ANT - LKBN ANTARA (Indonesia) articles from April 2004

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LEGISLATIVE ELECTION DECISIVE FACTOR IN RI'S ABILITY TO ATTRACT INVESTORS.
April 1, 2004... Jakarta, March 31 (ANTARA) - Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Dorojatun Kuntjoro Jakti said the April 5 legislative elections would be a decisive factor in Indonesia's ability to draw investors. Dorojatun made the remark after a...

KPU URGED TO HOLD SIMULTANEOUS ELECTIONS ON APRIL 5.
April 1, 2004... Jakarta, March 31 (ANTARA) - The Indonesian Journalists Association (PWI), the Indonesian Journalists' Association for Free and Fair Elections (Pijafrei) and the Indonesian Society and Journalists Association for the Monitoring of Electiona...

TWO BANGKA COPS FIRED.
April 1, 2004... Pangkalpinang, March 31 (ANTARA) -- Bangka-Belitung (Babel) Police Chief Senior Commissioner Erwin TPL Tobing has dishonourably dismissed two Bangka police officers for their violations of the law and thus besmirching the good image of the...

NEW INVESTORS DEVELOPING OILPALM PLANTATION IN KETAPANG, W KALIMANTAN.
April 1, 2004... Pontianak, W Kalimantan, March 31 (ANTARA) - As many as three companies operating in palm oil business have started investing in Ketapang district in West Kalimantan following Local government's promotion of the sector, a local official said on...

COMMITTEE TO CONTINUE MONITORING PARTIES DURING COOLING-0FF PERIOD.
April 1, 2004... Jakarta, March 31 (ANTARA) - The General Elections Monitoring Comittee (Panwaslu) here will continue to work during the "cooling-off" period starting midnight on Thursday to detect possible disguised violations by political parties, a Jakarta...

TANZANIA WANTS RI TO CONTINUE ITS AGRICULTURAL ASSISTANCE...
April 1, 2004... Jakarta, March 31 (ANTARA) - The Tanzanian government has expected that Indonesia would continue its agricultural assistance in order to maintain its rice production level, Indonesian Minister of Agriculture Bungaran Saragih said here on...

JAPAN EXTENDS LOAN TO IDEVELOP RI'S INFRASTRUCTURE.
April 1, 2004... Jakarta, March 31 (ANTARA) - The Japanese government has extended a loan of 104.634 billion yen or Rp8.42 trillion to Indonesia to finance infrastructure development. "The ultimate aim of the loan is to improve the business climate in...

THAI WANTS RI TO ENHANCE COOP IN DEVP OF OIL PALM, RUBBER.
April 1, 2004... Jakarta, March 31 (ANTARA) - Agriculture Minister Bungaran Saragih and Thai ambassador to Indonesia Atchara Seriputra signed an agreement to enhance development of oil palm and rubber sectors here on Wednesday. "We have signed a...

CUSTOMS IMPOUND 179 CONTAINERS OF ILLEGAL SUGAR IN TANJUNG PRIOK.
April 1, 2004... Jakarta, March 31 (ANTARA) - The Customs Office of Tanjung Priok has impounded 179 containers of smuggled sugar that arrived on inter-island boats. "The 179 containers are equivalent to 3,400 tones of sugar with one tone worth US$220,"...

ECONOMIC CRIMES TEND TO RISE DURING ELECTIONS...
April 1, 2004... Jakarta, March 31 (ANTARA) - The Center for Business and Association Studies (Cebas) has discovered an increase in economic crimes such as smuggling, circulation of fake bank notes and banking fraud ahead of this year's general elections,...

KPU PROMISES ELECTION RESULTS WILL BE CREDIBLE.
April 1, 2004... Jakarta, March 31 (ANTARA) - Chairman of the General Elections Commission (KPU), Nazaruddin Syamsuddin, said here Wednesday that the 2004 election results would be credible and available in a relatively short time because the Comission had a...

THURSDAY'S HEADLINES OF INDONESIAN MAJOR DAILIES.
April 1, 2004... The Jakarta Post COPIERS USED IN RUSH TO MEET ELECTION DAY Several regincies continued to report the lack of election materials on Wednesday while the government nears the Friday deadline to decide whether to issue a decree postponing the...

