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64 articles.

Tue, 08 Feb 2005

JP/Tough action needed against illegals

Tough action needed against illegalsV.K. Chin, The Star, Asia News Network, Selangor, Malaysia The government will have to find a balance in dealing with the illegal immigrants in such a manner that it will be seen to be cooperating with its neighbors without at the same time upsetting the people.

Tue, 08 Feb 2005

JP/China stands firm at G-7

China stands firm at G-7 It was a strategic decision on the part of China to stand firm against strong pressure from American and European leaders to untie the yuan from the U.S. dollar, arguing that it needed more time to reform its financial system.

Tue, 08 Feb 2005

JP/Legislators query new ministry

Legislators query new ministryKurniawan Hari, The Jakarta Post, JakartaWhat's in a name? Lawmakers on Monday questioned the move by President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono to create a new Ministry of Communications and Information.

Tue, 08 Feb 2005

JP/RI, Turkey to increase economic ties

RI, Turkey to increase economic tiesMuninggar Sri Saraswati, The Jakarta Post, JakartaTrade and religion were two things Indonesia and Turkey had in common and efforts would be made to boost ties on both fronts, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono says.

Tue, 08 Feb 2005

JP/Taiwan, U.S. concerned over EU lifting arms embargo on China

Taiwan, U.S. concerned over EU lifting arms embargo on ChinaThe Jakarta Post, JakartaTaiwan expressed its concerns over the European Union's likely lifting of its arms embargo against China, saying the EU must be cautious in doing so.

Tue, 08 Feb 2005

JP/G-7 policy must include emerging economies

G-7 policy must include emerging economiesThe Daily Yomiuri, Asia News Network, Tokyo The meeting of finance ministers and central bank governors from the Group of Seven major industrialized nations faced a historic turning point, two decades after the body reached the Plaza Accord to weaken the ...

Tue, 08 Feb 2005

JP/Ministry focuses attention on illegal fishing

Ministry focuses attention on illegal fishingThe Jakarta Post, JakartaThe Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries has focused its efforts on sea supervision and the issuance of permits in an effort to stop illegal fishing during the first 100 days of the new administration.

Tue, 08 Feb 2005

JP/Ulemas demand order in Puncak

Ulemas demand order in Puncak BOGOR:Suspicious of growing prostitution in the Puncak resort, certain ulemas and religious leaders from Bogor regency have asked councillors to draft a regulation on the presence of entertainment spots and inns along the road to the resort.

Tue, 08 Feb 2005

JP/Indonesia plans to pull out of OPEC

Indonesia plans to pull out of OPECFabiola Desy Unidjaja, The Jakarta Post, JakartaThe government has set up a team tasked with reviewing Indonesia's membership of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) due to the country's falling crude oil production, which is bringing the ...

Tue, 08 Feb 2005

JP/Australian sailor Packer apologizes

Australian sailor Packer apologizesI Wayan Juniartha, The Jakarta Post, DenpasarAustralian yachtsman Christopher Packer apologized on Monday to the panel of judges at the Denpasar District Court for his failure to declare six firearms to local security personnel.

Tue, 08 Feb 2005

JP/France and railroads

France and railroads The reconstruction of Aceh after the devastating earthquake and tsunami on Dec. 26 can now begin. In The Jakarta Post on Jan. 19, I read in an article by Rendi A.

Tue, 08 Feb 2005

JP/Bogor prepares for new year fest

Bogor prepares for new year festTheresia Sufa, The Jakarta Post, BogorChinese children across the world will greet their parents with the words Sin Chun Kiong Hie or Happy New Year on Wednesday as they welcome the coming of spring in China.

Tue, 08 Feb 2005

JP/Scavenger boss takes off with Rp 120m

Scavenger boss takes off with Rp 120m BEKASI: Scavengers at Bantar Gebang dump, Bekasi, have decided to report the chairwoman of the Association of Indonesian Scavengers (IPI), Cathy Lengkong, to the police for allegedly swindling money from them totaling Rp 120 million (US$13,050).

