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Sat, 19 Feb 2005
LPDS runs workshop for journalists
LPDS runs workshop for journalists YOGYAKARTA: Some 20 senior journalists representing print media with both local and national circulation are attending a workshop on feature reporting and writing held here by the Jakarta-based Dr. Soetomo Press Institution (LPDS).
Sat, 19 Feb 2005
Hundreds of corpses still found every day in Banda Aceh
Hundreds of corpses still found every day in Banda AcehMargie Mason, Associated Press/Banda Aceh Yusniar Amara and her boyfriend watched a beautiful sunset over the beach in Banda Aceh just after finishing a dive together.
Sat, 19 Feb 2005
Simon G. Bell
Simon G. Bell Jakarta2. Oil -- Indonesia's oil industry trapped in a web of rules 2 x 30 Indonesian petroleum industry caught in confusing web of rules Web of rules trap RI oil industry John Mcbeth The Straits Times Asia News Network Singapore
Sat, 19 Feb 2005
Aid fund control crucial
Aid fund control crucialFrom Koran TempoThe distrust in some circles over the utilization of aid funds for the reconstruction of post-tsunami Aceh and North Sumatra is inseparable from the short-term orientation of most Indonesian officials and the lack of supervision.
Sat, 19 Feb 2005
Top UN official to visit Aceh
Top UN official to visit Aceh JAKARTA: Assistant Secretary-General of the United Nations Hafiz Pasha is scheduled to visit the tsunami-stricken province of Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam on Feb. 25.Pasha, who is director of the regional bureau of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), also...
Sat, 19 Feb 2005
JP/ /
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...
Sat, 19 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.
Sat, 19 Feb 2005
Release of youth leader demanded
Release of youth leader demanded KUPANG, East Nusa Tenggara: Hundreds of residents staged a protest on Friday outside the East Nusa Tenggara council building, demanding the release of a local youth leader allegedly detained by soldiers.
Sat, 19 Feb 2005
Lost sympathy for GAM
Lost sympathy for GAMFrom Kontan I was still a university student when the New Order regime collapsed. I was then "against" the government and believed that the uprisings in the regions, including the ongoing on in Aceh by the Free Aceh Movement (GAM) reflected a rejection of the then government as...
Sat, 19 Feb 2005
Eliezer Ministry helps singles find life partners
Eliezer Ministry helps singles find life partnersIndra Harsaputra, The Jakarta Post/Surabaya To kill time, Hariono Eko, an interior designer from Surabaya browses through a Dragon Ball comic book while waiting for the launching of an event organized by the Eliezer Ministry at JW Marriott Hotel...
Sat, 19 Feb 2005
Investigators tell how they uncovered smuggling
Investigators tell how they uncovered smugglingThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta "This is a smuggler...ha...ha.... He is a mafia (member)...ha...ha...," an unidentified man told undercover investigators. He pointed his finger at a Singaporean in a yellow checked shirt, who was counting stash of cash on his...
Sat, 19 Feb 2005
JP/1/MISS2
JP/1/MISS2Susilo appeals to Iraqi group to free journalistsRendi A. Witular and Ivy Susanti The Jakarta Post/JakartaTwo Indonesian television journalists, who have been incommunicado since driving through a notorious rebel stronghold in Iraq, got the attention of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono,...
Sat, 19 Feb 2005
Welfare flats taken over by urban professionals
Welfare flats taken over by urban professionalsThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta Eleven years after his family's home in Bendungan Hilir, Central Jakarta, burned down, Ali -- not his real name -- now lives on the third floor of an apartment complex that was built on top of the charred ruins by the city...
Sat, 19 Feb 2005
Smokers and Corruption
Smokers and CorruptionFrom Koran Tempo Some people say that a fine of Rp 50 million to be imposed on people who smoke in public places is absurd. However, I believe it is now time for the Jakarta city administration to have its own bylaw that bans smoking in public places.
Sat, 19 Feb 2005
BII profit increases on robust borrowings
BII profit increases on robust borrowingsBloomberg, Jakarta PT Bank Internasional Indonesia (BII), a lender partly owned by South Korea's largest bank, said 2004 net income more than doubled as the lowest interest rates in six years spurred borrowing by consumers and companies.
Sat, 19 Feb 2005
Investors ask city to finance monorail project
Investors ask city to finance monorail projectDamar Harsanto, The Jakarta Post/Jakarta Financial questions surrounding the PT Jakarta Monorail consortium, which the city administration appointed to develop an ambitious monorail system, has left the fate of the project in doubt.
Sat, 19 Feb 2005
Minister vows to curb illegal logging
Minister vows to curb illegal loggingMuninggar Sri Saraswati, The Jakarta Post/Jakarta Minister of Forestry Malam Sambat Kaban said on Friday he planned to meet with Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs Widodo Adi Sucipto to help resolve the rampant illegal logging in...
