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Thu, 28 Nov 2002
Mass prayer for peace in Bali
Mass prayer for peace in Bali JAKARTA: The Indonesian Evangelical Association will hold a mass prayer meeting in Denpasar, Bali, on Nov. 29 for the peace and well-being of the country."Even after the bombing, we would like to underline that Bali remains a safe place, and we will pray for the safety...
Thu, 28 Nov 2002
TV Program: Thursday, November 28, 2002
TV Program: Thursday, November 28, 2002TVRI 6:00 a.m. News7:30 Sports8:00 The Story of Imam Buchari9:00 TV Drama10:30 Quiz11:30 Music12:00 p.m. News1:00 Talk Show2:00 News3:00 Live Show4:00 Children's Program5:30 Quiz5:40 Religious Teachings6:00 News6:30 TV Drama 7:00 Talk Show9:00 News9:30 Music:...
Thu, 28 Nov 2002
International schools to reopen
International schools to reopenThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta After being closed for almost two weeks due to security reasons, the Australian International School, the British International School (BIS) and Jakarta International School (JIS) will reopen on Thursday.
Thu, 28 Nov 2002
;JP;dan;
;JP;dan; ANPAf..r.. Rupiah-conversion-ratesRupiah Rates Nov. 27 JP/13/ConverRupiah Rates Nov. 27 Bank notes rates TT rates Selling Buying Selling Buying Rp Rp Rp Rp Australian dollar 1 5,317.81 4,753.26 5,062.87 5,007.97Brunei dollar 1 5,379.47 4,809.95 5,121.58 5,067.69Canadian dollar 1 6,022.
Thu, 28 Nov 2002
Bill on legislature reaches House
Bill on legislature reaches House JAKARTA: The House of Representatives (DPR) announced on Wednesday that it had received the bill on the composition of the legislative bodies from the government for further discussion.
Thu, 28 Nov 2002
Govt, Japanese firms discuss investment crisis
Govt, Japanese firms discuss investment crisisThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta The government and leading Japanese business organization met on Tuesday to discuss ways of improving the country's difficult investment climate just as Japan's top electronics producer Sony Corp announced it would close its...
Thu, 28 Nov 2002
Indonesia takes up China offer of dual meet
Indonesia takes up China offer of dual meetMusthofid, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta China threw down the gauntlet and Indonesia eagerly picked it up, agreeing to a dual badminton meet on Dec. 23 and Dec. 24, the country's badminton governing body (PBSI) announced here on Wednesday.
Thu, 28 Nov 2002
Victims want death for Bali bombers, uncertain about future
Victims want death for Bali bombers, uncertain about futureMuhammad Nafik, The Jakarta Post, Denpasar, Bali Victims and their families still deeply traumatized over last month's Bali bomb attacks say that death is the only fitting punishment for such an evil, barbaric deed.
Thu, 28 Nov 2002
Mining firms 2001 profit up but outlook gloomy
Mining firms 2001 profit up but outlook gloomyThe Jakarta Post Jakarta Net profits of major mining companies rose by US$200 million to $4.96 billion throughout last year, a report said but warned that a prolonged dry spell in investment spending had weakened the sector's profitability outlook.
Thu, 28 Nov 2002
Holdiko sells Salim's property firm
Holdiko sells Salim's property firmThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta Holding company PT Holdiko Perkasa said on Wednesday it has sold a 47.5 percent stake in property firm PT Metropolitan Kentjana, which was formerly owned by the Salim Group.
Thu, 28 Nov 2002
House approves 2003 budget
House approves 2003 budgetThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta All factions of the House of Representatives unanimously approved, at a plenary session on Wednesday, the government- proposed 2002 draft state budget into law.
Thu, 28 Nov 2002
1. Jusuf --
1. Jusuf -- Coping with terror, RI Muslims after Bali 2 X 22Jusuf Wanandi Co-founder, Member Board of Trustees Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) Jakarta 2. Natal -- China's Hu Jianto is in charge of foreign affairs 2 X 30 Natalia Soebagjo Centre for Chinese Studies Jakarta
Thu, 28 Nov 2002
Suicide bombers could change Asian terror threat
Suicide bombers could change Asian terror threatReuters, Singapore The emergence of suicide bombers in Southeast Asia would represent a significant increase in the terrorist threat to the region, Singapore's Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong said on Wednesday.
