ANT - LKBN ANTARA (Indonesia) articles from May 2004

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PT BAKRIE TELECOM TO INVEST MORE IN FIXED WIRELESS NETWORK.
May 1, 2004... Jakarta, April 30 (ANTARA) - PT Bakrie Telecom is to make an addtional investment of US$8 million in a network it is building and in expansion of its services in Bandung and surrounding areas, West Java, a spokesman said here. "Our network...

MUZADI TO LOSE NU'S SUPPORT WITH WHOEVER HE TEAMS UP.
May 1, 2004... Jakarta, April 31 (ANTARA) - National Awakening Party (PKB) Advisory Council chairman Abdurrahman "Gus Dur" Wahid said here Friday no matter who picked NU (Nahdlatul Ulama) leader Hasyim Muzadi as a vice presidential candidate, the candidacy...

HOUSE ASKED TO CLARIFY LAW ON PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS.
May 1, 2004... Jakarta, April 30 (ANTARA) - Lawyers of Abdurrahman Wahid or Gus Dur here Friday met members of the House of Representatives (DPR) Commission II to demand a clarification on the formulation of Law No 23/2003 on presidential elections, in...

NATIONAL BANKS FLOODED BY APPLICATIONS FOR CREDIT.
May 1, 2004... Jakarta, May 1 (ANTARA) - During the first quarter of 2004 national banks were flooded by applications for credit from clients in various sectors, a banker said here Firday. The phenomenon is an indication that the Indonesian economy is...

HUMPUSS INTERMODA STOCK TRADING TEMPORARILY SUSPENDED.
May 1, 2004... Jakarta, May 1 (ANTARA) - PT Humpuss Intermoda Transportasi (HIT) stock trading was temporarily suspended by the Jakarta Stock Exchange (JSX) since session I until the end of session II of stock trading on Friday. JSX spokesman...

AGUM GUMELAR DESERVES TO BE MEGA'S RUNNING MATE, SAYS ANALYST.
May 1, 2004... Jakarta, May 1 (ANTARA) - Army General (ret) Agum Gumelar, currently minister of transportation, deserved to become running mate of presidential candidate of the Indonesian Democractic Party of Struggle (PDIP) Megawati, now the President, or of...

TPM READY TO PROVIDE ADVOCACY FOR VIOLENCE VICTIMS.
May 1, 2004... Jakarta, April 30 (ANTARA) - The Muslim Lawyers Team (TPM) is preparing an advocacy for supporters of Abu Bakar Ba'asyir, chairman of the Indonesian Mujahdin Council (MMI) who sustained some injuries in the violence on Friday morning, a lawyer...

CHINESE , MALAYSIAN, INDIAN INVESTORS TO PARTICIPATE IN OIL-PALM PLANTATION POJECTS.
May 1, 2004... Jakarta, May 1 (ANTARA) - Malaysian, Chinese and Indian investors will be involved in a project to open oil-palm plantations on critical land in East and West Kalimantan, an official on the vice presidential staff said. The foreign...

SATURDAY'S HEADLILNE OF INDONESIA'S MAJOR DAILIES.
May 1, 2004... The Jakarta Post: SCORES HURT AFTER BA'ASYIR'S REARREST Police rearrested a controversial Muslim cleric on terrorism charges here on Friday moments after his release from Salemba prison, triggering violent clashes between his supporters and...

MALUKU NAVY BASE READY TO CONTAIN OUTSIDERS, SAYS CHIEF.
May 1, 2004... Ambon, Maluku, May 1 (ANTARA) -- Indonesia's Maluku navy base is ready to contain the infiltration of the holy war (laskar jihad) legion to communal clash-torn Ambon, its chief Vice Adm Lili Supramono said here Saturday. Maluku governor...

WORKERS STAGE MAY DAY PROTESTS IN DIFFERENT PLACES OF JAKARTA.
May 1, 2004... Jakarta, May 1 (ANTARA) Some groups of Indonesian workers launched demonstrations in different places here Saturday to commemorate the May Day. ANTARA reported here Saturday the workers who called for an end to outsourcing began their...

COMMISSION TO ANNOUNCE ELECTION RESULT BY MAY 5.
May 1, 2004... Jakarta, May 1 (ANTARA) The General Election Commission (KPU) will announce the result of the April 5 legislative election by May 5, KPU member Mulyana W Kusumah said here Saturday. The commission has counted votes from 55 out of 69...

