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Fri, 02 Jul 2004
Why GAM should be held accountable
Why GAM should be held accountableKirsten E. Schulze The Straits Times Asia News Network Singapore When the top three leaders of the Free Aceh Movement (GAM) -- Hassan Tiro, Zaini Abdullah and Malik Mahmood -- were taken into custody last week on suspicion of "grave breaches of international law",...
Fri, 02 Jul 2004
House gets new secretary-general
House gets new secretary-general JAKARTA: House of Representatives Speaker Akbar Tandjung installed on Thursday Faisal Djamal as the new House secretary- general, replacing Siti Nurhayati who is retiring.
Fri, 02 Jul 2004
City eyes philanthropists' schools
City eyes philanthropists' schoolsDamar Harsanto, Jakarta Governor Sutiyoso said on Thursday that the administration would help build better schools for over a 1,500 poor children who are currently studying at schools established by twin sisters, Rossi and Rian, also known as the Kartini Emergency...
Fri, 02 Jul 2004
Hari shuns demand for Puteh suspension
Hari shuns demand for Puteh suspensionThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta Interim coordinating minister for security and political affairs Hari Sabarno dismissed on Thursday suggestions to suspend Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam Governor Abdullah Puteh, who has been named a suspect in a corruption case.
Fri, 02 Jul 2004
Electoral candidates urged to cease campaign
Electoral candidates urged to cease campaignM. Taufiqurrahman, Jakarta On the eve of the cooling-off period ahead of the presidential election, the Election Supervisory Committee (Panwaslu) called on all parties involved in the July 5 polls to exercise restraint during the three-day break.
Fri, 02 Jul 2004
A morning chew after an interview
A morning chew after an interview Malaysia's Foreign Minister Syed Hamid Albar seems to fully understand how journalists operate. The Ministry's assistant secretary of the external information division, Aznifah Isnariah Abdul Ghani, called journalists on midnight to inform them about the interview...
Fri, 02 Jul 2004
Singapore may import liquefied gas to safeguard power supply:
Singapore may import liquefied gas to safeguard power supply: report Associated Press SingaporeSingapore, stung by a blackout this week after piped gas supplies from neighboring Indonesia were disrupted, could start to import liquefied natural gas to further safeguard its power supply, a report...
Fri, 02 Jul 2004
KPU sets inauguration date fpr new lawmakers as Oct. 1
KPU sets inauguration date fpr new lawmakers as Oct. 1Muninggar Sri Saraswati, Jakarta New members of the House of Representatives (DPR) and Regional Representatives Council (DPD) will take their oath of office on Oct. 1, the General Elections Commission (KPU) says.
Fri, 02 Jul 2004
Top seeds Maya, Denise crumble at Thamrin Cup
Top seeds Maya, Denise crumble at Thamrin CupMoch. N. Kurniawan, Jakarta Maya Rosa and Denise Harijanto became the latest major casualties at the Thamrin Cup international junior tennis tournament after they went down the second round here on Thursday.
Fri, 02 Jul 2004
Democracy can provide 'long-term stability'
Democracy can provide 'long-term stability'The following is an excerpt of The Jakarta Post's interview with Indian foreign minister K. Natwar Singh on Wednesday.Question: What is your view about current relations -- political and economic -- between our two countries and how relations can further...
Fri, 02 Jul 2004
Italian gets life for cocaine
Italian gets life for cocaineThe Jakarta Post, Denpasar An Italian man was sentenced to life in prison on Thursday for smuggling five kilograms of cocaine into the resort island of Bali in a surfboard bag.
Fri, 02 Jul 2004
*Weak rupiah accelerates inflation in June Page 2
*Weak rupiah accelerates inflation in June Page 2 *House urged to challenge mining ruling Page 4 *Dozens missing in recent boat accidents Page 5 *Undeclared war for "energy security" Page 7 *Sewage workers do all the dirty work Page 8 *Indonesia hosts special reunion Page 10 *Dutch mourn end of era...
Fri, 02 Jul 2004
Marriott blast accomplices get seven years
Marriott blast accomplices get seven yearsThe South Jakarta District Court sentenced on Thursday Suprapto, Mohammad Solihin and Heru Setyanto to seven years in prison each for storing and transporting the explosives used in the Aug.
