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Fri, 19 Apr 2002
Winterbottom spices up British Film Festival
Winterbottom spices up British Film FestivalDarul Aqsha, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Two films by acclaimed British director Michael Winterbottom -- Wonderland and The Claim -- highlight the British Film Festival, which runs here until April 21 before moving to Bandung and Surabaya.
Fri, 19 Apr 2002
Sampoerna says Q1 sales volume down
Sampoerna says Q1 sales volume down JAKARTA: Indonesia's second largest cigarette maker PT HM Sampoerna said on Thursday sales volume in the first quarter declined compared to the same period a year ago in line with an overall cigarette market contraction.
Fri, 19 Apr 2002
Maluku bans foreigners for 'security reasons'
Maluku bans foreigners for 'security reasons'Oktovianus Pinontoan, The Jakarta Post, Ambon The Maluku civil emergency authorities (PDSDM) have selectively banned foreigners from visiting the war-torn islands for "security reasons" ahead of local separatist leaders' plans to raise a secessionist...
Fri, 19 Apr 2002
Indonesian terror suspect pleads guilty to illegal possession of
Indonesian terror suspect pleads guilty to illegal possession of explosives in PhilippinesAgencies General Santos, PhilippinesAn Indonesian man who allegedly planned a series of almost simultaneous bombings that killed 22 people in Manila in 2000 pleaded guilty on Thursday to illegal possession of...
Fri, 19 Apr 2002
Mega told to skip Dili's independence declaration
Mega told to skip Dili's independence declarationKurniawan Hari and Annastashya Emmanuelle, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Three years after the East Timorese voted overwhelmingly to free themselves from Indonesia, the leaders here still appear to be reluctant to accept the former Portuguese colony's...
Fri, 19 Apr 2002
Increasingly, refugees return to East Timor
Increasingly, refugees return to East TimorYemris Fointuna, The Jakarta Post, Kupang Some 10,000 of a total of more than 100,000 East Timorese people taking refuge in West Timor will return home to Oecusi, East Timor's enclave bordering North Timor Tengah Regency, this week, says a local military...
Fri, 19 Apr 2002
Megawati backs worker death probe
Megawati backs worker death probe JAKARTA: President Megawati Soekarnoputri gave the go-ahead on Thursday to efforts to reopen investigations into the killing of woman worker Marsinah in 1993.Chairman of the National Commission on Human Rights Djoko Sugianto told reporters after a meeting with...
Fri, 19 Apr 2002
Customers complain of broken pay phones
Customers complain of broken pay phonesDamar Harsanto, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Have you ever been in dire need of a public phone but all the available ones nearby are out of order? Annoying, isn't it?Be prepared, as it could happen to you anywhere in Jakarta, as many of the payphones are out of...
Fri, 19 Apr 2002
MUI's antipornography movement
MUI's antipornography movementFrom Pikiran Rakyat The moral movement of the Indonesian Ulemas Council (MUI) against pornography was not only initiated by its central executives but also resulted from its national meeting in 2000, national working conference in 2001 and the consensus between MUI and...
Fri, 19 Apr 2002
A jumble of purposes of syariah law in Aceh
A jumble of purposes of syariah law in AcehKirsten E. Schulze, Senior Lecturer, International History, London School of Economics Like most other aspects in the conflict in Aceh, the debate on the Islamic syariah law has become highly politicized.
Fri, 19 Apr 2002
Investment approvals plunge in the first two months
Investment approvals plunge in the first two monthsBerni K. Moestafa, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Approvals issued over the first two months of the year for domestic and foreign direct investments fell by almost 80 percent from the same period last year, signaling that investment growth has yet to...
Fri, 19 Apr 2002
Electricity crisis
Electricity crisis The marketing director of the state electricity company PLN, Tunggono, said recently that the company was currently striving to cope with an energy (electricity) crisis in 28 regions in Indonesia, excluding Java, Bali and Batam.
Fri, 19 Apr 2002
BP ready to revise gas supply concession
BP ready to revise gas supply concessionMoch. N. Kurniawan, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta BP Indonesia, a unit of British-American oil and gas firm BP Plc., said it expected to reach an initial understanding with the state-owned oil and gas firm Pertamina within the next few days on the revision of...
