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A North-South Chinese Mix Cline in SE Asia?
2008-07-11 16:24:00 The latest death toll figures from Hurricane Katrina can be seen on this website here. The famous Russian neo-Nazi video is on this blog here. Updated July 12. I am republishing this post published earlier this month because I added some photos.A question from the comments about the Are SE Asians Australoids? article:Aren't Khmer a little more Australoid than people in Vietnam (at least Northern Vietnamese), most Thai, and Laotians? There seems to be a clear cline in Southeast Asia, the areas bordering China seem to have more NE Mongoloid Admixture than those of the Malay archipelago and the Khmer. I'm basing this on appearance and not genes, which you pointed out, rightly so, as being misleading.This question keeps popping up because so many folks are convinced, based primarily on appearance, that many SE Asians are part-Australoid.First of all, the Vietnamese, Filipinos, Thai and Khmer are all quite close to the Southern Chinese genetically. Of these, believe it or not, the Fili...
By: Robert Lindsay
Young Indonesians and Pancasila
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Hongkies, Singaporeans,Indonesians And Malaysians
2008-05-09 03:59:00 Overview An article about Hongkies, Singaporeans, Indonesians and Malaysians. Disclaimer Notice Deimos did not author the following article that he received via an email forwarded to him. The following article is meant to be taken light heartedly and not too seriously. Hongkies, Singaporeans, Indonesians and Malaysians Without further delay … Being Hongkies is good because… 1. We are Hongkies and not Chinese. 2. ...
Indonesians rally in support of Islamic sect
2008-05-07 09:17:00 Hundreds of supporters of a minority Islamic sect dubbed heretical by a government panel rallied here Tuesday demanding that religious freedom is protected in the world's biggest Muslim country.Representatives of the minority Ahmadiyah sect as well as mainstream Muslims and Christians gathered in central Jakarta to urge the government to reject a proposed ban on the sect."We are here to show to Indonesia, to the world, that Indonesians love peace. To show that there are more Indonesians who love peace than those who don't," an organiser told the crowd.The more than 500 demonstrators carried banners in support of religious freedom and against any effort to ban Ahmadiyah. Some of the banners read "Stop religious fascism" and "Stop violence in the name of religion."Islamic scholar Siti Musdah Mulia told the rally that a ban on Ahmadiyah would be "inviting disaster" for the nation, and warned of the growing influence of "robed thugs" and strict Wahabist interpretations of Islam.Earlie...
Indonesians seek salvation in shops
2008-04-29 12:39:00 It is Sunday morning, not yet 8 o'clock, and the shops are all still locked and shuttered. But these people have not come to shop; they have come to pray. Shopping malls in West Java are home to a growing number of Christian congregations. There are 10 in this mall alone. Few of them want to talk publicly about why they are here, but off the record they admit it comes down to intimidation by Muslim groups. According to Church groups more than 100 churches have faced attack or intimidation in the past two years. To get an official permit, congregations must get 90 signatures of support from their non-Christian neighbours. But in some areas, that is not easy to do. Pasundan Church has been holding services in a suburb of Bandung for more than 60 years. But its pastor, Olbertina Modesta, says that whenever they try to collect the signatures they need to make the site official, no one wants to sign. Police say no one has so far been arrested for the attack. Pastor Olberti...
Merrill hires Citi bankers to target rich Indonesians
2008-04-17 18:14:00 Merrill Lynch said on Thursday it had hired a team of four private bankers from Citigroup, who will be based in Singapore and look for business from Indonesian billionaires.The move shows global banks are still targeting expansion of their private banking business in Asia despite analysts' fears that global credit turmoil will crimp growth."Our aim is to target billionaires in the region," Rahul Malhotra, regional head of Merrill's Global Private Client unit told Reuters, adding that the unit expected to see its business continue to grow by 15-20 percent a year in Asia.Jack Sung, a spokesman for Citigroup, confirmed the departures and said Chan, who was part of the bank's large team of private bankers targeting Indonesia, would leave next week. Indonesia's economy expanded 6.3 percent last year, its fastest in 11 years. A report by Merrill Lynch and Capgemini said that Indonesia had 66,000 millionaires who held $70 billion of investable assets at the end of 2006.Ind...
Govt advised not to tolerate harassment of Indonesians by S`pore
2008-03-23 02:22:00 The Indonesian government should always pro actively protect the dignity of the Indonesian nation and its citizens in the eyes of the international community and not tolerate acts of harassment such as Singaporean authorities committed against two Indonesians at Changi airport on Thursday, an academic said. Prof Dr Suhaidi SH, an international law expert at North Sumatra University (USU), was commenting on the detention for more than two hours of senior Indonesian lawyers Adnan Buyung Nasution and Abdul Rahman Saleh by Singaporean authorities at Changi airport on Thursday night (March 20). "The Singaporean authorities action in detaining and interrogating Presidential Advisory Council (Watipres) Member Adnan Buyung Nasution and former attorney general Abdul Rahman Saleh is outrageous. They were treated as if they had done something wrong," Suhaidi said here Saturday. The two Indonesian law figures left Jakarta on Thursday afternoon and arrived in Singapore at around 20.00 ...