Thu, 28 Nov 2002
Get ready for the worst in Sipadan case, Hassan says
Get ready for the worst in Sipadan case, Hassan saysThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta Indonesia must brace itself for the possibility of losing two small islands off East Kalimantan as the International Court of Justice has almost reached its verdict in the row with Malaysia over their ownership, Minister...
Thu, 28 Nov 2002
Hearing into Mega insult postponed again
Hearing into Mega insult postponed again Due to personal commitments, a South Jakarta District Court judge postponed on Wednesday for the second time the hearing into a criminal case involving a student accused of insulting President Megawati Soekarnoputri.Judge T.H.
Thu, 28 Nov 2002
Navy releases two foreign dredgers
Navy releases two foreign dredgersFadi and Fabiola Desy Unidjaja, The Jakarta Post, Batam/Jakarta The Navy has released two of the seven foreign-registered dredgers detained for illegal sand dredging in the waters off Tangjungbalai Karimum, Riau, after the vessels' owners paid a total of...
Thu, 28 Nov 2002
'Architecture of Bali', comprehensive in detail
'Architecture of Bali', comprehensive in detailDamaso Reyes, Contributor, Bali It was while I was sitting in the courtyard of my newly rented house in Bali that I came to really appreciate the new book by Made Wijaya, Architecture of Bali: A Source Book of Traditional and Modern Forms.
Thu, 28 Nov 2002
SIA launches Bali recovery program
SIA launches Bali recovery program JAKARTA: Singapore Airlines (SIA) said it would offer discount packages for all flights to Bali under a recovery program it hoped would lift sagging passenger volume since the Oct. 12 bombing on the island.
Thu, 28 Nov 2002
TNI chief warns against Aceh troop withdrawal
TNI chief warns against Aceh troop withdrawalTiarma Siboro, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Indonesian Military (TNI) chief Gen. Endriartono Sutarto welcomed on Wednesday the planned Tokyo meeting on Aceh, but warned that any foreign assistance for Aceh should have no conditions attached.
Thu, 28 Nov 2002
Shares Close Change Trading
Shares Close Change Trading Volume ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Abdi Bangsa Tbk 270 0 0 Ades Alfindo Tbk 725 0 0 Adindo Foresta 50 0 0 AGIS Tbk 65 -5 85,000 Akbar Indo Makmur 215 0 0 Alakasa Industrindo 75 0 0 Alfa Retailindo Tbk 775 25 17,500 Alter...
Thu, 28 Nov 2002
Rubber to surge on supply cut, China demand
Rubber to surge on supply cut, China demandPrime Sarmiento, Dow Jones, Singapore Skyrocketing natural rubber prices will continue zooming next year on supply cutbacks by producers and strong Chinese demand, albeit at a more moderate pace, traders and analysts said.
Wed, 27 Nov 2002
PDI-P opens posts for holiday exodus
PDI-P opens posts for holiday exodus JAKARTA: The Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI Perjuangan) will reactivate its posts around the country to assist the public during the Idul Fitri exodus.
Wed, 27 Nov 2002
Sand quarrying activities in Riau come to a standstill
Sand quarrying activities in Riau come to a standstillAdianto P. Simamora, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Sand quarrying activities in Riau have come to a standstill for months as miners cannot afford the new tax and royalties imposed by the government.
Wed, 27 Nov 2002
Indonesian Embassy clarifies
Indonesian Embassy clarifiesFrom KompasWith reference to a news story printed in Kompas on Nov. 9 headlined Govt ready to help Indonesian citizens", there is a sentence that needs to be corrected. The sentence reads: "As soon as this information was received, the news release said the Indonesian...
Wed, 27 Nov 2002
Bugging palace's telephone?
Bugging palace's telephone? From Rakyat Merdeka Is it true that the presidential palace, which is the symbol of the state's sovereignty, can easily be bugged?As reported in a Jakarta-based media, the telephones in the house of coordinating minister of political and security affairs and the...
