Indonesia speeds up partnership with Japan JAKARTA - Indonesia's President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has called for the speeding up of ongoing negotiations on the proposed Indonesia-Japan Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) so that it can be signed this year, a spokesman said.

Expensive House Market Still Promising Friday, 23 June, 2006 | 16:57 WIB TEMPO Interactive, Jakarta: Up to the beginning of the second half of this year, the market for expensive houses is still considered to be still promising. The demand of this kind of property is still high and therefore, it is estimated that the growth this year will be the same as last year.

Bakrie Brothers Target 30 percent Increase in Growth Friday, 23 June, 2006 | 17:05 WIB TEMPO Interactive, Jakarta: PT Bakrie and Brothers Tbk is targeting a 30 percent growth in revenue this year. According to Bobby Gafur Umar, President Director of Bakrie and Brothers, the growth will mainly be triggered by market growth in the telecommunications sector. In the telecommunications sector, as of December 2004, total Esia cellular phone subscribers amounted to 485,000.