Indonesians protest soaring food prices
2008-03-17 01:08:00 About 500 Indonesians took to the streets of the capital to demand the government bring down food prices after media reports of cases of starvation.The protesters, from the group Hizbut Tahrir Indonesia, marched through Jakarta's main streets to the presidential palace, chanting "Allahu Akbar" (God is Great).The Surya newspaper said a schoolboy in East Java, who lived with his elderly grandmother in Magetan district, hanged himself in February because he could not bear the pain of starvation.Neighbours said the family was very poor.Detik.co, news website earlier this month reported that a pregnant woman who lived in a rented room with her three children died because she had not eaten for three days.Indonesia News Blog: http://indosnesos.blogspot.com-
Indonesians pray for Obama to win US presidency - Feature
2008-03-10 11:45:00 While the US presidential campaign is raging, many Indonesians have made up their minds that candidate Barack Obama would make a great president, with his childhood time in the country making him a local favourite. Obama, 46, was enrolled in two primary schools in Jakarta in the late 1960s. "We are very proud to have one of our students being a candidate in the United States presidential race," Kuwadiyanto, headmaster of the SDN (State Elementary School) Besuki, told Deutsche Presse-Agentur dpa. SDN Besuki is a highly regarded public school which accepts students from various religious backgrounds. Subjects taught are in accordance with the national curriculum and non-Muslim students receive religious instruction in their own religion in a separate classroom."He was really different from the others - tall and heavy. Obama was a bright kid, had sharp skills in math. At the beginning, Obama seemed a little shy but he quickly picked up the local language," Darmawan said. 'He wrote an ...
Wordpress Theme That Can Increase Your Income?
2008-02-19 21:37:00 Bwahaha.. Yeah, that’s funny because my theme is included in 17 Wordpress Theme That Can Increase Your Income. 2 of my favourite theme from other designer also included which is WP-Polaroid and Dilectio. Did my theme really gives you income? Hahaha. Biru 2.0 gives me a lot of fame and “rezeki”. Yeah, 3 people are ...
Average Daily Visitors For Indonesians’ Blogs
2008-02-17 00:09:00 1.http://redshox.blogspot.com (8) 2.http://adiwirasta.blogspot.co-m(215) 3.http://andibagus.blogspot.com- (102) 4.http://ardiz.blogspot.com (68) 5.http://tukeranlink.blogspot.c-om(25) 6.http://nurulwibawacahya.blogs-pot.com (65) 7.http://balidreamhome.blogspot-.com (43) 8.http://goresanngawur.blogspot-.com (40) 9.http://putlies.blogspot.com (36) 10.http://full-lyrics.blogspot.-com (330) 11.http://yustiawan.blogspot.co-m (20) 12.http://blub-network.blogspot-.com (106) 13.http://khamshe.blogspot.com- (4) 14.http://printer1.blogspot.com- (435) 15.http://pro-tutorial.blogspot-.com (2) 16.http://cokikawasprimonta.blo-gspot.com (11) 17.http://indonesiakemarin.blog-spot.com (56) 18.http://cepecha.blogspot.com- (9) 19.http://shadut.blogspot.com (44) 20.http://angki17fm.blogspot.co-m (27) 21.http://suarkarijasa.blogspot-.com (7) 22.http://saifurrahman.blogspot-.com (9) 23.http://bukukuno.blogspot.com- (22) 24.http://n3bulla.blogspot.com- (19) 25.http://catatan-sigit.blogspo-t.com (3) 26.http://haryosuryokusumo.b...-
The Peopling of the Philippines
2008-02-12 11:22:00 The peopling of the Philippines is a bit better understood than the peopling of Indonesia described in my previous post. At least we know that most of the Philippines was first settled long ago by Negritos.An Aeta Negrito woman of the Philippines. White Nationalists and Afrocentrists both insist that these folks are Black people, but they are very distant from African Blacks. White people are much closer to Blacks than these Negritos. Genetically, these people resemble the Filipinos they live with.Their skulls resemble other Australoid types such as Papuans and Aborigines. Genetically, they are classed as Asians. They are part of the Southeast Asian Major Race. Their minor race is known as the Philippines Negrito Race. It includes the Ati, Aeta and, strangely, the Palau of Micronesia.Unlike many other places where the Negritos seem to have died out or transcended to other forms, in the Philippines they still exist in a relatively pristine form, even if they are going extinct, cul...
