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Mon, 22 Jul 2002
Labor unions going too far, minister says
Labor unions going too far, minister saysThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta Minister of Manpower and Transmigration Jacob Nuwa Wea now admits that labor militancy has reached such a fever pitch that it is discouraging investors and undermining the overall business climate.
Mon, 22 Jul 2002
Islam-based economy
Islam-based economyFrom RepublikaThe economic problem now facing Indonesia basically stems from the unequal distribution of goods and services among the entire public. This is a result of the adoption of the capitalist economic system.
Mon, 22 Jul 2002
Forget plan to establish gambling den, Sutiyoso says
Forget plan to establish gambling den, Sutiyoso saysAhmad Junaidi, The Jakarta Post, Pramuka island, Jakarta Governor Sutiyoso rejected on Sunday the possibility that he might continue his plan to build gambling centers in Kepulauan Seribu (Thousand Islands) regency even though he would most...
Mon, 22 Jul 2002
City Council
City Council to be dissolved? From Republika The Jakarta City Council is threatened with dissolution after the capital's military commander, Bibit Waluyo, issued letter No. R/511-5/II/2002 dated July 3, in which he replaced the council's chairman, Edy Waluyo, with Doni Sudarno.
Mon, 22 Jul 2002
Squatters take shelter at Komnas HAM building
Squatters take shelter at Komnas HAM buildingDamar Harsanto, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Ningsih, who is only 11 months old, cannot yet speak, but her eyes, which continually brim with tears, and her loud cry if her mother stops breastfeeding her, may indicate that life is too hard to bear.
Mon, 22 Jul 2002
Disrespecting state symbols
Disrespecting state symbolsFrom Koran TempoWhen university students held a protest rally in front of the Presidential Palace in Jakarta, some of them stamped their feet on the pictures of the president and the vice president, a disrespectful act against symbols of the state.
Mon, 22 Jul 2002
'Street kids exploited by adults'
'Street kids exploited by adults' The number of street children here has increased in the past few years. They can be found at every intersection in the city. When the traffic lights turn red, they approach the cars and beg.
Mon, 22 Jul 2002
Govt seeks lawyers for Agus
Govt seeks lawyers for Agus JAKARTA: The government has sanctioned a fund-raising program to collect the funds needed to hire lawyers for Agus Dwikarna, an Indonesian convicted by a Philippine court in Manila for illegal possession of explosives and immigration law offenses.
Mon, 22 Jul 2002
2. Spend 1 X 35
2. Spend 1 X 35 Consumer spending to remain robust 3. SME 2 X 27 Banking sector starts turning its attention to SMEs 4. Power 1 X 40 Liberalization of power industry hurts consumers
Mon, 22 Jul 2002
Textbooks make bore children to tears: Expert
Textbooks make bore children to tears: ExpertMuninggar Sri Saraswati, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Indonesia's education system has failed to develop reading habits among children due to its uncreative teaching methods, a child education expert says.
Mon, 22 Jul 2002
2. ACEH:
2. ACEH: Travel in Aceh fraught with tension, bribes 3. AUTO: 2 x 20 Brand-name motorcycles dominate automotive expo
Mon, 22 Jul 2002
KL police detain opposition leader
KL police detain opposition leader MALAYSIA: A senior Malaysian opposition leader was arrested briefly on Sunday for handing out leaflets criticizing Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad, police and opposition officials said.
Mon, 22 Jul 2002
Sumitomo, Vallourec deal in pipeline
Sumitomo, Vallourec deal in pipeline TOKYO : Japan's Sumitomo Metal Industries Co. Ltd. has formed an alliance with Vallourec and Mannesmann Tubes of France to make seamless steel pipes, a daily said Saturday.
Mon, 22 Jul 2002
Rupiah likely to strengthen: Analyst
Rupiah likely to strengthen: AnalystDadan Wijaksana, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The prevailing bearish mood over the U.S. dollar, coupled with expected good progress in the massive asset sales program conducted by the Indonesian Bank Restructuring Agency (IBRA) will likely keep the rupiah on its...
