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Fri, 09 Jan 2004
TV Today: Friday, January 9, 2004
TV Today: Friday, January 9, 2004 .TB.30" .90"TVRI .tb .30" .90" 6:00 a.m. News: Berita Pagi7:30 Music8:30 Children Show: Pentas Ceria10:00 TV Drama11:00 Religious Teachings12:30 p.m. Music1:00 News: Berita Siang1:30 Documentary2:00 Music2:30 English News Service3:00 Music4:00 News4:30 TV Drama:...
Fri, 09 Jan 2004
Helping migrant women workers
Helping migrant women workersFrom Kompas We have read reports about the plight of Indonesian migrant women workers in Saudi Arabia and some other countries. I believe the government and the Indonesian labor recruitment companies are fully responsible for this matter.
Fri, 09 Jan 2004
Regent acquitted of graft charges
Regent acquitted of graft chargesIndra Harsaputra, The Jakarta Post, Surabaya The district court in Surabaya, East Java, acquitted a regent and two others of corruption charges, saying there was not enough evidence to convict the suspects.
Fri, 09 Jan 2004
Biodiesel fuel could free Jakarta from pollution
Biodiesel fuel could free Jakarta from pollutionAbdul Khalik, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta To reduce air pollution due to emissions from public buses and trucks that run on diesel fuel, the Jakarta administration plans to develop biodiesel fuel as an alternative to the fossil fuel burned in the...
Fri, 09 Jan 2004
Rational basis of RI's international diplomacy
Rational basis of RI's international diplomacyBantarto Bandoro, Editor, 'The Indonesian Quarterly' Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), Jakarta, bandoro@csis.or.id The year 2003 has seen many diplomatic initiatives from the government, that clearly reflect the continued importance...
Fri, 09 Jan 2004
Rupiah Retes Jan.8
Rupiah Retes Jan.8 Banknote rates TT rates Selling Buying Selling Buying Australian dollar 1 6,801.88 6,030.84 6,450.54 6,381.95 Brunei dollar 1 5,226.64 4,634.46 4,956.68 4,904.27 Canadian dollar 1 6,868.32 6,089.01 6,513.56 6,443.50 Swiss franc 1 7,122.09 6,314.82 6,754.22 6,682.
Fri, 09 Jan 2004
Educated women think little of Mega: Study
Educated women think little of Mega: StudyDewi Santoso, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Women of high education in Indonesia look down on Megawati Soekarnoputri as the country's first female president, a dissertation found.
Fri, 09 Jan 2004
Stock prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (in rupiah) on Jan.8, 2004
Stock prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (in rupiah) on Jan.8, 2004 _____________________________________________________________________________ Shares Close Change Trading Volume _______________________________________________________________________________ Abdi Bangsa Tbk 275 0 0 Ades Alfindo...
Fri, 09 Jan 2004
Golkar on the road to regaining power
Golkar on the road to regaining powerFrans Sudiarsis, Research and Development Unit, The Jakarta Post Jakarta One of the leaders of the reform movement to topple Soeharto in 1998, Amien Rais was once very confident that we could bid good riddance to Golkar, Soeharto's political vehicle during his...
Fri, 09 Jan 2004
Army has new deputy chief
Army has new deputy chief JAKARTA: Army chief Gen. Ryamizard Ryacudu installed on Thursday Maj. Gen. Djoko Santoso as his deputy to replace Lt. Gen. Darsono, who is retiring.On Wednesday Djoko turned over his post as chief of the Jakarta Military Command to Maj. Gen. Agustadi Sasongko Purnomo.
Fri, 09 Jan 2004
Consumption, exports could spur economic growth: Central Bank
Consumption, exports could spur economic growth: Central BankDadan Wijaksana, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The central bank said on Thursday the economy could grow this year by 5 percent, slightly higher than the state budget's projection of 4.
Fri, 09 Jan 2004
Mobile-8 slashes phone rates
Mobile-8 slashes phone rates JAKARTA: A month after being launched, the code division multiple access (CDMA)-based cellular operator Mobile-8 has slashed its phone rates by more than 30 percent to attract subscribers.