KRI DEWA RUCI TO MAKE GOODWILL VISIT TO RUSSIA.
April 1, 2004... Jakarta, April 1 (ANTARA) - Indonesian naval training ship KRI Dewa Ruci plans to conduct a goodwill visit to Russia in the framework of an astronomic sailing training program for naval cadets, the Navy said in a statement received here on...

THURSDAY'S EDITORIALS FROM INDONESIAN DAILIES: 1 APRIL 2004.
April 1, 2004... Media Indonesia's editorial summary: LEADERS IN CRISIS As the campaign for the election of legislators winds up, all party symbols and attributes will disappear starting tomorrow (Friday). The entire nation will again have their usual...

JAKARTA STOCK EXCHANGE CLOSED ON ELECTION DAY.
April 1, 2004... Jakarta, April 1 (ANTARA) - The Jakarta Stock Exchange (JSX) will not hold any activity on the buying and selling of stocks and shares on April 5 when Indonesia holds its legislative election, an official has said. JSX will open again on...

INDONESIA'S FORMER TOP SECURITY MINISTER LAUNCHES BIOGRAPHY.
April 1, 2004... Jakarta, April 1 (ANTARA) - Indonesia's former top security minister, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, here on Wednesday evening launched his biography, "SBY, A DEMOCRAT". Present at the event were former president Abdurrahman Wahid, Gen (ret)...

JAPAN TO MONITOR ELECTION IN INDONESIA'S ACEH, SAYS ELECTION OFFICIAL.
April 1, 2004... Banda Aceh, Aceh, April 1 (ANTARA) - Japan will reportedly send delegates to monitor the holding of the general election in Indonesia's troubled province of Aceh on April 5, an Indonesian election official has said. The Japanese...

INDON PRES, VEEP OUT OF CAPITAL ON FINAL DAY OF ELECTION CAMPAIGN.
April 1, 2004... Jakarta, April 1 (ANTARA) - Indonesian President Megawati Soekarnoputri and Vice President Hamzah Haz will be out of Jakarta on the final day of the election campaign on Thursday. Based on the schedule, Megawati will address the campaigns...

INDON VEEP HOLDS UNOFFICIAL MEETING WITH CLERIC HABIB IN SOLO.
April 1, 2004... Solo, C Java, April 1 (ANTARA) - Indonesian Vice President Hamzah Haz, who also chairs the United Development Party (PPP), held an unofficial meeting with Moslem cleric, Habib Anis Alwi Al Habsy, in the Central Java city of Solo on Thursday. ...

INDON VEEP HOPES ELECTION WOULD BE SMOOTH.
April 1, 2004... Jakarta, April 1 (ANTARA) - Indonesian Vice President Hamzah Haz has expressed hope that the legislative election on April 5 would run smoothly. "Let us maintain security and not easily get provoked, so that the election would run well,"...

INDON LEGISLATIVE CANDIDATES SPEND BILLIONS OF RUPIAHS ON ADS.
April 1, 2004... Medan, N Sumatra, April 1 (ANTARA) - Legislative candidates in Indonesia's North Sumatra province are believed to have spent billions of rupiahs on advertisements during the 22-day election campaign period. Sources told ANTARA that since...

PAN FILES RP1.3 BILLION LAWSUIT AGAINST PKS.
April 1, 2004... Banda Aceh, Aceh, April 1 (ANTARA) - The National Mandate Party (PAN) on Wednesday filed a Rp1.3 billion lawsuit at the Banda Aceh district court against the Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) for defaming its cadre. In its lawsuit, PAN...

INDON MINISTRY TO ALLOCATE RP90 BILLION FOR MARINE RESEARCH.
April 1, 2004... Jakarta, April 1 (ANTARA) - Indonesia's Fishery and Marine Resource Ministry is committed to allocate at least Rp90 billion every year to step up fishery and marine resource research, Minister Rokhimin Dahuri said here Thursday. "As a...

INDON PRESIDENT'S PARTY CAMPAIGNS IN SURABAYA, SOME SCHOOLS CLOSE DOWN.
April 1, 2004... Surabaya, E Java, April 1 (ANTARA) - A number of schools here suspended classes on Thursday for fear of riots which could occur during the last campaign rally of the Indonesian Democratic Party-Struggle (PDIP). ANTARA reported here...