SATURDAY'S EDITORIALS OF INDONESIA'S MAJOR DAILIES.
May 1, 2004... Kompas' editorial summary: POLITICAL COALITIONS RETURNING TO THE 1950s The policy of forming coalitions is currently being widely practiced alongside the efforts to pair this presidential candidate with that vice presidential...

OTHER POLITICAL PARTY BESIDES PDI-P EYING AGUM GUMELAR FOR ITS VICE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE.
May 1, 2004... Jakarta, May 1 (ANTARA) - Indonesian Transportation Minister Agum Gumelar, who has been heralded as a presidential candidate for Indonesian Democratic Party-Struggle (PDI-P) to pair with Megawati Soekarnoputri, is also eyed by another political...

PRESIDENT MEGAWATI MAKES IMPROMPTU VISITS TO GARMENT FACTORIES.
May 1, 2004... Jakarta, May 1 (ANTARA) - Indonesian President Megawati Soekarnoputri on Saturday made an impromptu visit to two garment factories in the Pulo Gadung industial area in east Jakarta where she held a dialog with the factories' workers. ...

INDON TROOPS RESCUE TWO GSA HOSTAGES.
May 1, 2004... Banda Aceh, May 1 (ANTARA) - Indonesian troops on Friday rescued two boatmen held hostage by Aceh separatist rebels (GSA), local military spokesman Lt Col Asep Sapari said in Lhokseumawe on Saturday. Asep said the two hostages from North...

'MALUKU SOVEREIGNTY FRONT' (FKM) LEADER'S WIFE, DAUGHTER ARRESTED IN AMBON.
May 1, 2004... Ambon, Maluku, May 1 (ANTARA) - A wife and a daughter of Alex Hermanus Manuputty, leader of the separatist "Maluku Sovereignty Front" (FKM) which supports the self-styled "RMS" (Republic of South Maluku), have been arrested, Maluku Governor...

THOUSANDS OF WORKERS OBSERVE LABOR DAY IN JAKARTA.
May 1, 2004... Jakarta, May 1 (ANTARA) - Thousands of workers took part in a march through some of the main streets of the Indonesian capital ending at the presidential Merdeka palace on Saturday to mark Labor Day (May 1). The workers reached the Merdeka...

PRESIDENTIAL, VICE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES MUST FORM CAMPAIGN TEAMS.
May 1, 2004... Jakarta, May 1 (ANTARA) - The General Elections Commission (KPU) has reminded presidential and vice presidential candidates that, apart from officially registering themselves with the Commission between May 4 and 11, they also have to form...

UNIDENTIFIED GANG ATTACKS FISHING BOAT IN AMBON WATERS, ONE KILLED.
May 1, 2004... Ambon, May 1 (ANTARA) - A gang of unidentified trouble-makers early Saturday attacked a fishing boat off the beach of Latuhalat, Nusaniwe, Ambon, leaving one of the 19 men on board dead. The victim, Reky Mahulete (13), was sleeping in the...

POLITICAL PARTIES ALLIANCE CONSIDERING FIELDING ITS OWN PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE.
May 1, 2004... Jakarta, May 1 (ANTARA) - The Alliance of Political Parties for Clean Elections is at present considering to name one of three alternative figures as its presidential candidate, a spokesmn said. ...

RI- AUSTRALIAN ACCORD TO APPLY TECHNOLOGY IN STATISTICS.
May 1, 2004... Jakarta, May 1 (ANTARA) - Indonesia and Australia have agreed to cooperate in the application of technology in the compilation of statistics, according to a press release of the Australian embassy obtained here Saturday. A Memorandum of...

WORKERS OPPOSE MEGAWATI'S, WIRANTO'S, SUSILO'S PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDACIES.
May 1, 2004... Jakarta, May 1 (ANTARA) - Thousands of workers celebrating World Labor Day here Saturday expressed opposition to the presidential candidacies of Megawati Soekarnoputri, Wiranto and Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono. "Megawati has failed to...

AMBON ALLOWED TO DELAY NATIONAL SCHOOL EXAMINATION.
May 1, 2004... Ambon, May 1 (ANTARA) - Education Minister Malik Fajar has given a dispensation for Maluku to carry out the 2004 national school examination on a later schedule due to the recent riots in Ambon, a regional education official, Renny Soulissa,...

