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Wed, 05 Jan 2005
Textile exporters must attach COO
Textile exporters must attach COOJAKARTA: With the world quota system on textiles and clothing ending on Dec. 31, the government is requiring exporters to attach a Master Bill of Lading (Master B/L) and Certificate of Origin (COO) to all their exported goods starting Jan. 1.
Wed, 05 Jan 2005
Investors begin to sort Indonesia shares
Investors begin to sort Indonesia shares Edhi Pranasidhi Dow Jones/Jakarta Investors are buying shares in Indonesian cement, heavy-equipment and infrastructure-related firms on the expectation those companies will be employed to rebuild the devastated province of Aceh, and analysts expect the trend...
Wed, 05 Jan 2005
Busway to recruit
Busway to recruit 15 woman drivers JAKARTA: Busway operator PT Jakarta Express Trans (JET) is looking for 15 women to be hired as busway drivers. JET director for finance and general affairs Ibnu Susanto said a special team was in charge of the recruitment.
Wed, 05 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.
Wed, 05 Jan 2005
Singapore banks remain resilient
Singapore banks remain resilientBloomberg, SingaporeSingapore's three banks remain resilient in the face of a slowing economy, which the government forecasts may expand in 2005 at less than half the pace of last year, the central bank said in a report released on Tuesday.DBS Group Holdings Ltd.
Wed, 05 Jan 2005
Stiffing the Acehnese
Stiffing the AcehneseAcehnese are known for their pride and their historical struggle for independence. And yet, this pride seems to have been drowned out in the wake of last week's tsunami disaster. We are especially saddened to learn that the once-proud Acehnese are now mired in tears of despair...
Wed, 05 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.
Wed, 05 Jan 2005
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;AFP; ANPAf..r.. Asia-quake-economies Asian tsunami disaster likely to have minimal economic impact, ex JP/16/ASIAAsian tsunami disaster likely to have minimal economic impact, experts say Agence France-Presse SydneyThe cost in human life of the Boxing Day tsunamis is appalling by any measure but...
Wed, 05 Jan 2005
Disaster coverage few among insured: Jasindo
Disaster coverage few among insured: JasindoUrip Hudiono, The Jakarta Post, JakartaInsurance companies will likely be spared from having to bear the brunt of the quake and tsunami that devastated Aceh and North Sumatra on Dec.
Wed, 05 Jan 2005
Lesser graft must be unveiled
Lesser graft must be unveiledFrom Koran TempoThe disclosure of alleged corruption in the purchase of Scorpion tanks means considerable progress in the unveiling of cases that were formerly seen as untouchable, but the flow of funds in such cases should also be traced.
Wed, 05 Jan 2005
Excelcomindo to build network in Aceh
Excelcomindo to build network in AcehLeony Aurora, The Jakarta Post, JakartaIn the face of the utter destruction caused by the tsunamis in Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam, cellular operator Excelcomindo plans to expedite the construction of its network there with an investment of up to US$20 million in...
Wed, 05 Jan 2005
Pilgrimage and tourism
Pilgrimage and tourism I'm writing to comment on Dadi Darmadi's article titled Spiritual materialism in the haj pilgrimage (The Jakarta Post, Dec. 23) in which he eloquently described the Indonesian pilgrims' behavior abroad.
Wed, 05 Jan 2005
Aceh students find scholastic help
Aceh students find scholastic helpSari P. Setiogi and Slamet Susanto, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta/Yogyakarta For university students in Aceh, the tsunami disaster did not only take away the lives of their families, but also their future, as they might have to give up their studies.
Wed, 05 Jan 2005
Garuda pledges funds for Aceh
Garuda pledges funds for Aceh JAKARTA: National carrier Garuda announced on Tuesday that it would donate some Rp 500 million (about US$53,700) in cash to help finance humanitarian relief operations in devastated Aceh.
Wed, 05 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).
Wed, 05 Jan 2005
Public order agency aims to make Senen like Jl. Thamrin
Public order agency aims to make Senen like Jl. ThamrinThe Jakarta Post, JakartaPublic order officers plan to remove street vendors from the crowded, busy area of Senen in Central Jakarta as well as the main road passing through the area from Matraman to Gunung Sahari.
Tue, 04 Jan 2005
Indonesia asks for region-wide early warning system
Indonesia asks for region-wide early warning systemFabiola Desy Unidjaja and Rendi Witular, The Jakarta Post, JakartaSeveral Asian countries will set up a region-wide tsunami early warning system following untold death and destruction in Indonesia, as well as 10 other countries, President Susilo...
Tue, 04 Jan 2005
UN: No major disease yet, but water and sanitation are key
UN: No major disease yet, but water and sanitation are keyEmma Ross, Associated Press/JakartaHospitals left standing after Asia's killer tsunamis haven't been swamped by severely injured survivors. Most casualties either have light wounds or are dead.
Tue, 04 Jan 2005
The nail trap
The nail trapFrom KompasWe were riding on our motorcycle on Jl. Daan Mogot, West Jakarta late on Nov. 13 when our rear tire got a puncture near Pesing area.Some ojek (motorcycle taxi) drivers in the area said that tire repair workshop owners spread various kinds of nails over the road to boost...
