Jakarta Post articles from June 2009

Jakarta Post archives from June 2009

Foreign mining firms required to divest shares.
June 30, 2009... from THE JAKARTA POST -- TUESDAY, JUNE 30, 2009 -- PAGE 1 The government will require 20 percent of shares in mining companies entirely owned by foreign shareholders to be divested to local partners, in accordance with the new mining law, an...

Negative campaigning rife among rivals.
June 30, 2009... from THE JAKARTA POST -- TUESDAY, JUNE 30, 2009 -- PAGE 1 President Susilo Bambang Yu-dhoyono made the most negative comments during the last three weeks of campaign activities but at the same time also received a large number of attacks from...

Text your say Police brutality.
June 30, 2009... from THE JAKARTA POST -- TUESDAY, JUNE 30, 2009 -- PAGE 1 A recent report by Amnesty International says the Indonesian Police carry out widespread abuse against criminal suspects and poor and marginalized communities. What do you think? Send...

There will be no war, says Malaysian defense minister.
June 30, 2009... from THE JAKARTA POST -- TUESDAY, JUNE 30, 2009 -- PAGE 2 Malaysian Defense Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi guarantees there will be no war between his country and Indonesia despite rising tensions between the two countries following recent...

Reformer Sri Mulyani set to lead graft-tainted central bank.
June 30, 2009... from THE JAKARTA POST -- TUESDAY, JUNE 30, 2009 -- PAGE 2 With two of its former governors and four of its deputy governors now in jail for corruption, a good reputation, more than anything else, is what Bank Indonesia, the main plank for our...

Kalla uses state visit for impromptu campaign.
June 30, 2009... from THE JAKARTA POST -- TUESDAY, JUNE 30, 2009 -- PAGE 2 Presidential hopeful Jusuf Kalla has earned himself a reputation for his frank campaign style, so it came as no surprise last week when he invited locals in West Java to speak to him...

Team SBY confident for people's welfare debate.
June 30, 2009... from THE JAKARTA POST -- TUESDAY, JUNE 30, 2009 -- PAGE 2 The campaign team of incumbent President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono believes its vice presidential candidate, former Bank Indonesia governor Boediono, will shine in Tuesday's...

Indonesia needs a post-ASEAN foreign policy.
June 30, 2009... from THE JAKARTA POST -- TUESDAY, JUNE 30, 2009 -- PAGE 3 There is nothing more irritating than being ignored. That is what is happening to Indonesia, the so-called largest country in Southeast Asia. Foreign Ministry spokesman Teuku...

State set to receive billions in BLBI funds.
June 30, 2009... from THE JAKARTA POST -- TUESDAY, JUNE 30, 2009 -- PAGE 4 Bank Permata (formerly Bank Bali) has finally released Rp 546.5 billion (US$53.3 million) worth of Bank Indonesia Liquidity Assistance (BLBI) funds stashed in the bank's escrow account...

Legislators Say No to Possible Purchase of Israeli Drones
June 30, 2009... from THE JAKARTA POST -- TUESDAY, JUNE 30, 2009 -- PAGE 4 Members of the House of Representatives' Commission I on defense said it will not approve the government's plan to purchase Israeli- made Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV), more commonly...

Ari Yusuf Amir.
June 30, 2009... from THE JAKARTA POST -- TUESDAY, JUNE 30, 2009 -- PAGE 4 Ari Yusuf Amir, lawyer for suspended anti-graft body chief Antasari Azhar, now the main suspect in the murder of Nasruddin Zulkarnaen, said Monday his client's wife Ida Laksmiwati had...

ICW urges government to stop direct cash aid.
June 30, 2009... from THE JAKARTA POST -- TUESDAY, JUNE 30, 2009 -- PAGE 4 JAKARTA: Indonesia Corruption Watch (ICW) has called on the central government to end the direct cash aid program for the poor, because of rampant illegal fees. "Too many illegal...

Mild quake hits Tual, Maluku.
June 30, 2009... from THE JAKARTA POST -- TUESDAY, JUNE 30, 2009 -- PAGE 4 AMBON: A magnitude 5.1 earthquake jolted Tual, Maluku, on Monday morning, but no damage or injuries were reported. The local Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency reported...

Hundreds of houses submerged in Padang.
June 30, 2009... from THE JAKARTA POST -- TUESDAY, JUNE 30, 2009 -- PAGE 4 PADANG: Flooding in Padang, West Sumatra, on Sunday submerged nearly 900 houses and forced hundreds of residents in three villages to evacuate. Kompas.com has reported that heavy...