By: Robert Lindsay
Backlinks(BL) For Indonesians’ Blogs 2008
2008-02-10 05:55:00 1 http://ardiz.blogspot.com (page rank 4,BL=253) 2 http://tukeranlink.blogspot.com-(page rank 4,BL=260) 3 http://www.zymanq.com(page rank 1,BL=310) 4 http://nurulwibawacahya.blogspo-t.com (page rank 3,BL=523) 5 http://gadiezdiary.blogspot.com- (page rank 4,BL=290) 6 http://agloco-indonesia.blogspo-t.com (page rank 4,BL=142) 7 http://csankai.org (page rank 3,BL=506) 8 http://balidreamhome.blogspot.c-om (page rank 3,BL=148) 9 http://goresanngawur.blogspot.c-om (page rank 4,BL=138) 10 http://pengusahaonline.blogspot-.com (page rank 4,BL=331) 11 http://dezztya.blogspot.com (page rank 3,BL=281) 12 http://movie-corner.blogspot.co-m (page rank 3,BL=396) 13 http://jodisantoso.blogspot.com- (page rank 4,BL=190) 14 http://www.blue4gie.com (page rank 3,BL=3) 15 http://putlies.blogspot.com (page rank 5,BL=144) 16 http://full-lyrics.blogspot.com- (page rank 3,BL=579) 17 http://yustiawan.blogspot.com (page rank 4,BL=96) 18 http://blub-network.blogspot.co-m (page rank 4,BL=748) 19 http://khamshe.blogspot.com...-
Carbon Trading May Reward Indonesians for Saving Rainforest
2008-02-08 13:22:00 Carbon trading markets may be used for the first time to help villages in Indonesia preserve trees, part of the global effort to stop deforestation that is speeding climate change. Under a plan to be announced today to save the 1.9 million- acre Ulu Masen forest in Indonesia's Aceh province, about $26 million in revenue from the sale of carbon credits will go to villages that stop logging. The proposal hinges on the sale of credits to companies and individuals seeking to offset emissions and burnish their environmental reputations. The credits typically cost $4 to $8 per ton of pollution reductions. There is no international agreement to reward developing countries for halting the burning of forests that accounts for 20 percent of global warming emissions, said John-O Niles, chief science and policy officer for Carbon Conservation, a project sponsor. The Ulu Masen plan to reduce emissions by 100 million tons over 30 years may help convince ...
Hang out with Fellow Indonesians
2008-02-07 21:29:00 Why do we tend to hang out with other Indonesians, and in most of the cases, with only Indonesians, while we're abroad?I didn't spend a long time overseas. I was only in Sydney for 2 years doing my master's degree and grabbing some work experience before heading back to Indonesia. But those 2 years, combined with what I have seen here in Scotland makes me wonder.When I was in Sydney, it was not unusual to see our assignment groups consist of all Indonesian. I remember clearly that I was one of the few - if not the only one - who was in a group which had no other Indonesian fellow students in it. My group consisted of me, an Australian-Taiwanese (who spoke Australian-English with a heavy Chinese accent) and a French. On some assignments which requested more than 3 persons, we had one additional Indonesian(s), but three of us was inseparable throughout the year. Of course I understand my Indonesian school mates' strategy. Handling an assignment was difficult enough, writing it i...
By: Finally Woken
Many Indonesians cheer Obama in Democrat race
2008-02-07 06:58:00 By Sunanda Creagh JAKARTA (Reuters) - The 2008 U.S. presidential election is being watched closely by millions around the world but few are more fired up than Indonesians, who can lay claim to Democratic hopeful Barack Obama as nearly one of their own. In the capital Jakarta where Obama, 46, spent part of his childhood, U.S. expatriates and Indonesians crowded around television sets on Wednesday to watch the results of nominating contests across 24 states thousands of miles away pouring in. At the end of the biggest day of U.S. presidential voting before the November election, Obama won 12 states to Clinton's eight in a hard-fought duel for the Democratic nomination. On the Republican side, John McCain won nine states but failed to knock out rivals Mike Huckabee and Mitt Romney. "I think it's exciting being in Indonesia at this time. A lot of Indonesians are fired up about Obama," said Barry Dols, 41, an Obama supporter and teacher based in Jakarta from New Jerse...
By: B4U India
Indonesians protest push to make Suharto hero
2008-02-04 05:14:00 JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesian activists held a protest in central Jakarta on Sunday to protest against calls to make former president Suharto a national hero, a week after the death of the leader who ruled with an iron fist for 32 years. Suharto, who was ousted in 1998 amid political and economic chaos, died last Sunday at the age of 86 of multiple organ failure. Supporters of the late former general, including members of Indonesia's largest political party Golkar, want him to be declared a national hero for his contributions to the nation, while opponents say he does not deserve such an accolade. "We held this protest to refuse the calls for the hero title for Suharto as he committed a lot of human rights violations when he was a president," said Mustar, an activist. He was among a group of about 50 people from an organisation representing families who said they had suffered rights abuses under Suharto. During the protest at a central Jakarta square, 1,000 mock ...
By: B4U India
Indonesians in S’pore say they have lost a “great leader”
2008-01-27 16:44:00 Indonesians in S’pore say they have lost a “great leader” By Hoe Yeen Nie SINGAPORE : Indonesians in Singapore say they are sad about the death of former President Suharto, although the news did not take them by surprise. And they tell Channel NewsAsia what they remembered most was the stability and growth that came about during his 32-year rule. Flying at half-mast, the Indonesian flag outside the Embassy at Chatsworth Road was a sombre reminder of the passing of former President Suharto. When Channel NewsAsia visited, there were some university students there who were rehearsing for a performance. They say Indonesia had gone through several presidents in recent years but the stability brought about by Suharto’s 32-year rule was an achievement the country could not overlook. Raline Shah, Indonesian National, says: “They were the best years Indonesia has ever had. It was stable, oil prices were bearable, we all had a proper education, most of us did. An...
