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Sat, 15 Oct 2005
Jl. Kramat Raya comes alive
Jl. Kramat Raya comes aliveBambang Nurbianto, The Jakarta Post/Jakarta Fifty-year-old Refrizon took his four family members to Atrium shopping center in Central Jakarta, to kill time before breaking the fast on Thursday and to have a special meal together at nasi kapau food stalls on Jl.
Sat, 15 Oct 2005
Greater Jakarta property sees increase in foreign investment
Greater Jakarta property sees increase in foreign investmentAnissa S. Febrina, The Jakarta Post/Jakarta With a number of Asian property developers constructing new office buildings in the capital, foreign investment in the Greater Jakarta property sector more than doubled in the first semester of...
Sat, 15 Oct 2005
Blessings and misfortunes
Blessings and misfortunesFrom Kompas In the beginning I was quite optimistic about the change to a national leader who was directly elected by the people, and sure that Indonesia would be able to solve its multi-dimensional crises -- economic stagnation, moral decadence and all sorts of other...
Sat, 15 Oct 2005
Lampung theater group gives 'Rashomon' a Malay twist
Lampung theater group gives 'Rashomon' a Malay twistOyos Saroso H.N., The Jakarta Post/Bandarlampung A robbery occurred on the road to Yamashina town.The victims were a martial arts fighter, Rustam, and his wife, Maesaroh.
Sat, 15 Oct 2005
Police arrest firework producers
Police arrest firework producers JAKARTA: The police arrested 19 suspects and confiscated hundreds of thousands of fireworks in a police operation in Tangerang between Oct. 9 and Oct. 12, Antara reported on Thursday.
Sat, 15 Oct 2005
U.S.-ASEAN Business Council has new chief
U.S.-ASEAN Business Council has new chief JAKARTA: Martin J. Sullivan, president and CEO of American International Group (AIG) Inc., was named as the new chairman of the U.S.-ASEAN Business Council.Sullivan replaced Charles Williamson, chairman and CEO of Unocal Corporation, who has served as...
Sat, 15 Oct 2005
UOB completes Buana stake purchase
UOB completes Buana stake purchase JAKARTA: United Overseas Bank (UOB) Ltd., Singapore's second- largest lender, completed the purchase of an additional 30 percent stake in PT Bank Buana Indonesia for Rp 1.65 trillion (US$162.9 million).The Singapore lender bought 1.
Sat, 15 Oct 2005
On marrying RI woman
On marrying RI woman I refer to the article Want to marry RI woman? Pay Rp 500m in deposit which appeared in The Jakarta Post on Oct. 10 on page 2. I wonder who comes up with such sick ideas? The government should make it easier for mixed couples in Indonesia rather than selling Indonesian women.
Sat, 15 Oct 2005
Newmont case resumes in Manado court
Newmont case resumes in Manado courtJongker Rumteh, The Jakarta Post/Manado The trial of a local subsidiary of U.S.-based Newmont Mining Corp resumed at the Manado District Court on Friday, with its American president director insisting the company had nothing to do with a baby's death after the...
Sat, 15 Oct 2005
Bantul fishermen work to hand in hand to preserve turtles
Bantul fishermen work to hand in hand to preserve turtlesSlamet Susanto, The Jakarta Post/Bantul With little fuss, fishermen on southern Bantul coast in Yogyakarta have turned conservationists, helping local officials to protect the endangered turtles in their area.
Sat, 15 Oct 2005
Shootings mar Aceh disarmament
Shootings mar Aceh disarmamentNani Afrida, The Jakarta Post/Banda Aceh Several Aceh separatists were shot as GAM began a second round of weapons decommissioning on Friday as part of a peace deal to end three decades of fighting in the province.
Sat, 15 Oct 2005
RP overseas workers remittances up 28%
RP overseas workers remittances up 28% MANILA: Overseas Filipino workers sent home some US$7 billion to the Philippines in the first eight months of the year, a 28 percent rise over the same period last year, the central bank said on Friday.
