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Wed, 24 Mar 2004
UGM researchers invent 'gama burner'
UGM researchers invent 'gama burner' YOGYAKARTA: Researchers from Gadjah Mada University (UGM) have invented a new but simple technology to dry unhulled paddy, which they have called tungku gama (gama burner).
Wed, 24 Mar 2004
U.S. govt expands Monsanto investigation
U.S. govt expands Monsanto investigation The United States Department of Justice has expanded an investigation into issues related to Monsanto Co.'s Indonesian affiliates, the company said.Monsanto said on Monday that the Justice Department is looking into whether a former Monsanto employee...
Wed, 24 Mar 2004
Malaysia PM using landslide to overhaul cabinet
Malaysia PM using landslide to overhaul cabinetAgencies, Kuala LumpurMalaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, fresh from a landslide election victory, will overhaul his cabinet and restructure the finance ministry next week, sources close to the leadership said on Tuesday.
Wed, 24 Mar 2004
No major changes expected after elections
No major changes expected after electionsDadan Wijaksana, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The investment community hopes the general election will result in a winning party that can promote stability and certainty, which is crucial to ensure the current pace of economic reform, experts say.
Wed, 24 Mar 2004
Poll positions
Poll positionsJakartans express their views on the April 5 general electionTeguh Sumantri, 41, is an employee of a state-owned institution on Jl. Medan Merdeka Selatan. He lives with his wife and two children in Duren Sawit, East Jakarta:I have not yet made up my mind on which political party I...
Wed, 24 Mar 2004
Police shoot two student protesters in Kampar rally
Police shoot two student protesters in Kampar rallyHaidir Anwar Tanjung, The Jakarta Post, Pekanbaru, RiauViolence erupted in Kampar regency on Tuesday with police firing live rounds at thousands of protesting teachers, students and civil servants who pressed for their demand that Kampar Regent...
Wed, 24 Mar 2004
Court starts hearing on 'death-wish' party hacks
Court starts hearing on 'death-wish' party hacksM. Taufiqurrahman, The Jakarta Post, JakartaThe Central Jakarta District Court began on Tuesday the first trials of dozens of people who broke traffic laws while following the campaign trail.
Wed, 24 Mar 2004
U.S. election good for RI economy
U.S. election good for RI economyRiyadi Suparno, Staff Writer, The Jakarta Post, Birmingham, UK Macroeconomic stability normally weakens in most election years, but not this year in Indonesia. Three main indicators, the rupiah, interest rates and the inflation rate, will likely stay at their...
Wed, 24 Mar 2004
Two children campaign to continue
Two children campaign to continueLeony Aurora, The Jakarta Post, Boyolali, Central JavaDespite some progress, the government will continue to trudge on with the family planning program known for its slogan "two children are enough" in order to achieve zero population growth in the fourth most...
Wed, 24 Mar 2004
Texmaco workers rally
Texmaco workers rally KARAWANG: About 400 workers who have been dismissed by PT Texmaco Perkasa Engineering staged a demonstration in Karawang, West Java, on Tuesday, demanding that their severance pay be paid in full."We reject the doling out of our severance pay in installments over 17 months.
Wed, 24 Mar 2004
Thumbs up for Badawi's moderate governance
Thumbs up for Badawi's moderate governanceSuhaini Aznam, The Star, Asia News Network, Selangor, Malaysia Two trends emerged from this election. First, Parti Islam SeMalaysia (PAS) lost its stranglehold over Kelantan and Terengganu, putting paid to its dream of an Islamic state -- at least for now.
Wed, 24 Mar 2004
RI leaders condemn murder of Yassin
RI leaders condemn murder of YassinFabiola Desy Unidjaja, The Jakarta Post, JakartaIndonesians have expressed solidarity with Palestinians in the wake of Monday's assassination of Hamas spiritual leader Sheikh Ahmed Yassin.
Wed, 24 Mar 2004
BHP Billiton coy on Gag Island nickel plan
BHP Billiton coy on Gag Island nickel planDow Jones, Melbourne BHP Billiton Ltd. remains guarded over whether it intends to develop a controversial open-pit nickel mine at Gag Island in Indonesia.BHP Billiton's stainless steel materials unit president, Chris Pointon, said no thinking has taken...
