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Sat, 18 Jan 2003

JP/Six arrested in counterfeit ring

Six arrested in counterfeit ring CIREBON, West Java: Police here said on Friday they had arrested at least six people for allegedly counterfeiting money in the past two months.Cirebon Police chief Adj. Sr. Comr.

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Sat, 18 Jan 2003

JP/Leaders, media must adapt to changes

Leaders, media must adapt to changesArdimas Sasdi, Staff Writer, The Jakarta Post, ardimas@thejakartapost.

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Sat, 18 Jan 2003

JP/Tales from two cities

Tales from two cities I would like to comment on the article titled Misunderstood architect Gaudi now toast of Barcelona in The Jakarta Post of Jan. 9, 2003.

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Sat, 18 Jan 2003

JP/Mandala increases Ambon service

Mandala increases Ambon service Privately-owned airline Mandala Airlines now flies daily from Jakarta to Ambon and vice versa using a Boeing 737-200 plane.Prior to the daily service, which was launched on Monday, the airline served the route six times a week.

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Sat, 18 Jan 2003

JP/Impacts of postponing phone rate increase

Impacts of postponing phone rate increaseWinahyo Soekanto, Lawyer, Consumer Care Foundation, Jakarta, winahyo@yahoo.

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Sat, 18 Jan 2003

JP/Picasso sits beside $1m diamond in Jakarta

Picasso sits beside $1m diamond in JakartaHera Diani and I Wayan Juniartha, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The expectation was that it was going to be another ostentatious exhibition packed with priceless items, showing yet another paradox of a poor third world country.

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Sat, 18 Jan 2003

JP/Stability, growth, reform: WB

Stability, growth, reform: WBWorld Bank, Jakarta Structural reforms under the Megawati administration have by and large remained on track. Reforms accelerated markedly after the Bali attack.

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Sat, 18 Jan 2003

JP/Career reorientation poses its own challenges

Career reorientation poses its own challengesA. B. Susanto, Managing Partner, The Jakarta Consulting Group Harry Potter has undoubtedly made a huge worldwide success of his creator, J.K. Rowling, a mother and a teacher who went through some hard times in raising her child.

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Sat, 18 Jan 2003

JP/KPU must proceed or risk delayed 2004 election

KPU must proceed or risk delayed 2004 electionThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta Despite the absence of the required electoral bills, the General Elections Commission (KPU) is going ahead with its preparations for the 2004 general election. Otherwise, the elections might be delayed.

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Sat, 18 Jan 2003

JP/Garuda air cargo handling

Garuda air cargo handling On Dec. 23, 2002, we had a shipment of two boxes containing 16 pots of poinsettia plants destined for Semarang.

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Sat, 18 Jan 2003

JP/Singaporean, Indonesian artists blend in fusion

Singaporean, Indonesian artists blend in fusion Tarko Sudiarno The Jakarta Post Yogyakarta"Will I get an all out service?" asked a woman. "I would like to have a massage but I'll have to wait until my husband is assigned out of town. I'll get in touch with you a few days later.

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Sat, 18 Jan 2003

JP/Govt may bow to pressure over utility price hikes

Govt may bow to pressure over utility price hikesFabiola Desy Unidjaja, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Cracking under pressure, the government dropped a hint of bowing more to people's incessant protests against hikes in utility prices on Friday.

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Sat, 18 Jan 2003

JP/TNI, GAM told to maintain peace

TNI, GAM told to maintain peace BANDA ACEH, Aceh: The Switzerland-based Henry Dunant Centre (HDC) has called on both the Indonesian military and the Free Aceh Movement (GAM) to restrain themselves from actions that would disrupt the cessation of hostilities agreement they signed last month.

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Sat, 18 Jan 2003

JP/Rector forum offers government a win-win solution

Rector forum offers government a win-win solutionZakki Hakim and Moch. N. Kurniawan, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Any government decision to ignore public protests over increases in fuel, electricity and telephone charges would spark further unrest, which would be far more costly than the ...

