tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30320478587437585772011-11-27T17:26:28.958-08:00All Information about Indonesian Geography, Tourism, Food, Celebrity, History, art &amp; culture, etchkwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13648810985506674720noreply@blogger.comBlogger1451100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3032047858743758577.post-6350658120621977152010-09-03T23:12:00.001-07:002010-09-03T23:12:42.122-07:00National Police Chief General (Pol) Bambang Hendarso Danuri<br /><br />Any news, police chief abruptly called President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, there is also mentioning Police were busy with their family affairs.<br /><br />National Police Chief General disappearance (Pol) Bambang Hendarso Danuri just before the event sertijab Police officers this morning could lead to various speculations.<br /><br />Confusion about the information, police spoke. Through the Head of Public Relations Inspector General (Police) Edward Aritonang, Chief of Police was unable to attend because there was an internal affairs police.<br /><br />"It (family issues) was an internal police. Work profession," said Edward the Head of Public Relations Welcomes Off event at Wisma Bhayangkari, Jl Trunojoyo, South Jakarta, on Friday.<br /><br />Edward who will occupy his new position as the Central Java police chief explained, Chief of Police was not called by President SBY as the news circulated. "It is the committee already knew the show was done simultaneously. Initially measured can be executed. But it was difficult conditions," he added.<br /><br />Police Chief Edward was sure to be in Jakarta. "It got to the house earlier in Jakarta in the city alone,"<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3032047858743758577-635065812062197715?l=bestindonesia.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>hkwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13648810985506674720noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3032047858743758577.post-87314732536826516872010-09-03T22:42:00.000-07:002010-09-03T22:42:08.838-07:00National Police Chief General (Pol) Bambang Hendarso Danuri<br /><br />Any news, police chief abruptly called President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, there is also mentioning Police were busy with their family affairs.<br /><br />National Police Chief General disappearance (Pol) Bambang Hendarso Danuri just before the event sertijab Police officers this morning could lead to various speculations.<br /><br />Confusion about the information, police spoke. Through the Head of Public Relations Inspector General (Police) Edward Aritonang, Chief of Police was unable to attend because there was an internal affairs police.<br /><br />"It (family issues) was an internal police. Work profession," said Edward the Head of Public Relations Welcomes Off event at Wisma Bhayangkari, Jl Trunojoyo, South Jakarta, on Friday.<br /><br />Edward who will occupy his new position as the Central Java police chief explained, Chief of Police was not called by President SBY as the news circulated. "It is the committee already knew the show was done simultaneously. Initially measured can be executed. But it was difficult conditions," he added.<br /><br />Police Chief Edward was sure to be in Jakarta. "It got to the house earlier in Jakarta in the city alone,"<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3032047858743758577-8731473253682651687?l=bestindonesia.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>hkwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13648810985506674720noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3032047858743758577.post-19529029423722964232010-07-04T10:38:00.000-07:002010-07-04T10:45:05.500-07:00As a foreign resident of Indonesia, you will undoubtedly have need to be in touch with your embassy for a variety of reasons. Some of the most common are:<br /><br /> 1. Renewal of your passport or the issuance of other official documents<br /> 2. Assistance with tax information<br /> 3. Provision of business-related information<br /> 4. Provision of emergency information or evacuation in the event of an emergency<br /> 5. Coordination of community events for national days and other significant events in your culture<br /><br />Most embassies advise resident expats that they register their presence in Indonesia with the Consular office in order that the above can be carried out. Some embassies have Consulates in other cities in Indonesia, usually Surabaya, Medan and/or Denpasar. Contact the embassy if you need information on a Consulate outside of Jakarta. Foreign Consulates in Bali<br /><br />Embassy of the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan<br />Jl. Dr. Kusumaatmaja SH No. 15<br />Menteng, Jakarta Pusat 10310<br />Tel (62-21) 314-3169<br />Fax (62-21) 335-390<br />Email<br /><br />Embassy of the Democratic People's Republic of Algeria<br />Jl. H. R. Rasuna Said Kav. 10-11<br />Kuningan, Jakarta Selatan 12950<br />Tel (62-21) 525-4719, 525-4809<br />Fax (62-21) 525-4654<br />Email ambaljak@cbn.net.id<br /><br />Embassy of the Republic of Argentina<br />Menara Thamrin R. 1602<br />Jl. Muhammad Thamrin, Kav. 3<br />Jakarta, 10250<br />Tel (62-21) 230-3061, 230-3761<br />Fax (62-31) 230-3962<br />Email embargen@cbn.net.id, eisia@mrecic.gov.ar<br /><br />Embassy of Australia<br />Jl. H.R. Rasuna Said Kav. C15-16<br />Kuningan, Jakarta Selatan 12940<br />Tel (62-21) 2550-5555<br />Fax (62-21) 2550-5467<br />Email public-affairs-jakt@dfat.gov.au<br />Website www.austembjak.or.id<br />AusAID www.indo.ausaid.gov.au<br /><br />Austrian Embassy<br />Jalan Terusan Denpasar Raya (Jalan H. R. Rasuna Said Kav. X/3 N° 1)<br />Kuningan, Jakarta Selatan 12950<br />Tel. +62 (21) 259-3037<br />Fax +62 (21) 5292-0651<br />Email jakarta-ob@bmeia.gv.at<br />Website www.austrian-embassy.or.id, www.aussenministerium.at/jakarta<br /><br />Embassy of the People's Republic of Bangladesh<br />Jl. Taman Ubud I No. 5<br />Kuningan Jakarta Selatan 12950<br />Telephone: +62 (21) 5292-1271 - 5292-1272<br />Fax +62 (21) 525-1143<br />Website bangladeshembassyjakarta<br /><br />Royal Belgian Embassy<br />Deutsche Bank Building, 16th floor<br />Jl. Imam Bonjol No. 80<br />Menteng, Jakarta Pusat 10310<br />Tel (62-21) 316-2030<br />Fax (62-21) 316-2035<br />Email jakarta@diplobel.org<br /><br />Embassy of Bosnia and Herzegovina<br />Menara Imperium, 11th floor Suite D-2<br />Jl. H.R. Rasuna Said Kav. 1<br />Kuningan, Jakarta Selatan 12980<br />Tel (62-21) 8370-3022, 8370-3029<br />Fax (62-21) 8370-3029<br />Email<br /><br />Embassy of the Federative Republic of Brazil<br />Menara Mulia Building, 16th floor<br />Jl. Jend. Gatot Subroto Kav. 9-11<br />Jakarta Selatan 12930<br />Tel (62-21) 526-5656, 526-5657, 526-5658<br />Fax (62-21) 526-5659<br />Email embrasil@cbn.net.id<br /><br />Embassy of Brunei Darussalam<br />Jln Teuku Umar No. 9 <br />Menteng, Jakarta Pusat<br />Tel (62-21) 3190-2390<br />Fax<br />Email kbjindo@cbn.net.id<br /><br />Embassy of the People's Republic of Bulgaria<br />Jl. Imam Bonjol No. 34-36<br />Menteng, Jakarta Pusat 10310<br />Tel (62-21) 390-4048, 390-4049<br />Fax (62-21) 315-1433<br />Email bgemb.jkt@centrin.net.id<br /><br />Royal Embassy of Cambodia<br />Jl. TB Simatupang Kav 13<br />Kebagusan, Jakarta Selatan 12520<br />Phone:(62-21) 781-2523 <br />Fax (62-21) 781-2524<br />Email recjkt@indo.net.id<br /><br />Embassy of Canada<br />World Trade Centre, 6th Floor<br />Jl. Jend. Sudirman, Kav. 29<br />Jakarta 12920<br />Tel. (62-21) 2550-7800<br />Fax (62-21) 2550-7811<br />Email canadianembassy.jkrta@dfait-maeci.gc.ca<br />Website www.indonesia.gc.ca<br /><br />Embassy of the Republic of Chile<br />Bina Mulia Building I, 7th floor<br />Jl. H.R. Rasuna Said Kav. 10<br />Kuningan, Jakarta Selatan 12950<br />Tel (62-21) 252 1982, 252-5021, 252-1203<br />Fax (62-21) 520-1955<br />Email emchijak@indosat.net.id<br /><br />Embassy of the People's Republic of China<br />Jl. Mega Kuningan 2<br />Karet Kuningan, Jakarta Selatan 12950<br />Tel (62-21) 576-1039<br />Fax (62-21) 576-1034<br />Email political@chnemb.or.id<br />Website<br /><br />Embassy of the Republic of Colombia<br />Plaza Sentral, 16th floor<br />Jl. Jend. Sudirman Kav. 47<br />Jakarta Selatan 12920<br />Tel (62-21) 525-6446, 570-1422<br />Fax (62-21) 520-7717<br />Email emcolin@rad.net.id<br /><br />Embassy of Croatia<br />Menara Mulia Building, 28th floor, Suite 2801<br />Jl. Jend. Gatot Subroto Kav. 9-11<br />Jakarta Selatan 12930<br />Tel (62-21) 525-7822, 525-7611<br />Fax (62-21) 520-4073<br />Email jakarta@mvpei.hr <br />Website www.croatemb.or.id<br /><br />Embassy of Cuba<br />Taman Puri<br />Jl. Opal Blok K-1<br />Permata Hijau, Jakarta 12210<br />Tel (62-21) 530-4293<br />Fax (62-21) 5367-6906<br />Email cubaindo@cbn.net.id<br />Website<br /><br />Embassy of the Czech Republic<br />Jl. Gereja Theresia No. 20<br />Menteng, Jakarta Pusat 10350<br />Tel (62-21) 390-4075, 390-4076, 390-4077<br />Fax (62-21) 336-282<br />Email czemb@indosat.net.id, jakarta@embassy.mzv.cz<br />Website www.czechembassy.org<br /><br />Royal Danish Embassy<br />Menara Rajawali, 25th Floor<br />Jl. Mega Kuningan Lot 5.1<br />Jakarta 12950<br />(P.O.Box 4459 Jakarta 12044)<br />Tel (62-21) 576-1478<br />Fax (62-21) 576-1535<br />Email jktamb@um.dk<br />Website www.ambjakarta.um.dk<br /><br />Embassy of the Arab Republic of Egypt<br />Jalan Teuku Umar No. 68<br />Menteng, Jakarta Pusat 10310<br />Tel. 3143440, 31931141, 31935350<br />Fax. 3145073<br />Email jakarta_emb@mfa.gov.eg<br /><br />Delegation of the European Commission <br />Intiland Tower, 16th floor<br />Jl. Jend. Sudirman Kav. 32<br />Jakarta Pusat 10220<br />(PO Box 6454, JKPDS Jakarta)<br />Tel (62-21) 2554-6200<br />Fax (62-21) 2554-6201<br />Email delegation-indonesia@ec.europa.eu<br />Website www.delidn.ec.europa.eu<br /><br />Embassy of Finland<br />Menara Rajawali, 9th floor<br />Jalan Mega Kuningan, Lot No. 5.1<br />Kawasan Mega Kuningan, Jakarta 12950<br />Tel (62-21) 576-1650<br />Fax (62-21) 576-1631<br />Email sanomat.jak@formin.fi<br />Website www.finland.or.id<br /><br />Embassy of France<br />20 Jalan Thamrin<br />Jakarta Pusat 10350<br />Phone : (021) 314 28 07<br />Fax (021) 392 96 78<br />Website www.ambafrance-id.org<br /><br />Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany<br />Jl. M.H. Thamrin No. 1<br />Menteng, Jakarta Pusat 10310<br />Tel (62-21) 3985-5000<br />Fax (62-21) 390-1757<br />Email germany@rad.net.id<br />Website www.jakarta.diplo.de<br /><br />Embassy of Greece<br />Plaza 89, 12th floor<br />Jl. H.R. Rasuna Said Kav. X-7 No. 6<br />Kuningan, Jakarta 12540<br />Tel (62-21) 520-7776<br />Fax (62-21) 520-7753<br />Email grembas@cbn.net.id<br /><br />Embassy of the Republic of Hungary<br />Jl. H.R. Rasuna Said Kav. X-3<br />Kuningan, Jakarta Selatan 12950<br />Tel (62-21) 520-3459, 520-3460<br />Fax (62-21) 520-3461<br />Email huembjkt@rad.net.id<br />Website<br /><br />Embassy of India<br />Jl. H.R. Rasuna Said Kav. S-1<br />Kuningan, Jakarta Selatan 12950<br />Tel (62-21) 520-4150, 520-4152, 520-4157<br />Fax (62-21) 520-4160<br />Email eoiisi@indo.net.id<br />Website www.embassyofindiajakarta.org<br /><br />Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran<br />Jl. H.O.S. Cokroaminoto No. 110<br />Menteng, Jakarta Pusat 10310<br />Tel (62-21) 331-378, 331-391, 334-637<br />Fax (62-21) 310-7860<br />Email irembjkt@indo.net.id<br />Website www.iranembassy.or.id<br /><br />Embassy of the Republic of Iraq<br />Jl. Teuku Umar No. 38<br />Menteng, Jakarta Pusat 10350<br />Tel (62-21) 390-4067, 390-4068, 390-4069<br />Fax (62-21) 390-4066<br />Email iraqembi@rad.net.id<br /><br />Embassy of the Republic of Italy<br />Jl. P. Diponegoro No. 45<br />Jakarta 10310<br />Tel. (62 21) 3193 7445 (operator)<br />Fax (62 21) 3193 7422<br />Email ambasciata.jakarta@esteri.it<br />Website www.italian-embassy.org.ae/Ambasciata_Jakarta<br /><br /> ICE - Italian Trade Commission<br /> Gedung BRI II 29th Fl, Suite 2902<br /> Jl. Jend. Sudirman Kav. 44-46<br /> Jakarta 10210<br /> Tel. (62-21) 5713 560<br /> Fax (62-21) 5713 561<br /> Email giacarta.giacarta@ice.it<br /> Website www.italtrade.com/indonesia<br /><br />Embassy of Japan<br />Jl. M.H. Thamrin 24<br />Jakarta Pusat 10350<br />Tel (62-21) 3192-4308<br />Fax (62-21) 3192-5460<br />Email<br />Website www.id.emb-japan.go.jp<br /><br />Embassy of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan<br />Gedung Artha Graha, 9th floor<br />Jln Jend Sudirman Kav 52–53<br />Tel. (62-21) 515-3484<br />Fax (62-21) 515-3482<br />Email jordanem@cbn.net.id<br />Website www.jordanembassy.or.id<br /><br />Embassy of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea<br />Jalan Teluk Betung No. 2<br />Menteng, Jakarta Pusat<br />Tel (62-21) 3190-8425, 3190-8426<br />Fax (6221) 3190-8427<br />Email<br /><br />Embassy of the Republic of Korea<br />Jl. Jend. Gatot Subroto Kav. 57-58<br />Kuningan, Jakarta Selatan 12930<br />Tel (62-21) 520-1915<br />Fax (62-21) 525-4159<br />Email<br /><br />Embassy of the State of Kuwait<br />Jl. Mega Kuningan Barat 3 Kav 16-17<br />Kuningan, Jakarta Selatan<br />Tel (62-21) 576-4556<br />Fax<br />Email ami@kuwait-toplist.com<br /><br />Embassy of the Lao People's Democratic Republic<br />Jl. Patra Kuningan XIV No. 1A<br />Kuningan, Jakarta Selatan 12950<br />Tel (62-21) 522-9602, 522-7862<br />Fax (62-21) 522-9601<br />Email<br /><br />Embassy of Lebanon<br />Jl. YBR V No. 82<br />Kuningan, Jakarta 12950<br />Tel (62-21) 525-3074, 526-4306<br />Fax (62-21) 520-7121<br /><br />Embassy of Libya<br />Jl. Kintamani Blok C7<br />Kuningan, Jakarta Selatan<br />Tel (62-21) 5292-0059<br />Fax (62-21)<br />Email<br /><br />Embassy of Malaysia<br />Jl. H.R. Rasuna Said Kav. X-6 No. 1-3<br />Kuningan, Jakarta Selatan 12950<br />Tel (62-21) 522-4947<br />Fax (62-21) 522-4974<br />Email maljakarta@kln.gov.my<br /><br />Embassy of Mali<br />Jl. Mendawai III No. 18<br />Kebayoran Baru, Jakarta 12130<br />Tel (62-21) 720-8504, 726-8504<br />Fax (62-21) 722-9589<br />Email<br /><br />Embassy of the Republic of Marshall Islands<br />Jl. Brawijaya Raya No. 17<br />Jakarta 12160<br />Tel (62-21) 724-8564, 724-8565<br />Fax (62-21) 724-8566<br />Email<br /><br />Embassy of México<br />Menara Mulia Building, 23rd floor<br />Jl. Jend. Gatot Subroto Kav. 9-11<br />Jakarta Selatan 12930<br />Tel (62-21) 520-3980<br />Fax (62-21) 520-3978<br />Email embmexic@rad.net.id<br /><br />Embassy of the Kingdom of Morocco<br />Jln Denpasar Raya Kav 1 Blok A 13 <br />Kuningan, Jakarta Selatan<br />Tel. 021 5200773<br />Fax 021 5200586<br />Email sifamajakar@cbn.net.id<br /><br />Embassy of Mozambique<br />Wisma GKBI, 37th floor<br />Jl. Jend. Sudirman No. 28<br />Jakarta 10210<br />Tel (62-21) 574-0901<br />Fax (62-21) 574-0907<br />Email embamoc@cbn.net.id<br /><br />Embassy of the Union of Myanmar<br />Jl. H. Agus Salim No. 109<br />Menteng, Jakarta Pusat 10350<br />Tel (62-21) 314-0440, 327-684<br />Fax (62-21) 327-204<br />Email myanmar@cbn.net.id<br /><br />Royal Netherlands Embassy<br />Jl. H.R. Rasuna Said Kav. S-3<br />Kuningan, Jakarta Selatan 12950<br />(P.O.Box 2439 JKT 10024)<br />Tel (62-21) 525-1515<br />Fax (62-21) 570-0734<br />Email jak@minbuza.nl<br />Website www.mfa.nl/jak<br /><br />New Zealand Embassy<br />Sentral Senayan 2, Floor 10<br />Jl Asia Afrika No 8<br />Gelora Bung Karno, Jakarta Pusat 10270<br />Tel (62-21) 570-9460<br />Fax (62-21) 570-9457<br />Email nzembjak@cbn.net.id<br />Travel Advisories www.nzembassy.com<br /><br />Embassy of the Federal Republic of Nigeria<br />Jl. Taman Patra XIV No. 11A<br />Kuningan Timur, Jakarta Selatan 12950<br />Tel (62-21) 526-0922, 526-0923<br />Fax (62-21) 526-0924<br />Email<br /><br />Royal Norwegian Embassy<br />Menara Rajawali Building, 25th floor<br />Mega Kuningan, Jakarta 12950<br />Tel. + 62 21 576 1523/24<br />Fax + 62 21 576 1537<br />Email emb.jakarta@mfa.no<br />Website www.norway.or.id<br /><br />Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan<br />Mega Kuningan Barat Kav 5 - 8, Blok E 3.9<br />Kuningan, Jakarta Selatan<br />Tel. 021 5785-1836, 5785-1837<br />Email parepjkt@rad.net.id<br />Website<br /><br />Embassy of Palestine<br />Jl. Diponegoro No. 59<br />Menteng, Jakarta Pusat 10310<br />Tel (62-21) 314-5444, 323-521, 310-6546, 323-521<br />Fax (62-21) 310-8011<br />Email<br /><br />Embassy of Panama<br />World Trade Center, 13th floor<br />Jl. Jend. Sudirman Kav. 29-31<br />Jakarta 12920<br />Tel. (62-21) 521-1821, 571-1867, 570-0218<br />Fax (62-21) 571-1933<br />Email<br /><br />Embassy of Papua New Guinea<br />Panin Bank Centre, 6th floor<br />Jl. Jend. Sudirman Kav. 1<br />Jakarta 10270<br />Tel (62-21) 725-1218<br />Fax (62-21) 720-1012<br />Email kdujkt@cbn.net.id<br /><br />Embassy of Peru<br />Menara Rajawali 12th Fl<br />Jl. Mega Kuningan Lot. # 5-1<br />Kawasan Mega Kuningan<br />Jakarta, Indonesia<br />Tel (62-21) 576-1820, 520-1866, 520-1176<br />Fax (62-21) 520-1932<br />Email embaperu@cbn.net.id<br /><br />Embassy of the Republic of the Philippines<br />Jl. Imam Bonjol No. 6-8<br />Menteng, Jakarta Pusat 10310<br />Tel (62-21) 310-0334<br />Fax (62-21) 315-1167, 314-9773<br />Email phjkt@indo.net.id, jakartape@dfa.gov.ph<br /><br />Embassy of the Republic of Poland<br />Jl. H.R. Rasuna Said Kav. X Blok IV3<br />Kuningan, Jakarta 12950<br />Tel (62-21) 252-5938/9, 252-5940/42<br />Fax (62-21) 252-5958<br />Email plembjkt@rad.net.id<br /><br />Embassy of Portugal<br />Jalan Indramayu No. 2 A<br />Menteng, Jakarta 10310, Indonesia<br />Tel (62-21) 3190-8030<br />Fax (62-21) 3190-8031<br />Email porembjak@cbn.net.id<br /><br />Embassy of the State of Qatar<br />Jl. Mega Kuningan E 2.3 no 4<br />Kawasan Mega Kuningan, Jakarta Selatan<br />Tel. 021 5790-6564, 5790-6560<br />Email qataremj@rad.net.id<br /><br />Embassy of Romania<br />Jl. Teuku Cik Di Tiro No. 42<br />Menteng, Jakarta Pusat<br />Tel. 390-0489, 021 390-2731<br />Email<br /><br />Embassy of the Russian Federation<br />Jl. H. R. Rasuna Said Kav. 7 No. 1-2<br />Kuningan, Jakarta Selatan 12950<br />Tel (62-21) 522-2912, 522-2914<br />Fax (62-21) 522-2916, 522-2915<br />Email rusembjkt@dnet.net.id<br /><br />Embassy of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia<br />Jl. M.T. Haryono Kav. 27<br />Cawang Atas, Jakarta Timur 13630<br />Tel (62-21) 801-1533, 801-1536, 801-1537<br />Fax (62-21) 801-1527<br />Email<br /><br />Embassy of The Republic of Serbia<br />Jl. H.O.S. Cokroaminoto No. 109<br />Menteng, Jakarta Pusat 10310<br />Tel (62-21) 314-3560, 314-3720<br />Fax (62-21) 314-3613<br />Email embjakarta@serbian-embassy.org<br /><br />Embassy of the Republic of Singapore<br />Jl. H.R. Rasuna Said Kav. X-4 No. 2<br />Kuningan, Jakarta Selatan 12950<br />Tel (62-21) 520-1489, 5296-1433<br />Fax (62-21) 520-1486<br />Consular Fax (62-21) 520-2320<br />Email singemb_jkt@sgmfa.gov.sg<br />Website www.mfa.gov.sg/jkt/main.html<br /><br />Embassy of Slovakia<br />Jalan Prof. Mohammad Yamin SH No 29<br />P. O. Box 1368<br />Menteng, Jakarta 10310<br />Tel. +62-21 310-1068, +62-21 315-1429<br />Fax +62-21 310-1180<br />Email slovemby@indo.net.id<br /><br />Embassy of the Republic of Somalia<br />Jl. Salak No. 5<br />Guntur, Jakarta Selatan 12980<br />Tel. (62-21) 831-1506, 8379-5451<br />Email somaliemb@indo.net.id, somalirep_jkt@yahoo.com<br /><br />Embassy of South Africa<br />Wisma GKBI, Suite 705<br />Jl. Jend. Sudirman Kav. 28<br />Jakarta Pusat 10210<br />Tel (62-21) 574-0660<br />Fax (62-21) 574-0661<br />Email saembassy@centrin.net.id<br />Website www.southafricanembassy-jakarta.or.id<br /><br />Embassy of the Kingdom of Spain<br />Jl. H. Agus Salim No. 61<br />Gondangdia, Menteng, Jakarta Pusat 10350<br />Tel (62-21) 314-2355, 3193-5134<br />Fax (62-21) 31935134<br />Email<br /><br />Embassy of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka<br />Jl. Diponegoro No. 70<br />Menteng, Jakarta Pusat 10310<br />Tel (62-21) 314-1018, 316-1886, 3190-2389<br />Fax (62-21) 310-7962<br />Email<br /><br />Embassy of the Republic of the Sudan<br />Jln Lembang No. 7<br />Menteng, Jakarta Pusat<br />Tel. 021 390-8234<br />Email<br /><br />Embassy of the Kingdom of Sweden<br />Menara Rajawali, 9th Floor<br />Jl. Mega Kuningan Lot No. 5.1<br />Kawasan Mega Kuningan, Jakarta 12950<br />(PO Box 2824, Jakarta 10001)<br />Tel (62-21) 2553-5900<br />Fax (62-21) 576-2691<br />Email ambassaden.jakarta@foreign.ministry.se<br />Website www.swedenabroad.com/jakarta<br /><br />Embassy of Switzerland<br />Jl. H.R. Rasuna Said Kav. X3-2<br />Kuningan, Jakarta Selatan 12950<br />Tel (62-21) 525-6061<br />Fax (62-21) 520-2289<br />Email vertretung@jak.rep.admin.ch<br />Website www.eda.admin.ch<br /><br />Embassy of the Syrian Arab Republic<br />Jl. Karang Asem I No. 8<br />Kuningan Raya, Jakarta Selatan 12950<br />Tel (62-21) 525-5991, 520-4117, 520-1641<br />Fax (62-21) 520-2511<br />Email<br /><br />Royal Thai Embassy<br />Jl. Imam Bonjol No. 74<br />Menteng, Jakarta Pusat 10310<br />Tel (62-21) 390-4052<br />Fax (62-21) 310-7469, 390-4055<br />Email thaijkt@indo.net.id<br /><br />Embasssy of the Republic of Tunisia<br />Jalan Karang Asem Tengah, Blok C5/No. 15<br />Kuningan, Jakarta Selatan<br />Tel. +6221 5289 2328, 5289 2329<br />Fax +6221 525 5889<br />Email atjkt@uninet.net.id<br /><br />Embassy of the Republic of Turkey<br />Jl. H.R. Rasuna Said Kav. 1<br />Kuningan, Jakarta Selatan 12950<br />Tel (62-21) 525-6250, 526-4143<br />Fax (62-21) 522-6056, 525-6258<br />Email<br /><br />Embassy of Ukraine<br />World Trade Center, 8th Floor<br />Jln Jendral Sudirman <br />Jakarta Selatan<br />Tel. 521-1700<br />Email: uaemabs@rad.net.id<br /><br />Embassy of the United Arab Emirates<br />Jl. Prof. Dr. Satrio No. 16-17<br />Jakarta Selatan 12950<br />Tel (62-21) 520-6518, 520-6552<br />Fax (62-21) 520-6526<br />Email uaeemb@rad.net.id<br /><br />Her Britannic Majesty's Embassy (United Kingdom)<br />Jl. M.H. Thamrin No. 75<br />Jakarta 10310<br />Tel. (62) (21) 2356-5200<br />Fax (62) (21) 2356-5351<br />Fax (62) (21) 3983-5538 (Consulate)<br />Website ukinindonesia.fco.gov.uk <br /><br />Embassy of the United States of America<br />Jl. Medan Merdeka Selatan No. 5<br />Jakarta Pusat 10110<br />Tel (62-21) 3435-9000, 344-2211<br />Fax (62-21) 386-2259<br />Email jakconsul@state.gov (consular section)<br />Website jakarta.usembassy.gov<br /><br />U.S. Commercial Center in Indonesia<br />www.buyusa.gov/indonesia/en/<br /><br />Embassy of Republic of Uzbekistan<br />Jln Daksa 3 No. 14<br />Kebayoran Baru, Jakarta Selatan<br />Tel. 720-0950<br />Email registan@indo.net.id<br /><br />Apostolic Nuncio (Vatican)<br />Jl. Medan Merdeka Timur No. 18<br />Jakarta Pusat 10110<br />Tel (62-21) 384-1142, 381-0736<br />Fax (62-21) 384-1143<br />Email<br /><br />Embassy of the Republic of Venezuela<br />Menara Mulia, 20th floor<br />Jl. Jend. Gatot Subroto Kav. 9-11<br />Jakarta Selatan 12930<br />Tel (62-21) 522-7547, 522-7548<br />Fax (62-21) 522-7549<br />Email evenjakt@cbn.net.id<br /><br />Embassy of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam<br />Jl. Panarukan No. 11<br />Menteng, Jakarta Pusat<br />Tel. 21 314-9975<br />Email<br /><br />Embassy of the Republic of Yemen<br />Jl. Subang No. 18<br />Menteng, Jakarta Pusat 10350<br />Tel (62-21) 390-4074, 310-8029, 310-8035<br />Fax (62-21) 390-4946<br />Email yemembjkt@hotmail.com<br /><br />Embassy of the Republic of Zimbabwe<br />Jl. Patra Kuningan VII 15<br />Jakarta 12950<br />Tel (62-21) 522-1378, 521-0485/86<br />Fax (62-21) 525-0365<br />Email zimjakarta@yahoo.com<br /><br />If the foreign government whose embassy you are looking for doesn't appear above, it may be because they don't have an embassy in Jakarta. Check on the foreign ministry website of the country concerned ... and see which is their nearest embassy (to Indonesia) as it may have jurisdiction over requests coming from Indonesia. These embassies are often located in Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Manila or Hong Kong.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3032047858743758577-1952902942372296423?l=bestindonesia.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>hkwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13648810985506674720noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3032047858743758577.post-50121943623440771222010-07-03T04:52:00.000-07:002010-07-04T10:53:14.006-07:00Choosing a Pre-School in Jakarta<br />Indonesian National Plus Schools<br />International Schools Outside Jakarta<br />International Schools in Jakarta<br />ACG INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL<br /><br /> Jl. Warung Jati Barat No.19<br /> (Taman Margasatwa)<br /> Ragunan, South Jakarta<br /> Tel. (62-21)780-5636<br /> Fax (62-21) 781-4827<br /> Email jude.soper@acgedu.com<br /> Website www.acgedu.com<br /><br /> Curriculum: International/British and New Zealand, Kindergarten (3 years old) to grade 13<br /> Ms. Jude Soper, Principal<br /> Enrollment: 135<br /><br /> Over 3,000 students are currently being educated in Academic Colleges Group (ACG) Schools, both in New Zealand and overseas. The vision that drives us is clear. We aim to create a unique and dynamic learning environment, providing students from all over the world with an internationally – recognized education of the highest quality, and equipping them to make a successful contribution to the global community. ACG International School is a place where young people are encouraged and challenged to meet both their academic and personal potential. Learning and enjoyment go hand in hand, and each students needs are carefully considered. We offer a safe, caring environment with a superior standard of service and excellent facilities.<br /><br />AUSTRALIAN INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL - JAKARTA<br /><br /> Pejaten Campus - Secondary<br /> Jl. Pejaten Barat no. 69<br /> South Jakrta<br /> Tel. (62-21) 782-1141, 782-4024<br /> Fax (62-21) 782-7871<br /> Email: pejaten@ais.or.id<br /> Brenton Hall – Head of School<br /> Principal: Mr. Bruce Ferrec<br /> Enrollment 400 <br /><br /> Kemang Campus - Primary<br /> Jl. Kemang Timur no. 81<br /> South Jakarta<br /> Phone (62-21) 719-8856, 7179-0437<br /> Fax (62-21) 7179-0937<br /> Email kemang@ais-indonesia.com<br /> Website www.ais-indonesia.com<br /> Mr. Bruce Ferrec – Head of School<br /><br /> Curriculum - Australian, Levels - Kindergarten through Year 12<br /> Principal – Bruce Ferres<br /> Enrollment – 700<br /><br /> Our Success Story: The Australian International School Indonesia (AIS) provides a world-class education for Kindergarten to Year 12 students with four well-resourced campuses in Jakarta, Bali, and Balikpapan. You are invited to discover the AIS success story which features:<br /><br /> * A friendly and vibrant community where every student is nurtured and encouraged to achieve their personal best<br /> * A world-class Australian curriculum complemented by highly qualified teachers with international experience<br /> * A commitment to providing innovative and challenging individual learning programs<br /> * A values-based education experience which provides a solid foundation for future academic success and personal growth<br /> * A safe and caring environment<br /><br /> At AIS, it’s all about “Empowering Minds and Uniting Communities”. To find out more about successful learning at AIS and our four campuses, we invite you to explore our website or contact us for a tour. of one of our campuses.<br /><br />AL-HARAMAIN AL-SAUDIAH ACADEMY<br /><br /> Jl. Cipinang Cempedak No. 25<br /> Jakarta Timur<br /> Phone (62-21) 819-1254<br /> Fax (62-21) 851-5154<br /> Email saschool@centrin.net.id<br /> Website none<br /><br />BRITISH INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL<br /><br /> Bintaro Main Campus (Pre-School to Year 13, ages 3-18)<br /> Bintaro Jaya Sektor 9<br /> Jl Raya Jombang<br /> Ciledug, Pondok Aren<br /> Tangerang 15227<br /> Phone (62 21) 745 1670<br /> Fax (62 21) 745 1671<br /> Email Enquiries@bis.or.id<br /> Website www.bis.or.id<br /><br />DEUTSCHE INTERNATIONALE SCHULE<br /><br /> (German International School)<br /> Jl. Puspa Widya No. 8<br /> Bumi Serpong Damai<br /> Tangerang 15322, Indonesia<br /> Phone (62-21) 537-8080<br /> Fax (62-21) 537-5102<br /> Email mail@dis.or.id<br /> Website www.dis.or.id<br /> Dr. Peter Schaefer, Principal<br /> Enrollment - 250<br /><br />El SHADDAI INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL<br /><br /> (Accelerated Christian Education/School of Tomorrow)<br /> Kompleks Permata Mediterania,<br /> Jl. Pos Pengumben Raya No. 40, Jakarta Barat<br /> Tel. (62-21) 589-07193 – 4<br /> Fax (62-21) 589-07195<br /> Email elshaddaischool@gmail.com<br /> Website www.elshaddaischool.com<br /><br /> Over 7000 Christian schools in 131 countries worldwide are educated in the Accelerated Christian Education/School of Tomorrow (ACE/SOT) system which has been established for 35 years form the U.S. Graduates are attending world-renown universities such as Liberty U., Harvard, Princeton, Yale, Oxford, Murdoch, etc. El Shaddai International School is the first ACE/SOT Christian school in Indonesia. El Shaddai International School (ESIS) vision is to provide a quality education that integrates Godly wisdom, biblical principles and characters; producing outstanding unique leaders with a spirit of excellence that will lead them to be successful in their God-given life purpose in the 7 mountains of society – church, family, education, government, media, entertainment, and business (Rick Joyner). “Wisdom precedes success, it prepares the life for success when you build on it.”<br /><br /> ESIS is a daughter school of King’s College, W. Australia and associated with world-renown Christian universities such as Liberty University, the world’s largest Christian university. Our success stories are that many of our 16-year-old high school graduates are outstanding as they have received scholarships from international and national renown universities such as Liberty University, U.S.A. in Business, President University in Business, University of Pelita Harapan in Law. Our 16-year-old graduate was one of the youngest student attending the Singapore Management University associated with Wharton University, U.S.A. Our 15-year-old was the youngest student attending the University of Indonesia & Queensland University double degree program in Psychology. “We are meant to soar high!”<br /><br />GANDHI MEMORIAL INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL<br /><br /> PRJ Kompleks Kemayoran Blok D Kav. No.1<br /> Jakarta Pusat, Indonesia<br /> Phone No. (62-21) 658-65667, 658-65668, 658-65669<br /> Fax No. (62-21) 658-65677<br /> Email headmaster@gandhijkt.org<br /> Website www.gandhijkt.org<br /><br />HOPE INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL<br /><br /> The Bellezza Permata Hijau<br /> 3rd floor, 34 Arteri Permata Hijau<br /> Jakarta 12210<br /> Phone (62-21) 5366-4888<br /> Fax (62-21) 5366-48499<br /> Email info@hopeinternational.sch.id<br /> Admissions Office admission@hopeinternational.sch.id<br /> Website www.hopeinternational.sch.id<br /><br /> Curriculum: Primary: Cambridge International Primary Programme (P1- P6), Secondary: IGCSE Programme (Y7 – Y10), AS and A level Programme (Y11 – Y12).<br /><br /> Highly qualified teachers with international experience, English and Mandarin native speakers, strong focus in Character Building and Religion, Remedial and Tutorial Programme, highly competitive and attractive fees structure, a friendly and welcoming community, scholarship available for high achievers.<br /><br />INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR SPECIAL CARE IN EDUCATION (ICSCE)<br /><br /> Jl. Jati Padang Utara No. 8 B<br /> Pejaten - Jakarta 12540<br /> Tel.(62-21) 780-7313<br /> Fax. (62-21) 7884-4313<br /> Email special_care@cbn.net.id<br /> Website<br /> Principal - Paulus Sulu<br /><br /> Curriculum: Special education for children with special needs age 4 years and up; work training and placement for young adults with special needs age 16 years and up; and work shelther for young adults and adults with special needs age 20 and up who cannot join the work placement at companies.<br /><br />ISMILE<br /><br /> International School of Multiple Intelligences Learning & Enrichment (ISMILE)<br /> GP Tower 5th Floor<br /> The Bellezza Permata Hijau<br /> Jl. Let. Jend. Soepeno No. 34<br /> Jakarta Selatan 12210, Indonesia<br /> Tel. (62-21) 5366-4777<br /> Fax (62-21) 5366-4795<br /> Email enquiry@ismile.sch.id<br /> Website www.ismile.sch.id<br /> Principal -<br /> Enrollment -<br /><br /> Curriculum - Multiple Intelligences (M.I.) based curriculum from Singapore's largest pre-school, incorporating bi-lingual (English & Mandarin) instruction, Reggio Emilia approach, MATAL science, and CharacterFirst syllabus.<br /><br /> At ISMILE, every child is progressively profiled using the Multiple Intelligences (M.I.) approach by Professor Howard Gardner of Harvard University. A team of experienced international teachers lead ISMILE's M.I. programs (6 months till 6 years old) which bring the confidence out of every child. Students enjoy learning within the Reggio Emilia-inspired environment, outdoor nature garden and sand/water play areas.<br /><br />JAKARTA INTERNATIONAL KOREAN SCHOOL<br /><br /> Jl. Bina Marga No. 24<br /> Ceger, Jakarta Timur<br /> Phone (62-21) 844-4958 - 844-4961<br /> Fax (62-21) 844-4927<br /> Email jiks@jiks.com<br /> Website www.jiks.com<br /><br />JAKARTA INTERNATIONAL MULTICULTURAL SCHOOL<br /><br /> Komplek ISCI<br /> Jl. Ir. H. Juanda No.2<br /> Ciputat 15419 Jakarta<br /> Tel. (62-21) 744-4864<br /> Fax (62-21) 741-1222<br /> Email info@jimsch.org<br /> Website www.jimsch.org<br /><br />JAKARTA INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL<br /><br /> Admissions Office<br /> P.O. Box 1078 JKS<br /> Jakarta 12010<br /> Phone (62-21) 769-2555 ext. 16566<br /> Fax (62-21) 750-7650<br /> Email admissions@jisedu.or.id<br /> Website www.jisedu.org<br /> Enrollment 2300<br /><br />JAYAKARTA MONTESSORI SCHOOL<br /><br /> Jl. Kemang Selatan 1, Blok L-1<br /> Kemang, South Jakarta 12730<br /> Tel. (62-21) 719-4907, 719-4908<br /> Fax (62-21) 719-3110<br /> Email admin@jktmontessori.com<br /> Website www.jktmontessori.com<br /> Principal - Siti Rohmatun<br /><br /> Curriculum: Montessori Method for preschool, Elementary levels use a hybrid of Singapore/British/American system taking the best of each, within a Montessori setting.<br /> Toddlers (2 years) to Grade/Primary school (11 years).<br /><br /> Give your child the Montessori Advantage! Our developmentally appropriate programs foster creativity, self confidence and a natural love of learning. Guided by skilled, Montessori trained expatriate teachers; we promote your child's physical, social, emotional and mental development, thus providing an excellent foundation for life in larger schools. Please visit us anytime, we also offer free trial classes.<br /><br />JAKARTA JAPANESE SCHOOL<br /><br /> Jl. Elang<br /> Bintaro Jaya Sektor 9<br /> Perigi Lama, Tangerang Banten<br /> Phone (62-21) 745-4130<br /> Fax (62-21) 745-4140<br /> Email jakarta@jjs.or.id<br /> Website www.jjs.or.id<br /><br />LYCÉE INTERNATIONAL FRANÇAIS<br /><br /> Jl. Cipete Dalam No. 32<br /> Cipete, Jakarta Selatan 12410<br /> Phone (62-21) 750-3062<br /> Fax (62-21) 750-3624<br /> Website www.lifdejakarta.org<br /><br />NETHERLANDS INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL<br /><br /> Jl. Jeruk Purut<br /> RT 003/RW 03<br /> Cilandak Timur, Jakarta Selatan 12560<br /> Phone (62-21) 782-3930 (7 am-16.00 pm)<br /> Fax (62-21) 782-3929<br /> Email info@nis.or.id<br /> Website www.nis.or.id<br /> principal - Kerry Paterson<br /> Enrollment - 90<br /><br />NEW ZEALAND INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL<br /><br /> Kemang Selatan No. 1 (Primary Campus)<br /> Kemang, Jakarta Selatan 12730<br /> Tel. (62 21) 718-3222<br /> Fax (62 21) 719-8074<br /><br /> Jl. Kemang Raya No. 70 (Secondary Campus)<br /> Kemang, Jakarta Selatan 12730<br /> Tel. (62 21) 718-3111.<br /> Fax (62 21) 719 6525<br /> Email principal@nzis.net<br /> Website www.nzis.net<br /> School Enrollment - under 300<br /> Principal - Mrs Linda Holdaway-Howard.<br /><br /> A cosy, friendly, co-educational day school open to students of all nationalities aged 2 to 18 years old.<br /><br /> We follow the Southern Hemishpere school year, but are open for enrollments throughout the year. We follow the New Zealand Curriculum at Pre-school and Primary level, and offer Cambridge International Examinations at High School Level. (IGCSE and A Levels)<br /><br /> Small class sizes and native English-speaking expatriate teachers result in a high degree of teacher attention and pastoral care.<br /><br />NORTH JAKARTA INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL<br /><br /> Jl. Raya Kelapa Nias<br /> Kelapa Gading Permai QC #1<br /> Jakarta Utara 14250<br /> (P.O. Box 6759/JKUKP, Jakarta 14240)<br /> Phone (62-21) 450-0683<br /> Fax (62-21) 450-0682<br /> Email info@njis.or.id<br /> Admissions Office arangkuti@njis.or.id<br /> Website www.njis.org<br /><br />PAKISTAN EMBASSY SCHOOL<br /><br /> Jl. Dempo Matraman Dalam II No.1<br /> Matraman, Jakarta Pusat<br /> Phone (62-21) 390-4138<br /> Fax (62-21)<br /> Email pesjak@cbn.net.id<br /> Website<br /><br />SINGAPORE INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL<br /><br /> Bona Vista Complex<br /> Jl. Bona Vista Raya<br /> Lebak Bulus, Jakarta Selatan 12440<br /> Phone (62-21) 7591-4414<br /> Fax (62-21) 7591-4418<br /> Email info@sisschools.org<br /> Website www.sisschools.org<br /><br />TECHNOLOGY INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL<br /><br /> Talavera Office Park 28th Floor<br /> Jl. T. B. Simatupang Kav. 22-26<br /> Jakarta 12430<br /> Tel. +62 21 7599 9930<br /> Fax +62 21 7599 9888<br /> Email info@technologyhigh.net<br /> Website www.technologyhigh.net<br /><br /> Technology International School (TIS) is the first of the quickly multiplying 21st Century online secondary schools to establish an office in Indonesia. Providing a complete Grade 6-12 program that can be completed from anywhere in the world, we specialise in promoting strong and healthy online peer interaction as well as opportunities for field trips, retreats and live seminars here in Jakarta. Mentors make daily email and IM contact with students to monitor and support their learning and fully qualified expatriate subject teachers lead discussions, answer questions and assess assignments (with detailed feedback) from wherever they are in the world.<br /><br /> Founded by two experienced principals, TIS can help prepare able students for Cambridge International Examinations to access universities worldwide. Examinations can be sat by arrangement with a Cambridge International Centre near you. Whether you are a struggling student, a creative student or an academic high-flyer, TIS provides a personalised program designed to help you ACHIEVE MORE at YOUR time and in YOUR place.<br /><br />TUTOR TIME INTERNATIONAL PRESCHOOL & KINDERGARTEN<br /><br /> Email info@ttimeid.com<br /> Website www.tutortime.co.id<br /><br /> Jakarta Selatan<br /> Jl. Kemang Utara Raya no. 56, Tel. (021) 7179-3139, 718-2087<br /> Jl. Arteri Pondok Indah no. 1, Tel. (021) 7279-8185, 7279-8223<br /><br /> Jakarta Utara<br /> Jl. Raya Janur Elok QC 14/12, Kelapa Gading, Tel. (021) 451-6269, 451-6913<br /> Komp. Ruko Gading Bukit Indah Blok O 15-16, Kelapa Gading, Tel. (021) 4584-2794 - 95<br /> Jl. Pluit Utara Raya No. 72, Tel. (021) 669-2513, 661-9860<br /><br /> Jakarta Barat<br /> Perumahan Taman Kebon Jeruk Blok C2/19, Tel. (021) 586-8544, 5890-8012<br /><br /> Bandung<br /> Jl. Dipati Ukur No. 7, Tel. (022) 250-0031, 250-1145<br /><br /> Surabaya<br /> JL. Raya Darmo Permai II / 20, Tel. (031) 731-6736, 732-9785<br /><br /> Curriculum: Tutor Time is an international franchise school from US. Its unique curriculum is designed by the US Early Childhood Education Specialist to encourage children ages 6 months - 6 years to discover their own strengths, learn to value uniqueness in themselves and in others. Along with Reading, Writing and Mathematics, children learn to love learning.<br /><br />Indonesia<br />International Schools Outside Jakarta<br />AUSTRALIAN INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL - BALI<br /><br /> Jl. Raya Kerobokan 44<br /> Banjar Taman, Kuta Bali<br /> Phone (0361) 742 0406, 742 0506<br /> Fax (0361) 732-209<br /> Email bali@ais-indonesia.com<br /> Website www.ais-indonesia.com<br /><br /> Curriculum - Australian, Levels - Pre Kindergarten to Year 12.<br /> John Milliss – Head of School<br /> Enrollment - 160<br /><br />AUSTRALIAN INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL - BALIKPAPAN<br /><br /> Batakan Housing Complex<br /> J l. Mulawarman No. 20. Rt 20<br /> Batakan, Balikpan<br /> Phone (0542) 750 781<br /> Fax (0542) 750 791<br /> Email balikpapan@ais-indonesia.com<br /> Website www.ais-indonesia.com<br /><br /> Curriculum - Australian Levels Pre-Kindergarten to Year 6<br /> Dean Parkin – Head of School<br /> Enrollment – 60<br /><br />BALI INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL<br /><br /> Jl. Danau Buyan IV #15<br /> Sanur, Bali<br /> (P.O. Box 3259, Denpasar, Bali)<br /> Phone (62-361) 288-770, 288-467<br /> Fax (62-361) 285-103, 288-770<br /> Email admin@baliis.net<br /> Website www.baliinternationalschool.com<br /><br />BANDUNG ALLIANCE INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL<br /><br /> Jl. Bujangga Manik Kav. 2<br /> Kotabaru Parahyangan Padalarang<br /> Bandung 40553<br /> Tel. (62-22) 8681-3949<br /> Fax (62-22) 8681-3953<br /> Email info@baisedu.org<br /> Website www.baisedu.org<br /><br />BANDUNG INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL<br /><br /> Jl. Prof. Drg. Suria Sumantri No. 61<br /> Bandung, Jawa Barat 40164<br /> (P.O. Box 1167, Bandung 40011)<br /> Phone (62-22) 201-4995, 201-9495<br /> Fax (62-22) 201-2688<br /> Email bisadmin@bisdragons.com<br /> Website www.bisdragons.com<br /><br />BANDUNG JAPANESE SCHOOL<br /><br /> Jl. Ciumbuleuit No. 199<br /> Bandung, Jawa Barat<br /> Phone (62-22) 203-1532<br /><br />INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL BATAM (ISB)<br /><br /> The International School Batam (ISB)<br /> Kompleks Rosedale Block E No. 123 - 124<br /> Batam Centre, Batam Island<br /> Indonesia 29400<br /> Tel. (62-778) 461-696<br /> Fax (62-778) 461-696<br /> Email theisb@indosat.net.id, alandani@indosat.net.id<br /> Website: www.internationalschoolbatam.com<br /><br />SEKOLAH BUIN BATU (formerly Batu Hijau International School)<br /><br /> Jl. Raya Ketimus 387<br /> Townsite - Batu Hijau Project<br /> Sumbawa, Nusa Tenggara Barat<br /> Phone (62-370) 635318 ext. 48424<br /> Fax (62-037) 635399<br /> Email principal@sekolahbuinbatu.org<br /> Website www.sekolahbuinbatu.org<br /><br />THE INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL OF BOGOR<br /><br /> Jalan Papandayan No. 7<br /> Bogor, Indonesia 16151<br /> Email isb@isbogor.org<br /> Website www.isbogor.org<br /> Tel. (0251) 324-360<br /> Fax (0251) 328-512<br /><br />CALTEX AMERICAN SCHOOL<br /><br /> c/o American Overseas Petroleum (Schools located in Duri and Rumbai, Sumatra)<br /> P.O. Box 237, Orchard Post Office<br /> Singapore 9123<br /> Website www.caltexamericanschool.org<br /><br />CILEGON INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL<br /><br /> Jl. Raya Merak No. 49<br /> Cilegon, Jawa Barat 42414<br /> Phone (62-254) 396-552, 394-461<br /> Fax (62-254) 394-335<br /> Email cisind@indosat.net.id<br /> Website<br /><br />DEUTSCHE SCHULE BANDUNG<br /><br /> Jl. Kyai Gede Utama No. 12<br /> Bandung, Jawa Barat 40132<br /> Phone (62-22) 250-1925<br /> Fax (62-22) 250-1925<br /> Email hmdsb97@bdg.centrin.net.id<br /><br />GANDHI MEMORIAL INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL - BALI BRANCH<br /><br /> JI. Tukad Yeh Penet No. 8A<br /> Renon, Denpasar Bali 80235<br /> Tel. 0361 239744<br /> Fax 0361 239749<br /> Email: principal@gandhibali.org<br /> Website: www.gandhibali.org<br /><br />GREEN SCHOOL<br /><br /> Jl. Raya Sibang Kaja, Banjar Saren<br /> Abiansemal, Badung<br /> Bali 80352 Indonesia<br /> Tel. (62-361) 469-875<br /> Email info@greenschool.org<br /> Website www.greenschool.org<br /> Brad Choyt, Director<br /> Kathleen Frye, Principal<br /><br /> Opening in September 2008, Green School offers a holistic International Curriculum for students from Preschool and Kindergarten through Year Eight with pending International Baccalaureate (IB) accreditation. Green School seeks to ignite a passion for learning, inspiring its students to be curious, self-motivated, enthusiastic participants in their education both on the campus and within a global community. Drawing upon a rigorous curriculum that educates the whole student with unique opportunities to link learning to life, we provide the foundation for life-long moral and intellectual growth. Dedicated teachers, a challenging program of study, and an inspirational learning environment enable every child to succeed.<br /><br /> Green School will serve as a model to local and international communities not only in how we educate our students about sustainability, but in how profoundly environmental concerns are integrated into our learning, philosophy, and daily lives. We invite you to come visit our campus and experience a guided tour of the Green School campus. Please contact our Admissions staff at admissions@greenschool.org for more information or to schedule your visit. Our beautiful eight-hectare Kul-Kul Campus is located in Sibang Kaja, Bali, 15 minutes north of Denpasar or 20 minutes south of Ubud.<br /><br />IndonesiaHILLCREST INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL<br /><br /> Jl. HIS<br /> Sentani, Irian Jaya 99352<br /> (P.O. Box 249, Sentani 99352)<br /> Phone (62-967) 591-460<br /> Fax (62-967) 591-673<br /> Email director@hismk.org<br /><br /> <br /><br />MT. ZAAGHAM INTERNATIONAL SCHOOLS<br /><br /> International School -- Tembagapura, Irian Jaya<br /> c/o Freeport Indonesia, Inc.<br /> P.O. Box 696<br /> Cairns, Queensland 4870 Australia<br /> Phone (62-979) 540-7641<br /> Fax (62-979) 540-3170<br /> Email<br /><br /> International School -- Kuala Kencana<br /> c/o Freeport Indonesia<br /> Cairns, QLD 4870 Australia<br /> Phone (62-901) 301-678<br /> Fax (62-901) 434-158<br /> Email iskk@fmi.com, tom_castagnola@fmi.com<br /> Website www.homeroom.net/Schools/schlsintl/indonesia/iskk%20homepage/index.htm<br /><br />MAKASSAR INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL<br /><br /> Jalan Bontolempangan No. 17/19<br /> Makassar 90113 Sulawesi Selatan<br /> Tel. (0411) 315-889<br /> Email info@mi-school.com<br /> Website www.mi-school.com<br /><br />MEDAN INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL<br /><br /> P.O. Box 1190<br /> Medan, Sumatra Utara 20122<br /> Phone (62-61) 836-1894, 836-1816<br /> Fax (62-61) 836-1894<br /> Email misadmin@mismedan.org<br /> Website www.mismedan.org<br /><br />MOUNTAINVIEW INTERNATIONAL CHRISTIAN SCHOOL<br /><br /> (formerly Central Java Inter-Mission School)<br /> Jl. Nakula Sadewa Raya No. 55<br /> Cabean RT 5 RK I Mangunsari<br /> Salatiga, 50701 Jawa Tengah<br /> (P.O. Box 142, Salatiga 50711)<br /> Phone (62-298) 311-673, 311-674<br /> Fax (62-298) 321-609<br /> Email office@mountainviewics.org<br /> Website www.mountainviewics.org<br /><br />NEHRU MEMORIAL INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL<br /><br /> Jl. Lembong 40<br /> Bandung, Jawa Barat<br /> Phone (62-22) 423-4479<br /> Fax (62-22) 423-4479<br /> Email nmis_bdg@yahoo.com<br /><br />PASIR RIDGE INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL<br /><br /> (school located in Balikpapan, East Kalimantan)<br /> c/o UNOCAL, Locked Bag No. 3<br /> PO Box 276<br /> Tampines South Post Office<br /> Singapore 915286<br /> Phone (62-542) 543-474, 22306<br /> Fax (62-542) 32993<br /> Email 72714.2731@CompuServe.Com<br /> Website<br /><br />PRABU INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL BALIKPAPAN INDONESIA<br /><br /> Vilabeta Residence<br /> Komplek Gunung Bakaran<br /> Jl. Marsma Iswahyudi<br /> Balikpapan, East Kalimantan 76113<br /> Tel. / Fax (0542) 764721 / 523922<br /> Email prabu_intl_school@yahoo.com<br /> Website www.prabu-intl-sch.org<br /><br /> Office hours: Monday – Friday, 8.00am to 5.00pm<br /> Administrator: Ibu Jane<br /> Principal: Mr. Kevin Mauritson, M.Ed<br /><br /> PBIS is an international school (Australian + International curriculum) created to meet the needs and interests of expatriate and national students - age 3 to 11 - living in Balikpapan and the greater region of Kalimantan, Borneo. The Prabu International School Balikpapan is set in a beautiful, quiet and safe environment.