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Dradjat said the new group would open four more branches in Bandung, Medan, Semarang and Surabaya, which would supervise 130 sub-branches. The first three sub-branches, he said, would be launched in Jakarta in the middle of this month. (Jakarta Post, Indonesia -- Business)
Daniel Marguari: A 'Spiritian' inside and out Dec 4, 2007
Born 37 years ago in Medan, North Sumatra, Daniel now heads the foundation. He is one of the few people who called for action in the early days of AIDS activism in the country and he is well aware of what being part of the movement entails. (Jakarta Post, Indonesia -- Features)
Polonia airport to continue flying after fire Dec 3, 2007
Apriadi Gunawan, The Jakarta Post, Medan. The Polonia airport authority in Medan, North Sumatra, announced Sunday it would continue to serve passengers after a fire the previous day destroyed the domestic terminal ... Rudolf said domestic flight departure services would be moved to the nearby Air Force base, Polonia airport's VIP room and the Medan office of national flag carrier Garuda Indonesia. (Jakarta Post, Indonesia)
Fire destroys large part of busy Indonesian airport Dec 2, 2007
Polonia Airport is located in Indonesia's third-largest city, Medan, the regional capital of Sumatra island. It handles about 4. (The Star Online, Malaysia -- News)
Teenager headed cyber-crime Dec 1, 2007
bayu, Medan, Indonesia. At this age he is neither kid nor adult. (Times Online)
Smiling Indonesians -- Nov. 22, p. 3 Nov 26, 2007
JEANNIE MCLEOD Medan, North Sumatra. Post Your Comments. (Jakarta Post, Indonesia -- Editorial)
Indonesian students triumph at IMSO Nov 25, 2007
Winnie Jesslyn, SDS Sutomo, Medan. Silver 1. (Jakarta Post, Indonesia -- Features)
Middle class prefer information to soaps, says survey Nov 23, 2007
AGB Nielsen, which has been conducting audience surveys for TV networks and advertisers in Indonesia since 2004, carried out the July-September survey by stratified random sampling covering 42 million individuals in 10 major Indonesian cities, including Greater Jakarta, Bandung in West Java, Medan in North Sumatra, Makassar in South Sulawesi and Denpasar in Bali. (amr). (Jakarta Post, Indonesia)
Teachers honored for innovations Nov 22, 2007
This year organizers received 1,003 creative project proposals, almost twice the number as last year, from teachers in large cities in Indonesia, including for the first time Medan and Denpasar. "This is an indication that teachers are continuously trying to improve the quality of their teaching and are eager to compete in designing creative projects for their students," said Charles Ham, the country director of HOPE Foundation in Indonesia. (Jakarta Post, Indonesia)
Vertu launches latest handset Nov 21, 2007
Virtu has since opened outlets in Medan, North Sumatra, and in Surabaya, East Java, and is planning to open a new boutique at Grand Indonesia mall in Central Jakarta in January 2008. (amr). (Jakarta Post, Indonesia -- Business)
Oil addiction Nov 21, 2007
ERIK Medan, North Sumatra. Blackbox reader Nov. 13, p. 9. (Jakarta Post, Indonesia -- Editorial)
E. Kalimantan hosts RI season-end rally Nov 17, 2007
Driver Rifat Sungkar, who teams up with navigator M. Herkusuma in the Gudang Garam team, has dominated the three previous legs in Palembang, South Sumatra (April 6-8), Medan, North Sumatra (June 22-24) and Makassar, South Sulawesi (Sept. 7-9) and is at the top of the leader board with 45 points. (Jakarta Post, Indonesia -- Sports)
First casino Nov 14, 2007
I was recently in Medan in September 2007, traveling with my 21 month old son. I put my video camera in my checked-in luggage before departing Polonia Airport on Sept. 16. (Jakarta Post, Indonesia -- Editorial)
USU holds MDG, maternity seminar Nov 11, 2007
MEDAN: The school of social health at North Sumatra University (USU) organized a seminar on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) as part of its Oct. 30 anniversary celebrations. The seminar heard presentations from experts such as North Sumatra Health Office head Satni Sulani, USAID regional director Masroel Siregar and Ascobat Gani, who explained all points contained in the MDGs. (Jakarta Post, Indonesia -- Features)
The luxurious geometry of 'scrapers Nov 11, 2007
