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Sat, 29 Dec 2001
The long, winding road to improve arts appreciation
The long, winding road to improve arts appreciationStevie Emilia, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Quality performances by world-class artists throughout the year have brought new and stimulating experiences for loyal enthusiasts of the performing arts.
Sat, 29 Dec 2001
Sexual violence rife in N. Sumatra
Sexual violence rife in N. Sumatra MEDAN, North Sumatra: Sexual violence against children was increasing in North Sumatra due to the provincial authority's inaction, a legal aid group based in Medan said on Friday.
Sat, 29 Dec 2001
Prevent Liem from
Prevent Liem from BCA ownership If government officials were serious in seeking to prevent Liem Sioe Liong and/or his family from taking over Bank Central Asia (BCA), then their first priority would be to sell, or confiscate, his current shares, which stand at eight percent.
Sat, 29 Dec 2001
Ahmad Junaidi
Ahmad Junaidi The Jakarta Post Jakarta The city administration has proposed a 2002 City Budget totaling Rp 8.8 trillion, with increased funding for the repression of disadvantaged people and for Governor Sutiyoso's wardrobe.
Sat, 29 Dec 2001
Taiwan may ban RI, Thai laborers
Taiwan may ban RI, Thai laborers Taiwan may prevent new workers coming from Indonesia and Thailand next year if the two countries continue to reject pay cuts for foreign labor, an official said Friday.The Taiwan labor authorities in November slashed minimum monthly wages for foreign workers by as...
Sat, 29 Dec 2001
Diversity of Indonesian art gradually emerges
Diversity of Indonesian art gradually emergesAmir Sidharta, Contributor, Jakarta Even though the new era of post-Soeharto openness started over three years ago, only this year did we get the sense that diversity was emerging on the art scene.
Sat, 29 Dec 2001
Animal center sees robust business
Animal center sees robust businessAnnastashya Emmanuelle, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Business is bustling at the Ragunan animal care center here, as many Jakartans settle their pets before leaving the city for Idul Fitri or Christmas holidays.
Sat, 29 Dec 2001
Major events in RI-U.S. in 2001
Major events in RI-U.S. in 2001 Jan. 25: Newly elected U.S. President George Bush pledges support for Indonesia. Feb. 3: U.S. Secretary of State Collin Powel meets the visiting Indonesian Minister of Trade asking about the political challenge facing President Abdurrahman Wahid.
Sat, 29 Dec 2001
Performing arts: Art Summit and beyond
Performing arts: Art Summit and beyondEdi Sedyawati, Former Director General of Culture, Jakarta In the year 2001, the most significant event in performing arts here, at least from its many dimensions, was the Third Art Summit Indonesia: Performing Arts.
Sat, 29 Dec 2001
The year of political disputes
The year of political disputesKurniawan Hari and Bambang Nurbianto The Jakarta Post Jakarta When the nation entered a reform era following the downfall of autocratic president Soeharto in 1998 and his protege B.J. Habibie in Oct.
Sat, 29 Dec 2001
JP/ /DPR
JP/ /DPRMPR/DPR - A spectacle of turbulence and contention.Meidyatama Suryodiningrat The Jakarta Post Jakarta Some 250 years-ago American James Madison wrote that democracies have ever been spectacles of turbulence and contention.
Sat, 29 Dec 2001
Art market receives a welcome boost from speculators
Art market receives a welcome boost from speculatorsYusuf Susilo Hartono, Contributor, Jakarta While development of Indonesia's fine art market has lately been marked by attempts to give young painters a boost through exhibitions and home auctions, the arts community has witnessed three notable...
Sat, 29 Dec 2001
Page turners in 2001's literary scene
Page turners in 2001's literary sceneLie Hua, Contributor, Jakarta The country's literary arena was shaken in 2001 by the appearance of Supernova, a novel written by a real newcomer, Dee (Dewi Lestari).This breakthrough work fostered an unusually rich literary debate.
Sat, 29 Dec 2001
Kupang police detain 146 asylum seekers
Kupang police detain 146 asylum seekersYemris Fointuna, The Jakarta Post, Kupang Police in East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) said on Friday they had detained 146 foreign asylum seekers attempting to sail to Australia via the province's capital, Kupang.Adj. Comr.
Sat, 29 Dec 2001
Soeharto, sensible compromise or fear?
Soeharto, sensible compromise or fear? When I lived in Aceh province for a number of years, fear was more than apparent. It was the very air that you breathed, and could on occasions make the hairs on the back of your neck stand on end.
Sat, 29 Dec 2001
Sino-RI ties should include defense, security cooperation
Sino-RI ties should include defense, security cooperationOei Eng Goan, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta China's foreign diplomacy in 2001, the first year of its 10th five-year plan for national, economic and social development, has got into its stride as proven by its successful hosting of the Asia...
Sat, 29 Dec 2001
RI-India ties must move beyond cultural links
RI-India ties must move beyond cultural linksV. Anjaiah, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Relations between the world's fourth most populous country -- Indonesia -- and the world's second most populous state -- India -- have remained cordial throughout 2001.
