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Tue, 05 Oct 2004
I. Trade
I. Trade Taiwan exports to Indonesia (2003):1.52 USD billion Taiwan Imports from Indonesia (2003):2.92 USD billion Total Trade volume (2003):4.44 USD billion (up 9.5%) Trade Surplus for Indonesia (2003):1.14 USD billion (up 25.
Tue, 05 Oct 2004
;AFP;CD
;AFP;CD ANPAf..r.. Brief-CNAC-airline Air China takes majority stake in Hong Kong-listed CNAC JP/HONGKONG Air China gets top stake in CNAC HONG KONG: China's flagship carrier Air China has been handed a controlling stake in Hong Kong-listed aviation services company China National Aviation Co Ltd...
Tue, 05 Oct 2004
New RI social security law: A blessing or curse for workers?
New RI social security law: A blessing or curse for workers?Alex Arifianto, Jakarta On Sept. 28, 2004, the House of Representatives (DPR) endorsed the bill on the National Social Security System (popularly called the RUU SJSN).
Tue, 05 Oct 2004
To protect and serve?
To protect and serve? On Wednesday, Sept. 29, as we rode our Vespa in the Blok M area at around 6 p.m., we were stopped by a policeman who said we were traveling in the wrong lane (though we later discovered we were not in violation of any traffic rules).
Tue, 05 Oct 2004
Dumai mayor named suspect in logging scam
Dumai mayor named suspect in logging scamPuji Santoso, The Jakarta Post, PekanbaruWan Syamsir Yus, the mayor of Dumai municipality in Riau province, has been named a suspect in a graft case for permitting logging in a protected forest, prosecutors said on Monday.
Tue, 05 Oct 2004
Golkar considers withdrawing from race for MPR leadership
Golkar considers withdrawing from race for MPR leadershipKurniawan Hari and Fabiola Desy Unidjaja, The Jakarta Post, JakartaThe Golkar Party is considering withdrawing from the race for the deputy People's Consultative Assembly speaker's post in an attempt to boost the chances of Sutjipto of the...
Tue, 05 Oct 2004
Asian nations told to protect waterways
Asian nations told to protect waterwaysAsian countries still needed to improve security in some of the world's busiest commercial waterways amid increased fears of piracy and maritime terrorism, a conference heard in Kuala Lumpur on Monday.
Tue, 05 Oct 2004
Suspected pirates attack S'pore boats
Suspected pirates attack S'pore boatsMALAYSIA: Heavily-armed pirates have attacked two Singapore- registered tugs in Indonesian waters of the Malacca Strait and kidnapped four crew, a maritime official said on Monday.
Tue, 05 Oct 2004
KPC receives largest loan since 1997 economic crisis
KPC receives largest loan since 1997 economic crisisJohannes Simbolon, Jakarta Post, Singapore Giant coal producer PT Kaltim Prima Coal has secured a US$385 million loan from a bank syndicate to refinance its debt, marking the revival of the foreign financial institutions's trust in local companies.
Tue, 05 Oct 2004
Picking our own leaders
Picking our own leaders First implemented by the government of Abdurrahman Wahid in 2001, the law on regional autonomy (Law No. 22/1999) has been revised by the outgoing members of the House of Representatives.
Tue, 05 Oct 2004
Zurman next chair of Jambi council
Zurman next chair of Jambi council JAMBI, Jambi: Zurman Manaf of the Golkar Party was elected chairman of the Jambi provincial council on Monday, garnering 30 out of total 44 votes in the provincial council.
Tue, 05 Oct 2004
Pulp firms offer scholarship to locals
Pulp firms offer scholarship to localsRidwan Max Sijabat, The Jakarta Post, JakartaRony Gustam Kalfarisi, a 19-year-old talented but poor student of the prestigious Pelita Harapan University in Jakarta, feels proud of his success in winning a scholarship to take up undergraduate studies in physics...
Tue, 05 Oct 2004
Culture, fun mix on youth ship
Culture, fun mix on youth shipLeony Aurora , The Jakarta Post, JakartaA free 44-day trip on a 110-meter cruise ship -- complete with a pool, a spa, a hairdresser, plush cabins and pocket money -- to six Asian countries is, by any account, extraordinary.
