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Mon, 22 Aug 2005
Infrastructure development needed to boost economic growth
Infrastructure development needed to boost economic growthThe West Java administration held a two-day summit last week to offer 57 infrastructure projects worth Rp 35 trillion (US$3.53 billion) to investors as part of the province's efforts to boost economic growth from the current 5 percent to 8...
Mon, 22 Aug 2005
British invention in Indonesia
British invention in IndonesiaDaisaku Ikeda, The Straits Times, Asia News Network/Singapore Sixty years have passed since the end of World War II, which came to a close with Japan's surrender on Aug. 15, 1945.
Mon, 22 Aug 2005
Mother nabbed for torturing daughter
Mother nabbed for torturing daughterMulta Fidrus, The Jakarta Post, TangerangThe Tangerang police over the weekend arrested a woman, 35, a resident of Binong Permai housing complex, Tangerang, for allegedly torturing her five-year-old daughter using pliers, a bamboo stick, a belt and an iron bar.
Mon, 22 Aug 2005
More troops pulled from Maluku
More troops pulled from MalukuAMBON, Maluku: More troops were withdrawn from Maluku in response to the prevailing peace in the formerly riot-torn province.As of Thursday, two battalions of Army soldiers from Jakarta and East Kalimantan, and a company from the Brawijaya Military Command in Surabaya,...
Mon, 22 Aug 2005
RI's Olympic champ Taufik advances to world semis
RI's Olympic champ Taufik advances to world semis Agencies, Anaheim, California Reigning Olympic champion Taufik Hidayat staged a stirring comeback to defeat second-seed Kenneth Jonassen in a men's singles quarterfinal at the world badminton championships on Friday.
Mon, 22 Aug 2005
Property rights for research institutions
Property rights for research institutionsZain Adnan, Jakarta Global sales of pharmaceutical products in 2004 reached US$550 billion, of which the share of developing countries was just $4 billion.This is not surprising since major pharmaceutical companies from developed countries spend large sums...
Mon, 22 Aug 2005
Free education an illusion
Free education an illusionFrom KompasThe government's statement that free education will be available for all this year remains nothing but an illusion, because in our experience, the residents of Cimanggis, Depok, West Java, are not getting any cost relief for our school-age children.
Mon, 22 Aug 2005
Kemayoran-Ancol train line reopens
Kemayoran-Ancol train line reopens JAKARTA: Starting next month, Jakartans wanting a day out in Ancol Dreamland in North Jakarta will be able to take a train instead of driving there since state railway PT KAI, in cooperation with Dreamland management, will reopen the railway line from Kemayoran in...
Mon, 22 Aug 2005
Leaving Indonesia is painful, says Sudanese ambassador
Leaving Indonesia is painful, says Sudanese ambassadorVeeramalla Anjaiah, The Jakarta Post, JakartaIn 2001, when he was posted to Indonesia, Siddig Yousif Abu-Agla was hesitant about coming to Indonesia because it was a new place and he never served in Southeast Asia before.
Mon, 22 Aug 2005
Civil war victims 'deserve justice': Dawood
Civil war victims 'deserve justice': DawoodFebry Orida, Associated Press/Banda AcehCivilians who lost family and friends during a three-decade separatist war in Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam province deserve justice, rebels said on Sunday, days after an agreement was signed to end fighting that claimed...
Mon, 22 Aug 2005
Bali at risk of trashing tourism
Bali at risk of trashing tourismPeter A. Bailey, Sanur, Bali The population of Bali and its surrounding islands are running a very real risk of doing what the Bali bombers and Indonesia's ridiculous visa regulations have so far failed to achieve, and that is putting an end to tourism.
Mon, 22 Aug 2005
'Haven't we suffered enough?'
'Haven't we suffered enough?'As global fuel prices continue to rise, the government plans to cut the fuel subsidy to ease the burden on the state budget. The Jakarta Post asked residents what they thought of the possibility of further fuel price increases. Francisco H.
