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Fri, 28 Jan 2005
UK spends $57m so far on tsunami relief
UK spends $57m so far on tsunami relief INDONESIA: The British government has already spent over US$57 million on a wide variety of humanitarian relief projects in Aceh and other tsunami-affected areas in the region, the British Embassy said in a statement on Thursday.
Fri, 28 Jan 2005
Making money off the tsunami, from the black market to the
Making money off the tsunami, from the black market to the multinational[ AP Photos XSP123-126[ By JOCELYN GECKER= Associated Press Writer[ JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - Making money off the tsunami, from black market to multinationalJocelyn Gecker Associated Press/JakartaFor those looking to make a...
Fri, 28 Jan 2005
AP Enterprise: Critics see potential for massive theft of
AP Enterprise: Critics see potential for massive theft of international reconstruction aid to Indonesia[ AP Photos XSP126- 128 of Jan. 21[ AP Graphic TSUNAMI LOGO[ By SLOBODAN LEKIC= Associated Press Writer= EDITOR'S NOTE: This is one of a series of special reports by AP correspondents marking one...
Fri, 28 Jan 2005
Aceh's children tell their story
Aceh's children tell their storyAndi Hajramurni, The Jakarta Post/Banda Aceh "I wanted to run." This short and simple statement was the only sentence seven-year-old Rafli had in mind when he was asked to write something. His face was expressionless and there was no trace of a smile.
Fri, 28 Jan 2005
RP launches airstrikes on militant groups
RP launches airstrikes on militant groups Philippine helicopter gunships and planes on Thursday attacked a suspected meeting between leaders of the al-Qaeda affiliated Abu Sayyaf and Jamaah Islamiyah (JI) militant groups, the military said.
Fri, 28 Jan 2005
Acehnese grapple with demons, death and division
Acehnese grapple with demons, death and divisionDean Yates and Tomi Soetjipto, Reuters/Lhok Nga, Aceh The mass grave near the tsunami-ravaged Indonesian town of Lhok Nga has about 100 corpses in body bags lying in the freshly dug dirt. There is room for at least 1,000 more.
Fri, 28 Jan 2005
From Koran Tempo
From Koran TempoThe large number of foreign troops providing relief aid in Aceh may open the opportunity for foreign intervention. Their role should therefore be minimized by strictly implementing the government's three-phase recovery policy.
Fri, 28 Jan 2005
Fire kills 1 after pipeline spill
Fire kills 1 after pipeline spill JAKARTA: A fire after an oil spill on a pipeline operated by ConocoPhillips in Indonesia's southern Sumatra killed one man three days ago, the Oil and Gas Implementing Body (BP Migas) said on Thursday.
Fri, 28 Jan 2005
Susilo seen failing on delivering promises
Susilo seen failing on delivering promisesThe Jakarta Post Jakarta President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on Friday celebrates his 100th day in office amid much criticism of his administration's failure to reach its proclaimed targets, mainly in reducing corruption and boosting the business and...
Fri, 28 Jan 2005
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The power of suicide bombers, hunger strikers Terry Eagleton Guardian News Service London2. GAM -- Aceh rebels exploiting tsunami tragedy 1 x 30 Aceh rebels exploit tsunami tragedy Kirsten E. Schulze The Straits Times Asia News Network Singapore3.
Fri, 28 Jan 2005
'Flood fever' can be deadly
'Flood fever' can be deadlyThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta Laying helplessly in a third-class ward for more than a week at Tarakan hospital in West Jakarta, Usman, 42, has been struggling with a serious illness, one he still knows nothing about."The doctor took me off the intravenous (IV) drip.
Fri, 28 Jan 2005
SBY urges law enforcers to work harder to curb graft
SBY urges law enforcers to work harder to curb graft Muninggar Sri Saraswati The Jakarta Post/Jakarta President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has urged law enforcers to work harder to root out corruption, amid criticism from some quarters about his administration's perceived lack of action on graft...
