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Sun, 16 Jan 2005
Not all is 'fishy' in Makassar
Not all is 'fishy' in MakassarSuryatini N. Ganie, Contributor, Jakarta Many people would answer fish or other seafood when asked what dishes Makassar is most noted for, but actually Makassar has a very large variety of cuisine.
Sun, 16 Jan 2005
Institut Musik Daya, a rare music school
Institut Musik Daya, a rare music schoolHera Diani, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta It was the first day of the Sundanese gamelan class, and the five students of the Institut Musik Daya (IMD) music school here took positions in front of each traditional instrument in the auditorium on the second floor.
Sun, 16 Jan 2005
Setu Babakan, a lake with Betawi flavor
Setu Babakan, a lake with Betawi flavor In southern Jakarta, away from the hustle and bustle, lies a beautiful lake called Setu Babakan. Around the lake in Jagakarsa district, live hundreds of Betawi families.
Sun, 16 Jan 2005
Sitinjo, a unique spiritual tourism site
Sitinjo, a unique spiritual tourism siteBesalicto S. T., Contributor, Sitinjo, North Sumatra Imagine you are on top of a mountain surrounded by forests. The slightly overcast sky seems close to you. Around you there are only trees. Through the trees you can see a wide valley below.
Sat, 15 Jan 2005
Can't see the forest for the busway
Can't see the forest for the buswayNirwono Joga, Jakarta While the administrations of leading metropolises in the world, such as Amsterdam, London, Melbourne, Singapore and Washington D.C. are making great endeavors to grow large trees in their parks and to maintain and protect existing trees, the...
Sat, 15 Jan 2005
Group demands better care for Acehnese children
Group demands better care for Acehnese childrenThe Jakarta Post Jakarta/Banda AcehWith children being the most vulnerable among the tsunami survivors, the National Commission for Child Protection has demanded the government immediately relocate the children to places where better nutrition,...
Sat, 15 Jan 2005
Fear has two faces for survivors
Fear has two faces for survivors This is the last of three articles about Lampuuk, which was once a popular weekend spot for Banda Aceh residents but has been left virtually deserted as its surviving residents shelter in camps at Lham Lhom following the tsunami.
Sat, 15 Jan 2005
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New ruling pledges retribution in kind for corruptors 2. 2 x 24 Roman priest stabbed to death in Purworejo 3. 2 x 24 Bungaran denies receiving bribe from Monsanto 4. 2 x 24 RI, Malaysia agree to simplify labor export mechanism 5. 1 x 32 Fear has two faces for survivors
Sat, 15 Jan 2005
Time to wean ourselves from over-reliance on migrant workers
Time to wean ourselves from over-reliance on migrant workersSin Chew Daily Asia News Network Selangor, Malaysia Malaysians generally have a mixed feeling for illegal migrant workers from Indonesia. We love them because they have helped relieve the pressure of many a vital industry.
Sat, 15 Jan 2005
Jan.17, 2005
Jan.17, 2005Infrastructure action plan The government has made the right decision in going ahead with the Infrastructure Summit, which starts today, despite some strong suggestions that it be postponed because of the situation in Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam and North Sumatra.
Sat, 15 Jan 2005
Anti-smuggling draft decree dropped
Anti-smuggling draft decree dropped Zakki P. Hakim The Jakarta Post/JakartaIn a surprise move, the government has scrapped plans to issue an emergency decree in lieu of law on smuggling, dashing hopes of an immediate campaign against the rampant practice.
Sat, 15 Jan 2005
Protecting RI's coastline
Protecting RI's coastline In terms of protecting the coastline of Indonesia from tsunami tragedies such as that which devastated Aceh, one must realize that the entire West Sumatran coast, along with southern Java, Bali, Lombok and West Nusa Tenggara plus Flores and East Nusa Tenggara, Timor and...
Sat, 15 Jan 2005
Alertness to foreign aid
Alertness to foreign aidFrom Media IndonesiaWith the entry of foreign military forces to provide aid, it is appropriate for the government and the Indonesian Military (TNI) to remain alert to the possibility of the foreign side or the separatist Free Aceh Movement (GAM) benefiting from the...
