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Sat, 08 Jan 2005

JP/On Australia's policy in Asia

On Australia's policy in Asia I refer to Reaz Abdullah's letter (Australia's policy in Asia, The Jakarta Post, Dec. 30, 2004).

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Sat, 08 Jan 2005

JP/Indonesians and people from around the world have donated

Indonesians and people from around the world have donated millions of U.S. dollars for the victims of the earthquake and tsunami in Aceh and North Sumatra. The Jakarta Post asked residents if they thought this money would ever reach the victims.

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Sat, 08 Jan 2005

JP/People return to Baiturrahman

People return to BaiturrahmanNani Afrida, The Jakarta Post/Banda Aceh As Muslim washed his face before Friday prayers at Baiturrahman Grand Mosque in Banda Aceh, the first service at the mosque since the region was by tsunamis, he could not hold back his tears.

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Sat, 08 Jan 2005

JP/JP/3/IMF (3disc)

JP/3/IMF (3disc)On the sidelines of the Special Leaders' Meeting on the Aftermath of the Earthquake and Tsunami in Jakarta on Thursday, the International Monetary Fund's Managing Director Rodrigo de Sato talked with The Jakarta Post's Riyadi Suparno and Urip Hudiono on the impact of the ...

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Sat, 08 Jan 2005

JP/Survivors cope with loss by giving

Survivors cope with loss by givingSari P. Setiogi, The Jakarta Post/Jakarta Losing his loved ones in the tsunami disaster devastated Abdurrahman Ali, but he still wants to lend a helping hand.The 46-year-old lost his wife and four children on that fateful Sunday, Dec.

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Sat, 08 Jan 2005

JP/Lack of benefit from Indonesia's sand exports

Lack of benefit from Indonesia's sand exportsYohanes Yansen Batam For three decades or more, great volumes of sand have been dug up in the Riau Islands and sold at dirt-cheap prices to foreigners. Environmental damage from mining sand is immense.

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Sat, 08 Jan 2005

JP/Take your complaints elsewhere

Take your complaints elsewhere I refer to the letter from Aqua Dwipayana published in The Jakarta Post on Jan. 5, titled Garuda's service.

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Sat, 08 Jan 2005

JP/IDB sets aside $443m for RI tsunami assistance package

IDB sets aside $443m for RI tsunami assistance packageLeony Aurora, The Jakarta Post/Jakarta The Islamic Development Bank (IDB) will extend a US$443 million tsunami assistance package to Indonesia, pending the completion of the government's final assessment of its post-tragedy financing needs, a ...

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Sat, 08 Jan 2005

JP/Australian may let Acehnese immigrate

Australian may let Acehnese immigrateTiarma Siboro and Fadli, The Jakarta Post/Jakarta/Batam A leading human rights group lamented on Friday an earlier move by Batam officials to deny entry for dozens of Acehnese refugees, while the Australian government offered to give refuge to some survivors ...

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Sat, 08 Jan 2005

JP/Yogya sends 250 to tsunami-hit areas

Yogya sends 250 to tsunami-hit areas YOGYAKARTA: As many as 250 volunteers from Yogyakarta comprising medical and evacuation teams have been sent to the tsunami- ravaged areas in the provinces of Aceh and North Sumatra.

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Sat, 08 Jan 2005

JP/Wounding the spirit of humanity

Wounding the spirit of humanityChristine Susanna Tjhin, Ulung Rusman and Ilma Sovri Yanti, Medan The compassionate appeal made by Jusuf Wanandi to all citizens, particularly Chinese-Indonesians, to help Aceh and Indonesia cannot be emphasized enough (The Jakarta Post, Jan. 4).

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Sat, 08 Jan 2005

JP/Role of censors questioned

Role of censors questionedFrom RepublikaAs an Indonesian citizen I feel very much concerned and disappointed by the degraded values in our society as a result of the behavior of a greedy few.

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Sat, 08 Jan 2005

JP/Regional council criticizes govt aid bureaucracy

Regional council criticizes govt aid bureaucracyKurniawan Hari, The Jakarta Post/Jakarta Acehnese members of the Regional Representatives Council (DPD) complained about the lengthy procedures applied by the government-sanctioned disaster-relief team for tsunami victims to receive aid.

