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Fri, 20 Aug 2004
Top actress Christine named Unicef ambassador
Top actress Christine named Unicef ambassadorThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta Top Indonesian actress Christine Hakim was appointed on Thursday as ambassador for the United Nations Children's Fund (Unicef) in Indonesia to promote the interests of Indonesian children.
Fri, 20 Aug 2004
Policeman helps in jailbreak
Policeman helps in jailbreakEvi Mariani, The Jakarta Post/Jakarta A Jakarta Police officer has been detained at the headquarters since Wednesday for allegedly helping a man under the custody of the Jakarta Prosecutor's Office to escape Cipinang Prison, East Jakarta, earlier in the day.
Fri, 20 Aug 2004
Is Indonesia loosing its Moorings?
Is Indonesia loosing its Moorings?S.P. Seth, Sydney Now that Indonesia's Constitutional Court has rejected the challenge to last month's presidential election result from Gen. Wiranto, a presidential candidate, the two-horse race between Gen.
Fri, 20 Aug 2004
JP/13/Oil
JP/13/OilOil prices reach new zenith as Iraq peace hopes fade Agence France-Presse London World oil prices set new records on Thursday as hopes of an easing of tensions in Iraq faded and Iraqi forces prepared for a new assault on the forces of Shiite militia leader Moqtada Sadr.
Fri, 20 Aug 2004
Hearse driver sees pros of job
Hearse driver sees pros of jobMulta Fidrus, The Jakarta Post/Tangerang He is not a famous television detective, but 45-year-old Kojak Anandang, Ojeg to his friends, no doubt has had his share of excitement and scares as a hearse driver.
Fri, 20 Aug 2004
People want govt to finish road
People want govt to finish road BEKASI: Residents of Pondok Gede, which borders Bekasi and Jakarta, demanded the government to continue construction on a road that was built until the three-way intersection at Gamprit, as it was causing heavy traffic congestion.
Fri, 20 Aug 2004
Tour d'Indonesia features 85 riders from 9 countries
Tour d'Indonesia features 85 riders from 9 countriesEva C. Komandjaja The Jakarta Post/Jakarta A total of 85 cyclists from nine countries, including Indonesia, are set to take part in the Dji Sam Soe Tour d'Indonesia 2004 next month.The race, which is scheduled to run from Sept. 27 to Oct.
Fri, 20 Aug 2004
Panwaslu clears police chief of partiality charges
Panwaslu clears police chief of partiality chargesSlamet Susanto and Abdul Khalik, The Jakarta Post, Yogyakarta/Jakarta The Yogyakarta Election Supervisory Committee (Panwaslu) cleared on Thursday Yogyakarta city police chief Sr. Comr.
Fri, 20 Aug 2004
Govt expects too much from poverty-line teachers: Union
Govt expects too much from poverty-line teachers: UnionDewi Santoso, The Jakarta Post/Jakarta The high absence rate of elementary school teachers is understandable, as they are paid far below their monthly cost of living, said the head of an educators union.
Fri, 20 Aug 2004
Ties with Singapore under new PM Lee
Ties with Singapore under new PM LeeJusuf Wanandi, Jakarta There are basically two ways to look at Singapore from an Indonesian point of view. One is that of Habibie, who once described Singapore as a red dot in the regional map of South East Asia.
Fri, 20 Aug 2004
Zhang shines over Audina with badminton gold
Zhang shines over Audina with badminton goldAgencies Athens Zhang Ning helped China shake off its badminton blues on Thursday, beating Indonesian-born Mia Audina of the Netherlands to take her country's first gold medal in the Olympic tournament.
Fri, 20 Aug 2004
Oil, gas government regulations face further delay
Oil, gas government regulations face further delayFitri Wulandari, Jakarta The State Secretariat has asked the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources to revise drafts of government regulations on downstream and upstream sectors of the oil and gas industry, pushing many investors to delay their...
Fri, 20 Aug 2004
Stock prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (in rupiah) on Aug.19, 2004
Stock prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (in rupiah) on Aug.19, 2004 ____________________________________________________________________________ Shares Close Change Trading Volume ____________________________________________________________________________ Abdi Bangsa Tbk 275 0 0 Ades Alfindo...
