Jakarta Post articles from April 2010

Jakarta Post archives from April 2010

KPK quizzes VP at State Guest House.
April 30, 2010... from THE JAKARTA POST -- FRIDAY, APRIL 30, 2010 The antigraft body on Thursday questioned Vice President Boediono and Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati in connection with the controversial 2008 Rp 6.76 trillion (US$716 million) bailout of...

Government not ready for information law rollout.
April 30, 2010... from THE JAKARTA POST -- FRIDAY, APRIL 30, 2010 The historic freedom of information law comes into force today with most state institutions, mired in a decades-long culture of secrecy, still in the dark over how to actually implement the law. ...

Text your say: Questioning Boediono.
April 30, 2010... from THE JAKARTA POST -- FRIDAY, APRIL 30, 2010 Vice President Boediono and Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati were questioned over the Bank Century debacle Thursday. What do you think? Send your thoughts by email to...

Correction.(Correction notice)
April 30, 2010... from THE JAKARTA POST -- FRIDAY, APRIL 30, 2010 On this page in our Thursday, April 29 edition, the heading of the story on the arrest of two immigration officers should have read "Immigration officers caught assisting in drug ring". We printed...

Committee claims 50,000 people to rally in Jakarta.
April 30, 2010... from THE JAKARTA POST -- FRIDAY, APRIL 30, 2010 The Action Committee for Social Security claimed that as many as 50,000 people would rally at the Hotel Indonesia traffic circle and the Presidential Palace on Saturday to commemorate International...

Bali Police question film actors.
April 30, 2010... from THE JAKARTA POST -- FRIDAY, APRIL 30, 2010 Police on the resort island of Bali summoned three of several men acting as gigolos in the short film Cowboys in Paradise to probe whether the film was illegally produced by a foreign visitor. ...

Porong students continue studying despite safety risks.
April 30, 2010... from THE JAKARTA POST -- FRIDAY, APRIL 30, 2010 Risk from a gas explosion and land subsidence around the Porong mudflow site in Sidoarjo regency, East Java, is not enough to persuade the authorities to act fast to prevent harm in the event...

BPK chief grilled over tax fraud case.
April 30, 2010... from THE JAKARTA POST -- FRIDAY, APRIL 30, 2010 Current Supreme Audit Agency chief and former taxation director general Hadi Poernomo was questioned Thursday by legislators at a hearing over alleged tax fraud involving business tycoon Paulus...

Largest ever census to be launched next month.
April 30, 2010... from THE JAKARTA POST -- FRIDAY, APRIL 30, 2010 The Central Statistics Agency (BPS) will begin a nationwide census next month, the largest ever carried out in Indonesia, to update data on the country's population and the living conditions of the...

Three arrested, three others wanted in credit card scam.
April 30, 2010... from THE JAKARTA POST -- FRIDAY, APRIL 30, 2010 Police announced Thursday they had arrested three suspects and were seeking three others for allegedly running a syndicate that illegally duplicated credit cards belonging to tourists in Bali. ...

Public told to stay alert despite declining threat.
April 30, 2010... from THE JAKARTA POST -- FRIDAY, APRIL 30, 2010 Efforts to reduce the transmission of avian influenza (bird flu) in Indonesia should not stop despite the significant decrease in H5N1 cases. "Bird flu cases in poultry and humans are...

Muslim Groups Push for Law Revision
April 30, 2010... from THE JAKARTA POST -- FRIDAY, APRIL 30, 2010 Muslim intellectuals are urging lawmakers at the House of Representatives to take steps to revise the controversial 1965 Blasphemy Law. "The ball is in the legislators' court now," prominent...

Ex-UN ambassador warns of complacency.
April 30, 2010... from THE JAKARTA POST -- FRIDAY, APRIL 30, 2010 The fact Indonesia is currently on track to achieve most of its Millennium Development Goals is no reason for complacency, a former UN ambassador for the program said Thursday. Erna Witoelar, a...

Assembly leaders visit Ba'asyir at boarding school.
April 30, 2010... from THE JAKARTA POST -- FRIDAY, APRIL 30, 2010 SUKOHARJO: People's Consultative Assembly Speaker Taufik Kiemas visited firebrand Muslim cleric Abu Bakar Ba'asyir at the latter's Al-Mukmin Islamic boarding school in Ngruki, Sukoharjo in Central...

