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Mon, 04 Oct 2004
Bad lending to cost BRI billions, BPK says
Bad lending to cost BRI billions, BPK saysRendi A. Witular, Jakarta State Bank Rakyat Indonesia (BRI), the country's fourth largest bank by assets, would likely suffer billions of rupiah in losses because of weak internal controls and poor supervision of lending activities, the Supreme Audit Agency...
Mon, 04 Oct 2004
Making calls is cheaper, thanks to competition
Making calls is cheaper, thanks to competitionZatni Arbi, Contributor, JakartaIf you live in Jakarta and own several GSM mobile phones, you may be having a hard time trying to decide which one of those you should give away.
Mon, 04 Oct 2004
Diponegoro to give Kartini the shove
Diponegoro to give Kartini the shove JAKARTA: The administration plans to replace the statue of women's emancipation figure Kartini on the median strip of Jl. Diponegoro, Central Jakarta, with one of Diponegoro, the Javanese prince who fought the Dutch in the 1800s.
Mon, 04 Oct 2004
100 stranded off Batam
100 stranded off Batam SINGAPORE: More than 100 passengers traveling on a ferry from the Indonesian island of Batam to Singapore were stranded for five hours, officials said on Sunday.The ferry developed engine problems in Indonesian waters during one of its routine 45-minute trips, said Richard...
Mon, 04 Oct 2004
At least 14 killed in factory blast
At least 14 killed in factory blast THAILAND: At least 14 people were killed and two injured in an explosion on Sunday at a fireworks factory at Thailand's ancient capital Ayuthaya, officials said.Authorities were still unsure what caused the blast at the Boon-Leur fireworks factory about 3 p.m.
Mon, 04 Oct 2004
Six detained for Rp2.5b corruption
Six detained for Rp2.5b corruptionJAMBI, Jambi: Jambi Police have detained six suspects for their alleged roles in the Rp 2.5 billion (US$265,957) corruption case in Sarolangun regency, Jambi province.The suspects -- comprising government officials and building contractors -- are being charged with...
Mon, 04 Oct 2004
RP may close 15 state corporations
RP may close 15 state corporationsAssociated Press, Manila, PhillipinesThe Philippine budget secretary threatened on Sunday to close 15 money-losing and debt-strapped government corporations if steps are not taken to improve their bottom line.
Mon, 04 Oct 2004
Ilkkaracan on women's sexual rights
Ilkkaracan on women's sexual rightsA. Junaidi, The Jakarta Post, JakartaDespite worrying about the growth of fundamentalism, feminist Pinar Ilkkaracan hopes that human rights violations related to sexuality can be eradicated in Muslim societies and all over the world.
Mon, 04 Oct 2004
RI to raise issues on SMEs to APEC meet
RI to raise issues on SMEs to APEC meetThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta Indonesia will bring up the issues of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and micro finance services to a ministerial meeting of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) in Santiago, Chile, from Oct. 2 to Oct. 7.
Mon, 04 Oct 2004
Acehnese giving Susilo another chance
Acehnese giving Susilo another chanceSaiful Mahdi, Ithaca, New York The people have high expectations of the popular president-in-waiting Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, although some are skeptical of his capabilities.
Mon, 04 Oct 2004
Fighting KKN
Fighting KKN In Belgium, TVs are not subject to any sort of luxury tax, like in Indonesia. Still, here also, industry players keep complaining about other issues, such as labor-related ones. I mean industry players are never glad -- and certainly, in countries such as Indonesia, they hardly...
Mon, 04 Oct 2004
GAM 'governor' captured
GAM 'governor' captured BANDA ACEH, Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam: Soldiers captured Muhammad Aris, 72, the Free Aceh Movement (GAM) governor for Pidie, after a raid in Pidie district, an official said on Sunday.Lt. Col.
Mon, 04 Oct 2004
Govt told to set deadline for executions
Govt told to set deadline for executionsAbdul Khalik and Tiarma Siboro, The Jakarta Post, JakartaLegal experts urged the government on Sunday to impose a deadline for the execution of convicts sentenced to death to avoid double punishment.
