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2009
A bigger and much improved airport for Bali
PT Angkasa Pura I (PAP), the State-owned company that manages Bali's Ngurah Rai International Airport, recently outlined the major renovation and upgrading work at Bali's only airport soon to get underway. Quoted in Beritabali.com, the general manager of Angkasa Pura I, Heru Legowo, said the total cost of the planned modifications at Bali's airport is ... (
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2009
Garuda shopping for more aircraft
The Jakarta Post reports that Garuda Indonesia has allocated US$100 million (70 million euro) for expenditure in 2010 as the first of five yearly installments that will increase the airline's present fleet from 67 to 116 aircraft. Garuda's finance director Eddy Purwanto told the press, "We plan to spend $100 million in capital expenditure in ... (
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2009
Back to Yogya: twelve hours by bus
How to get to Yogyakarta? Of course the plane is a good solution from Jakarta, but we didn't want to. My plan was to catch the bus in the morning, so we would arrive in Yogya in the evening, but as we found out there were no morning buses departing for Yogya from Cikarang, so ... (
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2009
32 children die from malnutrition
At least 32 children have died of malnutrition in the province of West Nusa Tenggara this year alone. Some 675 children were recorded to be malnourished. 260 others are being treated in local health centers and hospitals in the province, while others have recovered already.
A spokesperson of the provincial department of Health, Rohmi Khoiriyati, has ... (
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2008
Rihanna cancels concert in Indonesia amid safety concerns
Just a day before she was set to take the stage, pop singer Rihanna has canceled a concert in Indonesia amid concerns about her safety. The Bajan beauty was scheduled to perform in front of a sold-out crowd in the capital Jakarta on Friday.
But Rihanna, currently on tour in Australia, reportedly changed her mind when ... (
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2007
Indonesia's life expectancy rises
Life expectancy in Indonesia has increased from 66.2 years in 2004 to 69.4 years in 2006, the country's President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said here Wednesday. The president said that the rise due to the improvement of health and nutrition condition of the world's forth most populous country. "The life expectancy in our country rose from ... (
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2006
Banker predicts Indonesia's economy continue grow in 2007
A banker has predicted that Indonesia`s economy would continue to grow in 2007 following the lowering six times of Bank Indonesia`s reference rate by 250 base points and the active expansion of banking credits to customers. "The sign for improvement in Indonesia`s economy has been seen since the second quarter of this year with the ... (
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2006
Indonesia needs to improve business climate to lure US investors
The US Chamber of Commerce called on the the Indonesian government to improve its investment, tax and labour laws in order to attract greater investment from abroad including from US companies.
"Indonesia needs to to pass a new investment law, reform the tax laws and encourage liberalisation of labour rules. These reforms are important because business ... (
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2006
Bird flu death toll hits 56 as toddler dies in hospital
The human death toll from bird flu in Indonesia rose to 56 after a 2-year-old boy who died Monday in a Jakarta hospital from the H5N1 virus, health officials said. In addition, the country also posted a new confirmed human bird flu case, with a 36-year-old woman who has been undergoing treatment for the virus ... (
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2006
U.S. warns of protests during Bush Indonesia visit
The U.S. embassy in Indonesia warned on Monday that demonstrations over a visit by U.S. President George W. Bush could turn violent and told Americans to be vigilant and avoid protest areas. Bush is scheduled to make a short visit to Indonesia, the world's most populous Muslim nation and an ally in U.S.-led anti-terrorism efforts ... (
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2006
Ferry sinks off Borneo, 10 dead
Ten people, including eight children, have died and one passenger is missing after a ferry sank two days ago off the Indonesian side of Borneo island, an official said on Monday. Eddy Royani, head of the Sukamara port in Central Kalimantan province, said the Karya Mandiri was carrying 60 people. The vessel sank about 65 ... (
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2005
Police chief: More bombmakers are still on the loose
National Police chief Gen. Sutanto warned Monday that master bombmaker Azahari Husin, who was killed in a raid last week, had trained several followers in bombmaking and they are still on the loose. "There are several individuals who have not yet been caught and they have already learned to make bombs, although not at a ... (
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2005
Weapons handover continues in Aceh
Former rebels from Indonesia's Aceh province have begun handing in their weapons under the third of four phases of a landmark peace agreement. The military says it will now withdraw thousands more troops this week. The Free Aceh Movement and the government have moved quickly to reduce tensions since signing a pact in Helsinki last ... (
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2005
SBY puts bird flu death toll at 7
President said on Monday that seven people had died in the country from bird flu, announcing a higher death toll than the World Health Organization, which puts the number of confirmed fatalities at five.
