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57 articles.
Fri, 30 Jul 2004

JP/Pantura people demand roads

Pantura people demand roads TANGERANG: Residents of nine districts in northern Tangerang Regency, grouped in the Pantura Development Center (PDC), have demanded the regency administration build them roads.
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Fri, 30 Jul 2004

JP/To sell well in China, one must know faces

To sell well in China, one must know facesEleanor S. Modesto, Jakarta China -- Asia's giant can be viewed as a threat or as an opportunity. While some cower and anxiously see China as a big competitor, one can take an alternative view and see this country as a big market.
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Fri, 30 Jul 2004

JP/'Pertamina doesn't have funds to pay KBC claim'

'Pertamina doesn't have funds to pay KBC claim'Rendi A. Witular and Fitri Wulandari, Jakarta State oil and gas company PT Pertamina says it wants to fully comply with the arbitration award to U.S.
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Fri, 30 Jul 2004

JP/GM's dealerships open

GM's dealerships open in Bandung, SemarangJAKARTA: PT General Motors Indonesia (GMI) announced last Thursday that it has opened two new Chevrolet dealerships in Bandung and Semarang to further strengthen its customer service outside the Greater Jakarta area.
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Fri, 30 Jul 2004

JP/Officials blamed for deforestation in Leuser

Officials blamed for deforestation in LeuserApriadi Gunawan, Medan An official of the Leuser Management Unit (UML), which manages the Leuser Ecosystem area, has stated that 25 percent of the vast 2.6-million-hectare area has been deforested. UML's project director M.
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Fri, 30 Jul 2004

JP/JP/13/APEC

JP/13/APECAPEC transport ministers wrap up 4th meetingWahyoe Boediwardhana Nusa Dua, BaliThe fourth meeting of the APEC Transportation Ministerial Meeting concluded on Friday, with a joint statement setting out the efforts that will be taken to tighten security and raise safety standards for ...
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Fri, 30 Jul 2004

JP/Govt plans to limit shrimp imports

Govt plans to limit shrimp importsZakki P. Hakim, Jakarta The Ministry of Industry and Trade unveiled proposals on Thursday to tighten up the rules on shrimp imports, particularly from countries affected by U.S. antidumping tariffs.
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Fri, 30 Jul 2004

JP/Nissan Serena back in town with more features

Nissan Serena back in town with more featuresNovan Iman Santosa JakartaAutomobile enthusiasts surely remember a smart multipurpose van (MPV) during the late 1990s that looked like it was one step ahead of everything else on the market, without much competition to face.
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Fri, 30 Jul 2004

JP/Jakarta New Port built to boost 'competitiveness'

Jakarta New Port built to boost 'competitiveness'Damar Harsanto, Jakarta Jakarta Governor Sutiyoso claimed that Jakarta New Port in East Ancol, North Jakarta, would not affect the operations of two container terminals in the adjacent Tanjung Priok Harbor.
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Fri, 30 Jul 2004

JP/APEC ministers wrap up Bali meet

APEC ministers wrap up Bali meetWahyoe Boediwardhana, Nusa Dua, Bali The fourth meeting of the APEC Transportation Ministerial Meeting concluded on Friday, with a joint statement setting out the efforts that will be taken to tighten security and raise safety standards for transportation systems ...
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Fri, 30 Jul 2004

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Fabiola Desy Unidjaja and Novan Iman Santosa, Jakarta Japan and the United States dismissed on Thursday accusations that they had interfered with Indonesia's general election, asserting their readiness to cooperate with the next Indonesian government.
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Fri, 30 Jul 2004

JP/Govt changes Permata sale plan

Govt changes Permata sale planRendi A. Witular, Jakarta The government plans to allocate a 51 percent stake in Bank Permata to strategic investors in the upcoming divestment process, rejecting a request from several investors who want the government to allocate them up to a 71 percent stake.
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Fri, 30 Jul 2004

JP/Muhammadiyah launches book

Muhammadiyah launches book YOGYAKARTA: In a bid to help accelerate democratization in Indonesia, the country's second largest Muslim organization, Muhammadiyah, launched on Thursday a civics textbook.
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Fri, 30 Jul 2004

JP/Lippo to build shopping mall

Lippo to build shopping mall JAKARTA: Publicly listed property firm PT Lippo Karawaci announced on Thursday plans to build a shopping and recreational center in Malang, East Java.
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Fri, 30 Jul 2004

