Jakarta Post articles from March 2007, page 7

Jakarta Post archives from March 2007

Water contract may be revised in city's favor.
March 16, 2007... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- FRIDAY, MARCH 16, 2007 -- PAGE 4 The city administration is set to evaluate its water concession contracts with its two operators -- PT Thames PAM Jaya (TPJ) and PT PAM Lyonnaise Jaya...

Final curtain for Megaria cinema?
March 16, 2007... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- FRIDAY, MARCH 16, 2007 -- PAGE 5 Some had their first date there, some their first kiss, and that is why hundreds of people have stepped forward to defend the 75-year-old cinema on a...

Shared memories the decider in saving heritage building.
March 16, 2007... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- FRIDAY, MARCH 16, 2007 -- PAGE 5 Hundreds of people seem ready to take to the streets if cinema Megaria is torn down. Ironically, just a 10-minute drive away from the building, a 19th...

The future is history.
March 16, 2007... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- FRIDAY, MARCH 16, 2007 -- PAGE 6 Just a week ago, women in Manila, Jakarta and other Asian cities protested in the streets against the Japanese government, which again signaled that it was...

Action, not repentance key to ending disasters.
March 16, 2007... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- FRIDAY, MARCH 16, 2007 -- PAGE 6 Indonesia's reputation as being a religious nation is being put to the test in the wake of disasters that have struck one after another throughout the...

Asian Agri responds.
March 16, 2007... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- FRIDAY, MARCH 16, 2007 -- PAGE 7 The Jakarta Post's article on March 8 titled Is an extradition treaty with Singapore the magic bullet? incorrectly implies that Indonesian businessman...

Better education in Indonesia.
March 16, 2007... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- FRIDAY, MARCH 16, 2007 -- PAGE 7 I agree with Ronald Ramakers that those protesting daily against corruption, if they could acquire top positions, mostly would not mind being corrupt in...

Republic of Dreams.
March 16, 2007... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- FRIDAY, MARCH 16, 2007 -- PAGE 7 I disagree with Information and Communications Minister Sofyan Djalil that Republik Mimpi (Republic of Dreams) provides a negative political education for...

Are disasters punishment or test of faith?
March 16, 2007... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- FRIDAY, MARCH 16, 2007 -- PAGE 7 "Say ye, o'er that yet quivering mass of flesh: God is avenged: the wage of sin is death? What crime, what sin, had those young hearts conceived, that lie,...

In Indonesia, behind bars doesn't mean out of touch.
March 16, 2007... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- FRIDAY, MARCH 16, 2007 -- PAGE 7 Barring an unforeseen delay, convicted terrorists will soon have a new home on Nusa Kambangan island off Cilacap in Central Java, where a new maximum...

School principals to train overseas.
March 16, 2007... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- FRIDAY, MARCH 16, 2007 -- PAGE 8 The government will send school principals from elementary to senior high school levels to Malaysia and Singapore to broaden their horizons and help...

Con man caught after 4 months.
March 16, 2007... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- FRIDAY, MARCH 16, 2007 -- PAGE 8 BANDUNG, West Java: Police have arrested the main suspect in a swindling racket that masqueraded as an investment savings scheme West Java police chief...

Lombok entrepreneur helps environment and turns a profit.
March 16, 2007... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- FRIDAY, MARCH 16, 2007 -- PAGE 8 Hundreds of fishing boats bob in the waters off Ampenan Beach in Mataram, West Nusa Tenggara. It is a classic sight, one little changed over the years....

Freeport to fix Timika runway.
March 16, 2007... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- FRIDAY, MARCH 16, 2007 -- PAGE 8 TIMIKA, Papua: PT Freeport Indonesia's Airfast Aviation Facilities Company, which manages the Moses Kilangin International Airport here, is set to restore...

Stakeholders issue Bukit Barisan park declaration.
March 16, 2007... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- FRIDAY, MARCH 16, 2007 -- PAGE 8 Government, business and NGO representatives have issued a joint declaration on the importance of protecting Bukit Barisan Selatan National Park in...

Government called on to reopen BLBI case.
March 16, 2007... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- FRIDAY, MARCH 16, 2007 -- PAGE 9 Economists and legal experts have asked the government to reopen inquiries into the alleged misappropriation of funds from the Bank of Indonesia Liquidity...

NGOs threaten capital bill rallies.
March 16, 2007... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- FRIDAY, MARCH 16, 2007 -- PAGE 9 An alliance of nongovernmental organizations demanded the government and the House of Representatives suspend the deliberation of a contentious bill on...

