Kelapa Gading goes from swamp to swanky shopsDamar Harsanto, The Jakarta Post/Jakarta Many big things come from big plans.But it was not the case with Kelapa Gading in North Jakarta,
now dubbed a city within the city. More ...
Who's stupid? Gwynne Dyer is nothing if not consistent with his usual
diatribe in his article A few obscenities after London bombing,
(The Jakarta Post, July 30). For the few facts or opinions he may
be correct, his credibility is completely lost with his
persistent Yank bashing. More ...
Police reshuffle may delay money laundering probeEva C. Komandjaja, The Jakarta Post/Jakarta The probe into suspicious bank accounts owned by 15 police
officers may be suspended for a while following the replacement
of the head of internal affairs at the National Police
Headquarters who is in ... More ...
Papuan council want changes in special autonomy statusTiarma Siboro and ID Nugroho, The Jakarta Post/Jakarta/Surabaya Top members of the Papuan Tribal Council (DAP) met with Vice
President Jusuf Kalla on Friday and asked the government to
immediately hold a significant review of its special ... More ...
It is indeed very sad that our country and government
tolerates fanatical groups of people that dictate their will upon
others. I'm talking about the forced closure of the Jamaah
Ahmadiyah Indonesia (JAI) headquarters in Parung, Bogor. More ...
Rotten-egg judicial Kue LapisFrank Richardson
Norwich, UK Of all the different types of corruption, judicial corruption
is the most insidious and damaging because it legitimizes that
which is criminal. More ...
Weeding out old cars not fair Private car owners mostly love their cars and take good care
of them and their car's age has nothing to do with its
performance or compliance to general standards; whereas public
bus drivers generally care little about the condition of their
vehicles as long as ... More ...
Manuscript shed light on Buton historyHasrul, The Jakarta Post/Kendari "Inside this letter, I wish to express several hopes," states a
letter sent to the Netherlands government by Buton Sultan
Muhyiuddin Abdul Gafur a few centuries ago. More ...
Better teaching to improve educationPaul Suparno, Yogyakarta The national examinations (UN, or Ujian Nasional) are over,
and this year more students failed as compared to last year. One
of the reasons for this failure rate was the raising of the
passing score from 3.0 to 4.26. More ...
Police to detain more riot suspects JAKARTA: Police will arrest three more suspects immediately
following the detainment of 10 people allegedly involved in a
riot in Kaur regency, Bengkulu last month.National Police spokesman Insp. Gen. More ...
A good solution for Indonesia's waste problemsTiromsa Sinaga, Ubud, Bali No one can deny that Indonesia faces serious waste management
issues. Although there is no easy solution, there are a few
simple, low technology exercises that can dramatically reduce the
amount of waste to be dealt with. More ...
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Surabaya hotels offer special packagesSURABAYS: To raise the level of their occupancy rate, several
hotels in Surabaya have improved services to their guests, among
other things, by offering them a special package.Garden Palace Hotel at Jl. More ...
Sutiyoso backs ITC's bid in monorail deadlockDamar Harsanto, The Jakarta Post/Jakarta Governor Sutiyoso said on Friday that his administration agreed
with PT Indonesia Transit Central (ITC)'s decision to pick local
companies to supply trains for the monorail project. More ...
'I was a victim of the Cold War'The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Tears welled up in the middle-aged man's eyes and his voice shook
with emotion as he started recalling the moment he was reunited
with his parents. More ...
Young pianist tames his savage breastM. Taufiqurrahman, The Jakarta Post/Jakarta Young pianist Mario Santoso may have been in possession of all
the traits needed to become a future maestro, but he seemed to
lack the very thing that could have immediately won him instant
recognition: an ability to ... More ...
Australia, the region and the East Asian Summit: Reluctant
partner or agenda setter?
Kevin Rudd
Perth We in the Labor Party are pleased that our fearless Foreign
Minister Alexander Downer finally came to his senses and realized
last week that it really was "now or never" if Australia wanted ... More ...
Govt eyes more money from share salesUrip Hudiono, The Jakarta Post/Jakarta The government expects the Asset Management Company (PPA) to
raise its contribution to the treasury to Rp 7 trillion
(some US$718 million) this year via the sales of its remaining
shares in several banks, a finance ... More ...
Depok residents told to calm down Fearing escalating tension in Depok following the court ruling
that overturned the result of the June 26 mayoral election, the
Jakarta Police called on Depok residents to stay calm, while
saying that police would send more personnel.Jakarta Police chief Insp. Gen. More ...
