ANT - LKBN ANTARA (Indonesia) articles from August 2004

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MEGAWATI TOWIN IF CAPABLE OF SAFEGUARDING IMAGE, PRAMONO SAYS.
August 1, 2004... Surabaya, Jul 31 (ANTARA) - The Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle's (PDI-P) presidential candidate, Megawati Soekarnoputri, will win the runoff presidential election, if she is able to safeguard the image that she is close to the people,...

GUS DUR'S VIEW DECISIVE IN PKB'S CHOICE OF PRES'L CANDIDATE.
August 1, 2004... Bandung, Jul 30 (ANTARA) - Secretary General of the National Awakening Party (PKB) Muhaimin Iskandar said the issue on presidential candidates in the runoff presidential election to be supported by PKB will depend much on a decision of...

ENVIRONTMENTAL WATCHDOG REJECTS PT. NEWMONT'S PRESENCE IN TAPSEL.
August 1, 2004... Medan, Jul 31 (ANTARA) - Indonesia's Environmental Watchdog (Walhi) expressed its rejection of PT. Newmont Horas Nauli's (NHN) re-operation in South Tapanuli (Tapsel) district, North Sumatra province, before receiving the results from an...

PT TELKOM'S NET PROFIT DOWN IN FIRST SEMESTER 2004.
August 1, 2004... Jakarta, July 31 (ANTARA) - Telecommunication company PT Telkom Indonesia Tbk. has recorded net profit of Rp2.875 trillion during the first half of 2004, a decline of 18.73 percent compared to net profit during the same period of 2003 which...

MUZADI DENIES POLICE CHIEF ISSUED PRO-MEGAWATI INSTRUCTION.
August 1, 2004... Surabaya, E Java, July 31 (ANTARA) - The Indonesian Democratic Party - Struggle's (PDIP) vice presidential candidate, Hasyim Muzadi, has denied there was an instruction from the National Police chief to support PDIP's frontrunner Megawati...

PROMINENT FIGURES FROM DIFFERENT PARTIES TO DECLARE SUPPORT FOR SBY.
August 1, 2004... Jakarta, July 31 (ANTARA) - A number of prominent figures from different political parties and elements who had supported other presidential candidates who lost in the first round of the presidential election are expected to declare their...

SUNDAY'S HEADLINES IN INDONESIAN DAILIES.
August 1, 2004... The Jakarta Post, Republika and Kompas PPP DECLARES BACKING FOR MEGA IN RUNOFF The Muslim-based United Development Party (PPP) decided on Saturday to throw its support behind President Megawati Soekarnoputri and running mate Hasyim Muzadi...

EIGHT GSA REBELS KILLED ON SATURDAY.
August 1, 2004... Banda Aceh, Aug 1 (ANTARA) - Eight Aceh Separatist Movement (GSA) rebels were reportedly killed and 11 others were arrested in gun fights with government troops in different places in troubled Aceh province on Saturday. "Six GSA members...

PAN HAS THREE OPTIONS AHEAD OF RUNOFF ELECTIONS.
August 1, 2004... Sidoarjo, E Java, Aug 1 (ANTARA) - Chairman of the National Mandate Party (PAN) Amien Rais said the party has three options ahead of the second round of the presidential election on Sept 20. The options are allowing the party to become the...

PPP'S SUPPORT TO MEGAWATI IS CONDITIONAL, PARTY FIGURE SAYS.
August 1, 2004... Surabaya, E Java, Aug 1 (ANTARA) - The United Development Party (PPP)'s decision to throw its weight behind the Indonesian Democratic Party-Struggle (PDIP)'s Megawati Soekarnoputri-KH Hasyim Muzadi ticket in the second round of presidential...

GOVT URGED TO SIGN MOU WITH MALAYSIA TO FORMALIZE ILLEGAL WORKERS.
August 1, 2004... Jakarta, Aug 1 (ANTARA) - The Democrats Party's vice presidential candidate M. Jusuf Kalla urged the Indonesian government to sign a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Malaysia to formalize illegal Indonesian migrant workers in the...

MEGA-HASYIM CAMP FORMS TEAM TO ANTICIPATE CONSTITUTIONAL COURT'S DECISION.
August 1, 2004... Jakarta, Aug 1 (ANTARA) - The Indonesian Democratic Party-Struggle (PDIP)'s Megawati Soekarnoputri-Hasyim Muzadi pairing has formed a team to anticipate the Constitutional Court's decision favoring the Golkar Party's Wiranto-Salahuddin ticket's...

