Bio-fuel Development To Receive Fiscal Incentives Tuesday, 25 July, 2006 | 17:53 WIB TEMPO Interactive, Jakarta: The government will officially form the national team for bio-fuel energy development. The components of this alternative energy team were decided at a limited meeting of the energy sector at the Presidential Palace yesterday (24/7).

Batam to be ‘Shop Window’ of Indonesia's Economy Tuesday, 25 July, 2006 | 13:58 WIB TEMPO Interactive, Jakarta: Muhammad Luthfi, Head of the Investment Coordinating Board (BKPM), said by setting up Batam, Bintan and Karimun as Special Economic Zones (SEZ) under the one-roof system, that Batam will be the shop window of Indonesia's economy. This one-roof service is to make it easy for investors to deal with any documents related to foreign and domestic investment.

Govt allocates big chunk of land for biofuel projects Rendi Akhmad Witular, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta As part of its commitment to boost the use of alternative energy, the government has set aside huge swathes of land across the archipelago for the crops needed for raw materials for producing biofuels.

Government to Invite Investors for High Speed Train in 2008 Monday, 24 July, 2006 | 19:37 WIB TEMPO Interactive, Jakarta: The government is to invite local and foreign investors to invest in the Jakarta-Surabaya and Jakarta-Bandung high speed train projects in 2008. The results of the government's analysis have shown that the projects will require funding of US$7.7 billion, or around Rp60 trillion.