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JP/3/ERIC

JP/3/ERICcheck the date marked in bold below please.Publisher Eric Oey endures in RI poor reading habitsLila Fitri Aly Contributor JakartaEric Oey said there was no holiday for a real businessman. Night or day and weekday or weekend are just the same. Meetings are held any time and any place.

Budget approved sans public debate

Budget approved sans public debateAhmad Junaidi, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The Jakarta legislative council approved on Friday the Rp 10.98 trillion (US$1.2 billion) 2003 city budget with little public debate.

Best and worst, tidbits from the 2003 MTV Asia Awards

Best and worst, tidbits from the 2003 MTV Asia AwardsKenny Santana, Contributor, Singapore The winners have been announced; the awards have been given. But there were many things at the recent 2003 MTV Asia Awards here that deserved to prizes.

Harm reduction is safe and effective: WHO

Harm reduction is safe and effective: WHOI Wayan Juniartha, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The controversial harm reduction approach, whose introduction has met with strong opposition abroad, is gradually gaining ground in several countries as a true complement for two previous drug eradication...

'Barongsai' troupe aims at young people

'Barongsai' troupe aims at young peopleHera Diani, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta From outside the Tan Su Tjie crematorium on Jl. Pinangsia III in Kota, West Jakarta, the sound of drums being beaten was heard last Thursday night, combined with the clash of cymbals and the sound of traditional gongs.

Today's cameras and printers: Fully digitalized

Today's cameras and printers: Fully digitalized By Megy Magdalena Contributor Jakarta Compact, quick and practical. These are only some of the superior features of today's digital cameras. One does not have to waste time for the entire process of printing photos.

Oscar Lawalatta's tie-dyeing goes beyond fashion

Oscar Lawalatta's tie-dyeing goes beyond fashionFitri Wulandari, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta For young talented designer Oscar Lawalatta, tie-dyed cloth is an artistic expression. It goes beyond fashion and its lingering style or trends.

Esprit de corps and the sacrificing of the Indonesian judiciary

Esprit de corps and the sacrificing of the Indonesian judiciaryWinahyo Soekanto Lawyer Consumer Care Foundation Jakarta winahyo@yahoo.com Woe betide whistle-blowers in Indonesia, especially those from among law enforcers.

Where to go in Jakarta: Sunday, Feb. 2, 2003

Where to go in Jakarta: Sunday, Feb. 2, 2003Exhibitions * Photo, Arsitektur Jepang Kontemporer, Gallery Mini, The Japan Foundation, Summitmas 1, 2nd, Jl. Jend. Sudirman Kav. 61-62 Jakarta, (Tel. 021-5201266), Feb. 4 to Feb. 28, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m..

INDEPENDENCE DAY MESSAGE OF H.E. THE AMBASSADOR OF

INDEPENDENCE DAY MESSAGE OF H.E. THE AMBASSADOR OF SRI LANKAToday, Feb. 4, 2003, Sri Lanka celebrates her 55th anniversary of gaining Independence from her colonial ruler. It is my great pleasure on this very special day to address our Indonesian friends, and the Sri Lankans and others living here...

BALI NEWS UPDATE: Insp. Gen. I Made Mangku Pastika (left), who

BALI NEWS UPDATE: Insp. Gen. I Made Mangku Pastika (left), who chairs the Bali bombing inquiry team, gestures as he speaks at a news conference in the Bali capital of Denpasar. He said on Thursday the regional Jamaah Islamiyah terror network blamed for the deadly Bali blasts transferred its base...

The boys really start cooking at the Dharmawangsa

The boys really start cooking at the DharmawangsaFitri Wulandari The Jakarta Post JakartaWhat can men do to reinvigorate their normal routine of stressful work, other than watching sports, going to clubs or golfing? Some probably will engage in those traditional male activities, but some others are...

