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Thu, 27 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".
Thu, 27 Jan 2005
Consolidation of state funds
Consolidation of state fundsFrom Media IndonesiaAs a member of the House of Representatives Commission VI representing the National Awakening Party faction, I would like to express my views regarding State Minister of State Enterprises Sugiharto's plan to place the partnership and environment...
Thu, 27 Jan 2005
Councill's house moves demolished by critics
Councill's house moves demolished by criticsBambang Nurbianto, The Jakarta Post/Jakarta Activists slammed city councillors on Wednesday for requesting a monthly housing allowance of Rp 12.5 million each, saying they had broken their own election vows to live modestly.
Thu, 27 Jan 2005
Govt unveils five-year development plans
Govt unveils five-year development plansRendi A. Witular, The Jakarta Post/Jakarta The government has issued a regulation on the country's five-year development plans, with pledges made by President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and Vice President Jusuf Kalla during their presidential election campaigns...
Thu, 27 Jan 2005
Fertilizer prices and farmers' woes
Fertilizer prices and farmers' woesPrijono Tjiptoherijanto, Jakarta Mubyarto's article (Kompas, Jan. 12) again reminds us of a basic farming problem yet to be resolved. The agronomics professor of Gadjah Mada University invites Indonesian economists to examine and review the idea of granting a form...
Thu, 27 Jan 2005
Council backs ban on smoking
Council backs ban on smokingBambang Nurbianto, The Jakarta Post/Jakarta Members of the City Council welcomed on Wednesday moves to insert clauses banning smoking in enclosed public places in the draft bylaw on air pollution that they are currently deliberating.
Thu, 27 Jan 2005
Jamsostek to pay high interest rate for pension program
Jamsostek to pay high interest rate for pension programThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta State social security company PT Jamsostek will meet its pledge to pay an interest rate of 8.5 percent on its pension funds this year after a good performance in 2004, the company's president director says.The rate, 2.
Thu, 27 Jan 2005
Correction
Correction In the article on US oil firm wins RI oil tender in page 10 of Wednesday's paper, we mistakenly refer to Galaxy Oil as a U.S.- based company. The company should have been referred to as Galaxy Energy International, an Italian/Japanese company specializing in petroleum products.
Thu, 27 Jan 2005
1. Analysis (55) - 40 pts 7 cols 1line (1x45)
1. Analysis (55) - 40 pts 7 cols 1line (1x45) The 'price' of peace talks for troubled Aceh 2. Mulyani (40) - 48 pts 3cols 2lines (2x18) Govt unveils 5-year development plans 3. EU (45) - 36 pts 7 cols 1line (1x49) EU publishes guide book for handicrafts exporters 4.
Thu, 27 Jan 2005
Diarrhea and dengue outbreak worsen
Diarrhea and dengue outbreak worsenThe Jakarta Post, Semarang/Kupang Two-year-old Aisyah Maulid lay quietly in a hospital bed, accompanied by her father, Mudai, and mother, Sri Mahmudah, as she was being treated at the Roemani hospital in Semarang for dengue fever.
Thu, 27 Jan 2005
Refugees in Medan return to Aceh
Refugees in Medan return to AcehApriadi Gunawan, The Jakarta Post/Medan After staying for almost a month in a camp in Medan, Cnumuk, an Indonesian of Chinese ethnicity, was elated when he heard the news he could return to Aceh.
Thu, 27 Jan 2005
Bali burns doctor named top Aussie
Bali burns doctor named top Aussie AUSTRALIA: The daughter of a Yorkshire miner who pioneered a revolutionary treatment for burns patients and used it successfully to treat victims of the Bali bomb blasts has been named Australian of the Year.
Thu, 27 Jan 2005
SBY seeks to boost defense spending
SBY seeks to boost defense spendingTiarma Siboro, The Jakarta Post/Jakarta In a bid to create a strong and modern military, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is contemplating up to a five fold increase in defense spending to an "ideal level" of 3-5 percent of gross domestic product (GDP) compared...
