ANT - LKBN ANTARA (Indonesia) articles from March 2004

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ALTHOUGH CLOSED, SYRIA HAS 8,000 INDON ILLEGAL WORKERS.
March 1, 2004... Damascus, Feb 20 (ANTARA) -- While Syria is still closed to Indonesian migrant workers, some 8,000 illegal TKIs are employed in the Mideastern country, and consequently the Indonesian embassy in Damascus received an average of 50 problem TKIs...

MINISTER REMAIMNS TO ALLOW DRAWING OF PRIZED TICKETS.
March 1, 2004... Jakarta, Feb 29 (ANTARA) - Social Affairs Minister Bachtiar Chamsah said his side would still allow PT Magnum Metropolitan Indonesia to draw prized tickets in an effort to collect funds for national sports development. The minister made...

FORESTRY MINISTER SUPPORTS APHI NATIONAL CONGRESS ON MARCH 17.
March 1, 2004... Jakarta, Feb 29 (ANTARA) -- The Minister of Forestry supported the wish of a number of forestry businesspeople planning an extraordinary national congress of the Association of Indonesian Forestry Businessmen (APHI) on March 17, 2004. ...

TUTUT STRONGLY DENIES ENGINEERING SOEHARTO'S ILLNESS.
March 1, 2004... Denpasar, Feb 29 (ANTARA) - The eldest daughter of former president Soeharto, Siti Hardiyanti Rukmana popularly known as Tutut, has flatly denied her family has engineered her father's illness. Tutut made the denial to newsmen here Sunday...

INDON RAIDER TROOPS CAPTURE HASHISH GROWERS IN PIDIE.
March 1, 2004... Banda Aceh, Feb 29 (ANTARA) - Indonesia's raider troops managed to capture seven hashish growers in a military operation on Feb.28, 2004, in Dayak Lawang village, Muara Tiga subdistrict, Pidie district, Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam province. ...

MONDAY'S HEADLINES OF INDONESIAN MAJOR DAILIES.
March 1, 2004... The Jakarta Post REGIONS FACE POLL DELAY The Center for Electoral Reform (Cetro) has warned of elections delays in some areas after the General Elections Commission (KPU) set a March 30 deadline for ballot papers to reach polling stations,...

INDONESIA'S C KALIMANTAN, CHINA'S SHANDONG SIGN ECONOMIC COOPERATION.
March 1, 2004... Palangka Raya, C Kalimantan, March 1 (ANTARA) - Indonesia's Central Kalimantan province and China's Shandong province have agreed to set up economic and trade ties, their officials have said. Central Kalimantan Governor Asmawi Agani and...

INDON PRESIDENT ADVISES MOTHERS TO CLEAN WATER TANKS MORE OFTEN.
March 1, 2004... Jakarta, March 1 (ANTARA) - Indonesian President Megawati Soekarnoputri on Monday advised people to clean their water tanks more frequently to prevent them from becoming breeding grounds of the aedes aegepty mosquito that carries dengue fever....

THAILAND DENIES REJECTING INDONESIA'S IDEA TO FORM ASEAN PEACEKEEPING FORCE.
March 1, 2004... Jakarta, March 1 (ANTARA) - Thai Ambassador to Indonesia Atchara Seriputra on Monday denied that his country has objected to Indonesia's proposal on the setting up of an ASEAN Peacekeeping Force. News reports in Thailand recently quoted the...

DEATHS FROM DENGUE OUTBREAK IN INDONESIA DECREASING, SAYS MINISTER.
March 1, 2004... Jakarta, March 1 (ANTARA) - Deaths from the dengue fever outbreak in Indonesia have dropped from 2 percent in mid-February to 1.8 percent late that month, Health Minister Achmad Sujudi said here Monday. "The number of deaths has decreased...

DEMONSTRATING INDON STUDENTS SET SOEHARTO, AKBAR EFFIGIES ON FIRE.
March 1, 2004... Jakarta, March 1 (ANTARA) - Student activists of the University of Indonesia in an anti-New Order rally here on Monday set fire to the effigies of former president, Soeharto, and Golkar Party chairman, Akbar Tandjung. Spokesman of the...

