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53 articles.

Thu, 31 Jul 2003

JP/Banks show mixed first-half results

Banks show mixed first-half resultsRendi A. Witular, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta During the first semester of this year large-sized Bank Central Asia (BCA) and Bank Lippo lost ground over their net profits while their rivals Bank Internasional Indonesia (BII) and Bank Panin advanced forward with ...

Thu, 31 Jul 2003

JP/Les villagers promote sustainable fishing

Les villagers promote sustainable fishingPariama Hutasoit, Contributor, Buleleng, North Bali Blessed with abundant marine resources, Bali waters are home to a wide variety of underwater species, including aquarium fish -- lucrative for local fishermen as well as greedy businessmen.

Thu, 31 Jul 2003

JP/Auto theft second major offenses, city police say

Auto theft second major offenses, city police sayDamar Harsanto, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Auto theft has become the second major offense this year as between five and seven cars are reportedly stolen every day.

Thu, 31 Jul 2003

JP/Nurcholish withdraws from Golkar convention

Nurcholish withdraws from Golkar conventionTiarma Siboro and A'an Suryana, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Respected Muslim scholar Nurcholish Madjid announced his withdrawal on Wednesday night from the Golkar Party convention to select presidential candidates after party chairman Akbar Tandjung moved ...

Thu, 31 Jul 2003

JP/Asia and Africa join forces in pursuing fair world

Asia and Africa join forces in pursuing fair worldFabiola Desy Unidjaja, The Jakarta Post, Bandung Asian and African countries vowed on Wednesday to pursue a common view and collective action to ensure the fair and equal sharing out of advantages among nations in the world in the wake ...

Thu, 31 Jul 2003

JP/Indosiar, media companies book gloomy first semester performance

Indosiar, media companies book gloomy first semester performanceThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta The first semester net profit of television company PT Indosiar Visual Mandiri, which runs Indosiar television network, plunged by 36 percent to Rp 59.

Thu, 31 Jul 2003

JP/Minister upbeat about tourist arrivals

Minister upbeat about tourist arrivals JAKARTA: The number of international tourists visiting Indonesia could reach the optimistic figure of 4.

Thu, 31 Jul 2003

JP/The dangers of 'gray power' for senior citizens

The dangers of 'gray power' for senior citizensAlberto Alesina and Francesco Giavazzi, Project Syndicate With rare bipartisan agreement, the Bush administration is proposing a substantial increase in benefits for the elderly. The proposed reforms may cost U.S.

Thu, 31 Jul 2003

JP/Megawati's diplomatic 'coup' in freeing Suu Kyi

Megawati's diplomatic 'coup' in freeing Suu KyiKornelius Purba, Staff Writer, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta korpur@yahoo.

Thu, 31 Jul 2003

JP/Birth of half goat half man

Birth of half goat half man SERANG: Hundreds of people in the village of Petir in Serang regency, Banten province, were shocked by the birth of a baby goat whose body resembled that of a human baby, on Tuesday.However, later in the evening the baby died.

Thu, 31 Jul 2003

JP/CIMB to inject capital into Niaga Sekuritas

CIMB to inject capital into Niaga SekuritasThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta Commerce International Merchant Bank (CIMB), a unit of Malaysia's financial group Commerce Asset Holdings Bhd., will inject fresh money into PT Niaga Sekuritas in return for a 51 percent stake in the securities firm.Peter B.

Thu, 31 Jul 2003

JP/Bojong residents raise stink over garbage dump

Bojong residents raise stink over garbage dumpBambang Nurbianto, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta For the second time, villagers from Bogor regency rallied at City Hall and the City Council building against plans to build a garbage treatment facility in Bojong village.

Thu, 31 Jul 2003

JP/Where to go in Bali for Thursday, July 31, 2003

Where to go in Bali for Thursday, July 31, 2003.TB.30" 1.0"Exhibitions* Painting Three Sides of Me by Kerry Pendergrast at Pranoto's Gallery, Main Road, Ubud (next door to Fed Ex, Tel. 0361 970 827), until July 31. * Ceramic by Marcello Massoni and Michela Foppiani, Gaya Fusion of Senses, Jl.