Sat, 29 Dec 2001
Lesson from Taliban's fall: Radicalism ends in disgrace
Lesson from Taliban's fall: Radicalism ends in disgraceKosasih Derajat, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Initially welcomed by many as the liberator of Afghanistan from local warlords, communist rulers and Soviet Union domination, the Taliban regime, which came to power in September 1996, received little...
Sat, 29 Dec 2001
City slammed for ignoring public on making budget
City slammed for ignoring public on making budgetAhmad Junaidi, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Non-governmental organizations (NGOs) have criticized the Jakarta City Administration for attempts to avoid public participation and transparency in its budget process, triggering suspicion that city officials...
Sat, 29 Dec 2001
Officials should be frugal
Officials should be frugalFrom Rakyat Merdeka Our country is still gripped by an economic crisis and trapped in huge foreign debts. Based on the report of the Public Servants' Wealth Audit Commission (KPKPN), our senior officials have abundant wealth.
Sat, 29 Dec 2001
A challenge to Agum Gumelar
A challenge to Agum Gumelar I should have written this letter when the accident of Cirebon Express and Empu Jaya trains occurred three months ago. Unfortunately another tragedy, the train collision between the Gaya Baru and the Empu Jaya, took place on Dec. 25, 2001.
Sat, 29 Dec 2001
Police predict security will deteriorate next year
Police predict security will deteriorate next yearDamar Harsanto, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta High number of offenses are likely tarnish security in the capital next year partly due to worsening impact of the economic crisis, a senior police officer said on Friday.Jakarta Police Chief Insp. Gen.
Sat, 29 Dec 2001
Taufik's state role queried
Taufik's state role queriedFabiola Desy Unidjaja and Kurniawan Hari, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The appointment of Taufik Kiemas as a special envoy during a ministerial visit to China is a classic conflict of interest in relation to his role as the President's husband, a legislator and businessman,...
Fri, 28 Dec 2001
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Fri, 28 Dec 2001
Cambodia ends first phase of military cuts
Cambodia ends first phase of military cuts CAMBODIA: The government on Wednesday wrapped up the first phase of efforts to scale back its bloated military, completing the demobilization of some 15,000 troops.
Fri, 28 Dec 2001
JP/3/INSIGHT
JP/3/INSIGHTWhither civil society? Are we getting closer or farther from becoming a civil societyJ. Soedjati Djiwandono Political Analyst Jakarta Both Sukarno, through his "guided democracy", and Soeharto through his "Pancasila democracy", robbed the sovereignty and power of the people.
Fri, 28 Dec 2001
Mega to sign decree for Timor tribunal
Mega to sign decree for Timor tribunal JAKARTA: State Secretary/Cabinet Secretary Bambang Kesowo said on Wednesday that President Megawati Soekarnoputri will sign a decree on the appointment of ad hoc human rights trial judges by the end of the year."We submitted the decree before Idul Fitri (Dec.
Fri, 28 Dec 2001
Tax office regulations, expedient cop-outs?
Tax office regulations, expedient cop-outs? or Taxation or extortion, what is the government doing to us? or Govt could increase revenue 40 times if diligentBerni K. Moestafa The Jakarta Post JakartaThe public hailed last year's amendment to the 1983 tax laws, but frowned when they saw the slew of...
Fri, 28 Dec 2001
'Bob' Hasan asks for judicial review
'Bob' Hasan asks for judicial review JAKARTA: Timber tycoon Mohamad "Bob" Hasan, who is serving a six year jail term for corruption, appeared on Thursday at the Central Jakarta District Court to file a request to the Supreme Court to review his case.
Fri, 28 Dec 2001
JP/ /DPR
JP/ /DPRMPR/DPR - A spectacle of turbulence and contention.Meidyatama Suryodiningrat The Jakarta Post Jakarta Some 250 years-ago American James Madison wrote that democracies have ever been spectacles of turbulence and contention.
Fri, 28 Dec 2001
ICEL paints bleak picture on environment
ICEL paints bleak picture on environmentFitri Wulandari and Tertiani ZB Simanjuntak, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Environmentalists predicted doom on Thursday saying Indonesia's environment would likely remain the primary target of exploitation due to the government's desperate need to lift itself out...
Fri, 28 Dec 2001
Diversity of Indonesian art starts to emerge
Diversity of Indonesian art starts to emerge=============== Amir Sidharta Contributor Jakarta --------------- Even though the new era of post-Soeharto openness started over three years ago, only this year did we get the sense that diversity was emerging on the art scene.
Fri, 28 Dec 2001
Public demands resignation of railway officials
Public demands resignation of railway officialsKurniawan Hari and Rendi A. Witular, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Three separate train accidents occurred on Christmas Day, killing at least 61 people.Dozens of rail disasters have occurred in the past few months and politicians and passengers put that...
Fri, 28 Dec 2001
Year-end Special Section
Year-end Special Section The Jakarta Post continues its review of the year with this section today looking at the question of life in the regions and metro Jakarta.The year 2001, which ends in a matter of days, has witnessed what many people call the biggest experiment in regional autonomy -- the...
