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Mon, 24 Oct 2005
~ [b]Coal brings unique health problems because of a tendency to
~ Coal brings unique health problems because of a tendency to contain sulfur, mercury, arsenic, selenium and fluoride contaminants. ;JP;ANPAk..r.. JP/7/IGOR3 Igor O'Neill Jakarta Vice President Jusuf Kalla on Oct.
Mon, 24 Oct 2005
Sutiyoso backs move to double parking fees
Sutiyoso backs move to double parking feesDamar Harsanto, The Jakarta Post, JakartaWhile parking operators are yet to file an official request, Governor Sutiyoso has already thrown his weight behind moves to double parking fees from the current Rp 2,000 (20 U.S. cents) to Rp 4,000 per hour.
Mon, 24 Oct 2005
Japan's irreverence
Japan's irreverence A senior ASEAN official recounted that during a reception that brought together the 10 member states of the regional organization and dialog partners from East Asia, the Chinese foreign minister remarked to his Japanese counterpart that they should learn from Germany.
Mon, 24 Oct 2005
Challenge for govt: Spending enough for education, or else
Challenge for govt: Spending enough for education, or elseRiyadi Suparno, The Jakarta Post, JakartaBelieve it or not: Just nine regular citizens, mostly teachers from the small town of Banyuwangi, East Java, have set the wheels in motion that could lead to the possible impeachment of President...
Sun, 23 Oct 2005
Fabio/Politicizing Indonesia's military
Politicizing Indonesia's militaryBy Fabio ScarpelloJAKARTA - Indonesia's renewed "war on terror" in the wake of the latest round of bombings on Bali could pave the way for renewed politicization of the country's military, analysts believe.
Sun, 23 Oct 2005
Gordon Max shows new collections
Gordon Max shows new collections Singapore-based jeweler Gordon Max introduced new Fall and Winter collections of its lab-grown diamonds in a fashion show at Circa restaurant, Wisma BNI 46, in Central Jakarta on Tuesday.
Sun, 23 Oct 2005
ALSA members to raise funds
ALSA members to raise funds "ALSA Care -- Let's Care Together for A Better Future" - that's the theme chosen by the students of the University of Indonesia (UI) who are participating in the Asian Law Students Association (ALSA) charity program.The students will hold an event on Oct.
Sun, 23 Oct 2005
Seasons Cafe: A trip through Egypt
Seasons Cafe: A trip through EgyptKurniawan Hari, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta At 5 p.m. at the Seasons Cafe, activity increases as the chefs and waiters get busy preparing dishes for the break-the-fast dinner.
Sun, 23 Oct 2005
Shop and enjoy music at La Piazza
Shop and enjoy music at La Piazza For those who want to find a place to hangout with live music, you could try a visit to La Piazza shopping mall in Kelapa Gading, North Jakarta.During the fasting month of Ramadhan, visitors can enjoy a performance of nasheed, a light orchestra and children's choir...
Sun, 23 Oct 2005
A short cut to Paris
A short cut to ParisSyahmedi Dean, Contributor, Jakarta Everyone making their career in the fashion world wants to carve out a place for himself or herself in Paris, one of the world's great fashion capitals. Unfortunately, the roads to Paris are few and far between for young designers.
Sun, 23 Oct 2005
Patching into the 'Buzz'
Patching into the 'Buzz'CampusBuzz was created by The Jakarta Post to better serve our readership, and is dedicated to young adults attending universities, vocational colleges and other tertiary or advanced learning institutions.
Sun, 23 Oct 2005
Fasting requires the power of mind over body
Fasting requires the power of mind over body In this holy month of Ramadhan, like my Indonesian Muslim friends, I ventured to observe the fast during daylight hours. Apart from the need to count my calories and drop a few pounds, my aim in observing the fast this year was to experience hunger.
Sun, 23 Oct 2005
JP/9/dean
JP/9/dean A short cut to ParisEveryone making their career in the fashion world wants to carve out a place for himself or herself in Paris, one of the world's great fashion capitals. Unfortunately, the roads to Paris are few and far between for young designers.
