ANT - LKBN ANTARA (Indonesia) articles from December 2005

ANT - LKBN ANTARA (Indonesia) archives from December 2005

NEWSPAPERS HEADLINES: THURSDAY DECEMBER 1, 2005.
December 1, 2005... Jakarta, Dec 1 (ANTARA) - Following are headlines in some major Indonesian dailies: The Jakarta Post SOLDIERS ATTACK AND LOOT HAMLETS A group of Army soldiers are facing dismissal for attacking and looting houses in three remote South...

PROBOSUTEDJO'S LAWYER TO REPORT TO JUDICIAL COMMISSION.
December 1, 2005... Jakarta, Dec. 1 (ANTARA): A lawyer of business tycoon Probosutedjo, who was sentenced for a four-year jail term for embezzlement of reforestation funds worth Rp 100.9 billion (around 10.000 million US dollars), will report to the Judicial...

GERMANY PROVIDES SCHOLARSHIPS TO TSUNAMI VICTIMS.
December 1, 2005... Bogor, W Sumatra, Dec. 1 (ANTARA): Germany has provided scholarships to victims of tsunami studying at the Bogor-based Institute of Agriculture (IPB), said a spokesperson of IPB Vet. Agus Lelana here Thursday. The scholarships were handed...

PRESIDENT DEDICATES HYDROPOWER PLANT IN N SUMATRA.
December 1, 2005... Tapanuli Tengah, N Sumatra, Dec 1 (ANTARA) - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono here on Thursday dedicated the Sipan Sihaporas hydropower plant (PLTA) in Hutor village, Central Tapanuli district. The 50 MW- power plant is expected to produce...

TPM TO ASK FOR JUDICIAL REVIEW OF THREE BALI BOMBERS' DEATH SENTENCE.
December 1, 2005... Jakarta, Dec 1 (ANTARA) - The Moslem Defense Team (TPM) will soon file a request for a judicial review by the Supreme Court of and a ruling by the Constitutional Court (MK) on the death sentence passed by the Denpasar district court on three...

GOVERNORS, DISTRICT CHIEFS INSTRUCTED TO CONDUCT HIV/AIDS PREVENTION CAMPAIGNS.
December 1, 2005... Jakarta, Dec 1 (ANTARA) - Vice President Jusuf Kalla has instructed provincial governors, district chiefs and mayors to launch campaigns and adopt policies to inform people in their jurisdictions on the danger of and ways to prevent the spread...

WORLD AIDS DAY OBSERVED WITH LOW-KEY CAMPAIGN.
December 1, 2005... Jakarta, Dec 1 (ANTARA) - A number of people grouped in the Madani Home Care (MHC) observed World AIDS day by conducting a low-key campaign here Thursday during which they gave away apples to passers-by at the Hotel Indonesia roundabout in...

PDIP SPLINTER GROUP FORMS NEW POLITICAL PARTY.
December 1, 2005... Jakarta, Dec 1 (ANTARA) - The 32-member national collective leadership of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) splinter group here on Thursday declared their conversion into a new political party called Reform Democratic Party...

PROSECUTOR DEMANDS LIFE SENTENCE FOR POLLYCARPUS.
December 1, 2005... Jakarta, Dec. 1 (ANTARA) - Jakarta District Court prosecutors here Thursday demanded a life sentence for Pollycarpus Budihari Priyanto, a suspect in the murder of Indonesian prominent human rights activist Munir. Pollycarpus has been...

DEFENSE MINISTRY TO REVISE BUDGET FOR ARMS PROCUREMENT, MAINTENANCE.
December 1, 2005... Jakarta, Dec. 1 (ANTARA) - Indonesia's Defense Ministry will in the near future revise its budget for purchase and maintenance of military weapons and equipment of the Indonesian Armed Forces following the lifting of the US arms embargo on...

DOMESTIC FUEL OIL PRICE TO BE LOWERED IF WORLD PRICE DROPS: MINISTER.
December 1, 2005... Sibolga, N. Sumatra, Dec 1 (ANTARA) - Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Purnomo Yusgiantoro said the governemnt would definitely lower the fuel oil price when the world crude price drops below US$57 per barrel but he called on people to...

