Advertising Expenditures for First Half of 2006 Decline Friday, 28 July, 2006 | 16:31 WIB TEMPO Interactive, Jakarta: Advertising expenditures for the electronic and printed media for the first half of this year have decreased to Rp13.6 trillion. This is a four percent decline compared to the same period last year which totaled Rp14.2 trillion.

Natrindo Invests US$200 Million for Celluar Phone Network Friday, 28 July, 2006 | 17:04 WIB TEMPO Interactive, Jakarta: PT Natrindo Telepon Seluler has prepared US$200 million or around Rp1.8 trillion for building the third generation cellular phone network (3G) in Jakarta. Kusnadi Sukarja, Natrindo Telepon Seluler's President Director, said 400 units of Base Transceiver Stations (BTS) will be constructed.

Singapore receives record visitors in June, RI the biggest source Singapore (ANTARA News) - Singapore's visitor arrivals in June rose 5.3 percent from a year earlier to a record 787,704, the tourism board said Thursday. Visitors from Indonesia, China, India, Australia and Malaysia accounted for 54 percent of the month's arrivals, the Singapore Tourism Board said.

Serviced apartments up pressure on hotels Anissa S. Febrina, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta For Jakarta's hoteliers, competition these days comes not only in the form of other hotels, but also from serviced apartments. "The serviced-apartment sector has become a serious competitor for hotels as such apartments offer the same services, or more, at similar prices," property consultant Procon Indah senior manager Arief N. Rahardjo said Thursday.