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Sun, 19 Jan 2003
Cast call for second RI Film Festifal
Cast call for second RI Film FestifalJoko E.H. Anwar, Contributor, Jakarta Expect to bump into people shooting movies using basic equipment when you are out during the next three months.The second Indonesia Independent Film Festival (FFII) is now calling for entries as filmmaker wannabes line up...
Sun, 19 Jan 2003
Demand for leased apartments may further decline
Demand for leased apartments may further declineRikza Abdullah, Contributor, Jakarta The demand for leased apartments in the greater Jakarta area is likely to decline this year due to worries about terrorist attacks but the sales of strata-titled condominiums may continue increasing at a slow rate,...
Sun, 19 Jan 2003
Students clash with police near Mega's residence
Students clash with police near Mega's residenceZakki Hakim The Jakarta Post JakartaProtests against utility price hikes continued on Saturday with a new twist, despite a government decision to review the hikes and to postpone an increase in telephone rates.
Sun, 19 Jan 2003
A good night's sleep can be more than just a dream
A good night's sleep can be more than just a dreamMaria Endah Hulupi, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Have any of the members of your family complained about your loud snoring? Have you ever woken up feeling exhausted, with pain in your neck and back?If your answer is "yes", you may need to review your...
Sun, 19 Jan 2003
Cow dung tarnishes university ceremony
Cow dung tarnishes university ceremonyThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta Refusing the presence of President Megawati Soekarnoputri, students from the Bogor Institute of Agriculture (IPB) blocked the entrance gate in their Dermaga campus barring other high ranking government officials and dignitaries as well.
Sun, 19 Jan 2003
Sapirin on poverty, Sutiyoso on vanity
Sapirin on poverty, Sutiyoso on vanityHera Diani and I Wayan Juniartha, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta This is a story of South African diamond and Saripin the taxi driver.The South African diamond is the highlight of the Indonesian International Exhibition on Jewelry, Timepieces, Fine Arts and...
Sun, 19 Jan 2003
What you need to know when purchasing an apartment
What you need to know when purchasing an apartmentLynnette Johnson, and Ipung Rachmaningtyas, Contributor, Jakarta When considering the purchase of an apartment unit in Jakarta, whether as your home or as an investment rental property there is no doubt that you will have to examine more than one...
Sat, 18 Jan 2003
Six arrested in counterfeit ring
Six arrested in counterfeit ring CIREBON, West Java: Police here said on Friday they had arrested at least six people for allegedly counterfeiting money in the past two months.Cirebon Police chief Adj. Sr. Comr.
Sat, 18 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.
Sat, 18 Jan 2003
Leaders, media must adapt to changes
Leaders, media must adapt to changesArdimas Sasdi, Staff Writer, The Jakarta Post, ardimas@thejakartapost.com In what could be viewed as a New Year's gift, President Megawati Soekarnoputri criticized the media over what she called unbalanced reporting of the ongoing protests against the...
Sat, 18 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.
Sat, 18 Jan 2003
Mandala increases Ambon service
Mandala increases Ambon service Privately-owned airline Mandala Airlines now flies daily from Jakarta to Ambon and vice versa using a Boeing 737-200 plane.Prior to the daily service, which was launched on Monday, the airline served the route six times a week.
Sat, 18 Jan 2003
4 x 11
4 x 11 Separatists told to leave Ambon to attend trial JP/5/pasir2 x 27 Riau environmentalists to sue Singapore over sand imports Box1 x 28 Belgium wants dredgers freed JP/5/Rusuh1 x 50 Five dead, six injured in bloody W. Sumatra village clash Dumai council dismisses speaker in plenary session
Sat, 18 Jan 2003
Impacts of postponing phone rate increase
Impacts of postponing phone rate increaseWinahyo Soekanto, Lawyer, Consumer Care Foundation, Jakarta, winahyo@yahoo.com A double standard is what the government and state-owned telecommunications company PT Telkom applied when they tried to introduce the telephone rate hike -- a plan very recently...
Sat, 18 Jan 2003
Picasso sits beside $1m diamond in Jakarta
Picasso sits beside $1m diamond in JakartaHera Diani and I Wayan Juniartha, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The expectation was that it was going to be another ostentatious exhibition packed with priceless items, showing yet another paradox of a poor third world country.
Sat, 18 Jan 2003
Telephone rates
Telephone rates The government has finally delayed the new telephone tariff increases, which should be effective this month. The delay was announced after a meeting between three coordinating ministers and members of the House and Representatives (DPR) and People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) on...
Sat, 18 Jan 2003
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;AFP;KOD; ANPAu..r.. Aglance-Myanmar-arrests Two arrested "pseudo nuns" received NLD support: Myanmar junta JP/11/ASEAN Two 'nuns' received NLD support: Junta MYANMAR: Myanmar's military junta on Friday accused two "pseudo nuns" arrested for protesting against the government of receiving support...
