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Thu, 03 Mar 2005
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The Great River default: sign of deindustrialization? Awan Wibowo Laksono Poesoro and Tata Mustasya Jakarta2. Indra -- Does the Indonesian decentralization serve the environment? 2 X 30 Does Indonesian decentralization improve environmental management? Mochamad Indrawan and Anders Danielson Jakarta
Thu, 03 Mar 2005
*Financial watchdogs ask for more power Page 3
*Financial watchdogs ask for more power Page 3 *Hamzah fires top PPP members in party conflict Page 4 *Proposed bylaw targets illegal sand miners Page 5 *The Great River default: Sign of deindustrialization? Page 6 *Monorail firm demands city secure loans Page 8 *Taufik gifted kindly draw for All...
Thu, 03 Mar 2005
Aceh rebuilding 'may endanger forests'
Aceh rebuilding 'may endanger forests'Hera Diani, The Jakarta Post, JakartaIn a rush to rebuild tsunami-devastated Aceh, there are fears that the reconstruction work may endanger the resources of first- growth forests in the province and other areas in the country due to the massive need for timber.
Thu, 03 Mar 2005
Payment to continue for Bank Global depositors
Payment to continue for Bank Global depositorsUrip Hudiono, The Jakarta Post, JakartaThe Ministry of Finance will disburse some Rp 498.15 billion (US$53.85 million) on March 9 for the payment of 713 bank account holders of the recently closed-down Bank Global.
Thu, 03 Mar 2005
S,pore gets 19 bids for proposed casino project
S,pore gets 19 bids for proposed casino projectAgence France-Presse, Singapore Singapore has received 19 bids for a proposed casino project, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said on Wednesday as he rejected a suggestion in parliament to hold a referendum on the controversial issue.
Thu, 03 Mar 2005
Japanese soldiers reach out to Acehnese with music, medicine
Japanese soldiers reach out to Acehnese with music, medicineAbdul Khalik, The Jakarta Post, Banda AcehDozens of children sat in silence around Capt. Hiroyuki Ozaki -- one of some 1,000 Japanese soldiers sent to Aceh to undertake humanitarian relief operations -- to watch him play Japanese...
Thu, 03 Mar 2005
Proposed bylaw targets illegal sand miners
Proposed bylaw targets illegal sand minersIndra Harsaputra, The Jakarta Post, SurabayaIllegal sand miners along the Brantas River in East Java, beware. If they don't stop their illegal mining activities, they might end up in jail.
Thu, 03 Mar 2005
Loans and foreign control
Loans and foreign controlFrom Media IndonesiaIndonesia has become the focus of world attention following the devastating earthquake and tsunami in Aceh. One of the manifestations of sympathy is the debt moratorium approved by the Paris Club.
Thu, 03 Mar 2005
Part 2 of 2
Part 2 of 2 Germany within Europe's dialog with Islamic world Gunther Mulack Jakarta2. Inqui -- The truth This sounds like the factual-twisting, propaganda paper of the USSR "Pravda" , or "The Truth", this time 2 x 30Getting to the bottom of the Philippines-Muslim separatistsNoralyn Mustafa...
Thu, 03 Mar 2005
Police set up illegal logging investigation
Police set up illegal logging investigationEva C. Komandjaja, The Jakarta Post, JakartaThe National Police have established an interdepartmental team in an attempt to curb rampant illegal logging in Papua and hunt down 19 people suspected of financing the activity.A National Police spokesman, Insp.
Thu, 03 Mar 2005
JP/18/BRIEF
JP/18/BRIEF Balinese golfer to study in the U.S. DENPASAR: Bali's most promising female golfer, Ines Putri Ciptadi, 15, is off to participate in the Summer Golf Course, San Diego in the U.S.The teenager is one of Bali's best golfing talents and will take part in the upcoming 2005 SEA Games in the...
