Jakarta Post articles from June 2010

Jakarta Post archives from June 2010

World cities discuss growing urban woes.
June 30, 2010... from THE JAKARTA POST -- WEDNESDAY, JUNE 30, 2010 -- PAGE 2 Jakarta, which celebrated its 483rd anniversary recently, might find it opportune to look at how cities across the globe are tackling urban growth and development problems during the...

Sharia-based policies could 'disintegrate' Indonesia: NU.
June 30, 2010... from THE JAKARTA POST -- WEDNESDAY, JUNE 30, 2010 -- PAGE 1 "If we support one movement advocating religious-based policies, others will want them too," Nahdlatul Ulama secretary-general Iqbal Sulam said Tuesday. For example, a movement could...

Shop now and save later, Indonesians say.
June 30, 2010... from THE JAKARTA POST -- WEDNESDAY, JUNE 30, 2010 -- PAGE 1 It is time to spend money on lifestyle and long vacations, Indonesians say, amid a positive sentiment toward the economy and a declining fear of spending, a survey says. Most...

Jihad website owner gets five years over hotel bombs.
June 30, 2010... from THE JAKARTA POST -- WEDNESDAY, JUNE 30, 2010 -- PAGE 2 The owner of arrahmah.com, which publishes articles and pictures advocating jihad against the West, was sentenced to five years in prison on Tuesday for his role in the 2009 bombings in...

Comment: 'Protection' to alleged sex stars.
June 30, 2010... from THE JAKARTA POST -- WEDNESDAY, JUNE 30, 2010 -- PAGE 8 June 24, p. 2: The National Police have offered "protection" to celebrities Luna Maya and Cut Tari following demands from a hard- line Islamic group to arrest the pair. General crimes...

Christians ask for interfaith forum amid tensions.
June 30, 2010... from THE JAKARTA POST -- WEDNESDAY, JUNE 30, 2010 -- PAGE 2 Christian leaders and activists in Bekasi have called on local Muslim groups in the area to engage in talks to resolve inter- religious tensions that have recently threatened to boil...

Police: 'Tempo' scandal a 'marketing gimmick'.
June 30, 2010... from THE JAKARTA POST -- WEDNESDAY, JUNE 30, 2010 -- PAGE 2 Reports of people in police uniforms buying tens of thousands of copies of a controversial issue of Tempo are a "sheer marketing gimmick", says a police representative. Local media...

Forum aims to promote peace movement.
June 30, 2010... from THE JAKARTA POST -- WEDNESDAY, JUNE 30, 2010 -- PAGE 3 The three-day World Peace Forum (WPF), set to open in Yogyakarta on Wednesday, aims to evolve into a peace movement involving all, a Muslim organization leader says. Din Syamsuddin,...

'Gradual deficits cut' should be followed by 'rise in investment'.
June 30, 2010... from THE JAKARTA POST -- WEDNESDAY, JUNE 30, 2010 -- PAGE 3 Economists have urged Indonesia to respond carefully to the decision arrived at by the leaders of the group of the world's 20 biggest economies to let each country manage its own fiscal...

DPD Officially Proposes 'Aspiration Fund'
June 30, 2010... from THE JAKARTA POST -- WEDNESDAY, JUNE 30, 2010 -- PAGE 4 Members of the Regional Representatives Council (DPD) on Tuesday threw their weight behind a heavily revised version of the Golkar Party's controversial aspiration fund, which would...

Corruption spurred police to commit rights abuses: NGOs.
June 30, 2010... from THE JAKARTA POST -- WEDNESDAY, JUNE 30, 2010 -- PAGE 4 A string of recent alleged human rights abuses committed by police officers in the country is a reflection of the force's failure to free itself from corruption, activists said Tuesday....

Two electricity officials are graft suspects: KPK.
June 30, 2010... from THE JAKARTA POST -- WEDNESDAY, JUNE 30, 2010 -- PAGE 4 The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) named two officials at the Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry suspects in a corruption investigation on Tuesday. "We have named Jacobus...

