ANT - LKBN ANTARA (Indonesia) articles from January 2007

ANT - LKBN ANTARA (Indonesia) archives from January 2007

JAKARTA GOVERNOR ASKS PEOPLE NOT TO BECOME BLANK VOTERS.
January 1, 2007... Jakarta, Jan. 1 (ANTARA)- Jakarta governor Sutiyoso during the celebration of the new year's eve in Ancol, North Jakarta on Sunday night asked residents of the capital city not to become the blank voters in the direct election for the city's...

WIFE OF MOST WANTED TERROR SUSPECT M TOP RELEASED FROM JAIL.
January 1, 2007... Malang, E Java, Jan. 1 (ANTARA)- Munfiatun, wife of the most wanted terror suspect Noordin M. Top, was released from "Sukun" women's jail after serving three years in the jail relating to an accuse of hiding the bomber. Munfiatun was...

GOVT TO FINALIZE 2006 INFRASTRUCTURE POLICY PACKAGE IN 2007.
January 1, 2007... Jakarta, Jan 1 (ANTARA)- The government has carried out 80 percent of its 2006 infrastructure policy package action plan and will implement the rest in 2007, an official said. The government may not issue a new infrastructure policy package...

PRESIDENT MUST CORRECT 2006 POLICIES IN NEW YEAR; MPR CHAIRMAN.
January 1, 2007... Jakarta, Jan 1 (ANTARA)- People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) Chairman Hidayat Nurwahid said President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono must correct the policies he pursued in 2006 in solving the country's problems to improve his performance in 2007....

MINISTER OFFERS APOLOGIES ABOUT HAJJ PILGRIMS' FOOD PROBLEM.
January 1, 2007... Jakarta, Jan 1 (ANTARA)- Religious Affairs Minister Muhammad Maftuh Basyuni has offered apologies to all Indonesian hajj pilgrims about the fact that thousands of them almost starved when they were in Arafah because the government-appointed...

NAVY SHIPS RECOVER FOUR SHIPWRECK SURVIVORS, THREE DEAD BODIES.
January 1, 2007... Surabaya, E Java, Jan 1 (ANTARA) - The naval ship "KRI Fatahillah" on Mondday recovered six victims of the "KM Senopati Nusantara" shipwreck - three of them dead - in waters near Bawean island off Madura island, a naval spokesman said. ...

CARGO VESSEL SANK NEAR MASALEMBO, CREW RESCUED AFTER 2.5 DAYS.
January 1, 2007... Samarinda, E Kalimantan, Jan 1 (ANTARA) - A wooden vessel, the "Sapanyana", on its way from South Kalimantan to Bangkalan, Madura, East Java, hit a floating log and sank in Masalembo waters, Java Sea, on Saturday at around 4.00 a.m., police...

ADAM AIR PLANE DISSAPPEARS IN MAKASSAR AIR SPACE.
January 1, 2007... Surabaya, E Java, Jan 1 (ANTARA) - An Indonesian airliner with flight number KI.754 belonging to Adam Air on its way from Surabaya to Manado was on Monday afternoon reported missing in the air space above Makssar, South Sulawesi. Natalia...

MISSING ADAM AIR PLANE'S POSITION STILL UNKNOWN.
January 1, 2007... Surabaya, E Java, Jan 1 (ANTARA) - Director General of Air Transportation at the Ministry of Transportation M. Ikhsan Tatang said his office had received a report saying airliner B373-300 of Adam Air plying the Surabaya-Manado route had lost...

MISSING ADAM AIR PLANE BELIEVED TO HAVE LANDED AT SEA.
January 1, 2007... Manada, Jan 1 (ANTARA) - The Adam Air Boeing 737-400 with flight number KI-574 reported missing in the air space above Makassar is believed to have made an emergency landing on the sea after losing contact with the air control center in...

RELATIVES OF MISSING AIRCRAFT'S PASSENGERS BUSY SEEKING INFORMATION.
January 2, 2007... Jakarta, Jan 1 (ANTARA) - A number of relatives of passengers of the missing Adam Air aircraft were on Monday busy seeking information on the whereabouts of the ill-fated aircraft which lost contact with air control in Makassar at 14:07 while...

MINISTER, GOVERNORS VISIT SHIPWRECK VICTIMS.
January 2, 2007... Tuban, E Java, Jan 1 (ANTARA)- Transportation Minister Hatta Rajasa, the governors of East Java and Central Java and chief of Diponegoro military command, Maj.Gen. Agus Suyitno, on Monday visited victims of the KM Senopati Nusantara shipwreck...

