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Fri, 20 Sep 2002
TV Today: Friday, September 20, 2002
TV Today: Friday, September 20, 2002TVRI .tb .30" .90" 5:00 a.m. Religious Teachings6:00 News8:00 Environment9:00 Indonesian Film11:00 News11:30 Music12:00 p.m. News1:00 Talk Show3:00 Music3:30 Religious Teachings4:00 TV Drama5:00 The Brilliant6:00 News7:00 Talk Show9:00 News 9:30 TV Drama11:00...
Fri, 20 Sep 2002
Thai star top seed in Indonesia WTA Tour 2002
Thai star top seed in Indonesia WTA Tour 2002Agencies, Tokyo Thailand's Tamarine Tanasugarn powered into the quarterfinals of the Princess Cup here Thursday with a solid straight sets win over Argentina's Clarisa Fernandez.
Fri, 20 Sep 2002
Good governance to secure summit outcome
Good governance to secure summit outcomeMoch. N. Kurniawan, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The government has pledged to encourage good governance, reduce unemployment, ratify environmental conventions and set up a sustainable development council to follow up on the outcome of the World Sustainable...
Fri, 20 Sep 2002
OBITUARY
OBITUARY Former rector of University of Indonesia Mahar Mardjono passed away at the age of 79 on Thursday due to heart and kidney complications.One of his brothers, Bambang, said Mahar was in treatment at the Cipto Mangunkusumo Hospital since Sunday.
Fri, 20 Sep 2002
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Indonesia and HIV/AIDS: A slow progress 2. Hasan2 -- 1 X 38Part 2 of 2RI's pledge to fight terrorism assured 3. Dyer -- 1 X 32 The options for Saddam Hussein
Fri, 20 Sep 2002
New Zealand Milk holds writing contest
New Zealand Milk holds writing contest PT. New Zealand Milk Indonesia is holding a writing competition on tourism in New Zealand for Indonesian journalists in Greater Jakarta from September to October.Riki Taiaroa, the marketing manager of New Zealand Milk Indonesia, said on Thursday that...
Fri, 20 Sep 2002
Bumptious final solution?
Bumptious final solution? Once again the consumer public has been dealt another discriminatory and unethical blow from a bumptious policy. ANZ has just cemented an unofficial policy into regulation -- to our detriment.Below are direct quotes from ANZ's reply to me dated Aug.
Fri, 20 Sep 2002
Megawati criticizes demonstrators
Megawati criticizes demonstrators JAKARTA: President Megawati Soekarnoputri expressed her disappointment on Thursday with the way students and youths demonstrated."Compared to the current rallies, those in the past were well managed," Megawati said while opening the Association of Bandung Institute...
Fri, 20 Sep 2002
'Amien unfit to contest presidency'
'Amien unfit to contest presidency' JAKARTA: The split in the Islamic Student Association Alumni Corps (KAHMI) has raised questions about Amien Rais' appropriateness to run for the presidency in 2004.A member of the KAHMI presidium council, Asril Harahap, said Thursday that Amien, the People's...
Fri, 20 Sep 2002
IBRA debtors told to pay 30% in cash by October
IBRA debtors told to pay 30% in cash by OctoberThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta Debtors under the state's Deed of Indebtedness Agreement (APU) have until the end of next month to repay 30 percent of their debts in cash if they want to avoid lawsuits by the Indonesian Bank Restructuring Agency (IBRA).
Fri, 20 Sep 2002
Central government wants to claim right over land use
Central government wants to claim right over land useFabiola Desy Unidjaja The Jakarta Post JakartaAuthority over land use may be the next point of contention between the central government and local administrations as the former considers claiming back the right over land use in the regions that...
Fri, 20 Sep 2002
Airport management declared guilty of illegal land seizure
Airport management declared guilty of illegal land seizureMulta Fidrus, The Jakarta Post, Tangerang PT Perum Angkasa Pura II (PAP), which manages the Soekarno- Hatta International Airport, was declared guilty of illegally seizing land belonging to 16 residents living near the airport on Thursday.