Sat, 15 Jan 2005
Neighbors among the first on the scene
Neighbors among the first on the sceneRiyadi Suparno and Tertiani ZB Simanjuntak, The Jakarta Post/Banda Aceh "We live here just like the refugees," head of the humanitarian task force for the Singaporean Armed Forces in Banda Aceh, Lt. Col. Tay Boon Khai quipped.He was telling the truth.
Sat, 15 Jan 2005
Adoption in Aceh premature: Fauzi
Adoption in Aceh premature: FauziDedy Ardiansyah, Contributor/Medan That fateful day, Sunday, Dec. 26, 2004, turned the year-end joy of the Acehnese people into a sad story of calamity, in which more than 100,000 lost their lives and hundreds of thousands were left as bereaved survivors, drawing...
Sat, 15 Jan 2005
BIN agents arrested for counterfeiting
BIN agents arrested for counterfeitingEva C. Komandjaja, The Jakarta Post/Jakarta The National Police has arrested seven officers from the powerful State Intelligence Agency (BIN). They are alleged to have been involved in producing fake banknotes in a long-running crime that the authorities have...
Sat, 15 Jan 2005
Lunch, exclusive dinner at Santika
Lunch, exclusive dinner at Santika YOGYAKARTA: Santika Yogyakarta hotel on Jl. Jend Sudirman has made available two culinary special offers, namely Business Lunch and Exclusive Dinner at its Pandan Sari restaurant.
Sat, 15 Jan 2005
Bungaran denies receiving bribe from Monsanto
Bungaran denies receiving bribe from Monsanto Muninggar Sri Saraswati The Jakarta Post/JakartaFormer minister Bungaran Saragih admitted that he had issued a ministerial decree allowing the cultivation of Monsanto's Bollgard cotton in eight regencies in South Sulawesi, but denied suggestions that he...
Sat, 15 Jan 2005
1. CHILD: 3 LINES, 20 COUNTS
1. CHILD: 3 LINES, 20 COUNTS Better care demanded for Acehnese children 2. FOREIGN: 1 LINE, 28 COUNTS Neighbors first on the scene 3. CUTLINE: 1 LINE, 36 COUNTS Survivors sort through used clothes 4. ADIGUNA: 2 LINES, 24 COUNTS Police submit Adiguna's case file to prosecutors 5.
Sat, 15 Jan 2005
Luxury tax lifted
Luxury tax lifted from several goods The Ministry of Finance has declassified several beverages and cosmetics as luxury products, as they had become mainstream consumer products.The decision was driven by an agreement to streamline regional taxation system under the Association of Southeast Asian...
Sat, 15 Jan 2005
Samsung reaches $10b in profit
Samsung reaches $10b in profit SEOUL: Samsung Electronics Co. said on Friday its net profit topped US$10 billion last year, reaching a new landmark in its 35-year history of rising from a Third World television maker to the world's No. 1 producer of memory chips and flat panel screens.
Sat, 15 Jan 2005
President gets direct access to supervise tax revenue
President gets direct access to supervise tax revenueFabiola Desy Unidjaja, The Jakarta Post/Jakarta In an effort to ensure transparency at the taxation office the Ministry of Finance's Directorate General of Taxation installed an online monitor at the presidential office on Friday, so that...
Sat, 15 Jan 2005
Legal basis for summit projects set
Legal basis for summit projects setFabiola Desy Unidjaja, The Jakarta Post/Jakarta The government has prepared 11 government regulations and three presidential decrees as the legal basis for 91 infrastructure projects worth US$22 billion planned for the next five years.
Sat, 15 Jan 2005
Move the children to healthier places now: National rights body
Move the children to healthier places now: National rights bodyThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta/Banda Aceh With children being the most vulnerable among the tsunami survivors, the National Commission for Child Protection has demanded the government immediately relocate the children to places where better...
Sat, 15 Jan 2005
More aid pours in for tsunami victims
More aid pours in for tsunami victimsThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta Twenty days into the deadly tsunami disaster relief effort, several countries are still sending cash, food, medicine and medical teams to Indonesia, which suffered the most from the Dec. 26 calamity.