Wed, 24 Mar 2004
PDI-P banking on regents to attract voters
PDI-P banking on regents to attract votersFabiola Desy Unidjaja, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) is counting on its members serving as regents and mayors across the country to help it win the April 5 legislative election.
Wed, 24 Mar 2004
34 people hospitalized with food poisoning
34 people hospitalized with food poisoningAndi Hajramurni, The Jakarta Post, Makassar, South SulawesiThirty-four residents of Talaka subdistrict in Pangkajene Kepulauan regency, some 60 kilometers north of Makassar, the capital of South Sulawesi, were hospitalized late on Monday with food poisoning.
Wed, 24 Mar 2004
A 'lesson' from the Cimanggis bomb
A 'lesson' from the Cimanggis bomb The bomb that exploded during a religious gathering at a house in Depok, south of Jakarta, on Sunday, came as a shock to us.The explosion claimed no lives as the "materials concerned" were low-intensity explosives.
Wed, 24 Mar 2004
Mazda to take stake in Chinese firm
Mazda to take stake in Chinese firm BEIJING: Mazda Motor will take a stake in the joint venture between its parent Ford Motor and China's Chongqing Changan Motor, paving the way for the production of the Japanese automaker's cars, state press reported on Tuesday.
Wed, 24 Mar 2004
JP/3/TRAIL
JP/3/TRAILKPUD seeks emergency fundsBANDUNG: With the passage of a presidential decree on emergency poll funds, the West Java General Elections Commission (KPUD) will request Rp 17 billion (US$2.2 million) from the provincial government.
Wed, 24 Mar 2004
* Headlines: Pertamina vows to resolve kerosene shortage 2
* Headlines: Pertamina vows to resolve kerosene shortage 2 * National: Clerics from all over Java to convene 4 * Archipelago: Dengue fever still clear and present danger 5 * Opinion: Money politics breeds corrupt bureaucrats 6 * City: Jakarta wants low sulfur diesel oil for buses 8 *...
Wed, 24 Mar 2004
Six make off with policeman's car
Six make off with policeman's car TANGERANG: Six robbers managed to make off with a Kijang minivan belonging to a middle-ranking police officer when the driver was parking the car outside Bintaro housing estate in the Pondok Aren district of Tangerang on Tuesday morning.
Wed, 24 Mar 2004
JP/5/
JP/5/2 x 29 Students continue hunger strike to protest graft case JP/5/TKI1 x 33 Center set up for migrant workers JP/5/more3 x 12 34 residents hospitalized with poisoning JP/5/gusur1 x 36 Vendors lie on road to stop eviction JP/5/DENGUE1 x 42 Dengue fever still clear and present danger
Wed, 24 Mar 2004
Murder of Sheikh Yassin feared to provoke hard-liners
Murder of Sheikh Yassin feared to provoke hard-linersFabiola Desy Unidjaja The Jakarta Post JakartaIndonesians have expressed solidarity with Palestinians in the wake of Monday's assassination of Hamas spiritual leader Sheikh Ahmed Yassin.
Wed, 24 Mar 2004
Govt urged to avoid monopoly in computer software market
Govt urged to avoid monopoly in computer software marketDewi Santoso, The Jakarta Post, JakartaAside from its move in negotiating to buy licensed software at lower prices from giant U.S. software company Microsoft, the government should also give room to other operating systems so as to avoid a...
Wed, 24 Mar 2004
300 gas tanks explode in Serpong
300 gas tanks explode in SerpongMulta Fidrus, The Jakarta Post, TangerangAround 300 portable gas tanks at the Jaya Gas LPG depot on Jl. Raya Cilenggang, near the German Centre in Bumi Serpong Damai, Tangerang, exploded on Tuesday.The explosions in broad daylight shocked residents in the area.