The Jakarta Post - The Journal of Indonesia Today. Enter your search terms. (Jakarta Post, Indonesia -- Features)
Like criminals Nov 10, 2007
We visited Medan for a family visit ... He kept told me if I didn't pay the fine he would keep our passports and we could not leave Medan ... I am so scared to go back to Medan and I told my mother in Medan that she may come to Australia if she want to see us. (Jakarta Post, Indonesia -- Editorial)
Capital punishment Nov 9, 2007
REMKO DE HASS Medan, North Sumatra. Next SMS topic. (Jakarta Post, Indonesia -- Editorial)
Logging boss 'not guilty' of corruption Nov 6, 2007
Apriadi Gunawan, The Jakarta Post, Medan. Logging boss Adelin Lis walked away from court free of all charges Monday after the Medan District Court acquitted him of illegal logging activities. (Jakarta Post, Indonesia)
Foreign Minister George Yeo to make three-day visit to Indonesia Nov 6, 2007
SINGAPORE : Foreign Minister George Yeo will make a three-day visit Medan, Banda Aceh and Jakarta, starting from Tuesday. In Medan, Minister Yeo will meet Singaporeans living in the city ... A Singapore Foreign Ministry statement says from Medan, Minister Yeo will travel to Banda Aceh where he will be Guest of Honour at the opening of the Fajar Hidayah Integrated Boarding School. (Channel NewsAsia, Singapore)
Outrage as timber baron walks free Nov 6, 2007 Boy bags gold at int'l astronomy olympiad Nov 2, 2007 In pursuit of happiness Oct 29, 2007 Megadeth does RI metal community proud Oct 27, 2007 God and money -- they make you happier Oct 26, 2007 Metromini driver bears more responsibility than pilot Oct 24, 2007 Trade expo opens with an attitude of optimism Oct 24, 2007 Indofood set to acquire London Sumatra at a cost of Rp 8.4 trillion Oct 24, 2007 Cheap flights, will travel Oct 21, 2007 TNT moves to meet growing demand Oct 18, 2007 Supermarket show goes on Oct 16, 2007 Sales down at Tanah Abang market Oct 11, 2007 Judicial Commission bribery case Oct 5, 2007 Market launched to improve farmers' incomes Oct 1, 2007 Jet forced to land after losing cabin pressure Sep 25, 2007 After the quakes, brace for floods Sep 22, 2007 TNT Express Indonesia to focus on growing European market Sep 19, 2007 Air disasters timeline Sep 17, 2007 Charity no longer begins on the street Sep 16, 2007 USAID Provides Earthquake Assistance to Indonesia Sep 15, 2007 ACT Alert: Sumatra quake Sep 15, 2007 Condolences pour in after quake Sep 15, 2007 More Quakes Rock Indonesia; Foreshadow 'The Big One' Sep 15, 2007 CRS Commits $50,000 to Indonesia Earthquake Response Sep 13, 2007 Survey disagrees with common wisdom on toll rise Sep 10, 2007 Singapore: 90 minutes and a world away Sep 10, 2007 Esia enters E. Java CDMA market, TelkomFlexi offers special rates Sep 10, 2007 Have a taste of unique local foods Sep 9, 2007 Photographer chronicles life in red-light districts Sep 7, 2007 Ear candling therapy getting thousands out of sticky situations Sep 5, 2007 Bakrie Telecom to sell affordable cell phones Sep 4, 2007 Constitutional Court: When columns abuse the classical order Sep 2, 2007 Say sorry for assault: Indonesia Aug 30, 2007 Muhammad Solichin: Eliminating odor helps rubber bounce back Aug 28, 2007 WEATHER: Thunderstorms possible Aug 28, 2007 Telkom makes broadband more accessible, affordable Aug 27, 2007 Air pollution and role of the auto industry Aug 24, 2007 Police not making most of global system Aug 24, 2007 Jakarta's urban jungle heating itself Aug 24, 2007 ABN AMRO turning to SMEs for future growth Aug 24, 2007 The real and unreal: Affandi revisited Aug 23, 2007 Former Chevron boss dies at 74 Aug 22, 2007 Indonesia must be smarter in handing out antibiotics Aug 20, 2007 Italian killed in tragic accident Aug 16, 2007 Renaissance in Indonesian infrastructure sector Aug 15, 2007 Life, business slowly return to Aceh's war-torn coffee fields Aug 15, 2007 Bus of death Aug 14, 2007 Snacks from North Sumatra Aug 12, 2007 Suyenti: I am proud of my Chinese roots Aug 10, 2007 INTERVIEW - Aceh War Blessing in Disguise for Orangutans Aug 7, 2007 Serica Energy Plc ("Serica" or the "Company") - Second quarter 2007 report to shareholders Aug 7, 2007 Rabobank set to expand into Indonesian retail banking Aug 6, 2007 Indonesia Sees Slower Palm Oil Expansion from 2010 Jul 31, 2007 Sanny Djohan: Introducing science the fun way Jul 27, 2007 Asian Cup to show 'Idol' singers Jul 27, 2007 Century begins work on Indon paper bags plant Jul 26, 2007 Indonesia may place cap on plantation land Jul 25, 2007 Protesters put illegal logging trial on hold Jul 19, 2007 On article on milk shortages Jul 18, 2007 Serica Energy plc obtains commitment for US$100 million senior secured debt facility Jul 18, 2007 Revolutionizing the audio-visual environment Jul 15, 2007 China's main land Jul 12, 2007 Borobudur, no wonder Jul 11, 2007 Exhibit of master painters mark Jakarta's 480th Jul 9, 2007 Thai Muslims in Yogya live under suspicion Jul 8, 2007