MISSING ADAM AIR AIRCRAFT REPORTED AIRWORTHY.
January 2, 2007... Jakarta, Jan 1 (ANTARA) - The Boeing 737-400 belonging to Adam Air airline company which went missing on a flight from Surabaya to Manado on Monday afternoon was reported to be still air worthy. "The certificate of its airworthiness will...

MARGOT HOTEL ON JL JAKSA RECEIVES BOMB THREAT.
January 2, 2007... Jakarta, Jan 1 (ANTARA) - A bomb squad of the Jakarta metropolitan police combed each room of Margot hotel on Jalan Jaksa, Central Jakarta, following a bomb threat made by an unidentified person on Monday. A black bag discovered by the...

MT SUMBING CLIMBER FOUND DEAD.(Obituary)
January 2, 2007... Temanggung, Jan 1 (ANTARA) - Priyanto (27), a mountain climber from Surabaya, was found dead on one of the slopes of Mount Sumbing which he had scaled to welcome the new year of 2007. Chairman of the Stikpala Mount Sumbing Climbing Watch...

FOUR MILY MEMBERS, NEWLY-WED COUPLE AMONG MISSING PLANE'S PASSENGERS.
January 2, 2007... Surabaya, E Java, Jan 2 (ANTARA) - Four members of the Indonesian Navy (TNI AL) and a newly-wed couple were among passengers of missing Adam Air plane plying Jakarta-Surabaya-Manado route on Monday, reports said. Two of the four military...

200,000 PACKETS OF FREE MEALS DISTRIBUTED AMONG INDONESIAN HAJ PILGRIMS.
January 2, 2007... Makkah, Jan 2 (ANTARA/IINA) - A total of 200,000 packets of free meals distributed among the Indonesian Haj pilgrims as per the directives of the Interior Minister Prince Naif, who is also chairman of the Supreme Haj Committee. The Chief...

LION AIR PLANE SKIDS AT AMBON AIRPORT.
January 2, 2007... Ambon, Maluku, Jan 2 (ANTARA) - A passenger plane belonged to Lion Air plying Jakarta-Surabaya-Makassar-Ambon route skidded at a runway of the Pattimura airport here Tuesday morning. ANTARA reported none of the passengers was hurt and the...

FLASH - MISSING ADAM AIR PLANE DISCOVERED IN RANGOAN, W SULAWESI.
January 2, 2007... Makassar, Jan 2 (ANTARA) - The Boeing 737-400 plane of Adam Air which went missing on Monday on its flight from Surabaya to Manado in North Sulawesi was discovered at Rangoan, Matangan subdistrict in West Sulawesi at 8.29 a.m. local time on...

ADAM AIR FOUND IN WEST SULAWESI, 12 PASSENGERS FOUND SAFE.
January 2, 2007... Makassar, South Sulawesi, Jan 2 (ANTARA) - Adam Air's Boeing 737-400 plane, which went missing since Monday, was found at Matanga subdistrict, Polewali Mandar District, West Sulawesi, on Tuesday morning. Head of the Hasanuddin Airport's...

TWELVE PASSENGERS FOUND SAFE, NINETY KILLED IN ADAM AIR PLANE ACCIDENT.
January 2, 2007... Jakarta, Jan 2 (ANTARA) - Twelve passengers were found safe and 90 others were believed to have been killed when ill-fated Adam Airs Boeing 737-400 plane was located at Rangoan village, Polewali Mandar District, West Sulawesi, on Tuesday...

Flash - SPEED BOAT CAPSIZES, 15 PEOPLE KILLED AND 10 SAFE.
January 2, 2007... Palangka Raya, Jan 2 (ANTARA) - A speed boat carrying 25 people on board, capsized in the coastal area of Java Sea, Central Kalimantan, on Monday evening. Fifteen people were killed and ten others were rescued in the accident, a spokesman of...

NINTY BODIES OF ADAM AIR PASSENGERS FOUND.
January 2, 2007... Makassar, S Sulawesi, Jan 2 (ANTARA) - Rescue workers have found 90 bodies of 102 people on board an Adam Air Boeing 737-400 plane that crashed in a mountainous region in the Indonesian island of Sulawesi late Monday. Until 10.00 a.m on...