Susno comes home, gets a celebrity welcome.
April 30, 2010... from THE JAKARTA POST -- FRIDAY, APRIL 30, 2010 PAGARALAM: Former National Police chief detective Comr. Gen. Susno Duadji visited his hometown, Pagaralam, South Sumatra, where he received a warm welcome from residents. He visited two...

Police to submit Bahasyim case to prosecutor office.
April 30, 2010... from THE JAKARTA POST -- FRIDAY, APRIL 30, 2010 JAKARTA: Three weeks after naming former tax official Bahasyim Assiefie a suspect in a money laundering case, Jakarta Police announced Thursday they would complete their investigation by next week....

Police chase shipwreck treasure hunter.
April 30, 2010... from THE JAKARTA POST -- FRIDAY, APRIL 30, 2010 Authorities are hunting Michael Hatcher, a foreign shipwreck treasure hunter believed to be operating in Indonesian waters. Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Minister Fadel Muhammad said Thursday...

Anti-crisis, growth consensus.
April 30, 2010... from THE JAKARTA POST -- FRIDAY, APRIL 30, 2010 At the international seminar in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, on April 12 that was attended by participants from around the world including representatives from multilateral agencies such as IMF, World...

Editorial: Accessing public information.(Editorial)
April 30, 2010... from THE JAKARTA POST -- FRIDAY, APRIL 30, 2010 Imagine President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono issuing a directive on the day the law on access to public information comes into full force on April 30, calling for a compliance in the name of greater...

Ignorance, a disaster for law enforcement.
April 30, 2010... from THE JAKARTA POST -- FRIDAY, APRIL 30, 2010 The pretrial verdict of the South Jakarta District Court on Bibit S. Rianto and Chandra M. Hamzah of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) is not unpredictable. The cancelation of the...

The act upon information.
April 30, 2010... from THE JAKARTA POST -- FRIDAY, APRIL 30, 2010 Some people may say that since most Indonesians are not law-abiding people, you need not advocate the law. What is written in the law is not necessarily implemented accordingly. In some cases,...

Comments: Political maturity.
April 30, 2010... from THE JAKARTA POST -- FRIDAY, APRIL 30, 2010 Your comments: Yeah, this has been in question for many years. Will our Indonesia be going anywhere? -- MS, United Kingdom This is a horrific breakthrough by those insane political parties. There...

Issues: Letter: What has happened to Islam?
April 30, 2010... from THE JAKARTA POST -- FRIDAY, APRIL 30, 2010 Reading "Misperception among Muslims" by Fazal-E-Mujeeb is really a relief, (the Post, P. 26). I think that Islam is a beautiful religion, with the people bowing down to God the Almighty when they...

Text your say: Thai political crisis.
April 30, 2010... from THE JAKARTA POST -- FRIDAY, APRIL 30, 2010 Your comments on the ongoing antigovernment protests that have killed scores of people in Thailand's capital of Bangkok and a possible way to end the political crisis. There's only one law and...

Alila receives ASEAN Green Hotel Award.
April 30, 2010... from THE JAKARTA POST -- FRIDAY, APRIL 30, 2010 UBUD: Alila Manggis in East Bali and Alila Ubud in Gianyar received the ASEAN Green Hotel Award for their commitment to supporting responsible tourism. The ASEAN Green Hotel Award is one of six...

Bali Cultural Center to be built in India.
April 30, 2010... from THE JAKARTA POST -- FRIDAY, APRIL 30, 2010 DENPASAR: Bali Hindu Center will be built on a 2-hectare plot near the Ganges River to allow visitors to learn more about the island's culture and religion. Indra Udayana from Ashram Gandhi Puri...

Govt license sought for Cilamaya port.
April 30, 2010... from THE JAKARTA POST -- FRIDAY, APRIL 30, 2010 The West Java provincial administration has called on the central government to speed up the issuance of the principal license for the development of Cilamaya port in Karawang. The port, when...

Dumai coastal erosion reaches 'alarming pace'.
April 30, 2010... from THE JAKARTA POST -- FRIDAY, APRIL 30, 2010 The coast of Dumai in Riau province is facing further coastal erosion due to damage to mangrove swamps, resulting in tides from the Malacca Strait slam against the shore, eroding up to 7 meters of...

