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Thu, 19 Sep 2002
Violence against media up in Aceh
Violence against media up in Aceh BANDA ACEH, Aceh: The Banda Aceh chapter of the Association of Indonesian Journalists (PWI) voiced its concern on Wednesday over violence against journalists in Aceh, which has increased over the past few months.
Thu, 19 Sep 2002
Islamic touch in Trisutji's music
Islamic touch in Trisutji's musicMaria Endah Hulupi, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta As a child, she knew she was blessed with music talent, a prowess that she sharpened during her teenage years. Her toil and determination paid.
Thu, 19 Sep 2002
Bridging the investment gap in Asia
Bridging the investment gap in AsiaMotomichi Ikawa, Executive Vice President Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA), World Bank Group For Asia, the last decade has seen its share of drama. An unprecedented boom in flows of foreign direct investment (FDI), an engine of economic growth,...
Thu, 19 Sep 2002
Two killed in Ambon brawl
Two killed in Ambon brawl AMBON, Maluku: Two people were killed and two others were seriously wounded during a clash between villagers from Pelauw and Kailolo in the eastern Indonesian subdistrict town of Haruku here on Wednesday.
Thu, 19 Sep 2002
Handling migrant workers
Handling migrant workersFrom Media IndonesiaAn expert presidential adviser said that President Megawati Soekarnoputri handled the problem of Indonesian migrant workers better than her Philippine counterpart Arroyo.
Thu, 19 Sep 2002
Youths discuss peace for Aceh
Youths discuss peace for AcehThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta At least 70 young people coming from across Aceh province gathered in Banda Aceh on Wednesday to seek a common understanding on government policy and a peaceful solution to the conflict in Aceh.
Thu, 19 Sep 2002
Efforts to curb illegal logging hampered by collusion
Efforts to curb illegal logging hampered by collusionMusthofid and Dadan Wijaksana, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Chronic collusion among officials and a lack of financial support have hampered the Ministry of Forestry's bid to curb rampant illegal logging, which has caused Rp 30 trillion in annual...
Thu, 19 Sep 2002
Gaining foothold in regional forwarding and delivery markets
Gaining foothold in regional forwarding and delivery marketsSudibyo M. Wiradji, Contributor, Jakarta Despite the lingering economic crisis in several member countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), providers of freight forwarding and delivery-related services are racing to...
Thu, 19 Sep 2002
Govt cautioned on U.S. motives in Iraq
Govt cautioned on U.S. motives in IraqMuninggar Sri Saraswati and Tiarma Siboro, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta An Indonesian Muslim leader has cautioned the government against the U.S. threat to attack Iraq, saying it could be motivated by a desire to control the world's oil production rather than to...
Thu, 19 Sep 2002
Editor's note
Editor's note This Special Page is published in conjunction with the Trans ASEAN 2002 Conference and Exhibition, which opens at the Jakarta Convention Center here today.Over 40 industry leaders in international and regional transportation-related businesses are expected to participate in the...
Thu, 19 Sep 2002
Akbar's liberty, Criminal Code disputed
Akbar's liberty, Criminal Code disputedMuhammad Nafik, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Demand have been growing for the government and the House of Representatives to revise the Criminal Code Procedures (KUHAP) to ensure that a defendant convicted by a district court goes to jail immediately regardless...
Thu, 19 Sep 2002
PT Danzas Saranaperkasa offers excellent forwarding and logistics
PT Danzas Saranaperkasa offers excellent forwarding and logistics servicesAfter 10 years of operation in Indonesia, freight forwarding and logistics provider PT Danzas Saranaperkasa, a subsidiary of the Switzerland-based Danzas Group, has successfully managed to retain a strong customer base for...
Thu, 19 Sep 2002
Locals organize cultural festival
Locals organize cultural festivalBoudewijn Brands, Contributor, Yogyakarta Gejawan is a village off Jl. Wates, seven kilometers west of Yogyakarta, a bit away on the south of this busy, smoky road. It is a quiet village with sounds and noises coming from playing children, chicken and ducks and the...
