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Mon, 03 Oct 2005
RI to cut import duties on sugar
RI to cut import duties on sugarAloysius Unditu and Arijit Ghosh, Bloomberg, JakartaIndonesia, the world's third-largest sugar importer, will cut the import tariff on the sweetener by as much as 54 percent to lower costs for poor Indonesians after kerosene prices were tripled.
Mon, 03 Oct 2005
Korean citizen robbed
Korean citizen robbedThe Jakarta Post, JakartaSouth Korean Nam Ho In, 40, was found lying unconscious and injured near a vacant house in Kampung Curug, Sawangan, Depok, early on Saturday.According to information from the man's maid, police believe that Nam was robbed while taking a taxi to his home...
Mon, 03 Oct 2005
How political parties selected their legislators in 2004
How political parties selected their legislators in 2004 electionsHarry Bhaskara The Jakarta Post/Jakarta Rather than "ladies and gentlemen", a provincial candidate for the House of Representatives once addressed an audience "Bapak dua dan ibu dua (father two and mother two).
Mon, 03 Oct 2005
Ryamizard's biography launched
Ryamizard's biography launched JAKARTA: A biography of former Army chief Gen. Ryamizard Ryacudu was launched on Saturday, albeit without his presence.Titled In the Footsteps of Gadjah Mada, the 166-page book, written by noted Singaporean political expert Bilveer Singh, compared Ryamizard with...
Mon, 03 Oct 2005
Bali bombings will help slow growth: Minister
Bali bombings will help slow growth: MinisterThe Jakarta Post, JakartaThe economy -- already facing inflationary pressures from soaring oil prices -- may be further hurt by the latest bombings in Bali, according to a minister, who predicts they could cut 0.3 percent off national growth.
Mon, 03 Oct 2005
Two Germans injured in Bali blasts
Two Germans injured in Bali blastsGERMANY: Two Germans suffered slight injuries in the Bali blasts, the German Foreign Office in Berlin said on Sunday.A spokeswoman said there was no information to suggest any Germans were among the dead.
Mon, 03 Oct 2005
Dark side of the moon on the Island of Gods
Dark side of the moon on the Island of GodsI Wayan Juniartha, The Jakarta Post, Kuta, BaliOn that Saturday night, everything was hauntingly familiar and eerily strange at the same time.The smoldering buildings, mangled bodies and howling sirens evoked the chilling memory of another dark night three...
Mon, 03 Oct 2005
Car free campaign gets cold reception
Car free campaign gets cold receptionThe Jakarta Post, JakartaHeld the day after the government raised fuel prices by an average of 126 percent, the antipollution Car Free Day campaign failed to attract much attention on Sunday.
Mon, 03 Oct 2005
S'pore PM to meet Susilo in Bali
S'pore PM to meet Susilo in BaliSINGAPORE: Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said on Sunday he would go ahead with a meeting in Bali with Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono despite the deadly weekend attack on the resort island.
Mon, 03 Oct 2005
No. Dead Nationality
No. Dead Nationality1. Dharmawan Indonesia 2. Mien Dharmawan Indonesia 3. Ratih Jayanti Indonesia 4. Kojarwati Indonesia 5. Wayan Sudika Indonesia 6. Yuni Trisnawati Indonesia 7. Veny Indonesia 8. Ely Sunarto Indonesia 9. Teuku Dafansyah Indonesia 10. Erwin Sindhu Indonesia 11. Rita Indonesia 12.
Mon, 03 Oct 2005
Online journal covers Indonesia's telecommunications development
Online journal covers Indonesia's telecommunications developmentBoth Indonesian people and foreigners alike are unlikely to know that the world's largest archipelagic country was the first in the developing world to launch its own domestic satellite communications.
Mon, 03 Oct 2005
PM Lee to meet
PM Lee to meet Susilo in Bali (2x15)SINGAPORE: Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said on Sunday he will go ahead with a meeting in Bali with Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono despite the deadly weekend attack in the resort island.
