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Wed, 11 Jun 2003
Susilo, Rachma among PAN's nine VP nominees
Susilo, Rachma among PAN's nine VP nomineesAndi Hajramurni, The Jakarta Post, Makassar, South Sulawesi The National Mandate Party (PAN) is in the process of selecting the running mate for its presidential candidate Amien Rais from nine leading figures, most of whom are politicians or religious...
Wed, 11 Jun 2003
Pepper farmers want joint marketing body
Pepper farmers want joint marketing bodyAdianto P. Simamora, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta White pepper farmers and traders urged the government on Tuesday to set up soon a joint marketing body to regulate the white pepper trade in a bid to shore up the currently dwindling price of the commodity.
Wed, 11 Jun 2003
Road tolls rise by 25 percent
Road tolls rise by 25 percentArya Abhiseka, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Starting at midnight on Tuesday, toll road charges across the country were raised by about 25 percent on average, despite complaints that the operators have failed to provide adequate services to the public.
Wed, 11 Jun 2003
Sardono gets international award
Sardono gets international award JAKARTA: Indonesian dancer-choreographer Sardono W. Kusumo has been awarded the Distinguished Artist Award by the International Society for the Performing Arts (ISPA).The Sono Seni dance studio in Surakarta, Central Java, where the artist is based, said the award...
Wed, 11 Jun 2003
Worrying about rampant corruption in Indonesia
Worrying about rampant corruption in IndonesiaSatish Mishra, Head, United Nations Support Facility for Indonesian Recovery (UNSFIR), Jakarta, satish.mishra@undp.org The combination of the growing aid fatigue in OECD countries and the outbreak of the Asian Financial Crisis have brought the issue of...
Wed, 11 Jun 2003
Education bill's passage delayed
Education bill's passage delayedKurniawan Hari, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The House of Representatives failed on Tuesday to pass the controversial education bill after a lengthy and enervating plenary session that was marked by a boycott by all of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI...
Wed, 11 Jun 2003
Bombing suspect declared not guilty
Bombing suspect declared not guiltyZakki Hakim, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The East Jakarta district court exonerated Ramli, alias Dadang Hermana, 42, on Tuesday of all charges made against him in connection with a bomb explosion at Graha Cijantung Mall, East Jakarta, on July 1 last year.
Wed, 11 Jun 2003
Dispensation for Acehnese students
Dispensation for Acehnese students YOGYAKARTA: New student candidates from Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam province will receive a special dispensation in the upcoming 2003/2004 academic year, the Gadjah Mada University (UGM) rector, Sofian Effendi, said on Monday.
Wed, 11 Jun 2003
Workers rally against planned layoffs
Workers rally against planned layoffs TANGERANG: Some 400 workers from wood processing company PT Tambun Kusuma staged a rally at the Tangerang legislative council on Tuesday amid fears that the management would lay them off.
Wed, 11 Jun 2003
ACEH BESAR: First Brigadier Dicky Alfian was shot by members of
ACEH BESAR: First Brigadier Dicky Alfian was shot by members of GAM on Tuesday. He was taken to the Zainoel Abidin general hospital in Banda Aceh. BIREUEN: Seven soldiers were shot dead and seven others were injured in a gunfight with GAM at Matang Kumbang village between Monday and Tuesday.
Wed, 11 Jun 2003
PBVSI mulls big money for Karikov
PBVSI mulls big money for KarikovMusthofid, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The Indonesian Volleyball Association (PBVSI)'s intention of hiring internationally-respected coach Karikov could still be thwarted by the need to top dollar to the former coach of the Russian national team.
Wed, 11 Jun 2003
MOU signed to uphold property rights
MOU signed to uphold property rights JAKARTA: The Ministry of Justice and Human Rights and the National Police signed on Tuesday the memorandum of understanding to cooperate in eradicating rampant intellectual property rights violations, mostly video CDs and software.
Wed, 11 Jun 2003
Public procurement changes run into opposition
Public procurement changes run into oppositionDadan Wijaksana, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The government is reviewing a presidential decree on public procurements to reduce corruption, but the effort has met with stiff resistance from various sides, including business associations.
