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Fri, 28 Oct 2005
Is Indonesia ready
Is Indonesia ready for single currency?Wouldn't life be much easier if the prices of basic necessities were the same as before the monetary crisis? Wouldn't it be nice to have money in the bank for unexpected expenses like healthcare? These things would all be possible if Indonesia had sound...
Fri, 28 Oct 2005
Tsunami survivors feel forgotten
Tsunami survivors feel forgottenRidwan Max Sijabat The Jakarta Post/JakartaTen months after the devastating tsunami that claimed more than 210,000 human lives and displaced hundreds of thousands of others last December, the public living in Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam is still in trouble.
Fri, 28 Oct 2005
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Political courage needed to fight terrorism Ridarson Galingging Jakarta2. State -- It's a dog's life sans freedom 2 x 30 China's robust economic growth: It's a dog's life sans freedom N.D. Batra The Statesman Asia News Network/Calcutta3.
Fri, 28 Oct 2005
SBY calls for unity in energy crisis
SBY calls for unity in energy crisisThe Jakarta Post, JakartaPresident Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono invited leading political and public figures to the State Palace on Thursday for prayers with a message, to forge a united front to face the current energy crisis.
Fri, 28 Oct 2005
H. Widayat Museum appoints strong management team
H. Widayat Museum appoints strong management teamSri Wahyuni, The Jakarta Post, MagelangMuseums, especially here in Indonesia, are often dusty and neglected.They also lack funding, are sometimes mismanaged and their collections are often badly displayed, regardless of their intrinsic value.
Fri, 28 Oct 2005
checked -- JSR
checked -- JSR World voyagers find Indonesia the toughest challengeEvi Mariani The Jakarta Post/JakartaBriton Jason Lewis, 38, has been bicycling, rollerblading, boat- pedaling and paddling canoes intermittently for the last 11 years during his human-powered, round-the-world expedition.
Fri, 28 Oct 2005
Authorities can't find runway lamps
Authorities can't find runway lampsMulta Fidrus, The Jakarta Post, TangerangWhile airport runway lights are crucial to passenger safety, it has taken about three weeks for the authorities at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport to discover that some 160 bulbs from the Terminal I runway had been...
Fri, 28 Oct 2005
Indonesia seeks Hungarian vaccine
Indonesia seeks Hungarian vaccineIndonesia is interested in producing a Hungarian prototype human bird flu vaccine amid fears of outbreaks of the deadly virus in dozens of countries.Minister of Foreign Affairs Hassan Wirayuda said here on Thursday that Indonesia was exploring the possibility of...
Fri, 28 Oct 2005
1. PROBO: 4 X 10
1. PROBO: 4 X 10 Antigraft team raids Supreme Court 2. BUDGET: 1 X 36 Higher spending added to budget draft 3. SCHIPOL: 1 X 45 Dutch prison fire kills 11 illegal immigrants 4. ISMOKO: 1 X 32 Gen. Ismoko arrested for BNI bribery 5. CUTLINE: 1 X 38 Tsunami victims protest land demarcation
Fri, 28 Oct 2005
People-profile-FujiAgus
People-profile-FujiAgusJP/20/FUJILamenting lack of govt support for innovatorsYuli Tri Suwarni The Jakarta Post/BandungThe increase in the price of kerosene on Oct. 1 has been a boon for K. Fuji Agus. The price, almost double what it was previously, has forced housewives, restaurants and food...
Fri, 28 Oct 2005
SBY's 1.8 million hectare disaster?
SBY's 1.8 million hectare disaster? We all remember Soeharto's disastrous 1 million hectare sawah (rice field) project in Central Kalimantan, the consequences of which still affect the province.Will President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY) attach his name to an even bigger ecological, sociological,...
Fri, 28 Oct 2005
Govt launches emission reductions commission
Govt launches emission reductions commissionTb. Arie Rukmantara, The Jakarta Post, JakartaThe government launched on Thursday the National Commission on the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), a new national authority that will promote projects to help reduce the nation's air pollution and its...