'MUI does not fully understand our political and social map' The 11 fatwas (edicts) that the Indonesian Ulemas Council
(MUI) issued recently have sparked controversy among Muslims. More ...
Jaksa Defenders Front Simon Pitchforth's article on Jl. Jaksa did little more than
perpetuate the stereotypical perceptions of this celebrated and
notorious street. His whimsical portrayals of Jaksa
inhabitants indicate that he has spent little time talking to
them and much time judging them. More ...
Most country reports silent on women's issuesAti Nurbaiti, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta What is the use of focusing on all the details of women's daily
lives when nations need to lift billions out of poverty?Maybe it is because, for instance, girls still drop out of
school so parents can keep their ... More ...
15 lawsuits filed after Papua elections JAYAPURA, Papua: Fifteen lawsuits had been filed with the Papua
High Court since elections were held in 13 regencies and cities
in the province on June 28. More ...
Infant with hydrocephalus lives in poverty in Aceh campNani Afrida, The Jakarta Post, Aceh Besar, Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam Two-year-old Dwi Herliani was crying, her small hands reaching
out for her mother sitting next to her. More ...
Fasten your seat beltsAllow me to complain about the discomfort and security in a
Lion Air flight from Makassar-Denpasar on board JT 0741 on July
10 (flight time at 9:53 Central Indonesia Standard Time). My ticket was No. 99077718672681 and my seat was No. 37 E. More ...
Bogor adamant on Bojong plantTheresia Sufa, The Jakarta Post/Bogor To calm Bojong residents who are up in arms over the plan to hold
a trial run of a waste treatment plant in their neighborhood, the
Bogor administration invited them on Thursday for a negotiation. More ...
China's pride in an ancient marinerWang Gungwu, Yale Center for the Study of Globalization, Singapore Six hundred years ago this autumn, a large Chinese fleet led
by a famous Chinese admiral sailed from Nanjing on an
unprecedented voyage. More ...
House members to visit China JAKARTA: Several members of the House of Representatives'
interlegislative body will begin a five-day tour of China next
week as part of efforts to attract Chinese investors to the
country. More ...
MUI's edict I very much regret one of the edicts that the Indonesian Ulema
Council (MUI) issued in its recent national conference, namely
the one about Ahmadiyah being a heretical Islamic sect. More ...
MUI fatwas and freedom of religion in IndonesiaMuhamad Ali
Hawaii The fatwas (edicts) issued by the Indonesian Ulemas Council
(MUI) concerning intra and inter-religious issues in the country
have generated concerns and criticisms from other scholars and
the public, and clearly demonstrates ... More ...
I feel like Zheng He himself, Yamashita saysHarry Bhaskara and Suherdjoko, The Jakarta Post/Semarang Photographers can get so absorbed with their subjects that they
end up becoming one with them. More ...
Kite festival on Sunday JAKARTA: The Central Jakarta administration will hold a
traditional kite festival at the Monument National (Monas) park
on Sunday, the city's official news portal Beritajakarta.com
reported on Friday. More ...
ICRC members visit Papua detention cells MANOKWARI, West Irian Jaya: Two members of the International
Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) based in Jakarta visited a
detention center at the Manokwari Police station on Friday. More ...
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Stoical and reserved Kalpataru laureateEvi Mariani
The Jakarta Post/West Sumba, East Nusa TenggaraOn a barren hill a kilometer from Katrina Koni Kii's modest
wooden house a new path has appeared, formed by pairs of feet
stepping on the high grass during the two months since the ... More ...
Govt silence and religious extremistsEmanuel Shahaf, Jerusalem Recent editorials and op-ed pieces put the spotlight on a
phenomenon that is not limited to Indonesia but has become a
problem in many other predominantly secular countries as well. More ...
The people of Nglurah village in Karanganyar regency, Central
Java have been growing flowers and decorative plants for
centuries. While many Nglurah people have moved away from the village,
they continue to work as flower sellers. More ...
Who's stupid? Gwynne Dyer is nothing if not consistent with his usual
diatribe in his article A few obscenities after London bombing,
(The Jakarta Post, July 30). For the few facts or opinions he may
be correct, his credibility is completely lost with his
persistent Yank bashing. More ...
