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Sat, 19 Jul 2003
Four-goal Zaenal leads Persita to quarterfinals in LG Cup
Four-goal Zaenal leads Persita to quarterfinals in LG CupArya Abhiseka, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta A goal extravaganza marked the final group matches in the LG Cup ASEAN Club Championship with Zaenal Arif bagging four in Persita's 5-1 thumping of MCTPC Laos at the Bung Karno stadium here on Friday.
Sat, 19 Jul 2003
Police kill protest leader
Police kill protest leader BONDOWOSO, East Java: One villager was killed and four policemen injured during a clash between the two groups in Bendoarum village, Wonosari subdistrict, Bondowoso regency, East Java on Friday.
Sat, 19 Jul 2003
Abused wife arrested by police
Abused wife arrested by policeRizky KD Ntoma The Jakarta Post JakartaA woman was arrested last Saturday when her husband reported her to police for stealing his money. Ironically, the same police had not responded to the woman's earlier report on her husband for domestic violence.
Sat, 19 Jul 2003
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Sat, 19 Jul 2003
Indosat teams up with ZTE
Indosat teams up with ZTE JAKARTA: Indonesia's second-largest telecommunications firm, PT Indonesian Satellite Corp., said on Friday it has asked Zhongxing Telecommunication Equipment Co. (ZTE) to set up a trial network of fixed wireless lines in Jakarta and Surabaya, East Java.
Sat, 19 Jul 2003
CLEANUP: A woman passes the Mardika area in the Maluku capital of
CLEANUP: A woman passes the Mardika area in the Maluku capital of Ambon, as excavators and dump trucks clear the wreckage of houses burned down during the 1999 fighting. The local civil emergency administration has started rebuilding the houses and other buildings.
Sat, 19 Jul 2003
4 X 11
4 X 11 14 soldiers face court martial over Poso violence JP/5/volcano2 x 25 Soputan volcano erupts, spews hot ash and smoke over Manado JP/5/twin1 x 44 Bandung doctors seek religious edict to separate twins JP/5/wamena2 x 20 Two troops face death penalty for arsenal raid JP/5/blast2 x 19 Six hurt...
Sat, 19 Jul 2003
City signs US$25m deal, still faces garbage crisis
City signs US$25m deal, still faces garbage crisisBambang Nurbianto, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The city administration signed an agreement with private company PT Interindo Global on Friday for the construction of a garbage processing plant in Duri Kosambi, West Jakarta, worth US$25 million.
Sat, 19 Jul 2003
TV Today: Saturday, July 19, 2003
TV Today: Saturday, July 19, 2003TVRI 6:00 a.m. News: Berita Pagi7:00 English News Service7:30 Travel8:30 Talk Show: Ibu, Bayi, dan Balita 11:00 News: Berita Daerah11:30 Music: Konteswara12:00 p.m. News: Berita Siang1:00 Talk Show: Konsultasi Keluarga 2:00 News: Metro Indonesia3:30 Children's Show...
Sat, 19 Jul 2003
Political coalition
Political coalition The meeting between former president Abdurrahman Wahid and National Mandate Party (PAN) chairman Amien Rais in Jakarta on Wednesday was a political surprise. It was their first public meeting since Abdurrahman, known as Gus Dur, was impeached during a special session of the...
Sat, 19 Jul 2003
Bandung doctors seek religious edict to separate twins
Bandung doctors seek religious edict to separate twinsYuli Tri Suwarni, The Jakarta Post, Bandung Doctors here said on Friday they were seeking a religious edict from the Indonesian Council of Ulemas (MUI) in order to separate seven-day-old conjoined twins, as they believe that the separation...
Sat, 19 Jul 2003
A suspected JI senior member released
A suspected JI senior member releasedDamar Harsanto, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Police released on Friday one of nine alleged members of the Jamaah Islamiyah (JI) terrorist network, who had been arrested last week, due to lack of evidence.City Police chief Insp. Gen.