Sat, 15 Jan 2005
The labor union of state-controlled cement producer PT Semen
The labor union of state-controlled cement producer PT Semen Gresik (SG) will launch a massive strike if the government decides to hand over the company's Tuban, Java plants to Mexican cement giant Cemex SA.
Sat, 15 Jan 2005
Refugees sort through used clothes
Refugees sort through used clothesPHOTO CREDIT: JP/Ruslan Sangadji Armini (back, left) and a number of children select used clothes dropped by an aid group at their displaced persons camp in Keutapang, Banda Aceh.
Sat, 15 Jan 2005
No more suspicions
No more suspicionsFrom Koran TempoThe recent earthquake and tsunami that devastated Aceh and claimed hundreds of thousands of human lives have aroused great national concern and deep international sympathy, shown by many countries that have provided aid to relieve the victims' suffering.
Sat, 15 Jan 2005
Islam compatible with and essential to democracy
Islam compatible with and essential to democracySheik Dia al-Shakarchi, Project Syndicate Mahmoud Abbas's election in Palestine and the forthcoming vote in Iraq on Jan. 30 have pushed the question of Islam's compatibility with democracy to the center of the world's agenda.
Sat, 15 Jan 2005
5 penitentiaries to be relocated
5 penitentiaries to be relocated TANGERANG: Tangerang municipality plans to move five penitentiaries in the city out of town and use the 200 hectares or so of land currently occupied by the prisons for public facilities.
Sat, 15 Jan 2005
Howard goes to mosque to pray for tsunami victims
Howard goes to mosque to pray for tsunami victimsAgencies, Sydney, Australia Australian Prime Minister John Howard joined worshipers at a Sydney mosque on Friday to remember victims of the Indian Ocean tsunami disaster, many of whom were Muslims.
Sat, 15 Jan 2005
Judging Indonesians
Judging Indonesians I am writing this with regard to a letter by Mark Potts, Ignoring American aid, that appeared on Jan. 13 in The Jakarta Post.I would like to tell Potts that he is wrong in judging us Indonesians by taking the stereotypical view that we can only take things from his country for...
Sat, 15 Jan 2005
Aceh needs more blood sera: Hidayat
Aceh needs more blood sera: Hidayat JAKARTA: People's Consultative Assembly Speaker Hidayat Nur Wahid said on Friday that Aceh urgently needed more blood sera to help thousands of survivors receiving medical treatment.
Sat, 15 Jan 2005
RI, Malaysia agree to simplify labor export mechanism
RI, Malaysia agree to simplify labor export mechanismRidwan Max Sijabat, The Jakarta Post/Jakarta Two weeks ahead of the planned crackdown on illegal migrants in Malaysia, Jakarta and Kuala Lumpur agreed on Friday to simplify labor export procedures.
Sat, 15 Jan 2005
Charoen expects better sales in year of the chicken
Charoen expects better sales in year of the chickenLeony Aurora, The Jakarta Post/Jakarta The year 2005 is the year of the chicken, according to Chinese calendar. So poultry feed and day-old chick (DOC) producers are expecting better sales after the avian influenza epidemic that sent their...
Sat, 15 Jan 2005
Oxfam wants to help restore the livelihood of the Acehnese
Oxfam wants to help restore the livelihood of the Acehnese International NGOs have been flocking to Aceh to help the victims of the tsunami. One of them is Oxfam, which has been focusing on providing clean water and sanitation to refugees in Aceh.
Sat, 15 Jan 2005
Adiguna's case
Adiguna's case While our brothers and sisters in Aceh were experiencing a great calamity, some of us were indulging in convivial merrymaking at luxury hotels on New Year's Eve. After all, it is one's own right to fulfill his/her need for entertainment in spite of our solidarity for the people of...