Torture still legal in Indonesia: Researcher.
June 30, 2010... from THE JAKARTA POST -- WEDNESDAY, JUNE 30, 2010 -- PAGE 4 Indonesia has yet not overturned many laws allowing torture 'which the country must do as part of a UN agreement signed almost 25 years ago, a researcher says. Indonesia signed the...

VP visits hospitalized MPR chairman.
June 30, 2010... from THE JAKARTA POST -- WEDNESDAY, JUNE 30, 2010 -- PAGE 4 JAKARTA: Vice President Boediono visited his "best friend", Taufik Kiemas, on Tuesday after the People's Consultative Assembly chairman was hospitalized in Jakarta for heart problems....

Physical exams of Luna, Tari complete: Police.
June 30, 2010... from THE JAKARTA POST -- WEDNESDAY, JUNE 30, 2010 -- PAGE 4 JAKARTA: The police completed physical examinations of TV presenters Luna Maya and Cut Tari, who are alleged to have performed in sex videos with former Peterpan frontman, singer...

Suspended PGN Official Convicted of Graft
June 30, 2010... from THE JAKARTA POST -- WEDNESDAY, JUNE 30, 2010 -- PAGE 4 JAKARTA: The Anticorruption Court on Tuesday sentenced Djoko Parmono, an official suspended from state gas distributor PT. Perusahaan Gas Negara (PGN), to two-and-half years in prison...

'Follow the money' in forest crimes.
June 30, 2010... from THE JAKARTA POST -- WEDNESDAY, JUNE 30, 2010 -- PAGE 4 Indonesia's failure to slow illegal logging stems from weaknesses in the 1999 Law on Forestry, which focuses on investigation of illicit timber sources and not on the people who order...

Legislator: FPI has the military backing.
June 30, 2010... from THE JAKARTA POST -- WEDNESDAY, JUNE 30, 2010 -- PAGE 5 The police are reluctant to get tough with the hard-line Islam Defenders Front (FPI) group because of its ties to the Indonesian Military (TNI), a legislator says. "There is...

HIV/AIDS programs to cover to informal, migrant workers.
June 30, 2010... from THE JAKARTA POST -- WEDNESDAY, JUNE 30, 2010 -- PAGE 5 The Manpower and Transmigration Ministry says it is planning to expand workplace HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis prevention programs to include informal sector and migrant workers. "We...

The PKS experiment.
June 30, 2010... from THE JAKARTA POST -- WEDNESDAY, JUNE 30, 2010 -- PAGE 6 In its recent congress, the Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) made a bold move by declaring itself as an open party. The PKS no longer wants to be perceived as an Islamic party, but...

Editorial: FPI no problem.(Editorial)
June 30, 2010... from THE JAKARTA POST -- WEDNESDAY, JUNE 30, 2010 -- PAGE 6 Most urban swells seem prone to it ' gang violence, mob culture and a general abandonment of the law and order. Some excuse it as street justice, others couch it as a poverty related...

View point: The birds and the bees on board Nuh's Ark.
June 30, 2010... from THE JAKARTA POST -- WEDNESDAY, JUNE 30, 2010 -- PAGE 7 My late father used to joke a lot. He was Sundanese, the ethnic group of West Java famous for being raunchy, so he loved dirty jokes. I remember one of his favorites: What's the...

Text your say: PKS' inclusiveness.
June 30, 2010... from THE JAKARTA POST -- WEDNESDAY, JUNE 30, 2010 -- PAGE 8 Your comments on the declaration of the Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) an inclusive party during the recent congress. How can people believe in statements of PKS elites? It is just a...

Text your say: Sharia law.
June 30, 2010... from THE JAKARTA POST -- WEDNESDAY, JUNE 30, 2010 -- PAGE 8 Your comments on a demand by several Muslim organizations for the implementation of sharia law both in Bekasi regency and municipality, West Java It is good idea. Go for it. Indonesia...

