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Mon, 02 May 2005
Teaching human rights at schools?
Teaching human rights at schools?Alpha Amirrachman Jakarta During my time as a teacher at some informal education institutions, I found the students to be relaxed in their expression of ideas. Jokes that mocked the New Order regime were carefully timed during discussions, making us chuckle.
Mon, 02 May 2005
Holland gives $22m grant to Indonesia
Holland gives $22m grant to IndonesiaJAKARTA: The Netherlands recently gave Indonesia a US$22 million grant to improve the country's water and sanitation facilities, the Royal Dutch Embassy said last week.
Mon, 02 May 2005
ORIX Indonesia to increase assets
ORIX Indonesia to increase assetsThe Jakarta Post, JakartaPT ORIX Indonesia Finance (ORIF), a provider of leasing services in Indonesia, hopes to increase its assets from Rp 2.7 trillion (US$282.13 million) to Rp 5 trillion over the next three years.
Mon, 02 May 2005
Museum of Rotterdam to return puppets
Museum of Rotterdam to return puppets JAKARTA: The World Museum of Rotterdam will return several shadow puppets, which have been in its possession for at least 40 years, to city-owned Museum Wayang (shadow puppet museum), a city official said over the weekend.
Mon, 02 May 2005
JP/5/AMBON
JP/5/AMBONPT PLN threatens to cut power in Ambon schoolsM. Azis Tunny The Jakarta Post/AmbonState electricity company PT PLN threatened on Friday to cut electricity to 27 schools in Ambon city as the schools had not paid the bills for a number of years.
Mon, 02 May 2005
Houses on stilts recommended to conquer flooding
Houses on stilts recommended to conquer floodingAbdul Khalik, The Jakarta Post, JakartaWhile the Jakarta administration has been in the process of clearing some riverbanks of squatters, who have been partially blamed for the annual flooding in the capital, an environmentalist suggested that they...
Mon, 02 May 2005
PKB may freeze East Java branch
PKB may freeze East Java branch SIDOARJO, East Java: The National Awakening Party (PKB) said on Sunday it would freeze the leadership board of its East Java branch for defying the party's new central board.
Mon, 02 May 2005
On Helsinki's Aceh talks
On Helsinki's Aceh talks Dr. Damien Kingsbury (The Jakarta Post, April, 26) refers to the issues of monitoring and political participation in my article on the third round of Aceh talks (From Aceh to Helsinki, April, 20).
Mon, 02 May 2005
'Don't convert Menteng stadium into park'
'Don't convert Menteng stadium into park'The city administration has decided to convert the Menteng Soccer Field into a city park that would also include cafes and jogging tracks. The move, however, has drawn opposition from noted public figures and scholars who believe that the stadium should be...
Mon, 02 May 2005
Misinformation may ruin Bank Mandiri
Misinformation may ruin Bank Mandiri The recent allegations of serious lending irregularities at state-owned Bank Mandiri, the largest domestic bank in terms of assets, has put the credibility of the country's recovering banking industry, as well as the credibility of the new government, at stake.
Mon, 02 May 2005
JP/5/Madura
JP/5/MaduraHuman trafficking on the rise in East Java Indra Harsaputra The Jakarta Post/MaduraEyes glistening with tears, Lina (not her real name) slowly, painfully recalled for her visitor the horrors she had suffered in Batam, where the 13-year-old Madura native had been offered a job as a...
Mon, 02 May 2005
Waste management needs revamping
Waste management needs revampingThe Jakarta Post, JakartaAn environmental activist and a toxic waste expert called on the city administration on Saturday to decentralize waste management in order to reduce thousands of cubic meters of garbage from being dumped into the city's rivers.
Mon, 02 May 2005
Indian food attracts wider market
Indian food attracts wider marketEvi Mariani The Jakarta Post/JakartaThanks partly to Shahrukh Khan, Rani Mukherjee and other Bollywood people, all things Indian are gaining popularity here, including its spicy and pungent cuisine.
