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Fri, 18 Oct 2002
Green fines to be imposed in 2003
Green fines to be imposed in 2003 SURABAYA, East Java: The Office of the State Minister of the Environment announced on Thursday it would impose environmental fines starting in 2003.Sudharto Prawoto Hadi, an expert staff with the state minister, claimed that the revenue would be part of a concept...
Fri, 18 Oct 2002
Bush calls Megawati over Bali bombing
Bush calls Megawati over Bali bombing Indonesian President Megawati Soekarnoputri told President George W. Bush she would seek "swift and decisive" action against terrorists who bombed a Bali nightclub, killing 183 people, the White House said.
Fri, 18 Oct 2002
Guruh brings in divas for 'Sripanggung'
Guruh brings in divas for 'Sripanggung'Tantri Yuliandini, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Eight Indonesian divas will grace the stage for a night of song and dance only for Jakartans in a presentation by Guruh Sukarno Putra together with Vocuz Entertainment.
Fri, 18 Oct 2002
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Life after the Bali bombing B. Hari Juliawan Student Sanata Dharma University Yogyakarta 2. 1 X 30 Stop pretending that we are safe Kornelius Purba Staff Writer The Jakarta Post Jakarta korpur@yahoo.com3. Belinda 1 X 32 SE Asia: Never the same after Oct. 12
Fri, 18 Oct 2002
People reluctant to testify to police
People reluctant to testify to police SEKAYU, South Sumatra: The great majority of the people in the regency of Musi Banyuasin had been reluctant to testify to police investigators due to thug intimidation, an officer said.
Fri, 18 Oct 2002
Life after the Bali bombing
Life after the Bali bombingB. Hari Juliawan, Student Sanata Dharma University, Yogyakarta It has been nearly a week since the bombing in Legian took place. The debate about the existence of terrorist groups has been proved ridiculous.
Fri, 18 Oct 2002
Australia, UK, NZ urge nationals to leave RI
Australia, UK, NZ urge nationals to leave RIAgencies, Jakarta As Australian Prime Minister John Howard set his foot on Bali island on Thursday, his government, together with the governments of the UK and New Zealand, told their citizens to leave Indonesia due to "new threats" following the Bali...
Fri, 18 Oct 2002
Govt set to issue antiterrorism regulation today
Govt set to issue antiterrorism regulation todayFabiola Desy Unidjaja, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The government is set to issue the first antiterrorist regulation on Friday since the fall of the Soeharto authoritarian regime in 1998 in response to the Bali bombing that has claimed almost 200 lives.
Fri, 18 Oct 2002
Police detain FPI chairman
Police detain FPI chairmanThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta Police detained Islam Defenders Front (FPI) chairman Al Habib Muhammad Rizieq Shihab late on Wednesday night on charges of instigating violence and acts of vandalism, after a team of police investigators questioned the suspect for more than 13...
Fri, 18 Oct 2002
'Blast to deal heavy blow to insurers'
'Blast to deal heavy blow to insurers'Fitri Wulandari, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The deadly Bali bombing will deal a heavy blow to the country's general insurance firms as the incident will make it more difficult for them to secure international reinsurance for their clients.
Fri, 18 Oct 2002
Hard-line groups told to emulate Laskar Jihad's move to disband
Hard-line groups told to emulate Laskar Jihad's move to disbandMuhammad Nafik, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Muslim scholars have hailed Laskar Jihad's decision to disband itself and urged other hard-line organizations to follow suit or have the authorities disperse them in order to stop the renewed...
Fri, 18 Oct 2002
The future of our nation is at stake: Syafii
The future of our nation is at stake: Syafii The devastating Bali bomb blasts have left deep wounds on mankind. Syafii Maarif, chairman of Muhammadiyah, the country's second largest Muslim organization, spoke to The Jakarta Post's Soeryo Winoto about developments in the ongoing investigations and...
Fri, 18 Oct 2002
Asian currencies mostly up late, peso, rupiah down
Asian currencies mostly up late, peso, rupiah down Nirmala Menon Dow Jones SingaporeAsian currencies mostly firmed Thursday, led by a strong showing from the Singapore dollar as U.S. investment houses sold the U.S. unit, likely due to some realigning of their global portfolios, traders said.
