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Sat, 14 Sep 2002
Thailand may import crude from RI
Thailand may import crude from RI SINGAPORE: Thailand may import crude oil from Indonesia, Malaysia and Brunei in the event of a possible oil supply disruption from the Middle East, according to a local newspaper report Friday.
Sat, 14 Sep 2002
Imperiled ethnic music breaks concert record
Imperiled ethnic music breaks concert recordPandaya, The Jakarta Post, Manado, North Sulawesi It was a record-breaking folk music revelry at Klabat Sports Stadium.Thousands of townsfolk flocked to the stadium last Saturday, dancing the poco-poco and humming to the thunderous bamboo music orchestra...
Sat, 14 Sep 2002
Health officials suspected of hoarding
Health officials suspected of hoardingFadli, The Jakarta Post, Batam Batam councillors are currently investigating an alleged hoarding of drug and medical equipment worth Rp 3 billion by local health officials.
Sat, 14 Sep 2002
Mega's accusation
Mega's accusation of the pressFrom Bisnis Indonesia The mass media needs to react to President Megawati's accusation that the press has blown the deportation of migrant Indonesian workers in Nunukan out of proportion by refraining to report anything connected to her as a President or a private...
Sat, 14 Sep 2002
Compulsory vasectomy
Compulsory vasectomy needed From Bisnis Indonesia For quite a long time I've been overwhelmed by a great concern for the increasing number of Indonesians who are becoming poorer and less well-educated, while the birth rate rises.
Sat, 14 Sep 2002
Sugarcane farmers urge govt to increase import tariff
Sugarcane farmers urge govt to increase import tariffThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta Sugarcane farmers urged the government to increase again the import tariff on sugar to help protect local farmers.The farmers argued that the recent hike in the tariff was too small and had not been effective in curbing...
Sat, 14 Sep 2002
Luluk takes sounds of Indonesia to the U.S.
Luluk takes sounds of Indonesia to the U.S.Yenni Djahidin, The Jakarta Post, Washington Summer in the United States can be unbearable. It's hot and humid in most parts of the country, and it has been especially so this summer.
Sat, 14 Sep 2002
Retired police protest eviction
Retired police protest eviction SURABAYA: Around 400 retired police officers and their families living at the Medaeng Mobile Brigade police dormitory in Waru, Sidoarjo district, lodged a complaint with city councillors on Thursday over what they consider to be their forced eviction by local police...
Sat, 14 Sep 2002
Legal process to continue against Damanik: Police
Legal process to continue against Damanik: PoliceFabiola Desy Unidjaja, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta National Police Chief Gen. Da'i Bachtiar said on Friday that legal proceedings against Rev. Renaldy Danamik would continue despite increasing doubts over the legality of his arrest.
Sat, 14 Sep 2002
Stock prices on The Jakarta Stock Exchange (in rupiah) on Sept.13,2002
Stock prices on The Jakarta Stock Exchange (in rupiah) on Sept.13,2002 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Shares Close Change Trading Volume ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Abdi Bangsa Tbk 270 0 0 Ades Alfindo...
Sat, 14 Sep 2002
Compulsory vasectomy
Compulsory vasectomy needed From Bisnis Indonesia For quite a long time I've been overwhelmed by a great concern for the increasing number of Indonesians who are becoming poorer and less well-educated, while the birth rate rises.
Sat, 14 Sep 2002
Robbery on a
Robbery on a train From KompasI went home by train from Kota station to Pondok Ranji, Bintaro Jaya, Tangerang, some time ago, when a robbery took place within a matter of seconds in North Jakarta, traumatizing me. Several robbers appeared from behind, standing beside me and wielding a long dagger.
Sat, 14 Sep 2002
Makassar hosts Japanese cultural expo
Makassar hosts Japanese cultural expo MAKASSAR, South Sulawesi: Japanese cultural arts are being featured in a one-week expo organized by the Japanese Consulate in South Sulawesi's capital Makassar.Japanese Consul Matsushiro Katsumi said Japanese Culture Week, which was opened on Sept.
Sat, 14 Sep 2002
On soldiers' rights to vote
On soldiers' rights to vote Is it consistent with democracy to deny some 420,000 Indonesian citizens who happen to wear the uniform of the military or the police their basic right to vote for reasons that are either questionable or totally irrational?The Indonesian Military (TNI) Chief General...
Sat, 14 Sep 2002
2. Siswo16 -- Indonesia after Sept. 11: Rowing between the cliffs 3. Ria16 -- U.S.-led crusade to shake the balance of global forces
Sat, 14 Sep 2002
UN told not to bow to U.S. pressure on Iraq
UN told not to bow to U.S. pressure on IraqMuhammad Nafik, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Muslim scholars urged the United Nations on Friday not to comply with the much-condemned desire of the American government to launch military strikes on Iraq, in order to restore the world body's credibility in...
Sat, 14 Sep 2002
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;JP; ANPAc..r.. Leasing-business-growth Rikza Abdullah Contributor JakartaBusiness remains promising despite some difficultiesThe high growth of domestic consumption has helped Indonesia's multifinance companies accelerate the pace toward recovery after the recent economic crisis devastated it,...
