ANTARA - The Indonesian National News Agency articles from May 2008

ANTARA - The Indonesian National News Agency archives from May 2008

ACEH INVITING INVESTORS TO DEVELOP ITS GEOTHERMAL POTENTIALS.
May 29, 2008... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Banda Aceh, May 29 (ANTARA) - The Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam (NAD) provincial administration is inviting investors to develop geothermal energy in Sabang and Aceh Besar districts to overcome an...

AMIEN RAIS ASKS POLICE TO RELEASE ARRESTED STUDENTS.
May 29, 2008... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Surabaya, May 29 (ANTARA) - Former MPR (People's Consultative Assembly) chairman Amien Rais has called on the police to release the students they had arrested during recent anti-fuel-oil-price...

AUSTRALIA SUPPORTS RI PRESIDENTIAL PALACE HERITAGE PRESERVATION.
May 29, 2008... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, May 29 (ANTARA) - Australia's Ambassador to Indonesia Bill Farmer welcomed a University of Sydney team to Jakarta this week to deliver a training program for senior staff from the...

BALINESE ARTS TROUPE TO VISIT MOROCCO, ITALY.
May 29, 2008... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Denpasar, Bali , May 29 (ANTARA) - A groupf of 17 accomplished Balinese artists affiliated to the Tri Pusaka Sakti Foundation will visit Morocco and Italy June 7 to 16, 2008 to participate in the...

BANDUNG POLICE CONFISCATE 5,000 PORN VCDs/DVDs.
May 29, 2008... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Bandung, W Java, May 29 (ANTARA) - Bandung City Police Headquarters confiscated 5,000 porn and pirated VCDs/DVDs during a raid on a warehouse where the illegal goods were kept, Deputy Chief of the...

CENTRAL JAVA GUBERNATORIAL CANDIDATES READY TO WIN OR LOSE.
May 29, 2008... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Semarang, C Java, May 29 (ANTARA)- Five gubernatorial candidates for Central Java province expressed their readiness here on Thursday to win or lose in a direct election which will take place on...

ESSAY WRITING COMPETITION ON AUSTRALIA-RI RELATIONS LAUNCHED.
May 29, 2008... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, May 29 (ANTARA) - Australia's Ambassador to Indonesia, Bill Farmer, launched a national essay writing competition in cooperation with the Centre for Indonesian Reform (CIR) on Thursday....

FIRE RAZES TENS OF HOUSES IN C KALIMANTAN.
May 29, 2008... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Muara Teweh, C Kalimantan, May 29 (ANTARA) - Fire razed tens of houses in a densely-populated area in North Barito District, Central Kalimantan, on Thursday, leaving tens of people homeless. ...

IRANIAN AMBASSADOR REITERATES LATEST IAEA REPORT ON ITS NUCLEAR.
May 29, 2008... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, May 29 (ANTARA) - Iranian Ambassador to Indonesia Behrooz Kamavandi reiterated the latest IAEA Director General's report which attested to the exclusive peaceful nature of Iran's nuclear...

ISI TO PARTICIPATE IN WORLD DRUM FESTIVAL IN MALAYSIA.
May 29, 2008... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Denpasar, Bali, May 29 (ANTARA) - Denpasar-based Indonesian Arts Institute (ISI) will take part in a World Drum Festival in Malaysia, from July 23, 2008, for a week. "The international event...

KALLA'S CHANCES IN 2009 GENERAL ELECTION SLIM : SURVEY.
May 29, 2008... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, May 29 (ANTARA) - Vice President Jusuf Kalla's chances as a presidential or vice presidential candidate in next year's general election will be slim, according to the results of a survey...

MEGAWATI: CASH ASSISTANCE ONLY TO LULL PEOPLE TO SLEEP.
May 29, 2008... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Kupang, E Nusatenggara, May 29 (ANTARA) - Former President Megawati Soekarnoputri said the cash assistance (BLT) for poor families programmed by President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and Vice...

