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Thu, 09 Jan 2003
'I've heard about subsidies, but are they real?'
'I've heard about subsidies, but are they real?' Life is becoming harder and harder, especially for the poor, due to the rises in fuel and utility charges, which may well trigger an increase in public transportation fares.
Thu, 09 Jan 2003
Jakarta warns East Timor against accusing militiamen
Jakarta warns East Timor against accusing militiamenFabiola Desy Unidjaja, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The government has warned newly established East Timor that it risks hurting bilateral relations with Indonesia by blaming former militia members for security disturbances there.
Thu, 09 Jan 2003
'Becak' drivers fight for their right to operate
'Becak' drivers fight for their right to operateEvi Mariani The Jakarta Post JakartaAbout 150 becak (trishaw) drivers united in the Daya Manunggal Becak Driver Group (PBDM) visited the National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) office in Central Jakarta Wednesday, pressing for their right to...
Thu, 09 Jan 2003
Media is not sympathetic to me: Megawati
Media is not sympathetic to me: MegawatiThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta President Megawati Soekarnoputri complained on Wednesday over what she called unbalanced reports by the national media regarding the increase in utility rates.
Thu, 09 Jan 2003
Indonesia braces for U.S. war on Iraq
Indonesia braces for U.S. war on IraqEndy M. Bayuni, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta While continuing its opposition to any United States plan to invade Iraq without the approval of the United Nations, Indonesia says it is already bracing itself for the worst.
Thu, 09 Jan 2003
Astra Crude Palm Oil Output Up 3.8%
Astra Crude Palm Oil Output Up 3.8% JAKARTA: Indonesian plantation company PT Astra Agro Lestari said Wednesday that its crude palm oil output in the first 11 months of 2002 rose 3.8% from the year-earlier period to 502,770 metric tons.
Thu, 09 Jan 2003
Anthrax blamed for eight deaths in W. Nusa Tenggara
Anthrax blamed for eight deaths in W. Nusa TenggaraThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta/Bogor At least eight people died in the country's eastern island of Sumbawa supposedly from anthrax, which also infected seven others in the West Java city of Bogor.
Thu, 09 Jan 2003
Regions 'in charge' of preservation
Regions 'in charge' of preservation JAKARTA: Local governments will have to share greater responsibility in the preservation of Indonesian coastal areas and seas across the country, an official said.Deputy environment minister Liana Bratasida said on Wednesday that provincial, regional and...
Thu, 09 Jan 2003
Govt assists W. Lampung to recover from landslide
Govt assists W. Lampung to recover from landslideMoch. N. Kurniawan, The Jakarta Post, Krui, Lampung The government granted on Wednesday Rp 1 billion (US$111,000) in financial assistance to the West Lampung administration to help several villages there recover from a landslide disaster.
Thu, 09 Jan 2003
Megawati to open Borobudur festival
Megawati to open Borobudur festival MAGELANG, Central Java: President Megawati Soekarnoputri is expected to open the Borobudur International Festival 2003, scheduled for June 11 to June 17.Central Java tourism office head Hengky Hermantoro said on Wednesday that representatives from at least 13...
Thu, 09 Jan 2003
RI rejects foreign research on Papua, Aceh
RI rejects foreign research on Papua, AcehThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta The government has announced a plan to restrict foreign researchers' access to conduct field work in Papua and Aceh, saying that many came with intentions other than academic goals that could amount to an interference in...
Thu, 09 Jan 2003
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;JP;ASA; ANPAa..r.. Business-currency-BIJP/ / Rupiah Rates Jan. 8 Bank notes rates TT rates Selling Buying Selling Buying Rp Rp Rp Rp Australian dollar 1 5,411.26 4,832.85 5,150.00 5,093.88 Brunei dollar 1 5,409.87 4,833.05 5,148.68 5,094.09 Canadian dollar 1 6,036.00 5,392.05 5,744.57 5,683.
Thu, 09 Jan 2003
Birth certificate fees
Birth certificate fees From Warta KotaNorth Jakarta municipality head, Soebagio, has often said he would dump into a garbage bin all praise but will treasure criticism about the municipality administration's performance.