Sat, 15 Oct 2005
Govt sets up team to boost cargo-handling in Batam
Govt sets up team to boost cargo-handling in BatamUrip Hudiono, The Jakarta Post/Jakarta As a follow-up to the recent upgrading of the status of Batam's Industrial Bonded Zone into a "Bonded Zone Plus", the government is setting out to develop the island into an integrated cargo- handling hub to...
Sat, 15 Oct 2005
Igor O'Neill
Igor O'Neill Jakarta Vice President Jusuf Kalla on Oct. 7 announced the government's plan to spend Rp 150 billion (US$15 million) to buy 10 million coal stoves as a part of the government efforts to diversify energy resources and to reduce the costly subsidy for kerosene.
Sat, 15 Oct 2005
Abdullah Puteh faces dismissal, loss of assets
Abdullah Puteh faces dismissal, loss of assetsMuninggar Sri Saraswati and Eva C. Komandjaja, The Jakarta Post/Jakarta Suspended Aceh governor Abdullah Puteh will pay dearly for his conviction in a graft case as he faces imminent dismissal and will have his assets seized.Minister of Home Affairs M.
Sat, 15 Oct 2005
Committee proposes lower fuel subsidy next year
Committee proposes lower fuel subsidy next yearLeony Aurora, The Jakarta Post/Jakarta A working group of the House of Representatives' Budget Committee will propose an overall subsidy for oil-based fuels of Rp 54.3 trillion (US$5.
Sat, 15 Oct 2005
Tangerang regency bans piggeries
Tangerang regency bans piggeries TANGERANG: Tangerang regency has imposed a ban on piggeries in Legok district following the recent outbreak of bird flu, Antara reported on Thursday.Regent H. Ismet Iskandar said that the move was necessary as a precautionary measure to prevent the spread of avian...
Sat, 15 Oct 2005
U.S. fears Thailand's insurgency may fuel regional terrorism
U.S. fears Thailand's insurgency may fuel regional terrorismP. Parameswaran, Agence France-Presse/Washington The United States is casting a wary eye on a bloody Muslim insurgency in southern Thailand, fearing it could flare up into a regional flashpoint for religious extremism and stoke...
Sat, 15 Oct 2005
Unified force sought to save orangutans
Unified force sought to save orangutansSebastien Blanc, Agence France-Presse, Pontianak Leading environmental and wildlife agencies called on Friday for a united effort to protect the habitat of Borneo's orangutans whose survival is threatened by mass deforestation.
Sat, 15 Oct 2005
SEA needs $260 m to fight bird flu
SEA needs $260 m to fight bird fluManny Mogato, Reuters/Manila The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday the international community needed to raise about US$260 million in the short term to fight the deadly bird flu virus in Southeast Asia.
Sat, 15 Oct 2005
Green tax on oil fuel can solve energy crisis
Green tax on oil fuel can solve energy crisisAziz Munich Vice President Jusuf Kalla once told reporters that imposing taxes on oil products, to follow what other countries were doing, was not feasible in Indonesia because the government considered oil products "strategic", not commercial.
Sat, 15 Oct 2005
DPD proposes two laws to House
DPD proposes two laws to House JAKARTA: Speaker of the Regional Representatives Council (DPD) Ginandjar Kartasasmita submitted on Friday two draft laws initiated by the council to the Speaker of the House of Representatives Agung Laksono.
Sat, 15 Oct 2005
Terrorism: Are deterrence policies effective?
Terrorism: Are deterrence policies effective?Awan Wibowo Laksono Poesoro Jakarta As Bali started picking up speed in the healing of its economy from the 2002 bombings that killed 202 people, another battery of bomb attacks were launched on the island.
Sat, 15 Oct 2005
Govt to atep up antiterror efforts
Govt to atep up antiterror effortsAdianto P. Simamora and Muninggar Sri Saraswati, The Jakarta Post/Jakarta The government said on Friday it would work on improving the country's counterterror capabilities, including upgrading the existing antiterror desk and enacting tougher antiterror laws akin...
Sat, 15 Oct 2005
Assessing private schools
Assessing private schoolsMuhammad Iqbal, Jakarta It is now an established and observable fact that in Jakarta, and one or two other cities around Indonesia, there is a small but growing sector of private schools that are offering packages of education that are somewhat different to what is and can...
