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Wed, 11 Feb 2004

JP/Can Mega be an exception?

Can Mega be an exception? In a bid to reduce its campaign budget, the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) is proposing that its chairperson Megawati Soekarnoputri be allowed to campaign while conducting state duties.

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Wed, 11 Feb 2004

JP/Analysts say stocks will rally during elections

Analysts say stocks will rally during electionsTony Hotland, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Stock analysts predict the current rally in the local stock market to continue during the upcoming general elections given the low interest rate environment and the fact that the stock index moved higher during ...

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Wed, 11 Feb 2004

JP/Police with bad record appointed as Bogor chief

Police with bad record appointed as Bogor chiefThe Jakarta Post JakartaFormer West Jakarta Police chief Sr. Comr. Bambang Wasgito was installed as Bogor Police chief on Tuesday, replacing Sr. Comr.

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Wed, 11 Feb 2004

JP/Mega accused of manipulation in 'TVRI' appointments

Mega accused of manipulation in 'TVRI' appointments JP/2/METROThe Jakarta Post Jakarta President Megawati Soekarnoputri expressed disbelief on Monday over the results of several TV polls about the most favored presidential candidates, while on the same day an outspoken legislator said the ...

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Wed, 11 Feb 2004

JP/Regent criticized over treatment of school principal

Regent criticized over treatment of school principalHaidir Anwar Tanjung, The Jakarta Post, Pekanbaru, Riau Thousands of students and teachers in Kampar regency, some 60 kilometers west of the Riau capital of Pekanbaru, took to the streets on Tuesday to demand the resignation of Kampar ...

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Wed, 11 Feb 2004

JP/Pertamina reduces kerosene supply across the city

Pertamina reduces kerosene supply across the cityDewi Santoso, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta State oil company Pertamina said on Tuesday that it would cut back its kerosene supplies to its agents around Jakarta starting in February due to an allegation that it was being sold illegally sold to the ...

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Wed, 11 Feb 2004

JP/Inquiry into deputy mayor demanded

Inquiry into deputy mayor demanded BOGOR: A group of 21 non-governmental organizations urged the West Java governor to order the police to investigate newly elected Bogor deputy mayor Mochamad Sahid.Sahid has been accused of submitting a fake high school diploma to run in the mayoral election.

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Wed, 11 Feb 2004

JP/Hamzah apologizes for busway brashness

Hamzah apologizes for busway brashnessEvi Mariani and Damar Harsanto, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Vice President Hamzah Haz's spokesperson made a public apology on Tuesday, particularly directed at other road users "who might feel they were treated unfairly", when Hamzah's convoy slithered into and ...

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Wed, 11 Feb 2004

JP/4.5 years sought for councillors

4.5 years sought for councillors PADANG, West Sumatra: The prosecution asked a local district court on Tuesday to sentence councillors Arwan Kasri, Titi Nazif Lubuk and Masfar Rasyid to 4.5 years in jail for graft.

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Wed, 11 Feb 2004

JP/Tommy spurns bribery/mark-up trial for 7th time

Tommy spurns bribery/mark-up trial for 7th timeUrip Hudiono The Jakarta Post JakartaThough currently in town for a health check-up, convicted felon Hutomo "Tommy" Mandala Putra, former president Soeharto's youngest son, managed for the seventh time on the trot to call in sick for a trial in ...

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Wed, 11 Feb 2004

JP/Cop with bad record made chief

Cop with bad record made chiefThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta Former West Jakarta Police chief Sr. Comr. Bambang Wasgito was installed as the Bogor Police chief on Tuesday, replacing Sr. Comr. Anton Bachrul Alam who had been in office for 14 months, in a ceremony led by West Java Police chief Insp. Gen.

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Wed, 11 Feb 2004

JP/Police seize 17,000 pirated VCDs

Police seize 17,000 pirated VCDs JAKARTA: City Police raided two companies allegedly producing pirated video compact discs and confiscated a total of 17,000 pirated music and movie video compact discs (VCDs).

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Wed, 11 Feb 2004

JP/Sutardi doctors Orang Rimba

Sutardi doctors Orang RimbaHaidir Anwar Tanjung, The Jakarta Post, Jambi When Sutardi Diharjo, a graduate of the Police Nursing College who majored in hemodialysis, pondered joining a team to provide health care to the Orang Rimba, literally the forest people, an indigenous tribe living in Bukit ...

