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Searching for all articles published on 2005-08-27 ...
67 articles.
Sat, 27 Aug 2005

Students study fine artsDyah Hapsari, The Jakarta Post/JakartaSingapore International School The students tearing down the corridor are not late for class but eager to see where their artwork has been hung in the school's annual display.
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Sat, 27 Aug 2005

Fighting the drug war from the demand sideRobert PD, Jakarta Can any government in the world stop drug trafficking once and for all? The most logical answer is "No".
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Sat, 27 Aug 2005

Police looking for Chinese national JAMBI, Jambi: Jambi Police are looking for Chen Chung, a People's Republic of China national, for allegedly exporting timber without the required documents.  Chen is the director of private company CV Sabda Kreasi.
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Sat, 27 Aug 2005

People's regentsFrom Media IndonesiaA number of provinces and regencies have already finished their direct elections for regional heads without court disputes, and some others are slated for inauguration later.
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Sat, 27 Aug 2005

More Malaysians visit Bali DENPASAR, Bali: Malaysian tourists visiting Bali in the first quarter of the year totaled 15,621 people, a 66.1 percent increase from the same period last year, according to a report by Bank Indonesia.
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Sat, 27 Aug 2005

Do-it-yourself tourism in Trowulan If you've been bumped in Borobudur, pressured at Prambanan and fleeced at both, don't despair. There's one place left where the splendid history of Java can be savored in solitude. The Jakarta Post contributor Duncan Graham reports from Trowulan.
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Sat, 27 Aug 2005

British invention in IndonesiaDaisaku Ikeda, The Straits Times, Asia News Network/Singapore Sixty years have passed since the end of World War II, which came to a close with Japan's surrender on Aug. 15, 1945.
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Sat, 27 Aug 2005

RI society is facing a crisis of confidenceArdimas Sasdi, Jakarta Police raided a Jakarta-based educational institute last week and found that the institution had awarded bogus academic titles to well over 2,000 people.
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Sat, 27 Aug 2005

Terror suspect's death unconfirmedEva C. Komandjaja, The Jakarta Post/Jakarta The National Police have denied a report that Indonesian terrorist suspect Umar Patek was killed last week by the Philippine army during a raid in the southern part of the country.National Police spokesman Insp. Gen.
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Sat, 27 Aug 2005

Star gazers, it's full Mars tonight!The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Star gazers, try your luck tonight. If you happen to be outdoors, look up to the eastern sky and -- if it is not cloudy or rainy -- you just might spot a bright red shining star that does not flicker.
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Sat, 27 Aug 2005

JP/4/LABORJudgeship hopefuls seek decent salaryThe Jakarta Post JakartaAlthough the new labor court system will not be set up until next year, prospective candidates in line for judgeships in the courts, which will hear and adjudicate upon industrial relations disputes, have expressed concerns ...
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Sat, 27 Aug 2005

The sleeping volcano of global financeMichel Rocard Project Syndicate The rejection of the European Union's Constitutional Treaty by French and Dutch voters was, according to all evidence, more a rejection of unregulated globalization than it was a rejection of Europe.
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Sat, 27 Aug 2005

Indofood's net profit nosedives 88 percentThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta The world's largest instant noodle maker PT Indofood Sukses Makmur's net profit in the first semester nosedived by 88 percent to Rp 14.5 billion (US$1.4 million) from Rp 120.8 billion in the corresponding period last year.
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Sat, 27 Aug 2005

Power bill, a guessing gameApriadi Gunawan, The Jakarta Post/Medan It turns out that constant electricity blackouts are not the only thing that customers have had to suffer.
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Sat, 27 Aug 2005

Spinning top festival hoped to whip up tourismAbdul Khalik, The Jakarta Post/Jakarta They may have different names and shapes, but spinning tops, or gasing as they are called in Indonesian, always succeed in attracting the attention of children and adults alike.
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Sat, 27 Aug 2005

Nambo selected as site of new dump for JakartaTheresia Sufa and Damar Harsanto, The Jakarta Post/Bogor/Jakarta Nambo village in Bogor regency will become one of three planned dumps established to solve the garbage problem in Greater Jakarta, which includes Bogor, Depok, Tangerang and Bekasi.
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Sat, 27 Aug 2005

Supplying Pertamina With economic growth of over 6 percent and a budget deficit of (in the worst case) of only 1 percent in 2005, Indonesia's macroeconomic picture appears very good. I find the ongoing pressure on the currency, in view of the latter, difficult to understand.
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Sat, 27 Aug 2005

