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Sat, 05 Jan 2002
HK families hire 13,000 more RI maids
HK families hire 13,000 more RI maids RI maids in demand in HKDeutsche Presse-Agentur Hong Kong, ChinaHong Kong families hired 13,000 more Indonesian maids last year, leading to a 24 percent jump in the number of Indonesian migrant workers in the territory, a news report said on Friday.
Sat, 05 Jan 2002
U.S. to give $55m to southern RP: Arroyo
U.S. to give $55m to southern RP: ArroyoAgence France-Presse, Cotabato, Philippines United States President George W. Bush has pledged up to US$55 million in development aid to the troubled southern Philippines, where economic growth has remained stagnant over years of Muslim insurgency, President...
Sat, 05 Jan 2002
TV Today: Saturday, January 5, 2002
TV Today: Saturday, January 5, 2002TVRI 5:00 a.m. Religious Teachings6:00 News8:00 Cartoon8:30 Mom and Me10:00 Music11:00 News11:30 Music12:00 p.m. News2:00 News3:30 Religious Teachings4:00 Documentary 5:00 Music6:00 News7:00 Music8:00 Quiz9:00 News9:30 Music11:00 Sports TPI 5:30 a.m.
Sat, 05 Jan 2002
Banks cautiously upbeat on 2002 outlook
Banks cautiously upbeat on 2002 outlookBerni K. Moestafa, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Several major banks share the same level of confidence when asked about the banking outlook for 2002: "cautiously optimistic.
Sat, 05 Jan 2002
Many East Timorese refugees remain at camps in W. Timor
Many East Timorese refugees remain at camps in W. TimorYemris Fointuna, The Jakarta Post, Kupang Some 1,750 East Timorese refugees from 245 families are still living in temporary camps in Noelbaki and Tuapukan camps in the regency of Kupang, West Timor as a government deadline for them to leave the...
Sat, 05 Jan 2002
Sutiyoso plans to dump city's garbage on Bangka island
Sutiyoso plans to dump city's garbage on Bangka islandAhmad Junaidi, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta City Governor Sutiyoso said on Friday that he would prioritize Bangka island, rather than Bantar Gebang, Marunda and Tegal Alur, as an alternative dumpsite for the city's garbage.
Sat, 05 Jan 2002
'Panji Masyarakat' stops publication
'Panji Masyarakat' stops publicationMuhammad Nafik, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The Panji Masyarakat monthly magazine halted publication two months ago due to severe financial problems heightened by the country's prolonged economic crisis.
Sat, 05 Jan 2002
2. BCA (4 X 18)
2. BCA (4 X 18) KPPU to quiz IBRA over PT Indomobil and BCA sales 3. PLN ( 2 X 18) Power prices to keep on rising until 2005 4. Ascot ( 1 X 30) Ascott 'takes over' from Mercure 5. Bank ( 1 X 38 Banks cautiously upbeat on 2002 outlook 6. KPPU ( 2 X 20) Govt under fire for plan on wheat duties
Sat, 05 Jan 2002
More Acehnese reject planned military command
More Acehnese reject planned military commandFabiola Desy Unidjaja, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta As the government looks set to reestablish a military command in restive Aceh, Acehnese intellectuals and human rights campaigners voiced their opposition to the plan, arguing that it would add to the...
Sat, 05 Jan 2002
New Year attacker held
New Year attacker heldDamar Harsanto, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Questions revolving around the grenade blast on Jl. Bulungan, South Jakarta, which claimed one life in the morning hours of Jan. 1, may soon be answered following Thursday's arrest of Tarmizi, who is suspected as one of the attackers.
Sat, 05 Jan 2002
Indonesian maids in demand in HK
Indonesian maids in demand in HKDeutsche Presse-Agentur, Hong Kong, China Hong Kong families hired 13,000 more Indonesian maids last year, leading to a 24 percent jump in the number of Indonesian migrant workers in the territory, a news report said on Friday.
Sat, 05 Jan 2002
Sleman to have agribusiness terminal
Sleman to have agribusiness terminal YOGYAKARTA: In an attempt to spur economic development in Sleman regency, provincial administration officials are planning to develop a special terminal to market agribusiness commodities.