Prosecutors said they would appeal against the Medan District Court decision in the Supreme Court. Widespread corruption is acknowledged as contributing to massive illegal logging. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
N. Jakarta struggles with human trafficking Nov 2, 2007
Over the past two years, ACTs has worked with several other non-governmental organizations to assist more than 100 girls under the age of 18 years who had been forced to work as prostitutes in areas such as Pontianak in West Kalimantan, Medan in North Sumatra, Batam in Riau, Semarang in Central Java, Surabaya and Indramayu in West Java. Post Your Comments. (Jakarta Post, Indonesia -- City)
Along with Anas Maulidi Utama from Sumenep, Madura, and Veena Salim from Medan, North Sumatra, Zefrizal represented the junior team. The senior team consisted of Hizbullah Abdul Aziz Jabbar from Yogyakarta and Teguh Santoso Lembono from Bandung. (Jakarta Post, Indonesia -- Features)
The study is based on a survey involving 1,800 respondents, 300 each in the six cities selected including Jakarta, Medan, Bandung, Semarang, Semarang, Surabaya and Makassar ... People in Semarang and Makassar are said to be among the happiest in Indonesia, with those in Jakarta and Medan are among the most miserable, with their city ranking fifth and sixth respectively. (Jakarta Post, Indonesia -- Editorial)
Megadeth were to play in Indonesia once again, and this time they had selected Jakarta over Medan ... When their Medan show went off without incident a few years ago, Megadeth paved the way for the reemergence of international metal bands in the country. (Jakarta Post, Indonesia -- Features)
The Frontier survey, conducted in June 2007, spoke to 1,800 respondents in Jakarta, Medan, Bandung, Surabaya, Semarang and Makassar. "Our survey shows that the person with the highest social economic status and the highest religious level has the highest index of happiness," Handi said. (Jakarta Post, Indonesia)
In September 2005, a Boeing 737-200 belonging to Mandala Airlines crashed as it took off from Polonia Airport in Medan, North Sumatra, killing 94 passengers and five crew members on board, and 51 people in the residential area the plane plowed into. There has never been a comprehensive explanation offered for either accident. (Jakarta Post, Indonesia)
Among those honored was PT Musim Mas, an integrated palm oil company in Medan, North Sumatra, which won the award for the eighth time. Its affiliate PT Megasurya Mas in Surabaya, also a palm oil industry, won that award for the third time especially for global brand promotion. (Jakarta Post, Indonesia)
4 percent stake," he said after an extraordinary shareholders meeting Tuesday. The publicly listed company will also spend Rp 711.9 billion to buy Eddy Kusnadi Sariaatmadja's 109.52 million LSIP shares valued at Rp 6,500 each, equal to an 8 percent stake. It will then hold a tender offer to buy the other 35.6 percent of LSIP's shares from the public at Rp 6,900 each. Thomas Tjhie, Indofood financial director, said to finance the acquisition Indofood would use Rp 5.71 trillion from a bank loan... (Jakarta Post, Indonesia -- Business)
Not all flights are inexpensive though, as Iwan and Ridho from Medan, North Sumatra, discovered ... The couple recently used the same airline to travel from Medan to Jakarta, paying only Rp 300,000 each for the return trip. (Jakarta Post, Indonesia)
TNT Express Indonesia, which opened in 1979, now has more than 17 branch offices, 14 agents and 600 staff members, and six main gateways: Jakarta, Surabaya, Denpasar, Balikpapan, Medan and Batam. (JP/Astrid Wibisono). (Jakarta Post, Indonesia -- Business)