Low turnout predicted in Medan mayoralty poll.(Survey)
April 30, 2010... from THE JAKARTA POST -- FRIDAY, APRIL 30, 2010 A survey institute has predicted only 60 percent of Medan's almost 2 million eligible voters will turn out for the mayoral elections on May 12. The findings are based on a survey conducted by...

Heru-Sukento wins regency election in Purbalingga.
April 30, 2010... from THE JAKARTA POST -- FRIDAY, APRIL 30, 2010 PURBALINGGA, Central Java: The Purbalingga General Elections Committee (KPUD) on Thursday declared Heru Sudjatmoko and running mate Sukento Ridho Marhaendriyanto winners in the election for regent...

Uniting the world through multicultural English.
April 30, 2010... from THE JAKARTA POST -- FRIDAY, APRIL 30, 2010 A discussion Wednesday on the English language highlighted the fact that native speakers of English accounted a small portion of the total number of English speakers around the world. The rest...

Jeren Kiring crowned junior surf champion.
April 30, 2010... from THE JAKARTA POST -- FRIDAY, APRIL 30, 2010 Thirteen-year-old Jeren Kiring claimed the 2010 Rusty GromFest Series Under 16 Division top place at Kuta Beach. As the Under 16 Series champion, Kiring receives an all expense paid trip to...

Bali may face water and food shortage.
April 30, 2010... from THE JAKARTA POST -- FRIDAY, APRIL 30, 2010 Bali is currently facing serious environmental degradation with possible food and water supply shortage, a study reveals. The study, jointly conducted by the University of Udayana's...

SBY unlikely attends G15 Summit in Tehran.
April 30, 2010... from THE JAKARTA POST -- FRIDAY, APRIL 30, 2010 INDONESIA: President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has stated that he may not come to the G15 Summit in Tehran in May after receiving the official invitation letter from Iranian President Mahmoud...

RI poised to show more leadership.
April 30, 2010... from THE JAKARTA POST -- FRIDAY, APRIL 30, 2010 Indonesia seeks to fill in the vacuum of leadership in ASEAN as it takes over the grouping's chairmanship next year after swapping with Brunei, Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa said. In a...

Vietnamese in Jakarta celebrate Victory Day.
April 30, 2010... from THE JAKARTA POST -- FRIDAY, APRIL 30, 2010 Members of Jakarta's Vietnamese community celebrated Thursday the 35th anniversary of the historic Victory Day with a modest function at the Vietnamese Embassy. "[Victory Day] was a brilliant...

Indonesia to ratify nuclear test ban treaty.
April 30, 2010... from THE JAKARTA POST -- FRIDAY, APRIL 30, 2010 Indonesia will ratify a nuclear test ban treaty soon, says the foreign minister, after previously deciding to hold off on ratification until the US made the first move. Marty Natalegawa told the...

Democratic solution to crisis needed, Thai FM told.
April 30, 2010... from THE JAKARTA POST -- FRIDAY, APRIL 30, 2010 Indonesia has told visiting Thai Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya that Thailand needed to settle the political unrest in a democratic manner by upholding the rule of law. Piromya met President...

Ex-BII boss appointed to lead Bank Danamon.
April 30, 2010... from THE JAKARTA POST -- FRIDAY, APRIL 30, 2010 During an annual meeting in Jakarta on Thursday, Bank Danamon's shareholders formally endorsed the appointment of Malaysian banker Ho Hon Cheong as the bank's new president director. The former...

New decree to ensure resource transparency.
April 30, 2010... from THE JAKARTA POST -- FRIDAY, APRIL 30, 2010 The President has signed a decree appointing a multi-stakeholder working group that will be responsible to ensure public access to data on government revenues from the exploitation of non-renewable...

Drydocks to resume operation next week.
April 30, 2010... from THE JAKARTA POST -- FRIDAY, APRIL 30, 2010 The Indonesian Employers Association (Apindo) concluded that the riot that broke out at PT Drydocks World Graha was caused by an internal conflict and had nothing to do with any political factors,...

Emissions trading scheme remains available beyond Kyoto.
April 30, 2010... from THE JAKARTA POST -- FRIDAY, APRIL 30, 2010 Although the Kyoto Protocol's clean development mechanisms (CDM) will expire in 2012, Indonesia's new geothermal projects can still benefit from emissions trading as the market will be available...