HOUSE BACKS PLN'S PLAN TO APPOINT ITS SUBSIDIARY TO BUILD PAITON 3 AND 4.
August 1, 2004... Jakarta, Aug 1 (ANTARA) - The House of Representatives (DPR) has given the green light to state electricity company PLN's plan to appoint its subsidiary, PT Pembangkit Jawa Bali, to build units 3 and 4 of thermal power plants (PLTU) in Paiton,...

PEOPLE VISIT BUYAT BAY VICTIMS TO EXPRESS SYMPATHY.
August 1, 2004... Jakarta, August 1 (ANTARA) - A number of people from such organizations as the University of Indonesia's Alumna Association and the National Comission for Women visited four Buyat Bay victims at the Legal Aid Agency for Health Cases (LBHK)'s...

VICE PRES'L CANDIDATE JUSUF KALLA SEES GOLKAR LEADERS INCONSISTENT.
August 1, 2004... Jakarta, Aug 1 (ANTARA) - Vice presidential candidate of the Democrats' Party, M Jusuf Kalla, has considered the Golkar Party's leaders inconsistent. "The Golkar leaders are inconsistent. Akbar Tanjung (the party's chairman) and Wiranto...

INDON CPO EXPORT DROPS DUE TO LOWER BETACAROTENE CONTENT.
August 1, 2004... Jakarta, August 1 (ANTARA) - The export of Indonesia's crude palm oil (CPO) to India, one of the largest importers for the commodity, has decreased due to the lower betacarotene content in it, a businessman has said. "Indonesia usually...

GOLKAR'S FUNCTIONARIES INVITE SUSILO BAMBANG YUDHOYONO, JUSUF KALLA.
August 1, 2004... Jakarta, Aug 1 (ANTARA) - A number of the Golkar Party's functionaries on Sunday evening invited presidential and vice presidential candidates of the Democrats' Party Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY) and Jusuf Kalla (JK). "We are still...

CONSTITUTIONAL COURT EXPECTED TO UPHOLD ITS INTEGRITY IN HANDLING WIRANTO-WAHID'S LAWSUIT.
August 1, 2004... Jakarta, August 1 (ANTARA) - The Constitutional Court has been asked to maintain its integrity in the handling of Golkar Party's presidential hopeful Wiranto and running mate Salahuddin Wahid's complaint over the final result of the...

ITS MC-2004 RETAINS TOP AWARD IN FRANCE.
August 1, 2004... Surabaya, Aug 1 (ANTARA) - The Surabaya Institute of Technology (ITS) Maritime Challenge 2004 (ITS MC-2004) team successfully retained the highest award, "Spirit of the International Challenge", in France, after a similar achievement in...

TIME TO FORM SPECIAL INSTITUTION TO HANDLE INDON MIGRANT WORKERS.
August 2, 2004... Jakarta, Aug 1 (ANTARA) -- It is high time to form an institution directly accountable to the President to handle Indonesian migrant workers especially in improving existing ways and means of their placement and preventing their illegal...

YUDHOYONO MUST BE MORE OPEN TO ELITE FIGURES OF OTHER PARTIES, SAYS OBSERVER.
August 2, 2004... Jakarta, Aug 1 (ANTARA) - Presidential candidate of the Democrats' Party Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY) should be more open to the political elite of other parties in an effort to keep his political power equal to that of the Indonesian...

BLITAR JAIL FILLED TO MORE THAN CAPACITY.
August 2, 2004... Blitar, E Java, Aug 1 (ANTARA) -- The Blitar administration, East Java province, was believed to have ignored the Blitar prison, even when the number of its inmates has exceeded capacity. Chairman of the Legal Aid and Human Rights...

GOLKAR HAS YET TO MAKE DECISION ON SUPPORT FOR PRES'L CANDIDATE.
August 2, 2004... Jakarta, Aug 1 (ANTARA) - The Golkar Party's functionary Marzuki Darussman has said his party has yet to make a decision on its support to one of the two presidential candidates proceeding to the run-off election scheduled for November 20,...

SEVEN GSA REBELS SURRENDER.
August 2, 2004... Banda Aceh, August 1 (ANTARA) - Seven people suspected of the separatist Free Aceh Movement (GSA) members, including a woman, from West and South Aceh, surrendered to the military authorities on Saturday and decided to return to the fold of the...