Indonesians see miracle, fraud in Suharto
2008-01-27 02:22:00 Some Indonesians attribute former President Suharto's recovery from the brink of death to a miracle, while others think he was never sick.A few days ago, the government was preparing for his funeral as he lay in a hospital suffering from multiple organ failure and infection. While the 86-year-old was still sick Saturday, his condition had improved considerably.Some Indonesians suggest Suharto cannot die until cleansing rituals have been performed, that his body commands powerful forces that brought him back from the edge of death or that nature is not ready for him, The New York Times reported.His doctors have not provided a medical explanation for his survival.Earlier: Javanese believe ancient mysticism shielding ex-di...Indonesia News Blog: http://indosnesos.blogspot.com-
Cigarette peddlers: Indonesians use Woodlands forest, canals as hideout
2008-01-27 02:12:00 LIKE Spider-Man, the cigarette peddler clambers up a canal next to the MRT track and scales the metal fence in one smooth move. Then he picks up his bicycle and wheels it up a slope before vanishing into the foliage. He has reached 'home', in the heart of the woods off Marsiling MRT station, joining a rag-tag band of fellow Indonesian cigarette peddlers. After emerging from the forest, they would gather there in the late evenings before setting off individually at staggered timings to 'work'. To avoid detection, the men minimise road use, preferring to trek along the KTM railway track, warren of canals and forested areas to get to and from 'work'. They sell tax-unpaid cigarettes in Woodlands Road. They buy the cigarettes at $2 to $3 a pack from suppliers - whose numbers they have on speed dial - and hawk a pack for $5. The difference is their profit. Each peddler can chalk up about $400 a month. ...
Indonesians seek airing of problems with KL
2008-01-09 00:15:00 CALLS have been made for a range of controversial issues to be raised ahead of a meeting between Indonesian and Malaysian leaders later this week, even as top politicians are urging the media to exercise self-restraint so as not to damage bilateral ties. The calls come as Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is scheduled to meet Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi in Kuala Lumpur during a three-day visit to discuss, among other things, recent issues of contention between the two countries. 'It's time for the President to be frank and tell the Malaysian Prime Minister how the Indonesian people feel, for instance, about the migrant workers or Malaysian claims on Indonesian cultural products,' said the head of Indonesia's House of Representatives' Commission I on defence, security and foreign affairs, Mr Theo Sambuaga. 'By expressing all Indonesian concerns and listening attentively to what Malaysia wants, both leaders could find practical ways to end the ongoing...
When Indonesians & Malaysians become greedy
2007-12-31 02:00:00 Related Post on MalaysiaKini: A boost to the country's palm oil status Tired of Malaysian politics? Come and visit Orlando's Walt Disney World Resort anytime soon and have the fun of your life! Technorati Tags: palm oil, palm plantation, environmental impact, indonesia, borneo, malaysia, malaysiakini
27 Indonesians receive Australian post-graduate scholarships
2007-12-18 09:14:00 Australian Ambassador to Indonesia Bill Farmer congratulated 27 outstanding Indonesians who have received post-graduate scholarships to study in Australia under the annual Australian Leadership Awards (ALA) program, an Australian Embassy media release said here on Tuesday. Speaking at a reception for the ALA recipients at his residence on Tuesday, the Australian envoy expressed hope that the scholarships would provide a better future for Indonesia by helping its young leaders achieve their potentials. "I hope, on their return from Australia, they can play an influential role in Indonesia`s social and economic policy making and development," Farmer said. "Their time in Australia is also a great opportunity to exchange knowledge and information about Indonesia and their respective fields of expertise, and to build valuable networks," he added. ALA is a prestigious scholarship program that provides opportunities to existing and emerging leaders from the Asia Pacific region,...
Rude Indonesians
2007-12-14 12:36:00 I'm just back in Indonesia (I suppose I can't call it home anymore because Scotland is my home now) yesterday and before too long I'm annoyed already. Not because the idiot KLM counter officer in Aberdeen airport made my luggage wandered around Schiphol Airport without its owner and arrived a day after me. Not because the unbelievably slow dial-up internet connection makes me drink coffee three times more out of a boredom of waiting for the graphics and words to grace my monitor screen. Not because I have been so used to quiet Aberdeen I had to bite my nails waiting for the traffic to move. It is because I realise that Indonesians are rude.Yes, we keep bragging as the country of friendly people with smiles and good services. Which somewhat is true. When money is present, Indonesians smile broadly. I expect to get good services from taxi drivers, bank officers, receptionists, waiters, even security guards. But those who are not in the service industry will behave like this is thei...
