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Tue, 07 Jan 2003
Restless Bali
Restless Bali All this started on Dec. 11, 2002, when returning to Jakarta after having 'Lebaran' with family in Malang-East Java, I allowed myself to visit Bali for a couple of days, I decided to take railway trip by executive class Mutiara Timur for longing to see the scenery of East Java.
Tue, 07 Jan 2003
Electronic makers see little room for price increase
Electronic makers see little room for price increaseAdianto P. Simamora, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Following the government's utility price hikes, local electronic manufacturers will limit the increase of the price of their products to between 5 percent and 10 percent, according to an industry...
Tue, 07 Jan 2003
Police defend move to send Thais home
Police defend move to send Thais home PONTIANAK, West Kalimantan: West Kalimantan Police spokesman Comr. Suhadi S.W. said here on Monday that the recent repatriation of 238 Thai fishermen from the province was lawful.
Tue, 07 Jan 2003
Protesters told not to think of toppling govt
Protesters told not to think of toppling govtThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta Amid mounting anti-government protests, Coordinating Minister for Political and Security Affairs Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono warned protesters on Monday not to dream of toppling the current legitimate government as it would...
Tue, 07 Jan 2003
Most Asian monies down, dollar short covering ends
Most Asian monies down, dollar short covering endsAlan Yonan Jr., Dow Jones, Singapore The dollar weakened against most Asian currencies Monday, snapping a two-session rally as risk aversion returned to the forefront of investors' minds.
Tue, 07 Jan 2003
ASEAN Secretary General Ong Keng Yong
ASEAN Secretary General Ong Keng Yong Ong Keng Yong is possibly the perfect man for the position of secretary general of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), as he speaks many of the major languages of the region: English, Mandarin, Malay and Arabic.Born in Singapore on Jan.
Tue, 07 Jan 2003
The politics of Muslims-Christian relations in Indonesia
The politics of Muslims-Christian relations in Indonesia Bob S. Hadiwinata Head International Relations Department, University of Parahyangan, Bandung Open conflict between the majority Muslims and minority Christians has been rare in Indonesian history.
Tue, 07 Jan 2003
Restless Bali
Restless Bali All this started on Dec. 11, 2002, when returning to Jakarta after having 'Lebaran' with family in Malang-East Java, I allowed myself to visit Bali for a couple of days, I decided to take railway trip by executive class Mutiara Timur for longing to see the scenery of East Java.
Tue, 07 Jan 2003
* Headlines: Cetro warns of chaos ahead of 2004 elections2
* Headlines: Cetro warns of chaos ahead of 2004 elections2 * National:Hassan calls on S'pore to join antiterror pact4 * Archipelago:Aceh refugees still can't leave camps 5 * Opinion: Transparency problems in oil, gas industry6 * City: 'Police should purge their ranks to fight drugs'8 * Sports:Real...
Tue, 07 Jan 2003
Govt to send joint team to probe Timika ambush
Govt to send joint team to probe Timika ambushFabiola Desy Unidjaja, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The government has decided to send a joint investigating team consisting of Indonesian Military (TNI) and police officers to probe the Aug.
Tue, 07 Jan 2003
'I have a conscience despite my hard life'
'I have a conscience despite my hard life' People are bracing themselves for tough times ahead following the government's decision to increase fuel prices and electricity and phone rates. The police predict that the crime rate may rise as people could be forced to commit crimes in order to survive.
Tue, 07 Jan 2003
Star-rated hotels go for modest hike in rates
Star-rated hotels go for modest hike in ratesArya Abhiseka, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Luxury hotels in Jakarta, faced with weak demand and oversupply, will likely increase their room rates within the range 3 percent to 5 percent in response to this month's hikes in fuel, telephone and electricity...
Tue, 07 Jan 2003
Astra to make more gasoline cars
Astra to make more gasoline cars JAKARTA : One of the early casualties of the Indonesian government's plan to raise fuel prices may be diesel-fueled cars, as PT Astra International, the country's largest automaker, plans to market more gas-powered cars.
