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Wed, 23 Feb 2005
House to push for 3G technology rights for Telkom/Telkomsel
House to push for 3G technology rights for Telkom/TelkomselLeony Aurora, The Jakarta Post, JakartaThrowing its weight behind the country's leading cellular operator Telkomsel, which hopes to establish third-generation (3G) technology here, the House of Representatives will summon government...
Wed, 23 Feb 2005
Cracking the conundrum of Indonesian unemployment
Cracking the conundrum of Indonesian unemploymentRoland Lindenthal, Jakarta More than 10 percent of Indonesia's labor force are unemployed, a rate that is too high. What makes matters worse is that it has been increasing over time, and that it reflects only part of the problem.
Wed, 23 Feb 2005
Police identify murderer
Police identify murderer BEKASI: The police said on Tuesday they had identified one of what they believed to be a number of murderers of sixth grader Febrina Purnama Sari Harahap, who was found dead on Monday inside the bathroom of a rented room on Jl. Masjid Rahmat, Bekasi.
Wed, 23 Feb 2005
1. PMI (2x20)
1. PMI (2x20) Corpse evacuation in Aceh continues: PMI 2. TNI (2x17) Air Force wants turn to lead TNI 3. Log (1x45) Limited supply partly blamed for illegal logging 4. TKI (1x45) Workers will have to pay Rp4 mil to work in KL
Wed, 23 Feb 2005
Asian retailers upbeat about future prospects
Asian retailers upbeat about future prospectsDeutsche Press-Agentur, SingaporeAsian retailers are upbeat about business prospects and confidence is improving, an annual survey showed on Tuesday.Retailers in the region did generally well over the past six months as strengthening domestic economies...
Wed, 23 Feb 2005
Seminar on Implementing Four Important Business Improvement
Seminar on Implementing Four Important Business Improvement MethodologiesExecutive Seminars is offering a one-day seminar at the JW Marriott Jakarta on March 8, 2005 to critically review four important management methodologies: Six Sigma, Lean Enterprise, Reengineering, and Balanced Scorecard.
Wed, 23 Feb 2005
15 die as plane crashes in Papua
15 die as plane crashes in PapuaNethy Dharma Somba and Eva C. Komandjaja, The Jakarta Post, Jayapura/JakartaFifteen people are dead after a police aircraft nose-dived into an estuary meters in front of Papua's Sarmi Airport early on Tuesday morning.
Wed, 23 Feb 2005
State banks urged to ignite real sector
State banks urged to ignite real sectorRendi A. Witular, The Jakarta Post, JakartaThe government, relying on the role of state banks to help speed up economic growth, has asked four large state banks to focus their lending on small and medium enterprises, infrastructure projects, farming and...
Wed, 23 Feb 2005
Palembang students protest fuel hike
Palembang students protest fuel hikePALEMBANG, South Sumatra: Dozens of Palembang students protested on Tuesday against the central government's plan to raise fuel prices in the near future.During the rally held in downtown Palembang, the students carried banners and posters demanding that the...
Wed, 23 Feb 2005
1. CRASH: 2 LINES, 15 COUNTS
1. CRASH: 2 LINES, 15 COUNTS 15 die as plane crashes in Papua 2. IRAN: 4 LINES, 10 COUNTS Over 270 feared dead as quake hits Iran 3. LOGGING: 4 LINES, 10 COUNTS SBY: Police, TNI involved in logging 4. EUROPE: 1 LINE, 24 COUNTSto follow
Wed, 23 Feb 2005
The empowerment of local communities
The empowerment of local communitiesSudibyo M. Wiradji, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Community development (CD) programs have become an integral part of the operations of oil, gas and mining companies.The programs are developed not only to reduce the social impact of these companies' operations, but...
Wed, 23 Feb 2005
Rupiah Rates Feb.22
Rupiah Rates Feb.22 Banknote rates TT rates Selling Buying Selling Buying Australian dollar 1 7,693.77 6,901.57 7,335.70 7,259.45 Brunei dollar 1 5,964.90 5,350.16 5,687.29 5,627.60 Canadian dollar 1 7,910.96 7,097.11 7,542.78 7,465.14 Swiss franc 1 8,251.56 7,403.81 7,867.54 7,787.