Sat, 05 Jan 2002
Rupiah Rates Jan. 4
Rupiah Rates Jan. 4 Bank notes rates TT rates Buying Selling Buying Selling Rp Rp Rp Rp U.S. dollar 1 10,865.00 9,865.00 10,417.00 10,313.00Australian dollar 1 5,591.13 5,071.60 5,360.59 5,301.91Austrian schilling 1 709.84 644.01 680.57 673.25Belgian franc 1 242.13 219.68 232.15 229.
Sat, 05 Jan 2002
Zang Xihua to hold exhibition
Zang Xihua to hold exhibition Some 65 works of celebrated Chinese artist Zang Xihua will be displayed at the Crowne Plaza Hotel from Jan. 7 in what will be Jakarta's first painting exhibition for 2002.The painter, who currently resides in Singapore after spending dozens of years in reform camps...
Sat, 05 Jan 2002
JP/Arifuddin Saeni
JP/Arifuddin SaeniTRAFFIC CUTOFF: A landslide paralyzed traffic between Gowa and Malino on Wednesday after a section of the connecting highway collapsed. Another landslide also destroyed a part of the highway connecting Gowa and Sappaya in Gowa regency on Thursday.
Sat, 05 Jan 2002
Jayapura back to six-day public service
Jayapura back to six-day public service JAYAPURA, Irian Jaya: As of Jan. 1, 2001, the Jayapura municipal administration returned to a six-day work week to improve its service to the public.Jayapura Mayor M.R.
Sat, 05 Jan 2002
Investigating giant mining operations
Investigating giant mining operations The operations of the world's giant mining companies have often raised concerns due to their alleged insensitivity to the local communities and the environment.However, research financed by the International Development Research Center (IDRC) indicates that the...
Sat, 05 Jan 2002
Telkom to raise phone rates by 15% on Jan. 15
Telkom to raise phone rates by 15% on Jan. 15 Tantri Yuliandini The Jakarta Post Jakarta State-owned telecommunications company PT Telkom said that it would increase domestic telephone rates by an average of 15 percent on Jan. 15 pending the signing of a ministerial decree expected next week.
Sat, 05 Jan 2002
Feisal criticizes ministers for not showing modesty
Feisal criticizes ministers for not showing modestyThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta State Minister of Administrative Reforms Feisal Tamin expressed concern on Friday over the reluctance among some of his colleagues to abandon suits and ties despite the government's newly launched drive for modest...
Sat, 05 Jan 2002
Govt under fire for plan on wheat duties
Govt under fire for plan on wheat dutiesThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta The Indonesian monopoly watchdog has slammed the government's plan to impose antidumping duties on wheat as the move would benefit only one single company, PT Bogasari Flour Mills, at the cost of millions of consumers.
Sat, 05 Jan 2002
Improving the welfare of the local people
Improving the welfare of the local people Mining and oil companies adopt different approaches in carrying out their community development obligations. But their priorities are generally the same -- giving more emphasis to the improvement of the health and education of local people.
Sat, 05 Jan 2002
1. Palu: 16 x 2 lines
1. Palu: 16 x 2 lines Suspects in Palu bombing grilled 2. Aceh : 35 x 1 line --- to come later---- 3. Bandung: 16 x 2 lines 'Factions give parties a voice in legislature'3. Timor: 24 x 2 lines East Timor leaders scheduled to hold reconciliation meeting 4.
Sat, 05 Jan 2002
Telkom to raise phone tariff by 15% on Jan. 15
Telkom to raise phone tariff by 15% on Jan. 15Tantri Yuliandini The Jakarta Post JakartaState-owned telecommunications company PT Telkom said that it will increase domestic telephone tariffs by an average of 15 percent on Jan.
Sat, 05 Jan 2002
Stop Jakarta's policy of evicting 'illegal aliens'
Stop Jakarta's policy of evicting 'illegal aliens'Azas Tigor Nainggolan, Jakarta Citizens Forum (FAKTA), Jakarta Social Institute (ISJ) Following a series of negotiations with Indonesian representatives, Malaysia recently repatriated hundreds of Indonesian immigrants for having illegally entered...
