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Searching for all articles published on 2003-03-18 ...
55 articles.
Tue, 18 Mar 2003

Govt evises construction budget JAKARTA: The city administration revised on Monday a previous statement on the expenditures for renovating and building school classrooms, saying that it was not Rp 412 million for each room as stated before, but Rp 202 million.
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Tue, 18 Mar 2003

How the Iraq war would affect IndonesiaSayidiman Suryohadiprojo, Former Governor, National Resilience Institute, (Lemhanas), Jakarta War in Iraq seems to be inevitable now and it is only a matter of days, or even hours, before the U.S. military machine starts to roll.
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Tue, 18 Mar 2003

S. Sumatra receives 8.5M euros in aid PALEMBANG, South Sulawesi: The South Sumatra forestry office received 8.5 million euros from the European Union to improve its forest conservation efforts, in recognition of their successful prevention of forest fires over the past five years.
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Tue, 18 Mar 2003

Government blames GAM for violence against JSCMuninggar Sri Saraswati and Fabiola Desy Unidjaja, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The government has moved to consult the House of Representatives (DPR) to decide on immediate action against the Free Aceh Movement (GAM) separatist group, whom it said had ...
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Tue, 18 Mar 2003

Families agree to relocation MAGELANG, Central Java: Fifty-two families living in Kajoren district in the Central Java town of Magelang, which is susceptible to landslides, have agreed to abandon their homes and be relocated to safer ground, an official said on Monday.
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Tue, 18 Mar 2003

War on thugs It has taken the March 8 mob attack on Tempo to bring us to the realization that thuggery is one of the problems that has beset the nation, and that it is continuously undermining our march to democracy.Preman and premanisme (thugs and thuggery) are not exactly new phenomena.
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Tue, 18 Mar 2003

Poor relocation plan drives vendors to miseryM. Taufiqurrahman, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Unlike in the bustling street nearby, the business of Junedi, 40, not his real name, is stagnant at Rawa Buaya market in Cengkareng, West Jakarta, a new location provided by the city administration for ...
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Tue, 18 Mar 2003

Commission files review of KPTPK JAKARTA: The Public Servants' Wealth Audit Commission (KPKPN) planned to submit a judicial review request to the Supreme Court over law No. 30/2002 on Commission of Corruption Eradication (KPTPK) later this month.
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Tue, 18 Mar 2003

Buying a house through the Internet The young couple was cruising slowly in the Raffles Hills housing estate. This was an important trip -- for house-hunting -- as they planned to get married in less than a year.
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Tue, 18 Mar 2003

Low and mid-priced houses sell like hot cakesAri Darmawan, Contributor, Jakarta After the onslaught of the economic crisis that hit the country in 1997, starting in 2000 the property business significantly picked up again.
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Tue, 18 Mar 2003

Minister denies WHO report on flu-like diseaseEvi Mariani and Moch. N. Kurniawan, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The government announced on Monday that no Indonesians had been infected so far by the worldwide outbreak of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), but it was taking ...
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Tue, 18 Mar 2003

TV Program: Tuesday, March. 18, 2003TVRI .TB.30" .90" 5:00 a.m.Religious Teachings6:00 News: Berita Pagi7:00 English News Service7:30 Children's Program: Pentas Ceria 8:00 Talk Show: RT / RW8:30 DRTV Indonesia 9:00 Tourism9:30 Comedy10:00 Quiz: Dibisikin11:00 News: Berita ...
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Tue, 18 Mar 2003

Where to go in Bandung for Tuesday, March 18, 2003 Performances* Traditional Sundanese Play, Buah Mawa Cilaka, at Gedung Kesenian Rumentang Siang, Jl. Baranang Siang 1, Kosambi, Bandung, (Tel. 022-4233562), until March 19, 10 a.m., 2 p.m., & 4 p.m.
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Tue, 18 Mar 2003

Lucky fans off to meet Beckham JAKARTA: Chandra Kurniawan of Jakarta, Supanji Prayogo of Salatiga, Central Java, Ilham Hidayat of East Kalimantan and Denny Kurniawan of Bandung, will be meeting Manchester United star David Beckham after their names were drawn in a contest open to consumers of ...
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Tue, 18 Mar 2003

The ebb and flow of human rights enforcementAsvi Warman Adam, Historian, Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI), Jakarta The National Commission on Human Rights has become more active of late in investigating past human rights violations.
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Tue, 18 Mar 2003

Minister backs community college BALIKPAPAN, East Kalimantan: The Ministry of Education fully supports the establishment of a community college by the city government of Balikpapan and several others in eastern Kalimantan.National education minister A.
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Tue, 18 Mar 2003

Freedom of the press Endy M. Bayuni's compelling article on the March 8 mob attack on the premises of the news magazine Tempo titled, An attack on Tempo is an assault on our freedom, March 12, 2003) asserts: "We must not let the mobs, and whoever are behind them, take away that freedom from us.
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Tue, 18 Mar 2003

