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'RCTI' criticized as 70m viewers miss World Cup

'RCTI' criticized as 70m viewers miss World CupMuhammad Nafik and Kurniawan Hari The Jakarta Post JakartaHolding the sole rights in Indonesia to broadcast the World Cup on television could turn out to be a poisoned chalice for RCTI as the House of Representatives condemned the country's oldest...

Djoko vows to end Maluku's military-police conflict

Djoko vows to end Maluku's military-police conflictTertiani ZB Simanjuntak and Oktovianus Pinontoan, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Newly appointed Chief of the Security Restoration Operations Command in Maluku Maj. Gen.

What will be the likely outcome of Joburg Summit?

What will be the likely outcome of Joburg Summit?Agus P. Sari, Executive Director of Pelangi, an Environmental Research Institute, Based in Jakarta The Bali preparatory committee meeting was meant to prepare material for the World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg to address a range...

Timah sees tin prices increasing this year

Timah sees tin prices increasing this yearMoch. N. Kurniawan, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Publicly listed tin mining company PT Timah said on Thursday it expected tin prices to rise to US$4,600 per ton in the second half of this year, from the current level of $4,100 per ton.

Megawati pays homage to late father

Megawati pays homage to late fatherThe Jakarta Post JakartaPresident Megawati Soekarnoputri went to Blitar, East Java, on Thursday to visit the grave of her father, founding president Sukarno. Sukarno was born on June 6, and the visit to his grave is an annual tradition for his relatives, who also...

Three rebels killed in Aceh

Three rebels killed in Aceh BANDA ACEH, Aceh: Three Free Aceh Movement (GAM) rebels were killed in a fierce clash with the military in Krueng Meuriam village, some 160 kilometers southeast of Banda Aceh, on Thursday, a Military officer said.Lt. Col.

Public order officers should be more 'humane'

Public order officers should be more 'humane'Ahmad Junaidi, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta For public order officers, slapping, kicking and beating people at work is not a taboo at all. They often use force when evicting side-walk vendors, riverbank squatters or becak (pedicab) drivers.

Army marks change of guard in anusual show of force

Army marks change of guard in anusual show of forceTiarma Siboro, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta After a seven-year lapse, the Army celebrated the succession to its top post with a show of force at the Senayan parking lot in Jakarta on Thursday.

Jakarta Fair more accessible to the public

Jakarta Fair more accessible to the publicLeo Wahyudi S The Jakarta Post JakartaJakartans will have easier access to the Kemayoran Fairground, Central Jakarta, for the 2002 Jakarta Fair, which will open on June 14 through to July 14, as the organizers have promised to provide shuttle buses from...

Greenpeace protest foiled

Greenpeace protest foiled The Arctic Sunrise sails past Nusa Dua beach as a fisherman casts out his line. However, the boat's crew of Greenpeace activists was barred on Thursday by locals from making a protest statement by tossing a three-headed ogoh-ogoh monster effigy into the sea.

Thumb-up given to new tax office

Thumb-up given to new tax officeRendi A. Witular, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Businessmen and experts praised on Wednesday the establishment of a special office to collect taxes from the country's largest taxpayers, but warned that the new office could become another corrupt institution like other...

Policemen stop work for soccer

Policemen stop work for soccer The Indonesian passion for soccer apparently has even affected the police who are meant to be securing the preparatory committee (PrepCom) meeting on sustainable development in Bali.

Children's protection bill condemned

Children's protection bill condemnedDebbie A. Lubis, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Non-governmental organization activists harshly criticized the bill on children's protection being deliberated by the House of Representatives for what they claimed was a lack of details, vague sanctions and an absence...

PALYJA to double investment

PALYJA to double investment to improve clean water supply PT PAM Lyonaise Jaya (PALYJA), a subsidiary of ONDEO Services of France, will more than double its investment to improve and expand the supply of clean water in western Jakarta.

Bali Commitment in limbo as talks near end

Bali Commitment in limbo as talks near endThe Jakarta Post Nusa Dua, BaliUncertainties continued to cloud the fate of the Bali Commitment in the final hours of negotiation, as its draft plan on sustainable development remained clogged with unresolved issues, leading to either weaker commitments, or...

NGO's call for a stronger garmers' union

NGO's call for a stronger garmers' unionTantri Yuliandini, The Jakarta Post, Nusa Dua, Bali International non-governmental organizations (NGOs) have called for a globally integrated federation of farmers to face the threat of liberalized trade.

Indonesia told to learn from U.S. on ethnic equality

Indonesia told to learn from U.S. on ethnic equalityMuhammad Nafik, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Indonesia should learn from the United States on how that country has integrated those of Chinese descent into its society, says a scholar from the University of Indonesia.

