JP/8/SPEAK'I'm fed up with the annual floods'Rain has started to fall once again in the city. Those people suffering from water shortages have welcomed the apparent arrival of the rainy season with joy -- a joy tempered, however, by concern about the possibility of flooding.

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18 candidates in race for Tangerang mayor TANGERANG: A total of 18 mayoral and 16 deputy mayoral candidates in Tangerang municipality will contest the elections for the 2003-2008 period.The elections will be held before the end of November at the Municipal Council building on Jl.

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Japanese restaurants offer new concept to lure local customersRudijanto Contributor Jakarta With the departure of a significant number of Japanese expatriates, the owners of Japanese restaurants, which have mushroomed throughout Indonesia since the early '70s, have mostly shifted their strategy, ...

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TV Program: Tuesday, September 23, 2003TVRI .TB.30" .90" 5:00 a.m. Religious Teachings6:00 News: Berita Pagi7:00 Magic Show7:30 Music9:00 Business Magazine10:00 Music11:30 Music: Konteswara 12:00 p.m.

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Vegetarian restaurants offer alternative, healthy food T. Sima Gunawan Contributor Jakarta It may be called spicy duck or fried chicken, but there is no fowl in the food. The sauteed beef, the fried tuna fish and the shark fin soup are also meat free.

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Key ingredients: Scientific, Safe and HonestIrwan Hidayat Contributor JakartaJP/9 "Back to nature". This credo is gaining more popularity in recent years. This and the abundant information on health currently available have triggered an increased preference for herbal medicines.

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The growing trend towards eating out among the Indonesian middle class has turned the country's major cities into fertile ground not only for Western fast-food chains but also restaurants selling non-Indonesia Asian delicacies.

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JP/9/Pharmaceutical industry: Torn between business and conscienceT. Hidayat Contributor Jakarta Medicines are bitter, so goes one Indonesian saying. However, the makers of medicines -- the pharmaceutical industry -- is having a sweet time businesswise.

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JP/8/FLOODSPeople living along rivers worry about floodsBambang Nurbianto The Jakarta Post JakartaThe onset of the rainy season has caused thousands of people living along the city's rivers to worry about the safety of their homes and the possibility of floods on a similar scale to those of 2002.

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JP/9Creating strong brands for over-the-counter medicines Agus W. Soehadi Contributor JakartaIn Indonesia, the pharmaceutical business is one of the most competitive industries. More than 200 companies fight for a share of the Rp 17 trillion (US$2 billion) market.

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Traditional communities meet in Lombok, demand rightsLuh Putu Trisna Wahyuni, The Jakarta Post, Mataram, West Nusa Tenggara Delegates from some 450 traditional communities across the archipelago concluded their second congress in Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara, with a call for the government to ...

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Cemeti Art House: A place for artists with ideas Sri Wahyuni, The Jakarta Post, Yogyakarta Contemporary artists Nindityo Adipurnomo and wife Mella Jaarsma never thought the Cemeti Art House, which they established in 1988 as a non-profit institution, would endure for more than a decade, or ...

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Where to go in Bandung for Tuesday, September 23, 2003Exhibitions* Photo Bali Baru-Baru Ini, at CCF - French Cultural Center, Jl. Purnawarman 32 (Tel. 022 4212417), 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., until Sept. 26. * Photo Image et paysage at Galeri Kita, Jl. R.E. Martadinata No. 209, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Sept.

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