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Fri, 07 Jan 2005
* Aceh government back in business Page 2
* Aceh government back in business Page 2 * U.S. gives RI facility for Hercules parts Page 4 * Economic ramifications of Aceh disaster Page 6 * Pasar Jaya set on demolishing Tanah Abang market Page 8 * Singapore to turn blind eye to local fans' antics Page 9 * U.S.
Fri, 07 Jan 2005
U.S. agrees to work under UN, disbands 'core group'
U.S. agrees to work under UN, disbands 'core group'Peter Mackler, Agence France-Presse/JakartaThe United States announced on Thursday it was dissolving the "core group" of nations it formed to expedite aid for victims of the Asian tsunami disaster and would work under the United Nations.
Fri, 07 Jan 2005
18,000 children malnourished
18,000 children malnourished TANGERANG: At least 18,000 of 280,000 children under two years old, or 6.5 percent, in Tangerang, Banten are suffering from malnutrition, a local health official says.The head of the family health department at the Tangerang Health Agency, Shirley, said on Thursday that...
Fri, 07 Jan 2005
Alternative energy for electricity
Alternative energy for electricityFrom Bisnis IndonesiaThe high world oil price will certainly raise the cost of power production by state electricity company (PLN), whose cost components are 25 percent composed of fuel oil.
Fri, 07 Jan 2005
Driving in Jakarta
Driving in Jakarta Regarding The Jakarta Post's article --Driving in Jakarta to slow to snail's pace by 2020 on Dec. 17 -- I take the liberty to send my opinion as follows:The cheap partial solution to traffic in Jakarta is to enforce the "intersection blocking rule".
Fri, 07 Jan 2005
Merpati threatens to end Palu service
Merpati threatens to end Palu service PALU, Central Sulawesi: Domestic airline company Merpati Nusantara has threatened to stop its flights to Palu due to the imposition of various fees at the city's Mutiara airport.
Fri, 07 Jan 2005
NGOs sacrifice personal interest to help Aceh
NGOs sacrifice personal interest to help AcehSari P. Setiogi, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta For many humanitarian organizations, the tsunami tragedy that hit Aceh on the last Sunday of 2004 was a call for them to dedicate their work to the victims.
Fri, 07 Jan 2005
Translate commitment into reality
Translate commitment into realitySusilo Bambang Yudhoyono, Jakarta Because we are all vulnerable as human beings, we must reach out to one another and join hands in tackling the miseries of the human condition today as well as the challenges of our common, long-term survival.
Fri, 07 Jan 2005
No place for bribes at congress: PAN exec
No place for bribes at congress: PAN execKurniawan Hari, The Jakarta Post, JakartaA senior executive of the National Mandate Party (PAN) has expressed concern over vote-buying allegations to garner support ahead of the party's congress to replace current leader Amien Rais, who said he will not seek...
Fri, 07 Jan 2005
Unrecoverable bank loans in Aceh may reach Rp 1.6t: Bank Indonesia
Unrecoverable bank loans in Aceh may reach Rp 1.6t: Bank IndonesiaRendi A. Witular, The Jakarta Post, JakartaPotential lending losses suffered by local banks as a result of the earthquake and tsunami in Aceh and North Sumatra may reach up to 50 percent of the total lending channeled in the areas, a...
Fri, 07 Jan 2005
UN warns against fighting in tsunami affected areas
UN warns against fighting in tsunami affected areasAgencies, United Nations/ColomboGovernments and rebels in Sumatra, Sri Lanka and Somalia must keep the peace or risk a cut-off in tsunami aid, the United Nations said on Wednesday (Thursday in Jakarta), as Australia and Germany pledged more than $1.
Fri, 07 Jan 2005
S'pore tries to turn blind eye to local fans' antics
S'pore tries to turn blind eye to local fans' anticsMoch. N. Kurniawan, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Singapore's national soccer team is concentrating on winning the first match of the Tiger Cup final on Saturday, while striving to ignore the histrionics of host fans.
Fri, 07 Jan 2005
Together, we will restore strength as well as faith
Together, we will restore strength as well as faithKofi Annan, JakartaWhat happened on Dec. 26, 2004 was an unprecedented, global catastrophe. It requires an unprecedented, global response. For the United Nations, it is the largest natural disaster the organization has had to respond to on behalf...