Fri, 18 Oct 2002
Fatal tragedy in Bali: An act of global terrorism
Fatal tragedy in Bali: An act of global terrorismJusuf Wanandi, Founder and member Board of Trustees Centre for Strategic and International Studies, Jakarta After so many denials by government officials and moderate Muslim leaders about possible terrorist acts in Indonesia, a terrible tragedy...
Fri, 18 Oct 2002
RI ask travelers to help heal Bali's tourism industry
RI ask travelers to help heal Bali's tourism industryAlexa Olesen, Associated Press, Singapore Indonesia's top tourism officials on Thursday pleaded with international travelers to come back to its resort island of Bali, where a bomb attack Saturday on a nightclub killed nearly 200 people, many of...
Fri, 18 Oct 2002
Stock prices on The Jakarta Stock Exchange (in rupiah) on Oct.17, 2002
Stock prices on The Jakarta Stock Exchange (in rupiah) on Oct.17, 2002---------------------------------------------------------------------- Shares Close Change Trading Volume -------------------------------------------------------------------- Abdi Bangsa Tbk 270 0 0 Ades Alfindo Tbk 550 0 4,500...
Fri, 18 Oct 2002
Councillors rebuke plan to expel poor migrants
Councillors rebuke plan to expel poor migrantsAhmad Junaidi, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta City councillors came out on Thursday against the city administration's plan to expel unregistered migrants, saying the policy would be a violation of the people's right to travel and work anywhere in the country.
Fri, 18 Oct 2002
Garuda considering cutting int'l flights
Garuda considering cutting int'l flightsThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta The national air carrier Garuda is considering a steep cut of its international flights to many international destinations as the number of passengers is declining following the deadly bomb attack in Bali.
Fri, 18 Oct 2002
City told to come up with comprehensive flood plan
City told to come up with comprehensive flood planBambang Nurbianto, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Flooding has hit Jakarta since the 17th century but its government has never learned the lesson and instead allowed the situation to deteriorate every year, experts said.
Fri, 18 Oct 2002
Stop pretending that we are safe
Stop pretending that we are safeKornelius Purba, Staff Writer, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta, korpur@yahoo.com Very few people believe that Indonesia can effectively act to fight terrorism here, because many of the leaders here act like parents trying to hide the fact that their children are chronic...
Fri, 18 Oct 2002
Six slain in Aceh violence
Six slain in Aceh violenceIbnu Mat Noor, The Jakarta Post, Banda Aceh Volunteers with the Indonesian Red Cross in Aceh have evacuated six casualties bearing gunshot wounds, including one state official, from four different locations in the strife-torn province, graphic evidence that violence is...
Fri, 18 Oct 2002
Crisis center helps families of Kuta victims
Crisis center helps families of Kuta victimsRita A. Widiadana, The Jakarta Post, Denpasar, Bali A Taiwanese man desperately searched for someone who could give him information about a compatriot missing in the Oct. 12 bomb blast in Kuta.Eventually he bumped into a sympathetic woman.
Fri, 18 Oct 2002
UN officers to assist Bali investigation team
UN officers to assist Bali investigation teamDadan Wijaksana, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta United Nations investigators will join a multinational task force in tracking down the perpetrators of the Bali bomb blasts amid calls for the Indonesian Police to ensure that they have full control and command...
Fri, 18 Oct 2002
Nuarta wants to build Kuta memorial
Nuarta wants to build Kuta memorial JAKARTA: Renown sculptor Nyoman Nuarta wants to build a memorial in Kuta, Bali, in remembrance of the Oct. 12 terrorist bomb attacks that claims the lives of more than 180 people from all over the world.
Fri, 18 Oct 2002
Another body found, one victim dies
Another body found, one victim diesRita A. Widiadana, The Jakarta Post, Kuta, Bali A team of investigators found another dead body and parts of human hands at the bomb site in what was formerly Sari Club in Legian, Kuta, while one critical victim being treated at Sanglah General Hospital died of...