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Sat, 18 Jan 2003

JP/Nuclear tension rises on divided Korean peninsula

Nuclear tension rises on divided Korean peninsulaBantarto Bandoro, Editor, 'The Indonesian Quarterly', Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), Jakarta, bandoro@csis.or.

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Sat, 18 Jan 2003

JP/Government feeds banks to discourage real-sector industries

Government feeds banks to discourage real-sector industriesPitan Daslani Political economy analystIn defending her policy to increase fuel prices and utility rates, little did President Megawati Soekarnoputri realize -- unless she really meant it -- that she was well on track to crippling ...

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Sat, 18 Jan 2003

JP/Jusuf asked to declare all assets

Jusuf asked to declare all assets JAKARTA: The Public Servants' Wealth Audit Commission (KPKPN) asked Coordinating Minister for People's Welfare Jusuf Kalla on Friday to declare all of his assets to the commission for audit purposes.

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Sat, 18 Jan 2003

JP/TV Program: Monday, January 20, 2003

TV Program: Monday, January 20, 2003TVRI .TB.30" .90" 5:03 a.m.Religious Teachings6:00 News: Berita Pagi 7:30 Sports Feature8:00 DRTV 8:30 Environment9:00 Comedy: Surat9:30 Agribusiness (Live)10:30 Entertainment11:00 News: Berita Daerah 11:30 Music: Konteswara12:00 p.m.

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Sat, 18 Jan 2003

JP/Hassan criticizes U.S. immigration profiling policy

Hassan criticizes U.S. immigration profiling policyFabiola Desy Unidjaja, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Jakarta considers Washington's policy, which obliges Indonesian males age 16 and over currently staying in the U.S.

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Sat, 18 Jan 2003

JP/Judge feeling heat in bribery case

Judge feeling heat in bribery case JAKARTA: City Police Anti-Corruption section questioned on Friday a witness in an alleged case of bribery in which Torang, a judge at the South Jakarta District court, reportedly sought a bribe from a plaintiff appearing before his court.

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Sat, 18 Jan 2003

JP/Present coalition

Present coalition still going strong In the political scene, it is virtually impossible for the solid coalition of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-Perjuangan), the faction of the Functional Group (Golkar) behind Akbar Tandjung and the United Development Party (PPP) to lose ...

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Sat, 18 Jan 2003

JP/No public transportation fare proposal made yet

No public transportation fare proposal made yetNovan Iman Santosa, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The city administration had yet to receive a proposal on increased public transportation fares from the special team set up to conduct a survey on the fare situation in Jakarta.

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Sat, 18 Jan 2003

JP/FBI team to arrive soon

FBI team to arrive soon JAKARTA: The National Police is awaiting the arrival of a United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) team to join the local police in investigating the ambush on Freeport employees in Timika, Papua, last year.National Police chief Gen.

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Sat, 18 Jan 2003

JP/1,207 to guard governor's inauguration

1,207 to guard governor's inauguration KENDARI, Southeast Sulawesi: Southeast Sulawesi Police said on Friday that they would deploy 1,207 officers to ensure security during the inauguration of the newly elected governor and its deputy, Ali Mazi and Yusran Silondae, on Saturday.

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Sat, 18 Jan 2003

JP/Let's bargain, folks, it's Jakarta

Let's bargain, folks, it's JakartaDamar Harsanto, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta On a roadside, a person braced against three people who were speaking in a heightened state of emotion with high-pitched voices.Take a closer look. They're not quarreling. They're just bargaining.

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Sat, 18 Jan 2003

JP/Dumai council dismisses speaker in plenary session

Dumai council dismisses speaker in plenary sessionThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta The Dumai regency legislative council in the province of Riau dismissed its speaker, Benedi Boiman, amid a veil of secrecy during a plenary session on Friday.

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Sat, 18 Jan 2003

JP/Rumors of war

Rumors of warJoseph E. Stiglitz Professor of Economics and Finance Columbia University Project Syndicate War is widely thought to be linked to economic good times.

