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Fri, 18 Jun 2004
* Internal rift won't break Nahdlatul Ulama Page 2
* Internal rift won't break Nahdlatul Ulama Page 2 * KPK starts prosecuting first corruption case Page 4 * Bukit Lawang tourist resort to be reopened soon Page 5 * Smuggling of goods into Indonesia still rife Page 6 * Farmers arrested for hijacking Pertamina trucks Page 8 * Philippine election row...
Fri, 18 Jun 2004
Tambourine players support Megawati
Tambourine players support Megawati MAGELANG, Central Java: A group of tambourine players in Magelang declared their support on Thursday for presidential candidate Megawati Soekarnoputri and her running mate Hasyim Muzadi.
Fri, 18 Jun 2004
House, government slash Medical Council members to seven
House, government slash Medical Council members to sevenDewi Santoso, Jakarta The House of Representatives and the government have agreed to slash the number of members of the planned Medical Council from the original 25 to seven, and to recruit a public figure to the body.
Fri, 18 Jun 2004
Bank Central Asia mulls Bank Permata stake buy
Bank Central Asia mulls Bank Permata stake buy Dow Jones, Jakarta PT Bank Central Asia said Thursday it is considering to take part in the bidding for the government's stake in state-owned PT Bank Permata.
Fri, 18 Jun 2004
Riau govt seeks Rp 2-3t budget
Riau govt seeks Rp 2-3t budget PEKANBARU, Riau: The Riau provincial government will propose a budget of between Rp 2 trillion and 3 trillion to the central government for 2005 to allow the province to build and improve infrastructure.
Fri, 18 Jun 2004
Entertainment venues ready for school holiday rush
Entertainment venues ready for school holiday rushLeony Aurora, Jakarta Entertainment venues in the capital are gearing up to welcome the school holiday with special programs, although most involve higher ticket prices.
Fri, 18 Jun 2004
1. CORRUPT: 4 LINES, 10 COUNTS
1. CORRUPT: 4 LINES, 10 COUNTS State loses Rp 22t to corruptors in 2 years 2. FAIR: 1 LINE, 32 COUNTS Fair expected to rake in Rp 250 billion 3. MEGA: 1 LINE, 28 COUNTS Neighbors proud of Megawati, but...
Fri, 18 Jun 2004
Fair expected to rake in Rp 250b
Fair expected to rake in Rp 250bDamar Harsanto, Jakarta President Megawati Soekarnoputri inaugurated on Thursday evening the month-long Jakarta Fair 2004 at the Jakarta Fairground in Kemayoran, Central Jakarta.
Fri, 18 Jun 2004
Fires destroy hundreds of hectares
Fires destroy hundreds of hectares JAMBI: Hundreds of hectares of plantations in Jambi province, including palm oil plantation, had been burned since early June this year, causing huge monetary losses for local residents and plantation companies working in the area.
Fri, 18 Jun 2004
Land compensation stalls roadwork
Land compensation stalls roadwork TANGERANG: Construction of the 800-meter-long Ciputat overpass has been delayed by six months because the owners of the land needed for the project are demanding more money.
Fri, 18 Jun 2004
Kalla fends off attack from government agency
Kalla fends off attack from government agencyThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta Jusuf Kalla, the running mate for the presidential frontrunner, was unperturbed by report released this week by the Supreme Audit Agency (BPK), which states that his family's company, PT Hadji Kalla, offered high-risk investment...
Fri, 18 Jun 2004
Wiranto biggest vote buyer in campaign: NGOs
Wiranto biggest vote buyer in campaign: NGOsM. Taufiqurrahman, Jakarta Corruption watchdogs say Gen. (ret) Wiranto tops the list of presidential candidates who have practiced vote buying in their campaigns, while President Megawati Soekarnoputri was deemed the most prone to misuse state facilities.
Fri, 18 Jun 2004
PKS asks members not to campaign for candidates
PKS asks members not to campaign for candidatesM. Taufiqurrahman, Jakarta Amid uncertainty over which candidate to support, a Muslim-based party has urged its members to refrain from taking part in presidential campaigns.
Fri, 18 Jun 2004
PDI-P whines about lack of campaign funds
PDI-P whines about lack of campaign fundsFabiola Desy Unidjaja, Jakarta Less money from the disappointed business community and a lack of donations by aspiring legislators were to blame for the shortage of campaign finances for the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P), party officials...
Fri, 18 Jun 2004
ASEAN lags behind on human rights: Hassan
ASEAN lags behind on human rights: HassanAdianto P. Simamora, Jakarta In spite of its impressive economic growth and giant strides in reducing poverty in previous decades, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is far behind other regions of the world in establishing a regional human...
Fri, 18 Jun 2004
Schools and education first
Schools and education firstFrom RepublikaOver the past few years, a lot of school buildings have collapsed, been demolished to make way commercial developments or fallen into disrepair. Such conditions will adversely affect the interest of both students and teachers in the education process.