State train workers scrap strike planMuninggar Sri Saraswati and Ridwan Sijabat, The Jakarta Post/Jakarta Hundreds of thousands of regular train passengers in Java and
Sumatra can take relief in learning that employees of state
railway company PT Kereta Api Indonesia (KAI) canceled on ... More ...
Rotten-egg judicial Kue LapisFrank Richardson
Norwich, UK Of all the different types of corruption, judicial corruption
is the most insidious and damaging because it legitimizes that
which is criminal. More ...
PKS steps up pressure on ruling over Depok pollYuli Tri Suwarni and Muninggar Sri Saraswati, The Jakarta Post/Jakarta/Bandung Over 2,000 members of the Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) took to
the streets in Bandung on Friday, protesting a court ruling that
declared the Golkar Party candidate ... More ...
Govt asks Garuda workers to stay calm JAKARTA: State Minister of State Enterprises Sugiharto called
on national flag carrier Garuda's cabin attendants not to go on
strike, saying their demands were being negotiated. More ...
JIL, hard-liners sidestep confrontationThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta After seven long hours, the members of the Islamic Liberal
Network (JIL) felt relieved, at least for the day. More ...
Property market shows positive outlook in second halfThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta The positive performance of this year's economy has largely
contributed to an optimistic property market outlook in Jakarta,
with a large number of new units becoming available by the end of
the year. More ...
Sunardi builds city with patienceDamar Harsanto, The Jakarta Post/Jakarta As an angler, Sunardi Rusli, 62, has learned to endure hours of
waiting in the hope of hooking the big one. More ...
H1 retail growth slowerThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta Despite a sharp increase in the amount of square meters now
available, the retail property market in Greater Jakarta showed
slow growth during the first semester of 2005. More ...
Truth commission expects tough task aheadWahyoe Boediwardhana, The Jakarta Post/Denpasar, Bali Newly elected co-chairman of the Commission of Truth and
Friendship Benjamin Mangkoedilaga is expecting an uphill battle
in uncovering gross human rights violations in Timor Leste after
the former ... More ...
AMINEF bridges cultural gapsThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta While some say that art is a universal language, the American
Indonesian Exchange Foundation (AMINEF) believe that it is
education that can bridge cultural differences. More ...
RI, Yemen to hold JMC meetingThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta Indonesia and Yemen will jointly host a first ever Joint
Ministerial Commission (JMC) meeting between the two countries
from Aug. 8 to Aug. 10 in Yogyakarta to boost bilateral
relations, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in Jakarta. More ...
Smoking while diving on the decline in SentaniNethy Dharma Somba, The Jakarta Post/Jayapura Smoking while diving? People may raise their eyebrows when they
hear this for the first time. But not the people who live near
Sentani Lake in Jayapura, the capital of Papua province. More ...
Lion Air responds With regard to Gita Ayu's letter titled Lion Air lucky draw
lamentation (The Jakarta Post, Aug. 1), we would like to clarify
as follows.We already checked your SMS through no. 081808837xxx. More ...
Teijin to add $50m to RI investments Japan's second largest textile producer Teijin Ltd. plans to
increase investment by US$50 million, compared to its current
investment of $450 million, in Indonesia over the next three
years to expand its plant's capacity and improve operating
efficiency. More ...
Policemen suffer respiratory ailments SURABAYA: The incidence of acute respiratory infection among
police officers in East Java increases 5 percent each year, a
police official said on Tuesday.East Java traffic police director Sr. Comr. More ...
Korea Gas may drop one LNG shipment from RI: PertaminaLeony Aurora, The Jakarta Post/Jakarta Indonesia's major liquefied natural gas (LNG) buyer Korea Gas may
drop one shipment of LNG from the country, a top executive of
state oil and gas firm PT Pertamina says. More ...
Telkom's overpriced broadband Internet As an Indonesian high school student, I feel
disappointed by the overpriced broadband Internet access that is
provided by the state-owned telecommunication company (Telkom). More ...
Rupiah Rates Aug. 5 Banknote rates Selling Buying Australian dollar 1 7,891.19 7,117.41
Brunei dollar 1 6,194.02 5,585.46
Canadian dollar 1 8,425.95 7,600.20
Swiss franc 1 8,130.11 7,332. More ...
Gus Dur meets Susilo Former president Abdurrahman "Gus Dur" Wahid met with
President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono at the latter's private
residence in Cikeas, Bogor on Friday night to convey his concern
about the issues of Aceh, Papua and controversial edicts
delivered by the Indonesian Ulema Council. More ...
