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Tue, 20 Sep 2005
Shares end higher led by Telkom
Shares end higher led by TelkomDow Jones, JakartaIndonesian shares ended higher on Monday led by foreign program buying in telecommunications and bank blue chips, with gains in many Asian markets providing support, dealers said.They said a steady rupiah against the U.S.
Tue, 20 Sep 2005
Democracy is of no use
Democracy is of no useFrom Kompas How can democracy have any meaning if the communists still aspire to return to the political stage? It's wishful thinking.This is due to the fact that the younger generation of communists insist that they (the Indonesian communists) are right; and what the...
Tue, 20 Sep 2005
Eight police leaders replaced
Eight police leaders replaced JAKARTA: Eight police officials were replaced on Monday in a ceremony led by city police chief Insp. Gen. Firman Gani.Among the eight officials are internal affairs head Sr. Comr. Robert Izzac Sihahaya, chief analyst of the research and development bureau Sr. Comr.
Tue, 20 Sep 2005
Govt bows to pressure, revises assumptions
Govt bows to pressure, revises assumptionsThe Jakarta Post, JakartaIn response to a chorus of criticism over the assumptions in its 2006 draft budget, the government has proposed revisions to most of its basic assumptions, including the much-cited oil price forecast.
Tue, 20 Sep 2005
City agencies' thriftiness leaves much to be desired
City agencies' thriftiness leaves much to be desiredBambang Nurbianto, The Jakarta Post, JakartaWhile many taxpayers have to cut back on expenditures in their household budgets due to the price increases of basic commodities, city officials admitted that they could not help spending nearly all of...
Tue, 20 Sep 2005
Tibetans left out of boom 40 years on
Tibetans left out of boom 40 years onLindsay Beck, Reuters/Lhasa, ChinaTibet's capital is booming, but for Gucang Dunzhu, it doesn't much matter.The Lhasa local government boasts 12 percent growth rates for the past four years, driven by massive investment from Beijing aimed at jumpstarting the...
Tue, 20 Sep 2005
Fuel-laden tanker intercepted
Fuel-laden tanker interceptedFadli, The Jakarta Post, BatamA Panamanian-registered tanker Abber 32, laden with subsidized diesel fuel, was intercepted by a water and air police unit at Batu Ampar port in Batam at around 1 a.m. on Monday.
Tue, 20 Sep 2005
Vigilance urged over avian flu
Vigilance urged over avian fluThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta/Surabaya/YogyakartaThe government declared on Monday that the outbreak of avian influenza in the country was an "extraordinary" situation after it reported a fourth human fatality and two new cases of humans infection.
Tue, 20 Sep 2005
The President must act now
The President must act nowFrom Bisnis Indonesia In my opinion, several actions can be taken simultaneously to overcome the fuel shortages. One is to stop the smuggling of this commodity at any cost, and the smugglers must tried under the law on terrorism. And if necessary, shoot them on the spot.
Tue, 20 Sep 2005
11 countries study dry farming program
11 countries study dry farming program KUPANG, East Nusa Tenggara: Participants from 11 Asian and African countries met in rural East Nusa Tenggara for two days this week to learn about the province's dry farming methods.
Tue, 20 Sep 2005
BPK head calls for coordination
BPK head calls for coordinationRidwan Max Sijabat, The Jakarta Post, JakartaSupreme Audit Agency (BPK) chairman Anwar Nasution has called for better coordination among law enforcement and legal institutions in a bid to make the antigraft drive more effective.
Tue, 20 Sep 2005
1. BPK (3x18)
1. BPK (3x18) Auditors suspended for receiving bribes from KPU 2. Audit (1x27) BPK head calls for coordination 3. Lombok (1x32) Farmers questioned over Lombok clash 4. Baasyir (1x27) Ba'asyir taken for medical check
Tue, 20 Sep 2005
Ignorance feigned over relief funds
Ignorance feigned over relief fundsTony Hotland, The Jakarta Post, JakartaThe few, brave people making an effort to unravel corruption in the disbursement of relief funds face a daunting challenge as local officials questioned in connection with the rampant practice suddenly seem to be suffering...
