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Wed, 08 Jan 2003
PDI-P to summon dissenters
PDI-P to summon dissenters JAKARTA: The central executive board of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-Perjuangan) will summon party legislators opposing the government's decision to raise utility prices.
Wed, 08 Jan 2003
Indonesia declares itself polio-free
Indonesia declares itself polio-freeM. Taufiqurrahman, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Indonesia, keeping up with other countries in the region in combating the deadly disease, declared on Tuesday that it was a polio-free nation and will receive certification of this status from the World Health...
Wed, 08 Jan 2003
Paper industry accused of rights abuses
Paper industry accused of rights abusesAgencies, New York/Jakarta Indonesia's booming paper industry is responsible for widespread attacks on indigenous communities in Sumatra, said a Human Rights Watch report released Monday.
Wed, 08 Jan 2003
Provincial Minimum Wages (UMP) 2002-2003 (in rupiah)
Provincial Minimum Wages (UMP) 2002-2003 (in rupiah) --------------------- 2003 No Province UMP2002 UMP2003 Increase Min. Cost of in percentages Living 1 Nanggroe Aceh D. 330,000 425,000 28.79 520,900 2 North Sumatra 464,000 505,000 8.8 455,996 3 West Sumatra 385,000 450,000 16.
Wed, 08 Jan 2003
Petronas inks contract in Vietnam
Petronas inks contract in Vietnam KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian national oil firm Petronas and counterpart PetroVietnam inked a pact Tuesday to jointly explore and develop hydrocarbon resources off the coast of Vietnam.
Wed, 08 Jan 2003
City authorities fail to address poverty issue
City authorities fail to address poverty issueBenget Simbolon Tnb., The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The year 2002 has ended. But as in previous years, there have been no encouraging moves on the part of the city administration to tackle the problem of poverty.
Wed, 08 Jan 2003
Where to go in Surabaya, for Wednesday, January 8, 2003
Where to go in Surabaya, for Wednesday, January 8, 2003 Exhibitions* Painting: Pameran Bareng-Bareng by artists like Yunus Djubair, Budi Utomo, MR Nasution, Kyoto Suzuki and Puji Ami; Galeri Surabaya, Dewan Kesenian Surabaya, Jl. Pemuda 15, Surabaya, (Tel. 031-5454120), Jan. 21-25, 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.
Wed, 08 Jan 2003
46 houses flooded in Mataram
46 houses flooded in Mataram MATARAM, West Nusa Tenggara: Flooding triggered by days of rain has submerged at least 46 houses in Batulayar Village of West Lombok, forcing hundreds of people to seek refuge.Village head Zulkarnaen said on Tuesday that floodwaters stood at 1.
Wed, 08 Jan 2003
KPKPN to fight for its existence
KPKPN to fight for its existence JAKARTA: Public Servants' Wealth Audit Commission (KPKPN) chairman Yusuf Syakir said on Tuesday that he would file a judicial review with the Supreme Court over a government decision to dissolve the commission and establish an anticorruption commission.
Wed, 08 Jan 2003
Activist gets six months in jail for insulting President Megawati
Activist gets six months in jail for insulting President MegawatiNani Farida, The Jakarta Post, Banda Aceh, Aceh The Banda Aceh District Court sentenced woman activist Raihana Diani on Tuesday to six months in prison for insulting President Megawati Soekarnoputri and Vice President Hamzah Haz...
Wed, 08 Jan 2003
House urged to quiz Laksamana
House urged to quiz Laksamana JAKARTA: To settle the public controversy over the divestment of state-owned telecommunications company PT Indosat, the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI Perjuangan) urged the House of Representatives on Tuesday to summon State Minister for State-Owned...
Wed, 08 Jan 2003
Public needs an explanation
Public needs an explanation None of us could have imagined before that diesel fuel would be more expensive than premium gasoline. Therefore, there must be some credible explanations as to why premium is now more expensive than diesel fuel.
