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Mon, 15 Mar 2004
FOCUS ISSUE --- Beauty and Health
FOCUS ISSUE --- Beauty and Health;JP; ANPAc..r.. Fitness-equipment-storesFinding fitness equipment in JakartaSudibyo M. Wiradji The Jakarta Post JakartaThe growing awareness about the importance of sport for health among the public has had a positive effect on the sale of fitness and health...
Mon, 15 Mar 2004
Toll road landowners hold out
Toll road landowners hold out JAKARTA: Toll road operator PT Jasa Marga has yet to complete the 1.3-kilometer Veteran-Ulujami toll road, part of the Jakarta Outer Ring Road, because landowners are still holding out for greater compensation, an official said on Friday.
Mon, 15 Mar 2004
Rights body to settle land conflict
Rights body to settle land conflict JAMBI: The National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) will set up a subcommission to settle land disputes, an official said on Saturday.Komnas HAM's subcommission head Amidhan revealed that the new body would involve farmers, fishermen, urban poor and...
Mon, 15 Mar 2004
Quality control
Quality control for roads neededQuality of road repairs poorFrom Bisnis IndonesiaA number of road sections in Jakarta are severely damaged. Roads newly repaired look alright for a while, only to be smashed again by rain and returned subsequently to their original state, with large holes appearing...
Mon, 15 Mar 2004
Parties dismiss list of 'crooked politicians'
Parties dismiss list of 'crooked politicians'The Jakarta Post, JakartaThe publication of the list of roguish politicians would not have an impact on political party performance in the upcoming general elections, some leaders of political parties asserted on Sunday.
Mon, 15 Mar 2004
JP/3/AIRLINE
JP/3/AIRLINE Parties demand cheap flightsMEDAN, North Sumatra: Several executives at airline companies in North Sumatra province revealed on Sunday that, as the election campaign is underway, demands are on the rise from the political parties for discounted flights.
Mon, 15 Mar 2004
Shepherd will tend RI flock
Shepherd will tend RI flock I refer to the article by Benny Susetyo (The Jakarta Post, March 11, under the heading This country needs visionary leader, not simply a ruler). The writer argued in the opening paragraph that he was focusing on the process of democracy and ignored completely what is the...
Mon, 15 Mar 2004
Candidates get serious on the foueth day
Candidates get serious on the foueth dayThe Jakarta Post, JakartaUnlike the first three days of campaigning marked by frivolous jokes and dangdut contests, the fourth day on Sunday saw candidates for the newly established Regional Representatives Council (DPD) getting a bit more serious by setting...
Mon, 15 Mar 2004
Gade sets up All England final with Lin
Gade sets up All England final with LinReuters, Birmingham, EnglandDenmark's Peter Gade breezed into the All England badminton men's singles final with a convincing 15-9 15-9 victory over Indonesia's Taufik Hidayat on Saturday.
Mon, 15 Mar 2004
Parties demand cheap flights
Parties demand cheap flightsMEDAN, North Sumatra: Several executives at airline companies in North Sumatra province revealed on Sunday that, as the election campaign is underway, demands are on the rise from the political parties for discounted flights.
Mon, 15 Mar 2004
OPEC members diverge on output cut
OPEC members diverge on output cutLachlan Carmichael, Agence France-Presse, CairoOPEC members expressed diverging opinions on Saturday on whether the oil cartel should automatically implement a production cut from April 1, despite soaring prices.
Mon, 15 Mar 2004
Illegal burial fees
Illegal burial feesFrom Koran TempoA Jakarta councillor has questioned the fee for the burial of a citizen in the capital. The city administration has allocated Rp 150,000 per person for digging and filling a grave. He wondered why some people had been asked to pay Rp 1 million a person.
Mon, 15 Mar 2004
i][b]I-box:
i]I-box: - A group of cyclists and joggers rest on the median strip on Jl. Sudirman. - A Honda City sedan speeds toward them from the direction of Jl. Sisingamangaraja. - The driver, unaware of the regulation prohibiting motorized vehicles, crashes into a plastic barrier and hits the busway lane...
