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Tue, 17 Feb 2004
2003 GDP growth slightly exceeds official target
2003 GDP growth slightly exceeds official targetDadan Wijaksana, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Despite the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) outbreak, and terrorist attacks at home, the economy recorded a 4.
Tue, 17 Feb 2004
Abrupt company closure leaves 400 jobless
Abrupt company closure leaves 400 joblessMulta Fidrus, The Jakarta Post, Tangerang About 400 workers at the PT King Stone Indonesia factory on Jl. Raya Serang in Balaraja district, Tangerang regency, are in the dark about their future after the management closed down the factory without notice.
Tue, 17 Feb 2004
Chess star Susanto beats Hoang
Chess star Susanto beats HoangMusthofid, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Local chess star IM Susanto Megaranto, the youngest player in the Makita-Lakoni International Grand Master Chess Tournament, enjoyed a stunning defeat of IM Hoang Thanh Trang of Vietnam of the opening round of the event here on...
Tue, 17 Feb 2004
3-in-1 exemption for diplomats?
3-in-1 exemption for diplomats?From Koran Tempo For the time being, foreign diplomats are not subject to the 3-in-1 traffic rule, according to Jakarta Governor Sutiyoso. This, I think, is outrageous. Based on the Vienna Convention, reciprocally diplomats have legal immunity, covering tax exemption...
Tue, 17 Feb 2004
1. GDP: 48 pt, 3 cols, 3 x 18
1. GDP: 48 pt, 3 cols, 3 x 18 2003 GDP growth slightly exceeds target 2. SYDNEY: 36 pt, 4 cols, 1 x 28 Child sex tourism monitored OR Deaths blamed on pedophiles OR Pedophiles blamed for deaths OR Pedophiles on prowl on Bali: Report 3.
Tue, 17 Feb 2004
1. TINA -- 1 x 35
1. TINA -- 1 x 35 Cultural center binds Germany, RI 2. CECILE -- 1 x 56 Exhibition celebrates enduring glamour of Cecil Beaton
Tue, 17 Feb 2004
Megawati to attend D-8 Summit in Iran
Megawati to attend D-8 Summit in IranFabiola Desy Unidjaja, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta President Megawati Soekarnoputri will head for Iran on Tuesday morning to attend the D-8 Summit and hold talks with the country's leaders.
Tue, 17 Feb 2004
Committee likely to annul election
Committee likely to annul election BOGOR: Bogor's mayoral election could be annulled after apparent proof newly-elected deputy mayor Mochamad Sahid submitted a bogus high school diploma before the Feb. 14 elections.
Tue, 17 Feb 2004
Supreme Court's ruling
Supreme Court's rulingFrom Bisnis Indonesia The Supreme Court ruling to exonerate Akbar Tandjung is just a plagiarized, humorous piece by Srimulat, one of the country's famous groups of comedians. However, it falls flat as a joke.Unfortunately, ordinary citizens can do nothing about this.
Tue, 17 Feb 2004
Media confirm Akbar's public relations skills
Media confirm Akbar's public relations skillsArdimas Sasdi, Staff Writer, The Jakarta Post, Berkeley, California ajambak@uclink.berkeley.edu In a verdict seen by many as a blow to efforts to build clean governance in Indonesia as one of the aims of the reform movement, the Supreme Court acquitted...
Tue, 17 Feb 2004
TV Program: Wednesday, February 18, 2004
TV Program: Wednesday, February 18, 2004.TB.30" 1.00" TVRI .TB.30" .90" 6:00 a.m. News: Berita Pagi7:00 Entertainment News: Selebrita8:00 Music: Sik Asik9:00 Entertainment News: Show Biz10:00 TV Drama: Si Kabayan 12:30 p.m.
Tue, 17 Feb 2004
'Time' appoints new editor for Asia
'Time' appoints new editor for AsiaINDONESIA: The world's leading weekly newsmagazine, Time has named its editor-at-large Michael Elliot as Time Asia's new editor, the magazine said in press release made available to The Jakarta Post.
