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House to debate draft law on electronic transactions.
July 17, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- MONDAY, JULY 17, 2006 -- PAGE 13 It has been said that the wheels of the market turn on an invisible track called trust Especially so in Indonesia where there are no laws to protect...

Offensive 'would boost insurgency'.
July 17, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- MONDAY, JULY 17, 2006 -- PAGE 10 The United States must pressure Israel to end its military offensive in Lebanon and Palestine or the conflict risks strengthening insurgencies in the...

Garuda inaugurates Makassar-S'pore route.
July 17, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- MONDAY, JULY 17, 2006 -- PAGE 14 JAKARTA: State-owned airline Garuda Indonesia officially inaugurated a new route linking Makassar and Singapore Saturday to meet the growing demand for a...

Hitachi aims for 25% of TV market.
July 17, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- MONDAY, JULY 17, 2006 -- PAGE 13 Japanese electronics company Hitachi, one of the world's major producers of plasma display panels, is targeting a 25 percent market share in Indonesia's...

Financial health checkup (Part II).
July 17, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- MONDAY, JULY 17, 2006 -- PAGE 17 In my previous article, we discussed the personal balance sheet. Now we move on to the income statement and some key financial ratios Income statement...

Full HD gear trickling in with tsunami-sized prices.
July 17, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- MONDAY, JULY 17, 2006 -- PAGE 18 There have been times when I think I had better not take a demo unit home to play around with. Usually it is because the price of the thing is more...

Hello Moto, I want Bluetooth.
July 17, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- MONDAY, JULY 17, 2006 -- PAGE 18 Motorola sees a market for half million units of Bluetooth-enabled cellphones this year, the company says While most people here use Bluetooth...

Muslims strive to change perception of corruption.
July 17, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- MONDAY, JULY 17, 2006 -- PAGE 9 Even as an increasing number of superbly built mosques become part of the landscape and well-off Muslims compete to make the pilgrimage to Mecca, corruption...

'Krambangan', the rhythm of Poso.
July 17, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- MONDAY, JULY 17, 2006 -- PAGE 19 Krambangan is a traditional music genre from Poso played on traditional musical instruments. The music is usually played to accompany an event in which...

Become your own hot-spot.
July 17, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- MONDAY, JULY 17, 2006 -- PAGE 18 If you've been in an airport, coffee shop, gym or hotel recently, chances are you've been right in the middle of a wireless network such as Wi-Fi or 802.11...

Don't judge a magazine by its cover.
July 16, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- SUNDAY, JULY 16, 2006 -- PAGE 1 If you want to read the Indonesian version of Playboy, there are two editions available already. Browse through them, or even read them for that matter. You...

Jakarta Great Sale wraps up.
July 16, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- SUNDAY, JULY 16, 2006 -- PAGE 1 Jakarta Deputy Governor Fauzi Bowo closed Friday the annual Jakarta Great Sale 2006 in the Mini Square of La Piazza shopping area in Kelapa Gading, North...

Drunk policeman killed by incensed residents.
July 16, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- SUNDAY, JULY 16, 2006 -- PAGE 2 A police officer who was allegedly drunk when he shot dead his female companion was mobbed and killed Saturday by hundreds of villagers in Tolikara, Papua...

House decides on member's dismissal.
July 16, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- SUNDAY, JULY 16, 2006 -- PAGE 2 In an unprecedented move, the House of Representatives disciplinary committee recommended Saturday that a lawmaker be dismissed for unethical conduct ...

Mohamad Sobary: Wealth & social responsibility.
July 16, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- SUNDAY, JULY 16, 2006 -- PAGE 4 There are a lot of rich people in Indonesia, but unfortunately most of them don't live up to their economic status. They do not have any sense of social...

Kemang Icon: Home away from home.
July 16, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- SUNDAY, JULY 16, 2006 -- PAGE 5 Are you looking for a superb place to stay in a hip and lively neighborhood -- where art galleries, cool bookshops, cute little boutiques as well as chic...

Stonegrill offers healthy steak, comfy ambience.
July 16, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- SUNDAY, JULY 16, 2006 -- PAGE 5 Soft music and dim lighting allowed the young couple to savor every mouthful of the steaks they had ordered at a newly established restaurant in the Taman...