<br /><br /> Our Kindergarten has two stages: K-1 for ages 18 months – 3 years; K-2 for ages 3 years – 5 years. A dynamic and engaging curriculum is followed with IEP (Individual Education Plan) established to meet each student’s educational and personal development needs.<br /><br /> Primary students, Pre-Primary through Grade 5, attend school from 8.00am through 2.30pm. All classes have a fully certified teacher and one Teacher Assistant. Subjects include: Art, Music, Science, Numeracy, Literacy, UOI, SOSE and Bahasa Indonesia. ASA (After School Activities) include: Cricket, Swimming, Tennis; Bowling; Music/Band; Art Club and Tae Kwon Do.<br /><br /> Middle Years (Grades 6 -9) currently uses Australian curriculum and provides Bahasa Indonesia lessons for all students. Additional activities include: Cricket; Swimming; Fitness Training; Basketball, Tennis; Bowling and Cross Country Running.<br /><br /> The academic and co-curricular choices available allow our students to explore their interests and develop their talents while preparing for future opportunities anywhere in the global community.<br /><br />RAFFLES INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL<br /><br /> Jl. MT Haryono No 12 (Near Balikpapan Baru)<br /> Gunung Bahagia<br /> Balikpapan 76113 East Kalimantan<br /> Phone (62-542) 876 388<br /> Fax (62-542) 876 389<br /> Email RafflesEd@gmail.com<br /><br />RAMA INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL<br /><br /> Kembang Kuning - Ubrug - Jatiluhur<br /> Purwakarta, Jawa Barat<br /> (P.O. Box 60, Purwakarta 41101)<br /> Phone (62-264) 207-052<br /> Fax (62-264) 204-691<br /> Email ramaintl@telkom.net, bcaszo@yahoo.com<br /> Website www.ramaschool.or.id<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;"></span>ELYON INTERNATIONAL CHRISTIAN SCHOOL<br /><br />Jalan raya Sukomanunggal Jaya 33A<br />Surabaya-Indonesia<br />Telp : (031) 7325999<br />Fax : (031) 7345464<br />email: elyonchristianschool@yahoo.com<br />Curriculum uses montessori method based on Cambridge guidance<br />Owned by one of the largest church in Surabaya<br />International Status recognize by Education Minister<span style="font-weight:bold;"></span><br /><br />SEKOLAH CIPUTRA SURABAYA<br /><br /> Puri Widya Kencana<br /> CitraLand<br /> Surabaya, East Java<br /> Tel. 031 741-5018<br /> Email info-sc@ciputra-sby.sch.id<br /> Website www.ciputra-sby.sch.id, www.pyp.ciputra-sby.sch.id and www.highschool.ciputra-sby.sch.id<br /><br /> An International Baccalaureate World School - the IB Primary Years Programme, IB Middle Years Programme and IB Diploma Programme.<br /><br /> Sekolah Ciputra is the only school in Surabaya and the whole of East Java authorized to offer each of the highly respected International Baccalaureate (IB) Programmes. The IB Primary Years Programme commences in Play Group, formal education for 3 years old, and continues until the end of Elementary Grade 6. The IB Middle Years Programme covers the first 4 years of the High School, Grade 7-10, providing excellent preparation for the IB Diploma in Grades 11 and 12.<br /><br /> All IB Programmes are taught in English by qualified and experienced native English speaking expatriate teachers and bi-lingual Indonesian teachers. Maximum class sizes in Play Group are 20, ranging up to 24 in the Elementary School and High School.<br /><br /> Expatriate and Indonesian students directly enter leading universities overseas, with former students currently studying in universities and colleges in the United States, Australia, Canada, Europe, Hong Kong, Singapore and China.<br /><br /> Student Population : 1010<br /> Executive Director: Ms. Barbara Cock<br /><br />SEMARANG INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL<br /><br /> Jl. Jangli No. 37<br /> Semarang, Jawa Tengah 50254<br /> Phone (62-24) 831-1424, 831-1994<br /> Fax (62-24) 831-1994<br /> Email<br /> Website www.semarangis.or.id<br /><br />SOPHOMORE INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL<br /><br /> Raya Darmo Permai II / 17<br /> Surabaya<br /> Tel. (62-31) 731-4047<br /> Fax (62-31) 734-8790<br /> Email admin@spinschool.net<br /><br />SURABAYA INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL<br /><br /> Citra Raya International Village, Lakarsantri<br /> Tromol Pos 2/SBDK<br /> Surabaya 60225 Jawa Timur<br /> Phone (62-31) 741-4300, 741-4301<br /> Fax (62-31) 741-4334<br /> Email sisadmin@sisedu.net, suptsis@sisedu.net<br /> Website www.sisedu.net<br /><br />SURABAYA EUROPEAN SCHOOL<br /><br /> Surabaya European School<br /> Jl. Raya Kupang Baru 17A<br /> Surabaya, Indonesia 60189<br /> Tel. (62-31) 731-5062<br /> Fax (62-31) 731-5062<br /> Hp 0816-527463<br /> Email jcrew@surabayaeuropeanschool.com or tvancolen@surabayaeuropeanschool.com<br /> Website www.surabayaeuropeanschool.com<br /><br />TANJUNG BARA INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL<br /><br /> c/o Kaltim Prima Coal Mine Site<br /> Sangatta, Kutai Timur East Kalimantan<br /> Phone (62-549) 523007<br /> Fax (62-549) 523446<br /> Email bruce.fraser@kpc.co.id<br /> Website<br /><br />TEXMACO DPS INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL<br /><br /> Desa Kiara Payung, Klari,<br /> Karawang Timur 41300, Indonesia<br /> Phone (62-267) 432-105, 436-746<br /> Fax (62-267) 434-273<br /> Email tdis@cbn.net.id<br /> Website<br /><br />WESLEY INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL<br /><br /> Jl. Simpang Kwoka 1<br /> Malang, JATIM 65145<br /> (P.O. Box 275, Malang 65101)<br /> Phone (62-341) 586-410<br /> Fax (62-341) 586-413<br /> Email wesley@wesleyinterschool.org<br /> Website www.wesleyinterschool.org<br /><br />YOGYAKARTA INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL<br /><br /> Jl. Cendrawasih No. 1<br /> Sinduadi, Mlati, Sleman<br /> Yogyakarta 55284 D.I.Y.<br /> (P. O. Box 1175, Yogyakarta 55011)<br /> Phone (62-274) 625-965<br /> Fax (62-274) 625-966<br /> Email principal@yis-edu.org, board@yis-edu.org<br /> Website www.yis-edu.org<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3032047858743758577-5012194362344077122?l=bestindonesia.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>hkwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13648810985506674720noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3032047858743758577.post-18502129883310847412010-07-03T04:51:00.000-07:002010-07-03T04:52:20.766-07:00International Schools in Jakarta<br />ACG INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL<br /><br /> Jl. Warung Jati Barat No.19<br /> (Taman Margasatwa)<br /> Ragunan, South Jakarta<br /> Tel. (62-21)780-5636<br /> Fax (62-21) 781-4827<br /> Email jude.soper@acgedu.com<br /> Website www.acgedu.com<br /><br /> Curriculum: International/British and New Zealand, Kindergarten (3 years old) to grade 13<br /> Ms. Jude Soper, Principal<br /> Enrollment: 135<br /><br /> Over 3,000 students are currently being educated in Academic Colleges Group (ACG) Schools, both in New Zealand and overseas. The vision that drives us is clear. We aim to create a unique and dynamic learning environment, providing students from all over the world with an internationally – recognized education of the highest quality, and equipping them to make a successful contribution to the global community. ACG International School is a place where young people are encouraged and challenged to meet both their academic and personal potential. Learning and enjoyment go hand in hand, and each students needs are carefully considered. We offer a safe, caring environment with a superior standard of service and excellent facilities.<br /><br />AUSTRALIAN INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL - JAKARTA<br /><br /> Pejaten Campus - Secondary<br /> Jl. Pejaten Barat no. 69<br /> South Jakrta<br /> Tel. (62-21) 782-1141, 782-4024<br /> Fax (62-21) 782-7871<br /> Email: pejaten@ais.or.id<br /> Brenton Hall – Head of School<br /> Principal: Mr. Bruce Ferrec<br /> Enrollment 400 <br /><br /> Kemang Campus - Primary<br /> Jl. Kemang Timur no. 81<br /> South Jakarta<br /> Phone (62-21) 719-8856, 7179-0437<br /> Fax (62-21) 7179-0937<br /> Email kemang@ais-indonesia.com<br /> Website www.ais-indonesia.com<br /> Mr. Bruce Ferrec – Head of School<br /><br /> Curriculum - Australian, Levels - Kindergarten through Year 12<br /> Principal – Bruce Ferres<br /> Enrollment – 700<br /><br /> Our Success Story: The Australian International School Indonesia (AIS) provides a world-class education for Kindergarten to Year 12 students with four well-resourced campuses in Jakarta, Bali, and Balikpapan. You are invited to discover the AIS success story which features:<br /><br /> * A friendly and vibrant community where every student is nurtured and encouraged to achieve their personal best<br /> * A world-class Australian curriculum complemented by highly qualified teachers with international experience<br /> * A commitment to providing innovative and challenging individual learning programs<br /> * A values-based education experience which provides a solid foundation for future academic success and personal growth<br /> * A safe and caring environment<br /><br /> At AIS, it’s all about “Empowering Minds and Uniting Communities”. To find out more about successful learning at AIS and our four campuses, we invite you to explore our website or contact us for a tour. of one of our campuses.<br /><br />AL-HARAMAIN AL-SAUDIAH ACADEMY<br /><br /> Jl. Cipinang Cempedak No. 25<br /> Jakarta Timur<br /> Phone (62-21) 819-1254<br /> Fax (62-21) 851-5154<br /> Email saschool@centrin.net.id<br /> Website none<br /><br />BRITISH INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL<br /><br /> Bintaro Main Campus (Pre-School to Year 13, ages 3-18)<br /> Bintaro Jaya Sektor 9<br /> Jl Raya Jombang<br /> Ciledug, Pondok Aren<br /> Tangerang 15227<br /> Phone (62 21) 745 1670<br /> Fax (62 21) 745 1671<br /> Email Enquiries@bis.or.id<br /> Website www.bis.or.id<br /><br />DEUTSCHE INTERNATIONALE SCHULE<br /><br /> (German International School)<br /> Jl. Puspa Widya No. 8<br /> Bumi Serpong Damai<br /> Tangerang 15322, Indonesia<br /> Phone (62-21) 537-8080<br /> Fax (62-21) 537-5102<br /> Email mail@dis.or.id<br /> Website www.dis.or.id<br /> Dr. Peter Schaefer, Principal<br /> Enrollment - 250<br /><br />El SHADDAI INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL<br /><br /> (Accelerated Christian Education/School of Tomorrow)<br /> Kompleks Permata Mediterania,<br /> Jl. Pos Pengumben Raya No. 40, Jakarta Barat<br /> Tel. (62-21) 589-07193 – 4<br /> Fax (62-21) 589-07195<br /> Email elshaddaischool@gmail.com<br /> Website www.elshaddaischool.com<br /><br /> Over 7000 Christian schools in 131 countries worldwide are educated in the Accelerated Christian Education/School of Tomorrow (ACE/SOT) system which has been established for 35 years form the U.S. Graduates are attending world-renown universities such as Liberty U., Harvard, Princeton, Yale, Oxford, Murdoch, etc. El Shaddai International School is the first ACE/SOT Christian school in Indonesia. El Shaddai International School (ESIS) vision is to provide a quality education that integrates Godly wisdom, biblical principles and characters; producing outstanding unique leaders with a spirit of excellence that will lead them to be successful in their God-given life purpose in the 7 mountains of society – church, family, education, government, media, entertainment, and business (Rick Joyner). “Wisdom precedes success, it prepares the life for success when you build on it.”<br /><br /> ESIS is a daughter school of King’s College, W. Australia and associated with world-renown Christian universities such as Liberty University, the world’s largest Christian university. Our success stories are that many of our 16-year-old high school graduates are outstanding as they have received scholarships from international and national renown universities such as Liberty University, U.S.A. in Business, President University in Business, University of Pelita Harapan in Law. Our 16-year-old graduate was one of the youngest student attending the Singapore Management University associated with Wharton University, U.S.A. Our 15-year-old was the youngest student attending the University of Indonesia & Queensland University double degree program in Psychology. “We are meant to soar high!”<br /><br />GANDHI MEMORIAL INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL<br /><br /> PRJ Kompleks Kemayoran Blok D Kav. No.1<br /> Jakarta Pusat, Indonesia<br /> Phone No. (62-21) 658-65667, 658-65668, 658-65669<br /> Fax No. (62-21) 658-65677<br /> Email headmaster@gandhijkt.org<br /> Website www.gandhijkt.org<br /><br />HOPE INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL<br /><br /> The Bellezza Permata Hijau<br /> 3rd floor, 34 Arteri Permata Hijau<br /> Jakarta 12210<br /> Phone (62-21) 5366-4888<br /> Fax (62-21) 5366-48499<br /> Email info@hopeinternational.sch.id<br /> Admissions Office admission@hopeinternational.sch.id<br /> Website www.hopeinternational.sch.id<br /><br /> Curriculum: Primary: Cambridge International Primary Programme (P1- P6), Secondary: IGCSE Programme (Y7 – Y10), AS and A level Programme (Y11 – Y12).<br /><br /> Highly qualified teachers with international experience, English and Mandarin native speakers, strong focus in Character Building and Religion, Remedial and Tutorial Programme, highly competitive and attractive fees structure, a friendly and welcoming community, scholarship available for high achievers.<br /><br />INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR SPECIAL CARE IN EDUCATION (ICSCE)<br /><br /> Jl. Jati Padang Utara No. 8 B<br /> Pejaten - Jakarta 12540<br /> Tel.(62-21) 780-7313<br /> Fax. (62-21) 7884-4313<br /> Email special_care@cbn.net.id<br /> Website<br /> Principal - Paulus Sulu<br /><br /> Curriculum: Special education for children with special needs age 4 years and up; work training and placement for young adults with special needs age 16 years and up; and work shelther for young adults and adults with special needs age 20 and up who cannot join the work placement at companies.<br /><br />ISMILE<br /><br /> International School of Multiple Intelligences Learning & Enrichment (ISMILE)<br /> GP Tower 5th Floor<br /> The Bellezza Permata Hijau<br /> Jl. Let. Jend. Soepeno No. 34<br /> Jakarta Selatan 12210, Indonesia<br /> Tel. (62-21) 5366-4777<br /> Fax (62-21) 5366-4795<br /> Email enquiry@ismile.sch.id<br /> Website www.ismile.sch.id<br /> Principal -<br /> Enrollment -<br /><br /> Curriculum - Multiple Intelligences (M.I.) based curriculum from Singapore's largest pre-school, incorporating bi-lingual (English & Mandarin) instruction, Reggio Emilia approach, MATAL science, and CharacterFirst syllabus.<br /><br /> At ISMILE, every child is progressively profiled using the Multiple Intelligences (M.I.) approach by Professor Howard Gardner of Harvard University. A team of experienced international teachers lead ISMILE's M.I. programs (6 months till 6 years old) which bring the confidence out of every child. Students enjoy learning within the Reggio Emilia-inspired environment, outdoor nature garden and sand/water play areas.<br /><br />JAKARTA INTERNATIONAL KOREAN SCHOOL<br /><br /> Jl. Bina Marga No. 24<br /> Ceger, Jakarta Timur<br /> Phone (62-21) 844-4958 - 844-4961<br /> Fax (62-21) 844-4927<br /> Email jiks@jiks.com<br /> Website www.jiks.com<br /><br />JAKARTA INTERNATIONAL MULTICULTURAL SCHOOL<br /><br /> Komplek ISCI<br /> Jl. Ir. H. Juanda No.2<br /> Ciputat 15419 Jakarta<br /> Tel. (62-21) 744-4864<br /> Fax (62-21) 741-1222<br /> Email info@jimsch.org<br /> Website www.jimsch.org<br /><br />JAKARTA INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL<br /><br /> Admissions Office<br /> P.O. Box 1078 JKS<br /> Jakarta 12010<br /> Phone (62-21) 769-2555 ext. 16566<br /> Fax (62-21) 750-7650<br /> Email admissions@jisedu.or.id<br /> Website www.jisedu.org<br /> Enrollment 2300<br /><br />JAYAKARTA MONTESSORI SCHOOL<br /><br /> Jl. Kemang Selatan 1, Blok L-1<br /> Kemang, South Jakarta 12730<br /> Tel. (62-21) 719-4907, 719-4908<br /> Fax (62-21) 719-3110<br /> Email admin@jktmontessori.com<br /> Website www.jktmontessori.com<br /> Principal - Siti Rohmatun<br /><br /> Curriculum: Montessori Method for preschool, Elementary levels use a hybrid of Singapore/British/American system taking the best of each, within a Montessori setting.<br /> Toddlers (2 years) to Grade/Primary school (11 years).<br /><br /> Give your child the Montessori Advantage! Our developmentally appropriate programs foster creativity, self confidence and a natural love of learning. Guided by skilled, Montessori trained expatriate teachers; we promote your child's physical, social, emotional and mental development, thus providing an excellent foundation for life in larger schools. Please visit us anytime, we also offer free trial classes.<br /><br />JAKARTA JAPANESE SCHOOL<br /><br /> Jl. Elang<br /> Bintaro Jaya Sektor 9<br /> Perigi Lama, Tangerang Banten<br /> Phone (62-21) 745-4130<br /> Fax (62-21) 745-4140<br /> Email jakarta@jjs.or.id<br /> Website www.jjs.or.id<br /><br />LYCÉE INTERNATIONAL FRANÇAIS<br /><br /> Jl. Cipete Dalam No. 32<br /> Cipete, Jakarta Selatan 12410<br /> Phone (62-21) 750-3062<br /> Fax (62-21) 750-3624<br /> Website www.lifdejakarta.org<br /><br />NETHERLANDS INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL<br /><br /> Jl. Jeruk Purut<br /> RT 003/RW 03<br /> Cilandak Timur, Jakarta Selatan 12560<br /> Phone (62-21) 782-3930 (7 am-16.00 pm)<br /> Fax (62-21) 782-3929<br /> Email info@nis.or.id<br /> Website www.nis.or.id<br /> principal - Kerry Paterson<br /> Enrollment - 90<br /><br />NEW ZEALAND INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL<br /><br /> Kemang Selatan No. 1 (Primary Campus)<br /> Kemang, Jakarta Selatan 12730<br /> Tel. (62 21) 718-3222<br /> Fax (62 21) 719-8074<br /><br /> Jl. Kemang Raya No. 70 (Secondary Campus)<br /> Kemang, Jakarta Selatan 12730<br /> Tel. (62 21) 718-3111.<br /> Fax (62 21) 719 6525<br /> Email principal@nzis.net<br /> Website www.nzis.net<br /> School Enrollment - under 300<br /> Principal - Mrs Linda Holdaway-Howard.<br /><br /> A cosy, friendly, co-educational day school open to students of all nationalities aged 2 to 18 years old.<br /><br /> We follow the Southern Hemishpere school year, but are open for enrollments throughout the year. We follow the New Zealand Curriculum at Pre-school and Primary level, and offer Cambridge International Examinations at High School Level. (IGCSE and A Levels)<br /><br /> Small class sizes and native English-speaking expatriate teachers result in a high degree of teacher attention and pastoral care.<br /><br />NORTH JAKARTA INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL<br /><br /> Jl. Raya Kelapa Nias<br /> Kelapa Gading Permai QC #1<br /> Jakarta Utara 14250<br /> (P.O. Box 6759/JKUKP, Jakarta 14240)<br /> Phone (62-21) 450-0683<br /> Fax (62-21) 450-0682<br /> Email info@njis.or.id<br /> Admissions Office arangkuti@njis.or.id<br /> Website www.njis.org<br /><br />PAKISTAN EMBASSY SCHOOL<br /><br /> Jl. Dempo Matraman Dalam II No.1<br /> Matraman, Jakarta Pusat<br /> Phone (62-21) 390-4138<br /> Fax (62-21)<br /> Email pesjak@cbn.net.id<br /> Website<br /><br />SINGAPORE INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL<br /><br /> Bona Vista Complex<br /> Jl. Bona Vista Raya<br /> Lebak Bulus, Jakarta Selatan 12440<br /> Phone (62-21) 7591-4414<br /> Fax (62-21) 7591-4418<br /> Email info@sisschools.org<br /> Website www.sisschools.org<br /><br />TECHNOLOGY INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL<br /><br /> Talavera Office Park 28th Floor<br /> Jl. T. B. Simatupang Kav. 22-26<br /> Jakarta 12430<br /> Tel. +62 21 7599 9930<br /> Fax +62 21 7599 9888<br /> Email info@technologyhigh.net<br /> Website www.technologyhigh.net<br /><br /> Technology International School (TIS) is the first of the quickly multiplying 21st Century online secondary schools to establish an office in Indonesia. Providing a complete Grade 6-12 program that can be completed from anywhere in the world, we specialise in promoting strong and healthy online peer interaction as well as opportunities for field trips, retreats and live seminars here in Jakarta. Mentors make daily email and IM contact with students to monitor and support their learning and fully qualified expatriate subject teachers lead discussions, answer questions and assess assignments (with detailed feedback) from wherever they are in the world.<br /><br /> Founded by two experienced principals, TIS can help prepare able students for Cambridge International Examinations to access universities worldwide. Examinations can be sat by arrangement with a Cambridge International Centre near you. Whether you are a struggling student, a creative student or an academic high-flyer, TIS provides a personalised program designed to help you ACHIEVE MORE at YOUR time and in YOUR place.<br /><br />TUTOR TIME INTERNATIONAL PRESCHOOL & KINDERGARTEN<br /><br /> Email info@ttimeid.com<br /> Website www.tutortime.co.id<br /><br /> Jakarta Selatan<br /> Jl. Kemang Utara Raya no. 56, Tel. (021) 7179-3139, 718-2087<br /> Jl. Arteri Pondok Indah no. 1, Tel. (021) 7279-8185, 7279-8223<br /><br /> Jakarta Utara<br /> Jl. Raya Janur Elok QC 14/12, Kelapa Gading, Tel. (021) 451-6269, 451-6913<br /> Komp. Ruko Gading Bukit Indah Blok O 15-16, Kelapa Gading, Tel. (021) 4584-2794 - 95<br /> Jl. Pluit Utara Raya No. 72, Tel. (021) 669-2513, 661-9860<br /><br /> Jakarta Barat<br /> Perumahan Taman Kebon Jeruk Blok C2/19, Tel. (021) 586-8544, 5890-8012<br /><br /> Bandung<br /> Jl. Dipati Ukur No. 7, Tel. (022) 250-0031, 250-1145<br /><br /> Surabaya<br /> JL. Raya Darmo Permai II / 20, Tel. (031) 731-6736, 732-9785<br /><br /> Curriculum: Tutor Time is an international franchise school from US. Its unique curriculum is designed by the US Early Childhood Education Specialist to encourage children ages 6 months - 6 years to discover their own strengths, learn to value uniqueness in themselves and in others. Along with Reading, Writing and Mathematics, children learn to love learning.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3032047858743758577-1850212988331084741?l=bestindonesia.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>hkwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13648810985506674720noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3032047858743758577.post-49207134137116383612010-07-03T04:44:00.000-07:002010-07-03T04:50:21.986-07:00"COMPARISON OF VISUAL CONCEPT OF INDONESIAN AND AMERICAN SUPER HEROES" (by Andy D Dirgantara, Faculty of Arts and Design - Bandung Institute of Technology)<br />Superhero is a job that owned by the role character of a comic. The character almost always sees as a hero soldier with extraordinary powers and abilities, without any fear fighting another super villain in the war zone. When superheroes fight crimes, they always use costume in order to conceal their truly identity. Creation process of a superhero somehow affected by the creator them self. Thats why the situation and condition that could happen in an environment could affecting the background behind the superheroes character it self, it could be affecting the historical side, physical appearance, the way they thinking even further the philosophies that appear. At the end those values could affecting the basic thinking on how creative work of the inventor goes to creating visual concept of the character they created. Indonesian superheroes so far always judged as a duplicated form of American Superheroes. The background of the hypothesis coming from the visual appearance of Indonesian superheroes thats look like or even worse have the same ideas with American Superheroes. The judgment somehow build a low quality image and less affected to Indonesian culture. A better thought of local culture values hopefully could take Indonesian to appreciating local Superheroes concept more than just duplicated form of American Superheroes.<br /><br />The result that can be taken from this research is that similarity, that occurs in the appearance of superhero character doesnt always came from the same visual concept. The visual appearance similarity intent only to make public acceptance of the Indonesian character a lot more easier, because Indonesian comics reader is already get used to the appearance of the American Superhero.<br />-Copyright (c) 2007 FSRD ITB-<br /><br />Indonesian Superheroes. Mostly they’re created in 50's-70's. Some of them are: Pangeran Mlaar [Prince Elongated], Maza, Gundala [Lightning](created by Hasmi), Putri Bintang [Princess Star](created by Johnlo) Aquanus (created by Wid NS), Sri Dewi (created by RA Kosasih), Sembrani [Magnet](created by Hasmi), Nusantara (created by Mater), Godam [Hammer](created by Wid NS), Kalong [Flying Fox](created by Hasmi), Boga (created by Nono GM), Garuda Putih [White Garuda](created by Johnlo), Jin Kartubi [Kartubi The Genie](created by Hasmi), Herbintang (created by Banu), Tira (created by Nono GM), Kapten Halilintar [Captain Thunder](created by Jan Mintaraga), Merpati [The Dove](created by Hasmi), Gina (created by Gerdi WK).<br /><br />These pictures were created by DeviantArt members: Filiberto Tobing, Wastukancono, Jei El, Nom, Iskandar Salim, Thoriq + Admira Wijayadi, Ichsan Wibawa (SketchBL Team), Berny Julianto, Ifansyah and Aan Budi Sulistyo...thank you guys!!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3032047858743758577-4920713413711638361?l=bestindonesia.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>hkwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13648810985506674720noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3032047858743758577.post-25126276527267009372010-07-03T04:43:00.000-07:002010-07-03T04:44:18.066-07:00The Indonesian Government has submitted a proposal for an increase in electricity base price (TDL) to the people assembly. It seems that the assembly has also given a signal to approve the hike by July 1st, 2010. This price increase will be in step and will exclude the 450 volt ampere class which is usually the lower income families.<br /><br />High Voltage Powerlines in Riau<br /><br />The assembly budgetary committee head Harry Azhar Aziz stated that the government subsidy will be taken off from middle and upper class families while the poor will continue to enjoy the subsidized price. “Every customer class will have an increase according to its class, it won’t be the same across the board,” he added<br /><br />The tentative increase is as follow<br /><br /> * 450 VA customers gets 0% increase<br /> * 900 VA customers gets 5% increase<br /> * 1,300 VA customers gets 10% increase<br /> * 2,200 VA customers gets 15% increase<br /> * 3,300 VA customers gets 20% increase<br /> * 6,600 VA customers and up gets 20% increase as well as 20% lower of base price threshold<br /><br />“Customers with 6,600 VA and up subscriptions are usually luxury houses by people from high income families. Their increase therefore is bigger. The subsidized price is still there, but the usage covered by the threshold is lowered. We have lowered the threshold to 80% last year, and to 50% at the moment with 2010 state budgetary proposal, and will be lowered further toward 20 % later on,” Harry explained.<br /><br />The Indonesian Consumer Advocacy Group (YLKI) daily manager Tulus Abadi stated that it is very hard to avoid electricity price increase. The last time the price was increased was in 2003. Even then it wasn’t fully implemented.<br /><br />Other than that, he said, the electricity generation upstream costs have increased many times. The electricity cost of production which is currently around Rp 1.100 (USD 11 cents) per kilowatt-hour can not be covered by the electricity selling price of Rp 650 (USD 6,5 cents) per kilowatt-hour causing unbelievable burden to the state budget.<br /><br />“We can understand the Government intention to increase the price,” says Tulus<br /><br />What needs to be remembered, the Government must guarantee some sort of protection scheme for families that need the subsidy. YLKI is of the opinion that the stepped increase proposed by the Government will do just that.<br /><br />“The 450 VA customers are about 80% of total electricity consumers,” illustrate Tulus<br /><br />He believes that the increase will not affect the business especially small business.<br /><br />“Electricity contribution for industry is only about 2 to 10%, except for textile industry. The most important thing is that the Government must maintain the increase price of commodity to not exceeds 10%,” Tulus said<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3032047858743758577-2512627652726700937?l=bestindonesia.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>hkwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13648810985506674720noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3032047858743758577.post-6171132841972012352010-07-03T04:36:00.000-07:002010-07-03T04:43:12.534-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_U1Trx4AKdAU/TC8iO8PsQmI/AAAAAAAACVo/wpB9RvVAc68/s1600/fuel_station_gas_nozzle.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 353px; height: 350px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_U1Trx4AKdAU/TC8iO8PsQmI/AAAAAAAACVo/wpB9RvVAc68/s400/fuel_station_gas_nozzle.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5489644110873379426" /></a><br /> The Indonesian government expects fuel subsidies to increase nearly 40 percent this year due to rising global crude oil prices, a parliament member said late Wednesday.<br /><br />The fuel subsidies of 127 trillion Indonesia rupiah (US$13.9 billion) will make up about 13 percent of the country's total budget of 987.4 trillion rupiah for 2008.<br /><br />The projections are based on budget revisions, due to be passed this week, that raise the assumption of the average Indonesian crude oil price to US$95 a barrel from US$80 a barrel, said Emir Moeis, the chairman of the parliament's budget committee.<br /><br />The government has promised not to increase retail prices of certain petroleum products again after more than doubling them in October 2005, which sent inflation soaring and clipped economic<br />growth. Fuel subsidies were then making up about a quarter of the budget.<br /><br />Analysts said the government is also reluctant to increase retail petroleum prices as such a move would hurt President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's reelection chances next year.<br /><br />Global oil prices topped US$100 a barrel for the first time early this year.<br /><br />Indonesia, the world's fourth most populous country, is Southeast Asia's only member of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries. However, it has imported oil since 2004 because of aging fields and declining investment in exploration. (***)<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3032047858743758577-617113284197201235?l=bestindonesia.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>hkwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13648810985506674720noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3032047858743758577.post-56778436507981109302010-07-03T04:09:00.000-07:002010-07-03T04:36:01.337-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_U1Trx4AKdAU/TC8glJzvVuI/AAAAAAAACVg/lJmuLxPVxMg/s1600/peterporn.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 259px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_U1Trx4AKdAU/TC8glJzvVuI/AAAAAAAACVg/lJmuLxPVxMg/s400/peterporn.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5489642293448103650" /></a><br />Ariel (Nazril Irham) is the lead vocal of the famous Indonesian pop rock band “Peterpan.” He was born in Pangkalan Brandan, September 16, 1981. Ariel’s voice is one of the very obvious assets alongside with their simple and catchy lyrics, which made their band very famous in their country. Ariel married a lovely lady named Sarah Amelia. They had their daughter named Allea Ananta. However, their marriage was not as smooth as they expected and ended up in divorce by the year 2008. So, Ariel decided to focus on his career.<br /><br />But it seems controversy likes him very much. Ariel’s laptop was lost, and according to reports, this laptop contains 2 private sex video, which circulated lately over the Internet. When this shocking news exploded, Ariel was named “Ariel Peterporn” because of the alleged sex video.<br /><br />This alleged sex video of Ariel, he was with the very famous Indonesian model-actress, Luna Maya. And because of this scandal, Luna and Ariel became one of the hottest issues in most Indonesian media. A couple of videos similar to Ariel and Luna’s face while having a sexual intercourse started to circulate over the internet in the past three days.<br /><br />According to Indonesian Digital Forensic Experts Z Alamsyah Ruby, there are software that can determine and recognize a person’s face caught on video. This particular software is known as facial recognition software or face recognition software.<br /><br />As expert for this particular field, the video was presented to Ruby. Affirmed by Ruby to City News, the video was authentic and was not engineered or edited by someone.<br /><br />Ruby stated, “The video was recorded by the cast themselves. The quality seen on the video were all authentic and not a result of edits or video engineering.”<br /><br />While according to the Ariel and Luna, who recently released a written statement regarding on this matter, denied that they participated on such act and the video was engineered.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3032047858743758577-5677843650798110930?l=bestindonesia.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>hkwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13648810985506674720noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3032047858743758577.post-73356336741028483282010-05-12T20:09:00.000-07:002010-05-12T20:11:18.757-07:00Former National Police chief detective Comr. Gen. Susno Duadji refused to sign his arrest dossiers on Tuesday, saying he disagreed with all charges used by police to name him a suspect and<br />arrest him.<br /><br />Susno was officially arrested on Tuesday night by the National Police and has since been transferred to the Police Mobile Brigade Penitentiary in Kelapa Dua, Depok.<br /><br />“My detention has no legal basis at all,” Susno told reporters, while being escorted to a car by about a dozen police officers who deterred reporters from interviewing Susno.<br /><br />The investigation charged Susno with corruption and bribery under the Corruption Law. He allegedly accepted a bribe of Rp 500 million (US$55,000) from Sjahril Djohan, a suspected case broker, to “settle” a fraud case centering on Riau-based arowana fish-breeding company PT Salmah Arowana Lestari.<br /><br />Arif Yusuf Amir, one of Susno’s lawyers, said the investigators had named Susno a suspect based on testimonies from three witnesses: Haposan Hutagalung, Sjahril and Adj. Sr. Comr. Syamsurizal Mokoagouw.<br /><br />He said that under the law, a testimony alone was not enough to name someone a suspect and bring formal charges against them.<br /><br />“The accusation came from Haposan, who said he had been told by Sjahril that he had given the money to Susno. This is hearsay. Haposan didn’t see the bribery take place with his own eyes,” he said.<br /><br />Earlier reports said that a leaked police dossier on Sjahril stated that he had met Susno at Susno’s house in December 2008 to hand over the bribe. He said Syamsurizal, an anti-narcotics police officer, was in Susno’s house when Susno accepted the bribe.<br /><br />Susno’s other lawyer, Henry Yosodiningrat, said there was a contradiction in the testimonies of Sjahril and Syamsurizal, who both claimed they had seen the transaction.<br /><br />“Sjahril said that when he met with Susno, the man was wearing a sarong and holding his grandson, but Syamsurizal said Susno had been dressed formally,” he said.<br /><br />The chairman of the National Commission on Human Rights, Ifdhal Kasim, found strong indications of human rights violations in Susno’s arrest. “The police have not been able to produce adequate objective evidence in arresting Susno, so there may be violations of human rights,” he told reporters.<br /><br />He said that a suspect could only be arrested if there was a possibility they would attempt to escape, destroy evidence or repeat the crime.<br /><br />“I hope Susno’s arrest won’t be a bad precedent for others thinking about whistle-blowing,” Ifdhal said.<br /><br />The Setara Institute issued a press release that demanded the police explain their reason for detaining Susno, adding that failure to do so would see them lose the public’s trust.<br /><br />“The public will see the police as a corrupt institution,” it said.<br /><br />Susno’s family spokesman, Husni Maderi, said Susno’s wife Herawati had sent a letter containing her feelings about Susno’s arrest to First Lady Ani Yudhoyono.<br /><br />“It was a letter from a mother to another, although it was delivered via the State Secretariat,” he said as quoted by Antara news agency.<br /><br />Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs Djoko Suyanto said the government would not interfere with the legal process dealing with Susno.<br /><br />“Have we ever intervened in a legal process? We haven’t, right?” Djoko said. (rdf)<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3032047858743758577-7335633674102848328?l=bestindonesia.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>hkwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13648810985506674720noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3032047858743758577.post-40163349850195344862010-05-12T20:06:00.000-07:002010-05-12T20:09:07.660-07:00Indonesian Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati quit on Wednesday to take a top job at the World Bank after months spent battling politicians bent on her ouster, sending share prices plummeting.<br /><br />The surprise move was seen as a blow to economic reform in Southeast Asia's biggest economy and triggered a sell-off on the Jakarta stock market as analysts looked for a credible replacement for the respected technocrat.<br /><br />“The news is correct. I'm still waiting for the approval of the president. For the time being, I will continue to carry out my duties at the finance ministry during this transition week,” Indrawati, 47, told reporters.<br /><br />Indonesia's share market closed 3.81 percent lower after Indrawati, once described as the most powerful woman in Asia, confirmed her resignation from the cabinet of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono.<br /><br />“This is a shock to the index,” Bhakti Securities analyst Reza Nugraha said.<br /><br />“Investors have yet to see anyone credible to replace Sri Mulyani so they feel anxious. Shares will continue to fall for a while until investors know who will replace her.”<br /><br />Yudhoyono praised Indrawati and said her new role as World Bank managing director was “strategic, important and honorable”<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3032047858743758577-4016334985019534486?l=bestindonesia.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>hkwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13648810985506674720noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3032047858743758577.post-37206278045732731692010-04-01T20:57:00.000-07:002010-04-01T21:15:06.655-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_U1Trx4AKdAU/S7VvLO4MmkI/AAAAAAAACPk/WnNBvVnzyng/s1600/sandra-dewi.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 368px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_U1Trx4AKdAU/S7VvLO4MmkI/AAAAAAAACPk/WnNBvVnzyng/s400/sandra-dewi.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5455388762392271426" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_U1Trx4AKdAU/S7VusTwdGPI/AAAAAAAACPc/RsflJPPK70I/s1600/nd.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 193px; height: 262px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_U1Trx4AKdAU/S7VusTwdGPI/AAAAAAAACPc/RsflJPPK70I/s400/nd.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5455388231126030578" /></a><br />As a biography, Sandra Dewi is an Indonesian actress. She only recently began acting, having starred in three movies so far: “A Very Slow Breakfast” (2003), “Quickie Express” (2007), and “Extra Large” (2008). She upped her popularity by posing for FHM.<br /><br />It is rumored that Sandra has a special recipe drink that she uses to keep her young, healthy-looking skin. The recipe, which comes from her great-grandmother, includes the essence of chicken, some roots, some seeds, water, honey, and vitamin supplements. She also takes ginger water baths.<br /><br />Nadine Chandrawinata (born May 8, 1984 in Hannover, Germany) was Puteri Indonesia (Miss Indonesia Universe) 2005, and a delegate representing Indonesia in the 2006 Miss Universe Pageant. She was the second Miss Indonesia to participate in the pageant (preceded by Artika Sari Devi) after a long hiatus in 1996. Her mother is German and her father is Chinese-Indonesian. She has two siblings, twins Marcel and Mischa, who are also models and actors. She measures 174 cm (5 feet 8 inches) in height and 122 lb (60 kg) in weight<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3032047858743758577-3720627804573273169?l=bestindonesia.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>hkwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13648810985506674720noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3032047858743758577.post-10266987314548097412010-04-01T20:41:00.000-07:002010-04-01T20:54:51.292-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_U1Trx4AKdAU/S7VqVtiDxyI/AAAAAAAACPU/rUPNJo_C3ec/s1600/images.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 130px; height: 98px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_U1Trx4AKdAU/S7VqVtiDxyI/AAAAAAAACPU/rUPNJo_C3ec/s400/images.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5455383444861470498" /></a><br />Counting down the days toward her coming wedding with Ardie Bakrie, the soap-actress Nia Ramadhani admitted being nervous. Ardie Bakrie is the son of Aburizal Bakrie, chairman of Golkar party and a successful businessman.<br /><br />"Those who are married must know how it feels. Of course I'm nervous during the few final days," she admitted after the "Kilau 17 Antv" concert at the Kemayoran JIExpo, Central Jakarta, Thursday evening.<br /><br />Unlike Nia, Ardie said he was more relaxed before that sacred date, April 1st, 2010, when they'd be wed at Mulia Hotel. "The Day is getting close, God willing, the preparations are OK. It's all about mental preparations, the preparation is almost 100 percent done."<br /><br />Ardie's cool air could be because he's not doing most of the event's concept and details. "Ardie's not worried because he's not handling anything. He doesn't want to know the details," said Nia. But that doesn't mean he doesn't care about the wedding. "He said that if we were both in charge then we'd only fight all the time," Nia added.<br /><br />Nia also denies that their wedding will be one of the most luxurious wedding ever. "That's too much. How do you come up with the money? All we know is that there will a ceremony and a reception."<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3032047858743758577-1026698731454809741?l=bestindonesia.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>hkwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13648810985506674720noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3032047858743758577.post-9427530917275217512010-04-01T20:36:00.000-07:002010-04-01T20:40:32.723-07:00Secretary general of the Transparency International Indonesia (TII), Teten Masduki, believes that the tax corruption case implicating Gayus Tambunan, 30, taxation office employee class IIIA, couldn't have been a solo act, especially considering that the young suspect relatively hasn't been in the taxation office for very long.<br /><br />"I believe he's the operator of a tax mafia whose network needs to be uncovered. It's possible that it might implicate other taxation employees," stated Teten to Kompas, Monday, Jakarta.<br /><br />Similar to Teten's opinion, economy observer Dradjat Wibowo also stated, "I'm sure Gayus' case is only the tip of the iceberg. Let this be the momentum to scour the mafia in the taxation and customs & excise offices."<br /><br />Finance minister to trace assets<br /><br />Separately, the finance minister has been advised to do a shifting burden of proof method on the suspicious assets of all the staff of the taxation and customs & excise offices.<br /><br />The hifting burden of proof is to confirm tha the assets are from reasonable sources and not from mafia practices, as revealed in the Gayus Tambunan case recently.<br /><br />"The finance minister, the directorate general for taxation Mochamad Tjiptadjo, and the directorate general for customs and excise Thomas Sugijata, should make a breakthrough for all the staff of the taxation and customs & excise offices by inspecting their assets through the Department of Finance's Inspectorate General and by involving public accountants in the near future," stated Teten.<br /><br />"If suspicious and considered abnormal, then the finance minister, the directorate general for taxation, and the directorate general for customs and excise should bring the case to the Corruption Eradication Commission for further probing. If proven guilty, then legal sanctions can be applied, or administrative sanctions by dismissals."<br /><br />Teten is sure that such a breakthrough will be a deterrent for any corruption, bribery, or mafia practices in both offices.<br /><br />Indonesian officials hailed the detention of a fugitive tax official accused of taking millions of dollars in bribes, but analysts said Thursday that much more needs to be done if the country is serious about fighting corruption. <br /><br />Tax department officer Gayus Tambunan was tracked down in Singapore after a week on the run and convinced to voluntarily return to Indonesia on Wednesday to face charges that he accumulated some $3.9 million in kickbacks for producing favorable tax assessments.<br /><br />A member of the special government task force in charge of investigating corruption among the so-called “legal mafia” said Tambunan’s surrender was a key moment in the country’s fight against graft.<br /><br />“This is the first time that we can reveal a big legal mafia case that involves many officials within government departments, police and other legal apparatus,” Denny Indrayana said. Tambunan’s case has dominated Indonesian headlines since it started to unfold three weeks ago, with each new allegation casting a wider shadow on government officials, police and the judiciary.<br /> <br />In a country familiar with widespread corruption sometimes on a massive scale — former dictator Suharto was accused of graft to the tune of $600 million in his 32 years in power — the case of a public official accused of amassing a relatively small fortune wouldn’t normally grab such attention.<br /> <br />But what caught the eye is the speed with which the 30-year-old midlevel civil servant with a salary of $1,300 per month is accused of building a stockpile that included expensive cars and a luxury home. Investigators say he did so in just over a year.<br /><br />Also putting the case in the spotlight is the alleged involvement of senior police officers, prosecutors and judges in working to free Tambunan. The assets held in Tambunan’s name were reported to police last year and he was charged with embezzlement in a court case that drew no attention.<br /> <br />But when the four-month trial ended in March with Tambunan’s acquittal, senior police investigator Gen. Susno Duadji went public saying the tax official had bribed his own officers to present a weaker case to the court and allow him access to his frozen accounts.<br /><br />As the investigation grew, Tambunan fled the country. Tambunan, now being held for questioning, is facing new, more serious charges of money-laundering and corruption and, if convicted, faces 20 years in jail. Tambunan has yet to publicly comment, but task force officials say he admitted to corruption in interviews before he fled and said many colleagues were also involved.