Jakarta Post articles from October 2006

Jakarta Post archives from October 2006

RI-Timor Leste borderline tightened.
October 30, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- MONDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2006 -- PAGE 8 Soldiers stationed at the Indonesia-Timor Leste border have intensified security along the southern part of Belu regency in East Nusa Tenggara to prevent...

Tommy to be released today.
October 30, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- MONDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2006 -- PAGE 1 Hutomo "Tommy" Mandala Putra, former president Soeharto's youngest son, will walk out of prison Monday after serving time for arranging the 2001 murder...

What bird flu? Ignorance reigns in backyards around capital.
October 30, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- MONDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2006 -- PAGE 2 Three years after the first bird flu infections attacked Indonesian poultry, Kusnadi, 40, a poultry farmer in Sawangan, an area bordering Jakarta and...

Sisters, something good has gotta come out of this.
October 30, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- MONDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2006 -- PAGE 2 Now here is a revelation: I have found that I am nothing but uncovered meat waiting to be gobbled up by a cat! That was what a senior Australian cleric...

Rights groups want UN involved in Munir probe.
October 30, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- MONDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2006 -- PAGE 2 Losing trust in the new police investigating team, activists demanded Saturday that the government involve the United Nations in the probe into the 2004...

Kalla meets Poso leaders in bid to ease tensions.
October 30, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- MONDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2006 -- PAGE 2 In a bid to ease tensions in the conflict-scarred town of Poso, Vice President Jusuf Kalla met with local leaders here late Sunday Since Kalla's...

Hotels take a hit during holiday.
October 30, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- MONDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2006 -- PAGE 3 Taking a hit from the mudik tradition during the Idul Fitri holiday, hotels in the country's large cities are experiencing a dip in occupancy rates, an...

Drug prices still have a long way to fall.
October 30, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- MONDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2006 -- PAGE 3 Health Minister Siti Fadilah Supari, through Ministerial Decree No 720, dated Sept. 11, decided to sharply lower the prices of some 458 drug items,...

City residents not distracted by campaigning.
October 30, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- MONDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2006 -- PAGE 4 Despite the best efforts of Jakarta's gubernatorial candidates to mobilize the public and donors, most of the city's residents are not particularly...

Fire destroys shop, cars in Manggarai.
October 30, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- MONDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2006 -- PAGE 4 JAKARTA: A fire razed a store selling construction materials and destroyed two parked cars in South Jakarta's Manggarai area Sunday, firefighters said...

People change strategies for a more comfortable holiday.
October 30, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- MONDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2006 -- PAGE 4 After experiencing a series of agonizingly slow, hot and cramped trips to his hometown during the Idul Fitri holidays, Handoyo decided to find a better...

Safari Park turns to Arab desert.
October 30, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- MONDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2006 -- PAGE 4 Camels, elephants, snakes and eagles were let loose from their cages for an hour and a-half on Friday but none of the visitors to the Taman Safari...

'We're not as stupid as before'.
October 30, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- MONDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2006 -- PAGE 4 The campaigns have begun for Jakarta's first-ever direct gubernatorial elections in July and political hopefuls are getting involved in everything from...

U.S. visa application goes electronic.
October 30, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- MONDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2006 -- PAGE 1 As of Nov. 1, people seeking Non-Immigrant Visas to the United States from any country must submit their applications electronically, the U.S Embassy...

Spinning discs the ultimate for city students.
October 30, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- MONDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2006 -- PAGE 5 As the last sounds of the call to prayer fade away in the distance and Jakarta begins to come to life, something new begins to take over in a secondary...

The spat over the split.
October 30, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- MONDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2006 -- PAGE 6 Neither the Indonesian government nor ExxonMobil will gain from a protracted spat over the status of the production-sharing contract for the development...

Improving land value the best solution to annual fire headache.
October 30, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- MONDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2006 -- PAGE 6 Fires are back as a major news item. They do that pretty much every year. Fires and haze are nothing new to this region with reports of thick smoke from...

Munir murder remains mystery.
October 30, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- MONDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2006 -- PAGE 7 Before unveiling the talks between Pollycarpus and Muchdi in the murder case of rights activist Munir, which were denied by both, it is worthwhile to...

Naturalization law.
October 30, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- MONDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2006 -- PAGE 7 According to an article in a national Indonesian newspaper (Kompas, Oct. 7), the regulation to naturalize the children of mixed- marriage couples, which...

Don't mix religion with politics.
October 30, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- MONDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2006 -- PAGE 7 A very interesting editorial appeared in The Jakarta Post on Oct 18, under the title of Islamist party, No?. The editorial says, "The question that...

Poverty, not weapons, the real killer.
October 30, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- MONDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2006 -- PAGE 7 It may sound like hyperbole if people are said to be dying for not having enough food to eat or enough money for health care But the sad fact is that...

