20.02.2007
IRWANDI, NAZAR INSTALLED AS ACEH GOVERNOR AND VICE GOVERNOR
Jakarta - Home Affairs Minister Moh Ma'ruf installed Irwandi Yusuf and Muhammad Nazer as Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam (NAD) Governor and Deputy Governor at the Aceh provincial legislative building in Banda Aceh on Thursday (8/2/2007. More
ACEH'S NEW GOVERNOR TOLD NOT TO ADOPT POLICIES THAT MAY FUEL INSTABILITY
Banda Aceh - Home Affairs Minister Moh Ma'ruf called on the new Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam Governor Irawandi Yusuf and his deputy, Muhammad Nazar, not to adopt policies which could fuel instability in the province. More
US CONSIDERS ELECTED ACEH GOVERNOR'S INSTALLATION POSITIVE STEP IN RI DEMOCRACY
Jakarta - Thursday's inauguration of Irwandi Yusuf as Governor and Muhammad Nazar as Vice Governor of the Nanggroe Aceh Darusslam province is a positive step forward in Indonesia's democratic development and in the Aceh peace process, the United States Embassy said in a statement. More
PEMERINTAH KONSISTEN MEMBANGUN PAPUA DENGAN PEMIKIRAN BARU
Pemerintah konsisten membangun Papua dengan pemikiran baru yang mengedepankan pelaksanaan otonomi khusus (otsus) Papua, kepercayaan, dan kemauan baik sebagai bagian dari Negara Kesatuan Republik Indonesia (NKRI). Dalam kaitan ini institusi gereja di Papua memiliki peran yang signifikan untuk mengawal pemikiran baru tersebut. More
PAPUA COUNCIL APPROVES REGULATION ON ALLOCATION OF AUTONOMY FUNDS
The Papua legislative council has approved a special regulation on the allocation and management of trillions of rupiah in autonomy funds from the central government. The regulation, which was approved during a plenary session in Jayapura, consists of seven chapters and 33 articles. It will govern the use of an expected Rp 3.29 trillion (US$346.31 million) in autonomy funds this year. More
POLICE ACTED CORRECTLY IN POSO INCIDENT, SAYS SENIOR MINISTER
Jakarta - Indonesian Police acted correctly in dealing with the group of armed civilians in Poso believed to have committed acts of violence and terror in Central Sulawesi, Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs Widodo AS said. "What the police did (in Poso) was correct because they followed the procedure prescribed for the given situation," Widodo said Tuesday (30/1/2007). More
GOVT FOCUSES ON IMPROVING THREE SECTORS: PRESIDENT
Jakarta - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said the government is focusing on alleviating poverty, developing the national economy and encouraging the nation's self reliance. More
PRESIDENT CALLS FOR CONCERTED EFFORTS TO OVERCOME OBSTACLES TO INVESTMENT
Jakarta - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has called on government institutions, lawmakers, law enforcers, business people and the people at large to join hands in overcoming the various problems impeding the flow of investment into the country. More
RI WAITS FOR INVESTORS TO EXPLOIT GAS DEPOSITS
With total reserves of 453 trillion cubic feet (TCF), or equivalent of about 81.5 billion barrels of oil, Indonesia has the largest coal-bed methane (CBM) deposits in the world after China. CBM -- natural gas formed by the activity of microbes during the coal-forming process, and trapped amid coal beds -- could be a godsend for Indonesia as it struggles to cope with the depletion of its oil reserves and rising demand. More
PIDATO AWAL TAHUN PRESIDEN TEKANKAN TIGA HAL PENTING KE DEPAN
Jakarta - Presiden Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono dalam pidato awal tahunnya menyampaikan tiga hal penting yang sedang dan hendak dilakukan pemerintah, yaitu upaya mengentaskan kemiskinan, membangun ekonomi nasional, dan membangun kemandirian bangsa. More
RI GOVT ALSO WISHES FOR PEOPLE-TO-PEOPLE COOPERATION WITH AUSTRALIA
Jakarta - The Indonesian government through its Youth and Sports Ministry, has expressed its wish that cooperation between Indonesia and Australia take place not only on a government-to-government but also on a people-to-people basis, a spokesman said. More
BI : PRIVATE SECTOR TO STIMULATE GROWTH IN FIRST HALF OF 2007