Sun, 23 Oct 2005
Samudra Suki offers special dessert
Samudra Suki offers special dessert Samudra Suki at Mulia Hotel offers an invigorating dessert after your break-the-fast meal or dinner with Shabu-Shabu or buffet at an affordable price.Starting from klepon (steamed flour balls with sugar), gethuk (steamed cassava with grated coconut), onde-onde...
Sun, 23 Oct 2005
Enjoy the weekend with children
Enjoy the weekend with childrenSudibyo M. Wiradji, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Fun and children. Can you separate the two? It is no surprise that children's arenas, game centers, food courts and toy stores in most big cities in Indonesia are packed with children every weekend and holiday.
Sun, 23 Oct 2005
Bahasa or English, 'Saman' an addictive, powerful read
Bahasa or English, 'Saman' an addictive, powerful readA. Junaidi, The Jakarta Post, JakartaSaman Ayu Utami Pamela Allen, trans. Equinox Publishing, August 2005 180 ppAlthough it has been seven years since its debut publication in Bahasa Indonesia, Ayu Utami's novel Saman -- now available for the...
Sun, 23 Oct 2005
VNC opens outlet at PIM II
VNC opens outlet at PIM II PT Vinncindo Asia Sepatu (VAS) recently opened a second outlet selling the Malaysian VNC brand of women's shoes at the Pondok Indah Mall (PIM) II.Offering new designs at prices of between Rp 125,000 and Rp 380,000, the firm targets customers who are already or not yet...
Sun, 23 Oct 2005
Seeking Mat Keling
Seeking Mat Kelingby Muram Batu Mat Keling was dead. The gampong had no hero anymore, and everybody was behaving awkwardly. They had lost the one person they could to turn to at times of trouble. Troubles they could not share to the government agents who were roaming the gampong now, strangers who...
Sun, 23 Oct 2005
Testimony (Kesaksian)
Testimony (Kesaksian)by MaskirbiThe people vow, witness calamity then hold revenge in a chest wounded under bloody skies the people weep while they dig their own graves the people are forced to shut their mouths to save truth.
Sun, 23 Oct 2005
Blue Birds of Paradise
Blue Birds of Paradise Well, we're deep into Ramadhan now and all seems pretty peaceful after the bombers' violent prologue. The FPI (Islamic Defenders Front) have been up to their old tricks to a certain extent although, interestingly, local people finding themselves under the FPI cosh seem to be...
Sun, 23 Oct 2005
Neighborhood chief murdered
Neighborhood chief murdered INDONESIA: The chief of a neighborhood unit in Jambi province was stabbed to death on Friday night by a resident infuriated by the "unfair" disbursement of cash aid. The aid is being disbursed to the nation's poorest people under a government scheme to offset the effects...
Sun, 23 Oct 2005
JP/ /
JP/ / Model Davina Veronica workes out regularly to keep her stamina and the posture of her body in good shape.
Sun, 23 Oct 2005
Choir provides opportunity for travel, fun and song
Choir provides opportunity for travel, fun and songGamila Mustika, The Jakarta Post, Bandung As I entered the room at the arranged time, everyone was already in their positions, sitting in groups and waiting for more people to arrive.
Sun, 23 Oct 2005
Picturing a new world
Picturing a new worldAs part of the Ubud Writers and Readers Festival 2005, which closed on Oct. 11, Finnish-born art teacher Riita Thezar hosted the Between Worlds Art Workshop for children."The everyday reality in Bali is that they meet children from different worlds, from foreign countries,"...
Sun, 23 Oct 2005
Seminar on animal production at UGM
Seminar on animal production at UGM Yogyakarta's Gadjah Mada University (UGM)'s School of Animal Husbandry will hold an international seminar on animal production in the tropics.Titled "Animal Production and Sustainable Agriculture in the Tropics", the seminar, from Nov. 8 to Nov.
