Mar 20 20:42 BI hopes regulations to encourage investment ready in third quarter 2006 "We have to strive for the completion of legal and institutional facilities this year. I hope it can be completed in the first semester or the third quarter of 2006 at the latest," Burhanuddin said.

RI has potential to become world's biggest ethanol producerJakarta (ANTARA News) - Indonesia has potential to become the biggest ethanol producer in the world because it has an abundance of raw material and vast lands for producing the commodity, an industry executive said.

Govt to expand 'VOA' facility to boost tourism Rendi Akhmad Witular, The Jakarta Post, Denpasar, BaliThe government is planning to expand the visa-on-arrival (VOA) facility to help reverse the declining number of tourist arrivals in Indonesia, which dropped dramatically in the wake of the Oct.

Kalla pledges better climate, projects to entice investors Rendi Akhmad Witular and Rita Widiana, The Jakarta Post, Nusa Dua, BaliVice President Jusuf Kalla urged foreign investors Monday to return to the country, promising the government would soon take concrete measures to improve the investment...

Service gap filled by middlemen Multa Fidrus, The Jakarta Post, TangerangA new passport costs Rp 265,000 and takes just three working days to process, or so says the sign at Tangerang Immigration Office.