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Wed, 11 Feb 2004

JP/Committee looks into early campaigning

Committee looks into early campaigning KENDARI, Southeast Sulawesi: Southeast Sulawesi's Elections Supervisory Committee (Panwaslu) has been investigating since January alleged early campaigning by seven candidates for the Regional Representative Council (DPD).

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Wed, 11 Feb 2004

JP/Tenants ask legal protection from Komnas HAM, councilors

Tenants ask legal protection from Komnas HAM, councilorsAbdul Khalik, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Dozens of tenants in low-cost apartments in Pluit, North Jakarta, sought legal protection on Tuesday to fight the apartment operator's plans to evict them on Wednesday.

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Wed, 11 Feb 2004

JP/Disregard politics in Akbar Tandjung affair

Disregard politics in Akbar Tandjung affair All eyes, albeit weary ones, will be on the Supreme Court, which is scheduled on Thursday (Feb. 12) to announce its verdict on an appeal filed by House of Representatives Speaker and Golkar Party leader Akbar Tanjung.

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Wed, 11 Feb 2004

JP/Astra Agro plans to play in downstream businesses

Astra Agro plans to play in downstream businessesRendi A. Witular, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Publicly listed plantation company PT Astra Agro Lestari is considering engaging in downstream business to offset a possible business downturn due to unfavorable government policies in the crude palm oil ...

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Wed, 11 Feb 2004

JP/Sutiyoso rejects executive bus idea

Sutiyoso rejects executive bus ideaDamar Harsanto, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Jakarta Governor Sutiyoso turned down on Tuesday a proposal made by the TransJakarta Busway management to add executive-class buses to the busway project, which would occupy space in the dedicated lane.

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Wed, 11 Feb 2004

JP/RI to hold trade expo in UAE

RI to hold trade expo in UAESari P. Setiogi, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The National Agency for Export Development (BPEN) is to hold a trade exhibition in the United Arab Emirates, in a bid to boost the country's exports to new markets.The exhibit in the city of Sharja, held from Sept.

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Wed, 11 Feb 2004

JP/KPU delays ballot paper printing for another week

KPU delays ballot paper printing for another weekMoch. N. Kurniawan, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The printing of 600 million ballot papers has been delayed for another week, the General Elections Commission (KPU) said on Tuesday.

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Wed, 11 Feb 2004

JP/Access to Hambali discussed

Access to Hambali discussed JAKARTA: A United States antiterror team has met with Indonesian police to discuss giving them access to Indonesian terror-suspect Hambali, currently in U.S. custody.

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Wed, 11 Feb 2004

JP/Indonesia to boost countertrade

Indonesia to boost countertradeSari P. Setiogi, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Indonesia will boost its countertrade to expand the country's export markets amid tighter global trade competition, Minister of Industry and Trade Rini MS Soewandi said on Monday.

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Wed, 11 Feb 2004

JP/Loans to small businesses still below target

Loans to small businesses still below targetThe Jakarta Post Jakarta Credits funneled by the banking sector to cooperatives and small and medium enterprises (SMEs) reached Rp 24.8 trillion (US$2.9 billion) as of the third quarter of 2003, a minister has said.

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Wed, 11 Feb 2004

JP/Tommy spurns Sidiq's trial with 7th absence

Tommy spurns Sidiq's trial with 7th absenceUrip Hudiono, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Though currently in town for a health check-up, convicted felon Hutomo "Tommy" Mandala Putra, former president Soeharto's youngest son, managed for the seventh time on the trot to call in sick for a trial in which ...

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Wed, 11 Feb 2004

JP/Visa-on-arrival policy

Visa-on-arrival policy I read the book A year of living dangerously three years ago when my wife and I retired and moved to Lombok. We wanted to learn more about Indonesia's history.

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Wed, 11 Feb 2004

JP/Fery hopes for release of all civilian captives

Fery hopes for release of all civilian captivesTiarma Siboro and Nani Farida, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta/Banda Aceh Cameraman Fery Santoro is valiantly maintaining hope for a safe release for himself and dozens of other civilian hostages held by the Free Aceh Movement (GAM) -- despite failed ...

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Wed, 11 Feb 2004

JP/World Social Forum seeks ideal world

World Social Forum seeks ideal worldEvi Mariani, Journalist, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta How possible is another world? This would have been the question on any observer's mind at a recent global forum of activists, the World Social Forum (WSF), in Mumbai, India.

