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Fri, 07 Jun 2002
Children's protection bill condemned
Children's protection bill condemnedDebbie A. Lubis, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Non-governmental organization activists harshly criticized the bill on children's protection being deliberated by the House of Representatives for what they claimed was a lack of details, vague sanctions and an absence...
Fri, 07 Jun 2002
PALYJA to double investment
PALYJA to double investment to improve clean water supply PT 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
Bali Commitment in limbo as talks near end
Bali Commitment in limbo as talks near endThe Jakarta Post Nusa Dua, BaliUncertainties continued to cloud the fate of the Bali Commitment in the final hours of negotiation, as its draft plan on sustainable development remained clogged with unresolved issues, leading to either weaker commitments, or...
Fri, 07 Jun 2002
NGO's call for a stronger garmers' union
NGO's call for a stronger garmers' unionTantri Yuliandini, The Jakarta Post, Nusa Dua, Bali International non-governmental organizations (NGOs) have called for a globally integrated federation of farmers to face the threat of liberalized trade.
Fri, 07 Jun 2002
Indonesia told to learn from U.S. on ethnic equality
Indonesia told to learn from U.S. on ethnic equalityMuhammad Nafik, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Indonesia should learn from the United States on how that country has integrated those of Chinese descent into its society, says a scholar from the University of Indonesia.
Fri, 07 Jun 2002
* Headlines: RI told to learn from U.S. on racial equality 2
* Headlines: RI told to learn from U.S. on racial equality 2 * National: Anti-human trafficking law urgent: Experts 4 * Archipelago: Poso people urged to avoid provocation 5 * Opinion: Haircuts for small businesses 6 * City:Garbage incinerators operated inefficiently8 * World: Israeli troops, tanks...
Fri, 07 Jun 2002
12.5 percent of Jakartans poor
12.5 percent of Jakartans poor JAKARTA: Twelve percent of people in Jakarta are poor, a survey conducted by the city chapter of the National Family Planning Board (BKKBN) says.Haryono Suyono, head of the central office of BKKBN, told a seminar on population that its survey in February this year...
Fri, 07 Jun 2002
Executive, legislature race to use up budget money
Executive, legislature race to use up budget moneyOyos Saroso HN, The Jakarta Post, Bandarlampung The Lampung provincial administration is seeking approval from the Legislative Council to secure Rp 6,091 billion from a supplementary budget to procure 22 official cars, including seven for provincial...
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
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
Bank Rakyat Indonesia
Bank Rakyat Indonesia BRI 14040 offers quick and easy banking transactions by phone Executives, professionals, academics and businesspeople who are always on the move can now make banking transactions by phone anywhere and anytime through Bank BRI, Indonesia's only bank which has offices in almost...
Fri, 07 Jun 2002
Man gets death for fatal robbery attempt
Man gets death for fatal robbery attempt The Central Jakarta District Court sentenced a man to death on Thursday for his involvement in a fatal robbery attempt last year outside a Bank BCA branch on Jl. Bungur Besar Raya, Central Jakarta.The crime on Oct.
Fri, 07 Jun 2002
'RCTI' slammed as 70 million viewers miss W. Cup matches
'RCTI' slammed as 70 million viewers miss W. Cup matchesMuhammad Nafik and Kurniawan Hari, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Holding 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...
Fri, 07 Jun 2002
Indonesia govt told not to force through Bali Commitment
Indonesia govt told not to force through Bali CommitmentFabiola Desy Unidjaja, The Jakarta Post, Nusa Dua, Bali The Indonesian government, currently hosting the UN meeting on sustainable development here, should not insist that the final document, called the Bali Commitment, be completed since...
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
VP wants end to party subsidies
VP wants end to party subsidies JAKARTA: Vice President Hamzah Haz called on Thursday for the government to stop subsidizing political parties, and to use the money instead for national education."With the current multiparty system, in which 180 political parties have registered for the 2004...
Fri, 07 Jun 2002
Tommy's lawyer released
Tommy's lawyer released JAKARTA: The police finally released Elza Syarief, the lawyer for Hutomo "Tommy" Mandala Putra, on Thursday afternoon after spending one month in the city police headquarter's detention cell.
Fri, 07 Jun 2002
Da'i urges Poso people to avoid provocation
Da'i urges Poso people to avoid provocationTertiani ZB Simanjuntak, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta National Police chief Gen. Da'i Bachtiar asked the conflicting Christian and Muslim camps in Poso regency, Central Sulawesi, on Thursday not to be provoked by a bomb blast in public bus serving the...
Fri, 07 Jun 2002
Firdaus promotes culinary arts
Firdaus promotes culinary artsMaria Endah Hulupi, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta His main activity is in the investment, banking and fund management sector. But as the bailli delegue (chairman) of the Indonesian chapter of the international gastronomic society, Chaine des Rotisseurs, Firdaus Abdullah...