Tue, 17 Feb 2004
Cipinang prison welcomes Akbar's accomplices
Cipinang prison welcomes Akbar's accomplicesMuninggar Sri Saraswati, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta While House Speaker Akbar Tandjung celebrated his recent, yet highly controversial, acquittal of all charges for graft, his two accomplices were admitted on Monday to Cipinang Penitentiary to serve out...
Tue, 17 Feb 2004
Cabinet to decide on phone rate hike, Agum says
Cabinet to decide on phone rate hike, Agum saysP.C. Naommy, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Minister of Communications Agum Gumelar said on Monday the government had yet to decide whether to raise phone rates by an average of 10 percent this year as proposed by the country's telecom regulatory body.
Tue, 17 Feb 2004
Balinese children abducted and killed by pedophiles: Australian report
Balinese children abducted and killed by pedophiles: Australian reportAgencies Sydney, AustraliaHundreds of Balinese children are feared to have been abused and abducted, and some even killed, by pedophiles belonging to a child sex network operating in the Indonesian resort island, an investigation...
Tue, 17 Feb 2004
Civil society after Akbar's acquittal
Civil society after Akbar's acquittalChristine Susanna Tjhin, Department of Politics and Social Change Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), Jakarta A friend won a bet on Akbar's release.
Tue, 17 Feb 2004
Govt fronts bill on Cabinet dissolution
Govt fronts bill on Cabinet dissolutionKurniawan Hari The Jakarta Post JakartaReconfirming its refusal to deliberate the presidential bill put forth by the House of Representatives, the government said on Monday it would instead propose a bill on the formation and dissolution of the Cabinet.
Tue, 17 Feb 2004
CDMA operators start to compete GSM carriers
CDMA operators start to compete GSM carriersRudijanto, Contributor, Jakarta When state-owned telecommunications company PT Telkom Tbk (Telkom) launched its first fixed wireless telephone service based on Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) technology, the TelkomFlexi, in Surabaya, Balikpapan and...
Tue, 17 Feb 2004
Cultural center binds Germany, RI
Cultural center binds Germany, RIChristina Schott, Contributor, Jakarta Did you know that Berlin and Jakarta were "sister-cities"? They are, although not many activities -- both here and there -- underline this partnership. People in both cities want to change this.
Tue, 17 Feb 2004
Legislators represents parties: Cetro
Legislators represents parties: CetroTiarma Siboro, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The upcoming general elections will do little to change the face of legislative bodies in the country, as lawmakers will remain the mouthpieces of their parties rather than representatives of the people, a study concluded...
Tue, 17 Feb 2004
Avian flu reappears in Thailand; death toll reaches 21 in Asia
Avian flu reappears in Thailand; death toll reaches 21 in AsiaAgencies BangkokThailand's hopes of following Japan in declaring a swift end to its huge bird flu crisis were dashed on Monday as the virus which has killed 21 Asians reappeared in eight areas where it had been thought vanquished.
Tue, 17 Feb 2004
Govt to build more overpasses
Govt to build more overpasses TANGERANG: Tangerang regent Ismet Iskandar said his office will soon construct overpasses in Ciputat and Balaraja to ease heavy traffic, and that Rp 29 billion (US$3.4 million) from the regental budget had been earmarked for the project.
Tue, 17 Feb 2004
KPU reported for alleged irregularity
KPU reported for alleged irregularityPURWOKERTO, Central Java: Three legislative candidates from the Indonesian Democratic party of Struggle (PDI-P) reported on Monday the local General Elections Commission (KPU) to poll watchdog the Election Supervisory Committee (Panwaslu) for an alleged...
Tue, 17 Feb 2004
Prominent social activist Fakih dies
Prominent social activist Fakih diesSri Wahyuni, The Jakarta Post, Yogyakarta One of the country's most prominent social activists, Mansour Fakih, died about midnight on Sunday at Yogyakarta's Bethesda Hospital after 10 days in a coma. He was 51.
Tue, 17 Feb 2004
Minister tells KPU to resolve ballot price deadlock
Minister tells KPU to resolve ballot price deadlockAndi Hajramurni and Moch. N. Kurniawan, The Jakarta Post, Makassar/Jakarta Home minister Hari Sabarno urged the General Elections Commission (KPU) on Monday to resolve immediately the deadlock over printing costs between the commission and tender...
