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Sun, 11 Jul 2004
Water hazards: How much of the plain stuff do we really need
Water hazards: How much of the plain stuff do we really needMaria Endah Hulupi, Contributor, Jakarta Many people take the advise to drink plenty of water every day without precisely knowing its important role for our health.
Sun, 11 Jul 2004
Say cheese, please, you just made history
Say cheese, please, you just made history As Americans were in the throes of their July 4th celebrations, 125 million Indonesian voters took a Neil Armstrong-like "giant leap for mankind" by voting for the first time in a direct presidential election.
Sun, 11 Jul 2004
Adi Jumaadi's world of art is in the living
Adi Jumaadi's world of art is in the livingDewi Anggraeni, Contributor, Melbourne, Australia At the opening reception of The South Project conference in Melbourne last week, among a gathering of people of different racial backgrounds from various places in the southern hemisphere, Adi Jumaadi did...
Sun, 11 Jul 2004
i-box:
i-box: International Community Activity Center ICAC House, Jl. Bona Vista Raya, Lebak Bulus, Jakarta 12440 Tel: 021 758 16710 Counseling Direct line (Tel/Fax): 021 758 16704 E-mail: icaccounsel@cbn.net.id www.icachouse.or.id
Sun, 11 Jul 2004
Parenting the parents on a first trip to Indonesia
Parenting the parents on a first trip to IndonesiaSuzanne Plunkett, Associated Press, Jakarta When my parents traveled from the United States to visit me in Jakarta, a co-worker put the trip in perspective, saying: "You are completely responsible for your parents' health and safety.
Sun, 11 Jul 2004
PABBSI names lifters for Athens
PABBSI names lifters for AthensEva C. Komandjaja, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The Indonesian Weightlifting, Powerlifting and Bodybuilding Association (PABBSI) revealed on Saturday the names of the seven weightlifters who will take part in the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens.
Sun, 11 Jul 2004
In tense times, demand up for expat counseling
In tense times, demand up for expat counselingDavid Kennedy, Contributor, Jakarta A respected Asian newsmagazine recently featured a story claiming that high profile Jakarta-based expatriates are being targeted by a terrorist hit squad.
Sun, 11 Jul 2004
Tough times for Bengkulu's traditional cloth
Tough times for Bengkulu's traditional clothHera Diani The Jakarta Post Bengkulu After four lean years, batik producer and designer Sari Bulan sometimes wonders if it is worth it to continue making traditional Bengkulu batik cloth besurek.
Sun, 11 Jul 2004
Pop band Sheila on 7 shows its serious side
Pop band Sheila on 7 shows its serious sideHera Diani, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Pop band Sheila on 7 used to have a notorious reputation among interviewers. The band had a penchant for refusing to be serious, constantly throwing lame jokes in a thick Javanese accent while fiddling with whatever...
Sun, 11 Jul 2004
Angie, Wynne give Indonesia 2-0 lead against Slovenia in Fed Cup
Angie, Wynne give Indonesia 2-0 lead against Slovenia in Fed CupMoch. N. Kurniawan, Tbe Jakarta Poswt, Jakarta Angelique "Angie" Widjaja and Wynne Prakusya gave Indonesia a 2-0 lead over Slovenia in their World Group playoff in the Fed Cup women's team tennis championship here on Saturday.
Sun, 11 Jul 2004
Letters to the governor from 'Bambang' a deer
Letters to the governor from 'Bambang' a deerDaniel Ziv, Contributor, JakartaLast year Governor Sutiyoso moved 12 spotted deer into the newly gated grounds of the National Monument (Monas) in a bold attempt to beautify the city's largest park.
Sun, 11 Jul 2004
WEBSITE: INI YANG DIPAKAI: TRIMS
WEBSITE: INI YANG DIPAKAI: TRIMSGamelan music groups find the beat on U.S. campusesMaggie Tiojakin Contributor Boston At 7:45 p.m. at MIT's Kresge Little Theater, 20 men and women, most of them American, entered the stage dressed in cranberry- colored outfits and yellow headgear, with a purple rose...
