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Fri, 07 Jun 2002
Umar wins gold as Indonesia Tiger captures overall title
Umar wins gold as Indonesia Tiger captures overall titleMusthofid, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Umar Syarif took home one of the two gold medals for the host team on the final day of the Indonesian Open karate tournament as the Indonesia Tiger emerged as the overall winner after three days of heavy...
Fri, 07 Jun 2002
IBRA plans to sell four more banks
IBRA plans to sell four more banksThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta The Indonesian Bank Restructuring Agency (IBRA) plans to sell government shares in the publicly-listed Bank Danamon and Lippo Bank in the second half of this year, and in two other banks next year.
Fri, 07 Jun 2002
Students tried for deadly attack
Students tried for deadly attack JAKARTA: Three students of the Jakarta Arts Institute went on trial at the Central Jakarta District Court on Thursday for a fatal attack on a fellow student in March.Defendants Asep Suryaman, Fajar Sugeng and Ali Gufron, along with four other defendants, who will be...
Fri, 07 Jun 2002
Wolfowitz's remarks
Wolfowitz's remarks The Jakarta Post of June 1, 2002 published an article about a remark from Wolfowitz, the Deputy U.S. defense secretary and a former ambassador to Indonesia. He is quoted as urging the Indonesian Military to reform itself.
Fri, 07 Jun 2002
Foreign investors show interest in IBRA loan assets
Foreign investors show interest in IBRA loan assetsDadan Wijaksana, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta More than 140 investors, including foreign financial institutions, have expressed interest in purchasing bank loan assets worth more than Rp 150 trillion (about US$17 billion), held by the Indonesian Bank...
Fri, 07 Jun 2002
Policemen stop work for soccer
Policemen stop work for soccer The Indonesian passion for soccer apparently has even affected the police who are meant to be securing the preparatory committee (PrepCom) meeting on sustainable development in Bali.
Fri, 07 Jun 2002
Construction of Seroja Monument begins
Construction of Seroja Monument begins President Megawati Soekarnoputri (left) shook hands with Seroja veterans after laying the first stone at a ceremony on Thursday to mark construction of the Seroja Monument, to commemorate the 3,625 Indonesian soldiers killed in the former Indonesian province...
Fri, 07 Jun 2002
Lee and paranoia about Islam
Lee and paranoia about Islam Is the charismatic leader of the neighboring Singapore, Lee Kuan Yew, suffering from paranoia about Islam? The answer is yes!Lee's negative perception of Islam is clear in his statements, which have frequently challenged Islam.
Fri, 07 Jun 2002
TV Program: Friday, June 7, 2002
TV Program: Friday, June 7, 2002TVRI .tb .30" .90" 5:00 a.m. Religious Teachings6:00 News8:00 Environment8:30 Children's Program9:00 Cooking Program10:00 Technology11:00 Regional News11:30 Music12:00 p.m.
Fri, 07 Jun 2002
PALYJA to double investment
PALYJA to double investment to improve clean water supplyPT PAM Lyonaise Jaya (PALYJA), a subsidiary of ONDEO Services of France, will more than double its investment to improve and expand the supply of clean water in western Jakarta.
Fri, 07 Jun 2002
Gandrik back with 'Mas Tom'
Gandrik back with 'Mas Tom'Asip A. Hasani & Blontank Poer, The Jakarta Post, Yogyakarta After staging the successful Brigade Maling (The Thieves Brigade) here and abroad three years ago, Teater Gandrik of Yogyakarta returns to the stage, entertaining the public in Jakarta this weekend and...
Fri, 07 Jun 2002
Vote of no confidence
Vote of no confidenceFrom Rakyat MerdekaThe people have struggled for four years in search of a democratic state mechanism. The fall of the New Order regime, it turns out, has not also meant the end to authoritarianism in this country.
Fri, 07 Jun 2002
Thumb-up given to new tax office
Thumb-up given to new tax officeRendi A. Witular, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Businessmen and experts praised Wednesday the establishment of a special office to collect taxes from the country's largest taxpayers, but warned the new office could become another corrupt institution like other tax...