US and Indonesia to sign $30m debt-for-nature deal.
June 30, 2009... from THE JAKARTA POST -- TUESDAY, JUNE 30, 2009 -- PAGE 4 JAKARTA: US Ambassador to Indonesia Cameron R. Hume and Indonesian Forestry Minister M.S. Kaban will sign a Tropical Forest Conservation Act (TFCA) agreement worth nearly US$30 million...

Businessman admits offering bribe to official.
June 30, 2009... from THE JAKARTA POST -- TUESDAY, JUNE 30, 2009 -- PAGE 4 JAKARTA: Businessman Hontjo Kurniawan, who was charged with bribing lawmaker Abdul Hadi Djamal to gain infrastructure development contracts, has admitted to offering 0.5 percent of the...

Police arrest syndicate targeting migrant workers.
June 30, 2009... from THE JAKARTA POST -- TUESDAY, JUNE 30, 2009 -- PAGE 4 SEMARANG: Semarang Police has arrested four men, allegedly members of a syndicate targeting migrant workers returning to their villages. Considering their knowledge of workers'...

Terror suspets charged with forgery.
June 30, 2009... from THE JAKARTA POST -- TUESDAY, JUNE 30, 2009 -- PAGE 4 Five Singaporeans arrested by the National Police for alleged involvement in terrorism have had their charge downgraded to immigration forgery. The police announced on June 21 that...

BPKP chief urged to tell who ordered KPK audit.
June 30, 2009... from THE JAKARTA POST -- TUESDAY, JUNE 30, 2009 -- PAGE 5 President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's denial of having ordered the Development Finance Comptroller (BPKP) to audit the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has failed to tame...

PAN women support Megawati-Prabowo.
June 30, 2009... from THE JAKARTA POST -- TUESDAY, JUNE 30, 2009 -- PAGE 5 JAKARTA: Presidential candidate Megawati Soekarnoputri and running mate Prabowo Soebianto garnered support from women from the National Mandate Party (PAN) during a campaign in Bandar...

PD official fired for attacking journalist.
June 30, 2009... from THE JAKARTA POST -- TUESDAY, JUNE 30, 2009 -- PAGE 5 JAKARTA: The Papuan chapter of the Democratic Party (PD) has fired one of its members for his alleged involvement in the attack on a female journalist during a vice presidential...

Rights activist deems movement peers 'stupid'.
June 30, 2009... from THE JAKARTA POST -- TUESDAY, JUNE 30, 2009 -- PAGE 5 JAKARTA: A political expert, who was also an activist during the 1998 reformation movement, deems some of his fellow movement peers as "stupid and ignorant". "The group that calls...

Sensitive religious issues 'should be kept private'.
June 30, 2009... from THE JAKARTA POST -- TUESDAY, JUNE 30, 2009 -- PAGE 5 JAKARTA: Presidential candidate campaign teams must not publicly attack one another regarding religion, a lawmaker said. "If any team decides to go into the public domain with...

RI ready for presidential election: Authorities.
June 30, 2009... from THE JAKARTA POST -- TUESDAY, JUNE 30, 2009 -- PAGE 5 Despite rumors circulating about flaws in the ballot papers, Indonesia is well on track for the presidential election scheduled for July 8, 2009, election authorities say. The...

Candidates promise projects, programs.
June 30, 2009... from THE JAKARTA POST -- TUESDAY, JUNE 30, 2009 -- PAGE 5 Presidential candidates are making promises of infrastructure projects in order to lure the public to vote for them in the July 8 election. Former president Megawati Soekarnoputri...

Editorial: Expediting investment licenses.
June 30, 2009... from THE JAKARTA POST -- TUESDAY, JUNE 30, 2009 -- PAGE 6 President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono last week issued a regulation which now requires all 524 regency and municipal administrations to quickly and efficiently process all business...

A chance for Islamic parties.
June 30, 2009... from THE JAKARTA POST -- TUESDAY, JUNE 30, 2009 -- PAGE 6 Some political observers conclude, based on the results of the 2009 legislative elections, that Islamic political parties have entered their "sunset" era and that voters have rejected...

Forty years after the 'Green Revolution'.
June 30, 2009... from THE JAKARTA POST -- TUESDAY, JUNE 30, 2009 -- PAGE 7 Agricultural extension, which refers to activities relating to the dissemination of agricultural information and technical guidance on farming, has had its golden and gloomy eras in...