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Sat, 18 Jan 2003

JP/Forests, IBRA and donors

Forests, IBRA and donorsDavid Kaimowitz Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)Mubariq Ahmad World Wide Fund (WWF) Bogor Sustainable forest management is one of the key items to be discussed by international donors and the Indonesian Government during this week's meeting of the ...

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Sat, 18 Jan 2003

JP/Court upholds Akbar verdict, calls mount for him to quit

Court upholds Akbar verdict, calls mount for him to quitThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta The High Court in Jakarta upheld the district court's three- year jail sentence on Speaker of the House of Representatives Akbar Tandjung for the misappropriation of Rp 40 billion in Bulog funds, prompting ...

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Sat, 18 Jan 2003

JP/Ba'asyir writes Mega over wealth

Ba'asyir writes Mega over wealth JAKARTA: President Megawati Soekarnoputri read on Friday a letter from detained Muslim cleric Abu Bakar Ba'asyir, who urged her to donate half her wealth to the cash-strapped country.

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Sat, 18 Jan 2003

JP/Government feeds banks to discourage real-sector industries

Government feeds banks to discourage real-sector industriesPitan Daslani Political economy analystIn defending her policy to increase fuel prices and utility rates, little did President Megawati Soekarnoputri realize -- unless she really meant it -- that she was well on track to crippling ...

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Sat, 18 Jan 2003

JP/RI economy to suffer if Iraq attacked

RI economy to suffer if Iraq attackedThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta Indonesia's economy, still struggling to recover from the economic crisis in the late 1990s, would experience another major setback if the U.S. launched a military strike on Iraq, a foreign-based economist said.

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Sat, 18 Jan 2003

JP/City KPU to get new facilities

City KPU to get new facilitiesThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta The city administration announced on Friday that it had allocated Rp 125 billion in the 2003 budget proposal to develop facilities for the 2004 general election, including a new building.

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Sat, 18 Jan 2003

JP/Bali bombs exploded prematurely, suspect says

Bali bombs exploded prematurely, suspect saysWahyoe Boediwardhana, The Jakarta Post, Denpasar, Bali Ali Imron, a suspect in last year's Bali blasts, told investigators that the bombs used in the devastating attacks exploded before they were supposed to, police said on Friday.

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Sat, 18 Jan 2003

JP/Councillors to get free training paid for by UNDP

Councillors to get free training paid for by UNDPAhmad Junaidi, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Public funds apparently are no longer adequate for Jakarta city councillors as they revealed their plan on Friday to use foreign funding worth US$130,000 to improve their knowledge in the fields of urban and ...

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Sat, 18 Jan 2003

JP/Riau environmentalists to sue Singapore over sand imports

Riau environmentalists to sue Singapore over sand importsHaidir Anwar Tanjung, The Jakarta Post, Pekanbaru, Riau Local environmentalists here are planning to sue the Singapore government, blamed for destroying the environment in Riau as the neighboring country has continued importing sand from ...

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Sat, 18 Jan 2003

JP/Painter Rastika returns with fresh touch

Painter Rastika returns with fresh touchYusuf Susilo Hartono, Contributor, Jakarta After being absent for some time from a solo exhibition in Jakarta, Rastika, 60-year-old glass painter from Gegesik Kulon, a village in Cirebon, West Java, is back with his latest works.

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Sat, 18 Jan 2003

JP/Law restricts number of political parties

Law restricts number of political partiesBambang Nurbianto and Adianto P. Simamora, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Only a few of the over 200 new political parties will contest the 2004 general election as many of them will likely fail to meet the strict requirements imposed by the new Law on ...

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Sat, 18 Jan 2003

JP/Film, video and photo fest to showcase ASEAN talent

Film, video and photo fest to showcase ASEAN talentHera Diani, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Aspiring filmmakers and photographers, do you want the opportunity to expose your work in the United States, plus have a chance to win cash up to US$1,750 at the first U.S.

