Furniture industry seeks government help Benget Simbolon Tnb., The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The furniture industry is urging the government to curb the illegal exportation of wood and rattan and take other steps to shore up the industry's declining market share at home and overseas.

Darmin faces tough job reforming tax office Rendi Akhmad Witular, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati's appointment of her long-time colleague Darmin Nasution as the new director general of taxation could be seen as sign of her distrust toward most bureaucrats at the ministry.

SBY hopeful of Kuwait oil firm's investment in RI Dadan Wijaksana, The Jakarta Post, Kuwait City President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono believes the interest of Kuwait Petroleum Company (KPC), a major energy firm in the region, to develop an oil refinery in Indonesia indicates improving bilateral economic relations.