Wed, 24 Mar 2004
Indosiar suffers 50% drop in profit
Indosiar suffers 50% drop in profitThe Jakarta Post Jakarta Publicly listed television company PT Indosiar Visual Mandiri, which runs Indosiar television network, reported on Tuesday over a 50 percent decline in unaudited net profit for 2003, mainly due to higher operating costs.
Wed, 24 Mar 2004
2. 1 x 35
2. 1 x 35 Supreme Court to elect deputy chiefs 3. 1 x 35 Indonesian woman wins science award 4. 2 x 18 RI leaders condemn murder of Yassin 5. 1 x 32 Two-children campaign to continue
Wed, 24 Mar 2004
KPU warned of poll delay
KPU warned of poll delaySEMARANG: Yusril Ihza Mahendra, leader of the Crescent Star Party (PBB), said on Tuesday the General Elections Commission (KPU) must not delay the April 5 legislative election.Delaying the elections would violate the elections law and, if the KPU insisted on a delay, members...
Wed, 24 Mar 2004
True statesmanship
True statesmanship and BIN chiefFrom Koran TempoNow that the general elections are only a few weeks away, it is interesting to observe how some political party figures that happen to be government officials are acting as campaigners for their parties.
Wed, 24 Mar 2004
Gus Dur visits Theys' grave
Gus Dur visits Theys' graveJAYAPURA, Papua: The head of the National Awakening Party (PKB)'s advisory board, Abdurrahman "Gus Dur" Wahid, visited on Tuesday the burial place of murdered Papua independence leader Theys Hiyo Eluay.
Wed, 24 Mar 2004
Hanoi to back Dhaka's bid to join ARF
Hanoi to back Dhaka's bid to join ARFBANGLADESH: Vietnam on Monday said it would back Bangladesh's bid to join the top security grouping in the Asia-Pacific region, a Bangladesh foreign ministry official said.
Wed, 24 Mar 2004
Jakarta likely target of Cimanggis bomb: Sutiyoso
Jakarta likely target of Cimanggis bomb: SutiyosoDamar Harsanto and Evi Mariani, The Jakarta Post, JakartaThe explosion in Cimanggis, Depok, to the south of Jakarta, coming seven months after the JW Marriott Hotel bombing in South Jakarta, has worried Jakarta Governor Sutiyoso, who has called on...
Wed, 24 Mar 2004
Students worried by new grading system
Students worried by new grading systemKENDARI, Southeast Sulawesi: High school students in Kendari expressed concern on Tuesday that a new grading system introduced by the Ministry of National Education would prevent them from graduating.
Wed, 24 Mar 2004
Rupiah Rates March 23
Rupiah Rates March 23 Banknote rates TT rates Selling Buying Selling Buying Australian dollar 1 6,822.32 6,065.69 6,478.38 6,409.40 Brunei dollar 1 5,368.35 4,773.32 5,097.71 5,043.80 Canadian dollar 1 6,807.60 6,052.08 6,464.40 6,395.02 Swiss franc 1 7,212.19 6,412.50 6,848.60 6,775.
Wed, 24 Mar 2004
Korean Embassy responds
Korean Embassy responds I refer to your publication in relation to President Roh Moo- hyun's impeachment. I have found three articles and two photos related to the matter in your March 13 edition.In this context allow me to sum up as follows: * The impeachment of a sitting president by the National...
Wed, 24 Mar 2004
Tourist arrivals may rise by 18% in Q1: Ardika
Tourist arrivals may rise by 18% in Q1: ArdikaThe Jakarta Post, Bandung The country's tourism sector is expected to remain buoyant in the first quarter of this year, despite earlier concern at the impact of the general election and the government's new restrictive visa policy, according to a senior...
Wed, 24 Mar 2004
UN prosecutors call for Gen. Wiranto's arrest
UN prosecutors call for Gen. Wiranto's arrestAgencies, JakartaUnited Nations prosecutors assigned to a special court in Dili have urged East Timor to issue an international arrest warrant for former Indonesian Military (TNI) military chief Gen.
Wed, 24 Mar 2004
The political impact of the sharia question
The political impact of the sharia questionLambert J. Giebels Historian Breda, The Netherlands After the fall of president Soeharto the sharia movement did revive in the political field. The sharia question is haunting Indonesia from the very beginning of its existence.
