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Sat, 07 Aug 2004
Bike to work 'if you want to reduce pollution'
Bike to work 'if you want to reduce pollution'Urip Hudiono, Jakarta Hoping to convince more Jakartans to use bicycles, a group of cyclists held a Bike to Work event along Jl. Sudirman in Central Jakarta on Friday after working hours.
Sat, 07 Aug 2004
Experts divided over maximum mercury levels in human blood
Experts divided over maximum mercury levels in human bloodDewi Santoso and Sari P. Setiogi, Jakarta The health scare in Pantai Buyat village in Minahasa, North Sulawesi, has raised the issue of mercury contamination, a topic over which experts differ when discussing safe levels in the human body.
Sat, 07 Aug 2004
Operator not ready for Bojong dump
Operator not ready for Bojong dumpThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta The opening of Bojong dump in Bogor regency to accommodate 2,000 tons of the capital's daily waste has to be delayed from the original schedule of Aug. 15 because operator PT Wira Gulfindo Sarana (WGS) is not ready.
Sat, 07 Aug 2004
Sentence demanded for minister
Sentence demanded for minister AMBON, Maluku: The prosecution demanded on Friday that the Ambon District Court sentence the Reverend Agustinus Sahertian, alias Avner, to two years in prison for attempting to incite people.Avner was arrested by police on April 27 on Jl.
Sat, 07 Aug 2004
Leading ASEAN
Leading ASEAN The 37th anniversary of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), which falls on Aug. 8, comes at a critical juncture. The world has undergone drastic developments these past few years on both the political and economic fronts, and ASEAN countries, individually or...
Sat, 07 Aug 2004
Law enforcement is the key to security in Jakarta
Law enforcement is the key to security in Jakarta After serving as East Java Police chief since 2003, Insp. Gen. Firman Gani has now replaced Insp. Gen. Makbul Padmanagara as Jakarta Police chief. Soon after his inauguration on July 20, The Jakarta Post's Surabaya-based correspondent, Indra...
Sat, 07 Aug 2004
Indonesia to cohost Asian Cup in 2007
Indonesia to cohost Asian Cup in 2007Christopher Bodeen, Associated Press, Beijing Four nations - Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, and Vietnam - will co-host the Asian Cup, Asia's premier soccer tournament, in 2007, officials said Friday.
Sat, 07 Aug 2004
Singapore PM Goh bids farewell
Singapore PM Goh bids farewellJason Szep, Reuters, Singapore Singapore's prime minister of 14 years, Goh Chok Tong, will bid farewell as leader on Sunday ahead of the island's second transition of power next week, paving the way for the return of a tougher leadership style.
Sat, 07 Aug 2004
Opposition needed in democracy
Opposition needed in democracy In accordance with its democratic system, Indonesia is now heading for the presidential election runoff on Sept. 20. The system that has been adopted in many developed countries respects the existence of an opposition party, to check and balance the government.
Sat, 07 Aug 2004
Tambi plantation offers more than just a tea walk
Tambi plantation offers more than just a tea walkSlamet Susanto, Wonosobo, Central Java Without doubt, tea offers enormous pleasure when brewed and sipped at the right time in agreeable company. Before tea leaves are picked from the plants on high ground, the plants provide pleasant scenery, while...
Sat, 07 Aug 2004
Feeling uneasy on Serpong freeway
Feeling uneasy on Serpong freeway From Media IndonesiaAs a resident of Serpong in Tangerang, I go to work in Jakarta mostly via the Ulujami-Serpong freeway. On my way home, I often feel scared because the toll road is not illuminated at night.
Sat, 07 Aug 2004
ICW to report school principal for graft
ICW to report school principal for graft JAKARTA: Indonesian Corruption Watch will file a report with the National Police alleging corruption by the principal of SMP 2 state junior high school in Balaraja, Tangerang regency.
