Jakarta Post articles from January 2001, page 6

Jakarta Post archives from January 2001

Govt to imposes levies on fishing permits, catches.
January 11, 2001... JAKARTA (JP): Fishing companies, depending on their vessel types and capacities, will have to pay between Rp 11,250 (about US$1.18) and Rp 109,773 per gross tonnage (GT) when applying for a fishing permit beginning this year. The levy...

Indonesia's tea exports are expected to increase by 10%.
January 11, 2001... JAKARTA (JP): Indonesian tea exports are projected to increase by about 10 percent this year to 130,000 tons although local production will stay at last year's level of about 165,000 tons, according to the Association of Indonesian Tea...

Business owners protest govt ruling.
January 11, 2001... JAKARTA (JP): Dozens of established business owners who used to provide goods and services to Jakarta's city administration urged the office on Wednesday to ignore a presidential decree requiring them to register with the Jakarta chapter of...

Migrants will only burden the capital, official says.
January 11, 2001... JAKARTA (JP): Some 176,000 migrants who have recently arrived in the capital to seek jobs will burden the city administration, an official said on Wednesday. "Most of the migrants who arrived after the Christmas, Idul Fitri and New Year...

Welcome H.E. Vajpayee.
January 11, 2001... Friendly relations between Indonesia and India have long been established, since the countries were still struggling for independence from their colonial masters more than half a century ago. But friendship and cultural ties between the two...

Indonesian foreign policy falls from grace.
January 11, 2001... JAKARTA (JP): Foreign policy analyst Soedjati Djiwandono in a column in this paper recently described Indonesian foreign policy as being in disarray. His feeling reflected the dismay of many observers that Indonesian foreign policy was...

Plural form of rupiah.
January 11, 2001... In my letter to the editor on corruption What's the motive of corruption?, which you published on Jan 10, 2001, I wrote billions of rupiahs (the plural of rupiah) and millions of rupiahs (again the plural form). You have edited these into...

Heaven for thieves, hell for passengers.
January 11, 2001... Upon returning from an overseas trip in the early afternoon of Jan. 4, 2001, aboard China Airlines flight CI 677 from Taipei, we had a traumatic experience at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport. My wife's black-colored light traveling bag...

Regional autonomy without the community?
January 11, 2001... JAKARTA (JP): Internationally, the notion of regional autonomy has at least two dimensions, namely greater say for regional/local governments and the participation of the community in decision making. Over the past decade, the second...

I will gladly quit the race: Muladi.
January 11, 2001... Question: What is your position now that Gus Dur (President Abdurrahman Wahid) has rejected your candidacy? Answer: I believe that I have done all that I needed to do. Through the selection of the chief justice at the House of...

House of Representatives is govt partner in making laws.
January 11, 2001... JAKARTA (JP): Democracy is a necessity, not an option. Unfortunately, democracy is simple only when you recite the jargon. It becomes extremely complicated when you try to implement it; the devil is in the detail. For instance, how do we...

Banser prepare for mass-mobilization.
January 11, 2001... SURABAYA (JP): M.H. Rofiq, 39, is these days busy with preparations to send thousands of members of Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) militia, known as Banser, to Jakarta to display their support for embattled President Abdurrahman Wahid who is facing...

'Gus Dur may say no, but we are going anyway'.
January 11, 2001... SURABAYA (JP): Preparations are almost complete for the thousands of members of Banser to throng to Jakarta in a show of support for President Abdurrahman Wahid. In the town of Pasuruan, a Banser stronghold, activists have established a...

Only Budi and Rony crash in Korea Open first day.
January 11, 2001... JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia men's singles Marlev Mainaky and Johan Hadikusuma reached the third round of the US$250,000 Samsung Korea Open at the Hanra Gymnasium in Cheju Island, South Korea after winning their early round matches Wednesday. ...

Pelti aiming for four golds in SEA Games.
January 11, 2001... JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesian Tennis Association (Pelti) is eying four of seven golds at stake in the 2001 Southeast Asian (SEA) Games in Kuala Lumpur in September. "We are optimistic that we can grab four golds in the Games. If Yayuk...