Thu, 27 Jan 2005
Sutradara Ginting to replace Panigoro
Sutradara Ginting to replace Panigoro JAKARTA: The Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) has accepted the recent resignation of Arifin Panigoro from the House of Representatives, and replaced him with Sutradara Ginting.
Thu, 27 Jan 2005
JP/4/scene
JP/4/sceneIran gives US$1.5m in aid to AcehJAKARTA; President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono received a check worth US$1.5 million for tsunami-ravaged Aceh from the government and people of Iran on Wednesday.
Thu, 27 Jan 2005
PGN seeks guarantees for Sumatra project
PGN seeks guarantees for Sumatra projectFabiola Desy Unidjaja, The Jakarta Post/Pekanbaru State gas distributor Perusahaan Gas Negara (PGN) is seeking a guarantee from provincial and local governments to support its key pipeline project linking the Duri gas field in Riau to North Sumatra.
Thu, 27 Jan 2005
Greece contributes $60 million to tsunami victims
Greece contributes $60 million to tsunami victimsThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta The people and government of Greece have together raised around 46 million euros (US$60 million) in cash and goods for tsunami victims in Indonesia and other affected countries, the Greece Ambassador to Indonesia said in...
Thu, 27 Jan 2005
Migrant case puts govt in hot seat
Migrant case puts govt in hot seat MATARAM, West Nusa Tenggara: The central government should do all it can to save an Indonesian migrant worker from the death penalty in Malaysia, says West Nusa Tenggara deputy governor Thamrin Rayes.
Thu, 27 Jan 2005
Acehnese pins hope on Helsinki talks
Acehnese pins hope on Helsinki talksTony Hotland and Ruslan Sangadji, The Jakarta Post/Banda Aceh The Acehnese have long dreamed of peace and prosperity in their homeland, which has seen decades of conflict and, at the end of last year, tsunamis that left more than 166,000 people killed or missing...
Thu, 27 Jan 2005
Red Cross to end fund raising
Red Cross to end fund raisingSue Pleming, Reuters/Washington The Red Cross federation, the world's biggest humanitarian group, said on Tuesday its societies worldwide had raised enough money to help victims of the Asian tsunami and it would wind down fund raising.
Thu, 27 Jan 2005
Police do about-face on 'replica' arms
Police do about-face on 'replica' armsAbdul Khalik, The Jakarta Post/Jakarta After close to two months of denial and secrecy, Jakarta Police finally admitted on Wednesday that the 534 guns they seized at Tanjung Priok Port last Dec. 1 were real firearms, not replicas as they had previously claimed.
Thu, 27 Jan 2005
Ministers off to Finland for talks
Ministers off to Finland for talksMuninggar Sri Saraswati, The Jakarta Post/Jakarta Three government ministers left Jakarta for Helsinki on Wednesday to meet Acehnese separatist leaders for peace talks, the first meeting between the two sides since talks broke down in May 2003.
Thu, 27 Jan 2005
Trials imminent for Depok councillors
Trials imminent for Depok councillors JAKARTA: The case files of 14 Depok councillor members have been completed and submitted to the prosecution, city police spcial crimes unit chief Sr. Comr. Edmon Ilyas said on Wednesday, adding that the trials are expected to start soon.
Thu, 27 Jan 2005
Susilo fails to register significant progress
Susilo fails to register significant progressM. Taufiqurrahman, The Jakarta Post/Jakarta Against a background of perhaps excessively high public expectations of sweeping change, the administration of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has been criticized by some analysts for failing to bring about...
Thu, 27 Jan 2005
Taufik spearheads SGS run to quarterfinals
Taufik spearheads SGS run to quarterfinalsMusthofid, The Jakarta Post/Yogyakarta Olympic champion Taufik Hidayat was in a league of his own as he steered SGS Elektrik of Bandung to the quarterfinals of the National Badminton Mixed Team Championship at the Amongrogo Sports Hall here on Thursday.
Thu, 27 Jan 2005
Ford Escape Hybrid, Chrysler 300 top in Detroit
Ford Escape Hybrid, Chrysler 300 top in DetroitThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta This year saw the second hybrid vehicle in a row garner the top honors in the recently concluded 2005 North American International Auto Show in Detroit, Michigan.
