Idealism and reality Aside from the festivities and merrymaking that so many people
from all walks of life enjoyed while celebrating the 58th
anniversary of Indonesia Day, other events took place with more
of a thanksgiving theme. More ...
New envoys submit credentials JAKARTA: President Megawati Soekarnoputri received the
credentials of new Portuguese Ambassador to Indonesia Jose Manuel
Santos Braga and South Korean Ambassador Yun Hai-jung on Friday. More ...
Hospitals criticized for malpracticeA'an Suryana, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Chairman of the Indonesian Doctors Association (IDI) Farid Anfasa
Moeloek warned on Friday that a good number of hospitals in
Jakarta and several other cities had allegedly committed
fraudulent practices. More ...
IBRA completes sale of 2,647 property assetsThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta The Indonesian Bank Restructuring Agency (IBRA) has raked in some
Rp 751 billion (US$89.5 million) in proceeds from its latest
property assets sale program. More ...
New envoys submit credentials JAKARTA: President Megawati Soekarnoputri received the
credentials of new Portuguese Ambassador to Indonesia Jose Manuel
Santos Braga and South Korean Ambassador Yun Hai-jung on Friday. More ...
Indonesia must clean up terrorismAmien Rais, Speaker People's Consultative Assembly, Jakarta The recent JW Marriott Hotel bombing in Jakarta did not only
leave a deep scar on those who lost their loved ones, but
moreover a majority of Indonesians. More ...
'We rely the kindness of others' The recent forecast of the Meteorology and Geophysics Agency
(BMG) indicates that the dry season will peak in September and
rain will not start to fall until October. Areas of Java have
been hit by the most severe drought since 1997. More ...
16,000 pirated CDs, VCDs seized BOGOR: Police seized at least 16,000 pirated compact discs
(CD) and video compact discs (VCD) from a number of shops and
street traders on Thursday evening.Bogor Police deputy chief First Insp. More ...
JP/5/mundurVillage heads threaten to thwart Golkar election bidAndi Hajramurni
The Jakarta Post
Makassar, South SulawesiDozens of village heads in Enrekang regency, South Sulawesi, have
threatened to resign en masse so as to prevent the Golkar Party
from winning the 2003 regental election in the ... More ...
Cultural scholarship program helps build bridgesSri Wahyuni, The Jakarta Post, Yogyakarta Recently Australian Zoe Campbell found it difficult and
culturally shocking to have rice three times a day as her main
meal, especially if it was served with spicy and hot side dishes,
like most Indonesians ... More ...
Ambarawa rail tour a real adventureBambang M, Contributor, Ambarawa, Central Java As the whistle blew, the old funicular locomotive and its two
cars resembling the ones in cowboy movies jerked to life and
began to move noisily. More ...
Where to go in Jakarta: Saturday, August 23, 2003Exhibitions* Photo The Transfixed Spectator, by Kassian Cephas, Erasmus
Huis, Jl. H.R. Rasuna Said, Kav S-3, Kuningan, South Jakarta
(Tel. 5241069), until Aug. 30. More ...
JP/5/irjaStudents, other Papuans reject C. Irian Jaya provinceNethy Dharma Somba
The Jakarta Post
Timika, PapuaHundreds of students occupied the Mimika legislative council
building in Papua on Friday to express their opposition to a
controversial central government decision to divide the province. More ...
House seat allocation receives mixed reactionsMoch. N. Kurniawan
The Jakarta Post
JakartaElectoral activists gave on Friday mixed reactions over the
decision by the General Elections Commission (KPU) to allocate
550 House of Representatives seats for the nation's 32 provinces
in the 2004 general ... More ...
Who's to blame? These are busy days for Coordinating Minister of People's
Welfare, Jusuf Kalla. During the past week alone, the
indefatigable cabinet minister has been spending much of his time
touring the provinces and visiting villages to personally observe
the damage which the severe drought ... More ...
PMA a hatchery of coup makers?Amando Doronila
Philippine Daily Inquirer
Asia News Network
Manila The role of the Philippine Military Academy (PMA) in
strengthening democracy in this country has come under the
glaring spotlight of scrutiny in the wake of the failed July 27
coup. More ...
House backs Balinese, urges probe into fixed electionM. Taufiqurrahman, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The House of Representatives strongly urged home minister Hari
Sabarno on Friday to heed the ruling by the Denpasar
Administrative Court that the swearing-in of governor-elect Dewa
Made Beratha be ... More ...
Parks: finding free space in the cityChristine Foster, Contributor, Denpasar, Bali Healthy and well-used public parks, unlike cars, computers and
competition, are curiously lacking from the Indonesian modern
lifestyle. More ...
Prison a haven for drug salesMulta Fidrus, The Jakarta Post, Tangerang Drug dealing is certainly a profitable business, making it
irresistible to inmates of the Tangerang penitentiary. More ...