PARTY COALITIONS IN PRES'L ELECTION INSIGNIFICANT, INDON PARTY LEADER SAYS.
March 1, 2004... Jakarta, March 1 (ANTARA) - It would be insignificant for political parties to form coalitions during Indonesia's presidential election because the president will be elected directly by the people, Crescent and Star Party (PBB) chairman, Yusril...

LEGISLATOR SLAPS PRESIDENT'S HUSBAND.
March 1, 2004... Jakarta, Mar 1 (ANTARA) - A House of Representatives (DPR) member here Monday crticized Taufik Kiemas, President Megawati Soekarnoputri's husband, for overstepping his status as the chief executive's spouse. Alvin Lie, vice chairman of...

PPA'S RECOVERY RATE PREDICTED TO BE LOWER THAN IBRA'S.
March 1, 2004... Jakarta, Mar 1 (ANTARA) - The assets recovery rate to be attained by the newly-formed Assets Management Company (PPA) will be lower than that achieved by its predecessor, the Indonesian Bank Restructuring Agency (IBRA), a cabinet minister...

RI INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS US$72 BILLION IN INVESTMENT.
March 1, 2004... Jakarta, Mar 1 (ANTARA) - Indonesia will need to invest US$72 billion in infrastructure to enable its economy to grow five to six percent in 2005- 2009, National Development Planning Minister Kwik Kian Gie said here Monday. Most of the...

OPEC TO CONTINUE PRODUCTION CUT POLICY IN MARCH.
March 1, 2004... Jakarta, Mar 1 (ANTARA) - Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Puronomo Yusgiantoro said here Monday the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) would continue its policy of cutting oil production by one million barrels per day...

NIAS ISLAND TO BE REDIVIDED INTO FOUR DISTRICTS.
March 1, 2004... Medan, N Sumatera, March 1 (ANTARA)- Nias Island, an island off the western coast of North Sumatera province which currently is divided into two districts, will be redivided into four districts, a provincial official said. North...

RUPIAH DROPS TO 8,450 PER US DOLLAR.
March 1, 2004... Jakarta, March 1 (ANTARA)- The rupiah dropped to 8,450 against the US dollar in the interbank spot market here Monday as a negative market sentiment continued to pressure the rupiah even though economic growth was considered stable enough. ...

NU NOT TO MEDDLE IN POLITICAL AFFAIRS, SAYS MUZADI.
March 1, 2004... Malang, March 1 (ANTARA) - Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) Chairman Hasyim Muzadi said here on Monday his organization was not a political party but a mass organization and therefore it would not meddle in political affairs or do anything in the...

RICE' SUPPLY TO CIPINANG MARKET IN FEBRUARY 44,107 TONS.
March 1, 2004... Jakarta, March 1 (ANTARA)- Rice' supply to the Cipinang market in East Jakarta during February 2004 (Febr 1-26, 2004) reached 44,107 tons while rice which flowed out from the market during the same period reached 44,759 tons. The...

PRESIDENT ENCOURAGES MILITARY TO BUY RUSSIAN-MADE HELICOPTERS.
March 1, 2004... Jakarta, Mar 1 (ANTARA) - President Megawati Soekarnoputri has ordered Indonesian Military (TNI) Chief Gen. Endriartono Sutarto to proceed with the military's plan to purchase four Russian-made MI-17 helicopters despite problems with payment....

HOUSE COMMISSSION TO REPORT PERTAMINA CHIEF TO POLICE.
March 1, 2004... Jakarta, March 1 (ANTARA) - The House's Commission VIII dealing with mining and energy will report Ariffi Nawawi, president director of state oil company PT Pertamina, to the police for having ignored House hearing summonses. Speaking to...

GOVT HAS PROGRAM TO CONTAIN DENGUE FEVER EPIDEMIC IN THREE MONTHS.
March 1, 2004... Jakarta, March 1 (ANTARA) - A senior minister said here on Monday the government already had a program to contain the spread of dengue fever in the country. "The target of the program is to keep the number of cases below 35,000 and to...

RESEARCHER SEES CHANGE IN ISLAMIC PARTIES' STANCE TOWARDS COMMUNISM.
March 1, 2004... Jakarta, March 1 (ANTARA) - A historian and researcher said here on Monday there was a significant change in attitude and view towards communism among Islamic political parties in Indonesia. Asvi Marwan Adam from the state Institute of...

