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Mon, 20 Sep 2004
Ground water near fishpond may not be safe
Ground water near fishpond may not be safeDewi Santoso, The Jakarta Post/Jakarta People living near fishponds need to take care in using ground water as it may be polluted with bacteria and other micro- organisms from water used to clean fishponds, a study revealed.
Mon, 20 Sep 2004
RI students grab silvers, bronze medals
RI students grab silvers, bronze medalsThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta Indonesian students grabbed two silvers and one bronze in the 16th Olympiad in Informatics that ended on Saturday in Athens, Greece.The event, which ran from Sept. 11 to Sept. 18, was attended by 300 students from 80 countries.
Mon, 20 Sep 2004
Govt launches Hepatitis C Care Day
Govt launches Hepatitis C Care DayDewi Santoso, The Jakarta Post/Jakarta With at least seven million people in the country infected with hepatitis C, increasing public awareness of the disease is one way to halt its transmission.
Mon, 20 Sep 2004
Registered voters drop by 103,000
Registered voters drop by 103,000 JAKARTA: Jakarta General Elections Commission (KPUD) Muhamad Taufik said on Sunday that the number of registered voters for Monday's presidential election declined by 103,528 to only 6,617,980, while the number of polling stations is reduced by 10 from 224,224...
Mon, 20 Sep 2004
PPP members seek to oust Hamzah
PPP members seek to oust Hamzah JAKARTA: Discontent with the current party's leadership, some members of the United Development Party (PPP) are seeking to hold a special national meeting to replace incumbent chairman Hamzah Haz, who is also the incumbent vice president.
Mon, 20 Sep 2004
Event preparations sluggish: Mayor
Event preparations sluggish: Mayor BANDUNG: Bandung Mayor Dada Rosada acknowledged on Saturday that preparations for the Asia Africa Conference Golden Jubilee were far from complete, although the conference is only six months away.
Mon, 20 Sep 2004
'Indonesia Sukses' quiz
'Indonesia Sukses' quiz From Koran Tempo We have often heard on the television that many elementary schools have collapsed because not enough funds are available for their proper maintenance. Many experts and government leaders have also complained on TV that there is not enough money to develop...
Mon, 20 Sep 2004
Senseless acts of violence
Senseless acts of violence I would like to express my profound sympathy for the people of Indonesia. The recent terrorist attack on the Australian Embassy, as well as the Bali bombing and the attack on the Marriott, were certainly carried out by people who do not represent the peaceful people of...
Mon, 20 Sep 2004
Monday's runoff to boost rupiah, stock index
Monday's runoff to boost rupiah, stock indexDadan Wijaksana, The Jakarta Post/Jakarta The rupiah and stock prices are set to benefit this week from the prevailing positive market sentiment, as hopes are high that the Monday's election runoff will proceed without violence, analysts said on Sunday.
Mon, 20 Sep 2004
Vote and be counted
Vote and be counted It's decision time. Today is the final round of the presidential election. For the first time since we declared independence in 1945, the people of this country have the opportunity to decide directly who will lead us for the next five years.
Mon, 20 Sep 2004
Fires break out in Berbak National Park
Fires break out in Berbak National Park JAMBI, Jambi: Dozens of hot spots were detected by satellite on Saturday in Berbak National Park, here, signifying that areas of the national park were ablaze.However, no data was available on the scale of the fires.
Mon, 20 Sep 2004
Scope brings Web content to mobile devices
Scope brings Web content to mobile devicesZatni Arbi, Contributor/zatni@cbn.net.id When my cell phone operator Telkomsel introduced the General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) over its cellular phone network, I did not jump straight into the habit of browsing the Internet using my cell phone.
Mon, 20 Sep 2004
Blast perpetrated by lone suicide bomber: police
Blast perpetrated by lone suicide bomber: policeAbdul Khalik, The Jakarta Post/Jakarta All the body parts found at the bomb site outside the Australian Embassy in Jakarta belonged to one suicide bomber, a police general close to the investigation revealed on Sunday.