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Wed, 11 Feb 2004

JP/Mega accused of manipulation in 'TVRI' appointments

Mega accused of manipulation in 'TVRI' appointments JP/2/METROThe Jakarta Post Jakarta President Megawati Soekarnoputri expressed disbelief on Monday over the results of several TV polls about the most favored presidential candidates, while on the same day an outspoken legislator said the ...

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Wed, 11 Feb 2004

JP/Over 1.3 million to secure polls

Over 1.3 million to secure pollsKurniawan Hari, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta While saying that police had not detected any groups planning to disturb the elections, Gen. Da'i Bachtiar said on Tuesday that over 1.

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Wed, 11 Feb 2004

JP/Indonesian dropouts highest in Southeast Asia

Indonesian dropouts highest in Southeast AsiaA. Junaidi, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The grim picture of education in Indonesia has been confirmed by the latest United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) report, which revealed that elementary school dropouts account ...

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Wed, 11 Feb 2004

JP/Saving a world that doesn't save

Saving a world that doesn't saveRobert J. Shiller, Professor of Economics, Yale University, Project Syndicate Around the world, social security and health care are today's hottest economic issues due to the rising dependency ratio: the proportion of elderly people relative to younger, ...

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Wed, 11 Feb 2004

JP/Sutiyoso says no to executive-class busway

Sutiyoso says no to executive-class buswayDamar Harsanto The Jakarta Post JakartaJakarta Governor Sutiyoso turned down on Tuesday a proposal made by the TransJakarta Busway management to add executive-class buses to the busway project, which would occupy space in the dedicated lane.

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Wed, 11 Feb 2004

JP/Mega accused of manipulation in 'TVRI' appointments

Mega accused of manipulation in 'TVRI' appointments JP/2/METROThe Jakarta Post Jakarta President Megawati Soekarnoputri expressed disbelief on Monday over the results of several TV polls about the most favored presidential candidates, while on the same day an outspoken legislator said the ...

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Wed, 11 Feb 2004

JP/Mega accused of manipulation in 'TVRI' appointments

Mega accused of manipulation in 'TVRI' appointments JP/2/METROThe Jakarta Post Jakarta President Megawati Soekarnoputri expressed disbelief on Monday over the results of several TV polls about the most favored presidential candidates, while on the same day an outspoken legislator said the ...

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Wed, 11 Feb 2004

JP/'If a bribe is cheaper than a court fine, why not?'

'If a bribe is cheaper than a court fine, why not?' Most motorists in Jakarta prefer to bribe police officers rather than go to court when they are ticketed. The reasons vary from time-consuming court proceedings, the existence of middlemen, to work demands.

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Wed, 11 Feb 2004

JP/Law and disorder: Addressing corrupt judiciary

Law and disorder: Addressing corrupt judiciaryFrank Richardson, Lawyer, London Miscarriages of justice can occur in any country, even where lawyers are professional and ethical, judges are impartial and independent and the police and prosecutor's office are entirely scrupulous.

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Wed, 11 Feb 2004

JP/'I prefer to see my money goes to state budget'

'I prefer to see my money goes to state budget'Most motorists in Jakarta prefer to bribe police officers rather than going to the court when they are ticketed. Their reasons vary from the timely court proceedings, the existence of middlemen, the trial staged on working days and so forth.

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Wed, 11 Feb 2004

JP/Security guards demand severance pay

Security guards demand severance pay SAMARINDA, East Kalimantan: Dozens of former employees at PT Vico Indonesia, a production sharing contractor of state-owned oil and gas company PT Pertamina, protested on Tuesday in front of the East Kalimantan provincial council building.

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Wed, 11 Feb 2004

JP/PTDI employees start to arrange severance pay after protests

PTDI employees start to arrange severance pay after protestsYuli Tri Suwarni, The Jakarta Post, Bandung After months of protest, employees of ailing aircraft manufacturer PT Dirgantara Indonesia (PTDI) began on Tuesday to accept the reality that they would not be returning to work for the company.

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Wed, 11 Feb 2004

JP/Traders reject market renovation

Traders reject market renovation BOGOR: Hundreds of traders at Citeureup traditional market staged a protest rally at the Bogor regental administration office on Tuesday, rejecting the administration's plan to renovate the market without their consent.