Sat, 19 Feb 2005
Helping Aceh -- What helps and what doesn't
Helping Aceh -- What helps and what doesn'tSimon G. Bell JakartaA team of international scientists studying the effects of the tsunami in Banda Aceh recently reported in a Seattle newspaper that the initial announcements relating to the height and speed of the tsunami were significantly understated.
Sat, 19 Feb 2005
RI imported 300,000 bpd of fuel in 2004
RI imported 300,000 bpd of fuel in 2004Fabiola Desy Unidjaja, The Jakarta Post/Jakarta Indonesia imported about 300,000 barrels per day (bpd) of processed fuel last year to meet domestic demand for the oil- based commodity, according to the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources.
Sat, 19 Feb 2005
Sports bill shows concern for athletes' welfare once
Sports bill shows concern for athletes' welfare once Moch. N. Kurniawan The Jakarta Post/Jakarta The sports community's long-sought goal for the government to pay attention to outstanding athletes once their competitive days are over is a step closer to realization.
Sat, 19 Feb 2005
Cable thieves stop train service, again
Cable thieves stop train service, again TANGERANG: Cable thieves disrupted trains services between Tangerang and Jakarta for the second time in a month on Friday.Ahmad Sujadi, spokesman of state railway operator PT KAI, said that 18 trains were affected by the theft.
Sat, 19 Feb 2005
Australian yachtsman gets three month sentence
Australian yachtsman gets three month sentenceWahyoe Boediwardhana, The Jakarta Post/Denpasar Australian yachtsman Christopher Packer has been sentenced to three months jail by the Denpasar District Court on Friday for his failure to declare six firearms to local port authorities.
Sat, 19 Feb 2005
AGO told to tolerate criticism
AGO told to tolerate criticismTony Hotland, The Jakarta Post/Jakarta House of Representatives Speaker Agung Laksono has spoken out against Thursday's commotion between legislators and the Attorney General's Office (AGO), asserting that state officials should be prepared to take criticism.
Sat, 19 Feb 2005
Govt mulls turning Dipasena into SOE
Govt mulls turning Dipasena into SOERendi A. Witular, The Jakarta Post/Jakarta The government has been considering turning privately-owned PT Dipasena Citra Darmaja, Southeast Asia's largest shrimp farming company, into a state-owned firm after failing to sell it to prospective investors due to a...
Sat, 19 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.
Sat, 19 Feb 2005
Three artists portray President in pop art paintings
Three artists portray President in pop art paintingsEvi Mariani, The Jakarta Post/Jakarta Painter Hardi, who in 1978 rocked the Indonesian art world with a portrait of himself as the third president, has collaborated with a digitalist and a photographer to create 21 neo-pop art paintings of...
Sat, 19 Feb 2005
Indonesia's rights image improves
Indonesia's rights image improvesFrom Koran Tempo Despite the negative domestic evaluation of Indonesia's upholding of human rights, the image in the international community is positive. Indonesia is seen as actively promoting rights.
Sat, 19 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.
Sat, 19 Feb 2005
On stay permits
On stay permits I am referring to the letter regarding foreign investment in Indonesia by Frank Zieschank (The Jakarta Post, Feb. 11). What the gentleman says here is only the tip of the iceberg. A friend of mine who is married to an Australian and arranging for stay permits for her kids is going...
Sat, 19 Feb 2005
RI, GAM ready to resume talks, focus on autonomy
RI, GAM ready to resume talks, focus on autonomyMuninggar Sri Saraswati, The Jakarta Post/Jakarta The government is ready to resume peace talks with Free Aceh Movement (GAM) rebel leaders after they agreed negotiations should focus on the government's offer for special autonomy, a senior minister...
Sat, 19 Feb 2005
Political parties told to consider power-sharing deal
Political parties told to consider power-sharing dealRuslan Sangadji, The Jakarta Post/Poso To help put an end to religious violence in the area, political parties in Poso should consider power-sharing deals when naming candidates for the June regional elections, observers have said.
Sat, 19 Feb 2005
Finance ministry signs MOU on corruption eradication
Finance ministry signs MOU on corruption eradicationUrip Hudiono, The Jakarta Post/Jakarta Despite his "I don't care" response to a recent survey that found two institutions under his supervision to be among the most corrupt a day earlier, Minister of Finance Yusuf Anwar on Friday signed a...
Sat, 19 Feb 2005
Indonesia's oil industry trapped in a web of rules
Indonesia's oil industry trapped in a web of rules JP/7/OIL21Indonesia's oil industry trapped in a web of rules John Mcbeth The Straits Times Asia News Network Singapore The recent oil strike by Australian-owned Santos off the coast of East Java and major untapped oil and gas deposits in...
Sat, 19 Feb 2005
Looking into terrorism in economic, social terms
Looking into terrorism in economic, social termsS.P. Seth Sydney Until very recently if anyone sought to understand and explain terrorism in economic and social terms, he/she was likely to be branded as a terrorism sympathizer by the U.S. and Australian establishments.