INDON GOVT DECLARES TESSO NILO FOREST AS NATIONAL PARK.
August 2, 2004... Padang, W Sumatra, Aug 1 (ANTARA) - The Indonesian government through Forestry Minister M. Prakoso has decided to change the status of 38,576-hectare forest Tesso Nilo in Pelalawan and Indragiri, Riau, from the limited production forest into a...

MONDAY'S HEADLINES OF INDONESIA'S MAJOR DAILIES.
August 2, 2004... The Jakarta Post WTO STRIKES HISTORIC TRADE DEAL Rich and poor nations struck a historic deal on Sunday to slash billions of dollars in farm subsidies, create more open industrial markets and revive stalled world trade talks that could...

MONDAY'S EDITORIALS OF INDONESIA'S MAJOR DAILIES.
August 2, 2004... Republika's editorial summary: NEVER AGAIN ENGAGE IN POLITICAL HORSE-TRADING Indonesia's presidential and vice presidential candidates have begun approaching party leaders and members of the political elite. The Megawati...

PDIP WOULD CALL FOR REPEAT ELECTION IF INDON COURT UPHOLDS WIRANTO'S COMPLAINT - PARTY ADVISER SAYS.
August 2, 2004... Jakarta, Aug 2 (ANTARA) - The Indonesian Democratic Party-Struggle (PDIP) has said it would call for a repeat of the first round of the presidential election if the Court on Constitution upholds Golkar Party candidate, Wiranto's complaint over...

INDON PRES'L CANDIDATES HOLD DIALOG WITH BIZMEN.
August 2, 2004... Jakarta, Aug 2 (ANTARA) - Democrats Party presidential candidate, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, and his running mate, Jusuf Kalla, held a dialog with Indonesia's Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Kadin) at the Jakarta Convention Center here Monday....

INDON PRES'L CANDIDATE SBY AIMS FOR 6.6 PCT ECONOMIC GROWTH.
August 2, 2004... Jakarta, Aug 2 (ANTARA) - Indonesian presidential frontrunner, the Democrats Party's Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY), has set his economic growth target at 6.6 percent annually in the next five years. "Economic growth could even increase to 7.6...

UNOCAL HELPS REHABILITATE BEACH IN INDONESIA'S E KALIMANTAN.
August 2, 2004... Balikpapan, E Kalimantan, Aug 2 (ANTARA) - The mining company, UNOCAL Indonesia, has helped rehabilitate the Teritip Beach in Indonesia's East Kalimantan province, by handing over 5,000 mangrove seedlings. "The move was in line with the...

INDON COURT ON CONSTITUTION STARTS HEARING WIRANTO'S COMPLAINT AGAINST ELECTION COMMISSION.
August 2, 2004... Jakarta, Aug 2 (ANTARA) - Indonesia's Court on Constitution on Monday began hearing the complaint lodged by Golkar Party presidential and vice presidential candidates, Wiranto and Salahuddin Wahid, against the General Elections Commission...

INDON PRES'L CANDIDATE OFFERS BUSINESSMEN NEW SOCIAL CONTRACT.
August 2, 2004... Jakarta, Aug 2 (ANTARA) - Indonesia's presidential frontrunner, the Democrats Party's Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, has said he would offer the business community and the people a new social contract, in an effort to develop the economy if he wins...

INDON PROVINCE'S CHARCOAL EXPORTS TO FRANCE DROPS BY 40 PCT.
August 2, 2004... Manado, N Sulawesi, Aug 2 (ANTARA) - North Sulawesi's charcoal exports to France has declined by 40 percent due to limited raw materials in the Indonesian province. PT Serimpi Asli Wenang's export manager, Debby Pamikiran, told reporters...

TENNIS: ANGIE ADVANCES TO SECOND ROUND OF ROGERS CUP IN MONTREAL.
August 2, 2004... Jakarta, Aug 2 (ANTARA) - Indonesia's Angelique Widjaja has managed to advance to the second round of the US$1.3 million Rogers Cup in Montreal, Canada. "Before that, Angie had to undergo two qualification games," her manager, Virginia...

