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RI Embassy initiates maid protection

RI Embassy initiates maid protectionSINGAPORE: The Indonesian Embassy has drawn up rules for employers and domestic service agencies in Singapore to curb the high number of deaths and abuse, it said on Wednesday. So far, 186 agencies have been given approval under the new accreditation system.

* Headlines: Bush rejects Saudi request for 9/11 details 3

* Headlines: Bush rejects Saudi request for 9/11 details 3 * National: MPR to cut short Annual Session 4 * Archipelago: Parties accused of extortion in Medan 5 * Opinion: How fair are international tribunals? 7 * City: Auto theft second in major offenses, police say8 * Sports: Life changes for...

CIMB to inject capital into Niaga Sekuritas

CIMB to inject capital into Niaga SekuritasThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta Commerce International Merchant Bank (CIMB), a unit of Malaysia's financial group Commerce Asset Holdings Bhd., will inject fresh money into PT Niaga Sekuritas in return for a 51 percent stake in the securities firm.Peter B.

Bojong residents raise stink over garbage dump

Bojong residents raise stink over garbage dumpBambang Nurbianto, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta For the second time, villagers from Bogor regency rallied at City Hall and the City Council building against plans to build a garbage treatment facility in Bojong village.

Where to go in Bali for Thursday, July 31, 2003

Where to go in Bali for Thursday, July 31, 2003.TB.30" 1.0"Exhibitions* Painting Three Sides of Me by Kerry Pendergrast at Pranoto's Gallery, Main Road, Ubud (next door to Fed Ex, Tel. 0361 970 827), until July 31. * Ceramic by Marcello Massoni and Michela Foppiani, Gaya Fusion of Senses, Jl.

LG Indonesia boosting DVD player production

LG Indonesia boosting DVD player productionEvi Mariani, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta South Korean electronics giant LG Electronics is boosting the production of its digital video disc (DVD) player in Indonesia in response to the surge in demand for the product.

RI Embassy initiates maid protection

RI Embassy initiates maid protection SINGAPORE: The Indonesian Embassy has drawn up rules for employers and domestic service agencies in Singapore to curb the high number of deaths and abuse, it said on Wednesday.So far, 186 agencies have been given approval under the new accreditation system.

LG Indonesia boosting DVD player production

LG Indonesia boosting DVD player productionEvi Mariani, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta South Korean electronics giant LG Electronics is boosting the production of its digital video disc (DVD) player in Indonesia in response to the surge in demand for the product.

Theater empowers and educates

Theater empowers and educatesZora Rahman, Contributor, Jakarta "If you want to change Indonesia, you have to go to the theater." The wise words from famous late theater director Wahyu Sihombing found fertile ground in Lena Simanjuntak, and the advice changed her life.

TV Program: Thursday, July 31, 2003

TV Program: Thursday, July 31, 2003 .TB.30" .90"TVRI 6:00 a.m. News: Berita Pagi7:00 English News Service9:00 Music11:00 News: Berita Daerah12:00 p.m. News: Berita Siang1:00 Talk Show: Konsultasi Keluarga2:00 News: Metro Indonesia 4:00 Religious Teachings4:30 Documentary5:00 Religious Songs6:00...

Violence up in South Kalimantan

Violence up in South Kalimantan BANJARMASIN, South Kalimantan: The number of acts of violence, particularly against women and children, has increased in the province of South Kalimantan.Head of the violence and disaster prevention bureau at the provincial social affairs office, Husni Indar, said on...

Miss Universe's plane forced to land

Miss Universe's plane forced to landThe Jakarta Post, Medan, North Sumatra A Garuda Indonesia plane carrying Miss Universe Amelia Vega had to make an emergency landing on Wednesday in South Sumatra province due to engine failure, officials said.

Jakarta water supply disrupted

Jakarta water supply disrupted JAKARTA: PT PAM Lyonnaise Jaya (PALYJA) warned the public to anticipate a water supply disruption in certain areas on Thursday and Friday.PALYJA urged people to fill up home reservoirs and to use water efficiently during the two days as the company will maintain and...

Philippines demands release of Suu Kyi

Philippines demands release of Suu KyiAgencies, Manila/Bangkok The Philippines demanded on Wednesday that the Myanmar's ruling junta release democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi.Foreign Secretary Blas Ople said he told Myanmar's visiting deputy foreign minister U Khin Maung Wing that Manila expects...

RI hopes to see Suu Kyi freed in October

RI hopes to see Suu Kyi freed in OctoberFabiola Desy Unidjaja, The Jakarta Post, Bandung Indonesia stepped up the pressure on the Myanmar government to release pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Wednesday, dropping a hint that the Nobel laureate could be freed before the Association of...

