Fire safety standards It was with interest I read that the Jakarta Administration is to formulate an Indonesian National Standard on Fire Safety. These standards are long overdue for a metropolis the size of Jakarta.

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Market operator gives up on waste managementBambang Nurbianto The Jakarta Post JakartaCity-owned market operator PD Pasar Jaya will no longer deal with the garbage from 151 traditional markets across the city, handing the dirty work to the already overloaded Jakarta Sanitation Agency.

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The results of the April 5 legislative election and the challenges of the coming Golkar Party convention Jusuf Wanandi Co-founder and Member, Board of Trustees Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) Jakarta With the expected victory of the Golkar Party in the legislative ...

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Support for KPK We would like to apologize to Patrick Guntensperger for the lack of information on the Partnership for Governance Reform that became apparent in his letter to The Jakarta Post on March 26.

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UAN not perfect -- not a bad option eitherArdimas Sasdi Staff Writer The Jakarta Post Berkeley, California ajambak@calmail.berkeley.

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Continued professional development must be advancedSimon Marcus Gower Executive Principal High/Scope Indonesia School Jakarta The concept of continued professional development (or CPD) is well and long established in many countries.

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'Rate hike OK if services improve'The government has allowed telephone operators PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia (Telkom) and PT Indonesia Satellite Corporation (Indosat) to raise local telephone rates by up to 28 percent along with the lowering of long-distance rates.

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Honesty, the Merpati way Good news about Indonesia is rare these days and good news about airlines is even more rare, but I have both to relate. A guest of mine, Murray Anderson of Lochar, Meigle, Perthshire, Scotland, arrived on Merpati flight MZ 514 at 1 p.m.

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Don't compromise Indonesian educationRachel Davies Education Consultant Sydney, Australia The problems facing Indonesian education are very obviously of a huge variety.

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The results of the April 5 legislative election and the challenges of the coming Golkar Party convention Jusuf Wanandi Co-founder and Member, Board of Trustees Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) Jakarta With the expected victory of the Golkar Party in the legislative ...

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Technology in education: To computers and beyondTotok Amin Soefijanto School of Education Boston University Massachusetts soefijan@fas.harvard.edu "To infinity and beyond," says Buzz Light-year, an action- figure character in the Toy Story movies.

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Toward a stronger council Soccer maniacs in Jakarta must have been jolted upon learning that glorious and magnificent Real Madrid lost to "nobody" Monaco, and that Chelsea beat Arsenal, their first win after 18 attempts against Arsenal.

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Security in the Malacca Straits: Who is responsible?Nugroho Wisnumurti Former Director General for Political Affairs Ministry Foreign Affairs Jakarta It has been reported in the media that the United States plans to implement its Regional Maritime Security Initiative, under which the country ...

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Explaining Democratic's Party's popularityMuhammad Qodari Director of Research Indonesian Survey Institute (LSI) Jakarta qodari@lsi.or.id The Democratic Party (PD), which was founded only on Sept. 9, 2001, came out as one of the best performers in the April 5 legislative election.

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Anybody can become a politicianKornelius Purba Staff Writer The Jakarta Post Jakarta purba@thejakartapost.com A legislature candidate from a new and small party was hardly bothered by the small number of votes his party received in the April 5 legislative election.

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City yet to receive HI renovation proposal Bambang Nurbianto The Jakarta Post JakartaAn official at the Jakarta Culture and Museum Agency says no proposal for the renovation of Hotel Indonesia has been submitted.

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Let's stop needless road deaths in Asia Shigeru Omi Straits Times Asia News Network Singapore Across much of Asia, urbanization and motorization are mushrooming alongside economic growth. The benefits are obvious: Greater mobility, a wider choice of leisure activities and general convenience.

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PLN's disappointing serviceFrom Koran TempoAs a subscriber to state electricity company PLN in Kebon Jeruk, Jakarta, I paid my electricity bills from November 2003 to January 2004 at the monthly subscription rate of only Rp 39,130, because PLN officers had failed to keep regular records of power ...

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Just thank the people We should be thankful for the peaceful general election, despite some shortcomings in its implementation on April 5. The people understand well that maintaining unity is very important. They deserve our appreciation because it is they who made the election a success.

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Ancol fisherfolk to be evicted -- again JAKARTA: The city administration is set to evict on Saturday morning the fisherfolk of Ancol Timur, North Jakarta, from the place where they are currently housed behind the PT Manggala Krida Yudha Rukindo building, where they have lived since 2001.

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