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Mon, 11 Oct 2004

JP/Can Yudhoyono use his big win to change Indonesia?

Can Yudhoyono use his big win to change Indonesia?Karim Raslan, The Straits Times, Asia News Network, Singapore Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has won a staggering personal mandate.

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Mon, 11 Oct 2004

JP/Between idealism and pragmatism in education

Between idealism and pragmatism in educationMochtar Buchori, Jakarta On Aug. 13, I attended the funeral of a close friend. He was 82 or 83 at the time of his death. I had known him for 40 years. He came from a well-to-do family.

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Mon, 11 Oct 2004

JP/We need a full account from UN on oil-for-food

We need a full account from UN on oil-for-food A fresh report from the United States top Iraqi weapons inspector will strengthen the case for believing Saddam Hussein had no nuclear weapons programs at the time of the invasion in spring last year.

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Mon, 11 Oct 2004

JP/'Hanging out at malls can reduce stress'

'Hanging out at malls can reduce stress' Living in the stressful metropolis of Jakarta can make people more prone to mental disorders. In conjunction with World Mental Health Day on Sunday Oct. 10, The Jakarta Post asked some residents how they managed to cope with the stress of the city.

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Mon, 11 Oct 2004

JP/Taiwan's President calls for peace talks with China

Taiwan's President calls for peace talks with ChinaPrimastuti Handayani, The Jakarta Post/Taipei In a careful and conciliatory move, Taiwan's President Chen Shui- bian called for wide-ranging peace talks with China in a bid to adopt a system to prevent an outbreak of war in the Taiwan Strait.

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Mon, 11 Oct 2004

JP/Indonesia won't make progress without agriculture

Indonesia won't make progress without agricultureHyginus Hardoyo, Jakarta Many have hopes that the next president of Indonesia, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, who has been awarded a doctorate in agricultural science, will work to promote the competitiveness of the farm sector.

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Mon, 11 Oct 2004

JP/Susilo has decisive advantages in combating corruption

Susilo has decisive advantages in combating corruptionWimar Witoelar, Jakarta It is actually easy for Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono to take the initiative in changing the course of the nation away from corruption and state violence, the twin evils that have beset the nation for as long as we can ...

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Mon, 11 Oct 2004

JP/Whither Globalization?

Whither Globalization? James H. Mittelman Yale Center for the Study of Globalization/Helsinki Far fewer than the usual number of protesters were on the streets when the World Bank and the IMF met for their annual conclave in Washington DC on Oct. 2-3.

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Mon, 11 Oct 2004

JP/Indonesian women win ABF final

Indonesian women win ABF finalMoch. N. Kurniawan, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Indonesian bowler Putty Armein won on Sunday the Asian Bowling Federation (ABF) tour women's final at home after beating teammate Novie Phang 193-187.

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Mon, 11 Oct 2004

JP/Illegal animal trade thrives in Indonesia

Illegal animal trade thrives in Indonesia BANDUNG, West Java: Indonesia, along with Brazil and the Congo, remains on top of the list of countries that tolerate illegal trade in protected species.

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Mon, 11 Oct 2004

JP/Student volunteers receive scholarship

Student volunteers receive scholarshipAbdul Khalik, The Jakarta Post/Jakarta Iman Ni'matullah, 21, does not coming from a well-to-do family, but his personal difficulties have not dampened his enthusiasm for helping others, particularly those who cannot go to school due to financial constraints.

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Mon, 11 Oct 2004

JP/10m suffer from elephant foot: Govt

10m suffer from elephant foot: Govt MENTAWAI, North Sumatra: At least 10 million Indonesians suffer from the elephant foot syndrome, making the country the third worst-hit by elephantiasis after India and China.

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Mon, 11 Oct 2004

JP/Family planning on the right track: Report

Family planning on the right track: ReportSari P. Setiogi, The Jakarta Post/Jakarta People's access to family planning and reproductive health in the country has been improving over the past decade, but their commitment to population issues have been on the decline, a government report says.

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Mon, 11 Oct 2004

JP/Profiles of the Jakarta City Council members

Profiles of the Jakarta City Council members Despite the vote-buying allegations during the election of the Jakarta Council speakers, the councillors pledged to work together to fight against corruption in the council and to a create better, more humane city for the residents.