HOUSEWIVES HELP INDON ELECTION COMMISSION PREPARE MATERIALS.
April 1, 2004... Kolaka, SE Sulawesi, April 1 (ANTARA) - About 200 housewives have been helping the local office of Indonesia's General Elections Commission (KPU) prepare election materials to be used on election day on April 5, an official has said. The...

PPP TO FORM RELIGIOUS NAT'L FRONTLINE COALITION.
April 1, 2004... Jakarta, April 1 (ANTARA) - The United Development Party (PPP) will take the initiative to establish a Religious National Frontline Coalition if the party gains 20 percent of the votes in the April 5 legislative election. "Involving two or...

MONITORING COMMITTEE TO LOOK OUT FOR DISGUISED CAMPAIGN ACTVITIES.
April 1, 2004... Jakarta, April 1 (ANTARA) - The General Elections Monitoring Committee (Panwaslu) here on Thursday instructed its regional committees to be on the lookout for covert campaign activities by poliical parties during the cooling-off period...

RACHMAWATI CRITICIZES MEGAWATI'S GOVERNMENT.
April 1, 2004... Jakarta, April 1 (ANTARA) - Pioneers' Party (Partai Pelopor) chairperson Rachmawati Soekarnoputri here on Thursday sharply criticized her elder sister Megawati's government, saying she had failed to lift the people up from misery. Speaking...

MEGAWATI CONVINCED PDIP TO WIN APRIL 5 POLLS.
April 1, 2004... Surabaya, April 1 (ANTARA) - Indonesian Democratic Party Struggle (PDIP) leader Megawati Soekarnoputri here Thursday reiterated her conviction that her party would repeat its 1999 election victory next week. "I am confident we will again...

AMIEN DOESN'T BELIEVE GOVT HAS PAID DEBTS.
April 1, 2004... Bogor, W Java, April 1 (ANTARA) - National Mandate Party (PAN) leader Amien Rais here Thursday expressed disbelief that the debts left by past regimes including Soeharto's had been paid by President Megawati Soekarnoputri's government. ...

KPU CALLS ON ELECTION CONTESTANTS TO TAKE DOWN ATTRIBUTES.
April 1, 2004... Jakarta, April 1 (ANTARA) - The General Elections Commission (KPU) and the General Elections Supervising Committee (Panwaslu) called on all the political parties contesting the 2004 general elections to take down their attributes installed at...

STUDENTS TO ALERT PEOPLE AGAINST CAMPAIGN LIES.
April 1, 2004... Jakarta, April 1 (ANTARA) - Students from the Student Executive Boards from across Jakarta and the nearby cities of Tangerang, Bogor and Bekasi plan to stage a demonstration on Friday to alert people against lies spread during the political...

EU SENDS ELECTION OBSERVERS TO INDONESIA.
April 1, 2004... Jakarta, April 1 (ANTARA) - The European Union has sent 126 people to observe the implementation of the parliamentary elections in Indonesia on April 5. "The short-term observers arrived here on Wednesday and they will be dispersed across...

ELECTION CAMPAIGN PROCESS OFFICIALLY ASSESSED PEACEFUL.
April 2, 2004... Jakarta, April 1 (ANTARA) - The 20-day electoral campaigning process ahead of Indonesian's April 5 legislative elections has run quite peacefully, contrary to predictions made by certain political observers previously, a General Elections...

PT ASTRA'S EXPORT VALUE IN CPO TRADING INCREASES BY 105 PCT.
April 2, 2004... Jakarta, April 1 (ANTARA)- The export value of PT Astra Agro Lestari in the trading Crude Palm Oil (CPO) in the first two months of 2004 recorded a tremendous increase by 105 percents from 22,932 tons to 47,002 tons. In its press release...

THOUSANDS ATTEND SENATORIAL CANDIDATE SARWONO'S CAMPAIGN RALLY.
April 2, 2004... Jakarta, April 1 (ANTARA)- A campaign rally for Jakarta senatorial candidate Sarwono Kusumaatmadja in the indoor tennis stadium at Senayan, Jakarta, on Thursday was attended by thousands of his supporters. About 5,000 people from all...

