The Jakarta Post

Unpaid water bills amount to Rp 466b

admin — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 13:06:33 +0700

City-owned water operator PAM Jaya reported Friday its partners, Palyja and Aetra, still had Rp 466 billion (US$45.5 million) in unpaid bills for the last eight years.

Taxi robber gang members nabbed

admin — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 13:05:58 +0700

JAKARTA: Tebet Police arrested Friday two suspects allegedly involved in a series of robberies of taxi passengers.

KPUD to clean up campaign material

admin — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 13:05:51 +0700

JAKARTA: The Jakarta General Elections Commission (KPUD) will from Sunday begin taking down all presidential campaign material in the city, an official said Friday.

Shoddy work by judiciary lets smugglers off lightly: Officials

admin — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 13:05:41 +0700

Efforts by the customs office to halt widespread smuggling have been set back by the shoddy follow-up work of the judiciary, an official said Thursday.

Blind voters join poll simulation

admin — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 13:05:23 +0700

Twenty-eight-year-old Surya Pramono was relieved as he exited the voting booth Friday and inserted his marked ballot for the presidential election.

From doing time to `Hard Times': Prison library set to open

admin — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 13:05:09 +0700

Cipinang Penitentiary will have its in-house library functioning on Monday, making it the first prison in the country to provide a full-fledged reading facility for inmates.

From doing time to `Hard Times': Prison library set to open

admin — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 13:05:08 +0700

Cipinang Penitentiary will have its in-house library functioning on Monday, making it the first prison in the country to provide a full-fledged reading facility for inmates.

Hunger has no bedtime: Jakarta's late night eateries

admin — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 12:59:52 +0700

The wee hours of the morning often spell disaster for the gastric demands of Jakarta's 24-hour party people and nocturnal laborers.

Fish porridge, steamed crab, roast duck

admin — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 12:59:32 +0700

For gourmands, Kelapa Gading is a food haven. On just one part of its main street, you will find more than a hundred eating joints - on less than a one-kilometer stretch.

Neighbors' delicacy and Balinese suckling pigs

admin — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 12:59:13 +0700

Kelapa Gading has been a food haven for more than a decade. But the place keeps evolving with new culinary trends.