For example, oranges from Medan, North Sumatra, are often twice as expensive as those from China because the supply of oranges from North Sumatra has to be transported along thousands of kilometers of bad roads and truckers have to pay many road-side bribes. The protests from traditional retailers should not prompt the government to deliberately slow down the growth of supermarkets because these chains also have contributed greatly to modernizing the country's retail industry to the benefit of... (Jakarta Post, Indonesia -- Editorial)
Most of her wholesale buyers come from Bengkulu, Palembang, Medan and other cities in Sumatra that were recently hit by earthquakes. Yeyen, who sells ready-to-wear Muslim clothes imported from Hong Kong and China, said last year during the fasting month these items would sell for up to Rp 300,000 (less than US$35). (Jakarta Post, Indonesia -- City)
Enter your search terms. Let's hope that Irawady is swiftly and successfully prosecuted. (Jakarta Post, Indonesia -- Editorial)
Medan Merdeka Selatan, Central Jakarta, the market offers various agricultural products: fruit and vegetables, processed products and ornamental plants. And they are all fresh, being sold by the farmers who grew them. (Jakarta Post, Indonesia -- City)
No one was hurt and passengers were transferred to another Batavia Air plane that took off 90 minutes later for the regional capital of Medan. advertisement. (MSNBC -- Travel)
In North Sumatra, the areas are Tarutung, West Padang Sidempuan, Medan city and Batang Toru. In West Sumatra, they are Bukit Sindi, Padang city, Solok city and Tanjung Mutiara. (Jakarta Post, Indonesia)
TNT Express Indonesia, which started its business in 1979 under the name of PT Skypak International, now has more than 17 branch offices, 14 agents and 600 staff, and operates through six gateways -- Jakarta, Surabaya, Denpasar, Balikpapan, Medan and Batam. Post Your Comments. (Jakarta Post, Indonesia -- Business)
The Mandala crash in Medan in Indonesia killed more than 100. 5 September: A Mandala Airlines plane with 112 passengers and five crew on board crashes after take-off in the Indonesian city of Medan, killing almost all on board and dozens on the ground. (BBC News -- UK)
Medan in North Sumatra is about to enact one, and Jakarta is also considering the same. The going penalty rate for those giving money to beggars in the street in Medan is Rp 6 million ($660) ... Ditto with Medan, although the ordinance has yet to be passed: You cannot ban beggars from the streets, but you can make life miserable for them. (Jakarta Post, Indonesia -- Features)
A special U.S. Government team from the American Embassy in the capital of Jakarta and the consulate in Medan arrived in western Sumatra September 13. The U.S. Government and the Government of Indonesia recently signed several agreements totaling $963 million providing assistance during the next five years for programs which support Indonesia's democratic transition, economic growth, education reform and the delivery of basic human services. (PR Newswire)
An assessment team from Medan is currently on its way to Bengkulu. YEU is also collaborating with the emergency medical personnel of Yogyakarta and Sardjito public hospitals in sending a medical team to the Bengkulu Utara district to help in providing medical services to the affected. (AlertNet)
"Additionally, a special U.S. government team from the American embassy in Jakarta and Medan arrived in Western Sumatra on Friday," the embassy said. Several other NGOs have also dispatched teams to the quake-affected areas. (Jakarta Post, Indonesia)
Hundreds of miles away from the epicenter in Medan, Indonesia's third-largest city in North Sumatra, blackouts forced Muslims to pray by candlelight, kerosene lamps and light bulbs rigged to car batteries, AFP reported. Prior to the quake, Christian leaders had been urging believers to pray for Muslims during Ramadan as it is a time when they are fasting and more geared towards spiritual things. (Christian Post)
CRS manages programs from offices Jakarta, Kupang, Yogyakarta, Medan, Meulaboh and Banda Aceh, and has supported emergency and development programming in the country for 50 years. Interviews are available with CRS staff on the ground. (AlertNet)
