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Mon, 10 Nov 2003
Pay guards extra over holidays, police say
Pay guards extra over holidays, police sayDamar Harsanto, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta As about 2.11 million of 8.3 million residents of the capital will travel to their hometowns for the Idul Fitri holiday, city police have called on residents to empower local security guards in their neighborhoods...
Mon, 10 Nov 2003
Condition of lone survivor of Jakarta fire improving
Condition of lone survivor of Jakarta fire improvingDamar Harsanto, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The condition of Tabitha, the only survivor from Saturday's fatal fire that killed six others, was improving on Sunday, although she was still lying weakly on her bed in the burns unit at Pertamina...
Mon, 10 Nov 2003
2004 elections: Party without candidate, candidate sans party
2004 elections: Party without candidate, candidate sans partyMuhammad Qodari, Indonesian Survey Institute, (LSI), Jakarta, qodari@lsi.or.id In the 1999 elections it was widely believed that the number of votes won by the six largest parties had a high correlation to the popularity of its leaders.
Mon, 10 Nov 2003
Govt plans tax on cacao exports
Govt plans tax on cacao exportsJAKARTA: The government plans to impose a 2 percent to 3 percent export tax on cacao in a bid to prevent large-scale exports of the commodity, Minister of Trade and Industry Rini Soewandi said on Friday.
Mon, 10 Nov 2003
Polive have no permit for gas station
Polive have no permit for gas stationMulta Fidrus, The Jakarta Post, Tangerang An official with the Tangerang administration revealed that local police had failed to secure a construction permit (IMB) for building a nearly finished in-house gas station in a green area.
Mon, 10 Nov 2003
Proliferation of trade centers could cause problem: Ciputra
Proliferation of trade centers could cause problem: Ciputra The property sector is an important measure that is used to gauge a country's economic development. In Indonesia, just like everything else, the sector was virtually crippled by the severe crisis in the late 1990s.
Mon, 10 Nov 2003
Avoid eviction by force
Avoid eviction by forceFrom Pikiran RakyatTanjung Duren, an area near the luxury apartments of Taman Anggrek in West Jakarta, was formerly a vast expanse of uninhabited land. The Jakarta regional administration allowed the land to be cultivated, but later unknown parties built and sold houses to...
Mon, 10 Nov 2003
Ex-councillor return govt cars
Ex-councillor return govt cars LUBUK LINGGAU, South Sumatra: Two official cars which had been used by a councillor here were taken back on Saturday by a joint team from the Musi Rawas regency administration, consisting of public order officers, police officers and Indonesian Military (TNI)...
Mon, 10 Nov 2003
Tax revenues up by 112 percent
Tax revenues up by 112 percentThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta Director General of Taxation Hadi Purnomo said over the weekend that, as of October, state revenue from taxes had increased by 112 percent to Rp 155.7 trillion (US$132 billion) from the same period last year, on improved tax compliance.
Mon, 10 Nov 2003
RI 'understands' Suu Kyi's demand for colleagues' release
RI 'understands' Suu Kyi's demand for colleagues' releaseFabiola Desy Unidjaja, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Indonesia views the reported statement of Myanmar prodemocracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi to deny her release without the freedom of 35 of her colleagues as being in line with the demand of the...
Mon, 10 Nov 2003
House may reject govt plan to divest BNI after scam: Lawmaker
House may reject govt plan to divest BNI after scam: LawmakerDadan Wijaksana, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The House of Representatives will oppose the government's plan to further divest shares in publicly listed Bank Negara Indonesia (BNI) next year because of the recent lending scandal at the bank,...
Mon, 10 Nov 2003
Consumer watchdog blasts PLN workers' strike plan
Consumer watchdog blasts PLN workers' strike planFitri Wulandari, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The Indonesian Consumers Protection Foundation (YLKI) strongly criticized a plan by the labor union of state-owned electricity company PLN to hold a massive strike later this month, saying the move would...