JP/Files on fraud suspects finished

Files on fraud suspects finished JAKARTA: The National Police said on Thursday the case files on the eight suspects in the Rp 1.7 trillion Bank Dagang Bali (BDB) and Asiatic Bank scandal had been submitted to the Jakarta Prosecutor's Office.
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Fri, 30 Jul 2004

JP/Papuans need democracy not separatism

Papuans need democracy not separatismAndri Hadi, Jakarta Efforts by certain quarters, within and outside Indonesia, to question the decolonization process in Papua gain a momentum by the declassification of restricted documents in the U.S. recently.
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Fri, 30 Jul 2004

JP/11 villages still not functioning

11 villages still not functioningBANDA ACEH, Aceh: Eleven out of 5,947 subdistrict governments in Aceh are still not functioning, three months after martial law was lifted in the troubled province.Sr. Comr.
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Fri, 30 Jul 2004

JP/JP/5/FOCUS

JP/5/FOCUS160 houses damaged in Medan after storm MEDAN, North Sumatra: A storm hit Medan municipality and the neighboring regency of Deli Serdang here for two hours on Wednesday night, damaging some 160 houses.
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Fri, 30 Jul 2004

JP/Megawati meets Olympiad winners

Megawati meets Olympiad winners JAKARTA: President Megawati Soekarnoputri received on Thursday the Indonesian students who earned medals at last week's Physics Olympiad in Pohang, South Korea."The President told us to return to Indonesia after finishing our schooling abroad.
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Fri, 30 Jul 2004

JP/Software producers praise govt for piracy decline

Software producers praise govt for piracy declineTony Hotland, Jakarta An international association of software producers gave some rare praise on Thursday to the Indonesian government after a study showed a small decline in the country's piracy rate in 2003.
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Fri, 30 Jul 2004

JP/Assets, border issues await RI's envoy to E. Timor

Assets, border issues await RI's envoy to E. TimorFabiola Desy Unidjaja, Jakarta Newly installed Ambassador Ahmed Bey Sofwan said assets, reconciliation and border issues would be high on his agenda as the country's first envoy to East Timor.
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Fri, 30 Jul 2004

JP/JP/5/FOCUS

JP/5/FOCUSPolice question Greek skipper over oil spillBALIKPAPAN, East Kalimantan: East Kalimantan Police questioned on Wednesday and Thursday a Greek national identified as Michael, the skipper of MT Panos G, the tanker that has allegedly polluted Balikpapan's easternmost beach.Sr. Comr.
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Fri, 30 Jul 2004

JP/BASF clarifies

BASF clarifies PT BASF Indonesia would like to clarify issues raised in a news report, Hospitals, firms accused of polluting rivers, that appeared on page 8 of the July 26 edition of The Jakarta Post:As the world's largest chemical company, BASF is committed to Responsible Care, which includes ...
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Fri, 30 Jul 2004

JP/Police grill 12 men over killing of campaign leader

Police grill 12 men over killing of campaign leaderID Nugroho, Jember Police continued questioning 12 men on Thursday over the killing of the local campaign team chairman for presidential candidate Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono in Jember regency, East Java.
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Fri, 30 Jul 2004

JP/'Teaching by example is best'

'Teaching by example is best' Children are supposed to receive education and protection from their families, the society and the state. In observance of National Children Day, which falls on July 23, The Jakarta Post asked some people their thoughts on children's rights.
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Fri, 30 Jul 2004

JP/160 houses damaged in Medan after storm

160 houses damaged in Medan after storm MEDAN, North Sumatra: A storm hit Medan municipality and the neighboring regency of Deli Serdang here for two hours on Wednesday night, damaging some 160 houses.
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Fri, 30 Jul 2004

JP/Part 1 of 2: Imprinting RI brand via creative marketing

Part 1 of 2: Imprinting RI brand via creative marketingMichael J. Webdell , Jakarta As an American who has been involved with Indonesia since 1996, I am a bit embarrassed to say that a majority of Americans know little to nothing about Indonesia.
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Fri, 30 Jul 2004

JP/Wiranto challenges election result

Wiranto challenges election resultThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta/Bandung Wiranto and running-mate Solahuddin Wahid filed a complaint with the Constitutional Court on Thursday, claiming that they lost 3.4 million votes due to inaccuracies and inconsistencies in vote- counting after the July 5 election.
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Fri, 30 Jul 2004

