Provinces' good science students It was a great surprise to read news of the brilliant
achievement of the Indonesian Physics Olympiad Team (TOFI),
consisting of eight senior high school students, which
unexpectedly emerged as top winner in the fourth Asian Physics
Olympiad (APhOIV) held in ... More ...
Telkom gives $382m in dividends JAKARTA: The publicly-listed state-owned telecommunications
firm PT Telkom said it would distribute dividends of Rp 3.3
trillion (US$382 million) or Rp 304.26 per share for the 2002
financial year. More ...
Indonesian, Australian NGOs meet to address common problemsBerni K. Moestafa, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta A group of leading Australian non-governmental organizations
(NGOs) met for the first time with their Indonesian counterparts
here, in order to foster ties among community leaders and to ... More ...
Standards needed before liberalizing ASEAN labor marketsRidwan Max Sijabat, The Jakarta Post, Mataram, West Nusa Tenggara Ten member countries of the Association of Southeast Asian
Nations (ASEAN) apparently will not liberalize their labor market
in the immediate future, due to their different ... More ...
Analyst questions Indofarma reportEvi Mariani, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta PT Indofarma's explanation of the alleged irregularities in
its unaudited 2002 financial report is still unclear and it
needed to give more deliberations to a number of questions, an
analyst at Bank Negara Indonesia (BNI) ... More ...
Rp 820 billion in irregularities foundBambang Nurbianto, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The Supreme Audit Agency (BPK) has found financial irregularities
worth about Rp 820 billion (US$97. More ...
Donors push for peace in AcehNani Farida and Fabiola Desy Unidjaja, The Jakarta Post,
Banda Aceh/Jakarta International donors made a last ditch effort on Friday to
salvage a peace deal signed by the government and the Free Aceh
Movement (GAM) in December 2002 as the deadline for the rebels ... More ...
Govt expands reforestation to 21 catchment areasMoch. N. Kurniawan, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The government has decided to expand the reforestation program
from 17 critical catchment areas to 21 across the archipelago
over five years between 2003 and 2007 to help reduce widespread
natural ... More ...
20 firms in Tangerang closed down JAKARTA: Twenty companies in the Tangerang municipality have
stopped operations due to the slow business over the past few
years, causing 36,108 people to lose their jobs, an official
said. More ...
Robbers raid Goro supermarket in C. JavaThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta A group of robbers armed with rifles and guns raided on Friday
Goro supermarket in Sukoharjo, a town in Central Java, stealing
Rp 157 million (about US$18,000) in cash and cellular phones
worth more than Rp 20 million. More ...
Govt needs to make known criteria for passing examsSyamsir Alam
Center for
International Education
Universitas Al Azhar Indonesia
Jakarta This year's school final exams may be a decisive moment for
the Ministry of National Education in its efforts to improve
education in the country. More ...
Embedded journalists to cover military operationsTiarma Siboro, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Learning from the U.S.-led coalition in the Iraq war, the
Indonesian Military (TNI) has called on 60 local journalists who
will be embedded with its troops during their operation in
restive Aceh. More ...
Prosecutors complete dossiers on Papua arms thievesNethy Dharma Somba
The Jakarta Post
Jayapura, Papua Nine soldiers could face sentences of four years to life
imprisonment in connection with last month's raid on the Wamena
military district arsenal that killed three people. More ...
Thamrin sidewalk project: Insanity?Marco Kusumawijaya, Architect, Jakarta Isn't it pathetic that something as mundane and taken for
granted as sidewalks has become the center of attention after the
city announced its plan to beautify Jl. More ...
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IBRA to sell assets: The Indonesian Bank Restructuring Agency
(IBRA) announced late on Friday it would sell assets worth US$2.5
billion and Rp 18.6 trillion. More ...
Businesses back IMF's monitoring roleFitri Wulandari, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The business sector has demanded that the government continue
working with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) through a
post-program monitoring system, saying the fund's presence is
still crucial to maintain ... More ...
Yogyakarta councillors turn suspects in graft caseSri Wahyuni, The Jakarta Post, Yogyakarta Prosecutors in Yogyakarta named on Friday six provincial
councillors as suspects in a graft case, only days after
suspicion over a misuse of funds prompted the Yogyakarta governor
to cut 55 councillor's ... More ...
