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Hu replaces Jiang to cap transition

Hu replaces Jiang to cap transitionBenjamin Kang Lim, Reuters/Beijing Former president Jiang Zemin gave up the top job in China's military on Sunday, handing over his last post to Communist Party chief Hu Jintao to complete a historic leadership transition to a younger generation.

Six houses

Six houses razed by fire JAKARTA: Fire razed six houses, including a junkyard, on Jl. Saharjo, Tebet, South Jakarta, on Sunday at around 3 p.m.A firefighter from the South Jakarta Fire Brigade said that at least 10 fire trucks were deployed to put out the fire.

Entertaining Pagulayan beats Tony in exhibition match

Entertaining Pagulayan beats Tony in exhibition matchMusthofid, The Jakarta Post/Bali World 9-ball pool champion Alex Pagulayan put on an entertaining display of his skills to beat National Games gold medalist Tony Cahaya Putra in one stop on his exhibition match tour here on Sunday.

1. ELECT: 1 LINE, 35 COUNTS

1. ELECT: 1 LINE, 35 COUNTS Accept whoever wins election: Mega 2. CURTAIN: 2 LINES, 24 COUNTS Huge problems awaiting Indonesia's next president 3. TENNIS: 1 LINE, 32 COUNTS Kuznetsova claims Wismilak title 4. BEIJING: 2 LINES, 18 COUNTS Hu replaces Jiang to cap transition

Industrial waste kills shrimp farming

Industrial waste kills shrimp farmingMulta Fidrus, The Jakarta Post/Tangerang Hundreds of shrimp farmers who manage some 2,000 hectares of shrimp ponds along the northern coast of Tangerang regency complained of industrial waste in Cisadane River destroyed their shrimp farms.

TV Program: Monday, September 20, 2004

TV Program: Monday, September 20, 2004TVRI .TB.30" .90" 6:00 a.m. News: Berita Pagi7:30 Children Show: Pentas Ceria8:30 Music: Asyik Asyik11:00 Singing Contest: Konteswara 12:00 p.m. Documentary 1:00 News: Berita Siang3:00 English News Service4:30 Documentary6:30 Talk Show: Obrolan Wong Cilik7:00...

Huge problems await next president

Huge problems await next presidentThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta Over 100 million people are expected to flock to hundreds of thousands of polling stations on Monday to cast their votes in the final round of the country's first-ever direct presidential election.

2 x 18

2 x 18 Padang court frees graft defendants JP/5/MONKEY1 x 44 1,000 orangutans disappear each year: Survey JP/5/PROJECT1 x 38 10,000 face eviction for water project JP/5/HPH3 x 18 Siberut Island suffers as logging destroys ecology JP/5/PILOT1 x 29 Japanese WWII pilot drops aid

Employees hospitalized with food poisoning

Employees hospitalized with food poisoning JAMBI: Over 100 employees of Matahari department store, here, were taken to local hospitals on Saturday after allegedly eating contaminated food.Jambi Police chief Sr. Comr.

Waste travels to the islands

Waste travels to the islandsLeony Aurora, The Jakarta Post/Jakarta "It's a Nike! A doll! Thongs! Light bulbs!"These words did not come from excited children at a birthday party. Instead, they came from volunteers, who were quite surprised at what they found over the weekend on the west beach of...

Voters to be treated like kings at three polling stations

Voters to be treated like kings at three polling stations Indonesians who turn out to vote at three polling stations in Monday's presidential election will get free food, drink, entertainment and even door prizes, a report said Sunday.

World Muslim E-center launched

World Muslim E-center launched JAKARTA: The electronic center and gallery for Muslims were launched on Sunday in the basement of the Grand Istiqlal Mosque in Jakarta, to enable the country's Muslims to communicate interactively and exchange information with other Muslims worldwide.

Accept whoever wins poll: Mega

Accept whoever wins poll: MegaFabiola Desy Unidjaja and Indra Harsaputra, The Jakarta Post/Jakarta/Surabaya Incumbent President Megawati Soekarnoputri has reiterated her call for a peaceful election and asked the nation to accept whoever was elected the next president in the vote on Monday.

Regency court for Tangerang sought

Regency court for Tangerang sought TANGERANG: Tangerang Government Watch director Tony Wismantoro suggested on Saturday that Tangerang regency get its own prosecutor's office and court."This is also in line with the separation of the Tangerang City Police into regency and municipal police offices,"...

1,000 orangutans disappear each year: Survey

1,000 orangutans disappear each year: SurveyApriadi Gunawan, The Jakarta Post/Medan A survey by the Sumatran Orangutan Conservation Program (SOCP) found at least 1,000 orangutans in North Sumatra and Aceh provinces are disappearing each year due to poaching and loss of habitat.

