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Sat, 31 Jan 2004
PPATK suspects money launderers behind stock rally
PPATK suspects money launderers behind stock rallyThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta The government antimoney-laundering agency admitted on Friday that "hot money" being laundered through the local stock market might have been a key driver behind the high-flying bourse in recent months.
Sat, 31 Jan 2004
BI won't hike reserves requirement in near future
BI won't hike reserves requirement in near futureThe Jakarta Post JakartaThe central bank said on Friday it would not increase anytime soon the current 5 percent minimum reserves requirements for the country's commercial banks.
Sat, 31 Jan 2004
Surakarta's old museum seeks a fresh look
Surakarta's old museum seeks a fresh lookBambang M, Contributor, Surakarta, Central Java On a dull morning, with little else to do in Surakarta, a family explored the colonial-style Museum Radya Pustaka on Jl. Slamet Riyadi.
Sat, 31 Jan 2004
Councillor hopefuls tattled on colleagues agead of election
Councillor hopefuls tattled on colleagues agead of electionBambang Nurbianto, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The race to win a place on the 75-seat City Council has reportedly become so fierce that candidates from the same parties are turning on each other, going so far as to turn in fellow party...
Sat, 31 Jan 2004
Capacity building for combating terrorism
Capacity building for combating terrorismBantarto Bandoro Editor, 'The Indonesian Quarterly' Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) Jakarta bandoro@csis.or.id2. Dawn -- Why be a "suicide bomber ?" 1 X 45Reasons why people become suicide bombers Iffat Idris The Dawn Asia News Network...
Sat, 31 Jan 2004
~Edu
~EduImproving our education system It was saddening to read about a suicide attempt by an elementary schoolboy in East Java's provincial city of Surabaya last Saturday. His reason for wanting to end his life may have seemed insignificant, but the negative impact on our education sector is immense.
Sat, 31 Jan 2004
JP/3/PSI
JP/3/PSIPSI to exploit diverse network Rais Hidayat Research and Development Unit The Jakarta Post JakartaThis is the 11th article in a series of the 24 political parties contesting the 2004 elections. The acronym of the Indonesian Unity Party (PSI), or Partai Sarikat Indonesia, once belonged to an...
Sat, 31 Jan 2004
Fifteen perish, tow missing as landslides devastate Central Java
Fifteen perish, tow missing as landslides devastate Central JavaSlamet Susanto, The Jakarta Post, Yogyakarta At least 15 were killed as landslides and floods triggered by days of rain swept through three villages in Purworejo regency, Central Java, residents said on Friday.
Sat, 31 Jan 2004
Poultry farmer optimistic despite bird flu fiasco
Poultry farmer optimistic despite bird flu fiascoIndra Harsaputra, The Jakarta Post, Surabaya Bird flu, which hit poultry businesses in East Java province several months ago, has not forced local poultry businessman Paul Iskandar to go under.
Sat, 31 Jan 2004
Firms unhappy with bill on dumping
Firms unhappy with bill on dumping TANGERANG: A draft bylaw that will set out a scale of fees payable for dumping industrial waste in Tangerang regency has met with objections from members of the industrial community.
Sat, 31 Jan 2004
[b]Congestion charges and
Congestion charges and proper traffic planning Michael Garcma Ph.D. Candidate Cornell University Jakarta "3 in 1" should be "three-in-one" 2. Simon -- Educators need a more positive attitude 2 x 30Educators need a more positive attitude to be model to students Simon Marcus Gower Executive Principal...
Sat, 31 Jan 2004
Indonesian stocks declined, with the benchmark sliding for a
Indonesian stocks declined, with the benchmark sliding for a fourth day. Bank Danamon led lenders lower after the government said interest rates will fall at a slower rate this year, raising concern loan growth will slow.
Sat, 31 Jan 2004
Indonesians ready for haj pilgrimage
Indonesians ready for haj pilgrimageAgencies Mecca, Saudi ArabiaOver 200,000 Indonesians will join more than two million Muslims who began on Friday the annual haj pilgrimage amid heightened security as Saudi Arabia continued to battle Islamic militants bent on undermining its ruling family.