Jihad or murder?Abdou Filali-Ansary
Project Syndicate It is remarkable that some of the most critical concepts of
Muslim religious terminology have now become part of the
international language of current affairs. More ...
Global Stock Index Aug. 5 Latest %Change
New York
DJ Indus 10610.10 -0.82 Aug 4
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S&P 500 1235.86 -0.74 Aug 4
Toronto
S&P/TSX 10626.71 +0. More ...
Female theater workers demand recognition in history booksEvi Mariani
The Jakarta Post/JakartaMany Indonesians recognize the names of stage prima donnas like
Fifi Young, Miss Tjitjih, Miss Ribut and Miss Dja Dardanella. More ...
Finally, Washington is ready to play ballJonathan D. Pollack, Yale Center for the Study of Globalization, Newport, Rhode Island For the first time since the unraveling of the Agreed
Framework accords in late 2002, there is guarded optimism about
progress on the North Korean nuclear issue. More ...
MUI's edict I very much regret one of the edicts that the Indonesian Ulema
Council (MUI) issued in its recent national conference, namely
the one about Ahmadiyah being a heretical Islamic sect. More ...
Newmont trial over pollution charges beginsJongker Rumteh, The Jakarta Post/Manado The government presented its criminal pollution case against a
local subsidiary of U.S. More ...
JP/5/FOCUSICRC members visit
Papua detention cellsMANOKWARI, West Irian Jaya: Two members of the International
Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) based in Jakarta visited a
detention center at the Manokwari Police station on Friday. More ...
Policy consistency on Papua is imperativeIsrar Iskandar
Jakarta Indonesian leaders were quite disturbed on hearing that two
members of the U.S. House of Representatives had questioned the
status of Papua within the Unitary State of the Republic of
Indonesia (NKRI). Under Bill No. 2601, the U.S. More ...
NU criticizes controversial MUI edictsThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta/Bandung/Surabaya More criticism has been levied against the controversial edicts
issued by the Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI), this time from the
world's largest Muslim organization, Nahdhatul Ulama (NU), which
has around 40 million ... More ...
Indonesian appointed UN rights expert GENEVA: The chairman of the United Nations Commission on Human
Rights, Makarim Wibisono, appointed fellow Indonesian Rudi
Muhammad Rizki as the commission's independent expert on human
rights and international solidarity. More ...
Ruling delivers more misery to "war orphans'Homare Endo
The Asahi Shimbun
Tokyo On July 6, the Osaka District Court handed down the first
ruling in a series of group lawsuits filed by war-displaced
Japanese left in China. More ...
Officer shoots colleague BEKASI: Second Brig. Bayu Mediatmoko was about to check the
security of his handgun on Thursday morning when it suddenly went
off. A bullet hit the leg of his colleague, Second Brig. Deni
Ramdani, who was standing nearby. More ...
A place to stay A teenager was being driven through a clean, tidy residential
area on the Jakarta's outskirts and said, "Hey I could live here,
how come it's not macet?", referring to Jakarta's dreadful
traffic jams. More ...
Aceh peace to be prominent in SBY's speechThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is preparing his first state
of the nation speech to be presented to the House of
Representative on Aug. More ...
Rotten-egg judicial Kue LapisFrank Richardson
Norwich, UK Of all the different types of corruption, judicial corruption
is the most insidious and damaging because it legitimizes that
which is criminal. More ...
Rolling back Jakarta's unhealthy urban desertRobert Kelly, Jakarta Believe it or not, Jakarta used to be a green city. Surrounded
by lush jungle during its early colonial history, even as late as
the 1950s large swathes of the suburbs consisted of farmland.No longer, of course. More ...
University exam results announcedThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta The result of the 2005 university entrance examination announced
late on Friday suggests that certain study programs in state
universities may have failed to attract enough interest from new
students. More ...
'Traffic jams worse on toll roads' The government is planning to increase toll road fees by at least
15 percent, ostensibly to reduce the number of cars on the roads
and raise money for maintenance. The Jakarta Post asked residents
for their comments on the plan. More ...
Asia Pacific nations commit to action plans to end povertyThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta Delegates from 40 Asia Pacific countries pledged here on Friday
to translate their broad acceptance of the world's anti-poverty
goals into concrete national financing plans that specify how
much it will cost them ... More ...
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