Mon, 10 Nov 2003
Bali most popular with Japanese tourists
Bali most popular with Japanese tourists KUTA, Bali: The resort island of Bali was most popular with Japanese tourists in October. A total of 20,062 of the 95,633 foreign tourists who visited here last month were Japanese.
Mon, 10 Nov 2003
'Ruwatan', a means to purify people and their surroundings
'Ruwatan', a means to purify people and their surroundingsThe Jakarta Post Sanur, BaliHuman beings face daily ups and downs. For those who believe in a karma, good fortune may come and go in accordance with one's destiny.
Mon, 10 Nov 2003
Keeping the wolf from the door
Keeping the wolf from the door Could one, even a single person, survive in Jakarta with only Rp 671,550 (US$78) a month? It is truly difficult to conceive how one could manage to keep body and soul together on such a meager monthly income in this sprawling city of more than 8.5 million people.
Mon, 10 Nov 2003
Five injured in Kali Jodo clash
Five injured in Kali Jodo clash JAKARTA: Five people were wounded, mostly by arrows and machetes, during a brawl between two groups of residents from the former red-light district, Kali Jodo, Jembatan Dua, Tambora district, West Jakarta, early on Sunday.
Mon, 10 Nov 2003
Govt told to control supply of non-iodized salt
Govt told to control supply of non-iodized saltThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta The government needs to help boost production of iodized salt and control the supply of non-iodized salt for consumption on the market if it wants to achieve its Universal Salt Iodization (USI) target, said a statement issued...
Mon, 10 Nov 2003
CPO output seen to reach 9.9m tons
CPO output seen to reach 9.9m tonsEva C. Komandjaja, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Crude palm oil (CPO) production in Indonesia is expected to reach 9.9 million tons by the end of this year, 6.5 percent higher than last year, according to the chairman of the Indonesian Palm Oil Producers Association...
Mon, 10 Nov 2003
Australia returns boatpeople to RI
Australia returns boatpeople to RI CANBERRA: The Australian navy has escorted a boatload of suspected Kurdish asylum seekers who made it as far as a northern Australian island back to Indonesia, where they are being held by local police, the Australian government said on Sunday.
Mon, 10 Nov 2003
TNI children involved in brawls
TNI children involved in brawls JAKARTA: Two groups of youngsters from the Jakarta Military Command and the Army Strategic Reserves Command housing complexes were involved in a two-round brawl early on Sunday, on Jl. Sultan Iskandar Muda, South Jakarta.
Mon, 10 Nov 2003
Bush's positive impact on Bali
Bush's positive impact on BaliFrom Media IndonesiaThe recent visit of U.S. President George W. Bush to Bali met with protests in several regions criticizing his foreign policy for tending to harm the interests of developing countries.
Mon, 10 Nov 2003
Refugees may be denied the vote
Refugees may be denied the vote KUPANG, East Nusa Tenggara: About 28,000 East Timorese refugees living in camps in East Nusa Tenggara may not be allowed to participate in the 2004 elections because of questions over their citizenship.
Mon, 10 Nov 2003
1 x 30
1 x 30 Soldiers placed on alert in Papua JP/ /MURI1 x 39 Chocolate mosque sets new replica record JP/5/2 x 27 Police arrest 21 women for prostitution in raid 1 x 24 Ex-official loses govt cars
Mon, 10 Nov 2003
Study links Bahorok flood to illegal logging
Study links Bahorok flood to illegal loggingMuninggar Sri Saraswati, The Jakarta Post, Medan An investigation by the Leuser Management Unit (UML) concluded over the weekend that the recent flash flood that swept through a North Sumatran resort town, which claimed hundreds of lives, was an indirect...
Mon, 10 Nov 2003
Selection of winner of Rp 324b ballot box tender questioned
Selection of winner of Rp 324b ballot box tender questionedThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta Flaws have been discovered in the process by which the General Elections Commission (KPU) selected a company with numerous questions hanging over it to provide ballot boxes for the 2004 elections.
