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Sun, 27 Feb 2005
New condominiums sell like hotcakes
New condominiums sell like hotcakesT. Sima Gunawan, Contributor, Jakarta Apartment units, be they mid-market or exclusive, are selling like hotcakes. When it comes to comfort, money apparently does not matter.
Sun, 27 Feb 2005
Leased apartments expect more guests
Leased apartments expect more guests With the improvement in business sentiment, the demand for leased and serviced apartments in Jakarta is likely to continue to revive this year.New demand is expected to come from the increase in the number of short-term business visitors and expatriates working...
Sun, 27 Feb 2005
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JP/ / .rm New Strata-Titled Apartments in JakartaNo Development Area Completion1 Airlangga Apartment Mega Kuningan 2005 2 Bellagio Mansions Mega Kuningan 2005 3 Bellagio Residence Mega Kuningan 2005 4 Bellezza Permata Hijau (Bellezza de Casa) Permata Hijau 2005 5 Daksa Residence Kebayoran 2005 6...
Sun, 27 Feb 2005
Apartment living catching on slowly
Apartment living catching on slowlyRudijanto, Contributor, Jakarta Living in apartment is still a luxury for most people but for a young and dynamic executive such as Elina Ciptadi who is expected to come to the office early and return home late, an apartment is the only solution.
Sun, 27 Feb 2005
On the Record: Riza Arshad
On the Record: Riza ArshadArtist : Riza Arshad Album : Trioscapes (Ragadi Music) Piano player Riza Arshad has been known as the brains behind the award-winning group Simak Dialog. Playing ethnic-tinged fusion, the group's early line-up included guitarist Tohpati, drummer Arie Ayunir and bass player...
Sun, 27 Feb 2005
W. Papuan rock art sees light of day
W. Papuan rock art sees light of dayKurniawan Hari, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has launched a definitive reference book on rock art across four areas in West Papua.
Sun, 27 Feb 2005
JP/1/gun
JP/1/gunEva C. Komandjaja The Jakarta Post/JakartaHaving a gun can make someone feel as though they are in a Western film, in which the characters are free to aim and shoot as they please -- in revenge, in response to a perceived offense, for a criminal purpose or just because they can.
Sun, 27 Feb 2005
Flutter of feathers fill paradise
Flutter of feathers fill paradise One of the most memorable stops on Langkawi is the island's bird paradise. Opened a little over two years ago, the one-hectare park houses some 2,500 birds representing 150 species from all corners of the world.
Sun, 27 Feb 2005
Illicit gun trade links soldiers, smugglers, home industries
Illicit gun trade links soldiers, smugglers, home industriesAbdul Khalik, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Walking into his detention cell at Jakarta Police headquarters, Nugroho, 35, a member of the Demak gang, smiled when he was asked where he got the guns they had used in several robberies.
Sun, 27 Feb 2005
Welcome rains clear up Pekanbaru haze
Welcome rains clear up Pekanbaru hazePuji Santoso, The Jakarta Post, Pekanbaru For the first time in three weeks, Pekanbaru residents breathed fresh air on Saturday after six hours of heavy rain cleared thick haze that had blanketed parts of Riau, disrupting flights and forcing schools to close.
Sun, 27 Feb 2005
Public waits for certainty over fuel hike
Public waits for certainty over fuel hikeThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta Just like everyone else, gas station managers around Jakarta are anxiously waiting for the exact details of the government's proposal to raise fuel prices on March 1.
Sun, 27 Feb 2005
TV Program: Sunday, February 27, 2005
TV Program: Sunday, February 27, 2005.TB.30" .90"TVRI 5:00 a.m. Religious Teachings6:00 News: Berita Pagi 7:00 Cartoon: Maya The Bee7:30 Children Show9:00 Music: Delta10:30 Sports: Antar Arena11:30 English for Fun12:30 p.m.
Sun, 27 Feb 2005
Armed robbery almost daily occurrence in February
Armed robbery almost daily occurrence in FebruaryAbdul Khalik, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The number of robberies in the capital involving firearms has reached an alarming level, with data from Jakarta Police Headquarters showing that armed robberies occurred almost every day in the first two weeks...
Sun, 27 Feb 2005
RI urges KL to respect rights in crackdown
RI urges KL to respect rights in crackdown MALAYSIA: Indonesia on Saturday urged Malaysia to ensure there are no human rights abuses when it begins a massive operation next week to arrest and deport hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants.
Sun, 27 Feb 2005
New apartment units sell like hotcakes
New apartment units sell like hotcakes T. Sima Gunawan Contributor/Jakarta Apartment units, be they mid-market or exclusive, are selling like hotcakes. When it comes to comfort, money apparently does not matter.
Sun, 27 Feb 2005
Herbal medicine congress to be held in Singapore
Herbal medicine congress to be held in SingaporeAn international congress on traditional herbal medicine will be held in Singapore from Feb. 26 to 28 to reconcile the practice with modern pharmaceutical science.