Sat, 14 Sep 2002
On soldiers' rights to vote
On soldiers' rights to vote Is it consistent with democracy to deny some 420,000 Indonesian citizens who happen to wear the uniform of the military or the police their basic right to vote for reasons that are either questionable or totally irrational?The Indonesian Military (TNI) Chief General...
Sat, 14 Sep 2002
The chairman of China's National People's Congress, Li Peng,
The chairman of China's National People's Congress, Li Peng, recently visited Indonesia, opening up opportunities for increased bilateral economic ties that both sides must properly and quickly seize.In the New Order era, ethnic Chinese businesspeople were intentionally placed between the ruler and...
Sat, 14 Sep 2002
Boycott Akbar Tandjung
Boycott Akbar Tandjung From Rakyat Merdeka We were rightfully disappointed by the Bulog II trials as they failed to divulge the involvement of high-ranking members of Golkar and the Golkar Party as an institution for allegedly using non-budgetary Bulog funds for its own interests and for Golkar's...
Sat, 14 Sep 2002
Compulsory vasectomy
Compulsory vasectomy needed From Bisnis Indonesia For quite a long time I've been overwhelmed by a great concern for the increasing number of Indonesians who are becoming poorer and less well-educated, while the birth rate rises.
Sat, 14 Sep 2002
Incentives for rice farmers hailed
Incentives for rice farmers hailedAdianto P. Simamora, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Experts welcomed on Friday the government's plan to provide incentives for rice farmers, but said that the government must also curb the smuggling of cheap rice into the country, which has been hurting farmers' income.
Sat, 14 Sep 2002
'Political parties still need public funds'
'Political parties still need public funds'Kurniawan Hari, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Despite being accused of ignoring the interests of the public at large, the country's political parties, especially the big ones, are not averse to demanding financial assistance from the country's taxpayers.
Sat, 14 Sep 2002
Teachers abandon jungle schools
Teachers abandon jungle schools SAMPIT, Central Kalimantan: The Kotawaringin Timur Education and Culture Office said that 60 percent of elementary school teachers in the regency's remote areas had abandoned their posts.
Sat, 14 Sep 2002
On soldiers' rights to vote
On soldiers' rights to vote Is it consistent with democracy to deny some 420,000 Indonesian citizens who happen to wear the uniform of the military or the police their basic right to vote for reasons that are either questionable or totally irrational?The Indonesian Military (TNI) Chief General...
Sat, 14 Sep 2002
Fort Vastenburg to make way for hotel
Fort Vastenburg to make way for hotelKartika Bagus C., The Jakarta Post, Surakarta, Central Java Hidden behind high fences and in bad repair, the old fort of Vastenburg which is located at Gladak Solo intersection in the heart of Surakarta or around half a kilometer from the Surakarta Hadiningrat...
Sat, 14 Sep 2002
Indonesian arrested in Bangkok
Indonesian arrested in Bangkok Thailand Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra (right) inspects a cache of 140 kilograms of heroin and other drugs in front of arrested suspects Tjong Leng Oei (center) from Indonesia and his adopted Thai son Direk Ruangritthi (left) at Bangkok's police headquarters on...
Sat, 14 Sep 2002
Second blackout hits Jakarta, normal activities disrupted
Second blackout hits Jakarta, normal activities disruptedNovan Iman Santosa, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta A power outage occurred in Greater Jakarta yet again on Friday morning, disrupting most people's daily activities and increasing the likelihood of state electricity company PT PLN being hit with a...
Sat, 14 Sep 2002
Mega's accusation
Mega's accusation of the pressFrom Bisnis Indonesia The mass media needs to react to President Megawati's accusation that the press has blown the deportation of migrant Indonesian workers in Nunukan out of proportion by refraining to report anything connected to her as a President or a private...
Sat, 14 Sep 2002
Regional autonomy means fiscal autonomy
Regional autonomy means fiscal autonomyTommy Firman, Lecturer Department of Regional and City Planning, Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB) Indonesia now is carrying out the decentralization policy with very little experience in the past.
Sat, 14 Sep 2002
Compulsory vasectomy
Compulsory vasectomy needed From Bisnis Indonesia For quite a long time I've been overwhelmed by a great concern for the increasing number of Indonesians who are becoming poorer and less well-educated, while the birth rate rises.
Sat, 14 Sep 2002
Nearly 10,000 get jobs in Malaysia
Nearly 10,000 get jobs in Malaysia NUNUKAN, East Kalimantan: Almost 10,000 previously undocumented Indonesian workers in Malaysia who have been stranded in Nunukan, East Kalimantan, returned to Sabah, East Malaysia between Sept. 1 and Sept. 12 as they have obtained job orders and passports.
Sat, 14 Sep 2002
China ready to sign code of conduct on Spratlys: Philippine
China ready to sign code of conduct on Spratlys: Philippine officials Agence France-Presse ManilaChina has expressed willingness to sign a "code of conduct" for the peaceful resolution of rival claims to islands in the South China Sea, Philippine officials said on Friday after meeting with China's...