Tue, 23 Mar 2004
'Taiwan's economic relations with Indonesia are improving
'Taiwan's economic relations with Indonesia are improvingVeeramalla Anjaiah, The Jakarta Post, JakartaTaiwan, the archrival of China, has succeeded in improving economic relations with Indonesia at a faster rate than on the political front, where the island nation has been stymied by Jakarta's "One...
Tue, 23 Mar 2004
Robbers clean out candidate's home
Robbers clean out candidate's home JAKARTA: The residence of Sys NS, a legislative candidate and an executive of the Democratic Party, was robbed by four men on Monday around midday.The robbers took diamond jewelry worth Rp 200 million (US$23,529), two exclusive wristwatches, and US$1,000, S$1,000...
Tue, 23 Mar 2004
The political impact of the sharia question
The political impact of the sharia questionLambert J. Giebels Historian Breda, The Netherlands After the fall of president Soeharto the sharia movement did revive in the political field. The sharia question is haunting Indonesia from the very beginning of its existence.
Tue, 23 Mar 2004
Bumi Putera to launch securities
Bumi Putera to launch securitiesThe Jakarta Post, JakartaBank Bumi Putera plans to issue asset-backed securities worth Rp 1 trillion (US$117.65 million) sometime this year in a bid to raise cash to boost its lending, according to the bank's president.Bumi Putera president Winny E.
Tue, 23 Mar 2004
Poll positions
Poll positionsPeople across the country shares their views on the upcoming general elections: Yan, 27, is an alumnus of the University of Cendrawasih in Jayapura, the capital of Papua. He is currently unemployed:The politicians running for seats in the elections only make empty promises during the...
Tue, 23 Mar 2004
Striving for better Indonesia
Striving for better Indonesia In the road the other day was a brick and I sat and watched it. A lot of people walked past that brick and a lot of drivers steered round it, but no one picked it up, and as far as I know, it's still there.
Tue, 23 Mar 2004
Campaigning parties break Day of Silence
Campaigning parties break Day of SilenceThe Jakarta Post, Yogyakarta/Jakarta Several political parties continued to campaign across the country on Monday, ignoring a ban on campaigning during Sunday's Hindu Day of Silence and the following national holiday.
Tue, 23 Mar 2004
Government plans to shift to legal software
Government plans to shift to legal softwareDewi Santoso, The Jakarta Post, JakartaEight months after authorities began enforcing Law No. 19/2002 on copyrights, the government will begin using licensed software once it finishes taking inventory and negotiating prices, an official said.
Tue, 23 Mar 2004
Poll positions
Poll positions People across the country share their views on the upcoming general elections: Yan, 27, is an alumnus of the University of Cendrawasih in Jayapura, the capital of Papua. He is currently unemployed:The politicians running for seats in the elections only make empty promises during the...
Tue, 23 Mar 2004
'Clay painting' inventor still strunggles
'Clay painting' inventor still strungglesAndi Hajramurni, The Jakarta Post,MakassarZainal Beta never really dreamed that he would someday earn a reputation as an inventor.His artwork, mostly clay paintings, which he conceived by accident, have drawn special attention from noted artists, including...
Tue, 23 Mar 2004
BI's scriptless system to foster domestic bond market
BI's scriptless system to foster domestic bond marketUrip Hudiono, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Bank Indonesia (BI)'s new, fully computerized securities settlement system is expected to support and promote the country's domestic bond market.
Tue, 23 Mar 2004
Big parties aim to deliver more oomph
Big parties aim to deliver more oomphRidwan Max Sijabat, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Major political parties are fine-tuning their campaign strategies in order to bounce back from disastrous early indoor campaigning, party sources say.
Tue, 23 Mar 2004
Asthma drives girl to suicide
Asthma drives girl to suicide YOGYAKARTA: A 30-year old girl, Kaminah, was found dead on Sunday night after reportedly committing suicide at her home in Jemblangan village, Bantul regency, Yogyakarta, police said on Monday.