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Wed, 14 Apr 2004
Traitors or saviors?
Traitors or saviors? Few Indonesians, if any, will deny that fraud and other irregularities were committed during the recent legislative election -- a fact that has been substantiated by the General Election Supervisory Committee (Panwaslu).
Wed, 14 Apr 2004
Automomakers announce plans to raise prices
Automomakers announce plans to raise pricesAbdul Khalik, The Jakarta Post, JakartaThe country's automotive companies will increase the prices of their car and motorcycle products due to soaring steel prices in about five to six months from now after existing stocks have been sold out.
Wed, 14 Apr 2004
Woodside threatens to scrap Timor gas deal
Woodside threatens to scrap Timor gas dealAgence France-Presse, Sydney, AustraliaEnergy giant Woodside warned on Tuesday it will scrap a multi- billion dollar oil and gas development in the Timor Sea unless East Timor ratifies a controversial border treaty with Australia.
Wed, 14 Apr 2004
Jakarta stocks increase slightly on bargain hunting
Jakarta stocks increase slightly on bargain huntingThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta Shares on the Jakarta stock market ended slightly higher on Tuesday on a technical rebound as investors snapped up stocks after profit taking in the previous trading sessions, a stock analyst said.
Wed, 14 Apr 2004
Rp 260b set for national exams
Rp 260b set for national exams SURABAYA: Ministry of National Education has allocated Rp 260 billion (US$30.59 million) to subsidize students who will sit in the national final exams in May.Education minister Abdul Malik Fajar said here on Tuesday that a subsidy from the central government would be...
Wed, 14 Apr 2004
1. DEFAMATION: 3 LINES, 11 COUNTS
1. DEFAMATION: 3 LINES, 11 COUNTS PDI-P to sue Hidayat for defamation 2. COAL: 4 LINEs, 10 COUNTS UT wins $1 billion mining contract 3. BEIJING: 1 LINE, 30 COUNTS Kidnapped Chinese in Iraq freed 4. WASHINGTON: 1 LINE, 40 COUNTS Iraq needs political not military solution: Experts 5.
Wed, 14 Apr 2004
Traitors or saviors?
Traitors or saviors? Few Indonesians, if any, will deny that fraud and other irregularities were committed during the recent legislative election -- a fact that has been substantiated by the General Election Supervisory Committee (Panwaslu).
Wed, 14 Apr 2004
Reassessing the costs of highway project in Aceh
Reassessing the costs of highway project in AcehAndri Gunawan Wibisana, Lecturer, Environmental Law, School of Law, University of Indonesia, Jakarta, mragw@yahoo.com On March 9, 2004, President Megawati Soekarnoputri finally gave her approval to the Ladia Galaska highway project, expecting that the...
Wed, 14 Apr 2004
Council votes to support mayor despite 'poor record'
Council votes to support mayor despite 'poor record'Nana Rukmana, The Jakarta Post, Cirebon, West JavaIn an unexpected conclusion on Tuesday, the majority of the Cirebon Council accepted the accountability report by Mayor Subardi amid rumors of money politics involving him and councillors.
Wed, 14 Apr 2004
Rupiah Rates April 13
Rupiah Rates April 13 Banknote rates TT rates Selling Buying Selling Buying Australian dollar 1 6,967.71 6,196.47 6,617.10 6,546.85 Brunei dollar 1 5,455.97 4,852.31 5,181.42 5,126.68 Canadian dollar 1 6,799.94 6,048.04 6,457.77 6,390.03 Swiss franc 1 7,073.21 6,291.94 6,717.29 6,647.
Wed, 14 Apr 2004
[b]Reassessing the
Reassessing the costs of highway project in Aceh Andri Gunawan Wibisana Lecturer Environmental Law School of Law University of Indonesia Jakarta mragw@yahoo.com2. Asia -- Asia's rail revolution on a roll 2 x 30 Asian rail transportation system on right track within a decade Anthony Paul The Straits...
