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Tak Ada Krisis di Ferrari Posted: 29 Jul 2008 03:00 PM CDT AFP/Eoland Weihrauch Budapest - Di dua balapan terakhir, Ferrari meraih hasil yang mengecewakan. Meski demikian kubu “Kuda Jingkrak” dengan tegas menolak kalau mereka dikatakan tengah mengalami krisis. Saat Lewis Hamilton menjadi juara di Inggris dan Jerman, hasil terbaik yang bisa didapat duo Ferrari hanya finis di posisi tiga. Kimi Raikkonen dan Felipe Massa yang sebelumnya berbagi posisi puncak dengan Hamilton kini mulai tercecer meski selisihnya poinnya masih satu digit. Dengan delapan seri yang masih digelar, termasuk GP Hongaria akhir pekan ini, peluang Ferrari memperbaiki performa jelas masih terbuka lebar. Inilah yang diyakini Team Principal Ferrari, Stefano Domenicali, yang sekaligus membantah isu krisis di timnya. “Meski hasil dua balapan terakhir negatif buat kami, Scuderia jelas tidak sedang krisis. Kami masih memimpin klasemen konstruktor dan secara teori jika salah satu pembalap kami akan kembali mampu memuncaki klasemen di Minggu ini,” ungkap Domenicali di Autosport. Usai GP Jerman lalu Ferrari mengagendakan evaluasi besar, jika berpatokan pada musim lalu di mana mereka sempat tersendat namun kemudian mampu mengawinkan gelar juara, peluang mereka untuk kembali berkompetisi dengan McLaren masih terbuka sangat lebar. “Kami meraih poin yang sama dengan tahun lalu, kami sudah memenangi setengah balapan dan juga meraih setengah pole position. Kami sangat dominan di Prancis, jadi tak ada rasa kehilangan setelah Seri Inggris dan Jerman.” “Jika melihat Ferrari di tahun 2007 setelah 10 balapan, tahun ini posisi kami lebih baik. Masih ada satu balapan lagi dibading tahun lalu, yang memberi kami kesempatan untuk memberikan perlawanan,” pungkas Domenicali. ( din / din ) Like this Post? Subscribe to our RSS Feed.

Governments Differ over Bakrie Mine Posted: 29 Jul 2008 09:10 AM CDT TEMPO Interactive, Jakarta:West Kutai executive, Isran Noor, issued a letter terminating the two companies mining operations. Both companies allegedly violated the law by operating inside PT Porodisa Trading and Industrials area. The East Kalimantan Police is currently investigating the case. Director-General for Forestry Protection, Darori, said he will support the regents decision if evidence of any violation is found. We will back him up but we will be impartial, he said yesterday. He also promised to follow-up on the case once he receives the reports from the East Kutai provincial government. But Forestry Minister, M.S. Kaban disagrees, saying there was no violation. The regent is talking nonsense, he said yesterday. He claimed the decision was made without coordinating with his people. He was also puzzled as to why the matter became an issue. When confronted by the fact that the regents decision was based on an audit conducted by the Forestry Inspectorate General, the Forestry and Mining Offices of the East Kalimantan government, Kaban only said, Give me data, dont just assume. Mineral, Coal, and Geothermal director-general, Bambang Setiawan, said the East Kutai regency administration had no authority to terminate a companys operations. That is the central governments prerogative, he said. Kaltim Primas manager, Harry Miarsono, also disagreed with the termination because it upset coal supplies to the Tanjung Jati B power plant. According to him, in 1990 the Forestry Minister gave Kaltim Prima the license to use the 13.000-hectare land. In 2002, the company submitted a proposal to expand the land use up to 8.000 hectares. We have the required license from the Forestry Minister, he said. ISMI WAHID | NIEKE INDRIETTA | WAHYUDIN FAHMI Like this Post? Subscribe to our RSS Feed.