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Sat, 18 Jan 2003

JP/Corruption worse under Megawati, says ICW

Corruption worse under Megawati, says ICWTiarma Siboro, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Corruption among state officials and politicians has worsened under President Megawati Soekarnoputri's leadership, Indonesian Corruption Watch (ICW) says.

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Sat, 18 Jan 2003

JP/Government to issue new policy on money laundering

Government to issue new policy on money launderingDadan Wijaksana, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The fight against money laundering would appear to be intensifying with the government announcing plans on Friday to issue a ruling requiring non-bank financial institutions to find out more about their ...

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Sat, 18 Jan 2003

JP/LG keeps its commitment to invest in Indonesia

LG keeps its commitment to invest in IndonesiaSari P. Setiogi, The Jakarta Post, Tangerang, West Java PT LG Electronics Indonesia, a subsidiary of the South Korean- owned electronic company LG, is scheduled early next month to start operating the expansion unit of its refrigerator factory, which ...

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Sat, 18 Jan 2003

JP/Man could get 20 years for trafficking

Man could get 20 years for trafficking BOGOR: A prosecutor asked the Bogor District Court Thursday to sentence a man to 20 years in jail for trafficking five kilograms of marijuana.

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Sat, 18 Jan 2003

JP/Washington ethnic profiling policy discriminatory: Hassan

Washington ethnic profiling policy discriminatory: HassanFabiola Desy Unidjaja The Jakarta Post JakartaJakarta considers Washington's policy, which obliges Indonesian males age 16 and over currently staying in the U.S.

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Sat, 18 Jan 2003

JP/Separatists told to leave Ambon to attend trial

Separatists told to leave Ambon to attend trialAziz Tunny, The Jakarta Post, Ambon, Maluku The North Jakarta Prosecutor's Office has ordered Maluku separatist leaders Alex Manuputty and Semmy Waeleruny to leave Ambon and return to Jakarta within 10 days to attend further hearings in their ...

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Sat, 18 Jan 2003

JP/ASEAN urged to help ease Korea crisis

ASEAN urged to help ease Korea crisisFabiola Desy Unidjaja, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Visiting U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for East Asia and Pacific Affairs James A.

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Sat, 18 Jan 2003

JP/Megawati awards best performing exporters

Megawati awards best performing exportersArya Abhiseka, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta President Megawati Soekarnoputri awarded on Friday the Primaniyarta service medal to 34 companies assessed as the best performing exporters last year, praising them for their contribution to the national economy ...

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Sat, 18 Jan 2003

JP/Police arrest sea pirates

Police arrest sea pirates MANADO, North Sulawesi: North Sulawesi Police have arrested nine suspected pirates for allegedly hijacking a Taiwanese fishing boat in waters off Sangihe Talaud district on Dec. 27.Provincial police spokesman Adj. Sr. Com.

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Sat, 18 Jan 2003

JP/Five dead, six injured in bloody W. Sumatra village clash

Five dead, six injured in bloody W. Sumatra village clashKasparman, The Jakarta Post, Padang, West Sumatra The situation in Pasaman, 180 kilometers north of Padang, the capital of West Sumatra, remains tense following bloody violence between the residents of two villages in the regency on ...

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Sat, 18 Jan 2003

JP/BP to fully resume East Java gas supply

BP to fully resume East Java gas supplyThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta Anglo-American energy giant BP Plc. completed on Friday the repair work on leaks at its gas pipelines in East Java, a statement from the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources said.

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Sat, 18 Jan 2003

JP/Sutiyoso and garbage

Sutiyoso and garbage As many of us know, the main problems that constantly bedevil our capital city, Jakarta, are its transportation system, flooding and garbage disposal.

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Sat, 18 Jan 2003

JP/The Jakarta Post

The Jakarta Post Jakarta The Directorate General of Telecommunications and Post issued a directive on Friday instructing the country's four fixed-line telephone operators to charge their customers at the old rate.