Barclays Capital upbeat on Indonesian economy.
April 30, 2010... from THE JAKARTA POST -- FRIDAY, APRIL 30, 2010 Barclays Capital is upbeat on Indonesia's economy, predicting growth of 6.5 percent this year driven mainly by robust household spending on the back of healthy consumer confidence and an improving...

Batavia Air opens new route to Banda Aceh.
April 30, 2010... from THE JAKARTA POST -- FRIDAY, APRIL 30, 2010 JAKARTA: Low cost carrier Batavia Air has launched a new route from Jakarta to Banda Aceh with the maiden flight taking off on Wednesday, the airline's public relations manager, Eddy Haryanto, said...

Bank Permata Q1 net profits surge 62 percent.(Financial report)
April 30, 2010... from THE JAKARTA POST -- FRIDAY, APRIL 30, 2010 JAKARTA: PT Bank Permata Tbk announced Thursday that its net profit surged by 62 percent to Rp 269 billion (US$29.85 million) in the first quarter of this year compared to the same period, last...

Police seize dangerous materials from Jakmania.
April 30, 2010... from THE JAKARTA POST -- FRIDAY, APRIL 30, 2010 JAKARTA: Jakarta police confiscated Thursday more than 100 weapons from hundreds of supporters of Jakarta's soccer club Persija during a check conducted ahead of the kick-off of its Indonesian...

Deliberation of busway standard service delayed.
April 30, 2010... from THE JAKARTA POST -- FRIDAY, APRIL 30, 2010 JAKARTA: The city administration has delayed the deliberation of the Gubernatorial decree on the standard service for Transjakarta bus as it still need revisions, Governor Fauzi Bowo said Thursday....

No evidence implicating police in Koja deadly clash.
April 30, 2010... from THE JAKARTA POST -- FRIDAY, APRIL 30, 2010 JAKARTA: A team investigating the deadly clash at the Mbah Priuk tomb in Koja, North Jakarta, said Thursday it found no evidence proving Jakarta Police had let the incident escalate. Head of the...

Termites eat away at Greater Jakarta.
April 30, 2010... from THE JAKARTA POST -- FRIDAY, APRIL 30, 2010 They never choose their targets. They attack even skyscrapers, mostly out of sight, as long as they can find something to eat. However, many people simply regard them as ordinary insects and pay...

14 soccer fans die falling from rooftops this year.
April 30, 2010... from THE JAKARTA POST -- FRIDAY, APRIL 30, 2010 Fourteen members of the Jakmania soccer fan club have died this year falling from buses or from soccer matches, a club representative says. The number of such accidents has skyrocketed from only...

Expert warns against side effects of LCD billboards.
April 30, 2010... from THE JAKARTA POST -- FRIDAY, APRIL 30, 2010 An expert has warned that LCD billboards in crowded intersections could distract motorists, damage the city's beauty and were not energy efficient. Trisakti University urban expert Yayat...

A look ahead to the 2010 Players Championship.
April 30, 2010... from THE JAKARTA POST -- FRIDAY, APRIL 30, 2010 At The Players Championship last year, the much hyped showdown between Alex Cejka of Germany and Tiger Woods actually disintegrated into a cheap Sunday matinee as Cejka imploded along with his 5...

Title spoiler Liverpool.
April 30, 2010... from THE JAKARTA POST -- FRIDAY, APRIL 30, 2010 Liverpool versus Chelsea has all the hallmarks of being the game of the season and Liverpool have a chance of playing the title spoiler. When the fixtures list was announced at the start of the...

Sports ministry insists on four host cities for SEA Games.
April 30, 2010... from THE JAKARTA POST -- FRIDAY, APRIL 30, 2010 The Youth and Sports Ministry will go ahead with plans to hold the 26th Southeast Asian (SEA) Games in four provinces, despite the House of Representatives' Commission X approval on Thursday of Rp...

Talents sought to compete in S. Africa.
April 30, 2010... from THE JAKARTA POST -- FRIDAY, APRIL 30, 2010 With the excitement building for the upcoming FIFA World Cup in South Africa this June, a similar euphoria will also infect 10- to 12-year-old soccer hopefuls around the country who will be...

