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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...

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.

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.

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

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...

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.

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.

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...

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...

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

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...

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.

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.

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.

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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

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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

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.

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.

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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...

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.

'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.

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...

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.

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,...

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...

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.

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...

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,...

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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...

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...

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...

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.

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...

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.

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...

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.

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.

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.

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.