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Mon, 11 Oct 2004

JP/The U.S. and global economic conundrum

The U.S. and global economic conundrumGhalib Chaudhuri, The Daily Star, Asia News Network, Dhaka Here are just two of the many economic riddles facing the world today: U.S.

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Mon, 11 Oct 2004

JP/Teluk Naga to be tourist destination

Teluk Naga to be tourist destination TANGERANG: Tangerang regency plans to develop its Teluk Naga beach into a tourist resort area, with a touch of Chinese culture as its main appeal.

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Mon, 11 Oct 2004

JP/Batam investment forum to be held in NY

Batam investment forum to be held in NYThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta The American Indonesian Chamber of Commerce (AICC) in cooperation with the Batam Industrial Development Authority (BIDA) will hold an investor forum in New York on Oct.

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Mon, 11 Oct 2004

JP/Information minister vital for Susilo's success

Information minister vital for Susilo's successMuhammad Qodari, Jakarta One of President Megawati Soekarnoputri's mistakes when she succeeded Abdurrahman Wahid in 2001 was the appointment of Syamsul Mu'arif of the Golkar Party as her information minister.

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Mon, 11 Oct 2004

JP/Indonesia claims Volleyball championship

Indonesia claims Volleyball championshipEva C. Komandjaja, The Jakarta Post/Jakarta Indonesia claimed the title at the Under-185 centimeters World Volleyball Championship after defeating Japan 3-1 on Sunday's match and erasing Chinese Taipei's hope of capture the Borobudur Cup.

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Mon, 11 Oct 2004

JP/Experts tell parents to keep infants from TV

Experts tell parents to keep infants from TVSari P. Setiogi The Jakarta Post/JakartaA number of parents recently complained about persistent decline in the performance of their children in class in their first year of elementary school children.

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Mon, 11 Oct 2004

JP/Batavia Art Festival lacks visitors

Batavia Art Festival lacks visitorsEvi Mariani, The Jakarta Post/Jakarta The fourth Batavia Art Festival held on Sunday was disappointing as only dozens of people turned up at the biggest festival held by the Jakarta Historical Museum at Fatahillah Square in West Jakarta.

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Mon, 11 Oct 2004

JP/Noordin's wife privy to terror plans: Police source

Noordin's wife privy to terror plans: Police sourceAbdul Khalik, The Jakarta Post/Jakarta Munfiatun, alias Fitri, the detained wife of fugitive terror suspect Noordin Moh. Top, could be charged with involvement in the Sept.

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Mon, 11 Oct 2004

JP/JP/12/bowling

JP/12/bowlingTwo local bowlers advance to semifinals of ABF event Moch. N. Kurniawan The Jakarta Post JakartaTwo Indonesian women bowlers advanced on Saturday to the semifinals of the Asian Bowling Federation (ABF) tour final at the Jaya Ancol Bowling Center in Jakarta.

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Mon, 11 Oct 2004

JP/Medan, Palembang govts order all nightspots to close during Ramadhan

Medan, Palembang govts order all nightspots to close during RamadhanThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta The Medan and Palembang municipal governments ordered on Saturday that all nightspots in the two cities be closed during the month of Ramadhan out of respect for the fasting month.

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Mon, 11 Oct 2004

JP/Six police officers fired for offenses

Six police officers fired for offenses BANDARLAMPUNG, Lampung: Six police officers were fired on Saturday for corruption, drug crimes and failure to report to work.Brig. Gen.

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Mon, 11 Oct 2004

JP/Road rage claims one taxi driver

Road rage claims one taxi driver JAKARTA: A single, lethal blow to the head killed taxi driver Harun Harahap, 48, on Saturday evening, when he was involved in a fight with another motorist.A quarrel started after Harahap's taxi brushed against a minivan in front of Mall Ambassador on Jl. Prof. Dr.

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Mon, 11 Oct 2004

JP/Polls indicate need for party reform, says analysts

Polls indicate need for party reform, says analystsM. Taufiqurrahman, The Jakarta Post/Jakarta Three successive elections this year revealed that the public had largely grown distrustful to political parties and a reform is needed to make them more susceptible to popular demand, analysts said.

