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Mon, 07 Feb 2005
Eradicate illegal levies
Eradicate illegal leviesFrom Warta KotaThe eradication of illegal levies by the government should be simultaneously carried out in all public offices, from top to bottom, because however small the amount involved it is a harmful form of graft.
Mon, 07 Feb 2005
'Disturbed' man kills niece
'Disturbed' man kills niece BEKASI: Asmat Sani Boim, 50, allegedly stabbed to death his own niece Sopyan, 39, on Friday morning over a trivial matter.In his statement to the West Bekasi police, Asmat said that Sopyan, who lived next door in Bintara subdistrict, had awakened him up at about 6:30 a.m.
Mon, 07 Feb 2005
Residents fight illegal logging
Residents fight illegal logging JAMBI: Pancakarya residents in Limun district have their own way of fighting illegal loggers, by declaring 400 hectares of forest area as the village's restricted forest.
Mon, 07 Feb 2005
Millennium celebrates 'Imlek' with 'Yu Shang'
Millennium celebrates 'Imlek' with 'Yu Shang'Jim Read, The Jakarta Post, JakartaHave you ever experienced the thrill of tossing a pancake on Shrove Tuesday, wondering whether it will turn over exactly as planned, break in mid-air, or land back in the frying pan in a crumpled heap?Something akin to...
Mon, 07 Feb 2005
Total banking assets in C. Sulawesi increase
Total banking assets in C. Sulawesi increaseRuslan Sangadji, The Jakarta Post, PaluCustomers' savings at state and private banks in Central Sulawesi increased by 21.1 percent to Rp 295 billion (US$32 million) in 2004, but fixed deposits dropped by 19 percent to Rp 124 billion, Bank Indonesia's...
Mon, 07 Feb 2005
Graft cases mean Rp 267b losses
Graft cases mean Rp 267b losses SAMARINDA: The state has suffered at least Rp 267.4 billion (US$29.6 million) in losses from 15 graft cases in East Kalimantan in recent months, in which 21 people have been named suspects by local prosecutors.
Mon, 07 Feb 2005
Semarang's Chinese set to celebrate 'Imlek'
Semarang's Chinese set to celebrate 'Imlek'Suherdjoko, The Jakarta Post, SemarangBeads of sweat trickle down Hui Liam's face while he dusts the small statues in front of him with a brush."I've been assigned to clean these gods statues this year," said Hui at the Tay Kak Sie Temple on Gang Lombok,...
Mon, 07 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.
Mon, 07 Feb 2005
Dengue attacks 178 in N. Sulawesi
Dengue attacks 178 in N. Sulawesi MANADO: The North Sulawesi Health Office reported that the number of people known to have contracted dengue fever in North Sulawesi reached 178 in January alone. Five of them, children under the age of five, died.
Mon, 07 Feb 2005
Storm forecast spooks Yogya residents
Storm forecast spooks Yogya residentsSlamet Susanto, The Jakarta Post, YogyakartaThe provincial government and residents along the southern coastal of Yogyakarta are preparing for the worst following an announcement by officials that a storm is heading for the area.
Mon, 07 Feb 2005
BHP's Indonesian mine may be sold
BHP's Indonesian mine may be soldMUMBAI: Steel Authority of India Ltd., the nation's biggest steelmaker, may acquire a stake in an Indonesian coal mine operated by BHP Billiton Ltd. to ease shortage of the fuel that forced it to cut production in April.
Mon, 07 Feb 2005
The price of clean air
The price of clean air After years of much talk and effectively no action at all, Jakarta's administrators seem at long last to have arrived at the realization that the problem of pollution in the Indonesian capital has reached the point where any further delay of action is no longer possible.
Mon, 07 Feb 2005
Residents eagerly await barongsai show
Residents eagerly await barongsai showThe Jakarta Post, JakartaA six-year-old boy stands on a partition trying to get a clear view of the performance of a Chinese traditional dance performed by women dancers at Pluit Mega mall, North Jakarta.
Mon, 07 Feb 2005
Kadin warned against colluding with state officials
Kadin warned against colluding with state officialsRendi A. Witular and Zakki P. Hakim, The Jakarta Post, JakartaWhile the business community is still facing chronic government red tape in running their businesses here, Vice President Jusuf Kalla is urging them not to use is as an excuse to collude...
Mon, 07 Feb 2005
Australia to play Indonesia in tsunami relief match
Australia to play Indonesia in tsunami relief match Agence France-Presse, Sydney, Australia Australia will play Indonesia in a soccer friendly in March with the proceeds going to the victims of the Asian tsunami disaster, the Football Federation Australia said.
Mon, 07 Feb 2005
SBY stands by unpaid workers
SBY stands by unpaid workersThe Jakarta Post, JakartaPresident Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono called for equal treatment before the law for Malaysian employers who failed to pay the salaries of their Indonesian workers.
