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Fri, 14 Jan 2005
Police arrest second suspect in Lippo fraud case
Police arrest second suspect in Lippo fraud caseEva C. Komandjaja, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Police have arrested a second suspect in the latest banking fraud that centered on the issuance and selling of fake promissory notes from Lippo Bank.Director of the National Police fraud squad Brig. Gen.
Fri, 14 Jan 2005
Emergency schools open in camps
Emergency schools open in camps The Jakarta-based People's School Foundation has opened four emergency schools in four camps for displaced people in Keutapang and Gue Gajah in Banda Aceh, Lampeunurut in Aceh Besar, and on Simeuleu Isle.
Fri, 14 Jan 2005
Tsunami pushes Australia and Indonesia closer
Tsunami pushes Australia and Indonesia closerReuters, Jakarta For decades the prospect of Australian troops landing in a rebellious Indonesian province was a prospect that could fill leaders in both Jakarta and Canberra with dread.
Fri, 14 Jan 2005
VW poised for stake in Proton: Report
VW poised for stake in Proton: Report FRANKFURT: German automotive concern Volkswagen is now poised for a possible buy-in at the Malaysian car group Proton in the wake of the pullout by Mitsubishi Corp., the daily Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ) reported on Thursday.
Fri, 14 Jan 2005
Viewing religious rituals from cultural persperctive
Viewing religious rituals from cultural persperctiveKristian Tamtomo, Jakarta I would like to comment on the article titled Spiritual Materialism in the Haj Pilgrimage written by Dadi Darmadi (The Jakarta Post, Dec. 22). The article itself is well written and well argued.
Fri, 14 Jan 2005
Regents quizzed for alleged graft
Regents quizzed for alleged graft KUPANG, East Nusa Tenggara: Kupang Police questioned on Thursday Kupang Regent Ibrahim Agustinus Medah and former Kupang's deputy secretary for development Christian Nehemia Dillak for the alleged embezzlement of Rp 828.4 million (US$92,044).
Fri, 14 Jan 2005
JP/2/Heads
JP/2/Heads 1. REAX: 2 LINES, 20 COUNTS U.S. says no restriction on Aceh relief efforts 2. TRAUMA: 1 LINE, 32 COUNTS Scientologists offer alternative help 3. SIDEBAR: 1 LINE, 30 COUNTS Psychiatric hospital loses patients 4. YANI: 1 LINE, 36 COUNTS Pertamina seals $310m in syndicated loans 5.
Fri, 14 Jan 2005
Displaced Acehnese live with their relatives
Displaced Acehnese live with their relativesA'an Suryana, The Jakarta Post, Banda Aceh, Aceh Nini, 35, fought to break through the crowd of people attempting to board a large boat that would transport refugees to Banda Aceh.She failed to get through, but she wasn't discouraged.
Fri, 14 Jan 2005
Psychiatric hospital loses patients
Psychiatric hospital loses patients Only 70 of 315 patients at the psychiatric hospital in the capital town of Banda Aceh stayed put, as hospital staff rushed to open the gate wide so that patients could flee when the tsunamis hit Aceh on Dec. 26.
Fri, 14 Jan 2005
Lawmakers to spend $72,000 to monitor haj
Lawmakers to spend $72,000 to monitor hajKurniawan Hari, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Fourteen members of the House of Representatives will fly to Saudi Arabia for 10 days to supervise the management of Indonesia's haj pilgrimage at the cost of about Rp 670 million (US$72,000).
Fri, 14 Jan 2005
Harvest denies role in Monsanto scandal
Harvest denies role in Monsanto scandalMuninggar Sri Saraswati, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Harvest International Indonesia president director Harvey Goldstein denied on Thursday that his company played any role in a bribery case involving U.S.-based Monsanto Co. and Indonesian state officials.
Fri, 14 Jan 2005
Death sought for cocaine smuggler
Death sought for cocaine smugglerMulta Fidrus, The Jakarta Post, TangerangProsecutors at the Tangerang District Court demanded the death sentence for a cocaine smuggler holding a Brazilian passport.Prosecutor Rachmat Vidianto told the court on Wednesday that defendant Rodrigo Gularte, 32, a...