Fri, 07 Jun 2002
Jakarta Fair to be made more accessible
Jakarta Fair to be made more accessibleLeo Wahyudi S, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Jakartans will have easier access to the Kemayoran Fairground, Central Jakarta, for the 2002 Jakarta Fair, which will open on June 14 through to July 14, as the organizers have promised to provide shuttle buses from...
Fri, 07 Jun 2002
Sumatran tiger faces extinction
Sumatran tiger faces extinctionHaidir Anwar Tanjung, Pekanbaru Rampant hunting and illegal logging in the Bukit Tigapuluh National Park in the province of Riau have pushed Sumatran tigers (Panthera Tigris Sumatraensis) there to the brink of extinction, an activist said.
Fri, 07 Jun 2002
Capacity 21 project launched
Capacity 21 project launchedFabiola Desy Unidjaja, The Jakarta Post, Nusa Dua, Bali The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) launched here on Thursday evening its Capacity 21 project to empower the people in fulfilling their own basic needs for water and energy, and in fighting against poverty.
Fri, 07 Jun 2002
TOLONG DITAMBAHKAN ke 5AMBON
TOLONG DITAMBAHKAN ke 5AMBONThe provocation complaints against Theo were reported by Laskar Jihad to the National Police last month, with Theo being accused of having delivered provocative speeches in Maluku.
Fri, 07 Jun 2002
Sofjan admits to faults, throws ball in police's court
Sofjan admits to faults, throws ball in police's courtYogita Tahilramani The Jakarta Post Jakarta In an inquiry led by National Police generals, Comr. Gen. Sofjan Jacoeb said on Thursday that he had issued temporary vehicle documents for 11 Mercedes Benzes, allegedly smuggled in from Singapore,...
Fri, 07 Jun 2002
PALYJA to double investment
PALYJA to double investment to improve clean water supplyPT PAM Lyonaise Jaya (PALYJA), a subsidiary of ONDEO Services of France, will more than double its investment to improve and expand the supply of clean water in western Jakarta.
Fri, 07 Jun 2002
Prambanan temple
Prambanan temple for prayersFrom KompasWith reference to the letter sent by I Nyoman Mettayasa from Tabanan, Bali, regarding the permit for conducting prayers at the Prambanan temple in Yogyakarta, it should be noted that as the nation's cultural heritage, Prambanan is safeguarded by Law No.
Fri, 07 Jun 2002
Environtmental damage 'causes people misery'
Environtmental damage 'causes people misery'A'an Suryana, The Jakarta Post, Nusa Dua, Bali High population growth, industrialization and inefficient lifestyles have damaged the environment greatly in the last 30 years, bringing misery to people, according to a report by the United Nations...
Fri, 07 Jun 2002
1. CPO (4x10)
1. CPO (4x10) CPO price shoots to three-year high 2. Loan (2x25) Foreign investors show interest in IBRA loans 3. IBRA (1x30) IBRA to sell four more banks 4. Tin (2x20) Timah sees tin prices increasing this year
Fri, 07 Jun 2002
Part 1 of 2
Part 1 of 2 The ascendancy of terrorism as a worldwide threat Mohamad Najib Tun Abdul Razak Minister of Defense Malaysia 2. Jonathan -- Whom should we blame for a nuclear war between Indian and 1 X 48 36pt Bodoni Who's to blame for war in South Asia? Jonathan Power Columnist London3.
Fri, 07 Jun 2002
Selling $17b in bad loans
Selling $17b in bad loans For the next three months domestic and foreign investors will be digging into the heap of financial ruins from the banking collapse trying to find and purchase prize assets among the US$17 billion worth of dud loans put on sale on Monday by the Indonesian Bank...
Fri, 07 Jun 2002
Also look at your backyard
Also look at your backyard I would like to comment on Goenawan Mohamad's opinion on May 31 in The Jakarta Post titled How to get a Dutch Visa.I can indeed sympathize with Goenawan's statement about how to get a visa.