<br /> <br />While some in the government say the resolve with which the case was pursued is a sign that President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono’s commitment to stamping out corruption is working, analysts say it is unlikely that a midlevel official acted alone and little has been done to go after more powerful officials.<br /> <br />“The case of Gayus should not be viewed as putting an end to corruption by famous politicians and businessman,” prominent economist Christianto Wibisono said. “The state needs to have the courage to do what is truly needed to stop government from being hijacked by powerful businessmen.”<br /> <br />He said the government must address the core issues that allow corruption to flourish in Indonesia. He said a start would be to pass stricter conflict of interest laws for politicians and to implement blind trusts for the assets of businessmen entering politics.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3032047858743758577-942753091727521751?l=bestindonesia.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>hkwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13648810985506674720noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3032047858743758577.post-1911493032553774592010-03-19T02:33:00.000-07:002010-03-19T02:42:36.917-07:00Currently, Japanese comics dominate the comic market in Indonesia. They are selling numerous characters along with their cartoon animation (anime) and merchandise that range to advanced multimedia gadgets, such as Play Station and Nintendo game console.<br /><br />The Japanese comics appear in various styles. They employ good marketing strategies and come up with a good branding. Moreover, they offer exciting stories with strong characters (ranging from animals and human to machines, from robots, hybrid creatures to even more imaginative creatures) to their audiences. Indonesian comics has a different approach. We may not be able to compete with their drawing skills and techniques, but we have a rich source of stories from our various cultural background. However, the drawing styles of Indonesian comics were influenced by American Comics (Marvel, DC, Darkhorse, Image, etc.), European comics and aalso the Japanese Manga. All those foreign comics were so attractive that they inspire the Indonesian younger generation to make their own comics. Marvel from America is different. It shows magnificent super heroes with different super powers. It has a huge effect to young generations of comic readers. This generation was booming before the popularity of the Japanese comics. Superman, Batman, Spiderman and the others are very famous and well-known among the young comic readers in Indonesia.<br /><br />But, if we dig up again, the young generation also loves to read European comics such as Tintin, Roel Dijkstra, Lucky Luke, Asterix, etc. It is a pity that we only know them (the comic characters) through their two-dimentional appearance in strips. We are lack of information about their creation; about the background, the process, and even about the artists themselves. Those Eropean comics were very popular in Indonesia. Unfortunately, Indonesian readers only knew them through their publication as one-page strips in magazines. So when those comics series were released as comic albums, most readers were reluctant to buy them, since they already knew what the whole story was all about (with the exception of some very popular albums that are worth collecting).<br /><br />This might have been the cause of the decrease of European comic album distribution in Indonesia. However, this phenomena happened tens of years ago. We have noticed that there are a number of new European comics, created by young, talented, artists, with a potential to capture faithful readers, that are released in many countries but not in Indonesia. Therefore we also expect MADJOE! to attract the attention of Indonesian publishers to revive European comics readers in Indonesia. At present, there are a lot of comic communities in Indonesia. They create comic only as a hobby, without any profit motivation or business ambition. Most of them are students who have lots of time to create fictional characters and stories and to develop their skills. Therefore, it is no wonder that Indonesian publishers are afraid to commit to publishing local comic albums. Moreover, publishers still think of comics/strips as only a filler for their magazines or newspapers. They always ask for inexpensive comics in many pages of drawings. In the end, the magazines and newspaper hire only the most popular comic artists. There are several comic artists who dedicate themselves for years in magazines or newspapers. For example: Panji Koming from Kompas daily newspaper. Panji Koming is actually an abbreviation from Kompas Minggu (or Sunday Kompas), because Panji Koming is released only on Sunday editions. We are trying to keep our Indonesian comics running in a proper way.<br /><br />We are still trying to keep tracks on our older comic artists and their works. Aside from that effort, it is not an easy task to revive the spirit of original Indonesian comics. We are keeping in touch closely with other local comics studios, artists and personnels to discuss and exchange our experience. One potential comic community is Masyarakat Komik Indonesia (MKI), or Indonesian Comic Community. This community was establisehd at the First National Comic Exhibition in Jakarta. There were humongous positive responses towards this community, moreover from small comic studios in several cities of Indonesia. Through MKI, we can easily keep in touch with each other.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3032047858743758577-191149303255377459?l=bestindonesia.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>hkwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13648810985506674720noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3032047858743758577.post-2618903046027064902010-03-19T02:19:00.000-07:002010-03-19T02:33:02.083-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_U1Trx4AKdAU/S6NEwWspjEI/AAAAAAAACOs/4v4iQ8X4Xtc/s1600-h/laskar-pelangi.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 282px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_U1Trx4AKdAU/S6NEwWspjEI/AAAAAAAACOs/4v4iQ8X4Xtc/s400/laskar-pelangi.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5450275571565694018" /></a><br />This novel is a great reading for those who searching for the meaning of life itself. The story is focused on the life in Timah - Belitong, an island in Indonesia. IKAL, the main character that represents Andrea Hirata, the novel''s writer himself. His poor family condition doesn''t keep his father to give IKAL a proper education. IKAL was sent to the village school that far from the standard of education. The school only has 10 students. But fortunately, in this school, IKAL learned many important things in his life. More than learning how to read, count or even being a champion. With all member of Rainbow Warriors : MAHAR (an exentric artist), LINTANG (the genius one), TRAPANI (a mother complex), SAMSON (the bulk), SAHARA (the only girl), KUCAI (talkative), HARUN (who always trapped in his childhood life), SYAHDAN (the loser), and A KIONG (brother of IKAL''s first love), he lived his school life that full of surprised. Defeating another school in carnival contest, debating a professor in debate contest, until searching for FLO, child from the rich family, who finally join in Rainbow Warriors'' school. They did a lot of craziness, almost everyday. Even crossing the sea to find a shaman loved by MAHAR and FLO. But everything has an end. Economic condition became main forces that separated them<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3032047858743758577-261890304602706490?l=bestindonesia.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>hkwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13648810985506674720noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3032047858743758577.post-6209547504823863462010-03-19T02:13:00.000-07:002010-03-19T02:18:50.684-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_U1Trx4AKdAU/S6NBVe4ogbI/AAAAAAAACOk/LkseeHPjfZI/s1600-h/74893_detasemen_anti_teror_dari_polri_bersiap_menggerebek_sarang_teroris.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_U1Trx4AKdAU/S6NBVe4ogbI/AAAAAAAACOk/LkseeHPjfZI/s400/74893_detasemen_anti_teror_dari_polri_bersiap_menggerebek_sarang_teroris.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5450271811372089778" /></a><br />According the news latest about terrorist in Indonesia. Aceh Province to be area for have been training them.<br /><br />Terrorism problem is still very difficult for destroyed. We are going to report about "Teroris Aceh", according a lot of sources in Indonesia Media News.<br /><br />We can give definition about terrorism that is the unlawful use or threatened use of force or violence by a person or an organized group against people or property with the intention of intimidating or coercing societies or governments, often for ideological or political reasons.<br /><br /> JAKARTA, Indonesia – Indonesian authorities flew 14 alleged terrorists from Aceh to Jakarta on Friday, hours after raiding another group of suspected Islamic militants in the restive province. Police said they were investigating possible links to a terrorist threat to shipping.<br /><br /> A police officer was killed and at least 10 were wounded in the raid Thursday in Aceh's Lamkabeue village, provincial police chief Maj. Gen. Aditya Warman told reporters.<br /><br /> Police were investigating whether the militants were linked to a threat to shipping in the nearby Malacca Strait, national police chief Gen. Bambang Hendarso Danuri said in Jakarta, without elaborating.<br /><br /> Singapore's navy warned this week that an unnamed terrorist group was planning attacks on oil tankers in the strait, one of the world's busiest shipping lanes.<br /><br /> Danuri said there were casualties among the militants, but declined to give details.<br /><br /> The battle came during a police crackdown on militants in Aceh suspected of being linked to the Southeast Asian terror network Jemaah Islamiyah.<br /><br /> Police announced Thursday that they have charged 14 suspected militants arrested in Aceh with planning terrorist attacks.<br /><br /> They were flown from Banda Aceh on Friday to national police headquarters in Jakarta for further questioning, a police official said on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to the media.<br /><br /> The men were caught in several raids beginning Feb. 22, when four were arrested by police after a gun battle in a suspected militant training camp in Aceh's mountains, police spokesman Maj. Gen. Edward Aritonang said.<br /><br /> They confessed to undergoing paramilitary training, including weapons use and hand-to-hand combat, at the camp in preparation for a terrorist attack, he said, declining to specify the alleged target.<br /><br /> Under Indonesia's tough counterterrorism laws enacted in 2003, planning a terrorist attack can be punished by up to 20 years in prison.<br /><br /> Another suspect was fatally shot by police after he fled with two men from a bus that was stopped at a police checkpoint early Wednesday, Aritonang said. Witnesses said the other two men escaped.<br /><br /> No other terrorist groups are known to be active in Aceh. Separatist rebels signed a peace agreement with Indonesia's government in 2005, ending 29 years of fighting and making the province semi - autonomous. Aritonang said none of the charged suspects belonged to the now-disbanded Free Aceh Movement.<br /><br /> Jakarta (AsiaNews) - Police and anti-terrorist group Densus 88 today arrested 15 terrorists with weapons of war, following an operation in the forests of Aceh Besar Regency, Aceh, and after a shootout. Inspector General Edward Aritonang, spokesman for the police, reported the episode saying that those arrested may be connected with the Islamic terrorist group Jemaah Islamiyah. Automatic weapons, thousands of bullets, propaganda material, Islamic fundamentalist books and DVDs and military uniforms similar to Malaysian ones were seized.<br /><br /> For days the police had combed the forest, looking for a military training centre for terrorists. In a first foray February 22 they arrested 4 suspected terrorists after a gun battke in which militants killed two innocent bystanders, a man and his son.<br /><br /> Yesterday at dawn, always in Aceh another suspected terrorist tried to escape carrying weapons and was killed in a shootout, after being stopped for inspection on board a bus in which he was travelling as a normal passenger. Two other people travelling with him escaped. Other passengers are under investigation.<br /><br /> Aritonang said that "it is likely that this group is organizing an imminent armed attack" in the country, but did not explain whether there are indications of the possible target. He added that some terrorists have carried out military training in other countries, but did not disclose where.<br /><br /> The police have also ruled that the terrorists arrested in recent weeks are former members of the Aceh separatist Movement for the Liberation of Aceh (Gerakan Aceh Merdeka). This group signed a peace agreement with the Indonesian government in 2005 after 29 years of civil warfare with the army and the police. In exchange for the dissolution of GAM, Jakarta granted autonomy to the provincial government of Aceh and has enabled the adoption of Islamic law (shariah) in the predominantly Muslim province.<br /><br /> Banda Aceh (ANTARA News) - A top Aceh councillor has dismissed local rumors about Malaysian involvement in the terror network police are currently trying to break up in the province.<br /><br /> The chairman of the Aceh Legislative Assembly (DPR Aceh), Hasbi Abdullah, said it was inconceivable that Malaysia was helping to turn Aceh into a terrorist base "because the neighboring country is strongly committed to helping Aceh improve its economy."<br /><br /> "I think, it is most unlikely that Malaysia, its military in particular, is training terrorists in Aceh," Hasbi told reporters here Wednesday.<br /><br /> He was commenting on and at the same time reiterating a statement by Malaysian Defense Minister Achmad Zahid Hamidi denying the rumors of Malaysian military involvement in the terror network some members of which were recently arrested by Indonesian police.<br /><br /> The rumors began circulating after Indonesian police were reported to have found a number of military uniforms resembling those of Malaysian servicemen at a certain location in Aceh.<br /><br /> The Malaysian defense minister issued the denial following reports about an Indonesian police raid on a terrorist training camp in a forest in the Jalin region of Aceh Besar district on Monday (Feb 22).<br /><br /> Hasbi said Malaysia was strongly committed to helping Aceh`s economic development. Citing an example, he said a Malaysian businessman would soon invest in a project to build a fuel oil bunker in Pulau Aceh, Aceh Besar district.<br /><br /> "Therefore, it is not possible that our close neighbor is helping terrorists in Aceh," he said.<br /><br /> About the presence of the terror network in Aceh itself and who they were, Hasbi said "there must be a certain group that wants to disrupt the peace in Aceh."<br /><br /> He ruled out the possibility that they were rogue elements of the former Free Aceh Movement (GAM) which had fought a guerilla war against the government for many years.<br /><br /> It was true there was still a handful of former GAM combatants who after the cessation of hostilities with government had remained discontented, he said. "But we are keeping a close watch over them and the Aceh administration is taking care of their welfare," he added.<br /><br /> He said he was sure terrorism could not flourish in Aceh because Aceh society was against the creed and did not have any roots in the province.<br /><br /> What the police had discovered in Aceh Besar district recently appeared to be still a network in an "embryonic" stage, Hasbi said but he had met the Aceh police chief and urged the latter to investigate the matter thoroughly and nip it in the bud.<br /><br /> Malaysia’s armed forces are not connected with terrorist activities in Indonesia’s Aceh province, the country’s defense minister has said, despite a report that Malaysian military uniforms were confiscated in a raid there last week.<br /><br /> Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi told reporters Malaysia never got involved in conflicts within neighboring countries, according to newspaper Web site thestar.com.my.<br /><br /> Zahid urged Indonesian authorities to investigate thoroughly.<br /><br /> Some regional media outlets quoted Agence-France Presse last week as saying Malaysian military uniforms were found in a raid in a remote region of Aceh Besar. At least ten people have been arrested there over the past week, and four have been charged with terrorism-related activities.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3032047858743758577-620954750482386346?l=bestindonesia.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>hkwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13648810985506674720noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3032047858743758577.post-18038984355236220122010-02-14T01:17:00.000-08:002010-02-14T01:18:42.131-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_U1Trx4AKdAU/S3e_51TbWAI/AAAAAAAACMU/wf0L7UwXwUw/s1600-h/images.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 104px; height: 118px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_U1Trx4AKdAU/S3e_51TbWAI/AAAAAAAACMU/wf0L7UwXwUw/s400/images.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5438026075355174914" /></a><br />Two days before Imlek (Chinese New Year), businesses in the Chinatown area in Jakarta ran out of stocks for their red lanterns and ‘Shanghai’ costumes. Imlek is a time for colourful parades featuring dances of the lion and other puppets, and performances of Chinese folk rituals on the streets and in Chinese temples. Imlek is also celebrated at Sunday mass in a Catholic church with performances of Chinese songs and dances. The church is decorated in lucky colour red from its carpet to its candles, including the priests’ robes.<br /><br />Decorations and ornaments in the lucky colour red, representing Chineseness, together with Chinese cultural performances like the dragon and lion dances have become products of mass consumption in post-Suharto Indonesia. Major shopping malls decorate their interior with red lanterns and gigantic angpao, the red envelopes used for gifts of money. TV shows adopt Imlek themes, ranging from game shows where audiences dress in traditional Chinese costumes to talk shows featuring Chinese feng shui and fortune telling.<br /><br /> TV shows adopt Imlek themes, ranging from game shows where audiences dress in traditional Chinese costumes to talk shows featuring Chinese feng shui and fortune telling<br /><br />Many assimilated Chinese-Indonesians find these new cultural expressions unfamiliar, if not foreign. But, notwithstanding their lack of knowledge about the rituals and practices carried out in the festival, they have embraced Imlek. To them, it is both an acknowledgement of their long suppressed identity and a symbol of new opportunities for freedom of expression.<br />A contested festival<br /><br />Around the world, Chinese New Year is a cultural celebration. However, in Indonesia, Imlek has been much contested. This is partly because Confucians in Indonesia celebrate Imlek as a sacred day that commemorates the birth of Confucius, just as Christians celebrate Christmas to remember the birth of Jesus Christ.<br /><br />While Confucianism is generally understood by Chinese elsewhere as a set of ethical rules or a moral philosophy, in Indonesia it has been an institutionalised religion since the beginning of the twentieth century. Under the New Order, Confucianism’s status as a religion was revoked, and expressions of Chinese ethnicity and culture outlawed. But after the fall of Suharto in 1998, the Supreme Council for the Confucian Religion in Indonesia (MATAKIN), which claims to represent up to a million Indonesians, asked that the government recognise Imlek as a national holiday. Other Chinese organisations in Jakarta welcomed this proposal, and supported it by lobbying the government.<br /><br />The Confucians justified the designation of the Imlek year on the basis of Confucius’ birth year as comparable to the remembrance of Anno Domini in the Western calendar as the year of Christ, and the Muslim Hijrah calendar which calculates its year from the year Prophet Muhammad made the pilgrimage from Mecca to Medina. In order to maintain this ‘tradition’, Chinese organisations and Chinese-Indonesian cultural observers have to re-create a version of ancient Chinese history which shows that this calculation of the year of Imlek was practised in ancient China. They use a version of the Chinese calendar, obsolete even in China, according to which the year of Imlek is marked from the year of Confucius’ birth in 551 BC. This is one of the elements adopted by Confucians in Indonesia to legitimise Confucianism as an institutional religion. Another is their canonisation of Confucius as a Prophet, who obtained from Heaven the decree to spread the ‘gospel’ among the Chinese, along with their treatment of the Confucian texts (The Four Books and Five Classics) as a religious Holy Book.<br /><br />In 2000, President Abdurrahman Wahid declared Imlek an optional national holiday. Two months later the Minster for Home Affairs abolished the 1978 Ministerial Instruction on Confucianism and in doing so restored it as Indonesia’s sixth officially-recognised religion. Since 2000, MATAKIN has organised formal annual Imlek celebrations to which national leaders, such as the President, and prominent Chinese are invited to attend. These annual celebrations hold significant meaning for the Chinese, as they are seen as a renewal of government commitment to Chinese religion and culture in Indonesia. To remind ethnic Chinese of the ‘origin’ on Imlek, organisations like MATAKIN publish articles in newspapers and magazines a few days before Imlek. Ironically, none of MAKATIN’s articles are published in Chinese, and none of the Chinese publications in Indonesia mention such ‘tradition’. The Chinese-educated ‘totok’, who maintain their Chineseness through Chinese culture and language and transnational ties with China and other Chinese overseas, appear to find such ‘tradition’ irrelevant and/or unnecessary.<br /><br />Chinese-Indonesians who do not embrace Confucianism challenge the appropriateness of its status as a religion and argue that Imlek is a purely ethnic/cultural festival. In fact, ethnic Chinese Christians, Catholics and even Muslims have celebrated Imlek as an ethnic and cultural festival. They feel excluded when the Confucians claim Imlek as a religious celebration. To them, Imlek only became a Confucianist festival due to strategic need in order to be recognised as an official holiday, like other religious holidays; not because it is historically a religious holiday. <br />Quandaries around identity<br /><br />The politics of Imlek do not stop at the debate about whether it is a religious or cultural festival. As Imlek has become increasingly commercialised, some argue that the cultural symbols for Imlek have become part of popular culture, learned and performed not only by Chinese Indonesians, but also Indonesians of other ethnic backgrounds. Other ethnic Chinese have strategically appropriated these symbols, aggressively commodifying them in order to demonstrate government recognition of Chinese identity and equal status.<br /><br />However, the increased visibility of Chinese cultural products – and the consumption of them by non-Chinese Indonesians – should not be naïvely read as heralding a new acceptance of the ethnic Chinese. The New Order’s assimilationist rhetoric still has a strong influence in Indonesia. New Order ideologues constructed a singular identity, which meant that the more Chinese a person was, the less Indonesian he/she became, and vice versa. The re-emergence of symbols of Chineseness could be interpreted as a return to an essentialist notion of Chineseness, substantiating the popular myth, ‘once a Chinese, always a Chinese’. Politically, this may mean that Chinese-Indonesians’ loyalty is increasingly questionable as they have now become ‘more Chinese’ and thus ‘less Indonesian’. Meanwhile, pressing issues faced by the Chinese are still left largely unattended.<br /><br /> The New Order’s assimilationist rhetoric still has a strong influence in Indonesia<br /><br /> As a result, some Chinese-Indonesians are justifiably cautious about the exuberant celebration of Imlek. For instance, in early 2004 a prominent Catholic Chinese, Harry Tjan Silalahi, was quoted expressing his concern that the celebration of Imlek might have gone ‘over the limit’, as it could ‘disturb’ the feelings of Indonesians living in poverty. Underlying this concern is a fear that anti-Chinese sentiment or worse may be triggered as a result of social jealousy. Anti-Chinese sentiment is alive and well in Indonesia, and easily set off by a range of issues. This is exemplified in the case of Imlek in Pontianak.<br /><br />The Chinese are the third largest ethnic group in Pontianak, after the Dayak and Malays. But the Imlek celebration there in 2008 was low-profile. Two days before Imlek the mayor of Pontianak issued Decision No.12/2008, which prohibited the display of fireworks and public performances of dragon and lion dances during the festival. The decision was made in response to the demands of the United Malay Front Movement (Gerakan Barisan Melayu Bersatu), which had taken a hardline anti-Chinese stance, calling for a ban on Chinese language and characters in public places, and rallied for Malay nationalism. The leader of the Movement, Erwan Irawan, believes that lion and dragon dance performances should not be allowed anywhere in Pontianak because they are not part of the ‘Indonesian culture’. This incident again shows the narrowly defined notion of ‘Indonesianness’ and the continuing vulnerability of Chinese-Indonesians.<br /><br />Silalahi’s statement regarding the celebration of Imlek as ‘over the limit’ raises questions about the ‘limit’ for the expression of Chineseness. Where is the limit? Who decides where the limit is? Should the government dictate or draw the line to set a limit for cultural expression? Or should the Chinese-Indonesians themselves exercise discretion? These questions are not exclusively for the Chinese-Indonesians to answer, but they epitomise the problems that need to be addressed.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3032047858743758577-1803898435523622012?l=bestindonesia.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>hkwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13648810985506674720noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3032047858743758577.post-9916633284630955692010-02-14T01:14:00.000-08:002010-02-14T01:16:25.277-08:00JAKARTA - A spokesman for the national police in Indonesia, Edward Aritonang, has said that 13 suspects had stolen a grand total of some 264,000 PIN-codes for personal bank accounts belonging to Indonesian customers. However not all the stolen PIN-codes are active, most of them were, as it seems. Some people may already have closed their accounts earlier.<br /><br />Some of the suspects were experts in banking crimes and have experience with forgery of credit cards. As has become clear in the most recent days, billions of Rupiah's have been stolen from hundreds of accounts in Indonesia. Most of them had their accounts with big national banks like BCA, BNI and BRI.<br /><br />Banking crime case applying skimming of ATMs as its mode has troubled the public. Six banks in Indonesia like Bank Central Asia, Bank Mandiri, Bank Negara Indonesia, Bank Rakyat Indonesia, Bank Permata and Bank Internasional Indonesia have been breached.<br /><br />In response to the matter, the Crime and Investigation Division of the Indonesian Police announced the following list on the allegedly skimmer-installed ATMs in Bali and other areas:<br /><br />1. Bali Wisata Tour & Travel, Jl. Teuku Umar 186, Denpasar.<br />2. Glony Restaurant, Jl. Legian no.445, Legian Kaja, Bali.<br />3. Bali Puri Niaga,<br />4. Bali Padma Hotel 1, Jl. Padma Utara Legian no.1, Kuta.<br />5. Hayam Wuruk Plaza 2, Jl. Hayam Wuruk no.98, Denpasar.<br />6. Okie's House. Jl. Popies Lane II Kuta Bali.<br />7. Kartika Plaza 1, Jl. Kartika Plaza no.89 Kuta, Bali.<br />8. Kartika Plaza 2, Jl. Kartika Plaza no.89 Kuta, Bali.<br />9. Watrerboom Park & Spa (1), Jl. Kartika Plaza Kuta.<br />10. Ubud 2, Jl. Raya Ubud 10, Ubud - 80571.<br />11. UD Ron Ron, Kuta.<br />12. Galeri Dewata Swalayan, Jl. Raya Kuta no.165, Kuta.<br />13. Visi Realty, Jl. Teuku Umar, Denpasar.<br />14. Mai Mai Restaurant, Jl. Hanoman, Padang Tegal, Ubud 80571.<br />15. Kuta Suci Arcade, Jl. Pantai Kuta, Kuta Bali.<br />16. Pepito Supermarket, Jl. Kediri no.36 A Tuban, Bali.<br />17. Siliwangi 1, Smg, Jl. Jend. Sudirman 120-121, Semarang - 50141.<br />18. Gosha, Jl. Dhyana Pura, Seminyak, Badung, Bali.<br />19. Puri Niaga, Kuta.<br />20. Bali Bagus Abadi Cargo, Jl. Pura Bagus Taruna, Kuta.<br />21. Waterboom Park & Spa (2), Jl. Kartika Plaza Kuta.<br />22. Griya Kopo Permai, Komp. Kopo Permai II B1.6 AR/1-2, Badung.<br />23. Super Ekonomi Malioboro, Jl. Teuku Umar Barat, Denpasar.<br />24. Gazebo Beach Hotel, Jl. Danau Tamblingan no.35, Sanur, 80225.<br />25. Mitra 10 Denpasar, Jl. Gatot Subroto Barat no.659-660, Denpasar.<br />26. Hotel Taman Suci, Jl. Imam Bonjol 45, Denpasar.<br />27. Discovery Shopping Mall 1, Kuta.<br />28. SPBU Dewi Sri, Jl. Dewi Sri, Kuta.<br />29. SPBU Kunti, Jl. Kunti Seminyak, Kuta.<br />30. Kiosk Sweta Lombar, Jl. Sandubaya-Sweta-83236-NTB.<br />31. Kiosk Kartika Plaza 1, Jl. Kartika Plaza no.89 dan 98 Kuta, Bali.<br />32. 8470 Kiosk Kartika Plaza 2, Jl. Kartika Plaza no.89 dan 98 Kuta, Bali.<br />33. 8476 Kiosk Visi Realty, Jl. Teuku Umar, Denpasar.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3032047858743758577-991663328463095569?l=bestindonesia.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>hkwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13648810985506674720noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3032047858743758577.post-9016514822503604092010-02-14T01:09:00.000-08:002010-02-14T01:13:31.414-08:00The more you understand about any subject, the more interesting it becomes. As you read this article you'll find that the subject of news is certainly no exception.<br />VIVAnews - Since 2004, there have been 231 cases of banking crimes reported by Bank Astaga.com lifestyle on the net to the authorities. The cases consist of crimes committed against 105 banks. Deputy Governor of Bank Astaga.com lifestyle on the net Budi Rochadi said the reports were the consequence of Joint Ministerial Decree (SKB) between the AGO, the Indonesian Police and Bank Indonesia. œThe SKB is an attempt to improve collaboration in solving alleged banking crimes,� Rochadi said at the Commission XI meeting on Tuesday, February 2. Most of this information comes straight from the news pros. Careful reading to the end virtually guarantees that you'll know what they know.<br /><br />He also said the SKB will also be used to lead banking industry into becoming a healthy and reliable industry. Law will be enforced to crimes committed by various parties, including the commissioners, directors, bank employees, shareholders and other parties affiliated to banking industry. Recently, national banking was shaken by the case of account hacking using the ATMs. The total amount of loss reached Rp 5 billion. -- Translated by: Nataya Ermanti ¢ VIVAnews<br />Those who only know one or two facts about news can be confused by misleading information. The best way to help those who are misled is to gently correct them with the truths you're learning here.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3032047858743758577-901651482250360409?l=bestindonesia.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>hkwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13648810985506674720noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3032047858743758577.post-57559668098779724992010-01-02T00:08:00.000-08:002010-01-02T00:11:01.147-08:00NAME IATA ICAO CALL SIGN HUB/HOME BASE<br />Airfast Indonesia FS AFE AIRFAST Soekarno-Hatta International Airport <br />Airmark Indonesia Halim Perdanakusuma International Airport <br />Air Regional ARI <br />Auvia Air <br />Batavia Air 7P BTV BATAVIA <br />Cardig Air 8F CAD <br />Citilink <br />Deraya Air Taxi DRY DERAYA <br />Dirgantara Air Service AW DIR DIRGANTARA <br />EastIndo Halim Perdanakusuma International Airport <br />Garuda Indonesia GA GIA INDONESIA Soekarno-Hatta International Airport<br />Ngurah Rai Airport<br />Juanda International Airport<br />Sepinggan International Airport<br />Polonia International Airport<br />Singapore Changi Airport National airline<br />GT Air <br />Indonesia AirAsia QZ AWQ WAGON AIR <br />Indonesia Air Transport IDA INTRA <br />Kalimantan Air Service <br />Kartika Airlines 3Y KAE KARTIKA <br />Lion Air JT LNI LION INTER Soekarno-Hatta International Airport <br />Lorena Airlines <br />Mandala Airlines RI MDL MANDALA <br />Manunggal Air Services <br />Merpati Nusantara Airlines MZ MNA MERPATI <br />Nurman Avia NIN NURVINDO <br />Papua Indonesia Air System <br />Pelita Air Service 6D PAS PELITA <br />Post Ekspres Prima <br />Republic Express Airlines RH RPH PUBLIC EXPRESS <br />Riau Airlines RIU RIAU AIR <br />Sabang Merauke Raya Air Charter SMC SAMER <br />Sriwijaya Air SJ SJY SRIWIJAYA <br />Transwisata Prima Aviation <br />Travira Air <br />Trigana Air Service TGN TRIGANA <br />Tri-MG Intra Asia Airlines GY TMG TRILINES <br />Wings Air IW WON WINGS ABADI<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3032047858743758577-5755966809877972499?l=bestindonesia.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>hkwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13648810985506674720noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3032047858743758577.post-13349850144920635582010-01-01T23:34:00.000-08:002010-01-02T00:04:36.967-08:00Java <br />Bandung, West Java WICC BDO Husein Sastranegara International Airport [1] [2]<br />Cengkareng, Banten / Jakarta WIII CGK Soekarno-Hatta International Airport [3]<br />Jakarta WIIH HLP Halim Perdanakusuma International Airport<br />[4] [5]<br />Malang, East Java WIAS MLG Abdul Rachman Saleh Airport<br />Semarang, Central Java WARS SRG Achmad Yani Airport [6] [7]<br />Surabaya, East Java WARR SUB Juanda International Airport [8] [9]<br />Surakarta (Solo), Central Java WARQ SOC Adisumarmo International Airport (Adi Sumarmo Wiryokusumo) [10] [11]<br />Yogyakarta WARJ JOG Adisucipto International Airport (Adisutjipto Airport) [12] [13]<br />Sumatra <br />Banda Aceh, Aceh WITT BTJ Sultan Iskandarmuda Airport (Blang Bintang Airport) [14]<br />Bandar Lampung, Lampung WICT TKG Radin Inten II Airport (Branti Airport) [15]<br />Batam, Riau Islands WIDD BTH Hang Nadim Airport [16]<br />Bengkulu, Bengkulu WIPL BKS Padangkemiling Airport (Fatmawati Soekarno Airport)<br />Jambi City, Jambi WIPA DJB Sultan Thaha Airport<br />Ketaping / Padang, West Sumatra WIPT PDG Minangkabau International Airport (replaced Tabing Airport) [17]<br />Medan, North Sumatra WIMM MES Polonia International Airport [18]<br />Palembang, South Sumatra WIPP PLM Sultan Mahmud Badaruddin II Airport [19]<br />Pangkalpinang, Bangka-Belitung WIKK PGK Pangkalpinang Airport<br />Pekanbaru, Riau WIBB PKU Sultan Syarif Kasim II Airport (Simpang Tiga Airport) [20]<br />Tanjung Pandan, Bangka-Belitung WIKD TJQ Buluh Tumbang Airport<br />Tanjung Pinang, Riau Islands WIDN TNJ Kijang Airport [21] [22]<br />Kalimantan <br />Balikpapan, East Kalimantan WALL BPN Sepinggan International Airport [23]<br />Banjarmasin, South Kalimantan WAOO BDJ Syamsudin Noor Airport [24] [25]<br />Berau, East Kalimantan BEJ Berau Airport<br />Datadawai DTD Datadawai Airport<br />Ketapang, West Kalimantan WIOK KTG Ketapang Airport (Rahadi Usman Airport)<br />Long Apung WRLP LPU Long Apung Airport<br />Long Bawan, East Kalimantan WRLB LBW Long Bawan Airport<br />Nunukan, East Kalimantan WRLF NNX Nunukan Airport<br />Palangkaraya, Central Kalimantan WAOP PKY Tjilik Riwut Airport (Panarung Airport) [26]<br />Pangkalanbun, Central Kalimantan PKN Iskandar Airport<br />Pontianak, West Kalimantan WIOO PNK Supadio Airport [27]<br />Putussibau, West Kalimantan WIOP PSU Pangsuma Airport<br />Samarinda, East Kalimantan WALS SRI Temindung Airport [28]<br />Sampit, Central Kalimantan WRBS SMQ Sampit Airport<br />Sintang, West Kalimantan WIOS SQG Sintang Airport (Susilo Airport)<br />Tanjung Selor, East Kalimantan WRBN TJS Tanjung Harapan Airport<br />Tarakan, East Kalimantan WRLR TRK Juwata Airport<br />Sulawesi <br />Gorontalo City, Gorontalo GTO Jalaluddin Airport<br />Kendari, South East Sulawesi WAWW KDI Wolter Monginsidi Airport [29]<br />Makassar, South Sulawesi WAAA UPG Hasanuddin International Airport [30]<br />Manado, North Sulawesi WAMM MDC Sam Ratulangi Airport [31]<br />Palu, Central Sulawesi WAML PLW Mutiara Airport [32] [33]<br />Lesser Sunda Islands <br />Bima, West Nusa Tenggara WRRB BMU Bima Airport (Muhammad Salahuddin Airport)<br />Denpasar, Bali WADD DPS Ngurah Rai Airport (Bali International Airport) [34]<br />Ende, East Nusa Tenggara ENE Ende Airport<br />Kupang, East Nusa Tenggara WATT KOE El Tari Airport (Eltari Airport) [35] [36]<br />Labuan Bajo, East Nusa Tenggara WRKO LBJ Komodo Airport<br />Mataram, West Nusa Tenggara WADA AMI Selaparang Airport [37] [38]<br />Maumere, East Nusa Tenggara WRKC MOF Maumere Airport (Wai Oti Airport)<br />Waingapu, East Nusa Tenggara WRRW WGP Waingapu Airport<br />Maluku & Papua <br />Ambon, Maluku WAPP AMQ Pattimura Airport [39]<br />Biak, Papua WABB BIK Frans Kaisiepo Airport [40]<br />Fakfak, West Irian Jaya WASF FKQ Fakfak Airport<br />Jayapura, Papua WAJJ DJJ Sentani Airport [41]<br />Kaimana, Papua WASK KNG Kaimana Airport<br />Langgur, Maluku WAPL LUV Dumatubin Airport<br />Manokwari, West Irian Jaya WASR MKW Rendani Airport<br />Merauke, Papua WAKK MKQ Mopah Airport<br />Sorong, West Irian Jaya WASS SOQ Sorong Airport (Jefman Airport)<br />Tembagapura, Papua WABP TIM Timika Airport<br />Ternate, Maluku WAMT TTE Babullah Airport<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3032047858743758577-1334985014492063558?l=bestindonesia.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>hkwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13648810985506674720noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3032047858743758577.post-32468827473738757862010-01-01T23:22:00.000-08:002010-01-01T23:34:25.532-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_U1Trx4AKdAU/Sz72rt6gfVI/AAAAAAAACEE/A51jIb1b53k/s1600-h/76656_ba.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 280px; height: 280px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_U1Trx4AKdAU/Sz72rt6gfVI/AAAAAAAACEE/A51jIb1b53k/s400/76656_ba.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5422042232320458066" /></a><br />Former President Abdurrahman Wahid or popularly also known as Gus Dur died during medication after suffering from complications caused by heart disease, kidney disorders and diabetes for years, Cipto Mangunkusumo Hospital director Akmal Taher said.<br /><br />Indonesia`s fourth president died at the age of 69 at 18.40 west Indonesia time (WIB).<br /><br />"The country has lost a prominent figure whose ideas always enlightened the people," Indonesian Moslem Students Movement secretary general Zaini Shofari said.<br /><br />Gus Dur was born in Denanyar village, Jombang district, East Java, on August 4, 1940. He is survived by his wife, Sinta Nuriyah, and four daughters, namely Alissa Qotrunnada Munawaroh, Zannuba Arifah Chafsoh, Annita Hayatunnufus, and Inayah Wulandari.<br /><br />He served as the country`s fourth president from October 20, 1999 to August 24, 2001.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3032047858743758577-3246882747373875786?l=bestindonesia.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>hkwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13648810985506674720noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3032047858743758577.post-26148765570085619732009-12-24T01:54:00.000-08:002009-12-24T02:22:40.187-08:00Calvary Life Fellowship - Lippo Karawaci, Indonesia - Tel. 62 21 5420 0231<br /><br /> Full Gospel Cendrawasih Assembly of God (Jakarta)<br /> <br /> General Synod of GKI (Indonesia Christian Church)<br /><br /> GKI Samanhudi,Jakarta<br /> GKI Batam,Batam<br /><br /> <br /> Indonesia Christian Network (Jaringan Umat Kristen Indonesia)<br /> <br /> Indonesia Full Gospel Fellowship (Gereja Injil Seutuh Indonesia)<br /><br /> GISI Ekklesia, Padang.<br /> GISI Shekinah, Batam.<br /> GISI Lampung, Lampung.<br /> GISI Keluarga Allah, (Balai Pustaka), Jakarta.<br /> GISI Keluarga Allah, (Greenville), Jakarta<br /> GISI Shalom, Bogor<br /> GISI Ebenhaezer, Bandung<br /> GISI Kasih Allah; Semarang<br /> GISI Imamat Rajani, Surabaya<br /> GISI Kasih Kristus, Malang<br /> GISI Pontianak, Pontianak<br /> GISI Ujung Pandang<br /> GISI Irian Jaya, Nabire-Paniai, Irian Jaya<br /><br /> Gereja Baptis Independent Alkitabiah (Jakarta)<br /><br /> Gereja Kristen Baptis Philadelphia - Villa Tomang Baru A1/32-33, Kuta Bumi - Tangerang, Banten, Indonesia - 021-5924921 - Email<br /><br /><br /> graphe@dnet.net.id Pastor Dr. Suhento Liauw (6221) 684-156<br /><br /> Gereja Injili Karo Indonesia - email: pitersitepu@yahoo.com<br /><br /><br /><br /> New Covenant Christian Church (Gereja Kristen Perjanjian Baru Fajar Perdamaian), Bogor<br /> <br /> Pasudan Christian Church, Bandung, Java<br /><br />- Surabaya, Indonesia <br /> GKA Elyon (Prebysterian) - Pregolan Bunder 46-48<br /> - Klampis Megah H 16-18, Telp : 031-5934521<br /> - Ruko Rungkut Megah A25<br /> - Satelit Indah Utara AT-01<br /> Website : http://www.elyonschool.or.id<br /> http://gkaelyon.blogspot.com<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3032047858743758577-2614876557008561973?l=bestindonesia.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>hkwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13648810985506674720noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3032047858743758577.post-31096004733441812172009-12-24T01:53:00.001-08:002009-12-24T01:53:45.092-08:00Although Indonesia is predominantly a Muslim country, it is a national holiday for Christmas in Indonesia. Although Christmas in Indonesia is not as commercialized as the western countries, you get to see the sale of turkeys, cranberry sauce, tropical pine trees, and other Christmas goodies in the western-oriented supermarket chains in Indonesia at the time of Christmas. Christmas cards and decorations are also available in the leading department stores during Christmas in Indonesia.<br /><br />The Christian community in Indonesia organizes many holiday activities and charity functions during the festival. Christmas bazaars, which take place in November, are usually organized by larger women's groups in Indonesia. Meanwhile, the hotels in Indonesia welcome their western tourists with 'Merry Christmas' signs and by cater for the western tourists during Christmas by erecting beautifully decorated Christmas trees and by arranging some special functions for the Christmas feast. 'Merry Christmas' signs start appearing in the premises of these hotels during Christmas.<br /><br />The Western festive mood can be captured in the shopping malls of Indonesia during Christmas. Huge Christmas trees decorated with tinkling ornaments and dazzling lights are set up in major cities of Indonesia. Indonesian men dressed like Santa Clause, sporting a long white beard, are often spotted in the shopping malls, giving out small Christmas gifts. Christmas fairs are also arranged by some of the leading restaurants of the country. It is warming to see people celebrating Christmas in Indonesia in harmony.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3032047858743758577-3109600473344181217?l=bestindonesia.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>hkwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13648810985506674720noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3032047858743758577.post-30715033922946011882009-12-24T01:43:00.000-08:002009-12-24T01:47:58.039-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_U1Trx4AKdAU/SzM4vi0QwuI/AAAAAAAACBc/urGQtzjlHh0/s1600-h/20091223231432548.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 265px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_U1Trx4AKdAU/SzM4vi0QwuI/AAAAAAAACBc/urGQtzjlHh0/s400/20091223231432548.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5418737166107853538" /></a><br />Media mogul Dahlan Iskan officially took over as president director of state utility company PT Perusahaan Listrik Negara on Wednesday, vowing to accelerate the conversion of its power plants from diesel fuel to natural gas.<br /><br />Speaking after Dahlan’s inauguration, State-Owned Enterprises Minister Mustafa Abubakar said he had set six goals for Dahlan in his first year. The goals were to reduce operational and production costs; lift the level of electrification in Indonesia; improve financial performance; optimize procurement; minimize electricity losses; and secure financing for PLN’s 10,000 megawatt project.<br /><br />“Dahlan has signed the performance contract that has specific targets and timelines,” Mustafa said.<br /><br />“We will evaluate his work, whether he achieves these targets or not, within a year.”<br /><br />However, Jacobus Purwono, director general of electricity at the Energy Ministry, said Dahlan’s performance would be evaluated mainly on whether he could solve the power crisis that has plagued Greater Jakarta in recent months and led to Dahlan’s predecessor, Fahmi Mochtar, losing his job.<br /><br />Dahlan said the conversion from diesel to natural gas would boost PLN’s gas consumption by 1.7 percent by the end of next year.<br /><br />The plan to use more gas has the support of upstream oil and gas regulator BPMigas, Mustafa said.<br /><br />However, Pri Agung Rakhmanto, an energy analyst from the Reforminer Institute, said government efforts to secure enough domestic gas for PLN would be difficult because gas producers could get higher prices by exporting the gas.<br /><br />Both Dahlan and Mustafa said there were no immediate plans for a power price increase in 2010.<br /><br />Dahlan said he was also planning to implement a prepaid power scheme in more than 100 cities that would see consumers pay for electricity in a similar fashion to buying credit on a prepaid mobile phone.<br /><br />The prepaid scheme would also cause consumers to be more efficient in how they use power, Dahlan said.<br /><br />Golkar lawmaker Airlangga Hartato said the main problem being encountered by PLN was a lack of financing.<br /><br />“As long as PLN gets enough financing to expand its network, the power shortage problem will be solved,” he said.<br /><br />Opposition to Dahlan’s appointment among PLN workers was high. The company’s labor union claimed Dahlan’s appointment was politically motivated, because he was a strong supporter of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and had played a major part in his re-election campaign.<br /><br />A union plan to block the ninth floor of PLN headquarters, where the president director’s office is located, before the inauguration ceremony was thwarted by security guards.<br /><br />After the inauguration ceremony, a number of workers made their presence felt by holding up placards rejecting Dahlan as the new president director.<br /><br />Dahlan said he thought the workers were underestimating him. He said the workers were probably unaware that he has six years of experience in the electricity industry. “I have sufficient experience,” he said.<br /><br />Six of PLN’s eight directors were also replaced.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3032047858743758577-3071503392294601188?l=bestindonesia.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>hkwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13648810985506674720noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3032047858743758577.post-15048359229426340972009-11-27T09:20:00.000-08:002009-11-27T09:22:25.071-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_U1Trx4AKdAU/SxAKyNYlckI/AAAAAAAACBM/8RH-gRY1wR8/s1600/century_bank_300_225.