Fri, 20 Sep 2002
Rupiah Rates Sept.19
Rupiah Rates Sept.19 Banknote rates TT rates Selling Buying Selling Buying Rp Rp Rp Rp Australian dollar 1 5,220.65 4,666.80 4,970.58 4,916.64 Brunei dollar 1 5,358.79 4,791.95 5,102.11 5,048.49 Canadian dollar 1 6,019.65 5,382.52 5,731.31 5,670.68 Swiss franc 1 6,328.87 5,660.72 6,025.72 5,963.
Fri, 20 Sep 2002
Workers stage nationwide rally against protection bill
Workers stage nationwide rally against protection billTertiani ZB Simanjuntak, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta In what was believed to be one of the largest turnouts ever of labor protesters, thousands of workers from across the country took to the streets on Thursday to oppose the labor protection and...
Fri, 20 Sep 2002
"Make love, not war!"
"Make love, not war!" in the troubled Aceh Aboeprijadi Santoso Journalist AmsterdamAn Indonesian artist living in Cologne, Germany, raises anxiety over problems in his country, the "Aceh-puzzle." "Why is it that they want to maintain the nation by fighting against our brothers and sisters?" says...
Fri, 20 Sep 2002
Intervention in Pertamina
Intervention in Pertamina The World Bank has sent a note to Minister of Finance Boediono, expressing its objection to the integration of downstream units of Pertamina state oil and gas company and requesting split assets, as a consequence of the implementation of Law No.
Fri, 20 Sep 2002
Iraq war could be destabilizing: Hassan
Iraq war could be destabilizing: HassanFabiola Desy Unidjaja, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Indonesia, the world's most populous Muslim country, has warned that any unilateral act against Iraq would only provoke destabilization in the immediate region and beyond.
Fri, 20 Sep 2002
ASEAN minister hold transportation meeting
ASEAN minister hold transportation meetingRendi A. Witular, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The eighth annual ASEAN Transport Ministers' Meeting began in Jakarta on Thursday, with aims to free up the movement of people and goods throughout Southeast Asia.
Fri, 20 Sep 2002
Legal protection sought for Indonesian detained in RP
Legal protection sought for Indonesian detained in RPMuninggar Sri Saraswati and Tiarma Siboro, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Human rights activists have called on the government to ensure legal protection for all Indonesians being detained in the Philippines on charges of terrorist acts and to demand...
Fri, 20 Sep 2002
Nominal corruption
Nominal corruption Corruption is no longer moral decline. It is now just statistics.The Supreme Audit Agency (BPK) no longer refers to manipulation of state funds as corruption but as "irregularities".In its latest report to the House of Representatives, the BPK disclosed trillions of rupiah of...
Fri, 20 Sep 2002
Activists to take legal action in election rift
Activists to take legal action in election riftAhmad Junaidi, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Public opposition to the election of Sutiyoso as governor continued on Thursday with several non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and student organizations planning to file a citizens lawsuit, demanding the...
Fri, 20 Sep 2002
ASEM aims to narrow cultural devide
ASEM aims to narrow cultural devideAgence France-Presse, Singapore/Copenhagen Asian leaders are aiming to narrow a cultural divide and seek greater market access for their products at a summit with their European Union (EU) counterparts in Denmark next week.
Fri, 20 Sep 2002
Indonesia and HIV/AIDS: A slow progress
Indonesia and HIV/AIDS: A slow progressRita A. Widiadana, Staff Writer, The Jakarta Post, Denpasar Some 300 participants of the recent ASEAN People's Assembly in Denpasar, Bali, demanded that the next summit of leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, scheduled for November, address...
Fri, 20 Sep 2002
Yamisa head declared suspect in fraud case
Yamisa head declared suspect in fraud caseYuli Tri Suwarni, The Jakarta Post, Bandung Chairman of Alhi Sunnah Wal Jamaah (Yamisa) Islamic foundation Abdur Rahman was declared a suspect on Thursday for his role in a financial fraud involving thousands of people in West Java.
Fri, 20 Sep 2002
Councillor tortured in Cirebon
Councillor tortured in Cirebon CIREBON, West Java: A city councillor reported that he had been tortured by a group of unknown people as six parties joined hands to isolate a major political force ahead of the election of Cirebon mayor.
