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Fri, 08 Aug 2003
China gets support from ASEAN over currency
China gets support from ASEAN over currencyAgence France-Presse, Manila Southeast Asian finance ministers on Thursday defended China's refusal to revalue the yuan despite growing international pressure for Beijing to change the unit's peg to a declining U.S dollar.
Fri, 08 Aug 2003
3,000 guard against terror in Cirebon
3,000 guard against terror in Cirebon CIREBON, West Java: Police here have deployed at least 3,000 personnel to guard all strategic and vital facilities along West Java's north coast, following a powerful hotel bombing in Jakarta, which killed at least 10 people and injured 149 others.
Fri, 08 Aug 2003
Sutiyoso befuddled by 'bajaj, Kancils
Sutiyoso befuddled by 'bajaj, KancilsThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta Local-made Kancil (four-wheeled motorized vehicles) and Indian- made bajaj (three-wheeled vehicles) are competing for their place on Jakarta's streets, while Governor Sutiyoso struggles to make up his mind on the issue.
Fri, 08 Aug 2003
Women shouldn't become judges: PAS
Women shouldn't become judges: PAS MALAYSIA: Feminists and legal groups have chided the leader of Malaysia's fundamentalist Islamic opposition party for saying women are not suited to be criminal judges or defense officials because of their "women's instinct.
Fri, 08 Aug 2003
2. Golkar (2 x 21)
2. Golkar (2 x 21) Embattled Akbar enters presidential race 4. Drought to exacerbate country's air pollution 5. Pharm ( 1 x 40 ) Drug firms complain over doctors' sweeteners
Fri, 08 Aug 2003
Bali verdict raises fears of new attacks
Bali verdict raises fears of new attacksAgencies, Bangkok/Kuala Lumpur/Manila Southeast Asia has gone on high alert after the deadly bombing in Jakarta, alarmed by warnings that a wave of new terrorist attacks could be planned to mark the first conviction in the Bali trials.
Fri, 08 Aug 2003
TV Today: Friday, August 8, 2003
TV Today: Friday, August 8, 2003 .TB.30" .90"TVRI .tb .30" .90" 6:00 a.m. News: Berita Pagi7:00 English News Service9:00 Music10:00 Quiz: Dibisikin11:00 News: Berita Dearah12:00 p.m. News: Berita Siang1:00 Talk Show: Konsultasi Keluarga2:00 News: Metro Indonesia2:30 Pop Songs3:00 Children's...
Fri, 08 Aug 2003
Women shouldn't become judges: PAS
Women shouldn't become judges: PAS MALAYSIA: Feminists and legal groups have chided the leader of Malaysia's fundamentalist Islamic opposition party for saying women are not suited to be criminal judges or defense officials because of their "women's instinct.
Fri, 08 Aug 2003
Police get U.S. detector
Police get U.S. detectorID Nugroho, The Jakarta Post, Surabaya The United States gave 60 metal detectors and 25 mirror detectors to police in Surabaya, East Java, on Thursday in an effort to prevent possible terrorist attacks in the country's second biggest city.The assistance was handed over by U.
Fri, 08 Aug 2003
Constitutional court
Constitutional court toward civil societyFrom Media IndonesiaThe Constitutional Court is a very important institution; its members should therefore comprise professionals, senior figures, or persons of authority, good conduct and wide knowledge, without favoring particular groups or parties.
Fri, 08 Aug 2003
RI farmers form association
RI farmers form association JAKARTA: A number of farmers producing organic food have formed the Indonesian Organic Goods Producers Association (APOI) here on Thursday.The farmers signed a declaration of the new association at the City Hall, APOI chairman Purbo Winarno said.
Fri, 08 Aug 2003
Enforcement aw on copyright
Enforcement aw on copyrightFrom Media Indonesia The Law No. 18/2003 on Copyright began to be enforced throughout Indonesia on July 29, 2003. The enforcement of this law, however, has led to pros and cons in the community.