Wed, 23 Feb 2005
Foreign investment in Indonesia
Foreign investment in Indonesia Minister of Trade Mari E. Pangestu's comments and concerns with regard to "out of control regional administrations' levies on foreign investors" (The Jakarta Post of Feb. 14) are to be commended.
Wed, 23 Feb 2005
Aceh peace talks grapple with autonomy issue
Aceh peace talks grapple with autonomy issue Agence France-Presse HelsinkiPeace talks between Indonesian government representatives and leading Aceh separatists continued on Tuesday, amid uncertainty over whether the rebels will accept a special autonomy proposal for the tsunami-stricken province.
Wed, 23 Feb 2005
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Cracking the conundrum of Indonesian unemployment Roland Lindenthal Jakarta 2. Purba -- Fear of control of the press by the refurbished information ministry 1 x 30 Emerging fears of press control Kornelius Purba Paris
Wed, 23 Feb 2005
Govt agencies implicated in animal smuggling
Govt agencies implicated in animal smugglingThe Jakarta Post, JakartaThe customs agency, airport security and the Soekarno-Hatta Animal Quarantine office often work in cahoots with smugglers to bring protected animals out of the country, a source at the Soekarno-Hatta Animal Quarantine office says.
Wed, 23 Feb 2005
E. Asia Summit's birthing pains
E. Asia Summit's birthing pains Eric Teo Chu Cheow The Straits Times Asia News Network Singapore At last October's meeting of ASEAN heads of government in Vientiane, Laos, it was announced that an East Asian Summit will be launched by Malaysia (as host of the next ASEAN Summit) towards the end of...
Wed, 23 Feb 2005
Kemayoran to stage all-Honda race
Kemayoran to stage all-Honda race JAKARTA: Kemayoran racing track in East Jakarta is scheduled to host the opening leg of the Honda One-Make Race on March 19- 20."The 2005 race will coincide with our 15 millionth product, expected in the middle of this year," organizer Kristanto from Astra Honda...
Wed, 23 Feb 2005
Air Force wants turn to lead TNI
Air Force wants turn to lead TNITiarma Siboro, The Jakarta Post, JakartaOutgoing Air Force Chief of Staff Marshall Chappy Hakim has suggested that the President consider a high ranking Air Force officer as the next commander in chief of the Indonesian Military (TNI), saying that a rotation among...
Wed, 23 Feb 2005
SBY: Police, military involved in logging
SBY: Police, military involved in loggingRendi A. Witular and Eva C. Komandjaja, The Jakarta Post, JakartaMilitary and police personnel along with officials from the ministries of forestry and immigration are all involved in the lucrative business of illegal logging in Papua, President Susilo...
Wed, 23 Feb 2005
Jakartans in favor of government-organized exams, survey says
Jakartans in favor of government-organized exams, survey saysThe Jakarta Post, JakartaLegislators and education experts may object to them, but most Jakartans are in favor of final exams for elementary and high school students.
Wed, 23 Feb 2005
Envoys read poems to console tsunami victims
Envoys read poems to console tsunami victimsJP/18/EnvoyEnvoys read poems to console tsunami victimsM. Taufiqurrahman The Jakarta Post/Jakarta In the aftermath of the tsunami that swept across Aceh and North Sumatra, countries around the world have contributed much to ease the suffering of survivors.
Wed, 23 Feb 2005
Reconciling East Timor
Reconciling East TimorAll too frequently this nation has refused to come to terms with its past. The circumstances surrounding historical events remain blurred, the rhetoric that exalts heroes and condemns villains left untested.
Wed, 23 Feb 2005
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JP/ /Susilo's 100 Days and the tsunamiThe first hundred days of President Susilo Bambang Yudhyono's mandate have passed and the pundits, predictably, are pontificating.How does one assess the President's success or failure to achieve the expected results? The situation in Indonesia today precludes...
Tue, 22 Feb 2005
Risky business
Risky businessWith a sigh of relief Indonesians welcomed the news on Monday afternoon that two of its nationals -- Metro TV journalist Meutya Hafid and cameraman Budiyanto -- were being released by their captors in Iraq.
