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Mon, 09 Aug 2004
Readership survey
Readership surveyThe Jakarta Post's readership survey is on pages 9-10 in today's issue. We hope that you will take the time to give us your input. --Editor
Mon, 09 Aug 2004
Operator calls for airport shuttle
Operator calls for airport shuttle JAKARTA: State airport operator PT Angkasa Pura II urged the government to realize the construction a 31.6 kilometer railway track to Soekarno-Hatta International Airport through the formation of a consortium.
Mon, 09 Aug 2004
More democratic Indonesia opens up for modern business
More democratic Indonesia opens up for modern businessMichael J. Webdell, Jakarta Indonesia, one of the newest democracies in the political world, is currently in the midst of its first-ever direct presidential election.
Mon, 09 Aug 2004
Giving stylish presentations in digital era
Giving stylish presentations in digital eraRhenald Kasali, Contributor, Jakarta In 1998, as soon as I returned to Indonesia after spending six years studying in the United States, I was assigned to teach in the Master's Program for Management at the University of Indonesia.
Mon, 09 Aug 2004
Myth about sandalwood broken
Myth about sandalwood brokenYemris Fointuna, London The myth that sandalwood (santalum album) can only be bred naturally and not scientifically has been proven otherwise. A recent study shows that valuable sandalwood (santalum album) trees can be cloned by applying the micropropagation method.
Mon, 09 Aug 2004
Asia's biggest
Asia's biggest gay party startsSINGAPORE: A three-day gay and lesbian festival that organizers have claimed is the largest in Asia got off to a rousing start in Singapore -- where homosexual acts are still illegal.
Mon, 09 Aug 2004
Public joins environmental campaign
Public joins environmental campaignMulta Fidrus, Tangerang In an effort to repair some of the damage along the heavily polluted Cisadane River, Tangerang Regent Ismet Iskandar has asked industrial firms to plant trees in the area through a "tree bank" set up by the regency's environmental...
Mon, 09 Aug 2004
Jakarta 'lesehan' stalls offer more than 'gudeg'
Jakarta 'lesehan' stalls offer more than 'gudeg' Leony Aurora, Jakarta In the melting pot of Jakarta there is still a small corner where people turn a little bit Javanese, or at least those able to speak a few words of the language, as they step into the lesehan food stalls in Melawai, Blok M,...
Mon, 09 Aug 2004
Indonesia's slow road to recovery
Indonesia's slow road to recoveryUNSFIR, Jakarta Indonesia's 2004 National Human Development Report tracks the country's recovery following the financial crisis. It points out that Indonesia certainly made progress, and has now made up most of the ground lost after 1997.
Mon, 09 Aug 2004
Sedimentation affects Jambi river
Sedimentation affects Jambi riverJon Afrizal, Jambi Excess sedimentation in the Batanghari River has increased at an alarming pace due to illegal logging up river in Jambi's forests, according to a local environmentalist group.
Mon, 09 Aug 2004
Lampung activist demands revision of budget proposal
Lampung activist demands revision of budget proposalOyos Saroso, Bandarlampung Activists have demanded that the local provincial council review the Lampung governor's proposed additional budget spending (ABT), as it provided opportunities for irregularities.
Mon, 09 Aug 2004
Bank Buyer Share price Increase
Bank Buyer Share price Increase BCA Farallon Capital Rp 1,775 300.0%Niaga CAHB* Rp 290 9.4% Danamon Temasek & Deutsche Bank Rp 2,650 120.5%BII Kookmin Bank & Temasek Rp 130 58.5%* Malaysia's Commerce Asset-Holding Berhad Source: PPA
Mon, 09 Aug 2004
1. SBY: 4 LINES, 10 COUNTS
1. SBY: 4 LINES, 10 COUNTS Susilo to lobby Golkar top leaders 2. AIRPORT: 4 LINES, 10 PTS Power glitch hits country's main airport 3. WAMENA: 2 LINWES, 21 COUNTS Police, military involved in Papua abuses: Komnas 4. FLONA: 1 LINE, 35 COUNTS Hobbyists show off pets, plants at fair
Mon, 09 Aug 2004
Newmont pays $6.25m
Newmont pays $6.25m royalty to RIJAKARTA: Copper and gold miner PT Newmont Nusa Tenggara paid to the government US$6.25 million as a second quarterly royalty on the concentrate shipped from April to June 2004, the company said in a press release.The payment included $4.74 million for copper, $1.