Police start hasty probe into `Tempo' attack amid pressureTertiani ZB Simanjuntak, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Bowing to public and political pressure, the police started on Monday an investigation into the attack on the Tempo news weekly by a group of people representing the interests of ...
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Tue, 18 Mar 2003

Councillor gets jail term for briberySri Wahyuni, The Jakarta Post, Yogyakarta The district court here sentenced on Monday a councillor to two years in prison for his key role in a Rp 150 million (US$16,850) bribery case.
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Tue, 18 Mar 2003

West Kalimantan unable to halt illegal loggingBambang Bider, Pontianak, The Jakarta Post I was sitting at a food stall somewhere in Jagoi, Jagoi Babang district, Bengkayang sub-district, West Kalimantan, some four kilometers from the border between Indonesia and Malaysia.
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Tue, 18 Mar 2003

Reconciliation bill held up in state secretary: YusrilMuninggar Sri Saraswati, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta An expected truth and reconciliation commission that would deal with the country's past human rights abuses out of court will not be established in the near future, an official has announced.
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Tue, 18 Mar 2003

Man plays doctor with kitchen knife MAKASSAR, South Sulawesi: Dozens of people in the provincial city of Makassar have allegedly been healed by a self-proclaimed doctor, who uses an ordinary kitchen knife to cut open his patients and remove tumors, kidney stones, other organs and foreign bodies.
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Tue, 18 Mar 2003

RI calls on U.S., allies, to change mind on IraqThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta Amid rising tension in the Middle East, the Indonesian government called on the United States and its allies to listen to the global opposition to a war on Iraq as besides infringing Iraqi sovereignty, an attack would bring ...
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Tue, 18 Mar 2003

PDI-P and PPP coalesce in C. Java gubernatorial raceSuherdjoko, The Jakarta Post, Semarang Central Java councilors from the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI Perjuangan) and the United Development (PPP) factions have nominated provincial council head and PDI Perjuangan faction member ...
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Tue, 18 Mar 2003

KPU resists any interventionArya Abhiseka, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The General Elections Commission (KPU) has resisted intervention from the government and legislators who wanted to influence the commission's election timetable.
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Tue, 18 Mar 2003

The folly of violence I am writing in reference to your headline Community leaders unite to denounce thuggery (The Jakarta Post, March 15, 2003).
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Tue, 18 Mar 2003

Aceh protester dies on hunger strikeApriadi Gunawan, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta A 12-day-long protest by 600 Acehnese transmigrant refugees over the slow disbursement of resettlement funds has claimed the life of one, and hospitalized four others.
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Tue, 18 Mar 2003

New electric train breaks down JAKARTA: The new Madiun electric train running between Serpong, Tangerang and the Dukuh Atas station in Central Jakarta was stalled for an hour at Pondok Ranji station during its first operation early on Monday.
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Tue, 18 Mar 2003

Trisakti read the riot act JAKARTA: Parties in disagreement over the leadership at Trisakti University were warned on Monday to immediately resolve their differences or risk the government taking over the management.
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Tue, 18 Mar 2003

Bapepam penalizes Lippo managementDadan Wijaksana, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The Capital Market Supervisory Agency (Bapepam) imposed a Rp 2.
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Tue, 18 Mar 2003

Fishermen threaten to shut down power plantKasparman, The Jakarta Post, Padang, West Sumatra Some 1,400 fishermen on Monday threatened to cut off the water supply to the Singkarak hydropower plant in West Sumatra, saying its operations had depleted the Singkarak Lake's fish population.
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Tue, 18 Mar 2003

`Small budget does not justify TNI mercenary activities'Kurniawan Hari, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Pressure has continued to rise on the Indonesian Military (TNI) and National Police to stop allowing their personnel to receive "honorariums" from sources other than the state, with observers saying ...
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Tue, 18 Mar 2003

1. Worker (1x 30) Labor export suspension extended 2. Aceh (3 x 14) Govt blames GAM for violence against JSC 3. KPU (1 x 24) KPU resists any intervention 4. Eros (2 x 18) PDI-P destroyed our facilities: PNBK 5.
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Tue, 18 Mar 2003

On tuberculosis Sari Setiogi makes the assertion in The Jakarta Post on March 13 that tuberculosis, or TB, is caused by a nocturnal lifestyle, smoking and sleep deprivation. This belies the facts.
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Tue, 18 Mar 2003

Death penalty appeal voided SURABAYA, East Java: Prosecutors on Monday demanded a court in the East Java capital of Surabaya to dismiss a second appeal by two convicts who were sentenced to death for the murder of a military officer.
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Tue, 18 Mar 2003

PDI-P destroys our facilities, PNBK saysWahyoe Boediwardhana, The Jakarta Post, Denpasar, Bali The National Freedom Bulls Party (PNBK) has accused supporters of President Megawati Soekarnoputri's Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI Perjuangan) of attacking its office in Tabanan, Bali, ...
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Tue, 18 Mar 2003