Mon, 22 Aug 2005
RI, Dutch museums revive past glories
RI, Dutch museums revive past gloriesEvi Mariani, The Jakarta Post, JakartaIndonesian and Dutch museums have called the exhibition Shared Cultural Heritage, although the artifacts on display all hailed originally from the archipelago's ancient kingdoms: Singosari, Majapahit, Gayo and Karangasem, to...
Mon, 22 Aug 2005
60 years on, many Sumatrans still lack access to information
60 years on, many Sumatrans still lack access to informationApriadi Gunawan, The Jakarta Post, MedanIt has been 60 years since Indonesia proclaimed its independence, but there are still many people in outlying areas of North Sumatra who are yet to fully benefit from public information services.
Mon, 22 Aug 2005
Civil-society and the building of an ASEAN community
Civil-society and the building of an ASEAN communityAlexander C. Chandra Jakarta The recent Roundtable Discussion on the Prospects and Challenges in the Building of an ASEAN Community, which was organized by the Indonesian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Centre for Strategic and International...
Mon, 22 Aug 2005
JP/4/graft
JP/4/graft Police defend 'slow progress' in probing graft casesEva C. Komandjaja The Jakarta Post/Jakarta The police have denied accusations that they are moving too slowly on graft cases in state-owned enterprises, saying that they need more time to work on the cases as some of the relevant...
Mon, 22 Aug 2005
JP/4/graft
JP/4/graftCautiousness slows police probe into graft casesEva C. Komandjaja The Jakarta Post/JakartaThe police say they are cautiously moving on a number of graft cases in state-owned enterprises, asserting that some of the relevant documents and evidence submitted to the police would be...
Mon, 22 Aug 2005
PM Lee to visit China, says ties back on track
PM Lee to visit China, says ties back on trackSingapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said on Sunday relations with China are "back on track" and announced a visit there later this year to further strengthen ties.
Mon, 22 Aug 2005
Thailand doubles tourism budget
Thailand doubles tourism budgetBeth Jinks, Bloomberg/BangkokThailand will spend a further 1.5 billion baht (US$36.4 million) marketing tourism to revive the nation's tsunami-ravaged southwest resorts, newly appointed Tourism and Sports Minister Pracha Maleenont said.
Mon, 22 Aug 2005
Balinese youth step up to bat for cricket
Balinese youth step up to bat for cricketWahyoe Boediwardhana, The Jakarta Post, Denpasar, BaliSoni Hawoe never dreamed of becoming a sports coach, let alone one in cricket, whose terminology and rules were alien to him.
Mon, 22 Aug 2005
Fate of veterans' widows
Fate of veterans' widowsFrom KompasMy mother is the widow of an independence war veteran who receives a government pension in Yogyakarta. For three years now, she has not been receiving what she is entitled to.
Mon, 22 Aug 2005
On ban on Ahmadiyah
On ban on Ahmadiyah I read the article Govt mulls ban on Ahmadiyah due to 'permit violation' in your online edition of July 22. Reading the statement of Attorney General Abdul Rachman Saleh took me back centuries to the age of the Holy Prophet Muhammad.
Mon, 22 Aug 2005
Jababeka Education Park: Where tomorrow's leaders come together
Jababeka Education Park: Where tomorrow's leaders come together Only a few technology-based cities are still concerned with education, and Jababeka, a new city about 35 km east of Jakarta, is one of these few.
Mon, 22 Aug 2005
1. DPR -- 48 pts 5 cols 1 line (1x32)
1. DPR -- 48 pts 5 cols 1 line (1x32) House to summon govt on Aceh accord 2. Olympiad -- 36 pts 2 cols 3lines (3x16)RI to have top physics, math training center3. Art -- 36 pts 5 cols 1line (1x40)Govt kicks off campaign to boost tourism 4.
Mon, 22 Aug 2005
Taufik, Lin sready for final
Taufik, Lin sready for finalAgencies, Anaheim, California Olympic champion Taufik Hidayat of Indonesia and top-seeded Lin Dan of China advanced to the men's singles final on Saturday at the World Badminton Championship.No. 6 Taufik swept No.
