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Tue, 23 Aug 2005
On ban on Ahmadiyah
On ban on Ahmadiyah I read the article Govt mulls ban on Ahmadiyah due to 'permit violation' in your online edition of July 22. Reading the statement of Attorney General Abdul Rachman Saleh took me back centuries to the age of the Holy Prophet Muhammad.
Tue, 23 Aug 2005
Papua art congress opens
Papua art congress opens JAYAPURA, Papua: Around 300 artists from across the country are taking part in an art congress, which was opened by Papua Governor JP Solossa on Monday.According to head of Jakarta Arts Council Ratna Sarumpaet, the congress, which runs until Aug.
Tue, 23 Aug 2005
Three years sought for Sussongko
Three years sought for SussongkoRidwan Max Sijabat, The Jakarta Post/Jakarta Prosecutors recommended on Monday that acting secretary-general of the General Elections Commission (KPU) Sussongko Suhardjo be imprisoned for three years and fined Rp 50 million (US$5000) for bribery.
Tue, 23 Aug 2005
Bill to ban hospitals from rejecting patients
Bill to ban hospitals from rejecting patientsThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta A bill is being drafted to allow the government to fine or prosecute hospitals refusing to treat patients, particularly the poor."In the proposed bill, hospitals will be prohibited from refusing to treat patients for any...
Tue, 23 Aug 2005
Bus routes changed to adjust to busway
Bus routes changed to adjust to buswayDamar Harsanto, The Jakarta Post/Jakarta The Jakarta Transportation Agency has decided to change 11 regular and air-conditioned bus routes in order to harmonize them with the Blok M-Kota busway corridor.
Tue, 23 Aug 2005
TNI prepares troops for Congo peace mission
TNI prepares troops for Congo peace missionTheresia Sufa, The Jakarta Post/Bogor The Indonesian Military (TNI) is preparing to deploy some 180 troops to join an international peacekeeping force in the war- wracked Congo by the end of next month.
Tue, 23 Aug 2005
Combating drug abuse, law enforcement is necessary but not sufficient
Combating drug abuse, law enforcement is necessary but not sufficientSudirman Nasir, Victoria The new chief of the Indonesian police, Gen. Sutanto, has frequently stated his commitment to combat crime such as gambling, illegal logging and drug trafficking in the country.
Mon, 22 Aug 2005
Get license in hours: Police
Get license in hours: Police JAKARTA: Residents of Jakarta, Depok, Tangerang and Bekasi can now get expect to get a driver's license within hours thanks to police efforts to obtain certification for better services to the public (ISO 9001).
Mon, 22 Aug 2005
Dengue kills four in Jambi
Dengue kills four in JambiJAMBI, Jambi: At least four people in Jambi city have died of dengue fever since May, raising concern among the public.The four died because they did not receive medical attention in time, said an official at the Jambi Health Office.
Mon, 22 Aug 2005
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page 81. Play 1 x 32 Play brings history to the public 2. Service 1 x 42 Little change seen in public service program 3. Sentul 2 x 25 Drug rehabilitation center offers comprehensive care 4. Speak 1 x 32 'Haven't we suffered enough?' Page 91. Thug 2 x 18 Thugs apprehended in crime-prone areas 2.
Mon, 22 Aug 2005
Differences over monorail widens
Differences over monorail widensBambang Nurbianto, The Jakarta Post, JakartaThe prolonged dispute between the shareholders of PT Jakarta Monorail (JM) over who will supply the monorail trains and support technology threatens to further delay the US$650 million project.
Mon, 22 Aug 2005
B-1: Peace Concert draws thousands in Ambon Page 5
B-1: Peace Concert draws thousands in Ambon Page 5B-2: Play shows bit of history to residents Page 8B-3: Formula One fans undergo security checks Page 23
Mon, 22 Aug 2005
Alwi seeking peace with rival camp in own congress
Alwi seeking peace with rival camp in own congressWahyoe Boediwardhana and Hera Diani, The Jakarta Post, Denpasar/JakartaAfter losing a civil lawsuit against the National Awakening Party (PKB) central board, which dismissed him last year, chief welfare minister Alwi Shihab is offering...