Fri, 02 Jul 2004
Court again delays Sriyanto's trial
Court again delays Sriyanto's trial JAKARTA: The ad hoc human rights tribunal for the Tanjung Priok incident in 1984 adjourned for the second time on Thursday a session to hear the sentence recommendation for Army Special Forces (Kopassus) chief Maj. Gen. Sriyanto Muntrasan, who was absent.
Fri, 02 Jul 2004
Students bring English debate to life
Students bring English debate to lifeDewi Santoso, Jakarta Though there is no culture of debate here, dozens of high school students from various provinces showed that they are mature beyond their age when it comes to the use of logic and common sense in presenting opinions.
Fri, 02 Jul 2004
Sewage workers do all the dirty work
Sewage workers do all the dirty workThis is the final of a three-part-series on the environmental problems caused by the dumping untreated sewage in the capital and the waterway and marine pollution it causes.Urip Hudiono, Jakarta Not everything we flush down the toilet successfully disappears.
Fri, 02 Jul 2004
More NGOs demand review of water law
More NGOs demand review of water law JAKARTA: Representatives of several non-governmental organizations launched on Thursday a challenge against the constitutionality of the new water resources bill in the Constitutional Court against the controversial water law, saying it was against the...
Fri, 02 Jul 2004
JSX may lift suspension on SG shares soon
JSX may lift suspension on SG shares soon The Jakarta Stock Exchange (JSX) may lift the suspension on the trading of cement giant PT Semen Gresik's shares next week if the company can come up with reasonable explanations for its accounting problems.
Fri, 02 Jul 2004
Pertamina awards development contracts
Pertamina awards development contractsThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta State oil and gas firm PT Pertamina has awarded two-year contracts to three construction and engineering firms to build production facilities at its gas fields in South Sumatra.
Fri, 02 Jul 2004
Tangguh, Posco sign LNG contract
Tangguh, Posco sign LNG contractFitri Wulandari, Denpasar British energy giant BP PLC signed on Thursday a contract with South Korean steel company Posco for the supply of US$2 billion worth of liquefied natural gas (LNG) to South Korea from the Tangguh LNG project, which is being built by a...
Fri, 02 Jul 2004
Scavengers complain over health clinic's closure
Scavengers complain over health clinic's closureWahyuana and Leony Aurora, Bekasi/Jakarta Scavengers living at the Bantar Gebang dump in Bekasi, claim that their children are suffering as the free health clinic there has been closed for two months, while one of the women who established it, Sri...
Fri, 02 Jul 2004
JP/18/TINTIN
JP/18/TINTINTintin: Music teacher goes international with film shortsNi Luh Dian Purniawati, Contributor/Denpasar Once a month, film buffs pack the hall of the Irama Indah House music school and store in Denpasar to watch film shorts. The event has taken place regularly since Aug.
Fri, 02 Jul 2004
Nightclubs ordered to shut on July 4
Nightclubs ordered to shut on July 4 MEDAN, North Sumatra: Medan Mayor Abdillah ordered on Thursday all entertainment venues, such as nightclubs and discotheques to close their doors on July 4, the night before the election.
Fri, 02 Jul 2004
Workers stage protest over severance pay
Workers stage protest over severance pay JAMBI: Some 120 former employees of a timber company here staged a protest on Thursday at the office of the Jambi provincial government, demanding the government force the company to pay them the severance pay they say they are entitled to.
Fri, 02 Jul 2004
Muhammadiyah to deploy monitors
Muhammadiyah to deploy monitors JAKARTA: The Muhammadiyah Youth organization says it will dispatch approximately 60,000 polling station monitors nationwide in the upcoming July 5 presidential election.By dispatching so many monitors, it likely meant that the group was serious in its support of...
Fri, 02 Jul 2004
RI women's singles crash in Malaysia
RI women's singles crash in MalaysiaEva C. Komandjaja, Jakarta Three Indonesian women's shuttlers were tripped up at the first hurdle at the 2004 Malaysia Open badminton championship, suffering first-round losses on Thursday.
