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Sat, 30 Oct 2004
Bring down the barriers to business; World Bank
Bring down the barriers to business; World BankTony Hotland and Zakki P. Hakim, The Jakarta Post/Jakarta The World Bank urged the new government on Friday to fix the country's adverse investment climate in a bid to accelerate economic growth and create jobs.
Sat, 30 Oct 2004
Karangbanjar has wigs for all
Karangbanjar has wigs for allAgus Maryono and Amin A Abdurrahman, The Jakarta Post/Purbalingga, Central Java Don't be surprised if someone tells you that the wigs that the country's celebrities are wearing may have been made in Karangbanjar, a small village some six kilometers northwest of the...
Sat, 30 Oct 2004
The 'Greysia' Indonesian hope at world junior meet
The 'Greysia' Indonesian hope at world junior meetEva C. Komandjaja, The Jakarta Post/Jakarta The Indonesian badminton squad is still harbors high hopes for success at the World Junior Badminton Championships in Canada, amid the current dominant form of China.
Sat, 30 Oct 2004
Telkom profit rises 14% on cellular, fixed businesses
Telkom profit rises 14% on cellular, fixed businessesThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta State-owned PT Telkom, the country's largest telecommunications company, reported a 14 percent surge in net profit during the first nine months of this year, on higher revenue from its cellular and fixed-line telephone...
Sat, 30 Oct 2004
City hopes to incinerate trash problem
City hopes to incinerate trash problemDamar Harsanto and Theresia Sufa, The Jakarta Post/Jakarta/Bogor The Jakarta administration is insisting on installing four incinerators by 2007 to end the prolonged waste crisis, despite a similar project three years ago failing.
Sat, 30 Oct 2004
Govt to revamp Cabinet structure
Govt to revamp Cabinet structureFabiola Desy Unidjaja The Jakarta Post/JakartaThe government is designing a new structure for the Cabinet, Presidential Office and the planned National Defense Council and National Economic Council.
Sat, 30 Oct 2004
Voice of national conscience
Voice of national conscience Here's a suggestion for Ibu Kristiani Herawati as the new First Lady: She should spearhead a movement to revive volunteerism to help the country cope with its multifaceted crises and live up to her party's motto of "Together, we can".
Sat, 30 Oct 2004
Tangguh to start construction in January
Tangguh to start construction in JanuaryThe Jakarta Post/Jakarta British energy giant BP Plc. and its partners will start the construction of the Tangguh liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant in Papua in January next year, according to an official.
Sat, 30 Oct 2004
RP vow to wipe out graft in military
RP vow to wipe out graft in militaryAgence France-Presse, Manila President Gloria Arroyo swore into office a new military chief of staff here on Friday, ordering him to wipe out corruption in the armed forces.Lt. Gen. Efren Abu took over from Gen.
Sat, 30 Oct 2004
Buat tgl 31 oktober. nvn
Buat tgl 31 oktober. nvn If You Go ... Getting there: Garuda flies from Jakarta to Banda Aceh twice a day. The flight takes 2.5 hours with a 30-minute transit stop in Medan, North Sumatra. Visitors can proceed directly from the airport to Ulee Lheue port in Banda Aceh by taxi (Rp 45,000).
Sat, 30 Oct 2004
New medical plan a ray of hope for poor
New medical plan a ray of hope for poorID Nugroho, The Jakarta Post/Surabaya The forlorn gaze of Inah turned into one of hope when she heard news of a government plan to waive medical fees for patients of third-class wards at state hospitals.
Sat, 30 Oct 2004
Ministers, DPR slow to report assets
Ministers, DPR slow to report assetsMuninggar Sri Saraswati, The Jakarta Post/Jakarta None of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's Cabinet members had submitted a wealth report to the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) as of Friday, a commission member stated.
Sat, 30 Oct 2004
New balance of power between central and local governments
New balance of power between central and local governmentsOwen Podger, Jakarta Law 22/1999 on regional government was meant to bring government closer to the people while maintaining the unitary state of Indonesia.