Mahaka fights on without Erick.
January 11, 2001... JAKARTA (JP): Mahaka Satria Muda of Jakarta still aims to become the best basketball team in the 2001 Kobatama national league despite the resignation of its general manager Erick Thohir. Simon Pasaribu, who takes over Erick's post in...

BSD houses facing demolition.
January 11, 2001... TANGERANG (JP): At least 10 houses in Bumi Serpong Damai (BSD) real estate complex are facing imminent demolition after the West Java High Court has granted an appeal sought by Rusli Wahyudi and declared a disputed land where the houses stand...

Indian PM arrives in Jakarta.
January 11, 2001... JAKARTA (JP): Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee is welcomed by President Abdurrahman Wahid at Merdeka Palace. The Indian prime minister arrived here Wednesday afternoon for a four-day state visit. The two leaders are due to...

Indonesia begins natural gas exports to Singapore from West Natuna.
January 11, 2001... JAKARTA (JP): State-owned oil and gas company Pertamina said Wednesday that it and its production-sharing contractors had started sending natural gas to Singapore from the West Natuna area in the South China Sea. Pertamina's director of...

Wreckage of missing plane located, all people aboard killed.
January 11, 2001... WAMENA, Irian Jaya (JP): The wreckage of the ill-fated Navy Cassa plane was located in a remote mountainous area of Jayawijaya regency on Wednesday with all people aboard found dead. The Jakarta Post correspondent reported from Wamena...

Legislators propose bill on Aceh's special autonomy.
January 11, 2001... JAKARTA (JP): A total of 86 legislators submitted on Wednesday a draft bill on special autonomy in Aceh which would grant the province various powers and support the establishment of a recognized provincial community figure to oversee...

Ajinomoto not tainted with pork enzyme: BPPT.
January 11, 2001... JAKARTA (JP): Echoing President Abdurrahman Wahid's statement, government scientists concluded on Wednesday that monosodium glutamate (MSG) taste enhancers produced by PT Ajinomoto Indonesia do not contain pig enzymes. Wahono, deputy...

Ministers to brief Pope over bombings.
January 11, 2001... JAKARTA (JP): Two cabinet ministers will soon leave for the Vatican to brief Pope John Paul II on the Christmas Eve bombings, Spokesman for the Office of the Coordinating Minister for Political, Social and Security Affairs I Wayan Karya said...

New DNA evidence re-opens Marsinah rape-murder case.
January 11, 2001... JAKARTA (JP): An Australian-based laboratory has jump-started the 1993 rape-murder case of female labor activist Marsinah as it had found out that the DNA in the blood found at the residence of a former primary defendant in the case matched...

Security forces set up for mass rallies.
January 11, 2001... JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Defense Mahfud MD claimed that the government had uncovered evidence that certain groups were planning to increase tension in the capital by conducting mass rallies, with the ultimate goal of destabilizing the...

Schoolboy showered with rewards for his courage.
January 11, 2001... BEKASI (JP): Attired in his school uniform, Ahmad Taufik was awarded on Wednesday for reporting his discovery of three live grenades on a railway track near his house in Karangsari village, Kedung Waringin district here on Monday. The...

Police make yet another futile search for Tommy.
January 11, 2001... JAKARTA (JP): In another attempt to find former president Soeharto's son, Hutomo "Tommy" Mandala Putra, the Jakarta Police searched 58 locations in the capital on Wednesday, including 18 in areas around Jl. Cendana in Menteng, Central...

Mapindo performed aerial mapping upon request: Hasan.
January 11, 2001... JAKARTA (JP): Timber tycoon Mohammad 'Bob' Hasan, the defendant in an allegedly fraudulent aerial mapping project between 1989 and 1999, revealed on Wednesday that he took over the project upon request of the company originally named for the...