Sat, 14 Sep 2002
Electoral procedures hamper public participation
Electoral procedures hamper public participationBambang Nurbianto, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta It is unlikely that people will be able to change the result of the gubernatorial election due to the standard electoral procedures.
Sat, 14 Sep 2002
Failed gubernatorial candidate wants his money back
Failed gubernatorial candidate wants his money backBambang Nurbianto, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Failed gubernatorial candidate Mahfudz Djaelani revealed on Friday that he had given Rp 200 million to 40 city councillors as part of a downpayment for a promised Rp 2 billion if they elected him as the...
Sat, 14 Sep 2002
Confucianism should be legalized
Confucianism should be legalized JAKARTA: Confucianism should become one of the official religions in Indonesia in a bid to help uphold democracy in the country, People's Consultative Assembly Speaker Amien Rais says.
Sat, 14 Sep 2002
PLN network vulnerable to disruption
PLN network vulnerable to disruptionThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta State electricity company PLN said the power outages that hit most of Jakarta and its surrounding areas on Thursday evening and Friday morning were caused by "disturbances" in its transmission lines, and dismissed concerns the blackouts...
Sat, 14 Sep 2002
Poisoned food contains cyanide
Poisoned food contains cyanide JAKARTA: National Police Chief Gen. Da'i Bachtiar said on Friday that the forensic test found traces of cyanide in the food distributed in the anti-Sutiyoso's demonstrations during Wednesday's gubernatorial election.
Sat, 14 Sep 2002
Bush to meet East Timor leader Oct. 2
Bush to meet East Timor leader Oct. 2 UNITED STATES: U.S. President George W. Bush will meet the president of East Timor, Xanana Gusmao, at the White House on Oct. 2, Bush spokesman Ari Fleischer announced on Thursday.
Sat, 14 Sep 2002
Clean water -- clean govt?
Clean water -- clean govt? If anything could be said to illustrate the dismal state of Jakarta's public services, the shortage of potable water in this city that borders the sea and is traversed by rivers is as good an example as any.
Sat, 14 Sep 2002
Legislators defiant over calls to delay controversial broadcasting bill
Legislators defiant over calls to delay controversial broadcasting billKurniawan Hari, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Ignoring public criticism of several contentious articles in the broadcasting bill, some legislators on Friday refused to postpone the endorsement of the bill scheduled for Sept. 23.
Sat, 14 Sep 2002
Residents call for closure of garbage dump
Residents call for closure of garbage dumpOyos Saroso H.N., The Jakarta Post, Bandar Lampung Residents of Bakung, Kuripan and Kateguhan villages in West Telukbetung district, Lampung, are urging local authorities to close down a nearby garbage dump due to health concerns.
Sat, 14 Sep 2002
Volcanoes may become national parks
Volcanoes may become national parks JAKARTA: The government is considering making Mt. Merapi and neighboring Mt. Merbabu in Central Java national parks, in order to help ensure their conservation.Liana Bratasida, deputy for environmental protection at the Office of the State Minister for the...
Sat, 14 Sep 2002
Teachers to protest delayed pay
Teachers to protest delayed payYuliansyah, The Jakarta Post, Banjarmasin The Association of Indonesian Private School Employees (Asokadikta) Banjarmasin chapter said Friday that it was planning to stage a large-scale rally to demand that the government give serious attention to the Rp 4 billion in...
Sat, 14 Sep 2002
Rowing between cliffs: RI and post-Sept.11
Rowing between cliffs: RI and post-Sept.11Siswo Pramono PhD Graduate Student in Political Science and International Relations School of Social Science The Australian National University Canberra The U.S.-led "war on terror" is not a war between the West and Islam.
Sat, 14 Sep 2002
Police guarantee safety of U.S. missions in RI
Police guarantee safety of U.S. missions in RIFabiola Desy Unidjaja, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Indonesian police said on Friday that they could guarantee the safety of U.S. assets across the country, but would not be dictated to about how to do their jobs.
Sat, 14 Sep 2002
Compulsory vasectomy
Compulsory vasectomy needed From Bisnis Indonesia For quite a long time I've been overwhelmed by a great concern for the increasing number of Indonesians who are becoming poorer and less well-educated, while the birth rate rises.
Sat, 14 Sep 2002
Megawati Soekarnoputri President of the Republic of Indonesia,
Megawati Soekarnoputri President of the Republic of Indonesia, 2001-2009 (at least)R. William Liddle Political Scientist The Ohio State University In Jakarta in July of this year I interviewed several high level party leaders and parliamentarians from each of the major parties.
Sat, 14 Sep 2002
Councillors call on Sultan to spell out special status
Councillors call on Sultan to spell out special statusSri Wahyuni, The Jakarta Post, Yogyakarta Members of the Yogyakarta provincial legislative council want a bill on Yogyakarta to spell out the province's special status in terms of culture and public administration.
Sat, 14 Sep 2002
Tae kwon do squad ready for Asiad
Tae kwon do squad ready for AsiadMusthofid, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The national tae kwon do squad is fired up and ready for the competition at the Asian Games, according to team's coach Dasantio Prihadi."The preparation has been well organized.