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Thu, 27 Dec 2001
Comma vs point
Comma vs point I also might not fully agree with David Tucker's reasons on why Indonesia should stick to the "decimal comma" instead of switching to the "decimal point" (The Jakarta Post, Dec. 15).Still, I agree with him on Indonesia's right to keep the decimal comma: the system was inherited from...
Thu, 27 Dec 2001
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~ Yearend specialEvery day for the rest of this week The Jakarta Post presents a special 10-page review of the year that was starting today with a look back at the national news as well as the sports scene. -- Pages 11-20 ;JP; ANPAj..r.. Publisher-notice No paper on Christmas day JP/1/20011215.
Thu, 27 Dec 2001
Vendors rally at mayoralty office
Vendors rally at mayoralty office TANGERANG: Dozens of vendors from Cikokol market staged a rally at Tangerang mayoralty office on Wednesday, demanding the administration provide them with an alternative location, as the vendors are soon to be evicted from the market.
Thu, 27 Dec 2001
Tirta, Surya, Gerhana record wins at chess meet
Tirta, Surya, Gerhana record wins at chess meetMusthofid, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Indonesian teenaged chess hopefuls Tirta Chandra, Surya Wahyudi and Gerhana won both their matches in their respective age categories at the Junior ASEAN Championship in Kuala Lumpur on Wednesday.
Thu, 27 Dec 2001
Jakarta gridlock, problems and solutions
Jakarta gridlock, problems and solutionsMuninggar Sri Saraswati, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Many residents here seem to take traffic jams for granted since it has become a daily occurrence as well as a characteristic of this city of more than 10 million people.
Thu, 27 Dec 2001
Megawati a guardian of her country to the bone
Megawati a guardian of her country to the bone Yoichi Funabashi, The Asahi Shimbun, Jakarta Megawati, who became president in July, started out by saying her Cabinet was busy dealing with a mountain of problems inherited from the previous administration.
Thu, 27 Dec 2001
Will Malino peace deal effectively end Poso conflict?
Will Malino peace deal effectively end Poso conflict?Jupriadi, The Jakarta Post, Malino Since the Poso conflict erupted in early December 1998, warring factions in the restive regency have signed five peace agreements, including the Malino Declaration signed last Thursday in Malino, a historical...
Thu, 27 Dec 2001
Counting the years while banks recover
Counting the years while banks recover Berni K. Moestafa The Jakarta Post Jakarta The country's banking sector entered the year 2001 limping and, as the year comes to a close, it has yet to pick up the pace.
Thu, 27 Dec 2001
Tourism industry feels the pinch of global slump
Tourism industry feels the pinch of global slumpTantri Yuliandini The Jakarta Post Jakarta These have been tough times for Indonesia's tourism industry, hit first by the 1998 Asian financial crisis and now by the most recent global economic downturn, made worse by the terrorist attacks on the...
Thu, 27 Dec 2001
Kerosene shortage hits W. Java
Kerosene shortage hits W. JavaYuli Tri Suwarni, The Jakarta Post, Bandung Kerosene shortages have spread to Bandung and neighboring cities in West Java following last week's Idul Fitri holidays, causing the fuel's price to increase by up to 200 percent per liter.
Thu, 27 Dec 2001
1. BCA
1. BCAIBRA won't allow Salim to repurchase BCA: Ary Suta 2. Jetro JETRO sees 3.8% growth for RI economy in 20023. PLN RI agrees with Siemens on electricity price
Thu, 27 Dec 2001
Indonesian economy muddles through adverse conditions
Indonesian economy muddles through adverse conditionsBy Vincent Lingga The Jakarta Post Jakarta Indonesia's economy entered 2001 amid heightened political uncertainty, the increasingly erratic leadership of then president Abdurrahman Wahid, a decline in the government's credibility and a weakened...