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Sat, 18 Jan 2003

JP/Reduced competitiveness blamed on lack of stars

Reduced competitiveness blamed on lack of starsMusthofid, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta As competitiveness has faded significantly, the Indonesian amateur boxing today could hardly yield future stars as did in the past, former national star Syamsul Anwar Harahap said.

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Sat, 18 Jan 2003

JP/Legislators set to investigate Indosat sale to foreign firm

Legislators set to investigate Indosat sale to foreign firmKurniawan Hari, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta A total of 117 legislators submitted a petition on Friday urging the House of Representatives (DPR) to exercise its investigative powers to examine the sale of 41.

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Sat, 18 Jan 2003

JP/Telkom told to charge customers old rate

Telkom told to charge customers old rateThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta The Directorate General of Telecommunications and Post issued a directive on Friday instructing the country's four fixed-line telephone operators to charge their customers at the old rate.

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Sat, 18 Jan 2003

JP/Belgium urges RI to free dredgers

Belgium urges RI to free dredgers The Belgium government summoned the Indonesian ambassador Thursday to protest Jakarta's refusal to release three Belgian dredging vessels that have been cleared by an Indonesian court of illegally operating in Indonesian waters.

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Sat, 18 Jan 2003

JP/RI economy to suffer should U.S. attack Iraq

RI economy to suffer should U.S. attack IraqThe Jakarta Post Jakarta Indonesia's economy, still struggling to recover from the economic crisis in the late 1990s, would experience another major setback if the U.S. launched a military strike on Iraq, a foreign-based economist said.

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Sat, 18 Jan 2003

JP/Humor in Rastika's Glass Painting

Humor in Rastika's Glass PaintingYusuf Susilo Hartono Contributor Jakarta After being absent for sometime of solo exhibition area in Jakarta, Rastika, 60-year-old glass painter from Gegesik Kulon, a village in Cirebon, West Java, backs with his latest works.

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Sat, 18 Jan 2003

JP/S. Arabian citizen nabbed for drugs

S. Arabian citizen nabbed for drugs TANGERANG: A Saudi Arabian citizen was arrested at Soekarno- Hatta International Airport on Thursday for trying to smuggle 2,647 benzodiazepam barbiturate pills into the country.

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Sat, 18 Jan 2003

JP/Four students hurt in clash during price hike protest

Four students hurt in clash during price hike protestThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta At least four students were wounded when police scuffled with some 3,000 students protesting in front of the Grahadi State Building in Surabaya, East Java, on Friday.

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Sat, 18 Jan 2003

JP/Feeding banks only deters real-sector industries

Feeding banks only deters real-sector industriesPitan Daslani, Journalist, Jakarta In defending her policy to increase fuel prices and utility rates, little did President Megawati Soekarnoputri realize -- unless she really meant it -- that she was well on track to crippling Indonesia's ...

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Sat, 18 Jan 2003

JP/Threat not to pay taxes

Threat not to pay taxes In the rallies held in response to the simultaneous increases of fuel prices, electricity rates and telephone tariffs, the protesters demanded that President Megawati Soekarnoputri and Vice President Hamzah Haz resign. I can certainly understand this demand.

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Sat, 18 Jan 2003

JP/`I don't feel satisfied if I don't bargain'

`I don't feel satisfied if I don't bargain' During the economic crisis, when goods became more and more expensive, people had to tighten their belts and minimize their spending. If they wanted to buy something, they had to check the price first and then bargain to get it at the lowest price.

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Sat, 18 Jan 2003

JP/RI to set up property rights task force

RI to set up property rights task forceDebbie A. Lubis, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta In a bid to curb rampant intellectual property piracy in the country, the government is planning to establish a task force that would strengthen coordination among law enforcers.

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Sat, 18 Jan 2003

JP/Defense plea in Theys trial rejected

Defense plea in Theys trial rejected SURABAYA, East Java: Military prosecutors rejected on Friday a defense plea by lawyers of seven Army Special Forces (Kopassus) members charged with murdering Papuan separatist leader Theys Hiyo Eluay.Chief investigator Col.

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