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Sat, 25 Oct 2003
DPD candidates reported to police for alleged violations
DPD candidates reported to police for alleged violationsMoch. N. Kurniawan The Jakarta Post JakartaThe Election Supervisory Committee (Panwaslu) have filed at least eight police reports in several provinces over violations involving Regional Representatives Council (DPD) candidates, who have...
Sat, 25 Oct 2003
Asking for rain through rituals and art
Asking for rain through rituals and artSlamet Susanto, The Jakarta Post, Yogyakarta Under the reddish sky of the late afternoon, dozens of women and girls clad in modest traditional Javanese outfits stood in a line in an alley in Nitiprayan artists kampong (village) in Ngestiharjo, Bantul regency,...
Sat, 25 Oct 2003
Asian monies mostly down, Rp peso at 2-month low
Asian monies mostly down, Rp peso at 2-month lowDitas Lopez, Dow Jones, Manila The Philippine peso ended at a two-month low on continued security and political concerns on Friday, while other Asian currencies were also mostly weaker against the dollar.
Sat, 25 Oct 2003
Anti-terrorist center inaugurated
Anti-terrorist center inaugurated JAKARTA: The city's anti-terrorism center was inaugurated on Friday by head of the City Public Order Agency Soebagio.The center, located at the City Hall on Jl. Medan Merdeka Selatan, Central Jakarta, is jointly operated by the city administration and the...
Sat, 25 Oct 2003
Traditional village blacksmiths keep home fires burning
Traditional village blacksmiths keep home fires burningAgus Maryono, The Jakarta Post, Banyumas, Central Java Smithery is a rare profession nowadays, when most things made out of metal are produced in a factory.
Sat, 25 Oct 2003
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;JP; Car-rental-pictureFEATURED PHOTO FOR CAR RENTALSR. Bertho Wedhatama RENT IT BUT DON'T IT: A car rental assistant (third from left) explains the features of a car to representatives of a company. The car rental business looks set to have a bright future in Indonesia as the demand for rented...
Sat, 25 Oct 2003
Five old trees fall in heavy rain
Five old trees fall in heavy rain BOGOR: Heavy rain on Thursday evening caused five 40-year-old to 50-year-old trees to fall down across Bogor city roads.Head of Bogor Park Agencies, Lilies Sukartini, said on Friday that the trees that had fallen on Jl.
Sat, 25 Oct 2003
Basis of development
Basis of development The polemics in the discourse on democracy and its ramifications, as published in the mass media (Kompas, Oct. 7, Oct. 8 and Oct. 10), surely give food for thought as to why Indonesia, 50 years after its entry into the United Nations, persists -- oddly enough -- in being...
Sat, 25 Oct 2003
FOCUS ISSUE: CAR RENTALS
FOCUS ISSUE: CAR RENTALSBlue Bird Group's car rental service puts you at ease Imagine that your car has engine trouble, breaks down or is involved in an accident while you are rushing to meet a very important guest at a certain hotel.
Sat, 25 Oct 2003
Dayak send up hopes with stomping `Hudoq'
Dayak send up hopes with stomping `Hudoq'Tony Hotland, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Had any Kalimantan farmers known about the Hudoq performance on Oct. 11 at Plaza Senayan, they would have put their hoes aside and joined the ritualistic dance.
Sat, 25 Oct 2003
Fear and loathing of agrarian modernization
Fear and loathing of agrarian modernization Yanuar Nugroho Director The Business Watch Indonesia Surakarta yanuar-n@unisosdem.org 2. Pro27 -- Biotech's brave old world 1 X 45 Welcome to Biotechnology's Brave Old World Henry Miller Fellow Hoover Institution Stanford University Project Syndicate3.
Sat, 25 Oct 2003
Children steal IMF mirrors
Children steal IMF mirrors JAKARTA: International Monetary Fund (IMF) representative for Indonesia David Nellor had a pair of side-view mirrors from his Mercedes Benz E 240 stolen at the traffic circle on Jl. Sisingamangaraja in South Jakarta at 1:30 p.m. on Wednesday.
