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Sat, 05 Jun 2004
How important are native speakers of English?
How important are native speakers of English?Rachel Davies, Sydney, Australia There is considerable evidence now that learning English is a significant business in Indonesia. Across Jakarta numerous language schools offer their services and their number only seems to increase with time.
Sat, 05 Jun 2004
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;AP; ANPAf..r.. EastTimor-Australia-dispute Rights group blasts Australia over Timor oil dispute JP/16/Timor Rights group blasts Australia over Timor oil dispute Agencies Dili/Lisbon A U.S.-based rights group denounced Australia on Friday saying Canberra should be "ashamed" for allegedly robbing...
Sat, 05 Jun 2004
Megawati's promise of jobs
Megawati's promise of jobs President Megawati Soekarnoputri's adoption of job creation as a key policy of her economic platform ahead of the July 5 election is unconvincing, as it is precisely in this area that, as perceived by the public, her government has failed miserably.
Sat, 05 Jun 2004
How important are native speakers of English?
How important are native speakers of English?Rachel Davies, Sydney, Australia There is considerable evidence now that learning English is a significant business in Indonesia. Across Jakarta numerous language schools offer their services and their number only seems to increase with time.
Sat, 05 Jun 2004
We wish to express our deepest
We wish to express our deepest condolences on the passing away ofBridget Tunggono (86 years of age)mother of Gerald D. Tunggono, chief commissioner of PT Bina Media Tenggara, publisher of The Jakarta Post on Friday, June 4, 2004 in JakartaShe is laid in state at St. Carolus Funeral Home, Jakarta.
Sat, 05 Jun 2004
1. AMIN: 48 pt, 7 cols, 1 x 42
1. AMIN: 48 pt, 7 cols, 1 x 42 Amien joins chorus of job creators, plus, plus 2. HAMZAH: 32 pt, 4 cols, 1 x 32 Will Hamzah's 'deer' prevail? OR Can Hamzah and Agum beat the titans?Can Hamzah-Agum beat the titans? 3. IDI: 36 pt, 3 cols, 2 x 21 Physician's link with Golkar raises questions 4.
Sat, 05 Jun 2004
Indian Ocean could lose its coral islands
Indian Ocean could lose its coral islands The Indian Ocean could lose most of its coral islands in the next 50 years if sea temperatures continue to rise and reefs badly damaged by global warming do not recover, a marine scientist has said.
Sat, 05 Jun 2004
Beware, political puppeteers
Beware, political puppeteersFrom Media IndonesiaPoliticians today can be likened to wayang puppeteers, who use ordinary people for experimentation. The screen symbolizes the state, party members act as gamelan players, while observers, activists and academicians become sinden (orchestral singers).
Sat, 05 Jun 2004
1. MARKET: 1 LINE, 49 COUNTS
1. MARKET: 1 LINE, 49 COUNTS Weak rupiah, political tension send stocks tumbling down 2. PKS: 3 LINES, 15 COUNTS PKS is torn between Wiranto and Amien Rais 3. KIDNAP: 1 LINE, 40 COUNTS Police nab kidnappers of politician's son 4.
Sat, 05 Jun 2004
Weak rupiah, political tension send stocks tumbling down
Weak rupiah, political tension send stocks tumbling downThe Jakarta Post, JakartaJakarta shares plunged on Friday amid lingering worries of the sharp depreciation in the value of the rupiah against the U.S. dollar and rising political tension ahead of next month's presidential election.
Sat, 05 Jun 2004
Waste treatment at major oil and mining firms
Waste treatment at major oil and mining firmsSudibyo M. Wiradji, The Jakarta Post/Jakarta Waste is inseparable from industrial activities, including those conducted by natural resource-based businesses, such as oil and gas producers and mining companies in remote areas in Indonesia.
Sat, 05 Jun 2004
JP/5/FOCUS
JP/5/FOCUS Kendari Police nab two ships KENDARI, Southeast Sulawesi: Personnel from the Water Police section of the Southeast Sulawesi Provincial Police seized on Friday two ships in Saponda waters, in Konawe regency here, for carrying eight tons of various explosive materials.