Bali hotels expect influx next weekI Wayan Juniartha, The Jakarta Post, Denpasar, Bali Several hotels in Bali said on Friday they expected an influx
of guests, citing soaring reservations as local tourists took
advantage of next week's four-day long weekend. More ...
New automotive magazine on sale JAKARTA: German-based automotive magazine Auto Bild in
association with local publisher Gramedia-Majalah group
introduced Auto Bild Indonesia at the Auto Mall in the Sudirman
Central Business District (SCBD) in South Jakarta on Tuesday. More ...
TNI replaces Aceh commanderThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta The Indonesian Military (TNI) unexpectedly announced the
replacement of the Aceh provincial military commander Maj. Gen. More ...
Police apprehend local cyber-pimpsDamar Harsanto, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The police have arrested a husband and wife who were allegedly
operating a prostitution ring over the Internet for the past two
months. More ...
Bulog told to buy rice to boost local pricesAdianto P. Simamora, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The Ministry of Agriculture urged the State Logistics Agency
(Bulog) to procure at least 600,000 tons of unhusked rice from
farmers this month to help prop up the current sluggish price of
the commodity. More ...
Economist's love affair with jazzRidlo Aryanto, Contributor, Yogyakarta Tony Prasetyantono may be well-known as an economist and
researcher at Gadjah Mada University (UGM). But in his hometown
of Yogyakarta, he has been bestowed another title: UGM jazz
director. More ...
Task force and aid ready for Acehnese refugees before warMoch. N. Kurniawan and Fabiola Desy Unidjaja, The Jakarta Post,
Jakarta The government has established a task force to help internally
displaced persons (IDP) in Aceh, if war between government troops
and the Free Aceh Movement (GAM) breaks ... More ...
Macroeconomic stability? Stop telling a big lie!D.A. Simarmata
School of Economics
University of Indonesia
Jakarta
matabm@centrin.net.id Macroeconomic stability are some of the most frequent words
heard today, either from officials or from those in business. More ...
Bali security tightened ahead of trialsWahyoe Boediwardhana, The Jakarta Post, Denpasar, Bali Bali police have tightened security measures at various entry
points to the resort island ahead of the trials of the Bali
bombing suspects, following reports that certain groups would try
to disrupt the ... More ...
DPR told to limit political partiesKurniawan Hari, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The alumni of the National Resilience Institute (Lemhannas) are
calling on lawmakers to draft a law that limits the number of
political parties in order to achieve political stability and
security. More ...
Recruitment tips: Winning the war for talentJuni Kuntari, Senior Manager, Accenture Companies everywhere are struggling to hold on to their most
valuable employees. More ...
RI receives $12.5m aid from Canada JAKARTA: State Minister for Development Planning Kwik Kian Gie
and Canadian Ambassador to Indonesia Ferry de Kerckhove signed on
Friday a memorandum of understanding on financial aid for C$17.5
million (US$12. More ...
Gapki demands zero tax for Russia-bound CPOM. Taufiqurrahman, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The Indonesian Palm Oil Producers Association (Gapki) demanded on
Friday that palm oil products to be exported to Russia under a
countertrade agreement be exempted from taxes. More ...
Awareness key to thwarting street crime in public placesDamar Harsanto, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Film star Rachel Maryam was not immediately aware that she would
be the victim of a mugging when her car stopped at traffic lights
at the crowded and heavily clogged Coca-cola intersection in
Cempaka ... More ...
Guidelines to fight money launderingDadan Wijaksana, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The country's antimoney-laundering task force issued on Friday
several guidelines for local financial institutions, both banks
and nonbanks, to help them identify and detect any suspicious
financial transactions. More ...
Where to go in Jakarta:Saturday, May 10, 2003Exhibitions* Photo Japanese Face, Pusat Kebudayaan Jepang - The Japan
Foundation, Summitmas I, Jl. Jend. Sudirman Kav. 61-62 South
Jakarta (Tel. 5201266), 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., until May 30. More ...
Two commit suicide in Tangerang TANGERANG: A teenager hanged himself because he was being teased
about not being able to pay school fees, while a 60-year-old
woman set herself on fire in separate suicides in Tangerang. More ...