Howard lashes rival for opposing strikes on SE Asia

Howard lashes rival for opposing strikes on SE AsiaAgencies, Canberra Prime Minister John Howard criticized on Sunday his election rival Mark Latham for ruling out pre-emptive strikes against terrorist targets in Southeast Asia if Australia were under direct threat.

Experts see strong interest in govt bonds

Experts see strong interest in govt bondsThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta The government said over the weekend it was planning to sell some Rp 2.5 trillion worth of sixth government domestic bonds on Sept. 28, in what an analyst said as timely, given the positive sentiment to be derived from Monday's...

Associated Press

Associated Press Kuala Lumpur Malaysia may resume poultry exports next week to Singapore, its biggest market, despite failing to eradicate bird flu from the northern state of Kelantan, a senior official said on Saturday.

It's now or never for Megawati and her PDIP

It's now or never for Megawati and her PDIP-------------------------------------------------------------------Megawati Soekarnoputri's name and positions are at stake. She is in the precarious position of losing both her presidential seat and the leadership of the Indonesian Democratic Party of...

TNI arrest GAM police chief

TNI arrest GAM police chief BANDA ACEH: The Indonesian Military (TNI) captured on Saturday Bantarisa Usaru, the Separatist Aceh Movement (GAM) police chief for Bireuen regency, during an operation in Krueng Simpo Mina village, 300 kilometers from Banda Aceh.

Ground water near fishpond may not be safe

Ground water near fishpond may not be safeDewi Santoso, The Jakarta Post/Jakarta People living near fishponds need to take care in using ground water as it may be polluted with bacteria and other micro- organisms from water used to clean fishponds, a study revealed.

RI students grab silvers, bronze medals

RI students grab silvers, bronze medalsThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta Indonesian students grabbed two silvers and one bronze in the 16th Olympiad in Informatics that ended on Saturday in Athens, Greece.The event, which ran from Sept. 11 to Sept. 18, was attended by 300 students from 80 countries.

Govt launches Hepatitis C Care Day

Govt launches Hepatitis C Care DayDewi Santoso, The Jakarta Post/Jakarta With at least seven million people in the country infected with hepatitis C, increasing public awareness of the disease is one way to halt its transmission.

Registered voters drop by 103,000

Registered voters drop by 103,000 JAKARTA: Jakarta General Elections Commission (KPUD) Muhamad Taufik said on Sunday that the number of registered voters for Monday's presidential election declined by 103,528 to only 6,617,980, while the number of polling stations is reduced by 10 from 224,224...

PPP members seek to oust Hamzah

PPP members seek to oust Hamzah JAKARTA: Discontent with the current party's leadership, some members of the United Development Party (PPP) are seeking to hold a special national meeting to replace incumbent chairman Hamzah Haz, who is also the incumbent vice president.

Event preparations sluggish: Mayor

Event preparations sluggish: Mayor BANDUNG: Bandung Mayor Dada Rosada acknowledged on Saturday that preparations for the Asia Africa Conference Golden Jubilee were far from complete, although the conference is only six months away.

'Indonesia Sukses' quiz

'Indonesia Sukses' quiz From Koran Tempo We have often heard on the television that many elementary schools have collapsed because not enough funds are available for their proper maintenance. Many experts and government leaders have also complained on TV that there is not enough money to develop...

Senseless acts of violence

Senseless acts of violence I would like to express my profound sympathy for the people of Indonesia. The recent terrorist attack on the Australian Embassy, as well as the Bali bombing and the attack on the Marriott, were certainly carried out by people who do not represent the peaceful people of...

Monday's runoff to boost rupiah, stock index

Monday's runoff to boost rupiah, stock indexDadan Wijaksana, The Jakarta Post/Jakarta The rupiah and stock prices are set to benefit this week from the prevailing positive market sentiment, as hopes are high that the Monday's election runoff will proceed without violence, analysts said on Sunday.

Vote and be counted

Vote and be counted It's decision time. Today is the final round of the presidential election. For the first time since we declared independence in 1945, the people of this country have the opportunity to decide directly who will lead us for the next five years.

Fires break out in Berbak National Park

Fires break out in Berbak National Park JAMBI, Jambi: Dozens of hot spots were detected by satellite on Saturday in Berbak National Park, here, signifying that areas of the national park were ablaze.However, no data was available on the scale of the fires.

Scope brings Web content to mobile devices

Scope brings Web content to mobile devicesZatni Arbi, Contributor/zatni@cbn.net.id When my cell phone operator Telkomsel introduced the General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) over its cellular phone network, I did not jump straight into the habit of browsing the Internet using my cell phone.

Blast perpetrated by lone suicide bomber: police

Blast perpetrated by lone suicide bomber: policeAbdul Khalik, The Jakarta Post/Jakarta All the body parts found at the bomb site outside the Australian Embassy in Jakarta belonged to one suicide bomber, a police general close to the investigation revealed on Sunday.