Wed, 11 Jun 2003
Gumarang train derails, one killed
Gumarang train derails, one killed INDRAMAYU, West Java: One person died and three others suffered serious injury when the Gumarang train serving Jakarta- Surabaya jumped the tracks on Monday evening at 9:25 p.m. near the Terisi station in Cikedug district, Indramayu regency.
Wed, 11 Jun 2003
Lessons to be learned
Lessons to be learned The failure of the House of Representatives to reach a solid decision on the national education bill that has been lying before it for months, effectively accentuates the deep rifts that time and sectarian politics have over the years created among groups in Indonesian society.
Wed, 11 Jun 2003
ATSI urges govt to regulate Telkom's new service
ATSI urges govt to regulate Telkom's new serviceEvi Mariani The Jakarta Post Jakarta PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia's (Telkom) new fixed-wireless service, TelkomFlexi, which has features similar to those offered on mobile phones, has sparked protests from cellular phone providers who fear that...
Wed, 11 Jun 2003
MOU signed to uphold property rights
MOU signed to uphold property rightsJAKARTA: The Ministry of Justice and Human Rights and the National Police signed on Tuesday the memorandum of understanding to cooperate in eradicating rampant intellectual property rights violations, mostly video CDs and software.
Wed, 11 Jun 2003
Thousands rally for education bill
Thousands rally for education billDamar Harsanto, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Tens of thousands of Muslims rallied outside the House of Representatives complex here to demand the controversial education bill be passed on Tuesday.
Wed, 11 Jun 2003
Reality hits young migrant hard in the face
Reality hits young migrant hard in the faceMohammad Marwan, Agence France-Presse, Lhok Nga, Aceh In search of a better life, 21-year-old Ramadani moved to Indonesia's Aceh province to work as a salesman, but instead he found himself facing the cold reality of decades of conflict between separatist...
Wed, 11 Jun 2003
March 12, 2001: APP unilaterally defaults on its debts totaling
March 12, 2001: APP unilaterally defaults on its debts totaling some US$13.9 billion, one of the world's largest corporate defaults in emerging marketsNovember 2001: IBRA becomes APP creditor after taking over its liabilities from Bank Internasional Indonesia (BII), a financial arm of APP's...
Wed, 11 Jun 2003
400 workers sent home through Belawan
400 workers sent home through Belawan MEDAN, North Sumatra: Around 400 Indonesian migrant workers, were sent home by the Malaysian government through Belawan port on Tuesday morning.The return was the second batch after Malaysia sent home 280 workers on June 2.North Sumatra Governor T.
Wed, 11 Jun 2003
Sardono gets international award
Sardono gets international award JAKARTA: Indonesian dancer-choreographer Sardono W. Kusumo has been awarded the Distinguished Artist Award by the International Society for the Performing Arts (ISPA).The Sono Seni dance studio in Surakarta, Central Java, where the artist is based, said the award...
Wed, 11 Jun 2003
'The poor need food, not entertainment'
'The poor need food, not entertainment' The celebration of Jakarta's 476th anniversary should be fun and entertaining. An organizer said that they expected the celebration to lure people to take a break from all the troubles and strife brought on by the economic crisis and political turmoil over...
Wed, 11 Jun 2003
Megawati to appoint new Indonesian envoys
Megawati to appoint new Indonesian envoysFabiola Desy Unidjaja, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Former defense minister Juwono Sudarsono has been named as ambassador to London, however the names of envoys to several important posts such as Canberra, Moscow and Stockholm are still being withheld.
Wed, 11 Jun 2003
ATSI asks govt to regulate new Telkom service
ATSI asks govt to regulate new Telkom serviceEvi Mariani, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia's (Telkom) new fixed-wireless service, TelkomFlexi, which has features similar to those offered on mobile phones, has sparked protests from cellular phone providers who fear that...
Wed, 11 Jun 2003
Concern over accuracy of air-pollution displays
Concern over accuracy of air-pollution displaysDamar Harsanto, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Three electronic signboards displaying Jakarta's air pollution levels set up in several spots around the city are meant to inform commuters about the city's air quality, however many people are in the dark...
