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Wed, 21 Dec 2005
1. Ismoko (1x32)
1. Ismoko (1x32) Ismoko named suspect in Nurdin case 2. KLH (2x16) Govt launches environment fund 3. Labor (1x48) Employers guilty of underpaying workers: Activists
Wed, 21 Dec 2005
Police aim low in immigration graft probe
Police aim low in immigration graft probeAbdul Khalik, The Jakarta Post, JakartaAfter a yearlong investigation into the embezzlement of billions of rupiah in departure tax from Soekarno-Hatta airport, the Jakarta Police have little to show for their efforts in terms of high-profile arrests.
Wed, 21 Dec 2005
Suyitno facing travel ban
Suyitno facing travel ban JAKARTA: The National Police have requested that a travel ban be imposed on graft suspect Comr. Gen. Suyitno Landung, who allegedly engaged in abuse of power when investigating a scandal involving state-owned Bank Negara Indonesia (BNI) in 2003.
Wed, 21 Dec 2005
RI maid bashes Malaysian boss
RI maid bashes Malaysian boss MALAYSIA: An Indonesian maid in Malaysia allegedly attacked her employer with a pestle after an argument, police said on Tuesday.The employer, 38-year-old Lee Yuk Chin, complained to her maid after coming home from work to find the house untidy, Johor state police...
Wed, 21 Dec 2005
Gambling officials released
Gambling officials releasedFrom KompasTwo reports on gambling in Kompas (Dec. 3) show a stark contrast. One describes a tsunami survivor being caned for gambling in Aceh and the other is about five East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) officials being released by the police after their capture.
Wed, 21 Dec 2005
Police beef up security measures at churches
Police beef up security measures at churchesDamar Harsanto, The Jakarta Post, JakartaWith Christmas drawing near, police are beefing up security around churches and other places of worship in the capital and neighboring towns.City police chief Insp. Gen.
Wed, 21 Dec 2005
Where to go in Jakarta: Wednesday, December 21, 2005
Where to go in Jakarta: Wednesday, December 21, 2005Exhibitions* Photo Zimbabwe - Permata Afrika by Deniek G. Sukarya at Victoria Cafe, Plaza Senayan, Atrium Wing, open daily from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m., until Dec.
Wed, 21 Dec 2005
The beginning or the end?
The beginning or the end? The murderer of Munir has been found guilty. Pending his appeal, Pollycarpus B. Priyanto is facing a 14-year incarceration for lacing the activist's food with arsenic during a flight to Amsterdam in September.
Wed, 21 Dec 2005
Nias quake survivors want faster reconstruction
Nias quake survivors want faster reconstructionApriadi Gunawan, The Jakarta Post, MedanAlmost a year after the tsunami, survivors on Nias in North Sumatra have accused both the central and local administrations of not moving fast enough in rehabilitation and reconstruction efforts on the island.
Wed, 21 Dec 2005
Australia man dies in hotel
Australia man dies in hotel MEDAN, North Sumatra: The body of an Australian volunteer, Timothy Davis, who was found dead in his hotel room in Medan, North Sumatra, on Monday would immediately be sent home to his family, a police officer said on Tuesday.
Wed, 21 Dec 2005
Minister sees lower growth next year
Minister sees lower growth next yearRendi A. Witular, The Jakarta Post, JakartaWith the impact of the recent economic slowdown set to continue until the second half of next year, the economy would likely grow slower than expected, Minister of Finance Sri Mulyani said on Tuesday.
Wed, 21 Dec 2005
Employers guilty of underpaying workers: Activists
Employers guilty of underpaying workers: ActivistsRidwan Max Sijabat, The Jakarta Post, JakartaLabor activists have accused employers and the government of treating workers inhumanely by underpaying a great number of them.
Wed, 21 Dec 2005
Guthrie to open research center in RI
Guthrie to open research center in RI NEW DELHI: Kumpulan Guthrie Bhd., a Malaysian plantation company, said it has spent 10 million ringgit (US$2.6 million) on its first palm fruit research center in Indonesia, as it seeks to expand its operations in the country.