The survey was conducted between Aug. 1-27 and involved 1,200 people of varying incomes living in Jakarta; Medan, North Sumatra; East, West and Central Java; and South Sulawesi. Munathsir said around 20 percent of those surveyed were not turnpike users, although he added that the survey had been conducted before the most recent price increases came into affect. (Jakarta Post, Indonesia)
It's less than a 90-minute flight from Jakarta, a fast ferry ride from Batam, or a quick hop across the strait from Medan. Geography alone would make it a first-choice destination. (Jakarta Post, Indonesia -- City)
With plans to also expand its services to Semarang, Solo, Medan and Yogyakarta in the near future, Bakrie aims to eventually reach 3. 2 million nationwide subscribers from its present total of around 2. (Jakarta Post, Indonesia -- Business)
In the hilly regions of Brastagi near Medan there are numerous interesting and healthy fruits ... The green-orange colored jeruk Medan is worth trying ... So is the Chinese overtoned noodle dish mi Medan and the sweet bika ambon Medan. (Jakarta Post, Indonesia -- Features)
Women and girls from these places are often taken to Batam, Jakarta, Lampung, Palembang, Bengkulu, Riau, Jambi and Medan. Second, the middle route, mostly from Central Java. (Jakarta Post, Indonesia -- Features)
Due to his poor grades, Simon's mother once considered enrolling him in a special school for mentally disabled children in Medan. "I had him take an intelligence quotient test to determine his capacity to think. The results showed he was too smart to go to the special school," said Ibu Hutapea, who is a police officer in Medan, North Sumatra ... "When he arrived from Medan, he could hardly hear, but now he responds very well when we call his name," said Susanna, adding that Simon was slowly... (Jakarta Post, Indonesia -- Features)
The company will also launch Esia services in Medan and Yogyakarta later this week, and in Padang in the middle of the month. "We will provide 30,000 numbers in each new city, and hopefully 75 percent of them will be sold." (14). (Jakarta Post, Indonesia -- Business)
Medan Merdeka Barat houses the court's nine judges. According to a lawyer friend, this building is the most pleasant courthouse in Jakarta, where, in general, other courthouses are in bad shape. (Jakarta Post, Indonesia -- Features)
" Donald, who was in Malaysia to referee at the Asian Karate Championships, claimed he was attacked by plainclothes police officers in Negeri Sembilan State last week. He was on his way to a restaurant after a meeting with the Indonesian referee team when four Malaysian police detectives jumped out of a van and stopped him. He was beaten, handcuffed and taken to a local police station. He is currently being treated for broken ribs, a swollen testicle and serious bruising at Pertamina Hospital in... (Jakarta Post, Indonesia)
Within Indonesia, Deorub has been sold in many regions including Medan in North Sumatra, Riau, Bangka-Belitung and Kalimantan. When Solichin was in senior high school studying science, he did well in chemistry and physics. (Jakarta Post, Indonesia -- Features)
Weather - 7-day Forecast Summaries. Melbourne, FL 32935 Last Updated: 08/28/07 09:30:35 EDT. (Florida Today)
com, executive general manager Muhammad Awaluddin said the number of Speedy customers was currently about 25,000, 12,000 of which were located in Medan. A growing concern shared between users, IT professionals/analysts and the government is Quality of Service (QoS). (Jakarta Post, Indonesia -- Features)
Air pollution has threatened human health in many parts of the country, especially in the big cities of Jakarta, Surabaya, Medan, Bandung and Semarang. And since 2001, only Semarang and Bandung have enjoyed good air for more than a month each year, while the rest have enjoyed less than 27 days annually. (Jakarta Post, Indonesia -- Editorial)
Since June 2006 it has been installed at eight city police headquarters: Medan, North Sumatra; Riau Islands; Jakarta; Bandung, West Java; Yogyakarta; Surabaya, East Java; Bali and Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara. The software has also been installed at the Transnational Crime Center (TNCC), as well as at the cyber crime and trafficking units of the National Police. (Jakarta Post, Indonesia -- City)
The BMG is currently calculating long-term temperature trends in a number of cities, including Medan, Surabaya, Denpasar and Palembang. "Most of the provinces in the country do not have records of the last 100 years of temperatures," Mezak said. (Jakarta Post, Indonesia)