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Sat, 08 Jan 2005

JP/Lawyers conspired with Newmont: Locals

Lawyers conspired with Newmont: LocalsTony Hotland and Muninggar Sri Saraswati, The Jakarta Post/Jakarta What started as a collective struggle was replaced with a battle of words when Buyat Bay residents accused their lawyers of conspiring with gold miner PT Newmont Minahasa Raya (NMR), which has ...

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Sat, 08 Jan 2005

JP/Stingy in relief? America has done enough

Stingy in relief? America has done enoughRichard Halloran, The Korea Herald, Asia News Network, Seoul Ever since the tsunami ravaged the shores of a dozen nations washed by the Indian Ocean, Americans have been accused of being "stingy" in response -- an allegation that does not stand up in the ...

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Sat, 08 Jan 2005

JP/Take your complaints elsewhere

Take your complaints elsewhere I refer to the letter from Aqua Dwipayana published in The Jakarta Post on Jan. 5, titled Garuda's service.

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Sat, 08 Jan 2005

JP/Soldiers divided between work and family

Soldiers divided between work and family Apriadi Gunawan The Jakarta Post/Lhokseumawe "If we wanted to run to safety ourselves we could have but we didn't have the heart.

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Sat, 08 Jan 2005

JP/Disaster management

Disaster management We wish to express our deepest empathy and heart-felt compassion for the victims of the earthquake and the killer- tsunami.Residing in Indonesia, The Jakarta Post has been the only authentic source of news for English readers.

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Sat, 08 Jan 2005

JP/Laying groundwork for change in the tax office

Laying groundwork for change in the tax officeRendi A. Witular, The Jakarta Post/Jakarta Despite all the efforts to promote good governance at tax offices last year, the Directorate General of Taxation has failed to address taxpayers' greatest concerns: the uncertainty over tax law enforcement, ...

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Sat, 08 Jan 2005

JP/Candy as change

Candy as change This is in response to the letter from Wendy (of Freiburg, Germany) who complains of getting candy in lieu of Rp 100 change at Balinese stores (Cheating in Bali, The Jakarta Post, Dec. 16).

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Sat, 08 Jan 2005

JP/Sutiyoso plans regreening project to fulfill dream of fruitful city

Sutiyoso plans regreening project to fulfill dream of fruitful cityDamar Harsanto, The Jakarta Post/Jakarta Pepaya, mangga, pisang, jambu, dibawa dari Pasar Minggu (papaya, mango, banana, guava, brought from Pasar Minggu) goes a popular folk song depicting Pasar Minggu in South Jakarta as ...

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Sat, 08 Jan 2005

JP/The ASEAN declaration

The ASEAN declaration We, the Heads of State/Government, Special Envoys and Heads of regional as well as international organizations, who gathered here on Jan.

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Sat, 08 Jan 2005

JP/No more untouchables

No more untouchables How much do people trust our police and judicial system? About as much as a passing stranger in a dark alley at midnight.

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Sat, 08 Jan 2005

JP/Bring order to streets

Bring order to streetsFrom KompasSeveral governments have come to power following the end of the New Order in 1998, but none of their programs have included bringing order to our roads, which should be part of the present government's 100-day drive.

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Sat, 08 Jan 2005

JP/No more brokers for military equipment

No more brokers for military equipmentFrom Bisnis IndonesiaIndonesian Military (TNI) Commander Gen. Endriartono Sutarto has said the TNI has no objection to the one-stop system of defense equipment buying under the Ministry of Defense and suggested the procurement involve no brokers or third ...

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Sat, 08 Jan 2005

JP/Fair fuel price policy suggested

Fair fuel price policy suggestedFrom Koran TempoWith the planned fuel price increase shortly, I would like to suggest a fair fuel price policy by following the principle of price differentials.

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Sat, 08 Jan 2005

JP/Call in the reserves

Call in the reservesHarold James, Project Syndicate The People's Bank of China and the Bank of Japan -- as well as other central banks in Asia -- are in trouble. They have accumulated vast foreign exchange reserves, estimated at more than US$2 trillion.

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Sat, 08 Jan 2005

JP/JP/6/NASIR

JP/6/NASIRAsian Tsunami The pain of Aceh, the pain of Indonesia, the pain of the worldSudirman Nasir Victoria, Australia The catastrophic Asian tsunami has not merely destroyed countless cities and villages and killed over one hundred and fifty thousand people, but has also stimulated a ...