Fri, 14 Jan 2005
Two French naval ships carrying aid, choppers arrive in Aceh
Two French naval ships carrying aid, choppers arrive in AcehAdianto P. Simamora The Jakarta Post/JakartaTwo French warships are scheduled to arrive on Friday in Aceh province to delivery humanitarian aid to the tsunami-battered town of Meulaboh, the French Embassy in Jakarta said on Thursday.
Fri, 14 Jan 2005
Jones, Dupri postpone benefit single in wake of tsunami disaster
Jones, Dupri postpone benefit single in wake of tsunami disaster Eliott C. McLaughlin Associated Press/AtlantaMusic producers Quincy Jones and Jermaine Dupri say the tsunami disaster in Southeast Asia has prompted them to postpone recording We Are the Future, an update of the 1985 benefit song We...
Fri, 14 Jan 2005
Krakatau Steel to up steel output
Krakatau Steel to up steel output JAKARTA: Indonesia's state-owned Krakatau Steel plans to increase its hot rolled coil steel plate production by one million tonnes a year by building new production facilities worth up to US$400 million, a report said on Thursday.
Fri, 14 Jan 2005
Susilo, House to meet on Aceh issue
Susilo, House to meet on Aceh issue JAKARTA: President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is slated to hold a consultative meeting with the House of Representatives on Monday, to discuss various issues of the ongoing relief operation in Aceh.
Fri, 14 Jan 2005
Evicted squatters move to riverbanks
Evicted squatters move to riverbanksThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta Hundreds of squatters evicted from a three-hectare land owned by PT Kereta Api Indonesia (PT KAI) in Tanah Abang district, Central Jakarta have set up tents along the banks of West Flood Canal.
Fri, 14 Jan 2005
City administration fails to serve its domestic workers
City administration fails to serve its domestic workersBambang Nurbianto, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The city has been attempting to regulate relations between maids and their employers since the early 1990s, with the goal of providing protection to domestic workers.
Fri, 14 Jan 2005
Adiguna's case
Adiguna's case While our brothers and sisters in Aceh were experiencing a great calamity, some of us were indulging in convivial merrymaking at luxury hotels on New Year's Eve. After all, it is one's own right to fulfill his/her need for entertainment in spite of our solidarity for the people of...
Fri, 14 Jan 2005
Loaded guns
Loaded guns Someone is clearly failing in their job when police sources admit that there could be up to 100,000 illegal firearms in Jakarta. There is something even more seriously wrong when supposedly sane gentlemen can so easily pull out guns and threaten and shoot people who pose absolutely no...
Fri, 14 Jan 2005
Adiguna probe complete, case to be filed Friday
Adiguna probe complete, case to be filed FridayAbdul Khalik, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Police have wrapped up their investigation into the murder of waiter Yohannes Berchmans Haerudy Natong alias Rudy and will submit Adiguna Sutowo's case file to the prosecutor's office on Friday.
Fri, 14 Jan 2005
Remove anti-graft bottlenecks
Remove anti-graft bottlenecksFrom Koran TempoCorruption in Indonesia has developed like a malignant tumor, hence its elimination requires strong determination on the part of all law enforcement agencies in order to deal with not only minor cases but also major graft practices.
Fri, 14 Jan 2005
Man arrested for selling tsunami VCDs
Man arrested for selling tsunami VCDs THAILAND: Police in the tsunami-devastated Thai resort town of Phuket arrested a man on Thursday for selling video compact disks (VCDs) of the disaster.The killer waves on Dec. 26 killed about 5,300 people in Thailand, and left another 3,600 people missing.
Fri, 14 Jan 2005
80 percent aid channeled: BKS
80 percent aid channeled: BKS PEKANBARU, Riau: Riau Welfare Body (BKS) has sent thousands of boxes of food and beverages and used clothing to tsunami-hit areas of Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam.BKS head Tengku Faadil Jaafar said they had also dispatched dozens of volunteers and heavy machinery to the...