Brew: 500 years on: Rebirth of a ritual.
April 30, 2010... from THE JAKARTA POST -- FRIDAY, APRIL 30, 2010 Palebon, a common cremation ritual called Ngaben on the predominantly Hindu island of Bali, is largely unfamiliar to the community living on the western slope of Mt. Lawu, Central Java. ...

Singer Sammy weeps, asks for rehab.
April 30, 2010... from THE JAKARTA POST -- FRIDAY, APRIL 30, 2010 JAKARTA: Pop band Kerispatih vocalist Samuel Hendra Simorangkir a.k.a. Sammy, who was arrested two months ago for drug abuse, burst into tears yesterday, asking the court to allow him into rehab....

Encouraging interfaith dialogue.
April 30, 2010... from THE JAKARTA POST -- FRIDAY, APRIL 30, 2010 A proponent of religious dialogue, Swiss-theologian and Catholic priest Hans Kang is a highly respected ecumenical advocate and a controversial figure within the Catholic Church. He established...

Miranda Election the 'Result of a Conspiracy'
April 29, 2010... from THE JAKARTA POST -- THURSDAY, APRIL 29, 2010 The election of Miranda Swaray Goeltom as central bank senior deputy governor in 2004 was the "result of a conspiracy" between bankers and businesspeople, a legislator alleges. Pieter Zulkifli...

New region created every two weeks, minister says.
April 29, 2010... from THE JAKARTA POST -- THURSDAY, APRIL 29, 2010 The formation of new regions in Indonesia is growing at an alarming rate, with a new region created every 15 days, Home Minister Gamawan Fauzi said Wednesday. He said 225 new autonomous...

Text your say: End of the line.
April 29, 2010... from THE JAKARTA POST -- THURSDAY, APRIL 29, 2010 The Parahyangan train serving Jakarta-Bandung route ran its final trip Monday due to a declining number of passengers since the opening of the Cipularang toll road. What do you think? Send your...

Minister denies links to BI vote-buying case.
April 29, 2010... from THE JAKARTA POST -- THURSDAY, APRIL 29, 2010 Industry Minister M.S. Hidayat and Indonesian Soccer Association chief Nurdin Halid denied Wednesday any involvement in a Bank Indonesia vote- buying scandal, rebuking media reports that they...

Customs officers caught assisting in drug ring.
April 29, 2010... from THE JAKARTA POST -- THURSDAY, APRIL 29, 2010 Jakarta Police's antinarcotics division announced Wednesday it had arrested two immigration officers who had allegedly facilitated a drug smuggling racket at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport...

Govt to revise Tax Tribunal Law to close loopholes.
April 29, 2010... from THE JAKARTA POST -- THURSDAY, APRIL 29, 2010 The government will revise the 2002 Tax Tribunal Law in an attempt to close loopholes currently abused by tax cheats, Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati said. The Finance Ministry, the...

Don't doctor statistics: VP.
April 29, 2010... from THE JAKARTA POST -- THURSDAY, APRIL 29, 2010 Vice President Boediono has urged banks to prudently manage financial reports to help regulators take appropriate action in dealing with financial problems in times of crisis. "Our judgement...

US mulls more sanctions on Myanmar.
April 29, 2010... from THE JAKARTA POST -- THURSDAY, APRIL 29, 2010 The US government said it could impose more sanctions on Myanmar over unfairness in the reclusive state's upcoming elections that have barred opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi from running for...

Misbakhun remains detained despite protests.
April 29, 2010... from THE JAKARTA POST -- THURSDAY, APRIL 29, 2010 The National Police have been unnerved by legislators' pressure to release lawmaker Muhammad Misbakhun who was arrested on charges of falsifying a letter of credit to obtain US$22.5 million from...

Correction: Bank Century rename.(Correction notice)
April 29, 2010... from THE JAKARTA POST -- THURSDAY, APRIL 29, 2010 Bank Century was renamed Bank Mutiara, not Bank Permata as we wrongly stated in the story titled Golkar backs down on demand for impeachment on this page on Wednesday. We regret the error. The...

Noted lawyer's son named suspect in graft case.
April 29, 2010... from THE JAKARTA POST -- THURSDAY, APRIL 29, 2010 The antigraft body announced Wednesday it had named the son of noted lawyer Adnan Buyung Nasution a suspect in a graft case centering around a government project to procure cattle. Adnan is...