By: Finally Woken
Religious Schools: Learning From the Indonesians
2007-11-30 01:30:00 The Lal Masjid debacle in Pakistan earlier this year once again brought to the limelight the issue reforming madrasas, Muslim religious schools. There seems to be a general belief amongst the Western population and media that madrasas help promote intolerance and extremism and are the recruiting grounds for terrorists. In fact, the 9/11 commission report issued in the United States seemed to consider madrasa education, especially in Pakistan, as a root source of problems. Although acknowledging that it is only a small minority of madrasas that encourage extremism and radicalism, the question still remains how can the Pakistani government help change the system while still maintaining the benefits of madrasas?I think in order to overcome the drawbacks of the madrasa education (intolerance and a very narrow view of religion) while still maintaining their social welfare system, Pakistani policy makers will do well to observe the Indonesian religious schools also known as pesantrans.The...
Indonesians picket Malaysia embassy in dance row
2007-11-29 15:00:00 About 1,000 Indonesians dressed in colorful traditional costumes staged a protest outside the Malaysian embassy on Thursday accusing Kuala Lumpur of promoting an Indonesian dance form as its own. The dispute over the mask dance comes shortly after a folk song used in Malaysia's "Truly Asia" tourism campaign struck a discordant note among many Indonesians who believe the tune belongs to their country. The protesters on Thursday said Malaysia was promoting a Javanese mask dance, known as Reog Ponorogo, as its traditional art in its tourism campaign. Malaysia's Culture and Arts and Heritage Ministry is using a traditional Malay dance called Barongan in its tourism advertisements, which is similar to the Indonesian dance featuring men wearing enormous tiger heads and peacock feather masks, accompanied by acrobats. The rally outside the embassy in Jakarta looked more like a carnival than a protest, with participants dressed in traditional costumes performing the...
Singapore Property Dominated by Indonesians
2007-11-16 09:01:00 Investors from Indonesia are still dominating property ownership in Singapore where Indonesians own around 22 percent of foreign property.Based on data from the Singapore' Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) and Savills Research Consultancy, during the first semester of 2007, 29 percent of property sold in Singapore was bought by foreign parties.Of this amount, around 1,300 properties or around 22 percent of foreign property purchases were made by Indonesians.According to Kan Kum Wah, Marketing Director of Marina Bay Financial Center, luxury homes are still the target of buyers from outside Singapore.Indonesia News Blog: http://indosnesos.blogspot.com-
New Google Pagerank For Indonesians’ Blogs And Websites
2007-11-14 17:12:00 1. http://kolom-tutorial.blogspot.-com (PR 5) 2. http://agloco-indonesia.blogspo-t.com (PR4) 3. http://wahdisblog.blogspot.com- (PR4) 4. http://catalog-tutorial.blogspo-t.com (PR3) 5. http://adhewoelan.blogspot.com- (PR2) 6. http://www.goresanngawur.blogsp-ot.com (PR 4) 7. http://alsyarwani.blogspot.com- (PR4) 8. http://ayanapunya.blogspot.com- (PR 3) 9. http://cokikawasprimonta.blogsp-ot.com (PR4) 10. http://printer1.blogspot.com (PR4) 11. http://greenwtp-blogku.blogspot-.com (PR3) 12. http://music-chord-guitar.blogs-pot.com (PR4) 13. http://trangpunyablog.blogspot.-com (PR4) 14. http://pus-meong.blogdrive.com- (PR3) 15. http://agung-lastanto.blogspot.-com (PR4) 16. http://mydream-ea-12h34.blogspo-t.com (PR3) 17. http://oncejevuska.blogspot.com- (PR2) 18. http://www.feedget.info (PR3) 19. http://dawudabd.blogspot.com (PR3) 20. http://unieqmunisah.blogspot.co-m (PR3) 21. http://ghozan.blogspot.com (PR4) 22. http://evolusipemikiran.blogspo-t.com (PR4) 23. http://warnetkublogger.blogspot-.com (PR2) 24. ...
Democracy award for Indonesians
2007-11-12 07:54:00 Indonesia?s relatively peaceful transition into democracy of the past nine years, particularly with the free and fair elections in 2004, has earned the citizens of this world?s fourth most populous country the prestigious Democracy Award from the International Association of Political Consultants (IAPC).?Indonesia is a shining example to the world,? Ben Goddard, president of the IAPC, said in presenting the plaque to President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono Monday.Yudhoyono, who won Indonesia?s first ever direct presidential election in 2004, recalled that Indonesia?s the journey towards democracy had not been without its shares of criticisms, self-doubts, stubborn resistance and other hurdles."Democracy, some said, would not last long. The people were not ready. The country was too big. The nation was too complex. Democracy, they said, would lead to chaos and even the break-up of Indonesia. Others said what happened in Indonesia was just a regime change,? he said. ?My favorite columnist ...
New Islamic sect upsets Indonesians Muslims
2007-11-09 08:10:00 Indonesia's highest authority on Islam has called for calm after the leader of a controversial Muslim sect was taken into police custody.
