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2. EXON ( 1X20)

2. EXON ( 1X20) ExxonMobil plans to invest US$12b 3. AFTA (2X20) Asean warned not to delay on utilizing AFTA 4. Stock (3X20) Asian markets down after steep drop on Wall St.

East Asia braces for 'Chinese shock'

East Asia braces for 'Chinese shock'Philippe Ries, Agence France-Presse, Hong Kong China's imminent entry to the World Trade Organization has left the rest of East Asia bracing for the "Chinese shock" with the Asian giant attracting foreign investment like a magnet.

Global economy, terrorist attacks dictate ASEAN meeting agenda

Global economy, terrorist attacks dictate ASEAN meeting agendaBernice Han, Agence France-Presse, Singapore The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), set up to accelerate regional growth, is having its agenda dictated by events beyond its control as leaders of the 10-nation grouping...

Norway again spoils Indonesia's brigde high hopes

Norway again spoils Indonesia's brigde high hopesMusthofid, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Indonesia had to abandon dreams of an unprecedented Bermuda Bowl championship victory after succumbing to Norway in the quarterfinals in Paris on Monday.

Company asked to deal with deceased

Company asked to deal with deceased MATARAM, West Nusa Tenggara: Labor supply company PT Amestara Raya Corp should act responsibly in relation to the recent death of 27-year-old Saparuddin in Malaysia, said a local official.

50,000 beggars to flood the city

50,000 beggars to flood the city JAKARTA: The city administration announced on Tuesday that it would launch a public order operation against beggars who are expected to flood the city during the fasting month of Ramadhan.

S. Korea changes stance on talks venue

S. Korea changes stance on talks venuePaul Eckert, Reuters, Seoul South Korea has reversed earlier opposition to North Korea's proposed venue for inter-Korean ministerial talks and has agreed to accept the North's Mount Kumgang resort as the site, an official in Seoul said on Tuesday.

Government upbeat on 2001 state budget deficit: Anggito

Government upbeat on 2001 state budget deficit: AnggitoTantri Yuliandini and Berni K. Moestafa, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Officials have said they were still optimistic the government could finance this year's budget deficit of around Rp 54.3 trillion (US$5.

Goh rejects apology from rival

Goh rejects apology from rival SINGAPORE: Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong rejected on Tuesday an apology from a Singapore opposition leader who shouted questions at him over an alleged loan offer to Indonesia.Goh, campaigning for ruling People's Action Party candidates running in the Nov.

Levy collection for truck drivers

Levy collection for truck drivers TANGERANG: Tangerang municipal administration had resumed collecting a road levy imposed on truck drivers that had been suspended two weeks ago following violent protests by the drivers, an official said on Tuesday.

Bomb smashes health center in Gowa

Bomb smashes health center in GowaJupriadi, The Jakarta Post, Gowa, South Sulawesi An explosion shattered the Bontobiraeng public health center in Gowa Regency, South Sulawesi on Tuesday, but police ruled out suggestions it may have been politically motivated.

TV today

TV todayTVRI 5:00 a.m. Religious Teachings 6:00 News 8:00 Environment 8:45 City News 10:00 Children's Songs 10:30 30 Minutes with Anita Rahman 11:00 Regional News 11:30 Music 12:00 p.m. News 1:00 Talk Show 2:00 News 2:30 Debating 3:30 Children's Program 4:45 Quiz 5:15 TV Drama 6:00 News 8:00 Quiz...

Man jailed for selling friend's bike

Man jailed for selling friend's bike TANGERANG: The Tangerang District Court on Tuesday sentenced a man for selling his friend's motorcycle for Rp 4,500,000 in June this year.Presiding judge Warsito said defendant Fachrudin, 42, a resident of Bojong Gede, Bogor, had been proven guilty of selling a...

Wage up by 38.7% for Jakarta in 2002

Wage up by 38.7% for Jakarta in 2002Emmy Fitri, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The Jakarta tripartite wages committee has agreed to recommend a 38.7 percent increase in the minimum wage for workers in Jakarta and the Greater Jakarta area in 2002, marking an increase from the current minimum wage of Rp...

Megawati's warning show courage and vulnerability

Megawati's warning show courage and vulnerabilityThe Straits Times, Asia News Network, Singapore President Megawati Soekarnoputri showed courage -- and underlined her own vulnerability -- when she warned Indonesians their country risked breaking up if they continued to accentuate regional, ethnic...

Megawati fails to live up to reform hopes: Experts

Megawati fails to live up to reform hopes: ExpertsKurniawan Hari, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Megawati Sukarnoputri has failed to live up to the spirit of reform, especially as regards upholding the supremacy of law, during her first 100 days in office, tempting the public at large to take the law...