Wed, 14 Apr 2004
Govt to issue Rp 3t bonds this month
Govt to issue Rp 3t bonds this monthThe Jakarta Post, JakartaThe government will auction some Rp 3 trillion (about US$353 million) worth of bonds on April 27, the Ministry of Finance announced on Tuesday.In a press statement the ministry said the bonds would mature on Oct. 15, 2011.
Wed, 14 Apr 2004
Strange but true
Strange but true From Koran TempoBy the time President Megawati visited the National Tabulation Center for the 2004 general election at Hotel Borobudur, Jakarta, on April 7, the vote gain of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) had risen drastically from 4.9 million votes at 1 p.m.
Wed, 14 Apr 2004
PDI-P to sue rival party's chief for defamation
PDI-P to sue rival party's chief for defamationFabiola Desy Unidjaja, The Jakarta Post, JakartaThe ruling Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) is considering filing a defamation suit against Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) leader Hidayat Nurwahid.
Wed, 14 Apr 2004
Parties back down on call for new poll
Parties back down on call for new pollThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta After firmly calling for a repeat election, the majority of the political parties backed down on their demand somewhat on Tuesday, now urging the General Elections Commission (KPU) to hold a manual retabulation from each polling...
Wed, 14 Apr 2004
Two more ex-bank owners to be declared debt free
Two more ex-bank owners to be declared debt freeUrip Hudiono, The Jakarta Post, JakartaThe government will soon declare debt-free status for former bank owners Sjamsul Nursalim and Bob Hasan as the two have almost settled their debts to the state.
Wed, 14 Apr 2004
UT wins $1 billion mining contract
UT wins $1 billion mining contractRendi A. Witular, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta A unit of publicly listed heavy equipment company PT United Tractors (UT) has won a 10-year coal exploration contract worth over US$1 billion from the country's second largest coal producer, PT Kaltim Prima Coal (KPC).
Wed, 14 Apr 2004
Five hunger strikers hospitalized
Five hunger strikers hospitalized JEMBER, East Java: Five of eight students from state Islamic college STAIN were rushed to the hospital on Tuesday to be treated for dehydration. The students had been sitting a hunger strike for four days.
Wed, 14 Apr 2004
U.S. wants to help guard waters of SE Asia
U.S. wants to help guard waters of SE AsiaAssociated Press, Port Klang, MalaysiaThe U.S. military is deeply concerned about piracy and possible terrorist attacks in the world's commercial shipping lanes and wants to help countries responsible for policing them, an American Navy commander said on...
Wed, 14 Apr 2004
TV Program: Wednesday, April 14, 2004
TV Program: Wednesday, April 14, 2004.TB.30" 1.00" TVRI .TB.30" .90" 6:00 a.m. News: Berita Pagi7:00 Children Show7:30 Music8:30 Music: Asyik-Asyik10:00 Entertainment News: Show Biz11:00 Singing Contest: Konteswara12:00 p.m.
Wed, 14 Apr 2004
'To earn a living is a basic right'
'To earn a living is a basic right'The city cooperatives and small and medium enterprises agency recently admitted that it has no budget to relocate around 147,000 registered street vendors and thousands of unregistered ones.
Wed, 14 Apr 2004
PDI-P members begin blame game
PDI-P members begin blame gameFabiola Desy Unidjaja, The Jakarta Post, JakartaUpset by the shocking decline in the number of votes in the April 5 legislative election, the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) executives have begun to blame each other.
Wed, 14 Apr 2004
2 x 25
2 x 25 House-to-house weapons search begins in Poso 2 x 20 Police accuse GAM over Medan bomb JP/5/TIMBAL1 x 55 Survey shows high level of lead among children in Bandung JP/5/mayor4 x 13 Council votes to support mayor despite 'poor record'
Wed, 14 Apr 2004
Another Priok witness changes mind
Another Priok witness changes mind JAKARTA: A witness testifying in Maj. Gen. (ret) Pranowo's human rights tribunal said on Tuesday he was not beaten when he was detained by the military following the bloody Tanjung Priok shooting incident in 1984.