POSSIBILITY OF USING ELECTRICITY TARIFF ADJUSTMENT MECHANISM BEING DISCUSSED.
December 1, 2005... Jakarta, Dec 1 (ANTARA) - The government and state-owned electricity company PT PLN are discussing the possibility of adopting a mechanism to adjust the electricity tariff instantly with the energy price. PLN Deputy Director for Marketing...

PRESIDENT TO VISIT S SULAWESI ON DECEMBER 4.
December 1, 2005... Makassar, S Sulawesi, Dec 1 (ANTARA) - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is slated to make a visit to South Sulawesi on December 4, a spokesman of the provincial administration confirmed. During his visit, the president would open the...

SPEAKER ASKS MINISTER TO ANNUL RP50 LEVY ON KEROSENE.
December 1, 2005... Jakarta, Dec 1 (ANTARA) - House of Representatives (DPR) Speaker Agung Laksono has asked Home Affairs Minister M Ma'ruf to ammul a circular letter the latter had issued to collect a Rp50 tax from the sale of every litre of kerosene. "The...

REGIONAL LEGISLATORS STILL DOUBT PASIR ISLAND'S STATUS.
December 1, 2005... Kupang, E Nusatenggara, Dec 1 (ANTARA) - The status of Pasir Island (Ashmore Reef), claimed by Australia as part of its marine territory, is still unclear and Australia's claim needs more historical evidence, a provincail legsilative aasembly...

ASEAN INFO EXCHANGE COOPERATION STILL LIMITED, SAYS MINISTER.
December 1, 2005... Denpasar, Dec 1 (ANTARA) - Information exchange cooperation among ASEAN member countries is still limited due to differences in the level of economic development of the member countries, an Indonesian minister said here Thursday. Information...

AWAIR INTERNATIONAL CHANGES NAME INTO INDONESIA AIRASIA.
December 1, 2005... Jakarta, Nov 30 (ANTARA) - An Indonesian private airlines, Awair, on Wednesday announced it has changed its company's name from PT Awair International into PT Indonesia Airasia to increase the service quality. A company's statement made...

INDIAN "MAHARESI" TO OPEN NEW PRAYER CENTER IN BATAM TEMPLE.
December 1, 2005... Batam, Dec 1 (ANTARA) - Twenty Indian Hindu priests (Maharesi) were scheduled to lead Sri Lalitha Maha Thirupurasundari's purification ceremony at a prayer center for a Hindu community in the Agung Amertha Bhuana Temple (AAB Temple) area, in...

RI MILITARY EQUIPMENT HELD IN US NEED RE-EXAMINATION.
December 1, 2005... New York, Dec 1 (ANTARA) - Indonesian military equipment which have long been kept in United States military warehouses under the military embargo imposed by the US government on Indonesia since late 1999 need to be checked before sending them...

WIDODO: RADICAL IDEOLOGY THE CAUSE OF MAIN PROBLEMS OF TERRORISM.
December 1, 2005... Jakarta, Dec 1 (ANTARA) - Political, Legal and Security Affairs Coordinating Minister Widodo AS said the main problem of terrorism is its radical ideology. "Terrorism should be dealt with in a more comprehensive manner and therefore...

INDONESIAN NAVY TO STEP UP PATROL NEAR AUSTRALIA'S ASHMORE REEF.
December 1, 2005... Jakarta, Dec 1 (ANTARA) - Spokesman for the Indonesian Navy Commodore Abdul M Yusuf said the navy will intensify its patrol of the Ashmore Reef (Pasir Island) waters which had become a point where Australian naval patrol arrested Indonesian...

PROBOSUTEDJO HAS RICE, FRIED SOYBEAN CAKE FOR BREAKFAST IN JAIL.
December 1, 2005... Jakarta, Dec 1 (ANTARA) - Probosutedjo who has been convicted for misusing industrial estate reforestation funds amounting to Rp100.9 billion had rice, fried soybean cake for breakfast normally served to the rest of the inmates in the Cipinang...

SEA GAMES: INDONESIA GRABBING MORE GOLDS, BUT STILL FIFTH.
December 1, 2005... Manila, Dec 1 (ANTARA) - The Indonesian contingent in the fourth day of the fifth SEA Games in the Philippines succeeded in grab more more golds, but its fifth rank in the medal tally remained unchanged, while the host team had secured top...