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 225px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_U1Trx4AKdAU/SxAKyNYlckI/AAAAAAAACBM/8RH-gRY1wR8/s400/century_bank_300_225.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5408835010174480962" /></a><br />Even though it is the products of PT Antaboga Deltasekuritas Indonesia that are being questioned, the Capital Market and Financial Institutions Supervisory Agency (Bapepam-LK) and customers who invested in the products claim that the actual fraud occurred at Bank Century. All transactions of PT Antaboga Deltasekuritas Indonesia investment products were done at Bank Century. None of the customers actually went to Antaboga.<br /><br />As it turns out, Antaboga has permit as investment manager but that permit was never activated. Neither did it ever issue mutual funds products. “Antaboga does not have mutual fund products. Its investment manager permit was never activated. Neither was its permit as a broker,” said Fuad Rahmany, head of the Bapepam-LK, Jakarta, Dec. 10.<br /><br />Furthermore, Robert Tantular, who has been arrested for different charges and is currently detained, has been named by Bapepam-LK as the brains behind the scam. “The customers’ money was used by Robert Tantular. He is the brains behind it all,” said Fuad.<br /><br />In fact, all of the money that Bank Century customers invested went directly into his pocket, merely passing through Antaboga. “The money went to Century owners,” Fuad said. It’s a good thing, Fuad went on to say, that Robert was already caught and behind bars. Robert was arrested in relation to the Bank Century scandal that led to its takeover by the government.<br /><br />The technique that Robert used has been described as ‘advanced’. Fuad described it as such, saying that the modus have been discovered after an investigation by the Bapepam-LK’s investigation team. “He took the customers’ money using advanced techniques,” Fuad said.<br /><br />Bapepam-LK will continue to look into who was actually responsible for the fraud. “If indeed a group in the company is guilty, it can be shut down. But if only certain parties are responsible, then it’s those parties that would be prosecuted,” said Fuad.<br /><br />Bapepam-LK itself was unaware of the product being sold. It was not registered and there were in fact no mutual funds. “The mutual funds did not exist. It was fictive,” said Fuad.<br /><br />Despite the fact that the ‘fictive’ products were issued by Antaboga and that Robert Tantular has already been arrested, Bank Century is taking the heat.<br /><br />“The problem is, it was Century’s marketing who offered the product to Century customers and the transactions occurred there,” said Bapepam-LK’s Director of Verification and Investigation Bureau, Sarjito, Dec. 9.<br /><br />Fuad Rahmany related similar sentiments about Century. According to Fuad the actual fraud occurred at Bank Century because it was there that the transactions were done. “There is something not right with what Bank Century was doing,” Fuad said, Dec. 10.<br /><br />The customers were offered the products there, even though the products being sold were Antaboga’s products. “They said it’s Antaboga products but they were sold at Century,” said Fuad.<br /><br />This is why, Fuad said, most of the victims are Bank Century’s customers. “Customers bought and put their money there (at Bank Century),” he said. The customers never even went to Antaboga’s office. At least not until they realized there was something wrong with their investment.<br /><br />Antaboga’s customers did in fact disclose that they bought the products from Bank Century branches. As such, they are asking Bank Century to take responsibility. “We don’t care. Bank Century has to take responsibility,” said Gunawan, a representative of the customers who fell victim, to VIVAnews, Jakarta, Wednesday, Dec. 10.<br /><br />The victims said that they have always been dealing with Bank Century customer service with regard to their investment. Bank Century employees have convinced them that the discretionary fund investment products they offered were safe. “All we know is that the product was sold by Century, not Antaboga. That’s why we were convinced,” said Gunawan, Dec. 10<br /><br />Meanwhile, a team has been formed by Bank Century to deal with customers who had bought Antaboga products through Century. The customers themselves have decided to form a team. About 50 of them had gone to Century’s central office yesterday, Dec. 10, to meet with Century’s representatives. During the meeting they agreed to form a working group.<br /><br />According to Deddy Traina, Bank Century’s Corporate Secretary, the meeting includes five representatives from the customers’ side, from different regions. “Later, Antaboga investors will be able to relate their problem through the working team,” said Deddy.<br /><br />The number of customers who have filed a complaint to Bank Century is about 150 people as of Wednesday, Dec. 10. These customers became agitated after finding out that they could not cash their funds even after they were due last month. They were interested in investing their money in the first place because they were offered a high interest rate of 11.5 to 13 percent.<br /><br />The total amount of customers’ money at issue amounts to Rp 1.5 trillion (approx. US$137.37 million).<br /><br />But there is a possibility that this figure would increase. "That's the outstanding amount that are due. We'll see. There's apossibility the amount would increase," he said Sarjito, Dec. 9.<br /><br />Meanwhile, Bapepam-LK had also said that it will continue its investigation on all parties that could possibly have been involved, including Century’s marketing department. “The investigation schedule is already done. All who was involved would be investigated, until this matter is cleared,” said Sarjito.<br /><br />However, this does not mean that Antaboga’s management is not involved. “I can’t say that. In principle, if they knew but they let it happen, they will still get it,” said Sarjito<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3032047858743758577-1504835922942634097?l=bestindonesia.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>hkwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13648810985506674720noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3032047858743758577.post-72164044914535498932009-11-27T09:17:00.000-08:002009-11-27T09:19:18.860-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_U1Trx4AKdAU/SxAKBZk63QI/AAAAAAAACBE/M6NSu_s7rkI/s1600/polri.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 327px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_U1Trx4AKdAU/SxAKBZk63QI/AAAAAAAACBE/M6NSu_s7rkI/s400/polri.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5408834171633851650" /></a><br />Six national commissions criticized the police on Tuesday for criminalizing two deputy chairmen from the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK).<br /><br />"We regret and are concerned with the criminalization of KPK deputies carrying out the commission's function, duty and authority to eradicate corruption in Indonesia," National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas-HAM) chairman Ifdhal Kasim said in a joint statement prepared by the six commissions.<br /><br />The statement was signed by representatives of the Indonesian Broadcasting Commission (KPI), the KPK, the Financial Transaction Report and Analysis Center (PPATK), the National Police Commission (Kompolnas) and National Commission on Vio-lence against Women (Komnas Perempuan).<br /><br />The commissions said the action had indications of legal uncertainty and a was a violation of human rights.<br /><br />The two KPK deputy chairmen - Chandra M Hamzah and Bibit Samad Rianto - were named suspects two weeks ago for an alleged abuse of power in issuing travel bans on corruption suspects Anggoro Widjojo and Djoko S. Tjandra (who are now at large) and for lifting a travel ban on Djoko.<br /><br />The police subsequently accused them of having received bribes from Anggoro to halt investigations into corruption cases implicating Anggoro's company, PT Masaro Radiokom.<br /><br />However, the police have failed to convince the public over the accusations, as to date they have failed to produce any evidence to support the charges.<br /><br />Both Chandra and Bibit have been suspended from their duties because of their status as suspects, and President Susilo Bambang Yu-dhoyono has set up a five-member selection committee to shortlist candidates to replace them.<br /><br />"This will damage Indonesia's image especially regarding its commitment to fighting poverty, and reduce international trust for investment in this country," Ifdhal said as quoted by Antara state news wire on Tuesday.<br /><br />Ifdhal urged the police to speed up the legal processing of the two KPK deputy chairmen so they could have legal certainty.<br /><br />"Should the police not have enough evidence to support these allegations, their names should be cleared."<br /><br />The KPK is currently led by two deputy chairmen, Haryono Umar and M. Jasin, of its original team of five.<br /><br />Aside from Chandra and Bibit, suspended KPK chief Antasari Azhar is also facing legal problems because of his implication in the murder of the director of a state-owned firm, Nasruddin Zulkarnen.<br /><br />According to Attorney General Hendarman Supandji, his office handed over Antasari's murder case files to South Jakarta District Court on Monday.<br /><br />"But we have yet to inform the President of this development," he said.<br /><br />If the dossier was accepted by the court and Antasari becomes a defendant, he must be dismissed from his position.<br /><br />The selection committee for the replacement KPK leadership is holding a series of intensive meetings to discuss potential candidates.<br /><br />Anti-corruption activist Teten Masduki claimed he had turned down an offer for the position because there were no guarantees he would not be criminalized by police while doing the KPK's job.<br /><br />Hendarman, on the other hand, said he had proposed 8,000 names of attorneys to the committee, and expected at least one to be appointed to chair the commission.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3032047858743758577-7216404491453549893?l=bestindonesia.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>hkwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13648810985506674720noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3032047858743758577.post-51876867833317688722009-11-27T09:15:00.001-08:002009-11-27T09:16:17.019-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_U1Trx4AKdAU/SxAJVUP-pNI/AAAAAAAACA8/iuVsbh932aI/s1600/aa.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_U1Trx4AKdAU/SxAJVUP-pNI/AAAAAAAACA8/iuVsbh932aI/s400/aa.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5408833414289597650" /></a><br />Dropping a bomb: Former South Jakarta police precinct chief Williardi Wizard (right) testifies for former Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) chairman Antasari Azhar (left), who is charged with murder, at the South Jakarta District Court on Tuesday. Williardi recanted his initial testimony and claimed he was pressured by police investigators to fall in line with a plot to frame Antasari. Persdanetwork/Bian Harnansa<br /><br />High-ranking police officers ordered a senior officer to take part in a conspiracy to frame top antigraft official Antasari Azhar for murder, a key witness testified Tuesday.<br /><br />“The dossier containing my testimony was arranged by the police,” Sr. Comr. Williardi Wizard said in his testimony at former Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) chairman Antasari's trial at the South Jakarta District Court.<br /><br />“I agreed with the content [of the dossier] after some high-ranking police officers approached me<br />about it.”<br /><br />Williardi alleged that at midnight several days after the murder of businessman Nasruddin Zulkarnaen, a director of state pharmaceutical company PT Putra Rajawali Banjaran, the National Police's Brig. Gen. Irawan Dahlan picked him up at his home and took him to the Jakarta Police headquarters.<br /><br />There, he was met by former National Police deputy chief detective Insp. Gen. Hadiatmoko, he went on, and was told to make a “necessary” dossier.<br /><br />“Just do your best so that we can [use the dossier to] frame Antasari and you'll be free to go by tomorrow,” Williardi said, quoting Hadiatmoko.<br /><br />He added the Jakarta Police's chief and deputy chief detectives were also present at the meeting.<br />“They said their target was only Antasari Azhar,” he said.<br /><br />“The chief detective told me to sign a prepared statement similar to that signed by Sigid Haryo Wibisono [another suspect in Nasruddin's murder] because that was the instruction from a superior officer.”<br /><br />Asked by Antasari's lawyers who the superior officer was, Williardi said, “The National Police chief.”<br />Antasari is on trial for masterminding the murder of Nasruddin, killed in a drive-by shooting in Tangerang in March.<br /><br />“They said the National Police superior officers would guarantee everything and I would only face disciplinary action,” Williardi told the court.<br /><br />At a hearing Monday in his trial at the Tangerang District Court, Williardi said South Jakarta Police chief Sr. Comr. Chairul Anwar was the one who had planned the murder.<br /><br />“It was a state duty. The shooters and the kill order came from Chairul, having been issued directly by the National Police chief,” he said as quoted by Antara.<br /><br />His testimony is the latest slap in the face for the police force, which has been widely lambasted for not dropping bribery, extortion and abuse of power charges leveled against suspended KPK deputies Bibit Samad Rianto and Chandra M. Hamzah, and for not arresting Anggodo Widjojo, the central figure in the alleged framing of both KPK deputies.<br /><br />In their indictment of Antasari, prosecutors alleged the former antigraft chief had been having an affair with Nasruddin's third wife, golf caddie Rhani Juliani. They claimed Nasrudin had found out and later hounded Antasari’s family about the affair, which they said triggered Antasari to have Nasruddin killed, with assistance from media tycoon Sigid Haryo Wibisono, who provided the funding, and Williardi, the former South Jakarta Police chief, who recruited the hit men.<br /><br />Sigid and Williardi are being tried separately in the case.<br /><br />Upon hearing Williardi's testimony in Jakarta, an emotional Antasari covered his face with his hands and said, “God doesn't sleep ... The truth is finally revealed.”<br /><br />Defense lawyer Juniver Girsang said the team would move for Antasari to be removed from custody.<br />“Williardi’s testimony is yet more proof that this case was plotted to frame Pak Antasari,” he said.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3032047858743758577-5187686783331768872?l=bestindonesia.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>hkwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13648810985506674720noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3032047858743758577.post-3489716511750511732009-11-27T09:12:00.000-08:002009-11-27T09:14:57.382-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_U1Trx4AKdAU/SxAI9D88AKI/AAAAAAAACA0/-v-TLkkX61M/s1600/antasari-azhar.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 258px; height: 350px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_U1Trx4AKdAU/SxAI9D88AKI/AAAAAAAACA0/-v-TLkkX61M/s400/antasari-azhar.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5408832997597905058" /></a><br />A drive-by shooting, the anti-corruption chief accused of murder, and a beautiful golf caddy.<br /><br />Nasrudin Zulkarnain, the director of the company PT Putra Rajawali Banjaran (PRB), a pharmaceutical company and subsidiary of the state owned PT Rajawali Nusantara Indonesia (RNI), was shot twice in the head by a man on a Yamaha Scorpio motorcycle on 14th March 2009, as he was leaving the Modernland golf course, Tangerang, in his car.<br /><br />A total of nine men have been arrested for the crime so far, they being:<br /><br /> * Antasari Azhar (head of KPK, the mastermind)<br /> * Sigid Haryo Wibisono (a Commissioner of PT Pers Indonesia Merdeka (PIM)/ex-Golkar official (now PKB)/owner of Harian Merdeka, provided funding)<br /> * Williardi Wizard/Wizar (Ex Chief of South Jakarta Police, facilitator and gave kill order to Edo)<br /> * Heri Santosa (unemployed, drove the motorbike)<br /> * Eduardus Ndopo alias Edo ("swasta", took the order to kill from Wiliardi Wizar)<br /> * Jerry Hermawan LO ("swasta", contact between Edo and Wiliardi)<br /> * Daniel Daen (security guard, the shooter)<br /> * Fransiskus Tadon Keran alias AMSI (security guard, scoped out the area)<br /> * Hendrikus Kia Walen alias Hendrik (security guard, gave final order to Fransiskus to carry out the killing)<br /><br />Heri Santosa (driver) & Daniel Daen (gunman) soon gave themselves up to police, apparently out of fear for their own lives. The mens' lawyers claim they carried out the act because they were persuaded to view Zulkarnaen as an enemy of the state, because he was said to be plotting to ruin the 2009 national elections.<br /><br />Of the nine four are from Flores.<br /><br />On May 4th Antasari Azhar, as the head of the national Corruption Eradication Commission (Komisi Pemberantasan Korupsi (KPK)) the most famous among the nine, was questioned by police and named afterwards as the prime suspect in the organising of the killing.<br /><br />He first came under suspicion when police found a text message on Zulkarnaen's mobile phone from Azhar saying:<br /><br /> You know the risk.<br /><br />There are two versions as to why Antasari Azhar may have been moved to order a "hit" on Nasruddin:<br /><br /> * Corruption & RNI & Golkar - some believe the murder is connected to corruption cases involving PRB and RNI, including the ongoing trial of Ranendra Dangin, the former finance director of RNI. On March 30th Ranendra's trial began, for allegedly embezzling 45 billion rupiah from the sugar import monopoly controlled by RNI and the National Logistics Agency (Bulog). Zulkarnaen was expected to be called to give evidence against Ranendra.<br /><br /> In this version Antasari did the bidding of those he was supposed to be investigating and prosecuting, to protect them, and Golkar.<br /> * Love triangle - involving a 22 year old university student, Rhani or Rani Julianti, who worked part time as a caddy at the Modernland golf course, where both Nasrudin and Antasari played. Both men are said to have paid for her services, both on the golf course and off. Last year she became Nasrudin Zulkarnaen's wife number 3.<br /><br /> It is said that Antasari became infatuated with Rani and that Zulkarnaen had threatened to expose the relationship to the gossip press. This is the theory that police seem to be working on. <br /><br />Defence<br /><br />Meanwhile Antasari Azhar denies the charges. His defenders say that he is being framed, probably by sources in the Attorney General's office, because Antasari led several aggressive investigations into corruption at the AGO.<br /><br />The Attorney General's Office had named Antasari as a suspect on May 1st, while police at the time only classified him as an "interested party" or witness. However on May 4th police questioned him for 7 hours and later detained him.<br /><br />Antasari Azhar was a political appointment to the KPK, heavily supported by Golkar, and PDI-P. Sigid Haryo Wibisono, one of his co-defendants in the case, did much lobbying work among parliament members to garner support for Antasari's nomination as KPK head. Antasari Azhar is not close to president Yudhoyono.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3032047858743758577-348971651175051173?l=bestindonesia.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>hkwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13648810985506674720noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3032047858743758577.post-5528745697878509752009-11-27T09:09:00.000-08:002009-11-27T09:12:05.203-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_U1Trx4AKdAU/SxAILuv9SuI/AAAAAAAACAs/tKA6r34kM9A/s1600/20091107110414091.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 265px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_U1Trx4AKdAU/SxAILuv9SuI/AAAAAAAACAs/tKA6r34kM9A/s400/20091107110414091.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5408832150092729058" /></a><br />A Facebook group has surpassed its goal of one million members in support of Indonesia's embattled antigraft deputies, Chandra Hamzah and Bibit Samad Riyanto.<br /><br />The membership tally was approaching 1,010,000 as of mid-morning on Saturday.<br /><br />'Gerakan 1.000.000 Facebookers Dukung Chandra Hamzah & Bibit Samad Riyanto' (Movement of 1,000,000 Facebookers Supporting Chandra Hamzah & Bibit Samad Riyanto) was launched after the two suspended Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) officers were arrested last week on suspicion of abuse of power. It has been cited as an example of widespread popular support for the anticorruption leaders and the antigraft movement in general.<br /><br />Bibit and Chandra were released on bail after a dramatic court hearing on Tuesday in which hours of wiretapped phone conversations appeared to reveal members of the National Police and Attorney General's Office conspiring with the brother of a graft suspect in a plot to frame the two men. President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has since vowed to devote his first 100 days in office to eradicating Indonesia's so-called 'judicial mafia'.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3032047858743758577-552874569787850975?l=bestindonesia.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>hkwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13648810985506674720noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3032047858743758577.post-24273764614691333572009-11-27T09:04:00.000-08:002009-11-27T09:09:08.795-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_U1Trx4AKdAU/SxAHqaZWU_I/AAAAAAAACAk/JqDg9OnTI38/s1600/cicak-vs-buaya.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 369px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_U1Trx4AKdAU/SxAHqaZWU_I/AAAAAAAACAk/JqDg9OnTI38/s400/cicak-vs-buaya.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5408831577693508594" /></a><br />t would seem that the current shenanigans between the Cicak (pro-KPK) and the Buaya (pro-police / ago / establishment) is far more serious than many have been believing. The death threats are something that I have been aware of for a while. They are only now becoming publicly known. It is a scary and sad turn of events that planned assassinations are still the preferred method of silencing dissent.<br /><br />Indonesia has learned nothing from the ongoing debacle that is the investigation into the assassination of Munir Said Thalib or as he is affectionately known by those who knew him, Munir. Or perhaps, the powers that be have in fact learned a thing or two. Specifically, they have learned that under the false promises and weak leadership of the current president that they can in essence murder with impunity. Some might wonder whether this statement is fair on the president, I would encourage you to think about Munir's widow, Suciwati, and children and then rethink what fair is, rethink what justice is, and then rethink whether the promises made by SBY to not only uncover the culprits, but to punish them to the full extent of the law have been fulfilled?<br /><br />There has been some open speculation that perhaps Chandra M Hamzah has been targeted for assassination. This open speculation includes several law enforcers suggesting that the man has been targeted. This seems to be somewhat extreme for what the police have decided is nothing more than an abuse of power relating to the imposing and later revoking of a travel ban. The thought that there has even been talk of an assassination should be considered indicative of a much bigger "issue" needing to be covered up and buried.<br /><br />I cannot imagine what Chandra and his family must be feeling knowing that his desire for public service and the desire to see Indonesia develop into a better country puts him at the forefront for political assassination. What is truly bizarre is that the police and others have gone to such lengths to frame Chandra and Bibit, but have come up empty handed on the evidence front.<br /><br />Very amateurish to say the least but perhaps highlights why there is now talk of death threats and assassinations; if you cannot silence them through trumped up charges then there is always the belief that dead men tell no tales.<br /><br />Perhaps what is more frightening about this than the threat itself is that the law enforcers were recorded talking about it in the first place. Assassinations that involve law enforcement agencies do not generally take place without an order coming from much higher up the chain of command. It is rare that the foot soldiers tasked with committing the murder hatch the plot themselves. Simply, the foot soldier have the least to gain and the most to lose.<br /><br />This is the threat played at the Constitutional Court today:<br /><br />"Kalau Chandra sampai masuk tahanan, biar kita habisi sekalian." Which loosely translated says: "If Chandra is detained, then let's finish him at the same time." This prompted one of his lawyers, Bambang Widjojanto to request that Chandra be released into protective custody for his own safety. However, the reality is that any request of this kind is in vain. The Constitutional Court's powers do not extend to making an order to force the police to release Chandra into protective custody, at least in the opinion of the Chief Justice of the court, Mahfud MD.<br /><br />Why post? This is serious! A man's life is at stake, and it is my belief that the more people that know about this development, then the less likely it is to happen. At least this is the hope.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3032047858743758577-2427376461469133357?l=bestindonesia.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>hkwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13648810985506674720noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3032047858743758577.post-62349298239556145572009-09-20T02:53:00.000-07:002009-09-20T02:56:49.393-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_U1Trx4AKdAU/SrX8WH0oVjI/AAAAAAAAB8M/6stHCixoCSQ/s1600-h/kd_anang_285_dokhot.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 285px; height: 279px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_U1Trx4AKdAU/SrX8WH0oVjI/AAAAAAAAB8M/6stHCixoCSQ/s400/kd_anang_285_dokhot.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5383486386578413106" /></a><br />Relationship between two human beings always have the dynamics. Sometimes beautiful, often too annoying. Like the story of one household top musicians in this country, Anang Hermansyah and Krisdayanti, which is always absorbing. Tidal wedding KD-Anang, which unfortunately have resulted in divorce.<br /><br />Krisdayanti a 21-year-old was married to Anang Hermansyah on August 22, 1996 earlier. At that time the young musicians wedding surprised many parties. You could say their love story is not too much media attention.<br /><br />Both at the time, especially KD has not become a top musician with a salary of hundreds of millions to billions of rupiah. KD and Anang wedding was blessed with 2 children, Titania Aurelie Hermansyah (12) and Azriel Akbar Hermansyah (10).<br /><br />KD and Anang got out of the album sung together as proof of their love scene. Albums Cinta in 1996, made Anang as a gift for an invitation that came to their wedding. After ten years of marriage and a duet in five albums, love the way they finally made an album titled Sepuluh Tahun Pertama. Album containing 14 songs, 11 songs taken from their fifth album, the duo who had been around and three songs are new songs.<br /><br />Not forever wedding KD - Anang like smooth highway. Gossip affair several times upon the couple. Infidelity is often a target directed to Krisdayanti.<br /><br />The names of men like Dicky Wahyudi, Ari Sigit, Yovie Widianto to steal the most caring, talented guitarist Indonesia, Tohpati. Gossip is not always just fiction. Although not yet proven, undeniable love affair gossip that makes the relationship KD and Anang tenuous.<br /><br />Moreover, in her book, 'My Life, My Secret' written by Alberthiene Endah, KD tells if Anang ever intended to divorce her.<br /><br />"I was talak two in years ago, but not because Tohpati," KD said when met at the launch of his book 'Catatan Hati Krisdayanti: My Life, My Secret' at Grand Indonesia Shopping Town, Jl. MH. MH. Thamrin, Central Jakarta, Thursday (16/7/2009) ago.<br /><br />Not only affair that became a thorn in their marriage, KD against drug addiction had become a serious test for both.<br /><br />Still in her book, KD admitted to having a user psychotropic type shabu-shabu in the past period 1998-1999. Anang even has caught chanter 'I'm Sorry Goodbye' was the withdrawal sakaw.<br /><br />"At that time I was at the peak of his career. I'm starring in sinetron stripping. At that time my footing weak. Anang immediately angry and crying stupidity by me," she recalls.<br /><br />But the strength of their love, the presence of children, a towering career and support their friends seem to help households KD and Anang survived the storm.<br /><br />Unfortunately after 13 years of fostering households, Anang on August 19, 2009 or 3 days before Ramadan, said the word divorce to Krisdayanti. Said divorce that according KD is not only spoken once.<br /><br />What is the reason Anang, until now not clear. But Anang implies that KD is worth responsible for their divorce. The decision Anang to divorce KD is also based on encouragement from his daughter, Aurel.<br /><br />"That I know all these problems from Aurel. She who encouraged me to end it all. Because she had told, yes please. She also strengthen me to stay strong," said Anang at interview Tabloid Bintang edition Sunday of the fifth in August 2009 as quoted detikhot Tuesday (1/9/2009).<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3032047858743758577-6234929823955614557?l=bestindonesia.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>hkwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13648810985506674720noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3032047858743758577.post-40261197583604355082009-09-20T02:51:00.001-07:002009-09-20T02:53:38.864-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_U1Trx4AKdAU/SrX7lg-cgCI/AAAAAAAAB8E/KMfrzUSUEuI/s1600-h/Ramadan_1.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 332px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_U1Trx4AKdAU/SrX7lg-cgCI/AAAAAAAAB8E/KMfrzUSUEuI/s400/Ramadan_1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5383485551516876834" /></a><br />Idul Fitri, more commonly referred to in Indonesia as Lebaran, is the celebration that comes at the end of the Muslim month of fasting, Ramadhan. The Arabic meaning of Idul Fitri is “becoming holy again”.<br /><br />The dates of the ninth month of the Muslim calendar, Ramadan, vary from year to year, as the Muslim calendar (Hijrah) is based on a lunar cycle of 29 or 30 days. The exact date is determined by the sighting of the new moon. These lunar calculations lead to an official announcement by the government on the eve of Ramadan and Idul Fitri so that the faithful know when to begin and end the fasting month. In 2009, Lebaran will fall on 21-22 September, with "collective leave" on September 18 & 23, 2009<br />Ramadhan<br /><br />To understand the significance of Lebaran, an understanding about the fasting month of Ramadhan is important. During the month of Ramadhan, Muslims must refrain from eating, drinking, smoking, marital relations or getting angry during the daylight hours. In addition, those fasting are supposed to refrain from bad habits - lying, getting angry, using bad language as well as to be more diligent in prayer and give to charities. It is believe that fasting heightens spirituality and develops self-control.<br /><br />The fast begins in the morning just before sunrise, at Imsak, and is broken at maghrib which falls at sunset. Fasting during the month of Ramadhan is one of the five pillars of Islam and an obligation for devout Muslims.<br /><br />Those who are expected to fast include: adults (defined as those who have reached the age of puberty) and those who are sane. Those who are not expected to fast include: children, women having their period, travelers, the sick, those with long-term illnesses, pregnant or breastfeeding women and the mentally ill.<br /><br />The faithful who fast awaken early in the morning to have a meal before subuh. In order to awaken the faithful, the call to prayer is sounded from neighborhood mosques. In addition, groups of young boys walk around neighborhoods beating on drums and other noise makers to awaken the faithful.<br /><br />The breaking of the fast at sunset is a very social occasion for which special foods are prepared for gatherings with family or friends. Upon hearing the sound of the bedug drum on the television or the call to prayer from the neighborhood mosque at sunset, the faithful know it's time to break their fast, or buka puasa. This is usually done with a very sweet drink and sweet snacks. Maghrib prayers are made before a full meal is served. Taraweh prayers are held in neighborhood mosques and at gatherings every evening at about 7:30 p.m. These prayers are not compulsory, but they are enjoyed by many.<br /><br />The schedule for Imsak and Maghrib is posted in major newspapers and on the television throughout Indonesia, as well as published in handouts by major religious organizations.<br /><br />While it is expected that people will keep to their normal activities during the fast, needless to say the lack of liquid and food during the day and the unusual sleep and meal schedule soon take their toll. After the first week you may see that sleep and food deprivation cause those fasting to have reduced energy levels as well as finding it more difficult to concentrate on tasks.<br />Why does Islam oblige its followers to fast during Ramadhan each year?<br /><br /> * To develop compassion for the poor and needy who feel hungry every day.<br /> * As a spiritually and physically cleansing experience. Just as in other world religions, fasting is seen as an opportunity to separate yourself from the things of this world and to concentrate on your relationship with God.<br /> * To become closer to God by contemplating his will in your life.<br /> * To build self-discipline and to become a better person.<br /><br />How does Ramadhan affect expatriates?<br /><br /> * The overall pace of life overall slows down. Things take longer to get accomplished both at home and at the office.<br /> * Your live-in household staff will arise very early in the morning to prepare their pre-dawn meal and many try to complete their heavy chores early in the morning just after they've eaten . If their pre-sunrise noise is bothering your family, talk with your staff to see how they can reduce their noise levels while your family is still asleep.<br /> * Your household staff may need a nap mid-morning or in the afternoon to keep pace with their altered sleeping and eating schedules.<br /> * Muslims that may not normally be diligent in observing the obligatory five prayers a day, may begin to pray regularly during this time, necessitating their absence from work for about 10-15 minutes.<br /> * It would be best to schedule difficult tasks before or after Ramadhan to achieve your workers best efforts.<br /> * Your cook will not be able to taste the foods she is cooking for you.<br /> * Your driver will appreciate it if you can let him break the fast in the car with a drink of water and a sweet snack, if he is driving you home at sunset.<br /> * Food vendors and some restaurants close during the day and some restaurants stop serving alcohol. The government closes night entertainment centers during the beginning and end of Ramadhan and shortens their hours throughout the month. You won't have any trouble finding seating at restaurants throughout Jakarta for lunch, but dinner may be more difficult. Buffets catering to those breaking their fast at sunset offer a delicious array of Indonesian specialties.<br /> * You may be awoken early in the morning by the enthusiastic young people parading through the neighborhood (DON'T tell them to be quiet! This would be extremely offensive, just quietly endure.)<br /> * Food prices rise dramatically as Lebaran nears.<br /> * Your household staff will want to take one to two weeks off to visit their family in the village and you'll be left to cope without a cook, driver, watchman and helpers. Consequently, restaurants do a brisk trade during this period as families eat out more often than usual.<br /> * A one-month bonus is commonly paid to all household staff and salaried employees in offices and factories near the end of the fasting month. This is referred to as THR (tay-ha-err) Tunjangan Hari Raya, or bulan ketigabelas - the 13th month.<br /> * An increased level of patience and tolerance is required when dealing with workers who are fasting.<br /> * Do not speak harshly with those fasting as if they get angry or have negative feelings towards others it invalidates their fasting for that day.<br /> * Traffic jams from the afternoon rush hour start earlier as many office workers leave earlier than usual to break the fast with family and friends.<br /> * It's difficult to schedule travel in Indonesia near the end of Ramadhan due to the annual exodus of millions of city dwellers to their hometowns.<br /> * You may feel uncomfortable eating or drinking before your fasting staff/friends. It would be considerate to refrain from eating or drinking in front of others that are fasting.<br /> * Your neighborhood association may organize a charitable drive for the poor in your neighborhood. Give to this drive as a gesture of good faith and your membership in the local community.<br /> * You'll notice a big increase in beggars at traffic lights as the poor flock into the city from the villages at this traditional time of heightened charity giving.<br /> * You will notice a growing excitement amongst your Muslim friends, colleagues and staff as Lebaran approaches and they make plans for their special celebration.<br /><br />Lebaran<br /><br />At the end of the month of Ramadhan and its special religious observance is the Eid holiday, called Idul Fitri or Lebaran in Indonesia. In Indonesia, this is the time when Muslims visit their family and friends to ask for forgiveness for any wrongs they have committed in the previous year. They express this wish in the phrase “Mohon Maaf Lahir Batin” which means "forgive me from the bottom of my heart/soul for my wrongdoings in the past year". A traditional Arabic (Muslim) greeting for the Eid celebrations is also commonly used in Indonesia "Minal Aidin Wal Fa Idzin", which is expressed upon meeting friends and family during the festive days. Traditional foods are consumed, family and friends gather to ask forgiveness and exchange greetings, new clothing is worn, children receive gifts of money and visits are made to recreational parks -- all to celebrate the successful completion of the fasting month. On Java, prior to the start of the fasting month (but not during it), visits are made to the graves of family ancestors (nyekar) to pay respects, clean the grave and leave flowers, causing major traffic jams near all major cemeteries.<br /><br />Idul Fitri begins with mass prayer gatherings early in the morning at mosques, open fields, parks and on major streets. It is an amazing sight to see rows of hundreds of Muslim women all dressed in their mukena (white, head-to-toe prayer gowns) performing the synchronized prayer ritual. Muslim men tend to wear sarong, traditional shirts and peci hats to Idul Fitri morning prayers. On the walk home from the mass prayers, quick visits are made to friends in the neighborhood to ask for forgiveness.<br /><br />Following the morning prayers and neighborhood visits, visits are made to close family members around town. Family members go to their parents first and then to the most senior relative's house (oldest person in the family) to “Mohon Maaf ...” with family members. Then depending on your age/status in the family, you visit aunts and uncles homes to do the same. At each house drinks and cookies or snacks are served, and since it is very impolite to refuse the food, by the end of the day you are so full you can hardly move. These customs may entail several days of visiting relatives and often there will be a gathering of family members at the senior-most relative's house.<br /><br />Employees may also visit the homes of their senior bosses in the company or critical business colleagues and government officials to "Mohon Maaf ... " after their family visits are completed. In Jakarta, these customs entail days and days of visiting relatives and colleagues resulting in a great time of family reunions and upset to normal working/living schedules. Many people also take the opportunity of the Lebaran holiday to visit recreational parks.<br /><br />While gathering with family, it is customary for the adults to give the young children some money ... they may meet you at the door shaking their wallets! It is also customary to distribute money to children in the poor neighborhoods around your home, Rp 500 or 1,000 per child will bring huge smiles to their faces!<br /><br />In Jakarta neighborhoods there may also be organized fun and games sponsored by local businesses ... including climbing a greased pole to try to get to the prizes on the top called panjat pinang. A fun site to see!<br /><br />Strongly held traditions to visit family at this time necessitate the exodus of 3 1/2 million (yes million!) people from Jakarta alone, as well as additional millions from other urban centers, to rural villages and hometowns for the Lebaran holiday. The logistics of this exodus cause headaches for the government each year. During this period the streets in Jakarta are nearly empty as the population decreases by nearly one third. The hardships and inconveniences endured by the travelers in overcrowded buses, trains and cars is unbelievable, yet they feel that this is a small price to pay to spend the holidays with their family and friends. Traditionally these urban dwellers come bearing gifts or money earned during the previous year for their family.<br /><br />They often return from the exodus accompanied by relatives and friends looking for work in the cities, furthering the pressures of urbanization. The government attempts to prevent the “socially undesirable” such as beggars, vagrants and others from migrating to the cites, but the task is overwhelming.<br /><br />During the weeks after Lebaran many groups hold halal bilhalal gatherings where employees from a company, friends, colleagues or members of an organization gather to share a meal and ask each other's forgiveness. Non-Muslims are often invited to participate in these festive gatherings also.<br />Various Traditions Associated with Ramadhan and Lebaran<br /><br />Bazaar/Pasar Amal Organized by various civic, charitable and neighborhood organizations, goods are sold at discounted prices to help the poor celebrate the holidays with new clothing and special foods.<br /><br />Bedug Lebaran The traditional bedug drums are beat at maghrib to notify the faithful that it is time to break the fast. Starting on the evening of the last day of Ramadhan and continuing throughout the night and into the following day, the bedug are also beaten in the takbiran celebrations either in stationary locations, or in parades through the streets. Takbiran is the prayer and celebration heralding the Idul Fitri holiday. Loud and boisterous parades and celebrations are held throughout the entire nation, which includes drum beating accompanied by amplified prayer and lively Islamic music.<br /><br />Bingkisan Lebaran Elaborately wrapped parcels are given by business colleagues or associates to Muslims in the week prior to Lebaran. They are usually arranged in a rattan or wood basket and contain food, small household appliances or dishes.<br /><br />Buka Puasa Breaking the fast, the meal at sunset.<br /><br />Busana Muslim Fashionable Muslim apparel worn for festive occasions such as Lebaran.<br /><br />Kartu Lebaran Many people send greeting cards to their Muslim friends (whether they themselves are Muslim or not). For sale in shops throughout the city, Lebaran card designs should not depict people or animals. Geometric designs, mosques, traditional textiles or ketupat are common. Most cards have the date of 1 Syawal 141_ H written on the card. You need to fill in the appropriate year in the space. In 2009, the Hijrah year is 1430, in 2010 will be 1431, etc. Calligraphy artists design specialized cards for customers on sidewalks near post offices and major market areas.<br /><br />Ketupat Traditionally eaten at Lebaran, the rhomboid-shaped ketupat casing is made of young coconut frond leaves that are still light green in color. Intricately woven by nimble fingered experts who can complete the weaving in 10 seconds, they are sold to the public at pasar (traditional markets) in bunches. The ketupat are filled with uncooked rice then steamed and left to cool before serving. The coconut leaf casing gives a unique flavor to the rice, one always associated with Lebaran. The ketupat is cut open, removed from the casing and cut into small chunks, then served with various accompanying vegetable and meat dishes (opor and sambal goreng), often cooked in spicy coconut milk.<br /><br />Korma Dates from Iraq, Tunisia, the US and Saudi Arabia make their annual appearance in markets and supermarkets for the breaking of the fast.<br /><br />Mudik The term for the exodus of millions of people from the urban centers to the villages in order to celebrate the Idul Fitri holiday with family and friends in the village. In 2009 government estimates the movement of people around the archipelago at 16,3 million people! This is a strongly held tradition and travelers happily endure a lot of hardships and inconveniences in overcrowded cars, buses and trains with seasonally inflated prices.<br /><br />Puasa Fasting<br /><br />Sungkem The Javanese custom of asking for forgiveness at Idul Fitri which demonstrates the respect given by young people to the family elders. The young person kneels and bows their head to the elders' knees and asks for forgiveness.<br /><br />Santunan Ramadhan Donations to a charitable organization for distribution to the poor and needy at Lebaran.<br /><br />Sembayang or shalat Ritual prayers that must be made five times each day by Muslims.<br /><br />Takbiran The prayer celebration on the evening of the last day of Ramadhan, to herald in the Idul Fitri holiday. Chants are praised to Allah, drums are beat endlessly, dances, songs, religious prayers and sermons are given in public displays of excitement and praise.<br /><br />Zakat The obligatory poor tax that is paid by Muslims during the Lebaran period. Zakat should total 2.5% of one's income, depending on the nature of the gift. Zakat is paid to charitable organizations, neighborhood groups or through direct distribution to the poor and needy in the neighborhood. Zakat tax is deductible in Indonesia; the funds can be deducted from your gross income before figuring taxes.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3032047858743758577-4026119758360435508?l=bestindonesia.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>hkwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13648810985506674720noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3032047858743758577.post-80933448490762531032009-09-20T02:47:00.000-07:002009-09-20T02:51:04.968-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_U1Trx4AKdAU/SrX67x9t-bI/AAAAAAAAB78/t9CJsflS-N0/s1600-h/r414141_1960816.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 299px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_U1Trx4AKdAU/SrX67x9t-bI/AAAAAAAAB78/t9CJsflS-N0/s400/r414141_1960816.