Wed, 14 Apr 2004
Democracy wins in Indonesian election
Democracy wins in Indonesian election The results are not all in from last week's Indonesian election, but however the seats in parliament are finally allocated, the poll is a big win for the democratic process.
Wed, 14 Apr 2004
Ceiling falls on schoolteacher
Ceiling falls on schoolteacher BEKASI: A teacher at state elementary school Jatimakmur I in Raflesia residential area, Pondokgede, Bekasi, suffered a minor head injury as the decayed ceiling of three classrooms collapsed on Tuesday.
Wed, 14 Apr 2004
'Ojek' rapists target Tangerang
'Ojek' rapists target Tangerang TANGERANG: Women who hail an ojek (motorcycle taxi) in Tangerang are cautioned to be extra careful, especially in the evening, following two rape cases allegedly committed by ojek drivers.
Wed, 14 Apr 2004
Survey shows high level of lead among children in Bandung
Survey shows high level of lead among children in BandungYuli Tri Suwarni, The Jakarta Post, BandungThe increasing level of air pollution in Bandung municipality, West Java, has caused school children's blood to contain a high level of lead, according to a survey.
Wed, 14 Apr 2004
Muslim-based parties eye presidential poll
Muslim-based parties eye presidential pollMuninggar Sri Saraswati and A. Junaidi, The Jakarta Post, JakartaLeaders of three Muslim-based parties -- the National Awakening Party (PKB), the National Mandate Party (PAN) and the Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) -- held a closed-door meeting on Tuesday...
Wed, 14 Apr 2004
Public participation in election poor: Cetro
Public participation in election poor: CetroMoch. N. Kurniawan, The Jakarta Post, JakartaSixteen percent of registered voters were not able to exercise their rights to vote in the April 5 legislative election because most could not obtain voter cards, a non-government organization said on Tuesday.
Wed, 14 Apr 2004
Police slap travel bans on officials of closed banks
Police slap travel bans on officials of closed banksP.C. Naommy, The Jakarta Post, JakartaPolice have set up a team to investigate a fraud case involving Bank Dagang Bali (BDB) and Bank Asiatic and issued travel bans for some of the banks' owners and top executives following a report filed by Bank...
Wed, 14 Apr 2004
Rejection of election
Rejection of election results is ridiculousFrom Media IndonesiaThe threat of over a dozen political parties to reject the results of the current general election and demand a repeat election is ridiculous, even though it was finally admitted that the statement represented the views of individual...
Tue, 13 Apr 2004
Govt to pay Asiatic, BDB depositors soon
Govt to pay Asiatic, BDB depositors soonUrip Hudiono/Wahyoe Boediwardhana, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta/DenpasarThe government said on Monday it would pay the depositors of the closed down Bank Dagang Bali (BDB) and Bank Asiatic within two weeks, as more than 100 depositors held a peaceful rally in...
Tue, 13 Apr 2004
Muhammadiyah asked to support Amien
Muhammadiyah asked to support AmienMuninggar Sri Saraswati, The Jakarta Post, JakartaThe second largest Muslim organization in the country has repeated its call that members of the organization should throw their support behind presidential hopeful Amien Rais.
Tue, 13 Apr 2004
Govt split over military service
Govt split over military service JAKARTA: Minister of National Education Abdul Malik Fajar rejected on Monday a plan to require senior high school graduates to undergo compulsory military service.Malik said there was no urgency in implementing the program, which has been adopted by several...
Tue, 13 Apr 2004
KPC told to speed up sale of shares
KPC told to speed up sale of sharesThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta East Kalimantan-based coal mining giant PT Kaltim Prima Coal (KPC) is required to start offering a 32.4 percent stake to local investors this month, a government official has said.
Tue, 13 Apr 2004
Another way to win the hearts of particular customers
Another way to win the hearts of particular customersSyafruddin Chan, Contributor, Jakarta For several years now, major banks here have made available premium products and services specially created for their privileged customers.
Tue, 13 Apr 2004
Stock prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (in rupiah) on April 12, 2004
Stock prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (in rupiah) on April 12, 2004 _____________________________________________________________________________ Shares Close Change Trading Volume _____________________________________________________________________________ Abdi Bangsa Tbk 275 0 0 Ades...