Fri, 20 Sep 2002
Australian Embassy clarifies
Australian Embassy clarifies I am writing in response to an article which appeared in The Jakarta Post on Sept. 13, entitled Indonesia told to quit Cairns Group.The reported call from the representative of a local non- government organization, Institute for Global Justice, for Indonesia to withdraw...
Fri, 20 Sep 2002
Open-pit mines endanger lives, nature
Open-pit mines endanger lives, natureDadan Wijaksana and Musthofid The Jakarta Post JakartaEnvironmentalists have raised alarm over a recent recommendation from legislators to allow four mining companies to resume open-pit mining operations in protected forests, citing potential huge losses to the...
Fri, 20 Sep 2002
Tamarine Tanasugarn into Princess Cup last eight
Tamarine Tanasugarn into Princess Cup last eightThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta Thailand tennis player Tamarine Tanasugarn has been named the top seed of the Wismilak International Sanex WTA Tour 2002 to be held at the Grand Hyatt Nusa Dua Hotel in Bali from Sept. 21 through Sept. 29, an official said.
Fri, 20 Sep 2002
Recommended companies and mining area
Recommended companies and mining area --------------------------------------------------------------------- Companies Concession area Protected forest area (ha) (ha) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. PT Citra Palu Minerals 235,698 85,580 2.
Fri, 20 Sep 2002
SE Asia eyes anti-terror effort in Malacca Strait
SE Asia eyes anti-terror effort in Malacca StraitGrace Nirang, Reuters, Jakarta Imagine a huge gas tanker hijacked in the busy Malacca Strait and turned into a floating bomb aimed at wealthy Singapore or major ports in Indonesia or Malaysia.
Fri, 20 Sep 2002
Government, House approve of Presidential pardon bill
Government, House approve of Presidential pardon billKurniawan Hari, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Legislators and the government on Thursday ended deliberation on the amendment of Law No. 3/1950 on Presidential Pardons with a new stipulation that enables a convict to seek a pardon and appeal all at...
Fri, 20 Sep 2002
Drivers attack, damage 10 minivans
Drivers attack, damage 10 minivans BOGOR: Protesting public minivan drivers in Bogor attacked coworkers and damaged 10 vehicles when they refused to join a strike over minivan routes on Thursday.The drivers of 05 minvans traveling from the Bogor Institute of Agriculture (IPB) in Dermaga, demanded...
Fri, 20 Sep 2002
Education empowers people to be responsible
Education empowers people to be responsible The government will propose revisions to the draft bill on national education and one main item in the bill's deliberation will be the changes to the Constitution in regard to education.
Fri, 20 Sep 2002
Imported used clothes
Imported used clothesFrom Bisnis IndonesiaIndonesians are fond of consuming used goods ranging from used aircraft, rail cars, buses, luxury cars, factory machines, electronics, paper, to used clothes and other products.Some of these goods are imported legally and others are contraband.
Fri, 20 Sep 2002
Divestment price of Bank Niaga
Divestment price of Bank Niaga The plan of the Indonesian Bank Restructuring Agency (IBRA) to divest the government's shares in PT Bank Niaga Tbk will again have to be postponed because the prospective investor, Malaysia's Commerce Asset Bhd and Indonesia's House of People's Representatives, whose...
Fri, 20 Sep 2002
TV Today: Friday, September 20, 2002
TV Today: Friday, September 20, 2002TVRI .tb .30" .90" 5:00 a.m. Religious Teachings6:00 News8:00 Environment9:00 Indonesian Film11:00 News11:30 Music12:00 p.m. News1:00 Talk Show3:00 Music3:30 Religious Teachings4:00 TV Drama5:00 The Brilliant6:00 News7:00 Talk Show9:00 News 9:30 TV Drama11:00...
Fri, 20 Sep 2002
APD II meeting marred by boycott
APD II meeting marred by boycottDamar Harsanto, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The Asian People's Dialogue (ASD) II, which aims at seeking solutions to urban poverty in the country was marred by a boycott from foreign participants who objected to the absence of the Indonesian participants in the plenary...
