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Sun, 05 Jun 2005
Black is black at Galeri Nasional
Black is black at Galeri Nasional Papuan painter Muhammad Faisal, popularly known as Iconk, will display his paintings in an exhibition -- "Black is Black" -- at Galeri Nasional in Jakarta from June 7-14.
Sun, 05 Jun 2005
'A Forest of Fables': The Journey
'A Forest of Fables': The JourneyThe process we went through in making our book A Forest of Fables was very interesting, but also long and involved. The project was originally designed as a meaningful class activity for my class of Grade 5 students at SD Mentari, South Jakarta, which integrates...
Sun, 05 Jun 2005
Full military ties to help democracy: TNI chief
Full military ties to help democracy: TNI chiefAgencies, SingaporeThe Indonesian Military (TNI) chief said on Saturday the normalization of military ties between Jakarta and Washington would help strengthen democracy in his country and ensure regional stability.Gen.
Sat, 04 Jun 2005
Karangrejek village home to beggars
Karangrejek village home to beggarsSlamet Susanto, The Jakarta Post/Bantul, Yogyakarta Karangrejek hamlet on the foot of the barren hills of Karangtengah village, some four kilometers south of the renowned Imogiri Royal Cemetery, certainly deserves its nickname as a "beggar" village.
Sat, 04 Jun 2005
12 injured in bus accident
12 injured in bus accident TABANAN, Bali: Twelve people were injured, five of them seriously, after an intercity Dahlia bus drove into a 10-meter ravine 20 kilometers west of Denpasar yesterday, police said.Tabanan Police chief Adj. Sr. Comr.
Sat, 04 Jun 2005
Krystof Obidzinski
Krystof Obidzinski Bogor2. Enda -- Prediction markets, decision and policy making 2 x 30 Prediction markets facilitate better decision and policy making Enda D. Layuk Allo Jakarta
Sat, 04 Jun 2005
Where to go in Yogyakarta: Saturday, June 4, 2005
Where to go in Yogyakarta: Saturday, June 4, 2005Exhibitions* Painting Habis Gelap Terbitlah Sex, Drugs, & Rock'N'Roll? at Kedai Kebun Forum, Jl. Tirtodipuran 3 (Tel. 0274 376114), until June 15 * Fine Arts Rumah Seni Tembi ke-5 by 19 artists, at Balai Roepa Tembi Satoe dan Doea, Jl Parangtritis Km...
Sat, 04 Jun 2005
RI may adjust LNG price formula
RI may adjust LNG price formulaDow Jones/Jakarta Indonesia has indicated it may adjust the formula that it uses to price contracts to supply liquefied natural gas to Japanese gas and power utilities, in a bid to keep their business.
Sat, 04 Jun 2005
JP/18/MARIA2
JP/18/MARIA2checked --JSR More monkey businessProAnimalia has implemented several successful programs, one of which was started in July 2004 in Kalimantan to save wild macaques that were being beaten to death or drowned in the river by locals who saw them as pests for raiding their crops.
Sat, 04 Jun 2005
More press freedom makes us healthier: says VP Kalla
More press freedom makes us healthier: says VP KallaThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta The press freedom that the nation has enjoyed in the last seven years, in addition to advanced information technology, has helped in the corruption eradication drive in the country, Vice President Jusuf Kalla said on...
Sat, 04 Jun 2005
Government prepares steps to ease malnutrition
Government prepares steps to ease malnutritionRendi A. Witular and Indra Harsaputra, The Jakarta Post/Jakarta/Surabaya The government will soon dispatch food supplement packages to thousands of malnourished children in provinces nationwide and also plans measures to improve regional economies, the...
Sat, 04 Jun 2005
Dutch warship sales to Indonesia violate EU code
Dutch warship sales to Indonesia violate EU codeAgence France-Presse / Brussels Recent Dutch warship sales to Indonesia violate the European Union's code of conduct on exporting arms, Raul Romeva, the European Parliament's rapporteur on military exports, said on Thursday.