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5383484834522724786" /></a><br />KEPUH SARI: Armed Indonesian police stormed an Islamic militant hideout early Thursday in a raid that killed fugitive terror mastermind Noordin Mohammed Top and three other militants, police said.<br /><br />Noordin's body was among four recovered after the early morning raid on a village house in Central Java, national police chief Bambang Hendarso Danuri told reporters, bringing to an end an exhaustive six-year manhunt.<br /><br />"From national police doctors' examinations, antemortem (investigations) and finger prints sent by Malaysian police, thank God on this holy month of Ramadan... it's Noordin M Top," Danuri said to applause.<br /><br />Loud explosions and gunfire were heard as police raided the rented house at around sunrise after a nine-hour siege on the outskirts of Solo city, a stronghold of the Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) radical network.<br /><br />The raid left the simple house in the lush, densely populated region a burnt-out shell.<br /><br />President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said the death of Noordin and that of an ally, Malaysian bomb expert Azhari Husin, killed by police on Java in 2005, did not mean the end of the militant threat.<br /><br />"The crippling of these two terrorists in Southeast Asia does not mean all cells working in Indonesia have all been paralysed," he said.<br /><br />"That's why we must continue to be vigilant and prepare for steps to tackle, optimally prevent and continue to hunt down terrorist leaders, their networks and prominent fugitives."<br /><br />Police chief Danuri said forces from an elite unit known as Special Detachment 88 launched the raid after interrogating two Noordin acolytes arrested nearby on Wednesday afternoon.<br /><br />"Despite repeated warnings to surrender there was a firefight. A motorcycle was hit, caught fire and they took refuge by huddling in the bathroom," Danuri said.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3032047858743758577-8093344849076253103?l=bestindonesia.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>hkwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13648810985506674720noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3032047858743758577.post-83034880923506460172009-08-27T09:54:00.000-07:002009-08-27T09:58:40.139-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_U1Trx4AKdAU/Spa7NJHOQJI/AAAAAAAAB6k/hNx7v4b1-X4/s1600-h/rim.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 269px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_U1Trx4AKdAU/Spa7NJHOQJI/AAAAAAAAB6k/hNx7v4b1-X4/s400/rim.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374689039772172434" /></a><br />According to Jakarta Globe, Indonesia would ban the import of new BlackBerry phones until RIM set up their local after-sales service department. A spokesman for the Indonesian government GatotSDewabroto said that the Communications and Information Technology Department had informed mobile phone importers and operators about this.<br /><br />However, Gatot added that this ban was limited to the new Blackberry models and the blackberries which had got import permission could go on selling.<br /><br />Aditalrawat, Vice President of the Communication Department of Indonesia’s second largest telecom operator PTIndosatTbk, claimed that their company was planning to cooperate with the government to introduce blackberry phones of CDMA standard. “However, we also support government’s decision that RIM should open branch department in Indonesia. This will help cut cost and lower prices.”<br /><br />After a long arguing around 2 weeks finally Research in Motion, commonly known as RIM, is preparing to open an aftersales service center in Indonesia after the Government halted the issue of licenses for the company's new devices. It's a logical step for RIM to secure its "magic business" in the world's fourth-most populous country.<br /><br />The company, in an emailed statement, said it is "in the process of arranging for a RIM-authorized repair facility to be opened in Indonesia in the near term. This repair facility will expand RIM's existing aftersales service capabilities and support the growing sales of BlackBerry smartphones by RIM's partners in Indonesia".<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3032047858743758577-8303488092350646017?l=bestindonesia.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>hkwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13648810985506674720noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3032047858743758577.post-91485480710394019322009-08-27T09:46:00.000-07:002009-08-27T09:53:40.406-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_U1Trx4AKdAU/Spa6BLr7bMI/AAAAAAAAB6c/i9okEMeTXaY/s1600-h/sby-boediono.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 357px; height: 214px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_U1Trx4AKdAU/Spa6BLr7bMI/AAAAAAAAB6c/i9okEMeTXaY/s400/sby-boediono.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374687734792940738" /></a><br /> Jakarta - Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono won the country's July 8 presidential election with 60.8 per cent of the vote, the General Elections Commission said Friday.<br /><br /> Yudhoyono received nearly 74 million votes to win a second five-year term, the commission said on its website, reporting its final tally of the ballots.<br /><br /> His rivals, former president Megawati Sukarnoputri and Vice President Jusuf Kalla, had 26.8 per cent and 12.4 per cent of the votes, respectively, the commission said.<br /><br /> The results are consistent with predictions made by several pollsters hours after the polls.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3032047858743758577-9148548071039401932?l=bestindonesia.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>hkwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13648810985506674720noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3032047858743758577.post-26499458398713894382009-08-27T09:42:00.000-07:002009-08-27T09:46:04.723-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_U1Trx4AKdAU/Spa4PQuA4vI/AAAAAAAAB6U/nTuqckhb3C8/s1600-h/1-bom_marriot.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 203px; height: 152px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_U1Trx4AKdAU/Spa4PQuA4vI/AAAAAAAAB6U/nTuqckhb3C8/s400/1-bom_marriot.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374685777638777586" /></a><br />Friday, 17 July 2009. The explosion occurred in Regions Mega Kuningan, Jakarta precisely at the Marriot Grand Hotel Lobby. Explosion that occurred in Marriot Hotel exploded at around 7:45 to 7:50 WIB. A restaurant is not far from the explosion source, smithers. Smoke clearly visible comes from the JW Marriot Hotel Lobby. Explosion at the Mega Kuningan area is suspected as a bomb is deliberately diledakkan by terrorists. Not yet clear how many victims of explosion that occurred in the Mega Kuningan area.<br /><br />The explosion happened in Marriot Hotel Lobby is large enough and the glass building that is building around the JW Marriot. Explosion at the Marriot Hotel is the second time that happened in Marriot Hotel previous GW Marriot hotel had been the terrorist target at 5th August 2003, 150 people injured. According to the news in ANTV second explosion occurred in the Ritz Carlton.<br /><br />Based on information from ANTV, explosion occurred twice, the first large-scale explosion and a second smaller scale. 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With only IDR 500,000.00 a year you can get an online store, your domain name (.com, .net, or .org) and hosting space.<br /><br />This company also offer a complete Accounting system for a private company with over 200 report and general ledger only for IDR 2.000.000,- (in Indonesian language)<br /><br />Anybody which is interested please contact me via email to Henky_k@yahoo.com.sg<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3032047858743758577-335232278729107747?l=bestindonesia.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>hkwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13648810985506674720noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3032047858743758577.post-31993441173485163772009-07-20T02:25:00.000-07:002009-07-20T02:28:53.378-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_U1Trx4AKdAU/SmQ4vfnUzUI/AAAAAAAAB2g/42sXkWhUcY4/s1600-h/quickcount1.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 244px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_U1Trx4AKdAU/SmQ4vfnUzUI/AAAAAAAAB2g/42sXkWhUcY4/s400/quickcount1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5360471845069180226" /></a><br />Incumbent president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono appeared headed for a landslide win in Indonesia's presidential election on Wednesday, becoming the first leader since the fall of Suharto in 1998 to secure a second term in office, reported the Strait Time.<br /><br />Quick counts showed him ahead by a massive margin, which would eliminate the need for a run-off in September.<br /><br />Dr Yudhoyono, 59, led with 60.85 percent of the vote, according to a partial count by the Indonesian Survey Institute (LSI). Other pollsters showed him winning with between 57 percent and 61 percent.<br /><br />According to LSI, Dr Yudhoyono was the winner in 30 of the country's 33 provinces, clearing yet another hurdle to avoid a second round of voting. Under election law, there is no need for a run-off if the poll winner gets more than 50 percent of votes cast and wins at least 20 percent in half the provinces.<br /><br />Despite his apparent overwhelming win, Dr Yudhoyono refrained from declaring himself the victor. At his house in Bogor, he told reporters: “I thank God for the people's support. But let's wait for the full official results. Winning or losing was noble, he said, calling on his rivals to resolve any objections to the results peacefully.<br /><br />“Let's work together to maintain a peaceful situation in this country,” he said. “If there are objections or protests, please do it through mechanisms and procedures in line with our law.”<br /><br />The official results are expected to be declared on July 25 but the quick counts have proven accurate in previous elections. Analysts say the early results, if confirmed, would effectively end the political careers of Megawati and Kalla.<br /><br />Allegations of irregularities, including charges of fictitious voters and millions being left off the voter rolls, have dogged the election. The accusations prompted a Constitutional Court to issue a last-minute ruling that allowed unregistered voters to cast their ballots by using their identity cards.<br /><br />On Wednesday, Panwaslu, the election supervisory board, issued a statement saying it had received reports of irregularities in the election in several places. Otherwise, polling was peaceful as around 176 million Indonesians turned up at half a million polling stations across the sprawling archipelago. National police spokesman Nanan Sukartna told reporters there had been no reports of election-related violence.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3032047858743758577-3199344117348516377?l=bestindonesia.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>hkwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13648810985506674720noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3032047858743758577.post-5677811105440215742009-07-20T02:23:00.000-07:002009-07-20T02:24:57.875-07:00INDONESIA PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS 2009 - The General Elections Commission (KPU) said Monday that it kept its plan unchanged despite the Jakarta hotel bombing and would start national recapitulation of votes on July 22 and would announce the result of presidential elections on July 27.<br />KPU member Sri Nuryanti said votes recapitulations in regency and provincial levels proceeded as planned, and in some places, like in Central Kalimantan, the processes had even been completed.<br /><br />"The schedule for national recapitulation will remain the same, July 22-24," Yanti told Tempointeraktif.com.<br />Quick counts and also latest data from KPU show that President Susilo Bambang Yudhono secured a landslide reelection win by about 60 percent of votes.<br />Yanti noted that KPU had asked the National Police to give additional security protection to KPU building during the national recapitulation process, which will be open for observers and media people, and on the day when KPU would announce the results, i.e. July 27.<br />"We are sure that the recapitulation process will be secure," she said.<br />President Yudhoyono said moment after bombs rocked JW Marriot and Ritz-Carlton hotel on Friday that his political opponents had planned to mobilize people to occupy the KPU building on the day when it would announce the presidential election.<br />The bombing killed nine people and injured more than 50.(jp)<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3032047858743758577-567781110544021574?l=bestindonesia.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>hkwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13648810985506674720noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3032047858743758577.post-52493792834091495652009-07-20T02:21:00.000-07:002009-07-20T02:22:45.943-07:00INDONESIA PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS 2009 - A survey firm with previously acknowledged links to President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono’s reelection campaign team, released a poll on Thursday showing that the majority of voters were satisfied with the legislative and presidential elections and that most respondents believed the polls were conducted fairly and honestly.<br /><br />“More than 70 percent of the voters are satisfied with the legislative and presidential elections,” Dodi Ambardi, executive director of the Indonesian Survey Institute (LSI), said during a news conference on Thursday.<br />He said the number of those unsatisfied with the elections was “small,” at less than 25 percent of the total of about 6,000 people who were questioned after voting in either the legislative or presidential elections.<br />Dody said that the LSI exit poll also showed that most voters believed the elections had been even-handed.<br />“The number of voters that think the elections were fair and honest is even higher at more than 80 percent,” Dodi said.<br />He added that the data released by LSI was not really new. The exit poll was conducted during the legislative election on April 9 and presidential election on July 8.<br />Countering claims from Megawati Sukarnoputri’s Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) that the elections were not conducted fairly — specifically, that the General Elections Commission (KPU) was biased and the final voters list was flawed — Dodi said that the perceptions only involved the political elite and not the general public.<br />Former President Megawati and running mate Prabowo Subianto, who have been outspoken in their criticisms of the performance of the General Elections Commission’s handling of the election, were Yudhoyono’s closest rivals.<br />LSI has acknowledged that it received funding from Fox Indonesia, which consulted on Yudhoyono’s campaign, on some of its surveys. The firm also has conducted a survey on the issue of Java and non-Java based presidential candidates. However, LSI said it paid for the recent exit poll and quick count out of its own funds.<br />Ade Armando, a communication expert from the Faculty of Social and Political Science of the University of Indonesia, said the survey only measured voters’ perceptions, not the even-handedness of the elections.<br />“We cannot say for sure that the election had been conducted fairly and honestly,” he said at the news conference.<br />“It is only voters’ perceptions that are gained from exit polls. The result may be different if it was conducted now. The number of those who don’t think it had been fair and honest may increase,” Armando said.<br />“As to whether the election had been conducted fairly and honestly, we need official institutions such as the Election Supervisory Board to come up with the real data,” he said.<br />The Election Supervisory Board (Bawaslu), which has been criticized as a largely toothless organization, has received a number of complaints but has had little if any success in facilitating successful prosecutions of election violations<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3032047858743758577-5249379283409149565?l=bestindonesia.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>hkwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13648810985506674720noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3032047858743758577.post-9603635626868758542009-06-21T07:56:00.000-07:002009-06-21T08:01:34.738-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_U1Trx4AKdAU/Sj5LLGInCZI/AAAAAAAAB0o/Zl_Jp_4-wfE/s1600-h/2109AS3.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 220px; height: 298px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_U1Trx4AKdAU/Sj5LLGInCZI/AAAAAAAAB0o/Zl_Jp_4-wfE/s400/2109AS3.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349796061360097682" /></a><br />THE competing teams for Indonesia’s presidential election on July 8th have now been settled. At first glance voters seem to face a hard choice. Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, the incumbent president, is up against both his predecessor, Megawati Sukarnoputri, and his deputy, Jusuf Kalla. All are secular politicians who have eschewed the chance to broaden their appeal by picking a vice-presidential running-mate from an Islamic party.<br /><br />Mr Yudhoyono, a former general, has selected Boediono, the respected governor of the central bank, who has resigned to run for the office (which requires a medical: he is the man on the right in the photo). Ms Megawati has teamed up with Prabowo Subianto, another ex-general, one-time son-in-law of Suharto, the late dictator, polo-player and populist. Mr Kalla’s running-mate is Wiranto, yet another Suharto-era general.<br /><br />On closer inspection, however, it looks like a one-horse race. Ms Megawati has failed to use her five years in opposition to re-establish herself as a potent political force after Mr Yudhoyono soundly beat her in 2004. Her approval rating in one recent opinion poll was only 15%. And, judging from the protracted negotiations required to seal her partnership with Mr Prabowo, their alliance is far from solid.<br /><br />Mr Kalla can justifiably claim to be a man of action, with a record of achievement in office, particularly on economic issues, and as a peacemaker who helped broker the end to a separatist conflict in the province of Aceh in 2005. But his approval rating is only 2%. Moreover, Golkar, his party, is deeply divided. Many party bigwigs seem busier plotting Mr Kalla’s removal as chairman than backing his presidential bid. And Mr Wiranto, the object of an international arrest warrant for his role in the violence in East Timor in 1999, could be as much of a liability as an asset.<br /><br />Mr Yudhoyono, in contrast, is riding high. His approval rating is about 70% and he is having a good financial crisis. In selecting the apolitical Mr Boediono he sent a clear message to the Islamic parties and the nation as a whole that, with his Democratic Party now the biggest in parliament, he intends to call the shots. The party has only 26% of the seats, so he will need others’ backing. But this year, unlike 2004 when it won just 8% of the seats, the coalition will be built on his terms.<br /><br />Many analysts are now debating not whether Mr Yudhoyono will win, but only whether he will do so in the first round or require a run-off in September. According to the present polls, one round should suffice and complacency could be his biggest threat. The financial markets are already assuming he is going to win. Surprises cannot be ruled out. Before April’s parliamentary election, for example, hardly anyone predicted the presidential contest would turn out like this. But with seven weeks to go the presidency is increasingly looking like Mr Yudhoyono’s to lose.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3032047858743758577-960363562686875854?l=bestindonesia.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>hkwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13648810985506674720noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3032047858743758577.post-27677643013168223682009-06-21T07:52:00.000-07:002009-06-21T07:55:51.357-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_U1Trx4AKdAU/Sj5J2SKZ5CI/AAAAAAAAB0g/KXPzGUk31mY/s1600-h/calon-presiden-wakil-presiden-indonesia-2009-2014.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 250px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_U1Trx4AKdAU/Sj5J2SKZ5CI/AAAAAAAAB0g/KXPzGUk31mY/s400/calon-presiden-wakil-presiden-indonesia-2009-2014.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349794604299969570" /></a><br />Nominees for president and vice president registered their candicacy at the central General Election Commission office in Jakarta on 16 May. Candidates underwent physical and psychological evaluations at Gatot Subroto Army Hospital following registration. Personality tests were also conducted using the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory.[27][28]<br /><br />Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and Boediono<br /><br />Initially, the pair of Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and Boediono was referred to colloquially by the Indonesian media as SBY Berbudi.[29] Three days after the slogan was announced, the campaign team had changed its name to SBY–Boediono due to concerns that the term berbudi was not as well known outside Java.[30]<br /><br />Jusuf Kalla and Wiranto<br /><br />The pair of Jusuf Kalla and Wiranto is referred to colloquially by the Indonesian media as JK–Win.[29]<br /><br />Megawati Sukarnoputri and Prabowo Subianto<br /><br />The pair of Megawati Sukarnoputri and Prabowo Subianto is referred to colloquially by the Indonesian media as Mega–Pro.[29] These two candidates belong to opposing ideological backgrounds. Prabowo's father, Sumitro Djojohadikusumo, was a political enemy of Megawati's father, former President Sukarno.[31]<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3032047858743758577-2767764301316822368?l=bestindonesia.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>hkwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13648810985506674720noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3032047858743758577.post-19635447164292910242009-06-21T07:43:00.000-07:002009-06-21T07:52:31.650-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_U1Trx4AKdAU/Sj5JBJNXL5I/AAAAAAAAB0Y/mo-CH-KzTak/s1600-h/511px-Garuda_Pancasila,_Coat_Arms_of_Indonesia.svg.png"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 368px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_U1Trx4AKdAU/Sj5JBJNXL5I/AAAAAAAAB0Y/mo-CH-KzTak/s400/511px-Garuda_Pancasila,_Coat_Arms_of_Indonesia.svg.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349793691363389330" /></a><br />This will be the second election in which Indonesians elect their President and Vice President directly. In 2004, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono defeated incumbent Megawati Sukarnoputri in a run-off election. Polls through early January 2009 saw Yudhoyono leading a large field of potential presidential candidates.[2]<br /><br />Incumbent Vice President Jusuf Kalla announced in February 2009 that he would not be returning as a vice presidential candidate with Yudhoyono. Instead, he was ready to challenge Yudhoyono should Golkar, the party which he chaired, nominate him as a presidential candidate.[3] Other individuals interested in becoming presidential candidates included former President Abdurrahman Wahid,[4] former People's Representative Council Speaker Akbar Tanjung,[5] Yogyakarta Sultan Hamengkubuwana X,[6] and former Jakarta Governor Sutiyoso.[7]<br /><br />On 17 February, the Constitutional Court ruled that independent candidates would not be allowed to run in the election.[8]<br /><br />Coalition talks<br /><br />Following legislative elections held on 9 April, coalitions of political parties began to emerge in order to nominate candidates for President and Vice President. Under the 2008 Presidential Election Law, the candidates must be nominated by a party or coalition that won at least 25% of the popular vote or 112 (20%) of 560 seats of the People's Representative Council.[9] Indonesia's Constitutional Court also ruled that independent candidates would not be allowed to run.[10] Candidates had to officially register with the General Election Commission by midnight of 16 May in order to appear on the ballots.[11]<br /><br />It initially appeared that Golkar, the party of incumbent Vice President Jusuf Kalla, would enter into a coalition with the Indonesian Democratic Party – Struggle (PDI–P) of former president Megawati Sukarnoputri to challenge President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's Democratic Party. However, talks were broken off on 13 April 2009, with Golkar reportedly more interested in continuing the coalition with Yudhoyono rather than risk being cut off from power completely. Yudhoyono was also in talks with Islamist parties in a bid to form a coalition controlling more than half the seats in parliament.[12][13][14]<br /><br />By late April 2009, Golkar was in talks with smaller parties to gain the votes it lacked to be able to nominate Kalla as a presidential candidate.[15] A ten-party coalition was formed on 1 May, consisting of Golkar, PDI–P, the Great Indonesia Movement Party (Gerindra), the People's Conscience Party (Hanura), the Prosperous Peace Party (PDS), the Reform Star Party (PBR), the Ulema National Awakening Party (PKNU), the National People's Concern Party (PPRN), the Labor Party and the Indonesian Nahdlatul Community Party (PPNUI). Two parties who had been considering joining the coalition, the National Mandate Party (PAN) and the United Development Party (PPP), in the end decided not to join.[16] Shortly after the ten-party coalition was announced, incumbent Vice President Kalla announced a joint ticket with former Indonesian military leader Wiranto.[17]<br /><br />The PDI–P selected former president Megawati as its presidential candidate on 7 May but did not immediately announce a running mate.[18] The announcement ensured that the election would have to go to a second round.[17] The possibility of Gerindra leader Prabowo Subianto becoming Megawati's running mate had been favored by PDI–P leadership, but the two parties had yet to come to an agreement two days before the 16 May candidate registration deadline.[19][20] After plans to announce the pair's candidacy were postponed to allow for continuing negotiations, both parties eventually declared on 15 May the nomination of Megawati and Prabowo as candidates for president and vice president.[21]<br /><br />In the scenario that either Kalla or Megawati loses his or her bid for the presidency in the first election round, one candidate will support the other in the second round as agreed upon by the grand coalition formed to oppose incumbent President Yudhoyono.[22]<br /><br />On 12 May 2009, Yudhoyono chose Boediono, the governor of Bank Indonesia (Indonesia's central bank), as his running mate.[23] Four parties which had planned to form a coalition with Yudhoyono's Democratic Party (PAN, PPP, the National Awakening Party (PKB), and the Prosperous Justice Party (PKS)) had expected that the vice presidential nominee would come from one of their parties. Although they threatened to form their own coalition with Gerindra and present their own candidate, PKB became the first party in the coalition to support Yudhoyono's decision.[24][25] The remaining three parties eventually agreed to support the Yudhoyono-Boediono ticket and attended the nomination ceremony in Bandung on 15 May. However, PKS will remain in negotiation with the Democratic Party for a more equal power sharing agreement should Yudhoyono win the election<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3032047858743758577-1963544716429291024?l=bestindonesia.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>hkwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13648810985506674720noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3032047858743758577.post-20938697063075427212009-05-09T01:07:00.000-07:002009-05-09T01:53:49.995-07:00Elections in Indonesia have taken place since 1955. At a national level, Indonesian people elect a head of state – the president – and a legislature. The president is elected for a five-year term, as are the 550-member People's Representative Council (Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat, DPR) and the 128-seat Regional Representatives Council (Dewan Perwakilan Daerah).<br /><br />The Council is elected by proportional representation from multi-candidate constituencies. Under Indonesia's multi-party system, no one party has yet been able to secure an outright victory; parties have needed to work together in coalition governments.<br /><br />The voting age in Indonesia is 17.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">1955</span><br /><br />The first elections were originally planned for January 1946, but because the Indonesian National Revolution was still underway, this was not possible. After the war, every cabinet had elections in its program. In February 1951 the Natsir cabinet introduced an election bill, but the cabinet fell before it could be debated. The next cabinet, led by Sukiman did hold some regional elections [1] Finally, in February 1952, the Wilopo cabinet introduced a bill for voter registration. Discussions in the People's Representative Council did not start until September because of various objections from the political parties. According to Feith, there were three factors. Firstly, legislators were worried about losing their seats; secondly they were worried about a possible swing to Islamic parties and thirdly an electoral system in accordance with the Provisional Constitution of 1950 would mean less representation for regions outside Java.[2] Given the fact that cabinets had fallen after introducing controversial measures, there was reluctance to introduce an election bill and there were concerns about possible political conflicts caused by electioneering.[3] However, many political leaders wanted elections as the existing legislature was based on a compromise with Dutch and as such had little popular authority. They also believed elections would bring about greater political stability. [4] The "17 October 1952 affair", when armed soldiers in front of the palace demanded dissolution of the legislature, led to greater demands from all parties for early elections. By 25 November, an elections bill had been submitted to the People's Representative Council. After 18 weeks of debate and 200 proposed amendments, the bill passed on 1 April 1953 and became law on 4 April. It stipulated one member of the legislature for 150,000 residents and gave the right to vote to everybody over the age of 18, or who was or had been married.[5] Once the bill had passed the cabinet began appointing members of the Central Electoral Committee. This was to have one member from each government party and an independent chairman. However, the Indonesian National Party (PNI) protested that they had no members on the committee, and this dispute was still unresolved when the cabinet fell on 2 June.<br /><br />On 25 August 1953, the new prime minister, Ali Sastroamidjojo, announced a 16-month schedule for elections starting from January 1954. On 4 November the government announced a new Central Electoral Committee chaired by PNI member S. Hadikusomo and including all the parties represented in the government, namely Nahdatul Ulama (NU), the Indonesia Islamic Union Party (PSII) the Indonesia People's Party (PRI), the National People's Party (PRN), the Labor Party and the Indoneisan Peasant Front (BTI), as well as the government-supporting Islamic Educators Association (Perti) and the Indonesian Christian Party (Parkindo).<br /><br />Campaign<br />Campaign posters with the symbols of the parties on display in the run up the election<br /><br />According to Feith, the first phase of the election campaign began on 4 April 1953 when the election bill passed into law, and the second phase when the Central Electoral Committee approved the party symbols on 31 May 1954<br /><br />At the time the bill passed into law, the cabinet was a coalition of the Islamic Masjumi and nationalistic PNI. The next two cabinets were coalitions led by one of these parties with the other in opposition. Therefore, the main campaign issue was the debate debate between these two over the role of Islam in the state. Masjumi denied aiming for an Islamic state, while the PNI emphasized their pro-Pancasila stance was not anti-Islam. The two other main Islamic parties, the NU and the PSII supported Masjumi in this debate. A third factor was the Communist Party of Indonesia (PKI), which campaigned on issues of poverty and the poor lot of the people due to the continued imperialist nature of cabinet policy. Masjumi tried to draw a clear line between the PKI and other parties, accusing it of being a tool of Moscow.<br /><br />Party programs were rarely discussed during the campaign. Party symbols with or without slogans were displayed on streets in towns and villages, on private homes, public buildings, buses, trees and calenders. The PKI made extraordinary efforts to promote its symbol, displaying it everywhere to make sure people did not forget it. The PKI campaign was based around social activities such as organizing tool sharing for farmers and building irrigation channels. The party was looking beyond the election to build a permanent basis of support.<br />The electoral regions Indonesia was divided into for the 1955 elections<br /><br />In the last few months of the campaign, the major parties focused on educating voters in areas where they had managed to establish village-level organization. This phase included persuasion and threats.<br /><br />All through September, party leaders were constantly traveling around the country. Daily party newspapers were printed in increasing numbers and given away for free. Articles in dailies these attacked rival parties. In the villages, the emphasis shifted from from large rallies to small meetings and house-house canvassing<br /><br />Results<br />The share of the vote. Four parties won almost 80% of the vote<br /><br />The election was a major success for the NU, which saw its number of seats in the People's Representative Council increase from 8 to 45. A surprise was the poor showing of Masyumi, the Socialist Party and Murba. There was a large gap between the "big 4" (PNI, Masjumi, NU and PKI, with more than three quarters of the vote shared among them) and the rest of the parties, but contrary to people's hopes, the number of parties actually increased - there were now 28 with seats in the legislature as opposed to 20 before the election. However, the largest party held only 22% of seats.<br /><br />The distribution of votes was uneven across the country. The PNI won 85.97% of its vote in Java, the NU 85.6% and the PKI 88.6%, despite the fact that only 66.2% of the population lived on Java. Conversely only 51.3% of Masjumi's vote came from Java, and it established itself as the leading party for the one third of people living outside Java.<br /><br />Indonesia's first general election elected members of the DPR and the Constitutional Assembly of Indonesia (Konstituante). The election was organised by the government of Prime Minister Ali Sastroamidjojo. Sastroamidjojo himself declined to stand for election, and Burhanuddin Harahap became Prime Minister.<br /><br />The election occurred in two stages:<br /><br /> * The election of the members of the People's Representative Council, which took place on 29 September 1955. Twenty-nine political parties and individuals took part;<br /> * The election for the members of the Constitutional Assembly, which took place on 15 December 1955.<br /><br />The five largest parties in the election were the National Party of Indonesia (Partai Nasional Indonesia), Masyumi, Nahdlatul Ulama, the Communist Party of Indonesia (Partai Komunis Indonsia, PKI), and the Indonesian Islam Alliance Party (Partai Syarikat Islam Indonesia).<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">1971</span><br /><br />Following the Transition to the New Order from 1965-1967, the army-backed New Order regime announced that the Golkar organization would be its political vehicle. The regime stressed that Golkar (meaning "functional group") was not a political party. In order to give General Ali Murtopo time to turn Golkar into an organization fit to command a majority in the legislature, the general election originally planned for no later than July 5, 1968 was postponed to no later than July 5 1971.[1]<br /><br />After a time with no word from the government concerning the forthcoming election, on October 22, 1968, the Sinar Harapan daily reported a statement by President Suharto to the effect that the government had begun to take the necessary steps to organize the poll. A General Election Board was established in mid-1969 headed by Interior Minister Amirmachmud[2]. On September 23, 1970, the ballot paper numbers and electoral symbols for the 10 election participants were announced<br /><br />Government Manipulation<br />Officials recording the votes cast for each party in the Operations Room at the Home Affairs Ministry on 2 August 1971<br /><br />In order to weaken possible rivals to Golkar, the government manipulated the top two parties from the 1955 election, the Indonesian National Party and Parmusi (the successor to Masjumi following that party's banning in 1960) such that they lost credibility in the eyes of voters.[1] Given that the party that had come fourth, the Indonesian Communist Party, had been banned in the aftermath of the 30 September Movement coup attempt in 1965, that left only the Nahdatul Ulama as a major rival.[4]<br /><br />Away from the political parties, civil servants were effectively obliged to vote Golkar and regional administrators were required to fulfill "quotas" of Golkar votes.[1]<br /><br />The system of allocating seats was changed from that of the 1955 election to reduce the number of parties winning seats in the legislature. All seats were to be allocated in the regional electoral districts, rather than being divided up based on national results<br /><br />This election, the first after the establishment of the "New Order", took place on 5 July 1971. Ten political parties participated.<br /><br />The five largest political parties were Golkar, Nahdlatul Ulama, Parmusi, the National Party of Indonesia and the Indonesian Islam Alliance Party.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">1977-1997)</span><br /><br />Elections following the mergers were held under the government of President Suharto. In accordance with the legislation, these were contested by three groups; Golkar, the PPP and the PDI. All elections in this period were won by Golkar.<br /><br />To ensure that Golkar always won more than 60 percent of the popular vote, the New Order regime used a number of tactics. These included:<br /><br />Reducing the number of opponents <br /> In 1973, the existing political parties were forced to merge into the United Development Party (PPP) and the Indonesian Democratic Party (PDI). These were the only parties allowed to contest general elections.<br /><br />Weakening the remaining opponents <br /> The two political parties were forbidden to criticize government policy, and the government had to approve all slogans they used. Furthermore, they were not allowed to organize at the village level (where the majority of Indonesians live). To stop the rise of charismatic figures, their candidates had to be vetted by the government. When a potentially charismatic figure (in the form of founding president Sukarno's daughter Megawati Sukarnoputri) became leader of the PDI, the government engineered a political convention in Medan in 1996 to remove her. Ironically, the ensuing disturbances at the PDI's Jakarta headquarters began a chain of events that indirectly led to the downfall of the New Order. <br /><br />Coercion to vote Golkar <br /> Civil servants were ordered to support Golkar, or face accusations of insubordination. Private sector workers were reminded of the need for "stability". Many people believed the vote was not secret, and the government did little to persuade them otherwise. Many voters were still at school, and they were warned by teachers of a link between their choice at the ballot box and exam success <br /><br />The vote-counting process <br /> The Golkar votes were counted first, then those of the two other parties. In the 1997 election, by 9pm on the day after voting, Golkar had already been awarded 94% of its eventual vote. By contrast, the PPP had been credited with less than 10% of its final tally.<br /><br />Vote-rigging <br /> Although the counting at the local ballot boxes was conducted in public, with the ballot papers held up and the scores marked on boards, it was at the later stages where irregularities were frequently reported.<br /><br />Multiple voting <br /> There was no effective way of determining who had already voted, allowing many to do so more than once <br /><br />Election results 1977-1997 Year PPP Golkar PDI<br />Votes % Votes % Votes %<br />1977 18,743,491 29.29 39,750,096 62.11 5,504,757 8.60<br />1982 20,871,880 27.78 48,334,724 64.34 5,919,702 7.88<br />1987 13,701,428 15.97 62,783,680 73.17 9,324,708 10.87<br />1992 16,624,647 17.00 66,599,331 68.10 14,565,556 14.89<br />1997 25,341,028 22.43 84,187,907 74.51 3,463,226 3.07<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">1999</span><br /><br />Under the New Order, only two political parties forcibly merged in 1973 plus the functional group 'Golkar' had been allowed to participate in elections[1][2]. With the start of the Reform Era, more than 100 new political parties emerged[3]. New elections were called for 1999 and 148 parties registered with the Ministry of Justice and Human Rights. Of these, only 48 passed the selection process, overseen by intellectual Nurcholish Madjid[4][5] The elections were to be overseen by an independent General Elections Commission (KPU) of 53 members, one from each party and five government representatives[6]<br /><br />Electoral System<br /><br />The system used was based on proportional representation at the provincial level. Within each province, parties were awarded seats in proportion to their share of the vote. The largest number of seats was in East Java province, with 82, while the lowest was in Bengkulu and East Timor with 4 each. Voters chose parties, not people as the candidate list was closed, meaning the decision as to who would sit in the legislature was decided by the parties<br /><br />Campaign<br /><br />The official election campaign began on May 19 1999 and ended on June 4 to allow two 'rest days' before the vote itself. It was divided into three stages, with different parties being allowed to campaign on different days. However before the campaign there was violence between supporters of rival parties. Four people were killed in fighting between followers of the United Development Party and the National Awakening Party on May 1 and three more died in clashes between Golkar and Indonesian Democratic Party-Struggle supporters on May 11.<br /><br />On the first day of the campaign, there was a parade of party vehicles in Central Jakarta. The Golkar float was attacked and damaged. The traffic circle in front of the Hotel Indonesia was a popular spot for rallies. Meanwhile there was an increase of people heading for Singapore to escape possible violence as polling day neared, with one newspaper reporting that more than 78,000 people had left.<br /><br />As well as rallies, the major parties took out full color advertisements in newspapers. Each party was also given air time TV for statements by lone spokespeople. There were also ads in the newspapers urging people to use their vote<br /><br />In the final week, the main parties held huge rallies in the capital: the National Awakening Party on June 1, the National Mandate Party on June 2, the Indonesian Democratic Party-Struggle on June 3 and Golkar on June 4, at which its supporters were attacked.<br /><br />At one minute past midnight on June 5, all party flags, banners and posters began to be removed as the campaign officially ended. International observers continued to arrive to oversee the election, among them former US president Jimmy Carter<br /><br />Results<br />The national results showing parties achieving the largest vote share per province<br /><br />The count was slow, with votes taking several weeks to count. Before he left Indonesia, Carter expressed his concern about this [28] At a meeting at the General Election Commission building on June 26, only 22 of the 53 members of the commission were prepared to accept the result. These comprised the representatives of 17 of the parties (with 93% of the vote between them) and the five government representatives. Eventually, later that same day President Jusuf Habibie in a live TV broadcast declared the results were valid. The Indonesian Democratic Party-Struggle led by Megawati Sukarnoputri had won the largest share of the vote with Golkar in second place.<br /><br />The process of allocating seats in the People's Representative Council took several months The Indonesian Election Committee (PPI)announced the results on September 1. A total of 21 parties had won seats, with the Indonesian Democratic Party-Struggle being awarded 153 and Gollkar 120. There were ten parties with only one seat each<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">2004</span><br /><br />Presidential elections were held in Indonesia on Monday July 5, and Monday September 20, 2004. In the second round former security minister Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono defeated incumbent President Megawati Sukarnoputri. Yudhoyono was inaugurated on October 20.<br /><br />These were the first direct presidential elections in the history of Indonesia. Previously the President of Indonesia had been elected indirectly, by the legislature.<br /><br />Results<br /><br />Former security minister Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono won the first round with 33% of the vote. Incumbent President Megawati Sukarnoputri was second with 26%, ahead of former armed forces chief Wiranto on 22%.<br /><br />Yudhoyono did not do as well as had been expected from earlier opinion polls, while Megawati did better than expected. This was attributed by Indonesian observers to Yudhoyono's lack of a nation-wide party machine, such as Megawati's PDI-P and Wiranto's Golkar, which can effectively mobilize voters in the outlying provinces.<br /><br />The counting of 113 million votes, already a huge task in such a large and diverse country, was made more difficult by problems with the ballot papers. Voters cast their ballots by making a hole in the ballot paper with a nail, above the photo of their preferred candidate. Because the ballot paper was handed to voters folded in half, many made the hole without unfolding the ballot, thus making two holes and invalidating their vote. Hundreds of thousands of these votes were invalidated before the General Election Committee (KPU) ruled that such ballots should be accepted.[1] This necessitated recounts in many places, slowing the count and raising fears of a disputed result.