Sun, 11 Jul 2004
Putting heads, and feet, in the sand
Putting heads, and feet, in the sandLike insects emerging from their lairs, the lithe figures in black and white crawled along the rocks and sand to greet the waves at Parangtritis Beach in Yogyakarta.They were dancers in the art performance Tato Totem, the work of Bernadetta Kinting Sri Hanjati.
Sun, 11 Jul 2004
Ajengan, a tempting taste of Bali on the quiet
Ajengan, a tempting taste of Bali on the quietBruce Emond, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The shuffle of feet and the sound of a cassette quickly being shoved into a tape player was the initial greeting when we entered Ajengan one night last month.
Sun, 11 Jul 2004
Change, and confusion, going on in the classroom
Change, and confusion, going on in the classroomEmiria Wijayanti, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta After 365 days, you'd think that something would change. After leaving Jakarta last year to pursue a university degree in America, I arrived back home this summer looking forward to spending time with my...
Sun, 11 Jul 2004
Toba tales
Toba tales* Lake Toba is the largest lake in Indonesia, and Southeast Asia, measuring 100 km long and 31 km across. It is also the world's deepest lake at 450 meters.* Lake Toba was formed 75,000 years ago as the result of an enormous volcanic explosion, what some scientists consider the biggest in...
Sun, 11 Jul 2004
The hard sell: You go girl ... as in, please go away
The hard sell: You go girl ... as in, please go awaySusanna Tjokro, Contributor, Jakarta As I entered the shop, one of the shop assistants immediately came toward me. "How can I help you?" she asked with a smile."Thanks, but I'd like to look around first.
Sun, 11 Jul 2004
Amid Iraq hostage fears, Manila vows to pull peacekeepers
Amid Iraq hostage fears, Manila vows to pull peacekeepers Oliver Teves, Associated Press, Manila The Philippines' small peacekeeping contingent in Iraq will be withdrawn when its current stint ends on Aug.
Sun, 11 Jul 2004
U.S. role in Papua vote revealed
U.S. role in Papua vote revealedSlobodan Lekic, Associated Press, Jakarta United States supported former dictator Soeharto when he incorporated West Papua into Indonesia in 1969 after a self- determination vote later dismissed as a sham, newly declassified documents show.
Sun, 11 Jul 2004
Trauma
TraumaUmadah "Mother's found another woman for me. Imah, let's just separate peacefully or you must let me have a second wife.""Mas Handoyo, are you joking?" Rohimah retorted."What for? I'm serious. So is my mother. She can't wait any longer for a grandchild.
Sun, 11 Jul 2004
Amid hostage drama, Manila to pull out peacekeepers on time
Amid hostage drama, Manila to pull out peacekeepers on timeOliver Teyes Associated Press ManilaThe Philippines will withdraw its peacekeeping contingent from Iraq on schedule next month, the government said on Saturday, the day militants vowed to kill a Filipino hostage if the troops were not sent...
Sun, 11 Jul 2004
Change, and confusion, going on in the classroom
Change, and confusion, going on in the classroomEmiria Wijayanti The Jakarta Post Jakarta After 365 days, you'd think that something would change. After leaving Jakarta last year to pursue a university degree in America, I arrived back home this summer looking forward to spending time with my high...
Sun, 11 Jul 2004
Activist examines Jakarta warts and all
Activist examines Jakarta warts and allJakarta, Metropolis Tunggang-Langgang (Jakarta, The Helter- Skelter Metropolis) Marco Kusumawijaya, GagasMedia, 2004 233 pp "Jakarta has made many people frustrated for it fails to be a home to live in, although it clearly shows its capability to be that.
Sun, 11 Jul 2004
Allies make up bulk of donors
Allies make up bulk of donorsM. Taufiqurrahman, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The presidential candidates' balance sheets of major donors to their July 5 election campaign funds are as intriguing as they are uninformative, with instances of unlikely donations from unnamed "friends", small traders and...
