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Wed, 28 Jan 2004
Players must beat inferiority, says Kolev
Players must beat inferiority, says KolevZakki Hakim, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Indonesian players suffer an inferiority syndrome when faced against strong international teams, according to national team coach Ivan Venkov Kolev.
Wed, 28 Jan 2004
'Sharia banks should invite foreign investors or go public'
'Sharia banks should invite foreign investors or go public'Leony Aurora, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Sharia banks need to improve their capacity to absorb risks and deliver loans by expanding capital through inviting foreign investors or going public, Bank Indonesia (BI) deputy governor Maulana...
Wed, 28 Jan 2004
Tea prices collapse, farmers face disaster
Tea prices collapse, farmers face disasterYuli Tri Suwarni, The Jakarta Post, Bandung The price of tea leaves has dropped significantly in West Java since August last year, placing the province's tea farmers in limbo.
Wed, 28 Jan 2004
75% of bird slaughterhouses illegal
75% of bird slaughterhouses illegalBambang Nurbianto and Abdul Khalik, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Around 75 percent of over 500,000 chickens distributed to Jakarta's markets have been slaughtered in illegal slaughterhouses despite a bylaw stipulating those who run the businesses must have licenses.
Wed, 28 Jan 2004
Lippo Bank posts wider loss ahead of planned divestment
Lippo Bank posts wider loss ahead of planned divestmentRendi A. Witular and P.C. Naomy, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Publicly listed Bank Lippo announced on Tuesday its net loss widened last year, at the same time the Indonesian Bank Restructuring Agency (IBRA) is attempting to sell 52 percent of the...
Tue, 27 Jan 2004
3 x 12
3 x 12 KPUDs cut legislative candidates 1 x 36 17 PNG nationals deported from Indonesia 3 x 13 Councillors criticized for sequestration 2 x 33 Three die, seven missing in Tegal and Cirebon drowning tragedies 1 x 35 Activist opposes official houses
Tue, 27 Jan 2004
Branding of luxury cars should be treated with great care
Branding of luxury cars should be treated with great careAgus W. Soehadi, Contributor, Jakarta On one busy afternoon a flashy red Porsche overtook several cars on one of Jakarta's longest roads, Jl. TB Simatupang.
Tue, 27 Jan 2004
KPK meets Akbar Tandjung
KPK meets Akbar Tandjung JAKARTA: Five leaders of the newly formed Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) met on Monday with House Speaker Akbar Tandjung to explain their work plans.KPK chairman Taufiequrrahman (Taufiq) Ruki said the five introduced themselves to Akbar, who is awaiting the Supreme...
Tue, 27 Jan 2004
3 x 12
3 x 12 KPUDs cut legislative candidates 1 x 36 17 PNG nationals deported from RI 3 x 13 Councillors criticized for sequestration 2 x 33 Three die, seven missing in Tegal and Cirebon drowning tragedies 1 x 35 Activist opposes official houses
Tue, 27 Jan 2004
Orangutans in rehab only the start for Borneo apes
Orangutans in rehab only the start for Borneo apesPatrick Chalmers, Reuters, Sepilok, Malaysia In great ape terms, nine-month-old orangutan orphan CT could consider herself lucky.The furry orange ball's arrival at Malaysia's main orangutan center last month, after a plantation owner tipped off...
Tue, 27 Jan 2004
Expensive cars have better chance to grow
Expensive cars have better chance to growRudijanto, Contributor, Jakarta Targeting the few people at the top of the social ladder, luxury car dealers have confidence the market for their products will never disappear or be affected by any crisis that could shake the nation's still fragile economic...
Tue, 27 Jan 2004
Bumi Resources to increase coal output by 40%
Bumi Resources to increase coal output by 40%Rendi A. Witular, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Publicly listed PT Bumi Resources, the country's largest coal producer, said over the weekend that it had set a target of increased coal output at around 40 percent this year, taking advantage of a rise in...
Tue, 27 Jan 2004
House calls for legal action against ballot box producer
House calls for legal action against ballot box producerMoch. N. Kurniawan, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The House of Representatives Commission II for legal and domestic affairs asked on Monday the General Elections Commission (KPU) to take legal measures against the ballot box tender winner PT...