Comment: Rejecting non-subsidized fuel plan.
June 30, 2010... from THE JAKARTA POST -- WEDNESDAY, JUNE 30, 2010 -- PAGE 8 June 27, Online: Most owners of private cars above 2000cc have expressed their objection to the government's plan to forbid them from using non-subsidized fuel. "We pay our annual...

Issue: 'FPI Must Be Banned: House Legislators'
June 30, 2010... from THE JAKARTA POST -- WEDNESDAY, JUNE 30, 2010 -- PAGE 8 June 28, Online: A multi-party coalition of legislators at the House of Representatives demanded that the Islam Defenders Front (FPI) be officially declared a forbidden organization,...

Comment: Bad traffic hampers evacuation in Jakarta.
June 30, 2010... from THE JAKARTA POST -- WEDNESDAY, JUNE 30, 2010 -- PAGE 8 June 27, Online: Jakarta, famous for its bad traffic and tall buildings often faces the aforementioned challenges in conducting emergency rescues and evacuations by ambulances, the city...

Letter: A time to respond.
June 30, 2010... from THE JAKARTA POST -- WEDNESDAY, JUNE 30, 2010 -- PAGE 8 Every time the people from the Islam Defenders Front (FPI) and their ilk beat up, shout down and disrupt a group of people peacefully gathering to discuss issues that are important to...

Letter: Crash of training aircraft.
June 30, 2010... from THE JAKARTA POST -- WEDNESDAY, JUNE 30, 2010 -- PAGE 8 Regarding the crash of military training aircraft in Bali recently, Lt. Col. Aldrin assured us that the aircraft did not crash, nor did it collide with another aircraft. If this is so,...

Letter: Rachel Corrie and Nobel Peace Prize.
June 30, 2010... from THE JAKARTA POST -- WEDNESDAY, JUNE 30, 2010 -- PAGE 8 When we talk about humanity, we talk about human understanding toward other human beings as part of God's creations, in which all human races are considered equal. There is no...

Total rice paddy area increases.
June 30, 2010... from THE JAKARTA POST -- WEDNESDAY, JUNE 30, 2010 -- PAGE 9 Despite a decades-old trend of forest and rice paddy conversion driven by a searing tourism industry, the island's total area of rice fields has grown over the last three years, an...

Three students feareddrowned at Kuta Beach.
June 30, 2010... from THE JAKARTA POST -- WEDNESDAY, JUNE 30, 2010 -- PAGE 9 A search continues for three teenage students visiting Bali, who reportedly went missing on Monday at the island's most popular beach, Kuta, with local authorities saying they might be...

Workers reject electricity hike.
June 30, 2010... from THE JAKARTA POST -- WEDNESDAY, JUNE 30, 2010 -- PAGE 9 Hundreds of workers took to the streets in Bandung, West Java, on Tuesday to reject the central government's plan to raise electricity fares starting July. The workers, from...

3 Central Java teens feared drowned at Kuta Beach.
June 30, 2010... from THE JAKARTA POST -- WEDNESDAY, JUNE 30, 2010 -- PAGE 9 A search continues for three teenage students visiting Bali who reportedly went missing on Monday at the island's most popular beach, Kuta, with local authorities saying they were swept...

Police arrest suspect in rape of foreign tourist.
June 30, 2010... from THE JAKARTA POST -- WEDNESDAY, JUNE 30, 2010 -- PAGE 9 The Denpasar Police have arrested a suspect in a rape of an Australian tourist. Denpasar Police deputy chief Adj. Sr. Comr. I Putu Mahasena announced Tuesday that the rape allegedly...

Tourist sites, airlines see busy business.
June 30, 2010... from THE JAKARTA POST -- WEDNESDAY, JUNE 30, 2010 -- PAGE 9 School holidays put the tourism business in full swing in Central Java and Yogyakarta, with holidaygoers flocking to popular tourist spots, while in Riau, the vacation has triggered an...