Thu, 31 Jul 2003

JP/LG Indonesia boosting DVD player production

LG Indonesia boosting DVD player productionEvi Mariani, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta South Korean electronics giant LG Electronics is boosting the production of its digital video disc (DVD) player in Indonesia in response to the surge in demand for the product.

Thu, 31 Jul 2003

JP/LG Indonesia boosting DVD player production

LG Indonesia boosting DVD player productionEvi Mariani, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta South Korean electronics giant LG Electronics is boosting the production of its digital video disc (DVD) player in Indonesia in response to the surge in demand for the product.

Thu, 31 Jul 2003

JP/Theater empowers and educates

Theater empowers and educatesZora Rahman, Contributor, Jakarta "If you want to change Indonesia, you have to go to the theater." The wise words from famous late theater director Wahyu Sihombing found fertile ground in Lena Simanjuntak, and the advice changed her life.

Thu, 31 Jul 2003

JP/TV Program: Thursday, July 31, 2003

TV Program: Thursday, July 31, 2003 .TB.30" .90"TVRI 6:00 a.m. News: Berita Pagi7:00 English News Service9:00 Music11:00 News: Berita Daerah12:00 p.m.

Thu, 31 Jul 2003

JP/Miss Universe's plane forced to land

Miss Universe's plane forced to landThe Jakarta Post, Medan, North Sumatra A Garuda Indonesia plane carrying Miss Universe Amelia Vega had to make an emergency landing on Wednesday in South Sumatra province due to engine failure, officials said.

Thu, 31 Jul 2003

JP/Jakarta water supply disrupted

Jakarta water supply disrupted JAKARTA: PT PAM Lyonnaise Jaya (PALYJA) warned the public to anticipate a water supply disruption in certain areas on Thursday and Friday.

Thu, 31 Jul 2003

JP/RI hopes to see Suu Kyi freed in October

RI hopes to see Suu Kyi freed in OctoberFabiola Desy Unidjaja, The Jakarta Post, Bandung Indonesia stepped up the pressure on the Myanmar government to release pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Wednesday, dropping a hint that the Nobel laureate could be freed before the Association of ...

Thu, 31 Jul 2003

JP/American journalist faces jail but says not guilty

American journalist faces jail but says not guiltyNani Farida, The Jakarta Post, Banda Aceh, Aceh Facing two months imprisonment for immigration offenses, an American freelance journalist asserted that he had not committed any acts or activities that violated Indonesia's immigration law.

Thu, 31 Jul 2003

JP/Regency offices may be seized

Regency offices may be seized TANGERANG: Offices of the Tangerang administration and council in Tiga Raksa subdistrict were almost confiscated by the Indonesian Bank Restructuring Agency (IBRA) on Wednesday, because the land certificate was pawned by developer PT Panca Wira Sakti.

Thu, 31 Jul 2003

JP/Scornful Yangon endangers its economy and people

Scornful Yangon endangers its economy and peopleThe Straits Times, Asia News Network, Singapore The fate of Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi grows more grave the longer she remains isolated.

Thu, 31 Jul 2003

JP/BI further cuts SBI rate

BI further cuts SBI rateThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta In a sign of further confidence in the economy, the central bank cut its benchmark interest rate to 9.10 percent on Wednesday from 9.17 percent previously.

Thu, 31 Jul 2003

JP/Driver arrested for child deaths

Driver arrested for child deaths MEDAN, North Sumatra: Police here have captured a public transportation driver who allegedly hit and killed four elementary school students in Sambirejo subdistrict, 30 kilometers from the North Sumatra capital Medan.

Thu, 31 Jul 2003

JP/Oil firms' spending autonomy

Oil firms' spending autonomy Budgeting or spending autonomy, an ongoing issue between oil and natural gas production-sharing contractors (PSCs) in Indonesia and the government since the late 1960s, was again the subject of debate between oil firms and BP Migas, the upstream oil and gas authority, ...