Get your glow back at Mulia spa.
July 16, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- SUNDAY, JULY 16, 2006 -- PAGE 5 After a hectic week at work, Mulia Senayan Hotel invites you to try its two-hour spa program A feeling of warmth will come over you as your body is...

Ritz-Carlton goes around the archipelago.
July 16, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- SUNDAY, JULY 16, 2006 -- PAGE 5 Starting next month, Airlangga Restaurant at The Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Jakarta will play host to the Indonesian Food Festival During the festival, to...

East Java food at Sheraton Bandara.
July 16, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- SUNDAY, JULY 16, 2006 -- PAGE 5 After its recent focus on Betawi (Jakarta native) cuisine, Sheraton Bandara Hotel's Bumbu Restaurant is this month serving a variety of dishes from East...

Privacy comes with price at Da Vinci penthouses.
July 16, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- SUNDAY, JULY 16, 2006 -- PAGE 6 Every so often, there seems to be a need for wealthy Indonesians to build bulky, colonial-style houses with gigantic pillars and over-the- top ornamentation...

Indonesia a growing market for Chilean wines.
July 16, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- SUNDAY, JULY 16, 2006 -- PAGE 6 VIA, a young but successful Chilean wine-making company, was founded in 1998 by Jorge Coderch, and owns six wineries and a number of vineyards in Chile....

Act on your ideas, make them work and get rich.
July 16, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- SUNDAY, JULY 16, 2006 -- PAGE 7 In the early days of Kayee's life in Jakarta, she had a 'bug': She loves Chinese fast-food, but could not find it in Jakarta. She started to ask around...

Singaporean food? Good lah!
July 16, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- SUNDAY, JULY 16, 2006 -- PAGE 7 When I think of the dishes of our next door neighbor Singapore, I always remember my friends Margaret Chan and Violet Oon, two "foodies" of the Singaporean...

Tobacco-sustained dreams for visual arts in Magelang.
July 16, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- SUNDAY, JULY 16, 2006 -- PAGE 9 Could Magelang, that clean and peaceful city at the foot of Mount Tidar in Central Java, be a center for contemporary arts? If this sounds illusionary, two...

Museum rekindles childhood imagination.
July 16, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- SUNDAY, JULY 16, 2006 -- PAGE 9 "Working here is like fulfilling my destiny for me," said Richard Tan, the curator of the recently opened Mint Museum of Toys in Singapore An toy lover...

Learning from humble villagers.
July 16, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- SUNDAY, JULY 16, 2006 -- PAGE 10 Learning does not only take place in classrooms, libraries, laboratories or in schools, but can also occur outside schools. The more students see, feel and...

Learning from villagers.
July 16, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- SUNDAY, JULY 16, 2006 -- PAGE 10 In Tanjung village, me and my friends learned about the lives of the villagers. We saw a beautiful landscape in which there were so many farms. The...

What a great experience!
July 16, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- SUNDAY, JULY 16, 2006 -- PAGE 10 It was a remarkable experience for us to stay in a village called Tanjung village in Sleman, Yogyakarta. As soon as we arrived in Yogyakarta, which took...

Learning to appreciate simplicity.
July 16, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- SUNDAY, JULY 16, 2006 -- PAGE 10 I was excited about going to Yogyakarta and was eager to learn about the city and its people. I was surprised to learn a lot more than I expected We...

A fun way to learn about Indonesia's unique cultures.
July 16, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- SUNDAY, JULY 16, 2006 -- PAGE 10 When we got to the village, we found it a simple place with very kind people. The people treated us just like their own family On the first day, we...

Our journey to Yogya village.
July 16, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- SUNDAY, JULY 16, 2006 -- PAGE 10 I woke up early at 3 a.m. as our plane was scheduled to depart at 6 a.m Once I arrived at the airport, I gathered with my team. We arrived in...

European racers dominant in Zhuhai opener.
July 16, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- SUNDAY, JULY 16, 2006 -- PAGE 12 Indonesian drivers had mixed results on the opening day of the Asian Formula Three championship that was dominated by Europeans at the Zhuhai...

