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Wed, 16 Oct 2002
Bali blasts may hurt global economy
Bali blasts may hurt global economy MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA: Australia-based resources conglomerate BHP Billiton (BHP) warned Tuesday that terrorist bomb blasts over the weekend in Bali, Indonesia, could threaten the prospects for a recovery in the global economy.
Wed, 16 Oct 2002
Ex-soldiers sued by military chief
Ex-soldiers sued by military chief BANJARMASIN, South Kalimantan: Chief of the Antasari Military Resort Command overseeing South Kalimantan province Col. Sudarmaidy has sued some 310 retired officers living in the Army's housing complex on Jl.
Wed, 16 Oct 2002
Oil trades higher after Bali bomb blasts
Oil trades higher after Bali bomb blastsReuters, London World crude prices traded higher on Monday after a devastating bomb attack in the Indonesian resort of Bali added to underlying nervousness, although traders said it had no immediate consequences for oil trade.
Wed, 16 Oct 2002
Expo, film on Nehru and Sukarno
Expo, film on Nehru and Sukarno JAKARTA: A three-day historical exhibition and film about former Indian prime minister Nehru and former president Sukarno will open on Saturday at the National Archives Building on Jl. Gajah Mada 111, West Jakarta.
Wed, 16 Oct 2002
1. LEGIAN: 1 line, 40 counts
1. LEGIAN: 1 line, 40 counts Kuta explosion site to be turned into monument 2. SHOCK: 1 LINE, 35 COUNTS Expat expo rocked by Bali bomb blast
Wed, 16 Oct 2002
Expat expo rocked by Bali bomb explosion
Expat expo rocked by Bali bomb explosionCameron Bates, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta It was marketed as the first international exhibition of products and services for the expatriate community in Jakarta. Instead, pain, despair and an overwhelming sense of tiredness with life in Indonesia descended on...
Wed, 16 Oct 2002
Will the food crisis keep haunting us?
Will the food crisis keep haunting us?Sarono, The Indonesian NGO Network for Forest Conservation (SKEPHI), Jakarta October 16 has been declared World Food Day. The Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries even put up a large banner in front of its office in Pancoran, South Jakarta, stating:...
Wed, 16 Oct 2002
Police turn attention to firecrackers
Police turn attention to firecrackers JAKARTA: Police will raid places dealing in firecrackers, sharp weapons, firearms and explosives in Jakarta ahead of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadhan, said a senior police officer on Tuesday.
Wed, 16 Oct 2002
'Jakarta could be next target'
'Jakarta could be next target' The bomb attacks in Bali have sparked anger and horror around the world. In Jakarta, a number of people shared their reactions with The Jakarta Post. Holger, a German expatriate who works as a technical adviser to a private company in Senen, Central Jakarta.
Wed, 16 Oct 2002
Police question two suspects over blast
Police question two suspects over blastThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta Police are questioning two people, at least one is Indonesian, suspected of links to the blasts in Bali's Kuta area last Saturday as investigators from Australia and other countries arrived to conduct investigations on the bombings...
Wed, 16 Oct 2002
ASEAN, China discuss trade pact framework
ASEAN, China discuss trade pact framework SINGAPORE: Officials from Southeast Asia and China have begun a two-day meeting to draft a framework for comprehensive economic relations including a free trade pact, Singapore said Tuesday.
Wed, 16 Oct 2002
Lessons from the Bali blast
Lessons from the Bali blastBantarto Bandoro, Editor, 'The Indonesian Quarterly', Centre for Strategic and International Studies, Jakarta, bandoro@csis.or.id The deadly explosion in Bali that claimed about 188 lives has added another big blow to Indonesia as the country is still seemingly very slow...
Wed, 16 Oct 2002
Time for Jakarta to act promptly
Time for Jakarta to act promptlyThe Asian Wall Street Journal, Hong Kong That terrorism is a world-wide threat was proven yet again Saturday night when a car bomb killed approximately 200 patrons of a nightclub on the Indonesian resort island of Bali.