American journalist faces jail but says not guilty

American journalist faces jail but says not guiltyNani Farida, The Jakarta Post, Banda Aceh, Aceh Facing two months imprisonment for immigration offenses, an American freelance journalist asserted that he had not committed any acts or activities that violated Indonesia's immigration law.

Regency offices may be seized

Regency offices may be seized TANGERANG: Offices of the Tangerang administration and council in Tiga Raksa subdistrict were almost confiscated by the Indonesian Bank Restructuring Agency (IBRA) on Wednesday, because the land certificate was pawned by developer PT Panca Wira Sakti.

BI further cuts SBI rate

BI further cuts SBI rateThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta In a sign of further confidence in the economy, the central bank cut its benchmark interest rate to 9.10 percent on Wednesday from 9.17 percent previously.

Driver arrested for child deaths

Driver arrested for child deaths MEDAN, North Sumatra: Police here have captured a public transportation driver who allegedly hit and killed four elementary school students in Sambirejo subdistrict, 30 kilometers from the North Sumatra capital Medan.

Oil firms' spending autonomy

Oil firms' spending autonomy Budgeting or spending autonomy, an ongoing issue between oil and natural gas production-sharing contractors (PSCs) in Indonesia and the government since the late 1960s, was again the subject of debate between oil firms and BP Migas, the upstream oil and gas authority,...

Deer me, grass sweeter in Monas

Deer me, grass sweeter in MonasBambang Nurbianto and Theresa Sufa, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta/Bogor It would appear that the criticism of Governor Sutiyoso's decision to release 12 spotted deer in the National Monument (Monas) park might have been wrong -- six does are now reportedly pregnant.

UGM, British Council to hold book fair

UGM, British Council to hold book fair YOGYAKARTA: The Gadjah Mada University (UGM) in cooperation with the British Council will hold the Indonesia-Britain Children's Book Illustration exhibit here from August 4 to August 18, a spokesman has announced.

No hurry in Akbar graft case

No hurry in Akbar graft case JAKARTA: A panel of five Supreme Court justices has yet to decide on the appeal brought by House Speaker Akbar Tandjung against his graft conviction, and has said that no target date had been set to finish it."We have no target date.

Police arrest a suspect in kidnapping case

Police arrest a suspect in kidnapping caseThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta/Surabaya East Java Police have arrested Dani alias Deni Saputra, 21, a member of a serial kidnapping gang. The suspect was nabbed on Tuesday at his girlfriend's rented house on Jl.

Regency offices may be seized

Regency offices may be seized TANGERANG: Offices of the Tangerang administration and council in Tiga Raksa subdistrict were almost confiscated by the Indonesian Bank Restructuring Agency (IBRA) on Wednesday, because the land certificate was pawned by developer PT Panca Wira Sakti.

Artists paint the dark side of military

Artists paint the dark side of militaryYusuf Susilo Hartono, Contributor, Jakarta Artists over the last five years have represented the military through painting, sculpture, graphic-art and installation but violence and cruelty has most often been the subject of discourse.

Careless motorist razes family home

Careless motorist razes family home BOGOR: The carelessness of a motorist almost killed a family when the suspect, who is still at large, threw a cigarette butt into a gas kiosk owned by Didin, 40, and wife Titih, 36, in Parung Banteng village, Bogor.

Industry, officials in bed together while Jakartans choke

Industry, officials in bed together while Jakartans chokeZakki Hakim, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta As long as the city administration continues to treat industry as its cash cow, officials will remain blind to environmental damage caused by business, environmental groups say.

'Police discriminative in handling cases'

'Police discriminative in handling cases' Police are currently under the spotlight for their investigations into the shooting of a businessman and his bodyguard and the serial kidnappings in Jakarta and West Java. Both cases reflect the difference in how police view "big" and "petty" cases.

Asian currencies mostly down late, Peso continues slide

Asian currencies mostly down late, Peso continues slide Dow Jones Singapore The Philippine peso extended losses on Wednesday, a day when most Asian currencies moved to a weaker footing. The peso closed at a four-month low on continued fallout from the weekend's failed mutiny by junior army officers...

Govt excludes mining firms from environmental audit

Govt excludes mining firms from environmental auditMoch. N. Kurniawan, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The government has excluded mining companies from the 2002 environmental audit (PROPER) due to the lack of precise indicators to measure the amount of damage they have caused to the environment, says an...

Strike paralyses Bombay

Strike paralyses Bombay INDIA: A strike over a deadly bus bombing in Bombay paralyzed India's commercial hub on Wednesday, halting public transport and slashing trade in the city's financial markets.A bomb ripped through a bus in a northeastern suburb of Bombay on Monday, killing two people and...

