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Sun, 21 Aug 2005
Number of preschools constantly increasing
Number of preschools constantly increasingSudibyo M. Wiradji, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The number of preschools in Indonesia has grown rapidly over the last several years as more and more parents become aware of the importance of early childhood education for their children.
Sun, 21 Aug 2005
Alatas meets Myanmar rulers
Alatas meets Myanmar rulers MYANMAR: Constitutional talks suspended by Myanmar's military rulers and designed as the first step on the junta's "road map" to democracy, are due to resume by December, a visiting UN envoy said on Saturday.
Sun, 21 Aug 2005
Students hit books ahead of repeat exam
Students hit books ahead of repeat examID Nugroho, The Jakarta Post, SurabayaDust flies up from the chair as Gusti Ayu, wearing a T-shirt and old jeans, sits down. She looks exhausted."I am really tired because I have to take private lessons every day," she told The Jakarta Post at her house on...
Sun, 21 Aug 2005
ASEAN plans forum for 'neglected' education
ASEAN plans forum for 'neglected' educationNovan Iman Santosa, The Jakarta Post, Bangkok Education ministers in the region are planning to form a forum to discuss education as a part of concerted efforts to make the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) a more integrated society.
Sun, 21 Aug 2005
RI arrests 17 Thai fishermen
RI arrests 17 Thai fishermen INDONESIA: Indonesian authorities have arrested 17 Thai fishermen and seized their five boats in the latest operation targeting illegal fishing in the vast archipelago nation, a navy officer said on Saturday.
Sun, 21 Aug 2005
1. Wayang (1 x 45)
1. Wayang (1 x 45) 60 years ago, RI revolution was backed by puppets
Sun, 21 Aug 2005
Celebrating with paint
Celebrating with paint To celebrate the country's 60th Independence Day, Malang, a town in East Java, held a mural and graffiti festival.As many as 61 groups, comprising about 600 artists from across the country participated in the festival.
Sun, 21 Aug 2005
Nelwan makes fashion statement through indigenous fiber
Nelwan makes fashion statement through indigenous fiberRita A. Widiadana, The Jakarta Post/Kuta,Bali It was a memorable experience for Nelwan Anwar to dress President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, his wife and several Cabinet members in white shirts and kebaya (traditional blouses) made from haramay...
Sun, 21 Aug 2005
Int'l preschools offer exciting learning environment
Int'l preschools offer exciting learning environmentDebbie A. Lubis, Contributor, Jakarta Going to school for the first time can be a scary thing for preschoolers, but with a good educational system, the school can become a center of fun and excitement for young children.
Sun, 21 Aug 2005
Cooking and food bazaar
Cooking and food bazaar What's cooking? The "Jali Jali Jajanan Jakarta" food bazaar will be held at Ciputra Mall from Aug. 4 through Aug. 21.During the bazaar, visitors can polish up their culinary skills under the tutelage of acclaimed Chef Sugianto from the Ciputra Hotel.
Sun, 21 Aug 2005
Aceh's tsunami recovery hits snags over relocation
Aceh's tsunami recovery hits snags over relocationKoh Gui Qing, Reuters/Ujung Karang, Aceh After a month scavenging planks from ruined villages in Indonesia's tsunami-hit Aceh province, former truck driver Muhari built a shack that he has turned into a coffee shop.
Sun, 21 Aug 2005
~Tutor Time International Preschool and Kindergarten
~Tutor Time International Preschool and Kindergarten Nurturing children's unique potential All children come into this world with multiple intelligences and unique potential. However, without an environment conducive to learning, those gifts could not be properly recognized and nurtured.
Sun, 21 Aug 2005
Plastic packaging reaches new levels of impenetrability
Plastic packaging reaches new levels of impenetrability Here's a simple message to critics of Indonesian manufactured goods: Shut up!OK, we all know of polycarbonate chairs that crumple after a season in the sun, electric kettles that short circuit on the third boil and greenstick furniture that...
Sun, 21 Aug 2005
JP/14/Nelwan
JP/14/NelwanNelwan uses haramay for fashionable outfitsRita A. Widiadana The Jakarta Post/Kuta,Bali It was a memorable experience for Nelwan Anwar to dress President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, his wife and several Cabinet members in white shirts and kebaya (traditional blouses) made from haramay...
Sat, 20 Aug 2005
NTB gets Rp 94.94b from development projects
NTB gets Rp 94.94b from development projectsAntara, Mataram, West Nusa Tenggara The government will earmark this year a whopping Rp 94.94 billion (US$9.7 million) in funds to carry out development projects in 325 villages across the province.
Sat, 20 Aug 2005
Minister installs Riau Islands Governor
Minister installs Riau Islands Governor TANJUNG PINANG, Riau Islands: After twice being delayed, Minister of Home Affairs Mohammad Ma'ruf finally installed Ismeth Abdullah and Muhammad Sani as governor and deputy governor of Riau Islands province on Friday.
Sat, 20 Aug 2005
Sumbanese at mercy of weather, loan sharks
Sumbanese at mercy of weather, loan sharks Sumba island, which forms part of East Nusa Tenggara province in eastern Indonesia, tends to be one of the less reported locations in the country. Indeed, many confuse it with another island with a similar-sounding name, Sumbawa, which lies further to the...