Fri, 09 Jan 2004
1. CITY 1x35
1. CITY 1x35 'Sex and the City' begins final fling 2. REAL 1x40 Execs and The City: Trump stars in reality show 3. SEAMAN 2x22 Legendary DJ Seaman to rock Jakarta
Fri, 09 Jan 2004
Samudra's classmate looking at nine years
Samudra's classmate looking at nine yearsWahyoe Boediwardhana, The Jakarta Post, Denpasar, Bali The prosecution in the trial of a former classmate of convicted Bali bomber Iman Samudra requested a nine-year jail term for the defendant on Thursday.
Fri, 09 Jan 2004
KPU getting desperate about ballot box debacle
KPU getting desperate about ballot box debacleMoch. N. Kurniawan, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The General Elections Commission (KPU) said on Thursday it would carry out daily monitoring of the ballot box production process beginning Saturday.
Fri, 09 Jan 2004
Karet Tengsin residents ambivalent over apartment construction
Karet Tengsin residents ambivalent over apartment construction P.C. Naommy The Jakarta Post JakartaSome residents of Karet Tengsin subdistrict, Central Jakarta, are happy with the Jakarta Housing Agency's recent plan to build another 267 low-cost apartments in the area as they have been promised...
Fri, 09 Jan 2004
Regency provides legal aid
Regency provides legal aid BOGOR: The Bogor regency administration is providing legal assistance for around 300 residents of the Lulut and Leuwikaret villages in Klapa Nunggal district in their lawsuit against cement producer PT Indocement Tbk in a dispute over a 98-hectare plot of land, which is...
Fri, 09 Jan 2004
Ensuring East Asia's security, stability
Ensuring East Asia's security, stability(if insufficient space, delete "and" and insert ",")Niu Jun China Daily Asia News Network Beijing2. Yomi -- Agricultural reform key to free trade 1 X 45Agricultural reform key to global free trade The Daily Yomiuri Asia News Network Tokyo 3.
Fri, 09 Jan 2004
Smuggled tires hurt Goodyear's business
Smuggled tires hurt Goodyear's businessRendi A. Witular, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta PT Goodyear Indonesia, a local unit of U.S. tire producer Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., said its business in the country had been hurt by a growing influx of cheap tires from China, which it claimed was smuggled into...
Fri, 09 Jan 2004
ASEAN ministers vow to combat transnational crime
ASEAN ministers vow to combat transnational crimeThanaporn Promyamyai, Agence France-Presse, Bangkok Southeast Asian ministers meeting in the Thai capital vowed on Thursday to speed up an action plan aimed at combating regional transnational crime as their annual talks on the issue wrapped up.
Fri, 09 Jan 2004
Indonesia's Medco To Send Out Novus Bid Document
Indonesia's Medco To Send Out Novus Bid DocumentDow Jones Melbourne Australia's Takeover Panel rejected Thursday a request by Novus Petroleum Ltd. to temporarily prevent Indonesia's Medco Energi Internasional from mailing out documents to the Australian energy company's shareholders.
Fri, 09 Jan 2004
Boy accidentally shot died by troops in Aceh: Mother
Boy accidentally shot died by troops in Aceh: MotherAgence France-Presse, Banda Aceh Indonesian troops hunting separatist rebels in the restive province of Aceh mistakenly shot dead a teenager and wounded his younger brother, the victims' mother said Thursday.
Fri, 09 Jan 2004
Thailand seeks RI's aid to stop terror attack
Thailand seeks RI's aid to stop terror attackAgencies, Bangkok Indonesian authorities have agreed to keep tabs on Thai students attending Islamic schools in the country to thwart possible terrorist recruitment, Thailand's justice minister said on Thursday.
Fri, 09 Jan 2004
People protest against attack on temple
People protest against attack on temple JAKARTA: Dozens of members of several associations staged a protest outside the House of Representatives compound over the recent attack on a temple on Jl. Pluit Raya, North Jakarta.
Fri, 09 Jan 2004
Govt prepares for possible SARS outbreak
Govt prepares for possible SARS outbreakEva C. Komandjaja, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The government claims it has taken the necessary measures to prevent a possible recurrence of a Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) outbreak in Indonesia, following a confirmed SARS case on Monday in China.