Sat, 07 Aug 2004
TV Today: Saturday, August 7, 2004
TV Today: Saturday, August 7, 2004TVRI 6:00 a.m. News: Berita Pagi7:00 Children Show: Pentas Ceria7:30 Religious Teachings8:00 Talk Show: Sehat Ala Hembing9:00 Religious Teachings10:00 Talk Show11:30 Battle of Wits12:30 p.m.
Sat, 07 Aug 2004
No power supply in Serpong?
No power supply in Serpong?From RepublikaI am an elementary school teacher and plan to move with my family to Lengkong Gudang Timur village in Serpong district, Tangerang, where we will build a small house of our own.
Sat, 07 Aug 2004
Coke sales overstated by RI unit
Coke sales overstated by RI unit Coca-Cola Co., the world's largest soft-drink maker, overstated its volume of beverages sold for the past three years because of errors in reporting bottled-water sales in Indonesia.
Sat, 07 Aug 2004
Expert says dekel 'need empowering'
Expert says dekel 'need empowering'Leony Aurora, Jakarta Subdistrict councils should be formed independently by residents and treated as equal partners by local administrations in making policies that affect the public, an expert says.
Sat, 07 Aug 2004
JP/17/SIDE
JP/17/SIDE Artists discuss harmony, old age YOGYAKARTA: Pitoe Gallery is to facilitate a discussion on the Rights, Existence and Potency of Older Women on Aug. 7, here. The topic also relates to the current exhibition at the gallery titled Harmony Sejati (True Harmony).
Sat, 07 Aug 2004
Finding the funds for RI's human development
Finding the funds for RI's human developmentUNSFIR, Jakarta Indonesia's 2004 Human Development report has estimated what it would cost to provide good basic health and education services -- and also to offer both food security and better physical security for the whole population.
Sat, 07 Aug 2004
Mega not to meet with King Fahd
Mega not to meet with King Fahd JAKARTA: Indonesia said President Megawati Soekarnoputri had no plans to hold talks with King Fahd following her minor haj pilgrimage to the Saudi Arabian city of Mecca."There is no planned meeting that we are aware of.
Sat, 07 Aug 2004
Fire prevention
Fire prevention Days after 52 people lost their lives in a July 2002 fire that razed a nightclub in Palembang, South Sumatra, journalists in Jakarta began interviewing officials about the danger of fires in public places, including night entertainment establishments.
Sat, 07 Aug 2004
NOTES TO GT:
NOTES TO GT: Advertorial -- Gajah Tunggal - Stop AIDS or it will destroy our future - GT receives award for its success in AIDS prevention program- GT pays serious attention in preventing the spread of AIDS "Don't let AIDS destroy our future!" reads a banner that greets visitors to the 250-hectare...
Sat, 07 Aug 2004
Oil snaps new high of $45 a barrel
Oil snaps new high of $45 a barrelJakarta Post, Jakarta Global oil prices moved to new record highs on Friday, zooming to close to US$45 per barrel following a blaze at a big U.S. refinery that ignited fears that current supplies are inadequate to meet demand that is accelerating at the fastest...
Sat, 07 Aug 2004
Survivors deal with wounds, trauma
Survivors deal with wounds, traumaUrip Hudiono, Jakarta Sari Puspita has been struggling hard to eventually come to terms with the horrible terrorist attack on the JW Marriott Hotel last year that has left physical and mental scars.
Sat, 07 Aug 2004
U.S. and RP say they remain antiterror allies
U.S. and RP say they remain antiterror alliesAgence France-Presse, Manila The United States and the Philippines insisted on Friday that they remained allies against global terrorism after quarreling over Manila's military pullout from Iraq under pressure from kidnappers there.
Sat, 07 Aug 2004
Official decries labor law enforcement
Official decries labor law enforcementUnited States-based Human Rights Watch and the Asian Labor Network on International Financial Institutions (ALNI) have recently criticized the poor labor conditions in Indonesia.
