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Tue, 11 Mar 2003
Acehnese demand political rights
Acehnese demand political rightsNani Farida, The Jakarta Post, Banda Aceh, Aceh At least eight students in the province of Aceh went on a hunger strike on Monday to demand freedom of political expression, including campaigns for declaring the province's independence.
Tue, 11 Mar 2003
Where to go in Bandung for Tuesday, March 11, 2003
Where to go in Bandung for Tuesday, March 11, 2003 Performances* Traditional Sundanese Play, Buah Mawa Cilaka, by Lingkungan Seni Sri Murni, at Gedung Kesenian Rumentang Siang, Jl. Baranang Siang 1, Kosambi, Bandung, (Tel. 022-4233562), March 17 to March 19, 10 a.m., 2 p.m., & 4 p.m.
Tue, 11 Mar 2003
Several people whose residences in Manggarai were destroyed by
Several people whose residences in Manggarai were destroyed by the fire ran amok, attacking police officers and fire engines which were trying to put out the fires.They accused the firefighters of being too late to arrive to combat the fire.
Tue, 11 Mar 2003
Damar Harsanto
Damar Harsanto The Jakarta Post JakartaGiven the stress of the city, many Jakartans find it necessary to have someone to whom they can talk and pour out their feelings and pent up frustrations. This person might be a friend, a family member or a professional.
Mon, 10 Mar 2003
Disk drive makers shut S'pore plants
Disk drive makers shut S'pore plantsJennifer Tan, Reuters, Singapore Walking the factory floor of Western Digital Technologies Inc in Kuala Lumpur, John Coyne is comforted by the thunder of well- oiled machinery.But the hum comes at deafening price for nearby Singapore. The U.S.
Mon, 10 Mar 2003
Al-Ghozi admits to role in Philippine Embassy bombing
Al-Ghozi admits to role in Philippine Embassy bombingJim Gomez, Associated Press, Manila An Indonesian man convicted of possessing explosives in the Philippines has allegedly admitted to detonating a bomb in Jakarta, which killed two people and seriously injured the Filipino ambassador three years...
Mon, 10 Mar 2003
Police to improve Imron's case file
Police to improve Imron's case file DENPASAR, Bali: The police team investigating last year's bombings in Bali will send a special unit to trace and collect evidence and left in East Kalimantan by suspect Ali Imron, team spokesman Adj. Sr. Comr. Yatim Suyatmo said on Saturday.
Mon, 10 Mar 2003
Army chief reactivates battalion in Binjai
Army chief reactivates battalion in BinjaiApriadi Gunawan, The Jakarta Post, Binjai, North Sumatra Army Chief of Staff Gen. Ryamizard Ryacudu reactivated the Binjai Battalion in North Sumatra on Saturday after a five-month period of inactivity following a clash between Army personnel and police...
Mon, 10 Mar 2003
Do not pit people
Do not pit people against each otherFrom Kompas As an ordinary citizen, I was sad and disappointed to learn of the establishment of the Message of the People's Plight Front (Ampera) as I find it hard to understand why those claiming to be community figures always set a bad example for the people.
Mon, 10 Mar 2003
KL condemns U.S. over false report
KL condemns U.S. over false report MALAYSIA: Malaysian acting prime minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi slammed the U.S. on Sunday for submitting a false report to the United Nations on Iraq's alleged nuclear weapons program.
Mon, 10 Mar 2003
Is Australia on collision course with Indonesia?
Is Australia on collision course with Indonesia?Paulo Gorjao, Lecturer, Lusiada University, Portugal, paulogorjao@yahoo.com In February, with just a few weeks interval, Australia released a new foreign policy white paper, Advancing the National Interest (ANI), and a defense white paper update,...
Mon, 10 Mar 2003
Lisa, Norasa in chase for SEAG slots
Lisa, Norasa in chase for SEAG slotsMusthofid, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Women's International Master (WIM) Lisa Lumongdong and Norasa Verdiana moved a step closer to joining the national chess team for the next Southeast Asian (SEA) Games after both took the two places provided at the Anniswati...