UNESCO, STANDARD CHARTERED LAUNCH HIV/AIDS PREVENTION CAMPAIGN.
December 2, 2005... Jakarta, Dec. 2 (ANTARA) UNESCO and Standard Chartered Bank (SCB) jointly launched a HIV/AIDS prevention campaign targeted especially the youths and children. "We are very concerned about the condition of the young people and children, who...

PRESIDENT VISITS POOR COMMUNITY IN NORTH SUMATRA.
December 2, 2005... Balige, N Sumatra, Dec. 2 (ANTARA) - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono visited a poor community in Balige, Toba district, North Sumatra, here Friday morning to check the implementation of direct cash distribution -- a government policy to help...

RI TO PURSUE PROPOSAL FOR SPECIAL TREATMENT OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS.
December 2, 2005... Jakarta, Dec. 2 (ANTARA) - Indonesia will pursue its proposal in the upcoming World Trade Organization (WTO) meeting that agricultural products be given special treatment, Trade Minister Mari E. Pangestu said. "We will give priority to...

QUAKE OF 5.4 MAGNITUDE ROCKS NORTH SUMATRA.
December 2, 2005... Surabaya, Dec 2 (ANTARA) - A 5.4 Richter scale tectonic earthquake rocked North Sumatra province on Friday at 10.08 am local time (WIB) with its epicenter at about 3.5 degrees northern latitude (LU) and 94.5 degrees eastern longitude (BT), the...

BALI TO BE PILOT PROJECT FOR NEEDLE EXCHANGE PROGRAM.
December 2, 2005... Denpasar, Dec 2 (ANTARA) - The AIDS Regulation Commission (KPA) and the National Narcotics Agency (BNN) are conducting a Needle Exchange Program (NEP) to minimize the spread of AIDS among intravenous drug-users in Bali and Jakarta as two pilot...

MINISTER: NO PLAN TO DISCUSS RICE IMPORT.
December 2, 2005... Jakarta, Dec. 2 (ANTARA) - Trade Minister Mari E. Pangestu said here Friday that the government was not planning to hold a meeting to discuss rice imports. "Rice imports are the government's decision, so it is the President who decides...

WAY KAMBAS FESTIVITY TO DRAW FOREIGN AMBASSADORS, TOURISTS.
December 2, 2005... Bandar Lampung, Dec 2 (ANTARA) - Several ambassadors, namely from Australia and Japan, along with numerous ministers and foreign tourists were scheduled to attend the opening ceremony of the Way Kambas Festival (WKF) in Way Kambas National Park...

AUSSIE ASSOCIATION PROVIDES HOUSING FOR BALI BOMB BLAST VICTIM.
December 2, 2005... Denpasar, Dec 2 (ANTARA) - Zero to One, an Australia-based association, has donated housing for a widow whose husband got killed in the Bali bomb blast last October 12, 2002. "This donation is intended to give an appropriate living place to...

FIVE COMPANIES PUT BIDDING PRICE ON GAS PIPELINE PROJECT.
December 2, 2005... Jakarta, Dec 2 (ANTARA) - Five national companies have put forward their offering price in a tender for two gas pipeline construction projects, one between Cirebon and Semarang and the other between Semarang and Gresik. Head of the...

PRESIDENT MEETS EX-FINANCE MINISTER ON CABINET RESHUFFLE PLAN.
December 2, 2005... Medan, N. Sumatra, Dec 2 (ANTARA) - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono admitted on Friday he had invited former finance minister Boediono to a meeting regarding his plan to reshuffle the cabinet, before he left for Medan. President...

SE ACEH DISTRICT CHIEF'S SON ALLEGEDLY INVOLVED IN ILLEGAL LOGGING.
December 2, 2005... Banda Aceh, Dec. 2 (ANTARA) - Southeast Aceh Police have named MD, son of the Southeast Aceh District chief as a suspect in an illegal logging case. "Based on our recent investigation, MD is suspected of being involved in illegal logging...

TANAH ABANG TRADERS STRIKE DEAL WITH AFRICAN BIZMEN.
December 2, 2005... Jakarta. Dec. 2 (ANTARA) - Indonesian garment traders signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on garment exports with African businessmen in Maputo, Mozambique, recently. The MOU was signed respectively by PT Priamanaya representing...

COORDINATING MINISTER ABURIZAL BAKRIE SHOULD BE REPLACED : DEMOCRAT PARTY.
December 2, 2005... Jakarta, Dec. 2 (ANTARA) - The Democrts Party holds the view that Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Aburizal Bakrie should be replaced because he has not been able to carry out his duties effectively. "The economic coordinating...