Thu, 19 Sep 2002
Where to go in Bali for Thursday, September 19, 2002
Where to go in Bali for Thursday, September 19, 2002Exhibitions* Installation Art Skyplace Bamboo Airshipe Zeppelin, by Markus Heinsdorff's, Gaya Fusion of Senses, Jl. Raya Sayan, Ubud (Tel. 0361 979253), until Oct. 20.
Thu, 19 Sep 2002
Rini campaigns against higher cigarette excise
Rini campaigns against higher cigarette exciseRendi A. Witular, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Minister of Trade and Industry Rini MS Soewandi is seeking support from legislators for her plan to persuade Minister of Finance Boediono to cancel cigarette excise increases.
Thu, 19 Sep 2002
Govt asked to renovate market
Govt asked to renovate market BEKASI: Hundreds of garment vendors from Pondok Gede market urged the local administration to renovate the market, which is now in poor condition. The traders, grouped in the Association of Pondok Gede Market Vendors, complained that the market was badly in need of...
Thu, 19 Sep 2002
Danzas: Leading international logistics provider in Indonesia
Danzas: Leading international logistics provider in Indonesia After ten years of operation in Indonesia, freight forwarding and logistics provider PT Danzas Saranaperkasa, a subsidiary of the Swiss-based Danzas Group and the logistics subsidiary of Deutsche Post World Net, has a strong customer...
Thu, 19 Sep 2002
Muninggar Sri Saraswati
Muninggar Sri Saraswati and Tiarma Siboro The Jakarta Post Jakarta A legislator hinted on Tuesday that the Indonesian Military (TNI) might not get House support for a rise in the defense budget if it failed to explain irregularities in the use of state funds.
Thu, 19 Sep 2002
House delays passing broadcasting bill as radio, TV vow to defy
House delays passing broadcasting bill as radio, TV vow to defyKurniawan Hari and Muhammad Nafik, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The House of Representatives bowed to mounting pressure on Wednesday and delayed endorsing the controversial broadcasting bill, which TV and radio operators and other critics...
Thu, 19 Sep 2002
TANGERANG: A total of 113 couples, including some
TANGERANG: A total of 113 couples, including some grandparents, gathered together for a mass wedding on Tuesday in Cisoka district of Tangerang. The event was organized by Dian Mitra, a local social foundation.
Wed, 18 Sep 2002
Nunukan remains 'humanitarian emergency'
Nunukan remains 'humanitarian emergency'Tertiani ZB Simanjuntak and Fabiola Desy Unidjaja, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta In contrast to the ebbing media reports and the government claims of an improving situation of workers camped in Nunukan island, East Kalimantan, a group of non-governmental...
Wed, 18 Sep 2002
Divestment price of Bank Niaga
Divestment price of Bank Niaga The Indonesian Bank Restructuring Agency (IBRA)'s plan to divest the government's shares in Bank Niaga will again have to be postponed because the prospective investor, Malaysia's Commerce Asset Bhd, and Indonesia's House of Representatives, whose approval IBRA needs...
Wed, 18 Sep 2002
Hassan criticizes restriction of foreign broadcasting
Hassan criticizes restriction of foreign broadcastingThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta Foreign minister Hassan Wirayuda has joined the chorus of criticism against the broadcasting bill for restricting foreign radio and television broadcasting, calling it censorship.
Wed, 18 Sep 2002
Handling migrant workers
Handling migrant workersFrom Media IndonesiaAn expert presidential adviser said that President Megawati Soekarnoputri handled the problem of Indonesian migrant workers better than her Philippine counterpart Arroyo.
Wed, 18 Sep 2002
VP uninformed of al-Qaeda member arrest
VP uninformed of al-Qaeda member arrestThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta In another example of poor coordination in President Megawati Soekarnoputri's administration, Vice President Hamzah Haz admitted on Tuesday he had no knowledge of the arrest of an alleged al-Qaeda operative in Indonesia.