Fri, 20 Aug 2004
Forest fires spread across E. Kalimantan
Forest fires spread across E. KalimantanRusman, The Jakarta Post/Samarinda Fires from forests and farmland have spread across East Kalimantan, causing haze in cities and towns around the province.Local officials said on Thursday that farmers had lit the fires, some of which had been detected in...
Fri, 20 Aug 2004
Authorities investigate alleged police torture
Authorities investigate alleged police torture JAKARTA: The National Police will send a team to investigate a report that a terrorist suspect had been tortured by Surabaya Police officers, causing serious injuries and depression.National Police spokesman Insp. Gen.
Fri, 20 Aug 2004
Five administrations to team up to clean up Ciliwung
Five administrations to team up to clean up CiliwungDamar Harsanto, The Jakarta Post/Jakarta The Ciliwung river, one of Greater Jakarta's main arteries, will soon get the honor of being closely monitored by a horde of bureaucrats from five separate government administrations in a bid to control its...
Fri, 20 Aug 2004
Fire guts food stalls in Mega Kuningan
Fire guts food stalls in Mega Kuningan JAKARTA: Four food stalls and a telecommunications kiosk in Mega Kuningan, South Jakarta, were gutted by fire on Wednesday night. No fatalities were reported.Jakarta Police said the fire was started by a kerosene stove in a food stall belonging to Badrus Salam...
Thu, 19 Aug 2004
Activists doubt quality of govt's anticorruption efforts
Activists doubt quality of govt's anticorruption effortsMuninggar Sri Saraswati, The Jakarta Post/Jakarta Antigraft campaigners questioned on Wednesday the government's commitment to corruption eradication, which President Megawati Soekarnoputri spoke of in her national address on Monday.
Thu, 19 Aug 2004
1,159 rebels killed since September: TNI
1,159 rebels killed since September: TNI BANDA ACEH: At least 1,159 Free Aceh Movement (GAM) members were killed in armed contact between the rebels and government troops from Nov. 20, 2003 to Aug. 18, 2004, according to data provided by the Media Center of the Aceh Security Restoration Operation...
Thu, 19 Aug 2004
Inordinately emotional
Inordinately emotional In what seems to be a perennial issue, much of the public's attention in recent weeks has been fixed on the return of migrant workers from Malaysia. The latest move will see the forcible return of an estimated half-a-million Indonesian workers packed into ships before the end...
Thu, 19 Aug 2004
Sunparking and lost helmet
Sunparking and lost helmetFrom Bisnis IndonesiaOn Aug. 1, I visited ITC and Ambassador Mal in Kuningan, Jakarta, at 3:28 p.m.. I parked my motorcycle in the parking lot managed by Sunparking, leaving my locked helmet and jacket on my motorcycles as there were no lockers around.
Thu, 19 Aug 2004
Little progress made so far on E. Flood Canal
Little progress made so far on E. Flood CanalDamar Harsanto, The Jakarta Post/Jakarta Jakarta residents will, it appears, still have a long wait before the city can be relieved of the threat of flooding every wet season, as the administration has made little progress, thus far, on building the East...
Thu, 19 Aug 2004
Taps run dry in Cirebon, thousands suffer
Taps run dry in Cirebon, thousands sufferNana Rukmana, The Jakarta Post/Cirebon Drought has hit some subdistricts of Cirebon, West Java, leaving some 3,000 families without clean water.President director of the Cirebon Tap Water Company Nasija Warnadi, admitted on Wednesday that his company had...
Thu, 19 Aug 2004
Lady found guilty of abusing RI maid
Lady found guilty of abusing RI maidSINGAPORE: A 30-year-old Singaporean woman was convicted of abuse for biting, scalding and slashing her Indonesian maid, a newspaper reported on Wednesday.The court also heard how Poon Yen Nee dragged her maid, Mujianti, around by the neck with a towel and...
Thu, 19 Aug 2004
Comedian denies prosecution
Comedian denies prosecution JAKARTA: Lawyers representing comedian Barata Nugraha, whose stage name is Polo, told a hearing at the East Jakarta District Court on Wednesday that the charges leveled against their client were obscure. Polo is being charged with possession of illegal drugs.