Sat, 30 Oct 2004
Activist donates all salary to the poor
Activist donates all salary to the poorOyos Saroso H.N., The Jakarta Post, Bandarlampung The winds of change in the reform era has led to the establishment of branches in Bandarlampung of Chinese-Indonesian social and political organizations headquartered in Jakarta.
Sat, 30 Oct 2004
OBITUARY
OBITUARY Councillor Reynhard Alfons Hatorangan Tampubolon, 45, passed away on Thursday evening while attending a hearing between the City Council Commission B for financial affairs and the executive board of city market operator PD Pasar Jaya.
Sat, 30 Oct 2004
Thailand and terrorism
Thailand and terrorismIf the possibility of a terrorist attack on targets in Bangkok or other parts of Thailand outside the Muslim-majority southern provinces used to be a taboo subject, then perhaps now is the time for society to shed its false sense of security and fatalistic complacency.
Sat, 30 Oct 2004
Migrants begin trickling home from Malaysia
Migrants begin trickling home from MalaysiaThe Jakarta Post, Batam/Samarinda/Jakarta Hundreds of Indonesian workers in Malaysia began returning home on Friday, marking the first day of the 17-day amnesty program for illegal workers offered by the Malaysian government.
Sat, 30 Oct 2004
Semarang govt has 276 open positions
Semarang govt has 276 open positions The municipal government of Semarang announced recently that it had 276 job opportunities, consisting of 158 educational, 61 medical and 57 technical posts.According to Semarang public relations head Achyani, the positions are open only to those between 18 and...
Sat, 30 Oct 2004
Gudang Garam's profit rises 1.2%
Gudang Garam's profit rises 1.2% JAKARTA: PT Gudang Garam, Indonesia's biggest cigarette maker by volume, said profit rose 1.2 percent in the first nine months of the year as more smokers bought its clove- flavored cigarettes.Unaudited net income rose to Rp 1.
Sat, 30 Oct 2004
;JP;DAN;
;JP;DAN; ANPAf..r.. Rupiah-conversion-rates Rupiah Rates Oct. 29 JP/13/ConverRupiah Rates Oct. 29 Bank notes rates TT rates Selling Buying Selling Buying Rp Rp Rp Rp Australian dollar 1 7,143.59 6,394.40 6,804.66 6,733.10 Brunei dollar 1 5,766.69 5,162.26 5,493.08 5,435.70 Canadian dollar 1 7,844.
Sat, 30 Oct 2004
Astra profit increases by 8%
Astra profit increases by 8%Bloomberg, Jakarta PT Astra International, Indonesia's biggest auto distributor, said nine-month profit rose 8 percent as lower interest rates boosted demand for its cars.Net income in the nine months ended Sept. 30 rose to Rp 3.99 trillion (US$439 million) from Rp 3.
Sat, 30 Oct 2004
Gunmen kill teacher, shoot two other civilians in Aceh
Gunmen kill teacher, shoot two other civilians in AcehNani Afrida, The Jakarta Post/Banda Aceh A group of armed men shot dead an elementary school teacher and injured his son and a neighbor in Sawang district, South Aceh regency, according to an official military account on Friday.Capt.
Sat, 30 Oct 2004
Police submit fuel depot file
Police submit fuel depot file JAKARTA: The police case against two PT Pertamina officials allegedly involved in stealing fuel from the firm's Plumpang fuel depot has been submitted to the Jakarta Prosecutor's Office after a four-month investigation.
Sat, 30 Oct 2004
Jamsostek's net profit on the rise
Jamsostek's net profit on the riseRidwan Max Sijabat, The Jakarta Post/Jakarta State-owned social security company PT Jamsostek, has booked a net profit of Rp 2.55 trillion (US$280.40 million) from its investments in the first nine months of this year.