Sun, 23 Oct 2005
Wrestling team putting youth over experience
Wrestling team putting youth over experienceMoch. N. Kurniawan, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta While familiar faces predominate in other sports, leading to repeated warnings of the lack of regeneration in national sports, the country's wrestling team has youth firmly on its side.
Sun, 23 Oct 2005
Poets share legacy of courage
Poets share legacy of courage Acehnese poets Rosni Idham, D. Kemalawati and Azhari took to the open-air Balinese stage of Puri Saraswati on the evening of Oct. 7 in Tribute to Aceh, the opening event of the Ubud Writers and Readers Festival (UWRF) 2005.
Sun, 23 Oct 2005
Young Balinese writers shine at Ubud festival
Young Balinese writers shine at Ubud festivalSusi Andrini, Contributor, Ubud, Bali World-famous authors packed the Ubud Writers and Readers Festival earlier this month, from Oct. 6 through Oct. 11, enlivening the Indonesian literary scene.
Sun, 23 Oct 2005
Curtain call: CP Biennale
Curtain call: CP Biennale The CP Biennale-2, in line with its vision, included a hodgepodge of elements rooted in traditions of agricultural village life, elitist modernity, habits of non-Indonesians, avant-garde techniques and many more.
Sun, 23 Oct 2005
'Cake of the Month' from Nikko Hotel
'Cake of the Month' from Nikko Hotel This October, the Olive Tree Bake Shop presents its 'cake of the month' called Fruits Yogurt Cake.Decorated lavishly with sliced fresh fruit, combining cream yogurt and egg yolk, this special cake is offered at Rp 15,000 (US$1.
Sun, 23 Oct 2005
'Apple' seminar at Tarumanagara
'Apple' seminar at Tarumanagara Want to get a free Ipod while improving your knowledge on a new computer operating system? Join a two-day seminar from Oct. 24 on Apple computers at Tarumanagara University, and get the chance of winning an Ipod as a door prize.
Sun, 23 Oct 2005
U.S. PR chief visits Aceh market
U.S. PR chief visits Aceh marketU.S. image builder Karen Hughes lifts a baby as a Banda Aceh resident looks on. Hughes made a brief visit to Aceh on Saturday at the end of her three-day trip to Indonesia.
Sun, 23 Oct 2005
GlobaCulture 2005 at UI
GlobaCulture 2005 at UI The University of Indonesia's Students of International Relations Association will hold a five-day event titled "GlobaCulture 2005" at the university's Center for Japanese Studies in Depok from Nov. 21 to Nov. 25.
Sun, 23 Oct 2005
Donations, art mark Ramadhan at universities
Donations, art mark Ramadhan at universities To welcome Ramadhan, many colleges with large Muslim student bodies in the country have organized some special activities, such as giving donations to poor children, opening art festivals as well as eating dinner together.
Sun, 23 Oct 2005
Indonesia's finest export
Indonesia's finest exportArtist : Anggun Album : Luminescence Label : Universal Music Rating : *** out of ***** Standout tracks: Undress Me Most of Anggun's fans in the world outside Indonesia probably do not know that the Jakarta-born chanteuse was once a rock singer whose greatest hit in the...
Sun, 23 Oct 2005
Sad, tragic demise of CP Biennale
Sad, tragic demise of CP BiennaleThe CP (Open) Biennale, an invention of well-known curator Jim Supangkat and businessman Tjianan Djie, was one that put Indonesia on the map, according to the New York Times 3 years ago.
Sun, 23 Oct 2005
Staying in shape, making friends at fitness centers
Staying in shape, making friends at fitness centersKurniawan Hari, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Clad in casual attire, dozens of people including models Davina Veronica and Catherine Wilson gathered at a spacious hall in the basement of Pondok Indah Mall II in South Jakarta recently.
