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Mon, 09 Aug 2004

JP/Mega delays returning home from Mecca

Mega delays returning home from MeccaFabiola Desy Unidjaja, Jakarta President Megawati Soekarnoputri, who was scheduled to arrive home on Sunday after performing a minor pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia, has delayed returning to Jakarta until Monday for personal reasons, a presidential palace official ...

Mon, 09 Aug 2004

JP/'Corruptors should be given the death sentence'

'Corruptors should be given the death sentence' Despite appeals from local and international institutions, the Indonesian government executed Indian national Ayodhya Prasadh Chaubey, 67, last week, almost 10 years after he was sentenced to death for smuggling 12 kilograms of heroin into the ...

Mon, 09 Aug 2004

JP/Competition in digital copier market gets tough

Competition in digital copier market gets toughRudijanto, Contributor, Jakarta The latest trend in digital copiers offers users not only savings in space and costs but also time, thanks to their compatibility with other high-tech office equipment such as personal computers, printers, scanners ...

Mon, 09 Aug 2004

JP/S. Sumatra sees rise in drug abusers

S. Sumatra sees rise in drug abusers PALEMBANG, South Sumatra: The number of drug abusers in South Sumatra has increased markedly to 507 people last year, from a mere 228 in 2002, according to data from the local government.

Mon, 09 Aug 2004

JP/Police to probe PLN on customer deposits

Police to probe PLN on customer depositsAbdul Khalik, Jakarta Police will begin to investigate this week the alleged misuse of trillions of rupiah of funds that customers deposited when they subscribed to state-owned electricity company PT PLN.National Police director of specific crimes Brig. Gen.

Mon, 09 Aug 2004

JP/'Discriminatory' religion decree condemned

'Discriminatory' religion decree condemnedSari P. Setiogi, Jakarta Christian organizations have agreed on a plan to file a class action against the government for maintaining a joint decree on the construction of places of worship.

Mon, 09 Aug 2004

JP/Operator calls for airport shuttle

Operator calls for airport shuttle JAKARTA: State airport operator PT Angkasa Pura II urged the government to realize the construction a 31.6 kilometer railway track to Soekarno-Hatta International Airport through the formation of a consortium.

Mon, 09 Aug 2004

JP/More democratic Indonesia opens up for modern business

More democratic Indonesia opens up for modern businessMichael J. Webdell, Jakarta Indonesia, one of the newest democracies in the political world, is currently in the midst of its first-ever direct presidential election.

Mon, 09 Aug 2004

JP/Giving stylish presentations in digital era

Giving stylish presentations in digital eraRhenald Kasali, Contributor, Jakarta In 1998, as soon as I returned to Indonesia after spending six years studying in the United States, I was assigned to teach in the Master's Program for Management at the University of Indonesia.

Mon, 09 Aug 2004

JP/Myth about sandalwood broken

Myth about sandalwood brokenYemris Fointuna, London The myth that sandalwood (santalum album) can only be bred naturally and not scientifically has been proven otherwise. A recent study shows that valuable sandalwood (santalum album) trees can be cloned by applying the micropropagation method.

Mon, 09 Aug 2004

JP/Student dies while getting breasts enlarged

Student dies while getting breasts enlarged Hilda Pasman, a 20-year-old student of a university in the Netherlands, died on Saturday at a beauty parlor on Jl. Kedoya Raya, Kebon Jeruk, West Jakarta, while trying to enlarge her breasts. "We have detained the beauty parlor owner as a suspect.

Mon, 09 Aug 2004

JP/Hobbyists show off pets and plants at fair

Hobbyists show off pets and plants at fairBambang Nurbianto, Jakarta Taking a keen interest in animals or breeding flowers, is for most people just a hobby, but some serious breeders of plants and animals are turning their pastimes into lucrative businesses.

Mon, 09 Aug 2004

JP/Public joins environmental campaign

Public joins environmental campaignMulta Fidrus, Tangerang In an effort to repair some of the damage along the heavily polluted Cisadane River, Tangerang Regent Ismet Iskandar has asked industrial firms to plant trees in the area through a "tree bank" set up by the regency's environmental ...

Mon, 09 Aug 2004

JP/Baseball

BaseballMLB Results of Saturday's Major League Baseball games (home team in bold): American League Minnesota 4 Oakland 3 NY Yankees 6 Toronto 0 Baltimore 3 Texas 1 Seattle 5 Tampa Bay 2 Cleveland 6 Chicago W Sox 5 Boston ...

