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Fri, 07 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.
Fri, 07 Jan 2005
Market management insist on demolishing Tanah Abang
Market management insist on demolishing Tanah AbangDamar Harsanto, The Jakarta Post, JakartaCity-owned market management company PD Pasar Jaya said it was set on demolishing the Tanah Abang textile market for renovation, saying explicitly that it would ignore a court-issue asset preservation order...
Fri, 07 Jan 2005
Organic farming could have healthy future in RI
Organic farming could have healthy future in RIZakki P. Hakim, The Jakarta Post, JakartaWhen a neighboring poultry farm complained that water from her farm had killed its chickens, Entik Kusnadi learned that the accumulation of pesticides, chemical fertilizers and other substances she used on her...
Fri, 07 Jan 2005
ABC gives $30,000 to tsunami victims
ABC gives $30,000 to tsunami victimsMusthofid and Moh. N. Kurniawan, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta In another gesture of support from the sporting world to victims of the Dec. 26 Asian tsunami, the Asian Badminton Confederation (ABC) donated US$30,000 for assistance in Aceh and North Sumatra on...
Fri, 07 Jan 2005
FACTBOX-Military aid to tsunami-hit nations
FACTBOX-Military aid to tsunami-hit nations The following is a list of some of the military help pledged by governments to help the Indian Ocean nations hit by the Dec. 26 earthquake and tsunami, compiled by Reuters bureaux: AUSTRALIA -- Australia has sent 350 soldiers to Indonesia along with four...
Fri, 07 Jan 2005
Gunfire in Aceh quake zone
Gunfire in Aceh quake zone Gunfire amid the tsunami debris as military still battles rebels in Aceh quake zone Agencies Banda Aceh/Lhok Nga Armed soldiers ran towards the beach still littered with debris from last week's earthquake and tsunamis.
Fri, 07 Jan 2005
Astra 2004 car sales 44% higher
Astra 2004 car sales 44% higherJAKARTA: PT Astra International's 2004 car sales rose 44 percent on year, thanks to low interest rates, which spurred consumers to buy vehicles via bank loans, a senior official at the nation's largest automotive company said on Thursday. "We had a 45.
Fri, 07 Jan 2005
Agian talks, smiles again
Agian talks, smiles againThe Jakarta Post JakartaAgian Isna Naili, 33, greeted her visitors and chatted with Minister of Health Siti Fadilah Supari on Thursday, while lying on her bed at Cipto Mangunkusumo General Hospital (RSCM) where she had been in a coma for the past five months.
Fri, 07 Jan 2005
Aceh refugees start to feel strain of life at camps
Aceh refugees start to feel strain of life at campsApriadi Gunawan, The Jakarta Post, LhokseumaweIt has been nine days now that M. Nasir has slept near a drainage ditch, sharing the space with many other refugees who missed out on a place in nine available tents in a refugee camp in Cut Meutia...
Fri, 07 Jan 2005
Rupiah Rates Jan.6
Rupiah Rates Jan.6 Banknote rates TT rates Selling Buying Selling Buying Australian dollar 1 7,478.77 6,709.68 7,131.59 7,056.62 Brunei dollar 1 5,942.40 5,331.55 5,666.55 5,607.24 Canadian dollar 1 7,986.28 7,166.76 7,615.55 7,537.34 Swiss franc 1 8,376.16 7,516.48 7,987.32 7,905.
Fri, 07 Jan 2005
Batam rejects Aceh refugee
Batam rejects Aceh refugee Fadli The Jakarta Post/Batam After surviving the quake-triggered tsunami, dozens of Acehnese refugees are now having to endure another kind of pain. Fleeing to Batam to find their relatives, local authorities denied them entry because they failed to meet requirements as...
Fri, 07 Jan 2005
Myanmar can cope with tsunami: PM
Myanmar can cope with tsunami: PMINDONESIA: Myanmar's military rulers are capable of caring for the country's victims of the tsunami and aid from overseas should be sent elsewhere, Prime Minister Lt. Gen. Soe Win said on Thursday.The government says 59 of its citizens were killed by the Dec.