Tue, 20 Sep 2005
TV Program: Wednesday, September 21, 2005
TV Program: Wednesday, September 21, 2005TVRI .TB.30" .90" 5:00 a.m. Religious Teachings6:00 News: Berita Pagi7:00 Cartoon: Rocky and Friends8:30 Music: Asik-asik10:00 Showbiz11:00 News: Berita Nusantara11:30 Cultural Program: Rona Daerah1:00 p.m.
Tue, 20 Sep 2005
Crocodile park enlivens Tangerang
Crocodile park enlivens TangerangMulta Fidrus, The Jakarta Post, TangerangThe newly built Tanjung Pasir crocodile park in the Teluk Naga district of Tangerang regency, will only be open to the public on the first day of Idul Fitri holidays on Nov.
Tue, 20 Sep 2005
Militants appeal death sentences
Militants appeal death sentencesJAKARTA: Two militants sentenced to death for a bombing at the Australian embassy filed appeals on Monday, their lawyer said.Achmad Michdan registered the appeals at the South Jakarta district court which issued the verdicts last week against Achmad Hasan and Iwan...
Tue, 20 Sep 2005
ASEAN holds first joint disaster drill
ASEAN holds first joint disaster drillMALAYSIA: Some 200 personnel took part in Southeast Asia's first joint disaster drill on Monday, aimed at preparing the region to respond more effectively to events like last year's tsunami tragedy.
Tue, 20 Sep 2005
Bajo people say they live in harmony with surroundings
Bajo people say they live in harmony with surroundingsHasrul, The Jakarta Post, KendariIt was very hot and the wind from the sea blew softly on the coastal areas of the Wakatobi islands late one morning when Nira, 40, fanned the flames on a stove in the space underneath her stilted house.
Tue, 20 Sep 2005
Acehnese bond with Katrina victims
Acehnese bond with Katrina victimsAntara, News Agency/JakartaThe bonds between the child survivors of the earthquake and tsunami in Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam and Nias island, North Sumatra, and their peers affected by Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans, USA, have become all the closer through the...
Tue, 20 Sep 2005
Govt to set up powerful Papuan body next month
Govt to set up powerful Papuan body next monthTiarma Siboro, The Jakarta Post, JakartaThe government promised on Monday to install the members of the much-awaited Papua People's Assembly (MRP) early next month and to refrain from making any strategic decisions on the troubled province pending the...
Tue, 20 Sep 2005
Recognition grows that the world is one ecosystem
Recognition grows that the world is one ecosystem The Second Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Ocean- Related Ministerial Meeting which concluded over the weekend in Bali produced a set of statements aimed at ensuring sustainable management of the ocean, marine environment and its resources...
Tue, 20 Sep 2005
Jakarta hopes quick action can stop bird flu spreading
Jakarta hopes quick action can stop bird flu spreadingDamar Harsanto, The Jakarta Post, JakartaThe Jakarta administration says it has launched an all-out effort to prevent a larger outbreak of avian influenza following the confirmation of more cases of bird flu in both humans and birds.
Tue, 20 Sep 2005
Farmers questioned over Lombok clash
Farmers questioned over Lombok clashLuh Putu Trisna Wahyuni and Eva C. Komandjaja, The Jakarta Post, Mataram/JakartaPolice said on Monday they have questioned at least 11 people as witnesses in connection with a bloody clash a day earlier between police and farmers in Central Lombok, West Nusa...
Tue, 20 Sep 2005
Ministry eyes rice-for-planes trade deal
Ministry eyes rice-for-planes trade dealZakki P. Hakim, The Jakarta Post, JakartaThe Ministry of Industry has proposed a countertrade deal involving rice imports of 250,000 tons and exports of aircraft produced by state aircraft maker PT Dirgantara Indonesia (PTDI).
Tue, 20 Sep 2005
Thailand is becoming a significant donor nation, says study
Thailand is becoming a significant donor nation, says studyParis Lord, Agence France-Presse/BangkokThailand is becoming a significant aid donor especially to the world's poorest countries, a new report shows, highlighting a rapid shift in the nation's fortunes.