Wed, 21 Dec 2005
Raids planned against illegals
Raids planned against illegals JAKARTA: A joint team assigned to monitor foreigners in Central Jakarta is planning to conduct raids on illegal aliens after Christmas.Members of the team include the immigration office, police, the prosecutor's office and the city administration.
Wed, 21 Dec 2005
10,000 workers to lose jobs
10,000 workers to lose jobsSuherdjoko, The Jakarta Post, SemarangAround 10,000 employees in Central Java could lose their jobs by the end of the year, most of them working for textile factories, an official said on Tuesday.
Wed, 21 Dec 2005
Rupiah Rates Dec.20
Rupiah Rates Dec.20 Banknote rates TT rates Selling Buying Selling Buying Australian dollar 1 7,649.97 6,905.10 7,316.14 7,238.70 Brunei dollar 1 6,220.66 5,617.06 5,949.20 5,888.44 Canadian dollar 1 8,851.49 7,991.61 8,465.23 8,377.71 Swiss franc 1 7,990.57 7,216.30 7,641.87 7,564.
Wed, 21 Dec 2005
Thai flood death toll rises to 35
Thai flood death toll rises to 35 THAILAND: Rescue teams struggling through mountains of mud unleashed by flooding have found 2,000 people trapped in a southern Thai village without food since a landslide cut them off from the outside world three days earlier.
Wed, 21 Dec 2005
JP/xx/YHELLY
JP/xx/YHELLY please check the bold is right, thnksRI 2005 performing arts scene Helly Minarti Contributor/Jakarta Another year has passed for Indonesia's performing arts, but with a staggering rise in poverty and corruption, plus the oil crisis overshadowing the country throughout the year, the...
Wed, 21 Dec 2005
Senior officials need salary hikes: SBY
Senior officials need salary hikes: SBYTony Hotland, The Jakarta Post, JakartaPresident Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono proposed on Tuesday the restructuring of the remuneration system for senior public servants and officials in a bid to even out salary differences and help reduce the temptation to become...
Wed, 21 Dec 2005
JP/4/Flu
JP/4/FluUN urges RI to anticipate bird flu pandemicTb. Arie Rukmantara The Jakarta Post/ Jakarta The United Nations (UN) urged Indonesia on Monday to prepare a contingency plan for the possibility of the avian influenza turning into a global pandemic, a senior UN official said.
Wed, 21 Dec 2005
Year on Indonesia tsunami survivors feel cut off
Year on Indonesia tsunami survivors feel cut off Dean Yates Reuters/Lhok Kruet, Aceh A year has passed, but for survivors of the Asian tsunami in this village in Indonesia's Aceh province, it's felt like a lifetime.
Wed, 21 Dec 2005
One year on, tsunami survivors remember...and rebuild
One year on, tsunami survivors remember...and rebuild Bill Tarrant Reuters/Banda AcehOne moment Sartinah Fatar is painting her lovely new traditional Acehnese house, chattering happily to her husband. The next she's in tears recalling the day the sea roared in and snatched away her mother and two...
Wed, 21 Dec 2005
Ismoko named suspects in Nurdin case
Ismoko named suspects in Nurdin caseEva C. Komandjaja, The Jakarta Post, JakartaThe National Police have charged five officers as suspects on charges of attempting to pervert the course of justice by violating the rules set out in the Criminal Law Procedures Code (KUHAP) when compiling the case...
Wed, 21 Dec 2005
Kartini statue moved to Monas
Kartini statue moved to Monas JAKARTA: Governor Sutiyoso inaugurated on Tuesday the new location of the statue of a women -- popularly known as the Kartini statue -- in the National Monument park facing Gambir train station in Central Jakarta.
Wed, 21 Dec 2005
Building new regional arrangements
Building new regional arrangementsRalf Emmers, The Straits Times, Asia News Network/Singapore The inaugural meeting of the East Asia Summit (EAS) early this month in Kuala Lumpur is an important event for the region.
Wed, 21 Dec 2005
Warning issued on terrorist kidnap plot
Warning issued on terrorist kidnap plotRendi A. Witular, The Jakarta Post, JakartaAfter randomly killing innocent people in their attacks over the past three years, terrorists operating in the country are now out to abduct ministers, government bureaucrats and foreign diplomats, a top intelligence...