Mon, 10 Nov 2003
Lack of car recalls, a result of lower quality standards, experts say
Lack of car recalls, a result of lower quality standards, experts saySandy Darmosumarto, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta There has never been a direct mass recall of cars from the market in this country due to defects, said Fransiscus Soeseno, secretary general of the Association of Indonesian Automotive...
Mon, 10 Nov 2003
Owners return dozens of protected animals
Owners return dozens of protected animalsTheresia Sufa, The Jakarta Post, Bogor Following a circular disseminated by Bogor Natural Resources Conservation Agency on August, residents of Bogor, Sukabumi and Cianjur districts have returned dozens of protected animals, an official said on Friday.
Mon, 10 Nov 2003
Bosch shifts into high gear to grow auto business in Asia
Bosch shifts into high gear to grow auto business in AsiaAgence France-Presse, Singapore German industrial giant Robert Bosch GmbH is accelerating into the Asia-Pacific automotive parts market amid rapidly growing demand for cars in China, India and other key countries.
Mon, 10 Nov 2003
Transition to normalcy is start to real victory
Transition to normalcy is start to real victoryDmitri Kosyrev, Political Columnist, RIA Novosti, Moscow Victory is easy. Post-war reconstruction is hard. These are the lesson learned by the Americans in Afghanistan and Iraq. The same lesson is, probably, in store for the Russians in Chechnya.
Mon, 10 Nov 2003
Agence France-Presse
Agence France-Presse SingaporeGerman industrial giant Robert Bosch GmbH is accelerating into the Asia-Pacific automotive parts market amid rapidly growing demand for cars in China, India and other key countries.
Mon, 10 Nov 2003
Right leaders deplore threats to ICW
Right leaders deplore threats to ICWKurniawan Hari, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Legal and human rights leaders deplored a threat by two civilian security groups, who are apparently linked with Minister of Manpower and Transmigration Jacob Nuwa Wea, to occupy the office of Indonesian Corruption Watch...
Mon, 10 Nov 2003
1. RIYADH: 1 LINE, 26 COUNTS
1. RIYADH: 1 LINE, 26 COUNTS 11 killed in Saudi suicide attack 2. PADANG: 3 LINES, 15 COUNTS Four students die in West Sumatra boat accident 3. TENDER: 2 LINES, 24 COUNTS Selection of winner of Rp 324b ballot box tender questioned 3.
Mon, 10 Nov 2003
3G technology is the future that we dreamed of
3G technology is the future that we dreamed of Eva C. Komandjaja The Jakarta Post Jakarta As children, we imagined what the future would look like. Cars gliding through the air, funny-shaped tall buildings, people wearing silver jumpsuits, and the most intriguing, an electronic gadget, which...
Mon, 10 Nov 2003
Kidnapped oil worker released in Nigeria
Kidnapped oil worker released in Nigeria LAGOS: A local employee of U.S. oil giant ChevronTexaco in Nigeria who was abducted last week has been released, the company said on Saturday. The worker, who was not named, was kidnapped on July 25 allegedly by the Egbema National Front, an Ijaw ethnic...
Mon, 10 Nov 2003
Maluku needs Rp 1.5b to fight rabies
Maluku needs Rp 1.5b to fight rabies AMBON, Maluku: Maluku Provincial Health Office needs a staggering Rp 1.473 billion in funds (US$172,941) next year, to overcome the rabies epidemic plaguing Ambon municipality and Seram Island in the province, an official said on Saturday.
Mon, 10 Nov 2003
Wholesale market busy in Ramadhan
Wholesale market busy in Ramadhan SURABAYA: Several grocery markets and shopping centers in Surabaya are already crowded with customers looking to buy gifts and groceries for the Idul Fitri holiday, which is less than three weeks away, Antara reported Saturday.
Mon, 10 Nov 2003
The controversial tale of two KPU's tale
The controversial tale of two KPU's taleVishnu K. Mahmud, Contributor, Jakarta, vmahmud@yahoo.com There was a little controversy a while back, when the Indonesian General Election Committee or KPU (www.kpu.or.
