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Wed, 11 Jun 2003
Lessons to be learned
Lessons to be learned The failure of the House of Representatives to reach a solid decision on the national education bill that has been lying before it for months, effectively accentuates the deep rifts that time and sectarian politics have over the years created among groups in Indonesian society.
Wed, 11 Jun 2003
ATSI urges govt to regulate Telkom's new service
ATSI urges govt to regulate Telkom's new serviceEvi Mariani The Jakarta Post Jakarta PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia's (Telkom) new fixed-wireless service, TelkomFlexi, which has features similar to those offered on mobile phones, has sparked protests from cellular phone providers who fear that...
Wed, 11 Jun 2003
MOU signed to uphold property rights
MOU signed to uphold property rightsJAKARTA: The Ministry of Justice and Human Rights and the National Police signed on Tuesday the memorandum of understanding to cooperate in eradicating rampant intellectual property rights violations, mostly video CDs and software.
Wed, 11 Jun 2003
Thousands rally for education bill
Thousands rally for education billDamar Harsanto, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Tens of thousands of Muslims rallied outside the House of Representatives complex here to demand the controversial education bill be passed on Tuesday.
Wed, 11 Jun 2003
Reality hits young migrant hard in the face
Reality hits young migrant hard in the faceMohammad Marwan, Agence France-Presse, Lhok Nga, Aceh In search of a better life, 21-year-old Ramadani moved to Indonesia's Aceh province to work as a salesman, but instead he found himself facing the cold reality of decades of conflict between separatist...
Wed, 11 Jun 2003
March 12, 2001: APP unilaterally defaults on its debts totaling
March 12, 2001: APP unilaterally defaults on its debts totaling some US$13.9 billion, one of the world's largest corporate defaults in emerging marketsNovember 2001: IBRA becomes APP creditor after taking over its liabilities from Bank Internasional Indonesia (BII), a financial arm of APP's...
Wed, 11 Jun 2003
400 workers sent home through Belawan
400 workers sent home through Belawan MEDAN, North Sumatra: Around 400 Indonesian migrant workers, were sent home by the Malaysian government through Belawan port on Tuesday morning.The return was the second batch after Malaysia sent home 280 workers on June 2.North Sumatra Governor T.
Wed, 11 Jun 2003
Sardono gets international award
Sardono gets international award JAKARTA: Indonesian dancer-choreographer Sardono W. Kusumo has been awarded the Distinguished Artist Award by the International Society for the Performing Arts (ISPA).The Sono Seni dance studio in Surakarta, Central Java, where the artist is based, said the award...
Wed, 11 Jun 2003
'The poor need food, not entertainment'
'The poor need food, not entertainment' The celebration of Jakarta's 476th anniversary should be fun and entertaining. An organizer said that they expected the celebration to lure people to take a break from all the troubles and strife brought on by the economic crisis and political turmoil over...
Wed, 11 Jun 2003
Megawati to appoint new Indonesian envoys
Megawati to appoint new Indonesian envoysFabiola Desy Unidjaja, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Former defense minister Juwono Sudarsono has been named as ambassador to London, however the names of envoys to several important posts such as Canberra, Moscow and Stockholm are still being withheld.
Wed, 11 Jun 2003
ATSI asks govt to regulate new Telkom service
ATSI asks govt to regulate new Telkom serviceEvi Mariani, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia's (Telkom) new fixed-wireless service, TelkomFlexi, which has features similar to those offered on mobile phones, has sparked protests from cellular phone providers who fear that...
Wed, 11 Jun 2003
Concern over accuracy of air-pollution displays
Concern over accuracy of air-pollution displaysDamar Harsanto, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Three electronic signboards displaying Jakarta's air pollution levels set up in several spots around the city are meant to inform commuters about the city's air quality, however many people are in the dark...
Wed, 11 Jun 2003
JP/13SIGN
JP/13SIGNPrincipal creditors sign APP debt restructuring scheme M. Taufiqurrahman The Jakarta Post Jakarta Principal creditors of Asia Pulp & Paper Co. Ltd. (APP) of Singapore signed on Tuesday a nonbinding debt restructuring plan as an initial step to reach a final settlement for the US$6.