Sat, 15 Oct 2005
Aceh to hand out booklets on deal
Aceh to hand out booklets on deal BANDA ACEH, Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam: Fifteen thousand booklets are being prepared by the Aceh provincial administration to familiarize the public with the signed peace deal between the government and the Free Aceh Movement (GAM).
Sat, 15 Oct 2005
BCA responds
BCA responds We refer to the letter from Jiway Tung published in The Jakarta Post on Oct. 14 entitled BCA thugs.With regard to the incident experienced by Jiway Tung's family on Oct. 8 we would like to clarify as follows:On Oct. 8 we intended to visit a client of ours.
Sat, 15 Oct 2005
CTS awards for hotels launched
CTS awards for hotels launchedYOGYAKARTA: In cooperation with other stakeholders in the community, Gadjah Mada University's Center for Tourism Studies (CTS) launched here recently the "Friend of the Community" (FoC) label for hotels and other hospitality outlets.
Sat, 15 Oct 2005
Former IBRA chief gets doctorate
Former IBRA chief gets doctorate JAKARTA: Former Indonesian Bank Restructuring Agency (IBRA) chief I Putu Gede Ary Suta achieved one of his goals in life when he received on Tuesday a doctorate in strategic management from the University of Indonesia's school of economics.
Sat, 15 Oct 2005
'I'll have to spend my salary wisely'
'I'll have to spend my salary wisely' The recent fuel price hikes have led to increases in the prices of many services and commodities, which have considerably reduced people's purchasing power. The Jakarta Post asked some Jakarta people how all this would affect their daily lives and finances.
Sat, 15 Oct 2005
UN Day celebrated with gusto
UN Day celebrated with gustoTantri Yuliandini, The Jakarta Post/Jakarta It is not a regular day at school when you see a girl in a Korean hanbok giggling with another in a Chinese cheongsam, watching a boy in a cowboy outfit eating some German sandwiches, while a teacher in American Indian costume...
Sat, 15 Oct 2005
Broadening the tax base
Broadening the tax base We should give credit where credit is due. The tax directorate general, though still perceived to be one of the most corrupt public institutions in Indonesia, deserves our commendation for its concerted campaign to broaden the personal income tax base.
Sat, 15 Oct 2005
Xanana asks commission to be cautious
Xanana asks commission to be cautiousWahyoe Boediwardhana, The Jakarta Post/Malang, East Java Since its inception two months ago, the Commission of Truth and Friendship has reported no progress in its mission to identify those responsible for past human rights violations in what was then East Timor.
Sat, 15 Oct 2005
Hassan to visit Hungary to boost ties
Hassan to visit Hungary to boost tiesAdianto P. Simamora, The Jakarta Post/Jakarta Minister of Foreign Affairs Hassan Wirayuda will lead a high- level delegation to Hungary next week to foster bilateral relations and enhance the cooperation between the two countries, a senior official from the...
Sat, 15 Oct 2005
Indictment against Said 'unclear, confusing'
Indictment against Said 'unclear, confusing'Ridwan Max Sijabat, The Jakarta Post/Jakarta Lawyers for former religious affairs minister Said Agil Al Munawar, who is being tried on corruption charges, have appealed to the Central Jakarta District Court to acquit their client because the indictment...
Sat, 15 Oct 2005
Theater group sets up 'story exchange' in mall
Theater group sets up 'story exchange' in mallSri Wahyuni, The Jakarta Post/Yogyakarta "Which one would you like to buy? If you want to hear my whole story as a political prisoner, I suggest that you choose those four photographs," an old man in his late 60s said as he approached a couple visiting...
Sat, 15 Oct 2005
The front page story in the Oct. 13 edition of [i]The Jakarta
The front page story in the Oct. 13 edition of The Jakarta Post was one of pain. The pain of the normally peaceful Balinese, with their natural disposition to tolerance and their warm spirit so many of us have had the pleasure of experiencing, is clear and their desire for the process of justice to...