Riau crash marks peak of traffic.
October 30, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- MONDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2006 -- PAGE 1 As vacationers through-out Indonesia jammed the thoroughfares into major cities, a bloody traffic accident Saturday claimed at least 15 lives in Riau and...

Car kills woman on Tangerang turnpike.
October 30, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- MONDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2006 -- PAGE 4 TANGERANG: A car hit and killed a woman who got out of a bus when it made an illegal stop on the Tangerang turnpike Sunday morning Wagini, 38, from...

Toddlers join families on long-distance journeys.
October 30, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- MONDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2006 -- PAGE 8 An increasing number of small children are joining their parents to travel by motorcycle for arduous journeys of hundreds of kilometers during the Idul...

Karaha Bodas dispute lingers, until when?
October 30, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- MONDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2006 -- PAGE 6 Reports about Karaha Bodas have resurfaced as Pertamina has been ordered to pay the company compensation resulting from the cancellation of the...

South Sumatra farmer devoured by hungry tiger, official says.
October 30, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- MONDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2006 -- PAGE 8 A farmer of Berlian Jaya village at Bayung Lencir district in Musi Banyuasin regency, South Sumatra, was killed by a starving tiger, which ate nearly all...

Promoting and preserving historical texts through T-shirts.
October 30, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- MONDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2006 -- PAGE 8 Historical documents can be preserved in many ways, such as by keeping them in display cabinets, reinscribing them or framing them However,...

Judicial bodies told to end rift, speed up reform.
October 30, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- MONDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2006 -- PAGE 9 Rivalry among officials of the Supreme Court and Judicial Commission must end or judicial reform will remain an empty slogan, analysts say In the...

New Cabinet need doubted by lawmakers.
October 30, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- MONDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2006 -- PAGE 9 The President's newly established advisory team will only confuse and undermine the work of Cabinet ministers, who should be replaced if they are not...

Golkar may recall two legislators.
October 30, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- MONDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2006 -- PAGE 9 JAKARTA: The Golkar Party may recall two legislators because of their scathing criticism of party chief Agung Laksono's recent Ramadhan speaking tour of...

Laikan village and the failure of transmigration.
October 30, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- MONDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2006 -- PAGE 9 This is the final in a series of three articles written by The Jakarta Post's Ridwan Max Sijabat on the government's changing transmigration policies. He...

PermataBank to offer Rp 500b in bonds.
October 30, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- MONDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2006 -- PAGE 13 PermataBank plans to issue its first-ever bonds worth Rp 500 billion (US$54.3 million) in late November on the back of increased profits this year ...

Indonesia, China sign deal on six energy projects worth $5b.
October 30, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- MONDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2006 -- PAGE 13 The Indonesian government has signed an investment contract with the Chinese government on six energy projects worth up to US$5 billion As reported...

IBM software for everything you have to do.
October 30, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- MONDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2006 -- PAGE 18 Do be aware that today IBM is not just a hardware company anymore. It has sold its PC Division already to a Chinese computer maker Lenovo Yes, you...

Ivan Kolev arrives in Jayapura to coach Persipura soccer club.
October 30, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- MONDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2006 -- PAGE 21 Former Bulgarian national team coach Ivan Kolev is the new coach of Persipura soccer club in Jayapura, Papua Kolev, who arrived at Sentani Airport...

Indonesia strikes gold in badminton worlds.
October 30, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- MONDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2006 -- PAGE 23 Indonesia took two titles in the US$250,000 IBF World Cup badminton championships in Yiyang, China, while the host country took the other three of the...

Utomo Dananjaya: The man behind breeding of prominent figures.
October 30, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- MONDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2006 -- PAGE 24 Talk with 70-year old Utomo Dananjaya, and you will feel his warm and witty candor However, despite his lively mind, the man who has organized...

Bracing for Windows Vista.
October 30, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- MONDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2006 -- PAGE 18 Set for release in three months, Windows Vista will likely be the talk of the IT industry next year. It's hard not to draw parallels with Microsoft's...

Govt may revise policy on dividends for state companies.
October 30, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- MONDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2006 -- PAGE 13 The government will consider determining the amount of dividends state firms must pay into the state coffers according to each operation's business...

Spanning glass wire still needed.
October 30, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- MONDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2006 -- PAGE 18 For most of us, it is not often that we get invited to a dinner on board a ship. So, when Alcatel invited some twenty journalists including myself to...

Indonesia today, the land of black comedy.
October 29, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- SUNDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2006 -- PAGE 1 Flipping through the newspapers these days feels like flipping through an anthology of dark comedies: "Mudflow declared disaster zone" (The Jakarta Post,...

Motorbikes overrun main roads.
October 29, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- SUNDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2006 -- PAGE 1 Convoys of thousands of motorcycles dominated all major road networks Saturday in Central Java and Lampung heading to Jakarta and other West Java cities...