Interest rate `low enough', further cut unlikely: BIDadan Wijaksana, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta After guiding its benchmark interest rate down for the past year,
Bank Indonesia said on Friday that the current rate was "low
enough," signaling for the first time that a further rate cut in
the near ... More ...
Prosecutors prepare dossiers for nine Papua arms thievesNethy Dharma Somba, The Jakarta Post, Jayapura, Papua Nine soldiers could face sentences of four years to life
imprisonment in connection with last month's raid on the Wamena
military district arsenal that killed three people. More ...
Inul's body politicized Inul's gyrating body has become an extremely interesting
subject of discussion at all layers of Indonesian society
recently. Almost all television talk shows raise the issue of
Inul's rags-to-riches story. More ...
Councillors get Rp 30 m 'bribe' JAKARTA: The speaker of the Bogor municipal council has
admitted to receiving Rp 1.59 billion of taxpayer money in late
February from Mayor Iswara Natanegara and distributed the money
to council members - Rp 30 million each. More ...
Police in hot water over intensifying street crimeT. Sima Gunawan, Staff Writer, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta,
sima@thejakartapost.com With a smile on his face, a police officer kicked a shirtless
boy who had a swollen lip and a cut near his eye. Another
grinning officer held the boy's arms. More ...
Police nab 34 buskersThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta A total of 34 street musicians were arrested at three different
places on Thursday evening for alleged offenses such as mugging
and extortion, in which motorists and public transportation
passengers were targeted. More ...
RI, Vietnam to finalize sea border agreementFabiola Desy Unidjaja, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta After a quarter of a century Indonesia and Vietnam expect to
finalize details of their shared borders in the South China Sea
off Natuna island, which will allow Indonesia to secure some 2. More ...
Aceh peace
possibleA poor peace is better than a great war, so the old adage
goes.Recently, life in Aceh has been peaceful as a result of
negotiations, not a military victory. This peace must be
maintained and improved. A military operation must not be too
hastily considered. More ...
RI vows to boost labor cooperation with neighborsRidwan Max Sijabat, The Jakarta Post, Mataram, West Nusa Tenggara Indonesia and several other ASEAN member countries and dialog
partners made a commitment to improve the quality of workers and
provide better legal protection for the migrant workers ... More ...
Education bill
unrealisticFrom KompasThe national education bill has caused quite a stir in
society, with the introduction of Article 13 paragraph (1)a
requiring the teaching of different religious subjects. More ...
Father sells babies CIREBON, West Java: Police arrested on Friday a man who sold
four of his own children and was about to sell a fifth in the West
Java town of Cirebon.Cirebon Police chief Adj. Comr. Sr. More ...
Parking: Tip of the iceberg The Jakarta administration is again under fire for its recent
move to have a private firm manage on-street parking using
prepaid cards. The pilot project of the new system is slated to
be introduced later this month in five locations: Jl. H. More ...
Workers urge govt protection from SARSKurniawan Hari and Sari P. Setiogi, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta A group of activists representing migrant workers held a rally at
the House of Representatives (DPR) on Friday to urge the
government to pay more attention, and provide protection, to
Indonesian ... More ...
`GAM suspected behind bombings'Damar Harsanto, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Following the arrest of two bomb suspects early this week, the
police said it was possible that the Free Aceh Movement (GAM)
separatist group was behind the spate of bombings in Jakarta last
year as well as the recent blasts ... More ...
Guidelines to fight money launderingDadan Wijaksana, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The country's antimoney-laundering task force issued on Friday
several guidelines for local financial institutions, both banks
and nonbanks, to help them identify and detect any suspicious
financial transactions. More ...
RI aims to cut HIV infectionsSari P. Setiogi, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta In response to the rising number of people living with HIV/AIDS,
the government issued on Friday a new national strategy for 2003
to 2007 in the fight against the disease. More ...
`Consumers must not simply believe ads' The Food and Drug Monitoring Body has ordered the removal of 100
types of food supplements manufactured by Australia's Pan
Pharmaceuticals Ltd. due to the failure of tests identified by
the Australian Therapeutical Goods Administration earlier this
year. More ...
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