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Tue, 20 Sep 2005
Three boats razed by fire
Three boats razed by fire SURABAYA: Three large motorized long boats were reduced to floating wrecks after a fire swept through them at the Port of Kalimas in Surabaya early on Monday morning.The 10-meter long vessels, the KLM Dharma Surya, KLM Harapan Bersaudara and KLM Karya Saudaraku, were in...
Tue, 20 Sep 2005
Man or beast? -- the daily talk in a national park
Man or beast? -- the daily talk in a national parkIn early September the Indonesian offices of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) and The Nature Conservancy (TNC) invited a number of journalists to Wakatobi National Park, Southeast Sulawesi province,...
Tue, 20 Sep 2005
1. Flu ----- 3x12
1. Flu ----- 3x12 Govt calls for vigilance over avian influenza Vigilance urged over avian flu Extraordinary status imposed over bird flu 2. Debt ---- 1x28 An Indonesian bears $600 in debt 3. Amnesia - 1x25 Ignorance feigned over relief funds 4.
Tue, 20 Sep 2005
1. KPU: 2 X 20
1. KPU: 2 X 20 'Kickbacks received by ministry officials' 2. BIRD: 1 X 49 Jakarta hopes quick action can stop bird flu spreading 3. HOUSE: 1 X 32 Democracy 'but a concept' in RI 4. ISRAEL: 1 X 40 Ties with Israel possible: Legislators
Tue, 20 Sep 2005
An efficient key to company transportation problems
An efficient key to company transportation problemsProdjo Sunaryanto, Managing Director of TRAC The protracted economic crisis, which this country is still in the throws of, has forced companies to be cost-efficient.
Tue, 20 Sep 2005
Democracy is of no use
Democracy is of no useFrom Kompas How can democracy have any meaning if the communists still aspire to return to the political stage? It's wishful thinking.This is due to the fact that the younger generation of communists insist that they (the Indonesian communists) are right; and what the...
Tue, 20 Sep 2005
W. Java council leaders request new official cars
W. Java council leaders request new official carsYuli Tri Suwarni, The Jakarta Post, BandungAs protesters marched through the streets in opposition to a planned fuel price hike, West Java provincial council leaders voiced their own demand: new official cars.
Tue, 20 Sep 2005
Democracy 'but a concept' in RI
Democracy 'but a concept' in RISri Wahyuni, The Jakarta Post, YogyakartaThe much-vaunted reform movement has helped Indonesia build a democratic infrastructure but the country has yet to develop democratic practices, a noted political analyst says.
Tue, 20 Sep 2005
Auditors suspended for receiving bribes from KPU
Auditors suspended for receiving bribes from KPUThe Jakarta Post, JakartaThree auditors of the Supreme Audit Agency (BPK) assigned to audit the General Elections Commission (KPU) have been suspended for receiving bribes from the troubled Commission.
Tue, 20 Sep 2005
Amended Constitution published in Javanese
Amended Constitution published in Javanese BANTUL, Yogyakarta: Constitutional Court Chief Justice Jimly Asshiddique presented on Sunday the amended 1945 Constitution in Javanese to Yogyakarta Governor Sri Sultan Hamengkubuwono X and Bantul Regent Idham Samawi.
Tue, 20 Sep 2005
New subdistrict heads installed amid controversy
New subdistrict heads installed amid controversyMulta Fidrus, The Jakarta Post, TangerangTangerang Regent Ismet Iskandar reportedly swore in on Monday 77 village chiefs as acting subdistrict heads amid a controversy over a bylaw on transforming village administrations into subdistrict governments.
Tue, 20 Sep 2005
Peace and justice in Aceh?
Peace and justice in Aceh?From Kompas The presidential decree (Keppres) No. 22/2005 on the granting of general amnesties or pardons to Free Aceh Movement (GAM) members, living abroad or in Indonesia, was issued exactly 15 days after the signing of Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) in Helsinki on...
Tue, 20 Sep 2005
U.S. man, Bajo woman live together
U.S. man, Bajo woman live togetherHasrul, The Jakarta Post, KendariEra, 5, was running with small steps along a wooden bridge in Sama Bahari village, her little hand clutching a small plastic bag containing iced water.She drank the water through a straw, on and off, until the bag was empty.