Sat, 31 Jan 2004
Arms talks to top Iliescu's agenda in RI visit
Arms talks to top Iliescu's agenda in RI visitFabiola Desy Unidjaja The Jakarta Post JakartaRomanian President Ion Iliescu will begin a five-day state visit to Indonesia on Sunday, with talks on arms sales set to top his agenda.
Sat, 31 Jan 2004
Poll watch to report councillor
Poll watch to report councillor TANGERANG: The Tangerang Elections Supervisory Committee (Panwaslu) will report a council member to police for allegedly using a fake university diploma in his elections application.
Sat, 31 Jan 2004
Life not a bed of roses for Julius
Life not a bed of roses for Julius For Julius, 21, his gold medal in track and field at the National Special Games last year meant nothing when it came to real life.As a visually impaired child, Julius has lived with discrimination from "normal" people all his life.
Sat, 31 Jan 2004
Traders to sue Tanah Abang operator
Traders to sue Tanah Abang operator JAKARTA: About 600 traders at the Tanah Abang textile market in Central Jakarta are considering suing the market operator for trying to oust them."We still hold valid licenses that allow us to stay until 2007, some even until 2015," the coordinator of the...
Sat, 31 Jan 2004
BI won't hike reserves requirement in near future
BI won't hike reserves requirement in near futureThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta The central bank said on Friday it would not increase anytime soon the current 5 percent minimum reserves requirements for the country's commercial banks.
Sat, 31 Jan 2004
Proposed Indonesian social security reform: Will it work?
Proposed Indonesian social security reform: Will it work?Alex Arifianto, The SMERU Research Institute, Jakarta Indonesia's social security program is currently undergoing a major overhaul designed to make the existing system work better for its beneficiaries and to extend social security coverage...
Sat, 31 Jan 2004
Floods inundate eight districts in South Kalimantan province
Floods inundate eight districts in South Kalimantan provinceThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta Flooding hit eight districts in the South Kalimantan regency of Tabalong, killing one person and inundating thousands of houses in the area.
Sat, 31 Jan 2004
Beware of pickpockets
Beware of pickpocketsFrom KompasGroups of youths in their twenties are operating as pickpockets in front of the Widjojo Center building on Jl. Sudirman in South Jakarta during morning office hours, targeting passengers who get on and off city buses.
Sat, 31 Jan 2004
Incomplete studies stall monorail
Incomplete studies stall monorailDamar Harsanto, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The monorail construction scheduled for February has, once again, been delayed due to unfinished financial and technical studies.
Sat, 31 Jan 2004
Where to go in Yogyakarta: Saturday, January 31, 2004
Where to go in Yogyakarta: Saturday, January 31, 2004Exhibitions* Textile and graphic Sen by Rie Watanabe and Konomi Sugahara from Japan at CCF French Cultural Center on Jl. Sagan 3 (Tel. 0274-566520, 547409), Feb. 3 to Feb. 10.
Sat, 31 Jan 2004
Damaging original stories
Damaging original storiesFrom Kompas The Indonesian film industry has seen a revival recently with the production of a number of new films featuring young local talent with youngsters obviously the target market.One particularly successful film is Ada apa dengan cinta (What's up with love?).
Sat, 31 Jan 2004
Ethical regional autonomy
Ethical regional autonomy The Asia Foundation's seminar titled Reflections on Three Years of Regional Autonomy in Indonesia held in Jakarta on Tuesday (The Jakarta Post Jan. 28), discussed the progress of regional autonomy.
Sat, 31 Jan 2004
Freed hostages long to be reunited with husbands
Freed hostages long to be reunited with husbandsTeuku Agam Muzakkir and Tiarma Siboro, The Jakarta Post, Lhokseumawe/Jakarta The women hostages recently released by the Free Aceh Movement (GAM) said on Friday they could not wait to see their husbands and children, whom they have not met since their...