Sat, 04 Jun 2005
RI can be a great country
RI can be a great country I refer to the account in The Jakarta Post on May 21 of the presidential address on the occasion of National Awakening Day, wherein he urged the Indonesian people to "feel proud of themselves and do the best they can for the country".
Sat, 04 Jun 2005
Eradicate pornography
Eradicate pornographyFrom Media IndonesiaThe sexual harassment by seven Jakarta high school girls against their younger peers and cellular phone flicks that depict bare-breasted school girls masturbating should arouse our deep concern.Many other such cases have certainly escaped the media's eye.
Sat, 04 Jun 2005
Australian parliament next target of terror
Australian parliament next target of terrorIvy Susanti and Rendi A. Witular, The Jakarta Post/Jakarta The Indonesian Embassy in Canberra resumed operations on Friday afternoon after being closed for two days due to security precautions, as another envelope of white powder was found at the...
Sat, 04 Jun 2005
Basri Sangaji's murderers get nine years in prison
Basri Sangaji's murderers get nine years in prisonThe Jakarta Post, JakartaThe three main defendants in the murder of gang leader Basri Sangaji were found guilty and sentenced to nine years in prison each by the South Jakarta District Court on Thursday.
Sat, 04 Jun 2005
Former regent Syaukani proves generosity counts in reelection bid
Former regent Syaukani proves generosity counts in reelection bidA'an Suryana and Rusman, The Jakarta Post/Kutai Kartanegara "What do you want?" a man in his 20s asked The Jakarta Post and a reporter from Media Indonesia daily when both newspapers were trying to enter a villa-cum-ranch belonging to...
Sat, 04 Jun 2005
Trial of embassy bomber to go ahead
Trial of embassy bomber to go ahead JAKARTA: The South Jakarta District Court on Friday rejected a plea to drop terrorism charges against an extremist and ordered him to stand trial for his alleged role in last year's bombing at the Australian Embassy here.
Sat, 04 Jun 2005
JP/17/KOMODO@2
JP/17/KOMODO@2Monitoring the lizardsKomodo lizards may well have been the source for the myth of Chinese dragons. Ancient seafarers heard stories of these weird monsters even if seldom encountered.The first description was published following a 1910 Dutch expedition to the area which shot and...
Sat, 04 Jun 2005
Jambi could face food crisis: Official
Jambi could face food crisis: Official JAMBI, Jambi: Batanghari residents in Jambi could face food shortages after a plague of rice pest locally known as hama wereng coklat destroyed 1,025 hectares of paddy fields in the regency.
Sat, 04 Jun 2005
Prayer in two languages
Prayer in two languages The recent arrest of a cleric in Malang who lead prayers in both Arabic and Indonesian shows that there is no tolerance of difference religious opinions in this country.Why should a man be charged with a criminal offense for merely praying unconventionally? By doing this,...
Sat, 04 Jun 2005
1 x 38
1 x 38 TNI refuses to cooperate over abduction cases JP/4/MALNUT2 x 26 Government prepares steps to ease malnutrition JP/4/POLIO2 x 27 Anti-polio campaign dealt setback after child's death JP/4/PUSKESMAS1 x 63 Ailing 'puskesmas' need treatment before they can curb outbreaks
Sat, 04 Jun 2005
Nafed aims to up houseware exports
Nafed aims to up houseware exportsThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta The trade ministry's National Agency for Export Development (Nafed), has set its sights on boosting Indonesia's houseware exports to US$1.6 billion this year, taking advantage of high demand from both traditional and non-traditional...
Sat, 04 Jun 2005
Jakarta's love affair with AC long-term
Jakarta's love affair with AC long-termEvi Mariani, The Jakarta Post/Jakarta Clearly, it is not a mere dalliance.Last year, residents of Jakarta, Depok, Bekasi and Tangerang purchased 400,000 air-conditioning units for their homes, an increase of 37 percent on 250,000 units the previous year.
Sat, 04 Jun 2005
Hotels urged to tighten security
Hotels urged to tighten securityDamar Harsanto, The Jakarta Post/Jakarta City police urged all hotels on Friday to tighten security checks on vehicles entering their premises in the wake of a fresh warning issued by the U.S.