Police investigate church closures, vow to take actionYuli Tri Suwarni, The Jakarta Post/Bandung Bandung Police in West Java, bowing to public pressure, are taking firm action against Muslim hard-liners blamed for closing dozens of neighborhood churches there.
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Sat, 27 Aug 2005

JP/5/BAWEANBawean Island women earn more money than in Malaysia Indra Harsaputra The Jakarta Post/Bawean(Part two of series of stories on Bawean Island)In less than five minutes, Ramlah, the owner of the Medan Selera cafe in Sangkapura district, Bawean, set out various Malay dishes for her ...
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Sat, 27 Aug 2005

Flash flood kills two, injures nineApriadi Gunawan, The Jakarta Post/Medan Two people perished and nine others were injured when flash floods on Wednesday night hit two villages in Central Tapanuli regency, some 400 kilometers southwest of Medan, the capital of North Sumatra.
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Sat, 27 Aug 2005

Visiting players triumph in RI bowl tourneyMoch. N. Kurniawan, The Jakarta Post/Jakarta Zara Glover of England and Alex Liew of Malaysia have been named the winners of the third Indonesia Open Tenpin Bowling Championship in the women's and men's divisions respectively.
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Sat, 27 Aug 2005

The use of pesticides: Is it an abuse of life?Nazrul Islam, The Daily Star, Asia News Network/Dhaka Man has lost the capacity to foresee and forestall. He will end by destroying the earth.
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Sat, 27 Aug 2005

Germany donates 32m euro for Aceh JAKARTA: Germany's Ministry of Finance, KFW Entwicklungsbank and the German Development Bank have signed three grant agreements worth 32 million euro to support the reconstruction of Aceh.
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Sat, 27 Aug 2005

Prosecutor arrested with 'shabu shabu'Abdul Khalik, The Jakarta Post/Jakarta Police arrested a prosecutor of the Cibinong Prosecutor's Office in Bogor at an apartment in Kuningan, South Jakarta, for alleged possession of 187 grams of shabu-shabu (crystal methamphetamine) and 30 ecstasy pills.
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Sat, 27 Aug 2005

70 more foreign sex workers arrested Only two days after 68 foreign sex workers were arrested in several nightclubs, saunas and beauty salons, city police announced on Friday that they had arrested 70 more foreign sex workers.Jakarta Police chief Insp. Gen.
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Sat, 27 Aug 2005

Police detain more suspects in Ambon blastM. Azis Tunny and Eva C. Komandjaja, The Jakarta Post/Ambon/Jakarta The police have arrested two more suspects in connection with Thursday's bomb blast at the Mardika Market in Ambon, and said they are linked to terrorist group Mujahidin Ambon.
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Sat, 27 Aug 2005

Civil-society and the building of an ASEAN communityAlexander C. Chandra Jakarta The recent Roundtable Discussion on the Prospects and Challenges in the Building of an ASEAN Community, which was organized by the Indonesian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Centre for Strategic and ...
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Sat, 27 Aug 2005

The case for multiculturalismMaria Vamvakinou MP Jakarta Since the tragedy of the London bombings, many of the commentators debating the pros and cons of Australia's policy of multiculturalism have simply ignored reality.
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Sat, 27 Aug 2005

Offering kaleidoscope of paintingsKaren Stingemore and M. Taufiqurrahman, The Jakarta Post/Jakarta In spite of improving professionalism among artists, which should mean better control over their working schedules, the holding of a theme-based exhibition of a single painter has proved to be an ...
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Sat, 27 Aug 2005

For Bawean people, pursuit of ringgit outweighs schoolAs part of efforts to improve their livelihood, many Bawean people have left to neighboring countries like Malaysia and Singapore in order to find work.
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Sat, 27 Aug 2005

Indonesia secures $140m order from AdidasZakki P. Hakim, The Jakarta Post/Surabaya Increasing fuel and electricity prices for industry will not deter foreign companies from investing in the country, a minister says.
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Sat, 27 Aug 2005

On ban on Ahmadiyah I read the article Govt mulls ban on Ahmadiyah due to 'permit violation' in your online edition of July 22. Reading the statement of Attorney General Abdul Rachman Saleh took me back centuries to the age of the Holy Prophet Muhammad.
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Sat, 27 Aug 2005