Sat, 25 Oct 2003
Indonesian, Malaysian accountants sign MoU
Indonesian, Malaysian accountants sign MoUSari P. Setiogi, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The Indonesian Institute of Accountants (IAI) and the Malaysian Institute of Accountants (MIA) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Friday in a bid to avert challenges arising from moves to integrate the...
Sat, 25 Oct 2003
Pakistan to deport RI students
Pakistan to deport RI students The Jakarta Post JakartaPakistan will shortly deport the brother of terror suspect Hambali and 18 other Malaysian and Indonesians who were arrested last month on suspicion of having links with the Jamaah Islamiyah (JI), a senior interior ministry official said Friday.
Sat, 25 Oct 2003
Political parties committed to women
Political parties committed to womenKurniawan Hari, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Major political parties claimed on Friday to have improved their awareness of women's empowerment, including by giving them more opportunities to be members of legislative bodies.
Sat, 25 Oct 2003
RI regrets RP statement on suspected terrorist
RI regrets RP statement on suspected terroristFabiola Desy Unidjaja The Jakarta Post JakartaThe government regretted on Friday the Philippine's supposition that suspected terrorist Taufik Rifki is Indonesian, despite the fact that his nationality has not yet been established.
Sat, 25 Oct 2003
City targets beggars, homeless, prostitutes
City targets beggars, homeless, prostitutesBambang Nurbianto, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Beggars, the homeless and prostitutes have become the target of city public order officers who want to "remove social problems from the city's streets.
Sat, 25 Oct 2003
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4 x 11 Golkar to punish dissenting councillors JP/5/mamasa2 x 28 Children languish in refugee camps in South Sulawesi JP/5/marim1 x 41 Suspended mayor refuses to hand over post JP/5/KPU2 x 20 Students protest new KPUD establishment
Sat, 25 Oct 2003
Housing for evicted people
Housing for evicted peopleFrom Warta Kota With the frequent evictions taking place in Jakarta and its outskirts, it is necessary for the provincial administration to relieve the suffering of the homeless poor, who are still badly needed as manual laborers in various projects and services in the...
Sat, 25 Oct 2003
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=============================================================== VISIT OF CHILEAN REPRESENTATIVE: Hotel Borobudur Jakarta was honored to host the visit of H.E Heraldo Munoz, the permanent Representative of the Republic of Chile to the United Nations (UN), who was here on an official mission in his...
Sat, 25 Oct 2003
Mistreated patient in stable condition after surgery
Mistreated patient in stable condition after surgeryM. Taufiqurrahman, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Sumaryono, a patient with a part of his intestinal tract exposed through an incision to his abdomen due to apparent malpractice, has undergone surgery by a team of five doctors at St.
Sat, 25 Oct 2003
FEATURED PHOTO FOR CAR RENTALS
FEATURED PHOTO FOR CAR RENTALSR. Bertho Wedhatama RENT IT BUT DON'T IT: A car rental assistant (third from left) explains the features of a car to representatives of a company. The car rental business looks set to have a bright future in Indonesia as the demand for rented vehicles continues to...
Sat, 25 Oct 2003
TV Today: Saturday, October 25, 2003
TV Today: Saturday, October 25, 2003TVRI 6:00 a.m. News: Berita Pagi7:00 Children's Program7:30 Music8:30 Documentary10:00 TV Drama11:00 Religious Teachings11:30 Music: Konteswara12:00 p.m. Talk Show1:00 News: Berita Siang1:30 Children's Program3:00 City News4:00 Children's Show5:00 Music6:00...
Sat, 25 Oct 2003
Twisting Yusril's words
Twisting Yusril's wordsFrom Republika The tense relations between Indonesia and the Netherlands as reported by the mass media recently was, in my view, due to the emotional and provocative response of Geert Wilders, a Dutch parliamentarian, to a Dutch reporter's interview with Minister of Justice...
Sat, 25 Oct 2003
Poso attackers face stiff charges
Poso attackers face stiff chargesDamar Harsanto and Erik W., The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Police said on Friday that 15 suspects being held for their alleged roles in a series of renewed attacks in Poso and neighboring Morowali regency, Central Sulawesi, would be charged under Law No.