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Mon, 11 Oct 2004

JP/Students need field experience: Rector

Students need field experience: Rector BOGOR, West Java: A university rector has called on teachers to include fieldwork in the environmental curriculum so students gain hands-on experience.

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Mon, 11 Oct 2004

JP/IDB to help ailing Dirgantara Indonesia

IDB to help ailing Dirgantara IndonesiaZakki P. Hakim, The Jakarta Post/Jakarta The Islamic Development Bank (IDB) has made a preliminary commitment to provide badly needed working capital for the ailing state-owned airplane maker PT Dirgantara Indonesia (PTDI).

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Mon, 11 Oct 2004

JP/Mega to visit father's grave

Mega to visit father's grave JAKARTA: Outgoing President Megawati Soekarnoputri will pay homage to her father, founding president Sukarno, and is slated to visit his grave on Monday in Blitar, East Java.

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Mon, 11 Oct 2004

JP/Susilo to appoint media liaison: Aide

Susilo to appoint media liaison: AideFabiola Desy Unidjaja, The Jakarta Post/Jakarta Amid efforts to limit the movement of journalists covering his activities, president-elect Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is planning to appoint a spokesperson and organize regular media briefings, according to an aide.

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Mon, 11 Oct 2004

JP/Susilo's budget revision plan hailed

Susilo's budget revision plan hailedRendi A. Witular, Jakarta Experts agree on the plan by president-elect Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono to revise the 2005 state budget, citing the urgency to revise the crucial oil price assumption to better reflect current developments in global oil prices.

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Mon, 11 Oct 2004

JP/Power cuts blamed on deforested green areas

Power cuts blamed on deforested green areasOyos Saroso H.N., The Jakarta Post/Bandarlampung Deforested catchment areas around the Batutegi and Way Besai dams, located in Tanggamus and West Lampung regencies, respectively, have greatly aggravated the power crisis in Lampung province, according to ...

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Mon, 11 Oct 2004

JP/'PC Modding' becomes trendy in Jakarta

'PC Modding' becomes trendy in JakartaA. Junaidi, The Jakarta Post/Jakarta Your personal computer no longer has to be a boring gray box, it can take the forms of a guitar, an aquarium or robot, and it can come in a variety of colors.

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Mon, 11 Oct 2004

JP/Well-versed parents may prevent graft in schools

Well-versed parents may prevent graft in schools Recent reports of alleged corruption cases in several state schools have shocked Jakartans, particularly parents.

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Mon, 11 Oct 2004

JP/Sunda Kelapa plan criticized

Sunda Kelapa plan criticizedLeony Aurora, The Jakarta Post/Jakarta The Jakarta administration should revise its grand plan of Sunda Kelapa revitalization project, as the current one is obsolete and not based on the real condition, and therefore, will be difficult to realize, an expert says.

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Mon, 11 Oct 2004

JP/Mega to inaugurate container seaport

Mega to inaugurate container seaport MANADO, North Sulawesi: President Megawati Soekarnoputri is scheduled to visit Bitung municipality in North Sulawesi province to inaugurate a container port.

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Mon, 11 Oct 2004

JP/Water shortages hit three regencies

Water shortages hit three regenciesHasrul, The Jakarta Post/Kendari A mother and child from Mantigola hamlet, Wakatobi regency, paddled a worn-out sampan until they finally reached the shore of Horuo village, located on the neighboring island of Horuo, also in Wakatobi regency.

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Mon, 11 Oct 2004

JP/Capital punishment must be abolished

Capital punishment must be abolished Few will dispute that drug abuse, if allowed to continue, poses a menace to the welfare of society. Most agree that those who break the law on drugs deserve harsh punishment.

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Mon, 11 Oct 2004

JP/Flooding hits Medan, houses inundated

Flooding hits Medan, houses inundated MEDAN, North Sumatra: Hundreds of houses in Terjun subdistrict, Medan municipality, were inundated by floodwaters on Saturday.The flooding occurred after Bederah River overflowed following heavy rain in the area on Friday.

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Mon, 11 Oct 2004

JP/Foreigners remain net buyers of RI stocks

Foreigners remain net buyers of RI stocksThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta Foreign investors were net buyers last week on the Jakarta stock market for the sixth successive week, helping the Composite Index increase by 2.4 percent.