Tue, 27 Jan 2004
Rupiah Rates Jan.26
Rupiah Rates Jan.26 Banknote rates TT rates Selling Buying Selling Buying Australian dollar 1 6,907.06 6,129.20 6,552.61 6,483.41 Brunei dollar 1 5,263.62 4,671.11 4,993.51 4,941.06 Canadian dollar 1 6,795.86 6,032.12 6,447.12 6,380.73 Swiss franc 1 7,187.73 6,379.81 6,818.88 6,748.
Tue, 27 Jan 2004
Proton revives plan to buy Indonesian auto plant
Proton revives plan to buy Indonesian auto plantAgence France-Presse, Kuala Lumpur Malaysia's national carmaker Proton has revived plans to acquire an auto assembly plant in Indonesia as part of its expansion into Southeast Asia and to battle increasing competition under a regional free trade...
Tue, 27 Jan 2004
Singapore authorities check schools for militancy
Singapore authorities check schools for militancyAgence France-Presse, Singapore Singapore's Islamic religious authorities said on Monday they are building a list of international madrasahs that are believed to be safe to study at without the threat of militant indoctrination.
Tue, 27 Jan 2004
Luxurious lives of councillors
Luxurious lives of councillorsFrom Koran TempoThe 2004 budget for the Surabaya City Council is Rp 32.42 billion, Tempo Interaktif reported on Jan. 13. This large sum includes Rp 1.8 billion for miscellaneous expenses and Rp 4.2 billion for "special allowances".
Tue, 27 Jan 2004
Is DHL computerized?
Is DHL computerized? My replacement Visa card was sent during the second half of December from the UK to my Jakarta address. As I had not yet received the card by Jan. 16, I phoned my bank in the UK to ask about it.
Tue, 27 Jan 2004
Hundreds receive tickets during new 3-in-1's first day
Hundreds receive tickets during new 3-in-1's first dayEvi Mariani and Urip Hudiono, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta A total of 780 motorists were ticketed for violating the new three-in-one traffic policy on the first day of its implementation on Monday.
Tue, 27 Jan 2004
TNI sets conditions for cease-fire with GAM
TNI sets conditions for cease-fire with GAMFabiola Desy Unidjaja, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The Indonesian Military (TNI) has set conditions for a temporary cease-fire in troubled Aceh to allow Free Aceh Movement (GAM) leaders to free all civilian hostages, including journalist Ferry Santoro.
Tue, 27 Jan 2004
Soldier murders two civillians, kills himself
Soldier murders two civillians, kills himselfNani Farida, The Jakarta Post, Banda Aceh, Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam A soldier from East Java apparently just snapped on Sunday night and shot several civilians in Takengon market in Central Aceh, killing two people and injuring four.
Tue, 27 Jan 2004
ITB to charge campaign fees
ITB to charge campaign fees BANDUNG: The Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB) in West Java will charge an unspecified fee to political parties wishing to campaign on campus."The fee will be channeled toward the maintenance of auditoriums used for the campaigns," said ITB deputy rector for the...
Tue, 27 Jan 2004
Busway, let's wait and see
Busway, let's wait and see From reading the letter titled On the busway in The Jakarta Post on Jan. 20 by Gandhi Sukardi, and its closing comment that "traffic jams still occur -- although they are not as serious as before the advent of the busway", it is obvious that the author is not living in...
Tue, 27 Jan 2004
Malaysia's glad-handing new prime minister calls a halt to backhanders
Malaysia's glad-handing new prime minister calls a halt to backhandersSimon Cameron-Moore, Reuters, Kuala Lumpur Less than 100 days after Malaysia's Mahathir Mohamad ended an era with his retirement, his successor, Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, has served notice to Malaysia's business cronies and corrupt...
Tue, 27 Jan 2004
No legal action on defiant policemen
No legal action on defiant policemenEvi Mariani, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Jakarta Police discharged two police officers, Adj. Comr. Deni Riswana and First Insp. Puji Waskito, on Monday in the first case this year. However, no legal action will be taken.