Tue, 08 Feb 2005

JP/DPR to select 'RRI' supervisory council

DPR to select 'RRI' supervisory council JAKARTA: The House of Representatives will screen 15 candidates next week for the five-member supervisory council of state radio station RRI.Theo L.

Tue, 08 Feb 2005

JP/JP/6/BENNY

JP/6/BENNYThe Peace Prospect in Aceh: Assessing from the Past Experience Benny YP Siahaan Jakarta Initially, many quarters have been pessimistic about the prospects of any peace dialog between the Indonesian government and the Free Aceh Movement (GAM) after the collapse of cessation of ...

Tue, 08 Feb 2005

JP/Party planned for newspaper vendors

Party planned for newspaper vendorsPublishers and distribution agencies are preparing a bash for the men and women who work day in and day out to get newspapers and magazines into customers' hands.

Tue, 08 Feb 2005

JP/Helping tsunami victims

Helping tsunami victims As someone who feels deeply connected to Indonesia and its peoples, I am deeply saddened by the awful death and destruction that the earthquake and tsunami has wreaked upon so many in North Sumatra and in other parts of South and Southeast Asia.

Tue, 08 Feb 2005

JP/Suprapto, fearless death penalty judge

Suprapto, fearless death penalty judgeMulta Fidrus, The Jakarta Post, TangerangHe is a bit smaller than the average Indonesian man.He always looks relaxed and seems not to have any worries at all when he enters the courtroom at Tangerang District Court.However, do not underestimate him.

Tue, 08 Feb 2005

JP/Immunization Key to Saving World's Poorest Children

Immunization Key to Saving World's Poorest ChildrenYoweri Museveni and Jens Stoltenberg Yale Center for the Study of Globalization As national leaders -- one in Scandinavia, the other in East Africa -- we awaken each day to dramatically different realities.

Tue, 08 Feb 2005

JP/M'sian master plan to rebuild Banda Aceh includes seawall

M'sian master plan to rebuild Banda Aceh includes seawallSean Yoong, The Associated Press/Banda AcehA Malaysian master plan to reconstruct the tsunami-battered city of Banda Aceh will focus on building 120,000 new homes and a seawall, officials said on Monday, giving the first details of a massive ...

Tue, 08 Feb 2005

JP/Bank employees arrested for siphoning off customers's funds

Bank employees arrested for siphoning off customers's fundsAbdul Khalik, The Jakarta Post, JakartaIf choosing not to have an ATM card when opening a bank account is considered a way to save money, in that withdrawing money for impulsive shopping would be avoided, two bank employees may have proven ...

Tue, 08 Feb 2005

JP/City hospitals told to threat poor dengue patients for free

City hospitals told to threat poor dengue patients for freeThe Jakarta Post, JakartaWith dengue fever claiming at least 15 lives this year, the city administration has instructed state and city hospitals in the capital to treat poor patients for free, regardless of whether or not they have proof of ...

Tue, 08 Feb 2005

JP/Rebuilding Aceh: new towns, new hope

Rebuilding Aceh: new towns, new hopeGordon G Benton Jakarta It is more than likely that there will be an unholy battle over the desolation in Aceh and North Sumatra on who is going to rebuild the infrastructure, towns and villages.

Tue, 08 Feb 2005

JP/Temple gears up for Imlek

Temple gears up for ImlekSuherdjoko, The Jakarta Post, SemarangThe three-story roofs looked elegant, even though several buildings on the right and left were not yet completed and the tiles were not yet in place. But the main pillars, 75 cm wide, had been beautifully carved with dragons.

Tue, 08 Feb 2005

JP/The media must put its house in order

The media must put its house in orderArdimas Sasdi, Jakarta Despite its shortcomings, the Indonesian media, since deregulation in 1998, is now relatively free, as should be the case in a democracy.