Sat, 15 Oct 2005
Website, tolong pakai yang ini, thanks
Website, tolong pakai yang ini, thanksPencak silat wary of repeat of SEA Games judging biasMoch. N. Kurniawan The Jakarta/Jakarta Controversial judging from the 22nd Southeast Asian (SEA) Games in Vietnam remains a sore point for national pencak silat athletes.
Sat, 15 Oct 2005
GAM leaders should return home
GAM leaders should return homeFrom RepublikaThe head of the Aceh Monitoring Mission, Pieter Feith, has called on leaders of the Free Aceh Movement (GAM) who live in Sweden and elsewhere to return to Aceh because it is now safe.
Sat, 15 Oct 2005
A. Bantul fishermen work with ecology group to preserve turtles
A. Bantul fishermen work with ecology group to preserve turtles Page 5 B. Pierce comes back from the brink in Moscow Page 10C. Theater group sets up 'story exchange' in mall Page 18
Sat, 15 Oct 2005
WWF warns govt over new plantation areas
WWF warns govt over new plantation areasThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta Global conservation organization World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) has warned the government that establishing the world's largest oil palm plantation in Kalimantan could have disastrous consequences for the area's ecosystem.
Fri, 14 Oct 2005
Broadening the tax base
The Jakarta Post/EditorialBroadening the tax baseWe should give credit where credit is due. The tax directorate general, though still perceived to be one of the most corrupt public institutions in Indonesia, deserves our commendation for its concerted campaign to broaden the tax base through income...
Fri, 14 Oct 2005
Two Koreas trade volume to reach $1b
Two Koreas trade volume to reach $1b SEOUL: Trade volume between the divided Koreas is expected to reach a record US$1 billion this year, a South Korean official said on Thursday.In the January to September period, trade between North and South Korea totaled US$789 million, up 60.
Fri, 14 Oct 2005
Biosecurity, vaccine screenings prioritized for avian flu
Biosecurity, vaccine screenings prioritized for avian fluAnissa S. Febrina, The Jakarta Post, JakartaThe Ministry of Agriculture is prioritizing increased biosecurity and vaccinations over mass culling programs in a bid to prevent an avian flu outbreak.
Fri, 14 Oct 2005
Bird flu no deterrent to tourists, agency says
Bird flu no deterrent to tourists, agency saysAbdul Khalik, The Jakarta Post, JakartaThe Jakarta Tourism Agency announced on Tuesday the number of foreign and domestic tourists to the capital has continued to rise despite concerns over terrorist attacks and reports of bird flu.
Fri, 14 Oct 2005
On wildlife trading
On wildlife trading I am terribly shocked to learn that the illegal wildlife trade in Indonesia is a Rp 9 trillion a year business. This is a great irony considering that Indonesia at present still has to shoulder a huge foreign debt.
Fri, 14 Oct 2005
Megawati arrives in North Korea
Megawati arrives in North Korea SOUTH KOREA: Former Indonesian president Megawati Soekarnoputri arrived in North Korea on Thursday to participate in celebrations honoring the 60th anniversary of the founding of the communist nation's ruling party, North Korea's official media reported.
Fri, 14 Oct 2005
Give ex-militants jobs to help curtail terrorism: Think tank
Give ex-militants jobs to help curtail terrorism: Think tankChris Brummitt, Associated Press/JakartaIndonesia should provide training and jobs for militants formerly involved in religious conflicts to prevent them joining up with extremists and launching terror strikes, a report by an international...
Fri, 14 Oct 2005
Foreign firms rankle in Lampung
Foreign firms rankle in LampungAntara, BandarlampungLocal businesspeople are complaining about the number of foreign firms opening up in Lampung, resulting in stiff competition that they claim is forcing them out of business.
Fri, 14 Oct 2005
JP/20/guess
JP/20/guesschecked --JSR Former IBRA chief gets doctorateJAKARTA: Former Indonesian Bank Restructuring Agency (IBRA) chief I Putu Gede Ary Suta achieved one of his goals in life when he received on Tuesday a doctorate in strategic management from the University of Indonesia's school of economics.