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Sat, 23 Nov 2002
Tarmidi must go, says party
Tarmidi must go, says partyThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta The Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI Perjuangan) faction at the City Council urged its councillor Tarmidi Suhardjo on Friday to resign from his post as the council's deputy chairman.
Sat, 23 Nov 2002
Hopes for lasting peace rise in Aceh
Hopes for lasting peace rise in AcehThe Straits Times, Asia News Network, Singapore Hopes for peace in violence-wracked Aceh, Indonesia's north Sumatran province, have been revived with a new ceasefire deal in the making.
Sat, 23 Nov 2002
Governor implicated in graft
Governor implicated in graft BANJARMASIN, South Kalimantan: The South Kalimantan prosecutors office is investigating Governor Sjachriel Darham's alleged possession of a luxury house following a confession by the governor's wife.
Sat, 23 Nov 2002
Garuda's nonsmoking policy
Garuda's nonsmoking policy I have read with interest the letter of Andrew Charles published in The Jakarta Post on Nov. 19, criticizing Garuda Airlines for making things difficult for potential tourists to Bali.
Sat, 23 Nov 2002
Ex Shangri-La employees told to tone it down
Ex Shangri-La employees told to tone it downNovan Iman Santosa, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The management of Shangri-La Hotel has urged its former employees not to stage rowdy rallies that bother hotel patrons while waiting for a Supreme Court ruling on their reemployment at the hotel.
Sat, 23 Nov 2002
Judicial review urged for broadcast bill
Judicial review urged for broadcast billKurniawan Hari, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The Indonesian Press and Broadcasting Society (MPPI) is planning to file for a Supreme Court judicial review of the broadcasting bill on the grounds that it contains articles that run contrary to the 1945 Constitution.
Sat, 23 Nov 2002
Govt told to seek peaceful, non-military settlement for Aceh
Govt told to seek peaceful, non-military settlement for AcehTiarma Siboro and Fabiola Desy Unidjaja, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Aceh politician Gazhali Abbas condemned on Friday the government's double standards in handling the prolonged Aceh conflict, saying that the military should end its attack...
Sat, 23 Nov 2002
Samudra's journey until the Bali bombing
Samudra's journey until the Bali bombing 1970: Samudra is born in Lopang Gede village, Serang, Banten.1990: He leaves Serang for Malaysia after graduating from a local Islamic high school. In the same year, he goes to Pakistan and then Afghanistan, where he lives for two and a half years and learns...
Sat, 23 Nov 2002
Government decides not to tackle Australia over raids
Government decides not to tackle Australia over raidsThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta The government has refused a request from the House of Representatives to send a team to conduct further probes into possible human rights abuses against Indonesians in Australia, saying the case was an internal affair...
Sat, 23 Nov 2002
Ariel Heryanto
Ariel Heryanto Sociologist University of Melbourne Australia The Australian public is rightfully outraged by the interview between Indonesia's Police Chief Da'i Bachtiar and Bali bombing suspect Amrozi.
Sat, 23 Nov 2002
City to crack down on illegal timber
City to crack down on illegal timberAhmad Junaidi, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The city administration hopes to crack down on illegal timber and plywood, which are mostly shipped from Kalimantan and Sumatra to Jakarta.
Sat, 23 Nov 2002
Clarifying and also confusing
Clarifying and also confusing Our opinions are understandably influenced by the media, that image created by the newspapers and the television that plays a major role in formulating what we perceive to be as truth.
Sat, 23 Nov 2002
Shedding a militaristic culture
Shedding a militaristic culture Mohamad Surya Chairman Central Board Indonesian Teachers' Association (PGRI) Jakarta Paramilitary groups are nonmilitary groups set up by particular individuals, organizations, institutions or groups that adopt patterns resembling military behavior in all their...
Sat, 23 Nov 2002
200 pedicab drivers invade camp
200 pedicab drivers invade camp TANGERANG: Two professional boxers who beat a pedicab driver were forced to flee for their lives after 200 less-than-happy friends of the victim invaded a boxing training camp in Tangerang on Thursday.
