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Wed, 22 Oct 2003
Most Jakartans uninterested in politics
Most Jakartans uninterested in politicsZakki Hakim, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Research suggests that 66.3 percent of people living in the city have yet to participate in political activities, especially those concerned with policy-making.
Wed, 22 Oct 2003
Whence Akbar's power?
Whence Akbar's power? How to describe this urbane gentleman who so smoothly changed his image as Soeharto's loyal man to that of defender of democracy and development? What should we do to stop him from manipulating the proreform forces and prevent him from restoring the power of the New Order...
Wed, 22 Oct 2003
Food prices start to rise
Food prices start to riseEvi Mariani, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The prices of some foods have begun to rise ahead of the beginning of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadhan next week.Eggs, cooking oil, coconuts and palm sugar are among those food items whose prices have risen.
Wed, 22 Oct 2003
Manulife takes over ING-Aetna
Manulife takes over ING-AetnaRendi A. Witular, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Life insurance firm PT Asuransi Jiwa Manulife Indonesia (AJMI), a local unit of Canadian-based giant Manulife Financial Corp., clinched its second acquisition deal this year in a bid to strengthen its existence in the...
Wed, 22 Oct 2003
Solving logistics problems by outsourcing
Solving logistics problems by outsourcing Jacky Mussry Contributor JakartaToday, fierce competition worldwide is unavoidable. At the national level, the regional autonomy has created competition to a certain extent.
Wed, 22 Oct 2003
Poso and national vigilance
Poso and national vigilance The outbreak of violence in Poso, Central Sulawesi, on Oct. 9 and Oct.12, in which 10 people in three villages were killed, is indeed deplorable and represents a challenge to the nation to manage the country with greater justice, transparency, accountability and...
Wed, 22 Oct 2003
Levitra vs. Viagra in new 'Battle of the Bulge'
Levitra vs. Viagra in new 'Battle of the Bulge'Tantri Yuliandini, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Pharmaceutical companies Bayer Healthcare Indonesia and GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) Indonesia have recently introduced their erectile dysfunction (ED) drug, Levitra (vardenafil HCl), to the Indonesian market as an...
Wed, 22 Oct 2003
1. APEC -- 3 cols, 3 lines, 60pts, 14 counts
1. APEC -- 3 cols, 3 lines, 60pts, 14 countsAPEC leaders vow to promote trade, fight terror 2. Dress -- 4 cols, 1 line, 48pts, 25 counts APEC shirts beyond reach of commoners 3. Aceh -- 4 cols, 1 line, 36pts, 35 counts GAM negotiators, activist get jail terms
Wed, 22 Oct 2003
KL backs Manila peace talks
KL backs Manila peace talks THAILAND: Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad has assured the Philippines that his country will continue to broker peace talks between Manila and Muslim guerrillas even after his retirement at the end of the month, President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo said on Tuesday.
Wed, 22 Oct 2003
Evictions to cease during Ramadhan
Evictions to cease during RamadhanBambang Nurbianto, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The imminent arrival of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadhan looks set to bring relief, if only for a while, to the city's squatters as the administration has decided to put its eviction policy on hold.
Tue, 21 Oct 2003
Indonesia defends logging allegations against Malaysia
Indonesia defends logging allegations against MalaysiaFabiola Desy Unidjaja, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The government stood by its move on Monday to ask the European Union (EU) to stop importing wood products from Malaysia, saying that it was based on strong indications that its wood products were...
Tue, 21 Oct 2003
Another defendant jailed for hiding terrorists
Another defendant jailed for hiding terroristsWahyoe Boediwardhana, The Jakarta Post, Denpasar, Bali The Denpasar District Court jailed shrimp farmer Muhajir on Monday for four years for harboring wanted suspects in the Bali bombings.
Tue, 21 Oct 2003
Bapepam, Thai SEC set to enhance corporation
Bapepam, Thai SEC set to enhance corporationThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta The Indonesian Capital Market Supervisory Agency (Bapepam) and Thailand's Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC Thailand) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to enhance cooperation in supervising and developing the...
