Jakarta Post articles from June 2006, page 4

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Firm recalls more than 500,000 cans of HIT insecticide.
June 22, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- THURSDAY, JUNE 22, 2006 -- PAGE 4 The producer of HIT insecticide, PT Megasari Makmur, says it has withdrawn some 510,672 cans of HIT aerosol and liquid from markets across Indonesia in...

New police chief vows control over militant groups.
June 22, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- THURSDAY, JUNE 22, 2006 -- PAGE 4 New city police chief Insp. Gen. Adang Firman said Wednesday controlling militants and radical organizations was on his list of priorities, though he...

'Jakarta is not as friendly as before'.
June 22, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- THURSDAY, JUNE 22, 2006 -- PAGE 4 Jakarta celebrates its 479th anniversary Friday. Despite debates among historians about the actual age of the capital, the largest port city during the...

Residents complain about dust-emitting companies.
June 22, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- THURSDAY, JUNE 22, 2006 -- PAGE 4 Residents of Jatimulya village in Tangerang regency have complained about dust emanating from a nearby plastic pipe company. "The dust hangs in the air...

Women drinking in life also need daily bread.
June 22, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- THURSDAY, JUNE 22, 2006 -- PAGE 5 Ten students from the Ciliwung Women's School in South Jakarta sit in a circle on the grass making flowers from plastic straws. "Can we make money from...

Women's group makes Rawajati award-winning ecotourism spot.
June 22, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- THURSDAY, JUNE 22, 2006 -- PAGE 5 When Niniek Nuryanto and the women in her family welfare group (PKK) in Rawajati subdistrict, Pancoran, South Jakarta, began asking residents in 2001 to...

A pseudo festivity.
June 22, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- THURSDAY, JUNE 22, 2006 -- PAGE 6 June 22 holds a special significance for Jakarta, which celebrates its anniversary on this date The celebrations began several days ago, with the...

Direct local elections truly change the political culture.
June 22, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- THURSDAY, JUNE 22, 2006 -- PAGE 6 One year on since the first pilkada (direct election for governors, mayors and regents), there are reasons to be happy. While the elections have not been...

On using condoms.
June 22, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- THURSDAY, JUNE 22, 2006 -- PAGE 7 Regarding the letter Using condoms, published in The Jakarta Post on June 14, I would like to comment as follows The modern world has woken up to the...

On stranger in paradise.
June 22, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- THURSDAY, JUNE 22, 2006 -- PAGE 7 Made Wijaya has authored a spiteful and totally inaccurate attack (Stranger in Paradise, The Jakarta Post, May 28) on an article about the struggles of...

The secularization of Islamic law.
June 22, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- THURSDAY, JUNE 22, 2006 -- PAGE 7 Most proponents of Islamic law believe that to implement it, it has to be codified into a state law, transforming the Islamic law from fiqh (legal...

No satire please, we're Indonesian.
June 22, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- THURSDAY, JUNE 22, 2006 -- PAGE 7 As World Cup fever hits new heights, a popular television show has been put off the air. The Republik BBM, or Benar Benar Mabok (Truly Drunken Republic),...

Batam's star-rated hotels in the doldrums.
June 22, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- THURSDAY, JUNE 22, 2006 -- PAGE 8 The general manager of the Panorama Regency Hotel in Batam, Lody Anjex, frowned as he listed the components that triggered an increase in room rates at...

Human rights violation cases in East Java unsolved.
June 22, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- THURSDAY, JUNE 22, 2006 -- PAGE 8 The Human Rights Center of Surabaya's Airlangga University revealed Wednesday that seven cases of gross human rights violations in East Java remain...

French volunteers leave quake zone.
June 22, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- THURSDAY, JUNE 22, 2006 -- PAGE 8 YOGYAKARTA: Twenty French volunteers have headed home after assisting quake survivors for the past 10 days in the worst-hit region, Bantul The group...

House balks at antigraft decree.
June 22, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- THURSDAY, JUNE 22, 2006 -- PAGE 9 Opposition is mounting against the government's plan to issue a decree reviving the authority of state oversight bodies to handle corruption cases...

Government mulls repeat of disputed national exam.
June 22, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- THURSDAY, JUNE 22, 2006 -- PAGE 9 The government has not ruled out holding repeat tests for high school students who failed this year's national examination, Education Minister Bambang...

