Right kuku, just simple bureaucracy and no tip money everywhere and everytime we enter the door of government office. That make me piss off too when I only need my ID card.

Employers relaxing the pressure for revision of labor legislation The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The Indonesian Employers Association (Apindo) appears to be backing off on the proposed amendments to the 2003 Labor Law, saying that there are other more urgent ways in which the business climate can be improved.

this is crap. "incentives" are not needed at all to attract investors to indonesia. what is required is very simply a stable economic environment where investors rights are not trampled over, and where they are not treated like criminals by the government, police, miliary and bureaucracy for daring to put money into this country.

Govt needs to go the extra mile to attract investments: Kadin Benget Simbolon Tnb., The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Kadin) has warned the government that enacting a new investment law and improving the macro economy would not be enough to generate sustained investment inflows. Kadin chairman M.S. Hidayat said that Indonesia's competitors, such as China, Vietnam and Thailand, also had competitive packages to attract foreign investment.

Statement by IMF Staff at the Conclusion of the 2006 Article IV Consultation Discussions with Indonesia Press Release No. 06/106 May 19, 2006 Mr. Stephen Schwartz, Senior Resident Representative of the IMF in Indonesia, made the following statement in Jakarta today: "An IMF mission led by Mr. Milan Zavadjil, Assistant Director in the Asia and Pacific Department, is completing a two-week visit to Jakarta today to conduct the 2006 Article IV Consultation discussions.