Jakarta - Bank Indonesia (BI) believes that the private sector will stimulate the conntry's economic growth in the first half of 2007. In its report on monetary policies in the fourth quarter of 2006 released on Tuesday (30/1/2007), the central bank forecast the economy will rebound this year after it slowed down last year because of the people's low purchasing power. More
GOVT TO REGULATE DOMESTIC POULTRY TRADE TO CURB BIRD FLU
Jakarta - Indonesia's Agriculture Ministry intends to regulate domestic poultry trading actvities in an effort to curb the spread of bird flu in the country. Agriculture Minister Anton Apriyantono said on Tuesday (30/1/2007) that under the new regulations only trade in processed (slaughtered) poultry would be allowed. More
MENLU: MUSLIM INDONESIA MODERAT
London - Apresiasi dunia terhadap Indonesia yang demokratis dengan berpenduduk muslim terbesar dan moderat semakin besar, kata Menteri Luar Negeri Hassan Wirajuda di London, Senin (29/1/2007). Hal ini, kata Hassan, terlihat dari penghargaan kalangan internasional terhadap Negara Indonesia yang memungkinkan untuk menjalankan politik luar negeri yang bebas dan aktif. More
ACEH TO ENABLE 1,000 UNDER-GRADUATE STUDENTS TO CONTINUE STUDIES ABROAD
Banda Aceh - The regional government of Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam (NAD) will send some 1,000 undergraduate students to continue their studies at various universities overseas, NAD Acting Governor Mustafa Abubakar said on Monday (5/2/2007). More
ANGGARAN PEMBANGUNAN PAPUA TIDAK LAGI BERSTRUKTUR PIRAMIDA TERBALIK
Jayapura – Penyusunan anggran pembangunan untuk Provinsi Papua dalam tahun anggaran 2007 ini tidak lagi mengikuti struktur piramida terbalik artinya jika pada masa lalu porsi anggaran terbesar diberikan kepada belanja kebutuhan birokrasi, kini beralih kepada rakyat yang bermukim di kampung-kampung terpencil dan terisolasi serta untuk pembangunan infrastruktur di kampung-kampung. More
PROVINSI IJB BERUBAH NAMA MENJADI PAPUA BARAT
Jayapura - Provinsi Irian Jaya Barat (IJB) telah berubah nama menjadi Provinsi Papua Barat dan perubahan nama tersebut tersebut telah dideklarikasikan Ketua DPR Provinsi IJB, Jimianus Ijie dan Gubernur IJB Abraham Oktovianus Ataruri di Manokwari Ibu Kota Provinsi IJB, Selasa (6/2/2007). More
AUSTRALIAN COAL FIRM TO SET UP FACTORY IN C KALIMANTAN
Palangka Raya, C Kalimantan - PT Lahai Coal, BHP Biliton's subsidiary based in Kalimantan, will invest US$50 million in construction of a coal factory in Muara Teweh, Central Kalimantan, a spokesperson said. More
INVESTASI DI INDONESIA DIFOKUSKAN PADA ENAM SEKTOR
Inggris memiliki program untuk meningkatkan investasi di negara-negara yang pasarnya sedang tumbuh. Indonesia termasuk di dalamnya. Ada enam sektor yang akan menjadi sasaran utama investasi Inggris, yaitu industri kreatif, farmasi, bioteknologi, teknologi informasi dan komunikasi, jasa-jasa finansial, serta migas. More
SUDAH 700 ORANG IKUTI PROGRAM PERTUKARAN PEMUDA INDONESIA-AUSTRALIA
Jakarta - Sudah ada 700 orang yang ikut dalam program pertukaran pemuda Indonesia-Australia (Australia-Indonesia Youth Exchange Program atau AIYEP) sejak tahun 1982 hingga tahun ini."Setiap tahun kami mengirim 18 pemuda untuk mengikuti program tersebut," kata Deputi Pemberdayaan Pemuda Kementerian Negara Pemuda dan Olahraga Sakhyan Asmara dalam peringatan 25 tahun AIYEP di Hotel Borobudur Jakarta, Kamis. More
AUSTRALIA TO PROVIDE RP 1 BILLION WORTH OF AID FOR JAKARTA FLOOD VICTIMS
Jakarta - The Australian Ambassador to Indonesia, Bill Farmer, has announced that his government would give relief aid worth 150,000 Australian dollars, or more than Rp1 billion, to the Indonesian government for handling floods in Jakarta and environs. More
09 February 2007
RI READY TO PARTCIPATE IN UN MISSION IN NEPAL
New York - Indonesia has expressed its readiness to take part in a UN Political Mission in Nepal (UNMIN) which the UN Security Council has decided to form to help end a 10-year-old conflict between the Nepalese government and the Maoist Communist Party that has killed 130,000 people, a spokesman said. More...