Hard-line groups reject Pancasila as sole ideology.
June 22, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- THURSDAY, JUNE 22, 2006 -- PAGE 9 Conservative religious leaders are marshaling hard-line Islamic groups to counter the growing public pressure for the government to outlaw organizations...

Why regional governments are unfriendly to business.
June 22, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- THURSDAY, JUNE 22, 2006 -- PAGE 6 The regional autonomy watchdog KPPOD has come out with its valuable annual assessment of the investment climate in regions, praising some reform, but...

Wild claims all in the line of duty.
June 22, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- THURSDAY, JUNE 22, 2006 -- PAGE 4 It was Insp. Gen. Firman Gani's last day at office on Tuesday. While policemen were preparing a farewell parade, his successor, Insp. Gen. Adang Firman,...

Antigraft body monitoring Aceh.
June 22, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- THURSDAY, JUNE 22, 2006 -- PAGE 9 JAKARTA: The Corruption Eradication Commission has set up a monitoring mission of reconstruction projects currently underway in the tsunami-hit Aceh and...

Jakarta to host charity futsal.
June 22, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- THURSDAY, JUNE 22, 2006 -- PAGE 10 Two futsal games will be held in the capital this week to raise money for victims of the deadly earthquake in Yogyakarta and parts of Central Java ...

Preparations for 10k complete.
June 22, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- THURSDAY, JUNE 22, 2006 -- PAGE 10 Organizers of the Enjoy Jakarta International 10k have completed their preparations 10 days ahead of the event, including the course for the run, which...

Minister expects deficit to fall to 1.4 percent.
June 22, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- THURSDAY, JUNE 22, 2006 -- PAGE 13 The finance minister says that economic growth is increasing tax revenues by more than expected, with the result that the country's budget deficit for...

Shoddy town planning 'lowers productivity'.
June 22, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- THURSDAY, JUNE 22, 2006 -- PAGE 9 Unscrupulous officials who fast-track developments without concern for planning laws are favoring big developers over common Indonesians and are choking...

Project heads must be qualified: Bappenas.
June 22, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- THURSDAY, JUNE 22, 2006 -- PAGE 14 The director of the National Development Planning Board (Bappenas) has stressed the need for the leaders of government-funded projects to possess...

Hero Plasa Senayan re-launched.
June 22, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- THURSDAY, JUNE 22, 2006 -- PAGE 17 Hero Supermarket, a pioneer in modern retail in Indonesia, has re- launched its Hero Plasa Senayan outlet in Plaza Senayan (PS), an elite mall in...

BAT Indonesia expands production capacity.
June 22, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- THURSDAY, JUNE 22, 2006 -- PAGE 13 Publicly listed PT BAT Indonesia plans to increase production of regular cigarettes by converting its subsidiary PT BAT Kareb into a manufacturer of...

Home Life: Creating a therapeutic garden in your home.
June 22, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- THURSDAY, JUNE 22, 2006 -- PAGE 18 "Back-to-nature" trends have become part of cosmopolitan life all over the world, including in Jakarta. The concept of back-to-nature is being applied in...

Serangan opens a model conservation facility.
June 22, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- THURSDAY, JUNE 22, 2006 -- PAGE 20 Bali Governor Dewa Made Beratha seemed to be enjoying himself. He constantly broke into a smile or a hearty laugh -- a rare display from the stoic...

TV program introduces 'wayang' to children.
June 22, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- THURSDAY, JUNE 22, 2006 -- PAGE 20 Everybody was supposed to be silent when the cameraman started taping the scene. Unfortunately, silence was precisely the one thing he could not get on...

New BMW Z4 Roadster, Coupe up for grabs.
June 22, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- THURSDAY, JUNE 22, 2006 -- PAGE 21 Indonesia is known as a market for multipurpose vehicles (MPV) and sports utility vehicles (SUV), as their ability to carry more passengers and go...

Battle of Puputan to be commemorated.
June 22, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- THURSDAY, JUNE 22, 2006 -- PAGE 20 JAKARTA: The 10th king of Denpasar, Ida Tjokorda Ngurah Jambe Pemecutan, told a press conference Tuesday that the fighting spirit of the Battle of...

BMW V10 named best engine, Toyota wins best fuel economy.
June 22, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- THURSDAY, JUNE 22, 2006 -- PAGE 21 The V10 engine from German carmaker BMW has won the International Engine of the Year award, while Toyota's Hybrid Synergy Drive unit was the recipient of...

