President delays restrictions on fuel

In the face of protests from lawmakers and analysts, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono Monday postponed a plan to limit public fuel consumption until further studies could be undertaken to measure its effectiveness.

Despite expectations that fuel subsidies will be increased substantially this year due to higher world oil prices and increased fuel consumption, Yudhoyono sees no immediate need to impose the agenda of fuel in May as proposed by officials of energy agencies.

"The President has told us not to the imposition of a hurry with the program until it is safe, the program will be implemented in line with the plan," Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Purnomo Yusgiantoro told reporters after a Cabinet meeting .

The Cabinet meeting aims at the establishment of a date for the program and its customer base.

Purnomo said that the President had required the agencies related to the institute several procedures before imposing the program, which will include a preliminary trial, a pilot project, evaluation, and a public awareness campaign.

"We are still preparing these procedures. That's why we can not reach an exact time for the program," he said.

With world oil prices hovering above $ 90 Per barrel, the coffers are already being diverted for subsidies on fuel and electricity.

The government was forced to double the grant for this year's state budget revision to 106.2 billion rupees (11.4 million USD), compared to 45.87 billion rupees in the budget State's original 2008.

Assumptions for calculating the grant proposal was based on the fuel consumption of 35475 million kilolitros, global oil prices of 83 dollars per barrel, and an exchange rate of 9150 rupees per US dollar.

The largest grant is expected to drain funds that were used to build infrastructure, schools and other public needs, as well as limiting the ability of the State to expand businesses, as they are forced to pay big dividends to the Government.

While the state budget is likely to be overwhelmed, analysts believe that the agenda of fuel Yudhoyono would be the only saviour for preventing raise fuel prices to ease the burden of subsidies.

The hiking fuel prices could present problems for Yudhoyono before the general elections in 2009.

President of the downstream oil and gas regulator BPHMigas Tubagus Haryono said that the program only save 10 billion rupees in subsidies, while its social impact could be much greater.

Under the program, the government issued a "control card kerosene" to low-income households throughout the country, with each household limited to 12.5 litres per month.

The government also intends to distribute a smart card to limit fuel consumption subsidized by motorists in Java and Bali. With the card, a car and a motorcycle can only consume 1 liter and 5 liters of fuel per day, respectively.

The plan has recently drawn a wave of protests from legislators and analysts who believe that the system can trigger social unrest because the allocation is so small that consumers will have to find ways to work around it.

The programme will also create loopholes for graft, they say, because the monitoring system remains unclear, particularly in the procurement and distribution of fuel by agents under the programme.
from thejakartapost.com

Solo become the digital service sample

Solo become the digital service sample
Solo ( Espos)-- Entire/All subdistrict office in Solo Town during near by will be provided with by the outlet administrative services digital kependudukan. Others, management KK, KTP and also bind the other administration kependudukan is which during the time encumbered by the expense will free of charge
That matter is laid open by a Solo Mayor, Joko Widodo ( Jokowi) in opening of outlet administrative services digital kependudukan in Office of Subdistrict Banjarsari, Friday ( 15 / 2). According to him, free plan of expense of making KTP, KK etcetera will be poured in Raperda proposed to DPRD
At the opportunity, Director of Civil Note Directorate General The Departmental Administration Kependudukan of Home Affairs, Righteous express by providing digital facility antrean in every subdistrict office, Solo Town will be made by sample in area of administrative services kependudukan
Whereas, pursuant to pantuan Espos, atmosphere in outlet administrative services digital kependudukan do not be different far with atmosphere in bank. digital Appliance antrean use make the administrative services of kependudukan become more fluent because unnecessary society have pressure.
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Floods in Situbondo swallow 11 soul

Situbondo-- Floods dashing against region of Regency Situbondo, Jatim, at Friday ( 8 / 2) night swallow 11 soul victim and also hundreds of house drift and thousands of suffused other house
Chief of Kesbanglinmas of Regency Situbondo, Wiyono, Sunday ( 10 / 2), explaining, pursuant to result close the related parties coordination, known by the victim die there is 11 people, eight victim have to experience to take care of to lodge and 44 victim experience to take care of the road;street
Others, as much 601 citizen house which drift and crumple and also 4.664 citizen house in 19 countryside / chief of village in six subdistrict suffused by floods. With the the condition, hence a lot of citizen of victim of floods bandang in Situbondo which in this time evacuate to neighbour house and its kith
Even, as much 25 family head perforced to evacuate in mosque jami' Situbondo, because up to now not yet there is special Posko of refugee of except Posko of soup kitchen in Pendapa of Regency Situbondo
" We have had no the something again. Cause, that occurence is sudden so and I only concentration save the our five child," word Yasid, citizen of countryside Pauwan which also evacuate in mosque jami' Situbondo
Wiyono confess that handling of floods victim in this time not yet optimal, cause of besides that floods bandang occurence is very sudden, a lot of governmental office in Situbondo also follow dashed against by floods as high as 1-2 metre
Therefore, his side will be non-stoped to do/conduct the best stages;steps to be able to immediately cure the citizen activity, among other things by conscripting heavy equipment to clean the mud and garbage ofis ex- floods
Meanwhile, citizen of floods victim in Situbondo in this time still be occupied by cleaning mud and floods garbage. Economics activity have started to see even not yet normal full. Shop which is is dashed against by a floods a lot still close.