RI PROPOSING FORMATION OF ASEAN RIGHTS CHARTER, COMMISSION.
March 1, 2004... Jakarta, March 1 (ANTARA) - Indonesia which is currently chairing the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) has submitted a proposal for the formation of an Asean Charter of Rights and Obligations and an Asean Regional Commission on...

GASOLINE PRICE EXPECTED TO REMAIN STABLE.
March 1, 2004... Jakarta, March 1 (ANTARA)- The gasoline retail price for the transportation sector in March 2004 will remain stable like in February except for Pertamax gasoline and Pertamax Plus which increased to Rp150 per liter. Pertamina...

DEFLATION IN FEBRUARY 0.02 PERCENT.
March 1, 2004... Jakarta, March 1 (ANTARA)- The Central Bureau of Statistics (BPS) reported on Monday deflation in February 2004 stood at 0.02 percent and inflation in January-February 2004 reached 0.55 percent while inflation year by year (Febr 2004 to Febr...

NAVY SEIZES BIGGEST-EVER FOREIGN FISHING VESSEL.
March 1, 2004... Surabaya, March 1 (ANTARA) - A naval ship recently seized a Panama-flagged fishing vessel, the biggest ever to have been caught for poaching, in eastern Seram waters. Eastern Fleet Command Chief Commodore Susialisman told newsmen here on...

DENSE TRAFFIC IN JAKARTA CANNOT BE OVERECOME BY ROAD WIDENING.
March 1, 2004... Jakarta, Mar 1 (ANTARA) -- The dense road traffic in Jakarta can no longer be overcome by merely widening the existing streets and roads, especially that the land for this purpose has also become increasingly limited, and the only currently...

PT TELKOM CHIEF STATES READINESS TO RE REPLACED.
March 1, 2004... Jakarta, March 1 (ANTARA) - President director of state telecommunication company PT Telkom Kristiono said he was prepared to be stripped of his post if the government wanted it. "I am always ready at any time to be removed from my current...

FACING CORRUPTION ALLEGATIONS, 30 CITY COUNCILLORS QUESTIONED BY POLICE.
March 2, 2004... Cirebon, Mar 1 (ANTARA) -- The public prosecution in Cirebon, West Java, will soon interrogate 30 Cirebon city councillors (DPRD)as suspects of the abuse of Rp 1.3 billion in local state budget for 2001. For this purpose West Java Governor...

MEDAN-BINJAI TOLLROAD PROEJCT TO COST RP964.55 BILLION.
March 2, 2004... Medan , N Sumatera, March 1 (ANTARA)- Construction of the 20.5-km Medan-Binjai tollroad will take a total cost or investment of Rp964.55 billion, a provincial official said. North Sumaters Governor HT Rizal Nurdin said here Monday...

NIGERIAN GETS 18 YEARS FOR HEROIN SMUGGLING.
March 2, 2004... Jakarta, Mar 1 (ANTARA) -- John Owuh, a 29 years old Nigerian citizen, had been sentenced to 18 years in jail for smuggling heroin, by the West Jakarta Court presided over by Judge Muchtar Ritonga on Monday. Earlier on February 14, 2004,...

120 SOLDIERS SENTENCED FOR DIFFERENT CRIMES IN ACEH.
March 2, 2004... Banda Aceh, March 1 (ANTARA) - The military tribunal here has sentenced as many as 120 soldiers for a variety of violations they had committed during the implementation of the military emergency in the region since May 19 last year. Local...

BRITAIN EAGER TO UNDERSTAND RI'S EFFORTS TO OVERCOME ILLEGAL LOGGING,.
March 2, 2004... Jakarta, March 1 (ANTARA) - Britain is eager to understand that not all of Indonesia's wood products are made of illegal logs and that the world's largest archipellagic country is doing its best to combat illegal logging and timber smuggling,...

CALL MONEY INTEREST RATE DROPS, RUPIAH LIQUIDITY SLACK.
March 2, 2004... Jakarta, March 1 (ANTARA)- The interest rate on call money in the interbank money market here Monday decreased to 07.26/07.28 percent from previously 07.26/07.30 percent, while rupiah liquidity was still slack with the overnight interest rate...