NTT aims to free villages from food crisis.
June 30, 2010... from THE JAKARTA POST -- WEDNESDAY, JUNE 30, 2010 -- PAGE 9 Most villages in East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) are unable to produce enough food to sustain themselves, and could suffer severe food shortages in the event of unfavorable weather conditions,...

Rabies kills boy, death toll reaches 52.
June 30, 2010... from THE JAKARTA POST -- WEDNESDAY, JUNE 30, 2010 -- PAGE 9 A 9-year-old boy was pronounced dead on Sunday evening after displaying symptoms usually associated with rabies, bringing Bali's death toll from the deadly epidemic to 52. Identified...

Italian falls to her death on mount Rinjani.
June 30, 2010... from THE JAKARTA POST -- WEDNESDAY, JUNE 30, 2010 -- PAGE 9 MATARAM, West Nusa Tenggara: An Italian climber fell to his death late Monday while on an expedition on Mount Rinjani in Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara. NTB Police spokesman, Adj. Comr....

Bali still a favorite school holiday destination.
June 30, 2010... from THE JAKARTA POST -- WEDNESDAY, JUNE 30, 2010 -- PAGE 9 DENPASAR: Bali is still the favorite holiday destination of national school children, figures show. Since the start of the school holidays, buses carrying students from Java have...

Girl mauled by tiger in a park.
June 30, 2010... from THE JAKARTA POST -- WEDNESDAY, JUNE 30, 2010 -- PAGE 9 MALANG, East Java: A 3-and-a-half year old girl suffered serious injuries when she was mauled by a juvenile Bengal tiger at Taman Safari Indonesia 2 in Prigen, Pasuruan regency, East...

Supermarkets told to stop using plastic bags.
June 30, 2010... from THE JAKARTA POST -- WEDNESDAY, JUNE 30, 2010 -- PAGE 9 DENPASAR: In a move to protect the resort island's environment, Bali Governor Made Mangku Pastika has called on the island's supermarkets and malls to stop using plastic carrier bags....

Power consumption normal during World Cup.
June 30, 2010... from THE JAKARTA POST -- WEDNESDAY, JUNE 30, 2010 -- PAGE 9 DENPASAR: Power usage on the island has remained at normal levels in recent weeks despite that the World Cup is drawing thousands of soccer fans to watch more TV than normal, an...

Japan invests further in RI's future.
June 30, 2010... from THE JAKARTA POST -- WEDNESDAY, JUNE 30, 2010 -- PAGE 10 Japan has pledged continued financial aid to Indonesia, following a 50-year history of cooperation. In a seminar on Japan and Indonesia cooperation on Tuesday, Japanese Ambassador...

Afghan war needs higher priority in RI's global agenda: Experts.
June 30, 2010... from THE JAKARTA POST -- WEDNESDAY, JUNE 30, 2010 -- PAGE 12 The ongoing conflict in Afghanistan needs more attention in Jakarta's foreign policy agenda, as Indonesia has been feeling the heat over issues including the Afghan refugees, terrorist...

Nissan to double output in Indonesia.
June 30, 2010... from THE JAKARTA POST -- WEDNESDAY, JUNE 30, 2010 -- PAGE 13 The investment would allow Nissan to increase output to 100,000 vehicles a year in 2013, simply by adding a new assembly line at its plant in Purwakarta, West Java, which is operated...

Swiss president and entourage on confidence-building mission.
June 30, 2010... from THE JAKARTA POST -- WEDNESDAY, JUNE 30, 2010 -- PAGE 13 High on the agenda is seeking new agreements that will allow greater trade between the two countries. Indonesia's export to Switzerland stands at US$170 million a year, well below that...

Tariff hike may trigger huge layoffs study shows.
June 30, 2010... from THE JAKARTA POST -- WEDNESDAY, JUNE 30, 2010 -- PAGE 13 The proposal, which mandates an average 10 percent power tariff increase, will lower industry's need for workers by 1.17 percent. More than one million workers could be affected,...

