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Mon, 30 Dec 2002
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;JP;NFK; ANPAa..r.. Landslide-Death-Rain JP/3/longsor More people die as floods, landslides increase 2 (1 x 60)Bali ;JP;JUN; ANPAa..r.. Bali-bombing probe JP/3/ Man claiming involvement in Bali blast sent to psychiatrist 3. (2 x 20) ;JP;IWA; ANPAa..r..
Mon, 30 Dec 2002
Techno-ethics: Dealing with ambivalence of advancements
Techno-ethics: Dealing with ambivalence of advancementsYanuar Nugroho Member Board of ELSPPAT (Institute for Development Studies & Technological Assistance) Bogor, West Java In the field of science and technology, globalization will contribute significantly to mark 2003 as the year when...
Mon, 30 Dec 2002
[i]Despite poor law enforcement and religious-related clashes
Despite poor law enforcement and religious-related clashes which have spoiled the country's there are some "intrepid" people who have the courage and spirit to fight for justice and harmonious life. The first article on this page tells about a lawyer based in Aceh, who has been struggling for...
Mon, 30 Dec 2002
Jakartans opt to go out for New Year
Jakartans opt to go out for New YearDamar Harsanto, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Jakarta residents appear to be eager to celebrate the New Year out of their homes as seen by the high number of reservations at restaurants, hotels, bars and a number of outdoor programs on New Year's Eve despite...
Mon, 30 Dec 2002
Consolidation of democracy: Anticipating 2004
Consolidation of democracy: Anticipating 2004Smita Notosusanto Cetro Next year, is the fifth anniversary of the end of the Soeharto regime which marked Indonesia's transition from authoritarianism to democracy.
Mon, 30 Dec 2002
More die as floods, landslides rise
More die as floods, landslides riseThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta Days of incessant rain have caused floods and landslides to increase in several parts of Indonesia, leaving more people dead and thousands of houses inundated, some of them buried or destroyed.
Mon, 30 Dec 2002
Man claiming bombing role referred to psychiatrist
Man claiming bombing role referred to psychiatristI Wayan Juniartha, The Jakarta Post, Denpasar, Bali Police sent on Saturday a man claiming involvement in the Oct. 12 bombing in Bali to a hospital for psychiatric assessment.Bali Police spokesman Adj. Sr. Comr. Y.
Mon, 30 Dec 2002
Photo A - P. 19
Photo A - P. 19JP/Nani FaridaRUFRIADIPhoto B - P. 19Reuters/Tarmizy HarvaTHE CLIENTS: American Joy Lee Sadler (left) and Briton Lesley McCulloch, are now on trial at the Aceh District Court for allegedly associating with separatist rebels GAM and violating Indonesian visa regulations.
Mon, 30 Dec 2002
Taiwan replies
Taiwan replies This is in response to Jusuf Wanandi's article Indonesia still respects the one China policy which appeared in The Jakarta Post on Dec. 23, 2002.President Chen's planned visit to Bali and Yogyakarta was a response to your government's call for international help after the terrorist...
Mon, 30 Dec 2002
Corruption of the Republic
Corruption of the RepublicB. Herry-Priyono Driyarkara School of Philosophy Jakarta The herd of that social vice called corruption rumbles on unabated. The year 2002 has seen a rapid escalation of this contagion, even though the chorus of criticism grows louder.
Mon, 30 Dec 2002
Reuters/Larry Downing
Reuters/Larry DowningINDONESIAN DIPLOMACY: Since being elected the fifth President of Indonesia, Megawati Soekarnoputri has tried to conduct diplomacy through a number of overseas trips. Her meeting with U.S. President George W. Bush at the APEC Leaders' annual meeting in Los Cabos, Mexico, on Oct.
Mon, 30 Dec 2002
The private capture of common good
The private capture of common goodB. Herry-Priyono Driyarkara School of Philosophy Jakarta The year 2002 began with torrential floods battering Jakarta and many other cities. Nature cares nothing for our logic; she has her own, which we do not acknowledge until we are crushed under her wheel.
Mon, 30 Dec 2002
The tragedy of the commons
The tragedy of the commonsB. Herry-Priyono The year 2002 began with torrential floods battering Jakarta and many other cities. Nature cares nothing for our logic; she has her own, which we do not acknowledge until we are crushed under her wheel.
Mon, 30 Dec 2002
2002: A slow year for IT in RI
2002: A slow year for IT in RIZatni Arbi, Contributor, Jakarta If you have been traveling much in the past year or two, you must have noticed that in a growing number of airplanes the headrest now can be molded in such a way to better hold your head up as you sleep.
Mon, 30 Dec 2002
Maritime issues must be given more attention
Maritime issues must be given more attentionPhilips J Vermonte CSISThe end of the Cold War and the event of Sept. 11, 2001 have substantially changed the landscape of international politics. Issues such as trade liberalization, democracy and environmental protection have become prominent.
Mon, 30 Dec 2002
Reinventing globalization
Reinventing globalizationYanuar Nugroho If there is one word that has been the most frequently mentioned by people around the world over the past three to five years, it has been globalization. Leaders would have less confidence if they did not include or address globalization in any of their...