Tue, 08 Feb 2005

JP/Puteh caused no state losses: Expert

Puteh caused no state losses: ExpertThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta An expert testifying in the trial of Abdullah Puteh told the Anticorruption Court in Central Jakarta on Monday that no losses had been inflicted on the state in the purchase of a Russian-made helicopter because the transaction had not ...

Tue, 08 Feb 2005

JP/Wrong place, wrong time

Wrong place, wrong time Consider if you will that God, however you perceive him, had absolutely nothing at all to do with the devastating tsunami of Dec. 26.

Tue, 08 Feb 2005

JP/Dealers get Mercedes awards

Dealers get Mercedes awardsSURABAYA: PT DaimlerChrysler Distribution Indonesia presented on Monday awards to three of the 20 authorized dealers of its flagship Mercedes-Benz.The three dealers were PT Panji Rama Otomotif Jakarta, PT Cakrawala Automotif Rabhasa Jakarta and PT Kedaung Satrya Motor.

Tue, 08 Feb 2005

JP/Govt upbeat RI to be dropped from money laundering list

Govt upbeat RI to be dropped from money laundering listRendi A. Witular, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta After lobbying members of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), a global anti-money laundering group, the government is optimistic Indonesia will be removed from the FATF's blacklist.

Tue, 08 Feb 2005

JP/Govt asked to scrub fees in trading

Govt asked to scrub fees in trading JAKARTA: The City Council has requested the Jakarta administration to eliminate fees for business trading permits.

Tue, 08 Feb 2005

JP/German medics give their all in Aceh

German medics give their all in AcehFadli and Urip Hudiono, The Jakarta Post, Banda Aceh From the outside the Zainal Abidin Hospital looks more like a shipwreck than a medical center.

Tue, 08 Feb 2005

JP/Indonesia wants integrated assistance from EU for fishing industry

Indonesia wants integrated assistance from EU for fishing industryRendi A. Witular, The Jakarta Post, JakartaThe government is currently working on a proposal to the European Union (EU) to request comprehensive assistance for the country's under-developed fishing industry, outside the EU's plan to ...

Tue, 08 Feb 2005

JP/Two more foreigners sentenced to death

Two more foreigners sentenced to deathMulta Fidrus, The Jakarta Post, TangerangTwo more foreigners have been sentenced to death for smuggling drugs into the country last July.

Tue, 08 Feb 2005

JP/Kids worst hit by respiratory illnesses

Kids worst hit by respiratory illnesses PEKANBARU: Over 35,000 children, mostly under five years old, suffered from respiratory infections last year, local health office head Saiful Bahri said.

Tue, 08 Feb 2005

JP/ASEAN+3 versus the East Asia Summit

ASEAN+3 versus the East Asia SummitR.M. Marty M. Natalegawa, Jakarta From the vantage point of 2005, ASEAN+3 cooperation, namely cooperation between the 10 ASEAN countries and the "+3" (China, Japan and South Korea), is regarded as a given.

Tue, 08 Feb 2005

JP/Revisiting Devlopment Goals,

Revisiting Devlopment Goals, how can ASEAN help?Romeo A. Reyes Jakarta A Practical Plan to Achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) was submitted to the UN Secretary General last month by the UN Millennium Project, an independent advisory group commissioned to recommend strategies for ...

Tue, 08 Feb 2005

JP/Javanese set to celebrate 'Satu Suro'

Javanese set to celebrate 'Satu Suro'Suherdjoko and Slamet Susanto, The Jakarta Post/Semarang/YogyakartaThousands of people in Yogyakarta and Central Java are expected to participate in the traditional celebration of Satu Suro, the new year according to the Javanese calendar, which coincides ...

Tue, 08 Feb 2005

JP/Police arrest editor over press theft

Police arrest editor over press theft PALU: The chief editor of Palu's Info Baru daily was arrested by Central Sulawesi Police on Sunday for allegedly trying to steal his newspaper's printing press.