OECD REVIEW PROGRAM CAN ENHANCE RI’S CREDIBILITY
As the country moves toward the adoption of accountable and credible governance, Indonesia can push for better practices by taking part in a peer review program carried out by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). More
CGI NO LONGER NEEDED AS RI'S CREDITORS NOW LIMITED IN NUMBER: MINISTER
Jakarta - Finance Minister Sri Mulyani said the Consultative Group on Indonesia (CGI) was no longer needed as the country's main creditors were only the World Bank, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and Japan so that Indonesia now preferred bilateral to multilateral approaches. More
WORLD BANK BACKS RI'S DECISION TO TERMINATE CGI
Jakarta - The World Bank has expressed support to President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's decision to terminate the Consultative Group on Indonesia (CGI) and hoped that Indonesia would maintain dialogs with the international community on issues relating to capital, trade and technology. More
PERTAMINA EP TO INCREASE OIL PRODUCTION BY 63 PCT IN 2009
Jakarta – Pertamina EP, a subsidiary of state-owned oil and gas company Pertamina, is planning to increase its production target by 63.26 percent to 171.894 barrels per day in 2009 from 105,286 barrels per day in 2006, its President Director Kun Kurnely said on Tuesday, 23 January 2007. More
RI’S DEBT-TO-GDP RATIO DROPS TO 35 PERCENT
Makassar, South Sulawesi –The ratio of Indonesia’s debt to its gross domestic product (GDP) in 2006 declined to 35 percent from 47 percent in 2005, a World Bank official said on Tuesday, 23 January 2007. More...
UGM SATU-SATUNYA WAKIL INDONESIA DI 100 UNIVERSITAS TERBAIK DUNIA
Jakarta - Kendati Indonesia memiliki ribuan universitas, namun hanya Universitas Gadjah Mada (UGM) yang masuk daftar 100 perguruan tinggi terbaik dunia untuk kategori sains sosial, bio-medis, dan humaniora. Selengkapnya
BALI GLOBAL FORUM DEKLARASIKAN "THE SPIRIT OF BALI"
Denpasar - Ratusan peserta Bali Global Forum yang berasal dari 43 negara mendeklarasikan "The Spirit of Bali" dalam upaya membangun serta menciptakan perdamaian dunia melalui media.
MINISTER WARNS COMPANY FOR POSING THREAT TO 1,600 ORANGUTANS
Palangka Raya, C Kalimantan - Forestry Minister MS Kaban has strongly warned the Makin Business Group for planning to open an oil palm plantation in an area which hosts the habitat for about 1,600 orangutans in the Katingan district, Central Kalimantan. More
BALI SPIRIT PROMOTES MEDIA AND TECHNOLOGY FOR PEACE
The three-day Global Peace Forum conference concluded Tuesday, 23 January 2007, with the issuance of the Spirit of Bali, a strong commitment to build a new mechanism through which media, information technology and emerging means of communication can contribute to enhancing mutual understanding among peoples and cultures. More
AUSTRALIAN COAL FIRM TO SET UP FACTORY IN KALIMANTAN
PT Lahai Coal, BHP Biliton's subsidiary based in Kalimantan, said it will invest US$50 million in construction of a coal factory in Muara Teweh, Central Kalimantan, a spokesperson said. More
COMPANIES CALLED ON TO TAKE CONCRETE MEASURES IN CONSERVING ENVIRONMENT
Jakarta - Companies whose products have to do with environmental conservation should take concrete measures in developing industries which are environmentally friendly and caring for communities living near their plants, a member of cabinet said. More
BALI HOPES TO ATTRACT 1.6 MILLION FOREIGN TOURISTS IN 2007
Denpasar - Bali is hoping to receive 1.6 million foreign tourists and 2.8 million domestic tourists in 2007. More
RI-AUSTRALIA SELENGGARAKAN PERTEMUAN 13 NEGARA ATASI BAHAYA "ILLEGAL FISHING"
Jakarta - Duta Besar Australia untuk Indonesia, Bill Farmer, mengatakan, terancamnya sumberdaya perikanan di kawasan Asia Tenggara tidak lepas dari penangkapan ikan secara berlebihan akibat kejahatan yang terorganisir dengan sangat baik, canggih, dan meluas. More
PEMBUBARAN CGI BUKAN MASALAH BAGI AUSTRALIA
Jakarta - Duta Besar Australia untuk Indonesia, Bill Farmer, mengatakan, pembubaran forum "Consultative Group on Indonesia" (CGI) bukan masalah bagi Canberra karena program pemberian pinjaman selama ini lebih bersifat bilateral dan pembubaran CGI itu tidak mengurangi komitmen negaranya untuk terus membantu Indonesia agar menjadi negara yang maju dan makmur. More..