Number of Rich Indonesians Soars
2007-10-19 08:55:00 The growth in the total of rich people in Indonesia is the third highest in the Asia Pacific region.The results of a survey by Merrill Lynch and Capgemini, entitled Asia-Pacific Wealth 2007, was released in Hong Kong on Tuesday (16/10) and stated that Indonesia's number of high net worth individuals (HNWI) in 2006 reached 20,000 people.This means a 16.2 percent increase compared to 2005.The highest billionaire number growth occurred in Singapore by 21.2 percent while in Indonesia the increase was by 20.5 percent.Overall, the largest amount of rich people in the Asia and Pacific regions is in Japan, amounting to 1,477 million people.Merril Lynch and Capgemini went on to state that rich people in Asia-Pacific including Indonesia prefer investing money in property or real estate, commercial paper and asset stock issued by property companies (real estate investment trust/REIT's).In response to the report, Avilliani an economic observer from the Institute for Development and Finance, s...
Indonesians to celebrate end of Ramadan, start cramming bus and train stati
2007-10-07 15:31:00 Indonesia began its annual mass exodus Sunday when millions of people pour out of the major cities to return to their home villages to celebrate the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.Thousands have started crowding bus and train stations in the capital, Jakarta six days before Eid al-Fitr to beat the mass exodus later in the week when buses, cars and motorcycles create massive traffic jams on roads across the world's most populous Muslim nation.Transport officials estimate that nearly 15 million people will head to their home villages ? up 6 percent from last year ? for the two day celebration next weekend."The exodus through land transportation is expected to reach its peak three days before the Eid al-Fitr," said senior transportation ministry official Iskandar Abubakar.Indonesia News Blog: http://indosnesos.blogspot.com-
Indonesians tune in to digital Koran
2007-09-21 05:14:00 With her tiny earphones and slim digital player, Jakarta office worker Mira Indriarti looks like any other young music lover -- only she's not listening to the latest tunes, but to a recording of the Koran. Digital Koran is increasingly popular in Indonesia, the world's most populous Muslim country, where such gadgets sell especially well during the fasting month of Ramadan when religious fervor is high and reading the scripture is an essential part of the observance. Indriarti said she bought the gadget because she wanted to study the Koran to be a better Muslim. "I can listen to the recital or read the verses and the translation anywhere," she said. "It's uncomfortable if I read a Koran book on the bus and people around me may look at me in amazement." The device, the size of an iPod digital player, carries the entire text of the Koran, in Arabic with an Indonesian translation, and its ...
Indonesians make changes to daily routines during Ramadan
2007-09-18 01:38:00 Muslims the world over are observing their obligatory fasting month of Ramadan.In Indonesia, which has a Muslim majority, this holy month also entails some adjustments to people's daily routines.For Muslims, the fasting month of Ramadan is not just about abstaining from eating, drinking and sexual contact from sunrise to sunset.It is also about adjustments in daily activities, especially in countries with a majority of Muslim population. Restaurants are more discreet, putting up curtains and blinds to shield their customers from the view of those who are fasting.Most banks shut their doors at 2pm, an hour earlier than usual.To compensate, banks such as BNI open their counters half-an-hour earlier at 7.30am. By 2.30pm, most staff at government offices will be on board their chartered buses, ready to go home.Correspondingly, Jakarta's infamous traffic congestion also begins an hour earlier at 3pm as everyone tries to be home before 6pm to break fast with their families.Motorists als...
Indonesians live in sin: Bashir
2007-08-27 16:05:00 INDONESIAN Muslims are living in sin as long as they fail to implement Islamic law across the world's fourth largest nation, hardline cleric Abu Bakar Bashir said today."As long as we live in a secular state, Indonesian Muslims continue living in sin," the Muslim leader told some 200 participants attending a seminar on Islam and democracy.Bashir heads the Indonesian Council of Mujahedin, an umbrella organisation advocating the implementation of Islamic or sharia law across Indonesia.Bashir said that sharia was a non-negotiable matter and "we cannot act in a soft way in order to implement Islamic law". "The Muslim community has an obligation to struggle to make a drastic change in support of Islamic law implementation," he said, without specifying how they should do this. As long as the country did not adopt sharia, Muslims had to follow it in their personal lives, as well as in their groups, he added. Bashir, 68, was released from jail in June last year after serving more than two ...
Some Indonesians Long for Ousted Ruler
2007-08-27 02:14:00 The downfall of former Indonesian dictator Suharto, one of the most corrupt and brutal rulers of the last century, swept in an era of political freedom and hope for a better future.But nearly a decade later, many in this nation of 235 million remain desperately poor. And in dozens of interviews with laborers, traders, hotel owners and entrepreneurs, Indonesians expressed what was once unthinkable - nostalgia for the economic stability of his authoritarian, U.S.-backed regime.``What people want, what I want, is a return to Suharto's time,'' said Boan, a peasant who struggles to feed his three children by toiling in fields owned by wealthy farmers. ``Life is bitter now compared to then.''Much of the current malaise is financial. While some people interviewed still oppose Suharto because of the rights abuses during his rule, especially in remote provinces where the military brutally suppressed separatists, almost all said they were financially better off 10 years ago.Indonesia New...