Tue, 05 Oct 2004
2 x 19
2 x 19 Five die as mentally ill man runs amok 2 x 27 Restraining mental patients worsens problems: Doctor JP/5/mayor2 x 25 Dumai mayor named suspect in logging scam JP/5/FLU1 x 30 Breeders get free bird flu vaccine JP/5/bias1 x 27 Mayor faces poll bias trial
Tue, 05 Oct 2004
IT'S 'DR' SBY
IT'S 'DR' SBYThe Jakarta Post, JakartaIt is now official. Retired Army general Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono was declared on Monday winner of the election runoff, making him the country's first president to be directly elected since Indonesia proclaimed its independence in 1945.
Tue, 05 Oct 2004
San Miguel may bid for Del Monte Pacific
San Miguel may bid for Del Monte Pacific San Miguel Corp., the largest Philippine food and beverage company, may bid for 40 percent of Del Monte Pacific Ltd., a stake with a market value of about S$290 million (US$172 million).
Tue, 05 Oct 2004
Lee kickstart ASEAN tour with Brunei meeting
Lee kickstart ASEAN tour with Brunei meetingAgencies, SingaporeNewly installed Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong had a friendly meeting with Brunei's Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah on Monday as he began a tour of Southeast Asia to officially introduce himself to his regional counterparts.
Tue, 05 Oct 2004
Residents take law into own hands
Residents take law into own hands BOGOR: Several community groups in Bogor came together on Saturday to establish a movement to eradicate prostitution, gambling and substance abuse.The Anti-Prostitution, Gambling and Drugs Group (Mappan)'s coordinator, M.
Tue, 05 Oct 2004
Iraqi militant group frees Indonesian hostages
Iraqi militant group frees Indonesian hostagesThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta, Malang/BanyuwangiAn Iraqi militant group has released two Indonesian women hostages who were handed over on Monday to the United Arab Emirates' embassy in Baghdad, Abu Dhabi Television reported.
Tue, 05 Oct 2004
Govt collects Rp 157t in tax revenue
Govt collects Rp 157t in tax revenueThe Jakarta Post, JakartaThe government said it had collected some Rp 157 trillion (US$17.25 billion) in tax revenue as of the end of September, or 66 percent of the full-year target."The figure is 113.
Tue, 05 Oct 2004
Five die as mentally ill man runs amok
Five die as mentally ill man runs amokRuslan Sangadji, The Jakarta Post, PaluA mentally ill man, who had been kept shackled by his family for a year until recently, fatally stabbed four people and wounded more than a dozen others on Sunday in Kalora subdistrict, some five kilometers west of Palu...
Tue, 05 Oct 2004
Air China gets top stake in CNAC
Air China gets top stake in CNAC HONG KONG: China's flagship carrier Air China has been handed a controlling stake in Hong Kong-listed aviation services company China National Aviation Co Ltd (CNAC), the airline said on Monday.
Tue, 05 Oct 2004
Calls increase for Bambang's release
Calls increase for Bambang's release BATAM, Riau Islands: Scores of print and television journalists protested on Monday outside the Batam District Court, calling for the Supreme Court to release Tempo Magazine chief editor Bambang Harymurti from all criminal defamation charges.
Tue, 05 Oct 2004
Cirebon mayor faces poll bias trial
Cirebon mayor faces poll bias trialNana Rukmana, The Jakarta Post, CirebonProsecutors pledged on Monday to complete the case file of the mayor of the West Java city of Cirebon, Subardi, in two weeks. He has been charged with illegally campaigning for the incumbent, President Megawati Soekarnoputri...
Tue, 05 Oct 2004
Indonesia hasn't decided on ConocoPhillips share for Aceh gas
Indonesia hasn't decided on ConocoPhillips share for Aceh gasSoraya Permatasari and Grace Nirang, Bloomberg/JakartaIndonesia has not decided whether to give ConocoPhillips, the third-biggest U.S. oil company, a bigger stake to develop a gas field in the northwestern province of Aceh, Indonesia's...
