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Wed, 17 Oct 2001
Asean Opposes Planned EU Vegoil Limits
Asean Opposes Planned EU Vegoil LimitsDow Jones Manila The Association of Southeast Asian Nations will oppose efforts by the European Union to curb exports of vegetable oils and fats from Asia using food hygiene restrictions, Philippine Agriculture Secretary Leonardo Montemayor said Tuesday.
Wed, 17 Oct 2001
Court asked to proceed with Ari Sigit's trial
Court asked to proceed with Ari Sigit's trialMuninggar Sri Saraswati, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The Central Jakarta District Court will decide next Wednesday whether or not to proceed with the trial of former president Soeharto's grandson Ari Haryo Wibowo alias Ari Sigit, who has been charged with...
Wed, 17 Oct 2001
JP/7/Soe
JP/7/Soe Antara KupangMaj. Gen. William T. da Costa, chief of the Udayana Military Command overseeing Bali, West and East Nusa Tenggara, asserted that he would take strict action against the servicemen who were suspected of being involved in the Soe incident that left a policemen dead.
Wed, 17 Oct 2001
1. Duit (4 x 8)
1. Duit (4 x 8) Asian monies mixed late, Singapore dollar weaker 2. Coffee (2 x 21) RI, Vietnam eye trade pact to lift prices 3.WTO WTO meet may shift 4. Air (2 x 18) EU ministers differ on airline bailouts 5. China (2 x 27) China's economy weathering global storm, for now
Wed, 17 Oct 2001
Taufik finishes fourth in Asian chess championships
Taufik finishes fourth in Asian chess championshipsMusthofid, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Taufik Halay paid dearly for his shaky start at the Under-16 Asian Chess Championships as the Indonesian wrapped up his 11-day campaign with a fourth place finish.
Wed, 17 Oct 2001
Probe on train accident continues
Probe on train accident continues CIREBON: Investigation into the train accident in Cirebon, where 40 people were killed, found new evidence in the form of a crack on the upper back part of the skull of Suwanto, the driver of the Empu Jaya train.
Wed, 17 Oct 2001
Substitute teachers demand govt attention
Substitute teachers demand govt attentionAinur Sophiaan, The Jakarta Post, Surabaya Many temporary or substitute teachers working in both state and privately-run schools have demanded that the government pay more attention to them by improving their welfare and providing them with legal protection.
Wed, 17 Oct 2001
Leadership urgent to rescue economy
Leadership urgent to rescue economyHadi Soesastro, Economist, Centre for Strategic International Studies, Jakarta The Indonesian economy, the recovery of which has been weak and fragile, is being threatened by external and internal developments.
Wed, 17 Oct 2001
Law can be bought
Law can be boughtFrom Rakyat Merdeka Upholding the supremacy of law in Indonesia is virtually impossible at present. Various cases have shown that the country's judiciary yields to bribery and death threats.
Wed, 17 Oct 2001
Asian monies mixed late, Singapore dollar weaker
Asian monies mixed late, Singapore dollar weakerNetty Ismail, Dow Jones, Singapore Asian currencies were mixed late Tuesday, as participants refrained from aggressively building up their long-dollar positions with the U.S. currency's near-term direction still cloudy, dealers said.
Wed, 17 Oct 2001
Arsyad submits 37 drafts of bylaws
Arsyad submits 37 drafts of bylaws PALEMBANG, South Sumatra: South Sumatra governor Rosihan Arsyad submitted to the provincial legislative council's plenary session here on Tuesday 37 drafts of bylaws and one draft of a gubernatorial decree.
Wed, 17 Oct 2001
Johan cruises to next round: Men's singles shuttler Johan
Johan cruises to next round: Men's singles shuttler Johan Hadikusuma cleared his first hurdle at the US$250,000 Real Kredit Danish Open on Tuesday afternoon by defeating Chetan Anand of India 7-4, 4-7, 7-4, 8-6 at Copenhagen's Farum Arena, www.worldbadminton.net reported.
