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Thu, 13 Jan 2005
No more brokers for military equipment
No more brokers for military equipmentFrom Bisnis IndonesiaIndonesian Military (TNI) Commander Gen. Endriartono Sutarto has said the TNI has no objection to the one-stop system of defense equipment buying under the Ministry of Defense and suggested the procurement involve no brokers or third...
Thu, 13 Jan 2005
When tragedy trumps borders
When tragedy trumps bordersRamesh Thakur, Yale Center for the Study of Globalization, Tokyo The challenge posed by the catastrophic earthquake and the tsunami of Dec. 26, 2004, is a vivid reminder of the advantages of considering security within the broader framework of human security.
Thu, 13 Jan 2005
The United Nations said on Tuesday that it had secured
The United Nations said on Tuesday that it had secured concrete aid of US$717 million toward its emergency relief appeal for the Indian Ocean tsunami disaster, and urged donor countries to speed up delivery of further aid promises.
Thu, 13 Jan 2005
A day of chaos at the hospital: Patients on floors and field
A day of chaos at the hospital: Patients on floors and field gurneys, doctors scavenging for supplies[ Eds: ///Recaps previous.///[ AP Photos XAI102,106-107[ By EMMA ROSS= AP Medical Writer= BANDA ACEH, Indonesia (AP) - A day of chaos at Banda Aceh hospitalEmma Ross Reuters/Banda AcehSawing through...
Thu, 13 Jan 2005
Spanish FM arrives in Indonesia for talks on military aid
Spanish FM arrives in Indonesia for talks on military aid Agencies, JakartaSpanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos arrived on Wednesday in Indonesia where he was due to head to tsunami- devastated Aceh province to meet the country's president for talks on military aid.
Thu, 13 Jan 2005
Aceh, I weep for you
Aceh, I weep for you From Koran Tempo I can still recall clearly the time when I performed my ritual Friday prayer at Baiturrahman Grand Mosque in Banda Aceh with Nurcholish Madjid as the preacher that particular day.
Thu, 13 Jan 2005
Social responsibility, harmony and spirit of humanity
Social responsibility, harmony and spirit of humanityAlpha Amirrachman, Jakarta The Dec. 26 tsunami disaster effectively flattened Banda Aceh and killed more than 105,000 people there. The tragedy was immense, and left people traumatized, trying to comprehend that they had lost their loved ones in...
Wed, 12 Jan 2005
Protection of women victims should receive priority
Protection of women victims should receive priority Two-thirds of the total fatalities in the tsunami disaster in Aceh were women and children as they were the ones left at home along the affected coastline. They were helpless when the giant waves ripped through the town.
Wed, 12 Jan 2005
Government, TNI wring their hands over foreigners in Aceh
Government, TNI wring their hands over foreigners in AcehTertiani ZB Simanjuntak and Riyadi Suparno, The Jakarta Post, Banda AcehThe government and the military are caught between a rock and a hard place regarding the presence of more than 2,000 foreign nationals in disaster-hit Aceh.
Wed, 12 Jan 2005
No more brokers for military equipment
No more brokers for military equipmentFrom Bisnis IndonesiaIndonesian Military (TNI) Commander Gen. Endriartono Sutarto has said the TNI has no objection to the one-stop system of defense equipment buying under the Ministry of Defense and suggested the procurement involve no brokers or third...
Wed, 12 Jan 2005
Job-seekers scramble for opportunities at exhibition
Job-seekers scramble for opportunities at exhibitionBambang Nurbianto, The Jakarta Post, JakartaLely, 27, was standing in a line for nearly two hours together with thousands of other job-seekers before she finally managed to enter the job expo venue inside the Peninsula Hotel in Slipi, West Jakarta...
Wed, 12 Jan 2005
Americans should be commended
Americans should be commendedV.K. Chin, The Star, Asia News Network, Selangor, Malaysia It is in pretty poor taste for anyone to question the motive of foreign governments responding to calls to help the victims of the Dec. 26 tsunami disaster.
