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Mon, 11 Aug 2003
Marriott blast affects neighboring businesses
Marriott blast affects neighboring businessesBambang Nurbianto, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Two commercial centers, the closest trading hub to the JW Marriott Hotel in Kuningan, South Jakarta, were the most affected by the bomb blast which killed at least 10 people and wounded 149 others.
Mon, 11 Aug 2003
'The bomb weighed over 10 kg'
'The bomb weighed over 10 kg'Damar Harsanto and Fabiola Desy Unidjaja, The Jakarta Post Jakarta Entering the sixth day of the investigation into the JW Marriott bombing, police estimated that the bomb contained between 10 kilograms and 20 kilograms of explosives.
Mon, 11 Aug 2003
TV Program: Monday, August 11, 2003
TV Program: Monday, August 11, 2003TVRI .TB.30" .90" 6:00 a.m. News: Berita Pagi7:00 English News Service 9:00 Music10:00 Quiz: Dibisikin11:00 News: Berita Daerah 11:30 Music: Konteswara12:00 p.m. News: Berita Siang1:00 Talk Show: Konsultasi Keluarga2:30 Music: Pop Daerah3:00 Children's Program4:00...
Mon, 11 Aug 2003
We must fight rampant crimes
We must fight rampant crimes At least 14 people were killed after a bomb exploded at the JW Marriott Hotel's driveway in Jakarta on Tuesday, almost a year after bombs ripped through two nightclubs at the Kuta tourist resort in Bali on Oct. 12, 2002.
Mon, 11 Aug 2003
Restriction of motorized vehicles
Restriction of motorized vehiclesFrom Media Indonesia It has been reported that the city administration will issue a regulation stipulating that motorized vehicles from other provinces made before 1990 will be prohibited from obtaining Jakarta license plates.
Mon, 11 Aug 2003
Govt weak in security: Party
Govt weak in security: Party SURABAYA: The executive board of the Indonesian Justice and Unity Party (PKP Indonesia) pointed out on Saturday that President Megawati Soekarnoputri's administration had two weaknesses -- one in ensuring security and the other in enforcing the law.
Mon, 11 Aug 2003
Textile industry told to fix problems before quota axed
Textile industry told to fix problems before quota axedEvi Mariani, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The country's inefficient textile and garment industry has been told to get its act together in order to survive tougher competition in the export market particularly when the global quota system is...
Mon, 11 Aug 2003
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h4 * Archipelago:7 million people in W. Java suffer depression5 * Opinion:Will Cancun promote or sap development?7 * City:Marriott blast affects neighboring businesses8 * Sports:Michael Phelps breaks own 200-meter IM world record10 * World:Vajpayee calls for peace with Pakistan11 * Business:Soaring...
Mon, 11 Aug 2003
Jakartans begin regreening
Jakartans begin regreeningThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta As the city's green areas continue to be asphalted under, many Jakartans are realizing the importance of planting trees and creating mini-green areas at home.
Mon, 11 Aug 2003
7m people in W. Java suffer depression
7m people in W. Java suffer depressionYuli Tri Suwarni, The Jakarta Post, Bandung Around 27 percent of 37 million people in West Java suffer light to severe depression with some three million of them psychotic due to complex social problems in the crisis-riddled country, doctors have said.
Mon, 11 Aug 2003
Pedicab drivers mourn friend's death
Pedicab drivers mourn friend's death JAKARTA: The National Pedicab Drivers Union condemned on Saturday a raid against pedicab drivers by North Jakarta Municipal public order officers which caused the death of a pedicab driver.
Mon, 11 Aug 2003
Korean firm occupied by workers
Korean firm occupied by workers TANGERANG: The Cikupa, Tangerang, offices of South Korean company PT Sam Roh Young were briefly occupied by three dismissed workers and dozens of their supporters.The company's managing director, Chong Jaisung, said on Saturday the workers were fired two weeks ago...
Mon, 11 Aug 2003
G5: Abundant features and more pixels, too
G5: Abundant features and more pixels, tooZatni Arbi, Columnist, Jakarta, zatni@cbn.net.id As you may well imagine, there are lots of electronic gadgets on my shelves. Among them, I still keep my first digital camera ever, which is already several years old.