Wed, 16 Oct 2002
Journalism during conflict: Peace journalism
Journalism during conflict: Peace journalismSoeryo Winoto Staff Writer The Jakarta Post Bandung, West Java It is not easy for a reporter to cover conflicts and report on them in a neutral manner that is capable of pleasing and satisfying both warring groups, without the insertion of personal...
Wed, 16 Oct 2002
Economy bombed out
Economy bombed out The bomb terror in Bali will certainly have a devastating effect on the local economy, which depends largely on tourism, and will cause even wider disruption to the fragile Indonesian economy.
Wed, 16 Oct 2002
Few disabled get proper education
Few disabled get proper education JAKARTA: An official has said that only 48,022 children, or 3.7 percent, of the total number of children with disabilities had received a proper education.Director of Special Needs Nashicin said the small number of disabled children who received an education was...
Wed, 16 Oct 2002
Laskar Jihad dissolved, endes Ambon presence
Laskar Jihad dissolved, endes Ambon presenceSri Wahyuni and Octovianus Pinontoan, The Jakarta Post, Ambon/Yogyakarta The hard-line Laskar Jihad group, widely accused of sparking violence in several parts of Indonesia, was disbanded in a surprising move that came amid the intense hunt for terrorists...
Wed, 16 Oct 2002
IACB expresses deep condolence
IACB expresses deep condolence JAKARTA: The Indonesia-Australia Business Council (IACB) expressed Tuesday deep condolences to all Indonesian, Australian and other foreign nationals who may be affected, suffering or grieving as a result of the Bali bomb incident.
Wed, 16 Oct 2002
TV Program: Wednesday, October 16, 2002
TV Program: Wednesday, October 16, 2002.TB.30" 1.00" TVRI 5:00 a.m. Religious Teachings6:00 News 8:30 Music9:00 Film9:30 Music10:30 Quiz11:00 News11:30 Music12:00 p.m. News1:00 Talk Show 2:00 News2:30 Documentary3:00 Children's Program3:30 Cartoon4:30 Music6:00 News7:00 Talk Show8:30 Music9:00...
Wed, 16 Oct 2002
War against terrorism has just begun
War against terrorism has just begunThe Washington Post, Washington The death toll from Saturday night's bombing on the Indonesian resort island of Bali makes this latest act of terrorism the worst of its kind worldwide since the Sept. 11 attacks in America.
Wed, 16 Oct 2002
City decides to ban certain nightspots in Ramadhan
City decides to ban certain nightspots in RamadhanAhmad Junaidi, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The city administration decided on Monday to ban certain nightspots, including discotheques and massage parlors, from operating during the fasting month of Ramadhan.
Wed, 16 Oct 2002
Stop Press on Sunday edition
Stop Press on Sunday edition While I am well aware of the expense and difficulty involved in changing the front page of a newspaper, it is regrettable that The Jakarta Post failed, so spectacularly, to meet the needs of its readers on Sunday, Oct. 13.
Wed, 16 Oct 2002
2. Straits -- Bali atrocity a full-frontal attack
2. Straits -- Bali atrocity a full-frontal attack 3. Sarono -- Will the food crisis keep haunting us?
Wed, 16 Oct 2002
Stay home, Mrs. President
Stay home, Mrs. President President Megawati Soekarnoputri is planning more elaborate trips abroad, including one to Mexico to attend the APEC summit later this month and another to attend the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) summit in Cambodia on Nov. 2 to Nov. 5.
Wed, 16 Oct 2002
Indonesia and war
Indonesia and war on terror 1 & 2 In this strange post-Sept. 11 world, it is interesting to observe the reactions across the world to proposed U.S. military initiatives, in particular the different reactions to the lead-up to the attacks on the al-Qaeda-backed Taliban regime in Afghanistan last...