ICW urges President to axe M.A. Rachman for 'poor record'A'an Suryana, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Indonesian Corruption Watch (ICW) for the second time has
demanded that President Megawati Soekarnoputri fire Attorney
General M.A. Rachman for his poor performance. More ...
'Rights abuses in Aceh may lead to UN intervention'M. Taufiqurrahman, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) warned the
government on Friday that intervention by the United Nations (UN)
was imminent if it failed to put an end to the gross human ... More ...
PDI Perjuangan researchers 'punished' for their own findings The research agency of the Indonesian Democratic Party of
Struggle (PDI Perjuangan) may have been the victim of its own
work, being disbanded after it did a survey that found the party
was losing grassroots supporters. More ...
U.S. gives grants for RI's compliance with APEC trade initiativeThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta The U.S. Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) has awarded
US$845,000 in grants for two transportation security projects to
help Indonesia comply with the Secure Trade in Asia Pacific
Economic Cooperation ... More ...
RI pluralism mismanagedNico Harjanto & Christine Susanna Tjhin, Researchers, Department
of Politics and Social Change Centre for Strategic and
International Studies (CSIS), Jakarta Since the transition to democracy began five years ago,
Indonesia has been rocked by widespread communal conflicts. More ...
Ancol to hold ride competition JAKARTA: Fantasy World (Dufan) will stage the Highest Points
in Rides competition for visitors from Aug. 23 to Aug. 30. More ...
Razali leads Malaysia's comeback in tour d'ISSISyaiful Amin, The Jakarta Post, Yogyakarta Malaysian riders bounced back on Friday in the Tour d'ISSI with
Shahrulneeza Razali winning the sixth stage from Semarang to
Yogyakarta. More ...
'RI to repay foreign debts as scheduled'The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Minister of Finance Boediono said on Friday that the government
would not reduce the budget allocated for repayment of maturing
foreign debts next year, as such a move would be seen as
defaulting on the debt payment obligation and ... More ...
Nimmala temple to host 'Cioko' JAKARTA: Thousands of Buddhists, Taoists and Confucianists
from Java, Sumatra and Kalimantan islands have gathered at the
Nimmala temple in Jl. More ...
U.S. remains aloof over RI demand for Hambali custodyFitri Wulandari and Fabiola Desy Unidjaja, The Jakarta Post,
Jakarta The United States government has refused to discuss the
possibility of transferring terrorist suspect Hambali to
Indonesia at present, citing international complications over ... More ...
The denial of 'consecrated' casteDeepak Lal, Professor of Economics, University of California
Los Angeles, Project Syndicate India's ancient and medieval history is notoriously malleable.
The country's Hindu nationalists unleashed the latest furor over
the nature of India's past. More ...
Drought forces fishermen off watersThe Jakarta Post, Indramayu/Semarang/Surabaya The current severe drought has depleted the water volume of 13
rivers in the West Java regency of Indramayu, one of the areas
hardest hit by the ongoing dry season, affecting about 8,000
fishermen who used to fish in ... More ...
Crime pays a bundle, while corruption rules govt: LIPIMargaret Agusta, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta In Indonesia, crime pays and it pays enormously well, a socio-
political researcher said at the seminar on "Culture as
Inspiration for an Enlightened Indonesia from the Viewpoint of
Economics and ... More ...
Popularity of PDI Perjuangan dips, own survey revealsFabiola Desy Unidjaja, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The embattled ruling Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI
Perjuangan) has been ditched by more than a third of its
supporters, a damning survey has revealed. More ...
Museum to revive historic epic of Untung SurapatiZakki Hakim, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The 400-year-old Stadhuis or City Hall of old Batavia will invoke
its colorful history on Sunday by hosting a play based on the
true epic of Untung Surapati who was once imprisoned in the
building, now known ... More ...
On daylight savings David Beins' reply to my letter (The Jakarta Post, Aug. 4)
made some useful points. True, we know that the number of
daylight hours are not affected by clock changes, but the times
we switch lights on and off are altered. More ...
New envoys submit credentials JAKARTA: President Megawati Soekarnoputri received the
credentials of new Portuguese Ambassador to Indonesia Jose Manuel
Santos Braga and South Korean Ambassador Yun Hai-jung on Friday.The President welcomed the two ambassadors during a ceremony
at the State Palace. More ...
Local markets makes quick recoveryThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta The Jakarta stock market closed higher on Friday on heavy buying
of certain blue-chip shares to carve out a strong showing during
the week, with dealers attributing the rise to renewed confidence
in the local market after the JW Marriott ... More ...
Seat allocation get mixed reactionsMoch. N. Kurniawan, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Electoral activists gave on Friday mixed reactions over the
decision by the General Elections Commission (KPU) to allocate
550 House of Representatives seats for the nation's 32 provinces
in the 2004 general ... More ...