S. Sumatra villagers enjoy annual parade.
October 29, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- SUNDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2006 -- PAGE 1 Among the villagers of South Sumatra, Idul Fitri is not complete without a carnival This one in Ogan Komering Ilir regency comes with couples in...

Sabotage 'caused' cable collapse: PLN.
October 29, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- SUNDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2006 -- PAGE 2 State electricity company PT PLN has said that sabotage by electricity thieves is the likely cause of the collapse of a super high-power transmission...

Post-fasting murder shocks Bogor family.
October 29, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- SUNDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2006 -- PAGE 2 The family of a murdered villager is in shock over the fact that he was killed at the end of the fasting month The brother of Alib bin Hadi, who was...

A radical educator who walks the talk.
October 29, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- SUNDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2006 -- PAGE 4 What is the best education system for children? Ask that question to parents, chances are you would get as many answers as parents interviewed. But pose...

Pizza Marzano: Another choice for pizza lovers.
October 29, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- SUNDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2006 -- PAGE 5 Like burgers or sushi, pizza is a regional dish that has found acceptance in many parts of the world. In Jakarta, pizza went from unknown to mainstream...

Dharmawangsa gets new chef.
October 29, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- SUNDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2006 -- PAGE 5 The Dharmawangsa Hotel Jakarta recently appointed Olivier Piganiol, a French national, as its new executive chef Piganiol, who was born on Nov. 11,...

Crab, Mango at Borobudur.
October 29, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- SUNDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2006 -- PAGE 5 Miyama Japanese Restaurant at Borobudur Hotel Jakarta is offering a variety of crab dishes, including grilled crabmeat, crab hot pot, crabmeat salad,...

Conference at Gran Melia.
October 29, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- SUNDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2006 -- PAGE 5 The Gran Melia Jakarta hosted the Sol Melia regional conference, themed "The 21st Century Challenges", from Oct. 17 to 19 Chaired by the executive...

Hokkaido festival at Shima.
October 29, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- SUNDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2006 -- PAGE 5 During November, Shima Japanese Restaurant at Aryaduta Hotel Jakarta will present a variety of dishes as part of its Hokkaido Festival During this...

Beauty, indeed, is in the eye of the beholder!
October 29, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- SUNDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2006 -- PAGE 6 As my friend and I sipped our coffees one Sunday afternoon at Plaza Indonesia, he asked, "Don't you think that many of the Indonesian women that white...

Young chefs prove their worth.
October 29, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- SUNDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2006 -- PAGE 6 New kid on Bali's culinary block, Bvlgari Hotel won Thursday night, the 10th Anniversary Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA) Black Box Culinary...

More time for Bobby?
October 29, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- SUNDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2006 -- PAGE 7 The Bali tourism industry is a bit desperate at the moment. Last month saw a 5,000 strong son et lumier Ketjak Dance performance at the picturesque Tanah...

Broccoli, the attractive green flower.
October 29, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- SUNDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2006 -- PAGE 8 When I first saw broccoli years ago, I was very attracted to the color of the vegetable. Well, actually I should say the green flower, because actually...

A new context for an old witch.
October 29, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- SUNDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2006 -- PAGE 9 Calonarang is a tale of black magic, misogyny and revenge Calonarang is a story about a widow, a witch, a woman Toeti Heraty Noerhadi-Rooseno,...

A million blooming tulips steal show.
October 29, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- SUNDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2006 -- PAGE 13 Commonwealth Park is covered with a carpet full of flower motifs. This is the first impression of Floriade that comes upon entering the park, located in...

Destruction births resurrection.
October 29, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- SUNDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2006 -- PAGE 14 In an act of monstrous and mindless vandalism, Afghanistan's oppressive Taliban regime bombed to smoking dust two of the world's most important...

Jonathan Franzen: High diction.
October 29, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- SUNDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2006 -- PAGE 14 Author Jonathan Franzen's got so much cynicism that not everybody can take it. He's witty and dark, just like his books His latest book, a memoir...

The Midwife.
October 29, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- SUNDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2006 -- PAGE 14 A few days after Mawar's death, people began to talk -- Kang Dadang swore he had seen that Mawar's grave had swelled up on one side. It looked like a...

Habibie's memoirs: A key reference of third critical era in RI history.
October 29, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- SUNDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2006 -- PAGE 15 Jotting down one's daily activities in a diary is no rare practice for many Indonesians. But publishing one's diary -- a highly political one with a...

Asia's jazz man.
October 29, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- SUNDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2006 -- PAGE 16 Album: Homecoming Artist: Jeremy Monteiro Label: Jazznote If there is one jazz album from this region we can all be proud of, this is it All the...

Nia Dinata awarded HIFF best feature film.
October 29, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- SUNDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2006 -- PAGE 17 Indonesian director Nia Dinata has won the top feature film award at The Louis Vuitton Hawaii International Film Festival (HIFF) for her highly...