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Sat, 08 Jan 2005

JP/Where to go in Yogyakarta: Saturday, January 8, 2005

Where to go in Yogyakarta: Saturday, January 8, 2005Exhibitions* Painting Alienated Life by Ouda Teda Ena, Bentara Budaya Yogyakarta, Jl Suroto No. 2 Kotabaru (Tel. 0274 560404), 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 5 p.m. to 9 p.m., until Jan. 11. * Ceramic Stick Together by Bambang Subandono, Donny A.

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Sat, 08 Jan 2005

JP/On Australia's policy in Asia

On Australia's policy in Asia I refer to Reaz Abdullah's letter (Australia's policy in Asia, The Jakarta Post, Dec. 30, 2004).

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Sat, 08 Jan 2005

JP/Police silences rumors: Adiguna to stay in custody

Police silences rumors: Adiguna to stay in custodyAbdul Khalik, The Jakarta Post/Jakarta The police have announced that they would not release from custody Adiguna Sutowo, the sole suspect in the murder of waiter Yohannes Berchmans Haerudy Natong, alias Rudy, on New Year's Day at the Hilton ...

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Sat, 08 Jan 2005

JP/Jambi market on fire

Jambi market on fire JAMBI: Some 11 kiosks in Pasar Baru market in South Jambi subdistrict caught fire on Wednesday night. No casualties were reported."The fire spread quickly from behind the kiosks," said Ahmad, a trader and eyewitness.

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Sat, 08 Jan 2005

JP/'Only some relief aid will reach target'

'Only some relief aid will reach target' Indonesians and people from around the world have donated millions of U.S. dollars for the victims of the earthquake and tsunami in Aceh and North Sumatra. The Jakarta Post asked residents if they thought this money would ever reach the victims.

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Sat, 08 Jan 2005

JP/Swedish Embassy clarifies

Swedish Embassy clarifies We noticed in the Jan. 6 and Jan. 7 editions of The Jakarta Post on pages 11 and 12 respectively the list of tsunami aid, on which Sweden is mentioned to have made a contribution of US$80 million from the government and nil private contributions.

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Sat, 08 Jan 2005

JP/Susilo says he prefers grants to loans

Susilo says he prefers grants to loansFabiola Desy Unidjaja and Urip Hudiono, The Jakarta Post/Jakarta Following creditor countries' offering debt moratoria to tsunami- stricken countries, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has decided that Indonesia would only accept donations in forms ...

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Sat, 08 Jan 2005

JP/Lampung fishermen fear tsunami

Lampung fishermen fear tsunami BANDARLAMPUNG: Hundreds of traditional fishermen in Lampung decided to stay at home on Thursday amid widespread rumors of corpse-eating fish and fears of another tsunami.

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Sat, 08 Jan 2005

JP/EU: The halo effect

EU: The halo effectGwynne Dyer, London "The Islamic world, the Islamic extremists, even bin Laden, rejoice for the entrance of Turkey into the European Union. This is their Trojan horse," warned Libyan Moammar Gadafy on Dec. 17.

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Sat, 08 Jan 2005

JP/Soldiers risked own lives to save people

Soldiers risked own lives to save peopleApriadi Gunawan, The Jakarta Post/Lhokseumawe "If we wanted to run to safety ourselves we could have but we didn't have the heart.

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Sat, 08 Jan 2005

JP/Kudos to TNI

Kudos to TNI The Indonesian Military (TNI) must be one of the few institutions whose work and contributions to the emergency relief effort in disaster-stricken areas in Aceh and North Sumatra has not been fully appreciated.

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Sat, 08 Jan 2005

JP/Donors want to know how victims are aided

Donors want to know how victims are aidedV.K. Chin The Star Online Asia News Network Selangor, Malaysia Malaysians have responded magnificently to appeals to help victims of the Dec. 26 tsunami and this shows clearly that the milk of human kindness still flows strongly in their veins.

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Sat, 08 Jan 2005

JP/Japan has key aid role in wake of tsunami

Japan has key aid role in wake of tsunamiThe Daily Yomiuri Asia News Network Tokyo Japan must play a leading role as an Asian power in helping aid and rehabilitate nations devastated by the recent earthquake- triggered Indian Ocean tsunami disaster.