Thu, 03 Mar 2005
1. BALI -- 1 x 54
1. BALI -- 1 x 54 Handicraft industry sinking further behind neighboring countries 2. CRAFT -- 2 x 35 Talent, creative designs not enough to compete in global craft market
Thu, 03 Mar 2005
Rupiah Rates March.2
Rupiah Rates March.2 Banknote rates TT rates Selling Buying Selling Buying Australian dollar 1 7,633.30 6,850.72 7,278.41 7,205.57 Brunei dollar 1 6,012.56 5,393.51 5,733.02 5,672.88 Canadian dollar 1 7,851.57 7,044.69 7,486.53 7,409.58 Swiss franc 1 8,359.73 7,499.79 7,971.06 7,888.
Thu, 03 Mar 2005
1. PPP (3x18)
1. PPP (3x18) Hamzah fires top party members amid rising conflict 2. Police (2x24) Police set up illegal logging investigation 3. Log (1x36) Aceh rebuilding 'may endanger forests' 4. Angket (2x24) House factions to discuss response to fuel hikes
Thu, 03 Mar 2005
Govt to allocate Rp 4.2t to repair roads
Govt to allocate Rp 4.2t to repair roadsThe Jakarta Post JakartaIn an effort to help reduce congestion due to lack of road capacity, the government will allocate some Rp 4.2 trillion (US$453.32 million) to repair and extend the existing 34,000- kilometers road network.
Thu, 03 Mar 2005
Paul Dankmeyer on all that Jazz
Paul Dankmeyer on all that JazzM. Taufiqurrahman, The Jakarta Post, JakartaStaging the as yet biggest jazz festival in the country by inviting dozens of big names in the music business the likes of Earth, Wind and Fire, James Brown and George Duke amid a warning against travelling to the country...
Thu, 03 Mar 2005
Hamzah fires top party members amid conflict
Hamzah fires top party members amid conflictThe Jakarta Post, JakartaThe United Development Party (PPP) has dismissed six top executives for their involvement in an informal meeting last week, which the central board said was an act of betrayal.
Thu, 03 Mar 2005
Get on up to Java Jazz festival
Get on up to Java Jazz festivalThe Jakarta Post, JakartaTired of all that jazz about fuel price increases? Why not forget your worries and face the real music -- at the star-studded International Java Jazz festival that runs from Friday to Sunday.
Thu, 03 Mar 2005
Ideas wanted for master plan
Ideas wanted for master planNani Afrida, The Jakarta Post, Banda AcehBanda Aceh municipality has released a draft master plan for the reconstruction of the city, a third of which was destroyed by the tsunami disaster.
Thu, 03 Mar 2005
Taufik gifted kindly draw for All England opening rounds
Taufik gifted kindly draw for All England opening roundsMoch. N. Kurniawan, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Athens Olympic gold medalist Taufik Hidayat should find it plain sailing in the early rounds of the All England next week as he bids to take his first title in Birmingham.
Thu, 03 Mar 2005
Taufik gifted kindly draw for All England opening rounds
Taufik gifted kindly draw for All England opening roundsMoch. N. Kurniawan, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Athens Olympic gold medalist Taufik Hidayat should find it plain sailing in the early rounds of the All England next week as he bids to take his first title in Birmingham.
Thu, 03 Mar 2005
Susilo pushes fuel price hike
Susilo pushes fuel price hikeMuninggar Sri Saraswati, The Jakarta Post, Rengas DengklokThere was a little dirt in the eyes of the Regent of Rengas Dengklok, Achmad Dadang, when he arrived at the main market of the town, some 80 kilometers east of Jakarta, on Wednesday morning.
Thu, 03 Mar 2005
1. COMMENT: 1 LINE, 49 COUNTS
1. COMMENT: 1 LINE, 49 COUNTS Sense of justice and the fuel price increase 2. PRICE: 2 LINES, 15 COUNTS Don't flog commodities, SBY tells retailers 3. DEMO: 1 LINE, 32 COUNTS Fuel price hike protests lose fire 4. BASYIR: 1 line, 36 counts Ba'asyir likely to escape if convicted 5.
Thu, 03 Mar 2005
Medco reverts to Panigoro family
Medco reverts to Panigoro family JAKARTA: The Panigoro family completed its acquisition of New Links Energy Resources, which owns 85.5 percent of oil and gas firm Medco Energy, after the final payment was made on Wednesday.