Waskita revenue may grow by 40% after restructuring.
June 30, 2010... from THE JAKARTA POST -- WEDNESDAY, JUNE 30, 2010 -- PAGE 14 Waskita has also targeted to increase its net profits by Rp 155 billion this year, three times the Rp 50 billion it earned in 2009. Waskita president director M. Choliq said Tuesday...

Weekly loan growth reached Rp 8.9 trillion last week: BI.
June 30, 2010... from THE JAKARTA POST -- WEDNESDAY, JUNE 30, 2010 -- PAGE 14 Outstanding loans during the week had increased 18.73 percent from the same period last year, according to a weekly survey conducted by Bank Indonesia. "The year-to-date growth in...

G.E.M.S. of leadership ' mentoring (Part 3).
June 30, 2010... from THE JAKARTA POST -- WEDNESDAY, JUNE 30, 2010 -- PAGE 15 Amol Titus Behind the media hype and industry plaudits earned by Tata Nano, a contemporary emerging markets innovation in terms of engineering and pricing, there lies also a case study...

Ethical dilemmas.
June 30, 2010... from THE JAKARTA POST -- WEDNESDAY, JUNE 30, 2010 -- PAGE 15 Corruption means complicity. An expert in business and human rights commented at a CIMA roundtable debate in the UK last year, billions of pounds cannot "disappear" from a company...

Rizwan Alamsjah: Art of marketing based on sincerity.
June 30, 2010... from THE JAKARTA POST -- WEDNESDAY, JUNE 30, 2010 -- PAGE 15 Who would have ever guessed that someone who tried to quit three times from a company at the beginning of his career would become one of the spearheads of the company? Meet Rizwan...

PD Pasar Jaya holds fire drill.
June 30, 2010... from THE JAKARTA POST -- WEDNESDAY, JUNE 30, 2010 -- PAGE 18 Almost one hundred vendors and officials from the city fire agency participated in the vent, which included a drill on how to use fire extinguishers and a simulated evacuation,...

Residents switch back to kerosene stoves.
June 30, 2010... from THE JAKARTA POST -- WEDNESDAY, JUNE 30, 2010 -- PAGE 18 TANGERANG: Residents have begun ditching 3-kilogram liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) canisters, following reports of scores of recent fires caused by leaking gas that have claimed dozens...

Six-year-old boy missing in West Jakarta.
June 30, 2010... from THE JAKARTA POST -- WEDNESDAY, JUNE 30, 2010 -- PAGE 18 Deputy police chairman Adj. Snr. Comr. Aan Suhanan said the boy, Riyan Cahyadi, had been reported to the police on Sunday as having been missing for three days. "We suspect the boy...

Once native, classic motifs return as visitors.
June 30, 2010... from THE JAKARTA POST -- WEDNESDAY, JUNE 30, 2010 -- PAGE 18 Many of the traders there looked befuddled when asked whether they were familiar with such batik. "If you're asking about Betawi batik that is made in Jakarta, most stores here...

Thuggery exists to maintain order in traditional markets.
June 30, 2010... from THE JAKARTA POST -- WEDNESDAY, JUNE 30, 2010 -- PAGE 18 Some prefer the last option, reportedly including market operator PD Pasar Jaya, said to be running a dirty business involving local thugs in managing markets in the city. Several...

Independence monument a witness to poverty.
June 30, 2010... from THE JAKARTA POST -- WEDNESDAY, JUNE 30, 2010 -- PAGE 18 "I'm bored of seeing nothing but those statues," said Suwito with a bitter sigh. "I'm thinking of moving but I don't know where to yet." For four years, the homeless man and his wife...

Shuttlers travel for hope and glory.
June 30, 2010... from THE JAKARTA POST -- WEDNESDAY, JUNE 30, 2010 -- PAGE 19 A former coach says badminton for Indonesia is perhaps like soccer for Brazil. In pursuit of glory ' and money, ultimately ' Brazilians swarm around the world to play soccer ' just...

