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Thu, 22 May 2003
On visa policy
On visa policy I refer to the article by Junita Sitorus titled Why we need changes in RI's visa policy published in The Jakarta Post on May 19, 2003.If a 60-day visa facility resulted in criminal offenses such as drug smuggling, how is a 30-day facility going to curb this? Would you please explain...
Thu, 22 May 2003
Economic fallout of Aceh war will spread
Economic fallout of Aceh war will spreadMartin P.H. Panggabean Visiting Researcher Institute of Southeast Asian Studies The Straits Times Asia News Network Singapore It shouldn't just be the people of Aceh who are concerned that last-minute peace negotiations have failed in Tokyo.
Thu, 22 May 2003
Web portal to boost trade with Singapore
Web portal to boost trade with SingaporeThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta In a bid to help improve bilateral economic relations between Indonesia and Singapore, a special web portal called Network Indonesia Portal (http://www.iesingapore.com/networkindonesia) was launched late on Tuesday.
Thu, 22 May 2003
KPU elects members of Jakarta KPUD
KPU elects members of Jakarta KPUDArya Abhiseka The Jakarta Post JakartaThe General Elections Commission (KPU) has failed to be accountable in the selection of members of the provincial General Elections Commissions (KPUD), according to an analyst.
Thu, 22 May 2003
Ambon Police arrest seven suspects over Acehnese murders
Ambon Police arrest seven suspects over Acehnese murdersMuhammad Azis Tunny, The Jakarta Post, Ambon, Maluku Police arrested on Wednesday seven men who are suspected of being behind the recent kidnapping and murder of three Acehnese men, but officers remained in the dark over the motive.
Thu, 22 May 2003
QSAR, a pebble in the shoe for Hamzah Haz
QSAR, a pebble in the shoe for Hamzah HazA'an Suryana, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Support is mounting for Hamzah Haz to be reelected as chairman of the United Development Party (PPP), but his journey to the top will not be as smooth as expected.
Thu, 22 May 2003
Prosecutor sentenced for fraud
Prosecutor sentenced for fraudTertiani ZB Simanjuntak, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta In another slap in the face for justice in Indonesia, a court sentenced a whistle-blowing prosecutor on Wednesday to a lenient jail term for fraud involving Rp 480 million (US$56,470).
Thu, 22 May 2003
[b]Election candidates
Election candidates should be testedFrom Kompas Top management of banks and state-owned enterprises, as well as officials at some state institutions now undergo a test of their suitability.If this test had been conducted much earlier, many of the banks in this country would not have gone bankrupt...
Thu, 22 May 2003
Bajaj Auto, TVS may open plants in Asia, Latin America
Bajaj Auto, TVS may open plants in Asia, Latin AmericaBloomberg, Mumbai, India Bajaj Auto Ltd. and TVS Motor Co., India's second- and third- biggest motorcycle makers, may open factories in Latin America and Southeast Asia, where they say customers demand a similar type of product as at home.
Thu, 22 May 2003
Stop the bloodshed in Aceh
Stop the bloodshed in AcehThe Asahi Shimbun, Tokyo Peace talks between the Indonesian government and separatist rebels from Aceh province held in Tokyo broke off Sunday with no agreement. Within hours, Indonesia's President Megawati Soekarnoputri declared effective martial law in Aceh and ordered...
Thu, 22 May 2003
Economic fallout of Aceh war will spread
Economic fallout of Aceh war will spreadMartin P.H. Panggabean, Visiting Researcher, Institute of Southeast Asian, StudiesThe Straits Times, Asia News Network, Singapore It shouldn't just be the people of Aceh who are concerned that last- minute peace negotiations have failed in Tokyo, and that war...
Thu, 22 May 2003
E. Nusa Tenggara short teachers
E. Nusa Tenggara short teachers ~KUPANG, East Nusa Tenggara: Children throughout East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) face a shortage of teachers from kindergarten to senior high school, officials said.The deputy secretary of the provincial teachers support committee, Ismail Kasim, said on Wednesday the...