Thu, 03 Mar 2005
S.East Asia eyes bigger UN maritime security role
S.East Asia eyes bigger UN maritime security role Jason Szep Reuters/SingaporeSoutheast Asian defense leaders and U.S. coast guard officials discussed on Wednesday a possible expansion of the UN role in securing the critical Malacca Strait waterway against sea pirates and terrorists.
Thu, 03 Mar 2005
RP, China agree to settle dispute
RP, China agree to settle disputeCHINA: The Philippines said on Wednesday that a dispute with China over the Spratly Islands in the South China Sea has been settled and the two sides will work together to exploit the region's oil deposits.
Thu, 03 Mar 2005
Fuel price hike protests lose fire
Fuel price hike protests lose fireThe Jakarta Post, JakartaThe protests against rises in fuel prices largely fizzled out on Wednesday in many cities across the country in what could been seen as one of the biggest political tests for President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono since taking power last...
Thu, 03 Mar 2005
Monorail firm demands city secure loans
Monorail firm demands city secure loansThe Jakarta Post, JakartaWhile insisting that it faces no financial difficulties in pursuing the ambitious monorail project, PT Jakarta Monorail is urging the city administration to issue a guarantee it needs to secure bank loans for the undertaking.
Thu, 03 Mar 2005
Future bureaucrat named brawl suspect
Future bureaucrat named brawl suspectSUMEDANG, West Java: The Sumedang police department in West Java named on Wednesday Hasyim Siregar a suspect for inciting a riot involving thousands of students at the country's main civil servant academy, the Public Administration Institute (STPDN).
Thu, 03 Mar 2005
A powerful earthquake struck eastern Indonesia on Wednesday,
A powerful earthquake struck eastern Indonesia on Wednesday, meteorological agencies said, and was felt as far off as Australia. There were no immediate reports of damage or injuries. The 7.2 magnitude quake struck at 5:42 p.m.
Thu, 03 Mar 2005
Furniture industry gets creative for global market
Furniture industry gets creative for global marketThe Jakarta Post, JakartaWith the country's furniture and handicraft industry facing price competition, creativity has proved to be a strong selling point for products in penetrating the global market.
Thu, 03 Mar 2005
Police to dismiss officer in BNI scam
Police to dismiss officer in BNI scam JAKARTA: The National Police will dismiss an officer from the fraud squad for allegedly taking bribes from suspects in the Rp 1.7 trillion (US$188 million) Bank Negara Indonesia (BNI) scam that emerged in 2003.
Thu, 03 Mar 2005
Any lessons learnt?
Any lessons learnt? These days -- and nights -- are particularly traumatic ones for certain men and women working or seeking work in Malaysia, many of whom are accompanied by their children. Workers, both legal and illegal, from the Philippines, Indonesia, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and other countries,...
Thu, 03 Mar 2005
Driving in Jakarta
Driving in Jakarta Regarding The Jakarta Post's article --Driving in Jakarta to slow to snail's pace by 2020 on Dec. 17 -- I take the liberty to send my opinion as follows:The cheap partial solution to traffic in Jakarta is to enforce the "intersection blocking rule".
Thu, 03 Mar 2005
Nindityo showcases critical hairpieces
Nindityo showcases critical hairpiecesCarla Bianpoen, Contributor, JakartaNindityo Aripurnomo's solo exhibition opening on March 3 at the Bentara Budaya Jakarta shows the konde, or traditional Javanese hair bun, in various styles and fashioned from a range of materials.But this is no fashion show.
Thu, 03 Mar 2005
Sense of justice and the fuel price increase
Sense of justice and the fuel price increaseKornelius Purba, The Jakarta Post A housewife complained to a goldfish trader in East Jakarta on Wednesday morning, as he had raised the price of his fish from Rp 9,000 to Rp 12,000 within two days.
Thu, 03 Mar 2005
Lawmakers want antismuggling reg
Lawmakers want antismuggling regFabiola Desy Unidjaja, The Jakarta Post, JakartaThe widespread smuggling of various goods -- particularly timber -- has prompted lawmakers to urge the government to issue a regulation in lieu of a law on antismuggling.
Thu, 03 Mar 2005
Youth to be served in Uzbekistan Davis Cup team
Youth to be served in Uzbekistan Davis Cup teamMusthofid, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta In a surprising move, Uzbekistan has chosen youth over experience for its Davis Cup Asia-Oceania Group I tie against Indonesia beginning on Friday.