Mon, 11 Aug 2003
Firdasari leads singles sweep
Firdasari leads singles sweep Musthofid, The Jakarta Post, Yogyakarta Indonesian junior shuttlers made amends for their seniors' disappointing performance at the international level as they swept all the singles titles at the US$11,000 Milo Junior Indonesia Open badminton championships here on...
Mon, 11 Aug 2003
Growing anti-U.S. sentiment is cause for concern
Growing anti-U.S. sentiment is cause for concern The Asahi Shimbun, Tokyo The car bomb that ripped through a hotel in downtown Jakarta was set off in broad daylight, killing and injuring many innocent bystanders.
Mon, 11 Aug 2003
Tighter control over explosives imperative
Tighter control over explosives imperativeTiarma Siboro, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The government's stricter security policy will not stop terrorism if the government fails to tighten controls over the distribution of explosives for military or industrial purposes and does not work to improve the...
Mon, 11 Aug 2003
Electoral body to summon PDI-P leaders over books
Electoral body to summon PDI-P leaders over booksAgus Maryono, The Jakarta Post, Cilacap, Central Java The Cilacap Election Supervisory Committee (Panwaslu) in Central Java said on Saturday it would immediately summon local leaders of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI Perjuangan)...
Mon, 11 Aug 2003
Matori's new party ready for election
Matori's new party ready for election MAKASSAR, South Sulawesi: Minister of Defense Matori Abdul Djalil, who had just lost a legal battle to retain his leadership in the National Awakening Party (PKB), says his new political group, the Democratic Glory Party (Pekade), would be ready to contest the...
Mon, 11 Aug 2003
Hegel only wants to play soccer after release
Hegel only wants to play soccer after releaseMulta Fidrus, The Jakarta Post, Tangerang Life will never be the same again for Muhamad Hegel Muthahhari, 8, days after he was freed from his alleged kidnappers.
Mon, 11 Aug 2003
Waiting for stimulus
Waiting for stimulus Businesspeople may be skeptical about Minister of Finance Boediono's announcement of a new stimulus package the government will soon provide to reinvigorate business and spur investment in a bid to offset the impact of the bombing at the JW Marriott Hotel in Jakarta.
Mon, 11 Aug 2003
3 x 12
3 x 12 7m people in W. Java suffer from depression JP/5/5KAOS2 x 25 Electoral body to summon PDI-P leaders over book, shirt 2 x 25 East Timorese graduates await citizenship decision
Mon, 11 Aug 2003
NGO names candidates for Constitutional Court bench
NGO names candidates for Constitutional Court benchM. Taufiqurrahman, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Saying that the government, the House of Representative (DPR) and the Supreme Court all had turned a deaf ear to the views of the public regarding the recruitment of judges for the new Constitutional...
Mon, 11 Aug 2003
ISA not needed to fight terrorism, activists say
ISA not needed to fight terrorism, activists sayThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta Activists slammed on Sunday a proposal from Minister of Defense Matori Abdul Djalil that Indonesia needed a draconian Singapore- style International Security Act (ISA) to combat terrorism, saying such a proposal was a move by...
Mon, 11 Aug 2003
'Cak Nur' considers other ways
'Cak Nur' considers other ways CIREBON, West Java: Muslim intellectual Nurcholish Madjid, also known as Cak Nur, says he will consider taking the offer of a Muslim-based party, after withdrawing from the Golkar Party convention to elect the party's presidential candidates.
Mon, 11 Aug 2003
1. DEATH: 48 pt, 7 cols, 42
1. DEATH: 48 pt, 7 cols, 42 Death penalty serves terrorist goals: Experts 2. VICTIMS: 36 pt, 3 cols, 2 x 23 Bomb victim's daughter faces untreated leukemia 3. ASMAR: 32 pt, 3 cols, 2 x 25 Alleged Marriott bomber also Ngruki school graduate 4.