GOVERNOR ON RUMOURS ABOUT LASKAR JIHAD ENTERING MALUKU.
May 1, 2004... Ambon, May 1 (ANTARA) - Maluku Governor Karel Albert Ralahalu urged people here on Saturday not to be provoked by rumours about Laskar Jihad (Holy War Legion) members entering the region following the recent communal clashes in Ambon. ...

SUNDAY'S HEADLINES OF INDONESIA'S MAJOR DAILIES.
May 2, 2004... The Jakarta Post, Kompas POLICE TOP BRASS FIRED AFTER PROTEST TURNS UGLY At least 61 students sustained serious injuries in Makassar, South Sulawesi province on Saturday after the police stormed their campus following a protest against the...

PPP'S LEADER HAMZAH HAZ MEETS WITH GUS DUR.
May 2, 2004... Jakarta, May 2 (ANTARA)-- General Chairman of the United Development Party (PPP) Hamzah Haz met with the National Awakening Party (PKB)'s chief patron, H Abdurrahman 'Gus Dur' Wahid at the residence of the Mandiri Bank's director, ECW Neloe at...

MALUKU CHIEF PUBLIC PROSECUTOR OFFICE SETS UP TEAM OF PROSECUTORS.
May 2, 2004... Ambon, Maluku, May 2 (ANTARA)-- Head of the Maluku Public Prosecutor Office, Masri Djinin SH said he has set up a 35-member team to help the provincial administration to handling cases relating to the clashes in the province. "We are ready...

JAMBI-MALAYSIA TO INCREASE COOP ON FISHING.
May 2, 2004... Jambi, May 2 (ANTARA) - The Jambi administration would increase its cooperation on the fishing sector with Malaysian investors, a spokesman said. "Malaysia has fishing boats with capacity above six tons and but it does not have waters or...

SWEDISH PROSECUTOR CALLED TO SOON HAND OVER TIRO'S CASE TO COURT.
May 2, 2004... Medan, N Sumatra, May 2 (ANTARA) - The Swedish public prosecutors office was called on to soon hand over the dossier of Hasan Tiro, an Indonesian who has become a Swedish citizen, to the court for his alleged involvement in some terror acts in...

GOVT ALLOCATES RP2 BILLION TO REBUILD BURNED SCHOOLS IN ACEH.
May 2, 2004... Banda Aceh, Aceh, May 2 (ANTARA)-- The ministry of education has allocated fund worth Rp 2 billion to rebuild school buildings which were reportedly torched by the Aceh separatist movement (GSA) in Bireuen district in the province of Naggroe...

FORMER PRESIDENT SOEHARTO'S HEALTH CONDITION GETTING BETTER.
May 2, 2004... Jakarta, May 2 (ANTARA) - Former president Soeharto's health condition is getting better and blood-trasfussion is stopped, spokepersons said. Head of the doctors team, dr Pudjo Rahardjo and dr Winarni Hudoyo announced the his latest...

API TO SERVE BALI-JAPAN FLIGHT ROUTE NEXT JULY.
May 2, 2004... Kuta, Bali, May 2 (ANTARA) - A Bali-based private airline company, the Air Paradise Indonesia (API), is scheduled to start serving the Bali-Japan flight route next July. "The third aircraft will arrive next July and will be used to serve...

UN OCHA TO RESUME OPERATION IN AMBON.
May 2, 2004... Ambon, Maluku, May 2 (ANTARA) - The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UN-OCHA) will resume its operation in Ambon when the situation in the city returns to normal, following the fresh riot erupting last Sunday...

FIRE RAZES 25 HOMES IN WEST JAKARTA.
May 2, 2004... Jakarta, May 2 (ANTARA) - Fire razed 25 homes in Wijayakusuma area, Jelambar, West Jakarta district, leaving a number of families homeless, on Sunday afternoon. As many as eight fire-fighting trucks were deployed to the location to...

BOMB BLASTS AGAIN ROCK AMBON.
May 2, 2004... Ambon, May 2 (ANTARA) - A series of bomb blasts, mortar and gunfire again rocked the areas of Talake, Waringin and Wainitu in Ambon, capital of Maluku province, on Saturday. The Antara bureau in Ambon reported the bomb explosions, mortar...