Palm oil not a field of dreams for all Indonesians
2007-08-20 01:31:00 Palm oil prices might be going through the roof and making investors and businessmen rich, but the soaring prices have not improved the lot of pickers and locals working on the fringes of the palm oil industry. On the island of Sumatra, one of the main palm oil-growing islands in Indonesia, the world's second-largest producer after Malaysia, 52-year-old Minah salvages unspoilt fruit from partly rotten palm branch that have fallen to the ground. The Indonesian mother of eight ekes out a living on a state-run palm oil plantation near her house by picking through fallen branches to extract fruit which she sells for 600 rupiah per kg (6 U.S. cents) to a middleman. "The plantation doesn't mind as long as I don't touch bunches still on trees," said Minah, as flies and other insects perch on her hands, stained by the sticky brown juice that oozes from the fruit. The sales net her around $1 to $2 per day. "And people say palm oil is expensive," she remarksIndonesia News Bl...
A Million Indonesians Face Joblessness
2007-08-17 02:02:00 More than one million employees in two paper mills in Indonesia's Riau Province are threatened with dismissal due to problems with supply of raw materials, Jakarta media reported on Thursday. The workers of Sinarmas and Riaupulp paper mills could be laid off if those companies stop operations due to lack of supplies, warned the chairman of the Indonesian Employers Association, Sofyan Wanandi. If the government does not put a prompt end to the Ministry of Forest Affairs-police dispute over illegal tree cutting, the serious problem of raw material will not be solved, said Wanandi. General Manager of Sinarmas Joice Budisusanto said his company's staff is 800,000 employees, about 200,000 subcontracted workers were dismissed due to shortage of work.Indonesia News Blog: http://indosnesos.blogspot.com-
Indonesians paying the price for high biofuel demand
2007-07-18 15:09:00 Record-high palm-oil prices due to voracious global demand for the oil used for food and now increasingly as a biofuel have left many ordinary Indonesians without their usual culinary fare. Palm oil-derived cooking oil is a staple in the Indonesian pantry. It is used to fry many of the spicy dishes that are part of the local cuisine. But the high price of oil has forced millions of poor Indonesians to eat their food boiled instead of fried. "I only have fried tempe when I have money, but mostly I don't," said Nurhayati, a mother of five, referring to a traditional dish made from fermented soya beans.
Indonesians sceptical of Suharto suit success
2007-07-10 10:45:00 A 1.5-billion-dollar civil suit filed against Indonesia's ex-dictator Suharto is a political move to appease government critics and comes too late to retrieve missing money, analysts said Tuesday. But analysts doubted the case would bring Suharto to justice. They saw it instead as a deft political move by President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, who needs to be seen to be doing something after being elected on an anti-corruption platform in 2004. "What they are after is a political effect -- that they are seen as being serious about dealing with Suharto. That is all, nothing more," said Asmara Nababan, who chairs the Centre for Democracy and Human Rights.
Depression affects most Indonesians
2007-06-21 10:32:00 The majority of the Indonesian population has suffered depression of some form in the last year, local press said Thursday. The latest survey by the Indonesian Doctors Association (IDI) showed that 94 percent of population in the country was suffering from some form of depression, reported English daily The Jakarta Post. "This ranges from mild to severe cases of depression," IDI chairman Fachmi Idris was quoted as saying. Fachmi said that among the symptoms of depression were a tendency to violate rules and norms, apathy, withdrawal and a refusal to work. The suicide rate was 1.6 per 100,000 people in 1997 and 1.8 per 100,000 in 1998, while prior to 1996 the number had been lower. Fachmi said that the high incidence of depression was aggravated by a lack of access to health care for most of the population.
Angry Indonesians disable tsunami-warning sirens after false alarm
2007-06-07 02:57:00 Angry residents in Indonesia's Aceh province, the area hardest hit by the 2004 tsunami, disconnected part of a new early warning system after a false alarm sent panicky residents to the hills, officials said Wednesday. Three tsunami-warning sirens in the provincial capital, Banda Aceh, and the surrounding areas went off accidentally Monday for about 30 minutes, causing hundreds of residents to flee their homes and run for higher ground. Many roads in the capital were clogged with people driving inland on motorbikes and cars. Afterward, residents in Lhoknga district disabled an early warning siren by removing its fuses and keeping them to prevent another false alarm. 'They took away the fuses without telling us because they are still panicked and afraid,' said Hervina, an official with the Meteorology and Geophysics Agency in Banda Aceh.
Young Indonesians take home environmental award in Sweden
2007-06-06 08:17:00 Indonesia may be something of a pariah for its lack of commitment to environmental issues but that did not stop three young women from taking top honors in a recent international environmental competition.From Surabaya, Agnes Santoso, 21, Vania Santoso, 15, and Wening Pranayadipta, 15, created an environmentally and user-friendly waste bin that turns organic waste into fertilizer. The students beat 14 other finalists to win the sixth edition of the Volvo Adventure in Gothenburg, Sweden, with their "Useful Waste for Better Future" project. The girls are entitled to the US$10,000 first prize. The jury awarded a team from New Zealand with $6,000 and second place for their "Plastic not so Fantastic" project while a South African team was third with their "EnergyWise" campaign, taking home $4,000.
Why do many Indonesians seek healthcare abroad?