'SYARIAH' BANKS FACING FIVE CHALLENGES, SAYS CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR.
April 2, 2004... Nusa Dua, Bali, April 1 (ANTARA) - Bank Indonesia (BI, the central bank) Governor Burhanuddin Abdullah said 'syariah' banks (banks run according to Islamic principles) in Indonesia are still facing five challenges that should be overcome soon....

INCO TO PAY FINAL DIVIDENDS FOR 2003.
April 2, 2004... Jakarta, April 1 (ANTARA)- PT International Nickel Indonesia (Inco) will pay its final dividends for 2003 at a rate of 20 dollar cents per share, a company spokesman said. Bing Tobing, PT Inco's president director, said here the company...

RI EXPORTS DECREASED 2.64 PCT IN FEBRUARY.
April 2, 2004... Jakarta, April 1 (ANTARA)- Indonesia's oil and gas as well as non-oil/non-gas exports last February decreased by 2.64 percent to 4.90 billion US dollars from 5.02 billion US dollars in January. Soedarti Surbakti, head of the Central Bureau...

INDONESIA MUST BE FREED FROM "KKN" , YUDHOYONO SAYS.
April 2, 2004... Jakarta, Apr 1 (ANTARA) - Presidential candidate of the Democrats' Party Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said Indonesia must be freed from the diseases of corruption, collusion and nepotism (KKN) which hamper the implementation of national...

GSA KEEPS ON TRYING TO FOIL GENERAL ELECTIONS IN ACEH.
April 2, 2004... Lhokseumawe, Apr 1 (ANTARA) - Members of the Aceh Separatist Movement (GSA) are continuing their attempts to foil the implementation of this year's general elections in Aceh, Military Operations Commander Brid Gen George T. said in Lhokseumawe...

FRIDAY'S HEADLINES OF INDONESIA'S MAJOR DAILIES.
April 2, 2004... The Jakarta Pos UNREGISTERED VOTERS FILE COMPLAINT WITH JAKARTA POLICE Police have received what may be this election year's first case of people reporting election officials for failing to grant them their constitutional rights. ...

FRIDAY'S EDITORIALS OF INDONESIA'S MAJOR DAILIES.
April 2, 2004... The Republika's editorial summary: STOP SHOWING THOSE MYSTERY STORIES ON TV This editorial addresses the news report which came out in the front page of this newspaper last Wednesday -- the Indonesian Ulemas Council's (MUI) call for...

POLLING TO BE DONE SIMULTANEOUSLY ON APRIL 5, SAYS GOVT.
April 2, 2004... Jakarta, April 2 (ANTARA) - Indoneia's legislative elections will be conducted nation-wide on April 5, without any delay in any part of the country, acting Coordinating Minister for Political and Security Affairs Hari Sabarno announced here...

POVERTY TO REMAIN DESPITE HIGH ECONOMIC GROWTH, MINISTER SAYS.
April 2, 2004... Jakarta, April 2 (ANTARA) - Finance Minister Boediono said here Friday high economic growth in a poor country would not automatically resolve its poverty problem. "High economic growth will only change, not eliminate, the poverty problem....

NICKEL PRICE IN 2004 TO REMAIN HIGH, SAYS PT INCO EXECUTIVE.
April 2, 2004... Jakarta, April 2 (ANTARA) -The world nickel price in 2004 is predicted to remain high as supply will not be able to keep up with increased demand, PT International Nickel Indonesia Tbk (PT Inco) resident director Bing R Tobing said here...

TELEPHONE RATE HIKE PART OF EFFORT TO RESTRCUTURE TELECOM INDUSTRY.
April 2, 2004... Jakarta, April 2 (ANTARA) - Communications Minister Agum Gumelar here Friday called the public not to dramatize the 28-percent hike in local phone rates as the step was actually part of the government's effort to restructure the...

KADIN ASKS POLITICAL PARTIES TO PRESERVE ENVIRONMENT.
April 2, 2004... Jakarta, April 2 (ANTARA) - The Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Kadin) has asked the political parties contesting the 2004 general elections to preserve the environment under their development and administrative program. "In...