Tue, 17 Feb 2004
Terms of reference for ethnic Chinese
Terms of reference for ethnic ChineseFrom Media IndonesiaSuhento Liaw's recent article published in Media Indonesia on the terms of reference for the ethnic Chinese in Indonesia is nothing new, as the controversy emerged as far back as the 1920s.
Tue, 17 Feb 2004
Police link Gun Gun with blast
Police link Gun Gun with blast JAKARTA: Alleged terrorist Rusmawan 'Gun Gun' Gunawan, one of six students deported from Pakistan in December, is suspected of being involved in the JW Marriott Hotel bombing that killed 13 people on Aug. 5, 2003, a police officer says.Brig. Gen.
Tue, 17 Feb 2004
Govt agencies unenthused by transportation study
Govt agencies unenthused by transportation studyBambang Nurbianto and Novan Iman Santosa, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Officials of local administrations in Greater Jakarta expressed reluctance on Monday to adopt recommendations of a study on a transportation master plan proposed by the Japanese...
Tue, 17 Feb 2004
NGO activists quizzed for libel
NGO activists quizzed for libel JAKARTA: The police questioned on Monday an activist of non- governmental organization Center for Democracy and Social Justice Studies (Cedsos) over a libel complaint filed by Nur Hidayat, the leader of Laskar Sabililah, in December last year.
Tue, 17 Feb 2004
Three-in-one bothersome
Three-in-one bothersomeFrom Bisnis Indonesia The Jakarta city administration is now enforcing its three-in- one policy that requires that a car must carry a minimum of three passengers to be able to pass certain streets during certain hours in the morning and afternoon.
Tue, 17 Feb 2004
Billions of rupiah needed to repair Nabire Airport
Billions of rupiah needed to repair Nabire AirportNethy Dharma Somba, The Jakarta Post, Jayapura, Papua The aftermath of the tectonic earthquake in Nabire has left Nabire airport here practically crippled.Around Rp 9.5 billion (US$1.12 million) in funds in needed to rebuild the airport.
Tue, 17 Feb 2004
Probity above politics
Probity above politics Corruption, if left unchecked, can destroy the foundations of society. It undermines governments, particularly those that have to periodically renew their mandates before the people.
Tue, 17 Feb 2004
'All have the same rights on the road'
'All have the same rights on the road' The existing law gives the police the authority to stop the traffic to allow state officials or state visitors, among others, to pass. But with the severe traffic congestion in Jakarta nowadays, some residents The Jakarta Post spoke with surmised that such...
Tue, 17 Feb 2004
Beteleme suspects to stand trial
Beteleme suspects to stand trialRuslan Sangadji, The Jakarta Post, Palu, Central Sulawesi Central Sulawesi Police completed on Monday the dossiers on 16 suspects allegedly involved in a deadly attack on Beteleme subdistrict, Morowali regency, last year.
Tue, 17 Feb 2004
Experts urge improvement of busway feeder
Experts urge improvement of busway feederUrip Hudiono and Bambang Nurbianto, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta In evaluating the busway's first month of operation, two independent studies highlighted the busway's poor feeder system and urged the Jakarta administration on Monday to develop more busway...
Tue, 17 Feb 2004
RP, Thailand to set up regional 'petroleum hub'
RP, Thailand to set up regional 'petroleum hub'Associated Press Manila The Philippines and Thailand are to begin talks this week in establishing a Southeast Asian "petroleum hub" to boost energy supply in the region, Manila's energy department said on Monday.
Tue, 17 Feb 2004
First AIDS death reported in NTB
First AIDS death reported in NTBMATARAM, West Nusa Tenggara: The remains of I Gusti Dodi, a 21- year-old AIDS patient in West Nusa Tenggara (NTB), was cremated by his family on Monday. He died two days earlier after being hospitalized for three days at the Mataram General Hospital.