Wed, 27 Nov 2002
Matters of perspective
Matters of perspectiveMartin Jenkins, Editor, Danareksa Sekuritas, Jakarta As a result of the Bali bombings, many countries, including the United States, Australia and the United Kingdom, have issued travel warnings to their citizens advising against non-essential travel to Indonesia.
Wed, 27 Nov 2002
Malaysia arrests suspected Jamaah "suicide squad"
Malaysia arrests suspected Jamaah "suicide squad"Simon Cameron-Moore, Reuters, Kuala Lumpur Malaysia said on Tuesday police had arrested four suspected members of a religious militant group, including members of a suicide squad who were part of a plot to bomb U.S. interests in Singapore last year.
Wed, 27 Nov 2002
Student protest mars Boyce visit
Student protest mars Boyce visit BANDUNG: Student protests marred U.S. Ambassador Ralph L. Boyce's visit to Padjadjaran University in Jatinangor, Sumedang in West Java on Tuesday.About 50 students from various universities in Bandung, grouped under the Bandung chapter of the National Student Forum,...
Wed, 27 Nov 2002
Flood prevention
Flood prevention Only a few people are aware that the Ciliwung River reached the alarming level of 180 at the Manggarai flood gate following heavy rains upstream in Bogor on Saturday.If the level had reached 200, several areas in the city would have been flooded.
Wed, 27 Nov 2002
JP/5/PROTEST
JP/5/PROTESTReutersANTI-U.S. SENTIMENT: Students of Bandung-based Padjadjaran University try to block a car carrying U.S. Ambassador Ralph L. Boyce from entering the campus. Boyce delivered on Tuesday a one- hour address to the students on how Muslims are part of American society.
Wed, 27 Nov 2002
Thousands denied entry to Bali
Thousands denied entry to Bali DENPASAR, Bali: Bali authorities have barred nearly 8,000 non- Balinese Indonesians from entering the resort island through Gilimanuk port -- nearest to East Java -- since the Oct. 12 terrorist attack for failing to produce proper identity documents.
Wed, 27 Nov 2002
Government talks peace while military talks war
Government talks peace while military talks warTiarma Siboro, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Some 23 countries are planning to hold a meeting in Tokyo on Dec. 3 to discuss possible financial aid for rehabilitation and reconstruction in Aceh, but no representatives of the Free Aceh Movement (GAM) have...
Wed, 27 Nov 2002
Dishonorable House members
Dishonorable House members The House of Representatives failed to pass the controversial broadcasting bill into law during its plenary session on Monday as only less than half of 500 House members showed up.Being lazy and failing to attend the sessions is popular with House members.
Wed, 27 Nov 2002
Bugging palace's telephone?
Bugging palace's telephone?From Rakyat MerdekaIs it true that the presidential palace, which is the symbol of the state's sovereignty, can easily be bugged?As reported in a Jakarta-based media, the telephones in the house of coordinating minister of political and security affairs and the...
Wed, 27 Nov 2002
`Why the rise in vehicle tax?'
`Why the rise in vehicle tax?' The rise in vehicle tax from 1 percent to 1.5 percent of the vehicle market price has drawn public criticism. City residents feel that the annual tax here has burdened them since they feel that life in the city is getting harder.
Wed, 27 Nov 2002
Salim Group's debts profile
Salim Group's debts profile -------------------------------------------- Total debts Rp 52.7 trillion Total proceeds Rp 16.8 trillion Recovery Rates 33 percent (as of 1st semester) -------------------------------------------- Some of Salim's top assets ------------------------------------------...
Wed, 27 Nov 2002
Review of laws needed to adress population issues
Review of laws needed to adress population issuesThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta The country needs to revise legal rulings, allocate funding and establish clear organizational structure to implement recommendations from the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD+5), a discussion...
Wed, 27 Nov 2002
Efficient police work
Efficient police workFrom Media Indonesia The editorial of Media Indonesia in its Nov. 9, 2002 issue praised the National Police for being able to quickly arrest Amrozi, one of the main suspects in the Bali bomb blast case.As a retired police officer, I'm very proud to learn of this achievement.