Wed, 17 Oct 2001
Gus Dur to testify in court
Gus Dur to testify in courtR.K. Nugroho, The Jakarta Post, Jayapura Former president Abdurrahman "Gus Dur" Wahid is scheduled to appear at the Jayapura District Court on Oct. 22, 2001, to give testimony on behalf of several executives of the Papuan Council Presidium (PDP) who have been charged with...
Wed, 17 Oct 2001
Cannabis field found in Banjarnegara
Cannabis field found in Banjarnegara PURWOKERTO, Central Java: The Banjarnegara Police Precinct seized several marijuana trees planted between Zalacca palm trees in Sered Village, Maducara Subdistrict on Tuesday. Adj. Sr. Comr.
Wed, 17 Oct 2001
Samaritan robbed
Samaritan robbed PEKANBARU, Riau: Martedi Sapli, a generous motorist who gave a ride to an identified man in his car was robbed as he drove through Dumai over the weekend.He told Police that the man he picked up later put a knife to his head and forced him out of the car.
Wed, 17 Oct 2001
Money Matters
Money MattersSouth Korea's jobless rate fell to 46-month low of 3.0 percent in September thanks to brisk growth in businesses producing and selling necessities, authorities said Tuesday. The rate, which fell from 3.4 percent in August, was the lowest since the 2.
Wed, 17 Oct 2001
Misguided priorities
Misguided priorities It is, we feel, a totally misguided priority for President Megawati Soekarnoputri to leave the capital four days before Sunday's summit of the leaders of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation forum in Shanghai.
Wed, 17 Oct 2001
Asian climbing championship gets green light
Asian climbing championship gets green lightNovan Iman Santosa, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Security fears resulting from numerous anti-U.S. rallies will not matter when Indonesia hosts the Asian Sport Climbing Championships for the second time in five years at the eastern Plaza of the Bung Karno...
Wed, 17 Oct 2001
PT DI employees protest firing of colleagues
PT DI employees protest firing of colleaguesYuli Tri Suwarni, The Jakarta Post, Bandung Thousands of employees of state-owned aircraftmaker PT Dirgantara Indonesia (PTDI) staged a strong protest at the dismissal of the chairman and the secretary of the Employee Communication Forum Arif Minardi and...
Wed, 17 Oct 2001
Worker dies from electrocution
Worker dies from electrocution JAKARTA: A 27-year-old welder planning to marry later this year died on Tuesday from electrocution in Sunter, North Jakarta.Suratman, who was electrocuted on Monday when he was working, was rushed to state Cipto Mangunkusumo Hospital. He died early on Tuesday morning.
Wed, 17 Oct 2001
Troops kill 11 Abu Sayyaf rebels
Troops kill 11 Abu Sayyaf rebels PHILIPPINES: At least 11 members of a Philippine guerrilla group linked to Islamic militant Osama bin Laden were killed in clashes on Tuesday as troops closed in on gunmen holding U.S. and Filipino hostages, officials said.
Wed, 17 Oct 2001
NGOs call for further inquiry on Bulog graft
NGOs call for further inquiry on Bulog graftTiarma Siboro, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Several non-governmental organizations (NGOs) demanded on Tuesday that the Attorney General's Office continue investigating the Rp 40 billion (US$4 million) graft of funds belonging to the State Logistics Agency...
Wed, 17 Oct 2001
JP/3/INSIGHT
JP/3/INSIGHTLeadership urgent to rescue economy Rescuing the economy means both stimulating the economy through fiscal and monetary means as well as to protect domestic industries from external competition.
Wed, 17 Oct 2001
Sudi apologizes to residents
Sudi apologizes to residents SURABAYA: Incumbent East Java Military Chief Maj. Gen. Sudi Silalahi, who will hand over his post to Maj. Gen. Achmad Djunaedi Sikki soon, apologized to the people of East Java for possible mistakes he had made during his tenure.
Wed, 17 Oct 2001
Where to go in Surabaya
Where to go in SurabayaPerformance* Theater: Faust written by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, directed by Wawan Sofwan, the auditorium of the Petra Christ University, Jl. Siwalan Kerto 121-131, 7:30 p.m., Nov. 10.Music and Entertainment * Hyatt Regency Surabaya, Jl. Jend. Basuki Rakhmat 106-128 (Tel.