Time to invest in RI's oil and gas sector.
June 30, 2009... from THE JAKARTA POST -- TUESDAY, JUNE 30, 2009 -- PAGE 7 The sharp increase in crude oil and fuel prices between 2004 and 2008 ended abruptly when crude prices dropped from around US$140 per barrel to $40 as the global financial crisis took...

Letters: No appreciation for maids.
June 30, 2009... from THE JAKARTA POST -- TUESDAY, JUNE 30, 2009 -- PAGE 8 I would like to express my sorrow for all Indonesian maids or migrant workers who work in Malaysia, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and in other countries around the world. It makes me so sad to...

Letters: May expats be critical?
June 30, 2009... from THE JAKARTA POST -- TUESDAY, JUNE 30, 2009 -- PAGE 8 A few days ago, some friends and I were having a rather lively and heated discussion concerning the appropriateness of us foreign visitors being critical of certain behavior of...

SMS: Livelier debate.
June 30, 2009... from THE JAKARTA POST -- TUESDAY, JUNE 30, 2009 -- PAGE 8 Your comments on the livelier second presidential debate and its possible influence on voters. The presidential debates failed to articulate any clear policy on the issues of...

Comments: Black magic and SBY's birth.
June 30, 2009... from THE JAKARTA POST -- TUESDAY, JUNE 30, 2009 -- PAGE 8 The birthday of incumbent President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY), not a lack of funds or bad governance, is the main reason for a series of disasters hitting the country over the...

Issues: 'Fatal shooting of Papuan teenager'.
June 30, 2009... from THE JAKARTA POST -- TUESDAY, JUNE 30, 2009 -- PAGE 8 Thirteen-year-old Isak Pesakot was shot and killed by Indonesian Military (TNI) soldiers patrolling in the Keerom regency, Papua. Lt. Col. Susilo, spokesperson of the Papua...

Letters: We are all proud Iranians.
June 30, 2009... from THE JAKARTA POST -- TUESDAY, JUNE 30, 2009 -- PAGE 8 Day by day here in Taiwan I have been closely following the Internet images of ordinary people crowding the streets of Iran, because they touch my heart and make me realize that these...

Afghan illegal immigrants flee from detention center.
June 30, 2009... from THE JAKARTA POST -- TUESDAY, JUNE 30, 2009 -- PAGE 9 Dozens of illegal Afghan immigrants, currently awaiting deportation, escaped Sunday from an immigration detention center in Pekanbaru, local authorities said Monday. The head of...

Crime rate declining in Yogyakarta.
June 30, 2009... from THE JAKARTA POST -- TUESDAY, JUNE 30, 2009 -- PAGE 9 YOGYAKARTA: The crime rate in Yogyakarta, dominated by thefts and violence, has seen an overall decline this year. Yogyakarta Police data shows crimes and public disorder in the...

Official's wife named suspect in school collapse.
June 30, 2009... from THE JAKARTA POST -- TUESDAY, JUNE 30, 2009 -- PAGE 9 BANDUNG, West Java: West Bandung Police have named Fatimah Mahroji, the wife of the Bandung Education Agency head, Oji Mahrji, a suspect in the misappropriation of school renovation...

Army firm in setting up units despite protests.
June 30, 2009... from THE JAKARTA POST -- TUESDAY, JUNE 30, 2009 -- PAGE 9 The Indonesian Military (TNI) has remained resolute in setting up an infantry battalion and a tank unit in areas bordering East Timor in North Timor Tengah regency, East Nusa Tenggara,...

N. Sumatra farmers demand just conflict resolution.
June 30, 2009... from THE JAKARTA POST -- TUESDAY, JUNE 30, 2009 -- PAGE 9 Hundreds of farmers from across North Sumatra province, grouped under the Federation of Indonesian Farmers (SPI), rallied in front of the governor's office on Monday, demanding just...

MUI brands Islamic group in Jambi 'deviant'.
June 30, 2009... from THE JAKARTA POST -- TUESDAY, JUNE 30, 2009 -- PAGE 9 The Merangin regency branch of the Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) has declared deviant the teachings of the Tarikat Naqsabandiyah Islamic group, widely embraced since 2005 in Air Batu...

RI, Suriname seek broader cultural relations.
June 30, 2009... from THE JAKARTA POST -- TUESDAY, JUNE 30, 2009 -- PAGE 10 Indonesia and Suriname are aiming to broaden their cultural relationship beyond the common ground of having Javanese people as a major ethnic and cultural group and being former Dutch...