Mon, 09 Aug 2004
Activist seeks probe into worker's death
Activist seeks probe into worker's death MEDAN: A labor activist demanded the Indonesian embassy in Kuala Lumpur investigate the death of a worker during a raid against illegal aliens in Kuala Lumpur recently.
Mon, 09 Aug 2004
Education agency opens
Education agency opens hot line for parents JAKARTA: The Jakarta Elementary Education Agency has established a hot line to allow parents to log complaints about school fees and admission policies.Agency deputy head Maman Achdiat said the agency had received numerous complaints about school fees.
Mon, 09 Aug 2004
Unemployed people to get free training
Unemployed people to get free training JAKARTA: The Ministry of National Education is set to launch a free training program for over 7,000 unemployed youth in 2005.The ministry's director-general of schools, external education and youth affairs, Fasli Jalal, said over the weekend the drive was but...
Mon, 09 Aug 2004
Thugs threaten 'Matra' magazine
Thugs threaten 'Matra' magazine JAKARTA: Police officers were seen on Saturday guarding the office of Matra monthly magazine on Jl. Fatmawati, South Jakarta, after a group of thugs threatened to burn it down.
Mon, 09 Aug 2004
Thousands of migrant workers in Malaysia homeward bound
Thousands of migrant workers in Malaysia homeward boundFadli, Tanjung Pinang, Riau While large-scale deportations are not due to take place until after Sept. 20, thousands of Indonesians working illegally in Malaysia have already started to leave.
Mon, 09 Aug 2004
Going will be tough for RI shuttlers in early rounds of Olympics
Going will be tough for RI shuttlers in early rounds of OlympicsEva C. Komandjaja JakartaThe quest to bring home the gold from the 2004 Athens Olympic Games may prove to be even more difficult than expected, with Indonesia's shuttlers drawn against some tough early round opponents.
Mon, 09 Aug 2004
Winds of change blow on S'pore's birthday
Winds of change blow on S'pore's birthdayKarl Malakunas, Agence France-Presse, Singapore Singapore will celebrate its 39th birthday on Monday with the focus on the nation's second-ever leadership transition, but few locals expect major changes to the way this tightly controlled city-state is run.
Mon, 09 Aug 2004
Newmont pays $6.25m royalty to RI
Newmont pays $6.25m royalty to RI JAKARTA: Copper and gold miner PT Newmont Nusa Tenggara paid to the government US$6.25 million as a second quarterly royalty on the concentrate shipped from April to June 2004, the company said in a press release.The payment included $4.74 million for copper, $1.
Mon, 09 Aug 2004
FTA with China becoming complicated
FTA with China becoming complicatedZakki P. Hakim, Jakarta Local producers of stearic acid, long protected by the government, are now learning the bitter lesson that a free trade deal between ASEAN and China, signed three years ago, is threatening exports to the latter's huge market.
Mon, 09 Aug 2004
Komnas HAM confirms serious rights abuses in Wasior, Wamena
Komnas HAM confirms serious rights abuses in Wasior, WamenaFabiola Desy Unidjaja JakartaThe National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) has completed the report on its investigation into bloody incidents in the Papua towns of Wamena and Wasior, saying soldiers and police committed gross abuses...
Mon, 09 Aug 2004
Power glitch hits Jakarta's airport
Power glitch hits Jakarta's airportThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta A power failure hit the country's main airport, Soekarno-Hatta International in Cengkareng, west of Jakarta, on Sunday afternoon, leaving passengers waiting for their flights in the dark and without air-conditioning for over two hours.