HEADINGS

HEADINGS1. Bigung: 8 x 4 linesWest Java set to have anniversary to celebrate2. Flood : 18 x 2 lines Floods inundate schools, hospital in Banyumas 3. BOMB: 24 x 1 lineBomb smashes health center in Gowa

Speech on culture at TIM

Speech on culture at TIM JAKARTA: In celebration of its 33rd anniversary the Taman Ismail Marzuki (TIM) arts center will hold a discourse on culture, as part of the November Festival, presented by dean of the Hidayatullah Islamic Institute, Azyumardi Azra, on Nov. 10.

Robbery rampant in Sarolangun

Robbery rampant in Sarolangun JAMBI: Jambi Provincial Police have stepped up security along the 102-kilometer Tembesi-Sarolongun highway due to the rampant robbery of motorists over the last two months.Adj. Sr. Comr.

Where to go in Surabaya:

Where to go in Surabaya:Music and Entertainment * Hyatt Regency Surabaya, Jl. Jend. Basuki Rakhmat 106-128 (Tel. 031 5311234): - Lobby: Gamelan (Traditional Music), 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. (Except Saturday), Solo Pianist, Monday to Friday and Sunday, 7 a.m. to 9 a.m., Saturday, 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.

Asian currencies mostly buoyed late, concerns over U.S. economy

Asian currencies mostly buoyed late, concerns over U.S. economyDow Jones, Singapore Most Asian currencies were buoyed late Tuesday, as the dollar struggled to overcome renewed anxieties over the severity of the U.S. economic malaise, dealers said.

Mixed results for Indonesian teenagers in world chess meet

Mixed results for Indonesian teenagers in world chess meetMusthofid, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Andrean Susilodinata of Indonesia won his eight-round match at the World Youth Chess Championship in Oropesa del Mar, Spain, on Monday, but Susanto Megaranto miserably drew after twice squandering his...

Accepting drug realities to save lives

Accepting drug realities to save livesDr. Alex Wodak, Director of Alcohol and Drug Service, St Vincent's Hospital, Sydney, Australia, and President of The International Harm Reduction Association. Joyce Djaelani Gordon Chairperson, Yayasan Kita Addiction Treatment and Community Recovery Center,...

Yusril floats idea of dual citizenship

Yusril floats idea of dual citizenship Minister of Justice and Human Rights Yusril Ihza Mahendra is floating the idea of dual citizenship, something which previous governments had never even considered.

Sorong authorities seize 10 bombs

Sorong authorities seize 10 bombs SORONG, Papua: Sorong seaport authorities seized 10 hand-made explosive devices from a man, identified as ND, while on his way from Ambon to Sorong aboard the passenger ship KM Rinjani last week.Brig. D.

W. Java has Rp 3b for disasters

W. Java has Rp 3b for disasters BANDUNG, West Java: The West Java provincial administration has allocated Rp 3 billion (US$300,000) in anticipation of possible landslides and floods during the rainy season.

Squatting rampant in Leuser park

Squatting rampant in Leuser park BANDA ACEH, Aceh: Some 13,300 hectares of the 1.2-square kilometer Gunung Leuser National Park in Southeast Aceh regency have been denuded due to rampant forest squatting and illegal logging in the protected national park.O.K.

ExxonMobil plans to invest US$12b

ExxonMobil plans to invest US$12bAssociated Press, Moscow ExxonMobil announced plans Monday for what it called the largest single direct foreign investment in Russia to date, a US$12 billion commitment to an oil project in the Russian Far East.

Indonesia, East Timor agree to demilitarize border

Indonesia, East Timor agree to demilitarize borderYemris Fointuna, The Jakarta Post, Kupang In line with the planned establishment of an independent East Timor early next year, Indonesia and East Timor have agreed to demilitarize their border areas to allow their people to visit one another freely.

PDI Perjuangan indecisive on Akbar corruption case

PDI Perjuangan indecisive on Akbar corruption caseThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta Indonesia's largest party, the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI Perjuangan), has failed to take a final stance on the Rp 40 billion graft case, which allegedly involves Akbar Tandjung.

Learn from RP in treatment of workers, Jacob says

Learn from RP in treatment of workers, Jacob saysThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta In Manila, workers returning from overseas are welcomed like heroes. In Jakarta's Soekarno-Hatta Airport, they will be met by an army of hungry officials herding them into Terminal III to be extorted.

Cabinet preparing decree to freeze terrorist assets

Cabinet preparing decree to freeze terrorist assetsTertiani ZB Simanjuntak and Tiarma Siboro The Jakarta Post Jakarta The government appears set to issue a presidential decree on antiterrorism to enable it to access bank accounts of individuals or groups believed to have links with international...

Freedom fails

Freedom fails When any ministry of religious affairs takes it upon itself to control the activities of business and the economy, and interferes in the normal secular routines of all the citizens of a democratic nation, then the people must take note.