GOVT ESTIMATES INFLATION RATE TO REACH 17-18 PCT IN 2005.
December 2, 2005... Jakarta, Dec 2 (ANTARA) - The government estimates that the inflation rate will reach 17 percent to 18 percent by the end of 2005, Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Aburizal Bakrie said here Friday. Aburizal said until November the...

US OFFERS TECHNICAL AID FOR MALACCA STRAIT SECURITY.
December 2, 2005... Jakarta, Dec 2 (ANTARA) - The US government has offered technical assistance to support joint security operations in the Malacca Strait by Indonesia, Singapore and Malaysia. "There will be (technical aid, but we do not know yet the form of...

ELECTION COMMISSION OFFICIAL SENTENCED TO FOUR YEARS IN JAIL.
December 2, 2005... Jakarta, Dec 2 (ANTARA) - A corruption court here on Friday sentenced chief of the financial bureau of the General Elections Commission (KPU) Hamdani Amin to four years in jail. In its verdict chief judge Kresna Menon said Hamdani was...

WTO TEAM ASKED TO FIGHT FOR NATIONAL INTERESTS.
December 2, 2005... Jakarta, Dec 2 (ANTARA) - Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Aburizal Bakrie advised the Indonesian negotiating team to attend a World Trade Organizaton (WTO) meeting in in Hong Kong to prepare themselves well so that they could put...

GOVT NOT TO LIMIT FOREIGNERS HOLDING TREASURY BONDS.
December 2, 2005... Jakarta, Dec 2 (ANTARA) - The Indonesian government will not limit foreign investors' ownership of treasury bonds (SUN), the director general of treasuary at the ministry of finance, Mulia Nasution, said here on Friday. "It must not be...

RI NOT TO OPEN DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS WITH ISRAEL JUST YET.
December 2, 2005... Jakarta, Dec 2 (ANTARA) - Foreign Minister Hassan Wirajuda said here on Friday that Indonesia would not as yet open diplomatic relations with Israel pending the conclusion of the peace process for Palestinian independence. "We support...

LPKP HAILS BOEDIONO'S JOINING THE CABINET.
December 2, 2005... Jakarta, Dec 2 (ANTARA) - Faisal Baasir, chairman of the Public Policy Observation Institute (LPKP), said here on Friday the inclusion of Boediono, finance minister when Megawati Soekarnopurti was president, in the present cabinet under...

ELECTION COMMISSION OFFICIAL SENTENCED TO FOUR YEARS IN JAIL.
December 2, 2005... Jakarta, Dec 2 (ANTARA) - A corruption court here on Friday sentenced chief of the financial bureau of the General Elections Commission (KPU) Hamdani Amin to four years in jail. In its verdict chief judge Kresna Menon said Hamdani was...

RI AND CHINA PROPOSE FORMATION OF NEW BODY TO HANDLE NATURAL DISASTERS.
December 2, 2005... Bandung, Dec 2 (ANTARA) _ Indonesia and China forwarded their proposal at the fifth ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) here recently for the establishment a new body for the realization of military _ civil cooperation in the handling of natural...

RAL, STAR ENERGY ESTABLISH BLOCK SEAT CONTRACT WORTH RP 1 BILLION PER MONTH.
December 2, 2005... Jakarta, Dec 2 (ANTARA) - PT Riau Airlines and PT Star Energy established a block seat cooperation on flights between Halim Perdanakusuma airport and Matak airport, Natuna in Riau Islands, worth Rp 1 billion per month. "The contract...

CCTV SYSTEM TO BE INSTALLED IN HIGH RISE BUILDINGS.
December 2, 2005... Jakarta, Dec 2 (ANTARA) - Jakarta Metropolitan Police chief Inspector General Firman Gani has issued a regulation requiring owners of high-rise buildings and vital objects to instal close circuit television (CCTV) in the buildings to increase...

PDIP TO REMAIN OPPOSITION PARTY.
December 2, 2005... Jakarta, Dec 2 (ANTARA) - The Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDIP) will remain an opposition party even if President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and Vice President Yusuf Kalla appoint its cadres, including former ministers in Megawati_s...