Wed, 11 Jun 2003
JP/13SIGN
JP/13SIGNPrincipal creditors sign APP debt restructuring scheme M. Taufiqurrahman The Jakarta Post Jakarta Principal creditors of Asia Pulp & Paper Co. Ltd. (APP) of Singapore signed on Tuesday a nonbinding debt restructuring plan as an initial step to reach a final settlement for the US$6.
Wed, 11 Jun 2003
RI needs social measures to annul education bill
RI needs social measures to annul education billB. Herry-Priyono, Lecturer, Driyarkara School of Philosophy, Jakarta These are the days of tragic reckoning. It comes from the perennial irony that has long beset this country: Talking law is simultaneously the most irrelevant and most urgent.
Wed, 11 Jun 2003
Pramuka market, where good and evil collide
Pramuka market, where good and evil collide When President Megawati Soekarnoputri claimed earlier this month that she was given fake drugs by a presidential doctor, the public was sparked once again by the persistent problem of fake medicines.
Wed, 11 Jun 2003
Black day for Military as Aceh conflict intensifies
Black day for Military as Aceh conflict intensifiesBerni K. Moestafa The Jakarta Post Lhokseumawe, AcehJust hours after claiming to have made significant progress in its operation to crush the Free Aceh Movement (GAM), the Indonesian Military (TNI) lost seven soldiers during a clash in Matang...
Wed, 11 Jun 2003
ATSI urges govt to regulate Telkom's new service
ATSI urges govt to regulate Telkom's new serviceEvi Mariani The Jakarta Post Jakarta PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia's (Telkom) new fixed-wireless service, TelkomFlexi, which has features similar to those offered on mobile phones, has sparked protests from cellular phone providers who fear that...
Wed, 11 Jun 2003
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Worrying about rampant corruption in Indonesia Satish Mishra United Nations Support Facility for Indonesian Recovery (UNSFIR) 2. Dimas -- Getting over SARS 2 X 30 We cannot allow SARS threat to change the way we live Meidyatama Suryodiningrat Managing Editor Van Zorge Report on Indonesia Jakarta
Wed, 11 Jun 2003
Dispensation for Acehnese students
Dispensation for Acehnese students YOGYAKARTA: New student candidates from Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam province will receive a special dispensation in the upcoming 2003/2004 academic year, the Gadjah Mada University (UGM) rector, Sofian Effendi, said on Monday.
Wed, 11 Jun 2003
RI presents 'proof' linking GAM leaders to terrorism
RI presents 'proof' linking GAM leaders to terrorismThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta The government team sent to Sweden to secure that country's cooperation in the war against GAM has handed over evidence to the Swedish government which its claims proves that Free Aceh Movement (GAM) leaders in Sweden are...
Wed, 11 Jun 2003
We cannot allow SARS threat to change the way we live
We cannot allow SARS threat to change the way we liveMeidyatama Suryodiningrat, Journalist, Jakarta Just as Sept. 11 changed forever the nature of international relations, the outbreak of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) also has changed the way many people in Asia live.
Wed, 11 Jun 2003
Students injured in bus accident
Students injured in bus accident BOGOR: Dozens of students from Ibnu Khaldun University were unable to join the demonstration to support the controversial education bill in Jakarta on Tuesday as their bus turned upside down on the Jagorawi toll road in Cibubur, East Jakarta.
Wed, 11 Jun 2003
Coca-Cola truck explodes, terrorism may be involved
Coca-Cola truck explodes, terrorism may be involved A truck belonging to a company contracted to Coca-Cola exploded in flames 19 kilometers north of Denpasar, Bali, on Monday morning, three days after a bomb warning.
Wed, 11 Jun 2003
Yogya governor wants to be appointed, not elected
Yogya governor wants to be appointed, not electedSri Wahyuni, The Jakarta Post, Yogyakarta Yogyakarta provincial legislative council was at odds over the draft internal rulings on the gubernatorial election scheduled for August, as some local people and Sultan Hamengkubuwono X, also outgoing...