Thu, 19 Aug 2004
BI keeps key interest rate unchanged
BI keeps key interest rate unchangedThe Jakarta Post/Jakarta The central bank left on Wednesday its benchmark interest rate unchanged defying earlier expectations that Bank Indonesia would push the rate higher amid stronger inflationary pressure and the rising interest rate trend in the U.S.
Thu, 19 Aug 2004
Bittersweet ending to Bali world parachuting attempt
Bittersweet ending to Bali world parachuting attemptText by Wahyoe Boediwardhana, The Jakarta Post, Bali Indonesia lost one of its top-notch sky divers when 55-year-old veteran Theodorus Petrus Mandagi's parachute failed to open during an attempt by 103 international parachutists to set a new world...
Thu, 19 Aug 2004
Conspiracy worsens orangutan smuggling
Conspiracy worsens orangutan smuggling JAKARTA: Profauna Indonesia revealed on Wednesday that there was a conspiracy in the smuggling of hundreds of orangutans to Thailand."Hundreds of orangutans from Indonesia have allegedly been smuggled to Thailand, and there might be a conspiracy to hide them.
Thu, 19 Aug 2004
Govt undecided over SG saga
Govt undecided over SG sagaRendi A. Witular, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The government has not yet decided if it would buy back shares in publicly listed cement producer PT Semen Gresik (SG) from Mexico-based cement giant Cemex SA to resolve a protracted dispute over Cemex's investment in the...
Thu, 19 Aug 2004
JP/5/garbage
JP/5/garbage Makassar vows to clean up, enforce litter law Andi Hajramurni The Jakarta Post/MakassarThe Makassar municipal administration is getting tough on garbage management by enforcing a 1999 bylaw to clean up the city, as well as to prevent flooding.Under Bylaw No.
Thu, 19 Aug 2004
Military impunity undermines democracy
Military impunity undermines democracyPaul Barber, London Indonesia is fast learning the lesson that while elections are an important part of the transition from dictatorship to democracy, the more difficult parts include establishing the rule of law, eradicating corruption and ensuring military...
Thu, 19 Aug 2004
JBIC responds
JBIC responds I would like to convey my sincere appreciation about your continuous attention to the Tarahan Coal Fired Steam Power Plant Project (hereafter referred to as the Project). We are very much proud that Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) assists, through concessional Yen...
Thu, 19 Aug 2004
Govt to abolish departure tax
Govt to abolish departure taxFebiola Desy Unidjaja, Jakarta The government is drafting a presidential decree to abolish the departure tax imposed on Indonesians who wish to leave the country, a measure that would lead to a loss of significant tax revenue but would support tourism in the region.
Thu, 19 Aug 2004
RI back, says elated Sony
RI back, says elated SonyAgence France-Presse Athens Sony Dwi Kuncoro said Indonesia was back on the badminton map following his 15-13, 15-4 quarterfinal win over South Korean Park Tae-sang in the Olympic men's singles.
Thu, 19 Aug 2004
TV Program: Thursday, August 19, 2004
TV Program: Thursday, August 19, 2004 .TB.30" .90"TVRI 6:00 a.m. News: Berita Pagi7:00 Children Show Pentas Ceria8:30 Music: Asyik-Asyik10:00 Talk Show: Wirausaha11:00 Singing Contest: Konteswara12:00 p.m.
Thu, 19 Aug 2004
This article is specially prepared for PT DaimlerChrysler
This article is specially prepared for PT DaimlerChrysler Indonesia
Thu, 19 Aug 2004
RI to pursue bilateral debt talks
RI to pursue bilateral debt talksDadan Wijaksana and Rendi A. Witular, The Jakarta Post/Jakarta The government is looking for help from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to facilitate bilateral talks with foreign creditors on debt-rescheduling issues, but separate from the Paris Club...
