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Archive: 13 October 2006

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Astra International Aiming at Electricity Power Genera

Astra International Aiming at Electricity Power Generating Plant ProjectsThursday, 12 October, 2006 | 15:26 WIBTEMPO Interactive, Jakarta: PT Astra International Tbk is targeting several of electricity generating plant and toll road projects that the government is going to offer.

Flexi BTS Tender Participants to be Announced

Flexi BTS Tender Participants to be Announced Next WeekThursday, 12 October, 2006 | 16:07 WIBTEMPO Interactive, Jakarta: PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia (Telkom) Tbk. will announce the telecommunication vendors that passed the selection for the Flexi base transceiver station (BTS) construction tender...

Supreme Court cannot be above the law

Supreme Court cannot be above the lawT.Sima Gunawan, JakartaMirror, mirror on the wall, who is the mightiest of them all?If the mirror could speak, it might say: The judge.A police officer has a pistol, a soldier has a machine gun and a journalist has a pen, which can be mightier than a firearm.

Epson to raise investment in Indonesia

Epson to raise investment in IndonesiaJakarta (ANTARA News/Asia Pulse) - PT Indonesia Epson Industry said it will increase its investment in the country by US$20 million next year to expand its printer production capacity by 10 per cent.

SBY: Domestic capital should invest in Indonesia first

SBY: 'I APPEAL TO DOMESTIC INVESTORS TO DO BUSINESS IN OUR OWN COUNTRY' President appeals to domestic investors to invest their capital in home country. “I read in many mass media that Indonesian entrepreneurs also invest in many countries.

President Requests Increase in Export of Services

President Requests Increase in Export of ServicesThursday, 12 October, 2006 | 13:25 WIBTEMPO Interactive, Jakarta: President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has stated that it is high time for Indonesia to change its export focus from goods to services.

Funds Parked in Singapore Belongs Mainly to Embezzlers

Funds Parked in Singapore Belongs Mainly to EmbezzlersThursday, 12 October, 2006 | 13:29 WIBTEMPO Interactive, Jakarta: Indonesian Corruption Watch (ICW) suspects that a large part of the Rp506.8 trillion in funds parked in Singapore is owned by former embezzlers of state and private national banks.

Bumi resources to buy back shares

Bumi resources to buy back sharesJakarta (ANTARA News) - Publicly-listed coal mining company PT Bumi Resources (BUMI) is planning to buy back its share from October 11, 2006 to November 17, 2007, a spokesman said here Wednesday.BUMI would buy back 1,940.

SBY orders trade ministry to address services export

President orders trade ministry to begin addressing services export sectorJakarta (ANTARA News) - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has ordered Trade Ministry officials to begin seriously handling the services export ssctor so that the country weuld not remain an exporter of goods only.

Top traders get SBY's seal of approval

Top traders get SBY's seal of approvalThe Jakarta Post, JakartaPresident Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono presented the Primaniyarta Awards to 23 companies assessed as the best performing exporters this year, and praised them as economic heroes during a ceremony Wednesday.

Fight the haze or choke investors, Lee warns RI

Fight the haze or choke investors, Lee warns RIThe Jakarta Post, JakartaSingapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has written to President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono to express his disappointment over smog from land-clearing fires in Indonesia that have blanketed parts of Southeast Asia.

Production at Cepu Block Delayed until 2009

Production at Cepu Block Delayed until 2009Thursday, 12 October, 2006 | 08:57 WIBTEMPO Interactive, Surabaya: The work program and budgeting (WP&B) for the management of the Cepu Block at Bojonegoro has been delayed.