Fri, 14 Jan 2005
Spain sends five planes with aid
Spain sends five planes with aid INDONESIA: Spain has sent five military aircraft -- two Hercules C-130 and three CN 235 -- with several tons of humanitarian aid, and medical and military personnel to Indonesia, the Spanish Embassy said in Jakarta.
Fri, 14 Jan 2005
Russian govt gives scholarship
Russian govt gives scholarship JAKARTA: The government of the Russian Federation announced on Thursday it was providing scholarships for Indonesian students to study in Russia.In a press release, the Russian Embassy said that 20 scholarships would be provided for students planning to take bachelor...
Fri, 14 Jan 2005
'CNBC' to hold high-profile economic forum in Indonesia
'CNBC' to hold high-profile economic forum in IndonesiaThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta Following its successful run last year, CNBC strategic forum will return to Indonesia on Jan. 24 to discuss the country's economic and investment policies, as well as action plans.
Fri, 14 Jan 2005
Remove anti-graft bottlenecks
Remove anti-graft bottlenecksFrom Koran TempoCorruption in Indonesia has developed like a malignant tumor, hence its elimination requires strong determination on the part of all law enforcement agencies in order to deal with not only minor cases but also major graft practices.
Fri, 14 Jan 2005
Aid workers get shot at, none hurt
Aid workers get shot at, none hurtRuslan Sangadji and Apriadi Gunawan, The Jakarta Post, Banda Aceh/Medan An unidentified group of people has fired shots at some 25 tsunami relief workers in Aceh, sparking security concerns among some volunteers and creating a further hindrance to aid distribution...
Fri, 14 Jan 2005
RI-Australia ties: From East Timor to Aceh
RI-Australia ties: From East Timor to AcehRob Goodfellow, New South Wales, Australia On Sept. 16, 1999, in the aftermath of the East Timor crisis, Indonesia formally withdrew from their Security Treaty with Australia. This highly symbolic gesture marked a low point in bilateral relations.
Fri, 14 Jan 2005
Chinese investors commit to infrastructure projects
Chinese investors commit to infrastructure projectsZakki P. Hakim, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta A number of investors from China have committed US$1.5 billion in various industry sectors ahead of next week's Infrastructure Summit, intended to lure massive fresh investment to the country.
Fri, 14 Jan 2005
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Rebuilding a new Aceh for Acehnese Bondan Winarno Jakarta2. Rob -- RI-Australia relations: From East Timor to Aceh 1 x 30 RI-Australia ties: E. Timor to Aceh Rob Goodfellow New South Wales, Australia bilateral is one word. pls run spellcheck on this. thx 3.
Fri, 14 Jan 2005
Rebuilding a New Aceh for Acehnese
Rebuilding a New Aceh for AcehneseBondan Winarno, Jakarta Now that the dust has settled and the tears dried, we are slowly recovering from our grief and have come to terms with the call to rebuild Aceh.
Fri, 14 Jan 2005
UGM assists Aceh rehabilitation program
UGM assists Aceh rehabilitation program The Jakarta Post YogyakartaIn a bid to help rebuild Aceh following the devastating earthquake and tsunami, Yogyakarta's Gadjah Mada University (UGM) launched Aceh Bangkit program worth some Rp 500 billion (US$54.3 million) to Rp 600 billion.
Fri, 14 Jan 2005
Bogor seeks help against illegal mines
Bogor seeks help against illegal mines BOGOR: The Bogor regency mining agency has asked for help from public order officers to stop illegal sand mining in a number of villages.The head of the mining agency, Ridwan, said on Thursday a number of mine operators had ignored warnings to halt their...
Fri, 14 Jan 2005
Nine states offered debt relief
Nine states offered debt reliefAgencies, Jakarta Wealthy creditor nations have offered to let nine tsunami-hit countries halt repayments on billions of dollars of debt, but only three said they planned to accept the Paris Club's proposal.
Fri, 14 Jan 2005
Australians can be rightly proud of their government's generous
Australians can be rightly proud of their government's generous commitment to Indonesia's recovery from the tsunami. This is a new level of co-operation and goodwill between Australia and its closest neighbor. It also demonstrates how far relations between the two have improved in a very short time.