Mon, 11 Aug 2003
Security lacking in Indonesia
Security lacking in IndonesiaFrom Bisnis Indonesia Another bomb blast at a public venue. It seems that there is no place in this country that is free from terrorist attacks. Only two places have yet to be hit by a bomb blast: The State Palace and the Indonesian Military headquarters in Cilangkap.
Mon, 11 Aug 2003
Linux under siege, geeks to battle
Linux under siege, geeks to battleVishnu K. Mahmud, Contributor, Jakarta, vmahmud@yahoo.com If there's one thing many people despise, it's bullies. Be it those who use weapons to terrorize innocent people or nation- states that cause collateral damage during invasions, a bully is still a bully.
Mon, 11 Aug 2003
Taiwanese ship attacked by pirates in Malacca Strait
Taiwanese ship attacked by pirates in Malacca Strait Agence France-Presse TaipeiThe captain of a Taiwan fisheries cargo ship was wounded after his vessel was attacked by pirate boats in the Malacca Strait, officials said on Sunday.
Mon, 11 Aug 2003
GAM has gone too far
GAM has gone too farFrom Koran Tempo Acehnese refugees have returned to their homes after a month or two, but now their sufferings because of the raging war have multiplied. Back home, they have found that most of their belongings and livestock have been plundered by the Free Aceh Movement (GAM).
Mon, 11 Aug 2003
Death penalty serves terrorist goals: Experts
Death penalty serves terrorist goals: ExpertsTiarma Siboro, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta A death sentence will not put an end to the cowardly acts by terrorists, as the ones that are allegedly committing them in the name of religion, believe that their death will earn them status as syuhada (martyrs),...
Mon, 11 Aug 2003
Fierce competition in the lucrative MPV market
Fierce competition in the lucrative MPV marketT. Hidayat, Contributor, Jakarta The national automotive industry is thriving. The last two years have seen significant growth in the sales of vehicles, as recorded by the Association of Indonesian Automotive Manufacturers (Gaikindo).
Mon, 11 Aug 2003
Bambu Apus toll gate opened
Bambu Apus toll gate opened JAKARTA: State-owned toll road operator PT Jasa Marga opened the Bambu Apus toll gate on the Jakarta Outer Ring Road (JORR) on Friday at 3 p.m., following the opening of the Kampung Rambutan 3 toll gate on July 31.
Mon, 11 Aug 2003
MMI national congress to discuss terrorism
MMI national congress to discuss terrorismSri Wahyuni and Blontank Poer, The Jakarta Post, Surakarta, Central Java The hard-line Indonesian Mujahidin Council (MMI) led by terror suspect Abu Bakar Ba'asyir, started its three-day national congress here on Sunday to reaffirm its "peaceful" fight for...
Mon, 11 Aug 2003
Another image takes a hit
Another image takes a hit One expecting news on The Jakarta Post's "People" page on Aug. 6 would have been disappointed by your article on Kobe Bryant, since this Associated Press piece by Eddie Pell was actually filed and published on July 9 in newspapers and websites across the world.
Mon, 11 Aug 2003
War captives await legal proceedings
War captives await legal proceedingsTertiani ZB Simanjuntak and Nani Farida, The Jakarta Post Lhokseumawe/Banda Aceh "I'm not GAM (Free Aceh Movement), I'm NKRI (Unitary Republic of Indonesia) to the core," said Fatimah, 29, who is being detained in Lhokseumawe prison, North Aceh.
Mon, 11 Aug 2003
Howard to attend Bali blast service despite new fears
Howard to attend Bali blast service despite new fearsMary Longmore, Associated Press, Sydney, Australia Australia's prime minister vowed on Sunday to attend a service for the victims of last year's bombings on the Indonesian resort island of Bali, despite an attack on a Jakarta hotel this week and...
Mon, 11 Aug 2003
PDI-P to elect new leader for Central Java
PDI-P to elect new leader for Central Java SEMARANG: The Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI Perjuangan) will elect a new chairman of the party's Central Java chapter later this month, to replace the departing Mardijo.
Sun, 10 Aug 2003
VP celebrates daughter's marriage
VP celebrates daughter's marriage JAKARTA: Vice President Hamzah Haz threw a grand wedding reception for his daughter, Mirna Yuminar, on Saturday, attended by thousands of guests.President Megawati Soekarnoputri, her husband Taufik Kiemas and Cabinet ministers were among attendants of the wedding...