Wed, 11 Jun 2003
RI needs social measures to annul education bill
RI needs social measures to annul education billB. Herry-Priyono, Lecturer, Driyarkara School of Philosophy, Jakarta These are the days of tragic reckoning. It comes from the perennial irony that has long beset this country: Talking law is simultaneously the most irrelevant and most urgent.
Wed, 11 Jun 2003
Pramuka market, where good and evil collide
Pramuka market, where good and evil collide When President Megawati Soekarnoputri claimed earlier this month that she was given fake drugs by a presidential doctor, the public was sparked once again by the persistent problem of fake medicines.
Wed, 11 Jun 2003
Black day for Military as Aceh conflict intensifies
Black day for Military as Aceh conflict intensifiesBerni K. Moestafa The Jakarta Post Lhokseumawe, AcehJust hours after claiming to have made significant progress in its operation to crush the Free Aceh Movement (GAM), the Indonesian Military (TNI) lost seven soldiers during a clash in Matang...
Wed, 11 Jun 2003
ATSI urges govt to regulate Telkom's new service
ATSI urges govt to regulate Telkom's new serviceEvi Mariani The Jakarta Post Jakarta PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia's (Telkom) new fixed-wireless service, TelkomFlexi, which has features similar to those offered on mobile phones, has sparked protests from cellular phone providers who fear that...
Wed, 11 Jun 2003
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Worrying about rampant corruption in Indonesia Satish Mishra United Nations Support Facility for Indonesian Recovery (UNSFIR) 2. Dimas -- Getting over SARS 2 X 30 We cannot allow SARS threat to change the way we live Meidyatama Suryodiningrat Managing Editor Van Zorge Report on Indonesia Jakarta
Wed, 11 Jun 2003
Dispensation for Acehnese students
Dispensation for Acehnese students YOGYAKARTA: New student candidates from Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam province will receive a special dispensation in the upcoming 2003/2004 academic year, the Gadjah Mada University (UGM) rector, Sofian Effendi, said on Monday.
Wed, 11 Jun 2003
RI presents 'proof' linking GAM leaders to terrorism
RI presents 'proof' linking GAM leaders to terrorismThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta The government team sent to Sweden to secure that country's cooperation in the war against GAM has handed over evidence to the Swedish government which its claims proves that Free Aceh Movement (GAM) leaders in Sweden are...
Wed, 11 Jun 2003
We cannot allow SARS threat to change the way we live
We cannot allow SARS threat to change the way we liveMeidyatama Suryodiningrat, Journalist, Jakarta Just as Sept. 11 changed forever the nature of international relations, the outbreak of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) also has changed the way many people in Asia live.
Wed, 11 Jun 2003
Students injured in bus accident
Students injured in bus accident BOGOR: Dozens of students from Ibnu Khaldun University were unable to join the demonstration to support the controversial education bill in Jakarta on Tuesday as their bus turned upside down on the Jagorawi toll road in Cibubur, East Jakarta.
Wed, 11 Jun 2003
Coca-Cola truck explodes, terrorism may be involved
Coca-Cola truck explodes, terrorism may be involved A truck belonging to a company contracted to Coca-Cola exploded in flames 19 kilometers north of Denpasar, Bali, on Monday morning, three days after a bomb warning.
Wed, 11 Jun 2003
Yogya governor wants to be appointed, not elected
Yogya governor wants to be appointed, not electedSri Wahyuni, The Jakarta Post, Yogyakarta Yogyakarta provincial legislative council was at odds over the draft internal rulings on the gubernatorial election scheduled for August, as some local people and Sultan Hamengkubuwono X, also outgoing...
Wed, 11 Jun 2003
ATSI urges govt to regulate Telkom's new service
ATSI urges govt to regulate Telkom's new serviceEvi Mariani The Jakarta Post Jakarta PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia's (Telkom) new service TelkomFlexi, fixed-wireless service having features like those of mobile phone, has sparked a protest from cellular phone providers as they fear TelkomFlexi will...