RI, UK MUSLIMS PREPARE TO LAUNCH ADVISORY BODY
Muslim figures from Indonesia and Britain are scheduled together in London as part of a new Indonesia-UK Islamic Advisory Group that will seek to advise and produce recommendations to both governments on improving understanding between the Muslim world and the West. More
A DICTIONARY WE’VE LONG BEEN WAITING FOR
Tired of using the same old Indonesian word all the time? Need a bunch of other words with the same meaning? If so, you should read (and keep a copy of) this book. It is a dictionary of Indonesian synonyms, a rare work that will be very useful to people in the business of writing, teachers, lecturers, students and many others. More
01 February 2007
VICE PRESIDENT CALLS ON PRESS TO REDUCE NEWS WHICH MAY TRIGGER RADICALISM
Denpasar, Bali - Vice President Jusuf Kalla called on the press to reduce the publication of news which might trigger radicalism and instead contribute to bringing about peace in the world. "A journalist's pen is much sharper than a soldier's bayonet, and thus the media plays a strategic role in creating peace," he said on Sunday, 21 January 2007 when opening the Bali Global Forum.
MoreLEGISLATOR URGES RI DIPLOMATS IN UNSC TO FIGHT FOR PALESTINE'S INDEPENDENCE
Jakarta - Chairman of the Indonesian House of Representatives (DPR) Commission I on Foreign Affairs, Theo L Sambuaga, said that Indonesian representatives in the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) must optimally fight to help Palestine become an independent state.
MoreRI STICKS TO "TRIPLE TRACK" APPROACH PROPOSAL TO SOLVE IRAQI ISSUE
JAKARTA - The Indonesian Government has followed the developments of the US policy to increase US troops in Iraq and will stick to its proposal of " a triple track" approach in finding a peaceful solution to the Iraqi problem.
MoreIFIP PROTESTS FOREIGN OCCUPATION OF IRAQ
Jakarta - Some 128 participants from 20 countries who attended the International Forum for Islamist Parliamentarians (IFIP) have strongly protested the occupation of Iraq by foreign troops. The protest was one of the recommendations issued by the IFIP in its three-day meeting on 19-22 January 2007.
MoreKONGRES KP PAPERNAS TERTUNDA KARENA ADA PIHAK YANG MENENTANG
Yogyakarta - Kongres Komite Persiapan Partai Persatuan Pembebasan Nasional (KP Papernas) yang berlangsung pada Kamis (18 Januari 2007) di Wisma Sejahtera II Kaliurang, Kabupaten Sleman, Daerah Istimewa Yogyakarta (DIY), pada Jumat terpaksa dihentikan sementara, karena ada pihak yang menentang keberadaan partai baru itu.
SelengkapnyaPERTEMUAN KETUA DPRD SE PAPUA DI BIAK AGENDAKAN EVALUASI OTSUS
Biak - Pertemuan Ketua DPRD dan Kaukus Parlemen Perempuan Papua se-Provinsi Papua dan Irian Jaya Barat (IJB) akan diadakan pada 8-9 Februari 2007 mendatang di Kabupaten Biak Numfor, dengan mengagendakan evaluasi program Otonomi Khusus (Otsus).
SelengkapnyaSEVEN OF RI'S MUSLIM FIGURES TO VISIT UNITED KINGDOM
London, UK - Seven Indonesian Muslim figures representing three groups will visit the United Kingdom at the invitation of the British Prime Minister Tony Blair in the end of January 2007, the head of the London's branch of the Indonesian Muslim Intellectuals Association (ICMI) said on Saturday (20 January 2007).
MorePERDAMAIAN DUNIA KEMBALI MENGGELINDING DARI BALI
Denpasar - Perdamaian dunia kembali digelindingkan dari Bali dengan bertemunya sekitar 300 tokoh-tokoh media dari 30 negara di belahan dunia. "Pertemuan Internasional Bali Global Forum menunjukkan adanya perdamaian dunia yang sudah mulai menggelinding," kata Asisten Direktur Jenderal Bidang Komunikasi dan Informasi UNESCO, Abdul Waheed Khan di Jimbaran, Bali, Minggu, 21 Januari 2007.
SelengkapnyaFOREIGN INVESTORS BEGIN EYEING RI AS INVESTMENT DESTINATION : BI GOVERNOR
Jakarta - Foreign investors have began eyeing Indonesia as an investment destination alongside China, India and Vietnam thanks to its increasingly stable economic and political conditions, Bank Indonesia (BI) Governor Burhanuddin Abdullah said. "I think that the investment climate, political stability and macro economic conditions are getting better," he said on Friday (19 January 2007). Foreign investors would only invest in a country which offered more favorable opportunities, he said.
MoreHISTORY SHOWS RELIGIOUS PLURALISM IS SECURE IN INDONESIA : ACADEMICS
By: Sri Wahyuni (the Jakarta Post, Yogyakarta)
Scholars attending a two-day international conference on religious pluralism in Indonesia have agreed that the country rests upon a secure historical and ideological base. Speaking on the first day of the Problems and Promise of Inter-Religious Studies in Indonesia conference Monday, 15 January 2007, Southeast Asian historian Anthony Reid of the National University of Singapore said that historically pluralism had always had its place among the Indonesian community.
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