Tue, 05 Oct 2004
Students put RI on informatics map
Students put RI on informatics mapDewi Santoso, The Jakarta Post, JakartaThree Indonesian students have proved brainpower can take you a long way -- to Athens, and medals at the International Computer Science Olympics.
Tue, 05 Oct 2004
Indonesia hasn't decided on ConocoPhillips share for Aceh gas
Indonesia hasn't decided on ConocoPhillips share for Aceh gas Soraya Permatasari and Grace Nirang Bloomberg/JakartaIndonesia has not decided whether to give ConocoPhillips, the third-biggest U.S. oil company, a bigger stake to develop a gas field in the northwestern province of Aceh, Indonesia's...
Tue, 05 Oct 2004
Most houses have no building permits
Most houses have no building permits TANGERANG: As many as 70 percent of residences in 26 districts of Tangerang regency do not have the required building permits, officials said on Monday.Head of the permits department at Tangerang Planning and Building Layout Agency, Mursan, revealed that only...
Tue, 05 Oct 2004
Hardest part of democracy: Creating beneficent state
Hardest part of democracy: Creating beneficent statePeter Milne, Jakarta Few can doubt the historic importance of the peaceful and democratic passing of executive power to Indonesia's first ever directly elected president later this month -- with the former general-turned-democrat, Susilo Bambang...
Tue, 05 Oct 2004
Legal certainty needed
Legal certainty needed From Koran Tempo Legal certainty is yet to be established in Indonesia, because money can still bend the law to serve certain interests. I'm very disappointed to hear that press freedom will again be curbed in Indonesia.
Tue, 05 Oct 2004
Kids tell adults: Don't mess up our future
Kids tell adults: Don't mess up our futureWarief Djajanto Basorie , Contributor, Jakarta"Don't turn our Earth into a garbage dump!" Yuichi Morimoto's simple plea resounds like a thunder clap.The 13-year-old Japanese boy is sending a clear and strong message to the world's grown-ups not to pass on a...
Tue, 05 Oct 2004
Indonesia Open bowling begins
Indonesia Open bowling begins JAKARTA: The Second Indonesia International Open Tenpin Bowling Championship began on Sunday at Jaya Ancol Bowling Alley with some 100 local and 125 foreign bowlers participating in the event.
Tue, 05 Oct 2004
Philippines cracks whip on state-run 'white elephants'
Philippines cracks whip on state-run 'white elephants'Agence France-Presse/ManilaGovernment-run corporations blamed for contributing to a looming fiscal crisis in the Philippines should reverse huge losses or risk being abolished or privatized, President Gloria Arroyo's spokesman said on Monday.
Tue, 05 Oct 2004
Malaysia posts strong surplus
Malaysia posts strong surplusKUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia in August chalked up its 82nd consecutive trade surplus and its highest since December 1999 with a total of 8.06 billion ringgit (US$2.12 billion), the trade ministry said on Monday.The August outcome was up 9.5 percent from 7.
Tue, 05 Oct 2004
30th September 2004
30th September 2004 ;JP; ANPAk..r..The hardest part of democracy: Creating a beneficent state JP/6/MILNE Hardest part of democracy: Creating beneficent state 2. Alex 2x 30 New RI social security law: A blessing or curse for workers?
Tue, 05 Oct 2004
Police urged to continue probe on malpractice cases
Police urged to continue probe on malpractice casesEvi Mariani, The Jakarta Post, JakartaEighteen families grouped under the Community of Victims of the Health System came to the Jakarta Police Headquarters and National Police on Monday, calling on the police to conduct a serious investigation into...
Tue, 05 Oct 2004
Susilo's hurdles
Susilo's hurdles It is part of the irony of Indonesia's recent history that even at this hour of overwhelming electoral triumph, the nation's new president-elect, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, must be ready to handle the obstructions that are certain to occur during his five-year term, which will...