Fri, 28 Dec 2001
New Year's resolutions for our environment
New Year's resolutions for our environmentNigel Sizer, Director, Forests Program, Asia Pacific Region, The Nature Conservancy, Jakarta I could start this year-end article with the predictable environmental worrywart's factoids -- two million hectares of Indonesia's forests destroyed each year,...
Fri, 28 Dec 2001
PLN still struggles to recover from financial crisis
PLN still struggles to recover from financial crisisJohannes Simbolon, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta This year, public utility PT PLN continued to struggle to cope with the problems and difficulties that have been confronting the company since the start of the economic crisis in the middle of 1997.
Fri, 28 Dec 2001
The year of political disputes
The year of political disputesKurniawan Hari and Bambang Nurbianto The Jakarta Post Jakarta When the nation entered a reform era following the downfall of autocratic president Soeharto in 1998 and his protege B.J. Habibie in Oct.
Fri, 28 Dec 2001
Australia drops dumping charges against RI's paper products
Australia drops dumping charges against RI's paper productsThe Jakarta Post JakartaThe Australian government has dropped its dumping allegations against two Indonesian export paper products, according to an Indonesian envoy.
Fri, 28 Dec 2001
40 percent of Indonesians poor
40 percent of Indonesians poor JAKARTA: Forty percent of 210 million Indonesians live under the poverty line, according to the National Family Planning Coordinating Agency Yaumil Agoes Achir.The figure is a dramatic increase on statistics prior to the economic crisis in July, 1997 when 11 percent...
Fri, 28 Dec 2001
JITF meets US$14b target
JITF meets US$14b targetBerni K. Moestafa, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The Jakarta Initiative Task Force (JITF) has finalized the mediation of debt restructuring talks worth US$14.2 billion from the $14 billion targeted this year, but warned of tougher talks ahead as a prolonged economic slump...
Fri, 28 Dec 2001
Army helps probe Theys murder
Army helps probe Theys murder JAKARTA: The Army has sent a five-member team to Papua to help police investigate the Nov. 11 murder of independence activist Theys Hiyo Eluay.Central military police chief Maj. Gen. Djasri Marin said on Thursday that the team was led by Army Intelligence Chief Brig.
Fri, 28 Dec 2001
Autonomy policy no solution to Aceh conflict
Autonomy policy no solution to Aceh conflictSanti WE Soekanto The Jakarta Post JakartaAnother year is whizzing by leaving Aceh with wounds agape and questions unanswered. Hardly a day in 2001 has gone by without murders being committed in the strife-torn region -- the Indonesian Red Cross workers...
Fri, 28 Dec 2001
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;JP;P.J. LEO;R. BERTO WEDHATAMA; ANPAv..r.. Photo-Art Summit-music Photo captions JP/18/CAPSPhoto captionsPhoto A, B: Art SummitJP/P.J. Leo JP/R. Berto WedhatamaSitting in his wheelchair, an old man (photo above) is entertained by his loyal birds who cheerfully call him Bapak Presiden (Mr.
Fri, 28 Dec 2001
Govt could increase revenue 40 times if diligent
Govt could increase revenue 40 times if diligentBerni K. Moestafa, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The public hailed last year's amendment to the 1983 tax laws, but frowned when they saw the slew of tax regulations issued this year to implement the new laws.
Fri, 28 Dec 2001
Councilors' overseas trips
Councilors' overseas trips---------------------------------------------------------------- Participants Destination Purpose --------------------------------------------------------------- Commission A on Tokyo Comparative study on Administrative and disaster management Legal Affairs Beijing...
Fri, 28 Dec 2001
Ruling allows depositors to assess bank record
Ruling allows depositors to assess bank recordBerni K. Moestafa, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The public will soon have greater access to gauge the performance of their bank under a new central bank ruling that, among other things, requires banks to publish financial reports every month and to...
Fri, 28 Dec 2001
2001 hints at signs of film industry recovery
2001 hints at signs of film industry recoveryJoko E.H. Anwar, Contributor, Jakarta An unusual sight has been repeating itself at Blok M Plaza theater in South Jakarta, where teenagers wait at the entrance early in the morning to get tickets for an Indonesian horror movie, Jelangkung, which has been...
Fri, 28 Dec 2001
Special team set to probe graft case
Special team set to probe graft case JAKARTA: The city council agreed on Wednesday to establish a special committee to probe an alleged graft surrounding the acquisition of 10.4 hectares of land in the former red-light district of Kramat Tunggak in North Jakarta.
Fri, 28 Dec 2001
OPEC consensus for oil output cut
OPEC consensus for oil output cutReuters, Cairo OPEC oil producers are set to seal an unprecedented alliance on output restrictions with rival independent suppliers to prop up world crude prices, cartel ministers said on Thursday.
Fri, 28 Dec 2001
Combination of factors behind JSX's decline
Combination of factors behind JSX's declineDadan Wijaksana, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The Jakarta Stock Exchange's market capitalization -- the total value of stocks traded in the bourse -- dropped this year as transaction value declined due to a combination of the prolonged sluggish domestic...