INDON VICE PRES'L CANDIDATE HOPES FOR WIDE SUPPORT FROM MUSLIMS.
August 2, 2004... Malang, E Java, Aug 2 (ANTARA) - Indonesian vice presidential candidate, Hasyim Muzadi, has expressed hope that he and his running mate, Megawati Soekarnoputri, would gain wide support from Muslims, following United Development Party (PPP)...

INDONESIA'S MERPATI TO OFFER DIRECT FLIGHTS FROM MAKASSAR TO DENPASAR.
August 2, 2004... Makassar, S Sulawesi, Aug 2 (ANTARA) - Indonesia's Merpati Nusantara Airlines (MNA) will start offering direct flights between Makassar, capital of South Sulawesi province, and Denpasar, capital of the island resort of Bali, on Aug 7. "The...

INDON PRESIDENT TO INAUGURATE RAILWAY BRIDGE IN W JAVA.
August 2, 2004... Jakarta, Aug 2 (ANTARA) - Indonesian President Megawati Soekarnoputri is scheduled to inaugurate the Cisomang railway bridge which connects the Bandung and Padalarang cities in West Java on Tuesday. Public Works Spokesman Danang Widayatmo...

MEGAWATI VOWS TO REFORM TAXATION SECTOR.
August 2, 2004... Jakarta, Aug 2 (ANTARA) - The Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P)'s presidential aspirant Megawati Soekarnoputri said here on Monday she would reform the country's taxation sector if she wins the second round of the presidential...

AIDS PATIENT DIES IN W JAVA HOSPITAL.
August 2, 2004... Bandung, W Java, Aug 2 (ANTARA) - An AIDS patient died at the Hasan Sadikin hospital here at 10 a.m. local time on Monday, hospital sources said. Declining to mention the sufferer's name, the sources said the patient died after two...

SUSILO ASKS CONSTITUTIONAL COURT TO BE OBJECTIVE ON WIRANTO'S COMPLAINTS.
August 2, 2004... Jakarta, Aug 2 (ANTARA) - The Democrats' Party's presidential candidate Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono Monday asked the Constitional Court to be more objective in deciding on Wiranto's lawsuit against the General Elections Commission (KPU)....

COURT SENTENCES JI MEMBER TO THREE YEARS IN JAIL.
August 2, 2004... Jakarta, Aug 2 (ANTARA) - The South Jakarta district court on Monday sentenced Jemaah Islamiyah member Edi Suprapto (40) alias Yasir to three years in jail for aiding a terrorist suspect. Edi was found guilty of aiding Samsul Bahri alias...

M'SIA, THAILAND TO PARTICIPATE IN N SUMATRA TRAVEL FAIR.
August 2, 2004... Medan, Aug 2 (ANTARA) - Tens of Malaysian and Thai companies engaged in tourism will take part in the North Sumatra International Travel Fair which will be held at Tiara public hall in Medan, on September 23-26, 2004. "Until Monday, 10...

JI MEMBER SENTENCED TO THREE YEARS IMPRISONMENT.
August 2, 2004... Jakarta, Aug 2 (ANTARA) - The South Jakarta district court here Monday sentenced Jemaah Islamiyah member Surono to three years in jail for having kept and hidden explosive materials. Judges at the South Jakarta district court however...

GOVT TO HANDLE RETURN OF ILLEGAL INDON WORKERS SOON.
August 2, 2004... Jakarta, Aug 2 (ANTARA) - A limited meeting on Indonesian migrant workers wound up with a government's decision to directly handle the return of Indonesian illegal migrant workers in stages without a time frame. The meeting, held at the...

GOVT TO BRING ORDER TO FOREIGNERS.
August 2, 2004... Jakarta, Aug 2 (ANTARA) - The government of Indonesia will bring order to the many foreigners in this country, Acting People's Welfare Coordinating Minister Malik Fadjar said explaining the results of a limited meeting at the state palace here...

ELECTION LOSERS SUSSPECTED BEHIND PRE-RUNOFF POLL TROUBLE.
August 3, 2004... Jakarta, Aug 2 (ANTARA) - National Intelligence Agency (BIN) Chief AM Hendropriyono said here Monday he suspected that elements that lost in previous elections were among certain parties trying to disturb security in the runup to the second...

PT NMR STILL BELIEVES ITS TAILING DOES NOT POLLUTE BUYAT BAY.
August 3, 2004... Jakarta, Aug 2 (ANTARA) -- PT Newmont Minahasa Raya (NMR), still believed that the tailing of its mines did not contaminate the waters and marine life in Buyat Bay, North Sulawesi province, as the result of an analysis of fish samples taken...