Mon, 03 Oct 2005
Moderate Muslims 'need to balance' hard-liners
Moderate Muslims 'need to balance' hard-linersID Nugroho, The Jakarta Post, SurabayaA sociologist has warned that interreligious harmony in the country will be seriously impaired by religious radicalism if moderate Muslims do not strive to balance the beliefs of hard- liners.
Mon, 03 Oct 2005
1. Comment --- 1x40
1. Comment --- 1x40 Intolerance, hatred fertile soil for terrorism 2. Business -- 3x16 New bombings deal Bali tourism major blow: Businesses 3. Survivor -- 1x28 Death toll may rise, many missing 4. Flight ---- 1x36 Special flights laid on but some Aussies stay put
Mon, 03 Oct 2005
New bombings deal Bali tourism major blow: Businesses
New bombings deal Bali tourism major blow: BusinessesRita A.Widiadana, The Jakarta Post, DenpasarWith Bali's tourist industry still not fully recovered from the Oct. 12, 2002 bombs, the latest attacks have made businesspeople increasingly gloomy about the island's future.
Mon, 03 Oct 2005
Water company to start resource education
Water company to start resource education JAKARTA: To increase awareness about the importance of natural resources, the foreign partner of city water company PT Thames PAM Jaya (TPJ), will soon begin a water education program for elementary and junior high school students.
Mon, 03 Oct 2005
Graft probes make SOE chiefs nervous
Graft probes make SOE chiefs nervousThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta Intensive media coverage of the current crackdown on corruption in state institutions has created nervousness among many top executives of state-owned enterprises (SOEs) and regional administrations as they worry about becoming the next...
Mon, 03 Oct 2005
Indonesia's vital infrastructure drive stalls at first hurdle
Indonesia's vital infrastructure drive stalls at first hurdleDean Yates and Tomi Soetjipto, Reuters/JakartaAfter running errands for a Jakarta printing shop all day, Syamsul takes the evening train home.
Mon, 03 Oct 2005
City seeks govt help to take over land
City seeks govt help to take over land TANGERANG: The Tangerang administration is trying to get central government approval to take over land from 38 owners who are refusing to accept a compensation offer as part of the Ciputat overpass project.
Mon, 03 Oct 2005
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;JP;CD; ANPAv..r.. Photo- Photo caption Photo caption BCourtesy of PT Copylas IndonesiaSudjati Budi Susetyo (left), a researcher at the Bogor Botanical Gardens, hands over a rare seedling to Amir Abdul Rachman, president director of PT Copylas Indonesia.
Mon, 03 Oct 2005
Poor brace for impact of price hike
Poor brace for impact of price hikeDamar Harsanto and Anissa S. Febrina, The Jakarta Post, JakartaLast weekend was not a pleasant one for Robinson Sirait. "I am sorry to have to say this, but I ask for your understanding on the fare.
Mon, 03 Oct 2005
PKB splinter group elects Choirul Anam as chairman
PKB splinter group elects Choirul Anam as chairmanIndra Harsaputra, The Jakarta Post, SurabayaSaturday's Bali bombs meant Alwi Shihab's National Awakening Party (PKB) splinter national congress went on through the night, with Choirul Anam winning the faction's top executive job.
Mon, 03 Oct 2005
Travel survey shows fear of terror
Travel survey shows fear of terrorFear of terrorism and violence has increased significantly amid a widening gap between Islamic and non-Muslim countries, a global travel survey showed on Saturday.A total of 264 travel specialists from the Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) took part in the...
Mon, 03 Oct 2005
Islam's leaders condemns Bali blasts
Islam's leaders condemns Bali blastsThe Jakarta Post, JakartaStringent condemnations poured in on Sunday over the latest blasts that killed at least 26 people on the resort island of Bali, with Muslim leaders appealing to authorities to avoid hastily linking the attacks with Islam.
Mon, 03 Oct 2005
Terrorists among us
Terrorists among us It is hard to understand why anybody would want to kill and injure innocent people and complete strangers. But somebody must have derived a twisted pleasure in seeing people, their bodies and faces covered in blood, fleeing in fear from the scenes of the two bomb attacks in Bali...