HEADLINES OF MAJOR INDONESIAN NEWSPAPERS ON TUESDAY.
January 2, 2007... Jakarta, Jan 2 (ANTARA) - Following are headlines of major Indonesian newspapers on Tuesday. The Jakarta Post NEW YEAR GREETED WITH JOY, SADNESS Thousands of people welcomed 2007 by taking to the main thoroughfares in the capital,...

PRESIDENT YUDHOYONO CONCERNED ABOUT ADAM AIR PLANE CRASH.
January 2, 2007... Jakarta, Jan 2 (ANTARA) - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono was deeply concerned about the crash of a passenger plane with 102 people on board in West Sulawesi on Monday and the sinking of MV Senopati Nusantara in Central Java several days...

DOWNPOURS TRIGGER LANDSLIDES IN MATARAM.
January 2, 2007... Mataram, West Nusa Tenggara, Jan 2 (ANTARA) - Two-day incessant downpours triggered landslides in Dasan Agung, Mataram, West Nusa Tenggara Province, on Tuesday. The landslides in the basin area of Jangkok River threatened around 10 houses to...

HUNDREDS OF ACEH FLOOD VICTIMS REMAIN UNACCOUNTED FOR.
January 2, 2007... Banda Aceh, Jan 2 (ANTARA) - Hundreds of victims of the flash floods in Aceh Tamiang district in Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam Province remained unaccounted for after ten days of the disaster, Aceh provincial administration social service spokesman...

HEALTH TEAM SENT TO ADAM AIR CRASH SITE.
January 2, 2007... Jakarta, Jan 2 (ANTARA) - A health team consisting of 10 medical doctors and paramedics, three ambulances and staff carrying satellite-linked telecommunication equipment on Tuesday morning left for the site of the Adam Air plane crash in a...

HUNDREDS OF HOUSES IN SAMBAS, KALIMANTAN, INUNDATED.
January 2, 2007... Sambas, W Kalimantan, Jan 2 (ANTARA) - Hundreds of houses in Sambas district, West Kalimantan province, have been lying in 30 centimeters of flood waters following incessant downpours and the sea's high tide over the past five days. The...

WHIRLWIND, LANDSLIDES HIT W LAMPUNG.
January 2, 2007... Bandarlampung, Jan 2 (ANTARA) - Some 132 houses, one elementary school building and one mosque in West Lampung District, were damaged by whirlwind recently, a local official of the West Lampung district administration, Basuki Rahmat, said here...

THE NATURE CONSERVANCY EXTENDING ITS PROGRAM COVERAGE.
January 2, 2007... Jakarta, Jan 2 (ANTARA) - The Nature Conservancy (TNC) is extending its coverage of marine and terrestrial conservations to a number of conservation areas in Indonesia including Maluku, East Kalimantan, Southeast Sulawesi, Central Sulawesi,...

THREE US NATIONALS AMONG PASSENGERS OF ILL-FATED ADAM AIR PLANE.
January 2, 2007... Jakarta, Jan 2 (ANTARA) - Three Americans were among passengers of Adam Air plane Boeing 737-400 that crushed at remote Rangoan village in Polewali district in West Sulawesi province on Monday, a US official said. Adam Air informed the US...

NATIONAL NEWS.
January 2, 2007... VP OFFERS CONDOLENCES TO ADAM AIR CRASH VICTMS' FAMILIES Jakarta, Jan 2 (ANTARA) - Vice President Jusuf Kalla on behalf of the government and himself has offered deep condolences to the families of victims of the Adam Air passenger plane which...

LION AIR DENIES ITS AIRCRAFT SKIDDED ON PATTIMURA RUNWAY.
January 2, 2007... Jakarta, Jan 2 (ANTARA) - Lion Air spokesman Hasyim Arzal Al Habsy denied reports here Tuesday that an airplane of the company had skidded on the runway when it was landing at Pattimura airport in Ambon, Tuesday morning. "The airplane did...

RIAU TO RESETTLE FLOOD VICTIMS TO SAFER AREAS.
January 2, 2007... Pekanbaru, Riau Province, Jan 2 (ANTARA) - The Rokan Hulu District administration in Riau province is planning to resettle 3,975 families of flood victims to safer areas, an official said here on Tuesday. "The district administration has...

NAVY SENDS TWO CASSAS TO CARRY MEMBERS KILLED IN PLANE CRASH.
January 2, 2007... Surabaya, Jan 2 (ANTARA) - The Indonesian Navy (TNI AL) has sent two Cassa planes to carry the bodies of five of its members who were killed in a plane crash in the Indonesian island of Sulawesi late Monday. "The two TNI AL Cassa planes...