Thu, 19 Aug 2004
Scluptor Ibnu Nurwanto reaches artistic climax
Scluptor Ibnu Nurwanto reaches artistic climaxCarla Bianpoen, Contributor/Jakarta While sculptures sometimes appear alien and distant from human life, in the case of sculptor Ibnu Nurwanto, the opposite is true.
Thu, 19 Aug 2004
Singapore eases land rules to promote luxury waterfront property
Singapore eases land rules to promote luxury waterfront property Agence France-Presse Singapore Land-starved Singapore is relaxing its property ownership rules to sell an exclusive waterfront development to the international jet set, its developers said on Wednesday.
Thu, 19 Aug 2004
Electronics manufacturer urges components duty cut
Electronics manufacturer urges components duty cutZakki P. Hakim, The Jakarta Post/Jakarta The government should cut import tariffs on electronics components so as to help improve the competitiveness of local electronics makers in the global market, an top industry executive said on Wednesday.
Thu, 19 Aug 2004
Science Olympians may win scholarships
Science Olympians may win scholarshipsDewi Santoso, The Jakarta Post/Jakarta The government is mulling the provision of one-year scholarships for silver and bronze medal winners of the National Science Olympics who lack funds to continue their studies at the university.
Thu, 19 Aug 2004
Sutiyoso seeks glory in Athens sun
Sutiyoso seeks glory in Athens sun Governor Sutiyoso departed for Athens on Tuesday evening to give his support to Indonesia's badminton athletes, leaving his subordinates to deal with the City Council as it deliberates revisions to the 2004 budget.
Thu, 19 Aug 2004
1. KADIN: 2 LINES, 20 COUNTS
1. KADIN: 2 LINES, 20 COUNTS 50 economic bills await new government 2. EDUCATION: 1 LINE, 32 COUNTS Education budget hike gets thumbs-up 3. KESRA: 1 LINE, 28 COUNTS Govt to conduct new Buyat study 4. SUSUL: 2 LINES, 24 COUNTSYear after Baghdad attack, UN faces vulnerability 5.
Thu, 19 Aug 2004
Fifty economic bills await new government
Fifty economic bills await new governmentZakki P. Hakim and Rendi A. Witular, The Jakarta Post/Jakarta The next government will face the challenging task of completing deliberations of about 50 draft laws and regulations on the economy, or existing investors would flee the country, the top...
Thu, 19 Aug 2004
Reform needed for true democracy
Reform needed for true democracyFrom Suara KaryaThe necessary reforms for true democracy have not been fully carried out because of the presence of various political groups that are reluctant to work seriously toward creating an ideal democratic state that is capable of guaranteeing the wellbeing...
Thu, 19 Aug 2004
Police investigate report against Tomy
Police investigate report against Tomy JAKARTA: Police began on Wednesday questioning Tempo weekly employees as witnesses in the perjury case filed by the publication against businessman Tomy Winata.The weekly's chief editor Bambang Harymurti said that police should respond to their complaints as...
Thu, 19 Aug 2004
Huzrin finds new home in Bandung jail
Huzrin finds new home in Bandung jailYuli Tri Suwarni, The Jakarta Post/Bandung Former Riau Islands regent Huzrin Hood, who was sentenced to two years for embezzling Rp 3.4 billion (US$377,777) from the regency's 2001 and 2002 budgets, has been registered as a new inmate at Sukamiskin prison in...
Thu, 19 Aug 2004
Police delay decision on VCD case
Police delay decision on VCD caseAbdul Khalik and Apriadi Gunawan, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta/Medan The disciplinary committee looking into allegations of electoral offenses against former Banyumas Police chief Sr. Comr.
Thu, 19 Aug 2004
First smoking, next apartments?
First smoking, next apartments?From Warta KotaJakarta Governor Sutiyoso's plan to issue a local regulation banning people from smoking in public places will surely be welcomed by most citizens in the capital as good health is indeed the right of everyone.
Thu, 19 Aug 2004
Police to determine source of contamination in Buyat Bay
Police to determine source of contamination in Buyat BayAbdul Khalik, The Jakarta Post/Jakarta Police are investigating who is responsible for the contamination in Buyat Bay and Totok Bay in Minahasa, North Sulawesi.National Police Director of Special Crimes Brig. Gen.