Sat, 30 Oct 2004
Farmer dreams of 'tuber country'
Farmer dreams of 'tuber country'Slamet Susanto, The Jakarta Post, Gunungkidul, Yogyakarta Gunungkidul, in the southeastern part of Yogyakarta, has long been known as a barren, dry, infertile region that recurrently experiences shortages, not just of clean water but of rice too, during the dry...
Sat, 30 Oct 2004
Exports may grow by 9%
Exports may grow by 9%Zakki P. Hakim, The Jakarta Post/Jakarta The country's non-oil and gas exports in the first nine months of this year were expected to register surprisingly strong growth, despite signs of slowing economic activity in key export markets due to the current global oil hike.
Sat, 30 Oct 2004
Enhancing cooperation between Indonesia and the EU
Enhancing cooperation between Indonesia and the EURetno L.P. Marsudi, Jakarta In the last five years, Indonesia and the European Union (EU) have enjoyed good relations. The two were able to develop a mature and frank political dialog based on mutual respect and mutual benefit.
Sat, 30 Oct 2004
1 x 39
1 x 39 New medical plan a ray of hope for poor JP/5/aceh2 x 26 Gunmen kill teacher, shoot civilians in Aceh JP/5/stpdn2 x 23 Accused STPDN hazers file counter complaint
Sat, 30 Oct 2004
Low condom use hampering HIV prevention in Indonesia
Low condom use hampering HIV prevention in IndonesiaBen Harkness, Jakarta As of July, 2004 the official number of HIV/AIDS infections in Indonesia recorded by the Indonesian Department of Health was 4,389.
Sat, 30 Oct 2004
Time to brush away cobwebs at museums
Time to brush away cobwebs at museumsM. Henaldy, Contributor, Yogyakarta A child visiting the Kekayon puppet museum on Jl. Wonosari looked very unhappy when he found an idol of his hero, Gatotkaca, from Pringgondani Palace, covered in dust and clumsily displayed inside a glass box in a dim room...
Sat, 30 Oct 2004
No gift parcels for police officers
No gift parcels for police officers JAKARTA: Responding to a request from the Corruption Eradication Commission, National Police chief Gen. Da'i Bachtiar ordered on Friday all officers to refrain from sending or receiving gift parcels.
Sat, 30 Oct 2004
A puzzled nation?
A puzzled nation?From Media IndonesiaLeaders of the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) have decided to give up their luxury car facilities and expect more modest ones instead. In economic terms, those above the average standard of living lead a luxurious existence whereas those below these...
Sat, 30 Oct 2004
Government to design new Cabinet structure
Government to design new Cabinet structureFabiola Desy Unidjaja, The Jakarta Post/Jakarta The government is designing a new structure for the Cabinet, Presidential Office and the planned National Defense Council and National Economic Council.
Sat, 30 Oct 2004
Archeologists divided over 'Homo floresiensis'
Archeologists divided over 'Homo floresiensis'Dewi Santoso and M. Taufiqurrahman, The Jakarta Post/Jakarta Archeologists are at odds over the discovery of the skeleton of a dwarf-sized human species on the remote island of Flores, which is said could rewrite the history of human evolution.
Sat, 30 Oct 2004
Belanak facility officially inaugurated
Belanak facility officially inauguratedThe Jakarta Post/Jakarta President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has officially commissioned a new floating production facility in the South Natuna Sea's Belanak oil and gas field on Friday, from which the country is expected to reap at least US$7.
Sat, 30 Oct 2004
Dear Mr. President:
Dear Mr. President: First of all, congratulations Mr. President! You already have your place in history assured as the first directly and democratically elected leader of Indonesia. That is a matter of record for encyclopaedias and history books of the future; how the history books report the...