News Focus: GOVT, PUBLIC TRANSPORT OPERATORS PLAYING 'TUG OF WAR' ON FARES.
May 29, 2008... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, May 29 (ANTARA) - The government, operators and users of public transportation have been playing a three-sided 'tug of war' on tariffs over the past few days following last week's fuel...

PAPUA TOURISM SERVICE DONATES RP200 MILLION FOR LAKE SENTANI FESTIVAL.
May 29, 2008... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jayapura, May 29 (ANTARA) - The Papua provincial tourism service provided financial aid amounting to Rp200 million to support the organization of Lake Sentani Lake Cultural Festival, which will be...

PRESIDENTIAL SPOKESMAN DENIES NUMBER OF POOR PEOPLE TO INCREASE.
May 29, 2008... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, May 29 (ANTARA) - Presidential spokesman Andi Malarangeng refuted an Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI) analysis that due to the recent domestic fuel oil price hikes the number of...

RI DIPLORES EXTENSION OF AUNG SAN SUU KYI'S HOUSE ARREST.
May 29, 2008... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, May 29 (ANTARA) - Foreign Minister Hassan Wirajuda deplores the Myanmar's military junta's decision to extend the house arrest of their country's pro-democracy leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, a...

RI HAS NO DATA ON CITIZENS WORKING IN TAIWAN.
May 29, 2008... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Taipei, May 29 (ANTARA0 - Indonesia has no data on its citizens (TKI) working in Taiwan so that Indonesia's representative office uses TKI data from the Taiwanese government, a spokesman said. ...

RI, LUXEMBURG AGREE TO SEEK INT'L SOLUTION TO FOOD CRISIS.
May 29, 2008... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, May 29 (ANTARA) - Indonesia and Luxemburg have agreed to seek an international solution to the food crisis which is threatening a number of countries, Indonesian Foreign Minister Hassan...

RP 39.88 BILLION FOR REPAIR OF HOUSES IN W. SUMATRA DAMAGED BY EARTHQUAKES.
May 29, 2008... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Padang, May 29 (ANTARA) - The West Sumatra provincial administration has handed over Rp 39.888 billion to four regency and city administrations in the province for the repair of 2,625 houses...

S'PORE AMBASSADOR: BENGKULU HAS VERY BRIGHT TOURIST PROSPECTS.
May 29, 2008... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Bengkulu, May 29 (ANTARA) - Singapore Ambassador to Indonesia Ashok Mirpuri said Bengkulu province has tourist objects and destinations really worth developing. "I have seen that so many...

SEKOLAH INDONESIA KOTA KINABALU OPERASI JULI 2008.
May 29, 2008... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Kuala Lumpur, 29/5 (ANTARA) - Sekitar 400 anak-anak TKI di Sabah akan mengecap pendidikan formal karena sekolah Indonesia Kota Kinabalu (SIKK) akan mulai menerima murid dan proses belajar mengajar...

THURSDAY'S INDONESIAN NEWSPAPERS HEADLINE ON THURSDAY.
May 29, 2008... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, May 29 (ANTARA) - Following are headlines of several major Indonesian newspapers on Thursday. MUD-FLOW A 'GROSS RIGHTS VIOLATION' The unabated mud-flow in in the East Java regency of...

TRADE UNIONS ASK FOR REVISION OF CURRENT WAGES.
May 29, 2008... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Semarang, C Java, May 29 (ANTARA) - Local trade unions have asked the Central Java governor to revise 2008 regency/city basic wages (UMK) following the 28.7 percent fuel oil price hikes. ...

TRANSPORT OPERATORS ASKED NOT TO RAISE FARES UNILATERALLY.
May 29, 2008... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Banda Aceh, May 29 (ANTARA) - Transportation Minister Jusman Syafii Djamal called on public transportation businessmen in the country not to raise their tariffs unilaterally and take into account...