Wed, 12 Jan 2005
Thailand exhumes tsunami victims for DNA testing
Thailand exhumes tsunami victims for DNA testingEileen Ng, Agence France-Presse/Phuket, ThailandThailand forged ahead on Tuesday with the grisly task of exhuming tsunami victims for DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) testing as the largest ever international forensics operation to identify the thousands...
Wed, 12 Jan 2005
Australia, Singapore to discuss SIA access to Australia-US routes
Australia, Singapore to discuss SIA access to Australia-US routes Agence France-Presse SydneyTransport ministers from Australia and Singapore will meet next month to discuss opening routes from Australia to the United States to Singapore Airlines, a move hotly contested by Qantas, a government...
Wed, 12 Jan 2005
Modern sewage systems sought
Modern sewage systems sought JAKARTA: The Jakarta Environment Management Agency said on Tuesday it was preparing a regulation to require commercial and residential buildings to install modern sewage systems to treat all types of liquid waste."We will make sewage systems a public campaign this year.
Wed, 12 Jan 2005
Transport council members installed
Transport council members installed JAKARTA: Governor Sutiyoso installed on Tuesday 15 members of the Jakarta Transportation Council, which will advise the administration on transportation policies."The council's main task is to gather public input and pass it along to the administration so this...
Wed, 12 Jan 2005
Rupiah Rates Jan.11
Rupiah Rates Jan.11 Banknote rates TT rates Selling Buying Selling Buying Australian dollar 1 7,432.80 6,668.41 7,087.76 7,013.22 Brunei dollar 1 5,960.14 5,347.46 5,683.47 5,623.97 Canadian dollar 1 8,014.42 7,190.24 7,642.38 7,562.03 Swiss franc 1 8,312.09 7,459.01 7,926.23 7,844.
Wed, 12 Jan 2005
Child tsunami victim dies in hospital
Child tsunami victim dies in hospital JAKARTA: The tsunami in Aceh claimed another victim on Tuesday when 27-month-old Maharani Paulina died of respiratory problems at the Harapan Kita Hospital in West Jakarta.Two other Acehnese children died earlier at the same hospital of respiratory problems.
Wed, 12 Jan 2005
Sutan warns WBA about Chrisjon bout
Sutan warns WBA about Chrisjon boutThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta The war of words between world featherweight champion Chrisjon and his former trainer Sutan Rambing is intensifying, with the latter warning the World Boxing Association against sanctioning a scheduled fight of the boxer.Sutan's Jan.
Wed, 12 Jan 2005
Computers run rings around top players
Computers run rings around top playersMusthofid, The Jakarta Post, JakartaYoung chess players GM Susanto Megaranto and FM Taufik Halay managed to hold their computer opponents to draws in the third round of the man vs machine matchup here on Tuesday.
Wed, 12 Jan 2005
Aid effort transforms quiet airport into very busy hub
Aid effort transforms quiet airport into very busy hubJim Gomez, Associated Press/Banda AcehFrom a sleepy airstrip with three scheduled flights a day, Banda Aceh airport has been transformed into the hectic hub of one of the world's biggest-ever aid operations, handling about 200 flights every 24...
Wed, 12 Jan 2005
Guard killed in armed robbery
Guard killed in armed robberyAbdul Khalik, The Jakarta Post, JakartaAn armed gang of four shot to death a security guard on Tuesday morning as they were robbing Rp 400 million from an armored car.The incident, which took place on Jl.
Wed, 12 Jan 2005
Jamsostek allocates Rp 52b for disaster survivors
Jamsostek allocates Rp 52b for disaster survivorsThe Jakarta Post, JakartaState-owned insurance company PT Jamsostek has allocated as much as Rp 52 billion to assist workers affected by the tsunami in Aceh and North Sumatra.
Wed, 12 Jan 2005
Tae kwon do coach Oh reassigned as consultant
Tae kwon do coach Oh reassigned as consultantMoch. N. Kurniawan, The Jakarta Post, JakartaThe Indonesian Taekwondo Association (TI), citing the need for "regeneration" in its coaching ranks, has replaced head coach Oh Il Nam with Rizon Oktolibsa of West Java.