DIFFICULT TO CONTINUE PROBE ON MINOR EXPLOSION AT KPU, JAKARTA POLICE CHIEF SAYS.
August 3, 2004... Surabaya, E Java, Aug 2 (ANTARA) - Jakarta Police chief, Inspector Gen Firman Gani, on Monday admitted the difficulty of continuing the investigation on the minor explosion at the General Elections Commission (KPU) office on Monday last week....

KALLA TO MEET GOLKAR CHIEF AKBAR AFTER AUG 5.
August 3, 2004... Jakarta, Aug 2 (ANTARA) - Democrats' Party vice-presidential candidate Jusuf Kalla disclosed here Monday he had met and talked with Golkar Party leader Akbar Tanjung and was planning another meeting after August 5. "The talk with Akbar was...

BI GOVERNOR ON RI'S MEDIUM-TERM INFLATION RATE.
August 3, 2004... Jakarta, Aug 2 (ANTARA) - Central Bank (BI) Governor Burhanuddin Abdullah said here Monday an inflation rate of 6 to 7 percent over the next three years would be a good development for the Indonesian economy. "If the inflation rate could...

GOVT TO MARK BORDERLINES WITH CONCRETE PILLARS.
August 3, 2004... Jakarta, Aug 2 (ANTARA) - President Megawati Soekarnoputri said the Indonesian government will erect concrete pillars to mark the country's land borders with Malaysia to prevent the borderlines from being illegally changed by anyone for...

HEADLINES OF INDONESIAN MAJOR DAILIES TUESDAY AUGUST 3, 2004.
August 3, 2004... The Jakarta Post CANDIDATES OFFER SAME ECONOMIC POLICIES Businessmen got their first glimpses of the five-year economic roadmaps of presidential candidates Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and the incumbent president, Megawati Soekarnoputri, during a...

11 MORE BUYAT RESIDENTS TO COME TO JAKARTA TO CONVINCE INDON GOV'T BAY IS POLLUTED.
August 3, 2004... Jakarta, Aug 3 (ANTARA) - Eleven more residents of Buyat Bay in Indonesia's North Sulawesi province will come to Jakarta to convince the government that the bay is indeed polluted and is causing illnesses among the local people. "It seems...

Kompas' editorial summary: TUESDAY AUGUST 3, 2004.
August 3, 2004... TWO PRES'L CANDIDATES FAIL TO CONVINCE BUSINESS WORLD We appreciate President Megawati Soekarnoputri and Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's readiness to explain their respective economic programs during the dialog with domestic and foreign...

INDON ENVIRONMENTAL GROUP SUES GOV'T FOR LANGKAT FLASH FLOOD.
August 3, 2004... Medan, N Sumatra, Aug 3 (ANTARA) - The Indonesian Environmental Forum (Walhi) sued the government on Tuesday for its lack of professionalism in managing the Mt Leuser National Park, resulting in the flash flood that killed 250 people in Langkat...

EIGHT REBELS SURRENDER TO INDON MILY IN ACEH.
August 3, 2004... Banda Aceh, Aceh, Aug 3 (ANTARA) - At least eight rebels reportedly surrendered themselves to the military in Indonesia's Naggroe Aceh Darussalam province on Monday. "They all come from West Aceh and South Aceh district," spokesman of the...

INDONESIA'S E JAVA SEES SLIGHT DROP IN COFFEE EXPORTS.
August 3, 2004... Surabaya, E Java, Aug 3 (ANTARA) - The coffee exports of Indonesia's East Java province to Japan, the United States and a number of countries in Europe in the first half of the year has declined slightly, compared with that in the same period...

INDON MILY BOMBARDS REBEL HIDEOUT IN S ACEH.
August 3, 2004... Banda Aceh, Aceh, Aug 3 (ANTARA) - The Indonesian military on Monday launched an air raid on a site believed to be a rebel hideout in Mt Teungku, Kapai Sesak village, South Aceh district in Indonesia's Aceh province. "The area was bombarded...

MEGAWATI WANTS EASTERN INDONESIA TO BE ON A PAR WITH WESTERN INDONESIA.
August 3, 2004... Serang, Banten, Aug 3 (ANTARA) - Indonesian President Megawati Soekarnoputri has pledged to make the eastern part of the country on a par with the western part, should she be reelected in the presidential run-off on Sept 20. "The...