Sat, 05 Jun 2004
Physician's link with Golkar raises questions
Physician's link with Golkar raises questionsM. Taufiqurrahman, JakartaThe inclusion of a noted physician on the campaign team of the Golkar Party has raised suspicions that he might have had a role in disqualifying another key candidate.
Sat, 05 Jun 2004
Rumsfeld fears terrorist attacks in SE Asia waters
Rumsfeld fears terrorist attacks in SE Asia watersAgence France-Presse, SingaporeU.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said on Friday he hoped U.S. forces would be hunting terrorists in Southeast Asia "pretty soon," warning that Islamic extremists are targeting moderate Muslim states the world...
Sat, 05 Jun 2004
Hasanuddin menyatakan, pernyataan PB HMI tersebut bukan merupakan pernyataan politik yang diarahkan untuk memberi dukungan kepa
Hasanuddin menyatakan, pernyataan PB HMI tersebut bukan merupakan pernyataan politik yang diarahkan untuk memberi dukungan kepada Capres tertentu terutama kepada Megawati. "Kami hanya meluruskan bahwa dalam Islam tidak ada dikotomi pria dan wanita," katanya.
Sat, 05 Jun 2004
Presidential election and trade
Presidential election and trade Indonesia's July 5 election is no different from trading activities anywhere in the world. The sellers are the campaign teams and the presidential and vice presidential candidates, while the buyers are the country's 150 million eligible voters.
Sat, 05 Jun 2004
Smuggled goods sell like hotcakes at Belawan Port
Smuggled goods sell like hotcakes at Belawan PortApriadi Gunawan, MedanA range of cheap merchandise, allegedly smuggled from Malaysia and Singapore, can be found on sale openly at Belawan Port, some 20 kilometers from the North Sumatra capital of Medan.
Sat, 05 Jun 2004
Sutiyoso wants Tanah Abang torn down for safety reasons
Sutiyoso wants Tanah Abang torn down for safety reasonsDamar Harsanto, JakartaDespite Governor Sutiyoso's strong stance on the plan to tear down the Tanah Abang textile market in Central Jakarta, the market management prefers to wait until the 6,800 traders have been relocated.
Sat, 05 Jun 2004
Police issue licenses for 70 firearms for prosecutors
Police issue licenses for 70 firearms for prosecutorsAbdul Khalik, JakartaPolice have licensed 70 prosecutors across the country to carry firearms for self-defense following the murder of prosecutor Ferry Silalahi in Palu, Central Sulawesi, on May 26.National Police spokesman Insp. Gen.
Sat, 05 Jun 2004
Reply to Aida Greenbury
Reply to Aida Greenbury In your article under "Sounding Off" in The Jakarta Post (Sunday, May 30), you said you were "sick of so-called nationalists relaying biased criticism about Indonesian people who prefer English to Bahasa Indonesia in their daily communication" and you maintained that "Bahasa...
Sat, 05 Jun 2004
Javanese farmers reap profits planting vegetables in Batam industrial zone
Javanese farmers reap profits planting vegetables in Batam industrial zoneFadli, BatamMardi, 35, and his wife Sutiyem, 28, from Banjarnegara regency, Central Java province, arrived four years ago on Batam in search of work in the special industrial zone island.
Sat, 05 Jun 2004
Migrant workers flee labor agency
Migrant workers flee labor agency MEDAN, North Sumatra: Six women from East Nusa Tenggara province seeking work in Medan left a labor recruitment agency in the city, fearing that they might be sold into prostitution, a police officer said on Friday.
Sat, 05 Jun 2004
Jack Villacis
Jack Villacis New York 2. Rendra -- Science and the scientist in the marketplace 2 x 30 Science in the marketplace and the role of the government Rendra Suroso Bandung
Sat, 05 Jun 2004
Social security system
Social security system I am writing in response to an article written by Dr. Hasbullah Thabrany in The Jakarta Post, May 27, in which he responded to my May 4 article on the National Social Security System Bill (SJSN) currently being considered by the House of Representatives.
Sat, 05 Jun 2004
Waste management needed to curb pollution in bay
Waste management needed to curb pollution in bayDamar Harsanto, JakartaEnvironmentalists and researchers called on the city administration to curb marine pollution in Jakarta Bay, which has likely triggered the red-tide phenomenon and killed fish and clams, by tightening control over industrial and...