Fri, 07 Jan 2005
Batam rejects Aceh refugees
Batam rejects Aceh refugeesFadli, The Jakarta Post, BatamDozens of survivors of the quake-triggered tsunami have found they cannot even enter Batam to find their relatives. Authorities denied them entry because they failed to meet requirements as stated in the city's regulations.
Fri, 07 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.
Fri, 07 Jan 2005
JP/4/MILITARY
JP/4/MILITARYRI to get credit facility to buy U.S. Hercules hardwareTiarma Siboro The Jakarta Post/JakartaThe United States has granted Indonesia a credit facility to procure spare parts for its Hercules aircraft to be used for relief efforts in tsunami-hit Aceh province, a defense official said on...
Thu, 06 Jan 2005
Government to double fish export by 2006
Government to double fish export by 2006Zakki P. Hakim, The Jakarta Post, JakartaThe Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries has announced a US$5 billion revenue target from fish product exports by 2006, or more than twice last year's estimated revenue of $2.14 billion.
Thu, 06 Jan 2005
Australian Prime Minister John Howard pledged on Wednesday A$1.0
Australian Prime Minister John Howard pledged on Wednesday A$1.0 billion (US$765 million) over five years to Indonesian tsunami reconstruction and development. Indonesia is the worst-hit nation with almost 150,000 dead and 500,000 homeless from the Dec.
Thu, 06 Jan 2005
Low-cost apartments to be built, but only for a chosen few
Low-cost apartments to be built, but only for a chosen fewDamar Harsanto, The Jakarta Post, JakartaWith at least 80,400 families living in city slums, it is clear the administration will be unable to build enough low-cost apartments for those in need of affordable housing.
Thu, 06 Jan 2005
Will the world deliver on its promises to Aceh?
Will the world deliver on its promises to Aceh?Kornelius Purba, Jakarta U.S. military crews launching more than 100 helicopter flights a day from the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln, ferrying food, water and medicine to tsunami victims in Aceh, regard their current mission as more satisfying...
Thu, 06 Jan 2005
Alternative energy for electricity
Alternative energy for electricityFrom Bisnis IndonesiaThe high world oil price will certainly raise the cost of power production by state electricity company (PLN), whose cost components are 25 percent composed of fuel oil.
Thu, 06 Jan 2005
Mandiri settles Kiani debt restructuring
Mandiri settles Kiani debt restructuringRendi A. Witular, The Jakarta Post, JakartaState Bank Mandiri, the nation's largest bank in terms of assets, has ended lengthy negotiations over the settlement of its massive loans in troubled pulp and paper producer, PT Kiani Kertas, after both agreed to...
Thu, 06 Jan 2005
Withe tells fans to keep it clean
Withe tells fans to keep it cleanMoch. N. Kurniawan, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta National soccer team coach Peter Withe is appealing to local fans to behave during Saturday's Tiger Cup final against Singapore -- for the sake of their side.
Thu, 06 Jan 2005
RP inflation hits 6 percent
RP inflation hits 6 percent MANILA: Consumer prices in the Philippines shot up 8.6 percent in December, bringing the 2004 average inflation rate to six 6.0 topping official forecasts and raising the possibility of higher interest rates, the government said on Wednesday.
Thu, 06 Jan 2005
Donations for Aceh from business communities take many forms
Donations for Aceh from business communities take many formsThe Jakarta Post, JakartaThe catastrophic earthquake and tsunamis that ravaged much of Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam and North Sumatra have prompted companies to pour in donations of cash, goods and services, not only for the victims but also...
Thu, 06 Jan 2005
Donors likely to provide debt relief
Donors likely to provide debt reliefThe Jakarta Post, JakartaIndonesia moved closer to securing debt relief on Wednesday with Japan, the country's largest single donor, joining a group of nations supporting the idea.
