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Wed, 22 Jan 2003
Threat not to pay taxes
Threat not to pay taxes In the rallies held in response to the simultaneous increases of fuel prices, electricity rates and telephone tariffs, the protesters demanded that President Megawati Soekarnoputri and Vice President Hamzah Haz resign. I can certainly understand this demand.
Wed, 22 Jan 2003
Rupiah Rates Jan. 21
Rupiah Rates Jan. 21 JP/13/ConverRupiah Rates Jan. 21 Bank notes rates TT rates Selling Buying Selling Buying Australian dollar 1 5,534.47 4,940.87 5,265.70 5,209.41 Brunei dollar 1 5,417.72 4,837.97 5,154.63 5,100.91 Canadian dollar 1 6,117.66 5,464.37 5,820.57 5,761.37 Swiss franc 1 6,849.
Wed, 22 Jan 2003
Flood hits West Kalimantan
Flood hits West Kalimantan PONTIANAK, West Kalimantan: Farmers in several regencies in West Kalimantan province are in danger of losing their crops this year after 10 days of flooding.Head of the West Kalimantan Agriculture Office Fathan A.
Wed, 22 Jan 2003
Prosecutors reject dossier on S.Kalimantan Governor
Prosecutors reject dossier on S.Kalimantan GovernorYuliansyah The Jakarta Post BanjarmasinSouth Kalimantan prosecutors refused on Monday to accept a dossier of a police investigation into corruption charges against Governor Sjachriel Darham, reasoning they needed President Megawati Soekarnoputri's...
Wed, 22 Jan 2003
Toshiba, Matsushita to make HDDs in RI
Toshiba, Matsushita to make HDDs in RI TOKYO: Toshiba Corp. and Matsushita Kotobuki Electronics Industries Ltd. will cooperate in the production of 1.8-inch and 2.5-inch hard disk drives, the companies said Tuesday.
Wed, 22 Jan 2003
Govt may recognize dual citizenship
Govt may recognize dual citizenship JAKARTA: Minister of Justice and Human Rights Yusril Ihza Mahendra said on Monday the government may recognize dual citizenship for a limited period.Yusril said that under the citizenship bill, there was a clause that an Indonesian born in another country that...
Wed, 22 Jan 2003
Japan, RI reach swap deal
Japan, RI reach swap dealDow Jones, New York Japan and Indonesia have agreed on a bilateral rupiah-dollar swap arrangement aimed at ensuring stability in the currency market by supplying short-term liquidity, the two countries said in a joint statement, Kyodo News agency reported Tuesday.
Wed, 22 Jan 2003
Rupiah Rates Jan. 21
Rupiah Rates Jan. 21 JP/13/ConverRupiah Rates Jan. 21 Bank notes rates TT rates Selling Buying Selling Buying Australian dollar 1 5,534.47 4,940.87 5,265.70 5,209.41 Brunei dollar 1 5,417.72 4,837.97 5,154.63 5,100.91 Canadian dollar 1 6,117.66 5,464.37 5,820.57 5,761.37 Swiss franc 1 6,849.
Wed, 22 Jan 2003
CEO SUITE: Viewing matters from clients' perspective is key to
CEO SUITE: Viewing matters from clients' perspective is key to success While almost all providers of serviced offices claim that they work on this principle in serving their clients, one visit to CEO Suite's fully serviced offices, located at the GKBI and JSX buildings, will instantly reveal the...
Wed, 22 Jan 2003
NGOs to challenge election of S. Sulawesi Governor Amin
NGOs to challenge election of S. Sulawesi Governor AminJupriadi, The Jakarta Post, Makassar, South Sulawesi A coalition of non-governmental organizations said on Tuesday they would challenge the validity of a presidential decree appointing a Golkar executive as South Sulawesi's new governor.
Wed, 22 Jan 2003
1. Heri -- Fuel prices hike: Desperado in limbo
1. Heri -- Fuel prices hike: Desperado in limbo2. Japan -- Japan faces up to reality 3. State20 -- Capitalism's strength is its inherent weakness
Wed, 22 Jan 2003
IMF warns public and business to be ready for new price hikes
IMF warns public and business to be ready for new price hikesA'an Suryana, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The International Monetary Fund "can understand" the government's decision to revise its recent price hikes policy, but warned that the public and businesses would eventually have to be confronted...