Thu, 27 Jan 2005
Acehnese kids get back to school
Acehnese kids get back to schoolNani Afrida and Dedy Ardiansyah, The Jakarta Post/Banda Aceh/Meulaboh As the sun rose over the devastated city of Banda Aceh on Wednesday morning, Maizul, a 40-year-old school teacher, was standing in front of a classroom at one of the city's schools.
Thu, 27 Jan 2005
Foreign aid out in three months
Foreign aid out in three months I was totally disgusted to hear that the Indonesian government has ordered foreign military aid to pull out of Indonesia in three months from the day the tsunami struck. If it wasn't for foreign military aid, thousands of more people would have died from further...
Thu, 27 Jan 2005
Driving in Jakarta
Driving in Jakarta Regarding The Jakarta Post's article --Driving in Jakarta to slow to snail's pace by 2020 on Dec. 17 -- I take the liberty to send my opinion as follows:The cheap partial solution to traffic in Jakarta is to enforce the "intersection blocking rule".
Thu, 27 Jan 2005
Consolidation of state funds
Consolidation of state fundsFrom Media IndonesiaAs a member of the House of Representatives Commission VI representing the National Awakening Party faction, I would like to express my views regarding State Minister of State Enterprises Sugiharto's plan to place the partnership and environment...
Thu, 27 Jan 2005
Councill's house moves demolished by critics
Councill's house moves demolished by criticsBambang Nurbianto, The Jakarta Post/Jakarta Activists slammed city councillors on Wednesday for requesting a monthly housing allowance of Rp 12.5 million each, saying they had broken their own election vows to live modestly.
Thu, 27 Jan 2005
Govt unveils five-year development plans
Govt unveils five-year development plansRendi A. Witular, The Jakarta Post/Jakarta The government has issued a regulation on the country's five-year development plans, with pledges made by President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and Vice President Jusuf Kalla during their presidential election campaigns...
Thu, 27 Jan 2005
Fertilizer prices and farmers' woes
Fertilizer prices and farmers' woesPrijono Tjiptoherijanto, Jakarta Mubyarto's article (Kompas, Jan. 12) again reminds us of a basic farming problem yet to be resolved. The agronomics professor of Gadjah Mada University invites Indonesian economists to examine and review the idea of granting a form...
Thu, 27 Jan 2005
Council backs ban on smoking
Council backs ban on smokingBambang Nurbianto, The Jakarta Post/Jakarta Members of the City Council welcomed on Wednesday moves to insert clauses banning smoking in enclosed public places in the draft bylaw on air pollution that they are currently deliberating.
Thu, 27 Jan 2005
Jamsostek to pay high interest rate for pension program
Jamsostek to pay high interest rate for pension programThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta State social security company PT Jamsostek will meet its pledge to pay an interest rate of 8.5 percent on its pension funds this year after a good performance in 2004, the company's president director says.The rate, 2.
Thu, 27 Jan 2005
Correction
Correction In the article on US oil firm wins RI oil tender in page 10 of Wednesday's paper, we mistakenly refer to Galaxy Oil as a U.S.- based company. The company should have been referred to as Galaxy Energy International, an Italian/Japanese company specializing in petroleum products.
Thu, 27 Jan 2005
1. Analysis (55) - 40 pts 7 cols 1line (1x45)
1. Analysis (55) - 40 pts 7 cols 1line (1x45) The 'price' of peace talks for troubled Aceh 2. Mulyani (40) - 48 pts 3cols 2lines (2x18) Govt unveils 5-year development plans 3. EU (45) - 36 pts 7 cols 1line (1x49) EU publishes guide book for handicrafts exporters 4.
Thu, 27 Jan 2005
Diarrhea and dengue outbreak worsen
Diarrhea and dengue outbreak worsenThe Jakarta Post, Semarang/Kupang Two-year-old Aisyah Maulid lay quietly in a hospital bed, accompanied by her father, Mudai, and mother, Sri Mahmudah, as she was being treated at the Roemani hospital in Semarang for dengue fever.
Thu, 27 Jan 2005
Refugees in Medan return to Aceh
Refugees in Medan return to AcehApriadi Gunawan, The Jakarta Post/Medan After staying for almost a month in a camp in Medan, Cnumuk, an Indonesian of Chinese ethnicity, was elated when he heard the news he could return to Aceh.