* Headlines: RI told to learn from U.S. on racial equality 2

* Headlines: RI told to learn from U.S. on racial equality 2 * National: Anti-human trafficking law urgent: Experts 4 * Archipelago: Poso people urged to avoid provocation 5 * Opinion: Haircuts for small businesses 6 * City:Garbage incinerators operated inefficiently8 * World: Israeli troops, tanks...

12.5 percent of Jakartans poor

12.5 percent of Jakartans poor JAKARTA: Twelve percent of people in Jakarta are poor, a survey conducted by the city chapter of the National Family Planning Board (BKKBN) says.Haryono Suyono, head of the central office of BKKBN, told a seminar on population that its survey in February this year...

Executive, legislature race to use up budget money

Executive, legislature race to use up budget moneyOyos Saroso HN, The Jakarta Post, Bandarlampung The Lampung provincial administration is seeking approval from the Legislative Council to secure Rp 6,091 billion from a supplementary budget to procure 22 official cars, including seven for provincial...

Astra asks Daihatsu to lift stake

Astra asks Daihatsu to lift stake BALI: P.T. Astra International, the largest automaker in Indonesia, is asking Daihatsu Motor Co. to raise its stake in their local joint venture, the Nihon Keizai Shimbun reported in its Thursday evening edition, citing sources close to the matter.

Sumatran tiger faces extinction

Sumatran tiger faces extinctionHaidir Anwar Tanjung Pekanbaru Rampant hunting and illegal logging in the Bukit Tigapuluh National Park in the province of Riau have pushed Sumatran tigers (Panthera Tigris Sumatraensis) there to the brink of extinction, an activist said.

Bank Rakyat Indonesia

Bank Rakyat Indonesia BRI 14040 offers quick and easy banking transactions by phone Executives, professionals, academics and businesspeople who are always on the move can now make banking transactions by phone anywhere and anytime through Bank BRI, Indonesia's only bank which has offices in almost...

Man gets death for fatal robbery attempt

Man gets death for fatal robbery attempt The Central Jakarta District Court sentenced a man to death on Thursday for his involvement in a fatal robbery attempt last year outside a Bank BCA branch on Jl. Bungur Besar Raya, Central Jakarta.The crime on Oct.

'RCTI' slammed as 70 million viewers miss W. Cup matches

'RCTI' slammed as 70 million viewers miss W. Cup matchesMuhammad Nafik and Kurniawan Hari, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Holding the sole rights in Indonesia to broadcast the World Cup on television could turn out to be a poisoned chalice for RCTI as the House of Representatives condemned the country's...

Indonesia govt told not to force through Bali Commitment

Indonesia govt told not to force through Bali CommitmentFabiola Desy Unidjaja, The Jakarta Post, Nusa Dua, Bali The Indonesian government, currently hosting the UN meeting on sustainable development here, should not insist that the final document, called the Bali Commitment, be completed since...

Megawati pays homage to late father

Megawati pays homage to late fatherThe Jakarta Post JakartaPresident Megawati Soekarnoputri went to Blitar, East Java, on Thursday to visit the grave of her father, founding president Sukarno. Sukarno was born on June 6, and the visit to his grave is an annual tradition for his relatives, who also...

VP wants end to party subsidies

VP wants end to party subsidies JAKARTA: Vice President Hamzah Haz called on Thursday for the government to stop subsidizing political parties, and to use the money instead for national education."With the current multiparty system, in which 180 political parties have registered for the 2004...

Tommy's lawyer released

Tommy's lawyer released JAKARTA: The police finally released Elza Syarief, the lawyer for Hutomo "Tommy" Mandala Putra, on Thursday afternoon after spending one month in the city police headquarter's detention cell.

Da'i urges Poso people to avoid provocation

Da'i urges Poso people to avoid provocationTertiani ZB Simanjuntak, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta National Police chief Gen. Da'i Bachtiar asked the conflicting Christian and Muslim camps in Poso regency, Central Sulawesi, on Thursday not to be provoked by a bomb blast in public bus serving the...

Firdaus promotes culinary arts

Firdaus promotes culinary artsMaria Endah Hulupi, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta His main activity is in the investment, banking and fund management sector. But as the bailli delegue (chairman) of the Indonesian chapter of the international gastronomic society, Chaine des Rotisseurs, Firdaus Abdullah...

Earlier Disbandment of IBRA

Earlier Disbandment of IBRA When the Indonesian Bank Restructuring Agency was set up in early 1999, it was decided that it would exist for only five years. If all the agency's duties could be accomplished earlier, the agency, as its chief Syarifuddin A.

Ministers show disdain to NGOs

Ministers show disdain to NGOs Different ministers, different temperaments and different ways of handling the public, as two of Indonesia's coordinating ministers showed.Coordinating Minister for the Economy Dorodjatun Kuntjoro- Jakti kept his cool when a member of the Indonesian Indigenous People...