Tue, 17 Feb 2004
1. ANTE -- 1 x 48
1. ANTE -- 1 x 48 Peace threatens Angola's elusive giant antelope 2. KEHATI -- 1 x 52KEHATI to educate businesspeople on green concerns 3. SEA -- 1 x 32Trawl fishing threat to marine biodiversity: WWF
Tue, 17 Feb 2004
Why choosing CDMA technology
Why choosing CDMA technologyMahendra Gautama, Contributor, Jakarta Why should I choose CDMA-based telecommunications and cellphones? What are CDMA's features that may be far more superior than my current cellphone with the latest GSM technology?Among a number of questions, these two are frequently...
Tue, 17 Feb 2004
Tommy finds time to testify
Tommy finds time to testifyM. Taufiqurrahman, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta After seven no-shows citing a variety of reasons, convicted felon Hutomo "Tommy" Mandala Putra, the youngest son of former president Soeharto, testified on Monday at the Central Jakarta District Court in the extortion trial of...
Tue, 17 Feb 2004
Foreign life insurance firms gain popularity
Foreign life insurance firms gain popularityLeony Aurora, The Jakarta Post , Jakarta Although joint-venture life insurance companies have managed to increase their share of the local market, many are still experiencing losses, according to a survey.
Tue, 17 Feb 2004
Eight people register as poll observers
Eight people register as poll observersSEMARANG: Although the General Elections Commission (KPU) opened the registration process for poll observers in Central Java last month, only eight people have taken registration forms, a poll official said on Monday.
Tue, 17 Feb 2004
Jakarta to get RI's first opera house
Jakarta to get RI's first opera houseAbdul Khalik, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Jakarta will have a brand-new opera house, the first in the country, when President Megawati Soekarnoputri inaugurates the Dome of Sarbini at the Plaza Semanggi compound in South Jakarta on Feb. 23.
Tue, 17 Feb 2004
Govt warns of a new dengue fever virus
Govt warns of a new dengue fever virusThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta/Yogyakarta The government has warned that a more virulent form of the dengue fever virus may be responsible for the current outbreak that has claimed at least 77 lives over the past month.
Tue, 17 Feb 2004
Discriminative tariff
Discriminative tariff Indonesia emerged as a new player in the oleochemical industry in the late 1970s, and to date Indonesia has nine plants, two in Java with the rest located in Sumatra, with a total capacity around 630,000 mt per annum (mtpa), fatty acid (930,000 mtpa by the end of 2004) and...
Tue, 17 Feb 2004
1. DENGUE: 2 LINES, 20 COUNTS
1. DENGUE: 2 LINES, 20 COUNTS Govt warns of new dengue fever virus 2. KAMPAR: 2 LINES, 14 COUNTS Team starts inquiry into Kampar protests 3. DPR: 2 LINES, 21 COUNTS Base deposit premiums on bank risk: Association 4. WATER: 1 LINE, 32 COUNTS House to endorse controversial water bill
Tue, 17 Feb 2004
Witness says city market design changed
Witness says city market design changedM. Taufiqurrahman and Evi Mariani, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta A witness testified on Monday in the trial between well-connected businessman Tomy Winata against Tempo magazine that the city administration strayed from its original plan to modestly renovate the...
Tue, 17 Feb 2004
Rupiah ends up ahead of government local bond issue
Rupiah ends up ahead of government local bond issueDow Jones Jakarta Rupiah closed slightly stronger on Monday, likely on inflows into the local capital market, dealers said. The dollar closed at Rp 8,385, down slightly from its close on Friday at Rp 8,405.
Tue, 17 Feb 2004
Candy workers want fewer working days
Candy workers want fewer working days TANGERANG: About 1,000 workers of candy producer PT Super Worldwide Foodstuff Industry went on strike on Monday at the factory on Jl. Gatot Subroto Kilometer 6, to demand that the management grant them a five-day working week.
Tue, 17 Feb 2004
PDI-P campaign again to rely on Megawati's fame
PDI-P campaign again to rely on Megawati's fameFabiola Desy Unidjaja, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The well-established Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) is still relying on the strength of Megawati's name to get as many votes as possible to win the upcoming legislative and presidential...