GAM, BRR can work together, with mutual trust The chairman of the Rehabilitation and Reconstruction Agency for Aceh and Nias (BRR), Kuntoro Mangkusubroto, talked with Tiarma Siboro on the impact of the signing of the peace agreement between the government and the Free Aceh Movement (GAM).
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Sat, 27 Aug 2005

Museum society organizes tour JAKARTA: The Sahabat Museum society, a group of people interested in Jakarta's museums, is planning a tour of old Batavia bank buildings on Sunday.The tour will start at 7:30 a.m.
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Sat, 27 Aug 2005

GAM and BRR can build mutual trust by any means The chairman of the Rehabilitation and Reconstruction Agency for Aceh and Nias (BRR), Kuntoro Mangkusubroto, talked with Tiarma Siboro on the impact of the signing of the peace agreement between the government and the Free Aceh Movement (GAM).
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Sat, 27 Aug 2005

Bank Lippo acquisition approvedThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta Shareholders of publicly listed PT Bank Lippo have approved the acquisition of more than half of its shares by Khazanah Nasional, a Malaysian government investment holding arm.
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Sat, 27 Aug 2005

U.S. offers $1m for antitrafficking drive JAKARTA: The United States pledged an additional US$1 million in aid on Friday to help Indonesia's fight against human trafficking.A letter of agreement concerning the assistance fund was signed by Charge d'Affairs of the United States Embassy W.
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Sat, 27 Aug 2005

Judgeship candidates fearful of low salariesThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta Although the new labor court system will not be set up until next year, prospective candidates in line for judgeships in the courts, which will hear and adjudicate upon industrial relations disputes, have expressed concerns ...
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Sat, 27 Aug 2005

Timy, Devota take second winThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta Ni Putu Timy and Devota Rahawarin struggled to take their second win at the LA Menthol Indonesian Open Beach Volleyball Championship here on Friday.Indonesia's No.
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Sat, 27 Aug 2005

Displaced Maluku families stuck in refugee campsM. Azis Tunny, The Jakarta Post/Ambon There has not yet been any indication that the issue of internally displaced families in Maluku will be resolved before the target date for completion on Sept.
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Sat, 27 Aug 2005

Govt vacillates on Aceh split proposalRidwan Max Sijabat, The Jakarta Post/Jakarta Minister of Home Affairs M. Ma'ruf has cautiously endorsed a proposal to split Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam into two provinces but stressed that this could only take place based on the recent peace agreement.
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Sat, 27 Aug 2005

CHECKEDDevelopers asked to provide spaces for SMEs To accelerate the development of small and medium enterprises (SMEs), the government is urging the developers of industrial estates to provide spaces for small businesses in their properties.
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Sat, 27 Aug 2005

Govt optimistic over polio vaccination driveRidwan Max Sijabat, The Jakarta Post/Jakarta The government expressed optimism on Friday that it would be able to curb the country's first polio outbreak in a decade, which has infected 226 children nationwide.
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Sat, 27 Aug 2005

Susilo's economic policy President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's lack of resolute macroeconomic policy is a recipe for economic disaster on a magnitude similar to the hyperinflation of 1998.
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Sat, 27 Aug 2005

Jalan Jaksa Fair less spirited than usualJP/R. Berto Wedhatama The popular annual festival held around Jl. Jaksa, a favorite place for budget tourists, brightened up the area for only a few hours on Friday.
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Sat, 27 Aug 2005

Socio-cultural approaches in combating terrorismAleksius Jemadu Bandung We have heard a lot about the futility of using military approaches in the fight against terrorism.
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Sat, 27 Aug 2005

JP/ /SUPPLEMENT"Not fully recovered but much better now"The Indonesian Industrial Estate Association (HKI) has expressed concern over the slow growth of the country's industrial estates due to infrastructure and regulatory problems.
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Sat, 27 Aug 2005

Burden of commuting According to Law No. 38/2004 on roads, evaluation and adjustment of road tolls is made once every two years based on the rate of inflation.
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Sat, 27 Aug 2005

JP/4/umarUmar Patek's death not confirmed: PoliceEva C. Komandjaja The Jakarta Post/JakartaThe National Police have denied a report that Indonesian terrorist suspect Umar Patek was killed last week by the Philippine army during a raid in the southern part of the country.
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Sat, 27 Aug 2005

Boosting education with taxes From Suara KaryaThe new tax reform bill stipulates that contributions for scholarships, research and other expenses for educational facilities are all tax deductible.
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Sat, 27 Aug 2005