Sat, 19 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.
Sat, 19 Feb 2005
Middle Eastern hookah pipes produced in Weleri
Middle Eastern hookah pipes produced in WeleriSuherdjoko, The Jakarta Post, Weleri, Central Java Thirty-year-old Sohir looked very serious when trying to inhale smoke through his mouth from a hookah, an instrument of Middle Eastern origin that is used to smoke tobacco."It tastes strange.
Sat, 19 Feb 2005
Sleman to distribute 20,000 goats
Sleman to distribute 20,000 goats YOGYAKARTA: As part of its poverty alleviation and community empowerment programs, the government of Sleman regency is planning to distribute a total 20,000 goats this year to young farmers in its villages, to be further bred for meat.
Sat, 19 Feb 2005
JP/17/AUCT
JP/17/AUCTBachelor auction romantic way to raise fundsEvi Mariani The Jakarta Post/JakartaThe hottest bachelor at the charity auction was Alexander Jovanovic, 43, an Aussie with a pair of hazel-colored eyes, 180 centimeters in height, sexy streaks of gray hair in his wavy, dark hair and charm that...
Sat, 19 Feb 2005
Confused perceptions about national identity
Confused perceptions about national identityMochtar Buchori, Jakarta Do we know what kind of a nation we really are? Aren't we oftentimes confusing our "real", actual identity with our imagined one?These questions keep coming up in my mind, especially since I took part in a discussion on how to...
Sat, 19 Feb 2005
RP overseas labors to hit one million
RP overseas labors to hit one million MANILA: The Philippines government hopes to deploy at least one million overseas workers in 2005 as companies abroad continue to prefer Filipinos, an official said on Friday.
Sat, 19 Feb 2005
National Exams must not determine students' fate
National Exams must not determine students' fateMateus Yumarnamto, Surabaya Ignoring the controversies surrounding the National Examination for junior and senior high schools in Indonesia, the Minister of Education Bambang Sudibyo has issued the schedule for the examinations.
Sat, 19 Feb 2005
Rotary celebrates 100th anniversary
Rotary celebrates 100th anniversary JAKARTA: The Rotary Club of Jakarta will hold a charity dinner for Acehnese children on Tuesday to commemorate the centennial of the organization, first established in Chicago, USA.
Sat, 19 Feb 2005
Flying on humanitarian mission
Flying on humanitarian missionDedy Ardiansyah, Contributor/Medan The devastating earthquake and tsunami on the western coast of Sumatra aroused world sympathy.The Dec. 26 tragedy triggered international solidarity.
Sat, 19 Feb 2005
19 councillors named suspects
19 councillors named suspects PALU, Central Sulawesi: Central Sulawesi Police named as suspects on Friday 19 councillors for their alleged involvement in the embezzlement of Rp 2.9 billion (US$322,222) in Buol regency budgetary funds between 2001 and 2004.Central Sulawesi chief of detectives Sr.
Sat, 19 Feb 2005
Singapore wants more non-Malays to speak bahasa
Singapore wants more non-Malays to speak bahasa Agencies Singapore Singapore wants to promote the Indonesian and Malaysian languages in the predominantly ethnic Chinese city-state to strengthen ties with its Malay-Muslim neighbors, the country's education ministry said on Friday.
Sat, 19 Feb 2005
Renee Olstead, new chanteuse marks her territory
Renee Olstead, new chanteuse marks her territoryM. Taufiqurrahman, The Jakarta Post/Jakarta She is still a teenager, 15 years old. She has just branched out from an impressive acting career and embarked on a full-fledged singing career by releasing a self-titled debut album.
Sat, 19 Feb 2005
Govt to import more sugar
Govt to import more sugarJAKARTA: Indonesia, the world's biggest importer of refined sugar, will allow companies to buy an extra 200,000 metric tons of the sweetener from Thailand to plug domestic shortages, Trade Minister Mari Pangestu said.
Sat, 19 Feb 2005
While many people seem to believe that "Fuel subsidies are
While many people seem to believe that "Fuel subsidies are enjoyed by the rich", I think that these subsidies (for gasoline and diesel) are instead enjoyed by most poor Indonesians, directly or otherwise.If the government goes through with its plan to cut fuel subsidies, the poor will suffer.
Sat, 19 Feb 2005
Introductory Workshop on
Introductory Workshop on LPG and LNG Processing Operations PT OTI Transformasi Lintas Internasional will run an introductory workshop on natural gas handling, conditioning and processing operations to help companies face the highly competitive market.
Sat, 19 Feb 2005
1. TNI: 2 X 24
1. TNI: 2 X 24 Susilo delays naming new military commander 2. BODIES: 2 X 28 Hundreds of corpses still found every day in Banda Aceh 3. GAM: 2 X 24 RI, GAM ready to resume talks focused on special autonomy 4. ACEH: 1 X 36 ILO helps tsunami victims find jobs