Mon, 10 Mar 2003
684 schools receive ADB grants
684 schools receive ADB grants KENDARI, Southeast Sulawesi: At least 684 state and private high schools in Southeast Sulawesi received grants totaling Rp 49.48 billion (US$5.8 million) from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) from 1999 through 2002.
Mon, 10 Mar 2003
TV Program: Monday, March. 10, 2003
TV Program: Monday, March. 10, 2003TVRI .TB.30" .90" 5:03 a.m.Religious Teachings6:00 News: Berita Pagi7:00 English News Service 7:30 Children's Program: Pentas Ceria8:00 Talk Show: RT/RW 8:30 DRTV9:00 Ketrampilan Keluarga9:30 Documentary10:30 Entertainment11:00 News: Berita Daerah 11:30 Music:...
Mon, 10 Mar 2003
Security issues dominates RI, Australia ties
Security issues dominates RI, Australia tiesBerni K. Moestafa, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Security issues would likely dominate this week's consultation forum meeting between Indonesia and Australia, the first such gathering for two years and one which comes amid a rise in the terrorist threat and a...
Mon, 10 Mar 2003
May 7, 2000 a mob, claiming to be made up of supporters
May 7, 2000 a mob, claiming to be made up of supporters of former president Abdurrahman Wahid, occupied the offices of the Surabaya-based Jawa Pos newspaper. The occupation forced the paper to halt production for a dayJuly 7, 2000 a mob, claiming to consist of students and lecturers from a...
Mon, 10 Mar 2003
RI protest shows of support for Aceh independence
RI protest shows of support for Aceh independenceNani Farida and Apriadi Gunawan, The Jakarta Post, Lhokseumawe, Medan The government plans to file a complaint with the Joint Security Committee (JSC) against the hoisting of Free Aceh Movement (GAM) flags and shouts demanding independence by locals...
Mon, 10 Mar 2003
Muhammadiyah to boost peace in conflict areas
Muhammadiyah to boost peace in conflict areasSri Wahyuni, The Jakarta Post, Yogyakarta The country's second largest Muslim organization, Muhammadiyah, is to send peace advocacy and mediation teams to a number of conflict areas in a bid to accelerate peace the processes and recovery there.
Mon, 10 Mar 2003
1. Attack -- 4 cols, 2 lines, 48 pts
1. Attack -- 4 cols, 2 lines, 48 pts Iraq war could inspire more attacks in Muslim Asia2. Protest -- 3 cols, 2 lines, 36 pts Millions in Indonesia, Pakistan rally against U.S.-led war3. Fire -- 4 cols, 2 lines, 36 pts Most houses are vulnerable to fire due to ignorance4.
Mon, 10 Mar 2003
PDF: Recognized standard for document exchange
PDF: Recognized standard for document exchangeZatni Arbi, Columnist, Jakarta, zatni@cbn.net.id Today, when downloading a document from a website, we usually have the choice of getting it in Word or PDF format.
Mon, 10 Mar 2003
RI and U.S. similarities
RI and U.S. similarities Students and workers have taken to the streets in both Indonesia and the United States.In Indonesia, they originally protested the hikes in utility rates and in fuel oil prices, but later they started demanding that President Megawati and Vice President Hamzah Haz step down.
Mon, 10 Mar 2003
Do not harm public interest
Do not harm public interestFrom Suara KaryaMost citizens of Indonesia are now well aware of their role in the general elections of 2004. It is no longer easy to lure the floating masses by offering money and cheap entertainment or hiring popular stars as campaigners, because urban and rural people...
Mon, 10 Mar 2003
1. Attack -- 4 cols, 2 lines, 48 pts
1. Attack -- 4 cols, 2 lines, 48 pts Iraq war could inspire more attacks in Muslim Asia2. Protest -- 3 cols, 2 lines, 36 pts Millions in Indonesia, Pakistan rally against U.S.-led war3. Fire -- 4 cols, 2 lines, 36 pts Most houses are vulnerable to fire due to ignorance4.