Fri, 19 Apr 2002
Legal counsel team needs extra time to identify errant debtors
Legal counsel team needs extra time to identify errant debtorsDadan Wijaksana, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The team of legal experts set up by the government to identify which ex-bank owners have been uncooperative in settling around US$10 billion of debts to the state, has asked for extra time, up...
Fri, 19 Apr 2002
GPRS feature charges
GPRS feature charges Indosat Multimedia Mobile (IM3), a new GSM operator, makes the right move not to charge its subscribers for using the General Packet Radio System (GPRS) feature, at least for the moment. It is supposed to apply charges starting May 2002.
Fri, 19 Apr 2002
Hassan to visit Gulf countries
Hassan to visit Gulf countries JAKARTA: Foreign Minister Hassan Wirayuda will make an immediate trip to three Gulf countries in a bid to boost bilateral ties between Indonesia and the oil-rich Arab states.
Fri, 19 Apr 2002
BII founder surrenders bank stake
BII founder surrenders bank stakeThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta The founding shareholder of Bank Internasional Indonesia (BII) has surrendered its remaining 18 percent stake in the publicly listed bank to the Indonesian Bank Restructuring Agency (IBRA) as part of the repayment of its debts to the...
Fri, 19 Apr 2002
E. Timor defendants now blame Habibie
E. Timor defendants now blame HabibieTertiani ZB Simanjuntak, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Defendants in alleged crimes against humanity in East Timor blamed on Thursday the policy of then president B.J. Habibie as the origin of all the troubles that occurred during East Timor's struggle for...
Fri, 19 Apr 2002
Bank Niaga to unload more recap bonds
Bank Niaga to unload more recap bondsThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta Bank Niaga announced on Thursday its plan to unload some Rp 1 trillion (around US$110 million) worth of recapitalization bonds this year either through the secondary bond market or by exchanging them with restructured loans held by the...
Thu, 18 Apr 2002
Megawati worried about moral decay
Megawati worried about moral decay JAKARTA: President Megawati Soekarnoputri expressed concern on Wednesday over moral degradation among the country's youth, marked by rampant drug abuse, gambling, student brawls and pornography.
Thu, 18 Apr 2002
Andersen's RI unit fails to reach merger deal with E&Y
Andersen's RI unit fails to reach merger deal with E&YMoch. N. Kurniawan, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The Indonesian unit of global accounting firm Arthur Andersen has failed to come up with a merger deal with Ernst & Young, according to a senior official at Ernst & Young.
Thu, 18 Apr 2002
RI congratulates E. Timor president Xanana
RI congratulates E. Timor president XananaAgencies, Jakarta Minister of Foreign Affairs Hassan Wirayuda congratulated East Timor's first elected president Xanana Gusmao for his election victory on Wednesday on behalf of President Megawati Soekarnoputri and the Indonesian government."Mr.
Thu, 18 Apr 2002
JP/12/Internet
JP/12/InternetTelkom targets 1.2 million internet users State-owned telecommunications company PT Telkom relaunched on Wednesday its PlasaCom portal service and expects to reach 1.2 million users this year.
Thu, 18 Apr 2002
Mother sues hospital for malpractice
Mother sues hospital for malpractice TANGERANG: A 29-year-old mother, Ita Saspita, has sued two doctors at the Usada Insani Hospital on Jl. Hasyim Ashari in Tangerang for malpractice in connection with the appendix surgery they performed on her five-year-old daughter, Konita Kansa.
Thu, 18 Apr 2002
Asian hotel industry seen to stabilize
Asian hotel industry seen to stabilizeMartin Abbugao, Agence France-Presse, Singapore The Asia-Pacific hotel industry should stabilize this year, with Thailand the star performer, and tourists from China boosting occupancies in Hong Kong and Singapore, industry executives said Wednesday.