Fri, 07 Jun 2002
Earlier Disbandment of IBRA
Earlier Disbandment of IBRA When the Indonesian Bank Restructuring Agency was set up in early 1999, it was decided that it would exist for only five years. If all the agency's duties could be accomplished earlier, the agency, as its chief Syarifuddin A.
Fri, 07 Jun 2002
Ministers show disdain to NGOs
Ministers show disdain to NGOs Different ministers, different temperaments and different ways of handling the public, as two of Indonesia's coordinating ministers showed.Coordinating Minister for the Economy Dorodjatun Kuntjoro- Jakti kept his cool when a member of the Indonesian Indigenous People...
Fri, 07 Jun 2002
JP/15/N00
JP/15/N00Stock prises on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (in rupiah) on June 6, 2002: ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Shares Close Change TradingVolume ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Abdi Bangsa Tbk 370 -5 75,000 Ades...
Fri, 07 Jun 2002
Anti-human trafficking law urgent, experts say
Anti-human trafficking law urgent, experts sayYogita Tahilramani, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Indonesia needs to carve out an anti-human trafficking bill, considering that it has no law against all forms of human trafficking, experts say.
Fri, 07 Jun 2002
FKDPM delays lawsuit against finance ministry
FKDPM delays lawsuit against finance ministryMoch. N. Kurniawan, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The Association of Oil and Gas Producing Regencies (FKDPM) has postponed plans to sue the Ministry of Finance over oil and gas earnings for several days to better prepare itself for the legal battle.
Fri, 07 Jun 2002
EU, East Asian foreign ministers gather for Madrid meeting
EU, East Asian foreign ministers gather for Madrid meeting Robert MacPherson Agence France-Presse MadridForeign ministers from the European Union (EU) and East Asia were gathering in Madrid on Thursday for a two-day meeting, with the Kashmir conflict and illegal migration high on their agenda.
Fri, 07 Jun 2002
EU, East Asian foreign ministers gather for Madrid meeting
EU, East Asian foreign ministers gather for Madrid meeting Agencies MadridForeign ministers from the European Union (EU) and East Asia were gathering in Madrid on Thursday for a two-day meeting, with the Kashmir conflict and illegal migration high on their agenda.
Fri, 07 Jun 2002
Bali Commitment in limbo as talks near end
Bali Commitment in limbo as talks near endThe Jakarta Post, Nusa Dua, Bali Uncertainties continued to cloud the fate of the Bali Commitment in the final hours of negotiation, as its draft plan on sustainable development remained clogged with unresolved issues, leading to either weaker commitments,...
Fri, 07 Jun 2002
House delays decision on Bulog
House delays decision on Bulog JAKARTA: The House of Representatives has pushed back to July 1 a plenary session to decide whether to establish a special committee to investigate the role of House Speaker Akbar Tandjung in a financial scandal involving the State Logistics Agency (Bulog).
Fri, 07 Jun 2002
Govt moves to block access to state secrets
Govt moves to block access to state secretsKurniawan Hari, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The government will submit a draft law on official secrets to counter the freedom of information bill proposed by the House of Representatives, which, if passed, would give the public, including the media,...
Fri, 07 Jun 2002
Govt criticized for exploiting guards
Govt criticized for exploiting guards The presence of Balinese traditional village guards or pecalang has captured the attention of most delegates attending the current UN meeting in Nusa Dua, Bali.Everything appeared to be running smoothly until Wednesday morning when hundreds of NGO members...
Fri, 07 Jun 2002
BRI 14040 offers quick and easy
BRI 14040 offers quick and easy banking transactions by phone Executives, professionals, academics and businesspeople who are always on the move can now make banking transactions by phone anywhere and anytime through Bank BRI, Indonesia's only bank which has offices in almost every town across the...
Fri, 07 Jun 2002
Govt, House avoid hike in haj fee
Govt, House avoid hike in haj fee JAKARTA: The government and House of Representatives Commission VI for human resources and religious affairs agreed on Thursday to reduce, or at least to maintain, the haj fee for next season.
Fri, 07 Jun 2002
RI told to be prepared for court decision on disputed islands
RI told to be prepared for court decision on disputed islandsAnnastashya Emmanuelle, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Although the Sipadan-Ligitan issue is not expected to be a constant agitation in bilateral relations with Malaysia, Indonesia should be prepared to accept the International Court of...
Fri, 07 Jun 2002
'Free final examination? It's only a rumor'
'Free final examination? It's only a rumor' Junior high school and high school students in the city recently finished taking final exams. And for the first time, the city administration provided funds to finance the exams, so the students would not have to pay for the tests themselves.
Fri, 07 Jun 2002
Where to go in Jakarta:
Where to go in Jakarta:Exhibitions* Visual Arts Deep Blue, the Art and the Sea, National Museum, Jl. Medan Merdeka Barat No. 12, Central Jakarta (Tel. 3868172), until June 17. * Video Art from Finland, Lontar Gallery, Jl. Utan Kayu 68H, East Jakarta (Tel. 8573388), 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., until June 12.