Soedradjad questioned on BLBI malfeasance.
January 11, 2001... JAKARTA (JP): Former Bank Indonesia (BI) governor Soedradjad Djiwandono was again questioned on Wednesday about alleged misuse of some Rp 144.5 trillion in liquidity supports to 48 commercial banks between 1997 and 1999, Attorney General's...

Govt, GAM agree to a short truce.
January 11, 2001... JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesian government and representatives from the separatist Free Aceh Movement (GAM) have agreed to a one-month moratorium on violence, to commence Monday. The provisional agreement was reached after four-days of talks...

Jakartans to pay homage to Thamrin.
January 11, 2001... JAKARTA (JP): A celebration marking the 60th anniversary of noted Betawi (native Jakartan) figure Muhammad Hoesni Thamrin's death will be held on Thursday. Chairman of the event's organizing committee Abdul Radjak said on Tuesday that...

Nigerian man arrested for heroin smuggling.
January 11, 2001... TANGERANG (JP): Customs officers at the Soekarno-Hatta airport arrested a 30-year-old Nigerian man for attempting to smuggle 3.8 kilograms of pure heroin into the country, an official announced on Wednesday. Director general of Customs...

BI to maintain tight monetary policy in 2001.
January 11, 2001... JAKARTA (JP): Bank Indonesia (BI) Governor Sjahril Sabirin said on Wednesday that the central bank would maintain its tight monetary policy this year in a bid to achieve a low inflation target of 4-6 percent. "We'll maintain our tight...

Prijadi reshuffles finance ministry.
January 10, 2001... JAKARTA (JP): Finance Minister Prijadi Praptosuhardjo installed 34 new senior officials on Tuesday as part of a comprehensive restructuring program at the powerful ministry. Prijadi said that the massive reshuffle was a must because the...

Ajinomoto is 'halal': Gus Dur.
January 10, 2001... JAKARTA (JP): President Abdurrahman Wahid added further confusion to the Ajinomoto taste enhancer controversy by claiming that the product, which was declared as uneatable for Muslims by the Indonesian Ulemas Council (MUI), is halal since it...

Political elite told not to mobilize masses.
January 10, 2001... JAKARTA (JP): Security authorities called on the country's political elite on Tuesday not to mobilize the masses to the streets, but to sit at the same table and seek solutions to their disputes. "Political disputes cannot be solved by...

Government won't extend humanitarian pause in Aceh.
January 10, 2001... JAKARTA (JP): As peace talks between the Indonesian government and the Free Aceh Movement (GAM) resumed on Tuesday, Jakarta announced here that it will not extend the Humanitarian Pause with the movement when the truce expires next week. ...

Joint bomb probe team to be set up.
January 10, 2001... JAKARTA (JP): The National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas Ham) resolved on Tuesday to establish a joint fact-finding team to identify culprits behind the Christmas Eve bomb explosions, which claimed 18 lives and injured dozens of others....

Umar discloses malaria rampant in refugee camps.
January 10, 2001... JAKARTA (JP): Last year saw a marked increase in the number of malaria cases, with health experts predicting continued high numbers if there large concentrations of refugees remain. The Ministry of Health and Social Welfare's director...

Megawati returns home from trip abroad.
January 10, 2001... JAKARTA (JP): Vice President Megawati Soekarnoputri returned home on Tuesday night after a 12-day trip abroad. She arrived on a chartered Garuda Indonesia airplane and was met at Halim Perdanakusumah Airport by, among others, Coordinating...

President's brother suggests change in style.
January 10, 2001... JAKARTA (JP): A younger brother of President Abdurrahman Wahid asked the President on Tuesday to alter his leadership style and carefully deliver statements relating to critical issues. Salahuddin Wahid said that the President should...

Dozens ransack church in Kalasan.
January 10, 2001... KALASAN, Sleman (JP): A group of people ransacked a Biblical Church in Taman Martani village, Kalasan, on Tuesday some 14 kilometers east of Yogyakarta when Sleman regency officials were discussing the church's operation. There was...