Mon, 09 Aug 2004
Permata bidders must get equal treatment: Analysts
Permata bidders must get equal treatment: AnalystsThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta As overseas and domestic investors seem equally interested in acquiring a majority stake in Indonesia's seventh largest bank, Bank Permata, equal treatment then should be the key to ensure a fair competition between them to...
Mon, 09 Aug 2004
Indonesia struggles to fight poverty
Indonesia struggles to fight povertyTony Hotland, Jakarta Suryatin, 44, carried two fat suitcases belonging to a passenger who was getting on a train at Gambir railway station. He said he needed to wait for at least one more passenger to hire him as a porter to get up to his average daily income of...
Mon, 09 Aug 2004
Police investigating deaths of orangutans
Police investigating deaths of orangutans THAILAND: Police on Saturday were looking into the reported deaths of 41 orangutans at a private Thai zoo already under investigation for allegedly smuggling the animals from Indonesia.
Mon, 09 Aug 2004
Health insurance patient rejected
Health insurance patient rejectedFrom Kompas At 11 p.m. on June 12, I took my wife, who was about to give birth, to Mekar Sari Hospital, Bekasi, as referred by my family doctor, only to be told to return the next day, even though I was relying on my health insurance (Askes).
Mon, 09 Aug 2004
More Buyat residents to come to Jakarta
More Buyat residents to come to Jakarta JAKARTA: Three non-governmental organizations (NGOs) will take seven more residents from Buyat Bay, Minahasa in North Sulawesi, to Jakarta, to show the government that the people there are suffering from a serious disease.
Mon, 09 Aug 2004
Indonesian banks outlook stable, says Moody's
Indonesian banks outlook stable, says Moody'sThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta The outlook for the debt and deposit ratings of Indonesian banks is stable at an average B2 and B3, respectively, international rating agency Moody's Investors Service said in its annual report.
Mon, 09 Aug 2004
Bank share prices after acquisition
Bank share prices after acquisition (as of June 22, 2004) -------------------------------------------------------- Bank Buyer Share price Increase --------------------------------------------------------- BCA Farallon Capital Rp 1,775 300.0% Niaga CAHB* Rp 290 9.
Mon, 09 Aug 2004
Survivors set up forum to help others
Survivors set up forum to help othersLeony Aurora , Jakarta "You don't know what it's like -- you've never been there", is the one-liner likely to be spoken by victims or running through their heads. On the basis of their first-hand experience of trauma, Marriott blast victims intend to help future...
Mon, 09 Aug 2004
Flooding halts travel in Wanasari
Flooding halts travel in Wanasari PALU, Central Sulawesi: Flooding over the past few days in Wanasari subdistrict, Tojounauna regency, has damaged five bridges, public facilities such as schools, the subdistrict hall and many houses.
Mon, 09 Aug 2004
Opposition needed in democracy
Opposition needed in democracy In accordance with its democratic system, Indonesia is now heading for the presidential election runoff on Sept. 20. The system that has been adopted in many developed countries respects the existence of an opposition party, to check and balance the government.
Mon, 09 Aug 2004
Indonesian soldiers -- the real 'survivors'
Indonesian soldiers -- the real 'survivors'Rusman, Samarinda In the remote jungle of East Kalimantan, far away from "civilization", Indonesian soldiers are playing a game of survival.Hold it. This is not a war situation, nor another scene from the artificial wildlife adventure some of us may love...
Mon, 09 Aug 2004
Megawati camp demands clampdown on pollsters
Megawati camp demands clampdown on pollsters JAKARTA: The Megawati Soekarnoputri-Hasyim Muzadi camp called on the General Elections Commission (KPU) on Sunday to closely monitor the activities of Washington-based International Foundation for Election System (IFES) and other independent pollsters.