Mon, 22 Aug 2005
Bringing classical music to the young
Bringing classical music to the youngM. Taufiqurrahman, The Jakarta Post, Sanur, BaliFor many centuries philosophers such as Immanuel Kant and Friedrich Hegel ruminated on the value of art in our lives.Many of their disciples still ponder the same question.
Mon, 22 Aug 2005
Govt to release GAM prisoners soon
Govt to release GAM prisoners soonMuninggar Sri Saraswati, The Jakarta Post, JakartaThe government is pressing ahead with the immediate release of some 2,000 Free Aceh Movement (GAM) prisoners under an amnesty scheme agreed in the peace deal that was recently signed.
Mon, 22 Aug 2005
Little change seen in city's public service program
Little change seen in city's public service programBambang Nurbianto, The Jakarta Post, JakartaIsmail, 53, was not aware that his subdistrict was one of the 50 that had received Rp 1 billion (US$101,010) early this year from the city administration in a pilot project to improve public services in...
Mon, 22 Aug 2005
Service, not just prestige, sought from diplomats
Service, not just prestige, sought from diplomatsMeidyatama Suryodiningrat, The Jakarta Post, JakartaImagine a traveler's worst nightmare: Being robbed of money, passport and tickets. Faced with such a predicament, most Indonesians traveling abroad only have one recourse -- to seek assistance from...
Mon, 22 Aug 2005
1. TAX: 1 X 28
1. TAX: 1 X 28 Govt completes draft tax laws 2. HAZE: 2 X 15 Dirty air regular killer in Asia: WHO 3. AMNESTY: 1 X 35 Govt to release GAM prisoners soon 4. BADMINTON: 1 X 32 Taufik, Lin Dan ready for worlds final
Mon, 22 Aug 2005
Play introduces history to the public
Play introduces history to the publicThe Jakarta Post, JakartaIn the middle of the Fatahillah courtyard in Jakarta Old Town, a man in a bright red traditional Chinese costume hands a bird he has just bought from a vendor to a woman in the crowd that surrounds him.
Mon, 22 Aug 2005
House to summon govt on Aceh accord
House to summon govt on Aceh accordThe Jakarta Post, JakartaA number of factions in the House of Representatives have demanded the government explain the contents of the peace accord it signed with the Free Aceh Movement (GAM), expressing concern some of the items in the agreement may violate the...
Mon, 22 Aug 2005
Badminton
Badminton World Championships Results from the badminton world championships in Anaheim, California, on Friday (x denotes seed): Men's singles Quarterfinals Lin Dan (Chn x1) bt Lee Hyun Ii Lee (Kor x13) 5-15, 15-7, 15-8 Taufik Hidayat (Ina x6) bt Kenneth Jonassen (Den x2) 3-15, 15-10, 15-7 Peter...
Mon, 22 Aug 2005
~Tutor Time International Preschool and Kindergarten
~Tutor Time International Preschool and Kindergarten Nurturing children's unique potential All children come into this world with multiple intelligences and unique potential. However, without an environment conducive to learning, those gifts could not be properly recognized and nurtured.
Mon, 22 Aug 2005
Taxi drivers plight
Taxi drivers plight I am commenting on a Sunday piece written by Krabbe K. Piting titled Rude, ignorant taxi drivers who never have change.While I have my share of conflicts with taxi drivers, I understand why they sometimes act unscrupulously and Piting may have some sympathy for them if only she...
Mon, 22 Aug 2005
Power race in the multimedia projector market
Power race in the multimedia projector marketB. Gunawan Contributor/Jakarta The multimedia industry is among those most enjoying the advances in digital technology, besides the computer industry, of course.
Mon, 22 Aug 2005
Govt kicks out campaign to boost tourism
Govt kicks out campaign to boost tourismMuninggar Sri Saraswati, The Jakarta Post, JakartaIn a bid to boost tourism revenues in the country, the government announced 2005-2006 as the Year of Indonesian Arts and Culture on Sunday, with President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono kicking off a cultural parade...