Tue, 27 Jan 2004
Sulu Sea marine zone eyes military protection
Sulu Sea marine zone eyes military protectionPatrick Chalmers, Reuters, Lankayan Island, Malaysia If efforts to protect a patch of Sulu Sea off northeast Borneo go as private managers plan, they may need some serious military muscle to guard the site's underwater assets from human predators.
Tue, 27 Jan 2004
17 PNG nationals deported from RI
17 PNG nationals deported from RINetty Dharma Somba, The Jakarta Post, Jayapura, Papua Seventeen nationals of Papua New Guinea (PNG), who were arrested in Papua for entering Indonesia illegally, were deported after authorities found no evidence that their entry was intended to disrupt public order...
Tue, 27 Jan 2004
Officials say Jakarta free of bird flu
Officials say Jakarta free of bird fluDamar Harsanto, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta With the government finally conceding that the country is in the grip of an avian influenza (bird flu) outbreak after covering it up for four months, the Jakarta administration is still playing down the possibility of...
Tue, 27 Jan 2004
Saving Betawi culture
Saving Betawi culture From Warta Kota Jakarta's native Betawi culture is part of the national culture. As the provincial culture, it covers the local custom and language as well as traditional arts that have high tourism and educational values.
Tue, 27 Jan 2004
Terrorism war benefits military, intelligence
Terrorism war benefits military, intelligenceA. Junaidi, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The Indonesian Military (TNI) and the National Intelligence Agency (BIN) have taken advantage of the global war on terrorism to regain the power they had exercised previously to suppress the political rights of the...
Tue, 27 Jan 2004
Feathers fly over cover-up, poultry farmers cry foul
Feathers fly over cover-up, poultry farmers cry foulThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta/Bogor The government has been strongly criticized for being too slow in containing the outbreak of bird flu or avian influenza, putting at risk the country's poultry industry which employs some 2.5 million workers.
Tue, 27 Jan 2004
The bird flu scare
The bird flu scare After months of keeping silent, the government finally admitted during the weekend that the millions of chickens that had died in Java, Bali and several other parts of the country in the past few months had perished of bird flu -- the feared avian influenza that could also be...
Tue, 27 Jan 2004
Haj corruption charge probed
Haj corruption charge probed JAKARTA: Police have begun investigating allegations of corruption in the Ministry of Religious Affairs by summoning its head of legal and public relations, Arifin Nurdin.The issue centers on the ministry's failure to raise the quota for haj participants and on...
Tue, 27 Jan 2004
Singapore hopes for strong Indonesian government
Singapore hopes for strong Indonesian governmentFabiola Desy Unidjaja, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Singapore's next prime minister, Lee Hsien Loong, spoke on a wide range of bilateral issues during his 45-minute talk with his host President Megawati Soekarnoputri on Monday as part of his three-day...
Tue, 27 Jan 2004
Susanto expected to continue impressive run at Makita chess
Susanto expected to continue impressive run at Makita chessMusthofid, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Susanto Megaranto is expected to follow up his impressive SEA Games run when he plays in the Makita Grand Master chess invitational here in February.
Tue, 27 Jan 2004
14 drug users test positive for HIV
14 drug users test positive for HIV BOGOR: Fourteen drug users in a detoxification program at Karya Bhakti Bogor Hospital tested positive for HIV, an official said on Monday.Head of the Karya Bhakti Foundation Subagyo Partodihardjo, who is also the head of National Narcotics Commission (KNAPN),...
Tue, 27 Jan 2004
IBRA collects Rp 456b from final property sale
IBRA collects Rp 456b from final property saleTony Hotland, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Thirty-three days before its official closure on Feb. 27, the Indonesian Bank Restructuring Agency (IBRA) collected on Monday Rp 456 billion (US$53.
Tue, 27 Jan 2004
'Tempo' magazine still standing tall despite efforts to topple it
'Tempo' magazine still standing tall despite efforts to topple itM. Taufiqurrahman, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Former Press Council chairman Atmakusumah said the Tempo media group did not lose credibility despite the numerous lawsuits filed against it.