Mon, 10 Mar 2003
Regional watchdog needed to ensure fair competition
Regional watchdog needed to ensure fair competitionAdianto P. Simamora, The Jakarta Post, Bali In a bid to help ensure fairer business competition practices within the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) economies, an European expert has urged the Southeast Asian regional grouping to set...
Mon, 10 Mar 2003
Student electrocuted on train roof
Student electrocuted on train roof JAKARTA: A junior high school student, identified as Kiki Rizki Fauzi, was killed after being electrocuted on the roof of an electric train at Jayakarta train station here on Saturday afternoon.
Mon, 10 Mar 2003
Sunu, Maya win Hemaviton Challenge
Sunu, Maya win Hemaviton ChallengeThe Jakarta Post JakartaTop seed Sunu Wahyu Triaji continued his winning form when he notched up the boys' singles title of the inaugural Hemaviton Challenge junior tennis tournament her on Sunday.
Mon, 10 Mar 2003
Philippines to sue Hong Kong over wage cuts to maids
Philippines to sue Hong Kong over wage cuts to maidsAgence France-Presse, Manila Philippine President Gloria Arroyo said on Saturday her government will sue the Hong Kong government in Hong Kong courts over the wage cuts imposed on Filipina domestic workers there.
Mon, 10 Mar 2003
Iraq war could inspire more attacks in Asian countries
Iraq war could inspire more attacks in Asian countriesJane Macartney, Reuters, Singapore Some of the most dramatic and devastating attacks by Osama bin Laden's al-Qaeda network were born in Asia, home to the world's biggest Muslim population.
Mon, 10 Mar 2003
Number of poor soars in North Sumatra
Number of poor soars in North Sumatra MEDAN: The number of people living in poverty in North Sumatra has nearly doubled over the past five years, a local health official says.The head of the North Sumatra Health Office, Fatni Sulani, said on Saturday that as of December 2002 there were 2.
Mon, 10 Mar 2003
1. Attack -- 4 cols, 2 lines, 48 pts
1. Attack -- 4 cols, 2 lines, 48 pts Iraq war could inspire more attacks in Muslim Asia2. Protest -- 3 cols, 2 lines, 36 pts Millions in Indonesia, Pakistan rally against U.S.-led war3. Fire -- 4 cols, 2 lines, 36 pts Most houses are vulnerable to fire due to ignorance4.
Mon, 10 Mar 2003
JP/ /
JP/ / checked by RichGearing for more value-added servicesI.Christianto Contributor Jakarta Mobile phone service providers particularly those operating under the Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) are now gearing up for more value-added services (VAS) such as multimedia messages (MMS)...
Mon, 10 Mar 2003
Campaign fund need to bring PKB together again?
Campaign fund need to bring PKB together again?Arya Abhiseka, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The two factions of the National Awakening Party (PKB) appear to be moving closer to reconciliation after leaders from both sides made their first public appearance together since the split on Sunday.
Mon, 10 Mar 2003
Public holidays
Public holidays in 2003 calendars From Kompas The government, through a joint decree from the minister of religious affairs, the minister of manpower and transmigration and the state minister for administrative reforms, has stipulated changes in public holidays in 2003.
Mon, 10 Mar 2003
HIV/AIDS cases increase in Bali
HIV/AIDS cases increase in Bali DENPASAR, Bali: Seventy new cases of HIV/AIDS were discovered in Bali in the first two months of 2003, bringing to 321 the number of people with HIV/AIDS in the province, a health official said on Saturday.
Mon, 10 Mar 2003
Glodok dreams of bigger things
Glodok dreams of bigger things JAKARTA: In an effort to realize plans to turn Glodok Plaza into the city's largest computer center, the plaza's management, PT TCP Internusa, signed an agreement over the weekend with Bank Bumiputra and the Association of Indonesian Computer Traders.
Mon, 10 Mar 2003
'Tempo' attack won't be the last, observer warns
'Tempo' attack won't be the last, observer warnsMuninggar Sri Saraswati, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Journalists' associations and media observers have widely condemned Saturday's use of a mob to attack Tempo magazine's offices in a display of displeasure against an article in the magazine.