Sat, 05 Jun 2004
China agrees Citigroup expansion
China agrees Citigroup expansion SHANGHAI, China: Regulators have approved an insurance joint venture between The Travelers Insurance Co., part of Citigroup Inc., and a Chinese insurer, amid the U.S. banking giant's push into China's nascent financial services industry.
Sat, 05 Jun 2004
Psychics say Amien has blue blood
Psychics say Amien has blue blood SURAKARTA, Central Java: A group of psychics here have joined in the campaign to support presidential candidate Amien Rais, whom they call satriya linuwih (extraordinary knight).
Sat, 05 Jun 2004
Comedian nabbed for drug abuse
Comedian nabbed for drug abuse JAKARTA: A comedian was arrested on Wednesday in a hotel in Kramat Jati, East Jakarta, for alleged drug abuse.Kramat Jati Police detectives confiscated 0.6 grams of crystal methampetamine (known locally as shabu-shabu) from Brata Nugraha, whose stage name is Polo, a...
Sat, 05 Jun 2004
JP/5/BULL
JP/5/BULL1 x 34 Wild oxen on the brink of extinction JP/5/BELAWAN1 x 50 Smuggled goods sell like hotcakes at Belawan Port JP/5/TANAM2 x 32 Javanese farmers reap profits planting vegetables in Batam industrial zone JP/5/TRAFFIC2 x 29 Bandung government to build monorail to solve traffic woes
Sat, 05 Jun 2004
Science and the scientist in the marketplace
Science and the scientist in the marketplace Rendra Suroso Bandung I must say that, in concurrence with Robert Shiller (The Jakarta Post, May 27), there are two different faces of our academia, the theoretical and the procedural. One is tied in feedback loops to the other.
Sat, 05 Jun 2004
Police asked to arrest subdistrict head
Police asked to arrest subdistrict head MEDAN, North Sumatra: Dozens of community leaders in Bandar Gugung subdistrict, Deli Serdang regency, demanded on Friday that local police arrest the head of the subdistrict Zs, for graft.
Sat, 05 Jun 2004
Name Year Total
Name Year Total ====================================================== 1. Wiranto 2004 Rp 46,215,282.701Solahuddin Wahid 2004 Rp 2,701,009,9142. Megawati Soekarnoputri 2001 Rp 59,809,315,484Hasyim Muzadi 2004 Rp 7,234,294,5003. Amien Rais 2001 Rp 867,955,230 US$ 13.
Sat, 05 Jun 2004
Police chief yet to dismiss 'candid cop'
Police chief yet to dismiss 'candid cop' JAKARTA: Jakarta Police chief Insp. Gen. Makbul Padmanagara said on Friday he was considering the recommendation made by the Police Professional Ethics Board to dismiss First Insp. Sunarjo for his involvement in a candid camera show.
Sat, 05 Jun 2004
Suspects released in mangrove case
Suspects released in mangrove caseEvi Mariani, JakartaJakarta Police have freed three people suspected of illegally clearing mangrove trees as the investigators considered their release would not hamper the investigation process."The investigators of the case said the questioning has been completed.
Sat, 05 Jun 2004
Kendari Police nab two ships
Kendari Police nab two ships KENDARI, Southeast Sulawesi: Personnel from the Water Police section of the Southeast Sulawesi Provincial Police seized on Friday two ships in Saponda waters, in Konawe regency here, for carrying eight tons of various explosive materials.Water Police chief Adj. Sr. Comr.
Fri, 04 Jun 2004
Govt not committed to workers: Minister
Govt not committed to workers: MinisterThe Jakarta Post, JakartaMinister of Manpower and Transmigration Jacob Nuwa Wea admitted on Wednesday that violence against Indonesian workers overseas was a result of the government's lack of political will to deal seriously with labor exports.
Fri, 04 Jun 2004
Smuggled goods sell well in Belawan
Smuggled goods sell well in BelawanApriadi Gunawan, Medan A range of cheap merchandise, allegedly smuggled from Malaysia and Singapore, can be found on sale openly at Belawan Port, some 20 kilometers from the North Sumatra capital of Medan.