Mon, 22 Aug 2005
Govt to speed up Java's south line
Govt to speed up Java's south lineLeony Aurora, The Jakarta Post, JakartaThe government will speed up the construction of Java's south extra-high voltage transmission line by working with local administrations to settle land acquisition problems, targeting to complete the line by October.
Mon, 22 Aug 2005
Microsoft may set up SME center
Microsoft may set up SME centerThe Jakarta Post, JakartaPT Microsoft Indonesia, the Indonesian subsidiary of U.S. software giant Microsoft Corp., plans to set up a center this year to promote the use of information technology (IT) among the country's small and medium enterprises (SMEs).
Mon, 22 Aug 2005
Drug rehabilitation center offers comprehensive care
Drug rehabilitation center offers comprehensive careThe Jakarta Post, JakartaThere is nothing about the blue, orange and yellow building standing on 7,000 square meters of land in a plush housing estate in Sentul, Bogor, about 40 kilometers from the capital, that marks it as a drug rehabilitation...
Mon, 22 Aug 2005
Jakarta needs more trees
Jakarta needs more trees Your correspondent Robert Kelly makes some pertinent points in his article entitled Rolling back Jakarta's unhealthy urban desert(The Jakarta Post, Aug. 6). The green areas that still exist in greater Jakarta really need to be maintained whether they are part of existing...
Mon, 22 Aug 2005
Peace concert confirms return of normalcy to Ambon
Peace concert confirms return of normalcy to AmbonM. Azis Tunny, The Jakarta Post, AmbonEnthusiasm was high as many thousands of Ambon people attended a concert on Friday to mark Independence Day, which fell two days earlier.
Mon, 22 Aug 2005
S.Korea to help
S.Korea to help N.Korea in farming SEOUL: South Korea has agreed to work on joint farming ventures with food-starved North Korea and to provide these farms with fertilizer and other items to boost productivity, officials said on Saturday.
Mon, 22 Aug 2005
Twilite Orchestra to play for DPD
Twilite Orchestra to play for DPD JAKARTA: Indonesia's top classical music group, the Twilite Orchestra, will perform at the opening of the inaugural annual plenary meeting of the Regional Representatives Council (DPD).DPD deputy speaker Irman Gusman said the group, which is led by Addie M.S.
Mon, 22 Aug 2005
Dirty air regular killer in Asia: WHO
Dirty air regular killer in Asia: WHOThe haze that has shrouded parts of Southeast Asia this month is just one visible element of a much larger problem that kills hundreds of thousands of people in the region every year, the World Health Organization said.
Mon, 22 Aug 2005
City admits poor PR in waste case
City admits poor PR in waste caseDamar Harsanto, The Jakarta Post, JakartaThe Jakarta administration acknowledged last week it has kept quiet its plans for four more waste treatment plants in the capital after strong opposition from locals in areas where plants have already been established.
Mon, 22 Aug 2005
Jakartans participate in clean-air campaign through SMS
Jakartans participate in clean-air campaign through SMSAbdul Khalik The Jakarta Post/JakartaPublic transportation operators in Jakarta might have to pay more attention to their vehicles' emissions as Jakartans now have a chance to complain about the fumes they are spewing out.
Mon, 22 Aug 2005
ASEAN Social Charter would set a decent social safety net
ASEAN Social Charter would set a decent social safety netPravit Rojanaphruk The Nation Asia News Network/Bangkok Nearly four decades after ASEAN was founded, labor activists say it's time to push for an ASEAN Social Charter that would guarantee a certain level of labor rights across the region.
Mon, 22 Aug 2005
PLN in the dark
PLN in the dark The massive power failure in Java and Bali on Thursday is emblematic of the crumbling infrastructure in Indonesia and the state electricity company (PLN)'s poor peak load management, inadequate maintenance system, and overloaded transmission and distribution lines.