Fri, 07 Jan 2005
To seek a home
To seek a homeThe damage that humans can do to one another is no match for Mother Nature -- as everyone can see along Asia's shorelines. A third of the 150,000 people killed across the region in the earthquake and tsunamis were children.
Fri, 07 Jan 2005
Gunfire breaks TNI-GAM truce
Gunfire breaks TNI-GAM truceAgencies, Banda Aceh/Lhok Nga"There was just an exchange of fire down there," a local resident said on Thursday, indicating a beach in Lhok Nga, just outside Banda Aceh.Lhok Nga was known as a beachfront recreation area before the tsunami came.
Fri, 07 Jan 2005
1. NGO (50) - 48 pts 4 cols 2line (2x24)
1. NGO (50) - 48 pts 4 cols 2line (2x24) NGOs sacrifice personal interests to help Aceh 2. Susul (45) - 36 pts 3cols 2lines (2x20)Scams abound amid generosity for aid relief 3. Geneva (45) -- 32 pts 3 cols 2lines (2x24) Aid agencies set aside rivalries in tsunami drive 4.
Fri, 07 Jan 2005
Key points of the emergency summit's joint declaration
Key points of the emergency summit's joint declaration* 1. Emergency relief a. Mobilize additional resources to meet emergency relief needs. b. Convene international pledging conference and explore "standby arrangements" for immediate humanitarian relief efforts. c.
Fri, 07 Jan 2005
Asia's post-Tsunami future
Asia's post-Tsunami futureFan Gang, Michael Garrett and Jean-Pierre Lehmann, Project SyndicateThere can be no underestimating the scale of the human devastation wrought by Asia's horrific tsunamis. Family members have been lost, homes destroyed, and livelihoods ruined.
Fri, 07 Jan 2005
Wealthy, arrogant, armed and above the law
Wealthy, arrogant, armed and above the lawMeydiatama Suryodiningrat, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta A waiter returns a rejected credit card to a feisty damsel at a table. She responds by complaining to her boyfriend. Coolly he pulls out a revolver then "pops" the waiter in the head -- what a scene.
Fri, 07 Jan 2005
PTDI president faces trial
PTDI president faces trialBANDUNG, West Java: Edwin Soedarmo, president director of ailing state-owned aircraft maker PT Dirgantara Indonesia (PTDI), will go on trial on Friday for failing to pay compensation to more than 6,500 dismissed employees in early 2004.
Fri, 07 Jan 2005
Candy as change
Candy as change This is in response to the letter from Wendy (of Freiburg, Germany) who complains of getting candy in lieu of Rp 100 change at Balinese stores (Cheating in Bali, The Jakarta Post, Dec. 16).
Fri, 07 Jan 2005
UN chief warns of second wave of deaths in Asia
UN chief warns of second wave of deaths in AsiaDeutsche Presse-Agentur, JakartaAsia could be hit by a second wave of deaths, this time from preventable causes, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan told an emergency summit on Thursday in Jakarta.
Fri, 07 Jan 2005
1. SUMMIT: 1 LINE, 30 COUNTS
1. SUMMIT: 1 LINE, 30 COUNTS Long-term commitments emphasized 2. ANNAN: 2 LINES, 19 COUNTS Donations pour in after Annan's appeal 3. AGIAN: 2 LINES, 12 COUNTSWoman awakens from 5-mo. coma 4. BATAM: 1 LINE, 25 COUNTS Batam rejects Aceh refugees
Fri, 07 Jan 2005
Tsunami-hit countries agree on early warning system at emergency summit
Tsunami-hit countries agree on early warning system at emergency summitThe Jakarta Post, JakartaIn the wake of a massive tidal wave that killed more than 150,000 people in Asia, countries bordering the Indian Ocean agreed on Tuesday to a proposal for the setting up of an early warning system to...
Fri, 07 Jan 2005
'Early warning system badly needed'
'Early warning system badly needed'United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan and world leaders met in a special summit on tsunami relief in Jakarta, harnessing efforts to cope with the disaster that has left at least 150,000 people dead across Asia.