Thu, 27 Jan 2005
'Flood mitigation is main priority'
'Flood mitigation is main priority' Floods have largely receded in Jakarta and people displaced by the floods have returned to their houses. Fear of further floods, however, remains as the city administration is still struggling to find solutions to the annual phenomenon.
Thu, 27 Jan 2005
Priests call for a halt to sea turtle slaughter
Priests call for a halt to sea turtle slaughterI Wayan Juniartha, The Jakarta Post/Denpasar It clearly was not an ordinary day. The morning sun radiated a warm glow that softly embraced the spacious patch of plush green grass in front of the office of the local education agency in Renon.
Thu, 27 Jan 2005
Pension funds to invest in infrastructure
Pension funds to invest in infrastructureThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta Members of the Association of Indonesian Pension Funds (ADPI) are considering investing some of their funds worth Rp 68 trillion (US$7.48 billion) for infrastructure projects this year, according to ADPI Chairman Satino.
Thu, 27 Jan 2005
Adiguna's file being reviewed
Adiguna's file being reviewedAbdul Khalik, The Jakarta Post/Jakarta The prosecutors are still looking over the case file of businessman Adiguna Sutowo, the sole suspect in the fatal shooting of a server at a Hilton Hotel bar on Jan. 1.
Thu, 27 Jan 2005
JP/18/BIS
JP/18/BISBIS art exhibition leads the way at galleryMuslima Hapsari Contributor/Jakarta A man in a black suit was standing in front of a painting in amazement. He still could not believe that the contemporary, 2.5 meter by 1.
Thu, 27 Jan 2005
Manila releases RI terror suspects
Manila releases RI terror suspects MANADO, North Sulawesi: The Philippines government has released five North Sulawesi residents after a court acquitted them of terror charges due to lack of evidence.The five were arrested in Bualong, southern Philippines, two years ago for alleged involvement in...
Thu, 27 Jan 2005
PT Insight clarifies
PT Insight clarifies We would like to thank you for attending our product launching of the i-Hajj Syariah Fund and writing about it in The Jakarta Post, on Jan. 19, titled First sharia-based mutual fund launched.However, we would like to correct some inaccuracies found in the article.
Thu, 27 Jan 2005
Tangguh deal extension awaits SBY's approval
Tangguh deal extension awaits SBY's approvalRendi A. Witular, The Jakarta Post/Jakarta The construction of the Tangguh liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant in Papua has hit another snag, and is now awaiting President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's approval for the extension of a contract for a consortium...
Thu, 27 Jan 2005
Seminar planned on Bali handicrafts
Seminar planned on Bali handicrafts The International Finance Cooperation Program for Eastern Indonesia SMEs (IFC-Pensa), together with the Indonesian Handicraft Association and Mitra Pengembangan Bisnis, will jointly hold a one-day seminar and workshop titled The Future of the Balinese Handicraft...
Thu, 27 Jan 2005
Odyssey begins journey into uncharted territory
Odyssey begins journey into uncharted territoryNovan Iman Santosa, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Refusing to waste any precious days, Japanese carmaker PT Honda Prospect Motor started business early in 2005 by introducing the Honda Odyssey multipurpose van (MPV) last Thursday at a time when most...
Thu, 27 Jan 2005
In the article on US oil firm wins RI oil tender in page 10 of
In the article on US oil firm wins RI oil tender in page 10 of Wednesday's paper, we mistakenly refer to Galaxy Oil as a U.S.- based company. The company should have been referred to as Galaxy Energy International, an Italian/Japanese company specializing in petroleum products. We regret the error.
Thu, 27 Jan 2005
Intel expects to double SMEs computer ownership
Intel expects to double SMEs computer ownershipThe Jakarta Post JakartaComputer processor producer Intel Indonesia Corporation expects to see an increase in personal computer ownership among small and medium enterprises (SMEs) from the current third, to around half of the 42.