Sun, 27 Feb 2005
Addressing overdue issue of gun control
Addressing overdue issue of gun controlEva C. Komandjaja, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Having a gun can make someone feel as though they are in a Western film, in which the characters are free to aim and shoot as they please -- in revenge, in response to a perceived offense, for a criminal purpose or...
Sat, 26 Feb 2005
Bumi to issue US$600m in bonds
Bumi to issue US$600m in bondsLeony Aurora, The Jakarta Post/Jakarta Indonesia's largest coal exporter, PT Bumi Resources, plans to issue US$600 million-worth of bonds later this year to refinance its debts, says a top company executive.
Sat, 26 Feb 2005
C. Effendi
C. Effendi Jakarta While the majority of senior Ministry of Home Affairs officials prefer to be regarded as serious and unapproachable, Progo Nurdjaman, the director general of regional autonomy, comes across as being a friendly character who is open to suggestions.
Sat, 26 Feb 2005
Poor accountability of civil servant creates room for corruption
Poor accountability of civil servant creates room for corruption The Jakarta Post/Jakarta Radical reform of the Indonesian administration and bureaucracy is imperative to help curb endemic corruption among civil servants, an Asian Development Bank (ADB) report has said.
Sat, 26 Feb 2005
Conserve the forests
Conserve the forests It is said that a lot of timber will be used to rebuild Aceh and how it could lead to the plunder of the forests. In the disaster areas, apart from being painful reminders, the timber materials and the wonderful boats appear to be very useful resources and good for recycling...
Sat, 26 Feb 2005
Tsunami aid tolats $6.28 billion, Germany largest donor: UN
Tsunami aid tolats $6.28 billion, Germany largest donor: UNJerry Norton, Reuters/Banda Aceh Humanitarian assistance to tsunami-affected countries in the Indian Ocean totals US$6.28 billion, with Germany the largest contributor at $683 million, the United Nations said on Friday.
Sat, 26 Feb 2005
Detaching ourselves from the culture of violence
Detaching ourselves from the culture of violenceAlpha Amirrachman, Jakarta From the pre-independence to post-Soeharto eras, violence has marred the history of this nation, perhaps prompting some to ask: Are we born violent? It would be shameful to answer "yes", but we might also argue that violence...
Sat, 26 Feb 2005
Police gather list of suspects in dump disaster
Police gather list of suspects in dump disasterYuli Tri Suwarni, The Jakarta Post/Bandung A team of four experts from the Office of the State Minister for the Environment has been assigned to determine whether the management of the Leuwigajah dump was responsible for the garbage collapse on Monday...
Sat, 26 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...
Sat, 26 Feb 2005
Don't hype fuel price hikes: Susilo
Don't hype fuel price hikes: SusiloRendi A. Witular and Fabiola Desy Unidjaja, The Jakarta Post/Jakarta Fearing that the government's plan to raise fuel prices will become a political commodity, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono urged politicians not to take advantage of the price hike by...
Sat, 26 Feb 2005
U.S. diplomats visit Palu
U.S. diplomats visit Palu PALU, Central Sulawesi: Senior American diplomats Phillip L. Antweiler and Mara A. Kaplan visited the Central Sulawesi police headquarters on Friday and discussed security issues with top police officers in the province. In the meeting, the diplomats queried Brig. Gen.
Sat, 26 Feb 2005
Soloist, youth ensemble accord Bach full majesty
Soloist, youth ensemble accord Bach full majestyM. Taufiqurrahman, The Jakarta Post/Jakarta The setting could not have been more perfect for the evening concert. A marriage of European and Mediterranean architectural styles in the ballroom of Marocco House, in upmarket Menteng, beamed a serenity...
Sat, 26 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, 26 Feb 2005
JP/18/CAN1
JP/18/CAN1Infrastructure is still not supportive Unlike those in Europe, people in Asia, including -- if not, especially -- Indonesia like to have the most advanced cellular phone available, even if it is quite expensive.
Sat, 26 Feb 2005
Smoking restriction
Smoking restriction Herawati (The Jakarta Post, Feb. 16) misses the point about smoking restrictions. True, the smoker makes the decision whether or not to smoke, but his fellow passengers have no such choice.
Sat, 26 Feb 2005
Sand extraction endangers Bantul coast, causes environmental damage
Sand extraction endangers Bantul coast, causes environmental damageSlamet Susanto, The Jakarta Post/Bantul, Yogyakarta Some 15 years ago, hundreds of sand dunes were still in evidence along the southern coastal areas of Bantul regency, Yogyakarta.
Sat, 26 Feb 2005
1. Corrupt (45) - 48 pts 3 cols 3 lines (3x18)
1. Corrupt (45) - 48 pts 3 cols 3 lines (3x18) Radical reform necessary to curb corruption: Report 2. Salary (40) - 36 pts 3 cols 2line (2x21) Lampung activists query regent's salaries plan3. Cutline (45) - 28 pts 4cols 1line (1x32) Ryamizard hands over Army post 4.