Thai vice minister to visit RI to boost ties.
June 30, 2009... from THE JAKARTA POST -- TUESDAY, JUNE 30, 2009 -- PAGE 11 INDONESIA: Thai vice minister of foreign affairs , Panich Vikitsreth, will visit Indonesia from July 1 to 3, in a bid to strengthen bilateral ties, the Royal Thai Embassy in Jakarta...

House Seeks Power in Debt Management
June 30, 2009... from THE JAKARTA POST -- TUESDAY, JUNE 30, 2009 -- PAGE 13 Legislators are seeking more power to intervene in the government's foreign debt management, amid rising political tension over the growing sovereign debt. Members of the House of...

Realized investment in production forests tops Rp 6.1 trillion in first half of 2009.
June 30, 2009... from THE JAKARTA POST -- TUESDAY, JUNE 30, 2009 -- PAGE 13 The Indonesian forestry industry could see up to Rp 15 trillion (US$1.5 billion) in investments this year, of which Rp 6.1 trillion has already been realized, a senior Forestry...

The lowest common denominator is too high too often.
June 30, 2009... from THE JAKARTA POST -- TUESDAY, JUNE 30, 2009 -- PAGE 15 Asked to wear different hats at different times, the shifts in perspective from marketer, media agency and creative agency make the simple conclusion obvious. It is vitally...

City seeks Rp 1.7 trillion extra for budget.
June 30, 2009... from THE JAKARTA POST -- TUESDAY, JUNE 30, 2009 -- PAGE 17 JAKARTA: The city administration is seeking to propose an extra Rp 1.7 trillion for this year's revised budget, an official said Monday. Head of the Jakarta Development Agency...

High Court acquits libel defendant in civil case.
June 30, 2009... from THE JAKARTA POST -- TUESDAY, JUNE 30, 2009 -- PAGE 17 JAKARTA: The Jakarta High Court has dismissed a Rp 1 billion (US$98,000) libel suit by deve-loper PT Duta Pertiwi against Koh Seng Seng, or A Seng, a shop owner and former tenant of...

Slaughterhouse should meet standard: Minister.
June 30, 2009... from THE JAKARTA POST -- TUESDAY, JUNE 30, 2009 -- PAGE 17 BOGOR: In his visit Monday to a newly opened slaughterhouse in Bubulak, West Bogor, Agriculture Minister Anton Apriantono said the management of the slaughterhouse should strive to...

Jakarnaval shows the melting pot that is Jakarta.
June 30, 2009... from THE JAKARTA POST -- TUESDAY, JUNE 30, 2009 -- PAGE 17 There was the Ragunan Zoo float decorated with carvings of an elephant, a tiger and a lion. It was a completely unrelated float to the clown- fish float that went before it. And...

Car-crazy Jakarta: A city on the edge.
June 30, 2009... from THE JAKARTA POST -- TUESDAY, JUNE 30, 2009 -- PAGE 17 Some people have hobbies that border on obsessions, and so their hobbies practically become their lives. A friend has an obsession with all things motoring, but in particular the...

New spatial master plan to focus on public transport.
June 30, 2009... from THE JAKARTA POST -- TUESDAY, JUNE 30, 2009 -- PAGE 17 The city administration is discussing a draft on a spatial master plan for next year that will focus on the development of public transportation by building interconnections between...

Boys and girls bounce in breakdancing battle.
June 30, 2009... from THE JAKARTA POST -- TUESDAY, JUNE 30, 2009 -- PAGE 17 The US-born breakdancing phenomenon has yet to subside. Its early underground reappearance in the late 1990s exploiting new moves and styles has now turned into a delight among the...

RI athletes seek experience at inaugural Asian Youth Games.
June 30, 2009... from THE JAKARTA POST -- TUESDAY, JUNE 30, 2009 -- PAGE 20 Young Asian athletes kicked off their campaigns Monday at the inaugural Asian Youth Games in Singapore, with Indonesia seeking to provide its promising talent with an avenue to prove...

INA sends 10 athletes to World Uni Games.
June 30, 2009... from THE JAKARTA POST -- TUESDAY, JUNE 30, 2009 -- PAGE 20 JAKARTA: Indonesia has sent 10 young athletes to participate in the biennial University Olympiad (Universiade) in Belgrade, Serbia, from July 1-12. Arriving in Belgrade on Monday,...

A tale with a happy ending.
June 30, 2009... from THE JAKARTA POST -- TUESDAY, JUNE 30, 2009 -- PAGE 21 As countries across the world are scrambling to find new forms of alternative energy to deal with the oil crisis, Denmark is already far ahead in the use of renewable energy. ...