Mon, 22 Jul 2002
Banking sector starts turning its attention to SMEs
Banking sector starts turning its attention to SMEsA'an Suryana, The Jakarta Post, Semarang, Central Java Two years ago, jobless Arifin Tanjung walked out of a large garment company with an unexpected business opportunity that was to change his fortune.
Mon, 22 Jul 2002
ASEAN ministers to discuss anti-terror fight, economic reforms
ASEAN ministers to discuss anti-terror fight, economic reformsP. Parameswaran, Agence France-Presse, Manila Counter-terrorism and prospective economic reforms in Southeast Asia are among key issues to be discussed by ASEAN foreign ministers at their annual talks in Brunei next week, officials said.
Mon, 22 Jul 2002
Most judges fail to clarify their wealth: KPKPN
Most judges fail to clarify their wealth: KPKPNTertiani ZB Simanjuntak, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The drive to cleanse the judiciary of corruption and collusion appears more difficult than expected with the latest revelation by the Audit Commission on State Officials' Assets (KPKPN) that many...
Mon, 22 Jul 2002
FOR FOCUS ISSUE JULY 21
FOR FOCUS ISSUE JULY 21 ;JP;HEN; ANPAc..r.. Consultation-HR-focus Grace Emilia Contributor Jakarta More firms turn to professionals to improve their HR Consulting businesses in Indonesia have been growing rapidly during the past decade as more and more companies turn to their services to help them...
Mon, 22 Jul 2002
Bad public
Bad public officials must go From Koran Tempo Some people with a preconceived notion of President Megawati Soekarnoputri must have cynically looked upon her request that public officials incapable of carrying out their duties resign.
Mon, 22 Jul 2002
Travel in Aceh fraught with tension, bribes
Travel in Aceh fraught with tension, bribesYogita Tahilramani and Edith Hartanto, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Those living in strife-torn Aceh, particularly outside the provincial capital of Banda Aceh, have known fear all of their lives.
Mon, 22 Jul 2002
Teachers start practicing KKN
Teachers start practicing KKNFrom Bisnis IndonesiaOnly a few months back our hearts sank when we heard about the unfortunate fate and condition of teachers at state schools who have to live a hard life on their meager salaries.
Mon, 22 Jul 2002
RI judiciary worse than first thought: UN rapporteur
RI judiciary worse than first thought: UN rapporteurBerni K. Moestafa, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Having said earlier that Indonesia's judiciary had serious problems, the visiting United Nations investigator on judiciary independence added midway through his mission that its condition was worse than...
Mon, 22 Jul 2002
PDI Perjuangan, PPP meetings
PDI Perjuangan, PPP meetings Two major political parties -- the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI Perjuangan) and the United Development Party (PPP) -- have been organizing a national congress and a national meeting, respectively, one in Bali and the other in Jakarta.
Sun, 21 Jul 2002
Kebon Kacang declares war on cockroaches as chaos hits
Kebon Kacang declares war on cockroaches as chaos hits Just as President Bush has declared war on terrorism and Jakarta's Governor Sutiyoso has vowed to fight to the bitter end against those beastly becak (pedicab) drivers, I myself have resolved to do my bit for the civilized world by declaring...
Sun, 21 Jul 2002
TV Program: Sunday, July 21, 2002
TV Program: Sunday, July 21, 2002TVRI 5:00 a.m. Religious Teachings6:00 News8:00 Quiz8:30 Children's Program10:00 Music11:00 Maskum Show12:30 p.m. Comedy2:00 Music3:00 Documentary 3:30 Religious Teachings4:00 Sports6:00 News7:30 Music: Dansa Yo Dansa9:00 News9:30 Variety Show10:00 TV DramaTPI 5:30...
Sun, 21 Jul 2002
Tintin aims at filmmaking
Tintin aims at filmmakingHera Diani, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta What do you do when you cannot sleep at night? Toss and turn? Count sheep? Smoke? Watch TV?None of these work for Denpasar-based experimental filmmaker Maria Clementine Wulia, nicknamed Tintin, 29.