Tue, 20 Sep 2005
Car rental, one way to drive away high operational costs
Car rental, one way to drive away high operational costsBurhanuddin Abe, Contributor, Jakarta Transportation is vital to professionals in major cities like Jakarta but buying an automobile is not the only option.
Tue, 20 Sep 2005
Deputy governor quizzed over diploma
Deputy governor quizzed over diplomaApriadi Gunawan, The Jakarta Post, MedanThe North Sumatra provincial council's plenary meeting had to be postponed following tension among council members demanding that Deputy Governor Rudolf Pardede give an explanation about the validity of his high school...
Mon, 19 Sep 2005
Agtmaal wins 5th stage, Askari keeps lead
Agtmaal wins 5th stage, Askari keeps lead Twenty-three-year-old Dutch cyclist Peter Van Agtmaal of the Jong en Laan team claimed back-to-back stage wins on Saturday but Iranian Hossein Askari retained the yellow jersey in the Tour d'Indonesia.
Mon, 19 Sep 2005
1 x 36
1 x 36 BRR vows to speed up Aceh rebuilding JP/4/NTB2 x 15 Farmers, policemen injured in clash JP/4/GRAFT2 x 16 AGO mulls protecting graft whistleblowers JP/4/DPR1 x 32 Probe of budget sales stepped up JP/4/FIRE2 x 17 Man sets fire to shop, sisters die
Mon, 19 Sep 2005
Man sets fire to shop, sisters die
Man sets fire to shop, sisters dieThe Jakarta Post, JakartaPolice in Pontianak have arrested a man for setting fire to his mother's shophouse, which left two of his sisters dead, Antara has reported.The fire, which occurred early on Sunday, also razed seven other shophouses, including one owned by...
Mon, 19 Sep 2005
Susilo confirms talks with Israel's FM
Susilo confirms talks with Israel's FM NEW YORK: President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono confirmed late on Friday an informal meeting between Minister of Foreign Affairs Hassan Wirayuda and Israeli Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom on the sidelines of the 2005 World Summit, as part of Indonesia's effort to...
Mon, 19 Sep 2005
Bus accident injures 13
Bus accident injures 13 BOGOR: A tourist bus plummeted 15 meters into a ravine in Cisarua, Bogor on Saturday, injuring 13 University of Indonesia students (UI), three of them seriously.The bus was carrying a group of psychology students to Jakarta after they attended a function with new students at...
Mon, 19 Sep 2005
Govt to cultivate 'jarak pagar' plant
Govt to cultivate 'jarak pagar' plant KEDIRI, East Java: The Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources and the Ministry of Forestry are cooperating in developing farming land for the cultivation of jarak pagar (castor-oil plant) as a raw material alternative to produce biodiesel fuel.
Mon, 19 Sep 2005
Depok to increase its subdistricts
Depok to increase its subdistricts DEPOK: To enhance public service in the municipality, Depok officials are planning to increase the number of subdistricts from six to 11 in 2006.T.B. Erhan Faturrahman, the chief of autonomy development in the Depok municipality, said Depok subdistrict offices...
Mon, 19 Sep 2005
Indonesia and terrorists
Indonesia and terrorists On Another Embassy bomber gets death penalty, published Sept. 14, Chief Judge Achmad Sobari had tough words for Iwan Darmawan Mutho and his involvement in the embassy bombing.Using religion as a base of an inhumane action destroys the religion itself.
Mon, 19 Sep 2005
Thaksin at the UN
Thaksin at the UN Thaksin must have wished to portray himself as a senior international statesman who has earned the right to lecture his peers in ASEAN and among the UN leadership.What Thaksin says on the international stage will have far- reaching implications for Thai-UN cooperation in the...
Mon, 19 Sep 2005
Boatmakers stop production
Boatmakers stop productionNana Rukmana, The Jakarta Post, CirebonSkyrocketing prices of boatmaking materials and lack of orders over the last three months have forced fishing boat makers in Gebang village, Cirebon regency to stop production and return to their old profession, fishing.