<br />e • d Summary of the 5 July and 20 September 2004 Indonesian presidential election results Candidates for President Party First round Second round<br />Votes % Votes %<br />Susilo B.Y. Democratic Party : 36,051,236 (33.58) 69.266.350 (60.62)<br />Megawati S PDIP : 28,171,063 (26.24) 44.990.704 (39.38)<br />Wiranto Golkar: 23,811,028 (22.18) <br />Amien Rais National Mandate Party : 16,035,565 (14.94)<br />Hamzah Haz United Development Party : 3,275,011 (3.06)<br />Total 106,228,247 (100.0) 114.257.054 (100.0)<br />Source: KPU<br /><br />Candidates<br /><br />The candidates in the 2004 Indonesian presidential election were:<br /><br /> * Incumbent President Megawati Sukarnoputri, first elected in 1999 as vice-president of Abdurrahman Wahid, then promoted to be president via Special Meeting of People's Consultative Assembly in 2001, was seeking a second term at these elections. Her party, the Indonesian Democratic Party-Struggle (PDI-P), polled only 18.5 % of the vote in the 2004 legislative election, suggesting that she would have an uphill battle to gain re-election. Her administration was criticised for inertia and corruption. Megawati chose Hasyim Muzadi as her vice-presidential candidate. Hasyim Muzadi is the Chairman of the Nahdlatul Ulama (NU), Indonesia’s largest Islamic organisation. Most polls before the election placed her in third place. Her position was weakened by public discontent with the faltering economy, endemic corruption and perceptions of increased insecurity.<br /><br /> * Former security minister Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono was the candidate of three parties: Democratic Party (PD), Indonesian Justice and Unity Party (PKPI), and Crescent Star Party (PBB). His vice-presidential candidate was Jusuf Kalla, a well-known businessman and a member of Golkar party. His party won significant support in the legislative election, despite having little organization. Before the legislative election, polls suggested Yudhoyono was the most popular president candidate. Polls in June showed that Yudhoyono had a commanding lead.<br /><br /> * Former armed forces chief Wiranto was nominated by Golkar, the former ruling party of the Suharto era, after he won a majority vote at the 2004 Golkar convention. His vice-presidential candidate was Salahuddin Wahid (also known as Gus Solah), brother of former president Abdurrahman Wahid and like him a high ranking member of the National Awakening Party (PKB). Before being appointed, Gus Solah was a member of National Human Rights Commission (Komnas HAM). The combination of the two was interesting because Wiranto had been accused of human rights violations in East Timor.<br /><br /> * The National Mandate Party (PAN) appointed Amien Rais as its presidential candidate. His vice-presidential running mate was Siswono Yudo Husodo. He had the support of several small political parties as well as the significant Prosperous Justice Party (PKS), which commands more than 7% of the national vote. Amien was one of the leaders who helped overthrow the Suharto regime. Before the election, Amien was the head of the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR).<br /><br /> * Incumbent Vice-President Hamzah Haz and Agum Gumelar were the presidential and vice-presidential hopefuls of the Development Unity Party (PPP). Although the PPP won more than 8% of the vote in the legislative election, opinion polls showed that Hamzah Haz was not as popular as his party. He invariably placed last in opinion polls.<br /><br />The National Awakening Party (PKB) did not nominate a presidential candidate. Their chosen candidate, former president Abdurrahman Wahid, was ruled out by the courts because he was not physically fit (nor mentally fit, according to his critics). The PKB leaders put their weight behind Wiranto. Observers doubted that the party followers would follow their leaders' recommendation. At one point Wahid told his followers not to vote for anyone on election day, but after pressure from the party he decided to retract that statement.<br /><br />The other party eligible to field a candidate in the presidential election, the Prosperous Justice Party (PKS), decided not to nominate a candidate. The party instead supported Amien Rais.<br /><br />The field of candidates for the presidential election was partly determined by the results of the legislative election, held on April 5. Indonesian election law provides that presidential candidates must be nominated by – but not necessarily be members of – a party or coalition that wins at least 5% of votes in the parliamentary election, or 3% of the 550 seats (that is, 17 seats) in the People's Representative Council (DPR).<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3032047858743758577-2093869706307542721?l=bestindonesia.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>hkwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13648810985506674720noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3032047858743758577.post-89554175931750388322009-05-09T01:05:00.000-07:002009-05-09T01:06:13.853-07:00The Prosperous Peace Party (PDS) is special because it is the only party representing the Protestant and Catholic minorities, which passed the selection by the General Election Commission (KPU).<br /><br />It is also is special given its limited links to mainstream Christianity in the country -- or at least the religious leaders strongly linked to the Indonesian Churches Union (PGI) and the Bishops' Conference of Indonesia (KWI) and their formal youth, student, women's and intellectual organizations.<br /><br />PDS members are mainly professionals from small prayer groups who united gradually over time through networking. The party's background was initially obscure except for leader Ruyandi Hutasoit whose father was once an executive of Parkindo. He himself was president of the Doulos Foundation focusing on social services.<br /><br />The PDS is one of seven Christian-based political parties which went through the registration process at the justice and human rights ministry for the 2004 election. It is useful to examine its context in the experimentation of these minorities in gaining a political foothold.<br /><br />Indonesian history has seen many different ways in which Protestant and Catholic minorities have voiced their aspirations.<br /><br />In the 1955 election, in which ethnic groups and religions were fervently translated into political parties, Protestants solidified their political interests through the Indonesian Protestant Party (Parkindo) and the Catholic community had the Catholic Party (Parkat).<br /><br />Those parties gained solid support as reflected in the results of the 1955 polls. In East Nusa Tenggara, a province with a majority of Christians and Catholics, Parkat took 41 percent of the votes, followed by Parkindo in second place with 18 percent.<br /><br />In Maluku and then North-Central Sulawesi (now divided into two provinces), Parkindo's performance was equal to the demographic share -- a very solid majority -- of Protestants there. The same was true in North Sumatra province. Parkindo was second in 1955 with 33 percent in Maluku and third in North-Central Sulawesi and North Sumatra with 11 percent and 14 percent, respectively.<br /><br />Nationwide, Parkindo ranked sixth with 8 seats in the national legislature and 2.6 percent of the votes while Parkat the seventh with 6 seats and 2 percent of votes.<br /><br />Their representation was sustained in the 1971 election, the second since 1945. Parkindo remained sixth and Parkat at seventh in overall votes. Regional electoral results also confirmed the sustained loyalty of Protestants and Catholics to their parties.<br /><br />However, the 1977 election saw a radical change in their political affiliations as the whole political system was forcefully rearranged by the New Order regime.<br /><br />As Parkindo and Parkat were grouped into the Indonesian Democratic Party (PDI) together with the Indonesian Nationalist Party (PNI) and a nationalist party with a strong socialist bent called Murba, Christians' historical loyalties were cut off. They started to identify themselves with their new parties or dropped out of politics altogether.<br /><br />But this fusion was just a minor development, the major one being the establishment of a single major party to become the regime's political machine, the Functional Group (Golkar). The very strong -- sometimes intimidating -- ruling regime required Christians, as well as everyone else, to increasingly identify themselves with Golkar.<br /><br />Such tactics indeed worked, as reflected in the 1977 results. In East Nusa Tenggara, a shoo-in for Parkat and Parkindo in 1955, Golkar suddenly won overwhelmingly with 62 percent of votes, while PDI was second with 35 percent. Though many commentators surmise that the numbers may have been manipulated, this figure reflects the start of the Golkar identification with Indonesian Christians.<br /><br />Other regions that were loyal to Parkindo and Parkat also saw growing Golkar numbers.<br /><br />Instead of expressing their frustration with this forceful arrangement, Christian communities responded positively, at least according to election results at the time. The arrangement was justified by some Golkar Christians as a new way of existing in the political arena -- close interaction with people of various backgrounds in either Golkar or PDI was increasingly perceived as a valuable association. It placed them on par with the majority and, to some extent, gave them greater opportunities in national politics.<br /><br />While these benefits were regarded as blessings in disguise, despite New Order machinations, some Muslim groups resented it -- the regime seemed to prefer to nurture the above, less troublesome minorities while suppressing the Muslim majority's political aspirations. The regime's ban on public discourse on differences such as those regarding religion worsened distrust and suspicion between these majority and minority groups.<br /><br />Distrust on the part of Christians was particularly evident in the latter half of the 1990s when former president Soeharto, seeking more political security, became more accommodating to Islamic aspirations.<br /><br />Christians spoke up more on how their freedom was limited, especially the tighter requirements for building churches. The burning of churches in the last years of Soeharto's regime was another shock, adding to fears of revived calls of the sharia.<br /><br />These shocks have been managed in various ways. Mainstream Christians have sought more intense communication with Muslim representatives to ensure mutual trust.<br /><br />Prominent Christian politicians seemed to retain their belief that secular parties and the increasingly inclusive Muslim-based parties are those that can support the interests of minorities.<br /><br />And while the threat of an installment of Islamic doctrines in the rules and regulations at the national and regional levels was getting stronger, a new generation of Christians began establishing new parties.<br /><br />This was evident in the 1999 election with the presence of the Democratic Catholic Party (PKD) and Love for the Nation Democratic Party (PDKB). These two parties, however, did not perform well or pass the electoral threshold of 2 percent.<br /><br />This experimentation seems to have continued ahead of the 2004 elections. There were seven registered with the Ministry of Justice: Two versions of the previous PDKB namely Carrier of the Peace and Love for the Nation Party (PDKB) and Love for the Nation Indonesian Democratic Party (PDKBI), Indonesian Democratic Catholic Party (PKDI) as a new version of PKD, the new Catholic Party (Parkat), the Democratic Nationalist Christian Party (PKND), the new Indonesian Christian Party (Parkindo) and the Prosperous Peace Party (PDS).<br /><br />For Christian voters disillusioned with previous political channels, the ideals offered by PDS can be attractive. For a late start in the political arena, however, the gains may still be relatively insignificant.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3032047858743758577-8955417593175038832?l=bestindonesia.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>hkwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13648810985506674720noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3032047858743758577.post-90512887912918682032009-05-09T00:56:00.000-07:002009-05-09T01:04:00.390-07:00History<br /><br />Meaning PKNU<br /><br />PKNU abbreviation of the Party of National Resurrection Ulama. This party was founded by the theologian as political platforms to uphold truth and justice (iqamatil chaq Wal ”re). The birth of this party must meaned resurrection as a national “from” (Have a) theologian. Through PKNU, a theologian motorcycle to mark the second national resurrection to the improvement of the lives of nationalism and the state have been damaged.<br /><br />This means that PKNU a political tool to defend the national resurrection, as shown by the parson last have to realize that love the land the water (hubbul wathon) with the resistance against the colonizers.<br /><br />Why Ulama To PKNU<br /><br />The creation of PKNU driven by the desire to improve the condition of Ulamas of the nation experienced a protracted decline in all sectors of life. PKNU require the creation of political and social order in harmony with the religious vision of Ahlus Sunnah Wal Jamaah so that the harmonization achieved and avoid the impact of religion and state (li-islaahil ummah diniyyatan of ijtima’iyyatan, iqtishodiyyatan of siyasiyyatan, fiqriyyatan of akhlaqiyyatan).<br /><br />Why should establish PKNU and did not make the political parties that have been there for the political aspirations of the people nahdliyin<br /><br />Because the political parties that do not have a structure and platform (strukturiyyatan of bling bling platformiyyatan) with the responsibility of the ulama. Where there are political parties that provide crucial role for the ulama? The only political party that makes the theologian as a complementary tool of legitimacy and studios.<br /><br />Therefore, the parson agreed (ittifaq) PKNU founded as a political struggle for the citizens nahdliyyin. PKNU departing with the religious vision. This is the color of the new political power away from arogansi be due by the ulama.<br /><br />Who delivered PKNU<br /><br />PKNU birth date on Tuesday 21 November 2006 in Pondok Pesantren Langitan, Widang, Tuban, East Java. Births PKNU agreed by contract and agreement (ittifaq) a number of ulama who have known by the public and scholarly integrity in a meeting with morality Team Seven-Belas.<br /><br />Team Seven-Belas PKNU birth to a representative of the parson of Nahdlatul Ulama (NU). They include KH. Abdullah Faqih (Langitan, Tuban, East Java), KH. Ma’ruf Amin (Tenara, Banten), KH. Abdurrochman Chudlori (Tegalrejo, Magelang, Central Java), KH. Arifin Ahmad Sufyan Miftahul (Obando, Situbondo, East Java), KH. M. Idris Marzuki (Lirboyo, Kediri, East Java), KH. Ahmad Warson Munawwir (Krapyak, in Jogjakarta), KH. Muhaiminan Gunardo (Maesteg, Vadodara, Central Java), KH. Abdullah Schal (Belfast, East Java), KH. Sholeh Qosim (Throughout, Sidoarjo, East Java), KH. Nurul Huda Djazuli (Ploso, Kediri, East Java), KH. Chasbullah Badawi (Cilacap, Central Java), KH. Abdul Adzim Abdullah Suhaimi, MA (Mampang Prapatan, Jakarta), KH. Mas Muhammad Subadar (visit, Pasuruan, East Java), KH. A. Humaidi Dakhlan, LC (Banjarmasin, South Kalimantan), KH. M. Thahir Syarkawi (Pinrang, South Sulawesi), Habib bin Hamid Al-Hud Atthos (Cililitan, Jakarta), and KH. Aniq Muhammadun (Pati, Central Java).<br /><br />The Ulamas PKNU after the birth through istikhoroh (implore Allah SWT guide) and diligence in the form of a series of political meetings. Before the birth of PKNU agreed in Langitan, preceded by a meeting in Pondok Pesantren Al-Falah, Ploso, Mojo, Kediri, East Java, on 10 November 2006.<br /><br />Particulars of a new political party Indeed agreed by all kiai / theologian in a meeting Wednesday 6 September 2006 in Graha Astra Nawa, Jl Gayungsari East, Surabaya. Meeting this mandate to provide KH. Abdullah Faqih (Langitan, Widang, Tuban) and KH. Abdurrochman Chudlori (Tegalrejo, Ipswich). Tasks of preparing a new party carried istikhoroh to obtain isyaroh or directives from Allah SWT.<br /><br />KH. And KH Abdullah Faqih. Abdurrochman then develop into Chudlori team meeting at 9 o’clock in the Pondok Pesantren Langitan, Widang, Tuban, on Thursday, 14 September 2006. The team developed a 9 Team in the 17-day meeting Friday on 21 September 2006 at Pondok Pesantren Lirboyo, Kediri, and with his help Team 13.<br /><br />From a series of meetings of the kiai / theologian is ultimately aimed at meeting the top team in the Seven-Belas Pondok Pesantren Langitan, Widang, Tuban, dated 21 November 2006 which resulted in a 9 grains agreement. Among the other kiai agreed to establish a new political party called Party of National Resurrection Ulama (PKNU) as a continuation of the Islamic Clerics Agreement didzolimi by the court and power.<br /><br />How about the principles of struggle and PKNU implications for the life of nationalism, having socializes and?<br /><br />Basic is a special characteristic that can form the character for a political party. For PKNU, the principle of Islam Ahlus Sunnah Wal Jamaah means to establish the fundamental character and moderate political stance (tawassuthiyyah), tolerant (tasammuhiyyah), reformatif (islahiyyah), dynamic (tathowwuriyyah), and bermetode (manhajiyyah).<br /><br />The principles of the party’s struggle is more operational, how mengaktualisasikannya in real life. PKNU struggle is the principle of dedication to Allah SWT, upholding truth and keadlan, creating togetherness and brotherhood in accordance with the true values of Islam Ahlus Sunnah Wal Jamaah in the Republic of Indonesia (national unity) is based on Pancasila and the 1945 Constitution.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3032047858743758577-9051288791291868203?l=bestindonesia.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>hkwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13648810985506674720noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3032047858743758577.post-45599945882163378912009-05-09T00:52:00.000-07:002009-05-09T00:56:36.102-07:00The Indonesian Justice and Unity Party (Partai Keadilan dan Persatuan Indonesia/PKPI) is a political party in Indonesia.<br /><br />The party was founded as the Justice and Unity Party (Partai Keadilan dan Persatuan ) in December 1998 as a split from the Golkar party. According to PKP leaders, particularly retired General Edi Sudrajat, PKP's leader, Golkar was insufficiently cooperative with reform movements then active. The PKP also argued that Golkar's attitude toward Pancasila and the original 1945 constitution threatened the unity of Indonesia.<br /><br />In the 1999 legislative elections, the party won 1.01% of the vote. This was not enough to qualify it to run in the following elections, so party members established a new party under the name Indonesian Justice and Unity Party. The party chairmanship remained in the hands of Edi Sudradjat. In the 2004 legislative elections, the party won 1.3% of the popular vote and 1 out of 550 seats.<br /><br />The party opposes the International Monetary Fund and privatization. its main support is concentrated in North Sumatra, West Java and Central Java.<br /><br />ndonesian Justice and Unity Party<br />Partai Keadilan dan Persatuan Indonesia<br /> <br /> <br />Chair Meutia Farida Swasono<br />Secretary General Samuel Samson<br /> <br />Founded 15 January 1999<br />Headquarters Jakarta<br />DPR Seats 1 (0.2%)<br /> <br />Ideology Pancasila<br />Ballot number <br />07<br />Presidential candidate <br />-<br />Website http://pkpi.org<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3032047858743758577-4559994588216337891?l=bestindonesia.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>hkwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13648810985506674720noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3032047858743758577.post-88245553874216272252009-05-09T00:49:00.000-07:002009-05-09T01:55:31.253-07:00A new political party, the PDP, Partai Demokrasi Pembaruan, has been offically launched, a split-off from the PDI-P of Megawati.<br /><br />A breakaway faction of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) has officially registered as the country’s 28th political party, a move that the party faithful opine will spell doom and gloom for the PDI-P, which won 20% in the 2004 elections.<br /><br />Hundreds of party leaders and supporters from the Renewal Democratic Party (Partai Demokrasi Pembaruan - PDP) disturbed traffic on Thursday as they long-marched ten km’s from their party headquarters on Jalan Sisingamangaraja in south Jakarta to the Justice and Human Rights Ministry in Kuningan, also south Jakarta.<br /><br />Laksamana Sukardi, a former state enterprises minister under president Megawati Soekarnoputri, and now a PDP heavyweight, said the party was set up to reform Indonesia’s political culture, which he said remained “feudalistic”, and to defend pluralism.<br /><br />The PDP was actually created in December 2005 when senior leaders split from the nationalist PDI-P, after a group lead by Laksamana lost a bitter fight to engage in thoroughgoing party reform at its national congress. The party, which has a leadership council instead of a single leader, has become the 14th new party to register since the 2004 election.<br /><br />Laksamana claimed that PDP membership numbers were in the millions and he was optimistic it would out-perform the PDI-P 2009 general elections. He said the party was an inclusive, nationalist grouping, which would promote pluralism through a reinterpretation of the state ideology Pancasila and a return to principles enshrined in the Constitution.<br /><br />The PDP has already established chapters in 32 provinces, branches in 70 percent of regencies and municipalities and 60 percent of the nation’s subdistricts. The Political Party Law requires all political groups to field offices in at least in 50 percent of provinces, and branches in at least 50 percent of regions and 25 percent of subdistricts throughout the country.<br /><br />Roy B.B. Janis, a member of the party’s leadership council, said the registration was planned to coincide with the 61st anniversary of the state ideology, Pancasila, and.<br /><br /> PDP is open all people regardless of their ethnicity, race and religion. We fully support Indonesia as a unitary state.<br /><br />The problem that the PDP is likely to encounter is the lack of a popular figure like Megawati, considering that personalities are the most important aspect in Indonesian politics. Without such a leading figure one wonders about their ability to take much away from the PDI-P.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3032047858743758577-8824555387421627225?l=bestindonesia.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>hkwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13648810985506674720noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3032047858743758577.post-64240768377011899932009-04-09T02:02:00.000-07:002009-04-09T02:03:42.342-07:00Date established: 20 May 2007<br />Initiator: --<br />Figure founder: 1945 people, among them, Djasri Marin, Syahrir MS, Yus Sudarso.<br />Azas: Pancasila. <div class="fullpost">Symbol party: Pictures Birds Flying Garuda color Yellow Gold, slit green and black, form the balance, with the Gold circle.<br />General Chairman: Syahrir MS<br />Secretary General: Yus Sudarso<br />Address: DPP Party Republikan Office, Jl. Perintis Independence Komp. Perkantoran Pulomas Blok VI No.1 Jakarta Timur, tel. 021-4702960 Fax.021-4702966<br />website: www.republikan.or.id</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3032047858743758577-6424076837701189993?l=bestindonesia.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>hkwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13648810985506674720noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3032047858743758577.post-82393015404368813342009-04-09T01:59:00.000-07:002009-04-09T02:01:52.515-07:00<p>Army pensioners, including General Wiranto, declare a new political party, Partai Hati Nurani Rakyat (Hanura).</p> <p><span id="more-1026"></span></p> <p>Retired military commander General Wiranto and a number of retired generals yesterday formed a new political party in preparation for the general elections in 2009, the Partai Hati Nurani Rakyat (Hanura), or People’s Conscience Party.</p> <p>Besides Wiranto other former military commanders involved include Lieutenant General Suaidi Marasabessy, General Fachrul Razi, General Subagyo H.S., (police) General Chairul Ismail, and Admiral Bernard Kent Sondakh.</p> <p>Suaidi said however that former military leaders comprised “only” 30% of the 100 declarators of the party.</p> <p class="image"><img src="http://www.indonesiamatters.com/images/wiranto-2.jpg" alt="Wiranto" /><br />Wiranto of yesteryear, sporting yellow. Hanura’s colour seems to be orange.</p> <p>Among the civilians who have joined the party are Fuad Bawazier and Samual Koto, both former executives of the National Mandate Party (PAN), and Djafar Badjeber, a former secretary general of the Reform Star Party (PBR). <span><small><a id="note-1026-1" href="http://www.indonesiamatters.com/1026/partai-hanura/#footnote-1026-1">[1]</a></small></span></p> <p>Additionally, former Economy minister Kwik Kian Gie, former Golkar party chairman Akbar Tanjung, former vice president Try Sutrisno, and former president Abdurrahman Wahid (Gus Dur), witnessed the declaration of the party on the 21st. Gus Dur gave a speech in which he said Wiranto was well suited to become a national leader. <span><small><a id="note-1026-2" href="http://www.indonesiamatters.com/1026/partai-hanura/#footnote-1026-2">[2]</a></small></span></p> <p>Fuad Bawazier said previously that the party was founded on Pancasila principles, was inclusive, not for the elite, and hoped to become one of the top three parties. <span><small><a id="note-1026-3" href="http://www.indonesiamatters.com/1026/partai-hanura/#footnote-1026-3">[3]</a></small></span></p> <p>Wiranto was a presidential candidate of the Golkar Party in the <a href="http://www.indonesiamatters.com/97/2004-election-results/">presidential elections in 2004</a> who came third with 22% in the first round of voting. His running mate was Solahuddin Wahid of the PKB.</p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3032047858743758577-8239301540436881334?l=bestindonesia.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>hkwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13648810985506674720noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3032047858743758577.post-1812548034972243382009-03-03T21:18:00.000-08:002009-03-03T21:22:43.845-08:00Date established: 23 August 1998<br />Initiator: Amien Rais<br />Founder: Amien Rais, Goenawan Muhammad, Rizal Ramli, Abdillah Toha, Albert Hasibuan, Toety Heraty, Emil Salim, Faisal Basri, a fatwa, Alvin Lie Ling Pao, Zoemrotin.<br />Azas <a title="Party" href="http://indonesiafirst.com/partai-indonesia/">Party</a>: Pancasila<br />Symbol party: Images of the sun is shining with the blue background.<br />General Chairman: Soetrisno Bachir<br />Secretary General: Zulkifli Hasan<br />Address: PAN House, Jl. Public Buncit Raya Kav No. 17 South <a title="Jakarta" href="http://indonesiafirst.com/jakarta/">Jakarta</a>. Phone: (021) 797 5588 Fax: (021) 797 5632<br /><p><a title="HISTORY" href="http://indonesiafirst.com/sejarah-indonesia/">HISTORY</a><br />History of the National mandate Party (PAN) is not detached from the figure Amien Rais, the engine of reform movement in 1998. Subvert the success of post-New Order, Amien Rais and 49 colleagues who joined in the Assembly Amanat Rakyat (MARA) feel need to forward the goal of reform in the form a political party. Be dated 23 August 1998, the PAN was founded.</p><br /><p><span>PAN call them selves the party is open, but not part of the public frustrated as the party called the Muhammadiyah. This is not detached from the head of the <span style="text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-size: 11px; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" class="IL_LINK_STYLE">general</span> figure, Amien Rais who once led the mass organizations Muhammadiyah.</span></p> <p>PAN in the 1999 elections that failed to become the first. The entrance is only top5 with taken 7% vote. This percentage in the elections in 2004 decreased 6.4% despite a revenue increase seat parliament. PAN also failed to deliver Amien Rais became president in pilpres 2004.<br /><span> PAN currently led by Soetrisno Bachir, a home Pekalongan. At the beginning of the year 2008, got a surprise when Soetrisno dominate campaign branding him self in the display-screen television <span class="IL_SPAN"><input name="IL_MARKER" type="hidden">Indonesia</span>.</span></p> <p>VISION &amp; MISSION<br /><span> <span class="IL_SPAN"><input name="IL_MARKER" type="hidden">Indonesia</span><span> establish a new society based on religious morality, humanity and <span style="text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-size: 11px; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" class="IL_LINK_STYLE">the principles</span> of democracy. This mission in its implementation always rely on ethical and political fatsun.</span></span><br />Achievement election EARLIER:<br /><span> 1999: 7,528,956 votes, or 7.1% (35 seats in the <span style="text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-size: 11px; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" class="IL_LINK_STYLE">House of Representatives</span>)</span><br /><span> 2004: 7,255,331 votes or 6.41% (53 seats in the <span class="IL_SPAN"><input name="IL_MARKER" type="hidden">House of Representatives</span>)</span></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3032047858743758577-181254803497224338?l=bestindonesia.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>hkwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13648810985506674720noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3032047858743758577.post-31606737562951971312009-03-03T21:10:00.000-08:002009-03-03T21:18:39.148-08:00<p>Date established: 23 July 1998<br />Initiator: KH Abdurrahman Wahid<br />Figure founder: KH Abdurrahman Wahid<br />Azas: Pancasila<br />Symbol <a title="party" href="http://indonesiafirst.com/partai-indonesia/">party</a><span>: Picture a <span style="text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-size: 11px; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" class="IL_LINK_STYLE">world of soccer</span> stars, surrounded by nine with the name of any posts at the bottom of the party, with the frame in four-square linear detectors, and written underneath PKB outside of the frame with a single line.</span><br />General Chairman: Muhaimin Iskandar<br />Secretary General: Lukman Edy Soetrisno<br />Address: Office DPP PKB, Jl No Sukabumi. 23, Menteng DKI <a title="Jakarta" href="http://indonesiafirst.com/jakarta/">Jakarta</a> 10310 Indonesia, 62 21 3155138 Fax 62 21 3155138</p> <p>HISTORY:<br />The Resurrection Party (PKB) was formed as the political aspirations of container color Nahdlatul Ulama (NU). KH Abdurrahman Wahid (Gus Dur), elders and also the son of the founder of the NU, built birth of PKB. Traditionally, PKB is the same as the constituents of the NU, therefore, <a title="East Java" href="http://indonesiafirst.com/east-java/">East Java</a> NU community who have become the largest contributor barn vote for PKB.</p><p><span>In the way as the organization, PKB get conflict.Some time had occurred dualism Management. Previously on the side of the PKB <span style="text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-size: 11px; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" class="IL_LINK_STYLE">leadership</span> under the influence of Gus Dur, PKB have Matori Abdul Djalil. In the future, there are also PKB Alwi Shihab, and now the latest Muhaimin Iskandar of PKB.</span></p> <p>Gus Dur conflict began with Muhaimin’s dismissal from the seat Ketum Muhaimin PKB. Gus Dur Muhaimin assume too much in the way of their own political issues. Instead, Gus Dur seat Aly Masykur Musa who accompanied daughter, Yenny Wahid. This conflict continues to court and won by so Muhaimin expressed as the parties have the right to follow elections in 2009.</p> <p>VISION &amp; MISSION:<br />(a) Achieve goal of independence of the Republic of Indonesia as it poured in The Basic Law in 1945;<br />(b) To realize a just society and a prosperous and born spiritual, material and spiritual;<br />(c) Implement the national political framework of a democratic, open, clean and berakhlakul karimah.Pasal 8<br />To achieve the objective, Party efforts to do the following:</p> <p>Achievement PRIOR TO PEMILU:<br /><span> 1999 = 13,336,982, or 12.6% (51 seats <span style="text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-size: 11px; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" class="IL_LINK_STYLE">in the House</span> of Representatives)</span><br /><span> 2004 = 12,002.885 or 10.61% (52 seats <span class="IL_SPAN"><input name="IL_MARKER" type="hidden">in the House</span> of Representatives)</span></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3032047858743758577-3160673756295197131?l=bestindonesia.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>hkwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13648810985506674720noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3032047858743758577.post-63937499211203114512009-03-03T20:57:00.000-08:002009-03-03T21:08:27.647-08:00<p>Date established: 1 October 2001<br />Initiator: —<br />Figure founder: Denny Tewu<br />Azas: Pancasila<br />Symbol <a title="party" href="http://indonesiafirst.com/partai-indonesia/">party</a>: Images of the cross, a dove and the rice and cotton with a purple background circle.<br /><span> <span style="text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-size: 11px; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" class="IL_LINK_STYLE">General</span> Chairman: Ruyandi Hutasoit</span><br /><span> Secretary <span class="IL_SPAN"><input name="IL_MARKER" type="hidden">General</span>: Denny Tewu</span><br />Address: Office DPP PDS, Jl Tirtayasa No. 20 Kebayoran Baru <a title="Jakarta" href="http://indonesiafirst.com/jakarta/">Jakarta</a> Selatan 12410, Telephone: 021 - 7220725 </p> <p>HISTORY<br />Damai Sejahtera Party (PDS) was established by young people Christian. This is the main color is to encourage the spirit to maintain peace in the middle plurality and the nation’s problems. </p> PDS had been internal conflict, where there are 2 stronghold PDS leadership claimed that the citadel Ruyandi Hutasoit and Grace Manullang stronghold. But KPU decided only recognizes Ruyandi PDS stronghold.<br /><br /><p>Under Ruyandi Hutasoit, PDS is created as the party is open. Ruyandi promising 10% of the PDS later caleg cadres is a cross-religious. In Election 2009, some caleg PDS also mentioned that there is a religious nonkristiani. </p> <p>VISION &amp; MISSION<br />Vision<br /><span> Establishment of a free public worship, harmonious, peaceful and prosperous, and have rights and duties without discrimination in the Republic of <span class="IL_SPAN"><input name="IL_MARKER" type="hidden">Indonesia</span> (NKRI), based on Pancasila and the 1945 Constitution with the spirit Bhineka Tunggal Ika (different but still one) </span></p> <p>Mission<br />1. Build civil society, an independent, intelligent, honest, and democratic integrated in nation and state (Civil Society).<br />2. Build mutual trust and cultural respect which is the capital base of development in all sectors (<a title="Culture" href="http://indonesiafirst.com/category/culture/">Culture</a> of Trust &amp; Law Enforcement).<br />3. Preparing for the Indonesian people that just, prosperous, peaceful and prosperous based on Pancasila and the 1945 Constitution in a frame with the spirit of NKRI Bhineka Tunggal Ika (welfare state). </p> <p>Achievement PEMILU:<br /><span> 2004 = 2,424,319 votes or 2.14% (13 seats in the <span style="text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-size: 11px; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" class="IL_LINK_STYLE">House of Representatives</span>)<br /></span></p>The Partai Damai Sejahtera, PDS, says that they do not want to be viewed as a religious party. <p><span id="more-280"></span></p> <p>Denny Tewu, the secretary general of the PDS, the Prosperous Peace Party, <a target="_blank" href="http://www.tempointeraktif.com/hg/nasional/2006/04/25/brk,20060425-76639,id.html">says</a> the party is based in Christian values but prefers to be viewed as a nationalist group.</p> <blockquote><p>We want to appear as a nationalist party that is based in religious values but is not a party of religion.<br />(Kami ingin tampil sebagai partai nasionalis berdasarkan nilai-nilai keagamaan, bukan partai agama.)</p></blockquote> <p>The conference, which is due to occur between 23 and 26 May, is to be held in the North Sulawesi capital of Manado and is to be opened, oddly enough, by the vice president, Jusuf Kalla, an Islamist from the Golkar party. Denny also said that the controversial <a href="http://www.indonesiamatters.com/196/law-on-houses-of-worship/">law on houses of worship</a> and the spate of forced <a href="http://www.indonesiamatters.com/search/church">church closings</a> would be important items on the general meeting’s agenda.</p> <p>The PDS gains most of its support in areas where there is a sharp division between Muslims and Christians, such as Ambon and central Sulawesi, and in these places it generally goes head to head with the radical Islamic party, PKS. It also has respectable support in Jakarta where it garnered 5% in the <a href="http://www.indonesiamatters.com/97/2004-election-results/">2004 election</a>. It draws votes mainly from Protestants and evangelicals whereas Catholics tend to plump for the PDI-P, of Megawati.</p> <p align="center"><img src="http://www.indonesiamatters.com/images/hr.gif" alt="" /></p> <p>May 25th 2006. News from the Prosperous Peace Party’s conference in Jakarta.</p> <p>The PDS, Partai Damai Sejahtera, is a Protestant party with 13 seats in the national parliament. Their annual conference was opened by vice president Jusuf Kalla who attempted to deal with some of the concerns of the PDS members over the perceived Islamicization of the country.</p> <p>The chairman of the PDS, Ruyandi Hutasoit, voiced his concerns over restrictions on the building of churches, and on attacks on existing churches in areas such as Bekasi, near Jakarta, and on the drift in the country away from the founding principles of “Unity in Diversity”, Pancasila, and the 1945 constitution. He said that in 1945 all the leading Islamic groups had agreed not to insert the seven words which would have imposed sharia on Muslims. The fathers of the nation had therefore explicitly rejected sharia as the basis for the state and had allowed for the existence of differences in the country to be seen as a source of strength.</p> <p>On matters of freedom of worship Ruyandi said:</p> <blockquote><p>Whatever laws exist make sure they don’t prevent us from practising our faith. We’ve seen that is harder to [get permission to] build a place of worship than it is to build a place of entertainment.<br />(Peraturan seperti apapun yang jelas jangan menghalangi kami beribadah. Kami selama ini melihat membangun tempat ibadah lebih sulit dibanding membangun tempat-tempat hiburan.)</p></blockquote> <p>Ruyandi <a target="_blank" href="http://www.kompas.com/utama/news/0605/23/232324.htm">went on</a>:</p> <blockquote><p>We ask the government that the <a href="http://www.indonesiamatters.com/196/law-on-houses-of-worship/">law on houses of worship</a> not prevent a religious community from worshipping. In Cilegon for example it is impossible to build even one church. Even for celebrating Easter.<br />(Kami meminta kepada pemerintah tiga hal, agar aturan SKB Menteri Agama dan Menteri Dalam Negeri dalam bentuk apapun, jangan sampai menghalangi umat beribadah. Di Cilegon sebagai contoh, di sana tidak boleh ada satupun gereja berdiri. Bahkan untuk merayakan Paskah sekali pun.)</p></blockquote> <p>He said that if church building was not permitted then the government should allow Christians to make use of existing buildings. If this were not possible them the use of places of residence for worship activities should be permissible.</p>In the <a href="http://www.indonesiamatters.com/97/2004-election-results/">2004 elections</a> the PDS managed to win 2.13% of the vote. If they are to continue to have a presence in the national parliament after the 2009 elections they will need to garner at least 3.5%, this being the new <a href="http://www.indonesiamatters.com/687/electoral-threshold/">threshold</a> for parties to gain seats in parliament. Towards this end the PDS reaffirmed their earlier intention to position themselves more as a nationalist party, rather than simply a Christian one. They are unlikely to be successful in holding on to party status after 2009 and this will likely see the PDI-P of Megawati pick up much of their support.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3032047858743758577-6393749921120311451?l=bestindonesia.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>hkwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13648810985506674720noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3032047858743758577.post-67729226554245273212009-02-04T05:54:00.000-08:002009-02-04T06:02:39.110-08:00<p> One of the most important reforms of the post-Suharto period was the creation of a highly dynamic and competitive party system. This was particularly remarkable since Indonesia had not enjoyed democratic party politics for more than forty years. Since the late 1950s, two authoritarian regimes (first Sukarno’s Guided Democracy, then Suharto’s New Order) had tightly controlled and regulated the existence and activities of political parties. Under Suharto, the number of parties had been reduced to three, with the government’s electoral machine Golkar ensured of regular triumphs at the ballot box. </p> <p>By contrast, the post-1998 party system involves almost no institutional restrictions or government interference. Except for a continuing ban on communist-leaning platforms, parties are largely free to choose their ideological orientation and organisational structure. In addition, all national post-Suharto elections (two parliamentary polls and two rounds of a presidential ballot) have been widely recognised as free and fair. In this liberal climate, parties of all colours and convictions have mushroomed, with 17 of them holding seats in the current parliament and another 95 registered at the Department of Justice and Human Rights. </p> <p>Yet, ten years after Suharto’s fall, Indonesian political parties are the target of fierce criticism by observers, civil society leaders and the general public. Opinion surveys show that Indonesians view the parties as corrupt, unresponsive, self-absorbed and ineffective. Newspaper columns regularly launch stinging attacks on party leaders, and NGOs have focused many of their programs on scrutinising party activities – or the lack thereof. At the same time, however, the party system seems surprisingly stable. Despite the constant outpouring of criticism, there have been very few calls for the disbandment of the party-based system, and parties continue to attract large numbers of new members. </p> <blockquote> <h4>Indonesia’s party system is unusually stable among Asia’s emerging democracies.</h4> </blockquote> <p> How can we explain this love-hate relationship between Indonesians and their political parties? This article discusses the reasons for the stability of the Indonesian party system, but also explores why this significant success has not been accompanied by higher levels of public support for the parties among ordinary Indonesians. After evaluating the structural, political and ideological issues associated with the state of Indonesia’s party system, I conclude that, despite ongoing problems, Indonesia’s parties deserve more credit for their contribution to the strength of the democratic polity than is usually extended to them. </p> <h2>Stable…</h2> <p>The first significant feature of Indonesia’s post-Suharto parties is their relative stability and continuity. All large parties that contested the 1999 elections still exist. They are: the secular-nationalist PDI-P (Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle), the former government party Golkar, the traditionalist Muslim party PKB (National Awakening Party), the Islamic PPP (United Development Party), the modernist Muslim party PAN (National Mandate Party), the PKS (Prosperous Justice Party) - a puritan Islamic party that participated in the 1999 polls as PK (Justice Party), and the ultra-modernist Islamic party PBB (Moon and Crescent Party). There has been only one noteworthy addition to this club in the last ten years: President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono’s PD (Democratic Party), founded in 2001. </p> <p> This stability of the party system is an unusual phenomenon among Asia’s emerging democracies. Even in more established democratic systems, the lifespan of political parties is often much shorter. For instance, the average life expectancy of political parties in South Korea is three years, while parties in Thailand and the Philippines survive only a little longer. In Indonesia, by contrast, three of the biggest parties were founded in the 1960s and 1970s, with the rest established after Suharto’s fall. Ten years into the post-authoritarian era, there are no signs that any of the larger parties will collapse anytime soon. </p> <p> The relative longevity of Indonesian parties is due to a mixture of politico-ideological and structural reasons. To begin with, most Indonesian parties are still rooted in distinct social, religious or ideological milieus, and the majority of voters feel reluctant to move between those constituencies. These entrenched divisions in Indonesian society have obstructed the internal modernisation of the mainstream parties, but have also been responsible for their survival. Furthermore, Indonesian law forces parties to establish a nationwide structure down to the sub-district level, strengthening their organisational roots and making it difficult for newcomers to break into the system. </p> <p>The stability of the national party system is also reflected in the continuously high voter turn-out. In 1999 and 2004, participation in national elections ranged between 75 and 93 percent, a rate that even consolidated democracies would consider healthy. Even in direct elections for local government heads, where the role of the parties is weaker, an average of 69 percent of registered voters took part in the ballots. While these figures are not an endorsement of the party system as such, they indicate that Indonesians believe it is important to express support for the party of their choice. </p> <p>Another factor in the resilience of Indonesian party politics is the almost complete absence of extremist parties that reject the current democratic system. In contrast to the 1950s, when most parties wanted to remove or substantially alter the system of parliamentary democracy (and replace it with a communist regime, an Islamic state or authoritarian rule), the parties of the post-Suharto era have been strongly supportive of the democratic system. Even the more formalist Muslim parties have suspended their campaign for the introduction of syariah, or Islamic law, after their proposal for a constitutional amendment was voted down by an overwhelming majority in 2002. Since then, their orientation has been largely moderate and centrist, further consolidating the core of the post-authoritarian political system. </p> <h2>… but unpopular </h2> <p> Despite these positive indicators of a healthy and functioning party system, Indonesians have not held back with their criticism of the parties and their leaders. In opinion polls, political parties have invariably ranked among the institutions considered most corrupt, ineffective and unresponsive. Academic observers have echoed this sentiment with their critiques in seminars, newspapers and booklets. </p> <p> The disappointment of ordinary Indonesians with their parties is reflected in stunning and unambiguous statistics: more than 1000 local legislators, almost ten per cent of the total number of parliamentarians across Indonesia, have been investigated for corruption since 2004. At the same time, more than 75 per cent of Indonesians do not feel a strong sense of emotional attachment to any of the existing parties. In local elections, voters have mostly opted for independent figures with only superficial ties to their nominating parties. In Aceh – the only province where non-party candidates have thus far been allowed to stand – nominees put forward by established parties have suffered a series of crushing defeats. </p> <p>To be sure, post-Suharto party politics have drawn a large number of rent-seekers, power brokers and opportunists into the centre of Indonesia’s new democracy. This is hardly surprising, given that the political parties today hold much more power than at any other time since the 1950s. Through their parliamentarians, the parties have authority over legislation, and through their participation in government, they dominate the executive as well. These extensive powers are too tempting for political and oligarchic operators to ignore. </p> <blockquote> <h4> The vicious cycle of political corruption has been aggravated by populist attitudes in Indonesian society and among some NGOs.