NU YOUTH ALLIANCE PLEDGES SUPPORT FOR MEGAWATI-HASYIM PRES'L TICKET.
August 3, 2004... Jakarta, Aug 3 (ANTARA) - The youth alliance of the Nahdlatul Ulama (NU), Indonesia's largest Islamic movement, on Tuesday pledged its support for Megawati Soekarnoputri and Hasyim Muzadi for the second round of the country's presidential...

MICROSOFT TO LAUNCH INDON VERSION OF MICROSOFT OFFICE.
August 3, 2004... Jakarta, Aug 3 (ANTARA) - Microsoft Indonesia will launch the Indonesian version of Microsoft Office, which includes Word, Excel, Powerpoint and Outlook, late this year, its president director, Tony Chen, said here Tuesday. "We will promote...

INDONESIA TO HOST 1st ASIA-PACIFIC AIR INTERNET JAMBOREE.
August 3, 2004... Jakarta, Aug 3 (ANTARA) - Indonesia will host the 1st Asia-Pacific Air Internet Jamboree (API) and the Asia-Pacific Air Jamboree (APA) on Aug 6-8, to be participated in by 23 countries. "Indonesia, particularly the executive board of the...

INDONESIA MAY STOP IMPORTING SHRIMPS.
August 3, 2004... Jakarta, Aug 3 (ANTARA) - The Indonesian government may stop importing shrimps in an effort to safeguard the interest of local shrimp producers, a senior official said here on Tuesday. "The government is preparing two steps to face the...

DEPORTATION OF INDON WORKERS FROM MALAYSIA TO BE DELAYED FOR FINANCIAL REASONS, SAYS INDON OFFICIAL.
August 3, 2004... Jakarta, Aug 3 (ANTARA) - The deportation of illegal Indonesian migrant workers from Malaysia will be delayed till after the second round of Indonesia's presidential election on Sept 20, for financial -- not political -- reasons, an Indonesian...

WIRANTO'S LAWYERS MAKE THEIR OWN VOTE RECAPITULATION.
August 3, 2004... Jakarta, Aug 3 (ANTARA) - A member of the lawyers team of the Golkar Party's presidential candidate Wiranto, Albert Sagala, has admitted the figures of votes of the July 5 presidential election the team has presented at the Constitutional Court...

STUDY RESULT ON BANJARNEGARA VCD CASE SUBMITTED TO STATE POLICE HQ.
August 3, 2004... Jakarta, Aug 3 (ANTARA) - The General Elections Monitoring Committee (Panwaslu) here Tuesday presented the study result of the video compact disk (VCD) running a speech by a police officer on invitation to vote for a certain presidential...

INDONESIAN POLICE WARN OVER POSSIBLE BOMB THREATS IN RUNOFF.
August 3, 2004... Jakarta, Aug 3 (ANTARA) - Indonesian national police chief General Da'i Bachtiar warned people here on Tuesday that groups of Bali and Marriott Hotel bombers might launch bomb threats to disturb the runoff presidential election in September. ...

GOVT ASKS MALAYSIA TO RETURN INDON WORKERS AFTER ELECTION, SAYS PRESIDENT.
August 3, 2004... Indramayu, W Java, Aug 3 (ANTARA) - President Megawati Soekarnoputri has said the government has asked Malaysia to return the Indonesian illegal workers in that country after the second round of presidential election scheduled for September 20,...

KPU CONFIRMS ELECTION OF 550 POLITICAL PARTY REPRESENTATIVES TO PARLIAMENT.
August 3, 2004... Jakarta, August 3 (ANTARA) - The General Elections Commission (KPU) has formally validated the membership of 550 political party representatives in Indonesia's House of Representatives (DPR) based on the results of legislative elections held...

OPEC TO DISCUSS OIL-PRICE LOWERING MEASURES IN SEPTEMBER.
August 3, 2004... Jakarta, Aug 3 (ANTARA) - The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) will hold a meeting on September 15 in Vienna, Austria, to discuss measures it needs to take to lower the crude oil price which has spiralled to US$44 per...

JAKARTA CITY ADMINISTRATION, PELITA II TO DISCUSS JAKARTA NEW PORT.
August 3, 2004... Jakarta, Aug 3 (ANTARA) - Jakarta Governor Sutiyoso said he will have a meeting with the management of PT Pelindo II to discuss the building of the Jakarta New Port. "We will discuss most effective ways and means, including those for the...