Wed, 08 Jan 2003
Govt urged to trim bureaucracy, revise tax system
Govt urged to trim bureaucracy, revise tax systemDadan Wijaksana, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Reducing the cumbersome and costly bureaucracy and fixing the current tax system should be at the top of the list of the government's economic agenda this year if it wants to reduce existing snags faced by...
Wed, 08 Jan 2003
'Busway to worsen the traffic jam'
'Busway to worsen the traffic jam'Ahmad Junaidi and Damar Harsanto, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The controversial busway project will likely again be delayed due to poor planning, while a senior police officer predicted on Tuesday the Rp 90 billion project would worsen traffic congestion in the city.
Wed, 08 Jan 2003
Experts call for equal powers for DPR, DPD
Experts call for equal powers for DPR, DPDKurniawan Hari, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Although the nation has officially adopted a bicameral parliamentary system, the authority of the Regional Representatives Council (DPD) is less powerful than that of the House of Representatives (DPR).
Wed, 08 Jan 2003
Public bathrooms for Tangerang
Public bathrooms for Tangerang TANGERANG: A delegation of the Indonesia-Netherlands Joint Committee for the Repatriation of Maluku People (Panmal) inaugurated on Tuesday 12 public bathrooms (MCK) in Neglasari subdistrict, Tangerang.
Wed, 08 Jan 2003
Enhancing promotion to deal with five percent target of 2003
Enhancing promotion to deal with five percent target of 2003 exportSari P. Setiogi The Jakarta Post Jakarta The National Agency for Export Development (BPEN) will intensify its promotional activities abroad this year to support government aims to increase exports by 5 percent.
Wed, 08 Jan 2003
Wages raised across the country, overtaken by rising living cost
Wages raised across the country, overtaken by rising living costZakki Hakim, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Minimum wages have been increased nationwide by between 5.3 percent and 28.79 percent as of Jan. 1, but labor activists declared the increases inadequate to cope with the recent rises in the cost...
Wed, 08 Jan 2003
Nuclear power plant set for 2010
Nuclear power plant set for 2010 JAKARTA: The government is considering to revive plans to build a nuclear power plant in 2010, Antara reported."We must develop the nuclear (field) in a bid to be respected (by other countries).
Wed, 08 Jan 2003
1. Nagari1 -- W.Sumatra reinvents its roots
1. Nagari1 -- W.Sumatra reinvents its roots 2. Nagari2 -- West Sumatra's unique form of administration3. War -- U.S. weapons of most destruction
Wed, 08 Jan 2003
1. ACEH: 3 X 22
1. ACEH: 3 X 22 JSC sends more peace monitors to Aceh as GAM vows to pursue peace 2. PAPER: 1 x 40 Paper industry accused of rights abuses or Rights' watch accuses paper industry of abuses 3. IRAQ: 1 x 60 President Bush 'discouraged' by Iraqi president's posturing 4.
Wed, 08 Jan 2003
Sleazy hub of Jakarta needs order
Sleazy hub of Jakarta needs orderFrom Warta KotaThe mayor of West Jakarta deserves some praise for putting in order the messy stalls of sellers of pirated VCDs in front of the Harco shopping center in downtown Glodok.
Wed, 08 Jan 2003
1,000 religious leaders to meet in Makassar
1,000 religious leaders to meet in Makassar MAKASSAR, South Sulawesi: At least 13 ambassadors will attend a national meeting of religious leaders from throughout Indonesia, which is scheduled to take place from Jan. 14 to 15 in the South Sulawesi capital of Makassar.
Wed, 08 Jan 2003
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;JP;dan; ANPAf..r.. Rupiah-conversion-ratesRupiah Rates Jan. 7 JP/13/ConverRupiah Rates Jan. 7 Bank notes rates TT rates Selling Buying Selling Buying Rp Rp Rp Rp Australian dollar 1 5,424.18 4,845.06 5,162.60 5,106.42Brunei dollar 1 5,422.41 4,844.92 5,160.92 5,106.26Canadian dollar 1 6,045.