Karimunjawa Islands: A rarely visited jewels.
July 16, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- SUNDAY, JULY 16, 2006 -- PAGE 13 Karimunjawa Ocean Park, the home of shipwrecks, a diverse range of sea life and scenic uninhabited islands, is just three hours from Semarang, Central Java...

Bloodlines.
July 16, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- SUNDAY, JULY 16, 2006 -- PAGE 14 Tomorrow will be the dreaded day of reckoning. The day when we must settle accounts, seek ablution and deal, once and for all, with untold histories,...

We all have our own personal Andes.
July 16, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- SUNDAY, JULY 16, 2006 -- PAGE 15 Miracle in the Andes: 72 Days on the Mountain and My Long Trek Home Nando Parrado with Vince Rause Crown Publisher, New York, May 2006 280 pp When you...

Now showing.
July 16, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- SUNDAY, JULY 16, 2006 -- PAGE 18 Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (Adventure/Comedy/Fantasy, 145 Minutes) Starring Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom, Keira Knightley, Bill Nighy....

Still Playing.
July 16, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- SUNDAY, JULY 16, 2006 -- PAGE 18 Perhaps Love (Musical/Drama, 107 minutes) Starring Takeshi Kaneshiro, Jacky Cheung, Zhou Xun, Ji Jin-Hee Directed by Peter Chan. Released by Applause...

Employers seek review of social security program.
July 15, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- SATURDAY, JULY 15, 2006 -- PAGE 1 Employers are demanding the government review the social security system to eliminate corruption in the management of its huge labor fund, and to...

PKS wants women-only cars in railway law.
July 15, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- SATURDAY, JULY 15, 2006 -- PAGE 1 The Muslim-based Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) has proposed that the railway law require every train provide a women-only car to prevent sexual...

Indonesia anger grows at Israeli attacks.
July 15, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- SATURDAY, JULY 15, 2006 -- PAGE 1 The government and the public have denounced the loss of civilian life from the Israeli military offensive in Lebanon and Palestine, and urged the UN to...

SBY hopes Aceh law will bring benefits.
July 15, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- SATURDAY, JULY 15, 2006 -- PAGE 2 President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said Friday the new Aceh governance law would help speed up the recovery of the province from the devastating December...

Australia provides aid to quake victims.
July 15, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- SATURDAY, JULY 15, 2006 -- PAGE 2 Australian Ambassador to Indonesia Bill Farmer visited Yogyakarta and Klaten in Central Java on Friday to announce his government's intention to provide...

Kaliadem developed as volcanic tourist site.
July 15, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- SATURDAY, JULY 15, 2006 -- PAGE 2 The massive clouds of hot ash that descended on the Kaliadem and Kendit Hill tourist areas of Cangkringan, Sleman regency, have left behind some benefits...

Rupiah sideswiped by skyrocketing crude oil prices.
July 15, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- SATURDAY, JULY 15, 2006 -- PAGE 2 The rupiah ended the week in a slump Friday, with record-high crude oil prices raising concerns about a possible increase in the country's oil import and...

Vendors rake in a fortune as school year nears.
July 15, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- SATURDAY, JULY 15, 2006 -- PAGE 4 With the new school year starting Monday, parents are flocking to local markets to buy new uniforms, books and stationery for their children Traders...

Land row stalls overpass construction.
July 15, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- SATURDAY, JULY 15, 2006 -- PAGE 4 The overpass Ciputat overpass, long planned by the government and the local administration and delayed for two years, is unlikely to be completed soon,...

Singaporean found dead in Bekasi.
July 15, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- SATURDAY, JULY 15, 2006 -- PAGE 4 JAKARTA: A Singapore citizen was found dead at the Hotel Cibubur Indah in Pondok Gede, Bekasi, on Thursday afternoon The cause of death remains...

Kiosks collapse in fish market.
July 15, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- SATURDAY, JULY 15, 2006 -- PAGE 4 JAKARTA: Decayed and rotting wood caused 120 kiosks at the Muara Angke fish market in North Jakarta to collapse Friday A fish trader, Asni, said she...

Mall's chocolate Coklat sculpture a sweet hit.
July 15, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- SATURDAY, JULY 15, 2006 -- PAGE 4 The sweet smell of chocolate is drawing people to Lippo Supermall in Karawaci, Tangerang, this week, although those hoping for a bite will be a little...