Mon, 15 Mar 2004
Dengue prevention must be constant, expert says
Dengue prevention must be constant, expert saysLeony Aurora and Nethy Dharma Somba, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta/JayapuraA lack of post-outbreak action is blamed for the recurrence of dengue fever and the country's failure to eradicate the disease, a tropical disease specialist said on Saturday.
Mon, 15 Mar 2004
71 villages in C. Java not yet electrified
71 villages in C. Java not yet electrifiedSuherdjoko, The Jakarta Post, Semarang, Central JavaCentral Java will carry out a community-based electricity program, besides speeding up the establishment of several power plants, to meet the increasing demand for power in the province, says governor...
Mon, 15 Mar 2004
Sunu beats Ocvirk to defend Salonpas title
Sunu beats Ocvirk to defend Salonpas titleZakki Hakim The Jakarta Post JakartaYoung Indonesian star Sunu Wahyu Trijati won the 2004 Salonpas International Junior Tennis Championships for the second consecutive year after he beat second seed Luka Ocvirk of Slovenia 6-3, 6-3 at the Kemayoran Tennis...
Mon, 15 Mar 2004
Ban on head scarves
Ban on head scarvesFrom Koran TempoThe French government has appealed for Indonesian Muslims' understanding of the Laicite bill, which bans the conspicuous use of religious symbols, including head scarves.
Mon, 15 Mar 2004
PDI-P rebuked for poll violation
PDI-P rebuked for poll violationCIREBON, West Java: A member at Cirebon mayoralty's General Election Commission (KPUD) lashed out on Sunday at the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle's (PDI-P) Cirebon branch, saying that the party had violated election rules.
Mon, 15 Mar 2004
Sunu beats Ocvirk to defend Salonpas title
Sunu beats Ocvirk to defend Salonpas titleZakki Hakim The Jakarta Post JakartaYoung Indonesian star Sunu Wahyu Trijati won the 2004 Salonpas International Junior Tennis Championships for the second consecutive year after he beat second seed Luka Ocvirk of Slovenia 6-3, 6-3 at the Kemayoran Tennis...
Mon, 15 Mar 2004
1. CHINA: 50 pt, 6 cols, 1 x 55
1. CHINA: 50 pt, 6 cols, 1 x 55 Chinese-Indonesians rise up to political opportunity 2. PAPUA: 28 pt, 1 cols, 4 x 9 Panwaslu monitors West Irian policies 3. CETRO: 36 pt, 2 cols, 3 x 14 Fears remain over possible elections delayor21 days away, elections may still be delayed 4.
Mon, 15 Mar 2004
Noise-canceling headphones boost sound clarity
Noise-canceling headphones boost sound clarity Have you ever tried listening to your MP3 music while riding a bajaj, the hyper-noisy three-wheeled vehicle that every other road user hates but a lot of people still need for their daily transportation?No matter how sophisticated your MP3 player is,...
Mon, 15 Mar 2004
Transparent election budgets
Transparent election budgetsFrom KompasThe District Elections Committee of East Bekasi has announced the pay for the ballot support group (KPPS) head is Rp 40,000 a day while this year's general election takes place. It implies the fee is paid only on election days.The Kompas, Feb.
Mon, 15 Mar 2004
Accident claims candidate's eye
Accident claims candidate's eyeSURABAYA: Bad luck struck Muhammad Subhan, a legislative candidate with the National Awakening Party (PKB) for the Trenggalek regency council, leaving him with only one eye.
Mon, 15 Mar 2004
The sentence for Abu Bakar Ba'asyir
The sentence for Abu Bakar Ba'asyir Unwelcome is the news that Abu Bakar Ba'asyir, the subject of an important trial in Indonesia last year to determine his alleged connections with organized terror, has had his jail sentence reduced on appeal. This was his second appeal, but for release.
Mon, 15 Mar 2004
Plunder of public funds continues
Plunder of public funds continuesFrom Warta KotaIn this reform period, corruption, collusion and nepotism keep going and state agencies continue to be plundered of public funds. According to the latest findings of the Supreme Audit Agency, in the second semester of 2003, irregularities involving Rp...