Palm oil development threatens Aceh's orangutans.
June 30, 2009... from THE JAKARTA POST -- TUESDAY, JUNE 30, 2009 -- PAGE 21 Conservation campaigners in Britain are calling on supermarkets to stop selling products that contain palm oil harvested from environmentally sensitive areas in Indonesia. Palm...

Dream homes become reality.
June 30, 2009... from THE JAKARTA POST -- TUESDAY, JUNE 30, 2009 -- PAGE 22 At first glance, green homes appear expensive, but over time, owners get their money back. Charlotte Hjelm knew this well. The mother of two did not mind paying extra to build...

Comic strip campaigns against nuclear power.
June 30, 2009... from THE JAKARTA POST -- TUESDAY, JUNE 30, 2009 -- PAGE 22 Zzzaappp! A dreadful reaction occurs. For the second time, machines in front of professor Bayu produce a bright, glaring light. A moment later, the machines vanish. In the same...

IMAX film 'Journey to Mecca' proves to be enlightening.
June 30, 2009... from THE JAKARTA POST -- TUESDAY, JUNE 30, 2009 -- PAGE 23 We tend to come across most interesting gems in Jakarta by stumbling over them, often because of a lack of promotion or because reviews and information come through after the event,...

KBR 68H centers on radio journalism.
June 30, 2009... from THE JAKARTA POST -- TUESDAY, JUNE 30, 2009 -- PAGE 23 Ask any radio journalist in Indonesia when they first produced their own news and they will all have the same answer: only after the post- 1998 opening up of the press. "Radio...

Ari's and Nia's new movie comes under fire.
June 30, 2009... from THE JAKARTA POST -- TUESDAY, JUNE 30, 2009 -- PAGE 28 JAKARTA: Even as the praise is flooding in for their latest children's flick King, celebrity couple Ari Sihasale and Nia Zulkarnain are being blasted for promoting smoking to kids...

Rasman Nuralam, Turning over A NEW LEAF.
June 30, 2009... from THE JAKARTA POST -- TUESDAY, JUNE 30, 2009 -- PAGE 28 A natural disaster that claimed the lives of four villagers nine years ago was the trigger for former illegal logger Rasman Nuralam to change his life. Today, the 39-year-old...

Regional bottlenecks barriers to economic momentum.
June 29, 2009... from THE JAKARTA POST -- MONDAY, JUNE 29, 2009 -- PAGE 2 Being one of the few global economies to book positive growth amid the financial crisis, Indonesia has become more attractive to global investors looking for new markets. ...

Campaigning heats up with candidates' war of words.
June 29, 2009... from THE JAKARTA POST -- MONDAY, JUNE 29, 2009 -- PAGE 1 With 10 days to go until the presidential election, the rhetoric is turning nasty, with candidates and their campaign teams subjecting rivals to smear campaigns in a last-ditch effort...

Indonesia's H1N1 infection rate on the rise.
June 29, 2009... from THE JAKARTA POST -- MONDAY, JUNE 29, 2009 -- PAGE 1 The H1N1 flu virus has been detected in six more people in Indonesia, taking the total number of cases in the country to eight, Health Minister Siti Fadila Supari said Sunday. ...

Text your say: Livelier debates.
June 29, 2009... from THE JAKARTA POST -- MONDAY, JUNE 29, 2009 -- PAGE 1 The presidential candidates were involved in a livelier debate on Thursday evening when the rivals started criticizing each other. Do such debates affect voters? Why? Send your thoughts...

KPK will be 'half-paralyzed by wiretapping ban'.
June 29, 2009... from THE JAKARTA POST -- MONDAY, JUNE 29, 2009 -- PAGE 4 The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) will be half-paralyzed if its authority to wiretap was taken, an advisor said. "The KPK will be 50 percent paralyzed," KPK advisor...

RI ban could push more illegals to KL.
June 29, 2009... from THE JAKARTA POST -- MONDAY, JUNE 29, 2009 -- PAGE 2 Jakarta has been cautioned that its decision to suspend the sending of maids to Malaysia in protest against rampant cases of abuse could prompt more Indonesians to work illegally in the...

Arrests of suspects may lead to 'something bigger'.
June 29, 2009... from THE JAKARTA POST -- MONDAY, JUNE 29, 2009 -- PAGE 2 An expert says the recent arrest of several terrorist suspects could lead police to the ringleaders of a wider operation and has brushed off speculation that the crackdown was an...