Tue, 22 Feb 2005
'USNS Mercy' continues helping tsunami victims
'USNS Mercy' continues helping tsunami victimsAbdul Khalik, The Jakarta PostThe eyes of Moh. Iqbal, 12, sparkled as he spoke to his uncle Zulkifli sitting next to him in one of the intensive care units (ICU) aboard the USNS Mercy.The U.S.
Tue, 22 Feb 2005
Stock prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (in rupiah) on Feb.21, 2005
Stock prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (in rupiah) on Feb.21, 2005 ___________________________________________________________________________ Shares Close Change Trading Volumne ___________________________________________________________________________ Abdi Bangsa Tbk 275 0 0 Ades Alfindo Tbk...
Tue, 22 Feb 2005
Da'i anoints Sutanto as possible successor
Da'i anoints Sutanto as possible successorEva C. Komandjaja, The Jakarta Post, JakartaNational Police chief Gen. Da'i Bachtiar said on Monday that he has put forward Insp. Gen. Sutanto, the current vice governor of the National Resilience Institute (Lemhannas), as a candidate to replace him.
Tue, 22 Feb 2005
Few celebrities leave glitz behind for Aceh
Few celebrities leave glitz behind for AcehEric Unmacht, Guardian News Service/Banda AcehCelebrities love to get behind a good cause -- especially a non- political one.They'll literally sing and dance around it, as shown by recent tsunami fund-raising performances by Alicia Keys, Stevie Wonder,...
Tue, 22 Feb 2005
Foreign experts criticize RI's truth commission
Foreign experts criticize RI's truth commissionTony Hotland, The Jakarta Post, JakartaInternational experts on truth and reconciliation commissions have expressed concerns about Indonesia's recently passed law on the establishment of such a commission, saying that it contained loopholes that have...
Tue, 22 Feb 2005
Again, fine for littering
Again, fine for litteringFrom Kompas It seems Jakarta's regional regulations on fines for littering in public places will be imposed again soon. The regulation has always existed -- but inadequate implementation means it has been less-than effective.
Tue, 22 Feb 2005
Foreign policy must be beneficial
Foreign policy must be beneficial I would like to comment on Meidyatama Suryodiningrat's article on Feb. 16, titled Realism, idealism in diplomacy with Malaysia and Singapore. Basically I agree with his view that we must tackle first (domestically) all issues related to Singapore and Malaysia, such...
Tue, 22 Feb 2005
Acehnese must define what's necessary for them
Acehnese must define what's necessary for them Among the dozens of foreign non-governmental organizations (NGOs) that arrived in Indonesia to help tsunami survivors was Finland's FinnChurchAid. Accompanied by its local partners, the NGO's representatives traveled to Meulaboh, West Aceh and Nias,...
Tue, 22 Feb 2005
Monkey habitat in Jakarta getting smaller
Monkey habitat in Jakarta getting smallerBambang Parlupi, Contributor, JakartaDespite the rapid development in Jakarta, marked by explosive population growth and the disappearance of green areas, there are still several locations where wild monkeys of the Macaca fascicularis species can be found.
Tue, 22 Feb 2005
Financing solutions for the Infrastructure development
Financing solutions for the Infrastructure developmentDavid O'Brien, Jakarta The recent infrastructure summit has provoked plenty of discussion. Much of the focus has been upon the framework required to restore private sector investors' confidence.
Tue, 22 Feb 2005
TNI, police won't be reunited: Susilo
TNI, police won't be reunited: Susilo JAKARTA: President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono denied on Monday reports that the government would again combine the Indonesia Military (TNI) and the National Police in an effort to boost the coordination of the two institutions.
Tue, 22 Feb 2005
Solutions for pollution
Solutions for pollution As one of the largest metropolitan cities in the world, Jakarta only needs to fix three major sources of pollution. First, emissions created largely by diesel engines (public buses, public minivans). Second, trash burning (remember we live in the city not in the village.
Tue, 22 Feb 2005
No extension for ExxonMobil: House
No extension for ExxonMobil: HouseFabiola Desy Unidjaja, The Jakarta Post, JakartaLawmakers have urged state oil and gas company Pertamina to negotiate a better income sharing scheme for the Cepu oil field in Central Java as a prerequisite for a contract extension past the year 2010 for U.S.