Wed, 11 Jun 2003
Black day for military, seven soldiers dead
Black day for military, seven soldiers deadBerni K. Moestafa, The Jakarta Post, Lhokseumawe, Aceh Just hours after claiming to have made significant progress in its operation to crush the Free Aceh Movement (GAM), the Indonesian Military (TNI) lost seven soldiers during a clash in Matang Kumbang,...
Wed, 11 Jun 2003
No More
No More Foreigners! From Warta Kota When he met Indonesian defense minister Matori Abdul Djalil in Singapore, U.S. deputy defense secretary Paul Wolfowitz asked the Indonesian government to allow foreign monitoring agencies in to Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam province.
Wed, 11 Jun 2003
Thick haze risks health, affects trafic in Riau
Thick haze risks health, affects trafic in RiauHaidir Anwar Tanjung, The Jakarta Post, Pekanbaru, Riau Choking haze plaguing the main island of Riau and the Riau archipelago, bordering Singapore and Malaysia, has reached an alarming level, raising health concerns and disturbing traffic in the...
Wed, 11 Jun 2003
Reject the education bill
Reject the education billB. Herry-Priyono Lecturer Driyarkara School of Philosophy Jakarta These are the days of tragic reckoning. It comes from the perennial irony that has long beset this country: Talking law is simultaneously the most irrelevant and most urgent.
Wed, 11 Jun 2003
ICFTU criticizes Asia for repressing workers' rights
ICFTU criticizes Asia for repressing workers' rightsAgence France-Presse, Singapore Many Asian workers continue to be repressed, with trade unions hampered by laws restricting their ability to fight for labor rights, the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU) said.
Wed, 11 Jun 2003
PAN names nine VP hopefuls
PAN names nine VP hopefulsAndi Hajramurni The Jakarta Post Makassar, South SulawesiThe National Mandate Party (PAN) is in the process of selecting the running mate for its presidential candidate Amien Rais from nine leading figures, most of whom are politicians or religious leaders.
Wed, 11 Jun 2003
JakArt@2003 Schedule
JakArt@2003 Schedule June 11:Teater Bunga's Tong atau Sampah-Sampah (Tin or Garbages) Lapangan Cipinang Besar, Jl. Casablanca South Jakarta 7:30 p.m. Multidimension Installation Arts "Oseng-oseng" Gallery Cipta III Taman Ismail Marzuki, Jl. Cikini Raya 73 Central Jakarta Tel. 3140554 5:30 p.m.
Wed, 11 Jun 2003
No action taken against 'delinquent' developers
No action taken against 'delinquent' developersBambang Nurbianto, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Most developers who started projects between 1971 and 1998 have yet to allocate a part of the land to the city administration for public and social facilities as stipulated by law, but little has been done...
Wed, 11 Jun 2003
Komnas HAM reveals rights abuses under martial law
Komnas HAM reveals rights abuses under martial lawMuninggar Sri Saraswati, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) found human rights and humanitarian law violations in its preliminary inquiry into the imposition of martial law in conflict-ridden Aceh.
Wed, 11 Jun 2003
West Java governor to be inaugurated
West Java governor to be inauguratedYuli Tri Suwarni, The Jakarta Post, Bandung West Java governor-elect Danny Setiawan and deputy Nu'man Abdul Hakim will be inaugurated on June 13 following the issuance of a presidential decree signed by President Megawati Soekarnoputri on June 7.
Wed, 11 Jun 2003
Asian monies mostly down, wary of intervention
Asian monies mostly down, wary of interventionDow Jones, Singapore Most Asian currencies gave up early gains to move to a weaker footing late on Tuesday as market players covered short-dollar positions after selling it down earlier in the session.
Wed, 11 Jun 2003
1. DUIT (4 x 12)
1. DUIT (4 x 12) Asian monies mostly down, wary of intervention 2. OECD (2 x 24) OECD urges Asian nations to tighten corporate rules 3. EURO (1 x 27) Britain buys time in Europe 4. EU (2 x 20) Euro-zone business sentiment declines
Wed, 11 Jun 2003
Regional impact of the war in Aceh
Regional impact of the war in AcehSin Chew Daily, Asia News Network, Selangor, Malaysia Today's mass media have shrunk the world and distorted the geographical distances between places, such that anything that happens oceans away can appear right before our eyes at the split of a second.