NAVY TO GO AHEAD WITH EXERCISES DESPITE BAD WEATHER.
January 2, 2007... Jakarta, Jan 2 (ANTARA) - The Indonesian Navy Headquarters said it would carry through with its plan to conduct exercises that would culminate in Arafura and Kaimana waters in Papua on January 5-8 despite the fact that the weather had been...

INDONESIA CONDEMNS BANGKOK BOMBINGS.
January 2, 2007... Jakarta, Jan 2 (ANTARA)- The Indonesian government has strongly condemned the New Year's Eve bombings in Bangkok, Thailand, which killed five people and injured 38 others. "The Indonesian government strongly condemns the bombings because it...

RI CITIZENS IN BANGKOK TOLD TO CONTACT EMBASSY AFTER BOMBINGS.
January 2, 2007... Jakarta, Jan 2 (ANTARA)- The Indonesian government has called on its citiziens staying in Thailand to report to its embassy or local representative offices so that they would monitor them easily after the recent bombing incidents in Bangkok. ...

PRESIDENT ORDERS MINISTER TO INVESTIGATE PLANE, SHIP ACCIDENTS.
January 2, 2007... Jakarta, Jan 2 (ANTARA)- President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has ordered Transportation Minister Hatta Rajasa to evaluate and investigate the crash of an Adam Air aircraft and the sinking of motor vessel "KM Senopati Nusantara," a spokesman...

BAD WEATHER FORCES FISHERMEN TO REMAIN ASHORE.
January 2, 2007... Pekalongan, Jan 2 (ANTARA) - At least 120 fishing boats from the Central Java town of Pekalongan are believed to have taken shelter at small islands off Central Java's northern coast due to huge waves and bad weather in the Java Sea. ...

RELIGIOUS AFFAIRS MINISTER URGED TO RESIGN FOR NEGLECTING HAJJ PILGRIMS.
January 2, 2007... Jakarta, Jan 2 (ANTARA) - The Democrats Party had urged Religious Affairs Minister Maftuh Basyuni to resign for failure in providing food to thousands of Indonesian hajj pilgrims in Saudi Arabia, a party executive said. "Not only that,...

QUAKE JOLTS SUKABUMI.
January 2, 2007... Jakarta, Feb.1 (ANTARA): A mild earthquake measuring 5.9 at the Richter Scale jolted Sukabumi district and its neighboring areas in West Java province at 01:31 a.m. on Thursday, an official of the Meteorology and Geophysics Agency (BMG) said....

THURSDAY'S NEWSPAPERS HEADLINES.
January 2, 2007... Jakarta, Feb 1 (ANTARA): Following are the headlines in some major Indonesian dailies: The Jakarta Post EXPERTS FEAR DENGUE STILL ON THE RISE With rainy season underway, health experts fear the dengue fever outbreaks that have hit a...

HARGA EMAS DI YOGYAKARTA STABIL.
January 2, 2007... Yogyakarta, 1/2 (ANTARA): Harga logam mulia seperti emas dan platina di Kota Yogyakarta Kamis, stabil seperti minggu sebelumnya. Menurut pemilik Toko emas Kranggan di Jalan Magelang Yogyakarta, Ny Titin Susilowati harga emas 24 karat pada...

HARGA PAKAN TERNAK DI YOGYAKARTA TURUN.
January 2, 2007... Yogyakarta, 1/2 (ANTARA): Harga pakan ternak ayam baik petelur maupun pedaging dan konsentrat di Yogyakarta turun rata-rata Rp100/kg dibanding pekan sebelumnya, sedangkan harga jagung pipilan dan bekatul bertahan. Menurut pedagang pakan...

GOVT TO LAUNCH NATIONAL COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT PROGRAM.
January 2, 2007... Jakarta, Feb 1 (ANTARA): The government will this year launch a coordinated program called National Community Empowerment Program (PNPM) designed to create new job opportunities, improve rural infrastructure facilities and upgrade urban slum...

GOVT FOCUSES ON IMPROVING THREE SECTORS: PRESIDENT.
January 2, 2007... Jakarta, Feb 1 (ANTARA): President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said the government is focusing on alleviating poverty, developing the national economy and encouraging the nation's self reliance. "What we are doing and will do in the near future...