Fri, 07 Jan 2005
RI denies messages urging Aceh adoptions
RI denies messages urging Aceh adoptions SINGAPORE: The Indonesian Embassy on Thursday refuted text messages circulating in Singapore asking Muslim parents to adopt 300 orphans from the devastated Indonesian province of Aceh. Amid fears of child-trafficking in the chaotic aftermath of the Dec.
Fri, 07 Jan 2005
Alternative energy for electricity
Alternative energy for electricityFrom Bisnis IndonesiaThe high world oil price will certainly raise the cost of power production by state electricity company (PLN), whose cost components are 25 percent composed of fuel oil.
Fri, 07 Jan 2005
Aceh bureaucracy back in action less 900 employess
Aceh bureaucracy back in action less 900 employessRuslan Sangaji, The Jakarta Post, Banda AcehNearly two weeks after an earthquake and ensuing tsunamis hit Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam on Dec. 26, the Aceh gubernatorial office recommenced its activities on Thursday.
Fri, 07 Jan 2005
Lampung fishermen fear tsunami
Lampung fishermen fear tsunami BANDARLAMPUNG: Hundreds of traditional fishermen in Lampung decided to stay at home on Thursday amid widespread rumors of corpse-eating fish and fears of another tsunami. "I've experienced storms before, but after the tsunami in Aceh my wife doesn't want me to leave,"...
Fri, 07 Jan 2005
Whiff of politics behind aid pledges
Whiff of politics behind aid pledgesJason Szep, Reuters/SingaporeThe billions in international aid pledged toward the post-tsunami cleanup could polish America's poor image in the world's most populous Muslim nation and overhaul economic ties between big donors and Southeast Asia.
Fri, 07 Jan 2005
Promo center to help boost Indonesian exports to Australia
Promo center to help boost Indonesian exports to AustraliaUrip Hudiono, The Jakarta Post, JakartaIndonesian exporters must improve their way of doing business and promoting their products if they want to grab a larger share of the Australian market, the National Export Development Agency (BPEN)...
Fri, 07 Jan 2005
U.S. gives RI credit facility for Hercules spare parts
U.S. gives RI credit facility for Hercules spare partsTiarma Siboro, The Jakarta Post, JakartaThe United States has granted Indonesia a credit facility to procure spare parts for its Hercules aircraft to be used for relief efforts in tsunami-hit Aceh province, a defense official said on Thursday.
Fri, 07 Jan 2005
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;JP;CD;For Spotlight: HOTEL BOROBUDUR CARES FOR TSUNAMI VICTIMS: Employees of the Hotel Borobudur Jakarta donate money, food and clothes for earthquake and tsunami victims in Aceh and North Sumatra. The hotel also will donate Rp 50,000 for every room-night guests stay at the hotel starting on Jan.
Fri, 07 Jan 2005
President's official car park?
President's official car park?From KompasOn Nov. 15, I parked my car outside of Klub Bimasena (health/sports center) in South Jakarta, near the gate of the club, which shares the same complex with Hotel Dharmawangsa.
Fri, 07 Jan 2005
RI's LNG buyers agree to shipments reduction
RI's LNG buyers agree to shipments reduction State oil and gas company PT Pertamina said buyers in Japan, South Korea and Taiwan agreed to a reduction of 30 shipments of liquefied natural gas this year.
Fri, 07 Jan 2005
EU to hold ministerial tsunami aid meeting
EU to hold ministerial tsunami aid meetingReuters, BrusselsEuropean Union foreign ministers will meet on Friday to co- ordinate efforts to help victims of the Asian tsunami, EU president Luxembourg said, raising the status of a previously planned informal gathering.
Fri, 07 Jan 2005
Corruption and democracy
Corruption and democracyFrom Koran Tempo President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono declared Dec. 9 Anticorruption Day for the purpose of waging a war against corruption. On several occasions he even said he would direct the corruption eradication movement himself.
Fri, 07 Jan 2005
Market management insist on demolishing Tanah Abang
Market management insist on demolishing Tanah AbangDamar Harsanto, The Jakarta Post, JakartaCity-owned market management company PD Pasar Jaya said it was set on demolishing the Tanah Abang textile market for renovation, saying explicitly that it would ignore a court-issue asset preservation order...