Tue, 21 Oct 2003
Billboard ads on toll roads
Billboard ads on toll roadsFrom Media Indonesia In the last few months, quite a lot of billboards advertising cigarettes have emerged along toll roads, particularly those in Jakarta, such as the one from Slipi to Cawang.
Tue, 21 Oct 2003
Immoral TV shows
Immoral TV showsFrom Media Indonesia Television stations provide entertainment for their viewers, as well as information and education. However, with the increasingly intense competition between the stations in wooing the viewers, TV executives seem to be ignoring the fact that their programs are...
Tue, 21 Oct 2003
Robbers shoot employee
Robbers shoot employee JAKARTA: A bank customer was shot in the groin by armed robbers at 11:30 a.m. on Monday after withdrawing Rp 120 million (US$14,117.65) from the Bank Mandiri branch in Warung Buncit, Mampang, South Jakarta.
Tue, 21 Oct 2003
Heryanto leaves Bandung Hospital
Heryanto leaves Bandung HospitalYuli Tri Suwarni, The Jakarta Post, Bandung, West Java Heryanto, the elementary school student who attempted suicide two months ago, was transferred from Hasan Sadikin Hospital in Bandung to a hospital in his hometown of Garut on Monday.
Tue, 21 Oct 2003
Crackdown on nightspots for Ramadhan
Crackdown on nightspots for Ramadhan JAKARTA: Indonesia's Islamic authority urged the government on Monday to close nightspots and ban television shows featuring pornography and violence during the Muslim fasting month of Ramadhan.
Tue, 21 Oct 2003
Students protest land clearance
Students protest land clearance KUPANG, East Nusa Tenggara: Dozens of students protested on Monday at the East Nusa Tenggara governor's office, slamming the Manggarai regental administration's policy of clearing coffee plantations used by local farmers, but which the regent claims was state land.
Tue, 21 Oct 2003
IT-based logistics firms offer customers efficient solutions
IT-based logistics firms offer customers efficient solutionsRangga Ivananda, Contributor, Jakarta The application of information technology (IT) in the logistics business is not only vital to be more competitive, it also gives efficient solutions and a feeling of security to customers.
Tue, 21 Oct 2003
BI's accountability
BI's accountability Amendment of law No. 23/1999 on Bank Indonesia (BI) has been delayed for a couple of year mainly due to BI's board of governors' insistence in rejecting the Minister of Finance's proposal to set up a supervisory board which would oversee the performance of this country's central...
Tue, 21 Oct 2003
Antam gets fresh loans from BCA for expansion
Antam gets fresh loans from BCA for expansionRendi Witular, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta State-owned mining company PT Aneka Tambang (Antam) announced on Wednesday that it had received US$60 million in loans from Bank Central Asia (BCA), the country's third largest bank, to fund the company's...
Tue, 21 Oct 2003
US$2.6m demanded to free captives
US$2.6m demanded to free captives MALAYSIA: Armed raiders who kidnapped six foreign workers from a Malaysian resort on Borneo island in early October have demanded 10 million ringgit (US$2.6 million) in exchange for their captives' release, a junior minister said on Monday.
Tue, 21 Oct 2003
PBB hopes to finish among top three
PBB hopes to finish among top three JAKARTA: The Crescent Star Party (PBB) has set its aims on finishing among the top three in the 2004 legislative election, its chairman said.PBB chairman Yusril Ihza Mahendra expressed on Monday his optimism that his party would meet its target, considering its...
Tue, 21 Oct 2003
Bottom-up convention and spirit
Bottom-up convention and spirit For a number of political parties, their presidential candidates are no longer shrouded in mystery.The Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI Perjuangan) for instance, is obviously renominating Megawati Soekarnoputri, who has no other rival within the party.