Sat, 04 Jun 2005
Munir team plans complaint for SBY
Munir team plans complaint for SBY JAKARTA: The government-sanctioned fact finding team, set up to assist the police in the investigation into the death of rights campaigner Munir will make a formal report to the President about its difficulty in obtaining access to the State Intelligence Agency...
Sat, 04 Jun 2005
Senen vendors face eviction
Senen vendors face eviction JAKARTA: More than 33,000 street vendors near the Senen traditional market in Central Jakarta face eviction as the municipal administration moves forward with plans to clean up the market.
Sat, 04 Jun 2005
Part 1 of 2
Part 1 of 2Securing a reliable electricity supply: The challenge of project financeHardiv H Situmeang Jakarta Since the financial crisis of 1997, power demand in Indonesia has grown by some 7 percent annually, and is expected to continue growing at this rate over the coming decade.
Sat, 04 Jun 2005
Police tighten cell security
Police tighten cell security JAKARTA: Following the arrest of a person attempting to smuggle drugs into the city police detention center on Thursday, the police announced on Friday plans to step up the checks of cells.
Sat, 04 Jun 2005
The Corby case: A lesson in patience for Indonesia
The Corby case: A lesson in patience for IndonesiaDesi Anwar Jakarta For those Australians who have been ranting and raving against Indonesia over the Schapelle Corby case (and one would prefer to believe it is just all a media hype) rest assured that we in Indonesia are not rubbing our hands with...
Sat, 04 Jun 2005
House demands govt halt Aceh peace talks
House demands govt halt Aceh peace talksTony Hotland and Rendi A. Witular, The Jakarta Post/Jakarta Dissatisfied with the "insignificant" results of the latest peace talks in Finland, the House of Representatives demanded on Friday that the government drop plans for further negotiations with...
Sat, 04 Jun 2005
Revisiting the Newmont case
Revisiting the Newmont caseTony Hotland, Jakarta An out-of-court settlement that the government plans to seek with gold miner PT Newmont Minahasa Raya proves to be another example of a failure to serve the people, in this case the residents of Buyat Bay in Minahasa, North Sulawesi, who have long...
Sat, 04 Jun 2005
RI can be a great country
RI can be a great country I refer to the account in The Jakarta Post on May 21 of the presidential address on the occasion of National Awakening Day, wherein he urged the Indonesian people to "feel proud of themselves and do the best they can for the country".
Sat, 04 Jun 2005
Indosat raises bond 10% to Rp 1.1t
Indosat raises bond 10% to Rp 1.1tShanthy Nambiar, Bloomberg/Jakarta PT Indosat, Indonesia's second-largest telecommunications company, is increasing a sale of bonds by 10 percent to Rp 1.1 trillion (US$114.9 million) to fund the expansion of its network, the arranger said today.
Sat, 04 Jun 2005
Rupiah Rates June 3
Rupiah Rates June 3 Banknote rates TT rates Selling Buying Selling Buying Australian dollar 1 7,615.94 6,855.11 7,274.09 7,196.73 Brunei dollar 1 6,033.91 5,431.46 5,763.08 5,702.14 Canadian dollar 1 8,080.56 7,272.87 7,717.86 7,635.31 Swiss franc 1 8,055.36 7,249.62 7,693.78 7,610.
Sat, 04 Jun 2005
'PLN's service is still lousy'
'PLN's service is still lousy' State power company PT PLN is asking people in Java and Bali to save energy from May 23 to June 6 as it struggles to complete a natural gas conversion project at the Muara Karang and Tanjung Priok power plants.
Sat, 04 Jun 2005
Hasballah says he cannot identify himself, anymore
Hasballah says he cannot identify himself, anymoreFinding it hard to say what he is Kanis Dursin The Jakarta Post/JakartaCall it an identity crisis but, at present, prominent Acehnese figure Hasballah Saad really has great difficulty in identifying what he is.