Fri, 07 Jan 2005
Organic farming could have healthy future in RI
Organic farming could have healthy future in RIZakki P. Hakim, The Jakarta Post, JakartaWhen a neighboring poultry farm complained that water from her farm had killed its chickens, Entik Kusnadi learned that the accumulation of pesticides, chemical fertilizers and other substances she used on her...
Fri, 07 Jan 2005
ABC gives $30,000 to tsunami victims
ABC gives $30,000 to tsunami victimsMusthofid and Moh. N. Kurniawan, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta In another gesture of support from the sporting world to victims of the Dec. 26 Asian tsunami, the Asian Badminton Confederation (ABC) donated US$30,000 for assistance in Aceh and North Sumatra on...
Fri, 07 Jan 2005
FACTBOX-Military aid to tsunami-hit nations
FACTBOX-Military aid to tsunami-hit nations The following is a list of some of the military help pledged by governments to help the Indian Ocean nations hit by the Dec. 26 earthquake and tsunami, compiled by Reuters bureaux: AUSTRALIA -- Australia has sent 350 soldiers to Indonesia along with four...
Fri, 07 Jan 2005
Gunfire in Aceh quake zone
Gunfire in Aceh quake zone Gunfire amid the tsunami debris as military still battles rebels in Aceh quake zone Agencies Banda Aceh/Lhok Nga Armed soldiers ran towards the beach still littered with debris from last week's earthquake and tsunamis.
Fri, 07 Jan 2005
Astra 2004 car sales 44% higher
Astra 2004 car sales 44% higherJAKARTA: PT Astra International's 2004 car sales rose 44 percent on year, thanks to low interest rates, which spurred consumers to buy vehicles via bank loans, a senior official at the nation's largest automotive company said on Thursday. "We had a 45.
Fri, 07 Jan 2005
Agian talks, smiles again
Agian talks, smiles againThe Jakarta Post JakartaAgian Isna Naili, 33, greeted her visitors and chatted with Minister of Health Siti Fadilah Supari on Thursday, while lying on her bed at Cipto Mangunkusumo General Hospital (RSCM) where she had been in a coma for the past five months.
Fri, 07 Jan 2005
Aceh refugees start to feel strain of life at camps
Aceh refugees start to feel strain of life at campsApriadi Gunawan, The Jakarta Post, LhokseumaweIt has been nine days now that M. Nasir has slept near a drainage ditch, sharing the space with many other refugees who missed out on a place in nine available tents in a refugee camp in Cut Meutia...
Fri, 07 Jan 2005
Rupiah Rates Jan.6
Rupiah Rates Jan.6 Banknote rates TT rates Selling Buying Selling Buying Australian dollar 1 7,478.77 6,709.68 7,131.59 7,056.62 Brunei dollar 1 5,942.40 5,331.55 5,666.55 5,607.24 Canadian dollar 1 7,986.28 7,166.76 7,615.55 7,537.34 Swiss franc 1 8,376.16 7,516.48 7,987.32 7,905.
Fri, 07 Jan 2005
Batam rejects Aceh refugee
Batam rejects Aceh refugee Fadli The Jakarta Post/Batam After surviving the quake-triggered tsunami, dozens of Acehnese refugees are now having to endure another kind of pain. Fleeing to Batam to find their relatives, local authorities denied them entry because they failed to meet requirements as...
Fri, 07 Jan 2005
Myanmar can cope with tsunami: PM
Myanmar can cope with tsunami: PMINDONESIA: Myanmar's military rulers are capable of caring for the country's victims of the tsunami and aid from overseas should be sent elsewhere, Prime Minister Lt. Gen. Soe Win said on Thursday.The government says 59 of its citizens were killed by the Dec.
Fri, 07 Jan 2005
Batam rejects Aceh refugees
Batam rejects Aceh refugeesFadli, The Jakarta Post, BatamDozens of survivors of the quake-triggered tsunami have found they cannot even enter Batam to find their relatives. Authorities denied them entry because they failed to meet requirements as stated in the city's regulations.
Fri, 07 Jan 2005
Corruption and democracy
Corruption and democracyFrom Koran Tempo President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono declared Dec. 9 Anticorruption Day for the purpose of waging a war against corruption. On several occasions he even said he would direct the corruption eradication movement himself.