Sat, 22 Oct 2005
Turning up the heat in Jakarta
Turning up the heat in Jakartadward McMillan, Jakarta Think of the difference between reclining in a hammock under a shady tree and standing in the full glare of the noon-day sun. That, in a nutshell, is how much Jakarta's climate has changed over the past fifty years.
Sat, 22 Oct 2005
Valuair to start Surabaya flights
Valuair to start Surabaya flights SINGAPORE: Valuair Ltd., a Singapore-based budget carrier, said it will start operating daily flights to Indonesia's Surabaya from the island state to meet rising travel demand between the two countries.
Sat, 22 Oct 2005
Women's soccer team plays overseas games
Women's soccer team plays overseas games JAKARTA: Chinese Taipei is the first stop for the national women's soccer squad in a series of friendlies against Asian teams.National soccer team secretary Muhardi said on Friday the tour began on Thursday and would end on Oct. 29.
Sat, 22 Oct 2005
Apartments offer friendly living too
Apartments offer friendly living tooT. Sima Gunawan Contributor/Jakarta A baby usually brings joy to the parents and makes the house warm. As for Maya Carpenter, a resident of Four Seasons Apartments in Jakarta, having a baby also means having new friends.
Sat, 22 Oct 2005
Taxi business in doldrums
Taxi business in doldrumsMAKASSAR, South Sulawesi: Demand for taxi service here has dropped since the government raised fuel prices, leaving many taxi firms in the city on the brink of bankruptcy.An executive with a large taxi company here said each taxi driver had seven passengers a day on...
Sat, 22 Oct 2005
Indonesia to cut LNG exports by 10% next year
Indonesia to cut LNG exports by 10% next yearLeony Aurora, The Jakarta Post/Jakarta Indonesia will reduce liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports by 10 percent next year due to lower production in the aging gas fields in Kalimantan and Aceh.
Sat, 22 Oct 2005
P.8 Securit -- 3 x 18
P.8 Securit -- 3 x 18 City officers under police command during Idul Fitri 2. Flood -- 2 x 24 Annual floods loom as wet season arrives 3. Banten -- 1 x 28 Banten governor passes the baton 4. Fatal -- 2 x 30 We need to learn a lesson from Iswandi case, says psychologist 5.
Sat, 22 Oct 2005
Textile firms struggle to survive in West Java
Textile firms struggle to survive in West JavaYuli Tri Suwarni, The Jakarta Post/Bandung After the government raised fuel prices early this month, Bandung textile businessman Satya Natapura could only pray for a miracle for his business to survive.
Sat, 22 Oct 2005
4.5 years in jail sought for court clerks in bribery case
4.5 years in jail sought for court clerks in bribery caseThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta Prosecutors demanded on Friday that two court clerks be sentenced to four-and-half years in prison each if found guilty of taking bribes from a lawyer for convicted Aceh governor Abdullah Puteh.
Sat, 22 Oct 2005
Bigger education budget 'not feasible'
Bigger education budget 'not feasible'The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Lawmakers have turned a cold shoulder to the Constitutional Court's ruling that obliges the government to increase the education budget, citing financial constraints as their rationale.
Sat, 22 Oct 2005
~ [b]Coal brings unique health problems because of a tendency to
~ Coal brings unique health problems because of a tendency to contain sulfur, mercury, arsenic, selenium and fluoride contaminants. ;JP;ANPAk..r.. JP/7/IGOR3 Igor O'Neill Jakarta Vice President Jusuf Kalla on Oct.
Sat, 22 Oct 2005
Former sportsman still has competitive edge
Former sportsman still has competitive edgeMario Koch, The Jakarta Post/Jakarta After 10 successful years, German Moritz Kleine-Brockhoff, 37, turned his back on playing professional basketball to become a journalist in Southeast Asia.
Sat, 22 Oct 2005
The Indonesian civilization is now seemingly at a crossroads.
The Indonesian civilization is now seemingly at a crossroads. Acts of violence and barbarism and uncivilized ways of thinking seem to have spread. Terrorist concepts have become an important part of community thinking; representing a hegemony in some areas.