Thu, 09 Jan 2003
Three arrested for risque games
Three arrested for risque games TANGERANG: Three men were arrested on Tuesday by the Tangerang Police for renting R-rated video games to elementary school children.The police also confiscated 13 R-rated video games from the suspects, who run a play station rental store on Jl.
Thu, 09 Jan 2003
Shares end lower amid fears of violent protests
Shares end lower amid fears of violent protestsDow Jones, Jakarta Indonesian shares ended lower for the sixth consecutive trading day Wednesday, led by selling in car maker PT Astra International ahead of the close of registration for its planned rights issue Thursday, dealers said.
Thu, 09 Jan 2003
Tangerang to get haj dormitory
Tangerang to get haj dormitory TANGERANG: A Rp 7.5 billion haj dormitory for Banten province will be built on five hectares of land in Sepatan district, Tangerang regency, this year.The head of the regency's Development Planning Body, Suryana, said on Wednesday the administration had allocated Rp 2.
Thu, 09 Jan 2003
4 X 11
4 X 11 Traditional leaders meet to help end Maluku strife JP/5/antrax 2 x 26 Anthrax blamed for eight deaths in W. Nusa Tenggara 1 x 45JP/5/SULTAN Royal family split over appointment of new sultan JP/5/donation4 x 12 Govt assists W. Lampung to recover from landslide
Thu, 09 Jan 2003
Workers set for biggest anti-utility price hikes
Workers set for biggest anti-utility price hikesBerni K. Moestafa, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Some 25,000 workers are expected to hit the streets of Jakarta on Thursday in what will likely be the biggest demonstration so far against the utility price hikes.
Thu, 09 Jan 2003
Kopassus helped attacks by Christian gang: Lawyer
Kopassus helped attacks by Christian gang: LawyerThe Agence France-Presse, Jakarta A lawyer for a Christian gang suspected of deadly bombings and shootings in Maluku province said Wednesday some attacks had been assisted by special forces soldiers.
Thu, 09 Jan 2003
BI benchmark rate down again
BI benchmark rate down againThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta Bank Indonesia said the interest rate on its one-month SBI promissory notes declined again during the weekly Wednesday auction, which is surprising given the expected strong inflationary pressure this month as a result of the utility price hikes.
Thu, 09 Jan 2003
Life becomes harder, even for middle-income earners
Life becomes harder, even for middle-income earnersMaria Endah Hulupi and Hera Diani, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Patricia Situmorang, 35, said that starting this month, she will no longer eat out with her friends at cafes or restaurants. Unless, of course, somebody pays for her.
Thu, 09 Jan 2003
Royal family split over appointment of new sultan
Royal family split over appointment of new sultanNana Rukmana, The Jakarta Post, Cirebon, West Java Cirebon people are turning their attention to the Kanoman Palace, home of one of three royal families in the West Java ancient city, as a dispute over the coveted throne heightens.
Thu, 09 Jan 2003
Govt to give tax cuts, incentives for businesses
Govt to give tax cuts, incentives for businessesRendi A. Witular and Fabiola Desy Unidjaja, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The government will provide a tax cut facility and other incentives to the business sector as compensation for the increase in utility rates.
Thu, 09 Jan 2003
Megawati awards U.S. scholar Bresnan
Megawati awards U.S. scholar Bresnan President Megawati Soekarnoputri honored American researcher John J. Bresnan (right) on Wednesday for helping thousands of Indonesian scholars to study abroad during a decade of working with the Ford Foundation.
Thu, 09 Jan 2003
Obituary
Obituary Noted political analyst Affan Gafar sent his last message to President Megawati Soekarnoputri hours before he died of a heart attack near his house on Wednesday."Megawati should address the nation on her administration's decision to simultaneously increase prices as it will psychologically...
Thu, 09 Jan 2003
Terrorism, Iraq war on agenda for Straw's Southeast Asian visit
Terrorism, Iraq war on agenda for Straw's Southeast Asian visitAgence France-Presse, Singapore British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw arrived in Singapore on Wednesday on a whirlwind series of meetings with Southeast Asian leaders to discuss terrorism and a possible war against Iraq.