Tue, 21 Oct 2003
Moody's assigns ratings to Indosat
Moody's assigns ratings to Indosat JAKARTA: Hong Kong-based Moody's Investors Service has assigned a provisional foreign currency issuer rating of (P)B2 to PT Indonesian Satellite Corporation Tbk (Indosat) and foreign currency long-term debt rating of (P)B2 to the proposed US$200 million 144A and...
Tue, 21 Oct 2003
Transitional govt sought in Aceh
Transitional govt sought in AcehThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta/Banda Aceh Experts are calling for the revocation of martial law and the establishment of a transitional administration with full support from the central government in Nanggroe Aceh Darusalam in a bid to resolve the conflict there.
Tue, 21 Oct 2003
Bush erred on Indonesian military training: Report
Bush erred on Indonesian military training: ReportAgence France-Presse, Washington President George W. Bush misspoke last week when he said the United States was ready to launch new military training programs with Indonesia, according to administration officials cited in Monday's Washington Post.
Tue, 21 Oct 2003
Mt. Ciremai closed to public
Mt. Ciremai closed to publicNana Rukmana, The Jakarta Post, Kuningan, West Java Government authorities in Kuningan regency declared here on Monday that the area around Mount Ciremai was closed to the public, following the increased activity of the volcano.
Tue, 21 Oct 2003
KFC told to close during Ramadhan
KFC told to close during Ramadhan MATARAM, West Nusa Tenggara: A deputy speaker of the Mataram legislative council urged on Monday the closure of American- branded, fast-food restaurants and other food stalls to shut down during fasting hours in Ramadhan, the Muslim fasting month.
Tue, 21 Oct 2003
Sampoerna's revenue up on price increase
Sampoerna's revenue up on price increaseThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta The country's second largest cigarette producer PT HM Sampoerna announced on Monday that it had recorded a slight rise in sales revenue in the first nine months of this year amid a decline in sales volume.
Tue, 21 Oct 2003
Golkar leader admits delay planned to secure Akbar's bid
Golkar leader admits delay planned to secure Akbar's bidKurniawan Hari, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Golkar's convention deputy secretary Rully Chairul Azwar admitted on Monday that the decision to delay the selection of Golkar's sole candidate from February to April was taken to secure the chances of...
Tue, 21 Oct 2003
Thieves make off with three cars
Thieves make off with three cars DEPOK: A gang of robbers have stolen three cars over the last five days in two subdistricts in Depok.The robbers are armed with sharp weapons and guns, and are considered dangerous.The latest incident took place on Monday at about 2 a.m.
Tue, 21 Oct 2003
Tomy too ill to testify against 'Tempo'
Tomy too ill to testify against 'Tempo'M. Taufiqurrahman The Jakarta Post JakartaTycoon Tomy Winata failed to stand trial at the Central Jakarta District Court on Monday due to illness. He was to have testified in the legal battle between himself and Tempo weekly magazine.
Tue, 21 Oct 2003
Asia heavily dependent on oil imports, says Purnomo
Asia heavily dependent on oil imports, says PurnomoAgence-France Presse, Bangkok Asia is increasingly turning to the region's largely untapped natural resources in a bid to cut its heavy dependence on Middle East oil imports to meet booming demand for energy, a business symposium was told on Monday.
Tue, 21 Oct 2003
Pertamina will still dominate downstream sector: Experts
Pertamina will still dominate downstream sector: ExpertsDadan Wijaksana, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta State-owned oil and gas company Pertamina can continue to dominate the country's downstream sector even when new players enter the market in 2005 to benefit from the planned liberalization of the...
Tue, 21 Oct 2003
Muara Angke residents demolish own houses
Muara Angke residents demolish own housesEvi Mariani, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The scheduled eviction on Monday at the Muara Angke riverbanks by the North Jakarta municipality administration turned out to be a demolition carried out by the residents themselves.
Tue, 21 Oct 2003
Bush to show support for Megawati on war against terror
Bush to show support for Megawati on war against terrorThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta/Semarang/Surabaya Extraordinary security will mark the brief visit of United States President George W. Bush to the resort island of Bali on Wednesday for talks with Indonesian President Megawati Soekarnoputri.