Sat, 31 Jan 2004
The garbage conundrum
The garbage conundrum The controversial reopening of the Bantar Gebang dump in Bekasi, West Java, is just one part of Jakarta's garbage problem. House-to-house collection of garbage and transportation to temporary and final dumps have not yet been properly implemented.
Sat, 31 Jan 2004
Stock prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (in rupiah) on Jan.30, 2004
Stock prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (in rupiah) on Jan.30, 2004 ______________________________________________________________________________ Shares Close Change Trading Volume ______________________________________________________________________________ Abdi Bangsa Tbk 275 0 0 Ades...
Sat, 31 Jan 2004
TPM demands release of 'Gun Gun'
TPM demands release of 'Gun Gun' JAKARTA: The Muslim Defense Team (TPM) demanded on Friday that Rusmawan Gunawan, alias Gun Gun, be freed due to what they claimed to be insufficient evidence about his involvement in aiding and abetting terrorists.
Sat, 31 Jan 2004
* Headlines: Akbar's lawyers warn of pressure on judges 2
* Headlines: Akbar's lawyers warn of pressure on judges 2 * National: House urged to suspend judiciary bill 4 * Archipelago: 5,000 flee as Flores volcano erupts 5 * Opinion: Visa policy an unnecessary blunder? 6 * City: Govt ignores environmental crisis in Puncak 8 * Sports: Verplank commands at...
Sat, 31 Jan 2004
Educators need a more positive attitude to be model to students
Educators need a more positive attitude to be model to studentsSimon Marcus Gower, Executive Principal, High/Scope Indonesia, Jakarta Talking recently to educators in Indonesia has, at times, been a disturbing experience.
Sat, 31 Jan 2004
Indonesia hopes to learn from Austrian SME program
Indonesia hopes to learn from Austrian SME programThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta Indonesia should learn from Austria's success in turning its small and medium-scale businesses and cooperatives into the backbone of its economy and its largest employer, Indonesian Ambassador to Austria Samodra Sriwidjaja...
Sat, 31 Jan 2004
RI hires Bob Dole as lobbyist in U.S
RI hires Bob Dole as lobbyist in U.SFabiola Desy Unidjaja, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The government indicated on Friday that it had hired former U.S. Republican Senator Bob Dole as the country's official lobbyist to deal with the U.S. administration in Washington.
Sat, 31 Jan 2004
RI bridge team wins Aussie Open
RI bridge team wins Aussie Open JAKARTA: The Indonesian Bridge League champion team extended its winning streak when it won the Australian Summer Bridge Open tournament in Canberra, Australia.The team, which returned to Jakarta on Thursday, was sponsored by Djarum, comprised Ferdy Waluyan, Giovanni...
Sat, 31 Jan 2004
Nuwa Wea denies having met Taiwanese minister
Nuwa Wea denies having met Taiwanese ministerNuwa Wea denies having met Taiwanese minister: Manpower and Transmigration Minister Jacob Nuwa Wea denied on Friday he had met and signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Taiwanese Commission for Labor Affairs minister as earlier claimed by...
Sat, 31 Jan 2004
Gajah Tunggal projects 20 percent growth in 2004
Gajah Tunggal projects 20 percent growth in 2004Leony Aurora, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Publicly listed tire maker PT Gajah Tunggal is projecting a 15 percent to 20 percent growth in sales in 2004, said Mulyati Gozali, the company's new president commissioner, on Friday after a shareholders'...
Sat, 31 Jan 2004
Ex-police chief hails New Order
Ex-police chief hails New Order SALATIGA, Central Java: Former National Police chief Gen. (ret) Dibyo Widodo claimed that many people were longing for the period when the New Order regime ruled the country.
Sat, 31 Jan 2004
1. LANDSLIDE: 1 LINE, 56 COUNTS
1. LANDSLIDE: 1 LINE, 56 COUNTS Fifteen perish, two missing as landslides devastate C. Java 2. RAIN: 2 LINES, 15 COUNTS Wild storm rips through Jakarta 3. ADHA: 2 LINES, 15 COUNTS Indonesians ready for haj pilgrimage 4. HOSTAGES: 1 LINE, 40 COUNTS Freed hostages tell of nightmares in captivity
Sat, 31 Jan 2004
Taiwan to end ban on RI workers
Taiwan to end ban on RI workersJAKARTA: Taiwan is likely next month to lift a ban on the recruitment of new Indonesian workers, a Taipei official said Friday.He said Taiwan's labour minister, Chen Chu, and her Indonesian counterpart, Jacob Nuwa Wea, held talks here Thursday and agreed that Jakarta...
