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Thu, 13 Oct 2005
Indosat ready to face foreign competitors in domestic market
Indosat ready to face foreign competitors in domestic marketEsther Fin Harini and Edhi Pranasidhi, Dow Jones/JakartaPT Indonesia Satellite Corp. (Indosat) is braced for stiff competition from regional players preparing to enter the country's telecom market, but expects to meet their challenge...
Thu, 13 Oct 2005
Businesspeople concerned by govt economic performance
Businesspeople concerned by govt economic performanceThe Jakarta Post, JakartaBusinesspeople in the Jababeka Industrial Estate in Cikarang, West Java, have expressed concern over the government's failure to tackle smuggling and bureaucratic red tape, or to reform tax regulations, which have hurt...
Thu, 13 Oct 2005
Reshuffling the Cabinet? Go for the big one
Reshuffling the Cabinet? Go for the big oneEndy M. Bayuni, Jakarta While most people are busy passing judgment on the first year's performance of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, the man himself is likely to be quietly evaluating the performance of his Cabinet members.
Thu, 13 Oct 2005
LPG still hard to find, price remains high
LPG still hard to find, price remains highAndi Hajramurni, The Jakarta Post, MakassarAs people turn to liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) to cope with higer fuel prices, increased demand coupled with a decline in national production means supply of the gas is becoming a problem.
Thu, 13 Oct 2005
Officer shot dead in Poso
Officer shot dead in PosoPOSO, Central Sulawesi: A police officer was shot and killed on Wednesday evening by an unidentified assailant, raising tension in this religiously divided city.Witnesses said First Insp.
Thu, 13 Oct 2005
Part 2 of 2: Africa, Asia and global security
Part 2 of 2: Africa, Asia and global securityJuwono Sudarsono, Jakarta Over 70 percent of the world's financial, investment, banking and trading companies command the capital, services, human skills that define the accumulation, distribution and legal underpinnings of global capital movements.
Thu, 13 Oct 2005
Office to aggressively search for new taxpayers
Office to aggressively search for new taxpayersRendi A. Witular, The Jakarta Post, JakartaDony was annoyed when he received a tax office letter requiring him to register for a taxpayer number locally known as an NPWP, after he recently bought a 45-square-meter house in Karawaci, west of Jakarta.
Thu, 13 Oct 2005
BPH Migas to fight misuse of kerosene
BPH Migas to fight misuse of keroseneLeony Aurora, The Jakarta Post, JakartaTo help minimize kerosene misuse in the country, the Downstream Oil and Gas Regulatory Agency (BPH Migas) launched on Wednesday a pilot project for a new distribution system for subsidized kerosene in Tangerang, Banten.
Thu, 13 Oct 2005
We will win over terrorists
We will win over terrorists First of all, I'd like to express my condolences to all victims and people affected by the chilling tragedy that hit Kuta and Jimbaran, which claimed 23 lives and injured hundreds.I invite all people to gather and show the terrorists our strength.
Thu, 13 Oct 2005
Rupiah Rates Oct.12
Rupiah Rates Oct.12 Banknote rates TT rates Selling Buying Selling Buying Australian dollar 1 7,984.03 7,226.72 7,646.15 7,564.37 Brunei dollar 1 6,276.62 5,681.68 6,011.00 5,947.14 Canadian dollar 1 9,016.74 8,163.44 8,635.17 8,544.85 Swiss franc 1 8,209.53 7,434.05 7,862.12 7,781.
Thu, 13 Oct 2005
Young 'Einsteins' in class of their own
Young 'Einsteins' in class of their ownTantri Yuliandini, The Jakarta Post, JakartaIt was just before noon, and every other student at State High School No. 3 in Setiabudi, South Jakarta, was outside having their lunch break.
Thu, 13 Oct 2005
Gurkhas to guard sea entry points
Gurkhas to guard sea entry pointsSINGAPORE: Sea entry points into Singapore are now being guarded by Gurkhas as part of enhanced measures following the London subway attacks in July and the recent Bali bombings, police said on Wednesday.