Eurico's lawyers call for end to indictment.
January 10, 2001... JAKARTA (JP): Lawyers for Eurico Guterres in court on Tuesday objected to charges that their client instigated a crime and possessed illegal weapons, stating that the indictment was obscure and should be set aside by the judges. During a...

Up to 144 buses violate fare hike.
January 10, 2001... JAKARTA (JP): As many as 144 inter-provincial buses violated the government-sanctioned 25 percent fare hike during the Idul Fitri holidays, the head of the city's Traffic and Transportation Office Buyung Atang said on Tuesday. "Some 105...

Sapuan's hearing delayed by two weeks.
January 10, 2001... JAKARTA (JP): Lawyers for former State Logistics Agency (Bulog) deputy chief, Sapuan, requested a hearing of their client's corruption case on Tuesday be adjourned due to the absence of presiding judge Lalu Mariyun and asked the South Jakarta...

All Ajinomoto products to be withdrawn.
January 10, 2001... JAKARTA (JP): Seasoning producer PT Ajinomoto Indonesia announced on Tuesday they are also withdrawing their other two taste enhancer brands, namely Masako and Sajiku, for "security reasons". "After a discussion with the authorities and...

Public order crackdown a success: Officials.
January 10, 2001... JAKARTA (JP): Despite several operational complications, the city administration pledged on Tuesday to continue its integrated campaign to maintain security and order across the capital. Deputy Governor for Administrative Affairs Abdul...

Efforrts to stigmatize Islam as extremism.
January 10, 2001... JAKARTA (JP): The editorial of The Jakarta Post on Jan. 8, 2001, entitled "Soldiers of fortune", referred to a police statement about the involvement of the "Afghan militia" in the recent Christmas Eve bombing. The editorial went on to...

A holiday experience.
January 10, 2001... In early September we reserved seven seats with Garuda to Lombok. By the end of November, the travel agent requested us to issue the tickets otherwise the reservations would be canceled? We were very surprised also to learn that Garuda had...

Gelbard not resigning.
January 10, 2001... I am writing with regard to the article on page two of the Jan. 9, Jakarta Post edition, entitled "Ambassador Gelbard to resign on Jan. 20". The report is not correct. Ambassador Gelbard will not be leaving office with the change of...

Promoting children's books.
January 10, 2001... I have just returned from an extensive trip to Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore. My purpose in being in Indonesia was to assist Dr. Murti Bunanta in giving workshops related to storytelling, children's books and reading. Indonesia is...

What's the motive of corruption?
January 10, 2001... The way I see it, your article Corruption as role distortion by Ignas Kleden (The Jakarta Post, Jan. 6, 2001) somehow mitigates corruption and put the blame on role performance rather than on the individual himself. The corruptor is a person...

Vajpayee's Indonesian visit gives new direction.
January 10, 2001... JAKARTA (JP): Prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee is scheduled to arrive here this morning bringing with him greetings from one billion Indians, over 120 million of whom are Muslims. India has been home to Muslims for over a thousand years...

Perbasi to undergo selection of 60 players for SEA Games.
January 10, 2001... JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesian Basketball Association (Perbasi) has called 30 male and 30 female players to undergo the first selection process to join the 2001 Southeast Asian (SEA) Games national squad. Sixteen players will be selected...

PSSI chief not to mediate player transfer dispute.
January 10, 2001... JAKARTA (JP): Chairman of the Soccer Association of Indonesia (PSSI) Agum Gumelar said on Tuesday that he had asked the body's arbitration committee to resolve players' disputes ahead of the seventh Bank Mandiri soccer league series. "I...

Marlev hopes to reach Korea Open quarters.
January 10, 2001... JAKARTA (JP): Indonesian men's singles player Marlev Mainaky hopes to be able to reach the quarterfinals of the US$250,000 Samsung Korea Open on Cheju Island starting Wednesday despite a lack of preparation due to a long holiday at the...

Perbakin fights for double trap in SEAG.
January 10, 2001... JAKARTA (JP): Indonesian Shooting and Hunting Association (Perbakin) secretary-general Antony Sunarya said on Tuesday that the body would try to persuade host Malaysia to feature the double trap event in the Southeast Asian (SEA) Games in...