SALES OF PT FORTUNE INDONESIA'S SERVICES UP 101 PCT.
April 2, 2004... Jakarta, April 2 (ANTARA) - The 2003 sale of services of PT Fortune Indonesia Tbk increased by 101 percent to Rp 148.5 billion compared to the 2002 sales, an independent auditor's 2003 report said. "The 41 pct increase in gross profits during...

GENERAL ELECTIONS IN ACEH TO BE HELD ON SCHEDULE.
April 2, 2004... Banda Aceh, April 2 (ANTARA) - The Indonesian government reiterated on Thursday that general elections in the troubled province of Aceh will run as scheduled on April 5. "Whether delayed elections need to be held in Aceh will depend on the...

RI YET TO EXPLOIT GEOTHERMAL POTENTIAL OPTIMALLY.
April 2, 2004... Sanur, Bali, April 2 (ANTARA) - Of its known geothermal potential of 20,000 MW, Indonesia has so far been using only 812 MW for power generation, a state oil and gas company Pertamina executive said. Sukesan Soemarinda, general manager of PT...

STUDENTS REMIND PEOPLE TO REJECT PARTIES THAT MAKE MANY PROMISES.
April 2, 2004... Jakarta, April 2 (ANTARA) - Hundreds of students grouped in the Students' Executive Board (BEM) of the University of Indonesia (UI) on Friday staged a rally to remind the people not to elect parties that made many promises during their...

SUSILO BAMBANG YUDHOYONO'S POPULARITY DRASTICALLY INCREASES.
April 2, 2004... Jakarta, April 2 (ANTARA) - The popularity of former coordinating minister for political and security affairs Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono was reported to have drastically increased during the campaigning period for the 2004 general elections. ...

BA'ASYIR TO BE EXAMINED NEXT WEDNESDAY, SAYS LAWYER.
April 2, 2004... Jakarta, April 2 (ANTARA) - The National Police headquarters will again examine convicted Abu Bakar Ba'asyir next Wednesday (April 7), Ba'asyir's lawyer Muhammad Ali said here Friday. According to Ali, the Muslim cleric would be examined on...

ALL ELECTION LOGISTICS HAVE ARRIVED AT DESTINATIONS, KPU CHIEF SAYS.
April 2, 2004... Jakarta, April 2 (ANTARA) - Based on reports received by the General Elections Commission (KPU) up to Friday afternoon, all election logistics have arrived in all districts and municipalities. "Most of them have even been distributed to...

POLICE STILL SEARCHING FOR TWO SUSPECTS IN CIMANNGIS BLAST.
April 2, 2004... Jakarta, April 2 (ANTARA) - The Metropolitan Jakarta Police are still searching for two main suspects allegedly involved in a bomb explosion in Cimanggis, West Java, a senior police officer said. "We are still hunting down the two suspects,"...

SOFT COMPUTING TECHNOLOGY IN MEDICAL ENGINEERING HAS BRIGHT PROSPECTS.
April 2, 2004... Surabaya, E Java, April 2 (ANTARA) - Professor at the industrial engineering department of the Surabaya November Ten Technological Institute Dr Mauridhi Hery Purnomo Ph,D said the development of soft computing technology in medical and electric...

GOLKAR PARTY TO WIN LEGISLATIVE ELECTIONS, ACCORDING TO LSI SURVEY.
April 3, 2004... Jakarta, April 3 (ANTARA)- The Indonesian Survey Institute (LSI) said here Friday its latest survey had shown that the Golkar Party is likely to win the April 5 legilative elections although it will bag a smaller number of votes than in a...

MINISTER AGUM CALLS ON THE PUBLIC NOT TO DRAMATIZE PHONE CALL RATE HIKE.
April 3, 2004... Jakarta, April 2 (ANTARA) - Transportation Minister Agum Gumelar called on the general public not to dramatize the 28 percent hike of local phone call rates, as the measure was actually part of the government's objectives of restructuring the...

PRESIDENT INAUGURATES SOEKARNO-HATTA MONUMENT AT BIN OFFICE.
April 3, 2004... Jakarta, April 3 (ANTARA) - President Megawati Soekarnoputri inaugurated a Soekarno-Hatta monument at the National Intelligence Agency (BIN) office complex here on Friday evening. Also present at the ceremony were the Presdeint;s...