Wed, 16 Oct 2002
Downer pledges aid for Bali blast probe
Downer pledges aid for Bali blast probeThe Jakarta Post, Kuta, Bali Australian foreign minister Alexander Downer said here on Tuesday his government would do everything to help Indonesia reveal those behind Saturday's bombings by joining a multi- national task force of investigators comprising...
Wed, 16 Oct 2002
Economy bombed out
Economy bombed out The bomb terror in Bali will certainly have a devastating effect on the local economy, which depends largely on tourism, and will cause even wider disruption to the fragile Indonesian economy.
Wed, 16 Oct 2002
Government finds itself helpless in tackling haze
Government finds itself helpless in tackling hazeMoch. N. Kurniawan, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The government appears to be helpless in tackling the choking haze blanketing Central Kalimantan as the fires are mostly burning on an area of peatland stretching to some one million hectares, which had...
Wed, 16 Oct 2002
Bali tourism will remain Australians' tropical polyground: Experts
Bali tourism will remain Australians' tropical polyground: ExpertsNeil Sands, Agence France-Presse, Sydney Bali's iconic status as a tropical playground for young Australians will rise from the ashes of the car bomb that killed scores of holidaymakers, travel experts said Tuesday.
Wed, 16 Oct 2002
Fire threatens protected forest area
Fire threatens protected forest areaNana Rukmana and Agus Maryono, The Jakarta Post, Kuningan/Purwokerto A fire that has been raging in a pine forest on the slopes of Mt. Ciremai near here since Friday continues to burn out of control and is spreading.
Wed, 16 Oct 2002
Did U.S. stance provoke blasts?
Did U.S. stance provoke blasts?The Daily Yomiuri Asia News Network Tokyo A bomb blast at a nightclub in the tourist resort of Bali, Indonesia, killed more than 180 people and injured hundreds. The victims were largely foreigners, including Australians and Europeans.
Wed, 16 Oct 2002
Makassar to host cocoa conference
Makassar to host cocoa conferenceThe Jakarta Post, Makassar, South Sulawesi As many as 383 businesspeople, industry experts and farmers from across the world will participate in the Third International Cocoa Conference being held on Oct. 24 and Oct. 25 in Makassar, South Sulawesi, organizers said.
Wed, 16 Oct 2002
Manulife judges still being investigated
Manulife judges still being investigatedKurniawan Hari The Jakarta Post Jakarta Two months after a disciplinary committee from the Jakarta High Court was assigned to investigate bribery allegations against three judges, the public at large have not yet been informed of whether or not they violated...
Wed, 16 Oct 2002
Bali prepares special ritual to ward off evil
Bali prepares special ritual to ward off evilRita A. Widiadana, The Jakarta Post, Kuta, Bali On the night of Oct. 21, during the full moon, the Balinese will hold a special ritual to purify the island following the bomb attacks in Legian.
Wed, 16 Oct 2002
NZ still trying to account for over 500 nationals in Bali
NZ still trying to account for over 500 nationals in BaliAgencies, Wellington New Zealand continued on Tuesday to track 551 of its nationals known to have been in Bali, Foreign Minister Phil Goff said, stressing they were not all thought to have been near Kuta Beach during the weekend bombing.
Tue, 15 Oct 2002
Critics reacted negatively to Indonesian Bank Restructuring
Critics reacted negatively to Indonesian Bank Restructuring Agency's (IBRA) instruction to PT Holdiko Perkasa last week to sell by year's end 17 equity assets, with most considering it an irrational move that could result in a fire sale at a great loss to taxpayers.
Tue, 15 Oct 2002
Thailand pians roadshow after blast
Thailand pians roadshow after blast BANGKOK: The Stock Exchange of Thailand has been asked to plan roadshows to restore foreign investor confidence after the bomb attacks in Bali, Finance Minister Somkid Jatusripitak said Monday.