Wed, 17 Oct 2001
Medical team to Afghanistan
Medical team to Afghanistan JAKARTA: The Indonesian chapter of the Association of Medical Doctors of Asia (AMDA) International will soon send a medical team to the Pakistan-Afghanistan border area to provide medical services for Afghan refugees following the United States-led military attacks, an...
Wed, 17 Oct 2001
Megawati off to Shanghai for APEC summit
Megawati off to Shanghai for APEC summitFabiola Desy Unidjaja, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta President Megawati Soekarnoputri is scheduled to leave for Shanghai, China, on Wednesday to attend an annual Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit, the palace announced on Tuesday.
Wed, 17 Oct 2001
Closure of garbage dump provokes health worries
Closure of garbage dump provokes health worriesAinur R. Sophiaan, The Jakarta Post, Surabaya In the rainy season approaches, Surabaya, the East Java provincial capital with a population of 2.4 million, is facing the threat of diarrhea and dengue fever epidemics following the forced closure of a...
Wed, 17 Oct 2001
New wushu rule benefits RI in 2002 Asiad
New wushu rule benefits RI in 2002 AsiadMusthofid, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The Indonesian Wushu Association (WI) looks set to take advantage of the adoption of a new game rule at the Asian Games to be held in Pusan, South Korea, next September.
Wed, 17 Oct 2001
Jakarta inundated by heavy traffic jams
Jakarta inundated by heavy traffic jamsThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta Traffic ground to a complete halt along Jakarta's main roads on Tuesday, mainly due to a heavy downpour that fell for several hours in the afternoon."What a horrible traffic jam.
Wed, 17 Oct 2001
MUI softens stance on RI-U.S. diplomatic ties
MUI softens stance on RI-U.S. diplomatic tiesFabiola Desy Unidjaja, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The Indonesian Ulemas Council (MUI) has softened its demand that the Indonesian government freeze diplomatic ties with the U.S. in protest of the American military campaign in Afghanistan.
Wed, 17 Oct 2001
Ignoring nation's plight for Shanghai Summit
Ignoring nation's plight for Shanghai SummitKornelius Purba, Staff Writer, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Despite recent development in Indonesia's political and economic situation, President Megawati Soekarnoputri will be among leaders to attend the 21-member Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC)...
Wed, 17 Oct 2001
Government leaders told to quit top party posts
Government leaders told to quit top party postsThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta Calls are now mounting for government leaders to quit their positions in respective political parties in order to concentrate on their state functions and avoid conflicts of interest.
Wed, 17 Oct 2001
Government moves to cut emissions in big cities
Government moves to cut emissions in big citiesFitri Wulandari, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Long criticized for its lack of action, the government has moved to lower vehicle emission levels in Indonesia's major cities.
Wed, 17 Oct 2001
Mega urged to get tough against U.S. air strikes
Mega urged to get tough against U.S. air strikesThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta A former ambassador here on Tuesday urged President Megawati Soekarnoputri to adopt a tougher and more explicit stance against the United States-led air strikes against the Taliban and the al- Qaeda terrorist network.
Wed, 17 Oct 2001
Repatriation the best option
Repatriation the best option ATAMBUA, East Nusa Tenggara: Repatriation and relocation of East Timorese refugees are considered to be good options to solve the problem of food scarcity as its distribution from the Indonesian government is reducing.
Wed, 17 Oct 2001
Indonesia, Vietnam eye pact to lift coffee prices
Indonesia, Vietnam eye pact to lift coffee pricesDow Jones, Singapore A meeting between coffee exporters from Vietnam and Indonesia next week may lead to a draft trade agreement to boost sagging coffee export prices, according to the Association of Indonesian Coffee Exporters, or AEKI.
Wed, 17 Oct 2001
Zebra Cross operation
Zebra Cross operationFrom Pelita The Jakarta Police have launched three operations simultaneously, one of them being Zebra Operation to discipline drivers. Regrettably, the operation has turned out to be very ineffective as many public bus drivers are getting more reckless by the day.