Tue, 04 Jan 2005
Puteh seeks release to help relief work
Puteh seeks release to help relief workMuninggar Sri Saraswati, The Jakarta Post, JakartaAbdullah Puteh, who has been suspended by President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono as the Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam governor while facing trial on graft charges, appealed to the Anticorruption Court on Monday to...
Tue, 04 Jan 2005
Disaster management for Aceh calamity
Disaster management for Aceh calamityOng Hock Chuan, Jakarta It is heartening to see the amount of goodwill, generosity and willingness of Indonesians to help their compatriots in Aceh in the aftermath of the tsunami.
Tue, 04 Jan 2005
Nelly juggles family and business
Nelly juggles family and businessSyofiardi Bachyul Jb, The Jakarta Post, PadangIt came as a great surprise to 40-year-old Nelly Izmi, when she received the news that the U.S Agency for International Development (USAID) was planning to award her for her entrepreneurial skills.
Tue, 04 Jan 2005
Globalization and Westernization
Globalization and Westernization Referring to Professor Christopher Lingle's article entitled RI and globalization debate: Embracing 'contract culture', which appeared at The Jakarta Post on Dec. 28, I am impressed by the articulation and clarity of his debate on the issue of globalization and its...
Tue, 04 Jan 2005
People, soldiers isolated after tsunami disaster
People, soldiers isolated after tsunami disasterA'an Suryana The Jakarta Post/MeulabohFirst Lt. Kartika Sudrajat was angered by a private TV station's news ticker that said many soldiers in Aceh were among the victims of Sunday's powerful tsunami.
Tue, 04 Jan 2005
Aceh newspaper survives war, threats and tsunami
Aceh newspaper survives war, threats and tsunamiChris Brummitt, Associated Press/Banda AcehThe tsunami ripped through the offices of Aceh's only newspaper with awesome force, picking up its two huge printing presses like toys and hurling them into the carpark.
Tue, 04 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.
Tue, 04 Jan 2005
More donations pour in for tsunami victims in RI
More donations pour in for tsunami victims in RIVeeramalla Anjaiah, The Jakarta Post, JakartaMore countries, and people across the globe, continued to donate cash, food, clothes and medicines to the tsunami victims in Aceh and North Sumatra provinces and other countries.
Tue, 04 Jan 2005
Indonesia must abolish the death penalty
Indonesia must abolish the death penaltyWilliam Schabas, Jakarta At the recent conference on capital punishment organized by the European Union and the Philosophy Department of the University of Indonesia, the attorney general provided an astonishing statistic: From independence until 2003, a total...
Tue, 04 Jan 2005
Telkom to refinance $200m debt in 2005
Telkom to refinance $200m debt in 2005 JAKARTA: PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia, the nation's largest telecommunications company, plans to refinance up to US$200 million in foreign debts this year to reduce foreign exchange losses stemming from fluctuations in the rupiah against the dollar.
Tue, 04 Jan 2005
'For believers, it's a warning from God'
'For believers, it's a warning from God'Survivors of the earthquake and tidal waves, which devastated Aceh and parts of North Sumatra, are now facing a new deadly threat as diseases spread in the wrecked provinces, worsened by the shortage of relief supplies and workers.
Tue, 04 Jan 2005
Stock prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (in rupiah) on Jan.3, 2005
Stock prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (in rupiah) on Jan.3, 2005 _____________________________________________________________________________ Shares Close Change Trading Volume _____________________________________________________________________________ Abdi Bangsa Tbk 225 0 0 Ades Alfindo...
Tue, 04 Jan 2005
Police clamp down on Adiguna
Police clamp down on AdigunaAbdul Khalik, The Jakarta Post, JakartaJakarta Police vowed on Monday to continue gathering evidence to complete the investigation into the murder of Yohannes Berchmans Haerudy Natong, or Rudy, involving Adiguna Sutowo, the son of the late Ibnu Sutowo, a former president...
Tue, 04 Jan 2005
Jobs may curb drug abuse and AIDS
Jobs may curb drug abuse and AIDSAbdul Khalik, The Jakarta Post, JakartaOnce a drug user, Sarifuddin, 26, a resident of Kampung Bali, Central Jakarta, has found that working at a modest motorcycle wash depot in the area has increased his self-esteem."I quit drugs.
Tue, 04 Jan 2005
1. Jusuf (60) - 42 pts 7 cols 1line (1x42)
1. Jusuf (60) - 42 pts 7 cols 1line (1x42) Tsunami disaster: Unifying power of tragedy 2. Summit (40) - 48 pts 4cols 2lines (2x24)Jakarta gets in gear for international relief summit 3. Debt (45) -- 36 pts 4 cols 1line (1x28) Indonesia mulls rescheduling debt 4.
Tue, 04 Jan 2005
Asian Insurers Little Affected by Tsunamis, S&P Says
Asian Insurers Little Affected by Tsunamis, S&P Says Netty Ismail Associated Press/SingaporeHSBC Insurance (Asia) Ltd., United Insurance India Co. Ltd. and other Asian insurance companies will probably incur smaller losses from the region's devastating tsunamis than from other natural disasters in...