Mon, 22 Aug 2005
Brunei's sultan weds Malaysian: Report
Brunei's sultan weds Malaysian: Report Brunei's fabulously wealthy ruler Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah has married a 26-year-old former Malaysian television journalist, making her his second wife, reports said on Sunday.
Mon, 22 Aug 2005
Burhanuddin Abe
Burhanuddin Abe Contributor/Jakarta The establishment of more business today has meant a rapidly increasing growth in the need for office equipment. These companies need office equipment for their daily operations. "A workplace or an office must combine fun and entertainment.
Mon, 22 Aug 2005
Building a dream world
Building a dream world The article Building a pluralist nation published in The Jakarta Post on Aug. 16, was indeed a stimulating article, and I wish to express my genuine appreciation to the writer, Endy M.
Mon, 22 Aug 2005
Ships on lookout for Malaysian tug
Ships on lookout for Malaysian tug MALAYSIA: Ships plying the Malacca Strait have been enlisted to help search for the missing Malaysian-registered tugboat believed to have been hijacked by armed Indonesian pirates, news reports said on Sunday.
Mon, 22 Aug 2005
Govt told to focus on Papua problems
Govt told to focus on Papua problemsNethy Dharma Somba, The Jakarta Post, JayapuraAfter the Helsinki peace deal that brought peace to Aceh, the central government has been urged to focus more on resolving the problems in Papua.
Mon, 22 Aug 2005
Pertamina develops biodiesel fuel
Pertamina develops biodiesel fuel JAKARTA: State-run oil and gas company Pertamina is developing biodiesel as an alternative fuel from jarak pagar (Jatropha curcas) tree oil, which is expected to be able to reduce fuel consumption at home by up to 100,000 barrel a day.
Mon, 22 Aug 2005
On car sales
On car sales We, PT Krama Yudha Tiga Berlian Motors (PT KTB), as sole distributor of Mitsubishi vehicles in Indonesia, would like to revise the article published on the Business page of The Jakarta Post, Aug. 15 edition, page 13, titled Car sales rise 30.
Mon, 22 Aug 2005
PLN to compensate 5.5% of customers for blackout
PLN to compensate 5.5% of customers for blackoutLeony Aurora, The Jakarta Post, JakartaState power firm PT Perusahaan Listrik Negara (PLN) has decided to compensate approximately 5.5 percent of customers that were affected on Thursday by a massive blackout in Jakarta, West Java and Banten.
Sun, 21 Aug 2005
RI's Olympic champ Taufik advances to world semis
RI's Olympic champ Taufik advances to world semisAgencies, Anaheim, California Reigning Olympic champion Taufik Hidayat staged a stirring comeback to defeat second-seed Kenneth Jonassen in a men's singles quarterfinal at the world badminton championships on Friday.
Sun, 21 Aug 2005
Families of GAM guerrillas waiting for reunion
Families of GAM guerrillas waiting for reunionTiarma Siboro, The Jakarta Post, Aceh BesarFamilies of Free Aceh Movement (GAM) guerrillas are hopeful they will soon be reunited with their sons, husbands and fathers after the signing of a peace deal between the government and the rebel group.
Sun, 21 Aug 2005
Lunches jazz up business meetings
Lunches jazz up business meetings Meetings will no longer a stressful occasion for businesspeople -- the Sukoharjo Brasserie and Grill at the Hotel Sahid Jaya in downtown Jakarta are promoting a lunch special, providing a break from the rat-race.
Sun, 21 Aug 2005
~Tutor Time International Preschool and Kindergarten
~Tutor Time International Preschool and Kindergarten Nurturing children's unique potential All children come into this world with multiple intelligences and unique potential. However, without an environment conducive to learning, those gifts could not be properly recognized and nurtured.
Sun, 21 Aug 2005
Technology, telephones and the Two Mangoes
Technology, telephones and the Two Mangoes This week, in the kinky booted tradition of Star Trek's Captain Kirk, I decided to boldly venture forth into the future and checkout what cool, high-tech items are available in Jakarta's increasingly techno savvy marketplace.