Sat, 05 Jan 2002
U.S. pledges $55 million for southern Philippines: Arroyo
U.S. pledges $55 million for southern Philippines: Arroyo Agence France-Presse Cotabato, PhilippinesUnited States President George W. Bush has pledged up to US$55 million in development aid to the troubled southern Philippines, where economic growth has remained stagnant over years of Muslim...
Sat, 05 Jan 2002
5-month prison term sought for sandal thief
5-month prison term sought for sandal thiefMulta Fidrus, The Jakarta Post, Tangerang A prosecutor demanded on Thursday that the Tangerang District court sentence a worker to five months' imprisonment for stealing a pair of damaged sandals from PT Osaga's factory warehouse where he worked last...
Sat, 05 Jan 2002
Standard Chartered eyes opportunities in ASEAN
Standard Chartered eyes opportunities in ASEANDow Jones, Hong Kong Standard Chartered Bank PLC. is looking for acquisition opportunities in southeast Asia while share prices of some high- quality banking assets are low, the chairman of the bank's Hong Kong operations said Friday.
Sat, 05 Jan 2002
Photo A Antara/Audy Alwi
Photo A Antara/Audy Alwi LATEST UPDATE: President Megawati Soekarnoputri (center) receives a report on the latest situation in restive Aceh province from Aceh Governor Abdullah Puteh (right) as Minister of Home Affairs Hari Sabarno looks on.
Sat, 05 Jan 2002
TNI scraps Kaster post
TNI scraps Kaster post JAKARTA: The Indonesian Military (TNI) has scrapped its territorial affairs position following the promotion of incumbent territorial affairs chief Lt. Gen. Agus Widjojo to deputy speaker of the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR).
Sat, 05 Jan 2002
East Timor leaders scheduled to hold reconciliation meeting
East Timor leaders scheduled to hold reconciliation meetingThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta A key challenge in the lead up to East Timor's independence, officially scheduled to begin on May 20, 2002, has been to bring about a reconciliation among East Timorese leaders that would pave the way for an...
Sat, 05 Jan 2002
Feisal criticizes ministers who have yet to show modesty
Feisal criticizes ministers who have yet to show modestyThe Jakarta Post JakartaState Minister of Administrative Reforms Feisal Tamin expressed concern on Friday over the reluctance among some of his colleagues to abandon suits and ties despite the government's newly launched drive for modest...
Sat, 05 Jan 2002
Withe to coach Thailand till 2002
Withe to coach Thailand till 2002 BANGKOK: Former Aston Villa and England striker Peter Withe has agreed a new one-year deal to coach Thailand's national team. Following months of salary negotiations with the Football Association of Thailand, Withe told Reuters on Friday he was ready to put pen to...
Sat, 05 Jan 2002
President's nonbudgetary funds reviewed
President's nonbudgetary funds reviewedFabiola Desy Unidjaja, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta President Megawati Soekarnoputri has decided to temporarily freeze nonbudgetary funds, as their function and regulation needed reviewing, the President's Secretary, Kemal Munawar, said on Friday.
Sat, 05 Jan 2002
Malaysian F1 circuit to be bought by another government company
Malaysian F1 circuit to be bought by another government companyNirmala Menon, Associated Press, Kuala Lumpur National oil company Petronas was unlikely to buy Malaysia's Formula One race track, but another government-owned company probably would, a source said Friday.
Sat, 05 Jan 2002
Bengkulu legislature to spend Rp 9.1b
Bengkulu legislature to spend Rp 9.1b BENGKULU: According to the Bengkulu province's 2002 budget, its legislative council has allocated Rp 9.1 billion towards its members' activities during the 2002 fiscal year -- out of total revenues expected to reach Rp 27 billion.
Sat, 05 Jan 2002
Corporate responsibility towards community
Corporate responsibility towards communityHendarsyah Tarmizi The Jakarta Post "We have done a lot of things to help the community but only the bad things appear in the press," said a public relations manager of a mining giant when asked about the company's community development (CD) program.
Sat, 05 Jan 2002
Telkom to raise phone rates by 15% on Jan. 15
Telkom to raise phone rates by 15% on Jan. 15Tantri Yuliandini, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta State-owned telecommunications company PT Telkom said that it would increase domestic telephone rates by an average of 15 percent on Jan. 15 pending the signing of a ministerial decree expected next week.