Fri, 18 Oct 2002
Bali a moment of truth for Indonesia's leaders
Bali a moment of truth for Indonesia's leadersOng Hock Chuan, Consultant, Maverick, Jakarta Moments of crisis, like the Bali bombing, are also moments of truth for Indonesia's leaders. These are moments when their actions come under intense scrutiny by the public and they are judged by how they...
Fri, 18 Oct 2002
Probe goes on amid snafu about suspects
Probe goes on amid snafu about suspectsDadan Wijaksana and Tiarma Siboro, The Jakarta Post, Denpasar/Jakarta Coordinating Minister for Political and Security Affairs Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono admitted on Thursday the possible involvement of foreigners in last Saturday's bombing in Bali amid...
Fri, 18 Oct 2002
Navy warned for refusal to free foreign sand dredger
Navy warned for refusal to free foreign sand dredgerHaidir Anwar Tanjung, The Jakarta Post, Pekanbaru, Riau Lawyers representing the owners of seven foreign dredgers issued a warning to the Riau Islands Navy on Thursday for extending the detention of the vessels believed to be used in an illegal...
Fri, 18 Oct 2002
Rupiah Rates Oct.17
Rupiah Rates Oct.17 Banknote rates TT rates Selling Buying Selling Buying Rp Rp Rp Rp Australian dollar 1 5,333.24 4,780.08 5,084.08 5,029.01Brunei dollar 1 5,437.25 4,875.02 5,183.24 5,128.89Canadian dollar 1 6,137.04 5,502.05 5,850.33 5,788.58Swiss franc 1 6,488.18 5,817.43 6,185.07 6,120.
Fri, 18 Oct 2002
Balinese general to lead probe into bomb attacks
Balinese general to lead probe into bomb attacksReuters, Jakarta Indonesia has put a senior police general widely respected by Western diplomats for his attempts to cool tensions in separatist Papua province in charge of the probe into last weekend's bomb attacks in Bali.
Fri, 18 Oct 2002
Internet buzzes with news of Bali's missing
Internet buzzes with news of Bali's missingPete Harrison, Reuters, London Relatives and friends of those still missing after blasts tore through a strip of bars in the Indonesian resort of Bali have turned to the Internet desperately seeking some hope to cling to.
Fri, 18 Oct 2002
Conservation a gruesome affair
Conservation a gruesome affairJim Jarvie, Ecologist, Jakarta Autopsies have just been completed confirming that two guards whose bodies were found in the Kampar River in Riau recently were murdered. Others remain hospitalized.
Fri, 18 Oct 2002
Thai group firm on independence
Thai group firm on independence THAILAND: A Muslim separatist group operating in Thailand's south has vowed to pursue its independence struggle despite three of its leaders being sentenced to life in prison, a report said on Thursday.
Fri, 18 Oct 2002
Water talks end unresolved
Water talks end unresolved MALAYSIA: Malaysia and neighboring Singapore failed on Thursday to resolve differences over the thorny issue of raw and processed water pricing after two days of talks.A brief joint statement issued after the meeting between officials of both sides in the southern...
Fri, 18 Oct 2002
Illegal forest pillagers foiled
Illegal forest pillagers foiled BENGKULU, Bengkulu: The Bengkulu Police have declared five people as suspects in an illegal logging case and for damaging the Bukit Barisan National Park in the Maje district in South Bengkulu.Police investigator Adj. Sr. Comr.
Fri, 18 Oct 2002
RI set to build nuclear power plant
RI set to build nuclear power plant SAMARINDA, East Kalimantan: The government is planning to build a nuclear power plant by the year 2015 at the latest to meet the growing electricity demands.Yusri Heni, head of the Development of Nuclear Power Supervisory Agency (Bapeten), said a nuclear power...
Fri, 18 Oct 2002
RI must win war of perception
RI must win war of perception The bomb blast in Bali on Oct. 12, 2002 is an act of terror of great magnitude, the second biggest after the Sept. 11, 2001 WTC tragedy in terms of casualties.Understandably, it has drawn great international attention as evident from the presence of many international...
