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Honda invests $140m to expand RI operations

Honda invests $140m to expand RI operationsRendi A. Witular, The Jakarta Post, Cikarang, West JavaMotorcycle producer PT Astra Honda Motor (AHM), a local unit of Japan's third largest automaker Honda Motor Co.

House may drop interpellation

House may drop interpellation JAKARTA: The House of Representatives canceled on Friday the discussion on the interpellation of the President after 11 of its 20 initiators withdrew support for the demanded inquiry into President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's move to chair Cabinet meetings via a video...

Setting up a cooperative

Setting up a cooperative In June 2002, the employees of STIE Bisnis Indonesia agreed to set up a cooperative under the name Almatama. Having completed all the required documents, we registered the establishment with the Cooperative Office at Jl. MT Haryono, South Jakarta.

Disco closed during Ramadhan

Disco closed during RamadhanPONTIANAK, Central Kalimantan: In an effort to show respect for Muslims who are fasting, the Pontianak government has banned discotheques from operating during Ramadhan.Through a decree signed by Pontianak Mayor Buchary Abdurrahman, the city government has also...

German stays loyal to Kupang locals

German stays loyal to Kupang localsYemris Fointuna, The Jakarta Post, KupangModest in appearance, polite and open in his attitude as well as fluent in Indonesian, Dr Claus Jurgen Dauselt was born in Munich, Germany, on Jan. 13, 1955.He also speaks a little Dawan, the language of West Timor.

JP/18/MASSAG

JP/18/MASSAG (Jun's corrections entered 23/9) AIDS agency turns to massage for income, employment opportunityI Wayan Juniartha The Jakarta Post/DenpasarA strained neck did not prevent Dudy Rohadi, the coordinator of Matahati's After Care Program, from personally directing his staff to clean and...

If GAM is entitled to rehabilitation, why not PKI?

If GAM is entitled to rehabilitation, why not PKI? Ribka Tjiptaning Proletariyati is the writer of a book entitled Aku Bangga Jadi Anak PKI (I'm proud to be a daughter of the Indonesian Communist Party, or PKI).

JP/7/NEW

JP/7/NEWAmy Chew, New Straits Times, Kuala Lumpur Armed with sticks and stones, hundreds of Indonesian Muslim extremists descended on the Ahmadiyah, a small peaceful Muslim group in Bogor, West Java, in July.

City organizes bazaars for poor residents

City organizes bazaars for poor residentsDamar Harsanto The Jakarta Post/JakartaAs part of efforts to ease the impact of the fuel price hikes, the Jakarta administration held the country's first-ever "basic commodities" bazaar for poor residents at the National Monument (Monas) park on Friday.

Plumbing the depths

Plumbing the depths In this modern era of multiple deaths from lung cancer and heart disease attributable to cigarette smoking, the ethics surrounding advertising by some of the strongest pillars of the Indonesian economy are becoming more and more questionable.

Feeling insecure

Feeling insecureFrom Kompas The Mandala Airlines airplane tragedy in September in Medan, North Sumatra, has added to the list of deaths during the administration of Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and Jusuf Kalla.Death is a great event.

House ratifies covenants ahead of recess

House ratifies covenants ahead of recessTony Hotland, The Jakarta Post, JakartaThe elimination of all forms of restrictions on freedom of expression, threats to religious freedom, forced labor and discrimination in the workplace are new tasks for the government after the House of Representatives...

Questioning the regulation on houses of worship

Questioning the regulation on houses of worshipHairus Salim, Jakarta A number of houses of worship in West Java were reported to have been forcibly closed several weeks ago by a group of hard- liners. This incident promptly triggered protests by those whose religious freedoms had been infringed.

UBM, Monash offer twin programs

UBM, Monash offer twin programs JAKARTA: The Bunda Mulia University (UMB) signed an agreement with Australia's Monash University on Friday to offer twin programs in information technology. Under the agreement, UMB information technology students would continue their studies at any of Monash...

Nationwide fuel hike protests lose steam

Nationwide fuel hike protests lose steamThe Jakarta Post, JakartaHours prior to the announcement of the new fuel prices on Friday night, protests against the much-criticized policy amounted to little, with a massive rally pledged in the capital failing to materialize.

Operators ringing the changes

Operators ringing the changesDavid O'Brien Jakarta The telecommunications market has been the first major infrastructure business in Indonesia to experience significant change. Although market participants continue to argue about access arrangements and interconnection pricing the results cannot be...

Govt gets $151m loan from ADB for road projects

Govt gets $151m loan from ADB for road projectsThe Jakarta Post, JakartaThe Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved US$151 million in loans to Indonesia to help fund road rehabilitation projects in Sumatra and Kalimantan.