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Wed, 11 Feb 2004

JP/Threatened tenants seek protection from Komnas HAM, councilors

Threatened tenants seek protection from Komnas HAM, councilors Abdul Khalik The Jakarta Post JakartaDozens of tenants in low-cost apartments in Pluit, North Jakarta, sought legal protection on Tuesday to fight the apartment operator's plans to evict them on Wednesday.

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Wed, 11 Feb 2004

JP/Women's quota for show?

Women's quota for show? Advocates of increasing political representation for women are facing their worst fears -- that women are becoming a political commodity just for parties to meet the requirements to contest the next elections.

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Wed, 11 Feb 2004

JP/Locals discover another body from sunken ship 'Belaza Timor'

Locals discover another body from sunken ship 'Belaza Timor'Yemris Fointuna, The Jakarta Post, Sikka, East Nusa Tenggara The body of a fourth victim of the maritime accident in waters off Flores Island was found on Tuesday, a week after the Belaza Timor was lost in severe storms that swept ...

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Wed, 11 Feb 2004

JP/Financial woes delay garbage projects

Financial woes delay garbage projectsDamar Harsanto, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Jakarta administration officials admitted on Tuesday that they still had made little progress in dealing with the city's 6,000 tons of daily waste as investors who had proposed high-tech garbage management were mostly ...

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Wed, 11 Feb 2004

JP/Malaysian gets 11 years for drugs

Malaysian gets 11 years for drugs TANGERANG: Tangerang District Court sentenced Malaysian Tan Chan Wen, 31, on Tuesday to 11 years in prison for possessing 19,951 ecstasy pills.

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Wed, 11 Feb 2004

JP/Intelligence failures about Iraq

Intelligence failures about Iraq The American war on Iraq will remain captive to having fallen into the trap of a wrong and hasty political decision because it depended on inaccurate information.

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Wed, 11 Feb 2004

JP/Mega accused of manipulation in 'TVRI' appointments

Mega accused of manipulation in 'TVRI' appointmentsThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta President Megawati Soekarnoputri expressed disbelief on Monday over the results of several TV polls about the most favored presidential candidates, while on the same day an outspoken legislator said the appointment of ...

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Wed, 11 Feb 2004

JP/Loans to SMEs still below target

Loans to SMEs still below targetThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta Credits funneled by the banking sector to cooperatives and small and medium enterprises (SMEs) reached Rp 24.8 trillion (US$2.9 billion) as of the third quarter of 2003, a minister has said.

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Wed, 11 Feb 2004

JP/Persik to contest Seongnam at home

Persik to contest Seongnam at homeZakki Hakim, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Indonesian champion Persik Kediri is gearing up to take on contender Korean champion Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma in a Group G match in the first leg of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Champions League 2004 season at ...

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Wed, 11 Feb 2004

JP/Mega accused of manipulation in 'TVRI' appointments

Mega accused of manipulation in 'TVRI' appointments JP/2/METROThe Jakarta Post Jakarta President Megawati Soekarnoputri expressed disbelief on Monday over the results of several TV polls about the most favored presidential candidates, while on the same day an outspoken legislator said the ...

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Wed, 11 Feb 2004

JP/Citibank predicts GDP to grow by 4.8%

Citibank predicts GDP to grow by 4.8%P.C. Naommy, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Citibank predicts the country's economy to grow by around 4.8 percent this year in line with the government's projection.

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Wed, 11 Feb 2004

JP/Sutiyoso says no to executive-class busway

Sutiyoso says no to executive-class buswayDamar Harsanto The Jakarta Post JakartaJakarta Governor Sutiyoso turned down on Tuesday a proposal made by the TransJakarta Busway management to add executive-class buses to the busway project, which would occupy space in the dedicated lane.

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Wed, 11 Feb 2004

JP/Malaysia's draft MOU one-sided, unrealistic

Malaysia's draft MOU one-sided, unrealisticRidwan Max Sijabat, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The final draft memorandum of understanding (MOU) that Malaysia proposed on Indonesian workers in that country's formal sector sets more rigid recruitment standards but carries no provisions on labor ...

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Wed, 11 Feb 2004

JP/Even with pardon, nuke sale saga far from over

Even with pardon, nuke sale saga far from overM B Naqvi, Inter Press Service, Karachi, Pakistan Many questions remain in the story of Pakistan President Gen. Pervez Musharraf's pardon of the criminal actions of Abdul Qadeer Khan, the country's Father of the Bomb, this week.