Sat, 23 Nov 2002
Bill talks adjourned over quota for women
Bill talks adjourned over quota for womenKurniawan Hari, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Deliberation on a political party bill was adjourned until Monday after some members of a House special committee in charge of the draft protested a decision made during closed-door meetings to drop articles that...
Sat, 23 Nov 2002
Aceh flood claims five, displaces thousands
Aceh flood claims five, displaces thousandsThe Jakarta Post, Banda Aceh/Medan/Cirebon While the rain that has been falling across Sumatra and Java islands over the past week may provide relief for residents in areas suffered from prolonged drought, they now face other major threats as the rainy...
Sat, 23 Nov 2002
1. Rain - 1x27
1. Rain - 1x27 Rain falls, roads blocked 2.LOGGING: 2 x 20 City to crack down illegal timber 3. Court - 2x 30 Sutiyoso net contributor to annual floods: Public 4. Tarmidi- 1x 30 Tarmidi must go, says party 5. Hotel - 2x20 Ex Shangri-La employees told to tone it down 6.
Sat, 23 Nov 2002
Foreign suspects to stand trial in Aceh
Foreign suspects to stand trial in Aceh BANDA ACEH: A court on Monday will begin trying two foreign women who have been detained in Indonesia's Aceh province for more than two months, a judge said Friday.
Sat, 23 Nov 2002
Long delays expected along Java-Sumatra ferry route
Long delays expected along Java-Sumatra ferry routeOyos Saroso H.N., The Jakarta Post, Bandarlampung The Merak-Bakauheni ferry route connecting Java with Sumatra is still facing natural and technical hurdles, and authorities anticipate heavy congestion during Idul Fitri and Christmas.
Sat, 23 Nov 2002
TANGERANG: Two professional boxers who beat a pedicab driver
TANGERANG: Two professional boxers who beat a pedicab driver were forced to flee for their lives after 200 less-than-happy friends of the victim invaded a boxing training camp in Tangerang on Thursday.Samin, a becak (three-wheeled pedicab driver), said his pedicab collided with a motorcycle driven...
Sat, 23 Nov 2002
TV Today: Saturday, November 23, 2002
TV Today: Saturday, November 23, 2002 TVRI 6:00 a.m. News8:30 Talk Show9:00 Music11:00 News11:30 Music1:00 p.m. Talk Show2:00 News3:00 Religious Teachings3:30 Documentary5:30 Quiz5:45 Religious Teachings6:00 News7:00 Variety Show8:00 Quiz9:00 News9:30 Music11:00 TV Drama12:00 a.
Sat, 23 Nov 2002
New reform package
New reform package The government, after more than two months of delay, has finally drawn its new reform agenda for implementation under the International Monetary Fund's three-year extended facility to help the country cope with its economic crisis.
Sat, 23 Nov 2002
Downpour leads to blocked road
Downpour leads to blocked roadBambang Nurbianto, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The rain that fell for about two hours on Friday flooded sections of a number of roads across the city, causing heavy traffic congestion in several areas downtown.Flood levels ranged from five centimeters to 15 cm high.
Sat, 23 Nov 2002
Three ExxonMobil workers abducted in Aceh
Three ExxonMobil workers abducted in AcehAgence France-Presse, Banda Aceh Three ExxonMobil workers have been kidnapped by unknown gunmen in Indonesia's Aceh province, the military said Friday.The three were driving home Thursday afternoon when the kidnapping occurred in the Blang Geudong area of...
Sat, 23 Nov 2002
Arrest of terrorists may get RI off war-risk list
Arrest of terrorists may get RI off war-risk listFitri Wulandari, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The government expressed on Friday optimism that the encouraging progress in the investigation into the Oct. 12 Bali bombing would move the international reinsurance industry to remove Indonesia from the...