'Schools must shop at store'Sari P. Setiogi, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Following the recent polemic on the controversial Education Law,
the government is set to issue another contentious elementary
school textbook policy, which contradicts educational autonomy. More ...
Soedarmo stays on board as Dirgantara presidentEvi Mariani, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The new controlling owner of ailing state-owned aircraft maker PT
Dirgantara Indonesia surprisingly decided to retain Edwin
Soedarmo as the company's president, although the other board
members were mostly new ... More ...
Wanted bombing suspect surrenders MAKASSAR, South Sulawesi: Dahlan, one of four suspects wanted
after last December's bombing in the South Sulawesi capital of
Makassar, surrendered to police on Friday. More ...
Alleged Yemeni citizen detained in Papua TIMIKA, Papua: Police here said on Friday they are detaining a
Yemeni citizen, identified as Ubaida Al Hamid, 30, on charges of
illegal entry into Indonesia. More ...
Nimmala temple to host 'Cioko' JAKARTA: Thousands of Buddhists, Taoists and Confucianists
from Java, Sumatra and Kalimantan islands have gathered at the
Nimmala temple in Jl. More ...
Stop military operation? A very interesting article appeared in The Jakarta Post on
Aug. 13, page 2, reporting the call from experts to the
government to halt the Aceh military operation. More ...
Wanted bombing suspect surrenders MAKASSAR, South Sulawesi: Dahlan, one of four suspects wanted
after last December's bombing in the South Sulawesi capital of
Makassar, surrendered to police on Friday. More ...
JP/6/SAURICan Indonesia benefit from WTO membership?Muhammad Sauri Hasibuan
Researcher
Fortech Consulting
Jakarta The World Trade Organization (WTO) replaced the General
Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) in 1995. More ...
United States slow to grasp growing crisisMartin Woollacott, Guardian News Service, London The crisis of American power that has been building since the
Twin Towers attacks is close to a point of no return. More ...
Govt determined to solve resettlement problem this yearThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta The government is determined to send around 208,000 refugees back
to their home villages or resettle them in other, safer areas
this year, but it will postpone the resettlement program in war-
torn Aceh as the ... More ...
Century-old nursing home attackedTertiani ZB Simanjuntak, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The peace of 71 people in their twilight years was shattered
after a group of hired thugs smashed their way through a wall of
their historic nursing home in Central Jakarta on Thursday. More ...
Sri Lankan Muslims under the gun of LTTEThe Island, Asia News Network, Colombo Five Muslims were killed within a week in the north and east
by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) and two other
Muslims were reported missing the other day. More ...
Hambali's extradition tangledExtradition not merely a legal issueHikmahanto Juwana, Professor, International Law University of Indonesia,
Jakarta Recently, Thai authorities working together with agents from
the United States captured Hambali, Asia's most wanted terrorist. More ...
JP/5/listrikAsians, Africans study hybrid power system in NTTYemris Fointuna
The Jakarta Post
Kupang, East Nusa TenggaraDelegates from at least 15 Asian and African countries are on a
one-week visit to Kupang, East Nusa Tenggara (NTT), to study the
hybrid power system in Oeledo village, Pante ... More ...
Buildings must apply standard securityBambang Nurbianto, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The city administration has given building managements a Sept. 7
deadline to improve security in an effort to prevent further
terrorist attacks. More ...
Intikeramik shares suspended JAKARTA: The Jakarta Stock Exchange (JSX) suspended on Friday
trade in the shares of porcelain tile company PT Intikeramik
Alamasri Industri, on reports the company faces a bankruptcy
lawsuit. More ...
Police deplore sentence for smugglers SEMARANG: Central Java Police chief Insp. Gen. Didi Widayadi
expressed regret on Friday over the lenient sentences for
suspects found guilty of smuggling 85 kilograms of gold. More ...
Cottage industry on trial In response to the news on the trial of eight villagers for
polluting the environment, as carried in the Suara Pembaruan,
newspaper on Aug. 20, 2003, I contacted the village head of
Cinangka, Ciampea district, Bogor, for more information. More ...
'Shabu-shabu' dealer arrested BEKASI: Police arrested on Thursday evening a man at his house
on Jl. Makam, Kampung Kranji in West Bekasi for selling shabu-
shabu (crystal methamphetamine). More ...
Eight firms win oil and gas tenderFitri Wulandari, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The government has announced eight winners of the tender of new
oil and gas blocks, signaling the recovery of the investment
climate in the country's oil and gas sector. More ...
High winds damage terminal BOGOR: High winds blew the roof of the Bubulak public minivan
terminal, injuring two people and damaging eight minivans.The terminal's director Prihatno said that the high winds
started blowing from the west at about 5 p.m. on Thursday. More ...
Students rally to reject C. Irian Jaya provinceNethy Dharma Somba, The Jakarta Post, Timika, Papua Hundreds of students occupied the Mimika legislative council
building in Papua on Friday to express their opposition to a
controversial central government decision to divide the province. More ...
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