Sat, 18 Jan 2003
Stability, growth, reform: WB
Stability, growth, reform: WBWorld Bank, Jakarta Structural reforms under the Megawati administration have by and large remained on track. Reforms accelerated markedly after the Bali attack. Recognizing the importance of sending positive signals after Bali, the government renewed reform efforts on...
Sat, 18 Jan 2003
KPU must proceed or risk delayed 2004 election
KPU must proceed or risk delayed 2004 electionThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta Despite the absence of the required electoral bills, the General Elections Commission (KPU) is going ahead with its preparations for the 2004 general election. Otherwise, the elections might be delayed.
Sat, 18 Jan 2003
Garuda air cargo handling
Garuda air cargo handling On Dec. 23, 2002, we had a shipment of two boxes containing 16 pots of poinsettia plants destined for Semarang. The boxes were specifically designed and manufactured for shipping potted plants or flowers of this particular size, and the plants inside the boxes were wrapped...
Sat, 18 Jan 2003
Singaporean, Indonesian artists blend in fusion
Singaporean, Indonesian artists blend in fusion Tarko Sudiarno The Jakarta Post Yogyakarta"Will I get an all out service?" asked a woman. "I would like to have a massage but I'll have to wait until my husband is assigned out of town. I'll get in touch with you a few days later.
Sat, 18 Jan 2003
Why use a foreign word?
Why use a foreign word?From Media IndonesiaIf we go from Blok M, South Jakarta, to downtown Kota and vice-versa, we will find a traffic sign reading Khusus Busway (Busway Only). This traffic sign has been put up since December.
Sat, 18 Jan 2003
Public van price discrepancy
Public van price discrepancyFrom Pos KotaThe West Java provincial office of the Highway Traffic and Transportation Service has decided that vans currently in use for city transportation services manufactured before 1990 must be replaced by vans with more recent manufacturing dates.
Sat, 18 Jan 2003
Govt may bow to pressure over utility price hikes
Govt may bow to pressure over utility price hikesFabiola Desy Unidjaja, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Cracking under pressure, the government dropped a hint of bowing more to people's incessant protests against hikes in utility prices on Friday.
Sat, 18 Jan 2003
TNI, GAM told to maintain peace
TNI, GAM told to maintain peace BANDA ACEH, Aceh: The Switzerland-based Henry Dunant Centre (HDC) has called on both the Indonesian military and the Free Aceh Movement (GAM) to restrain themselves from actions that would disrupt the cessation of hostilities agreement they signed last month.
Sat, 18 Jan 2003
Rector forum offers government a win-win solution
Rector forum offers government a win-win solutionZakki Hakim and Moch. N. Kurniawan, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Any government decision to ignore public protests over increases in fuel, electricity and telephone charges would spark further unrest, which would be far more costly than the money saved...
Sat, 18 Jan 2003
Nuclear tension rises on divided Korean peninsula
Nuclear tension rises on divided Korean peninsulaBantarto Bandoro, Editor, 'The Indonesian Quarterly', Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), Jakarta, bandoro@csis.or.id A frightening scenario on the divided Korean peninsula cast a shadow over the world, as North Korea continued to...
Sat, 18 Jan 2003
Government feeds banks to discourage real-sector industries
Government feeds banks to discourage real-sector industriesPitan Daslani Political economy analystIn defending her policy to increase fuel prices and utility rates, little did President Megawati Soekarnoputri realize -- unless she really meant it -- that she was well on track to crippling...
Sat, 18 Jan 2003
Jusuf asked to declare all assets
Jusuf asked to declare all assets JAKARTA: The Public Servants' Wealth Audit Commission (KPKPN) asked Coordinating Minister for People's Welfare Jusuf Kalla on Friday to declare all of his assets to the commission for audit purposes.
Sat, 18 Jan 2003
TV Program: Monday, January 20, 2003
TV Program: Monday, January 20, 2003TVRI .TB.30" .90" 5:03 a.m.Religious Teachings6:00 News: Berita Pagi 7:30 Sports Feature8:00 DRTV 8:30 Environment9:00 Comedy: Surat9:30 Agribusiness (Live)10:30 Entertainment11:00 News: Berita Daerah 11:30 Music: Konteswara12:00 p.m.
Sat, 18 Jan 2003
Hassan criticizes U.S. immigration profiling policy
Hassan criticizes U.S. immigration profiling policyFabiola Desy Unidjaja, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Jakarta considers Washington's policy, which obliges Indonesian males age 16 and over currently staying in the U.S.
Sat, 18 Jan 2003
Judge feeling heat in bribery case
Judge feeling heat in bribery case JAKARTA: City Police Anti-Corruption section questioned on Friday a witness in an alleged case of bribery in which Torang, a judge at the South Jakarta District court, reportedly sought a bribe from a plaintiff appearing before his court.
Sat, 18 Jan 2003
Hospitals have
Hospitals have social function From Media IndonesiaSeveral hospitals in East Java have raised their treatment fees. In Indonesia, as a developing nation or even a poor country, hospitals have a social function, while a commercial motive is, in my opinion, not yet appropriate.