Fri, 28 Oct 2005
Hassan to attend South Summit Dialog
Hassan to attend South Summit Dialog JAKARTA: Indonesia says it is confident that it will get the support of the Pacific countries for its territorial jurisdiction over Papua province during the South Summit Dialog at the 36th Pacific Island Forum in Papua New Guinea later this week.
Fri, 28 Oct 2005
Development causing Lampung hills to shrink
Development causing Lampung hills to shrinkOyos Saroso H.N. The Jakarta Post/BandarlampungApart from its magnificent beaches and bays, in the past Bandarlampung city was also known for its hills.But not any more.
Fri, 28 Oct 2005
100 members of Palu sect surrender to police
100 members of Palu sect surrender to policeRuslan Sangadji, The Jakarta Post, PaluAbout 100 followers of a shadowy sect surrendered to police on Thursday as heavily armed officers combed their neighborhoods in a mountainous Palu area in search of the sect leader, called Mahdi.
Fri, 28 Oct 2005
"Build it and they will come" said the character that Kevin
"Build it and they will come" said the character that Kevin Costner played in the 1989 movie Field of Dreams, a quote which also seems to be the byword for the management of PT Grand Indonesia, which is constructing a 7-hectare hotel-apartment- shopping mall-office complex in the city center.
Fri, 28 Oct 2005
Water pollution
Water pollution One of the critical problems in Indonesia is water pollution. It has become a big issue since all people rely on water. Hopefully, we can find a way to solve this problem.Every action has consequences.
Fri, 28 Oct 2005
Emergency aid for holidaymakers
Emergency aid for holidaymakers JAKARTA: State-owned insurance company PT Jamsostek and publicly listed pharmaceutical company PT Kimia Farma have set up integrated medical posts in 42 cities and towns across Java and Sumatra to provide emergency aid for holidaymakers.
Fri, 28 Oct 2005
Shopping malls quiet ahead of Idul Fitri holiday
Shopping malls quiet ahead of Idul Fitri holidayMulta Fidrus, The Jakarta Post, TangerangOne week before the Idul Fitri holiday, shopping centers in Tangerang appear to be unusually quiet for the time of year.
Fri, 28 Oct 2005
Mercedes C- and E-Class come with more powerful power trains
Mercedes C- and E-Class come with more powerful power trainsNovan Iman Santosa, The Jakarta Post, Sentul, West JavaWith higher fuel prices, many motorists are looking for cars with better fuel efficiency while at the some time expecting the same level of performance or even better.
Fri, 28 Oct 2005
Cats, dogs rain on pet care center
Cats, dogs rain on pet care centerSuherdjoko, The Jakarta Post, SemarangAs pet owners leave for their hometowns or go on holiday over Idul Fitri, business has gone barking mad at the Griya Satwa Lestari pet care center and clinic in the Central Java town of Semarang.
Fri, 28 Oct 2005
TV Today: Saturday, October 29, 2005
TV Today: Saturday, October 29, 2005 TVRI .tb .30" .90" 5:00 a.m. Koran Recital6:00 News: Berita Pagi7:30 Religious Teachings8:00 Talk Show: Hembing8:30 Bugar10:30 Children Drama11:00 News: Berita Nusantara11:30 Oto Screen12:00 Sports1:00 p.m.
Fri, 28 Oct 2005
1. Madi ----- 1x40
1. Madi ----- 1x40 100 members of Palu sect surrender to police 2. BRR ------ 2x22 Lack of coordination slows Aceh rebuilding: Study 3. Security - 2x16 Police turn to people to counter terrorism 4. Aceh ----- 1x26 Naming GAM rebels 'won't endanger them'
Fri, 28 Oct 2005
Hughes intends to convey critical remarks from Asia trip to
Hughes intends to convey critical remarks from Asia trip to President BushAudrey McAvoy Associated Press/HonoluluThe Bush administration's international public relations chief said she will report back to President George W.
Fri, 28 Oct 2005
Anthropologists uncover jawbone of another ancient "Hobbit" on Indonesian island
Anthropologists uncover jawbone of another ancient "Hobbit" on Indonesian islandJoseph B. Verrengia, Associated Press/DenverScientists digging in a remote Indonesian cave have uncovered a jaw bone that they say adds more evidence that a tiny prehistoric Hobbit-like species once existed.