Sat, 25 Oct 2003
Suspended mayor refuses to hand over post
Suspended mayor refuses to hand over postApriadi Gunawan, The Jakarta Post, Medan, North Sumatra Marim Purba, who was suspended as mayor of Pematang Siantar municipality in North Sumatra, despite his acquittal of graft charges, shunned a meeting in which he was to have transferred the post to his...
Sat, 25 Oct 2003
BI upbeat on rupiah despite recent slide
BI upbeat on rupiah despite recent slideDadan Wijaksana, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The rupiah weakened on Friday against the U.S. dollar for the fourth consecutive day at Rp 8,490 per dollar, but the central bank said that the current movement was still "within range" and that intervention was...
Sat, 25 Oct 2003
FOCUS ISSUE: Car Rentals
FOCUS ISSUE: Car Rentals Car rental industry gets windfall from global management trendRudijanto Contributor Jakarta Car rental companies have received the benefits of the current outsourcing trend among corporations but major international car rental firms may also reap the benefit as domestic car...
Sat, 25 Oct 2003
Children languish in refugee camps in South Sulawesi
Children languish in refugee camps in South SulawesiThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta Children, who took refuge along with their parents after fighting occurred over a regency division in South Sulawesi, are badly in need of medical help as they are suffering from diarrhea and respiratory problems.
Sat, 25 Oct 2003
JI is Philippines top national security threat: Arroyo
JI is Philippines top national security threat: ArroyoJason Gutierrez, Agence France -Presse, Manila President Gloria Arroyo on Friday elevated the Jamaah Islamiyah (JI) as the Philippines' number one security threat, saying the al-Qaeda linked group was capable of carrying out far-reaching terror...
Sat, 25 Oct 2003
House warns govt over broadcasting commission
House warns govt over broadcasting commissionKurniawan Hari, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta House of Representatives legislators demanded on Friday that the government speed up the selection of candidates of the Broadcasting Commission (KPI), saying the country had only two months left to establish the...
Sat, 25 Oct 2003
Tough duty, low payment color gatekeeper's life
Tough duty, low payment color gatekeeper's lifeTheresia Sufa, The Jakarta Post, Bogor Whenever the annual floods hit Jakarta, many people in the capital are quick to point the finger of blame at Bogor, known as "Rain City".
Sat, 25 Oct 2003
It takes all efforts to tackle the virus
It takes all efforts to tackle the virus Debbie A. Lubis Contributor Jakarta An article of The Jakarta Post's earlier this month revealed that Minister of Health Achmad Sujudi had told the United Nations session that efforts to combat AIDS were being hampered by the continuing gap between the...
Sat, 25 Oct 2003
UN must democratize itself, say experts
UN must democratize itself, say expertsFabiola Desy Unidjaja, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The United Nations (UN) must democratize itself and relinquish security roles to regional security arrangements if it wants to stay relevant, an analyst says.
Sat, 25 Oct 2003
Bell tolls for charity school
Bell tolls for charity schoolEvi Mariani, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta "Hey! This is a school, not a stadium!" a little girl shouted at her friends who were talking loudly as she was busy drawing.It was indeed an elementary school but without the normal rows of kids in red and white uniforms sitting...
Sat, 25 Oct 2003
Government may recognize alternative healer unions
Government may recognize alternative healer unionsA. Junaidi, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The ubiquitous traditional healers who often conduct their trade furtively could soon get more freedoms, as the government is mulling over a plan to give them licenses to work openly.
Sat, 25 Oct 2003
JP/7/YANU
JP/7/YANULiberalization of agriculture destroys more than food security Yanuar Nugroho Director The Business Watch Indonesia Surakarta yanuar-n@unisosdem.org During the international trade talks last month in Cancun, Mexico, South Korean leader of its farmers' and fishers' union, Lee Kyung-hae, 54,...
Sat, 25 Oct 2003
b]* Headlines:Two detained, six implicated in Rp 1.7t BNI case 2
b]* Headlines:Two detained, six implicated in Rp 1.7t BNI case 2 * National:Political parties committed to women 4 * Archipelago:Golkar to punish dissenting councillors 5 * Opinion:Intelligence, health can't match 'beauty' 7 * City:Mistreated patient in stable condition after surgery 8 *...