Mon, 07 Feb 2005
Police probe shooting between officers
Police probe shooting between officersAbdul Khalik, The Jakarta Post, JakartaAuthorities are currently probing an alleged shooting incident between officers from the National Police headquarters and National Police internal affairs during a raid at a gambling house in Taman Palem, West Jakarta last...
Mon, 07 Feb 2005
UK-RI team studies quake epicenter
UK-RI team studies quake epicenterThe Jakarta Post, JakartaA joint British and Indonesian team is studying the seabed near the epicenter of the Dec. 26 earthquake off the western coast of northern Sumatra that triggered the deadly tsunami.
Mon, 07 Feb 2005
Traders protest against new mall
Traders protest against new mall PADANG: Some 7,000 members of the Padang Market Traders Association (KPP) held a protest against the Padang municipality's plan to build a shopping mall on the site of the Goan Hoat bus terminal, located near Pasar Raya market.
Mon, 07 Feb 2005
RI, Spore talk on extradition treaty
RI, Spore talk on extradition treaty JAKARTA: Indonesia and Singapore's governments are in talks on an extradition agreement between the two countries, Dino Djalal, an Indonesian presidential spokesman, told reporters in Jakarta on Friday.
Mon, 07 Feb 2005
Tsunami amputees
Tsunami amputees In reference to an article on Jan. 18, as a one-legged man myself I can confirm that limb amputation is the most traumatic experience a person can have, but I would like to reassure those unfortunate victims of the tsunami that new life and hope is possible with artificial limbs.
Mon, 07 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.
Mon, 07 Feb 2005
Netherlands to offer 200 full scholarships
Netherlands to offer 200 full scholarshipsThe Jakarta Post, JakartaThe Dutch government will grant up to 200 full scholarships this year to Indonesian professionals to take post-graduate studies at various universities in the Netherlands, according to an official.
Mon, 07 Feb 2005
China refuses to set time-table on forex
China refuses to set time-table on forexReuters, LondonChinese authorities on Saturday again declined to set out a time- table to make their currency more flexible on the world's money markets and said they had not come under international pressure to revalue the yuan.
Mon, 07 Feb 2005
Rebuilding Aceh anew
Rebuilding Aceh anew It's been weeks since the devastating earthquake and tsunami, but the pain is still there. The tears might have dried. The dust might have settled. People living on another continent might have already forgotten it, but not the Acehnese. It will take a long time to recover.
Mon, 07 Feb 2005
Govt 'undermining' Aceh, Papua autonomy
Govt 'undermining' Aceh, Papua autonomyMuninggar Sri Saraswati, The Jakarta Post, JakartaThe government is altering the rules on how regional elections should be carried out in the resource-rich provinces of Aceh and Papua, a move which some say undermines the special autonomy status of the two...
Mon, 07 Feb 2005
Lockheed Martin withdraws bid
Lockheed Martin withdraws bidTAIWAN: U.S. defense giant Lockheed Martin has withdrawn its bid to supply Taiwan with an early-warning radar system as the island was reconsidering the controversial arms deal, leading defense journal Jane's Defense Weekly said.
Mon, 07 Feb 2005
Export skilled workers, minister says
Export skilled workers, minister saysRidwan Max Sijabat, The Jakarta Post, JakartaMinister of Manpower and Transmigration Fahmi Idris has called on labor exporters to follow in the footsteps of the Binawan Group, which has begun exporting trained professionals.
Mon, 07 Feb 2005
Online plan needs substance to keep it from sinking
Online plan needs substance to keep it from sinking Fei Li China Daily/Asia News Network Beijing When the Government Online Initiative was launched in 1999 with great fanfare, hopes were high that the project would lead to a more efficient information flow and interaction between the government and...
Mon, 07 Feb 2005
Japan's army shows its human face
Japan's army shows its human faceUrip Hudiono, The Jakarta Post, Banda AcehLt. Kimura and his fellow field doctors braced for another busy day, with some 50 patients already forming a queue in front of the medical center that the Japanese Self Defense Force (JSDF) has set up in an open field in...
Mon, 07 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.
Mon, 07 Feb 2005
1. BOOM -- 2 x 27
1. BOOM -- 2 x 27 New tsunami concern: A baby boom in refugee campsChris Brummitt Associated Press/Banda Aceh With the birth of her first child just one month away, Wadiana Wahab worries about the world her baby will enter.
Mon, 07 Feb 2005
JP/17/DUCKS
JP/17/DUCKSLocals turn Soge Sanden, Muneng into 'duck villages'Slamet Susanto The Jakarta Post/Bantul, Yogyakarta "Quack! Quack! Quack! Quack!" That is the sound one will almost certainly hear every time they pass a village on the coastal area of Samas Beach in Bantul regency, Yogyakarta,...