Fri, 08 Aug 2003
1. NURUL: 1 LINE, 28 COUNTS
1. NURUL: 1 LINE, 28 COUNTS Nurul enters political jungle 2. ARNIE: 1 LINE, 36 COUNTS Arnie gives up movies for politics
Fri, 08 Aug 2003
Actress Nurul enters political jungle
Actress Nurul enters political jungleT. Sima Gunawan, Contributor, Jakarta, tabita@cbn.net.id It took three months before actress and activist Nurul Qomaril Arifin made up her mind to venture into politics."I want to make a change.
Fri, 08 Aug 2003
1. PIRACY: 1 LINE, 38 COUNTS
1. PIRACY: 1 LINE, 38 COUNTS Indonesia tries to crack down on piracy 2. HORSE: 1 LINE, 45 COUNTSWorld's first ever cloned horse born to its genetic twin 3. DRIVE 1 LINE, 36 COUNTS Drivers distracted by phones, radio
Fri, 08 Aug 2003
Graft plagues Padang council, 41 members named suspects
Graft plagues Padang council, 41 members named suspectsKasparman Piliang, The Jakarta Post, Padang, West Sumatra At least 41 members of the Padang Legislative Council in West Sumatra have been named suspects in a corruption case causing Rp 8.
Fri, 08 Aug 2003
'Koran Tempo' countersues Sinivasan
'Koran Tempo' countersues SinivasanThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta Koran Tempo daily newspaper countersued on Monday businessman Marimutu Sinivasan, who is probably still mourning the recent death of his brother, for interfering with press freedom, and demanded compensation of US$ 100 million.
Fri, 08 Aug 2003
ASEAN ministers vows to widen capital market
ASEAN ministers vows to widen capital marketP. Parameswaran, Agence France-Presse, Manila Southeast Asian finance ministers agreed here Thursday to open up their capital markets further and ease money flows as part of a road map toward a single market in the region.
Fri, 08 Aug 2003
Kendari official jailed for graft
Kendari official jailed for graft KENDARI, Southeast Sulawesi: A local government official was sentenced on Thursday to one year in jail for graft, involving more than Rp 58 million, in connection with a development project.
Fri, 08 Aug 2003
Convicted fraudster Akbar enters presidential race
Convicted fraudster Akbar enters presidential raceA'an Suryana, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Close to tears, veteran politician Akbar Tandjung handed in his application form to contest the race for the Golkar party's candidate for the 2004 general elections.
Fri, 08 Aug 2003
'Voucher' parking system deemed unsatisfactory
'Voucher' parking system deemed unsatisfactoryZakki Hakim, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The two-month trial of the voucher system for on-street parking apparently has not shown satisfactory progress in terms of revenue for the city.
Fri, 08 Aug 2003
ASEAN's grim anniversary
ASEAN's grim anniversary President Megawati Soekarnoputri, in her speech to the People's Consultative Assembly last Friday, sent a strong message to the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) -- this year chaired by Indonesia -- that Indonesia would soon resume its strong...
Fri, 08 Aug 2003
Rights victims to get Marcos wealth
Rights victims to get Marcos wealth PHILIPPINES: The Philippines will use part of the US$683 million recovered from Ferdinand Marcos' embezzled wealth to compensate the human rights victims of the late dictator's rule, officials said on Thursday.
Fri, 08 Aug 2003
Govt drafts law on public sector procurement
Govt drafts law on public sector procurementThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta The government is currently drafting a law on public sector procurement as part of efforts to help curb rampant corruption in the country.The law, which someday will replace Presidential Decree No.
Fri, 08 Aug 2003
Govt to intensify ID checks, raids on suspicious places in order
Govt to intensify ID checks, raids on suspicious places in order to combat terrorismTiarma Siboro, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The Indonesian people have been warned of the inconveniences and infringements of privacy they may have to face when new, stricter security measures are put in place to...
Fri, 08 Aug 2003
Zakki Hakim, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta
Zakki Hakim, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta "My skin is as soft as a baby's bottom," says the model touching her face in a television soap ad, which also claims that half of each bar of soap is moisturizer.Tita, 21, was using the same soap to clean up her face.