Tol Solo-Ngawi belah Guworejo

Karanganyar ( Espos)-- Development of Toll Solo-Ngawi will dissociate the house four KK of citizen of Hamlet Guworejo, Countryside Waru, Subdistrict Kebakkramat, Karanganyar from permukiman resident. On that account, Local Sub-Regency chief propose so that/ to be fourth of the house bought by the government, so that its citizen can move
Met by Espos in Complex of Office of Regent Karanganyar, Friday ( 8 / 2), Sub-Regency Chief of Kebakkramat Ign Trianto say the, citizen Guworejo do not wish their orchard is apart of turnpike. " If proposal remove the toll to done/conducted unlikely orchard periphery, hence the single road;street, fourth house of the citizen bought and they can move to near by permukiman citizen," he/she said
that matter is Regent Karanganyar, Rina Iriani promise to continue the the proposal to central government. According to him, in project of development of toll Solo-Ngawi, Pemkab only have the character of as pendamping, while everything nya determined and executed by oelh pemrintah center.
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Solo Floods again, citizen of Putat pitched a emergency tent

Solo ( Espos) -- Citizen of Kampong Putat, Chief Of Village Sewu, Subdistrict Jebres, Solo with Satlak of Handling of Disaster and Evacuation ( Local PBP) found the emergency tents and also soup kitchen to evacuate, to propose the floods which knock over the the area since Monday ( 4 / 2) night
Monitoring Espos, Tuesday ( 5 / 2), floods suffusing permukiman citizen in periphery of river of Bengawan of Solo of effect of of torrential rains which mengguyur of Town Bengawan of since day Monday start the ebb. But, tens of house residing in do not far from river lip still terendam till shoulder height. Chief Of Village Sewu, F Budihartono tell, a number of 160-an citizen house incured by a floods start the Monday, about at 23.00 WIB
Pursuant to saying of a number of citizen Sewu, the disaster do not so surprise because by the end of December 2007 then, their kampong is terendam deluge of during berhari-hari. Even since Monday at 20.00 WIB, citizen start to evacuate the family and also its properties estae, because seeing height irrigate the Bengawan Solo non-stoped by go up.

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Merpati flies out of Halim Perdanakusumah airport for a month

JAKARTA (JP): State-owned PT Merpati Nusantara Airlines announced Monday it will fly out of Halim Perdanakusumah airport in February to maintain its level of service to passengers.

"The temporary move was taken because weather conditions in Jakarta and its surroundings are expected to remain unpredictable in the coming weeks," Merpati corporate secretary Purwatmo saidin a media release.

"By moving to Halim Perdanakusumah airport, Merpati is anticipating unwanted events experienced by many airlines last week."
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Purwatmo was referring to events on Friday, when the Sedyatmo tollroad connecting Jakarta to the Soekarno-Hatta International Airport was inundated, disrupting flight schedules.

Airport authorities also closed the airport in Tangerang from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. due to bad weather and limited visibility.

Many airplanes were forced to postpone their departures or divert to another airport including Halim Perdanakusumah airport.

On Monday there were only two Merpati flights departing from Halim Perdanakusumah at 9:30 p.m. and 10:15 p.m., both heading for Makassar, South Sulawesi.

There were five arrivals scheduled in Halim Perdanakusumah on Monday afternoon from Denpasar, Medan and Makassar.

"We will move all flights to Halim Perdanakusumah on Tuesday," Purwatmo told The Jakarta Post over the phone. (nvn)

Soekarno-Hatta International Airport closed due to heavy rain

JAKARTA (AP): Indonesia was forced to temporarily close its main international airport Friday because of poor visibility during heavy rains, said an official. More than 60 planes were delayed or diverted.

Hariyanto, a spokesman for the Soekarno-Hatta International Airport, said he hoped that the facility will reopen in early afternoon. Runs were not flooded, but the visibility was less than 300 meters - compared to the minimum level of 500 metres, hesaid.

Forty-three flights were delayed and 21 diverted to other airports, Hariyanto said.

Indonesia was pounded by rain late Thursday and early Friday, bringing traffic to a standstill in much of the capital, Jakarta.

The rain is expected to continue until nightfall, Zakir Ahmad, a spokesman for the meteorology and geophysics agency, told El Shinta radio.

Flooding in the city for the last time in February 2007 in Jakarta, much of which is below sea level. Environmentalists have blamed the flooding of garbage from rivers clogged, rampant overdevelopment and deforestation of the hills south of the city.