Sat, 23 Nov 2002
Things need to change here
Things need to change here The article Indonesia mentally ill (Nov. 16) was the best article I ever read in The Jakarta Post It pinpoints very clearly the enormous immoral and lawless state this country is in. Although I wholeheartedly agree with D. Chandramouli (the Post, Nov.
Sat, 23 Nov 2002
No lessons learned from booze busting raids
No lessons learned from booze busting raidsTertiani ZB Simanjuntak, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Nov. 7 was not a good day for Muniroh. Police raided her kiosk in front of the Taman Ismail Marzuki art center on Jl.
Sat, 23 Nov 2002
Rubber producers to meet in Yogyakarta
Rubber producers to meet in YogyakartaThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta Rubber producers grouped in the Association of Natural Rubber Producing Countries (ANRPC) will gather in Yogyakarta from Nov. 26 to Nov. 27 to discuss the current issues pertaining to industry and its future, a top official said.
Sat, 23 Nov 2002
Yogyakarta's goldsmiths turn dust into gold
Yogyakarta's goldsmiths turn dust into goldBambang M., Contributor, Yogyakarta As more and more people depend on banks to keep their money safe, Yogyakarta's goldsmiths and silversmiths in Kotagede still keep their savings in the form of silver or gold dust.
Sat, 23 Nov 2002
JP/5/FLOOD
JP/5/FLOODRainy season arrives, natural disasters threatenThe Jakarta Post Banda Aceh/Medan/CirebonWhile the rain that has been falling across Sumatra and Java islands over the past week may provide relief for residents in areas suffered from prolonged drought, they now face other major threats as...
Sat, 23 Nov 2002
10,000 women demand equality
10,000 women demand equality SURABAYA, East Java: Kediri police doubled its presence on Friday at cigarette maker PT Gudang Garam in Kediri, East Java to monitor 10,000 female workers striking over holiday bonuses.Kediri Police chief Adj. Sr. Comr.
Sat, 23 Nov 2002
Garuda's nonsmoking policy
Garuda's nonsmoking policy I have read with interest the letter of Andrew Charles published in The Jakarta Post on Nov. 19, criticizing Garuda Airlines for making things difficult for potential tourists to Bali.
Sat, 23 Nov 2002
Govt's double standards impedes peace process in Aceh
Govt's double standards impedes peace process in AcehTiarma Siboro and Fabiola Desy Unidjaja The Jakarta Post JakartaAceh politician Gazhali Abbas condemned on Friday the government's double standards in handling the prolonged Aceh conflict, saying that the military should end its attack on rebels...
Sat, 23 Nov 2002
Sutiyoso net contributor to annual floods: Public
Sutiyoso net contributor to annual floods: PublicTertiani ZB Simanjuntak, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Jakartans expressed disappointment on Friday over a lower court ruling against the flood victims in a class action lawsuit case, saying that the government's incompetence, in particular Governor...
Sat, 23 Nov 2002
Samudra principal planner of Bali bombing: Police chief
Samudra principal planner of Bali bombing: Police chiefThe Jakarta Post, Denpasar/Jakarta Imam Samudra, the alleged mastermind of the deadly Bali bomb explosions, has confessed planning the Oct. 12 attacks that killed over 190 people and injured more than 300 others.National Police chief Gen.
Sat, 23 Nov 2002
Warden fired over jailbreak scandal
Warden fired over jailbreak scandal BANDARLAMPUNG, Lampung: The Lampung regional justice office has fired East Lampung's Sukadana penitentiary chief Heru Setiana for negligence leading to the mass breakout last week.
Sat, 23 Nov 2002
Floods in Jakarta
Floods in Jakarta Jakarta is still in danger of getting flooded this rainy season. Although it would not perhaps be as bad as last year's, utmost vigilance should nonetheless be maintained to anticipate the floods. It would be impossible to stop the viciousness of the flood.
Sat, 23 Nov 2002
Integrated agency to deal with environmental crimes
Integrated agency to deal with environmental crimesMoch. N. Kurniawan, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The National Police, the Attorney General's Office and the Office of the State Minister for the Environment supported on Friday a call to establish an integrated agency to supervise, investigate, and...