Wed, 22 Jan 2003
Threat not to pay taxes
Threat not to pay taxes In the rallies held in response to the simultaneous increases of fuel prices, electricity rates and telephone tariffs, the protesters demanded that President Megawati Soekarnoputri and Vice President Hamzah Haz resign. I can certainly understand this demand.
Wed, 22 Jan 2003
Joggers protest closure of Thamrin-Sudirman roads
Joggers protest closure of Thamrin-Sudirman roadsDamar Harsanto and Muninggar Sri Saraswati The Jakarta Post JakartaThose who used to jog and exercise along Jakarta's main arteries of Jl. Thamrin and Jl.
Wed, 22 Jan 2003
Indonesia may get special tribunal for doctors
Indonesia may get special tribunal for doctorsThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta Indonesia is likely to establish another special tribunal, this time for doctors and health providers, if the medical practice bill is passed into law as it stands.
Wed, 22 Jan 2003
Labor export to Mideast stopped
Labor export to Mideast stopped JAKARTA: The Ministry of Manpower and Transmigration issued on Tuesday a circular instructing Indonesian manpower recruitment agencies (PJKTI) to stop sending workers to the Middle East in case of a possible U.S. military strike on Iraq.
Wed, 22 Jan 2003
Delaying loan payments to get RI back on track
Delaying loan payments to get RI back on trackHerbert J. Liem, Capital Markets Observer, Jakarta/NewYork, USA As Dorodjatun Kuntjoro-Jakti, the Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs of Indonesia recently mentioned, the pay-back track record of the country with the International Monetary Fund...
Wed, 22 Jan 2003
IMA urges lawmakers to amend forestry law
IMA urges lawmakers to amend forestry lawRendi A. Witular, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The Indonesian Mining Association (IMA) has urged the House of Representatives and the government to continue with plans to amend the forestry law to boost investment in the mining sector.
Wed, 22 Jan 2003
Bill gives more protection to doctors than patients
Bill gives more protection to doctors than patientsThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta In the case of malpractice, many people opt not to file a lawsuit, fearing that law enforcers would demand that an autopsy be performed on the bodies of their loved ones.
Wed, 22 Jan 2003
Govt looking for actors behind street rallies
Govt looking for actors behind street ralliesFabiola Desy Unidjaja and Tiarma Siboro, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The government has moved to look for possible masterminds behind the rowdy street rallies against the utility and fuel price hikes, which appear to be turning into a movement to topple...
Wed, 22 Jan 2003
World's natural rubber price may increase to US$1.20
World's natural rubber price may increase to US$1.20Sari P. Setiogi The Jakarta Post Jakarta The price of natural rubber on the global market could increase to US$1.20 per kilogram by the middle of this year from $0.90 at present, as world demand grows and supply declines.
Wed, 22 Jan 2003
House and the Indosat divestment
House and the Indosat divestmentFrom Koran Tempo The Indosat divestment case has drawn public attention and it remains to be seen how it will end. And now there is another case: The simultaneous hikes of fuel prices, electricity rates and telephone tariffs.
Wed, 22 Jan 2003
Seribu Islands get fewer tourists
Seribu Islands get fewer tourists JAKARTA: The number of local and foreign tourists visiting Kepulauan Seribu, or the Thousand Islands, continues to decline due to lingering security concerns and the battered economy, an executive said on Tuesday.
Wed, 22 Jan 2003
FPI leader denied entry to palace
FPI leader denied entry to palace JAKARTA: Security personnel denied Islam Defenders Front (FPI) leader Habib Rizieq entry to the presidential palace compound on Tuesday after he arrived to personally deliver a letter to State Secretary Bambang Kesowo.
Wed, 22 Jan 2003
Threat not to pay taxes
Threat not to pay taxes In the rallies held in response to the simultaneous increases of fuel prices, electricity rates and telephone tariffs, the protesters demanded that President Megawati Soekarnoputri and Vice President Hamzah Haz resign. I can certainly understand this demand.
