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Sat, 26 Jun 2004
TV stations' responsibility
TV stations' responsibilityFrom RepublikaI believe the freedom to air various entertainment programs on television has led to an increase in the number of criminal cases. As a mother of three, I would like to appeal to TV stations to assume a greater responsibility for the next generation's...
Sat, 26 Jun 2004
Developer asked to stop gymnasium construction
Developer asked to stop gymnasium constructionMulta Fidrus, Tangerang PT Modernland Real Property was in violation of a city bylaw by building a gymnasium in Tangerang without obtaining a building permit, a local official said recently.This is the second violation committed by the developer.
Sat, 26 Jun 2004
BI to fight court ruling on BDB case
BI to fight court ruling on BDB caseDadan Wijaksana, Jakarta Bank Indonesia said on Friday it would stick by its decision to close down Bank Dagang Bali (BDB) in April, and that it was ready to defend it, despite a recent court ruling putting on hold the liquidation policy.
Sat, 26 Jun 2004
Analyst warns of more money politics as election nears
Analyst warns of more money politics as election nearsKurniawan Hari, Jakarta Vote buying is likely to intensify in the presidential election run-off scheduled for Sept. 20 as there will be nothing left to offer to attract support, a political analyst has warned.
Sat, 26 Jun 2004
The ethical treatment of students' exam scores
The ethical treatment of students' exam scoresSetiono, Jakarta A Ministry of National Education policy on the conversion of students' national exam scores has caused quite an uproar throughout all levels of society.
Sat, 26 Jun 2004
Suspect named in sugar scandal
Suspect named in sugar scandalAbdul Khalik and Zakki P. Hakim, Jakarta An employee of a consortium that imported sugar from Thailand, Effendy Kemek, was declared a suspect on Friday in the scandal over 56,000 tons of illegal sugar, following his confession that he faked documents to place the...
Sat, 26 Jun 2004
About arming prosecutors
About arming prosecutorsFrom Media Indonesia Head of the information center of the Attorney General's Office, Kiemas Yahya has said in his statement the office has received permits from the police to provide 70 prosecutors in Jakarta and in the provinces with guns for self-defense, following the...
Sat, 26 Jun 2004
Democracy: Absence makes yearning grow stronger
Democracy: Absence makes yearning grow strongerB. Herry-Priyono, Jakarta It is consoling to read Ziad Salim's perceptive article (Economy and democracy: Don't turn out the light, The Jakarta Post, June 22, 2004). I could not agree more with his plea.
Sat, 26 Jun 2004
Stock prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (in rupiah) on June 25, 2004
Stock prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (in rupiah) on June 25, 2004 ___________________________________________________________________________ Shares Close Change Trading Volume ___________________________________________________________________________ Abdi Bangsa Tbk 275 0 0 Ades Alfindo Tbk...
Sat, 26 Jun 2004
RI maids plunge to deaths in Singapore
RI maids plunge to deaths in SingaporeReuters, Singapore Two Indonesian maids have fallen to their deaths from high-rise apartments in Singapore in separate incidents over the past week, Indonesia's embassy said on Friday.
Sat, 26 Jun 2004
Unidentified phone users
Unidentified phone usersFrom KompasOur telephone number (021-78893084) has been illegally used by unidentified people since February this year. We have submitted our claim to the state telecommunications (Telkom) office in South Jakarta and even temporarily stopped our long-distance service.
Sat, 26 Jun 2004
Rupiah Rates 25 Jun
Rupiah Rates 25 Jun Banknote rates TT rates Selling Buying Selling Buying Australian dollar 1 6,964.01 6,257.25 6,645.86 6,575.16 Brunei dollar 1 5,813.11 5,223.81 5,547.54 5,489.22 Canadian dollar 1 7,366.47 6,621.12 7,029.94 6,957.52 Swiss franc 1 7,961.46 7,156.27 7,597.75 7,519.
Sat, 26 Jun 2004
1. TNI: 48 pt, 7 cols, 1 X 42
1. TNI: 48 pt, 7 cols, 1 X 42RI Military divided over presidential race2. KPU: 36 pt, 4 cols, 2 X 28 Materials have reached regencies, are going to villages3. TPS: 32 pt, 3 cols, 2 x 24Witnesses readied to oversee ballot-counting process 4.