Fri, 20 Sep 2002
Central government wants to claim right over land use
Central government wants to claim right over land useFabiola Desy Unidjaja, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Authority over land use may be the next point of contention between the central government and local administrations as the former considers claiming back the right over land use in the regions...
Fri, 20 Sep 2002
Using the law as a shield
Using the law as a shieldFrom Rakyat MerdekaWhat a mess our judicial system is! Unless the system is reformed, don't expect that the law can be enforced.The governor of Bank Indonesia, Syahril Sabirin, was convicted by the district court and then acquitted by the higher court that heard his appeal.
Fri, 20 Sep 2002
Asia tourism won in 2001: Report
Asia tourism won in 2001: ReportDominic Whiting, Reuters, Bangkok Asia's reputation as a relatively safe destination combined with the Sept.11 attacks on the United States spurred an increase in tourists to most of the region, an industry said on Thursday.
Fri, 20 Sep 2002
'There is nothing new about money politics'
'There is nothing new about money politics' With corruption being so rampant in this country, some people were not surprised to hear the news about the alleged money politics behind Governor Sutiyoso's victory. Sutamto, 49, has been working as a taxi driver for more than a year.
Fri, 20 Sep 2002
Banjarmasin mayor faces impeachment
Banjarmasin mayor faces impeachmentYuliansyah and Kurniawan Hari, The Jakarta Post, Banjarmasin/Jakarta Following the impeachment of South Kalimantan Governor Sjachriel Darham last month, the Mayor of Banjarmasin, Sofyan Arfan, faces similar action as Anti Provocateur Movement (Gapok) pressure...
Fri, 20 Sep 2002
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"Make love, not war!" in troubled Aceh 2. Korea -- New era in East Asia 2 X 30Tokyo, Pyongyang rapproachment hopeful new era in East Asia
Fri, 20 Sep 2002
Stock quotations on JSX
Stock quotations on JSXStock prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (in rupiah) on Sept. 19, 2002:-------------------------------------------------------------- Shares Close Change Trading Volume -------------------------------------------------------------- Abdi Bangsa Tbk 270 0 0 Ades Alfindo Tbk...
Fri, 20 Sep 2002
Djamin reelected as Unimed rector
Djamin reelected as Unimed rector MEDAN, North Sumatra: Prof. Djanius Djamin was reelected as rector of Medan State University (Unimed) after garnering 43 out of a possible 47 votes, for the second term in a senate meeting in Medan on Wednesday.
Fri, 20 Sep 2002
Jamsostek to set up 14 health centers
Jamsostek to set up 14 health centers Up to 14 trauma centers will be set up by the end of this year, in a bid to provide better health services to workers, P.T. Jaminan Sosial Tenaga Kerja (Jamsostek) Director Ahmad Djunaedi said on Thursday.
Fri, 20 Sep 2002
The impact of the drought
The impact of the drought The media intensively sounded the alarm against drought so that the entire country could be well prepared. This warning was expected to minimize the adverse impacts of this natural phenomenon.
Fri, 20 Sep 2002
Patrol boats to protect Babel waters
Patrol boats to protect Babel waters PALEMBANG, South Sumatra: Palembang Police spokesman Comr.. Arum Priyono said on Thursday that police patrol boats formerly deployed in West Kalimantan were currently patrolling the waters of Bangka-Belitung (Babel) to prevent foreign fishermen from pillaging...
Fri, 20 Sep 2002
Wife defend's al-Faruq's innocence
Wife defend's al-Faruq's innocenceTheresia Sufa, The Jakarta Post, Bogor The wife of detained terrorist suspect Omar al-Faruq has defended her husband's innocence, saying he had nothing to do with terrorism.
Fri, 20 Sep 2002
Legal experts decry arrest of al-Qaeda suspect al-Faruq
Legal experts decry arrest of al-Qaeda suspect al-FaruqMuninggar Sri Saraswati and Tiarma Siboro, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Legal experts have raised objections to the arrest and deportation of an al-Qaeda suspect by means of an intelligence operation, saying such operations are prone to rights...