</h4> </blockquote> <p>However, the problems of Indonesian party politics are not only about the failing morals of politicians. Structural deficiencies and unrealistic societal expectations also play a role. Most importantly, Indonesia has no coherent system of party financing in place. The vast majority of party members pay no membership fees; the small state subsidies to parties were cut by almost 90 per cent in 2005; and contributions to parties by entrepreneurs are typically slammed by the media and civil society groups. Accordingly, party boards force their representatives in legislative institutions and national and local government positions to come up with the money needed to run their organisations. Squeezed by their parties, parliamentarians subsequently turn to corruption and rent-seeking to raise fresh funds. </p> <p>This vicious cycle of political corruption has been aggravated by the populist attitudes in Indonesian society and some NGO circles. In recent years, political commentators have decried every attempt by political parties to obtain monetary or institutional resources from the state. In 2007, even the planned acquisition of fax machines and laptops for members of the national parliament created a huge uproar. Similarly, it took ten years of post-Suharto reforms for each national legislator to be allocated a single research assistant. While these anti-party critics can be certain of thunderous applause from the public, they rarely come forward with alternative ideas about how to provide proper and transparent funding mechanisms for Indonesia’s parties. </p> <p>Ultimately, the problem of corruption in Indonesian political parties can’t be solved without ground-breaking reforms of the party financing system. It would be naïve to believe that parties can simultaneously engage in fund-raising activities, stay away from corrupt practices and be effective vehicles of political representation and aggregation. In the absence of membership contributions and public funding, Indonesia’s parties have so far been forced to concentrate on raising money instead of performing their functions. Indonesian observers and the general public should acknowledge this issue as an institutional defect. In addition, they should recognise that for all their faults, the parties have played a significant role in stabilising the post-authoritarian political system. <b>ii</b> </p> <p> <i><b> by : Marcus Mietzner (<a href="mailto:mamietzner@yahoo.com?subject=Stable%20but%20unpopular" target="_self">mamietzner@yahoo.com</a> )</b> is a Visiting Research Fellow at KITLV in Leiden. His book on the Indonesian military will shortly be published by the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies in Singapore. He is currently writing a new book on political parties in Indonesia. </i> </p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3032047858743758577-6772922655424527321?l=bestindonesia.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>hkwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13648810985506674720noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3032047858743758577.post-79200764978258472812009-02-04T05:51:00.000-08:002009-02-04T05:52:18.507-08:00<h2><span class="mw-headline">Origins</span></h2> <p>The 2001 Special Session of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People%27s_Consultative_Assembly" title="People's Consultative Assembly">People's Consultative Assembly</a> which resulted in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megawati_Sukarnoputri" title="Megawati Sukarnoputri">Megawati Sukarnoputri</a>'s election as President of Indonesia caused a vacancy in the position of Vice President. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susilo_Bambang_Yudhoyono" title="Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono">Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono</a> was one candidate who competed for the Vice Presidency, losing out to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamzah_Haz" title="Hamzah Haz">Hamzah Haz</a>.</p> <p>Yudhoyono's supporters saw Yudhoyono's participation in the Vice Presidential election as a sign of his popularity and recognized Yudhoyono's potential as a possible leader for Indonesia. One of these supporters, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Vence_Rumangkang&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Vence Rumangkang (page does not exist)">Vence Rumangkang</a> approached Yudhoyono with the idea of forming a political party to help shore up support for the 2004 Presidential Elections. Yudhoyono approved of the idea and after going the basic concepts left Rumangkang in charge of forming the Party.</p> <p>From 12th-19th August 2001, Rumangkang began holding a series meetings to discuss the formation of the Party while holding consultations with Yudhoyono who was now serving as the Coordinating Minister for Politics and Security. Yudhoyono personally led the meeting on 19th August and on the 20th August 2001, the basic outline of the (PD) was finalized.</p> <p>On 9th September 2001 (in which Yudhoyono turns 52), the formation of PD was officially declared and on 10th September 2001, it was enlisted at the Ministry of Justice and Human Rights.</p> <p>PD also elected <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Subur_Budhisantoso&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Subur Budhisantoso (page does not exist)">Subur Budhisantoso</a> as Party Chairman.</p> <p><a name="2004_Legislative_Elections" id="2004_Legislative_Elections"></a></p> <h2><span class="editsection"></span><span class="mw-headline">2004 Legislative Elections</span></h2> <p>PD won 7.5% share of votes and won 57 out of 550 seats of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People%27s_Representative_Council" title="People's Representative Council">People's Representative Council</a> in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indonesian_legislative_election,_2004" title="Indonesian legislative election, 2004">2004 legislative election</a> and finished in fifth place overall.</p> <p><a name="2004_Presidential_Elections" id="2004_Presidential_Elections"></a></p> <h2><span class="editsection"></span><span class="mw-headline">2004 Presidential Elections</span></h2> <p>PD nominated Yudhoyono as its Presidential Candidate with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jusuf_Kalla" title="Jusuf Kalla">Jusuf Kalla</a> as the Vice Presidential Candidate. In this, they were also supported by the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crescent_Star_Party" title="Crescent Star Party">Crescent Star Party</a> (PBB) and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justice_and_Unity_Party" title="Justice and Unity Party" class="mw-redirect">Indonesian Justice and Unity Party</a> (PKPI). Yudhoyono and Kalla won the first round of elections in July 2004 with 33.6% of the votes and would go on to win 60.1% in the run-offs and thereby securing Yudhoyono's election as President.</p> <p><a name="2005_Party_Congress" id="2005_Party_Congress"></a></p> <h2><span class="editsection"></span><span class="mw-headline">2005 Party Congress</span></h2> <p>In <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_2005" title="May 2005">May 2005</a>, PD held its first Party Congress.</p> <p>During the congress, Hadi Utomo was elected as Chairman. Nevertheless, the highest authority in the Party belonged to Yudhoyono who was elected was Chairman of the Executive Board (<i>Ketua Dewan Pembina</i>).</p> <p><a name="List_of_Chairman" id="List_of_Chairman"></a></p> <h2><span class="editsection"></span><span class="mw-headline">List of Chairman</span></h2> <ul><li>Subur Budhisantoso (2001-2005)</li><li>Hadi Utomo (2005-)</li></ul><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3032047858743758577-7920076497825847281?l=bestindonesia.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>hkwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13648810985506674720noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3032047858743758577.post-60761777108849371272009-02-04T05:46:00.000-08:002009-02-04T05:50:49.947-08:00The Party of the Functional Groups (Indonesian: Partai Golongan Karya) is a political party in Indonesia. It is also known as Golkar (Sekretariat Bersama Golongan Karya, or Joint Secretariat of Functional Groups). It was the ruling party during Suharto's regime (1966-1998), and is the biggest party in today's ruling coalition in Indonesia.<br /><br /><h2><span class="mw-headline">Origins</span></h2> <p>Golkar was formed on <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/October_20" title="October 20">October 20</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1964" title="1964">1964</a> under the name Sekber Golkar. It was a federation of 97 <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-governmental_organization" title="Non-governmental organization">NGOs</a> which grew over time to 220 organizations. Although it claimed to be apolitical, Sekber Golkar was formed with the backing of senior army officers to counter the increasing influence of the Indonesian Communist Party (PKI).</p> <p><a name="Suharto_and_Golkar" id="Suharto_and_Golkar"></a></p> <h2><span class="editsection"></span><span class="mw-headline">Suharto and Golkar</span></h2> <p>In March 1968, General <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suharto" title="Suharto">Suharto</a> was officially elected by the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People%27s_Consultative_Assembly" title="People's Consultative Assembly">People's Consultative Assembly</a> (MPR) as Indonesia's second President. Because of his military background, Suharto was not affiliated to any political parties. Suharto had never expressed much interest in party politics. However, if he were to be elected for a second term as President, he needed to align himself with a political party. Originally, Suharto had shown interest in aligning with the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indonesian_National_Party" title="Indonesian National Party">Indonesian National Party</a> (PNI) — the party of his predecessor, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sukarno" title="Sukarno">Sukarno</a><sup id="cite_ref-0" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golkar#cite_note-0" title=""><span>[</span>1<span>]</span></a></sup>. But in seeking to distance himself from the old regime, Suharto settled on Golkar.</p> <p>Suharto then ordered his closest associate, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ali_Murtopo" title="Ali Murtopo">Ali Murtopo</a>, to transform Golkar and turn it into an electoral machine. Under Murtopo, and with Suharto's supervision, Golkar was turned from a federation of NGOs into a political party. Under Suharto, Golkar continued to portray itself as a non-ideological entity, without favoritism or political agendas. It promised to focus on "economic development" and "stability" rather than a specific ideological goal.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golkar#cite_note-1" title=""><span>[</span>2<span>]</span></a></sup> Golkar also began identifying itself with the government, encouraging <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_servant" title="Civil servant" class="mw-redirect">civil servants</a> to vote for it as a sign of loyalty to the government.</p> <p>Murtopo claimed that workers were part of a Functional Group, which by rights ought to be subsumed under Golkar: "thus all unions were united into a single body answerable to the state. The population was no longer there to be mobilised by political parties, rather, the people were the 'floating mass', or the 'ignorant mass', who needed firm guidance so they would not be lured into politics.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golkar#cite_note-2" title=""><span>[</span>3<span>]</span></a></sup> In order to "Golkar-ize" the nation, Murtopo sometimes used the military and gangs of young thugs to eliminate political competition.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golkar#cite_note-3" title=""><span>[</span>4<span>]</span></a></sup></p> <p>Golkar declared on 4 February 1970 that it would be participating in the 1971 legislative elections. Suharto's alignment with Golkar paid dividends when Golkar won 62% of the votes and an overwhelming majority in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People%27s_Representative_Council" title="People's Representative Council">People's Representative Council</a> (DPR). The members of DPR also doubled as members as MPR and thus Suharto was easily re-elected to a second term as President in March 1973.</p> <p>The 1971 legislative election was a success for Golkar and Suharto. Strengthened by his re-election, Suharto quickly began tightening his grip on Golkar. Control was increased in October 1973 with the impementation of a less democratic and more centralized system headed by a Chairman. In October 1978, after his re-election to a 3rd term, Suharto further consolidated his control of Golkar by being elected Chairman of the Executive Board (<i>Ketua Dewan Pembina</i>), a position whose authority supersedes even the party Chairman. From this position, Suharto had the supreme power in Golkar while leaving the day-to-day running of Golkar to the Chairman.</p> <p>Aside from being dominated by Suharto, Golkar was also an organization dominated by the Army. Out of the four people that served as Golkar Chairman during the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Order_%28Indonesia%29" title="New Order (Indonesia)">New Order</a>, three had a military background. It was only in the last years of Suharto's rule that <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harmoko" title="Harmoko">Harmoko</a>, a lifelong civilian, was elected as Golkar Chairman.</p><br /><h2><span class="mw-headline">Electoral dominance in the New Order</span></h2> <div class="thumb tleft"> <div class="thumbinner" style="width: 252px;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:IndonesianElections.gif" class="image" title="Map of the largest vote share per province in Indonesia's elections from 1971-2004 showing the dominance of Golkar (in yellow)"><img alt="" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/93/IndonesianElections.gif" class="thumbimage" width="250" border="0" height="98" /></a> <div class="thumbcaption"> <div class="magnify"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:IndonesianElections.gif" class="internal" title="Enlarge"><img src="http://en.wikipedia.org/skins-1.5/common/images/magnify-clip.png" alt="" width="15" height="11" /></a></div> Map of the largest vote share per province in Indonesia's elections from 1971-2004 showing the dominance of Golkar (in yellow)</div> </div> </div> <p>Golkar continued to dominate Indonesian politics well beyond the 1971 legislative elections. In subsequent New Order legislative elections, Golkar won 62% (1977), 64% (1982), 73% (1987), 68% (1992), and 74% (1997). Because of Golkar's dominance, the government could successfully pass its bills without any meaningful opposition, and it was able to form a Cabinet which consisted only of Golkar appointees.</p> <p>After 1973, Suharto banned all political parties but for the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indonesian_Democratic_Party" title="Indonesian Democratic Party">Indonesian Democratic Party</a> (PDI) and the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Development_Party" title="United Development Party">United Development Party</a> (PPP). These two parties were nominally permitted to contest the reign of Golkar. In practice, however, Golkar permitted only a semblance of competition. The state controlled the only television station in Indonesia, and elections were "exercises in controlled aggression.".<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golkar#cite_note-4" title=""><span>[</span>5<span>]</span></a></sup> Elections were ritualized performances of "choice," in which local authorities were to obey directives about Golkar's electoral results in their area..<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golkar#cite_note-5" title=""><span>[</span>6<span>]</span></a></sup> A system of rewards, punishments, and violence meted out by thugs helped to guarantee cooperation across the archipelago, and the perpetual reelection of Golkar..<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golkar#cite_note-6" title=""><span>[</span>7<span>]</span></a></sup></p> <p>After the 1977 and 1997 legislative elections, there were claims of electoral fraud launched by the , who together with Golkar were the only legal political parties after 1973. There were also claims of Golkar members intimidating the electorate to vote for Golkar.</p> <p><a name="Organization_and_factions" id="Organization_and_factions"></a></p> <h2><span class="editsection"></span><span class="mw-headline">Organization and factions</span></h2> <p>In its original organization, Golkar had seven groups. These seven groups were first outlined in 1965 and 1967 and called Core Organizational Groups (KINO). These KINOs are the Union of Multifunctional Mutual Assistance Organizations (Kosgoro), the Indonesian Entrepreneur Workers Organization Centre (Soksi), the Mutual Assistance Families Society (MKGR), the Profession (Profesi), the Defense and Security NGOs (Ormas Hankam), the Enforcers of the Mandate of the Indonesian People (Gakari), and the Development Movement (Gerakan Pembangunan).</p> <p>During the New Order Golkar was divided into three factions:</p> <ul><li>The <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ABRI" title="ABRI" class="mw-redirect">ABRI</a> faction: Consisted of members of the Indonesian military who under Suharto played a dominant role in political affairs. This faction was headed by the ABRI Commander and was commonly known as the A faction</li><li>The Bureaucrats (<i>Birokrasi</i>) faction: Consisted of Golkar members who belonged within the Government bureaucracy. This faction was headed by the Home Affairs Minister and was commonly known as the B faction</li><li>The Groups (<i>Golongan</i>) faction: Consisted of Golkar members who were neither members of ABRI or the bureaucracy. This faction was headed by the Golkar Chairman and was commonly known as the G faction</li></ul> <p>These three factions work closely together to gain consensus and in the case of nominating a Presidential candidate it was the heads of these three factions who went to inform the candidate (which until 1998 was Suharto) that he had just been nominated as Golkar's Presidential candidate. The three factions did not always work together however. In 1988, the ABRI faction was unable to nominate <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sudharmono" title="Sudharmono">Sudharmono</a> as Vice President. The factions disappeared along with the fall of the New Order.</p> <p><a name="After_Suharto:_Reformasi_and_beyond" id="After_Suharto:_Reformasi_and_beyond"></a></p> <h2><span class="editsection"></span><span class="mw-headline">After Suharto: <i>Reformasi</i> and beyond</span></h2> <dl><dd> <div class="noprint relarticle mainarticle"><i>Main article: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reformation_%28Indonesia%29" title="Reformation (Indonesia)" class="mw-redirect">Reformation (Indonesia)</a></i></div> </dd></dl> <p>With Suharto's fall from power in May 1998, Golkar quickly sought to adapt and reform itself. In July 1998, a Special National Congress was held to elect the next Chairman of Golkar. The congress were dogged by protests by both pro-Suharto and anti-Suharto groups. Suharto himself did not come to the congress. In the contest that followed, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akbar_Tanjung" title="Akbar Tanjung">Akbar Tanjung</a> emerged as the new Chairman of Golkar after beating Army General <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Edi_Sudrajat&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Edi Sudrajat (page does not exist)">Edi Sudrajat</a>. It was the first time that a Golkar Chairman was elected democratically rather than appointed by the Chairman of the Executive Board. Under Akbar, the Executive Board was abolished and replaced by an Advisory Board which had considerably less authority.</p> <p>In 1999, Golkar lost it first legislative elections to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megawati_Sukarnoputri" title="Megawati Sukarnoputri">Megawati Sukarnoputri</a>'s <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PDI-P" title="PDI-P" class="mw-redirect">PDI-P</a>. Golkar won 20% of the votes and was the runner-up in the legislative elections. Despite losing these elections Golkar was still able to secure the Tanjung's election as Head of DPR. October 1999 would see the MPR assemble for its General Session during which a President and a Vice President would be elected. It was widely expected that Golkar would support <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jusuf_Habibie" title="Jusuf Habibie">Jusuf Habibie</a> in his bid for a second term as President. Before Habibie could be nominated, however, he was required to deliver an accountability speech: a report delivered by the President to the MPR at the end of his term. The MPR would not ratify the accountability speech and it was revealed that some Golkar members had voted against ratifying the speech.</p> <p>Golkar would get its revenge on PDI-P in the presidential elections. Although PDI-P had won the legislative elections, Golkar joined forces with the Central Axis, a political coalition put together by MPR Chairman <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amien_Rais" title="Amien Rais">Amien Rais</a>, to nominate and successfully secure the election of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdurrahman_Wahid" title="Abdurrahman Wahid">Abdurrahman Wahid</a> as President. Golkar, however, was unable to stop the election of Megawati as the Vice President.</p> <p>Golkar was rewarded for its support of Wahid by having its members appointed to ministerial positions in Wahid's Cabinet. Much like those who had supported Wahid, Golkar would grow disillusioned with Wahid. In April 2000, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jusuf_Kalla" title="Jusuf Kalla">Jusuf Kalla</a>, a Golkar member who held position as Minister of Industries and Trade was sacked from his position. When Golkar inquired as to why this was done, Wahid claimed alleged it was because of corruption. In July 2001, Golkar, along with its Central Axis allies, held an MPR Special Session to replace President Wahid with Megawati.</p> <p>By 2004, the reformist sentiments that had led PDI-P to victory in the 1999 legislative elections had died down. Many Indonesians were disappointed with what Reformasi had achieved thus far and were also disillusioned with Megawati's Presidency. Such discontent enabled Golkar to emerged victorious in the 2004 legislative elections with 21% of the votes.</p> <p>Unlike the other political parties who had one person as their Presidential candidate from the start, Golkar had five. In April 2004, Golkar held a national convention to decide who would become Golkar's candidate for President. These five were Akbar Tanjung, General <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiranto" title="Wiranto">Wiranto</a>, Lieutenant-General <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prabowo" title="Prabowo" class="mw-redirect">Prabowo</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aburizal_Bakrie" title="Aburizal Bakrie">Aburizal Bakrie</a>, and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surya_Paloh" title="Surya Paloh">Surya Paloh</a>. Akbar won the first round of elections but Wiranto emerged as the winner in the second round. Wiranto chose <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Solahuddin_Wahid&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Solahuddin Wahid (page does not exist)">Solahuddin Wahid</a> as his running mate.</p> <p>The Presidential Elections were held on 5th July 2004. The first round of elections was won by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susilo_Bambang_Yudhoyono" title="Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono">Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono</a> and Jusuf Kalla who faced Megawati and Hasyim the September 2004 run-off. Wiranto/Wahid came second and there were allegations of disunity within the party with Akbar not fully supporting Wiranto after losing the nomination.</p> <p>In August 2004 Golkar formed, with PDI-P, PPP, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reform_Star_Party" title="Reform Star Party">Reform Star Party</a> (PBR) and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prosperous_Peace_Party" title="Prosperous Peace Party">Prosperous Peace Party</a> (PDS), a national coalition to back Megawati. Further infighting would hamper Golkar in its bid to back Megawati. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fahmi_Idris" title="Fahmi Idris">Fahmi Idris</a> led a group of Golkar members in defecting and threw their support behind Yudhoyono and Kalla. At the Presidential Run-Off in September 2004, Yudhoyono emerged victorious over Megawati to become Indonesia's 6th President. Jusuf Kalla, who had gone his own way back in April 2004, became Vice President.</p> <p><a name="The_2004_National_Congress" id="The_2004_National_Congress"></a></p> <h2><span class="editsection"></span><span class="mw-headline">The 2004 National Congress</span></h2> <p>Although he had overwhelmingly won the Presidency, Yudhoyono was still weak in the DPR. His own Democratic Party had only won 7% in the Legislative Elections and even combined with other parties who had aligned themselves with the new Government, they still had to contend with the Legislative muscles of Golkar and PDI-P who now intended to play the role of opposition.</p> <p>With a National Congress to be held in December 2004, Yudhoyono and Kalla had originally backed Head of DPR <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agung_Laksono" title="Agung Laksono">Agung Laksono</a> to become Golkar Chairman. When Agung was perceived to be too weak to run against Akbar, Yudhoyono and Kalla threw their weight behind Surya Paloh. Finally, when Paloh was perceived to be to weak to run against Akbar, Yudhoyono gave the green light for Kalla to run for the Golkar Chairmanship.</p> <p>This was a widely controversial move. Up to that point, Yudhoyono had not let members of his administration hold a concurrent position in political parties to prevent the possible abuse of power. There was also complains by Wiranto who claimed that some months earlier, Yudhoyono had promised to support him if he runs for the Golkar Chairmanship.</p> <p>On 19th December 2004, Kalla became the new Golkar Chairman with over 50% of the votes. Akbar, who had expected to win a second term as Golkar Chairman was defeated with 30% of the votes. Agung and Surya, who Yudhoyono and Kalla had backed earlier, became the Party Vice Chairman and the Chairman of the Advisory Board, respectively.</p> <p>Kalla's new appointment as Chairman of Golkar significantly strengthened Yudhoyono's Government in Parliament and leaves PDI-P as the only major opposition party in the DPR.</p> <p><a name="List_of_Golkar_Chairmen" id="List_of_Golkar_Chairmen"></a></p> <h2><span class="editsection"></span><span class="mw-headline">List of Golkar Chairmen</span></h2> <ul><li>Brig. Gen. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Djuhartono&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Djuhartono (page does not exist)">Djuhartono</a> (1964-1969)</li><li>Maj. Gen. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Suprapto_Sukowati&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Suprapto Sukowati (page does not exist)">Suprapto Sukowati</a> (1969-1973)</li><li>Maj. Gen. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amir_Murtono" title="Amir Murtono">Amir Murtono</a> (1973-1983)</li><li>Lt. Gen. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sudharmono" title="Sudharmono">Sudharmono</a> (1983-1988)</li><li>Lt. Gen. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wahono&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Wahono (page does not exist)">Wahono</a> (1988-1993)</li><li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harmoko" title="Harmoko">Harmoko</a> (1993-1998)</li><li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akbar_Tanjung" title="Akbar Tanjung">Akbar Tanjung</a> (1998-2004)</li><li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jusuf_Kalla" title="Jusuf Kalla">Jusuf Kalla</a> (2004-)</li></ul><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3032047858743758577-6076177710884937127?l=bestindonesia.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>hkwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13648810985506674720noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3032047858743758577.post-70801794596632696362009-02-04T05:36:00.000-08:002009-02-04T05:45:56.906-08:00The <b>Indonesian Democratic Party – Struggle</b> (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indonesian_language" title="Indonesian language">Indonesian</a>: <span lang="id" lang="id"><i>Partai Demokrasi Indonesia Perjuangan</i></span>, <i>PDI-P</i>) is an <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indonesia" title="Indonesia">Indonesian</a> political party. It is led by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megawati_Sukarnoputri" title="Megawati Sukarnoputri">Megawati Sukarnoputri</a>, the daughter of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indonesian_independence" title="Indonesian independence" class="mw-redirect">Indonesian independence</a> leader and first president <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sukarno" title="Sukarno">Sukarno</a>. Megawati was Indonesian president from 2001 to 2004. The party's ideology is based on the official Indonesian national philosophy, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pancasila_Indonesia" title="Pancasila Indonesia" class="mw-redirect"><i>Pancasila</i></a>.<br /><br /><h2><span class="mw-headline">Origins</span></h2> <p>At the 1993 National Congress, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megawati_Sukarnoputri" title="Megawati Sukarnoputri">Megawati Sukarnoputri</a> was elected Chairperson of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indonesian_Democratic_Party" title="Indonesian Democratic Party">Indonesian Democratic Party</a>, one of the two political parties recognised by President <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suharto" title="Suharto">Suharto</a>'s <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orde_Baru" title="Orde Baru" class="mw-redirect">"New Order"</a> government. This result was not recognised by the Government and they continued to push for Budi Harjono, their candidate for the Chairpersonship to be elected. A Special Congress was held where the Government expected to have Harjono elected, but Megawati once again emerged as elected leader. Her position was consolidated further when a PDI National Assembly ratified the results of the Congress.</p> <p>In June 1996, another National Congress was held in the of Medan, to which Megawati was not invited; anti-Megawati members were in attendance. With the Government's backing, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Suryadi&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Suryadi (page does not exist)">Suryadi</a>, a former Chairperson was re-elected as PDI's Chairperson. Megawati refused to acknowledge the results of this congress and continued to see herself as the rightful leader of PDI.</p> <p>On the morning of 27 July 1996, Suryadi threatened to take back PDI's Headquarters in Jakarta.<sup id="cite_ref-0" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indonesian_Democratic_Party-Struggle#cite_note-0" title=""><span>[</span>1<span>]</span></a></sup>. Suryadi's supporters (reportedly with the Government's backing) attacked the PDI Headquarters and faced resistance from Megawati supporters who had been stationed there since the National Congress in Medan. In the ensuing fight, Megawati's supporters managed to hold on to the headquarters. A riot ensued—at that stage considered the worst that Jakarta had seen during the "New Order" years—which was followed by a Government crackdown, which later blamed the riots on the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People%27s_Democracy_Party" title="People's Democracy Party">People's Democracy Party</a> (PRD). Despite being overthrown as Chairperson by Suryadi and the Government, the event lifted Megawati's profile immensely, providing both sympathy and national popularity.</p> <p>PDI was now divided into two factions, Megawati's faction and Suryadi's faction. Megawati's faction had wanted to participate in the 1997 Legislative Elections, but the Government only recognized Suryadi's faction. In the 1997 Legislative Elections, Megawati and her supporters threw their support behind the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Development_Party" title="United Development Party">United Development Party</a> leaving PDI to with 3% of the votes. Following <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fall_of_Suharto" title="Fall of Suharto">Suharto's resignation</a> and the lifting of the "New Order" restriction to three national political parties, Megawati declared the formation of PDI-P, adding the suffix <i>perjuangan</i> ("struggle") to differentiate her faction of PDI from the Government backed one. Megawati was elected Chairperson of PDI-P and was nominated for Indonesian President in 1999.</p> <p><a name="1999_Legislative_Elections" id="1999_Legislative_Elections"></a></p> <h2><span class="editsection"></span><span class="mw-headline">1999 Legislative Elections</span></h2> <p>PDI-P was by far the most popular political party coming into the 1999 Legislative Elections. With 33% of the votes, PDI-P emerged victorious.</p> <p><a name="1999_People.27s_Consultative_Assembly_.28MPR.29_General_Session" id="1999_People.27s_Consultative_Assembly_.28MPR.29_General_Session"></a></p> <h2><span class="editsection"></span><span class="mw-headline">1999 People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) General Session</span></h2> <p>As the 1999 MPR General Session loomed closer, it was expected that PDI-P would once again play the dominant role. However, despite winning the Legislative Elections, PDI-P did not have <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Absolute_majority" title="Absolute majority">absolute majority</a>. Despite this however, PDI-P never formed a coalition with any of the other political parties in the lead up to the 1999 MPR General Session. The closest thing PDI-P had to a coalition was a loose alliance with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdurrahman_Wahid" title="Abdurrahman Wahid">Abdurrahman Wahid</a>'s <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Awakening_Party" title="National Awakening Party">National Awakening Party</a> (PKB).</p> <p>The Presidency looked set to be contested by Megawati and the then incumbent <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BJ_Habibie" title="BJ Habibie" class="mw-redirect">BJ Habibie</a> of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golkar" title="Golkar">Golkar</a> who was looking for a second term. However, MPR Chairman <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amien_Rais" title="Amien Rais">Amien Rais</a> had other ideas as he formed a coalition called the Central Axis which consisted of Muslim Parties. Amien also announced that he would like to nominate Wahid as President. PKB, their alliance with PDI-P never cemented, now moved over to the Central Axis. Golkar then joined this coalition after Habibie's accountability speech was rejected and he withdrew from the race.</p> <p>It finally came down to Megawati and Wahid. Wahid, with a powerful coalition backing him was elected as Indonesia's 4th President with 373 votes to Megawati's 313.</p> <p>The PDI-P supporters were outraged. As the winners of the Legislative Elections, they expected to win the Presidential Elections also. PDI-P masses began rioting in cities such as <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jakarta" title="Jakarta">Jakarta</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surakarta" title="Surakarta">Solo</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medan" title="Medan">Medan</a>. The normally peaceful <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bali" title="Bali">Bali</a> was also involved in pro-Megawati protests. Wahid then realized that there was a need to recognize PDI-P's status as the winners of the Legislative Elections. With that, he encouraged Megawati to run for the Vice Presidency.</p> <p>Megawati rejected this offer when she saw that she had to face opponents such as <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Development_Party" title="United Development Party">United Development Party</a>'s (PPP) <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamzah_Haz" title="Hamzah Haz">Hamzah Haz</a> and Golkar's <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akbar_Tanjung" title="Akbar Tanjung">Akbar Tanjung</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiranto" title="Wiranto">Wiranto</a>. After some politicking by Wahid, Akbar and Wiranto withdrew from the race. Wahid also ordered PKB to throw their weight behind Megawati. Megawati was now confident and competed in the Vice Presidential elections. She was elected as Vice President with 396 votes to Hamzah's 284.</p> <p><a name="2000_Party_Congress" id="2000_Party_Congress"></a></p> <h2><span class="editsection"></span><span class="mw-headline">2000 Party Congress</span></h2> <p>The First PDI-P Congress was held in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semarang" title="Semarang">Semarang</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Java" title="Central Java">Central Java</a> in April <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000" title="2000">2000</a>, during which Megawati was re-elected as the Chairperson of PDI-P for a 2nd term.</p> <p>The Congress was noted as one where Megawati consolidated her position within PDI-P by taking harsh measures to remove potential rivals <sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indonesian_Democratic_Party-Struggle#cite_note-1" title=""><span>[</span>2<span>]</span></a></sup>. During the election for the Chairperson, two other candidates emerged in the form of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Eros_Djarot&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Eros Djarot (page does not exist)">Eros Djarot</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dimyati_Hartono&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Dimyati Hartono (page does not exist)">Dimyati Hartono</a>. Both Eros and Dimyati ran for the Chairpersonship because they did not want Megawati to hold the PDI-P Chairpersonship while concurrently being Vice President.</p> <p>For Eros, when finally received his nomination from the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Jakarta" title="South Jakarta">South Jakarta</a> branch, membership problems arose and made his nomination void. Eros was then not allowed to go and participate in the congress. Disillusioned with what he perceived to be a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cult_of_personality" title="Cult of personality">cult of personality</a> developing around Megawati, Eros left PDI-P. In July 2002, he would form the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_Bull_National_Party" title="Freedom Bull National Party" class="mw-redirect">Freedom Bull National Party</a>.</p> <p>For Dimyati, although his candidacy was not opposed as harshly as Djarot's, he was removed from his position as Head of PDI-P's Central Branch. He kept his position as a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People%27s_Representative_Council" title="People's Representative Council">People's Representative Council</a> (DPR) member but retired in February 2002. In April 2002, Dimyati formed the Our Homeland of Indonesia Party (PITA).</p> <p><a name="PDI-P_During_Wahid.27s_Presidency" id="PDI-P_During_Wahid.27s_Presidency"></a></p> <h2><span class="editsection"></span><span class="mw-headline">PDI-P During Wahid's Presidency</span></h2> <p>Although it had not supported Wahid to the Presidency, PDI-P members received ministerial positions in his cabinet because of Megawati's position as Vice President. As time went on, much like the Central Axis that had supported Wahid, PDI-P would grow disillusioned with Wahid. In April 2000, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Laksamana_Sukardi&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Laksamana Sukardi (page does not exist)">Laksamana Sukardi</a>, a PDI-P member who held position as Minister of Investments and State Owned Enterprises was sacked from his position. When PDI-P enquired as to why this was done, Wahid claimed it was because of corruption but never backed up his claim.</p> <p>The relationship improved somewhat when later in the year, Wahid authorized Megawati as the Vice President to manage the day-to-day running of the Government. However, Megawati and PDI-P had slowly but surely started to distance themselves from Wahid and join forces with the Central Axis. Finally, in July 2001 at a Special Session of the MPR, Wahid was removed as President. Megawati was then elected as President to replace him with Hamzah as her Vice President.</p> <p><a name="Further_Splits_Within_the_Party" id="Further_Splits_Within_the_Party"></a></p> <h2><span class="editsection"></span><span class="mw-headline">Further Splits Within the Party</span></h2> <p>PDI-P faced further splits after Megawati became President with more disillusioned members leaving the Party.</p> <p>Two of these members were Megawati's own sisters. In May 2002, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sukmawati_Sukarnoputri&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Sukmawati Sukarnoputri (page does not exist)">Sukmawati Sukarnoputri</a> formed the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indonesian_National_Party_Marhaenism" title="Indonesian National Party Marhaenism">Indonesian National Party Marhaenism</a> (PNI-Marhaenisme). This was followed in November 2002, with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rachmawati_Sukarnoputri&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Rachmawati Sukarnoputri (page does not exist)">Rachmawati Sukarnoputri</a> declaring the formation of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pioneers%27_Party" title="Pioneers' Party" class="mw-redirect">Pioneers' Party</a> (PP).</p> <p><a name="2004_Legislative_Elections" id="2004_Legislative_Elections"></a></p> <h2><span class="editsection"></span><span class="mw-headline">2004 Legislative Elections</span></h2> <p>By 2004, the reformist sentiments that had led PDI-P to victory in the 1999 Legislative Elections had died down. Many were disappointed with what Reformation had achieved thus far and were also disappointed with Megawati's Presidency. This reflected itself in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indonesian_legislative_election,_2004" title="Indonesian legislative election, 2004">2004 legislative election</a>, PDI-P obtained 18.5% of the total vote, down from the 33.7% it obtained during the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indonesian_legislative_election,_1999" title="Indonesian legislative election, 1999">1999 legislative election</a>. <a href="http://www.kpu.go.id/Sejarah/pemilu1999.shtml" class="external autonumber" title="http://www.kpu.go.id/Sejarah/pemilu1999.shtml" rel="nofollow">[1]</a></p> <p><a name="2004_Presidential_Elections" id="2004_Presidential_Elections"></a></p> <h2><span class="editsection"></span><span class="mw-headline">2004 Presidential Elections</span></h2> <p>PDI-P nominated Megawati as its Presidential candidate for the 2004 Presidential Elections.</p> <p>Many running mates were considered, including Hamzah Haz (To renew their partnership from), <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susilo_Bambang_Yudhoyono" title="Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono">Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono</a>, and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jusuf_Kalla" title="Jusuf Kalla">Jusuf Kalla</a>. Finally, Megawati elected <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nahdatul_Ulama" title="Nahdatul Ulama" class="mw-redirect">Nahdatul Ulama</a> Chairman Hasyim Muzadi as her running mate. It was expected that Megawati would appeal to Nationalist sentiments while Hasyim would appeal to Islamist ones. In the first round of elections, Megawati/Hasyim came second to Yudhoyono/Kalla.</p> <p>To improve Megawati's chances in the run-off, PDI-P, formed a coalition with PPP, Golkar, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reform_Star_Party" title="Reform Star Party">Reform Star Party</a> (PBR) and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prosperous_Peace_Party" title="Prosperous Peace Party">Prosperous Peace Party</a> (PDS) in August 2004. However Megawati/Hasyim was convincingly beaten in the run-off against Yudhoyono/Kalla.</p> <p>The National Coalition then turned their eyes on being oppositions for the Yudhoyono/Kalla Government in DPR. With Kalla's election as Chairman of Golkar, Golkar defected onto the Government's side, leaving PDI-P as the only major opposition party in the DPR.</p> <p><a name="2005_Party_Congress" id="2005_Party_Congress"></a></p> <h2><span class="editsection"></span><span class="mw-headline">2005 Party Congress</span></h2> <p>On <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/March_28" title="March 28">March 28</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2005" title="2005">2005</a>, the Second PDI-P Congress was held in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanur_%28Bali%29" title="Sanur (Bali)" class="mw-redirect">Sanur</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bali" title="Bali">Bali</a> where Megawati was re-elected to the Chairpersonship of PDI-P for a 3rd term. Her brother, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Guruh_Sukarnoputra&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Guruh Sukarnoputra (page does not exist)">Guruh Sukarnoputra</a>, was chosen as Head of the Party's Education and Culture department.</p> <p>This congress was noted for the formation of a faction called the Renewal of PDI-P Movement. This movement called for a renewal of the Party leadership if it is to win the 2009 Legislative Elections. Although they attended the Congress, the members of the Renewal of the PDI-P movement left once Megawati was re-elected. In December 2005, these same members would form the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Renewal_Party" title="Democratic Renewal Party">Democratic Renewal Party</a> (PDR).</p> <p><a name="List_of_Chairperson" id="List_of_Chairperson"></a><span class="editsection"></span><span class="mw-headline">List of Chairperson</span></p> <ul><li>Megawati Sukarnoputri (1998-)</li></ul><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3032047858743758577-7080179459663269636?l=bestindonesia.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>hkwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13648810985506674720noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3032047858743758577.post-54669217174645046062008-12-31T22:10:00.000-08:002008-12-31T22:48:08.164-08:00<h2><span class="mw-headline">Free To Air</span></h2> <p>This is the list of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_to_Air" title="Free to Air" class="mw-redirect">Free to Air</a> television stations and networks that can be received by using <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UHF" title="UHF" class="mw-redirect">UHF</a>/<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VHF" title="VHF" class="mw-redirect">VHF</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antenna_%28radio%29" title="Antenna (radio)">antenna</a> in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indonesia" title="Indonesia">Indonesia</a>.