Fri, 07 Jun 2002
Headings
Headings1. Lampung: 12 x 4 linesExecutive, legislature race to use up budget money 2. Poso: 21 x 2 linesPoso people urged to avoid provocation 3. Ambon: 24 x 2 linesDjoko vows to end Maluku's military-police conflict4. Tiger: 24 x 2 linesSumatran tiger faces extinction
Fri, 07 Jun 2002
Estrada not allowed to leave RP
Estrada not allowed to leave RP PHILIPPINES: A court barred ousted president Joseph Estrada on Thursday from leaving the country to undergo knee surgery in the United States, saying he might not return for his trial on a charge which carries the death penalty.
Fri, 07 Jun 2002
RP to get US$1.7b in WB loans
RP to get US$1.7b in WB loans MANILA: The World Bank has earmarked up to US$1.7 billion in loans to the Philippines over the next three years, a bank statement received here said Thursday.The bank's executive board has approved a three-year assistance strategy for the Philippines to "re-establish a...
Fri, 07 Jun 2002
Sofjan admits to having issued documents for smuggled cars
Sofjan admits to having issued documents for smuggled carsYogita 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...
Fri, 07 Jun 2002
Haircuts for small businesses
Haircuts for small businessesRoss H. McLeod, Editor, 'Bulletin of Indonesian Economic Studies', Canberra An interesting policy suggestion that has been made in recent times is that small businesses with outstanding bank loans should be given haircuts. The purported rationale for this is fairness.
Thu, 06 Jun 2002
* Headlines: RI must address labor problems: Badawi 2
* Headlines: RI must address labor problems: Badawi 2 * City:'Tommy funded rallies against Gus Dur'3 * National: Matori vows to continue military reform 4 * Archipelago: Road block causes food shortage in Aceh 5 * Opinion:Investing in public goods 6 * World: Suicide car bomb kills 16 in Israel8 *...
Thu, 06 Jun 2002
'SCTV' to help court with videoconference
'SCTV' to help court with videoconference The South Jakarta District Court will likely become the first court in the country to use videoconferencing technology with its use mooted in the ongoing corruption trial of former chief of the State Logistics Agency (Bulog) Rahardi Ramelan.
Thu, 06 Jun 2002
Council threatens to expel Al Rasyid
Council threatens to expel Al RasyidTertiani ZB Simanjuntak and Muhammad Nafik, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The West Nusa Tenggara (NTB) Provincial Legislative Council threatened on Wednesday to replace Governor Harun Al Rasyid if he confirms his candidacy for the Jakarta governorship.
Thu, 06 Jun 2002
NGOs reject UN meeting results
NGOs reject UN meeting resultsTantri Yuliandini and A'an Suryana, The Jakarta Post, Nusa Dua, Bali More than 500 non-governmental organization (NGO) activists took the opportunity of President Megawati Soekarnoputri's arrival in Bali on Wednesday to launch a demonstration denouncing the results of...
Thu, 06 Jun 2002
Vegetable plantation threatens city
Vegetable plantation threatens city BOGOR: The plan of a private company to turn a former tea plantation in South Cisarua into a vegetable plantation could endanger the city because the area, covering 300 hectares of land in the Puncak mountainous resort, would not be able to function as a water...
Thu, 06 Jun 2002
Karaha wins at HK, S'pore courts
Karaha wins at HK, S'pore courtsMoch. N. Kurniawan, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Independent power firm Karaha Bodas Co. LLC. (KBC) said on Wednesday it had won important rulings from two Asian courts affirming a US$261 million award against state-owned oil and gas company Pertamina, as reported by...
Thu, 06 Jun 2002
New Order and
New Order and reform eraFrom Bisnis IndonesiaThe reform drive has been going on for four years. Four years has also elapsed since former president Soeharto declared his resignation from office. At the time, the name of Soeharto was heavily criticized but now it has started to be nostalgically...
Thu, 06 Jun 2002
Urban development, good governance
Urban development, good governanceJoris van Etten and Florian Steinberg, Institute for Housing and Urban Development Studies, Jakarta Regional Office, Ihsjro@pacific.net.id Currently over 6,000 participants from 189 countries are gathering in Bali to review the implementation of agreements made ten...
Thu, 06 Jun 2002
Development dilemma haunts developing countries: UN
Development dilemma haunts developing countries: UNA'an Suryana, The Jakarta Post, Nusa Dua, Bali Sustainable development still poses problems for developing countries, including India, China and Indonesia, despite high economic growth and improvements in social development in these three prominent...
Thu, 06 Jun 2002
Shares end higher on Telkom rebounds
Shares end higher on Telkom reboundsDow Jones, Jakarta Indonesian shares ended higher Wednesday on rebounds in Telekomunikasi Indonesia and Indonesian Satellite Corp., dealers said.The JSX Composite index ended up 0.3 percent, or 1.530 points, at 520.465.