Thu, 31 Jul 2003

JP/Deer me, grass sweeter in Monas

Deer me, grass sweeter in MonasBambang Nurbianto and Theresa Sufa, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta/Bogor It would appear that the criticism of Governor Sutiyoso's decision to release 12 spotted deer in the National Monument (Monas) park might have been wrong -- six does are now reportedly pregnant.

Thu, 31 Jul 2003

JP/No hurry in Akbar graft case

No hurry in Akbar graft case JAKARTA: A panel of five Supreme Court justices has yet to decide on the appeal brought by House Speaker Akbar Tandjung against his graft conviction, and has said that no target date had been set to finish it."We have no target date.

Thu, 31 Jul 2003

JP/Deer me, grass sweeter in Monas

Deer me, grass sweeter in Monas SERANG: Hundreds of people in the village of Petir in Serang regency, Banten province, were shocked by the birth of a baby goat whose body resembled that of a human baby, on Tuesday.However, later in the evening the baby died.

Thu, 31 Jul 2003

JP/Police arrest a suspect in kidnapping case

Police arrest a suspect in kidnapping caseThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta/Surabaya East Java Police have arrested Dani alias Deni Saputra, 21, a member of a serial kidnapping gang. The suspect was nabbed on Tuesday at his girlfriend's rented house on Jl.

Thu, 31 Jul 2003

JP/Regency offices may be seized

Regency offices may be seized TANGERANG: Offices of the Tangerang administration and council in Tiga Raksa subdistrict were almost confiscated by the Indonesian Bank Restructuring Agency (IBRA) on Wednesday, because the land certificate was pawned by developer PT Panca Wira Sakti.

Thu, 31 Jul 2003

JP/Artists paint the dark side of military

Artists paint the dark side of militaryYusuf Susilo Hartono, Contributor, Jakarta Artists over the last five years have represented the military through painting, sculpture, graphic-art and installation but violence and cruelty has most often been the subject of discourse.

Thu, 31 Jul 2003

JP/Careless motorist razes family home

Careless motorist razes family home BOGOR: The carelessness of a motorist almost killed a family when the suspect, who is still at large, threw a cigarette butt into a gas kiosk owned by Didin, 40, and wife Titih, 36, in Parung Banteng village, Bogor.

Thu, 31 Jul 2003

JP/Industry, officials in bed together while Jakartans choke

Industry, officials in bed together while Jakartans chokeZakki Hakim, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta As long as the city administration continues to treat industry as its cash cow, officials will remain blind to environmental damage caused by business, environmental groups say.

Thu, 31 Jul 2003

JP/'Police discriminative in handling cases'

'Police discriminative in handling cases' Police are currently under the spotlight for their investigations into the shooting of a businessman and his bodyguard and the serial kidnappings in Jakarta and West Java. Both cases reflect the difference in how police view "big" and "petty" cases.

Thu, 31 Jul 2003

JP/Arroyo must reform

Arroyo must reform The world rightly and immediately denounced last weekend's mutiny launched by some 300 Philippine troops and junior officers who demanded the resignations of President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo and several heads in the military and defense department, alleging high-level ...

Thu, 31 Jul 2003

JP/Corrupt judges exist, Chief Justice says

Corrupt judges exist, Chief Justice saysMuninggar Sri Saraswati The Jakarta Post JakartaChief Justice Bagir Manan admitted on Wednesday that there were currently corrupt judges both in the Supreme Court and in lower courts, but blamed lawyers for initiating the practice.

Thu, 31 Jul 2003

JP/Parties accused of extortion in Medan

Parties accused of extortion in MedanApriadi Gunawan, The Jakarta Post, Medan, North Sumatra Chinese-Indonesian businesspeople in North Sumatra have alleged that political party activists are extorting money from them ahead of the 2004 elections.

Thu, 31 Jul 2003

JP/Minister upbeat about tourist arrivals

Minister upbeat about tourist arrivals JAKARTA: The number of international tourists visiting Indonesia could reach the optimistic figure of 4.

Thu, 31 Jul 2003

JP/U.S. still not sure for Bali beach volleyball tourney

U.S. still not sure for Bali beach volleyball tourneyArya Abhiseka, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Indonesia will have two wild cards at next month's Swatch Women's Beach Volleyball World Tour in Bali, while teams from the United States are still unsure about their participation due to government ...