Sat, 26 Jun 2004
Laksamana insists Frontline top bidder
Laksamana insists Frontline top bidderTony Hotland, Jakarta State Minister for State Enterprises Laksamana Sukardi has insisted that Frontline Ltd. was the top bidder for two huge tankers sold by state-owned oil and gas company PT Pertamina.
Sat, 26 Jun 2004
FBI confirms Papua rebels killed Americans: Da'i
FBI confirms Papua rebels killed Americans: Da'iAbdul Khalik and Tiarma Siboro, Jakarta An investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has concluded that the ambush on a bus carrying U.S. and Indonesian teachers on Aug.
Sat, 26 Jun 2004
Motorcycles in Jakarta
Motorcycles in Jakarta As a person who commutes by motorcycle taxi (ojek) from my home in Depok to my office in downtown Jakarta, I read with anger Zatni Arbi's article (The Jakarta Post, June 13) and Soegih Arto's letter (Post, June 18) about ridding Jakarta's streets of motorcycles.
Sat, 26 Jun 2004
Drug Crisis Center to be inaugurated
Drug Crisis Center to be inaugurated YOGYAKARTA: A drug crisis center is to be inaugurated in Yogyakarta on Saturday in conjunction with International Day against Drug Trafficking and Drug Abuse.The coordinator of the crisis center, Amri Uchrowi Budiyanto, said on Friday that the crisis center...
Sat, 26 Jun 2004
Fisherfolk to occupy new dwellings
Fisherfolk to occupy new dwellingsLeony Aurora, Jakarta For an area that will be vacated within one day, Kali Adem in Muara Karang district, North Jakarta, was awfully quiet. Most of the inhabitants preferred to sleep amid the Friday afternoon heat. Nobody was packing.
Sat, 26 Jun 2004
Hunger-striking workers in bad shape in East Kalimantan
Hunger-striking workers in bad shape in East KalimantanRusman, Samarinda Thousands of workers with two timber companies continued their two-week protest on Friday to demand their April and May salaries, nine of whom have been on a hunger strike since Wednesday.
Fri, 25 Jun 2004
Komnas Perempuan's appeal
Komnas Perempuan's appeal We welcome the response of President Megawati Soekarnoputri to the public demand that a presidential message be immediately issued to discuss the endorsement of the Bill Against Domestic Violence (RUU AKDRT).
Fri, 25 Jun 2004
Encephalitis case confirmed in HK
Encephalitis case confirmed in HK HONG KONG: Hong Kong health authorities were on high alert on Thursday after a man was confirmed to have contracted Japanese encephalitis, a mosquito-borne disease that killed an Indonesian woman here two weeks ago.
Fri, 25 Jun 2004
Fuel stocks at safe level: Pertamina
Fuel stocks at safe level: PertaminaThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta National fuel stocks have reportedly returned to a safe level at a 22-day consumption level, meaning there would not be a fuel shortage ahead of the presidential election, state oil and gas firm PT Pertamina said in a statement on...
Fri, 25 Jun 2004
Mega receives 'farmer' award
Mega receives 'farmer' award JAKARTA: The Outstanding Farmers' and Fishermen's Society (KTNA) presented President Megawati Soekarnoputri with an award in recognition of her desire to improve public welfare.
Fri, 25 Jun 2004
3 heads
3 heads1. GOV -- 1 x 38 RI's sporting world at a crossroad 2. THUMM -- 1 x 42 Thumm looking for young Indonesian talent 3. PAPUA -- 1 x 37 Athletics hopes rest on Papua project
Fri, 25 Jun 2004
Government confirms SBKRI not required
Government confirms SBKRI not requiredSari P. Setiogi, Jakarta The Minister for Home Affairs Hari Sabarno told provincial and regental/municipal secretaries on Thursday that the controversial Indonesian Citizenship Certificate (SBKRI) was no longer required from Chinese-Indonesians.