Sun, 21 Jul 2002
Life far from normal as tensions rise in Aceh
Life far from normal as tensions rise in AcehEdith Hartanto and Yogita Tahilramani, The Jakarta Post, Banda Aceh, Aceh Banda Aceh is not a dead capital, but one could not call it alive. Unlike major cities in Indonesia like Jakarta, Bandung, Surabaya or even Medan, Banda Aceh has no mall.
Sun, 21 Jul 2002
Chili's: Cool is where the ice is in Central Jakarta
Chili's: Cool is where the ice is in Central JakartaBill Blade, Contributor, Jakarta What is it about the pubs in Jakarta anyway, that every minute rise in the rate of inflation is taken as an excuse to slap a couple of thousand extra on the price of drink, even if there's not the remotest hint of...
Sun, 21 Jul 2002
Court acknowledges Laskar Jihad chief's objection
Court acknowledges Laskar Jihad chief's objectionThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta The Ambon District Court on Saturday approved an objection filed by Laskar Jihad commander Ja'far Umar Thalib over his detention as ordered by the Ambon Prosecutors' Office.
Sun, 21 Jul 2002
2. KERING: 2 x 32
2. KERING: 2 x 32 Farmers near Gondang dam cannot access water for their fields 3. CARTER: 1 x 45 U.S. needs to understand foreign hatred: Carter
Sun, 21 Jul 2002
Farmers near a dam cannot access water for their fields
Farmers near a dam cannot access water for their fieldsEdith Hartanto and Yogita Tahilramani, The Jakarta Post, Lamongan, East Java Sitting on the edge of a paddy field under the burning sun, a farmer from the remote Gondang village in Lamongan regency, East Java, takes a long look at the dry and...
Sun, 21 Jul 2002
On the Shelves
On the Shelves Paris La Nuit - Sajak-Sajak Sitor Situmorang dalam bahasa Indonesia dan terjemahan bahasa Perancis (Paris La Nuit - Sitor Situmorang's Poems in Indonesian and in French translation); Editor: Henri Chambert-Loir; Published by Forum Jakarta-Paris & Komunitas Bambu, Jakarta, 2002, lxiv...
Sun, 21 Jul 2002
Proton's first self-designed engines to go into cars
Proton's first self-designed engines to go into carsDeutsche Presse-Agentur, Kuala Lumpur The Campro engine designed in-house by a unit of Malaysia's national automaker Perusahaan Otomobil Nasional (Proton) are expected to be in Proton cars by March 2003, reports said recently.
Sun, 21 Jul 2002
Indian hand-rolled cigarettes get cool in overseas markets
Indian hand-rolled cigarettes get cool in overseas marketsBiman Mukherji, Agence France Presse, New Delhi India's humble bidi, the pungent hand-rolled cigarette touted as the poor man's mini cigar, is proving an unlikely export earner with rising sales in the overseas market.
Sun, 21 Jul 2002
The fruitful life of Ramadhan K.H.
The fruitful life of Ramadhan K.H.Lie Hua, Contributor, Jakarta Ramadhan K.H. Tiga Perempat Abad (Ramadhan K.H.: Seventy Five Years); Ajip Rosidi, Ahmad Rivai, Hawe Setiawan; Pustaka Jaya, Jakarta, 2002; 279 pp. While poet, novelist and biographer Ramadhan K.H.
Sun, 21 Jul 2002
Garin dreams of elevating film distribution
Garin dreams of elevating film distributionJohn Badalu, Contributor, Jakarta Securing an interview with Garin Nugroho these days is surprisingly easy. Although he is busy preparing his latest film (he declines to describe the plot or even give the title of the film), he looks relatively relaxed.
Sun, 21 Jul 2002
Hardship, debt trouble farmers as drought starts
Hardship, debt trouble farmers as drought startsYogita Tahilramani and Edith Hartanto, The Jakarta Post, Mojokerto Rising at dawn everyday, 60-year-old grandfather Hardjo prays long and hard before he prepares himself for work in the dry, rock-hard fields of Suru village, in the drought-ravaged...