Mon, 04 Oct 2004
Public input in bill's deliberation
Public input in bill's deliberation The tug-of-war between the government and the House of Representatives Commission V deliberating the bill on the Free Trade Zone (FTZ) on Batam island has reached a draw. No compromise was reached, as each side insisted their respective proposals were right.
Mon, 04 Oct 2004
If you can, go for locally developed software
If you can, go for locally developed softwareOne thing we may not consider when selecting our software is how our choices may benefit the local industry, but using locally developed software applications have many positive returns.
Mon, 04 Oct 2004
Serving and protecting whom?
Serving and protecting whom? As we have seen over the last few years, somehow the police seems to have difficulty catching those that do massive harm to the people and to the name of the Indonesia.These bombers are getting away time after time.
Mon, 04 Oct 2004
Alternative remedies
Alternative remedies I have been reading The Jakarta Post for six years now and I have noticed a marked improvement in the articles and features. I would particularly like to comment on the Health page of the Sunday Post, which was included in the last two or three editions. It is very informative.
Mon, 04 Oct 2004
* Int'l tests show normal mercury level in Buyat Bay Page 2
* Int'l tests show normal mercury level in Buyat Bay Page 2 * Govt told to set deadline for executions Page 4 * Bird flu emerges in Grobogan regency Page 5 * First 100 days: Legal reform agenda Page 7 * Trauma class offers peace, relief for bombing victims Page 8 * Federer beats Roddick to win...
Mon, 04 Oct 2004
CD;
CD; ADs; SPotlight AN END, A BEGINNING: Outgoing Indosat President Director Widya Purnama (center), accompanied by his wife, receives a flower bouquet at a farewell ceremony held after the company's Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders on Sept. 30 at Indosat's head office.
Mon, 04 Oct 2004
PBSI sends 16 badminton players home
PBSI sends 16 badminton players homeEva C. Komandjaja, The Jakarta Post, JakartaThe Badminton Association of Indonesia (PBSI) has sent home 16 shuttlers and three coaches from its national training center because it says they performed poorly in recent badminton tournaments.
Mon, 04 Oct 2004
Govt called on to restore PKI members' basic rights
Govt called on to restore PKI members' basic rightsM. Taufiqurrahman, The Jakarta Post, JakartaThe new administration of president-in-waiting Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono will be responsible for restoring the basic rights of the families and relatives of suspected members of the outlawed Indonesian...
Mon, 04 Oct 2004
Hospital releases patient after he promises to pay medical bills
Hospital releases patient after he promises to pay medical billsMulta Fidrus, The Jakarta Post, TangerangLeonardus Pieter Herklos, 50, returned home on Thursday, two days after his wife reported the Siloam Gleneagles Hospital in Karawaci, Tangerang, where he was hospitalized, to the Jakarta Police...
Mon, 04 Oct 2004
More accurate meter readings to be introduced
More accurate meter readings to be introducedLeony Aurora, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta State-owned power company PT PLN has acknowledged that electricity meter readings are often incorrect and give rise to unreasonable bills.
Mon, 04 Oct 2004
Late paper
Late paperDue to printing problems, subscribers in Bandarlampung, Lampung and several cities/towns in West Java received The Jakarta Post late on Sunday. We apologize for the inconvenience. -- Publisher
Mon, 04 Oct 2004
1. NOBEL: 3 LINES, 15 COUNTS
1. NOBEL: 3 LINES, 15 COUNTS Speculation rife about winners of Nobel Prizes 2. CYBER: 2 LINES, 16 COUNTS Electronic transaction bill 'lacks substance' 3. ASEM: 1 LINE, 28 COUNTS EU deeply wary of Myanmar 4. CYCLE: 1 LINE, 32 COUNTS Locals, riders enjoy Tour d'Indonesia
Mon, 04 Oct 2004
RI looking for hostages' families
RI looking for hostages' familiesThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta While two Indonesian citizens are in the clutches of kidnappers in Iraq, the government continued to seek their family members. Officials said earlier they were trying to involve family members of the women, Rosidah binti Anom and Rafikan...
