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Archive: 23 December 2006

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Indonesia introduces iris scans to speed airport checks

just watch them stuff this up ...

Indonesia introduces iris scans to speed airport checks

Jakarta (ANTARA News) - Indonesia has introduced iris scans to allow registered passengers to pass through airport immigration in seconds, officials said.Jakarta's Soekarno-Hatta International Airport Thursday became the first in Asia to use the technology, which is already being used or tested at...

AGB Energy to produce biofuel for PLN

Jakarta (ANTARA News) - AGB Energy of South Korea is to invest Rp1 trln to build an integrated biofuel business, from plantation to a processing plant, under an agreement that it will supply its biofuel output to PT PLN, AGB president Kim Tae Sik said.

Official says 2007 will be better

With a number of sectors having contracted in 2006, the country's industrial sector is set to grow by a less-than-expected 5 percent this year, almost 1 percent lower than last year's disappointing growth of 5.9 percent.

We need to get in fast lane, minister admits

With Indonesia needing to build 54 new expressway sections totaling 1,835 kilometers to enable high economic growth to take off, the Public Works Ministry is seeking ways to speed up highway construction.

Bureaucratic reform needs a push, forum hears

Indonesia needs to create an "island of integrity" as part of efforts to end the bureaucratic reform stalemate, a discussion here heard.Roy Salomo of the University of Indonesia says South Korea used this method to remodel its bureaucracy with some success.