Mon, 03 Oct 2005
1. ROUNDUP: 1 X 30
1. ROUNDUP: 1 X 30 2. BALI: 2 X 22 Another dark night in the Island of the Gods 3. REAX 1 X 27 World condemns Bali blasts
Mon, 03 Oct 2005
Bonds: Deserted measures in difficult times
Bonds: Deserted measures in difficult timesRiyadi Suparno, The Jakarta Post, JakartaThere were numerous important events that passed virtually unnoticed last week, overshadowed by news of fuel shortages and daily protests against the looming fuel price increases.
Mon, 03 Oct 2005
JP/7/NEW
JP/7/NEWAmy Chew, New Straits Times, Kuala Lumpur Armed with sticks and stones, hundreds of Indonesian Muslim extremists descended on the Ahmadiyah, a small peaceful Muslim group in Bogor, West Java, in July.
Mon, 03 Oct 2005
Fisheries industry up for $1b in investment
Fisheries industry up for $1b in investmentRendi A. Witular, The Jakarta Post, JakartaHoping to take advantage of Indonesia's vast, largely untapped maritime resources, investors from China, Thailand and the Philippines are currently filing with the government investment proposals worth a total of...
Mon, 03 Oct 2005
Singapore developer targets Indonesians
Singapore developer targets IndonesiansDamar Harsanto, The Jakarta Post, SingaporeThe fact that many Indonesians are eager to buy properties in Singapore has also prompted the country's largest private developer Far East Organization Pte Ltd to introduce its luxury apartments in Orchard Road.
Mon, 03 Oct 2005
OIC urges Muslim countries to support free trade area
OIC urges Muslim countries to support free trade areaAgence France-Presse, Kuala LumpurThe 57-member Organization of the Islamic Conference on Saturday urged Muslim nations and business leaders to support an Islamic free trade area, saying it was the way forward for economic progress.
Mon, 03 Oct 2005
Places of death for animals
Places of death for animals The bird markets of Jakarta, Surabaya and elsewhere in Indonesia are infamous throughout the world. Here, some of the world's most precious and endangered animals (the very heritage of the children of Indonesia) are sold in the open, despite the fact that they are...
Sun, 02 Oct 2005
Eat at mesmerizing Lara Djonggrang
Eat at mesmerizing Lara DjonggrangSusanna Tjokro, Contributor/Jakarta, s_tjokro@yahoo.com Lara Djonggrang, means "slender virgin", and is also a restaurant with an abundance of artwork scattered throughout.The first room, dominated by the blue color, is called China Blue.
Sun, 02 Oct 2005
World's writers, scholars to gather in Ubud
World's writers, scholars to gather in Ubud For the second time, the quiet and pristine village of Ubud, located some 30 kilometers north of Denpasar, will host writers, scholars, academicians, artists, journalists and publishers for the six-day Ubud Writers and Readers Festival (UWRF) 2005, from...
Sun, 02 Oct 2005
Paradise island hit again
Paradise island hit againThe Jakarta Post, Denpasar, Bali At least 23 people, including foreigners, were killed and 90 others injured when a fresh terror attack rocked Bali on Saturday, nearly three years after bombs hit the famous resort island.
Sun, 02 Oct 2005
JP/1/FUEL
JP/1/FUELFuel compensation disbursement begins as driver strike loomsThe Jakarta Post Bandung/Jambi/Ambon/Kupang/Batam/Yogyakarta/SurakartaThousands of public transportation drivers nationwide went on strike on Saturday as top government officials were deployed across the country to oversee the...
Sun, 02 Oct 2005
Khatulistiwa names winners
Khatulistiwa names winners The Khatulistiwa Literary Award (KLA) announced its winners in the prose and poetry categories for the 2004-2005 period: writer Seno Gumira Ajidarma and poet Joko Pinurbo.The awards were conferred on Friday evening in the atrium of Plaza Senayan, Central Jakarta, for...
Sun, 02 Oct 2005
Indonesian trends: From Pekalongan batik to African safari
Indonesian trends: From Pekalongan batik to African safariSyahmedi Dean, Contributor/Jakarta While the London Fashion Week was going on in Britain, Indonesia was hosting the Mercedes-Benz Indonesia Fashion Festival 2005, a fashion week that took place between Sept. 17 and Sept. 24, 2005.