Thu, 27 Jan 2005
Bali burns doctor named top Aussie
Bali burns doctor named top Aussie AUSTRALIA: The daughter of a Yorkshire miner who pioneered a revolutionary treatment for burns patients and used it successfully to treat victims of the Bali bomb blasts has been named Australian of the Year.
Thu, 27 Jan 2005
SBY seeks to boost defense spending
SBY seeks to boost defense spendingTiarma Siboro, The Jakarta Post/Jakarta In a bid to create a strong and modern military, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is contemplating up to a five fold increase in defense spending to an "ideal level" of 3-5 percent of gross domestic product (GDP) compared...
Thu, 27 Jan 2005
Sutradara Ginting to replace Panigoro
Sutradara Ginting to replace Panigoro JAKARTA: The Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) has accepted the recent resignation of Arifin Panigoro from the House of Representatives, and replaced him with Sutradara Ginting.
Thu, 27 Jan 2005
JP/4/scene
JP/4/sceneIran gives US$1.5m in aid to AcehJAKARTA; President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono received a check worth US$1.5 million for tsunami-ravaged Aceh from the government and people of Iran on Wednesday.
Thu, 27 Jan 2005
PGN seeks guarantees for Sumatra project
PGN seeks guarantees for Sumatra projectFabiola Desy Unidjaja, The Jakarta Post/Pekanbaru State gas distributor Perusahaan Gas Negara (PGN) is seeking a guarantee from provincial and local governments to support its key pipeline project linking the Duri gas field in Riau to North Sumatra.
Thu, 27 Jan 2005
Greece contributes $60 million to tsunami victims
Greece contributes $60 million to tsunami victimsThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta The people and government of Greece have together raised around 46 million euros (US$60 million) in cash and goods for tsunami victims in Indonesia and other affected countries, the Greece Ambassador to Indonesia said in...
Thu, 27 Jan 2005
Migrant case puts govt in hot seat
Migrant case puts govt in hot seat MATARAM, West Nusa Tenggara: The central government should do all it can to save an Indonesian migrant worker from the death penalty in Malaysia, says West Nusa Tenggara deputy governor Thamrin Rayes.
Thu, 27 Jan 2005
Acehnese pins hope on Helsinki talks
Acehnese pins hope on Helsinki talksTony Hotland and Ruslan Sangadji, The Jakarta Post/Banda Aceh The Acehnese have long dreamed of peace and prosperity in their homeland, which has seen decades of conflict and, at the end of last year, tsunamis that left more than 166,000 people killed or missing...
Thu, 27 Jan 2005
Red Cross to end fund raising
Red Cross to end fund raisingSue Pleming, Reuters/Washington The Red Cross federation, the world's biggest humanitarian group, said on Tuesday its societies worldwide had raised enough money to help victims of the Asian tsunami and it would wind down fund raising.
Thu, 27 Jan 2005
Police do about-face on 'replica' arms
Police do about-face on 'replica' armsAbdul Khalik, The Jakarta Post/Jakarta After close to two months of denial and secrecy, Jakarta Police finally admitted on Wednesday that the 534 guns they seized at Tanjung Priok Port last Dec. 1 were real firearms, not replicas as they had previously claimed.
Thu, 27 Jan 2005
Ministers off to Finland for talks
Ministers off to Finland for talksMuninggar Sri Saraswati, The Jakarta Post/Jakarta Three government ministers left Jakarta for Helsinki on Wednesday to meet Acehnese separatist leaders for peace talks, the first meeting between the two sides since talks broke down in May 2003.
Thu, 27 Jan 2005
Trials imminent for Depok councillors
Trials imminent for Depok councillors JAKARTA: The case files of 14 Depok councillor members have been completed and submitted to the prosecution, city police spcial crimes unit chief Sr. Comr. Edmon Ilyas said on Wednesday, adding that the trials are expected to start soon.