Tue, 21 Oct 2003
Tomy too ill to testify against 'Tempo'
Tomy too ill to testify against 'Tempo'M. Taufiqurrahman, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Tycoon Tomy Winata failed to appear at the Central Jakarta District Court on Monday to testify in the legal battle between himself and Tempo weekly magazine.
Tue, 21 Oct 2003
Housemaid electrocuted
Housemaid electrocuted DEPOK: A housemaid died after being electrocuted as she was cleaning a fish pond at her employer's home in Cinere subdistrict, Limo district, Depok, on Sunday at around 4 p.m.The maid, identified as Surani, 31, was instructed by her employer Lisa to clean the fish pond as it...
Tue, 21 Oct 2003
Military, students train together
Military, students train together MANADO, North Sulawesi: Over 1,500 military cadets and students, including those from the Jatinangor, West Java-based Public Administration Institute (STPDN), are gathering in an joint training program here.Indonesian Military (TNI) chief of general affairs Lt. Gen.
Tue, 21 Oct 2003
Govt destroys 19,000 pirated VCDs
Govt destroys 19,000 pirated VCDs JAKARTA: The Directorate General of Intellectual and Property Rights (HAKI) destroyed on Monday 19,000 pirated VCDs, CDs and DVDs at its office on Jl. Daan Mogot, Tangerang in Banten as part of the implementation of the new law on intellectual property rights.
Tue, 21 Oct 2003
Elimination of loan words?
Elimination of loan words?From Warta Kota A mass media report recently carried a proposal that a political decision should be made to eliminate loan words, by finding the equivalents of foreign words in Indonesian.
Tue, 21 Oct 2003
APEC security brings rare silence to Bangkok
APEC security brings rare silence to BangkokEd Cropley, Reuters, Bangkok Silence, so rare on a weekday Bangkok morning, descended on the Thai capital on Monday as an unprecedented security clampdown for U.S. President George W. Bush kept shoppers and workers at home.
Tue, 21 Oct 2003
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Guarantees for gas contract payments needed Todd Callahan PT Jasa Cita Jakarta 2. Yale16 -- The bigger problem: Weapons of individual destruction 1 X 33 A problem bigger than WMDs: WIDs Raenette Taljaard Yale Center for the Study of Globalization New Heaven
Tue, 21 Oct 2003
Desertion widespread among indigenous Papuan troops
Desertion widespread among indigenous Papuan troopsNethy Dharma Somba, The Jakarta Post, Jayapura, Papua The Trikora Military Command, which is responsible for military affairs in the troubled province of Papua, has dishonorably discharged at least 63 soldiers this year, mostly on account of...
Tue, 21 Oct 2003
NGOs prepare action to help workers
NGOs prepare action to help workersM. Taufiqurrahman and Multa Fidrus, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta/Tangerang A number of non-governmental organizations (NGO) are preparing immediate steps to mitigate the hardships of migrant workers who have just returned from overseas.
Tue, 21 Oct 2003
TV Program: Tuesday, October 21, 2003
TV Program: Tuesday, October 21, 2003TVRI .TB.30" .90" 5:00 a.m. Religious Teachings6:00 News: Berita Pagi7:00 Children's Program7:30 Music8:30 Travel9:00 Business Magazine10:00 Music11:30 Music: Konteswara 12:00 p.m.
Tue, 21 Oct 2003
Govt to improve reproductive health
Govt to improve reproductive health JAKARTA: The government is setting up a national commission on birth control in a move to reduce the number of abortion cases and maternal mortality rates in the country, which remain high among Southeast Asian countries.
Tue, 21 Oct 2003
No quick fix for ailing art world
No quick fix for ailing art worldMargaret Agusta, Contributor, Jakarta More questions than answers remain in the wake of an intense discussion about art in Indonesia at the National Gallery on Jl. Medan Merdeka Timur, Central Jakarta.