Merpati Cuts Employees Salaries Posted: 29 Jul 2008 09:10 AM CDT TEMPO Interactive, Jakarta:He further said that the 5 percent cut applied to employees earning less than Rp 5 million a month, while those earning more than that would undergo a 20 percent cut. Managers and pilots salaries would be cut 30 percent. This policy is the last option, said Wayan when contacted by Tempo by telephone. He said restructuring the management or economizing other areas would have been a better alternative to reducing efficiency. Cutting employees salary was not previously discussed, he added. Merpati executive secretary, Purwatmo, claimed not be officially aware of this policy officially I have not read the decision yet, he said. But, according to him, this system has long existed and is applied whenever the companys income was declining. Normally we pay the whole salary in one month and in two installments the next month. But their salary remains the same, he explained. Purwatmo further said they are still studying the companys restructuring and personnel issues to improve the company. Essentially, we will not fire employees, he stated. On a separate occasion, the Merpati Employees Union chairman, Aries Munandar, said that in the restructuring process, the management can decide on any policy. What is important is that we discuss it together first, he said. Aries also said that the management can impose changes affecting the 2.590 employees as long as the decision is in accordance with their contracts. HARUN MAHBUB Like this Post? Subscribe to our RSS Feed.

On Water Tax Issue, West Java Opts For Negotiation Posted: 29 Jul 2008 09:10 AM CDT TEMPO Interactive, Purwakarta:All parties have agreed to re-negotiate the contract with PAM Jaya. We will meet with PAM Jaya, the Finance Department, PJT II and athe Purwakarta regency government, saud Dede Yusuf in Jatiluhur, Purwakarta, yesterday. Dede did not confirm as to when the re-negotiation will be held, but he assured that the Jatiluhur Dam case will be his priority. Dede further said if the re-negotiation ends in a deadlock, he will not take the case to court. I have no plans of bringing PAM Jaya to court, he said. The case began in 2002 when PAM Jaya failed to pay the Jatiluhur Dam surface tax to the West Java government. The amount of taxes owed, at Rp 10 per cubic meter, totaled Rp 25 billion. According to regulations, 30 percent of what is owed by PAM Jaya will go to the West Java government, while the 70 percent will go to the Purwakarta Regency administration, which owns dam area. PAM Jaya director, Heryadi, claims his company has no unpaid dues. He also said that PAM Jaya has never used any surface water from any river in West Java, except the water in Jatiluhur Dam which flows through the West Tarum. Heryadi assured that he had paid fees to Jasa Tirta II, which is the dams administrator. Jasa Tirta II CEO, Djendam Gurusinga, admitted to receiving payment for still water of Rp 130 per cubic meter from PAM Jaya. However, Djendam said it was for administration fees, as regulated in the Water Resources Laws. He claimed he never received water tax payments as part of the administration fees. Purwakarta Regent, Dedi Mulyadi, said if the provincial government fails to collect the debt owed by PAM Jaya, he will still ask for the Rp 17 billion which the West Java government owes to the Purwakarta administration. That is compensation for the people, he said. The fund was to be used to build a 38-kilometer road in Sukasari subdistrict, located across from Jatiluhur Dam. NANANG SUTISNA Like this Post? Subscribe to our RSS Feed.

Yudhoyono Unlikely to Run with Kalla Posted: 29 Jul 2008 09:10 AM CDT TEMPO Interactive, Jakarta:The Democrats must find another coalition partner, said politics expert, Indra J. Piliang, yesterday. This giant party is nominating its own candidate, so the Democrats must achieve significant votes on its own, he added. Indra said Yudhoyono was not in the list of presidential candidates in a number of Golkar provincial branches. Jogya branch of Golkar, for instance, is naming Kalla, the Sultan of Yogyakarta, Agung Laksono (vice-chairman), Muladi, Akbar Tandjung (ormer chairman), and Surya Paloh as their candidates. They say these names should be included in the Survey of Golkar Executives. Meanwhile Balikpapan is supporting the Sultan, Aburizal Bakrie, Akbar, and Kalla. Indra thinks the names proposed by Golkar are only in the first phase. Essentially, Yudhoyonos chances of being nominated by Golkar are very slim, he said. Golkar Vice Chairman, Agung Laksono, said party executives will discuss the 2009 presidential candidates after the general elections. These names will be proposed by the partys provincial and central executives by voting. Last Friday Jusuf Kalla confirmed that he and Yudhoyono will not nominate themselves before the parties voting results are out. Kalla met with Akbar Tandjung yesterday in Palembang, and asked him to launch the XXVI Moslem Students Association Congress together. This was the first time Kalla met Tandjung again after Kalla defeated him at the Golkar Congress on December 2004. ANTON A | KURNIASIH | DWI R A | HERU CN | SG WIBISONO Like this Post? Subscribe to our RSS Feed.