Wed, 27 Nov 2002
Bugging palace's telephone?
Bugging palace's telephone? From Rakyat Merdeka Is it true that the presidential palace, which is the symbol of the state's sovereignty, can easily be bugged?As reported in a Jakarta-based media, the telephones in the house of coordinating minister of political and security affairs and the...
Wed, 27 Nov 2002
Agencies obliged to fund councillors' trips: Sutiyoso
Agencies obliged to fund councillors' trips: SutiyosoAhmad Junaidi, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Governor Sutiyoso admitted on Tuesday that his administration, including its agencies, were often forced by city councillors to finance their foreign trips, saying that the trips were not planned by the...
Wed, 27 Nov 2002
Salim Group's debt profile
Salim Group's debt profile -------------------------------------------- Total debts Rp 52.7 trillion IBRA's total proceeds from asset sales (as of June 30, 2002) Rp 16.8 trillion Recovery rate (as of June 30, 2002) 33 percent --------------------------------------------Some of Salim's top assets...
Wed, 27 Nov 2002
S. Sulawesi police form team to probe money politics
S. Sulawesi police form team to probe money politicsJupriadi The Jakarta Post MakassarTwo days before the Nov. 28 gubernatorial election, the South Sulawesi Police established a team to investigate allegations of bribery involving a gubernatorial candidate and members of the provincial legislative...
Wed, 27 Nov 2002
Experts say Bali bombing confession useless
Experts say Bali bombing confession uselessMoch. N. Kurniawan, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Two legal experts said on Tuesday that confessions by Bali bombing suspects Amrozi and Imam Samudra, alias Abdul Aziz, could not be used in a court of law because they made the confessions without the benefit...
Wed, 27 Nov 2002
Jl. Raya Dadap launched
Jl. Raya Dadap launched TANGERANG: Tangerang regent Agus Djunara launched on Monday the new Jl. Raya Dadap, a 6.5 kilometer main road in East Kosambi subdistrict, Kosambi district, which was constructed by local residents and warehouse businessmen.
Wed, 27 Nov 2002
JP/4/capt
JP/4/capt Antara AID FOR QUAKE VICTIMS: Coordinating Minister for People's Welfare Jusuf Kalla hands over Rp 1 billion (US$110,000) in financial assistance to victims of last month's earthquake in Papua. Kalla, accompanied by a number of Cabinet ministers, visited the province over the weekend.
Wed, 27 Nov 2002
S. Sulawesi Police form team to probe bribery charge
S. Sulawesi Police form team to probe bribery chargeJupriadi, The Jakarta Post, Makassar Two days before the Nov. 28 gubernatorial election, the South Sulawesi Police established a team to investigate allegations of bribery involving a gubernatorial candidate and members of the provincial...
Wed, 27 Nov 2002
Authorities promise safe trip home
Authorities promise safe trip homeNovan Iman Santosa, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The annual exodus during Idul Fitri is an opportunity for Jakartans to visit their relatives out of town but it also presents them with a problem: not only how to get a train or bus ticket, but also how to keep...
Wed, 27 Nov 2002
Bugging palace's telephone?
Bugging palace's telephone? From Rakyat Merdeka Is it true that the presidential palace, which is the symbol of the state's sovereignty, can easily be bugged?As reported in a Jakarta-based media, the telephones in the house of coordinating minister of political and security affairs and the...
Wed, 27 Nov 2002
Bugging palace's telephone?
Bugging palace's telephone? From Rakyat Merdeka Is it true that the presidential palace, which is the symbol of the state's sovereignty, can easily be bugged?As reported in a Jakarta-based media, the telephones in the house of coordinating minister of political and security affairs and the...
Wed, 27 Nov 2002
TV Program: Wednesday, November 27, 2002
TV Program: Wednesday, November 27, 2002.TB.30" 1.00" TVRI 6:00 a.m. News8:30 Environment9:00 TV Drama 9:30 Music10:30 Quiz11:00 News11:30 Music12:00 p.m. News1:00 Talk Show 2:00 News3:00 Children's Program5:30 Quiz5:45 Religious Teachings6:00 News6:30 Documentary7:00 Talk Show9:30 Music10:00...