Fri, 18 Jun 2004
Mega visits Ali Sadikin
Mega visits Ali Sadikin JAKARTA: President Megawati Soekarnoputri paid a courtesy call to former Jakarta governor and public figure Ali Sadikin at his residence on Thursday.A presidential aide said the visit was not scheduled and caused the one-hour delay of a function at the State Palace, where...
Fri, 18 Jun 2004
PLN plans to build 12 hydropower plants
PLN plans to build 12 hydropower plantsThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta State electricity firm PT PLN is planning to build 12 hydropower plants across the nation to meet the growing demand for electricity.The 12 include nine with a total generation capacity of 447 megawatts (MW), to be funded by the Japan...
Fri, 18 Jun 2004
Concern over environment needed
Concern over environment neededFrom RepublikaThe problems associated with waste disposal in Indonesia, with over 200 million people, are clearly enormous. The government should give serious thought to the waste issue in order to find the best possible solutions.
Fri, 18 Jun 2004
Teachers continue strike in Muna
Teachers continue strike in Muna KENDARI, Southeast Sulawesi: A massive teacher strike in Muna regency here has entered its 11th day on Thursday, with little resolution in sight.The teacher strike has disrupted education in the various levels of schools in the regency, from elementary to senior...
Fri, 18 Jun 2004
India is really looking towards the East now
India is really looking towards the East nowPranay Gupte, The Straits Times, Asia News Network, Singapore "We always said, 'Look East', but then we would go West," Jairam Ramesh was saying in his small ground-floor office here over the weekend.
Fri, 18 Jun 2004
Indonesian wisdom has global value
Indonesian wisdom has global value Perhaps the greatest travesty in our small history as the dominant life force on this beautiful world would be if we did not grasp how the ending of the Cold War provided the potential to begin a new awareness of how humans can best work as a group, defined as the...
Fri, 18 Jun 2004
Govt sets price for Bukit Asam
Govt sets price for Bukit Asam JAKARTA: The Indonesian government has set an initial price of between Rp 650 and Rp 750 a share for its planned secondary offering of a 12.4 percent stake in PT Tambang Batubara Bukit Asam.
Fri, 18 Jun 2004
Workers protest KDI's closure
Workers protest KDI's closure SURABAYA: Some 1,000 workers of PT Kyung Dong Indonesia (KDI) marched to the East Java legislative council on Thursday to protest the company's closure due to financial difficulties.
Fri, 18 Jun 2004
Farmers protest against police
Farmers protest against policeWahyuana, Bekasi Buni Bhakti villagers in Babelan district demanded on Thursday that Bekasi Police release two villagers, Bahrol Alam and Holili, who have been under arrest since Saturday for hijacked five tanker trucks belonging to state oil company Pertamina.
Fri, 18 Jun 2004
Soccer fan shot dead in robbery
Soccer fan shot dead in robberyEvi Mariani, Jakarta A 24-year-old man, Tarmudi, was killed early on Thursday morning after buying coffee at a stall near his house to stay awake for the Euro 2004 soccer match between Portugal and Russia.
Fri, 18 Jun 2004
Ban on Megawati has little effect
Ban on Megawati has little effectThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta A ban imposed on incumbent President Megawati Soekarnoputri and running mate Hasyim Muzadi from holding further outdoor rallies in Bali will not affect their campaign on the island.
Fri, 18 Jun 2004
Tangerang fights against red tape for foreign workers
Tangerang fights against red tape for foreign workersMulta Fidrus, Tangerang The Tangerang regental manpower agency will file a judicial review at the Supreme Court to fight a ministerial decree stripping it of the power to issue work permits to foreigners.
Fri, 18 Jun 2004
Philippine tourist arrivals up 31.4%
Philippine tourist arrivals up 31.4% MANILA: Tourist arrivals in the Philippines rose 31.4 percent to nearly one million in the five months to May, keeping the government's full-year target of 2.5 million visitors on track, the tourism department said on Thursday.
Fri, 18 Jun 2004
Historical sites to be immortalized
Historical sites to be immortalized JAKARTA: The tourism agency in cooperation with 100 artists from the Ancol Art Market are to capture well-known city landmarks and historical buildings on canvas.The program, called "Jakarta on the Spot", is set to coincide with the city's official 477th...
Fri, 18 Jun 2004
Police submit Cimanggis dossiers
Police submit Cimanggis dossiers JAKARTA: After around four months of investigation and questioning, the Jakarta Police submitted on Wednesday dossiers of nine suspects in an explosion in Cimanggis."The dossiers were submitted to the Depok Prosecutor's Office," the city police spokesman Sr. Comr.
Fri, 18 Jun 2004
Jamsostek to increase compensation
Jamsostek to increase compensationRidwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta State-owned social security company PT Jamsostek is to raise by at least 10 percent compensation for workers who experience work- related accidents.
Fri, 18 Jun 2004
'I'll sell the TV, I don't care'
'I'll sell the TV, I don't care' State television station TVRI seems determined to reinstate monthly license fees for TV owners, which would range in cost between Rp 3,000 (about 30 US cents) and Rp 12,000, depending on the amount of power being used in a house.