Setting up a cooperative

Setting up a cooperative In June 2002, the employees of STIE Bisnis Indonesia agreed to set up a cooperative under the name Almatama. Having completed all the required documents, we registered the establishment with the Cooperative Office at Jl. MT Haryono, South Jakarta.

BLURB FOR SATURDAY OCT.1, 05:

BLURB FOR SATURDAY OCT.1, 05: 1. Suicide car bomber strikes Iraq vegetable marketPage 12 2. Honda invests $140 million to expand RI operationsPage 13 3. Denise Jannah finds Indonesian spirituality stimulatingPage 18

Fuel shortage deters domestic tourists

Fuel shortage deters domestic touristsSlamet Susanto, The Jakarta Post, YogyakartaFuel scarcities and increasing street protests had discouraged domestic tourists from visiting Yogyakarta over the past week, a number of travel agents said on Friday.

BRR inaugurates new houses in Aceh

BRR inaugurates new houses in AcehBANDA ACEH: Rehabilitation and Reconstruction Agency for Aceh and Nias (BRR) chairman Kuntoro Mangkusubroto officially opened a scheme of 45 new houses for tsunami survivors on Friday.

Pictures that speak 1000 words

Pictures that speak 1000 words The Jakarta Post has once again shown its journalistic savvy by featuring two contrasting pictures on the front page of the Sept. 28 edition. These pictures speak a thousand words.

City organizes cheap bazaars for poor residents

City organizes cheap bazaars for poor residentsDamar Harsanto, The Jakarta Post, JakartaAs part of efforts to ease the impact of the fuel price hikes, the Jakarta administration held the country's first-ever "basic commodities" bazaar for poor residents at the National Monument (Monas) park on...

TNI, cop, civil servant nabbed for drug party

TNI, cop, civil servant nabbed for drug partyAbdul Khalik, The Jakarta Post, JakartaTwo TNI soldiers, one police officer and a civil servant in the Jakarta administration were arrested on Friday for crystal methamphetamine possession and use in a private party at the Dusit Hotel in Mangga Dua, West...

Poultry industry losses Rp 700b so far this year

Poultry industry losses Rp 700b so far this yearFitri Wulandari, Dow Jones, JakartaIndonesia's poultry industry has suffered losses of up to Rp 700 billion (US$68 million) due to a drop in sales of poultry products since the first bird flu-related human death in the country in July, an industry...

Intelligence role crucial

Intelligence role crucialFrom KompasIntelligence is a determining factor in anticipating security problems. It serves as a preventive measure against disturbances, unlike the fire brigade which acts whenever there is a fire taking place.

Govt to sell 8% of BRI stakes

Govt to sell 8% of BRI stakes JAKARTA: The government plans to sell as much as 8 percent of PT Bank Rakyat Indonesia, the country's fourth-largest lender by assets, aiming to raise funds to plug the budget deficit.

Aborted PKI coup fades from memory

Aborted PKI coup fades from memoryBANJARMASIN, South Kalimantan: Fewer and fewer people in Banjarmasin mourned on Friday the deaths of Army generals that occurred during the aborted coup of the now defunct Indonesian Communist Party (PKI) on Sept. 30 forty years ago.

Govt has relied too much on the media

Govt has relied too much on the mediaAvian influenza has caused fear across the country, with very few people having any real understanding about how to protect themselves against exposure to the virus.

City transportation fares to go up

City transportation fares to go upDamar Harsanto, The Jakarta Post, JakartaThe Land Transportation Owners Association Jakarta branch (Organda DKI) is giving the city administration one week to raise public transport fares after the government hiked fuel prices.

Susilo 'betrays election promises'

Susilo 'betrays election promises'The Jakarta Post, JakartaThousands of students, workers, activists and farmers took to the streets across the country on Thursday to protest the plan to raise fuel prices by up to 80 percent, while motorists queued up at gas stations before the new prices take...

'Ruwatan', seen as anachronistic, is threatened with oblivion

'Ruwatan', seen as anachronistic, is threatened with oblivionIndra Harsaputra, The Jakarta Post, SurabayaSedekah bumi, an annual ritual to expel evil spirits from a village and bestow on it blessings through prayer, is gradually being abandoned by rural communities as it is regarded as an animistic...

Care for recycled products, anyone?

Care for recycled products, anyone?The Jakarta Post, JakartaWhen it comes to doing good deeds, especially if they help the environment, the more the merrier probably holds true.But for recycling foundation XSProject in South Jakarta, it was more difficult getting people involved in spreading the...

