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Mon, 16 Aug 2004
Riau to call on firms over renewed haze
Riau to call on firms over renewed haze PEKANBARU, Riau: The Riau Environmental Impact Management Agency (Bapedalda Riau) is to summon executives of several plantation companies and concessionaires over the return of haze to the province.
Mon, 16 Aug 2004
Wahyuana
Wahyuana The Jakarta Post/BekasiAs part of police reform, the Bekasi Police will establish two new police posts this month, adopting the koban concept, which originated in Japan."This project encourages closer relations between the police and the community. We plan to have nine more koban next year.
Mon, 16 Aug 2004
Authorities urged to enforce vehicle emission standards
Authorities urged to enforce vehicle emission standardsUrip Hudiono, The Jakarta Post/Jakarta Notorious as the second most polluted city in the world after Mexico City, Jakarta could have improved its air quality significantly and protected residents' health if the city had enforced emission...
Mon, 16 Aug 2004
Constitutional Court controversy
Constitutional Court controversyFrom Koran TempoThe Constitutional Court's decision to declare unconstitutional Law No.16/2003 on antiterrorism, as it conflicts with a new provision in the recently amended Constitution, is certainly controversial.
Mon, 16 Aug 2004
Textile center exports training skills
Textile center exports training skillsTheresia Sufa, The Jakarta Post/Bogor The International Garment Training Center (IGTC) in Bogor, West Java, has agreed to help develop a similar training facility in Honduras and Vietnam.
Mon, 16 Aug 2004
Govt claims farming sector fully recovered
Govt claims farming sector fully recoveredZakki P. Hakim and Johannes Simbolon, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Despite the lingering effects of the economic crisis, the nation's farming industry has grown over the past four years at a faster rate than during the previous decade's economic boom,...
Mon, 16 Aug 2004
Loyal, outspoken, loved: Mochtar's friends remember
Loyal, outspoken, loved: Mochtar's friends rememberA. Junaidi, The Jakarta Post/Jakarta To the young people today, especially young reporters, the name of Mochtar Lubis does not carry much currency. This towering figure in Indonesia's journalism is indeed more appreciated abroad than in his own...
Mon, 16 Aug 2004
America in two minds about China?
America in two minds about China? Tom Plate The Straits Times Asia News Network Singapore The China question has not yet surfaced in the United States presidential election. Perhaps this is just as well. U.S. campaigns are blunt instruments at best for the mastication of complex issues.
Sun, 15 Aug 2004
Lain emerges from independent music scene
Lain emerges from independent music sceneJoko Anwar, Contributor, JakartaThe huge hall in Jakarta Convention Center was only one-third full when Lain played their first song at an acoustic event organized by high school students of SMU 8 Jakarta last week.
Sun, 15 Aug 2004
Medals of honors awarded to 13 respected figures
Medals of honors awarded to 13 respected figuresThe Jakarta Post JakartaAs part of the annual Independence Day celebrations, President Megawati Soekarnoputri conferred on Saturday medals of honor to 13 people who had made significant contributions to the country.
Sun, 15 Aug 2004
Coffee culture in Bengkulu
Coffee culture in Bengkulu The pungent aroma of coffee filled the afternoon air in Curup, a cool hill town some 85 kilometers northeast of Bengkulu, the capital of the province of the same name."Bengkulu coffee is 100 percent pure, not mixed with corn flour or anything.
Sun, 15 Aug 2004
RI loses veteran banker, top comedian
RI loses veteran banker, top comedianThe Jakarta Post, JakartaNoted comedian Darto Helm passed away at the age of 61 on Saturday, at around 6:30 p.m., after suffering a series of strokes over the past eight years. He is survived by his wife Sutiah and their two daughters, Dian Rudianti and Triana.
Sun, 15 Aug 2004
Golkar eyes long-term benefits with PDI-P
Golkar eyes long-term benefits with PDI-PM. Taufiqurrahman, The Jakarta Post/JakartaThe Golkar Party is set to form a coalition with the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) to support Megawati Soekarnoputri's bid for presidency, as it would serve the party's long-term interests, a...