Thu, 27 Dec 2001
Why privatization fails in Indonesia
Why privatization fails in Indonesia Reiner S. The Jakarta Post Jakarta When popular leader Megawati Soekarnoputri was elected as the country's new President late in July, followed by the appointment of her confidant Laksamana Sukardi as State Minister of State Enterprises, there were high hopes...
Thu, 27 Dec 2001
Dekel: Grassroot democracy or job opportunity?
Dekel: Grassroot democracy or job opportunity?Ahmad Junaidi, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Members of Dewan Kelurahan -- or Dekel (subdistrict legislative councils) -- are often described as people who are concerned more about their salary and allowances than in contributing their thoughts towards the...
Thu, 27 Dec 2001
Autonomy policy no solution to Aceh conflict
Autonomy policy no solution to Aceh conflictSanti WE Soekanto The Jakarta Post JakartaAnother year is whizzing by leaving Aceh with wounds gaping and questions unanswered. Hardly a day in 2001 has gone without murders being committed in the restive region -- the Indonesian Red Cross workers in Aceh...
Thu, 27 Dec 2001
Mining industry remains in the doldrums
Mining industry remains in the doldrums Moch. N. Kurniawan The Jakarta Post JakartaIn this first year of the implementation of regional autonomy, the country's mining industry remained in the doldrums.The autonomy laws were, in the beginning, expected to solve security problems confronting mining...
Thu, 27 Dec 2001
Koizumi to visit RI
Koizumi to visit RIThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi has announced plans to visit Indonesia as part of his tour of major Southeast Asian nations next month.With Japan's economy in the doldrums and Tokyo scaling back foreign aid in response, Koizumi is expected to...
Thu, 27 Dec 2001
Power to the people?
Power to the people? Looking back at all that transpired in the country in 2001, most people would agree that the implementation of regional autonomy is one of the most thorny issues to have occurred during the past year.
Thu, 27 Dec 2001
Are the urban poor marginalized bye the city?
Are the urban poor marginalized bye the city?Ida Indawati Khouw, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Who's the enemy of the Jakarta administration this year? The answer is neither criminals, nor poverty, nor others one might think more obvious.The enemy, perversely, is the urban poor.
Thu, 27 Dec 2001
Main points of the new gov't instruction limiting wastefulness
Main points of the new gov't instruction limiting wastefulnessOn efficient uses of state-owned assets:* Limit the use of paper, official stationary only should be used for external correspondence. Typing should be done using 12-point Pica, Arial fonts with a 1.5 margin between lines.
Thu, 27 Dec 2001
Review 2001 for Dec. 28
Review 2001 for Dec. 28;JP;JOKO ANWAR; ANPAc..r.. Yearend-film JP/19/JOKO2001 marked by signs of recovery in RI film industry ----------------- Joko E.H. Anwar Contributor Jakarta ---------------- An unusual sight has been repeating itself at Blok M Plaza theater in South Jakarta, where teenagers...
Thu, 27 Dec 2001
1. APBD: 2x22
1. APBD: 2x22 City proposes more funds for public order operations 2. Island - 2x25 Kepulauan Seribu regent offers island to be used for gambling 3. Victim - 1x35 Crash victims' families anxious for news 4. Tommy - 2x20 Prosecutors correct Tommy's dossiers
Thu, 27 Dec 2001
Autonomy policy no solution to Aceh conflict
Autonomy policy no solution to Aceh conflictSanti WE Soekanto, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Another year is whizzing by leaving Aceh with wounds agape and questions unanswered. Hardly a day in 2001 has gone by without murders being committed in the strife-torn region -- the Indonesian Red Cross...
Thu, 27 Dec 2001
Balinese Hinduism on The Brink of Violent Conflict
Balinese Hinduism on The Brink of Violent ConflictI Wayan Juniartha The Jakarta Post DenpasarOn the eve of the new year, Balinese Hinduism, the religion adhered to by more than 90 percent of the tourist island's population, faces its greatest challenge so far, as the majority of its religious elite...