Thu, 22 May 2003
Election commission appoints members of provincial boards
Election commission appoints members of provincial boardsA'an Suryana, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The General Elections Commission (KPU) appointed on Wednesday 150 people in 30 provinces as members of provincial elections commissions (KPUDs).
Thu, 22 May 2003
On visa policy
On visa policy I refer to the article by Junita Sitorus titled Why we need changes in RI's visa policy published in The Jakarta Post on May 19, 2003.If a 60-day visa facility resulted in criminal offenses such as drug smuggling, how is a 30-day facility going to curb this? Would you please explain...
Thu, 22 May 2003
Legislators urge rehab for drug addicts
Legislators urge rehab for drug addicts JAMBI, Jambi: Parents with drug-addicted children should bring them to the mental hospital for rehabilitation, urged councillors dismayed by the lack of drug addicts undergoing treatment.
Thu, 22 May 2003
JP/13/Blum
JP/13/BlumSBI rate down to 10.68%The Jakarta Post JakartaBank Indonesia on Wednesday cut its benchmark interest rate to 10.68 percent, a day after newly-appointed central bank Governor Burhanuddin Abdullah pledged to maintain the current declining trend in the rate.
Thu, 22 May 2003
Cost to be a teacher
Cost to be a teacherFrom KompasAs in the New Order period, graft practices continue to prevail in the recruitment of teachers, school principals and other civil servants throughout Indonesia.The selection of teachers as government employees in Cirebon and the surrounding regency during 2000/2001 is...
Thu, 22 May 2003
Casualties rise as offensive intensifies
Casualties rise as offensive intensifiesThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta/Lhokseumawe Casualties rose on Wednesday as the Indonesian Military (TNI) mounted massive attacks on strongholds of the Free Aceh Movement (GAM) in Bireuen, North Aceh, and Aceh Besar.
Thu, 22 May 2003
Mega asked to change envoy posts
Mega asked to change envoy postsKurniawan Hari, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The House of Representatives (DPR) has recommended that President Megawati Soekarnoputri change the country destinations of four ambassadorial candidates on the ground that they were unfit for their respective posts...
Thu, 22 May 2003
BNI plans to double dollar bonds issue
BNI plans to double dollar bonds issueRendi A. Witular, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta State-owned Bank Negara Indonesia (BNI), the country's second largest bank in terms of assets, plans to double the size of its U.S.
Thu, 22 May 2003
SBI rate down to 10.68%
SBI rate down to 10.68%The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Bank Indonesia cut its benchmark interest rate on Wednesday to 10.68 percent, a day after newly appointed central bank Governor Burhanuddin Abdullah pledged to maintain the current declining trend in the rate.
Thu, 22 May 2003
Aspac looking for IBL crown
Aspac looking for IBL crown JAKARTA: Aspac Texmaco is seeking to continue its winning form, which has given it three consecutive championships in the now-obsolete professional competition known as Kobatama, in the newly established Indonesian Basketball League (IBL).
Thu, 22 May 2003
W. Java councillors named suspects
W. Java councillors named suspectsYuli Tri Suwarni, The Jakarta Post, Bandung Prosecutors named three West Java deputy council speakers as suspects in a graft case related to last year's controversy over a Rp 25 billion (US$2.9 million) gift to all 100 councillors.
Thu, 22 May 2003
No Indonesia without Aceh
No Indonesia without AcehLela E. Madjiah, Staff Writer, The Jakarta Post, JakartaForce won't solve Indonesia's problems in Aceh- U.S. Australia concerned about loss of life in Aceh. U.S. calls for resumption of negotiations in separatist conflict.
Thu, 22 May 2003
East Nusa Tenggara lacks teachers
East Nusa Tenggara lacks teachers KUPANG, East Nusa Tenggara: Children throughout East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) face a shortage of teachers, totaling 18,000 from kindergarten to senior high school, officials said.How many teachers were needed for each school remained unclear.