Sat, 07 Aug 2004
Government urged to repair roads
Government urged to repair roads TANGERANG: Outgoing Tangerang Council speaker Dadang Kartasasmita demanded that Banten Governor Djoko Munandar take a look at the regency's badly damaged roads."Maintenance of the main thoroughfares here is the responsibility of the provincial administration, not...
Sat, 07 Aug 2004
Part 2 of 2
Part 2 of 2Indonesian judiciary in constitutional crisis Tim Lindsey and Simon Butt Melbourne2. Unsfir3 -- Finding the funds for human development 1 x 48 Finding the funds for RI's human development UNSFIR Jakarta 3.
Sat, 07 Aug 2004
KONI hopeful TV stations will show Olympics
KONI hopeful TV stations will show OlympicsMusthofid and Eva C. Komandjaja, Jakarta The National Sports Council (KONI), which is sending 39 athletes to the Athens Olympics, said on Friday it was keeping up hopes that a TV station would make a last-ditch bid for the Olympic broadcast package.
Sat, 07 Aug 2004
Fire prevention
Fire prevention Days after 52 people lost their lives in a July 2002 fire that razed a nightclub in Palembang, South Sumatra, journalists in Jakarta began interviewing officials about the danger of fires in public places, including night entertainment establishments.
Sat, 07 Aug 2004
Indian inflation hits two-year high of 7.51%
Indian inflation hits two-year high of 7.51%Biman Mukherji, Agence France-Presse, Bombay, India India's inflation rate hit its highest level in two years, climbing to 7.51 percent, driven mainly by rocketting food prices triggered by a dry spell in key food-growing regions.
Fri, 06 Aug 2004
Myanmar PM to visit Vietnam, Cambodia
Myanmar PM to visit Vietnam, Cambodia VIETNAM: Myanmar Prime Minister Gen. Khin Nyunt will travel to Vietnam and Cambodia next week, their foreign ministries said, for talks expected to focus on the deadlock over October's Asia- Europe Meeting (ASEM).
Fri, 06 Aug 2004
Buyat Bay case needs serious attention
Buyat Bay case needs serious attention The Buyat Bay issue has been a hot topic these past two weeks.However, no party has claimed responsibility for pollution in the bay. This country is suffering from an old illness: It cannot see the culprits even though it could -- if it wanted to.
Fri, 06 Aug 2004
JSX investigating leap in Ades shares
JSX investigating leap in Ades sharesRendi A. Witular, Jakarta The Jakarta Stock Exchange (JSX) said on Thursday there were preliminary indications of insider trading behind the recent leap in the share price of beverage company PT Ades Alfindo Putrasetia.
Fri, 06 Aug 2004
Inflation up sharply in RP on oil spike
Inflation up sharply in RP on oil spike MANILA: Inflation in the Philippines jumped sharply in July, rising to an annualized 6.6 percent from 5.4 percent in June on the back of a spike in global oil prices, the government said on Thursday.
Fri, 06 Aug 2004
Man found strangled in alley
Man found strangled in alley JAKARTA: A bird seller, Solikhin, 22, was found dead with a wire wound around his neck on Thursday morning in a dead-end alley near his home on Jl. Arya Putra in Pamulang, Tangerang.
Fri, 06 Aug 2004
Malaysia vows to help to solve Thai unrest
Malaysia vows to help to solve Thai unrestNopporn Wong-Anan, Reuters, Bangkok Thailand and Malaysia agreed on Thursday to work together to improve conditions in their border region, long a source of tension, to help curb a new wave of violence in Thailand's largely Muslim south.
Fri, 06 Aug 2004
Kalla wants Press Law ammended; Hasyim wants press to educate
Kalla wants Press Law ammended; Hasyim wants press to educateTiarma Siboro, Jakarta The two vice presidential candidates contesting the presidential election runoff spoke during separate sessions of a discussion on press freedom on Thursday, and voiced differing views on the application of the...
Fri, 06 Aug 2004
Wiranto unable to prove claims, ready to accept ruling
Wiranto unable to prove claims, ready to accept rulingMuninggar Sri Saraswati, Jakarta Lawyers for presidential candidate Wiranto failed to produce evidence to the Constitutional Court to back up claims their client lost over five million votes in the July 5 presidential election.