Sat, 15 Jan 2005
Jan. 15, 2004 - The Jakarta administration introduces the busway
Jan. 15, 2004 - The Jakarta administration introduces the busway system with its exclusive lane. Buses are packed with enthusiastic crowds who get to try the brand new buses for free.Jan. 16 - Two people riding on a motorcycle are injured when a bus travelling from Blok M hit them, when it made a...
Sat, 15 Jan 2005
* Adiguna, spoilt brat or famed tycoon? Page 2
* Adiguna, spoilt brat or famed tycoon? Page 2 * Bungaran denies receiving bribe from Monsanto Page 4 * Displaced Chinese wait to go back home Page 5 * Can't see the forest for the busway Page 7 * Flood warning system works: Governor Page 8 * Schumacher doesn't think of retirement from F1 Page 9 *...
Sat, 15 Jan 2005
Warning system works: Governor
Warning system works: GovernorBambang Nurbianto, The Jakarta Post/Jakarta Governor Sutiyoso ordered on Friday that all relevant officials in his administration to make final checks on early warning flood systems to ensure they work well.
Sat, 15 Jan 2005
Two months jail for PTDI director
Two months jail for PTDI directorYuli Tri Suwarni, The Jakarta Post/Bandung The president director of state aircraft maker PT Dirgantara Indonesia (PTDI) has been sentenced to two months in jail for negligence by a Bandung district court.
Sat, 15 Jan 2005
Tsunami aftermath
Tsunami aftermath The people of Indonesia have been overwhelmed by the generosity of aid flowing in from countries such as Australia in the wake of the tsunami tragedy that hit Aceh province. I received a telephone call from a friend of mine in Medan on New Year's Day expressing his surprise at the...
Sat, 15 Jan 2005
ASEAN to meet again on tsunami
ASEAN to meet again on tsunami INDONESIA: Jakarta will host a meeting of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) from Jan. 18 to Jan. 19, to follow up the proposal to establish regional mechanisms on disaster prevention and mitigation, as agreed in the emergency summit last week.
Sat, 15 Jan 2005
UNFPA sends in childbirth supplies
UNFPA sends in childbirth supplies JAKARTA: The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) dispatched on Friday trucks carrying 14 tons of childbirth equipment and reproductive health supplies to Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam province.
Sat, 15 Jan 2005
New ruling pledges retribution in kind for corruptors
New ruling pledges retribution in kind for corruptorsKurniawan Hari, The Jakarta Post/Jakarta High profile corruption suspects will surely have difficult times ahead as a new anti-graft ruling currently being drafted by the government will not only allow authorities to detain them from the start of...
Sat, 15 Jan 2005
City raises funds for tsunami victims
City raises funds for tsunami victims JAKARTA: The Jakarta administration secured more than Rp 10.5 billion (US$1.1 million) in donations for victims of the tsunami tragedy in Aceh and North Sumatra through a charity night on Thursday.
Sat, 15 Jan 2005
Antigraft court to hear second case
Antigraft court to hear second case JAKARTA: The Central Jakarta District Court announced on Friday that the anti-corruption court will hear a corruption case involving two officials with the communications ministry on Jan. 27.
Sat, 15 Jan 2005
Unlocking ASEAN's competitiveness
Unlocking ASEAN's competitivenessAlan Cassels Jakarta With a population of about 500 million, a combined gross domestic product of US$737 billion, and a total trade of $720 billion, ASEAN today is very much an economic force in the global arena.
Sat, 15 Jan 2005
VW poised for stake
VW poised for stake in Proton: Report FRANKFURT: German automotive concern Volkswagen is now poised for a possible buy-in at the Malaysian car group Proton in the wake of the pullout by Mitsubishi Corp., the daily Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ) reported on Thursday.
Sat, 15 Jan 2005
Where to go in Yogyakarta: Saturday, January 15, 2005
Where to go in Yogyakarta: Saturday, January 15, 2005Exhibitions* Ceramic Stick Together by Bambang Subandono, Donny A., Nafisah, M. Khaerudin, Ari Sulistyowati and Tri Wahyuni, Bentara Budaya Yogyakarta, Jl Suroto No. 2 Kotabaru (Tel. 0274 560404), 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 5 p.m. to 9 p.m., until Jan.