Wed, 08 Jan 2003
Megawati and 'wong cilik'
Megawati and 'wong cilik' Is anyone up there in the government still defending and fighting for the wong cilik, the Javanese words Indonesian politicians fondly used to refer to the little people?President Megawati Soekarnoputri, and her Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI Perjuangan), are...
Wed, 08 Jan 2003
East Java government earmarks Rp 115b for disaster control
East Java government earmarks Rp 115b for disaster controlAinur R. Sophiaan, The Jakarta Post, Surabaya The East Java administration has allocated Rp 115 billion (US$ 12.9 million) to prepare for and respond to natural disasters in the province during the rainy season.
Wed, 08 Jan 2003
Flyovers or
Flyovers or underpasses needed From Warta Kota The TB Simatupang outer ring road may solve the traffic jams in several spots in South Jakarta. Actually, neither the toll road or the artery roads are too crowded, except in areas close to an intersection.
Wed, 08 Jan 2003
U.S. stimulus plan buoys dollar
U.S. stimulus plan buoys dollarDow Jones, Singapore The dollar advanced against most Southeast Asian currencies Tuesday, but slipped against the South Korean won and New Taiwan dollar.Expectations that a new economic stimulus program in the U.S.
Wed, 08 Jan 2003
'Fare hike will cause spats with passengers'
'Fare hike will cause spats with passengers' The public transportation drivers complain about the difficult life as they are greatly affected by the fuel price hike. Some of them shared their feelings with The Jakarta Post.
Wed, 08 Jan 2003
Presidential candidates must declare assets: NGOs
Presidential candidates must declare assets: NGOsKurniawan Hari The Jakarta Post JakartaCoordinator of Indonesian Corruption Watch (ICW) Teten Masduki and senior member of the Center for Electoral Reform (Cetro) Hadar N.
Wed, 08 Jan 2003
West Sumatra reinvents its original roots
West Sumatra reinvents its original rootsArdimas Sasdi, Staff Writer, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta, ardimas@thejakartapost.com Each province responds in a different way to the reform movement that evolved four years ago and led to the implementation of regional autonomy on Jan. 5, 2001.
Wed, 08 Jan 2003
ASEAN cooperation with China entails benefits and hard work
ASEAN cooperation with China entails benefits and hard workShang Qianhong, Associate Research Fellow Institute of Contemporary International Relations, China Daily, Asia News Network, Beijing Last year was the best yet for economic cooperation between the Association of Southeast Asian Nations...
Wed, 08 Jan 2003
Birth certificate fees
Birth certificate fees From Warta Kota North Jakarta municipality head, Soebagio, has often said he would dump into a garbage bin all praise but will treasure criticism about the municipality administration's performance.
Wed, 08 Jan 2003
Illegal loggers sent to court
Illegal loggers sent to court MANOKWARI, Papua: Police here have transferred two suspected thieves accused of stealing dozens of cubic meters of logs to the district prosecutor's office, so that prosecutors may prepare charges against them.Manokwari detective police chief Adj. Comr. John C.E.
Wed, 08 Jan 2003
YLKI refuses to join team to discuss bus fare increase
YLKI refuses to join team to discuss bus fare increaseAhmad Junaidi, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The city administration decided on Tuesday to form a team to discuss bus fare increases following the recent fuel price rises.
Wed, 08 Jan 2003
JSC sends more monitors as GAM vows to pursue peace
JSC sends more monitors as GAM vows to pursue peaceNani Farida, The Jakarta Post, Banda Aceh Eighteen more members of the team monitoring the cease-fire agreement with the Free Aceh Movement (GAM) were sent to Aceh on Tuesday, while a GAM spokesman said the secessionist group had held a meeting in...
Wed, 08 Jan 2003
Transportation strike in Jakarta unlikely
Transportation strike in Jakarta unlikelyEvi Mariani, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Agus, a minibus driver who works out of the Kampung Rambutan bus station in East Jakarta, is in a somber mood: his income has fallen to Rp 15,000 a day due to the recent increase in the price of diesel fuel.