Wed, 18 Sep 2002
Eleven injured in mass brawl
Eleven injured in mass brawl PALU, Central Sulawesi: Eleven people were seriously injured, three houses burned and hundreds of people forced to flee during a five-hour brawl between Bora and Watunonju villagers in Central Sulawesi.
Wed, 18 Sep 2002
Long promised prosecutors yet to arrive in Maluku
Long promised prosecutors yet to arrive in MalukuThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta Some 30 prosecutors the government promised to send to Maluku several months ago are yet to arrive in the strife-torn province.
Wed, 18 Sep 2002
RI seeking food security
RI seeking food securityAileen Kwa, Focus on the Global South, Geneva Indonesia refused to sign on to a Cairns Group position paper calling for drastic tariff cuts submitted on Sept. 6, during the agriculture negotiations at the World Trade Organization in Geneva.
Wed, 18 Sep 2002
VP, experts urge speedy handling of Akbar case
VP, experts urge speedy handling of Akbar caseMuhammad Nafik and Fabiola Desy Unidjaja, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Vice President Hamzah Haz and legal experts called on Tuesday for the speedy handling of House of Representatives Speaker Akbar Tandjung's appeal against his conviction for corruption...
Wed, 18 Sep 2002
Pertamina criticizes World Bank proposal
Pertamina criticizes World Bank proposalThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta State-owned oil and gas company Pertamina criticized a proposal from the World Bank for the government to sell off its Balikpapan refinery in East Kalimantan and the Cilacap refinery in Central Java.
Wed, 18 Sep 2002
School buildings ready to collapse
School buildings ready to collapse BATANG, Central Java: Nearly 80 elementary school buildings in Central Java were in danger of collapsing while a further 46 were in an extremely poor condition, Batang education office head Abu Syairi said on Tuesday.
Wed, 18 Sep 2002
GAM blames govt troops in torching of 80 shops in North Aceh
GAM blames govt troops in torching of 80 shops in North AcehNani Farida and Ibnu Mat Noor, The Jakarta Post, Banda Aceh Dozens of people were injured and more than 80 shophouses burned in the latest outbreak of violence in Aceh.
Wed, 18 Sep 2002
Chinese food with Korean flavor
Chinese food with Korean flavorMaria Endah Hulupi, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Korean cuisines have, apparently, been on its heyday in Jakarta if the number of restaurants is the yardstick.Epicurants who have a particular taste for Korean cuisine with already 50 restaurants to choose from, now have...
Wed, 18 Sep 2002
YLKI prepares class action guidelines
YLKI prepares class action guidelinesNovan Iman Santosa, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The Indonesian Consumers Foundation (YLKI) is preparing guidelines for customers affected by two power blackouts in the Greater Jakarta area last week to file a class action against state-owned electricity company PT...
Wed, 18 Sep 2002
Targeting investors
Targeting investors The 2002 World Investment Report of the Geneva-based UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) provides further confirmation of the steady flight of capital from Indonesia since 1998, as reflected in its net resource outflows of US$3.27 billion in 2001.
Wed, 18 Sep 2002
Rupiah Rates Sept.17
Rupiah Rates Sept.17 Banknote rates TT rates Selling Buying Selling Buying Rp Rp Rp Rp Australian dollar 1 5,247.61 4,694.13 4,997.72 4,943.79 Brunei dollar 1 5,369.49 4,804.83 5,113.80 5,060.38 Canadian dollar 1 6,035.25 5,401.91 5,747.85 5,689.21 Swiss franc 1 6,272.15 5,613.89 5,973.48 5,912.
Wed, 18 Sep 2002
Morotai attack under investigation
Morotai attack under investigation JAKARTA: Pattimura Military Commander May. Gen. Djoko Santoso said Tuesday that violence on Morotai Island, North Maluku was designed to create conflict in the area."There has never been conflict on the island.
Wed, 18 Sep 2002
Tens of thousands to be evicted as airport expands
Tens of thousands to be evicted as airport expandsMulta Fidrus, The Jakarta Post, Tangerang Tens of thousands of people living in seven subdistricts near Soekarno-Hatta International Airport will be evicted from their homes and land in the near future due to the planned expansion of the...