Thu, 13 Oct 2005
JP/18/MASSAG
JP/18/MASSAG (Jun's corrections entered 23/9) AIDS agency turns to massage for income, employment opportunityI Wayan Juniartha The Jakarta Post/DenpasarA strained neck did not prevent Dudy Rohadi, the coordinator of Matahati's After Care Program, from personally directing his staff to clean and...
Thu, 13 Oct 2005
Court sends Adiwarsita to jail
Court sends Adiwarsita to jailThe Jakarta Post, JakartaThe Central Jakarta District Court convicted on Wednesday the chairman of the Indonesian Forestry Association (APHI) Adiwarsita Adinegoro to six years in jail for abusing the association's fund for a forest conservation program.
Thu, 13 Oct 2005
Mobile libraries hit by fuel price hike
Mobile libraries hit by fuel price hikeSEMARANG, Central Java: A senior librarian said on Wednesday fuel price hike would surely affect operations of mobile libraries across the province. "Our budget is limited while the price of fuel has increased sharply.
Thu, 13 Oct 2005
Bali: My second home
Bali: My second home Bali is, as my Balinese friends tell me, my second home and it weighs heavily on my heart that Bali has again been scarred by a terrorist act. It saddens me that more innocent people who came together in this global meeting place have lost their lives, been maimed or left...
Thu, 13 Oct 2005
Temasek makes $7.6b new investment
Temasek makes $7.6b new investmentLinus Chua and Chen Shiyin, Bloomberg/Kuala LumpurTemasek Holdings Pte, a Singapore state-owned investment company, invested S$13 billion (US$7.6 billion) in the year through March, with foreign holdings now making up more than half its S$103 billion portfolio.
Thu, 13 Oct 2005
1. DISCOURSE: 1 X 40
1. DISCOURSE: 1 X 40 Kadin still broadly supportive of economic team 2. PLANE: 1 X 30 Air Force chopper goes missing 3. POPULATION: 1 x 32 Women key to cutting poverty: UN
Thu, 13 Oct 2005
JP/18/TOURIS
JP/18/TOURIS Tourism industry facing tough task to attract more int'l buyersSri Wahyuni The Jakarta Post/YogyakartaDespite a full year of preparation, Indonesia's most prestigious annual tourism event held here at the Jogja Expo Center (JEC) failed to attract more international buyers compared to...
Thu, 13 Oct 2005
NGOs protest planned palm oil factory
NGOs protest planned palm oil factory PONTIANAK, Central Kalimantan: At least 23 non-governmental organizations (NGOs), two of them from Malaysia, have demanded the Indonesian government postpone a plan to develop 1.
Thu, 13 Oct 2005
Sweden respects Indonesia's territorial integrity: Diplomat
Sweden respects Indonesia's territorial integrity: DiplomatVeeramalla Anjaiah, The Jakarta Post, JakartaSweden, where several leaders of the Free Aceh Movement (GAM) are domiciled and have become Swedish citizens, supports the territorial integrity of Indonesia, a senior Swedish official said in...
Thu, 13 Oct 2005
Indonesia sends aid to Pakistan
Indonesia sends aid to Pakistan JAKARTA: Indonesia sent on Wednesday 12 tons of food, medicine and blankets to help survivors of last week's earthquake in Pakistan.Vice President Jusuf Kalla said Indonesia was committed to helping foreign countries facing humanitarian crises.
Thu, 13 Oct 2005
3,000 people attend Mayor installment
3,000 people attend Mayor installmentPALU, Central Sulawesi: At least 3,000 Palu residents attended inauguration ceremony of newly elected Palu Mayor and Deputy Mayor Rusdi Mastura and Suardin Suebo on Wednesday.
Thu, 13 Oct 2005
Softball team play Aussie friendlies
Softball team play Aussie friendlies JAKARTA: The national men's softball team will conclude their friendly matches in Perth on Saturday as it prepares for next month's Southeast Asian (SEA) Games next month.
Thu, 13 Oct 2005
The dress of thoughts
The dress of thoughts At its most simplest, the function of language is to communicate information. Hence the origins of modern Bahasa Indonesia, a language that evolved from bazaar Malay, a pidgin developed for cross-regional trading many centuries ago.
