New Jersey Indonesian people could learn much from King in dealing with racial injustice. First, they could learn to recognize the problems and talk about them openly.

Thu, 16 Jan 2003

JP/Resettlement project to commence in West Sumba

Resettlement project to commence in West SumbaKurniawan Hari, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), in cooperation with the government, will resettle an estimated 30,000 East Timorese refugees who have decided to stay in Indonesia and not return home.

Thu, 16 Jan 2003

JP/Kalimantan rejects Madurese migrants: Officials

Kalimantan rejects Madurese migrants: OfficialsYuliansyah The Jakarta Post Banjarmasin, South KalimantanTraumatized by past ethnic killings, indigenous Dayak residents in Kalimantan provinces have rejected the resettlement of Madurese people in Kalimantan under the government's transmigration ...

Thu, 16 Jan 2003

JP/At least 21 people have been sentenced to death in drug cases

At least 21 people have been sentenced to death in drug cases since the government implemented Laws No. 22/1997 on narcotics and 5/1997 on psychotropic substances, yet drug abuse continues unabated here.

Thu, 16 Jan 2003

JP/Three more suspects arrested with links to Bali bombing

Three more suspects arrested with links to Bali bombingWahyoe Boediwardhana, The Jakarta Post, Denpasar, Bali The police have arrested three people who allegedly aided and abetted Ali Imron, a main suspect in the Oct.

Thu, 16 Jan 2003

JP/Students besiege Presidential Palace in protest against utility price hikes

Students besiege Presidential Palace in protest against utility price hikesBerni K. Mustafa, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Thousands of students besieged the presidential palace on Wednesday in the biggest protest against the utility price hikes that the capital has seen so far, as they exerted more ...

Thu, 16 Jan 2003

JP/Fire razes home, family killed

Fire razes home, family killed JAKARTA: A family of four died early on Wednesday morning when a fire razed their house in Bekasi, West Java, Antara reported.The victims were identified as Cang Kim Him, his wife Tuang Muk Ha and their daughters, two-year-old Beby Pangesti and five- month-old Lia.

Thu, 16 Jan 2003

JP/Minister Rini declares war on smugglers to save industries

Minister Rini declares war on smugglers to save industriesDadan Wijaksana, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Minister of Industry and Trade Rini Soewandi warned on Wednesday that smuggled goods coming into the country had risen so dramatically that it created serious problems for the domestic economy and ...

Thu, 16 Jan 2003

JP/Sharia not that impossible

Sharia not that impossible I refer to the interview in The Jakarta Post dated Jan. 4, 2003 titled The enforcement of sharia: Impossible, unviable in which the paper interviewed Abdullahi Ahmed An'naim, Professor of Law at Emory University, United States.

Thu, 16 Jan 2003

JP/Three-car pileup claims 15 lives

Three-car pileup claims 15 livesNana Rukmana and Theresia Sufa, The Jakarta Post, Indramayu/Bogor A multiple accident involving three vehicles on the north coast road in Pilangsari village on the outskirts of the West Java town of Indramayu killed nine people, four of them instantly, on Tuesday ...

Thu, 16 Jan 2003

JP/City recovery program funds too small, say councillors

City recovery program funds too small, say councillorsAhmad Junaidi, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The allocation of Rp 456.59 billion for the economic sector in the 2003 draft city budget was too small and would not help to revive the Jakarta economy, councillors said on Wednesday.

Thu, 16 Jan 2003

JP/Bali blast: Another investigator's analysis

Bali blast: Another investigator's analysisHermawan Sulistyo, Researcher and Investigator, Conflict and Peace Research Network (CONCERN-324) How did the police find Amrozi? It is not a fictitious short story.

Thu, 16 Jan 2003

JP/Bali needs a new green revolution

Bali needs a new green revolutionRita A. Widiadana, The Jakarta Post, Denpasar, Bali With tourism in Bali at its lowest point in decades, the government and the people are now making efforts to return to their roots, literally.Last Sunday on Jan.