Fri, 09 Jan 2004
Well-known aspirants yet to declare their wealth
Well-known aspirants yet to declare their wealthMoch. N. Kurniawan, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta A number of public figures who top the lists of legislative candidates representing their respective parties are among those who have not yet submitted all the required documents, including wealth...
Fri, 09 Jan 2004
Judicial review for Nigerian on death row begins
Judicial review for Nigerian on death row beginsMulta Fidrus, The Jakarta Post, Tangerang The Tangerang District Court began on Thursday the first session of a judicial review requested by death row convict Nigerian Obina Nwajagu.
Fri, 09 Jan 2004
OPEC contains oil price rise by pumping extra supplies
OPEC contains oil price rise by pumping extra suppliesMuklis Ali and Richard Mably, Reuters, Jakarta OPEC is leaking extra supplies to contain high oil prices and would prefer crude down about US$2 a barrel, OPEC President Purnomo Yusgiantoro of Indonesia said on Thursday.
Fri, 09 Jan 2004
Seven illegal Afghan immigrants stage hunger strike in Mataram
Seven illegal Afghan immigrants stage hunger strike in MataramLuh Putu Trisna Wahyuni, The Jakarta Post, Mataram, West Nusa Tenggara Seven illegal immigrants from Afghanistan are staging a hunger strike that began on Wednesday in the West Nusa Tenggara capital of Mataram, demanding that the UN...
Fri, 09 Jan 2004
Police to question Baramuli
Police to question Baramuli MAKASSAR, South Sulawesi: The police are investigating alleged violations of electoral law involving former Supreme Advisory Council (DPA) chief A.A. Baramuli.Provincial Elections Supervisory Committee (Panwaslu) chairman Aswanto reported Baramuli on Thursday to the...
Fri, 09 Jan 2004
Police seize 15,000 kiloliters of fuel
Police seize 15,000 kiloliters of fuel BANDUNG: A joint team found 15,000 kiloliters of mixed diesel and kerosene fuel on Thursday in a warehouse belonging to a local fuel agent in Baleendah district here.The fuel was contained in seven drums, said the chief of the Baleendah police subprecinct, Adj.
Fri, 09 Jan 2004
Trial over ex-SCTV producer starts
Trial over ex-SCTV producer starts JAKARTA: The first hearing of a lawsuit filed by former producer of private television station SCTV, Dandhy Dwi Laksono, against the station started on Thursday at the South Jakarta District Court.
Fri, 09 Jan 2004
KPU, parties must agree on election rules
KPU, parties must agree on election rulesKurniawan Hari, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The Elections Supervisory Committee (Panwaslu) asked the General Elections Commission (KPU) and the 24 political parties eligible for the elections to reach a common understanding on several campaign regulations,...
Fri, 09 Jan 2004
Waste in busway project
Waste in busway project From Warta Kota One instance of waste in the Jakarta busway project is the tearing down of the railings in front of the Harco building in downtown Glodok. Used to date for motorcycle parking, the lane within the steel barriers is to be used by the busway.
Fri, 09 Jan 2004
RI bond excites Asian debt market
RI bond excites Asian debt marketKaren K. Lane, Dow Jones, Singapore Investors will have plenty of choice in the next few months with the Asian international bond pipeline rapidly filling up - but it's an Indonesian sovereign that is whetting market appetite.
Fri, 09 Jan 2004
Helping migrant women workers
Helping migrant women workersFrom Kompas We have read reports about the plight of Indonesian migrant women workers in Saudi Arabia and some other countries. I believe the government and the Indonesian labor recruitment companies are fully responsible for this matter.
Fri, 09 Jan 2004
To vote or not to vote?
To vote or not to vote? With legislative elections less than three months away, the hurdles in the way of smooth and orderly polls appear to be looming increasingly large on Indonesia's political landscape.
Fri, 09 Jan 2004
Youth group to boycott elections
Youth group to boycott elections SURABAYA: Dozens of people grouped under the banner of the Indonesian Youth Struggle Front (FPPI) rallied on Thursday to support a poll boycott, saying the political parties contesting the 2004 elections were more concerned about their own interests rather than the...