Mon, 20 Sep 2004
Kota Bunga's
Kota Bunga's elitism reeksFrom Media IndonesiaAs a customer of Kota Bunga in Cipanas, West Java, I was promised various facilities before buying a villa, including the use of a guesthouse twice, each time for three nights, while the villa is under construction.
Mon, 20 Sep 2004
KPU launches computerized vote counting
KPU launches computerized vote countingM. Taufiqurrahman The Jakarta Post/JakartaA new-and-improved computerized vote counting system was ready for the presidential election and would help to reduce vote- rigging in the poll, the General Elections Commission (KPU) announced on Sunday.
Mon, 20 Sep 2004
Wismilak International
Wismilak International Results from the sixth day of the US$225,000 11th Wismilak International WTA event on Indonesia's resort island of Bali on Saturday (x denotes seeding): Semifinals Svetlana Kuznetsova (Rus x2) bt Nadia Petrova (Rus x4) 6-7 (2/7), 6-1, 6-2.
Mon, 20 Sep 2004
Industry says luxury tax stymies electronics development
Industry says luxury tax stymies electronics developmentZakki P. Hakim, The Jakarta Post/Jakarta If you think a 29-inch tube screen television or a camera cell phone with add-ons -- both selling for about Rp 3 million, (US$330) -- are luxuries then you're in agreement with the government.
Mon, 20 Sep 2004
Fake diplomas
Fake diplomasFrom RepublikaSurely, all of us want clean, smart and honest councillors, because they are the people's representatives. Thus, those who have used fake diplomas should be replaced as soon as possible. They don't deserve to be called councillors.
Mon, 20 Sep 2004
'Hi-tech junk can be good business'
'Hi-tech junk can be good business' State-of-the-art electronic goods, including computers, television sets, DVD/VCD players and cell phones have become more affordable, with old models discarded for brand new ones.
Mon, 20 Sep 2004
Malaysia's UMNO wins by-election
Malaysia's UMNO wins by-election MALAYSIA: Malaysia's ruling coalition retained its seat in a state government by-election held on Saturday, the official Bernama news agency said on Sunday.Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi's National Front coalition beat the independent candidate by a margin of...
Mon, 20 Sep 2004
'Industries could pollute Citarum'
'Industries could pollute Citarum' BANDUNG: Some 3,000 industries located by the Citarum -- the biggest river in West Java and a major water source for Jakarta -- put it at risk of pollution.West Java Governor Danny Setiawan disclosed on Friday that the quality, as well as the water volume of...
Mon, 20 Sep 2004
Prison medics trained in HIV/AIDS treatment
Prison medics trained in HIV/AIDS treatmentUrip Hudiono, The Jakarta Post/Jakarta Concerned by the rising number of inmates testing positive for HIV, the Pelita Ilmu Foundation (YPI) held on Saturday a workshop for prison medical workers on treating people living with the virus.
Mon, 20 Sep 2004
Kuznetsova claims Wismilak title
Kuznetsova claims Wismilak titleEva C. Komandjaja, The Jakarta Post/Nusa Dua, Bali Second seed Svetlana Kuznetsova claimed the singles title at the US$225,000 Wismilak International Tennis tournament after overpowering unseeded Marlene Weingartner of Germany 6-1, 6-4 in the final, while the top...
Mon, 20 Sep 2004
Councillors must work first, demand salary later
Councillors must work first, demand salary laterDamar Harsanto, The Jakarta Post/Jakarta The City Council should put public interests first before demanding higher salaries and better facilities, residents say."The time is not right to propose higher salaries.
Mon, 20 Sep 2004
Indonesia, democracy and the Islamic world
Indonesia, democracy and the Islamic worldJonathan Power, London The two big wings of Islam-Turkey in the West and Indonesia in the East -- are reforming and changing at a lightening pace, confounding those who only measure Islam by its seemingly stagnant middle ground.