Wed, 12 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".
Wed, 12 Jan 2005
RI woos investors to summit
RI woos investors to summitCoordinating Minister for the Economy Aburizal Bakrie held meetings with at least 10 chief executives of major Singaporean corporations -- including Temasek, Government Investment Corporation (GIC), Keppel and Singapore Power -- in the city state on Tuesday and Wednesday.
Wed, 12 Jan 2005
Fair fuel price policy suggested
Fair fuel price policy suggestedFrom Koran TempoWith the planned fuel price increase shortly, I would like to suggest a fair fuel price policy by following the principle of price differentials.Higher fuel prices should be paid for the comfort of excessive fuel consumption by the high income group,...
Wed, 12 Jan 2005
2 commercial planes grounded for safety
2 commercial planes grounded for safetyLeony Aurora, The Jakarta Post, JakartaThe Ministry of Transportation has grounded two aircraft that failed to comply with proper safety requirements, a senior official says.
Wed, 12 Jan 2005
Bird flu kills a teenager, new case cited
Bird flu kills a teenager, new case citedHo Binh Minh, Reuters/HanoiA 16-year-old Vietnamese girl battling bird flu over the past few weeks has died, the country's third casualty in the past 10 days from the disease that last year killed dozens and devastated South East Asia's poultry industry.
Wed, 12 Jan 2005
Australians can be rightly proud of their government's generous
Australians can be rightly proud of their government's generous commitment to Indonesia's recovery from the tsunami. This is a new level of co-operation and goodwill between Australia and its closest neighbor. It also demonstrates how far relations between the two have improved in a very short time.
Wed, 12 Jan 2005
Survivor lived on coconuts, prayers while drifting at sea
Survivor lived on coconuts, prayers while drifting at seaAndy Wong, Associated Press/Klang, MalaysiaTsunami survivor Ari Afrizal says he drifted on the Indian Ocean for two weeks, living on coconuts that he pried open with his teeth while floating on pieces of wood, then a broken boat, and finally...
Wed, 12 Jan 2005
Antigraft law delayed
Antigraft law delayedJAKARTA: Justice and human rights minister Hamid Awaluddin said on Tuesday that his office may have to delay issuing a crucial antigraft ruling as it was still focussing on relief efforts in tsunami-hit areas in the country.
Wed, 12 Jan 2005
Govt to plea for exclusion from money laundering list
Govt to plea for exclusion from money laundering listFabiola Desy Unidjaja, The Jakarta Post, JakartaThe government will again plea to member countries of the Financial Actions Task Force (FATF), an international anti-money laundering group, to exclude Indonesia from the Non-Cooperative Countries...
Wed, 12 Jan 2005
Bring order to streets
Bring order to streetsFrom KompasSeveral governments have come to power following the end of the New Order in 1998, but none of their programs have included bringing order to our roads, which should be part of the present government's 100-day drive.
Wed, 12 Jan 2005
Survivors shaken by trauma
Survivors shaken by traumaApriadi Gunawan, The Jakarta Post, MedanSince his arrival early last week at a social agency-sponsored shelter in Medan, North Sumatra, Sandi Chandra Putra, 15, a native of Banda Aceh, has frequently burst into tears or screamed for no particular reason.
Wed, 12 Jan 2005
Bush says U.S. committed to tsunami aid to Asia
Bush says U.S. committed to tsunami aid to AsiaP. Parameswaran, Agence France-Presse/WashingtonU.S. President George W. Bush on Monday underlined Washington's longterm commitment to help rehabilitate Asia's tsunami-afflicted economies, including providing loans to people whose livelihoods were...
Wed, 12 Jan 2005
Two cases of measles confirmed
Two cases of measles confirmedAssociated Press, Banda AcehHealth workers on tsunami-hit Sumatra island have started have started vaccinating more than 1,000 people to head off the spread of the measles, after two unconnected cases of the virus were discovered.