Tue, 05 Oct 2004
SE Asia intensifies antidrug campaigns
SE Asia intensifies antidrug campaignsSoutheast Asian officials met on Monday to intensify their fight against drug trafficking and abuse while a Singaporean minister said that efforts so far have put the brakes on rising rates of amphetamine abuse in the region.
Mon, 04 Oct 2004
PLN meter readings 'often incorrect'
PLN meter readings 'often incorrect'Leony Aurora, The Jakarta Post, JakartaState-owned power company PT PLN has acknowledged that electricity meter readings are often incorrect and give rise to unreasonable bills.
Mon, 04 Oct 2004
Bogor regency gets new bus terminal
Bogor regency gets new bus terminal BOGOR: After a long dispute with the municipality administration over its location, Bogor regent Agus Utara Effendi eventually inaugurated a new bus terminal in Laladon, Ciomas district, on Friday, Antara reported on Saturday.
Mon, 04 Oct 2004
Police punished for assault
Police punished for assaultKUPANG, East Nusa Tenggara: A police tribunal has disciplined four policemen for assaulting four students in Kupang, the capital of East Nusa Tenggara province.Kupang Police chief Adj. Sr. Comr.
Mon, 04 Oct 2004
Vegetable gardens float in Yoboi village
Vegetable gardens float in Yoboi villageNethy Dharma Somba, The Jakarta Post, JayapuraDon't be discouraged, even if your garden is a swamp -- literally -- you can still grow vegetables.Floating vegetable gardens are not an unusual sight for the women of Yoboi village, Sentani, which is located in...
Mon, 04 Oct 2004
Thousands of Jakartans march for tourism promo
Thousands of Jakartans march for tourism promoUrip Hudiono, The Jakarta Post, JakartaAbout 7,000 Jakartans gathered in front of City Hall on Jl. Medan Merdeka Selatan, Central Jakarta, on Sunday at around 6:30 a.m.
Mon, 04 Oct 2004
Aldabra giant tortoises in Yogya
Aldabra giant tortoises in Yogya Three years ago, Yogyakarta's Gembira Loka zoological gardens acquired a pair of giant tortoises from the Indian Ocean island of Aldabra, Seychelles, though the male of the rare animals is ailing.
Mon, 04 Oct 2004
Clubbers nabbed in police raids
Clubbers nabbed in police raids JAKARTA: Fifteen people were arrested for suspected drug use during raids on two night spots by the officers from the West Jakarta Police and the West Jakarta Tourism Office on Saturday night.Liputan6.
Mon, 04 Oct 2004
Aprindo sees positive impact of foreign retailers
Aprindo sees positive impact of foreign retailersZakki P. Hakim The Jakarta Post/JakartaThe expansion of global retailers into the country is positive, as it will force local players to up their game to compete, industry associations say.
Mon, 04 Oct 2004
Checked
Checked Sulawesi Expo 2004Sulawesi Regional Development Cooperation Board (BKPRS) in cooperation with the Ministry of Culture and Tourism and event organizer PT Wahyu Promocitra will hold a trade and investment exhibition at the Semanggi Expo hall in the Sudirman Central Business District in...
Mon, 04 Oct 2004
Jayapura still short of gasoline
Jayapura still short of gasolineJAYAPURA, Papua: Cars and motorcycles could be seen forming long lines at gas stations in Jayapura on Saturday, despite reports that several tankers belonging to state oil and gas company PT Pertamina had entered the city on the same day.
Mon, 04 Oct 2004
Susilo urged to build good ties with DPR
Susilo urged to build good ties with DPRKurniawan Hari, The Jakarta Post, JakartaPresident-in-waiting Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono must build a good rapport with politicians in the House of Representatives (DPR) if he wishes to avoid conflicts that could stymie his programs, analysts say.
Mon, 04 Oct 2004
Sumatra lowland forest shrinking dramatically
Sumatra lowland forest shrinking dramaticallyJon Afrizal, The Jakarta Post, JambiIllegal logging and forest fires have been blamed for the rapid destruction of lowland forest on Sumatra island over the past few years, an environmental activist said on Saturday.