Mon, 10 Mar 2003
SMEs seek govt help in boosting exports
SMEs seek govt help in boosting exportsZakki Hakim, The Jakarta Post Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) have called on the government to provide help in promoting their products overseas in a bid to boost their exports.
Mon, 10 Mar 2003
Hilly Gayatri provides holistic dental care
Hilly Gayatri provides holistic dental careCarla Bianpoen, Contributor, Jakarta At 18, after high school, Hilly Gayatri had no idea what to do. Her father chose a career for her: dentistry. Today she is one of Indonesia's foremost women in dental care who thinks that teeth and dentures are only...
Mon, 10 Mar 2003
NGO blasts misuse of school fund
NGO blasts misuse of school fundDamar Harsanto, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The City Education Department has allegedly marked up a fund used to renovate Jakarta's school buildings by more than 250 percent from the standard cost stipulated by the local administration this year.
Mon, 10 Mar 2003
Residents told to don masks as haze worsens
Residents told to don masks as haze worsens The Jakarta Post JakartaThe heavy rain that fell on Pontianak, West Kalimantan on Saturday failed to clear the thick haze shrouding the provincial capital, prompting the city mayor to urge the town's 500,000 residents to put on masks.
Mon, 10 Mar 2003
People told to don masks as haze, pollution worsen
People told to don masks as haze, pollution worsenThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta The heavy rain that fell on Pontianak, West Kalimantan, on Saturday failed to clear the thick haze shrouding the provincial capital, prompting the city mayor to urge the town's 500,000 residents to put on masks.
Mon, 10 Mar 2003
684 schools receive ADB grants
684 schools receive ADB grants KENDARI, Southeast Sulawesi: At least 684 state and private high schools in Southeast Sulawesi received grants totaling Rp 49.48 billion (US$5.8 million) from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) from 1999 through 2002.
Mon, 10 Mar 2003
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Mon, 10 Mar 2003
Where to go in Jakarta: Monday, March. 10, 2003
Where to go in Jakarta: Monday, March. 10, 2003Exhibitions* Painting, In Between, the works of Agus Suwage, Aga Petus, Agung Kurniawan, Ardison, Astari Rasjid, Edo Pillu, Ivan Sagito, G. Sidharta A., Krisna Murti, Nyoman Erawan, S. Teddy D., Eka Suprihadi, Pande Ketut Taman, Sunaryo, F.
Mon, 10 Mar 2003
RI, Malaysia to sign MOU to protect migrant workers
RI, Malaysia to sign MOU to protect migrant workersMoch. N. Kurniawan, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Indonesia and Malaysia are narrowing the gap between them regarding the signing a long-waited Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on migrant workers that will ban Malaysian agencies from directly...
Mon, 10 Mar 2003
East Timor Indictments : A chance to save reform
East Timor Indictments : A chance to save reformAboeprijadi Santoso, Journalist, Amsterdam Instead of expressing regret over Dili's indictment of Indonesian generals (as East Timor President Xanana Gusmao did) or flatly rejecting it (as Indonesian Foreign Minister Hassan Wirayuda and President...
Mon, 10 Mar 2003
Bill limits flexibility in making fiscal policy
Bill limits flexibility in making fiscal policyDadan Wijaksana, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Economists say that a clause in the newly approved state finance bill requiring the government to obtain approval from the House of Representatives before seeking foreign loans allows for too much interference...
Mon, 10 Mar 2003
Feasible exit strategy needed for IMF parting
Feasible exit strategy needed for IMF partingAri A. Perdana, Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), Jakarta, Ari_Perdana@csis.or.id The IMF assistance program in Indonesia is entering its final year.
Mon, 10 Mar 2003
Done
Done Priority consumers: Small but lucrative marketBy Ari Darmawan Contributor Jakarta Priority customers are not huge in number, but due to their enormous amounts of funds and transactions they are undoubtedly regarded as "fat" accounts, and therefore categorized as clients who deserve priority...
Mon, 10 Mar 2003
Student electrocuted on train roof
Student electrocuted on train roof JAKARTA: A junior high school student, identified as Kiki Rizki Fauzi, was killed after being electrocuted on the roof of an electric train at Jayakarta train station here on Saturday afternoon.