Tue, 07 Jan 2003
Protests against price rises likely to intensify
Protests against price rises likely to intensifyTertiani ZB Simanjuntak and Zakki Hakim, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Around 1,000 poor Jakartans staged a rally on Monday outside the office of the Coordinating Minister for Peoples' Welfare, Central Jakarta, urging the government to give them more...
Tue, 07 Jan 2003
Transparancy problems in oil and gas industry
Transparancy problems in oil and gas industryParulian Sihotang and Alex Russell, Department of Accountancy and Business Finance University of Dundee, United Kingdom Years of accusations of corruption, collusion and nepotism in Indonesia's oil and gas industry have threatened the country's economic...
Tue, 07 Jan 2003
ITW report Laksamana to police
ITW report Laksamana to police JAKARTA: Non-governmental organization (NGO) Indonesian Telecommunications Watch (ITW) reported State Minister of State- Owned Enterprises Laksamana Sukardi to the police on Monday over Indosat's majority stake sale to Singaporean firm Singaporean Technologies...
Tue, 07 Jan 2003
Legislators call on govt to reverse utility rate policy
Legislators call on govt to reverse utility rate policyMoch. N. Kurniawan, The Jakarta, Jakarta A number of legislators declared on Monday a caucus aimed at pressuring the government to reverse its decision to raise telephone and electricity tariffs and increase fuel prices, and other controversial...
Tue, 07 Jan 2003
Australia approves US$1.1b Timor Sea methanol project
Australia approves US$1.1b Timor Sea methanol project The Australian government has given final approval for a A$2 billion (US$1.1 billion) methanol project in the Timor Sea off northern Australia, developers announced on Monday in Sydney.
Tue, 07 Jan 2003
Public bus fares raised arbitrarily, drivers threaten to strike
Public bus fares raised arbitrarily, drivers threaten to strikeThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta Several bus drivers started to increase their fares arbitrarily on Monday following the fuel price hike, while others threatened to go on strike as the government and bus operators were still busy discussing...
Tue, 07 Jan 2003
Legislators may hire assistants
Legislators may hire assistantsTiarma Siboro, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta In an drive to enhance legislators' performance, the government has approved the House of Representative's proposal to earmark a budget for 2003 for each legislator to hire an assistant.
Tue, 07 Jan 2003
Thais seek more flights to C. Java
Thais seek more flights to C. Java SEMARANG, CENTRAL JAVA: Businessmen in Bangkok have requested Indonesian authorities to expand the passenger capacity of airplanes flying the Jakarta-Bangkok route, reported a senior government official.
Tue, 07 Jan 2003
Protests against price rises likely to intensify
Protests against price rises likely to intensifyTertiani ZB Simanjuntak and Zakki Hakim The Jakarta Post JakartaAround 1,000 poor Jakartans staged a rally on Monday outside the office of the Coordinating Minister for Peoples' Welfare, Central Jakarta, urging the government to give them more...
Tue, 07 Jan 2003
S. Sulawesi Police uncover terrorist training camps
S. Sulawesi Police uncover terrorist training campsJupriadi, The Jakarta Post, Makassar Police on Monday said they found military style camps north of the South Sulawesi capital of Makassar that they believed belonged to the group of Agung Abdul Hamid, the alleged mastermind of the Makassar bombing...
Tue, 07 Jan 2003
Matahari to review expansion plan
Matahari to review expansion plan JAKARTA : Indonesian retailer PT Matahari Putra Prima said Monday it will review its expansion plan this year after the government recently raised electricity and telecommunication tariffs and fuel prices.
Tue, 07 Jan 2003
Hike in electricity charges unfair, NGO coalition says
Hike in electricity charges unfair, NGO coalition saysA'an Suryana, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta A coalition of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) has strongly rejected the government's electricity pricing policy, saying it as unfair.