Bakrieland starts construction of Rp 3.5t 'superblock'.
June 22, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- THURSDAY, JUNE 22, 2006 -- PAGE 13 Publicly listed property firm PT Bakrieland Development Tbk kicked off the construction Wednesday of the Rp 3.5 trillion (US$368 million) Rasuna...

Dozens die as S. Sulawesi hit by floods, landslides.
June 21, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- WEDNESDAY, JUNE 21, 2006 -- PAGE 1 At least 42 people were killed Tuesday when flash floods and landslides struck several regencies in South Sulawesi, according to local police and...

Kalla vows action on mudflow morass.
June 21, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- WEDNESDAY, JUNE 21, 2006 -- PAGE 1 The government ordered a gas exploration company Tuesday to promptly handle grievances and provide compensation to communities overrun by massive...

Muslim moderates told to stand up and be counted.
June 21, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- WEDNESDAY, JUNE 21, 2006 -- PAGE 1 Empowering moderates to speak up in the increasingly divided Islamic world is essential to promote peace and cultivate interfaith harmony, the chairman...

'Link between Poso violence, JI still unclear'.
June 21, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- WEDNESDAY, JUNE 21, 2006 -- PAGE 2 The level of violence in Poso and Palu has subsided since the government launched an operation in January to restore order to the Central Sulawesi towns....

H.S. academic record 'of more value than exam'.
June 21, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- WEDNESDAY, JUNE 21, 2006 -- PAGE 2 Educators contend the all-important national exam carries too much weight in deciding high school students' futures, believing their grades may be the...

Gaikindo expects sales boost from motor show.
June 21, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- WEDNESDAY, JUNE 21, 2006 -- PAGE 3 The local automotive industry group is expecting a major auto show next month will help boost sales after a disappointing first half of this year, with...

Cloud of uncertainty shrouds Timor Leste.
June 21, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- WEDNESDAY, JUNE 21, 2006 -- PAGE 3 Dili residents anxiously awaited meaningful signs of a truce from former guerrilla Vicente da Conceicao or "Railos", who met Foreign and Defense Minister...

Poor students taught to make do.
June 21, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- WEDNESDAY, JUNE 21, 2006 -- PAGE 4 As education becomes an increasingly profit-oriented industry, families on limited incomes lose out Some 54 students at the Akademia alternative...

Regency seeks permit for bay project.
June 21, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- WEDNESDAY, JUNE 21, 2006 -- PAGE 4 TANGERANG: Tangerang regency administration plans to apply for a permit from the State Minister for the Environment and the Maritime Affairs and...

Repeat offender Dicky gets 20 years in prison.
June 21, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- WEDNESDAY, JUNE 21, 2006 -- PAGE 2 After 10 years of living on the outside, former banker and graft convict Dicky Iskandar Di Nata faces a second prison lag after a court here sentenced...

3,500 couples to wed in mass ceremony.
June 21, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- WEDNESDAY, JUNE 21, 2006 -- PAGE 2 TERNATE, North Maluku: The West Halmahera Regency is vying for a national record, with 3,500 low-income couples set to marry in an all- expenses-paid...

Busway accident kills one.
June 21, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- WEDNESDAY, JUNE 21, 2006 -- PAGE 4 JAKARTA: One man died and another was badly injured when a Transjakarta Busway bus hit their motorcycle as they crossed the busway lane at Harmoni...

City, residents working on Menteng park.
June 21, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- WEDNESDAY, JUNE 21, 2006 -- PAGE 4 The city administration is inviting residents to contribute to the environmental impact analysis of its plan to convert Persija soccer field in Menteng,...

Schools given option to merge.
June 21, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- WEDNESDAY, JUNE 21, 2006 -- PAGE 4 The school buildings are aging, while inside, classrooms are poorly lit. Teaching staff and school administrators are not performing optimally, and then...

Housing complex branches out by holding tree-planting festival.
June 21, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- WEDNESDAY, JUNE 21, 2006 -- PAGE 5 It was a sight to behold when thousands of residents turned out Sunday at the upmarket housing complex of Bumi Serpong Damai (BSD) in Serpong, Tangerang,...

Will the release of Ba'asyir renew the terror threat in Indonesia?
June 21, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- WEDNESDAY, JUNE 21, 2006 -- PAGE 6 14 June Abu Bakar Ba'asyir, the leader of the Ngruki Islamic boarding school in Sukoharjo, Central Java, was freed from Cipinang jail in Jakarta after...