Fri, 02 Jul 2004
BI maintains rate despite U.S. Fed's increase
BI maintains rate despite U.S. Fed's increaseTony Hotland, Jakarta Bank Indonesia (BI) Governor Burhanuddin Abdullah said on Thursday the central bank would not raise interest rates despite the U.S. Federal Reserve's decision to increase its benchmark rate.
Fri, 02 Jul 2004
JP/14/Tour
JP/14/TourForeign tourist arrivals up 14.57%The Jakarta Post Jakarta Foreign tourist arrivals increased by 14.57 percent in May, with the country's largely peaceful election process being credited for the rise, the Central Statistics Agency (BPS) said on Thursday.
Fri, 02 Jul 2004
Evictees get bad lot in life
Evictees get bad lot in lifeUrip Hudiono, Jakarta As if being evicted from their homes was not enough, 32 former occupants of a vacant lot in Tanjung Duren Selatan, West Jakarta, have now been charged for damaging the lot owner's property.
Fri, 02 Jul 2004
Japan and Pakistan set to sign TAC
Japan and Pakistan set to sign TACThe Jakarta Post, The Jakarta Japanese Foreign Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi and his Pakistani counterpart Kurshid M. Kasuri are scheduled to sign the Treaty of Amity and Cooperation (TAC) in Southeast Asia during the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)...
Fri, 02 Jul 2004
BSD on City development
BSD on City development In response to Wildan's letter published in The Jakarta Post on June 23 under the title, BSD lacks vision, allow us to explain as follows:We acknowledge that recently the management of Bumi Serpong Damai (BSD) has been intensifying its construction activities, which will be...
Fri, 02 Jul 2004
Journos quarrel for Japanese FM
Journos quarrel for Japanese FMJAKARTA: Two Japanese TV cameramen almost got into a fight when they were covering the arrival of Japanese Foreign Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi at the J.W. Marriot Hotel in Jakarta on Thursday.
Fri, 02 Jul 2004
Festival honors food and fashion writing
Festival honors food and fashion writing JAKARTA: The month-long Jakarta Fashion & Food Festival (JFFF) concluded at Mal Kelapa Gading, North Jakarta, on Wednesday with awards for outstanding pieces of journalism on food and fashion.
Fri, 02 Jul 2004
Major drug cases handled by Jakarta Police January to June 2004
Major drug cases handled by Jakarta Police January to June 2004No. Time Number of suspects Evidence Location1. Jan. 7 Six suspects 3.5 kg heroin C.Jakarta (Nigerians) 2. Jan. 30 Five suspects 55,400 ecstasy pills Tangerang 3. June 7 One suspect 315 g cocaine N.Jakarta 4.
Fri, 02 Jul 2004
TV Today: Friday, July 2, 2004
TV Today: Friday, July 2, 2004 .TB.30" .90"TVRI .tb .30" .90" 6:00 a.m. News: Berita Pagi7:00 Children Show: Pentas Ceria8:30 Music: Asik-Asik 10:30 Religious Teachings12:30 p.m. Dances1:00 News: Berita Siang1:30 TV Drama2:30 Religious Songs3:00 English News Service4:30 Pak Odor's Show5:00 Children...
Fri, 02 Jul 2004
Round 2 live dialog excerpts
Round 2 live dialog excerpts1. On fight against corruption:-- Wiranto: Focus not only on corruption involving top officials and business heavyweights, but also at a lower level, which is also rampant. Prevent corruption, adopt stiffer punishment and monitoring system.
Fri, 02 Jul 2004
Magelang landslide kills two workers
Magelang landslide kills two workersSlamet Susanto, Magelang Two out of 11 laborers constructing an embankment were buried alive by a landslide in Kragilan village in Magelang regency, Central Java, on Thursday.
Fri, 02 Jul 2004
Voters believe polls to be free and fair, survey reveals
Voters believe polls to be free and fair, survey revealsM. Taufiqurrahman, Jakarta A large proportion of the country's citizens believe that the July 5 presidential election is likely to proceed freely and fairly, a Washington-based pollster said on Thursday.