Thu, 27 Jan 2005
Susilo fails to register significant progress
Susilo fails to register significant progressM. Taufiqurrahman, The Jakarta Post/Jakarta Against a background of perhaps excessively high public expectations of sweeping change, the administration of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has been criticized by some analysts for failing to bring about...
Thu, 27 Jan 2005
Taufik spearheads SGS run to quarterfinals
Taufik spearheads SGS run to quarterfinalsMusthofid, The Jakarta Post/Yogyakarta Olympic champion Taufik Hidayat was in a league of his own as he steered SGS Elektrik of Bandung to the quarterfinals of the National Badminton Mixed Team Championship at the Amongrogo Sports Hall here on Thursday.
Thu, 27 Jan 2005
Ford Escape Hybrid, Chrysler 300 top in Detroit
Ford Escape Hybrid, Chrysler 300 top in DetroitThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta This year saw the second hybrid vehicle in a row garner the top honors in the recently concluded 2005 North American International Auto Show in Detroit, Michigan.
Thu, 27 Jan 2005
'Flood mitigation is main priority'
'Flood mitigation is main priority' Floods have largely receded in Jakarta and people displaced by the floods have returned to their houses. Fear of further floods, however, remains as the city administration is still struggling to find solutions to the annual phenomenon.
Thu, 27 Jan 2005
Priests call for a halt to sea turtle slaughter
Priests call for a halt to sea turtle slaughterI Wayan Juniartha, The Jakarta Post/Denpasar It clearly was not an ordinary day. The morning sun radiated a warm glow that softly embraced the spacious patch of plush green grass in front of the office of the local education agency in Renon.
Thu, 27 Jan 2005
Pension funds to invest in infrastructure
Pension funds to invest in infrastructureThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta Members of the Association of Indonesian Pension Funds (ADPI) are considering investing some of their funds worth Rp 68 trillion (US$7.48 billion) for infrastructure projects this year, according to ADPI Chairman Satino.
Thu, 27 Jan 2005
Adiguna's file being reviewed
Adiguna's file being reviewedAbdul Khalik, The Jakarta Post/Jakarta The prosecutors are still looking over the case file of businessman Adiguna Sutowo, the sole suspect in the fatal shooting of a server at a Hilton Hotel bar on Jan. 1.
Thu, 27 Jan 2005
JP/18/BIS
JP/18/BISBIS art exhibition leads the way at galleryMuslima Hapsari Contributor/Jakarta A man in a black suit was standing in front of a painting in amazement. He still could not believe that the contemporary, 2.5 meter by 1.
Thu, 27 Jan 2005
Manila releases RI terror suspects
Manila releases RI terror suspects MANADO, North Sulawesi: The Philippines government has released five North Sulawesi residents after a court acquitted them of terror charges due to lack of evidence.The five were arrested in Bualong, southern Philippines, two years ago for alleged involvement in...
Thu, 27 Jan 2005
PT Insight clarifies
PT Insight clarifies We would like to thank you for attending our product launching of the i-Hajj Syariah Fund and writing about it in The Jakarta Post, on Jan. 19, titled First sharia-based mutual fund launched.However, we would like to correct some inaccuracies found in the article.
Thu, 27 Jan 2005
Tangguh deal extension awaits SBY's approval
Tangguh deal extension awaits SBY's approvalRendi A. Witular, The Jakarta Post/Jakarta The construction of the Tangguh liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant in Papua has hit another snag, and is now awaiting President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's approval for the extension of a contract for a consortium...
Thu, 27 Jan 2005
Seminar planned on Bali handicrafts
Seminar planned on Bali handicrafts The International Finance Cooperation Program for Eastern Indonesia SMEs (IFC-Pensa), together with the Indonesian Handicraft Association and Mitra Pengembangan Bisnis, will jointly hold a one-day seminar and workshop titled The Future of the Balinese Handicraft...
Thu, 27 Jan 2005
Odyssey begins journey into uncharted territory
Odyssey begins journey into uncharted territoryNovan Iman Santosa, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Refusing to waste any precious days, Japanese carmaker PT Honda Prospect Motor started business early in 2005 by introducing the Honda Odyssey multipurpose van (MPV) last Thursday at a time when most...