Fri, 07 Jun 2002
Megawati pays homage to late father
Megawati pays homage to late fatherThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta President Megawati Soekarnoputri went to Blitar, East Java, on Thursday to visit the grave of her father, founding president Sukarno.Sukarno was born on June 6, and the visit to his grave is an annual tradition for his relatives, who also...
Fri, 07 Jun 2002
JP/15/N01
JP/15/N01 JP/13/ConverRupiah Rates June 6.Bank notes rates TT ratesSelling Buying Selling BuyingRp Rp Rp Rp U.S. dollar 1 9,350.00 8,350.00 8,894.00 8,806.00Australian dollar 1 5,388.41 4,806.26 5,125.61 5,068.73Brunei dollar 1 5,213.85 4,653.63 4,959.57 4,907.76Canadian dollar 1 6,105.13 5,450.
Fri, 07 Jun 2002
Garbage incinerators operated inefficiently
Garbage incinerators operated inefficientlyBambang Nurbianto, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta While the City Sanitation Agency is rocked by alleged graft related to the purchase of 10 incinerators funded by last year's city budget, the facts show that a number of incinerators that were purchased earlier...
Fri, 07 Jun 2002
CPO price shoots to three-year high
CPO price shoots to three-year highThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta The price of crude palm oil (CPO) hit a three-year high of about US$415 per ton on Thursday due to rising demand, chairman of the Indonesian Palm Oil Producers Association? (Gapki) Derom Bangun said.
Fri, 07 Jun 2002
PALYJA to double investment
PALYJA to double investment to improve clean water supplyPT PAM Lyonaise Jaya (PALYJA), a subsidiary of ONDEO Services of France, will more than double its investment to improve and expand the supply of clean water in western Jakarta.
Fri, 07 Jun 2002
Astra asks Daihatsu to lift stake
Astra asks Daihatsu to lift stake BALI: P.T. Astra International, the largest automaker in Indonesia, is asking Daihatsu Motor Co. to raise its stake in their local joint venture, the Nihon Keizai Shimbun reported in its Thursday evening edition, citing sources close to the matter.
Fri, 07 Jun 2002
Papuan leaders want troops withdrawn
Papuan leaders want troops withdrawnKurniawan Hari, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Leading Papuan figures urged President Megawati Soekarnoputri on Thursday to declare the province a peace zone and pull out all troops recruited from outside the province.
Fri, 07 Jun 2002
Don't boycott PrepCom IV outcome, delegates plead
Don't boycott PrepCom IV outcome, delegates pleadTantri Yuliandini, The Jakarta Post, Nusa Dua, Bali Government delegates called for local non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and civil society groups not to boycott the results of the ongoing UN meeting in Bali and instead keep on voicing and...
Fri, 07 Jun 2002
Pronk tells leaders to come to Johannesburg
Pronk tells leaders to come to JohannesburgThe Jakarta Post, Nusa Dua, Bali When traffic jams clog the streets of Johannesburg, when hotels are overbooked for weeks, when thousands of people from around the globe descend on the city, South Africa will have Jan Pronk to thank.
Fri, 07 Jun 2002
Protest hits Ketapang harbor
Protest hits Ketapang harbor DENPASAR, Bali: For several hours on Thursday afternoon the traffic flow between the island of Java and Bali was brought to a virtual halt after several private companies that own 13 out of the 18 ferries in Ketapang harbor, East Java, staged a protest to demand higher...
Fri, 07 Jun 2002
Crash victims sue train company
Crash victims sue train companyMuninggar Sri Saraswati, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Relatives of those killed in the horror train crash in Brebes, Central Java, last year and the survivors are suing state-owned railway company PT KAI and the government for Rp 2.7 billion in a class-action lawsuit.
Fri, 07 Jun 2002
TOLONG DITAMBAHKAN ke 5AMBON
TOLONG DITAMBAHKAN ke 5AMBONThe provocation complaints against Theo were reported by Laskar Jihad to the National Police last month, with Theo being accused of having delivered provocative speeches in Maluku.