Kota Bunga's

Kota Bunga's elitism reeksFrom Media IndonesiaAs a customer of Kota Bunga in Cipanas, West Java, I was promised various facilities before buying a villa, including the use of a guesthouse twice, each time for three nights, while the villa is under construction.

KPU launches computerized vote counting

KPU launches computerized vote countingM. Taufiqurrahman The Jakarta Post/JakartaA new-and-improved computerized vote counting system was ready for the presidential election and would help to reduce vote- rigging in the poll, the General Elections Commission (KPU) announced on Sunday.

Wismilak International

Wismilak International Results from the sixth day of the US$225,000 11th Wismilak International WTA event on Indonesia's resort island of Bali on Saturday (x denotes seeding): Semifinals Svetlana Kuznetsova (Rus x2) bt Nadia Petrova (Rus x4) 6-7 (2/7), 6-1, 6-2.

Industry says luxury tax stymies electronics development

Industry says luxury tax stymies electronics developmentZakki P. Hakim, The Jakarta Post/Jakarta If you think a 29-inch tube screen television or a camera cell phone with add-ons -- both selling for about Rp 3 million, (US$330) -- are luxuries then you're in agreement with the government.

Fake diplomas

Fake diplomasFrom RepublikaSurely, all of us want clean, smart and honest councillors, because they are the people's representatives. Thus, those who have used fake diplomas should be replaced as soon as possible. They don't deserve to be called councillors.

'Hi-tech junk can be good business'

'Hi-tech junk can be good business' State-of-the-art electronic goods, including computers, television sets, DVD/VCD players and cell phones have become more affordable, with old models discarded for brand new ones.

Malaysia's UMNO wins by-election

Malaysia's UMNO wins by-election MALAYSIA: Malaysia's ruling coalition retained its seat in a state government by-election held on Saturday, the official Bernama news agency said on Sunday.Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi's National Front coalition beat the independent candidate by a margin of...

'Industries could pollute Citarum'

'Industries could pollute Citarum' BANDUNG: Some 3,000 industries located by the Citarum -- the biggest river in West Java and a major water source for Jakarta -- put it at risk of pollution.West Java Governor Danny Setiawan disclosed on Friday that the quality, as well as the water volume of...

Prison medics trained in HIV/AIDS treatment

Prison medics trained in HIV/AIDS treatmentUrip Hudiono, The Jakarta Post/Jakarta Concerned by the rising number of inmates testing positive for HIV, the Pelita Ilmu Foundation (YPI) held on Saturday a workshop for prison medical workers on treating people living with the virus.

Kuznetsova claims Wismilak title

Kuznetsova claims Wismilak titleEva C. Komandjaja, The Jakarta Post/Nusa Dua, Bali Second seed Svetlana Kuznetsova claimed the singles title at the US$225,000 Wismilak International Tennis tournament after overpowering unseeded Marlene Weingartner of Germany 6-1, 6-4 in the final, while the top...

Councillors must work first, demand salary later

Councillors must work first, demand salary laterDamar Harsanto, The Jakarta Post/Jakarta The City Council should put public interests first before demanding higher salaries and better facilities, residents say."The time is not right to propose higher salaries.

Indonesia, democracy and the Islamic world

Indonesia, democracy and the Islamic worldJonathan Power, London The two big wings of Islam-Turkey in the West and Indonesia in the East -- are reforming and changing at a lightening pace, confounding those who only measure Islam by its seemingly stagnant middle ground.

The brand illusion -- What's stopping Indonesian brands from

The brand illusion -- What's stopping Indonesian brands from competing globallyMichael J. Webdell Jakarta Nike, Samsung, Tommy Hilfiger, Guess, Sony: These are just a few brands popular to people across the world.

Govt to revalue Dipasena assets

Govt to revalue Dipasena assetsThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta The government will appoint an independent appraiser to revalue troubled assets of PT Dipasena Citra Darmaja, Southeast Asia's largest shrimp-farming company, before offering them to investors for sale or in a bid to seek working capital.

Japanese WW II pilot drops aid

Japanese WW II pilot drops aidAntara, Banggai Regency A Japanese pilot from the World War II era, who was saved by locals during the war 60 years ago, dispatched an aid package to Tangeban subdistrict, some 60 kilometers north of Luwuk, the capital of Banggai regency, Central Sulawesi province.

Padang court frees graft defendants

Padang court frees graft defendantsSyofiardi Bachyul Jb, The Jakarta Post/Padang The Padang district court exonerated on Saturday four defendants accused of involvement in a high-profile Rp 7.6 billion (US$808,510) graft case in Mentawai Islands regency.

Sept. 22 : vote counting wraps up at village level

Sept. 22 : vote counting wraps up at village levelSept. 24 : vote counting completed at district levelSept. 27 : vote counting completes at regency level Oct. 1 : provincial KPUD wraps up vote counting Oct. 2 - Oct. 4 : national votes aggregation by the KPU Oct.