Fri, 14 Jan 2005
Another day of chaos at Banda Aceh hospital
Another day of chaos at Banda Aceh hospitalEmma Ross, Reuters, Banda Aceh Sawing through the door of an abandoned laboratory, scavenging for oxygen machines at the airport and crafting makeshift IV medicine bag hooks out of tent pegs.
Fri, 14 Jan 2005
Understanding Aceh's misfortune
Understanding Aceh's misfortuneFrom Media IndonesiaThe recent giant quake and the largest tsunami in history have caused human tragedy in Aceh, with a rising death toll, loss of wealth and devastation of resources.
Fri, 14 Jan 2005
Parents report principal for graft
Parents report principal for graft JAKARTA: The Indonesia Corruption Watch (ICW) reported on Thursday the principal of a city-run elementary school in Rawamangun, East Jakarta, for corruption.ICW executive Danang Widioko, accompanied by parents of seven students at SDN Percontohan IKIP Rawamangun,...
Fri, 14 Jan 2005
TNI to send thousands more troops to Aceh
TNI to send thousands more troops to AcehTiarma Siboro, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The Indonesian Military (TNI) said on Thursday it would send thousands of more soldiers to tsunami-ravaged Aceh, with the initial focus on cleaning up debris.TNI Spokesman Maj. Gen.
Fri, 14 Jan 2005
Luxury tax lifted on several goods
Luxury tax lifted on several goods The Ministry of Finance has declassified several beverages and cosmetics as luxury products, as they had become mainstream consumer products.The decision was driven by an agreement to streamline regional taxation system under the Association of Southeast Asian...
Thu, 13 Jan 2005
Canceling debt is inadequate aid
Canceling debt is inadequate aid With an official aid package of A$1 billion for Indonesia on the table, and an extraordinary popular push to support tsunami victims, nobody should call Australia mean. But because the Howard Government is at odds with most members of the Paris Club of creditor...
Thu, 13 Jan 2005
Workers, students protest fuel hike
Workers, students protest fuel hike TANGERANG: Hundreds of workers and students staged on Wednesday a joint rally at the Tangerang Municipal Council to protest the central government's plan to increase fuel prices as well as to demand a Rp 735,000 minimum wage for 2005.
Thu, 13 Jan 2005
2 commercial planes grounded for safety
2 commercial planes grounded for safetyLeony Aurora, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The Ministry of Transportation has grounded two aircraft that failed to comply with proper safety requirements, a senior official says.
Thu, 13 Jan 2005
Alertness to foreign aid
Alertness to foreign aidFrom Media IndonesiaWith the entry of foreign military forces to provide aid, it is appropriate for the government and the Indonesian Military (TNI) to remain alert to the possibility of the foreign side or the separatist Free Aceh Movement (GAM) benefiting from the...
Thu, 13 Jan 2005
E.U. promises swift delivery of aid, trade help for victims
E.U. promises swift delivery of aid, trade help for victimsAgencies, BrusselsEuropean Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso on Tuesday promised quick delivery of European Union aid for tsunami victims in Asia and said the 25-nation bloc would also be taking trade action to help countries...
Thu, 13 Jan 2005
Mitsubishi sells stake in Proton
Mitsubishi sells stake in ProtonAssociated Press, Kuala Lumpur,Malaysia Japan's Mitsubishi Corp. said on Wednesday it has sold its entire 7.93 percent stake in Malaysian state carmaker Proton Holdings Bhd. to the government for 384 million ringgit (US$101 million).
Thu, 13 Jan 2005
3 x 15
3 x 15 Aceh: A tragedy of strategic proportions Bruno Dercon Jakarta2. Yale -- When tragedy trumps borders 1 x 30 When tragedy trumps borders Ramesh Thakur Yale Center for the Study of Globalization Tokyo
Thu, 13 Jan 2005
Council speaker named suspect
Council speaker named suspect SIAK, Riau: After a long process, Riau Prosecutor's Office named the former speaker of Siak Regental Council Said Muhammad, who served in the 1999-2004 term, a suspect in a Rp 11 billion (US$1.1 million) corruption case.