Thu, 27 Dec 2001
Regional autonomy: A double standard set in motion?
Regional autonomy: A double standard set in motion?Santi WE Soekanto, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta When 2002 dawns, Indonesia will mark the first anniversary of the implementation of the regional autonomy policy.
Thu, 27 Dec 2001
Australia drops dumping charges against Indonesia paper products
Australia drops dumping charges against Indonesia paper productsThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta The Australian government has dropped its dumping allegations against two Indonesian export paper products, according to an Indonesian envoy.
Thu, 27 Dec 2001
The dilemma of the cases of Soeharto and Tommy
The dilemma of the cases of Soeharto and Tommy Three of Indonesia's former presidents are connected with legal cases. The cases of two of the former presidents are not so complex or dilemmatic. B.J. Habibie, apart from being questioned in relation to Buloggate II, is now being sought by the German...
Thu, 27 Dec 2001
Another setback in capital market history
Another setback in capital market historyHendarsyah Tarmizi The Jakarta Post JakartaThis year shows another setback in the financial market, with share prices and rupiah suffering another downfall amid fears over the worsening of the country's economic performance.
Thu, 27 Dec 2001
Year-end Special Section
Year-end Special Section The Jakarta Post continues its review of the year with this section today looking at the question of life in the regions and metro Jakarta.The year 2001, which ends in a matter of days, has witnessed what many people call the biggest experiment in regional autonomy -- the...
Thu, 27 Dec 2001
PLN still struggles to recover from crisis
PLN still struggles to recover from crisis Johannes Simbolon The Jakarta Post Jakarta This year, public utility PT PLN continued to struggle to cope with the problems and difficulties that have been confronting the company since the start of the economic crisis in the middle of 1997.
Thu, 27 Dec 2001
Island offered to be used for gambling
Island offered to be used for gamblingThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta The ongoing controversy surrounding proposals to establish an official gambling facility here has taken a new twist, with Kepulauan Seribu (Thousand Islands) Regent Abdul Kadir suggesting that one of the islands in the regency could be...
Thu, 27 Dec 2001
The year of political disputes
The year of political disputesKurniawan Hari and Bambang Nurbianto The Jakarta Post Jakarta When the nation entered a reform era following the downfall of autocratic president Soeharto in 1998 and his protege B.J. Habibie in Oct.
Thu, 27 Dec 2001
Indonesia forests dwindling rapidly by the year
Indonesia forests dwindling rapidly by the yearEdith Hartanto, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta In the past decade, Indonesia has witnessed the major destruction of forests in all its provinces, from the western tip of Aceh, to the eastern end of Irian Jaya.This year is no different.
Thu, 27 Dec 2001
Mega to sign decree for Timor tribunal
Mega to sign decree for Timor tribunal JAKARTA: State Secretary/Cabinet Secretary Bambang Kesowo said on Wednesday that President Megawati Soekarnoputri will sign a decree on the appointment of ad hoc human rights trial judges by the end of the year."We submitted the decree before Idul Fitri (Dec.
Thu, 27 Dec 2001
JP/ /DPR
JP/ /DPRMPR/DPR - A spectacle of turbulence and contention.Meidyatama Suryodiningrat The Jakarta Post Jakarta Some 250 years-ago American James Madison wrote that democracies have ever been spectacles of turbulence and contention.
Thu, 27 Dec 2001
CIVIL EMERGENCY:
CIVIL EMERGENCY: 1. The governor takes charge as the supreme authority. 2. The governor has the authority to issue regulations necessary to maintain public order or security. 3. Every civilian employee in the region subject to the emergency is obliged to provide information to the governor under...
Thu, 27 Dec 2001
Complaints regarding the bureaucracy
Complaints regarding the bureaucracy The government bureaucracy is again in the spotlight. This time it is the comments from President Megawati Soekarnoputri. In essence, the head of state said that cooperation between the ministers and the first and second echelon officials was not good.