PRESIDENT TO DEDICATE FOUR SUGAR MILLS IN CILEGON.
January 3, 2007... Cilegon, Jan 2 (ANTARA)-- President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is scheduled to dedicate four refined sugar mills in Cilegon on Wednesday (Jan 3), and the inaugural process will last two hours -- from 9.45 am to 11.45 am West Indonesian time...

CHINESE PRESIDENT MOURNS OVER SHIPS SINKING IN INDONESIA.
January 3, 2007... Jakarta, Jan 2 (ANTARA)- Chinese President Hu Jingtao, on behalf of his people and government, offered President Susilo Bambang Yudhono deepest condolences in connection with the sinking of a number of ships in Central Java and Bangka Strait....

HEADLINES OF MAJOR INDONESIAN NEWSPAPERS ON WEDNESDAY.
January 3, 2007... Jakarta, Jan 3 (ANTARA) - Following are headlines of major Indonesian newspapers on Wednesday. The Jakarta Post RELATIVES ANGUISH GROWS WITH FALSE NEWS The fate of 102 people on board the Adam Air Boeing 737-4000 that went missing on...

OIC SECRETARY GENERAL SENDS CONDOLENCES TO RI OVER FERRY, PLANE ACCIDENTS.
January 3, 2007... Jakarta, Jan 3 (ANTARA) - Secretary General of the Organisation of the Islamic Conference (OIC) Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu has sent a message of condolence to the people of Indonesia over the passenger ship tragedy in the Java Sea on Dec 29, 2001 and...

WHIRLWIND KILLES ONE PERSON, DAMAGES TEMPLE AND HOUSES IN BALI.
January 3, 2007... Denpasar, Bali, Jan 3 (ANTARA) - One person was killed and one temple and three houses were damaged by falling trees when whirlwind hit the resort island of Bali early this week, it was learnt on Wednesday. Ni Made Repin (35), a resident...

HUNGER AMONG RI HAJJ PILGRIMS SHOWS DISORDERLY HAJJ ARRANGEMENT.
January 3, 2007... Jakarta, Jan 3 (ANTARA) - The issue on the hunger among hajj pilgrims due to a catering company's failure in providing foods to the pilgrims in Arafah, Saudi Arabia, showed a disorderly hajj pilgrimage arrangement in Indonesia, Director of the...

SPY PLANE MAKES EMERGENCY LANDING.
January 3, 2007... Jakarta, Jan 3 (ANTARA) - An Indonesian Air Force spy plane used to search for the Adam Air Boeing 737-400 plane believed to have gone missing in West Sulawesi made an emergency landing at the Balikpapan air base in East Kalimantan on Wednesday...

12 MORE SURVIVORS OF MV SENOPATI RESCUED.
January 3, 2007... Surabaya, E Java, Jan 3 (ANTARA) - The Indonesian Navy's KRI Hiu warship rescued 12 survivors of MV Senopati Nusantara in northern waters of Gresik, East Java, early Wednesday, five days after the deadly sea accident in Java sea. "The 12...

NO SANCTION ON OFFICER WHO GAVE FALSE INFO ON MISSING PLANE.
January 3, 2007... Jakarta, Jan 3 (ANTARA) - No sanction will be imposed on Makassar Air Force base command chief Commodore Eddy Suyanto for giving inaccurate information on the fate of the Adam Air jetliner which went missing on Monday, a military official said...

THREE NAVY CASSA PLANES HELP SEARCH FOR MISSING ADAM AIR PLANE.
January 3, 2007... Surabaya, Jan 3 (ANTARA) - Three Cassa planes owned by the Indonesian Navy (TNI AL) on Wednesday helped search for the Adam Air Boeing 737-400 plane that had gone missing since Monday. "Today three TNI AL Cassa planes are helping search for...

ONE CREW MEMBER KILLED IN CARGO SHIP ACCIDENT IN KUPANG.
January 3, 2007... Kupang, East Nusa Tenggara (NTT), Jan 3 (ANTARA) - MV Harapan Jaya, a cargo ship carrying logs from Southeast Sulawesi with destination to Kupang, NTT Province, sank in Kupang waters on Tuesday (Jan 2), and a crew member, Sius Tokan, was...

15 SURVIVORS OF SHIP TRAGEDY FOUND STRANDED OFF MADURA ISLAND.
January 3, 2007... Sumenep, E Java, Jan 3 (ANTARA) - Fifteen survivors of the Dec 29, 2006 passenger ship tragedy were found stranded at the Aeng Pao waters off Madura Island on Wednesday morning, an official said. Member of the Sumenep district legislative...