Wed, 21 Dec 2005
The reward was not the first of its kind. In October, police
The reward was not the first of its kind. In October, police announced a reward of Rp 100 million for anyone with information about the identities of three suicide bombers who launched bomb attacks in Bali on Oct. 1.
Wed, 21 Dec 2005
BKPM sees investment grow 11.1% next year
BKPM sees investment grow 11.1% next yearThe Jakarta Post, JakartaThe government is targeting a relatively conservative level of growth in realized domestic and foreign investment for next year as the economy recovers from the recent instability in the macroeconomic sector.
Wed, 21 Dec 2005
For Dec 21, Wednesday edition
For Dec 21, Wednesday edition ADS FUNDING HEART OPERATION: PT Koin Bumi (Mu Gung Hwa Supermarket), in cooperation with the Indonesian Heart Foundation, funded a heart operation for Nanik Tri Susilowati (in bed) to correct a heart defect. The operation was performed on Dec.
Wed, 21 Dec 2005
Key stock index gains for 2nd day
Key stock index gains for 2nd dayNaila Firdausi, Bloomberg/JakartaIndonesia's stock index rose for a second day. PT Astra International gained as investors bet lower oil costs will allow the government to delay raising retail fuel prices.
Wed, 21 Dec 2005
Dengue cases rise by 500% in Bekasi
Dengue cases rise by 500% in Bekasi BEKASI: Dengue fever patients in Bekasi have increased more than 500 percent in the last three months compared to the same period last year, Bekasi Health Agency's head of disease prevention and eradication Yasni Rufaidah said.
Wed, 21 Dec 2005
1. TROOPS: 3 X 18
1. TROOPS: 3 X 18 Indonesia begins final troop withdrawal from Aceh 2. SME: 2 X 24 SMEs in Aceh finding it difficult to start over 3. TIMOR: 1 X 36 183,000 killed in E. Timor under RI rule: Report 4. AAN: 1 X 32 Acehnese working, but for how long?
Wed, 21 Dec 2005
183,000 killed in Timor Leste under RI rule: Report
183,000 killed in Timor Leste under RI rule: ReportAgence France-Presse, LisbonAt least 183,000 people were killed in East Timor (now Timor Leste) during its 24 years of occupation by Indonesia, a government probe into past human rights violations has concluded, a media report said on Tuesday.
Wed, 21 Dec 2005
RI to extend debt, interest payments
RI to extend debt, interest paymentsBloomberg, JakartaIndonesia said it is studying a plan to extend some debt and interest payment schedules, part of a strategy to use funds for projects that will boost the economy.
Wed, 21 Dec 2005
Oiltanking to build storage facility in Cilegon
Oiltanking to build storage facility in CilegonLeony Aurora, The Jakarta Post, JakartaThe world's second largest petroleum-products storage company Oiltanking will start construction of a 300,000-metric-ton fuel storage facility in Cilegon, Banten, in January next year, a government official says.
Wed, 21 Dec 2005
Rp 50m for info on Poso killers
Rp 50m for info on Poso killersAntara, PaluPolice have announced a reward of Rp 50 million (about US$5,000) for anyone with information on the murderers of three Christian schoolgirls in Poso, Central Sulawesi.
Wed, 21 Dec 2005
Warning systems set up across Asia after tsunami disaster
Warning systems set up across Asia after tsunami disaster Griffin Shea Agence France Presse/Ton Sai, ThailandTwo tsunami warning towers now dot the skyline in the idyllic vacation village of Ton Sai on Thailand's Phi Phi island -- a welcome sight, according to 35-year-old shopowner Fatima Thamnakla.
Wed, 21 Dec 2005
JP/20/PEOPLE
JP/20/PEOPLEBright spark Anike wants to put Papua in the headlines Young physicist puts Papua in the headlinesTb. Arie Rukmantara The Jakarta Post/Jakarta What is the last thing you would expect a young woman to do in planning her future after winning a science olympiad? Turn down an offer to study...