"I have paid special attention to the greater Jakarta area. From what I have gathered there are 11 (positive) sufferers and out ... (
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2005
Jakarta water shortage likely by 2008
Jakarta's drinking water utility, PT PAM Lyonnaise Jaya, says Indonesia's capital Jakarta faces a serious water shortage by 2008, the Jakarta Post reports. Worsening pollution is steadily shrinking the quality and quantity of water from the Jatiluhur reservoir, Jakarta's main drinking water source, the report says, citing PT PAM Lyonnaise Jaya's institutional relations director, Kumala ... (
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2005
Satellite launch delayed for 8th time
The launch of Indonesian PT Telkom's satellite scheduled for Nov. 14 will be postponed again mainly due to a ground equipment problem, Telkom General Director Arwin Rasyid said Sunday. The launch has been delayed due to technical problem in gasoline launch table, Arwin said at the Telkom's satellite main controller station in Cibinong, West Java, ... (
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2004
Two more die as aftershocks continue in eastern Indonesia
Two people died on the eastern Indonesian island of Alor on Sunday as aftershocks continued two days after a powerful earthquake, a relief official said. The latest deaths bring to 21 the number who have died since Friday when the pre-dawn quake measuring 6.0 on the Richter scale hit the island near East Timor. In ... (
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2003
Final disembarkation call for aviation workers
The government has decided to press ahead with its plan for massive lay-offs at ailing state aircraft maker Dirgantara Indonesia despite angry protests by employees of the virtually bankrupt company. Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Dorodjatun Kuntjoro-Jakti said the decision was reached at a limited cabinet meeting on Thursday.
“The meeting has decided, in the framework ... (
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2002
Anger as Bali bomber laughs through interrogation
It's fair to say that millions of Australians are today disgusted with the images from Indonesia of the Bali bomber grinning into the camera and trading banter with the National Police Chief as he was put on show for an interview before watching media. Portraying himself as a young man from a mispent youth under ... (
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2000
Acehnese formulate 7-point declaration
Some 100,000 people gathered in Banda Aceh on Tuesday to hear the reading of a seven-point declaration demanding the Indonesian government restore the sovereignty of Aceh as a free and separate nation. The declaration, read by Muhammad Nazar of the Information Center for an Aceh Referendum, the organizer of the Mass Gathering for Peace, also ... (
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Other events on this day
2001
The wreckage of a Cessna light aircraft belonging to the Association of Mission Aviation (AMA) that crashed into a hillside in Wanggar subdistrict, Nabire regency, Irian Jaya, three days ago is found. Four people are found dead.
2001
A conference of the National Awakening Party (PKB), organized by supporters of Matori Abdul Djalil and held in Jakarta, ends and gives Matori legitimacy to his chairmanship, allowing him to freely fire and appoint party leaders in PKB regional offices.
2001
More than 200 women, mostly victims of violence perpetrated by their husbands, hold a demonstration against violence in Mataram, W. Nusa Tenggara, demanding the govt introduce laws to protect Indonesian women both at home and overseas.
2000
Muhammad Nazar of the Information Center for an Aceh Referendum, the organizer of the Mass Gathering for Peace in Banda Aceh, reads a seven-point declaration, demanding the Indonesian govt restore the sovereignty of Aceh as a free and separate nation.
2000
A delegation of the United Nations Security Council led by Namibian Martin Andjaba visits the Noelbeki refugee camp, about a half-hour's drive from Kupang, the capital of East Nusa Tenggara province.
2000
Governors of East, West, Central and South Kalimantan vow in Jakarta to protect business investment on the vast island because investment is the backbone of the island's development.
2000
South Jakarta prosecutors seize the youngest son of former president Soeharto Tommy's home in Jakarta in an effort to secure the fugitive's private assets, while police again searches his father's home, but once more fails to find him.
1999
The Indonesian Muslim Students Front (KAMMI) stages a massive protest rally in Jakarta, demanding the government do not open any ties with Israel.
1998
President B.J. Habibie asks Armed Forces (ABRI) Commander/Minister of Defense and Security Gen. Wiranto to take whatever actions necessary to deal with what he called acts of rebellion and threats to the unity, cohesion and life of the nation.
1998
Hariadi Darmawan and Roch Basoeki Mangoenpoerojo are questioned by police in connection with their alleged connection to clashes between students and security forces in Jakarta.
1998
Former president Soeharto blames the government's handling of students that led to bloodshed on Nov. 13, 1998, saying the reason why he resigned in the first place was to avoid bloodshed.
1997
Minister of Manpower Abdul Latief discloses that 359 Indonesians are currently imprisoned in Saudi Arabia convicted of various crimes, including theft, immigration document forgery and adultery.