Mon, 09 Aug 2004

JP/Jakarta 'lesehan' stalls offer more than 'gudeg'

Jakarta 'lesehan' stalls offer more than 'gudeg' Leony Aurora, Jakarta In the melting pot of Jakarta there is still a small corner where people turn a little bit Javanese, or at least those able to speak a few words of the language, as they step into the lesehan food stalls in Melawai, Blok ...

Mon, 09 Aug 2004

JP/Indonesia's slow road to recovery

Indonesia's slow road to recoveryUNSFIR, Jakarta Indonesia's 2004 National Human Development Report tracks the country's recovery following the financial crisis. It points out that Indonesia certainly made progress, and has now made up most of the ground lost after 1997.

Mon, 09 Aug 2004

JP/Sedimentation affects Jambi river

Sedimentation affects Jambi riverJon Afrizal, Jambi Excess sedimentation in the Batanghari River has increased at an alarming pace due to illegal logging up river in Jambi's forests, according to a local environmentalist group.

Mon, 09 Aug 2004

JP/Lampung activist demands revision of budget proposal

Lampung activist demands revision of budget proposalOyos Saroso, Bandarlampung Activists have demanded that the local provincial council review the Lampung governor's proposed additional budget spending (ABT), as it provided opportunities for irregularities.

Mon, 09 Aug 2004

JP/Newmont pays $6.25m

Newmont pays $6.25m royalty to RIJAKARTA: Copper and gold miner PT Newmont Nusa Tenggara paid to the government US$6.25 million as a second quarterly royalty on the concentrate shipped from April to June 2004, the company said in a press release.The payment included $4.74 million for copper, $1.

Mon, 09 Aug 2004

JP/Activist seeks probe into worker's death

Activist seeks probe into worker's death MEDAN: A labor activist demanded the Indonesian embassy in Kuala Lumpur investigate the death of a worker during a raid against illegal aliens in Kuala Lumpur recently.

Mon, 09 Aug 2004

JP/Education agency opens

Education agency opens hot line for parents JAKARTA: The Jakarta Elementary Education Agency has established a hot line to allow parents to log complaints about school fees and admission policies.

Mon, 09 Aug 2004

JP/Unemployed people to get free training

Unemployed people to get free training JAKARTA: The Ministry of National Education is set to launch a free training program for over 7,000 unemployed youth in 2005.

Mon, 09 Aug 2004

JP/Thugs threaten 'Matra' magazine

Thugs threaten 'Matra' magazine JAKARTA: Police officers were seen on Saturday guarding the office of Matra monthly magazine on Jl. Fatmawati, South Jakarta, after a group of thugs threatened to burn it down.

Mon, 09 Aug 2004

JP/Thousands of migrant workers in Malaysia homeward bound

Thousands of migrant workers in Malaysia homeward boundFadli, Tanjung Pinang, Riau While large-scale deportations are not due to take place until after Sept. 20, thousands of Indonesians working illegally in Malaysia have already started to leave.

Mon, 09 Aug 2004

JP/Wireless Internet access makes waves with options

Wireless Internet access makes waves with options All the electromagnetic waves that are bouncing around you may be cause for some concern: You may worry that they may harm you physically, causing illnesses and even tumors, as has been rumored.

Mon, 09 Aug 2004

JP/Going will be tough for RI shuttlers in early rounds of Olympics

Going will be tough for RI shuttlers in early rounds of OlympicsEva C. Komandjaja JakartaThe quest to bring home the gold from the 2004 Athens Olympic Games may prove to be even more difficult than expected, with Indonesia's shuttlers drawn against some tough early round opponents.

Mon, 09 Aug 2004

JP/Newmont pays $6.25m royalty to RI

Newmont pays $6.25m royalty to RI JAKARTA: Copper and gold miner PT Newmont Nusa Tenggara paid to the government US$6.25 million as a second quarterly royalty on the concentrate shipped from April to June 2004, the company said in a press release.The payment included $4.74 million for copper, $1.

Mon, 09 Aug 2004

JP/FTA with China becoming complicated

FTA with China becoming complicatedZakki P. Hakim, Jakarta Local producers of stearic acid, long protected by the government, are now learning the bitter lesson that a free trade deal between ASEAN and China, signed three years ago, is threatening exports to the latter's huge market.

Mon, 09 Aug 2004

JP/Komnas HAM confirms serious rights abuses in Wasior, Wamena

Komnas HAM confirms serious rights abuses in Wasior, WamenaFabiola Desy Unidjaja JakartaThe National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) has completed the report on its investigation into bloody incidents in the Papua towns of Wamena and Wasior, saying soldiers and police committed gross ...