TIGHTENING THE NOOSE ON JAVA JI: Insp. Gen. I Made Mangku Pastika

TIGHTENING THE NOOSE ON JAVA JI: Insp. Gen. I Made Mangku Pastika (left), who chairs the Bali bombing investigation team, gestures as he speaks at a news conference in Denpasar, Bali. He said on Thursday that the regional Jamaah Islamiyah (JI) terror network blamed for the deadly Bali blasts...

1. Banjir: 10 x 4 lines

1. Banjir: 10 x 4 lines Floods kill one in C. Java, pose further threats in Riau 2. Garut: 20 x 2 lines State-owned Perhutani blamed for Garut tragedy 3. Forestry: 32 x 1 line Stop logging in Java, Bali: Minister 4. Ambon: 16 x 2 lines WW II bomb explodes, kills eight in Maluku

BALI NEWS UPDATE: Insp. Gen. I Made Mangku Pastika (left), who

BALI NEWS UPDATE: Insp. Gen. I Made Mangku Pastika (left), who chairs the Bali bombing inquiry team, gestures as he speaks at a news conference in the Bali capital of Denpasar. He said on Thursday the regional Jamaah Islamiyah terror network blamed for the deadly Bali blasts transferred its base...

BALI NEWS UPDATE: Insp. Gen. I Made Mangku Pastika (left), who

BALI NEWS UPDATE: Insp. Gen. I Made Mangku Pastika (left), who chairs the Bali bombing inquiry team, gestures as he speaks at a news conference in the Bali capital of Denpasar. He said on Thursday the regional Jamaah Islamiyah terror network blamed for the deadly Bali blasts transferred its base...

TIGHTENING THE NOOSE ON JAVA JI: Insp. Gen. I Made Mangku Pastika

TIGHTENING THE NOOSE ON JAVA JI: Insp. Gen. I Made Mangku Pastika (left), who chairs the Bali bombing investigation team, gestures as he speaks at a news conference in Denpasar, Bali. He said on Thursday that the regional Jamaah Islamiyah (JI) terror network blamed for the deadly Bali blasts...

TIGHTENING THE NOOSE ON JAVA JI: Insp. Gen. I Made Mangku Pastika

TIGHTENING THE NOOSE ON JAVA JI: Insp. Gen. I Made Mangku Pastika (left), who chairs the Bali bombing investigation team, gestures as he speaks at a news conference in Denpasar, Bali. He said on Thursday that the regional Jamaah Islamiyah (JI) terror network blamed for the deadly Bali blasts...

TIGHTENING THE NOOSE ON JAVA JI: Insp. Gen. I Made Mangku Pastika

TIGHTENING THE NOOSE ON JAVA JI: Insp. Gen. I Made Mangku Pastika (left), who chairs the Bali bombing investigation team, gestures as he speaks at a news conference in Denpasar, Bali. He said on Thursday that the regional Jamaah Islamiyah (JI) terror network blamed for the deadly Bali blasts...

BALI NEWS UPDATE: Insp. Gen. I Made Mangku Pastika (left), who

BALI NEWS UPDATE: Insp. Gen. I Made Mangku Pastika (left), who chairs the Bali bombing inquiry team, gestures as he speaks at a news conference in the Bali capital of Denpasar. He said on Thursday the regional Jamaah Islamiyah terror network blamed for the deadly Bali blasts transferred its base...

Govt to get $450 million from IMF

Govt to get $450 million from IMFDadan Wijaksana, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Following two weeks of discussion, the government and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) wrapped up on Thursday the country's new economic reform programs, outlined under the eighth letter of intent (LoI), to clear the...

Decision to bomb churches made in November 2000, police say

Decision to bomb churches made in November 2000, police sayDamar Harsanto, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Abdul Jabar, one of the suspects in the 2000 Christmas Eve bombings, told police investigators that the final decision to launch a bomb attack to churches across the capital was made during a...

After Aceh peace deal: Learning from past mistakes

After Aceh peace deal: Learning from past mistakesKiki Syahnakri, Former Army Deputy Chief-of-staff, Jakarta All the parties involved in the recent signing of the peace deal between the Indonesian government and the Free Aceh Movement (GAM) deserve sincere appreciation, especially given the...