Criminal Code should be free of religion: Scholars.
March 16, 2007... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- FRIDAY, MARCH 16, 2007 -- PAGE 9 Religious scholars and observers agreed Thursday that lawmakers should exclude any religion-related articles from revisions of the Criminal Code,...

Govt defends death penalty in drug law.
March 16, 2007... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- FRIDAY, MARCH 16, 2007 -- PAGE 9 The government has defended the death penalty in the 1997 law on narcotics, despite opposition from human rights campaigners "In principle, all kinds...

One million more jobless in 2007: Minister.
March 16, 2007... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- FRIDAY, MARCH 16, 2007 -- PAGE 9 The government is predicting the total number of Indonesia's unemployed to rise by one million this year from last year's figure of 10.8 million people ...

Bulog head may face second case.
March 16, 2007... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- FRIDAY, MARCH 16, 2007 -- PAGE 9 JAKARTA: The Attorney General's Office is gathering evidence that may implicate Chairman of the State Logistics Agency (Bulog) Widjanarko Puspoyo, a...

'Sovereignty, non-interference should not hinder ASEAN integration'.
March 16, 2007... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- FRIDAY, MARCH 16, 2007 -- PAGE 11 The 10 members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) should move away from rigid concepts of sovereignty and non-interference to a more...

'Greenie' cars to be on parade at this year's premier car show.
March 16, 2007... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- FRIDAY, MARCH 16, 2007 -- PAGE 13 New "environmentally friendly" cars are expected to take center stage at the 15th Indonesian International Motor Show 2007, which will be held in Jakarta...

G-33 set to reaffirm stand on Doha Agenda.
March 16, 2007... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- FRIDAY, MARCH 16, 2007 -- PAGE 13 To help reaffirm the position of developing countries on the Doha Development Agenda (DDA), Indonesia will host a ministerial level meeting of the G-33...

'Rebel' economist passes away.
March 16, 2007... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- FRIDAY, MARCH 16, 2007 -- PAGE 13 Sarbini Sumawinata, one of the economists who helped lay the foundations of the present Indonesian economic system, has passed away He had been...

Govt may not extend Total's contract.
March 16, 2007... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- FRIDAY, MARCH 16, 2007 -- PAGE 13 The government may not extend Total E&P Indonesie's contract to operate an oil and gas block in the Mahakam Strait and neighboring coastal areas of East...

Hyatt Bandung presents sizzling 'pasar malam'.
March 16, 2007... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- FRIDAY, MARCH 16, 2007 -- PAGE 21 Fresh crabs sizzle in a large wok over a blazing fire, the flames seeming to leap up over the sides and into the pan. The aroma rising from the cooking...

Blitz secures 52% local filmgoer market.
March 16, 2007... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- FRIDAY, MARCH 16, 2007 -- PAGE 21 After only four months of operation in Bandung, the Blitzmegaplex (Blitz) movie theater claims to have secured about 53 percent of the local market of...

Diseases 'cause drop in foreign tourism'.
March 16, 2007... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- FRIDAY, MARCH 16, 2007 -- PAGE 21 BANDUNG: Hemorrhagic fever and avian flu are believed to have caused a drop in the number of foreign tourists visiting West Java. Idjudin Budhiana, head...

Binus takes first in management contest.
March 16, 2007... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- FRIDAY, MARCH 16, 2007 -- PAGE 21 BANDUNG: A team of business management students from Jakarta's Bina Nusantara University has won first prize in a management competition organized by the...

Bandung's 'street snappers return'.
March 16, 2007... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- FRIDAY, MARCH 16, 2007 -- PAGE 21 For about a month now, Maman, 52, has been relieved and back in business in Bandung's town square, better known as alun-alun, after three years' closure...

Rita vows greater role for women in Indonesia sports.
March 16, 2007... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- FRIDAY, MARCH 16, 2007 -- PAGE 23 When Rita Sri Wahyusih Subowo took the helm as the first woman to chair the Indonesian Sports Council (KONI), an organization long led by men and retired...

Maradona to visit Jakarta in May.
March 16, 2007... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- FRIDAY, MARCH 16, 2007 -- PAGE 23 JAKARTA: Soccer legend Diego Armando Maradona of Argentina plans to visit Jakarta in May as part of his Maradona Asia Tour program Nelson Sanchez, the...