Fri, 09 Jan 2004
Ensuring East Asia's security and stability
Ensuring East Asia's security and stabilityNiu Jun, China Daily Asia News Network, Beijing In terms of post-Cold War conditions, there exist some factors of instability and the possibility of turmoil or even military conflict in East Asia.
Fri, 09 Jan 2004
Two nabbed for supplying funny money
Two nabbed for supplying funny money YOGYAKARTA: Yogyakarta police arrested two suppliers of counterfeit banknotes late on Wednesday as they were attempting to sell the forgeries on Jl. Sugiyono here. The two suspects were named as Nuryanto and Irvan.From the two, the police seized Rp 7.
Fri, 09 Jan 2004
* Headlines: Biodiesel fuel could free Jakarta from pollution 2
* Headlines: Biodiesel fuel could free Jakarta from pollution 2 * National: Well-known candidates yet to submit wealth report 4 * Archipelago: Regent acquitted of corruption charges 5 * Opinion: Rational basis of RI's international diplomacy 6 * City: Bus consortium to be paid by kilometer 8 *...
Fri, 09 Jan 2004
Protester shot dead at Australian mine in N. Maluku
Protester shot dead at Australian mine in N. MalukuSandy Darmosumarto and Muninggar Sri Saraswati, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta One tribesman on the North Maluku island of Halmahera was shot dead and four others were injured when paramilitary Mobile Brigade police opened fire to disperse hundreds of...
Fri, 09 Jan 2004
1. BIN: 1 line, 24 COUNTS
1. BIN: 1 line, 24 COUNTS BIN's plan not yet final 2. FOOD: 3 LINES, 13 COUNTS 50% of snacks sold in schools unhealthy: BPOM 3. UI: 2 LINES, 16 COUNTS Educated women think little of Mega: Study 4. TERROR: 2 LINES, 24 COUNTS Thailand seeks RI's aid to stop terror attacks
Fri, 09 Jan 2004
Govt to introduce new timber plantation policy
Govt to introduce new timber plantation policy JAKARTA: The government is set to issue a new package of policies on industrial forest estates (HTI) in the next two weeks, aimed at developing more timber plantations, without endangering the forests.Minister of Forestry M.
Fri, 09 Jan 2004
Chinese nationals deported from Sorong
Chinese nationals deported from Sorong SORONG, Papua: The Sorong immigration office has deported three Chinese nationals for misusing their stay permits, an official said here on Thursday.They were deported through Jakarta on Wednesday, said Achmad Widodo, the head of the Sorong regency immigration...
Fri, 09 Jan 2004
50% of snacks sold in schools unhealthy: BOMP
50% of snacks sold in schools unhealthy: BOMPA. Junaidi, , The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The Food and Drug Monitoring Agency (BPOM) announced on Thursday that about 50 percent of the snacks sold in schools were unhealthy, but admitted that no significant action had been taken agaist the food producers.
Fri, 09 Jan 2004
Megawati and Badawi agree to bolster ties between RI and KL
Megawati and Badawi agree to bolster ties between RI and KLFabiola Desy Unidjaja, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi resorted to the personal touch to cement a strong relationship with his host, President Megawati Soekarnoputri, while the President herself...
Fri, 09 Jan 2004
Panwaslu officials face threats, continued violations
Panwaslu officials face threats, continued violationsThe Jakarta Post, Semarang/Mataram/Makassar The occupational hazards of supervising the electoral preparations became clear on Thursday as a provincial election supervisory official reported to police that he had been receiving threats to his...
Fri, 09 Jan 2004
BIN's plan not yet final
BIN's plan not yet finalFabiola Desy Unidjaja and Moch. N. Kurniawan, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Just one day after a Cabinet minister claimed that President Megawati Soekarnoputri had given her blessing for the expansion of the National Intelligence Agency (BIN) up to the regency and municipal...
Fri, 09 Jan 2004
Opposition continues against partition
Opposition continues against partitionNethy Dharma Somba, The Jakarta Post, Jayapura, Papua Following a public meeting held by the Papua provincial legislative council in December last year, the council will convey the outcome of it to President Megawati Soekarnoputri in Jakarta.