Still playing.
October 29, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- SUNDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2006 -- PAGE 17 Crank (Action, 87 minutes) Starring Jason Statham, Amy Smart, Jose Pablo Cantillo, Efren Ramirez, Dwight Yoakam, Carlos Sanz. Directed by Mark Neveldine...

Birds of a feather.
October 29, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- SUNDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2006 -- PAGE 20 The threat of bird flu is no deterrent for Mamat, who lavishes affection on his flock of pigeons daily Amid the concrete jungle of Jakarta in an...

Asiad torch comes to town.
October 29, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- SUNDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2006 -- PAGE 1 This Sunday, sports fans in the capital will get a glimpse of the torch for the upcoming Asian Games, which will be the focus of a relay race in Central...

'Denias': Papuan child's quest for education.
October 29, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- SUNDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2006 -- PAGE 17 Director John de Rantau's first feature film shows a boy's determination to find a proper school, despite his unfavorable background. In Papua, where...

Blood supplies drop to critical levels.
October 28, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- SATURDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2006 -- PAGE 1 National blood supplies have dropped to critical levels during the fasting month and hospitals are urging the public to donate now before they run out...

Highways, ports fill as multitudes hit the road.
October 28, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- SATURDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2006 -- PAGE 1 Thousands of Jakartans are returning to the city after traveling to their home villages to celebrate Idul Fitri Accidents continued on the...

National team toils to strengthen Sidoarjo mud embankment.
October 28, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- SATURDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2006 -- PAGE 2 The national team overseeing the East Java mudflow disaster is racing against time to reinforce a 7.2 kilometer embankment so that it doesn't collapse...

Life is cheap on the national road network.
October 28, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- SATURDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2006 -- PAGE 2 Pendi parked his motorbike in a side street to make a call on his cell phone. His wife and two small children, weary after traveling through the night,...

Watchdogs slam prison remissions.
October 28, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- SATURDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2006 -- PAGE 2 The generous sentence remissions given to wealthy criminals on national holidays smack of corruption, activists said Friday Indonesian Corruption...

A short back and sides and a brush with the law.
October 28, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- SATURDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2006 -- PAGE 4 The traveling barbers who occupy a corner of the public park on Jl Otto Iskandardinata, right beside the Bogor Botanical Gardens, are loved by...

Govt to punish bus operators.
October 28, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- SATURDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2006 -- PAGE 4 JAKARTA: The government has pledged to sanction bus operators who raised their fares above the 30-percent holiday increase approved by the government...

No busway bridge in Jatinegara Barat.
October 28, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- SATURDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2006 -- PAGE 4 JAKARTA: The city administration has said there will be no pedestrian bridge at the busway stop on Jl. Jatinegara Barat, East Jakarta, due to limited...

Family loses son on Idul Fitri eve.
October 28, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- SATURDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2006 -- PAGE 4 Tatang and his family had stopped weeping by Friday, when the police announced the arrest of five people allegedly involved in the murder of Tatang's...

Administration aims to stem rural-urban migration.
October 28, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- SATURDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2006 -- PAGE 4 A band of 2,000 public order officers will make door-to-door checks for newcomers to the city who do not have city-issued ID cards or jobs, the city...

'Officials are inconsiderate'.
October 28, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- SATURDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2006 -- PAGE 4 The Jakarta administration is determined to stop unskilled workers settling in the capital after the Idul Fitri holiday. Activists say the move is a...

Chikungunya fever spreads in Depok.
October 28, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- SATURDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2006 -- PAGE 4 DEPOK: The number of suspected cases of chikungunya fever in Depok, south of Jakarta, has continued to rise Suhada, who volunteers at the Cinere...

Jakartans cough up extra cash for holiday help.
October 28, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- SATURDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2006 -- PAGE 4 If one were to make a list of the most prized commodities in the city during the Idul Fitri holiday it might begin like this: chicken, beef, coconuts,...

Jakartans go to town during the holiday.
October 28, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- SATURDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2006 -- PAGE 5 Nothing stays the same in Jakarta during the Idul Fitri holiday. A hollow feeling, generated by the absence of thousands of residents, comes over the...

Lessons from the young.
October 28, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- SATURDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2006 -- PAGE 6 It all began with the financial crisis in 1997 and the collapse of the New Order government a year later. What had seemed to be an invincible regime...

Setback for Bahasa Indonesia?
October 28, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- SATURDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2006 -- PAGE 6 On Oct. 28, 1928, Indonesian youth organizations from across the country created the Youth Pledge: One nation, one people, one language Since then,...

SBY's standing.
October 28, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- SATURDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2006 -- PAGE 7 Barely a month ago President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY) said before governors, mayors and regents in Jakarta that he felt ashamed of having a...