Rijal/Polii reaches Swiss Open quarters.
March 16, 2007... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- FRIDAY, MARCH 16, 2007 -- PAGE 23 JAKARTA: Mixed doubles duo Muhammad Rijal and Greysia Polii became the first Indonesians to reach the quarterfinals of the US$200,000 Swiss Super Series...

Hernadi Tanzil: A helping hand for book lovers.
March 16, 2007... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- FRIDAY, MARCH 16, 2007 -- PAGE 24 As book prices get more and more expensive every year, book lovers need help being more selective about the books they buy. Hernadi Tanzil is giving that...

Pharmaceutical body issues new marketing code.
March 15, 2007... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- THURSDAY, MARCH 15, 2007 -- PAGE 1 At most doctor's offices in Jakarta, patients will find themselves sharing the waiting room not only with fellow patients but also sales reps from...

SBY in Flores to meet landslide victims, urges environmental care.
March 15, 2007... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- THURSDAY, MARCH 15, 2007 -- PAGE 1 President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono visited Manggarai regency, on Flores Island on Wednesday, which was recently the scene of deadly floods and landslides...

Parties at odds over proposed election bills.
March 15, 2007... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- THURSDAY, MARCH 15, 2007 -- PAGE 1 Political parties are at odds over new political bills proposed by the government ahead of the 2009 general elections, with minority parties warning of...

Logistics chief named suspect in graft case.
March 15, 2007... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- THURSDAY, MARCH 15, 2007 -- PAGE 2 The Attorney General's Office (AGO) on Wednesday named National Logistics Agency (Bulog) chairman Widjanarko Puspoyo as a suspect in a graft case...

Officer shoots boss before being killed by fellow cops.
March 15, 2007... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- THURSDAY, MARCH 15, 2007 -- PAGE 2 A police officer angry about being transferred to a small town shot and killed his supervisor Wednesday, before he himself was killed by members of an...

Press freedom in RI always curbed, say journalists.
March 15, 2007... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- THURSDAY, MARCH 15, 2007 -- PAGE 2 Senior journalists said Wednesday that press freedom had never been properly nourished in Indonesia, with constant collisions occurring between the...

Ministry invests in seedlings for the future.
March 15, 2007... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- THURSDAY, MARCH 15, 2007 -- PAGE 4 A student plants one of the seedlings donated by the Forestry Ministry on Wednesday to farmers and community members in Megamendung, Bogor The...

Analysts 'not buying' poll results.
March 15, 2007... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- THURSDAY, MARCH 15, 2007 -- PAGE 4 Analysts have questioned the results of a survey of 6,000 Jakartans who are registered to vote in the gubernatorial election in August, saying many of...

New TB cases found in Bekasi.
March 15, 2007... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- THURSDAY, MARCH 15, 2007 -- PAGE 4 BEKASI: The Bekasi health agency estimates about 50,000 people in the regency have tuberculosis, with 14 reported deaths from the disease in 2005 The...

Suppliers demand debt settlement.
March 15, 2007... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- THURSDAY, MARCH 15, 2007 -- PAGE 4 TANGERANG: A number of suppliers and workers of swimsuit manufacturer PT Selaras Natural on Wednesday rallied in front of the Tangerang Immigration...

Community radio stations ordered off the airwaves.
March 15, 2007... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- THURSDAY, MARCH 15, 2007 -- PAGE 4 The Information and Communications Ministry has ordered a number of community radio stations to go off the air for "jeopardizing aviation safety" at...

Three-in-one policy soon to be history.
March 15, 2007... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- THURSDAY, MARCH 15, 2007 -- PAGE 4 Governor Sutiyoso on Monday said Electronic Road Pricing (ERP) would replace the three-in-one policy, which has been deemed an ineffective means of...

'Pits not suited to every property'.
March 15, 2007... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- THURSDAY, MARCH 15, 2007 -- PAGE 4 As of this week, the State Ministry for the Environment has been on a mission to promote rainwater harvesting, particularly through the use of...

Book ban stirs murky memories.
March 15, 2007... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- THURSDAY, MARCH 15, 2007 -- PAGE 5 "What do you know about the G30S (September 30th movement)?" The Jakarta Post asked an 11th grader at state elementary school No. 3 in Setiabudi, South...

History depends on the beholders.
March 15, 2007... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- THURSDAY, MARCH 15, 2007 -- PAGE 5 The fall of Soeharto in 1998 marked the opening of the country's Pandora's Box, which contained all sorts of information including on who masterminded...