Tue, 07 Jan 2003
Stocks down amid street protests
Stocks down amid street protestsAgencies, Jakarta Shares ended lower Monday on selling across the blue-chip board, and were weighed down by concerns about street protests against the recent hikes of fuel prices, and electricity and telecommunications tariffs, dealers said.
Tue, 07 Jan 2003
JP/7/LETS97
JP/7/LETS97Restless Bali All this started on Dec. 11, 2002, when returning to Jakarta after celebrating Idul Fitri with my family in Malang, East Java, I visited Bali for a couple of days and decided to take a railway trip by executive class Mutiara Timur to see East Java's scenery.
Tue, 07 Jan 2003
No sense of justice
No sense of justice Once again the government and the political elite have demonstrated their ineptitude in the face of a crisis, with their decision to increase fuel, electricity and telephone charges.
Tue, 07 Jan 2003
Daily life goes on peacefully in Porsea despite continuing demos
Daily life goes on peacefully in Porsea despite continuing demosRidwan Max Sijabat, The Jakarta Post, Porsea, North Sumatra Despite the much-criticized, planned reopening of pulp mills in Porsea, North Sumatra, daily life in the new regency of Toba- Samosir goes on peacefully.
Tue, 07 Jan 2003
Green named to replace van Heeswijk
Green named to replace van Heeswijk JAKARTA: The Asian Development Bank has approved the appointment of David Jay Green as country director for Indonesia to replace Jan van Heeswijk, the bank said Monday.
Tue, 07 Jan 2003
Local parties must be recognized
Local parties must be recognized JAKARTA: The presence of local parties must be acknowledged in the bill on general elections, said noted lawyer Todung Mulya Lubis.Local parties must also be allowed to participate in local elections, he said on Monday.
Tue, 07 Jan 2003
'Police should purge their ranks to fight drugs'
'Police should purge their ranks to fight drugs'Damar Harsanto, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The Jakarta police, whose commitment to fighting drugs has been repeatedly emphasized, have ended up with egg on their faces following the recent death of a police officer from a drug overdose.
Tue, 07 Jan 2003
Search for missing jet-skier extended
Search for missing jet-skier extended DENPASAR, Bali: Head of the National Search and Rescue Agency (Basarnas), three-star Vice Admiral Setya Raharjo, extended on Monday the search for a missing jet-skier until Friday.The search was scheduled to end on Jan.
Tue, 07 Jan 2003
School superintendents reject pay
School superintendents reject pay MEDAN, North Sumatra: At least 116 superintendents of junior and senior high schools in North Sumatra have refused their monthly salaries to protest a decision to cut their allowances starting this month.
Tue, 07 Jan 2003
Cetro warns of political chaos ahead of elections
Cetro warns of political chaos ahead of electionsKurniawan Hari, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The Center for Electoral Reform (Cetro) warned Monday of increasing political tension in 2003 as political parties were tending towards manipulating the government's decision to increase fuel prices and raise...
Tue, 07 Jan 2003
Protests against price rises likely to intensify
Protests against price rises likely to intensifyTertiani ZB Simanjuntak and Zakki Hakim The Jakarta Post JakartaAround 1,000 poor Jakartans staged a rally on Monday outside the office of the Coordinating Minister for Peoples' Welfare, Central Jakarta, urging the government to give them more...
Tue, 07 Jan 2003
Bali Police submit Amrozi's dossier to prosecutors, getting closer to trial
Bali Police submit Amrozi's dossier to prosecutors, getting closer to trialWahyoe Boediwardhana, The Jakarta Post, Denpasar, Bali Police investigating the Bali terror bombing presented the case file of key suspect Amrozi to state prosecutors on Monday, moving a step closer to trying a group of...
Tue, 07 Jan 2003
A legal, rational policy that break the people's trust
A legal, rational policy that break the people's trust Some analysts say the decision to increase the price of various utilities is still the best under the circumstances. Amid the rallies on Monday The Jakarta Post's Kornelis Purba talked to noted economist Sjahrir.