Mon, 02 May 2005
S'pore's deputy PM launches ISFA
S'pore's deputy PM launches ISFASINGAPORE: Indonesian residents of Singapore as well as Singaporean citizens last month established a new association to strengthen the two countries' people-to-people contacts in the city-state, the Indonesian Embassy in Singapore said in a statement.
Mon, 02 May 2005
~Tsunami - 125 days after
~Tsunami - 125 days after Message from Minister for Development Cooperation of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Agnes van Ardenne-van der Hoeven In Indonesia, on the streets of Banda Aceh, the impact of the tsunami is still being felt. Children are still crying because their parents died.
Mon, 02 May 2005
Gamblers sentenced to flogging
Gamblers sentenced to floggingAn Islamic sharia court in the staunchly-Muslim province of Aceh has sentenced seven men to a public lashing for petty gambling offenses, a report said on Sunday.The seven men from Pulo Kiton village in Bireuen district protested the verdict, with one of them saying...
Mon, 02 May 2005
Govt policies killing tourism
Govt policies killing tourism In his letter On shop-house hotels in Batam in The Jakarta Post, April 18) Yohannes Yansen blames Batam's low hotel occupancy on a downturn in the island's economy.The problem is not exclusive to Batam.
Mon, 02 May 2005
VoIP used to improve telecommunication infrastructure
VoIP used to improve telecommunication infrastructureUrip Hudiono, The Jakarta Post, MakassarCrowding into a large tent, some 100 residents of the remote village of Tompo in South Sulawesi waited anxiously as technicians from PT Pasifik Satelit Nusantara (PSN) put the finishing touches on some...
Mon, 02 May 2005
Level of Jakarta air pollution unknown
Level of Jakarta air pollution unknownThe Jakarta Post, JakartaJakarta is rated the world's third most polluted city after Mexico City and Bangkok, but an expert from the Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB) warns that the full extent of air pollution in the capital remains unknown.
Mon, 02 May 2005
Quality in teaching: Who is responsible?
Quality in teaching: Who is responsible?Andrew Vivian, Surabaya A recent article in this newspaper about the quality of expatriate teachers in Indonesian schools raised some important issues, and some serious concerns, about the employment of foreign teachers in Indonesia.
Mon, 02 May 2005
Iran envoy
Iran envoyThe correct spelling of the Iranian Ambassador to Indonesia is Shaban Shahidi Moaddab, not that which appeared on Page 7 of the April 29, 2005 edition of The Jakarta Post. We apologize for the mistake.Editor
Mon, 02 May 2005
Leading rock music magazine set to go native
Leading rock music magazine set to go nativeM. Taufiqurrahman, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta In the early 1950s, blues singer Muddy Waters composed an influential song, a rework of the Delta standard Catfish Blues, titled Rollin' Stone, a song so powerful that it inspired a group of white London boys...
Mon, 02 May 2005
Robots to invade int'l schools
Robots to invade int'l schools JAKARTA: In a bid to introduce robot-making for children aged between seven and 12 years old, Singaporean-based company IT Leisure and Education will hold the first Jakarta robotic competition for school students, or JakRobotica, in June.
Mon, 02 May 2005
Discriminatory law spells trouble for mixed marriages
Discriminatory law spells trouble for mixed marriagesMuninggar Sri Saraswati, The Jakarta Post, JakartaSome Indonesians might still remember the case of Samantha, a little girl who made headlines here during the 1990s in an international child abduction case.The girl was a child of a mixed marriage.
Mon, 02 May 2005
;JP;KDA;CD;
;JP;KDA;CD; ANPAa..r.. Ambon-Refugee-Health JP/5/POORDeath awaits poor refugees in AmbonM. Azis Tunny The Jakarta Post/Ambon It has been almost a week since two-year-old Salfiah Lussy died at a shelter for displaced people in Ambon because her parents could not afford to take her to the hospital.
Mon, 02 May 2005
1. DISCOURSE: 1 LINE, 49COUNTS
1. DISCOURSE: 1 LINE, 49COUNTS PKB proving itself to be inclusive, pluralistic party 2. THEO: 2 LINES, 21 COUNTS Theo: Media exaggerated violent incident at JIS 3. PARTY: 2 LINES, 24 COUNTS Internal rift sign of parties' immaturity: Experts 4.