Mon, 22 Aug 2005
Govt completes draft tax laws
Govt completes draft tax lawsRendi A. Witular, The Jakarta Post, JakartaRealizing that the country's tax regime has long discouraged investors, the government is moving to improve the country's tax laws by addressing taxpayers' concerns over uncertainties in collection and rebates.
Mon, 22 Aug 2005
JP/4/graft
JP/4/graftCautiousness slows police probe into graft casesEva C. Komandjaja The Jakarta Post/JakartaThe police say they are cautiously moving on a number of graft cases in state-owned enterprises, asserting that some of the relevant documents and evidence submitted to the police would be...
Mon, 22 Aug 2005
Thugs apprehended in crime-prone areas
Thugs apprehended in crime-prone areasAbdul Khalik, The Jakarta Post, JakartaFor years the Cocacola intersection, between Central and East Jakarta has been a feared area due to the presence of a gang known as Kapak Merah (red axe) that robbed motorists, even in broad daylight, smashing car windows...
Mon, 22 Aug 2005
Where to go in Jakarta: Monday, August 22, 2005
Where to go in Jakarta: Monday, August 22, 2005Exhibitions* Photo Understanding Independence by Keke Tumbuan and Jacqueline Gilbert at Gallery Lontar Jl. Utan Kayu 68H, East Jakarta (Tel. 8573388), until Aug. 30 * Painting by Ipe Ma'roef and Ipung Gozali, at Galeri Cipta II, Taman Ismail Marzuki Jl.
Mon, 22 Aug 2005
Fuel price hikes & smuggling
Fuel price hikes & smugglingFrom Koran TempoThe fuel price increase on March 1, with their adverse impact on ordinary people and the uneven distribution of fuel subsidy compensation funds to appropriate recipients, will likely be followed by more increases given that crude oil prices have risen to...
Mon, 22 Aug 2005
RI to have world-class physics, math training center
RI to have world-class physics, math training centerAbdul Khalik The Jakarta Post/JakartaTo accommodate the growing number of students interested in science, Indonesia will soon have an internationally recognized training center for physics and mathematics.
Mon, 22 Aug 2005
JP/4/graft
JP/4/graftCautiousness slows police probe into graft casesEva C. Komandjaja The Jakarta Post/JakartaThe police say they are cautiously moving on a number of graft cases in state-owned enterprises, asserting that some of the relevant documents and evidence submitted to the police would be...
Mon, 22 Aug 2005
JP/4/graft
JP/4/graftCautiousness slows police probe into graft casesEva C. Komandjaja The Jakarta Post/JakartaThe police say they are cautiously moving on a number of graft cases in state-owned enterprises, asserting that some of the relevant documents and evidence submitted to the police would be...
Mon, 22 Aug 2005
Police to curb rights violations
Police to curb rights violations MEDAN: National Police chief Gen. Sutanto said that eight provincial police forces were suspected of committing serious human rights violations during criminal investigations.
Mon, 22 Aug 2005
'Wild cancer' takes toll on forests, minister says
'Wild cancer' takes toll on forests, minister saysTheresia Sufa, The Jakarta Post, Karawang, West JavaIf Indonesian forests were hospital patients, they would be late- stage cancer patients with their days numbered, the Minister of Forestry says.
Mon, 22 Aug 2005
Other key points in the draft:
Other key points in the draft:* Foreign visitors can seek a refund from value-added tax (VAT) paid for any item purchased for not less than Rp 5 million when leaving the country.* The tax directorate has the right to access data owned by the banking sector, associations, government institutions and...
Mon, 22 Aug 2005
No school uniforms?
No school uniforms?From KompasThe decision by the minister of national education to abolish the obligation for school students to wear uniforms in order to eliminate the monopoly in uniform procurements was inappropriate.
Mon, 22 Aug 2005
Can Susilo be taken at his world on Papua?