COURT'S DECISION ON WIRANTO'S COMPLAINTS MAY AFFECT POLITICAL STABILITY : MINISTER.
August 3, 2004... Jakarta, Aug 3 (ANTARA) - A senior cabinet minister here Tuesday warned that any ruling by the Constitutional Court (MK) on the complaints filed by Golkar Party presidential candidate Wiranto on the official tally of the votes he collected in...

MEGAWATI MEETS PRABOWO SUBIANTO.
August 3, 2004... Jakarta, Aug 3 (ANTARA) - President Megawati Soekarnoputri is tonight from 7 pm having a meeting with former Army Strategic Forces Commander (Kostrad) Prabowo at her Tengku Umar residence in Jakarta. Prabowo was reported to leave the...

PT DI SHAREHOLDERS' STATUS STILL NOT CLEAR.
August 3, 2004... Jakarta, Aug 3 (ANTARA) - Up till now the management of PT Dirgantara Indonesia (DI) still wondered if the company's shareholders are in the hands of the Office of State Minister of State Enterprises or in the asset managing company PT...

POLICE TO SETTLE "BANJARNEGARA VCD" CASE THROUGH DISCIPLINE COUNCIL.
August 3, 2004... Jakarta, Aug 3 (ANTARA) - The National Police Headquarters is preparing a session of its discipline and ethics council to handle the so-called "Banjarnegara VCD" case in which a district police chief allegedly violated the police's strict...

CRUDE OIL PRICE IN 2004 AMENDED STATE BUDGET 34 US$ PER BARREL.
August 3, 2004... Jakarta, Aug 3 (ANTARA) - The Indonesian government regarding the target of the amended State Budget of 2004, has changed the reference price of crude oil from 22 to 34 US dollars per barrel, effective as of the second semester of 2004. ...

KPU TO ACCEPT CONSTITUTIONAL COURT'S VERDICT ON WIRANTO'S COMPLAINT.
August 3, 2004... Jakarta, Aug 3 (ANTARA) - The General Elections Commission (KPU) will accept whatever the Constitutional Court (MK) rules on the complaint lodged by Golkar Party presidential candidate Wiranto against the Commission's final count of the votes...

SOME 8,000 VILLAGES PRONE TO SCLEAN-WATER SCARCITY : PRESIDENT.
August 4, 2004... Indramayu, W Java, Aug 3 (ANTARA) - President Megawati Soekarnoputri said about 8,000 villages in Indonesia are considered prone to scarcity of clean water due to damage to their environments. "Our difficulties in getting clean water stem from...

GARUDA TO HAVE NEW CHIEF.
August 4, 2004... Jakarta, Aug 3 (ANTARA) - State Enterprises Minister Laksamana Sukardi is scheduled to install Samudra Sukardi, who is his elder brother, as the new president director of national flag-carrier Garuda Indonesia replacing Indra Setiawan. ...

MICROSOFT TO INTRODUCE NEW APPLICATION PROGRAM FOR SMEs.
August 4, 2004... Jakarta, Aug 3 (ANTARA) - PT Microsoft Indonesia will introduce a new application program called "Microsoft Business Solution" (MBS) for Indonesia's small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and expects the program to lead market of business...

BI TO ENCOURAGE FORMATION OF MEDIATION BODY.
August 4, 2004... Jakarta, Aug 3 (ANTARA) - Bank Indonesia (BI) or the central bank will encourage the establishment of a mediation body in 2005 to handle disputes between banks and their customers, a spokesman said. "We hope the body can be formed by 2005. BI...

HEADLINES IN MAJOR INDONESIAN DAILIES WEDNESDAY AUGUST 4, 2004.
August 4, 2004... Jakarta, Aug 4 (ANTARA) - The following are the headlines of major Indonesian dailies on Wednesday. * Bisnis Indonesia: OPEC RUNS OUT OF SPARE OIL The crude oil price strikes new record of highest level at US$44 a barrel Yesterday...

JAPANESE-ASSISTED RENOVATED SCHOOL INAUGURATED.
August 4, 2004... Jakarta, Aug 4 (ANTARA)- A newly renovated elementary school building with assistance from the Japanese government in West Java's Cibodas subdistrict, Sukabumi district, was inaugurated on Tuesday. The Japanese government has provided...