Sat, 23 Nov 2002
Telkom's rates
Telkom's ratesFrom Koran TempoThe government has proposed an increase of 24 percent in electricity rates and 33.33 percent in local telephone rates in 2003. Reportedly, PT Telkom recorded a profit of Rp 7.57 trillion in the first, second and three quarters of this year, an increase of 107.
Sat, 23 Nov 2002
Embassies organize charity bazaar
Embassies organize charity bazaar JAKARTA: The embassies of Algeria, Russia and Turkey are organizing a joint charity bazaar at the residence of the Russian Ambassador on Jl. Karet Pedurenan, Kuningan, South Jakarta, on Nov. 28.The bazaar will be held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Sat, 23 Nov 2002
Why is it so hard to make peace?
Why is it so hard to make peace?From PelitaWhy is it so hard for the Free Aceh Movement (GAM) to respond to an offer of peace? Most Indonesians want to see a peaceful settlement to the bloody conflict in Aceh.
Sat, 23 Nov 2002
'I have to struggle hard to make money'
'I have to struggle hard to make money' People are complaining of the increasing price of staple foods and other items since the beginning of the Ramadhan fasting month, which has affected their businesses. Some of them talked with The Jakarta Post about their strategies to cope with the problems.
Sat, 23 Nov 2002
Two RI soldiers indicted in E. Timor
Two RI soldiers indicted in E. Timor JAKARTA: Twelve people -- including two members of Kopassus (the Army's Special Force) -- have been indicted in East Timor for the 1999 murder of a village leader ahead of the country's vote for independence, the United Nations said on Friday.
Sat, 23 Nov 2002
Applying Ramadhan's values
Applying Ramadhan's valuesA.Chaedar Alwasilah, Dean, Faculty of Language and Arts, Indonesia University, of Education (UPI), Bandung, chaedar@bdg.centrin.net.id Once a year, all Muslims are obliged to fast for a whole month during Ramadhan, which means, literally, "extremely hot".
Sat, 23 Nov 2002
Investigation into Bali blasts
Investigation into Bali blastsFrom Suara KaryaI would like to give two comments with regard to the many criticisms on the police investigation into the bomb case in Bali, particularly concerning the controversial arrest of Amrozi whom the police said as one of the suspects, but I would like to give...
Sat, 23 Nov 2002
Creating good diversity environment in workplace
Creating good diversity environment in workplaceEridani W. Sudiono, Accenture, Jakarta A diverse workplace, in the United States, for quite a long time, has been translated as a working environment accommodating more women and more other-than-white people.
Sat, 23 Nov 2002
NGO against free rice distribution
NGO against free rice distribution PALU, Central Sulawesi: A non-governmental organization is refusing to disburse 600 tons of rice aid from the Italian government because it says doing so will make the recipients lazy.
Sat, 23 Nov 2002
;JP;ARP;
;JP;ARP; ANPAa..r.. Across-jailbreak-warden Chief warden replaced after jailbreak JP/5/across Warden fired over jailbreak scandal BANDARLAMPUNG, Lampung: The Lampung regional justice office has fired East Lampung's Sukadana penitentiary chief Heru Setiana for negligence leading to the mass breakout...
Sat, 23 Nov 2002
`AlQuran Seluler' offers different way of studying the Koran
`AlQuran Seluler' offers different way of studying the KoranSri Wahyuni, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Time or distance may no longer be an excuse for busy working Muslims to avoid studying the Koran or listening to the recital of the Koran, especially given that an innovative Koran preaching program...
Sat, 23 Nov 2002
JP/13/CAHB
JP/13/CAHBCAHB completes payment for NiagaThe Jakarta Post Jakarta Malaysian financial firm Commerce Asset-Holding Bhd. (CAHB) said it had deposited the full Rp 1.01 trillion (about US$114 million) payment to the Indonesian Bank Restructuring Agency (IBRA) account to close the Bank Niaga divestment...