Minister of Transportation Jusman Syafii Djamal of Indonesia
Transport Minister Jusman Syafii Djamal said he believed about 150 people had been found alive but fears were mounting for 100 others who remained lost at sea.
Transport Minister Jusman Syafi'i Djamal said the captain - who was among those pulled alive from the sea - reported that 150 people jumped off the boat before it sank.
ERICSSON TO EXPAND ITS BUSINESS IN KAZAKHSTANJAKARTA, Nov 13 Asia Pulse - Transport Minister Jusman Syafii Djamal has abandoned hope that the European Union will soon lift the ban on Indonesian airliners from flying to that region.
Asia Pulse/AntaraSaturday, November 15, 2008JAKARTA: Transport Minister Jusman Syafii Djamal has abandoned hope that the European Union will soon lift the ban on Indonesian airliners from flying to that region.
Now we are pessimistic that they will lift the ban although they said there will be good news," Djamal was quoted as saying by the newspaper Investor Daily.
Transportation Minister Jusman Syafii Djamal said the decision was unilaterally taken without prior dialogues with the government.
God willing, they're still readable, Transportation Minister Jusman Syafii Djamal was quoted as saying.
The meteorology agency had warned of bad weather in the area but Djamal said port authorities had given the ferry the go-ahead to leave and conditions were clear when it left.
TEMPO Interactive, Surabaya:Transportation Minister, Jusman Syafii Djamal has complained to Minister for State-Owned Enterprises, Sofyan Djalil, that PT Pertamina still has not lowered the price of avtur fuel, despite the declining world price of oil.
TEMPO Interactive, Jakarta: Transportation Minister Jusman Syafii Djamal has said that the government's policy to reduce accidents to a zero level has not been effective because the amount of transportation accidents still remains high.
Djamal is concerned that instead new European planes would have to be flown into Indonesia prior to registration, with higher costs incurred as a result.
Transportation Minister Jusman Syafii Djamal has said a decision had been made to "stop all discussions temporarily before it (EU) lifts its ban," reported English-language daily The Jakarta Post.
There is no further argument for the EU not to lift the ban, Transport Minister Jusman Syafii Djamal was quoted as saying by the Indonesian daily Koran Tempo.
Transport Minister Jusman Syafii Djamal said a widespread investigation was under way to determine why the crew apparently ignored warnings not", "Houston Chronicle.
JAKARTA, March 5 (Xinhua) -- The European Union (EU) has sent an aviation expert to Indonesia to assist the country in the lifting of EU ban on 51 Indonesian airliners, Indonesian Transport Minister Jusman Syafii Djamal said here Wednesday.
Transportation Minister Jusman Syafii Djamal said Friday the Jakarta administration and the ministry were planning to cater to passengers of the busway, train and the future Mass Rapid Transit system.
Djamal said the new aviation law addresses at least 18 of the recommendations by the UN's Montreal-based aviation-safety agency.
Djamal said the program would help four Indonesian airlines -- flag carrier Garuda Indonesia, Mandala Airways, Premiair and Airfast -- improve safety standards to bring them in line with EU levels.
Mr Djamal says Indonesia has responded with improvements such as plans to buy new planes and better safety practices, and it hopes to get the ban overturned in the next few months.
Mr Djamal says his priorities are to fix the railways, provide ferry services to link the easternmost islands, and build new airports in Papua which is difficult to cross by land.
Transport Minister Jusman Syafii Djamal said there was little hope any of the missing passengers and crew would be found alive more than 24 hours after the 700-tonne ferry sank off western Sulawesi.