Fri, 28 Oct 2005
Development causing Lampung hills to shrink
Development causing Lampung hills to shrinkOyos Saroso H.N., The Jakarta Post, BandarlampungApart from its magnificent beaches and bays, in the past Bandarlampung city was also known for its hills.But not any more.
Fri, 28 Oct 2005
U.S. issues fresh warning on Indonesian security
U.S. issues fresh warning on Indonesian securityJerry Norton, Reuters/JakartaThe United States has issued a fresh warning to Americans to avoid non-essential travel to Indonesia, calling bombings that killed 23 people in Bali on Oct. 1 "a reminder that terrorists remain active".
Fri, 28 Oct 2005
Since the beginning, the nation has been fragile
Since the beginning, the nation has been fragileJ. Soedjati Djiwandono, Jakarta "What experience and history teach is this -- that people and governments never have learned anything from history, or acted on principles deduced from it" (Georg Wilhelm Hegel, quoted in G.B.
Fri, 28 Oct 2005
Supreme Court
Supreme Court trading RI women? We refer to the news item Want to marry RI woman? Pay Rp 500m in deposit (The Jakarta Post, Oct. 10, page 2).We are outraged and disturbed when reading the subject article.
Fri, 28 Oct 2005
Krivec takes Jababeka women's chess tourney, Irene finishes third
Krivec takes Jababeka women's chess tourney, Irene finishes thirdMusthofid, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta WIM Jana Krivec of Slovenia came out on top over Georgian veteran WGM Nana Alexandria to win the Jababeka Women's International Chess Tournament on Thursday.
Fri, 28 Oct 2005
Inquisition in Indonesia
Inquisition in Indonesia Civilians rampaging like wild elephants in the jungle, trampling on the rights of the people; making kangaroo court judgments on what people can think or say or do; condemning the populace if they don't conform to narrow self-righteous mind think; issuing dictums, or fatwas...
Fri, 28 Oct 2005
Semen Gresik almost doubles net profit on high sales
Semen Gresik almost doubles net profit on high salesThe Jakarta Post, JakartaHigher sales and production have helped Indonesia's largest cement producer, PT Semen Gresik (SG), to a 91 percent increase within the first nine months of the year in its unaudited financial report.
Fri, 28 Oct 2005
Integrated post set up for travellers
Integrated post set up for travellersDENPASAR, Bali: Anticipating a huge number of holiday travellers, Denpasar transportation office established on Thursday an integrated post to provide services for them.
Fri, 28 Oct 2005
Since the Youth Pledge of 1928, the nation has remained fragile
Since the Youth Pledge of 1928, the nation has remained fragile JP/3/INSIGHTSince the Youth Pledge of 1928, the nation has remained fragileJ. Soedjati Djiwandono Jakarta "What experience and history teach is this -- that people and governments never have learned anything from history, or acted on...
Fri, 28 Oct 2005
Wildlife groups urge unified force to save Borneo's orangutans
Wildlife groups urge unified force to save Borneo's orangutans Sebastien Blanc Agence France Presse/Pontianak Leading environmental and wildlife agencies called Friday for a united effort to protect the habitats of Borneo's orangutans whose survival is threatened by mass deforestation.
Fri, 28 Oct 2005
SBY's 1.8 million hectare disaster?
SBY's 1.8 million hectare disaster? We all remember Soeharto's disastrous 1 million hectare sawah (rice field) project in Central Kalimantan, the consequences of which still affect the province.Will President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY) attach his name to an even bigger ecological, sociological,...
Fri, 28 Oct 2005
Jakarta braces for annual floods
Jakarta braces for annual floodsDamar Harsanto, The Jakarta Post, JakartaAs part of an early warning system, telemetric devices have been installed at monitoring posts along the Ciliwung and Cisadane rivers, but officials still warned on Thursday that little could be done to prevent floods in the...