Fri, 08 Aug 2003
Bush calls Megawati, pledges U.S. support, aids
Bush calls Megawati, pledges U.S. support, aidsFabiola Desy Unidjaja, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta President Megawati Soekarnoputri has received a great show of support from U.S. President George W. Bush for the country's fight against terrorism, in the wake of the bomb attack on JW Marriott Hotel in...
Fri, 08 Aug 2003
Acehnese people bear the brunt of forced evacuation
Acehnese people bear the brunt of forced evacuationTertiani ZB Simanjuntak, The Jakarta Post, Lhokseumawe, Aceh The martial law administration in Aceh probably had not anticipated that people in the province would suffer when troops drove them into refugee camps in a bid to split them from the Free...
Fri, 08 Aug 2003
1. AMROZI: 48 pt, 5 cols, 2 x 30
1. AMROZI: 48 pt, 5 cols, 2 x 30 'Smiling bomber' Amrozi bin Nurhasyim gets death sentence 2. COMMENT: 36 pt, 3 cols, 2 x 21 Human rights organization deplores death penalty 3. CHRONOLOGY: 28 pt, 4 cols, 1 x 40 Terrorist bomber's timeline of death 4.
Fri, 08 Aug 2003
World champs head list at Sanyo tourney in Batam
World champs head list at Sanyo tourney in BatamMusthofid, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Less than a month after the end of the World Championships in Birmingham, the world's top players are set to return to high- level competition when the US$170,000 Sanyo Indonesia Open begins on Batam Island on Aug.
Fri, 08 Aug 2003
Indonesians overseas to vote only for DPR
Indonesians overseas to vote only for DPR JAKARTA: The General Elections Commission (KPU) says some two million Indonesians living overseas will lose their right to vote for legislators at the provincial and regental level next year due to technical reasons.
Fri, 08 Aug 2003
Blast kills suspected bombmaker
Blast kills suspected bombmakerLa Remmy and Erik W., The Jakarta Post, Palu, Sulawesi Tengah A suspected bombmaker was killed on Thursday as the powerful explosive device he was assembling exploded in the Central Sulawesi regency of Poso, which has been experiencing an uneasy peace after two years...
Thu, 07 Aug 2003
Only a panic reaction
Only a panic reaction The financial market predictably reacted quite negatively to the terrorist bomb attack at the J.W. Marriott hotel here on Tuesday, as evidenced by the 3.1 percent decline in the Jakarta stock exchange main index and the 2.1 percent depreciation of the rupiah.
Thu, 07 Aug 2003
Sketches of bomber released
Sketches of bomber releasedDamar Harsanto and Tiarma Siboro, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Police have moved quickly in their investigation into the bombing of the JW Marriott Hotel by releasing three composite sketches of the man who purchased the 1986 metallic blue Toyota Kijang minivan used in...
Thu, 07 Aug 2003
Govt to launch stimulus package
Govt to launch stimulus packageThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta The government is planning to introduce a stimulus package to help revive investments and cushion the economy from the impact of the latest terror attack in the country.
Thu, 07 Aug 2003
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Only justice can build Dili-Jakarta relationship Aderito de Jesus Soares New York City2. Yale -- Moving money from one pocket to another 2 X 30 Will new EU farm reform package bolster its position in the WTO? Shada Islam Journalist Yale Center for the Study of Globalization Brussels
Thu, 07 Aug 2003
Medco's profits soar on higher oil and gas prices
Medco's profits soar on higher oil and gas pricesRendi A. Witular, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Energy company PT Medco International's first semester net profit soared by 20 percent on higher international oil and gas prices.
Thu, 07 Aug 2003
Ban on communism a display of vindictiveness
Ban on communism a display of vindictivenessJ. Soedjati Djiwandono, Political Analyst, Jakarta, soedjati@cbn.net.id If there were anything so senseless, inconsistent, illogical, unfair, unjust or ignorant in this country, it must be the continued ban on communism or Marxism-Leninism.