Thu, 06 Jan 2005
Candy as change
Candy as change This is in response to the letter from Wendy (of Freiburg, Germany) who complains of getting candy in lieu of Rp 100 change at Balinese stores (Cheating in Bali, The Jakarta Post, Dec. 16).
Thu, 06 Jan 2005
Bali officials named graft suspects
Bali officials named graft suspectsThe Jakarta Post, DenpasarSome 20 legislators in Bali were named suspects by the local prosecutor's office on Wednesday in an alleged corruption case involving state funds worth Rp 187.97 billion (about US$20.43 million).
Thu, 06 Jan 2005
Garuda may book first losses since '98
Garuda may book first losses since '98Rendi A. Witular, The Jakarta Post, JakartaFor the first time since the crisis, national flag-carrier Garuda Indonesia may have suffered losses as a result of higher fuel prices and stiffer industry competition in 2004.
Thu, 06 Jan 2005
Vice President Jusuf Kalla
Vice President Jusuf KallaDeputy head of national disaster mitigation bodyCoordinating Minister for People's Welfare Alwi ShihabMembershipMinister of Home Affairs M. Ma'rufMinister of Health Fadilah SupariMinister of Social Affairs Bachtiar ChamsyahState Minister for Public Housing M.
Thu, 06 Jan 2005
Germany top tsunami donor after $680m pledge
Germany top tsunami donor after $680m pledgeAgencies, Berlin/RiyadhGermany will increase its aid to nations hit by the Asian tsunami to 500 million euros (US$680 million), Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder said on Wednesday, making it the world's top donor to the ravaged region.
Thu, 06 Jan 2005
Companies facilitating tsunami aid effort: UN
Companies facilitating tsunami aid effort: UNJonathan Fowler and Sam Cage, Associated Press/GenevaPrivate companies have stepped in to try to smooth aid deliveries in Indonesia, the country hardest hit by a tsunami around the Indian Ocean, the United Nations said. European and U.S.
Thu, 06 Jan 2005
1. Justice (1x41)
1. Justice (1x41) Supreme Court to halt pre-disaster trials 2. Loot (2x24) Security forces move against looting in Aceh 3. Bali (1x30) Bali officials named graft suspects 4. Student (2x25) Schoolchildren feel insult and injury from tsunami 5. Sukhoi (1x35) House may ground govt's Sukhoi plan
Thu, 06 Jan 2005
Powell awed by Aceh ruin
Powell awed by Aceh ruinAgencies, Banda AcehAs his helicopter swooped low over a razed coast of tsunami- ravaged Aceh, U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell found himself face-to-face with unimaginable destruction.
Thu, 06 Jan 2005
Armed robbery, crime see illegal arms sales soar
Armed robbery, crime see illegal arms sales soarAbdul Khalik, The Jakarta Post, JakartaFifty-year-old Tina will never forget the horror of facing two armed robbers waiting in front of her house in Jatipulo, West Jakarta, when she and her son arrived home from the bank last February.
Thu, 06 Jan 2005
VP, Bappenas join forces with donors
VP, Bappenas join forces with donorsUrip Hudiono and Tony Hotland, The Jakarta Post, JakartaThe government has established a relief and reconstruction scheme with international donors and organizations to coordinate the relief and reconstruction effort for the tsunami disaster.
Thu, 06 Jan 2005
ASEAN needs UN to maintain emergency aid: RI
ASEAN needs UN to maintain emergency aid: RIIvy Susanti, The Jakarta Post, JakartaThe 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is likely to ask the United Nations to coordinate the emergency relief for tsunami victims in the region.
Thu, 06 Jan 2005
Myanmar 'relatively unscathed' by tsunami
Myanmar 'relatively unscathed' by tsunamiMYANMAR: Myanmar was "relatively unscathed" by the tsunami that wreaked havoc in other Indian Ocean countries last week, according to the World Food Program, which sent an assessment team to the army-ruled country known for its secrecy.