JP/15/N00

JP/15/N00Stock prises on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (in rupiah) on June 6, 2002: ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Shares Close Change TradingVolume ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Abdi Bangsa Tbk 370 -5 75,000 Ades...

Anti-human trafficking law urgent, experts say

Anti-human trafficking law urgent, experts sayYogita Tahilramani, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Indonesia needs to carve out an anti-human trafficking bill, considering that it has no law against all forms of human trafficking, experts say.

FKDPM delays lawsuit against finance ministry

FKDPM delays lawsuit against finance ministryMoch. N. Kurniawan, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The Association of Oil and Gas Producing Regencies (FKDPM) has postponed plans to sue the Ministry of Finance over oil and gas earnings for several days to better prepare itself for the legal battle.

EU, East Asian foreign ministers gather for Madrid meeting

EU, East Asian foreign ministers gather for Madrid meeting Robert MacPherson Agence France-Presse MadridForeign ministers from the European Union (EU) and East Asia were gathering in Madrid on Thursday for a two-day meeting, with the Kashmir conflict and illegal migration high on their agenda.

EU, East Asian foreign ministers gather for Madrid meeting

EU, East Asian foreign ministers gather for Madrid meeting Agencies MadridForeign ministers from the European Union (EU) and East Asia were gathering in Madrid on Thursday for a two-day meeting, with the Kashmir conflict and illegal migration high on their agenda.

Bali Commitment in limbo as talks near end

Bali Commitment in limbo as talks near endThe Jakarta Post, Nusa Dua, Bali Uncertainties continued to cloud the fate of the Bali Commitment in the final hours of negotiation, as its draft plan on sustainable development remained clogged with unresolved issues, leading to either weaker commitments,...

House delays decision on Bulog

House delays decision on Bulog JAKARTA: The House of Representatives has pushed back to July 1 a plenary session to decide whether to establish a special committee to investigate the role of House Speaker Akbar Tandjung in a financial scandal involving the State Logistics Agency (Bulog).

Govt moves to block access to state secrets

Govt moves to block access to state secretsKurniawan Hari, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The government will submit a draft law on official secrets to counter the freedom of information bill proposed by the House of Representatives, which, if passed, would give the public, including the media,...

Govt criticized for exploiting guards

Govt criticized for exploiting guards The presence of Balinese traditional village guards or pecalang has captured the attention of most delegates attending the current UN meeting in Nusa Dua, Bali.Everything appeared to be running smoothly until Wednesday morning when hundreds of NGO members...

BRI 14040 offers quick and easy

BRI 14040 offers quick and easy banking transactions by phone Executives, professionals, academics and businesspeople who are always on the move can now make banking transactions by phone anywhere and anytime through Bank BRI, Indonesia's only bank which has offices in almost every town across the...

Govt, House avoid hike in haj fee

Govt, House avoid hike in haj fee JAKARTA: The government and House of Representatives Commission VI for human resources and religious affairs agreed on Thursday to reduce, or at least to maintain, the haj fee for next season.

RI told to be prepared for court decision on disputed islands

RI told to be prepared for court decision on disputed islandsAnnastashya Emmanuelle, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Although the Sipadan-Ligitan issue is not expected to be a constant agitation in bilateral relations with Malaysia, Indonesia should be prepared to accept the International Court of...

'Free final examination? It's only a rumor'

'Free final examination? It's only a rumor' Junior high school and high school students in the city recently finished taking final exams. And for the first time, the city administration provided funds to finance the exams, so the students would not have to pay for the tests themselves.

Where to go in Jakarta:

Where to go in Jakarta:Exhibitions* Visual Arts Deep Blue, the Art and the Sea, National Museum, Jl. Medan Merdeka Barat No. 12, Central Jakarta (Tel. 3868172), until June 17. * Video Art from Finland, Lontar Gallery, Jl. Utan Kayu 68H, East Jakarta (Tel. 8573388), 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., until June 12.

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Headings1. Lampung: 12 x 4 linesExecutive, legislature race to use up budget money 2. Poso: 21 x 2 linesPoso people urged to avoid provocation 3. Ambon: 24 x 2 linesDjoko vows to end Maluku's military-police conflict4. Tiger: 24 x 2 linesSumatran tiger faces extinction

Estrada not allowed to leave RP

Estrada not allowed to leave RP PHILIPPINES: A court barred ousted president Joseph Estrada on Thursday from leaving the country to undergo knee surgery in the United States, saying he might not return for his trial on a charge which carries the death penalty.

RP to get US$1.7b in WB loans

RP to get US$1.7b in WB loans MANILA: The World Bank has earmarked up to US$1.7 billion in loans to the Philippines over the next three years, a bank statement received here said Thursday.The bank's executive board has approved a three-year assistance strategy for the Philippines to "re-establish a...