MUI HAS NOT DECLARED MAGNUM A RAFFLE.
March 2, 2004... Semarang, Mar 2 (ANTARA) -- The Indonesian Council of Ulemas (MUI) has yet to declare that the sports raffle organized by the Indonesian Sports Council (KONI) in association with PT Magnum Metropolitan Indonesia (MMI) was no game of chance, but...

KKN CAN BECOME CAUSE OF NATIONAL DISINTEGRATION, OBSERVER SAYS.
March 2, 2004... Medan, March 1 (ANTARA) - Corruption, collusion and nepotism (KKN) cases which have inflicted huges losses on the state can become the cause of national disintegration if they are not setlled through stricter law enforcement, an observer said....

THAILAND DENIES REJECTING RI'S IDEA TO FORM ASEAN PEACEKEEPING FORCE.
March 2, 2004... Revised Story: Correction in paragraph 7, 8, 9) Jakarta, March 2 (ANTARA) - Thai Ambassador to Indonesia Atchara Seriputra on Monday denied that his country has objected to Indonesia's proposal on the setting up of an ASEAN Peacekeeping...

TUESDAY'S HEADLINES IN MAJOR INDONESIAN DAILIES.
March 2, 2004... The Jakarta Post SUSILO LAYS LOW BY MEGAWATI'S SIDE As election draws close, political parties are now openly touting their possible presidential and vice presidential candidates in the hope of drumming up enough support to grab power. ...

TUESDAY'S EDITORIALS IN MAJOR INDONESIAN DAILIES.
March 2, 2004... Bisnis Indonesia's editorial summary: INVESTMENT YEAR (AGAIN) Failing to make 2003 the year of investment, the government has again declared 2004 as such year. A number of factors will show whether or not 2004 is indeed a year of...

SCIENCE CONSTEST WINNER TO REPRESENT INDONESIA IN MALAYSIAN COMPETITION.
March 2, 2004... Bojonegoro, E Java, March 2 (ANTARA) - Senior high school student, Ika Rohmatina, winner of the recent National Youth Science Contest, will represent Indonesia in a similar contest in Malaysia on March 7-11. "I will present my paper on the...

WATERS OF INDONESIA'S N SUMATRA, RIAU ENTRY POINT OF SMUGGLED INDIAN SUGAR.
March 2, 2004... Medan, N Sumatra, March 2 (ANTARA) - The waters of Indonesia's North Sumatra and Riau provinces, particularly the industrial island of Batam, are believed to be the entry point of sugar smuggled from India, local businessmen said Tuesday. ...

GREENPEACE GETS EVIDENCE OF ILLEGAL TIMBER TRADE IN INDONESIA'S C KALIMANTAN.
March 2, 2004... Palangka Raya, C Kalimantan, March 2 (ANTARA) - Greenpeace International has obtained evidence of illegal timber trade in the Indonesian province of Central Kalimantan, its consultant, Faith Doherty, said in a press statement issued here...

INDON ELECTION COMMISSION TO CHECK INDELIBLE INK PRODUCTION IN INDIA.
March 2, 2004... Jakarta, March 2 (ANTARA) - Indonesia's General Elections Commission (KPU) will send a delegation to India to check the roduction of indelible ink in four factories there, it said in a statement made available here on Tuesday. The...

INDON POLICE CHIEF TO INSPECT ELECTION PREPARATIONS IN W NUSA TENGGARA.
March 2, 2004... Mataram, W Nusa Tenggara, March 2 (ANTARA) - Indonesian Police chief, Gen Da'i Bachtiar, is scheduled to inspect the preparations being made for the election in West Nusa Tenggara province on Wednesday, spokesman of the local election committee...

ROTARY CLUB INDONESIA ALLOCATES US$30 MILLION FOR HUMANITARIAN PROGRAM.
March 2, 2004... Jakarta, March 2 (ANTARA) - The District 3400, which groups humanitarian activists of Rotary Club Indonesia, has received US$30 million in cash from foreign parties to finance the group's annual humanitarian program across the country, its...

FAO EXTENDS US$390,000 AID TO INDONESIA TO CONTAIN BIRD FLU.
March 2, 2004... Jakarta, March 2 (ANTARA) - The UN Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) has extended some US$390,000 in aid to contain the spread of bird flu in Indonesia, Agriculture Ministry spokesman, Memed Gunawan, said here Tuesday. Memed said the...