Sat, 04 Jun 2005
Stop human exports
Stop human exportsFrom Koran TempoThe news carried by Koran Tempo labeling Indonesia as the world's largest human exporter is interesting and surprising -- especially the quantity of this human traffic -- from 75,000 to 1 million citizens sent overseas a year, including women and children as the...
Sat, 04 Jun 2005
Great River given space to breathe
Great River given space to breatheThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta Shareholders of ailing fashion apparel producer and distributor PT Great River International will inject Rp 55 billion of fresh capital into the company to help its cash flow, according to a senior official.
Sat, 04 Jun 2005
Comedian Qomar to contest election
Comedian Qomar to contest electionNana Rukmana, The Jakarta Post/Indramayu Comedian-cum-legislator, Nurul Qomar, plans to enliven the direct Indramayu regional elections by running for the office of regent, a party official said on Friday.
Sat, 04 Jun 2005
Indonesian Embassy in Australia reopens
Indonesian Embassy in Australia reopens Ivy Susanti and Rendi A. Witular The Jakarta Post/JakartaThe Indonesian Embassy in Canberra resumed operations on Friday afternoon after being closed for two days due to security precautions, as another envelope of white powder was found at the Australian...
Sat, 04 Jun 2005
Australian tourist departures down
Australian tourist departures down CANBERRA: The number of Australians traveling to other countries fell 0.6 percent in April, the third decline in four months since December's Indian Ocean tsunami disaster.
Sat, 04 Jun 2005
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JP; checked Caption For SPOTLIGHT: CORPORATE DINNER: The Hotel Borobudur Jakarta, in co-operation with The Italian Institute of Culture and the Italian Embassy in Jakarta, holds an unforgettable Corporate Party in the hotel's Flores Ballroom.
Sat, 04 Jun 2005
'O Channel' looking for INXS frontman
'O Channel' looking for INXS frontmanRemmy Faizal, The Jakarta Post/Jakarta The O Channel, a lifestyle television station in Jakarta, plans to broadcast the search for a new INXS frontman in July, O Channel managing director Meuthia Kasim said.
Sat, 04 Jun 2005
Chinese tourist group in Yogya
Chinese tourist group in Yogya YOGYAKARTA: A group of 14 Chinese travel industry professionals and journalists visited Yogyakarta on Friday to learn more about tourism in the province.Led by the deputy director-general of the China National Tourism Administration's Industry Management Department,...
Sat, 04 Jun 2005
A good national plus school
A good national plus school This letter is in response to Foreign teachers not qualified printed in The Jakarta Post on May 21.As my daughter had the privilege of being a student at a well- known national-plus school in Bintaro for nearly 10 years I want to share my observations and experience in...
Sat, 04 Jun 2005
Jakarta traffic nightmare
Jakarta traffic nightmare I read that more toll roads are being planned for Jakarta to solve the traffic problem. This has been shown elsewhere to be ineffective because it just encourages more traffic.I travel once each week at about 7:30 a.m.
Sat, 04 Jun 2005
Jecko Siompo: Let's Dance Papua!
Jecko Siompo: Let's Dance Papua!Helly Minarti, Contributor/Jakarta What can a young Papuan man aspire to these days?It is common for most educated Papuans to picture their futures either working in the government or holding down an office job.
Sat, 04 Jun 2005
1. MEDIA: 1 X 42
1. MEDIA: 1 X 42 Lampung paper brings election candidates together 2. ACEH: 2 X 22 House demands govt halt Aceh peace talks 3. BOMB: 1 X 30 Hotels urged to tighten security 4. SBY: 1 X 28 Japan eligible for UNSC: Susilo 5. SUSUL: 2 X 20 Dutch warship sales to RI violate EU code
Sat, 04 Jun 2005
Indonesia's moderate muslims
Indonesia's moderate muslimsMun'im A. Sirry, Project Syndicate Islam in Indonesia, whose 200 million people constitute the world's largest community of Muslims, is increasingly viewed as very different from the Islam practiced in the older Muslim communities of the Middle East.