Mon, 04 Oct 2004
Court urged to review migrant workers bill
Court urged to review migrant workers billRidwan Max Sijabat, The Jakarta Post, JakartaAll 429 registered labor recruitment companies have unanimously opposed the newly endorsed bill on placement and protection of migrant workers and will immediately file a request with the Constitutional Court to...
Mon, 04 Oct 2004
4 x 10
4 x 10 Bird flu emerges in Grobogan regency JP/5/FOREST2 x 17 Sumatra lowland forest shrinking dramatically JP/5/PALACE1 x 37 Sultans want return of the 'good old days' JP/5/CORRUPT2 x 28 NGOs demand speedy probe into corruption cases in Samarinda
Mon, 04 Oct 2004
Locals, riders enjoy Tour d'Indonesia
Locals, riders enjoy Tour d'IndonesiaMusthofid, The Jakarta Post, YogyakartaEdwin Raats was brought in only four days before the race, and was expected to be a reinforcement for the Benteng Muda Tangerang team during the ongoing Dji Sam Soe Tour d'Indonesia cycling race.
Mon, 04 Oct 2004
Minimizing pressure on forests for cleaner, cheaper water
Minimizing pressure on forests for cleaner, cheaper waterFitrian Ardiansyah and Israr A, Jakarta During the past two months, many areas throughout the country have faced the ever-worsening seasonal water crisis. Drought has brought misery to many and clean water is still a luxury for some people.
Mon, 04 Oct 2004
Polluting pulp mills fight to win people's hearts
Polluting pulp mills fight to win people's heartsRidwan Max Sijabat The Jakarta Post/JakartaRony Gustam Kalfarisi, a 19-year-old talented but poor student of the prestigious Pelita Harapan University in Jakarta, feels proud of his success in winning a scholarship to take up undergraduate studies in...
Mon, 04 Oct 2004
Fireworks banned during Ramadhan
Fireworks banned during RamadhanBENGKULU: Traders in Bengkulu are strictly prohibited from selling firecrackers during the holy month of Ramadhan, which begins mid-October, a senior police officer said on Saturday.
Mon, 04 Oct 2004
Youth group 'seal' Catholic school
Youth group 'seal' Catholic schoolUrip Hudiono and Evi Mariani, The Jakarta Post, JakartaA group calling itself the Islamic Youth Front set up a blockade at a private Catholic school on Jl. Raden Saleh in Ciledug, Tangerang, on Sunday, after becoming enraged that the building was "inappropriately...
Mon, 04 Oct 2004
Gas offered to reduce oil dependence
Gas offered to reduce oil dependenceDadan Wijaksana, The Jakarta Post, JakartaAgainst a backdrop of rising domestic fuel prices, one feasible option for the country to wean itself off its dependence on oil, and thereby reduce fuel subsidy spending, would be to promote the use of natural gas,...
Mon, 04 Oct 2004
Indonesia is base camp of Jamaah Islamiyah, says book
Indonesia is base camp of Jamaah Islamiyah, says bookSri Wahyuni, The Jakarta Post, YogyakartaAl Qaeda-linked terror group Jamaah Islamiyah uses Indonesia as its base camp to spread its programs around the globe as part of its end goal of establishing a universal Islamic state, says a thousand-page...
Mon, 04 Oct 2004
1, DOUBLE (1 X 10)
1, DOUBLE (1 X 10) Govt told to set deadline for executions 2, MIGRANT (2 X 24) Court urged to review bill on migrant workers 3, MEDRIVE (2 X 27) A day of free medical care for Matraman Jaya residents 4. JI (1 X 32) Indonesia is JI's base camp, says book
Mon, 04 Oct 2004
A day of free medical care for Matraman Jaya residents
A day of free medical care for Matraman Jaya residentsDewi Santoso, The Jakarta Post, JakartaWith medical services becoming increasingly expensive, some poor families recently benefited from free medical checkups and treatment, albeit for only for one day.
Mon, 04 Oct 2004
Imam nominated for health award
Imam nominated for health awardSURABAYA, East Java: The East Java health office has nominated Governor Imam Utomo for the Satyalencana Kasatriya Bhakti Husada award for his remarkable service in the health sector.