Permata Bank likely to let go of Rp 546b in BLBI funds.
June 29, 2009... from THE JAKARTA POST -- MONDAY, JUNE 29, 2009 -- PAGE 4 Bank Permata (formerly Bank Bali) said Sunday that it would not "break the law" in regards to Rp 546.5 billion (US$53.3 million) of Bank Indonesia Liquidity Assistance (BLBI) saved in...

SBY's commitment to graft eradication questioned.
June 29, 2009... from THE JAKARTA POST -- MONDAY, JUNE 29, 2009 -- PAGE 4 A recent controversial statement by President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono continues to raise questions concerning his commitment to corruption eradication. In a discussion held...

Kelantan palace says marriage is personal.
June 29, 2009... from THE JAKARTA POST -- MONDAY, JUNE 29, 2009 -- PAGE 4 JAKARTA: The Kelantan palace has reiterated that the marriage of Tengku Temenggong Kelantan, Tengku Muhammad Fakhry Sultan Ismail Petra and Manohara Odelia Pinot was a personal matter....

The majority of transport workers underpaid and unprotected: ITF.
June 29, 2009... from THE JAKARTA POST -- MONDAY, JUNE 29, 2009 -- PAGE 4 The Asia-Pacific International Transport Workers' Federation (ITF) held its regional congress on June 16-19, 2009, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, to assess labor conditions in the transport...

KPU accused of siding with candidate pair.
June 29, 2009... from THE JAKARTA POST -- MONDAY, JUNE 29, 2009 -- PAGE 5 The General Elections Commission (KPU) has ordered that around 1,000 banners be removed nationwide after Jusuf Kalla and Megawati Soekarnoputri suggested the message encouraged the...

Foreign debt issue gets mixed reaction in election.
June 29, 2009... from THE JAKARTA POST -- MONDAY, JUNE 29, 2009 -- PAGE 5 While management of foreign debt is considered as one of the most crucial problems for most people, it has been a non-issue during the election. President Susilo Bambang...

Puan blames electoral roll fraud for party defeat.
June 29, 2009... from THE JAKARTA POST -- MONDAY, JUNE 29, 2009 -- PAGE 5 SOLO: Puan Maharani, Megawati Soekarnoputri's daughter, on Sunday blamed the electoral roll fraud in the April 9 legislative elections for the defeat of the Indonesian Democratic Party...

Journalists march against violent attack in Jayapura.
June 29, 2009... from THE JAKARTA POST -- MONDAY, JUNE 29, 2009 -- PAGE 5 JAKARTA: A group of journalists on Saturday held a rally at the Democratic Party (PD) central executive board office in Rawamangun, East Jakarta, to protest a violent attack on a...

Editorial: The human rights agenda.
June 29, 2009... from THE JAKARTA POST -- MONDAY, JUNE 29, 2009 -- PAGE 6 The release of two separate human rights reports in the past weeks could not be timelier given the fact that Indonesians will vote for their next president next week. Unfinished...

How to make Telkom remain competitive.
June 29, 2009... from THE JAKARTA POST -- MONDAY, JUNE 29, 2009 -- PAGE 6 As broadband networks become increasingly available in Indonesia, it is now possible for a Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) network to be implemented as a national telecom, provided...

Targeting absolute power.
June 29, 2009... from THE JAKARTA POST -- MONDAY, JUNE 29, 2009 -- PAGE 6 Ahead of the July 8 presidential election, many Indonesians may fear a situation similar to that which has swept over Iran in recent weeks may take hold of this country when the results...

Letters: Rig Tenders clarifies.
June 29, 2009... from THE JAKARTA POST -- MONDAY, JUNE 29, 2009 -- PAGE 7 We appreciate the publication of the article titled "Shipping firms expand vessel fleets, despite losses in 2008," (the Post, June 19, p. 14). However, we need to clarify some...

Electrifying our remote villages: A challenge.
June 29, 2009... from THE JAKARTA POST -- MONDAY, JUNE 29, 2009 -- PAGE 7 The number of Indonesian's living in rural villages outnumbers the number of urbanites in this nation of 17,000 plus islands. It is believed that access to electricity - even just...

Administration to tender Batam-Bintan bridge project.
June 29, 2009... from THE JAKARTA POST -- MONDAY, JUNE 29, 2009 -- PAGE 8 Following the opening of the Suramadu Bridge, which now connects Java and Madura islands, the Riau Islands will offer a Rp 3.5 trillion (US$350 million) tender for the construction of a...