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FIRST EDITIONS: Four first editions of The Jakarta Post
(clockwise from top left): The maiden daily edition of April 25,
1983; the first Sunday edition of Sept. 18, 1994; the debut
edition of the redesigned paper, Oct. 1, 2001; and the first
Sunday edition with the new look, Oct. 7, 2001

TAKING A STAND: Fikri Jufri, affiliated to The Jakarta Post and
Tempo newsmagazine, joins a demonstration to protest thuggery and
violence against journalists in Jakarta in March.

JP/R. Berto Wedhatama

TALKING POINTS: Susanto Pudjomartono (right), chief editor of The
Jakarta Post from 1991-2001, chats with former foreign minister
Ali Alatas (left) during a reception to mark the newspaper's 17th
anniversary in Jakarta. Looking on in the 2000 photo was Raymond
Toruan, then publisher and general manager, and now the Post's
chief editor.

PIONEERING EDITOR: It took some persusasion for Sabam Siagian,
the Post's chief editor from 1983 to 1991, to take up the job
offer. But once he settled into the job, there was no looking
back. (Photo taken shortly before he left his editorial position
to become Indonesia's ambassador to Australia)

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JP/P.J. Leo

JP/Suyoto

WAY BACK WHEN: Bill Tarrant, then the Post's copy editor (seated,
second from left) with other newsroom staff in 1983. Also
providing expertise was Lionel Northover, an Australian newspaper
design consultant (standing, seventh from left).

JP/Mulkan Salmona

PART OF THE COMMUNITY: Students of an international school visit
the Post's head office in Jakarta. The newspaper is part of a
"community" defined more by shared values and concerns than by
geography.