ABN AMRO will cooperate with trade associations in other major cities, including Bandung, Surabaya and Medan, to expand its SME lending, Madi said. Indonesia has around 48. (Jakarta Post, Indonesia -- Business)
Medan Merdeka Timur No. 14 Gambir, Central Jakarta Phone: (021) 34833954. More Stories. (Jakarta Post, Indonesia -- Features)
Born in Medan, North Sumatra, on March 14, 1933, Haroen spent his childhood in Blitar and Malang, East Java. He earned a mechanical engineering degree from the University of Queensland in Brisbane, Australia. (Jakarta Post, Indonesia -- Business)
During my tour to nine university medical centers in Medan, Padang, Palembang, Jakarta, Bandung, Yogyakarta, Surakarta, Surabaya and Denpasar, I visited many clinical wards of class A and B state hospitals. I discussed patients admitted to these wards with my Indonesian colleagues. (Jakarta Post, Indonesia -- Editorial)
Medan Merdeka Barat in Central Jakarta. "Daria told me that she would look for an apartment. On Monday around 1:40 p.m. she left our institute after discussing with me her new job. I was the last person to see her prior to this tragedy," Italian Cultural Institute Director and cultural attache Ostelio Remi told The Jakarta Post on Wednesday. (Jakarta Post, Indonesia)
This is shown in the increasing trend of infrastructure development activities expanding outside Java in the past couple of years, although it remains fairly limited to big cities such as Medan, Banjarmasin, and Makassar. Statistics also show that public and toll road development has been sluggish since the 1997 financial crisis. (Jakarta Post, Indonesia -- Business)
"It was too terrifying to stay, people moved to Medan (North Sumatra) or out of the regency," he said. The village head himself moved out and the once rich coffee plantation owner became a casual laborer at a terminal in Medan. (Jakarta Post, Indonesia)
H. Abu Bakar, 37, from Medan, Indonesia 18. Sri Asiah, 32, Indonesian female - believed to be mother of a unidentified three-year-old boy in ICU 19. (The Star Online, Malaysia -- News)
For those who would love to sip tea after work, Hotel Borobudur offers delicacies from Medan, North Sumatra, to accompany the Afternoon Tea Buffet. A variety of traditional snacks will be prepared for guests to savor. (Jakarta Post, Indonesia -- Features)
A student at the Singapore Business and Management College in Medan, Suyenti sings Batak songs as beautifully as she does Mandarin ones, thanks in part to her Batak grandfather ... She once won a contest sponsored by a cosmetics company in Medan and also a singing contest sponsored by a radio station in her hometown. (Jakarta Post, Indonesia -- Features)
MEDAN, Indonesia - War in Indonesia's Aceh province has been a blessing in disguise for the orangutan, preventing logging firms and palm oil estates from entering one of the world's richest expanses of rainforest ... "And if they clear these extra bits of forests here in the near future, then the same thing will happen again. All the orangutan will die. They don't sort of like pack their bags and move somewhere else. They stay and die," he told Reuters in North Sumatra's provincial capital,... (Planet Ark, United States)
Negotiations for the sale of the gas and condensate are expected to conclude shortly, with the field destined to supply gas to Medan, Indonesia's third largest city. The field wellhead support tower is currently under construction in Balikpapan, Indonesia, and is scheduled for delivery in September and installation in the fourth quarter of this year. (Canada Newswire)
Most of Haga Bank's branches are in Java, and there are also six in Lampung, two in Palembang, one branch in Bali, and one in Medan. Going forward, we want to continue to open in Java, but we also want to focus on Sumatra and Kalimantan, because we feel the food and agrobusiness sector has large potential in those two regions. (Jakarta Post, Indonesia -- Business)
MEDAN, Indonesia - Indonesia expects palm oil output to grow sharply in the next two years but stricter forest protection may then slow expansion, a senior industry official said on Monday. Indonesia is set to take over from Malaysia as the world's top palm oil producer this year because of rapid expansion in the last five years. (Planet Ark, United States)