POLICE TO CAPTURE NOORDIN M. TOP ALIVE.
December 2, 2005... Jakarta, Dec 02 (ANTARA) _ The police are making efforts to capture Noordin M. Tom alive as he may give valuable information about Azahari_s terrorist network and the background that has motivated Azahari_s group to commit terrorist attacks in...

VICE PRESIDENT: INDONESIA NO HOTEL BUT HOME FOR ETHNIC CHINESE.
December 2, 2005... Surabaya, Dec 2 (ANTARA) - Vice Presiddent Jusuf Kalla said that Indonesia was not a hotel for ethic Chinese in country, but their own home. "This country is a home for all of us," he said when opening a congress of an organization of...

PANASONIC AWARDS: TAMARA BERTAHAN, TORA SUDIRO KALAHKAN ANJASMARA.
December 2, 2005... Jakarta, 3/12 (ANTARA) - Tamara Bleszynski mempertahankan gelar dalam ajang Panasonic Awards 2005 untuk kategori aktris terfavorit, sementara Tora Sudiro menggeser posisi Anjasmara sebagai "juara bertahan" sebelumnya selama tiga kali...

ISLAH PKB HARUS DIMULAI SECARA DIAM-DIAM.
December 2, 2005... Magelang, 3/12 (ANTARA) - Islah (perdamaian) di Partai Kebangkitan Bangsa (PKB) antara Kubu Muhaimin Iskandar dengan Alwi Shihab harus dimulai secara diam-diam sehingga tidak ada pihak yang "kehilangan muka". "Islah itu bagus, hanya...

SATURDAYS'S NEWSPAPERS HEADLINES.
December 3, 2005... Jakarta, Dec 3 (ANTARA) - Following are headlines in some major Indonesian dailies: The Jakarta Post, Bisnis Indonesia, Republika, Kompas and Media Indonesia BUDIONO MAY REPLACE ABURIZAL Respected former finance minister Boediono...

ASIAN, EUROPEAN IMMIGRATION CHIEFS TO MEET IN BALI.
December 3, 2005... Denpasar, Dec 3 (ANTARA) - Bali will host the 4th meeting of directors general of immigration on management of migratory flows between Europe and Asia (in conjunction with the Asian-Europe meeting (ASEM IV) on December 5-7, a spokesman for the...

DECREE ON WORSHIP HOUSES MUST BE MAINTAINED, HOUSE SPEAKER SAYS.
December 3, 2005... Manado, N. Sulawesi, Dec 3 (ANTARA) - House of Representatives (DPR) Speaker Agung Laksono said the joint ministerial decree (SKB) on the erection of houses of worship in its present or amended form must be maintained to guarantee...

PRESIDENT TO OPEN 2ND INT'L JUNIOR SCIENCE OLYMPIAD IN YOGYAKARTA.
December 3, 2005... Yogyakarta, Dec 3 (ANTARA) - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is scheduled to officially open the 2nd International Junior Science Olympiad (IJSO) here on Monday. "At least 30 countries plus Taiwan will send their representatives to the...

ISKANDAR MUDA COMMANDER WECLOMES GAM'S DECISION NOT TO CELEBRATE ANNIVERSARY.
December 3, 2005... Banda Aceh, Dec 3 (ANTARA) - The commander of the Iskandar Muda Military Command overseeing Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam, Maj Gen Supiadin has welcomed the Free Aceh Movement (GAM)'s decision not to celebrate its 29th anniversary on Sunday. "We...

SPORTS: RI BAGS ANOTHER GOLD FROM TENNIS IN SEA GAMES.
December 3, 2005... Manila, Dec 3 (ANTARA) - The Indonesian tennis team at the SEA Games here bagged another gold medal in the woman singles event when Wynne Prakusya beat her Indonesian rival Romana Tedjakusuma 6-0 and 6-3 on Saturday. "The game was not...

VATICAN'S AMBASSADOR PRAISES INDON FOR FIGHTING TERRORISM.
December 3, 2005... Ambon, Dec 3 (ANTARA) - Vatican's Ambassador to Indonesia Malcolm Albert Ranjith has praised the Indonesian Government for the serious effort to fight terrorism, saying that it is not so easy for any country in the world to eradicate terrorist...

BULOG DENIES ALLEGATION OF EXCESSIVE RICE IMPORT.
December 3, 2005... Jakarta, Dec 3 (ANTARA) - The National Logistics Board (Bulog) denies an allegation of importing rice bigger than the volume permitted by the government, saying that the government has given a permit for the import of 70,050 tons of rice, while...