Thu, 31 Jul 2003

JP/Far-reaching implications of the young turks' coup attempt

Far-reaching implications of the young turks' coup attemptRaymund Jose G. Quilop, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Asia News Network, Manila The rebellion staged by the 296 soldiers who occupied the Oakwood serviced-apartments building in the heart of Makati City's central business district the whole ...

Thu, 31 Jul 2003

JP/Sleman chosen for budget program

Sleman chosen for budget program YOGYAKARTA: The regency of Sleman will receive a Rp 2.5 billion grant from the group Building Institutions for Good Governance (BIGG) to help it develop performance-based budget transparency.

Thu, 31 Jul 2003

JP/Bali has abundant and unexplored marine potential

Bali has abundant and unexplored marine potentialAyu Anggraeni, Contributor, Singaraja, North Bali For years, the travel and tourist industry has generated major income for Bali, while industries like agriculture and fisheries were ignored to make way for tourism development projects.

Thu, 31 Jul 2003

JP/'Global mining industry picking up'

'Global mining industry picking up'Fitri Wulandari, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The global mining industry is on the rise again due to strong demand from the growing economies of China and India, a mining association said on Wednesday.Paul L.

Thu, 31 Jul 2003

JP/PDI-P condemned as New Order clone

PDI-P condemned as New Order clone JAKARTA: Pioneer Party (PP) chairwoman Rachmawati Soekarnoputri says that the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI Perjuangan)'s central board's strategy of ignoring its own members when choosing who to support in gubernatorial elections resembled the ...

Thu, 31 Jul 2003

JP/TNI's dual function

TNI's dual function The article in your paper on July 3, 2003 written by Dr. Damien Kingsbury, titled Lingering problems: TNI, the state, the nation was appalling. The dual function of the Indonesian Military (TNI), which went beyond the intentions of its architect, the late Gen. A.H.

Thu, 31 Jul 2003

JP/Arroyo must reform further

Arroyo must reform further The world rightly and immediately denounced last weekend's mutiny launched by some 300 Philippine troops and junior officers who demanded the resignations of President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo and several heads in the military and defense department, alleging ...

Thu, 31 Jul 2003

JP/Profits down for BCA, Lippo, up for BII, Panin

Profits down for BCA, Lippo, up for BII, Panin Rendi A. Witular The Jakarta Post Jakarta During the first semester of this year large-sized Bank Central Asia (BCA) and Bank Lippo lost ground over their net profits while their rivals Bank Internasional Indonesia (BII) and Bank Panin advanced ...

Thu, 31 Jul 2003

JP/How fair are international tribunals?

How fair are international tribunals?Dmitri Kosyrev, Vice-President, Russian Association on Foreign Policy, Moscow Cambodia held parliamentary elections on Sunday, which may be seen as a local event.

Thu, 31 Jul 2003

JP/JP/1/HOUR

JP/1/HOURArmy troops shoot dead GAM leader: The Indonesian Military claimed on Wednesday to have killed Tengku Jamaica, a Free Aceh Movement (GAM) leader.

Thu, 31 Jul 2003

JP/House, govt to vote on court bill, but still mulling judicial criteria

House, govt to vote on court bill, but still mulling judicial criteriaKurniawan Hari, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The House of Representatives has one issue left to resolve before the Constitutional Court bill can be endorsed, and plans to hold a vote on whether to pass the bill when it convenes on ...

Thu, 31 Jul 2003

JP/Consumer confidence increases: Danareksa

Consumer confidence increases: DanareksaThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta Indonesian consumer confidence strengthened in the first half of the year from the same period last year on the back of significant improvements in macroeconomic indicators, according to the latest survey by the Danareksa Research ...

Thu, 31 Jul 2003

JP/Less workload prompts MPR to cut short Annual Session

Less workload prompts MPR to cut short Annual SessionM. Taufiqurrahman and Kurniawan Hari, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) looks set to cut short its upcoming Annual Session due to a lighter workload compared to previous sessions.