Thu, 27 Jan 2005
Automotive industry to help promote road safety
Automotive industry to help promote road safetyThe Jakarta Post JakartaThe journey of Karyadi, a 31-year-old employee, to the office from his house in Ciputat, Banten, has been shorter these past four months, since he bought his own motorcycle.
Thu, 27 Jan 2005
done
doneTHE GIFT OF WATER: Water supply equipment producer PT Jebsen & Jessen Technology Indonesia president director Gorm Skjaerlund (left) shakes hands with Indonesian Association of Clean Water Companies (Perpamsi) head Ridwan Syahputera Musagani as association executive director Godman Ambarita...
Thu, 27 Jan 2005
Rip Curl assists tsunami survivors
Rip Curl assists tsunami survivors PT Ripindo or Rip Curl Indonesia, in cooperation with the organization Indonesian Development of Education and Permaculture (IDEP) and the Tsunami Relief Initiative-Bali Patok, Ubud, has established Rip Curl Indian Ocean Aid.
Thu, 27 Jan 2005
Kobe tsunami confab
Kobe tsunami confab The developed world swung into action like never before during the just-ended five-day UN World Conference on Disaster Reduction in Kobe.In the course of the Kobe conference, a special session discussed ways to fight tsunami.
Thu, 27 Jan 2005
Acehnese want foreign troops to stay
Acehnese want foreign troops to stay JAKARTA: Hundreds of Acehnese living in Jakarta staged a rally in front of the United Nations (UN) mission on Wednesday to show their support for the participation of foreign troops in the Aceh relief operation.
Thu, 27 Jan 2005
Where to go in Bali for Thursday, January 27, 2005
Where to go in Bali for Thursday, January 27, 2005.TB.30" 1.0" Exhibitions * Painting Rediscovering Indonesia by Agostino De Romanis from Italy, Rudana Museum and Fine Art Gallery, Jl. Cok Rai Pudak 44, Peliatan, Ubud, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., until Feb. 5.
Thu, 27 Jan 2005
The 'price of peace talks for troubled Aceh
The 'price of peace talks for troubled AcehMeidyatama Suryodiningrat and Tiarma Siboro, Jakarta The wheels of diplomacy and bureaucracy are notoriously slow. Apparently not so in the case of this weekend's peace talks between the Free Aceh Movement (GAM) and the government, in Helsinki.
Thu, 27 Jan 2005
Notice boards of hope and desperation in Banda Aceh
Notice boards of hope and desperation in Banda AcehSanti Soekanto, Contributor/Aceh, santi-soekanto2001@yahoo.com "We are looking for M. Nizar Zainun, his wife, Setiawati, and their child, Aisyah. Please pray for their safety.
Thu, 27 Jan 2005
JP2HEADINGTHURSDAY, 27-01-05:
JP2HEADINGTHURSDAY, 27-01-05: 1. SUSILO: 1 X 42 Susilo fails to register significant progress 2. GAM: 1 X 28 Ministers off to Finland for talks 3. YOUNG: 1 X 32 Premarital sex popular at home 4. GUN: 1 X 30 Police do about-face on 'replica' arms
Thu, 27 Jan 2005
1. Aceh (1x44)
1. Aceh (1x44) Govt reports progress on relief work in Aceh 2. TNI (1x34) Reshuffle not House's concern: TNI chief OR Reshuffle no concern of House: TNI chief 3. Police (2x23) 1-star general may be charged with bribery
Thu, 27 Jan 2005
JP/4/heli
JP/4/heliLegislators endorse purchase of four Mi-17 choppersKurniawan Hari The Jakarta Post/JakartaHouse of Representatives Commission I for defense affairs has done a turnaround and will allow the government to go ahead with the purchase of four Russian-made Mi-17 helicopters worth US$21.
Thu, 27 Jan 2005
119 infected with anthrax in Sleman
119 infected with anthrax in Sleman YOGYAKARTA: A total of 119 people, or seventy-five percent of the 159 people surveyed recently in Hargobinangun subdistrict, Sleman regency, were found to have been infected with anthrax, a health official said on Wednesday.