Tue, 27 Jan 2004
Part 1 of 2: The effects of leadership changes in East Asia
Part 1 of 2: The effects of leadership changes in East AsiaJusuf Wanandi, Member, Board of Trustees Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), Jakarta In East Asia changes in leadership have also happened in the last few years, to be followed by other leadership changes and in the next...
Tue, 27 Jan 2004
KPUDs cut legislative candidate list
KPUDs cut legislative candidate listApriadi Gunawan and Andi Hajramurni, The Jakarta Post, Medan/Makassar Ahead of the expected announcement by the central KPU, the regional KPU offices have already announced the final list of legislative candidates that failed the final screening to compete in the...
Tue, 27 Jan 2004
Japan, Mexico start FTA talks
Japan, Mexico start FTA talks TOKYO: Japan and Mexico began five days of working-level talks here on Monday on concluding a free trade agreement (FTA), with negotiations focused on non-farm sectors, a foreign ministry official said.
Tue, 27 Jan 2004
First JW Marriott bomb suspect goes on trial in Jakarta
First JW Marriott bomb suspect goes on trial in JakartaM. Taufiqurrahman, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta An Indonesian militant who said he wanted to kill Americans went on trial for last year's Marriott bombing at the South Jakarta District Court on Monday and could be sent to the firing squad if...
Tue, 27 Jan 2004
Residents near dump get insurance
Residents near dump get insurance BEKASI: Deputy mayor Mochtar Mohamad said on Monday the municipality administration was providing life insurance for at least 5,163 residents of the villages of Ciketing Udik, Cikiwul and Sumur Batu, all of which are near the Bantar Gebang dump.
Tue, 27 Jan 2004
Civil resistance against GAM
Civil resistance against GAMFrom Media IndonesiaAt least eight people including a high school student have allegedly again been taken hostage by the separatist Free Aceh Movement (GAM) amid the apparent government's attempt to release RCTI cameraman Fery Santoro and possibly hundreds of others.
Tue, 27 Jan 2004
Mitsubishi's domestic sales rise
Mitsubishi's domestic sales rise TOKYO: Japan's Mitsubishi Motors Corp. said on Monday its domestic sales rose 3.4 percent in 2003 to 367,040 units, but its exports were down 6.2 percent at 389,947 units.
Tue, 27 Jan 2004
Geoff Todd depicts 'Ramayana' in paintings
Geoff Todd depicts 'Ramayana' in paintingsCarla Bianpoen, Contributor, Jakarta On Jan. 17, Geoff Todd's painting exhibition was opened to specially invited guests of Losari Resort near Magelang, some one-and-a-half-hours drive from Yogyakarta.
Tue, 27 Jan 2004
Voter education campaign 'urgent'
Voter education campaign 'urgent'Sri Wahyuni, The Jakarta Post, Yogyakarta Unless voters are encouraged to mark the individual names of legislative candidates on ballot papers, the upcoming polls will just become another April fool's joke, scholars say.
Tue, 27 Jan 2004
Wife dies, husband missing in accident
Wife dies, husband missing in accident PADANG, West Sumatra: A woman was reported killed on Monday and her husband missing when their canoe sank after being swamped by large waves off the coast of Padang, West Sumatra.
Tue, 27 Jan 2004
Govt has no plans for mass cull of poultry
Govt has no plans for mass cull of poultryThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta The government on Monday said it has taken the standard procedure of quarantining farms known to be affected by bird flu but has no plans to cull poultry suspected of being infected with the virus, citing inadequate funds and fears...
Tue, 27 Jan 2004
IBRA Property Asset Sale Program
IBRA Property Asset Sale Program Sale program 1 2 3 4(1) 4(2) 4(3) 4(4) 5 Assets 1740 1851 2611 1568 1247 1429 1690 1618 on offer (units)Assets sold 852 720 1346 383 161 256 399 939 (units)Recovery Rate (%) 140 136 152 125 118 114 117 116Profit 372 620 685 135 36 161 195 456 (in Rp billion) Source:...