Wed, 11 Jun 2003
ATSI urges govt to regulate Telkom's new service
ATSI urges govt to regulate Telkom's new serviceEvi Mariani The Jakarta Post Jakarta PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia's (Telkom) new service TelkomFlexi, fixed-wireless service having features like those of mobile phone, has sparked a protest from cellular phone providers as they fear TelkomFlexi will...
Wed, 11 Jun 2003
Black day for military, seven soldiers dead
Black day for military, seven soldiers deadBerni K. Moestafa, The Jakarta Post, Lhokseumawe, Aceh Just hours after claiming to have made significant progress in its operation to crush the Free Aceh Movement (GAM), the Indonesian Military (TNI) lost seven soldiers during a clash in Matang Kumbang,...
Wed, 11 Jun 2003
No More
No More Foreigners! From Warta Kota When he met Indonesian defense minister Matori Abdul Djalil in Singapore, U.S. deputy defense secretary Paul Wolfowitz asked the Indonesian government to allow foreign monitoring agencies in to Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam province.
Wed, 11 Jun 2003
Thick haze risks health, affects trafic in Riau
Thick haze risks health, affects trafic in RiauHaidir Anwar Tanjung, The Jakarta Post, Pekanbaru, Riau Choking haze plaguing the main island of Riau and the Riau archipelago, bordering Singapore and Malaysia, has reached an alarming level, raising health concerns and disturbing traffic in the...
Wed, 11 Jun 2003
Reject the education bill
Reject the education billB. Herry-Priyono Lecturer Driyarkara School of Philosophy Jakarta These are the days of tragic reckoning. It comes from the perennial irony that has long beset this country: Talking law is simultaneously the most irrelevant and most urgent.
Wed, 11 Jun 2003
ICFTU criticizes Asia for repressing workers' rights
ICFTU criticizes Asia for repressing workers' rightsAgence France-Presse, Singapore Many Asian workers continue to be repressed, with trade unions hampered by laws restricting their ability to fight for labor rights, the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU) said.
Wed, 11 Jun 2003
PAN names nine VP hopefuls
PAN names nine VP hopefulsAndi Hajramurni The Jakarta Post Makassar, South SulawesiThe National Mandate Party (PAN) is in the process of selecting the running mate for its presidential candidate Amien Rais from nine leading figures, most of whom are politicians or religious leaders.
Wed, 11 Jun 2003
JakArt@2003 Schedule
JakArt@2003 Schedule June 11:Teater Bunga's Tong atau Sampah-Sampah (Tin or Garbages) Lapangan Cipinang Besar, Jl. Casablanca South Jakarta 7:30 p.m. Multidimension Installation Arts "Oseng-oseng" Gallery Cipta III Taman Ismail Marzuki, Jl. Cikini Raya 73 Central Jakarta Tel. 3140554 5:30 p.m.
Wed, 11 Jun 2003
No action taken against 'delinquent' developers
No action taken against 'delinquent' developersBambang Nurbianto, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Most developers who started projects between 1971 and 1998 have yet to allocate a part of the land to the city administration for public and social facilities as stipulated by law, but little has been done...
Wed, 11 Jun 2003
Komnas HAM reveals rights abuses under martial law
Komnas HAM reveals rights abuses under martial lawMuninggar Sri Saraswati, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) found human rights and humanitarian law violations in its preliminary inquiry into the imposition of martial law in conflict-ridden Aceh.
Wed, 11 Jun 2003
West Java governor to be inaugurated
West Java governor to be inauguratedYuli Tri Suwarni, The Jakarta Post, Bandung West Java governor-elect Danny Setiawan and deputy Nu'man Abdul Hakim will be inaugurated on June 13 following the issuance of a presidential decree signed by President Megawati Soekarnoputri on June 7.
Wed, 11 Jun 2003
Asian monies mostly down, wary of intervention
Asian monies mostly down, wary of interventionDow Jones, Singapore Most Asian currencies gave up early gains to move to a weaker footing late on Tuesday as market players covered short-dollar positions after selling it down earlier in the session.