Tue, 04 Jan 2005
1. Clean ----- 3x16
1. Clean ----- 3x16 Three months needed to clear rubble from disaster 2. Mosque ---- 2x24 Mosques stand defiant by invisible 'Hand of God' 3. Murder ---- 1x30 Police clamp down on Adiguna 4. Pregnant -- 1x38 Expecting mother finds miracle in Aceh
Tue, 04 Jan 2005
20 years in jail sought for Indian drug courier
20 years in jail sought for Indian drug courierMulta Fidrus, The Jakarta Post, TangerangProsecutors demanded on Monday that the Tangerang District Court sentence an Indian citizen to 20 years in prison and fine him Rp 50 million (US$5,556) for attempting to transport 300 grams of heroin through...
Tue, 04 Jan 2005
Malaysia, S'pore offer airports for aid work
Malaysia, S'pore offer airports for aid workAgence France-Presse, Kuala LumpurMalaysia has opened its airspace and two airports to U.S. and UN relief operations for the tsunami-hit Indonesian province of Aceh, the foreign ministry said on Monday.
Tue, 04 Jan 2005
RI TV's disastrous Aceh coverage
RI TV's disastrous Aceh coverage Despite the deepest grief for our fellow Indonesians who became victims of the horrible tsunami disaster in Aceh and North Sumatra, I have been amazed and even confused at how the local TV stations, except Metro TV, have responded to the tragic situation.
Tue, 04 Jan 2005
Sutiyoso to visit Aceh to lend assistance
Sutiyoso to visit Aceh to lend assistanceThe Jakarta Post, JakartaIn his capacity as chairman of the Association of Provincial Administrations (APPSI), Governor Sutiyoso will take a one-day trip to Aceh on Wednesday to deliver relief funds and aid.
Tue, 04 Jan 2005
CEOs upbeat on RI economy
CEOs upbeat on RI economy JAKARTA: The Business sentiment index (BSI), which represents sentiment of top decision-makers in the business community, climbed by 1.8 percent in the October-November period to a 50- month high of 115.9 points, a survey showed on Monday.
Tue, 04 Jan 2005
Prices on goods, services to rise due to inflation
Prices on goods, services to rise due to inflationUrip Hudiono, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Despite a manageable inflation of slightly below the 2004 projection, Indonesian consumers are likely to pay more for goods and services this year, according to the Central Statistics Agency (BPS).
Tue, 04 Jan 2005
The exhausting legal journey
The exhausting legal journeyFrom Media IndonesiaLaw enforcement in Indonesia is like a long and exhausting journey with no certainty in sight. Law becomes a commodity most demanded by wealthy and powerful buyers, while its enforcers can be so directed that justice is exchanged for money and...
Tue, 04 Jan 2005
No cholera found in post-tsunami Aceh: Ministry
No cholera found in post-tsunami Aceh: MinistryEva C. Komandjaja, The Jakarta Post, JakartaThe Ministry of Health has played down suspicions there has been an outbreak of killer diseases such as cholera in Aceh, which was devastated by last week's quake-triggered tidal waves.
Tue, 04 Jan 2005
Smoothing ruffled U.S. feathers after 'stingy' remark
Smoothing ruffled U.S. feathers after 'stingy' remarkAgence France-Presse, WashingtonThe United Nations' top emergency relief official praised on Sunday wealthy nations' donations to tsunami-ravaged South Asia, after ruffling feathers in Washington last week by describing the developed world's aid...
Tue, 04 Jan 2005
Tsunami victims tell of their fight for survival
Tsunami victims tell of their fight for survivalA'an Suryana, The Jakarta Post, MeulabohYoung Ichsan Yusdarli was preparing his fishing net on a beach in Kuala district, Nagan Raya regency, some 20 kilometers from Meulaboh, on that fateful Sunday morning.
Tue, 04 Jan 2005
TVRI Bandung requests Rp 10 billion in funds
TVRI Bandung requests Rp 10 billion in funds Yuli Tri Suwarni The Jakarta Post/Bandung Financial problems confronting television station TVRI Bandung has forced its management to put in a request for Rp 10 billion in funding from the West Java provincial budget to cover its operational costs this...
Tue, 04 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.
Tue, 04 Jan 2005
1. CHILD: 1 LINES, 32 COUNTS
1. CHILD: 1 LINES, 32 COUNTS Traffickers prey on Aceh's orphans 2. ROUND: 1 LINE, 30 COUNTS Food aid goes bad sitting at ports 3. SURVIVOR: 2 LINES, 19 COUNTS Indonesian survivors found after days afloat 4. TAX: 1 LINE, 32 COUNTS Govt plans tax stimulus to spur growth
Tue, 04 Jan 2005
Officials named graft suspects
Officials named graft suspects TANGERANG: Tangerang prosecutors have named Wildanul Firdaus, head of the regency's trade and industry agency, and former regental council member Syamsudin suspects in a Rp 3.3 billion (US$366,667) graft case.