Tue, 20 Sep 2005
Govt gears up for fuel price hike
Govt gears up for fuel price hikeRendi A. Witular, The Jakarta Post, JakartaThe government will send teams to various provinces to speed up the data-collecting process on low-income people and to ensure that none of them are missing from the early registration for a subsidy program, before the...
Tue, 20 Sep 2005
Ba'asyir taken for medical check
Ba'asyir taken for medical checkAgence France-Presse, Jakarta Hard-line Muslim cleric Abubakar Ba'asyir, imprisoned for his role in the Bali bombings, briefly left prison for a medical examination following concerns about his health, one of his lawyers said on Monday.
Tue, 20 Sep 2005
Voicing the marginalized women interpretation of the Koran
Voicing the marginalized women interpretation of the Korancheck query in bold checked -- JSRSpeaking out against misreading of the Koran Evi Mariani The Jakarta Post/JakartaIn this patriarchal world, being a woman is a challenge, especially being one who lives in a country that has only just begun...
Tue, 20 Sep 2005
Asians still invest in Wall Street
Asians still invest in Wall Street SINGAPORE: The recent spike in oil prices and a disappointing U.S. economic performance have not scared Asian investors away from Wall Street, U.S. treasury data showed on Monday.Investors in the region as a whole chalked up US$64.
Tue, 20 Sep 2005
~Program Sponsors
~Program Sponsors Acqua Pacific Rim Rest Artex Aula Cervantes Banco de Chile Bank of Indonesia BMW Indonesia Bukit Pelangi Golf & Country Club Cafi Batavia Concept Magazine Crowne Plaza Hotel DHL Indonesia Eva Air Indonesia Evolver industries Geomar Godot.
Tue, 20 Sep 2005
Three boats razed by fire
Three boats razed by fire SURABAYA: Three large motorized long boats were reduced to floating wrecks after a fire swept through them at the Port of Kalimas in Surabaya early on Monday morning.The 10-meter long vessels, the KLM Dharma Surya, KLM Harapan Bersaudara and KLM Karya Saudaraku, were in...
Tue, 20 Sep 2005
Man or beast? -- the daily talk in a national park
Man or beast? -- the daily talk in a national parkIn early September the Indonesian offices of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) and The Nature Conservancy (TNC) invited a number of journalists to Wakatobi National Park, Southeast Sulawesi province,...
Tue, 20 Sep 2005
1. Flu ----- 3x12
1. Flu ----- 3x12 Govt calls for vigilance over avian influenza Vigilance urged over avian flu Extraordinary status imposed over bird flu 2. Debt ---- 1x28 An Indonesian bears $600 in debt 3. Amnesia - 1x25 Ignorance feigned over relief funds 4.
Tue, 20 Sep 2005
1. KPU: 2 X 20
1. KPU: 2 X 20 'Kickbacks received by ministry officials' 2. BIRD: 1 X 49 Jakarta hopes quick action can stop bird flu spreading 3. HOUSE: 1 X 32 Democracy 'but a concept' in RI 4. ISRAEL: 1 X 40 Ties with Israel possible: Legislators
Tue, 20 Sep 2005
An efficient key to company transportation problems
An efficient key to company transportation problemsProdjo Sunaryanto, Managing Director of TRAC The protracted economic crisis, which this country is still in the throws of, has forced companies to be cost-efficient.
Tue, 20 Sep 2005
Democracy is of no use
Democracy is of no useFrom Kompas How can democracy have any meaning if the communists still aspire to return to the political stage? It's wishful thinking.This is due to the fact that the younger generation of communists insist that they (the Indonesian communists) are right; and what the...
Tue, 20 Sep 2005
W. Java council leaders request new official cars
W. Java council leaders request new official carsYuli Tri Suwarni, The Jakarta Post, BandungAs protesters marched through the streets in opposition to a planned fuel price hike, West Java provincial council leaders voiced their own demand: new official cars.
Tue, 20 Sep 2005
Democracy 'but a concept' in RI
Democracy 'but a concept' in RISri Wahyuni, The Jakarta Post, YogyakartaThe much-vaunted reform movement has helped Indonesia build a democratic infrastructure but the country has yet to develop democratic practices, a noted political analyst says.