Mon, 19 Sep 2005
1. TROOPS : 1 X 20
1. TROOPS : 1 X 20 TNI starts Aceh pullout 2. REAX: 4 X 10 Arabs condemn closer ties with Israel 3. TENNIS: 1 X 22 Davenport wins Bali title 4. BIRDFLU: 1 X 38 Ragunan closed after 19 birds get avian flu
Mon, 19 Sep 2005
SE Asian bloggers fear govt reprisal
SE Asian bloggers fear govt reprisalSean Yoong, Associated Press/Kuala LumpurBloggers, beware. Big Brother is watching.The recent arrest of three Singaporeans accused of making racial slurs on Internet message boards has sparked concerns of a cyberspace crackdown by authorities in Singapore and...
Mon, 19 Sep 2005
Davenport wins Bali tennis title
Davenport wins Bali tennis titleBruce Emond, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Top seeded Lindsay Davenport staved off a second set fightback from indomitable Italian Francesca Schiavone for a 6-2, 6-4 victory in the final of the US$225,000 Wismilak International hard court tennis tournament here on Sunday.
Mon, 19 Sep 2005
Career women and nature
Career women and natureFrom Republika Marriages between famous and non-famous people often end in divorce. They cite various reasons for their separation, including differences in profession, which is related to their earnings.
Mon, 19 Sep 2005
Fuel scarcity causes massive lay-offs
Fuel scarcity causes massive lay-offsOyos Saroso H.N., The Jakarta Post, BandarlampungYuswandi, 40, a shrimp farm worker, seems bewildered. He and his colleagues have been traveling back and forth between South Lampung and Bandarlampung for the past week expressing their grievances to Lampung...
Mon, 19 Sep 2005
New system hoped to stem oil smuggling
New system hoped to stem oil smugglingLeony Aurora, The Jakarta Post, BalikpapanAs the crude oil theft in Lawe Lawe unfolds, state oil and gas firm PT Pertamina is set to improve its oil monitoring by installing a real-time online system of automated tank gauges (ATGs).
Mon, 19 Sep 2005
Ashes, England and Indonesia
Ashes, England and Indonesia I do not know how many Indonesians have been paying attention to the just concluded Ashes Test cricket series between England and Australia but those who have will have witnessed a truly marvelous sporting spectacle.
Mon, 19 Sep 2005
TNI starts Aceh pullout
TNI starts Aceh pulloutNani Afrida, The Jakarta Post, LhokseumaweAround 800 Indonesian Military (TNI) soldiers left Aceh on Sunday as the mass withdrawal of reinforcement troops from the province agreed under the recent peace deal began.
Mon, 19 Sep 2005
Nine named suspects over Saturday's rioting in Painan
Nine named suspects over Saturday's rioting in PainanSyofiardi Bachyul Jb, The Jakarta Post, PadangPolice have declared nine people suspects in Saturday's rioting that followed a protest over the inauguration of Pesisir Selatan Regent Nasrul Abit and his deputy Syafrizal.
Mon, 19 Sep 2005
SE Asia embracing the future communication technology
SE Asia embracing the future communication technologyEricsson Southeast Asia held a three-day: Experience 3G with Ericsson, media workshop starting on Sept. 7 in Kuala Lumpur, where four Indonesian journalists, including The Jakarta Post's Hyginus Hardoyo, were invited to participate in.
Mon, 19 Sep 2005
13 teams to attend Equator Festival
13 teams to attend Equator FestivalPONTIANAK, West Kalimantan: Representatives from 13 regencies and municipalities in Kalimantan and Jakarta are slated to participate in the Equator Earth Cultural Festival to be held in Pontianak, West Kalimantan between Sept. 20 and Sept. 25.
Mon, 19 Sep 2005
Pertamina pins hopes on new system to stem smuggling
Pertamina pins hopes on new system to stem smugglingLeony Aurora The Jakarta Post/BalikpapanAs the crude oil theft in Lawe Lawe unfolds, state oil and gas firm PT Pertamina is set to improve its oil monitoring by installing a real-time online system of automated tank gauges (ATGs).