Equality key to Chinese-Indonesians' integration

Equality key to Chinese-Indonesians' integration Indonesians of ethnic Chinese descent currently enjoy more freedom to express their cultural identity, thanks to the reform movement that started in 1998. Nevertheless, they are still legally discriminated against in some areas.

Indonesia to host PATA conference

Indonesia to host PATA conferenceA'an Suryana, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Indonesia will host the 52nd Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) annual conference in Bali this year, only several months after deadly bomb blasts rocked the resort.

City to build low-cost apartments

City to build low-cost apartments JAKARTA: The city administration plans to build low-cost apartments for residents who are currently living in slums along the Kali Angke river in North Jakarta, to provide them with a more humane place to live.

Southeast Asia to remain competitive in manufacturing: Singapore

Southeast Asia to remain competitive in manufacturing: Singapore Agence France-Presse, Singapore Southeast Asia will remain competitive as a manufacturing base despite the rapid growth of industries in China, Singapore Trade Minister George Yeo said Wednesday.

Minister of Foreign Affairs

Minister of Foreign Affairs Hon.Tyronne Fernando, P.C.,M.P."We look forward with confidence on a robust growth this year"We are celebrating today, the 55th anniversary of our independence amidst growing optimism and confidence in our quest for a durable peace to end the conflict that has ravaged...

RP economy grows 4.6% in 2002, beating expectations

RP economy grows 4.6% in 2002, beating expectationsAssociated Press, Manila The Philippine economy grew 4.6 percent last year in its strongest performance since the Asian financial crisis, President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo said Thursday. The figure beat economists' forecasts of 4 percent to 4.

Experience with

Experience with Allianz InsuranceOn Dec. 12, 2002, I visited a physician at the Omni Medical Center, one of the hospitals in Jakarta registered as a member of the Allianz Health Insurance network, for help with an annoying pain around my "twelfth thoracic vertebrae".

No Paper

No Paper In observance of Chinese New Year, The Jakarta Post will not appear on Saturday. The Post will resume publication on Sunday. We wish all our readers who celebrate the holiday a Happy New Year. -- The Publisher

Court frees former Laskar Jihad leader

Court frees former Laskar Jihad leaderThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta The East Jakarta District Court has found Ja'far Umar Thalib, leader of the now defunct Islamic militia group Laskar Jihad, not guilty of provoking violence, spreading hatred against the government and defaming the president in the...

PGN to sell 55% stake via IPO

PGN to sell 55% stake via IPO JAKARTA: Indonesia's state-owned natural gas transporting company PT Perusahaan Gas Negara, or PGN, plans to sell a 55 percent stake in the third quarter of this year through an initial public offering (IPO), a government official said.

Men nabbed with 40 kgs of marijuana

Men nabbed with 40 kgs of marijuana BOGOR: Police from the North Bogor sub-precinct confiscated 40 kilograms of marijuana from two dealers and three of their cohorts in two separate raids on Wednesday.One of the dealers, Rudy Pakpahan, was arrested at his rented house in Ciomas Permai housing...

'No migrant workers in Nunukan'

'No migrant workers in Nunukan' SAMARINDA: Administration officials in Nunukan denied the presence of around 30,000 migrant workers in the regency, saying that it was just a rumor aimed at creating public unrest.

Mahathir says S'pore acted badly

Mahathir says S'pore acted badly MALAYSIA: Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad on Thursday said Singapore's public release of official correspondence over a protracted water dispute was not "nice" and showed a lack of faith by the island-state.

Fighting among political elite

Fighting among political eliteFrom Media IndonesiaOn Jan. 22, a number of political figures including Eros Jarot (Bung Karno Nationalist Party), Sri-Bintang Pamungkas (Indonesian Democratic Union Party) and labor activist Dita Indah Sari (National Front for Indonesian Workers Struggle/Democratic...

What's the money all for?