Thu, 09 Jan 2003
Rebel commander shot dead in RP
Rebel commander shot dead in RP PHILIPPINES: An alleged Moro rebel commander and a companion were shot dead by gunmen in the southern Philippine island of Mindanao, police said on Wednesday.Abdulrahjak Kabalu Siambal, 31, believed to be a commander of the Muslim separatist Moro Islamic Liberation...
Thu, 09 Jan 2003
Women workers left behind by globalization
Women workers left behind by globalizationAti Nurbaiti, Staff Writer, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta A steady inflow of foreign exchange totaling approximately US$1 billion from Indonesia's migrant workers in 2002 alone has led to the state's complicity in the violation of its citizens' human rights.
Thu, 09 Jan 2003
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;JP;ASA; ANPAa..r.. Business-currency-BIJP/ / Rupiah Rates Jan. 8 Bank notes rates TT rates Selling Buying Selling Buying Rp Rp Rp Rp Australian dollar 1 5,411.26 4,832.85 5,150.00 5,093.88 Brunei dollar 1 5,409.87 4,833.05 5,148.68 5,094.09 Canadian dollar 1 6,036.00 5,392.05 5,744.57 5,683.
Thu, 09 Jan 2003
Late budget approval delays projects
Late budget approval delays projectsAhmad Junaidi, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta All projects planned by the city administration this year will start late as the approval of the 2003 budget by the City Council will likely come late.
Thu, 09 Jan 2003
Gabsi to launch drive to promote bridge talent
Gabsi to launch drive to promote bridge talentMusthofid, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta In an attempt to foster new talent, the Indonesian Contract Bridge Association (Gabsi) will promote bridge in schools, said the newly appointed chairwoman, Miranda Goeltom, on Wednesday.
Thu, 09 Jan 2003
Heritage Year 2003 opens
Heritage Year 2003 opens YOGYAKARTA: Minister of Tourism and Culture I Gde Ardhika and Minister of Agriculture Bungaran Saragih on Wednesday jointly marked the beginning of Indonesia Heritage Year 2003 at Sambi village, Pakem, Sleman regency, some 20 kilometers north of here.
Thu, 09 Jan 2003
Jakarta to set up antiterrorism group
Jakarta to set up antiterrorism groupFabiola Desy Unidjaja, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Indonesia plans to establish a consortium to coordinate financial assistance from the international community aimed at enhancing the country's efforts to fight terrorism.
Thu, 09 Jan 2003
Focus on business
Focus on business The government's decision to shift the focus of its attention this year from macroeconomic management to microeconomic development and the improvement of basic infrastructure is timely and quite appropriate.
Thu, 09 Jan 2003
Let's curb crime
Let's curb crime Three unidentified men in an Isuzu Panther van robbed Abdul Nasir, a 40-year-old Singaporean, of his Kijang van in Cikarang, Bekasi, West Java, on Saturday. Blindfolded and tied up, Nasir and his partner Nia were dumped on the roadside and the thieves made away with his vehicle.
Thu, 09 Jan 2003
Support for blue
Support for blue sky program neededFrom Media Indonesia Man himself must make sure that his environment will be pollution-free. That's why we have the Kyoto Protocol and the Montreal Amendment. The Kyoto Protocol calls for each country to gradually reduce CO2 emissions while the Montreal Amendment...
Thu, 09 Jan 2003
'Becak' drivers fight for their right to operate
'Becak' drivers fight for their right to operateEvi Mariani The Jakarta Post JakartaAbout 150 becak (trishaw) drivers united in the Daya Manunggal Becak Driver Group (PBDM) visited the National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) office in Central Jakarta Wednesday, pressing for their right to...
Thu, 09 Jan 2003
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;JP;ASA; ANPAa..r.. Business-currency-BIJP/ / Rupiah Rates Jan. 8 Bank notes rates TT rates Selling Buying Selling Buying Rp Rp Rp Rp Australian dollar 1 5,411.26 4,832.85 5,150.00 5,093.88 Brunei dollar 1 5,409.87 4,833.05 5,148.68 5,094.09 Canadian dollar 1 6,036.00 5,392.05 5,744.57 5,683.