Sun, 15 Aug 2004
Mega honors leading nationals
Mega honors leading nationalsThe Jakarta Post, JakartaAs part of the annual Independence Day celebrations, President Megawati Soekarnoputri conferred on Saturday medals of honor to 13 people who had made significant contributions to the country.
Sun, 15 Aug 2004
* Houses for the 21th century, edited by Geoffrey London, texts
* Houses for the 21th century, edited by Geoffrey London, texts by Anoma Pieris, Geoffrey London, Amanda Achmadi, Philip Goad, Paul Walker & Justine Clark, Pirak Anurakwachon. Photography by Patrick Bingham-Hall. Published in 2004 by Periplus Editions (HK) Ltd.
Sun, 15 Aug 2004
Readership survey
Readership surveyThe Jakarta Post's readership survey is on pages 9-10 in today's issue. We hope that you will take the time to give us your input. The survey is also available online at www.thejakartapost.com. -- Editor
Sun, 15 Aug 2004
A splendid dining journey through Bali
A splendid dining journey through BaliRita A. Widiadana, The Jakarta Post/Denpasar Dining in a romantic, serene garden surrounded by water lily and lotus ponds or in a beachfront open-air pavilion overlooking the great rolling waves of the Indian Ocean could be a perfect escape from your hectic...
Sun, 15 Aug 2004
New Italian eatery serves fine, and fun, cuisine
New Italian eatery serves fine, and fun, cuisineTantri Yuliandini, The Jakarta Post, JakartaAlthough home to a vast array of delicious cuisine, Central Jakarta's Kota area was not a place where the hip and happening would be caught dead on a Saturday night (unless, of course, they did get caught in...
Sun, 15 Aug 2004
Getting out and about in Manado and beyond
Getting out and about in Manado and beyondTantri Yuliandini, The Jakarta, Manado, North SulawesiThe once pretty face of Manado has never been the same since reclamation projects altered the shoreline along Manado Bay to make way for big shopping complexes.
Sun, 15 Aug 2004
Cak Nur, Goenawan win freedom awards
Cak Nur, Goenawan win freedom awardsSari P. Setiogi, The Jakarta Post/JakartaNoted Muslim scholar Nurcholish Madjid and poet Goenawan Mohamad were granted the Achmad Bakrie awards from the Freedom Institute (Fins) on Saturday, for their devotion to socio-religious work and literature respectively.
Sun, 15 Aug 2004
Customer-made: A home design to suit all tastes
Customer-made: A home design to suit all tastesMaria Endah Hulupi, Contributor, JakartaThe customer is always right, right?True, but translating a home owner's wishes without breaking a set of design principles can be a tough task.
Sun, 15 Aug 2004
Up-and-coming puppet master Nanang Hape
Up-and-coming puppet master Nanang HapeHera Diani, The Jakarta Post, JakartaIn the Mahabharata epic, ascetic Kanika gives two hints to King Duryudana, the eldest of the Kurawa knights, on how to stay in power.
Sun, 15 Aug 2004
Inscrutable you: Graham makes sense of Indonesia
Inscrutable you: Graham makes sense of IndonesiaDewi Anggraeni, Contributor, Melbourne, AustraliaThe People Next Door: Understanding Indonesia Duncan Graham University of Western Australia Press, Western Australia, 2004 Paperback, 189 pp For decades, sociologists and political scientists in the...
Sun, 15 Aug 2004
Indonesia keeps its own time in ever-hectic world
Indonesia keeps its own time in ever-hectic worldMaggie Tiojakin, Contributor, BostonIn some parts of the world, where a 15-minute service delay could turn into a million-dollar lawsuit, punctuality is every bit as important as the relationships it sustains.
Sun, 15 Aug 2004
Asylum seekers hospitalized
Asylum seekers hospitalized INDONESIA: Nearly a dozen Afghan asylum seekers have been hospitalized following a hunger strike in which some stitched their mouths shut to protest the United Nations' refusal to grant them refugee status, officials said on Saturday.
Sun, 15 Aug 2004
'Wayang Kancil' amuse children and adults
'Wayang Kancil' amuse children and adultsLeony Aurora , The Jakarta Post/JakartaMost children who visited the Puppet Museum in Kota, West Jakarta, on Saturday were already familiar with the clever mouse- deer, or kancil as it is locally known.