Sat, 19 Jul 2003
Batam police seize pirated VCDs
Batam police seize pirated VCDs BATAM, Riau: Police seized more than 7,100 pirated video compact disks (VCDs) from two major shopping centers during a raid on the industrial island of Batam, Riau, on Friday.
Sat, 19 Jul 2003
Nessen to stand trial next week
Nessen to stand trial next weekNani Farida, The Jakarta Post, Banda Aceh, Aceh An American reporter arrested after hiding out with GAM rebels in war-torn Aceh, has been charged with violating immigration regulations and is scheduled to stand trial next week.
Sat, 19 Jul 2003
Studying abroad? Try Hungary, envoy says
Studying abroad? Try Hungary, envoy saysThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta The Hungarian ambassador has asked Indonesian parents who want their children to study abroad to consider his country.Gyorgy Busztin told The Jakarta Post that Hungary had a number of fine universities that used English as the medium...
Sat, 19 Jul 2003
Govt questioned over mining in protected forests
Govt questioned over mining in protected forestsMoch. N. Kurniawan, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta A leading non-governmental organization has demanded a clarification of a recent government proposal to allow more mining firms to resume operating in protected forests.
Sat, 19 Jul 2003
RI Commercial court rules in favor of Tri Polyta
RI Commercial court rules in favor of Tri PolytaDow Jones, JakartaAn Indonesian commercial court has thrown out a bankruptcy suit filed by U.S. creditors hoping to get their money back from a company linked to former president Soeharto.
Sat, 19 Jul 2003
Aceh, nothing but a hollow victory
Aceh, nothing but a hollow victory It would perhaps be wise to consider that loyalty only becomes meaningful when it is given voluntarily, and this would be when an individual feels the need and desire to support something that is worthy of his following.
Sat, 19 Jul 2003
Troops fight rebels, refugees battle illness
Troops fight rebels, refugees battle illnessTertiani ZB Simanjuntak, The Jakarta Post, Lhokseumawe, Aceh The number of refugees in war-torn Aceh keeps changing, but their misery remains due to poor sanitation at refugee camps.
Sat, 19 Jul 2003
TV Program: Monday, July 21, 2003
TV Program: Monday, July 21, 2003TVRI .TB.30" .90" 6:00 a.m. News: Berita Pagi7:00 English News Service 9:00 Music10:00 Quiz: Dibisikin11:00 News: Berita Daerah 11:30 Music: Konteswara12:00 p.m. News: Berita Siang1:00 Talk Show: Konsultasi Keluarga2:30 Music: Pop Daerah3:00 Children's Program4:00...
Sat, 19 Jul 2003
Competing for DPD seats
Competing for DPD seats Many observers are skeptical that the 2004 legislative elections will give people the sense that they are really participating in the management of the country.This skepticism is understandable, given the fact that some of the preliminary processes of the elections are open...
Sat, 19 Jul 2003
JP/6/SAURI
JP/6/SAURIIndonesia needs strong rationale for decentralizationMuhammad Sauri Hasibuan Researcher Fortech Jakarta Much of the decentralization which has taken place in the past decade has been motivated by political concerns.
Sat, 19 Jul 2003
Give toll road workers a raise
Give toll road workers a raiseFrom Suara Karya] The toll road rates have been raised by an average of 25 percent. Jasa Marga, which manages the toll roads, has also improved its services, among other things by carrying out toll road repairs.
Sat, 19 Jul 2003
Two troops face death penalty over arsenal raid
Two troops face death penalty over arsenal raidThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta/Wamena At least two of nine soldiers, charged with involvement in April's deadly raid on the Wamena military district arsenal in the troubled province of Papua, are threatened with the death penalty.
Sat, 19 Jul 2003
RI set for peace keeping mision to Congo
RI set for peace keeping mision to CongoTiarma Siboro, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Still busy with its ongoing offensive against rebels in Aceh, the Indonesian Military (TNI) will send a peacekeeping mission, under the auspices of the United Nations, to Congo, which is mired in civil war.