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Sat, 08 Jan 2005

JP/DTK members to start work Tuesday

DTK members to start work Tuesday JAKARTA: Fifteen members of the City Transportation Council (DTK) will be installed on Jan. 11.The council will act as the people's representatives in providing advice to the city's transportation-related policies.

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Sat, 08 Jan 2005

JP/Aceh's pain in exchange for trust

Aceh's pain in exchange for trust"How can we trust you with our donations?" said a woman in Boston Common Park on New Year's Eve. Such a question put us, Indonesian students who were distributing the flyers about the disaster in Aceh on that night, into short silence.

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Sat, 08 Jan 2005

JP/Police's services

Police's services In one of your articles recently there were complaints to the effect that the police are reluctant to follow up reports on criminal acts if we do not pay them some fees. Of course, they (the police public relations officers) would deny such allegations.

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Sat, 08 Jan 2005

JP/Time to behave, for everybody's sake

Time to behave, for everybody's sakeMusthofid, The Jakarta Post/Jakarta Had Peter Withe's side failed to produce a remarkable comeback in the away semifinal match against Malaysia, Indonesia would have been forced to swallow yet another Tiger Cup flop.

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Sat, 08 Jan 2005

JP/Govt needs Rp 20t to rebuild Aceh, N. Sumatra

Govt needs Rp 20t to rebuild Aceh, N. SumatraRendi A. Witular, The Jakarta Post/Jakarta The government has estimated that the cost to rebuild tsunami- bludgeoned Aceh and parts of North Sumatra soared to at least Rp 20 trillion (US$2.

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Sat, 08 Jan 2005

JP/Kupang in need of more kerosene

Kupang in need of more kerosene KUPANG: After a quota reduction and price hike, long queues for kerosene were observed in Kupang on Thursday. Some people said they had been forced to cook over wood fires, the old-fashioned way.

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Sat, 08 Jan 2005

JP/Adopters-in-waiting keep hopes up for Acehnese orphans

Adopters-in-waiting keep hopes up for Acehnese orphansEva C. Komandjaja, The Jakarta Post/Jakarta People continue to line up to adopt Acehnese orphans, although the government temporarily prohibited the adoption of the homeless children amid concerns of possible trafficking.

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Sat, 08 Jan 2005

JP/Securing a more secure world

Securing a more secure worldJoseph S. Nye Project SyndicateCommittee reports are usually deadly dull, and UN committee reports are among the dullest. But the recent report of the UN Secretary General's High Level Panel on Threats, Challenges, and Change broke that rule.

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Sat, 08 Jan 2005

JP/I do not known of any disaster more horrific or more touching

I do not known of any disaster more horrific or more touching than the earthquake and tsunami that hit Asia. Virtually everybody in the world is deeply touched and tearful.

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Sat, 08 Jan 2005

JP/Activists frustrated by little progress in Munir case

Activists frustrated by little progress in Munir caseTiarma Siboro, The Jakarta Post/Jakarta Human rights activists have criticized the police for the limited progress they have made in investigating the alleged murder of rights champion Munir.

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Sat, 08 Jan 2005

JP/Bio Farma sends anti cholera vaccine

Bio Farma sends anti cholera vaccine BANDUNG: Bio Farma drug company will start sending anticholera vaccines to Aceh as well as opening on Thursday an immunization and vaccination clinic in Banda Aceh.

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Sat, 08 Jan 2005

JP/UN chief witnesses Acehnese resilience

UN chief witnesses Acehnese resilienceAgencies, Banda Aceh United Nations chief Kofi Annan was left stunned here on Friday by the scale of carnage wrought along the annihilated coastlines of the tsunami zone as Indonesia's death toll passed 101,000.

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Sat, 08 Jan 2005

JP/MRT idling at station, but has green light

MRT idling at station, but has green lightDamar Harsanto, The Jakarta Post/Jakarta The Jakarta administration is confident that the construction of the ambitious Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) will go ahead.

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Sat, 08 Jan 2005

JP/Emission tests to be mandatory for all vehicles

Emission tests to be mandatory for all vehiclesBambang Nurbianto, The Jakarta Post/Jakarta A draft bylaw on air pollution scheduled for approval next month will require all vehicles in the city to undergo vehicle emission tests.

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Sat, 08 Jan 2005

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;JP;JON AFRIZAL;CD; ANPAa..r.. Scene-Jambi-governors JP/4/SCENE Candidates line up for Jambi election JAMBI: Although the registration for candidates in Jambi's gubernatorial election does not open until Feb. 20, several people already have confirmed they will contest the election.