Tue, 13 Apr 2004
No more election delays after Tuesday: KPU
No more election delays after Tuesday: KPUThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta/Ambon/KupangThe General Elections Commission (KPU) said on Monday the last poll would take place in Paniai regency in Papua on Tuesday, four days behind the April 9 deadline due to transportation problems.
Tue, 13 Apr 2004
1. Luwak: 2 lines 22 counts
1. Luwak: 2 lines 22 countsIndonesian 'kopi luwak' not for the faint-hearted 2. Erguto: 1 line 28 countsChinese wine heads stateside
Tue, 13 Apr 2004
Telephone charges
Telephone charges and public rightsFrom Media IndonesiaThe government has approved a maximum increase of 28 percent in local telephone charges and a minimum decrease of 10 percent in long distance charges.
Tue, 13 Apr 2004
PLN's poor service
PLN's poor serviceFrom Koran TempoAs a subscriber to state electricity company PLN in Kebon Jeruk, Jakarta, I paid my electricity bills from November 2003 to January 2004 at the monthly subscription rate of only Rp 39,130, because PLN officers had failed to keep regular records of power consumption.
Tue, 13 Apr 2004
Indonesian 'kopi luwak' not for the faint-hearted
Indonesian 'kopi luwak' not for the faint-heartedDan Eaton, Reuters, JakartaHow much would you pay for a cup of liquid cat dung?Quite a lot, if some highly discerning coffee drinkers are anything to go by.On the lush, volcanic slopes of the Indonesian archipelago, villagers "harvest" kopi luwak.
Tue, 13 Apr 2004
Sutiyoso orders agency to take down billboards
Sutiyoso orders agency to take down billboardsDamar Harsanto, The Jakarta Post, JakartaGovernor Sutiyoso ordered Jakarta Revenue Agency head Deden Supriadi on Monday afternoon to remove billboards along the Sedyatmo toll road in Kapuk, North Jakarta, that were put up without the agency's permission.
Tue, 13 Apr 2004
PLN's disappointing service
PLN's disappointing serviceFrom Koran TempoAs a subscriber to state electricity company PLN in Kebon Jeruk, Jakarta, I paid my electricity bills from November 2003 to January 2004 at the monthly subscription rate of only Rp 39,130, because PLN officers had failed to keep regular records of power...
Tue, 13 Apr 2004
Armed men take RI sailor hostage from boat
Armed men take RI sailor hostage from boatReuters, ManilaArmed men in speed boats intercepted a tugboat towing a barge off the Malaysian state of Sabah, taking its Indonesian captain and two Malaysian crew members hostage, the Philippine navy said on Monday.
Tue, 13 Apr 2004
JP/5/ACROSS
JP/5/ACROSSDysentery hits Madura, 17 treated BANGKALAN, Madura: Following a dengue outbreak, a dysentery outbreak has hit Bangkalan district in Madura island. At least 17 people, mostly children, were treated at Bangkalan General Hospital on Monday.
Tue, 13 Apr 2004
China's Sinopec in talks over Iran LNG deal
China's Sinopec in talks over Iran LNG dealAgence France-Presse, BeijingChinese oil giant Sinopec is in talks with Iranian firms to import at least five million tons of liquefied natural gas (LNG) annually, in what would be a multi-billion dollar deal, state media reported on Monday.
Tue, 13 Apr 2004
Working committee on HIV/AIDS in jails formed
Working committee on HIV/AIDS in jails formedLeony Aurora, The Jakarta Post, JakartaAlarmed by the rising number of inmates testing positive for HIV/AIDS, the government and non-governmental organizations have formed a national working committee as part of an attempt to help curb the spread of...
Tue, 13 Apr 2004
PDI-P biggest ad spender during election campaign
PDI-P biggest ad spender during election campaignDadan Wijaksana, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The results to date of the count in the legislative elections appear to more or less reflect the amount of work put in by the political parties during the campaign, and how much they forked out on...