Mon, 20 Sep 2004
The brand illusion -- What's stopping Indonesian brands from
The brand illusion -- What's stopping Indonesian brands from competing globallyMichael J. Webdell Jakarta Nike, Samsung, Tommy Hilfiger, Guess, Sony: These are just a few brands popular to people across the world.
Mon, 20 Sep 2004
Govt to revalue Dipasena assets
Govt to revalue Dipasena assetsThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta The government will appoint an independent appraiser to revalue troubled assets of PT Dipasena Citra Darmaja, Southeast Asia's largest shrimp-farming company, before offering them to investors for sale or in a bid to seek working capital.
Mon, 20 Sep 2004
Japanese WW II pilot drops aid
Japanese WW II pilot drops aidAntara, Banggai Regency A Japanese pilot from the World War II era, who was saved by locals during the war 60 years ago, dispatched an aid package to Tangeban subdistrict, some 60 kilometers north of Luwuk, the capital of Banggai regency, Central Sulawesi province.
Mon, 20 Sep 2004
Padang court frees graft defendants
Padang court frees graft defendantsSyofiardi Bachyul Jb, The Jakarta Post/Padang The Padang district court exonerated on Saturday four defendants accused of involvement in a high-profile Rp 7.6 billion (US$808,510) graft case in Mentawai Islands regency.
Mon, 20 Sep 2004
Sept. 22 : vote counting wraps up at village level
Sept. 22 : vote counting wraps up at village levelSept. 24 : vote counting completed at district levelSept. 27 : vote counting completes at regency level Oct. 1 : provincial KPUD wraps up vote counting Oct. 2 - Oct. 4 : national votes aggregation by the KPU Oct.
Mon, 20 Sep 2004
PDI-P drops proposal on military
PDI-P drops proposal on militaryKurniawan Hari, The Jakarta Post/Jakarta The Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) withdrew on Friday its proposal to insert an article into the military bill being deliberated by the House of Representatives banning newly retired military personnel from...
Mon, 20 Sep 2004
Vulgar TV after 10
Vulgar TV after 10 From RepublikaToday's TV programs, particularly those after 10 p.m., are still loaded with sexual behavior and problems presented in a vulgar way, such as reality shows about promiscuous women and female students seeking money, the use of aphrodisiacs, the life of prostitutes and...
Mon, 20 Sep 2004
Taiwan's DPP wants ties with RI political parties
Taiwan's DPP wants ties with RI political partiesThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta Taiwan's ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) wants to establish party-to-party relations with Indonesia's political parties, a DPP leader said in Jakarta.
Mon, 20 Sep 2004
10,000 face eviction for water project
10,000 face eviction for water projectOyos Saroso H.N., The Jakarta Post/Bandarlampung Bandarlampung municipal administration is planning to demolish some 5,000 stilt houses in Lampung Bay, in line with its plan to implement the so-termed Waterfront City Project.
Sun, 19 Sep 2004
Touch and go: Aromatherapy makes good 'scents' for health
Touch and go: Aromatherapy makes good 'scents' for healthHera Diani, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta In a recent holistic aromatherapy seminar, practitioner Rina Poerwadi asked four women participants to sniff an essential oil and give their reaction to it.The responses were very different for each woman.
Sun, 19 Sep 2004
Jakartans start preparing for Monday runoff
Jakartans start preparing for Monday runoffBambang Nurbianto, The Jakarta Post/Jakarta Crisp, white, and a sight to behold, thought Nur, 25, who spent Saturday with his fellow workers erecting 11 tents that will serve as polling stations on Monday, on Jl.
Sun, 19 Sep 2004
Amid the chaos, do not go softly into the night
Amid the chaos, do not go softly into the night A short while ago on a flight to Jakarta, my fellow passenger, a woman from Beijing, told me about her fears regarding security in Indonesia.I downplayed those concerns, saying that the outside world generally had an exaggerated picture of the...