INDON TROOPS SEIZE FIREARMS FROM ACEHNESE REBELS.
March 2, 2004... Banda Aceh, Aceh, March 2 (ANTARA) - Indonesian Marine troops have seized firearms from separatists in northern Aceh, local military spokesman, Lt Col Asep Sapari, said on Tuesday. The troops seized several AK-47s, AK-56s and M-16s from...

INDON PROVINCE SEEKS HELP FROM INT'L COMMUNITY TO SAVE UNTAPPED NAT'L PARK.
March 2, 2004... Medan, N Sumatra, March 2 (ANTARA) - The district of Mandailing Natal in Indonesia's North Sumatra province has asked the international community to help save a 110,000-hectare untapped forest at the Batang Gadis National Park. North...

NUMBER OF DENGUE PATIENTS IN W JAVA CONTINUES TO RISE.
March 2, 2004... Bandung, W Java, March 2 (ANTARA) - The number of dengue fever patients in the Indonesian province of West Java has continued to rise, local health official, Fatimah Resmiaty, said here Tuesday. Until March 1, 69 of 4,401 dengue patients...

MILD QUAKE SHAKES INDONESIA'S BALI, LOMBOK.
March 2, 2004... Mataram, W Nusa Tenggara, March 2 (ANTARA) - A mild earthquake measuring 4.8 on the Richter scale rocked the Indonesian tourism islands of Bali and Lombok at 7:48 a.m. on Tuesday. "Its epicenter was traced at 8.81 South Latitude and 115.42...

EX-INDON MILY CHIEF TO MEET WITH GUS DUR.
March 2, 2004... Jakarta, March 2 (ANTARA) - Golkar Party presidential hopeful, former military chief, Gen (ret) Wiranto, said Tuesday he will meet with former Indonesian president, Abdurrahman Wahid, when they visit chief of the Al Asy'ariyah Islamic Boarding...

AMIEN RAIS UNWILLING TO TEAM UP WITH AKBAR OR MBAK TUTUT.
March 2, 2004... Cirebon, March 2 (ANTARA) - Amien Rais, presidential candidate of the National Mandate Party (PAN), here Tuesday indicated his refusal to team up with Akbar Tanjung or Mbak Tutut in the presidential election aletr this year. "There is no...

POLICE SEIZE 29,686 M3 OF ILLEGAL LOGS.
March 2, 2004... Jakarta, Mar 2 (ANTARA) - Police recently seized 29,686 cubic meters of illegally-cut logs in their "Operation Wanalaga I" in West Kalimantan, a spokesman said here Tuesday. During the operation that lasted from February 22 to 28, police...

KPU TO HAVE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES UNDERGO HEALTH CHECKS.
March 2, 2004... Jakarta, March 2 (ANTARA) - A General Elections Commission member said here Tuesday the KPU would form a team to check the health of presidential and vice presidential candidates who are to run the election scheduled for July this year. ...

SINGAPOREAN TOURISM BOARD OPENS OFFICE IN MEDAN.
March 2, 2004... Medan, N Sumattoera, March 2 (ANTARA)- Singaporean Trade and Industry Minister George Yeo on Tuesday inaugurated a Singapore Tourism Board (STB) office here. According to a source at the STB, the inauguration ceremony was attended also...

KPU SETS NUMBER OF POLLING STATIONS AT 586,310.
March 2, 2004... Jakarta, March 2 (ANTARA) - The General Elections Commission (KPU) has fixed the number of polling stations to be used in next April's general elections at 586,310. The number of registered voters, meanwhile, had been recorded at 147, 310,...

RI, TAIWAN TO EXPAND ECONOMIC COOPERATION.
March 2, 2004... Jakarta, Mar 2 (ANTARA) -- The Taiwan Economic and Trade Office and businesspeople grouped in the China Youth Career Development Association and Indonesia signed an agreement on economic cooperation between the two countries. The deal was...

LAKSAMANA SUKARDI NAMED CAPITAL MARKETS' "PERSON OF THE YEAR".
March 2, 2004... Jakarta, Mar NAMED 2 (ANTARA)- Hong Kong-based magazine FinanceAsia has named State Minister for State Enterprises Laksmana Sukardi the Capital Market's Person of the Year, a director of the magazine, Nick Lord, said in a press release...