Tue, 20 Dec 2005
Setback for the nation
Setback for the nationFrom Gatra The public servants are again becoming the target of political parties to make them a tool for achieving the parties' goals -- this, after they (public servants) stated a few years ago that they would be officially neutral in politics.
Tue, 20 Dec 2005
Govt's rigidity and obstinacy
Govt's rigidity and obstinacyFrom KompasThe government is aware that any non-populist decision with a direct impact on people's livelihood, such as the fuel price increase, is like sowing the wind to reap big storms. But the government also realizes that the storms will not last long.
Tue, 20 Dec 2005
Textile sector faces overlapping problems
Textile sector faces overlapping problemsAnissa S. Febrina The Jakarta Post/JakartaThe already-ailing Indonesian textile sector had the ladder kicked away from it this year.Early in 2005 it was charged with being ill-prepared to face the termination of the Multi Fabric Agreement (MFA), which 20...
Tue, 20 Dec 2005
WTO deal means 'little' without strong policies
WTO deal means 'little' without strong policiesThe Jakarta Post, JakartaLast week's last-gasp deal at the Hong Kong Ministerial Meeting, which among other things sets a 2013 deadline for farm export subsidies to be cut, would mean little for Indonesia without strategic domestic policies to increase...
Tue, 20 Dec 2005
SBY starts war on corrupt immigration
SBY starts war on corrupt immigrationThe Jakarta Post, JakartaCorruption at the Directorate General of Immigration has reached Rp 1 trillion (US$102 million) per annum, the country's top officials say, including some Rp 200 billion from departure tax at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport.
Tue, 20 Dec 2005
Venezuela to cooperate with RI in oil and gas sector: Envoy
Venezuela to cooperate with RI in oil and gas sector: EnvoyVeeramalla Anjaiah, The Jakarta Post, JakartaVenezuela, an oil-rich South American nation, wants to strengthen cooperation with Indonesia -- a major oil producer -- in the oil and gas business and other mutually beneficial areas, the...
Tue, 20 Dec 2005
Ruling ends Golkar's chances in Depok election row
Ruling ends Golkar's chances in Depok election rowThe Jakarta Post, JakartaThe Ministry of Home Affairs said on Monday it would respect the Supreme Court's ruling in the high-profile Depok mayoral election dispute, a statement that will likely prevent the giant Golkar Party from further legal...
Tue, 20 Dec 2005
BP, CNOOC hire 7 lenders for a $1.3b Tangguh loan
BP, CNOOC hire 7 lenders for a $1.3b Tangguh loanDenise Kee, Bloomberg/Singapore BP Plc and CNOOC Ltd. have hired seven banks to help arrange a S$1.3 billion loan to develop the Tangguh liquefied natural gas project in easternIndonesia, a banker involved in selecting the lenders said.
Tue, 20 Dec 2005
Graft suspect misses trial
Graft suspect misses trial PALU, Central Sulawesi: Graft suspect Said Unok failed to appear for the opening day of his Rp 2.9 billion (US$290,000) corruption trial on Monday because he was being treated at a hospital.
Tue, 20 Dec 2005
1. AMM ----- 1x36
1. AMM ----- 1x36 Monitors to stay longer in Aceh as disarmament ends 2. AIDS ---- 2x28 Jakartans 'living with HIV/AIDS up by 34%' or People living with HIV/AIDS up by 34% in Jakarta 3. Tsunami - 3x15 Tsunami response was world's best ever, UN says 4.
Tue, 20 Dec 2005
Violence mars mass labor demos
Violence mars mass labor demosThe Jakarta Post, Cimahi/Medan/SurabayaThousands of workers have jammed the streets of the main cities of Medan, Surabaya and Cimahi in massive protests over the newly set minimum wages, which they say are below the cost of living.
Tue, 20 Dec 2005
Modest celebrations urged in Aceh
Modest celebrations urged in Aceh BANDA ACEH, Aceh: The police here appealed on Monday to all sides, including foreigners, to celebrate New Year's in Aceh modestly."We ask people and foreigners here on humanitarian missions not to stage major events, particularly to welcome the new year in the...