Fri, 18 Oct 2002
Prosecutors berated for rally in support for boss
Prosecutors berated for rally in support for bossTertiani ZB Simanjuntak, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta State prosecutors have come under fire for showing blind support for their boss, Attorney General M.A.
Fri, 18 Oct 2002
Terrorism, an act of horror
Terrorism, an act of horror A spate of recent bomb blasts have scared Indonesian people, maimed citizens, claimed hundreds of innocent lives and brought about suffering to the bereaved.In the meantime, the Indonesian government, particularly the Indonesian police and Army seem to have been unable...
Fri, 18 Oct 2002
Jakarta hosting major DJ events
Jakarta hosting major DJ eventsJoseph Mangga, Contributor, Jakarta Club culture is certainly still alive and well here in Jakarta, as Bentoel Mild is sponsoring two -- count `em -- two separate DJ events in the capitol city this Friday evening.
Fri, 18 Oct 2002
Road to aid, abet illegal loggers
Road to aid, abet illegal loggers SAMARINDA, East Kalimantan: An environmental group expressed fears that the proposed construction of a highway connecting Balikpapan and two neighboring regencies would affect a protected forest.
Fri, 18 Oct 2002
BNI delays US$100m bond
BNI delays US$100m bond JAKARTA: State-owned PT Bank Negara Indonesia is postponing its planned US$100 million bond offering following the weekend terrorist attacks in Bali.The bank has decided to delay the international roadshow for its proposed subordinated debt offering.
Fri, 18 Oct 2002
Al-Faruq admits RI ties, Ba'asyir a suspect
Al-Faruq admits RI ties, Ba'asyir a suspectDamar Harsanto, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Police confirmed on Thursday the presence of al-Qaeda terrorist networks here following the result of an investigation conducted by a team dispatched to the U.S.
Fri, 18 Oct 2002
Bangladeshi quizzed over visa offence, phone fraud
Bangladeshi quizzed over visa offence, phone fraudApriadi Gunawan, The Jakarta Post, Medan A Bangladeshi, who was apprehended by police last month for failing to produce valid immigration documents, has been transferred to Medan Immigration Office for further questioning.
Fri, 18 Oct 2002
Government to revise 2003 state budget assumptions
Government to revise 2003 state budget assumptionsThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta Responding to the Bali terrorist strike, the government will revise the assumptions for its 2003 draft state budget, possibly resulting in a greater budget deficit but one that the World Bank has estimated will require only...
Fri, 18 Oct 2002
The Bali tragedy last week that killed more than 180 people has
The Bali tragedy last week that killed more than 180 people has confirmed the once-denied fact that terrorists are right in front of our eyes. Some residents shared their views about the presence of terrorists in the country with The Jakarta Post.
Fri, 18 Oct 2002
Indonesian shares closed 0.6 percent lower in relatively thin
Indonesian shares closed 0.6 percent lower in relatively thin trade Thursday with sentiment undermined by lingering security concerns after the deadly Bali bombing, dealers said. The Jakarta Stock Exchange composite index closed down 2.272 points at 355.105.
Fri, 18 Oct 2002
Minister calls for rise in import duty on garments
Minister calls for rise in import duty on garmentsAdianto P. Simamora, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Minister of Industry and Trade Rini M. Soewandi has asked the Ministry of Finance to raise the import duties on garments to help local producers sell more of their products in the domestic market.
Fri, 18 Oct 2002
* Headlines: Police arrest FPI chairman2
* Headlines: Police arrest FPI chairman2 * National:Witness protection to fight graft4 * Archipelago:Ecotourism launched as forest on fire 5 * Opinion:Conservation a gruesome affair 7 * City: Councillors rebuke plan to expel migrants 8 * Sports: Tiger's year enjoyable - on the course 9 * World:...
Fri, 18 Oct 2002
Firecrackers banned during Ramadhan
Firecrackers banned during Ramadhan PONTIANAK, West Kalimantan: The provincial authorities have imposed a ban on the use firecrackers and fireworks during the fasting month of Ramadhan starting next month.