Fri, 25 Jun 2004
Confused in Bandung
Confused in BandungFrom Koran TempoBandung, the capital of West Java, was formerly known as the Paris of Java. Today, it is no longer so beautiful because of its complex city plan and muddled public transportation system.As a student from Jakarta, I was confused when I first arrived in Bandung.
Fri, 25 Jun 2004
Festival remembers clean, honest official
Festival remembers clean, honest officialTony Ryanto, Contributor, Jakarta The Double Fifth Day, known through the West as the Dragon Boat Festival day, is another significant lunar holiday for the Chinese around the world, as it serves to commemorate the grim crusade against corruption and...
Fri, 25 Jun 2004
Where to go in Jakarta: Friday, June 25, 2004
Where to go in Jakarta: Friday, June 25, 2004Exhibitions* Japanese Calligraphy, Shoudou, Pusat Kebudayaan Jepang - The Japan Foundation, Summitmas I, Jl. Jend. Sudirman Kav. 61-62 South Jakarta (Tel. 5201266), 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., until June 30. * Painting, Bentara Budaya Jakarta, Jl.
Fri, 25 Jun 2004
Candidates say audit agency politicized, use smear tactics
Candidates say audit agency politicized, use smear tacticsThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta Campaign team managers have accused the Supreme Audit Agency (BPK) of launching a smear campaign against their respective presidential candidates by alleging that they had failed to keep their offices and ministries...
Fri, 25 Jun 2004
JP/5/GRAFT
JP/5/GRAFTSouth Sulawesi councillors in another graft scandal Andi Hajramurni and Jongker Rumteh Makassar/ManadoSouth Sulawesi provincial councillors are the latest legislature to be implicated in a corruption case, with members accused of embezzling Rp 18 billion (US$ 1.9 million) in public funds.
Fri, 25 Jun 2004
Presidential campaign offers mixed blessings for media
Presidential campaign offers mixed blessings for mediaTiarma Siboro and Dadan Wijaksana, Jakarta Some say the media is benefiting the most from the ongoing presidential campaign. With the billions of rupiah worth of advertising the print and electronic media is getting from the candidates, this may...
Fri, 25 Jun 2004
Government prepares lawsuits against firms over fires
Government prepares lawsuits against firms over firesThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta, Pekanbaru The government is intensifying efforts to put out wildfires on Sumatra and Kalimantan and preparing lawsuits against farmers and plantation companies blamed for setting the land-clearing blazes, which have...
Fri, 25 Jun 2004
Mobile laboratory to boost science awareness
Mobile laboratory to boost science awarenessP.C. Naommy Jakarta The government has launched the country's first mobile science laboratory on Thursday, in conjunction with the opening of the second Indonesian Science Festival, to raise the level of scientific learning.
Fri, 25 Jun 2004
Baihaki defends tanker purchase
Baihaki defends tanker purchaseThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta Former president director of state oil and gas firm PT Pertamina Baihaki Hakim said the reason for purchasing giant tankers was to reduce the dependency on chartered tankers and free the company from being dictated to by a tanker cartel.
Fri, 25 Jun 2004
RI's notorious haze
RI's notorious haze Indonesia is ridiculed by the international community every year when the haze from fires caused by slash-and-burn fills the skies of Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) members.
Fri, 25 Jun 2004
KL fears pollution figures from haze could hurt economy
KL fears pollution figures from haze could hurt economyAgence France-Presse Kuala LumpurMalaysia said on Thursday air pollution figures would remain a state secret due to fears the economy would be hurt by revealing how much smog from neighboring Indonesia had blanketed parts of the country.
Fri, 25 Jun 2004
10 arrested for illegal gambling
10 arrested for illegal gambling KUALA LUMPUR : Police arrested nine Malaysians and an Indonesian and seized laptop computers, televisions and other equipment in the latest raid in a crackdown against illegal betting on the Euro 2004 soccer tournament.