Sat, 19 Jul 2003
Writing is also crucial subject in English class
Writing is also crucial subject in English classSimon Marcus Gower, Executive Principal, High/Scope Indonesia Jakarta Sitting in the late afternoon sun, in the shadow of an attractive clock-tower (Bukitinggi's Jam Gadang), in West Sumatra a young learner of English expressed her greatest concern.
Sat, 19 Jul 2003
The Jakarta Post, Jakarta
The Jakarta Post, Jakarta State electricity company PLN is scheduled to sign a US$10 billion worth of gas purchase contracts on Saturday with a number of gas producers, a deal that will help the company secure cheaper sources of energy for its power plants in the future.
Sat, 19 Jul 2003
RI helps diffuse tension in the region
RI helps diffuse tension in the regionFabiola Desy Unidjaja, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Indonesia, as chair of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), has drafted a document on the non-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction in response to the North Korea nuclear crisis in the...
Sat, 19 Jul 2003
Allen gives fresh touch to Indonesian literature
Allen gives fresh touch to Indonesian literature (1x35pts)Learning Indonesian through literature with Pam AllenDewi Anggraeni Contributor Melbourne, AustraliaThere are numerous ways to learn about the culture of a people, the most obvious being through their language, history and politics.
Sat, 19 Jul 2003
Indosat teams up with ZTE
Indosat teams up with ZTE JAKARTA: Indonesia's second-largest telecommunications firm, PT Indonesian Satellite Corp., said on Friday it has asked Zhongxing Telecommunication Equipment Co. (ZTE) to set up a trial network of fixed wireless lines in Jakarta and Surabaya, East Java.
Sat, 19 Jul 2003
Megawati nurses cold with action movies
Megawati nurses cold with action movies JAKARTA: After canceling all her appointments in the past two- days due to a sore throat, President Megawati Soekarnoputri decided to spend her time watching two Hollywood movies.
Sat, 19 Jul 2003
Six hurt in grenade blast in Surabaya
Six hurt in grenade blast in SurabayaThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta An old grenade exploded in a Surabaya house on Friday, injuring at least six people, police said.Three of the victims suffered serious burns to the face and hands after the blast in the home of scrap metal dealer H.
Sat, 19 Jul 2003
Govt to privatize Ngurah Rai airport
Govt to privatize Ngurah Rai airportI Wayan Juniartha, The Jakarta Post, Denpasar, Bali The Ngurah Rai International Airport in the popular resort island of Bali will be offered to private investors as early as December this year as part of the government's privatization program, a senior minister...
Sat, 19 Jul 2003
West Cikarang 2 toll gate opened
West Cikarang 2 toll gate opened JAKARTA: The West Cikarang 2 toll gate in Bekasi regency, located on km. 31 of the Jakarta-Cikampek toll road, was officially opened by Bekasi regent, Wikanda Darmawijaya, on Friday morning.
Sat, 19 Jul 2003
Tangerang councillors reject reclamation
Tangerang councillors reject reclamation TANGERANG: City Councillors refused on Thursday a plan by real estate developer PT Parung Harapan to reclaim 150 hectares of the coastline for the construction of Pantai Mutiara Dadap Estate in Dadap subdistrict, Kosambi district, Tangerang, as it could...
Sat, 19 Jul 2003
Police nab two, kill one auto thief
Police nab two, kill one auto thief TANGERANG: Police arrested two alleged members of an auto thievery syndicate along with their buyers on Thursday at 8:30 p.m. at a telecommunication kiosk on Jl. Raya Cikupa, Cikupa subdistrict, Tangerang regency.Tangerang Police Detectives unit deputy chief Adj.
Sat, 19 Jul 2003
'Halal' stickers for MUI
'Halal' stickers for MUIFrom Republika The government's plan to impose halal (permissible under Islamic law) labeling/certification requirements on food products, as reported by this daily, is a waste of time.
Sat, 19 Jul 2003
The retired are made to suffer
The retired are made to sufferFrom Media Indonesia As of July 2003, the pension increase for retired civil servants (PNS) and servicemen and women (TNI) has not been paid, while the pensioners' association (Wredatama) and retired servicemen and women's association (Pepabri) have been less than...