RI's palm oil output may hit 9.9m tons this year

RI's palm oil output may hit 9.9m tons this year Dow Jones Kuala Lumpur Palm oil production in Indonesia, the world's second largest producer of this commodity, may beat initial projections by rising to around 9.

Corrupt judges exist, Chief Justice says

Corrupt judges exist, Chief Justice saysMuninggar Sri Saraswati The Jakarta Post JakartaChief Justice Bagir Manan admitted on Wednesday that there were currently corrupt judges both in the Supreme Court and in lower courts, but blamed lawyers for initiating the practice.

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Parties accused of extortion in Medan

Parties accused of extortion in MedanApriadi Gunawan, The Jakarta Post, Medan, North Sumatra Chinese-Indonesian businesspeople in North Sumatra have alleged that political party activists are extorting money from them ahead of the 2004 elections.

Minister upbeat about tourist arrivals

Minister upbeat about tourist arrivals JAKARTA: The number of international tourists visiting Indonesia could reach the optimistic figure of 4.8 million by the end of 2003, despite the Bali bombings in October 2002 and the outbreak of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), says Minister for...

U.S. still not sure for Bali beach volleyball tourney

U.S. still not sure for Bali beach volleyball tourneyArya Abhiseka, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Indonesia will have two wild cards at next month's Swatch Women's Beach Volleyball World Tour in Bali, while teams from the United States are still unsure about their participation due to government travel...

Sleman chosen for budget program

Sleman chosen for budget program YOGYAKARTA: The regency of Sleman will receive a Rp 2.5 billion grant from the group Building Institutions for Good Governance (BIGG) to help it develop performance-based budget transparency.

Banning old cars and buses?

Banning old cars and buses?From Koran TempoWith regard to the news on the plan to restrict the operation of old cars and buses in Jakarta, I would venture to say that most citizens would prefer to use public transportation, particularly for their everyday activities, because of its smaller risk.

Bali has abundant and unexplored marine potential

Bali has abundant and unexplored marine potentialAyu Anggraeni, Contributor, Singaraja, North Bali For years, the travel and tourist industry has generated major income for Bali, while industries like agriculture and fisheries were ignored to make way for tourism development projects.

PDI-P condemned as New Order clone

PDI-P condemned as New Order clone JAKARTA: Pioneer Party (PP) chairwoman Rachmawati Soekarnoputri says that the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI Perjuangan)'s central board's strategy of ignoring its own members when choosing who to support in gubernatorial elections resembled the...

The Golkar convention

The Golkar conventionFrom Media IndonesiaIt began with the muddled internal state of the Golkar Party, when two groups, for and against general chairman Akbar Tandjung, opposed each other. As it was too risky to promote the defamed party chief further for the 2004 election, there emerged the "smart...

TNI's dual function

TNI's dual function The article in your paper on July 3, 2003 written by Dr. Damien Kingsbury, titled Lingering problems: TNI, the state, the nation was appalling. The dual function of the Indonesian Military (TNI), which went beyond the intentions of its architect, the late Gen. A.H.

What should the elderly be called?

What should the elderly be called?From KompasThe term manula (aged people) sounds derogatory because the word manusia in the acronym means "humans" as the counterpart of "animals".In order to make it more refined within an administrative connotation, it should be replaced by warga (citizens).

Profits down for BCA, Lippo, up for BII, Panin

Profits down for BCA, Lippo, up for BII, Panin Rendi A. Witular The Jakarta Post Jakarta During the first semester of this year large-sized Bank Central Asia (BCA) and Bank Lippo lost ground over their net profits while their rivals Bank Internasional Indonesia (BII) and Bank Panin advanced forward...

JP/1/HOUR

JP/1/HOURArmy troops shoot dead GAM leader: The Indonesian Military claimed on Wednesday to have killed Tengku Jamaica, a Free Aceh Movement (GAM) leader. Jamaica, the spokesman for the GAM command overseeing the Passe area, was shot dead during an ambush by a group of Army Special Forces troops in...

House, govt to vote on court bill, but still mulling judicial criteria

House, govt to vote on court bill, but still mulling judicial criteriaKurniawan Hari, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The House of Representatives has one issue left to resolve before the Constitutional Court bill can be endorsed, and plans to hold a vote on whether to pass the bill when it convenes on...

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Consumer confidence increases: Danareksa

Consumer confidence increases: DanareksaThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta Indonesian consumer confidence strengthened in the first half of the year from the same period last year on the back of significant improvements in macroeconomic indicators, according to the latest survey by the Danareksa Research...