Jaya Agung for satay on the cheap.
January 10, 2001... JAKARTA (JP): This week we check out one of the oldest established (1972) satay restaurants in Jakarta which to this day remains a highly popular choice for cheap eats. Jaya Agung, Jl. Wahid Hasyim No. 56c, Central Jakarta (on the corner...

Party time for 'Indosiar' anniversary.
January 10, 2001... JAKARTA (JP): PT Indosiar Visual Mandiri, better known as private television station Indosiar, is celebrating its 6th anniversary with a host of specials on Thursday. Dozens of celebrities including Krisdayanti, Desy Ratnasari, Dewi...

Stock Exchange.
January 10, 2001... Stock prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (in rupiah) on Jan. 9, 2001: Shares Close Change Trading Volume Ades Alfindo 2,075 -25 52,000 Adindo Foresta Indonesia 100 0 4,000 Alakasa Industrindo 425 0 0 Alfa Retailindo...

New tax policy on bonds still confusing: SSX.
January 10, 2001... JAKARTA (JP): The Surabaya Stock Exchange (SSX) said on Tuesday that the government's new tax policy on bonds was still confusing, and that it might even lead investors to avoid reporting their transactions on the SSX. SSX president...

Indofarma named as first privatization target this year.
January 10, 2001... JAKARTA (JP): Director General of State Enterprises I Nyoman Tjager said Tuesday that the government will soon privatize pharmaceutical company PT Indofarma through an initial public offering (IPO) as part of the country's privatization...

Buyers of Indonesian shoes shift orders to China.
January 10, 2001... JAKARTA (JP): Many importers of Indonesian shoes have shifted their orders to other countries such as China and Vietnam due to uncertainty in the security situation in the country, according to the Association of Indonesian Footwear Producers...

Talks between Telkom and KSO partners show no progress.
January 10, 2001... JAKARTA (JP): Director General of Post and Telecommunications Sasmito Dirdjo said on Tuesday that talks to end the dispute between state-owned telecommunications company PT Telkom and its joint cooperation scheme (KSO) partners showed no...

Just give me back my Jakarta!
January 8, 2001... JAKARTA (JP): When Art Buchwald, a Californian, went to the pollution-free area of Colorado, he felt miserable. He had been so used to breathing the smoke and fog in his over-crowded city that he could not stand the fresh mountain air. ...

Are there risks in using MSG?
January 8, 2001... JAKARTA (JP): It takes only a matter of minutes for "Shelly" to know that something she has eaten contains monosodium glutamate (MSG). The 40-something Australian expatriate will suddenly develop a splitting headache, which often lasts...

Police arrest six Ajinomoto top officials.
January 8, 2001... JAKARTA (JP): Police have arrested six top officials of PT Ajinomoto Indonesia in Surabaya and Jakarta over the use of pig enzymes in its monosodium glutamate (MSG) product. Two of them, general manager Cokorda Bagus Sudarta, and senior...

U.S., security and intelligence.
January 8, 2001... If anything, the change of administration from Bill Clinton to George W. Bush in the USA will bring about a change in U.S. defense policy and intelligence gathering on a global scale and Indonesia will surely be affected. One needs only to...

Running a nightspot not all that easy.
January 8, 2001... JAKARTA (JP): Running a discotheque in a big city in Indonesia is definitely not as easy and smooth as operating a warung tegal, the very popular stalls offering a wide range of ready-to-eat food. Nightspot owners know exactly what the...

Police arrest Tommy's private bodyguard.
January 8, 2001... JAKARTA (JP): The City Police arrested on Saturday the private bodyguard of fugitive Hutomo "Tommy" Mandala Putra over the illegal possession of a weapon. The arrest followed a pre-dawn raid on the luxurious house of the bodyguard,...