Fri, 18 Jun 2004
Hamzah provides free health services
Hamzah provides free health services PALEMBANG, South Sumatra: As part of the presidential campaign, the campaign team of Hamzah Haz and Gen. (ret) Agum Gumelar is set to provide free health services for residents in three regencies in the South Sumatra province here.
Fri, 18 Jun 2004
Rupiah drop still under control, says BI chief
Rupiah drop still under control, says BI chiefTony Hotland, Jakarta The current depreciation in the rupiah against the U.S. dollar would not have a severe impact on the economy as it is still manageable, Bank Indonesia Governor Burhanuddin Abdullah said on Thursday.
Fri, 18 Jun 2004
Woman or unbeliever for president?
Woman or unbeliever for president?From Media Indonesia Recent newspaper and TV reports have made me feel uncomfortable as a housewife and a Muslim to know that some clerics are still so narrow-minded that they view the gender issue in such a simplistic way.
Fri, 18 Jun 2004
Back to local names
Back to local namesFrom KompasThe use of foreign names for real estate complexes was severely criticized by linguists and those concerned about the national language around 1995, and as a result developers changed a lot of English names to Indonesian.
Fri, 18 Jun 2004
Stop promiscuity
Stop promiscuity among teenagersFrom Koran TempoThe level of promiscuity among teenagers in the West Java capital of Bandung is worrying, and is resulting in a rising number of cases of pre-marital sex being reported to the counseling agency of the provincial family planning association.
Fri, 18 Jun 2004
'Titiek' and search for a market-friendly president
'Titiek' and search for a market-friendly presidentKornelius Purba Siti Hedijati "Titiek" Herijadi, the second daughter of former president Soeharto, kept a smile on her face when a keynote speaker mentioned her father's failure to control the greed of his six children and their cronies.
Fri, 18 Jun 2004
West Java regental councillors refuse payments
West Java regental councillors refuse paymentsNana Rukmana, Indramayu, West Java Councillors in the Indramayu and Majalengka regencies have refused billions of rupiah in end-of-term honorariums, saying the big payouts would be better allocated to running the elections and developing education and...
Fri, 18 Jun 2004
Indonesian students see beyond myths of Italy
Indonesian students see beyond myths of ItalyFabio Scarpello, Contributor, Jakarta Vitri has watched various Discovery Channel programs on Italy, loves the country and thinks that "Italy has it all -- history, nature, food".
Fri, 18 Jun 2004
ASEAN bodybuilding c'ships starts in Bali
ASEAN bodybuilding c'ships starts in BaliWahyoe Boediwardhana, Jimbaran, Bali Forty-three bodybuilders from six countries are set to compete on Friday in the 7th South East Asian (ASEAN) Bodybuilding Championship in Jimbaran, Bali.
Fri, 18 Jun 2004
RI hopes FTA will boost export to China
RI hopes FTA will boost export to ChinaZakki P. Hakim, Jakarta The government said on Thursday that Indonesian exports to China could double in three years following the gradual implementation of a free trade agreement (FTA).
Fri, 18 Jun 2004
'Toxic' plant to handle waste
'Toxic' plant to handle waste TANGERANG: Executives of textile producer PT Argo Pantes promised Tangerang councillors that the company would no longer discharge toxic waste into the Cisadane river without proper treatment, and that it would heed the calls for better conditions for its workers.
Fri, 18 Jun 2004
BCA mulls buying stake in Bank Permata
BCA mulls buying stake in Bank PermataDow Jones, Jakarta PT Bank Central Asia said Thursday it is considering to take part in the bidding for the government's stake in state-owned PT Bank Permata."We are now preparing a study to buy the Bank Permata stake," said BCA spokeswoman Lena Setiawati told...
Fri, 18 Jun 2004
Neighbors proud of Megawati, but...
Neighbors proud of Megawati, but...Bambang Nurbianto, Jakarta This is the first in a series of stories on the five presidential candidates in the eyes of their neighbors. Several residents of the Kebagusan area in South Jakarta say they are proud to be neighbors of President Megawati Soekarnoputri...
Fri, 18 Jun 2004
Use of condoms drops to 0.9%
Use of condoms drops to 0.9% JAKARTA: A recent survey revealed that only 0.9 percent of males who are involved in family planning programs use condoms consistently.The survey, conducted between 2002 and 2003, found that 60 percent of around 40 million married couples in 26 provinces use any form of...
Fri, 18 Jun 2004
U.S. move against Alex demanded
U.S. move against Alex demanded JAKARTA: Indonesia is compiling legal documents on Maluku separatist leader Alex Manuputty, to forward to the United States, with the expectation that he would be included on its wanted list.
Fri, 18 Jun 2004
Many countries depend on Philippine workers
Many countries depend on Philippine workersMichael L. Tan, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Asia News Network, Manila Let's imagine the entire world waking up one day to discover Filipinos have disappeared. I'm talking here about the six or seven million Filipinos currently working overseas in countries...
Fri, 18 Jun 2004
India is really looking towards the East now
India is really looking towards the East now Pranay Gupte The Straits Times Asia News Network Singapore "We always said, 'Look East', but then we would go West," Jairam Ramesh was saying in his small ground-floor office here over the weekend.