'I don't want her late on the first day'.
July 15, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- SATURDAY, JULY 15, 2006 -- PAGE 4 The first day of school is always filled with excitement (and a little bit of dread). Next Monday is the start of the school year, and it's not just the...

To give or not to give: The city's moral dilemma.
July 15, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- SATURDAY, JULY 15, 2006 -- PAGE 5 Ten-year-old Putri, with her pink hair clip, bright-green-and-yellow earrings and yellow flip-flops is the essence of casual as she goes about her daily...

Electing the Jakarta Idols.
July 15, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- SATURDAY, JULY 15, 2006 -- PAGE 6 Jakarta is preparing for a "festival of democracy" next July, when residents will directly elect their new governor and deputy governor During the New...

Creating a skilled workforce in Jakarta.
July 15, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- SATURDAY, JULY 15, 2006 -- PAGE 6 We just commemorated Jakarta's 479th anniversary last month. In many ways in the past few decades Jakarta has become a global metropolitan city: Many...

Australia and Indonesia remain the 'odd couple' of Southeast Asia.
July 15, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- SATURDAY, JULY 15, 2006 -- PAGE 6 The recent meeting on Batam between Prime Minister John Howard and President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono was widely reported as a critical moment in the...

Efficiency, that's the way to go PLN.
July 15, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- SATURDAY, JULY 15, 2006 -- PAGE 7 I'm writing to comment on the state power firm PLN's annual losses of Rp 4.9 trillion and Rp 2.03 trillion the year before (The Jakarta Post, June 28) as...

Women treated like chicken and sheep.
July 15, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- SATURDAY, JULY 15, 2006 -- PAGE 7 I am outraged by the citizenship bill, which, among other items, revokes the nationality of women who marry foreigners. What about the much praised adage...

Developing and teaching writing skills.
July 15, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- SATURDAY, JULY 15, 2006 -- PAGE 7 In the academic context, it is saddening that many students, even lecturers, still perceive writing as a daunting task. It is undeniably true that writing...

Batam officers foil wood smuggling attempt.
July 15, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- SATURDAY, JULY 15, 2006 -- PAGE 8 Batam customs and excise officers managed Friday to foil an attempt to smuggle 37,645 pieces of partly processed wood to Malaysia in the seas around Batam...

Fire razes market in Bone, 400 kiosks destroyed.
July 15, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- SATURDAY, JULY 15, 2006 -- PAGE 8 At least 400 kiosks and shop-houses in the main market of South Sulawesi's Bone regency were gutted by fire Thursday, but no casualties were reported ...

Pedestrian killed by police car.
July 15, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- SATURDAY, JULY 15, 2006 -- PAGE 8 BANDUNG: An unidentified woman was killed after she was hit Thursday by a speeding police car with members of the National Jamboree committee on board, on...

Residents rally over sodomy case.
July 15, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- SATURDAY, JULY 15, 2006 -- PAGE 8 MATARAM, West Nusa Tenggara: Dozens of residents of Montong village in Senggigi in West Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara, staged a rally Friday in front of the...

Palu taxi drivers strike.
July 15, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- SATURDAY, JULY 15, 2006 -- PAGE 8 PALU, Central Sulawesi: At least 60 drivers of Utama Taxi, one of the major taxi companies in the Central Sulawesi capital of Palu, went on strike...

Papuans bicker over governor's inauguration.
July 15, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- SATURDAY, JULY 15, 2006 -- PAGE 8 An ongoing dispute between the Papuan Legislative Council and the Papuan chapter of the General Elections Commission (KPUD Papua) over procedures in the...

Tests shows Indonesian child died of bird flu.
July 15, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- SATURDAY, JULY 15, 2006 -- PAGE 9 A three-year-old Indonesian girl who died this month has tested positive for bird flu according to tests by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and...

KPK objects to plan to protect erroneous govt officials.
July 15, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- SATURDAY, JULY 15, 2006 -- PAGE 9 The chairman of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) said he would take legal action if President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono issued a decree to...

Government has trouble protecting migrants.
July 15, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- SATURDAY, JULY 15, 2006 -- PAGE 9 Government officials admit Indonesia has trouble protecting its migrant workers, who contribute about US$10 billion to the economy annually Foreign...