Chief justice invited to Japan JAKARTA: The Japanese government issued on Monday an invitation to Supreme Court Chairman Bagir Manan to visit Japan and discuss measures to improve legal cooperation between the two countries.
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Tue, 18 Mar 2003

Appeal justices sworn in JAKARTA: Supreme Court Chief Bagir Manan swore in on Monday six appeal justices for the ad hoc human rights tribunal, to handle cases of human rights defendants acquitted in the lower courts.
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Tue, 18 Mar 2003

Police detain Manuputty JAKARTA: Police detained convicted leader of the Maluku Sovereignty Front (FKM) Alexander Manuputty upon his arrival on Monday from Ambon, his lawyer said.
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Tue, 18 Mar 2003

Labor export suspension extendedMoch. N. Kurniawan, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The government has extended the suspension of labor exports indefinitely due to the mounting Iraq crisis despite strong protests from migrant workers and labor export firms.
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Tue, 18 Mar 2003

Govt told to limit foreign NGOs JAKARTA: The government has been called upon to limit the number of foreign non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in the province of Nangroe Aceh Darussalam (NAD).
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Tue, 18 Mar 2003

'High-rise buildings not healthy' JAKARTA: Most high-rise buildings in the country have an unhealthy working environment that could render psychological distress or cause respiratory diseases among the people working there, a government official says.
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Tue, 18 Mar 2003

Show of Asia-Pacific advertising wizardsYusuf Susilo Hartono, Contributor, Jakarta Before the radio and television era, hawkers selling traditional herbal medicines (jamu) roamed traditional markets hawking their wares and performing attractive feats to lure buyers.
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Tue, 18 Mar 2003

Govt blames GAM for violence against JSCMuninggar Sri Saraswati and Fabiola Desy Unidjaja The Jakarta Post JakartaThe government has moved to consult the House of Representatives (DPR) to decide on immediate action against the Free Aceh Movement (GAM) separatist group, whom it said had sparked ...
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Tue, 18 Mar 2003

Most govt buildings are fire hazardsDamar Harsanto, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Most high-rise government buildings have no proper systems for protecting their records and important documents from fire, with most of them also being susceptible to fire mainly due to the negligence of building ...
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Tue, 18 Mar 2003

Ecstasy king in death row opens business from jailMulta Fidrus, The Jakarta Post, Tangerang, Banten Capital punishment and the impenetrable walls of Tangerang Penitentiary apparently has little effect on the entrepreneurial spirit of Ang Kiem Soei, a Dutch citizen who was sentenced to death by ...
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Tue, 18 Mar 2003

How the world will deal with Mideast and N. Korean crisesBantarto Bandoro, Editor, "The Indonesian Quarterly", Centre For Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), Jakarta, bandoro@csis.or.
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Tue, 18 Mar 2003

House questions Tomy, press freedomKurniawan Hari, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Members of the House of Representatives (DPR) took advantage of a hearing on the recent attack on Tempo news magazine to scrutinize Tomy Winata's alleged illegal business ventures and his connection to the Indonesian ...
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Tue, 18 Mar 2003

Pertamina to change status, sell profitable noncore assetsA'an Suryana, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta State oil and gas company Pertamina will soon have to divest its ownership of a number of profitable noncore assets as required by a new government regulation, a government official said on Monday.
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Tue, 18 Mar 2003

RI athletics urged to focus on grassrootsMusthofid, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The Indonesian Athletics Federation (PASI) should be more focused on developing athletics at the grassroots level in a bid to improve its overall performance, an expert said Monday.
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Tue, 18 Mar 2003

KONI wants archers to regain gloryThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta Agum Gumelar, the chairman of the National Sports Council (KONI), has called on the Indonesian Archery Association (Perpani) to pull up its socks and produce the same world-class archers it had at the end of the 1980s.
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Tue, 18 Mar 2003

U.S. experts to examine local seaports, airportsAdianto P. Simamora, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Two security experts from the United States have arrived in Indonesia to assess the implementation of security measures at the country's seaports and airports as part of an international drive to ...
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Tue, 18 Mar 2003

RI withdraws embassy staff from IraqFabiola Desy Unidjaja, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Indonesia has temporarily closed its embassy in Baghdad with the evacuation of the last group of 30 Indonesians as a war on Iraq will likely begin in a few days.
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Tue, 18 Mar 2003

RI calls on U.S., allies, to change mind on IraqThe Jakarta Post JakartaAmid rising tension in the Middle East, the Indonesian government called on the United States and its allies to listen to the global opposition to a war on Iraq as besides infringing Iraqi sovereignty, an attack would bring ...
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Tue, 18 Mar 2003

Japfa Chess Tournament attracts 400 participantsThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta Some 400 participants will feature at the Japfa Chess Tournament, which is the first chess event to be participated in by various levels of the community.
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