A brief spot of joy amid the mud.
June 30, 2010... from THE JAKARTA POST -- WEDNESDAY, JUNE 30, 2010 -- PAGE 21 It is nearly 9 a.m., and as the excited voices of children grow louder, women hunt for their costumes and giant puppets lie on the ground, waiting to be brought to life over the next...

Heated by the sun.
June 30, 2010... from THE JAKARTA POST -- WEDNESDAY, JUNE 30, 2010 -- PAGE 25 The threats of global warming have prompted the world to conserve as much as energy possible. This immediately touches on how people live their lives, leading to the construction of...

The Akmani Hotel: Simple elegance in the heart of the city.
June 30, 2010... from THE JAKARTA POST -- WEDNESDAY, JUNE 30, 2010 -- PAGE 26 Upon careful observation, it can be seen that facade of the nine- story building comprises edgy dark-colored cladding separated by seven windows down the center. With the underground...

Actor Roger Danuarta mourns over father's death.
June 30, 2010... from THE JAKARTA POST -- WEDNESDAY, JUNE 30, 2010 -- PAGE 28 JAKARTA: The father of sinetron actor Roger Danuarta, Johnny Danuarta, died Monday at Eka Hospital, in BSD, Tangerang. Courtesy of Kawanku Johnny, who owns a bridal and salon...

Grace Pamungkas Treating history with grace.
June 30, 2010... from THE JAKARTA POST -- WEDNESDAY, JUNE 30, 2010 -- PAGE 28 Grace Pamungkas, an architect with social justice ideals, got fed up working for the government when called on to research public housing and restoration projects, and prepare budgets....

Politicians question government inaction.
June 29, 2010... from THE JAKARTA POST -- TUESDAY, JUNE 29, 2010 -- PAGE 1 The central government has been criticized for providing too much leeway for hardliners to grow, letting them push for sharia-based bylaws at the expense of the nation's unity,...

Text your say: Demand for sharia law.
June 29, 2010... from THE JAKARTA POST -- TUESDAY, JUNE 29, 2010 -- PAGE 1 A congress of several Muslim groups demanded the implementation of sharia law in Bekasi, West Java. What do you think? Send your thoughts by email to readersforum@thejakartapost.com or by...

Investigations continue after fatal cafe blaze.
June 29, 2010... from THE JAKARTA POST -- TUESDAY, JUNE 29, 2010 -- PAGE 2 Surabaya Police have yet to name a suspect after a fire ripped through a packed Redboxx cafe and discotheque early on Friday, killing 11 people including two foreigners. Of the 11 dead...

City residents grow plants for pleasure.
June 29, 2010... from THE JAKARTA POST -- TUESDAY, JUNE 29, 2010 -- PAGE 2 For Gatot Rachmadi, 50, his home garden is his private sanctuary, a daily dose of therapy that helps him escape from daily pressure. He began to grow plants in the L-shaped yard in...

Bekasi NU and PKS back sharia law.
June 29, 2010... from THE JAKARTA POST -- TUESDAY, JUNE 29, 2010 -- PAGE 2 Local branches of mainstream Muslim organizations have supported the recent demand to instate sharia law in Bekasi, regardless of negative responses from the public. Deputy secretary...

Politicians, officials take to Twitter in droves.
June 29, 2010... from THE JAKARTA POST -- TUESDAY, JUNE 29, 2010 -- PAGE 4 From gubernatorial campaigns to political activities and fluff stories of the President or their own families, young Indonesian politicians and high-level officials now publicly share...

Christian-based party supports 3% threshold.
June 29, 2010... from THE JAKARTA POST -- TUESDAY, JUNE 29, 2010 -- PAGE 4 JAKARTA: The newly elected chairman of the Christian-based Prosperous Peace Party (PDS) said Monday that his party opposed the legislative threshold of 5 percent for the 2014 election,...