Wed, 17 Oct 2001
Investment in oil, gas sector decline, says official
Investment in oil, gas sector decline, says officialMoch. N. Kurniawan, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta State oil and gas company Pertamina said on Tuesday that many oil companies had shelved their investment plans in the country during the first nine months of this year due particularly to increasing...
Wed, 17 Oct 2001
'Warung Solidaritas' no ordinary foodstall
'Warung Solidaritas' no ordinary foodstallDeni Putri, Contributor, Jakarta Warung Solidaritas looks similar to other foodstalls. Its menu also offers typical warung fare. What makes it different is that it was established by chefs from the nearby Shangri-La hotel.
Wed, 17 Oct 2001
Beazley seeks Asian help on boat people
Beazley seeks Asian help on boat peopleAgencies, Sydney Australia's opposition Labor leader Kim Beazley pledged on Tuesday a two-pronged policy to combat people smuggling involving diplomatic missions to Asia, in particular Indonesia, and the creation of a coast guard.
Wed, 17 Oct 2001
Acehnese refugees face uncertain future
Acehnese refugees face uncertain futureApriadi Gunawan, The Jakarta Post, Medan The government is still in the dark over the future of 48,404 Acehnese refugees being sheltered in regencies in North Sumatra.
Tue, 16 Oct 2001
Alleged Rp 1.9b graft investigated
Alleged Rp 1.9b graft investigated TANGERANG: The Tangerang Prosecutor's Office is investigating irregularities in a Rp 1.9 billion tap water project that allegedly involved top officials from the Tangerang office of the state-run tap water company (PDAM).
Tue, 16 Oct 2001
Confiscate Soeharto's assets
Confiscate Soeharto's assetsFrom Rakyat MerdekaThe Supreme Court's ruling on Tommy Soeharto's case deeply disturbs our conscience and sense of justice. It indicates that the country's legal system and institutions cannot be relied upon to solve the insurmountable problems faced by the nation.
Tue, 16 Oct 2001
Fire destroys Semarang City Hall
Fire destroys Semarang City HallAgus Maryono and Haryoso, The Jakarta Post, Purwokerto, Semarang Fire gutted the eighth and ninth floors of the Semarang City Hall on Jl. Pemuda on Sunday, destroying everything on the floors, but no fatalities were reported.Semarang Mayoralty Police chief Sr. Comr.
Tue, 16 Oct 2001
High tides at full moon may cause floods
High tides at full moon may cause floodsMuninggar Sri Saraswati, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta While many associate a full moon with romance, this rainy season a full moon could also mean flooding.The tides are high during full moon, which this month occurs on Oct. 31.
Tue, 16 Oct 2001
By Hendarsyah Tarmizi
By Hendarsyah Tarmizi The Jakarta Post More producers open on-line shops to reach buyers Many local furniture companies have turned to the Internet to increase sales. Although they mostly operate in remote locations, in e-commerce, they are ahead of companies in other business lines.
Tue, 16 Oct 2001
Jacob concedes tough fight in defending workers' rights
Jacob concedes tough fight in defending workers' rightsApriadi Gunawan, The Jakarta Post, Medan, North Sumatra Minister of Manpower and Transmigration Jacob Nuwa Wea admitted on Saturday that his office was losing ground in its efforts to defend workers' rights.
Tue, 16 Oct 2001
Zebra Cross operation
Zebra Cross operationFrom PelitaThe Jakarta Police have launched three operations simultaneously, one of them being Zebra Operation to discipline drivers. Regrettably, the operation has turned out to be very ineffective as many public bus drivers are getting more reckless by the day.
Tue, 16 Oct 2001
Can the Indonesian economy be saved?
Can the Indonesian economy be saved?Sjahrir, Economist, Chairman New Indonesia Alliance, Jakarta We seem to have forgotten that regardless of the escalating U.S.-Afghanistan conflict, we have been stuck in a quagmire of economic crisis for 50 months We have an extremely acute economic crisis that...