Thu, 22 May 2003
W. Lombok nets biggest drug cache
W. Lombok nets biggest drug cache MATARAM, West Nusa Tenggara: Police in West Lombok regency seized 3.6 kilograms of marijuana from a suspected drug dealer, the regency's biggest drug catch so far this year.
Thu, 22 May 2003
W. Lombok nets biggest drug cache
W. Lombok nets biggest drug cache MATARAM, West Nusa Tenggara: Police in West Lombok regency seized 3.6 kilograms of marijuana from a suspected drug dealer, the regency's biggest drug catch so far this year.
Thu, 22 May 2003
Police shut file on McDonald's boss
Police shut file on McDonald's boss JAKARTA: Police said on Wednesday that they had closed the file on the Rp 40 billion corruption case implicating the American fast-food restaurant boss, Bambang Rachmadi, as they had failed to find any strong evidence to prove a violation.
Thu, 22 May 2003
JP/14/brief
JP/14/briefDanamon pays Rp 568.8b dividend JAKARTA: Bank Danamon said it would pay out some 60 percent of its Rp 948 billion (about US$112 million) net profit from 2002 in dividend payments.The decision was reached during an annual shareholders meeting on Wednesday, the first since a consortium led...
Thu, 22 May 2003
Police round up activists, claiming GAM link
Police round up activists, claiming GAM linkApriadi Gunawan and Muninggar Sri Saraswati, The Jakarta Post, Medan/Jakarta In support of the government's pledge to quash the Free Aceh Movement (GAM), the police rounded up activists and other individuals and charged them with subversion over their...
Thu, 22 May 2003
Jakarta Police begin hunt for alleged GAM operatives
Jakarta Police begin hunt for alleged GAM operativesBambang Nurbianto, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Jakarta Police chief Insp. Gen. Makbul Padmanegara said that the police already knew about the venues allegedly used by members of the Free Aceh Movement (GAM) as hideouts and where they might carry out...
Thu, 22 May 2003
Arroyo warns "evil" elements trying to kill US-Philippines ties
Arroyo warns "evil" elements trying to kill US-Philippines ties Agencies Washington/ManilaPhilippine President Gloria Arroyo on late Tuesday warned "evil" elements were bent on crushing the alliance between Washington and Manila but promised to confront and destroy fear and terror.
Thu, 22 May 2003
TV Program: Thursday, May 22, 2003
TV Program: Thursday, May 22, 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 TV Series: Amru bin...
Thu, 22 May 2003
Sex books outsell the rest: Ikapi
Sex books outsell the rest: IkapiDamar Harsanto, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta What sort of books are people in the capital most likely to buy? Any book that is about sex, according to an official from the Jakarta Chapter of the Indonesian Publishers Association (Ikapi).
Thu, 22 May 2003
ACEH: 1 x 40
ACEH: 1 x 40 Casualties rise as offensive intensifies 2. RAID: 4 x 14 Jakarta Police begin hunt for alleged GAM operatives 3. SCHOOL: 1 x 40 Schools not priority for TNI operation 4. DEMO: 2 x 21 Celebrations of 1998 reform turn violent
Thu, 22 May 2003
House approves toll rate hike: The House of Representatives (DPR)
House approves toll rate hike: The House of Representatives (DPR) endorsed a proposal on Wednesday from Minister of Settlement and Regional Infrastructure Soenarno for a 25 percent increase in toll rates.
Thu, 22 May 2003
Indian coast guard tries to contain spill: The Indian coast guard
Indian coast guard tries to contain spill: The Indian coast guard on Wednesday spread chemicals in the Bay of Bengal in hopes of containing oil spilling from an Indonesian ship that sunk near the coast last week, officials said.
Thu, 22 May 2003
Flood victims face food shortage
Flood victims face food shortage MAUMERE, East Nusa Tenggara: Around 250,000 people in Sikka regency face a shortage of food following the April flood disaster that damaged about 3,000 hectares of crops.