Sat, 20 Aug 2005
Where to go in Jakarta: Saturday, August 20, 2005
Where to go in Jakarta: Saturday, August 20, 2005Exhibitions* Fine Arts Kekejaman Manusia by Gunther Uecker at Bentara Budaya Jakarta, Jl. Palmerah Selatan no. 17, Central Jakarta (Tel. 5483008), 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., until Aug.
Sat, 20 Aug 2005
RRI cooperates with 'Radio Australia'
RRI cooperates with 'Radio Australia' SANUR, Bali: State-owned radio station RRI signed here on Friday a cooperation agreement with Radio Australia. Under the agreement, Indonesian audiences will have access to the daily broadcast of Radio Australia's regional current affairs program, Asia Pacific,...
Sat, 20 Aug 2005
Acehnese with a cosmopolitan flair
Acehnese with a cosmopolitan flairYenni Kwok, Contributor/Hamburg There may not have been a better leader in the Acehnese delegation to the peace negotiations in Helsinki than Malik Mahmud.A career businessman, Mahmud, the exiled prime minister of the Free Aceh Movement (GAM), is used to all sorts...
Sat, 20 Aug 2005
Singaporean faces 80 counts of abuse
Singaporean faces 80 counts of abuse SINGAPORE: A 28-year-old Singapore woman faces 80 separate charges of abusing her Indonesian maid including punching, kicking and threatening to kill her, the Straits Times said on Friday.
Sat, 20 Aug 2005
Australians challenge Indonesia: Friend or foe?
Australians challenge Indonesia: Friend or foe?Sid Astbury, Deutsche Presse-Agentur/Sydney Many Australians would like to see jailed Indonesian cleric Abu Bakar Ba'asyir put up against a wall and shot despite the fact that any court in any jurisdiction anywhere would have been hard pressed to prove...
Sat, 20 Aug 2005
checked -- JSR
checked -- JSR Sumba's malnutrition: Of poverty and poor dietEvi Mariani The Jakarta Post/Sumba Island, East Nusa TenggaraWhile people in big cities begin to take up food combining, complete with the complicated calculations of daily consumed nutrition, most people in villages in Sumba still lag...
Sat, 20 Aug 2005
Riau Police shoot dead three elephant poachers
Riau Police shoot dead three elephant poachers Indonesian police said on Friday they had shot dead three elephant poachers who resisted arrested after they were caught in a protected forest reserve on Sumatra island.
Sat, 20 Aug 2005
Microsoft to set up more centers in RI
Microsoft to set up more centers in RIThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta PT Microsoft Indonesia plans to set up seven additional community-based Technology and Learning Centers (CLTCs) in West Java and Kalimantan in September as part of its commitment to boost domestic computer market penetration.
Sat, 20 Aug 2005
Medan police launch SMS service
Medan police launch SMS service MEDAN, North Sumatra: Medan police have launched a Short Messaging System (SMS) service, allowing the public to report any criminal acts to police. Chief of Medan police Sr. Comr.
Sat, 20 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.
Sat, 20 Aug 2005
Criticism mounts against Aceh foreign monitors
Criticism mounts against Aceh foreign monitorsThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta Criticism about the contents of the peace accord between the government and the Free Aceh Movement (GAM) continued on Friday, with legislators questioning the role of the foreign monitoring mission that they said was too...
Sat, 20 Aug 2005
Malaysia to start cloud seeding in Indonesia to put out fires
Malaysia to start cloud seeding in Indonesia to put out firesAgence France-Presse, Kuala Lumpur Malaysia will start cloud seeding in Indonesia's Sumatra and Kalimantan provinces next week amid warnings that the haze crisis caused by forest fires there could flare up again, a minister said on Friday.
Sat, 20 Aug 2005
On forest fires
On forest fires I'm deeply troubled by the lack of effort by Indonesian authorities in controlling forest fires in Sumatra and Kalimantan. This is not to say that nothing is being done about the fires, but that not enough effort and resources are being extended to control and put out these fires...
Sat, 20 Aug 2005
Headings
Headings1. WASTE -- 3x12 City plans to use incinerators to handle waste 2. PLUIT -- 1x32 CBD Pluit encircles school land 3. CANDLE -- 1x36 Six fires light up city in blackout 4. GRAFT -- 2x24 Police to consult BPKP experts in Peruri graft case 5.
Sat, 20 Aug 2005
Jailed GAM negotiator can't wait for release
Jailed GAM negotiator can't wait for releaseYuli Tri Suwarni, The Jakarta Post/Bandung The days leading to Aug. 21, the day the Indonesian government has promised to begin to set Aceh separatists free, seem to be moving slowly for Amni Ahmad Marzuki, a former negotiator of the Free Aceh Movement...
Sat, 20 Aug 2005
Pertamina expects to see 5% decline in net profit
Pertamina expects to see 5% decline in net profitLeony Aurora, The Jakarta Post/Jakarta State oil and gas firm PT Pertamina expects to see a decline of 5 percent in its unaudited net profit this year to Rp 8.55 trillion (US$855 million), from Rp 8.