Sat, 05 Jan 2002
Sutiyoso insists on minimum wage
Sutiyoso insists on minimum wage City administration officials announced on Friday that their decision to establish a new provincial minimum wage should be put into place this month, while allowing businessmen the opportunity to submit objections to the decision.
Sat, 05 Jan 2002
Police favor death for drug dealers
Police favor death for drug dealers JAKARTA: National Police chief Gen. Da'i Bachtiar has encouraged judges to pass death sentences on major drug dealers as a better deterrent to halting the illicit trade.
Sat, 05 Jan 2002
Kerosene gets harder to find
Kerosene gets harder to findThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta More reports of kerosene shortages surfaced on Friday, with state-owned oil company Pertamina trying to wash its hands of the crisis, which has raised fears of social unrest in some parts of the country.
Sat, 05 Jan 2002
* Headlines: HK hires more Indonesian maids 2
* Headlines: HK hires more Indonesian maids 2* Opinion: Jakarta newcomers aliens in their own land 4* City: Jakarta unprepared to deal with flood 6* Archipelago: Islamic law imposed gradually in Aceh 7 * National: Akbar shows of force prior to graft talks 8* World: Al-Qaeda network remains intact...
Sat, 05 Jan 2002
Government urged to have courage to fight corruptors
Government urged to have courage to fight corruptorsBambang Nurbianto, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta From the legal point of view, there is no reason for both the government and the law enforcing institutions not to take suspected corruptors to court, as they have been armed with a very powerful...
Sat, 05 Jan 2002
Escaped prisoners still at large
Escaped prisoners still at large CIREBON, West Java: Two notorious criminals who broke out of the Kesambi Penitentiary were still at large as of Friday, according to authorities.Comr. Sardjono, chief of the Cirebon Police, said that officers have set up three teams to capture the escapees.
Sat, 05 Jan 2002
Where to go in Jakarta: Saturday, January 5, 2002
Where to go in Jakarta: Saturday, January 5, 2002Exhibitions * Stone Lithographs and Paintings by Ken Pattern, Koi Galeri/Restoran Jl Mahakam I/2 (Tel: 722 2864), 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. until Jan. 31. * Painting Menjemput Impian by Damay, Yaqub Elka, Zeita Gallery, Jl. Kemang Timur no.
Sat, 05 Jan 2002
Eviction victims seeks NU's help
Eviction victims seeks NU's help After failing to get appropriate compensation from the city administration, 15 people representing forced eviction victims came to the office of Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) to seek former president Abdurrahman "Gus Dur" Wahid's help.
Fri, 04 Jan 2002
Weight division change prompts new strategy for RI boxers
Weight division change prompts new strategy for RI boxersMusthofid, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Changes in several weight classes have prompted Pertina, the national amateur boxing body, to revise its strategy for the 2002 Asian Games in Busan, South Korea.
Fri, 04 Jan 2002
Thieves in trains
Thieves in trainsFrom Suara KaryaAll home-coming travelers need to be careful when traveling on executive-class trains that thieves are always eyeing their prey.These thieves resemble magicians who are able to empty all the contents of bags, even those that have been locked.
Fri, 04 Jan 2002
Capriati teaches Angelique tennis lesson
Capriati teaches Angelique tennis lessonAgencies, Hong Kong World number two Jennifer Capriati blasted past rising Indonesian star Angelique Widjaja, to take her place in the semifinals of the Hong Kong Ladies Challenge on Thursday.
Fri, 04 Jan 2002
Tarakanita hit by protest and brawl
Tarakanita hit by protest and brawl JAKARTA: Three people were arrested on Thursday after a rally turned ugly at the Tarakanita Secretarial Academy in Kali Malang, East Jakarta. The demonstration by the teachers and students was a demand for more money and better conditions.
Fri, 04 Jan 2002
Motorcycles seized in Jayapura
Motorcycles seized in Jayapura JAYAPURA, Irian Jaya: Police in Irian Jaya seized on Thursday hundreds of motorcycles that lacked necessary fixtures and whose owners failed to produce legal documents.The seizure was made during a raid on unlicensed two-wheeled vehicles in the province's capital of...