HAJJ PILGRIMS' NEAR-STARVATION CASE SHOWING CHAOS IN ORGANIZATION : OBSERVER.
January 3, 2007... Jakarta, Jan 3 (ANTARA) - The case of Indonesian hajj pilgrims almost starving in Arafah, Saudi Arabia, due to a catering company's failure to provide them with enough food recently shows the chaotic situation now prevailing in the organization...

QUALITY OF JAKARTA'S ENVIRONMENT TO GET WORSE IN 2007.
January 3, 2007... Jakarta, Jan 3 (ANTARA) - Director of the Jakarta chapter of Walhi (Indonesian Environmental Forum) Selamet Daroyni has predicted that the capital city's environmental quality would continue decreasing in 2007 due to the city?s development...

TWO MILY PLANES HELP SEARCH FOR MISSING ADAM AIR JETLINER.
January 3, 2007... Makassar, S Sulawesi, Jan 3 (ANTARA) - A Boeing 737-200 plane of the Indonesian Air Force (TNI AU) and a Nomad plane of the Indonesian Navy (TNI AL) on Wednesday again joined the search for the victims and wreckage of an Adam Air plane that...

OFFICIALS ASKED TO OBSERVE PRUDENCE WHEN SPEAKING ON IMPORTANT EVENTS.
January 3, 2007... Jakarta, Jan 3 (ANTARA) - People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) Chairman Hidayat Nurwahid has called on the government and public officials to observe prudence in making public statements, especially when they concerned important events or...

CARELESSNESS COULD HAVE CAUSED RECENT AIR, SEA ACCIDENTS: MPR CHAIRMAN.
January 3, 2007... Jakarta, Jan 3 (ANTARA)- People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) Chairman Hidayat Nurwahid said the series of air, sea and land transportation accidents that had happened in the country of late could have been caused either by bad transportation...

PRESIDENT ASKS BANTEN PROVINCE TO OVERCOME UNEMPLOYMENT, POVERTY.
January 3, 2007... Cilegon, Banten, Jan 3 (ANTARA) - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said the achievements made by Banten province in 2006 should contribute to efforts to reduce the unemployment and poverty rates in the region. "We are proud of what...

SEARCH FOR MISSING ADAM AIR JETLINER FRUITLESS UNTIL WEDNESDAY.
January 3, 2007... Makassar, S Sulawesi, Jan 3 (ANTARA) - All-out efforts to find the Adam Air passenger plane that has been missing in the air space over South Sulawesi since Monday have so far not yielded any positive results, Transportation Minister Hatta...

WEAKNESS IN ENFORCING REGULATIONS AMONG CAUSES OF ACCIDENTS.
January 3, 2007... Jakarta, Jan 3 (ANTARA) - Political observer Indria Samego said here on Wednesday the occurrence of a series of transportation accidents in Indonesia was partly due to weaknesses in the upholding of existing regulations. "Indonesia already...

PRESIDENT INAUGURATES SUGAR FACTORIES IN CILEGON.
January 3, 2007... Jakarta, Jan 3 (ANTARA) - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono inaugurated two new sugar plants, two old but expanded refined sugar mills and one plastic bag factory in Cilegon, Banten, on Wednesday. "The presence of these sugar mills and...

S'PORE, US TO HELP SEARCH MISSING PLANE.
January 3, 2007... Jakarta, Jan 3 (ANTARA) - Singapore's airforce and a US military force in the Pacific will help find the Boeing 737-400 that went missing in the waters between West Sulawesi and Kalimantan on Monday, Indonesian defense forces commander Marshal...

PRESIDENT: DON'T COMPROMISE EDUCATIONAL QUALITY.
January 3, 2007... Tangerang, Jan 3 (ANTARA) - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on Wednesday asked teachers not to compromise the quality of education, otherwise Indonesia will lag behind other nations. "Don't compromise the quality of education, otherwise...

JASA RAHARJA TO GIVE COMPENSATION TO ADAM AIR PASSENGERS.
January 3, 2007... Jakarta, Jan 3 (ANTARA)- The Compulsory Accident Insurance company PT Jasa Raharja has made a commitment to give a compensation to all victims of the ill-fated Adam Air plane which went missing on Monday (Jan 1). "All the passengers of the...