Mon, 02 May 2005
Barreto brings Latin flavor to Proliga
Barreto brings Latin flavor to ProligaMoch. N. Kurniawan, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Whether on attack or defense, Brazilian volleyball player Marcello Barreto provides added value to his team.Last year, playing for Jakarta Monas Bank DKI, he was the best blocker in the Proliga volleyball...
Mon, 02 May 2005
1. LOGGING: 1 x 30
1. LOGGING: 1 x 30 Kalimantan village says no to chainsaws or Village says no to chainsaws or Village takes stand against logging 2. DEMO: 2 x 15 Workers mark Labor Day with rallies 3. CANNING: 1 X 28 Gamblers sentenced to flogging 4. THEO: 1 X 32 Theo to resign as BKPM chief
Mon, 02 May 2005
Internal conflict sign of parties' immaturity: Experts
Internal conflict sign of parties' immaturity: ExpertsTony Hotland, The Jakarta Post, JakartaSo much for maturity, let alone democracy, when political parties, which are supposed to serve the various interests of their members and supporters, instead pursue their own conflicting interests.
Mon, 02 May 2005
The Internet via the cellular phone
The Internet via the cellular phoneQuestion: I spend hours in my Kijang every day. I usually connect my notebook to my cellphone with Bluetooth. It is very slow. How can I get a decent speed from my cellphone? -- GN, JakartaAnswer: You did not specify it in your first email, but I assumed that you...
Mon, 02 May 2005
Timah's Q1 net profit nearly triples
Timah's Q1 net profit nearly triplesLeony Aurora, The Jakarta Post, JakartaRiding on higher global tin prices and a weaker rupiah against the dollar, state-owned PT Timah almost triples its unaudited net profit for the first three months of the year to Rp 57.4 billion (US$6 million).
Mon, 02 May 2005
Teaching human rights at schools?
Teaching human rights at schools?Alpha Amirrachman, Jakarta During my time as a teacher at some informal education institutions, I found the students to be relaxed in their expression of ideas. Jokes that mocked the New Order regime were carefully timed during discussions, making us chuckle.
Mon, 02 May 2005
1. BUMN (75) -- 48 pts 4cols 1line (1x26)
1. BUMN (75) -- 48 pts 4cols 1line (1x26)Misinformation may ruin Bank Mandiri2. Motor (40) -- 32 pts 2 cols 2lines (2x14) Masterful Rossi wins Chinese MotoGP 3. May (35) -- 28pts 3 cols 2lines (2x18) Labor conditions worsening: Union ---4. Photo, AD
Mon, 02 May 2005
Tax deductions urged to support corporate social responsibility
Tax deductions urged to support corporate social responsibilityThe Jakarta Post Jakarta Despite the old adage that giving should be devoid of ulterior motives, tax deductions should nevertheless be offered to entice companies into fulfilling their social responsibilities, activists say.
Mon, 02 May 2005
Cacao producers urge govt to lobby China on tariffs
Cacao producers urge govt to lobby China on tariffsZakki P. Hakim, The Jakarta Post, JakartaThe Indonesian Cacao Association (Askindo) has officially asked the government to lobby China to cut tariffs imposed on Indonesian cacao beans and cacao products to close to zero percent.
Mon, 02 May 2005
332 graft cases uncovered in Jambi
332 graft cases uncovered in JambiJAMBI: A total of 332 corruption cases have been uncovered over the past year in Jambi province, with losses to the state reaching Rp 4.5 billion (US$469,000), according to data from the Jambi Development Finance Comptroller."The data is alarming.
Mon, 02 May 2005
RI wins golds in Physics Olympiad
RI wins golds in Physics OlympiadThe Jakarta Post, JakartaThe Indonesian team won four of the 14 gold medals on offer in the sixth Asian Physics Olympiad (APHO) in Pekanbaru, Riau. The other gold medals went to Thailand with two medals, Taiwan with one and China with seven gold medals.