Tue, 20 Sep 2005
Auditors suspended for receiving bribes from KPU
Auditors suspended for receiving bribes from KPUThe Jakarta Post, JakartaThree auditors of the Supreme Audit Agency (BPK) assigned to audit the General Elections Commission (KPU) have been suspended for receiving bribes from the troubled Commission.
Tue, 20 Sep 2005
Amended Constitution published in Javanese
Amended Constitution published in Javanese BANTUL, Yogyakarta: Constitutional Court Chief Justice Jimly Asshiddique presented on Sunday the amended 1945 Constitution in Javanese to Yogyakarta Governor Sri Sultan Hamengkubuwono X and Bantul Regent Idham Samawi.
Tue, 20 Sep 2005
New subdistrict heads installed amid controversy
New subdistrict heads installed amid controversyMulta Fidrus, The Jakarta Post, TangerangTangerang Regent Ismet Iskandar reportedly swore in on Monday 77 village chiefs as acting subdistrict heads amid a controversy over a bylaw on transforming village administrations into subdistrict governments.
Tue, 20 Sep 2005
Peace and justice in Aceh?
Peace and justice in Aceh?From Kompas The presidential decree (Keppres) No. 22/2005 on the granting of general amnesties or pardons to Free Aceh Movement (GAM) members, living abroad or in Indonesia, was issued exactly 15 days after the signing of Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) in Helsinki on...
Tue, 20 Sep 2005
U.S. man, Bajo woman live together
U.S. man, Bajo woman live togetherHasrul, The Jakarta Post, KendariEra, 5, was running with small steps along a wooden bridge in Sama Bahari village, her little hand clutching a small plastic bag containing iced water.She drank the water through a straw, on and off, until the bag was empty.
Tue, 20 Sep 2005
Car rental, one way to drive away high operational costs
Car rental, one way to drive away high operational costsBurhanuddin Abe, Contributor, Jakarta Transportation is vital to professionals in major cities like Jakarta but buying an automobile is not the only option.
Tue, 20 Sep 2005
Deputy governor quizzed over diploma
Deputy governor quizzed over diplomaApriadi Gunawan, The Jakarta Post, MedanThe North Sumatra provincial council's plenary meeting had to be postponed following tension among council members demanding that Deputy Governor Rudolf Pardede give an explanation about the validity of his high school...
Mon, 19 Sep 2005
Agtmaal wins 5th stage, Askari keeps lead
Agtmaal wins 5th stage, Askari keeps lead Twenty-three-year-old Dutch cyclist Peter Van Agtmaal of the Jong en Laan team claimed back-to-back stage wins on Saturday but Iranian Hossein Askari retained the yellow jersey in the Tour d'Indonesia.
Mon, 19 Sep 2005
1 x 36
1 x 36 BRR vows to speed up Aceh rebuilding JP/4/NTB2 x 15 Farmers, policemen injured in clash JP/4/GRAFT2 x 16 AGO mulls protecting graft whistleblowers JP/4/DPR1 x 32 Probe of budget sales stepped up JP/4/FIRE2 x 17 Man sets fire to shop, sisters die
Mon, 19 Sep 2005
Man sets fire to shop, sisters die
Man sets fire to shop, sisters dieThe Jakarta Post, JakartaPolice in Pontianak have arrested a man for setting fire to his mother's shophouse, which left two of his sisters dead, Antara has reported.The fire, which occurred early on Sunday, also razed seven other shophouses, including one owned by...
Mon, 19 Sep 2005
Susilo confirms talks with Israel's FM
Susilo confirms talks with Israel's FM NEW YORK: President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono confirmed late on Friday an informal meeting between Minister of Foreign Affairs Hassan Wirayuda and Israeli Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom on the sidelines of the 2005 World Summit, as part of Indonesia's effort to...
Mon, 19 Sep 2005
Bus accident injures 13
Bus accident injures 13 BOGOR: A tourist bus plummeted 15 meters into a ravine in Cisarua, Bogor on Saturday, injuring 13 University of Indonesia students (UI), three of them seriously.The bus was carrying a group of psychology students to Jakarta after they attended a function with new students at...