Sat, 31 Jan 2004
One dead, 5,000 flee volcano eruption
One dead, 5,000 flee volcano eruptionYemris Fointuna, The Jakarta Post, Kupang, East Nusa Tenggara At least one person was reported dead and some 5,000 others evacuated from their homes after a volcano on Flores island in East Nusa Tenggara province erupted, spewing dark clouds of ash and molten...
Sat, 31 Jan 2004
Akbar's lawyers warn of pressure on judges
Akbar's lawyers warn of pressure on judgesKurniawan Hari and Muninggar Sri Saraswati, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Lawyers of convicted Golkar chairman Akbar Tandjung on Friday criticized the increasing frequency and size of the protest rallies outside the Supreme Court (MA) building, saying that the...
Sat, 31 Jan 2004
NGOs demand House to suspend judiciary deliberations
NGOs demand House to suspend judiciary deliberationsMuninggar Sri Saraswati, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta A coalition of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) called on the House of Representatives and the government on Friday to suspend the deliberation of three judiciary bills due to the limited...
Sat, 31 Jan 2004
Indonesia's controversial visa policy - Calculated move or
Indonesia's controversial visa policy - Calculated move or unnecessary blunderJoe L. Spartz Business Consultant Jakarta Many had hoped that Indonesia's restrictive new tourist visa policy would be relegated to the back-burner and discreetly forgotten.
Sat, 31 Jan 2004
Four rebels killed in Aceh
Four rebels killed in AcehBANDA ACEH: Soldiers have shot dead four separatist rebels and arrested three others in Aceh province, the military said Friday.The Free Aceh Movement (GAM) rebels were killed in separate raids in two districts on Thursday, said Asep Sapari, a military spokesman.
Sat, 31 Jan 2004
Paradigm shift in RI higher education
Paradigm shift in RI higher educationSetiono, Lecturer , Atmajaya Catholic University, Jakarta It is not enough to keep abreast with advances in science and technology -- higher learning institutions should also be pioneers.
Sat, 31 Jan 2004
JAKARTA: The Indonesian Bank Restructuring Agency (IBRA) plans to
JAKARTA: The Indonesian Bank Restructuring Agency (IBRA) plans to sell debt and equity in Texmaco Group, the country's biggest textile maker, in a third attempt to woo overseas investors to buy 29 trillion rupiah (US$3.4 billion) of assets, IBRA chairman Syafruddin Temenggung said.
Sat, 31 Jan 2004
Yogyakarta hosts children's congress
Yogyakarta hosts children's congress JAKARTA: The National Commission for Child Protection (Komnas PA) will organize the 4th Congress for Indonesian Children in Yogyakarta next month.Commission chairman Seto Mulyadi said after a meeting with deputy House speaker Muhaimin Iskandar here on Friday...
Sat, 31 Jan 2004
Locals attack red-light cafes
Locals attack red-light cafes BOGOR: Local residents attacked and burned about 12 small cafes in Kampung Babakan, Pondok Udik subdistrict, Kemang district, at about 5 a.m. on Friday, the core business of which they accused of prostitution.
Sat, 31 Jan 2004
'Better safe than sorry; fish instead of chicken'
'Better safe than sorry; fish instead of chicken' Although there has not yet been a reported case in the country of humans infected with avian influenza, or bird flu, many people have opted not to eat chicken, eggs or other poultry products.
Sat, 31 Jan 2004
Club culture
Club culture Welcome to a brand new Jakarta Post column that each Friday will inform you of all the special events, club nights and other entertainment scheduled for the weekend in Jakarta. If your club, restaurant or venue has something on, e-mail the details with phone contact to:...