Mon, 09 Aug 2004

JP/Power glitch hits Jakarta's airport

Power glitch hits Jakarta's airportThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta A power failure hit the country's main airport, Soekarno-Hatta International in Cengkareng, west of Jakarta, on Sunday afternoon, leaving passengers waiting for their flights in the dark and without air-conditioning for over two hours.

Mon, 09 Aug 2004

JP/Permata bidders must get equal treatment: Analysts

Permata bidders must get equal treatment: AnalystsThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta As overseas and domestic investors seem equally interested in acquiring a majority stake in Indonesia's seventh largest bank, Bank Permata, equal treatment then should be the key to ensure a fair competition between them ...

Mon, 09 Aug 2004

JP/Indonesia struggles to fight poverty

Indonesia struggles to fight povertyTony Hotland, Jakarta Suryatin, 44, carried two fat suitcases belonging to a passenger who was getting on a train at Gambir railway station.

Mon, 09 Aug 2004

JP/More Buyat residents to come to Jakarta

More Buyat residents to come to Jakarta JAKARTA: Three non-governmental organizations (NGOs) will take seven more residents from Buyat Bay, Minahasa in North Sulawesi, to Jakarta, to show the government that the people there are suffering from a serious disease.

Mon, 09 Aug 2004

JP/Indonesian banks outlook stable, says Moody's

Indonesian banks outlook stable, says Moody'sThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta The outlook for the debt and deposit ratings of Indonesian banks is stable at an average B2 and B3, respectively, international rating agency Moody's Investors Service said in its annual report.

Mon, 09 Aug 2004

JP/Survivors set up forum to help others

Survivors set up forum to help othersLeony Aurora , Jakarta "You don't know what it's like -- you've never been there", is the one-liner likely to be spoken by victims or running through their heads.

Mon, 09 Aug 2004

JP/Flooding halts travel in Wanasari

Flooding halts travel in Wanasari PALU, Central Sulawesi: Flooding over the past few days in Wanasari subdistrict, Tojounauna regency, has damaged five bridges, public facilities such as schools, the subdistrict hall and many houses.

Mon, 09 Aug 2004

JP/Opposition needed in democracy

Opposition needed in democracy In accordance with its democratic system, Indonesia is now heading for the presidential election runoff on Sept. 20. The system that has been adopted in many developed countries respects the existence of an opposition party, to check and balance the government.

Mon, 09 Aug 2004

JP/Indonesian soldiers -- the real 'survivors'

Indonesian soldiers -- the real 'survivors'Rusman, Samarinda In the remote jungle of East Kalimantan, far away from "civilization", Indonesian soldiers are playing a game of survival.Hold it.

Mon, 09 Aug 2004

JP/S'pore package for ladies golf winner

S'pore package for ladies golf winner JAKARTA: Golf Links Indonesia and Siemens launched the inaugural Jakarta Ladies Golf Series, with a Singapore holiday package being offered to the winner.

Mon, 09 Aug 2004

JP/PLN signs contract with Alstom consortium

PLN signs contract with Alstom consortiumThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta State electricity firm PT PLN has signed a contract with a consortium comprising Japanese, Indonesian and American firms for the provision of boilers for the Tarahan power project in South Sumatra.

Mon, 09 Aug 2004

JP/Speculation rife over Nurdin's health

Speculation rife over Nurdin's health Abdul Khalik JakartaThe police's failure to satisfactorily explain the health condition of a legislator embroiled in a sugar smuggling scandal has led to speculation that the police, in league with doctors, are helping to protect him. Lawyer Luhut M.

Mon, 09 Aug 2004

JP/Leading ASEAN

Leading ASEAN The 37th anniversary of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), which falls on Aug. 8, comes at a critical juncture.

Mon, 09 Aug 2004

JP/Three rebels killed, 13 others arrested

Three rebels killed, 13 others arrested BANDA ACEH: Government troops shot dead three suspected rebels of the Free Aceh Movement (GAM) and captured 13 others in the latest conflict in the restive province of Aceh, the military said on Sunday.

Mon, 09 Aug 2004

JP/The rights-based approach ensures basic service provision

The rights-based approach ensures basic service provisionUNSFIR, Jakarta The government in Indonesia has in the past organized public services with a centralized command structure that distributed national resources according to central priorities.

Mon, 09 Aug 2004

JP/Police, military involved in Papua abuses: Komnas

Police, military involved in Papua abuses: KomnasFabiola Desy Unidjaja, Jakarta The National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) has completed the report on its investigation into bloody incidents in the Papua towns of Wamena and Wasior, saying soldiers and police committed gross abuses in ...

