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August
24th
2010 |
| Say goodbye to exploding LPG canisters |
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By:
Jakarta Post |
| Dozens of explosions of 3-kilogram LPG
canisters have rocked Malang, East Java, causing anxiety among locals using
them to fuel their gas stoves. Those determined not to spoil the broth have
reverted to using kerosene stoves despite the fairly high price of this
fuel, costing Rp 8,000 per liter. However people like Didik Susanto, a
43-year-old resident of Pakis Permata Asri, Pakis district, Malang regency,
and his wife, Mutmainah, 40, decided they no longer wanted to be at the
mercy of LPG canisters distributed by the government in 2008. ...
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August
20th
2010 |
| Indonesian train now have women-only
carriages |
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By:
Yahoo! News |
| As the train rattled into Indonesia's capital,
19-year-old Wiwit Wahyuningsih plopped down on a soft, pink-cushioned seat
in a carriage newly designated exclusively for women. It was a great
feeling, the university student said, knowing she didn't have to worry about
being ogled at, pinched or even groped. ...
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August
9th
2010 |
| Indonesia beef trade under threat |
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By:
Indonesia
Post |
| Indonesia is about to dramatically cut live
cattle and boxed beef imports from Australia. Chief executive of beef
exporter Sangers Australia, Richard Rains, says Indonesia is Australia's
third or fourth most valuable market for the combined trade. But he says big
cuts to beef imports are in the wind. "Indonesia is in a real state of flux
at the moment," he says. ...
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August
6th
2010 |
| Electronic Tariff System Asked to be
Postponed |
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By:
ANTARA |
| The implementation of the Electronic Road
Pricing (ERP) system to limit the number of vehicles in Jakarta’s business
routes is not regarded to be a priority today. The system should be applied
when the number and quality of the mass transportation are ideal. “We
shouldn’t apply the ERP, we don’t have the replacement yet,” said the
Jakarta Regional House of Representatives’ (DPRD) Development Commission
member, Mohamad Sanusi, in his office yesterday. “If I don’t use my own car,
I have to use the Transjakarta bus although it is uncomfortable or arrives
late,” he said. ...
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August 2nd
2010 |
| Obama bored with his Blackberry |
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By:
ANTARA |
| Barack Obama fought hard to keep his
BlackBerry when he became president, but with only 10 people authorized to
email the super-encrypted device, he admitted Thursday that it is "no fun."
Obama also demonstrated a passing knowledge of popular culture, in the
first-ever appearance by a sitting president on a daytime television talk
show, as he increases campaign-style events ahead of November`s
congressional polls. ...
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