International mechanism on protection of the right to freedom of religionUli Parulian Sihombing Jakarta This newspaper reported on Thursday Aug. 25, 2005 that 23 churches in Bandung, West Java were forced to close by hard-line Muslim groups.
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Sat, 27 Aug 2005

Schooled for a house of IslamNoor Huda Ismail, Yale Center for the Study of Globalization, Jakarta The word that describes the goal of Islam -- creating a house of Islam -- is also the name of an Indonesian organization whose aim has been to turn the country into a house ruled by Allah's law, ...
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Sat, 27 Aug 2005

'Imperial Manila' and the federalist dreamJamil Maidan Flores, Jakarta "It's the system, stupid!" some Filipinos are telling their countrymen these days.
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Sat, 27 Aug 2005

PGN clarifies PT Perusahaan Gas Negara (Persero) tbk (PGN) wishes to clarify the comments made by the General Manager of the Strategic Business Unit II, East Java Region, appearing in the article on Aug. 9 entitled PLN to share its nature gas allocation: Minister.
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Sat, 27 Aug 2005

Deserted historical site of past gloriesEvi Mariani, The Jakarta Post/Mojokerto, East Java Archeologists dream of turning Indonesia's biggest excavation site in Trowulan, East Java, into an education center and tourist destination as interesting as Borobudur and Prambanan.
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Sat, 27 Aug 2005

Dependence on maids The story about the Indonesian maid who struck and shook a six-month-old girl in her care emphasizes the need to educate caregivers not only about the danger of shaking young children, but about ways to cope with crying and frustration.
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Sat, 27 Aug 2005

International mechanism on protection of the right to freedom of religionUli Parulian Sihombing Jakarta This newspaper reported on Thursday Aug. 25, 2005 that 23 churches in Bandung, West Java were forced to close by hard-line Muslim groups.
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Sat, 27 Aug 2005

Govt sees solution to Croatian ship disputeThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta The government expects to be able to quickly resolve an ongoing diplomatic spat over the detention of a Croatian ship for allegedly transporting illegally-logged timber.
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Sat, 27 Aug 2005

What next after the Gaza withdrawal?Daoud Kuttab Common Ground News Service -- Partners in Humanity. Washington D.C.
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Sat, 27 Aug 2005

West Bengal chief minister seeks Indonesian investment The chief minister of West Bengal in India, Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, visited Jakarta from Aug. 24 to Aug. 26 to promote his province in Indonesia and to seek Indonesian investments.
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Sat, 27 Aug 2005

Jakarta needs more trees Your correspondent Robert Kelly makes some pertinent points in his article entitled Rolling back Jakarta's unhealthy urban desert(The Jakarta Post, Aug. 6).
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Sat, 27 Aug 2005

'Fight fuel smuggling and hoarding' The steady increase in fuel prices has prompted some experts to call for the scrapping of the fuel subsidy. The Jakarta Post interviewed a number of residents to obtain their views on the debate over the merits of the subsidy.
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Sat, 27 Aug 2005

Don't insult chess From Media IndonesiaIn a demo staged by the Women's Alliance for Electricity Concern (APPEL) on Aug. 22, its members distributed leaflets with the words: Eddie Widiono, chairman of Percasi (Association of Corruption Brokers).
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Sat, 27 Aug 2005

Number of thugs down, number of bad cops up This is the fourth article on thuggery, which the Jakarta administration, police and military have vowed to eradicate in the city.
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Sat, 27 Aug 2005

Acehnese woman finds solace through sewingNani Afrida, The Jakarta Post/Meulaboh Kartini rocks her daughter, Rafi Karanda (4 months old), to sleep in a miniature cloth hammock hanging from the door. After she is sure that Rafi is asleep, she begins sewing.
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Sat, 27 Aug 2005

Asia-Pacific states told cooperate on int'l labor migrationNovan Iman Santosa, The Jakarta Post/Bangkok Participants at a regional seminar on international migration called on Friday for improved regional cooperation and the mainstreaming of international migration in national policy development ...
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Sat, 27 Aug 2005

Rupiah dealth another blow at week's endMuninggar Sri Saraswati, The Jakarta Post/Jakarta It was definitely not a "Thank God, it's Friday" week's end for Indonesia as the rupiah suffered another blow with the market seeing the currency close at Rp 10,400 against the U.S.
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