Sat, 14 Aug 2004
Indonesia's 59th Independence Day, and Its Future
Indonesia's 59th Independence Day, and Its FutureJusuf Wanandi Jakarta After eight years of multiple crises encompassing all fields of life, and many pessimistic evaluations and assessments, including mine, it is about time to ask ourselves what lies ahead for us? Should we be more optimistic about...
Sat, 14 Aug 2004
JP/20/TANTO
JP/20/TANTO Tarko Sudiarno The Jakarta Post/Magelang, Central JavaJournalists and fellow artists often call him a village provocateur. "I'm part of the villagers and I admire them for their wisdom, art and culture.
Sat, 14 Aug 2004
1. Indo (4x14)
1. Indo (4x14) Indofood's profit drops by 62% on currency losses 2. FTA (1x30) RI prepares 50-item FTA with U.S. OR RI prepares 50-item FTA OR RI preparing FTA with U.S. 3. Permat (2x25) Jamsostek earmarks Rp 800b for Permata Banks shares is it Permata Bank or Bank Permata? State pension fund...
Sat, 14 Aug 2004
Elections Commission
Elections Commission Valina Singka Subekti displays a specimen ballot paper to be used for the Sept. 20 presidential election runoff. The commission introduced the ballot paper on Friday and announced plans to advertise the election soon in the mass media.
Sat, 14 Aug 2004
'The death sentence is no joke'
'The death sentence is no joke'The execution of 67-year-old Indian national Ayodhya Prasadh Chaubey in Medan, North Sumatra, last week for drug smuggling remains controversial. Some people support capital punishment, and say it should also be applied to big-time corruptors.
Sat, 14 Aug 2004
RI, E. Timor set to discuss rights abuse acquittals
RI, E. Timor set to discuss rights abuse acquittalsThe Jakarta Post, JakartaThe foreign ministers of Indonesia and East Timor are likely to discuss matters related to the 1999 human rights violations in East Timor, including the possible establishment of a commission of experts, when the two meet...
Sat, 14 Aug 2004
Indonesia, Japan to hold crucial talks on economy
Indonesia, Japan to hold crucial talks on economyDadan Wijaksana, The Jakarta Post/JakartaThe government will host a high-level discussion on matters concerning the economy with a visiting delegation from Japan on Monday, with a search for ways to improve the investment climate in this country...
Sat, 14 Aug 2004
RI July vehicle sales down 10%
RI July vehicle sales down 10% JAKARTA: Sales of new vehicles in Indonesia fell 10% in July to 38,481 from 42,769 in June, the Indonesian car assemblers' association, Gaikindo, said on Friday.The association didn't provide an explanation for the fall in vehicle sales in the domestic market, but...
Sat, 14 Aug 2004
JP/17/KAWIN
JP/17/KAWIN Sri Yunnah, AY Kuncana continue painting despite old ageSri Wahyuni The Jakarta Post/YogyakartaGetting older does not mean you have to stop working. Artists Sri Yunnah, 64, and her husband, A.Y. Kuncana, 70, are proof of this.
Sat, 14 Aug 2004
3 x 20
3 x 20 Police blame locals for failure to arrest mysterious gunmen JP/4/gadis2 X 28 Mining endangers species in national park, say officials JP/5/YOGYA2 x 29 Panwaslu quiz police chief over alleged poll partiality JP/5/RIVER2 x 31 27 firms face investigation into pollution in Karanganyar rivers 2 x...
Sat, 14 Aug 2004
Yogya's cultural bulletin launched
Yogya's cultural bulletin launchedYOGYAKARTA: In a bid to provide greater access and information to the public, the Yogyakarta municipal board of culture (DKK) launched over the weekend Umbul, a bimonthly bulletin on culture.
Sat, 14 Aug 2004
House rushes debate on commission bill
House rushes debate on commission bill JAKARTA: The House of Representatives committee deliberating the truth and reconciliation commission bill has intensified its deliberation and pledged to finish it in the upcoming session.M.