Thu, 22 May 2003
School not priority for TNI operation
School not priority for TNI operationThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta With the burning of at least 248 schools, the Indonesian Military (TNI) has apparently failed to anticipate attacks on schools by the Free Aceh Movement (GAM), if the military claim is indeed true that the arson was conducted by the...
Thu, 22 May 2003
Danamon pays Rp 568.8b dividend
Danamon pays Rp 568.8b dividend JAKARTA: Bank Danamon said it would pay out some 60 percent of its Rp 948 billion (about US$112 million) net profit from 2002 in dividend payments.The decision was reached during an annual shareholders meeting on Wednesday, the first since a consortium led by...
Thu, 22 May 2003
Hundreds of 'ojek' drivers stage rally
Hundreds of 'ojek' drivers stage rally TANGERANG: Hundreds of motorcycle taxi (ojek) drivers blocked Jl. Rawa Bokor near the Soekarno-Hatta International Airport on Wednesday as part of their rally to protest PT Angkasa Pura's decision to ban them from entering the airport.
Thu, 22 May 2003
Clove cigaretteexcise-related price must be halted: Gappri
Clove cigaretteexcise-related price must be halted: GappriEvi Mariani, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The Association of Clove-Blended Cigarette Manufacturers (Gappri) is urging the government to delay for at least two years a plan to increase its excise revenue by hiking the price of clove cigarettes...
Thu, 22 May 2003
Bandung-Semarang railway reopened
Bandung-Semarang railway reopened BANDUNG, West Java: State-owned railway operator PT Kereta Api Indonesia reopened on Tuesday its Bandung-Semarang route after a three-year shutdown because of declining passenger load.
Thu, 22 May 2003
Canberra denies 'flying squads' plan
Canberra denies 'flying squads' plan AUSTRALIA: Australian police denied on Wednesday reports that it planned to deploy "flying squads" of counter-terrorism agents in Southeast Asia. The denial came a day after Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad warned Australia its policemen would not be...
Thu, 22 May 2003
Canberra denies 'flying squads' plan
Canberra denies 'flying squads' planAUSTRALIA: Australian police denied on Wednesday reports that it planned to deploy "flying squads" of counter-terrorism agents in Southeast Asia.The denial came a day after Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad warned Australia its policemen would not be...
Thu, 22 May 2003
andung: 1 line x 33
andung: 1 line x 33 W. Java leaders suspects in graft case Ambon: 3 lines x 19 Ambon Police arrest seven suspects over Acehnese murders Yogya 2 lines x 30 Yogyakarta hosts int'l meeting on sustainable development
Thu, 22 May 2003
Balinese experience intense soul-searching
Balinese experience intense soul-searchingDewi Anggraeni, Contributor, Kuta, BaliAgainst a green corrugated iron sheet blocking off the vacant lot along Jl. Legian in Kuta, which once had been Sari Club, leaned three bouquets of flowers.
Thu, 22 May 2003
Samudra to stand trial
Samudra to stand trial DENPASAR, BALI: The alleged mastermind of the devastating terrorist attack in Bali is expected to stand trial next week, the Denpasar District Court said Wednesday.Abdul Azis, alias Imam Samudra, will become the second suspect after Amrozi to stand trial for the attacks after...
Thu, 22 May 2003
Acehnese cry for education after schools burned
Acehnese cry for education after schools burnedAchmad Sukarsono Reuters Banda AcehNine-year-old Acehnese schoolgirl Chaerani fears she could end up without an education after her school was set ablaze late on Monday, the first day of martial law in Indonesia's restive Aceh province.
Thu, 22 May 2003
Garuda technicians to go on strike
Garuda technicians to go on strikeMulta Fidrus, The Jakarta Post, Tangerang PT Garuda Aircraft Technicians Association (ITPU) threatened on Wednesday that 600 technicians from the association would hold a three-day strike, starting next Tuesday, in protest at a PT Garuda management decision to...