Sun, 11 Jul 2004
Circles in the sand
Circles in the sand Like insects emerging from their lairs, the lithe figures in black and white crawled along the rocks and sand to greet the waves at Parangtritis Beach in Yogyakarta.They were dancers in the art performance Tato Totem, the work of Bernadetta Kinting Sri Hanjati.
Sun, 11 Jul 2004
Gamelan groups find the beat on U.S. campuses
Gamelan groups find the beat on U.S. campusesMaggie Tiojakin, Contributor, Boston At 7:45 p.m. at MIT's Kresge Little Theater, 20 men and women, most of them American, entered the stage dressed in cranberry- colored outfits and yellow headgear, with a purple rose tucked behind one ear.
Sun, 11 Jul 2004
Lake Toba promotion efforts aim to make waves
Lake Toba promotion efforts aim to make wavesApriadi Gunawan, The Jakarta Post, Parapat, North Sumatra In its fourth holding this year, the Lake Toba Folk Festival featured its usual attractions, such as music and dance performances by the Batak people of North Sumatra who consider the area their...
Sun, 11 Jul 2004
Tough times for Bengkulu's traditional cloth 'besurek'
Tough times for Bengkulu's traditional cloth 'besurek'Hera Diani, The Jakarta Post, Bengkulu After four lean years, batik producer and designer Sari Bulan sometimes wonders if it is worth it to continue making traditional Bengkulu batik cloth besurek.
Sun, 11 Jul 2004
A chance to try food the way 'nyonya' used to make it
A chance to try food the way 'nyonya' used to make it The use of Malay spices, herbs combined with Chinese ingredients, like tofu, soya sauce and dried mushrooms, made peranakan cuisine unique from the influences from which it was derived.
Sun, 11 Jul 2004
Soga says needs time with family
Soga says needs time with family INDONESIA: Reunited in Indonesia with her family after nearly two years, a Japanese woman once abducted to North Korea spent hours talking to her husband, a former U.S. soldier Washington says deserted to the Stalinist state in 1965.
Sun, 11 Jul 2004
Fun and festive food of the Philippines a mix of flavors
Fun and festive food of the Philippines a mix of flavorsMaria Endah Hulupi, Contributor, Jakarta It's still time to gather up the family and dish up those special dishes, at least if you are Filipino. For May through August is a period of merriment as Filipinos celebrate regional and national...
Sat, 10 Jul 2004
The significance of the Indonesian election
The significance of the Indonesian electionSin Chew Daily, Asia News Network, Selangor, Malaysia Indonesians have just voted for a president for the first time in the country's history. They have voted directly from five pairs of candidates to assume the country's presidency and vice presidency.
Sat, 10 Jul 2004
Korean military dress sold in Medan
Korean military dress sold in MedanThousands of pieces of second-hand military dress from South Korea, complete with insignias and other military emblems, are being sold in Medan.Traders in the city said on Friday the items entered Medan's markets through Tanjung Balai Port in Asahan regency.
Sat, 10 Jul 2004
Citigroup continues merger plan with KorAm
Citigroup continues merger plan with KorAmAgence France-Presse, Seoul U.S. financial giant Citigroup on Friday pushed ahead with a union-opposed merger with KorAm Bank by approving a plan to duelist the South Korean lender from the local bourse.
Sat, 10 Jul 2004
On discrimination
On discrimination According to recent press reports, Indonesians of Chinese descent continue to face bureaucratic difficulties in processing official documents as they are asked to present their Indonesian citizenship certificate (SBKRI).
Sat, 10 Jul 2004
Myanmar slams U.S. over renewed sanctions
Myanmar slams U.S. over renewed sanctionsAgence France-Presse, Agence France Presse, Yangon Myanmar's military-run regime on Friday strongly criticized the United States for renewing sanctions and said it was too focused on the fate of detained democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi.U.S.
Sat, 10 Jul 2004
Foreigners allowed to visit Aceh
Foreigners allowed to visit Aceh ACEH, Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam: State of civil emergency administrator and Governor Abdullah Puteh issued a permit for foreign tourists to visit Simelue and Aceh Singkil, as the two regencies are now considered safe.