Former army chief to be questioned over arms stash.
July 15, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- SATURDAY, JULY 15, 2006 -- PAGE 9 Former Army chief Gen. (ret) Ryamizard Rayacudu is on the list of people to be investigated in connection with the recent discovery of an arms stash in...

General put on int'l watch list.
July 15, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- SATURDAY, JULY 15, 2006 -- PAGE 9 JAKARTA: The National Police have placed a former two-star general allegedly involved in illegal logging on Interpol's international watch list Police...

Authorities say Poso calmer.
July 15, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- SATURDAY, JULY 15, 2006 -- PAGE 9 The head of the recently concluded security operation in Central Sulawesi's restive Poso and Palu said Friday the level of violence in the area had...

Indonesia, Ecuador sign deal on oil and gas cooperation.
July 15, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- SATURDAY, JULY 15, 2006 -- PAGE 10 Indonesian Foreign Minister Hassan Wirayuda and his Ecuadorian counterpart Francisco Carrion Mena on Friday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on...

NEC wants to help non-Javanese secure Dutch scholarships.
July 15, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- SATURDAY, JULY 15, 2006 -- PAGE 10 The Netherlands Education Center (NEC), which among other activities provides scholarships for Indonesians, plans to provide an English learning facility...

Govt plans cheap loans for plantations.
July 15, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- SATURDAY, JULY 15, 2006 -- PAGE 13 The government is in the process of drawing up a plan to offer subsidized loans to the plantation sector, particularly palm oil, rubber and cacao...

Cementing of govt, Rajawali deal likely to be further delayed.
July 15, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- SATURDAY, JULY 15, 2006 -- PAGE 13 A deal between the government and the Rajawali Group over the latter's purchase of Cemex SA's shares in state-controlled cement producer PT Semen Gresik...

Go forth, young man, and testify!
July 15, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- SATURDAY, JULY 15, 2006 -- PAGE 19 Ever wonder where particular sayings or words come from? Some have very interesting origins and far more suggestive than one would suspect, while others...

Misery of imprisoned Shinta on show.
July 15, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- SATURDAY, JULY 15, 2006 -- PAGE 21 Guest artists and members of Javanese classical dance company Gelanggang Remaja Bulungan performed a colorful sendratari dance-drama on Saturday at the...

Pena fastest in practices at AF3.
July 15, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- SATURDAY, JULY 15, 2006 -- PAGE 23 Dado Pena of Team Goddard put some pressure on the championship leader after clocking the fastest time Friday on the second day of practice at the Asian...

Myth of male breadwinner.
July 14, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- FRIDAY, JULY 14, 2006 -- PAGE 7 A friend of mine, a working mother with young children, talked about a discriminative policy she faces in her office. Unlike her married male colleagues she...

SBY orders better migrant services.
July 14, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- FRIDAY, JULY 14, 2006 -- PAGE 9 President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has ordered the government to cut red tape for citizens wanting to work overseas, in order to help solve the unemployment...

Experts criticize city spatial plan.
July 14, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- FRIDAY, JULY 14, 2006 -- PAGE 1 What will Jakarta be like in 2010? It will be a money-driven city with less social justice and no improvement in public facilities, urban planners say ...

Bird flu-free Indonesia not likely anytime soon, experts say.
July 14, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- FRIDAY, JULY 14, 2006 -- PAGE 2 Leading veterinarians doubt that Indonesia will be bird flu-free in the near future due to haphazard implementation of the government's programs to combat...

EU, World Bank laud Aceh reconstruction.
July 14, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- FRIDAY, JULY 14, 2006 -- PAGE 2 The European Union and the World Bank praised Thursday progress in the reconstruction of tsunami-hit Aceh, terming it superior to disaster recovery efforts...

SBY does not need to look North to go South.
July 14, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- FRIDAY, JULY 14, 2006 -- PAGE 3 Parents always remind their children to look both ways before crossing the road It's a cautionary lesson President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is taking...

Police destroy booze, drugs.
July 14, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- FRIDAY, JULY 14, 2006 -- PAGE 4 JAKARTA: East Jakarta Police and the municipal administration bulldozed Thursday over 15,000 bottles of alcoholic drinks and burned drugs confiscated during...