Fri, 06 Aug 2004
JP Morgan hires Wirjawan for RI unit
JP Morgan hires Wirjawan for RI unit SINGAPORE: JP Morgan Chase & Co., the second-biggest U.S. bank, said it hired Gita Wirjawan as senior country officer and head of investment banking in Indonesia, replacing Jonathan Chang, who retired in June.
Fri, 06 Aug 2004
Govt on track to meet tax revenue target
Govt on track to meet tax revenue targetThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta The government said on Thursday it had collected some Rp 120.7 trillion (US$13.08 billion) in tax revenue in the first seven months of this year, or 46 percent of the full-year target.
Fri, 06 Aug 2004
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;KORAN TEMPO;ARS;CD; ANPAk..r.. Letter-support Winners deserve support JP/7/letWinner deserves supportFrom Koran TempoThe nation's first direct presidential election has taken place and the two top finishers will take part in an upcoming runoff unless one of the candidates can secure a simple...
Fri, 06 Aug 2004
Shoppers go gaga over gadget sales
Shoppers go gaga over gadget salesEvi Mariani, Jakarta The man holding the megaphone looked frantic and sweaty as he stood among the eager shoppers in the parking lot of the Electronic City store in the Sudirman Central Business District (SCBD) in South Jakarta on Thursday.
Fri, 06 Aug 2004
Power blackouts affect thousands
Power blackouts affect thousands PALEMBANG, South Sulawesi: At least 51,415 houses in three districts in South Sulawesi have been experiencing periodic power blackouts since Wednesday due to supply disruptions.
Fri, 06 Aug 2004
Model banned from visiting Tommy
Model banned from visiting Tommy SEMARANG: Actress and model Sandy Harun has been banned from visiting former president Soeharto's youngest son, Hutomo "Tommy" Mandala Putra, who is serving a 15-year jail term on an island prison in Cilacap regency, Central Java, an official said on Thursday.
Fri, 06 Aug 2004
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;JP;CD COMPAc...r... Spotlight - Sharp - ResearchFor Spotlight: Friday, August 6, 2004 PLASMACLUSTER RESEARCH REPORT: SHARP Director of Sales and Marketing Mr. Jino Sugiarto (right) receives a research report on plasmaclusters from Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB) biological laboratory head Dr.
Fri, 06 Aug 2004
Chinese fans will behave for Asia Cup final: CFA
Chinese fans will behave for Asia Cup final: CFAAgencies, Beijing Chinese fans will behave when the hosts take on bitter rivals Japan in the Asian Cup final on Saturday, but a small minority may make their voices heard, a China Football Association (CFA) official said.
Fri, 06 Aug 2004
Marriott bomb victim overcomes trauma
Marriott bomb victim overcomes traumaUrip Hudiono, Jakarta For Febby Firmansyah, 27, the biggest fear he has following the JW Marriott Hotel bombing last year is not that of public places, as one might expect, but rather of being hospitalized.
Fri, 06 Aug 2004
Winner deserves support
Winner deserves supportFrom Koran TempoThe nation's first direct presidential election has taken place and the two top finishers will take part in an upcoming runoff unless one of the candidates can secure a simple majority.
Fri, 06 Aug 2004
Part 1 of 2: Indonesian judiciary in constitutional crisis
Part 1 of 2: Indonesian judiciary in constitutional crisisTim Lindsey and Simon Butt, Melbourne, Australia The Constitutional Court's decision July 23 in the Masykur Abdul Kadir case may be one of the most important in Indonesian legal history.
Fri, 06 Aug 2004
Riau prosecutors name Kampar Council graft suspects
Riau prosecutors name Kampar Council graft suspectsPuji Santoso, Pekanbaru The Riau Prosecutor's Office named on Thursday all 45 councillors at Kampar regental council as suspects in a Rp 1.125 billion (US$118,421) corruption case.