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Wed, 11 Feb 2004

JP/Megawati to visit Hasyim

Megawati to visit Hasyim SURABAYA: President Megawati Soekarnoputri, in her capacity as Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) leader, will visit Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) chairman Hasyim Muzadi at his Islamic boarding school in Malang this weekend.

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Wed, 11 Feb 2004

JP/Soeharto's lawyer says no letter yet from AGO

Soeharto's lawyer says no letter yet from AGOTiarma Siboro, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Former president Soeharto's lawyer Juan Felix Tampubolon claimed he had not received a letter from the Attorney General's Office (AGO) about the plan to reexamine his client's health.

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Wed, 11 Feb 2004

JP/Susilo, Kalla set to resign to join presidential election

Susilo, Kalla set to resign to join presidential electionFabiola Desy Unidjaja, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Two senior ministers expressed their readiness to resign before challenging incumbent President Megawati Soekarnoputri in the direct presidential election as stipulated in a draft ...

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Wed, 11 Feb 2004

JP/Probe on deputy mayor urged

Probe on deputy mayor urged BOGOR: A group of 21 non-governmental organizations urged West Java governor to order police to start the investigation into the newly elected Bogor deputy mayor Mochamad Sahid.Sahid was accused for submitting a fake high school diploma to run in the mayoral election.

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Wed, 11 Feb 2004

JP/Foreign embassies to monitor polls

Foreign embassies to monitor polls JAKARTA: Eight foreign embassies are among 12 overseas agencies registered by the General Elections Commission (KPU) as monitors of the April 5 polls.

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Wed, 11 Feb 2004

JP/New steps to fight terror

New steps to fight terror Long a chink in the armor in Southeast Asia's war against terror, Indonesia's move to set up a new counter-terrorism center with Australian backing will go a long way to addressing the problem.

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Wed, 11 Feb 2004

JP/No casualties found in two epicenter villages

No casualties found in two epicenter villagesAgencies, Jakarta Rescuers found no casualties on Tuesday in two isolated villages earlier feared to be at the heart of last Friday's powerful earthquake which killed over 30 people in Nabire, Papua.

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Wed, 11 Feb 2004

JP/RI to boost countertrade

RI to boost countertradeSari P. Setiogi The Jakarta Post Jakarta Indonesia will boost its countertrade to expand the country's export markets amid tighter global trade competition, Minister of Industry and Trade Rini MS Soewandi said on Monday.

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Wed, 11 Feb 2004

JP/Prioritizing plantation bill's aim

Prioritizing plantation bill's aimLin Che Wei, Director, Independent Research & Advisory, Jakarta There are only a few areas in which Indonesia ranks highly in the world: badminton, plantation products and corruption.

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Wed, 11 Feb 2004

JP/Businesses lobby House on tax amnesty, reform

Businesses lobby House on tax amnesty, reformLeony Aurora, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Businessmen are asking the House of Representatives to take the initiative in drafting two bills on tax amnesty and tax court proceedings as part of an overall tax reform package aimed at boosting tax revenue.

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Wed, 11 Feb 2004

JP/Mari'e to lead team to monitor Aceh operation

Mari'e to lead team to monitor Aceh operationTiarma Siboro, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The government has established a team to monitor the ongoing integrated operation in Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam and appointed Indonesian Red Cross (PMI) chairman Mar'ie Muhamad as its head.Lt. Gen.

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Wed, 11 Feb 2004

JP/Police act against illegal logging

Police act against illegal logging JAKARTA: Police are stepping up their efforts to fight widespread illegal logging in Indonesian forests, the national police chief told the House of Representatives on Tuesday.Gen.

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Wed, 11 Feb 2004

JP/Economists oppose privatization plan

Economists oppose privatization planDadan Wijaksana, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta In another campaign against the sale of state assets, a coalition of economists has urged a halt in government privatization and divestment programs, at least until the formation of a new government resulting from the ...

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Wed, 11 Feb 2004

JP/Muhammadiyah backs Amien

Muhammadiyah backs AmienThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta Muhammadiyah, the second largest Muslim organization after Nadhlatul Ulama, fully endorsed Chairman of the National Mandate Party (PAN) Amien Rais's presidential bid, but some fear it could upset the delicate political balance in which most ...

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