What's the money all for? Jakarta Governor Sutiyoso has demonstrated his political shrewdness by agreeing to a 40 percent cut in the allowances allocated to him under the annual city budget. From an initial Rp 9.47 billion, his personal allowances has been brought down to Rp 5 billion.

Applying EVM

Applying EVM to stop embezzlement I am writing in response to the article in the Jan. 27 edition of The Jakarta Post titled Donors must share blame for graft and the related editorial, Embezzling foreign loans.

Student dead as school collapses

Student dead as school collapses BEKASI: An elementary school student was killed and three others seriously injured as their school building in Kranji, West Bekasi, collapsed on Thursday.The fatality was Ridwan Ramdan, 12, a sixth grader at Bintara II elementary school.

Esprit de corps and the sacrificing of the Indonesian judiciary

Esprit de corps and the sacrificing of the Indonesian judiciaryWinahyo Soekanto Lawyer Consumer Care Foundation Jakarta winahyo@yahoo.com Woe betide whistle-blowers in Indonesia, especially those from among law enforcers.

Italy provides help for local shoe industry

Italy provides help for local shoe industrySari P. Setiogi, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta For those who value leather shoes made from high quality Italian material as their first choice in footwear, but never imagined that Italian shoes could be made in Indonesia, well think again.

* Headlines:C. Java home to JI's HQ since 1999: Police 2

* Headlines:C. Java home to JI's HQ since 1999: Police 2 * National:Akbar's fate to be decided at plenary House session 4 * Archipelago:State-owned Perhutani blamed for Garut tragedy 5 * Opinion:After Aceh deal: Learning from past mistakes 7 * City:City plans to widen Jl.

Yusuf reelected KPKPN chief

Yusuf reelected KPKPN chief JAKARTA: Yusuf Syakir was reelected on Thursday as the chairman of the Public Servants' Wealth Audit Commission (KPKPN), beating Lili Asdjudiredja, who was later appointed the deputy chairman in charge of the judiciary branch.

Bank Mandiri, AXA to set up a joint venture

Bank Mandiri, AXA to set up a joint ventureArya Abhiseka The Jakarta Post Jakarta Giant state-owned Bank Mandiri and insurance group AXA Asia Pacific Holdings signed on Thursday a memorandum of understanding to establish a joint venture that would allow the latter to market its insurance products...

Papua to build microhydropower plants

Papua to build microhydropower plants JAYAPURA, Papua: Papua authorities will construct three micro- hydropower plants a bid to cope with power shortages in the province.The head of the office of state electricity company PT PLN in Jayapura, Supriyanto, said on Wednesday a team of experts from the...

INDEPENDENCE DAY MESSAGE OF H.E. THE AMBASSADOR OF

INDEPENDENCE DAY MESSAGE OF H.E. THE AMBASSADOR OF SRI LANKAToday, Feb. 4, 2003, Sri Lanka celebrates her 55th anniversary of gaining Independence from her colonial ruler. It is my great pleasure on this very special day to address our Indonesian friends, and the Sri Lankans and others living here...

TV Today: Friday, January 31, 2003

TV Today: Friday, January 31, 2003 .TB.30" .90"TVRI .tb .30" .90" 5:00 a.m.Teletilawah 6:00 News: Berita Pagi7:30 Sports Feature8:00 DRTV 8:30 Talk Show: RT/RW9:00 TV Drama: Budi Pekerti10:30 Entertainment11:00 News: Berita Dearah11:30 Music: Konteswara12:00 p.m.

'Gong Xi Fa Cai'

'Gong Xi Fa Cai' For the first time, the Chinese New Year in Indonesia has been declared a national holiday by the government.This is a long-awaited recognition of not only the presence of the largest minority ethnic group in this country, but also of its contributions to the nation, and to the...

STT denies fraud allegations

STT denies fraud allegations SINGAPORE: Singapore Technologies Telemedia Pte. Ltd. Thursday denied allegations it paid commissions to facilitate its purchase of Indonesian Satellite Corp., or Indosat, from the Indonesian government last month.