Thu, 09 Jan 2003
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i-box 1 Components of UMP calculations in Greater Jakarta: 1. Minimum monthly living cost (KHM) 2. Company performance 3. Minimum wage in Greater Jakarta 4. Economic growth and per capita income 5. Consumer price index 6.
Thu, 09 Jan 2003
Telkom has yet to fulfill preconditions of rate hike
Telkom has yet to fulfill preconditions of rate hikeArya Abhiseka, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The government and state-owned telecommunications company PT Telkom have not yet fulfilled most of the preconditions stipulated by the House of Representatives for the approval of the increase in telephone...
Thu, 09 Jan 2003
RI to host antiterrorism meeting
RI to host antiterrorism meeting JAKARTA: Southeast Asian police chiefs would meet in Indonesia this month to discuss terrorism, drugs and transnational crimes, an official said Wednesday.National police spokesman Zainuri Lubis said the three-day meeting starting Jan.
Thu, 09 Jan 2003
'TNI not responsible for abuses'
'TNI not responsible for abuses' JAKARTA: Former justice minister Muladi said Wednesday that legal military personnel stationed in East Timor before, during and after the 1999 referendum were doing their job for the country and therefore could not be blamed for abuses by militia members.
Thu, 09 Jan 2003
Police fail to connect al-Qaeda with Bali bombers
Police fail to connect al-Qaeda with Bali bombersThe Jakarta Post, Singapore/Denpasar National Police chief Gen. Da'i Bachtiar said on Wednesday that investigators were unable to establish a link between Osama bin Laden's al-Qaeda network and Muslim militants blamed for the deadly Bali bombings...
Thu, 09 Jan 2003
Where to go in Bali for Thursday, January 9, 2003
Where to go in Bali for Thursday, January 9, 2003Exhibitions* Painting AIDA The Space in Between by Peter Dittmar, Gaya Fusion of Senses, Jl. Raya Sayan, Ubud (Tel. 0361 979253), until Feb. 15. * Photos: The Lover of Zeus by Polina Sirosh, Pala Restaurant, Jl. By Pass Ngurah Rai No.
Thu, 09 Jan 2003
'Becak' drivers fight for their right to operate
'Becak' drivers fight for their right to operateEvi Mariani, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta About 150 becak (trishaw) drivers united in the Daya Manunggal Becak Driver Group (PBDM) visited the National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) office in Central Jakarta Wednesday, pressing for their right...
Thu, 09 Jan 2003
Injustice deepens people's disappointment
Injustice deepens people's disappointmentBambang Nurbianto and Adianto P. Simamora, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Middle-income earners have joined the growing chorus complaining about the government's unpopular move to simultaneously increase fuel prices, electricity and telephone rates.
Thu, 09 Jan 2003
Govt to redeem some $4.6b worth of bonds this year
Govt to redeem some $4.6b worth of bonds this yearDadan Wijaksana, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The government aims to redeem some Rp 43.4 trillion (US$4.6 billion) worth of bonds this year in a bid to reduce the huge amount of sovereign debt and minimize the risk of a fiscal disaster.
Thu, 09 Jan 2003
FBI stars investigates Timika ambush
FBI stars investigates Timika ambushTiarma Siboro, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Several agents of the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) have started investigating the deadly Aug. 31 ambush in Timika, Papua, which claimed the lives of two American teachers and one Indonesian, an official said...
Thu, 09 Jan 2003
PLN threatens to cut service
PLN threatens to cut service BALIKPAPAN, East Kalimantan: State electricity firm PLN has threatened to stop its service to thousands of consumers here for failing to pay electricity bills.Consumers in the city of Balikpapan and the regency of Pasir have yet to pay electricity bills amounting to Rp...
Thu, 09 Jan 2003
Flyovers needed
Flyovers neededFrom Warta KotaThe TB Simatupang outer ring road may solve the traffic jams in several spots in South Jakarta. Actually, neither the toll road or the artery roads are too crowded, except in areas close to an intersection.