Indonesian Oilfields Not Attractive to Investors Posted: 29 Jul 2008 09:10 AM CDT TEMPO Interactive, Jakarta:Oil and Gas director-general, Evita Legowo, said the investors lacked interest because of incomplete data and background information on the oilfields and gas blocks. We will have an internal discussion to resolve these oil blocks, she said yesterday. However, Evita did not specify which fields were not attracting interest. It is confidential. Some are not attracting interest, but percentage-wise, it is the same as those that are doing well, she said. Last January the government offered 21 oil and gas blocks: X Ray North Block (West Java Northern Coast), Lombok I and II N.E Blocks (Nusa Tenggara Northern Coast), West Semai Beach I, II, III, IV, and V Blocks (West Papua), South East Tual Block (Western Arafura Coast), Cakalang, Kerapu, Baronang, Cucut, and Dolphin Blocks (Natuna Coast), East Bawean I and Bawean II Blocks (East Java Northern Coast), Gunting and Situbondo Blocks (East Java Coast), Buton II Block (Buton Southern Coast), Rangkas Block (Banten, West Java), and West Timor Block ( Timor Coast). The government had previously changed the calculations on cost recovery which would be borne by investors. The calculation will be based on producing wells, while wells which failed to produce will not receive compensation. The calculation was previously based on oil blocks. Oil and Gas Administrator Head, R. Priyono, said the low interest on oilfields was due to the weak marketing strategies of the government. It is not because of the cost recovery, but it is the marketing strategies, he said in Palembang, South Sumatera, yesterday. Priyono was Oil and Gas Director in the Energy Natural Resources Department when the oil blocks were tendered. He was promoted as Executive Board chairman last April, replacing Kardaya Warnika, at during which he promised an increase in oil production to 1 million barrel per day from the previous 950.000. According to him, the Energy Department is responsible for marketing strategies, while his part is to handle technical matters. We need to explain this to the investors, he said. NIEKE INDRIETTA | ANTON APRIANTO Like this Post? Subscribe to our RSS Feed.

Sarah Azhari Cari Pacar yang Sehat Posted: 29 Jul 2008 08:50 AM CDT Sarah Azhari (rac/hot) Jakarta Masih menjomblo adalah pilihan Sarah Azhari. Ia pun tidak begitu saja terburu-buru punya pacar. Kriterianya, pria calon pacar Sarah haruslah sehat. “Kriteria saya nggak neko-neko. Yang penting baik dan sehat,” ujar Sarah ditemui di Pisa Cafe Menteng, Jakarta Pusat, Selasa (29/7/2008). Menurut Sarah justru jomblo kini adalah tren. Adik Ayu Azhari itu tak mau kalap mencari pasangan hidup. Saat ini jodoh bukanlah prioritas utama bagi pesinetron yang juga penyanyi itu. Kesepian tentu saja dirasakan Sarah. Tapi perempuan yang kerap diidentikan dengan kata seksi itu tak mau gegabah. “Ya gimana ya, kadang butuh teman. Alhamdulillah punya teman juga adik. Rahma kan juga jomblo,” celoteh Sarah. (yla/yla) Like this Post? Subscribe to our RSS Feed.