The executive decision.
March 15, 2007... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- THURSDAY, MARCH 15, 2007 -- PAGE 6 A new wave of pressure to reshuffle Cabinet has been mounted on President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, as people begin to grow impatient with the poor...

The united ASEAN dreamliner.
March 15, 2007... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- THURSDAY, MARCH 15, 2007 -- PAGE 6 Two decades ago, the legendary director of the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS), Prof. K. S. Sandhu, advised a young scholar that while the...

Not just another reshuffle.
March 15, 2007... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- THURSDAY, MARCH 15, 2007 -- PAGE 6 After 28 months in power, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is facing mounting pressure to reshuffle his Cabinet Those demanding the reshuffle,...

Mormon don't practice polygamy.
March 15, 2007... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- THURSDAY, MARCH 15, 2007 -- PAGE 7 In reference to a recently published article entitled Having multiple wives, raising multiple opinions in The Jakarta Post March 10 edition, Maggie...

On Mormon sects.
March 15, 2007... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- THURSDAY, MARCH 15, 2007 -- PAGE 7 Thank you for your response to my March 10 article in The Jakarta Post. To clarify the matter, however, I would like to emphasize that in the original...

Better late than never.
March 15, 2007... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- THURSDAY, MARCH 15, 2007 -- PAGE 7 I would like to draw the attention of Indonesian scientists to the fact there have been a lot of warnings written in The Jakarta Post on the impacts of...

Problems with zeros.
March 15, 2007... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- THURSDAY, MARCH 15, 2007 -- PAGE 7 I refer to my article Debate over mining law has been long on rhetoric, short on facts (The Jakarta Post, March 14). Now it is me with problems with...

TNI enlists in nationwide war against poverty.
March 15, 2007... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- THURSDAY, MARCH 15, 2007 -- PAGE 7 The most urgent issue facing Indonesia today is poverty reduction Measured in terms of income, poverty affects 48 percent of Indonesia's total...

Medical team still missing at sea after two weeks.
March 15, 2007... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- THURSDAY, MARCH 15, 2007 -- PAGE 8 Search and rescue teams are still trying to find the boat in which a six-member medical team from the West Southeast Maluku Health Office has been...

President inaugurates education network.
March 15, 2007... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- THURSDAY, MARCH 15, 2007 -- PAGE 8 President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono launched a national Internet education network Wednesday throughout Indonesia's 33 provinces The network debuted...

Director faces 5 years in jail for log thefts.
March 15, 2007... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- THURSDAY, MARCH 15, 2007 -- PAGE 8 JAMBI, Jambi province: Public Prosecutor Kardinal demanded Wednesday the Jambi District Court sentence the director of CV Sengketi Jaya, Salim, to five...

Rough seas keeping fishermen ashore.
March 15, 2007... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- THURSDAY, MARCH 15, 2007 -- PAGE 8 Thousands of fishermen in West Java's Cirebon and Central Java's Cilacap regencies have stayed on land over the past week fearing continuing bad weather...

RI demands a global deal on virus sharing.
March 15, 2007... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- THURSDAY, MARCH 15, 2007 -- PAGE 9 Indonesia will continue to refuse to share its bird flu virus samples with the World Health Organization (WHO) as long as there is no legally binding...

AGO remains inert on past rights cases.
March 15, 2007... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- THURSDAY, MARCH 15, 2007 -- PAGE 9 JAKARTA: Attorney General Abdul Rahman Saleh said Wednesday that his office did not have the legal grounds to proceed with an investigation into the...

Agency offers disaster-free land map service.
March 15, 2007... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- THURSDAY, MARCH 15, 2007 -- PAGE 9 Data packages containing information on disaster-free regions in Indonesia will be made available through a service provided by the National Coordinating...

Govt pledges to pursue open-source software.
March 15, 2007... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- THURSDAY, MARCH 15, 2007 -- PAGE 9 In spite of a deal with the U.S.-based software giant Microsoft, the government pledged Wednesday that it would continue promoting the use of open-source...

Poll signals comeback for Mega's PDI-P.
March 15, 2007... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- THURSDAY, MARCH 15, 2007 -- PAGE 9 A midtern survey on Indonesian voters' political preferences has signaled the possible return to center stage of the Indonesian Democratic Party of...

EU agrees to intensify exchange with Indonesia at Berlin meeting.
March 15, 2007... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- THURSDAY, MARCH 15, 2007 -- PAGE 10 The European Union agreed Tuesday (Wednesday morning in Jakarta) to intensify its exchange with Indonesia, home to world's largest Muslim population...