"To gauge his intellectual capability, I made him to join a science competition. "I was so disappointed because he could not do much in the contest," Sanny told The Jakarta Post recently. It was a rude awakening for Sanny, 47, that prompted her not only to withdraw her son from the elite school and enroll him at an international school, but also moved her to publish a monthly science magazine Kuark for elementary school students. The magazine was published under the auspice of noted science... (Jakarta Post, Indonesia -- Features)
The concert, to kick off at 6 p.m., will feature Idol finalists Wilson Mozes Maiseka of Ambon and Rini Wulandari of Medan. The final the new season idol will take place Saturday. (Jakarta Post, Indonesia -- Sports)
KUALA LUMPUR: Century Bond Bhd (CBB) has started work to set up a facility to manufacture paper bags to be carried out under PT Prestige Packages Indonesia (PTPPI) in Medan, Indonesia. In a filing with Bursa Malaysia, CBB said PTPPI would be 95%-owned by its wholly-owned subsidiary Prestige Packages Sdn Bhd (PP) and 5% by Brandpak Industries Sdn Bhd, a subsidiary of PP. Bernama. (The Star Online, Malaysia -- Business)
File picture showing a labourer working at a palm plantation on the outskirts of Medan, North Sumatra. - AFP. (The Star Online, Malaysia -- Business)
Apriadi Gunawan, The Jakarta Post, Medan. The trial of an illegal logging suspect was delayed Wednesday after a group of people disrupted court proceedings at Medan District Court in North Sumatra ... "We don't want to prevent the group from staging their protest but they have to do (it with some) order," said Medan's district court head Arwan. (Jakarta Post, Indonesia)
DENNIS BOURS Master's in International Technological Development and Energy Medan, North Sumatra. Post Your Comments. (Jakarta Post, Indonesia -- Editorial)
Serica's Chief Executive, Paul Ellis, said: "This facility provides Serica with the funds required to develop the Company's interests in the Kambuna and Columbus fields, both of which are operated by Serica, and to meet Serica's share of drilling costs for appraisal of the Bream oil discovery in the Norwegian North Sea, planned for early 2008. Development of the Kambuna field is now well underway with negotiations for the sale of the gas at an advanced stage. The field lies offshore North West... (Canada Newswire)
Medan Merdeka Timur 14, Jakarta Pusat daily 11a. m. to 4p. (Jakarta Post, Indonesia -- Features)
The government can not just cite official documents to counter China's claim to at least 18 sites and buildings in Jakarta, Bogor and Medan, because many Indonesian citizens have also (for many years) been making similar demands, to no avail. The government uses formal and legal means to deny China's claims, without taking into account the chaotic conditions in Indonesia during the 1960s. (Jakarta Post, Indonesia -- Editorial)
Tourists are reluctant to visit Lake Toba because of its distance from Medan, and also because, unlike culturally rich Bali, tourists can only enjoy the beauty of nature. There are no attractive cultural programs on offer for visitors. (Jakarta Post, Indonesia -- Editorial)
" The exhibition features about 50 paintings by five artists: D.J. Rachmansjah, Harry Bernadi, Irwan Widjayanto, Nyoman Gunarsa and Syahdan Lubis. Those who consider watercolor paintings the "insipid cousin" of oil-based mediums should make a beeline to view Irwan's paintings. With an eye for perfect detail and proportion, the shadows juxtaposed against strategic white paper give one a sense of his true mastery of the medium. Upon meeting the artist, his humbleness is comes across instantly,... (Jakarta Post, Indonesia -- Features)
Only Malays who can speak Thai fluently have a chance of getting a job," Ahmad added. The rest remain unemployed. Most graduates return to pondok to teach, and fall under suspicion of disseminating radical Islamic values. Azyumardi said that in this kind of situation, they could easily fall prey to recruitment by insurgents and be radicalized. Based on ICG reports in March 2007, Intelligence officials insist that Pattani student organizations in Indonesia, for example, are linked to the... (Jakarta Post, Indonesia -- Features)
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