Wed, 08 Jan 2003
Workers join protest against R&D policy
Workers join protest against R&D policyBerni K. Moestafa, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Several labor unions representing thousands of workers from both private and state companies joined protests against releasing debtors from possible criminal charges, saying that they might resort to a nationwide...
Wed, 08 Jan 2003
S'porean takes daughter from school
S'porean takes daughter from school SINGAPORE: The parents of an 11-year-old girl who was told to leave school for wearing a banned traditional Islamic headscarf said on Tuesday they would educate her at home in protest against the Singaporean government.
Wed, 08 Jan 2003
The story of Amien Rais
The story of Amien Rais Speaker of the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) Amien Rais is an Islamic figure, an intellectual and a politician who is clever at making political maneuvers. He is indeed shrewd.
Wed, 08 Jan 2003
Indef predicts higher inflation, slower growth
Indef predicts higher inflation, slower growthThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta The increases in the prices of fuel products, electricity and telephone charges will boost inflation to around 11.8 percent this year, and slow economic growth to 3.
Wed, 08 Jan 2003
Angie is high about Loit game: Coach
Angie is high about Loit game: CoachMusthofid, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Angelique Widjaja of Indonesia feels confident about besting Emilie Loit in the second round of the Canberra Classic women's tennis tournament, coach Deddy Tedjamukti said on Tuesday.
Wed, 08 Jan 2003
MAS eyes six A380 mega-jumbos
MAS eyes six A380 mega-jumbos KUALA LUMPUR: The parent company of flag carrier Malaysia Airlines is in talks with the European Airbus consortium to acquire at least six A380 superjumbo aircraft, a report said Tuesday.The deal could cost Penerbangan Malaysia Bhd. (PMB) between US$1 billion and $1.
Wed, 08 Jan 2003
AGO detains another whistleblower
AGO detains another whistleblowerTiarma Siboro, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The move to eradicate corruption in the country has received a big blow as another whistleblower was detained Monday, pending his trial for alleged fraud.
Wed, 08 Jan 2003
Dayaks told to welcome Madurese
Dayaks told to welcome Madurese SAMPIT, Central Kalimantan: Regent Wahyudi K. Anwar of East Kotawaringin, Central Kalimantan, has appealed to the indigenous Dayak people to accept Madurese migrants wanting to return to the town.
Wed, 08 Jan 2003
Drivers in Bekasi go on strike
Drivers in Bekasi go on strike BEKASI: At least 100 drivers of public transportation vehicles plying the Bekasi to Cikarang route staged on Tuesday a mass strike to urge the government to revoke the recent hike in fuel prices, especially diesel fuel.
Wed, 08 Jan 2003
PDI-P dismisses members over gubernatorial election
PDI-P dismisses members over gubernatorial electionFabiola Desy Unidjaja and Oyos Saroso, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta/Bandarlampung In another show of deep cracks within the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI Perjuangan), five functionaries in Lampung have been dismissed from their posts...
Wed, 08 Jan 2003
Economy grows by 3.6 percent in 2002: Govt
Economy grows by 3.6 percent in 2002: GovtThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta The economy grew 3.6 percent last year, slower than the government's target of 4 percent, according to a preliminary estimate released by the Ministry of Finance.
Wed, 08 Jan 2003
TNI to build post on Patek Island
TNI to build post on Patek IslandYemris Fointuna, The Jakarta Post, Kupang, East Nusa Tenggara In the wake of the country's defeat in a territorial dispute over the islands of Sipadan and Ligitan, the Indonesian Military (TNI) plans to build a security post and place its personnel on the remote...
Wed, 08 Jan 2003
Don't lose more islands
Don't lose more islandsFrom Media IndonesiaMy heart broke to learn that, whatever the reasons, Indonesia had lost East Timor. And I found it strange that Abdurrahman Wahid -- when he was president -- changed the name of Irian Jaya to Papua, a phenomenon that I believe has the potential to cause...