Thu, 06 Jan 2005
Spatial plan for coastal cities proposed
Spatial plan for coastal cities proposedZakki P. Hakim, The Jakarta Post, JakartaThe Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries and the National Institute of Sciences (LIPI) have proposed a new spatial plan for coastal cities following the 9-magnitude earthquake and tsunami that hit Aceh and North...
Thu, 06 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.
Thu, 06 Jan 2005
Photographer Tarmizi close to tears
Photographer Tarmizi close to tearsA. Junaidi, The Jakarta Post, JakartaFacing blood and tears and catching them in pictures are a daily task for Acehnese photographer Tarmizi Harva, who arrived back in Lhokseumawe just one day after Aceh was hit by a massive earthquake and series of tidal waves on...
Thu, 06 Jan 2005
Candy as change
Candy as change This is in response to the letter from Wendy (of Freiburg, Germany) who complains of getting candy in lieu of Rp 100 change at Balinese stores (Cheating in Bali, The Jakarta Post, Dec. 16).
Thu, 06 Jan 2005
Incompetence the real killer
Incompetence the real killer With Indonesia bearing the brunt of the death and destruction wrought by the Indian Ocean tsunami, it is instructive to ask whether this was entirely because of its proximity to the earthquake's epicenter. The answer, it seems, is a resounding "no".
Thu, 06 Jan 2005
* Battle on in Banda Aceh to save those who can be saved Page 3
* Battle on in Banda Aceh to save those who can be saved Page 3 * Supreme Court to halt pre-disaster trials in Aceh Page 4 * Will the world deliver on its promises to Aceh? Page 6 * 'Arms race' breeds insecurity in Jakarta Page 8 * O'Neal leads Pacers past Bucks, plans donation Page 9 * Europe pays...
Thu, 06 Jan 2005
Hotels association sends relief to Aceh
Hotels association sends relief to AcehDENPASAR: The Bali Hotel Association (BHA) sent on New Year's Eve its first wave of relief to survivors of the Dec. 26 earthquake and tsunami in Aceh and North Sumatra.
Thu, 06 Jan 2005
Malaysians warned about orphans
Malaysians warned about orphansMALAYSIA: Malaysians hoping to adopt children were urged by authorities on Wednesday to beware of traffickers, who might try to sell youngsters left orphaned after neighboring Indonesia's quake-and-tsunami disaster.
Thu, 06 Jan 2005
Getting our act together
Getting our act together Indeed, it is not too early now to start planning the reconstruction of the province of Nangroe Aceh Darussalam so that life can resume as normally as the circumstances there permit. A number of aspects, however, should be taken into serious consideration.
Thu, 06 Jan 2005
We humbly thank you
We humbly thank you It has been obvious from the beginning that the devastation caused by the Dec. 26 earthquake and tsunami was simply too enormous for Indonesia to deal with alone. The huge death toll, the massive destruction and the hundreds of thousands of people now forced to live in refugee...
Thu, 06 Jan 2005
Human approach on disaster victims is the most difficult
Human approach on disaster victims is the most difficultAmong the thousands of relief workers in the tsunami ravaged areas are those from the Paris-based medical aid charity Doctors without Borders (Medecins sans Frontieres, MSF), recipient of the 1999 Nobel Prize for humanitarian aid.
Thu, 06 Jan 2005
Govt blasted for hampering relief efforts
Govt blasted for hampering relief effortsM. Taufiqurrahman The Jakarta Post/JakartaAid organizations working for humanitarian relief programs in tsunami-hit Aceh complained on Wednesday that instead of providing them with assistance, the government had hampered effective efforts to mitigate the...
Thu, 06 Jan 2005
Officials raid pirating operation
Officials raid pirating operation JAKARTA: The director general of intellectual property rights at the Ministry of Justice and Human Rights, Abdul Bari Azed, led a raid on a suspected VCD pirating operation in West Jakarta on Wednesday.