Fri, 04 Jun 2004
Poetry helps leaders articulate people's dreams: Professor
Poetry helps leaders articulate people's dreams: ProfessorDewi Santoso, JakartaPoetry does not necessarily belong to artists, but leaders too, as their keen interest in poetry will help them ascertain and understand people's needs and dreams, a newly installed professor says.
Fri, 04 Jun 2004
APP reaches agreement with major creditors
APP reaches agreement with major creditorsThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta Singapore-based Asia Pulp & Paper Co. has reached an agreement with major creditors on environmental protection for the firm's affiliates in Indonesia.
Fri, 04 Jun 2004
NU clerics issue 'fatwa' to support Wiranto
NU clerics issue 'fatwa' to support WirantoIndra Harsaputra, PasuruanSeveral influential clerics of the country's largest Muslim organization issued an edict on Thursday for its members to vote for Wiranto and Solahuddin Wahid in next month's presidential election.
Fri, 04 Jun 2004
Vision of today and tomorrow
Vision of today and tomorrow R.A. Kartini is a heroine of Indonesian history. She fought for women's emancipation long before the country became independent. Her vision of women's emancipation was so powerful, it has become a reality, as can be seen in the current leadership.
Fri, 04 Jun 2004
'Many people just ignore No Smoking signs'
'Many people just ignore No Smoking signs'There were a million more smokers in the country in 2003, than eight years earlier. Despite antitobacco campaigns, smokers are "lighting up" in any place that is convenient -- buildings, public spaces and even on public transportation.
Fri, 04 Jun 2004
Wiranto team rear ended
Wiranto team rear ended SURABAYA: A group of people, riding in the entourage of vice presidential candidate Salahuddin Wahid, was involved in a multi- car pileup in Bangil district, Pasuruan regency, East Java, on Wednesday evening.
Fri, 04 Jun 2004
We do not live in cowboy country
We do not live in cowboy country Last Wednesday's fatal shooting of prosecutor Ferry Silalahi of the Central Sulawesi Prosecutors' Office came as a big blow to us.It is not the first time a member of the judiciary has been shot dead by irresponsible people.
Fri, 04 Jun 2004
ICG to remain operational without Jones
ICG to remain operational without JonesThe Jakarta Post, JakartaThe International Crisis Group (ICG) will continue its operations in the country, despite the controversial departure of its Southeast Asia director Sidney Jones.
Fri, 04 Jun 2004
'Encouraging English fluency is a must'
'Encouraging English fluency is a must' JAKARTA: A one-day seminar recommended on Wednesday that the government declare English a second language in an effort to encourage fluency in English among Indonesians.
Fri, 04 Jun 2004
Susilo heading toward landslide: Poll
Susilo heading toward landslide: PollThe Jakarta Post, JakartaAlmost a month before the presidential election, Gen. (ret) Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono appears to be well ahead in the presidential race according to a survey jointly conducted by the International Foundation for Election Systems (IFES)...
Fri, 04 Jun 2004
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;JP;DAN; ANPAf..r.. Rupiah-conversion-ratesRupiah Rates June 2 JP/13/Conver Rupiah Rates June 2 Bank notes rates TT rates Selling Buying Selling Buying Rp Rp Rp Rp Australian dollar 1 6,975.41 6,266.16 6,656.13 6,585.21Brunei dollar 1 5,795.85 5,208.71 5,530.57 5,473.92Canadian dollar 1 7,239.
Fri, 04 Jun 2004
Human trafficking victims to testify
Human trafficking victims to testify JAKARTA: The National Police said on Wednesday they had transported 10 women victims of human trafficking from their temporary homes in Dumai, Riau, to Jakarta to serve as key witnesses in their cases.
Fri, 04 Jun 2004
PT BA seeks to solve problems at Suralaya
PT BA seeks to solve problems at SuralayaFitri Wulandari, Jakarta Publicly listed state coal miner PT Tambang Batubara Bukit Asam (PT BA) plans to buy up to 250,000 tons of coal to increase supplies for the Suralaya power plant in West Java, which is now facing a coal shortage.