Mon, 15 Mar 2004
Fish farmers disappointed with compensation
Fish farmers disappointed with compensationM. Taufiqurrahman, The Jakarta Post, JakartaThe compensation the city administration paid to fish farmers in Cilincing subdistrict, North Jakarta, for losses due to pollution from a temporary dump was totally inadequate and snacked of corruption.
Mon, 15 Mar 2004
Mega opens ornamental fish farm
Mega opens ornamental fish farm JAKARTA: President Megawati Soekarnoputri inaugurated the country's largest ornamental fish farm in Cibinong, West Java on Sunday.Citing the country's potential to breed ornamental fish, Megawati said that the industry could support the conservation of the sea.
Mon, 15 Mar 2004
The elections,new government and anticorruption measures
The elections,new government and anticorruption measuresPatrick Guntensperger, Business Consultant, Jakarta, ttpguntensperger@hotmail.com This year there will be a new government in Indonesia. You can be sure that we will see some of the same old faces around the legislature just as we will see...
Mon, 15 Mar 2004
Govt urged to eradicate smuggling
Govt urged to eradicate smuggling JAMBI: Minister of Manpower and Transmigration Jacob Nuwa Wea called on the government to seriously curb the rampant smuggling of basic commodities and luxury products to and from Sumatra because such activities had caused losses, not only to the government but...
Mon, 15 Mar 2004
FOR FOCUS ISSUE
FOR FOCUS ISSUEJP/P.J. LeoA woman enjoys a Jacuzzi at a Martha Tilaar spa center in Prapanca, South Jakarta as part of the traditional spa treatment provided by the center. JPA member of a Jakarta fitness club uses the latest version of a stationary bike to firm her thighs.
Mon, 15 Mar 2004
Criminologist warns of more conflicts during campaign
Criminologist warns of more conflicts during campaignDamar Harsanto and Evi Mariani, The Jakarta Post, JakartaWith the legislative election campaign kicking off on Thursday, University of Indonesia criminologist Erlangga Masdiana warned the Jakarta administration and the Jakarta Police of the...
Mon, 15 Mar 2004
AEKI urges cooperation with Vietnam
AEKI urges cooperation with VietnamFitri Wulandari, The Jakarta Post, Jakartahe country's coffee exporters urged the government to talk with Vietnam, the world's largest robusta coffee exporter, in seeking ways to lift the current low price of the commodity.
Mon, 15 Mar 2004
Foreign creditor stay away from commercial court
Foreign creditor stay away from commercial courtAbdul Khalik, The Jakarta Post, JakartaLengthy court proceedings as well as ambiguous rulings have prompted many creditors, especially foreign companies, to take their cases against local indebted firms from the commercial court to the district court.
Mon, 15 Mar 2004
Panwaslu says campaign still on track
Panwaslu says campaign still on trackThe Jakarta Post, JakartaThe Election Supervisory Committee (Panwaslu) has recorded a number of violations during the four-day-old campaign, most of which are minor ones, an official says.
Mon, 15 Mar 2004
Students 'poisoned' by school
Students 'poisoned' by school PANGKALPINANG, South Sumatra: Nearly 170 students and teachers at the state-run 42 Elementary School here developed severe food- poisoning with symptoms of severe diarrhea and vomiting after eating food given to them free at the school.
Mon, 15 Mar 2004
Supreme Court's ruling
Supreme Court's rulingFrom Bisnis Indonesia The Supreme Court ruling to exonerate Akbar Tandjung is just a plagiarized, humorous piece by Srimulat, one of the country's famous groups of comedians. However, it falls flat as a joke.Unfortunately, ordinary citizens can do nothing about this.
Mon, 15 Mar 2004
Medan evicts food and drink vendors
Medan evicts food and drink vendors MEDAN, North Sumatra: Dozens of roadside food and drink vendors around Merdeka Park have protested against their eviction to the Medan municipal authorities, saying it has affected their daily income.
Mon, 15 Mar 2004
Cheaper security tools enter the local market
Cheaper security tools enter the local marketSudibyo M. Wiradji The Jakarta Post JakartaThe Bali bomb blast, which occurred in November 2001, followed by a host of bomb threats in the following months, prompted many building owners to beef up their security systems.