1. FUEL: 4 X 10

1. FUEL: 4 X 10 Susilo 'betrayed election promises' 2. PKI: 2 X 22 40 years on, events of 1965 remain a mystery 3. SIDAK: 4 X 10 President laments criticism, fuel hike

Intelligence role crucial

Intelligence role crucialFrom KompasIntelligence is a determining factor in anticipating security problems. It serves as a preventive measure against disturbances, unlike the fire brigade which acts whenever there is a fire taking place.

The 9/30 tragedy

The 9/30 tragedy Something horrible happened 40 years ago that changed the course of Indonesia's history, unfortunately for the worse. But while the circumstances surrounding the kidnapping and murder of six Army generals on the night of Sept.

Tangerang farmers just workers on their ancestor land

Tangerang farmers just workers on their ancestor landMulta Fidrus, The Jakarta Post, TangerangThe sight of hundreds of hectares of paddy fields stretching as far as the eyes can see on both sides of the road always makes travelers forget the long ride to the northern part of Tangerang regency.

BPH Migas to install online monitoring system

BPH Migas to install online monitoring systemThe Downstream Oil and Gas Regulatory Agency (BPH Migas) needs up to Rp 300 billion (US$29.15 million) to install an online system to monitor the distribution of kerosene throughout the country.

Eradicating evil in the courts

Eradicating evil in the courts I agree completely with the abolishment of the legal mafia as advocated by Satjipto Rahardjo in Kompas last month.As a distinguished professor of law, he should know what he's talking about.

1. INSIGHT: 1 X 42

1. INSIGHT: 1 X 42 Forty years since the day that changed RI 2. SUSUL: 2 X 24 Tactile clothing to spur athletes to do better 3. IMAGES: 3 X 16 Protests, rations; all over a bit of flammable liquid

Susilo's first year: Striking the right balance

Susilo's first year: Striking the right balanceMichael Vatikiotis, The Straits Times, Asia News Network/Singapore Measuring progress in Indonesia is hard work. A year into the administration of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, outwardly the country seems to be more or less where it was when this...

JP/18/MASSAG

JP/18/MASSAG (Jun's corrections entered 23/9) AIDS agency turns to massage for income, employment opportunityI Wayan Juniartha The Jakarta Post/DenpasarA strained neck did not prevent Dudy Rohadi, the coordinator of Matahati's After Care Program, from personally directing his staff to clean and...

E-learning community established

E-learning community established JAKARTA: In order to enhance the distant e-learning quality in many institutions, a group of professionals established E- learning Community on Wednesday.Initiated by Bina Nusantara University, the community will publish an e-journal and newsletter, as well as run...

RI eyes second best in SEAG standings

RI eyes second best in SEAG standingsMoch. N. Kurniawan, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The National Sports Council (KONI) acknowledged on Thursday that its athletes would be in a three-way contest for second place with Vietnam and host Philippines at the 23rd Southeast Asia (SEA) Games in November.

The 9/30 tragedy

The 9/30 tragedy Something horrible happened 40 years ago that changed the course of Indonesia's history, unfortunately for the worse. But while the circumstances surrounding the kidnapping and murder of six Army generals on the night of Sept.

Subsidies must go to the poor

Subsidies must go to the poor I certainly understand why subsidies on gasoline need to be removed -- I am not poor so why should I receive cheap Premium at the country's expense?However, I cannot see the need for removing the subsidy on kerosene.

Indonesia to host Malaysia in Davis Cup

Indonesia to host Malaysia in Davis Cup LONDON: Indonesia are drawn to host Malaysia in their Davis Cup Asia Oceania Zone Group 2 match next year.The national team, who is seeded second in the group, lost 4-1 to Thailand in Bangkok on Sunday, and were defeated 3-2 by Uzbekistan in March.

JP/1/hour

JP/1/hour Mysterious gunmen reappear in Poso Mysterious attackers have sparked terror once again in Poso, the troubled town in Central Sulawesi that has seen sporadic violence after a 2000 peace accord was signed by Muslim and Christian leaders to end sectarian fighting.

Class actions loom as city drags its feet on air bylaw

Class actions loom as city drags its feet on air bylawBambang Nurbianto, The Jakarta Post, JakartaActivists and a councillor criticized the city administration on Wednesday for its lackluster performance in implementing bylaw No.

Protecting Minahasan people

Protecting Minahasan people I would like to praise the Indonesian judges for protecting Minahasa and the people of Sulawesi from the side effects of uncaring mining practices. The people of Sulawesi who have suffered skin ailments as the result of the pollution deserve compensation.