Tue, 08 Feb 2005

JP/'Use Davos to boost confidence in RI'

'Use Davos to boost confidence in RI'Harry Bhaskara, Davos What is Indonesia trying to achieve with its participation in Davos? To boost confidence in Indonesia, according to Coordinating Minister for the Economy Aburizal Bakrie.

Tue, 08 Feb 2005

JP/Navy goes ballistic over missile project

Navy goes ballistic over missile projectTiarma Siboro, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The Indonesian Navy is sponsoring the development of the first locally made missile as part of a program to develop an indigenous defense industry.

Tue, 08 Feb 2005

JP/JP/18/JAPAN

JP/18/JAPANTourist industry urged work hard to win back Japanese market Wahyoe Boediwardhana The Jakarta Post/DenpasarThe Dec.

Tue, 08 Feb 2005

JP/No storm on RI's horizon but stay alert, says BMG

No storm on RI's horizon but stay alert, says BMGThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta, YogyakartaUrging the public not to panic, the Meteorology and Geophysics Agency (BMG) has said there are no tropical storms approaching Indonesia, but warned the public to remain alert.

Tue, 08 Feb 2005

JP/Regional governments bemoan election funds shortage

Regional governments bemoan election funds shortageNana Rukmana and Rusman, The Jakarta Post/Indramayu/SamarindaCentral government needed to inject more funds into the Indramayu regency because the administration was short of money to run the local elections, the region's regent says.Irianto M.S.

Tue, 08 Feb 2005

JP/Religion 'won't win corruption fight'

Religion 'won't win corruption fight'Hera Diani, The Jakarta Post, JakartaReligious leaders have confessed that strict law enforcement and harsh punishments are more effective than religious teachings in combating corruption.

Tue, 08 Feb 2005

JP/PPP gathering to go ahead

PPP gathering to go ahead JAKARTA: A United Development Party (PPP) faction said a planned gathering here of party members at the end of the month would not lead to calls for an extraordinary congress to elect a new party leader.

Tue, 08 Feb 2005

JP/Joint hearing with AG fails

Joint hearing with AG fails JAKARTA: A hearing at the House of Representatives with Attorney General (AG) Abdul Rachman Saleh failed to materialize on Monday due to a miscommunication between the two sides.

Tue, 08 Feb 2005

JP/RI short close to 4m tons of cement by 2010: SG

RI short close to 4m tons of cement by 2010: SGZakki P. Hakim, The Jakarta Post, JakartaThe country's biggest cement producer, PT Semen Gresik, forecasts that Indonesia will experience a cement supply shortage of almost four million tons by 2010 if there is no new investment to expand production ...

Tue, 08 Feb 2005

JP/Sowing seeds of social harmony in Year of the Rooster

Sowing seeds of social harmony in Year of the RoosterPandaya, JakartaThe newfound freedom for ethnic Chinese-Indonesians to openly celebrate their Lunar New Year (Imlek) seems to have started a new dazzling tradition over the past couple of years.

Tue, 08 Feb 2005

JP/Natural shield necessary to protect RI coastline

Natural shield necessary to protect RI coastlineBambang M, Contributor, JakartaA lot can be learned from the massive earthquake and tsunami that devastated part of Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam and North Sumatra provinces, on Dec. 26.

Tue, 08 Feb 2005

JP/KPK told to procee with graft case

KPK told to procee with graft case JAKARTA: A panel of judges in the court hearing of a Rp 10.2 billion (US$1.13 million) graft case involving the procurement of land to build a seaport in Tual, Maluku, with main suspects Let Let and Tarcisius Walla, rejected their defense statements.

Tue, 08 Feb 2005

JP/JP/ /

JP/ /Susilo's 100 Days and the tsunamiThe first hundred days of President Susilo Bambang Yudhyono's mandate have passed and the pundits, predictably, are pontificating.