Sat, 30 Oct 2004
1. WB: 3 LINES, 10 COUNTS
1. WB: 3 LINES, 10 COUNTS Fix business climate, WB tells RI 3. THAILAND: 2 LINES, 21 COUNTS More bombs rock southern Thailand 4. TNI: 4 LINES, 10 COUNTS Susilo, House speakers meet on TNI issue 5. TKI: 1 LINE, 32 COUNTS Migrant workers begin trickling home
Sat, 30 Oct 2004
Govt ready to negotiate on Senayan complex
Govt ready to negotiate on Senayan complexFabiola Desy Unidjaja, The Jakarta Post/Jakarta Following the asset preservation order imposed by the Central Jakarta District Court on the Senayan Square complex, the government is ready for negotiation with the management of the complex over eight...
Sat, 30 Oct 2004
1. FLORES: 2 X 22
1. FLORES: 2 X 22 Archeologists divided over 'Homo floresiensis' 2. HOUSE: 2 X 24 Opposing House factions cling to their positions 3. SENAYAN: 2 X 22 Govt ready to negotiate on Senayan complex 4. VISA: 1 X 35 Visa policy 'discourages' Bali tourists
Sat, 30 Oct 2004
Cool response by RI migrants as KL amnesty period begins
Cool response by RI migrants as KL amnesty period beginsAgencies, Kuala Lumpur Indonesian illegal immigrants in Malaysia appeared cool to an amnesty program which began on Friday despite threats of jail and whipping if they do not leave, senior officials said.
Sat, 30 Oct 2004
New opportunities
New opportunities With a new reformist President in place, Indonesia is suddenly back on the diplomatic "A" list. And Australian Prime Minister John Howard, is very keen to come to the party. What a difference a decade makes.
Sat, 30 Oct 2004
What is ailing Indonesia?
What is ailing Indonesia?S.P. Seth Sydney President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono starts on his new job with considerable goodwill of his people. He is certainly not the kind of guy who will set the Thames on fire. He is no radical or revolutionary.
Sat, 30 Oct 2004
Marijuana patch found in Jambi
Marijuana patch found in Jambi JAMBI, Jambi: Jambi Police recently discovered hundreds of marijuana (cannabis sativa) plants growing in a remote area of Bukit Gunung Kerinci.Local police had seized hundreds of kilograms of dried marijuana last year from residents in a nearby area.
Sat, 30 Oct 2004
JP/5/aceh
JP/5/acehGunmen kill teacher, shoot two other civilians in AcehNani Afrida The Jakarta Post/Banda AcehA group of armed men shot dead an elementary school teacher and injured his son and a neighbor in Sawang district, South Aceh regency, according to an official military account on Friday.Capt.
Sat, 30 Oct 2004
Purnomo sees oil prices falling further
Purnomo sees oil prices falling further Global oil supplies are back at normal levels and oil prices should fall further after recent record highs, OPEC president Purnomo Yusgiantoro said on Friday."(Oil) supply is normal again, with adequate stocks ...
Sat, 30 Oct 2004
Stop forced evictions now: Rights group
Stop forced evictions now: Rights groupM. Taufiqurrahman The Jakarta Post/JakartaAn international housing rights protection organization called on the administration of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono to put a stop to forced evictions in Indonesia.
Sat, 30 Oct 2004
Bahasa Indonesia: The pride of Indonesians
Bahasa Indonesia: The pride of IndonesiansVeeramalla Anjaiah, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta For Bobby Kuntoro, 23, a student of social sciences at Sebelas Maret University in Solo, Central Java, it has always been a dilemma about what language to use in and outside of his house.
Sat, 30 Oct 2004
Gun-slinging prison guard in hot water
Gun-slinging prison guard in hot waterAbdul Khalik, The Jakarta Post/Jakarta Activists have reported a Tangerang Penitentiary guard to police on Friday for pulling a gun on them when they were meeting detained street vendors in the jail.
Sat, 30 Oct 2004
* Rights group calls for end to forced evictions Page 2
* Rights group calls for end to forced evictions Page 2 * Visa policy failing in Bali: Survey Page 4 * New medical plan a ray of hope for the poor Page 5 * Low condom use hampers HIV prevention in RI Page 7 * Jakarta hopes to incinerate trash problem Page 8 * Fans buy 2004 souvenirs, wonder about...