Mon, 19 Sep 2005
Top seeds face off in Bali Open beach volleyball final
Top seeds face off in Bali Open beach volleyball finalMoch. N. Kurniawan, The Jakarta Post, Sanur, Bali The Bali Open beach volleyball tournament has lived up to the script as the top two seeds -- both Brazilians -- marched to the final after they won their semifinal matches here on Saturday.
Mon, 19 Sep 2005
RI's 2005 tobacco demand to rise: USDA
RI's 2005 tobacco demand to rise: USDAClaire Leow, Bloomberg/Jakarta Indonesia's tobacco imports may rise by 9.5 percent this year because of increased demand and smaller acreage planted with tobacco, a report by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's foreign agricultural service said.
Mon, 19 Sep 2005
Probe of budget sales stepped up
Probe of budget sales stepped upThe Jakarta Post, JakartaThe House of Representatives disciplinary committee has sent nine members to various regions to investigate alleged corruption in the disbursement of disaster relief funds.
Mon, 19 Sep 2005
1. Police to deploy riot squads to secure Djarum League on Sept.
1. Police to deploy riot squads to secure Djarum League on Sept. 20 - Page 8 2. Peter Blecha holds a 1935 Audiovox lapsteel guitar - Page 19 3. Maria Hjorth starts the John Q. Hammons Classic second round as a leader - Page 22
Mon, 19 Sep 2005
Universities draft law on Aceh rule
Universities draft law on Aceh rule BANDA ACEH: Three Aceh-based universities are involved in revising the special autonomy law on Aceh's governance, which is a key item in the peace agreement signed by the government and the Free Aceh Movement (GAM) mid last month.
Mon, 19 Sep 2005
Go IP for reduced communication costs
Go IP for reduced communication costsZatni Arbi, Contributor, zatni@cbn.net.idThis year, the folks at Alcatel Indonesia have a truly strong reason to be upbeat: The company has successfully bolstered its enterprise solution business in Indonesia.From No.
Mon, 19 Sep 2005
Career day teaches students to be persistent
Career day teaches students to be persistentDyah Hapsari, The Jakarta Post, JakartaSeveral high school students enthusiastically raised their hands to ask questions of General Electric (GE) South Asia chief executive Ridha Wirakusumah after he finished lecturing the group about the meaning of...
Mon, 19 Sep 2005
BRR vows to speed up Aceh rebuilding
BRR vows to speed up Aceh rebuildingThe Jakarta Post, JakartaThe head of the Aceh and Nias Rehabilitation and Reconstruction Agency (BRR) agency has vowed to speed up reconstruction work, particularly the building of permanent houses for people left homeless by the Dec. 26 tsunami disaster.
Mon, 19 Sep 2005
Fatahillah clinches sprints in sixth stage
Fatahillah clinches sprints in sixth stageThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta Fatahillah Abdullah became the first Indonesian rider to win a sprint during the Tour d'Indonesia after a strong ride in the sixth stage from Madiun to Malang on Sunday.
Mon, 19 Sep 2005
Guests enjoy the comfort and luxury provided by the Bali
Guests enjoy the comfort and luxury provided by the Bali Intercontinental Resort. Most of the hotels on Bali have seen increasing occupancy rates this year after suffering a business setback following the bomb attacks on the island in October, 2002.
Mon, 19 Sep 2005
Pakistan selects its new envoy to RI
Pakistan selects its new envoy to RIJAKARTA: Pakistan has selected Maj. Gen. (ret) Ali Baz as its new ambassador to Indonesia, Pakistani daily newspaper The International The News (Jong Group) reported from Karachi.Pakistan's present ambassador to Indonesia Maj. Gen.
Mon, 19 Sep 2005
RI wants more from overseas fishing boats
RI wants more from overseas fishing boatsWahyoe Boediwardhana, The Jakarta Post, DenpasarThe government plans to apply a new joint investment scheme to countries whose fishing firms are licensed to operate in the Indonesian Economic Exclusive Zone to set up processing and supporting firms in the...
Mon, 19 Sep 2005
Ragunan closed after 19 birds get avian flu
Ragunan closed after 19 birds get avian fluAbdul Khalik, The Jakarta Post, JakartaThe government has decided to close down Ragunan Zoo in South Jakarta for 21 days starting Monday after they found 19 birds in the zoo had been infected with avian flu.