Tue, 08 Feb 2005

JP/6 provinces on red alert for dengue fever

6 provinces on red alert for dengue feverThe Jakarta Post, JakartaThe government declared on Monday an extraordinary occurrence of dengue fever in six provinces after 102 people died while another 4,700 are being treated for the disease.

Tue, 08 Feb 2005

JP/Graft suspect gets sick

Graft suspect gets sick BANDUNG: Former West Java deputy governor Ukman Sutaryan has checked into hospital after apparently suffering a heart attack three days before the execution of a court decision which turned down his appeal in a Rp 27 billion (US$3 million) graft case.

Tue, 08 Feb 2005

JP/[b]

China stands firm at G7 It was a strategic decision on the part of China to stand firm against strong pressure from American and European leaders to untie the yuan from the U.S. dollar, arguing that it needed more time to reform its financial system.

Tue, 08 Feb 2005

JP/Foreign investment

Foreign investment in Indonesia How will President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono invite new foreign investors to Indonesia to strengthen the economy, as he promised? No company will invest any money in Indonesia before the rules for foreigners are changed.

Tue, 08 Feb 2005

JP/'The ban will have little effect on smokers'

'The ban will have little effect on smokers'The newly endorsed bylaw on air pollution also criminalizes smoking inside public buildings, a violation punishable by six months in jail and/or a fine of Rp 50 million (US$5,555). The Jakarta Post asked residents for their opinion on the issue.

Tue, 08 Feb 2005

JP/No paper

No paperIn observance of the Chinese New Year and Islamic New Year holidays, The Jakarta Post will not be published on Wednesday and Thursday (Feb. 9 and Feb. 10). The Post will reappear on Friday (Feb. 11).

Tue, 08 Feb 2005

JP/City prepares for smoking ban

City prepares for smoking banDamar Harsanto, The Jakarta Post, JakartaDespite doubts over the effectiveness of the new ban on smoking in public places, the Jakarta administration is moving to implement the ruling in government offices.

Tue, 08 Feb 2005

JP/Susilo demands poison lab test

Susilo demands poison lab testThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta Suspicious of being poisoned just like human rights activist Munir, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono sent a sample of the sugar used in his tea to the National Police forensics laboratory after deciding the tea tasted a little peculiar.

Tue, 08 Feb 2005

JP/Toying with democracy

Toying with democracyMai Yamani Project Syndicate Democracy is supposedly on the march in the Middle East.

Tue, 08 Feb 2005

JP/Online plan needs substance to keep it from sinking

Online plan needs substance to keep it from sinking Fei Li China Daily/Asia News Network Beijing When the Government Online Initiative was launched in 1999 with great fanfare, hopes were high that the project would lead to a more efficient information flow and interaction between the ...

Tue, 08 Feb 2005

JP/RI, E. Timor to discuss Truth and Friendship Commission

RI, E. Timor to discuss Truth and Friendship CommissionAdianto P. Simamora, The Jakarta Post, JakartaMinister of Foreign Affairs Hassan Wirayuda will meet with his East Timorese counterpart Ramos Horta in Bali on Tuesday to discuss the planned joint Truth and Friendship Commission, an official said ...

Tue, 08 Feb 2005

JP/A distinctively new year

A distinctively new yearThe measure of a nation's greatness lies in its ability to reconcile its diversity.There continue to be many things wrong with this country. Every day, this and other newspapers report an endless stream of injustices that occur across the archipelago.

Tue, 08 Feb 2005

JP/Flights full as storm fears unfounded

Flights full as storm fears unfoundedThe Jakarta Post, JakartaA storm forecast by the Meteorology and Geophysics Agency (BMG) has failed to deter holidaymakers from the beaches of Yogyakarta, Bali and Lombok, and just as well, as the warning has been declared a false alarm.