RI, IRAN AGREE TO COOPERATE IN CIVIL AVIATION.
May 2, 2004... Jakarta, May 1 (ANTARA) - Indonesia and Iran agreed here on Saturday to cooperate in civil aviation to facilitate and increase air transportation between the two countries. The agreement contained in a document signed by Indonesian...

SULTAN HAMENGKUBUWONO READY TO BROKER MEGAWATI-GUS DUR MEETING.
May 2, 2004... Yogyakarta, May 1 (ANTARA) - Sultan Hamengku Buwono X of Yogyakarta said here on Saturday he was ready to become a mediator for a meeting between incumbent President Megawati Soekarnoputri and former president Abdurrahman Wahid here soon. ...

HOUSE COMMISSION I TO CUTBACK POLICE BUDGET.
May 2, 2004... Jakarta, May 2 (ANTARA) - The House of Representatives' Commission I plans to cutback the funds allocated for police in the 2005 State Budget as a reaction to the violent police action of storming into the Indonesian Muslim University premisis...

NO NEED TO JOIN PRESIDENTIAL RACE IF THERE IS NO CHANCE TO WIN, HAMZAH SAYS.
May 2, 2004... Jakarta, May 2 (ANTARA) - Vice President Hamzah Haz, who is also general chairman of the United Development Party (PPP), said he would not nominate himself for the presidential post, if he believed he would not have a chance in the...

INDONESIAN RED CROSS PROVIDES HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE FOR AMBON.
May 2, 2004... Ambon, Maluku, May 2 (ANTARA) - Chairman of the Indonesian Red Cross (PMI) Mar'ie Muhammad has contributed medical drugs and equipments to two hospitals in troubled Ambon, Maluku province, on Sunday. The two hospitals are the Bhakti Rahayu...

35 FKM SUPPORTERS DECLARED SUSPECTS IN AMBON INCIDENT.
May 2, 2004... Ambon, Maluku, May 2 (ANTARA) - Police have said that at least 35 supporters of the Maluku Sovereignty Front (FKM) had been declared suspects as they were proven to have launched a separatist movement against the Indonesian Unitary State by...

HAMZAH AND HASHIM TO MEET.
May 2, 2004... Jakarta, May 2 (ANTARA) - General Chairman of the United Development Party (PPP) Hamzah Haz, now also the Vice President, and General chairman of Nahdlatul Ulama (NU), Indonesia's largest moslem organization, Hashim Muzadi, planned to meet at...

POLITICAL PARTY FIGURES MEET AT PBR CHAIRMAN'S RESIDENCE.
May 2, 2004... Jakarta, May 2 (ANTARA) - A number of political party figures who had been nominated presidential candidates by their respective parties attended a commemoration of the birth of Prophet Muhammad at the residence of Star Reform Party (PBR)'s...

ACEH GOVERNOR DENIES SEEKING PROTECTION TO HOUSE.
May 3, 2004... Banda Aceh, May 2 (ANTARA) - Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam (NAD) Governor Abdullah Puteh denied that he had sought protection to the House of Representatives (DPR) in connection with the questioning on his alleged corruption case in the troubled...

SOLDIERS, POLICEMEN CONTAIN SNIPERS' ACTION IN AMBON, SAYS POLICE CHIEF.
May 3, 2004... Ambon, Maluku, May 3 (ANTARA) Indonesian Defence Force (TNI) personnel and National police members have been assigned to contain the action of snipers who have been wandered here following the communal conflict which broke out on April 25, a...

INDON MUSLIM LEADER READY TO BECOME VICE PRES'L CANDIDATE, SAYS VEEP.
May 3, 2004... Jakarta, May 3 (ANTARA) Indonesian Vice President Hamzah Haz said country's largest Islamic movement the Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) chairman Hayim Muzadi is ready to become a running mate of President Megawati Soekarnoputri who have been seeking her...

BANDUNG AIRPORT'S RUNWAY TO BE EXTENDED.
May 3, 2004... Bandung, W Java, May 3 (ANTARA) The West Java administration has allocated Rp 8 billion to extend the Hussein Sastranegara airport's runway to 250 meter to the west so as to accommodate international flights. ANTARA reported here Monday...