Tue, 15 Oct 2002
Tourism in East Nusa Tenggara slumps
Tourism in East Nusa Tenggara slumps KUPANG, East Nusa Tenggara: The East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) Tourist Board recorded a big drop in the number of tourists visiting the province due to a security alert issued by the United Nations.
Tue, 15 Oct 2002
RI's reputation at stake
RI's reputation at stake A bomb exploded in Bali's Legian Beach, killing 182 people and wounding over 300 others. Most of them are innocent foreigners ignorant of all political matters.On the same night a bomb blast also occurred near the U.S.
Tue, 15 Oct 2002
Bali bombing a blow for ASEAN tourism industry
Bali bombing a blow for ASEAN tourism industrySarah Stewart, Agence France-Presse, Bangkok Southeast Asia's tourism industry, already reeling from terrorism, kidnappings and the aftermath of Sept. 11, will be badly damaged by the Bali bomb blasts, analysts said Monday.
Tue, 15 Oct 2002
President may cancel October overseas trips
President may cancel October overseas tripsThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta Following the deadly Bali bombing, President Megawati Soekarnoputri is considering scaling down her overseas trips.An official at the State Secretariat told The Jakarta Post on Monday that the current situation in the country,...
Tue, 15 Oct 2002
Foreigners remain calm in Bogor
Foreigners remain calm in Bogor BOGOR: The Bogor Police said on Monday that in the wake of the Bali bombings they had tightened security for foreigners in the area.The deputy chief of the Bogor Police, Comr.
Tue, 15 Oct 2002
Analysts blame debacle on intelligence failure
Analysts blame debacle on intelligence failureMuninggar Sri Saraswati, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Noted analysts blamed Saturday's bombings in Bali and Manado in North Sulawesi on Indonesia's lack of seriousness as well as its poor intelligence work in dealing with terrorism.
Tue, 15 Oct 2002
Stocks plunge to four-year low after terrorist attack
Stocks plunge to four-year low after terrorist attackThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta The Jakarta Stock Exchange main index plunged on Monday to its lowest level in four years as investors took fright at the country's economic prospects following the massive bomb explosions over the weekend in Bali.
Tue, 15 Oct 2002
Refugees stage hunger strike for aid
Refugees stage hunger strike for aid MEDAN, North Sumatra: Dozens of Acehnese refugees living in temporary shelters in Medan, Deli Serdang, and Langkat, launched a hunger strike in front of the North Sumatra Legislative Council on Monday to demand the disbursement of Rp 100.
Tue, 15 Oct 2002
Intelligence failure
Intelligence failure For once, the Indonesian people were impressed on Sunday on seeing that there was a functioning government in Jakarta. Immediately following the horrific bombing incident in Bali on Saturday night, President Megawati Soekarnoputri gathered key members of her Cabinet for an...
Tue, 15 Oct 2002
Size and location remain important considerations
Size and location remain important considerationsSatyasuryawan, Contributor, Jakarta The rewards of any marketing effort are seldom seen within a short time. Though the end result is an increase in revenue, selling is only a small part of the entire marketing exercise.
Tue, 15 Oct 2002
SIA to increase fights to Bali
SIA to increase fights to Bali SINGAPORE: Singapore Airlines (SIA) will add another daily flight to the Indonesian resort island of Bali to meet a jump in demand after the bomb blast there, the carrier said Monday.
Tue, 15 Oct 2002
Economic and Commercial Section
Economic and Commercial Section Jakarta, 2002.10.02 Embassy of PolandKiri-kanan - bendera kedua negara Poland - A Trade Partner for Indonesia The last decade of the previous millennium has seen Poland emerge as the best example of dynamic and successful economic and political transformation and, at...
Tue, 15 Oct 2002
Asian currencies down late, rupiah at five month low on bombing
Asian currencies down late, rupiah at five month low on bombingNirmala Menon Dow Jones Singapore The Indonesian rupiah crumbled to a five-month low Monday after the weekend's fatal bomb attacks in Bali, which sent shock waves through regional currency markets and roiled the local stock market.