Corporate responsibility.
June 21, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- WEDNESDAY, JUNE 21, 2006 -- PAGE 6 Vice President Jusuf Kalla's visit Tuesday to the East Java town of Sidoarjo, where a toxic mudflow has inundated four villages over the last three...

Release of Ba'asyir.
June 21, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- WEDNESDAY, JUNE 21, 2006 -- PAGE 7 The recent protests by the Australian and United States governments about the release of Abu Bakar Ba'asyir after serving 26 months in jail for...

World Cup.
June 21, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- WEDNESDAY, JUNE 21, 2006 -- PAGE 7 While I agree with David Jardine that we all must be on constant alert to the ominous forces of darkness emanating from the twisted paranoia from which...

Polygamy on the run: Your money or your wife?
June 21, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- WEDNESDAY, JUNE 21, 2006 -- PAGE 7 A few weeks ago I wrote a column entitled Give an Inch, Take a Mile, All in the Name of Family (The Jakarta Post, March 5, 2006) about my driver, Tomo,...

Excellent customer service!
June 21, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- WEDNESDAY, JUNE 21, 2006 -- PAGE 7 I had complained at Hardy's Supermarket, Amlapura, Bali, over several months about the bad quality of Wall's ice-cream-products (many times they were...

'Indonesian players should be sent overseas'.
June 21, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- WEDNESDAY, JUNE 21, 2006 -- PAGE 4 Millions of soccer-loving Indonesians are enjoying watching the World Cup but hungry to see their country represented. The Jakarta Post asked some people...

Spring water a blessing for refugees in Aceh Jaya.
June 21, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- WEDNESDAY, JUNE 21, 2006 -- PAGE 8 While water shortages have affected most of the tsunami refugees in the Aceh Jaya regency, this is not the case with refugees at Sayeung village at Mukim...

Betawi radio station tuned in with the times.
June 21, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- WEDNESDAY, JUNE 21, 2006 -- PAGE 5 It may be the only radio station broadcasting in the dialect of the Betawi, but Bens radio's listeners are not all native Jakartans It reflects the...

Rice aid headed for Sikka regency.
June 21, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- WEDNESDAY, JUNE 21, 2006 -- PAGE 8 KUPANG, East Nusa Tenggara: The East Nusa Tenggara provincial administration will distribute about 1,000 tons of free rice in Sikka regency in response...

Child evacuees suffering from diarrhea.
June 21, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- WEDNESDAY, JUNE 21, 2006 -- PAGE 8 Poor sanitation and unclean drinking water at evacuation centers on the slopes of rumbling Mount Merapi has caused dehydration brought about by diarrhea...

Ba'asyir banned from traveling.
June 21, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- WEDNESDAY, JUNE 21, 2006 -- PAGE 9 JAKARTA: The government will slap a travel ban on radical Muslim cleric Abu Bakar Ba'asyir and freeze his bank account, an antiterror squad chief says...

Education key to moderate Islam: Badawi.
June 21, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- WEDNESDAY, JUNE 21, 2006 -- PAGE 9 Islam is a religion of moderation which is against extremism, fanaticism and the use of violence and is neither inherently opposed to modernity nor...

Legislators bugged by graft body's wiretapping.
June 21, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- WEDNESDAY, JUNE 21, 2006 -- PAGE 9 Wary lawmakers have accused the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) of bugging their telephone conversations, an act they said could be illegal ...

Journalists seek probe into assault.
June 21, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- WEDNESDAY, JUNE 21, 2006 -- PAGE 9 JAKARTA: A group of Jakarta-based journalists attacked by unidentified assailants in Kutai Kartanegara, East Kalimantan, last week have demanded police...

Astec Open 2006 starts with less participants.
June 21, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- WEDNESDAY, JUNE 21, 2006 -- PAGE 10 The Astec Open 2006 badminton age-group championships began Tuesday in Jakarta a week ahead of schedule, with fewer participants because of a conflict...

Jauhari eyes third title in Jakarta 10K.
June 21, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- WEDNESDAY, JUNE 21, 2006 -- PAGE 10 National long-distance runner Jauhari "Joe" Johan is hoping to retain his title in the national elite category for the third consecutive time at the...

