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Tue, 27 May 2003
Arroyo declares victory in campaign against rebels
Arroyo declares victory in campaign against rebelsAgence France-Presse, Manila President Gloria Arroyo on Monday declared victory in a 10-day- old military campaign against "terrorist cells" allegedly sheltered by the largest Moro separatist group in the southern Philippines.
Tue, 27 May 2003
Malaysia set to launch antiterror center
Malaysia set to launch antiterror centerAgencies, Kuala Lumpur A Southeast Asian antiterrorism center that was proposed by the United States will begin operating in Malaysia before the end of the year, a diplomat heading the project said on Monday.
Tue, 27 May 2003
Asia's Q1 server sales up
Asia's Q1 server sales up SINGAPORE: Computer server sales in the Asia Pacific increased 7 percent to US$ 1.12 billion in the first quarter from a year ago but the SARS outbreak could hit demand in the June quarter, an industry monitor said on Monday.Technology research house Gartner Inc.
Tue, 27 May 2003
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Tue, 27 May 2003
JP/1/MAP26
JP/1/MAP26Day 8: Conflict in Aceh Pidie: An Army infantry unit led by Capt. Arifin clashed with some 40 Free Aceh Movement (GAM) members in Lhok Ulam hamlet at around 11:20 a.m. local time. One of the government troops, First Sgt. Andrian Basidu was injured.
Tue, 27 May 2003
Batam running short of water
Batam running short of water BATAM, Riau Islands: A local water company warned that drought might hit the industrial island of Batam, as water catchment areas were shrinking, giving way to business complexes.
Tue, 27 May 2003
Motorcycle thieves arrested
Motorcycle thieves arrested SEMARANG, Central Java: Police here arrested five alleged members of a gang specializing in motorcycle thefts in the regencies of Kudus and Jepara.A joint team of the Kudus and Jepara police precincts raided the suspects' hiding place in the village of Muryolobo in...
Tue, 27 May 2003
Genuine excellence or just lip service?
Genuine excellence or just lip service?Andi Muh. Sadat Contributor Jakarta At certain hotels you may have experienced their royal treatment right from the moment you arrive. A friendly, smiling bellboy opens the door of your car and greets you.
Tue, 27 May 2003
War in Aceh
War in Aceh Peace talks between the Indonesian government and separatist rebels from Aceh province held in Tokyo broke off with no agreement. Within hours, Indonesia's President Megawati Soekarnoputri declared effective martial law in Aceh and ordered an army assault on the Free Aceh Movement, the...
Tue, 27 May 2003
Paradise lost?
Paradise lost? Leaving economic and political problems aside for a while, it must be admitted that Indonesia is a formidable geographical entity indeed. This country of more than 17,500 islands -- the largest archipelago in the world -- stretches for a distance of more than 6,400 kilometers across...
Tue, 27 May 2003
Legislators back TNI position against media coverage in Aceh
Legislators back TNI position against media coverage in AcehKurniawan Hari and Muninggar Sri Saraswati, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta A number of legislators on Monday regretted most reports on Aceh by both domestic and international media, and demanded the government to find a mechanism to control...
Tue, 27 May 2003
The value of service lies in a moment of truth
The value of service lies in a moment of truthRoy Goni Contributor JakartaWill services provide a competitive advantage for a company? The answer is a definite "yes". Today, companies realize that, in the long term, their products alone cannot bring in profits, but the intangible element of...
Tue, 27 May 2003
HIV/AIDS cases in Papua reach alarming level
HIV/AIDS cases in Papua reach alarming levelNethy Dharma Somba, The Jakarta Post, Jayapura, Papua Compared to Papua province's population of 2.1 million, the prevalence of HIV/AIDS cases in the province has reached an alarming level with a total of 1,263 people with HIV, including 539 who have...
Tue, 27 May 2003
Mulia Senayan wins international award
Mulia Senayan wins international awardThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta The American Academy of Hospitality Sciences, the world's leading hotel rating agency, has granted the Hotel Mulia Senayan the 5- Star Diamond Award for its high standard of service.
Tue, 27 May 2003
Security tight for joint Cabinet meet
Security tight for joint Cabinet meet THAILAND: Security will be tight at a forthcoming joint Cabinet meeting between Thailand and Cambodia after a threat against Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra was revealed last week, a Thai official said on Monday.
Tue, 27 May 2003
Mine clearing to begin in Ambon
Mine clearing to begin in Ambon AMBON, Maluku: Soldiers are set to clean scores of land mines in Sirimau district, outside the provincial capital of Ambon, that were planted during the three-year sectarian clash.
Tue, 27 May 2003
Autonomy often leads central, local government to feud
Autonomy often leads central, local government to feud The ongoing saga between the city administration and State Minister of the Environment Nabiel Makarim is just another example of a dispute between central and regional administrations over who gets the last word in implementing regional...