Mon, 09 Aug 2004

JP/RI shuttlers meet tough competition

RI shuttlers meet tough competitionEva C. Komandjaja, Jakarta The quest to bring home the gold from the 2004 Athens Olympic Games may prove to be even more difficult than expected, with Indonesia's shuttlers drawn against some tough early round opponents.

Mon, 09 Aug 2004

JP/Speculation rife over Nurdin Halid's health

Speculation rife over Nurdin Halid's healthAbdul Khalik, Jakarta The police's failure to satisfactorily explain the health condition of a legislator embroiled in a sugar smuggling scandal has led to speculation that the police, in league with doctors, are helping to protect him.Lawyer Luhut M.

Mon, 09 Aug 2004

JP/Governors' neutrality questioned

Governors' neutrality questionedM. Taufiqurrahman and Nethy Dharma Somba, Jakarta/Jayapura Despite the assertion by the country's 32 governors that they will stay neutral in the runoff election, an analyst expressed doubts on Sunday that the pledge would have a significant impact on the fairness ...

Mon, 09 Aug 2004

JP/More govt agencies get duty-free status

More govt agencies get duty-free statusThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta The government has exempted 11 agencies under the Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries from import duties and excise taxes.

Mon, 09 Aug 2004

JP/Workers protest Manpower Law

Workers protest Manpower Law SURABAYA: Some 1,500 workers staged a protest at the East Java governor's office here on Saturday, demanding that the government and legislators revoke Manpower Law No. 13/2003.

Mon, 09 Aug 2004

JP/Kabelvision

Kabelvision to show Olympics live in JakartaMusthofid, Jakarta Due to the local TV stations' lack of interest in airing the Olympics, Kabelvision, a cable TV broadcaster, has stepped into the vacuum and made a deal with the Kuala Lumpur-based Asia- Pacific Broadcast Union (ABU) for the rights ...

Mon, 09 Aug 2004

JP/Big-time drug syndicates remain out of reach

Big-time drug syndicates remain out of reachThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta Despite nationwide campaigns against illegal drugs, including the handing down of death sentences to traffickers, the number of drug addicts is on the rise.

Mon, 09 Aug 2004

JP/More people practicing safe sex: Survey

More people practicing safe sex: SurveySari P. Setiogi, Jakarta More Indonesians have begun to practice safe sex, with the use of condoms by sexually active people on the rise, according to a survey.

Mon, 09 Aug 2004

JP/A walk in Kemang no walk in the park

A walk in Kemang no walk in the parkEvi Mariani, Jakarta Undecided about which cafe to go to, Matheus, 33, and his two friends got out of their taxi and walked along Jl. Kemang Raya in South Jakarta for more than a kilometer on a Saturday night.

Mon, 09 Aug 2004

JP/Govt moves to solve street vendor issue

Govt moves to solve street vendor issue BOGOR: Bogor city secretary Deddy S Hamdan has expressed a hope that the administration could find the best possible solution to dealing with sidewalk vendors, as it had established a joint committee to draw up a policy on the issue.

Mon, 09 Aug 2004

JP/TV Program: Monday, August 9, 2004

TV Program: Monday, August 9, 2004TVRI .TB.30" .90" 6:00 a.m. News: Berita Pagi7:00 Children Show: Pentas Ceria8:30 Music: Asyik Asyik10:00 Dialogue11:00 Singing Contest: Konteswara 11:30 Doing Business12:00 p.m.

Mon, 09 Aug 2004

JP/Women may be at higher risk of endometriosis

Women may be at higher risk of endometriosisDewi Santoso, Jakarta Female air travellers and flight attendants are advised to avoid traveling by air for longer than five hours at a time while having their periods, as flying may increase their risk of developing endometriosis, a disease that often ...

Mon, 09 Aug 2004

JP/Looking for common values, a community driven ASEAN

Looking for common values, a community driven ASEANMeidyatama Suryodiningrat, Jakarta A group of people with a common characteristic, or interests living together within a larger society. That is Merriam Webster's definition of "community".

Mon, 09 Aug 2004

JP/Telecom equipment vendors offer range of services

Telecom equipment vendors offer range of servicesZatni Arbi, Columnist, Jakarta In the banking industry, the concept of outsourcing has largely been accepted.

Mon, 09 Aug 2004

JP/Government to go ahead with Jatigede dam project

Government to go ahead with Jatigede dam projectYuli Tri Suwarni and Nana Rukmana, Bandung/Indramayu Despite being controversial, the government will go ahead with plans to build Jatigede dam. Sumedang regent Don Murdono has revealed that construction of the large, Rp 2.