Emirates beli 30 Airbus A350 XWB Posted: 29 Jul 2008 08:10 AM CDT JAKARTA (Bisnis.com): Emirates Airline yang berpusat di Dubai menandatangani pembelian 30 unit pesawat Airbus A350 XWB dan 30 unit pesawat A330-300. Kepala dan Chief Executive Emirates Sheikh Ahmed Bin Saeed Al Maktoum mengatakan pembelian itu untuk mendukung rencana ekspansi guna memenuhi target Dubai mencapai 15 juta pengunjung setiap tahunnya pada 2012. “Pesawat A350 XWB dan A330 akan memungkinkan Emirates untuk memperluas jangkauan dengan menggunakan pesawat modern yang hemat bahan bakar, selain itu menggunakan A380 jadi kunci utama untuk mencapai tujuan kami,” katanya dalam siaran pers hari ini. Perjanjian Letter of Intent (LoI) pembelian pesawat itu diteken Sheikh Ahmed dan kelompok perusahaannya dengan Presiden dan CEO Airbus Tom Enders saat pengiriman A380 pertama di Hamburg, Jerman. Perjanjian yang dilakukan hari ini meliputi kepastian pembelian sebanyak 30 buah pesawat A350 XWB, sehingga pada akhirnya total pemesanan A350 XWB oleh Emirates menjadi 100 unit. Pada Dubai Airshow ke-10 pada 2007, Emirates telah menandatangani pemesanan untuk 70 unit pesawat A350 XWB dengan kemungkinan menambah 50 unit pesawat lagi. Tom Enders menyatakan sangat senang dengan kepercayaan Emirates Airline termasuk pemesanan itu menunjukkan mutu pesawat A330, pesawat A350 dan semua rangkaian produk pesawat Airbus, sangat diminati. “Pemesanan dan pengiriman Airbus A380 yang pertama ini, menjadikan hari ini jadi hari yang bersejarah bagi kedua perusahaan,” kata Enders. Dengan lorong pesawat yang luas sehingga memberikan standar kenyamanan tingkat tinggi, A330-300 mampu mengakomodasi konfigurasi tempat duduk dan kelas yang sesuai bagi kebutuhan pelanggan. Pesawat itu mempunyai jarak tempuh hingga 5.650 nm/10.500 km dengan kapasitas penumpang penuh.(yn) Like this Post? Subscribe to our RSS Feed.

Jamkrindo jamin nasabah BPRS Harta Insan Posted: 29 Jul 2008 08:10 AM CDT JAKARTA (Bisnis.com): Perusahaan Umum Jaminan Kredit Indonesia (Jamkrindo) bekerja sama dengan dengan Bank Perkreditan Rakyat Syariah Harta Insan Karimah Bekasi dalam penjaminan pembiayaan nasabah. Direktur Utama BPRS Harta Insan Karimah Bekasi O.P. Yepri mengatakan dengan adanya kerja sama ini, kemungkinan pembiayaan bermasalah yang terjadi dapat ditanggung Jamkrindo hingga 75% dan sisanya oleh BPRS Harta Insan. “Walaupun begitu kami tetap prudent dalam memberikan pembiayaan. Pengalaman selama tiga tahun mengelola nasabah, yang bermasalah tidak banyak. Walaupun telat bayar saja tetapi akhirnya lunas,” katanya saat penandatanganan MoU antara Jamkrindo dengan BPRS Harta Insan Karimah Bekasi di Jakarta, hari ini. Dia menambahkan kerja sama ini dapat memperbesar pembiayaan hingga akhir tahun karena jaminan terhadap pembiayaan bermasalah yang kemungkinan terjadi. Direktur Utama Jamkrindo Nahid Hudaya menambahkan kerja sama ini merupakan yang pertama kalinya untuk BPRS. “Kami harap ini merupakan pilot proyek untuk masuk ke BPRS. Asbisindo telah memiliki daftar BPRS yang kinerjanya sehat dan akan direkomendasikan untuk bekerja sama dengan kami juga.”(yn) Like this Post? Subscribe to our RSS Feed.

Laudya Cynthia Bella Tolak Kursi Legislatif Posted: 29 Jul 2008 08:10 AM CDT Laudya Chintya Bella (rac/hot) Jakarta Makin banyak saja selebriti yang terjun dalam bidang politik dan menduduki kursi legislatif. Laudya Cynthia Bella menolak jadi calon legislatif. “Aku kemarin sempat ditawarin tapi sekarang masih sangat cinta terhadap profesi yang aku jalanin. Karena dari awal jatuh bangunnya aku di dunia entertainmen sudah aku rasakan dan aku merasa nyaman.” ujar Bella ditemui di Senayan City, Jakarta Selatan, Selasa (29/7/2008). Banyaknya selebriti yang kini terjun ke dunia politik tak jadi masalah bagi bintang film 'Love' itu. Asal orang itu memiliki kemampuan, selebriti atau bukan, sah saja dipilih menjadi wakil rakyat. Hal itulah yang membuat personel Bukan Bintang Biasa itu belum menerima tawaran jadi wakil rakyat. Bella takut tak bisa memenuhi tugas-tugasnya dengan baik. “Kalau untuk sekarang jujur aku belum siap. Belum mau. Belum pengen terjun ke legislatif karena yang harus dipikirkan bukan diri sendiri tapi masyarakat banyak,” jelas Bella. (yla/yla) Like this Post? Subscribe to our RSS Feed.

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