INDON INDUSTRY AND TRADE CHAMBER RESPOND POSITIVELY TO PHONE RATES HIKE.
April 3, 2004... Jakarta, April 2 (ANTARA) - The Indoensian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Kadin) Friday responded positively to PT Telkom's move in increasing the rate of local phone calls effective April 1, 2004, saying the hike was a logical consequence...

GUNAWAN'S ESCAPE ASSISTED BY TWO SALEMBA PENITENTIARY INMATES.
April 3, 2004... Jakarta, April 3 (ANTARA) - The result of a police investigation into the foiled escape of Gunawan Satonsa, a suspect who had to stand trial for the murder of PT Asaba's President Director, indicated that he tried to escape with the help of two...

TRAIN HITS BUS, 11 KILLED.
April 3, 2004... Palembang, April 3 (ANTARA) - Eleven people died and 17 others were wounded after a passenger bus was hit by a train at a point between Martapura train station and Gilas about 25 kilometer from Baturaja, South Sumatra, early on Thursday. ...

FOREIGNERS, INFANTS IN BATAM RECEIVE VOTERS' CARDS.
April 3, 2004... Pekanbaru, Riau, April 3 (ANTARA) - Some Filipinos in Batam and infants have reportedly received voters cards for general election in 2004, while they did not register or have the right to vote in the polling. "Many weird things happened...

SATURDAY'S HEADLINES OF INDONESIAN MAJOR DAILIES.
April 3, 2004... The Jakarta Post EDICT ISSUED TO DELAY POLL IN REMOTE AREAS Indonesian President Megawati Soekarnoputri signed on late Friday evening a government regulation in lieu of law to enable the country to hold the legislative election on Monday as...

ELECTION IN INDONESIA'S SAMPANG DISTRICT TO RUN PEACEFULLY.
April 3, 2004... Surabaya, E Java, April 3 (ANTARA) - Legislative elections on April 5 in Indonesia's Sampang district in Madura island, East Java province will run peacefully, district head H Fadhilah Buiono Adnan has said. Fadhila made the stament on...

FORMER INDON PRESIDENT SEOHARTO TO VOTE IN MONDAY'S ELECTION.
April 3, 2004... Jakarta, April 3 (ANTARA) - Former Indonesian President Soeharto will use his right to vote in a polling booth near his residence in Jl Cendana, Central Jakarta, in Monday's legislative elections, his elder borther said here on Saturday. ...

SATURDAY'S EDITORIALS OF INDONESIAN MAJOR DAILIES.
April 3, 2004... Bisnis Indonesia's editorial summary: FOLLOW-THROUGH ELECTIONS LEGAL There is a feeling of anxiety about the holding of the general election, although the Indonesian government, the House of Representatives and the General Election...

VOTER'S CARDS HAVE BEEN TRADED, SAYS FIGURES.
April 3, 2004... Jakarta, April 3 (ANTARA) - Voter's cards for the legislative election on April 5 have been sold at certain price, a legislative candidate of the Indonesian Justice and Unity Party (PKPI) and a loyalist of the Concern for the Nation Functional...

EGYPTIAN AMBASSADOR VISITS N SUMATRA.
April 3, 2004... Medan, N Sumatra, April 3 (ANTARA) - Egyptian Ambassador Ezzad Saad and Indonesia's Agriculture Minister Bungaran Saragih visited some agricultural projects here on Saturday, a provincial spokesperson said. Oil palm and rubber plantations were...

NGO CONDEMNS AUSTRALIA FOR MISTREATING INDON FISHERMEN.
April 3, 2004... Kupang, E. Nusa Tenggara, April 3 (ANTARA) - A local non governmental organization, the Care for West Timor Foundation (YPTB), has condemned the way in which Australian authorities recently treated Indonesian fishermen detained for allegedly...

JAPAN SENDS ELECTION MONITORS TO VARIOUS REGIONS IN INDONESIA.
April 3, 2004... Jakarta, April 3 (ANTARA) - Japan has dispatched representatives to a number of Indonesian cities to monitor the general elections on April 5, a statement said. The mission is led by Takao Kawakami, former Japanese ambassador to...