Fri, 07 Jun 2002
Jakarta Fair more accessible to the public
Jakarta Fair more accessible to the publicLeo Wahyudi S The Jakarta Post JakartaJakartans will have easier access to the Kemayoran Fairground, Central Jakarta, for the 2002 Jakarta Fair, which will open on June 14 through to July 14, as the organizers have promised to provide shuttle buses from...
Fri, 07 Jun 2002
'RCTI' criticized as 70m viewers miss World Cup
'RCTI' criticized as 70m viewers miss World CupMuhammad Nafik and Kurniawan Hari The Jakarta Post JakartaHolding the sole rights in Indonesia to broadcast the World Cup on television could turn out to be a poisoned chalice for RCTI as the House of Representatives condemned the country's oldest...
Fri, 07 Jun 2002
Djoko vows to end Maluku's military-police conflict
Djoko vows to end Maluku's military-police conflictTertiani ZB Simanjuntak and Oktovianus Pinontoan, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Newly appointed Chief of the Security Restoration Operations Command in Maluku Maj. Gen.
Fri, 07 Jun 2002
What will be the likely outcome of Joburg Summit?
What will be the likely outcome of Joburg Summit?Agus P. Sari, Executive Director of Pelangi, an Environmental Research Institute, Based in Jakarta The Bali preparatory committee meeting was meant to prepare material for the World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg to address a range...
Fri, 07 Jun 2002
Timah sees tin prices increasing this year
Timah sees tin prices increasing this yearMoch. N. Kurniawan, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Publicly listed tin mining company PT Timah said on Thursday it expected tin prices to rise to US$4,600 per ton in the second half of this year, from the current level of $4,100 per ton.
Fri, 07 Jun 2002
Megawati pays homage to late father
Megawati pays homage to late fatherThe Jakarta Post JakartaPresident Megawati Soekarnoputri went to Blitar, East Java, on Thursday to visit the grave of her father, founding president Sukarno. Sukarno was born on June 6, and the visit to his grave is an annual tradition for his relatives, who also...
Fri, 07 Jun 2002
Three rebels killed in Aceh
Three rebels killed in Aceh BANDA ACEH, Aceh: Three Free Aceh Movement (GAM) rebels were killed in a fierce clash with the military in Krueng Meuriam village, some 160 kilometers southeast of Banda Aceh, on Thursday, a Military officer said.Lt. Col.
Fri, 07 Jun 2002
Public order officers should be more 'humane'
Public order officers should be more 'humane'Ahmad Junaidi, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta For public order officers, slapping, kicking and beating people at work is not a taboo at all. They often use force when evicting side-walk vendors, riverbank squatters or becak (pedicab) drivers.
Fri, 07 Jun 2002
Army marks change of guard in anusual show of force
Army marks change of guard in anusual show of forceTiarma Siboro, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta After a seven-year lapse, the Army celebrated the succession to its top post with a show of force at the Senayan parking lot in Jakarta on Thursday.
Fri, 07 Jun 2002
Jakarta Fair more accessible to the public
Jakarta Fair more accessible to the publicLeo Wahyudi S The Jakarta Post JakartaJakartans will have easier access to the Kemayoran Fairground, Central Jakarta, for the 2002 Jakarta Fair, which will open on June 14 through to July 14, as the organizers have promised to provide shuttle buses from...
Fri, 07 Jun 2002
Greenpeace protest foiled
Greenpeace protest foiled The Arctic Sunrise sails past Nusa Dua beach as a fisherman casts out his line. However, the boat's crew of Greenpeace activists was barred on Thursday by locals from making a protest statement by tossing a three-headed ogoh-ogoh monster effigy into the sea.
Fri, 07 Jun 2002
Thumb-up given to new tax office
Thumb-up given to new tax officeRendi A. Witular, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Businessmen and experts praised on Wednesday the establishment of a special office to collect taxes from the country's largest taxpayers, but warned that the new office could become another corrupt institution like other...
Fri, 07 Jun 2002
Policemen stop work for soccer
Policemen stop work for soccer The Indonesian passion for soccer apparently has even affected the police who are meant to be securing the preparatory committee (PrepCom) meeting on sustainable development in Bali.