Thu, 13 Oct 2005
TAM records 40.4% rise in sales
TAM records 40.4% rise in sales JAKARTA: Giant automotive manufacturer PT Toyota Astra Motor (TAM) recorded a 40.4 percent increase in sales in the year's first nine months to 140,085 units from 99,790 in the same period last year.January-September domestic automotive sales also increased by 26.
Thu, 13 Oct 2005
Three golds in tae kwon do doable for RI
Three golds in tae kwon do doable for RIMoch. N. Kurniawan, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Tae kwon do is focusing on a realistic target of three golds at the 23rd Southeast Asian (SEA) Games in the Philippines next month -- one better than its gold haul in Hanoi two years ago.
Thu, 13 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.
Thu, 13 Oct 2005
TNI's new role in terror fight to be limited, chief says
TNI's new role in terror fight to be limited, chief saysTiarma Siboro, The Jakarta Post, JakartaIndonesian Military Chief (TNI) Gen. Endriartono Sutarto said on Wednesday that the plans to reactivate the much-criticized military's territorial function to help in the fight against terrorism would...
Thu, 13 Oct 2005
Ford Focus confident about RI market
Ford Focus confident about RI marketSuherdjoko, The Jakarta Post, SemarangAlthough the new generation of Ford Focus was just launched in Indonesia in September 2005, by the end of the same month PT Ford Motor Indonesia (FMI) had 138 people on the waiting list to buy the sedan.
Thu, 13 Oct 2005
1. Fatwa (2x24)
1. Fatwa (2x24) MUI's edicts cause more violence, scholars say 2. Adi (1x28) Court sends Adiwarsita to jail 3. Politik (1x32) SBY gets "C" in communication skills 4. KPU (2x24) KPU member could face life sentence for graft 5. Terror (3x18) TNI's new role in terror fight to be limited, chief says
Thu, 13 Oct 2005
1. JAIL: 2 X 27
1. JAIL: 2 X 27 Balinese protesters vent anger over attacks, storm prison or Balinese protesters storm prison, demand execution of 2002 bombers 2. NPWP: 1 X 55 Office to aggressively search for new taxpayers 3. DOWNER: 4 X 13 Australia offers help with antiterror law reform
Thu, 13 Oct 2005
No changes in CPO export duty, yet
No changes in CPO export duty, yetThe Jakarta Post, JakartaThe crude palm oil (CPO) trade, which has been disrupted over the past few days amid uncertainty regarded the commodity's export base price and applicable duty, is set to return to normal after the government decided on Wednesday not to...
Thu, 13 Oct 2005
'I'll have to find side jobs'
'I'll have to find side jobs'Recent fuel price rises have led to increases in the prices of other services and commodities, which has considerably reduced people's purchasing power. The Jakarta Post asked two media workers who spent a lot of their income on transportation expenses and how the...
Thu, 13 Oct 2005
Australia offers help on antiterror law reform
Australia offers help on antiterror law reformIvy Susanti, The Jakarta Post, JakartaThe Australian government has expressed concern over Indonesia's antiterrorism laws, offering to send experts to help the country reform its counterterror measures.
Thu, 13 Oct 2005
Bagir calls bribe accusation slanderous
Bagir calls bribe accusation slanderousMuninggar Sri Saraswati, The Jakarta Post, JakartaSupreme Court Chief Justice Bagir Manan reiterated on Wednesday he had not received any bribe money from businessman Probosutedjo, describing the accusation made by the latter's lawyer as "slanderous".
Thu, 13 Oct 2005
Oil supported by IEA forecasts
Oil supported by IEA forecastsAgence France-Presse, LondonWorld oil prices rose on Wednesday, finding further support in demand forecasts from the International Energy Agency, alongside keen Chinese demand, analysts said.
Thu, 13 Oct 2005
Workers demand 100 percent rise
Workers demand 100 percent rise BANDUNG: Hundreds of workers from the West Java Nusantara Workers Union staged a noisy protest at Bandung's City Hall and provincial council building on Wednesday, demanding a 100 percent rise in minimum wages.