SONY WINS GOLD IN SEA GAMES' MEN'S SINGLE.
December 3, 2005... Manila, Dec 3 (ANTARA) - Indonesian shuttler Sony Dwi Kuncoro added one gold medal to Indonesia's medal tally at the SEA Games here after defeating his compatriot Simon Santoso 17-16, 15-3 in the finals here on Saturday night. In the...

FIRDASARI DELIVERS ANOTHER GOLD MEDAL.
December 3, 2005... Manila, Dec 3 (ANTARA) - Indonesian Ardriyanti Firdasari delivered another gold medal to the counry in the SEA Games' women's singles of the badminton event here on Saturday night. She won the gold medal after beating Wong Mew Choo of...

RI GRABS GOLD IN BADMINTON MIXED DOUBLES EVENT AT SEA GAMES.
December 3, 2005... Manila, Dec 3 (ANTARA) - Indonesia's mixed doubles pair Nova Widianto and Lilyana Nasir won a gold medal after winning the compettition against their compatriots Anggun Nugroho and Yurita Tetty 15-6, 15-2 in the SEA Games finals here on...

RINA WINS ARCHERY'S GOLD AT SEA GAMES.
December 3, 2005... Manila, Ded 3 (ANTARA) - Indonesia's archery athlete Rina Dewi Puspita grabbed the SEA Games' gold for archery in the women's recurve event held in the Remy Court, Olongapo City, the Philippines on Sunday. Rina wrested the women's recurve...

HOUSE SPEAKER SUPPORTS PLAN TO RESHUFFLE CABINET.
December 3, 2005... Manado, N. Sulawesi, Dec 3 (ANTARA) - House of Representatives (DPR) Speaker Agung Laksono expressed support here for Presdent Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's plan to reshuffle his cabinet in an effort to improve the government's performance. "A...

EIGHT KILLED IN TOLLROAD BUS-TRUCK COLLISION.
December 3, 2005... Tangering, W Java, Dec 3 (ANTARA) - Eight people were killed and 15 others suffered serious and minor injuries in a collision between an 'Arimbi' passenger bus and an iron-loaded truck on the Jakarta-Merak tollroad on Saturday. The Arimbi...

MINOR QUAKES SHAKE SUMATRA.
December 3, 2005... Medan, N Sumatra, Dec 3 (ANTARA) - Minor earthquakes measuring between 2.39 and 3.8 on the Richter scale shook the Sumatra towns of Tarutung in North Sumatra, Siabang and Tapaktuan in Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam between 7 a. M in the morning and...

PHILIPPINE PRESIDENT VISITS PERTAMINA'S STAND.
December 3, 2005... Jakarta, Dec 3 (ANTARA) - Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo has visited the stand of Indonesia's state-owned oil company Pertamina in the 8th Asean Council on Petroleum (Ascope) Conference and Exhibition, which was held in Manila,...

RI WINS NINE MORE GOLDS IN SEA GAMES.
December 3, 2005... Manila, Dec 3 (ANTARA) - As many as 9 gold medals were bagged by Indonesian athletes on the seventh day of the 23rd SEA Games here on Saturday. Of the nine gold medals, four were won from the badmintion events, two from swimming and...

SUNDAY'S NEWSPAPER HEADLINES.
December 4, 2005... Jakarta, Dec 4 (ANTARA) - Following are headlines in major Indonesian dailies published on Sunday, Dec 4, 2005. The Jakarta Post, Kompas BADMINTON VENUE TURNS INTO RI GOLD MINE The badminton arena in Pasing City was a happy place...

GOVT TRIES TO EXPEDITE ALLOCATION OF 20 PCT 0F BUDGET FOR EDUCATION.
December 4, 2005... Jakarta, Dec 4 (ANTARA) - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said that the government tried to expedite the allocation of 20 pct of the state budget for the education sector. "We wish to expedite the disbursement of the 20 pct of the...

ASTRA DAIHATSU TO EXPORT AVANZA MINIVANS TO SOUTH AFRICA.
December 4, 2005... Jakarta, Dec 4 (ANTARA) - PT Astra Daihatsu Motor (ADM) will export Toyota Avanza minivans, products under a joint venture with Toyota, to South Africa next year, ADM Technical, Engineering and Manufacturing Director, Sudirman MR said here on...