Council also wants Rp 1 billion 'aspiration fund'.
June 29, 2010... from THE JAKARTA POST -- TUESDAY, JUNE 29, 2010 -- PAGE 4 JAKARTA: The Regional Representatives Council has refueled a controversy over a constituency fund initiated by the Golkar Party, saying it was considering a push to implement the scheme...

'Tempo' corrupt cop story prompts dubious sellout.
June 29, 2010... from THE JAKARTA POST -- TUESDAY, JUNE 29, 2010 -- PAGE 4 It was still 2:30 a.m. when a group of 10 men arrived at a major magazine and newspaper distribution outlet in Harmoni, Central Jakarta, on Monday. "We want to buy all copies of this...

Saudi national beats terror charge.
June 29, 2010... from THE JAKARTA POST -- TUESDAY, JUNE 29, 2010 -- PAGE 4 The South Jakarta District Court acquitted retired Saudi Arabian teacher Al Khelaiw Ali Abdullah on Tuesday from the charges of assisting terrorist activities, but sentenced him to 18...

Experts: Regions still need doctors.
June 29, 2010... from THE JAKARTA POST -- TUESDAY, JUNE 29, 2010 -- PAGE 5 The government must motivate doctors to serve in remote areas to deliver basic healthcare to all Indonesians, despite incentives that draw physicians to big cities, agreed experts at a...

Forest concessions get help for certification.
June 29, 2010... from THE JAKARTA POST -- TUESDAY, JUNE 29, 2010 -- PAGE 5 Local forest concession-holders on Monday signed up for a program to help them gain certification for responsible logging practices, which would enable them to sell to countries applying...

Coal mining damages forests.
June 29, 2010... from THE JAKARTA POST -- TUESDAY, JUNE 29, 2010 -- PAGE 6 Indonesia has been the world's largest exporter of seaborne thermal coal since 2005, enjoying the advantages of low production costs as most of its estimated 95 billion tons of reserves...

The renminbi appreciation 'should be gradual'.
June 29, 2010... from THE JAKARTA POST -- TUESDAY, JUNE 29, 2010 -- PAGE 6 In response to global pressures, China ended on June 19, 2010, the peg of its currency, the renminbi (yuan), to the US dollar, allowed a greater flexibility of its exchange rate and let...

The good, the bad,and population growth.
June 29, 2010... from THE JAKARTA POST -- TUESDAY, JUNE 29, 2010 -- PAGE 7 The Central Statistics Agency (BPS) is conducting a decennial population census. Coincidentally, the event is taking place when officials appeal for public support for the family planning...

Comments: Instigation to burn Ahmadiyah mosques.
June 29, 2010... from THE JAKARTA POST -- TUESDAY, JUNE 29, 2010 -- PAGE 8 Referring to Ahmad Ghozali's letter published in The Jakarta Post on June 14 under the heading "All the Muslims must be saved" in which he instigated burning Ahmadiyah Muslims' mosques,...

Issues: 'Call against Christianization'.
June 29, 2010... from THE JAKARTA POST -- TUESDAY, JUNE 29, 2010 -- PAGE 8 A group of Bekasi-based Islamic organizations ran Sunday a public gathering with their supporters to officially publish the result of their recent joint Islamic congress aimed at fighting...

Letter: The TV programs that we need.
June 29, 2010... from THE JAKARTA POST -- TUESDAY, JUNE 29, 2010 -- PAGE 8 Television has become people's best friend nowadays. People watch TV not only to be entertained, but recently also to get some updates about what is happening in this big country. TV...

Letter: Impact of the sex videos.
June 29, 2010... from THE JAKARTA POST -- TUESDAY, JUNE 29, 2010 -- PAGE 8 I will comment on an article titled "Ariel 'Peterporn' detained", (the Post, June 22) and various comments from the readers. I do share the view of various institutions and some...