Sat, 14 Aug 2004
Health agency fails to meet annual target for free cataract operations
Health agency fails to meet annual target for free cataract operationsMulta Fidrus, The Jakarta Post/TangerangWith around 4,000 residents on the north coast of Tangerang regency suffering sight problems caused by cataracts every year, the regency health agency has failed to fulfill its goal of...
Sat, 14 Aug 2004
Megawati congratulates Lee, hopes for better relations
Megawati congratulates Lee, hopes for better relationsFabiola Desy Unidjaja, JakartaPresident Megawati Soekarnoputri congratulated on Thursday new Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and expressed hope his government would work to improve bilateral relations between the two countries.
Sat, 14 Aug 2004
Rupiah Rates Aug.13
Rupiah Rates Aug.13 Banknote rates TT rates Selling Buying Selling Buying Australian dollar 1 6,931.20 6,217.01 6,608.95 6,539.04 Brunei dollar 1 5,685.59 5,100.38 5,421.25 5,364.56 Canadian dollar 1 7,335.49 6,580.82 6,994.44 6,921.69 Swiss franc 1 7,766.03 6,967.96 7,404.96 7,328.
Sat, 14 Aug 2004
Respecting pedestrians
Respecting pedestrians The rapid proliferation of motor vehicles in the ever- enlarging and teeming megalopolis that is Jakarta has created serious problems for pedestrians.It is obvious that the pedestrians' rights have been denied by fellow residents and administration officials.
Sat, 14 Aug 2004
Panwaslu quizes police chief over alleged poll partiality
Panwaslu quizes police chief over alleged poll partialitySlamet Susanto and Abdul Khalik, The Jakarta Post/Yogyakarta/JakartaThe Yogyakarta Election Supervisory Committee (Panwaslu) questioned on Friday Yogyakarta municipal police chief Sr. Comr.
Sat, 14 Aug 2004
Corruption eradication moves ahead
Corruption eradication moves ahead From Koran TempoThe Megawati government's serious intention to eliminate corruption is indicated by the issuance of Presidential Decree No.59/2004 on the establishment of anticorruption courts.
Sat, 14 Aug 2004
RI prepares 50-item FTA with U.S.
RI prepares 50-item FTA with U.S.Zakki P. Hakim, The Jakarta Post/JakartaThe government has proposed 50 products and commodities as the initial focus of a possible future free trade agreement (FTA) between the country and the U.S.
Sat, 14 Aug 2004
Oil above $45 on Iraq, Venezuela
Oil above $45 on Iraq, VenezuelaReuters, LondonOil hovered near record peaks on Friday, underpinned by worries of fresh sabotage on Iraq's oil industry and possible unrest in Venezuela where President Hugo Chavez this weekend faces a referendum on his rule.U.S. light crude eased 8 U.S. cents to $45.
Sat, 14 Aug 2004
*Proper maintenance key to clean gas emission: Experts Page 2
*Proper maintenance key to clean gas emission: Experts Page 2 *Priok victims refuse to give up Page 4 *Police blame locals for failure to nab mysterious gunmenPage 5 *The benefits of learning true independence Page 7 *Market demolition pending new study by university Page 8 *Iraqis demonstrate in...
Sat, 14 Aug 2004
Unforgettable moment on offer in special honeymoon package
Unforgettable moment on offer in special honeymoon packageSri Wahyuni, The Jakarta Post/Klaten, Central JavaIt was Monday afternoon at Candi Sewu, a Buddhist temple in Bener, Bugisan village, Prambanan sub-district, Klaten, Central Java, about 17 kilometers east of Yogyakarta.
Sat, 14 Aug 2004
Sri Yunnah, Kuncana continue painting, despite old age
Sri Yunnah, Kuncana continue painting, despite old ageSri Wahyuni, The Jakarta Post/YogyakartaGetting older does not mean you have to stop working. Artists Sri Yunnah, 64, and her husband, A.Y. Kuncana, 70, are proof of this.
Sat, 14 Aug 2004
Indofood's profit drops by 62% on forex losses
Indofood's profit drops by 62% on forex lossesRendi Witular, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The world's largest instant noodle maker PT Indofood Sukses Makmur announced on Friday its net profit in the first semester dropped by 62 percent on-year, mostly on foreign exchange losses and interest burdens.