Government told to involve public in ASEAN Charter drafting process.
March 15, 2007... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- THURSDAY, MARCH 15, 2007 -- PAGE 12 The drafting of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Charter should involve the public to enhance their understanding of its impact and...

Brazilian minister visits Indonesia to boost cooperation.
March 15, 2007... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- THURSDAY, MARCH 15, 2007 -- PAGE 12 Brazil's Minister of Agriculture, Livestock and Food Supply Luis Carlos Guedes Pinto will arrive in Jakarta on Thursday on a two-day visit to explore...

Component, plane makers in sights of survivors.
March 15, 2007... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- THURSDAY, MARCH 15, 2007 -- PAGE 13 Relatives of the passengers injured or killed in three major air crashes involving local airlines Mandala Air, Adam Air and, most recently, Garuda...

Sales of pharmaceutical products declined last year.
March 15, 2007... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- THURSDAY, MARCH 15, 2007 -- PAGE 13 Slower demand in the fourth quarter hit overall full-year growth in the pharmaceutical industry last year, and has led to pessimism about growth...

Inco plans to invest $1 billion to build two nickel plants.
March 15, 2007... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- THURSDAY, MARCH 15, 2007 -- PAGE 13 PT International Nickel Indonesia (Inco), the country's biggest nickel miner, said Wednesday it would build two new nickel plants by 2010 at a total...

Preparing to oust evil.
March 15, 2007... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- THURSDAY, MARCH 15, 2007 -- PAGE 19 Village communities across Bali are joyously preparing for the most important Hindu holiday on the calendar, Nyepi, or the Day of Silence, which marks...

Young journalist captures Bali's different colors.
March 15, 2007... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- THURSDAY, MARCH 15, 2007 -- PAGE 19 Young journalist I Nyoman Wija was not known as a serious photographer previously. To some of his colleagues, Wija is more known for the leather jacket...

Rites of 'Nyepi'.
March 15, 2007... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- THURSDAY, MARCH 15, 2007 -- PAGE 19 There are few places in the world that completely shut down for a 24- hour period as Bali does for its holiest day, Nyepi, or the Day of Silence, which...

Luxury of sedan, power of SUV.
March 15, 2007... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- THURSDAY, MARCH 15, 2007 -- PAGE 21 How does it feel to drive a car with unparalleled stability over a long distance, speeding smoothly with greater power for the comfort of all...

Popsivo eyes a slot in Proliga finals.
March 15, 2007... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- THURSDAY, MARCH 15, 2007 -- PAGE 22 Though it is new to the Proliga volleyball league, Popsivo of Jakarta, a squad composed of policewomen, is brimming with confidence, promising victory...

Simon advances, Firdasari out.
March 15, 2007... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- THURSDAY, MARCH 15, 2007 -- PAGE 23 JAKARTA: Simon advanced to the US$200,000 Swiss Open Badminton Super Series main draw after he won all three matches in the knock-out qualifying round...

Indonesia defeated by Vietnam 1-0.
March 15, 2007... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- THURSDAY, MARCH 15, 2007 -- PAGE 23 Indonesian players' weakening stamina cost the country a 1-0 defeat to visitor Vietnam during the Asia zone pre-qualification for the 2008 Beijing...

Luh Ketut Suryani: Living on suicide watch.
March 15, 2007... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- THURSDAY, MARCH 15, 2007 -- PAGE 24 An alarming leap in suicide numbers has led Balinese psychiatrist and spiritual healer, Professor Luh Ketut Suryani, to reexamine Bali's methods of...

TB remains problem in Indonesia.
March 14, 2007... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- WEDNESDAY, MARCH 14, 2007 -- PAGE 1 While Indonesia has reached the 2005 global cure rate target for tuberculosis, it still remains the most deadly communicable disease in the country,...

Cut in deposit guarantee may help spread funds 'more evenly'.
March 14, 2007... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- WEDNESDAY, MARCH 14, 2007 -- PAGE 1 The Deposit Insurance Agency (LPS)'s plan to lower its insurance ceiling on bank deposits next week by about 90 percent may help spread out depositor...

Workers may get day off for election.
March 14, 2007... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- WEDNESDAY, MARCH 14, 2007 -- PAGE 2 The Jakarta General Elections Commission (KPUD) has proposed residents be given the day off to vote in the city's first gubernatorial election, which...