Thu, 13 Oct 2005
Zoo short of visitors
Zoo short of visitorsTarko Sudiarno, The Jakarta Post, YogyakartaReports of bird flu in the country have been blamed for the declining number of visitors to Gembiraloka Zoo in Yogyakarta over the last two weeks."We have had to dip into our savings to cover the operational costs.
Thu, 13 Oct 2005
Where to go in Yogyakarta: Friday, October 14, 2005
Where to go in Yogyakarta: Friday, October 14, 2005 Exhibitions* Fine Arts, Mata Panggung: Seni Rupa dan Teater at Taman Budaya Yogyakarta, Jl. Sriwedari No. 1 (Tel. 0274 561914), 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., until Oct. 18. Organized by Goethe-Institut Jakarta and Teater Garasi (Jl.
Thu, 13 Oct 2005
TV Today: Friday, October 14, 2005
TV Today: Friday, October 14, 2005 .TB.30" .90"TVRI .tb .30" .90" 5:00 a.m. Koran Recital6:00 News: Berita Pagi7:00 Channel Dangdut7:30 Talk Show: Kiat Sehat9:30 Psychology10:30 Religious Teachings11:00 News: Berita Nusantara1:00 p.m.
Thu, 13 Oct 2005
NISP hopes to rake in Rp 600b
NISP hopes to rake in Rp 600bThe Jakarta Post, JakartaPublicly listed Bank NISP, a medium-sized lender, expects to raise Rp 600 billion (US$60 million) in funds from a rights issue later this year, to strengthen its capital in relation with its aim to become a national bank within five years.
Thu, 13 Oct 2005
KPU member could face life sentence for graft
KPU member could face life sentence for graftTb. Arie Rukmantara, The Jakarta Post, JakartaThe corruption trial of former General Elections Commission (KPU) member Rusadi Kantaprawira began on Wednesday, with the court hearing that the defendant used his position in charge of procuring ink for last...
Thu, 13 Oct 2005
Students warned over final exams
Students warned over final exams JAKARTA: Beginning next year, the government may no longer administer makeup tests for students who fail the national final exam, a minister says.Minister of National Education Bambang Sudibyo said on Wednesday the proposal came from the National Education...
Thu, 13 Oct 2005
JP/1/BALI
JP/1/BALIBalinese protesters storm prisonI Wayan Juniartha The Jakarta Post/DenpasarFrustrated with the sluggish progress in the implementation of the death sentence for three of the 2002 Bali bombers, hundreds of angry Balinese protesters stormed and vandalized a prison on Wednesday where several...
Thu, 13 Oct 2005
Onyx craftsmanship on 'sunlight' island
Onyx craftsmanship on 'sunlight' islandIndra Harsaputra, The Jakarta Post, Bawean, East JavaBawean island lies about 70 kilometers off the north coast of East Java province. It takes its name from a sanskrit phrase that means "there is sunlight".
Thu, 13 Oct 2005
RI Stocks fall on bad-loan concern
RI Stocks fall on bad-loan concernNaila Firdausi, Bloomberg/JakartaIndonesian stocks fell for the first day in three. PT Bank Rakyat Indonesia (BRI) and PT Bank Mandiri led declines on a report the nation's lenders face rising non performing loans because of higher interest rates.
Thu, 13 Oct 2005
SBY gets 'C' in communication skills
SBY gets 'C' in communication skillsTb. Arie Rukmantara, The Jakarta Post, JakartaAfter a year in power, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono seems unable to improve his political communication skills so as to sustain his popularity, some experts say.
Thu, 13 Oct 2005
Air Force chopper goes missing
Air Force chopper goes missingNethy Dharma Somba, The Jakarta Post, JayapuraAn Air Force helicopter went missing on Wednesday near Jayapura in Papua, adding further to the long list of military aviation accidents in the country.
Thu, 13 Oct 2005
AIDS agency turns to massage for income, employment opportunity
AIDS agency turns to massage for income, employment opportunityI Wayan Juniartha, The Jakarta Post, DenpasarA strained neck did not prevent Dudy Rohadi, the coordinator of Matahati's After Care Program, from personally directing his staff to clean and spruce up the three-story building on that...