THREE EUROPEAN STATES SEND ELECTION OBSERVERS TO ACEH.
April 3, 2004... Banda Aceh, Aceh, April 3 (ANTARA) - Three foreign countries grouped in the European Union have sent their repreentatievs to Indonesia to monitor the conduct of general elections, notably in the country's troubled province of Aceh. ANTARA...

HUNDREDS DEMONSTRATE OUTSIDE KPU OFFICE.
April 3, 2004... Jakarta, April 3 (ANTARA) - Calling themselves "The United Opposition Front," hundereds of people from various non-governmental organizations staged a rally in front of the General Elections Commission (KPU) office on Jalan Imam Bonjol in...

ONLY 10 PCT OF INDON WORKERS ABROAD REGISTERED AS VOTERS.
April 3, 2004... Jakarta, April 3 (ANTARA) - Manpower and Transmigration Minister Jacob Nuwawea here Saturday expressed concern about the fact that only 10 percent of some 2.5 million Indonesian workers abroad are registered as eligible voters for the 2004...

PRESIDENT INAUGURATES GERAK BABAT DAM IN EAST JAVA.
April 3, 2004... Lamongan, E. Java, April 3 (ANTARA) - President Megawati Soekarnoputri on Saturday inaugurated the Gerak Babat dam in Lamongan district, East Java, which was built to control floods in the down-stream stretches of the Bengawan Solo river but...

POLLING ALSO TO TAKE PLACE IN PRISONS.
April 3, 2004... Jakrta, April 3 (ANTARA) - Prisoners and detainees will be given the chance to cast their votes in the legislative elections on April 5 at polling stations set up in the buildings where they are serving their sentences or being held, a justice...

PRESIDENT CALLS ON FARMERS TO IMPROVE PRODUCTS' QUALITY.
April 3, 2004... Surabaya, E. Java, April 3 (ANTARA) - President Megawati Soekarnoputri called on farmers to improve the quality of their products so that they could be accepted by both the domestic and international markets. "I call on farmers to...

THOUSANDS OF POLICE TO GUARD POLLING STATIONS IN JAKARTA.
April 3, 2004... Jakarta, April 3 (ANTARA) - As many as 12,000 policemen will be deployed to maintain order and security at polling stations throghout Jakarta on Monday (April 5) when the Indonesian people are to elect their representatives in the legislatures,...

GEOGRAPHIC , DEMOGRAPHIC CONDITIONS HAMPER RI'S HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT.
April 3, 2004... Padang, W Sumatra, April 3 (ANTARA) - Geographic and demographic conditions in Indonesia have hampered the country's human resources development, Malaysian academician Prof Acmad Fauzi Basri said here Saturday. Fauzi noted that as an...

ELECTION RESULTS TO BE TABULATED AT HOTEL BOROBUDUR.
April 3, 2004... Jakarta, April 3 (ANTARA) - The General Elections Commission (KPU) plans to tabulate the results of the general elections on April 5 at the Hotel Borobudur in Central Jakarta from April 5 to 9, its chairman Nazaruddin Sjamsuddin said here on...

SEVEN PARTIES AGREE TO ANTICIPATE FOUL PLAY IN ELECTION RESULTS.
April 3, 2004... Jakarta, April 3 (ANTARA) - Seven of the 24 political parties to contest the April 5 legislative election here Saturday agreed to combine their forces in anticipating the posibility of foul play in the voting and the tabulation of the polls'...

PRESIDENT MEGAWATI'S SON NOT REGISTERED AS VOTER.
April 3, 2004... Jakarta, April 3 (ANTARA) - President Megawati Soekarnoputri's son, Moh Rizki Pratama, will not be able to vote in the general elections next Monday because he is not registered as an eligible voter, a South Jakarta election official said. ...

PKS OFFERS APOLOGY TO PBB, FREEDOM PARTY.
April 3, 2004... Jakarta, April (ANTARA) - The Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) on Saturday apologized to the Cresent and Star Party (PBB) and the Freedom Party for its mistake in putting the serial numbers of the two parties in specimen ballot papers used in...