Sat, 20 Aug 2005
Int'l terrorist still on the run
Int'l terrorist still on the runEva C. Komandjaja, The Jakarta Post/Jakarta The National Police denied on Friday a report that it had arrested Parlindungan Siregar, a suspected al-Qaeda member allegedly involved in a train station bombing incident in Madrid, Spain, last year.
Sat, 20 Aug 2005
Crime-free capital?
Crime-free capital? After their move against gambling and antidrug campaign targeting nightclubbers -- the results of which are yet to be seen -- the Jakarta Police are cracking down on street crime. City Police chief Insp. Gen.
Sat, 20 Aug 2005
West Java signs 11 MOUs on infrastructure development
West Java signs 11 MOUs on infrastructure developmentZakki P. Hakim and Yuli Tri Suwarni, The Jakarta Post/Bandung The West Java administration has signed 11 memorandum of understanding (MOU) on Friday with foreign and domestic investors aimed at developing infrastructure in the province.
Sat, 20 Aug 2005
JP/R. Bertho Wedhatama
JP/R. Bertho Wedhatama AUTO EXPO: The automotive expo held by the Association of Indonesian Car Manufacturers (Gaikindo) at the Jakarta Convention Center recently was among the largest exhibitions in Jakarta this year.
Sat, 20 Aug 2005
~Tutor Time International Preschool and Kindergarten
~Tutor Time International Preschool and Kindergarten Nurturing children's unique potential All children come into this world with multiple intelligences and unique potential. However, without an environment conducive to learning, those gifts could not be properly recognized and nurtured.
Sat, 20 Aug 2005
Don't cry for me Indonesia
Don't cry for me Indonesia Several articles have been written on the blatant discrimination that exists in Indonesian law regarding mixed marriages. Allow me to add another angle to that story and as far as I know, it has not been scrutinized before.
Sat, 20 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...
Sat, 20 Aug 2005
The impact of forest fires
The impact of forest fires Malaysians are a tolerant lot. But there is a limit to even this legendary patience when the consequences for health, the economy and quality of life are grave. And they are grave every time the pall of suffocating smoke visits the country from across the Malacca Strait.
Sat, 20 Aug 2005
1. MOU: 3 X 15
1. MOU: 3 X 15 Aceh rights tribunal to skip past cases: Govt 2. AMNESTY: 1 X21 GAM amnesty to be debated soon 3. INMATE: 2 X 24 Imprisoned GAM negotiator can't wait for release 4. TERROR: 1 X 27 Int'l terrorist still on the run 5. SHARIA: 2 X 18 Sharia court flogs women for gambling
Sat, 20 Aug 2005
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~;JP;HEN;CD: ANPAd..r.. Preschools-int'l-programInt'l preschools offer exciting learning environmentDebbie A. Lubis Contributor/Jakarta Going to school for the first time can be a scary thing for preschoolers, but with a good educational system, the school can become a center of fun and excitement...
Sat, 20 Aug 2005
Aceh rights tribunal to skip past cases: Govt
Aceh rights tribunal to skip past cases: GovtHera Diani, The Jakarta Post/Jakarta The government and the Free Aceh Movement (GAM) have agreed to only bring human rights violations cases in Aceh to court that occur after the signing of Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on Monday.
Sat, 20 Aug 2005
Ruling on work safety urgent
Ruling on work safety urgentThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta The government should immediately issue a regulation requiring occupational safety and health (OSH) programs in small enterprises and home industries to avoid unnecessary accidents at work and a reduction in employee productivity, according to...
Sat, 20 Aug 2005
Four young children die in West Sumba measles outbreak
Four young children die in West Sumba measles outbreakYemris Fointuna, The Jakarta Post/Kupang A measles outbreak has affected hundreds of children in West Sumba regency in eastern Indonesia over the past two weeks, claiming the lives of four children.
Sat, 20 Aug 2005
P.J. Leo
P.J. LeoStudents of the Gandhi Memorial International School (GMIS) put on a song and dance performance to commemorate Kartini Day, an important Indonesian national day. Courtesy of Sekolah Tunas MudaPreschool students of Sekolah Tunas Muda play with Connection Straws alongside one of their...
Sat, 20 Aug 2005
On car sales
On car sales We, PT Krama Yudha Tiga Berlian Motors (PT KTB), as sole distributor of Mitsubishi vehicles in Indonesia, would like to revise the article published on the Business page of The Jakarta Post, Aug. 15 edition, page 13, titled Car sales rise 30.
Sat, 20 Aug 2005
Fate of veterans' widows
Fate of veterans' widowsFrom KompasMy mother is the widow of an independence war veteran who receives a government pension in Yogyakarta. For three years now, she has not been receiving what she is entitled to.
Sat, 20 Aug 2005
Schools to adopt merit-based system
Schools to adopt merit-based system GORONTALO, Gorontalo: A government official complained on Thursday that most elementary school principals in the city got promotions based solely on seniority, and not quality.