Police identify hardliners threatening MPR session

Police identify hardliners threatening MPR sessionDamar Harsanto and Tiarma Siboro, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Jakarta Police chief Insp. Gen. Sofjan Jacoeb said on Tuesday the police had identified several radical groups that might threaten the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) Annual Session,...

Decree readied to freeze terrorist assets

Decree readied to freeze terrorist assetsTertiani ZB Simanjuntak and Tiarma Siboro, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The government appears set to issue a presidential decree on antiterrorism to enable it to access bank accounts of individuals or groups believed to have links with international terrorists.

Unibank fallout raises concern over BI roles

Unibank fallout raises concern over BI rolesDadan Wijaksana and Berni K. Moestafa, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The closure of publicly listed Unibank, which Bank Indonesia (BI) officials said was linked to heavy loan exposure to a former controlling owner, has renewed concern over the central bank's...

Executive train derails at Gambir station, hundreds stranded

Executive train derails at Gambir station, hundreds strandedMuninggar Sri Saraswati, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta A Taksaka I executive class train derailed at Gambir railway station here early on Tuesday, causing the departure of four other trains to be postponed and leaving hundreds of passengers...

Floods inundate schools, hospital in Banyumas

Floods inundate schools, hospital in BanyumasAgus Maryono, The Jakarta Post, Purwokerto Heavy rain on Tuesday worsened flooding in Banyumas, one of the areas in Central Java badly affected by floods.Fourteen villages in three districts of Tambak, Kemranjen and Sumpyuh, were again inundated by...

Rupiah Rates Oct.30

Rupiah Rates Oct.30 Bank notes rates TT rates Selling Buying Selling Buying Rp Rp Rp Rp U.S. dollar 1 10,805.00 9,805.00 10,357.00 10,253.00Australian dollar 1 710.87 644.72 681.39 674.18Austrian schilling 1 5,484.62 4,972.12 5,257.21 5,199.30Belgian franc 1 242.48 219.92 232.43 229.

Authors awarded by MSI

Authors awarded by MSI JAKARTA: Two history writers -- Rosihan Anwar and Ramadhan KH -- were honored for their contribution to historical writing from the Indonesian Society of Historians (MSI) on Tuesday. The two were also made honorary MSI members.

Jakarta police commendable

Jakarta police commendable JAKARTA: Jakartans should be proud of the discipline and behavior displayed by police during Monday's operation to remove asylum seekers from the Arya Building, used by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), an executive of the UNHCR Jakarta office...

U.S. marines deliver humanitarian aid

U.S. marines deliver humanitarian aid EAST TIMOR: About 1,000 U.S. marines were deployed across East Timor on Tuesday to provide medical assistance and other aid as part of a three-day visit to the new nation which is still struggling to recover from years of violence.

"This historical event should be taken into consideration in

"This historical event should be taken into consideration in determining the province's anniversary." Edi S. Ekadjati

RI faces shortage of lawyers

RI faces shortage of lawyers BOGOR: Minister of Justice and Human Rights Yusril Ihza Mahendra said here on Monday that Indonesia was short of about 2,000 lawyers.Indonesia should have 5,500 lawyers to serve at least 400 district courts throughout the country, but in reality there are only about...

Global recovery fights new costs of terrorism

Global recovery fights new costs of terrorismVincent Lingga, Senior Editor, The Jakarta Post, Hong Kong The United States was pushed decisively into recession when the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on that country undermined consumer confidence, disrupted trade and destroyed assets, most economists at...

Taufik flown to Australia for checkup

Taufik flown to Australia for checkupFabiola Desy Unidjaja, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Taufik Kiemas, the husband of President Megawati Soekarnoputri, was flown to Perth, Australia on Tuesday evening, after being treated overnight for heart problems at Jakarta's Harapan Kita Hospital.

Council to build new building

Council to build new buildingAhmad Junaidi, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta City council members moved forward with plans for a new building equipped with sauna and fitness facilities as the council's deputy chairman Tarmidi Suhardjo revealed on Tuesday a construction plan valued at Rp 30.5 billion (US$3.

JAL told to compensate house owners

JAL told to compensate house ownersMuninggar Sri Saraswati, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The Central Jakarta District Court ordered Japan Airlines (JAL) on Monday to pay US$1 million in compensation for causing anxiety to 55 families of three villages near the Soekarno-Hatta International Airport in...

Megawati must assume more control

Megawati must assume more controlKornelius Purba, Staff Writer, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta In a meeting with members of the Indonesian community in Tokyo last month, President Megawati Soekarnoputri shared the secret of how she manages the country, including restoring calm to the economic and...

Stock Exchange

Stock ExchangeStock prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (in rupiah) on Oct.30, 2001: Shares Close Change Trading Volume ------------------------------------------------------------ Ades Alfindo 1,250 0 41,500 Adindo Foresta 80 0 0 AGIS 105 -5 661,500 Akbar Indo Makmur 190 20 9,500 Alakasa 215 0 0...