TRADE MINISTER CRITICISES IMPORT-ORIENTED BIZMEN.
March 2, 2004... Jombang, E Java, March 2 (ANTARA) - Industry and Trade Minister Rini MS Soewandi on Tuesday criticised a number of national businesspeople for orienting themselves only to imports and high profits while neglecting efforts to keep the domestic...

MINISTER THREATENS TO REVOKE LICENCES OF 20 MANPOWER RECRUITMENT AGENCIES.
March 2, 2004... Jakarta, Mar 2 (ANTARA) - Manpower Minister Jacob Nuwa Wea on Tuesday threatened to revoke the licences of 20 manpower recruitment agencies (PJTKI), some sponsors and illegal companies, and report them to the police for having neglected the...

CONSTITUTIONAL COURT TRIES 1999 ELECTION VIOLATIONS.
March 2, 2004... Jakarta, Mar 2 (ANTARA) -- The Indonesian Constitutional Court has started trying cases of violations of the 1999 general elections and the legitimacy of the elections questioned by a number of political parties. The 8-member panel of judges of...

INDON ARMY ADMITTS LATE ARRIVAL OF MI-17 HELICOPTERS.
March 2, 2004... Jakarta, Mar 2 (ANTARA) - Indonesian Army (TNI-AD) Deputy Chief Lt Gen Djoko Santoso admitted here Tuesday the late arrival of 4 Russian-made MI-17 helicopters had been caused by a downpayment problem. "Yes, there was a delay in the schedule...

CHILD PROTECTION COMMISSION COOPERATES WITH GOVT IN FIGHTING DENGUE.
March 3, 2004... Jakarta, Mar 2 (ANTARA) -- The National Commission for Child Protection (Komnas PA) is set to collaborate with the government, other child protection institutions and the general public in overcoming dengue fever. A press release of Komnas...

GAJAH MADA SENDS STUDENTS TO MONITOR GENERAL ELECTIONS.
March 3, 2004... Yogyakarta, March 2 (ANTARA) - The rector of the state Gajahamada University, Sofian Effendi, saw off 583 students who will monitor the implementation of the general elections in four districts in Yogyakarta province as part of their field...

GOVT PROPOSES TO GIVE PPA RP300 BILLION AS CAPITAL.
March 3, 2004... Jakarta, Mar 2 (ANTARA) - The government proposes to provide the Assets Management Company (PPA) - the body that took over from the dissolved Indonesian Bank Resructuring Agency (IBRA) - with a minmum capital of Rp300 billion, Finance...

GENERAL ELECTIONS TO RUN AS SCHEDULED, SAYS COMMISION CHIEF.
March 3, 2004... Jakarta, March 2 (ANTARA) - The chairman of the General Elections Commission (KPU), Nazaruddin Sjamsuddin, said here on Tuesday the general elections will run as scheduled although some problems still remained. There would not be any...

NEW JAKARTA BOMBING SUSPECT BEING QUESTIONED INTENSIVELY.
March 3, 2004... Jakarta, Mar 2 (ANTARA) - Indonesian police are currently intensively questioning a new suspect in the JW Marriott Hotel bombing in Jakarta in their effort to catch the two top suspects, Dr. Azhari and Noordin M Top. Like Azhari and...

BTN TO EXTEND CREDIT TO PROPERTY SECTOR.
March 3, 2004... Jakarta, March 2 (ANTARA) - The state-run bank BTN will extend credits totalling Rp1.2 trillion to the property sector, the amount being part of the 2004 new credit projection amounting to Rp3.3 trillion, a senior BTN executive said on Tuesday....

SUTIYOSO TO PROMOTE PT DI AIRCRAFT AMONG ASIAN COLLEAGUES.
March 3, 2004... Jakarta, March 2 (ANTARA) - Jakarta Governor Sutiyoso will ask governors of major cities in Asia grouped in the Asian Network of Major Cities (ANMC) to use aircraft produced by Indonesia's aircraft industry, PT Dirgantara Indonesia. "One...

ALLEGED AIDE TO GAM "FINANCE MINISTER" ARRESTED IN BANDUNG.
March 3, 2004... Bandung, March 2 (ANTARA) - A student at the state Ar Raniry Institute of Islamic Studies was arrested by police in Bandung, West Java, on suspicion he is an aide to the separatist Free Aceh Movement (GAM) "finance minister." He was...