JAKARTA GOVT SHOULD PUBLISH EVACUATION WAYS AND MEANS IN DEALING WITH FLOODS.
January 3, 2007... Jakarta, Jan 3 (ANTATRA)- The Jakarta city administration has been urged to publish ways and means in helping evacuate people from flood-hit areas in the capital city. "Of course, in short term efforts, it is good to have identified 78...

S'PORE GOVT SENDS ITS FOKKERS TO HELP SEARCH FOR MISSING ADAM AIR PLANE.
January 3, 2007... Makassar, Jan 3 (ANTARA) - The Singapore government has sent out two of its Air Force Fokker 50 aircraft to Indonesia to help find the still missing Adam Air plane which had gone missing in the South and West Sulawesi waters on Monday (Jan 1)....

THOUSANDS OF FLOOD VICTIMS STILL STAYING IN BESITANG GRAND MOSQUE, LANGKAT.
January 3, 2007... Medan, Jan 2 (ANTARA) - Thousands of flood victims are still staying in the Grand Mosque premises in Besitang subdistrict, Langkat district in North Sumatra, following the natural disaster which occurred on Friday (Dec 22). The evacuees had...

News Focus: RI HAJ PILGRIMAGE ORGANIZERS UNDER FIRE FOR CATERING ISSUE.
January 3, 2007... Jakarta, Jan 3 (ANTARA) - The organizers of the Indonesian haj pilgrimage has been under fire for failure in providing food for the country's haj pilgrims causing them to suffer from hunger at the time they were performing the 'wukuf', the main...

PRESIDENT WELCOMES S'POREAN AND US OFFER TO HELP FIND MISSING ADAM AIR PLANE.
January 3, 2007... Jakarta, Jan 3 (ANTARA) - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono highly welcomed the offer of Singaporean and US air forces to help find the Adam Air aircraft which went missing on January 1, 2007. "The president agreed to the offer, but the...

18 HOUSES DAMAGED BY HIGH WAVES IN GORONTALO.
January 3, 2007... Gorontalo, Jan 3 (ANTARA) - At least 18 houses in Hoangobotu village, Bone Bolango district, Gorontalo province, were damaged by two meters high sea waves on Wednesday. Secretary of the disaster task force Ismail Data said that the attack of...

HEADLINES OF INDONESIAN MAJOR NEWSPAPERS ON THURSDAY.
January 4, 2007... Jakarta, Jan 4 (ANTARA) - Following are headlines of major Indonesian newspapers on Thursday. The Jakarta Post, Kompas HUGE SEARCH YIELDS NO RESULT A massive land, air and sea search kicked off Wednesday for the missing Adam Air jet...

QUAKE JOLTS BENGKULU.
January 4, 2007... Bengkulu, Jan 4 (ANTARA) - An earthquake measuring 5.2 on the Richter scale jolted the Indonesian province of Bengkulu on Thursday morning but there was no immediate report of casualty nor material damage. The quake's epicenter was in the...

245 INDONESIAN HAJJ PILGRIMS DIE.
January 4, 2007... Jeddah, Jan 4 (ANTARA) - A total of 245 Indonesian hajj pilgrims died in the Holy Land until Jan 3, 2007, the Hajj Media Center of the Religious Affairs Ministry said on Thursday. Of the total, 150 died between Dec 28, 2006 and Jan 3, 2007,...

CANADIAN ARTIST KEN PATTERN FALLS IN LOVE WITH JAKARTA.
January 4, 2007... Jakarta, Jan 4 (ANTARA) - Canadian painter Ken Pattern falls in love with Jakarta because of the city's complexity. "However, I fall in love with Jakarta including its urban life and social gap," Pattern said in a painting exhibition of his...

QUAKE JOLTS BANDA ACEH.
January 4, 2007... Banda Aceh, Jan 4 (ANTARA) - An earthquake measuring 4.7 on the Richter scale shook Banda Aceh and its environs at 7.47 p.m. on Wednesday but there was no immediate report of casualty nor material damage. Spokesman of the Mata Ie Meteorology...

SIX PLANES, FOUR WARSHIPS SENT TO FIND MISSING ADAM AIR PLANE.
January 4, 2007... Makassar, S Sulawesi, Jan 4 (ANTARA) - Six airplanes and four warships were tasked again on Thursday to find an Adam Air plane that went missing on its way from Surabaya to Manado last Monday, an official said. "They will comb similar...