Fri, 02 Jul 2004
Dozens missing in recent boat accidents
Dozens missing in recent boat accidentsThe Jakarta Post, Lampung/Kupang/Kendari A cargo ship carrying timber apparently capsized, perhaps a week ago, in the waters off southeastern Sumatra, some 100 kilometers east of Bandarlampung, and was just spotted on Wednesday, but its crew of six remain...
Fri, 02 Jul 2004
Reclamation makes fishermen scavengers
Reclamation makes fishermen scavengersMulta Fidrus TangerangThe ongoing coastal reclamation at Dadap fishing village, Kosambi, here, has forced hundreds of fishermen to turn away from their profession and become scavengers.
Thu, 01 Jul 2004
Boat bursts into flames, 22 die
Boat bursts into flames, 22 dieJongker Rumthe, Manado At least 22 crew members including the Taiwanese captain and a Chinese national were killed as their fishing boat exploded and caught fire in the Arufuru Sea, approximately 350 km southeast of Ambon, Maluku, survivors said on Wednesday.
Thu, 01 Jul 2004
Market construction delayed until developer obtains permit
Market construction delayed until developer obtains permitDamar Harsanto, Jakarta Governor Sutiyoso ordered on Tuesday a delay in the groundbreaking ceremony for the eight-story Jakarta Wholesale Center as developer PT Jakarta Realty has yet to obtain a building permit from the city administration.
Thu, 01 Jul 2004
8 debaters to train for 2005 world meet
8 debaters to train for 2005 world meet JAKARTA: The second Indonesian Schools Debate Championship wrapped up on Wednesday, when judges selected eight speakers to attend a two-month intensive training workshop to prepare for the world meet set for February 2005.
Thu, 01 Jul 2004
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1 x 43Rights group loses libel suit, fined Rp 50m JP/5/korupsi2 x 27 Sidoarjo council speaker stands trial for corruption JP/5/DANCE1 x 49 Dancing the Dero reconciles former enemies in Poso JP/5/SHIP1 x 33 Boat bursts into flames, 22 die JP/5/GAJAH2 x 28 Villagers flee after elderly woman trampled...
Thu, 01 Jul 2004
Second seed Febri crashes out of Thamrin Cup
Second seed Febri crashes out of Thamrin CupMoch. N. Kurniawan, Jakarta Febri Joana was the biggest name casualty on the second day of the Thamrin Cup international junior tennis tournament here on Wednesday, with the second seeded Indonesian being dumped out by a qualifier.
Thu, 01 Jul 2004
Jakarta to host women's v'ball GP
Jakarta to host women's v'ball GPMoch. N. Kurniawan, Jakarta Indonesia will host a World Volleyball Grand Prix series from July 16 to July 18, featuring four world-caliber women's teams at the Bung Karno Indoor Stadium.The teams are Cuba, Germany, Japan and Russia.
Thu, 01 Jul 2004
East Asia and bumpy Sino-Taiwanese relations
East Asia and bumpy Sino-Taiwanese relationsJusuf Wanandi, Jakarta Not since 1958, when the U.S. Seventh Fleet intervened to prevent China from taking over the islands of Kinmen and Matsu, located off Fujian province, have relations between China and Taiwan been so dangerously close to war.
Thu, 01 Jul 2004
NU asks community and preachers to stay neutral
NU asks community and preachers to stay neutral SEMARANG: The chairman of Nadhlatul Ulama's (NU) lawmaking body, Sahal Mahfudz, asserted on Wednesday that the NU preachers and community had to stay neutral in the upcoming presidential election to keep unity within the NU community and Indonesia...
Thu, 01 Jul 2004
PKS throws weight behind Amien
PKS throws weight behind AmienM. Taufiqurrahman and Tiarma Siboro JakartaPresidential candidate Amien Rais and his running mate Siswono Yudohusodo won the endorsement of the Muslim-based Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) on Wednesday, but it remains to be seen whether this support will improve their...
Thu, 01 Jul 2004
Excerpts of defense platforms
Excerpts of defense platformsWiranto : -- improve the defense system in phases -- develop a professional military -- provide subsidy for defense industry within certain period Megawati : -build effective national defense system based on civilian supremacy, humanitarian law and international customs...