Sat, 18 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...
Sat, 18 Jan 2003
No public transportation fare proposal made yet
No public transportation fare proposal made yetNovan Iman Santosa, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The city administration had yet to receive a proposal on increased public transportation fares from the special team set up to conduct a survey on the fare situation in Jakarta.
Sat, 18 Jan 2003
Westerners trained in al-Qaeda camp in RI
Westerners trained in al-Qaeda camp in RIAgencies, Jakarta/Sydney Seven Western men were among 50 Indonesians who attended training camps organized and financed by al-Qaida in 2001 on the central Indonesian island of Sulawesi, an intelligence official said Friday.
Sat, 18 Jan 2003
1. KPU: 1 x 48
1. KPU: 1 x 48 KPU must proceed or risk delayed 2004 election 2. LAW: 1 x 42 Law restricts number of political parties 3. LG: 2 x 25 LG keeps its commitment to invest in Indonesia 4. 5. ODD: 1 x 33 Durian causes security scare 5. ODD: 1 x 33 Couples can marry on board aircraft
Sat, 18 Jan 2003
FBI team to arrive soon
FBI team to arrive soon JAKARTA: The National Police is awaiting the arrival of a United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) team to join the local police in investigating the ambush on Freeport employees in Timika, Papua, last year.National Police chief Gen.
Sat, 18 Jan 2003
1,207 to guard governor's inauguration
1,207 to guard governor's inauguration KENDARI, Southeast Sulawesi: Southeast Sulawesi Police said on Friday that they would deploy 1,207 officers to ensure security during the inauguration of the newly elected governor and its deputy, Ali Mazi and Yusran Silondae, on Saturday.
Sat, 18 Jan 2003
Let's bargain, folks, it's Jakarta
Let's bargain, folks, it's JakartaDamar Harsanto, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta On a roadside, a person braced against three people who were speaking in a heightened state of emotion with high-pitched voices.Take a closer look. They're not quarreling. They're just bargaining.
Sat, 18 Jan 2003
Dumai council dismisses speaker in plenary session
Dumai council dismisses speaker in plenary sessionThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta The Dumai regency legislative council in the province of Riau dismissed its speaker, Benedi Boiman, amid a veil of secrecy during a plenary session on Friday.
Sat, 18 Jan 2003
Forests, IBRA and donors
Forests, IBRA and donorsDavid Kaimowitz Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)Mubariq Ahmad World Wide Fund (WWF) Bogor Sustainable forest management is one of the key items to be discussed by international donors and the Indonesian Government during this week's meeting of the...
Sat, 18 Jan 2003
Court upholds Akbar verdict, calls mount for him to quit
Court upholds Akbar verdict, calls mount for him to quitThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta The High Court in Jakarta upheld the district court's three- year jail sentence on Speaker of the House of Representatives Akbar Tandjung for the misappropriation of Rp 40 billion in Bulog funds, prompting legislators...
Sat, 18 Jan 2003
Ba'asyir writes Mega over wealth
Ba'asyir writes Mega over wealth JAKARTA: President Megawati Soekarnoputri read on Friday a letter from detained Muslim cleric Abu Bakar Ba'asyir, who urged her to donate half her wealth to the cash-strapped country.
Sat, 18 Jan 2003
Government feeds banks to discourage real-sector industries
Government feeds banks to discourage real-sector industriesPitan Daslani Political economy analystIn defending her policy to increase fuel prices and utility rates, little did President Megawati Soekarnoputri realize -- unless she really meant it -- that she was well on track to crippling...
Sat, 18 Jan 2003
RI economy to suffer if Iraq attacked
RI economy to suffer if Iraq attackedThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta Indonesia's economy, still struggling to recover from the economic crisis in the late 1990s, would experience another major setback if the U.S. launched a military strike on Iraq, a foreign-based economist said.
Sat, 18 Jan 2003
City KPU to get new facilities
City KPU to get new facilitiesThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta The city administration announced on Friday that it had allocated Rp 125 billion in the 2003 budget proposal to develop facilities for the 2004 general election, including a new building.
Sat, 18 Jan 2003
Justice for
Justice for ordinary people From Kompas The increase in fuel prices, and electricity and telephone charges have no direct impact on the poor people, who have no motorized vehicles. However, the impact of the price increases -- soaring prices of daily necessities, will hit them hard.
Sat, 18 Jan 2003
Bali bombs exploded prematurely, suspect says
Bali bombs exploded prematurely, suspect saysWahyoe Boediwardhana, The Jakarta Post, Denpasar, Bali Ali Imron, a suspect in last year's Bali blasts, told investigators that the bombs used in the devastating attacks exploded before they were supposed to, police said on Friday.
Sat, 18 Jan 2003
Councillors to get free training paid for by UNDP
Councillors to get free training paid for by UNDPAhmad Junaidi, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Public funds apparently are no longer adequate for Jakarta city councillors as they revealed their plan on Friday to use foreign funding worth US$130,000 to improve their knowledge in the fields of urban and...