Sun, 02 Oct 2005
Malaysia to be first regional 'Fear Factor' center
Malaysia to be first regional 'Fear Factor' center The daredevil reality television show Fear Factor has launched its first Asian production center in Malaysia, where episodes for its debut Asian version are being shot.
Sun, 02 Oct 2005
TV Program: Sunday, October 2, 2005
TV Program: Sunday, October 2, 2005.TB.30" .90"TVRI 5:00 a.m. Religious Teachings6:00 Morning News 7:00 Children Show9:00 Music: Delta10:00 Sports: Antar Gelanggang11:00 News: Berita Nusantara12:30 p.m.
Sun, 02 Oct 2005
JP/15/prog
JP/15/prog Select events of UWRF 2005 Oct. 6 8:30 a.m.-12 p.m. Jalan-jalan travel writing with Ryan Ver Berkmoes Travel writing workshop with Ver Berkmoes, seasoned travel writer of many guidebooks, including the Lonely Planet Guide to Bali and Lombok. (E)9 a.m.-12 p.m. Crime writing with J.C.
Sun, 02 Oct 2005
JP/5/Typ
JP/5/TypSpirit of ArtsTris Neddy Santo will display her paintings at the National Gallery in Gambir, Central Jakarta through Oct. 10.The Spirit of Arts 1970-2005 exhibition, which was opened on Friday by former Minister of Culture and Tourism I Gede Ardika, features paintings by Tris since she...
Sun, 02 Oct 2005
RI fishing boat seized in Australia
RI fishing boat seized in AustraliaAUSTRALIA: Australian officials said on Saturday they had seized an Indonesian boat and detained its crew following reports the fishermen had attempted to board an Australian vessel.
Sun, 02 Oct 2005
President condemns fresh attack on Bali
President condemns fresh attack on BaliRendi Witular, The Jakarta Post/Jakarta Stunned by deadly explosions in the resort island of Bali, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono immediately held a press conference on Saturday in which he condemned the blasts as terrorist attacks.
Sun, 02 Oct 2005
Gusmao gives courage to new nation
Gusmao gives courage to new nationRita A. Widiadana, The Jakarta Post/Ubud, Bali Ubud has always had a special place in the heart of Kirsty Sword Gusmao, a teacher-turned-first lady of the world's newest nation: Timor Leste.
Sun, 02 Oct 2005
JP/5/take
JP/5/takeOlive Tree offers different syrups During the fasting month of Ramadhan, the Olive Tree Restaurant at Nikko Hotel will offer a range of snacks and beverages for customers.There will also be Islamic decorations and religious music in the restaurant.
Sun, 02 Oct 2005
White Shoes rekindles that Seventies' spirit
White Shoes rekindles that Seventies' spiritTari Danawidjaja, Contributor/Jakarta If you have listened to the original soundtrack for Janji Joni, then you are definitely familiar with this band. Even those who have never heard the soundtrack would recognize their song in a soap commercial that...
Sun, 02 Oct 2005
Japan win cricket cup, RI finishes fifth
Japan win cricket cup, RI finishes fifth SYDNEY, Australia: Japan claimed their first ICC cricket title with a six-run victory over the Cook Islands in the final of the East Asia-Pacific (EAP) Cricket Cup tournament in Vanuatu, the ICC reported on Saturday.
Sun, 02 Oct 2005
Protest mars PKB splinter group's congress
Protest mars PKB splinter group's congressIndra Harsaputra, The Jakarta Post/Surabaya Protest marked the opening day of the national congress held by the National Awakening Party (PKB) faction under Alwi Shihab here on Saturday.
Sun, 02 Oct 2005
Meeting planners get new guidebook
Meeting planners get new guidebook Kurniawan Hari The Jakarta Post/Jakarta------------ Jakarta Meeting Planner's Guide 2005/2006 Chief Editor Indra Sukirno, PT Ventura Perdana Utama for the Jakarta Convention and Exhibition Bureau, September 2005, 216 pages --------------- Governor Sutiyoso was...