Sat, 19 Jul 2003
RP acknowledges world's regret over jailbreak
RP acknowledges world's regret over jailbreakAgencies, Manila President Gloria Arroyo on Friday acknowledged the world's disappointment over the escape of a Jamaah Islamiyah (JI) terrorist from a Philippine jail and vowed to recapture the Indonesian fugitive.
Sat, 19 Jul 2003
Govt finds massive graft cases
Govt finds massive graft casesA'an Suryana, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The Development Finance Comptroller (BPKP) has found 1,435 financial irregularities worth more than Rp 1.008 trillion (about US$120 million) in government operations in the first three months of 2003 alone.Rp 1.
Sat, 19 Jul 2003
Financing infrastructure: A government guarantee
Financing infrastructure: A government guaranteeLalu A. Damanhuri Infrastructure Planning & Development Specialist Committee on Policy for Infrastructure Development (KKPPI) Jakarta The government has just relaunched its big infrastructure projects consisting of 26 independent power producers...
Sat, 19 Jul 2003
West Cikarang 2 toll gate opened
West Cikarang 2 toll gate opened JAKARTA: The West Cikarang 2 toll gate in Bekasi regency, located on km. 31 of the Jakarta-Cikampek toll road, was officially opened by Bekasi regent, Wikanda Darmawijaya, on Friday morning.
Sat, 19 Jul 2003
Revisiting decentralization
Revisiting decentralization The key issues and excesses raised by the latest World Bank report on the first two years of Indonesia's decentralization served to confirm the complaints of businesspeople, non- governmental organizations and other analysts.
Sat, 19 Jul 2003
Police recapture prison escaper
Police recapture prison escaper BANDUNG: One of four inmates who escaped from Banceuy prison in Bandung, West Java, three days ago has been caught.Erwin Bahrudin, 26, a convicted drug trafficker serving a one- year-jail term, was captured in Jakarta, Bandung Police said.
Sat, 19 Jul 2003
'Woman' finds her true identity ... as a man
'Woman' finds her true identity ... as a manSri Wahyuni, The Jakarta Post, Yogyakarta After years of confusion and desperation, Suratno finally discovered his true identity -- he is a man.This fact came out in the open only after the 24-year-old resident of Bungkus hamlet, Parangtritis, Kretek,...
Sat, 19 Jul 2003
Fingerprint found on bomb fragment
Fingerprint found on bomb fragmentDamar Harsanto, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Police found on Friday a number of intact fingerprints on fragments of the bomb that exploded the national legislative complex in Jakarta on Monday.
Sat, 19 Jul 2003
Asian women expect to improve
Asian women expect to improve KUALA LUMPUR: Asia's four representative at this year's Women's World Cup in the United States will produce the continent's best-ever performance, a top official said Friday.
Sat, 19 Jul 2003
TV Today: Saturday, July 19, 2003
TV Today: Saturday, July 19, 2003TVRI 6:00 a.m. News: Berita Pagi7:00 English News Service7:30 Travel8:30 Talk Show: Ibu, Bayi, dan Balita 11:00 News: Berita Daerah11:30 Music: Konteswara12:00 p.m. News: Berita Siang1:00 Talk Show: Konsultasi Keluarga 2:00 News: Metro Indonesia3:30 Children's Show...
Sat, 19 Jul 2003
Rupiah weakens, but remains 'within range'
Rupiah weakens, but remains 'within range'Dadan Wijaksana, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The rupiah fell to Rp 8,320 against the U.S. dollar on Friday, the lowest rate since early June as investors cashed in gains from the recent rise in the currency, traders said.
Sat, 19 Jul 2003
Where to go in Jakarta:Saturday, July 19, 2003
Where to go in Jakarta:Saturday, July 19, 2003Exhibitions* Fine Arts Tubuh 4, Lontar Gallery, Jl. Utan Kayu 68H, East Jakarta (Tel. 8573388), 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., until July 25. * Fashion Jewellery and Accessories Drops Of Sunshine From Paris, at Fusions, Saberro House Jln Kemang Raya 10A (Tel.