Jakarta (ANTARA News) - House of Representatives (DPR) Speaker Agung Laksono has said unlike the macro economic growth, the micro economic development has not been encouraging forcing the micro economic team to work harder. The House speaker who made the remark here Sunday when opening the House`s third session term which would begin on Monday (January 8) said the House had made the catering case high on the agenda.

Foreigners often face difficulties starting a business in Indonesia. But the faults aren't all with this country. Last May bureaucrats and potential investors in East Java were awaiting the first results from an important local lab analysis: Would chicken food made from Surabaya's waste turn out to be nutritious and palatable to poultry? Probably. Hens will eat anything, even each other. But this project, which needs a US$25 million (about Rp 225 billion) investment, had to convince people.

The Jakarta Post, Jakarta A survey from Australian research firm Roy Morgan has found that most Indonesian consumers are predicting better economic prospects for 2007. A total of 6,312 people were interviewed for the July-September 2006 quarter. Forty percent of consumers surveyed said they expected to be financially better off within the next 12 months. Only 12 percent of respondents expected to be worse off.

The country's largest mobile phone operator, PT Telkomsel, plans to expand its network by building 5,000 new Base Transceiver Stations (BTS) this year at a cost of about US$1.5 billion. With the new stations, Telkomsel hopes to penetrate every subdistrict in Kalimantan and up to 70 percent of all subdistricts in Sulawesi, according to media statement released by the company over the weekend.