Wed, 12 Jan 2005
Truant House members escape punishment
Truant House members escape punishmentKurniawan Hari, The Jakarta Post, JakartaThe House of Representatives disciplinary committee announced on Tuesday that at least 10 members from four factions have been found to be in violation of the legislature's code of ethics for frequent their abstentions.
Wed, 12 Jan 2005
UNESCO devises strategy for tsunami warning system
UNESCO devises strategy for tsunami warning systemAgence France-Press, Port LouisThe United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) said on Tuesday it was ready to lead efforts to set up a global early warning system that could avert another tragedy on the scale of the...
Wed, 12 Jan 2005
Governor, VIPs survive chopper crash
Governor, VIPs survive chopper crashYemris Fointuna, The Jakarta Post, KupangAn Army helicopter carrying a number of top local officials crashed in Maluku province on Tuesday, after its tail hit a building during takeoff, the military said.
Wed, 12 Jan 2005
City to get tough on 2-stroke motorbikes
City to get tough on 2-stroke motorbikesDamar Harsanto, The Jakarta Post, JakartaThe Jakarta administration said on Tuesday that it would impose tighter regulations on the operation of motorcycles with two- stoke engines due to their major contribution to air pollution in the capital.
Wed, 12 Jan 2005
Rebuilding education in tsunami-ravaged Aceh
Rebuilding education in tsunami-ravaged AcehMochtar Buchori, Jakarta When will children in Aceh be able to continue their education again?This is a question that has been troubling many people in the country.
Wed, 12 Jan 2005
Corruption and democracy
Corruption and democracyFrom Koran Tempo President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono declared Dec. 9 Anticorruption Day for the purpose of waging a war against corruption. On several occasions he even said he would direct the corruption eradication movement himself.
Wed, 12 Jan 2005
Ratih reads poems for tsunami victims
Ratih reads poems for tsunami victims JAKARTA: Indonesian model Ratih Sanggarwati burst into tears while reading her two poems related to the earthquake and tsunami in Aceh and North Sumatra two weeks ago.
Wed, 12 Jan 2005
Aid flights for Aceh
Aid flights for Aceh The disaster which struck Aceh on Dec. 2004 is so tragic, but now it's time for everyone, including our neighboring countries to help.In a report on TV, it was said that aid is stuck in Medan, North Sumatra, because of limitations on the size of the airport and facilities there.
Wed, 12 Jan 2005
TV Program: Thursday, January 13, 2005
TV Program: Thursday, January 13, 2005 .TB.30" .90"TVRI 5:00 a.m. Religious Teachings6:00 News: Berita Pagi7:00 Cartoon: Maya the Bee8:00 Cartoon: Hero Classics8:30 Music: Asyik-Asyik10:00 Talk Show: Wirausaha11:00 Sport Documentary 12:00 p.m.
Wed, 12 Jan 2005
Japan cancels $284m in loans to the RP
Japan cancels $284m in loans to the RP MANILA: Japan has agreed to cancel 16 billion pesos (US$284.2 million) in development loans to the Philippines due to a lack of counterpart funds from Manila, a presidential spokesman said on Tuesday.
Wed, 12 Jan 2005
The case of Adiguna Sutowo
The case of Adiguna SutowoFrom Media IndonesiaIt is important for us to keep abreast of the development of the investigation into the fatal shooting of Haerudy Natong (Rudy). Even President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has said that this crime cannot be tolerated.
Wed, 12 Jan 2005
Government to offer investment opportunities at summit
Government to offer investment opportunities at summitRendi A. Witular, The Jakarta Post, JakartaThe government will offer 37 key infrastructure projects worth more than Rp 100 trillion (US$10.87 billion) to local and foreign investors in next week's Infrastructure Summit, in a bid to help speed up...
Wed, 12 Jan 2005
Govt to set up makeshift schools throughout Aceh
Govt to set up makeshift schools throughout AcehFabiola Desy Unidjaja, The Jakarta Post, JakartaThe government said on Tuesday that it planned to immediately set up makeshift schools in some 95 locations near refugee camps in Aceh to allow students in the tsunami-hit province to resume their...