Sun, 19 Sep 2004
Coffee culture in Bengkulu
Coffee culture in Bengkulu The pungent aroma of coffee filled the afternoon air in Curup, a cool hill town some 85 kilometers northeast of Bengkulu, the capital of the province of the same name."Bengkulu coffee is 100 percent pure, not mixed with corn flour or anything.
Sun, 19 Sep 2004
Smear campaign mars cooling-off period
Smear campaign mars cooling-off periodThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta Two days before the presidential election runoff on Monday, the campaign team for Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono was kept busy countering allegations that could harm its candidate.
Sun, 19 Sep 2004
Indonesia ready and waiting for historic elections
Indonesia ready and waiting for historic electionsThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta/Makassar/Pekanbaru Indonesia is putting the finishing touches on preparations for the historic presidential election runoff on Monday, and the country appears ready for the polls despite some minor glitches.
Sun, 19 Sep 2004
Filmmaker taps into Imelda's power
Filmmaker taps into Imelda's powerOng Sor Fern, ANN/The Straits Times/Singapore--------------------------------------------------------------- Ramona Diaz's documentary on Imelda Marcos has received an award at the Sundance Festival, divisive responses from Filipinos and a lawsuit from the former...
Sun, 19 Sep 2004
Police brace for terrorist activity ahead of polls
Police brace for terrorist activity ahead of pollsThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta/Banda Aceh/Palu/Jayapura In the wake of bomb threats in several cities, the National Police are taking steps to prevent terror attacks ahead of and during the presidential election runoff on Monday.
Sun, 19 Sep 2004
Water hazard: The soggy blight on old buildings
Water hazard: The soggy blight on old buildingsMaria Endah Hulupi, Contributor/Jakarta Restoring an old, damaged building to its former glory requires careful planning, handling and, of course, considerable financing.
Sun, 19 Sep 2004
Life's a beach in the north
Life's a beach in the north East Timor's main attractions, apart from its ever changing scenery, are its shores and seas along the north coast.Pristine beaches of white talcum powder-like sand meet turquoise seas that feature some of the best diving in the world.
Sun, 19 Sep 2004
Same name but different taste...
Same name but different taste...Sudibyo M. Wiradji, The Jakarta Post/Jakarta The name may be the same but the taste is different -- that seems to be the story with many foreign dishes served up in Indonesian restaurants.
Sun, 19 Sep 2004
Hartati finds her feet on the dance floor
Hartati finds her feet on the dance floorHera Diani The Jakarta Post/Jakarta Dancing has always worked as escapism for choreographer Hartati.A child of divorce, caught in the tug of war between grandparents and her mother, turned her into a painfully introverted girl.
Sun, 19 Sep 2004
Rickshaws riding high in Germany
Rickshaws riding high in GermanyChristina Schott, Contributor/Berlin When springtime starts and the air slowly becomes warmer in Central Europe, they suddenly sprout at every corner.They are the Velotaxis and Rikschataxis -- the German answer to Indonesian becak and Asian rickshaws.
Sun, 19 Sep 2004
Kuznetsova to meet Weingartner in Wismilak International final
Kuznetsova to meet Weingartner in Wismilak International finalEva C. Komandjaja, The Jakarta Post/Nusa Dua, Bali Svetlana Kuznetsova of Russia is in position to win her second Wismilak International tennis tournament less than two weeks after her U.S.
Sun, 19 Sep 2004
Broken dream
Broken dreamYenni Djahidin She sat there on a wooden bench under a maple tree, her eyes following the small boy running in the playground.Her face was long and narrow with dark eyes, a small nose and a small mouth. I saw her as I entered the park.
Sun, 19 Sep 2004
Scholar Julia takes on patriarchal powers
Scholar Julia takes on patriarchal powersCarla Bianpoen, Contributor/Jakarta ------------------------------- Sex, Power, Nation An Anthology of Writings 1979-2003 Julia I. Suryakusuma, Metafor Publishing, 2004 Rp 108,000 ------------------------------------- Amid speculation and anxiety about the...