WEDNESDAY'S HEADLINES OF INDONESIAN MAJOR DAILIES.
March 3, 2004... The Jakarta Post MORE CONDEMN CORRUPT POLITICIANS Prominent religious leaders, businesspeople and activists have agreed to step up efforts against corruption by not supporting candidates in the election that have shown an unwillingness to...

WEDNESDAY'S EDITORIALS OF INDONESIAN MAJOR DAILIES.
March 3, 2004... The Jakarta Post's editorial summary: A MATTER OF PRINTING Election day is just 33 days away and even as basic an issue as whether polling stations will have their ballot papers on time is far from certain. The General Elections...

13 WORKERS INJURED IN EXPLOSION INSIDE A PLANT IN INDONESIA'S E JAVA.
March 3, 2004... Surabaya, E Java, March 3 (ANTARA) - At least 13 workers were injured following an explosion inside the plant of the iron melting company, PT Ispatindo, in Sidoarjo district in Indonesia's East Java province on Wednesday. ANTARA reported...

INDONESIA WELCOMES TSP TREATY PROPOSED BY FRANCE.
March 3, 2004... Jakarta, March 3 (ANTARA) - Indonesia welcomes the French government's wish to develop a cooperation on the Transfer of Sentenced Persons Treaty (TSP), Indonesian Justice and Human Rights Minister Yusril Ihza Mahendra said here Wednesday. ...

INDON VEEP SAYS NO MINISTER IS BEING OSTRACIZED IN OFFICE.
March 3, 2004... Kediri, E Java, March 3 (ANTARA) - Indonesian Vice President Hamzah Haz on Wednesday affirmed that no minister in the "Gotong Royong" Cabinet is being ostracized in office. Hamzah further noted that if Coordinating Minister for Security and...

INDON PRESIDENT TO VISIT QUAKE-HIT NABIRE.
March 3, 2004... Biak, Papua, March 3 (ANTARA) - Indonesian President Megawati Soekarnoputri is slated to visit Nabire district in Papua province on Thursday to meet earthquake victims, spokesman of the Biak Numfor district administration said on Wednesday. ...

HUNDREDS OF INDON STUDENTS IN E JAVA STAGE RALLY AGAINST VEEP'S VISIT.
March 3, 2004... Tulungagung, E Java, March 3 (ANTARA) - A hundred students of the State Islamic Institute (STAIN) here Wednesday staged a long march to protest the arrival of Indonesian Vice President Hamzah Haz in their campus. They held the 2-km march...

INDON GOV'T SHOULD HELP COMMISSION HOLD ELECTION ON TIME - PRESIDENT.
March 3, 2004... Makassar, S Sulawesi, March 3 (ANTARA) - Indonesian President Megawati Soekarnoputri said here Wednesday the government must help the General Elections Commission (KPU) hold the general elections on time. The law states that the KPU and the...

INDON COMMISSION TO STUDY WHETHER OR NOT TRANSJAKARTA BUSWAY IS A MONOPOLY.
March 3, 2004... Jakarta, March 3 (ANTARA) - The Business Competition Monitoring Commission (KPPU) will determine if the TransJakarta Busway is a monopoly, its chairman said here Wednesday. "The TransJakarta Busway is managed only by one company. The road...

INDON PRESIDENT CONFIDENT GENERAL ELECTIONS WOULD RUN SMOOTHLY.
March 3, 2004... Jakarta, March 3 (ANTARA) - Indonesian President Megawati Soekarnoputri has expressed confidence that the upcoming general elections would run smootly despite some people's pessimism over the general elections. "The general elections...

INDONESIA'S SILVI TO MEET MIA AUDINA IN SWISS BADMINTON OPEN.
March 3, 2004... Jakarta, March 3 (ANTARA) - Indonesian badminton player, Silvi Antarini, will face former compatriot, Mia Audina Tjiptawan who is playing for the Netherlands, during the first round of the Swiss Badminton Open in Basel, Switzerland on Wednesday...

ASTRA EXPECTS TO EARN RP30 TRILLION FROM SALES IN 2004.
March 4, 2004... Jakarta, March 3 (ANTARA) - PT Astra International (AI) expects its sales in 2004 to generate an inoome of at least Rp30 trilg motorcycle sales revenue increases by about 10-15 percent," he said. The company was further planning to sell...