Australia and RI: Facing off on the the flip side.
June 21, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- WEDNESDAY, JUNE 21, 2006 -- PAGE 6 If anything can go wrong, it will. This is popularly known as Murphy's Law, an expression the self-deprecating Irish use to "celebrate" the preponderance...

FDI up slightly in first five months.
June 21, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- WEDNESDAY, JUNE 21, 2006 -- PAGE 13 Actual foreign direct investment (FDI) in Indonesia rose by 5.1 percent during the first five months of the year compared to the same period last year,...

RI needs to promote common property management: Experts.
June 21, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- WEDNESDAY, JUNE 21, 2006 -- PAGE 9 Community rights to natural resources are weak in this country, although traditional knowledge gives people the tools to manage their environments...

Earthquake victims hoping for funds.
June 21, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- WEDNESDAY, JUNE 21, 2006 -- PAGE 8 A fatigued-looking Wagiyem, 44, emerged from the makeshift tent where she lives near her earthquake-damaged house in Sumberagung village, Bantul Her...

Indonesia, Malaysia review progress in economic deals.
June 21, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- WEDNESDAY, JUNE 21, 2006 -- PAGE 13 President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and visiting Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi met Tuesday to discuss the progress of a number of...

Upbeat Boediono says deficit still manageable.
June 21, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- WEDNESDAY, JUNE 21, 2006 -- PAGE 13 The 2006 budget deficit, which is expected to widen to 1.5 percent of gross domestic product from the originally planned 0.7 percent of GDP, will still...

House passes bill on warehouse receipts.
June 21, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- WEDNESDAY, JUNE 21, 2006 -- PAGE 13 In a move widely applauded in agricultural circles, the House of Representatives passed the bill on a warehouse receipt system into law Tuesday ...

Business Communication: Building instant rapport (Part 2).
June 21, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- WEDNESDAY, JUNE 21, 2006 -- PAGE 17 After you develop sufficient rapport and strike up a conversation with your new acquaintance, your challenge is now to keep the conversation going...

Minor reshuffle at HM Sampoerna.
June 21, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- WEDNESDAY, JUNE 21, 2006 -- PAGE 19 One of Indonesia's most profitable tobacco companies, PT HM Sampoerna, announced during a shareholders meeting last week the appointment of Yos Adiguna...

Competing with low-price Chinese products.
June 21, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- WEDNESDAY, JUNE 21, 2006 -- PAGE 19 In the era of liberalized markets, where competition is stiffer than ever before, producers must work extra hard to survive. The entry of low-price...

CRM vital in market-driven company.
June 21, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- WEDNESDAY, JUNE 21, 2006 -- PAGE 19 Nowadays, customers are more demanding and have many choices to satisfy their needs and wants. This creates a shift of power from producers to...

Fisheries ministry proposes 87.4% budget increase.
June 21, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- WEDNESDAY, JUNE 21, 2006 -- PAGE 14 The Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Ministry proposed Tuesday an increase in its budget funding for next year of 87.4 percent to Rp 4.3 trillion (US$477...

Canada, Netherlands increase aid for earthquake reconstruction.
June 21, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- WEDNESDAY, JUNE 21, 2006 -- PAGE 23 Canada and the Netherlands have pledged millions of dollars in additional aid to Indonesia to help victims of the recent earthquake that killed more...

Indonesia, U.S. told to increase people-to-people contacts.
June 21, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- WEDNESDAY, JUNE 21, 2006 -- PAGE 22 Indonesia and the United States should enhance people-to-people contacts to eliminate the misunderstanding that emerged after the 9/11 terrorist attack...

Tunisia holds film festival.
June 21, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- WEDNESDAY, JUNE 21, 2006 -- PAGE 23 INDONESIA: In collaboration with Taman Ismail Marzuki, the Tunisian Embassy in Jakarta will hold the Tunisian Film Festival on June 22 and 26 at the...

Philip S. Purnama: Successful change needs transformational leadership.
June 21, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- WEDNESDAY, JUNE 21, 2006 -- PAGE 19 It is not easy to give up the comfort of protection and venture into the liberalized market, but that is just what Philip S. Purnama had to do when he...

More mudflow victims suffer from breathing difficulties.
June 20, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- TUESDAY, JUNE 20, 2006 -- PAGE 1 Medical workers report a jump in the number of villagers with respiratory problems near the gas well accident in Porong district, East Java, with the...