Wed, 18 Sep 2002
Bombs found near Freeport
Bombs found near Freeport JAKARTA: A bomb planted under a bridge near the part U.S.- owned Freeport copper and gold mine in Irian Jaya was detonated but failed to explode on Saturday, the Indonesian Military (TNI) said Tuesday.
Wed, 18 Sep 2002
Individuals mark ballot papers with personal code in gubernatorial election
Individuals mark ballot papers with personal code in gubernatorial electionBambang Nurbianto and Ahmad Junaidi, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta A councillor from PDI Perjuangan's faction at the City Council admitted on Tuesday that members of the faction had their own code to mark the ballot papers in...
Wed, 18 Sep 2002
CANBERRA: Indonesian airlines will be allowed to fly into
CANBERRA: Indonesian airlines will be allowed to fly into international regional airports in Australia, the Australian government said Monday. Transport Minister John Anderson and Tourism Minister Joe Hockey said in statements the new arrangements provided unrestricted air services between all...
Wed, 18 Sep 2002
KL to let 500,000 workers return
KL to let 500,000 workers returnAgencies, Kuala Lumpur/Jakarta Malaysia approved 500,000 work permits for the construction sector following the recent mass deportation of illegal immigrants which crippled the building industry, the official Bernama news agency said Tuesday.
Wed, 18 Sep 2002
Councillors worried about salaries
Councillors worried about salariesYuliansyah, The Jakarta Post, Banjarmasin After briskly voting South Kalimantan Governor Sjachriel Dahram out of office, provincial councillors there are now expressing worries that they will not receive their monthly salaries for September.
Wed, 18 Sep 2002
Palace lacks grass for deer
Palace lacks grass for deer BOGOR: The Bogor Palace has been forced to buy grass to feed its 622 deer due to a lack of green grass in the palace compound.Because of a lack of rain, much of the grass on the grounds of the palace has turned yellow.
Wed, 18 Sep 2002
Does Mega need a PR makeover?
Does Mega need a PR makeover?Kornelius Purba, The Jakarta Post, Staff Writer, Jakarta, korpur@yahoo.com What kind of publicity can President Megawati Soekarnoputri expect from the presidential office, if her public relations strategy is just a carbon copy of the policy during Soeharto's...
Wed, 18 Sep 2002
Terrorism fight grows in SE Asia
Terrorism fight grows in SE AsiaChris Foley, Agence France-Presse, Singapore The arrests of a further 21 suspected terrorists in Singapore put Southeast Asia's importance to al-Qaeda sharply into focus analysts said Tuesday as counter-terrorism warnings were stepped up.
Wed, 18 Sep 2002
Java Sea, world's biggest trash dump
Java Sea, world's biggest trash dump BOGOR, West Java: The Java Sea would soon become a giant garbage dump unless the government got serious about improving its waste management, an expert said on Tuesday.
Wed, 18 Sep 2002
Fuad wins KAHMI chairmanship
Fuad wins KAHMI chairmanship JAKARTA: Former finance minister Fuad Bawazier was elected as the Islamic Student Association Alumni Family (KAHMI) chairman at the conclusion of the organization's extraordinary congress in Yogyakarta on Tuesday.
Wed, 18 Sep 2002
Where to go in Surabaya, for Wednesday, September 18, 2001
Where to go in Surabaya, for Wednesday, September 18, 2001Performances* Theater Akin & Amity, A Journey of Art in Ten Cities, CCCL - French Cultural Center, Jl. Darmokali 10 (Tel. 031 5678639), 7 p.m. to 9 p.m., Sept. 21. Workshop at 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.
Wed, 18 Sep 2002
Sony Ericsson responds
Sony Ericsson responds In response to I G.G.P. Bayu Ismoyo's letter in The Jakarta Post on Sept. 10 we would like to clarify as follows.Sony Ericsson Service Center at SCBD has checked Bayu Ismoyo's R600 cellular phone and found it did not function properly. Therefore we exchanged the product.