Sat, 10 Jul 2004
*Computerized admission system passes first test Page 2
*Computerized admission system passes first test Page 2 *Govt blamed for sugar smuggling Page 4 *Mojokerto calm, nine escape Batam prison Page 5 *Trade policies can help curb terrorism Page 7 *Busway fails to provide expected solutions Page 8 *Unwilling Brazil grinds out 1-0 win over Chile Page 10...
Sat, 10 Jul 2004
About real figures of AIDS
About real figures of AIDS It may seem ungrateful to criticize your supportive editorial (AIDS: Where do we stand?, The Jakarta Post, July 8). But we do need to have a clearer understanding of the figures related to AIDS in this country, and unfortunately the editorial tends more to cloud the issue.
Sat, 10 Jul 2004
Illegal loggin, poaching threaten Sumatran elephants
Illegal loggin, poaching threaten Sumatran elephantsOyos Saroso H.N., Bandarlampung, Lampung The endangered Sumatran elephant population is dwindling, as their natural habitat in protected forests in Lampung province have been diminished by both illegal logging and poaching.
Sat, 10 Jul 2004
Ballot counting finishes with a win for Susilo
Ballot counting finishes with a win for SusiloBambang Nurbianto, Jakarta The Jakarta General Elections Commission (KPUD) completed the ballot counting on Friday with presidential candidate Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and running mate Jusuf Kalla gaining the largest number of votes in the capital.
Sat, 10 Jul 2004
Food poisoning claims 101 victims
Food poisoning claims 101 victimsSlamet Susanto, Kulonprogo, Yogyakarta Health centers and a hospital in Samigaluh district, Kulonprogo regency, admitted 101 people from Wednesday to Thursday for suspected food poisoning, all of whom had attended a wedding reception in Banjarsari subdistrict here.
Sat, 10 Jul 2004
Houses to be builtfor civil servants
Houses to be builtfor civil servants PANGKALPINANG, Bangka Belitung: The Bangka Belitung provincial government will build some 1,000 houses for civil servants in the province, a senior government official said.
Sat, 10 Jul 2004
Suspects may know location of Azahari and Noordin
Suspects may know location of Azahari and NoordinAbdul Khalik and Wahyoe Boediwardhana, Jakarta/Denpasar One of the five terror suspects arrested recently in Sukoharjo, Surakarta, Central Java, is believed to know the hiding place of two Malaysian fugitives wanted for the Bali and Marriott Hotel...
Sat, 10 Jul 2004
Gresik H1 cement sales up 20%
Gresik H1 cement sales up 20%The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The country's largest cement producer, PT Semen Gresik (SG), said sales surged by 20 percent in the first half of this year, driven primarily by soaring demand from government-sponsored projects in East Java.
Sat, 10 Jul 2004
KPU responds to ballot debacle
KPU responds to ballot debacle BATAM, Riau: General Elections Commission (KPU) deputy Ramlan Surbakti said on Friday the double-puncture ballot paper debacle arose due to an error in wrapping the papers.
Sat, 10 Jul 2004
North Barito to get new power plant
North Barito to get new power plant NORTH BARITO, Central Kalimantan: A company from the Netherlands plans to invest in the construction of a steam-powered power plant in the regency, a top official said on Friday.
Sat, 10 Jul 2004
Top parties intensify efforts for coalition
Top parties intensify efforts for coalitionKurniawan Hari, Jakarta The nation's two largest parties are intensifying efforts to explore a coalition aimed at giving incumbent President Megawati Soekarnoputri a second five-year term in office.
Sat, 10 Jul 2004
JP/5/MOJOKERTO
JP/5/MOJOKERTOPrisoners running amok on Java, BatamID Nugroho and Fadli Surabaya/BatamInmates at Mojokerto Penitentiary rioted again on Friday morning, prompting the authorities to relocate hundreds of inmates to nearby penitentiaries in East Java province, in order to prevent the melee from...
Sat, 10 Jul 2004
A desert island ?
A desert island ? The year 2004 is a special one for Indonesians as this country has had two national events that will determine its future, notably the legislative election and the country's first- ever direct presidential election. Those elections were held on April 5 and July 5, respectively.