1996
Jail warden Suwarno Madislam is sentenced to two years imprisonment by the Central Jakarta District Court for his role in businessman Eddy Tansil's prison escape, while his colleague Suparmo, gets eight months.
1996
The Indonesian Bishops Conference (KWI) ends its annual meeting in Jakarta, calling for the faithful to be wary of interest groups using religion for their own political purposes.
1996
Respected literary figure and priest Y.B. Mangunwijaya or Romo Mangun reveals in Semarang, Central Java, that his novel Ikan-ikan Hiu Ido Homa, written in 1983, had been published in Japanese by Mekong Tokyo publishing company.
1996
President Soeharto presents Jordan's King Hussein with a birthday gift in the form of two Indonesian-made assault weapons made by the Army-owned PT Pindad. Soeharto was then flown from the palace to the airport in Amman in a chopper piloted by the king.
1995
21 East Timorese youths scale the fence into the Japanese Embassy in Jakarta to seek political asylum, but the government promptly responded that they are free to go.
1993
Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chretien in Jakarta regards Indonesia as his country's most important trading partner in Southeast Asia with trade volume between the two countries approaching US$1 billion.
1990
President Soeharto arrives in Beijing for a six-day official state to China, the first by an Indonesian leader since 1964.
1990
Former bank director Lee Dharmawan Kertarahardja alias Lee Chian Kiat, 44, is sentenced to 20 years imprisonment by the West Jakarta District Court for misappropriating more than Rp 110 billion at Bank Perkembangan Asia.
1990
The Indonesian Institute for the Defense of Human Rights forms an independent trade union named the Setia Kawan Free Trade Union, which is designed to be free from the influence of employers and government.
1990
The Indonesian Mosque Association (IKMI) together with the Indonesian Red Cross (PMI) launches a fund-raising campaign for refugees from Iraq and Kuwait as a gesture of solidarity and goodwill from Indonesia whose population is majority Muslim.
1988
After meeting with President Soeharto in Jakarta, Australian Armed Forces Commander Peter C. Gration confirms that Australia does not consider Indonesia a military threat.
1988
A tanker belonging to state oil company Pertamina, carrying 412.9 metric tons of liquefied petroleum gas, sinks in the Indian Ocean between Deli Island and Ujung Kulon Peninsula in West Java after leaving the oil refinery port of Cilacap, Central Java.
1985
President Soeharto, in the name of the third world, delivers a speech at the 23th convention of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) in Rome, Italy. He also delivers a donation of 100,000 tons of rice to African farmers.
1985
Kamaryoen, former official of the Customs and Excise Office in Jakarta, is sentenced to 15 years imprisonment by the East Jakarta District Court for defrauding the state of Rp 3.15 billion.
1985
Minister of Education and Culture Fuad Hassan opens a three-day working conference of rectors of state and private universities in Jakarta, which is attended by 120 rectors.
1984
Indonesia, Australia begins six-day combined naval exercises off the coast of Northern Australia.
1984
Gen. Leonardus B. Moerdani, the commander of the Armed Forces, begins his third meeting with leading ulemas (Muslim scholars) in West Java, following similar meetings in East Java and Central Java.
1983
President Soeharto opens the 17th congress of the Indonesian Journalists Association (PWI) in Manado, North Sulawesi, warning the national press to refrain from writing sensational stories.
1983
Mohammad Aini Chalid, then a 27-year-old law student at Gadjah Mada University in Yogyakarta, is sentenced to two years and three month in jail on charges of inciting antigovernment riots in 1974.
1983
Sjamsuddin Manan, the chief editor of Mimbar Umum, one of the oldest newspapers in Medan, dies in hospital in the North Sumatra capital following a traffic accident yesterday.
1949
Dutch troops transfer military authority to the Indonesian Armed Forces (TNI) in Solo, Central Java.
1946
328 widows and children of former Dutch military officers are transported by 23 trucks from Lawe Sigala-gala to Medan in North Sumatra to be transferred to the Dutch, in line with the agreement between the Governor of Sumatra and Dutch Lt. Gen. Headley.
1945
Indonesia's second Cabinet or Parliamentary Cabinet is inaugurated and led by Sultan Sjahrir. In the new Cabinet, called the First Sjahrir Cabinet, ministers are responsible to the National Committee of Central Indonesia (KNIP).
1945
British troops attack a train which is full with refugees in Surabaya, while its warplanes bomb oil tanks in Wonokromo area, Surabaya, and its warship bombs Kamal, to scare off people in Madura Island.
1945
Commander of the Japanese troops in Java Lt. Gen. Nagano and his chief of staff Maj. Gen. Yamamoto are officially detained by the Allied Forces because the Japanese troops failed to fulfill their duty imposed by the Allies.
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