Sat, 26 Feb 2005
Smokers and 'Post' cartoon
Smokers and 'Post' cartoon I am very much concerned about the cartoon published in The Jakarta Post, Feb. 19, which described the Jakarta governor as blaming smokers for causing pollution in the capital.
Sat, 26 Feb 2005
Shuttlers vie to make the top grade
Shuttlers vie to make the top gradeMoch. N. Kurniawan, The Jakarta Post/Jakarta Standing a diminutive 1.65 meters, Alamsyah has already made his mark as the second ranked men's singles player outside of the national training center.
Sat, 26 Feb 2005
Schools can help end conflict
Schools can help end conflictSimon Marcus Gower, Jakarta It is truly sad that the youth of Jakarta seems so often to be engaged in violent conflict. Adolescents in their school uniforms may still be seen running amok on the streets of Jakarta as they enter into, what appears to be, nothing short of...
Sat, 26 Feb 2005
Government set to issue more state bonds
Government set to issue more state bondsUrip Hudiono, The Jakarta Post/Jakarta The government is likely to issue more state bonds -- a total of Rp 50.1 trillion (US$5.41 billion) -- to help finance a likely spending increase in the 2005 state budget, a finance ministry official says.
Sat, 26 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...
Sat, 26 Feb 2005
The furel price rise dilemma
The furel price rise dilemma From Koran TempoAn Indonesian economic think tank has proposed that the government postpone its plan to raise fuel oil prices until 2006, because the increase would trigger price hikes as a psychological consequence of the public reaction.
Sat, 26 Feb 2005
Students bite back in dengue war
Students bite back in dengue warThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta It was half past nine in the morning. Mujtahid, a student at a public health university, rushed into the Pasar Minggu subdistrict health clinic in South Jakarta to inform the doctor on duty that groups of students were ready to start their...
Sat, 26 Feb 2005
Bali fears tsunami could affect recovery
Bali fears tsunami could affect recoverySlobodan Lekic, Associated Press/Bali Still recovering from terrorist attacks and the SARS crisis, Indonesia's premier travel destination is facing a new concern - a possible downturn because of the earthquake and tsunami disaster.
Sat, 26 Feb 2005
Past graft cases not priority: SBY
Past graft cases not priority: SBYMuninggar Sri Saraswati, The Jakarta Post/Jakarta President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said on Friday that the government was focusing its antigraft efforts on the prevention of corruption in the future rather than pursuing graft cases that took place in the past.
Sat, 26 Feb 2005
RI to attend UN session on women
RI to attend UN session on women JAKARTA: State Minister for Women's Empowerment Meutia Farida Hatta Swasono is heading for New York this weekend, to detail the country's efforts to empower women at the 49th plenary session of the United Nations' Commission on the Status of Women.
Sat, 26 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.
Sat, 26 Feb 2005
Competition Landscape of Three World Giants: Citigroup, Stanchart
Competition Landscape of Three World Giants: Citigroup, Stanchart and TemasekPaul Sutaryono Jakarta The merger trend has struck not only Indonesia, but other countries around the world as well. In Korea, Citibank of South Korea, a member of Citigroup, the U.
Sat, 26 Feb 2005
Gen. Ryamizard hands over Army post
Gen. Ryamizard hands over Army post Outgoing Army chief Gen. Ryamizard Ryacudu (left) jokes with his successor, Lt. Gen. Djoko Santoso, (right) after a handover ceremony at the Army's headquarters in Central Jakarta on Friday.
Sat, 26 Feb 2005
UGM issues book on fuel price hike
UGM issues book on fuel price hike YOGYAKARTA: In response to the government plans to raise fuel prices, Gadjah Mada University's Center for Pancasila Economy Studies (Pustep-UGM) launched on Wednesday a book on issues related to the price increases.
Sat, 26 Feb 2005
UGM, Sleman govt agree to cooperate
UGM, Sleman govt agree to cooperate YOGYAKARTA: In a bid to achieve closer cooperation in education and human resources development, the government of Sleman regency and Gadjah Mada University (UGM) signed an agreement on Wednesday that covers both fields.
Sat, 26 Feb 2005
Airport told to pay up by Tangerang
Airport told to pay up by TangerangMulta Fidrus, The Jakarta Post, Tangerang The Tangerang municipality complained on Friday that PT Angkasa Pura II, operator of Soekarno-Hatta International Airport, had not fulfilled its promise to spend at least 5 percent of its net profit to build public...
Sat, 26 Feb 2005
Hospital accused of negligence
Hospital accused of negligence JAKARTA: The family of Marpha Manulang, 25, has accused St. Carolus Hospital in Central Jakarta of negligence that led to blindness and paralysis.Tangkas Manulang told the police on Friday that his sister Marpha had been treated at the hospital on Dec.