Can Susilo be taken at his world on Papua?Carmel Budiardjo, London The historic agreement concluded this week between the Indonesian government and the Free Aceh Movement (GAM) has been widely welcomed, both in Indonesia and abroad.
Mon, 22 Aug 2005
Apologizing to Malaysians
Apologizing to Malaysians I, as an Indonesian citizen, would like to apologize to those Malaysians who have suffered physically and economically because of the choking haze coming from Indonesia. I apologize for my government's unsuccessful efforts to prevent the recurrent wildfires.
Mon, 22 Aug 2005
IRCo to discuss volatile rubber prices
IRCo to discuss volatile rubber pricesNitsara Srihanam, Dow Jones/BangkokThe International Rubber Consortium Ltd. (IRCo) will meet this week in Bali to discuss ways to stabilize volatile rubber prices, IRCo's chief of secretariat, Yium Tavarolit, said late Friday.
Mon, 22 Aug 2005
Free education an illusion
Free education an illusionFrom KompasThe government's statement that free education will be available for all this year remains nothing but an illusion, because in our experience, the residents of Cimanggis, Depok, West Java, are not getting any cost relief for our school-age children.
Mon, 22 Aug 2005
RI to have top physics, math training center
RI to have top physics, math training centerAbdul Khalik, The Jakarta Post, JakartaTo accommodate the growing number of students interested in science, Indonesia will soon have an internationally recognized training center for physics and mathematics.
Mon, 22 Aug 2005
Police admit to slow graft probe at SOEs
Police admit to slow graft probe at SOEsEva C. Komandjaja, The Jakarta Post, JakartaThe police say they are cautiously moving on a number of graft cases in state-owned enterprises, asserting that some of the relevant documents and evidence submitted to the police would be inadmissible in court.
Mon, 22 Aug 2005
Infrastructure development needed to boost economic growth
Infrastructure development needed to boost economic growthThe West Java administration held a two-day summit last week to offer 57 infrastructure projects worth Rp 35 trillion (US$3.53 billion) to investors as part of the province's efforts to boost economic growth from the current 5 percent to 8...
Mon, 22 Aug 2005
British invention in Indonesia
British invention in IndonesiaDaisaku Ikeda, The Straits Times, Asia News Network/Singapore Sixty years have passed since the end of World War II, which came to a close with Japan's surrender on Aug. 15, 1945.
Mon, 22 Aug 2005
Mother nabbed for torturing daughter
Mother nabbed for torturing daughterMulta Fidrus, The Jakarta Post, TangerangThe Tangerang police over the weekend arrested a woman, 35, a resident of Binong Permai housing complex, Tangerang, for allegedly torturing her five-year-old daughter using pliers, a bamboo stick, a belt and an iron bar.
Mon, 22 Aug 2005
More troops pulled from Maluku
More troops pulled from MalukuAMBON, Maluku: More troops were withdrawn from Maluku in response to the prevailing peace in the formerly riot-torn province.As of Thursday, two battalions of Army soldiers from Jakarta and East Kalimantan, and a company from the Brawijaya Military Command in Surabaya,...
Mon, 22 Aug 2005
RI's Olympic champ Taufik advances to world semis
RI's Olympic champ Taufik advances to world semis Agencies, Anaheim, California Reigning Olympic champion Taufik Hidayat staged a stirring comeback to defeat second-seed Kenneth Jonassen in a men's singles quarterfinal at the world badminton championships on Friday.
Mon, 22 Aug 2005
Property rights for research institutions
Property rights for research institutionsZain Adnan, Jakarta Global sales of pharmaceutical products in 2004 reached US$550 billion, of which the share of developing countries was just $4 billion.This is not surprising since major pharmaceutical companies from developed countries spend large sums...
Mon, 22 Aug 2005
Free education an illusion
Free education an illusionFrom KompasThe government's statement that free education will be available for all this year remains nothing but an illusion, because in our experience, the residents of Cimanggis, Depok, West Java, are not getting any cost relief for our school-age children.