Mon, 07 Feb 2005
1. MILLEN -- 2 x 21
1. MILLEN -- 2 x 21 Millennium celebrates 'Imlek' with 'Yu Shang' 2. LUNAR -- 1 x 15 Gong Xi Fa Cai! 3. CHICK -- 2 x 21 Vietnamese divided on 'Tet' chicken tradition
Mon, 07 Feb 2005
Lita looks at life from both sides now
Lita looks at life from both sides nowBruce Emond, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta When memory fails her about her days on the international tennis circuit, Lita Liem Sugiarto finds the answers she needs in two small notebooks.
Mon, 07 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.
Mon, 07 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.
Mon, 07 Feb 2005
Susilo to attend 'Imlek' celebration
Susilo to attend 'Imlek' celebration JAKARTA: President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is slated to attend the National Celebration of the Chinese New Year (Imlek), which will be held on Feb. 13 at the Sudirman Hall, South Jakarta.
Mon, 07 Feb 2005
* Storm forecast spooks Yogyakarta residents Page 2
* Storm forecast spooks Yogyakarta residents Page 2 * Govt 'undermining' Aceh, Papua autonomy Page 4 * Semarang's ethnic Chinese set to celebrate 'Imlek' Page 5 * Japan can bridge gap between Islam, West Page 7 * Police probe gunfire between officers at gambling den Page 8 * Carter leads Nets over...
Mon, 07 Feb 2005
Capital is a coward, it will not go where it is not welcomed: OPIC
Capital is a coward, it will not go where it is not welcomed: OPICThe United States government owned Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) works in over 150 developing countries, providing political risk insurance and financing to U.S. corporation overseas.
Mon, 07 Feb 2005
Turkish leader makes first tsunami zone stop
Turkish leader makes first tsunami zone stopIrwan Firdaus Associated Press/Banda Aceh, IndonesiaTurkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan (photo, right) speaks with an Acehnese child at a clinic run by the Turkish Red Crescent near the tsunami-hit city of Banda Aceh.
Mon, 07 Feb 2005
Faqih allowed to move to Medan
Faqih allowed to move to Medan JAKARTA: Farid Faqih, a relief worker now in police custody for allegedly stealing an aid shipment in tsunami-stricken Aceh province, has been transferred to a hospital in Medan, North Sumatra, to get better medical treatment for injuries sustained in an assault by...
Mon, 07 Feb 2005
'Smokers are not criminals'
'Smokers are not criminals' The Jakarta City Council has endorsed a new bylaw that bans smokers from lighting up in most public offices and requires building managers to provide smoking areas. The Jakarta Post asked a few people to comment on the new ruling.
Mon, 07 Feb 2005
Wary residents prepare offerings to Mount Merapi
Wary residents prepare offerings to Mount MerapiTarko Sudiarno, The Jakarta Post, YogyakartaResidents living on the slopes of Mount Merapi, located on the border of Yogyakarta and Central Java, have stepped up their vigilance following rumors that eruptions are imminent, despite its status still...
Mon, 07 Feb 2005
Japan can bridge gap between Islam and West
Japan can bridge gap between Islam and West Kosugi Yasushi, a professor of Islamic affairs and globalization at the Graduate School of Asian and African Studies at Kyoto University, Japan, spoke recently with The Jakarta Post's Muhammad Nafik about a possible role for Japan in bridging the gap...
Mon, 07 Feb 2005
Acehnese youngsters take shelter in 'pesantren'
Acehnese youngsters take shelter in 'pesantren'Fadli, The Jakarta Post, Aceh BesarWeeks after the tsunami struck, 16-year-old Nazarullah still could not forget the sight of his mother being swept away by the tidal wave right before his eyes.
Mon, 07 Feb 2005
Ali ready to lead PBB
Ali ready to lead PBB JAKARTA: Politician Ali Muchtar said on Saturday that he was ready to take up the chairmanship of the Muslim-based party Crescent Star Party (PBB). The party needed young blood in order to spur change within party, said Ali Muchtar, who is also a PBB House legislator, during...
Mon, 07 Feb 2005
U.S. hopes to boost ties with SE Asia despite Myanmar thorn
U.S. hopes to boost ties with SE Asia despite Myanmar thornP. Parameswaran, Agence France-Presse/WashingtonThe United States is determined to strengthen political and trade ties with Southeast Asia even as it takes a tougher line on Myanmar under new Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, officials...
Mon, 07 Feb 2005
Turkish leader visit Aceh
Turkish leader visit AcehIrwan Firdaus, Associated Press/Banda Aceh, IndonesiaTurkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan pledged his country's help on Sunday in rebuilding schools, orphanages and hospitals as he toured Indonesia's tsunami-ravaged Aceh province.
Mon, 07 Feb 2005
Businesses brace for smoking ban
Businesses brace for smoking banAbdul Khalik, The Jakarta Post, JakartaHotels, malls and restaurants in Jakarta said on Sunday they were ready to comply with a bylaw banning smoking in all enclosed public places.