Tue, 27 May 2003
Expo urges public to buy Indonesian goods
Expo urges public to buy Indonesian goodsZakki Hakim, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta In silence, yet full of excitement, Herwantoko walked around the main exhibition hall, his face a picture of awe and appreciation.
Tue, 27 May 2003
Another Timor massacre must be avoided
Another Timor massacre must be avoidedAboeprijadi Santoso, Radio Netherlands, Amsterdam, aboeprijadi@yahoo.com Indonesia's past experience with East Timor has been a lesson of political, military and human disaster.
Tue, 27 May 2003
Haze returns to Pontianak
Haze returns to Pontianak The start of this year's dry season in West Kalimantan was not only marked by the absence of rain over the past two weeks, but also by the return of thick haze over the provincial capital of Pontianak.
Tue, 27 May 2003
Bill on health insurance covers all citizens
Bill on health insurance covers all citizensMoch. N. Kurniawan, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta In a bid to improve the poor health insurance system, the House of Representatives has drafted an initiative do you mean "initial"? bill on national social health insurance that covers all citizens.
Tue, 27 May 2003
Antam may issue $150m bond in 3Q
Antam may issue $150m bond in 3Q JAKARTA: Indonesia's state-owned gold and nickel miner PT Aneka Tambang (Antam) may issue US$150 million in bonds in the third quarter to help finance a new ferronickel smelter project, an official with the company said over the weekend.
Tue, 27 May 2003
Students in Aceh sit final exams
Students in Aceh sit final examsThe Jakarta Post, Lhokseumawe/Banda Aceh Elementary school pupils in warn-torn Aceh crammed into mosques and partially burned classrooms on Monday to take their national final examinations, days after unidentified arsonists burned down hundreds of schools.
Tue, 27 May 2003
Agency sets individual bank deposit guarantee at Rp100m
Agency sets individual bank deposit guarantee at Rp100mFitri Wulandari, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The planned deposit guarantee agency may only guarantee individual bank deposits of not more than Rp 100 million (about US$11,628 at present rates), a senior finance ministry official said here on...
Tue, 27 May 2003
ADB grants $4m to fight SARS
ADB grants $4m to fight SARSAgence France-Presse, Manila The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved technical assistance grants totaling US$4 million to prevent the spread of SARS in China and several other countries in Asia-Pacific.
Tue, 27 May 2003
N. Sumatra reelects Rizal Nurdin as governor
N. Sumatra reelects Rizal Nurdin as governorApriadi Gunawan, The Jakarta Post, Medan, North Sumatra The North Sumatra legislative council voted on Monday 51 to 33 to reelect Rizal Nurdin as governor for another five years, in one of the few major regional election victories for the Indonesian...
Tue, 27 May 2003
1. CELL: 50 pt, 2 cols, 4 x 12
1. CELL: 50 pt, 2 cols, 4 x 12 17 inmates escape from detention in Bekasi 2. BETAWI: 36 pt, 3 cols, 2 x 25Betawi Center is a work in progress' 3. PPI: 28 pt, 2 cols, 2 x 20 Expo urges public to buy Indonesian goods 4. SPEAK: 28 pt, 3 cols, 1 x 30 'Honestly, I don't like reading'
Tue, 27 May 2003
Parties differ on election debates
Parties differ on election debates JAKARTA: The issue of whether presidential candidates in 2004 should be required to take part in public debates has yet to be resolved by legislators deliberating the bill on presidential elections.
Tue, 27 May 2003
JP/4/head27
JP/4/head271. 5 columns, 1 X 44 Bill on health insurance covers all citizens 2. 2 columns, 3 X 20 PKB meeting may not name presidential candidates 3. 3 columns, 2 X 25 Celebrities told to support antitobacco drive 4. 2 columns, 2 X 20 Indonesia seeks more cooperation in ASEAN
Tue, 27 May 2003
Celebrities told to support antitobacco drive
Celebrities told to support antitobacco driveSari P. Setiogi, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The latest survey on the smoking habits of high-school students should be a matter of concern to all: 42 percent of 2,047 students surveyed in Jakarta admitted to being active smokers, 43.
Tue, 27 May 2003
IBRA expects APP restructuring deal in July
IBRA expects APP restructuring deal in JulyThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta The Indonesian Bank Restructuring Agency (IBRA) expected Asia Pulp and Paper (APP) to reach a final debt restructuring agreement with its creditors in early July.IBRA Chairman Syafruddin Temenggung was quoted on Monday by detik.
Tue, 27 May 2003
Planned reclamation worries the poor
Planned reclamation worries the poor Sidiq, 50, has been renting a small boat to tourists at Muara Baru Bay in North Jakarta for about 20 years. He is happy with his job, through which he earns enough to support himself, his wife and their two children.
Tue, 27 May 2003
Betawi Cultural Center a work in progress
Betawi Cultural Center a work in progressArya Abhiseka, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Anyone who turned up at the newly opened Betawi Center on Monday expecting to view books, pictures and documents on the Betawi ethnic group would have discovered that the center remains a work in progress.