Mon, 15 Mar 2004
Floods inundate thousands of houses
Floods inundate thousands of houses BANDUNG, West Java: More than one thousand houses in South Bandung regency were inundated on Sunday following heavy rains over the past three days.The inundated houses were located in four districts -- Baleendah, Dayeuhkolot, Rancaekek and Solokanjeruk.
Mon, 15 Mar 2004
'Cooperative equilibrium' neded by ASEAN
'Cooperative equilibrium' neded by ASEANBantarto Bandoro, Editor, The Indonesian Quarterly Centre For Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), Jakarta, bandoro@csis.or.id ASEAN's commitment when it was first established in 1967 was to take care of its immediate region, Southeast Asia.
Mon, 15 Mar 2004
Fish farmers complain about paltry compensation
Fish farmers complain about paltry compensationM. Taufiqurrahman The Jakarta Post JakartaThe compensation the city paid to fish farmers for losses due to pollution from a temporary dump was totally inadequate and snacked of corruption, angry farmers and activists said in Cilincing, North Jakarta on...
Mon, 15 Mar 2004
Vasectomy brings villagers satisfaction all round in Boyolali
Vasectomy brings villagers satisfaction all round in BoyolaliLeony Aurora, The Jakarta Post, Boyolali, Central JavaThere is nothing unusual about Kaligentong village, Ampel district, which lies six kilometers to the east of the foot of Merbabu mountain, Central Java.
Mon, 15 Mar 2004
Minister plans to sue 'Tempo'
Minister plans to sue 'Tempo' JAKARTA: The Minister of Religious Affairs Said Agil al- Munawar is planning to file a lawsuit against Tempo magazine after the weekly published the results of its research showing Munawar's ministry as the most corrupt among government offices.
Mon, 15 Mar 2004
Tutut vows return of good day
Tutut vows return of good dayThe Jakarta Post, JakartaSix years ago, Amien Rais was one of the country's most prominent reformist figures involved in the national movement to force Soeharto to end his 32-year regime as the country was on the brink of economic collapse.
Mon, 15 Mar 2004
CIMB says RI needs to consolidate local securities sector
CIMB says RI needs to consolidate local securities sector Malaysia's second largest financial group Commerce International Merchant Bankers Berhard (CIMB) has recently launched its Indonesian securities house PT CIMB Niaga Securities, with the aim of becoming a major player in Indonesia's growing...
Mon, 15 Mar 2004
FOR FOCUS ISSUE
FOR FOCUS ISSUEJP/P.J. LeoA woman enjoys a Jacuzzi at a Martha Tilaar spa center in Prapanca, South Jakarta as part of the traditional spa treatment provided by the center. JPA member of a Jakarta fitness club uses the latest version of a stationary bike to firm her thighs.
Sun, 14 Mar 2004
People told to vote for the rich
People told to vote for the rich PADANG, West Sumatra: Golkar Party member and former manpower minister Abdul Latief visited his hometown here not to campaign for his party but for Zairin Kasim, a Regional Representative Council (DPD) candidate.
Sun, 14 Mar 2004
Safety last: Cutting corners and hanging by a thread
Safety last: Cutting corners and hanging by a threadIf illusionist David Blaine had been with me that afternoon, I swear he would have had to go home to change his shorts.What I witnessed on Jl. Rasuna Said in South Jakarta was an outrageously dangerous act, performed by either a very brave local...
Sun, 14 Mar 2004
Susilo bounces back with presidential bid
Susilo bounces back with presidential bidThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta,Former Cabinet minister Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono issued an appeal for respect of political differences, as both he and his former boss President Megawati Soekarnoputri enjoyed a warm welcome on Saturday from their respective...
Sun, 14 Mar 2004
Spa treatment relaxes your body and mind
Spa treatment relaxes your body and mindT. Sima Gunawan, Contributor, Jakarta Stressed out by the frantic pace of urban life? Jakartans have found a new way to unwind. Its not playing golf, squash or tennis, nor is it exercising in a fitness center.