PPP LOOKS TO OTHER PARTY TO MAKE COALITION, SAYS HAMZAH.
May 3, 2004... Jakarta, May 3 (ANTARA) - Vice President Hamzah Haz said his United Development Party (PPP) has been looking to other parties beside Megawati's Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle to make a coalition prior to the July 5 presidential...

SITUATION IN AMBON RETURNS TO NORMAL, SAYS GOVERNOR.
May 3, 2004... Jayapura, Papua, May 3 (ANTARA) - The situation in communal conflict-torn Ambon returned to normal on Monday following a bloody clash in the city on April 25, Maluku governor Alberth Ralahalu said. Indonesian Defence Force (TNI) members and...

INDON MAN REPORTEDLY FUNDS TERRORIST NETWORK IN PHILIPPINES.
May 3, 2004... Manila, May 3 (ANTARA) - An alleged member of the Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) terror network, Sammy Abdulagani, has claimed that an Indonesian citizen named Usman led and financed terrorism in the Philippines. ANTARA reported on Monday...

NINE COUNTRIES TO PARTICIPATE IN WEST SUMATRA'S 'AIRWAVE FLY FOR FUN'.
May 3, 2004... Padang, W Sumatra, May 3 (ANTARA)-- At least 15 athletes from nine countries and 40 domestic athletes are slated to participate in an "Airwave Fly for Fun" event, which will take place in Agam district, West Sumatra province in May 16-23, a...

POLICE TAKE LEGAL ACTION AGAINST ARSONISTS IN AMBON, SAYS GOVERNOR.
May 3, 2004... Ambon, Maluku, May 3 (ANTARA) - Legal action against arsonists during the recent communal conflict here will be carried out by concerned bodies including the Maluku police office, Maluku governor Karel Albert Ralahalu said here Monday. ...

NINE COUNTRIES TO TAKE PART IN PARAGLIDING FESTIVAL IN W SUMATRA.
May 3, 2004... Padang, W Sumatra, May 3 (ANTARA) - At least 40 local and 15 foreign participants from nine countries will take part in the Paragliding Festival and the Public Fiesta 2004 which will be held in Agam district, West Sumatra on May 16-23,...

BA'ASYIR'S LAWYERS TO FILE A PRE-TRIAL SUIT AGAINST POLICE.
May 3, 2004... Jakarta, May 3 (ANTARA) - The lawyers team of moslem cleric Abu Bakar Ba'asyir agreed to file a pre-trial suit against the police for the forceful arrest and detention of their client (Ba'asyir) from the Salemba penitentiary last Friday. One...

FOREIGN BADMINTON TEAMS ARRIVE FOR THOMAS AND UBER CUP CHAMPIONSHIP.
May 3, 2004... Jakarta, May 3 (ANTARA) - Badminton teams of Denmark and the United States arrived here on Monday for the final rounds of the men's Thomas Cup and women's Uber Cup group championship scheduled to be held here from May 7 to 16. Upon arrival...

GEN. DAI'S MEETING WITH RELIGIOUS/COMMUNITY LEADERS IN AMBON ENDS IN CHAOS.
May 3, 2004... Ambon, May 3 (ANTARA) - A 45-minute meeting between National Police Chief Gen. Dai Bachtiar and local religious/community leaders in Ambon on Monday afternoon ended in chaos after Mollucan moslems conveyed their stance and the reading of...

GOVT ARRESTS WIFE AND CHILDREN OF SEPARATIST LEADER.
May 4, 2004... Ambon, May 3 (ANTARA) - Maluku governor Karel Albert Ralahalu said here on Monday that security personnel had arrested the wife and daughter of the leader of the separatist Front Kedaulatan Maluku (Maluku Sovereignty Front - FKM), Dr Alexander...

TWO MORE SEPARATISTS KILLED IN SUNDAY'S RAID.
May 4, 2004... Banda Aceh, May 3 (ANTARA)-- Another two members of the separatist movement (GSA) were killed in a military operation on Sunday, while Indonesian soldiers seized eight fire arms during the operation, a military spokesman said on Monday ...

THREE KILLED AFTER TOWER CRANE COLLAPSES.
May 4, 2004... Jakarta, May 3 (ANTARA) - Three workers were killed after a tower crane operated in an apartment building construction project on Jalan Sudirman in Jakarta collapsed here Monday morning. The 50-meter high tower crane collapsed at around...