Tue, 27 May 2003
OPEC to cut output to avoid price collapse
OPEC to cut output to avoid price collapseAgence France-Presse, Doha OPEC can be expected to agree to slash production at a ministerial meeting in Qatar on June 11 to avoid a price collapse, OPEC President Abdullah bin Hamad al-Attiyah told AFP on Monday, strongly defending Iraq's position within...
Tue, 27 May 2003
'Honestly, I dont like reading'
'Honestly, I dont like reading' Reading is definitely not all the rage here in Indonesia. The Jakarta Post spoke with several people who said they did not have the time to read, nor could they afford to buy books.
Tue, 27 May 2003
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Tue, 27 May 2003
Candidates should be tested
Candidates should be testedFrom Kompas Top management of banks and state-owned enterprises, as well as officials at some state institutions now undergo a test of their suitability.If this test had been conducted much earlier, many of the banks in this country would not have gone bankrupt due to...
Mon, 26 May 2003
`Patient protection against malpractice weak'
`Patient protection against malpractice weak'Sari P. Setiogi, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Kartika, 25, a new mother, said he was advised to deliver her son by caesarean section, which she eventually agreed to.
Mon, 26 May 2003
Rupiah expected to remain strong
Rupiah expected to remain strongDadan Wijaksana, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The solid showing of the rupiah is expected to continue this week on expectations of further capital inflows to the country and lingering negative sentiment against the U.S. dollar, a currency analyst said.
Mon, 26 May 2003
`Workers unaware of health benefits'
`Workers unaware of health benefits'Ridwan Max Sijabat, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Perhaps only a small percentage, if any, of the 24 million workers covered by the government-run social security program, have received the first class medical treatment they are entitled to at appointed hospitals...
Mon, 26 May 2003
JP/5/Across
JP/5/AcrossSelayar to become tourist resort MAKASSAR, South Sulawesi: The administration on South Sulawesi regency's only island, Selayar, plans to turn the island into a tourism destination, with sites such as Taka Bonerate National Park, the island's white beaches and caves.
Mon, 26 May 2003
Cambodia to stop weapons smuggling
Cambodia to stop weapons smugglingCAMBODIA: Phnom Penh said on Sunday it is ready to take action if any evidence surfaces that weapons are being smuggled from its territory to separatist rebels in Indonesia's Aceh province.
Mon, 26 May 2003
Thirty years on, networks are getting smarter
Thirty years on, networks are getting smarterZatni Arbi, Columnist, Jakarta, zatni@cbn.net.id One of the components in our desktop and notebook computers that we increasingly cannot do without is the Ethernet card.
Mon, 26 May 2003
New SME exhibition center opened
New SME exhibition center openedThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta In a bid to help promote the products of small- and medium- sized enterprises (SMEs), the Ministry of Industry and Trade has set up an exhibition center in the Pasar Gambir area of Kemayoran, Jakarta.
Mon, 26 May 2003
Lampung farmers need protection
Lampung farmers need protectionGub: 1 line x 36 N.Sumatra gubernatorial election todayW. Java farmers threaten boycott
Mon, 26 May 2003
Sutiyoso inaugurates Betawi Center
Sutiyoso inaugurates Betawi Center JAKARTA: Governor Sutiyoso inaugurated on Friday the Center for Betawi Art, Culture, Education and Studies at Jakarta State University (UNJ).The governor, who is also chairman of the center's board of patrons, hoped that the center would help promote appreciation...
Mon, 26 May 2003
North Sumatra holds gubernatorial election today
North Sumatra holds gubernatorial election todayApriadi Gunawan The Jakarta Post Medan, North SumatraThree gubernatorial candidates and their running mates have committed themselves to not mobilizing their supporters, to avoid influencing the gubernatorial election scheduled for Monday.
Mon, 26 May 2003
RI, Thailand agree to promote investment
RI, Thailand agree to promote investmentSri Wahyuni, The Jakarta Post, Yogyakarta The fifth meeting of the joint commission on economic and technical cooperation between the Republic of Indonesia and the Kingdom of Thailand has concluded, with mutual agreement to promote closer bilateral relations,...
Mon, 26 May 2003
Indonesian products
Indonesian products The people have the chance to view the long-forgotten Exhibition of Indonesian Products, which started on May 20 and will end on May 29 at the Jakarta Fairground. The exhibition, recently inaugurated by President Megawati Soekarnoputri, aims to encourage the people to patronize...
Mon, 26 May 2003
North Sumatra gubernatorial election today
North Sumatra gubernatorial election todayApriadi Gunawan, The Jakarta Post, Medan, North Sumatra Three gubernatorial candidates and their running mates have committed themselves to not mobilizing their supporters, to avoid influencing the gubernatorial election scheduled for Monday.