Thu, 07 Aug 2003
Beratha wins Bali election to retain post
Beratha wins Bali election to retain postI Wayan Juniartha, The Jakarta Post, Denpasar, Bali Incumbent Bali Governor Dewa Made Beratha won a second five-year term in the gubernatorial election here on Wednesday, thanks to President Megawati Soekarnoputri's support.
Thu, 07 Aug 2003
On daylight saving
On daylight saving Helen Lok's letter Daylight savings in the Aug. 4 edition of The Jakarta Post made the classical mistake of imagining electricity can be saved by putting the clocks forward. In fact, the lights will be switched on when it gets dark and they will go off when the sun comes up, or...
Thu, 07 Aug 2003
Marines implicated in Asaba shooting
Marines implicated in Asaba shootingTiarma Siboro, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The Indonesian Navy is currently questioning four Marine soldiers over their alleged involvement in the murders of a businessman and his Army's Special Forces (Kopassus) bodyguard last month.
Thu, 07 Aug 2003
Terrorist suspects refuse to testify in trial
Terrorist suspects refuse to testify in trialWahyoe Boediwardhana, The Jakarta Post, Denpasar, Bali Three key witnesses in the Bali bombings trial -- Ali Gufron, Amrozi and Imam Samudra -- refused to testify against suspected terrorist Utomo Pamungkas alias Mubarok on Wednesday, and withdrew their...
Thu, 07 Aug 2003
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;JP; ANPAf..r.. Corporate-citizenship-idea Toward creating better corporate citizenship Muhammad Sauri Hasibuan Contributor JakartaIn today's business environment, improving corporate governance is a critical issue for all countries and all companies.
Thu, 07 Aug 2003
DJ Indonesia/PGN/Bond -2: On Roadshow In London
DJ Indonesia/PGN/Bond -2: On Roadshow In London Dow Jones Jakarta Indonesia's PT Perusahaan Gas Negara, the state-owned natural gas utility, said on Wednesday it may delay pricing its planned US$200 million bond offering to give it time to assess the effect of a deadly bomb attack in Jakarta on...
Thu, 07 Aug 2003
Govt, police still noncommittal on JI involvement in hotel blast
Govt, police still noncommittal on JI involvement in hotel blastTiarma Siboro The Jakarta Post JakartaThe government is keeping open the possibility of regional terror network Jamaah Islamiyah's involvement in the bomb attack on JW Marriot Hotel on Tuesday.
Thu, 07 Aug 2003
Govt to impose new security measures
Govt to impose new security measuresThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta In response to Tuesday's bomb blast at the five-star JW Marriott hotel in South Jakarta, the government plans to impose new security measures that may upset some people.
Thu, 07 Aug 2003
Students acquitted of illegal rally charges
Students acquitted of illegal rally chargesMuninggar Sri Saraswati, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Three student activists were acquitted on Wednesday by the Central Jakarta District Court on charges related to a rally that was held last Jan. 22."I couldn't believe it.
Thu, 07 Aug 2003
Led by rupiah, Asian monies mostly improve against dollar
Led by rupiah, Asian monies mostly improve against dollarShen Hong, Dow Jones, Singapore Led by the rupiah, Asian currencies were mostly higher against the U.S. dollar late Wednesday, recovering from the previous day's jitters brought on by a bomb blast in the Indonesian capital.
Thu, 07 Aug 2003
RI breaks breast-feeding record
RI breaks breast-feeding record KEDIRI, East Java: Mothers in the East Java town of Kediri have reason to be proud. They broke the world record on Wednesday for the largest number of women ever to breast-feed their babies simultaneously.
Thu, 07 Aug 2003
Bylaw endorsement postponed
Bylaw endorsement postponed JAKARTA: The City Council decided on Wednesday to postpone the endorsement of the bylaw on transportation draft due to many crucial issues, that still need to be discussed and revised.