JP/Buyat Bay tests show high mercury levels

Buyat Bay tests show high mercury levelsAbdul Khalik and Fitri Wulandari, Jakarta Water consumed by residents living near Buyat Bay in North Sulawesi, where U.S.-based PT Newmont Minahasa Raya has a mine, contained higher mercury levels than normal, a laboratory test confirmed on Thursday.
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Fri, 30 Jul 2004

JP/W. Java govt tighter control of weigh stations

W. Java govt tighter control of weigh stationsNana Rukmana, Cirebon West Java Governor Danny Setiawan has promised that his administration will closely supervise vehicles traveling along the north coast highway and immediately ensure that weighing stations are operating as they should be.
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Fri, 30 Jul 2004

JP/JP/5/FOCUS

JP/5/FOCUSSAR team still searching for missing fishermenBREBES, Central Java: A Search and Rescue Team (SAR) in Brebes regency, Central Java are still searching for at least 10 fishermen who were reported missing on Wednesday by their families.
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Fri, 30 Jul 2004

JP/Axed PABBSI insists on handling bodybuilding

Axed PABBSI insists on handling bodybuildingEva C. Komandjaja and Moch. N. Kurniawan, Jakarta The Indonesian Weightlifting, Powerlifting and Bodybuilding Association (PABBSI), which has been refused any further affiliation with the International Bodybuilding Federation (IBBF), is adamant that it ...
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Fri, 30 Jul 2004

JP/Ba'asyir charged with Marriott blast

Ba'asyir charged with Marriott blastAbdul Khalik, Jakarta While unable to implicate Abu Bakar Ba'aysir in the Bali bombings, the National Police said on Thursday they would charge the Muslim cleric with involvement in the 2003 JW Marriott Hotel attack in Jakarta, to keep him in custody.
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Fri, 30 Jul 2004

JP/S'pore aid sought in BNI case

S'pore aid sought in BNI caseDadan Wijaksana, Jakarta Indonesia's antimoney-laundering agency expected its Singaporean counterpart to be more cooperative in its investigation into the Bank Negara Indonesia (BNI) case, upon learning that some of the ill-gotten funds had been channeled to several ...
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Fri, 30 Jul 2004

JP/Govt officially cuts import tax from China

Govt officially cuts import tax from ChinaZakki P. Hakim, Jakarta The Ministry of Finance has issued two decrees to cut import tariffs on agricultural products from China as part of early measures to implement a free trade agreement between the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and ...
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Fri, 30 Jul 2004

JP/New 'bajaj' scorned as city falls for mousy deer on wheels

New 'bajaj' scorned as city falls for mousy deer on wheelsAfter transporting Jakartans for nearly three decades, the city's bajaj will begin disappearing from the streets over the next few days.
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Fri, 30 Jul 2004

JP/Danamon signs deal with UT

Danamon signs deal with UT JAKARTA: Bank Danamon signed on Thursday an agreement with heavy equipment firm PT United Tractors to allow consumers to benefit from investment loans from the bank for the purchase of the latter's products.
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Fri, 30 Jul 2004

JP/Bintaro hospital responds

Bintaro hospital responds We refer to a letter from Walter Wildner that appeared in The Jakarta Post on July 20.
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Fri, 30 Jul 2004

JP/Danamon signs deal with UT

Danamon signs deal with UT JAKARTA: Bank Danamon signed on Thursday an agreement with heavy equipment firm PT United Tractors to allow consumers to benefit from investment loans from the bank for the purchase of the latter's products.
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Fri, 30 Jul 2004

JP/JP/5/D06

JP/5/D06Sugar mafia behind smuggling in North Sumatra: CoalitionApriadi Gunawan, Medan The North Sumatra People's Transparency Coalition has said that an eight-member mafia is behind the large-scale smuggling of sugar through the Tanjung Balai and Belawan ports.
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Fri, 30 Jul 2004

JP/Envoys deny meddling in presidential election

Envoys deny meddling in presidential electionFabiola Desy Unidjaja and Novan Iman Santosa, Jakarta Japan and the United States dismissed on Thursday accusations that they had interfered with Indonesia's general election, asserting their readiness to cooperate with the next Indonesian government.
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Fri, 30 Jul 2004

JP/A step forward, a step back

A step forward, a step back By annulling Law No. 16/2003 on retroactivity of the Antiterrorism Law last Saturday, the Constitutional Court put the nation one step back in its fight against terrorism -- and took it one step closer to establishing a viable, working democracy.
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Fri, 30 Jul 2004