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Sat, 08 Jan 2005

JP/Tsunami has little impact on the Indonesian economy

Tsunami has little impact on the Indonesian economy On the sidelines of the Special Leaders' Meeting on the Aftermath of the Earthquake and Tsunami in Jakarta on Thursday, the International Monetary Fund's Managing Director Rodrigo de Sato talked with The Jakarta Post's Riyadi Suparno and Urip ...

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Sat, 08 Jan 2005

JP/Champions bowlers set for tourney

Champions bowlers set for tourneyMoch. N. Kurniawan, The Jakarta Post/Jakarta All but one of Asia's top 16 ranked men's and women's players are slated to participate in next week's 2004 Asian Bowling Federation (ABF) Tournament of Champions.

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Sat, 08 Jan 2005

JP/A truth commission for E. Timor -- but who planned the mayhem?

A truth commission for E. Timor -- but who planned the mayhem? Aboeprijadi Santoso Amsterdam Indonesia has asked East Timor to initiate a joint-commission of truth and reconciliation to resolve the issue of the violence during and after the United Nations-organized vote in East Timor in 1999.

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Sat, 08 Jan 2005

JP/Tsunami's agonizing aftermath

Tsunami's agonizing aftermathR. M. A. B. Dassanayake, The Island, Asia News Network, Colombo In the tragic aftermath of the vast inestimable devastation of physical life and property caused by the unfathomable subterranean forces of nature which exploded as if in revolt against widespread ...

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Sat, 08 Jan 2005

JP/On Australia's policy in Asia

On Australia's policy in Asia I refer to Reaz Abdullah's letter (Australia's policy in Asia, The Jakarta Post, Dec. 30, 2004).

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Sat, 08 Jan 2005

JP/When our differences simply do not matter

When our differences simply do not matterM. Ali, Manchester, UK Sometimes, sadly, it takes terrible tragedies, great losses or awful pain for us to stop in our often hectic lives and think about our place in the world and the way we are headed.

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Sat, 08 Jan 2005

JP/Tiny Bogor lakes no match for flood

Tiny Bogor lakes no match for floodTheresia Sufa, The Jakarta Post/Bogor At least 32 of 93 small lakes for flood control in Bogor, West Java are damaged, according to an official in the city.

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Sat, 08 Jan 2005

JP/PTDI president faces trial

PTDI president faces trial BANDUNG, West Java: Edwin Soedarmo, president director of ailing state-owned aircraft maker PT Dirgantara Indonesia (PTDI), will go on trial on Friday for failing to pay compensation to more than 6,500 dismissed employees in early 2004.

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Sat, 08 Jan 2005

JP/Police's services

Police's services In one of your articles recently there were complaints to the effect that the police are reluctant to follow up reports on criminal acts if we do not pay them some fees. Of course, they (the police public relations officers) would deny such allegations.

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Sat, 08 Jan 2005

JP/Rising star Boas looks to foreign fields

Rising star Boas looks to foreign fieldsMoch. N. Kurniawan, The Jakarta Post/Jakarta At 18, Boas Salossa is already a big fish in the small pond of soccer here, rated one of the best left wingers in the country.Local fans dutifully chant the national team player's name at every game at home.

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Sat, 08 Jan 2005

JP/Driving in Jakarta

Driving in Jakarta Regarding The Jakarta Post's article --Driving in Jakarta to slow to snail's pace by 2020 on Dec. 17 -- I take the liberty to send my opinion as follows:The cheap partial solution to traffic in Jakarta is to enforce the "intersection blocking rule".

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Sat, 08 Jan 2005

JP/Graft an 'extraordinary crime'

Graft an 'extraordinary crime'Muninggar Sri Saraswati, The Jakarta Post/Jakarta The draft of a new anticorruption ruling considers corruption an extraordinary crime if it causes a minimum of Rp 50 billion (US$5.5 million) in state losses, an official said on Friday.

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Sat, 08 Jan 2005

JP/Minister confirms Cemex legal battle over

Minister confirms Cemex legal battle overRendi A. Witular, The Jakarta Post/Jakarta State Minister of State Enterprises Sugiharto has announced that Mexican cement giant Cemex SA agreed to suspend its lawsuit against the government and to accept an out-of-court settlement.

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