Wed, 11 Jun 2003
Arts festival to be held in Bogor
Arts festival to be held in Bogor BOGOR: The Bogor administration will hold a Sundanese traditional arts festival at city hall on Jl. Juanda on Saturday in celebration of the town's 521st anniversary.A total of 27 performing artists will take to the stage, according to the head of the Bogor arts...
Wed, 11 Jun 2003
1. BILL: 1 x 30
1. BILL: 1 x 30 Education bill's passage delayed 2. ACEH: 1 x 40 Black day for military, 7 soldiers dead 3. JALAN: 1 x 35 Road tolls rise by 25 percent
Wed, 11 Jun 2003
ATSI urges govt to regulate Telkom's new service
ATSI urges govt to regulate Telkom's new serviceEvi Mariani The Jakarta Post Jakarta PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia's (Telkom) new fixed-wireless service, TelkomFlexi, which has features similar to those offered on mobile phones, has sparked protests from cellular phone providers who fear that...
Wed, 11 Jun 2003
Festival to oppose Borobudur Int'l Festival
Festival to oppose Borobudur Int'l Festival YOGYAKARTA: The Borobudur International Festival kicks off today and but will face competition in the form of an alternative festival being organized by people living i the foothills of the five mountains located in the vicinity of Borobudur Temple.
Wed, 11 Jun 2003
Robbers fleece home of Australian, judge
Robbers fleece home of Australian, judge JAKARTA: A judge and an Australian citizen became the victims of robbery when two different groups of armed men robbed their houses, located in separate areas in South Jakarta, on Tuesday morning.The first robbery occurred at 3 a.m.
Wed, 11 Jun 2003
On education bill
On education bill The Jakarta Post's June 9, 2003 issue carried a story titled PDI Perjuangan seeks delay of education bill endorsement". I was appalled to learn that the debate over the bill only revolves around the issue of religion and not education.
Wed, 11 Jun 2003
Stock prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (in rupiah) on June 10, 2003
Stock prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (in rupiah) on June 10, 2003 ____________________________________________________________________________ Shares Close Change Trading Volume _____________________________________________________________________________Abdi Bangsa Tbk 275 0 0 Ades Alfindo...
Wed, 11 Jun 2003
1. INSIGHT:
1. INSIGHT: RI needs social measures to annul education bill 2. DEMO: 1 x 33 Thousands rally for education bill 3. COLA: 2 x 26 Coca-Cola truck explodes, terrorism may be involved 4. MEDIA: 1 x 34 China leads world newspaper sales 5.
Wed, 11 Jun 2003
Aceh govt to screen state employees for loyalty
Aceh govt to screen state employees for loyaltyThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta The Aceh provincial administration's plan to screen 67,000 civil servants and "severely punish" those found to support the Free Aceh Movement (GAM) has sparked criticism.
Wed, 11 Jun 2003
RI illegal logs used to build new UK home ministry offices
RI illegal logs used to build new UK home ministry officesMoch. N. Kurniawan, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The government said on Tuesday it would investigate two companies which, according to environmental group Greenpeace's recent investigative report, have been allegedly involved in the supplying...
Wed, 11 Jun 2003
Cooperation needed to combat Asia's killer air pollution
Cooperation needed to combat Asia's killer air pollutionAgence France-Presse, Manila More cooperation between governments and the private sector is needed to combat Asia's killer air pollution, which leads to about half a million premature deaths annually, Asian Development Bank (ADB) experts said...
Wed, 11 Jun 2003
Marathon training kicks off
Marathon training kicks off JAKARTA: Training for the Chicago Marathon in the Far East started at 5 a.m. on Tuesday.The first day of training, in which nine people participated, was a three-mile run in Kelapa Gading, North Jakarta.