Wed, 22 Jan 2003
* Headlines: IMF sees delay in fuel price hikes temporary2
* Headlines: IMF sees delay in fuel price hikes temporary2 * National: Govt looking for actors behind rallies 4 * Archipelago: KAI raises railway fares 5 * Opinion: Fuel prices hike: Desperado in limbo 7 * City: New licensing system eases burden 8 * Sports: Venus, Agassi into Aussie Open...
Wed, 22 Jan 2003
Maluku refugees return as govt cuts assistance
Maluku refugees return as govt cuts assistanceAziz Tunny, The Jakarta Post, Ambon, Maluku Over 100,000 refugees who fled sectarian clashes in Maluku since 1999 have returned to their homes or been resettled elsewhere, following the government's mid January deadline to cut aid for refugees...
Wed, 22 Jan 2003
New province to
New province to solve Papua issueFrom Media Indonesia People in the region of Irian Jaya, now called Papua, are still lagging behind in their standard of living, while the political movement to secede from the Republic of Indonesia is escalating.
Wed, 22 Jan 2003
New licensing system eases burden
New licensing system eases burdenTertiani ZB Simanjuntak, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Residents throughout the capital are now able to extend their driver's licenses at any of four police precinct offices here, thanks to the new decentralized system.
Wed, 22 Jan 2003
Govt seeks CGI loans to plug deficit
Govt seeks CGI loans to plug deficitDadan Wijaksana, The Jakarta Post, Nusa Dua, Bali The government once again was reduced to begging foreign donors for fresh loans to help finance the state budget despite rising demands for an end to reliance on foreign loans.
Wed, 22 Jan 2003
Ba'asyir may face treason charges: Police
Ba'asyir may face treason charges: PoliceAssociated Press, Jakarta Police recommended on Tuesday that prosecutors file treason charges against al-Qaeda-linked Islamic cleric Abu Bakar Ba'asyir, who is accused of involvement in church bombings two years ago and a plot to assassinate President...
Wed, 22 Jan 2003
PASI expels three athletes from center
PASI expels three athletes from centerThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta After recruiting eight more athletes as part of its long-term preparations for the next Southeast Asian (SEA) Games, the Indonesian Amateur Athletics Association (PASI) sent three home from a training center for technical reasons.
Wed, 22 Jan 2003
Present coalition
Present coalition still going strong In the political scene, it is virtually impossible for the solid coalition of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-Perjuangan), the faction of the Functional Group (Golkar) behind Akbar Tandjung and the United Development Party (PPP) to lose the 2004...
Tue, 21 Jan 2003
Fires raze homes, four killed
Fires raze homes, four killedDamar Harsanto, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Amid the prolonged dry season buffeted by high temperatures, two fires razed dozens of homes on Monday in two separate areas in East and Central Jakarta. Four fatalities were reported, including an eight-month-old baby.
Tue, 21 Jan 2003
1. WATER:
1. WATER: Green NGOs oppose bill legalizing water privatization 2. CASES: 1 x 42 Case studies of privatization: A backlash 3. BILL: 1 x 40 Legislators uninterested in water bill 4. JOGG: 1 x 32 Joggers protest Thamrin closure 5. MEDIA: 1 x 39 Malaysia silences Internet newspaper 6.
Tue, 21 Jan 2003
FBI not part of probe team: Minister
FBI not part of probe team: Minister JAKARTA: Coordinating Minister for Political and Security Affairs Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said on Monday that the visit of U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) investigators to Papua should not be seen as intervention into the investigative process...
Tue, 21 Jan 2003
Humankind's blood thirst threatens animals' future
Humankind's blood thirst threatens animals' futureTantri Yuliandini, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta A long-tailed macaque is suspended by the tail from the ceiling of what appears to be a workshop, while a man holds the primate's head to stop it struggling as he burns the animal with a blowtorch to seal...
Tue, 21 Jan 2003
City will buy Japan's JITF shares
City will buy Japan's JITF sharesThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta The Japanese government is offering to sell its 42 percent share in firm PT Jakarta International Trade Fair (JITF) to the city administration for just US$10 million -- but only if JITF get a court to rule it cannot pay its debt.