</p> <p><a name="National_TV" id="National_TV"></a></p> <h3><span class="editsection">[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_television_stations_in_Indonesia&amp;action=edit&amp;section=2" title="Edit section: National TV">edit</a>]</span> <span class="mw-headline">National TV</span></h3> <p>List of networks that are transmitted throughout Indonesia:</p> <ul><li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ANTV" title="ANTV" class="mw-redirect">ANTV</a></li><li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_TV_%28Indonesia%29" title="Global TV (Indonesia)">Global TV</a></li><li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indosiar" title="Indosiar">Indosiar</a></li><li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metro_TV" title="Metro TV">Metro TV</a></li><li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RCTI" title="RCTI">RCTI</a></li><li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SCTV_%28Indonesia%29" title="SCTV (Indonesia)">SCTV</a></li><li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trans_TV" title="Trans TV">Trans TV</a></li><li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trans_7" title="Trans 7">Trans 7</a></li><li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TPI_%28Indonesia%29" title="TPI (Indonesia)">TPI</a></li><li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TV_ONE_%28Indonesia%29" title="TV ONE (Indonesia)">TVOne</a></li><li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TVRI" title="TVRI">TVRI</a></li></ul> <p><a name="Local_TV" id="Local_TV"></a></p> <h3><span class="editsection"></span><span class="mw-headline">Local TV</span></h3><ul class="links"><li><a href="http://www.asiawaves.net/indonesia-tv.htm#aceh">Aceh TV (Banda Aceh)</a></li><li><a href="http://www.asiawaves.net/indonesia-tv.htm#agro">Agropolitan TV (Batu)</a></li><li><a href="http://www.asiawaves.net/indonesia-tv.htm#ambon">Ambon TV</a></li><li><a href="http://www.asiawaves.net/indonesia-tv.htm#amuntai">Amuntai TV</a></li><li><a href="http://www.asiawaves.net/indonesia-tv.htm#atv">ATV (Madiun)</a></li><li><a href="http://www.asiawaves.net/indonesia-tv.htm#atv-sukabumi">ATV (Sukabumi)</a></li><li><a href="http://www.asiawaves.net/indonesia-tv.htm#bali">Bali TV</a></li><li><a href="http://www.asiawaves.net/indonesia-tv.htm#bandung">Bandung TV</a></li><li><a href="http://www.asiawaves.net/indonesia-tv.htm#banjar">Banjar TV (Banjarmasin)</a></li><li><a href="http://www.asiawaves.net/indonesia-tv.htm#banten">Banten TV</a></li><li><a href="http://www.asiawaves.net/indonesia-tv.htm#barito">Barito Channel (Banjarmasin)</a></li><li><a href="http://www.asiawaves.net/indonesia-tv.htm#batam">Batam TV</a></li><li><a href="http://www.asiawaves.net/indonesia-tv.htm#batu">Batu TV</a></li><li><a href="http://www.asiawaves.net/indonesia-tv.htm#bchannel">B Channel (Jakarta)</a></li><li><a href="http://www.asiawaves.net/indonesia-tv.htm#bengkulu">Bengkulu TV</a></li><li><a href="http://www.asiawaves.net/indonesia-tv.htm#bms">BMS TV (Banyumas)</a></li><li><a href="http://www.asiawaves.net/indonesia-tv.htm#bogor">Bogor TV</a></li><li><a href="http://www.asiawaves.net/indonesia-tv.htm#borneo">Borneo TV (Palangkaraya)</a></li><li><a href="http://www.asiawaves.net/indonesia-tv.htm#btinggi">Bukittinggi TV</a></li><li><a href="http://www.asiawaves.net/indonesia-tv.htm#bunaken">Bunaken TV (Manado)</a></li><li><a href="http://www.asiawaves.net/indonesia-tv.htm#cahaya">Cahaya TV, Banten (CTVB)</a></li><li><a href="http://www.asiawaves.net/indonesia-tv.htm#cakra">Cakra TV (Semarang)</a></li><li><a href="http://www.asiawaves.net/indonesia-tv.htm#carita">Carita TV (Tangerang)</a></li><li><a href="http://www.asiawaves.net/indonesia-tv.htm#cbchannel">CB Channel (Depok)</a></li><li><a href="http://www.asiawaves.net/indonesia-tv.htm#cip">CIP TV (Cilacap)</a></li><li><a href="http://www.asiawaves.net/indonesia-tv.htm#ct">CT TV (Bandung)</a></li><li><a href="http://www.asiawaves.net/indonesia-tv.htm#daai">Da Ai TV (Jakarta)</a></li><li><a href="http://www.asiawaves.net/indonesia-tv.htm#daai-medan">Da Ai TV (Medan)</a></li><li><a href="http://www.asiawaves.net/indonesia-tv.htm#deli">Deli TV (Medan)</a></li><li><a href="http://www.asiawaves.net/indonesia-tv.htm#delta">Delta TV (Sidoarjo)</a></li><li><a href="http://www.asiawaves.net/indonesia-tv.htm#depok">Depok TV</a></li><li><a href="http://www.asiawaves.net/indonesia-tv.htm#dewata">Dewata TV (Denpasar)</a></li><li><a href="http://www.asiawaves.net/indonesia-tv.htm#dhamma">Dhamma TV (Batu)</a></li><li><a href="http://www.asiawaves.net/indonesia-tv.htm#dhoho">Dhoho TV (Kediri)</a></li><li><a href="http://www.asiawaves.net/indonesia-tv.htm#duta">Duta TV (Banjarmasin)</a></li><li><a href="http://www.asiawaves.net/indonesia-tv.htm#elshinta">Elshinta TV (Jakarta)</a></li><li><a href="http://www.asiawaves.net/indonesia-tv.htm#eskape">Eskape TV, Banyuwangi</a></li><li><a href="http://www.asiawaves.net/indonesia-tv.htm#fajar">Fajar TV (Makassar)</a></li><li><a href="http://www.asiawaves.net/indonesia-tv.htm#fativi">Fativi (Padang)</a></li><li><a href="http://www.asiawaves.net/indonesia-tv.htm#go">GO TV (Manado)</a></li><li><a href="http://www.asiawaves.net/indonesia-tv.htm#gntv">GNTV (Malang)</a></li><li><a href="http://www.asiawaves.net/indonesia-tv.htm#gorontalo">Gorontalo TV</a></li><li><a href="http://www.asiawaves.net/indonesia-tv.htm#gtv">GTV (Malang)</a></li><li><a href="http://www.asiawaves.net/indonesia-tv.htm#hktv">HKTV (Pekanbaru)</a></li><li><a href="http://www.asiawaves.net/indonesia-tv.htm#imtv">IMTV (Bandung)</a></li><li><a href="http://www.asiawaves.net/indonesia-tv.htm#intv">INTV (Pekanbaru)</a></li><li><a href="http://www.asiawaves.net/indonesia-tv.htm#jabar">Jabar TV (Bandung)</a></li><li><a href="http://www.asiawaves.net/indonesia-tv.htm#jaktv">Jak TV (Jakarta)</a></li><li><a href="http://www.asiawaves.net/indonesia-tv.htm#o">Jakarta's Own Channel (Channel O)</a></li><li><a href="http://www.asiawaves.net/indonesia-tv.htm#jati">Jatilihur TV (Purwakarta)</a></li><li><a href="http://www.asiawaves.net/indonesia-tv.htm#jimbarwana">Jimbarwana TV (Negara, Bali)</a></li><li><a href="http://www.asiawaves.net/indonesia-tv.htm#jogja">Jogja TV (Yogyakarta)</a></li><li><a href="http://www.asiawaves.net/indonesia-tv.htm#jtv">JTV (Surabaya / East Java)</a></li><li><a href="http://www.asiawaves.net/indonesia-tv.htm#karesidenan">Karesidenan TV, Magelang</a></li><li><a href="http://www.asiawaves.net/indonesia-tv.htm#kctv">KCTV</a> (Pontianak)</li><li><a href="http://www.asiawaves.net/indonesia-tv.htm#kendari">Kendari TV</a></li><li><a href="http://www.asiawaves.net/indonesia-tv.htm#kstv">KSTV TV (Kediri)</a></li><li><a href="http://www.asiawaves.net/indonesia-tv.htm#lampung">LTV (Lampung)</a></li><li><a href="http://www.asiawaves.net/indonesia-tv.htm#logis">Logis TV (Kediri)</a></li><li><a href="http://www.asiawaves.net/indonesia-tv.htm#lombok">Lombok TV (Mataram)</a></li><li><a href="http://www.asiawaves.net/indonesia-tv.htm#mahameru">Mahameru TV (Malang)</a></li><li><a href="http://www.asiawaves.net/indonesia-tv.htm#mak">Makassar TV</a></li><li><a href="http://www.asiawaves.net/indonesia-tv.htm#malang">Malang TV</a></li><li><a href="http://www.asiawaves.net/indonesia-tv.htm#megaswara">Megaswara TV (Bogor)</a></li><li><a href="http://www.asiawaves.net/indonesia-tv.htm#mgtv">MGTV (Surakarta)</a></li><li><a href="http://www.asiawaves.net/indonesia-tv.htm#minang">Minang TV (Padang)</a></li><li><a href="http://www.asiawaves.net/indonesia-tv.htm#mqtv">MQTV (Bandung)</a></li><li><a href="http://www.asiawaves.net/indonesia-tv.htm#murakarta">Murakarta TV (Barabai)</a></li><li><a href="http://www.asiawaves.net/indonesia-tv.htm#nusa">Nusa TV (Yogyakarta)</a></li><li><a href="http://www.asiawaves.net/indonesia-tv.htm#pacific">Pacific TV (Manado)</a></li><li><a href="http://www.asiawaves.net/indonesia-tv.htm#padang">Padang TV</a></li><li><a href="http://www.asiawaves.net/indonesia-tv.htm#padjadjaran">Padjadjaran TV, Bandung</a></li><li><a href="http://www.asiawaves.net/indonesia-tv.htm#pal">Pal TV (Palembang)</a></li><li><a href="http://www.asiawaves.net/indonesia-tv.htm#pas">PAS TV (Pasuruan)</a></li><li><a href="http://www.asiawaves.net/indonesia-tv.htm#pktv">PKTV (Bontang)</a></li><li><a href="http://www.asiawaves.net/indonesia-tv.htm#plaza">Plaza TV (Jakarta)</a></li><li><a href="http://www.asiawaves.net/indonesia-tv.htm#pro">Pro TV (Semarang)</a></li><li><a href="http://www.asiawaves.net/indonesia-tv.htm#rantau">Rantau TV</a></li><li><a href="http://www.asiawaves.net/indonesia-tv.htm#ratih">Ratih TV (Kebumen)</a></li><li><a href="http://www.asiawaves.net/indonesia-tv.htm#rbtv">RBTV (Yogyakarta)</a></li><li><a href="http://www.asiawaves.net/indonesia-tv.htm#riau">Riau TV (Pekanbaru)</a></li><li><a href="http://www.asiawaves.net/indonesia-tv.htm#riauchannel">Riauchannel (Pekanbaru)</a></li><li><a href="http://www.asiawaves.net/indonesia-tv.htm#selidah">Selidah TV (Martapura)</a></li><li><a href="http://www.asiawaves.net/indonesia-tv.htm#siger">Siger TV (Bandar Lampung)</a></li><li><a href="http://www.asiawaves.net/indonesia-tv.htm#singosari">Singosari TV</a></li><li><a href="http://www.asiawaves.net/indonesia-tv.htm#sky">Sky TV (Palembang)</a></li><li><a href="http://www.asiawaves.net/indonesia-tv.htm#spacetoon">Spacetoon (Jakarta)</a></li><li><a href="http://www.asiawaves.net/indonesia-tv.htm#srij">Sri Junjungan TV (Bengkalis, Riau)</a></li><li><a href="http://www.asiawaves.net/indonesia-tv.htm#sriwijaya">Sriwijaya TV (Palembang)</a></li><li><a href="http://www.asiawaves.net/indonesia-tv.htm#sstv">SSTV (Sukabumi)</a></li><li><a href="http://www.asiawaves.net/indonesia-tv.htm#stv">STV Bandung (Pasundan Utama Televisi, Bandung)</a></li><li><a href="http://www.asiawaves.net/indonesia-tv.htm#stvbatam">STV Batam (Semenanjung Televisi Batam)</a></li><li><a href="http://www.asiawaves.net/indonesia-tv.htm#suma">Suma TV (Lampung)</a></li><li><a href="http://www.asiawaves.net/indonesia-tv.htm#suroboyo">Suroboyo TV (Surabaya)</a></li><li><a href="http://www.asiawaves.net/indonesia-tv.htm#tarakan">Tarakan TV</a></li><li><a href="http://www.asiawaves.net/indonesia-tv.htm#tvm">Televisi Manado (TVM)</a></li><li><a href="http://www.asiawaves.net/indonesia-tv.htm#tatv">Terang Abadi TV (TATV, Surakarta [Solo])</a></li><li><a href="http://www.asiawaves.net/indonesia-tv.htm#toptv">Top TV (Jayapura)</a></li><li><a href="http://www.asiawaves.net/indonesia-tv.htm#tugu">Tugu TV (Yogyakarta)</a></li><li><a href="http://www.asiawaves.net/indonesia-tv.htm#tvanakbandung">TV Anak Bandung</a></li><li><a href="http://www.asiawaves.net/indonesia-tv.htm#tvanakgrt">TV Anak Garut</a></li><li><a href="http://www.asiawaves.net/indonesia-tv.htm#tvanakmdn">TV Anak Madiun</a></li><li><a href="http://www.asiawaves.net/indonesia-tv.htm#tvanakmlg">TV Anak Malang</a></li><li><a href="http://www.asiawaves.net/indonesia-tv.htm#tvanakmedan">TV Anak Medan</a></li><li><a href="http://www.asiawaves.net/indonesia-tv.htm#tvanaksby">TV Anak Surabaya</a></li><li><a href="http://www.asiawaves.net/indonesia-tv.htm#tvbekasi">TVB (Bekasi)</a></li><li><a href="http://www.asiawaves.net/indonesia-tv.htm#tvb-banjarmasin">TVB (Banjarmasin)</a></li><li><a href="http://www.asiawaves.net/indonesia-tv.htm#tvborobudur">TV Borobudur (Semarang)</a></li><li><a href="http://www.asiawaves.net/indonesia-tv.htm#tvku">TVKU (Semarang)</a> </li><li><a href="http://www.asiawaves.net/indonesia-tv.htm#tvmajta">TV Majta (Banjarmasin)</a> </li><li><a href="http://www.asiawaves.net/indonesia-tv.htm#tvn">TVN (Bekasi)</a></li><li><a href="http://www.asiawaves.net/indonesia-tv.htm#tvtegal">TVT (Tegal)</a> </li><li><a href="http://www.asiawaves.net/indonesia-tv.htm#tvui">TV UI (Universitas Indonesia, Depok)</a> </li><li><a href="http://www.asiawaves.net/indonesia-tv.htm#tv5d">TV5d (Tomohon)</a> </li><li><a href="http://www.asiawaves.net/indonesia-tv.htm#ug">Universitas Gunadarma TV (Depok)</a></li><li><a href="http://www.asiawaves.net/indonesia-tv.htm#vtv">VTV (Bandung)</a></li></ul><span>We can now watching on TV of <span class="IL_SPAN"><input name="IL_MARKER" type="hidden">Indonesia</span> Channel via interne</span>The link of the website is <a href="http://www.imediabiz.tv/" target="_blank">imediabiz.tv</a><span>. You can watch <a href="javascript:void(0)" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 153, 0); text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(0, 153, 0); font-size: 13px; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-family: Georgia,Serif;" class="IL_LINK_STYLE">Indonesia</a> channel by visiting this site. I've visiting this site before and it's true if this site provide a streaming of the <span class="IL_SPAN"><input name="IL_MARKER" type="hidden">Indonesia</span> channel TV (They provide channels of RCTI, SCTV, Trans7, MetroTV, TransTV, Indosiar, and ANTV).</span><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_YZn06NQzXGQ/SE9XiAzgNPI/AAAAAAAAAAo/FGYUR5DjZ9A/s1600-h/df13952b.gif"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_YZn06NQzXGQ/SE9XiAzgNPI/AAAAAAAAAAo/FGYUR5DjZ9A/s200/df13952b.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5210479535734142194" border="0" /></a>By the way, if you want to play continuously or live just like at home TV, you should have a high bandwidth or high speed of internet service to play the media because it's provide video by buffering the files of video. It's mean you must download the video file to play on the media.</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3032047858743758577-5466921717464504606?l=bestindonesia.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>hkwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13648810985506674720noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3032047858743758577.post-1258188076665564802008-12-31T22:04:00.000-08:002008-12-31T22:10:36.197-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_U1Trx4AKdAU/SVxeS27V7kI/AAAAAAAABNw/NTgC_pinXEE/s1600-h/taliwang.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 343px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_U1Trx4AKdAU/SVxeS27V7kI/AAAAAAAABNw/NTgC_pinXEE/s400/taliwang.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5286203740701191746" border="0" /></a><br />1 mid-size chicken<br />100 ml cooking oil<br />Juice from a lemon<br /><br />To grind:<br />14 bird eye chilli<br />2 onions<br />a clove of garlic<br />An inch of belacan*<br />A handful of cekor/ kencur**<br />2 candlenut<br />Salt and sugar to taste<br /><br />Veggies:<br />Any sort that you like<br />I use Onions, carrots, potatoes and sweet potatoes<br />Today I am trying to use brinjals.<br /><br />You'll need an ovenproof dish and an oven<br /><br />1. Heat the oil in a wok and pour in the grinded ingredients<br />2. Fry until the smells makes you drool (fragrant) .... or until you see the ingredients combine and looks kinda springy<br />3. Put in your chicken pieces or the whole chicken<br />4. Let it simmer for about 10 - 15 mins<br />5. Meanwhile, cut your veggies into big chunks and arranged it at the bottom of your ovenproof dish<br />6. Stir your chicken and ensure that chicken absorbed all the goodness of the grinded ingredients. Chicken will turn to a pale brown colour. This is gooooodddd....<br />7. Arranged the chicken on top of the veggies in the dish. Scoop the remaining gravy left in the wok and pour it on top of chicken. Leave some gravy for basting.<br />8. Pop it into the oven at say 130 degrees celcius for about 40 - 60mins<br />9. Remember to baste the chicken once in a while<br />10. The chicken will cook and all the flavours will be captured by the veggies. You might see some liquid at the bottom of the dish. Pour it out and use to baste the chicken too.<br />11. Serve with hot white rice.<br /><br />You can either cut the chicken into 12 pieces or smaller. Sometimes I like to use whole chicken. If you decided to use whole chicken, then just double the amount of grinded ingredients.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3032047858743758577-125818807666556480?l=bestindonesia.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>hkwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13648810985506674720noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3032047858743758577.post-31375931887728558832008-12-31T22:01:00.000-08:002008-12-31T22:04:41.893-08:00RENDANG is one of the typical foods from Padang (West Sumatra), Rendang is a made from beef, which are given spices. Let's cooked rendang.<br /><br />Materials that are required:<br />• 500 grs beef (without fat)<br />• coconut milk made from 1 grated coconuts<br />• 2 table spoon dried grate coconut / fried (without oil) granted coconut<br />• 1 stem of Citronella<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_U1Trx4AKdAU/SVxcy4tcvfI/AAAAAAAABNo/nHVNOHD6rtA/s1600-h/Rendang.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 255px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_U1Trx4AKdAU/SVxcy4tcvfI/AAAAAAAABNo/nHVNOHD6rtA/s320/Rendang.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5286202091912347122" border="0" /></a><br />• 3 sheets of orange leaves<br />• 1 sheet of turmeric leaves<br />• 1 cinnamon<br />• 4 pcs clove<br /><br />mashed below material spices become seasoning<br />• ginger<br />• galingale<br />• 1 tsp pepper<br />• 3 pcs onion<br />• 3 pcs garlic<br />• Coriander at sufficiently<br />• Candlenut<br /><br />How to make:<br />1. Cuts the beef as a cube<br />2. Stir-fry the above seasoning till cooked, add lime leaves, cinnamon, and clove<br />3. Enter the beef and mixed<br />4. Add coconut milk from 1 grated coconut<br />5. Enter dried grate coconut and cook until the meat tender and the sauce reduced<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3032047858743758577-3137593188772855883?l=bestindonesia.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>hkwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13648810985506674720noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3032047858743758577.post-30069044553860492322008-12-31T21:52:00.000-08:002008-12-31T22:01:55.040-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_U1Trx4AKdAU/SVxcRra07KI/AAAAAAAABNg/q9mHZcbVXnM/s1600-h/abing.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 262px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_U1Trx4AKdAU/SVxcRra07KI/AAAAAAAABNg/q9mHZcbVXnM/s320/abing.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5286201521408896162" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">How to make Pempek:</span><br /><ol style="text-align: justify;"><li>Mashed the fish of Spanish mackerel, after a fine adds water and salt. </li><li>After mixed then make elongated without stretching the field (Pempek lenggang) or formed round filled with 1 tsp shake eggs (Pempek kapal selam).</li><li>If the dough has been formed, prepare half a pot of water then boiled. After boiling enter the dough was formed into boiling water until cooked.</li><li>If above Pempek in boiling water has swell, lift and drain. </li><li>Prepare frying pan and fry Pempek until slightly brown color. </li></ol><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Materials to make dark sauce (Cuka or Cuko)</span>:<br />- 1 pieces of Palm sugar/brown Sugar (250 grams).<br />- 2 cups of water.<br />- 1 seed of tamarind<br />- Dried shrimp mashed<br />- According to the taste of red pepper<br />- Salt<br />- 1 tsp of the radish mashed<br />- Tongcai (pickle of China Cabbage)<br /><br />how to make (Cuka or Cuko):</div><ol style="text-align: justify;"><li>Boiled water and palm sugar/brown sugar until boiling, then enter the tamarind. After mix, turn off the fire and filtered water until separate from dregs of palm sugar/brown sugar. </li><li>Mashed the red pepper, salt and tongcai, after that enter to the water sugar with dried shrimp, and radish mashed.</li><li>Serve sauce vinegar with pempek that was fried. If you like add a small cut cucumber</li></ol><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3032047858743758577-3006904455386049232?l=bestindonesia.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>hkwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13648810985506674720noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3032047858743758577.post-49221763803253922302008-12-12T00:25:00.000-08:002008-12-12T00:30:29.446-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_U1Trx4AKdAU/SUIgrQTvQ7I/AAAAAAAABKo/Z1r3Vwfuxi4/s1600-h/akolak-pisang.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 330px; height: 217px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_U1Trx4AKdAU/SUIgrQTvQ7I/AAAAAAAABKo/Z1r3Vwfuxi4/s400/akolak-pisang.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5278817640715862962" border="0" /></a><br /><h3>Ingredients</h3> 2 Banana (Pisang)<br />2 Cassava (Singkong)<br />200 ml Coconut milk (Santan)<br />3 tbsp Palm sugar (Gula merah)<br />200 ml Water (air) <p> </p><h2>Instructions</h2> - Cut banana and cassava into pieces. Boiled those ingredients in 200 ml water.<br />- Pour in the coconut milk and the palm sugar. Stir until the sugar dissolved.<br />- Simmer until the cassava tender and the sauce not to runny. Serve hot or cold.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3032047858743758577-4922176380325392230?l=bestindonesia.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>hkwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13648810985506674720noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3032047858743758577.post-73328855260289523282008-12-12T00:21:00.000-08:002008-12-12T00:25:43.898-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_U1Trx4AKdAU/SUIf8L1YrJI/AAAAAAAABKg/PPacEH5I0NQ/s1600-h/agado.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_U1Trx4AKdAU/SUIf8L1YrJI/AAAAAAAABKg/PPacEH5I0NQ/s400/agado.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5278816832060959890" border="0" /></a><br />Gado gado is a classic Indonesian salad made with green beans, potatoes, carrots, cabbage and bean sprouts garnished with sliced boiled eggs and drizzled with a luscious peanut sauce. Gado gado is such a hearty and filling salad that it can easily be eaten as a complete meal. <p> </p><h3>Ingredients</h3> 2 cups Peanut Sauce<br />2 potatoes—peeled and cubed<br />2 carrots—julienned<br />20 green beans—ends trimmed<br />¼ head cauliflower—broken into small florets<br />2 cups shredded cabbage<br />2 cups bean sprouts<br />4 eggs—hard-boiled, shelled and cut into quarters <p> </p><h3>Instructions</h3>PREPARE the peanut sauce. WHILE the sauce simmers, bring a large saucepan of lightly salted water to the boil. ADD the potatoes and cook for 3 minutes. ADD the carrots, green beans and cauliflower and boil for a further 4 minutes. ADD the cabbage and bean sprouts and boil for 2 minutes. DRAIN the vegetables and rinse under cold water to refresh. ARRANGE equal amounts of each vegetable on plates, garnish with egg quarters, and drizzle with peanut sauce to serve. <p> </p><h3>Tips</h3>Allow the water to return to a rolling boil after adding each vegetable to ensure they are cooked according to the times allocated. <p> </p><h3>Serves 4 people</h3><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3032047858743758577-7332885526028952328?l=bestindonesia.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>hkwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13648810985506674720noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3032047858743758577.post-77893164101094926012008-12-12T00:12:00.000-08:002008-12-12T00:19:25.766-08:00Batavia (Betawi), the original name for Jakarta. Many great things comes from Jakarta (Including me as I told my Hubby....) Many of Batavian had an Arabic or Indian ancestors. The influenced from these two ancestors, showed in the spices used, the food and the cooking style. This Soto is one of the famous ones. When you read the recipe for this Soto, it looks like you will have lots to pre[pared and to do. But believe me... It's worth it. "Selamat makan..."<p> </p>1 1/2 lb meat or mix (tripe, heart o lung) or 2 lb meat total<br />1 lb lean beef, cut into 1/2 inch<br />1/2 lb tripe, cut into 1/2 inch and or<br />1/2 lb heart, cut into 1/2 inch and or<br />1/2 lb lung, cut into 1/2 inch<br />1 stalk lemon grass, bruised<br />2 kaffir lime leaves<br />2 salam leaves<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_U1Trx4AKdAU/SUIeKqrZZ4I/AAAAAAAABKY/M-8cLU7FD-c/s1600-h/asbetwai.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 356px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_U1Trx4AKdAU/SUIeKqrZZ4I/AAAAAAAABKY/M-8cLU7FD-c/s400/asbetwai.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5278814881835476866" border="0" /></a><br />1/4 tsp turmeric<br />1 TB salt<br />2 inches ginger, sliced<br />4 cloves pinch of nutmeg<br />1 stick cinnamon<br />2 cardamom pods<br />3 litre water<br />1 can coconut milk<p> <b>In separate pots:</b><br />2 1/2 litre water x 2<br />2 inches ginger, bruised x 2<br />1 TB salt x 2<br />1/4 tsp turmeric x 2</p><p> <b><span style="font-family:Curlz MT;color:#138b13;">Spice Paste:</span></b><br />1 tsp coriander<br />1/4 tsp cumin<br />10 shallots<br />4 garlic<br />3 candle nuts, fried till brown<br />1/4 tsp white pepper</p><p> Have 2 separate pots with 2 1/2 litre wate, ginger, turmeric and 1 TB salt. 1 pot for the tripe, the other pot for the lung or the hearts or both. Cook them until tender about 1 hour on medium Usually the heart &amp; lung cook faster than the tripe. When they are all cooked, drain the water and rinse.</p><p> <b><span style="font-family:Curlz MT;color:#138b13;">Chef's Note:</span></b>I don't use the water from the tripe the hearts or lung usually. The broth will be from the meat we used here, this way the Soto will taste better.</p><p> In the 3rd pot, boil the beef in 2 1/2 litre water with all the ingredients. Skim off any foam or other impurities from the surface. When the water is clear, lower the heat to medium-low and simmer.<br />Meanwhile, prepared the <b><span style="font-family:Curlz MT;color:#138b13;">Spice Paste</span></b>, combine all the ingredients in the blender and process to a smooth paste. Pour into a wok and cook over-medium heat until the liquid almost gone. Add 6 TB oil and continue frying until fragrant. (about 4 minutes) Remove all the debris using a sifter at this stage. Add the <b><span style="font-family:Curlz MT;color:#138b13;"> Spice Paste</span></b> into the meat broth. Add all the other meat into this broth and continue simmering until the meat are tender. Adjust the taste and soto is ready to serve.</p><b><span style="font-family:Curlz MT;color:#138b13;">Condiment To Serve:</span></b><br />2 medium potato, boiled<br />peeled when cool enough to handle<br />cut in half and fry until golden brown<br />2 tomatoes, quartered<br />3 stalk green onion, thinly sliced and mix with<br />3 stalk celery, top part only and thinly sliced<br />2 limes, quartered<br />And of course, plain white rice<script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "pub-9891216379784135"; /* 728x90, created 3/17/08 */ google_ad_slot = "4715383049"; google_ad_width = 728; google_ad_height = 90; //--> </script><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3032047858743758577-7789316410109492601?l=bestindonesia.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>hkwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13648810985506674720noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3032047858743758577.post-55576889166251962012008-12-11T23:54:00.000-08:002008-12-12T00:12:32.470-08:00Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method<br />-------- ------------ --------------------------------<br /> 1/4 c Freshly Grated Coconut Or<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_U1Trx4AKdAU/SUIcvL5hPMI/AAAAAAAABKQ/xrbv8g39jAA/s1600-h/aNasi+Kuning.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_U1Trx4AKdAU/SUIcvL5hPMI/AAAAAAAABKQ/xrbv8g39jAA/s400/aNasi+Kuning.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5278813310205115586" border="0" /></a><br /> -Desiccated Coconut<br /> 3 c Water<br /> 1 t Tumeric<br /> 1/4 ts Salt<br /> 1 Bouillon Cube<br /> 2/3 c Water<br /> 2 1/2 c Long Grain Rice<br /> Strips Of Red Pepper<br /> Thin Slices Of Cucumber<br /> Fried Onion Rings<br /> Strips Of Flat Omelette<br /> -(Recipe Below)<br /><br /> Soak the coconut in the 3/4 litre of water overnight. Strain the water<br /> from the coconut; bring to a boil. Add the tumeric, salt and stock cube,<br /> dissolved in 2/3 Cup of water. Add the rice to the liquid and cook slowly<br /> until all the liquid has been absorbed. If the rice is not cooked, add<br /> more liquid and continue cooking, slowly, until done. Decorate with the<br /> pepper, onion rings, cucumber and omelette strips.<br /><br /> FLAT OMELETTE:<br /><br /> Heat the oil in a small frying pan. Beat the eggs and add the salt and<br /> pepper. Cover the bottom of the pan with a thin layer of egg. Cook slowly<br /> for 2 to 3 minutes. Turn out onto a warm plate and keep it warm. Continue<br /> to cook until all of the egg mixture is used up. When done cut each<br /> omelette into 1/4-inch strips and use for a garnish.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3032047858743758577-5557688916625196201?l=bestindonesia.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>hkwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13648810985506674720noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3032047858743758577.post-77037297588016143032008-12-11T23:50:00.000-08:002008-12-11T23:54:51.750-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_U1Trx4AKdAU/SUIYsp8SaZI/AAAAAAAABKI/MeHIa_icPWA/s1600-h/atahutelor.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 340px; height: 201px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_U1Trx4AKdAU/SUIYsp8SaZI/AAAAAAAABKI/MeHIa_icPWA/s400/atahutelor.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5278808868683671954" border="0" /></a><br /><i><b>Ingredients</b></i><br /><br /><span style="font-family:courier;"> 3 squares fresh bean curd<br /> 3 eggs, beaten<br /> 1/2 ts salt<br /> 1/4 ts ground black pepper<br /> 6 spring onions, finely<br /> -chopped<br /> 1 peanut oil for frying<br /><br /> -------------------------------SAUCE-----------------------------------<br /> 1 tb oil<br /> 1 sm onion, very finely chopped<br /> 2 cloves garlic, finely<br /> -chopped<br /> 1 firm ripe tomato, finely<br /> -chopped<br /> 2 tb dark soy sauce<br /> 2 tb water<br /> 1 tb sugar<br /><br /></span><b><i>Instructions</i></b><br /><br />I found it in a book called 'The Complete Asian Cookbook', by Charmaine<br />Solomon.<br /><br />Chop bean curd into small pieces or mash roughly with a fork. Stir into<br />eggs, season with the salt and pepper and add spring onions. Heat a large<br />flat frying pan, grease the base lightly with oil and fry the egg mixture<br />in small round omelettes no larger than saucer size. Make several and keep<br />warm until all the mixture is cooked. Pour them over the sauce (which can<br />be made well ahead) and serve immediately.<br /><br />Sauce: In a small saucepan heat the oil and fry onion and garlic on a low<br />heat, stirring frequently, until the oino is soft, about 5 minutes. Add<br />tomato and fry, stirring, for 3 or 4 minutes, or until the tomato is<br />cooked to a pulp. Add soy sauce, water and sugar, bring to the boil. If<br />made ahead, reheat before using.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3032047858743758577-7703729758801614303?l=bestindonesia.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>hkwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13648810985506674720noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3032047858743758577.post-64999269116381478732008-12-11T23:41:00.000-08:002008-12-11T23:49:36.064-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_U1Trx4AKdAU/SUIXYJ_kQ2I/AAAAAAAABKA/oMzZokT-RGE/s1600-h/akare.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_U1Trx4AKdAU/SUIXYJ_kQ2I/AAAAAAAABKA/oMzZokT-RGE/s400/akare.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5278807416998478690" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" class="mw-headline" >Ingredients</span> <ul><li>1 lb. (450g) boneless, skinless <a href="http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cookbook:Chicken" title="Cookbook:Chicken">chicken</a> parts</li><li>5 <a href="http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cookbook:Shallot" title="Cookbook:Shallot">Asian shallots</a>, sliced (or 1/2 cup chopped onions)</li><li>2 cloves <a href="http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cookbook:Garlic" title="Cookbook:Garlic">garlic</a>, minced</li><li>1 tsp <a href="http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cookbook:Ginger" title="Cookbook:Ginger">ginger</a>, minced or grated</li><li>1 tsp <a href="http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cookbook:Lemongrass" title="Cookbook:Lemongrass">lemongrass</a>, minced or grated</li><li>6 <a href="http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cookbook:Candlenut" title="Cookbook:Candlenut">kimiri</a> (candlenuts), ground</li><li>2 <a href="http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cookbook:Bay_Leaf" title="Cookbook:Bay Leaf">salam Leaves</a> (Indonesian bay leaves)</li><li>4 <a href="http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cookbook:Kaffir_Lime_Leaf" title="Cookbook:Kaffir Lime Leaf">kaffir lime leaves</a></li><li>½ tsp <a href="http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cookbook:Turmeric" title="Cookbook:Turmeric">turmeric root</a> (ground or grated)</li><li>½ tsp <a href="http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cookbook:Galangal" title="Cookbook:Galangal">galangal root</a> (ground or grated)</li><li>1 cup (240ml) <a href="http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cookbook:Coconut_Milk" title="Cookbook:Coconut Milk" class="mw-redirect">coconut milk</a></li><li>½ tsp salt (to taste)</li><li>2 tbs <a href="http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cookbook:Gula_Jawa" title="Cookbook:Gula Jawa">gula jawa</a></li><li>2 tbs <a href="http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cookbook:Oil" title="Cookbook:Oil" class="mw-redirect">cooking oil</a></li><li>2 Hot <a href="http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cookbook:Chili_Pepper" title="Cookbook:Chili Pepper">chilies</a> (optional)</li><li>¼ tsp <a href="http://en.wikibooks.org/w/index.php?title=Cookbook:Terasi&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Cookbook:Terasi (does not exist)">terasi</a> (fermented shrimp paste)</li></ul> <p><a name="Procedure" id="Procedure"></a></p> <h2><span class="editsection"></span><span class="mw-headline">Preparation</span></h2> <ol><li>Wash chicken parts.</li><li>In a <a href="http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cookbook:Food_Processor" title="Cookbook:Food Processor">food processor</a> (or <a href="http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cookbook:Mortar_and_Pestle" title="Cookbook:Mortar and Pestle">mortar and pestle</a>) grind the garlic, ginger, kimiri nuts, turmeric, galangal, hot chilies, and terasi into a paste (bumbu).</li><li>In a wok or skillet, cook the paste over medium heat for 1 minute.</li><li>Add the chicken parts to the wok and brown.</li><li>Add the shallots, lemongrass, kaffir lime leaves, and salam leaves to the wok and sauté for another minute.</li><li>Add the coconut milk and bring to a light boil.</li><li>Simmer on low heat for 10 minutes.</li></ol> <p><a name="Notes.2C_tips.2C_and_variations" id="Notes.2C_tips.2C_and_variations"></a></p> <h2><span class="editsection"></span><span class="mw-headline">Notes, tips, and variations</span></h2> <ul><li>Serve with white rice (nasi putih), yellow rice (nasi kuning), or coconut rice (nasi uduk).</li><li>Top with fried shallots.</li><li>Substitute fish, shrimp, or lamb for the chicken.</li></ul><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3032047858743758577-6499926911638147873?l=bestindonesia.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>hkwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13648810985506674720noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3032047858743758577.post-22363574960108558432008-12-11T23:36:00.000-08:002008-12-11T23:41:15.120-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_U1Trx4AKdAU/SUIVbgBQ4OI/AAAAAAAABJ4/bM5fKMoQ0H8/s1600-h/agulai.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 364px; height: 241px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_U1Trx4AKdAU/SUIVbgBQ4OI/AAAAAAAABJ4/bM5fKMoQ0H8/s400/agulai.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5278805275427528930" border="0" /></a>Ingredients:<br /><br /> * 1 lb. lamb meat<br /> * 6 small shallots<br /> * 3 cloves garlic<br /> * 1 cm turmeric<br /> * 6 cnadlenuts<br /> * 4 lime leaves<br /> * 1 stalk lemongrass<br /> * 4 salam leaves<br /> * 2 liter coconut milk<br /> * Salt to taste<br /> * Pepper to taste<br /> * Vegetables oil as needed<br /><br /> Instructions:<br /><br /> * Cut lamb meat into some parts.<br /> * Grind shallots. garlic, candlenuts and turmeric to form a paste.<br /> * Stir fry lamb meat in a large pan with 2 Tbs. vegetables oil on medium high heat. Put in the ground spices paste and dtir until fragrant.<br /> * Add lime leaves, lemongrass and salam leaves, salt and pepper.<br /> * Finally, pour the coconut milk and let it boil until the lamb is cooked and tender and the liquid is thickened.<br /> * Ready to serve.<br /><br />Makes 3-4 servings.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3032047858743758577-2236357496010855843?l=bestindonesia.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>hkwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13648810985506674720noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3032047858743758577.post-62812888082253263182008-10-01T21:54:00.000-07:002008-10-01T22:10:10.888-07:00<span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Soto Ayam (Chicken Soup)</span></span><div id="recipe"> <table id="recipe_info"> <tbody><tr> <td id="servings" class="top"> <table> <tbody><tr><th>Yields:</th><td>6 servings</td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2"> <a href="http://recipes.recipeland.com/member/login">Rate this Recipe</a> </td></tr> </tbody></table> </td> <td id="recipe_time"> <div id="recipe_time"> <table class="time_list"> <tbody><tr><td rowspan="3" class="top"><img alt="Recipe Cooking Time" src="http://img.recipeland.com/images/clock.png?1214959537" /></td><th>Preparation</th><td>20 minutes</td></tr> <tr><th>Cooking</th><td>2 hours</td></tr> <tr><th>Ready In</th><td>2 hours</td></tr> </tbody></table> </div> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> <div id="add_review"> </div> <div id="recipe_recipe_box"> <ul class="menu"><li><a href="http://recipes.recipeland.com/member/login">Add to Cookbook</a></li><li><a href="http://recipes.recipeland.com/member/login">Add to Menu</a></li><li><nobr><a href="http://recipes.recipeland.com/recipes/recipe/print_full/45289">Print Recipe</a> <a href="http://recipes.recipeland.com/recipes/recipe/print_full/45289"><img alt="Print Recipes" src="http://img.recipeland.com/images/print.png?1214959537" border="0" /></a></nobr></li></ul> </div> <div id="recipe_categories"> <ul class="menu"><li><b>Categories</b></li><li><a href="http://recipes.recipeland.com/recipes/categories/list/1">Chicken</a></li><li><a href="http://recipes.recipeland.com/recipes/categories/list/418">Fruits: Coconut</a></li><li><a href="http://recipes.recipeland.com/recipes/categories/list/41">Indonesian</a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_U1Trx4AKdAU/SORXosF2d8I/AAAAAAAAAyo/r6hmwApCbT4/s1600-h/2335686130_2cc983dd5e_o.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_U1Trx4AKdAU/SORXosF2d8I/AAAAAAAAAyo/r6hmwApCbT4/s320/2335686130_2cc983dd5e_o.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5252419421962926018" border="0" /></a></li><li><a href="http://recipes.recipeland.com/recipes/categories/list/38">Meat: Chicken</a></li><li><a href="http://recipes.recipeland.com/recipes/categories/list/8">Rice</a></li><li><a href="http://recipes.recipeland.com/recipes/categories/list/22">Soups</a></li></ul> </div> <div id="recipe_ingredients"> <h3>Ingredients</h3> <table id="ingredient_list" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr class="il1"> <td class="amount">1</td> <td class="measure">each</td> <td class="ingredient">chicken</td> <td class="preparation"><br /></td> </tr> <tr class="il2"> <td class="amount">1</td> <td class="measure">tablespoon</td> <td class="ingredient">vegetable oil</td> <td class="preparation"><br /></td> </tr> <tr class="il1"> <td class="amount">4</td> <td class="measure">each</td> <td class="ingredient">garlic clove</td> <td class="preparation"><br /></td> </tr> <tr class="il2"> <td class="amount">1</td> <td class="measure">each</td> <td class="ingredient">onion</td> <td class="preparation">chopped</td> </tr> <tr class="il1"> <td class="amount">2</td> <td class="measure">tablespoons</td> <td class="ingredient">ginger</td> <td class="preparation">chopped</td> </tr> <tr class="il2"> <td class="amount">1</td> <td class="measure">each</td> <td class="ingredient">lemon grass</td> <td class="preparation"><br /></td> </tr> <tr class="il1"> <td class="amount">1/4</td> <td class="measure">cup</td> <td class="ingredient">lemon grass</td> <td class="preparation"><br /></td> </tr> <tr class="il2"> <td class="amount">1</td> <td class="measure">each</td> <td class="ingredient">galangal</td> <td class="preparation"><br /></td> </tr> <tr class="il1"> <td class="amount">1</td> <td class="measure">teaspoon</td> <td class="ingredient">turmeric</td> <td class="preparation"><br /></td> </tr> <tr class="il2"> <td class="amount">1</td> <td class="measure">teaspoon</td> <td class="ingredient">salt</td> <td class="preparation"><br /></td> </tr> <tr class="il1"> <td class="amount">2</td> <td class="measure">teaspoons</td> <td class="ingredient">coriander</td> <td class="preparation">ground</td> </tr> <tr class="il2"> <td class="amount">2</td> <td class="measure">teaspoons</td> <td class="ingredient">sugar</td> <td class="preparation"><br /></td> </tr> <tr class="il1"> <td class="amount">1/4</td> <td class="measure">teaspoon</td> <td class="ingredient">black pepper</td> <td class="preparation"><br /></td> </tr> <tr class="il2"> <td class="amount">28</td> <td class="measure">ounces</td> <td class="ingredient">chicken broth</td> <td class="preparation"><br /></td> </tr> <tr class="il1"> <td class="amount">4</td> <td class="measure">cups</td> <td class="ingredient">water</td> <td class="preparation"><br /></td> </tr> <tr class="il2"> <td class="amount">1 1/2</td> <td class="measure">tablespoons</td> <td class="ingredient">lemon juice</td> <td class="preparation"><br /></td> </tr> </tbody></table> </div> <div id="recipe_directions"> <h3>Directions</h3> <p>Remove chicken giblets, set aside.</p> <p>Pull off and discard lumps of fat from chicken.</p> <p>Cut off wings and leg-and-thigh pieces. Separate back from breast.</p> <p>Pour oil into 6 quart kettle and place over medium heat.</p> <p>Add garlic, onion, and ginger and cook, stirring until onion is soft.</p> <p>Add lemon grass, galangal, tumeric, salt, coriander, sugar, pepper, broth, and water.</p> <p>Stir then add chicken and giblets (except liver).</p> <p>Bring to a boil over high heat.</p> <p>Cover, reduce heat, and simmer until breast is no longer pink when slashed (15-20 minutes).</p> <p>Remove breast and let cool.</p> <p>Simmer remaining chicken until meat near thighbone is no longer pink when slashed (15 minutes more).</p> <p>Lift out legs and thighs, let cool.</p> <p>Continue to simmer broth. Discard skin from breast, legs and thighs.</p> <p>Cut meat into bite-sized pieces. Cover and set aside.</p> <p>Return bones to broth, continue simmering until broth is richly flavored (about 1 more hour).</p> <p>Strain, discard wings, back, bones, giblets, and seasonings.</p> <p>Prepare condiments and crisp-fried onions.</p> <p>Place condiments, onions and chicken in seperate bowls.</p> <p>Skim and discard fat from broth.</p> <p>Heat broth until steaming and stir in lemon juice.</p> <p>Ladle broth into serving bowls.</p> <p>Let diners add chicken, condiments and crisp-fried onions.</p> </div> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3032047858743758577-6281288808225326318?l=bestindonesia.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>hkwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13648810985506674720noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3032047858743758577.post-3213397472147291612008-10-01T21:52:00.000-07:002008-10-01T21:53:53.571-07:00<p>Situated on the eastern side of the Bukit Barisan mountain range the province of South Sumatra is relatively flat, nevertheless fertile, as numerous rivers crisscross and meander through out the region. Part of this province are two sizable islands called Bangka and Belitung, off Sumatra's east coast in the South China Sea. Palembang, its capital city and gateway to the province, lies right on the banks of the great Musi river, 60 km upstream and navigable by oceangoing vessels. No wonder that most major social and economic activities should center in and around Palembang and the Musi river where the region's pride, the Ampera Bridge, is found as well.</p> <p>Because of its sheer location on the southernmost rim of the South China Sea and close to one of world's busiest sea lanes linking the Far East with Europe, the region's historical background is undoubtedly rich and colorful. Once the very site of the Buddhist Kingdom of Sriwijaya, it practiced a bustling trade with then ancient China during its era of dynasties.</p> <p>Inevitable of course, were the interacting forces of the two different cultures at the time which nowadays are still noticeable as consequences of the past.</p> <p>Visitors can easily reach South Sumatera by air through four major airports at Palembang, Pangkal Pinang, Bangka and Belitung islands, all having direct connections with Medan, Batam, Padang, Jakarta, and not long from now with Singapore too. Air-conditioned buses from points North and West of Palembang are regularly available, as well as from cities on Java and Bali.</p> <b> <hr /> </b> <h3><b>PLACES OF INTEREST</b></h3> <p><b>The Musi River</b></p> <p>By Javanese standards the Musi river is both very broad as well as long, comparable to those found on the big island of Kalimantan, formerly Borneo. The river flows right through the city, cutting it in two halves called the Ulu bank and the Ilir bank and linked by a bridge of considerable size and length, called the Ampera Bridge. If visitors do not care to make an interesting or unique boat trip down the river, they could still take a walk halfway over the bridge to see the vast panorama surrounding them, rare at any other place in Indonesia. Down below they will see unbelievable traffic of boats, big and small, crisscrossing water lines without accidents as if steered by the most able navigators. From the same spot both halves of the city are clearly visible as well. And if the time is right, sunrises and sunsets as witnessed from the bridge would be an unforgettable sight of beauty. Worthwhile noticing are the floating restaurants and shops on both sides of the river, and other curious scenes of daily habits of the city's inhabitants.</p> <p>An annual event is the Bidar Race, held on or around Independence Day, each 17th of August. Measurements of the competing boats are 24 1/2 m long and only 0.75 m wide, each boat carrying as many as 50 oarsmen.</p> <p><b>"Limas", the traditional house</b></p> <p>Another interesting item to see is the Limas house which are still found scattered over the province, most of them built on riversides, however, not facing the waterfront. One explanation could be that daily household activities can be done in full privacy, out of sight of passers-by. These very <a href="http://www.etm.pdx.edu/htliono/images/p44.jpg">ornate wooden houses</a> built on stilts have rather sizable measurements: from 15 to 20 m in width and from 30 to 60 m in length. A good part of the house has hand-carved columns, door and window frames and cross ventilation be