Thu, 03 Mar 2005
Hadi Susanto new Kutai regent
Hadi Susanto new Kutai regent SAMARINDA: After months of controversy, Hadi Susanto was appointed as acting Kutai Kartanegara regent on Wednesday replacing acting regent Awang Darma Bakti, following a decision by Minister of Home Affairs M. Maruf.
Thu, 03 Mar 2005
Ba'asyir likely to escape if convicted
Ba'asyir likely to escape if convictedAhmad Pathoni, Agence France-Presse/JakartaCleric Abu Bakar Ba'asyir, accused of leading a regional militant group blamed for deadly bombings, is likely once again to escape a tough sentence even if he is found guilty at the end of his second terrorism trial on...
Thu, 03 Mar 2005
Financial watchdogs ask for the House for grater power
Financial watchdogs ask for the House for grater powerUrip Hudiono, The Jakarta Post, JakartaTwo financial watchdogs -- the Supreme Audit Agency (BPK) and the Financial Transaction Reports Analysis Center (PPATK) -- have asked the legislature for more power to create better monetary governance.
Thu, 03 Mar 2005
Govt told to do more to attract Arab tourists
Govt told to do more to attract Arab touristsLeony Aurora, The Jakarta Post, JakartaIndonesia needs to conform to the travel habits of those from the Middle Eastern and to extend its visa-on-arrival policy to other countries in the area to attract more tourists, says an airline top executive.
Thu, 03 Mar 2005
Where to go in Bali for Thursday, March 3, 2005
Where to go in Bali for Thursday, March 3, 2005.TB.30" 1.0" Exhibitions* Arts Life-Styles, at Danes Art Veranda, Jl. Hayam Wuruk 159, Tanjung Bungkak, Denpasar (Tel. 0361 242659), until March 20 * National Cartoon Exhibition, Arma Museum, in Ubud, until March 15 * Painting Female Nude Fantasy and...
Thu, 03 Mar 2005
Council rejects proposal to hike parking tariff
Council rejects proposal to hike parking tariffBambang Nurbianto, The Jakarta Post, JakartaThe City Council has rejected a proposal by city-owned parking management company BP Perparkiran to increase on-street parking rates.
Thu, 03 Mar 2005
Fueling reforms
Fueling reforms It is the single most unpopular decision any Indonesian president could make, with the potential to trigger immediate political unrest. But the move by President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono to cut costly fuel subsidies and so push fuel prices up by 30 percent in a poor nation is also...
Thu, 03 Mar 2005
Don't flog commodities, SBY tells retailers
Don't flog commodities, SBY tells retailersMuninggar Sri Saraswati, The Jakarta Post, JakartaAs groups protested the fuel price hikes around the country, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono warned retailers selling basic foodstuffs not to increase their prices by more than 7 percent.
Thu, 03 Mar 2005
Getting to the bottom of the Philippines-Muslim separatists
Getting to the bottom of the Philippines-Muslim separatistsNoralyn Mustafa, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Asia News Network, Manila In his report, titled On the Question of Muslims in Southern Philippines (submitted to the 26th Islamic Conference of Foreign Ministers, held at Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso...
Thu, 03 Mar 2005
Loans and foreign control
Loans and foreign controlFrom Media IndonesiaIndonesia has become the focus of world attention following the devastating earthquake and tsunami in Aceh. One of the manifestations of sympathy is the debt moratorium approved by the Paris Club.
Wed, 02 Mar 2005
Hot and bothered by porn
Hot and bothered by pornFrom RepublikaPublic anxiety has climaxed as pornographic video compact disks (VCDs) are widely circulated in the city. The police should seek ways to deal with this problem after the recent drive against steamy pictures.
Wed, 02 Mar 2005
Part 1 of 2: Germany within Europe's dialog with Islamic world
Part 1 of 2: Germany within Europe's dialog with Islamic worldGunther Mulack, Jakarta Germany and the Islamic world have traditionally good relations, from which both have richly benefited. Germany had scientific and economic interests and sent traders, explorers,archeologists and scientists but...