Tue, 21 Jan 2003
Prosecutors reject dossier on S.Kalimantan Governor
Prosecutors reject dossier on S.Kalimantan GovernorYuliansyah The Jakarta Post BanjarmasinSouth Kalimantan prosecutors refused on Monday to accept a dossier of a police investigation into corruption charges against Governor Sjachriel Darham, reasoning they needed President Megawati Soekarnoputri's...
Tue, 21 Jan 2003
Leprosy still widespread in 111 regencies
Leprosy still widespread in 111 regencies Debbie A. Lubis The Jakarta Post JakartaThe public's belief that leprosy is incurable, their ignorance of the medical treatment's available and their prejudices against the sufferers are three major contributors to a rise in the number of leprosy cases in...
Tue, 21 Jan 2003
RI children need counseling
RI children need counselingIgnas Kleden, Sociologist, The Center for East Indonesian Affairs (CEIA), Jakarta, ceia@centrin.net.id Viewed from the perspective of time, the future are our children. The question as to what the future would look like depends on the extent to which children are given...
Tue, 21 Jan 2003
[b]Rupiah Rates Jan. 20
Rupiah Rates Jan. 20 Bank notes rates TT rates Selling Buying Selling Buying Australian dollar 1 5,543.02 4,948.33 5,273.76 5,217.37 Brunei dollar 1 5,416.62 4,836.79 5,153.49 5,099.77 Canadian dollar 1 6,112.12 5,457.44 5,815.21 5,754.16 Swiss franc 1 6,842.83 6,111.64 6,510.42 6,443.
Tue, 21 Jan 2003
Lake Tempe to be rehabilitated
Lake Tempe to be rehabilitated MAKASSAR, South Sulawesi: State Minister for the Environment Nabiel Makarim is scheduled to announce the rehabilitation of Lake Tempe in Wajo regency, South Sulawesi, on Tuesday.
Tue, 21 Jan 2003
Present coalition
Present coalition still going strong In the political scene, it is virtually impossible for the solid coalition of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-Perjuangan), the faction of the Functional Group (Golkar) behind Akbar Tandjung and the United Development Party (PPP) to lose the 2004...
Tue, 21 Jan 2003
;JP;ASA;
;JP;ASA; ANPAf..r.. Business-CGI-Garuda JP/ /1CGI Plane forced to make emergency landing: A Garuda plane carrying dozens of participants to Bali for the Consultative Group on Indonesia (CGI) meeting was forced to return to Jakarta and make an emergency landing after about 25 minutes in the air,...
Tue, 21 Jan 2003
ISSI ponders SEAG training period
ISSI ponders SEAG training periodThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta The Indonesian Cycling Association (ISSI) remains undecided on whether to adopt a long or short training period for the cyclists ahead of the 2003 Southeast Asian (SEA) Games, an ISSI official said on Monday.
Tue, 21 Jan 2003
Hope for national leaders
Hope for national leaders From Bisnis IndonesiaMany circles of society have staged demonstrations against increases in fuel prices, electricity tariffs and telephone rates, apparently with the same goal of rejecting the hikes.
Tue, 21 Jan 2003
Govt cuts fuel prices after weeks of protests
Govt cuts fuel prices after weeks of protestsThe Jakarta Post JakartaThe government announced on Monday a reduction in fuel prices and discounts for certain electricity users following weeks of nationwide protests over the recent fuel and utility price hikes.
Tue, 21 Jan 2003
Elite culture and people's culture
Elite culture and people's cultureFrom Koran TempoPresident Megawati Soekarnoputri said that the burning of the President's and Vice President's effigies in rallies staged to protest against the hike in utility prices was indicative that the people were lacking in respect and that their cultural...
Tue, 21 Jan 2003
Six SMS fraudsters arrested
Six SMS fraudsters arrested JAKARTA: After operating for a year and obtaining Rp 50 million (US$5,600) by deception, six Short Message Service (SMS) fraudsters were arrested by the city police.The messages they sent stated that the receivers had been nominated as winners of Rp 5 million from the...