Informative book on Indonesian law reform.
January 8, 2001... INDONESIA: Bankruptcy, Law Reform & the Commercial Court 2000; Timothy Lindsey, Editor; Published by Desert Pea Press, Sydney, 2000; Paperback, 314 pages MELBOURNE (JP): Imagine a scene unraveling before you. The setting is a country in...

Buddhism's body-mind concept about death.
January 8, 2001... JAKARTA (JP): What is death? From a scientific point of view, death is when there is a "flatline" on the EEG, which means cessation of heartbeat and brain activity. The illusion of the subjective "I" in the individual consciousness,...

Indonesian student wins Young Inventors Award.
January 8, 2001... MELBOURNE, Australia (JP): Many Indonesians believe that, if a certain fortune has been "assigned" to you, no matter what happens, it will eventually be yours. What happened to an Indonesian Ph.D student, Mulyoto Pangestu, in December 2000,...

Patients throng Alternative Healing House in Purworejo.
January 8, 2001... PURWOREJO, Central Java (JP): A young lady from Jakarta was shocked when her doctor told her that the only way to save her life was to remove the tumor inside her womb. And that means the fetus she was carrying, which would be her first born,...

Myriad of thrills for Jakarta's nightgoers.
January 8, 2001... JAKARTA (JP): As one of the world's megalopolitans, Jakarta has a lot to offer for who want to have some nighttime enjoyment. There are a variety of places for nightgoers, starting from traditional foods sold by street vendors to cafes,...

Jakarta offers nighttime entertainment for all tastes.
January 8, 2001... JAKARTA (JP): Nothing seems easier in today's world of glamour and glitter than to amuse oneself. Cosmopolitan cities like Jakarta have become the center of gravity for millions of people, both for its unlimited economic opportunities and for...

U.S. music group The Temptations still going strong.
January 8, 2001... JAKARTA (JP): As 2000 drew to a close, an eager crowd filled the ballroom of the Hotel Mulia Senayan in Central Jakarta, where they were entertained with a captivating performance by The Temptations. Yes, The Temptations, who were in town...

On the record.
January 8, 2001... Album: The Beatles 1 (PT. EMI Indonesia/2000); Artist: The Beatles Thirty years have passed since one of the most successful and influential bands on the planet, The Beatles, announced they were splitting up. Dozens of remakes and...

Home Movies.
January 8, 2001... JAKARTA (JP): Historical dramas leave many viewers cold, with all their pomp and circumstance counting for very little when it comes to today's realities. From their heyday in the 1930s and 1940s, when suave actors like Errol Flynn ruled the...

Now Showing.
January 8, 2001... Bless the Child. (Thriller, 107 minutes). Starring Kim Basinger, Jimmy Smits, Angela Bettis, Rufus Sewell, Christina Ricci. Directed by Chuck Russell. Working-class Maggie O'Connor (Basinger) must raise her niece after her drug-addicted...

Still Playing.
January 8, 2001... JAKARTA (JP): Is there anything worth watching this weekend at local movie theaters? The Jakarta Post contributor Joko E.H. Anwar sums up the offerings. Asterix and Obelix Versus Caesar. (Comedy/Fantasy, 100 minutes). Starring Christian...

A look at some of the best and worst of TV in 2000: Picks and pans of TV in 2000.
January 8, 2001... JAKARTA (JP): It's clear that sinetron, the local TV serials which have made stars of many who have little more than good looks on their list of credentials, are not going for the reality factor. This is demonstrated regularly, like when...

Focusing on the vices and virtues of online gambling.
January 8, 2001... JAKARTA (JP): Two years ago, the lights, audacity and pure tackiness of Las Vegas, gambling capital of the world, dazzled me. No where else can the Egyptian Pyramids blend so well with a castle from the Middle Ages, while on the other side of...

Indonesian women's shuttlers expected to survive early rounds.
January 8, 2001... JAKARTA (JP): Despite poor results last year, Indonesian women's shuttlers are expected to pass early round tests at the US$250,000 Korea Open starting on Wednesday in Cheju Island, South Korea. The Badminton Association of Indonesia...