Mon, 09 Aug 2004
S'pore package for ladies golf winner
S'pore package for ladies golf winner JAKARTA: Golf Links Indonesia and Siemens launched the inaugural Jakarta Ladies Golf Series, with a Singapore holiday package being offered to the winner.The tournament comprises three events played under three different formats, with the opener already having...
Mon, 09 Aug 2004
PLN signs contract with Alstom consortium
PLN signs contract with Alstom consortiumThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta State electricity firm PT PLN has signed a contract with a consortium comprising Japanese, Indonesian and American firms for the provision of boilers for the Tarahan power project in South Sumatra.
Mon, 09 Aug 2004
Speculation rife over Nurdin's health
Speculation rife over Nurdin's health Abdul Khalik JakartaThe police's failure to satisfactorily explain the health condition of a legislator embroiled in a sugar smuggling scandal has led to speculation that the police, in league with doctors, are helping to protect him. Lawyer Luhut M.
Mon, 09 Aug 2004
Jusuf Kalla lobbies top Golkar leaders
Jusuf Kalla lobbies top Golkar leadersThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta/Semarang/Yogyakarta At least 23, or more than two thirds of Golkar's 32 provincial leaders, met with vice presidential candidate Jusuf Kalla at a hotel in Jakarta on Sunday, to discuss possible coalition building in the Sept.
Mon, 09 Aug 2004
Leading ASEAN
Leading ASEAN The 37th anniversary of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), which falls on Aug. 8, comes at a critical juncture. The world has undergone drastic developments these past few years on both the political and economic fronts, and ASEAN countries, individually or...
Mon, 09 Aug 2004
* Thousands of migrant workers depart Malaysia early Page 2
* Thousands of migrant workers depart Malaysia early Page 2 * Survey finds more Indonesians practicing safe sex Page 4 * Myth about sandalwood scotched Page 5 * Indonesia's slow road to recovery Page 7 * A walk in Kemang no walk in the park Page 8 * Winds of change blow very softly in Singapore...
Mon, 09 Aug 2004
No power supply in Serpong?
No power supply in Serpong?From RepublikaI am an elementary school teacher and plan to move with my family to Lengkong Gudang Timur village in Serpong district, Tangerang, where we will build a small house of our own.
Mon, 09 Aug 2004
Three rebels killed, 13 others arrested
Three rebels killed, 13 others arrested BANDA ACEH: Government troops shot dead three suspected rebels of the Free Aceh Movement (GAM) and captured 13 others in the latest conflict in the restive province of Aceh, the military said on Sunday.
Mon, 09 Aug 2004
The rights-based approach ensures basic service provision
The rights-based approach ensures basic service provisionUNSFIR, Jakarta The government in Indonesia has in the past organized public services with a centralized command structure that distributed national resources according to central priorities.
Mon, 09 Aug 2004
Susilo and the July 27 incident
Susilo and the July 27 incidentFrom Warta Kota The July 27, 1996, incident, in which executives and members of the former Indonesian Democratic Party (PDI) became victims of an attack on the party's headquarters on Jl. Diponegoro, Jakarta, is a dark episode in Indonesian politics.
Mon, 09 Aug 2004
Police, military involved in Papua abuses: Komnas
Police, military involved in Papua abuses: KomnasFabiola Desy Unidjaja, Jakarta The National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) has completed the report on its investigation into bloody incidents in the Papua towns of Wamena and Wasior, saying soldiers and police committed gross abuses in both...
Mon, 09 Aug 2004
RI shuttlers meet tough competition
RI shuttlers meet tough competitionEva C. Komandjaja, Jakarta The quest to bring home the gold from the 2004 Athens Olympic Games may prove to be even more difficult than expected, with Indonesia's shuttlers drawn against some tough early round opponents.
Mon, 09 Aug 2004
Speculation rife over Nurdin Halid's health
Speculation rife over Nurdin Halid's healthAbdul Khalik, Jakarta The police's failure to satisfactorily explain the health condition of a legislator embroiled in a sugar smuggling scandal has led to speculation that the police, in league with doctors, are helping to protect him.Lawyer Luhut M.