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Batam shopping promotion aimed at bagging tourists Fadli, The Jakarta Post, Batam The Batam city administration and the local tourism industry are to launch a "shopping adventure program" in early May to attract more overseas tourists to the island located in Riau Islands province.

Eterindo to Expand into Bio-diesel Thursday, 27 April, 2006 | 08:19 WIB TEMPO Interactive, Jakarta: PT Eterindo Wahanatama will start producing biodiesel for fuel mixing. “The product will be produced by one of our affiliated companies, PT Anugerahinti Gemanusa in Gresik,” said Yudianto Kosman, an Eterindo Director. According to Yudianto, the entry of a company into the biodiesel industry is one of the efforts to improve the company's performance.

Sri Mulyani orders end to shoddy service Rendi Akhmad Witular, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati quoted from Nobel laureate Amartya Sen in a stern reminder Thursday to government officials to prioritize their sense of public service over an inflated desire for power. "He who wishes to live long must serve, but he who wishes to rule does not live long," Sri Mulyani said in reproving officials who use unscrupulous means to acquire wealth and position.