Fri, 25 Jun 2004
Seven foreign teams to join Tour d'Indonesia
Seven foreign teams to join Tour d'IndonesiaEva C. Komandjaja, Jakarta Seven foreign countries and territories will send teams to the inaugural Tour d'Indonesia in September, according to an official from the Indonesian Cycling Association (ISSI).The race, which is scheduled to take place from Sept.
Fri, 25 Jun 2004
Athletic hopes rest on Papua project
Athletic hopes rest on Papua project According to Hans Peter Thumm, the Papua project is a six- month scheme consisting of three main activities of talent identification, talent selection and talent promotion, which targets students between the ages of 13 and 14 years.
Fri, 25 Jun 2004
Stock prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (in rupiah) on June 24, 2004
Stock prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (in rupiah) on June 24, 2004 __________________________________________________________________________ Shares Close Change Trading Volume __________________________________________________________________________ Abdi Bangsa Tbk 275 0 0 Ades Alfindo Tbk...
Fri, 25 Jun 2004
2 x 24
2 x 24 Another graft scandal hits S. Sulawesi council JP/5/DRUGS2 x 18 Yogyakarta testing students for drugs Police say bomb suspect Azahari still in Bandung
Fri, 25 Jun 2004
Shares end higher on blue chip buying
Shares end higher on blue chip buying Shares ended higher on Thursday as institutional funds continued to buy many blue chips to improve their equity portfolio by the end of this month, dealers said.They added that gains across regional markets provided support, but buying was capped by lingering...
Fri, 25 Jun 2004
Samuel Mansmor policing nature
Samuel Mansmor policing natureTantri Yuliandini, Jakarta One of the winners of this year's annual Kalpataru environmental award, is Samuel Mansmor, a former policeman from Saba Warwe village, East Biak in the Biak Numfor regency of West Papua, who won the category of Environmental Pioneer.
Fri, 25 Jun 2004
1. ASABA: 1 LINE, 24 COUNTS
1. ASABA: 1 LINE, 24 COUNTSGunawan sentenced to death 2. SECURITY: 3 LINES, 15 COUNTSTNI to receive marching orders to quit vital plants3. BLBI: 2 LINE, 21 COUNTSSupreme Court blamed for delay in executing verdict 4. SBKRI: 1 LINE, 32 COUNTSGovt confirms SKBRI not required 5.
Fri, 25 Jun 2004
Schools warned not to collect extra fees
Schools warned not to collect extra fees TANGERANG: Tangerang Mayor Wahidin Halim ordered all state school principals and school boards not to collect extra fees from new students, except those usually collected at the start of the academic year.
Fri, 25 Jun 2004
New Surakarta sultan named amid deepening intrigue
New Surakarta sultan named amid deepening intrigueBlontank Poer, Surakarta Some children and other family members of Pakubowono XII, the late sultan of Surakarta in Central Java, who passed away earlier this month, announced the name of his successor on Thursday.
Fri, 25 Jun 2004
Indonesia's sporting world at a crossroad
Indonesia's sporting world at a crossroad As it is home to 220 million people, Indonesia is in an ideal position to become a force to be reckoned with in the sporting world. But poor management in the development program has resulted in some mediocre Indonesian results in regional and international...
Fri, 25 Jun 2004
'We can only envy other cities'
'We can only envy other cities' Rapid expansion and overcrowding have made Jakarta a difficult place to live in. On the city's 477th official anniversary, the administration must do something to deal with the numerous social problems afflicting the metropolis, particularly poverty.
Fri, 25 Jun 2004
Pancasila helps sustain unity in Indonesia
Pancasila helps sustain unity in IndonesiaAnthony Paul, The Straits Times, Asia News Network, Singapore Three cheers for the Indonesian nation-state?No, not yet. But six years after Indonesians wrenched themselves into a new era, it's an appropriate moment for one muted, cautious hurrah.
Fri, 25 Jun 2004
*Gunawan sentenced to death for father-in-law's murder Page 2
*Gunawan sentenced to death for father-in-law's murder Page 2 *Religious leaders warn govt of chaos in Papua Page 4 *Another graft scandal hits S. Sulawesi council Page 5 *Pancasila helps sustain unity in RI Page 7 *Busway passengers to have parking lot Page 8 *U.S.