Thu, 27 Dec 2001
Papuans feel they are second-class citizens
Papuans feel they are second-class citizensKornelius Purba, Staff Writer, The Jakarta Post Last Saturday, President Megawati Soekarnoputri was forced to drop her promise to deliver what she seemed to think was the best possible Christmas present she could offer the predominantly Christian province...
Thu, 27 Dec 2001
DPRD Jakarta: Empowered but not all that wiser
DPRD Jakarta: Empowered but not all that wiserT. Sima Gunawan, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta One is never too old to study. City councillors know the axiom well and took a shot at implementing it -- without worrying about the cost.
Thu, 27 Dec 2001
Australia drops dumping charges against RI's paper products
Australia drops dumping charges against RI's paper productsThe Jakarta Post JakartaThe Australian government has dropped its dumping allegations against two Indonesian export paper products, according to an Indonesian envoy.
Thu, 27 Dec 2001
Ahmad Junaidi
Ahmad Junaidi The Jakarta Post Jakarta The city administration has proposed a 2002 City Budget totaling Rp 8.8 trillion, with increased funding for the repression of disadvantaged people and for Governor Sutiyoso's wardrobe.
Thu, 27 Dec 2001
No fuel price hike on Jan. 1, minister says
No fuel price hike on Jan. 1, minister saysThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta The government will not raise fuel prices on Jan.1 as earlier expected, because the planned increase is still being examined to take into account of a number of variables, including the latest developments in international oil...
Thu, 27 Dec 2001
Danger in ethnic-based grouping
Danger in ethnic-based grouping JAKARTA (JP): The establishment of ethnic-based organizations should be stopped because their activities can undermine national integrity, the Association of Retired Civil Servants (Wredatama) said on Wednesday.
Thu, 27 Dec 2001
Regional autonomy: A double standard in motion?
Regional autonomy: A double standard in motion?Santi WE Soekanto The Jakarta Post Jakarta When 2002 dawns, Indonesia will mark the first anniversary of the implementation of the regional autonomy policy.
Thu, 27 Dec 2001
Scattering litter, mirror of the administration's ineptitude
Scattering litter, mirror of the administration's ineptitudeAnnastashya Emmanuelle, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The closure and conditional reopening of Bantar Gebang, the city's garbage dump, is the dire result of the city administration's incompetence in handling Jakarta's waste problems.
Thu, 27 Dec 2001
The year of political disputes
The year of political disputesKurniawan Hari and Bambang Nurbianto The Jakarta Post Jakarta When the nation entered a reform era following the downfall of autocratic president Soeharto in 1998 and his protege B.J. Habibie in Oct.
Thu, 27 Dec 2001
IBRA won't allow Salim to repurchase BCA: Ary Suta
IBRA won't allow Salim to repurchase BCA: Ary SutaThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta The Indonesian Bank Restructuring Agency (IBRA) stressed on Wednesday it would stick to existing regulations in executing the divestment program of the publicly listed Bank Central Asia (BCA), including one that bars...
Thu, 27 Dec 2001
Rift flares over origin of Soeharto pardon issue
Rift flares over origin of Soeharto pardon issueThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta The heated debate over President Megawati Soekarnoputri's plan to drop former president Soeharto's corruption case got a bit more hot on Wednesday as two top officials were at odds over how she got the idea.
Thu, 27 Dec 2001
Nation expects more benefits from oil and gas resources
Nation expects more benefits from oil and gas resources Johannes Simbolon The Jakarta Post Jakarta Indonesia's oil and gas industry has opened another chapter in its history with the introduction of the new oil and gas law.
Thu, 27 Dec 2001
Old maps offer glimpse of Indonesia history
Old maps offer glimpse of Indonesia historyIda Indawati Khouw, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Hundreds of years ago, a map was more prized than either gold or silver for European sailors. Maps were needed to navigate ships so that they could reach their destination, often newly discovered lands, which...