REJECTING MILITARY FIGURE FOR THE PRESIDENCY A FORM OF DEMOCRACY, SUSILO SAYS.
May 4, 2004... Surabaya, May 3 (ANTARA) - A presidential aspirant of the Democrats' Party Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said the increasing student movements rejecting the emergence of military figures to run for the presidency is actually a form of democracy that...

GUS DUR STILL ACTS AS DECISIVE POLITICAL PLAYER.
May 4, 2004... Jakarta, May 3 (ANTARA) - A political analyst of the Center for Strategic and International Studies (SCIS), Indra Jaya Piliang, said the only political player who is long-overdue by many people was Abdurrahman "Gus Dur" Wahid. "It is like a...

AIRFORCE SPECIAL UNIT CAPTURES ACEH SEPARATIST AREA COMMANDER.
May 4, 2004... Banda Aceh, May 3 (ANTARA) - An airforce special unit captured Nazaruddin alias Agam (31), the commander of Aceh separatist movement for Sabang, in his parents in law's home in Labuy, Aceh Besar, on Monday, local military spokesman Lt Col Asep...

NINE POLICE OFFICERS NAMED SUSPECTS IN UMI CASE.
May 4, 2004... Makassar, May 3 (ANTARA) - The South Sulawesi regional police command has named nine officers as suspects in the violence case that happened at the Indonesia Muslim University here last Saturday. Former regional police commander Inspector...

TUESDAY'S HEADLINES IN INDONESIAN MAJOR DAILIES:.
May 4, 2004... The Jakarta Post/Republika AMBON TALKS END IN DISARRAY A meeting of religious leaders and National Police chief Gen. Da'i Bachtiar in Ambon on Monday ended in disarray, after conflicting parties failed to reach an agreement to cease the...

Kompas' editorial summary:.
May 4, 2004... NUMBER OF MAKASSAR CLASH VICTIMS IMMENSE About 60 students of the Indonesian Muslim University (UMI) were seriously injured following a clash with policemen in Makassar city in Indonesia's South Sulawesi province last week. Indonesian...

GOLKAR MAINTAINS LEAD IN INDONESIA'S LEGISLATIVE ELECTION.
May 4, 2004... Jakarta, May 4 (ANTARA) - Golkar Party, during the vote tally on Tuesday, remained the top winner of Indonesia's legislative election. Trailing behind Golkar were the Indonesian Democratic Party-Struggle (PDIP), Nation's Awakening Party...

ONE KILLED, THREE INJURED IN BLAST IN INDONESIA'S RIAU.
May 4, 2004... Pekanbaru, Riau, May 4 (ANTARA) - At least one person was killed and three others were wounded after an explosion ripped through a shop-house in Pekanbaru, capital of Indonesia's Riau province, early Tuesday. Police sources said the...

SECURITY IN INDONESIA'S MAKASSAR UNDER CONTROL - POLICE.
May 4, 2004... Makassar, S Sulawesi, May 4 (ANTARA) - Security in the Indonesian city of Makassar remained under control on Tuesday despite the rally held by thousands of college students, South Sulawesi Police spokesman, Andi Nurman Thahir, has said. ...

INDON POLICE FORENSIC TEAM TO LOOK INTO EXPLOSION IN PEKANBARU, RIAU.
May 4, 2004... Pekanbaru, Riau, May 4 (ANTARA) - A forensic team from the police of Indonesia's North Sumatra province will investigate the explosion at Arengka St here at 3:35 a.m. on Tuesday. "We have yet to confirm if the explosion that damaged one...

SPORTS: INDON PRESIDENT YET TO CONFIRM IF SHE WILL OPEN THOMAS AND UBER CUP.
May 4, 2004... Jakarta, May 4 (ANTARA) - Indonesian President Megawati Soekarnoputri has yet to confirm whether or not she will open the Thomas and Uber Cup badminton championship to be held here on May 6, State Secretary Bambang Kesowo said Tuesday. "So...

INDON MOSLEM CLERIC'S REAAREST TO BE REPORTED TO HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES - LAWYER.
May 4, 2004... Jakarta, May 4 (ANTARA) - The legal counsel of Indonesian Moslem cleric, Abu Bakar Ba'asyir, has said he will report his client's rearrest on the day of his release last Friday to the House of Representatives' home affairs commission. ...