Fri, 28 Oct 2005
U.S. issues new warning on Indonesian security
U.S. issues new warning on Indonesian securityAgencies JakartaThe United States has issued a fresh warning to Americans to avoid non-essential travel to Indonesia, calling bombs that killed 23 people in Bali on Oct. 1 "a reminder that terrorists remain active".
Fri, 28 Oct 2005
Govt eyes Rp 20t from state firms
Govt eyes Rp 20t from state firmsRendi A. Witular, The Jakarta Post, JakartaThe government is optimistic that it will be able to raise proceeds from state enterprises by close to double the amount it collected this year, on the back of higher economic growth and operational restructuring.
Fri, 28 Oct 2005
Hughes intends to report criticism to Bush
Hughes intends to report criticism to BushAudrey McAvoy, Associated Press/HonoluluThe Bush administration's international public relations chief said she will report back to President George W. Bush on the critical remarks she heard in Indonesia and Malaysia about the United States and its invasion...
Fri, 28 Oct 2005
Forgive convicted Australians
Forgive convicted Australians Indonesia should have mercy on the nine Australians arrested for attempting to traffic heroin from Bali to Australia.These young people have made a mistake in their lives and now they face the consequences of their deed. However, these young lives should be spared.
Fri, 28 Oct 2005
~ [b]Coal brings unique health problems because of a tendency to
~ Coal brings unique health problems because of a tendency to contain sulfur, mercury, arsenic, selenium and fluoride contaminants. ;JP;ANPAk..r.. JP/7/IGOR3 Igor O'Neill Jakarta Vice President Jusuf Kalla on Oct.
Fri, 28 Oct 2005
Jakarta braces for annual floods
Jakarta braces for annual floodsDamar Harsanto The Jakarta Post/JakartaAs part of an early warning system, telemetric devices have been installed at monitoring posts along the Ciliwung and Cisadane rivers, but officials still warned on Thursday that little could be done to prevent floods in the...
Fri, 28 Oct 2005
Women's tennis team gets challenger tryout
Women's tennis team gets challenger tryout JAKARTA: National women's tennis players will play an international challenger tournament here as a final tryout before next month's Southeast Asian (SEA) Games.
Fri, 28 Oct 2005
CITY CIRCLE
CITY CIRCLE ;JP;CD; ANPAv..r.. Photo-Binus-students Photo caption JP/Photo caption A Courtesy Bina Nusantara SchoolIn time for the Idul Fitri celebrations, children from the Bina Nusantara (Binus) elementary school present food parcels to students from Grogol Selatan State Elementary School 12,...
Fri, 28 Oct 2005
checked -- JSR
checked -- JSR World voyagers find Indonesia the toughest challengeEvi Mariani The Jakarta Post/JakartaBriton Jason Lewis, 38, has been bicycling, rollerblading, boat- pedaling and paddling canoes intermittently for the last 11 years during his human-powered, round-the-world expedition.
Fri, 28 Oct 2005
JP/3/head
JP/3/head 1. INSIGHT -- 48 pts 7 cols 1line (1x42) Since the beginning, the nation has been fragile 2. BASEBALL: 1 X 30 White Sox sweep World Series 3. SBY: 1 X 30 SBY calls for unity in energy crisis 4. GERALD: 2 X 20 Final bombing victim buried in home town 5.
Fri, 28 Oct 2005
House approves higher proposed spending
House approves higher proposed spendingUrip Hudiono, The Jakarta Post, JakartaThe House of Representative's Budget Committee finally approved on Thursday the basic assumptions for the 2006 state budget, accommodating the government's last-minute proposal of higher spending to stimulate economic...
Fri, 28 Oct 2005
Bali port to get security gate
Bali port to get security gate DENPASAR, Bali: Police have said they would install a security gate at Gilimanuk Port on the resort island of Bali to prevent explosives or dangerous materials from entering the province, which has twice been attacked by terrorists.
Thu, 27 Oct 2005
Susilo expresses shock at news of budget increase
Susilo expresses shock at news of budget increaseMuninggar Sri Saraswati, The Jakarta Post, JakartaPresident Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono was "very shocked" after reading news about the government's plan to raise the budget allocation for his presidential office by 57 percent next year -- this despite...