Mon, 10 Nov 2003
Observer says Euro 2 fuel plan expensive
Observer says Euro 2 fuel plan expensiveBambang Nurbianto, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The city administration's plan to operate a busway early next year has been criticized by an activist, saying that the plan would not be economically sound if the administration had to subsidize the diesel fuel...
Mon, 10 Nov 2003
Four students killed, five missing as boat capsizes
Four students killed, five missing as boat capsizesKasparman The Jakarta Post Padang, West SumatraAt least four students were killed and five others were still missing and feared dead after a Sunday morning boating accident in a rain-swollen river near Padang, West Sumatra, officials and residents...
Mon, 10 Nov 2003
Fighting graft: Action is louder than words
Fighting graft: Action is louder than words Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad has aimed for zero tolerance and is preparing to close the gaps in efficiency and ethics that allow graft to slip in. Obviously, red tape and delay in government departments are among the root causes of corruption.
Mon, 10 Nov 2003
Finding good food for your pets
Finding good food for your pets Although owning companion animals like dogs or cats is still uncommon for most Indonesians, certain groups of people are willing to dedicate much of their time to their pets.
Mon, 10 Nov 2003
SingTel profits to surge after regional expansion
SingTel profits to surge after regional expansionAgence France-Presse, Singapore Singapore Telecommunication (SingTel) expansion into the Asia- Pacific has built a strong platform for short-term growth, analysts said following the company's first half profit surge.
Mon, 10 Nov 2003
Chocolate mosque sets new replica record
Chocolate mosque sets new replica recordSuherdjoko, The Jakarta Post, Semarang A chocolate replica of a mosque, measuring five meters tall, 3.02 meters wide, and 4.07 meters long has broken the Indonesian Record Museum (Muri) record for replicas.
Mon, 10 Nov 2003
Customer-oriented companies have better chance to succeed
Customer-oriented companies have better chance to succeedJacky Mussry Contributor JakartaWhat impression do our state-owned companies make on the public at large? The prevailing perception is one of endless bureaucracy; of slow-moving, service providers that are far from satisfactory.
Mon, 10 Nov 2003
* Headlines: Aceh military operation commander will be replaced 3
* Headlines: Aceh military operation commander will be replaced 3 * Archipelago: Soldiers placed on high alert in Papua 5 * Opinion: National healthcare: Just what the doctor ordered? 6 * City: Euro 2 fuel plan considered expensive 8 * Sports: Campbell's sizzling 61 dooms Tiger's cash title bid 9 *...
Mon, 10 Nov 2003
'I combine fasting and dieting during Ramadhan'
'I combine fasting and dieting during Ramadhan' Ramadhan, the Muslim fasting month, has been going on for two weeks. Every afternoon, many vendors sell tajil (snacks for breaking the fast) at traditional markets or busy places in residential areas.
Mon, 10 Nov 2003
60 seconds for Heroes Day
60 seconds for Heroes Day JAKARTA: To commemorate National Heroes Day on Nov. 10, Jakartans are being urged to stop what they are doing at 8:15 a.m. and observe 60 seconds of silence.City Hall spokesman Muhayat said on Friday the 60 seconds of silence should be observed at private and government...
Mon, 10 Nov 2003
Transformation in state-owned companies brings positive results
Transformation in state-owned companies brings positive resultsAri Darmawan and Sudibyo M. Wiradji, Contributor, Jakarta In the minds of many people the image of state-owned companies has yet to improve significantly.
Mon, 10 Nov 2003
Police arrest 21 women for prostitution on raid
Police arrest 21 women for prostitution on raid PURWOKERTO, Central Java: The Banyumas Police arrested 21 female guests, three of them university students, on Friday night at a hotel in the tourist resort of Baturaden.
Mon, 10 Nov 2003
Pet boarding business thrives during holiday season
Pet boarding business thrives during holiday season T. Sima Gunawan, Contributor, The Jakarta Post As the Idul Fitri holiday approaches, many people are busy planning trips to their hometowns. Entire families will return to their hometowns and villages for joyous family reunions.