Thu, 18 Apr 2002
'Tommy tried to bribe, threaten Syafiuddin'
'Tommy tried to bribe, threaten Syafiuddin'Muninggar Sri Saraswati, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Hutomo "Tommy" Mandala Putra had attempted to bribe and threatened Supreme Court Justice M. Syafiuddin Kartasasmita to rule in his favor before he was shot dead last year, the victim's wife said on...
Thu, 18 Apr 2002
Elza facing detention over bribery
Elza facing detention over briberyRendi A. Witular , The Jakarta Post, Jakarta City Police officers are gathering evidence to name Elza Syarief, Hutomo "Tommy" Mandala Putra's lawyer, as the main suspect in the bribery of witnesses during Tommy's trial.
Thu, 18 Apr 2002
Headings:
Headings:1. Papua: 8 x 4 lines: ----to come later---- 2. Tangkap: 20 x 2 linesTwo U.S. citizens wanted in Bandung 2. Nelayan: 18 x 2 lines: Autonomy upsets fishermen: Police4. AIDS: 24 x 2 lines: Health officials respond to AIDS threat in Irian Jaya5.
Thu, 18 Apr 2002
Stock quotations on JSX
Stock quotations on JSX.rm .plStock prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (in rupiah) on April 17, 2002:-------------------------------------------------------------- Shares Close Change Trading Volume -------------------------------------------------------------- Abdi Bangsa Tbk 250 0 10,000 Ades...
Thu, 18 Apr 2002
Residents complain over bills
Residents complain over bills BOGOR: Bogor residents have complained over exorbitantly high electricity bills that are allegedly the result of poor management of state electricity company PLN.Some of them have had to pay a monthly bill of millions of rupiah despite their having an installed power...
Thu, 18 Apr 2002
Two U.S. citizens wanted in Bandung over corruption
Two U.S. citizens wanted in Bandung over corruptionYuli Tri Suwarni, The Jakarta Post, Bandung The West Java Provincial Prosecutor's Office will send a letter to the U.S. Embassy in Jakarta asking for help in locating two American citizens who have been declared suspects in a Rp 73 billion...
Thu, 18 Apr 2002
PlasaCom relaunched
PlasaCom relaunchedThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta State-owned telecommunications company PT Telkom relaunched on Wednesday its PlasaCom portal service and expects to reach 1.2 million users this year.Head of Telkom multimedia division Adeng Achmad said that the service would benefit Internet users since...
Thu, 18 Apr 2002
JP/7/Mission
JP/7/MissionMaluku separatist leader arrested: The local security authorities said they arrested leader of the Maluku Sovereignty Front (FKM) Alex Manuputty on Wednesday and confiscated poles for separatist flags standing in front of his home.
Thu, 18 Apr 2002
Papua Police arrest two members of Laskar Jihad
Papua Police arrest two members of Laskar JihadR.K. Nugroho, The Jakarta Post, Jayapura Papua Police said on Wednesday they had arrested two members of the militant Laskar Jihad group on charges of possessing home- made firearms in the troubled province.
Thu, 18 Apr 2002
TNI seeks resumption of military ties with U.S.
TNI seeks resumption of military ties with U.S.A'an Suryana, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The Indonesian Military (TNI) is seeking the official resumption of military ties with the United States after several positive meetings between prominent U.S. and Indonesian figures.TNI Spokesman Maj. Gen.
Thu, 18 Apr 2002
Foreign money to solve flooding
Foreign money to solve flooding JAKARTA: Central Jakarta mayoralty received Rp 1.4 trillion (US$148.15 million) from foreign sources for a flood control project on the Ciliwung river recently, the Minister of Settlement and Regional Infrastructure Soenarno said on Wednesday.
Thu, 18 Apr 2002
'Stop doubting trade liberalization'
'Stop doubting trade liberalization'The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Coordinating Minister for the Economy Dorodjatun Kuntjoro-Jakti called on the public not to make any more fuss about trade liberalization, saying globalization could neither be stopped nor reversed.
Thu, 18 Apr 2002
IMF ends visit to Argentina, government worried about savings
IMF ends visit to Argentina, government worried about savings drain Agence France-Presse Beunos Aires An IMF delegation ended its visit here Tuesday, warning that the door would be closed on international financial aid to Argentina unless the government imposes a series of tough fiscal measures.