Sat, 25 Oct 2003
Pakistan to deport Hambali's brother
Pakistan to deport Hambali's brotherThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta Pakistan will shortly deport the brother of terror suspect Hambali and 18 other Malaysian and Indonesians who were arrested last month on suspicion of having links with the Jamaah Islamiyah (JI), a senior interior ministry official said...
Sat, 25 Oct 2003
Bumi cancels plan to issue MTNs
Bumi cancels plan to issue MTNs JAKARTA: Publicly-listed mining company PT Bumi Resources has canceled a plan to issue medium term notes (MTNs) worth US$56 million to finance its recent acquisition of PT Kaltim Prima Coal (KPC), the country's largest coal producer.
Sat, 25 Oct 2003
JP/6/CIFOR
JP/6/CIFOR Decentralization for reforestation and halting illegal loggingLuca Tacconi Senior Economist Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) Bogor In recent times the media has carried a number of stories about the government's reforestation program.
Sat, 25 Oct 2003
DPD candidates reported to police for alleged violations
DPD candidates reported to police for alleged violationsMoch. N. Kurniawan, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The Election Supervisory Committee (Panwaslu) have filed at least eight police reports in several provinces over violations involving Regional Representatives Council (DPD) candidates, who have...
Fri, 24 Oct 2003
Bosscha gets ready to fight for its survival
Bosscha gets ready to fight for its survivalYuli Tri Suwarni, The Jakarta Post, Bandung, West Java Bosscha Observatory in Bandung is slated to hold a seminar today, which is aimed at saving the observatory from the wrecking ball.
Fri, 24 Oct 2003
Thais remember the reformer king
Thais remember the reformer kingThe Nation, Asia News Network, Bangkok On Oct. 23 every year, Thais commemorate the death of King Rama V, one of the greatest kings of the Chakri Dynasty, whose visionary leadership brought about reforms that ushered feudalistic Siam into the modern world.
Fri, 24 Oct 2003
IBRA postpones Lippo sale due to low bids
IBRA postpones Lippo sale due to low bidsDadan Wijaksana, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The Indonesian Bank Restructuring Agency (IBRA) has postponed the sale of a 52-percent stake in the publicly listed Bank Lippo as the bidding prices offered by potential buyers were considered too low.
Fri, 24 Oct 2003
Toyota-Daihatsu to produce new MPV in RI
Toyota-Daihatsu to produce new MPV in RINovan Iman Santosa and Rendi A. Witular, The Jakarta Post, Tokyo/Jakarta Japan's giant car producer Toyota Motor Corporation will team up with its subsidiary Daihatsu Motor Co.
Fri, 24 Oct 2003
Where to go in Jakarta: Friday, October 24, 2003
Where to go in Jakarta: Friday, October 24, 2003Exhibitions* Painting by MS Wawan, Hotel Nikko Jakarta, Jl. MH Thamrin 59, Central Jakarta (Tel. 2301122), 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., until Oct. 30 * Painting Buah, by Munadi, Galeri Milenium, D'Best Shopping Center, Blok B-23, Jl. R.S. Fatmawati No.
Fri, 24 Oct 2003
JI and terrorism
JI and terrorismFrom ForumThe controversy over Jamaah Islamiyah (JI) has arisen since JI was linked with the Aug. Marriott Hotel bombing in Jakarta, which claimed dozens of victims. The Aug. 17, 2003 edition of Forum Keadilan contains two important points, namely the meaning of JI and the view of...
Fri, 24 Oct 2003
Ramadhan closures protested against
Ramadhan closures protested against JAKARTA: Hundreds of hospitality industry employees from Jakarta protested on Thursday against a Gubernatorial Degree banning the operations of certain activities during Ramadhan.The protesters conveyed their demands in front of the City Hall on Jl.
Fri, 24 Oct 2003
Two Nigerians sentenced to death, fines for drug trafficking
Two Nigerians sentenced to death, fines for drug traffickingMulta Fidrus, The Jakarta Post, Tangerang The Tangerang District Court on Thursday sentenced to death two Nigerian nationals and fined them Rp 500 million (US$58,823) for violating Article 82 of Law No.