Mon, 04 Oct 2004
Manny's amazing recovery
Manny's amazing recovery Five-year-old girl Elisabeth Manuel Banbin Musu, known affectionately as Manny, (above) smiles outside the critical care unit at Singapore's Mount Elizabeth Hospital. Three weeks ago, photographs of unconscious Manny bleeding from her wounds flashed around the globe.
Sun, 03 Oct 2004
Manuela to be flown to Italy
Manuela to be flown to ItalyA 5-year-old girl who was taken to Singapore for treatment after being critically wounded in the Australian Embassy bombing in Jakarta will be flown home to Italy, authorities said on Saturday.
Sun, 03 Oct 2004
Mega appeals for women's release
Mega appeals for women's releaseIan Timberlake, Agence France-Presse/JakartaPresident Megawati Soekarnoputri appealed on Saturday for the release of two Indonesian women held hostage in Iraq as their captors demanded Muslim cleric Abu Bakar Ba'asyir be freed in return.
Sun, 03 Oct 2004
Focus on academic skills causes stress among preschoolers
Focus on academic skills causes stress among preschoolersT.Sima Gunawan, Contributor, Jakarta The five-year-old girl pouted and shouted: "I don't want to go to school. I am tired." As her mother stared at her, the girl took back her words and said that she was just kidding.
Sun, 03 Oct 2004
TV Program: Sunday, October 3, 2004
TV Program: Sunday, October 3, 2004.TB.30" .90"TVRI 6:00 a.m. Morning News7:30 Children Show9:00 Music: Delta10:30 Sports: Antar Gelanggang11:00 English for Fun12:30 p.m. Music 1:00 News: Berita Siang2:00 Music3:00 English News Service4:30 Zooming5:00 Robocon6:30 Talk Show: Obrolan Wong Cilik7:00...
Sun, 03 Oct 2004
Ba'asyir appeals for hostages' release
Ba'asyir appeals for hostages' releaseLely T. Djuhari Associated Press/JakartaJailed cleric Abu Bakar Ba'asyir said on Saturday he did not want to be freed in exchange for the release of two Indonesian women taken hostage in Iraq, as their captors have reportedly demanded.
Sun, 03 Oct 2004
Arts Summit Indonesia: Much lacking in first visual arts exhibition
Arts Summit Indonesia: Much lacking in first visual arts exhibitionCarla Bianpoen, Contributor, JakartaThe opening of the fourth Art Summit Indonesia on Sept. 11 in the open air of Galeri Nasional Indonesia kindled high expectations for the visual arts exhibition, which was included for the first...
Sun, 03 Oct 2004
Gender expert Musdah speaks within reason
Gender expert Musdah speaks within reasonHera Diani, The Jakarta Post,JakartaSiti Musdah Mulia has raised the ire of many for her boldness in criticizing some aspects of Islam considered sacred.Take, for instance, her views on the jilbab (head covering), which she herself wears, but says is an...
Sun, 03 Oct 2004
Ratna targets a political stigma that lives on
Ratna targets a political stigma that lives onEmmy Fitri, The Jakarta Post, JakartaAnak-anak Kegelapan (Children of Darkness) (from the original stage play) Satu Merah Panggung, Pustaka Pencerahan and Yayasan TIFA September 2004 169 ppHistory repeats itself: It is the message playwright Ratna...
Sun, 03 Oct 2004
Tourism group holds fun walk
Tourism group holds fun walkINDONESIA: The Indonesian Tourism Society's (MPI) Jakarta chapter is inviting the public to participate in a mass walk on Sunday, to commemorate World Tourism Day, which fell on Sept. 27.The walk will start from City Hall on Jl. Medan Merdeka Selatan at 6:30 a.m.
Sun, 03 Oct 2004
Susilo to ask ministers to sign contracts
Susilo to ask ministers to sign contractsThe Jakarta Post, Bogor, JakartaProspective president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said on Saturday he would require all ministerial candidates to sign contracts spelling out their commitment to state duties.
Sun, 03 Oct 2004
Manuela set to be flown to Italy
Manuela set to be flown to ItalyA five-year-old girl who was taken to Singapore for treatment after being critically wounded in the Australian Embassy bombing in Jakarta will be flown home to Italy, authorities said on Saturday.