Mon, 02 May 2005
SE Asia's age of Thaksin
SE Asia's age of ThaksinThitinan Pongsudhirak, Project Syndicate The retirements from frontline politics of Singapore's Lee Kuan Yew and Malaysia's Mahathir Mohamad have deprived Southeast Asia of its senior leaders.
Mon, 02 May 2005
Flooding hits Konawe regency
Flooding hits Konawe regencyKENDARI, Southeast Sulawesi: Flooding has hit Konawe regency, Southeast Sulawesi over the past week, affecting some 700 families in the regency.The families, some of whom have taken refuge in safer places, have been in disarray for the past week, with their houses being...
Mon, 02 May 2005
Koreans jump into resto business
Koreans jump into resto businessThe Jakarta Post, JakartaAn inviting smell of oven-baked pizza lingers in the left wing of Entertainment Xchange in Plaza Indonesia on Jl. M.H. Thamrin in Central Jakarta.
Mon, 02 May 2005
Glamor mall hosts exhibit on community development
Glamor mall hosts exhibit on community developmentThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta If you had the chance to take a stroll in South Jakarta's Plaza Senayan last weekend, you might have felt that there is something "unusual" -- if not ironic -- there.
Mon, 02 May 2005
On the net:
On the net: www.hkiasiapacific.org www.icevi.org www.usaid.gov www.dikdasdki.go.id www.depdiknas.go.id www.mitranetra.or.id www.unj.ac.id
Mon, 02 May 2005
Egypt's bid for UNSC seat gets support
Egypt's bid for UNSC seat gets supportJAKARTA: Russia, a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC), extended its support to Egypt's bid for permanent seat in the UNSC, the Egyptian Embassy in Jakarta announced.
Mon, 02 May 2005
Jakarta 46 BNI managers to scale twin peaks for Proliga titles
Jakarta 46 BNI managers to scale twin peaks for Proliga titlesMoch. N. Kurniawan, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Jakarta 46 BNI's men's and women's teams served up double delight for their fans by taking top honors at the 2005 Sampoerna Hijau Proliga volleyball tournament in Senayan, Central Jakarta, on...
Mon, 02 May 2005
Shortage of security staff cause of rampant train crimes: KAI
Shortage of security staff cause of rampant train crimes: KAINana Rukmana, The Jakarta Post, CirebonState railway operator PT Kereta Api Indonesia has blamed a shortage of security personnel for rampant acts of vandalism and crime on trains and supporting facilities.First. Insp.
Mon, 02 May 2005
JP/5/QUAKE
JP/5/QUAKEMajor earthquake rocks SinabangApriadi Gunawan The Jakarta Post/MedanAn earthquake measuring 6.0 on the Richter scale shook the area around Sinabang island in North Sumatra on Thursday night, causing panic among residents of the island.
Mon, 02 May 2005
PKB proving itself to be inclusive, pluralistic party
PKB proving itself to be inclusive, pluralistic party The National Awakening Party (PKB) failed to resolve its internal conflict during its recent congress in Semarang, Central Java. The inclusiveness political party, which has strong links to the world's largest Muslim organization, Nahdlatul...
Mon, 02 May 2005
Theo: Media exaggerated violent incident at JIS
Theo: Media exaggerated violent incident at JISThe Jakarta Post, JakartaInvestment Coordinating Board (BKPM) chairman Theo Toemion clarified on Sunday his involvement in a recent incident at the Jakarta International School (JIS), which he said had been exaggerated by the media.
Mon, 02 May 2005
Laptops struggle to become more popular
Laptops struggle to become more popularUrip Hudiono, The Jakarta Post, JakartaWorking as a software developer, Christianto often has to serve his clients on-the-spot in different areas of Jakarta.On one day, just as an example, he had to set up his company's custom program for a client in South...
Mon, 02 May 2005
Consul's house tightly guarded
Consul's house tightly guardedBANDUNG: A team of Bandung police personnel were tightly guarding the residence of Polish honorary consul Mariola Budiman on Saturday, following an armed robbery at the house a day earlier.