Tue, 22 Feb 2005
20 die, 73 missing in garbage slide
20 die, 73 missing in garbage slideYuli Tri Suwarni, The Jakarta Post, BandungTwenty people were killed and 73 are missing after mountains of garbage in Leuwigajah dump in south Cimahi collapsed onto two villages on Monday.The massive "landslide" struck at 2 a.m.
Tue, 22 Feb 2005
Bojong suspects may get 6 months in jail
Bojong suspects may get 6 months in jail BOGOR: Prosecutors have demanded sentences of between four and six months in prison for 15 residents accused of destroying property belonging to PT Wira Guna Sejahtera, operator of the Bojong waste treatment plant, in a violent protest against the dump last...
Tue, 22 Feb 2005
FEATURE: Celebrities give generously, but few leave behind glitz
FEATURE: Celebrities give generously, but few leave behind glitz and glamour for devastation of Aceh By Eric Unmacht, dpa Eds: epa photos of Warner and Toomer available = Banda Aceh (dpa) Few celebrities leave glitz behind for AcehEric Unmacht Guardian News Service/Banda Aceh Celebrities love to...
Tue, 22 Feb 2005
Australasia route slashes shipping time to Sydney
Australasia route slashes shipping time to SydneyEndy M. Bayuni, The Jakarta Post, JakartaA new trade route just opened last year will potentially cut the shipping time of Indonesian goods exported from Java to major Australian urban centers like Sydney and Melbourne from 21 days on average at...
Tue, 22 Feb 2005
Envoys read poems to console tsunami victims
Envoys read poems to console tsunami victimsJP/18/EnvoyEnvoys read poems to console tsunami victimsM. Taufiqurrahman The Jakarta Post/Jakarta In the aftermath of the tsunami that swept across Aceh and North Sumatra, countries around the world have contributed much to ease the suffering of survivors.
Tue, 22 Feb 2005
Great expectations shadow foreign coaches on the job
Great expectations shadow foreign coaches on the jobMoch. N. Kurniawan, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Former English soccer player Peter Withe arrived here in 2004 as a man on a mission.After a successful stint coaching in Thailand, including steering the national team to gold in the 1999 Southeast...
Tue, 22 Feb 2005
The Violent Face of Indonesia
The Violent Face of Indonesia Thang D. Nguyen Jakarta As 2004 came to an end, Western intelligence forces issued a warning of a potential terrorist attack in a Hilton hotel in Indonesia during the Christmas and New Year holidays. Fortunately, no terrorist attacks happened.
Tue, 22 Feb 2005
Mandiri balks at helping out debt-laden KKA
Mandiri balks at helping out debt-laden KKAUrip Hudiono, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta State-owned lender Bank Mandiri says it will likely turn down a recent request from the government for the country's largest bank to inject fresh capital into ailing state-owned paper producer PT Kertas Kraft Aceh...
Tue, 22 Feb 2005
Arroyo speaks out on Suu Kyi's detention
Arroyo speaks out on Suu Kyi's detentionPHILIPPINES: Philippine President Gloria Arroyo on Monday told visiting Myanmar Prime Minister Soe Win that she was concerned over the continued detention of opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, her spokesman said.
Tue, 22 Feb 2005
Flooding is a commonplace problem for the people of Jakarta
Flooding is a commonplace problem for the people of Jakarta and other flood-prone areas across the country, such as Lampung, South Sumatra and Kalimantan. Almost every year, Jakarta and these areas are inundated during the wet season.
Tue, 22 Feb 2005
TV Program: Tuesday, February 22, 2005
TV Program: Tuesday, February 22, 2005TVRI .TB.30" .90" 5:00 a.m. Religious Teachings6:00 News: Berita Pagi7:00 Cartoon: Maya the Bee8:30 Music: Asik-asik10:00 Talk Show: Agribiz11:00 Singing Contest: Konteswara 12:00 p.m.
Tue, 22 Feb 2005
Accommodating
Accommodating thousands of children From Republika Following the report in The Jakarta Post on Jan. 3 that there is fear about the future of the child survivors of the tsunami disaster in Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam, the central executive board of Hidayatullah would like to state as follows: 1.