Sun, 21 Jul 2002
Police general killed in plane crash
Police general killed in plane crashDamar Harsanto, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta A small single-engine plane made a crash landing on the Jagorawi toll road, only hundreds of meters from the Cililitan toll gate in East Jakarta, killing the pilot and injuring the three passengers, including an...
Sun, 21 Jul 2002
SimakDialog sticks with jazz music genre
SimakDialog sticks with jazz music genreHera Diani, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Dominated by baby blue, with an addition of a white trapezoid and entitled Trance/mission, the album cover looks more like the latest volume of Cafe Del Mar or some other clubbing tunes, rather than jazz.
Sun, 21 Jul 2002
MIMPI helps students get dream school
MIMPI helps students get dream schoolHera Diani, The Jakarta Post, Megamendung, Bogor Pink Floyd's front man Roger Waters sang "We don't need no education" in the 1979 hit Another Brick in The Wall, which inspired millions of angst-ridden teenagers all over the globe.
Sun, 21 Jul 2002
Infotainment shows fails to give tasteful entertainment
Infotainment shows fails to give tasteful entertainmentJoko E.H. Anwar Contributor JakartaWe often heard about how hard it is for journalists in other countries such as in the U.S. to dig stories about personal life of celebrities.
Sun, 21 Jul 2002
Yunus fights to save pet orangutans
Yunus fights to save pet orangutansDanny Raharto, Contributor, Jakarta The name Yunus Makasau is not well known. He is not a celebrity or high-ranking official in the country. But as a staff member at the Ministry of Forestry, he has the tough job of stopping Jakarta's rich, who love to keep rare...
Sun, 21 Jul 2002
Display woes buyers with dream-cars
Display woes buyers with dream-cars The green park in front of the JW Marriott Hotel in Mega Kuningan, South Jakarta, became the center of attraction on Thursday when a huge white tent was pitched. Inside, 14 cars produced by DaimlerChrysler were displayed.
Sun, 21 Jul 2002
Images
ImagesWhen farmers expect rain or When dry season hits or Falling rain expectedText by Edith Hartanto and Yogita Tahilramani Photos by Edith HartantoAs the dry season began around April this year, many parts of the country, including the nation's main rice producing area of East Java, have suffered...
Sun, 21 Jul 2002
MIMPI helps students get their dream school
MIMPI helps students get their dream schoolAnd what about Agus' fellow participants?According to the head of the organizing committee, Aman Utario, the kids are high-spirited, especially those from outside of Jakarta.
Sat, 20 Jul 2002
S'pore man jailed, caned over death of RI maid
S'pore man jailed, caned over death of RI maidRosana Gulzar Mohd, Agence France-Presse, Singapore An "inhuman" Singapore man who lost track of the number of times he beat and burned his 19-year-old Indonesian maid was sentenced to more than 18 years' jail and caning Friday after the teenager died...
Sat, 20 Jul 2002
Emergency status would starve Aceh refugees
Emergency status would starve Aceh refugeesEdith Hartanto and Yogita Tahilramani, The Jakarta Post, Banda Aceh Thousands of refugees in Aceh will completely lose access to aid and food supplies due to blocked lines of transportation if, as expected, a civilian emergency is imposed in this restive...
Sat, 20 Jul 2002
Get a new looks with fashionable wigs
Get a new looks with fashionable wigsAgus Maryono, The Jakarta Post, Purbalingga, Central Java Do you want your hair to look like top singers Kris Dayanti or Titi DJ? Or maybe you want to go blonde or brunette for a change?Thanks to wigmakers in Purbalingga, Central Java, women can enjoy different...
Sat, 20 Jul 2002
Street children hope to be breadwinners of poor families
Street children hope to be breadwinners of poor familiesMuninggar Sri Saraswati, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Many children hope to become doctors or pilots when they grow up, but street children have other ideas.
Sat, 20 Jul 2002
More councillors sought to reject Sutiyoso's speech
More councillors sought to reject Sutiyoso's speechAhmad Junaidi, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The number of city councillors who have rejected Governor Sutiyoso's accountability speech increased on Friday, but it still falls short of the required figure to win the battle.