JP/City kids forced to eat on way to school

City kids forced to eat on way to schoolDewi Santoso, Jakarta The hectic city life in Jakarta has forced more and more people to resort to a simple and easy-to-grab breakfast, as they dare not arrive late at school or the office.
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Fri, 30 Jul 2004

JP/Police chief fired over VCD affair

Police chief fired over VCD affairAbdul Khalik and Agus Maryono, Jakarta/Banjarnegara In an apparent demotion, the National Police have transferred the Banyumas, Central Java, Police chief, Sr. Comr.
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Fri, 30 Jul 2004

JP/Riau terror suspect gets six years

Riau terror suspect gets six years PEKANBARU, Riau: A panel of judges at the Pekanbaru District Court sentenced on Thursday Sudigdoyo, alias Maryoto, to six years in prison for harboring alleged Malaysian terrorists Dr. Azhari and Noordin Mohd. Top.
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Fri, 30 Jul 2004

JP/Access to low-cost public housing

Access to low-cost public housingFrom Koran TempoWith reference to a letter titled Rumah rakyat (public housing), published in Koran Tempo on July 22, we would like to clarify the matter as follows:The Jakarta administration has shown its concern over the need to help Jakarta residents who have ...
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Fri, 30 Jul 2004

JP/BRI first half profit may rise by 36% on lower cost

BRI first half profit may rise by 36% on lower costRendi A. Witular, Jakarta Publicly listed Bank Rakyat Indonesia (BRI), the nation's fourth largest bank in terms of assets, said that net profit in the first half of this year is estimated to rise by more than 36 percent from the same period of ...
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Fri, 30 Jul 2004

JP/Mega to open Science Olympics

Mega to open Science OlympicsPEKANBARU, Riau: President Megawati Soekarnoputri is slated to open the National Science Olympics to be held here from Aug. 24 to Aug. 28."We have received confirmation (of her attendance)," head of the provincial education office, Prof.
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Fri, 30 Jul 2004

JP/RI names judges for corruption court

RI names judges for corruption courtFabiola Desy Unidjaja and Muninggar Sri Saraswati, Jakarta President Megawati Soekarnoputri has signed a decree establishing the country's ad hoc corruption court, paving the way for the speedy trial of corruption cases handled by the Corruption Eradication ...
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Fri, 30 Jul 2004

JP/MPR session slated for September

MPR session slated for September JAKARTA: The last annual session of the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) for the 1999-2004 period is scheduled to take place from Sept. 23 to Sept. 26.
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Fri, 30 Jul 2004

JP/Konsuil should be responsible for fires: PLN

Konsuil should be responsible for fires: PLNLeony Aurora, Jakarta State-owned power firm PT PLN says that the National Committee for Safety of Electrical Installation (Konsuil) should be held responsible for fires caused by short circuits within a guarantee period once it begins inspecting new ...
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Fri, 30 Jul 2004

JP/Honest and professional ministers

Honest and professional ministersFrom RepublikaThe next president will soon be occupying the office for a five-year term. The president may even be reelected for another term if he or she succeeds in carrying out his or her duties.
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Fri, 30 Jul 2004

JP/Japan to introduce 'koban' to Bekasi

Japan to introduce 'koban' to Bekasi JAKARTA: The Japanese government will introduce koban, or police posts, to Bekasi as part of a pilot project to help strengthen Indonesia's community policing, a Japanese envoy said on Thursday.
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Fri, 30 Jul 2004

JP/Electronic money, a revolution of global economy

Electronic money, a revolution of global economyRobert J. Shiller Project Syndicate Most journalistic accounts of the new forms of electronic money misleadingly spin the story as the emergence of yet another convenience for the technologically pampered.
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Fri, 30 Jul 2004

JP/IPA gets new president

IPA gets new president JAKARTA: The Indonesian Petroleum Association (IPA)'s board of directors named Chris B. Newton the association's new president.Newton replaces Paul Warwick, who recently left Indonesia on a new assignment.
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Fri, 30 Jul 2004

JP/The World Bank Clarifies

The World Bank Clarifies In the July 22 edition of The Jakarta Post, your correspondents write I "dismissed" a demand for debt relief saying "that under no circumstances did Indonesia deserve such debt relief". Under no circumstances, would I make such a statement.
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Fri, 30 Jul 2004

JP/JP/5/FOCUS

JP/5/FOCUSStudents accuse regent of corruptionJAMBI: Dozens of students descended on Jambi Police headquarters on Wednesday, demanding that police investigate Sarolangun regent H.M. Madel over the misappropriation of funds in a construction project.
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