Forestry corruption spirals since '05.
April 29, 2010... from THE JAKARTA POST -- THURSDAY, APRIL 29, 2010 The money laundering watchdog said Wednesday suspicious transactions linked to the forestry sector soared in 2005, the year the government began its campaign against illegal logging. The...

KPK set to question minister over Century case.
April 29, 2010... from THE JAKARTA POST -- THURSDAY, APRIL 29, 2010 JAKARTA: The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) is scheduled to question Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati today (Thursday), at the latter's office, regarding the Bank Century bailout....

Govt to raise salaries of civil servant.
April 29, 2010... from THE JAKARTA POST -- THURSDAY, APRIL 29, 2010 JAKARTA: Civil servants, military and police personnel will have their salaries increased by 10 percent next year, the government announced Wednesday. Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati...

Education minister defends national exam.
April 29, 2010... from THE JAKARTA POST -- THURSDAY, APRIL 29, 2010 PURWOKERTO, Central Java: National Education Minister M. Nuh claimed Wednesday the current national examination was the best format the country has ever had, so it would be maintained regardless...

New website targeting healthcare policies.(Website overview)
April 29, 2010... from THE JAKARTA POST -- THURSDAY, APRIL 29, 2010 Indonesian health policies often end up missing their targets because of a lack of accessible and comprehensive data on the country's health situation, experts said Wednesday. "All this time...

Get information online or by request.
April 29, 2010... from THE JAKARTA POST -- THURSDAY, APRIL 29, 2010 What exactly is happening in your area? Will that noisy construction of what looks like another mall affect congestion in your street? What's the local spatial zoning plan like? Find out this...

New law 'to tackle corruption culture'.
April 29, 2010... from THE JAKARTA POST -- THURSDAY, APRIL 29, 2010 Since information is power, and since power is tempting, a law on freedom of public information seeks to ensure that those in power keep their hands off on deciding "state secrets", mainly...

Public information to flow freely from Friday.
April 29, 2010... from THE JAKARTA POST -- THURSDAY, APRIL 29, 2010 After a two-year suspension, the 2008 Freedom of Information Law will start to take effect Friday. Are public institutions, including the government and state enterprises, ready to implement the...

Editorial: Following the crowd?(Editorial)
April 29, 2010... from THE JAKARTA POST -- THURSDAY, APRIL 29, 2010 So frequent have cases of mob violence been lately - we could be excused for assuming they are part and parcel of daily life here - that the torching of a resort complex belonging to a Christian...

Access to information: An Argentinean lesson.
April 29, 2010... from THE JAKARTA POST -- THURSDAY, APRIL 29, 2010 "We want to know what happened to our children and put the perpetrators on trial," a member of Plaza de Mayo, Taty Almeida, 80, visited The Jakarta Post in 2009, said. What Almeida, from...

Shrine visits and Sufism.
April 29, 2010... from THE JAKARTA POST -- THURSDAY, APRIL 29, 2010 The deadly clash between local residents and officers of the City Public Order Agency on April 14, 2010, at the site of the tomb of Habib Hasan bin Muhammad Al-Haddad (Mbah Priuk) in Koja, North...

The tough task of boosting RI-NZ trade.
April 29, 2010... from THE JAKARTA POST -- THURSDAY, APRIL 29, 2010 When I took up the appointment in 2007 I wasn't given any specific objectives, other than maintaining the good relations that have marked our 50 years presence in Wellington, and improving...

Comments: 'SBY sets ambitious targets'.
April 29, 2010... from THE JAKARTA POST -- THURSDAY, APRIL 29, 2010 President Susilo Bambang Yu-dhoyono announced ambitious targets for his economic plan on Monday and then turned to the major stakeholders assembled for a retreat in a hill village in Bali to draw...

Issues: 'Do you judge a beggar before giving'.
April 29, 2010... from THE JAKARTA POST -- THURSDAY, APRIL 29, 2010 What springs to mind when you hear that oh so familiar word "Traffic"? Chaos? Absolutely. Malls a plenty? A given. Government center? Clearly. An uncountable number of beggars that deserve our...

Text your say: Batam shipyard riot.
April 29, 2010... from THE JAKARTA POST -- THURSDAY, APRIL 29, 2010 Your comments on a riot involving port workers sparked allegedly by a racist remark, injuring six people, damaging at least 20 vehicles and three buildings and forcing the evacuation of Indian...