Sun, 10 Aug 2003
Hong Kong: Weathering the rough spots
Hong Kong: Weathering the rough spotsHera Diani, The Jakarta Post, Hong KongI understood the excitement of Captain Haddock of Herge's Adventure of Tintin, as he sailed in rough weather but called it a "breeze".
Sun, 10 Aug 2003
On The Shelf
On The Shelf In an armed conflict, civilians always become victims. They are forced to leave their homeland and live in terrible conditions of poor shelter, inadequate health care and hunger.It happened to the East Timorese after the vote on self- determination on Aug. 30, 1999.
Sun, 10 Aug 2003
Firdasari leads RI singles sweep
Firdasari leads RI singles sweep Musthofid The Jakarta Post YogyakartaIndonesian junior shuttlers made amends for their seniors' disappointing performance at the international level as they swept all the singles titles at the US$11,000 Milo Junior Indonesia Open badminton championships here on...
Sun, 10 Aug 2003
TV Program: Sunday, Aug. 10, 2003
TV Program: Sunday, Aug. 10, 2003.TB.30" .90"TVRI 6:00 a.m. News: Berita Pagi7:00 English News Service9:30 Children's Program: Bando11:00 Variety Show: Maskum Show12:00 p.m. News: Berita Siang12:30 Traditional Comedy: Mustika Campur Sari2:00 English for Fun3:30 Religious Teachings4:00 Sports5:00...
Sun, 10 Aug 2003
Creating a healing garden amid unhealthy modern living
Creating a healing garden amid unhealthy modern livingNirwono Joga, Contributor, Jakarta The "back-to-nature" trend is taking root. It is not only a trend that goes along with the cosmopolitan lifestyle around the world but a philosophy that has made its way into our daily lives.
Sun, 10 Aug 2003
Alleged kidnapper nabbed in Ambon
Alleged kidnapper nabbed in Ambon Police arrested on Saturday a third suspect in the kidnapping of eight-year-old Muhamad Hegel Muthahhari.The man, identified as Taher Lestaluhu, 45, was taken into custody in Ambon and flown immediately to Jakarta, Elshinta radio reported.
Sun, 10 Aug 2003
Shelter takes in victims of abuse from far and wide
Shelter takes in victims of abuse from far and wideRizky KD Ntoma, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta "Eti" was confused and scared: Four months pregnant after being raped by her employer in Malaysia, the migrant worker returned to her homeland and an uncertain future.
Sun, 10 Aug 2003
Tour leader keeps customers satisfied
Tour leader keeps customers satisfied Our trip was a lot more appealing because of our lively tour leader.Willy Fung Sun Cheung, 53, is helpful and informative, keeping the trip rolling along with stories from his colorful life.
Sun, 10 Aug 2003
Color your days and nights in your home
Color your days and nights in your homeMaria Endah Hulupi, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Do you have sleepless nights? Do you feel uneasy after 15 minutes working in the study? Do you get restless while in the living room? Do you feel that your home is not the place you are longing for after a long day...
Sun, 10 Aug 2003
Bomb killed find-raiser for Bali victims
Bomb killed find-raiser for Bali victimsFitri Wulandari and P.J. Leo, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta "In my house, I have a 2003 calendar with pictures taken by Hans Winkelmolen. The calendar was made and sold to raise funds for victims of the Bali bombings," reads an e-mail that has been circulating...
Sun, 10 Aug 2003
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Back in business After the ill wind that blew into town with SARS, Hong Kong is dusting itself off and rolling out the welcome mat for tourists, with attractions ranging from shopping bargains to its very own panda on exhibit.
Sun, 10 Aug 2003
MUI denounces terrorist attacks
MUI denounces terrorist attacksMuninggar Sri Saraswati, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Four days after the JW Marriott Hotel bombing here, the Indonesia Ulemas Council (MUI), the highest Muslim authority in the country condemned the JW Marriott Jakarta Hotel bombing.