Thu, 18 Apr 2002
Health officials respond to AIDS threat in Irian Jaya
Health officials respond to AIDS threat in Irian JayaMarkus Mardius, The Jakarta Post, Timika Some 14 of 168 HIV positive people in Mimika regency, Papua, have contracted the Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), according to a local health official.
Thu, 18 Apr 2002
Plan on East Sumatra province sparks debate
Plan on East Sumatra province sparks debateApriadi Gunawan The Jakarta Post MedanThe planned formation of an East Sumatra province that will be developed from the existing North Sumatra province, has raised debate among the people in the province.North Sumatra Governor T.
Thu, 18 Apr 2002
Powell ends mission amid Palestinian anger
Powell ends mission amid Palestinian angerReuters, Ramallah, West Bank Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat said on Wednesday Israeli troop pullbacks were a sham and one of his aides accused Israel's Ariel Sharon of torpedoing U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell's peace mission.
Thu, 18 Apr 2002
IMF ends visit to Argentina, government worried about savings
IMF ends visit to Argentina, government worried about savings drainAgence France-Presse Beunos Aires An IMF delegation ended its visit here Tuesday, warning that the door would be closed on international financial aid to Argentina unless the government imposes a series of tough fiscal measures.
Thu, 18 Apr 2002
EU could hit back at U.S. over steel 'within three months' -- WSJ
EU could hit back at U.S. over steel 'within three months' -- WSJ Agence France-Presse Brussels The European Union could start "within three months" to retaliate against U.S. tariffs on steel imports, the Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday. In its European edition, the U.S.
Thu, 18 Apr 2002
Experience with Blue Bird
Experience with Blue BirdFrom Bisnis IndonesiaSome time in March, I took a guest of mine to the Soekarno- Hatta airport by a taxi, number T1295, from a company which belongs to the Blue Bird group, known for its hospitality and honesty.
Thu, 18 Apr 2002
1. Xanana (60 ) - 68 pts BB l/c 4cols 2lines (2x14)
1. Xanana (60 ) - 68 pts BB l/c 4cols 2lines (2x14) Xanana Gusmao wins E. Timor presidency2. Maluku (50 ) - 48 pts BB l/c 5cols 1line (1x35) Leaders confident of long-lasting peace in Maluku 3. Terror (40) - 36 pts BB l/c 2cols 3lines (3x12) Ba'asyir mulls challenging court verdict 4.
Thu, 18 Apr 2002
Indosat cancels Satelindo IPO
Indosat cancels Satelindo IPO JP/12/Brief JAKARTA: PT Indonesian Satellite Corp., or Indosat, a state- owned telecommunications company, said Wednesday it canceled indefinitely, plans to launch an initial public offering of shares in unlisted unit Satelit Palapa Indonesia, or Satelindo.
Thu, 18 Apr 2002
Spat could delay Timor oil deal
Spat could delay Timor oil deal Australian Foreign Minister Alexander Downer admitted Wednesday differences with East Timor over the revenue share-out from lucrative oil and gas reserves in the Timor Sea could delay a treaty.
Thu, 18 Apr 2002
'TNI washes hands' of rights abuses in E. Timor
'TNI washes hands' of rights abuses in E. TimorTertiani ZB Simanjuntak, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Suspicions that the Indonesian Military (TNI) has used the ongoing human rights trial to wash its hands of human rights violations in East Timor became apparent on Wednesday.
Thu, 18 Apr 2002
A lesson in democracy from a former colony
A lesson in democracy from a former colonyKornelius Purba, Staff Writer, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta While many Indonesians still fantasize that one day the country will adopt a direct presidential election system, the people of East Timor -- soon to be known as Timor Lorosae -- have overwhelmingly...
Thu, 18 Apr 2002
Enticing Westerners to look East
Enticing Westerners to look East or Stirring West-minded locals to look home---------------------------------------------------------------- Martha Tilaar, founder and chairperson of Martha Tilaar Group, a leading name in traditional cosmetics and beauty care in the region, shares her business...