Mon, 30 Dec 2002
Economic integration in Southeast Asia: Making AFTA work
Economic integration in Southeast Asia: Making AFTA workPuspa Delima Amri Centre fore Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) JakartaThe year 2002 marked an important era for the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) members, as they embarked on the long evolving plan to realize the...
Mon, 30 Dec 2002
Living with another lean year
Living with another lean yearIndonesia is going to add another pale year to its post-Soeharto era. Its already tarnished image as a state was severely damaged again after the Bali bombing, which demonstrated undeniably how vulnerable Indonesia had become to acts of terrorism.
Mon, 30 Dec 2002
Essential services in 2003
Essential services in 2003Yanuar Nugroho Life is a game of power. The powerful rulers have their power not because others want it, but because the former use the latter for their own benefit.Despite its bright side, globalization, in one or many ways, has been creating the imbalances between the...
Mon, 30 Dec 2002
As was the case in 2001, this year we are happy to provide our
As was the case in 2001, this year we are happy to provide our loyal readers with a wide variety of yearend articles covering the main issues that have been dominating the life of the country for the past 12 months.
Mon, 30 Dec 2002
Indonesia still respect
Indonesia still respect the "one China policy" Jusuf Wanandi Founder and Member Board of Trustees Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) Jakarta If there is one country that understands more fully what China's "one-China policy" means, that country is Indonesia.
Mon, 30 Dec 2002
RI economy to muddle through 2003
RI economy to muddle through 2003M. Chatib Basri How do we mark the economic performance in 2002 and what is the prospect for 2003? The average real GDP growth (y-o-y) up to the third quarter of 2002 was recorded at 3.4 percent.
Mon, 30 Dec 2002
Living with another lean year
Living with another lean yearIndonesia is going to add another pale year into its post- Soeharto era. Its already tarnished image as a state was damaged again severely following the Bali Bombing, which demonstrated undeniably how vulnerable Indonesia has become to acts of terrorism.
Mon, 30 Dec 2002
Living through another lean year
Living through another lean yearDjisman Simanjuntak Indonesia is going to add another pale year to its post-Soeharto era. Its already tarnished image as a state was severely damaged again after the Bali bombing, which demonstrated undeniably how vulnerable Indonesia had become to acts of terrorism.
Mon, 30 Dec 2002
New secretary-general at crucial time for ASEAN
New secretary-general at crucial time for ASEANChin Kin Wah, Senior Fellow, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, The Straits Times, Asian News Network, Singapore The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) will have a new man in Jakarta next month when Ong Keng Yong, press secretary to...
Mon, 30 Dec 2002
Power politics 2003
Power politics 2003 Chusnul Mar'iyahThe years that followed the epochal students, civil society and political victory in 1998 were a lonely time for realists in Indonesia. The 1999 election, for instance, had a bad impact on Indonesian politics.
Mon, 30 Dec 2002
Papua Police conduct field inquiry into border shooting
Papua Police conduct field inquiry into border shootingNethy Dharma Somba and Tiarma Siboro, The Jakarta Post, Jayapura/Jakarta The Papua police conducted on Sunday an on-site investigation into Saturday's shooting which targeted three women, including the wife of a human rights activist who...
Mon, 30 Dec 2002
Rufriadi weeps over justice in Aceh
Rufriadi weeps over justice in Aceh It was still fresh in the mind of Rufriadi, 28, when a number of uniformed members of the security apparatus raided his Legal Aid Institute (LBH) office in Aceh earlier this year.
Mon, 30 Dec 2002
Prospect for law enforcement in 2003
Prospect for law enforcement in 2003Satya Arinanto Lecturer and Deputy Dean School of Law University of Indonesia Jakarta arinanto@cbn.net.idThe discourse on law enforcement usually starts from the issue of the legal system. According to Lawrence M.
Mon, 30 Dec 2002
Constitutional amendments
Constitutional amendmentsSatya Arinanto Lecture and Vice Dean School of Law University of Indonesia Jakarta arinanto@cbn.net.idOne of the biggest legal issues during 2002 -- and the years immediately preceding it -- was the question of further amending the 1945 Constitution.According to S.E.
Mon, 30 Dec 2002
Challenges in public services delivery
Challenges in public services deliveryYanuar Nugroho Director, The Business Watch Indonesia Lecturer, Sahid University in Surakarta Researcher, Uni Sosial Demokrat Jakarta Clean water, health care and access to energy are the three most essential of basic human needs, with education perhaps the...
Mon, 30 Dec 2002
Special Yearend Section
Special Yearend Section As was the case in 2001, this year we are happy to provide our loyal readers with a wide variety of yearend articles covering the main issues that have been dominating the life of the country for the past 12 months.
Mon, 30 Dec 2002
Budiono leads detikcom out of the storm
Budiono leads detikcom out of the stormFitri Wulandari The Jakarta Post Jakarta This year's Idul Fitri holiday season gave workaholics, such as Budiono Darsono, a rare break. Budiono deserved the extended rest from Dec. 5 to Dec.