2007-05-30 10:13:00 "Take off your shirt," the old doctor said rudely. He was angry because I only unbuttoned my shirt upon seeing him for a check up last December. I followed his order and asked him not to be mad, but this only made him more furious. "How can I check if you don't take it off? You should know it. It's not your first visit here," he said. I met him for the first time two and a half years ago at a private hospital when I discovered a lump in my breast. He was not friendly, though he was not rude either, so I felt okay. It was a nurse at the hospital who upset me. I had been lying down on the hospital bed for more than six hours to have my first session of chemotherapy when the nurse told me the quantity of drugs I had brought with me was not enough. I purchased the medication at the Indonesian Cancer Foundation (YKI), which sold medicines at low prices. It was late in the afternoon so I could not object when the nurse said she would buy more drugs from the hospital's pharmacy ...
Malaysians told to stop using "Indon" for Indonesians
2007-05-25 03:28:00 Malaysian Information Minister Datuk Seri Zainuddin Maidin said he had called on Malaysian citizens and media not to use the term "Indon" for Indonesia. "I have made an appeal to the Malaysian media and people not to use terms which could slacken the relations between Malaysia and Indonesia which have been good so far," the Malaysian Minister told ANTARA News on the sidelines of a conference of ASEAN Ministers Responsible for Information (AMRI) here on Thursday. He said Malaysia understood that the use of the word "Indon" hurts the feelings of the Indonesian people so that on Wednesday he called on the Malaysian public not to use the term.The ambassador said that Indonesia had actually objected to the use of the term a long time ago, but the Malaysian media remained using it for saving space in their newspapers. Two weeks ago, Indonesian citizens in Kuala Lumpur protested the Malaysian media for using "Indon" in their articles on Indonesia which they believed tended to creat...
?Sesame Street? in US bid to court Indonesians
2007-05-23 01:41:00 Tantan the orangutan and Jabrik the Javan rhino are among four new characters due to appear in an Indonesian version of the TV show ?Sesame Street? ? part of US-funded efforts to win hearts and minds in the Muslim nation.The local version of the children?s show, called ?Jalan Sesama?, which translates directly as Everyone?s Street, is beginning production in Jakarta and expected to air later this year after contracts with Indonesian stations are secured. The US Agency for International Development had earlier set aside $8.5 million for 156 episodes, part of $157 million pledged in 2003 by the Bush administration for education in Indonesia, which Washington regards as a key voice of moderation and democracy in the Muslim world.But the other two new characters ? Momon, a 5-year-old boy who likes math and drawing, and Putri, a 3-1/2-year-old girl with a healthy dose of curiosity ? bear a closer resemblance to Elmo and Ernie from the original show.To help draw in Indonesian viewers, the...
AC Nielson study shows Indonesians demand CSR
2007-05-14 10:44:00 While most corporations are now devoting human and financial resources to the practice of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), there remains a prevailing belief in some myths that surround the entire realm of socially responsible behavior. At the top of the list of CSR myths are: that CSR is a luxury add-on that corporations can indulge in only when they are highly successful and when controlling costs is no longer a first-level priority; and that CSR is of minor, if any, significance to consumers in Indonesia and in other developing nations. While the average Indonesian might be unfamiliar with the term CSR, the survey suggests that the principles of social responsibility are of real concern to Indonesians.
New Poll Finds Indonesians Favorable to US Firms and War on Terror, Angry a
2007-05-09 01:39:00 A new poll reports that while Indonesians hold favorable views of many American companies and brands and support the US-led war on terror, negative perceptions of the US persist. The poll also indicates that the serious risks posed by avian flu are not fully recognized, because many of the people most likely to be exposed to the disease - chicken owners - ignore the risks they face and oppose control measures.The reform-minded Yudhoyono - Indonesia's first directly elected president - retains an extremely positive personal image (80% favorable), even though only 34% of the public rates his job performance as good or excellent. The poll found that he remains more popular than his major rivals. In trial heats for the 2009 presidential election, Yudhoyono easily bested them all: by 54% to 29% over former President Megawati Sukarnoputri, 65% to 14% against former Defense Minister Wiranto, and 70% to 9% over Vice President Jusuf Kalla.
Indonesians are hit by climate change - but know little about it
2007-05-03 06:35:00 Every morning, at first light, Java's rice fields come alive. One by one, farmers appear among the bright green plants, their wide-brimmed hats dotted across the fields.This is the way Indonesia's rice has been farmed for generations; the basic rhythms of its paddies undisturbed by war or economic crisis.But now, something strange is happening. Parto is one of the first in the rice fields every morning. Carrying a can of pesticide, he swings the spray backwards and forwards over the crop."The harvests have become irregular," he said. "Normally we harvest two to three times a year, but it depends on the weather. We need to wait for the right conditions, but now that's become unpredictable."Many small-scale farmers still plant and harvest their crops according to the stars, or the first few drops of rain. But this year's heavy rains washed away many crops and caused major flooding. Scientists cannot agree how much of this is down to climate change. "We weren't told about clima...
Two Indonesians arrested on charges of people smuggling
2007-03-10 12:53:01 Melbourne, Mar 10: Two Indonesian men have been arrested on charges of facilitating the unlawful entry of Sri Lankan asylum seekers into Australia.
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