PARTY COALITION NEEDED TO BUILD STRONG GOV'T, INDON VEEP SAYS.
May 4, 2004... Jakarta, May 4 (ANTARA) - Indonesian Vice President Hamzah Haz, also chairman of the United Development Party (PPP), has said there is a need for political parties to coalesce to build a strong government in the future. "The important thing...

INDON MOSLEM INTELLECTUALS HOPE NEXT PRESIDENT WOULD SET UP EFFECTIVE CABINET.
May 4, 2004... Jakarta, May 4 (ANTARA) - The Indonesian Moslem Intellectuals Association (ICMI) hopes the country's next president would be able to set up a cabinet that could run the government effectively and efficiently, chief of its board of executives,...

INDON SOCIAL AFFAIRS MINISTER TO VISIT CONFLICT-TORN AMBON.
May 4, 2004... Ambon, Maluku, May 4 (ANTARA) - Indonesia's Social Affairs Minister Bachtiar Chamsyah is slated to visit Ambon, capital of Maluku province, on May 4-5, especially such areas of conflict as the villages of Waringin and Talake in Nusawine...

AMIEN SAYS 90 PCT SURE SISWONO WOULD BE HIS RUNNING MATE.
May 4, 2004... Jakarta, May 4 (ANTARA) - National Mandate Party (PAN) presidential candidate, Amien Rais, said Tuesday it is 90 percent sure that former public works minister, Siswono Yudohusodo, would be his vice presidential running mate. "Siswono is...

INDON MOSLEM CLERIC HAS YET TO DECIDE ON VICE PRES'L CANDIDACY.
May 4, 2004... Jakarta, May 4 (ANTARA) - Reform Star Party (PBR) general chairman, Zainuddin MZ, has yet to decide whether or not he would run for vice president, despite calls from the party and other political parties for him to do so, PBR spokesman, Miqdad...

SOME STREETS IN AMBON REOPENED FOLLOWING FATAL CONFLICTS.
May 4, 2004... Ambon, Maluku, May 4 (ANTARA) - Some streets recently closed down due to communal conflicts in the Indonesian eastern city of Ambon triggered by the celebration of the 54th anniversary of the separatist South Maluku Republic (RMS) movement on...

MALUKU POLICE CHIEF REPLACED.
May 4, 2004... Jakarta, May 4 (ANTARA) - National Police Chief, Gen Da'i Bachtiar has replaced Maluku provincial police chief, Brig Gen Bambang Sutrisno, with Brig Gen Adityawarman, spokesman for the National Police, Inspector General Paiman, has said. ...

MEGAWATI TO ANNOUNCE HER RUNNING MATE THURSDAY.
May 4, 2004... Jakarta, May 4 (ANTARA) - Chairperson of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDIP) Megawati Soekarnoputri will officially announce her vice presidential running mate on Thursday for the July 5 presidential election, an executive of the...

GUS DUR ALLOWS SALAHUDDIN WAHID TO ACCOMPANY WIRANTO.
May 4, 2004... Jakarta, May 4 (ANTARA) - Chairman of the National Awakening Party's (PKB) consultative council Abdurrahman Wahid alias Gus Dur has allowed chairman of Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) Salahuddin Wahid to be the running mate of the Golkar Party's...

AMIEN RAIS HAILS GUS DUR'S IDEA TO HOLD NATIONAL MEETING.
May 4, 2004... Jakarta, May 4 (ANTARA) - Chairman of the National Mandate Party (PAN), Amien Rais, hailed the idea of former president Abdurrahman Wahid alias Gus Dur to hold a meeting among national figures. Amien said here Tuesday he would support such...

RUPIAH DEPRECIATON AT NORMAL LEVEL, BI GOVERNOR SAYS.
May 4, 2004... Jakarta, May 4 (ANTARA) - Governor of the central bank (BI), Burhanuddin Abdullah said Tuesday the current rupiah depreciation has run at normal level and could be accepted by local exporters and importers. "The rupiah level at 8,700...

LEGISLATORS EXPRESS CONCERN ON VIOLENCE BY POLICE.
May 4, 2004... Jakarta, May 4 (ANTARA) - The House of Representatives' Commission on legal and home affairs has expressed concern over violence exerted by police in handling certain cases recently. "We are concerned on the violence the police have exerted...