Mon, 30 Dec 2002
Challenges in public services delivery
Challenges in public services deliveryYanuar Nugroho Clean water, health care and access to energy are the three most essential of basic human needs, with education perhaps the fourth. All people are entitled to these things.
Mon, 30 Dec 2002
Consolidation of democracy: Anticipating 2004
Consolidation of democracy: Anticipating 2004Smita Notosusanto Cetro Next year, is the fifth anniversary of the end of the Soeharto regime which marked Indonesia's transition from authoritarianism to democracy.
Mon, 30 Dec 2002
Reinventing globalization
Reinventing globalizationYanuar Nugroho Director The Business Watch IndonesiaIf there is one word that has been the most frequently mentioned by people around the world over the past three to five years, it has been globalization.
Mon, 30 Dec 2002
Kalipke worries over Sakai survival
Kalipke worries over Sakai survivalHaidir Anwar Tanjung The Jakarta Post Pekanbaru, Riau Few Indonesians are interested in the diverse number of tribes living in the country's hinterland, much less in the origins of the Malay dialect, which is the base of Indonesia's national language.
Mon, 30 Dec 2002
M. Riefqi Muna
M. Riefqi MunaMember, Supervisory Group Global Facilitation Network for Security Sector Reform (GFN-SSR) riefqi@gmx.net Jakarta Indonesia is the largest maritime or archipelagic state in the world. The legal framework recognizing this status follows Indonesia's ratification of the United Nations...
Mon, 30 Dec 2002
POLICE REFORM: Japanese police advisors assist Indonesian
POLICE REFORM: Japanese police advisors assist Indonesian National Police Reform through a pilot project on enhancement of civilian police activities (crime scene identification and communication and command control for police deployment) at Bekasi Police Resort, Jakarta Metropolitan Police.
Mon, 30 Dec 2002
A new building to provide the basis of activities for the
A new building to provide the basis of activities for the Aulia Foundation is about to be completed. In this building, children who are deprived from satisfactory education can find space either to read books or to study computers. A comfortable room is also prepared for their mothers' gatherings.
Mon, 30 Dec 2002
JP/Mulkan Salmuna
JP/Mulkan SalmunaNO INTERRUPTION, PLEASE: The process of making amendments to the 1945 Constitution was a little confused and muddled. Members of Commission A of the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) stand up to respond to an interruption from a fellow participant at the session, which took...
Mon, 30 Dec 2002
M. Riefqi Muna
M. Riefqi MunaMember, Supervisory Group Global Facilitation Network for Security Sector Reform (GFN-SSR) riefqi@gmx.net Jakarta Indonesia is the largest maritime or archipelagic state in the world. The legal framework recognizing this status follows Indonesia's ratification of the United Nations...
Mon, 30 Dec 2002
Once shady Jl. Barito
Once shady Jl. Barito becoming barren From KompasThe South Jakarta administration is building an office for the city parks agency in a green area of Jl. Barito II, Kramat Pela subdistrict, formerly known as Barito park. An artesian well is also under construction as part of the building.
Mon, 30 Dec 2002
Fitri Wulandari
Fitri Wulandari The Jakarta Post JakartaSamsung has seen rosy days in Indonesia, despite the economic woes that have plagued many electronics producers here in recent years.While many players in the electronics industry struggled to cope with a variety of problems, including weakening demand,...
Mon, 30 Dec 2002
'Bajaj' cause
'Bajaj' cause traffic congestionFrom Warta Kota In my opinion, the traffic congestion around the Mayestic Market/Taman Puring in South Jakarta is attributable to the presence of bajaj (three-wheeled motorized vehicles).
Mon, 30 Dec 2002
Semeru spews hot lava
Semeru spews hot lava LUMAJANG, East Java: Mount Semeru in East Java spewed hot lava on Sunday, but local residents living at the vicinity have decided to stay. Suparno, a staff at the local volcano monitoring office, said Sunday that the lava was expelled as far as 250 meters from the mountain...
Mon, 30 Dec 2002
NU calls for end to sharia campaigns and violence
NU calls for end to sharia campaigns and violenceMuhammad Nafik, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Nahdlatul Ulama (NU), the country's largest Muslim organization, urged Muslims, in particular radicals, to cease campaigns for Islamic sharia law, as well as violence in promoting religion.
Mon, 30 Dec 2002
Message from the Ambassador
Message from the Ambassador On this auspicious occasion of the 55th anniversary of the Independence Day of the Union of Myanmar, I have great pleasure to convey warmest greetings and best wishes of the Government and the people of the Union of Myanmar to the Government and people of the Republic of...
Mon, 30 Dec 2002
Leaders must learn to sing the same tune
Leaders must learn to sing the same tuneThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta As the year 2002 draws to a close, certain quarters in society are blaming President Megawati Soekarnoputri for failing to show strong leadership in facing problems currently plaguing the country.
Mon, 30 Dec 2002
Waterless toilet
Waterless toilet at TIM 21From Suara Karya As one of the regular visitors to Taman Ismail Marzuki (TIM), I feel reluctant to use the women's toilets in the building. Although the toilets are relatively clean and seem to be well- maintained, they have no water nor toilet paper.