BIZMEN ASK PRESIDENT YUDHOYONO TO RESHUFFLE THE CABINET SOON.
December 4, 2005... Jakarta, Dec 4 (ANTARA) - A number of businessmen expressed hope that President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono would reshuffle his Indonesian United Cabinet soon as he has hinted in Medan on Friday. "If he has made the signal, he must reshuffle...

ALWI SHIHAB IS READY TO BE REPLACED.
December 4, 2005... Jakarta, Dec 4 (ANTARA) - Coordinating Minister for People's Welfare Alwi Shihab said he is ready to be replaced from the current cabinet. "I am ready for that," he said on Sunday after accompanying the president in receiving...

MOZAMBIQUE AND S AFRICAN BIZMEN SIGN US$26.5 DEAL WITH INDONESIAN PARTNERS.
December 4, 2005... Jakarta, Dec 4 (ANTARA) - Mozambique and South African businessmen and their Indonesian counterparts had signed deals on the purchase of textile and garments worth US26.5 million, Jakarta Governor Sutiyoso said here on Sunday. "Africa is a...

NO NEW SUSPECTS YET IN 2005 BALI BOMBINGS.
December 4, 2005... Denpasar, Bali, Dec 4 (ANTARA) - Bali Police said on Sunday no new arrests had been made in revealing the suicide bombings in Jimbaran and Kuta last October 1, a member of the team in charge of probing the case said on Sunday. Meanwhile,...

SPORTS:INDONESIA GRABS ANOTHER GOLD FROM ROWING AND CYCLING.
December 4, 2005... Manila, Dec 4 (ANTARA) - The Indonesian contingent snatched two gold medals after its rowers Sarce Aronggear and Rasima won the 500 meters kayak race in the 23rd South East Asian (SEA) Games here on Sunday. The silver and bronze went to...

PERTAMINA CALLED ON TO PRIORITIZE GAS SUPPLIES TO FERTILISER FACTORIES.
December 4, 2005... Jakarta, Dec 4 (ANTARA) - The House of Representatives (DPR) asked state oil and gas company PT Pertamina to supply gas to state fertilizer companies under a contract that is more binding and serve the national interest, preventing lack of gas...

MALAYSIAN WORKERS UNION READY TO DEFEND INDONESIAN MIGRANT WORKERS.
December 4, 2005... Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Dec 4 (ANTARA) - President of the Malaysian Trade Union Congress (MTUC) Syed Shahir said the organization would be ready to give legal advice and protection to Indonesian migrant workers provided they join the...

MONDAY'S NEWSPAPERS HEADLINES.
December 5, 2005... Jakarta, Dec 5 (ANTARA) - Following are headlines in some major Indonesian dailies: The Jakarta Post SPECULATION OF RIFT CLOUDS RESHUFFLE Two days have past, but by Sunday night President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono had yet to announce the...

CABINET RESHUFFLE COULD BE ANNOUNCED IN JAKARTA OR ANYWHERE ELSE.
December 5, 2005... Makassar, S Sulawesi, Dec 5 (ANTARA) - A presidential spokesman Andi Malarangeng said here Monday the announcement of the planned reshuffle of the current United Indonesia Cabinet could be made by President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono in Jakarta...

PRESIDENT IN YOGYAKARTA FOR TWO-DAY VISIT.
December 5, 2005... Jakarta, Dec 5 (ANTARA) - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is to visit the Magelang-based Taruna Nusantara Senior High-School (SMA) and hold a dialogue with the students on Tuesday after opening the 2nd International Junior Science Olympiad...

90,000 DAMAGED ELEMENTARY SHOOL BUILDINGS BE RESTORED IN 2008.
December 5, 2005... Jakarta, Dec 5 (ANTARA) - The rehabilitation of some 90,000 damaged elementary school (SD/MI) buildings acrosss the country will be completed in the next three years or in 2008, Director General for Basic and Middle Education at the National...

MPs CALL FOR POSTPONEMENT OF NEW REGULATIONS ON BROADCASTING.
December 5, 2005... Jakarta, Dec. 5 (ANTARA) - Several members of the Parliament were of the view that the Government should postpone the implementation of new government regulations (PP) on broadcasting and amend Law (UU) No. 32/2002 on Broadcasting. To end...