Tue, 07 Jan 2003
Sampoerna up cigarette prices
Sampoerna up cigarette pricesBloomberg, Jakarta PT HM Sampoerna, Indonesia's second-largest cigarette maker, said it increased wholesale prices on all its brands, the second rise in two months.The price of its Dji Sam Soe hand-rolled clove cigarettes went up 4.3 percent to Rp 5,490 (61 U.S.
Tue, 07 Jan 2003
Police pay tribute to guards
Police pay tribute to guards JAKARTA: The city police paid tribute on Monday to 690 guards of railway crossings across the capital for helping police in upholding security during the Idul Fitri, Christmas and New Year festivities.
Tue, 07 Jan 2003
Dutch diver dies in Bali
Dutch diver dies in Bali DENPASAR, Bali: A Dutch tourist died on Monday while scuba diving the wreck of a U.S. warship off the eastern coast of Tulamben in Karangasem, Bali.Onno Burgen, 41, on a week-long vacation on the resort island, had spent over three hours at a depth of 17 meters when a...
Tue, 07 Jan 2003
Strikes hit some cities as anti-govt protests continue
Strikes hit some cities as anti-govt protests continueThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta Mass strikes by public transportation drivers commenced in a number of cities on Monday as street protests against recent hikes in utility prices continued in several parts of the country.
Tue, 07 Jan 2003
Tamara makes her path in theater
Tamara makes her path in theaterYusuf Susilo Hartono, Contributor, Jakarta That night, actress Tamara Bleszynski looked tense, rushing from her makeup room to the restroom several times. But when the gong rang three times, she steadied herself, entered the stage and transformed herself into...
Tue, 07 Jan 2003
South Korea's new leader and 'Sunshine' policy
South Korea's new leader and 'Sunshine' policyByung-joon Ahn, Visiting Professor of International Relations National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies, Tokyo, Project Syndicate North Korea's decision to expel UN atomic energy inspectors is but another reason to view Roh Moo-hyun's election as...
Tue, 07 Jan 2003
Domestic demand seen as Asia's buffer
Domestic demand seen as Asia's buffer Asian economies that turned to domestic sectors for growth achieved impressive results in 2002 amid faltering global demand and trade slows, a study said on Monday."Against projections of 3.
Tue, 07 Jan 2003
Ba'asyir remains mum
Ba'asyir remains mum JAKARTA: Muslim cleric Abu Bakar Ba'asyir has continued to refuse to clarify his alleged involvement in several bombing cases in the country, obstructing police investigations.Ba'asyir's legal representative, Ahmad Midan, said on Monday that his client would only speak before...
Tue, 07 Jan 2003
Stock prices on The Jakarta Stock Exchange (in rupiah) on Jan.6,2003
Stock prices on The Jakarta Stock Exchange (in rupiah) on Jan.6,2003 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Shares Close Change Trading Volume -------------------------------------------------------------------- Abdi Bangsa Tbk 275 0 0 Ades Alfindo Tbk 625 -50 11,500...
Tue, 07 Jan 2003
Move to question Megawati gains support
Move to question Megawati gains supportM. Taufiqurrahman, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The motion to question President Megawati Soekarnoputri over her approval of the controversial sale of state-owned telecommunications company PT Indosat gained greater momentum on Monday as more members of the House...
Tue, 07 Jan 2003
Election commission likely to miss election schedules
Election commission likely to miss election schedulesTiarma Siboro, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The delay in the deliberation of political bills will likely force the country's General Elections Commission (KPU) to change the schedule of the 2004 elections.
Tue, 07 Jan 2003
Poso safe to welcome Megawati
Poso safe to welcome Megawati PALU, Central Sulawesi: The Central Sulawesi administration assured on Monday that the situation in conflict-prone Poso would remain safe before and during the planned visit of President Megawati Soekarnoputri.