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Mon, 11 Oct 2004

JP/The rock and the hard place

The rock and the hard place JP Morgan Chase & Co. foresees the rupiah appreciating to as strong as 8,500 against the US dollar later this year, from 9,100 last week, on expectations that Indonesia's economic growth will accelerate next year.

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Mon, 11 Oct 2004

JP/Lion Air to increase fleet by 60 percent

Lion Air to increase fleet by 60 percentTony Hotland, The Jakarta Post/Jakarta Domestic budget carrier PT Lion Mentari Airlines said on Sunday that it would increase its fleet by over 60 percent with the purchase of another 15 aircraft."We've just completed the payment for the new aircraft.

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Mon, 11 Oct 2004

JP/SBY's commitment to true democracy

SBY's commitment to true democracy The reform movement in Indonesia has borne fruit. Six years after former president Soeharto was toppled by the reform movement in 1998, the country with the world's largest Muslim population this year organized its first direct election.

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Mon, 11 Oct 2004

JP/Standard Chartered to 'keep Permata independent'

Standard Chartered to 'keep Permata independent'Tony Hotland, The Jakarta Post/Jakarta British bank Standard Chartered Plc (Stanchart) dismissed the idea of merging its Indonesian operation with Bank Permata's, saying it would keep the two separate.

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Mon, 11 Oct 2004

JP/S'pore guard save 11 RI's sailors

S'pore guard save 11 RI's sailors SINGAPORE: Singapore's coast guard rescued 11 Indonesian sailors on Sunday after their boat caught fire just off the city-state's coast, maritime authorities said.

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Mon, 11 Oct 2004

JP/Calls made for revamping NU

Calls made for revamping NUBlontank Poer/Nana Rukmana, The Jakarta Post/Cirebon Hundreds of Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) members ended a three-day conference in Cirebon, West Java on Sunday, with several recommendations including a changing of the guard in the nation's largest Muslim organization.

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Mon, 11 Oct 2004

JP/1,800 people afraid to return to homes

1,800 people afraid to return to homes POSO, Central Sulawesi: Security concerns have prevented some 1,800 residents of Lombogia subdistrict, Poso district, from returning to their homes.The residents fled their homes in 2000 when a bloody sectarian conflict broke out in Poso regency.

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Mon, 11 Oct 2004

JP/KPU head knows when to speak out

KPU head knows when to speak outM. Taufiqurrahman, The Jakarta Post/Jakarta It has been a year of elections for Indonesia.

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Mon, 11 Oct 2004

JP/'Terror, reform, polls cause great stress'

'Terror, reform, polls cause great stress'Bambang Nurbianto, The Jakarta Post/Jakarta Residents of urban metropolises like Jakarta face a variety of socio-political factors that contribute to higher stress levels than those in remote areas, a researcher said.

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Mon, 11 Oct 2004

JP/Pertamina vows to secure fuel supply

Pertamina vows to secure fuel supplyThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta In a move to help safeguard fuel prices ahead of the Muslim's fasting month of Ramadhan -- during which fuel consumption traditionally increases -- state oil and gas firm PT Pertamina pledges to boost supply and distribution of fuel.

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Mon, 11 Oct 2004

JP/Minister says no cases of bird flu in humans, yet

Minister says no cases of bird flu in humans, yet No cases of bird flu in humans yet: MinisterThe Jakarta Post JakartaThe health ministry has not found any cases of the bird flu virus affecting humans following a series of blood tests on workers at major poultry farms earlier this year.

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Mon, 11 Oct 2004

JP/Indonesia tastes defeat at hands of lowly Myanmar

Indonesia tastes defeat at hands of lowly MyanmarEva C. Komandjaja The Jakarta Post/Jakarta After relishing victories over Russia and Chinese Taipei, Indonesia was brought crashing down to earth against Myanmar by losing 0-3 in the U-185 World Volleyball Championship match on Saturday.

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Mon, 11 Oct 2004

JP/No ex-military ministers, urge experts

No ex-military ministers, urge expertsRidwan max Sijabat, The Jakarta Post/Jakarta Two experts have called on president-elect Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, popularly known by his initials SBY, to avoid appointing individuals with a military background to his Cabinet in the interests of ...

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